INTERPROVINCIAL CHESS MATCH BY TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4094, 10 April 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL CHESS MATCH BY TELEGRAPH.

A meeting of the chess-players of the Province is to take place on Wednesday evening, at eight o’clock, to take into consideration proposals for a match for a cup offered for competition by Mr W. Aitken, of Auck land. So far as Otago is concerned, this will be like killing two birds with one stone, because it will stand in the light of a return match and at the same time be a contest for the valuable cup offered for competition to all the chess-players of New Zealand. We see from our Auckland flies that invitations have been given to all the chess-players of that Province to agnd in name# to the secretary of the olpb there, so that the very strongest twelve may be selected to do battle for the reputation and honor of the Province. This looks as if they were thoroughly in earnest, Qur popn T quite ft? form §nfl wo m iftftth ft I ▼ 7 • m* ’ n

believe that there are not as good players here as in the Province of Auckland. We admit that there is a delicacy felt by many to offer themselves in the light of likely representatives ; but if players would only consider that the twelve selected will bo chosen by a committee specially commissioned to pick out the best, that false feeling of delicacy would be entirely done away with. On these grounds, we. hope that all players, whether good or bad,. Will muster strongly at the Olub-room, at the Athenaeum, on Wednesday night, to showby their presence that, whether selected oaf . not, they wish success to their adopted Province in the forthcoming match in the royal game. The very fact of having an enthusiastic meeting will go far to encourage the selected representatives to go in strong for practice, to prove that the confidence in them not been misplaced. The conditions for competition for the Cup are'these V

1. That all matches shall be flayed under the Auckland Chess Association regulations (or playing the game by telegraph. 2. That the matches shall be between the chess players o( one Province and those of any other ProVince ih New’Zealand. S.' That the first match shall be played between Auckland and Otago, the winner to play the retraining Provinces duly entered. 4. All Provinces intending to compete must notify the same to him on or before the 80th da/ of Apm • next. 5. The number of players ou each side shall not be less than twelve. 6.' The Province winning! the Cup shall, as soon as convenient, hold a tour- 1 nament, openonly to the players of that Province who engaged in the matches, the cap to.be the property of the winner of the most games.- - ' It may so happen to be inconvenient to some players, and especially those who reside*in the country, to attend the meeting on Wednesday. If so, by sending in their names to the president, Mr John Monat, or the honorary secretary, Mr J. S. Archer, of the Dunedin Athenaeum Chess Club/ they will be duly attended to. We shall be glad to find some hidden chess lights put of Dunedin, and as this match is intended to take place next month, intending competitors should send in their names at once. The tonwyi.meuf. among third and fourth class players of the Dunedin Athenaeum Chess Club is now finished, resulting in Mr Archer (third division) taking firatprize, and MrDahn (firstdivision) second. The prizes were presented to the winners on Saturday night by Mr Mouat, the president of the dub, who hoped that they would go in still deeper into the study of the noble game, so as to be able to hold their own with the very best players that could be pitted against them. The handicappers were complimented on their success in making the contest so even and interesting to