CHESS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17955, 6 December 1932, Page 2

CHESS

GISBORNE CLUB SEASON .CONCLUDED (Notes, by “Black Knight.’ ) The chess season was concluded oil Saturday in. Ah. Chamberlain s office with a sides match between teams chosen by tho president, Mr. A. Gleave, and the vice-president, Mr. H- MRitchie, and resulted in a victory for the former by seven games to six. Below are the separate scores, the firstmentioned of each pair being l oil tho president’s side: — Seliliehting L v. Ritchie 1 Weatherly 1 v. Seddon .1 Gleave i v. Venning i. Whitehead .1 v. Thompson 1 Somervell l v. Robinson 1 Carr ). v. Fish bach 11 Harris 2 v. Ritchie, ;jm <i 7 6 On the. leading board the first game was played level as it was also to decide who was to occupy second place oil the championship lander; this was won hy Seliliehting and the other game by Ritchie, who had the handicap of pawn and three moves fixed at the commencement of the season. Seddon conceded Weatherly pawn and move, Somervell gave Robinson the same, whilst Harris bad to give Ritchie, junior, pawn and two moves. On the other three boards, the players were considered equal. Alter the supper adjournment, whilst the Black bum Cup, held by the club, was yet on the table, Mr. Gleave said that be had some pleasant duties to perforin. Last year Mr. Seliliehting wag the president and won both the championship and the handicap tournaments; bad be been like Pooh Bah in the “Mikado” he would have presented himself with a valuable trophy, instead he went south without even annexing the entraneo fees which it is customary to use for supplementing the presidents prize. Air. Cleave, on behalf of the club, then presented him with a smoker's outfit. Continuing, Mr. Gleave said that Air. Seddon this year also bad won the double event, being the top scorer, in both the championship and handicap tournaments; he hacl much pleasure in presenting him with a trophy (Cassell s Atlas) which he felt sure would be very useful and would give him much enjoyment. One of the members had said that he considered that the runner-up in the handicap tournament, Mr. Weatherly, also should have a. souvenir, for he scored 161, points, being only half a point below the winner and one above Mr. .Seliliehting, who takes third place, therefore he had much pleasure in handing him the book “Chess Man in Action.” To the youngest member of the club, Master Gordon Harris, aged 13 years, who shows great promise, he gave “Chess of To-day,” and to Mr. M. McMahon, who had made the greatest progress on tho ladder, lie having started on the lowest rung and mounted until he met the speaker, whom he had uot beaten level, but scored with the. handicap given in tho tournament, he (Mr. Gleave) had the pleasure of giving him Cuimington’s “Chess Traps and Stratagems.” Mr. Sechlon, responding, said that it gave him great pleasure in achieving bis ambition of being the champion of the club; when he was beaten hy Mr. Thompson in the first round ot the championship tournament ho thought that all chance of winning this year had

■wished, but Mr. Seliliehting was very kind to him in playing when he was off color. He thamccd )ir. Gleave for the handsome trophy, which lie would always appreciate. The secretary. Mr. Yenning, said that when wo played Rotorua and barely retained the Blackburn Gup by a drawn match it was mooted that the quality ol our play had deteriorated. Recently when Mr. Goldstein played over 49 members of the Rotorua e!ul> si milltanoously, he congratulated them on the high quality of their play. Commenting on this. Mr. Purdy, champion of Now South Wales, and ex-champion of Now Zealand and the editor of the Australian Chess Reviewv, said that lie was not surprised at this, considering the large bundles of A.C.R.’s posted to them every month. He (Mr. Venning) did pot think that we were any worse, hut that lliev wore hotter and that we jiad done well to retain the cup, especially considering that Rotorua bad more than twice the. membership that Gisborne bad to select a team from. Before the members dispersed they joined hands round the large table, sang “Auld Lang Syne,” and cheered boll) the champion, and the president.