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Chess 22 Aug 1943, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
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CHESS BY HERMAN STEINER INTERNATIONAL CHESS MASTER Address All Mail to the Chess Editor Aug. 22, 1943 LA. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1427 By Nicholas Gabor. Cincinnati, O. (1st Pr.) White mates in two. (Wh. 9; Bl. 8 ) L A. TTMES PROBLEM NO. 1428 By Dr. J. Schumrr White mates in three, (Wh. 10; Bl. 9 ) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1423; Q-QBS. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1424; K-B7. We received solutions from the following: J. O DoUe. D. M. Poole. E. H.
Quayle. A. D, Reynolds Sr., J. T, Watson, J. C. Drake, B. Buhue(T, M. Rudholm. J. P. Waish. H. Bruhn, O. A Hail. J. B. Pauikner. F. Aks. L. A. Victor. O O. Galiagher. L. J. Slupko. A. S Wells. D. A. Innea. E H. Schadee. C.
B. Collins. E A. Rosecrans. R. O. Kinssoury. J. W. Gorreli. Mrs. F. Tovar. J. Burk. M. Morris. D. Wells, 8 3. McConneli, W. C. Noltins. J. I. Cramton (welcome to our ladder, )
VENTNOR CITY TOURNEY Martin L. Stark of Washmnton received the prize for the best-piayett same for his victory over Weaver W. Adams of Boston in the sixth round. Below is the full score of the game won by Stark against the Albin Counter gambit, in which Adams had been specializing.
ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT Stark ArSams Stark Adams White Black White Black 1- P-Q4 P-Q4 13-Kt-K5ch KtuKt 2- P-QB4 P-K4 14-PxKt Q-QKt3 3- PxKP P-Q5 15-B-05ci K-K2 4- Kt-K.B3 Kt-B3 16-Q-Q3 R-B 5- P-KK13 B-WB4 17-R-KKt B-B4 6- B-B4 KKt-K2 lB-RxPch K-K T-B-Kt2 Kt-Kt3 19-B-K BxB 8- OKt-Q2 P-B3 20-QxB P-QS 9- PxP KtxB 21-Castleg BxP 10- P-B7ch KxP 22-K-Kt R-3 11- PxKt P-KR3 23-P-KS Resigns 12- Kt-Kt3 Q-03 Another game from the Ventnor City Invitation Tourney is appended.
ZUKERTORT-RETI OPENING suit, was that Black was mated with one piece, and that piece a lone Knight, the only major piece White had left on the board.
Note that Black had two Rooks, two Bishops and a Kninht on the board when meted. This Kame was played in London m 115. the White pieces being manipulated by Atkins, one of the best amateurs of Orrat Britain His victim was Jacobs. This game is taken from "200 Miniature Games of Chess." by J. du Mont, published by David McKay Co, Philadelphia.
DANISH GAMBIT Jacohs Blnck A'kins White 1- P-K4 2- P-P4 3- P-QB3 4- B-OBt 5- K'-B3 6- Casties(a Kt-Q3'b) 7-KtxP KtxB'r' S-R-Klch B-K2 9-Kt-Or Kt-B3 in-B-K'S P-B3 11-R-QB1 P-K14 P-K4 PxP PxP Kt-KB3 KtxP Jacobs PxR IlxKt Atkins Whi'e 12-R:;Kt 13-Kt-K5fd) PvB'ei 14-Q-RVh P-Kl.3 !S-Kt-Bfich 16-KtxKtPdis ch Q-K'?ifl 17-RxQch BsR la-Kt-KSdischK-Qt 1)-Kl-B7ch K-Kl 20- Kt-Ohrh K-Ql 21- O-KSh R.vQ ?2-Kt-B7 and mate u A super-Danish Gambit, offering three pawns. When Atkins goes a-gam-bittinr. which is not often, he gives full measure bi Not a happy thought Now was the time to give uo a pawn by P-B7: 7, QxP. P-Q4. or some such scheme.
Black now gets no share in the play. (ci White has an immense sart in development for hts two pawns. The sacrifice of the Bishop was purely temnorary and eliminates Black s only developed piece, 'di A perfect orgy of sscr fices The main threat, is 14. BxP. PB.
