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By Paul L Cromelin N3 I'RI Q3 After R 36 n- 39 R $ sS1’ Z '0 matches A Ebrecht 1! round Hol- Ret! Opening I WHERE TO DINE Our week were during Vernon Meyer against Special Sunday Dinner 60c Telephone Order ’ Promptly ? in es- last David Hof White Ph White R— R7 ch 14— N" KR-B B— B6 encounter reversal of i draws The Holsatia un-against Rye the present the secondary tournament Black What will Black’ be? Daily at the second move Have your suggestion in The Argus Ottice by Wednesday latest Q— B3 Xrli IlxN -h p 'ers of prophecy by the score The championship tournament at the Mount Vernon Chess Club ”O vises to produce some fireworks in the course of future play With four rounds behind them and seven to go three of the combatants remain unscored against Dr A’ A Blasi Max Hacker and Milton Krieger all three of whom played on The Daily Argus Chess team which defeated Dr Alekhine last Election Day continue-in perfect stride for the club honor with perfect scores of i — 1.
The question before the house is which one will weaken first Will the versatile Blasi squeeze out a win ning point: Will the phlegmatic Hacker wade through one or both of the challenging leaders? Will Krieger grasp a lucky break to win a p int advantage? Or’ will John W Barnhart who has just filled the "bye" which had formerly e xiste d in the play come through to take them all? Personally we think that Barnhart will bear watching Champion of the Crestwood Chess Club he commands respect over the board and might be the one to be defeated Whatever the result the combination Will bear watching and we feel that it will produce some fine examples of play for the readers of this column And at this early date we venture a prediction that the wily doctor will finish first Hacker and Barnhart will tie for second and third places and Krieger will finish fourth Seven weeks from now we’ll be able to gauge our fin ’ Snorkman V : Schmidt 0: ’ Cernzzi 1 A I e x i e f f 72 Strobl Is Rye-Holsatia a comnlete.
In their first engagement me preceding The Chessboard election of games for this comprises two which played last riday night i roe maren netween Mount and White Plains In the first Arthur S playing the Black nieces a Roti Opening encountered difficulties which cost him an exchange Playing on (the game ended at 3:20 A M after seven hours of play) he managed to regain his loss and drew In the second Dr A A Blasi went to sleep and lost a piece by oversight Setting himself to the game he recovered and won the exchange In the end game his opponent attempted to set a Stalemate but the doctor evaded it and won Tn Albert R Dwyer maintains a point lead over Dr Bernard M Scholder and Jere J Casagrande J W re played the Westch League defeated the Center 4 — 1 the Holsatia Two the second round of ter County Chess week White Plains Jewish Community and Rye won from Chess Club of Yonkers 3!£ — l’ Tn the White Plains match Hoffman Sharrard Blake and Dotsch scored the winning points In the Rye match the individual results were: scnamach V Scharf 1 Stach 0 Svigais The marks form during satia showed Rye the door to the lune 01 t—1 with no second meeting- found able to score a win the first match in tourney in which a team has held its opponent to draw points THE READER’S GAME The Reader’s Game moves forward with the instigator of this partie the sole suggestor of Black's first move Albert R Dwyer sets the course of future play by sending in 1 p — Q4 as Black’s continuation Let's hear from a few more of our readers We are sure that Dwyer will enjoy support in his challenge We have decided that 2 P — QB4 will be our second move The position is given below
Are Are The Our He To My The Gone My Gone My My 1 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 White a B-K6 N-E7! ±i So one far-more be 1 K4) by My The CHESS Games — Problems his 13 PROBLEM No 15 by swords unworthy of stand supinely here Black — 8 pieces more is a single strife 4 White — 9 pieces Mates in two Solutions must be in the Daily Arxiis ofTles by ibe sei-oml Wednesday following piihlienlion The theme will be described (wo weeks alter imbllration Solutions to Prob! m No were received from A J Bastine J C and D Robinson Are then our' the fray That we must and sigh? Are we not ready one and all to conquer or to die? The Rook — having moved one step lorward— Patience my friend — Our King is right and just- He would not jeopardize life - To end this most unequal However well-aimed be your every thrust ull victory is near to hand My move surrender docs demand’ The Black King’s mournful soliloquy:' Gone are my Queen and mate? My bold brave Knights and Bishops wise Gone too my noble Rooks of cruel fate! My heart in vain for succor cries Alack! ’ My hour too has struck My reign must end needs must move a rearguard two paces from my proud estate Lest I should sacrifice a single life of foe or friend Unstained I shed my’ crown resplendent but of late Still I could move a soldier to the fore Yet spill no blood upon this shore.
Put no A common soldier’s thrust I could not brook The “coup de grace” shall be bestowed by noble Rook! (either pawn moves 2 paces) wmte Bishop moves salutes King: Long live the King! The King is dead! John C Rolff Murphy holds the fourth 'position The scores: Dwyer 3—O Scholder and C- agrande 2—1 and Murphy x— A wuuam Aceto of the Bronx who joined the Mount Vernon club last month has Lad a few unlucky breaks but will have to be reckoned with by the leaders His score at present is 1—2 The Answer Box A R D Your suggestion about correspondence play among the readers of "Chess” seems timely Will you engage? If so send in your entry as the charter member of The- Daily Argus Correspond- CliLE A C E The Kin piece a squ? posing piece this rule sometimes preventing a castling move In Problem No 13 after 1 B-K6 N-KB4 White mates by 2 N-E7! R L The Daily Argus on Dec ±i prinrea weoster Brenneis vs Hacker bury vs Rothenberg Denker-Kashdan ?
