City Chess Tournament

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20062512

Description

Richard Harrell is an eighteen year old freshman at Texas Christian University (T. C. U.). He has been named city chess champion at the close of the ten-week tournament. Harrell won six out of six games with a score of 26 under the Sonneborn point system. He started playing chess in 1942 as a junior in high school. After a lesson from a friend, Harrell learned the rest from the Encyclopedia Britannica. Harrell is the official tournament director of the Fort Worth Chess Club. He is shown playing chess, dressed in a suit.

Archival Date

1947-02-09

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1927

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Chess; Board games; Tournaments