CHESS CONGRESS
PURDY IN THE LEAD SIXTH ROUND PLAYED (Per Pros.s Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. Further results' in the chess championship are us follows: — Fifth round.—Purdy beat Baoyertz, Jones beat Rutherford, Scott boat Dyer, Gvlos beat Beyer, Barry bent Helling, "Severne beat Abbott. Sixth round. —Severne bent Armstrong, Baeyenz drew with Beyer, Abbott beat Dyer, and Pnrdy beat Rutherford. Minor tournament. —Waft beat Stewart, Hardy beat Anderson, Brown beat Goldsmith, If. Christensen beat Langlev, Fail-burn beat H. Christensen, Brown boat H. Christensen, Fairburn beat. Kirk wood. Goldsmith beat Anderson. In the ladies' tournament., fourth round, Miss Short bent Mrs Goldsmith, Mrs Abbott bent Mrs Thorpe. The position of players at the end of the sixth session of the championship was:—Purdy, f> points; Gyles (2 unfinished), 4pts.; Beyer, ,".; Barry (2), 3; Severne (1), 3: P,aeyertz (1), 2*; Erskine (1), 24; Jones (2), 2.J; Abbott (1), 2; Rutherford, 2; Scott (2), H; Kelling, 2; Armstrong, J; Dyer, h. In the minor tournament, the points are: —Brown, 4; Fairburn, 44; Watt, 4; Hardy, 3Jj Goldsmith, 3; Langley, 3. The points in the ladies' contests are: —Mrs Abbott, 4; Mrs Short, 2; Mrs Goldsmith, 1; Mrs Thorpe, 0,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18901, 31 December 1935, Page 8
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