The Chess Tournament.
■ '■'■-; ..[United PreM Association,] , •..-.;. '■-■. .-.;AOHaiBic(HUEiDa,' December 2B;, ' : ■< In tl?o first, round of the Gh'ampionebip Chess'; tAiMnamencAndereou- beat Houj£haih • Meller beat MWarda ; Mason beat -- Co^V^Weis'an^bm.Meiarum; Barnes ',; beati'Grienion ; Giflford: a" byei In the ' ■ second roundiHookham beat Grierson j Andersbn bead Meldrnm }. Cocks 'beat y Barnes; GirTord beat; Edwards ; Mellor : : . sindL JUason a draw ; Pleasante a bye. V ":■'■'■• ..-.' *" '■ : ;;,; :' , ' ->■' ■. December' 29. . ' In the third round Edwards beat Hookham,, Barnes ./beat iMftsOn, .'.Cockß beat; •.-•', Anderson,' Pleasants beatMellor, Meldrum beat Gifford, and Urierson had a byo. v ■■ ;^^-: -"~ : - This Day. / ';> The ''fourth -round commenced this • morning. Hookham and Masons game ; (queen's gambit , declined) is so far even. fy AndefßMi^opening >Jl witH the Ruy Lopez, \ Has a alight advantage of .Mellor. Plea- ;: saritß ;ohose\ queen'B ■ gambit against Gif-.Vvfex6V-'and.-the' former lOßiag the tfueett through an oversight resigned on the ;V,4i2nd smdtre; ;,,Ed,wardß'vand'. Meldriun', (Ruy, liopez opening) played a tough ;■' eyen game, , chose 'tie! Zukerfcort. ' . orwning* against Grierson, the latter, ■appears, to ,have slightly the best of the '■,-poßitionV* Barnes had a bye." ' ':'''.' . : ; •
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 307, 30 December 1896, Page 3
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165The Chess Tournament. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 307, 30 December 1896, Page 3
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