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Chess 31 Oct 1937, Sun Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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By PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. America's Authority on Social Chess. Ingenious Alekhin. According to the books, when the Queen’s Pawn opening glides into the Queen's Gambit where a pawn is offered as sacrifice for positional reasons, the player of the Black pieces has his choice of several adequate replies.
The Queen’s Pawn openings have been very popular in the current series of match games between Champion Max Euwe and Challenger Alexander Alekhin for the world title, lost by the latter two years ago. On the defensive Black has resorted to the Slav Defense in the majority of some 10 match games. The books have it that when the Slav Defense is encountered by the player of the White pieces his proper move is to play, at the fourth turn, P-QR4 in anticipation of Black's reply, P-QKt4. But Alekhin, in his return match with Euwe wherein he is making probably his last bid for the world championship, with the brilliant insight into ingenious combinational play so characteristic of Russian-born masters, evolved a distinctly new phase of play by essaying P-K4 on the fourth move instead of the orthodox P-QR4. And the chess world is buzzing like a hive of startled bees over the Alekhin variation in attack to the Slav Defense.
For the next year you will see columnists and masters attempt a rational analysis of the disturbing P-K4 move and its subsequent continuations. But the real test comes when the sixth move is dissected. Here Alekhin offers Kt-B3, giving away a Knight as sacrifice, and Euwe was so flabbergasted that he thought 40 minutes before he decided to refuse the sacrifice, countered with P-QKt4 to eventually resign on the twenty-third move. How would you have met the Alekhin gift of guile? The sixth game: SLAV DEFENSE.
(a) For 40 minutes this move baffled Euwe. Finally he forewent the knight 1 sacrifice, but I prefer PxKt and after a series of moves Black has a stronger position to ward off White's storming of the bastille. In the end White should win— maybe. Divan’s General Tournament.
A LBEIT the membership drive of the Social Chess Divan is being launched under the direction of Vice President Norval Wiggtnton, both the major and general tournaments of the Divan are progressing rapidly and there is no let-up In acheduled play. Energetic Winfred Horn has employed his mathematical talents toward formulating exact pairing schedules for each tournament, and, believe it or not, he has mailed a postal to every player, giving his individual schedule of games and current standing. Such precision in running any kind of chess tourney is novel, indeed, in local fandom and has elicited much favorable comment. This man Horn means business. Yeth-thir! Entered in the "odds" section of the general rourney are David E. Brand, F. W. F. Gleason. E E. Williams. Joseph Chmielewski. Henry Red. John W. Dtibin. J. M. Skeflington. R. J. Fuglister. Maud Sew all, F. L. Richards. V. Colonna Mrs. H. E. Kittredge, L. W'. Ferris and George Furzer. The "evens" embrace Conrad Willnich, J. G. Fairchild Winfred Horn. Vincent Saporito. R. W. Lewis, J. M. Terrill, Q. U. Thompson. Morris Appelbaum. Edith Johnson. Henry Lybrand. Kenneth Stubbs, Mrs. Marie Wilde and Joseph Tishler. Major championship players, with present scores: Walter Jacobs, 2; William Rycnolds. l’i; Carl Hesse. '/»: Simon Naidel, Robert J. Feeney and Anton Y. Hesse, all negative. The Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street N.W., serves as permanent headquarters for the divan. The game room never closes and visitors are welcome always. Chess Portraits in Miniature.
CIMON NAIDEL (Szymon Najdel), ° bom April 17, 1895, Warsaw', Poland: attended the gymnasium of his native heath, and at the age of 17 learned chess from his classgnates, engaging in many informal Polish tourneys, w'ith valuable experience his sole reward. Coming to the United States in 1922. Naidel enrolled in the College of the City of New York, acquiring the degree of 'B. S. cum laude and receiving an election to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
A year later his thesis in mathematics on the "Theory of Probability” was approved by Columbia University and the naturalized American was granted the M. A. degree. Journeying to Washington in January, 1934, Simon accepted a Government position as assistant statistician, -_and in his leisure moments shares chess with his hobbies of reading and walking. "Positional” chess is Simon’s forte, and he prefers the' Queen's Gambit opening.
