The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-30
BOY APPEARS AS
CANDIDATE FOR
CHESS HONORS
Although Only Z Years Old
He Has Beaten Some of
the Best-Wants to
Ride Bicycle

London, Sept 29.-The arrnistice
appears to have ushered in an era
of infant prodigies. Daisy Ashford
set the, fashion and was quickly fol-
lowed by other child wonders. The
realms of literature, art and music
were invaded by youthful wizards to
such an extent that child marvels
have ceased to attract more than
casual interest.
The list, however, seems notyet to
~be complete, and the latest addition
to the ranks of the infants is with
US. Apparently he has OWNED the
fact that music, literature and art
are back numbers for the young and
determined to break in on something
new and thus certain to attract atten-
ton. Accordingly, he chose to spe-
cialize in chess.
His name is anything from Res
chewski to Rzenesski, which one au-
thority informs me is pronounced
..zhenesskj." and his first name is
Samuel. He is years of age, Pole,
of a strict Jewish sect.
He first began to sit up and take
notice when years Odd, learning the
| moves of chess secretly while watch
ing his father play with neighborS
| In a short time he was making sug-
gestions to his pa which were aston
| ishingly accurate. He then commenc-
| ed to play himself, speedily vanquish-
| ing his father, to whom he was able
| to concede weighty odds.
This preliminary success did not go
| far toward satisfying young RE-,
&C., but only served to whet his ap-
He played all the notables in the vi
| entity of LODI, his birthplace, draw
| ing all the games he did not win out
right. But still he was not salts
| fled.
| He had read of the doings of Capa-
lblanca, the world champion from
Cuba, and thereupon made 1t his am
| bition to emulate his Cuban hero. Al
time latter had snerfOrmR0
some noteworthy featS in the way OF
playing many games simultaneously
with a high percentage of wins Sc
pegging away UNTIL when he was lit
tie more than z, he had the oppor
tunity of playing chess in a Warsaw
cafe.
| Shows London, Too
i His fame had proceed him, the
fame of a good player merely Blu
Samuel wanted to get started on hi
Capablanca Ii. career right away
and insisted on playing games sim
ultaneously with twenty people. HI
won nearly all the games and planted
, his feet firmly in his meteorlc char
lot, which proceeded to carry him ii
triumph from Warsaw to Berlin, OF
to Amsterdam, = through Paris, il
each of which Places he repeated hi
| Warsaw performances, and finally de
posted him at London.
| Notwithstanding the fresh laurel
which he brought from Paris, Londol
|. received him with little scepticisn1
. which Samuel promptly decided t
, dispel: That evening, at the head o
: a procession consisting of his i'm
pressario,' interpreter and secretary
he solemn1y entered the portals o
the Gambit Chess Club, in Budg
Row, one of the Oldest homes of ches
in England. He appears to be per
fect1y normal in size and appearance
. with small, rather delicate features
! Introductions with the help Of tn
Interpreter, were performed an
| Samuel took stock of the distinguish
ed company. Twenty seasoned ches
players, of no mean renoWn, wer
g | ready, waiting to try conclusions wit
a | unimpressed and surveyed the com
d pany of graybeards and bald heao
. with a distinctly bored air, as n
| waited for the works to begin
e Then he showed them. He wa
n only just tall enough to see over tn
e board, but that didn't appear to VOL
T ry him in the least. He considerabl
3 disturbed most of his opponents b
>, the extraordinary rapidity OF h
e board, take one glance at the pos1uo
d take up a piece and bang it dow
k somewhere else, and then pass on
/. the next board, where, although tn
g situation was entirely different, n
s procedure would be- equally swift
g Only two Of the games caused hill
e any worry, and not much OF tina
r One Of the players, G. III. Loren, ma
stood up against Samuel's Cuban hel
n Who had not been able to defeat hir
g But even Mr.. Torch did not cau'
Ut his young opponent to pause MOI
d than two or three minutes when visi
e ing his board.