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Chess 03 Oct 1937, Sun Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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America's Authority on Social Chess. District Chess a Dizzy Whirl. PERHAPS it was homecoming, I dunno. But the midweek assembly of the chess fans at the Social Chess Lounge was the largest here since May 1.
With respect to the many who have followed this column's rambling discourse for the last month let me say that your correspondent has been pecking the news out on a portable machine way down in the Deep South. In the sparsely inhabited State of Mississippi I found chess has continued to attract the attention of the proletariat and in the back room oi many a country store you will find oldtimers guzzling home brew and meditating on the problems that appear weekly in The Washington Sunday Star. Chess Problem No. 103. • Angel Chess Ladderites.l BY M. HAVEL. CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Courtesy of Chets Review. BLACK—6 MEN. WHITE—3 MEN.
White to Move and Mate in Four. J3ROBLEM No. 98. Wainwright's twomover, is solved by the key: I Q-Kt3. Additional ladderites to score ! three points in the current Fall prob- | lem tourney are Gerald M. Clemence, j Stephen J. Kurtz, Edward Ramler; j with one point being tallied by Mar- i guerite Owens, Robert de Masi (you register three points on No. 96) and Lewis M. Britton who also scores three points each for Nos. 94 and1 96.
Havel’s tricky four-mover, problem No. Of) concludes
E. W. Allen and Serst. Alton Coppage circle the bases easily. - Problem No ion was selected especially from the famous compositions of Dr Gilbert Dobbs of Carrolton.
Ga., to 1 round out our hundredth offering for ! problem enthusiasts. The solution is ob- : vious after White playf: Q-Ktn. Fall tourney ladderit%s who tallied three points on No too include Guy Smith. David H. Sibbet.
Janet Booth. -Gorgonzola
Gerald M. Clemence. Charles A. Carrico, Daniel Breeskln. William Burko (this tournament promises to be great sport for me and something new. I 1 always have wanted to learn chess, and I this opportunity certainly is appreciated 1 and makes the game interestins even If 1 played alone." Why not attend the lectures to be given weekly at the Parkslde Hotel?). J. E Cowling.
C. D. Franks j 'Gee! You love Quibbling. But remember the best wisecracker in the tourney will receive a prize.:. Raymond W. Lewis. Norman Le Roux (No. Kt-QR5 in problem No. 93 is ineffectual and there is no possible mate in one.). Stephen J. Kurtz, Willis Waldo (one point glso on No. tl8. Under no circumstances write solutions to two different, problems on the same sheet of paper or postcard. Such would wreck my filing system!!. Emanuel Simpson and Lewis M. Britton. Feeney Excels In Foursome. QUT of the foggy team tourney between A, B, C and D quintets emerges Robert J. Feeney, youngest player of them all, to garner first place among the original quintet entrants in the W. S. C. D. team tournament. Returning from an itinerary in Colorado. youthful William Reynolds, erstwhile president of the Washington Interhigh Chess Association, increased the play-off leaders from four to five and so far has duplicated Feeney's feat of winning from similar players.
Should Reynolds defeat Feeney the two will have mutual scores of 3'2. A draw or loss means that Feeney becomes the individual quintet champion. District Team Championship. CHAIRMAN ALEXANDER STURGES of the Metropolitan Chess Association's committee for the annual District team championship tournament announces that official team matches begin this Friday. 8 p.m., Social Chess Lounge, Parkside Hotel.
Assisting: Chairman Sturges is a tournament or credentials committee, with a representative from every interested club in the District. Rules of the team tourney are: 1. Any club or group may enter a team of five players, or as many five-man teams as they wish Each club may enter any bona fide member of its unit, regardless of playing strength, thus making the team tourney i real test of skill. :i. Entry fee per team is $5.
which :overs playing accommodetions as long as the tournev lasts, with respective players furnishing their own chessmen ana board. Players may obtain use of joard and men at the Chess Lounge by paying an individual charge of 05 cents 3n each occasion such equipment is desired. 4. Matches will be played every Friday »ventng at the Parksidf' Hotel promptly it X o'clock and formal forfeits will bp jeclared within a specified time if booked matches fail to materialize shortly after s p.m __ 5. Awards will be made to ranking players and a trophy presented to the victorious team.
Contestants completing their Playing schedule will receive a copy if the Laws of Chess, as translated by the British Chess Federation out of the French. These laws constitute the Interlalior.al Chess Federation code srnd will fovern all team matches. The following will enter the District earn championship tourney: Govemnent Printing Office. Department of Agriculture, Interhigh Chess Association, Social Chess Divan, Paul Morphy 3hess Club, Ladies' Chess Club and Procurement Division. Last-minute entries may be made by George Washington University, University of Maryland, American University.
Anacostia High, National Archives, Interstate Commerce Commission, Capital City Chess Club, Montrose Chess Club, Farm Bureau, National Press, District Firemen, Eastern Junior High and one or two private teams. All teams are advised to attend the Friday round. Spectators are welcome to share the tourney activity. tneu Problem no. lot.
