Chess defeat
NZPA-Reuter Hastings, England New Zealand’s Murray Chandler lost to Paul Littlewood, of Britain, after 41 moves in the tenth round of the Hastings international chess congress being played at Hastings, England. After a win in his ninth round game, Chandler now holds tenth equal position. At the end of the tenth round, Ulf Andersson, of Sweden, was even with Lev Alburt, the Soviet defecter
to the United States, and Eugenio Torre, of the Philippines, with only five more rounds to play. Andersson, playing black', had to adjourn his game against another challenger, Lubomir Ftacnik, of Czechoslovakia, after five hours. With a rook and two pawns against a rook and a pawn and his King in an attacking position. Andersson seemed set for victory in a game that at one point looked headed for a draw.
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Press, 12 January 1981, Page 26
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