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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16782, 11 July 1922, Page 7

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tntek-clttb championship. -On Saturday next Canterbury will b’;** her first match in the Nm/ rnnrm,, e lt championship tourney. boar(lit ‘ eneh. “nd P the bkt teams from Anc.Wand Wellington. Nelson. Canterbury and 0t.»50 are competing in this >eai h co • Thro© matches have beon played s_ •• the results being--Otago defeated Ne'-o.i ~.. SPV e,i games to five. Nelson also losing ,o Auckland by a similar -ore The Chasm v Wellington match lias not jet been decideil i number of unfinished gam-s i - t.--. in the hands of the adjudicators, '"it n, “ is a point ahead on the finished game- If Otago defeats Wellington, the result ' of the tournament should he very b© l from 3 "t he * following:— 11. T-. Andersen (ranta-in). W. 8. King. IL Kennedy. Rev N. Fribersr L. J. Darwin, T. Hawkins. Dirk PiVd. R. Lovell-Smith, U. J. Quarrell. F. Woodford. J. F. -Stevens. W. H. Joyce, F. H R Neville. E. L. Wilson. .1. O. Chapman, , 7 ' (i Green street, H. T • Bennett and W. B. Buckhurst. Sixteen boards will lie played on Saturday, the scores of the first, twelve only counting in the inter-club tourney, the whole score counting as the inter provincial contest. CANTERBURY CHESS CLUB. In the winter tourriey, Mr Kennedy (8 wins and 1 loss! is the only certainty for the final round in Section A. the other two for the final resting between Quarrell C 5 wins, two to play), B. Shillito (4 wins, three to play) and Pihi (4 wins, two to play). Tn Section B. Wilson (8 wins) and A. Clark and W. H. Joyce (each G wins) will be the representatives in the' final round. Tlie leading scores in the championship tourney are as follows:—IT. L. Anderson (■present champion) 7 wins, 11. Lovell-Smith 7 wins, F. Woodford 7 wins. Thomas Hawkins oi wins. H. Kennedy 5 wins.