NEW ZEALAND CHESS CONGRESS

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22905, 29 December 1939, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND CHESS CONGRESS

FOURTH ROUND PLAY

CONTINUED

(PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.)

WELLINGTON, December 28. The fourth round of the New Zealand chess congress was continued today. Results to date are:— New Zealand Championship

Round I—D. Lynch (Hastings') 0. I. Burry (Auckland) 1; R. O. Scott (Wanganui) i, H. McNati) (Nelson) i; K. Beyer (Wellington) i, F. K. Kelling (Wellington) i. A. W. Gyles (Wellington) i, E. I. Jones (Auckland) i; E. H. Severn (Wellington) 0, Dr. E. W. Bennett (Otago) 1. Round 2—J. B. Dunlop (Otago) J, K. Beyer J; Jones 1, Severne 0. Round 3—Scott 0, Burry 1; Gyles 1, Kelling 0; R. G. Wade (Wellington) J, Lynch i. Round 4—McNabb 1, P. Allerhand (Wellington) 0; Bennett 0, ''Scott 1; Lynch 1, Beyer 0; Burry 1, Wade 0: Dunlop v. Gyles (adjourned): Vincent v. Jones (adjourned); Kelling v Severn (adjourned). Premier Reserve Hound 2—H. F. Whitlock (Wanganui) 1, W. J. Fairburn (Wellington) 0. Round 3—J. L. Hardy (Wellington) i, R. A. Durham (Wellington) J. Round 4—C. Brunsden (Timaru) 1. Whitlock 0; W. Dobson (Christchurch) 1, W. Cole (Nelson) 0; R. A. Durham I, J. D. Steele (Wellington) 0; R. G. C. Durham (Wellington) J, Hardy, i; A. S. Goldsmith (Wellington) 0, Fairburn 1; J. Kirkwood (Wellington), a bye; J. K. L. Webling (Wellington), a bye. Round 7 (played in advance)—Kirkwood 0, Webling 1. Round 9 (played in advance) —Whitlock 1, Webling 0. Women’s Championship • Round I—Mrs T. G. Short (Auckland) 1, Miss R. Burke (Christchurch) 0.

Round s—Mrs Wilson (Hutt) 0, Mrs Short 1; Miss Bu>ke v. Mrs F. Vincent (Wellington), adjourned; Mrs J. I. Goldsmith, a bye. Minor Tournament Round 2—P. Johansen (Wellington). 0, N. T. Fletcher (Wellington) 1.