1939

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January 01, 1939

• The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 33 — Brooklyn College Chess Team Regains Lead in League Play by Herman Helms — Defeating the team representing the Washington Square branch of New York University by the score of 3—1 in the fifth round at the Manhattan Chess Club, the champion chess team of Brooklyn College yesterday regained the lead in the annual tournament for the championship of the Intercollegiate Chess League and custody of the Harold M. Phillips Trophy. C.C.N.Y. Shows Sportmanship This advance of the Brooklyn players, however, was due to the fact that the varsity quartet of City College was without opposition yesterday. The Yeshiva College team, made up wholly of divinity students, could not play because of limitations to their Saturday activities. Forfeiture of this match would have given the championship to City College, but Capt. Jack Soudakoff would not have it that way. The issue consequently goes over until Monday morning, when City College and Yeshiva will meet on four boards at the Manhattan Chess Club. Brooklyn, with a game score of 15—5, has a margin of 2½ points over City College, with 12—3½. It follows that C.C.N.Y. must defeat Yeshiva by 2½—1 in order to tie, and 3—1 in order to pass Brooklyn to take first place. Herbert Seidman, '42, and Isadore Boguslaw, '40, won their games at the top boards for Brooklyn yesterday. Jeremiah Donovan, '41, No. 3 in the lineup, failed to win for the first time but drew and finished with a score of 4½—½, the best individual record in the tournament. ★ Read More

• The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 33 — Landau Takes Lead In Chess at Hastings — Hastings, England, Dec. 31 (AP)— S. Landau of Amsterdam, by drawing with P.S. Milner-Barry of England, today took the lead in the international tournament at the annual Christmas congress of the Hastings and St. Leonard's Chess Club. In the fourth round four matches were adjourned and one decided. Leading scores were Landau, 3 to 1; L. Szabo, Hungary, 2½ to ½; Dr. Max Euwe, the Netherlands, 2 to 1; H. Golembek, England; E. Klein, Germany; V. Pirc, Yugosolavia, and Sir G.A. Rhomas, England, 1½ to 1½. Today's matches: Landau and Milner-Barry drew in 27 moves. Klein and T.H. Taylor, England; Euwe and Pirc; Golembek and Szabo; Thomas and E.G. Sergeant, England, all adjourned. Read More

• The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 77 — (Column) Chess and Checkers by Walter Penn Shipley

• The Central New Jersey Home News New Brunswick, New Jersey Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 20 — (Local) Chess Artists Games

• Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 11 — (Column) Conn. Chess League and Club Notes by G.E. Avery, Hartford Chess Club

• The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 42 — (Column) Chess by Herman Steiner

• The Observer London, Greater London, England Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 20 — (Column) Chess by Brian Harley

• The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Indiana Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 7 — (Local) Simultaneous Chess Play To Be Tuesday

• The News Leader Staunton, Virginia Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 8 - (Local) Chess Tournament

• The Birmingham News Birmingham, Alabama Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 56 — Wholesale Attack: Student Beats Five Professors Simultaneously At Chess — Amherst, Mass. — (AP) John C. Rather, of Brooklyn, Amherst College freshman, played six professors simultaneously in a chess game recently, defeated five of them and tied the other. Then he pointed out to the professors where they made their mistakes. The faculty, at an early date expects to throw in its first team against Rather. ★ / ★ Read More

• Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 26 — Chess Champs Youngsters. — Reuben Fine, New York, and Paul Keres, Estonia, who finished in a tie for the International chess championship at Amsterdam, were the youngest of the eight competing experts from all over the world.

• Daily Press Newport News, Virginia Sunday, January 01, 1939 - Page 19 — (Local) Chess Clubs Hold Intense Interest — Members of Organizations in Newport News and Hampton Enjoy Competition.