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Chess 20 Apr 1941, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
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CHESS HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chess Editor April 29. 1611 L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1181 Br E. Kubbel : White mates In two. (Wh. 8; ;B1. 6.) L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1184 By L. Telkea White mates in three. (Wh. 11: BL 7.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1179: R-KN. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1180; B-Q5. We received aoliitinns from the following; J. O Dodge. E. P. Elliott (welcome to our ladder.) H. Bruhn, R. Roslln, Rev. P. Prlchard, J. M. Melnhardt, W. C. Nolllng. H. O. MeUser, O. F. Francis. L. Stern, C. P. Ford. A. O Karn, W. Harmon, J. P. Walsh, M. Rudholm. L. Hartman, U Bhep-pard. O. A. Hall, O. B. Oakea, D. Spano iwelcome to our ladder,) J. T. Watson. C. M. Crafton, J. E. Tyler, Dr. R H. Ross. J. H Atherton. D. A. Innes. E. H. Bchadee, A. D. Reynolds 8r., J. Davidson. O. C. Lawson, J. C Drake, W. L. Koethen. R. Gill, H. p, Matosian. rranemenn are Being maoe wim r.n 1 Franeisce lo hold the annual South vs. North matrh at Plsmo Beach Instead of I the usual Ran Luis Obispo. We urge the I northern players lo communicate with as soon as possible. The captain of the southern team la G. S. G. Patterson. All I those elitible who desire la partirlpale In Ihls forthcoming event please communlrale iwith Mr. Patterson b addressing him at ;the headeuarters of the Hollywood Chess Club log North Formosa Ave., m An- s t,,; Cil The mlUh u t0 bt Bu,d cn , Sunday .June 1 , .,, t i.i b mtwa LA8KER MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT j names are progressing for this most In-' Iteresting tournament at the headquarters; 'f'f the Hollywood Chess Group at 10s N. ! Form0!1I Avp Games are being played nightly. The following Is the present stand.) iln(!, f Pi,mi .,h many of the games I unfinished: , W, . oicinrr Borochnw .12 """i" ; uvuan . Kovacs .
Gordon . (Weiss .. I Bel Hoerber Patterson L. I W. L. 0 Dobsevage. 3 '4 8 '.'a 1 iLevin .... 3 3 fl'i l'i Quillen ... 3 9 . q 4 woliston . . 2 1 . 7'4 3'i Meehan ... 2 3 . 7 6 Freedman , 2 5 , f 3 Aronson . . 2 5 . 5'i 1 'j PnlHer ... 2 9 . 5 12 Everett . l'i 11 , 4 2 Henderson 1 4 . 4 8 W.Reinhrdt V4 ft NEW CHESS GROI P A new chess group has started under the leadership of 8. Wolff and Walter Bucky. Every Wednesday night from 8 nm. th Fnlrfat Temole.
525 Fairfav Ave . will be the chess night. Everybody who Is interested to play there la invited to attend. Wolff Th. Australian ( he.s Review, a monthly publication. Twelve ! for t tmay ke erdered dlrerlly.) 1 Bend hi.. Sydney, N.8.W., Australia. BALANCE t tit tj LJt 13 v mm i kuJ LtiJi W Ma iff usa Question, what Is chess? We shall Imagine it for the moment as a pair of scales. White puta his moves in one scale. Black In the other.
Each aims at outweighing his opponent. As long as the balance can be held, nothing is lost. This balancing business ia sometimes quite curious and amusing, sometimes dull, mere technique. We In our aeries win examine various examples. Black: Belavenets.
White: Keres. (Leningrad-Moscow, 1939.) Black lo move. White'a last move was 21. B-N5. Re has two well-placed bishops, and it seems that by undisturbed development he will slowly outweigh Black, who has limited resources to throw Into the scale. But there are more possibilities than appear on the surface. XI. . . . B-RS!f Perhaps not the best, but a subtle and well-timed move to dislodge the White bishop. White cannot reply 22. P-QB4 because of . . . B-N2, trapping the bishop. Nor: 22. KR-N1 because of 22. . . , BxB followed by , . , Q-B5. Again. 22. BxB would yield up the white squares. But White has his move ready. 23. -KJ He Is not afraid of 22. . . . BxB because after 23. PxB the Black QRP Is weak. 32. Q-QB3 Quite a surprise! White has to work out new plana. The blshon cannot be maintained on N5. ,M. Bxu BxQ 24. KR-Nlt SI. K-Bt K-Kt 35.
