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Chess 12 Jan 1941, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
Horowitz Simultaneous Exhibition
We are very happy to announce the appearance of Mr. I. A. Horowitz on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 2 p.m. at the L. A. Chess Club, 124 W. Fourth St. Everyone invited.
On Monday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m., Mr. Horowitz will be the guest of the Hollywood Chess Group where he will give an exhibition against all comers. He will also give an interesting lecture for all class of players. Anyone interested in participating in this interesting event write 108 N. Formosa Ave., or telephone WEbster 8817. In April Mr. Horowitz will play a match for the U.S. chess title with the present title-holder and former boy-wonder, S. Reshevsky. More of this later.
I. A. Horowitz was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. on Nov 15, 1907. As a child he learned to play chess. Intrigued by the bewitching influence of the game, he directly engaged in minor competitions at the recreation centers and in primary school. Later, during academic years, he became a member and captain of the New York University chess team, which captured the intercollegiate title on four successive occasions.
His ascendancy into the international arena was realized in 1931 when he joined the United States chess team. At the Chess Olympics in Prague, Czechoslovakia, after the United States had subdued some 20-odd nations he bested Przepiorka*(see Marshall's Comparative Chess for game) of Poland in a last-round thriller, to yield the American team a margin of 1 point over its nearest rival. For the first time the United States became the proud possessor of the Hamilton-Russell trophy, emblematic of universal team supremacy. Again, at Warsaw, Poland, in 1935 and Stockholm, Sweden, in 1937, he was a member of the team which garnered premier honors. His individual record during the latter tournament was 11 wins, 4 draws and no losses.
In national events he was victorious in the American Chess Federation Congress in Philadelphia, 1936, and was coholder with Kashdan of the title in 1938, played for at Boston.
He is a true lover of the game. For the past seven years he has been editor of the Chess Review, and he has made five transcontinental good-will trips to promote chess, covering practically every corner of the country.
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CHESS - Jan. 12, 1941 L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 11CI By A. Motler White mates In two. (Wh. 10; Bl. 8.) L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1158 By I. Telkea White mateg In three. (Wh. 13: B1.-9.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1151: B-R3. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1152: R-K6. We received solutions from 'the following: 3. O. Dodge, L. Sheppard, J. T. Watson, C. P. Ford, A. D. Reynolds 8r W. C. Nolton. M. Rudholm, Dr. F. B. Sheldon, E. L, Dantella. O. A. Hall, E. H. fichadee, J. M. Melnhardt, A. Tovar W. B. Tudor. A. O. Karn. J. C. Drake, W. Harmon, J. Davidson. D. A. Innea, J. P. Walsh, W. E. BaikofT, Rev. p. prichard (If in Prob. 1154: Q-KN8, QPxP,) Mrs. E. M. Fleming.
HERMAN STEINER CHESS EXHIBITION On Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 2 p.m.. Herman 8telner, California State champion, will be the guest of Co, 8. at the National Military Home at West Los Angeles. Thera will ba a lecture and exhibition by him. CLUB NEWS The Hollywood Chess Croon announces a lecture and simultaneous exhibition by Herman Steiner, international master, every Wednesday at 8 p.m., 118 N, Formosa Ave. Reservations maybe made by tailing WEbater 8817. (Continued from last issue.) UNCLE JACOBOVITCH HOLDS COURT (By Lajot Steiner) The following la taken from July Itsat of the Australian Chest Review, a monthly publication. Twelve iasuea for 83 (may be ordered directly,) 1 Bond St., Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
Uncle Jacoboviteh: It Is a tough question, no doubt. One can solve the problem, or the problems, of a position. But really la there, any unmistakable principle to recognise a position as a winning one. lust by principles? Let ua try it by following the order of the Queries:
HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chess Editor Hon for the solution. In the position above, thera is an indication that, with the move, on can do something agalnat tha black king. Other princiolea hero cannot coma into consideration, at the position la elear-i ix not a oaianceo one. If tha black kin waa at KRA, Black would have tha advantage, the position being balanced enough for general principle! to govern it. One mutt alwaya look first to sea how vulnerable la tha kin of tha apparently stronger aide. Jaekla Bare ski Summing it up.
little matter. It there any clear indication In every position of who hat the advantage and what one bat to look for in tha position? Unele Jaeabeviuhi I can gay no mora than what I have aaid. Chesa la too complicated to meaaura absolutely, but principles are very helpful in making an approximate meaturement. especially In balanced positions. But there is alwaya some hint in a position of what we ahould aeek, though sometimes deeply hidden.
We shall perhaps talk over several cases of more practical positions. But now I must be going. Gentlemen, good night.
BRILLIANCY PRIZE NATIONAL MASTERS TOURNAMENT NEW YORK, 1931 IRREGULAR OPENING! Horowltg White 1- Kt-KB3 2- P-B4 3- PxP 4- P-K4 5- Kt-B3 6- B-B4 7- P-04 8- Q-Q.3 9- B-KtSch 10- B-K15 11- BxBch 12- 0-0 Marshall Black P-Q4 Kt-KB3 KtxP Kt-KB3 Kt-B3 P-K3 B-K15 Kt-QR4 B-Q2 P-QR3 OxB O-O-O Horowltg White 13- QR-B1 14- B-B4 15- P-QR3 16- RxB 17- KR-B1I 18- RxKt 19- RxBP 20- R(B7)-Bl 21- RxR 22- Q-Q2 23- QxPch 24- P-R3 Marshall Black P-R3 Kt-B3 BxKt F-KKt4 PxB K-Ktl R-QB1 RxR R-Ol KtxP Kt-Q3 K-Rl 25-QxRP and Whlta eventuall won 11 follows: 25. . . . Q-Kt4: 26. O-KtS. Q-Kt3: 27. Q-Bl, R-KKtl; 28. P-QKt4. Q-Kt4; 29. Q-B4. Kt-B4; 30. Q-K4, Q-Q2: 31. Kt- K5. QxP; 32, QxQ, KtxQ: 33. R-B4. Kt- Kt4: 34. KtxP, KtxP: 35. R-K4. Kt-B7: 36. P-H. K-Kt; 37. Kt-Kia. F-K4; 38. Kt-BJ. R-K2: 39. P-R5. P-KI4: 40. P-Kt4. P-R4; 41-PxP. P-KtS; 42. RxKP. R-QKt2; 43. Kt-Qt, P-Kt6; 44. KtxP, RxKt: 45. P-KR6. Kt-OSi 46. R-K8ch. K-R2; 47. P-R7, Kt-B6ch: 48. K-Bl. R-Kt8ch: 49. K-Kt2. Kt-RSchi 50. K-Kt3. resigns.
Oamra from the California State championship tournament:
QUEEN'S OAMBIT DECLINED . Troitsky: whlta to mora and wlna, I. It U true. All things being equal.
material advantage ahould decide. Black haa material advantage here, but all things are not even. At tha first lance we tee that Whlta haa the move. That might or might not mean much. For tniunce.
nere ia a position deriving from the present one after I. Q-R.lch, KxN: Here White, to move, clearly mates. On the other hand, if vnu nut the Black klne in the original position on KRA (Instead nf QB8,) White I movt would not mean mucn. 3. Mobility! It la very Important to be able to bring a. piece cjulckly from one olaca to another Aa a aeneral rule mo bility la of areat Importance In Indecisive positions, but in a position where thera la a certain decisive task to ba done, the only thing that counta Is the mobility of that particular piece to do that particular Job. For Instance, a crude example mlaht be taken from life: A wonderfully equipped ambulance that could get In a minute to any ooint of a beach, with all tha Itfe- savlna appliances needed on hand, eould not achieve any result without someone t-lng able to get tha drowning person out ot tne water. Jackie Rareahi It la trua what you say. but does It all mean that there la not clear principle to ten tna worm 01 a position? Vncle Jeeobevilcht I wish you would not Interfere at every moment. At present I am only thinking and trying to define what all these chess rules mean ana now one haa to try to value them.
Thus No, 8, centralisation. What la cen tralisation to put pleceg In the center. Whv dn that? Brcatlsa It It easier to get pieces from the center to either wing. As long at ona doeg not know whera tha main theater of war win be, or what ia me sama thing, as long at either wing, or tha center Itself, ean ba converted Into tha battlefield, It la good to put pieces in tha center, to occupy center tauaret. pre venting tha opponent from occupying them.
But ir one of tne wings ia cieariy tna main battlefield, without any probability of switching tha war over lo tha other aide, thera la very utile advantage in Keeping the pieces In the center, eentrallting them, and weakenlna thua the threatened aide. Therefore, under inch circumstances, cen tralisation might aven pa a aitaavaniate. 4. King petitions ara very Important aometlmea. If, for Instance, a king position It exposed, or weak.
It compels the nlaver to auard tt. to lose moves Ittme.i lo strengthen It with pleceg and moves badly needed somewhere else for building up tha position at other places, wnn a strong king position, relatively few pieces, relatively few thouehtt spent on It. suf fice, Both klntt In a bad position gives the time factor great Importance, I knew a strong player who asked his opponent lo resian at ha demonstrated to him a mat In thret. Hit opponent resigned, forgetting that It was hit movt. and na com a nave given a mate In three himself, utilising tha time factor.
