CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 309, 30 December 1924, Page 8

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

TOURNAMENT AT NELSON. VAUGHAN LEADING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NELSON, Tuesday. The New Zealand chess championship tourney was continued to-day, when the third round was completed. Results of the concluding games were as follow:

Vaughan v. Pihl.—Vaughan secured a pood attack in a queen's gambit game. Later he won a pawn and left Pihl with an isolated queen's pawn. Pihl was forced to give up a bishop for two pawns, but blundered in continuation and lost a rook. He then resigned.

Cole v. E, E. Hicks. —Cole played a quecn"s pawn game and obtained the better development. In the middle of the game he won a piece and two pawns, whereupon Hicka resigned a hopeless game.

Sevcrne v. F. M. Dodds. —A Buy Lopez game, with a very even opening. Sevcrne won a pawn in the middle of the game and exchanging queens and rooks won an interesting pawn end game. The position at the end of the third round is as follows: —

■Wins. Draws. 1 vaughen ••• 3 1 (J.vlcs -' 1 Molr Z 1 K. A. Hicks "J — Kclling .... - — Purdy '-! — Bullock 1 1 (i. I". Dodds 1 1 Cole l i lMM 1 1 Sevcrne .... 1 1 Fairburn ... — 1 E. K. Hicks. — — F. M. DodUs — — Stenhouse... — — Losses. 1 l 1 1 1 i 1 1 Toint: 3 14 11 .s.