AJanuary 02 1949
The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Tennessee, Sunday, January 02, 1949
The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Tennessee, Sunday, January 02, 1949
IT'S MY MOVE—As the Tennessee State Chess Tournament opened here yesterday, Robert Coveyou, left, Oak Ridge resident and state champion, makes a move as Kit Crittenden, 14, North Carolina champion from Raleigh, watches carefully. The tournament will consist of five rounds, Swiss system.
State Chess Tournament Opens With 18 Players
The Tennessee State Chess Tournament opened here yesterday with 18 players representing four states in the competition.
Reelected president was George Somers of Oak Ridge and Gerry Sullivan, 17-year-old University of Tennessee sophomore, the secretary-treasurer. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe G. Sullivan, Wrights Switch Road and holds the Southern Chess Championship.
The contest will consist of three rounds today in addition to one yesterday afternoon and another last night. The state champion will be the highest-scoring resident of Tennessee although participants from another state can take first prize. Five prizes will be awarded — one for brilliancy of play and four places. Amounts will be determined on a percentage basis.
Those participating are William C. Adicks, Asheville, N. C.; Kit Crittenden, 14-year-old North Carolina champion from Raleigh; A.D. Lewis, Clemson College, S.C.; and Paul Barton, Cordele, Ga.
Albert V. Walker, Louis J. Miller, Dr. N. C. Hart, and Albert Mullenix, Chattanooga; John R. Sweets, Norris; Robert Coveyou, Oak Ridge, present state champion; Lawrence Noderer, Oak Ridge; George Somers, Oak Ridge; Jack Murphy, Alcoa; and A. M. Monroe, Johnson City.
Knoxvillians are Frank J. Andre, Gerry Sullivan, Martin Southern, and Anatole Kotolbay. John Hay of Knoxville is directing the tournament which is being held at Hotel Farragut.
January 03 1949
The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Tennessee, Monday, January 03, 1949
Chattanoogan Wins State Chess Crown
J. B. Mullennix of Chattanooga won the Tennessee chess championship in the State Open Chess Tournament which ended yesterday at the Hotel Farragut.
First place in the tournament was won by a guest player Kit Crittenden, 15-year-old high school student of Raleigh, N. C. Mullenix won second place which was the highest place won by a Tennessean and therefore won the Tennessee chess championship.
Martin Southern of Highland Avenue here, and Bob Coveyou, of Oak Ridge, former state champion tied for fourth place, and J. G. Sullivan, of Wrights Swith Road here, won fifth place.
Eighteen players from Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and South Carolina, competed in the tournament which began Saturday.
Mullenix received a certificate from the United States Chess Federation and the other winners won cash prizes Southern vice president of the U S Chess Federation, said.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Monday, January 03, 1949
Carolina Youth Is Best in State Chess Tournament
First place in the Tennessee State Chess Tournament held at Hotel Farragut went to Kit Crittenden 15-year-old high school student from Raleigh, N. C.
To J. B. Mullenix, Chattanooga, went the second place position and the state crown in the tournament ending here yesterday. The North Carolina youth was not eligible for the state championship. However, players from all member states of the Southern Chess Association were eligible to compete for places.
Martin Southern, Highland Avenue, and Bob Coveyou, Oak Ridge, former state champion, tied for third and fourth places.
J. G. Sullivan 18-year-old University of Tennessee sophomore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe G. Sullivan, Wright's Switch Road, took fifth place.
George Somers, Oak Ridge, and Mr. Sullivan were re-elected president and secretary-treasurer respectively of the Tennessee Association.
January 05 1949
The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Wednesday, January 05, 1949
Chess Champ
Bringing back the first prize from the Tennessee Open Chess Tournament, Kit Crittenden of 1537 Caswell Drive was home from Knoxville, Tenn., yesterday.
The 15-year-old son and Mrs. Christopher Crittenden made the trip to Knoxville by bus to play in the tournament on January 1 and 2. He defeated Martin Southern of Knoxville, former Southern champion chessplayer, to take the prize.
