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!NZPA-Reuter Penang ; Two New Zealanders, Murray Chandler and Craig Laird, won their' adjourned fourth round games in the Malaysian leg of the first Asian chess grand master circuit yesterday. Chandler beat M. Wotulu (Indonesia). staying on top after the Indonesian’s indifferent opening play, and Laird beat the Belgian grand master. Albenc I O’Kelly. . „ , i But neither New Zealander (fared so well in the fifth round, Chandler drawing with Iran’s K. Shirazi and Laird losing unluckily to Rico Mascarinas, of the Philippines. Laird steadfastly refused a draw with only rooks and queens left on the board and was unlucky not to win. | The Filipino international (grand master. Eugene Torre, kept the over-all lead with 4) points after a fifth round win over Malaysia’s Jimmy Liew. The Chandl er-Shirazi game was a lively affair, with a wrong opening play by the Iranian causI ing him to lose a pawn. But he I was able to find enough compen-
sation in the ensuing position ■ to force Chandler into a draw by * perpetual check. Chandler is sharing third place f with three points and Laird Is K further down with one. but has ■ two adjourned games to finish. L
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Press, 12 June 1978, Page 6
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