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Chess 29 Mar 1931, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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The Morninf Call' Chess and Checker Column Problems. Gaines, Positions In End Games and News Items Will Be Welcomed W. H. STECKEL, Editor t Isaac Kashdan, champion of the Manhattan Chess club, who gave a 6imultan90US exhibition in this city on Thursday evening, returned to New "York on Friday for the baw 4 or the Olympic Chess team. Mr. Kashdan's stay in this tity was that could be expected. His personality as well as his chess ability made a big hit with all the players, as well as the large crowd of f-pectators who took part In this long awaited exhibition. Kashdan won 25 of the games, drew 1 and lost 1. Without a doubt it was a fine score. A. Hermann, one of the leading players in this section, was the lone man to score a win, and P. Albrecht, another ranking player, did the good Samaritan act with Mr. Kashdan. Mr. Kashdan tells us that outside of Philadelphia In all his exhibitions, the AUentown players were the strongest he had played against.
The following are the names who participated in this affair: H. V. Hesse, W. H. Steckel, P. Albrecht, R. Rockcl, W. Snyder, E. Foley, H. Heffel-finger, S. McQuilken, W. Schuler, E. Garnet, C. Geary, A. Warsaw, A. Levenson, J. Harper, H. Lowenkon, M. Garfinkel, H. Clark, H. D. Helsler. J. B. Acton, P. Kruse, A. Hermann, O. Zanger, W. Lumsden, C. Troxell, J. McCaulev. E. Eckhart and J. Helfric!:. The Bethlehem Chess club has start ed a Lehigh Valley Chess tournament.
All the leading players in this section are invited to enter. Two games lost will eliminate a contestant. Prize winners in the Y. M. C. A. Chess tournament are as follows: H. V Hesse, first place: W. H. Steckel, second place, and W. H. Shuler, third. Prizes are given to the first three men who place in this tournament. Winners are requested to ask for said prizes at the Y. M. C. A. After 11 hours of battling over a half dozen chess boards since 9 a. m. on March 21, a cable match between Philadelphia and London ended at 8 p. m., with London, in the opinion of observers, the probable winner. From latest reports Edward Lasker, Jose Capablanca. Frank J. Marshall. Isaac Kashdan.
Herman Steiner and I. S. Turover have accepted the invitation of the tournament committee to participate in this international master's tourney. W. H. Reilly, of Manchester, England, won first prize in the annual international chess tournament of the Nice Chess society. He finished with a score of 6-3 in a field of ten. Victory crowned the efforts of the foux leading teams: Stuyesant, Marshall, Empire City and. Manhattan in the sixth round of the annual inter-club competition of the Metropolitc-i Chess League. Lester Samuels, former Columbia university chess captain, proved the victor by the score of 2-0 in his short match with Herman Steiner at the Manhattan Chess club.
