~beS5 Ci e Volume II Number 2 OffjciCll Publication of me United States (oessfederatlon Saturday,

September 20, 1947

Important Decisions Taken

,. PhUl'PI,lttlll,,,n; Tom McConnon, p,tS;­

M6;1: Ht,~IH"a, "ict.p,nidtnl; RoN,1 SlcdJing, oll.8.M. Counl'1 Club; Ha,oIJ Ti t'"ff,tlll".

SOME WORK AND OTHERS PLAY I PINKUS TOPS NEW YORK STATE

AT 48th u. s. OPEN TOURNEY CHAMPIONSHIP

USCF Transacts Important Business In Annual Meeting At Corpus Christi

The An nual Business Meeting of the U nited States Chess Fed· erat ion and the Directors Meeting at Corpus Christi during the course of the USCF Open Tournament was productive of many important decisions and plans for the future of American Chess.

Among the mOTe important actions df the meeting was an amendment to the By-Laws permitting the admission of all United States Territories to an eq ual footing with the various States and qualifying them to elect DirectOrs in propo rtion to their member ­ship. A by-product of this far -reaching amendment will be to q uali. (.y players from the variou s Territories to compete in the next U. S . Championship Tournament.

Other important matters under discussion included tile report ot til (l Championship Tournament Committee by Chairman Richard Wayne which presented the f l'Uit of long hOlm; ot study by the com­mittee in conside ring various pos­

! IIJIli1l1. anA In Jft\'i . .. ln~ ml6u, ~u,u;eBliOil l nnd Oll lllions "ubmlt,.. led uy Ihe mcmbctllhip • . n llswer tl) PI·"p;ldlln~ WafIl~<: request ft'\r a general dlBcuslilon ot the prob­lem (Chesa Life, Maa-ch 20).

This report is now l>elng s ub­mlttC(1 to all the DIrectors by mail ror further conside ration, and its delalls will be publlshect and dis­cussed in a n early Issue of CHESS LIFE.

C&'mp",IIJhip tlliritl in :~ Ntw' Yo,! S'a't Tou,,,II,,,ntl Itl litt I.B.M. Count". Club in £IIJicllll.

Milwaukee to head the Committee on the Rating or Tournament P lay­ers as Chai rman, replacing Ken· neth Harkness in the post. The report of tbis committee wilt be released in CHESS LIFE some time in the near future a~ Mr. Elo I>hllli Illunodinte nctlon by hi li COlli ­mltlee.

RE-sults ot the " Iectlon o r omeerA, conducted this year by a mail bal· lot according to lin amendment 113llsed at the PIt18burgit annua l meeting, resulted In tite re·electlon of n il officerll, wllh Elbert A. Wag­ner, Jr. (Ch icago) l)I'csldent: WH­liam M. Bylund (Pittsburgh) , Geo. E. Roosevelt (New York), He r llln.n Steiner (Los Angeles), J . C. Thomp-son (Grand Prairie), and N. P. Wigginton (Waflhington) vlce-presl· dents: and Edward 1. Treend (De­troit) secretary. PaulO. CIen (Sy· racuse) was reappointed treasurer, and his omce or Executive Vice· President was not up for ballot this yea \', whllo MaurIce S. Kuhns (Chi· cago) holds pormnnent title of pres ident emeritus.

The election of Directors by tho S tales and Territol'les saw the In­clusion of severol lIew racos, Tho results we re: AIOIbama: J . 1'. Jack· son; Aril:ona: ,va Iter S. Irvlns; Arkansu: ReY. George G. Walker; COilifornla : Robert Ferer J . B Gee, George KolUlnowskl , Dr. Ralpl; Kuhns, Dr. Edward Kupka, H. J . Ralston, M. J . Royer, a nd Rev. Don­ald G. Weston; Colorado: Virgi l Harris: Connecticut : Dr. T. M. Kingbury and Nurman T. Reinsch; DelawOlre : Samuel A. Collins; 0 1 ... trict of Columbl.: Oscar Shapiro and I. S. TUI'over; Florid. : Mrs. Mary Baln: IdOlho: Mel Schnoort; illinois; Edwin N. Asmann, Samuel Jo"actor, Lucius A. };'rltze, Arthur A. Hartwig, Lewis J . Isaacs and Monl­gomery Major; Indiana: Jndge Ber· tram C. J enklnes; Iowa: Kenneth }>'. Schuma nn; Kanaas ; Bert BI·lce· Nash ; Kentucky : Merrill Dowden : Louisiana: NeWlon GI'ant a.nd J . S. Noel ; Maine: Dr. J . Melnick; Mary­land: Gool'ge Lapolut and Ira Lov­etl; MOI55achusettl: \Veave r 'Yo Adams. W. M. P. Mitchel! a nd Nor­man Ward; Michigan: Reuben Duskngcr, Frank A. I-Iollwa.y, Har· o ld H. Jones, Virgil E. Vanden­burg and James R. Watson ; Minne­sota : George S. lla rnes and Orin M.Oulman ; Missouri: F rederic An. derson and H. 1\1. WeBenberg; Mon.

. tilna : John H. Gilbert; Nebrnka: Alfred C. Ludwig; New Hamp,h lre ;

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In the annual strong New York State Championship Tonrnament at the beautiful grounds of tbe r. B. M. Country Club in Endicott. Au­gust 30 to September 7, A. S. Pinkus at New York City placed first with a score of n·li in the e ight round Swiss tourney. Second place was a mad scramble, with seven play­ers ti('ing on a won and lost basis . By a Sonnehorn-Berger percentage George Kramer, (New York City) 1945 champion, was declared sec­ond: J . F. Donovan (New York City ) thIrd; ErIch W. Marchand (Rochester) rourth; while Dr. Men­garinl (New York City), M. SIegel (Buffalo), J. Soudakotr (New York City) and George Shain5wit (New York City) r emained in a tie for flrth. F. R. Anderson, Toroltto Champion, and J. W. Collins (New York City) tiet! for eighth. Sur­prise of the tonrnament was the poor tltowl ng of derendlng cham· pion Anthony E. Snntaslore attol' his brilliant performance at Vent­Ulil CI.>, and C~I·IJ U'; (,11; ;::lli.

'fhe Class A Tournament Fina ls resulted in the victory ot Hans Berliner (Washington) with Z.1. Richard Cantwell (Washington) and K Shapiro (Brooklyn) fi nished In a lie lor second with a·H. Don· aid SIbbett (New· York City) was rourlh with 1-4. III the prelJmlnary A Ciasli groups S lhbe t t won the 1st secUon with 7'() and Berliner was second with G-1, whlto cant­well WOn t ite sccond section with 61;·t and Shapiro was second with 6·1. 'rhe Class A Consolation was won by M. Dnchamp (l"n rls , Franco) with 3'().

