CHESS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 145, 16 December 1924, Page 16

CHESS

NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION A special council meeting of the New Zealand Chess j Association was held on Saturday .' evening, when the following delegates were present: T. Fouhy (Auckland), p. K. Kelling (Auckland W.M. Club), J. C. M'Crea (Hamilton), C. W. Tanner (Napier) W. Toomath and A. W. Gyles (Wellington CO.), G. P. Anderson (Wellington South 0.C.),. W.. Bosher (Wellington W.M. Club), and F. J. Brooker (Canterbury C.C.). .; Mr. M'Crea, the delegate of the new-ly-affiliated Hamilton Club, was warmly • welcomed, and was voted to the chair. Mr. C. W. Tanner (hon. ' secretary) mentioned the loss\sustained by the association, through the death of Mr. H. Jessup, the delegate of the Wanganui Chess Club. A motion, expressing sympathy with the bereaved family, was earned in silence, members standing. ■ Mr., Tanner reported the following, entries for the thirty-fourth tourney,' to decide the chess championship of New £ealand, which commences in Nelson on J; S. Purdy; (Sydney, N.S.W.), J. A. Moir and F. H. Vaughan (Auckland); F. Bullock (Hamilton), Paul lUimmer. (Masterton), E. A. Hicks, A. m TyJes> Up- Anderson, E. E. Hicks, W J, Fairburn, and F. K. Kelling (Wellington),,^. H. Severne, G. F. Dodds, and G. Cole (Nelson), Dirk Pihl pronounced Peel) and H. J.- Armstrong (Chmtchurch), J. B: Dunlop (Oamaru), and B. W. Stenhouse and L.. Cohen (Dunedin). There is also the provisional entry of the Rev. C. E. Fox (Solomon Tslands), but it is not certain that this fine player will be able to Hake part. Two pr three other competitors are also on the' doubtful" list. Mr. Tanner explained that he. had cabled an acceptance of Mr. furdy s belated entry, after securing the approval of the eleven delegates, who were readily available. Mr. Purdy, who ■VJSY c? Sydney by the Marama on the jlßth instant, is only 17 years of age. He came fourth when competing for itho championship of New South' Wales in' May last. He scored draws against A. E..N. Wallace (champion) arid S. Crakanthorp (ex-champion), and is generally regarded as a colt of quite exceptional promise. Hia presence will undoubtedly give - an'addetf . interest to the contest, which is to be held in the specious library of Marsden Church House. . Mr. lanner s. action was unanimously approved, and it was decided to resort to section play in the. event of the'number of actual competitors exceeding fourteen the number 'of ■ rounds in the section play and finals not to total more than thirteen. The 'annual grant of £20 was" voted, for. the congress, and the appointment of an umpire was left to the Nelson committee. The desirableness of securmg adequate reports was .urged, and Mr. fanner detailedthe steps taken with that end m view, '.'.'■ •■. ; : ■■■•.■■ !:_ . A vote of thanks to Mr. M'Crea closed the meeting. ... : :•< ■■ /.. :'; '•;.' ;; 'OBITUARY..' , The Wellington Chess Club lost one of its leading-players,. and also a valued of-fice-bearer by the sudden death.of Mr. Henry Jessup, \vhich ociirred at his home in- Brooklyn on Tuesday, last. The deceased won the club's "Petherick" Tour-1 n«r on ■ three occasions (1907, 1920 and . 1922); a, fine record, seeing .that he was away from Wellington for; ten years/and also that each success entailed the giving of heavier odds to junior players. Ho was also'very...successful when, representing the Wellington Club in telegraphic matches against other centres, and he scored) the possible (4-0). in: this year's contests- against the; Auckland, Canterbury, Otago, and Nelson Clubs. He was a- member of the General and Match Committees, and represented the club on the executive of the Wellington Chess League. .During his five years' stay in Wanganui,the late Mr. Jessup won several prizes as; a member-of the local *i ax? h ; e fi w? s appointed: its delegate on the New Zealand Chess Council When th^R-aUw^v Department-transferred him back to ■ Welhngton\on promotion. The cause of chess in New Zealand is the bet-' ter for his connection with it andforthe valued;services that he has rendered it in ivanous ways. The.New Zealand: Chess Association was represented at the funeral; by Messrs. C. W. Tanner (hon. secretary) and T. Fouhy, the Wellington Chess League.by.Mr.. S, Faulknor (hon. secretary), the Wellington Chess Club by Messrs^W. Mackay (president) and W. looiftath (hon: secretary), and the: Work»ng Men^s Club arid Wellington South ?£ess^ Clubs by 'Mr- F. K. Kelling. Wreaths were sent by the New Zealand, Chess Association, by the Wellington and Wanganui Chess Clubs, and also by the Wellington Bowling Club, of which the deceased.was a prominentsand very popular member. • Much sympathy,is felt for the widow, whose father, the late Mr. H. A- Levestahij was for many years Nell fjoiv s chess' champion. ,He represented that city iri the-NeWj Zealand Parlia-' ment at the time of his death (ilth February, 1889).: ";■ . '■ .- i ;;.■■•