A
Chess 26 Dec 1937, Sun Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
OCR Text
By PAIL J. MILLER. Jr., t America's Authorilv on Social Chess. 1 1937 In Retrospect. j c A FEW grains of golden sand ' remains in the 1937 hour- < glass.
But as these grains slowly trirkle downward into i :he hourglass of this last year's glori- j ous cascade of chess events, which i includes famous national and inter- ] national tournaments and even a : battle royal for the championship of 1 the world, the imp of perversity seizes t me and I would reminisce about the ; "ancient glory” that was Rome's. All the scribes agree that Dr. Alexander Alekhin's unprecedented sue- J cessful return from the graveyard of ex-world champions was the big surprise of 1937. When Alekhin, natural- I ; ized Frenchman, gained the smashing Victory over Max Euwe. Dutch schoolmaster, of 11 decisive wins to the latter's C and 13 draws, thus regaining the world championship crown, the j International Chess Federation literally was stunned.
For the first time in the annals of modern chess an exworld champion had staged a triumphant comeback. There has been a downpour of international masters’ tourneys in Europe during the last 12 months. Under the captaincy of Frank J. Marshall, retired American chess champion, the United States team of five invaded Stockholm to win for the fourth consecutive time the team championship of the world. At Stockholm Vera Menchik vindicated her Semmenng victory over Sonia Graf by continuing as the woman chess champion of the world.
Reuben Fine. America's premier in-themoney star, aarnered coveted firsts at Leningrad. Moscow and Stockholm, shared top honors with Paul Kcres of Estonia at Margate, tied with Grob and Kerrs at ' Ostend. and was runner-up to Alekhin at Hastings Samuel Reshevskv, United States champion. distinguished himself at Kemeri, splitting top prize with Flohr and Petrow.
Mary Rain, who placed second in the woman's chess tournament sponsored by the Marshall Chess Club of New York City under the auspices of the National Chess | Federation, U. S. A . made a creditable j showing in the world tourney for women at Stockholm. In the 1.000 board-a-side match between the Correspondence Chess Leaaue of America and postal players in Great Britain, the United States has a slight lead and Secretary Walter F. James predicts an ultimate victory. Georges Koltanowski proved again that he is the world's greatest simultaneous blindfold master when at Edinburgh he completed his exhibition of .?i games, toppina Alekhin s record at the 19St Chicago World Fair by two games. The Belgian blindfold expert, in 19M held the title with SO games. At- Havana Jose Capablanca set a new high for simultaneous play, encountering 350 opponents on a total of 70 boards. The ex-world champion (1921-1927) is now gunning for Alekhin.
Poliand Stars Nationally. CALIENT tournaments in the United ^ States were those of the American Chess Federation. New York State Chess Association, Marshall Chess Club and the Southern Chess Association. David Poliand of New York City won the Empire State title and traveled to Chicago to emerge the victor in the Paul Morphy Centennial of the American Chess Federation. Mrs. Adele Rivero was awarded the Hazel Allen Trophy as the champion of the woman’s chess tournament conducted by the Marshall Chess Club with the official sanction of the National Chess Federation, U. S. A. Frank J. Marshall, with a display of the canny skill that characterized his reign tor 25 years as United States chess king, triumphed in the hotly-contested fray for the coveted championship of the famous New York club that bears his name.
W. N. Woodbury of Birmingham annexed the title of the Southern Chess Association without conceding a draw or suffering a single loss, while Gerald Yagodkin. a former player in District school chess matches, obtained the title of the Class B tournament. Strelitz. Snyder and Woods tied for the North Carolina State Championship; W. W. Gibbs was crowned Virginia champion. and George Barnes became Minnesota champion. Among the colleges Harvard gained possession of the Belden-Stephens Trophy, emblematic of supremacy in the Harvard. Yale. Princeton and Dartmouth Chess League, for its third successive time. The matches of the Intercollegiate Chess League for the Harold M. Phillips Trophy begin this week at New York City, with New York University, champion a year ago, favored to win. District Chess a Merry Whirl.
A DARKHORSE by the name of L. N. Ponce carried off District Chess League honors by defeating all comers for the Turover Challenge Trophy, donated for annual play t< the District of Columbia Chess League, formerly headed by Anton Y. Hesse. Champions of local clubs for the year indude Martin Stark.
Capital City Chess Club. Paul Hodees. Montrose Chess Club; Vincent Eaton Paul Morphy Chess Club, and Groree Derr. Omar Khayyam Chess ! Club of George Washington University. Central High won the Turover Trophy and the team championship cf the strong Inter-high Chess Association, comprised of clubs from Tech. Roosevelt. Eastern Central and Wilson: Robert Knox and William Reynolds shared honors for the Individual Interscholastic District Championship and the “Y” award: Mrs. E. R. Shepard was acclaimed the first District woman chess champion: Paul Morphy Chess Club successfully defended their claim to the team championship of the District, while Robert Feeney led the field of '20-odd In the A-B-C-D tourney of the Social Chess Divan under the directorship of Norval Wigginton.
