Evening star., 1948-03-28
By Donald H. Muqridqe


championship tournament left the
three favorites tied for the leac
with two wins each and no losses
Hans Berliner defeated c. r. zust
Oscar Shapiro defeated Edmund
Nash and Martin Stark won from
Russell Church. William F. Gray
recovered from an inferior position
to beat George S. Thomas in a 81.
move French Defense. Church wor
his adjourned game from Thomas
and thereby tied Gray for fourtl,
place with one point each.
The second cycle in the worlds
championship at The Hague has
seen much larger proportion OF
draws than the first. After nine
rounds Botvinnik continues to lead
with So, but he has drawn three
games id succession and has only
a one-point margin. Keres has
drawn level with Reshevsky, and
both stand at 4-3. Smyslov has 3-4
while DR.. Euwe is still some distance
down the track with 1-5. Our rep
resentative at Mar del Plata, Arnold
Denker, went undefeated for eight
rounds, but finally lost to Carlos
Guimard in the ninth. The lead
has been taken by the Austrian
grand master domesticated in
Brazil, Erich Eliskases, who hasI-2;
Stahlberg is second with 61a-2h,
and the Spanish champion Medina
has slipped to third with 6-3.
Denker is in fifth place, ahead of
Szabo and Najdorf, the latter ap-
parently turning in his worst per-
formance in years. An exceedingly
interesting struggle is in prospect.
Both the writer and the WASH
ington Chess Divan were exceed
ingly gratified by the turnout on
March II, the occasion of the open
house and simultaneous exhibition.
Twenty-Five players took boards, 81
OF them being guests of the Divan,
and there was a considerable num-
Der of spectators. The score was
Mugridge, 20; opponents, 2, the two
winners being F. Sard of the Mar
shall Chess Club, New York City,
and s. Guber of Brooklyn. Those
losing to the simultaneous player
were A. Marmor, F. Miller, D.
Burchell, w. Lichtenwanger, M. F.
Oertel, H. H. Howe, ]. WEIGH. R
Wilferich, G. Slocum, K. Gerhard,
L. H. Wallace, o. A. Mitchell, W.
Maxwell. v. Saporito, M. Woolsey,
7. Kornfield, c. e. Barber and F..
Loibl and Miss M. Sewall.
Coming events:
A team of five headed by Richard
Cantwell and including Messrs. Ring,
Lynch, Mitchell and Marin will
represent Georgetown at Fordham
University in a team tournament
between Jesuit colleges Of the East,
tomorrow and Tuesday.
On his return from New York, Mr..
Cantweu will give a simultaneous
exhibition at the Divan on Friday,
accepting the considerable handicap
of limiting the time for his own
moves to Is seconds each. The
public is invited.
On April II a team Of 20 from
the Divan will play the Mercantile
Library Association at Philadelphia.
Last year the Philadelphians were
beaten here, 10-7.
c. T. Mckinney, president of the
La Jo1la Chess Club in California
and a director Of the United States
Chest Federation, visited the Divan
recently as the guest of Albert w.
Fox.
The 5-minute-game tournament
at the Divan March 20 ended in
tie between Hans Berliner and Carl
Hesse, with I'll each.
Solutions to the Henri Rinck end
games published last week: No. /.
l B-K2, Q-Kt1; 2 R-Kt8, Q-Kt2;
B-R6, QxB; 4 R-Kt6 ch and wins,
No. 2. / K-Kt3, R-QR7; 2 R-Kt8 ch,
KRIS: 3 R-R8 ch, K-Kt6; 4 B-B7
ch, P-B5; s BxP ch, KxB; 8 RxR
H. az wins