CHESS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10083, 23 September 1918, Page 8

CHESS

Owing to the illness at .the; chess adltor, who is laid up -in tho Hospital, we are . merely ■ publishing local notes this week. The other features ot our regular chess column, vis., problems, games, end-games, etc., will be Presumed when the editor is "in harness" again. His many, friends will bo pleased to learn that he successfully underwent an operation, and is making good ; progreoo: towards recovery. . NGAIO r. WORKING MEN'S CLUB.' The return match between _ the above clubs was played in the rooms of: the Working Men’s Club on Saturday evening. Y.A cordial welcome was extended fe the visitors by Mr Q. Lindsay, ’ chairman for chess and draughts;. and was happily acknowledged by Mr James, .the Ngaio captain. Mr Larking,- a. Crimean veteran, who plays'very consistently for the Working Men’s Club, hid* the honour of scoring “first blood" shortly before t p.m. At the refreshment;„ndjoUrViiv'the home team waa onepoint ahead. In the last hour it made a ! good “late' run," scoring the-remainingJour-.gnmos, and. thus winning the- match .by .eight' games to three. The .yijftors.,fought stubbornly, hilt they were . handicapped by the absence of Messrs... Bfiooker, ouu '.Lindsay, • two of their leading ' players, in the game at board*--1 •; between the two captains, Mr James sacrificed a knight for a pawn in order to get a very lively attack , that gave Mr .Barnes several anxious moments.; By'a " long' end. careful defence and the forcing of-an cccasional - exchange Mr Darh.es ; got the upper hand in the final . stages, and oR taihed his oppofient’s resignation late in tho evening. At board 2, ‘Selling’, succeeded in scoring from-Topp,, who. vas a pupil of his at St. ; Mark's Young Men's Club some years ago. The;full, score of this very enjoyable contest is-’as' follows : Ngaio. ; ;W.M. Club. James ..0 Samoa 1 Topp 0 KelUng, 1. Carman : ;.. 0 White, W Crbxton ............ 0 Faulkner;..' S. ...1 Green, A. S. ... 0 Douglas, ,H. I Westbrooks 1 Arden- J ; Prince 1 Reid, ,1.- o Appleton ........ 0 Larking I Glasgow 0 Nelson , 1 Banks .....a i Anderson; H. ... i ivicol ; 1 Boshor u Total 3 Total 8 THE WELLINGTON ; CLUB. . The- Wellington . Club’s -championship tourney ' was , advanced a further stage last week, as. follows:—Mason 1 v. Godtschalk 0, ijddtscllatk 1 v.'Anderson 0, and Davies 1 v. Mason 0. Two , games were not completed, James 'holding an advantage, against ,W. Macfcay, • and Still against Clarks The Bout between Davies •and- Mason, the two leaders.; was closely followed by a : largo number of enthusiasts,. who found the play very instructive. In the course of his. attack Davies occasionally left pieces en prise, which his opponent dared not takeand in sustaining the attack he was not afraid to throw up'the 'pawns in-front of his castled king. Finally ho' queened one of these 'pawns, and Mason at once resigned. It was very- , fine chess all tho way. ’ Davies is now , loading .with the splendid tallv of 11 wins ami one draw. Mason comes next, .with 11 wins- *nd one loss. Messrs;' Barnes, Godtschalk, Still, James, and; Kelling are also well to. the fore. This week’s game, Barnes v. Davies, is.Jboing looked forward to with considerable interest.