September 15 1951
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Saturday, September 15, 1951
PRACTICE GAME—Dr. Aureliano Sanchez Arango, Cuban Minister of Education, seated between wife Estrella and daughter Delia, plays chess with Alexander Bisno. Watching: Times Chess Editor Herman Steiner, second from right, and Alberto Garcia. Times photo
Cuban Minister and Team Here for Chess Match
Cuba's Minister of Education and probable next President was a visitor here yesterday. He came to play a game of chess.
He is Dr. Aureliano Sanchez Arango and he brought his wife Estrella, their daughter Delia, 13, eight of Cuba's leading chess players and the crew of the Cuban government plane that flew them here. Dr. Sanchez Arango himself is a command pilot.
There were 20 aboard the Lockheed Lodestar which landed in midafternoon at Los Angeles International Airport. Among the passengers were wives of several players.
Club vs. Club
The visit was for eight members of the Capablanca Chess Club of Havana to play a group of eight members of the Hollywood Chess Group, headed by Times Chess Editor Herman Steiner.
The two teams will start play at 2 p.m. today in the home of Alexander Bisno, Manhattan Chess Club president, at 1216 Peck Drive. About 40 lovers of the game have been invited to kibitz the contests.
Dr. Sanchez Arango and Bisno will play at a ninth board, resuming an old chess feud.
Progressive Member
Dr. Sanchez Arango is a member of the island republic's Progressive Party which supplanted the Machado regime and is regarded as the party's leading candidate for the contests which will culminate in the final Presidential elections next June 1.
The eight members of the visiting team are Dr. Juan Gonzalez, Rogelio Ortega, Eldis Cobo, Eleazar Jimenez, Alberto Lopez, Andres Navarrete, Otto Estenger and Carlos Rivera.
The Americans headed by Steiner are Isaac Kashdan, James B. Cross, Harry Borochow, Irving Rivise, Eugene Levin, William H. Steckel and Hyman Gordon.
September 16 1951
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, September 16, 1951
Cubans Lose to Hollywood Chess Group
Eight members of the Hollywood Chess Group, headed by Times Chess Editor Herman Steiner, yesterday defeated 8 to 1 a like number of members of the Capablanca Chess Club of Havana in a game played at the home of Alexander Bisno, 1216 S. Peck Drive.
Results of the match:
Alexander Bisno defeated Dr. Aureliano Sanchez Arango. Herman Steiner drew with Dr. Juan Gonzalez. Isaac Kashdan defeated Rogelio Ortega. James B. Cross defeated Eldis Cobo. Harry Borochow defeated Eleazar Jimenez. Irving Rivise defeated Alberto Lopez. Eugene Levin defeated Otto Estenger. William H. Steckel drew with Carlos Rivera. Hyman Gordon defeated J. R. Florido.
