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Chess 05 Jul 1931, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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"IT'S YOUR MOVE" The Morning Call's Chen and Checker, Coinrafl Problems, Games, Positions in End Games and News Items Will Be Welcomed W. H. STECKEL. Editor Isaac Kashdan, champion of the j Manhattan Chess club, is the first of the United .States contingent to get under way, for the tournament of the International Chess Federation to be held at Prague, July 11th to 26th. He has : already arrived to Europe and will stay to Paris and Berlin ior short tame before proceeding to Czecho-Slovakia.
The United States chamnion, Frank J. Marshall, has also booked passage and will ,be on hand to compete -as a member of the American team. Herman Stelner. Israel Horowitz and Arthur Dake will probably be the other members of the team, but they have not yet completed their final arrangements. Rev. C. M. Severance, who took part to the inter-city chess matches aa a member of the Allentown team during the past season, has accepted a call to the First Reformed church of Sea-caucus, N. J. 'He informs us that he has already played a series of games with the editor of the local newspaper in seacaucus.; - G. Stoltz of Stockholm, the young Swedish expert who created a sensa tion to European chess circles last winter, is maintaing the form he then showed, according to the latest reports or nis activities. His most recent per' formance was the winning of first prize In a practice tournament at Prague arranged mainly for the ben fit of the candidates for places on the team that will represent czechO' Slovakia in the forthcoming tourna ment of the International Chess Fed' eraflon to be held In that city. With a score of 8-3, Stoltz, who x. Ill be on the Swedish team next month, outranked S. Flohr, regarded as his chief rival, by a full point.
The latter, with 7-4. had to be content with third place, Inasmuch as Vasja Pirc of LjuDiajana finished second with l and 3M, only a half point behind Stoltz. Pirc was leading the field until Stolz defeated him to the final round. The following game was played In the practice tournament at Prague. Stoltz, the Swedish expert, forced the decision by a neat queen sacrifice.
The score and notes are from the New York Sun. ; . Queen's Gambit Declined ' PIRC WHITE 1 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 3 Kt-KB3 4 Kt-B3 5 B-KtS 6 P-QR3 7 P-K3 t 8 Q-B2 4' 9 R-Q ' 10 B-Q3 11 B-R4 12 P-B5 - 13 PxP 14 B-Kt3 y.' 15 P-R3 ' 16 KtxKt 17 KtxKtP 18 RxKt 19 Kt-B3 20 P-QK14 21 PxB 22 QxB 23 Castles (a) 24 B-QS 25 K-R2 (b) 28 R-QKt 27 Resienx (rl I (a) If QxP. Q-R8eh Will win. " (b) Not R-Kt, on account of P-B7. (c) For after 27. RiO. PR: 2B O-Wt P-R6: 29. Q-R2, KR-Kt; 30. BxR. RxB; 31. Q-Kt, P-R7, etc. A vigorous advance on the oueen's wing, i coupled with the inability of several of black's pieces, brought" vic tory to Artnur w. Dake in bis en- countet with E. A. Santasiere to the New York tourney. STOLTZ BLACK . Kt-KB3 . P-K3 P-Q4 QKt-Q2 P-B3 B-K2 P-KR3 Castles R-K P-R3 " P-QKt4 P-K4 Kt-KtS BxP KKtxKP KtxKt KtxBcil Q-R4ch B-B4 OxRP BxR P-Q5 PxKt Q-Kt7 P-QR4 ; P-R5 BAKE WHITE 1 Kt-KB3 2 P-QB4 3 Kt-QB3 4 P-KKt3 5 P-Q4 6 B-Kt2 Zukertott Openinr - ' - BAMTASIERE 7 Castles P-4 8 PxP PxP 8P-QKt4 P-QR4 P-Kt5 . P-K5 11 Kt-Q4 ' KtK4- 12 ! P-B5 . G-K2 13 B-KtS - QxP 14 BxKt BxB 15 KtxP ' Q-Kt3 IS KtxBch . OxKt l 11 . 19 ORB R-K2 20 Q-OB5 Q-KB3 21 R-B3 P-fJ 22 PXP PgP 23 KtxP R-B2 24 QxKt Resltna PBOBLEMS - ' Solutions to problems: No. 80. by Arthur Mosely, P-K4; No. 90, by A. W. Beers, B-B. No. 91 By Dr. P. O. Keeney- .v Black 4 pieces a ds DID D S. O v- B D O DA. White 8 pieces White mates to two moves.
