February 28 1954
The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Sunday, February 28, 1954
Carolina Chessmen Cop Championship
The Carolina chess team defeated the City of Durham 4½-3½ in a match which decided the state championship. The Tar Heel chessmen took the state title away from the Durham team, which had won the event for the past four years.
Kit Crittenden led the victors with two wins, running his undefeated streak to six consecutive games. Next weekend the Tar Heels will defend their Southern Intercollegiate title against a field of eight teams. Carolina has won the championship for the past two years in a row.
March 09 1954
The Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 09, 1954
3 In A Row
Carolina Chessmen Crowned Southern Collegiate Champs
The Carolina chess team won their third Southern Intercollegiate title in a row here last weekend as they scored 18½ points to top their nearest rival, the University of Virginia, by five points. It was the second consecutive year that the Tar Heels did not lose a match in capturing the crown.
Kit Crittenden was honored as the outstanding player of the tournament, winning four straight matches against the toughest competition that the visiting teams could provide. Pete Henderson, playing in the number two spot, won five in a row for Carolina.
On the first day of the meet, the Tar Heels drew a bye, and did not have any competition until Saturday morning. Then they toppled William and Mary, 3-1, and defeated Davidson, 3½-½, in the afternoon, to find themselves holding on to a lead of half a point.
From then on the Tar Heels couldn't be headed as they whitewashed N. C. State, 4-0, in the morning, and defeated Virginia by the same score in the fifth round of play. Going into the sixth round, they had already scored enough points to put the tourney on ice, but they smashed Richmond 6-0 to put on the finishing touches. Two of the matches against the Spiders were unofficial.
Other participants on the Carolina team were Jack Godfrey (4-0), Doug Kahn (2 wins, 2 ties) and Robert Hubbard (2 wins, 1 tie).
July 06 1954
The Robesonian, Lumberton, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 06, 1954
CHESS CHAMP
ATLANTA (AP)—Airman 1.C. George Krauss from Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, N.C., won the 33rd annual championship at the weekend tournament of Southern Chess Assn.
Forty-nine players from 10 competed in the three-day event and another North Carolinian, Kit Crittenden of Raleigh, took second place and the junior championship trophy.
Others in the top 10 included R. B. Hayes, Greenville, S.C.; Dr. A. M. Jenkins, Raleigh and Charles W. Rider, Norfolk, Va.
August 23 1954
The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, August 23, 1954
Chess Instructor.
Kit Crittenden, holder of the State open and the State closed championships, will be guest instructor for the meeting of the Youth Center Chess Club at 8 p.m. tomorrow night at the Young Women's Christian Association. Mr. Crittenden also holds the North Carolina-South Carolina title. In the recent National Collegiate Championships, he placed seventh. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he will continue his studies in the fall toward his Master's Degree in Philosophy.
November 26 1954
The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Friday, November 26, 1954
Local Man Is Winner In Chess Tournament
Kit Crittenden of Raleigh won first place, and $25, in the N. C. Chess Association's “30-30” Tournament held here recently in the Pullen Park recreation building. Players from throughout the State participated.
Dr. Hornstein of Southport won second place, and $10; Ivars Strals of Fort Bragg won third place, and $5. Other winners were:
George Proll of Duke University and Douglas Kahn of the University of North Carolina, both of whom tied for fourth and fifth place; Miloslav Nekvasil of the University of North Carolina, Albert Margolis, St. Paul's seventh; Oliver Hutaff, Wilmington, eighth; Ronald Simpson, Fayetteville, ninth.
Dr. Lanneau Foster, Columbia, S. C., 10th; J. Browne Evans of St. Paul's and J. S. Townsend of Smithfield, tied for 11th and 12th places; L. M. Gilbert, Maxton, 13th; O. N. Rich, Raleigh, 14th; and W. E. Cox, Southern Pines, 15th.
