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Chess 27 Mar 1932, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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"IT'S YOUR MOVE ibe Morning Call's Chess and Positions la End Games and W. H. STECKEL. Editor hine and Capablanca to Meet in Tournament Both Dr. Alexander Alekhine of Paris and Jose R. Capablanca of Havana, who have not met m tournament play since the New York congress ..af 1927, will receive urgent invitations to take part in an International meeting of the masters planned by Czechoslovakia, native land of Salo Flobr and Miss Vera Menchik, two of the most .prominent figures in the chess arena of today. , According to Flohr, who sponsored . the announcement the thriving city of Zlin will be the scene of the congress next October. Zlin Is the home of the great Bata shoe factory, which employs 25,000 hands. - The tournament will be planned cn the lines of the Carlsbad meetings and there will be from twenty-two to twenty-four contestants, including all the best available talent (New York 3un.
-.. At the conclusion of the recent International tournament in London, advantage was taken of the presence of tome of the masters remaining there for the purpose of arranging a novel team match between two British rep-.. resentatives, Mir Sultan Khan and Victor Buerger, and two continental experts, Salo Flohr, of Czechoslovakia, and Dr. S. Landau, of Holland.
The contest took place at the Lang-ford club and resulted In a victory for MtU AJAAfcAd.. IB.A " J f " - Flohr and Sultan Khan were sched- uled to play six games together. Flohr won by 3-2. Buerger, former University of London player, was In fine fettle and after drawing the first three games, defeated Dr. Landau by 4-3.
; Not so long ago Dr. Landau was the winner of a four-comered tourney at Roterdam, In which he outranked E. Colle. Dr. S. Tartakower and A. Rubinstein. Buerger, however, was taore than a match for him. (New York Sun). Sidney Sharp won the Pennsylvania : State championship on Saturray, March 19, 1932, at the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia. Pa., for the ninth time. Playing against H. V. Hesse, of Bethlehem, for the second time in the tournament, melting 4efiat.
t.h first time thev met. Mr. Sharp overcame this handicap ana r handed the Bethlehem representative his second defeat In the tournament ind thereby eliminating his last oppon ent gaining jne cnampionsmij oi mc Keystone State for 1932 thus adding one more championship to his other - right titles as king of all Pennsylvania chess players. ' Mr. Sharp defeated In order K. Rlchter, R. S. Ooerlich, R. Pappaport, L. DuBols, B. "Wlnkelman, S Gordan, ' 3. Drasin, and H. V. Hesse, losing only to H. V. Hesse In the eighth round. His nearest opponent defeated In order. W. H. SteckeL Stoner, W. Ruth, J. Levy, S. Drasin, and S. Sharp, losing to S. Gordan and S. Sharp. .Asa brilliancy prize is awarded this ear In the Pennsylvania state chess tournament, we are publishing on? of ... - . i tne games suDmutea ior saia prize. This game incidentally was played in the sixth round of the tourney and was won by H. V. Hesse of Bethlehem, who Is well known In this section as a potential chess expert.
., J faV This fianchetto treatment afford Black many counter attacking poasibill- Mi1 The text move suppresses the pressure extended Black on the square - "ufcT Th!a mora Is tlaed. In order to .develop the Bishop cn the lonjr dlaconal ' after P-QKt4 and by the threat ol P-Kt3 99 Checker Column Problems, Games. News Items Will Be Welcomed on the attempt to post the Knight on Q-B5 to obtain potential counter play. d Precjiely correct, it obviously prevents 10. ....P-lKt4. A possibility might be as follows: 10. P-KB4. P-QKt4: 11. B-B3. S-Kt2; 12. Q-K2 and the Kama might continue R-Kt: 13. Q-B2. B-R. White may also play 10.
P-B3 followed by -02 and B-R9. , , . fej Here .... B-Q2 should be played, with the intention ot II. ..... Kt-QR4. The Idea underlying the text move Is quickly found to be Incorrect. (ii If 11. Kt-Q4. Black Immediately would have played 11. B-Q2 with the idea or intention of QR-B followed by either Kt-K4 or K1-QR4. tg A move that is insufficiently calculated and leads the maker of same Into uncomfortable difficulties. After 11 Kt-QR4; 12. KtxKt. QxKL followed by QR-B and Kt-Q2 Black would have bad an excellent game.
b Oood counsel Is already at a premium. Black played for this position on his tenth move, hoping to obtain positional advantage, but unfortunately owing to the weakness of the square at Q-Kt3 lust the opposite oceures. The correct method was 12. .... QR-B and 13 Kt-QR4. but Black plays for the alluring advance of the Queen's pawn which becosnts possible only through White's defective fourteenth move. il A powerful move. An excellent alternative lay in IS. B-B3. QR-H 14.
Q-Q2, threatening 15. Q-KB2 with advantage. White could also play 13. B-B4; 14. Q-Q2 and IS. Q-KB2. O) Black has only a choice of evfis. After 13 .... QR-B: 14. P-Kt5. Kt-Q2: IS. QR-B. White threatens 16. B-Kt4. 17. Q-Q2 and 18. Q-KB2. The text move alms at the advance ot the Queen's pawn after 14. B-B3. k) Premature. s the move lead to a lost position. White must unconditionally prevent and White has the sunerior position. We are assuming that this omission ot White's Is probably to be ascribed to time pressure. The weakness of the soimre at Q-Kt3 is the cause of Black's difficulty in this variation, due to the inferior 8.... P-QR3 which weakened the defensive power of the Quen side pawns. 1 Forced, for if Is sllitly superior but there is little hope for White bv reason of his exposed king. White's nineteenth move 18 (p)reewhltes clock registered exactly one hour, and this is hW twentieth move but even lifter the ro"-ct rnntinuatlon. Black should have little difficulty in winning.
