Evening star., 1935-10-01

M champion of the District and
V Of the Capital City Chess
Club. gave simultaneous
exhibition at the club rooms, 9l6 Six
teenth street, recently. A capacity
crowd was in attendance, showing in
creased interest in the game. Stark
was opposed by 81 players, many of
them players of considerable expert
ence. He was very deliberative and
played a good game at each board.
He scored 25 wins. drew 4 and lost
2 games. splendid result. All games
were finished and there was no adjudi-
cations. The wins against him were
by Col. j. A. Kirby and Col. w. C.
Rogers. j. L. Rubin. L. Minkoff, ].
Embertson and A. Seidenburg secured
draws.
j. Lavezzo is schoolboy who played
evenly until it became late.
The Brooklyn Eagle says it will not
be long before the plans for the ma
tional championship tournament are
decided upon. The active director will
be Harold M. Phillips, acting in be-
half OF the National Chess Federation.
Phillips hopes to make the struggle
worthy of its name
The annual meeting of the National
Chess Federation is scheduled next
Saturday, when the details of the tour
nament will be of primary importance.
THE United States team is here from
Poland. The team brought back
the Hamilton Russell Trophy. Harold
Phillips headed the delegation that
welcomed the players. The Marshall
Chess Club announced a dinner in
their honor.
Sweden will conduct the next team
tournament at Stockholm two years
hence.
The return of the United States
team brings them back in time to par
ticipate in a national tournament this
Fall. Their training in the world
tournament also made them fit. There
is considerable rivalry between them
and there will be hot fight. In ad-
dition to Marshall, present champion,
Fine, Kupchiek, Dake and Horowitz
Of the United States team. there are
a number of other New Workers who
will undoubtedly take part and crowd
any one for top places. Among these
may be mentioned Kashdan, Kevitz,
POLAND and Reshevsky. Then there
are the Philadelphia players. B. F.
Winkleman and w. A. Ruth. and the
Chicago players, S. D. Factor and
others.
Samuel Reshevsky also has returned
from England. While in England he
won first place in the Margate tourna-
ment. defeating Capablanca, and also
was first at Great Yarmouth. He also
played in 10 simultaneous exhibitions,
and out Of total of 200 games did
not allow a single game to be scored
against him and only one was drawn.
He will make a strong bid for first
place in national competition.
DR. ALEKH1NE and Dr. Max Euwe
have agreed to start their world
championship match at Amsterdam on
October 8. st is understood that all
the games are to be contested in Hol-
land, probably at The Hague, Rotter-
dam, Utrecht and Schevengen, besides
Amsterdam.
In preparation for the match, DR..
Euwe has played a practice match
With r. Spielmann, which he won by
4 to and two draws.
Another cable match between Lon
don and some American city is being
discussed. The suggestion came from
London and has been welcomed by the
United States federation. The affair
has not passed the initial stages. It
will be remembered that London won
the insult Trophy from cities of the
United States. In 1926 it defeated
Chicago, 4 to 2. In 1927 London de-
feated New York by the same score.
Then followed two games with Wash