California Chess Newspaper & Magazine Articles

   November 26, 1851, San Francisco Daily Alta California, The New San Francisco Chess Club.

   November 29, 1851, San Francisco Daily Alta California, St. Amant at the new Chess Club.

   March 1, 1858, San Francisco Daily Alta California, The Chess Tournament (SF).

   March 19, 1858, San Francisco Daily Alta California, Pacific Chess Tournament (SF).

   May 2, 1858, San Francisco Daily Alta California, Close of the Pacific Chess Tournament (SF).

   October 28, 1858, San Francisco Daily Alta California, New chess club in Downieville.

   December 7, 1858, San Francisco Daily Alta California, Shasta vs. Yreka at Chess.

   January 6, 1859, San Francisco Daily Alta California, New Cosmopolitan Chess Club.

   December 4, 1893, Los Angeles Herald, Great Chess Player Here - S. Lipschutz, America's Champion.

   January 1, 1922, Los Angeles Times, Gruer Leads Chessmen.

   August 28, 1932, Los Angeles Times, Chess Tourney Nearing Close.

   June 21, 1933, Los Angeles Times, Suicide Checks Murder Inquiry (Clif Sherwood).

   May 12, 1945, Chess by F. R. Chevalier from the Christian Science Monitor; 'Steiner New Federation Official'.

   July 1, 1945, Los Angeles Times, Chess Congress Scheduled Here.

   July 8, 1945, Los Angeles Times, Film Stars Will Participate in Chess Congress.

   July 15, 1945, Los Angeles Times, Latin Chess Masters En Route for Tourney.

   July 22, 1945, Los Angeles Times, Fine-Reshevsky Chess Match Scheduled Here.

   July 29, 1945, Los Angeles Times, Chess Congress Masterminds Begin Contests.

   August 5, 1945, Los Angeles Times, Chess Masters Enter Final Week of Tourney.

   August 12, 1945, Los Angeles Times, Living Pieces to Act Out Moves at Chess Tourney.

   August 13, 1945, Los Angeles Times, Glamorous Girls Help to Close Chess Tourney.

   February 17, 1946, Los Angeles Times, Steiner to Play Chess Champion for U.S. Title.

   July 5, 1948, Oakland Tribune, Alamedan Prospers, Plays Despite Blindness, Deafness

   October 1, 1948, Santa Rosa Press Democrat Chess Chats column, starts Play Koltanowski by Mail

   May 19, 1949, Los Angeles California Eagle, Open Air Chess Tourney Slated for South Park

   November 9, 1949, San Francisco Chronicle, Strengthen Your Chess Game

   November 18, 1949, San Francisco Chronicle, Stamina in Chess

   November 20, 1949, San Francisco Chronicle, Chess Record Play-As Rough as a Channel Swim

   November 25, 1949, San Francisco Chronicle, Chronicle Chess Festival

   November 28, 1949, San Francisco Chronicle, Chess Players

   November 28, 1949, San Francisco Chronicle, Chess Master Koltanowski, Blindfold Champion, Never Forgets Until He Wants To.

   November 29, 1949, San Francisco Chronicle, Chess History

   November 30, 1949, San Francisco Chronicle, Meet The Master

   December 5, 1949, San Francisco Chronicle, A Chess Virtuoso Battles All Comers in Twelve-Hour Marathon Play.

   December 6, 1949, San Francisco Chronicle, Chess Expert Tells How He Did It

   February 19, 1950, San Francisco Chronicle, Koltanowski's First Draw in Chess-by-Mail.

   February 23, 1950, Los Angeles California Eagle, Interracial Chess Group Formed Here

   September 21, 1950, Santa Rosa Press Democrat; George Koltanowski, 'Engram' to 'Dianetics' 4-Check!, Science Mates the Chess Master.

   February, 1951, San Francisco Fireman's Fund Record, The Walking Brain.

   April 12, 1951, The Haypress Hayward Union High School, Black Bishop Chessmen Crowned Champions.

   May 30, 1952, San Francisco Argonaut, U.S. Women's Chess Champion Visits San Francisco

   February 4, 1954, Los Angeles California Eagle, Chess Club Slates Newcomers Tourney

   June 19, 1955, San Francisco Chronicle, The Amiable Magician Of the Chess Board

   August 8, 1955, Los Angeles Examiner, Woman Chess Star Checks Mate

   January 21, 1958, Santa Monica Evening Outlook; Demonstrating Fine Points of Chess.

