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Chess 21 Dec 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 L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1253 Br T. T. Hawes White mates in two. (Wh. 10; Bl. 9.) L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1254 Br Kenneth B. Howard Whit mate in three. (Wh. 6; BU 5 ) 'SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1249: N-Q3 BOLDTION TO PROBLEM 1250: R-KR1. -We received aolutlons from the following: W. Dunnlclllf, A. O. Karn, B. Bushueff, 3. P Walsh, H. M. White, t. P. Ford, W, C. Noltlng, A. D. BfnoW Sr., H&.S' MAtoslan. Rev. P. Prlchard. O. A. Hall, JV 1 W tson" M. Rudholm. Mrs. A. Tovar, O, S. Oakea. H. Bruh, D. A. Innes, L, BB.pp.rd. 8. J. Mcconnell, R. M ; a. 6. Lawaon. D. A. Innes, J. Stuff el-beam (it ahoul.1 be marked: J.C. J. Davidson, J. Mcconnell, Dr. F. B. Sheldon, L. O. (welcome to our ladder,) CoUlna, Z. H. Bchadce. A. S. WelU.
HOLLYWOOD CHESS GROUP 4 CHAMPIONSHIP KINGS GAMBIT ACCEPTED Chernla White. J-P-K4 3-P-KB4 3- N-KB3 4- N-B3 5- P-K5 -6-P-Q3 7-PxN B-P-KR4 B-N-KN5? 10- P-O4 11- RxP 12-BxP Henderson Blaca. P-K4 PxP P-Q4! N-KB3 N-K5 NxN P-KN4 P-N5 Q-K2 P-KR3 PxN Q-R6 Chernla White. 13-Q-Q2? 14- B-B5 15- Q-Q3 16- Q-KN3 17- B-Q3 18- K-B2 19- K-B 20.PxB 21-K-N 22- K-RZ 23- Reslna Henderson BlacK. N-B3 B-R3! B-B4 NxQP! QxPch Q-07fh BxBrh o.K7ch B-BBch N-B6chl CALIFORNIA OPEN STATE CHAMPION SHIP TOURNAMENT n B1.1. Tournament will be held at the headquarters of 108 N. Formosa Ave., and start on 1 p.m. Tne ruiea ano i he dlacuased at that time. Season .tlckeU mi? he oniainea Application for participation closes Dec. 2. .' . , EDITOR'S NOTE The writer aaaln taaea thla opportunity to wish hli readers cordial Season Greetings
LIGHT ON SOME OPENINGS - C. S. C. Purdy 20 We Skim - As a chanie from artlclea on PjrUcular opening's, lev us saim v.... over openings 4t.. ....i, Tt u still tru to iay that the King ?.wUOpVnU 1. the mostt dimcult for defensei ana aiuicu he haa to cnooso one la nona tnai u oom iui .Bf.r enuntar fl. P-K4, P-Q4) ! very simple but allows White a smau dui ocmnuu u. --"----In all lines. All the close defenses. French, C.ro-Kann Blclllan. Alekhlne. etc. ob- 1 a AAnMiaUn in inte At. tnfl ;u nrih;reforT7 inhe7entl, difficult. Of them all. the French Defenke. which we have been treating lately, la In our opinion wio ifm...-w. , . nn the other hand. 1. . ' . r-K. whllo making no concession in space, fives Whlto..uch,a, vast cho Ice .that it i .very easy ror bike. w v.. Nevertheless, for .n0, to0"1 notnina 01 ins dou . P-K4 li about the . best move, for It Is common sense and If followed up with equally common-sense movea will not lead to sucn wreicnea pnuiwn """ player can easily get Into with close "'Aftrt 1. P-K4. P-K4. White has the (branching Into the Ruy Lope. Glucro Piano. Evana Oamblt, Scotch, four Knignts, ronaiani, rm., t,. .... v- against the Petroff.) Center Game, Danish It would bo foolish to claim that Black haa ft simple answer m u hasn't. The only general advice one can give Is that If a player haa a liking lor any particular defense U. . . . P-K4. or ny other ho Is wise to specialise In It. mt- n -u ' - n..n nnnlns l a valiir,hle mean of avoiding very early problems ana luosequeni, nrai """ T.ARKER 8 DEFENSE . It I eometlmea claimed that Black has "drawing'' defense aaalnst the queen a pawn, In Leaker's Defense, and It la certainly not easy to find a good way for 1 P-Ot.