Tho Class B Tournament was won by D. Schlanger (New York Cty) with 7·1, and Fred Bronner (Now York City) was second with G-2.

In a li thcre wcre fo rty ent rants in the Championship event; s ix­teen in the Class A Tournament; ,Ind nme In tha Class B Touma· menl. Malcolm Slm, '.roronto Chess EdUor, served as Tourna ment Di· rector-a post he has filled lalth­Cully lind eflicienlly through many ' New York State Tournamenta.

In the team matches S yracuse captured the coveted Genesee Cup while Qneens won the newly es· tablls hed Susquehanna CuP, donat· ed jointly by the 1. B. M Chelis Group a nd the Binghamto~ Chess Club.

In the business meeting at the Homestead, Eodlcott all the om­cers of the NYSCA were re-elected wilh the exception of Harold Thay­er who begged to be excused be­CIlUSO of poor health. His place was filled by M. L. Mitcholl , also of gndicott. It was voted to pr& scnt th e T. n. M. Count ry Club wi th. a chess set for the trophy room ill appreciation of their hos· pltallty, and a committee composed of H. 11. Phillips and Herman H elms was appointed to select the award. Mr. Greenawalt of Bing. hUnton was appointed as a com· mlttee of olle to organized the southe rn New York clubs for team nla tches aud to establish a. south. em team tournament similar to those for the Genesee and Sug. quehanna Cups.

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Volume II, Number 2

Editor ~"d Bllr;",,, Manager MONTGOMERY MAJOR

Saturday, September 2Q, ,1947 -WHY THEY CALL IT LABOR DAY

T HE uninformed may logically assume that ~bor Day received its name as a festive occasion dedicated lo the honoring of the l abor­

ing man_ They may even have subscribed to that story which goes the rounds about the holiday resulting from the suggestion of a union carpenter, But readers of Chess publications know better,

A basty scanning of the list of State and Regional Chess Tourna­ments is sufficient to convince the most skeptical that Labor Da,y re­

. celves its title rightfully because It is a day devoted to the strenuous labor of playing chess,

CHESS LU'E has listed for the Labor Day week-end tournaments in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, 'Vest Virginia, Vir­!:.oinia, Florida. It noted a New England Championship and a Grand National Correspondence Championship Tournament; and, no doubt, the list is incomplete.

Although the EditOr may groan as the returns pOllr into the office, demanding prompt and adequate attention, the fact itself i s a healthy one, promising much for the futUre of American Chess, The Editor can conceive of no better mannel' of celebrating the great cause Of Labor than a friendly game of chess. .

Much has been wlitten that is llI·advised and bitter about the rights and wrongs of Labor and tbe Employer. Some of it is ' justified, but much of it is ~\lort·sighted and partisan, \ViillOUt wishing to take sides in the field df Labor-Management disputes, the Editor feels that ?oth ~a'.'e erred .more thl"oU~IJ Il!isunderstandin~ than intention. And

if on k"1.bor Day instead of glorifyin g their Sellar'a t e cau ses, t hey would onl,}"" sit dOWn in SOlUe State TOU\'uanlellt and playa friendly and com· petitive game of chess together, they would find a common point of h ontact and ",acti. discov er ' thllt the other \vasn 't " suCh a 'bad fello \v after all.

MOlltgomery Major.

5/'e Reader ~ Road 50 C/'e"" By fohn D. French

MEET THE MASTERS! By Dr. Max--.~uwe; McKay ($3.00) A refreshing book from Europe by Ex·'Vorld Champion Dr. :Max

Euwe. this clean-cut volume works over the baCkground, biography. general statistics and games or eight pl'esent-day chess leaders (includ­ing the good DoctOr himself, whose evalu.ation was made by translators I. Prins and B. H_ Wood). A picture of each of the eight is included: Alekhine, Capablanca, Flohr, Botvinnlk, Reshevsky. Fine, Keres and Euwe. ASl five of these men (the last named) will join shortly in battle for the World Championship, this book is a "must" for those who will

-pob.r over the scores of the coming tournament, looking for personalized aspects of the play,

• A Yeraglng about a haH-dozen illustrative games for each player, the uotes ot the Dutch teacher will prove most helpful to the student of chess, both for his own game and on Increasing all. appreciation of master-play.

A delightful book, quite different from the usual collectiolls of "Best Games,"

CAPABLANCA'S 100 BEST GAMES, By H, Golembek; Harcourt-Brace ($4.00).

Harcourt·Brace and Comllany, New York, has published another chess book and this one is up to the high standards the Comp\UlY set with their books by Alekhin e and Capablanca. Th'e book, "Capablanca's 100 Best Games of Chess," which sells a t H, is by a distinguished author and critic not too well known in America these days: H, Golembek, chess correspondent of the London 'rimes and player in many inter­national tournaments,

Oolembek starts his collection of the, games of this h ighly contro­versial master with the Corzo sel'ies and ends with the very pretty win against Czel'niak at Bnenos Aires, 1ll39. 1

As the author points out in his introduction, Capablanca suffered much ,from the detractlqns heaped qn him by fellow maste!'s who re­fused to acknowledge the beauty of h is simple, hut power[ul, combina­tions. The l)ook makes an excellent text (or the evel'·increasing crop

' of younger players who are daily turning more and more to the style of Callablanca and deserting the intricat e plan of his nemesis, Alekhine. Golembek says of his anuotations : "Playing through a Capablanca game constitutes a liberal education in the al't of chess, I have found It neces­sary to annotate the games as cxhartstively as was within my powers." lie has done a most successful job o( it.

Only Rubinstein. when he did not lapse into his grotesque blunders, could rival Capablanca in tlle production of such a mass of games "im­pregnated by that inner logical harmony that constitutes the essential Quality of a great game of chess," the' authOr points out. The author himseIt has contributed largely to the unders,tanding of these chess' gems with bis notes, bringing out many facets or play not noted in previous annotations or Capa, .

I LIFE IS LIKE A CHESS GAME: IT TAKES GOOD MOVES TO WIN

Dy Of A. Holt Reprinted by permission from the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune.

T HE game of life and the gamc of chess may he divided into three stages, opening, mid·game and cnd-game. Some folks do not find

themselves till t he mid-stage. TheiL' 'opening' has no t been too good, . . not sufficient thougilt behind their moves, too many mls~od -opportuni· ties. no particular set \goal. TlJey ccn;;olidate their posilion in the ' mid·game, poin t their thinking, efforts and ene rgies towanl a d'ef\nite aim, and gain accomplishments which caTry thro,!gh the end·game. One example, Helll'y Ford.

In chess, we have a type of p layer known as a "wood·pusher.'" He moves with no particular thought behind his plays, mis s es. the depth and beauties in the still chess watel's, and overlooks even some of the SllO,lIow surface stata.

Very occa'sionally he may develop a nice comb ination, but the n· only by accident. That he receives enjoyme nt from the game will not be disputed, but the degree is commensurate only with his playing skill.

