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Chess 25 Jul 1937, Sun Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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BV PAUL J. MILLER, JR., America's Authority on Social Chess. An Unsuccessful Suitor. URELY," said the young man, after her father had declined positively to entertain the proposition, "you are not prejudiced against me because I have no visible means of support?" "No," the old gentleman replied. "I understand that you once took part in a chess contest that was played by cable.
Any one who can find fun in that sort of thing is too cold-blooded to get into my family, if I can prevent it." 19 opponents simulta^ neously at the Social Chess Lounge, Parkside Hotel, Carl Hesse, one of the strongest class A players in the District, scored 14 wins, drew 4 and lost only 1 game—an excellent record considering the quality of the opposition. Conrad Willnirh, who learned his chess as s lad in Europe, was the sole victor against Hesse. Refusing the proffered Queen's Gambit, Willnich developed a powerful position which Hesse realized on the twenty-fourth move was extremely embarrassing and so resigned.
Beginning promptly at 8 p.m. the "simul" continued until 11:15 p.m., when the tournament director, Simon Naidel, proceeded to adjudicate seven uncompleted games. Individual scoring of players: Openine
Fa.rchild Sicilian Defence Lopez Paul Miller Edith Johnson Cunrad Gambit Declined 1 Vincent Saoorito Adjudicated games. Among the visitors present were Dr. Alexander Brooks, S. Maxwell, Albert Bass, William R. Russell, Anton Y. Hesse, J. S. Carpenter, Samuel Ba-ss. Andrew Bakonyi, Henry Rousseau, E. M. Knapp and Gen. Bogolyubov. Norval Wigginton.
assistant chess director of the Washington Social Che>s Divan, announces a rapid-transit, pyramid tourney this Wednesday, 8 p.m., Parkslde Hotel. The public is invited to visit the chess lounge and participate in the 10second melee. A gratis membership for one month in the Social Chess Divan will be awarded the victor in the speedy elimination contest. Ladies are welcome. Chess Problem No.
by N. Easter, is solved easily in two moves, the key being: Kt-KKt5. Correct solutions arrive from the Ancel I prize trio—E. W Allen. A G.
Dreyer and j Sergt. Alton O. Coppage. Daniel Breeskin, ι sending an accurate key. adds the two-movers are much nicer, and less I brain-wreckers." Paul Hodges and Charles 1 Carrico on the other hand, prefer threemover? as they say a '2-er ran be solved from the printed diagram alone. Which do the thousand and one fans prefer? Another solving contest Is in the offing. Chessmen on Display.
is a handful of big business men in the United States who make a hobby of collecting rare and curious chessmen. Two of the better-known coltors are Gustavus Pfeiffer. vice president of the Marshall Chess Club of New York City, and Cel. Donald M. I.lddell of Elizabeth, N. J. Following their exhibit of valuable sets at the Chicago World Fair in 1933. Pfeiffer and Liddell began to circularize the inner chess circles of the world, with the expressed purpose of publishing a book depicting the history of American and European chess, according to the type, fashion, design and composition of chessmen. The status of the grand opus on ! chess antiquities still is uncertain. ; But if you are motoring eastward this I Summer, a visit to the Newark (N. J.) Museum will be an eyeopener, for, ; until October 1, the museum is displaying a large and varied collection of chessmen, gathered from all parts of the globe. Famous for their Occidental and Oriental histories, the ehesemen on exhibit from the collections of Liddell and PfeifTer are distinctly unique. George P. Northrop, whose column, "In Chess Circles," is a Saturday feature in the Newark Evening News, describes the museum exhibit: "Some of the sets are on display for the first time, and ranee from ancient masterpieces, beautifully designed and rich in legend. to first rate, up-to-date sets, unique in their simplicity.
One feature is a set wrought in Ivory which belonged to Louis XIV. It shows a battle between English and East Indian armies, and was presented to the King of France in J βκο by the Ambassador from Siam. "Colonel Liddell has a story to tell on nearly all his sets. It Is his custom to set a price when a set is on sale at auction, and not to go above that price, regardless of how high any one else may bid "When the Louis XTV set was on thu block, another chess collector outbid the colonel, so he had to let it ko. The next morning the colonels phone rang and the caller was the man who had bought the expensive chessmen the day before.
