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Chess Notes 11 Nov 1951, Sun Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia, Sunday, November 11, 1951
Chess Notes by Donald H. Mugridge
Bain 8½-½ Gresser 7½-1½ Karff 6-3 Slater 4½-4½ Grumette 3½-5½ Kellner 3½-5½ Roos 3½-5½ Owens 3-6 Piatigorsky 3-6 Raettig 2-7
The above table showing the results of the women's national chess championship tournament, held in New York City from October 20 to November 4, is given by the kindness of Miss Edith L. Weart. The participants were Mrs. Mary Bain, Mrs. Gisela Gresser, Miss N. May Karff and Mrs. Kathryn Slater, all of New York City; Mrs. Lena Grumette of Brooklyn, Miss Adele Raettig of Hoboken, N. J.; Mrs. Willa White Owens, late of Richmond, Va., and now of Avon Lake, Ohio; Miss Lucille Kellner of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Gregor Piatigorsky (wife of the well-known cellist) and Miss Nancy Roos of Los Angeles, Calif. The title, a trophy donated by Miss Weart, and first prize of $150 all went to Mrs. Mary Bain, who won eight straight games and then drew in the last round with the runner-up.
Mrs. Gresser tried very hard to defeat Mrs. Bain, and conceded the draw only on move 107 and after the 50-move rule had been invoked. Mrs. Bain, who is a chess enthusiast of the first water, enjoys the advantage of having been a pupil of the great Hungarian master, the late Geza Maroczy. Between them, Mrs. Bain and Mrs. Gresser outclassed the field, but the latter's chances were spoiled by Mrs. Ross Owens, whom many Washington chess players will remember as Mrs. White of the Richmond Chess Club. The tournament was directed by Mrs. Caroline Marshall, widow of Prank J Marshall and manager of the Marshall Chess Club.
In the District League, the Federal Chess Club brought out its strongest team to defeat the Library of Congress on November 6. An automobile accident prevented the Library's second-board player from making his expected appearance.
FEDERAL LIBRARY
N. T. Whitaker 0 D. H. Mugridge 1
N. Robins 1 Forfeit 0
B. Romanenko 0 J. C. Rather 1
J. Wall 1 S. Kucherov 0
H. V. Klein 1 J. W. Allen 0
L. Korsstrom 1 M. Lerner 0
E. Boschan 1 J. L. Rubin 0
F. S. Howell 1 J. A. Gweyer 0
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6 2
On first board, Whitaker sacrificed a pawn and obtained a powerful attack, but did not sufficiently neutralize Black's queenside majority:
Norman Tweed Whitaker (white) vs. Donald Henry Mugridge (black)
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Wing Gambit
The Arlington team has kept pace with the Federals, winning its third straight match by shutting out Georgetown, 6-0, on October 31. D. B. Hatch won from J. Konouck on first board.
