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CHESS HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chess Editor July 13, 1941 L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1207 Br a. E. Carpenter White mates In two. (Wh. 3: Bl. 5 ) L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1206 Br J. Buchwald White metes In three. (Wh. S; Bl. 9.) Angeles tesm will probably be Croy, Donnelly. Elliott, Qlbbii. Kovacs. Levitan. Smith, fipero, Steinbock and Trarers. Announcement was made dtirlnc the week of the marriage of Samuel Reshev-sky to Miss Norma Mindlclc at Roxbury. Mss. For some time his chess activities necessarily will be somewhat limited, al-thoush there Is some talk concerning eflorta that may be made to bring about a title match between him and Reuben rine. LIGHT OS SOME OPENING! Series by C. J. S. Purdy (Winding up the "Sicilian") "The Dragon" Several merciless sleuths point out that Kmoch's analysis on Page 219 (June) ends up with a blunder. In this diagram. Kmoch suggests 19. R-R3. but Black wins by 19. . . . NxP!; 20. PxN. RxP. White has self-pinned his own knight. But, although unimportant, this does not necessarily refute Kmoch's main idea. Black's knight Is bsdlv cornered, and there should be some way of victimising him.
despite the strong position of the other Black pieces. Position after 1. . , N-R7. E. H. Schadce. D. S. M. Dnimmond. J. O. I Dodse. C. P. Ford. J. P. Walsh. O A. Hal I Armstrong tweicome to our jnuurr.i n. V Nearpass. J. .. Oordon, J. C. Drake. i J. E. Tyler. O. Francis. W. C. Noltmg, J Sr., M. Holladay. R. M. Crafton. M. Rud In the diagram While should play, not 19. R-R.1??. but 19. R-NS. Some Idea of the Dosslbllities may be had from the fol lowing intricate variations, starting from Correction in Problem 1206: The Whiter", ?S b"m o.va- ?n o.on. qtO: ai. B at K7 should be a White N. iBxq. and BUc'k u gUI in difficulties with cm trrmu t- oanat lonf PtP n I his knight. If 21. . . . RxR; 22. BxR, " iR-Nl: 23. B-R4. BxP: 2. R-Rl! with a SOLUTION to problem laoe: H-uj, jwln on msterlal. Or. 21. . . . P-QR3; 22. Mlulloia from the lollow-jRj.R; gp.fft- RPR?R4p.Rii' ' is! ZunTt l JnTwm, ?. our "ladder i xB' NxP: 23. BxR. RxR; 24. B-B4. R-N5; Roslin, J. Mendl (welcome to our ladder.) ,. M, WvP. . b.qs- 97 B.Prt with a piece for two pawns and an ultimately wtnnable same.
219. R.N5. Q-B2I 20 Q-Q3. P-QR3 (hit. better?) 21. RxR. RxR: 22. B-Ql. P-QR4; 23. Q-R6. Black still looks likely V.?,.;25!to spill wood In the process of extricating holm. L. O. Hartmen, J. A. Prank (wel '""icome to our ladder.i 8. Keith King had already been illeally In ch(,cl. Tne nig, Q couldn't have moved C. O. Ran km. Rev. P. Prlchard, Mrs. A. Tovar, L, A. saigaao, Memphis, July S. 1911 SOLUTIONS FOR JUNE 29: 1203: "PxP. e.p., ch" 1204: "N-Q3" P-RS(B) 2. B-QN3. PxBr 3. R-R8.m P-R81Q) 2. P-K4, any; 3. B-B5,m P-R8(Nl 2. B-R4, any; 3, BxP.m Desr Mr. Steiner: Please pardon my verbos ty on your No. 1203 in my ac companylng analysis, but I feel that to miss all these fine points in this clever problem Is Just too bsd. There Is far more pleasure to be derived from this problem than Is at first apparent. The key move Isn ( ALL there Is it! WILLARD HARMON. A few words concerning T. R. Dawson's problem Irom Willard Harmon, Memphis, Tenn. In the very clever "2 mover." Problem No. 1203, it Is quite interesting and instructive to prove that P-N4 bad been Lpiack's last move. oiHriius wiiii blip rpwiia. mailt 1 w 113 at QR2. KB2. KN2 obviously had not moved. The K3 Pawn couldn't have come from an already occupied square. The Q3 Pawn demonstrably didn't come from B2 on the last move. To have done so.
