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Chess 12 Apr 1942, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
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April 13. 1949 L.A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. By P. Bohm 1285 White mates In two. (Wh. 9; Bl. 3.) L.A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1286 By E. Zepler White mates In three. tWh. 7; Bl. 2.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1281: R-R5. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1282: R-QB4.
We received solutions from the following: W. F. Moses, J. O. Dodge, A. S. Lundstedt, J. C. Drake. Rev. P. Prichard." Kosiin, j. Mauenmer. . Hrunn. m. Morris. J. E. Tyler. J. W. Sanders Jr.. C. P. Ford. B. Bushueff. H. P. Matosian. L. Steinberg, G. A. Hall, J. T. Watson, J. Fonseca. J. P. Walsh. O. Francis, L. Lippman. A. O. Karn, M. Rudholm. D. Lehrer. Capt. H. Getr.e, C. B. Collins, A. D. Reynolds Sr., Mrs. F. Tovar. W. C. Nolt-lns. Editor's Note: Due to the fact that there' has been much controversy lo whether! the middle and end-game can be learned,! the writer will publish several master! games rrotn me point wnere ine eomoina- .a.ril Klin-,, umiir, .lie lam. ipior, lie ill combinative plans. Notes are or the well known these columnist "The Hindu"! Kamat. . Br Itamal The joint-authora of "Modern Master' Play have the following instructive arti- cle as a foreword to their pen-sketch of ; masters: Nothing more clearly shows the change that ha. come over the develop-'. ment of the game than the outlook of the leading players In regard to the le ,cJlance 01 ''clc if Black docs queen pawn opening. In our time, the classification of the queen side opening naa undergone a process of simplification. Formerly, they were described as Queen's uambit Declined or Queen s Gambit Accepted as the cases may be: phrases rarely used nowadays.
The late Amos Burn, foreseeing the modern tendency, grouped the variations arising from 1. PQ4 under the comprehensive of "Queen's Pawn Game." The reason for this Is the popularity of the opening and the large number of playable variations discovered, many of which have little in common with the regular gambit declined or accented. It is astonishing, on looking back, that In 1860 Lowenthal lumped all queen's pawn games among the diverse class "irregular." He sjlso described the Four Knights Game as a "sort of irregular Ruy Lopez allied to the Queen's Knight's Game." In those days, the nomenclature seemed to be complete with king's gambits, the Evans and the Ruy Lonex. By far the greater part of the ancient textbooks was occupied in exhaustive analysis of the openings, the queen's side variations being relegated to a few pages at the end. Today, the exact reverse is the case, and Boguljubow, representing continental opinion, summed up 1. PQ4 with the title "The Modern Opening." Progress in chess Is mainly crystallized in the openings. The earlier players appeared to think it a matter of duty or good form to accept every sacrifice offered in the earlier stages of a game, and afterwards In en deavor to retain the material thus gained ai wnatever cost in position. In the King's Gambit, for Instance, after 1. PK4. PK4: 2.
PKB4. PxP: 3. KtKB3, PKKt4 was, as a matter of course, Invariably played, and the more daring Players followed with an attempt to gain more material by PKtS. Develonment of the pieces, as such, was ignored and the result, or course, was that White had many opportunities of routing In a spectacular manner the superior but inactive force of the second player. An old writer on one occasion aptly described this as tne victory or a mobile force over an Inert mass.
The play of today against the King's Gambit tends to secure a balanced and developed game rather than speedy gain of material, with the result that Black has no difficulty in coming out of the opening with a level position. In the first Place, the gambit rn be satisfactorily declined bv mark- h 2 PQ4 or 2. . . . BB4 and. secondly, even when the gambit has been accepted. White In the following game. Black takes far too large a chew: Morphy Anderssen White Black 1-P-K4 2- P-KB4 3- S-KB3 4- P-KR4 5- 8-K5 6- SxSP P-K4 PxP P-KS4 P-S5 S-KB3 SxP Morphy White 7-P-Q3 8-BxP I Anderssen coci'tne aK' n n . . n . ... ih a ST. S'xf r5;6 V?i To "S X. , j vimirasi, mis wnn tne louowing recent Rubinstein Yatesi Rubinstein Yates: Black P-K4 PxP 8-KB3 P-Q4 White 5- PxP 6- SxS 7- P-Q4 i ' SxPi QxS B-K2 i game: n 1 1 P . n . ipkIu 3I5J jjei? 4-S-B3 Indirectly protecting the uambit pawn, mhlch White ennnnt take nn irmimi f the chrck at K5. Black has open game! h his pieces In aood play, and any:"" immediate decisive attack is out of Question. The Evans' gmlt too wa, a favorite.