(F»U Problem Contest.) By DR. GILBERT DOBBS. Osrrolton, G». Courtesy of Chess Review. BLACK—S MEN.
WHITE—n MEN. White to Play and Mate in Two. pROBLEM NO. 101 by Havel was solved in five moves by E. W.
Allen of Newtonville, Mass. The key moves received from Sergt. Alton Cop- page. A. G. Dreyer and Janet Booth do not agree with my analysis. Allen's key move is the same as mine and his detailed analysis agrees with mine. Will the other problemists in the Angel ladder please send sgain their key move and give a complete analysis of their follow-up moves leading to checkmate on the fifth move. Janet Booth otters the key move of Q—KB: A. G. Dreyer suggests Q—K.'! and gives an analysis to illustrate the proper continuation which I shall study care- fully, and Sergt. Alton Coppage also favors Q—KJ. but without analysis. Until complete notes on these keys are submitted, may we reserve our decision? iDreyer aiso send again your kpv to No. IOC.) Ladderites for No. 103 will be given next Sunday. New Fares at Divan. ^TTRACTED by the general tournament that opens at 1336 I street northwest. Tuesday. 8 p.m., many new faces were present at the recent meeting of the Washington Social Chess Divan.
Now members are Kenneth Stubbs. Ray- tnond L Lewis. W. L. Ellrdge.
F L Richards. John W Dubin Walter Jacobs 'for- mer problem editor of Chess Review. New York City) Mrs. Ida Frohlin. Heinz Johannsen Leonard MinkofT.
John Pender Charles W Walkup. Dr Roger C Wells. with prospective associates. Robert M Devitt. James M. Skeffington R J Fuglis- ter Marcel Propper. Morris Applebaum. JofT Wilkes Jerome G. Daviau and E. P Hodcdon.
Any active member nf the divan is eligible for the general tournament. Qual- •tying players are eligible for the major tournament that will determine the divan championship. Simon Naidel. tournament director says that players who cannot compete on Tues- days may be booked for matches on other evenmes by notifying him before the final schedule Is posted. Norval Wigginton has served as chess director of the Chess Lounge for the last month and did an excellent job.
This Wednesday the divan will elect oflicers for the ensuing half year. The Nominating Committee is composed of Winfred Horn, E. E. Williams and V.' Colonna. Saturday evening the major tour- nament will commence with six entries.
- Instructional Lecture. J>ROF. PAUL MILLER, chess editor of The Evening Star, will deliver an instructional lecture for beginners tomorrow night- at 8 o'clock at the Parkslde Hotel. The public is wel- come. All single lectures are 50 cents each and moneys received are utilized for the local organized chess program. (Copyright. Octobers. 1B.I7. by Paul Miller.
With respect to the many who have followed this column's rambling discourse for the last month let me say that your correspondent has been pecking the news out on a portable machine way down in the Deep South. In the sparsely inhabited State of Mississippi I found chess has continued to attract the attention of the proletariat and in the back room oi many a country store you will find oldtimers guzzling home brew and meditating on the problems that appear weekly in The Washington Sunday Star. Chess Problem No. 103. • Angel Chess Ladderites.l BY M. HAVEL. CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Courtesy of Chets Review. BLACK—6 MEN. WHITE—3 MEN.
White to Move and Mate in Four. J3ROBLEM No. 98. Wainwright's twomover, is solved by the key: I Q-Kt3. Additional ladderites to score ! three points in the current Fall prob- | lem tourney are Gerald M. Clemence, j Stephen J. Kurtz, Edward Ramler; j with one point being tallied by Mar- i guerite Owens, Robert de Masi (you register three points on No. 96) and Lewis M. Britton who also scores three points each for Nos. 94 and1 96.
Havel’s tricky four-mover, problem No. Of) concludes
E. W. Allen and Serst. Alton Coppage circle the bases easily. - Problem No ion was selected especially from the famous compositions of Dr Gilbert Dobbs of Carrolton.
Ga., to 1 round out our hundredth offering for ! problem enthusiasts. The solution is ob- : vious after White playf: Q-Ktn. Fall tourney ladderit%s who tallied three points on No too include Guy Smith. David H. Sibbet.
Janet Booth. -Gorgonzola
Gerald M. Clemence. Charles A. Carrico, Daniel Breeskln. William Burko (this tournament promises to be great sport for me and something new. I 1 always have wanted to learn chess, and I this opportunity certainly is appreciated 1 and makes the game interestins even If 1 played alone." Why not attend the lectures to be given weekly at the Parkslde Hotel?). J. E Cowling.
C. D. Franks j 'Gee! You love Quibbling. But remember the best wisecracker in the tourney will receive a prize.:. Raymond W. Lewis. Norman Le Roux (No. Kt-QR5 in problem No. 93 is ineffectual and there is no possible mate in one.). Stephen J. Kurtz, Willis Waldo (one point glso on No. tl8. Under no circumstances write solutions to two different, problems on the same sheet of paper or postcard. Such would wreck my filing system!!. Emanuel Simpson and Lewis M. Britton. Feeney Excels In Foursome. QUT of the foggy team tourney between A, B, C and D quintets emerges Robert J. Feeney, youngest player of them all, to garner first place among the original quintet entrants in the W. S. C. D. team tournament. Returning from an itinerary in Colorado. youthful William Reynolds, erstwhile president of the Washington Interhigh Chess Association, increased the play-off leaders from four to five and so far has duplicated Feeney's feat of winning from similar players.
