OTAGO CHESS CLUB

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18543, 2 May 1922, Page 7

OTAGO CHESS CLUB

- ' iii OPENING OF,SEASON, The official opening of the °thirrr"flifwn Club s 1922-23 season was held ip the-dtro&l rooms, Princes street, last night. Shkmt (Mr T. M. Gillies) occupying There was a (large attendance znembfcrs. , The Chairman said that it gar«-,.thtoa£l; *j? u ™ to welcome tiie Mayor J. S. Douglas) and the dub the large attendance augured —"-Wimr*! success of the year. The Mayor said that he felt being again asked to open the «eaeohl'T®P|i had performed the opening yf ar - ~ Although he did hot hiiuselr he read reports of great interest. He hoped to take «artiSisgl the hearty welcome which the Otago GbeSi»l Club would extend to Mr Kostich, known international, plaver, who mtendwSß!;* visit New Zealand in file near future ' -.IHmPcI speaker referred to Mr Davies, the Chess Club member, who represented/ Zealand in the Australasian and he regretted that Mr Dunlop conSTaS-S go. He was pleased that Mr Davie* defeated Mr Viner. Mr Douglas continued: 3 by expressing the hope that .next year ho would be a member of the Chess C!uK—• '3 (Applause.) Mr Douglas congratulated the : V$ club members on their new rooms, which were infinitely superior to the old dab quarters. The Chairman said that he greatly - ap>- v 3 predated the Mayor’s remarks, and re- 'j terred to the time-honoured custom of the -'J Mayors opening the seasons. If the pnHioS only knew the > value of chess in making lasting friendships there would be a gi«efihr>|| increased membership. The game, wldiM M most people imagined a difficult clhe, not really so, but players could , make:'.m J a hard one. He hoped to see Mr at the chess board nest year.—(Applattae)” The Otago Chess Club’s junior thampibop lS ship was tyon by Mr J. S. Botting, bat; : ”S^ : s| the winner Was not present, the not able to hand over the medal./ f? .la Play was then commenced, the matdi tween President and Vice-president remflP yj ing ac follows: • laj President. Vioe-presidetjt. . T. M. Gillies .. 3 R. J. Penrose ’ ... *i£m O. R Balk .. i J. H. F. Hamel' L. D. Coombs J R. deland '.A ''%PS J. J. Marlow ..1 S. S. Myers .. 1 ",-?n L. D, Wright .. i J. C. M’Grea .. R. W. Lye 2 J. Lang .. ~ -’O-iwj H. A. Allen .. I H. H. Hendenmt 'B M J. Gibbs .. >. 1 J. S. M. L*wson ’I./“4 P. Lyders .. .. 2 L. Morrell O'< !■ Kesy 1 War man, sen, .. '0 I D. H. Hastings 0 .C. J. Watson .. -A‘< Johnston .... 1 L. D- Grigg >-o*. E. R. Baines ..0 A. Young .. .. 1 ,3 A. G. Grsbham 2 R- W.,Brickell .. JO -w| I3i . WM