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CHESS AND CHECKERS David J. Weincr announces that the annual Pennsylvania State cham pionship tournament will be held on Sunday, February 21, at 9 A. M at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia. Three rounds wlU be played that day and two rounds on Monday, February 22. Further rounds will be played on the succeeding Saturdays at the Mercantile Library.
All chess players residing in the 8tate of Pennsylvania desiring to enter the tournament should promptly notify M, Weiner, care Mercantile Library Chess Associa tion, 16 South Tenth street, Phila delphia. Mr. Weiner also is organizing a Phil adelphia Chess League, play to start probably in March. The following clubs have indicated their intention to enter a team in the league, namely: Mercantile Library, First German-American, Fox Chase and University of Pennsylvania. We trust Mr. Weiner's endeavors to reorganize the Philadelphia diess League will prove successful. Rubin Fine, the brilliant chess champion of Uie City College Club of New York, is leading In the Marshall Chess Club championship tournament. The match between Rudolph Spiel-mann and E. D. Bogoljubow has resulted in a win for Spiclmann, with a score of S Va to 4'i.
We give below an instructive game nlaverl hv Rt.n.uh Mlntlrnwciri r Philadelphia, last summer in a match with J. A. Anderson. Mlotkowski adopts the old-fashioned attack in the French nefins nf 3 P.ifi a line of play that has been scrapped and then resurrected a number of times in the last fifty years. We give SDeclal attention tn Mlntknwakl's note (a), as well as his note (e).
S. Mlotkowski BLACK 8 Kt-R3(c) 9 Kt-B2 10 K-Bsq 11 B-Q3td) 12 HxKt 13 P-KKt3 14 P-KR4 15 KtxKt 16 K-Kt2 17 P-RS(ei IS P-QKt4 19 Q-Kt3 20 B-Q2 21 P-R4'f) 22 KR-QKtsq 23 BxB 24 QxQ 25 RxP 26 R-Kte 27 QR-Ktsq 28 P-R5 29 Kt-Kt5 30 R-QB 31 R-Kt5 32 R(Kt5)-Kt6 33 P-K6 34 R(Kt6)xB 35 P-K7 36 P-K8IQ) 37 Kt-B7 38 Q-Q7 39 Kt-Qfl 40 KtxKtP 41 Kt-B5(ch) 42 Kt-Q3 lit WALTER 8 Kt-B4 9 B-Kt5fch) 10 P-KR4 11 B-Q2 12 PxB 13 B-K2 14 Kt-Kt5 15 QxKt 16 O-O-O 17 Q-KU 18 K-Ktsq 19 B-K3 120 R-QBsq 21 P-R4 22 BxP 23 QxB 24 PxQ 25 R-B5 26 KR-QBsq 27 KR-B2 28 K-R2(g) 29 B-Bsq 30 RxP 31 B-Q2 32 B-B3ih) 33 P-B3 34 RxR(i) 35 RxR 36 R-QB5 37 R(Q3)-B3 38 P-Q5 39 R-Kt5 40 R-B7 41 K-Rsq Resigns. I'KNM aHIPLET Problem No. 2827 By T. Meister 1 BLACK SKVBN PFBCBS Willie 1 P-K4 3 P-Q4 3 P-K5 4 P-QB3 5 Kt-KB3 8 B-K2a) 7 PxP J. A. Anderson 1 P-K3 2 P-Q4 3 P-QB4 4 Kt-QB3 5 Q-KL3 6 PxP 7 KKt-K2(b) DIITRI I MA M C Ml''' I I VII IN AS lA.MfjA'NE: B iv rut jukiao B.; J' Fl SE'RAC e p; 1 AL T O iONE UMP SI I R OTE LES tNT ALOEyiF ' .1" I LLlAt T!OlLTT:N B OLITION TO TESTEROAI'I PI UU (a) This is better than B-Q3. because after PxP; 7 PxP, B-Q2, White, must play B-K2 and Black in reply to 6 B-K2 has nothing better than exchanging Pawns. (b) If B-Kt5(chJ; 8 Kt-B3 and now KKt-K2 can be answered by either 9 O-O, Kt-B4; 10 Kt-R4 or 9 P-QR3. (c) Played in a similar position, except that Black's Queen's Bishop was at Q2 by Mackenzie against Burn.