   May 2, 1960, Life, Big Campus Chess Game (at UC Berkeley)

   July 30, 1960, The Saturday Evening Post, Campaigns of Silence

   July 30, 1961, San Francisco Chronicle, Art Rosenbaum, Sharpening the Mind - A Master's Secret

   August 15, 1961, San Francisco Chronicle, George Koltanowski, A Backward Look at the Chess Open

   August, 1961, Los Angeles Times, Jim Murray, Chess and Cobwebs

   May 1, 1962, Magazine ad, Try The Paul Masson Gambit

   December 31, 1962, Magazine ad, Your Chance To Win Paul Masson's Champagne Cup

   March 23, 1963, San Francisco Chronicle, Mr. K vs. Mr. K

   July 3, 1963, Los Angeles Times, Social Scene: Party Tables Turned (Guests Surprise Mrs. Piatigorsky)

   July 28, 1963, San Francisco Chronicle, Sonoma's Community Chess

   July 31, 1963, Los Angeles Times, Soviet Chess Masters Honored at Banquet

   January 2, 1964, San Quentin Varieties, Morphy Strength Faces Acid Test

   April 1, 1964, Magazine ad, Paul Masson's 1964 Chess Tourney! (Koltanowski's Ring!)

   April 12, 1964, Los Angeles Times, Chess Champ Wins 47 (Bobby in Hollywood)

   March 11, 1965, San Jose City College Times, Blackstone a Magician At Chess, Too ...

   May 23, 1965, San Francisco Examiner, At Mechanics' Institute: A Noted Chess Master for SF

   October 8, 1965, San Leandro High School Cargo, Chess Club Organizes

   December 21, 1965, San Diego Union, L.A. Children Discover Thrill Of Playing Chess

   June 1, 1966, San Francisco Chronicle, From Diamonds to Rooks

   August 16, 1966, Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo., Chess Hypnosis (About the 2nd Piatigorsky Cup Tournament.)

   August 31-September 10, 1966, Greek Theatre Magazine, GM Bent Larsen plays a casual game with Victor Borge backstage at the outdoor Greek Theatre in Griffith Park, LA.

   September 12, 1966, San Leandro High School Cargo, Winning Kingsmen: Coach Ausmus Predicts Successful Season For Pirates Loss Of Seniors Won't Cripple Trophy

   November 23, 1966, San Leandro High School Cargo, Try For Second Championship by Robert Ghiselli

   December 16, 1966, San Leandro High School Cargo, Chess Underway by Bob Ghiselli

   December, 1966, Los Angeles Times, Queen of the Chess Devotees

   January 20, 1967, San Leandro High School Cargo, Kingsmen High In League Standings

   April 14, 1967, San Leandro High School Cargo, Chessmen End Season

   October 27, 1967, San Leandro High School Cargo, Chess Club Top Eight

   December 28, 1967, Hollywood Citizen News, 600 Pupils Vie in Valley Chess Meet

   January, 1968, Oxnard Press Courier, Chess Games Stir Interest

   February, 1968, Fremont-Newark Argus, Chess Group To Meet

   May 6, 1968, San Leandro High School Cargo, Chess Club Still Alive

   January 21, 1969, San Leandro Morning News, Chabot's New Chess Club Still Grows

   May 1, 1969, Palm Springs Desert Sun, Four Winners

   October 1, 1969, Oakland Tribune, Berkeleyan chess king (Craig Barnes)

   November 26, 1969, The Carmel Pine Cone-Cymbal, Middle School Chess Champs

   February 20, 1971, Christian Science Monitor by Frederick R. Chevalier, Blindfold Exhibition (Alan Benson)

   February 26, 1971, California Mens Colony Communicator, 'Chess Group Organized In B-Quad.'

   February 27, 1971, Oakland Tribune, Chess Anyone? (GM Svetozar Gligoric gave a simultaneous exhibition at the Oakland Chess Club)

   June 26, 1971, Monterey Peninsula Herald, Jacqueline Piatigorsky playing in the 7th Annual Monterey International Open

   June 28, 1971, Monterey Peninsula Herald, Berkeley Man Wins Chess Tournament

   October 3, 1971, San Francisco Examiner, Will an American Win the World Chess Crown?

