Chess and Checkers 10 Jan 1932, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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The table given below shows the final standing of the college players at the completion of the Christmas Tournament Prior to this year Harvard had captured first place since 1927. In 1926 Princeton was first and In 1925 Yale was the fortunate winner. Princeton Player. Won. Lost.
D. O. Forbes, '32 2 '4 V D. W. A. Stern, '32 0 3 W. L. Rothschild, '33.... 2 1 E. T. McCormiclc, '36 3 0 Total 7H 4tt Harvard Player. Won. Lost. N. E. Long, '32 1 2 M. A. Mcrgenthelm, '33.. 2 1 V. L. Eaton, '34 ........ 2 1 A. Q. Malkan, '33 1 2 Total 6 6 Dartmouth Player. Won. Lost. M. S. Isaacs. '32 2' H. W. Wood, '33 2 1 L. A. Marantz, '35 0 3 R. J. Fowle, '34 1 2 Total 5' 6',i Yale Player. . Won. Lost. E. M. Borsodi, '33 0 3 M. Fennell. '32 2 1 L. J. Leaser, B4 2 1 F. T. Strong, T! 3 1 2 Total 5 7 It is reported that the British chess players are planning a tourna-menc to follow tne Hastings Congress. The players will include six British players and six foreigners. Among the latter Alekhine and Kashdan will probably be included.
Jose R. Capablanca has returned to Cuba to spend Christmas with his family. Meyer Samson, formerly of the Club, was the guest of the Central City Chess Club at its meeting December 23. Samson played simulta neously eleven games, winning six. losing two and drawing three.
The Musical Art and Franklin Chess Club have just moved from 2027 Chestnut street to the Allman Bulling, northwest corner Seventeenth and Walnut streets, fifth floor, entranec on Seventeenth street. The combination club has splendid quarters and far more centrally located than they were on Chestnut street. The following fine game was played in the recent British Championship Tournament. As at least 80 per cent, of the games in the chess magazines and periodicals of the present day are Queen's Pawn Openings, it is a pleasure to note that the grand old Ruy Lopez has not lost it charm. We CHESS AND "BY Vt'ALTEB believe the young players of the present generation will do well If they give more attention to the openings where King's Pawn Is played for the first move.
The open games have a charm not possessed by the close games, where each player In the early stages devotes his attention almost entirely to position play. The great masters, who have had years of experience, are generally able to make the most of any slight advantage thus acquired, but the less expert (and in this class we would include 95 per cent, of the chess players taking prominent part in the game) will forfeit at an earlier stage the advantage of the first move than would have been the case had they adopted King's Pawn Opening, and it is for this reason that we have invariably recommended the young player to confine his attentions .in the attack to the open game. Players have plenty of opportunity to study the Queen's Pawn Opening while conducting the Black side of the board and we miss our guess if four times out of five he does not, succeed far more quickly in equal-king the position than if his opponent had started with P-K4. Ruy Lopei WHITE . BLACK F. D. Yates W. Gibson 1 P-K4 1 P-K4 2 Kt-KB3 2 Kt-QB3 3 B-Kt5 3 P-Q3 4 P-Q4 4 PxP 5 KtxP 5 B-Q2 6 Kt-QB3 6 Kt-B3 7 Castles 7 B-K2 8 KKt-K2(a) 8 Castles 9 Kt-Kt3 9 R-Ksq 10 P-KR3lb) 10 P-KR3 11 B-K3 11 B-KBsq 12 Q-Q2 12 K-R21C) 13 QR-Ksq 13 P-KKU 14 P-KB4 14 B-Kt2 15 B-B4 15 R-KBsqtd) 16 B-Q3 16 Kt-K2 17 QKt-K2 17 KKt-Ktsq(e) 18 P-QB4 18 P-KB4 19 B-Q4 19--P-B3lf) 20 BxB 20 KxB 21 Q-B3ch ' 21 K-R2fg) , , 22 PxP 22 BxP(h) 23 KtxB 23 KtxKt 24 P-KKt4 24 Kt-Kt2 25 P-B5 25 PxP 26 Kt-Kt3 26 Q-B3 27 Q-B2 27 K-Rsq 28 BxP 28 QR-Ksq 29 K-Kt2i) 29 RxR - , 30 RxR 30 Kt-K2 31 R-KBsq 31 Q-K4 32 Q-Q2 32 K-Ktsq(J) 33 B-R7ch 33 KxB 34 RxR 34 Kt-Kt3 35 Q.QB2 35 Q-K2 36 R-B2 ' 36 Kt-K3 37 Kt-R5 ' 37-Q-Kt4 38 Q-B5 Resigns. Notes Abbreviated from an English Publication 'a) Otherwise Black could proceed without disadantage to exchange two pieces, by KtxKt and BxB. (b) The necessary preliminary to his next: a somilar consideration governs Black's reply.
c) Black could here make an ef CHECKERS fENN SHIPLET- fort to release his game by 12.... Kt-K4; 13 BxB, Kt-B5; 14 Q-K2, KtxB; 15 BxR, KtxR, etc.; but White would reply to . . . .Kt-K4 with 13 B-K2.
