CHESS MATCH

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 8, 7 December 1935, Page 5

CHESS MATCH

MANAWATU TEAM BEATEN. An interesting chess match took place at Levin on Wednesday evening, when a Wellington team visited that centre to play a Manawatu combination which comprised 12 players from Palmerston North, three from Feilding, seven from Shannon and six from Levin. The contest broke new ground, as in previous similar fixtures Wellingtonians had either been pitted against the Palmerston North Chess Club or against a Horowhenua side, but not against a team chosen from the whole district. Wellington won the match by 21f games to Of. The match was by no means as one-sided as might be gathered from the actual total. Some of the games were stubbornly contested, and these were not concluded till late in the evening. It was undoubtedly due to their greater knowledge of the endgame that the city players owe much of the margin recorded in their favour. Mr Beverley, who led the Manawatu team, formerly played a lot of chess in England. He is now handicapped with failing evesight. and_ uses a special board with marked pieces. Mr L. Sim, another Manawatu player, was 1 formerly the hon. secretary of the Wellington Chess Club. Mr G. W. Arlidge, the Palmerston North president, in welcoming the visitors, suggested that chess, which was a fine mental training, might be encouraged in the schools. Mr J. McLean, the Shannon president, also contributed happily to the welcome, and expressed the hope that a return match might be played in due course. At the supper adjournment, Mr J. I. Goldsmith, the chairman of the Wellington Chess League, expressed the gratitude of the visitors for the kind welcome extended to them.