GOOD COMPANION CHESS PROBLEM CLUB

A club founded by the American problemist F. Magee (1867-1955) in Philadelphia, 1913, and ran untill 1924.

The name came from the translation of Bonus Socius, the name of a medieval manuscript containing  many chess problems. The club united more than 600 chess composers amateurs. Leading members and participants of the competitions were K. Mansfield, Ellerman. A. Mary, J. Gudelli, K. Larsen. Ten times a years he club issued the “Our Folder” magazine which periodically held the composing tourneys of two-movers. A. White was the constant (permanent) Arbiter  who played a great role in the Club. According the results of the competitions held before 1921, Ellerman was considered to be a winner. Selected two-mover problems (around 900) from competitions of Good Companion were published in “Christmas series” by Hume and White in 1922.