An executvie recently said in substance : "\Ve have some over 700 people working in our plant. \Vorking conditions are 1110a1, goOd ven­tilation, good lighting. Pay is considerably above average. All of our employees are agreed on one thIng, however, They want a bigger pay check. Why1 So they can enjoy more of the ' luxuries in li re. But, what are they doing to improve themselyos that they may merlt .a bigger paycheck?"

Too many of us miss opportunities of self·government, not only in a financial way incidentally, and miss the real.joys in living, Thought behind moves is nil or haphazard. Wood·pushers In lifel

In chess thcre is a piece known as a pawn which has less power than a ny otiler piece. By careful manipulation and nUl'slug, he may be pushed up the boanl and upon achleYlng the eighth rank may be pro­moted to the lllOst powefful piece on the board:

A person may start in the lowest station in life and ye t acbieve the highest rank. An outstanding eXllmple is Abl'aham Lincoln. Trans­lating the thought in another ' n.lanner. ~ome l)eople have good little habits which develop and grow iuto virtues.

Timing is one of the most impm'tant elements ill. chess or life. All moves are important in fl., choss game but a few have an' extra importance and are known as "key," "star," "crucial" moves.

The balance or t urni ng point of a game hinges on them. They must be made at exactlY' the pr-<iper moment. The same good move made in a s li ghtly different sequence, or even a slightly different posi­tion, can be fatal,

Most peOI)le can point to definite "crucial" moves which have changcd the course of their lives. Because a "move" was gOOd a year or even a week ago, does not mean that move is good today, or vice versa.

Some 1llayers in chess are known as "wood·cllOppers," or by- the mOl'e s langy "llawn·snitchers." They' chop off or capture opponent's pieces promiscuously. They miSS the goal of the game and would rather

lake n - (Iueen or pawn tluln t rap 01' c heckmate t he llillg. Life has t he same probl e m, Many folks set as a goal money, power,

~nte rtainment) or other false aims, and miss the deeper joys, the beau-ties, and peao,e Of mind, i

Eacll \Jiece on the ches s -board is important in the ove r all pic­ture, The minor or less powerful men have a major role in many pos i­tions, and their value at a :particular stage may be more important than the most powerful. •

So it is in life. Although a person may OCCUI)y a humble station, speaking in a material sense, his role in social and economic life can be and often is of g;enuine value and importance.

TJle co-ordination, the working-together of all tile chess pieces to­ward a definite goal is what makcs chess.

Each person lives in d iffe rent worlds, the spiritual world, the home world, the business world, the socia l world, the e ntertainme nt world, the music world, and many more. It is a combinationl of these, each in its prope r perspective, that makes full life,

Certain players receive the gift, let us call It a peculiar talent for this type of thiDg, and develop into master players . Chess, to them, is n ot merely a game 01' contest, much less a pastime. It i s a s'cience and an art. Their appreciation and enjoyment of chess is of necessity much deeper. much fuller, than the average or even the good, player can comprehen~ .

'Vhut about "masters" of life or the goal of a full life? Man's chief destiny lSi to serve all of hUmanity. To do this he should develop fully and completely given characteristics. He may build his better self if he receives divine gifts of wisdom such as sowing seeds ot conslderai.!on, cheerfulness, helpfulness and the like. Then, he may, In his small way, help build a better family, a better community, a better country, a bettFr world,

Who is thi~ man? It cou ld be you. "Life is but a chess game." It takes good moves to win,

Rrom tbe Editor's Mail-Bag

A Veteran Answers Mr. Gray Deal' Mr. Gray:

As a hospltallzed veteran, as well as the Chairman, sub·committee for correspondence chess, "Chess for Veterans." USCF, I would like to publicly answer your letter in the September 5th CHESS LIFE.

The veteran doesn't want sym· pathy or coddling, Mr. Gray. 'Ve didn't ask for it when we "went In.'' ,'iTe didn't ask the enemy to "llU11 punches," luelthel' did we pull our punciles.

If 'we asked for no quarter then, Ml'. Gray, why should we play cry· baby and ask {juarter in a game of chess1

In my ward there are 60 men. Exclusive of Purple Hearts for

wounds received, there are more than 50 decorations. which Include Med&! of Hono~', Victoria Cross, Dis­tinguished Service Order, Distin­guished Flying 'Cross, etc.

Do you think that the men who earned these medals in combat nee d coddling and "vunches pulled'"?

A game. of chess, unless played the best that both players can, is !lot a game. It the civilians who start games with veterans. sir, you will llave done the veteran an !irre­parable injnry.

It is true that we are handl· cappe(t, some in wheel.chairJ, on cmtches, In bed, an.d all connned more O{ less closely to a hoshltal

American e~e:H Isa,ac Kashdan

Among American ciless players Isaac Kashdan Is one of the most distinguished and in Europe is count.ed as Olle of the Big Three of American experts. His contino ental record, beginning with yeo­man service on the U. S. Teams whieh brought the Hamilton-Rue­sell Tcam Trophy t.o these shores, indudocd many important victories. Amollg these were bis tlrst in the 1930 . J3erlln Tourn::tment and his iiret in the 1\}30 Stockhofm Toul'n<V ment.

III 1 !132 Kashdan tied for first with Alekhiue in the Intemational Tour­nament at Mexico City, and was

seriously con· sidered as the pos sible s u c­cessor of Mr. Frank Mar- I

shall as U. S. Champion. But plans fOl' a Champons hip Matcll between the two did not materialize. I n

liaac Kaihdan

a II American Tourname n t s hl his earlier days his rec­

crd was equally enviable with a second bell ind Alekhine in the Pa­sadena. Intemational Tournament of 1!}32 and' a second behind Capa- _ blanca and ahead of Frank Mar­shall in the New York 'Internation­al Tournament of thc same year.

In 1938 Kashdan tied with Horo­witz for IIl'St in the U. S. Open Tournament at Boston; in 1940 he lliuced thIrd behind Resh evsllY and Fine In the U. S, Cbampionsillp TOUl'nament at New York. In 1942 he tied for Ill'a t with Re~hevsky -io: -the U, S. Cha mpionsllip Tourna· ment. lout lost in a bard·fought playoff match.

After a vacation from t6urna· ment ('hess Kashdan retul'lled in 1945 to vlace fourth in the Pan­American Tournament at Holly­wood behind Fine, Roshevs ky and Pilnick. And in 1916 gave a very COlwincing pel'formance in the U. S. Championship TO\l.rnalllent when he placed second behind neshevsky. His victory at Corpus Christi in tile 1947 Ollen ' Tourllament shows that he has indeed regained the form of earlier years.