P-Qtl S. P-OBt. F-K.ll . N-QB3, N-KBSl 4. B-NS. B-K2 . P-K.t. O-Oi g. N-BS. P-KR3; 7. B-R4, N-KSl 8. BxB, QxBi . -BJ (If . PxP. NxN 1 10. PxN, PxPi 11. Q-NS, Q-Q3! is satisfactory.) P,Pt 12. BxP. N-OJl 13. O-O. F-M.S. Here Lllienthal. In the Moscow champlon-hm r isn!) continued with 14. QR-Q1. B-N2; 15. P-K4. This worked well because Black feared to give White a passed pawn by 15. . . . P-B4! 18. P-Q5. PxP; 17. PxP. This position wouia DO quite ouo lur Black, as Whites pieces wouia De ilea to the defense of the passed but Isolated Pr"1mnr ffrtlv Idea of which WO have not seen any examples seems 14.
P-QN4, preparing to meet . . . P-OB4 with QPxP. PxP; P-N5. giving both side a Passed pawn but Black the weaker one. Suppose: 14. P-QN4. P-QRIl 15. F-OR3. B-NJl lfi. B-K (While neeaa i oe ioj avoid a doubled KBP after . . . F-uni.) 18. . . . PxPt 17. PxP. P-Bti 18. OPxP, PxPi 19. P-NR. White has at least a slight advantage and the position is by no means ultra-drawlsh. . , Conseauently. we think the Lasker De-fense Is somewhat overrated. The soundest defenses are the Slav Defense. Orthodox Defense and Nimxovltch Defense, according to taste. FLOHR ATTACK The Snellsh Ooeninc has been slightly weakened by the following equalizing line against the Flohr Attack. . 1. P-QBt, N-KB81 2. N-QB3, P-K3I P-K4, P-Q4I 4. P-K5. P-Q5i 8. PxN. PxNl 8. NPxP. QxPl 7. P-Q4, P-B4; 8. N-BS. F-KR3I 9. . . . rxi-: 111. rxr, Thin forces a useful simoliflcation, and Black can afterward prey upon the "hanging pawns" easy equality. This means vnat wnue s oeei is j. r-wt, linwin Black to transpose Into either the Nimzovitch Defense with 3. . . . B-N5 or the Orthodox Defense with 3, . . .P-Q4. 1. P-K r-R. With the White pieces, don't imagine that after 1. P-K4.
P-K4 you are bound to play 3. N-KB3, and then the Ruy Lopei. For Instance the Vienna Game, the King's Gambit and the Evans Gambit, are still full of life. And, no doubt, the Bishop's Opening, but we prefer the Vi enna. W. W. Adams preiers tne uisnop s Opening solely because aner x. r-M, P-K4; 2. N-1UW. Biacx can answer j. o-cn with a . . . NxP. He can.
but it has never been shown that this line Is entirely satisfactory. On the other hand, by delaying B-QB4 till the third or a later move. While deprives Black of certain options. The King s oamoic ueennea. wnicn 011- en comes out of the Vienna, is an opening in which White has excellent chances of building up a K-side attack.
After carefully studying any particular opening vou may come to the conclusion that Black has a good answer to it. But why expect your opponent to make that answer? Do not. use your own knowledge against yourself by crediting your opponent with It. It is not a good Idea to sweat feverish ly at openings with a view to making one's opening play watertight; If one Is anxious to improve at cness tne oniy sound way is to keep one' opening, mid-game play on the same level. To the avid student of opening play who neglects the other departments, over-the-board chess la rather tragic an Interminable succession of opening advantages thrown away by "childish blunders." Nevertheless, It Is reasonable to devote some attention to openings, and so from time to time we tnrow ouc a rew ninis on what Is sound and what is not.
Many readers would preier us to oe more oor-matic but the dogmatic theorist Is soon forced to contradict himself as new dis coveries are made. ' FOUR STRAIGHT FOR MISS KARFF! QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Karff White 1- P-Q4 2- N-KB3 3- P-K3 4- B-Q3 5- QN-Q3 8-P-B4 7- 0-0 8- P-K4 9- BxP 10- NxN 11- P-QN3 12- B-K3 13- P-KR3 Belcher Karff Belcher Black White Black P-Q4 14-N-N3 B-Q2 N-KB3 15-Q-Q2 QR-Ol QN-02 16-B-B4 Q-Bl P-KN3 17-B-R8 B-K3 B-N2 18-BxB KxB P-B3 19-Q-N5 Q-B2 O-O 20-N-RS K-Ri PxKP 21-N-B4 B-Bl NxB 22-KR-K1 P-KB3 N-N3 23-Q-R6 K-Nl B-N5 24-NxP PxN Q-B2 25-QXNP K-Rl B-B4 26-R-K4 Resigns SICILIAN Belcher Karff Belcher Black White Black P-QB4 14-BxB QxB N-KB3 15-B-B51 O-O N-Q4 18-BxB PxB P-K3 17-P-B3 Q-E3 PxN 18-R-K2 QR-K1 P-Q3 19-Q-Q3 ! Q-B4 B-K2 20-Q-N5 Q-N3 QxP 21-K-B1! R-K2 QxBP 22-RR1-K1 P-R3 N-B3 23-Q-B5 Q-06 J-Q3 24-N-K5I : Q-B4? B-K3 25-NXN Resigns P-KR3 Karff White 1- P-K4 2- N-KB3 3- P-K5 4- N-B3 5- NxN 6- P-G4 7- B-Q3 8- PXQP 9- PxP 10- O-O 11- B-K3 12- B-KN5 13- R-K1 RUB IN STEIN'S "IMMORTAL GAME" ROTLEWI White, 13 Men i t', m mm m. Oil tJ 11 mi iunm mm TB1C1" 1 ''I Black, 13 Men A. K. RUBINSTEIN Black te Make Hi 22nd Meva The beautiful combination went as follows: 22. . . . RxN; 23. PxQ.
R-Q7II1: 24. QxR. BxB; 25. Q-N2, R-R6I1 and Rotlewl resigned. Mat In three moves at most Is threatened.
If 28. R-B3 (28. R-B2, BxR.) BxR; 27. B-Q4, BxB and , RxP mat
HOLLYWOOD CHESS GROUP 4 CHAMPIONSHIP KINGS GAMBIT ACCEPTED Chernla White. J-P-K4 3-P-KB4 3- N-KB3 4- N-B3 5- P-K5 -6-P-Q3 7-PxN B-P-KR4 B-N-KN5? 10- P-O4 11- RxP 12-BxP Henderson Blaca. P-K4 PxP P-Q4! N-KB3 N-K5 NxN P-KN4 P-N5 Q-K2 P-KR3 PxN Q-R6 Chernla White. 13-Q-Q2? 14- B-B5 15- Q-Q3 16- Q-KN3 17- B-Q3 18- K-B2 19- K-B 20.PxB 21-K-N 22- K-RZ 23- Reslna Henderson BlacK. N-B3 B-R3! B-B4 NxQP! QxPch Q-07fh BxBrh o.K7ch B-BBch N-B6chl CALIFORNIA OPEN STATE CHAMPION SHIP TOURNAMENT n B1.1. Tournament will be held at the headquarters of 108 N. Formosa Ave., and start on 1 p.m. Tne ruiea ano i he dlacuased at that time. Season .tlckeU mi? he oniainea Application for participation closes Dec. 2. .' . , EDITOR'S NOTE The writer aaaln taaea thla opportunity to wish hli readers cordial Season Greetings
LIGHT ON SOME OPENINGS - C. S. C. Purdy 20 We Skim - As a chanie from artlclea on PjrUcular opening's, lev us saim v.... over openings 4t.. ....i, Tt u still tru to iay that the King ?.wUOpVnU 1. the mostt dimcult for defensei ana aiuicu he haa to cnooso one la nona tnai u oom iui .Bf.r enuntar fl. P-K4, P-Q4) ! very simple but allows White a smau dui ocmnuu u. --"----In all lines. All the close defenses. French, C.ro-Kann Blclllan. Alekhlne. etc. ob- 1 a AAnMiaUn in inte At. tnfl ;u nrih;reforT7 inhe7entl, difficult. Of them all. the French Defenke. which we have been treating lately, la In our opinion wio ifm...-w. , . nn the other hand. 1. . ' . r-K. whllo making no concession in space, fives Whlto..uch,a, vast cho Ice .that it i .very easy ror bike. w v.. Nevertheless, for .n0, to0"1 notnina 01 ins dou . P-K4 li about the . best move, for It Is common sense and If followed up with equally common-sense movea will not lead to sucn wreicnea pnuiwn """ player can easily get Into with close "'Aftrt 1. P-K4. P-K4. White has the (branching Into the Ruy Lope. Glucro Piano. Evana Oamblt, Scotch, four Knignts, ronaiani, rm., t,. .... v- against the Petroff.) Center Game, Danish It would bo foolish to claim that Black haa ft simple answer m u hasn't. The only general advice one can give Is that If a player haa a liking lor any particular defense U. . . . P-K4. or ny other ho Is wise to specialise In It. mt- n -u ' - n..n nnnlns l a valiir,hle mean of avoiding very early problems ana luosequeni, nrai """ T.ARKER 8 DEFENSE . It I eometlmea claimed that Black has "drawing'' defense aaalnst the queen a pawn, In Leaker's Defense, and It la certainly not easy to find a good way for 1 P-Ot.
P-Qtl S. P-OBt. F-K.ll . N-QB3, N-KBSl 4. B-NS. B-K2 . P-K.t. O-Oi g. N-BS. P-KR3; 7. B-R4, N-KSl 8. BxB, QxBi . -BJ (If . PxP. NxN 1 10. PxN, PxPi 11. Q-NS, Q-Q3! is satisfactory.) P,Pt 12. BxP. N-OJl 13. O-O. F-M.S. Here Lllienthal. In the Moscow champlon-hm r isn!) continued with 14. QR-Q1. B-N2; 15. P-K4. This worked well because Black feared to give White a passed pawn by 15. . . . P-B4! 18. P-Q5. PxP; 17. PxP. This position wouia DO quite ouo lur Black, as Whites pieces wouia De ilea to the defense of the passed but Isolated Pr"1mnr ffrtlv Idea of which WO have not seen any examples seems 14.
P-QN4, preparing to meet . . . P-OB4 with QPxP. PxP; P-N5. giving both side a Passed pawn but Black the weaker one. Suppose: 14. P-QN4. P-QRIl 15. F-OR3. B-NJl lfi. B-K (While neeaa i oe ioj avoid a doubled KBP after . . . F-uni.) 18. . . . PxPt 17. PxP. P-Bti 18. OPxP, PxPi 19. P-NR. White has at least a slight advantage and the position is by no means ultra-drawlsh. . , Conseauently. we think the Lasker De-fense Is somewhat overrated. The soundest defenses are the Slav Defense. Orthodox Defense and Nimxovltch Defense, according to taste. FLOHR ATTACK The Snellsh Ooeninc has been slightly weakened by the following equalizing line against the Flohr Attack. . 1. P-QBt, N-KB81 2. N-QB3, P-K3I P-K4, P-Q4I 4. P-K5. P-Q5i 8. PxN. PxNl 8. NPxP. QxPl 7. P-Q4, P-B4; 8. N-BS. F-KR3I 9. . . . rxi-: 111. rxr, Thin forces a useful simoliflcation, and Black can afterward prey upon the "hanging pawns" easy equality. This means vnat wnue s oeei is j. r-wt, linwin Black to transpose Into either the Nimzovitch Defense with 3. . . . B-N5 or the Orthodox Defense with 3, . . .P-Q4. 1. P-K r-R. With the White pieces, don't imagine that after 1. P-K4.
