Twenty players were entered in the Women's Tourney held under the auspices of the Marshall Chess Club. They were divided into two sections of 10 each and the following qualified for the finals: Mrs. Adele Rivero, Mrs. Raphael E. McCready and Mrs. William Slater from Section A -- Mrs. Mary Bain, Miss Edith Weart, and Miss Helen White from section B.

For the second successive year the Marshall C.C. is also sponsoring a tourney for women. 16 entries have been divided into two sections and a silver trophy has been donated by Miss Hazel Allen of Kew Gardens, L. I., one of the contestants.

                                                                            N.Y.Times, March 9, 1936
   THREE WOMEN IN TIE FOR CHESS LAURELS

         Mrs. Bain, Mrs. Rivero and Mrs. McCready
         Share First Place in Marshall Club Play.

     A triple tie for first place among Mrs. Mary Bain of Astoria, Mrs. Raphael E. McCready of Hackensack and Mrs. Adele Rivero of Manhattan existed in the women's championship tournament at the Marshall Chess Club after the seventh round had been contested yesterday. Each won six matches and lost none.
     Miss Edith Weart of Jackson Heightts and Miss Helen White of Manhattan were deadlocked at 5-1. Miss White sustained her first setback at the hands of Miss Adele S. Raettig of Hoboken.
     The summaries:
                                   Seventh Round.
   Miss Allen  ½,  Miss Grau  ½,  Mrs. Milton  1,  Mrs. Harrison  0,  Mrs. McCready  1, Miss Fawns  0, Mrs. Raettig  1, Miss White  0,
Mrs. Clark  0, Miss Weart  1,  Mrs. Cobb  1,  Mrs. Stelert  0, 
Mrs. Bain  1,  Mrs. Everett Marshall  0.
                                               Adjourned Games.
     Miss Fawns  ½,  Mrs. Milton  ½,  Mrs. Marshall  0,  Mrs. Cobb   1.

 The women's championship tourney of the Marshall C. C. was won by Mrs. Adele Rivero. Originally starting with 20 contestants the field was narrowed to 6 by means of a qualifying tourney as reported in our April issue. The feature of the final round robin was the contest between Mrs. Adele Rivero and Mrs. Mary Bain for the title. Entering the last round Mrs. Bain was half a point behind due to a draw with Miss Edith Weart in an earlier round, and therefore felt constrained to play for a win against Miss Rivero. The result proved disastrous and threw Mrs. Bain into a tie with Miss Weart for second and third.

The Marshall Chess Club is once again sponsoring a tournament for women. Last year's tourney was such a splendid success that plans for the current tourney have become somewhat more ambitious. The tourney will be open to all women whether members of the Marshall C. C. or not. In fact, out-of-town women will be especially welcome. The preliminaries will start the middle of October and the finals will start in January. Mrs. Adele Rivero, last year's winner, Mrs. Mary Bain, Mrs. Wm. Slater, Mrs. Raphael McCready, Miss Helen White and Miss Edith L. Weart, who reached the finals last year, will be exempt from the preliminary rounds. The Hazel Allen Trophy will again be placed in competition and it is hoped that the winner this year will be officially recognized as the leading American woman player and sent to represent this country in the International Ladies Tournament to be held in Stockholm next Summer in conjunction with the International Team Tournament.