CHESS MATCH BY TELEGRAH.

Evening Star, Issue 4039, 5 February 1876, Page 3

CHESS MATCH BY TELEGRAH.

Tnie jflaabch between ’niue play era. of Auckland :md the same number representing . i®. finaliy, settled, ,to comepff oh irhwfay hext,. play. commencing at 8 p.m. The players Here have decided to play inthe J?iovi ncial,, - Council Gall, ~ .which was i madly placed atjbhe disposal of the,playeip by’" Gillies, the Speaker. The aceqrdtt ihd/ ation will be yery comfortable for thb is * rather; limited it hai-i btVej i decided that .those ladies and' gentldmer i who deaire to witness the match mum; i *PB ly to the secretary, Mr J. a. Arc her or to Mr Davidß. Hay, captain of thb teaJ %.fop. cards of admisai(hi,v before sik ocl ock on the night of play. The objected this real ; aicfion is to prevent overcrowding, which wbi ild, doubtless, prove rather a drawback tb tboi players. Mr- A., D, 'Lhbecki has, with • his usual; kindness and; consideration, afi- r rar iged to introduce fhe wire into the roonp Th is will make the scene, rather' animated the.match a zestfor theplayere and it would hot?otherwis 16 have. , Mr Day, the telegraphist,, who ' so» ably ' ahd«*accuratPly.pMciated, in, the recent match liawrencej will be’thfe . ope: fator on this occasion as well. We are pie ssed to lemfh that the' offotfa.df the f'Duttedin Athenaeum Chess Club to keep suit s e the interest in this good old game have be< 3 n the means of increasing the numbers of th e s Club. We understand that there arb that thi 3 subscription is only lOSSfidfTa year, we so quid have thought that & city like DuneOJ n cqul.d niuster at least double the number. X hese* matches’ ■ will. dxavk the attention ! ci c chftis' players to the existence of such A /olnbi r and wo trust with r the result of tr trengthening it in ; every.way."The Dunedin r epresentatiyes have ,l}pen steadily ,at pract Ice of. latej and. we hope they, will grve a good aefcount of themselves. : . i.