World Junior Chess Championship
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) ANTWERP, August 8. Spassky, of Russia, won the world junior chess championship last night with nine out of 10 points. Metnis (United States) with seven points was second, and Saree (Spain) third with six points. J. S. Purdy was tenth with three-and-a-half points in the classification round, in which 14 played after their elimination from the finals. The classification was won by Cidric, of Jugoslavia, with seven and a half points. Purdy, the only Australian entrant, later told Reuter that he “was extremely disappointed because he could not find his usual form.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19550810.2.58
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27733, 10 August 1955, Page 8
Word Count
99World Junior Chess Championship Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27733, 10 August 1955, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.