September 02 1952
Ledger-Star, Norfolk, Virginia, Tuesday, September 02, 1952
Herbert Avram New Chess Champ
Herbert Avram, of Arlington, is Virginia's new champion chess player.
Avram, former holder of championships in New York and New England, was named winner of the Virginia Chess Federation following a tournament conducted Monday in Hotel Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
The new State champion is rated as a master player. He took top honors after winning five and one-half games and totaling the most points.
The Sonnenburg-Berger method of scoring points was used in the tournament.
Second-place winner was Malcolm Wiener, of Washington D.C. with five and one-half games to his credit. C. B. Spencer, of Portsmouth, captured third-place honors with five games.
Others entered in the tournament and their games follow:
Russell Chauvenet, Silver Springs Md., 4½;
Anthony Pabon, Jr., Roanoke 4½;
S. V. McCasland, Charlottesville, 4;
Donald Stetzer, Washington, 4;
G. F. Miller Washington, 4;
Edmund Nash, Washington, 3½;
Leonard Moegan, Roanoke, 3½;
John R. Rice, Washington, 3½;
Martin Seidelman, Falls Church, 3½.
Rodney Baine, Richmond, 3;
William Poff, Vickers, 3;
Jack Palmer, Richmond, 2;
C. W. Riden, Norfolk, 3;
Herman Wobus, Norfolk, 3;
W. R. Triplett, Portsmouth, 2;
William Bell, Norfolk, 1; and Nathan Safian, Portsmouth, 1.
The tournament for Labor Day, 1953, will be held in Richmond and will be a closed contest open only to residents of Virginia. An open tournament will be conducted during the year with the time and place to be announced at a later date.
