Chess 31 Jan 1932, 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, Positions in End Games and News Items Will Be Welcomed - - W. H. STECKEL. Editor Spielmann Defeats Borollubow Rudolf Spielmann of Vienna, quite properly termed as one of the "grand masters' of chess, has added in no uncertain way to the store of laurels already his. Austria's outstanding master since the death of Carl Schlechter, and hero of the famous Semmering tournament of 1926, has met and conquered E. D. Bogoljubow champion of Germany, in a match of ten games by the close score of 5 to A. This match also was played at Semmering, where the climate seems to agree with Spiel mann. Bogoljubow, who has to his credit Moscow's great congress "of 1925 and the losing end of a world's champion ship match with Dr. Alexander AieK-hine met his match in Spielmann.
The class B championship of the Marshall Chess club has started with twelve competitors participating. First round results are as follows: George Van der Boon, 1, B. H. Kendrick, 0: R. T. Chace, 0, Gustave Jensen, 1 ; Dr. C. Luther Fry, 0, Theodore Able, 1; Theodore Angel versus W. S. Som-meriatte. J. D. Meyer versus A. C. Smith, and F.H. Taylor versus Francis Conrad, adjourned. Frank. J. Marshall, the United State champion, has begun his tour, which will take him as far west as St. Paul. Sa fan he has paid visits to Baltimore. Wilkes-Barre, Binghamton and Utlca. Other cities that the champion will visit are as follows: Rochester. Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. Monday, February 1 is the date set for the opening of the International tournament in London in which Dr. Alexander Alekhine will be one of the contestants. . Others who complete the entry list are Isaac Kashdan. Dr. S. Tartakower, G. Maroczy, S. Flohr, E. Colle, Mir Sultan Khan. Sir George Thomas. Miss Vera Menchik, F. D. Yates, W. Winter and E. M Jackson. , Reuben Fine, captain of the cham pion C. C. N. Y. intercollegiate chess team, sustained his second defeat in the annual tournament for the cham plonship of the Marshall Chess club in the eleventh round, but remained in first place. Fred Reinfeld, another City College player and present state titleholder, defeated Fine and moved into fifth place. The standing: Fine, 9-2: Tholfsen, 8-2; Hanauer, 61!-212; Smirka, 6 -3: Reinfeld, 5-2; Case, 5-5Vj; Bernstein, 5-4; San-tasiere, 5-5; Grossman, 4-5: Leven-steln, 4-6; Dunst, 3-6; Bigelow, 3-8; Morton, Ji-4V4; Croney, 2-8Vii.
R. Rockel replaced E. Foley as the leader in the Castle Chess club tournament. Godfrey, last year's cham pion, being a close second. The stand ing: Rockel, 9V2-2M; Foley, 11-3; Godfrey, 8-3i Babjyian, 5',&-8V4; Hodgson, 5-8: Steiner, 5-9; Snyder, 4-8; R. B. Miller, 2-8. A. N. Towsen. present Central Penn sylvania champion, gave a simultaneous chess exhibition at the Central Y. M. C. A., Harrisborg Playing against 14 men, he made a score of 13 wins and one loss, Floyd Whalen being the winner against the lone player. After meeting defeat in the first round in the Mercantile Library championship tournament to J. Levin, B. F. Winkelman, Philadelphia lawyer, over came this handicap by defeating his next seven opponents . and . thereby gaining the championship o this well known flub.
