Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-07-18 | Page 4 | 8-Year-Old Boy is Chess Marvel

I I i 1 i YEAR OLO BOY IS CHESS MARVEL Warsaw v Prodigy to Meet Champions in Titular Contest Bj By 3 Service Paris i July 17 an Can Can a a mans man's brain be contained in ina Ina a a child child's Imm Immature ture head bead This Is the que question ton th the graybeards of or Europe are asking each other following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing the tho marvellous performances of Samuel tho the year old Warsaw prodigy who Is acclaimed a greater chess player even than Capa- Capa blanca blanc To look Jook at him one would woud never ever suspect suspect of ot mentality concealed behind be be- be behind behind hind his blue eyes He Is a blond his head covered with curls and he lie arrived In Paris Paris the other day attired in a little sailor jacket from a a- a pocket of or which peeped top a a I Small Smal wonder onder the tho distinguished gathering gathering of oC French chess devotees who met him at the station were ere st staggered staggered stag stag- s- s at at the tho appearance of ot the boy whose whoso progress progress through Europe since leaving Poland h has s been a sort of ot triumphant triumphant tri tn- tri tri- march Born at Led ho wa was taught by his father Cather to play chess at 5 years old Tho Jho game fascinated him all aU his spare moments he put In studying the tho board puzzling out out moves and fifteen days father him father himself him him- later ho astonished d his self one of ot the best hest players in Vari Warsaw Warsaw War War- saw cafes cafes cafes-by by beating him Gifted Gired with wit a prodigious Instinct and with perfect a memory young Samuel speedily became known as unbeatable unbeatable un un- un- un beatable even by the very best flay ers in Poland He lIe le longed for tor further fields to conquer and ant his father took him to Germany In Berlin the tho skeptics accorded him hire hima a scornful welcome No child chil said the German experts could understand he the lie Intricate theories I of chess let alone aone beat bet the thc masters who had spent a a lifetime studying th the game Same There Tere upon he child challenged the tho best players In Germany Ninety Ninety- two responded But hi his time was lire lim lm- lm lIed two Ninety games might take I as many days So he coolly suggested suggest suggest- ed playing the two ninety experts in In batches of ot six at a time The They shrugged their shoulders shoulders said said It couldn't be done done but eventually agreed And year old Saumel Rz s- s beat all al of ot them except one one one- one an a unrivalled unrivaled feat which quieted the skeptics and established the boys boy's reputation rep rep- for Cor goodAt good At At Amsterdam and Antwerp l he e played eighty games without losing one At At- Brussels he played twenty t I games simultaneously twice twIce and and lost only lames two of ot the the forty games At the the famous cafe cato Avenue do de lOpera home lom of the chess club of ot Paris Samuel amuel played tho the forty best players rs of ot Paris in n two simultaneous us gardes games of ot twenty twenty each and won every everyl same even th though uSh one of ot his opponents opponents l tc was a m man n who had a a week bet before re n neaily arly beat n the the famous c Capablanca Capablanca Capa- Capa pa blanca blanca himself neche has as no noW challenged Cap Capablanca blanca the match to take ako place In JAndon the lie e Is IB to Am rl ato t h humble b th the experts there there