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Chess 27 Apr 1932, Wed Mount Vernon Argus (White Plains, New York) Newspapers.com
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Your Move — By Paul L Cromelin THE READER’S GAME THE voters for Black's fourth move were at least agreed that the position called for action on the part of a pawn And 4P-QB4 was selected by a vote of two to one the minority calling for 4P-Q4 In answer White plays 5 Q-K2 The game in detail is as follows: 1 P-K4 P-K4: 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-KB3 3 KtxP KtxP 4 P-Q4 P-QB4 5 Q-K2 Send in your opinion on Black's best continuation but be sure to have it in The Daily Argus office before Monday Play will continue in this column next Wednesday Seymour Israel and Anita Wise called for Black's fourth move as given Dr B M Scholder favoredP-Q4 The Roger Smith Hotel in White Plains has arranged an open bracketed tournament which will be held in the ballroom of the hotel on the evenings of- May 1 2 6 and 7.
The event will be open to all who care to participate and it is hoped that Mount Vernon will send a representative contingent Entries should be sent immediately to Mr Hy ox at the Roger mith in order to reach him by the 29th of April Present entries from Mount Vernon include H Oram Smith and “ye editor” Our selection of a game for submission to local players narrowed down this week to the first game played by Dr A A Blasi and Max Hacker for the City championship Outside of its evident features it is a gcod example of the Blasi style of play.
IRREGULAR OPENING Max Hacker Black Dr Blasi White Max Hacker Black 1 Kt-KBS P-Q4 2 P-QK13 B-Kti 3 Kt-K5 Kl-KBJ 4 B-Kx2 P-JU t KtxB KtxKt1 P-K4! Kf-KBJ 7 PK5 KtlKt (a) 8 B-Kt5rii Kt-QB3 9 n-Q P-K3 10 p-Q4 p-Qnn 11 BxKr PxB 12 B-R3?(b) Q-T14 13 PxBP BxP 14 Q-Kt4 B-B(c) 55 BxB KxB(d) 16 Q-KB4 KI-K2 37 P-Bt K-Kt3 15 Q-Q1 l’-QB4! 19 Q-K3 P-Q5 20 Q-Q3!(e) K-K2! 21 P-B4 KR-K 22 KtQ2 K-B ) 23 KI-K4 QR-Q 24 R-B3 K-Ktl 25 QK-KB? Kt-R5 26 R-R3 Kt-B4 27 P-KKt4 Kt-K6 2S RxP? QxRP! 23 KL-Q2(g) ‘ P-K13 30 R-R4 K-Kt2?(h) 31 P-B5? KPxP 3 2 Pxl’ Rx P 33 P-B6ch K-Kt 34 K-R Q-B7 15 O-xO KtxQ (a) Black's feeble although KK 1 believe Black cat tage for if Q-R5h P-KICI3:' 11 qxP with (b) A '-'ninl Hi White havlnc lost I-last five Wbite’fl t leads tn more Iumm point 13 P-B4 is strength lies id the 36 RK4 KxR 37 KtxR R-QB 3? r-U Kt-K6(i) 39 R-KKT R-B2 49 R-QR Kt-Kt5 41 R-KR P-Q6?(j) 42 R-Q Kt-K 1 1 43 K-KI2 R-B2? 44 K-Kt3 R-B3?fK 45 K-Bl Kt-Q2 o6 RxP KtxP 47 R-Q6 RxR 48 KtxR Kt-Q2 49 K-Kt K-B(l) &n K-Q5 K-K3 51 Kt-Kt K t -B3ch ? ( m ) 52 KtxKt KxKt 53 KxP K-K4(n) 54 K-Ktx6 P-H4 55 P-B5 P-B5 5 P-B6 P-B6 57 P-B7 r-B7 5 P-B8(q) P-B8q Q-B5rh K-K3 60 2-B4ch Q-xQ G1 PxQ Resigns enth move erems t-Q2 looks dangerous i play it to advan--K6 then PxP 9 10 Q-Kt4 Kt-KB3: out lo"s of position lows Time of 6-6 evo mevex during the welfth move merely of position At this beM since NN nite s spearhead pawn at K5 The at Kt2 exerts pressure on thi square and hence weakens its position by moving Proper play for White in order to maintain his advantage would be P-B4 Kt-Q2 and B3 and QR-K (c Not P-Kt3 because of P-QKt4 winning a piece.
