Wilfred Bland, 1912

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June 20 1912

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, June 20, 1912

Wilfred Bland of 1208 South Fourth street, Minneapolis, Minn., the secretary of the Western Chess Association, informs The Eagle that the annual association championship meeting will take place at Excelsior, Minn., on Lake Minnetonka, during the week beginning August 19. The intention is to make this gathering a general reunion of the chess players of the Middle West. Besides the championship contest, there will be a match between players from East and West of the Mississippi. Last year Charles Blake of Winnipeg acquired the title of Western champion. E. P. Elliott of Minneapolis is president of the association.

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Wilfred Bland, 1971

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October 27 1971

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Wednesday, October 27, 1971

Wilfred Bland, age 86, residence Minneapolis Athletic Club, formerly of 3516 Holmes Ave. on Monday. Survived by 2 sons Philip of La Canada, California, Hubert of Richfield, New Jersey; member of Appolo, Evergreen, Portland, Curling, Minneapolis Golf, American Contract Bridge, American Chess Club, T.C. Skating Assoc. & Auction Bridge League and member of Joppa Lodge #300 A.F.+A.M. Services will be held at Davies Mortuary, Harmon Place at 14th St. Thursday morning 11 o'clock. Interment Lakewood. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Wed.

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Wilfred Bland, 1918

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September 12 1918

Wilfred Bland, Military Registration, September 12, 1918

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Wilfred Bland, 1911

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September 10 1911

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsyvlania, Sunday, September 10, 1911

Western Chess Association Players at Excelsior, Minnesota
From left to right—William Widmeyer, champion North Dakota; John Levi Clark of Lincoln, Neb., late champion Boston Chess Club; Murray Goldsmith, champion of Ohio; C. S. Conper of Rochester, Minn.; Wilfred Bland, secretary Minneapolis Chess Club; Harry Kline of Denver, Col.; Eina Michelson, ex-champion, W. C. Assn; Dare Barkuloo of Minneapolis, boy of 14, who plays a remarkable game; Harry Fowler Lee of Chicago, a widely known player, oldest in the group; Charles Blake of Winnipeg, Manitoba, winner of the tournament; Edward Schrader of St. Louis; Abe Blieden of Kansas City, and E. P. Elliot of Minneapolis, Minnesota, secretary treasurer of the Western Chess Association.

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Wolfram Bialas, 1963

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April 29 1963

The Guardian Journal, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, Monday, April 29, 1963

Karaklaic keeps chess title
Yugoslav international chess master Nikolai Karaklaic (37), a journalist, on Saturday retained his championship in the 11 round International Chess Congress at Bognor Regis. He defeated Arthur Hall (28), of Hastings, in a brilliant end game to score nine points from 11 games.
Karaklaic was followed by two West Germans each with eight points. They are Hans Hecht (24) and Wolfram Bialas (27), both of the University of Berlin.
Following them with seven-and-a-half points each were Ronald Fuller (28) from Ilford, Essex, and another Yugoslav Branko Grosek (28). Fuller also became the new Southern Counties Chess Union Champion.

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Wolfram Bialas, 1960

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November 06 1960

Wolfram Bialas vs Samuel Schweber
Leipzig Olympiad Final-A (1960), Leipzig GDR, rd 10, Nov-06
Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Fianchetto Variation (B31) 0-1

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Mahlon Forrest Cleaver, 1951

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1951

Mahlon F. Cleaver, Allentown High School, 1951 Yearbook, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Mahlon F. Cleaver, Chess Club, Allentown High School, 1951 Yearbook, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

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Mahlon Forrest Cleaver, 1954

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September 12 1954

Pennsylvania State Chess Championship

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, September 12, 1954

Contestants Assemble
This morning found contestants arriving by auto, plane and train. The Allentown delegation, headed by Tom Gutekunst, former State champion, included Mahlon Cleaver, Junior Champion, Woody Young, Martin Simsak and Paul Sherr. Don McClellan, another ex-champion came in from Pittsburgh. Bob Sobel, defending champion, together with Charles Kalme, the schoolboy wizard from Philadelphia drove out with Walter Hall; Mary Selensky arrived by plane; Mease and Zitzman came from Reading. We were certainly well pleased to find that 15 of the 53 entries were registered from Philadelphia.

