Theodore Siegfried Barron, 1936

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May 16 1936

U.S. Chess Championship, Final Round, Hotel Astor, New York, May 16, 1936. Players and officials at the biennial U.S. Championship Tournament. At left center, Marshall hands the Frank J. Marshall Trophy, emblem of the title, to Samuel Reshevsky, winner of the tournament and the new champion. Seated, left to right, are tournament officials Hermann Helms, L. Walter Stephens, Harold M. Phillips, Fritz Brieger and Theodore S. Barron. Standing behind officials, left to right, are Sidney Bernstein, Samuel D. Factor, Milton Hanauer, F. J. Marshall, G. N. Treysman, Samuel Reshevsky, I. A. Horowitz (rear), Alexander Kevitz, Isaac Kashdan, Arthur W. Dake (rear), Abraham Kupchik. Standing at the top of picture, l. to r., are Reuben Fine, Arnold S. Denker, Albert C. Simonson and Herman Steiner. Reshevsky won the subsequent tournaments in 1938, 1940 and 1942. Original b/w photo by Empire photographers. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/p/herman-steiner.html.

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September 05 1936

Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, New York, Saturday, September 05, 1936

Bryant, City, Is Tied in State Chess Meet
Harold Evans, playing in the Masters' class of the New York state chess championships, drew three times against separate opponents at Poughkeepsie, before suffering defeat at the hands of Isaac Kashdan, who retained his title. Evans drew with A. Woods, Syracuse champion, Sterling Carter, Poughkeepsie champion, and Theodore von Barron, the New York master. The defeat by Kashdan came after 54 moves in a queen's gambit declined.
Lynn Bryant, a second member of the Broome county team that tied for the possession of the Genesee cup, is tied with A. Chadwick in first place in the Class A tourney. Bryant, who has not lost a game, was reelected secretary- treasurer of the New York State Chess Federation by unanimous vote.

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