In intercity frays Capital City Chess Club defeated visiting players from Baltimore. Among the local clubs Central High Archives. Department, of Agriculture. Paul Morphy Divan, and George Washington ; ' Chess Clubs played a number of challenge ] I matches. Most outstanding was the \25board match between the Paul Morphy C C. and the Social Chess Divan—and . ! the iairecr board match in District chessdom ended in a draw. l'^a-lC’a. Simultaneous exhibitions were given by W. B.
Mundelle at the “Y,” Samuel Reshevsky at the Jewish Community Center. Kashdan at Capital City Chess Club and Israel Horowitz at the Jewish Community Center. Social Chess Activities. {"AUT of turmoil and doubt was born the Washington Social Chess Divan, which already in the brief period of 10 months has become the largest and strongest of local chess clubs. Co-operating with the organized “social chess" program, the Divan, in conjunction with The Washington Star and the Metropolitan Chess Association, has featured at the Social Chess Lounge educational chess lectures, instructive chess classes by Gen. Basil Bogoljubov, art exhibits, rapid transit chess, single and tandem simultaneous exhibitions by Carl and Anton Hesse, interhigh chess, a pub; lie dance, rallies for special holidays. > general and major tournaments, and j has created a bond of good fellowship ; among fans and votaries of the royal game throughout the District. The Star Carries On. I pURSUANT to the policy inaugu1 rated by the first appearance of this column under the present editor on December 15, 1935, The Washington Star has given complete coverage to all manner of chess activities, presenting the news (when It Is news) every Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Turning time back and glancing at the fast yellowing pages of The Star for 1937, you find chess depicted from every conceivable angle—international, national, sectional, local, and there have appeared humorous bric-brac, poetry, biographies, illustrations and cartoons galore.
Photographs of Henry Hock. William E Brvant, William Reynolds. T J. Sloss Carl Hesse. Alexander Sturges. Simon Naidel. Mabel E McPherson. Floyd Wirsins. Robert Hostler and Alexander Alekhin were published. and terse biographies given. Pen sketches of Reuben Fine. Sam Lloyd, Clarence S. Howell. W. A. Falrhurst. J. M. Sarratt and George H. Mackenzie appeared. . . Amateur games were featured: problem tourneys conducted in which A. G. Dreyer. E. W. Allen. Sergt. Alton Coppage. L C. Dockings, Daniel Breeskm. W. H. Waller. C C Ragsdale and James Hayes excelled: and descriptions given of "chess in the movies*’—Pennies from Heaven. Emperor s Candlesticks. Victoria the Great, etc. -11 Other Items featured Include' Bonk re- I views, magazines, chess ballets, corre- , spondencr and overseas problem tourneys: | ‘ historical accounts of the growth of American Chess Federation. British Corre- , spor.dencr Chess Association Metropolitan ‘ Chess Association Social Chess. Cir Eta Sigma tthe “Phi Beta Kappa ' chess honor societyi. etc.: special essays as Franklin's Morals of Chess, chess as Plain Geometry, chess In Jewish literature. Song of Chess, world chess champions, styles of chessmen, chess as a career, etc. Chess on the air. radio chess matches—gained the spotlight, also. Local matches were played even via the telephone.
Special educational exhibits were held at the Washington Gas Light Co Sloss . Cafeteria. Jewish Community Center and i the Parkslde Hotel. Many new clubs sprang up In local circles with a mushroom growth. Today chess groups are to be found in the White House.
Agriculture. W’ar, j Treasury, Archives. Social Security, Farm Bureau. Procurement Division of the Treasury, Government Printing Office, Interstate Commerce Commission and sundry agencies of Uncle Sam. Other active factions number the respective clubs of Montrose, Paul Morphy, Capital City.
Social Chess Divan. George Washington University, University of Maryland. Wilson Teachers. Central. Eastern W'estern, Tech, Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson.
Gas Light Company, Ladies Group. Y. M. C. A., Elliott Junior High.
Southeastern Community Center and a German unit. | It has been a great year for chess. Undoubtedly there is a growing interest in man's most intellectual pastime. The panorama of Caissa moves on. Nineteen hundred and thirty-eight is almpst upon us.
