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Chess by Paul J. Miller, Jr. 12 Sep 1937, Sun Evening Star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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BY PAUL J. MILLER. Jr., America'! Authority on Social Chess. Puerto Rican Chess. SAN JUAN, capital and chess center of Puerto Rico, is the hub of the movement that is popularizing the "game of queens" in the island territory, writes Antonio Higuera, a former attendant at local schools and an active member of the Washington Interhigh Chess Association.
Chess clubs have been formed in Toa Alta. Caguas. Ponce, Yauco and Mayaguez. A team match between San Juan and Caguas was won by the former with the small lead of 1 point. Sen Joan ts. Caguas. Cintron _ - 1 Sitirchc _ 0 Prieto -0 Ramirer „ J 8oler - Vi Dr. Aponts Vi Padilla - 1 Vilar 0 Ramire*. R-O Dr. Cambiasi .
1 Zeno -J R Sarlego 0 Vargas - V* Gandara _ Vi 4 a Cintron, chess champion of Puerto Rico,- defeated Sitiriche, champion of Caguas; Soler, ex-champion of San Juan, drew with Dr. Rivera Aponte, while San Juan Champion Padilla scored against Vilar. Caguas in an intercity match with Ponce won, 7-4. Rafael Cintron is leading in a practice tournament at the San Juan Chess Club. Manuel Zeno is runner-up, Francisco Benitez occupies third place, F. Soler, G. Tgaravidez and D. Suria are trailing Engaging the Puerto Rican champion in an Informal game, youthful Higuera obtained the resignation of Cintron on the twenty-fifth move! Notation of the game according to Higuera: CARO-KANN DEFENSE, White, Block, White. Block. Higuera.
I rpHAT social chess in the District j is begetting a race of strong chess players Is exemplified by Antonio Higuera's tilt with Cintron, Robert Knox and William Reynolds, excellent scores in individual encounters, and now comes Gerald Yagodkin, erstwhile District school player, who gave Albert W. Fox a real tussle in the master's simultaneous exhibition two years ago against representatives from all schools in the Nation's Capital, to the front by his victory in the class B tournament of the Southern Chess Association, held recently at Atlanta. W. N. Woodbury of Birmingham.
Ala , without the loss of a single game or the yielding of a single draw, triumphed over eight class A stars to garner the S. C. A, championship. Maj. J. B. Holt of Jackson, Miss,, a frequent visitor to Washington, jockeyed into second place and R. L. Strelitz of Winston-Salem, N. C., half a point behind Maj. Holt, skidded into third position. Others in class A were P, J. Walker, Savannah; J, E. Jackson, Atlanta; H. B. Tompkins, Atlanta; W. M. P. j Mitchell. Brookline, Mass.; Prof James McClure, Nashville, Tenn., and | A. T. Henderson, Lynchburg, Va._ A cross section summary of indiI vidual play; Player. 1. 2. 3.
Atlanta, placed second to J Yagodkin, who resides at present in J Knoxville, Tenn. H. P. Barton, Savannah, was third, with Milton H. Davis, Atlanta: Mrs. J. G. Harrison, Macon; Paul Donehoo, Atlanta, and E. A. Brown, Atlanta, scoring in the I order named.
Organized some 15-odd years ago, i the current Southern Chess Associa! tion has functioned as the Georgia- i j Florida Chess Association, also as the J Southeastern Chess Association. Chess Problem No. 97. (Angel Chess Ladderites Only.) By M Havel, Czechoslovakia. Courtesy ot Chess Review.
BLACK—3 MEN. I I WHITE—I MEN. White to Play and Mate in Five. JiAUL HODGES (ladders will be run only for two and three move problems), A. G. Dreyer and Sergt. i Alton Coppage give correct solutions for problem No. 93. a 4-er by Havel, i No solution received so far from A. ! W. Allen? QET in the swim. Enter The Star's Pall problem solving tourney today. Review the two problems that have appeared the last two Sundays, send in jour suggested problem, your name and address on each individual sheet—and also, if you are a beginner, try for the consolation prize to be given the low scorer who has the wittiest wisecracks on tha problems he didn’t solve. Chess Problem No. 98.
'Fall Problem Solving Contest ! BY J. C J. WAINWRIGHT. Soc. Chess Q BI.ACK—» MEN.
