DUNEDIN CHESS CLUB HANDICAP TOURNAMENT.

Evening Star, Issue 3977, 23 November 1875, Page 2

DUNEDIN CHESS CLUB HANDICAP TOURNAMENT.

This tournament, which was thrown open to the chess-players of the Province, wa« finished on Saturday last, taking exactly two months to decide the victory. There were twentry entries in all. Seventeen of these were handicapped, varying from pawn and move to rook and move. The handicappers did their duty so fairly that winners and losers were alike pleased. Great interest was taken in the contests, and the club rooms were often crowded to witness the decisive games. Everything has passed off most pleasantly, and the Dunedin Chess Club may well congratulate themselves |)>U managing the various arrangements so effi jpiently. Intrinsically the prizes are of no ; £reat value; but as chess is the king of all skilful games, the honor of winning is highly prized'by all chess-players. The following are the prize-takers:

Mr David It. Hay (Ist class), first prize Mr Sargison (2nd class), second prize Mr John Mouat (Ist class), third prize. We may mention that the club numbers over thirty members, but as the annual subscription is only 10s Gd we should like to see the number at least doubled, as there are incidental expenses connected with matches which absorb a goad deal of the funds. The club expects a challenge from _ the Auckland Club by first steamer, which is to be a Provincial affaii, just as our cricket and football matches are. The telegraph authorities have kindly given the ust> of the wires gratuitously after business hours, ‘but the clubs will have to pay the operators for their extra time. We should also like to learn that a number of leading men had enrolled themselves as honorary members, so that the club might be in a position to fight pluckily and manfully in the coming match with Auckland. We sincerely hope these suggestions will bear fruit.