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Chess 23 Aug 1931, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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"IT'S YOUR MOVE" The Monitor Call's Chess and Checker Column Problems, Games, Positions la End Games and News Item Will Be Welcomed . W. H. STECKIL, Editor A WIBllMF tit Irval nhian a rnxrrr hem A. Herrmann, C. Koch. A. Rex fcn others want the editor, the present city champion, who won the title fever a year ago Irom A. Herrmann, to grrange and-play a match with H. V. Hesse, the Bethlehem champion.
This proposed match we will try to ar- auge, ous noi Deiore int iau monuis. The readers will and must agree that player can not put his best chess fcblllty in a game or a match alter pending almost tour months in a hospital. To those who don't know this little hospital matter Is where the editor spent his vacation, from April to July. A. Rex and W. H. Steckel, local players of the Allentown Chess club, who are playing seven members of the Rensaleer Chess club In a four-game correspondence match, have won the first two games that are finished. The positions in the other two games are very critical, but from all appearances the local boys should win one more of the remaining two and probably lose the other. . The Rensaleer elub to those who don't know is located In New York.
Israel A. Horowitz, a member of the American Chess team, has been elected secretary of the Manhattan Chess club to succeed L. Walter Stephens, who has resigned to take a fcrlrft nrnimd fh nrArlrt TVita will In crease the prestige of Horowitz while In Europe' and It will not lower that of the great Mew York Chess club. Dr. Alexander Alekhlne' of Paris, world's chess champion, will be a participant in the master's tournament of the international chess congress to be held this month at Bledln Jugoslavia.
. Isaac Kashdan, champion of the Manhattan Chess club, has also accepted an invitation to compete. The congress is scheduled to start on August 22 and with fourteen entries contesting a double round, it will last from four to five weeks. Dr. Alekhlne ran into a piece of bad luck in the thirteenth game he played at Prague.
Playing for France he lost a game to Matison of Latvia. The team of Little Latvia beat Uncle Sam's but Kashdan drew his game. Our team has excited the admiration of the chess world. ' The final result of the Dr. Euwe and Jose Capablanca match resulted in a victory lor tne lormer woriaa champion by a score of 2-0 and 8 drawn games.
. ' G. Stoltz and S. Flohr played a return match recently at Prague. Flohr reversed the Ooteborg result, winning 4 to I, with three draws.
The Lehigh Valley Checker association with headquarters at Lumber and Washington streets have added quite lew cness players to their roll, mong them being, M. Lumsden. C. Geary, W. H. Steckel. O. Zanger and others. An ice cream festival will be held on the 28th of this month by the above association on the Washington school grounds. A request was received in the mail several weeks ago to publish several J. H. BLACKBURN! P-K4 Kt-KB3 P-Q4 B-QKt5 () KtxP b) t-R5ch BxKt B-Kt5ch PxP, B-R4 BxKt P-B3 PxS Q-R3ch il) Q-QB3 Kt-R3 (h) P-KtS at) KtxB R-QB P-QKO J R-Q R-Q4 Q-R3 k P-KKta PxKP (1) . K-K2 R-Q2 R-QB K-E2 R-(B)-Q R-Q7ch K-K2 . games in which W. Steinmetz, former world's champion participated in.
Fortunately the editor was able to dig up the following Interesting as well brilliant game against J. H. Blackburne in a match played at London, 1876. Incidentally Steinitz won the match, 7-0. ' Vienna Opening W BTEINnZ WHITE 1 P-K4 2 Kt-QB3 3 P-B4 4 P-Q3 5 PxKP 8 PxKt I 9 Kt-B3 it 23J ft, 12 B-Kt5ch ) 13 PxB 14 QxKP . 15 K-B2 19 Q-04 ( 17 B-R3 18 BxP 19 QxP 20 QR-QKt 21 R-Kt3 22 R-K 23 R-K4 24 P-KR4 25 P-K8 2S Q-R4ch 27 exPch 28 QxP 29 Q-K3 30 R-KtS 31 RxP 32 K-Kt3 , 33 R-B4ch (D) 34 Q-KS R-Q4 , 35 R-Kt7ch K-K 30 Q-B8 QxQ 37 RxQ R-'Q)-Q3 38 RxRP . R-QB 38 R-Kt6 K-B 40 P-R5 R-(Q3J-Q4 41 RXP RxRP 42 RxR RxR 43 P-R4 and wins. (The following notei are from the book, "Steinltz'i Selection of Ounci ") - a If P-Q5 Whit replies belt Kt-Kt Black safest course Is 4....... Kt-B3; 5. PxKP. QKtxPi 6. P-Q4, Kt-Kt3 as Lasker played against Steinitz. London.
