'The Press’ chess
The unbeaten Christchurch Boys’ High School A team showed its strength with a 4|-1| victory against Christ’s College A in the third round of the “The Press” school chess competition. After three rounds, Christchurch A is virtually assured of a place in the round-robin final. None of the team has been beaten, although none has had three straight wins. Adrian Lloyd, the No. 1 was held to a draw by Steve Withington, and the Christchurch No. 4 and No. 5, Bruce Bennett and Stephen Wright, had similar results against Michael Langford and Tim Williams, respectively.
St Andrew’s moved in to second place with a clean sweep against Burnside, but the battle for the other three positions in the grand final remains intense.
Christchurch B, bolstered by the inclusion of Warwick Norton and Giles Bates, kept its hopes alive by beating Shirley A, 4-2. St Andrew’s is also featuring prominently in the B grade and won a key match against the only other team with maximum points, Rangiora, 3|-2i, in the third round. Third round results were:— A grade.—St Andrew’s A 6, Burnside A 0; Christchurch B.H.S. A 4J, Christ’s College A II; Christchurch B.H.S. B 4, Shirley A 2.
B grade.—St Andrew’s B 31,
Rangiora 21; Mairehau 4, Cashmere 2; Ashburton 3, Shirley B 3; Christ’s College B 3, Papanui 3; Linwood 51, Burnside B 1. C grade.—Cobham 5, Xavier. 1; Casebrook 41, St Margaret’s 11; Linwood Intermediate 5, Avonside G.H.S. 1; Heaton 5, Christchurch G.H.S. 1; Rangi Ruru a bye. St Margaret’s beat Christchurch G.H.S., 4-1, in a second round match. Points:—
A grade.—Christchurch B.H.S. A 3 (141), St Andrew’s A 2 (12), Shirlev 11 (81), Christ’s College A 11 (8), Christchurch B 1 (8), Burnside A 0 (3). B grade.—St Andrew’s B 3 (11), Linwood 2 (121), Shirley B 2 (11), Mairehau 2 (10), Rangiora 2 (10), Ashburton 11 (94), Christ’s College B 11 (91). Papanui 1 (6), Cashmere 0 (6), Burnside B 0 (24); C grade.—Heaton 3 (15), Cobham 3 (14), Casebrook 2 (11), Linwood Intermediate 11 (8), St Margaret’s 1 (71), Rangi Ruru 1 (5), Xavier 1 (51), Christchurch G.H.S. 0 (4), Avonside G.H.S. 0 (2).
'The Press’ chess
Press, 9 July 1980, Page 40
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