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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3180, 3 September 1917, Page 9

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OTA GO y. WHMJNGTOjr. . M-a.EWo tclcgra.phic raa.tch between inQ aoovo clubs was conoluded on fiotair- • Jay evening, and resulted in an easy -win Inf local . An early start, -was euccteo, and, very pood progress ivas mado, thanks to tho good work of tho operators and officials mentioned, in our last Monday's notes. .Otago had all tiw bad luck-that was going, and. tho final tally unduly flatters tho local club, "whose T eprwontative3 scored heavily, especially at tho higher boards. Tho run'of it ha play wa as follows, tho'Otago namo being l given, first in each instance:—Board 1, OJeland v. Earnest Tho former "was absent from Dunedin, his placo being taken by Mr. Balk. Barnes won a. bishop at move 19 and a'rook shortly afterwards, his opponent resigning at move 25. Board. 2, Balk v. Mason: Tho latter "won in fino stylo on tho first evening' as already reported. Board 3, Ellis v. Mackay: Mackay won a pawn at movo 19 and tho exchange shortly afterwards, his opponent resigning at movo 24. Board 4, Stenhouso V- (Celling. This "was a "heavy artillery" action, all tho queens and rooks being ongaged. Stenhouso. w.ho had to defend a difficult position, rosigned when tho loss of queen for rook was inevitablo. Board 5, S. S; Myer3 v. Still: Tho latter gained two pawns, tho exchange, and a rook, his opponent resigning at movo 33. Board 6, Coombs v. J. A*. Conndl.' Each player "was finally left with only 5-pawns." Conncdl outplayed hia opponent' in tho end ga-rao, neatly giving up two pawns to queen another pawn. IL'Coombs ("who is vice-president of. tho Good Companion Chess Problem Oknb) resigned 'a. tough battlo at movo 62. Board 7. Wright v. S. Gyles, incomplete. Board 8, Mcfiop v. Fouhy: Fouhy's enterprising play and! Mellor'e accuracy mado 1/hia tho most j interesting game of the match. Fouhy had tho hotter prospccts, but wearied ■with four hours' hard fighting; ho erred an endeavouring to force an exchange of : rooks. This lost time, nud gavo his opponent the attack, Fouhy having to resign tho hardest fight of the evening at midnight. Tho gamo was a credit to both ivinnor loser. Board 9, BorejTam v. Godtschalk: Incomplete. Board 10, Ward r. Barraud: Incomplete. Board 11, ty. H. Allen v. M'Nair: Tho latter first gained two bishops..for a, rook, and later on 15y a pretty combination won, queen for two bishops, the Otago president rewgfiTug et movo '39. Board 12, Botting t. S. Mackay; Tho former gavo up the exchange without avail.'and Mackay, being a clear rook to tho good, won strongly at move 33. Board 13, H. IT. Henderson v. E. S. Taylor: Incomplete. Board 14, Crawford v. Gyles, sen.: Incomplete. To sum up, jVellington has 8 wins, Otago 1 win, and five games are unfinished. The incomplete games, all of which are loft in an interesting Btate, arc being sent to tho Anckhind Adjudica-tion Board for their decisions, which cannot, of course, affcct tho Tcsult of tho match.

DRAUGHT. ftho best scores to dale in the cu'rrcnt draughts tourney of- the Wellington Watersiders' Club aro as follow:— |I 1 fit ■ • a 3- (Ss (S° Erickson, 0 CO 8 • 3 84 V Burgess, J. 66 10 6 71 11 Connor, W 81 2 12 82 13 Wright, W. : 75 4' 13 .77 15 Eeid, J. 51 6 12 54 15 Man son", 0 70 12 17 "76 23 Wilkinson, G 68 6 21 71 24 Gain, W. 70 4 23 72 25 Shadliolt, A 49 10 20 54 25 Butler, E 71 6 23 74 26 It.iloy, F 56 8 23 60 27 Green, J. A,. 46 8 24 50 28 Kobcrts, W. A. ... 48 14 26 55 33 Clarke, 0. 54 8 30 58 34 Aa previously stated eaoli competitor lias to play 120 games.