As a Washingtonian he has parti clpated in past tournaments sponsored by the Federal Chess V/1UV, \JL Simon Naidel. Columbia chess League and Paul Morphy Chess Club. Present tournament director of the Washington Social Chess Divan, Naidel IS conducting the largest simultaneous major and general tournaments to be held In any local club In many yean, and as a player has excellent chances of winning the championship title of the Divan, strongest chess unit in the Nation's Capital. Having traveled all over Europe, Simon is now content to enjoy his bachelorhood poring over mathematical tomes and hearkening occasionally to the compelling lure of Caissa. Chess Problem No. 108. By W. A. SHINKMAN. Social Chess Quarterly.
BI.ACK— FOl'R MEN. WHITE—SIX MEN. While to Play and Mate in Two. T AWS’ problem No. 108 is solved by: P-B4.
Raymond W. Lewis has a clarifying analysis of the several replies of Black with the equivalent mating moves by White. He is of the opinion that the prettiest variation comes from 1 . . . PxP en passant; the White Q mating from KKtl. Three points in the fall problem contest are tallied by Guy Smith. Gerald M. Clemence. Stephen J. Kurtz. R. Lewis. Norman Le Roux. William Burko. Reuben Suttkus. George F. Gorham. S. W. Allen. C D Franks. "Gorgonzola." A. G. Dreyer. David H. Sibbet. C. V. Moore and Daniel Breeskin. Emanuel Simpson garners a single. Relative to the triple tie for the Angel Problem Ladder it is hereby proposed that each receive a small bronze medal, suitably engraved, carrying a chess design. R S V P. W F. Cook registers three points on No. 105. Chesspourri. rtMAR KHAYYAM CHESS CLUB of ^ George Washington University entertained at Columbian House recently. The chessists discussed the University Chess League. William Reynolds and Robert Knox are renewing their struggle for the interscholastic chess medal awarded annually by the Central Y. M. C. A. Shortly the District championship tourney will be concluded and Morphyites are favored to cinch the title unless the point basis of scoring is emphasized. This column has said the title would be based on matches won and not points, and also contra.
If Chairman Alexander Sturges will give a final ruling on this, the issue will be closed. But henceforth in future toumej's only the point basis of scoring will be adopted by the M. C. A. It is the only fair way to evaluate a team’s strength. (Copyright. Oct 31, 1937 by Paul Millar.)
The Queen’s Pawn openings have been very popular in the current series of match games between Champion Max Euwe and Challenger Alexander Alekhin for the world title, lost by the latter two years ago. On the defensive Black has resorted to the Slav Defense in the majority of some 10 match games. The books have it that when the Slav Defense is encountered by the player of the White pieces his proper move is to play, at the fourth turn, P-QR4 in anticipation of Black's reply, P-QKt4. But Alekhin, in his return match with Euwe wherein he is making probably his last bid for the world championship, with the brilliant insight into ingenious combinational play so characteristic of Russian-born masters, evolved a distinctly new phase of play by essaying P-K4 on the fourth move instead of the orthodox P-QR4. And the chess world is buzzing like a hive of startled bees over the Alekhin variation in attack to the Slav Defense.
For the next year you will see columnists and masters attempt a rational analysis of the disturbing P-K4 move and its subsequent continuations. But the real test comes when the sixth move is dissected. Here Alekhin offers Kt-B3, giving away a Knight as sacrifice, and Euwe was so flabbergasted that he thought 40 minutes before he decided to refuse the sacrifice, countered with P-QKt4 to eventually resign on the twenty-third move. How would you have met the Alekhin gift of guile? The sixth game: SLAV DEFENSE.
(a) For 40 minutes this move baffled Euwe. Finally he forewent the knight 1 sacrifice, but I prefer PxKt and after a series of moves Black has a stronger position to ward off White's storming of the bastille. In the end White should win— maybe. Divan’s General Tournament.
