Evening star., 1936-06-14
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BY PAUL ]. MILLER. JR.

BY PAUL J. MILLER, JR.
IRON the ''valedictory" of "Tht
- Exploits and Triumphs In Eu'
rope of Paul Morphy, the
n Chess Champion" penned il
1859 by his secretary. is cleaned thi!
singular opinion of chess:
Chess may be but a game, a
pastime, relaxation; but chess
has at times absorbed the
faculties of the intellectual in
every cline; it numbers among
its amateurs the greatest
names of battlefields and
thrones; it tells of warriors,
poets, painters, sculptors,
statesmen and divines; it pos
sesses a literature and Lam
guage of its own; it makes en-
emies friends, and finds q tenn
pie on the ocean, in the for
tress and by the peaceful fire.
side"
MOrphy Centennial Tourney.
HENRY MCMAHON, one of the
aA0CAAI CAACoo oAi
the Pacific Coast, announces that
bookings for the Paul Morphy CEN
tennial tourney, conducted under the
auspices Of the North American
Correspondence Chess League, will
close positively on June %.
The postal match features Morphy's
favorite openings-Ruy Lopez, TWO
Knights, Evans and Kings Gambit-
and you can play either a complete
or half match series Of games. The
fee Is so cents per section; each Sec
ton. embracing five players and
eight parties.
Top prizes are cash credits OF IS
and So, respectively, with a prize
chess piece to every finishing player
Postal players should file their en-
tries for sections desired with the N
A. c. c. L. headquarters, s441 Will
shire Boulevard. Beverly Hills, Calf
Southern Title at Stake.
A RRANGEMENTS are being con-
cluded for the staging of the an
nual tournament of the Southern
Chess Association in Atlanta, July
GLIB. by the Atlanta Chess Club at the
Albanian Hotel.
Starting as the Georgia Florida
Chess Association IA years ago, with
members restricted to these States,
the organization changed its names
to the Southeastern Chess Associa-
ton and extended its membership
area to embrace players from Tennes-
see, the Carolinas. Virginia and Ala
bama. In 1885, at the annual con-
greSs, it was voted that the enterprise
be known as the Southern Chess Asso-
citation and promotion program be
launched to cover the entire South.
Charles H. Roberts Of Jacksonville,
Fla, was elected to steer the fortunes
OF the expanding association.
Assisting President Roberts at pres
ent are w. N. Woodbury. of Birming-
ham, Ala, vice president; w. w.
Gibbs, Staunton, Va. second vice
president. and A S. Harris, Savannah,
Ga, secretary treasurer.
All restrictions regarding residence
as prerequisite to membership in the
association have been removed. Play
ers from any part of the United States
or its territories may compete in the
annual tournaments A cordial well
come is promised all visiting players
during the forthcoming July match.
Itinerant fans will receive data by
writing w. w. Gibbs, Box 423, Staun-
ton, Va.
Purdy of Australia.
ILLUMINATING as any chess Pc
riodical published in the English
language is the Australasian Chess
Review, edited since 1929 by C. j. S.
Purdy, champion OF New South Wales.
For eight years I have followed
Purdy in his instructive articles on
chess for beginners and not once has
he let me down. In a clear. forceful,
and succinct manner he states his
thesis and sets about his exposition
in an easy flowing style that is INTEL