Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-07-05 | Page 11 | Chess Expert to Meet 15 S. L. Men

Chess Expert To Meet 15 S. S L. L Men MenG G George e o 0 r g c KoltanowskI kl world champion blindfold chess champion champion champlan cham cham- pion plan Yankton S S. S D. D D. D will demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate demon demon- strate his hb unusual ability against 15 of Salt Lake City's best chess players simultaneously Saturday at 7 pm p.m. at the Young Mens Men's Christian 39 Exchange pi Latest recognized champion of ot the International Chess federation Mr won his hia title in 1937 1931 by playing 34 games simultaneously simultaneously simul simul- without seeing the chess boards All pieces were moved mo by assistants who reported each opponents opponent's op op- opponents opponent's op- op move and were instructed instruct instruct- ed which moves to make The c champion won 24 and tied 10 games A A. citizen of the United States since 1940 Mr Koltanowski was born In Antwerp Belgium where he learned diamond cutting from his father He started playing chess at the age of at 14 His latest accomplishment was WM completion of at a book on blindfold che chess In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Dark which will be published next fall faU Among the champions champion's opposition opposition tion at th the free demonstration Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- will bo be H H. A. A Dittman president president dent of the Y YMCA M C A Chess club Irvin W. W Taylor Salt Lake City 1947 19 champion Gleb L. L Cashin Kenneth R. R Jones Franklin S. S Harris Jr Louis N. N Page Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son H. H Beyer Francis M. M Edward Carl H. H Schack Mavor Mayor Gatehouse M. M I. I B. B Ferguson Stephen C. C Marchant Marchant Marchant Mar- Mar chant and Sterling B. B Talmage The chess expert and his wife wIte who who doesn't play chess chess win will continue on to San Jose Cal by automobile as aA soon as our car is repaired He is scheduled to teach chess in San Jose during July He has Just completed an exhibition tour of Canada Mexico Central America and the United States T I 4 V c s. s I 4 1 rr U U I r rt F T t i v George Koltanowski World blindfold chess champ to play