San Francisco ChronicleChess, Sunday, November 19, 1905 E. J. ClarkeChess, Sunday, July 31, 1921 (Club Champion, E. W. Gruer, gave a 3-game blindfold simultaneous at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club and scored 2 wins and 1 loss.) Chess, Sunday, August 28, 1921 (Mechanics' Institute {along with clubs from Los Angeles and San Diego} is planning a California State Chess Championship.) Chess, Sunday, October 9, 1921 Chess, Sunday, October 16, 1921 Chess, Sunday, October 23, 1921 Chess, Sunday, October 30, 1921 Chess, Sunday, December 4, 1921 (Mechanics' Institute Club Champion, Elmer Gruer, is expected to give a good account of himself in the upcoming California State Chess Championship tournament.) Chess, Sunday, December 11, 1921 (Tevis Donates Cup for Championship Tournament.) Chess, Sunday, December 18, 1921 (Mechanics' Institute to play Telegraphic match with Chicago.) Chess, Sunday, December 25, 1921 Chess, Sunday, January 1, 1922 (1st California State Chess Championship started at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club.) Chess, Sunday, January 8, 1922 (1st California State Chess Championship is still in progress at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club.) Chess, Sunday, January 15, 1922 (Elmer W. Gruer won the 1st California Chess Championship, held at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club.) Chess, Sunday, January 22, 1922 (The Mechanics' Institute Chess Club sent a letter to challenge the Kenwood Chess Club of Chicago to a telegraphic chess match. It was accidentally sent to the Kenwood Country Club instead.) Chess, Sunday, January 29, 1922 Chess, Sunday, February 5, 1922 Chess, Sunday, February 12, 1922 Chess, Sunday, February 19, 1922 (Edward Lasker of Chicago got in touch with Bernardo Smith of the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club for the planning of the upcoming San Francisco-Chicago Telegraphic Chess Match for Washington's Birthday.) Chess, Sunday, February 26, 1922 Chess, Sunday, March 26, 1922 (Los Angeles Chess Club challenged the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club to a return match.) Chess, Sunday, April 2, 1922 (San Francisco won its telegraphic match with Chicago.) Chess, Sunday, April 9, 1922 (The Mechanics' Institute Chess Club will hold a Kriegspiel tournament.) Chess, Sunday, April 23, 1922 (The annual chess match between the University of California and the Stanford University was held at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club.) Chess, Sunday, April 30, 1922 (The University of California chess team defeated the Stanford University chess team with a score of 5.5-1.5.) Chess, Sunday, May 7, 1922 (State Champion, E. W. Gruer, is winning his match with A. W. Ryder by a score of 3-2.) Chess, Sunday, May 28, 1922 (The current match score between E. W. Gruer and A. W. Ryder stands at 5.5-2.5.) Chess, Sunday, July 2, 1922 (The Gruer-Ryder match currently stands at 7-4 with 1 draw.) Chess, Sunday, July 16, 1922 (Are chess endgame studies and problems on a higher plane than chess?) Chess, Sunday, July 30, 1922 (Entries for the upcoming state championship are Mlotkowski, Borochow, Perry, Grabill, Griffith, Lyons, all of Los Angeles; Gibbs and Shrader of San Diego, and local players, Smyth, Gruer and Fink.) Chess, Sunday, October 1, 1922 Chess, Sunday, October 8, 1922 (Northern and Southern California chess players will conduct a correspondence match.) Chess, Sunday, October 15, 1922 (Choosing players for a correspondence match between Northern and Southern California.) Chess, Sunday, October 22, 1922 Chess, Sunday, November 5, 1922 (Berkeley defeated Mechanics' Institute CC.) Chess, Sunday, November 12, 1922 Chess, Sunday, November 26, 1922 (The contestants of the current Mechanics' Institute Chess Club Championship section are J. F. Smyth, A. B. Stamer, Bruno Forsberg, W. H. Smith, S. Simon, C. Bergmann, and M. A. Odhner.) Chess, Sunday, December 3, 1922 (With 1 round to go, E. W. Gruer is leading the tounament being held at the UC Berkeley Faculty Club.) Chess, Sunday, December 10, 1922 (Bruno Forsberg is leading in the major tourney at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club with 5.5-.5 points; his only draw was to A. B. Stamer.) Chess, Sunday, December 17, 1922 Chess, Sunday, December 24, 1922 (The Berkeley University Faculty