S.I. CHESS TOURNEY

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32312, 2 June 1970, Page 24

S.I. CHESS TOURNEY

B. Anderson’s Narrow Win

B. Anderson narrowly won the South Island Rothmans chess championship by half a point from T. Van Dijk and G. Haase, after the final round and adjourned matches were completed yesterday. A. Carpinter and J. Lichter tied for the B grade, while the C grade also ended in a tie between M. Harvey and V. Small.

Final Round Results Championship.—Anderson beat Haase, Van Dijk beat Carpinter, Baldwin beat Hollander, Fraemohs beat Kerr, Nyman beat Browne; Lynn beat Skerrett, Boyce beat Moulin, Foord drew with Gloistein.

Final Points Were. —Anderson 4i, 1; Van Dijk and Haase, 4 (equal) 2: P. A. Baldwin, 3L 4. Other scores: A. Nyman 3, P. Fraemohs 3,. A. S. Hollander 2L B. Carpinter 2L W. Lynn, D. Moulin 2L G. Kerr 2, D. Boyce IL M. Skerrett 14 M. Brown IL B. Gloistein I}, M. Foord 1. B Grade. —A. Carpinter and J. Lichter, 4 (equal), 1; J. Jackson, B. Stroud, and A. Loudon, 34 (equal), 3 . Other scores: T. Pyatt 3, D. Lichter 3. J. Hayes 3, R. Keeling 2, J. Cartwright 2, C. Leishman 2, R. Temby IL L. Phillips IL D. Carneron 1, H. Freese L C Grade. —Harvey and Small (equal). 1: B. McCulloch, L. Palmer, arid R. Aldous 3 (equal), 3. Other scores: J. Johnston 2L C. Wood 2, B. Goulter 2, J. Knegt IL N. Robinson 1.