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Mahlon Forrest Cleaver, 1957

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1957

Muhlenberg College, 1957, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Chess Club
The Muhlenberg Chess Club, under the advisorship of M. M. Chatfield, has a membership of seventeen. Now in its third year, the club was organized to promote wider interest in chess among Muhlenberg students and to foster tournament competition with other institutions.
Each club meeting was the scene of Herculean quiet mental effort as members practiced for tournament competition. During the past year, such teams as Lehigh, Ursinus, Franklin and Marshall, and Western Electric were among the opponents. The highlight of the club's activities was participation in the U.S. Intercollegiate Team Tournament, at Philadelphia.
The outstanding fear of the year was accomplished by Fred Mihalow, who executed a four-move checkmate against his F&M opponent. Participation in this game cultivates both memory and reason, and at the same time provides on of the most fascinating recreations.

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Mahlon Forrest Cleaver, 1963

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March 17 1963

March 17, 1963, Mahlon Forrest Cleaver, Death Certificate

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March 18 1963

The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Monday, March 18, 1963

Man Found Dead In His Apartment
Mahlon Cleaver, 28, of 528 Turner St., Allentown, was found dead yesterday in the apartment building where he lived.
John Tomecsek Jr. of Walnutport found the body.
Dr. Fred C. Knappenberger of Fullerton, a deputy Lehigh County coroner, said Cleaver died of a self inflicted gunshot wound of the forehead and listed the death as a suicide. Police said a .38 caliber revolver was used.
Services will be announced from the Trexler Funeral Home, 1625 Highland St., Allentown.

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March 19 1963

The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, March 19, 1963

Cleaver Survivors
Mahlon Cleaver, 27, of 528 Turner St., Allentown, who died Sunday at his home, was a native of Allentown and a son of Myron A. and Tessie (Telepchak) Cleaver.
He was graduated from Allen High School, completing the four-year course in two years, and entered Lafayette College at 16 on a Ford Foundation Scholarship. He was graduated from Muhlenberg College in 1959.
In 1954 and 1955 he was Allentown city chess champion. He was also Lehigh Valley champion and tri-state champion.
His paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mamie Cleaver of Allentown also survives.
Services will be at the convenience of the family in the Trexler Funeral Home, 1625 Highland St., Allentown.

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Robert Gary Cross, 1953

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1953

Robert G. Cross, Birth Year circa 1937
School: 1953, Burbank High School, Burbank, California

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Robert Gary Cross, 1954

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1954

Vol. 4, No. 4, California Chess Reporter, December 1954. Robert Cross, Santa Monica.

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Robert Gary Cross, 1955

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August 1955

U.S. Open Chess Championship, California Chess Reporter, August 1955. Santa Monica Chess Clubhouse, Lincoln Park: Santa Monica Chess Club (seated) W. Sloan, Mr. Collins, Sr., unknown, Herbert Abel, Otto H. Wentcher and John Keckhut (standing) B. Mintz, Paul Wrangell, unknown, R. Sale, Dr. B. Collins, J. Hatfield, E. Edwards, Robert G. Cross and Ray Martin.

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U.S. Open Chess Championship, California Chess Reporter, August 1955. 1955 Santa Monica “A” Team (lower) Ray Martin and Herbert Abel (upper) Robert G. Cross and John Keckhut.

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Robert Gary Cross, 1956

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August 28 1956

The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet, Van Nuys, California, Tuesday, August 28, 1956

Matching Field of 21 contestants in a simultaneous-chess exhibition at Orcutt Park, sponsored by West Valley Chess Club, is Robert Cross of Santa Monica, standing left. Cross, 21, one of Southern California's top players, won 15 matches and drew in six others. Included in field facing him are Robert Hamman, tournament director, and R. E. Cunningham, club president, seated at right. The News Photo.

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November 1956

Vol. 6, No. 4, California Chess Reporter, November 1956, Robert Cross

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Robert Gary Cross, 1993

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December 15 1993

Robert Gary Cross, Grave Marker

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Einar Michelsen, 1903

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August 1903

August 09-21, 1903 Kristiania, Oslo, Norway, Biannual Nordic Chess Federation Congress. Einar Michelsen is featured at the back right, with head turned around facing camera.

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Participants of the Nordic Chess Congress, Kristiania 1903. Michelsen is standing in the back row, second from left.