15. J-R3eh, 'e His best chance m As to castle, (ft There Is nothing eUe. NimEo- w-itch White 1- P-K4 2- P-KP4 3- Kt-KB3 4- B-B4 5- fatieS S-OxP 7-P-Q3 B-Kt-B3 9-SxP tNimxo- Neumann i witch Black P-K4 PiP P-KKt4 P-Kt3 PsKt Q-B3 B-Kt2 Kl-Hl Kt-Q5 i White 10- O-P1 11- Kt-Q5 tJ-P-K'i 13- F-KKt"t 14- Kt.B7ch n-BxPch l-0-BVh I7-P-KS mate Neumann Black P-OI C-Ol P-QB3 Q-Q?. QsKt K-02 KtXQ irontlnaM fram last Bnrfa vt'e hare ha! mans inquiries abnut aofviog of nrohlems and are therefore puhlishing the following interesting articles by B. fl.
Laws f rem hit honk rntttlei "Chess Problems and How to Solve Them."
THS BLOCK TWO-MOVER (Continued) Nn V MM Zj3 '-S W-& -2 l i SwJi gJt tSt& " -- A ' i J' -.2.1 I 4s Santasiere Adams Santasiere Adams White Black Whue Black i 1- Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 18-Q-R BxB 2- P-Q4 P-Q4 19-OXB Kt-B3 ! 3- P-KKI3 P-KKf3 20-KR-K G-K2 4- P-OK13 B-Kt.2 21-P-KR4 P-K4 j 5- B-QKt2 P-K3 22-K'.-Kt5 P-B3 j 6- B-KKt2 KKt-K2 23-Kt-K4 B-K3 i 7- Castles Castles 24-Kt-B3 QR-Q 8- eKt-J2 Bt-B4 25-Kt-Q5 BxKt ! 9- P-K3 R-K 26-BxBch K-Kt2 i 10- P-B4 Kt-S3 27-P-R3 Q-02 11- Q-B2 Kt-K2 28-K-K12 Kt-OS 12- P-K4 PxKP 29-R-Q3 Q-QB2 13- KtxP KtxKt 30-R-K4 P-QK14 14- OxKt P-QB4 31-Q-Q2 PxP 15- OR-Q Q-R4 32-PiiP P-QKt lS-Q-Kt R-QKt 33-O-K KS-Q 17-PxP QxBP 34-QRxKt Resigns Stark Hanauer Stark Hanauer White Black white Black i 1- P-Q4 Kt-KB3 20-B-B5 PxP j 2- P-CB4 P-K3 21-BxB PsB 3- KC-KB3 P-G4 22-PxP OxQP 4- Kt-B3 B-K2 23-QR-Q 0-B3 5- B-Kt5 Castles 24-RxR RxR 6- P-K3 P-KR3 25-P-KR3 R-KB 7- B-R4 Kt-K5 26-R-K3 Kt-Kt2 8- BxB QxB 27-0-K2 Kt-B4 9- PxP KtxKt 28-Kt-R3 Q-RSch 10- PxKt PxP 29-K-F2 R-B2 11- Q-Kt3 Q-Q3 30-P-K13 Q-Q5 12- B-Q3 Kt-B3 31-Kt-B4 R-B4 13- CastlesK P-OKt3 32-RxP! KtxR 14- Kt-Q2 B-K3 33-QsKtrh R-B2 15- Q-B2 Kt-R4 34-G-K3ch K-R2') 16- P-K4 PxP 35-QxR OxPch 17- KtxP O-04 36-K-R Q-B3ch 18- KR-IC QR-Q 37-Drawn 19- K.t-K.l3 P-QB4 ia Not 34. . . . R-B; 35. QxRch; 36. Kt-K8ch. The Lons Beach Chess Club has challenged the Los Angeles Chess Club to a 10-board match to be played at the Long Beach club in the Auditorium Building beginning- at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22.
Visitors are welcome.
UNIQUE FINISH This game is rather unique, besides being remarkably interesting. Many times when a brilliant finish has wound up a game it has been the result of an over-sisht or a bad blunder. The sparkling finish of this game is due to White cleverly taking advantage of Black's weakness in graf-bing all that came within reach, with no thought of development. The re- Mata in two moves.
