Chess 02 Jun 1937, Wed Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr., SILAS HOWLAND of the Marshall Chess Club, New York City, has been designated by the National Chess Federation, U. S. A , American unit of the International Chess Federation, to select the quintet that will represent the United States in the international team tournament at Stockholm this Summer.
Perhaps Howland needs some assistance in choosing our Olympian chess team. Our bid is: Reuben Fine, captain, Samuel Reshevskv. United States champion: Israel Horowitz, champion of the American Chess Federation. Arthur Dake, Pacific Coast , master, and the fifth berth goes to j either Isaac Kashdan, New York, I State champion, or Abraham Kupchik, former N. C. F. champion. Yes, we have left Frank Marshall at home. He retired as American J champion, didn't he? When a king abdicates he j should be left alone and permitted to lead the private life of an ordinary citizen. Marshall may continue as champion of the strong chess club that bears his name in the Empire City, but as for future international tournaments let's say "pax vobiscum." No Meddlin', Please.
ONE cannot help but be amused at the tirades of some of the chess columnist* in the United States who. are asserting that since Howland' needs $3,000 to send the boys abroad, then the donors should have a word to say as to who shall compose the team. Fellow scribes, the National Chess Federation, Inc., does not savvy that lingo. It runs everything according to Hoyle—that is, as a few select officers choose. You lay the long green on the line.
They tell you exactly how they spend it down to the very last penny, but you don't vote on what "hosses" shall be selected. That Isn't in the Illinois corporation's rules. Hands off, let Howland pick a winning team. Ladies' Open Tournament Tonight. jyjAUD SEWALL, chairman of the District of Columbia woman's championship tournament, says the fairer sex will lock horns tonight at 8 o'clock at the Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street northwest, staging the first battle for a feminine chess crown in the annals of local chessdom.
According to the records of the Metropolitan Chess Association there are approximately 60-odd players who may enter the tournament. Howeve'j. the increasing temperature may place a quietus on a large tourney or an extended one. But the Social Chess Lounge is as cool as the shade of the water oaks in adjacent Franklin Fark. A better place for a chess tournament this Summer could not be desired.
Any feminine player in the District is eligible to compete in the tourney. All equipment used will be furnished by the Washington Social Chess Divan (which also meets tonight at Parkside Hotel) and games may be played on Wednesdays or at odd leisure intervals. The M. C. A. is considering an award for the ladies. From New Orleans, birthplace of Paul Charles Morphy, the greatest of all chess players, comes a report that the month of June will witness a special celebration in the famous Mardi Gras town, honoring the 100th birthday anniversary of the chess marvel.
Perhaps Howland needs some assistance in choosing our Olympian chess team. Our bid is: Reuben Fine, captain, Samuel Reshevskv. United States champion: Israel Horowitz, champion of the American Chess Federation. Arthur Dake, Pacific Coast , master, and the fifth berth goes to j either Isaac Kashdan, New York, I State champion, or Abraham Kupchik, former N. C. F. champion. Yes, we have left Frank Marshall at home. He retired as American J champion, didn't he? When a king abdicates he j should be left alone and permitted to lead the private life of an ordinary citizen. Marshall may continue as champion of the strong chess club that bears his name in the Empire City, but as for future international tournaments let's say "pax vobiscum." No Meddlin', Please.
ONE cannot help but be amused at the tirades of some of the chess columnist* in the United States who. are asserting that since Howland' needs $3,000 to send the boys abroad, then the donors should have a word to say as to who shall compose the team. Fellow scribes, the National Chess Federation, Inc., does not savvy that lingo. It runs everything according to Hoyle—that is, as a few select officers choose. You lay the long green on the line.
They tell you exactly how they spend it down to the very last penny, but you don't vote on what "hosses" shall be selected. That Isn't in the Illinois corporation's rules. Hands off, let Howland pick a winning team. Ladies' Open Tournament Tonight. jyjAUD SEWALL, chairman of the District of Columbia woman's championship tournament, says the fairer sex will lock horns tonight at 8 o'clock at the Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street northwest, staging the first battle for a feminine chess crown in the annals of local chessdom.
According to the records of the Metropolitan Chess Association there are approximately 60-odd players who may enter the tournament. Howeve'j. the increasing temperature may place a quietus on a large tourney or an extended one. But the Social Chess Lounge is as cool as the shade of the water oaks in adjacent Franklin Fark. A better place for a chess tournament this Summer could not be desired.
Any feminine player in the District is eligible to compete in the tourney. All equipment used will be furnished by the Washington Social Chess Divan (which also meets tonight at Parkside Hotel) and games may be played on Wednesdays or at odd leisure intervals. The M. C. A. is considering an award for the ladies. From New Orleans, birthplace of Paul Charles Morphy, the greatest of all chess players, comes a report that the month of June will witness a special celebration in the famous Mardi Gras town, honoring the 100th birthday anniversary of the chess marvel.