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Einar Michelsen, 1907

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1907

American Chess Bulletin 1907, p. 193

Einar Michelsen, Western Champion
E. Michelsen, of Chicago, and winner of the championship tournament of the Western Chess Association, held at Excelsior last August, was born in Odense, Denmark, in 1885, and learned to play chess when about fifteen years of age. He devoted considerable time after learning the game to composing and solving problems, and, when sixteen years old, took the first prize for composing a three-mover, offered by the Berlin Illustrated Zeitung. He played in the minor tournaments in Denmark during his school days, always making a good score. After finishing his studies in school, he went from Odense to Copenhagen, where he worked in a book store. Thence he went to Stockholm and staid about a year. During these years he still devoted a good deal of time to composing problems, and played occasionally. He then went to Christiana, Norway, from which place he came to Chicago, arriving there in 1905. Since that time he has been playing more or less at the Chicago Chess Club. He joined this club in 1906, after winning one of the simultaneous games played by Lee, a condition of the seance being that the winner of any game against the single player should be given a free membership. Of late he has not devoted much time to problems. At the annual tournament of the Western Chess Association, one year ago, he did not get a place in the finals, not winning half his games in the qualification rounds; but this year was able to beat them all. He occupies a position with the Mitchen Woolen Co., in Chicago, and will no doubt be heard from again in important tournaments.

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Einar Michelsen, 1911

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August 22 1911

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tuesday, August 22, 1911

The Western Chess association, after trying Chicago and St. Louis, returned yesterday to Excelsior, Lake Minnetonka, for its twelfth tournament. Several of the old guard were missing, notably Dr. Bigelow of St. Paul, A. Rosen of Minneapolis and Louis Uedemann of Chicago, the latter for the first time since the earliest days of the association. George Wolbrecht of St. Louis, champion of 1910, was restrained by his engineering duties, and Oscar Chajes, champion of 1910, is by invitation representing the United States in the great Carlsbad masters' tournament. But Casia's lure is ever drawing new votaries to her shrine, as the following fairly representative list of entries shows: E. P. Elliott, champion 1909; Dave Barkuloo and W. Bland, Minneapolis; E. F. Schrader, St. Louis; W. H. Widmeyer, Denver, Col.; H. Kline, Kansas City; A. Blieden, Sigourney, Iowa; John F. Seymour, Lincoln, Neb.; J. L. Clark, Winnipeg, Man.; Charles Blake, Chicago; Einar Michelson, Harry F. Lee, Cincinnati.
Besides these who started in the first round, J. S. Morrison, Toronto; B. F. Paul, Blairstown, Iowa; C. C. Kanaga, Denver, and Dr. E. Schrader, Greenwich, Ind., withdrew their names, so that a most representative tourney was short of its promised scope.
The only games of note were those between Widmeyer and Lee and Goldsmith and Elliott. Widmeyer is a natural born chess player, who, without practice, comes to this tournament to lock horns with the best, year after year. His game with Lee, a very strong player, showed this. Goldsmith and Elliot are zealous rivals of equal force, and both played sound chess.

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August 25 1911

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Friday, August 25, 1911

Chess
The Western Chess association's tournament at Excelsior has arrived at a point where prediction is possible. It looks like Michelson or Blake, but both have hard games to play. Michelson, the hardest and it may depend on the last battle between the two. Schrader seems off and is entirely out of it.
The seventh round of the Widmeyer and Elliott game adjourned in favor of Widmeyer. Clark beat Barkuloo, Lee beat Seymour, Michelson beat Blieden, Bland beat Couper and Blake beat Schrader in an end game which should have been a draw.
In the eighth round, Michelson beat Widmeyer, Kline beat Seymour and Lee beat Barkuloo after a hard struggle in which the boy showed chess and steadiness against so able a veteran. Couper had a chance to beat Blieden, but ultimately lost. Schrader beat Clark, Blake should at least have drawn with Elliot, but his end play was not up to his usual standard. The Goldsmith-Bland game adjourned.
Among the expert chess players visiting and keenly following the games was Professor Kinney of Kenyon.
Score in full

             Won.    Lost.   Draw.   Total.
Blake          7       1       0       7
Michelson      7       1       0       7
Elliott        5       2       1       3½
Schrader       4       2       2       5
Blieden        4       3       1       4½
A. Goldsmith   3       1       2       4
Clark          4       3       1       4½
Lee            4       4       0       4
A. Kline       3       3       1       3½
Barkuloo       3       5       0       3
Widmeyer       3       5       0       3
A. Bland       2       5       0       2
Couper         7       7       0       1
Seymour        0       8       0       0

Schedule for today; Morning: Bland vs. Seymour, Blieden vs. Goldsmith, Widmeyer vs. Couper, Blake vs. Michelson, Clark vs. Elliot, Barkuloo vs. Schrader, Kline vs. Lee. Afternoon: Elliot vs. Barkuloo, Michelson vs. Clark, Couper vs. Blake, Goldsmith vs. Widmeyer, Seymour vs. Blieden, Kline vs. Bland, Lee vs. Schrader.

