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Chess by Herman Steiner 17 Nov 1940, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
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CHESS HERMAN STE1NER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chest Editor NT. . 17. 1949 L.A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. Mr S. Loyd 1139 9 White mates in two. iWb. 7; Bl. 3 ) L.A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1140 By H. J. Tucker ill ' I suppose jon don't appreciate the self-denial in this mote? To exchange the right bishop against the wrong one, which has not much future behind his blocked pawns, blocking its way to get into real action. II. J.: A heroic decision Indeed. He exchanges bishops and rets the whole position: the only open line, and the White QP remains weak as eveT. 21.
NxR BxR i. KxB N-BS I. B.: I don't think It was too difficult to see this. But if : you put ererjrthing tog-ether, you will see how precisely every little part fits. tl. B-Oi Q-Q3 S4. N-B.1 R-KS 25. QK-Qt Q-Qt ' A square like his 04 Is a strong hold, a stepping stone lor every piece. 2fi. P-OB4 I. B.: No matter what violent action White tries to make, with the permanent weaknesses he has. he has no hope against' accurate play like Black s. Plohr has secured his game. He now has to find the death blow. ' It-KS :;. K-K3 NiPiNii C. J.: 1 admit that is a good move. but was not . . . NxRP at least as strong?! If 28. R-R3ch: 29. N-R4 if 29. . .
. K-N3; 30. Q-K5.t 20. . . . P-KN4; 30. P-N3, Q-B6: threatening RxN mate. i J. B.: The difference lies In 28. PxN. ! QxN; 29. R-Nl. About the same position j as now, except that the move played cannot be answered with KxN because of . .. . R-N3ch. and after White's next move. now. White retains the knight, which is an advantage now. 2. R-KN'l N-BS !!. Q-Rt OR-KI 50. N-NS " R-KH 51. O-KBJ RxR 3?. KxR XxPch! J. B.: You see. olav hrllliaml inn R-Kch i . u need arises, he can S4. K-BJ Sil. K-NS 3. K-Bt J. B.; Perfectly played. after spectacular fireworks K-KRXrh . R-N'Kch P. KB if He was not i but n is in White mttes in three. (Wh. 7: Bl. B.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1136: Q-R. 80LUTI0N TO PROBLEM 1137; . Q-R7. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1138: Q-K3. W received solutions from the follow, ing: J. O. Dodge, J. Dsvidson, M. Rud-holm. S. M. Fleming, R. D. Wsver, J. C. Drake, J. Sesrl (welcome to our ladder,) L. Sheppard. W. Harmon, A. O. Karn. J. M. Melnhardt, C. P. Ford, A. D. Reynolds Sr., H. Bruhn, J. T. Wstson (in 1132: Bl, answer IS 1. . . . P-R8IB.) and there is no mate except with the key move R-R8!) E. L. Darnells. 8. H. Schadee, H. P. Mi-tosian, O. A. Ball (please send results of match. It was too late to Insert notice in last Sunday's Issue,) W. L. Koethen, J. P. Walsh. The followinc Is taken from February Issue at the Australian Chess Review, a monthly publication. Twelva Issues for i (may be ordered directly) 1 Bond St., Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
I'NCLE JACOBOVITCH HOLDS COURT By Lajos Steiner (Uncle Jacobovltch and Jackie Buresh continue the arguments over the game Mieses-Flohr. Margate. 1939. Notice that none of tha arguments Is settled; the author is not concerned with final verdicts, but, rather, wishes to show students how much there Is in chess that cannot be easily settled, and to impress on them the importance of thinking for themselves. No parrot ever made a real player.) rwu.&a uub 1 1- in 111 the position now as a result of his mar- veious position play.
