AAugust 20 1950
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, August 20, 1950
State Championship
Ray Martin, Sven Almgren and William Steckel will be the Southern California finalists in the State Championship Tournament to be held in San Francisco over the Labor Day week end. They topped a field of 14 in a qualifying tournament played at the Water and Power Chess Club's quarters the past seven Sundays.
Martin, in achieving the highest Sonnen-Berger system score, lost only Round 1 to George Hunnex and drew his sixth round with Steckel. He beat Morris Gordon, Martin Altshiller, Samuel Geller, Almgren and Emil Bersbach. Almgren defeated Gordon, John Barlow. Hunnex, Geller and Steckel, losing to Martin and drawing with Bersbach. Steckel won from William Banning, LeRoy Johnson and Hunnex, drew with Robert Solana. Bersbach and Martin, and lost to Almgren.