B-K3; 14 P-Kt3, and now Black has no good continuation. (d) 15 B-K3; 16 Kt-Q5 is not to his liking. (e) The opportunity to play P-Q4 Is something to be liligently sought in this form of the Ruy Lopez. (f) Threatening 20...., BxBch, and 21...., Q-Kt3. (g) Not 21 Kt-B23; 22 P-K5, etc.
h If 22...., PxP; 23 Kt-R5, R-B2; 24 QKt,-Kt3, and Black Is very cramped. (1) Threatening 30 B-Kt8, which on the present move would be met by 29 Q-Q5ch. (j) This avoids a fairly deep trap, only to fall into a simpler one. The trap avoided is 32 KtxB; 33 PxKt,,KtxP; 34 RxKt, RxR; 35 QxRPch. IKtsq; 36 Q-Kt6ch and 37 QxR winning.
. f Problem No. 2823 is solved by R(K6)-KR6. Problem No. 2824 is solved by Q-Q5.
Solutions received from: Mrs. K. Adler, O. William Althen, George E. Baker, A. H. Seckman, S. B. Conver, King R. Castle, Philip P. Driver, Harlan A. Downer, Leon L. L. Fager, E. M. Grimm, John Gebhart, J. W. Harris, William Raymond Halber-stadt, Nathan Lazowich, Carl Metz, R. Murphy, Frank L. Muehlman, Kirk Naylor, Nathan Nicholson, Paul F. Rcber, Sr., Elwood O. Stewart, Emery Serfoza, Edward StrobeL Alfred Scipione, Jr., A. N. TschekalofT, Gwilym Williams, T. K. Worthington and Charles Willing. Problem No. 2827 By w. A. sninkman ' BLACK FIVE PIECES: White to play and mate in two moves. WHITE K at XR3: Bishops at QR4 and KKt7; Knight at KKt5; Q at QB5. BLACK K at KB5; R at KB3; Pawns at K3, K2 and KR5. a Problem No. 2828 By O Blumenthal BLACK ONE PIECE lit . 4 " " T " fc 'ft mr'A feaag m&. ; r AM JSm KMS v ml WHITE FOUB PIECES White to play and mate in three moves. WHITE Q at QR8; K at K5; Knights at QRsq and KB2. BLACK K at QKt8.
CHECKERS Problem No. 1346 By A. J. Heffner KLACK WHITS White to play and win. BLACK 5, 14, 15, 22, 23, King 20.
WHITE 6, 7, 9, 10, 16, 21 30. Promlem No. 1344 is solved as follows: BLACK 6 10, 18, 19, 24. WHITE 28, 31, King J. Black to play and win.
Solution: 6-9, 2-6, 10-14, 6-13, 18-23, 13-9, 23-27, 9-18, 19,-23, 28-19, 27-32, and wins. Solutions received from: James Doragh, Cornelius Deegan, Andrew B. De Vito. Harlan A. Downer, John Dolan, Louis E. Eason, Alexander Julian, Z. F. Lightner, George W. Markert, John R. Myers, John J. O'Neill, James Prentice, William F. Pearce, Korman Rplcher, Victor J. Sutkaytis. Mike Shullman, John I Westenburger and Frank M. Walling.
The Musical Art and Franklin Chess Club have just moved from 2027 Chestnut street to the Allman Bulling, northwest corner Seventeenth and Walnut streets, fifth floor, entranec on Seventeenth street. The combination club has splendid quarters and far more centrally located than they were on Chestnut street. The following fine game was played in the recent British Championship Tournament. As at least 80 per cent, of the games in the chess magazines and periodicals of the present day are Queen's Pawn Openings, it is a pleasure to note that the grand old Ruy Lopez has not lost it charm. We CHESS AND "BY Vt'ALTEB believe the young players of the present generation will do well If they give more attention to the openings where King's Pawn Is played for the first move.