of i weapon in the hands of the romantie school of chess and considerea one oi m 1. dangerous openings on the board. It wat rnnst.antlv Dracticed for over 50 years. Ail thai oiithnWtipc rnnmrrpri thflt the ad vantage lay with White and this probably still holds good when the gambit ia ex cepted. (To be continued.)
A HISTORIC ENDING Harry N. Pillsbury's success at Hastlngf in 1895 is perhaps the most dramatic in chess history and the ending which gave him the laurels is perhaps as memorable as the "immortal'" and Evergreen "gamea of Adolf Anderson." In fact, Pillsbury playing strength increased as the game progressed from the opening stages w midaame maneuvers and these were suc ceeded by critical endings. In all his games the final winning procedure ia tn logical exploitation of small gains ore-fully accumulated, rather than bolt from the blue: Black: Gunsberg n 4Km .Mil isfci 7i js'ai r 2 a iw 'V White: Pillsbury After 20. . . . B-Q3 The game continued 21. B-Q2. K-Bll 22. B-Kt4. K-K2: 23. B-BS icentraliz tion) 23. , . . P-QR3 (Black: dart not ex change;) 24. P-QK14. P-B3: 25. P-BU4. BxB (in spite of much criticism of thla exchange it must be clear that WhiU would force this by BxB and Kt-B5: 36, KtPxB, KtxKtl (Lasker recommends 25. . . . P-QR4 to avoid the continuation. White Plays, but there Is little doubt that Pillsbury's Ingenuity would have found another line. Now follows a series of magnificent end-game moves;) 27. P-B$ isirengtnening tne center;) . . . p-K.it; 28. Kt-Kt4.
P-QR4; 29. P-B8 (another smashing rejoinder:) 29. . . . K-Q3 tor If PXKt: 30. P-B7!( 30. PxP. KtxP (ttl I oniy move;i ji. imxm, iixtit; jz. f & coci'tne climaxl consisting in the creation of "itwo supported passed pawns:) 32. . . 36. K-Q4, P-R4 (Gunsbert is rattled! K-K2 was better, but even that leads to a fine ending which White wing r-ttie; 3B. PxP. P-R6; 39. K.-B3. F-B4 !40. PxP. P-H4: 41. P-Kt4, -'2. P-RBiQ. : 43 KxQ P-R7: P-KI5; 42. 44. P-KtS. P-R5: 43. P-Kt6. P-Ktfi: 48. PxP. ' rwn r . ftir. r-Ml eic.t queening with check;) 37. PxP. P-R6; 38. K-B4, P-B4; 39. P-Rft, P-B5: 40. i P-R7, resigns.
(From Christian Science Monitor) Capablanca's last great tournament sue any:"" Nottingham. England, in 1B39. the'""4 ne shared first honors with th Soviet champion. M. Botwinnik.
ahead ol Jfoowh Zf PomfromVe'lett ' Euwe. then world champion; Fine and) jReshevsky tied for third. In addition to ouiscoring Alpkhlne. Cansv had the pleasure of defeating him in their Individual encounter. Here is the score.
