CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.
BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSCCIVTIOX. WELLINGTON, April 26. Saturday's play in the New Zealand Chess Congress advanced the championship to the ninth round, which is nearly half completed. There are two more rounds to be j played, and when these are finished every player will have met every i other competitor, and upon the aggregate of points—one for win and half for a draw—will be decided the championship. The result will be known on Tuesday afternoon. The | following was the position at the; close of Saturday's play : Davies (Wellington), won 7, lost 1.
Kelling (Wellington Working Men's Club), won 6, lost 1. Mason (Auckland), won s£, lost IJ. James (Wellington), won 4, lost 3. Stewart (Canterbury), won 3£, lost 2fc. Freeman (Auckland Working Men's Club), won 3, lost 3. Kummer (Masterton), won 2\, lost 3J.
Connelly (Wairoa), won 2£, lost 3J.
Rutherford (Wanganui), won 2, lost 6.
Barnes (Wellington Working Men's Club), won 2, lost 5. Rev. Fox (Tinwald) won 0, lost 7.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9075, 27 April 1908, Page 5
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164CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9075, 27 April 1908, Page 5
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