K-KS F-B4 . P-N4 PxP 3T. KxP R-KM Black la still busy restoring the balance He frees his rook for action now. and exchanges the last pawn on the other wing a wiser poller than simplification If one ia the defending party. UK. P-B5 F-N At first glance 38. . . . R-Nl seems good enougn, as an. k-k is not to be feared (33. , . . K-K3.) Nor. 39. P-Nd. PxP: 40. PxP, K-Q3. But 39. R-R6!, RxPl 40. K-Q5 inuowea oy itxrcn wouta he most unpleas ant as me wnite bp would remain a potential menace with the K-side pawns sun wi inn oeara, SI). PxP RxF 40. R-R7 This rook Is not ss menacing with only a few squares on the seventh rank as It woum us on nniA .... K-Qt 41. K.-QS Resdy to protect the pawn from Bo, ... ' K-Bl ! KsP R-.N'trh If 42. . . . R-N3ch! 43. K-QS. and . RxP Is prohibited because of K-BR. K-Ol R-NS 41. K-B:t R.Nflrh ' K-Nt R-N5ch 4l. K-R5 R.SX! The defending rook has In be readv to check from long range. The balance Is at last restored clearly. The White pawns cannot be left unprotected by the king, who Is unable to escspe then from the vnccKs oi ine oisiant roog. 47. R-RHrh K-NJ 4H. R.R R-Rlch 49. K-N4 R-Nleh Drawn. Here White had lo hold the balance for momeni jo piay 24. H-B2 to save the ki woum nisconnect tne wnite rooks. But now Black must again be on guard, as B-K7 followed by B-Q7 Is an unpleasant threat.
BxP 5. B-KT KR-QB1 2. R-N5? Insures a steady pull for White, but 2fi. B-Q7 gave a chance of overthrowing the balance entirely, eg.; 1H. H-Qll -. R-Bi, B-N.ki .10. R-N5, te. Or S8. . . BxPi 27. R-KI, P-KBt (If 7. . R-Kli 28. RxR. RiBi It. QR-QI ,x-rhanslng rooks, etc.!) ?S. R-KArh, K-RIi JW. BR. RsRi so.
QR.QI and White exchanses rooks and r ruins a pawn, e.s.i Hi. . . . K-Mi 31. R-QHch, RxRi 32. BxR, ete. S. - . R-NJ i. n.oi uk Forces oil one of the unpleasant bishops. " FsB V. F BI White In hlg endeavor to win has built up his O-side pawns as menaces. If 29. RxP.
R-N7. and 30. R-NS ia not satisfactory now because of 30. . , R-N7ch; 31 K-Bl. P-B3! 32. R-BS. R-Nl and the other rook enters also. ?.... RtR 30. RPsP P-KBt! Black has to get counter-chances as quickly as possible The preparatory 30 . . K-Bl; 31. RxP. K-K2: 32. R-R7 and only now . . . P-B4 would he fatal, as 33. P-N. BxP: 34 BxB. PxB: .15 P-N7. R-QN1; 36. P-on followed by R-R9 would easily win for White. 31. RxP If 31. PxP. BxB: 32 PxB. R-Ol; and the White forces are too scattered to be real menace. 51 fi.P St. BxB riB M. R-R Actually leads to the same position ss would K-B2. But While wanta to prevent . . .
P-KB4 for the moment, which would be met by R-KS. If 3.1 K-B2 at once, then 31. . . . P-KB4: 34. K-K3. K-B2: 35. P-N4 PP wlih nearly the same position as in the tame. ....
K-Bl Serlea by I.ajoa Btelner: No, I. iPartlr became to trw drawn I amen are published, nearlr all amateuri are deficient In one of the moil Important department of cheu: that of maintain-Inn the belaiir In equal poult ion . and playina to rentnra "POMtiona that have in them the aerma of defeat. The lum-plea In Ihla aerlee rannot fall ta it i he iud'nt In thta Important department. td ) Let ua nnt ariua Jtmt no about th Follow 3 when.
Gordon . (Weiss .. I Bel Hoerber Patterson L. I W. L. 0 Dobsevage. 3 '4 8 '.'a 1 iLevin .... 3 3 fl'i l'i Quillen ... 3 9 . q 4 woliston . . 2 1 . 7'4 3'i Meehan ... 2 3 . 7 6 Freedman , 2 5 , f 3 Aronson . . 2 5 . 5'i 1 'j PnlHer ... 2 9 . 5 12 Everett . l'i 11 , 4 2 Henderson 1 4 . 4 8 W.Reinhrdt V4 ft NEW CHESS GROI P A new chess group has started under the leadership of 8. Wolff and Walter Bucky. Every Wednesday night from 8 nm. th Fnlrfat Temole.
525 Fairfav Ave . will be the chess night. Everybody who Is interested to play there la invited to attend. Wolff Th. Australian ( he.s Review, a monthly publication. Twelve ! for t tmay ke erdered dlrerlly.) 1 Bend hi.. Sydney, N.8.W., Australia. BALANCE t tit tj LJt 13 v mm i kuJ LtiJi W Ma iff usa Question, what Is chess? We shall Imagine it for the moment as a pair of scales. White puta his moves in one scale. Black In the other.
Each aims at outweighing his opponent. As long as the balance can be held, nothing is lost. This balancing business ia sometimes quite curious and amusing, sometimes dull, mere technique. We In our aeries win examine various examples. Black: Belavenets.
White: Keres. (Leningrad-Moscow, 1939.) Black lo move. White'a last move was 21. B-N5. Re has two well-placed bishops, and it seems that by undisturbed development he will slowly outweigh Black, who has limited resources to throw Into the scale. But there are more possibilities than appear on the surface. XI. . . . B-RS!f Perhaps not the best, but a subtle and well-timed move to dislodge the White bishop. White cannot reply 22. P-QB4 because of . . . B-N2, trapping the bishop. Nor: 22. KR-N1 because of 22. . . , BxB followed by , . , Q-B5. Again. 22. BxB would yield up the white squares. But White has his move ready. 23. -KJ He Is not afraid of 22. . . . BxB because after 23. PxB the Black QRP Is weak. 32. Q-QB3 Quite a surprise! White has to work out new plana. The blshon cannot be maintained on N5. ,M. Bxu BxQ 24. KR-Nlt SI. K-Bt K-Kt 35.
K-KS F-B4 . P-N4 PxP 3T. KxP R-KM Black la still busy restoring the balance He frees his rook for action now. and exchanges the last pawn on the other wing a wiser poller than simplification If one ia the defending party. UK. P-B5 F-N At first glance 38. . . . R-Nl seems good enougn, as an. k-k is not to be feared (33. , . . K-K3.) Nor. 39. P-Nd. PxP: 40. PxP, K-Q3. But 39. R-R6!, RxPl 40. K-Q5 inuowea oy itxrcn wouta he most unpleas ant as me wnite bp would remain a potential menace with the K-side pawns sun wi inn oeara, SI). PxP RxF 40. R-R7 This rook Is not ss menacing with only a few squares on the seventh rank as It woum us on nniA .... K-Qt 41. K.-QS Resdy to protect the pawn from Bo, ... ' K-Bl ! KsP R-.N'trh If 42. . . . R-N3ch! 43. K-QS. and . RxP Is prohibited because of K-BR. K-Ol R-NS 41. K-B:t R.Nflrh ' K-Nt R-N5ch 4l. K-R5 R.SX! The defending rook has In be readv to check from long range. The balance Is at last restored clearly. The White pawns cannot be left unprotected by the king, who Is unable to escspe then from the vnccKs oi ine oisiant roog. 47. R-RHrh K-NJ 4H. R.R R-Rlch 49. K-N4 R-Nleh Drawn. Here White had lo hold the balance for momeni jo piay 24. H-B2 to save the ki woum nisconnect tne wnite rooks. But now Black must again be on guard, as B-K7 followed by B-Q7 Is an unpleasant threat.
BxP 5. B-KT KR-QB1 2. R-N5? Insures a steady pull for White, but 2fi. B-Q7 gave a chance of overthrowing the balance entirely, eg.; 1H. H-Qll -. R-Bi, B-N.ki .10. R-N5, te. Or S8. . . BxPi 27. R-KI, P-KBt (If 7. . R-Kli 28. RxR. RiBi It. QR-QI ,x-rhanslng rooks, etc.!) ?S. R-KArh, K-RIi JW. BR. RsRi so.
QR.QI and White exchanses rooks and r ruins a pawn, e.s.i Hi. . . . K-Mi 31. R-QHch, RxRi 32. BxR, ete. S. - . R-NJ i. n.oi uk Forces oil one of the unpleasant bishops. " FsB V. F BI White In hlg endeavor to win has built up his O-side pawns as menaces. If 29. RxP.
R-N7. and 30. R-NS ia not satisfactory now because of 30. . , R-N7ch; 31 K-Bl. P-B3! 32. R-BS. R-Nl and the other rook enters also. ?.... RtR 30. RPsP P-KBt! Black has to get counter-chances as quickly as possible The preparatory 30 . . K-Bl; 31. RxP. K-K2: 32. R-R7 and only now . . . P-B4 would he fatal, as 33. P-N. BxP: 34 BxB. PxB: .15 P-N7. R-QN1; 36. P-on followed by R-R9 would easily win for White. 31. RxP If 31. PxP. BxB: 32 PxB. R-Ol; and the White forces are too scattered to be real menace. 51 fi.P St. BxB riB M. R-R Actually leads to the same position ss would K-B2. But While wanta to prevent . . .
P-KB4 for the moment, which would be met by R-KS. If 3.1 K-B2 at once, then 31. . . . P-KB4: 34. K-K3. K-B2: 35. P-N4 PP wlih nearly the same position as in the tame. ....
K-Bl Serlea by I.ajoa Btelner: No, I. iPartlr became to trw drawn I amen are published, nearlr all amateuri are deficient In one of the moil Important department of cheu: that of maintain-Inn the belaiir In equal poult ion . and playina to rentnra "POMtiona that have in them the aerma of defeat. The lum-plea In Ihla aerlee rannot fall ta it i he iud'nt In thta Important department. td ) Let ua nnt ariua Jtmt no about th Follow 3 when.