Dir. An lncemous device leadlnc tn a vehement attack which taxes the opponent to the utmost. (c) An excellent rejoinder which for the present prevents Black to capture the JVC. d This looks hazardous, but Is really the move. If Kt-Q2 Q-KtS; 12. F-KK3, Q-B5ch, etc. e Necessary to evade perpetual cheek 7 ana w-ks. in repiy to rxa. (f) In a match game between Black' burne and Zukertort in 1887, the latter (Black) exchanged Queen's at this Juncture, which is inferior, as White is not only better equipped for the . end game, but his vulnerable point, the position of the K becomes a distinct advantage once wueen s are on me Doara, is) Now to exchange Queen's would be disadvantageous as it would develop Black's Kt whilst White'! K Ts further away from the center 'than before.
Moreover White has excellent prospects for an attack, his R's being ready to take the open files. The text move renders it extremely hazardous for Black to castle on toe iv. siae. h If Kt-Q2 then R-KKt, R-KKt (P-KKt3. 18. P-KS); 18. P1QR4, he rmifht free his K from danger by QxQ (preceded by Q-K13). but then White's doubled Pawns would become dissolved, whereupon Black's chances would be nil. ' (1) The true master will always be resourceful, no matter how great his plight. R-Q Bwould be unavailing, because of 8(.1 QxP: 21. QxQ, RxQ; 22. RxP, RxPch; 23. K-Kt3 and must win the QRP on account of the threatened R-Kt8ch. (k) The less aggressive R-B4 might have, been of better service. (1) Compulsory, else Q-R4ch would prove decisive.
(m To guard atainst R-Q4. which would force the exchange of Rooks. The incidental R-B5ch. which ultimately would leave White with Q and five Pawns against 2 R's was hardly to be feared as the Pawns are aU scattered. (n) White forces the Issue with vigor and precision one of the best contested and most Interesting games on record.
Dake Returns From Europe Arthur W. Dake, of Portland, Ore., champion of the Marshall Chess club.
of New York City returned on the steamship Deutschland of the Ham burg-American line, Irom Prague, where, as a member of the United States team in the tournament of the International Chess Federation, he helped Uncle Sam to win the Hamilton-Russell trophy for this country. On his way home Dake stopped off at Antwerp by invitation and took part In a tournament in which six Belgians were pitted against half a dozen experts from other countries, including Miss Vera Menchik, who won the women's tournament at Prague. Dake, the only one not to lose a game outright scored 5-1 and figured in a triple tie for first with Akiba Rubenstein, of Poland, and F. D. Yates, of England.
W. Winter, of England, scored 3V4 and Miss Menchik, 3. ., Steiner Second in Chess Tournament S. Flohr, of Prague, and Herman Steiner, of New York, members of the Czechoslovakian and American teams, respectively, in the recent team tour nament of ' the International Chess Federation, won first and second prizes in a . master's tournament at the health, resort -Brunn, Czecho- Slovakia .
iy ' In a field of twelve Flohr made a score of 84-2,-Steiner,' with 8-3, was -close behind. The third prize winner. was M. Fazeckas, of Prague, who scored 7-4. There was a triple tie for fourth, place among B. Hoen-lingen of Austria; L. Mikenas, . v-of Lithuania,' and Dr. Noteboom, of Belgium, at 6tt-4.. - v In the 1924 New York International tournament, the late Reti, with his own opening in the ; twelfth round squared accounts with Grand Master Bogolyubow for the defeat he sustained in the fourth round.
