Evening star., 1942-03-29
w CHESS =
The Game and Its
Players
By Paul J. Miller.

1eTdlO conducted CNrOugn lCS CneSS
column a prize tourney for COM
poserS Of original, unpublished two
move problems, and some 1873 prob
lens were submitted by composers
in the United States, Canada, Eng
land, Scotland. France, Switzerland,
Italy and Prussia. The tourney was
tremendous success.
To the problem composers of the
world the chess department of The
Washington Cd. c. Star now ex-
tends an invitation to each to par
ticipate in "the 1941-42 Original
Two Move Problem Composing
Tourney Of The Washington Star"
all hitherto unpublished, two-move
original problems to be mailed di-
rect to Prof. Paul Miller, Chess
Editor, The Washington Star, WASH
ington, D. c., for contest credit,
subject to these rules:
THE WASHINGTON STAR PRIZE
PROBLEM TOURNEY.
in The washington Star tourney must be
ORIGINAL. hitherto unpublished. and solv-
@ being whit. Sses to plas and Snn mate IN aSo
moves" The authors name, address and
solution must be on the reverse side Of the
is oa.n ,o the h. world Problem"
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and . positional notation shall be Eiven
on! on the face Of each diagram that the posi-
tstion aecompsnies The dissram. ia sT then the
arab.m T be aefsD'eS eoIres
AZ the FORSYTH pota tio1 and without =
diaEram. then the notation will be ac-
cepted as correct and submitted to the
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! corrections may be made. Cheek and
double-cheek all problems before mailing.
| with each separate mailing.
!. Problems may or may not have .
motto as the composer elects.
mitted problems must not have been pub
erty Of the Chess % Editor. oi"" The wsshinston ash n
I'd; c. Star. who reserves the right TO
publish any, or all, problems submitted in:
and subsequently in book form. If the
Quality OF the problems warrant other
=. Prize awards will be: First prize-A
silver plated cup trophy, with arms. ap-
pr11imately inches in height. with bur-
ebony bakeIite pedestal. The overall height
being -. inches. EnEravInE on the Iront
th E Th: Prss
lem Composing Tourney, I8iI-i2, First
Prize" and the winners name Second
prize will be . er-plated cup trophy,
heiIht. With bu1nished seid linin. mi .nno mounted ID
On Iss-ineh ebony bskeiite pedestal.
sTsvins thereon will Be the the same same as for for
the hrst prize, except the words Second
m be n.ms sass1ts 4srd and S.e Of s
= special art chess certificate. created by
with the winners name in Old English
letters.
.: The Judge of the composing tourney
is Hon. Aain White, the foremost author
ity in the world on two-move chess prob
TIM on. .uthoT mn Of mans grSb,em books and
problems submitted in The Stars interna
tional composing tourney.
In the winter months of l94l a
preliminary announcement of the
above tourney was made in The Star
chess column. So, already hitherto
unpublished, original two-move
problems have been sent in by Earle
T. Mutersbaugh, Vienna, Va; Nor
man LeRoux, Rockville, Md; F.
Gamage, Brockton, Mass; Eric M.
Hassberg, Long Island, N Y; Joseph
l.. Hall, Mclean, Va, and w. B.
Boyer, Stanley F. Davis and L. N.
Reynolds of Washington, D. c.
However, these composers are ad-
vised, that if their previously sub
mitted problems do not conform to
the tourney rules announced in the
eofflcial prospectus released today.
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will not evaluate their worth tcvard
the prize awards.
Problem composers everywhere
are invited to compete in The
Washington ID. c. Star Interna-
tional Two-Move Problem Compos-
ing Tourney" Although the prize
tourney does not close until Decem-
Der 25, 1912, please send in your
original. unpublished compositions
as speedily as possible.
Send as many problems as you de-
sire. But always inclose a self
addressed. stamped envelope with
each separate mailing so that your
problems will be carefully filed
therein for credit and none mis-
placed.
Chess magazines. columns and
news services are welcome to Coop
crate with this international chess
problem composing tourney by re-
printing this official prospectus in
any manner that will attract the
attention of chess problem composers
throughout the world.