CHESS CONGRESS
CONTESTS IN SECOND ROUND. WELLINGTON MEN LEADING. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. The New Zealand chess congress was continued to-day. The second round was completed and one game in the third round was finished before the end of the evening’s play. F. K. Kelling and A. W. Gyles, both of Wellington, are leading on the play in the first two rounds, having won two games. H. J. Armstrong (Canterbury) played soundly in the second round to force a draw with J. B. Dunlop, the present champion. The results of the games played in the second round were: Friberg beat Fairburn, Abbott beat Watt, Erskine beat Gray, Kelling beat Darwin, Dyer drew with Beyer, Dunlop drew with Armstrong, Gyles beat Hicks, Severne drew with Le Petit, Scott v. Hardy was not finished. In the third round (still in progress) Abbott beat Fairburn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1934, Page 7
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144CHESS CONGRESS Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1934, Page 7
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