1920

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March 17, 1920

• The Daily New Era Lancaster, Pennsylvania Wednesday, March 17, 1920 - Page 2 — An Eight-Year-Old Chess Prodigy — Eight-year-old Samuel Rzeschewski has been creating a sensation in Berlin as a remarkable child chess player. He has been playing against twenty-five to thirty excellent players and winning high honors. He has been playing in Warsaw and other Polish cites since the age of five. Read More

June 23, 1920

Samuel Rzeschewski 23 Jun 1920, Wed Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

• Los Angeles Evening Express Los Angeles, California Wednesday, June 23, 1920 - Page 24 — Samuel Rzeschewski — 8 year old Warsaw chess marvel, has issued a defi to Jose Capablanca, the match to take place in London. From England the youngster is coming to America. Rzeschewski is being acclaimed an even greater player than Capablanca. It's hard to conceive of this 8-year-old child mastering the wizard, Capablanca. Read More

August 22, 1920

• The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York Sunday, August 22, 1920 - Page 48 — School Principal Wins McClure Chess Prize — By decision of the committee of judges appointed by the New York State Chess Association, the award of the special prize for the best played game in the recent tournaments at the annual midsummer State meeting at Albany, offered by Archibald J. McClure of Lakewood, N.J., president of the Eighth American Chess Congress, was announced yesterday in favor of Plowden Stevens Jr., principal of P.S. 44 of the Bronx and a member of the State Island Chess Club, for the fine game he won from Bruno Forsberg, had he won, would have tied Jacob Bernstein, the new State champion, for first place.
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December 05, 1920

• The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Sunday, December 05, 1920 - Page 68 — Science Trying to Account for Infant Prodigies

Science Trying to Account for Infant Prodigies 05 Dec 1920, Sun The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com