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Chess 11 Jul 1937, Sun Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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BY PAUL J. MILLER, JR.. America's Authority on Social Chess. A. C. F. Battle at Chicago. LEADING experts of the science of chew will convene at Chicago on or about August 24 to compete in the thirty-eighth consecutive annual tournament of the American Chew Federation, the most traditional national organization of its kind. For 11 days the stars will vie for the national open title in what has been designated as the Paul Morphy Memorial Tournament in honor of the 100th birthday anniversary of the youthful American who vanquished the Old World masters when he was scarcely 21 years of age, thus proving that the New World could produce talent to excel that of Europe's champions. endowed with the glorious heritage of a thousand years of chess play.
A minimum purse of 11.000 has been assured. The prize money will be apportioned 50 per cent to the masters' section, 30 per cent to the consolation section and 20 per cent to the class A section. The officer* of the federation and the local Chicago committee are working diligently to achieve the greatest open tournament America has fostered. This is the tenth A. C. F. tournament to be held In Chicago, and any patrons of national chess may contribute to the tournament fund by writing Lewis J. Isaacs, 724 West Roosevelt drive, Chicago. Europe's Legion of Honor. gIRTHED under Southern skies at Mississippi State College, the honorary che&s fraternity of Chi Eta Sigma numbers among its membership the truly great players, writers, authors and patrons of the "royal game." In the past some of the recipients of honor bids to the Omega Alpha National Chapter, known as the "order of the crown" of Chi Eta 81<tma. are: Walter Green, librarian of the largest chess library in the world (Cleveland); L. T. Maenner. one of the founders of the Western Chess Association and editor of the late Gambit: Prank J. Marshall, retired United States champion: J. C. Thompson. a former editor of the Texas Chess Magazine and Western Chess Magazine: the late Frank B. Walker, sometime District of Columbia champion: Alexander Alekhln. ex-world champion, and Philip W Sergeant, greatest living authority on Paul Morphy.
peer of chess geniuses—to illustrate the character of the personnel of the "chess legion of honor." Honor bids to Chi Eta Sigma in 1937 as approved by the Candidature Committee for European knights of the chessboard include: Austria—Prof. Albert Becker. E. Eliskases. Rudolf Splelmann and Hans Kmoch: Belgium—Edmond Lancel; Czechoslovakia —Salo Flohr: Estonia—Paul Keres: France —H. Delatre and L. Le Lionnais: Germany—Max Blumlch and Kurt Riehter; Holland—G. C. A. Oskam and Dr. Max Euwe: Hungary—Istvan Abonyi and Lazola Toth: Italy—Marchese S. Rosselli del Turco; Poland—D. Przeplorka and Dr. S. G. Tartakower: Russia—8. Walnstein; Spain—Dr. R. Rey Ardid: Sweden—K. Berndtsson and G. Stahlberg and in Switzerland—Dr. E. Voellmy and Hans Johner. Membership in Chi Eta Sigma is the most distinctive honor award in chessdom. Honor bids are extended aolely on the bu is of merit independent of x»oe er nationality.
Keres at Margate. JJAUL KER.ES. champion of Estonia, w« a dark horse In the 1937 international masters' tournament at Margate. England. T. H. Tylor of Oxford was a more renowned star, but the youthful Esto- j nian's genius as a chess wizard of the Morphv class probably awed the Oxonion. as the following game should have been a draw. Tylor resigned on the twenty-flfth move.
