CHESS ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2785, 31 July 1907, Page 67

CHESS ITEMS.

C. R Sainsbury has defeated J. A. Connell in the contest for the championship of Gisborne Chess Club. It is now announced that the chess match between the Otago and Canterbury Chess Clubs will commence next Saturday, August 3, at 7 o'clock p.m. It is expected to last over the two following Saturday nights. " It's a shame," said Mr Faraway, as he borrowed % lead pencil from his wife, " that 1 people have so little compunction about j wasting other people's time." " Why, what is the matter?" "A man has just insisted oa interrupting me in the middle of a game of chess in order to pay some money he ov-'ed." The superintendent of the Midland Railway Company has ordered chessmen and boards to be provided for the use of passengers on the following expresses:—2 15 p.m., Edinburgh to Lcndon; 9.30 a.m.. London to Edinburgh; 720 a.m., Sheffield to Nottingham; 8.35 a.m., Nottingham to London; 5.42 p.m., London to Sheffield. , , Messrs F. Baird and E. Millinp, undeterred by the striiggle for existence amongst the chess magazines already in being, intend next pionth to bring out a new one, " The Chess Ke\iew," which is to appear fortnightly, at the price of 2Jd a copy, or 3d post free Various attractive features are promised.