CHESS NOTES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2909, 23 October 1916, Page 9

CHESS NOTES

' : OTAGO Y. WELLINGTON. Tlio adjudications in tho lour outstanding games of the above telegraphic match camo to hand from Auckland on Friday afternoon. Wins arc awarded as follow:—Board 1, to Mr. Barnes (who had bishop and 3 pawns against Mr. Oleland's 6 .pawns). Board 3, to Mr. Balk (Dunedin), who was a pawn to tlio good; Board 6, to Mr. Fouhy (Wellington), who was a pawn to the good; Board 10, to Mr..W..F. Barraud (who had the attack with pronounced positional advantage). Tlie final score is, therefore, Wellington 7-J- wins, Otago fa'i wiiis, a somewhat lucky win for the local team, seeing that Otago lost ground at two boards through numbers being misroad on tlio second evening's play, whereas tlio only clerical error at this end of the wiro was hardly a penalty, as it resulted in a freak opening being substituted for one of the Tegular openings at Board 12. Theso happenings, of course, emphasise the necessity for accurate scrutineeriug. - Four matches have now been played between the above clubs, as follow: — 1893—Otago ii wins, Wellington 7$ wins. 1896—Otago 3j wins, Wellington Siwins. 1909—Otago 5 wins, Wellington 7 wins. 1916—Otago 6J- wins, Wellington 7-J----wins. I The full score of the recent match is as follows: — , Otago.—R. A. Cleland, 0; H. J. Armstrong, 1; 0. 8a1k,.1: A.Ellis, 0; S. S. Myers, 0; E. J. Mills, 0; G. D. Wright, i-; J. J. Marlow, i; L. D." Coombs, 1; J. A: Boreham, 0; 11. Bruton, 1; W. M. Stenhouse, }; A. Ward, 0; W. H. Allen, I. Total, 6*. Wellington—Barnes, 1; W. E. Mason, 0; AV. Mackay, 0; Still, 1;Kelling, 1; Fouhv, 1; Purchas, i; Godtschalk, -J; S. Gvles, 0; W: ¥. Barraud, 1; W. C- White, 0: A: G. Tyor, . I; H. A. Ward, 1; Gyles, sen., 0. Total,' 7i. MASTER-TON V. WELLINGTON SOUTH. Tho five outstanding games in the above match were disposed of last week, when Mr. J.. A. Connell, the Wairarapa captain, was on a short visit to Wellington. Hi s game at Board 1 against Mr. Purchas, the Wellington South champion, was'played out over the board. Books and queens were! exchanged, leaving Mr. ' Connell with bishop and 3 pawns to his opponent's bishop, and two pawns. The bishops were, however, of opposite colour, which rendered tho extra pawn valueless, and a draw was agreed to. > The two captains, in conjunction with Mr. 11. J. Barnes, tho AVellington champion, then adjudicated on the remaining 4 games, each side getting a win and 2 draws added to its previous score. Master W. Connell, the 14-year-old son of tho Mastorton captain, was tlio only player to scoro a win for his side. The fi'iiaL tally is: Wellington South, 7-J wins; Masterton, 3J wins, made up as follows :— Masterton.—J.- A. Connell, f: G-.. A. Jones, 0; F. Kunmier, J; J. Sedcolo, 0; K. Welch, 0; AV.-Connell, 1; N. Gandy, 0; W. Nop.s, }; AV. J. Gibson, •£; F. P. Welch, J; fc. H. Gupwell, 0. Total, 3J. Wellington South—D. Purchas, }; G. P. Anderson, 1; AV. J. Harper,'V; AV. Armstrong, 1; A. Clark. 1; A. AV. AVeine; 0; E. J. Falkiuer, 1'; H. J. Thompson, i; AV. Berry, J; H. Douglas };T.,Easton, 1.. Total, 7J. NGAIO V. WIIANGAREI. The above clubs have for some months past been playing! two games by correspondence. The games iiave been very . evenly .contested, and as .neither clubwas able to gain- any advantage it has just been decided to abandon both games as drawn at the forty-first move. Four of tho games played in the Ngaio Club's 191G tourney have been entered for tho Brilliancy Prize. Mi\ F. K. Kelling has been asked to make tho award. CANTERBURY V. NELSON.; AVhen tho abovo clubs opposed each other .in. 1866, two games wore played, three players consulting in each centre. Both games were- won by tho Canterbury Club. That match,'by the way, was tho first played by telegraph in New Zealand, and was probably the first of it's kind in Australasia. To celebrato the jubilee of telegraphic play in New Zealand, a- 12-a-sido match has just been contested between the abovo clubs. It ended, contrary to expectation, in. a handsome win for Nelson by 6.games to 4. Tho two unfinished games, when, adjudicated on, < arc expected to increaso Nelson's lead. At the conclusion of the match the Christchurch Club sent a congratulatory wire a s follows:—"This looks like revenge for 1866. Well, good luck to* you! You've waited long enough for it." It may be mentioned that Mr.. A. Joyce, who played at Board 10, has been amember of the Canterbury Club ever shico its foundation in 1866. His game is marked incomplete, as will be seen from the appended score of the match: Canterbury.—Nightingale, 0; H. Kennedy, J; It. Lovell-Smith, -J ; Woodford. 0; AV. H. Joyce. 0; Hawkins, 0; Siiillito, 1; Grant, *; R. A. Joseph, 0; A. Joyce, *; A. Clark, 1; C. H. Black, 1. 'Nelson.—Dodds, 1; Sainsbury, -J-; : Trathen, -J-; G. Cole, 1; AV. S. Angus, 1; J./R. Clark, 1; Clutten, 0; AV. B. Griffon*; A. E. Cresswell, 1;' A. P, ' Allport *; A. Housiaux, 0; T. C. C. Scott, 0. . "Reserved for adjudication, bill. Nelson is assured of winning the match. NAPIER V. GISBORNE. This telegraphic match was played on the saino ovenings as the Canter-bury-Nelson fixture. It resulted in a runaway victory for the Gisborncftes, who scored 5J- games to Napier's J-. Only two games have to bo accounted , for. Hides, the well-known Congress player, holds an advantage at Board i 1, but the Gisborne representative is j'a knight to. the good at Board 7. Four ex-AA'ollingtonians took part in the match. The best finish was witnessed at Board 5, whero Mr. Witty sacrificed a rook to affect a mate in two moves. Mr. Witty, who is generally regarded as "the Grand Old Man" of New Zealand cliess, is one of the North Island vice-presidents of the N.Z. Chess Association. It ■was away back in 1859 that ho played his first match .game with tho late Mr. C. AV. Bendow (then of Birmingham and afterwards of this City). Tho scoro of tho recent match is as follows: — Napier,—E. A. Hicks, *; Riddel], 1; i Burt, 0; Fischer, 0; Hosegood, 0; i Byatt, 0; Staveley, *; Evans, 6. ; Gisborne.—Dow, *; Sclilichting, -J; • G..D. Malcolm, 1; F. S. Malcdlm, 1; J. AV. Witty, 1; J. H. Bull, 1; Blackburn"; L. J. Carmine, 1. ''Thesega nies are reserved for adjudication, but they cannot affect the result of the match.