Post Office in lead again

Press, 31 July 1978, Page 20

Post Office in lead again

7 Chess ]

Post Office regained the lead in the A section final of the Ballins Business House chess tournament with a 4-0 victory against Smiths City Market in the penultimate round. However, Statistics is only half a point behind and the match between these two teams in the final round this week should be close and absorbing. In the B section final, the competition for top honours is no less fierce with Woolbrokers and "The Press” both very much in contention. "The Press” has one unfinished match and a win in that contest would have the

two teams level playing the last round. The finals will be held at the Canterbury Chess Club on Sunday, the B section final starting at 2.30 p.m. and the A section final at 7.30 p.m. Results from the penultimate round were:— Final A.—Post Office 4, Smiths City Market 0; Statistics 31, Tramway I 1; Paparua 2, Andrews and Beaven 2; Ballins 3, Computer Bureau 0. Final B.—Air New Zealand 3, Feltex 1; “Christchurch Star? 3, Patience and Nicholson 1; Woolbrokers 3, International Har-

vester 1; “The Press” 3, Tramways H 0. Progress points.— Final A.—Post Office 20 (one unfinished), Statistics 191 (one unfinished), Paparua 13} (one unfinished), Smiths City Market 13, Tramways I 11, Balllns 6 lone unfinished), Andrews and Beaven 6, Computer Bureau 4 (two unfinished). Final B.—W’oolbrokers 17. “The Press” 16 (one unfinished), “Christchurch Star” 14, International Harvester 12, Air New Zealand 111, Patience and Nicholson 10, Feltex 10. Tramways II 41 (one unfinished).