A total of 42 players participated with the group being and divided in six seven-player preliminary sections from which the top two finishers qualified for the Championship final, 3rd-4th for the Consolation Masters and 5th-7th for the Class A Final.
Although it lacked the imposing entry list of the National Championship this event drew players from a wider geographical distribution plus it had some new talent and demonstrated that locations like New England also had some chess talent.
In the preliminary phase, two rounds were played most days in the afternoon and evening with adjournments played off in the afternoon before round 5.
The qualifiers in order of finish in the finals were Isaac Kashdan and I.A. Horowitz (tied), Boris Blumin and David Polland (tied), nthony Santasiere, Harold Morton, George Shainswit, John W. Collins and Charles Jaffe (tied), Jack Moskowitz, Paul Rosenzweig , Burton Dahlstrom.
Today’s game is one by w player described at the time as a promising young player, Jack Collins, although at the age of 25 he could hardly be called a “young player.” 
John W. Collins (September 23, 1912 – December 2, 2001) was born in Newburgh, New York. His father was a flutist and piccolo player who was frequently in John Philip Sousa's orchestra. Collins was confined to a wheelchair due to a birth injury.
Collins eventually formed the Hawthorne chess club in his home which served as an early hangout for Bobby Fischer, the Byrne brothers, Raymond Weinstein and William Lombard, among other young players who came later. Collins did not mentor Fischer and his contemporaries as it is sometimes reported; at the time Fischer and the others were much stronger than Collins.
Stanley Epstein–John W Collins0–1A18North American Championship, BostonBoston, MA USA12.07.1938Stockfish 15.1
English 1.c4 f6 2.c3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 e7 6.g5 c6 7.f3 0-0 8.d3 8.e2 dxc4 9.0-0 e6 10.e5 bd7 11.xc4 b6 12.e5 Harff,M
(2299)-Hecht,C (2118) Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 2015 8...bd7 9.0-0 e8 10.c1 dxc4 11.xc4 b6 12.e2 e6 13.c2 bd5 14.xd5 xd5 15.xe7 xe7 16.a3 ad8 16...g4 would leave black better after 17.d1 17.fe1 xf3 18.gxf3 18.xf3 xe1+ 19.xe1 xe1# 17...f4 18.e5 xd1 19.cxd1 f6 20.c4 e2 17.d3 h6 18.fe1 f6 19.e5 f4 20.f5 A slip that should have
profited black. 20.ce1 xd3 21.xd3 is completely equal. 20...d5 20...xf5 was correct. The after 21.xf5 d6 22.e5 xe5 23.dxe5 d3 and black stands quite well. 21.ce1 xe5 22.dxe5 e7 23.e4 xe4
White needs to defend precisely. 24.xe4 e6 25.g3 c5 26.g2 b5 27.a4 In retrospect this move leads to the opening of the a-file and
ultimately white's undoing. Thta said, if it wasn't the opening of the a-file
that cost white the game he most likely would have lost in the ending. a6 28.axb5 axb5 29.f1 b7 30.b3 d5 Collins has slowly improved his position to
the point that he has a theoretically winning position. 31.e2 a8 The
beginning of a plan of invading along the a-file and ultimately the first rank.
32.e3 a1 Strongly threatening ...Qa8. 33.d3 33.c3 offered a
better defense...black must be precise. a8 34.d3 h1 35.c2 a1 36.d2
Taking the P is immediately fatal. 36.xb5 f1+ wins the Q 36...c4 37.bxc4 bxc4 38.d7 b1 39.c8+ h7 40.c6 c1 41.d5 c3 41...g6 42.d1 c3 43.e1 xd1 44.xd1 e4+ 45.f1 d4 46.g1 c2 47.xc2 e2+ 48.f1 c3 49.f3 49.c1 h1# 49...c4+ 50.e1 xd1 42.d3+ draws 33...a8 34.xb5 a2+ 35.d3 b1+ White now overlooks a mate in 1, but even after 36.Kc3 or
36.Kc4 to slip out of the mating net his position would be lost. 36.e2 f1+ 37.d2 xb5 White resigned. Black had a mate in 3, but there was no
practical reason to look for a mate when the Q was there for the taking and
white's position is totally hopeless! A strong showing by Collins. 37...a2+ 38.c3 c1+ 39.d3 c2# 0–1
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