Allan Carpenter, 1958

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July 20 1958

The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, July 20, 1958

EXPERT CANDIDATES
Allan Carpenter, Ralph Hagedorn and D. Young were all tied at 4-1 after five rounds of play in the east section of the Expert Candidates Tournament at the City Terrace Chess Club.
Earl Amdon, who lost to Hagedorn, dropped below the leaders, tying with N. Hultgren at 3½-1½. H. Rader and J. Zizda are next with 3-2.
There is another triple tie among L. Harris, R. Harshbarger and Van der Plas in the west section at the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club. Harris suffered his first defeat at the hands of Harshbarger to join the others in a 4-1 score.
J. Jaffray, G. Palmer and P. Wrangell are a half step behind with 3½-1½. In a tie at 3-2 are Dr. Collins, A. Kemp ner and A. Michaelson.

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Boris Blumin, 1941

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1941

From Jacqueline Piatigorsky’s archives. Taken at the U.S. Open tournament in St. Louis, 1941. With readers' assistance we hope to build up a full key. https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter107.html

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July 21 1941

10 In National Chess Final Here 21 Jul 1941, Mon St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.com

10 in National Chess Final Here
With 10 competing in the championship finals and six in the consolation class “A” tournament, play began yesterday in each of these competitions in the national chess meet at the Hotel De Soto. The championship list, which includes Reuben Fine of New York, the titleholder, who has not lost a game thus far, contains four from the first group of the preliminaries and three each from groups two and three.
The pairings for the first championship round: E. W. Marchand, Clayton, vs. L. W. Stephens, New York; George Sturgis, Boston, vs. Bruno Schmidt, Detroit; Fred Anderson, St. Louis, vs. Boris Blumin, New York; W. W. Adams, Dedham, Mass., vs. Fine; Herman Steiner, Los Angeles, vs. Joseph Rauch, Montreal.
Six players competing in the class “A” finals also started play yesterday, in accordance with the following pairings in the first round: C. M. Burton, St. Louis, drew with B. B. Price, Chicago; David Ehrlich, St. Louis, defeated W. M. P. Mitchell, Boston; Kirk D. Holland, Fort Worth, defeated C. W. McClure, St. Louis.

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July 22 1941

Chess Titlist Wins Again 22 Jul 1941, Tue St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.com

Chess Titlist Wins Again
Reuben Fine of New York, open champion of the United States Chess Federation, won his second-round match in the finals last night at the Hotel De Soto. His victim was Herman Steiner of Los Angeles.
Fine shares first place with Erich W. Marchand of Clayton, who gained a point at the expense of George Sturgis of Boston. Bruno Schmidt of Detroit defeated Fred Anderson of St. Louis.
Another game to be finished was between L. W. Stephens of New York and Joseph Rauch of Montreal. Rauch was the winner.
Boris Blumin, New York, adjourned with Weaver W. Adams, Dedham, Mass. This will be played off tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime the third round will be contested.
The standings:
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS
Fine 2-0
Marchand 2-0
Schmidt 2-0
Anderson 1-1
Rauch 1-1
Steiner 1-1
Adams 0-1
Blumin 0-1
Stephens 0-2
Sturgis 0-2
CLASS A
Burton 2-1
Mitchell 2-1
Price 1.5-.5
Holland 1.5-1.5
Ehrlich 1-1
McClure 0-3

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Boris Blumin, 1979

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July 07 1979

The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Saturday, July 07, 1979

Boris Blumin Canadian champion
Blumin was born in 1907 and came to Canada from Russia in 1924.
He started out in Toronto but eight years later realized the error of his ways and moved to Montreal where he proceeded to win the city championship in 1933, 1934, 1936 and 1937. 1936 and 1937 were no doubt his best years, picking up the Canadian title at the same time. He has been out of chess for the last 25 years and has been living in New York. The following game is from the 1937 Canadian championship and according to Grandmaster Abe Yanofsky “illustrates the Blumin touch.”

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Israel Albert Horowitz, 1943

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February 16 1943

The Minneapolis Star, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tuesday, February 16, 1943

Chess Star Will Meet All Comers
I. A. Horowitz, international chess expert, will meet all comers in a simultaneous exhibition at the Minneapolis Chess and Checker club in the Lumber Exchange building at 8 p.m. Thursday.
The state tournament is carded Sunday and Monday.