This game was an artistic little gem which Incidentally turned out to be the winner of the first brilliancy prize. Betl's Opening RETT WHITE 1 K.t-KJ3J P-B4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 P-KKt3 Castles . F-KO B-Kt2 . P-Q4 (b) QKt-Q2 KtxKt , Kt-K5 . : P-B3 (f) BxP t KtxKt P-K4 P-B5 17 ' Q-B2 (J) 18 PxP J5-K9 tm) BxP RxR QxB fA-KB B-B7ch B-K8 (P) BOGOLJT7BOW Kt-KB3 P-KR (a) .V, P-Q4 " B-Q3 Castles R-K QKt-Q2 P-B3 Kt-K5 (d) PxKt P-KB4 (e) PxP Q-B2 (h) BxKt P-K4 (i) B-KB PxQP (k) -QR-Q (1 R-K4 RxKBP (n BxR RxB R-Q (o) zK-R Resigns (Notes from the 1924 New York Inter national uness .tournament ooot.) (a) As to the merit of this system of defense, compare the game Reti vs. Yates in tne sixtn rouna. (b) To our way of thinking, this is the clear positional reiutation of 2. P-K3 which, by the way, was first played by CaDablanca (as Black) asainst-' Mar shall and is based upon the simple circum stance mat Diacx cannot una a metnoa tor tne enective development, oi nig qb, (e) In the game referred to Capa- Dianca, in a. wnouy analogous position, played Kt-K5 and llkewl.se obtained an ad vantage thereby of course.
Reit'a. Quieter development iiw quite gooa. . If the' liberating move of 9. :i P-K4. recommended by Rubinstein, and others,' is really the best here and this appears to be the case then it furnishes the most striking proof that Black's entire arrangement of his game was faulty. For tne simple continuation oi 10. bpxf. BPxPi 11. PxP, KtxP; 12. KtxKt, BxKt: 1 1 TJ TJ CD- 1 A Xri tA D V IE V , VI B-K3; 16. Q-Q4, Would have given White a direct attaca against tne lsoiatea wr, without permitting the opponent ' any chances whatsoever. Moreover, the move selected by BogoUubow leads eventually- to a double exchange of Knights without removing the principal disadvantage of his position.
(e) Obviously forced. (f) The proper strategy after Black has weakened his position in the center. White forthwith must aim to change the closed game into an onen one in order to make as much as possible out of that weakness. ' - (g) Not 13. PxP, because the KP must be utilized as a battering ram.
- (h) Also after 13 KtxKt: 14. PxKt. B-B4ch; 15. K-Kt2. B-Q2. (after the exchange of Queens, tms Bishop could not get out at all); 16. P-K4, White would have retained a decisive advantage in position. to be followed by a break by means of tr-wa or r-K.K.14. Alter tne text move, however. Black ftDncars to have Mirmminted the greater part of his early difficulty and it calls for exceptionally fine play on the part of White in order to make the hidden advantages of hU position count ao rapidly and convincingly. (1) Attacking simultaneously both of macs a center fawns. (k) Black's sphere of action is clr cumscribed. for instance. 17 BPxP clearly would not do on account of the two-ioia tnreac against K-K7 ana its, alter ia. axtr. K-R; 20. P-B6, among other lines, would be very strone. (m) The initial move in an exactly calculated, - decisive maneuver, th end of which will worthily crown White's model Play. (nV'If 20.".... R-Q4: 21. Q-B4, K-R! 29. B-KU. with a Fawn plus and a superior position. - (o) Or 20. .... Q-K2; 24. B-B7ch: 25. B-Q5. Q-B3; 26. Q-B8. etc. Black la left without any defense.
(p) A sparkling conclusion! Black resigned, for, after 25 BxPch, he loses at least the Bishop. Rightfully, this came wag awarded the first brilliancy prize. . PROBLEMS ' Solutions to problems: No. 73, by Dr. F, Mendes de Moraes, Q-B4; No. 74, by J. A. Calson, Kt-Q7. "; ." No. 75 y By Dr. F. Mendes de Moraes Black 5 Pieces Whiter 1 Pieces White mates in two moves. No. 76 . By Dr. W. R. 3. Dalton, Black 12 Pieces White 9 Pieces White mates In three moves.