Kit got his start in chess from his father two years ago and has since won several tournaments, including the State championship at Winston-Salem last year. He was the youngest entry in the Tennessee Open contest which featured players from the two Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee.
Now a sophomore at Needham Broughton High School, Kit hopes to get a chess team organized there to play other teams from State cities. He also plans to enter the Junior National Meet to held in Cleveland, Ind., later this year.
February 05 1949
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Saturday, February 05, 1949
Chess Match Here Tonight; Young Crittenden To Perform Fourteen
Fourteen - year - old Christopher Crittenden Jr., of Raleigh, State chess champion will compete in a Raleigh-Durham match at the City Hall here tonight.
Young Crittenden who is becoming famous in chess circles is the son of Professor Crittenden, head of the State Department of Archives and History. He recently won the Eastern Tennessee Open Championship at Knoxville.
According to local chess leaders, visitors are welcomed tonight. The match will start at 7:30 o'clock.
Durham's top man former State champion Bill Peters will not be available tonight but Durham nevertheless is favored to win over Raleigh. Durham won 8-3 in the last match.
Durham's lineup will include Ashbrook, Rudin, Gunter, Jarnagin, Harwell, M. Upchurch, Scales, Crumpacker, president Agnello, David Rogers, O. Upchurch, Leonard, Ware, Clemmer, and a corps of reserves.
February 07 1949
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Monday, February 07, 1949
Local Chess Club Wins Over Raleigh
Except for the impressive win Kit Crittenden attained over Dr. A. G. Ashbrook the Durham Chess Club decisively defeated the Raleigh Chess Club in a match held at the City Hall last Saturday night. The match was played across six boards the final score being Durham — 5, Raleigh — 1.
Individual scoring was as follows: Durham — Dr. A. G. Haithcock, 0; Walter Rudin,1; Dr. J. U. Gunter, 1; M. P. Jarnigan, 1; M. H. Upchurch, 1; J. P. Crumpacker, 1; Totals, 5.
Raleigh—Kit Crittenden, 1; William C. Adickes, 0; C. J. Curry, 0; Dr. C. Crittenden, 0; W. D. Jones, 0; David Evans, 0; Totals, 1.
Young Crittenden, well on his way to becoming a chess master will play members of the Durham club simultaneously next Saturday, Feb. 12 in Durham. He will play as many as 15 boards against local competition and modestly hopes to make a good showing. The Durham club is interested in sharpening the young man's chess play in preparation for the United States Junior Chess Championship meeting to which he will be sent by sponsorship of the North Carolina Chess Association.
The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, February 07, 1949
Still Champ
Kit Crittenden, 15-year-old son of Dr. Christopher Crittenden, director of the State Department of Archives and History, remains a champion at chess, a game his father taught him.
Saturday night the Raleigh chess team met a stinging 5-1 defeat at the hands of the Durham team in a match played in the Durham City Hall. With both Crittendens playing, Kit was the only member of the Capital City six-man squad to take a victory.
The younger Crittenden recently won the Eastern Tennessee Open Championship at Knoxville and has played in many exhibitions throughout the State.
Next Saturday night he will really show the Durhamites how to play chess. He will give a simultaneous exhibition in the Durham City Hall, playing against about a dozen opponents at the same time.
Many of Raleigh's best players were unable to take part in the meet with Durham, Kit said. A return match be arranged shortly, he said.
February 14 1949
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Monday, February 14, 1949
Crittenden Wins Five Matches Drops Seven
State chess champion Kit Crittenden's first simultaneous exhibition here on Saturday night resulted as follows:
Wins for the champion against M. P. Jernigan, O. W. Upchurch and R. E. Ware of the Durham Chess Club (host group) and against another Durham amateur who declined to be identified and against W. D. Jones of Raleigh.
Crittenden played the white pieces (first move) on the 12 boards in play. His losses were to Dr. V. A. Davidian and Lawrence H. Wallace both of Smithfield and to the following Durham Chess Club winners: Walter Rudin and Dr. A. G. Ashbrook, both in 31 moves; M. H. Upchurch in 19 moves, the shortest game; Dr. J. U. Gunter on the 37th, and John M. Scales, no record.
