<34th Western Championshp Detroit, Michigan
September 23-October 1, 1933>

There is a legend that Reshevsky was asked before the tournament if he expected to win. His reply: "Who is there to beat me?"

He was right. Nobody beat him.

Reuben Fine and <Samuel Reshevsky> continued their domination, followed by two more young New Yorkers in <Arthur Dake> and <Robert Willman>. The next four included three former champions of the regional days; it was now obvious the old generation wasn't going to keep up. The tournament was held at the Hotel Tuller in Detroit, Michigan, and sponsored by the Auto City Chess and Checker Club.

Daily reports in the New York allow reconstruction of the schedule:

Round 1 : Saturday, September 23
Round 2 : Sunday, September 24
Round 3: Monday, September 25
Round 4 : Monday, September 25
Rpund 5 : Tuesday, September 26
Round 6 : Wednesday, September 27
Round 7 : Wednesday, September 27
Round 8 : Thursday, September 28
Round 9 : Thursday, September 28
Round 10: Friday, September 29
Round 11: Saturday, September 30
Round 12: Saturday, September 30
Round 13: Sunday, October 1

The crucial game would have been Reshevsky's win over fine, except that the older man let four draws slip away while Fine swept the rest of the field for a one-point victory.

                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1  Reuben Fine               X 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0
2  Samuel Reshevsky          1 X = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 11.0
3  Arthur William Dake       0 = X 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  9.5
4  Robert Willman            0 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 1  8.5
5  Samuel D Factor           0 = 0 0 X 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5
6  Leon Stolzenberg          0 0 0 0 1 X = = = 1 1 = 1 1  7.0
7  George Eastman            0 0 1 0 0 = X = 1 = 1 1 = 1  7.0
8  Albert Margolis           0 = 1 0 1 = = X 1 0 0 = 1 1  7.0
9  Maurice Fox               0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 X 1 1 = 1 1  5.0
10 Einar Michelsen           0 0 0 1 0 0 = 1 0 X 0 1 0 1  4.5
11 Egil Opsahl               0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 X = 0 1  4.0
12 George Samuel Barnes      0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = X 1 0  3.5
13 Marvin C Palmer           0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 X 1  3.5
14 William Franklyn Streeter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X  1.0

            Fin Res Dak Wil Fac Sto Eas Mar Fox Mic Ops Bar Pal Str
Fine         XX   6  10   7   4  13   8   3   5   2  11  12   1   9
Reshevsky     6  XX   7   4   1  10   5  13   2  12   8   9  11   3
Dake         10   7  XX   8   5   1   9   4   6   3  12  13   2  11
Willman       7   4   8  XX   2  11   6   1   3  13   9  10  12   5
Factor        4   1   5   2  XX   8   3  11  13  10   6   7   9  12
Stolzenberg  13  10   1  11   8  XX  12   7   9   6   2   3   5   4  
Eastman       8   5   9   6   3  12  XX   2   4   1  10  11  13   7
Margolis      3  13   4   1  11   7   2  XX  12   9   5   6   8  10
Fox           5   2   6   3  13   9   4  12  XX  11   7   8  10   1
Michelsen     2  12   3  13  10   6   1   9  11  XX   4   5   7   8
Opsahl       11   8  12   9   6   2  10   5   7   4  XX   1   3  13
Barnes       12   9  13  10   7   3  11   6   8   5   1  XX   4   2
Palmer        1  11   2  12   9   5  13   8  10   7   3   4  XX   6
Streeter      9   3  11   5  12   4   7  10   1   8  13   2   6  xX

Smile! OK, at least don't frown.

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

(From Edward Winter's Chess Notes, no.7257)

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MILESTONES

10: Samuel D Factor

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Sources:

American Chess Bulletin, September/October 1933, p.127-134. ACB

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 28, 1933. BDE

Chess Results 1931-1935 / Gino di Felice, p.151.

Chess Review, October 1933 CR

Cincinnati Enquirer, November 5, 1933 CE

New York Evening Post, 1933 (exact date obscured)

New York Times, daily reports, September 24 - October 2, 1933 NYT

Reading Times, October 9, 16, 1933.

Reuben Fine : a comprehensive record of an American Chess Career, 1929-1951 / Aidan Woodger. Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2004. Woodger

Winnipeg Tribune, July 21, 1934.

Thanks to <crawfb5> for finding and submitting some of the Reshevsky game, and <sachistu> for supplying games by Fox and other players.

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