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Chess 29 Dec 1937, Wed Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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By PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. CE. FLEMING of the Central Y. M. C. A. predicts a record crowd of chess and checker fans on New Year Day when W. B. Mundelle, probably the oldest active chess and checker match player in the District, celebrates his 82nd birthday anniversary by meeting all comers without charge The simultaneous exhibition will begin promptly at 5 p.m. and continue for approximately five hours. Any one may contest a game with the chess patriarch. "Y" game facilities are limited and fans are cautioned to fetch their own chess equipment to insure no delay in challenging Mundelle's supremacy at either game. Interscholastic Chens Title. ^DJACENT to the Central “Y” In the boys' department on New Year Day at 2 o’clock the first round of the tournament to decide the indi cu*oc«*s ' s tu*t- l%* ? vidual interscholastic chess championship of the District will be contested by representatives from any local school below college rating.
Matches will be arranged promptly in accordance with the regulations of the Metropolitan Chess Association, as announced in this column last Monday. If you wish to enter the tournament for the individual medal award and custody of the bronze “Y" Trophy for 1938, then be present for play at 2 p.m. Entry fee for the enure tournament is only 25 cents, which covers the ccst of score sheets. Special January Lectures. pOUR international lectures, accompanied by educational exhibits on chess, will be given durin: January by Prof. Paul Miller, chess director of The Star, on Thursday evenings. Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street N.W. The fee for the four lecture* is $2, which also includes use of the facilities of the lounge for the month of January. Books and magazines will be available for the beginners or amateurs or veterans. Members of the Washington Social Chess Divan are privileged to register for the lectures at the special rate of $1.
Registrations should be mailed now to Chess Director. Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street N.W. Fees may be paid now or the night of the first lecture All moneys received will be used to advance the local program of “organized social chess.” Interhigh Matches—Third Round. QUINTETS from Roosevelt, Tech ^ and Eastern High School Chess Clubs scored 3-2 victories over the best flve-man teams produced by Western, Central and Wilson in the third round of match play for the team championship of the Interhigh Chess Association. Individual tallies: Roosevelt vs. Western. W. Magathsn 0 Robert Parr 1 R MacWUliama.. 0 Harry Stovall .1" l Stan Steinberg l Roy Millenson „ 0 Russell Mtcy _ l Richard Benson o George Wilson l Helm Lyon_0 3 «• 2 Tech vs. Central.
Robert Feeney Sam Bass t. Sol Breeskln 1 Robert Hostler" n John Ahbadessa >2 Walter Kurland '2 Rober* Bterlv 0 Melvin Bers " 1 Daniel Fusfeld 1 Leo Wiemer .ZZZZ 0 3 ~2 Eastern vs. Wilson Paul Miller 1 David Margold 0 Warren Simpson _ 1 Hal Moore <> Jack Gill 1 John Dlrkman ft Carl Codington o Harold Zucher 1 Manuel Holtz. 0 Oswald Schuette. _ 1 3 2 Central's defeat at the hands of the strong Tech team Is its firs' in the las' three interhigh tourneys.
But the championship will be decided on the total team points grossed, and not the Individual matches won. . Matches in round No. 4 will be played tola week at the lounge at the convenience ot the respective teams, says President Fobert Hostler. S“ colleges contended at the Manhattan Chess Club of New York City recently for the famous Harold M. Phillips Challenge Trophy, emblematic of supremacy in the annual Yuletide tourney of the Intercollegiate Chess League. First-round scoring: Brooklyn vs. Yeshiva, 3‘2-i2; City College vs. New York University. and Columbia vs. Cornell, 2'2-l!i. Each college is playing a team of four, with five single robin rounds comprising the match schedule. Referee — Edward Hymes, Columbia, ’92.
Matches will be arranged promptly in accordance with the regulations of the Metropolitan Chess Association, as announced in this column last Monday. If you wish to enter the tournament for the individual medal award and custody of the bronze “Y" Trophy for 1938, then be present for play at 2 p.m. Entry fee for the enure tournament is only 25 cents, which covers the ccst of score sheets. Special January Lectures. pOUR international lectures, accompanied by educational exhibits on chess, will be given durin: January by Prof. Paul Miller, chess director of The Star, on Thursday evenings. Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street N.W. The fee for the four lecture* is $2, which also includes use of the facilities of the lounge for the month of January. Books and magazines will be available for the beginners or amateurs or veterans. Members of the Washington Social Chess Divan are privileged to register for the lectures at the special rate of $1.
Registrations should be mailed now to Chess Director. Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street N.W. Fees may be paid now or the night of the first lecture All moneys received will be used to advance the local program of “organized social chess.” Interhigh Matches—Third Round. QUINTETS from Roosevelt, Tech ^ and Eastern High School Chess Clubs scored 3-2 victories over the best flve-man teams produced by Western, Central and Wilson in the third round of match play for the team championship of the Interhigh Chess Association. Individual tallies: Roosevelt vs. Western. W. Magathsn 0 Robert Parr 1 R MacWUliama.. 0 Harry Stovall .1" l Stan Steinberg l Roy Millenson „ 0 Russell Mtcy _ l Richard Benson o George Wilson l Helm Lyon_0 3 «• 2 Tech vs. Central.
Robert Feeney Sam Bass t. Sol Breeskln 1 Robert Hostler" n John Ahbadessa >2 Walter Kurland '2 Rober* Bterlv 0 Melvin Bers " 1 Daniel Fusfeld 1 Leo Wiemer .ZZZZ 0 3 ~2 Eastern vs. Wilson Paul Miller 1 David Margold 0 Warren Simpson _ 1 Hal Moore <> Jack Gill 1 John Dlrkman ft Carl Codington o Harold Zucher 1 Manuel Holtz. 0 Oswald Schuette. _ 1 3 2 Central's defeat at the hands of the strong Tech team Is its firs' in the las' three interhigh tourneys.
But the championship will be decided on the total team points grossed, and not the Individual matches won. . Matches in round No. 4 will be played tola week at the lounge at the convenience ot the respective teams, says President Fobert Hostler. S“ colleges contended at the Manhattan Chess Club of New York City recently for the famous Harold M. Phillips Challenge Trophy, emblematic of supremacy in the annual Yuletide tourney of the Intercollegiate Chess League. First-round scoring: Brooklyn vs. Yeshiva, 3‘2-i2; City College vs. New York University. and Columbia vs. Cornell, 2'2-l!i. Each college is playing a team of four, with five single robin rounds comprising the match schedule. Referee — Edward Hymes, Columbia, ’92.
