AMarch 29 1928
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, March 29, 1928
Rubinstein in Montclair.
Both the New Jersey State and the Bergen County champions were in the lineup when Akiba Rubenstein faced 27 in his simultaneous exhibition at Montclair, N. J., last Thursday. John W. Brunnemer, State title-holder and well known in Brooklyn chess circles, succeeded in winning his game as did W. N. Witt, president of the Montclair Chess Club.
Dr. Paul E. Truesdell of Montclair and A. E. Cowdrey of Bloomfield drew. Book prizes were awarded to these and also to George P. Sanborn of the Crescent A. C. and J. H. Faerber of Palisade Park, who held out the longest.
The scores of the game won by Brunnemer follows:
Akiba Rubinstein (white) vs. John William Brunnemer (black)
King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation
Akiba Rubinstein vs John Brunnemer
Simul, 27b (1928) (exhibition), Montclair, NJ USA, Mar-22
King's Gambit: Declined. Classical Variation (C30) 0-1
April 04 1928
The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, Wednesday, April 04, 1928
CHESS CLUB NOTES.
At the recent meeting of the Leonia chess club the Montclair chess team of fourteen men defeated the Leonia team by the score of 7½ to 6½. Those who won games for Leonia were: Brunnemer, De Bary, Bryan, Delmar, Melmberg, Staffer, Findley, and Prentice drew opponents.
The Leonia chess team will play the Bogota team at Bogota on Thursday, April 5. On April 12 the Kearny Western Electric team will play Leonia. This game will prove to be an interesting one for both team are well reputed.
The Kearny chess club has 100 players, twenty of which will compete with the home team at the Methodist church on April 12.
The next match will be played off on April 26, with the Bell Laboratory team at the Bell laboratories on Manhattan.
April 15 1928
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, April 15, 1928
Leonia Wins at Chess
The chess clubs of Montclair, Leonia, Hoboken, Kearny and Bogota have organized the North Jersey League, which will hold a series of inter-club matches in the early fall. John W. Brunnemer of the Leonia Chess Club, three times winner of the State championship, was elected president pro tem. In a match between Leonia and Kearny on 22 boards Leonia was victorious by the score of 16½-5½.
April 28 1928
The Montclair Times, Montclair, New Jersey, Wednesday, April 04, 1928
Local Chess Players Wins
An extremely close chess match was played between the Leonia Chess Club and the Montclair Chess Club on last Thursday at Leonia. Though the final score was 7½ to 6½, the deciding counters for the locals came through the adjudications of the three unfinished games by Mr. Brunnemer, present state title holder and member of the Leonia team. From these three decisions, Montclair obtained 2½ points which were necessary to give it the victory. This made the third successive victory of the locals, over the Bergenites during the past season and incidentally was the closest match between the rivals.
The score by tables is given below, Montclair playing white on the odd-numbered boards:
Wins for Montclair: Table No. 7, Hammond vs. Onderdonk; No. 9, H. P. Smith, Jr., vs. Bovard; No. 10, Marsden vs. Hopkin; *No. 12, D. S. Smith vs. Faerber; *No. 13, C. H. Cushman vs. Gutsche; No. 14, Dale vs. Morse.
Draws for Montclair: No. 2, Carley vs. Staffer; No. 4, Truesdell vs. Findley; No. 11, Mulder vs. Prentice.
Losses for Montclair: No. 1, Witt vs. Brunnemer; No. 3, Kloss vs. De Bary; No. 5, Sanborn vs. Bryan; No. 6, H. P. Smith, Jr., vs. Delmar; No. 8 Cowdrey vs. Malmberg.
*Adjudicated games.
September 20 1928
The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, Thursday, September 20, 1928
CHESS CLUB OPENS SCHEDULE TONIGHT
Program of Matches Will Given at First Session.
Tonight marks the opening of the Leonia Chess club for the fall and winter season. Meetings will be held in the recreation rooms of the Methodist church on Woodridge Place near Broad avenue.
New members will be presented and the program for the matches with Kearny Western Electric Manufacturing company employes will be presented by William De Bary, chairman of the tournament committee.
Mr. De Bary will also include in his program, the match in October with the Montclair club, and the Hoboken Chess club, branch of the Leonia club, and also return matches according to schedule.
Captain John Sharp of Company C, 104th Engineers, has taken up the study of chess, another member of the company, D. L. Mann has a book knowledge of chess. Col. George Northrop has been keeping up practice in the president's office in the Leonia bank building.
