California 1939




Results
 
Crosstable scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games   
Woliston, Philip    2283 (60) 7 /
Borochow, Harry    2255 (71) 6 /
Steiner, Herman    2385 (44) 6 /
Koltanowski, George    2340 (47) 4.5 /
Kovacs (2)    2132 (98) 4 /
Fink, Adolf    2146 (69) 3 /
Patterson, George    2065 (85) 2.5 /
Bazad    2023 (107) 2 /
Gibbs, C.J.    1741 (114) 0 /
 
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: California Championship
Place: California
Start date: 1939
End date: 23 Nov. 1939
 
Notes:
The scores given by Di Felice and the History of the Chess Room web page add to 35 instead of 36 as they should for a 9-player single-round all-play-all tournament. I am guessing that the game between the bottom two players was not played, though this may be wrong. Di Felice dates this event to 1940, but the History of the Chess Room web page says it finished on 23 Nov. 1939. I am guessing at the identities of the players named Patterson and Gibbs.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 326
Web
   Donaldson, John.  [History of the MI Chess Room]

Tournament page created: 13 Feb. 2024