As all. international tcam player, Kashdan has always given a super­lative performance, At Folkston.e in 1933 he went Ihrough the series

of t(;am matches wUhout a l oss. And w~ne he lost to Kotov in the

1945 Radio Match with Russia, he

avenged the defert in his over-the­board encoun ter with Kotov in Mos­cow in 1946 with a victory and a

draw.

ward, But we are not cry-babies. You don·t tind cI'y-babies in Veter­ans Ho~pltals.

We cannot get out and fiud OP­ponents In chess cl ubs. ,and are compelled to find opponents where and how we may.

I th ink 1 speak for all the hos­pitalized chess players when I say that "pulling punches" will be a disservice to the veteran. I

Personally, though I am a dub chess player, no one has been able to make me say "Uncle," Try it on mc. Mr. Gray.

Very truly yours,

FRANK TROUTMAN u, s, Veterans Hospital

Lexington, Kentucky.

BtUk. row (f~ft to ,ght); Con,ad p, HIXn'~'> Judge Bert ram USCF OFFICIALS C. J~nk.i"e', Dr. Bela RO~!a, A lfred C. Ludw;g, Frank. R.

Grayes, Heaor Vjuepo, Hermon Ste;ner, Paul G. Gi" .. , El­bert A. W ogner, Jr. , Ed" 'ard 1. Tra nd, William M. B,lanJ.

Front 'Ow: H arry E. Grahmn, Anthon, E. Santmitre, W eaye, W . Adams, James A, Creighton, Mrs. Mary Ba;n, Ntflfton G,ant, Dr. Ede>4"ld Lask~r.

Seated (left to ,ight) the 1t~leaed ofliu .. of the Unitd Statu Chen Federal;on: W m. M . B,land, "iu·prts;d~nt; Ed­ward 1. Trund, uaelary; Elbert A. Wagner, Jr., p,~s;dent; Paul G . Git .. , execut;"e "lice-presidmt; Herman Stein t r, "iu-pru idtnt.

SIXTY ENTERED IN SOUTHWESTER N; WADE IS WINNER

Almost rivaling the recent U . S. Open Tournament at COI1lUS ChriS· ti (where eighty·six players com­peted) , the 1947 Southwestern Open Tournament regis tered a list of sixty entrants in the SwiSs Sys­tem Tournament held at Fort Worth (Texas) August 30 to Sep' tember ·1 Many ot the entrants, not satisfied with thei r two weeks of chess at Corpus Christi, came from the D. S. Open to round out thei r chess season by competing in the Southwestern Open. Among these wete R. G. Wade, Blake Ste­vens, Dr. Bela Rozsa. Clay Mer· chant, F. H . .II1cKee, Joe T, Gilbert and Robert B. Symonds among those finishing in the top fifteen at FOI·t Worth. . Victor was the Now Zealander, It G. Wade, who won all seven IIllmes in the .seven round Swiss. Secomi was J. C, ThOIll\lSOIl or Grand P m irle, defending Southwes­tern Champion, who sufl'el'ed two draws and llnlshed with a score of 6·1. Blake S tevens of San Antonio W ag third with a sc~re ot fill·a. while fourtll was a tie between nine players with 5·2 each. On a point system A. H. Roddy of Oklahoma City and J. D. Webb o[ Anstin were d eclared tied for four th, and Dr. Bela Rozsa of Tulsa and Clay Mer· chant of Hous ton tied lor s ixth.

In a round I'obln tournament with fi ve entrants, :Mrs. Edwina Watson ot J:o~or t WOrth emerged as Women's Champion with a perfect score or 4-0,

The one unlortunate feature ot the meet was the fac t that the win­ner, R. G. Wade, did not face the runner-up, J. C. Thompson, due to the VlOI'kings of the Swiss move­ment; and Thompson was lUl·ther handicapiled In hIs defense of the title by acting as Tournament DI­rector- a task ot appalling magni, tude io a sixty·player Swiss tour­ney,

At the business meeting Ben R, Milam or San Antonio was e lected president of the Texas Chess As· s ocla tlon for tile ens uing year.

BRITISH COLUMBIA WINS TROPHY IN 4TH EVENT

At Blaine (Wash.) tn the beautl· lui Intel"llational Park In s lgbt o( the Peace Arch on the Inlernalloual Bounda ry, British Columbia won the Fourth Interoational !I,latch from Washing ton and the Peaee Arch Trophy by tak.!ng the A Class Match by a score of 16~ to II! with two g-ames to be, adjudicated.

In the B. Class Match Washing­ton scored 41. come-back by winni ng the B Division Plate by 33i to 19i.

The international match was the most colOrful o[ the ser ies, and British Columbia lu acting as host fOr the occasion proved as bounU­ful as bosts as they were victoriOUS a s players.

MARKS REGAINS W. VA. STATE TITLE; WERTHAMM ER 2ND

H. Landis Marks at Huntington won the ninth annual West Vir­g inia Chess Association champion­ship August 30 to September 1 in the Freder ick Hote l at Huntington ..... ithout lOBS of a game and only one draw for .a. score of 5a-!t bo regain the ti tle he held in 1942 at Charles­ton.

His tie was with Dr. Siegfried \Vel·thammer, defending champion. of Huntington, who los t no games but yie lded tll!'ee dmws for a score of H·1i. Marks and \Verthammer ha .... e beld the tltl~ twice in the nine yea rs of play.

"\VVCA President William Hart­ling or se Albans. 1940 champion. and Edward M. Foy of Charleston. who sCol'e(1 1 he other draws ~lgaln!Jt ])r. 'Yarthammer, euded In II. thlni place lIe wit.h 4·2 each, along wllh Allen DuVall Ulld John lIurt, J r., both oC Charleston. Eigbteen en­trant!. took part in lhe six round Swlss tourney,

At the close of the tournmllei'it, six Iliayers engaged In an infol'lnal l)1"oblem solving oontest, using t wo and thl'ee-movers selected hy F ran· cis J. C. DeBlasio, WVCA problem director. H. Reid Holt of Charles­ton won by a perfect score, uslug 1: 48 of the a llotted two hours.

A special feature of tile tourna· ment was t ile use of six electric clocks which wel'e made by mem­bers ot the WVCA. Ail worked Iler· fecUy .and CHESS LrFE plans to pu blish details of their construction in an early issue,

useF DIRECTORS (Con.t in ued fro m page 1, co l. 4)

Abbott Gotschall; New Jel'!!ey : Ro­Bert T. Durgan, Edgar McCormick, E. Forry Laucks, and Richard W. 'Vayne; New Mexico: James R. Cole; New York; SeveMn Bischof, Milton Finkelstein, Herman Helms, Dr, JoJdward Lasker, 'fom McCon­non, EI'lch W. Marchand, Harold M. Phillips, lo~red Relnfe ld , Anthony E. Santaslere and Maut'lce 'Verthelm; Nor th Caroli na: Everett B, Weatb· e rspoon; North Dakot a: D. C. Mac· Donald; Ohio : Lawl'ence C. Jack· son, Jr., S. S. l( eelley, A. R. Phillips and A. E. Plueddemann ; Okla homa: Dr, Bela Rozsa and Dr. Kes te r Svendsen; Oregon: Rev. George H. Swift: Pennsylvania: lsaac Ash, Thomas Eckenrode, Jobn D. French Thomas Gutekunst. Ha rry Morris and Paul Schwarz; Rhode ts land: T heodore Pe isach ; South Dakota : M. 11'. Anderson: Tenn essee : George \V, 'Somers and Martin Southern; Texu: James A. Cre ighton, Harry E. Grllham, Frank R Graves, and Conrad p , Hoover; Utah: He t'man ­A. Dillman ; Vermont: Arthur H.

