CHESS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2200, 13 July 1914, Page 5

CHESS

' WELLINGTON CLUB. :Tiio Wellington Chess' Club .completed thirty-eight years', existence on July 1, having been founded in 1876. Like many another club, 1 it has had;,a lot of "lips arid 1 downs" in its time. During the past few years the membership has been small, .and at'one time , it looked as if the annual handicap tourney for tho Petherick trophy No. 2 would liaVe to bo abandoned. A, few veterans have, however, emerged from retirement, to tho no small relief'of tho committee, and tho contnst will not have' to lapse, after all. Play ,is V commence on Wednesday evening with fifteen en'tries; as .follows:—Messrs. Barraud,' Barnes, Still, Kerry, S. Gyles, Hill, Tanner, Gyles, '-fleiir.,. White, Bock,' M'Carthy, Cimino, Vamey, Dornbusch, and Cornwall. • Of these, Barnes 'has. won no tower than five Petherick tournaments, while Messrs. Tanner, "Gyles, senr., aiid Hill have each come out, first once, the last-named being the present , holder or the trophy. ' i In a ladder match, S. Gyles captured rung 7 from A. G. Fell.' An even contest is being fought for rung 13, Messrs. Hook and "JVhite each having scored one win to date. 'Mr. M'Carthy'lias challenged Mr. Tanner for rung 11 Mr. •W. R" Mason, the present New' Zealand champion, is unable at present' to devote any time to chess, and has had his name removed temporarily from the club's ladder—the first four fungs on which are'now held by Messrs. "Barnes, Still, .Mackay, and Barraud 7 -'respective-'' •y v ~ - : WELLINGTON SOUTH CLUB.. - Thethird. round of this ,club's handicap, tourney was contested oh day evening,- when won .front Weltoh.-.Terrott' .from Murray,. Purch from Douglas, ,and Berry from. Weino. Two games are marked incomplete, viz., Harper v. Thompson (adjourned in a very s eyen stage)', and Loneyv. Laugliton (slightly in favour, of the 'former, who has won the exchange). Tho fixture Allan v. Booth was,. postponed owing to the latter's-absence on account of-indisposition. 'The game Armstrong v. Clark' : is also -'outstanding, owing to an engagement preventing tho former frbm. attending. . FORKING MEN.'9 CLUB., 1 Eight more games have been-'disposed iif- m .this club s annual handicap chess tourney- wins being scored ■by • Messrs. . Jensen,, Key, Mowtell (2), Burgessj' C. Roid. and Featonby, while the r game •parking Hv.-W. • H.' Smith ended-:- in a draw.; Those ;who. have so far- scored 50, per cent', or more of wins areJ Reid (Class y), 4 wins 1 loss; Gray-(2), •8—0; Mowtell (5), 3—l; Ecatonby..(4),; 2—o; J. E. Perry (3). 2—0 ! : . Burgess ;(1), 2—l: C. Reid (6),' 2M:. Larking ,(5);, 2J-.-13;; Jensen' (4), 1-rl; • Milosi ' i3); ; -l—I 1 ; arid Key /(7), I—l, Messrs. Curtis'.'arid ;Dalr^niple. have /withdrawn' from the, competition,- neither "player' being able to devote the nwessary 'tijino toit. Play,has also been .'brisk; in the .annual draughts tourney (sealed;handicap),. with the' following results:—J. Reid (3) v.- .Wright ,(1);' J. Reid (2i) v. Jyues (U); J. Reid(3)v. Hudson (1);. C. Reid (2JY v. Jones (li); Erickson •'(S'J) v. C. Rflid (i); Burgess (8J) v. ; Hudson (\); Hudson (3). v. Wallace (IV; : Hanson,'3lV v.- Wallace (4) ; -and Wright/ (3D v! Colville (i).. .The test performances/1 to date'are:—Ericltsori,' 22 wins' 2"draws' (23—IV;. J, Reid. 21—7: .Ma* son,. 14-P^si;'.'Burgess, 10—6; Wright, .6—;2; and Warren, 6—6.