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Chess 13 Nov 1932, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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CHESS The Interest In the Mercantile Library Championship Tournament is well sustained. The tournament In progress Is one of the most interesting that has been held in Phila-delph.a for several years. We give below the score of the fifth round and also the standing of the players to date: F. L. Beucler. 0 J. Wilkinson.. 0 A. Begcn .... 1 R. S. Qoerllch 0 P. B. Driver.. 1 D. O. Welner. H. Morris 8. Drasin.... J. Gordon ... J. Martinez.. S. T. Sharp.. J. Levin Levin is a pawn ahead In an ending with Rock and Knight on the board In his adjourned game with Sharp. Drasin resigned his ndjourned game to Levin last week without resuming play.
This tournament is one of the best we have had in years. The standing is very close and the tournament has been featured with many upsets. The standings at the end of- the fifth round are: Won. . Lost. J. Levin 3 ' 1 S. T. Sharp 3 1 H. Morris 3'4 l'i S. Drasin 3 2 J. Gordon 3 2 A. Regen 3 2 D. G. Welner 2'i 2V4 F. L. Beucler 2'n 2l,a P. B. Driver 2 ' 3 R. S. Goerlich 2 3 J. Martinez 1 J. Wilkinson 1 4 The championship tournament of the Marshall Chess Club is well under way. Reuben Fine leads with a score of 3 to 0 and A. E. Santasiere is a close second with a score of 3 to 1. Abraham Kupchik, who has in the past won the championship of the Manhattan Chess Club a number of times, recently obtained first prize In a rapid transit tournament with a splendid score of 12 wins and one loss, while I. Horowitz was second with lUi to li. In the Mexico City tournament, after Kashdan had finished with a pwfoct score, with the exception of his draw with Alekhlne, Alekhlne h"i two games to play, one with Medina and the other (given below) with Brunner. Both of these games had to be won by the champion.
The game with Medina lasted 62 moves, but the game with Brunner was a sprightly affair and was won in masterly style by Alekhlne. Queen's Gambit Declined Alekhlne .Brunner WHITE BLACK 1P-Q4 1 Kt-KB3 2 P-QB4 2 P-K3 3 Kt-QB3 3 P-Q4 4 B-Kt5 4 QKt-Q2 5 PxP 5 PxP - 6 P-K3 6 P-B3 7 B-Q3 7 B-K2 3 Q-B2 0 Castles 9 KKt-K2 9 P-KR3 10 P-KR4 10 R-K 11 B-KB4 11 P-R3 12 Castles QR 12 P-B4 13 P-KKt4 13 PxP 14 KKtxP I 14 Kt-B4 1! P-Kt5 IS KtxBch 16 RxKt 16 Kt-R4 17 PxP 17 KtxB 18 ''xKt 19 P-KKt3 19 P-R5 19 K-R2 20 PxPeh 20 PxP 21 R-KtJ 21 R-KKt 22 KR-Kt 22 Q-Kt3 23 KtxP 23 QxKt 24 RxP 24 Q-B4 25 R-Kt7clr 25 KxP 26 R-R7 mate Problem No. 2911 Is solved by B-QB7. Problem No. 2912 Is solved by K-K5.
Solutions received from: Charles Alkis, Stanley Beaver, A. H. Beck-man, George Baker, George Bender, L. D. Benner, S. B. Conver, 'V Brown Caldwell, J. DUbbelde, Waiter G. Cowell, Russell Fry, Jame3 H. Fry, Perry Stewart Flegel, Horace O. Faunce, Harry W. Oundal, E. M. Grimm, George J. Grlx, Lester S. Glass, John Hannah, J. W. Harris, Kenneth Herster, Joseph W. Halberstadt, C. Edward Hopkins, Charles P. Lake, William Raymond Halberstadt, Robert Lowrie, E. Carleton Jameson, H. L. Jameson, Robert Lowrie, A. May Lore, George F. Mecter, John F. Mooney, Raymond T. Murphy, Karl V. Nygaard, James Rhawn, Paul F. Reber, Sr., Louis B. Scott, John Schwabenland, Ernest W. Strang, Sigmund Twer-sky, Charles Willing, Bernard Uhle, L. S. Walle, William L. Washburn, Clare Ward, Donald Wolford, J. M. Zook and Fred Zoller. Problem No. 2915 By A. Moseley BLACK TWELVE PIECES WHITE ELEVEN PIECES White to play and mate in two moves.
