CHESS AND DRAUGHTS

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 107, 6 May 1916, Page 3

CHESS AND DRAUGHTS

At the Working Men's Club's annual chess and draughts meeting, Captain Fisk presided. Fourteen members attended.

The annual report, which appeared in The Post of 17th April, was adopted unanimously.'

The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Mr. E. Mace; vicepresidents, Messrs. W. J. Smith, J. G. W. Dalrymple, and Captain Fisk; hon. treasurer, Mr- James Wilson; hon. secretaries, Messrs. Kelling and Key; Chess Match Committee, Messrs. Featonby, Key, and Eton; Draughts Match Committee, Messrs. Erickson, Coulter, and W. H. Smith; referee for chess, Mr. A. G. Fell (of the Wellington C.C.); referee for draughts, Mr. J. Leggatt ; consulting members, Messrs. Barnes and Perry for chess, and Messrs. Erickson and M'Pherson for draughts; delegates to the N.Z. Chess Association, Messrs. Dalrymple and Featonby. Messrs. Pleasants (Wanganui), Kummer (Mauriceville), and Dalrymple (Wellington) are being nominated as vice-presidents of the N.Z. Chess Association for the southern half of the North Island.

It was decided to invite entries for the annual handicap, tourneys up to the 20th instant. The chess players will once more be able to compete for the Staples Cnp. This ten-guinea trophy was presented by the well-known Thorndon ■ firm in 1897, and has just been handed back by the member who won it outright in 1903. The names engraved on it are as follow: W. Brown 1902, R. J. Barnes 1899 and 1901, and F. K. Kelling. 1898, 1900, and 1903. It was stated at the meeting that the most meritorious wins were those of the club champion, Mr. Barnes, he having been the only player on the scratch mark. During the six years that the trophy was fought for he conceded odds to all his opponents, the odds varying from pawn and move to queen.

The meeting terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to last year's officebearers.