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Chess 18 Dec 1904, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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PROBLKM NO. 2. 1-RE is h particularly clever composition by Dayersdorfer, of Bavaria. It is a deep problem and one well worthy of extended studyr if you are unable to solve it easily. White mates in three.
The key move to Problem No. 3, published last week, is Q-R an exceedingly clever composition. On the tinal day of play in the Cambridge Springs tournament Lasker succeeded in tieing Janowski for second place. This one game meant a difference of Lasker, and he won it after a very fierce j;ame, one which caused great excitement all through the play. The game resulted: white. .lauowski.
(a) Janowski prefers to trust to the old double Ruy Lopez, which would better serve his purpose of drawing the game. (b) 4-B-Kt 5 is considered sound here. The text move has been tried by a number of experts, notably Showalter against Kemeny in their match in Philadelphia, but as three of his four losses were attributable to this variation, it is hardly a commendable line of play. Very likely Laiker, playing against "the draw,", took the chance of complicating matters in the hope that Janowski would slip up. (c) 5. Castles. 0. Castles, R-K. 7. Kt-B 3. Kt x P. S. P-Q4. KtiKt. 9. PxKt. B-K 2 was one continuation in the Kemeny-Showalter match. Kemeny here continued, 10. Kt-K. P-Q 4. 11. P-K B 4. B-Q 3. 12. Q-R 5. At move 10 P-Qo looks stronger. (d) In the fourth game, Kemeny-Shuwalter, the latter continued: 6. Q-K 2. 7. P x P. Q x P. S. B-K3. QK 2. 0. Castles. Castles. 10. B-Kt".. (e) In the feixth game of the match, Fhowalter here continued: 7. Kt-B o. 8. T-K 5. K B-Kt 5. 9. PxKt. QxP. 10. B-K 8. Q-R 5 (ch). 11. T-Kt 3. Q-K 2. 12. K-B 2, and Kemeny Avon in twenty-eight moves. In the twelfth game, Showalter at the tenth move played: 10. P-Q 4. 11. Castles. Ei Kt. 12. P x B. B-B 4. As the game was drawn, it would indicate that it is the best and safest line for Black. (f) 9. R-R 4 looks more promising in view that the sacrifice of the piece as played appears to fail. After 9. B-R 4. B-B 2. 10. P x Kt. Q x P. 11. Castles. Castles. 12. P-Q 3 looks promising. (g) 11. P-Q 5 looks stronger than Castling. If then in continuation B x B P. 12. Castles. B x R P (ch). 13. KxB. Q-K 5 (ch). 14. K-Kt. Q x B. 15. R-K (ch). K-Q or B sq. 10. P-Q0, or in certain cases, 10. R-K 4, would give White a tremendous attack. (h) 14. K-B. 15. KtxB. Q x Kt. 16. P-B 5. Kt-K2. 17. P-Q Kt 3. Q-Q 3. 18. P-Q R 4. QxQ P (ch). 19. B-K 3. Q-K 4 seems safe enough. 19. K-R. Q x R. 20. B-Kt 5. Q x R (ch) and wins easily. 20. R-K. Q-K B 3. 21. B-B R 3. K-Kt. 22. B x Kt. Q x B P followed by B-K 3, winning-easily. Anything slow, like IS. P-B 3, would not avail, and IS. P-B G is answered by Kt-Kt 3. (i) I have also failed to discover anything against 14. K-Q. The only continuation appears to be 15. Kt x B. Q x Kt. 10. P-B 5, Kt-K 2. 17. B-B 4. Q Kt 3. IS. Q R-K. R-K, or perhaps Kt x B P. White has two Pawns for the piece, but it is hardly enough. (j) 1G- K-B. 17. B-Q 2. P-Q R 4, to be followed as soon as possible by B-Q 2, seems a simpler, better plan. (kt 18. K-B. 19. P-K B5. Q-Q 2, seems to repel the Black attack, for if 20. R-K 0. Kt x Kt. 21. Q R-K. Kt-Q B 2! ! t (1) I confess that at this point I should have gone 19. Q-B3, and I cannot s'e what White has at all. If 20. Q-K B 3. K-B 2, threatening 21. Kt x Kt. Or. if 20. Kt x Kt. B x Kt. 21. Q-R 0. B K 3 seems to win with ea.-e. Or if 21. Q to K 2. Q B2 seems to answer. (in) Janowski missed his best continuation at this point, 21. Kt-Kt 0. B-B 2 (best). 22. Kt x R, Qx Kt. 23. Q-Kt 7, etc., winning another Pawn, but there would be a hard fight to win it had he played this line. (n) A desperate resource, which almost succeeds the slightest error on Black's part would have lost the game. (o) As, for example here, had Black played 35. Q-B 7, White would have won bv 30. R-K S (ch). K x R. 37. P-Q 7 (ch). K-Q. 3S. B-B 0 (ch). K-B 2. 39. P Queens, double check and wins. REMARKS.
As shown at several points during the game, Lasker missed the simple moves, and Janovrski failed on his twertv-first move. Clocks and nervous tensions play an important part in such games as this. XEWS ITEMS. Our latest news from Paris indicates tournaments both at Ostend and Monte Carlo in the early new year. Lasker has become one of us now, and his magazine is a work of art.