HolwlIY; VIrg inia: A. T, Hender­son ; Washington: R. C, Cannon and Ray I .. aFever; West VirginI a : "Qr, Siegfried Wertham mer; Wisconsin : Averil l P owers and Fritz Rathman; Puerto RIco: Hector Vlssepo.

SANDRI N WINS ILL. STATE TITLE IN HOT PLAYOFF

[n the s tl"()l lgest field of pJayers in some yeurs Albert Saudr.in and Einar ]',Iichelsen ended in !II. tie !or fil".st place with scores of G-1 eaCh. Michelson lost to Slanbl'idge in the first round an d Sandl'in to Michel­seu in the seventh, in the se,'en round Swiss System llIeet playe<l August 30 to September 1 at tIle Chess Club or Cilicago.

A three game playoff was agreed upon fOI' the title; and resulted in a win for each and a draw. A fOU I·til gallle was played alld in this " sud­den death" (:outest Sandriu emerg· cd as victor and (21Jalllllion of Illi-nolS.

The contest was close, and a s late as the s ixth l"Ound either Sam Coben or Earl Davidson had a dmneo to lle Iht! will ner, hut ollm­Inated Cfl th othel' by llmwlng. Twonty-elght 1)la Y8rs entcred III tho CO II IIl!J\ , Inchtuing defending Stato Cbampion Palll Posdlel and fOrmer ChampIon Lo\\1$ .J. Isaacs who with~row anel' the mth I·ounll.

DREXEL WI NS FLA. STATE TITLE; HER NAN DEZ' 2ND

Dr. Gustave DI'exel ot Miami Beach confirmed hIs claim to the Florid!l State Cham l)lonship in win· nlng the lo~lorid.a Chess Leag'Je Tournament -at the Flo rillan Hotol in Ta mpa August 30 to September 1 with a soore of 51;-i. Runner-up was Nestor H ernandez or former Southem Ass'n Champion with 5·1 while third place was sha r­ed by A. Montanb and W. A. Rey, nolds, both of Tamlla , with 4·2 each.

Slxteen players contIleted In the s ix round Swiss toumey which reo celved excellent loeal publicity ill the Tampa Morning Tribune and Tampa Dally TJmes. T he success or thi s fi rs t Floritla tournament of the newly created league has given enoour.a.gement to plans to hold a series or Rapid Trans it Tourueys In various cities.

LOUISVILLE CLUB IS CRUSHEQ BY CINCINNATI

By the dr3sUc score of 14-4 the [..eulsville Chess Club bowed In d e.­teat to a Cincinnati chess team headlld by Dr. Keeney, the well­known lll'oblemls t, who persona lly led the onslaught with a double victory over Kentucky Champion J. Moyse, On the toll fo ur boar(i3 Lonlsvllle couid garne r no better than one-half point out of A POS­

s Ible e ight. Clndnn'"

Dr. Kc",""y _ .. ___ ! N. Oal>ot- ___ .. _'_.2 )' Hartman _ ........ ..1i DT. Slutz ~_ ............ ! )' . C"",,,<\)·"'., .. _ ....... 1 C. Wctd,w:'I" _ ..... _2 t:. Ool<!Tha". _ ..... _2 S. lJ.uter _ .. _ 1 S. Ct~lll'('r __ .. ~1

Cincinnati __ H

U!ul lvttl, J . .\I<))'"R _~ __ .(}

D. Shields ~~_ •.. o W. II. Sclll"ltt _ .... _ ~ lI. lllum .... ___ .. 0 L. ("lalz ~ ... ____ a M". Duk<! ____ .• D, Wttl,~rspoon _ 0 C. Satt<!J" ____ I J . Kay~r __ •

Loullvll1~ __ •

DI CAMILLO WINS PA. STATE TITLE; YATRON IS 2ND

In a field ot fifty-six entrants, Attilio DiCamillO retained his CI'own as Pennsylva nia S ta t e Champion, Ilosing ont Michael Yat­ron of Readlng ill an exciting fla­ish. The tournament was playod at AUentowII August 30 to Septem-bel'L •

Sau l Wacbs alSo(} repeated as Jun­ior State Champion in .a field of eleven players and Mrs. Ma ry Sel· e llsky scored 4-3 to retain ber title as 'Vomell's Champion.