ALL and Winter chess activities for the District were given concrete 1 form this week at the July conclave of the council of the Metropolitan < Chess Association. Officers of the association are Prof. Paul Miller, president; D. S. BOrch, vice president; Abe Seidenberg, secretary, and Mrs. Anna Bran, treasurer. Executive chairman nominated to direct the activity program are: Anton Y. Hesse, champion of champions tournament; Edith Johnson, girls' tournament; Dr. George Hervey or Alexander Sturges, team tournament; C. E. Fleming, individual interscholastic tourney for Y Trophy and medal; Maud Sewall, District championship tournament for women; officers of the Washington Interhigh Chess Association for the interhigh club tournament: A. Y. Hesse. District amateur championship, and R. S. MacCready. entrepreneur of a departmental tournament for Government employes. The council ratified a motion to allow the general public to share In the program of organized chess for the District. Annual memberships will be available to interested players and boosters of organized chess for $1 per year. Money received will be used for promotional purposes to stage local exhibitions by eminent national masters as I. Kashdan, Reuben Fine, Israel Horowitz, Samuel Reshevsky, etc., to assure adequate trophy awards for tournament competition. and to spread the gospel of co-operative club chess In the District. Participating in the recent M. C. A. council assembly were A. H. Leavitt, National Archives Chess Club; Earle Kunkle, Max Kessler and Guy Camden, Paul Morphy Chess Club»George Martin and R. S. MacCready, Procurement Division (Treasury) Chess Club; Maud Sewall, Ladies' Chess Club; D. S. Burch, Agriculture Chess Club; Simon Naidel, Washington Social Chess Divan; C. E. Fleming, Y. M. C. A. Junior and Senior chess groups; Edith Johnson, .girls' chess group; Conrad Willnlch. German Chess Club; Paul Miller, Eastern High C. C.; Robert Hoetler, Roosevelt High C. C.; Robert MaeWlUUm·, Central High C. O., tad Anton Y. Hesse, president of the former D. C. Chess League.
Prior to the August Msembl» of the M. C. A. Council each club in the District of Columbia I* advised to elect two official delegate* to serve on the advisory board of the Metropolitan Chess Association. Meantime, the respective tournament chairmen will complete the personnel of their committee.
Sit. Alton Coppage. Jack Sronce Daniel Breeskin (to err is human), and. since Ε W. Allen tailed to get his copy ot The Sunday Star at Boston Mass. the correct key will be given next Sunday. Cheas pourri. CAMUEL RESHEVSKY, United States of America champion lost hi3 final fame to E. Book of Finland In the international master's tournament at Kemerl. Latvia, thus tieing for first prise with Salo Flohr of Czechoslovakia and V. Petrow ol Latvia, each scoring 12-5. The international aees leave Kemerl to battle anew at the Paria World Fair, official play to start on July 14 and continue a fortnight. Norval Wigginton extends an invitation to the public to engage In casual matches Wednesday, 8 p.m., at the Social Chess Lounge, Parkside Hotel. Walter F. James, secretary and editor for the Correspondence Chess League of America, 219 East Main street, Cherokee, Iowa, announces a grand national C. C. L. A. championship tourney, beginning September 1 This column welcomes chest news, humor, and views, and prints chess news exclusively. A self-addressed, stamped envelope brings a reply to queries, (OwrrtAt.
A minimum purse of 11.000 has been assured. The prize money will be apportioned 50 per cent to the masters' section, 30 per cent to the consolation section and 20 per cent to the class A section. The officer* of the federation and the local Chicago committee are working diligently to achieve the greatest open tournament America has fostered. This is the tenth A. C. F. tournament to be held In Chicago, and any patrons of national chess may contribute to the tournament fund by writing Lewis J. Isaacs, 724 West Roosevelt drive, Chicago. Europe's Legion of Honor. gIRTHED under Southern skies at Mississippi State College, the honorary che&s fraternity of Chi Eta Sigma numbers among its membership the truly great players, writers, authors and patrons of the "royal game." In the past some of the recipients of honor bids to the Omega Alpha National Chapter, known as the "order of the crown" of Chi Eta 81<tma. are: Walter Green, librarian of the largest chess library in the world (Cleveland); L. T. Maenner. one of the founders of the Western Chess Association and editor of the late Gambit: Prank J. Marshall, retired United States champion: J. C. Thompson. a former editor of the Texas Chess Magazine and Western Chess Magazine: the late Frank B. Walker, sometime District of Columbia champion: Alexander Alekhln. ex-world champion, and Philip W Sergeant, greatest living authority on Paul Morphy.
peer of chess geniuses—to illustrate the character of the personnel of the "chess legion of honor." Honor bids to Chi Eta Sigma in 1937 as approved by the Candidature Committee for European knights of the chessboard include: Austria—Prof. Albert Becker. E. Eliskases. Rudolf Splelmann and Hans Kmoch: Belgium—Edmond Lancel; Czechoslovakia —Salo Flohr: Estonia—Paul Keres: France —H. Delatre and L. Le Lionnais: Germany—Max Blumlch and Kurt Riehter; Holland—G. C. A. Oskam and Dr. Max Euwe: Hungary—Istvan Abonyi and Lazola Toth: Italy—Marchese S. Rosselli del Turco; Poland—D. Przeplorka and Dr. S. G. Tartakower: Russia—8. Walnstein; Spain—Dr. R. Rey Ardid: Sweden—K. Berndtsson and G. Stahlberg and in Switzerland—Dr. E. Voellmy and Hans Johner. Membership in Chi Eta Sigma is the most distinctive honor award in chessdom. Honor bids are extended aolely on the bu is of merit independent of x»oe er nationality.
