CHESS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2559, 6 September 1915, Page 3

CHESS

LOCAL TOURNAMENTS.. ■ ■ y Good progress was made last month ill the annual, handicap tuorney of tho Wellington South Chess' Club/ the- leading scores in which are now as follow:— Purchas,'6 wins no losses; Harper,- 6} 1-rrJ'j -A. ''Clark, 4-rl.- Armstrong, 3}— It; Douglaß, 3—3; Murray, senr., 3—3j and W'clton, I—o.. . s : v'. 11l the annual handicap chess tourney , of the Working-Men's' Club- the best, scores:'.-to date are:—Peake, 5J wins 1} losses; : Burgess, 5—2;. Key, 4-t2 ; Featonby,. 3i—li; Barnes, .3—l; Larking, 4—3; Mowtell; ],i—li ; . and G. Ileid, 3—3. Each competitor has to account, for twelve games. . Those who;' Lave so far half or-' more of .their gamesin the club's annual draughts tourney (sealed handicap) .-are:—Burgess, 20 wins 4 losses; J. Reid, .19—5; Costella, 21 J—l4-J; C. Reid, 13i-6J; and W. H. Smith,' 4—4. ,: v ;. /. , A : > matc'h 'for the championship of the Nga-io.Chess Club was recently contest-■ ■ ed by Messrs; A. B. Topp (the winner of the club's 1914 tourney): and D. Wild (the winner of : this year's . tourney). The former won both .games; and ; - thus: : retains rung one on the club's ladder, which,■■■it,- is .interesting!.tfljn6te,:was : made, by the club's lon. secretary, Mr. A. S.. Green, out of timber from tho wreck of 'the Penguin. The ladder contains sixteen; rungs', each name being shown;': on an'' electroplatev' unique'feature. '. . j;; '•••• '■ '•• ■' > ; Tno : .:;Wellirigton;Club's- : m against) the,: combined- suburbs.Vis.-boing looked .forward.to;with much interest;.-,, The "com- ' bihed""t'eamrwill' be -a; Very-' strong one,' ■■'and.''ifc' is-'gene'rallyJ expectedithat'it.will'. just about win. . The data of tho con--tost and other details: Will. be -; settled when . the 'club's".president; Mr.'.-A.' G. Fell, returns from a short visit 'to. the South Island; -. .. ; ■"..