Nov-25-06
 | | Phony Benoni: Can anybody confirm if White was L. Walter Stephens of TD infamy (Reshevsky vs Denker, 1942)? |
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| Nov-27-06 | | Resignation Trap: Hmmmm......
No confirmation, but www.chessbase.com does credit L. Walter Stephens with the games at Ventnor City 1940 (last place with 0.5/11). But, of course, they also sometimes give games played by unborn and dead players. Llewellyn Walter Stephens, born August 16, 1883 (?) in St. Louis MO, died September 30, 1948 in New York City. Attended Princeton University and Union Theological Seminary. Obituaries can be found in New York Times issues of October 2 and October 3, 1948. Sidney Bernstein and Milton Hanauer tied for first in this tournament with 8/11 each. Bernstein included five of his wins from this tournament in his book, but not the one against Stephens (drat!) In John Donaldson's pamphlet about Olaf Ulvestad, he lists the players and their final scores, but player #12 appears as "W. Stephens". That must be the worst initial available! Arrgh! A book of this event was published and a copy is in the University of Maryland - Baltimore Campus' library. Any users t/here have access to it? |
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Nov-27-06
| | Phony Benoni: <Resignation Trap> He didn't even win a game on time? Remarkable. I'm interested because there are two games from Pittsburgh, 1946 by L. W. Stephens of Brooklyn, N.Y. He qualified for the bottom Finals section, but withdrew beforehand. Could be our boy, but again no confirmation. |
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| Nov-27-06 | | Resignation Trap: <Phony Benoni> I'd be willing to bet that L. W. Stephens at Pittsburgh IS our boy. |
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| Jan-02-12 | | SBC: .
Yes, this is L. Walter Stephens. I was perusing some magazines earlier and noticed L. Walter Stephens had been captain of the Princeton Chess Team, a championship team in those years.
In the 1909 the Intercollegiate cable match which vied American representatives from Harvard (1), Princeton (1), Columbia (2), and the Univ. of Pa. (2) against British representatives from Oxford (3) and Cambridge (3), America won 4.5 - 1.5. Stephens drew against his Cambridge opponent, J. H. Brown. Another member of the American team, representing Univ. of Pa., was Norman Tweed Whitaker who beat his Cambridge opponent, W. H. Humphreys. The American team played in Alexander Hall, Princeton (and were housed at the Nassau Inn). They played from 8 am till 6:30 pm, March 19 and 20. Magnus Smith, a Canadian champion, looked after the interests of the British team at Princeton while James Mortimer looked after the American interests in London. Stephens also attended Columbia receiving a Masters of Education in 1915. |
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