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July 17 1952
The Tampa Times, Tampa, Florida, Thursday, July 17, 1952
Curt Brasket (left), Tracy, Minn., recent winner of the Trans-Mississippi chess championship and a leading contestant in the Tampa tournament, makes a move against Edmar Mednis, 15-year-old New York City contestant who is a native of Latvia. Looking on is Daniel E. Fischheimer, Chicago, Illinois, another young player who won his first two rounds.
February 01 2014
Minneapolis Star Tribune Saturday February 1, 2014
CURT BRASKET, KING OF CHESS by Joy Powell
A giant in Minnesota chess has died.
Chess master Curt Brasket, who won the state championship a record 16 times, died in his sleep on Jan. 24. He was 81.
For Brasket, of Bloomington, chess was so much more than pieces on a board.
“He saw chess as making the right moves in life at the right time,” said Rita Brasket, his wife of 50 years. “And it didn’t matter whether you were rich or poor or how much money you made, or where you lived. If you played a good chess game, it told that you were a deep thinker.”
Nobody has come close to Brasket’s record; current champ Sean Nagle has won five times.
“Curt was a truly a towering figure in Minnesota chess,” Nagle said. “It is difficult to overstate the magnitude of his achievements or of his dominance of the Minnesota chess scene during his prime years. Curt’s love of the game led him to remain an active tournament player despite his battle with Parkinson’s disease.”
Born in 1932, one of the worst years of the Great Depression, young Curt grew up in a family of 10 in tiny Tracy in southwestern Minnesota. His passion began at 13 when he wanted a library book on checkers but could only find one on chess.
He developed his analytical skills the way many strong masters do — playing chess through the mail, said fellow chess master Roger Rudolph.
“He loved chess because if he did his best, he was happy with it, whether he won or lost,” Rita Brasket said.
High school valedictorian, he went on to the University of Minnesota and St. John’s University, earning math and French degrees.
At age 20, he hopped a train to Omaha and won the 1952 U.S. Junior chess championship.
After college, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served two years in Japan. Then he became a computer programmer, cracking codes for Sperry (Univac/Unisys).
In 1963, Brasket married Rita Bronk. They raised three daughters in Bloomington, where he also enjoyed candy, comic books and singing cowboy Gene Autrey.
Despite being diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1973, Brasket was not only 16-time state chess champ but also lauded as an international master by the World Chess Federation. In 2013, he won U.S. Chess Federation’s Outstanding Career Achievement Award.
His last tournament was in 2000 against Nagle, who, like other young players, learned from playing against Brasket.
“While his advanced Parkinson’s disease prevented him from being a serious contender for the title, he was still a dangerous competitor, and I was lucky to escape with a draw in our head-to-head match up,” Nagle said.
Nagle said in a testament to Brasket’s love of the game, he played a remarkable 583 tournaments since 1991 when the U.S. Chess Federation began keeping records online.
Brasket’s daughter, Monica Wedin of Litchfield, said he’d play against up to 20 people at a time at the Festival of Nations, Renaissance Fair and various exhibitions.
“He was very intense and concentrated at the chess board, very difficult to play against,” said Rudolph, who battled Brasket in many tournaments. The two also played “pots” chess, putting in nickels, dimes, quarters for fun.
Brasket spent his last three years at Minneapolis VA hospital, a chess board set up outside his room. He played to the end, Wedin said.
“He was a dear friend, and a tough old warrior, and we’ll soon be following him,” Rudolph said. “We’re looking forward to playing pots in paradise once we get back together again.”
Other survivors include daughters Barbara Romanelli of Edina and Rebecca Leahy of Houston; siblings Richard Brasket of Eden Prairie, Doris Peluzzo of Washington, D.C., and Patricia Klawitter of Champlin; and eight grandchildren.
Services have been held.
February 16 1963
The Kingston Whig-Standard, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Saturday, February 16, 1963
DEATHS: Dr. Ossip Bernstein has died, aged 80. The last survivor of the grandmasters famous in the early years of this century, he outlived O. Duras and the much younger Dr. Milan Vidmar.
He died on November 30th [1962] in a little village in the Pyrenees where he had gone to recuperate and the sad news took weeks to get around.
Born at Zhitomir in Russia, he had lived half his life in France, adopting French nationality in 1932.
His greatest success was to share first place with Akiba Rubinstein at Ostend in 1907, ahead of Mieses and Niemtsovitch. A great raconteur and bon viveur, he played only as an amateur throughout.
