TELEGRAPHIC CHESS MATCHES.
' OTAGO DEFEATS CANTERBURY. Mr A. -W. O. Davies, of Wellington, chess Champion of New Zealand, has announced his fiward on the two unfinished games in the ' match by telegraph played between the Otago and Canterbury Chess Clubs on the nights of August 5, 12, and 19. The game 3 reserved for 3Ui Davies's adjudication wore those of J. Edwards £Otago) v. J. Wood 1 (Canterbury) anil
J. H. F. Hamel (Otago) v. J. Amtman (Canterbury). The champion has adjudged the former game a draw and the latter a win for the Otago player, making the complete scores on each side as follow: — Wins. Wins. Otago. Canterbuby. D. Forsyth .. .. 1 W. S. King .. ..0 J. Edwards ..j .. £ J. Wood § O Balk .. .". .. O~ H. J. Nightingale 1 H. Lyders .. ..1 G. F. Francis .. 0 J. H. F. Hamel ..1 J. Amtman 0 J. Crow .. .. ». 0 V. G. Day »„ .. 1 G. D. Wrigh? .. 0 T. Cooper .. ..1 ,Rev. Chodowski .. \ F. Woodford.. .. i F. J. Mouat .... 1 A. E. Cresswell .. 0" A. Ellis .. jjj, «. 1 F. J. Brooker .. 0 A. King .. - a. 0 W. Roberts .. 1 Total .„ ..6 Total .. .5 The final result is accordingly a victory for the Otago players by the narrow margin oi one game.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2686, 6 September 1905, Page 70
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