CHESS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11945, 16 May 1933, Page 6

CHESS

GISBORNE CLUB MATCHES AGAINST WAIROA AND NAPIER Six members of the Gisborne Chess Club journeyed to Wairoa on Friday arriving at 8 p.m., and received a cordial reception from the Wairoa members in a room with a cosy fire and a table laden (with delectable viands and! steaming coffee. After partaking of refreshments the match was played and resulted in a win for. Gisborne by thre© games. In the following details the- Gisborne players are named first of each pair;— G. H. S.eddon 0 v 0. B.Sainsbury I A. 11. Schlichting 1 v Lofquist 0. 11. M.' Ritchie 1 v T. D. Stiohbury 0. i

A. Glcavo A v G. 0. K. Salisbury A. J. F- Weatherly 1 v R-. Mclntyre J . L. Meredith 1 v do R.oo 0. , Totals; 4 and 11. Other games were played afterwards, allowing G. C. Fletcher, AfqGuirc, R. A. Pen z, A. Porry and W. Wishoart to.'.tost their skill ng~. ainsfc tho visitors. Tho AVairoa Chess 1 Club is of quito recent formation, and consists of 23 members, including three young ladk ies,. all, apparently ardently entliusias tic. Boforc dispersing, Mr Claude Saipsbury, on behalf of the AVairoa members, expressed gratification at having received a visit from representatives of tho Gisborne Club, and hoped that it would he a. precursor of "many similar events both in Wairoa ' and Gisborne. Mr Seddon responded for the Gisborne plovers, and thanked the AVairoa members foT their cordial reception, congratulating them on having enrolled! so large a membership of ardent enthusiasts, who should form the nucleus of a strong chess centre eventually proving very formidable opponents. THE NAPIER. VISIT The Gisborne players left Wairoa on Saturday for Napier, where they were met by several members of the j Napier Chess Club, who showed them thef chief points of local interest and afterwards entertained them to an enjoyable lunch.

The match was divided into two sessions and the combined scores resulted in a wilt for (Gisborne by seven games to five. The team for the evening session was much strengthened By the inclusion of O. H. Brown, Napier’s capable secretary. Below arei details of the results, the Gisborno players again being named first' of each pair;— —•First Session— G. H. Seddon 1 v G. D. Malcolm 0 A. IT. Schlicliting I v AY. R. Aislabie H. M. Ritchie 0 v E. L. Smith 1. J. F. Weatherly 1 v F. A. Mintoff 0. A. Gleave 1 v N. Seheinwald' 0. L. Meredith 1 v B. Burt 0. Totals: 41 and 11. —Evening Session— Seddon 0 v Brown 1. Schlichting 1 v Malcolm 0. R.itchie 0 v Aislabie 1. AA r eatherly 0 v Smith 1. jOleavo A v Man loft A. Meredith 1 y W. F. Lyford 0. Totals; 21 and 31.

Further games were played ni, each sitting hub only the first ones recorded were recognised. -Mr John Mason, iln v.vil-hnown Congress player, and president of the Napier Chess Club was unable to represent them a; nnlicnvued, in the evening session. He was picsont later and; showed! that ho had not lost any of his form by quickly disposing of Air G. H. Seddon, the Gisborne champion. After supper, Aft- Mason congratulated the Gisborne to-im on its well merited win and remarked that itwas the first occasion on which a team front that town had! visited Napier. Ho asked the yi.-rors to note what had been, done io rebuild Napier 'and to! spread that spirit of optimism throughout their district. In reply, Air Seddon thanked the Napier Chess Club for their splendid hospitality and expressed the wish that this trip on one side or tho other might become an annual fixture. • - The Gisborne Club much appreciated the hearty reception. and brotherly cordiality displayed bv the members of both the Napier and 1 tho Wairoa clubs and looked forward with pleasure to visits from both clubs to play return matches.