Saturday, Sept. 15, the players enjoyed a protracted session until a late hour. May and Carlson of Ridgefield are expected to attend tonight as well as A. I. Del Mar, Professor S. W. Paulsen, John F. Prentice, N. Malinberg and Mr. Morse of Englewood, Mr. Hemenway, B. C. Bevard, Charles Eckerson, R. Lyplier, M. H. Bryan, J. H. Staffer, G. B. Norton, S. O. Bartlett, S. V. Ellington, J. E. Whitney, R. Loen, Otto J. W. Brunnemer and H. Suich of Westwood. Byron Collins, W. E. De Bary and John Hopkin. And as many more who wish to come may do so and see the players at the chess boards every second Thursday after the first meeting tonight.
October 07 1928
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, October 07, 1928
CHESS TITLE ENTRIES.
A strong field of 16 experts has been entered for the annual tournament for the championship of the Marshall Chess Club, now held by A. Edward Santasiere. The list includes the following: H. R. Bigelow, J. W. Brunnemer, A. C. Cass, T. M. Croney, H. Fajans, M. Fish, W. Frere, A. P. Glass. N. Grossman, M. Hanauer, A. S. Jones, A. S. Kussman, J. L. McCudden, F, Reinfeld, A. E. Santasiere and E. Tholfsen.
October 31 1928
The Montclair Times, Montclair, New Jersey, Wednesday, October 31, 1928
Chess Club Plays Leonia.
Local Players With Undefeated Team Meet Strong Opposition Tomorrow Night.
Two of the strongest chess teams in the state will meet tomorrow evening, when the undefeated Montclair Chess Club invades Leonia with a twenty-man team. The games will be played in the Leonia Methodist Church. The match promises to be very close, though Montclair rules a slight favorite to win.
B. Carley, former Brooklyn Chess Club star and present champion of the Montclair Chess Club, and Mr. Brunnemer, present New Jersey state champion, will renew their rivalry on Board No. 1. Other stars of Leonia, who will strive to repel the Montclair invasion include Mr. Stafford, former New Jersey state champion; Colonel Northrup, and Mr. Delmar, who is the nephew of the former U. S. champion, Eugene Delmar. Montclair's line-up for the match will include: C. P. Sanborn, H. P. Smith, Jr., W. N. Witt, R. F. Daniels, H. P. Smith, O. R. Ferry, D. S. Smith, H. E. Dale, F. J. George, W. G. Straehlen, C. L. Kloss, B. Carley, C. A. Darius, C. Stone. T. G. Hammond, C. P. Marsden, A. L. Becker, C. Cushman, W. C. Cushman, E. George.
December 05 1928
The Montclair Times, Montclair, New Jersey, Wednesday, December 05, 1928
State Chess Champion to Play Here Tomorrow Night
An exhibition of simultaneous playing by J. W. Brunnemer, state chess champion, will be a feature of the meeting of the Montclair Chess Club to be held tomorrow night at No. 41 The Crescent. Mr. Brunnemer will play the clubs entire membership at the same time and it is expected that about thirty boards will be in play.
Mr. Brunnemer has been champion of the state for five years. He was one of the three men who beat Rubinstein, the Polish title holder, at a simultaneous exhibition held at the local club last year. Both Mr. Brunnemer and Mr. Rubinstein are members of the Leonia Chess Club with which the Montclair club recently battled to a draw.
The local club is said to have one of the most active memberships in the state and since its organization in 1922 has not been defeated in a team match, although it has played to a draw with both Hoboken and Leonia.
All interested in chess are being invited to attend the meeting and see the champion in action.
December 13 1928
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, December 13, 1928
H. R. Bigelow, with a draw against J. W. Brunnemer, New Jersey State chess champion, maintained his lead in the 10th round of the annual championship tournament at the rooms of the Marshall Chess Club. Bigelow's score is now 8½-1½. A. E. Santasiere, by defeating M. Fish, increased his total to 7½-2½. Next in order are E. Tholfsen and H. Grossman, each 6-2; A. S. Kussman, 5-4; R. Smirka and H. Fajans, each 4½-3½, and F. Reinfeld, 4-3.
Brunnemer vs. Eighteen.
John W. Brunnemer, formerly of Brooklyn, but now living in New Jersey, in which State he holds the championship, played against 18 opponents in a recent exhibition of simultaneous play at the Montclair Chess Club, making a score of 12 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. William N. Witt was the sole winner against the State champion.
John William Brunnemer (white) vs. William Nicholas Witt (black)
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation
John Brunnemer vs William N Witt
Simul, 18b (1928) (exhibition), Montclair CC, Montclair, NJ USA
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 0-1
