Evening star., 1948-03-07
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By Donald H. Muqridqe

A<ADU1 RSU VA SO0 ulLibl0 SllC<oO Sl1ohl'
pionship officials met February %
II. S. Turnover presiding. 1t was
agreed that the 1948 tourney vii
begin at the Washington Chess
Divan on Saturday, March 13, at
pm, and continue on successive
Saturday afternoons. Entries to the
number of 12 will be accepted anc
should be mailed or telephoned Il
the directors of the tournament
William Burko and N. P. Wiggintor
at 2445 Fifteenth street NV, Co.
lumbia 1890. Messrs. Turover ano
Mugridge constitute the Eligibility
Committee, and the list of contest.
ants will close at 9 pm. March IL.
The entrance fee is $40, half to be
returned on completion of a play.
ers schedule. The other half vii
go toward the prize fund, to which
$50 has been contributed by Mr.
Turnover. Three prizes will be given
unless there are more than 10 en-.
tries. in which case fourth will be
added. Time limit: 36 moves ir
first two hours. 18 an hour there.
after. The committee decided
unanimously that the winner
should be eligible to participate ir
the national championship helo
later in the year.
Thursday evening at BIS, the
weu-knoWn analyst and perennial
New England champion, Weaver w
Adams, will appear at the Fedora
Chess Club, 2431 Fourteenth street
NV, in a form of exhibition de.
vised by himself. He will play
simultaneous games against two
leading players of the club, Edmund
Nash and George S. Thomas, COM
menting upon the play as 1t is in
progress. The audience will have
an exceptional opportunity to OBJ
serve the thought processes which
enter into first-rate play. The
privilege will cost spectators 81 each
Wednesday evening Carl A. Hesse
will lecture at the divan on the enc
games of the great Belgian COM
poser, Henri Rinck. of which he has
long been an admiring student.
The five candidates for the world
championship have actually assem-.
bled at The Hague and play vii.
begin at the Grote zaal in the Zoo.
logical Gardens. In this environ
ment the temptation to employ the
Orang-outan Opening may prove ir.
resistible. Each player will contest
five games with every other instead
of the four planned before Reuber
Fines withdrawal. The first two
will be completed at The Hague, the
final three at Moscow. Each lndl'
vidual schedule thus remains at Il
games, but the total to be contested
in the tournament is reduced from
so to so. This will indeed be
grueling test and no one Will oe
likely to disparage the right OF the
victor to be regarded as champion
of the world.
The tournament at johnson City
Tenn, to determine the Area 4 en-
trant In the United States cham
picnship resulted in the overwhelm-
in victory of Norman T. Whitaker
a -ormer District player now resi-
c 1t In Maryland.
rnest M. Knapp played simul-
t .leously against 20 opponents al
tie Divan on February Is. A num-
bcr of Glass A players took boards
against him., but only Messrs. R. Z,
Burgess, w. B. Groves and L
Thompson succeeded in winning
Mr.. Knapp won II games and drew
the remaining six. Among the vic
Tins were Messrs. j. Z. Wier, w. E
Staiger, A. S. Keller. v. Mirabile
H. B. Wobus, L. B. Thomas, j. S
Carpenter, A. B. G. Graves, j. D
Spearlend E. B. Powell and Mis-
NJ. G. Sewall.