CHESS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 147, 17 March 1919, Page 7

CHESS

WELLINGTON SOUTH CLUB,

Last week's play in the Wellington South Chess Club's championship tournoy'resulted as follows :-G. P. Anderson won from Wolton and also from Thompson; Welton and Purchas won from Harper; and Purchas won from Berry. The game A'- Clark v. Faulknor stands adjourned in an even state. Messrs. G. P. Anderson and Purchas arc now leading,' each having played five games and woii tlism all. Welton (4-1) and Harper (3-2) are also in the running. Two more have to bo contested. Tho two leaders are paired to meet in the final round next week.

'■. PROBLEM-SOLVING.^CONTEST. Tho Good Companion Chess Problem Club of America, onco moro promoted a- world-wide probfen-solving contest on February 22 (George Washington's birthday). Eleven two-move problems, printed on. slieots, were submitted for solution in as many centres as possible in both hemispheres. The Now .Zealand contests were Jield tiimiltaneously in Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland, and Wellington. The Dunedin contest was, as in previous years, won by Mr. R.'A. Cleland (the New Zealand chess champion of 18SD), who solved, nine problems correctly, his time being 1 hour 25 minutes. Thn second prize went to A. Ellis (nine solutions in "I hours), and the third prize to .J. Edwards (the New Zealand chess, champion of 1894), who had eiuht solutions in ?i hours. In Cht'istcluirch, Mr. Harry Anderson was again an easy first, «ilh ten solutions in 2 hours and. 'I minutes. This is the second year in succession (hat ho hn? made, the 'best New Zealand tally. Mr. F. Woodford won the n:cond prize, and Mr. R, Lovoll-Sinith the third.. The Auckland prizes were annexed by Messrs. S. Coyne, R. Brennan, and A. PickeJ;!— .who. it must be added, wore not so successful as their southern rivals. Tho prizes in the local cuntest (for which them were fourteen entries) were, r.s previously reported, won by Messrs. Kelling. Faulknor. and CI. P. Anderson. The a;jgre"ates of I lie v.'izo-winnors work ! out as follow:—Wellington 27. OUigo 2,1, Ciinlerbiirv 1(1, mid /■ucklnud 11. The absence of solving results from Australia suggest? that inlluonza restrielioni prevented this con,lesl beinir hold in Melbourne and other Australian centres.