The traditional honorary “brilliancy prize” of chess matches was awarded to both players in the game O. W. Upchurch vs Crittenden, which ended with queen and knight (Crittenden) vs two rooks with pawn on seventh rank (O. W. Upchurch). Crittenden won it. He played, usually, as fast as he could walk around the line of opponents side by side.
February 26 1949
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Saturday, February 26, 1949
A. G. Ashbrook Chess Winner
The Durham Chess Club's “Rapid Transit” round-robin tournament last night—allowing 10 seconds per move, was won by Dr. A. G. Ashbrook. He lost only to Bryan and drew only with Oliver Upchurch in 11 rounds.
Followers-up were: Bryan, Rudin, Gunter and Peters tied for fourth, Crittenden of Raleigh sixth, Evans of Raleigh seventh, M. Upchurch eighth, R. Ware and O. Upchurch tied for ninth, Rogers 11th, Jones of Raleigh 12th.
Next event is the annual match with Richmond, Va., which was last won by Richmond. It will be played at a mid-point. Durham's club has gained several top-ranking players since the last match, but Richmond also is expected to be stronger. Durham has been undefeated since the Richmond loss.
February 27 1949
Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday, February 27, 1949
SO YOU THINK chess is an old man's game? Herman A. Dittman submitted this list of teen-agers now wearing state championship crowns: Larry Evans of New York, 16 years old; Jim Cross of California, 18 years old; John Anthony Curdo of Massachusetts, 16 years old, Kit Crittenden of North Carolina, 13 years old; Paul Dietz of Pennsylvania, 18 years old, and Richard Kufoth of Wisconsin, 16 years old.
March 09 1949
The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Wednesday, March 09, 1949
CHESS CHAMP
The attention that Kit Crittenden of Raleigh is giving the chess board in the column photo pays off for the 15-year-old champion of the game … He recently won the Tennessee Open Tournament in Nashville and has picked up various other trophies … He even beats his dad, Dr. Christopher Crittenden, director of the State Department of Archives and History, who taught him how to play…
March 21 1949
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, Monday, March 21, 1949
Richmond Chess Club Defeats Durham Team
A 15-man team from the Richmond Chess Club defeated a Durham Chess Club team by a 9½-5½ score in a match played yesterday in “neutral” territory at South Hill. It was Richmond's first contest with the North Carolina club in two years. Further matches are planned.
Each team included two Junior players and Durham's 15-year-old Kit Crittenden, Tennessee open champion, playing first board, defeated his Richmond opposite number City Champion Rodney M Bane.
April 11 1949
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Monday, April 11, 1949
Durham Chess Club Triumphs
A 10-man team representing the Durham Chess Club defeated Spartanburg (S.C.) in a chess match at Salisbury last Saturday, 6½ to 3½.
During the peat year the local chess club has won important matches over Raleigh in North Carolina, Spartanburg in South Carolina, and Atlanta in Georgia. Only the Richmond club of Virginia has been able to win over Durham.
Results of Saturday's match (Durham men listed first):
Kit Crittenden in draw with E. B. Hallman, Walter Rudin over K. Stamm, A. G. Ashbrook lost to J. C. Bell Sr., M. P. Jarnagin over J. Lucas, Dillard Bryan over S. S. Hallman, M. H. Upchurch over E. Solkoff, S. A. Agnello lost to A. M. Leatherwood, J. M. Scales over J. C. Bell Jr., David Rogers lost to J. Choice, and H. S. Leonard over V. Evans.
May 06 1949
News and Record, Greensboro, North Carolina, Friday, May 06, 1949
Chess Tournament Set For Raleigh
Raleigh, May 5.—(AP)—The first annual Eastern North Carolina chess tournament will open in Raleigh Friday, May 6, at 7:30 o'clock under the sponsorship of the North Carolina Chess Association. The opening session will be held at the skating rink at Pullen Park.
A large turnout is expected since it is an open tournament. Entries from out of the state are scheduled to take part.