Chess Club triangular tournament results; Gruer 14.5, Professor A. W. Ryder 8.5, and Professor G. E. K. Branch 6.5.) Chess, Sunday, January 28, 1923 (Team Captain, Bernardo Smith, had a photographer take a photo of the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club Team to send to the Southern California Chess Team.) Chess, Sunday, January 23, 1927 (Game from the 1913 Decoration day telegraphic match between the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club and the Los Angeles Chess Club; Petersen (LA) vs Hallwegen (SF) 0-1.) Chess, Sunday, February 6, 1927 Chess, Sunday, March 20, 1927 (The semi-annual match between the University of California's Varsity vs Faculty was won by the Varsity 4-3.) Chess, Sunday, May 1, 1927 (Both the Los Angeles Chess and Checkers Club and the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club joined the National Chess Federation.) Chess, Sunday, May 15, 1927 (Dr. Lasker is an honorary member of the University of California Chess Club.) Chess, Sunday, May 29, 1927 (The Roseville Chess Club is considering joining the National Chess Federation.) Chess, Sunday, August 21, 1927 (Elmer W. Gruer won the California State Chess Championship in Los Angeles.) Chess, Sunday, August 28, 1927 Chess, Sunday, September 4, 1927 (After his match with Alekhine, Capablanca might stop at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club on his way home.) Chess, Sunday, September 25, 1927 (H. D. Austin of Vallejo organized the new Vallejo Chess Club.) Chess, Sunday, October 2, 1927 (E. W. Gruer, California Chess Champion, gave a simultaneous exhibition against the chess players of Vallejo last night.) Chess, Sunday, October 16, 1927 Chess, Sunday, December 11, 1927 (Gross won the University of California Chess Club tournament with a score of 12-1.) Chess, Sunday, April 8, 1928 (Miss Cameron, 1927 President of the C.C.L.N.A., is the California chess fraternity's "first lady.") Chess, Sunday, April 15, 1928 (Transbay Team beats Mechanics' Institute Team 8-7) Chess, Sunday, April 22, 1928 (Wallace E. Neville, author of 'Chess Humanics', gave a Simultaneous Exhibition at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club and scored 10 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw.) Chess, Sunday, May 6, 1928 (The Greater Oakland Chess Club recently organized.) Chess, Sunday, June 3, 1928 (Bernardo Smith, well known chess instructor, was a visitor at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club last week.) Chess, Sunday, August 19, 1928 Chess, Sunday, August 26, 1928 (Henry F. Marshall of Mill Valley sends us a new variation of the Center Counter Gambit.) Chess, Sunday, September 2, 1928 (G. Patterson of LA played a match with A. J. Fink of SF; the result was 1 win each and two draws.) Chess, Sunday, September 16, 1928 (The California State Chess Association tournament will be held at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club.) Chess, Sunday, September 23, 1928 Chess, Sunday, September 30, 1928 (The California Championship Tournament was held at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club.) Chess, Sunday, December 2, 1928 (On December 8th, the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club will play a match with the combined team of University of California Chess Club and the Greater Oakland Chess Club.) Chess, Sunday, December 16, 1928 Chess, Sunday, December 23, 1928 Chess, Sunday, January 6, 1929 Chess, Sunday, February 17, 1929 Chess, Sunday, March 24, 1929 (The release of the book, "The Bishop Murder Case", has created more interest in chess.) Chess, Sunday, May 5, 1929 (Alexander Alekhine will be the guest of the MICC on May 10-11.) Chess, Sunday, May 19, 1929 (World Champion Alexander Alekhine gave a Simultaneous Exhibition at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club and scored 27 wins, 8 losses and 8 draws.) Chess, Sunday, July 21, 1929 (Laurence Rosenblatt, the current champion of the Mechanics' Institute Chess club, is an admirer of the immortal New Orleans chess genius, Paul Morphy.) Chess, Sunday, August 4, 1929 (L. Rosenblatt is the present Mechanics' Institute Chess Club Champion.) Chess, Sunday, August 11, 1929 Chess, Sunday, August 18, 1929 (The University of California has over 100 members.) George Koltanowski
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