Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28
In Chess Circles
BY FRANK b. WALKER.

Announcements are out that the an
nual tournaments Of the Western Chess
Congress will be held at st. Louis, COM
mencing on August Is. There will be
a tournament for the Western chess
championship, besides minor tourna-
ment, a rapid transit tournament and
a problem-solving tournament. The
contests will be held at the Y. M. c. A.
Players from the East have participated
in this tournament, and the holder OF
the title has shifted nearly every year.
Ed Lasker won the title In five different
years, which was more than any other
contestant. Max Judd, at one time
champion of the United States and
afterward consul general to Austria
Hungary. won the championship in
1903. It is known that Norman T.
Whitaker of this city, will probably play
IN this tournament this year, and pos
sibly G. e. Bishop, who won the cham
pionship Of the City Club. Both I'M
doubtedly will give good account Of
themselves
Whitaker has been in the front rank
Of local chess players for number
of years. Several years ago he went
over to New York City and threw a
scare into the leading players there by
the splendid exhibition Of playing shown
by him in a tournament. Thereafter
he tried to arrange match with Frank
j. Marshall, champion of the United
States, but Marshall found reasons for
not risking his title. Last year he won
the title of State champion Of Penn
sylvania. He conducted several con-
tests by radio between Washington and
outside cities, and managed the cable
match between Washington and London.
Bishop has come to the front rapidly
the past two or three years. He has
been hard student Of the game and
his playing has correspondingly i'm
proved.
In re the cable match between WASH
tngton and London, mentioned above,
which was played on November 10,
1928, decision has only recently been
insult trophy. London had already won
from New York and Chicago by identical
scores Of 4 to 2, and needed but this
match to make them permanent pos
SCISSORS Of the trophy. The match was
OF six boards on q side. Four of these
games were drawn, one game was
awarded as won by London and the re-
manning game between Walker and
Goldsteln was Cancelled by decision of
a judiciary committee Of the Interna-
tional Chess Federation.
In this game Washington protested
against the action of London In at
tempting to correct or change one of its
moves. washington had castled as its
seventeenth move, but the London
umpire had simply moved the rock to
avoid an attack by o bishop instead of
castles. London made In reply @ per-
feet legitimate move, which, however,
cost the London player q piece, accord
ing to Washington's reply. London
then claimed q mistake had been made,
but no explanation Of how the mistake
occurred or what 1t was was forthcom-
ing. The game was resumed under
protest.
The committee arrived at the con-
clusion that the cable match should not
enter into the series for the insult
Trophy, and suggested q renewal of the
event under the same conditions, or one
game by cable between the contestants
to the cancelled game. Goldstein
(white), Walker (black). or one game,
by cable, between the London Chess
Club (white) and the Washington
team (black), under the same condi-
tions, and decisive Of the whole match.
The committee formally and explicitly
rejected any objection as to the un-
gportSmanlike character of the pro-
test and stated that enforcing ones
rights In no sport is considered a
wrong"