It would have had to capture a White man on the Q file. But there was no White man there to capture, provable as follows: the Black Pawn on B7 to get where it Is from its starting point at KR2 had captured five White men. The Black Pawn on N6 had captured one White man to get into the Knight file. These six captured men and the 10 still left on the board account lor all 16 of White's forces. Now, the Black Pawns on N6 and B7 had not moved last, as the only squares they could have come from are occupied by White.
The Black Rooks and Bishop couldn't have come from any square. The King couldn't have Just moved out of check from the White Rook because to do so would mean tnat last as It would have been moving Irom a square checking White's King. Now, Black Pawn on N4 couldn't have come from N3 because of the peculiar situation concerning White's checking Bishop. This Bishop had not just moved to R4 checking the King . . . there is no square it could legally move from. The only possibility was for White's Rook to move from B6 discovering check. However. It Is obvious that White's K had Just been checked by Black's Q .
. . and the Black Q had to come from N3. So with Black Q on N3. and Black's QNP on N2 and White's R on B6 here is what happened: Black's Q to Q jqulre Black's eh. Then White's R to B8disc. eh. Then Black'a P to N4. which brings us to the key move of our problem, i.e., "PxP, e.p..ch." If R Interposes BxR; mate. If RxB then QxR, mate.
CLUB NEW" On July 9, Edward Kovacs, Viennese expert, gave a simultaneous -exhibition at the lovely Vista del Arroyo Hotel In Pasadena. The affair was sponsored by the Pasadena Chess Club and drew a nice attendance. Mr. Kovacs won 19 games and drew six. The Judges were Douglas 8. Houghten and I. Spero, who awarded draws to Col. C. W, Neal, Pasadena: Dr. B. Collins, Santa Monica; M. I. Robinson, Fresno: 8. Sbankina, Los Angeles; Robert W. Anderson, Burbank, and Ed Wilson, Altadena.
The exhibition was a preliminary to the fortheomin mammoth exhibition to be held at the Hollywood Athletic Club, Sept. 7, at which time Herman Steiner, international chess master, will play against 400, the proceeds to go to the British War Relief Fund. .The Pasadena Chess Club Is contributing its services to help make the event a large success. Special praise Is due Miss Helen Ksne for her charming and efficient assistance as hostess and secretary of the Pasadena Chess Club, as well as all the members who acted unanimously as host to all those attending Mr, Kovae'a exhibition and their unselfish eflorta In furthering the Interest of chess. The Castle Chess Club of Oakland and Berkeley has challenged the Los Angeles Chess Club -to a 10 board match to be held at Santa Barbara.
Sunday, July 20, at 10 a.m. The Castle Club, has many of the best - chess players in California and confidently expects to beat the Los Anseles club. Chess player's of Southern California Invited to sitend. Phone the Los Angeles club, MA-63B4. for address where match la to be held in 8ant Barbara, which la not yet settled.
The Log his knlf-ht. This analysis Is not conclu jive, but it will be surprising if any completely satisfactory line for Black can be discovered. The Black knight has a very sick look. Commenting on our article on the Rlchter attack (Pae 84, April.) Mr. J. A. Erskine mentions a game. Tiflls. 1937. in which Levenflsch answered 7. Q-02 (diagram on Paxe 841 with 7. . . . B-K2. and after 8. O-O-O. played 8. . . . O-Oil. inviting White to win a pawn with 9. BxN. BxBI: 10. NxN. PxN: 11. OxP. upon which Black would get an attack with 11. . . . 0-N3. White declined the pawn and played 12. P-B4. It seems. . then, that 7. . . . B-K2 is quite a playable alternative to 7. . . . P-QR3.
ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE Seldman White 1- P-K4 2- P-K5 3- P-Q4 4- N-KB3 5- B-K2 S-O-O 7- PxP 8- B-K3 9- NxP 10- QxB 11- B-B4 12- BxN 13- Q-K3!b) 14- N-B3 15- B-N3 16- Q-B3 17- N-K4 18- P-QN3 19- P-B4 Levine Black N-KB3 N-Q4 P.Q3 B-N5 N-N3 N-B3 QxP P-K4(a BxB NxN QxP Q-QB5 O-O-O P-KB3 B-B4ICI N-Q4(d) B-N3 Q-B3 N-K2 Seldman White 20- P-B5 21- QR-BlKe) 22- R-B4 23- Q-K2 24- N-Q6 25- N-B7 26- Q-B2(f) 27- P-N4 28- NxB 29- P-OR4 30- P-NS 3t-PxP 32- P-B8 33- Q-R2 34- P-B4?(h) Levine Black B-R4 K-Nl B-Q7 B-R3 N-N3 OR-K1 KR-N1 R-K2 PxN P-R3ig) PxP QxQNP P-N3 RN1-K1 R-K7! 35-Q-R4 QxQ?(l) 36-RxQ R-OB7?(j) 37-RB1-R1 Resicns (a) P-KN3. B-N2, R-Ql. etc.. with pres sure against Whites up, seem more in the spirit of the opening.
(bl Superficially the Queen seems placed on a square which will facilitate the development of Black's pieces. Actuslly, Black's pieces are enticed to unfavorable positions and it will be White who gains tempo after tempo. (c) B-Q3 Is preferable. (d) Seeking to secure a better sauare for the Knight or to exchange off. However, B-Q3 is still called for White now practically forces Black's next 10 moves. (e) Stronger than 21. P-QR3. P-B4: 22. N-N5, QxQ: 23. PxQ. B-BS!, since If 24. QR-B1. B-Q7! The threat of N-Q6 drives the King oft the B file. (f I Continuing the Queen side attack rather than winning a Pawn by Q-R5.
White Is already In his customary time trouble with 14 mores to make In three minutes. (g) Enabling White to open the QN file at the expense of a Pawn. (h) An Incredible blunder! Wfilte Picked up the Bishop Pawn Intending P-B3 (which leaves Black defenseless against the threat of R-Rl) and was horrified after moving to discover that he had dropped the Pawn on B4 in stead through sheer nervousness! P-B4 is a blunder on two counts: defensively it fatally weakens the diagonal QR8-KR1. Offensively it blocks the Bishop's diagonal, thus preventing White's smashing reply to the threatened R-K7 or BxP . li) Black misses a brilliant win by Q-Q4I 36. R-B3 (or 3fi. B-B2. N-RS.) RxP-HU 37. KXR. R-K7; 38. B-B2, N-RS , winning easily. (J) Falling to nnd tne only defense. though an obvious one. In severe time trouble. N-K2 forces wntte to jook lor a draw, and la also tne oniy move to avoid Immediate checkmate.
(Notes and score N.Y. E.P.) . (Note by K. L. Haegg) QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Haegg Pray Haegg : Pray White Black White Black 1- P-Q4 Kt-KB3 21-BxKt? PxKt 2- P-QB4 P-K3 22-P-Kt5 Q-B2! 3- Kt-OB3 ' P-Q4 23-PxBP R-R! 4- B-KtS QKt-Q2 24-Q-Kt RxR 5- P-K3 B-K2 25-QxR QBxP 8-Kt-B3 . P-Bn 26-BxB QxB 7- R-B O-O 27-PxP P-B7 8- B-Q3 P-KR3 28-Q-B B-R6 9- BxKt KtxB 29-P-Kt7 BxQ 10- P-B5'!?) P-QKt3 30-P-Kt8(Qlch K.R2 11- P-QKt B-K12 3!-Kt-Q4 BxPi?l(a) 12- 0-0 Kt-Q2 32-KtxP B-Kt3?ib 13- Q-K2 P-QR4 33-KNK3 Q-B3 14- P-QR3 ' RPxP 34-P-KI3 P-QS(c) 15- RPxP R-R6(?) 35-Kt-5 Q-B3! 18-Q-Ktl Q-R 36-KtxB P-Q8 17- R-R RxR 37-Q-Q8 Q-B8fh 18- RXR Q-Kt 38-K-Kt2 P-Q7 19- Q-R2 P-K4! 39-Q-Q3ch! P-Kt3 20- B-B5 KPxP 40-Q-QS1 Drawn (a) After 31. . . . B-R8.' I should have resigned! ib) 32. . . . BxPrh give! Black winning ending. 10 An logenioua sacrifice that nearly wlna.
