Chess 25 Aug 1935, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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By W. A. STECKEL
In view of his consistent performances in national circles during the last few years and his valuable help in making possible the American triumph at Folkestone, two years ago, the comparatively poor showing made thus far by Reuben Fine at Warsaw has been distinctly disappointing to the many admirers and to the chess playing public over here in general, losing no less than three games, drawing two and winning one. Although he had been in ill health subsequent to his return from Mexico, Fine came through in great style at Milwaukee, where, without losing a game either in the preliminaries or the finals, he successfully defended his right to the western championship. His winning the test tournament, preliminary to Folkestone, will also be long remembered.
It is possible that the long sea voyage of 12 days may not have agreed with him and the change in diet may have had something to do with his change in form. Still, after everything else has been taken into consideration, it must be borne in mind that in the absence of Kashdan, Fine is filling in at Board No. 1 for the United States and is encountering there the cream of the opposition.
Many regarded him capable of it. The tournament is fairly young yet and the youthful New Yorker may safely be relied on to show to much better advantage before the meeting comes to an end.
With four victories to his credit, David Polland of Brooklyn leads in the championship tournament of the New York State Chess association at the Hotel Arlington, Binghamton, with Isaac New York internationalist, close behind. Kashdan has won three straight, with one game pending.
Norman Lessing of the Bronx still is undefeated. In two adjourned games Lessing has a satisfactory position with Kashdan and an exciting ending with Fred Reinfeld, champion of the Marshall Chess club of New York.
Edgar T. McCormick, Princeton varsity captain, was paired with Kashdan in the fourth round, but committed himself to an unsound attack which enabled Kashdan to turn the tables on him completely. McCormick put up a hard battle against Reinfeld in the fifth round, playing well up to the time of adjournment.
H. R. Bigelow of New York defeated R. S. Goerlich, driving his opponent's king across the board to a neat checkmate. In the next round, however, Bigelow succumbed to Kashdan. Polland also won from Goerlich and defeated Drummond when the latter paid the penalty of an unsound attack.
The second-round game between Kashdan and Reinfeld, which was adjourned twice, ended in favor of Kashdan after eighty-three moves.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS
W. L. Polland 4 0 Kashdan 3 0 Bigelow 3 2 Lessing 2 0 Barron 2 2 McCormick 2 2 Reinfeld 1 1 Drummond 0 5 Goerlich 0 5
Eight rounds of the biennial team tournament of the International Chess Federation were completed in the first session at the Army Officers' Casino, with the exception of one game between Finland and Lithuania.
Sweden still holds commanding lead of 3 points over Poland, now in second place. Half a point behind come Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and the United States, all with 20½ points to their credit. Hungary is next, followed by Austria, Estonia and Great Britain.
The Swedish players have been piling up points at a rapid pace and at present are ruling strong favorites. They will have France to deal with in the ninth round.
A fine performance stands to the credit of the members of the United States team in their match with France, headed by Dr. Alexander Alekhine, world champion. At the time of adjournment the Americans were leading by 2-0, and they won the match by 3½-½. Reuben Fine, of New York, succeeded in drawing his game with Dr. Alekhine and Abraham Kupchik, New York, won from Kahn, of Paris.
The match with Latvia in the eighth round went into the United States column. The score was 2½- 1½. The overnight score stood at 1 point for each side, but Fine won his adjourned game from Petrov and I. A. Horowitz drew with Hasenfuss.
In the other matches Poland defeated Palestine by 3-1 but was held to a 2-2 by Rumania. Czechoslovakia and Latvia broke even and then the Czechs took the match with Switzerland by 3½-½. Yugoslavia was successful in two consecutive matches, first defeating Rumania by 3-1, then winning from Great Britain, 2½-1½.
Hungary finished its match with Italy in the sixth round, winning by 3½-½.
Arthur W. Dake of Portland, Oregon, is the scoring ace of the team, having played in every one of the eight matches, with a score of six wins and two draws. Kupchik's score is 3½-1½ and that of Horowitz, 2½-½. Somewhat disappointing has been the work of Frank J. Marshall, 2½-3½, and Reuben Fine, 2-4.
Following are more specimens from the tournament at Milwaukee:
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
Won Lost Sweden 24 8 Poland 21 11 Czechoslovakia 20½ 11½ Yugoslavia 20½ 11½ United States 20½ 11½ Hungary 20 12 Austria 18½ 13½ Estonia 17½ 14½ Great Britain 17½ 14½ Argentina 16½ 15½ Finland 16 15 Latvia 16 16 Lithuania 15½ 15½ Palestine 15½ 16½ France 15 17 Rumania 13½ 18½ Denmark 11½ 20½ Italy 7½ 24½ Switzerland 7 25 Ireland 5 27
Silas W. Howland, who played for Harvard the same year that Frank J. Marshall won the great tournament at Cambridge Springs, has been elected president of the Marshall Chess club to succeed the late Charles E. Kelley, Mr. Howland, who has interested himself also in chess activities at the University club, will devote his energies to the upbuilding of the organization named after the United States champion. Given reasonable economic conditions, he sees a rosy future for the game in this country.
Problem No. 317
Composed for The Morning Call
By George B. Spencer
St. Paul, Minn.
Black 6 Pieces
FEN 8/6B1/1K2p3/4Rq2/1N6/1p2r3/1b1N2R1/kB6 w - - 0 1
White 7 Pieces
White mates in two moves.
Solution to. No. 316, K-R6
Solutions received to No. 316:
W. Matchett, S. Manchester, Conn.;
John Emedy, City, Lorain, Ohio;
V. D. Neff, Jefferson City, Mo.;
J. F. Hubert, San Francisco, Cal.;
Fritz Ratham, Milwaukee, Wis.;
J. A. Fliegel, Medway, Mass.;
Harry Halberson, Wilmar, Minn.;
Walter Frolio, Memphis, Tenn.:
B. Holt, Jr., Columbus. Ga.;
John Hannan, Newburgh, N.Y.;
Lewis Sheppard, Hondo, Cal.;
A. T. Hays, Moultrie, Ga.;
A. J. Bastine, Mt. Vernon, N.Y.;
Alan Brown, South Orange. N.J.;
J. Garrison, Cleveland, Ohio;
W. Hecht, Atlanta. Ga.;
Peter Jacobson, Albany, N.Y.;
H. L. Underhill, PoughKeepsie, N.Y.;
Max Miller, Russell, Kans.;
Paul Kruse, George Baker, John Marks and John Smith, Philadelphia;
John Minnich, Fullerton; Dick Hess, Leslie Buck, Floyd Snyder, Bethlehem;
Henry Martz, Macungie;
Ernest Noll, Emaus;
Harold Peters, Thomas Neff, Easton;
Paul Clay, Reading;
Robert Gutekunst, Thomas Gutekunst, Charles Koch, Roy Rockel, William Hodgson, Wilmer Jones, Robert Fatzinger, John Everett, John Moyer, John Harper, Richard Bogert, Jacob Shirk, Ernest Oswald, Norton Benfer, Victor Benner, Albert Weiss, Al Cassone, Paul Troxell, William Fritsch, Allentown.
