Feb 27, 2021
HOOKSTOWN Marjorie W. Morgan, 96 of Hookstown (Greene TWP.) died Friday morning February 26, in the East Liverpool City Hospital. Born October 1, 1924 in McDonald, PA.. She was a daughter of the late Edward J. SR. and Clara E. (Langhurst) Winters. She had worked at the Homer Laughlin China Company for many years, and was a member of the Millcreek EPC and was an avid crocheter, she had made hundreds of lap robes in her lifetime. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Donald C. Morgan on March 2, 1997, a brother Edward Winters Jr. and a sister Virginia Woodling. Also two sisters Ruth Heilinger and June Canter both of Georgetown and several nieces and nephews and several great nieces and nephews. In accordance with her wishes and covid restrictions, cremation will take place and a memorial service will be announced at a later time. Memorials can be made to ones favorite charity. Services provided by the Mcconnell Funeral Home 447 Pine St.
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What does it take to become a grandmaster?
The coveted grandmaster title is the highest that FIDE awards, aside from “world champion”. The title has a long history. An oft-told story attributed to Frank Marshall is that it originated when Tsar Nicholas of Russia awarded it to the five finalists of the St. Petersburg, 1914 super-tournament. However, chess historian Edward Winter says that this romantic tale is doubtful, evidently emerging only in 1940. The Tsar partly financed the 1914 event but apparently holidayed hundreds of miles away while it ran. Some date the title back to 1838 when a correspondent to the newspaper “Bell’s Life” referred to “our past grand master, Lewis”.
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Reclaiming the title
Respectfully known as the Patriarch of Soviet chess, Mikhail Botvinnik became world champion for the first time in 1948, when he won a 5-player quintuple round robin finishing a whole three points ahead of second-placed Vasily Smyslov. Subsequently, he defended the title twice, first against David Bronstein (1951) and then against Smyslov (1954). In 1957, however, he was defeated by a 33-year-old Smyslov, who obtained a clear 12½:9½ victory in Moscow.
As the FIDE rules allowed at the time, the player who lost the title had a chance to play a rematch against the newly crowned champion. Thus, in March 1958, Botvinnik faced Smyslov once again in a 24-game match. Both times that Botvinnik had defended the title in 1951 and 1954 he had only managed to do it by tying the score, as back then this meant the holder retained the championship. This time around, however, Botvinnik kicked off with three straight victories and went on