Evening star., 1936-04-05
BY PAUL J. MILLER, JR.

-ORTY-SEVEN chess experts are
l. fighting gloriously to place in
the national chess champion
L ship preliminaries, that opened
March 80 at four of New York City's
leading chess centers.
But the paladins Of American chess
are not in the preliminaries. Nine in
all, they are waiting with lances
couched for the lesser knights to prove
their superior skill for the final battle
royal, the United States chess tourna-
ment to be played at Hotel Astor, New
York City, beginning April 25.
Herman Steiner comes from Los
Angeles. Arthur Dake represents Port
land, Oreg. Edward Lasker and Samuel
Resnevsky hail from Chicago though
it is doubtful II Reshevsky will be
naturalized citizen upon the day Of
the first encounters. Reuben Fine,
champion of the American Chess Fed
Grafton, will be there to joust with
Abraham Kupchik. National Chess
Federation champion. Isaac Kashdan,
leading player of the young American
masters, girds on his sword and
buckler, and facing him will be these
gallant knights of hundred battles
Roland for every Oliver. A. Kevitz
and l. Harowitz round out the field Of
tried masters. But, shades of Paul
Morphy! the sunny South sends no
champion nor docs the Southwest
have q peer in the lists. Page Maj.
J. B. Holt.
Newell Banks Visits.
LIE ARRIVES in Washington to-
morrow at 2:3o pm. He is fresh
from Southern itinerary that swung
up the Atlantic seaboard He has
played 1000 games of checkers and
hundreds of chess games within the
last six months. He Is eminent in
his field as chess and checker master,
blindfold player. and stunt exhibi-
ZIONIST" dancing, playing billiards.
bridge. or carrying on witty chat
as he rapidly dictates his shrewd
moves to the confusion of his oppo-
nents. He Is the author Of Banks
Scientific Checkers" Yes. you are
right. He Is Newell w. Banks. And
like many other champions, he is
Detroit product. Don't miss his
simultaneous chess and checker ex-
hibition tomorrow night at the Capital
City Chess Club, Hotel Gordon, start
ing at 8 o'clock.
Fox Steiner to Entertain.
WHEN two international chess mas
" ters are booked for Simultaneous
play at the same place and time. then
you have an irresistible drawing card
for chess lovers.
Washington will have the unusual
drama of two such masters providing
chess entertainment April II when
Albert W. Fox. attorney and tnterna-
tional chess master. engages all high
school boys and girls simultaneously
at the Jewish Community Center.
And I. S. Turover, who has just
returned from a chess tour of the
Pacific Coast, announces that in all
probability Herman Steiner, the Cali
fornia chess wizard, will be on hand
to tilt with all corners who are past
the teen age. In other words, in one
evening a simultaneous match for the
young folk and one for the more ad-
vanced players may be the order. The
public is welcome.
Russian Women Chess Crazy.
GAN you imagine a field of 10000
women in a chess tournament?
More than 10000 women are con-
| testing for the title of woman chess
| champion OF all the Russias in
current elimination tournament. o.
Rubtsova and o. Semenova are ex-
empted from preliminary matches.
Russia boasts OF having 1,000,0 900
organized chess enthusiasts. A news
paper, with a circulation of $4,000
plus. exclusively for chess, is pub
lished every fifth day, and several
other magazines possess q large chess
following. Truly Russia Is chess
crazy.
Battle Royal for League Title.
Nine rounds Of tactical maneuvers
that would do credit to the Little
Corporal himself find Cap Vladimir
Sournin and Donald H. Mugridge,
former titleholders of the D. C..
League, ensconed in first place with