Turn the hourglass over, chess phan. and let's hail the New Year with gusto. If you didn't receive a personal Christmas greeting from your columnist yesterday, then accept my apologies. Here's a cheery and happy New Year greeting. Let’s carry on! Chess Problem No. 11*. By SZ. KP.ELLENBAUM. (Courtesy of British Chess Magazine.) BLACK—13 MEN. WHITE—13 MEN'. White to Play and Mate in Three. PROBLEM No. 115 by Eaton yields r to: K-B5. The problem was tricky and fooled a few. Three pointers for No. 315 are Raymond W. Lewis. William Burko. E. W. Allen and A G. Dreyer. Singles go to Emanuel Simpson. C. D. Franks, and Stephen J. Kurtz. Latest standings soon. (Copyright. Dec. 26, 1937 by Paul Miller.)
For the first time in the annals of modern chess an exworld champion had staged a triumphant comeback. There has been a downpour of international masters’ tourneys in Europe during the last 12 months. Under the captaincy of Frank J. Marshall, retired American chess champion, the United States team of five invaded Stockholm to win for the fourth consecutive time the team championship of the world. At Stockholm Vera Menchik vindicated her Semmenng victory over Sonia Graf by continuing as the woman chess champion of the world.
Reuben Fine. America's premier in-themoney star, aarnered coveted firsts at Leningrad. Moscow and Stockholm, shared top honors with Paul Kcres of Estonia at Margate, tied with Grob and Kerrs at ' Ostend. and was runner-up to Alekhin at Hastings Samuel Reshevskv, United States champion. distinguished himself at Kemeri, splitting top prize with Flohr and Petrow.
Mary Rain, who placed second in the woman's chess tournament sponsored by the Marshall Chess Club of New York City under the auspices of the National Chess | Federation, U. S. A . made a creditable j showing in the world tourney for women at Stockholm. In the 1.000 board-a-side match between the Correspondence Chess Leaaue of America and postal players in Great Britain, the United States has a slight lead and Secretary Walter F. James predicts an ultimate victory. Georges Koltanowski proved again that he is the world's greatest simultaneous blindfold master when at Edinburgh he completed his exhibition of .?i games, toppina Alekhin s record at the 19St Chicago World Fair by two games. The Belgian blindfold expert, in 19M held the title with SO games. At- Havana Jose Capablanca set a new high for simultaneous play, encountering 350 opponents on a total of 70 boards. The ex-world champion (1921-1927) is now gunning for Alekhin.
Poliand Stars Nationally. CALIENT tournaments in the United ^ States were those of the American Chess Federation. New York State Chess Association, Marshall Chess Club and the Southern Chess Association. David Poliand of New York City won the Empire State title and traveled to Chicago to emerge the victor in the Paul Morphy Centennial of the American Chess Federation. Mrs. Adele Rivero was awarded the Hazel Allen Trophy as the champion of the woman’s chess tournament conducted by the Marshall Chess Club with the official sanction of the National Chess Federation, U. S. A. Frank J. Marshall, with a display of the canny skill that characterized his reign tor 25 years as United States chess king, triumphed in the hotly-contested fray for the coveted championship of the famous New York club that bears his name.
W. N. Woodbury of Birmingham annexed the title of the Southern Chess Association without conceding a draw or suffering a single loss, while Gerald Yagodkin. a former player in District school chess matches, obtained the title of the Class B tournament. Strelitz. Snyder and Woods tied for the North Carolina State Championship; W. W. Gibbs was crowned Virginia champion. and George Barnes became Minnesota champion. Among the colleges Harvard gained possession of the Belden-Stephens Trophy, emblematic of supremacy in the Harvard. Yale. Princeton and Dartmouth Chess League, for its third successive time. The matches of the Intercollegiate Chess League for the Harold M. Phillips Trophy begin this week at New York City, with New York University, champion a year ago, favored to win. District Chess a Merry Whirl.
A DARKHORSE by the name of L. N. Ponce carried off District Chess League honors by defeating all comers for the Turover Challenge Trophy, donated for annual play t< the District of Columbia Chess League, formerly headed by Anton Y. Hesse. Champions of local clubs for the year indude Martin Stark.
Capital City Chess Club. Paul Hodees. Montrose Chess Club; Vincent Eaton Paul Morphy Chess Club, and Groree Derr. Omar Khayyam Chess ! Club of George Washington University. Central High won the Turover Trophy and the team championship cf the strong Inter-high Chess Association, comprised of clubs from Tech. Roosevelt. Eastern Central and Wilson: Robert Knox and William Reynolds shared honors for the Individual Interscholastic District Championship and the “Y” award: Mrs. E. R. Shepard was acclaimed the first District woman chess champion: Paul Morphy Chess Club successfully defended their claim to the team championship of the District, while Robert Feeney led the field of '20-odd In the A-B-C-D tourney of the Social Chess Divan under the directorship of Norval Wigginton.
