Evening star., 1933-05-13
.HE chess championship tourna-
ments Of the Federal service,
conducted by the Federal News,

mentS OF the FEDERAL service,
conducted by the Federal News,
are nearly completed. Only one
match remains unfinished. in the ad-
vanced class. between J. w. Byler and
z. M. Knapp. The first game between
them resulted in q draw The second
game resulted in favor of Byler, after q
hard struggle. The match will con-
tinue until one of the players wins two
games.
In the intermediate class it took five
games to arrive at q conclusion be-
tween D. S. Burch Of Agriculture and
F. Hopkins Of Labor. Two Of the games
were won by Hopkins, one by Burch
and two were drawn. The result gave
Hopkins the championship of this class,
for which he deserves considerable
credit, as his competitors were group
Of strong players, little weaker than
those in the advanced class. He was
presented with a cup, and Burch was
presented with a solid inlaid chess board
of light and dark wood, probably as
much priced As the token Of premier
ship.
ELEVEN players are competing for
II three places on the United States
team to be sent to Folkestone In
June with the purpose Of bringing back
to this country the Hamilton Russell
Cup, now held by the United States
I. Horowitz Is in the lead with three
straight victories, A. w. Dake IS second
with 21a-1a and A. c. Simonson, third,
stalls, Levenstein, Whitman, Denker
Reinfeld. Beckhardt and Schwartz
Dake and Horowitz played on the cham
ago. In his game with Beckhardt, cap
tain of City College, Fine announced
mate in six moves. He will be a strong
contender for place on the team.
Isaac Kashdan, the young American
master, is now on tour of the East
and Middle West, which will last until
about June /. He expects to sail on
June with the American team for
Folkestone, England. One Of the OBJ
jects Of his trip Is to assist in raising
funds for the expenses of the American
team. The fund is still short Of the
amount necessary to send five players
abroad. Contributions in any amount
will be welcomed, and can be sent to
James r. Newman. secretary, 551 Fifth
avenue. New York City.
THE British Chess Federation an
i nounces that 16 nations have al
ready entered teams in the inter-
national team tournament at Folke-
stone, as follows: Argentine Republic
England, Czechoslovakia. Denmark
Esthonia, France. Hungary, Ireland
Italy, Latvia, Lthuania, Poland, Scot
land, Spain, Sweden and the United
States, Austria, Yugoslavia and Mexico
are also preparing to send teams. Two
years ago the number Of teams was 10
Germany, Holland, Austria, Yugoslavia
Norway. Rumania and Switzerland had
teams at Prague, but are not entered
this year. New teams for this years
tournament are Argentine Republic
Esthonia, Ireland and Scotland This
IS the fifth team tournament for the
Hamilton Russell Cup.
The May number of Kashdan,
magazine, the Chess Review, Is attrac-
tAfCs WAtAA ito dP-VO-ootC AiCWob 8dAlS
reviews, problems and special articles
We learn therefrom that Sammy
Rzeszewski, who visited Washington
about 1920 or 1921 as the boy wonder
and played simultaneously against all
comers at the Y. M. G. A., was in
duced to lay aside chess by the Late
Julius Rosenwald. president Of the
Sears, Roebuck & Co., and take up rec
reation and study. He lived In Detroit,
then Chicago, and graduated at the
University Of Chicago last February
After being out Of chess almost COM
pletely for years, in 1891 he played in
the tournament Of the Western Chess
Association and won first prize. Last
year he played in the tournament Of
the western Association and finished
second, next to Fine, and tied for third
place In the Pasadena tournament
Kashdan says Sammy Is now at the
crossroads. Shall it be chess or a
business career? That Is what con-
fronted william e. Napier, the Brook
lyn boy expert. at about the same age
He choose q business career.
ON April 80 q team Of l3 from the
~ Manhattan Chess Club Of New
York City journeyed to Philadel-
phia and played team from the Mer'
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