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Chess 26 Sep 1937, Sun Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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BY PAUL J. MILLER. JR.. Amrrica't Authority on Social Chest. Anticipating the demand of the membership of the Washington Social Chess Divan for abundant chess competition during the Fall season, Simon Naidel, tournament director, in hearty accord with Norval Wigginton. chess director, has devised a special 3-point tournament activity. New and old members may participate; tourneys begin October 6 at 8 pm.. Parkside Hotel, and in addition to the honor of winning placement positions tourney victors will receive some special award of commendation. Arrange your engagements now so as to compete in the tournament activity.
Director Naigcl explains the play as follows; 1. A Major Tournament for the Chess Championship of the Divan. Eligible for the major fray are Anton Y. Hesse, C. C. Bettinger, Simon Naidel, Carl Hesse, Abe Seidenberg and the winner of the single-round robin tourney between the leaders of the quintet team matches, A. B, C and D, to be completed this week. The major tournament will be a double-round robbin, each, player having a schedule of 10 games. 2. A Minor Tournament.
This will be conducted simultaneously with the major tournament. Any active member of the Divan may enter this tourney. 3. The determination of the respective strength of the members of the Divan through the above two tournaments, to be modified by match play, in the following mariner; A master tournament bulletin board will be prepared and displayed in the club room of the Divan, giving the relative playing strength of all participants in the mentioned tournaments. Players will be segregated into three groups, A, B and C.
All players in the Major Tournament who make at least one-third of the total number of possible points will be eligible for Group A. The remaining plays will drop automatically into Group B. The order of strength of the players in Group A will be determined by the result of the Major Tournament, so that the winner will become No. 1 in Group A; runner-up, No. 2, etc.
All players in the Minor Tournament who score at least one-third of the total number of possible points will be eligible for Group B. The remaining players will drop to Group C. . Advancement from Group C to B to A may be achieved by the individual player through challenge play. Advancement within a group may be by the ladder method of contesting with the next ranking player.
Progress by Open Challenge. A FTER the Major and Minor Tournaments have resulted In the formation of the three playing groups, I A, B and C, with players in these re- ; spective groups enjoying a ranking position according to their individual score in either tournament, then the relative strength of the respective ! players will be changed thereafter on j the basis of intragroup play and inter- j group competition. For example, if a player who placed ] No. 6 in Group C wants to advance ahead of No. 5 player in his group, he must challenge Player No. 5 and in a three-game series win two out of three points in order to displace him. In like manner advancement by open challenge may be made within Group A and Group B. If the player heading Group B wants to be promoted to Group A he must challenge the bottom player in th? Group A ladder and in a five-game series win three out of five points. However, the successful challenger will not move ahead of the player whom he has defeated, but will be ranked next below that player in Group 1 A so that the standing of the defeated Group A player will remain unchanged (until by intragroup play the new Group A player displaces him). In like manner advancement by open challenge may be made from Group C to Group B by the No. 1 player in Group C. If, after qualifying for Group A or Group B a player wishes to advance within the respective group, he must challenge the next ranking player lor j a regular three-game series, as alreadyexplained. If a challenge match is lost, a period ! of three months must elapse before j the same player may challenge again the next ranking player in his particular group's ladder. Chess Problem No. 101.
(Angel Chess Ladder Only.) By M. HAVEL. Czechoslovakia. Courtesy of Chess Review. BLACK—2 MEN. White to Play and Mate in Five. PROBLEM No. 94 by Funk yields to: Kt-Kt7. Ladderites scoring three points each tor this problem, in addition to the names listed last Sunday, are W. F. Cook, Robert R. de Masi, "Gorgonzola" (anonymous solver who explains that he is good and his pseudonym literally means * big piece of cheese”; an apt alias, indeed!) Heinz Johannsen, Charles A. Carrico, Gerald M. Clemence, August Wolfgram.
George F. Gorham and Janet Booth (No. 93 is correct also). Marguerite Owens scores one point on No. 94.
