DUNEDIN CHESS CLUB.

Otago Witness, Issue 1292, 2 September 1876, Page 4

DUNEDIN CHESS CLUB.

' HANDICAP TOURNAMENT. There has been great activity manifested by chessplayers at the rooms of the club during the past week or two, since the pairing of the 16 competitors who entered for the Handicap Tournament took place. The prizes are two, of the value of £2 10s and £1 10s ; but the honour of coming off victorious is thought of by most players as of much more importance than winning a prize, and aimed at accordingly. The first round of the tournament was finished on Monday last. The seven winners are — Messrs A. F. Nixon {Class 1), Fsrdyce (4), Smythies (3), Mander (3), Dalm (2), Mouat (1), D. R. Hay (1), Archer (4), who severally and respectively defeated Messrs Lubienski (Class 4), Broomhall (2), Lubecki (4), Winter (3), Paul (2), Throp (3), Janion (1), Proctor (4). The winners have been drawn to play in the second round as follows :—

Class. Class. Mr A. F. Nixon 1 v. Mr Dalm 2 Mouat 1 Archer 4 Smythies 3 Fordyce 4 D. R. Hay 1 Mander 3 As in the first round, each class will give a pawn and move to the class next below it, ft knight to Lhe second class below it, and a rook to the third class below it. The winners of the first three games to be the victors. Ten days are allowed for playing each rcimd. The time limit is two hours for 30 moves for each player. In all other respect* 1 the rules adopted for former tournaments of fche club are adhered to. The four winners in the second round will then be paired for the third round, and i-he two victors will then play off for the first and second prizes. A PROVINCIAL MATCH. The interest in chess seems to be greatly increasing. Mr Archer (the Secretary) has been applied to from Invercargill and Tokomairiro requesting copies of the Dunedin Chess Club rules, to facilitate players in these towns to form clubs. The Invercargill club, which started only a few weeks ago, now numbers 42 members. The Milton players have signified their desire to receive a challenge from the 3rd and 4th class players of the Dunedin Chess Club. No doubt if satisfactory arrangements can be made for playing such match, either by our townsmen visiting Milton, or (what would be much better) the Milton players paying a visit to town, some Saturday after the present tournament is over, a sufficient number yin these classes would be found willing to take part in it. This is the course usually adopted by the Geelong (Victoria) chessplayers, who periodically visit Melbourne on Saturday, playing one game eacb, the side winning the majority of the games being the victors.