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September 10 1911

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsyvlania, Sunday, September 10, 1911

Western Chess Association Players at Excelsior, Minnesota
From left to right—William Widmeyer, champion North Dakota; John Levi Clark of Lincoln, Neb., late champion Boston Chess Club; Murray Goldsmith, champion of Ohio; C. S. Conper of Rochester, Minn.; Wilfred Bland, secretary Minneapolis Chess Club; Harry Kline of Denver, Col.; Eina Michelson, ex-champion, W. C. Assn; Dare Barkuloo of Minneapolis, boy of 14, who plays a remarkable game; Harry Fowler Lee of Chicago, a widely known player, oldest in the group; Charles Blake of Winnipeg, Manitoba, winner of the tournament; Edward Schrader of St. Louis; Abe Blieden of Kansas City, and E. P. Elliot of Minneapolis, Minnesota, secretary treasurer of the Western Chess Association.

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Einar Michelsen, 1914

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June 20 1914

Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia, Saturday, June 20, 1914

CHESS EXPERTS TO MEET.
Einar Michelsen, Western Champion, to Play N. T. Whitaker.
A chess game, considered by devotees as of unusual interest is scheduled to be played in the rooms of the Washington Chess and Whist Club tomorrow evening, when Einar Michelsen, the western champion, will meet the local master. N. T. Whitaker, in an informal match. Mr. Michelsen is said to be the strongest player west of the Alleghenies.
This evening at 8 o'clock in the rooms of the Washington Chess and Whist Club, 908 14th street northwest, Mr Michelsen will give a simultaneous exhibition, to which all players of the city are invited.

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Einar Michelsen, 1915

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April 22 1915

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, 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.)

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Oscar Chajes, 1914

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March 24 1914

The Stirling Observer, Stirling, Central Region, Scotland, Tuesday, March 24, 1914

New York Championship.—The championship tournament of the New York Chess Association has resulted in R. T. Black and J. Rosenthal tieing for first and second places, F. J. Marshall being third, and 0. Chajes fourth. To come out ahead of such a master as Marshall is a proud distinction, and it is curious to note that the American champion has on two former occasions been an unsuccessful competitor in these tournaments.

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Oscar Chajes, 1913

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January 20 1913

The Montana Record-Herald, Helena, Montana, Monday, January 20, 1913

CHESS EXPERTS IN TOURNAMENT
FOURTEEN LEADERS OF GAME MATCH WITS AT NEW YORK CLUB
New York, Jan 20.—The opening round of the second American National Chess tournament was begun yesterday at the Manhattan Chess club with only 14 players entered.
Only 12 men were at the boards, David Janowski, French champion and F. J. Marshall, United States champion, having postponed their match until today. The other contestants are:
J. R. Capablanca of Havana; Oscar Chajes, Chicago; L. B. Zapoleon, Washington; H. Rubinstein, Baltimore; N. T. Whitaker, Philadelphia; Harry Kline, Boston; J. S. Morrison, Toronto; J. Stapfer, New Jersey champion, and Charles Jaffe, A. Kupchik, A. Tenewurzel and S. Rubinstein, New York.
Capablanca, Kupchik and Stapfer each won his game respectively from Liebenstein, Zapoleon and Rubinstein. The contest between Morrison and Chajes, Tenewurzel and Jaffe and Whitaker and Kline all were drawn.

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Oscar Chajes, 1912

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February 29 1912

Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, New York, Thursday, February 29, 1912

JAFFE NODS; CHAJES WINS CHESS MATCH
New York, Feb. 29.—Oscar Chajes of Chicago and Charles Jaffe of this city contested the second game of their series at the rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club yesterday with the result that the former Western champion won after forty-six moves and tied the score. Jaffe had the white side of a queen's pawn which was developed on both sides with excellent judgment.
Jaffe won a pawn on the thirty-seventh move, as the Chicagoan had jeopardized it in order to leave bishops commanding squares of different color on the board. With only queens and bishops to work with a draw should have been the result, but Jaffe, at his forty-sixth turn, committed a grievous oversight, costing him a piece and the game.