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Israel Albert Horowitz, 1936

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May 16 1936

U.S. Chess Championship, Final Round, Hotel Astor, New York, May 16, 1936. Players and officials at the biennial U.S. Championship Tournament. At left center, Marshall hands the Frank J. Marshall Trophy, emblem of the title, to Samuel Reshevsky, winner of the tournament and the new champion. Seated, left to right, are tournament officials Hermann Helms, L. Walter Stephens, Harold M. Phillips, Fritz Brieger and Theodore S. Barron. Standing behind officials, left to right, are Sidney Bernstein, Samuel D. Factor, Milton Hanauer, F. J. Marshall, G. N. Treysman, Samuel Reshevsky, I. A. Horowitz (rear), Alexander Kevitz, Isaac Kashdan, Arthur W. Dake (rear), Abraham Kupchik. Standing at the top of picture, l. to r., are Reuben Fine, Arnold S. Denker, Albert C. Simonson and Herman Steiner. Reshevsky won the subsequent tournaments in 1938, 1940 and 1942. Original b/w photo by Empire photographers. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/p/herman-steiner.html.

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Israel Albert Horowitz, 1927

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August 18 1927

Kashdan Setting Pace 18 Aug 1927, Thu The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com

Kashdan Setting the Pace In Junior Chess Tourney; National Meet Next Week by Hermann Helms
Albert S. Pinkus, who during the past two years has taken the lead among the younger experts of the metropolis and who only recently annexed the championship of the Marshall Chess Club, is experiencing hard sledding in the Junior masters' tournament now in progress at the rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club. Instead of his accustomed place at the head of the list, he is now last in a field of four, having lost his games in both the first and second rounds. On Saturday he started out with a defeat at the hands of I. Horowitz.
Last night he encountered I. Kashdan, who plans to go to Kalamazoo for the national meeting next week. The latter had the black side of a Ruy Lopez, which did not develop at all to his satisfaction. Pinkus had the better of it in the middle game, but could make nothing of it. In the ending Kashdan had a knight against his rival's bishop and outplayed him, winning in 45 moves.
Kashdan, with two wins to his credit, went into the lead. A third game of Kashdan's stands adjourned with Horowitz, who, with a pawn to the good, has some winning chances.
Pinkus, who has made such a surprisingly poor start, was the hero of the Albert Hallgarten tournament at the Manhattan Chess Club in December, 1925. His winning totals were 9½-2½. Herman Steiner, 9-3, was a close second and Kashdan, 7½-4½, third. In the Manhattan C. C. championship, which followed, Kashdan, with 11½-2½, was second, half a point behind A. Kupchik, and Horowitz, 9-5, third. Pinkus was in a triple tie for sixth place.
Once more Pinkus rose to the occasion in the Junior masters' tournament sponsored by the Manhattan and Marshall Chess Clubs last winter. He was first with 7-3, closely followed by Kashdan with 6½-3½. Pinkus' only loss was to Rudolf Smirka, who, early this month, won the State championship at Rome.
In all this, aside from the prize-Winning ability of Pinkus, the consistent showing of Kashdan is especially noteworthy. It will not be easy to elbow him out of first place in the pending tournament and he should be heard from also if he goes to Kalamazoo.
Today's pairing Berman vs. Horowitz.

Kashdan Setting Pace 18 Aug 1927, Thu The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com

National Meet Thursday.
According to advices from Kalamazoo, Mich., the participation of Sammy Reshevsky of Detroit in the National Chess Federation championship tournament, which will begin at Kalamazoo a week from today, is definitely assured. Chess followers throughout the land, which the famous young Pole has covered pretty thoroughly, will await the outcome of his efforts with interest. In the Western tournament at Detroit in 1924, which Carlos Torre won without the loss of a game, Reshevsky was placed fifth in a field of 17.
He will have his hands full at Kalamazoo, especially if New York is represented by Kashdan. Another dangerous opponent will be Stasch Mlotkowski of Trenton, N. J, who is as well known in Eastern as in far-Western chess circles. The same can be said of Samuel Factor of Chicago, more than once Western champion.
There is just a possibility that Abraham Kupchik of the Manhattan and Rice-Progressive Chess Clubs may be among those present at Kalamazoo. This fine player is now a resident of Flatbush. Up to this morning he had not arrived at a decision. Negotiations, however, are still under way.
Dr. Arthur E. West, 101 W. Main St., Kalamazoo, Mich., to whom entries for the national and Western tournaments and minor competitions should be sent, and John C. Cobb Jr., secretary of the Chicago City Chess League, have been doing the lion's share of the work in arranging this, the first meeting of the new federation.
An attractive item on the program is a game of living chess to be played out in the open, with the participants appropriately robed. Reshevsky and Factor will conduct it.

Playing to a Finish.
When young experts get together drawn games are not quite so much in evidence as among the grand masters of the game. This is as it should be and makes for days of real sport. Decisive results were the outcome of the two games in the first round of the four-cornered contest at the Manhattan Chess Club. I. Kashdan, who will go to Kalamazoo next week, and I. Horowitz were the victors. Both played exceedingly well.

Israel Albert Horowitz (white) vs. Albert Pinkus (black)
English Opening: Agincourt Defense

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-B4 P-K3 3. P-QN3 P-QB4 4. P-N3 N-QB3 5. PxP PxP 6. B-KN2 B-K3 7. O-O B-K2 8. B-N2 B-B3 9. P-Q4 KN-K2 10. Q-Q2 PxP 11. NxP O-O 12. NxB PxN 13. N-B3 Q-R4 14. P-QR3 N-Q5 15. P-QN4 Q-R3 16. QR-Q QR-B 17. P-K3 QN-B4 18. N-K2 N-Q3 19. BxB RxB 20. Q-R2 N-B3 21. N-Q4 NxP 22. Q-N3 P-K4 23. PxN PxN 24. QxPch K-R 25. RxP QR-B 26. P-K4 N-N4 27. R-B4 Q-R7 28. P-B4 N-R6 29. R-B7 QxQ 30. PxQ R-QN3 31. R-K N-N4 32. R-Q7 N-Q3 33. R-K6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bb2 Bf6 9. d4 Nge7 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 0-0 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. a3 Nd4 15. b4 Qa6 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. e3 Ndf5 18. Ne2 Nd6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qa2 Nc6 21. Nd4 Nxb4 22. Qb3 e5 23. axb4 exd4 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Rxd4 Rcf8 26. e4 Nb5 27. Rc4 Qa2 28. f4 Na3 29. Rc7 Qxd5 30. exd5 Rb6 31. Re1 Nb5 32. Rd7 Nd6 33. Re6 1-0

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Israel Albert Horowitz, 1941

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January 12 1941

The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, January 12, 1941

Horowitz Simultaneous Exhibition
We are very happy to announce the appearance of Mr. I. A. Horowitz on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 2 p.m. at the L. A. Chess Club, 124 W. Fourth St. Everyone invited.
On Monday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m., Mr. Horowitz will be the guest of the Hollywood Chess Group where he will give an exhibition against all comers. He will also give an interesting lecture for all class of players. Anyone interested in participating in this interesting event write 108 N. Formosa Ave., or telephone WEbster 8817. In April Mr. Horowitz will play a match for the U.S. chess title with the present title-holder and former boy-wonder, S. Reshevsky. More of this later.
I. A. Horowitz was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. on Nov 15, 1907. As a child he learned to play chess. Intrigued by the bewitching influence of the game, he directly engaged in minor competitions at the recreation centers and in primary school. Later, during academic years, he became a member and captain of the New York University chess team, which captured the intercollegiate title on four successive occasions.
His ascendancy into the international arena was realized in 1931 when he joined the United States chess team. At the Chess Olympics in Prague, Czechoslovakia, after the United States had subdued some 20-odd nations he bested Przepiorka*(see Marshall's Comparative Chess for game) of Poland in a last-round thriller, to yield the American team a margin of 1 point over its nearest rival. For the first time the United States became the proud possessor of the Hamilton-Russell trophy, emblematic of universal team supremacy. Again, at Warsaw, Poland, in 1935 and Stockholm, Sweden, in 1937, he was a member of the team which garnered premier honors. His individual record during the latter tournament was 11 wins, 4 draws and no losses.
In national events he was victorious in the American Chess Federation Congress in Philadelphia, 1936, and was coholder with Kashdan of the title in 1938, played for at Boston.
He is a true lover of the game. For the past seven years he has been editor of the Chess Review, and he has made five transcontinental good-will trips to promote chess, covering practically every corner of the country.

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Israel Albert Horowitz, 1944

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1944

Gisela Gresser and Arnold Denker at the 1944 New York City, New York, U.S. and U.S. Women's Chess Championships, 1944 U.S. Champion Arnold Denker plays a round of skittles with women's champion Gisela Gresser, aided by kibitzers. Standing, right to left: Albert S. Pinkus, Frank J. Marshall, I. A. Horowitz, Herman Steiner, Reuben Fine. At top left: chessmaster Edward Lasker. On table Frank J. Marshall U.S. Championship Trophy and Chess Review Women's Championship Trophy. Scene: New York's Park Central Hotel at the conclusion of the Championship Tourney. Original photo by Nancy Roos. Captions from Chess Review and collection of the World Chess Hall of Fame, gift of Jacqueline Piatigorsky.

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Royal Stanton Davis, 1924

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December 12 1924

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Friday, December 12, 1924

American College Plays Chess With Oxford, England, by Radio
A transatlantic chess match with the various moves done by radio and transmitted in that way between Harvard College, Ambler, Pa., and Oxford University, Oxford, England, is the newest stunt in inter-collegiate competition. This picture was taken in the studio of Station 3-ZG at Haverford, College. It shows William S. Halstead of White Plains, N. Y., originator of the idea, at the key with head phones to receive and send the plays; Nelson Hogenauer, former chess champion and player of the only individual game, against G. S. A. Wheatcraft, captain of the Oxford University chess team; Royal S. Davis of New York, Wilson Leary of Philadelphia and Winthrop Leeds, captain of the college team of Haverford, players against Bancroft, Scott and Stonier of the Oxford team, and I. B. Smith, vice president of the Haverford Club of Radio, operator of the controls of the station. The photo was taken at the beginning of the match as Haverford station started sending to Station 2-NM, London, which received for Oxford. Final results of the attempted contest have not yet been received. It was started Monday night.

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Royal Stanton Davis, 1983

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October 13 1983

The Standard-Star, New Rochelle, New York, Thursday, October 13, 1983

Dr. Royal Davis dies; popular physician was 76
By June Schetterer, Staff Writer
Dr Royal Stanton Davis a much loved family physician for nearly 50 years in New Rochelle died Tuesday night at New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center. He had recently turned 76.
Known as a “family doctor,” even after his official retirement in 1981, he was still keenly interested in the welfare of his friends and patients. Besides medicine he had a lifelong love of history and chess.
“He was a very fine man very generous of himself. He always put himself second,” said his longtime friend and colleague Dr. John Zellinger, who had shared his office from 1953 until 1981.
“He was not just a doctor. He was a man who was a friend to his patients,” Zellinger said. Zellinger recalled that Dr. Davis hated to leave his patients, even for cherished trips to the British Isles.
He recalled one occasion when Dr. Davis made a non-medical house call to have a long talk with a youth who was having problems turning the boy's whole life around.
“You never found out these things from Royal,” Zellinger said “No one ever knew the many things he did for people. He helped more than one young doctor who was just starting out in practice and needed a place to begin.
“He has left a void that no one can fill today.”
Dr. Davis was long active in the American Academy of General Practice and had served one term as president of its New York Chapter. He also served for many years on the staff of the Pulmonary Division of Grasslands Hospital, now Westchester County Medical Center; was on the editorial board of the Westchester County Medical Society and was a member of the American Rheumatism Association the American Thoracic, Society and the American Geriatrics Society.
“It was with deep sorrow that I learned of the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Davis,” said George A. Vecchione administrator of New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center. “A few years after graduating in 1932 from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in medicine, he found an association with NRHMC which was to be life long,” he said.
“Dr. Davis had a unique personality. He will long be remembered for his guidance to the young physicians just entering into practice. He was a modest quiet man of transparent sincerity and singular devotion to duty,” Vecchione said.
Dr. Davis was born on Oct. 5, 1907 in Annapolis, Md., one of four children of Royal J. and Louise Stanton Davis. He moved to Yonkers as a boy and graduated from the Ethical Culture School in 1924. He graduated from Haverford College in 1928, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving his medical degree at Columbia he interned at Presbyterian Hospital.
While at Columbia he was an active member of the Columbia Chess Club. He was a co-founder of the New Rochelle Chess Club. He played games face to face and by mail until his death.
“There was always a game in progress,” said his wife, the former Marion Goodkind, whom he had married in 1933. They had recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
During World War II, Dr. Davis served as a captain in the Army Medical Corps in North Africa and later took part in the first landing in the Italian campaign. He was badly wounded in action in Naples and received the Purple Heart.
In 1936 he began his long association with New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center first as clinical assistant in medicine then adjunct attending physician in 1941, attending physician in 1947, and as member of the Medical Board in 1953 and again in 1963-64. Dr. Davis was named attending physician emeritus in 1973 and was still listed as a member of the honorary medical staff at his death.
Dr. Davis was an authority on both American and British history particularly the American Indian and early civilizations in Great Britain, said Florence Stapleton, a neighbor and friend of many years.
“He was a friend that I made after he retired” said horticulturist Alice Knubel. “He was very interested in plants and consulted me because he seemed to feel his needed a doctor I became his plant 'doctor.' We used to joke about it,” she said.
A resident of New Rochelle since 1935, Dr. Davis was active in the American History Club and the New Rochelle Lions Club and served a term as president of the Lions. He was known for his wit, his firm opinions, and his unswerving friendship, his fellow Lions said.
Surviving are his wife of the home address; three daughters Elizabeth Anne Davis of East Orange, N.J., Marion Madrid of New Rochelle, and Nancy Morgan of Fairbanks, Alaska; a sister, E. Louise Davis of Riverdale; and four grandchildren. Family and friends are making memorial contributions to New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center.

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Kristen Nielsen Pedersen, 1997

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December 30 1997

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Sunday, January 04, 1998

Pedersen Kristen N., age 90, of Edina on December 30, 1997. Preceded in death by daughter, Sonja Dorothy. Survived by loving wife of 62 years, Emmy V.; daughters, Virginia (Dan) Anderson of Bloomington, Rita (Tom) Dahlien of Richfield; son, Ralf (Theresa) of New Zealand; grandsons, Paul and Kaj: and granddaughter, Alea. Funeral Service Mon., 11 am at St. Peder's Lutheran Church, 4600 East 42nd St. Visitation ½ hour prior to service at church. Private interment Lakewood Cemetery. Memorials preferred to St. Peder's Lutheran Church or charity of choice. Arr: Morris Nilsen Chapel 869-3226.

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Kristen Nielsen Pedersen, 1940

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October 16 1940

1940, Kristen Nielsen Pedersen, Military Registration Card

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Kristen Nielsen Pedersen, 1954

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October 18 1954

The La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Monday, October 18, 1954

Here Are Some of the participants in the Tri-State chess meet held Sunday at the Hotel Linker. Front row, from left: Mrs. William Schuetze, women's state champion from La Crosse; Arpad Elo, state association secretary, from Milwaukee; Irving Miller, Minnesota president from Minneapolis; and K. N. Pederson, Minnesota champion from Minneapolis. Back row: Hugh H. Gauper, La Crosse, master of ceremonies; H. C. Zierke, Racine, state organizing committee chairman; John Grkavoc, Milwaukee, state champion lightning chess; and Curt Brasket, national master titlist from Tracy, Minn.

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Kristen Nielsen Pedersen, 1956

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June 29 1956

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Friday, June 29, 1956

Chess Exhibition Set
The Minneapolis Chess and Checker club will hold a chess demonstration at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Centennial plaza. Kris N. Pedersen, former Minnesota chess champion, will take on 14 other players simultaneously.

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William Phillip Caverly, 1925

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1925

William Phillip Caverly, 1925 Yearbook, Davenport High School, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa

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Frank Baker Walker, 1930

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March 29 1930

Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia, Saturday, March 29, 1930

Frank B. Walker

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Frank Baker Walker, 1935

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December 02 1935

Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia, Monday, December 02, 1935

Frank B. Walker Dies; Chess Champion
Deceased Was Chief of Indian Lands and Miscellaneous Division.
Frank B. Walker, 78, former District chess champion and commentator on chess in articles in The Star since 1930, died Saturday of pneumonia in George Washington University Hospital.
Formerly in Government service here for many years, Mr. Walker was retired in 1929 while holding the position of chief of the Indian lands and miscellaneous division, Interior Department.