Among the outstanding players are Martin Southern of Nashville, Tenn., and Russell Chauvenet of Charlottesville, Va.
North Carolina's chief contenders for the crown will be 15-year-old State Champion Kit Crittenden of Raleigh, Bill Paters of Durham, 1947 champion, and Bill Adickes of Asheville.
The tourney is the first of a series of three tournaments planned this Summer. A Western contest will be held in the early Summer followed by the state championship tournament in the late Summer or early Fall.
M. H. Upchurch of Durham is secretary-treasurer of the state association.
May 09 1949
The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, May 09, 1949
Local Boy Wins Chess Tourney
Kit Crittenden, 15-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Crittenden of Raleigh, yesterday won the three-day Eastern North Carolina chess tournament held at Pullen Park.
Crittenden topped a field of 20 adult entries from several Southern states. The tourney was sponsored by the North Carolina Chess Association and the Raleigh Chess Club.
Going into the last round game in the five-round Swiss system tournament, Crittenden was ahead of his last competitor, Paul L. Cromelin of Columbia, S.C. on points. Cromelin had to win the game to cop the tourney, but Crittenden played him to a draw.
M. H. Upchurch and A. G. Ashbrook, both of Durham, tied for third place in the tournament.
All games were timed by an electric time clock. Players were allowed two hours in which to make 40 moves.
May 10 1949
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 10, 1949
Crittenden Wins Chess Meet At Raleigh; Two Durham Players In Second-Place Tie
Kit Crittenden young Raleigh chess player has added a new laurel to his chess crown. He successfully completed his set of five games in the Eastern North Carolina Chess Tourney with no losses and one draw. The tournament was held last week end at Raleigh's Pullen Park.
There were 20 entrants in the Swiss System type tourney with six players from Durham, five players from Raleigh, three from Smithfield, one from Asheville, one from Winston-Salem (bearded), one from Columbia, S. C. two from Augusta, Ga. and one from Atlanta, Ga.
Final scores were (ties were broken with the Sonneborn-Berger system):
Kit Crittendon, 4½-½;
Paul Cromelin, (Columbia, S. C.) 4-1;
M. H. Upchurch, (Durham), 4-1;
A. G. Ashbrook (Durham), 4-1;
Walter Rudin (Durham), 3½-1½;
Dr. A. A. Murray (Augusta, Ga) 3-2;
Elijah Brown (Atlanta, Ga) 3-2;
V. Pakner (Raleigh), 3-2;
William C. Adickes (Asheville) 2½-2½;
Lee M. Eastburn (Winston-Salem) 2½-2½;
Lawrence Wallace (Smithfield) 2½-2½;
W. D. Jones (Raleigh), 2-3;
David Evans 2-3;
R. E. Ware (Durham) 2-3;
Edgar Ferguson (Augusta, Ga.) 2-3;
Dr. V. A. Davidian (Smithfield 1½-3½);
J. M. Scales (Durham), 1-4;
Dr. J. U. Gunter (Durham) 1-4;
J. C. Williams (Raleigh) ½-3½;
Dr. W. G. Wilson, (Smithfield) ½-4½.
The State, Columbia, South Carolina, Tuesday, May 10, 1949
Columbia Man in NC Chess Tourney Finals
Fifteen-year-old Kit Crittenden of Raleigh, N. C., won the Eastern North Carolina open chess tournament the past week by defeating Paul L. Cromelin of Columbia.
The South Carolina open chess tournament will be held at Spartanburg June 18-19.
June 17 1949
The Richmond News Leader, Richmond, Virginia, Friday, June 17, 1949
Top Chessmen Will Compete In Tournament
Championship chess players from throughout 10 States and the District of Columbia will gather at the Hotel John Marshall July 2 for the annual four-day tournament of the Southern Chess Association.
More than 75 players from Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama will engage in the competitions for championship titles, cash awards, and three trophies to be awarded by Miller & Rhoads.
Play will start at 2 P. M., July 2 after a morning business session. Elimination matches will continue through the next two days. Final play, to be held on the morning of July 5 will be followed by a banquet and the election of association officers.