Should Reynolds defeat Feeney the two will have mutual scores of 3'2. A draw or loss means that Feeney becomes the individual quintet champion. District Team Championship. CHAIRMAN ALEXANDER STURGES of the Metropolitan Chess Association's committee for the annual District team championship tournament announces that official team matches begin this Friday. 8 p.m., Social Chess Lounge, Parkside Hotel.
Assisting: Chairman Sturges is a tournament or credentials committee, with a representative from every interested club in the District. Rules of the team tourney are: 1. Any club or group may enter a team of five players, or as many five-man teams as they wish Each club may enter any bona fide member of its unit, regardless of playing strength, thus making the team tourney i real test of skill. :i. Entry fee per team is $5.
which :overs playing accommodetions as long as the tournev lasts, with respective players furnishing their own chessmen ana board. Players may obtain use of joard and men at the Chess Lounge by paying an individual charge of 05 cents 3n each occasion such equipment is desired. 4. Matches will be played every Friday »ventng at the Parksidf' Hotel promptly it X o'clock and formal forfeits will bp jeclared within a specified time if booked matches fail to materialize shortly after s p.m __ 5. Awards will be made to ranking players and a trophy presented to the victorious team.
Contestants completing their Playing schedule will receive a copy if the Laws of Chess, as translated by the British Chess Federation out of the French. These laws constitute the Interlalior.al Chess Federation code srnd will fovern all team matches. The following will enter the District earn championship tourney: Govemnent Printing Office. Department of Agriculture, Interhigh Chess Association, Social Chess Divan, Paul Morphy 3hess Club, Ladies' Chess Club and Procurement Division. Last-minute entries may be made by George Washington University, University of Maryland, American University.
Anacostia High, National Archives, Interstate Commerce Commission, Capital City Chess Club, Montrose Chess Club, Farm Bureau, National Press, District Firemen, Eastern Junior High and one or two private teams. All teams are advised to attend the Friday round. Spectators are welcome to share the tourney activity. tneu Problem no. lot.
(F»U Problem Contest.) By DR. GILBERT DOBBS. Osrrolton, G». Courtesy of Chess Review. BLACK—S MEN.
WHITE—n MEN. White to Play and Mate in Two. pROBLEM NO. 101 by Havel was solved in five moves by E. W.
Allen of Newtonville, Mass. The key moves received from Sergt. Alton Cop- page. A. G. Dreyer and Janet Booth do not agree with my analysis. Allen's key move is the same as mine and his detailed analysis agrees with mine. Will the other problemists in the Angel ladder please send sgain their key move and give a complete analysis of their follow-up moves leading to checkmate on the fifth move. Janet Booth otters the key move of Q—KB: A. G. Dreyer suggests Q—K.'! and gives an analysis to illustrate the proper continuation which I shall study care- fully, and Sergt. Alton Coppage also favors Q—KJ. but without analysis. Until complete notes on these keys are submitted, may we reserve our decision? iDreyer aiso send again your kpv to No. IOC.) Ladderites for No. 103 will be given next Sunday. New Fares at Divan. ^TTRACTED by the general tournament that opens at 1336 I street northwest. Tuesday. 8 p.m., many new faces were present at the recent meeting of the Washington Social Chess Divan.
Now members are Kenneth Stubbs. Ray- tnond L Lewis. W. L. Ellrdge.
F L Richards. John W Dubin Walter Jacobs 'for- mer problem editor of Chess Review. New York City) Mrs. Ida Frohlin. Heinz Johannsen Leonard MinkofT.
John Pender Charles W Walkup. Dr Roger C Wells. with prospective associates. Robert M Devitt. James M. Skeffington R J Fuglis- ter Marcel Propper. Morris Applebaum. JofT Wilkes Jerome G. Daviau and E. P Hodcdon.
Any active member nf the divan is eligible for the general tournament. Qual- •tying players are eligible for the major tournament that will determine the divan championship. Simon Naidel. tournament director says that players who cannot compete on Tues- days may be booked for matches on other evenmes by notifying him before the final schedule Is posted. Norval Wigginton has served as chess director of the Chess Lounge for the last month and did an excellent job.
This Wednesday the divan will elect oflicers for the ensuing half year. The Nominating Committee is composed of Winfred Horn, E. E. Williams and V.' Colonna. Saturday evening the major tour- nament will commence with six entries.
- Instructional Lecture. J>ROF. PAUL MILLER, chess editor of The Evening Star, will deliver an instructional lecture for beginners tomorrow night- at 8 o'clock at the Parkslde Hotel. The public is wel- come. All single lectures are 50 cents each and moneys received are utilized for the local organized chess program. (Copyright. Octobers. 1B.I7. by Paul Miller.