No. 92 By Prof. J. Berger . . . Black2 nieces. m pan - -. ' S3 e o'-.o o wm 3 White 4 pieces White mates to three moves.
The United States chamnion, Frank J. Marshall, has also booked passage and will ,be on hand to compete -as a member of the American team. Herman Stelner. Israel Horowitz and Arthur Dake will probably be the other members of the team, but they have not yet completed their final arrangements. Rev. C. M. Severance, who took part to the inter-city chess matches aa a member of the Allentown team during the past season, has accepted a call to the First Reformed church of Sea-caucus, N. J. 'He informs us that he has already played a series of games with the editor of the local newspaper in seacaucus.; - G. Stoltz of Stockholm, the young Swedish expert who created a sensa tion to European chess circles last winter, is maintaing the form he then showed, according to the latest reports or nis activities. His most recent per' formance was the winning of first prize In a practice tournament at Prague arranged mainly for the ben fit of the candidates for places on the team that will represent czechO' Slovakia in the forthcoming tourna ment of the International Chess Fed' eraflon to be held In that city. With a score of 8-3, Stoltz, who x. Ill be on the Swedish team next month, outranked S. Flohr, regarded as his chief rival, by a full point.
The latter, with 7-4. had to be content with third place, Inasmuch as Vasja Pirc of LjuDiajana finished second with l and 3M, only a half point behind Stoltz. Pirc was leading the field until Stolz defeated him to the final round. The following game was played In the practice tournament at Prague. Stoltz, the Swedish expert, forced the decision by a neat queen sacrifice.
The score and notes are from the New York Sun. ; . Queen's Gambit Declined ' PIRC WHITE 1 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 3 Kt-KB3 4 Kt-B3 5 B-KtS 6 P-QR3 7 P-K3 t 8 Q-B2 4' 9 R-Q ' 10 B-Q3 11 B-R4 12 P-B5 - 13 PxP 14 B-Kt3 y.' 15 P-R3 ' 16 KtxKt 17 KtxKtP 18 RxKt 19 Kt-B3 20 P-QK14 21 PxB 22 QxB 23 Castles (a) 24 B-QS 25 K-R2 (b) 28 R-QKt 27 Resienx (rl I (a) If QxP. Q-R8eh Will win. " (b) Not R-Kt, on account of P-B7. (c) For after 27. RiO. PR: 2B O-Wt P-R6: 29. Q-R2, KR-Kt; 30. BxR. RxB; 31. Q-Kt, P-R7, etc. A vigorous advance on the oueen's wing, i coupled with the inability of several of black's pieces, brought" vic tory to Artnur w. Dake in bis en- countet with E. A. Santasiere to the New York tourney. STOLTZ BLACK . Kt-KB3 . P-K3 P-Q4 QKt-Q2 P-B3 B-K2 P-KR3 Castles R-K P-R3 " P-QKt4 P-K4 Kt-KtS BxP KKtxKP KtxKt KtxBcil Q-R4ch B-B4 OxRP BxR P-Q5 PxKt Q-Kt7 P-QR4 ; P-R5 BAKE WHITE 1 Kt-KB3 2 P-QB4 3 Kt-QB3 4 P-KKt3 5 P-Q4 6 B-Kt2 Zukertott Openinr - ' - BAMTASIERE 7 Castles P-4 8 PxP PxP 8P-QKt4 P-QR4 P-Kt5 . P-K5 11 Kt-Q4 ' KtK4- 12 ! P-B5 . G-K2 13 B-KtS - QxP 14 BxKt BxB 15 KtxP ' Q-Kt3 IS KtxBch . OxKt l 11 . 19 ORB R-K2 20 Q-OB5 Q-KB3 21 R-B3 P-fJ 22 PXP PgP 23 KtxP R-B2 24 QxKt Resltna PBOBLEMS - ' Solutions to problems: No. 80. by Arthur Mosely, P-K4; No. 90, by A. W. Beers, B-B. No. 91 By Dr. P. O. Keeney- .v Black 4 pieces a ds DID D S. O v- B D O DA. White 8 pieces White mates to two moves.
No. 92 By Prof. J. Berger . . . Black2 nieces. m pan - -. ' S3 e o'-.o o wm 3 White 4 pieces White mates to three moves.