He said that Liddell could buy the s*t from him at the price he had been willing to part with the preceding day. Hp added that, on second thought, he'd better not let his wife know how much he had put out for a set of ehes* pieces. So. the colonel got his chessmen after all! , "Another set Is a delicately carved ivorv one made for Tao Kwang. an early Chinese emperor.
In 1H44 the set was presentrd by the Chinese Governor to Sir William Parker, admiral commanding the Brr . h fleet a* Hongkong during the opium war. These pieces stand neariv three feet tall and the set ha·- been estimated to be worn *100 000. It is the only one of its kind in the world. "There Is a collection of crude ρ 'ere* of pottery, taken from an Egyptian 'omb of about 15 n B.C.
which somewhat resemble chessmen. This probably is the oldest known specimen of the royal same and may *er\e as an important link in the belief that chess camp out of the Far East and countries bordering on I the Mediterranean " Chesspourr!. Τ H SARRATT was the first British * player to merit the title of master. When and where Sarratt was bom or ι what the Initials J. H. signify are not known. H. J. R. Murray, the greatest living authority on the history of ches»s in all its manifold forms, gives a concise analysis of Sarratt's pi a or in British ohessdom in the July ifrue of the British Chess Magazine.
He ha* borrowed liberallv from Philip W. Serjeant's splendid work. "A Centnrr of British Che?w." An example of Sarratt's style In which the White men are plaved by Sarratt and an unknown Juggles the Black pieces: KING'S KNIGHT'S GAMBIT _ 'Courtesy. British Chess Maga7ine > White Black. Whit* Biaefc.
To the six players tied for the May ladder award, this Is the suggestion: A year's membership each In the American Chess Federation and a copy of the 1936 year book on the Philadelphia tournament.
This column welcomes chenu humor, vetrs and views and prints chsss neirs exclusively. A stamped envelope brings a reply to queries. (Copyright. July 25, 1937 by Paul J. Miller.)
Any one who can find fun in that sort of thing is too cold-blooded to get into my family, if I can prevent it." 19 opponents simulta^ neously at the Social Chess Lounge, Parkside Hotel, Carl Hesse, one of the strongest class A players in the District, scored 14 wins, drew 4 and lost only 1 game—an excellent record considering the quality of the opposition. Conrad Willnirh, who learned his chess as s lad in Europe, was the sole victor against Hesse. Refusing the proffered Queen's Gambit, Willnich developed a powerful position which Hesse realized on the twenty-fourth move was extremely embarrassing and so resigned.
Beginning promptly at 8 p.m. the "simul" continued until 11:15 p.m., when the tournament director, Simon Naidel, proceeded to adjudicate seven uncompleted games. Individual scoring of players: Openine
Fa.rchild Sicilian Defence Lopez Paul Miller Edith Johnson Cunrad Gambit Declined 1 Vincent Saoorito Adjudicated games. Among the visitors present were Dr. Alexander Brooks, S. Maxwell, Albert Bass, William R. Russell, Anton Y. Hesse, J. S. Carpenter, Samuel Ba-ss. Andrew Bakonyi, Henry Rousseau, E. M. Knapp and Gen. Bogolyubov. Norval Wigginton.
assistant chess director of the Washington Social Che>s Divan, announces a rapid-transit, pyramid tourney this Wednesday, 8 p.m., Parkslde Hotel. The public is invited to visit the chess lounge and participate in the 10second melee. A gratis membership for one month in the Social Chess Divan will be awarded the victor in the speedy elimination contest. Ladies are welcome. Chess Problem No.
by N. Easter, is solved easily in two moves, the key being: Kt-KKt5. Correct solutions arrive from the Ancel I prize trio—E. W Allen. A G.
