NAPIER CHESS CLUB

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 91, 1 April 1932, Page 3

NAPIER CHESS CLUB

OPENING NIGHT HELD. RESULTS OF PLAY. The 1932 season of the Napier Chess Club was opened in the club room at the Athenaeum last evening, when a match was played between teams picked from those present by the president, Air John Mason, a former New Zealand champion, and Mr G. D. Malcolm the club captain. The evening was spent in a most enjoyable manner, the games being interesting and keenly contested It is evident that the championship congress held in Napier recently has revived an interest in the gam.-, ns a number of new members have already enrolled for the forthcoming season The annual subscription this year hai been fixed at 10/6, with a smaller fee of 5/- for junior members. During the season club meetings are to be held every Thursday evening in the club's room upstairs in the Athenaeum mgThe following are the results of last evening’s play, the members of the president’s team being mentioned first. J. Mason 1 v. E. L. Smith 0. G. H. Brown 0 v. W. R. Aislabie 1. L. Afinett J v. G. D. Malcolm i. J. S. Butler 1 v W. L. Afason 0. W. H. Ewen 0 v. Al Burt 1. A. S. Pirani 0 v W. F. Lydford 1. R. Kennedy 1 v. B. P. Mansfield 0. D. Al. Walker 1 v. A. McGregor 0. [I. D. Earney 1 v T. Hardy Gibson 0. Totals: President’s team SJ. Captain’s team 3).