Chess items.

Otago Witness, Issue 2734, 8 August 1906, Page 61

Chess items.

Mr R. A. Clelaud will deliver a lecture on chess at the Otago Chess Club'B rooms tonight (Wednesday) at 8 o'clock. Four lawyers participated in the match at the Otago Chess Club last Wednesday night. Mr D. Forsyth is a solicitor of the Supreme Courts of Scotland and New Zealand, while Messrs W. G. Hay, F. G. O'Beirne. and F. J. Mouat are alao members of the " Devil's Own." . Two surprises were sprang in the exhibition of simultaneous play at the Otago Chess Club last week. Mr Forsyth found himself unexpectedly mated after half an hour's play by Mr T. Asher, who has but recently joined the club, while the editor of this column, who played steadily up till »k)P3 on midnight, and was cherishing the fond delusion that he had a certain win in hand, was suddenly stalemated! The latter incident occasioned much merriment among th» onlookers.

According to the latest advices Amos Burn was leading in. the Masters 1 International Tourney af, Oatend with 6 points to hh credit Other players in the forefront were Janowski 5 points, Borowski »nd Mi«?°es 5i each, Perlis and Johnor 5 each. It may possibly be remembered (says a Home paper) that earlier in the year Dr Tarrasch and Herr G. Maroczy had a difference of opinion as regards White playing P-B 3 at a certain point in the Sicilian Deferce game. Miroczy offered to play Tarrasch a match at orlds on this particular opening, but the doctor has declined this offer, though be says that he will be very pleased to have a match with Ma.ro«y on ordinary conditions should the latter's projected match with La.«ker« fall through. The first-clas<? amateur tourney at Ostencl include* the following English entries: — Messrs F. Brown (Dudley). Loman, Macbean. Shoosmith, P. W. Sergeant. O'Connor, and Miller (London), Dr Holmes (Liverpool). G. Schories (Sheffield). Rev. W. C. Palmer (Bolton), E. Macdonald (Cardiff). T. Robinson (Colchester), besides E. E. Middleton^ resident at Brussels. The minor tourneys are hkewiEe well filled.

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