WADE WILL WIN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
DUNEDIN, Jan. 2. K. Gf..Wade, of Wellington, will win the New Zealand 1947-48 chess title. With ten of the eleven ronnds of the championship completed, he is in an unassailable position with nine points compared with his nearest opponent's seven. Wade won the title in 1943-44 and. retained it in 1944-45 but lost it to T. Lepviikman, of Palmerston North and fOrmerly of Estonia and Wellington. Lepviikman, wTho has been ehampion for the last two years, is at present third in the championship -with 6£ points. Results of play today were; — Championship. Ninth round: H. MeNabb beat A. E. Nield, J. E. Lang beat E. W. Moore, W. M. Stewart beat W. Lang, R. U. Scott beat C. B. Newick, R. G-. Wade drew with T. Lepviikman, G. E. Trundle drew with D. I. Lyneh. Tenth round: Wade beat Newick, Stewart beat Scott, Trundle beat W. Lang, J. F. Lang beat D. I. Lynch, McNabb beat Moore, Lepviikman beat Nield. Major Open Tournament. Fifth round: W. Reindler beat A. Kwok, Miss A. R. Hollis beat R. (4. Baeyertz, N. T. Fleteher beat H. A. MeGilvary, N. S. Henderson beat Mrs. E. L. Short. i Sixth. round: Kwok beat Baeyertz, 'Reindler beat Fleteher, MeGilvary beat Mrs. Short, Henderson beat Miss Hollis. 1 First Class Tournament. Fifth round: R. Watt beat.J. .Cusacic, R. E. Williamson beat J. W. Ross, S. J. Webb beat W. A. Pearse, F. McNabb drew with H. Whitlock. Sixth round: J., K. L. Webling beat Williamson, Webb beat Watt, Whitlock beat Ross, Pearse beat McNabb. Seventh round: Webb beat Cusaek, Whitlock beat Webling, Watt beat MeNabb, Pearse beat Ross. Second Class Tournament. Fifth round: H. F. Pobar beat D. Robertson, B. Hannagan beat S. Frew, L. Sim beat A. Summers, R. Woodfield drew with E. Faulkner. Sixth round: Woodfield beat Frew, Summers beat Pobar, Sim beat Hannagan, A. S. Hollander drew with Robertson. Seventh round: Faulkner beat Frew, Hollander beat Summers, Sim beat Woodfield, Hannagan beat Pobar.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 January 1948, Page 3
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