November 27 1933
The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Monday, November 27, 1933
ENCOUNTER OF CHESS GIANTS
Immediately after returning to Paris from America, Dr. Alekhine, world's champion played a short match of four games with Dr. Ossip Bernstein. The result was 2-2, all four games being drawn!
Dr. Bernstein was one of the world's leading masters till about 1920 when he retired from tournament play on account of his legal practice. But through all these years he has kept his hand in with first-class practice and remained well abreast of chess theory.
February 23 1918
The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Saturday, February 23, 1918
Palmerston Barry Wins Northwestern Chess Honors
Goes Through List of Games Without Defeat—Zeeman Wins Second Prize
P. Barry won the Drewry cup at the Northwestern chess tournament held here during the Sports Carnival. Barry succeeded in going through the competition without defeat.
Zeeman carried off second prize, only losing one game. Gregory finished third. Last year's champion, Spencer, was obliged to take fourth position.
George Brittain (white) vs. Palmerston Barry (black)
Four Knights Game: Italian Variation
June 04 1950
Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, New York, Sunday, June 04, 1950
The world master Dr. Ossip Bernstein who edits a chess department in the Paris Edition of the New York Herald-Tribune created a storm in chess circles recently by claiming to have drawn a match with Dr. Alexander Alekhine in 1933 while the latter was world champion. Alekhine's widow has stated in rebuttal that it was merely an unofficial training match.
October 25 1915
The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Monday, October 25, 1915
BARRY DISPLAYS FORM IN Y.M.C.A. CHESS CONTEST
Another simultaneous chess exhibition was given at the Y.M.C.A. on Friday evening when P. Barry of the Winnipeg Chess club, played All Comers.
A good number availed themselves of the opportunity of meeting this fine player and in all fifteen games were played.
Mr. Barry spent a very strenuous evening and the quality of his play can be judged from the fact that he won no fewer than eleven games, losing only three and drawing one.
The three successful players, in each case after a hard struggle, were Messrs. Hughes, Rheubottom and Cook.
The following is the complete score:
P. Barry 1, E. H. Williams 0.
P. Barry 1, E. Slater 0.
P. Barry 0, W. H. G. Hughes 1.
P. Barry 1, Wanless 0.
P. Barry 1, F. R. Temple 0.
P. Barry 1, R. B. Coe 0.
P. Barry 0, C. Cook 1.
P. Barry 1, G. B. Stringer 0.
P. Barry 1, E. E. Best 0.
P. Barry 1, Bellingham 0.
P. Barry 1, Adgey 0.
P. Barry 0, A. Rheubottom 1.
P. Barry 1, D. Christie 0.
P. Barry 1, W. Durrand 0.
P. Barry ½, B. Dear ½.
Totals— Barry 11½, All Comers 3½.
January 04 1897
The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Monday, January 04, 1897
Montreal vs. Ottawa.
This return match was played by telegraph on Saturday afternoon and evening. Play began at 3 o'clock and ended shortly after midnight. Arrangements had been made for ten men a side, but Mr. Andrews, one of the Ottawa players, was absent through illness, and as his Club did not provide a substitute, this game went by default. Of the five games actually played to a conclusion, four ended in draws, and one was won for Montreal by Mr. Palmerston Barry. Four games were left for adjudication. Messrs. Davies and V. Barry have clear won games for Montreal, and Mr. Hall one for Ottawa. That between Messrs. Wilson and Falconer will probably be counted a draw. This would make the score Montreal, 6; Ottawa, 4.
January 08 1924
Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Tuesday, January 08, 1924
Chess Player Dies
Winnipeg, Jan. 8—Palmerston Barry, prominent Western Canadian chess player, and past president of the Winnipeg Chess Club, is dead at his home here.
The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Tuesday, January 08, 1924
Palmerston Barry Dead
Winnipeg, January 7.—Palmerston Barry, prominent Western Canadian chess player and past president of the Winnipeg Chess Club, is dead at him home here. He was formerly a resident of Montreal.
July 15 1913
Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Tuesday, July 15, 1913
Chess Club Banquet
Winnipeg, July 14.—A banquet was held in the club rooms of the Winnipeg Chess club, Enderton block, immediately following the conclusion of the regular series of the Dominion chess tournament which has been in progress during the past week, and a meeting of the Canadian Chess association was held concurrently. The members decided that the next big tournament would be held in Toronto, two years hence and elected the following officers for the ensuing term: president, Bishop Reeve, Toronto; first vice-president, G. Falconer, Montreal; second vice-president, Palmerston Barry, Winnipeg; secretary-treasurer, S. E. Gale. Toronto.