Better than the text move would be BxB followed by P-Kt3 (fl) White has now accomplished th only benefit which ‘could be attained by his twelfth move: a doubtful gain (e) The KP can not be taken because of 21 Q-Kl! A neat trap which Hacker avoids (f) Black has new managed to Castle without loss of position Hacker has a decided advantage in his passed pawn at Q5 The game favors Black (g) On his 2Sth move Blasi starts nno of his phooey attacks probably overlooking the strength of QxRP Black's answer The threatened mate now annuls 29 Kt-BHch which was probably contem-pla 1 el by Whit e (h) Black can now take the R at KBX and hold it All White’s threats against his king will vanish in empty air due to the lust for expansion in the Black Pawn it Q5 (i) Black roaches- the end game a pawn to the good: a strong passed pawn at that In the position NVhite threatens to break up the central pawns by -K3 Her® Kt-Kt5 would prevent the advance of this ‘pawn and would protect the QRP White's forces would be held back by the potential force inherent in the passed pawn at this QI or Black we suggest 3s Kt5: 39R-B2 to protect the BP from (he White Kt’s threats and finally the bringing of the King to the center NVhite can do nothing but mark time (i A winning continuation fol’ows this move but Black does not avail himself of it After 42 R-Q Black's move is K-K3!
Without some such combination in mind P-Q6 is very poor The proud passed pawn having left its lovely defender behind bites the dust (k) Black loses two more moves (l) Now the value of the two wasted 43rd and 44th moves is apparent The Black King is too far away ever to be helpful (m) A chance for a draw is missed 51P-KB4 and 52 Ktx- is not sufficient for White to win White of course has a chance to see that this would be insufficient whereupon the draw would disappear: but a gain of tempo appears in its place for Black (id 'The last chance Black has a possible draw by 53K-K3 NVhite could win hy best play but th® ®hance of ®rror is great The ending is played with precision Play in the Intra-Mural Tournament continued last Thursday at the Campbell House In Group One Seymour Israel defeated H Schipf and R J Reichert succumbed to an Irregular Opening in the hands of Harry Bradbury In Group Two Miss H Eolis defeated Miss H Taylor and M J Lyons won from Mrs Ben W McCready The latter game A rench Defense with Lyons the second player went sixty-six moves before the strength of a passed pawn caused Mrs McCready to resign
The event will be open to all who care to participate and it is hoped that Mount Vernon will send a representative contingent Entries should be sent immediately to Mr Hy ox at the Roger mith in order to reach him by the 29th of April Present entries from Mount Vernon include H Oram Smith and “ye editor” Our selection of a game for submission to local players narrowed down this week to the first game played by Dr A A Blasi and Max Hacker for the City championship Outside of its evident features it is a gcod example of the Blasi style of play.
