CHESS.

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 13, 15 July 1918, Page 2

CHESS.

The second round of the Wellington Chess Club's championship tourney was contested last week, and resulted a 6 follows:'—Barnes 1 v. Fouhy 0, W. E. Maeon 1 v. W. Mackay 0, A. W. 0. Davies 1 v. Ward 0, Tyer 1 v. Still 0, G. P. Anderson, 1 v. Kelling 0, James 1 v. Purchas 0, and Godtschalk 1 v. A. Clark 0. Tte fixture S. Gyles v. Lee is outstanding owing to the latter player's absence in Dunedin. Messrs. Davies, Mason, Godtechalk, ■ Barnes, James, and Tyer are now leading. There axe sixteen competitors in the club's annual "Petherick" (handicap) tourney, which opened rather tamely last week, only three of the eight games comprising the first round being got off. A. fortnight ago we mentioned that the club was 42 years old, having been founded on Ist July, 1876. In this connection a Canterbury contemporary has the following: — "The oldest chess club in New Zealand is the Otago Chess .Club, which was founded 58 years ago. The Canterbury Chess Club was 52 years of age in January of this year.- The Auckland Chess Club is slightly younger than the Wellington Chess Club."

There are sixteen competitors in the Wellington South Chees Club's annual handicap tourney, of whom no fewer than ten have, up to the present, scored 50 per cent, or more, of wins, as follows:—

In the annual handicap chess tourney of the Working Men's Club, which was commenced a month ago with eighteen entries, four competitors are unbeaten to date—viz., Messrs. W. C. White, H. Douglas, Eton, and D. Wild. Four other players, each with one .defeat, are in close pursuit—viz., Messrs. Barnes, S. Faulknor, Greig, and Costello. Mr. H. L. James, well known as a prize-winner at New Zealand champion-' ship congresses, is leading in the current' handicap tourney of the Ngaio Chess Club. His score.is seven wins, no losses, and he has two more games to play. The Wanganui v. Masterton telegraphic match (ten boards) was scheduled to commence on Saturday evening and to conclude next Saturday. Last year's contest was won by Wanganui by a small margin. An excellent chess column appears on Thursdays in the Wairarapa Daily Times, edited by "The Pawn." It should be of great assistance to the cause of chess in tie Wairarapa.

Claus; Won. Lost. play. Harper, W. J. ... 11. 5 _ 10 Welton, H I. , 6 1 8 L'hompson, H. J. 111. 5,1 9 Purchas, D. ...... I. 4 1 10 inderson, G. P. I. 3 1 H Berry, W. in. 3 2 10 Vlulvey, J 111. 2 2 11 3reig,,G 111. 4 4 7 Dlark, A. 11. 3 3 9 Eno, W. IV. ■ 3 3 9