Evening star., 1936-12-13
Boom Star Tourney Scott Williams Liuen D. C. Ring

mated by I. s. Turnover and staging an
annual interhish individual championship.
tomsry major and minor tournaments
with more news coverage than ever be.
fore and is retaining It's own personnel
among the chess groups Of the city.
District of Columbia Chess League dur
some 10 players yyins for the league
title. And is President Anton Y Hesse
proud? You would think he was the
grandfather sir, of twins instead of Just one
Active chess clubs On the horizon in
Club. headed By D. S. Burch. q. W. Her
Cub under the wing s'eaf of Maud % seas
war war Department Chess Club. under Presi-
che., esnt E.5 cus Sun1s Gas ss
German Chess Club. under Entrepreneur
Conrad Willnich: Montrose Chess Club with
alexander Konouch steering and Charles
chess Cub %th Abe seidsnbefe the movins
;trrs,. ;spiritE,snd all of these clubs plus the
haCs
in the District.
The M. c. A. has given the public
three definite chess programs: City,
wide team tournament, composed of
IL club and private teams, educational
exhibits and Institutional lectures, and
a Downtown Washington Social Chess
Club with a goal of 400 members.
President Fineran Is convinced that
the M. c. A. is rendering a definite
service to local chess fans and well
comes all players to affiliate with the
association.
During the year Attorney Albert w. Fox.
international chess master. paused in the
midst Of his legal chores to give the
largest simultaneous chess exhibition ever
held locally for high school players. Mem
psrshIps f,an in the American Chess Fedsra
acted as master Of ceremonies.
Visiting masters-Arnold Denker. cham
editor Of the Los Angeles Times; Samuel
Reshevsky: MarshalPS successor to United
States title and Israel Horowitz. cham
have given Exhibitions '' Of their skill Kiln at
the Jewish Community Center through the
unfail1ng courtesy and generosity OF I. 8.
Turnover. local international chess master.
A. Public exhibitions have oeen given in
player, at the "Y'' Newell Banks. chess
and checker master. ana Milan Vidmar,
European master.
Two exhibits of rarities of chess
have been given by the chess editor of
The Star at Sloss Cafeteria and the
Jewish Community Center. A series
Of beginners instrlctional chess lee
lures now Is under way.
Rapid transit Journeys have taken
place among members of the Capital
City Chess Club, members of the
high school clubs. and special team
battles have been waged between COM
petitive chess factions Ill the Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
Twelve tcams-private, COM
mercial and club-are engaged
at present in a round-robin
team tug-of-war for the quintet
championship of Washington
and q special trophy; five high
schools are competing for the
Turnover Cup and every one Of
the above clubs is conducting
intraclub tournaments to de-
termine club championships.
Greatly through the publicity given
to chess-play through the sports pages
Of The Washington Sunday and Eve
ming Star, we are told, all the varied
types Of chess activity have been
made to boom and an esprit de corps
has been developed.
Verify. 1886 has been a banner year
for local chessdom!
High Lights Of the Year.
PHOTOGRAPHS in a chess column
are an innovation from conven-
tionalism. Complete biographies of
many local players were featured in
1896 with individual pictures. Among
these were w. B. Mundelle, I. S. Tu-
rover, Abe Seidenberg, Anton Y. Hesse,
William Heatwole, Robert Knox, Al
bert w. Fox, David Margold. Donald
H. Mugridge, Martin C. Stark and
David D. Caldwell.
without photos appeared biographies
1snS,fhy SRd mie.ossopic Of loea,tes
9; Bureh. DR.. George W. Hervey and Il.
Photos of national figures in the chess
Robert s.. Goerlich. Newell Banks. a group
and wife. Reuben Fine Snd and samuel anu fisa. Re.
Gently Max Euwe. world champion.
ers we're puSiished foT esampfe! * snf1 b.
ehsss eHit1s pf the En-
Chess and Fourth Dimensionai Chess: Her
h:fs ssST sSas e. ehs Ss
Australia: George. W Sullinser. president
virsins M0GSs snd I'll the sfsmis sha9
SinniH' kussisn Champion: Alexander Nc
Donnell and Louis Charles de Labourdon-
nais, great masters century ago: the
iemist % and author: W. H. stecfei. Chess chess
editor Of the deceased Allentown. Pa,
Lee Lee Hall Of Pittsfield7 Mass '1 one " Of the he
Homer eSess Chi Ea ssms
OF the following large photographs
have appeared: Mundelle at the "Y. I"
Denker at the Jewish Community
Center. Banks at the "Y," District Of
Columbia League tournament, Horo-
witz as victor of the Philadelphia Con-
gress of the A. C. F., M. c. A. team
tourney, chess exhibits-to name q
few.
Educational News Items.
Many poems, anecdotes. jokes and
conundrums have been printed. Edu-
cational items Of special explanatory
import were presented under the lead
heads:
North American Correspondence Chess
TAague Correspondepce Chess League of