   March 5, 1972, Sacramento Union, Taking On The World

   April 30, 1972, San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, Berkeley's Lazy Chess Champ

   June 26, 1972, Monterey Peninsula Herald, Chess Armies Attack on Silent Battlefields

   June 29, 1972, San Francisco Chronicle, Battle of Chess Giants: Bobby Is Often A Spoiled Brat By Larry Evans

   June 30, 1972, San Francisco Chronicle, Battle of Chess Giants: Bobby 'Wrecks Them Spiritually' By Larry Evans

   July 9, 1972, San Francisco Chronicle - This World, Stormy Genius From N.Y....And the Russian Who CAN Fight If...

   July 13, 1972, San Francisco Examiner, Dick Nolan: Knights and Rooks

   July 19, 1972, San Francisco Chronicle, Plans to Reap The Chess Craze

   July 19, 1972, San Francisco Chronicle, Our Man Hoppe: A New Idol, Bobby Fischer

   July 19, 1972, San Francisco Examiner, Sydney J. Harris: The 2 Chess Games

   July 24, 1972, Hayward Daily Review, Chess Columnist Giving Lectures

   July 28, 1972, Los Angeles Times, Fischer Hands Spassky Fourth Defeat of Series

   August 4, 1972, San Francisco Chronicle, It's Your Move At Macy's, Koltanowski Simultaneous

   August 5, 1972, Herald & News, Dublin - Livermore - Pleasanton, Area Chess Fans Watching Iceland

   August 10, 1972, San Francisco Examiner, Women Moving Into Chess

   September 1, 1972, Oakland Tribune, Bobby Fischer Wins It All As Spassky Concedes

   September 1, 1972, Los Angeles Times, Fischer Is King

   September 6, 1972, Newhall Signal, Koltanowski Simultaneous

   September 13, 1972, Newhall Signal, Koltanowski To Meet Local Players

   September 15, 1972, Newhall Signal, Koltanowski Simultaneous

   September 18, 1972, Newhall Signal, Koltanowski Simultaneous

   September 29, 1972, Los Angeles Free Press, Why is Bobby Fischer Such a Boor?

   October 6, 1972, Los Angeles Free Press, The Sleepy Hollow Chess Parlor Opens Its Doors

   May 31, 1973, Hayward Daily Review, All Comers Community Chess Tournament

   August 30, 1973, Berkeley Daily Gazette, Young Berkeleyan, His battleground is a chessboard

   October 3, 1973, San Francisco Chronicle, Champion Follows Guru, Chess and the 'Inner Nectar'

   November 4, 1973, Oakland Tribune, Chess Champion's Mysterious Life

   February 12, 1974, The Daily Californian, Ferocious Berkeley Chess Players Square Off Saturday

   March, 1974, The Folsom Observer (Folsom State Prison, Repressa), Grefe-Waterman Win 32; Otero-Bishop Checkmate Masters in Folsom Chess Tournament

   May 19, 1974, SF Sunday Chronicle and Examiner, Chess on the Offensive - Two Big Bay Area Tourneys

   August 22, 1974, The Daily Californian, Chess Champs Pit Brains In Berkeley's Games

   October 3, 1974, The Davis Enterprise, Grand Opening; The House of Chess w/ George Koltanowski

   April 4, 1975, San Francisco Examiner, Reaction to Fischer's end

   April 17, 1975, Owens Valley Progress-Cititzen (Lone Pine), 23 Grandmasters Compete in Lone Pine Chess Tourney

   April 18, 1975, New York Times, Lone Pine Small Talk: 'Bf8+...Kc7...Nd6+'

   March 18, 1976, Hayward Daily Review, Our 9-year-old Chess Champ (Kenny Fong)

   November 10, 1976, East West The Chinese American Journal, Kenny Fong vs. 26 players, televised on KRON-TV

   July 17, 1977, San Francisco Datebook, In the Vineyards With Wine, Cheese, and Chess

   August 1, 1977, SF New West, Chess Nuts

   October 6, 1979, Hayward Daily Review, Kenny takes break (Kenny Fong)

   October 15, 1979, Hayward Daily Review, A siesta for Kenny (Kenny Fong)

   December 2, 1979, New York Times, New Yorker Wins U.S. Women's Championship

   February 9, 1980, SF Chronicle, Banking on Their Teenage Chess Whiz (Baraka Shabazz)

