TELEGRAPH CHESS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21983, 19 June 1933, Page 4

TELEGRAPH CHESS

OTAGO v. CANTERBURY /

The interprovincial chess match between Canterbury and Otago was continued .on Saturday evening. Play was resumed at 6.30 p.m. and continued with most of the boards until 11 p.m. Losses, wins, and draws were announced on eacn side on about equal terms, and when the telegraph operators closed down it. was discovered that two unfinished games would be the deciding factor in the selection of the club to play the North Island team for the championship of the Dominion. Many visitors were present at the Otago Chess Club Rooms watching the progress of the games, and interest Was very keen amongst the players during the evening. The following are the names of the respective players, numbers of their boards, the club they played for, and the present scores:— OTAGO." CANTERBURY. J. B. Dunlop ..1 H. Kennedy .. 0 D. Pihl J. L. Darwin (captain) .. O. Balk 1 Eev. N. Fribere 0 R. Watt .. .. 1 R. Lovell-Smith 0 L. D. Coombs .. i F. Adair .. .. 4 J. H. F. Hamil I W. F. Harding I R. M'Dermid, (captain) .... 1 A. D. Gray .. 0 J. J. Marlow .. 4 F. H. Khouri .. i G.D.Wright.. J E. Dalton .. -J C. M. Ellis .... OS. Khouri .... 1 C Ahem .-. .. 0 L. F. Mitchell 1 T.' W. Jeans ..AS. Hawkins .. i J. Crow .. .. 0 W. H. Joyce .. 1 Dr G. Barnett 0 R. N. Shillito .. 1 E. B. Raymond 0 G. Parkin .. 1 W. Herbert .. 0 G. Barker .. 1 J. F. Lang .. IJ. M. Mitchell 0 Dr E. Merring- . ton 1 C. L. Hart .. 0 J. G. M. Lawson J. Bracken .. E. F. Evans .. J J. Duff i Total .; .. 9 Total .. .. 9 On board two the Otago player considers that he has a win, although the material is even. The possibilities are that a draw will be given in both the unfinished games, and this will make the total games to each club 10, constituting a tie. In this case Canterbury will probbaly be declared the winners, as the rule dealing with such a position provides that in the event of an even number of games being won by each club competing in an interprovincial match the scores shall be totalled on the first 16 boards; the club then scoring the highest number ol wins shall be constituted the winners. The scores in this case are: Canterbury 'J wins, Otago 7 wins. The thanks of the Otago Club are due to Mr T. Gillies for acting as umpire for the two evenings, Messrs Hall, M'Keague. and Mlrams, who acted as scrutineers, and Mr A. Smith, the telegraph operator.