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Chess 05 Nov 1932, Sat Mount Vernon Argus (White Plains, New York) Newspapers.com
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The CHESS III Black - 6 pieces of the hol-White — 6 pieces White Mates in Two 3 inas-the chief interest in the in the notes to the games Alekhine The London vented mate on the other KeylMove: 1 Kt-Kt7 Solutions were received from A J Bastine (We did skip a number so we have numbered this week’s problem 7A) Harry Bradbury J C (If you don't watch out some of your metaphors will be published!) red Higgins and Klement A Kroeber (Thanks for coming in Now I’ll look for you 'at the club too!) ’ Send your solution to this problem to the Chess Editor The Daily Argus before the second Wednesday following publication Discussion of the theme involved will be printed two weeks alter publication 25 Better Coat Values PROBLEM NO 7A VINCENT L EATON 1932 (irst Publication) thought he could make the grade in a match of this caliber yet he surprised them all and today stands at the top The Book of The London International Chess Tournament 1932.
It seems quite timely to review this week the recent publication with the much as book lies by Dr tournament was held in ebruary 1932 Dr Alekhine taking first prize a full point ahead of Salo lohr the young Czech Isaac I Kash-dan who recently divided first and second prizes in the Mexican tournament with the world's titleholder finished third Students of chess will find this text book of great value Alekhine’s notes are copious yet direct in manner and hence accomplish their purpose with a style that is a pleasure to those who are more or less resigned to struggling through the vague explanations that quite habitually accompany' the games of the masters Contemporary annotators may benefit from Alekhine’s directness The student certainly will One thing is lacking We refer to an in'dex that indispensible adjunct of the reference book It was certainly expected that we should read in the foreword that Dr Alekhine won the special prize for brilliancy Yet most unexpected that we should laboriously thumb through the pages to finally come across that particular game However the game was well worth looking for — it gave final evidence that the world's champion must have been in grand form during the match— and for your own benefit it may be found on page 55 Possibly the index was omitted in the hurry of printing the book in the same year of the tournament an unusual occurence Possibly too the publishers will add it to later editions We hope they will In any case the book is an important addition to the literature of chess It contains the scores of the entire 66 games played in the event a foreword by W Hatton-Ward and an entertaining description of the participants by J du Mont as well as two selected games from the Premier Reserves' and Women's Tournaments which are annotated by J H Blake Published by The David McKay Co of Philadelphia The price is $250.
Rapid Transit A bi-monthly rapid transit tournament at the Mount Vernon Chess Club last night attracted ten players and 12 spectators Dr Anthony A Blasi won nine straight to win the first prize Paul L Cromelin finished second losing only to Blasi Dr Bernard M Scholder was third Problem Department Our Problem 5 concerned the'Novotny” theme which takes its name from a Bohemian who first developed the idea In the original position (b 7 r 7 p 2 Kt 1 p 2 P 7 5 K 1 k S 8 1 Q 6) White would mate on either KR or R7 except for the Black Rook and Bishop Their position impells the notice of the solver The Novotny Theme concerns itself with ‘‘selfinterference” by sacrifice Hence wc try 1 Kt-Kt7 and discover that if either Black piece captures the'interfcrer” it prevents mate on one square but interferes with the Black Defender that originally pre-
ALEKHINE PLAYS 200 Election Day holds a -double interest for 4 b00 persons who plan to vote early and then watch Alexander Alekhine take on the stupendous task of playing 200 players on 50 boards at ths 7th Regiment I Armory on Park Avenue New York City Seating of the players who will be opposed to the world's champion will take place promptly at 2:45 P M a n d at 3 P M George Emlen Roosevelt chairman of the reception committee will open the exhibition A welcome will be extended by Colonel Ralph C Tobin Commanding officer 7th Regiment (or if you insist the 107th) Charles S Whitman former Governor of New York State will speak after which the Armory floor will over to Alekhine who his long trek Seated on the outside low square that will cover half of the huge armory floor the 200 contestants who will down the champion will silently await the start Not ence rom start to buzz loud and long although it is to be hoped that direct suggestions to the players will be avoided In the line-up The Daily Argus will be represented by Paul L Cromelin chess editor Dr A A Blasi city champion Max Hacker Westchester County champion and Milton Krieger Alekhine’s own estimate is that it will be at least eight hours before play can be completed But if we remember correctly Capa-blanca playing a similar exhibition last year still had a halfdozen die-hards to subdue at 1:30 A M at which time we staggered off to bed Therefore we feel that the doctor’s estimate is optimistic Possibly he will endeavor to reduce the time set by the gentleman from whom he took the world’s chess title.
