NGAIO C.C. V. SOUTH TARANAKI

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 19 May 1930, Page 16

NGAIO C.C. V. SOUTH TARANAKI

A telegraphic match ■of 11 boards was played between the Ngaio Club and a South Taranaki team on Saturday evening, the Ngaio Club using the Wellington Chess Club's room for the occasion. The Tnrunaki team comprised players belonging to liaweni, Eltham, and Stratford, Hawcra being the headquarters. The operating of Messrs. -R. W. Cute (Hawera) and \V. Kennedy (Wellington) left nothing to be desired. Mr. W. Tooniatli. the hun. secretary of the New Zealand Chess Association, looked after the interests of the Taranaki players at this end. Owing to a few last-minute disappointments neither side was at full strength. In the Ngaio team Mr. G. A. Jones was replaced by l'\ K. Rolling (one of the club's life members), while YV. .J. Fairburn replaced A. 13. Topp. The game at board 12 lapsed, both teams being a man short. The pairings, and the openings used, were as follows:— Board. Ngnio. T.irnnaki S. Opening. ! KeiliiiK. F.IC. J'oolc, D. Uiuovo. 2 l-'uiilliuor, S. Cole, E. (iiuoco. 'i Hicks, E. ]•:. Itutherforil Q.G. dec. 4 lirooker, F. ,1. King, C. 11. English. 5 Kalrburn, W. Clbson. H. 2 Kts. dcf. li Topj), 11. Speck, E. Arjecliln. 7 Oliisßow. .!. A. (inklstonc. J. English. 8 Ford, K..W. Souiuly, 13. Q.P. !) H:)rris<nJt J. S. Ralnlc. C F .Scotch. 30 lloct'xun. A Kclil, A. Ituy; 11 I'rliice. H. Cole. B. Centre counter. This mali-h strengthens the opinion that one evening is not sufficient for a match by telegraph, in which, there is,, as a rule, about 50 per cent, of time leakage, i.e., I ime in which neither part 3' to a game is "in play." Only two games were finished on Saturday evening, draws being agreed to at boards 3 and 4. As the remaining nine games are left incomplete they will in the first instance be the subject of negotiations between the two captains. Any positions concerning which agreement cannot be reached will require to be submitted to the Now Zealand Adjudication Board, the Wellington members of which are Messrs. YV. E. Mason, G. P. Anderson, and A. YV. Gyles. Ngaio holds a pronounced advantage at. boards 5 and 10, and is a pawn up at boards 1 and 6. At board 7 Glasgow has enterprisingly given up a knight for two pawns in order to get a promising attack by on-rushing pawns, a type of attack that German writers bo well describe as a pawn-storm (Bauernsturni). The remaining four games are left in a very even state. A few games of the first match between these sides, which was played in November last, require to be adjudicated on. Both contests look_ like' furnishing close finishes, but the Ngaio club has prospects of winning by a small margin' in each case. The spectators included three congress players who play at the top board for their respective clubs, viz., E. H..Severne (Nelson C.C.), R. 0. Scott (Wanganui C.C), and A. TV. Gyles (Wellington C.C.)