AJuly 01 1950
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Saturday, July 01, 1950
Practice Game—Early arrivals engage in and witness a practice game as chess experts from Dixie gathered in Durham last night for the opening of a four-day tournament here today. Around the table, left to right, are George Thomas (seated), tournament director; Paul Barton, president of the Southern Chess Association; Sam A. Agnello, president of the host Durham Chess Club; George Lyle, Annapolis, MD; James McClure, Nashville, Tenn.; Edmund Nash, contributing editor of Chess Life, Washington, D.C.; and Maj. J. B. Holt, (seated), secretary-treasurer of the Southern Association, of Long Beach, Fla.—Sun Staff Photo.
Chess Meet Opens Today
The Southern Chess Association meeting, being held in Durham this week end, got underway this morning with registration of entrants and a preliminary business session at the Washington Duke Hotel.
Basic rules for across-the-board play were discussed and put into effect. There will be two rounds of play each day of the four-day tournament with the first round this afternoon and second this evening.
Arrivals from out of town last night included Paul Barton, president of the Southern Chess Association, from Cordele, Ga., and Major J. B. Holt, secretary-treasurer of the S. C. A., from Long Beach, Fla.
With the Washington, D. C. contingent are Hans Berliner, champion in 1949 of the S. C. A.; Edmund Nash, contributing editor for Chess Life; Don M. Mugridge, former district champion; J. R. Rice, and George Thomas, who will act as tournament director for this tourney.
Ken Smith, Southwestern champion, has probably traveled the farthest to enter this tournament, having come all the way from Dallas, Texas. Also coming from some distance and a hot-bed of chess, New York City, are Eliot Hearst, 1949 winner of the North Carolina Open, Karl Burger and J. Sherwin.
Other states are to be represented by Bill Winston, Geiger, Alabama; Elijah Brown, Atlanta, Ga., Sullivan, both from Knoxville, Tenn.
