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Chess 24 Jun 1934, Sun Buffalo Courier Express (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com
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Chess Problem K- 3— Q4 Chess Magazine) PxKt K-B2 R-Kl KKI-K4 R-K3 K-K13 K-B4 R-K2 bad because of and black knight so White — 9 pieces White to move and mate in two Some readers gave B-KB8 as the key to last week's miniature but it is defeated by one variation — B-KR2 The key to problem No 75 was Kt4 Here are the variations: 1— K-Kt4 B-B2 2— Q-B8ch K-K2 Kt-B5 mate 1— K-KU B-R2 2— P-B K-Q3 or Q-Q2 British alternative to this is 4 — 5 — P-B3 but in the more variations It transposes to Problem No 77 is a two-mover by a native of a country that takes its chess seriously.
Russia That country makes chess a part of its school curriculum Both Dr Alekhine and Bogoljubow were born in Russia The key to this problem is excellent and the variations are bewildering By S S Lewmann Moscow Russia ‘ Black— 7 Stltz White 1 P-K4 3 P-KB4 3 Kt-KB3 4 P-B3'a) 0 BMP 6 P-Q4 7 B-QB4( 8 Kt-K5 9 Kt-B7 10 KtxR 11 B-KKt5 12 KvR 13 B-K3(f) 14 P-KR3 15 Kt-Q2 16 P-KK14 17 P-B4tg (rom (a) — An PxP PxP Imnortant positions arising after the text move (bl— Long ago put forward by several as black's best and asserted to be a disproof of P— B4 However this Is doubtful (ci— An Important first put forward by Retl BPxP was unusual (d — Rubinstein's proposal here was KI-QB3 to which Retl proposed to continue 8— P-QKt4 B-Kt3 9— Q-Kt3 The text move Intends to sacrifice a rook for attack (e) — He must forstall 12 — BxKt PxB 13— Q-R5ch (g) — Not immediately 17 — P-Kt5 because of Q-KB4ch and Kt-Q4 (fl— Not 13— K-Kl QxQB with good changes (h) — A very Ingenious resouse against which It would be easy for white to go astray 19 — pxb Ktxpcn is (1) — B-B6 Is of not use 24— Kt-B3 BxR 25— KxB cannot win the Imprisoned remains a piece down S p lei mann Stoltz Black White B-B4 P-O3 P-KB4(b) 31 WX PxQP 33 KtxQ K-KJ c) PxKP(d) 24 Kt-Kt3 RxKt O-K2 P-Q6 27 RxP B-B7eh(e 28 R-Q! w-Hscn QxKB B-K3 1— K-Kt4 B-B2 2— K-BSch K-Q41 3— Q-Q7 mate.
After winning the 23d game from Dr Alekhine Bogoljubow came through handily in the following one with another win Irked by his two straight losses Alekhine forced the challenger to resign the 25th game All that the champion needed to retain his title was another draw Since the above records do not include games played last week it is a foregone conclusion that the match is over and Alekhine still is champion Spielman vs Stoltz In a recent match between Rudolph Spielmann andG Stoltz of Sweden the latter had the temerity to offer a King’s Gambit against such a fine player as Spielmann The latter declined the pawn offer and ultimately lost the game One seldom finds this opening played by a master King's Gambit Declined Spielmann Black B-KCS(h) B-K7 18 P-KtS ia am 20 Q-Kt2 Q-B4ch KKri Kr-ua 32 QxPch QxQ 23 KtxQ K-K2(l) 25 KtxB 36 R-R2 01 39 B-B4 30 K-Bl 31 -Q5 X2 Ktl 33 P QKt4 Resign!
Russia That country makes chess a part of its school curriculum Both Dr Alekhine and Bogoljubow were born in Russia The key to this problem is excellent and the variations are bewildering By S S Lewmann Moscow Russia ‘ Black— 7 Stltz White 1 P-K4 3 P-KB4 3 Kt-KB3 4 P-B3'a) 0 BMP 6 P-Q4 7 B-QB4( 8 Kt-K5 9 Kt-B7 10 KtxR 11 B-KKt5 12 KvR 13 B-K3(f) 14 P-KR3 15 Kt-Q2 16 P-KK14 17 P-B4tg (rom (a) — An PxP PxP Imnortant positions arising after the text move (bl— Long ago put forward by several as black's best and asserted to be a disproof of P— B4 However this Is doubtful (ci— An Important first put forward by Retl BPxP was unusual (d — Rubinstein's proposal here was KI-QB3 to which Retl proposed to continue 8— P-QKt4 B-Kt3 9— Q-Kt3 The text move Intends to sacrifice a rook for attack (e) — He must forstall 12 — BxKt PxB 13— Q-R5ch (g) — Not immediately 17 — P-Kt5 because of Q-KB4ch and Kt-Q4 (fl— Not 13— K-Kl QxQB with good changes (h) — A very Ingenious resouse against which It would be easy for white to go astray 19 — pxb Ktxpcn is (1) — B-B6 Is of not use 24— Kt-B3 BxR 25— KxB cannot win the Imprisoned remains a piece down S p lei mann Stoltz Black White B-B4 P-O3 P-KB4(b) 31 WX PxQP 33 KtxQ K-KJ c) PxKP(d) 24 Kt-Kt3 RxKt O-K2 P-Q6 27 RxP B-B7eh(e 28 R-Q! w-Hscn QxKB B-K3 1— K-Kt4 B-B2 2— K-BSch K-Q41 3— Q-Q7 mate.
After winning the 23d game from Dr Alekhine Bogoljubow came through handily in the following one with another win Irked by his two straight losses Alekhine forced the challenger to resign the 25th game All that the champion needed to retain his title was another draw Since the above records do not include games played last week it is a foregone conclusion that the match is over and Alekhine still is champion Spielman vs Stoltz In a recent match between Rudolph Spielmann andG Stoltz of Sweden the latter had the temerity to offer a King’s Gambit against such a fine player as Spielmann The latter declined the pawn offer and ultimately lost the game One seldom finds this opening played by a master King's Gambit Declined Spielmann Black B-KCS(h) B-K7 18 P-KtS ia am 20 Q-Kt2 Q-B4ch KKri Kr-ua 32 QxPch QxQ 23 KtxQ K-K2(l) 25 KtxB 36 R-R2 01 39 B-B4 30 K-Bl 31 -Q5 X2 Ktl 33 P QKt4 Resign!
