CHESS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 248, 8 July 1918, Page 7

CHESS

CANTERBURY DEFEATS WELLINGTON. ' The Otago Adjudication Board husj given its decisions on the four outstanding games of tlia recently played Canterbury v. Wellington watch. A win is awarded to Canterbury at board !), -and draws aro awarded at boards It, U, and 13. Canterbury thus scores an unexpected win by one point, the full score being as follows:— . . Canterbury.—Kennedy, H.., I); Anderson, B. l<., J; .Uinrkine, J; Nightingale, 1; King, -W.--S., 1; Lovell-Sini'lh, 1; Womlford, lj-fiourlay, J; Black, C. H., 1; Dirk Pihl, 0; Joyce; I; Gant.O; Shillito, .'.; Wilson, E. L., 0: Total, 7J.. Wellington-Barnes, 1; Mason, W. E., \: Davies, J; Mackny, W., 0; Kelliiiß, (I; Still, 1; James, 0; Lee, H. (!., 4: Godtechalk, 0; M'Nair.'l; Uriilon, 0; Taylor, E. S., 1; Ward, H. A., i; Tanner, C. W., 1. Total, 01. ' • Tho local .team, contrary, to genea'aJ Bxpoctation, only notched ono win at thfl first nine boards. Twelve matches' havo now been contested between thofw clubs, of which Wellington has won five, Canterbury four, and three have ended in a lie, as lollow:— 1871), a tio, each side scoring 6-points. 1883, Wellington won by l> games to i. 1884, Wollinston won by 55 gomes to i\. 1887, Canterbury won by 8j- K limc * \° 3J--1892, a tie, each sido scoring 7i points. 18114-. Wellington won By-85 Rnmes to fit. 1913, Wellington won by (<h uames to 31 1014, Welliniflon won by 7| ««mi» to 2J. 191,1, Canterbury won by 7 games to 5. llltii, a tie, each sido eooriug 6 points. 1917, Canterbury won by 7 games to 5. 1918, Canterbury won by 7J Raines, to 5. On sumiiarisinE the abovu results it will be seen that 1« game s havo been accounted for, Canterbury's tally bein« 70.J to Wellington's 73!. Tho gap of nineteen years from 1894 to 1913 is accounted for by tho fact that for nearly two decades' chess was afc, a very low ebb m Christchurch, the southern club nannc to contend with several very 'lean years." . . . ~ ■ ■ , Mr. D. Harris HashnEs, ' hon. sMiretnrv of the Otago Chess Club, paid the Wellington Club a visit on Satnrdav evening. Hβ is endeavouring to arranxo for the Otago v. Canterbury match to bo played on 3My 20 and 27. and thJ Otngo "v Wellinston match on Ausjusl; 31 and SeptNnber 7, and for tho usual time limit of rishteon moves per hour to be suspended, as the Otago club has no clocks. Last year, when, a similar, request was made, .'Wellington met OtiiKO half-way by foregoing the use of clocks at tho'seven lower boards. The result was not very encouraging, as four of the five unfmishod games, were at boards at ■whick no clocks were used. In these circumstances the local .committee is naturally not very enthusiastic about repeatin<i the experiment, .list alone extending it to the whole fourteen boards. I ===== -