Keres at Margate. JJAUL KER.ES. champion of Estonia, w« a dark horse In the 1937 international masters' tournament at Margate. England. T. H. Tylor of Oxford was a more renowned star, but the youthful Esto- j nian's genius as a chess wizard of the Morphv class probably awed the Oxonion. as the following game should have been a draw. Tylor resigned on the twenty-flfth move.
ALL and Winter chess activities for the District were given concrete 1 form this week at the July conclave of the council of the Metropolitan < Chess Association. Officers of the association are Prof. Paul Miller, president; D. S. BOrch, vice president; Abe Seidenberg, secretary, and Mrs. Anna Bran, treasurer. Executive chairman nominated to direct the activity program are: Anton Y. Hesse, champion of champions tournament; Edith Johnson, girls' tournament; Dr. George Hervey or Alexander Sturges, team tournament; C. E. Fleming, individual interscholastic tourney for Y Trophy and medal; Maud Sewall, District championship tournament for women; officers of the Washington Interhigh Chess Association for the interhigh club tournament: A. Y. Hesse. District amateur championship, and R. S. MacCready. entrepreneur of a departmental tournament for Government employes. The council ratified a motion to allow the general public to share In the program of organized chess for the District. Annual memberships will be available to interested players and boosters of organized chess for $1 per year. Money received will be used for promotional purposes to stage local exhibitions by eminent national masters as I. Kashdan, Reuben Fine, Israel Horowitz, Samuel Reshevsky, etc., to assure adequate trophy awards for tournament competition. and to spread the gospel of co-operative club chess In the District. Participating in the recent M. C. A. council assembly were A. H. Leavitt, National Archives Chess Club; Earle Kunkle, Max Kessler and Guy Camden, Paul Morphy Chess Club»George Martin and R. S. MacCready, Procurement Division (Treasury) Chess Club; Maud Sewall, Ladies' Chess Club; D. S. Burch, Agriculture Chess Club; Simon Naidel, Washington Social Chess Divan; C. E. Fleming, Y. M. C. A. Junior and Senior chess groups; Edith Johnson, .girls' chess group; Conrad Willnlch. German Chess Club; Paul Miller, Eastern High C. C.; Robert Hoetler, Roosevelt High C. C.; Robert MaeWlUUm·, Central High C. O., tad Anton Y. Hesse, president of the former D. C. Chess League.
Prior to the August Msembl» of the M. C. A. Council each club in the District of Columbia I* advised to elect two official delegate* to serve on the advisory board of the Metropolitan Chess Association. Meantime, the respective tournament chairmen will complete the personnel of their committee.
Sit. Alton Coppage. Jack Sronce Daniel Breeskin (to err is human), and. since Ε W. Allen tailed to get his copy ot The Sunday Star at Boston Mass. the correct key will be given next Sunday. Cheas pourri. CAMUEL RESHEVSKY, United States of America champion lost hi3 final fame to E. Book of Finland In the international master's tournament at Kemerl. Latvia, thus tieing for first prise with Salo Flohr of Czechoslovakia and V. Petrow ol Latvia, each scoring 12-5. The international aees leave Kemerl to battle anew at the Paria World Fair, official play to start on July 14 and continue a fortnight. Norval Wigginton extends an invitation to the public to engage In casual matches Wednesday, 8 p.m., at the Social Chess Lounge, Parkside Hotel. Walter F. James, secretary and editor for the Correspondence Chess League of America, 219 East Main street, Cherokee, Iowa, announces a grand national C. C. L. A. championship tourney, beginning September 1 This column welcomes chest news, humor, and views, and prints chess news exclusively. A self-addressed, stamped envelope brings a reply to queries, (OwrrtAt.
