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Chess 01 Dec 1940, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
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CHESS Dec. 1, 1940 L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1143 By C. S. Kipping, White mates In two. (Wh. 5; Bl. 7.) L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1144 Br L. Roberts White mates In three. (Wh. 7; Bl. 8.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1139: Q-QKtl. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1140: R-Q7. W received solutions from the following; J. O. Dodge. C. P. Ford. L. Sheppard. D. A. Innes, H. P. Matosian. W. E. Balkoff Searl. M. Rud- 1. ." Mrt- Sr., J. M. Meinhardt. J. C. Drake. W. Har-i nviHnn R. D. Weaver, Fonseca, j. p. waish, w. c. Noitmg (wei- Icome to our ladder.) E. L. Danielis, R. A. 'Seyfarth (welcome to our ladder,) Dr, F. B. Sheldon CLUB WEWS The Hollywood Chess Croup announces a lecture and simultaneous exhibition by Herman Steiner, International master, every Wednesday at 8 p.m., 108 N. Formosa Ave. Reservations may be made by calling WEbster 8817, CAUPORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Preparations are being made by the Hollywood Chess Group for the forthcoming annual State championship tournament to be held between. Christmas and New Year. Prospective participants should announce their Intention to play by writing or phoning Herman Steiner." We would like to hear from out-of-town players.
CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS CHESS LITERATURE In answer to the many requests, the writer is publishing a list of inexpensive books, all of which may be ordered through the writer, by sending check or money order. Keres' Best Games, $1.75; Warsaw Inter national Team Tournament, 1935, $2; Or. Lasker's Chess Career, $2.50; The Element of Combination play in Chess, $1.50; Cam. bridge Spring International Tournament, 1904, $1.50; Colle'i Chess Masterpieces, $1.50; Your Chess Champion, $1: Chess Combination and Traps, 75c; Among These Mates, 75c: Modern Chess Opening, $2.50: The Game of Chess, $4, and many others. There will be an exhibition of fine Chess sets and boards at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa, visitors are welcome.
Walter T. James (4133 Tyler St.. Sioux City, Iowa.) is the secretary-tournament director of the Correspondence Chess League of America. He is also an active member of the league, as his victory below proves. Interested readers can become mem bers of the league for $3 a year. $1 of which Is for subscription to the Chess Correspondent, a magazine devoted to leegue news, games by the members, news notes and a problem section by Geonrey Mott-Smith. Fred Relnfeld and other stars are frequent contributors. FRENCH DEFENSE James While 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- N-QB3 4- P-K5 5- Q-N4 6- N-B3 7- B-Q2 8- P-OR3 9- BxB 10- Q-B4 11- NxN 12- BxP 13- B-Q3 U-OO The lorr, Meyer James Meyer Black White Black P-K3 15-OR-QB1 B-B3 P-04 18-Q-N3 N-B2 B-N5 17-P-KB4 P-KR4 P-OB4 18-KR-Ki P-RH K-Bl 19-0-K3 . P-QN3 N-QB3 20-P-B4 Q-02 Q-N3 21-B-B3 R-R3 BxN 22-BxP! , PxR N-R3 23-P-Kfi O-Kl NxOP 24-Q-04I R-N3 PxN 25-PxP B-N2 Q-B2 26-B-N4 4- K-Nl B-Q2 27-R-B7! N-Ql P-B4I28-B-B3I! Resigns M. O. Meyer, halls from Sacramento, Cel. The following encounter was played tn a Correspondence Chess League of America team match between Milton Flnkef". stein, the C.CN.Y. chess team captain, and E F.. Johnson of Cleveland. HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all moil to Chess Editor CARO-KANN Fmkelstein IJnhnson Pinltelstein Black White Black P-B3 1 18-P-KN3 P-B4 P-04 1 19-P-B4 P-B3 PxP I20-NIK31-Q1 P-QRt Jnhnson White 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- PxP 4- P-QB4 5- N-QB3 6- B-KN5 7- BsN 8- NxP 9- Q-K2 10- NxO 11- P-OR3(b) 12- N-K3 13- P-O1) 14- N-QB3 15- R-ON1 16- B-K2 N-KB3 lai-KR-Kl K-BJ N-B3 122-N-K3 R-K2 Q-N3!? I23-N-B2 R(RH-K1 KPxB 24-B-B3 P-KN4 QxNP !25-RxR'c) RxR QxQ I26-N-K2 N-K5 K-Ol !27-K-G3(d) P-N4I B-K3 !28-N-K3(e) PxP N-R4 j29-NxQBP B-N4(f B-Q2 I30-R-N2ig) N-B4 ! N-N6! I31-K-Q4 N-R5! N-B4 132-NxBlh) KxW B-03 133-RxBUI PxB R-Kl '34-Resigns 17-K-Q2 ial if fl N-B7i. K-Ol: 10. NuR Tt-NS 4-I 11. Q-Q2.
