The governor of Oklahoma signed a bill, the first anti-Darwinian legislation passed in the country, that outlawed teaching the theory of evolution in public schools.
On June 4th, 35 year old Irish horse trainer and jockey Frank Hayes suffered a fatal heart attack died while riding the horse Sweet Kiss to victory at Belmont Park in New York. His death was not discovered until the horse’s owner and race officials came to congratulate him shortly after the race. It was suggested that the fatal heart attack may have been brought on by hsi extreme efforts to meet the weight requirements. The horse never raced again.
In the United States life expectancy for males was a scant 56.1 years and for females it was 58.5. The famous landmark HOLLYWOOD sign (origianlly it was Hollywood Land) was constructed and it was designed to stand for only 18 months.
Also in 1923, Otto Schnering, founder of Curtiss Candy Company, had Baby Ruth candy bars dropped from airplanes in cities around the country, with tiny parachutes attached to each candy bar.
The Baby Ruth candy bar was NOT named after Babe Ruth. It was named after President Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth Cleveland. The company claimed it was named after herto capitalize on the popularity of the president’s daughter. However, some people believe it WAS named after Babe Ruth.
In other news, the first known dance marathon winner was dance instructor Alma Cummings who danced for 27 hours without stopping. That was on March 31est. After she was finished he put her feet into a bowl of cold water. Then she held up her dancing shoes for the photographers and There were holes in both soles.
She accomplished he feat of dancing the waltz at a Manhattan ballroom, wearing out not just her shoes, but six male partners in the process. As it turned out, she was one of those responsible for a phenomenon that swept the United States over the next two decades...dance marathons.
On December 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1923 the Kansas State Chess Association meeting and state championship tournament was held in Wichita
First on the program was a simultaneous display against fourteen opponents by W. W. Livingston of Fort Scott who had held the championship of the State for the past three years. The following morning George S. Barnes of Wichita was elected President and problems were then presented for the consideration of the members.
The championship tournament was won by George S. Barnes after close finish, with former champion Livingston a close second. Barnes was a 10-time winner of the Minnesota State Championship in the 1930s and 1940s.
He was born in Duluth, Minnesota on August 4, 1902. Although he would live most of his adult life in Minnesota, he grew up in Chicago and it was there he learned to play chess from an uncle.
Barnes attended one of the elite high schools in Chicago and his team won the city championship in 1920 and one of his games was published.
After graduating from high school in 1921, he enrolled in the University of Michigan and during his time there he was the college’s best player. In 1924 when Emanuel Lasker visited Ann Arbor, Barnes was his chauffeur during and in Detroit he defeated Lasker in a simul.
After college Barnes worked in advertising for General Mills in Minneapolis, and over the next few decades advanced to increasingly higher-level positions.
Barnes also become a major patron of Minnesota chess for over 40 years. At the same time he was the dominant Minnesota player from the early 1930s until the early 1950s, winning eleven state championships. His record stood until Curt Brasket (1932-2014) came along and won the title 16 titles. 
In the 1930s Barnes had a up a +0 -1 =3 score against Reshevskly in the Western Chess Association Championships and in 1938 he held Kashdan to a draw in the American Federation Championship. He played a lot of games for his club and beginning in the 1930s in the Minneapolis matches against Canada’s Abe Yanofsky. Barnes retired to Arkansas and continued to play actively until his death in 1977.
Here is one of his games from that 1923 Kansas Championship.
E.E. Felt–George S. Barnes0–1C58Kansas State Championship, Witchita12.1922Stockfish 15.1
Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c4 f6 This is more aggressive
than the 3...Bc5 (the Giuoco Piano). It allows an attack on f7 with 4.Ng5
after which the game becomes tactical. 4.g5 Tarrasch called this a
duffer's move and Soviet opening theorist Vasily Panov called it primitive.
Both were wrong. The theory of the Two Knights and this variation in
particular, was explored extensively in the famous game between Yakov Estrin
and Hans Berliner in the 1965 World Correspondence Championship. If white
wants to play it safe he can choose the solid 4.d3 d5 This is the only
feasible move. White has little option but to play 5.exd5, since both the B
and e-pawn are attacked. 5.exd5 a5 this is almost always played, nut it's
not the only option. 5...b5 This is the Ulvestad Variation names after
American master Olav Ulvestad who introduced it back in 1941, It was played by
Berliner in his famous game. 6.f1 d4 7.c3 xd5 8.e4 h4 9.g3 g4
Yakov Estrin-Hans Berliner ICCF 1965 5...xd5 has been known to be
extremely risky Doing back to mid-1940s US Master Albert Pinkus unsuccessfully
tried to revive the move. 6.xf7 It would be a bit safe to play 6.d4, but
also less fun. xf7 7.f3+ e8 is natural, but it loses to 8.xd5 f6 9.xc6+ bxc6 10.h5+ with what should amount to a winning position. 5...d4 6.b5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.e2 d6 8...h6 is known to be better. 9.f3 e4 10.e5 c7 This is better than the other main option 10...Bd6. After 11.