Correct solutions arrive from Paul M Hodges. Janet Booth, and Sergt. Alton O. Coppage. Carnages two-mover problem No. Additional ladderites who score three points on this problem include Carles A Carrico. A. G. Dreyer. •Gorgonzola" (your identity will be rrvealed unless you follow up our recent telephone conversation* E W. Allen. Janet Booth (she is good!* George F. Gorharr.. Heinz Johannsen (fine work but improve your grasp of problem notation* Paul M. Hodees. William Burko. Gerald M. Clemence. Gu.v Smith (shame on you for sending such a verse» W F. Cook J. E. Cowling. Stephen J. Kurtz. Henry Lvbrand. David H. Sibber, with one point, being tallied by Gibbs Myers. August Wolfgram Max L. Levy ithere isn't any Edward Lasker notation acceptable to any chess student) and Marguerite Owens. Problem No. 97 by Havel, another fivemover ends thus: 1 Q-R\\ KxP: *2 Q-Kt.’t. P-Q 4; :t KxP. P-Q.V 4 Kt-B4 or if 1 PxP: KxP. P-B.V It K-B«. T B'i 4 Kt-B4 Correct solutions come from the veterans—A C. Dreyer E. W. Allen ( th - is the most difficult miniature I ever solved") and Sergt. Alton Coppaae (whether you go South or not keep up with the gane by reading this column each week in The Sunday Star). Chess Problem No. 102. (Fall Problem Contest.) By A. ELLERMAN. Chess Review. BLACK—8 MEN. 1 WHITE—10 MEN. White to Move and Mate in Two.. YVAINWRIGHTS two-mover, problem No. 98, responds to: Q-Kt3. Ladderites to register three points as the early mail is opened number David H. Sibbet, Paul Hodges. Reuben Sutt- kus, C. D. Franks, Norman LeRoux, August Wolfgram, William Burko, Dr. A. L. Phillips, Emanuel Simpson, W. F. Cook, Raymond W. Lewis, Daniel Breeskin, A. G. Dreyer, Guy Smith and Jack E. Cowling. Melvin Bers, Gibbs Myers, Henry Lybrand. Clara Louise Safford and Heinz Johannsen garner a single point each.
Pick up station WNYC at 11:45 this morning for a chess broadcast. (Copyright, September 25, 1937, by Paul Miller.).
Director Naigcl explains the play as follows; 1. A Major Tournament for the Chess Championship of the Divan. Eligible for the major fray are Anton Y. Hesse, C. C. Bettinger, Simon Naidel, Carl Hesse, Abe Seidenberg and the winner of the single-round robin tourney between the leaders of the quintet team matches, A. B, C and D, to be completed this week. The major tournament will be a double-round robbin, each, player having a schedule of 10 games. 2. A Minor Tournament.
This will be conducted simultaneously with the major tournament. Any active member of the Divan may enter this tourney. 3. The determination of the respective strength of the members of the Divan through the above two tournaments, to be modified by match play, in the following mariner; A master tournament bulletin board will be prepared and displayed in the club room of the Divan, giving the relative playing strength of all participants in the mentioned tournaments. Players will be segregated into three groups, A, B and C.
All players in the Major Tournament who make at least one-third of the total number of possible points will be eligible for Group A. The remaining plays will drop automatically into Group B. The order of strength of the players in Group A will be determined by the result of the Major Tournament, so that the winner will become No. 1 in Group A; runner-up, No. 2, etc.
All players in the Minor Tournament who score at least one-third of the total number of possible points will be eligible for Group B. The remaining players will drop to Group C. . Advancement from Group C to B to A may be achieved by the individual player through challenge play. Advancement within a group may be by the ladder method of contesting with the next ranking player.