Ana nere meet; wouia mate In. threa If It wtra hit movt, I. Passed pawnai Might be of very great Importance In an end-game. Whlta king on KN2, pawng on K4, KB3? black king on KN4, pawnt on Kt, wo. niacx nat an easy win because of hit passed pawn.
But with whlta king on K2. pawnt on KB4. K4, and black king on en, pawng on KB3, 48. Hlacx a passea pawn ia a aiaaovemete. protected passed pawn la generally a big advantaae, For instance, the player having It haa tha advantaaa In most easeg of be-Ina able to exchante pieces, knowing that.
on account of hit passed pawn, ha haa an advantaae In the end-asme. HIS opponent, on the other hand, haa to reckon always in hit combinations: "I cannot do that because he would be able to force an exrnange." Yes, it Is possible that positions which, on principle, should he winning positions, may be Inst. A ttrnng position might get In a momentarily bad balance. At that moment. thnuth all the elements ara superior.
ten separately, their harmony It broken end. aa a unit, can be defeated by tha party having tha seemingly weaker position. Tak, for instance, a vary ttroni man. He. It stepping nff a hut, With Just a little push, or ltli a aeries of weil-calcultted pushes, weak man could make him fall, without his helna able to da anything about It.
Could he consolidate hit balance by getting hit other foot on tha ground, or getting hit equilibrium right, ha would crush the eak man, bains ttronger in every particular, Chase principles are drawn for ordinary rtrcumstancea, not for exceptions, One tan clearly state In balanced positions wnn la better off by eounttng up tin advantages laid down in principles, but lit unbalanced positions this counting la difficult and very complicated, tt would be very unflattering to these if one eould tall lit every position, lust by looking at It, what It in the position. Ona has to distinguish In Individual positions whether rulg or orinclo le ran he adnnted thera or not. I It Is true there has to be sums hint In the anamnn leometimes very fleepiv nioneni
i met met oatanco i- orosen as ins mnmrni Mayers Kovaca Mayerg Kovacs White Black White Black 1- P-04 P-Q4 20-Q-N3 N-Q2 2- P-QB4 P-K3 21-P-B4 P-N5 3- N-OB3 N-KB3 22-N-R4 BxN 4- B-N5 P-B3 23-PxB P-N6 5- P-K3 ON-Q2 24-PxP QxNP 6- PxP KPxP 25-Q-QB2 O-NS 7- B-03 B-K2 26-BxPcn K-B 8- Q-B2 Castles 27-NxB NxN 9- KN-K3 R-K 28-Q-Q2 Q-N3 10-P-KR4 N-B 29-P-Q6 N-N6 U-P-B3 F-B4 30-Q-Q3 KR-Q 12- PxP BxP 31-P-Q7 R-B3 13- BxN OxB 32-B-K4 N-B4 14- NxP' Q-B3 33-Q-B2 R-B2 15- P-K4 B-K3 34-B-B5 Q-NS 16- Castleg ; QR-B 35-Q-Q2 . Q-N4? 17- KN-B3 P-QR3 36-Q-Q6C&I K-N 16-K-N P-QN4 37-QxR Resigns 19-P-KN4 Q-N2 FTTROF DEFENSE Levitart White 1- P-K4 2- N-KB3 3- NxP 4- N-KB3 5- N-B3 8-QPxN 7- B-03 8- P-KR3 9- B-KB4 10- QxN 11- Q-K3ch 12- CastletQ 13- KR-K 14- B-N5ch 15-B-R4 Mott Black P-K4 M-KB3 P-03 NxP NxN B-K2 N-B3 N-K4 NxNch B-N4 B-K2 B-K3 F-QR4 P-B3 Castles 1S-P-B4 17- P-B5 18- P-B4! 19- PxP Levltan White 20- RxBf 21- QxRch 22- RxQch 23- R-Q3I 24- R-K3 25- B-B2 26- B-Q6 27- R-K8 28- B-K5CB 29- RxB J0-R-B5ch R-K P-Q4 B-B3 BxQP Mott Black Q-B QxQ RxR R-KS lt-B6ch P-KN4 K-N2 B-Q5 BxB K-B3 K-N3 31- R-B3 dlt.ch, P-B4 35-FxBF F-N51 32- R-QN3 RxP 36-P-KR4 R-B5 n, nt 37-P-B61 9u,uu CENTER COUNTER GAME Dobsevata Steiner Dobaevaga Steiner White Black White Black 1- P-K4 P-Q4 26-RxRch . KxR 2- PxP K-KB3 27-B-Q5 N-N4 3- N-KB3 NxP 28-N-B4 ' NxN 4- P-Q4 B-N5 29-BxN H-Q3 5- B-K2 . P-K3 30-B-K3 K-K2 6- P-KR3 . B-R4 31-K-B N-K5 7- N-K5! . B-N3 32-K-N N-B6 8- Castlea N-Q2 33-R-K B-N5 9- P-R3 P-QB3 34-B-Q3 K-B 10- P-QB4 N(Q4)-B3 35-K-B R-R7 11- Q-N3 Q-N3 36-BxN BxB 12- QxQ PxQ 37-R-B B-QS 13- NxB RPxN 38-K-K P-B4 14- N-B3 B-Q3 39-P-R3I P-N4 15- B-K3 B-B2 40-R-N R-R2 16- KR-Q Catties K 41-R-N8CK K-K2 17- QR-B R-R4 42-R-N5 .
K-B3 18- P-Q5! B-K4 43-K-B R-R6 19- B-B3 KPxP 44-R-N R-R7 20- PxP PxP 45-R-N4 B-R2 21- NxP BxP 46-R-QB4 . K-K4 22- R-B7I BxP 47-R-B7 . P-N3 23- NxP ' N-K4 48-R-B6 : . P-B5 24- BxP - N-K 49-R-K6ch KxR 25- R-B8 , N-Q3 50-Orawn QUEEN'S OAMBIT DECLINED ' ' Mayert Levltan iMayera Levltan White Black White " Black 1- P-Q4 P-Q4 26-QR-R R-R 2- P-QB4 F-K3 27-P-KN3T BxP 3- N-QB3 N-KB3 28-Q-R2 B-K6 4- B-N5 QN-Q2 29-P-N5 BxP 5- PxP PxP 30-NxB QxN 8-P-K3 P-B3 31-P-B4 Q-B4ch? 7- B-Q3 B-K2 32-K-R K-B3? 8- Q-B2 P-KR3 33-Q-R4ch K-K3 9- B-KB4 N-R4 34-BxP PxB 10- B-N3 NxB 35-RxR RxR 11- RPxN N-B3 38-QxR K-Q3? 12- KN-K3 Q-Q3 37-R-K K-B2' 13- CastlegQ B-Q2 38-Q-K5ch QxQ 14- K-N P-QN4 39-RxQ K-Q3 15- P-B3 F-QR4 40-K-N P-B4 16- P-K4 PxP 41-K-B3 P-N5 17- NxPI Q-N! 42-P-R3 P-R5 18- NxNch BxN 43-PxP PxP 19- B-B5I Q-Q3 44-K-Q3 B-K3 20- N-B3I Catties K 45-R-QNS P-N6 21- B-R7ch K-R 46-K-B3 K-K2 22- N-K4 Q-K3? 47-R-QR3 B-Q2 23- P-KN4 Q-K2 48-K-N4 . K-B3 24- R-R5I P-N3 49-RxPI BxR 25- RxRP K-N2 50-KxB Reiitns The play preaented here wat recently contested in tha Class "A" tournament, sponsored by the Correspondence Chesa League of America.
The conteatantg in thia Inttanca were irving ttpcro ot ue Angelea and X. W. Marehand. Clayton. Mo., champion of that State.
Tha play follows: TWO KNIOHTS DEFENSE Spero Marehand I Snero Marehand Whlta Biacx wnitt gtiaca 1-P-K4 P-K4 12-B-N5 BxN 3-N-KB3 M-QB3 13-NxB . BxP 3- B-B4 N-B3 14-QR-N B-QS 4- N-N5 P-Q4 15-P-B3tb) B-N3 8-PxP N-QR4 16-P-B5 B-R4 6- P-Q3 NxBta) 17-Cattleg F-QN3 7- PxN B-QB4 18-KR-Q PxP 8- N-QB3 B-KN5 19-P-Q6 PxP 9- P-B3 B-B4 20-RxP ' Q-B3 10-Q-K3 . Castles 21-BxN BxP U-N(N5)-K4 B-Q5 22-Q-K3 Resitnt(c) NOTES BY THS WINNER 'a) Thlt exchange thould ba deferred to, after the Whlta knltht It forced to retreat. Hence. P-KR3 first wag mora in order. b RxP waa not advisable, of course, for Black could then Play Q-B with Impunity. to) For neither B-Q6 nor QxR la of any avail: In either case White's queen It heading now lor Ha NS aquara with 'telling effect..
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