Champion in 1896.
Mr. Walker first became District chess champion in 1896 and held the championship until 1900. He regained the championship in 1927 and held it the second time until 1931. He also had held the chess championship of the Home Chess Club and later of the Capital City Club numerous times. He was president of the latter club in 1921 and 1922. He competed in international play in 1928 and 1930 when Washington opposed London, England, in cable matches.
A native of New York, Mr. Walker as a young man engaged in newspaper work in Cleveland for a short time. In 1882 he came to Washington and took a position in the Judge Advocate General's Office. He attended Georgetown University and was graduated there with a master of laws degree. In 1891 he transferred to a position in the Interior Department, where he served as an attorney prior to becoming division chief. His home was at 5327 Sixteenth street.

Charter Member of Church.
Mr. Walker was a charter member of Calvary M. E. Church and served as steward for several years. He also had held the offices of church treasurer and trustee.
He is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Lawrence T. Washington and Mrs. Maurice W. Fillius. both of this city; a sister, Mrs. Edward Phillips of Los Angeles, Calif.; two brothers, William B. Walker of Lakeport, Calif., and Albert Walker of San Francisco, and five grandchildren. His wife, the late Mrs. Ella H. Walker, died in November, 1933.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Calvary M. E. Church. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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December 03 1935

Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia, Tuesday, December 03, 1935

FRANK B. WALKER FUNERAL IS HELD
Former D. C. Chess Champion Will Be Buried in Cedar Hill.
Funeral services for Frank B. Walker, 78, former District chess champion and commentator on chess for the Star, were to be held at 2 p.m. today in Calvary M. E. Church, with Rev. Dr. Vernon N. Ridgely, pastor, officiating. Burial was to be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Walker died Saturday in George Washington University Hospital. In Government service for many years, he retired in 1929 while holding the position of chief of the Indian lands and miscellaneous division, Interior Department.
He first became District chess champion in 1896 and held the title until 1900. He regained the championship in 1927 and held it this time until 1931. He competed in international play in 1928 and 1930 when Washington opposed London, England, in cable matches.

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Frank Baker Walker, 1927

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June 22 1927

Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia, Wednesday, June 22, 1927

Chess Champion
FRANK B. WALKER.
D C. CHESS CHAMPION IS VETERAN AT GAME
Frank B. Walker, who has just won the District chess championship, learned the moves of the game in the newspaper office of the Cleveland, Ohio, Leader, where the men played whenever they had opportunity. His aptitude for the pastime attracted the attention of experts in the Forest City.
Walker came to Washington in 1885, but for the first few years of his residence here was not especially active in chess circles. His first local triumph came in 1893 when he finished close behind F. M. Wright and E. P. Hanna, who tied in the contest for the District title. Wright won the play-off.
Later Walker wrested the championship from Wright and defended his title against a number of formidable challengers, including Capt. Patrick O'Farrell. W. A. Gwyer, jr.; L. Tharp and others. Finally he lost the crown to E. P. Hanna, from whom he later regained it to hold it for a time. Walker several times was champion of the Washington and the Capital City Chess Clubs.
He also has proved skillful at blindfold chess, and at one time was considered for a position on the team to represent the United States in a cable match with Great Britain.
In problem solving, too. Walker has shown ability, and a few years ago he won a tournament conducted by a local paper In which he competed against a formidable field.
Correspondence play has not been overlooked by the new District titleholder. It was largely through his play that local combinations scored over the crack, Brooklyn Club team, which at the time included such players as Pittsburgh, Marshall, Napier and Helms.

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Herman George Voigt, 1922

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1922

Herman Voigt, estimated 1909. From American Chess Bulletin, 1922, Vol. 19

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February 12 1922

Herman G. Voigt, Death Certificate

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February 13 1922

The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama, Monday, February 13, 1922

Herman Voigt Dead.
Philadelphia, Feb. 13.—Herman Voigt, widely known as a chess player, died Sunday night. He was 65 years of age.
Voigt formerly was Pennsylvania state chess champion and was a member of the American team that participated in the international matches in England several years ago.

