New Zealand Chess No5 Feb 1975
This early issue of NZ Chess may not read very clearly because of an awkward typeface and also text that is faint in places. However, with a little effort and possibly much enlargement of the PDF it should all, I think, be readable. The issue comprises 20 pages (including the covers). It is in the old descriptive notation and is mainly a report of the Nice Olympiad of 1974, plus coverage of the South Island Championship of August 1974.
New Zealand Chess No6 Oct 1975
No volume numner is given but I think this is Volume 1. There is a lot in this issue and, since there is no contents page, I’ve made the following list of the articles:
- 1st Asian Teams Tournament, Penang, Malaysia – by Peter Goffin (pages 1 to 10)
- NZ Championship 1974-1975 – by Graham Haase (pages 10 to 12)
- Australian Junior Championship, Jan 1975 – by Murray Chandler (pages 13 to 15)
- Australian Junior Championship, Jan 1975 – by Kai Jensen (pages 15 to 18)
- Asian-Pacific Championship, Melbourne, Jan-Feb 1975 – by Paul Garbett (pages 18 to 21)
- Australian Open, Adelaide, Feb 1975 – by Paul Garbett (pages 21 to 22)
- Terry Free at the World Championship for the Blind, Germany – by Peter Stuart (pages 22 to 23)
- Book Review: Practical Chess Endings by Paul Keres – reviewed by Malcolm Foord (page 24)
The previous issue was Feb 1975 so a fair amount of material accumulated in the 8-month interval.
NZ Chess No7 Dec 1975
This issue also has a lot in it and, like the Oct 1975 issue, lacks a contents page. So here are the contents:
- Letters to the Editor (pages 1 to 2)
- Rothmans South Island Championship, by A.L. Carpinter (pages 3 to 5)
- Nimzo-Indian 4.e3 c5 (Rubinstein Variation), by N. Metge (pages 6 to 7)
- Otago University Chess Club, by M. Wong (page 7)
- Waitemata Chess Club, by Robert Smith & Nick Bridges (pages 8 to 9)
- Photographs (page 10)
- Winstone’s North Shore Open, by Peter Weir (page 11)
- Dominion Breweries 40-40 Tournament, by L. Jones (pages 11-12)
- Rothmans North Island Championship, by P. Goffin (page 13)
- National Rating List (pages 14 to 15 & 21)
- Advertising (page 16)
- Murray Chandler in Yugoslavia (pages 17 to 20)
- Book Review: The French Defence – Main-Line Winawer by John Moles, reviewed by Michael Whaley (page 21)
- Advertising (page 22)
- Changes in the Laws of Chess (page 23)
- Overseas Games, by Wolfgang Leonhardt (pages 24 to 26)
- Postal Chess, by A. Hignett (page 26)
- Combinations (pages 27 to 28)
Some of the pages are a little faint – especially pages 6 & 7, and 18 & 19. However, it appears that these can still be read, especially with some magnification of the PDF