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Potential chess players of the class of '40 who aspire to a position on the Freshman chess team will be given the opportunity of pitting their ingenuity against the resourcefulness of seasoned chess player Sidney S. Coggan at 7.15 o'clock this evening in the Upper Common Room of the Union...
...round of simultaneous matches former intercollegiate champion Coggan will take on as many freshman opponents as wish to participate. This exhibition, held under the direction of the Chess Club, is held annually to determine the chess strength of the incoming class, preparatory to forming the "A" and "B" teams for the fall season...
...Harvard Chess Club opened its season with a simultaneous exhibition at the Union last night. Sidney S. Coggan 1L, treasurer of the club and Intercollegiate Chess Champion of the United States, played ten games simultaneously against Freshman opponents...
Outstanding among the Freshmen was W. J. Lourie, Jr., who won a hotly contested game from Coggan on the forty-second move. The game began with a Vienna opening and culminated in a neat maneuver which won Mr. Coggan's queen...
...only other Freshman to defeat Coggan was John Moore, who played the Queen's Pawn opening and forced Coggan to resign on the 40th move after the loss of his castle...