Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-21
T HE Washington Chess League,
which last year functioned so


successfully in pulling on q
team match Of five local play
ers with a strong team from Phila-
delphia, and also planned and engi-
neered q tournament for the title OF
chess champion Of the District, again
has come to the front with two propo-
sitions which will be Of special interest
to chess players hereabout. The Chess
League devotes its activities to affairs
not connected directly with the Local
club, though its members are mostly
connected with the local club.
The league now proposes to hold
team matches, in one group teams OF
two players, in the other teams OF nVe
players. Residents of the District and
nearby sections of Maryland and Viz
ginia are invited to participate.
In the two-man tournament any two
players may combine and enter. The
five-man tournament is proposed to be
a contest of clubs or communities, such
as GEORGETOWN, Falls Church, Chevy
Chase, the Agricultural Department, or
other community where there are nve
men to want to try conclusions with
five men from other communities. This
, is somewhat similar to the functions OF
the Metropolitan Chess League of New
York City, and of the Boston Chess
League.
Rules for the five-man tourney have
not been announced. Entries for the
two-man team tournament are; how
ever, being received and the following
teams already have entered: Messrs.
A. Y. and Carl A. Hesse, j. w. Byler
and F. B. Walker, e. M. Knapp and
associate, G. G. Bettinger and G. c.
Bishop.
Entries should, II possible, be made
before the starting of play and should
be made in pairs. Singles entries will
be accepted, to be later paired.
The games of the tournament will
be played at the rooms Of the Capital
City Chess Club, GIT Fifteenth street
northwest. The tournament will start
on wednesday evening. october %, and
will continue on succeeding Wednesday
evenings. The hours Of starting play
will be D. m, and play shall continue
for four hours Games not finished at
that time will be adjudicated. The time
limit Is 20 moves per hour.
The entrance fee Is fixed at $3.50 per
player. Prizes will be awarded to the
team with the highest score of matches
won; to the players having the best
and second best individual scores, and
for the best played game.
THE thirty-frst annual meeting Of
L the Western Chess Association, held
at the Roosevelt Chess and Bridge Club
Chicago, ended with s. d. Factor OF
Chicago and N. T. Whitaker Of this city
tied for first and second places. This
tie will not be played of, following 9
precedent established in 1928 at San
Francisco, when Mlotkowski and Whit
aker tied for first place. Under the
rules of the tourney the game between
players who tie for first place would
determine the championship. AS the
Whitaker-Fa game was drawn, the
championship Is divided. Both leaders
lost their individual game to e. Michel
sen Of Chicago. Nicholson will be re-
membered by local players as hayine
participated In simultaneous exhibi.
ton at the local club with Frank j
Marshall, champion of the United
States, the two making moves on the
different boards one after the other II
tandem fashion.
The scores Of the different partici-
pants follow: