AApril 29 1929
Twenty Years Ago In Cincinnati 29 Apr 1929, Fri The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com
TWENTY YEARS AGO IN CINCINNATI
(APRIL 29, 1929)
Forty-seven of Greater Cincinnati's best chess players, watched by a large gallery of spectators, took boards into the gold room of the Cincinnati Club to match their skill with that of Dr. Alexander Alekhine, Russian exile and world chess champion. The play began at 8:30 p. m. and the first man down was J. Nader, who lost on the 10th move. Col. C. O. Sherrill lost his game late at night after the 21st move. Dr. Alekhine moved rapidly from board to board, but the play continued into the early morning hours. Paul Buttenweiser, using the Vienna gambit, won a game from the champion who resigned after Buttenweiser's 30th move.
October 27, 1929
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, October 27, 1929
Last week's results in the local club's 1930 major tourney: Buttenweiser 1, Holt 0; Holt ½, Bierwirth ½; Sawyer 1, Gibbs 0; Borochow 1, Lamb 0; Whipple 0, Scholtz 1; Grabill 0, Buttenweiser 1; Scholtz 0, Borochow 1. Borochow says he was lucky to win from the high-school expert, Willis Lamb. Local High-School Champ Sobral and City Champ Patterson had a battle royal, the latter having the edge at adjournment. Grabill, with a won position, ran over the time limit and lost to Buttenweiser. Borochow made a pretty knight sacrifice to force a win against Doc Scholtz.
November 03 1929
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, November 03, 1929
The Los Angeles Chess Club's 1930 major tourney saw only three games finished last week, as follows: Buttenweiser 1, Sobral 0; Gibbs 1, Holt 0; Lamb 0, Whipple 1. City Champion Patterson is the only one with a clean score of wins. Buttenweiser, former Cincinnati expert, is second with no losses but has one draw charged against him. Grabill has withdrawn and the few games he played have been canceled.
December 01 1929
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, December 01, 1929
In the Los Angeles Chess Club's 1930 major championship tourney the three leading contenders, Patterson, Borochow and Scholtz, all remained idle last week. Buttenweiser resigned his adjourned game with Bierwirth. Whipple won from Sawyer. Bierwirth won from Whipple. Sawyer won from Holt. The Gibbs-Buttenweiser game was adjourned with the former having the advantage. The standings: Patterson 4½-½; Borochow 6-1; Scholtz 5½-1½; Buttenweiser 5-2; Bierwirth 4-2; Gibbs 3-3; Sawyer and Whipple 2½-5½ each; Lamb 2-5; Sobral 1½-5½; Holt 1½-6½.
