AAdditional Games
- Game, A. A. Rosate vs. George B. Oakes, North-South Match, 1950.
Chess Expert Presents Awards 21 Feb 1947, Fri The Californian (Salinas, California) Newspapers.com
Chess Expert Presents Awards
CONGRATULATIONS WERE IN ORDER last night for the winners of top honors in the Monterey Bay Chess club tournament as chess master George Koltanowski awarded the prizes to winners of the recent competition. Tom Campbell, Jerry Skillicorn, George B. Oakes, Mr. Koltanowski, and Tom Work, Jr., winner of the first prize, are shown in the front row, while Bob Johnson, Ed Black, who accepted the prize for his son Thurman Black, A. W. Flippin, and the Rev. Keppel Hill are shown with their prizes in the second row.
Chess Expert Presents Awards 21 Feb 1947, Fri The Californian (Salinas, California) Newspapers.com
Playing and winning 19 games simultaneously at the YMCA, George Koltanowski, International chess expert, demonstrated finer points of the game last night following a dinner meeting of Monterey Bay chess enthusiasts at St. Paul's Episcopal church.
Feature of the dinner program was Koltanowski's presentation of awards to winners In the Monterey bay inter-city chess tournament, which has been in progress several months. Awards included:
Class A: T. A. Work, Monterey, first place trophy; George Oakes, second place trophy; and Jerry Skillicorn, cup for third. Class B: The Rev. Keppel W. Hill, first place cup; Thurman Black, second place chess set; and A. W. Flippin, chess book for third.
Class C: John Douglass, chess set for first; Bob Johnson, Chualar, chess book for second; and Tom Campbell, medal for third.
Koltanowski's exhibition play included simultaneous games with bay area players. He presented two books as prized, one to David Flippin as the youngest player and another to E. T. Dana, Palo Alto, for outstanding play. Honorable mention was given to T. A. Work of Monterey.
George Oakes Will Head Chess Club 15 Jan 1946, Tue The Californian (Salinas, California) Newspapers.com
George Oakes Will Head Chess Club
George Oakes was named president and Foster Clark secretary of the newly formed Salinas Chess club, it was announced today. Organization meeting was held at St. Paul's Episcopal church, where the club will meet each Thursday evening at 7:30.
Rev. K. W. Hill and Mike Murphy were named as directors to serve during this year.
Play in the weekly games will get under way at 7:30 and all persons interested in taking part are welcome to attend the meetings. Oakes, formerly a member of the Vallejo Chess club, and experienced in conducting tournaments, will be in charge of weekly play.
There will be two divisions of play, one for experienced players and the other for less experienced players. Prizes in the form of chess books will be awarded winners in each class.
Plans are being formed to have inter-city matches, with Salinas players taking on chess addicts from Monterey, Watsonville and Santa Cruz.
George Oakes Is Chess Champion In Class A Group 19 Apr 1950, Wed The Californian (Salinas, California) Newspapers.com
George Oakes Is Chess Champion In Class A Group
George Oakes captured the Class A championship cup in the Salinas Chess club tournament when he defeated P. Wyman in their match at the YMCA Tuesday evening. This gives Oakes a second hold on the perpetual trophy which must be' won three times in order to be kept permanently P. Wyman also defeated E. Hawkins to wind up their matches. John Douglass is the current winner of the class B trophy. Standings in the Salinas area chess tournament are as follows:
W L D Points
George Oakes 8 0 2 9
P. Wyman 7 2 1 7½
F. Clark 7 2 0 7
H. Fixler 5 2 2 6
R. Taylor 6 4 0 6
Wayne Pope 5 4 1 5½
J. Douglass 3 6 1 3½
G. R. Detweiler 3 7 0 3
S. Lowe 2 7 1 2½
E. Hawkins 1 8 1 1½
Only one game remains to be completed in the 1950 tournament play—that between H. Fixler and F. Clark.
Vol. 1, No. 6, December 1951, California Chess Reporter: California Open, Santa Cruz 1951
George Oakes Is '52 Chess Champ 26 May 1952, Mon The Californian (Salinas, California) Newspapers.com
George Oakes Is 52 Chess Champ
George Oakes defeated Foster Clark in the final match of the Salinas YMCA Chess club tournament to become the 1952 champion of the club with the impressive score of 13 wins, 1 draw (to Clark), and no losses. Foster Clark was the runner-up with 11 wins 1 draw, and 2 losses.
Elmer Hawkins won the “B” cup by finishing with the highest score among the players in the “B” section of the tournament. The final individual scores are:
Won Lost
George Oakes 13½ ½
Foster Clark 11½ 2½
Rolla Taylor 8½ 5½
Albert Lukavich 8 6
Elmer Hawkins 5½ 8½
Wayne Pope 5½ 8½
Carl Taylor 2½ 11½
Sam Lowe 1 13
The club will continue to meet every Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m at the YMCA, for informal play. Visitors are cordially invited to drop in for a game or for an evening of chess.
George Oakes Named County Chess Champ 08 Dec 1966, Thu The Californian (Salinas, California) Newspapers.com
George Oakes Named County Chess Champ
George Oakes of the Salinas Chess Club was named Monterey County Chess Champion last weekend at Monterey.
Oakes was undefeated in the tournament and walked off with the prized trophy and $25 award. He is well known in local chess circles and ranks high in the United States Chess Federation.
Helen Bennett of Carmel was highest ranking woman in the tournament. Second and third place tournament winners were from Monterey.
