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PHYSICAL IMMOBILITY.A leading Louden .'.ports writer instancing the success of girls and buys in various sports, says:—But it is not only in affairs requiring the attributes of grace and stipplcnos with which youth is so richly endowed that the youngsters have this year been distinguishing themselves. On tbr contrary. th *y have shone also at a form of competition which demands physical immobility of quite a high order Chess. Take Elaine Saunders, a 12-vear-old damsel from Twickenham, for example.Meeting for the first time this charming little lady, with her bobbed hair, brown eyes and dimpled checks, you might not suspect that she could give Alexandre Alekhine the world's chess champion, a rousing battle for five houis. Yet that is precisely what she diu. The match started at a quarter past seven in the evening and Elaine resigned at 12.15 a.m. In the meantime, she provided her renowned opponent with a great deal to think about. True, he was thinking about 29 other opponents at the same time (this being an exhibition of simultaneous play by A Ike hine at the Charing Cross Hotel here.)One by one. the champion rolled up the Kentish expects. lined up in formidable array again* him. But Elaine, with furrowed brow, trotted out all the answers to all the moves. No wonder the great master said of her, The child's a genius.Chess, however, is only one of Elaine's sporting interests. She delights in riding, skating, flying (in friends' airplanes) and in workouts with boxing gloves and a punch ball. I n t st confess that I have not vct v often come across chess players addicted to boxing. Though I know some heavyweight boxers who ought to make a good showing a chess. They have all the speed required for that game.
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Kempsey Macleay Chronicle
Kempsey, New South Wales, AU
Wed, Mar 23, 1938
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