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Chess 10 Apr 1932, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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Isaac L. Kashdan. champion of the Manhattan Chess Club and one of the leading players of this country, has accepted an Invitation by the California players for a masters' tournament to be held this year. A Consultation Chess Tournament is now In progress at the Mercantile Library. Seven teams consisting of two players on a side have entered.
The tournament will be a one-round affair and one game Is to be played weekly. So far the games played are as follows: Winkelman and Ruth won from Beucler and Oedance, Sack and Gordon defeated Martinez and Huntsberger, Weiner and Levin won from Drasln and Levin and Bauder and Dl Martino drew a bye. The League Tournament In New York is progressing according to schedule. The Marshall and Manhattan Chess Clubs lead with a score of seven wins and no losses. The Marshall Club, however, leads In the number of games won, with a score of 47S win and 7 losses, compared with 44 wins for Manhattan players and 12 losses.
Third place Is held by the team of the Hungarian Workers. The other clubs known to our players here, namely, the Rice Progressive Club, the City College Club and the New York University, are considerably further down in the list. V.'e give below an Interesting and Instructive game played by J. C. Archer, Jr., a strong South African player.
The game was played In a recent tournament for the championship of the Durban Chess Club. Archer has won this championship four times in the last six years. The notes are taken from B. C. M. Greco Counter-Gambit J. C. Archer, Jr. E. C. Hooper WHITE BLACK 1 P-K4 2 Kt-KB3 3 KtxP 4 P-Q4 5 Kt-B4 6 Kt-B3 1 P-K4 2 P-KB4 3 Q-B3 4 P-Q3 5 PxP 6 a-Kt3 GENET AITS DOLMEN1 IROOE' LESS STEEDS. ISOLl'TIO TO I.AHT Rl'Ml.tT'S CHESS AND 'BY WALTER 7 B-B4(a) 8 P-Q5 9 PxP 10 KtxPch 11 QxB 13 Kt-Kt5 13 Kt-B7ch 14 B-B4ch 15 KtxR 16 Castles QR 17 Q-Q8 18 QxKUQ8)ch 19 Kt-B7ch 20 R-Q8, mate 7 P-B3 8 B-B4 9 KtxP 10 BxKt 11 Kt-B3 13 Kt-K2 13 K-B2 14 K-Bsqb 15 QxP 16 Kt-Ksq 17 QxBP 1 KxQ. 13 K-Bsq (a) Following the excellent example of Sir O. A. Thomas, who played this move against Tartakover at Spa, 1926, the game continuing 7 Kt-KB3; 8 Kt-K3, B-K2; 9 B-B4, P-B3; 10 P-Q5, P-Kt4; 11 B-K2, P-Kt5; 12 Kt-R4, B-Q2; 13 P-QR3.
Black's reply in the present game leads to an immediate catastrophe. ib) Black might as well resign now. B-K3 obviously avails him nothing. Problem No. 2849 is solved by Q-Qsq. Problem No. 2850 Is solved by B-Q3. Solutions received from: Mrs. K. Adler, O. William Althen, George Bender, George E. Baker, A. H. Beck-man, S. B. Conover, Philip P. Driver, Harlan A. Downer, Leon L. L. Fager, Russell G. Fry, Horace C. Faunce, E. M. Grimm, John Gebhart, A. A. J. Grant. Stanton Gebhart. J. W. Harris, Robert W. Gottlieb, Kenneth Herster, I. Reber Longacre, William Raymond Halberstadt, Nathan Lazo-wich, George 8. Middleton, Raymond T. Murphy, Carl Metz, Karl F, V Nygaard. E. S. Perkins, Paul F. Reber, Sr., Elwood G. Stewart, Earl Sheeley. A. N. Tschekaloff, Walter E. Wolflnger, Gwilvm Williams, Albert Whiteman, John Wilkinson, Jr., Charles Willing, John M. H. Hamilton and Ralph Paul Fisher. Problem No. 285S that Problem No. 1354 was not BLACK FIVE WHITE ELEVEN PIECES Whit to play and mate In two moves. WHITE K at Ksq; Q at KKtsq; R at KB3; Bishops at QKt8 and KKt6; Knights at QR6 and K3; Pawns at QRJ, QR7, K5 and KR4.
BLACK K at Q5; Knight at KB8; Pawns at QB3. QB5 and KR4. CHECKERS P1SN.N 8HIPLET Problem No. 2854 , By M. Havel BLACK TURKS! PIECES WHITE POL'R PIECES White to play and mate In three moves. WHITEr-K at QKt2; Q at QS; Knights at Ksq and K4. BLACK K at KR8; B at QKt2; P at KKt7.
