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Chess 07 Jun 1931, 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, Game. Positions in End Games and News Items Will Be Welcomed W. H. STECKEL. Editor With the completion of Its schedule of inter-clty matches, the local Y. M. C. A, chess team closes a successful season, having won each of tha seven matches. The list below shows the standing of the players who participated in the inter-city matches as members of the Allentown team. A. T. Rex, who played first board in several of the matches, turned in the best score. W. L. D: A. Rex 4 0 0 W. Shuler 3 0 0 P. Flickinger 2 0 0 H. Sherr 2 0 0 W. Lumsden 1 0 0 A. Kruse 1 0 0 S. Heath 1 0 0 A. Turner 3 0 2 H. V. Hesse 2 0 2 C. T. Severance .... 3 1 0 W. H. Steckcl 3 0 4 J. Harper 3 2 1 Ft. Rockel 3 2 1 A. Hermann 1 1 0 C. Grarv 1 1 0 L. HefTclflng?r 1 1 0 R. Stroh 1 1 0 A. We!s. 1 ? 1 J. Helfrich 1 2 1 C. Koch 1 2 0 E.
Foley 0 1 0 A gigantic correspondence match, with one hundred boards a side, was recently completed b'tvpn player-. In Kng'and and p'avri- In Ireland. The Englishmen won bv the narrow margin of 50'i to 49'o. Chess enthusiasts on the Pacific Coast are active in promoting an international tourney to be held in conjunction with the Olvmnics in 1932. The meet will probably be under the auspices of the Southern California Chess League, and while the exact nature of the masters' tournament ha not yet been determined It is expected that it will bring to Los Angeles some of the best European and American experts.
An executive committee has already been formed and the members are now engaged in formulating plans for the big event. Edward Everett heads the committee as chairman, and the members include Alexander V. Taylor, Harry Borochow, H. T. Rudisill, Dr. M. Scholtz and Henry MacMahon. Meetings are being held weekly pending the organization of a citizens' committee of one hundred prominent men of Los Angeles and the leaders in chess on the Pacific Coast. While the masters' tourney will be the center of interest, plans are also being laid for other competitions, so that there will be many opportunities for players of all ranks to demonstrate their skill A recent match between the chess teams of the London and Amsterdam Stock Exchanges resulted in a victory for the Dutch players with a score of 11' a to 8' i There were ten players on each side and each pair contested two games. The entire day was required to reach a decision.
Sir Herbert Elllssen. the president of the chess club connected with the London Exchange, presided at the luncheon and dinner. It is reported that the president of Czechoslovakia, Dr. T. G. Masaryk, 'has given his patronage to the eighth congress of the International Chess Federation to be held at Prague, July 11 to 26, under the auspices of the Central Czechoslovakian Chess Association, which will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary at that time. The awards for brilliancy prizes In the New York tournament have just been announced by Leonard B. Meyer. First prize goes to Herman Steiner for 19 i i his victory over Maurice Fox, the Canadian champion, and the second prize was won by Israel Horowitz for the game he won from Frank J. Marshall.
The games follow: IRRFGIXAR DEFENSE STEIN Eft rOX WHITE BLACrC 1 P-4 Kt-BJ 2 IU-KB3 P-K3 3 B-Kt5 P-KRJ 4 BxKt WxB 5 P-K4 T-B4 6 P-K3 C-U 7 P-B3 B-liJ 8 QKt-C2 P:P 9 KUP Ki-E3 10 KtxKt QP:Kt 11 Q-KI4 , Castles 12 Castles W-R4 13 Q-K4 Q::RP 14 B-Q3 P-ICK 3 Ki Q-K3 H-Q 17 Kt-B3 iJ-Hi 18 P-Rj P-KKt4 15 Q-K4 YC-B 20 Q-R7 IC-X 21 QxRP R.sB 22 RxR Q-aach 23 K-B2 CjxR 24 Q-R8ch B-B 26 KUP QxXtP 26 Q-BS Keslgus 7VKERTORT OPENING HOROWITZ MARSHOLL WHITE BLACK 1 Kt-KB3 P-Q4 2 P-B4 Kt-KBj 3 P:P Kt::P 4 P-K4 K'-KB3 5 Kt-B3 Kt-B3 8 B-B4 P-X3 7 P-Q4 B-Kt5 8 Q-Q3 Kt-QR4 9 B-Kt5ch B-02 10 B-Kt5 P-QR3 11 B-;Bch CxB 12 Castles Kit Ca3tles QR 13 QR-B P-R3 14 B-B4 Kt-33 15 P-QR3 BKt 16 RxKt P-KKM 17 KR-QB PxB 18 RxKt K-vt, 19 RxBP R-QB 20 QR-B3 Kxii 21 RxR R-Q 2! Q-B2 KtxP 23 QxPch Kt-Q3 24 P-R3 K-R 25 QxRP Q-Kt4 26 Q-Kt5 Q-Kt.'l 27 Q-B R-KKt 28 P-QKt4 Q-Kt4 29 Q-KB4 Kt-B4 30 Q-K4 43-Q2 31 Kt-K5 QxP 32 QxQ KtxQ 33 R-B4 Kr-Xt4 34 KtxP KtxP 35 R-K4 Kt-B7 36 P-R4 R-Kt2 37 Kt-Kt5 P-K4 38 Kt-B3 R-K2 39 P-R5 P-Kt4 40 P-Kt4 P-R4 41 PxP P-Ktft 12 RxKP R-QKt2 43 Kt-G2 P-Kta 44 KtxP RxKt 45 P-R6 Kt-Q5 46 R-K8ch K-R2 47 P-R7 Kt-B6cli 48 K-B R-Ktflch 49 K-Kt2 Kt-R5ch 50 K-Kt3 Resigns
Foley 0 1 0 A gigantic correspondence match, with one hundred boards a side, was recently completed b'tvpn player-. In Kng'and and p'avri- In Ireland. The Englishmen won bv the narrow margin of 50'i to 49'o. Chess enthusiasts on the Pacific Coast are active in promoting an international tourney to be held in conjunction with the Olvmnics in 1932. The meet will probably be under the auspices of the Southern California Chess League, and while the exact nature of the masters' tournament ha not yet been determined It is expected that it will bring to Los Angeles some of the best European and American experts.