Qxq mate. If 9. R-Nl. OxRP; 10. N-B7 . K-Ql; 11. NxR. B-N5 ; 12. RxB, NxR; 13. B-Q3, R-K1 . (b) To stop the threat of N-N5. (c) 25. B-R5 loses the KB pawn. (d 27. BxN, RxB would lose a pawn. After the actual move Biack is able to initiate a winning attack.. (e) If 28. FxQN'P. BxP and wins tba exchange. (fi Threatening BxN -t and N-Q7 4-. (g) Temporarily avoiding the threats pf BxN and N-B4-r, P-NS and Black wins piece. (hi If the rook moves, then B-B4 followed -by R-K6. wins a piece, ill Otherwise P-N5 wins a piece. The notes are those of the winner. CARO-KANN Sussman Finkelst'n IStissman Finkelst'n ... Black Nxrt QR-Ql R-02 PxP BxB KR-Ql White Black I White I 1-P-K4 P-B3!l4-K-Rl I 2-P-04 P-Q4 ! 15-CiPN 3- N-QB3 PxP ' 1-P-QN"3 4- NxP ON-2:l"-P-B5 5- P-OB3 KN-KB3 1 18-BxP fi-B-03 N:NM-RxB 7- BxN N-B3!2n-B-N5 8- B-B2 P-KN3i21-R-KBl 9- N-B3 B-N2122-Q-N4 10- O-O 0-0'23-C)P 11- N-K5 B-K?j24-Q-NS 12- Q-K2 Q-N3l25-IixP 13- P-KB4 N-Q2' Q-B4 R-O P-KR4 P-B3 Px Resign Here ii a cute "sparkler." DANISH GAMBIT S. Kesten White 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- P-QB3 4- B-QB4 5- BxNP 6- N-Q2 7- N-B3 8- NxB Trltch Biack P-K4 PxP PxP PxP B-N5 Q-N4 BxN4- exp S. Kestcn White 9-Q-N3!? 10- K-K2 11- BXP 12- N-B3 13- B-R5 14- Q-KS!! 15- B-R3 t 16- BxP Trltch Black QxR --N7 K-Bl N-KRJ R-KNl PxQ P-B4 Mate! The following is taken frem March at the Australian Chess Review, a monthly pyblication. Twelve issues for J (may be ordered directly) 1 Bond St Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, I'NCIE JACOBOVITCH HOLDS COl'BT By Laios Sterner "1, XAi-A fc.-MT fo m " ft Tl ft W i 1. P-RS P-N 2. N-B5 B-BL J. B, : Don't be distressed, little master. Let us try If White does noi force tha center immediately, hoping to get something out of the K-side after all, he givef the initiative to Black. , , 8. P-R . After 1. P-R5. P-N4; 2. N-B5. B-Bl.
8. . . . P-at: Black has a fixed line to follow on p-slde. Therefore his play is to nejriva White of chances. tFlrst by playing P-N4, Jeopardizing White's hope for an opening there, and now taking his other possibiu ties of breaking through the center.) 4. PxP ... If P-B4. then similar play to what w have already seen 4. . . . BPsP 5. Q-B4 R-Bt . Q-RS Q-KB'J . Freeing the knight. The white QRP and QP are very weak. The co-operation between his rooka is very limited. J. B.: Uncle Jacobovitch. you are wasting your time on a lost cause. It is futila to look for something in a position Hk this. One can decide It without actually any annotations, by pure theory; This position is not a position of surprises. Actually, everything Is balanced here and has its cowiterweights.
The kings nava similar positions. At the K-slde a whita pawn-march would be evaded by a black pawn move preventing an opening. Tha center has counterchances. Only the black rooks are superior and there H no counter against, the black QN-file. If there were any counterchance at all for White, it would ' lie in playing P-N5 at a suitable moment, sacrificing perhaps a pawn.
That would give him a certain opening on tha K-sldc. But that he has to prepare first; he has to bring his rooks and aueett into position to take advantage of the files thus opened. But White has no time for such action; anybody can see that, as tha black attack on the other side is In progress. I am very sorry, little master, sincerely sorry, having unintentionally given you such an unworthy task. If you excuse me, I am not Interested in the position any more and advise you not to attempt to try the position any more and, advise you not to attempt to try the Position again with 1. R-R2. Oood night, gentlemen. U. J.: I think he was right for onre. It was an uneventful evening and I got tired.
If you wish, gentlemen, make e search of the possibility, 1. R-R2, followed by 2. QR-'Rl. Or 1, QR-N1 with the object of pushln through PN5, But I have to be going now. Takes his hat, umbrella and, wagging; his head, reiterates: "An unpleasant pnsi-tion should not have tackled it," while he traces his way to the door.
CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS CHESS LITERATURE In answer to the many requests, the writer is publishing a list of inexpensive books, all of which may be ordered through the writer, by sending check or money order. Keres' Best Games, $1.75; Warsaw Inter national Team Tournament, 1935, $2; Or. Lasker's Chess Career, $2.50; The Element of Combination play in Chess, $1.50; Cam. bridge Spring International Tournament, 1904, $1.50; Colle'i Chess Masterpieces, $1.50; Your Chess Champion, $1: Chess Combination and Traps, 75c; Among These Mates, 75c: Modern Chess Opening, $2.50: The Game of Chess, $4, and many others. There will be an exhibition of fine Chess sets and boards at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa, visitors are welcome.
Walter T. James (4133 Tyler St.. Sioux City, Iowa.) is the secretary-tournament director of the Correspondence Chess League of America. He is also an active member of the league, as his victory below proves. Interested readers can become mem bers of the league for $3 a year. $1 of which Is for subscription to the Chess Correspondent, a magazine devoted to leegue news, games by the members, news notes and a problem section by Geonrey Mott-Smith. Fred Relnfeld and other stars are frequent contributors. FRENCH DEFENSE James While 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- N-QB3 4- P-K5 5- Q-N4 6- N-B3 7- B-Q2 8- P-OR3 9- BxB 10- Q-B4 11- NxN 12- BxP 13- B-Q3 U-OO The lorr, Meyer James Meyer Black White Black P-K3 15-OR-QB1 B-B3 P-04 18-Q-N3 N-B2 B-N5 17-P-KB4 P-KR4 P-OB4 18-KR-Ki P-RH K-Bl 19-0-K3 . P-QN3 N-QB3 20-P-B4 Q-02 Q-N3 21-B-B3 R-R3 BxN 22-BxP! , PxR N-R3 23-P-Kfi O-Kl NxOP 24-Q-04I R-N3 PxN 25-PxP B-N2 Q-B2 26-B-N4 4- K-Nl B-Q2 27-R-B7! N-Ql P-B4I28-B-B3I! Resigns M. O. Meyer, halls from Sacramento, Cel. The following encounter was played tn a Correspondence Chess League of America team match between Milton Flnkef". stein, the C.CN.Y. chess team captain, and E F.. Johnson of Cleveland. HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all moil to Chess Editor CARO-KANN Fmkelstein IJnhnson Pinltelstein Black White Black P-B3 1 18-P-KN3 P-B4 P-04 1 19-P-B4 P-B3 PxP I20-NIK31-Q1 P-QRt Jnhnson White 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- PxP 4- P-QB4 5- N-QB3 6- B-KN5 7- BsN 8- NxP 9- Q-K2 10- NxO 11- P-OR3(b) 12- N-K3 13- P-O1) 14- N-QB3 15- R-ON1 16- B-K2 N-KB3 lai-KR-Kl K-BJ N-B3 122-N-K3 R-K2 Q-N3!? I23-N-B2 R(RH-K1 KPxB 24-B-B3 P-KN4 QxNP !25-RxR'c) RxR QxQ I26-N-K2 N-K5 K-Ol !27-K-G3(d) P-N4I B-K3 !28-N-K3(e) PxP N-R4 j29-NxQBP B-N4(f B-Q2 I30-R-N2ig) N-B4 ! N-N6! I31-K-Q4 N-R5! N-B4 132-NxBlh) KxW B-03 133-RxBUI PxB R-Kl '34-Resigns 17-K-Q2 ial if fl N-B7i. K-Ol: 10. NuR Tt-NS 4-I 11. Q-Q2.