37. P-B3 rxNrh .1. K-KS P-NS J. R.: That wins the queen now. id D i . . r. J.: Good .nlsht, gentlemen. (Takes nis nar ana umoreua. ana nurneaiy leaves the cafe.) Flohr Miews Black While I. P-K4 P-QB.H 8. P-4 P-tU 5. N-OBS PsP 4. NxP N-BH 6. KxNeh KPiN N-B; B- 7. B-K2 O-O 8. Q-Qt B-K . b-KJ N-Qi 10. P-B Q-BI8 II. QR-BI B-KNS 11. P-KR3 B-R 13. O-O QB-Q1 It. KR-Ol KR-Kl 15. P-QN4 p-KB 16. P-OBS B-K2 11. B-RBIT . . . i May "1 A game from the Utah Congress: ENGLISH OPENINO Morgan Fine Morgan Fine White Black White Black 1- P-QB4 P-QB4 19-B-02 R-Kl 2- N-KB3 N-KB3 20-R-B2 BxB 3- P-KN3 P-Q4 21-KxB P-QN4 4- PxP NxP 22-N-R3 P-QR3 5- B-N2 QN-B3 23-B-B4 B-Bl S-O-O P-K4 24-R-K1 N-N5 7- P-03 B-K2 25-OR-B1 N-Q4 8- QN-Q2 O-O 26-B-Q2 R-K4 9- N-B4 P-B3 27-R-B2 CR-K1 10- P-N3 B-K3 28-B-B1 R-R4 11- B-N2 Q-Q2 29-P-KR4 RxP 12- Q-02 OR-B1 30-PxR Q-NS 13- QR-B1 N-Q5 31-K-B1 Q-R6 14- N-K3 N-N5 32-K-N1 R-KS 15- B-B3 N(NS)-B3 33-BxR NxB 16- N-B4 KR-Q1 34-Pxl Q-N6 17- Q-N2 B-Q4 35-Restgns 18- NxN? KPxN BARRY VICTORY OF 40 YEARS AGO John F. Barry was a fixture In Boston chess circles for some 45 years.
In the closing years of the last century, when Pillsbury was Impressing Europe and New York with his genius. Bsrry was asked to play In the Anglo-American cable matches, largely through the recommendation -of Pillsbury. who knew Barry's skill at flrt. hand. Barry won his game in each of the! nrst nve cable matches.
The game belowioRi? was played In 1900. and shows how Barry uiuusub auoub a winning atiacs.. Barry White 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- Kt-KB3 4- KtxP 5- B-Q3 6- B-K3 7- PxP B-KtxKt 9-B-04 - 10- Castlei 11- B-K2 12- P-KKt3 13- B-QB3 14- B-B3 15- R-K 16- B-Q2 17-KI-B3 SICILIAN DEFENSE Atkins (Barry Black P-QB4 PxP P-K3 White 18- Q-K2 19- OR-Q 20-P-KI3 Kt-KB3!21-Kt-R4(a) P-KKt4 AUhe Kt-B3 P-KR3 P-K5 Kt-B3 P-Q4 KtxP PxKt G-KI4 B-Q3 I22-B-B3 123-B-QR 24-B-KKt2 j 25-Q-Q2 . 126-QxB :27-0-B5 Q-R3 : 28-R-OS P-K429-KR-Q Castles !30-RxR B-Kt2'31-R- KR-K,32-R-Kt;ch -K3:33-QxKBP P-KB4I Kt-Q4 P-Kt5 Kt-Kt3 KtxKt Kt-Ku: wR- OR-Kjplay oK2 ! ResYgnJ ' i (a) Barry used to like to describe how!6-2 Atkins was led on psychologically to ad-i" vnc ma rv sine pawns in en invit ms at-, 'J-O. attack.
But all the time Barry felt sure the pawn advance would open the way for a decisive counterblow. SANTIAGO TOURNAMENT Santiago. Chile, was the scene of a tournament last March in which seven Chilean experts and two from Argentina participated. Guimard and Grau led with 6', and 8. respectively. Castillo and Florese were next with S. The game below shows how Ouimard outplayed his opponent In the center, and concluded with a decisive attack. QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE uuimsrd Ivanovlcj Guimard Ivanovlc 17 Q-Bl IS. E-Kl ... V. i.: Very, very disappointing. Was It not still possible to play 18. P-QH. PxP. 19. QxP, even though this time 19. . . , N-B3 has to be reckoned with also? That could be answered with 20. Q-B4. Then. If 20. . . . BxP is not- dangerous. White must still have a fairly good game. And 20. ... BxP can be answered ... let me see . . . yesl by 21. QxB, and White pins a piece, as either the Black oueen or the OR will be defended, when he would capture the KB.
And if 21. . . . QxB; 22. RxQ. RxRchi 23. BxR, etc. 1. . . . N-B J. B.: I under'iir.d your distress. Uncle JacobovlKh But White's game had the germ In itself to be spoilt.