Martin Southern, of Knoxville, Tenn., president of the association, pointed out that a number of State champions will compete in the tournament in an effort to win the Southern Association crown from 18-year-old Jerry Sullivan, a Knoxville College student, holder of the 1948 championship.
Players who will compete include Russell Chauvenet, of Charlottesville, Virginia champion; Kit Crittenden, 14, of Raleigh, North Carolina champion, and Paul Cromelin, of Augusta. Georgia.
June 17 1949
The State, Columbia, South Carolina, Sunday, June 19, 1949
Columbians Push Leader in State Chess Tourney
Spartanburg, June 18—(AP)—Martin Southern of Knoxville is leading the field in the state chess tournament here, he finished the third round in with a 3-0 score.
The open tournament will wind up tomorrow.
Trailing Southern with 2½ points are Paul L. Cromelin and Joseuh Trihey, both of Columbia and Kit Crittenden of Raleigh. The two Columbia men are leading the South Carolina contenders.
June 20 1949
The Columbia Record, Columbia, South Carolina, Monday, June 20, 1949
Paul L. Cromelin Wins Chess Title
Paul L. Cromelin of 3013 Kirkwood drive today was the South Carolina champion chess player.
Mr. Cromelin was the winner in five-round match staged by the State Chess association played under Swiss rules at Spartanburg yesterday and Saturday by a score of 4½ to ½. He drew one game with Kit Crittenden 15-year-old Raleigh, N. C. player who is the state champion of North Carolina and who holds the Tennessee open championship.
Winner in the open tournament held at the same time was William C. Adickes of Asheville, N. C. by score of 4½ to ½. Third winning player was J. G. Sullivan of Knoxville, Tenn., Southern Chess Association champion.
This was the largest tournament ever held by the state association attracting about 30 players from points as distant as Miami and New York.
Other Columbians playing were Joseph Trihey who made second highest score among local entries; Alfred Rawlinson, Lanneau Foster, Neil Harmon and Mrs. W. D. Compton, Sr., only woman entered in the tourney.
July 03 1949
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, Sunday July 03, 1949
Washington's Hans Berliner (left) Tests Southern Chess Champ Gerry Sullivan
Kit Crittenden, North Carolina Champ, Nester Hernandez Watch Tournament Play—Staff Photo
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, Sunday, July 03, 1949
Teen-Age Champs Spotlighted As Chess Tourney Opens Here
By John Wessells
The conception that a double-domed cranium and the patience of Job are essential accessories for a chess player is taking a beating this week end at the Southern Chess Association's annual tournament here.
Thirty-eight average Americans turned up at Hotel John Marshall yesterday to spend the holidays playing the ancient game. The accent was on teen-agers.
Defending his association title was 18-year-old Gerry Sullivan from Knoxville Tenn., who just completed his sophomore year at th University of Tennessee.
Another sport-shirted champ was Kit Crittenden, 15, who licked a college professor for top honors in North Carolina. Leigh Ribble, Jr., Class A champ of the Richmond Chess Club, at 14 is a strong contender.
Youngsters Strongest
“The strongest players are youngsters just like any sport,” according to J. L. Harrington, a retired executive and lifelong chess devotee. “One of our two American grand masters Sam Rescheveski, toured the country as a prodigy before he was 10.
The group paired off in the roof garden competition, most of them under 21, make up the strongest tournament in years in Harrington's judgment, “The only trouble is that the association had us use the 'Swiss System,' with a time limit on the game” he pointed out.
“In Russia chess is a national game like baseball but over here the players can't even get off work for a national tournament,” Harrington sighed.
In order to get through by Tuesday, each player is limited to two and one-half hours for 50 moves, or an average of three minutes per move, win lose or draw. You get to time your opponent by means of a chess clock, two stop watches mounted together. Push a lever and his clock starts ticking while he thinks. He stops his and starts yours when he moves.
At two games per player per day, that comes out 10 hours of chess daily, but nobody appeared to be getting excited about it. There were some knotted brows among the nonrated players, but most of them wandered around kibitzing or huddled around the ice-water pitcher between moves.
