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.