lAienmne was hardly up to his champion. Uhlp-winnmg or chamnionshlp-regaininc form. dutch defense . i White Black; White Black l-P-04 P-K3l20-Kt-O4 B-02 2- Kt-KB3 P-KB421-QB-B QR-K 3- P-KKt3 Kt-KB3;22-P-OKt4 P-QKt3 4-B-Kt2 B-K2;23-Kl-B3 5-Castles Castles I S4-R-03 B-P-B4 Kt-KS ' 25-PxP 7-Q-Kt3 B-B3 S6-0-Q2 Q-KI27-PNB Kl-B3; 28-RsKt B-Q i 29-OxB P-03 30-QxO Kt-Kir i31-K;-Q2 Kt-R3j,12-P-Kt5 KtP:ii-B4!33-Kt-B KtxKP134-Kt-Kt3 KtxKti.t5-B-B3 B-B3:3-K-B Kt-B8 P-B5(al B-B4 BxR P-B BxR Q-B3 PxQ P-B4 P-QR4 K-B2 K-KI3 R-KJ K-B3 K-KtJ I 8-R-Q io-ki-okis 12-p-qI m-px'p on:in-KKt-Q4 , 17-KtXKt lS-Kt-K'.S o-k2'37-b-q2 j Aiekhine cm this a misconception k"", V-kkti X-e mm "S ofibcltcr samc' DurlB, Alr. Buenos Aires of ub) thisTafior rd'ior'sSliS in,"cn lfrd' Argentine champion.' i. the winner of the interesting game below. 'from this tournament. QUEEN'S PAWN OPENINO re-;&l,m,ard White 1- P-04 2- K1-KB3 3- PxP 4- P-QR3 5- P-B4 6- P-K3 7- P-QK14 8- PxP 9- B-Kt2 10- B-K2 11- CastlPS 12-Kt-B3 TbetKt5,-Q Q-!:B2 is-ki" p-qkm-r-bh Michel lOuimard Black i White P-4j 19-B-Kt4 P-QB4 20-OxB P-K3!21-0-R3 BxPl22-Kt-B5 KI-KB3123-B-Q4 Kt-B3i24-R-B7 B-3i2S-KR-B PxPi26-Kt-RS Castlesl27-P-B5 R-K;2R-RxR Kt-KS 29-KtxPch B-K3!30-BxKt B-Kt;31-B-04 Rch 17-P-B4 '1B-B-R B-02I33-K-B3 Q-OK13I Michel Black BxB Kt-BJ B-Q3 B-B Q-K3 OR-Kt K-a R-K2 Rxa Q-KV K-KJ R-K Q-Kt8cti R-K5 K-a 0-R7ch Resigns.
We received solutions from the following: W. F. Moses, J. O. Dodge, A. S. Lundstedt, J. C. Drake. Rev. P. Prichard." Kosiin, j. Mauenmer. . Hrunn. m. Morris. J. E. Tyler. J. W. Sanders Jr.. C. P. Ford. B. Bushueff. H. P. Matosian. L. Steinberg, G. A. Hall, J. T. Watson, J. Fonseca. J. P. Walsh. O. Francis, L. Lippman. A. O. Karn, M. Rudholm. D. Lehrer. Capt. H. Getr.e, C. B. Collins, A. D. Reynolds Sr., Mrs. F. Tovar. W. C. Nolt-lns. Editor's Note: Due to the fact that there' has been much controversy lo whether! the middle and end-game can be learned,! the writer will publish several master! games rrotn me point wnere ine eomoina- .a.ril Klin-,, umiir, .lie lam. ipior, lie ill combinative plans. Notes are or the well known these columnist "The Hindu"! Kamat. . Br Itamal The joint-authora of "Modern Master' Play have the following instructive arti- cle as a foreword to their pen-sketch of ; masters: Nothing more clearly shows the change that ha. come over the develop-'. ment of the game than the outlook of the leading players In regard to the le ,cJlance 01 ''clc if Black docs queen pawn opening. In our time, the classification of the queen side opening naa undergone a process of simplification. Formerly, they were described as Queen's uambit Declined or Queen s Gambit Accepted as the cases may be: phrases rarely used nowadays.