Progress by Open Challenge. A FTER the Major and Minor Tournaments have resulted In the formation of the three playing groups, I A, B and C, with players in these re- ; spective groups enjoying a ranking position according to their individual score in either tournament, then the relative strength of the respective ! players will be changed thereafter on j the basis of intragroup play and inter- j group competition. For example, if a player who placed ] No. 6 in Group C wants to advance ahead of No. 5 player in his group, he must challenge Player No. 5 and in a three-game series win two out of three points in order to displace him. In like manner advancement by open challenge may be made within Group A and Group B. If the player heading Group B wants to be promoted to Group A he must challenge the bottom player in th? Group A ladder and in a five-game series win three out of five points. However, the successful challenger will not move ahead of the player whom he has defeated, but will be ranked next below that player in Group 1 A so that the standing of the defeated Group A player will remain unchanged (until by intragroup play the new Group A player displaces him). In like manner advancement by open challenge may be made from Group C to Group B by the No. 1 player in Group C. If, after qualifying for Group A or Group B a player wishes to advance within the respective group, he must challenge the next ranking player lor j a regular three-game series, as alreadyexplained. If a challenge match is lost, a period ! of three months must elapse before j the same player may challenge again the next ranking player in his particular group's ladder. Chess Problem No. 101.
(Angel Chess Ladder Only.) By M. HAVEL. Czechoslovakia. Courtesy of Chess Review. BLACK—2 MEN. White to Play and Mate in Five. PROBLEM No. 94 by Funk yields to: Kt-Kt7. Ladderites scoring three points each tor this problem, in addition to the names listed last Sunday, are W. F. Cook, Robert R. de Masi, "Gorgonzola" (anonymous solver who explains that he is good and his pseudonym literally means * big piece of cheese”; an apt alias, indeed!) Heinz Johannsen, Charles A. Carrico, Gerald M. Clemence, August Wolfgram.
George F. Gorham and Janet Booth (No. 93 is correct also). Marguerite Owens scores one point on No. 94.
Correct solutions arrive from Paul M Hodges. Janet Booth, and Sergt. Alton O. Coppage. Carnages two-mover problem No. Additional ladderites who score three points on this problem include Carles A Carrico. A. G. Dreyer. •Gorgonzola" (your identity will be rrvealed unless you follow up our recent telephone conversation* E W. Allen. Janet Booth (she is good!* George F. Gorharr.. Heinz Johannsen (fine work but improve your grasp of problem notation* Paul M. Hodees. William Burko. Gerald M. Clemence. Gu.v Smith (shame on you for sending such a verse» W F. Cook J. E. Cowling. Stephen J. Kurtz. Henry Lvbrand. David H. Sibber, with one point, being tallied by Gibbs Myers. August Wolfgram Max L. Levy ithere isn't any Edward Lasker notation acceptable to any chess student) and Marguerite Owens. Problem No. 97 by Havel, another fivemover ends thus: 1 Q-R\\ KxP: *2 Q-Kt.’t. P-Q 4; :t KxP. P-Q.V 4 Kt-B4 or if 1 PxP: KxP. P-B.V It K-B«. T B'i 4 Kt-B4 Correct solutions come from the veterans—A C. Dreyer E. W. Allen ( th - is the most difficult miniature I ever solved") and Sergt. Alton Coppaae (whether you go South or not keep up with the gane by reading this column each week in The Sunday Star). Chess Problem No. 102. (Fall Problem Contest.) By A. ELLERMAN. Chess Review. BLACK—8 MEN. 1 WHITE—10 MEN. White to Move and Mate in Two.. YVAINWRIGHTS two-mover, problem No. 98, responds to: Q-Kt3. Ladderites to register three points as the early mail is opened number David H. Sibbet, Paul Hodges. Reuben Sutt- kus, C. D. Franks, Norman LeRoux, August Wolfgram, William Burko, Dr. A. L. Phillips, Emanuel Simpson, W. F. Cook, Raymond W. Lewis, Daniel Breeskin, A. G. Dreyer, Guy Smith and Jack E. Cowling. Melvin Bers, Gibbs Myers, Henry Lybrand. Clara Louise Safford and Heinz Johannsen garner a single point each.
Pick up station WNYC at 11:45 this morning for a chess broadcast. (Copyright, September 25, 1937, by Paul Miller.).
