CHESS NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2576, 8 January 1925, Page 7

CHESS NOTES.

(By “A.W.”)

Attendance at the Palmerston North Chess Club has been well maintained during 1 the holiday season. , ' The “Giorgi" medal holders reversed their first round score in the second round, and the match ended in a tie. Another team is being- formed to attempt the capture of the trophies. The full score is: Holders: T. A. Morlne 1, Messenger 3, Whitaker 0, L. Thorburn 1; total 4: Challengers: K. Thorburn 1,. Eapiner o,' G. H. Morine 2, Sexton 1: total 4. In the minor tourney Candy defeated Trembath. There are only two games outstanding in this contest Several ladder matches have been played a s follows; T. A. Morlne (rung 2) defeated K. Thorburn for rung 1 by 3 to 0; and, later retained it against Wright by the same score. Gatley (10) defeated Sexton (11) by 2-0, and the latter lost by the same score to L. Thorburn. C. Thorburn climbed from 16 to 13 (Christenson) by 2 to 1, and Richards obtained rung 17 (Nasmith) by 2-0. The New Dominion Champion. Cecil J. S. Purdy, the winner,of the chess tournament, hails from Austra. !ia. He was born at Port Said, Egypt, in 1907, and went a few years later with his parents to Sydney, New South Wales. Ho learnt chess from a book about three years ago, and found great interest in playing through some of Morphy’s games. It was then that he became acquainted with L. S. Crakanfhorp (father of Spencer Crakanthorp, last year’s champion and a Strong player) 1 and from him had f Ms lessons in chess. He made rapid improvement, and was soon equal to his tutor. During the next year he met A~ E. N. Wallace, the New South Wales champion, and since, then ... his only practice has been about 50 games with him and a few with L. S. Crakanthorp. Purdy plays for the Manly Chess Club in inter-club matches, but he does not indulge in club play for practice. In 1922 he came sixth in the State championship and .Easter came fourth, drawing- wyith Wallace and Spencer Crakanthorp in their championship games. Playing this year, for the first time in inter-State matches, he won his games against Queensland and Victoria. Ho hopes to compete at the Dunedin Exhibition tourney to be held next year, is very opportune. I hope he bowled The following game which had* (for Dodds) an unexpected ending was played in v the first round; — Queen’s Gambit Declined. C. J. S. Purdy, G. F. Dodds. Sydney 1 Nelson White Black . 1. P.—Q4 P—Q4 2. S—KB3 S—KBS s'. P—-QB4 P—ICS 4. S— QB3 P —QB4 5. P x^QP. KP x P 6. —KS3 S—B3 7. B—S2 P x P 8. S x P B—QB4 9.SxS P x S " 10. O —O . O —O 11. B—S5 B—R3 12. S—R4 B—K2 18. R—Kl R—ld 14. Q—Ql S—K5 15. B x B t Rx B 16. P —K3 S —Q3 17. Q —B3 R—Bl 18. B—R3 QR—B2 19. Q —R5 B—Bl £O. B—Bl - S—K5 21. QR—BI Q—Q3 22. S—Bs S—S4 23. B—S2 S—R6ch. 24. B x S B x B 25. Q —B3 P—l>R3 26. KR—QI B—S5 27. R—Q4 Q —S3 i 28HR—KB 4 B—R6 J 29. Q—Q4 B—Bl ' 30. P—B3 P—B4 31. P—K4 Q—ld - * ‘ 32. P x BP CP —S 4 33. P x P.e.p R —KBch. 34. R x R Q x Rch. " 25. K—S2, R—K2?? 36. R—BBch K x R. 37. Q—-RS mate. ,