Whether the Japs and Russians stop fighting is apparently what our cable match depends on next 3'ear.- Napier is going to stay over in England for the winter. He dreads our severe climate. Marshall and Judd haven't gotten together yet; at least, we haven't heard of it.
The key move to Problem No. 3, published last week, is Q-R an exceedingly clever composition. On the tinal day of play in the Cambridge Springs tournament Lasker succeeded in tieing Janowski for second place. This one game meant a difference of Lasker, and he won it after a very fierce j;ame, one which caused great excitement all through the play. The game resulted: white. .lauowski.
(a) Janowski prefers to trust to the old double Ruy Lopez, which would better serve his purpose of drawing the game. (b) 4-B-Kt 5 is considered sound here. The text move has been tried by a number of experts, notably Showalter against Kemeny in their match in Philadelphia, but as three of his four losses were attributable to this variation, it is hardly a commendable line of play. Very likely Laiker, playing against "the draw,", took the chance of complicating matters in the hope that Janowski would slip up. (c) 5. Castles. 0. Castles, R-K. 7. Kt-B 3. Kt x P. S. P-Q4. KtiKt. 9. PxKt. B-K 2 was one continuation in the Kemeny-Showalter match. Kemeny here continued, 10. Kt-K. P-Q 4. 11. P-K B 4. B-Q 3. 12. Q-R 5. At move 10 P-Qo looks stronger. (d) In the fourth game, Kemeny-Shuwalter, the latter continued: 6. Q-K 2. 7. P x P. Q x P. S. B-K3. QK 2. 0. Castles. Castles. 10. B-Kt".. (e) In the feixth game of the match, Fhowalter here continued: 7. Kt-B o. 8. T-K 5. K B-Kt 5. 9. PxKt. QxP. 10. B-K 8. Q-R 5 (ch). 11. T-Kt 3. Q-K 2. 12. K-B 2, and Kemeny Avon in twenty-eight moves. In the twelfth game, Showalter at the tenth move played: 10. P-Q 4. 11. Castles. Ei Kt. 12. P x B. B-B 4. As the game was drawn, it would indicate that it is the best and safest line for Black. (f) 9. R-R 4 looks more promising in view that the sacrifice of the piece as played appears to fail. After 9. B-R 4. B-B 2. 10. P x Kt. Q x P. 11. Castles. Castles. 12. P-Q 3 looks promising. (g) 11. P-Q 5 looks stronger than Castling. If then in continuation B x B P. 12. Castles. B x R P (ch). 13. KxB. Q-K 5 (ch). 14. K-Kt. Q x B. 15. R-K (ch). K-Q or B sq. 10. P-Q0, or in certain cases, 10. R-K 4, would give White a tremendous attack. (h) 14. K-B. 15. KtxB. Q x Kt. 16. P-B 5. Kt-K2. 17. P-Q Kt 3. Q-Q 3. 18. P-Q R 4. QxQ P (ch). 19. B-K 3. Q-K 4 seems safe enough. 19. K-R. Q x R. 20. B-Kt 5. Q x R (ch) and wins easily. 20. R-K. Q-K B 3. 21. B-B R 3. K-Kt. 22. B x Kt. Q x B P followed by B-K 3, winning-easily. Anything slow, like IS. P-B 3, would not avail, and IS. P-B G is answered by Kt-Kt 3. (i) I have also failed to discover anything against 14. K-Q. The only continuation appears to be 15. Kt x B. Q x Kt. 10. P-B 5, Kt-K 2. 17. B-B 4. Q Kt 3. IS. Q R-K. R-K, or perhaps Kt x B P. White has two Pawns for the piece, but it is hardly enough. (j) 1G- K-B. 17. B-Q 2. P-Q R 4, to be followed as soon as possible by B-Q 2, seems a simpler, better plan. (kt 18. K-B. 19. P-K B5. Q-Q 2, seems to repel the Black attack, for if 20. R-K 0. Kt x Kt. 21. Q R-K. Kt-Q B 2! ! t (1) I confess that at this point I should have gone 19. Q-B3, and I cannot s'e what White has at all. If 20. Q-K B 3. K-B 2, threatening 21. Kt x Kt. Or. if 20. Kt x Kt. B x Kt. 21. Q-R 0. B K 3 seems to win with ea.-e. Or if 21. Q to K 2. Q B2 seems to answer. (in) Janowski missed his best continuation at this point, 21. Kt-Kt 0. B-B 2 (best). 22. Kt x R, Qx Kt. 23. Q-Kt 7, etc., winning another Pawn, but there would be a hard fight to win it had he played this line. (n) A desperate resource, which almost succeeds the slightest error on Black's part would have lost the game. (o) As, for example here, had Black played 35. Q-B 7, White would have won bv 30. R-K S (ch). K x R. 37. P-Q 7 (ch). K-Q. 3S. B-B 0 (ch). K-B 2. 39. P Queens, double check and wins. REMARKS.
As shown at several points during the game, Lasker missed the simple moves, and Janovrski failed on his twertv-first move. Clocks and nervous tensions play an important part in such games as this. XEWS ITEMS. Our latest news from Paris indicates tournaments both at Ostend and Monte Carlo in the early new year. Lasker has become one of us now, and his magazine is a work of art.
Whether the Japs and Russians stop fighting is apparently what our cable match depends on next 3'ear.- Napier is going to stay over in England for the winter. He dreads our severe climate. Marshall and Judd haven't gotten together yet; at least, we haven't heard of it.