The tournament will be a one-round affair and one game Is to be played weekly. So far the games played are as follows: Winkelman and Ruth won from Beucler and Oedance, Sack and Gordon defeated Martinez and Huntsberger, Weiner and Levin won from Drasln and Levin and Bauder and Dl Martino drew a bye. The League Tournament In New York is progressing according to schedule. The Marshall and Manhattan Chess Clubs lead with a score of seven wins and no losses. The Marshall Club, however, leads In the number of games won, with a score of 47S win and 7 losses, compared with 44 wins for Manhattan players and 12 losses.
Third place Is held by the team of the Hungarian Workers. The other clubs known to our players here, namely, the Rice Progressive Club, the City College Club and the New York University, are considerably further down in the list. V.'e give below an Interesting and Instructive game played by J. C. Archer, Jr., a strong South African player.
The game was played In a recent tournament for the championship of the Durban Chess Club. Archer has won this championship four times in the last six years. The notes are taken from B. C. M. Greco Counter-Gambit J. C. Archer, Jr. E. C. Hooper WHITE BLACK 1 P-K4 2 Kt-KB3 3 KtxP 4 P-Q4 5 Kt-B4 6 Kt-B3 1 P-K4 2 P-KB4 3 Q-B3 4 P-Q3 5 PxP 6 a-Kt3 GENET AITS DOLMEN1 IROOE' LESS STEEDS. ISOLl'TIO TO I.AHT Rl'Ml.tT'S CHESS AND 'BY WALTER 7 B-B4(a) 8 P-Q5 9 PxP 10 KtxPch 11 QxB 13 Kt-Kt5 13 Kt-B7ch 14 B-B4ch 15 KtxR 16 Castles QR 17 Q-Q8 18 QxKUQ8)ch 19 Kt-B7ch 20 R-Q8, mate 7 P-B3 8 B-B4 9 KtxP 10 BxKt 11 Kt-B3 13 Kt-K2 13 K-B2 14 K-Bsqb 15 QxP 16 Kt-Ksq 17 QxBP 1 KxQ. 13 K-Bsq (a) Following the excellent example of Sir O. A. Thomas, who played this move against Tartakover at Spa, 1926, the game continuing 7 Kt-KB3; 8 Kt-K3, B-K2; 9 B-B4, P-B3; 10 P-Q5, P-Kt4; 11 B-K2, P-Kt5; 12 Kt-R4, B-Q2; 13 P-QR3.
Black's reply in the present game leads to an immediate catastrophe. ib) Black might as well resign now. B-K3 obviously avails him nothing. Problem No. 2849 is solved by Q-Qsq. Problem No. 2850 Is solved by B-Q3. Solutions received from: Mrs. K. Adler, O. William Althen, George Bender, George E. Baker, A. H. Beck-man, S. B. Conover, Philip P. Driver, Harlan A. Downer, Leon L. L. Fager, Russell G. Fry, Horace C. Faunce, E. M. Grimm, John Gebhart, A. A. J. Grant. Stanton Gebhart. J. W. Harris, Robert W. Gottlieb, Kenneth Herster, I. Reber Longacre, William Raymond Halberstadt, Nathan Lazo-wich, George 8. Middleton, Raymond T. Murphy, Carl Metz, Karl F, V Nygaard. E. S. Perkins, Paul F. Reber, Sr., Elwood G. Stewart, Earl Sheeley. A. N. Tschekaloff, Walter E. Wolflnger, Gwilvm Williams, Albert Whiteman, John Wilkinson, Jr., Charles Willing, John M. H. Hamilton and Ralph Paul Fisher. Problem No. 285S that Problem No. 1354 was not BLACK FIVE WHITE ELEVEN PIECES Whit to play and mate In two moves. WHITE K at Ksq; Q at KKtsq; R at KB3; Bishops at QKt8 and KKt6; Knights at QR6 and K3; Pawns at QRJ, QR7, K5 and KR4.
BLACK K at Q5; Knight at KB8; Pawns at QB3. QB5 and KR4. CHECKERS P1SN.N 8HIPLET Problem No. 2854 , By M. Havel BLACK TURKS! PIECES WHITE POL'R PIECES White to play and mate In three moves. WHITEr-K at QKt2; Q at QS; Knights at Ksq and K4. BLACK K at KR8; B at QKt2; P at KKt7.
