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L. -{-rr:,rm -. r.iijla Rudenko (U.S.S.R.) u,on the Women,s .. Championship at Mosco.lv in a 1b-round t- -{- -:rgm 4[L: i, - REMI.,,ERA CHESS CLUB 1'GS5;- L 3 CLONBERN ROAD, REMUERA pllry::e. d WEDNESDAYS, 7.30 p.rn. to 10.30 p.m. l?8, Pclgry Hon. Secretary: 2t ' __:-,& J. A. C. BARNES, BB Koraha St., Remuera. Phone 12-BZ0 (business hours). :soc.-}I-i7 b5 C:=";,r,* ; [--:-urx PAPATOETOE CI-I ESS CLU B Gc'-;4.:':lc LANDSCAPE ROAD, PAPATOETOE iers- 5 ,ffi t, xllt-tL THUR,SDAYS, Z p.m. to lt p.rn. e e.3E:uy@ Secretary (Telephone 2465): NEWS IN BRIEF the f:=lgr R. V. CLOSEY, Hillside Road, papatoetoe. iade *m e -a-\-('n@m ONEHUNGA EHESS CLUB [Igr-*i= A]tuil CORNER MANUKAU AND MT. ALBEBT ROADS, ROYAL OAK ll3 TUESDAYS, 7.30 to 1l p.m. h€ss- 1!f* --:dt Hon. Secretar-y: W. T. PERCIVAL, 2 Forbes it€d. Street, Onehunga, Auckland S.E.b. E- E-]]-l.tr der-s :ed \\-ELLINGTON l-G:1:m- OIIESS CL.LIB ,IELLINGTON SPORTS Secretary: lan'd'. foMl CENTRE WAKEFIELD STREET L. Esterman. ?Far-r;E;E1[fl 67 Gardner Rd., Northland. President: A. W. Gyles, @-FT :;luir ----FSDAY, THURSDAy and SATURDAY - 7.30 to 11 p.m. Phone 26-619. III l. CIIESSPLAYER, FEBEUARY, 1950 Page I t {'..c,n., ZeO < N. M. ASHBURTON R. Abbott 1, D. C. Manson 2. Class 2-R. },iL The Ashburton club closed its second successful O'Callaghan 1, E. Dalton 2. Class B-R. A. Cleme:- year in the third week in December. Rakaia 1, Mrs. Craddock 2. At the end of the tournarc-e; member b during the year the timekeeper, Doug. White, intimated tha: rr and the much enjoyed by thought he had earned a vote of thanks. This ;=s all. At consisting of Ash- carried by acclamation. burton aid a visit to the * Canterbury C.C. for a one-night tournament. Mem- CHRISTCHURCH bers from Lincoln also arrived, and a large KING'S BIRTTIDAY TOLTR\-E[' gathering enjoyed some good chess under the capabl Canterbury's genial presi- dent, wing to a late start, the handic r. N. E. H. Fulton's prize could and was carried on into 1950. $r. F. Mulligan won Mrs. T. Forrest's prize for the 1'ear's best new member. * AUCI(LAND at once (Secretary, Canterbury C.C., p.O. Box gj: The six games undecided in the Bledisloe Cup match u'ere adjudicated as three wins for Auckland * and three draws. This made the final score BLEDISLOE CUP FINAL Auckla_nd. 12, Canterbur-5r B. In the Summer Cup F. A. Eaight 9-0 leads from A. E. Turner 6-0, Chess Club after a long ru: :f, C. A. Rose 7-1, B. H. P. Marsick 6-1, D. B. e 1949 Bledisloe Cup telegra;i-r Duggan 6-1 and Nhs. E. L. Short 6+-2+. onship by beating Canteri._--. * round. Details:_ IIAMILTON Auckland Canterbur)' A. W. H. I l. Breakey 2 H. R. Abbott ... 2. R. E. Baeyertz . 1 D. C. M. Manson i 3. I C. P. Belton . .. 2 L. T. Moorhouse . 4. K. R. Gillmore .. 1 W. E. Moore ... 5. A. L. Fletcher . L. J. Darwin (cap: 6. H. D. Addis .... G. Fisher 7. G. Sale (capt.) R. Lovell-Smith 8. Dr. E. Meyer .. J. H. Woolley .. 9. R. claim the honours. W. Park ..... 0 R. J. Colthart . 10. C. Bailey 0 E. Dalton * 11. Mrs. L J. L. Sayers L. Mitchell . .. CANTERBURY 12. ,8. A. Haight . 0 Mrs. Abbott . .. 13. J. James t Correspondent: Moore S. Hollander .. -. r W. E. 14. F. G. McSherry . Mrs. Golding . .. 15. G. L. Calnan E. J. Denys ... .. , 16. IvIrs. E. L. Short C. lV. Gray.... 1 17. L Crawford .... 2 Rev. N. Friberg -:=: :- 1- 18. W. J. Luck ... 1 F. Vincent r) 1 19. E. V. Stack . Miss Wellard-King 20. Dr. A. J. Henderson 1 Manson, sen. i 12t * INDIA VERSUS BRITAIN - .--: -ra. : :-r::: :-: :-l: _i_-,<_ -_: Page 2 - N.Z. CHESSPLAYER, FEBRUABY, lE h, Z. CEf SSPLI I \ew Zeolond Personerlities BOOK REVIEW SOUTHSEA CHESS TOURNA. N. M. e ROMARTY (WANGANUt) MENT, 1949, by H. Golombek Cr TRONGEST local player- and a postal title event. He was recently (En Passant Publications). ) grand worker in iire interests appointed by the N.Z.C.C.A. to edit H. Golombek has made a fine of chess, Wanganui is proud the association's section in this job of the book of the Southsea i its Norman M. Cromarty. He magazine-just another job! As Chess Tournament. The event a flrm believer in the neces.sity a member of the N.Z.C.C.A. com- was conducted on Swiss lines and i encouraging youth to play chess mittee, Cromarty had a key pait the innovation proved very suc- ---d some of his most valuable in the tricky work needed to keep cessful. Golombek has supplied -rk has been done and is the association afloat during a really splendid annotations to the :rtinuing in this fleld. crisis in its affairs during 1940 53 games selected, and with a Norman discovered chess round and 1941. good number of diagrams, and ::ut 1938 and after playing for Probably Norman's best contri- an index of openings and players, the book is most attractive. The :eason or so tried his wings in bution to the advance of chess good : Major Open at the 1939-40 has been his practical encourage- 40 pages are for some weeks ':=lganui Congress.