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CHESS July 14, 1940 L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1103 By L. H. Per3on, First Prize White mates In two. (Wh. Si Bl. 11.) L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 110 By Mra. N, Bchrufer White mates in three. (Wh. 7. Bl. 6.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1099; KxKtP. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1100; R(Kt5l-QHj, We received solutions from the following; Dr. R. H. Ro.s, R. H. Srobel welcome to our ladder,) O. R Halton D. A, Imieg. W. Harmon, J. C. Drake, M. Rud-holm. C. P. Ford. Rev. P. Prichard, J. O. Dodge, W. L. Koeihen. O A. Hall, J. E. Tyler. J. P. Walsh, A. O. Karn, K. H. Bchadee. H. Pruhn. O. C. Fish. W. B. Tudor, C, L. Hoover, J. Davidson, H. P. Baum, L. Sheppard, H. J. Ollmore, A. Wirkman (welcome to our ladder,) H. Maloalen. CORRECTIOV . Problem No. 1033 bag had golutlon, namely R-Q7ch. Ci.t'B NEW , THE HOLLYWOOD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP The preliminaries wlOi over 30 players . ,u ,.ni. nr intiMt at the head quarters of the Hollywood Chess Oroup at 108 N. Formosa Ave., wnere games are played every evening, Visitors are welcome.
For reservation call WEbster 8817 (No charge. SKCRETS OF THE CHFSSBOARD By C. J. S. Purdy (Copyright) 13. THE SYSTEM AT WORK (This Is a aupplementary article t the series that ran through all the numhera of last year. We take various positions in a certain game and show how the system applies.) Our game will be Botvlnnlk-Euwe. Leningrad. 1934 Dr. Euwe considera It a remarkable clear-cut example of the Interrelation between strategical plans and tactical ideas.
The system Is supposed to be applied at every move, but of course we have not the space for that. Or. M. M. Botvinnik Dr. M. Euwe 1-F-Kl F-K -N-KR3 N-OHI S-B-V F-MH:t 4-B-Rl S-Bi A-O-O fir -P-OI F-OM 7-B-Si P-0 -PP B-K1 -F-B.t B-hS Hi.qn-UJ Casllea 11-tt-M .""-Bi l!-N.O NtB 11-ONtX O-Oi M-sN! QS 15-B-KS B-KBl l-KRUI KR-OI 11-P-BJ B-hRI!! lA-Q-hBt r-UK4! Blaclc la anxloua for White to post his knisht on OHS, not his bishop because thai would lead to the disappearance ofi Black s " two bishops " If the bishop were1 HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Addresa all mail to Chest Editor still on K2. B-BH would be plaved, now If 19. B-B.V P-R5: 20. BxB.
PxN: 21 B-Rl, B-B7I 22. R moves, IUBI and if .'3. PxR, F-N7 1 advantage to Black. DIAGRAM 4 Position after IS. P-QR4.
At this point, Euwe made a mistake through falling to answer Question 2 (Changes? Threats? Objects?) Having found what he considered to be the sole ob.iect of Black'g last move hindrance of B-B5 he lomot to look for direct threats. And Black haa one . . . P-NSI with the threat of Isolating the OBP. Had he seen the danger of this move. Euwe would have played 19. QR-B1I as a "prophylactic" ixmnla of a "mysterious rook move ") Tn nvrlnnk inch a threat was a fairly e cmentary error, winch couia ne avomca by religiously skimming over every question Hon of the system. Th. oomo la now suddenly turned ln;17-R-K Black'g -.favor. 19. R-D7? P-NSI JO. R-UB1 i ny, U. N-Ut ITm.
..... tUm MID l.'V. , h., in llnaulsh control of B3. the key anuare. P-Q.VS O-KI! Obviously to tain time (by a threat) for P-WB4. SI. FsP BP SI. hlt-01 P-OBt Of course not . . . QxP?? (N-B8.) 25. N-B3 White Is now faced with an embarrass ment of riches. The combinative lines were 25. . . QxP, and 25. . . . P-Ba. both leading to good winning chances lor Black hut. rtviltlrlnir much rulrulatlnn. Hotvinnlk usually prefers a positional line If It gives! an advantage, as 11 does nm contain the hararrii nf mtaratrulaf Kin. Th. DOKltlflnall line la based on the simple advance of tha Tills Is the game Which decided the) passed pawn, gaining since.
But If at once destinies of the first and second prizes m 25 . , P-Q5; 26. B-N5. P-Q4; 27. NxH.Uhe current championship tourney of the RPxN; 28 P-B4. B-B4- 29. Q-B3 and 'Marsh til fbess tlub. Kcuben Hue is again White will enforce P-KN4. driving thei the tilleholdrr w hile last year's co-winner black bishop away from its good diagonal, of the title (with Sidney Bernstein.) Mil- .,.. 1, nt i.
h. ton D Hanauer Is a good second. Tht Pl knight. Kin, march I. excellent. moved. B-NS R-UI? 27 Black, In his turn, makea a palpable error. At Q4. the ronk has no mobility in a lateral direction, whereas al Qi it would have. Besides, at 04 It will be a target for White's aueen. It Is Impossible to explain this error. Black could hardly have been concerned to force P-KB4, as White must want to play that now In any case. Black uo longer having a white-square bishop, a. P-B4 P-R SB. O-BII PP SO. PxP 11-Qi Th tfmnA m .li.lmnnrtflnt fnr White. for he now gets chances on the K-side to balance B.ack'g on the Q-side. Had Black played 27.
