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JUNE 1950 EVERY SECOND MONTH T BIR.THDAY WEEK.END TOURNA^Rtents T SOUTHSEA TOURNEY T Overseos & N.Z rTE ]IEW ZEALAII[I Vol. 3-No. 14 JUNE 1950 EVERY SECOND MONTH t BIR.THDAY WEEK.END TOURNA^rtENTS t SOUTHSEA TOURNEY t Overseos & N.Z. Gomes ,1 ts t PROBLEMS + TH E SLAV DEFENCE :-, - t lr-;ifliir -rr.]t l TWO SH ILLIN GS "Jl 3 OIIDSSPLAYBBSe LIBBABY 3 ,,C BOOKS BOOKS H E INTER SOLD BY Fol rvhich tir THE NEW ZEATAND CHESSPLAYER ANNUAL 256 DOMTNION ROAD, LIFI AUCKLAND. PHONE 64-277 (Ne In ordering, merely quote Editor and I catalogue number shown. Postage: Add one penny in every Z/- Champion anr Australia. GAMES G l3-Fifty Great Games of Modern Chess- Golombek. G l-My Best Well annotated. and very gc - _ What son' Games, 1924-32-Alekhine. 120 value. 4/3 games by the greatest player and the greatest annotator. 14/- G l4-Moscow - Prague Match, lg46-The -_ " I take games of exceptional interest Revierv.' 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What can be said in favour a e Chess Association of s1-ster: _i . and New Zealand Correspondence Chess Association odds where the receiver plays 1 p-K 4 anci :_ =-' score = - _:b gir.er cannot reply 1 ... p-K4 ? man u-ot PUBLISHED EVERY TWO MONTHS Only the - e.. grade _ -,-tered is keepin_: capa-c Single Copies 2/-. Subscription 11l- per year_. useasystem samenaca - the game and cent, he ii or the purc ..= cent, then Editor and Problem Editor: A. L. Fletcher for which it g pia-. of er. _ :-:e the gr.a Associates: . -uratel]-a: R. G. Wade, former Champion of New Zealand- -:. rn his c-* J. D. Steele : F. G. Mcsherry : H. D. Addis aded rr'l:i Manager: E. G. McSherry :'- In gr-aclir-: ..i-hether S: Addless correspondence for Editor, problem Editor, : Lll-nanlel or 1\{anager_respectively : to the N.Z. 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