November 16 1922
The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Thursday, November 16, 1922
Palmerston Barry Is Winner in Novelty Chess Competition
Palmerston Barry was the victor of the “Rapid Transit” chess tournament held Wednesday evening in the chess rooms of the Canadian National Railway club. This is the first tournament of the kind held here in many years. The rules of the tourney calls for every move being; made in ten seconds.
In addition to the Winnipeg Chess club, the Y.M.C.A. and Jewish clubs were represented. Mr. Booker, secretary of the Chess club, announced after the play that many other tournaments along the same lines will be conducted during the winter months.
The following are the results: Palmerston Barry, first; J. H. Alexander, second. The semi-finalists were: H. Rogers, G. W. Howard, Palmerston Barry and J. H. Alexander.
November 24 1945
The Toronto Star, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Saturday, November 24, 1945
Here is a victory for the veteran Dr. Ossip Bernstein, scored in the 1945 Russian championship:
Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein (white) vs. Viacheslav Ragozin (black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation
April 16 1911
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sunday, April 16, 1911
Chess Masters in International Tournament at San Sabastian
From left to right—Frank Marshall, Amos Burn (standing), David Janowski, Ossip Bernstein, Oldrich Duras, Akiba Rubinstein, Geza Maroczy (seated), Rudolf Spielmann, Paul Saladin Leonhardt, the referee; Jose Capablanca, Aron Nimzowitsch, Milan Vidmar, Hoffer, Richard Teichmann, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Mieses, tournament director.
July 16 1911
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sunday, July 16, 1911
Dr. O. S. Bernstein
The Russian Chess Master.
January 23 1946
The Buffalo News, Buffalo, New York, Wednesday, January 23, 1946
'Action Shot' in a Battle of Wits
Arturo Pomar of Madrid is only 14 but he can hold his own at chess with the best of them. His opponent in London is Dr. Ossip Bernstein of Russia, winner of chess prizes since 1914, who is making a move after long deliberation, so this is an action picture. Arturito battled to a draw.
August 24 1946
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday, August 24, 1946
Russian Takes Chess Lead.
Groningen, The Netherlands, Aug. 31(AP)—Mikhail Botvinnik of Russia took a one and one-half point lead in the International Chess Tournament today by defeating Dr. Ossip Bernstein of France in 43 moves.
Dr. Max Euwe of The Netherlands, former world champion, took undisputed possession of second place in today's ninth round play by a 28-move victory over Herman Steiner of Los Angeles.
Ossip Bernstein vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Groningen (1946), Groningen NED, rd 9, Aug-23
Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Classical Variation Battery Variation (B73) 0-1
August 29 1946
The Plain Speaker, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Thursday, August 29, 1946
World Chess Tournament Causes Mixed Memories
Groningen, Holland, Aug. 29.(AP)—Playing of national anthems in honor of the 20 chess masters from 13 countries competing in a four-weeks tournament here is causing some confusion and bring not a few mixed memories to the contenders.
Most of the participants in the tournament, which ends Sept. 7, can claim at least two nationalities, and a jig-saw puzzle could not be more fascinating than trying to sort out the international hodgepodge.
At one of the official dinners, the Belgian anthem was played for Irish-born Alberic O'Kelly De Galway, and the Polish anthem for Miguel Najdorf, a resident of Argentina for eight years, who stood in rapt attention when the Argentine national song was sung for Carlos Guimard of Buenos Aires.
But the Polish tune undoubtedly sounded familiar to Russian-born Dr. Xavielly Tartakower, a former Polish citizen, who now is French. The orchestra played the Marseilles for him and for Russian-born Dr. Ossip Bernstein, but both were more than casually acquainted with the Russian anthem played for the five Soviet representatives.
The Hungarian national song was for Laszlo Szabo, but indirectly, too, for the American Herman Steiner of Los Angeles. But Steiner, if his memories went back far enough, also probably was moved by the Czech anthem played for Cenek Kottnauer, for he came originally from a region alternately belonging to Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The Russian Salo Flohr also was once a Czech.
The American champion Arnold S. Denker, although born of German parents, could listen to the Star Spangled Banner with undivided allegiance, as could 21-year-old Abe Yanofsky to the Canadian anthem since he was only four months old when his parents left their home in Polish territory which now is Russian.
The situation was simple for Dr. Max Euwe of the Netherlands, Erik Lundin and Gosta Stoltz of Sweden and Martin Christoffel of Switzerland, but less so for Tournament Director Hans Kmoch, an Austrian who is applying for Dutch citizenship.
