Evening star., 1933-10-29
In CHESS CIRCLES
BY FRANK B. WALKER

TINE championship tournament o1
the Capital City Chess Clut
started on october 81. There
were six entries, as follows
Lieut.. John D. Matheson, who won
first prize in the intercollegiate tourna-
ment at Chicago recently; Martin C.
Stark, who took part in that tourna-
ment and was formerly H. Y. P. D
intercollegiate champion; j. H. Mug
ridge, formerly of Boston and a college
chess player; G. E. Bishop, present club
champion; E. NJ. Weeks and Eugene
F. Jeffers, both well known locally
The standing of these players justifieS
the expectation Of a hard-fought, close
race.
son, Stark and Jeffers, Mugridge and
Weeks were paired Lieut.. Matheson
had first move with Bishop. and played
P-Q4 Bishop defended with what is
called the Blumenfeld counter gambit.
He gained an advantage in position in
the early game, and won pawn on
his twenty-seventh move. He cleverly
manipulated his pawns, with the net
result that he gained the exchange,
and with mate threatened, Matheson
resigned on his SiXty-Second turn
Stark played his usual good game and
showed that he was more experienced
and in better practice than Jeffers. and
won queens gambit declined of the
Slav variation in forty-eight moves
The game between Mugridge and Weeks
was postponed
These games are played at the Capt.
tai City Chess Club rooms on Saturday
nights. and the public is invited TO wit
ness them.
TRANK J. MARSHALL, chess cham
pion of the United States. has re-
piled to the challenge of Isaac
Kashdan, and said he desired to con-
suit the president and other directors
of the Marshall Chess Club and that
he would set date as soon as possible
for a discussion of the matter. He states
further that in his opinion it would
prove very interesting match, and
something the chess world has been
looking forward TO- and that he will
be very glad to play if the proper ar
rangements can be made.
James w Byler. match champion
of the DiStrice, in response to the chal-
lenge of E. NJ. Knapp to play match
for the title has expressed a willingness
to play under certain conditions. He
will be out of the city until the middle
of November. but expects to be back
in Washington in time to begin play
December l. He suggests that the
match consist of five or possibly seven
games instead of II, as suggested by
Knapp, as with II games the contest
might be drawn out until after Christ
mas. Byler further believes that some
type of prize should be at stake and
that the challenger should assume the
burden of seeing that some cup or
prize be arranged for-to so to the
winner.
The Federal Chess Club has Is en-
tries in its opening" tournament. J.
Neufeld is in the lead with five straight
victories A. Y. Hesse and E. NJ. Knapp
are tied with two straight victories.
Macdonald. Bettinger and Roberts have
each a score Of 10.
The Division of Investigation is hold
ing its third annual checker champion
ship tournament, with total of 18
competitors. Francis Mccullough was
champion for 1882, with G. E. Syphers
second.
PHILADELPHIA sent a team of 13
players to New York and met a
team of 13 at the Marshall Chess
Club. Result: Marshall Chess Club
10: Philadelphia. 3; Marshall Club won
eight games, Philadelphia, one, and
four were drawn.
Frank J. Marshall recently played
simultaneously against 40 opponents
representing eight different clubs of the
Connecticut Chess League, at the