Friday, October 25, 2013

Willard Mutchler vs Hason Chess Game 1922 - The Washington Herald

The Washington Herald
25 November 1922
The newspaper from Capital City runs Chess Notes and Comment. Chess editor by Willard H. Mutchler. The column might possible ended in this issue, 25 November 1922.

Game:
Willard Mutchler vs J.B. Hanson unfinished, off hand games 1922
Danish Gambit
We got to know the strength of Willard Mutchler, chess editor to this newspaper. The game was just off hand games against J.B. Hanson, C-Class player in Washington Chess Club.

Report:
The much talked Washington vs Philadelphia Telephone chess match were given details for payers on each side. Whitaker, Sournin were in Washington, S.T.Sharp, W.A. Ruth (state champion) were in Philadelphia.


The Washington Herald - Chess Notes and Comment
25 November 1922



Bernstein vs Reshevsky 1922 - The Washington Herald

The Washington Herald
12 November 1922
The newspaper from Capital City, The Washington Herald provided adequate chess column, Chess News and Comment, by H. Willard Mutchler

Game:
Jacop Bernstein vs Samuel Reshevsky 1-0, New York 1922
Queen's Gambit Declined
As usual, The Washington Herald posted important tournament  chess games played recently (on that time). In this issue they continue the report on New York 1922 tournament, which won by Lasker. The headlines news however focus on the young Samuel Rzezchewski / Reshevsky. He lost to Jacop Bernstein in this game. The game can be followed on the chessgames link.

Reports:
A telephone match will be held between the cities of Philadelphia and Washintong. Under Capital City Chess Club and the Mercantile Library Chess Association of Philadelphia, 1922. We got to see the top ten players from each cities:
N.T. Whitaker, V. Sournin, I.S. Turover, A.F. Fox, N.S. Perkins, H. Garner, F.B. Walker, E.B. Adam, E. Knapp, A. Pasch and Lovell are chess players from Washington.
Ruth, Sharp, Jackson are chess players from Philadelphia. The player list finalized on this ISSUE

Class Tourney Progressing - Class C Tourney report in the Capital City Chess Club, between E.R. Kalmbach and J.B. Hanson.


The Washington Herald Chess Comment and News
12 November 1922

Reshevsky vs Bigelow 1922 - The Washington Herald

The Washington Herald
5 November 1922
Chess News and Comment from The Washington Herald provided tournament chess games, as well as report on their local Capital City Chess Club. Chess editor W.H. Mutchler

Games:
David Janowski vs Samuel Reshevsky 0-1 - Queen's Gambit Declined
Charles Jaffe vs Jacob Bernstein 1-0 - Ruy Lopez
Samuel Reshevsky vs Horace Ransom Bigelow 1/2-1/2 - Indian's Game E10
The Washington Herald continued their report on New York 1922 tournament. Won by Lasker , this tournament was debut for young Samuel Reshevksy. The local spectators were impressed and The Washington Herald re-posted his victory against David Janowski. Which already posted last week. Age of Chess blog converted all the annotation on that blog post, just follow the link.

Report:
Proposed telephone match for Capital City Chess Club vs Philadelphia Chess Association. This was their second telephone match since C.C.C.C vs Manhattan Chess Club in 1920, won by the later. Players for Washington are Whitaker, Sournin etc. Detail can be found on the next issue.

The Washington Herald Chess Comment and News
5 November 1922
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David Janowski vs Samuel Reshevsky 1922 - The Washington Herald

The Washington Herald,
29 October 1922
Chess Comment, News and Notes On Games was a regular chess column in the Washington Herald. Chess editor was W.H. Mutchler. They provided chess games with detail annotation, such as in this issue.

Game:
David Janowski vs Samuel Reshevsky 0-1, New York 1922
Queen's Gambit Declined

Very famous game of Samuel Reshevksy in his earliest known year. This game is what put Samuel Reshevksy on the chess map. As the article suggested, the American audiences also "shocked" by the prodigy. This issue give a detail analysis to the game, interesting notes point of view from that era where chess understanding where 'limited'. The annotation were converted into game viewer below for your convenience on this excellent piece of game.

Report:
Detail report on how Lasker easily won the recent American masters' tournament in New York City. The tournament where the game Janowski vs Reshevsky was played.

The Washington Herald Chess Games Notes and Comments 
29 October 1922

Game Viewer : David Janowski vs Samuel Reshevsky 0-1 1922 - Annotation from The Washington Herald 29 October 1922

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