CHESS

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11686, 26 November 1923, Page 11

CHESS

THE WELLINGTON CLUB. The last round of the Wellington Chess Clnb’s annual championship tourney was got off on Saturday evening. Interest centred mainly in tho fixture W. E. Mason v. W. Mac Kay, which was adjourned in an even state after three hours’ play. A draw in this game would suffice to give Mason the championship, as he won from Barnes on Tuesday and Wigham lost to Fouhy. The leaders’ scores are as follow: ,

WELLINGTON SOUTH CLUB. The best tallies to date in this club's annual handicap tournament are—G Greig, 7 winsi 2 losses; G. P. Anderson, —H; J- E. Round, 21-11; W Berry, 3-3; W. B. Clark, v—o; and F. Laughton, 2—2. * Th® Play-off between A. W. Gyles and . Furchas, who tied for the club championship, was commenced on Saturday evening, when the former got a strong attack against the Philidor Defence, and i at _3 ov £ second game is to be played after Mr Gyles returns from ' business visit to the South Island. CHESS PIE. The following message was specially contributed to "Chess Pie" (the official L °^ d ° n International Congress, 1922) by the author of "If Winter Comes’—"All the nice men characters in my novels play chess Tt .sn-t always sta&d that the? do Tut it mav be taken for granted. Even George in Once Aboard the Lugger,’ though by way of being a harum-scarum medical student, was a chess player. This would be true enough to life. Chess does not sound like a. medical student’s pastime, SsntTi?” 1 Was * medical rtuwonderfully popular in the etdents' club of my hospital I personally, learnt it at school when I was m the sanatorium with measles, and it has been a joy to me ever since, though my opportunities of playing are very few and my game worse than bad I remeneber well that, when learning it. T* ,"?/ t . hlnk- <t a ™o at which L b \ tempc , r - T h , m was because the youth who instructed me always took mv queen. I am on the jump about mv queen to this day. and apt to be touchy when She goes. _ I suppose all games are contests physical, as in sports, or of skill and Wits, as in billiards and cards i.hess seems to me to stand alone as a contest of mind. Isn’t that it’s peculiar charm? Signed) A. S. M. Hutehinson.

Mason, W. E. Barnes, B. J* Wieham, G _ To Won. Lost. play. 84- 2| 2 Faulknor. 8 Kellinsr. F. K Hick„ E. A 7i :::::: A 1 • 1 Fouhy, T 3