At the business meeting ot the PSCA ,Yillia m III. Byland of Pitts· hurgh was elected president, Hany Mon'ls o( Philadelphia vlce-presl-­tlent, John D. French of Harrisburg s!,!cond vice-president , Waller Hall of Philadelphia seC)'etal"y, and. Thomas Gutekunst ot Allentown

~~~-';'-=~O=N-'--"W=ICCN""NC=CE R IN OHIO TOURNEY; JACKSON SECOND

Thomas Ellison. Cleveland City Chnmplon. annexed the Ohio St.o.te tllle In the Lahor Day week-end tournament at Columbus in which the Iliayers Crom Cleveland took most of the victories.

III a fie ld of 27 players, Ellison ended with a 6·1 tie with Lawrence C, J ackson of Toledo but was awarded , Urst place by weighted pointl:l with Jackson second. Julius Goodman of Cleveland was third with 56-a; and E. E. S tearns of Cleveland fourth with 5·2.

Mrs. Catherine E. Jones relalned the Women's title by default ot op­position, and consoled hel'selt by playing In the men's tournament.

Othe rs who placed high In the Chumpionsllill were Green f1(tIl, p. Scltz of Akron sixth, Weiman sev· enth and W. Granger e ighth.

In the Junior Championship James Harkins of Cleveland was first, Marty Levitan of Cleveland s tfcond', Snyder third. and Earl Dannlson of Akron £ourth. M. H, Allison was Tournament Director.

MINNEAPOLIS CLUB YIELDS TO CANADA IN ANNUAL MATCH

On September 8 the Minneapolis Chess alld Checker Club treked to ~tl'OIt Lakes (Minn.) tor the an· nual meeting with a pIcked team Crom Canada. Tbls time the Min­nesotans lOst by the close score or 151 to 1H in the thil· ty board match.

On board one George Barnes, Minnesota. Champion. lIlel his per­ennl,e l opponent Abe Ya nofsky, Champion of Canada. Their score to date Is one win each and two dl'aw9, but this year Yanofsky "Won

On bo8.l"d two DI·. Giles A. Koel: scho, tonncl' Minnesota Champion, evened matters by besllng R, O. Wade o r New Zealand But top board weakness toppled ·Minnesota. They only gained two points on the first ten boards. while taking five and one-halt on the second ten, and seven on the third ten boards.

Detailed score In next Issue,

«bess £ife Satu1day, September 20 , 1947

ehe •• Jl/e 3n new York

By Milton Fi"kclstein

PinkuS' victory at E ndicott, it was universally agreed, was a well­deserved one. As usual, tbe mod­est champion resistetl attempts to publicize his victory. A newspaper columnist, looking for a good story, tried to obta in an interview. Pinkus answered questions with smiles and nods and, with the aid of J ack Son· dakort, the newspaperman was fln­a lly able to determine l hat P inkus had a wite and lived in Brooklyn. Discouraged, the journalist left with the remark that a ll he could write was a headline-"BROOK­LYN 1\10NOGAMIS1: WINS CHESS TITLE!"

SoudakoIT pl'epared a perfect de­fense to one of Kramer's favorite lines, while Kramer, t rue to form, improved 011 the variation which had won for him before and de· feated the tormer N. American Correspondence Cl13mpion. - Kram­e r did the same thing to me at the 194G Open !

The Manhattan Chess ciuh's Fall season opened with a rapid-transit with a slight intel"Uational flavor. Young Robert llyrne won, followed by Cnelle r (Colombia), Abraham Kupch ik and Herbert Avram Hans Kmoch (Holland) and Edward LaSker also participated.

J ulius Partos, the Qneens Chess Club's happy cont l"ibution to Chess. was the t rue center of interest at Endicott. Throughout the tonrna­ment. he whiled away the time by playing "blitz" (two seconds a move!) agail!\;t all comers. None were nblo to heat hIm, nnd ho fin ­Ished wllh two prctty wins fr om 1[lnkus on the last day. Strangely, Pal to:i Ilu ished last In the N , Y. St.o.te ra pld·translt tournament! It !leems that JO seconds a move is too slow tor him!

:lor :lhe :lournament-minded

Ortobu 81h 2nd Annual Juni or Championship

of Hudson County Jersey City YMCA

Open to residents o[ Hudson Cou nty under 21; entry fee $1.00; file entry with William J . Cooper, Jersey City YMCA, 654 Bergen Ave., Jorsey City 4, befor e Oc tober 4th. S ponsored by Senior J e l'sey' City YMCA Chess ClUb,

NORTH CITY BOWS TO GERMANTOWN

In a return match the German­town YMCA Chess Club took the measure of North City by a seore

. of 5-4 as the two clubs sharpened their wits fo r the approaching Phll· adelphia ChesR League season.

G ... man town North Cit, Arkl __ ~_ .... __ 1 Lipma n ___ ...... _0 n ail __ ._._ .. . ___ 0 Walton ___ ...• _ 1 Relen lkT _ ....... __ 1 Oonon __ ._ .. _ .. __ 0

a~:,n ~':.~:.=:! ~~.~~ .. _ -=::::~ Nlll<)n __ .... __ 0 Runltam ___ .. ___ 1 CI.~ _~ ___ 1 ~;rbe ______ .. _0 , ______ 1 Bctgey ___ . __ 0

N(Ilt IL altJ' _. __ 4

RADIO CHESS PRODUCES DRAW

