Chess 14 Aug 1932, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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"IT'S YOUR MOVE The Morning Call's Chess Column Chess Queries, Problems, Games and News Items Solicited. By W.H. STECKEL An analysis of the cross play among the sixteen competitors in the International Master's Tournament at Berne, the outcome of which was recently reported, shows that the tactics throughout were unusually enterprising, with drawn games the exception rather than the rule. Of the 120 games contested in the fifteen rounds ninety-one were won outright, leaving twenty-nine in which the honors were even. This equivalent to 24 per cent for draws as against T6 per cent for wins.
Dr. Alexander Alekhine, the world champion and victor, who arrived in the United States during the past week, needed - eleven wins to secure his success. He lost one game and drew three. As usual Sultan Khan's tactics were most aggressive and at the end of the tourney the East Indian expert was credited with ten victories. Salo Flohr, the young master who tied with Dr. Max Euwe for second place won nine games, but lost one, whereas the Dutch master won eight and drew seven without once losing. Accepting his second Invitation to j participate in the weekly rapid tran- sit tournament of the Marshall Chess j tlub. New York City, W. H. Steckel made a score of 8--34 to gain fourth prize.
One point separated the local representative from Nathan Grossman who captured first honors with a score of 9-22. Sidney-Bernstein shared the second and third prizes with scores of '9-3. W. H. Steckel, 11-0 captured the honors of the weekly rapid transit tournament of the Y. M. C. A. Chess club. William Wallitsch and Henry Martz with scores of 10-1 and 9-2 gained second and third places respectively.
The summary: w. n. stecKei, 11-0: W. Wallitsch, 10-1: H. Martz, 9-2; E. Kocher, 8-3; A. Weiss, 6?i-4i: Ft. Gutekunst, 5-6: A. Saul, 4-7; E. Kahler, 4-7; E. Leeds, 4-7; R. Kesslcr, l-S'i; E. Strauch, 1-10; S. Schultz, 1-10. From recent reDorts the champion ship of Berlin has been won by Karl Heiling with a score ol 9-2. mere were twelve competitors, among them Rellstab, Reichter, Koch, Saemisch and Ahues, all known Internationally. The annual championship tournament of the Western Chess association was won by Reuben Fin.e the young 18-year-old New York expert with a score of 92-1;. Last year at Tulsa, Okla., Samuel Reshevsky, of Chicago, was the winner. The other contestants finished with the following scores: Reshevsky, 9-2; FTed Reinfeld, 81s-2'i; H. Steiner, O. S. Barnes, 55,i-5i: M. Palmer, S. Osher and S. D. Factor ;ach 41,4-6,,a; A. Hermann and C. Elison, each 3-8; F. Hazard, 12-9 ?i. " Officers elected for the ensuing year are: L. T. Maenner, St. Louis, president: G. S. Barnes, Minneapolis, vice president: and W. A. Kranska, St. Louis, secretary. Appended are three games from the recently concluded tournament ac Berne
Dr. Alexander Alekhine, the world champion and victor, who arrived in the United States during the past week, needed - eleven wins to secure his success. He lost one game and drew three. As usual Sultan Khan's tactics were most aggressive and at the end of the tourney the East Indian expert was credited with ten victories. Salo Flohr, the young master who tied with Dr. Max Euwe for second place won nine games, but lost one, whereas the Dutch master won eight and drew seven without once losing. Accepting his second Invitation to j participate in the weekly rapid tran- sit tournament of the Marshall Chess j tlub. New York City, W. H. Steckel made a score of 8--34 to gain fourth prize.
One point separated the local representative from Nathan Grossman who captured first honors with a score of 9-22. Sidney-Bernstein shared the second and third prizes with scores of '9-3. W. H. Steckel, 11-0 captured the honors of the weekly rapid transit tournament of the Y. M. C. A. Chess club. William Wallitsch and Henry Martz with scores of 10-1 and 9-2 gained second and third places respectively.
The summary: w. n. stecKei, 11-0: W. Wallitsch, 10-1: H. Martz, 9-2; E. Kocher, 8-3; A. Weiss, 6?i-4i: Ft. Gutekunst, 5-6: A. Saul, 4-7; E. Kahler, 4-7; E. Leeds, 4-7; R. Kesslcr, l-S'i; E. Strauch, 1-10; S. Schultz, 1-10. From recent reDorts the champion ship of Berlin has been won by Karl Heiling with a score ol 9-2. mere were twelve competitors, among them Rellstab, Reichter, Koch, Saemisch and Ahues, all known Internationally. The annual championship tournament of the Western Chess association was won by Reuben Fin.e the young 18-year-old New York expert with a score of 92-1;. Last year at Tulsa, Okla., Samuel Reshevsky, of Chicago, was the winner. The other contestants finished with the following scores: Reshevsky, 9-2; FTed Reinfeld, 81s-2'i; H. Steiner, O. S. Barnes, 55,i-5i: M. Palmer, S. Osher and S. D. Factor ;ach 41,4-6,,a; A. Hermann and C. Elison, each 3-8; F. Hazard, 12-9 ?i. " Officers elected for the ensuing year are: L. T. Maenner, St. Louis, president: G. S. Barnes, Minneapolis, vice president: and W. A. Kranska, St. Louis, secretary. Appended are three games from the recently concluded tournament ac Berne
