AAdditional Games
- Chessgames
- Game Sven Elias Almgren vs. Charles Henderson, Santa Monica Experts Tournament, 1959.
- Game, Charles Henderson vs. Neal T. Austin, Special award for shortest game, 1959.
She Wins 04 Aug 1945, Sat The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
SHE WINS
Mitzi Mayfair checkmates chagrined husband, Charles Henderson, in chess game. Both are participants in the Times-sponsored Pan-American Chess Congress. Times photo
Mitzi Mayfair Gets Spotlight in Tourney 04 Aug 1945, Sat The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Mitzi Mayfair Gets Spotlight in Tourney
One of the surprise entrants in the Pan American Chess Congress is Mitzi Mayfair.
Mitzi, not content with being a superb dancer, singer and actress and radio commentator, has added chess playing to her talents and is participating in the women's tournament at the Times-sponsored congress.
Chess first drew her interest when she was making her well-publicized “Four Jills and a Jeep” tour of African and European battle fronts. Bouncing along close to the front in their jeep, the girls found many of the G.I.s relaxing over chess boards. Returning to this country to make the movie with Carole Landis, Martha Raye and Kay Francis she fell in love at the studio with Charles Henderson, associate musical director of 20th Century-Fox and soon found she was married to a chess shark.
Coached by Husband
Henderson coached his bride so well that now Mitzi plays a creditable game and is matching wits with some of America's strongest women players at the Hollywood Athletic Club, where the masters hold forth each evening. Henderson is playing in the reserve masters group.
In Thursday night's matches Mitzi lost a hard-fought game to Mrs. Mary Bain of Miami, one of Americas leading players. Other women's results: Mrs. Blanche Berkov defeated Mrs. Florence Rogers; Mrs. Nanny Roos took Mrs. Matilda Harmat; and Mrs. Hilda Look won from Mrs. Alma Wolff.
Herman Steiner, Times chess editor, yesterday afternoon won in 65 moves from Maj. Jose Joaquin Araiza, Mexico, in a game adjourned from Thursday night. Hector D. Rossetto, Argentina, won his adjourned game from Dr. Walter O. Cruz, Brazil, and Reuben Fine won on a technicality when Weaver W. Adams made an incorrect sealed move in their game adjourned from Thursday. In a game adjourned from Wednesday, Araiza yesterday obtained a win over Adams on their 80th move.
Samuel Reshevsky and Reuben Fine were tied for the lead, each with five wins and no losses, at the end of last night's session. Reshevsky, in winning his fourth and fifth games Thursday night and yesterday afternoon, again had the help of Father Time. Issac Kashdan, his opponent in Thursday's session, had to make his last three moves in a matter of seconds and when his 38th move had not been made after the required two hours, he lost on the technicality.
Reshevsky yesterday repeated with Herman Pilnik, Argentina, who failed to make his 40th move in the allotted time.
Fine won his fifth straight game yesterday through a technicality. Due to a misunderstanding, Dr. Cruz failed to show up for the match and, under the rules, Fine won by default. I. A. Horowitz routed Joaquin Camarena, Mexico, in 30 moves Thursday while Pilnik was taking 65 minutes to dispose of Dr. Jose Alfredo Brodermann, Cuba, in 23 moves.
The game between Steiner and Adams played last night was adjourned after four hours with Adams' 40th move placed in a sealed envelope until the game is resumed.
Tonight's Pairings
Several postponed games were played off by the masters last night and tonight the top-flight wizards go into the seventh round of their tournament. Tonight's pairings are as follows, the games starting at 7 o'clock.
Araiza vs. Kashdan; Reuben Fine vs. Steiner; Rossetto vs. Adams; Horowitz vs. Cruz; Broderman vs. Camarena; Pfc. Herbert Seidman vs. Pilnik, and Reshevsky draws a bye.
The feature match between Fine and Reshevsky, originally; scheduled for tomorrow, will be played Tuesday at 7 p.m. with Fine playing white.
Vol. IV, No. 1, August, 1954, California Chess Reporter; Tom Fries vs. Charles Henderson, with Lyn Henderson looking on.
Vol. 5, No. 10, California Chess Reporter, June 1956. Captain Henderson with the new North-South perpetual trophy donated by the Hotel California.
Vol. 6, No. 2, California Chess Reporter, September 1956, Charles Henderson
