CHESS.
[to THE EDITOR.] / Now that the long winter evenare approaching, all lovers of this noble game will be glad to see the interest which chess is exciting, not'only ih : the large towns, but also in our. neighbour* hood. The interesting information conveyed in your issue of the 12th may be taken as an indication that the nbemi revival which has been going on in’other parts has at' length' readied our own shores.; ’ It. is fitting that th@ KtJMABA Times should notice this movement .for the extent to which the “ king of games ” is known and practised in the huts of the diggers in N6w Zealand’s latest goldfield is one of those things notgenerally fcndirn. Your suggestion to form,a team embracing the whole strength of the players' of the West Coast for a trial of skill against the champions of the [East Coast is an admirable oneV The nucleus Of a strong clubexists'amongttua. Kumara a®*! IMllman’svshotjldi combine r at once, and invite: .gpkitika and Gieymoiitb a friendly contest' The, Writer is well acquainted withmany of tbedeadjng players on the other side of the ranges, and it is his opinion that if the Hokitika and Greymonth contingents prove equal to that,of Kumara (and there is no reason for supposing otherwise), the West Obast ohainpions will be able to hold.their-owui against Canterbury or Otago.—l apt, ■ ■ ■• • ’ : 0...
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Kumara Times, Issue 458, 15 March 1878, Page 2
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224CHESS. Kumara Times, Issue 458, 15 March 1878, Page 2
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