No. 28 has a combination of devices and illustrates in its simple way the remarks just made. On the principle that no move is feaaible which will not interfere with at least one of the mates already prepared, the solver has to exercise some skill in seeing what can be re-Imouished or exchanged. A little thought will convince the solver that the bishop must perform the duty of starting the play The square to which he should be played can here be made without hesitancy. With the field altered by the bishop taking a new station at K8.
plain reasoning will reveal the resultant chances. The rook is liberated, but its control in protective influence is not so great Rs might on a hasty glance be thought. Should it lose its power of interposing at K5 the bishop captures the knight forthwith. This leaves for consideration the other two defenses 1. . . . R-K or BS. In the first. 2. Q-B2 settles matters and in ihe other 2. Kt-Ko, which was the mate Prjvided for in the initial setting, after 1. . . . P-B5. but-changed through the key-move altering the aspect of the attack. In this position ft will be found that though the elements of waiting srrtaesy are present, there is blended a pleasing feature of the attack abandoning one mate for another. It can readily be understood that in a problem of more elaborate and ambitious pretensions, toe effect of a move having the combination of such qualities as described will give much satisfaction.
VENTNOR CITY TOURNEY Martin L. Stark of Washmnton received the prize for the best-piayett same for his victory over Weaver W. Adams of Boston in the sixth round. Below is the full score of the game won by Stark against the Albin Counter gambit, in which Adams had been specializing.
ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT Stark ArSams Stark Adams White Black White Black 1- P-Q4 P-Q4 13-Kt-K5ch KtuKt 2- P-QB4 P-K4 14-PxKt Q-QKt3 3- PxKP P-Q5 15-B-05ci K-K2 4- Kt-K.B3 Kt-B3 16-Q-Q3 R-B 5- P-KK13 B-WB4 17-R-KKt B-B4 6- B-B4 KKt-K2 lB-RxPch K-K T-B-Kt2 Kt-Kt3 19-B-K BxB 8- OKt-Q2 P-B3 20-QxB P-QS 9- PxP KtxB 21-Castleg BxP 10- P-B7ch KxP 22-K-Kt R-3 11- PxKt P-KR3 23-P-KS Resigns 12- Kt-Kt3 Q-03 Another game from the Ventnor City Invitation Tourney is appended.
ZUKERTORT-RETI OPENING suit, was that Black was mated with one piece, and that piece a lone Knight, the only major piece White had left on the board.
Note that Black had two Rooks, two Bishops and a Kninht on the board when meted. This Kame was played in London m 115. the White pieces being manipulated by Atkins, one of the best amateurs of Orrat Britain His victim was Jacobs. This game is taken from "200 Miniature Games of Chess." by J. du Mont, published by David McKay Co, Philadelphia.
DANISH GAMBIT Jacohs Blnck A'kins White 1- P-K4 2- P-P4 3- P-QB3 4- B-OBt 5- K'-B3 6- Casties(a Kt-Q3'b) 7-KtxP KtxB'r' S-R-Klch B-K2 9-Kt-Or Kt-B3 in-B-K'S P-B3 11-R-QB1 P-K14 P-K4 PxP PxP Kt-KB3 KtxP Jacobs PxR IlxKt Atkins Whi'e 12-R:;Kt 13-Kt-K5fd) PvB'ei 14-Q-RVh P-Kl.3 !S-Kt-Bfich 16-KtxKtPdis ch Q-K'?ifl 17-RxQch BsR la-Kt-KSdischK-Qt 1)-Kl-B7ch K-Kl 20- Kt-Ohrh K-Ql 21- O-KSh R.vQ ?2-Kt-B7 and mate u A super-Danish Gambit, offering three pawns. When Atkins goes a-gam-bittinr. which is not often, he gives full measure bi Not a happy thought Now was the time to give uo a pawn by P-B7: 7, QxP. P-Q4. or some such scheme.
Black now gets no share in the play. (ci White has an immense sart in development for hts two pawns. The sacrifice of the Bishop was purely temnorary and eliminates Black s only developed piece, 'di A perfect orgy of sscr fices The main threat, is 14. BxP. PB.
15. J-R3eh, 'e His best chance m As to castle, (ft There Is nothing eUe. NimEo- w-itch White 1- P-K4 2- P-KP4 3- Kt-KB3 4- B-B4 5- fatieS S-OxP 7-P-Q3 B-Kt-B3 9-SxP tNimxo- Neumann i witch Black P-K4 PiP P-KKt4 P-Kt3 PsKt Q-B3 B-Kt2 Kl-Hl Kt-Q5 i White 10- O-P1 11- Kt-Q5 tJ-P-K'i 13- F-KKt"t 14- Kt.B7ch n-BxPch l-0-BVh I7-P-KS mate Neumann Black P-OI C-Ol P-QB3 Q-Q?. QsKt K-02 KtXQ irontlnaM fram last Bnrfa vt'e hare ha! mans inquiries abnut aofviog of nrohlems and are therefore puhlishing the following interesting articles by B. fl.
Laws f rem hit honk rntttlei "Chess Problems and How to Solve Them."
THS BLOCK TWO-MOVER (Continued) Nn V MM Zj3 '-S W-& -2 l i SwJi gJt tSt& " -- A ' i J' -.2.1 I 4s Santasiere Adams Santasiere Adams White Black Whue Black i 1- Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 18-Q-R BxB 2- P-Q4 P-Q4 19-OXB Kt-B3 ! 3- P-KKI3 P-KKf3 20-KR-K G-K2 4- P-OK13 B-Kt.2 21-P-KR4 P-K4 j 5- B-QKt2 P-K3 22-K'.-Kt5 P-B3 j 6- B-KKt2 KKt-K2 23-Kt-K4 B-K3 i 7- Castles Castles 24-Kt-B3 QR-Q 8- eKt-J2 Bt-B4 25-Kt-Q5 BxKt ! 9- P-K3 R-K 26-BxBch K-Kt2 i 10- P-B4 Kt-S3 27-P-R3 Q-02 11- Q-B2 Kt-K2 28-K-K12 Kt-OS 12- P-K4 PxKP 29-R-Q3 Q-QB2 13- KtxP KtxKt 30-R-K4 P-QK14 14- OxKt P-QB4 31-Q-Q2 PxP 15- OR-Q Q-R4 32-PiiP P-QKt lS-Q-Kt R-QKt 33-O-K KS-Q 17-PxP QxBP 34-QRxKt Resigns Stark Hanauer Stark Hanauer White Black white Black i 1- P-Q4 Kt-KB3 20-B-B5 PxP j 2- P-CB4 P-K3 21-BxB PsB 3- KC-KB3 P-G4 22-PxP OxQP 4- Kt-B3 B-K2 23-QR-Q 0-B3 5- B-Kt5 Castles 24-RxR RxR 6- P-K3 P-KR3 25-P-KR3 R-KB 7- B-R4 Kt-K5 26-R-K3 Kt-Kt2 8- BxB QxB 27-0-K2 Kt-B4 9- PxP KtxKt 28-Kt-R3 Q-RSch 10- PxKt PxP 29-K-F2 R-B2 11- Q-Kt3 Q-Q3 30-P-K13 Q-Q5 12- B-Q3 Kt-B3 31-Kt-B4 R-B4 13- CastlesK P-OKt3 32-RxP! KtxR 14- Kt-Q2 B-K3 33-QsKtrh R-B2 15- Q-B2 Kt-R4 34-G-K3ch K-R2') 16- P-K4 PxP 35-QxR OxPch 17- KtxP O-04 36-K-R Q-B3ch 18- KR-IC QR-Q 37-Drawn 19- K.t-K.l3 P-QB4 ia Not 34. . . . R-B; 35. QxRch; 36. Kt-K8ch. The Lons Beach Chess Club has challenged the Los Angeles Chess Club to a 10-board match to be played at the Long Beach club in the Auditorium Building beginning- at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22.
Visitors are welcome.
UNIQUE FINISH This game is rather unique, besides being remarkably interesting. Many times when a brilliant finish has wound up a game it has been the result of an over-sisht or a bad blunder. The sparkling finish of this game is due to White cleverly taking advantage of Black's weakness in graf-bing all that came within reach, with no thought of development. The re- Mata in two moves.
No. 28 has a combination of devices and illustrates in its simple way the remarks just made. On the principle that no move is feaaible which will not interfere with at least one of the mates already prepared, the solver has to exercise some skill in seeing what can be re-Imouished or exchanged. A little thought will convince the solver that the bishop must perform the duty of starting the play The square to which he should be played can here be made without hesitancy. With the field altered by the bishop taking a new station at K8.
plain reasoning will reveal the resultant chances. The rook is liberated, but its control in protective influence is not so great Rs might on a hasty glance be thought. Should it lose its power of interposing at K5 the bishop captures the knight forthwith. This leaves for consideration the other two defenses 1. . . . R-K or BS. In the first. 2. Q-B2 settles matters and in ihe other 2. Kt-Ko, which was the mate Prjvided for in the initial setting, after 1. . . . P-B5. but-changed through the key-move altering the aspect of the attack. In this position ft will be found that though the elements of waiting srrtaesy are present, there is blended a pleasing feature of the attack abandoning one mate for another. It can readily be understood that in a problem of more elaborate and ambitious pretensions, toe effect of a move having the combination of such qualities as described will give much satisfaction.
