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the been threat-mate Black — 9 Piece Q-n: 3 63 P-KR3 23 68 70 73 K-R7 P-R7 PxP 30 31 mem-all-non-course be ob- 5 6 7 8 9 R-X' P-B3 MOUNT VERNON CHESS CLUB is 13 20 New Rochelle Man Was Working On Relief Job B-KBS Kt-KS White — 7 piece White Mates in Two 2-QKt2 Q-QB2 designs Gambit M ilton Krieger Black Blake Today we that Max won his doing so itiade the Club’s perctfitage a perfect 80 Of a B-N BxN 63 110 T-Qf P-K3 N-KR3 P-B3 P-QR4 P-R5 R-N6ch P-R6 en- is County League You will remember -that last week we left Max Hacker still playing against' his White Plains opponent K proudly record game and by Mount Vernon of won games total of 50 games played in eight matches the local club has won 40 Mount Vernon holds first place in the league with 74- White Plains is second 4-4 and Rye is third 8’4-4’4 The MoiUjt Vernon club is scheduled to play'Rj’e next Wednesday Queen's John W Barnhart White The Chess Editor.
White N-K4 B-Q3 N-QB3 B-N5 R-R2 K-B2 P-K5 R-N3 Q-QN2 R-Q KR-Q3 K-R2 K-N3 P-R3 R-B3 J Handicap Play- On the basis of won games in the Perpetual Handicap Tournament which is a fixture of the Mount Vernon Chess Club the first prize for the ’last quarter has been awarded to Milton Krieger with' a percentage of 811 our prizes were awarded to Russell Loftus 738 Dr A A Blasi 720 Max Hacker 718 and John W Barnhart 710 All were promoted in one group with Jere J Casagrande and Cromelin effecting a similar rise 78 79 SO Black The Readers 6 move deserved Our seventh move is QN-Q2 The diagram shows the: position with Black to move What will it be? Send in your votes by next Wednesday at the - latest J J Casagrande and red Hig gins cast tardy votes for 6 B-N5ch thereby maintaining 100 percent agreement R-KB Kt-Kt3 R-Q2 KtxR R-B2 RxKt The opener short talk on chessmen to comparative P-KB4 R-QR B-BJ VB-K3 ’B-Kt Q-Kt3 QR-Q PxP Q-Kt6 Kt-R4 Kt-B5' KR-K 49 HxQ 50 TtxX 33 34 35 36 37 Championship Milton Krieger has finally stopped in his apparent effort to take the club title undefeated In his ninth round match -with Max Hacker this possibility was shattered.
Although we have not seen the score we understand no serious blunder caused the loss of the point It seems that Hacker was in excellent form and - just couldn’t be stopped John W Barnhart defeated Paul L Cromelin ' with the white side of a Queen's Gambit Declined The game between rank H oley and' Richard Brenneis was adjourned and probably will be continued next Monday The leaders: Milton Krieger and Max Hacker tied for first and second places with 8 — 1 John W Barnhart third with 6’4 — 1’4 Incidentally Hacker is the only player in the tournament who remains undefeated His point lost was the result of two draws His final match of the tournament will be played against Cromelin tonight at the clubhouse again — well better strategist THE READER’S GAME or the first time since the inception of the present play our readers are of one mind as to the best continuation Albert R Dwyer Michael J Lyons and John C Rolff a new opponent agree on B-N5ch as Black s next Such popularity must be White QxT mate Q-B3 mate Q-QR mate received from A BARNHART vs KRIEGER ’ The correct score of this game from the Championship Tournament at the Mount Vernon Chess Club was sent to us by Mr Barnhart.
