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Title
Chess champion takes on 50 players
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Woods, Jon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated February 7, 1961 reads "Members of the Van Nuys Chess Club today were recovering from the beating they took Sunday from former U. S. Chess Champion Larry Evans. Evans played 50 simultaneous games--and won 48, drew 2, and lost none. 'It was a shambles,' admits Walter Colby, member of the club's board of directors and one of the losers. In this picture Evans, left, makes move on the board of Lee Baumstein, 6611 Lindley Ave., Reseda."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00129537
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d034_f33_i16
CARL0005466129
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/60428
Subject
Evans, Larry,--1932-2010
Van Nuys Chess Club
Men--California--Los Angeles
Chess players--California--Los Angeles
Clubs--California--Los Angeles
Chess--California--Los Angeles--Societies, etc
Chess--California--Los Angeles--Collections of games
Chessmen--California--Los Angeles
Chessboards--California--Los Angeles
Tables--California--Los Angeles
Cigarettes--California--Los Angeles
Smoking--California--Los Angeles
Ashtrays--California--Los Angeles
Interiors--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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