CHESS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 230, 17 June 1918, Page 8

CHESS

CA.Vra:i3UI!V v. Wellington. May ill the nnnual telegraphic ;ii,ik-h between tho above clubs was concluded on Saturday evening, a largo number of visitors dropping m at the Y.AI.C.A. li'ooms to witness tho vai'ious finishes. A prompt .start was cU'eeled, and good progress was made, thanks to the c-flovts of the various officials referred to in. our lust week's report. Mr. Barnes scored for Wellington at Board J, tlu Cunlorbur.v champion resigning when the loss of a further pawn was inevitable. A draw was agreed to at Hoard 2, the ■'1111ierbury player being unable to derive a win from his one-pawn advantage, At Hoard ■! the local player lost two pawns, find afterwards misread a niovo which, cost him a rook—Canterbury thus scoring this game. At Board 7 the Canterbury representative scored wilh a i:eat combination, offering his queen, which | could not be taken. An even ga'nio at Board S ended in a draw. At Board 10 Jl'Xair handled his pawn advantage splendidly, and scored for Wellington. At Board 11 the local player, who had previously lost a piceo through misreading it move, fought a gallant rearguard action, but had "to lower his colours at niovo 38. Board 12 yielded the local team a win on tho first evening, as already reported. At Board. 11 C. W. Tanner played very fine chess, and scored for ■Wellington at the forty-ninth move. Tho other five games am marked incomplete, and are to be adjudicated on. At present the local team is one point ahead (s—l), and the result of the match, therefore, depends on the decision of the adjudicators. An exceptionally close result may' be looked for. Tho following table gives the minis to date at a glance:— CANTERBURY". WELLINGTON. Kcnnedv, H 0 BRmes 1 Andersen, 11. JI i Mason, W. E. ... t Hawkins " Davies * Nightingale 1 Macka'r, W 0 King, W, S. ... * Kclling »

Lovell-Smith .... * fclil] * Woodford 1 .1 nmes 0 llourlay J J l(;e i lilack * Godtsciialk * U'l'li Pilil 0 M'Nair 1 J oycu l Ki ulon 0 (I Taylor, E. S. ... l x | siuliilu * Ward, 11. A * W llson, i;. Jo Tanner, C. W. ... 1 *Tlioso games are incomplete, ana are being referred to olio of Iho Now Zealand Chess Association's Adjudication Boards. XCJAIO V. WELLINGTON SOUTH. The first of I his year's "homo and home" matches between the above clubs jvas played at Ngaio on Monday cvunin R, when the home team scored a meritorious win, this being their first success in llio annual fi.vturo that was inaugurated four years ago. Tho visitors were most hospitably treated, and the match was greatly enjoyed. Tho score is as follows:— WELLINGTON S. NGAIO. Anderson, G. i'. 1 .lames, H. L. ... (I We! I on, .11 1 Urooker, I'. J. ... ! flark, A. } Tapp, A. li. v ... j Harper, W. J.... (I Carman, W. ... 1 Thompson, 11. .1. o|/Green, A. S. ... 1 •IJouglas, II 1 Prince, H 0 lino, \\~. 0 Applcton, ft'. ... ] Boslier, \V J Topp, A. B \ Total 31 Tolal J J