AAugust 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.