One move and an inelastic position is hooeless. Instead of weeping about it. watch the perfect way Black takes advantage of his possi- bi'itles. v. J.t The only thing I want now Is to see the game and quickly. A game where a beautiful position Is transformed into a positional wreck so quickly is not worth twopence. What is heroic in a 6 nine where the only thine to do Is to Place the knight on Q4 and win easily. Let's get over it quickly. J. .: if, I was airaid you would not appreciate the game, How could you value the hidden beauties.
of Black's play, who took upon himself momentary burdens for luture advantages. He has no really weak spots, if you carefully examine the position. Is that coincidence? No. he meant to keep free of them and took In exchange a rather cramped position. He gave space in exchange for a compressed position full of dynamlo power. 1. Q-N3 Jf-04 20. B-KNS BxB White 1- P-04 2- Kt-KB3 3- P-KKI3 4- B-KI2 Shanties 8-KtxP 7- KxB 8- P-OB4 9- Kt-QBJ 10- P-K4(b) 11- Kt-B2 12- Q-K2 13- P-KI3 14- P-B3 15- B-KI2 16- QR-K (a) This Black Kt-KB3 P-OKI3 B-K12 P-B4 White 17- P-B4 18- 0-Q3 19- O-QS 20-PxP PxP 21-O-Q? BxB'al 22-Kt-K3 P-K.t3i23-Kt-K4 24-Kt-Kt4 23-P-B5 26- BxB 27- OxPch 28- Kt-Kt5 39-K-Kl 30- Kl-B;ch 31- Kt-QS B-KI2 Castles Kt-B3 Q-B P-03 Q-K3 Kt-KR4 P-B4 B-K4'32-QxP exchange burin a weakening or Black s center, would be better. lb) Now Black will find It practically impossioie to ires nis center who. t-4.
NEW YORK CHAMPIONSHIP GAME This game bears a certain Similarity to Fine's Victory below. In each sarce. the ultimate winners saw now ;;.ey could gain a positional advantage and did not hesitate to exchange, believing the advantage would grow rather than decrease as tne position simplified Willman White 1- Kt-KBJ 2- P-B4 3- PxP 4- P-K4 5- B-B4 6- KI-B3 7- P-Q4 8- KtxP 9- B-K3 10- BxB 11- B-E5 12- RxQ 13- B-Q Black B-Kt2 K-R!22-18 w-n RxP C-Kt2 R-B2 P-KR3 K-R2 PxP KtxB K-Kt Kt-Q5ch P-K4 K-B K-K Resigns gradual . . Q-B ZDKERTORT Chernev Willman Chernev Black White Black Kt-KB3 14-P-QR4 Kt-Kt3 P-Q4 1S-B-R2 B-Q2 KtxP 16-Castlea QR-B Kt-KB3 17-KR-K Kt-R4 P-K3 18-B-K14 Kt(R4l-B5 P-B4 19-P-R5 Kt-R PxP 20-P-K5 KtxKtP B-B4 21-R-G4 P-QKt4 BxKt 22-Kt-K4 R-B3 Kt-B3 23-Kt-Q6ch RxKt OxQch 24-RxR Kt-BS KI-Q2 25-BxKt PxB ' P-QR3 26-KR-Q Resigns.
NxR BxR i. KxB N-BS I. B.: I don't think It was too difficult to see this. But if : you put ererjrthing tog-ether, you will see how precisely every little part fits. tl. B-Oi Q-Q3 S4. N-B.1 R-KS 25. QK-Qt Q-Qt ' A square like his 04 Is a strong hold, a stepping stone lor every piece. 2fi. P-OB4 I. B.: No matter what violent action White tries to make, with the permanent weaknesses he has. he has no hope against' accurate play like Black s. Plohr has secured his game. He now has to find the death blow. ' It-KS :;. K-K3 NiPiNii C. J.: 1 admit that is a good move. but was not . . . NxRP at least as strong?! If 28. R-R3ch: 29. N-R4 if 29. . .
. K-N3; 30. Q-K5.t 20. . . . P-KN4; 30. P-N3, Q-B6: threatening RxN mate. i J. B.: The difference lies In 28. PxN. ! QxN; 29. R-Nl. About the same position j as now, except that the move played cannot be answered with KxN because of . .. . R-N3ch. and after White's next move. now. White retains the knight, which is an advantage now. 2. R-KN'l N-BS !!. Q-Rt OR-KI 50. N-NS " R-KH 51. O-KBJ RxR 3?. KxR XxPch! J. B.: You see. olav hrllliaml inn R-Kch i . u need arises, he can S4. K-BJ Sil. K-NS 3. K-Bt J. B.; Perfectly played. after spectacular fireworks K-KRXrh . R-N'Kch P. KB if He was not i but n is in White mttes in three. (Wh. 7: Bl. B.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1136: Q-R. 80LUTI0N TO PROBLEM 1137; . Q-R7. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1138: Q-K3. W received solutions from the follow, ing: J. O. Dodge, J. Dsvidson, M. Rud-holm. S. M. Fleming, R. D. Wsver, J. C. Drake, J. Sesrl (welcome to our ladder,) L. Sheppard. W. Harmon, A. O. Karn. J. M. Melnhardt, C. P. Ford, A. D. Reynolds Sr., H. Bruhn, J. T. Wstson (in 1132: Bl, answer IS 1. . . . P-R8IB.) and there is no mate except with the key move R-R8!) E. L. Darnells. 8. H. Schadee, H. P. Mi-tosian, O. A. Ball (please send results of match. It was too late to Insert notice in last Sunday's Issue,) W. L. Koethen, J. P. Walsh. The followinc Is taken from February Issue at the Australian Chess Review, a monthly publication. Twelva Issues for i (may be ordered directly) 1 Bond St., Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
I'NCLE JACOBOVITCH HOLDS COURT By Lajos Steiner (Uncle Jacobovltch and Jackie Buresh continue the arguments over the game Mieses-Flohr. Margate. 1939. Notice that none of tha arguments Is settled; the author is not concerned with final verdicts, but, rather, wishes to show students how much there Is in chess that cannot be easily settled, and to impress on them the importance of thinking for themselves. No parrot ever made a real player.) rwu.&a uub 1 1- in 111 the position now as a result of his mar- veious position play.
