THE GAME OF CHESS

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 275, 16 August 1932, Page 14

THE GAME OF CHESS

N.Z. Club Championship AUCKLAND v. WELLINGTON When play in the Auckland-Welling ton 20-a-side telegraphic match ceased on July 30, six games were not completed. Three of these were disposed of by negotiation between the two captains, and the remaining three positions were sent to Dunedin, under mottoes, to oe adjudicated on by the Otago members of the New Zealand Adjudication Board. These awards, according to a telegram received from Dunedin, are as follow: — Games “A” (A. W. Gyles v. D. I. Jones) and “B” (C, G. Leunard v. A. K. Jessup) arc given as draws, while game “C” (F. W. Smith v. H. J. Thompson) is “a win for white” (Auckland). The Wellington club thus wins the match with a margin of 4 games, the final tally being Wellington C.C. 12, Auckland C.C. 8. According to advices received here during the week-end, the similar contest between the South Island’s two major clubs resulted as follows: —Otago C.C. 114. Canterbury C.C. 84. The Otago and Wellington clubs have therefore qualified for the inter-island final, which is scheduled to begin at 6.15 p.m. on Saturday next, when the Otago side will probably be strengthened by the inclusion of Messrs. O. Balk and W. G. Stenhouse, who did not play against the Canterbury C.C. Mr. Gould, the cx-Chicago expert, who played at board 2 for Auckland, left Wellington for Sydney on Friday, having decided to make his home in Australia, where there is more scope for his business. He was farewelled at au afternoon tea by some local enthusiasts, who tendered him best wishes for his future success. The full score of the Auckland v. Wellington match is as follows: —

Of the 17 matches played to date, Wellington Chess Club has won 12, the Auckland Chess Club has won 4, and one ended in a tie. When the first of these fixtures was held in 1891, the spectators at this end included the late Hon. John Ballance, Premier, and his intimate friend, the late Sir Robert Stout., who founded the first Dunedin Chess Club in 1865, when M.H.R. for Caversham. The late . Mr. Justice Denniston —a former president of the New Zealand Chess Association, who excelled in the end game —was an interested spectator at some of the later contests. League Fixtures The Wellington C.C. v. Working Men’s Club, played a double league fixture at the Gas Company’s Building on Saturday evening, when the Wellington club’s No. 1 team won the A grade encounter (4J — 14), while the Working Men’s Club won the B grade fixture by the same margin. These clubs first, opposed each other in May, ISS9. Of the 18 players who took part in the pioneer match of 43 years ago. only two are still active iu local chess circles, viz., W. Mackay, the Wellington club’s president, and F. K. Kelliug (an ex-president). The scores in Saturday’s A grade match are as follow:-—

It will he noted that Mrs. Goldsmith enhanced her fine match record with another wiu. At the conclusion of the match Mr. W. A. Fisher (captain), voiced the. thanks of the visitors to Mr. J. I. Goldsmith (president) for his happy welcome, and to tho lady members of the local club who attended to the supper'tables.

Board. Wellington. Auckland. 1. Gyles, A. W. .. i .Tones, D. I i 2. Anderson, G. P. 1 Gould, II. L. .... 0 3. Kelling, F. K. 1 Pullen-Burry, .T.H. 0 4. Hicks, E. A. .. 4 Grierson, J. C. .. 4 5. Fairburn, W. J. 4 Addis, D. 4 6. Craven, A. T. . 4 Maddox, H. N. .. 4 7. McSrea, J. C. . i Sale, G 4 8. Olto, J 4 Sullivan, ,T. F. ... 4 9. Kick's. E. E. .. 4 Pickett. E 4 10. Sim, R. C 4 Lees, H 4 11. White, W. C. . 1 Belton, C. P 0 12. Jessup, A. E. . 4 Lennard. C. G. .. 13. Hardy, J. L. .. 1 Bailey, C (I 14. Thompson, It. J. 0 Smith, F. W. ... 1 lo. Godtsehalk, R. J Barker, R 4 16. Grady, F 4 Ward, H. A 4 17. As-h'by, H. E. .. 6 Baeyertz, R. E. .. 1 18. Kline, C. B. .. 1 Thompson, P. E. . 0 19. Myers, Dr. D. F. 1 Rosklily. H 0 20. Lambert, C. S. i Oakley-'Browne, H. 4 — Total 12 Total 8

w.c.c. WAI. Club. Gvles. A. W 1 BeyOr. K 0 Hicks. E. A 4 Kelling, F. K. ... I Foully, T 1 Fairburn, W. ,T. . 0 Craven, A. T 0 Bosenberg. H. M. . 1 Otto. I 1 Andrews, K 0 Thompson, II. J. 1 Nolan, T 0 —• —- Total 4i . Total The following are the scores in the B grade contest: — W.M. Club. W.C.C. Kirkwood. «T. C. .. 1 Gilby, H 0 Hlrtor. E 0 Grady, F 1 Turvey. ,T. H Kline, C. B A Walker. G 1 Ashby, IT. E 0 'Williams, R. ..... 1 1 Myers, Dr. D. F. . 0 Halo, J 1 Dldsbury, R. G. .. 0 —— —— Total .... 4* Total u Hutt Valley v. Brooklyn F.B. Another of the League’s B grade fixtures was got off on Saturday evenin when the Brooklyn Fire Brigade Chess Club's team was at home to the Hutt Valley Club's No. 1 side. The latter won with a 2-game marg in as follows:— Hutt No. J. Brooklyn F.B.C.C Fisher, AV. A 0 Kltchingman B. W . 1 Ottaway, .T. H. ... 1 Goldsmith, S . 0 Hignett, G. H. ... 1 Bosher, W . 0 King. L. C 0 Goldsmith, Mrs. . . 1 King. J 1 Miller. E. E 0 Wood, J. W , 1 Sievers, L . 0 —— .— Total 4 Total ...... 2