Chess 18 Aug 1937, Wed Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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BY PAUL J. MILLER. Jr. INTRADIVAN five-man teams are being organized by Norval Wiggint-on. treasurer of the Washington Social Chess Divan, for the purpose of developing a quintet of players strong enough to garner honors in the forthcoming team championship tournament of the District, under the direction of Alexander Sturges, the Der Fuehrer of the Department of Agriculture Chess Club.
Last year the team title was won by the War Department Chess Club, now known as the Paul Morphy Chess Club, without any official connection Vlth the War Department. Earl Kunkle, president of the Morphy unit, opines that he hae a quintet that can vanquish the best In the District. But, of course, teams from Archives, Interstate Commerce, Agriculture, Navy. Treasury, Montrose C. C., Interhigh Chess Association, Social Divan, George Washington and Maryland University may choose to differ Vit.h the Morphy aggregation.
The first week in October may be a propitious time to launch the team battles. Chairman Sturges suggests that clubs and chess groups, which may enter teams in the District quintet championship, file their entries now with the Metropolitan Chess Association, Parkside Hotel. Team entry fee is $5 and all matches vill be played at the Social Chess Lounge. Appropriate awards will be made. Advance Chess Lecture Tonight.
'T'HIRD in the series of instructional 1 chess lectures by the chess editor of The Washington Star is "How to Become a First-class Tyro in the Shortest Period of Time," a lecture for the more experienced beginner and amateur, pertaining to principles, fundamentals of play, the exchange, the openings, etc., to be given this evening at 8 o'clock, Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street northwest. A public exhibition will accompany the lecture. The educational exhibit will consist of odd miscellanies of chess from the private collection of Prof. Paul Miller. Admission fee is 50 cents and all monies received are used to further the progress of social chess in the District.
Washington will have two representatives in the national tournament that opens August 23 in the Congress Hotel, Chicago, for the championship of the American Chess Federation. Martin Stark, champion of the local Capital City Chess Club, and Donald H. Mugridge, former club titleholder, both ex-District champions, will vie with the masters of the United States for Individual honor
Last year the team title was won by the War Department Chess Club, now known as the Paul Morphy Chess Club, without any official connection Vlth the War Department. Earl Kunkle, president of the Morphy unit, opines that he hae a quintet that can vanquish the best In the District. But, of course, teams from Archives, Interstate Commerce, Agriculture, Navy. Treasury, Montrose C. C., Interhigh Chess Association, Social Divan, George Washington and Maryland University may choose to differ Vit.h the Morphy aggregation.
The first week in October may be a propitious time to launch the team battles. Chairman Sturges suggests that clubs and chess groups, which may enter teams in the District quintet championship, file their entries now with the Metropolitan Chess Association, Parkside Hotel. Team entry fee is $5 and all matches vill be played at the Social Chess Lounge. Appropriate awards will be made. Advance Chess Lecture Tonight.
'T'HIRD in the series of instructional 1 chess lectures by the chess editor of The Washington Star is "How to Become a First-class Tyro in the Shortest Period of Time," a lecture for the more experienced beginner and amateur, pertaining to principles, fundamentals of play, the exchange, the openings, etc., to be given this evening at 8 o'clock, Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street northwest. A public exhibition will accompany the lecture. The educational exhibit will consist of odd miscellanies of chess from the private collection of Prof. Paul Miller. Admission fee is 50 cents and all monies received are used to further the progress of social chess in the District.
Washington will have two representatives in the national tournament that opens August 23 in the Congress Hotel, Chicago, for the championship of the American Chess Federation. Martin Stark, champion of the local Capital City Chess Club, and Donald H. Mugridge, former club titleholder, both ex-District champions, will vie with the masters of the United States for Individual honor