   March 20, 1980, INYO Independent & Owens Valley Progress Citizen, 10th Statham Chess tourney underway

   July 21, 1980, San Francisco Examiner, Meet a Master (Spassky), Dwight Chapin column

   August 5, 1980, Hayward Daily Review, Checkmate, Reykjavik? (Kenny Fong)

   September 3, 1980, East West The Chinese American Journal, Kenny Fong Returns from Iceland

   June 7, 1981, Los Angeles Times, 490 of the nation's best compete in chess tournament (Baraka Shabazz ponders next chess move)

   February, 1982, Fantasy Newsletter, On Fantasy by Fritz Leiber. Fritz recalls his lifelong dalliance with the game of chess, and "how it was marked (and marred?) by a father-rivalry..."

   February 6, 1983, The Hayward Daily Review, Obituary for Harold James, proprietor of the Cherryland Cafe; where players played chess from 6pm to 6am six nights a week.

   August 4, 1983, Los Angeles Times, Bobby Fischer-Will He Ever Make a Move Again?

   August 4, 1983, Los Angeles Times, Soviets Won't Budge-Boycott of Pasadena Chess Tourney Seems Certain

   August 7, 1983, Pasadena Star-News, Korchnoi Makes Winning Move

   August 8, 1983, San Francisco Chronicle, A Very One-Sided Chess Match

   August 19, 1983, Pasadena Star-News, Checkmate!

   August 28, 1983, San Francisco Chronicle, The Dean's Gambit by Will Chapin

   December 7, 1983, San Jose Mercury News, Keeping infirmities in check: Pursuing chess was master's right move.

   December, 1983, Senior Times V2N12 North Bay Edition, Veteran Chess Champ Still Dazzles Audiences Today

   July 10, 1984, San Francisco Chronicle, 'All-Stars' of Chess Draw a Crowd of 40

   August 1-15, 1984, The East Bay Times, Chess Men, The U.S. Chess Championships at Berkeley

   October 12, 1984, The Northern California Jewish Bulletin, The George Koltanowski Endowment Fund

   October 7, 1985, YUBA-SUTTER Appeal-Democrat, Checkmate, Chess exhibition at Peach Tree Mall

   March 15, 1991, San Francisco Chronicle, Philippine Grandmaster Wins Big Chess Tournament in S.F.

   April 29, 1992, Fremont Argus, Pupils take their chess seriously

   July 18, 1992, San Francisco Chronicle, Market Street Chess a Serious Business

   September 24-30, 1992, Palo Alto Weekly, Game Boy, Palo Alto's Mont-Reynaud is the nation's top chess prodigy

   September 29, 1992, National Enquirer, Oddball chess champ flips for teen fan - rook, line and sinker!

   October 4, 1992, Valley Times, Festival brings together artists, public

   December 9, 1992, San Jose Mercury News, Young Peninsula chess star making all the right moves (Jordy Mont-Reynaud)

   August 11, 1993, San Francisco Chronicle, Chess expert makes moves through the mail. 'Searching' will appeal to chess fans, nonplayers alike.

   October 8, 1993, Lockheed Star, Retirement Can't Checkmate Jim Hurt, Chess Buff For More Than 60 Years

   May 9, 1994, San Jose Mercury News, Chess moms check it out

   August 27, 1995, Oakland California Voice, Rochelle Metcalfe column (about Gene Hazzard's sidewalk chess)

   September 1, 1995, Oakland Tribune, Hazzard Zone

   September 10, 1995, Oakland Tribune, Letters To The Editor 'Dangerous chess players'

   December 3, 1995, Oakland Tribune, Board wars check into Lake Merritt Boathouse

   July 17, 1996, Sunnyvale Sun, Toppling Kings - A master of chess teaches all the right moves at Lockheed

   November 5, 1999, San Francisco Chronicle, Chess Mates; Players in Palo Alto make their moves until all hours of the night

   February 7, 2000, San Francisco Chronicle, Obituaries: Grandmaster Of Chess, George Koltanowski by Steve Rubenstein

   July 28, 2005, San Francisco Chronicle, Chess may be the glue that binds the players on Market, but their bond goes much deeper.

   June 5, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle, Hip-hoppers get their game on. Chess, that is.

   May 21, 2013, Tri-City Voice, World Champion meets local chess players by Joe Lonsdale

   August 23, 2022, San Francisco Chronicle, Chess ritual may help check downtown loss

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