WHITE K at QR8; Q at 37; Rooks at QRsq and K5; B'shops at KKt8 and KR2; Knights at Q8 and Ksq: Pawns at QB2, K2 and KB2. BLACK K at Q5; Q at KR6; Rooks at QR3 and QR4; B at KR3; Knights at K5 and KKt7; Pawns at QR2. QB3. QB6, KB6 and KKtS. Problem No. 2916 By W. A. Shinkman BLACK TWO PIECES White to play and mate In three moves. WHITE K at Q3; R at KR4; Bishops at KB2 and KKt2; Pawns at QR2, QR3 and QR4. BLACK K at QR4; P at QR3.
This tournament is one of the best we have had in years. The standing is very close and the tournament has been featured with many upsets. The standings at the end of- the fifth round are: Won. . Lost. J. Levin 3 ' 1 S. T. Sharp 3 1 H. Morris 3'4 l'i S. Drasin 3 2 J. Gordon 3 2 A. Regen 3 2 D. G. Welner 2'i 2V4 F. L. Beucler 2'n 2l,a P. B. Driver 2 ' 3 R. S. Goerlich 2 3 J. Martinez 1 J. Wilkinson 1 4 The championship tournament of the Marshall Chess Club is well under way. Reuben Fine leads with a score of 3 to 0 and A. E. Santasiere is a close second with a score of 3 to 1. Abraham Kupchik, who has in the past won the championship of the Manhattan Chess Club a number of times, recently obtained first prize In a rapid transit tournament with a splendid score of 12 wins and one loss, while I. Horowitz was second with lUi to li. In the Mexico City tournament, after Kashdan had finished with a pwfoct score, with the exception of his draw with Alekhlne, Alekhlne h"i two games to play, one with Medina and the other (given below) with Brunner. Both of these games had to be won by the champion.
The game with Medina lasted 62 moves, but the game with Brunner was a sprightly affair and was won in masterly style by Alekhlne. Queen's Gambit Declined Alekhlne .Brunner WHITE BLACK 1P-Q4 1 Kt-KB3 2 P-QB4 2 P-K3 3 Kt-QB3 3 P-Q4 4 B-Kt5 4 QKt-Q2 5 PxP 5 PxP - 6 P-K3 6 P-B3 7 B-Q3 7 B-K2 3 Q-B2 0 Castles 9 KKt-K2 9 P-KR3 10 P-KR4 10 R-K 11 B-KB4 11 P-R3 12 Castles QR 12 P-B4 13 P-KKt4 13 PxP 14 KKtxP I 14 Kt-B4 1! P-Kt5 IS KtxBch 16 RxKt 16 Kt-R4 17 PxP 17 KtxB 18 ''xKt 19 P-KKt3 19 P-R5 19 K-R2 20 PxPeh 20 PxP 21 R-KtJ 21 R-KKt 22 KR-Kt 22 Q-Kt3 23 KtxP 23 QxKt 24 RxP 24 Q-B4 25 R-Kt7clr 25 KxP 26 R-R7 mate Problem No. 2911 Is solved by B-QB7. Problem No. 2912 Is solved by K-K5.
Solutions received from: Charles Alkis, Stanley Beaver, A. H. Beck-man, George Baker, George Bender, L. D. Benner, S. B. Conver, 'V Brown Caldwell, J. DUbbelde, Waiter G. Cowell, Russell Fry, Jame3 H. Fry, Perry Stewart Flegel, Horace O. Faunce, Harry W. Oundal, E. M. Grimm, George J. Grlx, Lester S. Glass, John Hannah, J. W. Harris, Kenneth Herster, Joseph W. Halberstadt, C. Edward Hopkins, Charles P. Lake, William Raymond Halberstadt, Robert Lowrie, E. Carleton Jameson, H. L. Jameson, Robert Lowrie, A. May Lore, George F. Mecter, John F. Mooney, Raymond T. Murphy, Karl V. Nygaard, James Rhawn, Paul F. Reber, Sr., Louis B. Scott, John Schwabenland, Ernest W. Strang, Sigmund Twer-sky, Charles Willing, Bernard Uhle, L. S. Walle, William L. Washburn, Clare Ward, Donald Wolford, J. M. Zook and Fred Zoller. Problem No. 2915 By A. Moseley BLACK TWELVE PIECES WHITE ELEVEN PIECES White to play and mate in two moves.
WHITE K at QR8; Q at 37; Rooks at QRsq and K5; B'shops at KKt8 and KR2; Knights at Q8 and Ksq: Pawns at QB2, K2 and KB2. BLACK K at Q5; Q at KR6; Rooks at QR3 and QR4; B at KR3; Knights at K5 and KKt7; Pawns at QR2. QB3. QB6, KB6 and KKtS. Problem No. 2916 By W. A. Shinkman BLACK TWO PIECES White to play and mate In three moves. WHITE K at Q3; R at KR4; Bishops at KB2 and KKt2; Pawns at QR2, QR3 and QR4. BLACK K at QR4; P at QR3.