The climax of confusion came when the orchestra began to play the Yugoslavian anthem. Everyone stood up, but after the first few notes, Yugoslav Professor Milan Vidmar of Ljubljana, whose brother is president of the Slovenian republic, sat down again, because, he said:
“There is too much difference between the old and the new time and between the old and the new anthem that I should remain upright.”
December 03 1995
The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, Sunday, December 03, 1995
Yet, bigger than Hollywood was the story of Ossip Bernstein, who played a game to save his life in Russia. He had to prove to the commander of a firing squad that he was the famous Ossip Bernstein and should not be shot by the Reds.
January 02 1999
The Guardian, London, Greater London, England, Saturday, January 02, 1999
Ossip Bernstein used to claim he was the only grandmaster who had lost three fortunes. Son of a wealthy Jewish family and a successful Tsarist advocate, he was 1911 Moscow champion and played in the great tournament of St. Petersburg 1914 but had to free penniless from the Bolsheviks.
Resettled in France, he became one of Paris's most prosperous financial lawyers only to lose it all again in the Wall Street crash.
Then in the 1930s he tied a match with world champion Alekhine, and created yet another fortune until this, too, was seized by the Nazis in 1940.
Finally he achieved a lifelong dream when he flew back to his beloved Moscow as No. 1 board for France in the 1956 Olympiad but the excitement brought on a heart attack.
April 22 1915
CHESS MASTERS OFF ON THREE WEEKS' GRIND
With Capablanca and Marshall showing the way, the eight experts in the chess masters tournament are playing their third round at the Hotel Grenoble, in Manhattan, today. In the photograph herewith, showing the opening of the congress, the following well known players and enthusiasts appear: Seated in front (left to right) J. R. Capablanca, Eduard Lasker, J. Bernstein, F. J. Marshall. Seated in rear (left to right) A. Kupchik, O. Chajes, A. B. Hodges, E. Michelsen. Standing (left to right) G. Koehler, R. J. Brown, L. Rosen, F. P. Beynon, John L. Clark, Hermann Helms, Frank I. Cohen, Julius Finn, Hartwig Cassel, W. M. de Visser, A. Martinez, Frank Rice Marshall, Mrs. F. J. Marshall. (Courtesy of Pathe News.)
April 04 1935
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, April 04, 1935
Frank Marshall and his son were among the mourners at the funeral of Anna Casement Bernstein, wife of Jacob Bernstein of the Stuyvesant Chess Club of Manhattan and former State champion, who succumbed as a result of an operation on Monday. The services were held yesterday at Cooke's Funeral Parlor on W. 72d St., Manhattan which was filled with relatives and friends. Mrs Bernstein whose parents came from Belfast, Ireland, had endeared herself to the members of the club, which she had helped to establish and her good-heartedness had meant much to many a chess player in need of a helping hand. Besides her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Grace Conley survives.
November 1960
Vol. 10, No. 4-5, California Chess Reporter, November-December 1960, (Seated) Tibor Weinberger, Zoltan Kovacs, Sven Almgren, Herbert Dasteel Jr., Frank Hufnagel (Standing) Carl Diesen, William G. Addison, Irving Rivise, Julius Loftsson, Jack Blackstone.
Vol. 10, No. 4-5, California Chess Reporter, November-December 1960, Herbert Dasteel - Tibor Weinberger, Julius Loftsson - Zoltan Kovacs, Sven Elias Almgren.
December 09 1965
The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California, Saturday, December 11, 1965
DASTEEL, Herbert Samuel—Dec. 9, 1965 Herbert Samuel Dasteel, dearly beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Dasteel, loving brother of Mrs. Richard (Isabel) Moore, also survived by many uncles, nephews and nieces, a native of San Francisco, aged 34 years.
Private family services were held Friday afternoon at HALSTED & CO., 1123 SUTTER ST.
June 20 1971
The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana, Sunday, June 20, 1971
White Attacks
Eliot Hearst, 17th-rated chess expert in the nation, makes a move as he plays 24 simultaneous matches in an exhibition Saturday at Ball State. Only Bob Hale of New Castle was able to beat him. (Star Photo by Ed Hayden)
Chess Expert Loses Just One
Bob Hale, R.R. 2, New Castle, was the only one of 24 challengers to gain a clear, victory against the nation's 17th-rated chess player in simultaneous matches Saturday at the Ball State University Student Center.