In intercity frays Capital City Chess Club defeated visiting players from Baltimore. Among the local clubs Central High Archives. Department, of Agriculture. Paul Morphy Divan, and George Washington ; ' Chess Clubs played a number of challenge ] I matches. Most outstanding was the \25board match between the Paul Morphy C C. and the Social Chess Divan—and . ! the iairecr board match in District chessdom ended in a draw. l'^a-lC’a. Simultaneous exhibitions were given by W. B.
Mundelle at the “Y,” Samuel Reshevsky at the Jewish Community Center. Kashdan at Capital City Chess Club and Israel Horowitz at the Jewish Community Center. Social Chess Activities. {"AUT of turmoil and doubt was born the Washington Social Chess Divan, which already in the brief period of 10 months has become the largest and strongest of local chess clubs. Co-operating with the organized “social chess" program, the Divan, in conjunction with The Washington Star and the Metropolitan Chess Association, has featured at the Social Chess Lounge educational chess lectures, instructive chess classes by Gen. Basil Bogoljubov, art exhibits, rapid transit chess, single and tandem simultaneous exhibitions by Carl and Anton Hesse, interhigh chess, a pub; lie dance, rallies for special holidays. > general and major tournaments, and j has created a bond of good fellowship ; among fans and votaries of the royal game throughout the District. The Star Carries On. I pURSUANT to the policy inaugu1 rated by the first appearance of this column under the present editor on December 15, 1935, The Washington Star has given complete coverage to all manner of chess activities, presenting the news (when It Is news) every Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Turning time back and glancing at the fast yellowing pages of The Star for 1937, you find chess depicted from every conceivable angle—international, national, sectional, local, and there have appeared humorous bric-brac, poetry, biographies, illustrations and cartoons galore.
Photographs of Henry Hock. William E Brvant, William Reynolds. T J. Sloss Carl Hesse. Alexander Sturges. Simon Naidel. Mabel E McPherson. Floyd Wirsins. Robert Hostler and Alexander Alekhin were published. and terse biographies given. Pen sketches of Reuben Fine. Sam Lloyd, Clarence S. Howell. W. A. Falrhurst. J. M. Sarratt and George H. Mackenzie appeared. . . Amateur games were featured: problem tourneys conducted in which A. G. Dreyer. E. W. Allen. Sergt. Alton Coppage. L C. Dockings, Daniel Breeskm. W. H. Waller. C C Ragsdale and James Hayes excelled: and descriptions given of "chess in the movies*’—Pennies from Heaven. Emperor s Candlesticks. Victoria the Great, etc. -11 Other Items featured Include' Bonk re- I views, magazines, chess ballets, corre- , spondencr and overseas problem tourneys: | ‘ historical accounts of the growth of American Chess Federation. British Corre- , spor.dencr Chess Association Metropolitan ‘ Chess Association Social Chess. Cir Eta Sigma tthe “Phi Beta Kappa ' chess honor societyi. etc.: special essays as Franklin's Morals of Chess, chess as Plain Geometry, chess In Jewish literature. Song of Chess, world chess champions, styles of chessmen, chess as a career, etc. Chess on the air. radio chess matches—gained the spotlight, also. Local matches were played even via the telephone.
Special educational exhibits were held at the Washington Gas Light Co Sloss . Cafeteria. Jewish Community Center and i the Parkslde Hotel. Many new clubs sprang up In local circles with a mushroom growth. Today chess groups are to be found in the White House.
Agriculture. W’ar, j Treasury, Archives. Social Security, Farm Bureau. Procurement Division of the Treasury, Government Printing Office, Interstate Commerce Commission and sundry agencies of Uncle Sam. Other active factions number the respective clubs of Montrose, Paul Morphy, Capital City.
Social Chess Divan. George Washington University, University of Maryland. Wilson Teachers. Central. Eastern W'estern, Tech, Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson.
Gas Light Company, Ladies Group. Y. M. C. A., Elliott Junior High.
Southeastern Community Center and a German unit. | It has been a great year for chess. Undoubtedly there is a growing interest in man's most intellectual pastime. The panorama of Caissa moves on. Nineteen hundred and thirty-eight is almpst upon us.
Turn the hourglass over, chess phan. and let's hail the New Year with gusto. If you didn't receive a personal Christmas greeting from your columnist yesterday, then accept my apologies. Here's a cheery and happy New Year greeting. Let’s carry on! Chess Problem No. 11*. By SZ. KP.ELLENBAUM. (Courtesy of British Chess Magazine.) BLACK—13 MEN. WHITE—13 MEN'. White to Play and Mate in Three. PROBLEM No. 115 by Eaton yields r to: K-B5. The problem was tricky and fooled a few. Three pointers for No. 315 are Raymond W. Lewis. William Burko. E. W. Allen and A G. Dreyer. Singles go to Emanuel Simpson. C. D. Franks, and Stephen J. Kurtz. Latest standings soon. (Copyright. Dec. 26, 1937 by Paul Miller.)
