2. The tournament will be conducted on what is known as the cutting-down principle. The combatants will be paired |by drawing lots as follows :— The names of all the competitors shall be placed in a i hat or box, and the two first drawn there from shall play together, the third and fourth drawn shall play together ; the re mainder ia like manner until all are drawn. This shall constitute the First Round. Should there be an odd number of competitors, the player whose name remains in the hat on l the first drawing i will be drawn with the victors in the First Roimd for the Second Round. Each suc cessive round shall be drawn in like man ner as the first. 3. The games shall be played in accord ance with the Code of Laws as revised by the Co nmittee of the British Chess Asso ciation in 1862. 4. All the games must be played at the rooms of the Dunedin Chess Club, unless in any particular case the special permis sion of the Committee is obtained for a game to be played elsewhere. The rooms will be available' for this purpose every day, Sundays excepted. 5. Each pair of competitors shall fix by mutual agreement, within two days from the publication, the day and hour of "com mencing play, and shall communicate the same to the Secretary. G. In any case where the players can not agree upon or neglect to make the ne cessary arrangements as above (in Rule 5), the Committee shall fix a time for commencing play, and notify the same to the players.