The open games have a charm not possessed by the close games, where each player In the early stages devotes his attention almost entirely to position play. The great masters, who have had years of experience, are generally able to make the most of any slight advantage thus acquired, but the less expert (and in this class we would include 95 per cent, of the chess players taking prominent part in the game) will forfeit at an earlier stage the advantage of the first move than would have been the case had they adopted King's Pawn Opening, and it is for this reason that we have invariably recommended the young player to confine his attentions .in the attack to the open game. Players have plenty of opportunity to study the Queen's Pawn Opening while conducting the Black side of the board and we miss our guess if four times out of five he does not, succeed far more quickly in equal-king the position than if his opponent had started with P-K4. Ruy Lopei WHITE . BLACK F. D. Yates W. Gibson 1 P-K4 1 P-K4 2 Kt-KB3 2 Kt-QB3 3 B-Kt5 3 P-Q3 4 P-Q4 4 PxP 5 KtxP 5 B-Q2 6 Kt-QB3 6 Kt-B3 7 Castles 7 B-K2 8 KKt-K2(a) 8 Castles 9 Kt-Kt3 9 R-Ksq 10 P-KR3lb) 10 P-KR3 11 B-K3 11 B-KBsq 12 Q-Q2 12 K-R21C) 13 QR-Ksq 13 P-KKU 14 P-KB4 14 B-Kt2 15 B-B4 15 R-KBsqtd) 16 B-Q3 16 Kt-K2 17 QKt-K2 17 KKt-Ktsq(e) 18 P-QB4 18 P-KB4 19 B-Q4 19--P-B3lf) 20 BxB 20 KxB 21 Q-B3ch ' 21 K-R2fg) , , 22 PxP 22 BxP(h) 23 KtxB 23 KtxKt 24 P-KKt4 24 Kt-Kt2 25 P-B5 25 PxP 26 Kt-Kt3 26 Q-B3 27 Q-B2 27 K-Rsq 28 BxP 28 QR-Ksq 29 K-Kt2i) 29 RxR - , 30 RxR 30 Kt-K2 31 R-KBsq 31 Q-K4 32 Q-Q2 32 K-Ktsq(J) 33 B-R7ch 33 KxB 34 RxR 34 Kt-Kt3 35 Q.QB2 35 Q-K2 36 R-B2 ' 36 Kt-K3 37 Kt-R5 ' 37-Q-Kt4 38 Q-B5 Resigns. Notes Abbreviated from an English Publication 'a) Otherwise Black could proceed without disadantage to exchange two pieces, by KtxKt and BxB. (b) The necessary preliminary to his next: a somilar consideration governs Black's reply.
c) Black could here make an ef CHECKERS fENN SHIPLET- fort to release his game by 12.... Kt-K4; 13 BxB, Kt-B5; 14 Q-K2, KtxB; 15 BxR, KtxR, etc.; but White would reply to . . . .Kt-K4 with 13 B-K2.
B-K3; 14 P-Kt3, and now Black has no good continuation. (d) 15 B-K3; 16 Kt-Q5 is not to his liking. (e) The opportunity to play P-Q4 Is something to be liligently sought in this form of the Ruy Lopez. (f) Threatening 20...., BxBch, and 21...., Q-Kt3. (g) Not 21 Kt-B23; 22 P-K5, etc.
h If 22...., PxP; 23 Kt-R5, R-B2; 24 QKt,-Kt3, and Black Is very cramped. (1) Threatening 30 B-Kt8, which on the present move would be met by 29 Q-Q5ch. (j) This avoids a fairly deep trap, only to fall into a simpler one. The trap avoided is 32 KtxB; 33 PxKt,,KtxP; 34 RxKt, RxR; 35 QxRPch. IKtsq; 36 Q-Kt6ch and 37 QxR winning.
. f Problem No. 2823 is solved by R(K6)-KR6. Problem No. 2824 is solved by Q-Q5.
Solutions received from: Mrs. K. Adler, O. William Althen, George E. Baker, A. H. Seckman, S. B. Conver, King R. Castle, Philip P. Driver, Harlan A. Downer, Leon L. L. Fager, E. M. Grimm, John Gebhart, J. W. Harris, William Raymond Halber-stadt, Nathan Lazowich, Carl Metz, R. Murphy, Frank L. Muehlman, Kirk Naylor, Nathan Nicholson, Paul F. Rcber, Sr., Elwood O. Stewart, Emery Serfoza, Edward StrobeL Alfred Scipione, Jr., A. N. TschekalofT, Gwilym Williams, T. K. Worthington and Charles Willing. Problem No. 2827 By w. A. sninkman ' BLACK FIVE PIECES: White to play and mate in two moves. WHITE K at XR3: Bishops at QR4 and KKt7; Knight at KKt5; Q at QB5. BLACK K at KB5; R at KB3; Pawns at K3, K2 and KR5. a Problem No. 2828 By O Blumenthal BLACK ONE PIECE lit . 4 " " T " fc 'ft mr'A feaag m&. ; r AM JSm KMS v ml WHITE FOUB PIECES White to play and mate in three moves. WHITE Q at QR8; K at K5; Knights at QRsq and KB2. BLACK K at QKt8.
CHECKERS Problem No. 1346 By A. J. Heffner KLACK WHITS White to play and win. BLACK 5, 14, 15, 22, 23, King 20.
WHITE 6, 7, 9, 10, 16, 21 30. Promlem No. 1344 is solved as follows: BLACK 6 10, 18, 19, 24. WHITE 28, 31, King J. Black to play and win.
Solution: 6-9, 2-6, 10-14, 6-13, 18-23, 13-9, 23-27, 9-18, 19,-23, 28-19, 27-32, and wins. Solutions received from: James Doragh, Cornelius Deegan, Andrew B. De Vito. Harlan A. Downer, John Dolan, Louis E. Eason, Alexander Julian, Z. F. Lightner, George W. Markert, John R. Myers, John J. O'Neill, James Prentice, William F. Pearce, Korman Rplcher, Victor J. Sutkaytis. Mike Shullman, John I Westenburger and Frank M. Walling.
