Evening star., 1933-11-12
ERMANN HELMS, In the Brook
lu,n Earle sfates that Frank I

- lyn Eagle, states that Frank j.
Marshall, United States chess
champion, and Isaac I. Kash-
dan, who recently challenged him, have
agreed to play match for the title,
to start early next April. provided a
sufficient purse can be raised, and that
it Is agreed that the purse should be
5000. There Is no national source
from which to obtain this sum, and it
will be necessary to raise it by sub
scription. The title has not been
played for since Marshall defeated Ed
ward Lasker In 1923. The amount
specified seems large In this period Of
depression, and there probably will be
some dinculty In raising it.
The second round Of the champion
ship tournament of the Capital City
Chess Club was scheduled for october
20. In this round Matheson won from
Mugridge, Jeffers won from Weeks and
the game between Bishop and Stark
was postponed until November 8. Mug
ridge and Matheson played the Nimzo-
witch defense, and the game progressed
evenly until Mugridge sacrificed pawn
on his fifteenth turn; then he at
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teenth turn, which cost him piece,
and he resigned on his nineteenth
move.
The present standing is as follows;
W. L. w. L.
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THE Federal News is authority for
the statement that James w
Byler and E. M. Knapp, title
holder Of and challenger for the match
championship Of the District, are con-
sidering the question whether to play
a match or to stage a tournament, the
tournament to involve the title of
match champion Of The District, as we'll
Chess Club. Byler won the District
title of match champion in an e1innina-
ton tournament from F. B. Walker,
the holder Of the title Of chess cham
pion Of the District, which was won
in an open tournament sponsored by
the District Of Columbia Chess League
When he lost to Byler he retained the
title Of tournament champion Of the
District. Two open tournaments in
volving this title have been held since
then, both Of which were won by v.
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tournament champion OF the District.
Should the Federal Club now stage
a tournament to satisfy Knapp's chal-
lenge. 1t could not involve the title of
District tournament champion, as Byler
does not hold that title.
The News states that the Federal
Chess Club Is to be asked to sponsor
the contest. and that 1t will be put up
to President D. S. Burch on his re-
turn to Washington.
c. c. Bettinger is leading In the
"open" tournament Of the Federal
Chess Club with the score Of SO, fol-
lowed by A. Y. Hesse, 80: J. Neufeld,
I'll; E. M. Knapp, 81. There are 16
participants.
The playing Of ladder" matches Is
quite q feature at the Federal Club.
The present standing Of the ladder"
players is as follows:
Glass A-Byler, Knapp, Bettinger,
Hesse, Mutchler.
Class B-Neufeld, Roberts, Burch.
Class C-Davis, Kurtz, Schuman,
Hendricks, Aronson.
Glass D-Eskin, Creel, Graves, Des-
sart. Macdonald, Moser, Ferguson, Fer
rier, johnson, waight, Jordan, Rubin,
Milton, Carbalan, Russell. Murphy.
Chason, Wilde, Smith.
In an interview with DR.. Alexander
Alekhine, world champion, by Isaac
Kashdan, young American master, and
editor Of the Chess Review, the cham
pion is reported to have said, con-
corning the blindfold exhibition given
by him In Chicago, that he found less
difficulty In playing 80 games than he
had anticipated, considering that it
was his first performance on such q
scale In six years. He said he would