It is certain that he will endeavor to surpass the score made by Capablanca 28 wins 16 draws and six losses The program calls for an intcr- mission of 15 minutes at 6:30 PM Beyond this there will be no rest for the weary central figure We wish him the best of luck! rank J Marshall United States Champion will be referee Umpires include such experts as Albert B Hodges Edward Lasker Abraham Kupchik Dr Norbert R Lederer A Edward Santasiere H Ransom Bigelow Israel Horowitz Lester W Samuels Henry J Kapp and George P Northrop Leonard B Meyer will be judge of special prizes to be awarded for the best played and most brilliant games A problem solving contest under the auspices of the National Chess ederation will be conducted by Kenneth S Howard Among the Chess Clubs entering teams of four are Marshall Manhattan Empire City Brooklyn West Side Hungarla International Queens East Orange Park Avenue Pawn Binghamton Columbia University C C N Y N Y U U of- P Brown University Brooklyn College latbush Kibitz Bilton Allen Staten Island and Down Town Other organizations: include United States Military Academy The Daily Argus Demarest High School Boys High School and Polytechnic Preparatory all of Brooklyn The New York Athletic Club Evening Post “Larlderites” Trinity School 92nd Street Y M H A Correspondence Chess League of America Spanish-American Chess League Newspaper Club of New York Weehawken High School and the Public Accountants Club Short Biography ’Dr A Alekhine born Alexander Alexandrovitch -von Aljechin in Moscow October 19 1892 is now a naturalized 'citizen of rance His education began in military academics later continuing in the Imperial Law School of St Petersburg which was open to him by virtue of noble birth It was in school that he first learned to play chess and at the age of 16 earned the rank of mastership Tu 1911 he finished third to Dr Lasker and Capablanca in the tiftorical St Petersburg Tournament.
As the all of 1914 approached Alekhine entered ate Mannheim Germany Master's Tournament which was abruptly terminated by the World War Interned there ho later managed to escape and penetrate the enemy’s frontiers Into Russia While serving as an infantry officer on the Austrian front he was wounded severly and sent to a monastic hospital in Tarno-pol There he again took up chess many of his most brilliant games being conceived during this period The fall of the Russian Empire succeeded the World War Alekhine found himself with certain privileges because of his mastery of chess yet ho was not satisfied with the new order of things By a method obscure to us he managed to remove himself from Russia and adopted rance as his home rom then until now he par- ticipatcd in every major chess event that occurred with the exception of the Moscow Tournament of 1925 The invitation to attend this great gathering of the masters left him uninterested After the New York Tournament of 1927 came the match with Capablanca with the world’s title at stake ew f OAKWOOTf L 26OO The criminal calendar in Court of Special Sessions yesterday -was the lightest in - 'several months Only one case was listed and City Judge Jacob A Bernstein dismissed that Maurice Greenfield 8 West irst Street was accused of’ having committed grand larceny by stealing 55 feet of floor' covering from Earl R Sheppard Greenfield rented a store from Sheppard and did’ not know that 'anything attached to the premises becomes the property of the owner' of the building ‘when the lessor moves He had the covering cemented to the floor gL Games — Problems By Paul L Cromelin
It seems quite timely to review this week the recent publication with the much as book lies by Dr tournament was held in ebruary 1932 Dr Alekhine taking first prize a full point ahead of Salo lohr the young Czech Isaac I Kash-dan who recently divided first and second prizes in the Mexican tournament with the world's titleholder finished third Students of chess will find this text book of great value Alekhine’s notes are copious yet direct in manner and hence accomplish their purpose with a style that is a pleasure to those who are more or less resigned to struggling through the vague explanations that quite habitually accompany' the games of the masters Contemporary annotators may benefit from Alekhine’s directness The student certainly will One thing is lacking We refer to an in'dex that indispensible adjunct of the reference book It was certainly expected that we should read in the foreword that Dr Alekhine won the special prize for brilliancy Yet most unexpected that we should laboriously thumb through the pages to finally come across that particular game However the game was well worth looking for — it gave final evidence that the world's champion must have been in grand form during the match— and for your own benefit it may be found on page 55 Possibly the index was omitted in the hurry of printing the book in the same year of the tournament an unusual occurence Possibly too the publishers will add it to later editions We hope they will In any case the book is an important addition to the literature of chess It contains the scores of the entire 66 games played in the event a foreword by W Hatton-Ward and an entertaining description of the participants by J du Mont as well as two selected games from the Premier Reserves' and Women's Tournaments which are annotated by J H Blake Published by The David McKay Co of Philadelphia The price is $250.