d4 the chances are eual. 9.d3 0-0 10.e4 Excellent. We know this is good
because it's Stockfish's first choice! 10.c3 d5 11.ce4 e7 12.f3 f5 13.g3 f4 KrivokapicnM (2418)-Marinc,D (2041) Sunny Beach BUL 2011. Black
did not have evough compensation for his compromised P-formation and out of
play N on a5. 10...xe4 11.dxe4 b7 12.0-0 White has a very solid, if
somewhat passive position. c5 13.f3 e7 14.c3 d8 15.c2 e6 16.b4 g5
Risky! A move like 16...a5 would have left black slightly better. 17.h3
White would do better to work on his development with 18.Nd2. Instead he has a
plan to set up a hedgehog-like formation in front of his K, but it does not
turn out welL! h8 18.g4 Note that white has also loaded up the white
squares with Ps to the detriment of his B. f4 19.h2 e6 20.g1
Apparently white anticipated the opening up of the K-side and hoped to use his
R on the g-file. h5 21.xf4 The N was just too well placed to leave there,
bit eliminating it has cost white his good B, but it had little scope anyway. gxf4 22.d2 hxg4 23.fxg4 White should play 23.hxg4 g7 24.g2 and
there is no hope for any action on the h-file by either side. Black would now
have to seek his fortune on the Q-side with 24...a5 23...h6 24.f3
As Najdorf once put it, the B is nothing more than a tall Pawn! g7 25.c4 h8 It's clear that black has some serious threats on the
K-side and all white can do is give thought to defense. 26.g2 c7 Opening
the path for the R on the d-file. 27.h1 e6 28.e2 g5 The threat is ...
Rxh3+ 29.g1 29.ad1 xh3+ 30.g1 30.xh3 h8 31.d3 xh3+ 32.xh3
Engines say that black has a decisive advantage, but would that be the case in
a non-GM game?! In any case, white clearly did not care to find out. 30...g3 29...ad8 30.h2 xc4 31.xc4 b6+ 32.h1 e3 33.f3 d6 34.e1 hd8 This move is quite logical, but it gives white an opportunity to equalize. 34...b6 35.f1 h4 36.e2 dh6 37.g2 d6 keeps up the pressure. 35.xe3 Panic! 35.h4 keeps white in the game after g6 36.g5 d1 37.f1 and it;s not clear how or even if black can breakthrough. 35...fxe3 And not 35...d1+ 36.g2 fxe3 37.xf7+ h8 38.e2 with equal
chances. 36.xf7+ h8 White must now prevent ...Rf6. 37.e2 Which he
does not. d1+? 37...f6 is more efficient. 38.h5+ xh5 39.gxh5 d1+ 40.h2 d2 41.g3 xe2 42.xe2 f2 Black is better. 38.g2 f4 39.h5+ This loses quickly, but the ending after exchanging Qs is
hopeless. 39.xf4 exf4 40.e5 g7 41.f3 f1+ 42.e4 d2 43.h4 xe2 44.xe2 f2 45.c4 e2 46.xe2 xe2+ 47.xf4 xa2 48.h5 c2 49.g5 xc3
the R will prevail. 39...g7 40.f5 8d2 White's K is in grave danger and
the exchange of Qs is no help. 41.g5 41.xf4 exf4 42.e5 e1 43.f3 f1+ 44.e4 xe2 45.xe2 f2 etc. 41...g1+ Exchanging Qs wins,
too, but it makes things a bit more difficult. 42.xg1 g3+ 43.h1 d1+ 44.e1 xe1+ 45.g2 d2+ 46.f3 f2+ 47.g4 xf5 47...d1+ 48.h4 xf5 49.exf5 e2 50.xe2 e1+ 51.g4 xe2+ 52.g3 e3+ 53.g2 e4 54.h4 f3+ 55.h2 xf5 56.g2 e3 57.h5 e2 58.h6+ g6 59.h7 e1 60.h8+ h5 61.h2 ff2+ 62.h3 xc3# 48.exf5 xc3 48...d1+ 49.h4 e2 50.xe2 e1+ 51.g4 xe2+ 52.g3 e4 53.f4 f3+ 54.e5 e3 55.f6+ g6 56.h4 d5+ 57.f4 e2 58.g4 f5+ 59.g3 e1+ 60.h2 ef2+ 61.h1 h3# 49.e6 e2 50.h4 e1 51.f6+ f8 52.g6 cg3+ White gets mated next move an so he resigned. Looking
back, it seems as though Felt never had a chance! 0–1
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