ASeptember 07 1948
The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida, Tuesday, September 07, 1948
Chess Officials Honor Champion— D. F. Dyal, second from right, is shown receiving the trophy emblematic of the state championship, won during the weekend tournament here, from State Chess Association President James B. Gibson, Tampa. At left is Vice President Bernard Klein, Jacksonville Beach. Next to him is J. B. Holt, Sarasota, state secretary-treasurer.—(Tribune Photo.)
Dyal Takes State Chess Championship
Donald F. Dyal, of Cross City, nosed out Stephen Shaw, of Miami, yesterday for the Florida chess championship.
Dyal drew his match against Shaw and won his other five games for a 5½ to ½ score. Shaw won four, but drew with Maj. J. B. Holt, Sarasota, as well as with Dyal. Score 5-1.
Third place went to R. B. Diaz, Tampa, with a score of 4½-l½.
Tied for fourth with a 4-2 record were Holt, Ramon Robaldo, Tampa; Charles Layng, Orlando; and S. Castro, Tampa.
Others with an advantage in the win column, all tied at 3½-2½, were E. J. Dowling and E. Mailhot, both of St. Petersburg; Bernard Klein, Jacksonville Beach; and three Tampans, W. A. Reynolds, Arthur Montano and E. G. Werber.
The 1947 champion, Gustav Drexel, of Miami, did not compete.
The tournament was played under the Swiss system of pairing winners with winners and losers with losers as the 28 entrants made the field too large for a round robin.
The Florida Chess League, sponsor of the tournament, voted to hold it in St. Petersburg next year, again on the Labor Day weekend.
All officers were reelected. They are James B. Gibson, Jr., Tampa, president; Bernard Klein, Jacksonville Beach, first vice president; Dr. A. B. Ferguson, St. Petersburg, second vice president; Maj. J. B. Holt, Sarasota, secretary-treasurer.
