Chess 01 Feb 1931, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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"IT'S YOUR MOVE" The Morning Call's Chess and Checker Column Problems, Games, W. H. STECKEL, Editor Chess players are discussing the forthcoming record-breaking exhibition of simultaneous play by Jose R. Capablanca of Havana, lormer world champion who is scheduled to play on the afternoon of February 12 at the Seventh Regiment Armory, where he Will conduct 50 games against consulting opponents to the number of 200. Frank J. Marshall, United States champion, who has agreed to act as referee, holds the record for playing against the greatest number at one time, made in Montreal several years ago. Then each player had a separate board. Capablanca will play only one-third of the number of boards, but will pit his skill against the mental efforts of 200.
With all these enthusiasts seated around a hollow square, It will make an interesting sight when Capablanca, after addresses by George E. Roosevelt, Charles S. Whitman and Consul General Merchan of Cuba, begins his rounds that will keep him on his feet continuously for four or five hours. Up to and including Saturday, 27 of the 50 tables have been reserved by as many different clubs. Capablanca will sail from Havre on board the steamship Ille de France of the French line on Wednesday, and is due to arrive here on February 4.
H. Helms, secretary of the reception committee, will be the director of the exhibition. On February 21 and 23 the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia will be the mecca for chess players throughout the state, for on these dates the annual tournament for the championship of the Keystone State will be held. As this tournament Is open to any who wish to enter, they may do so by mailing $1.00 to Secretary D. G. Weiner at the Mercantile Library or be present by 2 o'clock on Saturday, February 21. This tournament. Incidentally will be a knockout tournament, 1 l losses eliminating a contestant. A. Rex, H. V. Hesse, W. Shuler and W. H. Steckel are possible entries from this section.
The Reading Chess club will be the opponents of the local club on the evening of February 12 at the Allen-town Y. M. C. A. Allentown will return the match on the evening of February 26.
These matches will probably be of 8 or 10 boards. Easton and Allentown are having a lot of trouble getting together, to play the last scheduled match between them. The match having been postponed again from last Friday to the evening of February 13. N. D. Banks, checker champion who gave an exhibition last summer at the local Y. M. C. A. in both chess and checkers, gave an simultaneous exhibition at the Cincinnati Chess club winning 4 and drawing 6 games in chess and winning 3 and drawing one in checkers.
P. G. Keeney besides giving us the news, also states that S. Kashdan will make his appearance in Cirjirmati on February 4 or 5 at the ifotel Sinton. Lajos Steiner, Hungarian chess master, has returned to his home in Budapest after a stay of two years in this country during which time he participated In the Bradley Beach tournament, finishing second to Dr. Alexander Alekline. Before sailing, he visited the Montclair Chess club where he gave a simultaneous exhibition, winning twenty-six games and drawing three. Election of officers and an anniversary dinner of the Allentown Chess club will be held during the latter part of March. More news concerning this will be published in our forthcoming columns. The editor will give a simultaneous exhibition at Northampton on the evening of February 6.
A match of 14 games Is now being played at Semmering between Dr. Tartakower, Parisian expert, and Mir Sultan Khan, British champion. Otto Zanger won the checker cham-DiorishlD of the Lehigh Valley by tak ing two games and drawing one out of four witn k. K.emmerer in tne iinai round. As the tournament was conducted on the double knockout plan, Zanger hm to meet Kemmerer before the L'lal round and In this meeting Zanger f m also by a 3-0 score.