A LBEIT the membership drive of the Social Chess Divan is being launched under the direction of Vice President Norval Wiggtnton, both the major and general tournaments of the Divan are progressing rapidly and there is no let-up In acheduled play. Energetic Winfred Horn has employed his mathematical talents toward formulating exact pairing schedules for each tournament, and, believe it or not, he has mailed a postal to every player, giving his individual schedule of games and current standing. Such precision in running any kind of chess tourney is novel, indeed, in local fandom and has elicited much favorable comment. This man Horn means business. Yeth-thir! Entered in the "odds" section of the general rourney are David E. Brand, F. W. F. Gleason. E E. Williams. Joseph Chmielewski. Henry Red. John W. Dtibin. J. M. Skeflington. R. J. Fuglister. Maud Sew all, F. L. Richards. V. Colonna Mrs. H. E. Kittredge, L. W'. Ferris and George Furzer. The "evens" embrace Conrad Willnich, J. G. Fairchild Winfred Horn. Vincent Saporito. R. W. Lewis, J. M. Terrill, Q. U. Thompson. Morris Appelbaum. Edith Johnson. Henry Lybrand. Kenneth Stubbs, Mrs. Marie Wilde and Joseph Tishler. Major championship players, with present scores: Walter Jacobs, 2; William Rycnolds. l’i; Carl Hesse. '/»: Simon Naidel, Robert J. Feeney and Anton Y. Hesse, all negative. The Social Chess Lounge, 1336 I street N.W., serves as permanent headquarters for the divan. The game room never closes and visitors are welcome always. Chess Portraits in Miniature.
CIMON NAIDEL (Szymon Najdel), ° bom April 17, 1895, Warsaw', Poland: attended the gymnasium of his native heath, and at the age of 17 learned chess from his classgnates, engaging in many informal Polish tourneys, w'ith valuable experience his sole reward. Coming to the United States in 1922. Naidel enrolled in the College of the City of New York, acquiring the degree of 'B. S. cum laude and receiving an election to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
A year later his thesis in mathematics on the "Theory of Probability” was approved by Columbia University and the naturalized American was granted the M. A. degree. Journeying to Washington in January, 1934, Simon accepted a Government position as assistant statistician, -_and in his leisure moments shares chess with his hobbies of reading and walking. "Positional” chess is Simon’s forte, and he prefers the' Queen's Gambit opening.
As a Washingtonian he has parti clpated in past tournaments sponsored by the Federal Chess V/1UV, \JL Simon Naidel. Columbia chess League and Paul Morphy Chess Club. Present tournament director of the Washington Social Chess Divan, Naidel IS conducting the largest simultaneous major and general tournaments to be held In any local club In many yean, and as a player has excellent chances of winning the championship title of the Divan, strongest chess unit in the Nation's Capital. Having traveled all over Europe, Simon is now content to enjoy his bachelorhood poring over mathematical tomes and hearkening occasionally to the compelling lure of Caissa. Chess Problem No. 108. By W. A. SHINKMAN. Social Chess Quarterly.
BI.ACK— FOl'R MEN. WHITE—SIX MEN. While to Play and Mate in Two. T AWS’ problem No. 108 is solved by: P-B4.
Raymond W. Lewis has a clarifying analysis of the several replies of Black with the equivalent mating moves by White. He is of the opinion that the prettiest variation comes from 1 . . . PxP en passant; the White Q mating from KKtl. Three points in the fall problem contest are tallied by Guy Smith. Gerald M. Clemence. Stephen J. Kurtz. R. Lewis. Norman Le Roux. William Burko. Reuben Suttkus. George F. Gorham. S. W. Allen. C D Franks. "Gorgonzola." A. G. Dreyer. David H. Sibbet. C. V. Moore and Daniel Breeskin. Emanuel Simpson garners a single. Relative to the triple tie for the Angel Problem Ladder it is hereby proposed that each receive a small bronze medal, suitably engraved, carrying a chess design. R S V P. W F. Cook registers three points on No. 105. Chesspourri. rtMAR KHAYYAM CHESS CLUB of ^ George Washington University entertained at Columbian House recently. The chessists discussed the University Chess League. William Reynolds and Robert Knox are renewing their struggle for the interscholastic chess medal awarded annually by the Central Y. M. C. A. Shortly the District championship tourney will be concluded and Morphyites are favored to cinch the title unless the point basis of scoring is emphasized. This column has said the title would be based on matches won and not points, and also contra.
If Chairman Alexander Sturges will give a final ruling on this, the issue will be closed. But henceforth in future toumej's only the point basis of scoring will be adopted by the M. C. A. It is the only fair way to evaluate a team’s strength. (Copyright. Oct 31, 1937 by Paul Millar.)
