Chess TELEGRAPHIC MATCH

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30558, 29 September 1964, Page 6

Chess TELEGRAPHIC MATCH

Canterbury And Otago Equal Otago and Canterbury were equal with four points each when play finished in their inter-provincial Bledisloe Cup telegraphic chess match on Saturday. The Canterbury captain (A. S. Hollander) said he expected even pegging on the unfinished games, which will be sent for adjudication to a North Island club. If the points are In fact equal, the match will probably go to Canterbury on the countback. Among the adjournments was the top-board game, G. G. Haase (Otago) v. L. Esterman, in tvhich Esterman was in a winning position with a piece up. Results (Otago names first: Otago white on odd boards) were: Haase v. Esterman adjourned: I. D. Hayes 4, A. J. Nyman 4: M. Robb v. A. L. Wilkinson adjourned; J. Cusack 0, B. A. Anderson 1; R. A. Rasa 4. M. W. Taylor 4: W. B. Petre 1, N. M. Cooper 0: L. Amies 0, R. M. Broadbent 1; J. A. Harraway 1, Hollander 0; R. S. Watt v. G. Hall adjourned; J. Lang v. W. P. Loughton adjourned; R. A. Glass 1; W. Bereza 0; R. Lungley v. J. Hughes adjourned: L. Hellyer 0, B. A. Carpinter 1; D. Kerr v. B. Wilkinson adjourned: M. Muir v. R. Koutstaal adjourned.