Chess 23 Aug 1937, Mon Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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BY PAUL J. MILLER. 4r. GAINST 18 picked teams from ss many nation* the United States scored 18 victories snd 3 draws at the International fray held recently at Stockholm. For the fourth time America gained possession of the Hamilton-Russell Gold Trophy.
Kashdan achieved the highest individual score on the American team to win the special prise donated by I. S. To rover of Washington. Horowita, classed as a reserve player, tallied the highest among the reserve class. But when it came to top-board play youthful 8ammy Reshevsky, with a score of 94-6I'2, was edged out of the picture by the 12Vfe-3H score of Salo Flohr, No. 1 star for Chechoslovakia and the candidate of the International Cbeas Federation as challenger of the 1937 Euwe-Alekhin world crown battle. Individual play of the United States masters at Stockholm: Reuben Fine, America’s leading lnthe-money star, excelled all secondboard players, although he was not up to his customary form because of the weariness begotten- from a top-heavy playing itinerary In Europe for the lest two years. Capt. Frank Marshall and Horn wits never lost a game. Both master* posses* a plethora of chess sagacity and when a win was not.
in sight they eannily guided the opposition into a draw. Mary Bain Banked Fifth. VERA MKNCHIK ably defended her erown as the woman chess champion of the world at Stockholm. The American entry, Mrs. Mary Bain, runner-up in the ladies’ tourney conducted last.
January at the Marshall Chess Club in New York City under the auspices of the National Chnas Federation, U. 8. A., placed fifth in the feminine tourney. Clarice Benin 1 ef Italy garnered minor honors. Individual scoring of the leaders was: Vera Menchik, Czechoslovakia, 13; Clartoe Beninl, Italy, 10; Sonia Graf, Germany, 9; Milda Lauberte. Latvia, 9; Mrs. Mary Bain, United States, B'/i; May KarlT, Palestine, S. Cfaeaspourri. | r\AVIT POLLAND, who just annexed .e New York State championship title at Casenovia, is booked to play today at Chicago in the opening round of the thirty-eighth congress of the American Cheas Federation.
8. S. Cohen, associate editor of Chess Review, and A. Santaslere, both New Yorkers, also compete in the Chicago tournament. ' Members ef the Washington Social Cham Divan will hold n •pedal “fireside chat” Wednesday, S p.m., FaritaMe Hotel.
It is urgent that past and present active and associate members attend. Intradivan team matches will follow the short searton..
Kashdan achieved the highest individual score on the American team to win the special prise donated by I. S. To rover of Washington. Horowita, classed as a reserve player, tallied the highest among the reserve class. But when it came to top-board play youthful 8ammy Reshevsky, with a score of 94-6I'2, was edged out of the picture by the 12Vfe-3H score of Salo Flohr, No. 1 star for Chechoslovakia and the candidate of the International Cbeas Federation as challenger of the 1937 Euwe-Alekhin world crown battle. Individual play of the United States masters at Stockholm: Reuben Fine, America’s leading lnthe-money star, excelled all secondboard players, although he was not up to his customary form because of the weariness begotten- from a top-heavy playing itinerary In Europe for the lest two years. Capt. Frank Marshall and Horn wits never lost a game. Both master* posses* a plethora of chess sagacity and when a win was not.
in sight they eannily guided the opposition into a draw. Mary Bain Banked Fifth. VERA MKNCHIK ably defended her erown as the woman chess champion of the world at Stockholm. The American entry, Mrs. Mary Bain, runner-up in the ladies’ tourney conducted last.
January at the Marshall Chess Club in New York City under the auspices of the National Chnas Federation, U. 8. A., placed fifth in the feminine tourney. Clarice Benin 1 ef Italy garnered minor honors. Individual scoring of the leaders was: Vera Menchik, Czechoslovakia, 13; Clartoe Beninl, Italy, 10; Sonia Graf, Germany, 9; Milda Lauberte. Latvia, 9; Mrs. Mary Bain, United States, B'/i; May KarlT, Palestine, S. Cfaeaspourri. | r\AVIT POLLAND, who just annexed .e New York State championship title at Casenovia, is booked to play today at Chicago in the opening round of the thirty-eighth congress of the American Cheas Federation.
8. S. Cohen, associate editor of Chess Review, and A. Santaslere, both New Yorkers, also compete in the Chicago tournament. ' Members ef the Washington Social Cham Divan will hold n •pedal “fireside chat” Wednesday, S p.m., FaritaMe Hotel.
It is urgent that past and present active and associate members attend. Intradivan team matches will follow the short searton..