We think that -you will like both the score and the comments which are Barnhart’s- Chess Lessons On Monday ebruary 20 -at the Mount Vernon Chess Club 9 South Third Avenue Mr Croipelin will conduct the first of a series of ten chess lessons will be devoted to a the relation of the the chessboard the value of the pieces and illufettations of elementary ideas on development The various openings will have their innings in the subsequent Mohday night classes An entrance fee of $2 will be charged and a ten-week bership will he gven to members who take the urther' information may tained at the club And if he wins it’ll prove he’s the n-NxRP 4 0 N-B5 White Plains Chess Club The tournament held during the last few weeks in White Plains to determine the champion of that city ended in a deadlock between David Hoffmann and Dr George M Sharrard who ended with scores of 6-1 H Svigals took third place The other entrants were K Blake H uhs C Strom Dotsch and R Torrey Hoffmann and Sharrard played off the tie in a match for three points and Hoffmann became the city champion by winning threestraight The tournament established the standing of the various club members who are now engaged in series of challenge-rounds to effect displacements.
So far uhs has held his place against A V Kershaw and Dotsch has ' withstood the challenge of J R Sheffield Marshall Chess Club Prefessor Ernest H Wright of Columbia University who offered a special prize for brilliancy dur ing the play for the championship cf the Marshall Chess Club 23 N-B2 P-QR4 P-R3 N-R3 B-N2 QR-Q R-Q2 Q-Q Q-N3 N-B2 KR-Q N-Q4 B-R3 P-64 PxP N-Q3 Q-B2 BsX BxP 0-0 12 ' PxB 13 P-BI Kt-Q QR6 B-QKt2 P-QKtl R-QB R-Kl PxP RxP P-Kt8 Kt-B4 kr-q§ B-B BfflKt PxB Kt-B B-Kt 5 R-B8 RxKt Ktxjth B-Btieh N-Q(i RK2-Q2 RxB KxRch PROBLEM NO 20 by A BOTTACCHI Good Companions May 1919 R-NRch R-B6ch Sl‘ Resigns R-KBS ' P-K5 K-N6 P-K7 R-B7ch K-K3 RxR PQ's K-N7 Q-N5ch Q-KjCh Q-N5cb P-B5 Q-BIcb P-B6 Q-KBcb Q-QR K-B4 KxP 43 B-R2 ' 43 KRO1 ' 44 R-QN?? NxP 4-) iK-NI46 Jl-KR 4 7 RB-B3 Problems Problem No 18 by J C J Wainwright had for its key Move 1 B-B8 with the threat of 2 N-N8 mate The try of 1 PIQ7 is defeated by 1 Q-N which is ineffective after the true key The incidental play results from the three moves available to the Black QBP all of which pin the Knight ana prevent the After 1 B-B8 Black 1 xB P-B3 -B4 Solutions were J Bastine J C J J Casagrande E Dayton of New Rochelle Ben W McCready of East Orange N J John C Rolff and rank Tichenor Q-R4 B-N5 Px P-NxB Q-KN I BxN O-C) Q-R3 P-ICN3Q-N2 dis-' a embarked public Graham-Paige distributors visited immediately.
White: Kins on KV5:' Queen on K: fndhQPV °D RB and KN7i Kn'Sht’ " Kt on Q4 Rooks on QB4 and -oir5Q3KlUBht8 QNS and QR6i B PaK'n Solution must be In the Dally Arena Oft ice by the econd Wednesday following- publication The theme will be described two weeks after publication R-K6 K-Q4 K-R'i R-KB6 K-K2 R-N6 R-B2ch West -Tenth Street N Y C has announced that Erling Tholfsen of Brooklyn is the winner with his game against S Costa-Rivas A Reti Opening the score piles up up one surprise after another and includes that favorite of plays the Queen sacrifice Reti GftqBhig '1 a a y i m a H US HL 1 w: m - qxf a ® H 514 ® wnm w & ® i -Kl Hi S k-q'i W K W 9- Tholfsen Rivas 22 White Black 1 Kt-KB3 P-Q4 25 2 P-QB4 Kt-KB4 26 3 P-KKt3 P-KKT3 27 4 B-Kt2 B-Kt2 28 5 Castles Castles 29- 6 PxP KtxP 30 7 P-Q4 P-QB3 31S P-K4 Kt-B3 32 9 Kt-QB3 B-Q3 33 10Q-B2 Kt-R3 34 11 R-K QR-B 35 12 P-KR3 P-K3 36 13 B-B4 B-K 37 14 QR-Q K-R 38 15 P-QR3 Kt-R4 39 16 B-Kt5 B-B3 40 17 B-B Q-B2 41 18 P-K5 ' B-Q 42 19 P-QKt4 Kt-QKt 43 20 PKKt4 Kt-Kt2 44 21 Kt-K4 Kt-Q2 45.