The late Amos Burn, foreseeing the modern tendency, grouped the variations arising from 1. PQ4 under the comprehensive of "Queen's Pawn Game." The reason for this Is the popularity of the opening and the large number of playable variations discovered, many of which have little in common with the regular gambit declined or accented. It is astonishing, on looking back, that In 1860 Lowenthal lumped all queen's pawn games among the diverse class "irregular." He sjlso described the Four Knights Game as a "sort of irregular Ruy Lopez allied to the Queen's Knight's Game." In those days, the nomenclature seemed to be complete with king's gambits, the Evans and the Ruy Lonex. By far the greater part of the ancient textbooks was occupied in exhaustive analysis of the openings, the queen's side variations being relegated to a few pages at the end. Today, the exact reverse is the case, and Boguljubow, representing continental opinion, summed up 1. PQ4 with the title "The Modern Opening." Progress in chess Is mainly crystallized in the openings. The earlier players appeared to think it a matter of duty or good form to accept every sacrifice offered in the earlier stages of a game, and afterwards In en deavor to retain the material thus gained ai wnatever cost in position. In the King's Gambit, for Instance, after 1. PK4. PK4: 2.
PKB4. PxP: 3. KtKB3, PKKt4 was, as a matter of course, Invariably played, and the more daring Players followed with an attempt to gain more material by PKtS. Develonment of the pieces, as such, was ignored and the result, or course, was that White had many opportunities of routing In a spectacular manner the superior but inactive force of the second player. An old writer on one occasion aptly described this as tne victory or a mobile force over an Inert mass.
The play of today against the King's Gambit tends to secure a balanced and developed game rather than speedy gain of material, with the result that Black has no difficulty in coming out of the opening with a level position. In the first Place, the gambit rn be satisfactorily declined bv mark- h 2 PQ4 or 2. . . . BB4 and. secondly, even when the gambit has been accepted. White In the following game. Black takes far too large a chew: Morphy Anderssen White Black 1-P-K4 2- P-KB4 3- S-KB3 4- P-KR4 5- 8-K5 6- SxSP P-K4 PxP P-KS4 P-S5 S-KB3 SxP Morphy White 7-P-Q3 8-BxP I Anderssen coci'tne aK' n n . . n . ... ih a ST. S'xf r5;6 V?i To "S X. , j vimirasi, mis wnn tne louowing recent Rubinstein Yatesi Rubinstein Yates: Black P-K4 PxP 8-KB3 P-Q4 White 5- PxP 6- SxS 7- P-Q4 i ' SxPi QxS B-K2 i game: n 1 1 P . n . ipkIu 3I5J jjei? 4-S-B3 Indirectly protecting the uambit pawn, mhlch White ennnnt take nn irmimi f the chrck at K5. Black has open game! h his pieces In aood play, and any:"" immediate decisive attack is out of Question. The Evans' gmlt too wa, a favorite.
of i weapon in the hands of the romantie school of chess and considerea one oi m 1. dangerous openings on the board. It wat rnnst.antlv Dracticed for over 50 years. Ail thai oiithnWtipc rnnmrrpri thflt the ad vantage lay with White and this probably still holds good when the gambit ia ex cepted. (To be continued.)
A HISTORIC ENDING Harry N. Pillsbury's success at Hastlngf in 1895 is perhaps the most dramatic in chess history and the ending which gave him the laurels is perhaps as memorable as the "immortal'" and Evergreen "gamea of Adolf Anderson." In fact, Pillsbury playing strength increased as the game progressed from the opening stages w midaame maneuvers and these were suc ceeded by critical endings. In all his games the final winning procedure ia tn logical exploitation of small gains ore-fully accumulated, rather than bolt from the blue: Black: Gunsberg n 4Km .Mil isfci 7i js'ai r 2 a iw 'V White: Pillsbury After 20. . . . B-Q3 The game continued 21. B-Q2. K-Bll 22. B-Kt4. K-K2: 23. B-BS icentraliz tion) 23. , . . P-QR3 (Black: dart not ex change;) 24. P-QK14. P-B3: 25. P-BU4. BxB (in spite of much criticism of thla exchange it must be clear that WhiU would force this by BxB and Kt-B5: 36, KtPxB, KtxKtl (Lasker recommends 25. . . . P-QR4 to avoid the continuation. White Plays, but there Is little doubt that Pillsbury's Ingenuity would have found another line. Now follows a series of magnificent end-game moves;) 27. P-B$ isirengtnening tne center;) . . . p-K.it; 28. Kt-Kt4.