More and more people are taking up this old game of chess. Chess is on such an increase in this city that beginners are having a hard time getting chess books from the public library. The following game won by A. Hermann, local player was the only game lost by Isaac Kashdan in his simultan eous exhibition nere on Marcn ztnn: c Kashdan A. TIerman 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 2 B-B4 B-B4 3 P-K3 P-K3 4 P-QB4 BxKT 5 RxB B-KT5ch 6 K-K2 KT-KB3 7 P-QB4 , P-QB3 8 Q-R4 ' Q-R4 9 O-K'1'3 KT-KS 10 P-R3 Q-R3ch 11 Q-Q3 QxQ 12 KxO KTxKBPcli 13 K-K2 KTxU 14 PxB KT-R3 15 P-KT5 KT-KT5 16 P-KKT3 P-KB3 17 B-KT2 KT-B2 18 KxKT P-K4 19. PxP PxP 20 B-KT5 P-KR3. 21 B-R4 P-KT 22 BxP PxB 23 P-R3 PxP 24 K-B3 KT-Q6ch 25 K-K2 P-K5 26 KTxP KTxBP 27 R-QB1 P-KT3 28 P-R4 K-K2 29 B-R3 P-R4 30 R-Ql KT-Q6 31 B-K6 QR-KB1 32 RxKT PxRch 33 KxP R-R4 34 BxP RxKT 35 PxR R-B4 38 BB6 RxP 37 P-KKT4 RxP 38 P-K4 R-KT6ch 39 K-B2 P-KT5 40 B-Q5 K-Q3 41 B-KT7 P-KT 4 42 Resigns This game and the, annotations are from the book "Modern Master Play" by F. D. Yates and W. Winter: Queen's Gambit Declined (Played at Carlsbad, 1923) E. GRUENFELD DR. A. ALEKHINE BLACK KT-KB3 P-K3 P-Q4 B-K2 . QKT-Q2 Castles P-B3 P-QR3 P-R3 R-Kl WHITE 1 P-Q4 2 KT-KB3 3 P-B4 4 . KT-B3 5 B-KT5 6 P-K3 7 R-Bl 8 Q-B2 9 P-QR3 10 B-R4 11 B-Q3 If QR-B1 KT-K4 White wishes to further delay moving his King's Bishop, he has a good waiting move m B-KT3. a trap variation can then arise 11 KT-R4: 12 PxP, KPxP; 13 KTxQP, and if 13 PxKT; 14 B-B7. 11 , PxP 12 BxP ' P-QKT4 13 B-R2 P-B4 14 QR-Q1 The logical play would be ti Castle and reserve this square for the King's Rook. i 14 PxP 15 KTxP Q-KT3 Not 15 B-KT2, because White could then sacrifice advantageously with 16 KTxKP. PxKT; 17 BxPch, K-Rl; 18 QBxKT, etc. 16 B-KT1 B-KT2 17 Castles 18 Q-Q2 19 BxKT Presumably with the object of forcing Black to play P-KKT3, as .dually occurs. 19 BxB 20 Q-B2 P-KT3 21 Q-K2 KT-B5 Threatening to take the QRP. 22 B-K4 B-KT2 From now on the game is full of surprising complications. Apparently Black can now. win a Pawn by 22 KTxKRP, but he sees much deeper than this, as instance the following variation: 22 KTxRP; 23 Q-B3, BxKT; 24 PxB. Best since it allows the Queen to defend the Knight. 24 BxB; 25 KTxB, winning the exchange.
23 BxB QxB 24 R-Bl P-K4 25 KT-KT3 P-K5 26 KT-Q4 KR-Q1 CAR THE 27 KR-Q1 KT-K4 28 KT-R2. The Knight cannot be prevented from entering at Q6. The plausible 28 R-B2 (to answer KT-Q6 by KTxKP) would lead to some remarkable combinations. For instance, 28 R-B2, KT-Q6; 29 KTxKP, QxKT; 30 RxKT (if 30 QxKT; 30 QxQ, followed by RxR); 30 RxR; 31 QxR, RxKT (not 31 BxKT because of 32 Q-Q). A remarkable win of a piece.
If in this 30 RxR, RxR: 31 RxKT, BxKT; 32 RxB, Q-KT8ch; 33 R-Ql, R-B8; 34 RxR. QxRch; 35 Q-Bl, QxP, with a winning end game. 28 KT-Q6 29 RxR . QxR 30 P-B3 A move suggested by some anarsts 30 KT-QB3 would afford opportunity for further brilliant play as under 30 KT-QB3, BxKT; 31 PxB, RxP; 32 KTxKP, KT-B5; 33 Q-B3 (forced, if 33 Q-Kl. then Q-KT5 is decisive) : 33 Q-B7; 34 RxR (34 R-Kl, KT- K7ch; 35 K-Bl, RxKT and wins); 34 KT-K7ch; 35 K-Bl, KTxR and wins.
