CHESS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2541, 16 August 1915, Page 3

CHESS

WELLINGTON SOUTH V. NGAIO. A twelve-aside match between the above clubs was played at Ngaio on Wednesday evening, when- the visitors notched a ratlver easy win. The scores were as follow:— . ' Wellington South.—Allen, 1; Purchas, 1; Harper, 1; Armstrong, -J: Clark. 1; Thompson, 1: Weine.. 1; Perrott, 0; Douglas, 1; Berry, 1; Laughton, 1; Appleton, J. Total, 10. Ngaio.—Anderson, 0; Wild, 0; Carman, 0; 'l'opp, I; Lindsay, 0; Hicks, sen., 0; Hicks, E. E., 0; Croxton, 1; Green, 0; Hicks W., 0; Brown, 0; Tucker, i- ToThe Wellington Chess Club's match against a team chosen from the local towling clubs was advanced a further stage last week. The tally now is: Club team, 15i wins; Bowlers, wins; and ten games outstanding, which have to be accounted for by the end of this week. The hones'of t"he Bowlers now centre in Messrs."B. B. Allen, Turner, B. Anderson, AFGirr, Sexton, Danks, Lambert, Macdougall, Jerusalem, and the Rev. Mr. Petrie, who are paired against Messrs. Chapman, Mackenzie, Sim, Bock, Cleghorn, Cornwell, Dornbusch. Tyer, Greer, and Varney respectively. We hope to give the final result in our next weekly report. , The three competitors who tied for first place in the Ngaio Club's annual handicap tournament have played off, the result being that D. Wild takes first urtae, W. Carman second prize, and E. E. Hicks third prize. The game which won the Brilliancy Prize at the last New Zealand Cliamnion'hip Congress has been published in the British Chess Magazine, in the "London Times Weekly." and also the "The Field" (London). The various comments are favourable and two commentators have independently arrived at the_ conclusion that had Mr.' Dodds (the Nelson champion) followed up his sacrifice correctly. tlio Brilliancy Prize would probably Jiave gone to him instead of to his opponent. Further light has been thrown on the recentlv reported incident of two young Jvw Zealand soldiers' calmly playing chess while the shrapnel was flving about just prior to the landing at. Gallipoli. Tlio nlayers; according to the "New Zealand HevaM," were Private W. A, Gitierson and Corporal F. G. Hall-Jones, son oi Sir William Hall-Jones, M.L.C., and the pocket board in use was a parting gift from Mr. J. C. Grierson (the well-known Auckland enthusiast) to his son. Both these young soldiers were, subsequently wounded.