The final of the open "lightning" tournament was played at the International Chess Club on Wednesday night, Of the: six players who qualified in the preliminary groups, Poliakoff scored 4% points and was closely followed by Stasinevitch 4 and Sinkevitch 3% points.
Members of the Chess Club and cthers intending to take part in the contemplated summer elimination tournament are informed that thei; final date for entries has been extended to July 6.
D. Poliakoff, the Shanghai'champion, gave two simultaneous exhibitions during the past week. The, first one at the Russian Chess Circle on June 21, resulted in a score of 14 wins 3 losses and 2 draws, while in the second one at the Jewish Chess Club on the night of June 24 Poliakoff established an all time Shanghai record for a similar performance by scoring 21 wins and conceding only one loss and one draw against a mixed team consisting of Jewish, Russian and Polish opponents.
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