30 RxKT Played in the grand style. The reply to 31 FxR would be 31 BxPch; 32 K-Bl. KT-B5; 33 Q-Q2, Q-B5ch; 34 K-Kl, P-K6; 35 QxB, KTxP mate. 31 PxP KT-B5 32 PxKT. - Q-B5 A fine problem move which at wins the loose Knight. 33 QxQ BxRch 34 Q-Bl B-Q5ch 35 Resigns. . PROBLEMS Solution to problems No. 61 by J. C. Wainwright, R-K6, No. 62l by C. D. Hamilton, R. R4. ' No. 63 By L. De Szasz Black 6 Pieces m mmm q m 0 White 11 Pieces White mates in two moves. No. 64 Black 8 Pieces By H. W. Barry El i tm m ill White 11 Pieces. White mates in three moves.
The following are the names who participated in this affair: H. V. Hesse, W. H. Steckel, P. Albrecht, R. Rockcl, W. Snyder, E. Foley, H. Heffel-finger, S. McQuilken, W. Schuler, E. Garnet, C. Geary, A. Warsaw, A. Levenson, J. Harper, H. Lowenkon, M. Garfinkel, H. Clark, H. D. Helsler. J. B. Acton, P. Kruse, A. Hermann, O. Zanger, W. Lumsden, C. Troxell, J. McCaulev. E. Eckhart and J. Helfric!:. The Bethlehem Chess club has start ed a Lehigh Valley Chess tournament.
All the leading players in this section are invited to enter. Two games lost will eliminate a contestant. Prize winners in the Y. M. C. A. Chess tournament are as follows: H. V Hesse, first place: W. H. Steckel, second place, and W. H. Shuler, third. Prizes are given to the first three men who place in this tournament. Winners are requested to ask for said prizes at the Y. M. C. A. After 11 hours of battling over a half dozen chess boards since 9 a. m. on March 21, a cable match between Philadelphia and London ended at 8 p. m., with London, in the opinion of observers, the probable winner. From latest reports Edward Lasker, Jose Capablanca. Frank J. Marshall. Isaac Kashdan.
Herman Steiner and I. S. Turover have accepted the invitation of the tournament committee to participate in this international master's tourney. W. H. Reilly, of Manchester, England, won first prize in the annual international chess tournament of the Nice Chess society. He finished with a score of 6-3 in a field of ten. Victory crowned the efforts of the foux leading teams: Stuyesant, Marshall, Empire City and. Manhattan in the sixth round of the annual inter-club competition of the Metropolitc-i Chess League. Lester Samuels, former Columbia university chess captain, proved the victor by the score of 2-0 in his short match with Herman Steiner at the Manhattan Chess club.
More and more people are taking up this old game of chess. Chess is on such an increase in this city that beginners are having a hard time getting chess books from the public library. The following game won by A. Hermann, local player was the only game lost by Isaac Kashdan in his simultan eous exhibition nere on Marcn ztnn: c Kashdan A. TIerman 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 2 B-B4 B-B4 3 P-K3 P-K3 4 P-QB4 BxKT 5 RxB B-KT5ch 6 K-K2 KT-KB3 7 P-QB4 , P-QB3 8 Q-R4 ' Q-R4 9 O-K'1'3 KT-KS 10 P-R3 Q-R3ch 11 Q-Q3 QxQ 12 KxO KTxKBPcli 13 K-K2 KTxU 14 PxB KT-R3 15 P-KT5 KT-KT5 16 P-KKT3 P-KB3 17 B-KT2 KT-B2 18 KxKT P-K4 19. PxP PxP 20 B-KT5 P-KR3. 