Over-the-shoulder chess is standard procedure, as long as you don't offer any advice. One middle-aged couple attend tournaments together regularly but never play. Tournament chess players can concentrate the kibitzer right out of the picture.
“I used to set up my correspondence games right next to the radio” Harrington said “First thing you know I would come to and Bing Crosby would be over without me hearing a note. Made me so darn mad!”
You can get up a good argument in chess circles over where the game originated. Etchings on the pyramids of Egypt attest that the game was played centuries before Christ but the only agreement seems to he that it was thought up in the East somewhere.
Slightly Complex
Six different types of make it a little complicated but nothing that the man in the street can't tackle, according to C. S. Boggess, another Richmond contestant.
“People think you need an oversize brain to figure the whole game out in advance.” Boggess said, “but even the masters seldom think more than two or three moves in advance. They can't, because they know what the other fellow's going to do.”
Chess is a lot more fun the way they play it in a local department store during lunch hour, according to Boggess. They toss out the books on precise chess and have good name-calling time.
“Only one thing wrong with this tournament,” Boggess said. “They ought to give everybody a 20-minute time limit. Then we could get through with this thing and go home.”
July 04 1949
The Richmond News Leader, Richmond, Virginia, Monday, July 04, 1949
PROXY DECISION—Hans Berliner (left), Washington chess champion, makes a move in a match against Stuart Wagman (right), also of Washington, to determine the winner of a match in the all-Southern tournament here. The two are “adjudicating” a match between Major J. B. Holt, of Long Beach, Fla., and Steven Shaw, of Miami, under the Swiss tournament system because they failed to complete their games in five hours. The “proxy” winner was Shaw. Kibitzing are Kit Crittenden, 15, North Carolina champion, and Carl Burger, 16, of New York.
Questions Fly As Champs Vie For Chess Title
By William Bien
“Do you like the Nimzo-Indian defence to the Queen's Gambit declined?”
“Or do you prefer the fried liver variation in the Two Knights defense?”
Those are common questions being tossed around at random at the Southern Chess Association's annual convention meeting at the Hotel John Marshall.
While ordinary folks are cooling themselves in various vacation spots, 38 chess experts are sweating out the 1949 chess championship, trying to beat 18-year-old Gerry Sullivan, defending champion from Knoxville, Tenn.
ANOTHER THREATENS
One of the top contenders for the crown in another teen-ager, Kit Crittenden, 15, of Raleigh, N.C. He is the son of the director of the archives and history department for the State of North Carolina.
Just recently Crittenden upset several old-timers to win the Tennessee Open, but this is his first really “major-league” test.
Another player to be reckoned with is young Leigh Ribble, Jr., 14, who is Class “A” champ of the Richmond Chess Club.
Martin Southern, president of the Southern Chess Association, says this is the strongest group ever entered in an SCA tourney, despite the fact that a majority of the players are under 21.
Only one woman is entered in the championship play. She is a Richmond housewife, Mrs. Willa White, who also is president of the Richmond Chess Club.
FAST GAME NOW
These tournament players knocked into a cocked hat the outdated idea that chess is a game for people with nothing else to do. They play the game fast nowadays, under the Swiss system used at this tournament. According to the rules each player must make a minimum of 40 moves in the first two hours.
“A game will normally be won in 35 to 55 moves,” says Southern, “but sometimes it takes as many as 100 or more.”
At any rate, the contenders are putting in a full 10-hour day every day of the tournament, scheduled to end tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, that is, unless too many games bog down after the first 100 moves!
Tomorrow afternoon, the various winners will receive trophies, provided by Miller & Rhoads, or cash awards, taken from the $3 entry fee each player must pay to enter.