This proposed match we will try to ar- auge, ous noi Deiore int iau monuis. The readers will and must agree that player can not put his best chess fcblllty in a game or a match alter pending almost tour months in a hospital. To those who don't know this little hospital matter Is where the editor spent his vacation, from April to July. A. Rex and W. H. Steckel, local players of the Allentown Chess club, who are playing seven members of the Rensaleer Chess club In a four-game correspondence match, have won the first two games that are finished. The positions in the other two games are very critical, but from all appearances the local boys should win one more of the remaining two and probably lose the other. . The Rensaleer elub to those who don't know is located In New York.
Israel A. Horowitz, a member of the American Chess team, has been elected secretary of the Manhattan Chess club to succeed L. Walter Stephens, who has resigned to take a fcrlrft nrnimd fh nrArlrt TVita will In crease the prestige of Horowitz while In Europe' and It will not lower that of the great Mew York Chess club. Dr. Alexander Alekhlne' of Paris, world's chess champion, will be a participant in the master's tournament of the international chess congress to be held this month at Bledln Jugoslavia.
. Isaac Kashdan, champion of the Manhattan Chess club, has also accepted an invitation to compete. The congress is scheduled to start on August 22 and with fourteen entries contesting a double round, it will last from four to five weeks. Dr. Alekhlne ran into a piece of bad luck in the thirteenth game he played at Prague.
Playing for France he lost a game to Matison of Latvia. The team of Little Latvia beat Uncle Sam's but Kashdan drew his game. Our team has excited the admiration of the chess world. ' The final result of the Dr. Euwe and Jose Capablanca match resulted in a victory lor tne lormer woriaa champion by a score of 2-0 and 8 drawn games.
. ' G. Stoltz and S. Flohr played a return match recently at Prague. Flohr reversed the Ooteborg result, winning 4 to I, with three draws.
The Lehigh Valley Checker association with headquarters at Lumber and Washington streets have added quite lew cness players to their roll, mong them being, M. Lumsden. C. Geary, W. H. Steckel. O. Zanger and others. An ice cream festival will be held on the 28th of this month by the above association on the Washington school grounds. A request was received in the mail several weeks ago to publish several J. H. BLACKBURN! P-K4 Kt-KB3 P-Q4 B-QKt5 () KtxP b) t-R5ch BxKt B-Kt5ch PxP, B-R4 BxKt P-B3 PxS Q-R3ch il) Q-QB3 Kt-R3 (h) P-KtS at) KtxB R-QB P-QKO J R-Q R-Q4 Q-R3 k P-KKta PxKP (1) . K-K2 R-Q2 R-QB K-E2 R-(B)-Q R-Q7ch K-K2 . games in which W. Steinmetz, former world's champion participated in.
Fortunately the editor was able to dig up the following Interesting as well brilliant game against J. H. Blackburne in a match played at London, 1876. Incidentally Steinitz won the match, 7-0. ' Vienna Opening W BTEINnZ WHITE 1 P-K4 2 Kt-QB3 3 P-B4 4 P-Q3 5 PxKP 8 PxKt I 9 Kt-B3 it 23J ft, 12 B-Kt5ch ) 13 PxB 14 QxKP . 15 K-B2 19 Q-04 ( 17 B-R3 18 BxP 19 QxP 20 QR-QKt 21 R-Kt3 22 R-K 23 R-K4 24 P-KR4 25 P-K8 2S Q-R4ch 27 exPch 28 QxP 29 Q-K3 30 R-KtS 31 RxP 32 K-Kt3 , 33 R-B4ch (D) 34 Q-KS R-Q4 , 35 R-Kt7ch K-K 30 Q-B8 QxQ 37 RxQ R-'Q)-Q3 38 RxRP . R-QB 38 R-Kt6 K-B 40 P-R5 R-(Q3J-Q4 41 RXP RxRP 42 RxR RxR 43 P-R4 and wins. (The following notei are from the book, "Steinltz'i Selection of Ounci ") - a If P-Q5 Whit replies belt Kt-Kt Black safest course Is 4....... Kt-B3; 5. PxKP. QKtxPi 6. P-Q4, Kt-Kt3 as Lasker played against Steinitz. London.