The standing follows: B. F. Winkelman, 7-1; H. Morris, 6-2; J. j Levin, S. T. Sharp and A. Regen, 5-3; D. G. Welner, 4-4: S. Drasin,' 2V2-5; J. Gordon, l4-6Vs; R. S. Goerlich, 0-8. The Pennsylvania State championships which will be held some time around February 22, has not been decided on as yet according to word recently received from Secretary D". G. Welner. The class B championship of the Allentown Y. M. C. A. chess club is coming to an end with only a few postponed games to play. E. Foley is the leader at present with 5 victories and one loss. The standing: E. Foley, 5-1; H. Weiland, 2-2; Dr. F. Dreyer, 1-3; W. Snyder, 4-2; W. Wallisch. 2-2; A. Guerber, 2-4; D. McKee,, 1-3; H. Heffelfinger, 2-2.. Here are four games from the recent Hastings tournament. Isaac Kashdan, America's representative who came in second In this tourna- ft ment, one-half point from first place is the participant in the four games that follow:
The class B championship of the Marshall Chess club has started with twelve competitors participating. First round results are as follows: George Van der Boon, 1, B. H. Kendrick, 0: R. T. Chace, 0, Gustave Jensen, 1 ; Dr. C. Luther Fry, 0, Theodore Able, 1; Theodore Angel versus W. S. Som-meriatte. J. D. Meyer versus A. C. Smith, and F.H. Taylor versus Francis Conrad, adjourned. Frank. J. Marshall, the United State champion, has begun his tour, which will take him as far west as St. Paul. Sa fan he has paid visits to Baltimore. Wilkes-Barre, Binghamton and Utlca. Other cities that the champion will visit are as follows: Rochester. Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. Monday, February 1 is the date set for the opening of the International tournament in London in which Dr. Alexander Alekhine will be one of the contestants. . Others who complete the entry list are Isaac Kashdan. Dr. S. Tartakower, G. Maroczy, S. Flohr, E. Colle, Mir Sultan Khan. Sir George Thomas. Miss Vera Menchik, F. D. Yates, W. Winter and E. M Jackson. , Reuben Fine, captain of the cham pion C. C. N. Y. intercollegiate chess team, sustained his second defeat in the annual tournament for the cham plonship of the Marshall Chess club in the eleventh round, but remained in first place. Fred Reinfeld, another City College player and present state titleholder, defeated Fine and moved into fifth place. The standing: Fine, 9-2: Tholfsen, 8-2; Hanauer, 61!-212; Smirka, 6 -3: Reinfeld, 5-2; Case, 5-5Vj; Bernstein, 5-4; San-tasiere, 5-5; Grossman, 4-5: Leven-steln, 4-6; Dunst, 3-6; Bigelow, 3-8; Morton, Ji-4V4; Croney, 2-8Vii.
R. Rockel replaced E. Foley as the leader in the Castle Chess club tournament. Godfrey, last year's cham pion, being a close second. The stand ing: Rockel, 9V2-2M; Foley, 11-3; Godfrey, 8-3i Babjyian, 5',&-8V4; Hodgson, 5-8: Steiner, 5-9; Snyder, 4-8; R. B. Miller, 2-8. A. N. Towsen. present Central Penn sylvania champion, gave a simultaneous chess exhibition at the Central Y. M. C. A., Harrisborg Playing against 14 men, he made a score of 13 wins and one loss, Floyd Whalen being the winner against the lone player. After meeting defeat in the first round in the Mercantile Library championship tournament to J. Levin, B. F. Winkelman, Philadelphia lawyer, over came this handicap by defeating his next seven opponents . and . thereby gaining the championship o this well known flub.
The standing follows: B. F. Winkelman, 7-1; H. Morris, 6-2; J. j Levin, S. T. Sharp and A. Regen, 5-3; D. G. Welner, 4-4: S. Drasin,' 2V2-5; J. Gordon, l4-6Vs; R. S. Goerlich, 0-8. The Pennsylvania State championships which will be held some time around February 22, has not been decided on as yet according to word recently received from Secretary D". G. Welner. The class B championship of the Allentown Y. M. C. A. chess club is coming to an end with only a few postponed games to play. E. Foley is the leader at present with 5 victories and one loss. The standing: E. Foley, 5-1; H. Weiland, 2-2; Dr. F. Dreyer, 1-3; W. Snyder, 4-2; W. Wallisch. 2-2; A. Guerber, 2-4; D. McKee,, 1-3; H. Heffelfinger, 2-2.. Here are four games from the recent Hastings tournament. Isaac Kashdan, America's representative who came in second In this tourna- ft ment, one-half point from first place is the participant in the four games that follow:
