CHESS NOTES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18499, 11 September 1934, Page 5

CHESS NOTES

GISBORNE CLUB TOURNAMENT fOMUGETED ;By "Black Knight") At the Gisborne Chess Club, on the vhanipion.stiip ladder. Robinson elial.engi o I'Tse jhacli, hub tailed to win : eiming won against Thompson; Fethlon ,ost, ins premier position liy default to •v'hiieiiting; then \ riming challenged vTiliciitiiig and scored, thus occupying Hie top rung for the first time; Somervell la'ni Hums; Merrill!ll failed against Weatherly; Weatherly then attacked lhompsim and conquered; thereupon lie .vied lo subdue Sclilichtiug, but llie game ended in a stalemate. In the handicap' tournament Cleave heal Lawn, lap lost to Meredith; the game between Venning and Duncan was iliav.n: Harris won against Robinson; both Meredith and Thompson heat Duncan; Meredith wmi against both Somervell and Ritchie, lmt lost, to Venning; Ritchie scored against Lawn and Thomp.iuii ; and Seddon beat McMahon.

As the tournament- is now completed Hie seals wore broken and the handicaps mill'd to the percentage of wins, with Hie following results: Gordon Harris, aged 14 years, is the winner, having scored seven out of 14 games, or 50 per cent, of wins, plus 52.5 handicap, total 102.5 points; second, L. Meredith, :3 equals 57.14 plus 44.26 equals- 101.29; third. 11. M. Ritchie. Bi, equals 60.71 plus 35.75 equals 96.46; fourth. T). J. Duncan and E. E. Somervell tied with live each, equals 35.71 plus 60 equals 95.71; sixth. G. If. Seddon. 12J equals 59.29 plus 5.75 equals 95.04: seventh. E. T. Venning, 9J> equals 67.86 plus 26.75 equals 94.61: eighth. M. McMahon, equals 4-6.43 plus 48 equals 94.43: ninth. R. J. Thompson, 9 equals 64.28 plus 28 equals 92128: tenth. A. Cleave. 7 equals 50 plus 36.25 equals 56.25: eleventh. .). F. 1). Weatherly. 8J- equals 60.7.1 plus 24.25 equals 84.95; twelfth, M. F. Robinson. 4 equals 23.57 plus 52.5 equals 81.07: thirteenth. P. Fixelibnch, 4 equals 28.57 plus 50 equals 78.57: fourteenth. A. IE Sehlichting, 10} equals 75 phis 0.75 equals 75.75: fifte-nth, G. A. I,awn. i equals 7.14 plus 61.25 equals 68.39. These results reveal reinnrkaMy good handicapping, giving the weakest players equal chances with stronger ones. The championship tournament com indices on Saturday next, when the followin'.: are, drawn to play: Fischbneh v. ,-Vhlii hting : Weal hoi I v v. Seddon: Cleave v. Venning: .'’leredith v. Thompson. Chess playing hv correspondence is now getting very popular, especially by enthusiasts in 111- country who have not many opportunities of playing over die board. Mr. Venning. 63 Graham -ond. the secretary of the Gisborne Chess (Hull, invites I hose who would like to plnv by correspondence to coinmnniente with him and lie will arrange with iluh members to plnv with them.