-.. At the conclusion of the recent International tournament in London, advantage was taken of the presence of tome of the masters remaining there for the purpose of arranging a novel team match between two British rep-.. resentatives, Mir Sultan Khan and Victor Buerger, and two continental experts, Salo Flohr, of Czechoslovakia, and Dr. S. Landau, of Holland.
The contest took place at the Lang-ford club and resulted In a victory for MtU AJAAfcAd.. IB.A " J f " - Flohr and Sultan Khan were sched- uled to play six games together. Flohr won by 3-2. Buerger, former University of London player, was In fine fettle and after drawing the first three games, defeated Dr. Landau by 4-3.
; Not so long ago Dr. Landau was the winner of a four-comered tourney at Roterdam, In which he outranked E. Colle. Dr. S. Tartakower and A. Rubinstein. Buerger, however, was taore than a match for him. (New York Sun). Sidney Sharp won the Pennsylvania : State championship on Saturray, March 19, 1932, at the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia. Pa., for the ninth time. Playing against H. V. Hesse, of Bethlehem, for the second time in the tournament, melting 4efiat.
t.h first time thev met. Mr. Sharp overcame this handicap ana r handed the Bethlehem representative his second defeat In the tournament ind thereby eliminating his last oppon ent gaining jne cnampionsmij oi mc Keystone State for 1932 thus adding one more championship to his other - right titles as king of all Pennsylvania chess players. ' Mr. Sharp defeated In order K. Rlchter, R. S. Ooerlich, R. Pappaport, L. DuBols, B. "Wlnkelman, S Gordan, ' 3. Drasin, and H. V. Hesse, losing only to H. V. Hesse In the eighth round. His nearest opponent defeated In order. W. H. SteckeL Stoner, W. Ruth, J. Levy, S. Drasin, and S. Sharp, losing to S. Gordan and S. Sharp. .Asa brilliancy prize is awarded this ear In the Pennsylvania state chess tournament, we are publishing on? of ... - . i tne games suDmutea ior saia prize. This game incidentally was played in the sixth round of the tourney and was won by H. V. Hesse of Bethlehem, who Is well known In this section as a potential chess expert.
., J faV This fianchetto treatment afford Black many counter attacking poasibill- Mi1 The text move suppresses the pressure extended Black on the square - "ufcT Th!a mora Is tlaed. In order to .develop the Bishop cn the lonjr dlaconal ' after P-QKt4 and by the threat ol P-Kt3 99 Checker Column Problems, Games. News Items Will Be Welcomed on the attempt to post the Knight on Q-B5 to obtain potential counter play. d Precjiely correct, it obviously prevents 10. ....P-lKt4. A possibility might be as follows: 10. P-KB4. P-QKt4: 11. B-B3. S-Kt2; 12. Q-K2 and the Kama might continue R-Kt: 13. Q-B2. B-R. White may also play 10.
P-B3 followed by -02 and B-R9. , , . fej Here .... B-Q2 should be played, with the intention ot II. ..... Kt-QR4. The Idea underlying the text move Is quickly found to be Incorrect. (ii If 11. Kt-Q4. Black Immediately would have played 11. B-Q2 with the idea or intention of QR-B followed by either Kt-K4 or K1-QR4. tg A move that is insufficiently calculated and leads the maker of same Into uncomfortable difficulties. After 11 Kt-QR4; 12. KtxKt. QxKL followed by QR-B and Kt-Q2 Black would have bad an excellent game.
b Oood counsel Is already at a premium. Black played for this position on his tenth move, hoping to obtain positional advantage, but unfortunately owing to the weakness of the square at Q-Kt3 lust the opposite oceures. The correct method was 12. .... QR-B and 13 Kt-QR4. but Black plays for the alluring advance of the Queen's pawn which becosnts possible only through White's defective fourteenth move. il A powerful move. An excellent alternative lay in IS. B-B3. QR-H 14.
Q-Q2, threatening 15. Q-KB2 with advantage. White could also play 13. B-B4; 14. Q-Q2 and IS. Q-KB2. O) Black has only a choice of evfis. After 13 .... QR-B: 14. P-Kt5. Kt-Q2: IS. QR-B. White threatens 16. B-Kt4. 17. Q-Q2 and 18. Q-KB2. The text move alms at the advance ot the Queen's pawn after 14. B-B3. k) Premature. s the move lead to a lost position. White must unconditionally prevent and White has the sunerior position. We are assuming that this omission ot White's Is probably to be ascribed to time pressure. The weakness of the soimre at Q-Kt3 is the cause of Black's difficulty in this variation, due to the inferior 8.... P-QR3 which weakened the defensive power of the Quen side pawns. 1 Forced, for if Is sllitly superior but there is little hope for White bv reason of his exposed king. White's nineteenth move 18 (p)reewhltes clock registered exactly one hour, and this is hW twentieth move but even lifter the ro"-ct rnntinuatlon. Black should have little difficulty in winning.
