AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB.
The championship tourney is now finished; the champion for the current year being Mr J. C. Grierson, who outdistanced all other competitors by the fine score of 18 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw. Mr Parker was second with 12 wins, 6 losses, 3 .draws; .Mr A. Lelievre third, with 12 wins, 7 losses, 1 draw; Mr J. Wood fourth, with 10 wins, 7 losses, 3 draws. The winner is a painstaking and studious devotee of the game, thoroughly deserving the success attained. He also secured the championship in 1896, and look second honours last year.
Another handicap tournament has been started with 14 entries. Pretty well half the competitors are of the first-class, conceding varying odds to' the remainder.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2400, 1 March 1900, Page 52
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122AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB. Otago Witness, Issue 2400, 1 March 1900, Page 52
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