WHITE—T MEN. W’hite to Plsy and Mate In Two. Solutions to problem No. 1*4 arrive from Melvin Bers C'm.v first attempt' I. Willis H Waldo C. D. Franks (problems In this contest will have only one correct key. unless I slip upi Henry Lybrand, Emanuel Simpson. William Burko, M. L. Levy. Dr. A. L. Phillips (your correct key to No. 1)11 to hand but please do not send two different problem keys on the same postcard'. Raymond W\ Lewis Abram Kleinman, Stephen J. Kurtz, Clara Louise Stafford. Norman Le Roux. Guy Smith (place a return address on solutions mailed in envelopes, please).
A. G. Dreyer and Paul M. Hodges. Remember two-movers and three-movers count the number of points it takes to solve them plus one.
Correct keys will appear in this column about three weeks after publication of the respective problem. Any reader of this column is eligible to compete for any of the three prizes —2-move class, 3-move class, Consolation class. Each winner has his choice of either chessmen, book, medal or possibly a membership in the Washington Social Chess Divan, the maximum value of the award to average $5. Chesspourrl. {^IMON NAIDEL, tournament director, and Norval Wigginton, chess director of the Divan, are planning a championship fray to decide who’s who in chess in the Divan.
It is to be an elimination double-round robin. Topnotchers C. C. Bettinger, A. Y. and Carl Hesse, Abe Seideryberg, Simon Naidel and the leaders in the current quintet tournament will vie for titular honors. Each Wednesday at 8 p m. the Divan members have special play at 1336 I street northwest. Visitors are welcome. Kirk D.
Holland is the major domo of the American Chess Federation for the ensuing year. He succeeds Arpad Elo, retiring president. If any reader of this column has copies of the defunct Midwest Chess and Checker Magazine that emanated from Chicago a year or so ago under the guiding hand of Edward Hanna, please inform us of the number of issues, with dates. fCopyright. Sept. 12, 1937, by Paul Miller.).
Chess clubs have been formed in Toa Alta. Caguas. Ponce, Yauco and Mayaguez. A team match between San Juan and Caguas was won by the former with the small lead of 1 point. Sen Joan ts. Caguas. Cintron _ - 1 Sitirchc _ 0 Prieto -0 Ramirer „ J 8oler - Vi Dr. Aponts Vi Padilla - 1 Vilar 0 Ramire*. R-O Dr. Cambiasi .
1 Zeno -J R Sarlego 0 Vargas - V* Gandara _ Vi 4 a Cintron, chess champion of Puerto Rico,- defeated Sitiriche, champion of Caguas; Soler, ex-champion of San Juan, drew with Dr. Rivera Aponte, while San Juan Champion Padilla scored against Vilar. Caguas in an intercity match with Ponce won, 7-4. Rafael Cintron is leading in a practice tournament at the San Juan Chess Club. Manuel Zeno is runner-up, Francisco Benitez occupies third place, F. Soler, G. Tgaravidez and D. Suria are trailing Engaging the Puerto Rican champion in an Informal game, youthful Higuera obtained the resignation of Cintron on the twenty-fifth move! Notation of the game according to Higuera: CARO-KANN DEFENSE, White, Block, White. Block. Higuera.
I rpHAT social chess in the District j is begetting a race of strong chess players Is exemplified by Antonio Higuera's tilt with Cintron, Robert Knox and William Reynolds, excellent scores in individual encounters, and now comes Gerald Yagodkin, erstwhile District school player, who gave Albert W. Fox a real tussle in the master's simultaneous exhibition two years ago against representatives from all schools in the Nation's Capital, to the front by his victory in the class B tournament of the Southern Chess Association, held recently at Atlanta. W. N. Woodbury of Birmingham.
Ala , without the loss of a single game or the yielding of a single draw, triumphed over eight class A stars to garner the S. C. A, championship. Maj. J. B. Holt of Jackson, Miss,, a frequent visitor to Washington, jockeyed into second place and R. L. Strelitz of Winston-Salem, N. C., half a point behind Maj. Holt, skidded into third position. Others in class A were P, J. Walker, Savannah; J, E. Jackson, Atlanta; H. B. Tompkins, Atlanta; W. M. P. j Mitchell. Brookline, Mass.; Prof James McClure, Nashville, Tenn., and | A. T. Henderson, Lynchburg, Va._ A cross section summary of indiI vidual play; Player. 1. 2. 3.