White N-K4 B-Q3 N-QB3 B-N5 R-R2 K-B2 P-K5 R-N3 Q-QN2 R-Q KR-Q3 K-R2 K-N3 P-R3 R-B3 J Handicap Play- On the basis of won games in the Perpetual Handicap Tournament which is a fixture of the Mount Vernon Chess Club the first prize for the ’last quarter has been awarded to Milton Krieger with' a percentage of 811 our prizes were awarded to Russell Loftus 738 Dr A A Blasi 720 Max Hacker 718 and John W Barnhart 710 All were promoted in one group with Jere J Casagrande and Cromelin effecting a similar rise 78 79 SO Black The Readers 6 move deserved Our seventh move is QN-Q2 The diagram shows the: position with Black to move What will it be? Send in your votes by next Wednesday at the - latest J J Casagrande and red Hig gins cast tardy votes for 6 B-N5ch thereby maintaining 100 percent agreement R-KB Kt-Kt3 R-Q2 KtxR R-B2 RxKt The opener short talk on chessmen to comparative P-KB4 R-QR B-BJ VB-K3 ’B-Kt Q-Kt3 QR-Q PxP Q-Kt6 Kt-R4 Kt-B5' KR-K 49 HxQ 50 TtxX 33 34 35 36 37 Championship Milton Krieger has finally stopped in his apparent effort to take the club title undefeated In his ninth round match -with Max Hacker this possibility was shattered.
Although we have not seen the score we understand no serious blunder caused the loss of the point It seems that Hacker was in excellent form and - just couldn’t be stopped John W Barnhart defeated Paul L Cromelin ' with the white side of a Queen's Gambit Declined The game between rank H oley and' Richard Brenneis was adjourned and probably will be continued next Monday The leaders: Milton Krieger and Max Hacker tied for first and second places with 8 — 1 John W Barnhart third with 6’4 — 1’4 Incidentally Hacker is the only player in the tournament who remains undefeated His point lost was the result of two draws His final match of the tournament will be played against Cromelin tonight at the clubhouse again — well better strategist THE READER’S GAME or the first time since the inception of the present play our readers are of one mind as to the best continuation Albert R Dwyer Michael J Lyons and John C Rolff a new opponent agree on B-N5ch as Black s next Such popularity must be White QxT mate Q-B3 mate Q-QR mate received from A BARNHART vs KRIEGER ’ The correct score of this game from the Championship Tournament at the Mount Vernon Chess Club was sent to us by Mr Barnhart.
We think that -you will like both the score and the comments which are Barnhart’s- Chess Lessons On Monday ebruary 20 -at the Mount Vernon Chess Club 9 South Third Avenue Mr Croipelin will conduct the first of a series of ten chess lessons will be devoted to a the relation of the the chessboard the value of the pieces and illufettations of elementary ideas on development The various openings will have their innings in the subsequent Mohday night classes An entrance fee of $2 will be charged and a ten-week bership will he gven to members who take the urther' information may tained at the club And if he wins it’ll prove he’s the n-NxRP 4 0 N-B5 White Plains Chess Club The tournament held during the last few weeks in White Plains to determine the champion of that city ended in a deadlock between David Hoffmann and Dr George M Sharrard who ended with scores of 6-1 H Svigals took third place The other entrants were K Blake H uhs C Strom Dotsch and R Torrey Hoffmann and Sharrard played off the tie in a match for three points and Hoffmann became the city champion by winning threestraight The tournament established the standing of the various club members who are now engaged in series of challenge-rounds to effect displacements.