Two other challengers agreed to accept a draw in their games with Eliot Hearst, a psychology professor at Indiana University. They were Dr. Robert Evans of Ball State and Kalamazoo College sophomore and Muncie resident Blaine Newcomb.
Hale is a life member of the American Chess Federation and the Ball State Chess Club, which sponsored the mass match.
HEARST SAID Hale played a good game. He said his own attack failed and Hale didn't fall into any of the traps he set for him. Hearst took the white pieces in all the games, which gave him the opening move and the offensive.
Each challenger was charged a one dollar entry fee which will be used in two area tournaments this fall. Earlham College Chess Club, which often works with the BSU group will sponsor a Bob Hale Chess tournament in the fall. The tournament was named for the New Castle devotee before Saturday's surprise victory.
After Saturday's match the club elected new officers. They are Bob Hale, president, Mary Marvel, vice president, Bill Loser, treasurer, and Murray Newcomb, secretary. John Campbell is the club's sponsor.
October 11 1971
Muncie Evening Press, Muncie, Indiana, Monday, October 11, 1971
CHECKMATE
Eliot Hearst, 17th-ranked chess player in the United States, makes a move against one of the 32 persons he played simultaneously Sunday at Ball State University. This was Hearst's second take-all-comers match here. In his first match in June he was beaten by only one person, but Sunday he lost to two and drew with two others. The winners were David Allen Lee and Mike Burns, both members of the Ball State University Chess Club which sponsored Hearst's appearance. The club will have a new membership tournament at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Student Center. Only new members may win trophies. Evening Press Photo by Jerry Joschko.
July 29 1972
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday, July 29, 1972
Dr. Eliot Hearst, professor of psychology at Indiana University, Bloomington, and a U.S. senior master in chess, has praise for Bobby Fischer's efforts to improve chess tournament conditions.
Good for Chess
IU psychologist credits Fischer with improving the lot of players.
Associated Press-Bloomington, Ind.—The captain of an Olympic chess team that included Bobby Fischer says while some chess masters would disagree with Fischer's tactics, he has improved the lot of chess players considerably. “To understand Bobby's sometimes roughshod tactics, you have to understand him,” said Dr. Eliot Hearst, captain of the 1962 U.S. Olympic chess team. Hearst, a U.S. senior master, is a psychology professor at Indiana University.
“He's a very private, retiring individual. He's lived alone since he was about 15. He's been without the influence of any other person. He's self-made. All his abilities at chess he owes to his own hard work and study,” Hearst said.
“He's not a humorless, sullen person as some observers described him. He is deadly serious about chess, however, and is very stubborn.”
While Fisher's late arrivals for games have drawn attention, Hearst said he is certain they are not “due to a desire to show any disrespect for world champion Boris Spassky. Bobby is so shy that he'll sneak in late just to avoid the usual pregame amenities and small talk.
“Fisher must be given credit for doing more for chess than anyone else in the world,” Hearst said.
“Bobby single-handedly has made things better for all chess masters. He has fought for and obtained better playing conditions, such as improved lighting and less audience interference,” Hearst said.
“I've played in tournaments where the spectators were literally breathing down our necks, so that it was nearly impossible to concentrate.
“Bobby feels that players of high caliber should make as much money as great golfers or baseball players, and he fought to increase the available prize money, with the result that the awards in the current match with Spassky will be more than 10 times those of any previous world championship match.
“And Bobby has brought much publicity to the game, and helped raise interest in it, so that now more of the better players can make a living teaching and writing about chess.”
Hearst said he was certain “all the other U.S. chess masters would agree with me that Bobby's goals have been desirable, but most of us would have tried different tactics.”
Says Spassky always a gentleman
“Spassky, who is always the perfect gentleman, complained about the meager prize money when he won the championship, but he wasn't able to improve things—Bobby was.”
Hearst thinks that Spassky is beginning to show signs of the strain that Fischer's brilliant play seems to have caused in all his opponents in the preliminary bouts en route to the championship match. Hearst noted that all of these victims—the Danish player Larsen and the two Russians, Taimanov and Petrosian became ill and were advised by their doctors to take a rest (Fischer beat both Taimanov and Larsen 6 to 0 and won the last four games from Petrosian, the former world champion, to beat him 6½ to 2½).
Asked if he thought Fischer's complaints and demands were designed to “psyche out” Spassky in their match, Hearst said he didn't “really think so.”
“Fischer has made similar complaints in past tournaments, simply because he thinks conditions should be ideal for top-flight chess to be played,” Hearst said.
