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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18402, 8 June 1925, Page 13

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NEW ZEALAND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. i - , \ CANTERBURY V. , OTAGO. - The chess match by telegraph in the New ! Zealand Chess, Clubs' championship between J Canterbury, and Otago was concluded on ' Saturday evening, slightly-in favour of the southern club. Of the twelve games included in Ihe Dominion Otago won five and Canterbury four, obo was drawn, and two unfinished positions will be decided by adjudication. One is in favour of Canterbury, and the other shows better prospects for Otago, though a draw may result. At the best, Canterbury can but hope for a draw, while the 'final result niay be a win for Otago by a narrow margin. The southerners' middle board players • proved 1 too strong for their, opponents, a sequence of four wins having an important bearing on the match total. The extra fire teamamen for Otago in' the annual ordinary, match between the two clubs also did much better than their opponents, winning three games and losing only one, the other being drawn. The following is the scora sheet, the two sec-, lions, championship and ciub match, bein« shown separately, with the fuli total reprctenting the club match decision:— Club Championship'. Canterbury. ' Otago. Wins. Wins. H. L. "Andersen 1 W. G. Stenhouse 0 W. S. King .. 1 h. Coombcs . . 0 Itev. N. Kribcrg J A. W. 0. Davies i T.Hawkins .. » U. Balk .. * is.. J. Quarrell p W. Buchan .. 1 )j. 3. Darwin ..0 B. W. Stenhouse 1 Itoy LovellSmith 0 L. Cohen .. 1 J. 0. Chapman 0 S.S.Myers ..- 1 W. 11'. Joyce .. * ■ G. D. Wright .. *" J{. W. Pascoe 0 3.3. Marlow .. 1 J-'. 11. R. Neville 1 O. Kiley .. 0 K. S. Shillito .. 1 AV. H. Allen ... 0 Totals r*. *b ' 5J Club Match. . K. Dalton .. 0 R. Watt ~ 1 B. Shillito .: ■ 0 K. J. Penrose 1 \V. 1\ Harding ..J C. Ahern .. % A. J. Stevens .. 1 K. Banning '.. 0 ' J. Horoell .. 0 0. M. Baraett ~ 1 Totals '.-:.. 6 .. : ,9 . t Games for adjudication: . ' Following are brief comments on the play at the several boards of the championship,' the Canterbury .players being mentionei§Jßrgt. in each instance:— - : ' ;~l ' -■ Board No. I—H. L. Andersen ■'■■■ v. -;W. ■■•'s? Stenhouae. With the advantage of aVpieco, the gain of first night's play, Andersen forced .natters, and by prettily sacrificing » •piece mated Stenhouse, _on the thirty-Mth move, abishop effecting the coup de grace. Board Ko. 2—W. S. King \! H. Coombes. The Canterbury . player . won the exchange of rook for knight, also a. pawn. Coombes, however, with queen, rook and a bishop, bearing on his opponent's king's quarters, held decided possibilities .for a mate. King had to exercise vigilance, and it was not until well into the close of Saturday that he got completely rid of the menace, and then had

iho game in hand, Coombcs resigning on the forty-second move. Board No. a—Kev. X. Frlberg v. A, TT. O. Davies. The southerner, by resourceful dafence, kept his exposed king free from tit* attacks of rqnjor/pieces, tho while success* fully guarding doubled pawns on bis kins'* bishop's file. Friberg endeavoured to advance a passed pawn along hi* king's rook's file, and to win the isolated pawns; but tactics of the veteran ex-champion frustrated -the Canterbury man's intentions, and "ho*ours easy'' was declared In the final account' Board' Noi -i—T. Hawkins t. O. B*lk.*Tal* game. goes for" adjudication. Board No. 5—H. J. Quarrel! v. W. Buchaa. .Tho Canterbury player lost a minor nieca tar nothing early in the same, due to an uafertunate oversight. No opportunity occurred: to recover from the slip, ftaekan coaduetbr a very solid game and enduring attack to tho end, and winning by force majeure. Board No. (!—L. J. Darwin r. |*. "W. Stem* house. -Owing to tho kins; not karat? castled, Darwin came under heavy Sra trot* the central batteries. Stenhouso Tasked all his forces into this sphere of aktlcts. sad grossed so strongly as to force Barwbt t« give way, the result of tho meleo beta* tfc* gain of a Took for a knight and also) a yaws. Darwin's position subsequently bccsSM Ma> tenable, and ho resigned. Board No. 7—Roy liorell-Smitk x. Ju, Cohen. As the outcome of a King's Knight** Gambit, Cohen retained the now* to the «n*V ' nnd, playing, correct chefs, left Lovcll-Smita without resource, thus scoring tho canto. Board No. B— 3. O. Chapm*n. v. 6. S. Myers. This -was an evenly played gsssfe to half-way through Saturday's nnnasdiuf*. when Chapman lost tho exchange of rook Mr knights Thereafter his position becata* cat*promised, and, a* a' pawn -was asarcMuc t» the queening rank. Chapman resigned. Board No. 9—W.B. Joyce r. O. JO. Wright. Unfinished game, goes to adjudiiratioa. Board No 10 —B. VT. Faseoe r. X. J. JSarlow. In this game Paseoe commowceat taa - second erenlng with the disability of a jafee* minus, plus a pawn as compeHisattoa. Marlow played strongly, and never zebuta* kH grip, finally threatening to queen a yawa. Paseoe had no effective answer to this, auat resigned. Board No. 11— F. H. R.-Seville ▼. C. Itiley. Neville won a piece on the first sight, nnd, gradually wearing his opponent dims by forceful play, received his eppexunt** resignation on the call of time. Board No. 12— K. S. Shiilito r. W, H. Allen. ' Canterbury won this, game by ale* positional play on the part of Shillit*. th* decisive stroke being neat and tauasweraM*. leading to the gain of a piece. Th* Otag* player's troubles began early, in a mis* of exchanges which resulted in Saiflito betas; left with positional advantage. Tho game was a uice exposition of this paste of cktss ploy.