IRREGULAR OPENING Max Hacker Black Dr Blasi White Max Hacker Black 1 Kt-KBS P-Q4 2 P-QK13 B-Kti 3 Kt-K5 Kl-KBJ 4 B-Kx2 P-JU t KtxB KtxKt1 P-K4! Kf-KBJ 7 PK5 KtlKt (a) 8 B-Kt5rii Kt-QB3 9 n-Q P-K3 10 p-Q4 p-Qnn 11 BxKr PxB 12 B-R3?(b) Q-T14 13 PxBP BxP 14 Q-Kt4 B-B(c) 55 BxB KxB(d) 16 Q-KB4 KI-K2 37 P-Bt K-Kt3 15 Q-Q1 l’-QB4! 19 Q-K3 P-Q5 20 Q-Q3!(e) K-K2! 21 P-B4 KR-K 22 KtQ2 K-B ) 23 KI-K4 QR-Q 24 R-B3 K-Ktl 25 QK-KB? Kt-R5 26 R-R3 Kt-B4 27 P-KKt4 Kt-K6 2S RxP? QxRP! 23 KL-Q2(g) ‘ P-K13 30 R-R4 K-Kt2?(h) 31 P-B5? KPxP 3 2 Pxl’ Rx P 33 P-B6ch K-Kt 34 K-R Q-B7 15 O-xO KtxQ (a) Black's feeble although KK 1 believe Black cat tage for if Q-R5h P-KICI3:' 11 qxP with (b) A '-'ninl Hi White havlnc lost I-last five Wbite’fl t leads tn more Iumm point 13 P-B4 is strength lies id the 36 RK4 KxR 37 KtxR R-QB 3? r-U Kt-K6(i) 39 R-KKT R-B2 49 R-QR Kt-Kt5 41 R-KR P-Q6?(j) 42 R-Q Kt-K 1 1 43 K-KI2 R-B2? 44 K-Kt3 R-B3?fK 45 K-Bl Kt-Q2 o6 RxP KtxP 47 R-Q6 RxR 48 KtxR Kt-Q2 49 K-Kt K-B(l) &n K-Q5 K-K3 51 Kt-Kt K t -B3ch ? ( m ) 52 KtxKt KxKt 53 KxP K-K4(n) 54 K-Ktx6 P-H4 55 P-B5 P-B5 5 P-B6 P-B6 57 P-B7 r-B7 5 P-B8(q) P-B8q Q-B5rh K-K3 60 2-B4ch Q-xQ G1 PxQ Resigns enth move erems t-Q2 looks dangerous i play it to advan--K6 then PxP 9 10 Q-Kt4 Kt-KB3: out lo"s of position lows Time of 6-6 evo mevex during the welfth move merely of position At this beM since NN nite s spearhead pawn at K5 The at Kt2 exerts pressure on thi square and hence weakens its position by moving Proper play for White in order to maintain his advantage would be P-B4 Kt-Q2 and B3 and QR-K (c Not P-Kt3 because of P-QKt4 winning a piece.
Better than the text move would be BxB followed by P-Kt3 (fl) White has now accomplished th only benefit which ‘could be attained by his twelfth move: a doubtful gain (e) The KP can not be taken because of 21 Q-Kl! A neat trap which Hacker avoids (f) Black has new managed to Castle without loss of position Hacker has a decided advantage in his passed pawn at Q5 The game favors Black (g) On his 2Sth move Blasi starts nno of his phooey attacks probably overlooking the strength of QxRP Black's answer The threatened mate now annuls 29 Kt-BHch which was probably contem-pla 1 el by Whit e (h) Black can now take the R at KBX and hold it All White’s threats against his king will vanish in empty air due to the lust for expansion in the Black Pawn it Q5 (i) Black roaches- the end game a pawn to the good: a strong passed pawn at that In the position NVhite threatens to break up the central pawns by -K3 Her® Kt-Kt5 would prevent the advance of this ‘pawn and would protect the QRP White's forces would be held back by the potential force inherent in the passed pawn at this QI or Black we suggest 3s Kt5: 39R-B2 to protect the BP from (he White Kt’s threats and finally the bringing of the King to the center NVhite can do nothing but mark time (i A winning continuation fol’ows this move but Black does not avail himself of it After 42 R-Q Black's move is K-K3!
Without some such combination in mind P-Q6 is very poor The proud passed pawn having left its lovely defender behind bites the dust (k) Black loses two more moves (l) Now the value of the two wasted 43rd and 44th moves is apparent The Black King is too far away ever to be helpful (m) A chance for a draw is missed 51P-KB4 and 52 Ktx- is not sufficient for White to win White of course has a chance to see that this would be insufficient whereupon the draw would disappear: but a gain of tempo appears in its place for Black (id 'The last chance Black has a possible draw by 53K-K3 NVhite could win hy best play but th® ®hance of ®rror is great The ending is played with precision Play in the Intra-Mural Tournament continued last Thursday at the Campbell House In Group One Seymour Israel defeated H Schipf and R J Reichert succumbed to an Irregular Opening in the hands of Harry Bradbury In Group Two Miss H Eolis defeated Miss H Taylor and M J Lyons won from Mrs Ben W McCready The latter game A rench Defense with Lyons the second player went sixty-six moves before the strength of a passed pawn caused Mrs McCready to resign