A close I'adlo match between Ger­mantown and E ll:abethtown result­ed in a 2i·2~ deadlock. P enn. State Jnnior Champion 'Vachs ca rried the top hoa rd fOr Gel"lllnntown -to victory by scoring a brilliancy over R. StaUffer.

Germantown W:wlll ___ ... _._1 Hall ___ ...... _ .. __ ~ Bortnll" __ .... __ 0 Nel ... " ~ __ ~ ___ o J"""r _. ___ •

Ellzab.thtown St.uffer __ ._ .... _.0 D 1':~l<!eR _ .. _ .. _._ ~

Shield. __ .... _ .... ..1 Frey .. __ .. __ .... 1 lIenhey ____ •

E11r.abctbtown _.2}

«bess I:ife Page ~

Satuu/<1Y, S~ptnnbt:, ZO, J947

FRENCH DEFENSE u. s. Open Tournam ent

Corpus Chri sti, 1947 N otrs try E,id, W. Mtlrch.md

Whi te.... Black I. KASHOAN O. YANOFSKY 1. p.l(. P_IO 5 P.KS KKt-Q2 2.. p.Q4 P-Q4 5. P·KR4 P.qS4 3. KI-QB) Kt-KB) 7. 8xe KlcB •• 8·I(K15 8-K2 &. Q_KI4 _ :yeo (7th Edition) gi"" bero 8. p . Rt, lead­IDe to .. oIlgbt ad>_tag. 101' Whlu. The next mo,'e I"'nn it. Bhu,k to elhnln .. te White' . P ccn ter and ohould give an equal game. a. _ .. K-81 11. 0-0-0 Kt.qa3 ,. PxP Kb.KP 12. poKe. Kt·K2 10. Q.Kl) KI(I<4) -o2 If l~. ___ , liLd'; 13. P-BS .. tid the pamtion will be too opm for Blad< tD ",<ned,. hill

rr"p~~lI<>n'KbP 17. Q-QC. P..fI) 14. poRi P·KKIl II. P-KK t4 Q-KU 15. KI ·83 P·R3 lJ. R.Kl Kt..fl) 1'. Q-82 Kt.Q2 II 19 ..... ~_. Ql.Q; 20. Kt.:IQ, p .... : 21. Kt- BO eh . K- U2: 22.. Kt_B7, R-Kt7: 28. Kt (1 ) IQP. 20. Q·Q2 Kt_B4 21 K-Ktl __ . Uo-re 21. 1'·85 was al~y p layablc. I'erh:t"" Whit<! t€rt8e I.b.~ maclt w ill pI", 21. _, K·1)2 .ft~r which 22. 1'·85 ;. evon Itr<1qe" 21. ___ 1U12 ZL __ , Kt·K2 w"uld be betkT It ."..,. If then !li. Q·QI, Kt·q!. 22.. P.B5 Kt_K2 V. Q.04 KIPxP If "" .... 23. _. Kt-Q2;:u I'd' cit. Tbe !ut wi", • I' lor- lila"". bu~ hb ~1~lon I. nthcr ott.olt,. 24. PxP KbtP 2Ii. OoR5 oh R-KO 2S. Q.KKt4 R-KKU 21. R.KU P-QS It _ ma u",,·I.., to giyc Wbl" uoe at h,. QII4 equare for hi. B. 27. __ • U.Q2 n "nee ;. ootter. 21. Kt-Q I ~. B·B4

Journamenl ollie c-J,ut,J .,

Erich W. Marchand

OcpL of Mathematic. University of Roehester, Rocheste r 3, New York

lG.Q"K! BxB ' t '; , "):' •. ~1.~t_K"S'~h l!(d~_~. Q'3!:U'Q~B} ch K.Kt4 l2. KOcB Q_KtS J7. P·KO R.QKtl }}. RxR Q.R 315. K-Ktz P·R4 ).C. R.KU ch. K·Q2 39. Q-B4 P·i(4 )!;. RJ<:t7 ch K·BJ 40. Q"BP RMlgn. II 41. __ • I'· KU; 42. Q.xKP and the QoI go ofl. _~ y~r, l .... nI f<>ught 11"_.

MERAN V1IRIATION New York State Championship

Endicott, 1947 Neus b)' E. Sn..p;'o

Whi U DII.ek E. St-!APIRO G. SHAINSWIT I . p.Q4 Kt-KBl 7. B"P P-QKt4 2. P-QS4 P_IO I. B·Q) PoO R) ). Kt .KB} P-Q4 ,. P·K4 P-B4 4. KloOS} P-QB3 10- P-K5 P"QP 5. P-IO qKt-Q2 ll. KbtKIP P.KI '- 8-Q} p,.p l2.. P"KI Q.KO lIr. f>l .. inswi!·. ~ ,·.datlon. n. o-O! PItP IS. R_QI P·KB4 14. Q_K2 P·KIS Au . tuml'! to .elurn (he I' for Iwo tempi. II II:> ......... II·Kt2; 10. Q-K41. Il· KI2; 17. Q.K141 16. BxBP _ Alter tl ... j:~m~ Shain.wlt pointed OIlt that 16. Kt· IUI 11_1'2; 17. K LIBI' WU UitOnlr"'. 1'- _ 8-KXt2 11. B-B4 _ Th.-teIlI" g Iii. Kt·Kt;:' which could 1'''''''iouI­Iy ha« bef,,, preYC<ltcd by lit·K. 1 17. _ BoOR3! U. Q"B 11. 8·Q) a.B

A/tu 15. 0·0·0

o;~i"5T,.-,S~I "C·C'-.,",-~

23. Kt.B) Q-R3 26 . B-K5 Bxll 24. Q.Q RxQ 21. KOc B RxRP 25 . R_B1 Kt-BI Whlto hen: went over the ti mo Um!t.

ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT u . s . Open Tournament

Corpus Christi, 1947 Ne fti by E.ich W. Mtrrchand

White Blaclt M. DANON W. ADAMS 1. p.Q-I P_Q4 n. B·S4 R_Kl 2. P·B4 P_K4 14. QR.Ql P-R5 3. PxKP P-QS 15. K_R2 P-R3 4. KI_KB} Kt.Q8} 16. KI-Q2 QKbtP S. P_QR} P-QR4 11. a.Kl KbtB 6. QKI.Q2 B·KKI5 I&. Kl-K4 Q-1I.4 1 P.KRl B.KI l!'. P_B4 1O.-Q2 S. KOc B B-B4 20. P ·KKt4 0.10 ,. P.KKO KKI.-K2 21. P-KtS p,.p 10. B-Kt2 0-0 22. KbtP Q·KRl ll. 0-0 Kt,KtJ D. B·Q5 R-1<2 12. OoB2 Q-BI 24 KuP

A/ttl

Rx Kt )I). Q.K5 Kt.B} )1. Q_Kt!i

lexB 32. R·KKU KI_Kts ch J). R_Kt

Kt-1(6: 3-1 . K·KR4 ~. Q.P ch K-KU )5. 0.01 ch _ It I. lUddenly yftY hard for Whtw to ."" hi~lf. T"" t-t try ap~.. to be :r;. II.Klm. R-USeh ; lIII'l. QlR l

~~;.,.-;-j. ,'" ... .1y~i~ 36'. R.P 36. ~__ R·R} eli 38. K·85 Q_Ktl ch )1 K·Kts Q_KIIi ch 39:'K·KS Q·K} ",.Lo

QUEEN'S GAMBIT

Bl.ek r. KASHD AN

). 8.94

Tlti, lead. \0 ra(h~r ;nnocUOUI pIa,. whore lIlaek h.~ 110 I;reo.t problem.. 8. Kt-QD8. I'.QJ l<!ad>og lnlo ."",,1...- c1,nnnel. will gh'c Whitc better eh.n~ 3. ..__ P_Q4 5. P-QR} B-QJ 4. P_IO P-IO 6. P_BS _ .... _ Thill rno ..... to f~uellU, _ible in the '''''''Il0l Qt.ecn·. V.mlli t I i" .... on,., cb lef d~"'"tage

:f~"h,ttt:l:.1'1.b e;~K,IlI= :::;r. =~~ l.ion. II \\1,1",', I' ",maino . t hlo n,. how. ever. the th .... t 01 BPxI' mak~ 1'_K4 by Dlaclr: ral.ba- rlak,. . 6. ..._ B-B2 ,. B,QJ R- Kl 7. Kt·KB} QKI·Q2 10. QKI-Q2 S. P-QKt4 0-0 ILiving Mid '\', White Ibould .y n and try to prevent I'·K4 by Dl~ck It leut ,.. lcng •• pa.ible with 10. Kt.K~. Ku Kt ; n. IlxKt. 10. _ P-K4 n. B_e RxB 11 P.P KIxKP 14. KI·KO Q-B2 12. KbtKt BxKt lS. B·K2 _ Black'. pme lo al..,..dy ..... IY ("",nisiIII!' be.

