CHESS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10289, 26 May 1919, Page 7

CHESS

CANTERBURY'v. WELLINGTON. • I'lar in the annual telejrraphio match between the above oluos was concluded on Satnrdav evenina in the presence of a laTRe of spectators. Mr Severne, the Canterbury ohampion, is spending a holiday in Wellington and his canio with Mr Davies, the local champion, was accordinjrly played over the board here on Wednesday evening. Mr Severn© ployed the four knights opening and gradually worked into tho better position. Davies neglected an opportunity of driving out a well posted queen and in the subsequent exchanges he lost a knifiht and two pawns, Rp.verne scoring the came in 38 moves. The remaining fixtures were continued on Saturday eveninsr, when good prooro*s was made, thanks to the'.■valued assistance of the various officials' referred to in our Inst wppk's retwrt. Th<> rrnme p f Ho?rd 2—Anderson ff.), v Barnes IW.) is marked'incomplete. The local player has obtained p strorist at'-ani- w'th Bond n'ospr-cts. ■ At bnnrd 3-W. E. Ma- 1 ron (W.) continued his attack s-.iecss- : fully. gainin? two pawns and obtaining i H. Kennedy's resignation at more 9f. I At Ttnarrl i W.' S. Kino ir. \ .' .»!,« . I

previously won a minor picoo,■■ followed his advantage up 'stronjrlj, .'Alaokuy. re-I siirninß at sieve. &.. Hawkins made tha < most of his positional advantage at board 5 and won hvo valuable centra pawns • Kelline then made a four, hours* bid for a draw, but he- had to surrender at mid-! nicrht on the sixty-fourth'move. Still CW.) won the exchange at board 6 and afterwards Rave it back to neatly win a piece, TVyford (C) resißnini? at inovo 39. H. L. James (W.) cave back the piece previously won in order to. ;ret a rook and' two pawns for his knisht. He thus had a coinmandinsr advantage in the end- i game, and was able to announce "mate | in three" nt move 3S. At board B—H. j G. Lee (W.) kept up the pressure and von a third pawn from the Canterbury I president, who resisrned nt move 42. Jlr I*>e, who represented Somerset County for many years, once more proved himself a valuable acquisition to local chess ! circles. At board 9—Godtschalk (W: ridded to his previous advantage by winTiinc a rook at move 23. and Joyce thereupon resigned forthwith. The nest three srames beinc incomplete, all jro to adn'dication. viz., CJourlar (C.) v. S. Gyles (W~.). Brufon -fC). v. Tnylor (W.), and Pihl (C.) v. -MeXair fW.i. Aa previously announced. Canterbury scored nt 5, Wellington hns thus scored, sis wins. (Canterbury four, and four jrames are to be referred to the Otfisro sertion'-, of tit's- T —' J » jj..;j: _-..=

very close finish mnv b? look*d for. TJ position at n fflaaca, io r.s Ijllawa:';-. ; WisLuNOTOJt, CANTSEBTJaV. v Davws 0 S«veiao j -."Darn-* " Auderoon. H. ....-« Mason, W. E....' 1 Kennedy.-' U, .... ' Mackay. W " 0 Kin?. W. S. ... 1 Kellinsr ........... 0 Hawkins '• Still 1 'iVyford ..' .< James 1 Lbvell-Smitn ... < Lee. H. Q. ......' 1 Woodford ...... I Godtschalk ... 1 Jcyco ' ' "Gyle.s, S. .....'."— Gourlay i 'Taylor, E. 5....'—. Bruton .....' , •McNair '■ -r Dirk Pihl ...... - ' brooker ........'. 0 Wilson. B. L. ..... < Faulknor. S. .... 1 Darwin •;•••.■•.;•.. ] •These four sames are incomplete an are to be adiudicatod on in Dunedia..