So far uhs has held his place against A V Kershaw and Dotsch has ' withstood the challenge of J R Sheffield Marshall Chess Club Prefessor Ernest H Wright of Columbia University who offered a special prize for brilliancy dur ing the play for the championship cf the Marshall Chess Club 23 N-B2 P-QR4 P-R3 N-R3 B-N2 QR-Q R-Q2 Q-Q Q-N3 N-B2 KR-Q N-Q4 B-R3 P-64 PxP N-Q3 Q-B2 BsX BxP 0-0 12 ' PxB 13 P-BI Kt-Q QR6 B-QKt2 P-QKtl R-QB R-Kl PxP RxP P-Kt8 Kt-B4 kr-q§ B-B BfflKt PxB Kt-B B-Kt 5 R-B8 RxKt Ktxjth B-Btieh N-Q(i RK2-Q2 RxB KxRch PROBLEM NO 20 by A BOTTACCHI Good Companions May 1919 R-NRch R-B6ch Sl‘ Resigns R-KBS ' P-K5 K-N6 P-K7 R-B7ch K-K3 RxR PQ's K-N7 Q-N5ch Q-KjCh Q-N5cb P-B5 Q-BIcb P-B6 Q-KBcb Q-QR K-B4 KxP 43 B-R2 ' 43 KRO1 ' 44 R-QN?? NxP 4-) iK-NI46 Jl-KR 4 7 RB-B3 Problems Problem No 18 by J C J Wainwright had for its key Move 1 B-B8 with the threat of 2 N-N8 mate The try of 1 PIQ7 is defeated by 1 Q-N which is ineffective after the true key The incidental play results from the three moves available to the Black QBP all of which pin the Knight ana prevent the After 1 B-B8 Black 1 xB P-B3 -B4 Solutions were J Bastine J C J J Casagrande E Dayton of New Rochelle Ben W McCready of East Orange N J John C Rolff and rank Tichenor Q-R4 B-N5 Px P-NxB Q-KN I BxN O-C) Q-R3 P-ICN3Q-N2 dis-' a embarked public Graham-Paige distributors visited immediately.
White: Kins on KV5:' Queen on K: fndhQPV °D RB and KN7i Kn'Sht’ " Kt on Q4 Rooks on QB4 and -oir5Q3KlUBht8 QNS and QR6i B PaK'n Solution must be In the Dally Arena Oft ice by the econd Wednesday following- publication The theme will be described two weeks after publication R-K6 K-Q4 K-R'i R-KB6 K-K2 R-N6 R-B2ch West -Tenth Street N Y C has announced that Erling Tholfsen of Brooklyn is the winner with his game against S Costa-Rivas A Reti Opening the score piles up up one surprise after another and includes that favorite of plays the Queen sacrifice Reti GftqBhig '1 a a y i m a H US HL 1 w: m - qxf a ® H 514 ® wnm w & ® i -Kl Hi S k-q'i W K W 9- Tholfsen Rivas 22 White Black 1 Kt-KB3 P-Q4 25 2 P-QB4 Kt-KB4 26 3 P-KKt3 P-KKT3 27 4 B-Kt2 B-Kt2 28 5 Castles Castles 29- 6 PxP KtxP 30 7 P-Q4 P-QB3 31S P-K4 Kt-B3 32 9 Kt-QB3 B-Q3 33 10Q-B2 Kt-R3 34 11 R-K QR-B 35 12 P-KR3 P-K3 36 13 B-B4 B-K 37 14 QR-Q K-R 38 15 P-QR3 Kt-R4 39 16 B-Kt5 B-B3 40 17 B-B Q-B2 41 18 P-K5 ' B-Q 42 19 P-QKt4 Kt-QKt 43 20 PKKt4 Kt-Kt2 44 21 Kt-K4 Kt-Q2 45.