The usual move i P-QKt3. (d) It is doubtful if this is better than the usual course, P-KKt3, followed by K-Kt2, but it relieves White of all anxiety regarding his Queen's Pawn. (e) The attack here Initiated does not yield anything'; P-QKt3 was an alternative. (f) Or KR-Ktsq first . (g Best, for If White is permitted to push Pawn to R6 and exchange Pawns and Rooks, Black's Bishop woudl have been of small use in the.
AMdlA UVUi all on Black squares. v ih) This loses; B-Bsq should have drawn. (I) If PxR. 35 R-Q7. K-Ktsq; 36 P-K7, R-Bsq; 37 R-Q8.
Problem No. 2833 is solved by P-Q4. Problem No. 2834 Is solved by R-KB8. Solutions received from: Mrs. K. Adler. O. William Althen, George Bender, George E. Baker. A. H. Beckman. 8. B. Conver, King R. Castle. Philip P. Driver. Harlan A. Drwner, Leon L. L. Fager, Russell Q. Fry. E. M. Grimm, John Gebhart, Stanton Oebhart. J. W. Harris, William Raymond Halberstadt, Nathan Lazowich, Harry Jennings, Jr.. Carl Metz, R. Murphy, Frank L. Muehl-man. Kirk Naylor, Nathan Nicholosn, Paul F. Reber, F.lwood G. Stewart, Emery Serfoza. Edward Strobel, Alfred Scipione. Jr., A. N. Tschekaloff, Gwilym Williams. T. K. Worthing-ton. Charlee Willing and Donald Wilkin. , tA y u w 5 ' M rnm a pm ia' WHITE B1QUT P1ECK8 White to play and mate in two moves.
WHITE K at KR8; Q at KR6; B at KKtsq; Knights at QR2 and Q4; Pawns at QR5, QKt3 and K4. BLACK K at QB4; Q at QR8; B at QKt.4; Knight at KR2; Pawns at QB3, KB2 and KKt4. Problem No. 2838 . By M. Havel buck-five pieces "I "'5 vfs" n rJ F t pj kl IrnJt 'Hi S-.A : Jl L l 'JL t & r9 H ( ,M " 4 a M ' J t ffl A ' A 'A J i' -1 j ti I't ; 1 Mf tm tut -f'i BLACK 1, 6, King 21. WHITE 14, 25, 30, King 16. Black to play; White to win.
All chess players residing in the 8tate of Pennsylvania desiring to enter the tournament should promptly notify M, Weiner, care Mercantile Library Chess Associa tion, 16 South Tenth street, Phila delphia. Mr. Weiner also is organizing a Phil adelphia Chess League, play to start probably in March. The following clubs have indicated their intention to enter a team in the league, namely: Mercantile Library, First German-American, Fox Chase and University of Pennsylvania. We trust Mr. Weiner's endeavors to reorganize the Philadelphia diess League will prove successful. Rubin Fine, the brilliant chess champion of Uie City College Club of New York, is leading In the Marshall Chess Club championship tournament. The match between Rudolph Spiel-mann and E. D. Bogoljubow has resulted in a win for Spiclmann, with a score of S Va to 4'i.
We give below an instructive game nlaverl hv Rt.n.uh Mlntlrnwciri r Philadelphia, last summer in a match with J. A. Anderson. Mlotkowski adopts the old-fashioned attack in the French nefins nf 3 P.ifi a line of play that has been scrapped and then resurrected a number of times in the last fifty years. We give SDeclal attention tn Mlntknwakl's note (a), as well as his note (e).
