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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 71, 4 January 1935, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. \ MELBOURNE, January 3. In the seventh round of the Australian chess championship tourney results were: — Hastings beat Growl. Watson beat Greenfield. Purdy beat Goldstein. Koshnitzsky drew with Hynd. Coultas beat Fillian. Condon beat Lamparter. Green beat Thierjung. Positions are: Purdy 6£, Koshnitzsky 6, Goldstein s£, Hastings 5. NEW ZEALAND CONGRESS. CHRISTCHURCH, January 3. With the approach of the last round of the finals of the New Zealand chess championships it would be difficult to pick the winner with any certainty, but it would appear that J. A. Erskine with seven points and three games yet to be the most probable. J. B. Dunlop, who Avon the championship at the last congress, has completed all his games, and has a final total of 7£ games. K. Beyer, who has still one game to play, has also a total of 1\ points. It is impossible to make an accurate comparison of the players' positions at the present stage owing to several games having been played in advance. The outstanding game to-day was that between R. O. Scott and H. R. Abbott,' in which Abbott suffered his second defeat. A. W. Gyles played very soundly to beat Beyer, this being the first game to be lost by the latter player. The results of the games played to-day were: —■ Fourth Final Rourici. Erskine beat Watt. Fifth Final Round. Erskine .drew with Dunlop. » Abbott drew with Darwin. Kelling beat Watt. Gyles beat Le Petit. Beyer beat Scott. Severne beat Hicks. Sixth Final Round. Dunlop beat Kelling. Darwin beat Watt. Le Petit beat Hicks. Gyles beat Beyer. Scott beat Abbott. Erskine v. Severne, unfinished. In the eighth final round, played in advance, Dunlop beat Scott.