CHESS NOTES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3149, 30 July 1917, Page 8

CHESS NOTES

CANTERBURY V. WELLINGTON. The final score of the above twelve-a-sido telegraphic match is now available, the four outstanding games having been disposed of as follow :— Board 1.-Nighlingalo (C.C.C.) v. Barnes ..(W.C.C.): The Otago Adjudication Board declare this gamp a draw. Board 3.-W. S. King (C.C.C.) v. W. Jfackay (W.C.C.): This game is also declared to be a draw.

Board 6— Barclay (C.C.C.) V. Fouhy (W.C.C.): The former, who has been in camp for the past four week?,, prefers to resign this game, finding it inconvenient j to play at' the Wellington Club's rooms. The Wellington captain, to avoid further delay, accepted the resignation, as the position is markedly in Mr. Poiihy's favour, and the' result of the match is not affected by this. game. Board 7.-Woodford (C.C.C.) v. Godtschalk (W.C.C.): This game is also declared a draw by tho Otago Board. The Canterbury Club thus scores a well-deserved victory by seven games to five. Its representatives were in good form, hftving recently taken part in local champion-, ship and patriotic tourneys. The local players, on the other hand, wero very, short of match practice, and their play consequently lacked that steadiness that is so essential to success. It has been jocularly remarked that tho local club adopted the motto, "Long Live tho King," and then straightway lost this match on the Prince of Wales's birthday; also, that this was only to be expected, seeing that the Canterbury team contained descendants of Robert Bruce and Sir Henry do Bohun (who opposed each other at Bannockburn in the long, long ago). Tho same local wn.g, noticing some readable versos on the recent match by one of the Christchurch representatives, remarked that there was evidently still "a bard on the Avon"! The following is the score of the match, and it shows that the local team will be very fortunate if it escapes defeat when playing the powerful Otago team:— »

Canterbury.—Nightingale, i ; H. Kennedy. 0; AV. S. King, |; Hawkin6, 1; Lovell-Smith, 0; Barclay, 0; Woodford, i; Joyce, i; Cant, 1; Gourlay, 1; Black, 1; H. L. Andersen, 1; total, 7. .

Wellington.—Barnes, i; AV. E. .Mason, 1; W. Mackay, 1; Still, 0; Kelling, lj Fouhy. 1; Godtschalk, i ; AV. 11.I 1 . Barraud, 1: ATNair, 0; White, (I; K. A. AVard, 0; Tyer, 0; total, 5.

Eleven matches have now been played between these clubs, of which five have been v>;on by AA 7 ellington, three by Canterbury, and three' have ended in a tie, as follow:—

1879—A tie, each side scoring 6 points. 1883—AVellington won by 6 games to i. 1884—Wellington won by 5J games to-4{. 1887—Canterbury won by S\ games to 3J. 1892—A tie, each side scoring 7} points. 1894— Wellington won by 85 games toGJ. 1913—AVellington won by Si games to 3J. 1914—AVellington won by 7$ games to 2J. 1915—Canterbury won by 7 games to 5. 1916—A tie, each side scoring 6 points. 1917—Canterbury won by 7 games to o. Totalling the results, it will be seen that the above matches comprise 130 games, of which Canterbury has scored C 3 points to AVellington's 67.