Rapid Transit A bi-monthly rapid transit tournament at the Mount Vernon Chess Club last night attracted ten players and 12 spectators Dr Anthony A Blasi won nine straight to win the first prize Paul L Cromelin finished second losing only to Blasi Dr Bernard M Scholder was third Problem Department Our Problem 5 concerned the'Novotny” theme which takes its name from a Bohemian who first developed the idea In the original position (b 7 r 7 p 2 Kt 1 p 2 P 7 5 K 1 k S 8 1 Q 6) White would mate on either KR or R7 except for the Black Rook and Bishop Their position impells the notice of the solver The Novotny Theme concerns itself with ‘‘selfinterference” by sacrifice Hence wc try 1 Kt-Kt7 and discover that if either Black piece captures the'interfcrer” it prevents mate on one square but interferes with the Black Defender that originally pre-
ALEKHINE PLAYS 200 Election Day holds a -double interest for 4 b00 persons who plan to vote early and then watch Alexander Alekhine take on the stupendous task of playing 200 players on 50 boards at ths 7th Regiment I Armory on Park Avenue New York City Seating of the players who will be opposed to the world's champion will take place promptly at 2:45 P M a n d at 3 P M George Emlen Roosevelt chairman of the reception committee will open the exhibition A welcome will be extended by Colonel Ralph C Tobin Commanding officer 7th Regiment (or if you insist the 107th) Charles S Whitman former Governor of New York State will speak after which the Armory floor will over to Alekhine who his long trek Seated on the outside low square that will cover half of the huge armory floor the 200 contestants who will down the champion will silently await the start Not ence rom start to buzz loud and long although it is to be hoped that direct suggestions to the players will be avoided In the line-up The Daily Argus will be represented by Paul L Cromelin chess editor Dr A A Blasi city champion Max Hacker Westchester County champion and Milton Krieger Alekhine’s own estimate is that it will be at least eight hours before play can be completed But if we remember correctly Capa-blanca playing a similar exhibition last year still had a halfdozen die-hards to subdue at 1:30 A M at which time we staggered off to bed Therefore we feel that the doctor’s estimate is optimistic Possibly he will endeavor to reduce the time set by the gentleman from whom he took the world’s chess title.
It is certain that he will endeavor to surpass the score made by Capablanca 28 wins 16 draws and six losses The program calls for an intcr- mission of 15 minutes at 6:30 PM Beyond this there will be no rest for the weary central figure We wish him the best of luck! rank J Marshall United States Champion will be referee Umpires include such experts as Albert B Hodges Edward Lasker Abraham Kupchik Dr Norbert R Lederer A Edward Santasiere H Ransom Bigelow Israel Horowitz Lester W Samuels Henry J Kapp and George P Northrop Leonard B Meyer will be judge of special prizes to be awarded for the best played and most brilliant games A problem solving contest under the auspices of the National Chess ederation will be conducted by Kenneth S Howard Among the Chess Clubs entering teams of four are Marshall Manhattan Empire City Brooklyn West Side Hungarla International Queens East Orange Park Avenue Pawn Binghamton Columbia University C C N Y N Y U U of- P Brown University Brooklyn College latbush Kibitz Bilton Allen Staten Island and Down Town Other organizations: include United States Military Academy The Daily Argus Demarest High School Boys High School and Polytechnic Preparatory all of Brooklyn The New York Athletic Club Evening Post “Larlderites” Trinity School 92nd Street Y M H A Correspondence Chess League of America Spanish-American Chess League Newspaper Club of New York Weehawken High School and the Public Accountants Club Short Biography ’Dr A Alekhine born Alexander Alexandrovitch -von Aljechin in Moscow October 19 1892 is now a naturalized 'citizen of rance His education began in military academics later continuing in the Imperial Law School of St Petersburg which was open to him by virtue of noble birth It was in school that he first learned to play chess and at the age of 16 earned the rank of mastership Tu 1911 he finished third to Dr Lasker and Capablanca in the tiftorical St Petersburg Tournament.
As the all of 1914 approached Alekhine entered ate Mannheim Germany Master's Tournament which was abruptly terminated by the World War Interned there ho later managed to escape and penetrate the enemy’s frontiers Into Russia While serving as an infantry officer on the Austrian front he was wounded severly and sent to a monastic hospital in Tarno-pol There he again took up chess many of his most brilliant games being conceived during this period The fall of the Russian Empire succeeded the World War Alekhine found himself with certain privileges because of his mastery of chess yet ho was not satisfied with the new order of things By a method obscure to us he managed to remove himself from Russia and adopted rance as his home rom then until now he par- ticipatcd in every major chess event that occurred with the exception of the Moscow Tournament of 1925 The invitation to attend this great gathering of the masters left him uninterested After the New York Tournament of 1927 came the match with Capablanca with the world’s title at stake ew f OAKWOOTf L 26OO The criminal calendar in Court of Special Sessions yesterday -was the lightest in - 'several months Only one case was listed and City Judge Jacob A Bernstein dismissed that Maurice Greenfield 8 West irst Street was accused of’ having committed grand larceny by stealing 55 feet of floor' covering from Earl R Sheppard Greenfield rented a store from Sheppard and did’ not know that 'anything attached to the premises becomes the property of the owner' of the building ‘when the lessor moves He had the covering cemented to the floor gL Games — Problems By Paul L Cromelin