despite the strong position of the other Black pieces. Position after 1. . , N-R7. E. H. Schadce. D. S. M. Dnimmond. J. O. I Dodse. C. P. Ford. J. P. Walsh. O A. Hal I Armstrong tweicome to our jnuurr.i n. V Nearpass. J. .. Oordon, J. C. Drake. i J. E. Tyler. O. Francis. W. C. Noltmg, J Sr., M. Holladay. R. M. Crafton. M. Rud In the diagram While should play, not 19. R-R.1??. but 19. R-NS. Some Idea of the Dosslbllities may be had from the fol lowing intricate variations, starting from Correction in Problem 1206: The Whiter", ?S b"m o.va- ?n o.on. qtO: ai. B at K7 should be a White N. iBxq. and BUc'k u gUI in difficulties with cm trrmu t- oanat lonf PtP n I his knight. If 21. . . . RxR; 22. BxR, " iR-Nl: 23. B-R4. BxP: 2. R-Rl! with a SOLUTION to problem laoe: H-uj, jwln on msterlal. Or. 21. . . . P-QR3; 22. Mlulloia from the lollow-jRj.R; gp.fft- RPR?R4p.Rii' ' is! ZunTt l JnTwm, ?. our "ladder i xB' NxP: 23. BxR. RxR; 24. B-B4. R-N5; Roslin, J. Mendl (welcome to our ladder.) ,. M, WvP. . b.qs- 97 B.Prt with a piece for two pawns and an ultimately wtnnable same.
219. R.N5. Q-B2I 20 Q-Q3. P-QR3 (hit. better?) 21. RxR. RxR: 22. B-Ql. P-QR4; 23. Q-R6. Black still looks likely V.?,.;25!to spill wood In the process of extricating holm. L. O. Hartmen, J. A. Prank (wel '""icome to our ladder.i 8. Keith King had already been illeally In ch(,cl. Tne nig, Q couldn't have moved C. O. Ran km. Rev. P. Prlchard, Mrs. A. Tovar, L, A. saigaao, Memphis, July S. 1911 SOLUTIONS FOR JUNE 29: 1203: "PxP. e.p., ch" 1204: "N-Q3" P-RS(B) 2. B-QN3. PxBr 3. R-R8.m P-R81Q) 2. P-K4, any; 3. B-B5,m P-R8(Nl 2. B-R4, any; 3, BxP.m Desr Mr. Steiner: Please pardon my verbos ty on your No. 1203 in my ac companylng analysis, but I feel that to miss all these fine points in this clever problem Is Just too bsd. There Is far more pleasure to be derived from this problem than Is at first apparent. The key move Isn ( ALL there Is it! WILLARD HARMON. A few words concerning T. R. Dawson's problem Irom Willard Harmon, Memphis, Tenn. In the very clever "2 mover." Problem No. 1203, it Is quite interesting and instructive to prove that P-N4 bad been Lpiack's last move. oiHriius wiiii blip rpwiia. mailt 1 w 113 at QR2. KB2. KN2 obviously had not moved. The K3 Pawn couldn't have come from an already occupied square. The Q3 Pawn demonstrably didn't come from B2 on the last move. To have done so.
It would have had to capture a White man on the Q file. But there was no White man there to capture, provable as follows: the Black Pawn on B7 to get where it Is from its starting point at KR2 had captured five White men. The Black Pawn on N6 had captured one White man to get into the Knight file. These six captured men and the 10 still left on the board account lor all 16 of White's forces. Now, the Black Pawns on N6 and B7 had not moved last, as the only squares they could have come from are occupied by White.