21 B-R4 P-KT 22 BxP PxB 23 P-R3 PxP 24 K-B3 KT-Q6ch 25 K-K2 P-K5 26 KTxP KTxBP 27 R-QB1 P-KT3 28 P-R4 K-K2 29 B-R3 P-R4 30 R-Ql KT-Q6 31 B-K6 QR-KB1 32 RxKT PxRch 33 KxP R-R4 34 BxP RxKT 35 PxR R-B4 38 BB6 RxP 37 P-KKT4 RxP 38 P-K4 R-KT6ch 39 K-B2 P-KT5 40 B-Q5 K-Q3 41 B-KT7 P-KT 4 42 Resigns This game and the, annotations are from the book "Modern Master Play" by F. D. Yates and W. Winter: Queen's Gambit Declined (Played at Carlsbad, 1923) E. GRUENFELD DR. A. ALEKHINE BLACK KT-KB3 P-K3 P-Q4 B-K2 . QKT-Q2 Castles P-B3 P-QR3 P-R3 R-Kl WHITE 1 P-Q4 2 KT-KB3 3 P-B4 4 . KT-B3 5 B-KT5 6 P-K3 7 R-Bl 8 Q-B2 9 P-QR3 10 B-R4 11 B-Q3 If QR-B1 KT-K4 White wishes to further delay moving his King's Bishop, he has a good waiting move m B-KT3. a trap variation can then arise 11 KT-R4: 12 PxP, KPxP; 13 KTxQP, and if 13 PxKT; 14 B-B7. 11 , PxP 12 BxP ' P-QKT4 13 B-R2 P-B4 14 QR-Q1 The logical play would be ti Castle and reserve this square for the King's Rook. i 14 PxP 15 KTxP Q-KT3 Not 15 B-KT2, because White could then sacrifice advantageously with 16 KTxKP. PxKT; 17 BxPch, K-Rl; 18 QBxKT, etc. 16 B-KT1 B-KT2 17 Castles 18 Q-Q2 19 BxKT Presumably with the object of forcing Black to play P-KKT3, as .dually occurs. 19 BxB 20 Q-B2 P-KT3 21 Q-K2 KT-B5 Threatening to take the QRP. 22 B-K4 B-KT2 From now on the game is full of surprising complications. Apparently Black can now. win a Pawn by 22 KTxKRP, but he sees much deeper than this, as instance the following variation: 22 KTxRP; 23 Q-B3, BxKT; 24 PxB. Best since it allows the Queen to defend the Knight. 24 BxB; 25 KTxB, winning the exchange.
23 BxB QxB 24 R-Bl P-K4 25 KT-KT3 P-K5 26 KT-Q4 KR-Q1 CAR THE 27 KR-Q1 KT-K4 28 KT-R2. The Knight cannot be prevented from entering at Q6. The plausible 28 R-B2 (to answer KT-Q6 by KTxKP) would lead to some remarkable combinations. For instance, 28 R-B2, KT-Q6; 29 KTxKP, QxKT; 30 RxKT (if 30 QxKT; 30 QxQ, followed by RxR); 30 RxR; 31 QxR, RxKT (not 31 BxKT because of 32 Q-Q). A remarkable win of a piece.
If in this 30 RxR, RxR: 31 RxKT, BxKT; 32 RxB, Q-KT8ch; 33 R-Ql, R-B8; 34 RxR. QxRch; 35 Q-Bl, QxP, with a winning end game. 28 KT-Q6 29 RxR . QxR 30 P-B3 A move suggested by some anarsts 30 KT-QB3 would afford opportunity for further brilliant play as under 30 KT-QB3, BxKT; 31 PxB, RxP; 32 KTxKP, KT-B5; 33 Q-B3 (forced, if 33 Q-Kl. then Q-KT5 is decisive) : 33 Q-B7; 34 RxR (34 R-Kl, KT- K7ch; 35 K-Bl, RxKT and wins); 34 KT-K7ch; 35 K-Bl, KTxR and wins.
30 RxKT Played in the grand style. The reply to 31 FxR would be 31 BxPch; 32 K-Bl. KT-B5; 33 Q-Q2, Q-B5ch; 34 K-Kl, P-K6; 35 QxB, KTxP mate. 31 PxP KT-B5 32 PxKT. - Q-B5 A fine problem move which at wins the loose Knight. 33 QxQ BxRch 34 Q-Bl B-Q5ch 35 Resigns. . PROBLEMS Solution to problems No. 61 by J. C. Wainwright, R-K6, No. 62l by C. D. Hamilton, R. R4. ' No. 63 By L. De Szasz Black 6 Pieces m mmm q m 0 White 11 Pieces White mates in two moves. No. 64 Black 8 Pieces By H. W. Barry El i tm m ill White 11 Pieces. White mates in three moves.
