CHESS NOTES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 308, 17 September 1918, Page 9

CHESS NOTES

OTAGO-WELLINGTON MATCH

Another game of tho Otago v. Wellington match has boon disposed of in favour of the local team, Mr. Coombs having' resigned to Mr. H. L. James iH board 7. Tho siwo is now as follows: Wellingloii, 5 .wius; Otago, 1 win; three games elided in draws, and five aro unfinished. The - fivo outstanding games will be referred to tho Auckland Adjudication Board if no agreement is come to ia respect of them, Good .progress has been mado during the past three weeks with the Wellington Club's championship tourney.. Tho following gamos havo been disposed of, the firstnnmcd winning in each instanco: —Davies v. Godtschalk, Mason v. Tyer, Selling r. Purchas, Purcbas v. Fouliy, W. Macka.V v. Ward, Davies v. Tyer, Mason v. Barnes, and Rolling v. Tyor. The fixtures S. Gyles v. Barnes and Purchas v. G. P. Anderson ended in draws. The gamos •W. E. Mason v. Still,. Foully 'v.* G'odtsohalk, Barnes v. W. Mackav, and James v. Godtschalk stand adjourned in an ovon stato. In,' the fixture Kelling v. Godtschalk the. latter has won a pawn, and holds an excellent position. W. E. Mason is now leading with ten- clear wins, closely followed by A. W. O. Davies (ton wins and one draw). Noxt Wednesday's^boufc botween these two leadors is expected to provide, a great, strugglo for supremacy. ' Other good, tallies are:— Kolling, 9—2: Barnes, 65—2J; James, 4J—2J-; Still, 5—3: Godtschalk, 3—2; Fouliy. 5} —iJ; and W. Mackay, 3|— 2} Tho laddor match for rung 13 botween W. White (challenger), and D.' L. Bruton ended-in favour of J;ho "latter (2—o). In the Wellington South Club's annual haudicap tourney ten' rounds out of fifteen lmvc been disposed of. Messrs. G. P. Anderson and Harper aro, leading eaclr having made tho fine score of nine wins and one loss. The noxt best tallies are— Welton, 9—2; H. J. Thompson, 7—3; W. Berry, 6—3; and Purchas, 6 —4. Members aro looking-forward to' the annual match with tho Mastortoiv Chess players. Tho latter- aro scheduled to arrive in Wellington on the Saturday preceding Labour Day, the match being commenced the same evening, and concluded oil the Iforonoon of the Monday (Labour Day).- Last . year's matoh was played in Masterton, and resulted in a win for the Nowtowiiites. Mr. W. White is leading in the .annual ! chess tourney of tho Working Men's Club; his score .being -now ten wins and one loss. - Ho is closely followed by: Barnes, »—1; S. Faulknor, 7—2; Wild, 5—2; Long, 5—2; Larking, i —s; and J. lteid, 4J—3|: A chess match is being arranged with the Watoi aiders' Club, tho teaius being paired in advance, and pi von a fortnight in ivliich to get the fixtures played off. . .The Ngaio Club's prize list depends on the result, of two outstanding games. It is still possible . for throe players t-o tie for first phuM iu'-tbc "lull's current, handicap tourney.',. This club is scheduled to play two iuatchos in, 'town during tho ensuing' fortnight—meet-, ing tho Working Mcn'.s Clnb next Saturday,; and the South Wellington team oh the following Saturday. Tho 1918 chess tourney of the Watersiders' Club has. been won by Mr. D. Wild (7 wins, 1 loss, .1 draw), and -tlio second prize by Mr. J. Burgess (7—2). Both these players .have won several prizes in the Working Men's' Club tourneys. • Messrs. .J. Lindsay .and W. •v'ring, who each scored G wins, and 3 losses, have to play-oil lor the third prize. Since the. above was in typo advice has como to hand that the Otago Club agrees to draw the games at board 1 (Cleland v. Barnes) and board o (Ellis v. Kelling). The score is therefore as follows;— Wellington, 7$ wins; Otago, 3} wins, and three games are unfinished. Tho incomplete games are to be submitted to the-Auckland" tion Board (Messrs. flrie.-son,.-Miles, and Ilarvey), whose decisions cannot affe.ct tho result of the match, tho local team being assured of victory.