Martin steals chess limelight
Ben Martin, aged 12, stole the limelight on the second day of the New Zealand school pupils’ chess championship in Christchurch yesterday. The Otago representative beat one of the favourites, Anthony Ker, of Wellington, in the third round and he now shares the lead with the Canterbury school pupils’ champion, Brett Cameron. Both have two-and-a-half points. Martin’s win against Ker, the present Wellington champion, was quite remarkable. Martin sacrified his queen but sustained such a fierce
attack that Ker was left with no answers. Three of the seven rounds have been played and points to date are: Cameron, Martin 2Va, Michael Hopewell (Auckland), Leonard McLaren (Wellington), 2, Ker 1%, Ben , Alexander (Canterbury), 1, Martin Dreyer (Auckland), ¥z, Kendal Boyd (Otago). 0. Results:— Round 2.— Dreyer drew with Martin; McLaren beat Alexander; Cameron beat Boyd; Ker drew with Hopewell. Round 3— Hopewell drew with Alexander; Martin beat Ker; McLaren beat Boyd; Cameron beat Dreyer.
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Press, 1 September 1982, Page 42
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