CHESS PRODIGY
SPANISH BOY’S PLAY
CHAMPIONS EXTENDED
INTEREST IN LONDON (Special Correspondent.)
(10 n.m.) LONDON, Jan. 17. Chess enthusiasts are watching with interest tins games of the 14-year-old Spanish prodigy, Arturo Pomar, in the Sunday Chronicle world chess tournament in London, It took the Polish master, Dr. Tnrtakover, who only recently won the Hastings chess congress, four and a half hours and 50 moves to beat Pomar. In addition to the official record which ho handed to the, director of tho tournament, tiie Spanish boy made a careful copy of every more on a spare scoring sheet. After tho game lie went to an empty hoard in the corner of tile hall and replayed the game to discover tho move that led to his defeat. "Tho doctor was too good for me to-night,” he commented. The following day Pomar was defeated by H. Steiner of the United States in 33 moves. Dr. Tnrtakover was beaten by Dr. Osslip Bernstein, who is a 63-year-old Russian born. The game lasted four hours.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21923, 18 January 1946, Page 5
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