P-K4 you are bound to play 3. N-KB3, and then the Ruy Lopei. For Instance the Vienna Game, the King's Gambit and the Evans Gambit, are still full of life. And, no doubt, the Bishop's Opening, but we prefer the Vi enna. W. W. Adams preiers tne uisnop s Opening solely because aner x. r-M, P-K4; 2. N-1UW. Biacx can answer j. o-cn with a . . . NxP. He can.
but it has never been shown that this line Is entirely satisfactory. On the other hand, by delaying B-QB4 till the third or a later move. While deprives Black of certain options. The King s oamoic ueennea. wnicn 011- en comes out of the Vienna, is an opening in which White has excellent chances of building up a K-side attack.
After carefully studying any particular opening vou may come to the conclusion that Black has a good answer to it. But why expect your opponent to make that answer? Do not. use your own knowledge against yourself by crediting your opponent with It. It is not a good Idea to sweat feverish ly at openings with a view to making one's opening play watertight; If one Is anxious to improve at cness tne oniy sound way is to keep one' opening, mid-game play on the same level. To the avid student of opening play who neglects the other departments, over-the-board chess la rather tragic an Interminable succession of opening advantages thrown away by "childish blunders." Nevertheless, It Is reasonable to devote some attention to openings, and so from time to time we tnrow ouc a rew ninis on what Is sound and what is not.
Many readers would preier us to oe more oor-matic but the dogmatic theorist Is soon forced to contradict himself as new dis coveries are made. ' FOUR STRAIGHT FOR MISS KARFF! QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Karff White 1- P-Q4 2- N-KB3 3- P-K3 4- B-Q3 5- QN-Q3 8-P-B4 7- 0-0 8- P-K4 9- BxP 10- NxN 11- P-QN3 12- B-K3 13- P-KR3 Belcher Karff Belcher Black White Black P-Q4 14-N-N3 B-Q2 N-KB3 15-Q-Q2 QR-Ol QN-02 16-B-B4 Q-Bl P-KN3 17-B-R8 B-K3 B-N2 18-BxB KxB P-B3 19-Q-N5 Q-B2 O-O 20-N-RS K-Ri PxKP 21-N-B4 B-Bl NxB 22-KR-K1 P-KB3 N-N3 23-Q-R6 K-Nl B-N5 24-NxP PxN Q-B2 25-QXNP K-Rl B-B4 26-R-K4 Resigns SICILIAN Belcher Karff Belcher Black White Black P-QB4 14-BxB QxB N-KB3 15-B-B51 O-O N-Q4 18-BxB PxB P-K3 17-P-B3 Q-E3 PxN 18-R-K2 QR-K1 P-Q3 19-Q-Q3 ! Q-B4 B-K2 20-Q-N5 Q-N3 QxP 21-K-B1! R-K2 QxBP 22-RR1-K1 P-R3 N-B3 23-Q-B5 Q-06 J-Q3 24-N-K5I : Q-B4? B-K3 25-NXN Resigns P-KR3 Karff White 1- P-K4 2- N-KB3 3- P-K5 4- N-B3 5- NxN 6- P-G4 7- B-Q3 8- PXQP 9- PxP 10- O-O 11- B-K3 12- B-KN5 13- R-K1 RUB IN STEIN'S "IMMORTAL GAME" ROTLEWI White, 13 Men i t', m mm m. Oil tJ 11 mi iunm mm TB1C1" 1 ''I Black, 13 Men A. K. RUBINSTEIN Black te Make Hi 22nd Meva The beautiful combination went as follows: 22. . . . RxN; 23. PxQ.
R-Q7II1: 24. QxR. BxB; 25. Q-N2, R-R6I1 and Rotlewl resigned. Mat In three moves at most Is threatened.
If 28. R-B3 (28. R-B2, BxR.) BxR; 27. B-Q4, BxB and , RxP mat