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Oscar Chajes, 1911

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January 23 1911

The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Monday, January 23, 1911

BIG CHESS TOURNEY
BEST PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY START IN FIRST ROUND.
New York, Jan. 22.—Play in the national chess tournament, in which are entered the best metropolitan experts and representatives of Boston and Chicago, in addition to F. J. Marshall, United States champion, and J. R. Capablanca, Cuban champion, began in New York shortly before noon to-day. Capablanca, who will arrive from Cuba in time to start in the second round to-morrow, was the only absentee and was given his bye in the opening round.
The winners of the opening round were F. Marshall, R. T. Black, champion of the Brooklyn Chess Club; Charles Jaffe, Paul Johner and Oscar Chajes of Chicago, the Illinois State champion. Only one drawn game was recorded and this was credited to A. F. Kreymberg of this city against Albert B. Hodges, the Staten Island player. The players were paired as follows: Morris vs. Johner, Jaffa vs. Baird, Black vs. Smith, Marshall vs. Walcott, Hodges vs. Kreymberg, Chajes vs. Tenennulzel, Capablanca, a bye.
Chief interest centres around Marshall and Walcott, the new England champion. The contest was unexpectedly short, lasting only thirty-four movies, when it was scored to Marshall's credit as a result of Walcott's overstepping the time limit.

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Oscar Chajes, 1927

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January 16 1927

The Pittsburgh Post, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sunday, January 16, 1927

Kupchik and Chajes Win.
While Kupchik won his game from Jaffe in the third round of the tournament at the I. L. Rice Progressive Chess Club, Chajes disposed of Kashdan in his best style. Both games were at the Ruy Lopez, in which Kupchik and Chajes conducted the white pieces.
The scores:

Abraham Kupchik vs Charles Jaffe
Rice Progressive CC ch (1926), New York, NY, rd 3
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 1-0

Oscar Chajes vs Isaac Kashdan
Rice Progressive Memorial (1926), New York, NY USA
Spanish Game: Open Variations. Classical Defense (C83) 1-0

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Oscar Chajes, 1928

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February 29 1928

The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, Wednesday, February 29, 1928

FORMER CHAMPION CHESS PLAYER DEAD
New York, Feb. 29 (A.P.)—Oscar Chajes, a familiar figure in chess circles in the United States and abroad died yesterday, following a collapse Monday, after a recent sickness. He was 54 years old.
Chajes was born in Galicia, studied medicine at the University of Vienna, and came to the United States in 1904. In 1909 he won the Western Chess Association championship and in 1911 participated in the international chess tournament at Carlsbad. At various times he was champion of Illinois and New York.
At a tournament in 1918 he was the only competitor to win a game from Jose Capablanca. In 1918 he defeated Janowski, 7 to 5, with 10 games drawn.

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March 01 1928

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, March 01, 1928

Oscar Chajes Is Buried by Hermann Helms
Demise of Oscar Chajes.
Oscar Chajes, for many years financial secretary of the I. L. Rice Progressive Chess Club of this city, of which he has held the championship in addition to being champion at different times of New York State, Illinois and the Western Chess Association, died early Tuesday at Bellevue Hospital in his 55th year. He had only recently been convalescing from an illness and was found Monday unconscious in his room at 15 E. 21st st., Manhattan. He died without regaining consciousness.
The burial took place yesterday afternoon from the Alpert Funeral Chapel, 216 Lenox ave., Manhattan, with representatives of the leading chess clubs in attendance. The interment was in the plot of the Abraham Goldfader Mutual Benefit Association at the Riverside Cemetery, Rochelle Park, N. J.
Chajes was born in the city of Brody, Galacia, Austrian Poland, but had been a resident of this country since 1904 and a citizen since 1910. Abroad he studied medicine at the University of Vienna, where an uncle of his, Rabbi Chajes, died recently. He won the Western championship in 1909, and he was a participant in the international tournaments at Carlsbad in 1911 and 1923. When champion in the Manhattan Chess Club in 1918, Chajes defeated David Janowski in a match by 7 to 3, with 10 draws. Chajes was the only one of 14 competitors able to win a game from Jose R. Capablanca in the Rice-Memorial Tournament in 1916, in which he won third prize.

