CHESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 December 1939, Page 2

CHESS

ANNUAL CONGRESS. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’S GAMES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The annual congress of the New Zealand Chess Association opened in Wellington yesterday. Play began in the afternoon and will continue till the middle of next week. Results of the day’s play are:— New Zealand Championship. Round l.—D. Lynch (Hastings) v I. Burry (Auckland, adj; R. O. Scott (Wanganui) v H. McNabb (Nelson), adj; R. G. Wade (Wellington) 1, J. B. Dunlop (Otago) 0; K. Beyer (Wellington) v F. K. Kelling (Wellington), adj; P. Allerhaad (Wellington) 1, F. Vincent (Wellington) 0; A. W. Gyles (Wellington), v D. I. Jones (Auckland), adj; E. H. Severne (Wellington), v Dr E. W. Bennett (Otago), adj. Premier Reserves. 1 Round I.—J. K. L. Webling (Wellington) J, R. G. C. Durham (Wellington) J; W. Cole (Nelson) 0. R. A. Durham (Wellington) 1; J. L. Hardy (Wellington) 1. A. S. Goldsmith (Wellington) 0; J. D. Steele (Wellington) 1, C. Brunsden (Timaru) 0; J. Kirkwood (Wellington) 0, H. P. Whitlock (Wanganui) 1; W. J. Fairburn (Wellington) 1. W. Dobson (Christchurch) 0. Women’s Championship. Round 1. —Mrs T. G. Short (Auckland) v Miss R. Burke (Christchurch), adj; Mrs Wilson (Hutt) J. Mrs J. I. Goldsmith (Wellington) 1; Mrs F. Vincent (Wellington), a bye. Round 2. —Miss Burke 1. Mrs Wilson i 0; Mrs Goldsmith 0, Mrs Vincent 1; £ Mrs Short, a bye. t ( I Minor Tournament. j Round I.—P. Johansen (Wellington) ( v. H. Fleischmann (Wellington), adj; £ N. T. Fletcher (Wellington) 1. 11. An- c derson (Wellington) 0, adj. t Round 2. —Johansen (Wellington) v < Fletcher (Wellington), adj; Fleisch- 1 maim (Wellington) 1, Anderson (Well- < ington) 0. ] ■’— i