~~7. ~h~: ~1t:.m"tD;lade~?'i~~. 10. - , 15 ... __ B·Q2 20. R_R2 P.KR' I'. 0-0 QR.K1 2L Kt·S) R-KO

ll: ~~K~4 RR~~~ ~ ::~~ B_KIS 19. P·KO B·R' II 211. UxR. 1'. U and the Kt fa lla. II ~. P_R:;', nd'~ N. RxR, I':1B; Kt-R2, I'·}t!i wit h

D.v~_ -'lro"S' a~~R~' 25 RP.P 24. Kt-Q2 PxP

25. _._ RxKP The I' can""t be captured bee.u.., 01 mat..

'"' 26. KI-el Rxll 27. QR.R Kt_K5 21. Q.Q) B.R ~. fUQ R·~} )0. Kt·R2 Q.K2 l l . R-IO KI·KI4 32. Kt·Kt4 R"R )3. Kb;R Kt·B' ch )4. K_Bl o-K4 15. KI·82 KI·K14 36'. Kt-Q4 KI.IO 17. Kb;Kt Q.Kt

3J. P_B3 )9. K·K2 40 Q· BS 41 , K-Q}

:~:~ 44. 0.06

" i-KliCh «. .P 47. .B) 4S. K·KU

Rt1Ifon l l! 40. K.ll!, Q.UD eli. cte.

Q-R6 en Q., Q-B2

P_KKO

Q-'" Q_B4 Q., I(_Kt2 '

Q.KSch P-QS e ~ Q.Q-I c~

P ·Nt8: 28. 22. Q-Q2 2). FWU

B"I' wIth an ""oell .. ,l .It.d,. Q-Kr2 . 26. Kt·Q4 P_KKt4 R-Ql ~. 8..1(4 Q-Q2

24. Q·K2 BxP 21 Q.R5 25. R~R ch R.R

A/Ilr 28. Q-Rl La.ke.

211:. _ .... K-KI2 II 28 ....... ; .. I'~R; 29. QxKt ch. K·K1 (If 29. _ .. _. K·KI I : 90. 1:\· 1(1 mat6 !Il 4) ; 90. Q· R8 ell . B-lll; iJI. li· R3 .. inl. 29. R_II' R·KRI JZ. B-R) oh K.K1 la. KOc Il B_R ". OoB) P.Kt5 . }L P"B oh K"BI)4. Q.K2 Q_P Thi. alla<:u.lI tllree of White'. minor piectlro yet UJa"k'. pm~ io hopel_ both u to ..... terial and poa!tlon. 35. Q_B2 KoOl 3&. B_K1 ch. Re"Oll'

QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE New York State Champion Ship

Endicott, 1947 Nelts by Erich W. March<lnd

White Bl",,1t E. MARCHANO F. R. ANDERSON L Kt·KB} Kt-KB} ' . P_KO P.Q4 2. P_Bt P_K) 10. P.P KtxP }. P·KKO PoOKO 11. P_K4 K(·KB3 4. S·Kt2 B-KI2 12 P-B} B-K2 S. O.() p_se n. B_KI2 0-0 ,. P .Q4 PxP le. Q-K2 KI-B3 7. KtxP B.8 15. KbKI L KaB Q·Bl If ll>. R.o I. KuI\t. 15. __ Q.Kt n. KR-Ql 16. Kt ·R) QR-Bl 20. P·KR4 17. QR-Bl Q-KI2 21. Kt-IO 18. KI·84 KR-QI II !l. Kt·K:;, a.R3; 22. KtiP ?, Kt.Kt. 21. _ R-Q2

KWH KloO}

If l!l. ___ , " tx l' ; 2:!. l'xKt, Q. I' ch: !S. Q·BS. 22. K-R} R(IJ-Ql ~5. R.R Kt-Q} D. KI-K14 KI-Kl 26. Q.K5 24. Q_K151 RxR Wbi u, ... I.ob,,<\ to gaIn tim" "'. Ul ~ elook be· 10..., a lte ll!pllng t he ... crill"" on l1\r;>ve 28. 26. _._ KI·KI 21. RxKII ~. Q-QKIS KI·Q'

A/It, 28. & Kl Alldtno n

STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED U. S. Open Tourn.ment

Corpus Chri,tl, 1947

NolU by ,£,ich IV. Mm/uln' Nt '" yo.1t Stat. Ch.m"_hl~ Scar. PoInb

A. S. I'lnklll _~ _________ 6H. O. K .. mer __ .~~_,_~~_JHl

J . Y. OoIlO .. n _ .. _.~ ______ ..fi~·!l R. W. llaT'Chand ______ J~·t~ Dr ~Icnprlnl ________ ~-~1

G. 8I\.l1 ..... lt __ --fin'. lL 81.1 _________ -'6·!1

J. Soudakoff _ -M.!l P. R. A IId~1'IOII ________ -fi ·s J . W. Celllno ____________ -5-8

D. nyn~ ___ .. .... ___ ....... ____ " .... , •. $.11 I' Oollln. _. __ .... _____ ........ __ • ____ .... ,&.!i Dr. H. IItmberg<!r __ . ______ ._.4a·el O. II lr>etnan ____________ H·SJ; E. S. Jact ___________ H-I}

O. Kn.... _ 41-11 J. 1'_ 4Ul C. 1". Rehbet--g ________ 'Hl R. K!nhora _________ • " E. Mll tln.,. __________ '" lIo'llKn ___ ...... " ______ .... _____ ., -4 A. ~:. S.nl .. krl! _____ ... ____ . 4-4 J . Wettbroc:k __________ , -4 II . I'hml~ __________ • " S. Al ",~ _________ -'1"1

S llarOn '1-41 DT. O. Kl;b ~-4~ E. Shapiro _________ -'Ha A . • :. V_er _________ -'1-41 M. .,c!teIIet _ ..... _" __ ~ .... " ____ .... ! -G 1>. OI. d"-_ ~ .. _" .. ___ .. _ .. ______ !·6 R. lI allo.l ____________ ,_'"

S. Sh.... S .$ S. Wonetkk , -6 S. Wellllt4ek ' .$ J . S. n ltl<,n _ !t-.H 1'. Gold !I.Qi A . I'ox __________ -'. P. L. (llueb,nul _______ ::... .. lHi l>'. C. Wilder ,_ ... : .. _____ .. _. ___ ._ ....... 1 _7

South",u IO.n 0 """ Tou.nomtnt I. II. C. Wade _____ .. , __ 7.(J 88.00

1. J. O. TlIompoon ___ -0.1 SOl J. m oke Steven. ___ ---!ii-a ~.OO

4. A II. Roddy _____ ----5·1 ~~ !>, J . D. Webb ____ .. --5·1 315.5 G. Dr. Seb n"UI _____ -,·2 !.'JJoO

7. « II)' Merclllllt __ ._---5.1 5.:;0

I. .'. It lIcKee ___ .-----5.2 2' .00 ~. R. I ... (I.~ ___ .---6.2 2100

10. Dr. R. S. Ullderwood _--5·2 tt.oo II. (Ito. II. SmIth 5·1 !I.OO It. J oe T. Ollbm "·2 111.00 11. CIIu. P C....,. _-ti-!t !!.oo

Soo ... Polnb

14. J. W. Stapp 41·!t !o.tS n. Robm 8 . S)'R'OtKlf ___ 41·!6 17.25 III. A. O. lIlIler _____ .. 4 ·3 1'.00 11. Robert B.~r _ .. ____ 4 ·3 17.00 18. Roy g White ___ .. ____ 4 ·3 IO.1G I t. D. J . Amea .. ,. _____ 4 4 Ir..'-.o 20. R. B. I'otter 4 -I I!i.OO 21. St.nl~ lIunt _ 4 -S 15.00 ft. Sid Karch~ _ , -S H .<IIl !3. Alfnd 1'. Col ... lit ____ , -3 I$.OO 2 1. .~ • • :. 0."", ______ 4 ·' 11.:.0

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t:. I . Solomon . _______ --

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