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June 12 1950
The State, Columbia, South Carolina, Monday, June 12, 1950
CHESS CHAMP
Charleston, June 11—(AP)—Harold A. Mouzon, of Charleston, today won the South Carolina state chess championship as the annual tournament ended here. A. T. Henderson of Tazewell, Va., was runner-up.
Paul L. Cromelin of Columbia, defending champion, was elected president of the State Chess association succeeding Dr. Robert F. Brand of Charleston. The state tournament will be held at Columbia next year.
May 09 1949
The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, May 09, 1949
Local Boy Wins Chess Tourney
Kit Crittenden, 15-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Crittenden of Raleigh, yesterday won the three-day Eastern North Carolina chess tournament held at Pullen Park.
Crittenden topped a field of 20 adult entries from several Southern states. The tourney was sponsored by the North Carolina Chess Association and the Raleigh Chess Club.
Going into the last round game in the five-round Swiss system tournament, Crittenden was ahead of his last competitor, Paul L. Cromelin of Columbia, S.C. on points. Cromelin had to win the game to cop the tourney, but Crittenden played him to a draw.
M. H. Upchurch and A. G. Ashbrook, both of Durham, tied for third place in the tournament.
All games were timed by an electric time clock. Players were allowed two hours in which to make 40 moves.
May 10 1949
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 10, 1949
Crittenden Wins Chess Meet At Raleigh; Two Durham Players In Second-Place Tie
Kit Crittenden young Raleigh chess player has added a new laurel to his chess crown. He successfully completed his set of five games in the Eastern North Carolina Chess Tourney with no losses and one draw. The tournament was held last week end at Raleigh's Pullen Park.
There were 20 entrants in the Swiss System type tourney with six players from Durham, five players from Raleigh, three from Smithfield, one from Asheville, one from Winston-Salem (bearded), one from Columbia, S. C. two from Augusta, Ga. and one from Atlanta, Ga.
Final scores were (ties were broken with the Sonneborn-Berger system):
Kit Crittendon, 4½-½;
Paul Cromelin, (Columbia, S. C.) 4-1;
M. H. Upchurch, (Durham), 4-1;
A. G. Ashbrook (Durham), 4-1;
Walter Rudin (Durham), 3½-1½;
Dr. A. A. Murray (Augusta, Ga) 3-2;
Elijah Brown (Atlanta, Ga) 3-2;
V. Pakner (Raleigh), 3-2;
William C. Adickes (Asheville) 2½-2½;
Lee M. Eastburn (Winston-Salem) 2½-2½;
Lawrence Wallace (Smithfield) 2½-2½;
W. D. Jones (Raleigh), 2-3;
David Evans 2-3;
R. E. Ware (Durham) 2-3;
Edgar Ferguson (Augusta, Ga.) 2-3;
Dr. V. A. Davidian (Smithfield 1½-3½);
J. M. Scales (Durham), 1-4;
Dr. J. U. Gunter (Durham) 1-4;
J. C. Williams (Raleigh) ½-3½;
Dr. W. G. Wilson, (Smithfield) ½-4½.
The State, Columbia, South Carolina, Tuesday, May 10, 1949
Columbia Man in NC Chess Tourney Finals
Fifteen-year-old Kit Crittenden of Raleigh, N. C., won the Eastern North Carolina open chess tournament the past week by defeating Paul L. Cromelin of Columbia.
The South Carolina open chess tournament will be held at Spartanburg June 18-19.
June 17 1949
The Richmond News Leader, Richmond, Virginia, Friday, June 17, 1949
Top Chessmen Will Compete In Tournament
Championship chess players from throughout 10 States and the District of Columbia will gather at the Hotel John Marshall July 2 for the annual four-day tournament of the Southern Chess Association.
More than 75 players from Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama will engage in the competitions for championship titles, cash awards, and three trophies to be awarded by Miller & Rhoads.
Play will start at 2 P. M., July 2 after a morning business session. Elimination matches will continue through the next two days. Final play, to be held on the morning of July 5 will be followed by a banquet and the election of association officers.
