CHESS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 122, 17 February 1919, Page 9

CHESS

PKOBLEM-SOLVING TOURNAMENT. Tho Good Companion. Chess Problem Club of America is holding its annual solving competitions all over the world next Saturday (George Washington's Birthday); Book prizes have been rent from America for the New Zealand competitions, which are to be held simultaneously in Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland, and AVellington. The local conteat takes place at the'Y.M.C.A. rooms on Saturday evening. It is not confined to club members, but' is open, to all chess players, and there is no entrance, fee. Each competitor is provided with a sheet, on which ore printed tho, twelve two-move problems to be solved.' He is allowed two hours and a half (8 to 10.30 p.m.) for solving, and may use a board and set of chessmen. If two competitors, tie for a prize, witli an equal number of correct' solutions the award will be. in favour of the one who used the lesser amount of time, Mr. C.' W. Tanner will act os Supervisor for tho local contest. It may be added that the Good Companion Club was founded in Philadelphia, U.S.A., six; years ago, and that it has grown into a big concern from a modest beginning. It now has members in almost every country where chess is played—to say nothing of outlying islands (Society Islands, Chathams, etc.). The Good Companions are heavily indebted to llr. Alain C. White, of New •York, who has donated two thousand chess books since .the club was founded. It took its title from an incident of the thirteenth century.- About the year 1250 an unknown writer who styled himself "Bonus Socius" (Good Companion) endeavoured to stimulate the composition and study of chess, problems'by compil•ing a collection of all the problems that, he could trace. By publishing a monthly magazine and arranging solving tourneys all over the world free to all, and in presenting prizes, the modern "Good Companions" are, of course, trying to act up to the ideals set by '"Bonus Socius."

WELLINGTON SOUTH CLUB. ' The opening round of the above elub'.s annual championship tourney on Thursday' evening resulted as follows;—G. V. Anderson 1 v. A. Clark 0; Purohas lv. H. J. Thompson 0; Welton 1 v. Berry 0;.and Harper lv. S. Faulkner 0., Messrs. Mulvey, Eno, and Luughton scored wins in the supplementary tourney, in which the fixtures Rev. Briiddock v. Fisher «nd Ashby v. Eobbins stand adjourned. I