P-QR4; 29. P-B8 (another smashing rejoinder:) 29. . . . K-Q3 tor If PXKt: 30. P-B7!( 30. PxP. KtxP (ttl I oniy move;i ji. imxm, iixtit; jz. f & coci'tne climaxl consisting in the creation of "itwo supported passed pawns:) 32. . . 36. K-Q4, P-R4 (Gunsbert is rattled! K-K2 was better, but even that leads to a fine ending which White wing r-ttie; 3B. PxP. P-R6; 39. K.-B3. F-B4 !40. PxP. P-H4: 41. P-Kt4, -'2. P-RBiQ. : 43 KxQ P-R7: P-KI5; 42. 44. P-KtS. P-R5: 43. P-Kt6. P-Ktfi: 48. PxP. ' rwn r . ftir. r-Ml eic.t queening with check;) 37. PxP. P-R6; 38. K-B4, P-B4; 39. P-Rft, P-B5: 40. i P-R7, resigns.
(From Christian Science Monitor) Capablanca's last great tournament sue any:"" Nottingham. England, in 1B39. the'""4 ne shared first honors with th Soviet champion. M. Botwinnik.
ahead ol Jfoowh Zf PomfromVe'lett ' Euwe. then world champion; Fine and) jReshevsky tied for third. In addition to ouiscoring Alpkhlne. Cansv had the pleasure of defeating him in their Individual encounter. Here is the score.
lAienmne was hardly up to his champion. Uhlp-winnmg or chamnionshlp-regaininc form. dutch defense . i White Black; White Black l-P-04 P-K3l20-Kt-O4 B-02 2- Kt-KB3 P-KB421-QB-B QR-K 3- P-KKt3 Kt-KB3;22-P-OKt4 P-QKt3 4-B-Kt2 B-K2;23-Kl-B3 5-Castles Castles I S4-R-03 B-P-B4 Kt-KS ' 25-PxP 7-Q-Kt3 B-B3 S6-0-Q2 Q-KI27-PNB Kl-B3; 28-RsKt B-Q i 29-OxB P-03 30-QxO Kt-Kir i31-K;-Q2 Kt-R3j,12-P-Kt5 KtP:ii-B4!33-Kt-B KtxKP134-Kt-Kt3 KtxKti.t5-B-B3 B-B3:3-K-B Kt-B8 P-B5(al B-B4 BxR P-B BxR Q-B3 PxQ P-B4 P-QR4 K-B2 K-KI3 R-KJ K-B3 K-KtJ I 8-R-Q io-ki-okis 12-p-qI m-px'p on:in-KKt-Q4 , 17-KtXKt lS-Kt-K'.S o-k2'37-b-q2 j Aiekhine cm this a misconception k"", V-kkti X-e mm "S ofibcltcr samc' DurlB, Alr. Buenos Aires of ub) thisTafior rd'ior'sSliS in,"cn lfrd' Argentine champion.' i. the winner of the interesting game below. 'from this tournament. QUEEN'S PAWN OPENINO re-;&l,m,ard White 1- P-04 2- K1-KB3 3- PxP 4- P-QR3 5- P-B4 6- P-K3 7- P-QK14 8- PxP 9- B-Kt2 10- B-K2 11- CastlPS 12-Kt-B3 TbetKt5,-Q Q-!:B2 is-ki" p-qkm-r-bh Michel lOuimard Black i White P-4j 19-B-Kt4 P-QB4 20-OxB P-K3!21-0-R3 BxPl22-Kt-B5 KI-KB3123-B-Q4 Kt-B3i24-R-B7 B-3i2S-KR-B PxPi26-Kt-RS Castlesl27-P-B5 R-K;2R-RxR Kt-KS 29-KtxPch B-K3!30-BxKt B-Kt;31-B-04 Rch 17-P-B4 '1B-B-R B-02I33-K-B3 Q-OK13I Michel Black BxB Kt-BJ B-Q3 B-B Q-K3 OR-Kt K-a R-K2 Rxa Q-KV K-KJ R-K Q-Kt8cti R-K5 K-a 0-R7ch Resigns.