The Black Rooks and Bishop couldn't have come from any square. The King couldn't have Just moved out of check from the White Rook because to do so would mean tnat last as It would have been moving Irom a square checking White's King. Now, Black Pawn on N4 couldn't have come from N3 because of the peculiar situation concerning White's checking Bishop. This Bishop had not just moved to R4 checking the King . . . there is no square it could legally move from. The only possibility was for White's Rook to move from B6 discovering check. However. It Is obvious that White's K had Just been checked by Black's Q .
. . and the Black Q had to come from N3. So with Black Q on N3. and Black's QNP on N2 and White's R on B6 here is what happened: Black's Q to Q jqulre Black's eh. Then White's R to B8disc. eh. Then Black'a P to N4. which brings us to the key move of our problem, i.e., "PxP, e.p..ch." If R Interposes BxR; mate. If RxB then QxR, mate.
CLUB NEW" On July 9, Edward Kovacs, Viennese expert, gave a simultaneous -exhibition at the lovely Vista del Arroyo Hotel In Pasadena. The affair was sponsored by the Pasadena Chess Club and drew a nice attendance. Mr. Kovacs won 19 games and drew six. The Judges were Douglas 8. Houghten and I. Spero, who awarded draws to Col. C. W, Neal, Pasadena: Dr. B. Collins, Santa Monica; M. I. Robinson, Fresno: 8. Sbankina, Los Angeles; Robert W. Anderson, Burbank, and Ed Wilson, Altadena.
The exhibition was a preliminary to the fortheomin mammoth exhibition to be held at the Hollywood Athletic Club, Sept. 7, at which time Herman Steiner, international chess master, will play against 400, the proceeds to go to the British War Relief Fund. .The Pasadena Chess Club Is contributing its services to help make the event a large success. Special praise Is due Miss Helen Ksne for her charming and efficient assistance as hostess and secretary of the Pasadena Chess Club, as well as all the members who acted unanimously as host to all those attending Mr, Kovae'a exhibition and their unselfish eflorta In furthering the Interest of chess. The Castle Chess Club of Oakland and Berkeley has challenged the Los Angeles Chess Club -to a 10 board match to be held at Santa Barbara.
Sunday, July 20, at 10 a.m. The Castle Club, has many of the best - chess players in California and confidently expects to beat the Los Anseles club. Chess player's of Southern California Invited to sitend. Phone the Los Angeles club, MA-63B4. for address where match la to be held in 8ant Barbara, which la not yet settled.
The Log his knlf-ht. This analysis Is not conclu jive, but it will be surprising if any completely satisfactory line for Black can be discovered. The Black knight has a very sick look. Commenting on our article on the Rlchter attack (Pae 84, April.) Mr. J. A. Erskine mentions a game. Tiflls. 1937. in which Levenflsch answered 7. Q-02 (diagram on Paxe 841 with 7. . . . B-K2. and after 8. O-O-O. played 8. . . . O-Oil. inviting White to win a pawn with 9. BxN. BxBI: 10. NxN. PxN: 11. OxP. upon which Black would get an attack with 11. . . . 0-N3. White declined the pawn and played 12. P-B4. It seems. . then, that 7. . . . B-K2 is quite a playable alternative to 7. . . . P-QR3.
ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE Seldman White 1- P-K4 2- P-K5 3- P-Q4 4- N-KB3 5- B-K2 S-O-O 7- PxP 8- B-K3 9- NxP 10- QxB 11- B-B4 12- BxN 13- Q-K3!b) 14- N-B3 15- B-N3 16- Q-B3 17- N-K4 18- P-QN3 19- P-B4 Levine Black N-KB3 N-Q4 P.Q3 B-N5 N-N3 N-B3 QxP P-K4(a BxB NxN QxP Q-QB5 O-O-O P-KB3 B-B4ICI N-Q4(d) B-N3 Q-B3 N-K2 Seldman White 20- P-B5 21- QR-BlKe) 22- R-B4 23- Q-K2 24- N-Q6 25- N-B7 26- Q-B2(f) 27- P-N4 28- NxB 29- P-OR4 30- P-NS 3t-PxP 32- P-B8 33- Q-R2 34- P-B4?(h) Levine Black B-R4 K-Nl B-Q7 B-R3 N-N3 OR-K1 KR-N1 R-K2 PxN P-R3ig) PxP QxQNP P-N3 RN1-K1 R-K7! 35-Q-R4 QxQ?(l) 36-RxQ R-OB7?(j) 37-RB1-R1 Resicns (a) P-KN3. B-N2, R-Ql. etc.. with pres sure against Whites up, seem more in the spirit of the opening.
(bl Superficially the Queen seems placed on a square which will facilitate the development of Black's pieces. Actuslly, Black's pieces are enticed to unfavorable positions and it will be White who gains tempo after tempo. (c) B-Q3 Is preferable. (d) Seeking to secure a better sauare for the Knight or to exchange off. However, B-Q3 is still called for White now practically forces Black's next 10 moves. (e) Stronger than 21. P-QR3. P-B4: 22. N-N5, QxQ: 23. PxQ. B-BS!, since If 24. QR-B1. B-Q7! The threat of N-Q6 drives the King oft the B file. (f I Continuing the Queen side attack rather than winning a Pawn by Q-R5.
White Is already In his customary time trouble with 14 mores to make In three minutes. (g) Enabling White to open the QN file at the expense of a Pawn. (h) An Incredible blunder! Wfilte Picked up the Bishop Pawn Intending P-B3 (which leaves Black defenseless against the threat of R-Rl) and was horrified after moving to discover that he had dropped the Pawn on B4 in stead through sheer nervousness! P-B4 is a blunder on two counts: defensively it fatally weakens the diagonal QR8-KR1. Offensively it blocks the Bishop's diagonal, thus preventing White's smashing reply to the threatened R-K7 or BxP . li) Black misses a brilliant win by Q-Q4I 36. R-B3 (or 3fi. B-B2. N-RS.) RxP-HU 37. KXR. R-K7; 38. B-B2, N-RS , winning easily. (J) Falling to nnd tne only defense. though an obvious one. In severe time trouble. N-K2 forces wntte to jook lor a draw, and la also tne oniy move to avoid Immediate checkmate.
(Notes and score N.Y. E.P.) . (Note by K. L. Haegg) QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Haegg Pray Haegg : Pray White Black White Black 1- P-Q4 Kt-KB3 21-BxKt? PxKt 2- P-QB4 P-K3 22-P-Kt5 Q-B2! 3- Kt-OB3 ' P-Q4 23-PxBP R-R! 4- B-KtS QKt-Q2 24-Q-Kt RxR 5- P-K3 B-K2 25-QxR QBxP 8-Kt-B3 . P-Bn 26-BxB QxB 7- R-B O-O 27-PxP P-B7 8- B-Q3 P-KR3 28-Q-B B-R6 9- BxKt KtxB 29-P-Kt7 BxQ 10- P-B5'!?) P-QKt3 30-P-Kt8(Qlch K.R2 11- P-QKt B-K12 3!-Kt-Q4 BxPi?l(a) 12- 0-0 Kt-Q2 32-KtxP B-Kt3?ib 13- Q-K2 P-QR4 33-KNK3 Q-B3 14- P-QR3 ' RPxP 34-P-KI3 P-QS(c) 15- RPxP R-R6(?) 35-Kt-5 Q-B3! 18-Q-Ktl Q-R 36-KtxB P-Q8 17- R-R RxR 37-Q-Q8 Q-B8fh 18- RXR Q-Kt 38-K-Kt2 P-Q7 19- Q-R2 P-K4! 39-Q-Q3ch! P-Kt3 20- B-B5 KPxP 40-Q-QS1 Drawn (a) After 31. . . . B-R8.' I should have resigned! ib) 32. . . . BxPrh give! Black winning ending. 10 An logenioua sacrifice that nearly wlna.