Atlanta, placed second to J Yagodkin, who resides at present in J Knoxville, Tenn. H. P. Barton, Savannah, was third, with Milton H. Davis, Atlanta: Mrs. J. G. Harrison, Macon; Paul Donehoo, Atlanta, and E. A. Brown, Atlanta, scoring in the I order named.
Organized some 15-odd years ago, i the current Southern Chess Associa! tion has functioned as the Georgia- i j Florida Chess Association, also as the J Southeastern Chess Association. Chess Problem No. 97. (Angel Chess Ladderites Only.) By M Havel, Czechoslovakia. Courtesy ot Chess Review.
BLACK—3 MEN. I I WHITE—I MEN. White to Play and Mate in Five. JiAUL HODGES (ladders will be run only for two and three move problems), A. G. Dreyer and Sergt. i Alton Coppage give correct solutions for problem No. 93. a 4-er by Havel, i No solution received so far from A. ! W. Allen? QET in the swim. Enter The Star's Pall problem solving tourney today. Review the two problems that have appeared the last two Sundays, send in jour suggested problem, your name and address on each individual sheet—and also, if you are a beginner, try for the consolation prize to be given the low scorer who has the wittiest wisecracks on tha problems he didn’t solve. Chess Problem No. 98.
'Fall Problem Solving Contest ! BY J. C J. WAINWRIGHT. Soc. Chess Q BI.ACK—» MEN.
WHITE—T MEN. W’hite to Plsy and Mate In Two. Solutions to problem No. 1*4 arrive from Melvin Bers C'm.v first attempt' I. Willis H Waldo C. D. Franks (problems In this contest will have only one correct key. unless I slip upi Henry Lybrand, Emanuel Simpson. William Burko, M. L. Levy. Dr. A. L. Phillips (your correct key to No. 1)11 to hand but please do not send two different problem keys on the same postcard'. Raymond W\ Lewis Abram Kleinman, Stephen J. Kurtz, Clara Louise Stafford. Norman Le Roux. Guy Smith (place a return address on solutions mailed in envelopes, please).
A. G. Dreyer and Paul M. Hodges. Remember two-movers and three-movers count the number of points it takes to solve them plus one.
Correct keys will appear in this column about three weeks after publication of the respective problem. Any reader of this column is eligible to compete for any of the three prizes —2-move class, 3-move class, Consolation class. Each winner has his choice of either chessmen, book, medal or possibly a membership in the Washington Social Chess Divan, the maximum value of the award to average $5. Chesspourrl. {^IMON NAIDEL, tournament director, and Norval Wigginton, chess director of the Divan, are planning a championship fray to decide who’s who in chess in the Divan.
It is to be an elimination double-round robin. Topnotchers C. C. Bettinger, A. Y. and Carl Hesse, Abe Seideryberg, Simon Naidel and the leaders in the current quintet tournament will vie for titular honors. Each Wednesday at 8 p m. the Divan members have special play at 1336 I street northwest. Visitors are welcome. Kirk D.
Holland is the major domo of the American Chess Federation for the ensuing year. He succeeds Arpad Elo, retiring president. If any reader of this column has copies of the defunct Midwest Chess and Checker Magazine that emanated from Chicago a year or so ago under the guiding hand of Edward Hanna, please inform us of the number of issues, with dates. fCopyright. Sept. 12, 1937, by Paul Miller.).
U.S. Chess Star Leads 12 Sep 1937, Sun Evening Star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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U. S. CHESS STAR LEADS R*6heveRky’s Score Ir in Austrian Tournament. SEMMERING, Austria, September 11 UP).—Jose R. Capablanca of Cuba drew with two opponents in adjourned name* of the International Chess Masters Tournament today to enter a four- Way tie for third place.
Leading scorers were S. Reshevesky, United States. 2>i—6, Flohr, Czechoslovakia. 2—1; Capablanca; Reuben Fine, United States; P. Keres, Estonia, and V. Ragosin, Russia, 1 >,— 14.
Leading scorers were S. Reshevesky, United States. 2>i—6, Flohr, Czechoslovakia. 2—1; Capablanca; Reuben Fine, United States; P. Keres, Estonia, and V. Ragosin, Russia, 1 >,— 14.