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Oscar Chajes, 1926

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August 19 1926

Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Thursday, August 19, 1926

Chess Wizards Meet Here For U.S. Tournament
Chess champions from all over the country are arriving in the city for the annual convention of the Western Chess association, and the national chess tournament coupled with the championship tournament of the Western association at the Hotel La Salla from Aug. 21 to Sept. 2. Eighteen hundred dollars in prizes is offered.
The contestants as already listed are Frank J. Marshall of Brooklyn, N. Y., present national champion; Carlos Torre of Mexico City, champion of Mexico; Geza Maroczy, champion of Hungary; J. W. Showalter of Georgetown, Ky. former U. S. champion; Newell W. Banks of Detroit, checker champion of the United States; Oscar Chajes of New York, former western champion; Samuel D. Factor of Chicago, former western champion; A. J. Fink of San Francisco, champion of the Pacific coast; Lewis J. Isaacs of Chicago, former champion of Illinois, and, Edward Lasker of Chicago, former western champion.

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Oscar Chajes, 1910

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February 13 1910

Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Sunday, February 13, 1910

Chajes Wins Twelve Games.
Oscar Chajes, champion of the Western Chess association, met sixteen players in a simultaneous exhibition last Monday at the Chicago Chess and Checker club. Of these he defeated twelve and lost to four. The winners were: H. Abrahams, D. Hutchinson, E. Michelsen, and T. L. Reeve, while W. L. Cox, W. R. Doolittle, H. F. Doyle, A. J. Ebner, J. S. Junkin, G. H. Knover, M. Levy, W. J. Platten, F. Powell, J. Shallcross, and N. Spira lost their games.

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Oscar Chajes, 1925

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January 04 1925

Times Union, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, January 04, 1925

CHAJES RETAINS LEAD.
Oscar Chajes, by defeating J. Berman in the fifth round, maintained his clean record in the championship tournament at the I. L. Rice Progressive Chess Club yesterday. His score is 5-0. H. Steiner is a close second with 4½-½.
Steiner, after winning his adjourned game from Berman, drew with Mishook. C. Jaffe, 3½-½, and A. Kupchik, 1-1, are third and fourth, respectively.

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Oscar Chajes, 1909

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August 21 1909

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Saturday, August 21, 1909

CHESS TOURNAMENT
Chajes Takes the Lead in Western Tourney
Chicago Expert Wins Both His Matches in Play of Friday.
Champion Elliott Loses and Now Out of the Running.
Several things happened during the ninth and tenth rounds in the chess tournament of the Western Chess association at Excelsior yesterday. Chajes, defeating Coombes in the morning and Stacy in the afternoon, made himself leader by half a point. Goldsmith lost to Erdeky in the afternoon and dropped back. He also has an adjourned game with Schraeder. Widmeyer lost to Uedeman in the afternoon in his first weak game. Elliott lost both games, one to Wolbrecht and one to Blake, thus practically cutting out his chance of retaining the championship. With an adjourned game to play with Goldsmith which looks like a draw, each having a knight and two pawns, E. F. Schraeder practically is practically tied with Chajes for first place, making this tussle between St. Louis and Chicago. Goldsmith and Uedeman, with seven points each, are by no means out of the running.

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Oscar Chajes, 1924

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February 04 1924

Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Monday, February 04, 1924

Foreign Chess Stars to Sail For U.S. Soon
New York, Feb. 3—[Special]—Plans for the New York International Chess Masters' tournament opening at Hotel Alamac March 16, have progressed so far that arrangements have been completed for the five foreign experts, who will make a special trip here to compete, to sail on the steamship President Cleveland of the United States lines, leaving Hamburg Feb. 27.
Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Richard Red, Dr. S. Tartakower, E. Bogoljubov, and Geza Maroczy constitute the foreign contingent. All of these players are certain to come. A place will be left open for Sir George Thomas of London, the British chess champion, who has not yet responded to the invitation.
Alexander Alekhine, the Russian champion, now is in Chicago. Jose R. Capablanca of Havana, the world's champion, expects to be here about March 10. The other experts are in this country. They are Frank J. Marshall, David Janowski, Edward Lasker, A. Kupchik, and O. Chajes. The competition will be limited to twelve contestants.

