Chess 08 Nov 1923, Thu Brooklyn Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com
Alekhine Leaving France On Visit to Montreal
By Hermann Helms
Bound for America for his first visit to the Western Hemisphere, Alexander Alekhine, famous Russian master, is now on the high seas, having sailed from Cherbourg on the steamship Minnedosa of the Canadian Pacific Line, bound for Montreal. It is understood that the visitor will spend at least a week in that city, where chess is flourishing under the auspices of the Montreal League.
The National Athletic Association, where Marshall made his world's record in simultaneous play, the Westmount Chess Club and North End Chess Club are among the organizations that will engage the master, he is also expected to make appearances at the Windsor Hotel and the Mount Royal Hotel.
This is the program as outlined so far, according to F. A. Beique, a prominent Montreal enthusiast, who was in New York yesterday. Mr. Beique, who is a regular contributor of articles to one of the four French papers which have regular chess departments, stated that activity in chess circles was never greater than at present and that Alekhine, after about a week in Montreal, would lead for New York before visiting other parts of Canada.
As yet, no plan for the engagement of the Russian has been formulated by any of the chess clubs in the metropolis.
Giving a farewell performance at the Montmartre Chess Club of Paris last Saturday, Alekhine encountered 54 opponents and made a score of 46 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.
