NOVEL GAME OF CHESS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3567, 14 December 1882, Page 4

NOVEL GAME OF CHESS.

The Rev. C. C. Chevallier, the vicar of Heighington, in England, in order to raise a fund.to provide bells for the parish church, arranged, says the Pall Mall Gazzette, for a game of chess to be played in Kedworth Park, bj players who were dressed to represent the different pieces on the chessboard. The day was fine and a large and fashionable company was attracted from Darlington, Bishop Auckland, and other parts of the district. There wae a considerable space of green sward roped off in the park, which was laid out in squares. The band escorted the opposing forces on to the ground, who marched in procession and presented a most picturesque appearance in their fifteenth century costume. The prevailing colour of the. costume of the players on one side was green and on the other red. The pawns were dressed as pages of the fifteenth century, with, long pointed shoes and tights. The castles were imitations of the castles known in chess, consisting of canvas in which four young ladies were enveloped. The bishops appeared in bishops' costumes, those in red being the cardinals. The two gentlemen who directed the players were the Rev. C. C. Chevallier and Mr Johnson of the Heighington School. The moves were faultlessly made, showing that the players had been well drilled.