Dir. An lncemous device leadlnc tn a vehement attack which taxes the opponent to the utmost. (c) An excellent rejoinder which for the present prevents Black to capture the JVC. d This looks hazardous, but Is really the move. If Kt-Q2 Q-KtS; 12. F-KK3, Q-B5ch, etc. e Necessary to evade perpetual cheek 7 ana w-ks. in repiy to rxa. (f) In a match game between Black' burne and Zukertort in 1887, the latter (Black) exchanged Queen's at this Juncture, which is inferior, as White is not only better equipped for the . end game, but his vulnerable point, the position of the K becomes a distinct advantage once wueen s are on me Doara, is) Now to exchange Queen's would be disadvantageous as it would develop Black's Kt whilst White'! K Ts further away from the center 'than before.
Moreover White has excellent prospects for an attack, his R's being ready to take the open files. The text move renders it extremely hazardous for Black to castle on toe iv. siae. h If Kt-Q2 then R-KKt, R-KKt (P-KKt3. 18. P-KS); 18. P1QR4, he rmifht free his K from danger by QxQ (preceded by Q-K13). but then White's doubled Pawns would become dissolved, whereupon Black's chances would be nil. ' (1) The true master will always be resourceful, no matter how great his plight. R-Q Bwould be unavailing, because of 8(.1 QxP: 21. QxQ, RxQ; 22. RxP, RxPch; 23. K-Kt3 and must win the QRP on account of the threatened R-Kt8ch. (k) The less aggressive R-B4 might have, been of better service. (1) Compulsory, else Q-R4ch would prove decisive.
(m To guard atainst R-Q4. which would force the exchange of Rooks. The incidental R-B5ch. which ultimately would leave White with Q and five Pawns against 2 R's was hardly to be feared as the Pawns are aU scattered. (n) White forces the Issue with vigor and precision one of the best contested and most Interesting games on record.
Dake Returns From Europe Arthur W. Dake, of Portland, Ore., champion of the Marshall Chess club.
of New York City returned on the steamship Deutschland of the Ham burg-American line, Irom Prague, where, as a member of the United States team in the tournament of the International Chess Federation, he helped Uncle Sam to win the Hamilton-Russell trophy for this country. On his way home Dake stopped off at Antwerp by invitation and took part In a tournament in which six Belgians were pitted against half a dozen experts from other countries, including Miss Vera Menchik, who won the women's tournament at Prague. Dake, the only one not to lose a game outright scored 5-1 and figured in a triple tie for first with Akiba Rubenstein, of Poland, and F. D. Yates, of England.
W. Winter, of England, scored 3V4 and Miss Menchik, 3. ., Steiner Second in Chess Tournament S. Flohr, of Prague, and Herman Steiner, of New York, members of the Czechoslovakian and American teams, respectively, in the recent team tour nament of ' the International Chess Federation, won first and second prizes in a . master's tournament at the health, resort -Brunn, Czecho- Slovakia .
iy ' In a field of twelve Flohr made a score of 84-2,-Steiner,' with 8-3, was -close behind. The third prize winner. was M. Fazeckas, of Prague, who scored 7-4. There was a triple tie for fourth, place among B. Hoen-lingen of Austria; L. Mikenas, . v-of Lithuania,' and Dr. Noteboom, of Belgium, at 6tt-4.. - v In the 1924 New York International tournament, the late Reti, with his own opening in the ; twelfth round squared accounts with Grand Master Bogolyubow for the defeat he sustained in the fourth round.
