May 09 1947
Boston Chess Master Here to Show Skill 09 May 1947, Fri The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.comBoston Chess Master Here to Show Skill
Weaver W. Adams of Boston, a member of the American chess team which met a Russian team at Moscow last year and lost arrived here yesterday for a series of lectures and exhibitions of his favorite game.
Adams is the author of a book, “White to Play and Win,” which promotes the theory that the white pieces have a winning advantage in the first move if the player exercises precision skill against his opponent.
He will appear tonight at the Los Feliz Chess Club, 3401 Riverside Drive, and again Sunday night before the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave.