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Chess by Herman Steiner 22 Dec 1940, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
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EDITOR'S NOTE The writer extends Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year. California state championship tournament Inter- annual State Championship Tournament which will be played at the head. !urt ' the Hollywood Chess Group at eX- ik n. Formosa Are., startinr Dee. 35 at '3 P.m. The deadline for entries is 1 o'clock r'-.lithe writer. CHESS Dec. it. 1910 t. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. Br J. A. Erskine 1149 White mates in two. (Wh. S: Bl. 2.) L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1150 Bt P. O. Pedler White mates in three. iWh. 5; Bl. 5.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1145: N-K2. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1146: P-HHiBich. We received solutions from the following: J. O. Dodge, Rev. P. Prichard. M. Rudholm. A. D. Reynolds Sr.. Mrs. E. M. Fleming, G. A. Hall. H, J. Oilmorc. W. E. RRiknff W. B. Tudor. A. G. Karn. M. Tovar i welcome to our ladder. I C. P. Ford, J. T. Watson. J. Fonseca, J. C. Drake. J. Davidson. E. H. Schadee, J, M. Meinhardt, W. C. Noltinr. H. Bruhn, R, D. Weaver, L. Stern, w. L. Koethen, E. L. Darnells.
Wednesday afternoon. Anyone interested please phone WEbster HSU for Information, Wlrd Kovacs. Harry Borochow, Tony Baa- "nin Charles D. Molt. Herman Stein- "r pl ttuillan, Arthur Splller and Mrs. k. siater. CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS CHESS LITERATURE In answer to the many requests, tht writer is publishing a list of Inexpensive books, all of which may be ordered throush by sending check or money Keres' Best Games, X1.75: Warsaw Inter. ' national i earn lournameni, inta, ?; vr. ,Laskers Chess Career.
The Element .or lommnation rlay in iness, l.oiii earner.. ihrldse Spring International Tournament, 'wl, I.5i Colic's Chess Masterpieces. Combinaton and Trans. "5ci Among These "ales. ,5ei Modern Chess Opening, The Game of Chess at. and manv others. There will be an exhibition of fine eheas and boards at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, Hg N. Formosa. '""ors are welcome, The following is taken from June Issne of the Aastralisn Chess Review, a monthly publication. Twelve issnes for t Australia. INCLE JACOBOVICH HOLDS COURT By LaJoi Steiner Tncle Jaeobovich: In my opinion, gentle men. the only real move for Black to meet 1. P-K4 Is 1. . . . P-K4. All other replies are eccentricities.
Perhaps 1 P-K3 Is pardonable as it is a developing move and it prepares . . . P-Q4. but all the other modern stuff is a stunt.
Even 1. . . . P-QB4. a move auite often played in mv days and every time repudiated by ur. larrascn. A move. ' he used to say. "which grants Black at the most a hard- fought draw." Why nlay such an ooening? Look at that move, gentlemen. What does It mean? 1. . . . P-QB4. It does not con tribute anything at all to development and gives White the opportunity of achieving great superiority in space. Why should one grant an advantage like this for no com pensatlon and without necessity to grant it? Jackie Buresh: I am surprised at you. little master, disclosing such ignorance. Shall I repeat again what every child knows nowadays and. thank God.
some players knew it fperhaps Instinctively) In "your days." also Development, nothing but development, do I hear from you. I tell you outright I am sick of hearing It. Common place and common place again. Development is very Important, "the soul of the game." But why talk about It all the time? Do you say you have to breathe? No. You just do it.
Besides development there are hundreds of other things one Is playing for. There is no sense In the Sicilian? i Perhaps you did not ouite say that, but something similar.) If you want to know, it is played against your development. You will play P-Q4 sooner or later. Won't you? And then I snatch your beautiful QP with my cood-for-nothlng BP. Opening up my B-file for counteractions.
V. J.: Did you hear, gentlemen? A green horn dares talk to me like that? I knew chess ages before you were born. What ideas you try to speak Into an opening! The main tasks of an opening remains to Ive one a good stsrt in the game. And what is a better start than freedom in movements over the larger portion of the board ? 1. P-Kt F-QB4 2. N-KB1 A unite different type of game results from 2. N-OB3 with the object of blocking Black's 04 for a long time. HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chess Editor J. B.: If you don't mind, little mister. I will show you variation here.
2. N-QB3. (Note the withholdint of the Black QN- 3. P-KN3. (That is the idea you were re- ferrinit o: to press on the Black Q4. 3. . . P-QN3: 4. B-N2. B-N2: S. KN-K2. N-KB3: 6. O-O. P-Q4 (showins why th ON was kept back; 7. PxP. NxP. and' if now NxN Black is able to recapture wita the bishop. Were he forced to recapture; with the pawn. White could effectively blockade him with P-Q4.
But actually X would rather examine another variation more often adopted. S. . . . N-QBS V. J.t I very often see now 2. . . . P-03 first, though, personally, if I ever playea the Sicilian, I would prefer the text move. To my mind. 2. . . . P-Q3 sets the course of Black's play too clearly, S. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 t I"; 4) 4! 4 Position after Black's 4. , . . N-KB3 J. B.: Black has to do somethini t eliminate Black's counterplay on the QB-file. The knight move accomplishes tht purpose well and actually the same idea lies behind Nimzowitsch's 4. . . . P-Q4. If then S. B-QN5.
PxP; 6. NxN. GxOch: 7. KxQ, P-QR3; 6. B-R4, B-Q2; regaining the niece. ft. N-OR3 6. B-KJ 7. O-O P-O.1 P-K.1 P-QB3 V. .: I thought you were going to sho me something startling. Something new, and all the moves you make are as old a I am. J. B.: You cannot expect me to show something new in a variation on which experts have written scores of different articles. All I want is to arrive at an advanced position and then discuss with you what you have against the Sicilian. 8. B-K3 I know there are other possibilities, e g., K-Rl at once with an immediate P-KB4 to follow, but In principle they don't alter the basic issue. O-BJ . P-B4 B-Qt 10. B-B3 K B I 11. K-Rl IT.
J.: This position will do for me, somebody plays an opening to cramp hi pieces as Black did. I have only pity for him. White is well developed, his piecei well posted. Look at those free bishops; what havoc they can spread if let loose. He is lord in the center, pressing on Black's weak CJP and on everything behind it. And White is ready for an attack on the K side, perhaps with all his pawna there if necessary, and look at the Black position! His K-side undeveloped. Hif pieces cramped. His QP weak. J. B.t All very well. White has a beautiful position. His pieces at their posts. And he might attack on the K-side. He might attack there? He has to! And that is a big difference. At least he must seek his chances on that side.
Because his position is nice, but not very flexible In the middle. How can he improve upon it? A good push at the right moment with hu KP. But then the QP is no longer weak. How about the Black position? It is cramped, but it is dynamic (ever heard the word?) It is full of inward energy possibilities. The "weak" QP cannot be attacked at all.
It covers the important K4 square and it will threaten to advance! If the tlma i comes. White has to mind this always. ana guara nis us wen. rne discs w-siae Is already in action and the open QB-flia full of possibilities: placing of a knight on his QB5; pushing his QNP to open up the Q-side. With only two moves he can bring his king Into safety: B-K2.
O-O. The white position is good. White hai to follow one policy, his own policy, which, can be dangerous for Black, but he cannot force his will on Black. Black is also able to pursue his own policy. He is cramped in the center, but without having any weakness there and he threatens to expand sometime with huge latent force.
That it the right of the Sicilian to exist. Black plays his own game and White has to play his own game. also. He cannot rely on doing nothing, because Black s forces would then become too great for him to resist. (To be continued) HAMPSTEAD GAME Last December the Hampstead Invitation Tournament was held at the London National Chess Center. It resulted in a tie for first honors, Milner-Barry and Konlg, with Sir George Thomas third. Th game below shows an unusual Sicilian. SICILIAN DEFENSE Thomas White 1- P-K4 2- Kt-KB3 3- B-Kt5ch 4- Q-K2 5- Castlei 6- P-K5 7- P-Q4 . 8- P-B4 9- KtxP 10- B-Kt5 11- B-K3 12- Kt-QR4 13- Kt-B5 14- BxB Morry Black P-QB4 P-Q3 B-Q2 Kt-QB3 P-KKt3 P-Q4 PxP PxPep P-K3 B-K2 P-KR4 Kt-R3 BxKt Kt-B4 Thomas White 15-QR-B 18-BxKt 17- Kt-Q4 18- KtxKt 19- P-K6ch 20- Q-KS 21- Q-Qfich 22- KR-K 23- B-Ktfi 24- RxBch 25- QxBPch 26- B-Q4 27- Q-Kt6ch 28- B-K5ch Morry Black P-Ktt BxB K-Q2 PxKt PxP Q-KKt K-B R-R3 R-R2 PxR K-Kt P-RS R-KtJ Resign! Moore Opens Work for Future Fights Archie Moore, No. 4 ranking middleweight, who will soon return to the ring wars, has resumed training after a layoff of several weeks.
Moore, who hails from St. Lou is, Mo., but has registered a string of knockouts in San Diego rings, is being sought for fights in Seattle with Al Hostak and Tony Zale.
Wednesday afternoon. Anyone interested please phone WEbster HSU for Information, Wlrd Kovacs. Harry Borochow, Tony Baa- "nin Charles D. Molt. Herman Stein- "r pl ttuillan, Arthur Splller and Mrs. k. siater. CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS CHESS LITERATURE In answer to the many requests, tht writer is publishing a list of Inexpensive books, all of which may be ordered throush by sending check or money Keres' Best Games, X1.75: Warsaw Inter. ' national i earn lournameni, inta, ?; vr. ,Laskers Chess Career.
The Element .or lommnation rlay in iness, l.oiii earner.. ihrldse Spring International Tournament, 'wl, I.5i Colic's Chess Masterpieces. Combinaton and Trans. "5ci Among These "ales. ,5ei Modern Chess Opening, The Game of Chess at. and manv others. There will be an exhibition of fine eheas and boards at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, Hg N. Formosa. '""ors are welcome, The following is taken from June Issne of the Aastralisn Chess Review, a monthly publication. Twelve issnes for t Australia. INCLE JACOBOVICH HOLDS COURT By LaJoi Steiner Tncle Jaeobovich: In my opinion, gentle men. the only real move for Black to meet 1. P-K4 Is 1. . . . P-K4. All other replies are eccentricities.
Perhaps 1 P-K3 Is pardonable as it is a developing move and it prepares . . . P-Q4. but all the other modern stuff is a stunt.
Even 1. . . . P-QB4. a move auite often played in mv days and every time repudiated by ur. larrascn. A move. ' he used to say. "which grants Black at the most a hard- fought draw." Why nlay such an ooening? Look at that move, gentlemen. What does It mean? 1. . . . P-QB4. It does not con tribute anything at all to development and gives White the opportunity of achieving great superiority in space. Why should one grant an advantage like this for no com pensatlon and without necessity to grant it? Jackie Buresh: I am surprised at you. little master, disclosing such ignorance. Shall I repeat again what every child knows nowadays and. thank God.
some players knew it fperhaps Instinctively) In "your days." also Development, nothing but development, do I hear from you. I tell you outright I am sick of hearing It. Common place and common place again. Development is very Important, "the soul of the game." But why talk about It all the time? Do you say you have to breathe? No. You just do it.
Besides development there are hundreds of other things one Is playing for. There is no sense In the Sicilian? i Perhaps you did not ouite say that, but something similar.) If you want to know, it is played against your development. You will play P-Q4 sooner or later. Won't you? And then I snatch your beautiful QP with my cood-for-nothlng BP. Opening up my B-file for counteractions.
V. J.: Did you hear, gentlemen? A green horn dares talk to me like that? I knew chess ages before you were born. What ideas you try to speak Into an opening! The main tasks of an opening remains to Ive one a good stsrt in the game. And what is a better start than freedom in movements over the larger portion of the board ? 1. P-Kt F-QB4 2. N-KB1 A unite different type of game results from 2. N-OB3 with the object of blocking Black's 04 for a long time. HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chess Editor J. B.: If you don't mind, little mister. I will show you variation here.
2. N-QB3. (Note the withholdint of the Black QN- 3. P-KN3. (That is the idea you were re- ferrinit o: to press on the Black Q4. 3. . . P-QN3: 4. B-N2. B-N2: S. KN-K2. N-KB3: 6. O-O. P-Q4 (showins why th ON was kept back; 7. PxP. NxP. and' if now NxN Black is able to recapture wita the bishop. Were he forced to recapture; with the pawn. White could effectively blockade him with P-Q4.
But actually X would rather examine another variation more often adopted. S. . . . N-QBS V. J.t I very often see now 2. . . . P-03 first, though, personally, if I ever playea the Sicilian, I would prefer the text move. To my mind. 2. . . . P-Q3 sets the course of Black's play too clearly, S. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 t I"; 4) 4! 4 Position after Black's 4. , . . N-KB3 J. B.: Black has to do somethini t eliminate Black's counterplay on the QB-file. The knight move accomplishes tht purpose well and actually the same idea lies behind Nimzowitsch's 4. . . . P-Q4. If then S. B-QN5.
PxP; 6. NxN. GxOch: 7. KxQ, P-QR3; 6. B-R4, B-Q2; regaining the niece. ft. N-OR3 6. B-KJ 7. O-O P-O.1 P-K.1 P-QB3 V. .: I thought you were going to sho me something startling. Something new, and all the moves you make are as old a I am. J. B.: You cannot expect me to show something new in a variation on which experts have written scores of different articles. All I want is to arrive at an advanced position and then discuss with you what you have against the Sicilian. 8. B-K3 I know there are other possibilities, e g., K-Rl at once with an immediate P-KB4 to follow, but In principle they don't alter the basic issue. O-BJ . P-B4 B-Qt 10. B-B3 K B I 11. K-Rl IT.
J.: This position will do for me, somebody plays an opening to cramp hi pieces as Black did. I have only pity for him. White is well developed, his piecei well posted. Look at those free bishops; what havoc they can spread if let loose. He is lord in the center, pressing on Black's weak CJP and on everything behind it. And White is ready for an attack on the K side, perhaps with all his pawna there if necessary, and look at the Black position! His K-side undeveloped. Hif pieces cramped. His QP weak. J. B.t All very well. White has a beautiful position. His pieces at their posts. And he might attack on the K-side. He might attack there? He has to! And that is a big difference. At least he must seek his chances on that side.
Because his position is nice, but not very flexible In the middle. How can he improve upon it? A good push at the right moment with hu KP. But then the QP is no longer weak. How about the Black position? It is cramped, but it is dynamic (ever heard the word?) It is full of inward energy possibilities. The "weak" QP cannot be attacked at all.
It covers the important K4 square and it will threaten to advance! If the tlma i comes. White has to mind this always. ana guara nis us wen. rne discs w-siae Is already in action and the open QB-flia full of possibilities: placing of a knight on his QB5; pushing his QNP to open up the Q-side. With only two moves he can bring his king Into safety: B-K2.
O-O. The white position is good. White hai to follow one policy, his own policy, which, can be dangerous for Black, but he cannot force his will on Black. Black is also able to pursue his own policy. He is cramped in the center, but without having any weakness there and he threatens to expand sometime with huge latent force.
That it the right of the Sicilian to exist. Black plays his own game and White has to play his own game. also. He cannot rely on doing nothing, because Black s forces would then become too great for him to resist. (To be continued) HAMPSTEAD GAME Last December the Hampstead Invitation Tournament was held at the London National Chess Center. It resulted in a tie for first honors, Milner-Barry and Konlg, with Sir George Thomas third. Th game below shows an unusual Sicilian. SICILIAN DEFENSE Thomas White 1- P-K4 2- Kt-KB3 3- B-Kt5ch 4- Q-K2 5- Castlei 6- P-K5 7- P-Q4 . 8- P-B4 9- KtxP 10- B-Kt5 11- B-K3 12- Kt-QR4 13- Kt-B5 14- BxB Morry Black P-QB4 P-Q3 B-Q2 Kt-QB3 P-KKt3 P-Q4 PxP PxPep P-K3 B-K2 P-KR4 Kt-R3 BxKt Kt-B4 Thomas White 15-QR-B 18-BxKt 17- Kt-Q4 18- KtxKt 19- P-K6ch 20- Q-KS 21- Q-Qfich 22- KR-K 23- B-Ktfi 24- RxBch 25- QxBPch 26- B-Q4 27- Q-Kt6ch 28- B-K5ch Morry Black P-Ktt BxB K-Q2 PxKt PxP Q-KKt K-B R-R3 R-R2 PxR K-Kt P-RS R-KtJ Resign! Moore Opens Work for Future Fights Archie Moore, No. 4 ranking middleweight, who will soon return to the ring wars, has resumed training after a layoff of several weeks.
Moore, who hails from St. Lou is, Mo., but has registered a string of knockouts in San Diego rings, is being sought for fights in Seattle with Al Hostak and Tony Zale.
