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“Here are the best two. The third one is a group photo.
As far as we can tell, George Hunnex taught at Grossmont High School from 1947-1950, 3 years. He was a Spanish teacher at GHS those years.
Please credit the Grossmont High School Museum.”
George Hunnex, 1950
“George Hunnex was the advisor of the Chess Clubs in 1949 and 1950.
There was no chess club listed in 1948, because it was George Hunnex' first year at Grossmont High School.”
—Grossmont High School Museum
George Hunnex, 1950 Chess Club
San Diego Chess Council Organized 10 Apr 1949, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
April 10 1950
April 10, 1949: San Diego Chess Council Organized, “…The council will meet the third Saturday of each month at the Sandford Hotel. Chess organizations have been urged to send representatives to these sessions, which start at 8 p.m. The new organization also went on record as favouring inter-school competition and formation of clubs such as the one George Hunnex of Grossmont High School faculty has formed.”
April 16 1950
Teacher Wins Tournament 16 Apr 1950, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
TEACHER WINS TOURNAMENT
The San Diego County Chess Championship Tournament has been won by George A. Hunnex of La Mesa.
Hunnex, a teacher at Grossmont High School, permitted only three draws and one loss. Hunnex is the only entrant so far who has finished all of his games, but it is mathematically impossible for anyone to equal his score. Second and third-place winners have not yet been decided, but will be announced in a later issue. The latest standings:
Games Won Lost Pct.
Hunnex 20 17½ 2½ .875
Alexander 11 7½ 3½ .682
Gilson 14 9½ 4½ .679
Thompson 7 4 3 .571
Jenkines 15 7½ 7½ .500
Lutz 10 4½ 5½ .450
De Graaf 10 4 6 .400
Lessner 13 4½ 8½ .346
Critchlow 13 4 9 .308
Higgins 11 2 9 .182
Page 6 0 6 .000
Herewith is the score of one of Hunnex's best games:
George A. Hunnex (white) vs. Bertram C. Jenkines (black)
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation
June 07 1950
Teacher Wins Tournament 07 Jun 1950, Wed Chatham Standard (Chatham, Kent, England) Newspapers.com
TEACHER WINS TOURNAMENT
So runs the caption in the “Los Angeles Times,” of April 16th last, where George A. Hunnex, a teacher at Grossmont High School won the San Diego County chess championship tournament recently. Out of 20 games he secured 17½ points, suffering only one defeat and three drawn contests—a very fine performance indeed.
Here is the score of one of his finest victories: (Hunnex vs. Jenkines).
One of the bottom players in this tournament tried what is, admittedly, one of the weakest moves to reply to White's opening move. The result was the following brevity, Hunnex taking swift and certain toll of black's weak move.
Another example of the unlucky 13. Evidently this member of the teaching profession in the far west is a real live chess wire. May a “Left Profession” member of the same send him congratulations and hearty good wishes for his further success in the grand old game of Kings.
George Hunnex (white) vs. Olga Higgins (black)
Queen's Pawn Game
July 13 1950
July 13, 1950: High School Music and Language Teachers Hired
“…George A. Hunnex who has been with Grossmont High school in San Diego for three years, will teach foreign languages.”
August 31 1950
August 31, 1950: High School to Open Sept.11 Under New Principal, “New teachers who have been given contracts are: William B. Carnahan, English and speech; George Hunnex, Spanish and general mathematics; Fred Orr, shop, and William Ray, music.
September 14 1950
Elisonore Union High School 14 Sep 1950, Thu Lake Elsinore Valley Sun-Tribune (Lake Elsinore, California) Newspapers.com
Principal Karnes introduced the new teachers: Mr. Anthony Ray, who is to instruct the music department; Mr. Wm. Camaham, who will teach English and speech and drama; Mr. George Hunnex, Spanish and general math instructor, and Mr. Fred Orr, shop teacher. He then introduced the teachers who were familiar to all the students except the frosh.
“I was able to locate Mr. Hunnex in the high school yearbooks called the El Lago. He was in the 1953 and the 1957 books, including his wife, Mrs. Marion Hunnex that worked at the high school too. I copied several of the pictures of him and one of Mrs. Hunnex from the books. I did not see evidence of any chess clubs at the schools. You may want to continue to explore the newspapers during that time. The Lake Elsinore Valley Sun or The Leader Press were two in publication at that time in Lake Elsinore. We don't have the books in between but he was not in the 1959 or 1960 yearbooks.
And thank you for helping us remember we once had a great chess player in our town. I will continue to keep his name in mind as I explore our city’s history.”
— Lake Elsinore Historical Society
November 02 1950
Conversational Spanish Classes Open To Public 02 Nov 1950, Thu Lake Elsinore Valley Sun-Tribune (Lake Elsinore, California) Newspapers.com
CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH CLASSES OPEN TO PUBLIC
VALLEY-WIDE
Conversational Spanish class for adults got under way Tuesday night at Elsinore Union high school. George Hunnex, instructor, said that anyone could enter next Tuesday as the class was just starting. It meets every Tuesday night from 7to 9 p.m.