Problem Department '-he protests of our readers over Problem No 15 were justified There was an error in printing it So we give it again this week You 11 find it below correctly printed this time ’And we apologize for the trouble we may have caused you rank Janet’s Christmas Tree aroused the muse in the breast of one of dur readers The result is far-more complete than any comment we could make on it would be Incidentally the key-move is 1 R-Q3 (Any other move of ’the rock is defeated by T P-B4 or K4) The key is of the waiting type Black setting the mrtes And here is John C Rolff’s dedication to “The Christmas Tree” by rank Janet My first impression: The disgruntled White soldier: What ho! ye Why this fool.
The question before the house is which one will weaken first Will the versatile Blasi squeeze out a win ning point: Will the phlegmatic Hacker wade through one or both of the challenging leaders? Will Krieger grasp a lucky break to win a p int advantage? Or’ will John W Barnhart who has just filled the "bye" which had formerly e xiste d in the play come through to take them all? Personally we think that Barnhart will bear watching Champion of the Crestwood Chess Club he commands respect over the board and might be the one to be defeated Whatever the result the combination Will bear watching and we feel that it will produce some fine examples of play for the readers of this column And at this early date we venture a prediction that the wily doctor will finish first Hacker and Barnhart will tie for second and third places and Krieger will finish fourth Seven weeks from now we’ll be able to gauge our fin ’ Snorkman V : Schmidt 0: ’ Cernzzi 1 A I e x i e f f 72 Strobl Is Rye-Holsatia a comnlete.
In their first engagement me preceding The Chessboard election of games for this comprises two which played last riday night i roe maren netween Mount and White Plains In the first Arthur S playing the Black nieces a Roti Opening encountered difficulties which cost him an exchange Playing on (the game ended at 3:20 A M after seven hours of play) he managed to regain his loss and drew In the second Dr A A Blasi went to sleep and lost a piece by oversight Setting himself to the game he recovered and won the exchange In the end game his opponent attempted to set a Stalemate but the doctor evaded it and won Tn Albert R Dwyer maintains a point lead over Dr Bernard M Scholder and Jere J Casagrande J W re played the Westch League defeated the Center 4 — 1 the Holsatia Two the second round of ter County Chess week White Plains Jewish Community and Rye won from Chess Club of Yonkers 3!£ — l’ Tn the White Plains match Hoffman Sharrard Blake and Dotsch scored the winning points In the Rye match the individual results were: scnamach V Scharf 1 Stach 0 Svigais The marks form during satia showed Rye the door to the lune 01 t—1 with no second meeting- found able to score a win the first match in tourney in which a team has held its opponent to draw points THE READER’S GAME The Reader’s Game moves forward with the instigator of this partie the sole suggestor of Black's first move Albert R Dwyer sets the course of future play by sending in 1 p — Q4 as Black’s continuation Let's hear from a few more of our readers We are sure that Dwyer will enjoy support in his challenge We have decided that 2 P — QB4 will be our second move The position is given below
Are Are The Our He To My The Gone My Gone My My 1 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 White a B-K6 N-E7! ±i So one far-more be 1 K4) by My The CHESS Games — Problems his 13 PROBLEM No 15 by swords unworthy of stand supinely here Black — 8 pieces more is a single strife 4 White — 9 pieces Mates in two Solutions must be in the Daily Arxiis ofTles by ibe sei-oml Wednesday following piihlienlion The theme will be described (wo weeks alter imbllration Solutions to Prob! m No were received from A J Bastine J C and D Robinson Are then our' the fray That we must and sigh? Are we not ready one and all to conquer or to die? The Rook — having moved one step lorward— Patience my friend — Our King is right and just- He would not jeopardize life - To end this most unequal However well-aimed be your every thrust ull victory is near to hand My move surrender docs demand’ The Black King’s mournful soliloquy:' Gone are my Queen and mate? My bold brave Knights and Bishops wise Gone too my noble Rooks of cruel fate! My heart in vain for succor cries Alack! ’ My hour too has struck My reign must end needs must move a rearguard two paces from my proud estate Lest I should sacrifice a single life of foe or friend Unstained I shed my’ crown resplendent but of late Still I could move a soldier to the fore Yet spill no blood upon this shore.
Put no A common soldier’s thrust I could not brook The “coup de grace” shall be bestowed by noble Rook! (either pawn moves 2 paces) wmte Bishop moves salutes King: Long live the King! The King is dead! John C Rolff Murphy holds the fourth 'position The scores: Dwyer 3—O Scholder and C- agrande 2—1 and Murphy x— A wuuam Aceto of the Bronx who joined the Mount Vernon club last month has Lad a few unlucky breaks but will have to be reckoned with by the leaders His score at present is 1—2 The Answer Box A R D Your suggestion about correspondence play among the readers of "Chess” seems timely Will you engage? If so send in your entry as the charter member of The- Daily Argus Correspond- CliLE A C E The Kin piece a squ? posing piece this rule sometimes preventing a castling move In Problem No 13 after 1 B-K6 N-KB4 White mates by 2 N-E7! R L The Daily Argus on Dec ±i prinrea weoster Brenneis vs Hacker bury vs Rothenberg Denker-Kashdan ?
Problem Department '-he protests of our readers over Problem No 15 were justified There was an error in printing it So we give it again this week You 11 find it below correctly printed this time ’And we apologize for the trouble we may have caused you rank Janet’s Christmas Tree aroused the muse in the breast of one of dur readers The result is far-more complete than any comment we could make on it would be Incidentally the key-move is 1 R-Q3 (Any other move of ’the rock is defeated by T P-B4 or K4) The key is of the waiting type Black setting the mrtes And here is John C Rolff’s dedication to “The Christmas Tree” by rank Janet My first impression: The disgruntled White soldier: What ho! ye Why this fool.