S. Mlotkowski BLACK 8 Kt-R3(c) 9 Kt-B2 10 K-Bsq 11 B-Q3td) 12 HxKt 13 P-KKt3 14 P-KR4 15 KtxKt 16 K-Kt2 17 P-RS(ei IS P-QKt4 19 Q-Kt3 20 B-Q2 21 P-R4'f) 22 KR-QKtsq 23 BxB 24 QxQ 25 RxP 26 R-Kte 27 QR-Ktsq 28 P-R5 29 Kt-Kt5 30 R-QB 31 R-Kt5 32 R(Kt5)-Kt6 33 P-K6 34 R(Kt6)xB 35 P-K7 36 P-K8IQ) 37 Kt-B7 38 Q-Q7 39 Kt-Qfl 40 KtxKtP 41 Kt-B5(ch) 42 Kt-Q3 lit WALTER 8 Kt-B4 9 B-Kt5fch) 10 P-KR4 11 B-Q2 12 PxB 13 B-K2 14 Kt-Kt5 15 QxKt 16 O-O-O 17 Q-KU 18 K-Ktsq 19 B-K3 120 R-QBsq 21 P-R4 22 BxP 23 QxB 24 PxQ 25 R-B5 26 KR-QBsq 27 KR-B2 28 K-R2(g) 29 B-Bsq 30 RxP 31 B-Q2 32 B-B3ih) 33 P-B3 34 RxR(i) 35 RxR 36 R-QB5 37 R(Q3)-B3 38 P-Q5 39 R-Kt5 40 R-B7 41 K-Rsq Resigns. I'KNM aHIPLET Problem No. 2827 By T. Meister 1 BLACK SKVBN PFBCBS Willie 1 P-K4 3 P-Q4 3 P-K5 4 P-QB3 5 Kt-KB3 8 B-K2a) 7 PxP J. A. Anderson 1 P-K3 2 P-Q4 3 P-QB4 4 Kt-QB3 5 Q-KL3 6 PxP 7 KKt-K2(b) DIITRI I MA M C Ml''' I I VII IN AS lA.MfjA'NE: B iv rut jukiao B.; J' Fl SE'RAC e p; 1 AL T O iONE UMP SI I R OTE LES tNT ALOEyiF ' .1" I LLlAt T!OlLTT:N B OLITION TO TESTEROAI'I PI UU (a) This is better than B-Q3. because after PxP; 7 PxP, B-Q2, White, must play B-K2 and Black in reply to 6 B-K2 has nothing better than exchanging Pawns. (b) If B-Kt5(chJ; 8 Kt-B3 and now KKt-K2 can be answered by either 9 O-O, Kt-B4; 10 Kt-R4 or 9 P-QR3. (c) Played in a similar position, except that Black's Queen's Bishop was at Q2 by Mackenzie against Burn.
The usual move i P-QKt3. (d) It is doubtful if this is better than the usual course, P-KKt3, followed by K-Kt2, but it relieves White of all anxiety regarding his Queen's Pawn. (e) The attack here Initiated does not yield anything'; P-QKt3 was an alternative. (f) Or KR-Ktsq first . (g Best, for If White is permitted to push Pawn to R6 and exchange Pawns and Rooks, Black's Bishop woudl have been of small use in the.
AMdlA UVUi all on Black squares. v ih) This loses; B-Bsq should have drawn. (I) If PxR. 35 R-Q7. K-Ktsq; 36 P-K7, R-Bsq; 37 R-Q8.
Problem No. 2833 is solved by P-Q4. Problem No. 2834 Is solved by R-KB8. Solutions received from: Mrs. K. Adler. O. William Althen, George Bender, George E. Baker. A. H. Beckman. 8. B. Conver, King R. Castle. Philip P. Driver. Harlan A. Drwner, Leon L. L. Fager, Russell Q. Fry. E. M. Grimm, John Gebhart, Stanton Oebhart. J. W. Harris, William Raymond Halberstadt, Nathan Lazowich, Harry Jennings, Jr.. Carl Metz, R. Murphy, Frank L. Muehl-man. Kirk Naylor, Nathan Nicholosn, Paul F. Reber, F.lwood G. Stewart, Emery Serfoza. Edward Strobel, Alfred Scipione. Jr., A. N. Tschekaloff, Gwilym Williams. T. K. Worthing-ton. Charlee Willing and Donald Wilkin. , tA y u w 5 ' M rnm a pm ia' WHITE B1QUT P1ECK8 White to play and mate in two moves.
WHITE K at KR8; Q at KR6; B at KKtsq; Knights at QR2 and Q4; Pawns at QR5, QKt3 and K4. BLACK K at QB4; Q at QR8; B at QKt.4; Knight at KR2; Pawns at QB3, KB2 and KKt4. Problem No. 2838 . By M. Havel buck-five pieces "I "'5 vfs" n rJ F t pj kl IrnJt 'Hi S-.A : Jl L l 'JL t & r9 H ( ,M " 4 a M ' J t ffl A ' A 'A J i' -1 j ti I't ; 1 Mf tm tut -f'i BLACK 1, 6, King 21. WHITE 14, 25, 30, King 16. Black to play; White to win.