CHESS CONGRESS
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.
[PER press association.]
DUNEDIN, December 29.
The fourth round of the New Zealand Chess Congress was played today as well as the unfinished' games in the second and third rounds. Results:—
Third round: Lang beat Belton; Erskine beat Severne; Lynch drew with Burry. Fourth round —Burry beat Dunlop; Hindin beat Erskine; Lang- beat McNabb; Belton drew with McDermid; Newick v. Kelling and Hunter v. Lynch, uncompleted. The following table gives the positions of the players:—
Results of play in the Premier Reserve competition are: — Third Round: Langley beat Christensen. Fourth Round: Langley (Otago) beat Hewitt (Otago); Allen (Wellington) beat Sterry (Nelson); Lang (Otago) v. Turner (Southland), uncompleted’; McMillan (Otago) -v. Christensen (Palmerston North), uncompleted. Fifth Round: Allen beat Lang; Langley beat Sterry; Hewitt beat Christensen; Turner beat McMillan. DUNEDIN, December 30.
At the Chess Congress, this morning, Hunter beat Lynch. The KellingNewick match was adjourned till tomorrow.
Games. W. L. D. PtsBurry .. 4 3 1 — 9 Hindin .. 4 2 — 2 ' 9 Hunter .. 2 2 — — 2 Lang .. 4 2 2 — 2 Erskine 9 1 — 1 1J McNabb .. 2 1 — 1 IS Lynch .. 3 —. 9 IS Kelling • • O 1 1 1 IS Dunlop <. 4 1 9 is Lang .. 4 2 2 — 2 Severne 9 1 2 — 1 Belton .. 4 2 2 1 Newick 2 — 1 1 i
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Greymouth Evening Star, 30 December 1937, Page 5
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