CHESS TOURNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 307, 28 December 1935, Page 11

CHESS TOURNEY.

THIRD ROUND CONCLUDED. POSITIONS OF THE PLAYERS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this clay. The Dominion chess tourney was continued to-day. The following game's were concluded this morning:— Jones v. Armstrong.—A queen's pawn game which created interest. Pawns were established well forward and Armstrong, in the exchanges, gained a passed pawn on the queen's side. A long sound game ended in a draw.

Purdy played Bird's game against Severne and in the middle of the game worked up a strong position, with two pawns well advanced. In an ,endeavour to capture tliese pawns Severne left himself open to the loss of a piece and resigned at the 51st move. Severne and Beyer played a well-con-tested Sicilian game, in which Beyer changed queens ■ early. He later won a pawn, but with further exchanges he was left with a rook and a pawn against a rook, and had. to be content with a draw. Baeyertz nlayed the queen's pawn game against Scott, who was able to get a somewhat better position. Scott later on won the exchange, but Baeyertz, with a wellsupported pawn at the queen's sixth, was able to force a draw.. The position of the players at the end of the third round of the championship is:—Purdy won 3, drawn —, lost —, to play —; Beyer 2, 1, —, —; Erskine 2, —, 1. —j Gyles 2, —, —, 1; Baeyertz 1, 2, —, —: Jones 1, 1, —, 1; Rutherfurd 1, 1, 1, —; Armstrong —, 1, 2, —; Burry 1, —, 2, —; Scott —, 1, 2, —; Severne —, 1, 1, 1: Dyer —, —, 3, —. Other results appear on page 15. \