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Chess 01 Oct 1932, Sat Mount Vernon Argus (White Plains, New York) Newspapers.com
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CHESS RANK JANET his AT Bkick — - J3 pipers 7 & for the H liitc — 2 pieces White Slates in Two PROBLEM NO 2 hv RANK JANET Mount Vernon N Y ODDS BLACK The Masked Wonder P-K4 PxP P-KKt4 P-Q3 P-KR3 Kt-QB3 PxP KxB Resigns to prevent to Mr Janet’s return to chess has been wherever spread “History of Chess 1a in The Daily Argus ofl’jce by the spcoihJ Wednesday follow ing publira I Ion Cnrrnct solutions will he acknow ledged two urcks lifter publication of 12 for Vernon of and and heralded with applause the word has been He will speak on the tonight at the Mount Vernon Chess Club’s opening ceremonies Potential problem composers are invited to join classes at the club GAME WHITE Paul L Cromelin i: P-K4 2 P-KB4 3: Kt-KB3 4 B-B4 ' 5 P-Q4 6 Castles 7 P-KKt3 8 BxPch 9 Kt - K5dbldisch nothing can be don threatened mates Whether White's seventh move is good is open to conjecture However it won the game PROBLEM DEPARTMENT The problem published last week seemed to provide difficulty to a number of the readers.
Quite a few were o’f the opinion that the White Knight was en prise to the solitary Black Pawn in spite of the fact that the starting point of the pieces was indicated bv the words “Black” and “White” at the top and bottom of the diagram Unless otherwise indicated the White side of the board is always at the bottom of the diagram- THE SEASON OPENS The all important event in nearby chess circles is the coming of rank J Marshall tonight As de scribed in our column last week the United States champion will play simultaneously against 25 or 30 boards at Cromelin’s Restaurant 57 Prospect Avenue under the auspices of the new Mount Vernon Chess Club NThe affair will mark the beginning of the 1932-33 season and the start of activities of the local club Last December with interest in thess considerably lower than it is now a simultaneous exhibition by Hermann Helms editor of the American Chess Bulletin brought forth more than 70 spectators from different parts of the county It is expected that tonight there will be more than 100 spectators After tonight's play the Mount Vernon Chess Club will take up its season’s activities at its cjub address 9 South Third Avenue The present membership is 23 and it is expected this will be at least doubled after the official opening.
This will guarantee plenty of action in the tournaments that are planned for the coming season THE COUNTY LEAGUE The Westchester County- Chess League will hold its first meeting of the season Wednesday at the Y M C A in White Plains Present membership consists of the White Plains C C the Holsatia C C of Y’onkcrs the Crestwood C C the Mount Vernon C C and the Greenwich C C of Greenwich Conn It is expected that newly organized clubs in Rye and Port Chester will come in this year The chief activity of the league consists of team matches between the: various clubs : THE ALEKHINE TOUR After resting from the work incidental to winning the Pasadena Tourney- Dr A Alekhine world champion is now in Mexico City having arrived there last Thursday It had' been his oi in-inal riah to continue from there to Pcrto Rico -but the- hurricane which struck there recently caused him to cancel this trip.
His next stop will be New York from where he will start out early in October on an exhibition tour Definite plans have been made for his appearance in Chicago’ and in Winnipeg and Toronto Canada Other cities which are trying -’ to arrange dates include ’Bridgeport Conn’ Syracuse' Bualo and Baltimore Plans are being made for Alekhine to play' inMount Vernon' The cost of obtaining him is the chief obstacle but this would be overcome if sufficient people would be interested in seeing him in action There is no doubt that play on the part of the world’s champion would be immensely stimulating to general interest in chess throughout the county If you would like to see him play let me hear about it RANK JANET Proctor's the will a Com-I or-I head-I Bate-' to-5y- dis-I of’type-writers Games — Problems Paul L Cromelin Ilf ' ik M 5 j.
Quite a few were o’f the opinion that the White Knight was en prise to the solitary Black Pawn in spite of the fact that the starting point of the pieces was indicated bv the words “Black” and “White” at the top and bottom of the diagram Unless otherwise indicated the White side of the board is always at the bottom of the diagram- THE SEASON OPENS The all important event in nearby chess circles is the coming of rank J Marshall tonight As de scribed in our column last week the United States champion will play simultaneously against 25 or 30 boards at Cromelin’s Restaurant 57 Prospect Avenue under the auspices of the new Mount Vernon Chess Club NThe affair will mark the beginning of the 1932-33 season and the start of activities of the local club Last December with interest in thess considerably lower than it is now a simultaneous exhibition by Hermann Helms editor of the American Chess Bulletin brought forth more than 70 spectators from different parts of the county It is expected that tonight there will be more than 100 spectators After tonight's play the Mount Vernon Chess Club will take up its season’s activities at its cjub address 9 South Third Avenue The present membership is 23 and it is expected this will be at least doubled after the official opening.
This will guarantee plenty of action in the tournaments that are planned for the coming season THE COUNTY LEAGUE The Westchester County- Chess League will hold its first meeting of the season Wednesday at the Y M C A in White Plains Present membership consists of the White Plains C C the Holsatia C C of Y’onkcrs the Crestwood C C the Mount Vernon C C and the Greenwich C C of Greenwich Conn It is expected that newly organized clubs in Rye and Port Chester will come in this year The chief activity of the league consists of team matches between the: various clubs : THE ALEKHINE TOUR After resting from the work incidental to winning the Pasadena Tourney- Dr A Alekhine world champion is now in Mexico City having arrived there last Thursday It had' been his oi in-inal riah to continue from there to Pcrto Rico -but the- hurricane which struck there recently caused him to cancel this trip.
His next stop will be New York from where he will start out early in October on an exhibition tour Definite plans have been made for his appearance in Chicago’ and in Winnipeg and Toronto Canada Other cities which are trying -’ to arrange dates include ’Bridgeport Conn’ Syracuse' Bualo and Baltimore Plans are being made for Alekhine to play' inMount Vernon' The cost of obtaining him is the chief obstacle but this would be overcome if sufficient people would be interested in seeing him in action There is no doubt that play on the part of the world’s champion would be immensely stimulating to general interest in chess throughout the county If you would like to see him play let me hear about it RANK JANET Proctor's the will a Com-I or-I head-I Bate-' to-5y- dis-I of’type-writers Games — Problems Paul L Cromelin Ilf ' ik M 5 j.