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Oscar Chajes, 1922

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April 18 1922

New-York Tribune, New York, New York, Tuesday, April 18, 1922

Announce Chess Team to Play Argentine Club
A powerful team of six experts has been selected by the Manhattan Chess Club for the cable match with the Argentine Chess Club of Buenos Ayres to be contested next Sunday and play in which will last from 10 o'clock in the morning until midnight. The tournament committee of the club, consisting of Robert Raubitschek (chairman) and Leonard B. Meyer, yesterday gave out the following list as the official team:
Board 1, Oscar Chajes; 2, Roy T. Black; 3, Albert Marder; 4, Jacob Rosenthal; 5, Alfred Schroeder; 6, Harold M. Phillips. Substitutes, F. K. Perkins, L. B. Meyers and Robert Raubitschek. Walter Penn Shipley, president of the Franklin Chess Club, of Philadelphia, will act as referee of the match.

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Oscar Chajes, 1908

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July 27 1908

The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Monday, July 27, 1908

The match between L. Uedemann and O. Chajes is proceeding steadily at Chicago, Uedemann having won the first and second games, and Chajes the third. The players do not consume the limit of twenty moves per hour. The first game was an Evans Gambit, offered by Chajes; the second a Petroff defense, and in the third Uedemann declined an Evans Gambit, but lost the game. Following is the score of the second partie:

Louis Uedemann vs Oscar Chajes
Match (1908), Chicago, IL USA, rd 2
Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Variation (C43) 1-0

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Oscar Chajes, 1921

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May 29 1921

The Washington Post, Washington, District of Columbia, Sunday, May 29, 1921

Chajes Loses to Hodges.
Two of the York city experts were matched in a recent interclub contest in Manhattan, and Hodges, by some brilliant play, gained an advantage in midgame which he maintained, winning 34 moves by the following score:

Oscar Chajes vs Albert Hodges
Rice Progressive CC - Marshall CC m (1921), New York, NY USA, rd 2, Feb-12
Philidor Defense: General (C41) 0-1

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Oscar Chajes, 1907

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November 03 1907

Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Sunday, November 03, 1907

Oscar Chajes to Give Exhibition Open to All on Tuesday Evening.
By L. UEDEMANN.
At the West Side Chess club, which now has its quarters at 211 Twelfth street, the winter season was opened last Monday by Einer Michelsen, the young champion of the Western Chess association, who met twelve of the members in simultaneous play. The single player annexed ten scalps, but the other games went against him.
Tuesday evening the club's champion, Oscar Chajes, will give a similar exhibition and players from any part of the city are invited to take a board, but, to be sure of a game, must bring their boards and men. The club is arranging for a handicap tournament which style of contest, in most chess clubs is of greater advantage to all classes of players than even tournaments.
The tournament committee of the Chicago Chess and Checker club has arranged a program for every Monday of the season and this night will be open to non-members. There will be simultaneous play Nov. 11, Dec. 4, Jan. 13, Feb. 10, and March 9. The above dates are at the same time special “ladies nights.” Lectures on openings or other chess talks take place Nov. 18, Dec. 16, Jan. 26, Feb. 17 and March 16.

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Oscar Chajes, 1905

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Oscar Chajes, Portrait, estimated 1903-1905.

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May 21 1905

Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Sunday, May 21, 1905

Brooklyn To Play Chess With Chicago Experts.
Telegraphic Match for Sixteen a Side Scheduled Between Eastern Team and Local Cracks for Memorial Day.
[By E. Kemeny.]
A telegraphic match, sixteen players a side, between the Brooklyn and the Chicago Chess clubs is scheduled for Memorial day. The two clubs have had two similar encounters, each club winning one match. Dr. E. Lasker, who will be the referee, probably will be in Chicago at the time of play.
Lasker's simultaneous play at the Chicago Chess club was a success principally on account of the numerous pretty games that came about. Out of thirty-seven games he lost but four.

Emanuel Lasker vs Oscar Chajes
Simul, 37b (1905) (exhibition), Chicago, IL USA, May-06
Center Game: Accepted (C21) 0-1

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Oscar Chajes, 1923

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February 16 1923

Oscar Chajes, Passport Photo

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Oscar Chajes, Passport Application

Oscar Chajes, Passport Application

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April 27 1923

Jacob Bernstein and Oscar Chajes, Carlsbad Chess Tournament, April 27 to May 22, 1923.

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