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Chess 01 Dec 1937, Wed Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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By PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. Alexander alekhin scored another win against Max Euwe in the hotly fought contest for the world chess championship now being waged in the Netherlands, running his lead up to 4 points, the current standing being Alekhin 8, Euwe 4, drawn 10. The twenty-second encounter between the ex-world champion and the Dutch titleholder occurred at Delft. Last night the twenty-third match was begun at Rotterdam.
Obviously Alekhin is playing with a stubborn will to win and although he is being assailed on every hand by the antagonistic Netherlands press, he maintains the coolness and indifference to caustic Invective that characterized his brilliant WTestlng of the title in 1927 from the Cuban, Jose Capablanca. Candidly your columnist does not understand why the Dutch press has praised Euwe to the high heavens and consistently attacked Alekhin. Certainly Euwe is a citizen of the Netherlands afid is the patron saint of the Dutch Chess Federation. He merits favorable “puffing" of his native newspapers. But the American sportsman never tries to destroy an athlete by words—printed words.
The idol of the football gridiron, the tennis courts, the green, falls into disfavor only when he is dethroned by a better man and then the heroworship of Jawn Phan changes with the rising sun. Not so in the Netherlands, especially where a world chess title is involved. There the local press would break the spirit of a man by castigating him in print and violating every concept of fair play as an American sees it. But under a bombardment of ridicule end spite. Alehkln plays his chess like the gentleman that he is (yes, I know him personally), and frankly whether he is victorious or not in the present tournament he will have vindicated himself as the mo6t outstanding of living grandmasters. Would that every Dutch correspondent might read Dr. Benjamin Franklin's superb essay, "The Morals of Chess,” and profit by the courteous ethics the learned and versatile American sage wrote as early as 1779. Metropolitan Chess Trophy. TT BEEM6 that Earl Kunkle and the Paul Morphy. Ches* Club, which incidentally won the recent Metropolitan Chess Association second annual team tournament, an dla appointed at not yet having received a beautiful trophy. To play in the M. C. A. tourney each team entry had to pay a fee of $5 and that fee was merely to take care of the use of the Social Chess Lounge's facilities for the duration of the tourhament. A trophy will be awarded, rules of chess will be given, but as Chairman Alexander Sturges and Prof. Paul Miller, president of the M. C. A., realized that the fee was so small as not to provide for same, that the awards had to come from some other source <ior me associations treasury is nil), then it was understood there would be some delay. I wonder if th Paul Morphy Chess Club thinks for one moment that staging tournaments can be done on a free basis? Some one has to pay the piper and surely by this time there should be more appreciation for the chess activities that have been promoted in the District than oertaln oral and written actions indicate.
The M. C. A. intends to carry on. The depleted treasury must be filled! QUEST NIGHT tomorrow evening at the Social Chess Lounge. Parkside Hotel, and if you are a beginner or amateur, a lover of the royal game, merely drop in and enjoy yoursell without charge under the auspices ol the Metropolitan Chess Association. Instructional chess every afternoon between 4 and 6 o’clock at the lounge.
Friday afternoon six high schooli clash for the team championship o! the Interhigh Chess Association. Thi initial round is scheduled at the lounge. FARR FIGHTS BRADDOCK Heavyweights to Battle in Miami Bing on February 26. LONDON, Dec. l </P).—Tommj Farr, Welsh heavyweight has a greet to fight Jimmy Braddoek, formei world heavyweight Champion, ii Miami, Fla., on February 38.
The agreement was reached in i trans-Atlantic telephone talk witi.
Obviously Alekhin is playing with a stubborn will to win and although he is being assailed on every hand by the antagonistic Netherlands press, he maintains the coolness and indifference to caustic Invective that characterized his brilliant WTestlng of the title in 1927 from the Cuban, Jose Capablanca. Candidly your columnist does not understand why the Dutch press has praised Euwe to the high heavens and consistently attacked Alekhin. Certainly Euwe is a citizen of the Netherlands afid is the patron saint of the Dutch Chess Federation. He merits favorable “puffing" of his native newspapers. But the American sportsman never tries to destroy an athlete by words—printed words.
The idol of the football gridiron, the tennis courts, the green, falls into disfavor only when he is dethroned by a better man and then the heroworship of Jawn Phan changes with the rising sun. Not so in the Netherlands, especially where a world chess title is involved. There the local press would break the spirit of a man by castigating him in print and violating every concept of fair play as an American sees it. But under a bombardment of ridicule end spite. Alehkln plays his chess like the gentleman that he is (yes, I know him personally), and frankly whether he is victorious or not in the present tournament he will have vindicated himself as the mo6t outstanding of living grandmasters. Would that every Dutch correspondent might read Dr. Benjamin Franklin's superb essay, "The Morals of Chess,” and profit by the courteous ethics the learned and versatile American sage wrote as early as 1779. Metropolitan Chess Trophy. TT BEEM6 that Earl Kunkle and the Paul Morphy. Ches* Club, which incidentally won the recent Metropolitan Chess Association second annual team tournament, an dla appointed at not yet having received a beautiful trophy. To play in the M. C. A. tourney each team entry had to pay a fee of $5 and that fee was merely to take care of the use of the Social Chess Lounge's facilities for the duration of the tourhament. A trophy will be awarded, rules of chess will be given, but as Chairman Alexander Sturges and Prof. Paul Miller, president of the M. C. A., realized that the fee was so small as not to provide for same, that the awards had to come from some other source <ior me associations treasury is nil), then it was understood there would be some delay. I wonder if th Paul Morphy Chess Club thinks for one moment that staging tournaments can be done on a free basis? Some one has to pay the piper and surely by this time there should be more appreciation for the chess activities that have been promoted in the District than oertaln oral and written actions indicate.
The M. C. A. intends to carry on. The depleted treasury must be filled! QUEST NIGHT tomorrow evening at the Social Chess Lounge. Parkside Hotel, and if you are a beginner or amateur, a lover of the royal game, merely drop in and enjoy yoursell without charge under the auspices ol the Metropolitan Chess Association. Instructional chess every afternoon between 4 and 6 o’clock at the lounge.
Friday afternoon six high schooli clash for the team championship o! the Interhigh Chess Association. Thi initial round is scheduled at the lounge. FARR FIGHTS BRADDOCK Heavyweights to Battle in Miami Bing on February 26. LONDON, Dec. l </P).—Tommj Farr, Welsh heavyweight has a greet to fight Jimmy Braddoek, formei world heavyweight Champion, ii Miami, Fla., on February 38.
The agreement was reached in i trans-Atlantic telephone talk witi.