July 26 1949
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, July 26, 1949
Expert Kibitzing—Arthur Bisguier, center, 19-year-old New York City defending champion, gets the benefit of some expert kibitzing prior to the start Monday night of the National Junior Chess Championship Tournament here. Kit Crittenden, 15, of Raleigh, N.C., champion of his state, is at the left, and Jerry Sullivan, 18, Knoxville, Tenn., champ and former Southern champion is at the right. Bone chessmen being used were brought from Japan by Lt. Carl E. Waldrep, Carsell B-36 pilot, who beat a Nip general in a wordless game.
July 27 1949
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, July 27, 1949
Undefeated 4 Meet Today In Chess Play
Undefeated players will tie into each other Wednesday in the fourth round of the National Junior Chess Championships at Hotel Texas.
Four teenagers came through the close of the third round Tuesday night with their records unblemished by a defeat or tie. They were Arthur Bisguier, 19, New York, defending champion; Jim Cross, 19, Glendale Cal.; Elliott Hearst, 17, New York and Stuart Margulies, 16, Brooklyn.
At 8:30 a. m. Wednesday Hearst and Cross will sit down at one table while Bisguier and Margulies match wits at another.
The 34 other competitors also will begin fourth round contests. Winners of the Hearst-Cross, Bisguier-Margulies matches will meet in the fifth round Wednesday afternoon or night.
The youths will take time out from chess at 1 p m Wednesday for a tour of the Convair plant and a view of the B-36.
Tuesday's results, including Monday's and Tuesday's adjourned games, were:
Second round: Arthur Bisguier, New York defeated Dick Huffman, Denver;
Elliot Hearst defeated Earl Pruner, San Francisco;
Keith Hastings, Islington, Canada, beat James Cook, St. Louis;
Jackie Mayer, Louisville, Ky., beat Richard Carter, Elmwood, Ind.;
Ross Siemms, Toronto, Canada, beat John Middendorf, St. Louis.
Larry Evans, New York, beat Lionel Joyner, Montreal, Canada;
William Addison, Baton Rouge, La., beat Harry Goodman, Chicago;
Myron Frederick, Columbus, Ohio, beat John Walker, Fort Worth;
Kenneth Smith, Dallas, beat James Sherwin, New York.
Carl Cohen, Miami, Fla., beat Lynn Yarborough, Houston;
Kit Crittenden, Raleigh, N.C., beat Robert Johnson, Salt Lake City;
Stuart Margulies, Brooklyn, beat Severin Lwow, Montreal;
Jerry Sullivan, Knoxville, Tenn., beat Raniro Cortes, Denver;
Bill Oaker, Toronto, beat Bob Temple, Dallas;
Richard Harrell, Fort Worth, beat Dan Converse, Standish, Mich.;
George Krauss, New York, beat Duane Merrill, Salt Lake City;
Art Block, Chicago, beat Dan Walker Jr., Fort Worth;
and Jim Cross, Glendale, Cal., beat Jack Kagetsu, Toronto;
Milton Glass, Toronto, beat Ray Sachs, Cleveland.
Third round: Bisguier beat Hastings;
Krauss beat Sachs;
Frederick beat Lwow;
Cross beat Cohen;
Hearst beat Glass;
Huffman beat Mayer;
Pruner beat Oaker;
Cook beat Crittenden;
Cortes beat D. Walker;
Addison beat Converse;
Joyner beat Sullivan;
Johnson beat Yarbrough;
Merrill beat Carter;
Kagetsu because Harrell;
Middendorf beat J. Walker;
Goodman and Temple drew;
Marguiles beat Block;
Smith and Evans drew,
and Seimms and Sherwin drew.
In adjourned games from the first round, Kagetsu beat Cohen; Block beat Yarborough, and Addison and Sherwin drew.
July 28 1949
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, July 28, 1949
New York Youth Takes Lead in Chess Tourney
Arthur Bisguier, 19-year-old New York City defending champion chess champion, forged into the lead of the current championship tourney at Hotel Texas Wednesday, defeating two of his nearest opponents.
Bisguier Wednesday morning defeated Stuart Marguiles of Brooklyn in the fourth round, and then Wednesday afternoon required only 22 moves to defeat Jim Cross of Glendale, Cal., in the fifth round.
The defending champ thus is the only man in the tourney with five consecutive victories.
