CHESS

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 28, 2 August 1921, Page 10

CHESS

THE WELLINGTON CLUB.

Play has not been at all brisk lately iv th-e annual championship tourney of the Wellington Chess Club, an unduly large number of games being outstanding. It is hoped that mosf of these will bo disposed of in the near future, as the club's representatives will require ail the match practice that they can get in the next few weeks if anything like a good showing is to be made in the telegraphic matches against tho powerful Otago and Auckland Olubs. Much better progress has. been made in the club's 1921 "Petherick" tourney, the best scores to date being as follow :—Gyles, sen., 8 wins 1 draw, E. S. Taylor 8-0, W. 0. Whyto 7-3, A. L. Lawson 6-2, H. Jessup 6-4, E. A. Hicks SA-2i, W. Wring s£-34, N. Doneghuo s^-54, D. L. Bruton 5-2, A. E. Jessup 5-3, R. J. Barnes 44-14, Foully, jun., 4-2, C. Dryden 4-4, Mrs. Gyles 3-3, A. S. T. Butler 24-I*, and H. E. Grandlo 24-14. WORKING MEN'S CLUB. There are 22 competitors in tiiis club's 1921 handicap chess tourney, which comprises 231 games. The following have so far scored 50 per cent, or more of their fixtures :—H. M. Rosenberg 10 wins 3 losses, H. .M. Ashe 8-4, C. T. Edmunds 6-2, W. J. Fairburn 6-5, D. L. Bruton 5-1, F. H. JJ.van 5-3, J. Bui-gess 4-0, and W. 0. WIJHe .2-1. If all the fixtures in this big tourney are to be disposed of before the Christmas holidays, the good) progress of the past few weeks will have to be maintained' in the coming months. WELLINGTON SOUTH CHESS . CLUB. The leaders in this club's current' handicap tourney are as follow :—J. E. Round 7 wins 1 loss, H. Welton 7S-24, H. H. Hart 4-2, H. Douglas 4-3, G. Hollings 4-4, W. Berry 3-0, A. Clark 3-2, W. J. Harper 3-3,. and D. Purchas 2-1. Mr. Purchas, the club champion, is at present spending a holiday in Australia, which explains why several of his games are outstanding. NGAIO CHESS CLUB. 1 This club's 1921 handicap tourney is rapidly approaching- completion,' only four more rounds having to be contested. Eight of the twelve competitors hare so far scored half or more of their games, as follows :—F. J. Brooker 44-I*, A. I. Coleman 4Hi, J. Lindsay 5-2, A. B. Topp 6-3, W. J. Hicks 44-2s, E. E. Hicks 34-24, J. A. Glasgow 44-44, and G. G. Lowe 34-34. In all the handicap tourneys referred to above the handieappers have evidently done their work well, as a close -finish may bo looked' for in each instance.