Dreyer and j Sergt. Alton O. Coppage. Daniel Breeskin, ι sending an accurate key. adds the two-movers are much nicer, and less I brain-wreckers." Paul Hodges and Charles 1 Carrico on the other hand, prefer threemover? as they say a '2-er ran be solved from the printed diagram alone. Which do the thousand and one fans prefer? Another solving contest Is in the offing. Chessmen on Display.
is a handful of big business men in the United States who make a hobby of collecting rare and curious chessmen. Two of the better-known coltors are Gustavus Pfeiffer. vice president of the Marshall Chess Club of New York City, and Cel. Donald M. I.lddell of Elizabeth, N. J. Following their exhibit of valuable sets at the Chicago World Fair in 1933. Pfeiffer and Liddell began to circularize the inner chess circles of the world, with the expressed purpose of publishing a book depicting the history of American and European chess, according to the type, fashion, design and composition of chessmen. The status of the grand opus on ! chess antiquities still is uncertain. ; But if you are motoring eastward this I Summer, a visit to the Newark (N. J.) Museum will be an eyeopener, for, ; until October 1, the museum is displaying a large and varied collection of chessmen, gathered from all parts of the globe. Famous for their Occidental and Oriental histories, the ehesemen on exhibit from the collections of Liddell and PfeifTer are distinctly unique. George P. Northrop, whose column, "In Chess Circles," is a Saturday feature in the Newark Evening News, describes the museum exhibit: "Some of the sets are on display for the first time, and ranee from ancient masterpieces, beautifully designed and rich in legend. to first rate, up-to-date sets, unique in their simplicity.
One feature is a set wrought in Ivory which belonged to Louis XIV. It shows a battle between English and East Indian armies, and was presented to the King of France in J βκο by the Ambassador from Siam. "Colonel Liddell has a story to tell on nearly all his sets. It Is his custom to set a price when a set is on sale at auction, and not to go above that price, regardless of how high any one else may bid "When the Louis XTV set was on thu block, another chess collector outbid the colonel, so he had to let it ko. The next morning the colonels phone rang and the caller was the man who had bought the expensive chessmen the day before.
He said that Liddell could buy the s*t from him at the price he had been willing to part with the preceding day. Hp added that, on second thought, he'd better not let his wife know how much he had put out for a set of ehes* pieces. So. the colonel got his chessmen after all! , "Another set Is a delicately carved ivorv one made for Tao Kwang. an early Chinese emperor.
In 1H44 the set was presentrd by the Chinese Governor to Sir William Parker, admiral commanding the Brr . h fleet a* Hongkong during the opium war. These pieces stand neariv three feet tall and the set ha·- been estimated to be worn *100 000. It is the only one of its kind in the world. "There Is a collection of crude ρ 'ere* of pottery, taken from an Egyptian 'omb of about 15 n B.C.
which somewhat resemble chessmen. This probably is the oldest known specimen of the royal same and may *er\e as an important link in the belief that chess camp out of the Far East and countries bordering on I the Mediterranean " Chesspourr!. Τ H SARRATT was the first British * player to merit the title of master. When and where Sarratt was bom or ι what the Initials J. H. signify are not known. H. J. R. Murray, the greatest living authority on the history of ches»s in all its manifold forms, gives a concise analysis of Sarratt's pi a or in British ohessdom in the July ifrue of the British Chess Magazine.
He ha* borrowed liberallv from Philip W. Serjeant's splendid work. "A Centnrr of British Che?w." An example of Sarratt's style In which the White men are plaved by Sarratt and an unknown Juggles the Black pieces: KING'S KNIGHT'S GAMBIT _ 'Courtesy. British Chess Maga7ine > White Black. Whit* Biaefc.
To the six players tied for the May ladder award, this Is the suggestion: A year's membership each In the American Chess Federation and a copy of the 1936 year book on the Philadelphia tournament.
This column welcomes chenu humor, vetrs and views and prints chsss neirs exclusively. A stamped envelope brings a reply to queries. (Copyright. July 25, 1937 by Paul J. Miller.)
