February 22 1914
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, February 22, 1914
ON MONDAY, February 23, 1914, the annual championship tournament of the Pennsylvania State Chess Association will be played at the rooms of the Franklin Chess Club. In connection with this tournament the Good Companion Chess Problem Club will hold at 3 o'clock that afternoon a tournament for composers and solvers. A full account of this tournament will be found further down in this column.
The following is a list of the former champions of the Pennsylvania State Chess Association:
1897 S. W. Bampton. 1898 W. P. Shipley. 1899 W. J. Ferris. 1900 No tournament. 1901 C. J. Newman. 1902 W. P. Shipley. 1903 S. W. Bampton. 1904 W. J. Ferris. 1905 S. W. Bampton. 1906 A. Goldberg. 1907 W. H. Hughes. 1908 S. T. Sharp. 1909 W. P. Shipley. 1910 S. Mlotkowski. 1911 S. Mlotkowski. 1912 S. Mlotkowski. 1913 S. T. Sharp.
The officers of the tournament at present are:
P. B. Driver, president and treasurer; W. P. Shipley, secretary; S. W. Bampton, D. S. Robinson, H. Wells, directors.
The eighteenth annual championship tournament of the association will start Monday, February 23, at 10 A.M., at the rooms of the Franklin Chess Club. All chess players residing in the State of Pennsylvania or belonging to any Pennsylvania chess club are cordially invited to be present and take part. Entrance fee $2. Suitable prizes will be given to the winners of the tournament.
The Good Companion Chess Problem Club has been given full power by the Pennsylvania State Chess Association to arrange for a carnival for composers and solvers, to start at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of Monday, February 23, at the rooms of the Franklin Chess Club, Betz Building, Philadelphia. The following prizes will be given to solvers: First prize, $5; second prize, $3; third prize, $2. Also, first prize of $3 to the composer of the best original two-move problem and a first prize of $3 to the best original three-move problem.
Any resident of Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware or a member of any Pennsylvania chess club may enter the solving contest by paying an entrance fee of fifty cents on or before 3 o'clock on the day of the tournament. Each entry will receive an envelope containing diagrams of from eight to ten two-move problems. The contestant may then retire to a quiet corner of the club rooms and with the use of his pocket chess board or chess table set up the problems and write out the solutions, only the key move being required. The time limit, allowed the solver will be announced later. The result of the contest will be announced in the evening.
The prizes to be awarded the composers will not be announced until the following week, as all problems will be referred to Allen C. White, who has kindly consented to act as judge. Many fine original problems have already been received by the committee. Among the noted composers who have contributed problems are: Dr. Emil Palkoska, of Prague, Bohemia; Hijos De Paluzie, of Spain; John Keeble, of Norwich, England; David Booth, Jr., of North Leeds, England; Rev. I. H. Haywood, Bristol, England; T. R. Dawson, Leeds, England; R. G. Thomson, Aberdeen, Scotland, and Otto Ackermann, Breslau, Germany.
It should also be noted that many of the leading composers of this country have already contributed to the tournament, and more problems no doubt will be received prior to the 23d.
The committee in charge of the tournament are P. B. Driver. S. W. Bampton and James F. Magee, Jr. All problems should be forwarded to James F. Magee, Jr., chairman of the committee, Franklin Chess Club, eighth floor, Betz Building, Philadelphia.
