CHESS TOURNEY.
I DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIP. (press association tjx*qjiam\) WELLINGTON, December 5. Fourteen entries were received tor the annual tourney to decide the chess championship of New Zealand, commencing at Napier <>n Boxing Day. They include the present champion, Gyles (Wellington) and five ex-champ-ions in Gunderson (Melbourne), Purely (New South Wales), Erskine (Southland), Grieraon (Auckland) and Kelling (Wellington). Others entered are Severne (Nelson), Scott (Wangahui), %nd Smith (Napier), who are champions of their respective clubs, also Maddox and Miller, ex-champions of the Auckland Club- The entry is the strongest since the Dunedin Exhibition Congress six years ago, and a higher standard of play than usual is looked for.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20413, 7 December 1931, Page 13
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