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February 16 1922

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, February 16, 1922

Chess by Hermann Helms
One of the most prominent Philadelphia representatives on the cable teams was Herman G. Voigt of the Franklin Chess Club whose death in that city on Lincoln's birthday is reported. He was one of the members of the old guard in the famous club to which he belonged and at different times held the club, city and State championships. Frequently he came over with the Franklin teams to do battle with the Manhattan Chess Club and his cheery laugh will long be remembered. Voigt, who was in the contracting business in Philadelphia, was 65 years old when he died.

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February 26 1922

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, February 26, 1922

Herman Voigt, Philadelphia's ablest and best-known chess player, died Sunday, February 12, at his home in this city in the 65th year of his age. For over forty years Mr. Voigt has ranked as one of the ablest players in the United States, and while his many duties as a builder prevented him from entering the various international tournaments held in this country, yet at any time his entry would not only have been conceded by the committee in charge, but as a contestant he would have been most warmly welcomed.
As a rapid skittle player he was most widely known to his friends and when at his best had but few, if any, equals. His position judgment at times was almost uncanny and this faculty combined with his knowledge of the game, his imagination and ingenuity fully warranted his high reputation.
But Voigt was more than a great player, he was a man of a large vigorous physique (until the past few years when serious heart trouble impaired his vitality), while a strong and pleasing personality, buoyant and happy disposition brought him the esteem and love of hosts of friends. The best players of the day counted it a pleasure to be his antagonist.
Well can we remember how his entry into the chess club with his hearty greeting, “Here comes the boss player, can beat anything in the room,” would at once bring to life all that was best in his chess friends present, and how eagerly his board would at once be surrounded by those present, not merely to watch his play, but to hear his hearty good-natured chaff as he reeled off game after game.
Five times he captured the city championship, namely, in the years 1891, 1892, 1897, 1898 and 1909, and from 1899 to 1911 he played for the United States in their various cable matches with Great Britain with the score of 3 wins, 2 losses and 5 draws. In these matches he defeated F. F. Lawrence, who for many years held the championship of the city of London and drew with the British champions J. H. Blackburn and H. E. Atkins.
Herman Voigt's father was born in Germany, but came to this country and was duly naturalized. Later he returned to Germany and Voigt was born in Saxony, but when about 14 years old Voigt's father and all the family returned to this country. So that Voigt, although born in Germany, his parents at that time being naturalized citizens of this country, was able to represent the United States as a native born citizen.
For many years he was an able and successful contractor and builder, but shortly after the war broke out, like many other able contractors was caught with unfinished contracts on his hands while labor and material rose to prices that were impossible. In 1918 he became a voluntary bankrupt, but shortly obtained his honorable discharge, not a single creditor raising the least objection and had not his health due to organic trouble broken there is but little doubt but that he again would have been successful in his calling.
Unfortunately the severe business strain proved too great a handicap for his weakened physical condition. For several years we knew that the end was not far away. He had made a strong fight and leaves behind him the love and esteem of many warm friends. Herman Voigt is survived by his wife, Mary Voight, two daughters, Mrs. Richard Haughton and Mrs. Charles Hebel, all of this city, and two brothers and three sisters.
The following fine game played in the cable match between the United States and Great Britain in 1900 is a good illustration of Philadelphia's great player. Voigt was well at home in the Sicilian Defense and has won many fine games against the world's masters with this form of opening. F. F. Lawrence at the time the game was played was champion of the city of London and was considered at that time, with the possible exception of Blackburn as England's leading player. Voigt's play in the ending is exceptionally fine.

Thomas Lawrence vs Hermann George Voigt
5th Anglo-American Cable Match (1900), London ENG / New York USA, rd 1, Mar-23
Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Classical Variation (B73) 0-1

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Victor Matthew Dane, 1955

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August 1955

U.S. Open Chess Championship, California Chess Reporter, August 1955. 1955 City Terrace “A” Team (left to right) J. Weiner, Edward Slobin, Bernard Oak (Captain) and Dr. Victor Dane.

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U.S. Open Chess Championship, California Chess Reporter, August 1955. City Terrace Chess Club (seated) Dr. Sol Davis, Paul Hubbard, Dr. Victor Dane, M. Samson and Mrs. V. Dane (standing) Edward Slobin, J. Weiner, Bernard Oak, R. Enricus, and M. Leherer.

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Theodore Alexander Dunst, 1940

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October 16 1940

World War II Draft Cards, October 16, 1940, Theodore Alexander Dunst

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