Chess 27 Nov 1937, Sat Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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By PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. PANIC has seized the followers of Dr. Max Euwe, world chess champion, as a result of his loss of the twenty-first game of the 30-game series in defense of his title, now being contested by former world champion. Dr. Alexander Alexandrovitch Alekhin, all matches having various cities in the Netherlands as itinerant battlefields. Two weeks ago your columnist, predicted that of the two grand masters i the 42-year-old Alekhin was the better tactician and that the younger Euwe'a chief assets were his virility and stamina. With only nine games more to be played, with Alekhin maintaining an average amount of the skill he has cannily displayed in the last 21 games and Dame Fortune sharing the breaks impartially, it is "most a certainty” that the Fran co-Russian lawyer will regain the crown he lost two years ago by the margin of a single game. _ Should he do so, and we turn prophet at this early hour to say he will, then it will be the first time a chess champion will have staged a successful comeback in the annals of modern chess, beginning with Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866.
Alekhin Has 3-Point Lead. 13ESORTING to the Indian Defense. Alekhin catapulted his black pieces against Euwe’a white opposition by flanking his quean’s bishop in a powerful attack, forcing Euwe into a series of middle-game combinations that netted complexities at every variation. Hard pressed for time, Euwe failed to find a way out of the maze of posi- tional problems, and*in a subsequent series of maneuvers lost the exchange, w'hich Alekhin quickly pressed to advantage, obtaining victory in 32 moves and thus increasing his lead over the champion by three points. Standings: Alekhin, 7; Euwe, 4; drawn.
10. The masters play tonight at Delft. The Dutch press continues to favor Euwe. but the American chess editors are applauding Alekhin and. should he win, then the harsh attitude of the International Chess Federation in selection of contenders for the world title will have no weight, for Alekhin says emphatically he will handle the title as he deems best and not be governed by the petty prejudices and chess politics of the F. I. D. E. Chess pourrl. 'THANKSGIVING chess at the Social Chess Lounge enticed many fans to engage in casual play in public for their first time.
All were surprised at the attractive chess equipment at the Parkside Hotel, where the lounge is located, and therefore the Metropolitan Chess Association announces another open house guest night for next Thursday. A. Gromer won the French championship at Toulouse on a technical score . . . Mikhail Botwinnik will either win or draw against G. J. Lovenflsch for the Soviet title . . . Scholarly Philip W. Sergeant recently had published a revised and enlarged edition of “Pillsbury’s Chess Career,” an excellent account of the skill of the great American eiumplon before Mar* a hall's era.
Alekhin Has 3-Point Lead. 13ESORTING to the Indian Defense. Alekhin catapulted his black pieces against Euwe’a white opposition by flanking his quean’s bishop in a powerful attack, forcing Euwe into a series of middle-game combinations that netted complexities at every variation. Hard pressed for time, Euwe failed to find a way out of the maze of posi- tional problems, and*in a subsequent series of maneuvers lost the exchange, w'hich Alekhin quickly pressed to advantage, obtaining victory in 32 moves and thus increasing his lead over the champion by three points. Standings: Alekhin, 7; Euwe, 4; drawn.
10. The masters play tonight at Delft. The Dutch press continues to favor Euwe. but the American chess editors are applauding Alekhin and. should he win, then the harsh attitude of the International Chess Federation in selection of contenders for the world title will have no weight, for Alekhin says emphatically he will handle the title as he deems best and not be governed by the petty prejudices and chess politics of the F. I. D. E. Chess pourrl. 'THANKSGIVING chess at the Social Chess Lounge enticed many fans to engage in casual play in public for their first time.
All were surprised at the attractive chess equipment at the Parkside Hotel, where the lounge is located, and therefore the Metropolitan Chess Association announces another open house guest night for next Thursday. A. Gromer won the French championship at Toulouse on a technical score . . . Mikhail Botwinnik will either win or draw against G. J. Lovenflsch for the Soviet title . . . Scholarly Philip W. Sergeant recently had published a revised and enlarged edition of “Pillsbury’s Chess Career,” an excellent account of the skill of the great American eiumplon before Mar* a hall's era.