The following is the schedule In fiy. VjI. C. A. tournament for the week of February 3: Godfrey vs. Geary. Hesse vs. Foley. Albrecht vs. Rqckel, Warsau vs.. Campbell, Shuler vs. Billiard and Steckel vs. by. The following two games are from the Hastings tournament recently con cluded Onern'a Gambit Declined CAPAHLANCA YATES WHITE BLACK 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 P-K3 3 KT-KB3 KT-KB3 ' 4 B-KT5 QKT-Q3 5 P-K3 B-K2 S KT-B3 Castles 7 R-B P-B3 8 B-Q3 PxP 9 BxP P-OR3 10 Castles P-KT4 11 B-K2 B-KT2 12 0-B2 R-B 13 KR-Q P-B4 14 PxP RxP 15 P-QKT4 R-B IS O-KT KT-Q4 17 KTxKT BxB 18 RR BxR 11 KTxB QxKT 20 KT-B3 B-KT2 21 22 23 24 25 28 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 3 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 SO SI 82 S3 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 2 fj3 t4 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 78 77 78 79 SO 81 S2 83 84 85 86 87 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 KT-K4 B-B3 KT-B3 KTxQ KT-B3 KTxB BxKT P-KT3 RxP P-OR4 R-QH5 RxP R8) K-KT2 P-KT5 RxP R-H8 P-R3 K-B3 R-R5 P-KT4 K-KT3 K-KT2 R-Q5 P-B4 K-KT3 R-K5 K-B2 K-KT2 P-R4 P-R5 K-B3 R-R5 PxP P-K4 K-KT3 K-R3 R-KB5 P-K5 K-KT2 R-B6ch R-KT6 R-KT4 K-B2 R-KT7 R-KTBch P-B5 K-K3 K-K4 K-Q5 K-Q8 K-B7 K-Q7 K-Q6 R-U8 P-Bch R-KB8 K-B6 R-KT8eh R-KT7ch K-KT6 " K-B5 K-Q6 P-K6 K-K7 KxP P-KT5 K.KTB Ou-.n'l Gambit TYLOR WHITE 1 KT-KB3 P-C4 P-QB4 B-KT5 P-K3 KT-B3 R-B P-OR3 PxP B-Q3 CaMles PxP B-KT Q-B2 KR-Q Q-B5 Q-R3 B-R6 PxP KT-QR4 B-B2 P-QKT4 KT-K5 R-K B-KT3 R-B6 BxKT -R6 TxQ QxBch Resigns Q-KT3 B-Q4 QxQ K.T-B3 R-B KTxKT PxB P-KT3 R-B7 PxP R-R7 K-KT2 P-R6 K-KT7 RxP R-KT5 R-QBS R-QK J 5 F.-QB5 P-R3 R-B8 R-B 5 R-R5 R-R7ch R-K7 R-K8 R-KB8 R-K8 K-B3 R-K7ch R-K8 K-KT2 KxP R-Bach R-KT8ch R-KB8 R-K8 R-K6ch R-QR6 K-KT2 R-K6 R-QB6 R-QR6 K-KT K-KT2 R-R7ch R-R6ch R-R5ch R-R4ch R-R3ch K-R2 R-R2ch K-KT2 R-R4 K-R2 R-R2 K-KT3 K-R2 K-R R-Q2 R-B2ch R-R2 R-R3ch RxPch R-K5 PxP Resigns Declined YATES BLACK K.T-KB3 P-Q4 P-K3 QKT-Q2 B-K2 Castles P-B3 P-QKT3 KPxP B-KT2 -QB4 PxP R-K KT-B P-Q5 P-KT3 KT-K3 Q-KT3 PxP Q-R QR-Q Q-R3 KT-R4 B-Q4 KT (R4)-B5 KTxB QxR B-B . KxQ PROBLEM DEPARTMENT Solution to problems No. 47, by Chas. S. Tomordy, R-B 5. No. 48, by F. T. Hawes, B-B 8. No. 49 By Dr. J. J. O'Keefe and W. J. Smith Black ia Pieces 53 White 8 Pieces White mates in two moves. No. SO By Dr. W. R. Inge Dalton Black 10 Pieces. White 10 Pieces. White mates in three moves.
With all these enthusiasts seated around a hollow square, It will make an interesting sight when Capablanca, after addresses by George E. Roosevelt, Charles S. Whitman and Consul General Merchan of Cuba, begins his rounds that will keep him on his feet continuously for four or five hours. Up to and including Saturday, 27 of the 50 tables have been reserved by as many different clubs. Capablanca will sail from Havre on board the steamship Ille de France of the French line on Wednesday, and is due to arrive here on February 4.
H. Helms, secretary of the reception committee, will be the director of the exhibition. On February 21 and 23 the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia will be the mecca for chess players throughout the state, for on these dates the annual tournament for the championship of the Keystone State will be held. As this tournament Is open to any who wish to enter, they may do so by mailing $1.00 to Secretary D. G. Weiner at the Mercantile Library or be present by 2 o'clock on Saturday, February 21. This tournament. Incidentally will be a knockout tournament, 1 l losses eliminating a contestant. A. Rex, H. V. Hesse, W. Shuler and W. H. Steckel are possible entries from this section.
The Reading Chess club will be the opponents of the local club on the evening of February 12 at the Allen-town Y. M. C. A. Allentown will return the match on the evening of February 26.
These matches will probably be of 8 or 10 boards. Easton and Allentown are having a lot of trouble getting together, to play the last scheduled match between them. The match having been postponed again from last Friday to the evening of February 13. N. D. Banks, checker champion who gave an exhibition last summer at the local Y. M. C. A. in both chess and checkers, gave an simultaneous exhibition at the Cincinnati Chess club winning 4 and drawing 6 games in chess and winning 3 and drawing one in checkers.
P. G. Keeney besides giving us the news, also states that S. Kashdan will make his appearance in Cirjirmati on February 4 or 5 at the ifotel Sinton. Lajos Steiner, Hungarian chess master, has returned to his home in Budapest after a stay of two years in this country during which time he participated In the Bradley Beach tournament, finishing second to Dr. Alexander Alekline. Before sailing, he visited the Montclair Chess club where he gave a simultaneous exhibition, winning twenty-six games and drawing three. Election of officers and an anniversary dinner of the Allentown Chess club will be held during the latter part of March. More news concerning this will be published in our forthcoming columns. The editor will give a simultaneous exhibition at Northampton on the evening of February 6.
