AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 154, 20 September 1927, Page 15

AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB

THE SEASON REVIEWED The annual chess fixtures which have been keenly contested are now over for this season. Mr. H. N. Maddox has won the club championship with a fine score of 9 wins, 2 losses and 1 same still to play, which, however, cannot affect his position. Mr. Maddox was formerly, a member of the Te Arolia Chess Club, of which he held the championship. He has been a member of the Auckland Chess Club for about 12 years and although he won three events last season, this is the first time that he has competed for the championship. With the exception of two players this year’s championship tournament included all the strongest players in the club, including Mr. J. C. Grierson, many times champion and twice champion of the Dominion. Mr. Maddox first learned chess at the age of seven. The intermediate level tournament was won by Mr. H. Lees with the splendid score of 10 wins and only two losses. The minor level tourney was won by Mr. J. Tennock, who has only been a member of the club for one season. Mr. R. Putman, the club veteran, won the open handicap event. He is 78 years of age. BRITISH STANDARD Much lias been written and said regarding the British standard of chess, but judging by the result of a recent tournament held at Scarborough, British chess has vastly improved of late. This higher standard of play appears to have been brought about through the leading English amateurs taking part more frequently in masters tournaments. Besides eight British players, Europe was represented by Bogo•ijuboff, the Russian master, and considered the fourth best player in the world, but no less than six of the English competitors scored better than he did. A splendid performance for British amateurs! INTERNATIONAL TEAM TOURNAMENT For the first time in history 16 different nations sent their four best available players to London to compete in an international team tourney. Imagine 64 players and 16 different tongues going at once! Hungary turned out the winning team, with the British Empire a good second. TELEGRAPHIC CHESS j The full result of the match against

Wellington has now been arrived at through negotiations regarding the unfinished games, and ‘Wellington wins by the handsome margin of IZI to 6?.. The telegraphic match with Canterbury was concluded last evening, and this closes the present season’s list of telegraphic matches as far as Auckland is concerned.

The match resulted in a win for Canterbury by 10£ to 91 points.