“I think that Fischer, if anything, doesn't pay enough attention to chess psychology. The Russian players are particularly aware of this facet of the game. Their analyses of one another's strengths and weaknesses often read like the reports of a psychiatrist.”
1962
Informal game between Bobby [Robert James] Fischer and Eliot Hearst, 1962.
September 13 1962
The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, September 13, 1962
Brooklynite Makes U.S. Chess Team
NEW YORK (AP)—Bobby Fisher of Brooklyn has been named to the United States team which will compete in the World Chess Olympics at Sofia, Bulgaria, the American Chess Federation said yesterday.
Others on the team are Robert Byrne, Larry Evans, Edmar Mednis and Eliot Hearst. Hearst is team captain. All are from New York.
February 01 1951
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, February 01, 1951
Hearst Guest Of Chess Club
Eliot Hearst New York State Chess Champion will be guest-exhibitor of the Durham Chess Club Friday night at 7:30. Young Mr Hearst who is a student at Columbia University will be visiting Kit Crittenden this week end and has consented to play simultaneously against all comers to the club meeting at the Lions' Club Hut on Guess Road.
Hearst's chess prowess has been well demonstrated in Durham on two other occasions: In 1949 he won the North Carolina Chess Association Championship tournament without losing a game and in 1950, he placed 2nd in the Southern Chess Association Open Tournament. Chess players and visitors are welcome to attend the meeting Friday and meet Mr. Hearst.
Current standings of the Durham Chess Club's Championship tourney now entering its final phase show Dr. A. G. Ashbrook and William Chapman tied at 6 wins and 2 losses for first place. Other scores in Class A are:
W. J. Peters, 5½-3½;
Dr. J. U. Gunter 5-4;
G. C. Harwell 4½-4½;
Kit Crittenden 4-3;
David Rogers 3½-5½;
S. A. Agnello 3-4;
Joe Weininger 3-6;
M. H. Upchurch 1½-7½.
In Class B, H. Raymond Weeks and Bill Sarles are tied for first place with 3 wins each. Ed Graff and Gillis Brown are tied for 2nd spot with a win and loss each. Mathies and O’Neal are seeking to break their tie by playing one another for the cellar position.
July 04 1950
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 04, 1950
LEADERS IN CHESS TOURNEY—Shown above are Eliot Hearst (left) of New York City and Ken Smith of Dallas Texas who are virtually tied for the lead in the Southern Chess Tournament which closes in Durham today.—Sun Staff Photo.
Chess Meet To End Today
Scores at the end of the sixth round of play in the Southern Chess Association tourney here show Ken Smith of Dallas, Texas, tied with Norman Whitaker of Shadyside, MD and Eliot Hearst of New York City in games won and lost at 5-1. However, Smith is ahead in the tie-breaking system used in this tournament. That is, points are given-for each win, taking into consideration the standing of a player's opponent at the time of the games.
Tied for second place are: Hans Berliner, D. H. Mugridge, James Sherwin, all having won 4½ and lost l½ games. Karl Burger, W. Long, Harold Mouzon, E. Nash and Martin Southern are all tied at four games won to two lost.
Two local players who are holding their own at three games won and three games lost are W. J. Peters and Kit Crittenden.
The tourney closes today.
1949
July 29 1951
The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Sunday, July 29, 1951
Philadelphian Jr. Chess King
PHILADELPHIA, (AP) — Saul Wachs, 19-year-old West Philadelphia youth, won the U. S. Junior Chess Championship yesterday.
Wachs won out in the 5½ day tournament over 44 entrants from 15 states and Canada. The tournament was held under sponsorship of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and the Philadelphia Chess Association.
Saul was awarded the title when his final opponent Irving Bizar, 19, of New York City, agreed to a draw after sitting at the chess table for two hours and 45 minutes. Saul's score was six wins and four draws. Each of the contestants played 10 games.
The tall, slim Saul, who has been playing chess since he was five years old, now is a junior at Temple University. He said the “most crucial time in the tournament came when I played Ross Siemms the other day. The pressure was too terrific.”
Siemms, 15, of Toronto, Canada, was named winner of two trophies for coming in first in the contest for boys under 16 years of age. Saul was only 11-years-old when he won the West Philadelphia Junior Chess Championship, and in 1949, he went to Cleveland finished second in the Masters Reserves contest. This year he won the Philadelphia title.
'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains: Tweets by swilkinsonbc |
 “What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy. |
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace. Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws -- https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks. |
This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.
March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.
