CHESS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 301, 16 September 1919, Page 7

CHESS

OTAGO V. WELLINGTON. .The Canterbury adjudicators,' Messrs. E. H. Sevcrne and \V. S. King, have declared llio three unfinished games of the above telegraphic match... to be draws, viz., Board it, YV. Muekay 1 v. Kev. IMbei'g, A; Board 5, I'ouhy 1 v.- Hamel, \; Board" 13, «. Faulkner i v. C. H. Black i. '.The local team thus wins the match by KM games to 41, the full scored be-. iiiff'■■as follow, Wellington Ijeins mentioned first in each case:—Barnes 1 1, K. A. Cleland J; AV. E. Mason 1.-Balk 0; AV. Mackay. /., Kev. Friberg \; Kelling 1, A. Ellis 0; Touhy \, Hamel 4; G.'P. Anderson 1, Cooni)* 0; Godtsehalk 1, S. S. Myers.o; L. Sim \. Amtmivn Jj S. Gyles 1, A. E. AYard 0; E. S. Taylor 0, AV. H. Allen 1; It. A. Ward'*, 11. H. Henderson 1; C. W. Tanner 'i, Warraan J;.S. Fuulknor i, C. H. Black 1; AY. C. AVhite 1, D. H. Hastings 0; A. ■ Clark 1, L. 1). Grieg 0. Totals, AVellington 101; Otago, 4J. Seven match have now been played between these clubs as follow -.—1893, Otago 4} wins, AVellington 71- wins; 1898. Otago 35 wins, Wellington 81' wins; 1909. Otago 5 wins, AVellinston 7 wins; 1916, Otago GJ- wins, AVellinston 7J wins; 1917, Otago 3 wins; AVellington 11 wins; 1918, Otago 5 wins, AVellington !) wins; 1919. Otago 4} wins, AVellington lOVwins. ■Mr. K. J. Barnes, the local captain, has taken part in all these contests, in which he has put up the good scoro of 'five wins and two draws. Mr. K. A. Cleland the Otago captain (who is retiring from match play after rendering his club, more, than thirty years of highly valued service) has also taken part in all seven mntches, his tally in which is five draws and two. losses. On one occasion he had the misfortune to lose his game through misreading a move of his opponent, the Dunedin scrutineer failing to detect the error. Clerical errors in , telegraphic matches have been more frequent of late, and the New Zealand Chess Association will probably be asked to consider the ndvisableness of dropping the "roll" notation, and substituting therefor either the Kieseritzky or the ordinary English notation.