<In their last game Marshall boldly played the Exchange Variation against Helms' Slav - and <still> lost. Marshall vs H Helms, 1925 Of course, I wouldn't be shocked if Marshall had some wins against Helms that aren't in the database.>

ChessBase's Big Database 2012 has two games between them, one being the same game won by Helms linked above, and the other being the following win by Marshall:

[Event "New York Metropolitan tt"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1922.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Helms, Hermann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1922.03.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]

http://www.worldchesshof.org/hall-o...

<Helms’ greatest skill, however, was as a chess writer and organizer.

<From 1893 to 1955—an incredible span of 62 years—Helms was chess editor of the Brooklyn Eagle.>

<He also founded the American Chess Bulletin in 1904, which he published until his death in 1963.>

<As an organizer, he helped to coordinate the tournaments of New York 1924 and 1927, both of which were major grandmaster events, and edited the tournament books for both.>

The USCF proclaimed him “Dean of American Chess” in 1943, and is considered one of the greatest—if not the greatest—chess journalists in history.>

<Actually, Helms was the bridge between Steinitz and the next generation. As a youngster he played Steinitz and came to his help later when needed. It was Helm, according to John Collines, with whom he was friendly, who introduced Steinitz to the women who may have been, or lived with him as, his second wife. It was Helms, who, together with Dr. Cohn, helped Steinitz to leave the asymlum, at least temporarily. He died at 93, one day after his birthday.>

I should have included the first preceding paragraph from <The Steinitz Papers> writeup:

<HELMS, HERMAN (1870-1963). Born in Brooklyn and educated in Nova Scotia, he returned to Brooklyn in 1889. He learned chess in school and was often referred to as the dean of American chess. His career as a player and a writer ran for more than 70 years. His column at the Brooklyn Eagle started in 1893 and continued at that paper until it ceased publication. His weekly column appeared in the New York World Telegram and the Sun, and he often wrote for the New York Times. He also edited the American Chess Bulletin.

Actually, Helms was the bridge [...]>

To not mention his long term at the (*cough*, *cough*) helm of the BDE chess column is a grievous omission.

BTW- Wiki flatly states, re: Koltanowski: <He was appointed as the "Dean of American Chess".>.

I think the person to credit for the wiki bio is Frank Eldon Dixon fromt Kingston, Canada. He seems to have a knack for contributing good bios over there.

Here's a letter from him to the <Indianapolis Star>, March 30th 1997, p.D3:

<Why would cloning of human bodies be any more playing God than are other decisions to have children? A body is a temporary thing. But the unique soul that occupies that body for perhaps a few short decades is immortal, and souls are made by God.>

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