37. P-B3 rxNrh .1. K-KS P-NS J. R.: That wins the queen now. id D i . . r. J.: Good .nlsht, gentlemen. (Takes nis nar ana umoreua. ana nurneaiy leaves the cafe.) Flohr Miews Black While I. P-K4 P-QB.H 8. P-4 P-tU 5. N-OBS PsP 4. NxP N-BH 6. KxNeh KPiN N-B; B- 7. B-K2 O-O 8. Q-Qt B-K . b-KJ N-Qi 10. P-B Q-BI8 II. QR-BI B-KNS 11. P-KR3 B-R 13. O-O QB-Q1 It. KR-Ol KR-Kl 15. P-QN4 p-KB 16. P-OBS B-K2 11. B-RBIT . . . i May "1 A game from the Utah Congress: ENGLISH OPENINO Morgan Fine Morgan Fine White Black White Black 1- P-QB4 P-QB4 19-B-02 R-Kl 2- N-KB3 N-KB3 20-R-B2 BxB 3- P-KN3 P-Q4 21-KxB P-QN4 4- PxP NxP 22-N-R3 P-QR3 5- B-N2 QN-B3 23-B-B4 B-Bl S-O-O P-K4 24-R-K1 N-N5 7- P-03 B-K2 25-OR-B1 N-Q4 8- QN-Q2 O-O 26-B-Q2 R-K4 9- N-B4 P-B3 27-R-B2 CR-K1 10- P-N3 B-K3 28-B-B1 R-R4 11- B-N2 Q-Q2 29-P-KR4 RxP 12- Q-02 OR-B1 30-PxR Q-NS 13- QR-B1 N-Q5 31-K-B1 Q-R6 14- N-K3 N-N5 32-K-N1 R-KS 15- B-B3 N(NS)-B3 33-BxR NxB 16- N-B4 KR-Q1 34-Pxl Q-N6 17- Q-N2 B-Q4 35-Restgns 18- NxN? KPxN BARRY VICTORY OF 40 YEARS AGO John F. Barry was a fixture In Boston chess circles for some 45 years.
In the closing years of the last century, when Pillsbury was Impressing Europe and New York with his genius. Bsrry was asked to play In the Anglo-American cable matches, largely through the recommendation -of Pillsbury. who knew Barry's skill at flrt. hand. Barry won his game in each of the! nrst nve cable matches.
The game belowioRi? was played In 1900. and shows how Barry uiuusub auoub a winning atiacs.. Barry White 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- Kt-KB3 4- KtxP 5- B-Q3 6- B-K3 7- PxP B-KtxKt 9-B-04 - 10- Castlei 11- B-K2 12- P-KKt3 13- B-QB3 14- B-B3 15- R-K 16- B-Q2 17-KI-B3 SICILIAN DEFENSE Atkins (Barry Black P-QB4 PxP P-K3 White 18- Q-K2 19- OR-Q 20-P-KI3 Kt-KB3!21-Kt-R4(a) P-KKt4 AUhe Kt-B3 P-KR3 P-K5 Kt-B3 P-Q4 KtxP PxKt G-KI4 B-Q3 I22-B-B3 123-B-QR 24-B-KKt2 j 25-Q-Q2 . 126-QxB :27-0-B5 Q-R3 : 28-R-OS P-K429-KR-Q Castles !30-RxR B-Kt2'31-R- KR-K,32-R-Kt;ch -K3:33-QxKBP P-KB4I Kt-Q4 P-Kt5 Kt-Kt3 KtxKt Kt-Ku: wR- OR-Kjplay oK2 ! ResYgnJ ' i (a) Barry used to like to describe how!6-2 Atkins was led on psychologically to ad-i" vnc ma rv sine pawns in en invit ms at-, 'J-O. attack.
