CENTENNIAL CRESS CONGRESS.
By Telegraph (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
MELBOURNE, Friday.
A large meeting of members of the Melbourne and Victorian chess clubs met at the Thistle Cafe to-night to welcome the players from the adjacent colonies, and also from Ballarat and Warrnambool, who have come to take part in the Major tourney of the Centennial Chess Congress.

In consequence of the smallness of the entry, there being only eight in the competition for the Major Tournament for four prizes and the championship of Australia, the committee have resolved to avail themselves of their right to modify the rule in reference to drawn games counting half to each player. They had decided that in case of drawn games the players should be required to play another game, the result of the second game to determine the result of the round.

Eight competitors then drew, the result being as follows :

First Round. Higgs v. Stanley, Charlick v. Tullidge, Hay v. Lampe, Brocklebank v. Crane.

Second Round. Tullidge v. Higgs, Lampe v. Charlick, Crane v. Hay, Stanley v. Brocklebank.

Third Round. Higgs v. Lampe, Charlick v. Crane, Hay v. Stanley, Brocklebank v. Tullidge.

Fourth Round. Crane v. Higgs, Stanley v. Charlick, Tullidge v. Hay, Lampe v. Brocklebank.

Fifth Round. Higgs v. Charlick, Hay v. Brocklebank, Crane v. Stanley, Tullidge v. Lampe.

Sixth Round. Brocklebank v. Higgs, Charlick v. Hay, Lampe v. Crane, Stanley v. Tullidge.

Seventh Round. Higgs v. Hay, Crane v. Tullidge, Brocklebank v. Charlick, Lampe v. Stanley.

- The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 13 October 1888

The final results were as follows:-

Charlick, Henry
1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 +5 =2 -0 (6.0 / 7)

Crane, William
1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ +5 =2 -0 (6.0 / 7)

Tullidge, William
0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ +5 =1 -1 (5.5 / 7)

Brocklebank, Charles
0 1 0 1 1 1 0 +4 =0 -3 (4.0 / 7)

Stanley, John
1 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 +3 =1 -3 (3.5 / 7)

Lampe, Phillip
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 +2 =0 -5 (2.0 / 7)

Higgs, James
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 +1 =0 -6 (1.0 / 7)

Hay, David
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 =0 -7 (0.0 / 7)

(The three draws were replayed; with all three games again ending in draws).

Charlick and Crane went into a playoff match to decide the Championship.

Crane won the title by 2½ to 1½