But young Kenneth Smith of Fort Worth, student at SMU and North Texas champion, remained undefeated and within striking distance of the defending titlist.
Smith, who was tied once, has 4½ points.
August 14 1949
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, August 14, 1949
Kit Crittenden (white) vs. Jim Cross (black)
King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense
August 26 1949
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Friday, August 26, 1949
State Chess Meet Opens Here Tonight
The North Carolina Chess Association will begin its annual championship tournament tonight at the Palms Restaurant with the business session scheduled at 7:30 o'clock and the first round of the tourney following immediately. The Durham Chess Club is the local sponsor for the event. This year's State champion will be declared after play in five rounds of a Swiss System tourney with play also scheduled Saturday and Sunday.
This type tourney is different from a round robin in that entrants will not play every other entrant but rather pairs of contestants will be drawn by lot from groups having like scores. In this manner winners play winners and losers play against losers consequently each successive round becomes more difficult for the front runners, it was said. All ties will be broken by the Sonneborn-Berger System, whereby the person winning from stronger opposition will place ahead of his tie-mate who may have drawn easier opponents.
This tournament will be open to both residents and nonresidents of the State. However, if a nonresident plans first, he will be declared the open champion and the highest-ranking resident will be State champion. Last year's winner, Russell Chauvenet, of College Park, Md., cannot attend this year but Kit Crittenden, of Raleigh, will be present to defend his title as State champion.
Bill Adickes, of Asheville, a recent winner in the South Carolina open and president of N.C.C.A. will direct the tourney. The Durham Chess Club's champion, Bill Peters, will try to recapture the crown he lost last year in Winston-Salem after having won in Durham in 1947.
An added sidelight of the tourney will be the match between players of Durham Chess Club who do not enter the tourney and members of the Log Cabin Chess Club of West Orange, N. J., who after being delayed in Mexico were not able to reach Durham as scheduled Wednesday night.
August 27 1949
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Saturday, August 27, 1949
Scene At Chess Tourney Here—The above shot shows six of the outstanding players in the State Chess Tourney which got under way here last night. Left to right, Kit Crittenden, Raleigh; W. C. Adickes, Asheville; S. A. Agnello, Durham; A. D. Lewis, Clemson, S. C.; M. H. Upchurch, Durham; and W. J. Peters, Durham. Sun Staff Photo.
Ashbrook Is Chess Prexy; Event Starts
Arthur G. Ashbrook of Durham was elected President of the North Carolina Chess Association at the business meeting held here last night. M. H. Upchurch was elected vice-president and Ephraim Solkoff, of Raleigh, was elected Secretary-Treasurer.
Immediately following the business session first round of the tourney was played. First round results are:
W. J. Peters (Durham)— 1,
David Evan (Raleigh)— 0;
Dr. J. U. Gunter (Durham)— 1,
Charles Muller (Durham)— 0;
S. A. Agnello (Durham)— 1,
A. D. Lewis (Clemson, S. C.)— 0;
A. G. Ashbrook (Durham)— 1,
J. M. Scales (Durham)— 0;
W. C. Adickes (Asheville) — 1,
M. H. Upchurch (Durham)— 0;
Eliot Hearst (New York City)— 1,
Dillard Bryan (Durham)— 0;
Kit Crittenden (Raleigh)— 1,
George Harwell (Durham)-0;
R. E. Ware (Durham)— 1,
Ephraim Solkoff (Raleigh)— 0.
Members of the Log Cabin Chess Club, who arrived late into Durham watched the tourney and played “skittles” games with entrants who finished tournament games early.
September 18 1949
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Sunday, September 18, 1949
West Virginia's Allen DuVall is a tough chess nut to crack, a fact to which both former Kentucky Champion Jack Moyse and I can attest. But he does have his bad days (as who doesn't?) and here we find him paying the penalty of faulty development.
Allen DuVall (white) vs. Kit Crittenden (black)
Scandinavian Defense: Panov Transfer
Richard Kujoth vs Charles C Crittenden
Milwaukee (1949)
Queen Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0
