AAugust 07 1924
Full August Program. 07 Aug 1924, Thu The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com
Full August Program.
American chess players will have much to interest them during the month of August thanks to the annual meetings of the New York State Chess Association opening at the Rochester Chess Club on Aug. 18, and the Western Chess Association scheduled to begin at the Union League Club in Detroit on Aug. 23. Entries for the championship and class tournaments of the State meeting can be filed with Lee Clarke, president of the Rochester Chess Club, Reynolds Arcade, Rochester, N. Y.
Carlos Torre of the Marshall Chess Club in addition to playing for the State championship may possibly proceed from Rochester to Detroit to try his mettle against the strong field which is sure to gather to strive for the Western title. According to Newell W. Banks of Detroit who will be one of the participants the entries will include J. W. Showalter and J. T. Beckner of Kentucky, Samuel Factor, H. Hahlbohm and L. J. Isaacs of Chicago, S. Mlotkowski of Los Angeles, N. T. Whitaker and F. O. Currier of Washington D. C.; Sidney T. Sharp and Marvin Palmer of Philadelphia and John Winter and L. Stolzenberg of Detroit. There has rarely been a stronger representation than this.
August 28 1924
Mexican Still Undefeated in Western Chess Tourney 28 Aug 1924, Thu The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com
Detroit, Mich., Aug 28—After eight rounds of the annual championship tournament of the Western Chess Association at the Union League Club four of the 17 competitors including Carlos Torre, the young Mexican from New York, remain undefeated. Torre drew his first game against H. Hahlbohm of Chicago in the eighth round last night. He had a bye in the seventh and owing to the withdrawal of Isaacs of Chicago.
Prior to that Torre had won six games in succession from Reshevsky, Winter, Stolzenberg, Jenkines, Spero and Scrivener. Following upon a similar record at Rochester, where, without losing a game he tied for first place in the New York State championships, this performance marks Torre as a player far above the ordinary.
The other three contestants undefeated thus far are N. T. Whitaker of Washington, leading at present with a score of 7½-½, Hahlbohm and Newell W. Banks of this city the American match champion at checkers. Hahlbohm holds third place below Torre while Samuel Factor of Chicago is fifth followed by Leon Stolzenberg of Detroit and Samuel Reshevsky of New York.
Reshevsky thus far has lost two games to Torre and Mlotkowski respectively. He has won from Scrivener, Winter, Goerlich and Erdeky and drawn with Spero and Ruth.
Yesterday's summaries follow:
Seventh round—
Banks 1, Erdeky 0;
Mlotkowski 1, Ruth 0;
Margolis 1, Goerlich 0;
Stolzenberg, 1 Winter 0;
Factor 1, Jenkines 0;
Hahlbohm 1, Spero 0;
Scrivener 0, Reshevsky 1;
Whitaker 1, Palmer 0;
Torre, a bye.
Eighth round—
Torre ½, Hahlbohm ½;
Whitaker 1, Jenkines 0;
Margolis 0, Ruth 1;
Mlotkowski 1, Reshevsky 0;
Palmer 1, Erdeky 0;
Stolzenberg 1, Scrivener 0;
Banks 1, Reshevsky 0;
Winter, a bye.
September 03 1924
September 03, 1924. Chess experts and devotees were treated to an exciting finish of the Western Chess association's twenty-sixth annual tournament at Detroit Union League club when the standing of second, third, fourth and fifth places were dependent on the results of one game.
Torre, the New Orleans expert, won the tourney, with Hahlbohm second. The final standings: … Mlotkowski, Los Angeles, 9…
September 07 1924
Alekhine's New Defense 07 Sep 1924, Sun Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
Alekhine's New Defense.
Two recent specimen of Alekhine's new defense are available, one between S. Mlotkowski of Los Angeles and H. Hahlbohm of Chicago, in the Western tournament, at Detroit, and the other, won by H. Helms from Milton Pinkus in the last rapid transit tournament at the Marshall Chess club, under a time limit of 10 second to a move.
Stasch Mlotkowski vs Herman H Hahlbohm
25th Western Championship (1924), Detroit, MI USA, rd 2, Aug-23
Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation (B03) 1/2-1/2
September 07, 1924. The Western Chess Association tournament, at the date of this writing this article, is still in progress in Detroit. Carlos Torre, the Mexican expert, residing in New York, is leading. We give the score of the leading players.
September 07, 1924. Detroit Tourney. Evidently plans of the Western Chess Congress went greatly awry, as the actual line-up in the major tourney differs considerably from the program announced. Chief among those who failed to appear are Edward Lasker and J. W. Showalter, while Currier, of Washington, also missed the big show.
Of chief interest in this tourney is the playing of little Samuel Reshevsky, the child chess master. He lost his game to Carlos Torre, the other youngster, and also sustained defeat at the hands of Mlotkowski.…
September 21 1924
September 21, 1924. The Championship Tournament of the Western Chess Association has been concluded. An exceptionally strong array of players entered and well represented the United States. California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan all sent representatives. … Mlotkowski 6-4 …
December 28 1924
December 28, 1924. Torre-Mlotkowski analysis.
