CHESS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 245, 11 July 1921, Page 9

CHESS

» ■ , CANTERBURY V. WELLINGTON. The above clubs have had no difficulty in promptly coming to an agreement regarding the seven games that were marked incomplete at the conclusion of the recently played annual telegraphic match. The delay that is usually associated with adjudication was thus avoided, and we are now nblo to give the final result of tho match. Wins are scored by Canterbury at boards 3,6, and 10, and by Wellington at boards 4 and 5. Tho games nt hoards 8 and 12 are drawn. A hard-fought and very enjoyable contest thus ends in favour of the local club by the small margin of two games, the score of the match being as follows: — WELLINGTON. CANTERBURY. Mason, W. E. ... 0 Andersen. H 1 Barnes, R. J. ... ) Kennedy. H J Mackay, W 0 Frlborg, Rer. N. 1 Kelling, F. K. .. 1 Hawkins, F 0 Hicks. E. A 1 LovalluSmith, R. 0 Anderson. G. P. ..0 Dacwin. L. J. ...1 Fouhv, T 1 Woodford. F 0 White. W i Shillito. R. 8. ... i Purchas, D 1 Buckhurst, W. B. 0 Faulknor. 8 0 Neville. F. H. B. 1 Lee, H. G i Ouarrell. H. J. .. i Jessup. T 1 Chapman. J. O. t Taylor, E. 8. ... 1 Joyce. W. H. ... 0 Bruton. I) 1 Clark, A 0 Sim, Leo 4 Dalton. E i Gyles, senr i Wilson. E. L i Total 9 Total 7 Fifteen matches have now been played between those clubs, of which Wellington has won 8, Canterbury i, and 3 have ended in a tie, as follows;— 1879—A tie. each side scoring 6 points. 1883— Wellington won (6-4). 1884— Wellington won (54-4*). 1887—Canterbury won (BJ-3*). 1892—A tie. each side scoriim 7J points. 1894—Wellington won (Bi-6J).’ 1913— Wellington won (6J-3)). 1914— Wellington won (7J-2ji. 1915— Canterbury won (7-5). 1916— A tie. each side scoring 6 points. 1917— Canterbury won (7-5). 1918— Canterbury won (7J-64). 1919 — Wellington won (8-6). 1920— Wellington won (11-6). 1921— Wellington won (9-7). On summarising the above results it will be found that 191 games have been contested, of which Wellington has won 101 J-, and, Canterbury 891. The gap of nineteen years from 1894 to 1911 is accounted for by the fact that for nearly two decades chess was at a low ebb in Christchurch, tho Red and Blacks having had a long string of lean years to contend with. TH E FI NA NCIA L *l’oB IT lON.