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Frederick Baldwin Arnold

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Years covered: 1936


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FREDERICK BALDWIN ARNOLD
(born May-18-1908, died Jan-17-1994, 85 years old) United States of America

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Stark vs F B Arnold 1-037193637th ACF Congress: Preliminary 3D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
2. F B Arnold vs M L Hanauer 0-151936PhiladelphiaA51 Budapest Gambit
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-13-15
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  Phony Benoni: The actual identity of this person is a mystery -- and, after that one game, he was probably happy about that.

Here's the evidence I have so far:

"American Chess Bulletin" (1936, p.117, 136), has

<W. C. Arnold, West Chester, Pa.>

De Felice in "Chess Results", 1936-1940", p.51, has

<W. C. Arnold>,

"Chess Review" (September 1936, p. 208) has:

<F. P. Arnold>

The USCF retrospective rating supplement published November 5, 1950, does not list his name, although the event was rated.

Of these, perhaps the "Chess Review" version should be preferred, since it was written by Barnie F. Winkleman of Philadelphia, who would have been more more likely known a player from nearby West chester. But confirmation is lacking at this time.

Nov-14-15
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  Tabanus: 1940 census, I find this family in "West Goshen, Chester, PA":

William C. Arnold, Head, 65
Edith B. Arnold, Wife, 62
Fred B. Arnold, Son, 32, Single, Salesman Farm Equipment

Is says the family had the "same house" in 1935. Wiki: "West Goshen Township borders West Chester to the north, south, and east", and perhaps the chess club was in West Chester. I find no other candidates in Chester, PA.

Nov-14-15
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  Tabanus: Reading Times (Reading, PA), 6 Sept 1938 p. 11 (machine copy):

<The championship of the Central Pennsylvania Chess Association will be shared by two men for the next year. Last night's title match, held at the Berkshire Hotel as the climax of a three-day tournament, ended in a draw between Herman Hesse, of Bethlehem, who was defending the crown, and William Steckel, of Allentown, after four hours and 62 moves. Other playoff matches between players in the two divisions resulted in these rankings: August Towsen, Harrisburg, (third) beat Milton Paul, Harrisburg, (fourth): Ralph ------, Reading (fifth) beat E. P. Gillette, Bethlehem, (sixth); <Frederick Arnold, West Chester>, (seventh) beat William M. Hart. jr, York, (eighth), ...>

This is the only Arnold from West Chester I can find in the newspapers.

Nov-14-15
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  Tabanus: The Gettysburg Times, 18 Jan 1994, p. 2 (machine copy):

<Frances C. Arnold, 81, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 1994 at ... their home, 50 Brentwood Court, Hanover. Her husband, Frederick B. Arnold Sr., 85, died at 6:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, 1994 at the Hanover Hall Nursing Home, Hanover. Mrs. Arnold was born in Middletown, Del. the daughter of Levi and Elizabeth Mitchell Atwell. She was a graduate of West Chester State Teachers College, West Chester, and taught school in Pennsylvania for nine years and in Maryland for 13 years. She was a member of the National Education Association and the Pennsylvania Teachers Association. She enjoyed knitting and sewing. Mr. Arnold was bom in Harrisburg, the son of the late William C. and Edith Baldwin Arnold. He retired from Poclain Corp. of Paris, France after 14 years of service. <He was an avid chess player> and enjoyed the stock market. Both were members of the East Minister Presbyterian Church, Indialantic, Fla.>

<PB> Chess Review has F. <B.> Arnold?

Nov-14-15
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  Phony Benoni: <Tabanus> Just looked at "Chess Review" again, and it's definitely <F. P Arnold>. Winkleman, who wrote the article, actually played in the same preliminary section as Hanauer and Arnold, so he surely knew. In the light of your information, it looks like a misprint or some other misapprehension.

Just rechecked the reports in "New York Times" but they were not as complete as usual that year. For some reason, they were devoting more covering some tournament in Nottingham.

Some of Winkleman's columns from the Philadelphia Inquirer are now available over at Old Fulton, but I haven't looked at them carefully.

Nov-14-15
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  Tabanus: <PB> Winkleman should know ... but I find no F. <P.> Arnold ever living in Chester. And no trace of any W. C. Arnold playing chess. We do have a Frederick <B.> Arnold in Chester, PA playing chess.

Plus this: <The event was in America - the Philadelphia Chess Tournament on Monday, 9th November, 1936. The two players were F. Arnold (White) and Milton Loeb Hanauer (Black).> - said Ericacea in 2010 at http://www.chess.com/blog/Ericacea/..., now where did that F. come from.

Nov-14-15
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  Tabanus: The Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston, West Virginia) 17 May 1936, p. 15:

<Fred Arnold was in New York during the playing of the thirteenth round of the championship tournament and his comments on the players are quite interesting. We quote from his letter telling us about the affair: "As I was only able to stay one day, I decided that I would rather watch all the players and listen to the general conversation around the room, as I could get the scores of the games later and study them at my leisure. Mr. S. S. Cohen, of the Chess Review, was very accommodating. He saw to it that I met all the contestants some time during the day. "Treysman is creating quite an impression as this is his first tournament outside of his own club. Cohen says that he is weak on the openings but once he gets into the middle game he is almost unbeatable. Treysman is a man about 35. . . . You have seen pictures of Reshevsky. . . . He is about the size of Mr. Heckman from Columbus, probably lighter. His game with Treysman was beautiful. "Simonson, the other dark horse of the meet, played the most beautiful and game I have ever seen to down Horowitz. . . . He is a slender handsome boy around twenty and plays so fast it makes your head swim. Simonson has a nice personality and is full of fun . . . Kashdan is very disgruntled over his showing in the tournament. He has a bored-to-death air about him. . . . A by-stander told me Kashdan thought he would win in a walk. . . . I was talking to Herman Steiner. He is going to write you about giving an exhibition in Charleston on his way back to the coast. He and Horowitz both snoke of you and asked to be remembered. "Milton Hanauer, a Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers, is the most happy-go-lucky of the bunch. He is always laughing and joking, reminds me of Wiles. He is considered better than his showing in the tournament. . . Mr. Cohen told me that Weaver Adams, of Boston, is much better than the tournament indicates, also. . . . He is very much overplayed and Itpoks tired out to me. . . Reuben Fine and Horowitz are the two disappointments of the tournament, Dake made his moves and then walks all around the room looking at all the other games while his opponent is thinking of his next move. . . . Ed, I learned a few things very beneficial to my game at this tourney.> (Machine read copy)

Well, there was indeed a chess-playing Fred Arnold in Charleston, WV. Perhaps he came back in autumn to play in the Open? I'll try to check him out tomorrow.

Nov-14-15
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  Phony Benoni: <Tabanus> It seems certain that F. B. is the man, and either Winkelman was mistaken or "Chess Review" simply had a typo.

I don't think the letter implies that Mr. Arnold lived in Charleston, WV, but simply that he had a correspondent there. He spoke of a mutual acquaintance in Columbus (presumably Ohio; there is none in West Virginia), so he may have been a traveling salesman.

And, of course, he says nothing about Kupchik. Sigh.

Nov-15-15
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  Phony Benoni: <Tabanus> A couple of other interesting tidbits from Charleston papers:

Charleston Daily Mail, 10 May 1936:

<"Fred Arnold, who moved from Charleston last year and now lives near Philadelphia...">

So that clears up one question. E. M. Foy, editor of the chess column and Arnold's correspondent, mentioned that he might visit Arnold in July.

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Fred Arnold is explicitly mentioned as the loser of the game to Hanauer in the Sunday Gazette Mail (Charleston, West Virginia), 21 Jan 1962. From a review of two new books by Reinfeld:

<"Frankly, we were sorry to see our old friend, Fred Arnold, represented by his 5 move checkmate loss to Hanauer. Fred did not see it coming--after move 4. (But why can't someone come up with an immortal game WON by a West Virginian?">

The article is byline "Edward M. Foy", evidently Arnold's correspondent from the 1930s.