Martin Southern, of Knoxville, Tenn., president of the association, pointed out that a number of State champions will compete in the tournament in an effort to win the Southern Association crown from 18-year-old Jerry Sullivan, a Knoxville College student, holder of the 1948 championship.
Players who will compete include Russell Chauvenet, of Charlottesville, Virginia champion; Kit Crittenden, 14, of Raleigh, North Carolina champion, and Paul Cromelin, of Augusta. Georgia.
June 17 1949
The State, Columbia, South Carolina, Sunday, June 19, 1949
Columbians Push Leader in State Chess Tourney
Spartanburg, June 18—(AP)—Martin Southern of Knoxville is leading the field in the state chess tournament here, he finished the third round in with a 3-0 score.
The open tournament will wind up tomorrow.
Trailing Southern with 2½ points are Paul L. Cromelin and Joseuh Trihey, both of Columbia and Kit Crittenden of Raleigh. The two Columbia men are leading the South Carolina contenders.
June 20 1949
The Columbia Record, Columbia, South Carolina, Monday, June 20, 1949
Paul L. Cromelin Wins Chess Title
Paul L. Cromelin of 3013 Kirkwood drive today was the South Carolina champion chess player.
Mr. Cromelin was the winner in five-round match staged by the State Chess association played under Swiss rules at Spartanburg yesterday and Saturday by a score of 4½ to ½. He drew one game with Kit Crittenden 15-year-old Raleigh, N. C. player who is the state champion of North Carolina and who holds the Tennessee open championship.
Winner in the open tournament held at the same time was William C. Adickes of Asheville, N. C. by score of 4½ to ½. Third winning player was J. G. Sullivan of Knoxville, Tenn., Southern Chess Association champion.
This was the largest tournament ever held by the state association attracting about 30 players from points as distant as Miami and New York.
Other Columbians playing were Joseph Trihey who made second highest score among local entries; Alfred Rawlinson, Lanneau Foster, Neil Harmon and Mrs. W. D. Compton, Sr., only woman entered in the tourney.
June 21, 1948
The Columbia Record, Columbia, South Carolina, Monday, June 21, 1948
CHESS PLAYERS AT TOURNAMENT
WINNER Harold A. Mouzon, Jr., College of Charleston student, is shown seated at left in the picture shortly before he won the state chess championship in a week-end contest here. Across the table from him is Paul L. Cromelin of Augusta, Ga., tournament director. Standing, left and right, are Robert F. Brand of Charleston, president of the South Carolina Chess association; and James E. Mosimann of Charleston. (Record photo by Price.)
June 18 1951
The Columbia Record, Columbia, South Carolina, Monday, June 18, 1951
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
PAUL CROMELIN of Columbia (seated at right), new South Carolina chess champion, faces George Iwankiw of Hartsville across the board as Ben Rudich of Charleston, Dr. George Smith of Columbia, Capt. E. E. Brown, Prof. Virgil Smith of Hartsville, B. L. Ilsey of Rock Hill, Lanneau L. Foster of Columbia, and Richard H. Zimmerman of Columbia kibitz. The South Carolina Chess Association closed a two-day tournament here Sunday. (Record photo by Price studio).
October 03 1932
Mount Vernon Argus, White Plains, New York, Monday, October 03, 1932
Frank Marshall, American chess champion, was greeted here Saturday night, when he played at the formal opening of the Mount Vernon Chess Club. He is shown seated (right) beside Frank Janet, of Mount Vernon, noted authority on games. In the rear are Harry Helms, Mrs. Paul Cromelin and Mr. Cromelin.
November 07 1932
Mount Vernon Argus, White Plains, New York, Monday, November 07, 1932
Champion Defeated
Mrs. Paul L. Cromelin of 11 Chester Street defeated Dr. Alexander Alekhine of Paris, world's champion chess player, yesterday afternoon at a match played at the Hungaria Chess Club, Yorkville, N. Y.
Dr. Alekhine played 40 boards, one blind folded, and lost six other matches besides the one he lost to Mrs. Cromelin.
'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains: Tweets by swilkinsonbc |
 “What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy. |
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace. Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws -- https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks. |
This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.
March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.