This game was an artistic little gem which Incidentally turned out to be the winner of the first brilliancy prize. Betl's Opening RETT WHITE 1 K.t-KJ3J P-B4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 P-KKt3 Castles . F-KO B-Kt2 . P-Q4 (b) QKt-Q2 KtxKt , Kt-K5 . : P-B3 (f) BxP t KtxKt P-K4 P-B5 17 ' Q-B2 (J) 18 PxP J5-K9 tm) BxP RxR QxB fA-KB B-B7ch B-K8 (P) BOGOLJT7BOW Kt-KB3 P-KR (a) .V, P-Q4 " B-Q3 Castles R-K QKt-Q2 P-B3 Kt-K5 (d) PxKt P-KB4 (e) PxP Q-B2 (h) BxKt P-K4 (i) B-KB PxQP (k) -QR-Q (1 R-K4 RxKBP (n BxR RxB R-Q (o) zK-R Resigns (Notes from the 1924 New York Inter national uness .tournament ooot.) (a) As to the merit of this system of defense, compare the game Reti vs. Yates in tne sixtn rouna. (b) To our way of thinking, this is the clear positional reiutation of 2. P-K3 which, by the way, was first played by CaDablanca (as Black) asainst-' Mar shall and is based upon the simple circum stance mat Diacx cannot una a metnoa tor tne enective development, oi nig qb, (e) In the game referred to Capa- Dianca, in a. wnouy analogous position, played Kt-K5 and llkewl.se obtained an ad vantage thereby of course.
Reit'a. Quieter development iiw quite gooa. . If the' liberating move of 9. :i P-K4. recommended by Rubinstein, and others,' is really the best here and this appears to be the case then it furnishes the most striking proof that Black's entire arrangement of his game was faulty. For tne simple continuation oi 10. bpxf. BPxPi 11. PxP, KtxP; 12. KtxKt, BxKt: 1 1 TJ TJ CD- 1 A Xri tA D V IE V , VI B-K3; 16. Q-Q4, Would have given White a direct attaca against tne lsoiatea wr, without permitting the opponent ' any chances whatsoever. Moreover, the move selected by BogoUubow leads eventually- to a double exchange of Knights without removing the principal disadvantage of his position.
(e) Obviously forced. (f) The proper strategy after Black has weakened his position in the center. White forthwith must aim to change the closed game into an onen one in order to make as much as possible out of that weakness. ' - (g) Not 13. PxP, because the KP must be utilized as a battering ram.
- (h) Also after 13 KtxKt: 14. PxKt. B-B4ch; 15. K-Kt2. B-Q2. (after the exchange of Queens, tms Bishop could not get out at all); 16. P-K4, White would have retained a decisive advantage in position. to be followed by a break by means of tr-wa or r-K.K.14. Alter tne text move, however. Black ftDncars to have Mirmminted the greater part of his early difficulty and it calls for exceptionally fine play on the part of White in order to make the hidden advantages of hU position count ao rapidly and convincingly. (1) Attacking simultaneously both of macs a center fawns. (k) Black's sphere of action is clr cumscribed. for instance. 17 BPxP clearly would not do on account of the two-ioia tnreac against K-K7 ana its, alter ia. axtr. K-R; 20. P-B6, among other lines, would be very strone. (m) The initial move in an exactly calculated, - decisive maneuver, th end of which will worthily crown White's model Play. (nV'If 20.".... R-Q4: 21. Q-B4, K-R! 29. B-KU. with a Fawn plus and a superior position. - (o) Or 20. .... Q-K2; 24. B-B7ch: 25. B-Q5. Q-B3; 26. Q-B8. etc. Black la left without any defense.
(p) A sparkling conclusion! Black resigned, for, after 25 BxPch, he loses at least the Bishop. Rightfully, this came wag awarded the first brilliancy prize. . PROBLEMS ' Solutions to problems: No. 73, by Dr. F, Mendes de Moraes, Q-B4; No. 74, by J. A. Calson, Kt-Q7. "; ." No. 75 y By Dr. F. Mendes de Moraes Black 5 Pieces Whiter 1 Pieces White mates in two moves. No. 76 . By Dr. W. R. 3. Dalton, Black 12 Pieces White 9 Pieces White mates In three moves.