Nov-15-15
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  Tabanus: <PB> I found no F. <P.> Arnold in Charleston. But I found this, in the Charleston Daily Mail, 10 May 1936, p. 16 (chess column):

<Fred Arnold, who moved from Charleston last year and now lives near Philadelphia, writes that he has been taking part in inter-city match games in that locality. He plays first board for his team and only lost one match game out of 15. He also writes "Next Winter, if possible, I am going to try and get to Charleston and have a good old reunion with the best chess club in the country ... Remember to tell any of my friends who may be coming up this way this summer to stop off. They can find out where I live by inquiring at Liggett's Drug Store in <West Chester.>>

Same man! The 1930 Census has our Arnold family in Charleston:

William C Arnold, 55
Edith B Arnold, 53
Fredrick Arnold, 22, working at F. W. Dodge Co.

The Charleston newspapers have a great deal more about him. A fairly strong player, so the short game may have been embarrassing.

Nov-15-15
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  Tabanus: <PB> You beat me to it! I'll send in the slip:

Frederick Baldwin Arnold, b. 18 May 1908. Father: William Calvin Arnold, mother Edith Baldwin (Pennsylvania Birth Records 1906-1908).

Nov-15-15  zanzibar: The 5-move game made headlines:

<Hanauer Wins 5 Move Game In Chess Play:>

From

<New York Herald Tribune; Aug 19, 1936; pg. 22>

gives Black as Fred Arnold of Westchester PA.

It also mentions that S. Cohen, business manager of the Chess Review, won his game.

Nov-15-15
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  Phony Benoni: <zanzibar> Does it happen to give anything so mundane as a round number? Information about the preliminaries has been hard to come by, but such records as I have indicate rounds 5 & 6 were played on August 18. (I have nothing about pairings on those days.)
Nov-15-15  zanzibar: No round number, but the dateline is indeed August 18, and I can list more pairings (colors uncertain?):

<

S. Cohen (NY) -- Dr Harry Kline (Bayonne, NJ) 39 1-0

George Weimar (Phil) -- Barnie Winkleman (Phil) 24 1/2-1/2

Fred Reinfeld (NY) -- Harry Morris (Phil) 24 1-0

George Treysman (NY) -- Attilo Di Camillo (Phil) 28 1-0

Henry Woods jr. (VI Beach) -- John Witkinson (Phil) 1-0

Arthur Dake (Porland OR) -- Maurice Fox (Montreal) 42 1/2-1/2

Issac Kashdan (NY) -- Irven Rivise (NY) 48 1-0

Abraham Kupchik -- H. Isenberg (NY) 41 1-0

Edmund Nash (Madison WI) -- Leon Stolcenberg (Detroit [MI ch]) 0-1

Lyman B. Cook (Riverton, NJ [pres Camden City CC]) -- S. Bernstein (NY) 44 1-0

Nathan Grossman (NY) -- E. Raymond Glover (Phil [treas Phil Chess Assoc]) 52 1-0

Dave Polland (NY) -- Donald Mugridge (DC [DC ch]) 1-0

Erwin Eplinsky (13 yr) -- Walter McDaveHale (Phil) 41 0-1

Dave Weiner (Phil) -- N. Janke (Moorestown NJ) 58 1-0

7 games were adj
>

Nov-15-15
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  Phony Benoni: <Zanzibar> Thanks. We don't seem to have any of the other games, but I can fill in a couple of holes on names.

My notes were based on report in the New York Times, which indicate that two rounds were played that day. Is the Herald Tribune publicly available, or is a subscription needed? If I can get to it, I should be chicking it out.

Nov-16-15  zanzibar: <Phony> I used the public library's ProQuest Historical Newspaper research database.

There was more coverage, but I just grabbed the one item mentioning the game with the 5-move mate.

Nov-16-15
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  Phony Benoni: <zanzibar> Oh, humbug. That's the problem with working for a university library. We have a lot of databases from ProQuest, but they are all related to academic disciplines rather than useful stuff like newspapers.
Nov-16-15  zanzibar: <Phony> Perhaps we should exchange emails on this...

If you want you can give me your email address by leaving a comment on my blog (since it's moderated I can delete it before it gets posted).

https://zanchess.wordpress.com/

Nov-16-15
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  Phony Benoni: <zanzibar> Done.
Nov-18-15
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  Phony Benoni: <zanzibar>'s information includes another game by Fred Arnold! Another loss, to be sure, but at least the Hanauer Fiasco will not be his sole legacy to history.

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