A match of 14 games Is now being played at Semmering between Dr. Tartakower, Parisian expert, and Mir Sultan Khan, British champion. Otto Zanger won the checker cham-DiorishlD of the Lehigh Valley by tak ing two games and drawing one out of four witn k. K.emmerer in tne iinai round. As the tournament was conducted on the double knockout plan, Zanger hm to meet Kemmerer before the L'lal round and In this meeting Zanger f m also by a 3-0 score.
The following is the schedule In fiy. VjI. C. A. tournament for the week of February 3: Godfrey vs. Geary. Hesse vs. Foley. Albrecht vs. Rqckel, Warsau vs.. Campbell, Shuler vs. Billiard and Steckel vs. by. The following two games are from the Hastings tournament recently con cluded Onern'a Gambit Declined CAPAHLANCA YATES WHITE BLACK 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 P-K3 3 KT-KB3 KT-KB3 ' 4 B-KT5 QKT-Q3 5 P-K3 B-K2 S KT-B3 Castles 7 R-B P-B3 8 B-Q3 PxP 9 BxP P-OR3 10 Castles P-KT4 11 B-K2 B-KT2 12 0-B2 R-B 13 KR-Q P-B4 14 PxP RxP 15 P-QKT4 R-B IS O-KT KT-Q4 17 KTxKT BxB 18 RR BxR 11 KTxB QxKT 20 KT-B3 B-KT2 21 22 23 24 25 28 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 3 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 SO SI 82 S3 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 2 fj3 t4 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 78 77 78 79 SO 81 S2 83 84 85 86 87 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 KT-K4 B-B3 KT-B3 KTxQ KT-B3 KTxB BxKT P-KT3 RxP P-OR4 R-QH5 RxP R8) K-KT2 P-KT5 RxP R-H8 P-R3 K-B3 R-R5 P-KT4 K-KT3 K-KT2 R-Q5 P-B4 K-KT3 R-K5 K-B2 K-KT2 P-R4 P-R5 K-B3 R-R5 PxP P-K4 K-KT3 K-R3 R-KB5 P-K5 K-KT2 R-B6ch R-KT6 R-KT4 K-B2 R-KT7 R-KTBch P-B5 K-K3 K-K4 K-Q5 K-Q8 K-B7 K-Q7 K-Q6 R-U8 P-Bch R-KB8 K-B6 R-KT8eh R-KT7ch K-KT6 " K-B5 K-Q6 P-K6 K-K7 KxP P-KT5 K.KTB Ou-.n'l Gambit TYLOR WHITE 1 KT-KB3 P-C4 P-QB4 B-KT5 P-K3 KT-B3 R-B P-OR3 PxP B-Q3 CaMles PxP B-KT Q-B2 KR-Q Q-B5 Q-R3 B-R6 PxP KT-QR4 B-B2 P-QKT4 KT-K5 R-K B-KT3 R-B6 BxKT -R6 TxQ QxBch Resigns Q-KT3 B-Q4 QxQ K.T-B3 R-B KTxKT PxB P-KT3 R-B7 PxP R-R7 K-KT2 P-R6 K-KT7 RxP R-KT5 R-QBS R-QK J 5 F.-QB5 P-R3 R-B8 R-B 5 R-R5 R-R7ch R-K7 R-K8 R-KB8 R-K8 K-B3 R-K7ch R-K8 K-KT2 KxP R-Bach R-KT8ch R-KB8 R-K8 R-K6ch R-QR6 K-KT2 R-K6 R-QB6 R-QR6 K-KT K-KT2 R-R7ch R-R6ch R-R5ch R-R4ch R-R3ch K-R2 R-R2ch K-KT2 R-R4 K-R2 R-R2 K-KT3 K-R2 K-R R-Q2 R-B2ch R-R2 R-R3ch RxPch R-K5 PxP Resigns Declined YATES BLACK K.T-KB3 P-Q4 P-K3 QKT-Q2 B-K2 Castles P-B3 P-QKT3 KPxP B-KT2 -QB4 PxP R-K KT-B P-Q5 P-KT3 KT-K3 Q-KT3 PxP Q-R QR-Q Q-R3 KT-R4 B-Q4 KT (R4)-B5 KTxB QxR B-B . KxQ PROBLEM DEPARTMENT Solution to problems No. 47, by Chas. S. Tomordy, R-B 5. No. 48, by F. T. Hawes, B-B 8. No. 49 By Dr. J. J. O'Keefe and W. J. Smith Black ia Pieces 53 White 8 Pieces White mates in two moves. No. SO By Dr. W. R. Inge Dalton Black 10 Pieces. White 10 Pieces. White mates in three moves.
