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Vernon Small to play Soviet chess expert

The four-times New Zealand chess champion, Vernon Small, of Christchurch, will play the first of four games arranged against a visiting Soviet international grandmaster, Eduard Gufeld, next month. Gufeld, aged 50, will arrive in New Zealand on July 2 and take part in a simultaneous exhibition the next day. He will play Small on July 4 before continuing his two-week tour of New Zealand. Other games arranged for Gufeld on tour are against the New Zealand

/ Olympiad representatives, , Tony Love (Dunedin), - Jonathan Sarfati (Wellingt ton) and Ortvin Sarapu 1 (Auckland). t The tour has been . organised by Amstrad t Computers in association with F.T.C. Farmers. I Gufeld, who gained his , international master title in 1967, will play 11 simultaneous games against the public and also against an Amstrad computer. Gufeld, the winner of three international . tournaments in the 19705, is an internationally acclaimed chess journalist

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Press, 17 June 1986, Page 40

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Vernon Small to play Soviet chess expert Press, 17 June 1986, Page 40

Vernon Small to play Soviet chess expert Press, 17 June 1986, Page 40