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Chess 15 May 1932, 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, Games, Positions In End Games and News Items Will Be Welcomed W. B. STECKEL, Editor Playing against sixty opponents on simultaneous exhibition held at the Allentown Y. M. C. A., Isaac Kasnaan, the brilliant young International master ana cnampion oi tne Man- hattan Chess club, made the remark able record of 67 wins, one loss and two drawn cames. This in itself is an exceptional score, but to make it agams(. ucn notables ta Pennsylvania crtess as ssiuney enarp, t-ennsyivaiiia Rtatu chamninn TK. Ti1. Winlcplman. Aaercaatue AJUimy ciiuinpiuii, xv. o. Goeriich, president of the Pennsyl- vania State Chess association; H. V. Hesse. Bethlehem champion; W. H. Steckel, Lehigh Valley champion; D. 'Hniinh.
Readinff rhamnion anv master cnn el proud of playing. H. V. Hesse scored tne only win and thereby received prizes Irom tne morning uau ana American vuess Bulletin. R. Gabriel and P. Albrecht drew with the champion and received prizes frpm the Call and Chess Bulle-2iQ tin. 5?. Wells receh'ed another nrize 1 t kn nlnmul game and P. Kruse received a prize from the Bulletin for the second best played game.
. Reading Here Thursday On Thursday evening at 8 o'clock the powerful Reading chess team will make its appearance in this city in 5 ra fTom latest reDorts Keaaing Will brine between 50 and 75 players, these and including the local players will mtute appruAuuawijr iaj"s w tase pan in mis an air. .. .. Chess fans will remember the big team match held at the Hotel Abra- nam Lincoln on xnursaay evening, April 21, when the AUentown team defeated Reading in a 50 board match CV tne score 01 wia-Jl.
' The place where this affair win be held will be published in the Morning t;aii some lime Deiore xuursuajr. Newell W. Banks, United States checker champion, gave a simultaneous chess and checker exhibition in the American Legion Community building at Hellertown. The champion made a score of 30 wins and six draws at checkers. At chess he played and won four games, From latest reports Dr. Alexander Alekhine, world champion, has agreed to be a participant in an inter- nltional tournament to be held at Switzerland fronWu 16 to 30. Results of Kashdan's simultaneous exhibition will be published in next Sunday's chess column. The editor again won the weekly rapid transit tournament conducted at the local M. C. A. every Sat- urday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. This is the fifth of these tourneys besides winning this tourney the editor has won the four previous affairs. The standing: W. H. Steckel, 8-1; W. Wal- litsch, 7-z; w. snuier, b-3; i,. iara 4-5; L. Buck, C. Geary and W. LumS' den, eacn 3-6; R. Gutekunst, 1-8. After an additional round of games contested at the rooms of the Empire City Chess club, Matthew Green, of Seward Park, who has eight straight to his credit and Pincus Pessin, also of Seward Park, with five straight alone remain undefeated. The following blindfold game was given in an exhibition of simultaneous and blindfold play in the rooms of the Macungic Chess club: Queen's Gambit Declined ww r. w w Tj.
Steckel Buck Steckel Buck matt The following game was played in one of the recent rapid transit tour neys conducted at the Y. M. c. A. W TT. w H. Steckel The following little book trap was played in a recent match by the two contestants from rival cities H. V. Hesse (Bethlehem) White to nlav and mate in three. Correct solutions received to prize Droblem No 3 by L. Lloyd. E. tiara ner. H. Peters. H. V. Hesse. A. Guer ner, 5-4; R. S. Goeriich, 5-4; A. Weiss,' ber, R. Fatzinger and R. Kessier.
Readinff rhamnion anv master cnn el proud of playing. H. V. Hesse scored tne only win and thereby received prizes Irom tne morning uau ana American vuess Bulletin. R. Gabriel and P. Albrecht drew with the champion and received prizes frpm the Call and Chess Bulle-2iQ tin. 5?. Wells receh'ed another nrize 1 t kn nlnmul game and P. Kruse received a prize from the Bulletin for the second best played game.
. Reading Here Thursday On Thursday evening at 8 o'clock the powerful Reading chess team will make its appearance in this city in 5 ra fTom latest reDorts Keaaing Will brine between 50 and 75 players, these and including the local players will mtute appruAuuawijr iaj"s w tase pan in mis an air. .. .. Chess fans will remember the big team match held at the Hotel Abra- nam Lincoln on xnursaay evening, April 21, when the AUentown team defeated Reading in a 50 board match CV tne score 01 wia-Jl.
' The place where this affair win be held will be published in the Morning t;aii some lime Deiore xuursuajr. Newell W. Banks, United States checker champion, gave a simultaneous chess and checker exhibition in the American Legion Community building at Hellertown. The champion made a score of 30 wins and six draws at checkers. At chess he played and won four games, From latest reports Dr. Alexander Alekhine, world champion, has agreed to be a participant in an inter- nltional tournament to be held at Switzerland fronWu 16 to 30. Results of Kashdan's simultaneous exhibition will be published in next Sunday's chess column. The editor again won the weekly rapid transit tournament conducted at the local M. C. A. every Sat- urday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. This is the fifth of these tourneys besides winning this tourney the editor has won the four previous affairs. The standing: W. H. Steckel, 8-1; W. Wal- litsch, 7-z; w. snuier, b-3; i,. iara 4-5; L. Buck, C. Geary and W. LumS' den, eacn 3-6; R. Gutekunst, 1-8. After an additional round of games contested at the rooms of the Empire City Chess club, Matthew Green, of Seward Park, who has eight straight to his credit and Pincus Pessin, also of Seward Park, with five straight alone remain undefeated. The following blindfold game was given in an exhibition of simultaneous and blindfold play in the rooms of the Macungic Chess club: Queen's Gambit Declined ww r. w w Tj.
Steckel Buck Steckel Buck matt The following game was played in one of the recent rapid transit tour neys conducted at the Y. M. c. A. W TT. w H. Steckel The following little book trap was played in a recent match by the two contestants from rival cities H. V. Hesse (Bethlehem) White to nlav and mate in three. Correct solutions received to prize Droblem No 3 by L. Lloyd. E. tiara ner. H. Peters. H. V. Hesse. A. Guer ner, 5-4; R. S. Goeriich, 5-4; A. Weiss,' ber, R. Fatzinger and R. Kessier.
