June 06 1949
American Chess Champion 06 Jun 1949, Mon The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Newspapers.comAMERICAN CHESS CHAMPION Weaver W. Adams, chess champion of the United States, who engaged in an exhibition match with some 30 members of the RA Chess Club at the association's lounge, 36 Elgin street, over the weekend.
RA Players Meet Chess Champion 06 Jun 1949, Mon The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Newspapers.comRA Plavers Meet Chess Champion
The American open chess champion, Weaver W. Adams, spent the weekend in Ottawa and took on 14 of the RA Chess club's players in a simultaneous exhibition match at 36 Elgin street.
Mr. Adams considers the game, in which he has become a top ranking player, assists in promoting international goodwill.
“There has been a great increase in playing by mail,” he said “and when the players mail their next move to their opponent, usually they send a friendly note too.”
This is the American chess master's first exhibition match in this country. He was introduced by John F. West, secretary of the RA club.
Defeats Champion
Of the 14 chess players of the RA chess club, one man, T. F. Morris, defeated the champion and another, I. Toewes, held the champion to a draw. The other 12 players went down to more or less simultaneous defeat.
Other players were: Major C. R. Lamoureux, D. Lacourcerie, J. F. West, A. H. Livingston, Jean Pouliot, A. G. Sansome, Mrs. A. G. Sansome, H. H. Ellis, A. A. Toomes, J. B. Bergerin, Hector Payne and Frank Turcotte.
Following his gruelling afternoon, Mr. Adams held a chess lecture in the RA club room in which he played a game with one of the stronger chess players and moved his pieces on a blackboard on the wall, pointing out his reasons for every move as he made them.