An executive committee has already been formed and the members are now engaged in formulating plans for the big event. Edward Everett heads the committee as chairman, and the members include Alexander V. Taylor, Harry Borochow, H. T. Rudisill, Dr. M. Scholtz and Henry MacMahon. Meetings are being held weekly pending the organization of a citizens' committee of one hundred prominent men of Los Angeles and the leaders in chess on the Pacific Coast. While the masters' tourney will be the center of interest, plans are also being laid for other competitions, so that there will be many opportunities for players of all ranks to demonstrate their skill A recent match between the chess teams of the London and Amsterdam Stock Exchanges resulted in a victory for the Dutch players with a score of 11' a to 8' i There were ten players on each side and each pair contested two games. The entire day was required to reach a decision.
Sir Herbert Elllssen. the president of the chess club connected with the London Exchange, presided at the luncheon and dinner. It is reported that the president of Czechoslovakia, Dr. T. G. Masaryk, 'has given his patronage to the eighth congress of the International Chess Federation to be held at Prague, July 11 to 26, under the auspices of the Central Czechoslovakian Chess Association, which will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary at that time. The awards for brilliancy prizes In the New York tournament have just been announced by Leonard B. Meyer. First prize goes to Herman Steiner for 19 i i his victory over Maurice Fox, the Canadian champion, and the second prize was won by Israel Horowitz for the game he won from Frank J. Marshall.
The games follow: IRRFGIXAR DEFENSE STEIN Eft rOX WHITE BLACrC 1 P-4 Kt-BJ 2 IU-KB3 P-K3 3 B-Kt5 P-KRJ 4 BxKt WxB 5 P-K4 T-B4 6 P-K3 C-U 7 P-B3 B-liJ 8 QKt-C2 P:P 9 KUP Ki-E3 10 KtxKt QP:Kt 11 Q-KI4 , Castles 12 Castles W-R4 13 Q-K4 Q::RP 14 B-Q3 P-ICK 3 Ki Q-K3 H-Q 17 Kt-B3 iJ-Hi 18 P-Rj P-KKt4 15 Q-K4 YC-B 20 Q-R7 IC-X 21 QxRP R.sB 22 RxR Q-aach 23 K-B2 CjxR 24 Q-R8ch B-B 26 KUP QxXtP 26 Q-BS Keslgus 7VKERTORT OPENING HOROWITZ MARSHOLL WHITE BLACK 1 Kt-KB3 P-Q4 2 P-B4 Kt-KBj 3 P:P Kt::P 4 P-K4 K'-KB3 5 Kt-B3 Kt-B3 8 B-B4 P-X3 7 P-Q4 B-Kt5 8 Q-Q3 Kt-QR4 9 B-Kt5ch B-02 10 B-Kt5 P-QR3 11 B-;Bch CxB 12 Castles Kit Ca3tles QR 13 QR-B P-R3 14 B-B4 Kt-33 15 P-QR3 BKt 16 RxKt P-KKM 17 KR-QB PxB 18 RxKt K-vt, 19 RxBP R-QB 20 QR-B3 Kxii 21 RxR R-Q 2! Q-B2 KtxP 23 QxPch Kt-Q3 24 P-R3 K-R 25 QxRP Q-Kt4 26 Q-Kt5 Q-Kt.'l 27 Q-B R-KKt 28 P-QKt4 Q-Kt4 29 Q-KB4 Kt-B4 30 Q-K4 43-Q2 31 Kt-K5 QxP 32 QxQ KtxQ 33 R-B4 Kr-Xt4 34 KtxP KtxP 35 R-K4 Kt-B7 36 P-R4 R-Kt2 37 Kt-Kt5 P-K4 38 Kt-B3 R-K2 39 P-R5 P-Kt4 40 P-Kt4 P-R4 41 PxP P-Ktft 12 RxKP R-QKt2 43 Kt-G2 P-Kta 44 KtxP RxKt 45 P-R6 Kt-Q5 46 R-K8ch K-R2 47 P-R7 Kt-B6cli 48 K-B R-Ktflch 49 K-Kt2 Kt-R5ch 50 K-Kt3 Resigns