Qxq mate. If 9. R-Nl. OxRP; 10. N-B7 . K-Ql; 11. NxR. B-N5 ; 12. RxB, NxR; 13. B-Q3, R-K1 . (b) To stop the threat of N-N5. (c) 25. B-R5 loses the KB pawn. (d 27. BxN, RxB would lose a pawn. After the actual move Biack is able to initiate a winning attack.. (e) If 28. FxQN'P. BxP and wins tba exchange. (fi Threatening BxN -t and N-Q7 4-. (g) Temporarily avoiding the threats pf BxN and N-B4-r, P-NS and Black wins piece. (hi If the rook moves, then B-B4 followed -by R-K6. wins a piece, ill Otherwise P-N5 wins a piece. The notes are those of the winner. CARO-KANN Sussman Finkelst'n IStissman Finkelst'n ... Black Nxrt QR-Ql R-02 PxP BxB KR-Ql White Black I White I 1-P-K4 P-B3!l4-K-Rl I 2-P-04 P-Q4 ! 15-CiPN 3- N-QB3 PxP ' 1-P-QN"3 4- NxP ON-2:l"-P-B5 5- P-OB3 KN-KB3 1 18-BxP fi-B-03 N:NM-RxB 7- BxN N-B3!2n-B-N5 8- B-B2 P-KN3i21-R-KBl 9- N-B3 B-N2122-Q-N4 10- O-O 0-0'23-C)P 11- N-K5 B-K?j24-Q-NS 12- Q-K2 Q-N3l25-IixP 13- P-KB4 N-Q2' Q-B4 R-O P-KR4 P-B3 Px Resign Here ii a cute "sparkler." DANISH GAMBIT S. Kesten White 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- P-QB3 4- B-QB4 5- BxNP 6- N-Q2 7- N-B3 8- NxB Trltch Biack P-K4 PxP PxP PxP B-N5 Q-N4 BxN4- exp S. Kestcn White 9-Q-N3!? 10- K-K2 11- BXP 12- N-B3 13- B-R5 14- Q-KS!! 15- B-R3 t 16- BxP Trltch Black QxR --N7 K-Bl N-KRJ R-KNl PxQ P-B4 Mate! The following is taken frem March at the Australian Chess Review, a monthly pyblication. Twelve issues for J (may be ordered directly) 1 Bond St Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, I'NCIE JACOBOVITCH HOLDS COl'BT By Laios Sterner "1, XAi-A fc.-MT fo m " ft Tl ft W i 1. P-RS P-N 2. N-B5 B-BL J. B, : Don't be distressed, little master. Let us try If White does noi force tha center immediately, hoping to get something out of the K-side after all, he givef the initiative to Black. , , 8. P-R . After 1. P-R5. P-N4; 2. N-B5. B-Bl.
8. . . . P-at: Black has a fixed line to follow on p-slde. Therefore his play is to nejriva White of chances. tFlrst by playing P-N4, Jeopardizing White's hope for an opening there, and now taking his other possibiu ties of breaking through the center.) 4. PxP ... If P-B4. then similar play to what w have already seen 4. . . . BPsP 5. Q-B4 R-Bt . Q-RS Q-KB'J . Freeing the knight. The white QRP and QP are very weak. The co-operation between his rooka is very limited. J. B.: Uncle Jacobovitch. you are wasting your time on a lost cause. It is futila to look for something in a position Hk this. One can decide It without actually any annotations, by pure theory; This position is not a position of surprises. Actually, everything Is balanced here and has its cowiterweights.
The kings nava similar positions. At the K-slde a whita pawn-march would be evaded by a black pawn move preventing an opening. Tha center has counterchances. Only the black rooks are superior and there H no counter against, the black QN-file. If there were any counterchance at all for White, it would ' lie in playing P-N5 at a suitable moment, sacrificing perhaps a pawn.
That would give him a certain opening on tha K-sldc. But that he has to prepare first; he has to bring his rooks and aueett into position to take advantage of the files thus opened. But White has no time for such action; anybody can see that, as tha black attack on the other side is In progress. I am very sorry, little master, sincerely sorry, having unintentionally given you such an unworthy task. If you excuse me, I am not Interested in the position any more and advise you not to attempt to try the position any more and, advise you not to attempt to try the Position again with 1. R-R2. Oood night, gentlemen. U. J.: I think he was right for onre. It was an uneventful evening and I got tired.
If you wish, gentlemen, make e search of the possibility, 1. R-R2, followed by 2. QR-'Rl. Or 1, QR-N1 with the object of pushln through PN5, But I have to be going now. Takes his hat, umbrella and, wagging; his head, reiterates: "An unpleasant pnsi-tion should not have tackled it," while he traces his way to the door.
