CHESS TOURNEY

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 80, 28 December 1935, Page 13

CHESS TOURNEY

Second and Third Rounds YESTERDAY’S PLAY The second ami third rounds of the New Zealand chess championship were played yesterday. Detailed results were: Second Round. Major Championship.—Baeyertz y. Scott, unfinished; Rutherford lost to Abbott; JJyer lost to Gyles; Jones beat Kelling; Purdy beat Armstrong; Beyer v. Severne, unfinished; Burry lost to Erskine. Minor Tourney.—Brown v. Stewart, unfinished; Anderson lost to Langley; Watt beat Fairburn; Hardy and Goldsmith. who had byes, played their ninth round, which was unfinished; 11. Christensen v. R. Christensen, unfinished : Kirkwood drew with Hutchings. Women’s Tourney.—Mrs, Abbott beat Mrs. Short; Mrs. Thorpe lost to Mrs. Goldsmith; Mrs. Abbott mated her opponent on the eighth move. Third Round. Major Championship.—Baeyertz beat Dyer; Rutherford v. Scott, unfinished; Jones v. Gyles, unfinished; Purdy beat Kelling; B_cycr beat Armstrong; Burry v. Severne. unfinished ; Abbott lost to Erskine. Minor Tourney. — Brown lost to Watt; Anderson v. Stewart, unfinished; Hardy v. Fairburn, ttufinisheod; Goldsmith and IT. Christensen, byes; Kirkwood beat R. Christensenj Langley beat Hutchings. There was no play in the third round of the women’s tourney. From 10 a.m. to-day will be spent on “washing-up” unfinished games, and the fourth round will begin at 6.45 p.m. TENDERS INVITED By advertisement in to-day’s issue tenders are invited as follow: — Wairarapa Electric I’owcr Board: Cleaning of dam. Eketahuna County Council: Concrete culverts and approaches.