AFebruary 06 1956
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Wednesday, February 08, 1956
Chess Club Head Loser in Spokane, Scores in Seattle.
Dr. Griffith H. Parker, president of the Spokane Chess club, won't be collecting any of the club's prizes when they are distributed tomorrow night at the Desert hotel.
The president failed to finish in the top five of the city chess championships which concluded last Thursday. He's already won a prize, however. Dr. Parker tied for second place with a Seattle player in the Puget Sound open chess tournament last week end.
Donald Filmes, who finished fourth in the city meet, went with the doctor.
Against the top competitors the west side of the mountains could muster, Dr. Parker, won four games lost one, and tied one in about 16 hours of chess. Eilmes took two, dropped four. The tournament winner, James Schmitt of Portland, won five and dropped one to claim the title. Ted Warner of Richland was fourth.
April 1956
Vol. 5, No. 8, California Chess Reporter, April 1956. Mechanics' Institute vs. Golden Gate. The photo is the last-round decisive match in the San Francisco Bay Area Chess League 1956 season. Mechanics' Institute, on the left, beat Golden Gate 4½-2½. The pairings, beginning with Board One nearest the camera: Jim Schmitt-Vladimir Pafnutieff, Charles Bagby-Henry Gross, William Addison-Carroll Capps, Charles Svalberg-Gilbert Ramirez, Horst Bullwinkel-Robert Currie, Alan Bourke-William Bills, Kurt Bendit-Ed Logwood.November 1956
Vol. 6, No. 4, California Chess Reporter, November 1956, Jim Schmitt
