Chess by Herman Steiner 01 Sep 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
NEWS
Harry Borochow, State champion of California, underwent an operation in the Ceders of Lebanon Hospital and we are glad to hear that he is improving. Не will be there for two or three weeks.
THE L. A. CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
The first game of the match between Patterson and Elliott was won by Patterson. He will only need to draw the next game to win the title.
INTERSTATE CORRESPONDENCE MATCH
The North American Correspondence Chess League, under the direction of R. C. Van de Grift, tournament director, and Henry MacMahon, secretary-treasurer, arranged a correspondence match between the State of Illinois and California, jointly sponsored by N.A.C.C.L. The following are the participants of both States:
CALIFORNIA—Applegate, Asman, Austin, Bazael, Borochow, Brown, Carison, Carmany, Chapman, Chase, Chern, Cody, Cook, Elllott, Parley, Freed, Frigon, Gardner, Gayer, Gillies, Dr. Griffith. Guzman, Hart, Hubert, Johnson, Light, MacMahon, Patterson, Pearsall, Pedrick, Perkins, Reeves, Rohde, Roth, Seaton, P. H. Smith. W. H. Smith, Herman Steiner. Tudor, Van de Grift. Dr. Waters, Wildt, G. L. Wood.
ILLINOIS—Atkinson. Bodenstad, Bostwick, Miss Ciesla, Cohen, Coldeway, Czerwien, DeLay, Donat, Elchelberger, Elison, Factor, Evan and Green, Hahlbohm, Herda, Harold Hinson, Holt, Howard, Isaacs, Jures, Justin, Kahn, Kennedy, Laughlin, Leech, Macqueen, Major, Margolis, Markus. D. Moore, G. Moore, Osher, Reinhardt, Reinter, Saberhagen, Schulze. Sharp, Smoron, Wheaton, White, Carl Wood, Yost, Youngquist.
WARSAW, Aug. 24. Sweden led with 30 points after ten rounds of the international chess tournament today, followed by Hungary and the United States with 26½ points each.
Gustav Stahlberg of Sweden drew with Dr. Alexander Alekhine of Paris, world champion. The United States team finished its match with Switzerland. Arthur W. Dake defeating Staehelin in the final round for a total score of 3½ to ½. The Americans also won from Jugo-Slavia, 2½ to 1½. Abraham Kupchik and I. A. Horowitz won and Dake drew. Reuben Fine lost to Dr. M. Vidmar. The summaries:
Ninth round-Argentina, 2½: Lithuania, ½ (one adjourned;) Finland, 2½: Estonia, 1½: Austria, 3; Palestine, 1: Denmark. 3½: Rumania, ½: Poland, 2½: Great Britain, ½ (one adjourned:) Czecho-Slovakia, 2: Jugo-Slavia, 2: United States, 3½: Switzerland, ½: Hungary, 3; Latvia, 1; Sweden, 3½; France, ½; Italy, 3½: Ireland. ½.
Tenth round Argentina, 3; Ireland, 1: France, 2: Italy, 2: Sweden, 2½; Latvia, 1½: Hungary, 3½: Switzerland, ½: United States, 2½: Jugo-Slavia, 1½: Poland, 2: Czechoslovakia, 2; Denmark, 2½: Great Britain, ½ (one adjourned:) Rumania, 2½: Austria. 1½: Finland, 2; Palestine, 2; Lithuania, 2: Estonia, 2.
The standing:
Sweden, 30;
Hungary and United States, 26½;
Poland, 25½;
Czecho-Slovakia, 24½;
Yugoslavia, 24;
Austria, 23;
Argentina, 22;
Estonia and Finland, 21;
Great Britain, Lithuania, Latvia and Palestine, 18½;
Denmark and France 17½;
Romania, 16½;
Italy, 13;
Switzerland, 8;
Ireland, 6½.
