AMay 28 1947
The Miami News, Miami, Florida, Wednesday, May 28, 1947
Chess Federation Plans Junior Meet
United States Chess federation will hold a junior chess championship tournament June 30 in Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Mary Bain, Florida director, said today.
Mrs. Bain said entries have been received from every state except Florida and added that high school and college players interested in representing the state at the meet may make arrangements by telephoning Mrs. Bain at 48-2111.
June 08 1947
Corpus Christi Times, Corpus Christi, Texas, Sunday, June 08, 1947
Southwestern Chess Ace Discusses Tourney Plans
J. C. Thompson of Dallas, Southwestern Open Chess Champion and vice president of the United States Chess Federation met with members of the chess tournament committee last night to discuss plans for the forthcoming U. S. Open Chess tournament here. They met at the home of Harry E. Graham, 325 Laurel, president of the Corpus Christi Chess Club.
Those meeting with Thompson included Graham, Conway C. Craig, chairman of the committee: F. E. Hutchens, Dr C. Armando Duran, J. A. Creighton, Conrad P. Hoover, and Henry Youngman.
Latest entries in the 1947 United States Open Chess Championship to be held August 11-23 at the White Plaza Deck, are Miguel Aleman, Mrs. Mary Bain, Larry Evans, and Stephen J. Shaw.
Miguel Aleman, champion of Cuba, was winner of the 1938 and 1946 Chess Olympics of Central America and the Caribbean.
Mrs. Mary Bain, of Miami, was formerly the United States Woman's Chess Champion. It is considered unusual for a woman to compete in an open tournament on equal terms with men, although it is not unique.
Larry Evans, of New York, is 15 years old. Last year he competed in the U. S. Open Chess Championship and finished in the upper quarter of the entries, winning one of the smaller cash prizes.
Stephen J. Shaw of New York has been a competitor in several of the recent U. S. Opens.
July 05 1947
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, Saturday, July 05, 1947
Mary Bain Tops Major J. B. Holt In Chess Meet
By Mae Barber
At the Chess Divan Mary Bain of Miami, runner-up in the National women's championship, defeated Major J. B. Holt of Long Beach, Fla., in the second round of the SCA tournament. Holt was in the Masters Reserve section of the national championship tourney last year. The Bain-Holt game held the interest of kibitzers throughout. The major has had to stand a good deal of kidding since he remarked earlier in the tournament that in all the years he has been associated with chess playing he has yet to see a woman play a good game.
At the end of second round totals are: Weberg, Drexel, Hernandez, Weinstein, Fulp and Bain, score two points each.
Southern, Dowling, Long one and one-half points each while Szold, Sullwan, Holt, Manderson, Brown, Robaldo, Caldwell, Jackson, Reynolds and Barton have one point each. Prokop, Montano, Atkins, Brogden, Hofferbert and Miller have one-half point each, Coker, Cassidy, McCann and Jackson failed to score.
Round three was played from 7:30 to midnight last night—scores later.
July 07 1947
The Miami News, Miami, Florida, Monday, July 07, 1947
Weinstein Of Miami Dixie Chess Champion
St. Petersburg, July 7.—Stanley Weinstein, 23-year-old army veteran of Miami, captain of the New York university team, won the Southern Chess association open division championship here last night after scoring victories in seven matches. Runnerup in the field of 29 entrants was Dr. Gustave Drexel, Miami Beach, with Nestor Hernandez, Tampa, 10-time winner of the tourney, third. Mary Bain, Miami, won the Women's Open championship and Jerry Sullivan, Knoxville, won the junior title.