But all the time Barry felt sure the pawn advance would open the way for a decisive counterblow. SANTIAGO TOURNAMENT Santiago. Chile, was the scene of a tournament last March in which seven Chilean experts and two from Argentina participated. Guimard and Grau led with 6', and 8. respectively. Castillo and Florese were next with S. The game below shows how Ouimard outplayed his opponent In the center, and concluded with a decisive attack. QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE uuimsrd Ivanovlcj Guimard Ivanovlc 17 Q-Bl IS. E-Kl ... V. i.: Very, very disappointing. Was It not still possible to play 18. P-QH. PxP. 19. QxP, even though this time 19. . . , N-B3 has to be reckoned with also? That could be answered with 20. Q-B4. Then. If 20. . . . BxP is not- dangerous. White must still have a fairly good game. And 20. ... BxP can be answered ... let me see . . . yesl by 21. QxB, and White pins a piece, as either the Black oueen or the OR will be defended, when he would capture the KB.
And if 21. . . . QxB; 22. RxQ. RxRchi 23. BxR, etc. 1. . . . N-B J. B.: I under'iir.d your distress. Uncle JacobovlKh But White's game had the germ In itself to be spoilt.
One move and an inelastic position is hooeless. Instead of weeping about it. watch the perfect way Black takes advantage of his possi- bi'itles. v. J.t The only thing I want now Is to see the game and quickly. A game where a beautiful position Is transformed into a positional wreck so quickly is not worth twopence. What is heroic in a 6 nine where the only thine to do Is to Place the knight on Q4 and win easily. Let's get over it quickly. J. .: if, I was airaid you would not appreciate the game, How could you value the hidden beauties.
of Black's play, who took upon himself momentary burdens for luture advantages. He has no really weak spots, if you carefully examine the position. Is that coincidence? No. he meant to keep free of them and took In exchange a rather cramped position. He gave space in exchange for a compressed position full of dynamlo power. 1. Q-N3 Jf-04 20. B-KNS BxB White 1- P-04 2- Kt-KB3 3- P-KKI3 4- B-KI2 Shanties 8-KtxP 7- KxB 8- P-OB4 9- Kt-QBJ 10- P-K4(b) 11- Kt-B2 12- Q-K2 13- P-KI3 14- P-B3 15- B-KI2 16- QR-K (a) This Black Kt-KB3 P-OKI3 B-K12 P-B4 White 17- P-B4 18- 0-Q3 19- O-QS 20-PxP PxP 21-O-Q? BxB'al 22-Kt-K3 P-K.t3i23-Kt-K4 24-Kt-Kt4 23-P-B5 26- BxB 27- OxPch 28- Kt-Kt5 39-K-Kl 30- Kl-B;ch 31- Kt-QS B-KI2 Castles Kt-B3 Q-B P-03 Q-K3 Kt-KR4 P-B4 B-K4'32-QxP exchange burin a weakening or Black s center, would be better. lb) Now Black will find It practically impossioie to ires nis center who. t-4.
NEW YORK CHAMPIONSHIP GAME This game bears a certain Similarity to Fine's Victory below. In each sarce. the ultimate winners saw now ;;.ey could gain a positional advantage and did not hesitate to exchange, believing the advantage would grow rather than decrease as tne position simplified Willman White 1- Kt-KBJ 2- P-B4 3- PxP 4- P-K4 5- B-B4 6- KI-B3 7- P-Q4 8- KtxP 9- B-K3 10- BxB 11- B-E5 12- RxQ 13- B-Q Black B-Kt2 K-R!22-18 w-n RxP C-Kt2 R-B2 P-KR3 K-R2 PxP KtxB K-Kt Kt-Q5ch P-K4 K-B K-K Resigns gradual . . Q-B ZDKERTORT Chernev Willman Chernev Black White Black Kt-KB3 14-P-QR4 Kt-Kt3 P-Q4 1S-B-R2 B-Q2 KtxP 16-Castlea QR-B Kt-KB3 17-KR-K Kt-R4 P-K3 18-B-K14 Kt(R4l-B5 P-B4 19-P-R5 Kt-R PxP 20-P-K5 KtxKtP B-B4 21-R-G4 P-QKt4 BxKt 22-Kt-K4 R-B3 Kt-B3 23-Kt-Q6ch RxKt OxQch 24-RxR Kt-BS KI-Q2 25-BxKt PxB ' P-QR3 26-KR-Q Resigns.