CHESS LITERATURE
Upon the request of many of the ladderites, the editor takes pleasure in again reviewing that marvelous work of the late Dr. Tarrasch, entitled “The Game of Chess.” This time, however, instead of the came we shall give his version of part of the openings. The work was translated by G. E. Smith. B.A., and T. G. Bone, B.A. It was published three years ago in Germany and had a wonderful reception. The author's aim in writing this work expressed in the final words of his Introduction: “Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. The way to this happiness I have tried to show in this book.” We are very pleased to see in this grand work that it is based upon fundamental principles which set away from the dry technical reading of its kind.
The following is quoted from page 237: “The beginner who studied enthusiastically with many repetitions and has assimilated the foregoing subject matter can now-but only now start to play games with other people. He will already be superior to the majority of I expressly warn him against trying to learn by heart the following openings. A terrible thought! He must thoroughly assimilate the principles and then, when he has played a game. he should study the application of these principles to the particular opening adopted. Thus he will discover the inner significance of the various openings. This is the only correct way. Chess cannot be played from memory, but only with judgment and combinative ability. Both can be practiced and strengthened.
(b) THE VARIOUS OPENINGS
If both players open by advancing the King's pawn two squares, then development with attack by Kt-KB3 is the more natural and most forceful continuation. From this move with the King's Knight the liveliest games result
PHILIDOR'S DEFENSE
This opening is characterized by the moves: 1. P-K4, P-K4: 2. Kt-KB3, KP-Q3. By the shutting in of his King's Bishop Black gets a cramped game. The great French master, Philidor, proposed to free his position by replying to 3. P-Q4 with P-KB4 but that move is as is usually the case in the opening too risky. Some years ago the American master, Hanham, attempted to bolster up this opening by playing after 1. P-K4, P-K4; 2. Kt-KB3, P-Q3: 3. P-Q4, the move 3. … Kt-Q2 and he found many followers. But this attempt also is not completely satisfactory.
1. P-K4. P-K4; 2. N-KB3 P-Q3, 3. P-Q4. Instead of this B-QB4 or Kt-B3 can be played, but they are simple developing moves without any definite plan, while the pawn move systematically aims at the capture of the center. 3. … PxP? This reply, at one time the most frequent, abandons the center to the opponent without the slightest struggle and presents him with a tempo; it is, therefore, a double mistake. 3. B-Kt5 is also bad, for after 4. PxP, BxKt; 5. QxB, PxP. White has won a tempo and has obtained an exchange favorable to himself, so that he stands considerably better. 4. QxP, The strongest move. Here the early development of the Queen is not disadvantageous since she can maintain this post. KtxP is also good, but is inferior to QxP, since the advantage of a tempo in development is greater than that of one in position. 4 … Kt-QB3, If 4. … B-Q2, then White develops his Queen's Bishop at K3, B4 or Kt5 and after 5 … N-QB3 retreats his Queen to Q2. 5. B-QKt5, B-Q2; 6. BxKt, Retreating the Queen would cost the tempo he has won. 6. … BxB: 7. Kt-B3, Кt-В3; 8. K-Kt5 B-K2; 9. Castles QR, Castles. Now Black threatens to win a pawn by a pseudo-sacrifice at his K5: 10. KtxP; 11. KtxKt, BxKt; 12. BxB, QxB; 13. KR-K, P-KB4. This might easily be overlooked. 10. KR-Kt1 P-KR4 is perhaps even stronger. It guards the Bishop against the masked double attack.
After 10. KR-K1, however, White has the freer and much better game. He is splendidly developed, has captured the center-and has thus obtained all that one can reasonably expect in the opening.
This enormous work covers 423 pages, 340 diagrams, and explains in detail the fundamental principles of every department of the game. The editor considers this the finest book on chess ever published. It is a David McKay publication ($4.00) and may be ordered through the writer.
From the city championship tournament:
Adolph Chern (white) vs. LeRoy Johnson (black)
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Steinitz Variation, Development Variation
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