. . . R-Q2. he could have met P-K4 and Q B3 with . . . Q-K3-Q4, j after which White would no longer be able to work up a serious K-side attack. XI. P-B.1 White has now a clear advantage, large.
because of the difference In the bishops. SI. . . . KR-RT 3!. O-M :t;i. ur-bi XI. RtR Whites threst wsi obvious B-R6 1 33. R-Bl R-IH RxK. K-RI (B-B8 or' R RI The Important thing for White to recog. nlre Is lhat Black has n. thrrata. He cannot Improve his position. White'a course is therefore to make his position as sound as possible before launching an attack.
. P-R1 O-RI 87. K-R! K1 S. R-H I? Here White failed to examine the combinative possibilities. At every stage here, ahouts one should examine such violent movea as P-K and P-B6.
While would obtain winning position with 38. P-K6I ithrest P-Bti.l as It would force . , . P-KB3. after which the supported Passed pawn on the sixth rank would be too terrible a thorn.
Another winning line was in push lip the KRP lo force a weakening move. Black biivcsnnot bring his bishop to the defense vlg 114 became of the pin, it-Rl. n. ... tl-BII Now that R-Rl If off showing ti.e lm portance of B.'ctlon II of the system-White failed properly, to visualize the) clmnae In the poaiilon alter R-H.'l. With his bishop In play. Black will no longer be virtually a piece down, aa he was. The rest was: 39. B-B4, B-B.'t An. R-BI, R-KI) 41. It-KI, O-ltll 4i. P-K1, BH II, Qxf, Pxl't 41. I'xP, R-KI 1 4, P-K;, I'-RIl 1. U-B5, Q-).'lchi 47. K-RI, K-NIl 4M. R-hd. -ti;i 4. U-KV Here the gamai was drawn by agreement, as Black could ; piar 4n.
r-ui nil. k-o, xri ' UxQ, KxQl fii. KxP. , I We know that It would enow the value) of the, system far better If we gave a aam 1 between two amateurs, with a mistake , occurring every few moves, as we could : show how most of the mistakes could hav been avoided, However, space did not al-; low of that. We refer the' render whd wants stirh a game, with similar full notes, to the A.C.R. of August, A Euwe victory from a email tourna, mrnt played in February In Delft, SICILIAN DEFENSE Euwe White 1- H-K4 2- Kt-KB3 3- P-04 4- KtxP ri.Kt-OB3 B-B-K2 7-CUeg B-B-K3 9-P-H4 10- K-R 11- Kt-KtJ 12- h-b:i 13- Kt-QS Landau Black P-UB4 P-Q3 PxP Kt-KB.'t P-KK13 B-Kta Castles Kt-B3 B-Q2 R-WB P-OR3 Q-BJ KlxKt Kt-QR4 OxKl. R-BS KR-B Euwe White 18-W-Q2 1H-U-K112 20-B-KJ :1-B-W 22-B-H2 3-ItxH. 24- P-BS 25- BPXP 2fl-PxPch, 27-QR-K 2R-BxP 21)-Q-KI3 .'!0-B-Kt 31- RxR 32- R-KB 33- Q-Klfl Landau BIhcIc P-WKI4 Q-Q R-RS n-K RxB P-K'5 PxOHP PxttKlP K-B B-KBl R-BH B-KIl RxRch Q-FH Q-B4 Resign 14-PxKt lS-KtxKt When Reuhen Fine met the retired U S. champion, Frank James Marshall, a few deyg ago.
It was the first time these two ihad ever met In a tournament. A draw returned after a symmetrical ending, with I , ' J,' 3 or opposite colors, had been Fine Is again the Marshall Chef Club tltlcholder. FOUR KNIOHTS Flne MarhalliFine Marshall White Pluck White Black 1- P-K4 P-K4 fl-NxP PxP 2- N-KB3 N-H.' 10-PP Oxl 3- N-BI N-B3 11-flxQ NxP 4- B-N5 ' B-N5 12-NxOBP NxOBP 6- O-O O-O 13-R-Kl B-Q2 K-P-Q1 BxN! 14-B-Q2 BxN 7- PxB P-Q4 15-BxN KR-K1 8- BxN PxB Drawn FINE WINS MARSHALL CHESS CHAMPION8HIP CLUB CARO-KANN Fine White 1- P-K4 2- P-W4 3- N-OB3 4- NxP 5- N-N3 8-P-KR4 7- N-KB3 8- B-OJ 9- QxB 10- B-U2 11- O-OO 12- K-N1 13- P-B4 14- N-K4 Hanauer Fine Hanatier Black White ' BlarK p-QB3i22-P.RH KR-KM T-Q4 21-0. Kl N-Q5 PP ;4-Rxtl RxR P-B4 25-BxN PxH B-N3 20-HgP Rxft P-KH1 27-QR OR4 N-QJ .'8-P-KN4 -K8. BxBiJ9-K-B2 Q-K7 KN-B3 30-K-N.l K-Nl P-K3 31-K-N4 Q-K8 Q-B2 32-K-R4 Q-K7 O-O-O 33-K-R5 Q-B) B-Q1 34-Q-B5! Q-K7 NxN 35-P-N4! Q-Q7 P-QR4 13H-Q-Q6 OxQ N-B337-PxQ P-KN P-R338-K-N K-Bl BxN3!)-P-B5 PxP N-24().PxP P-K4 N-Nl IH-P-Q7 4. KxP 'J-"x "'"S'Ji "-g-JJf "-g;KJ 5"t35, 21-KR-Q1 N-B342-KxP Re.Mgr.g NEW ZEALAND BRILLIANCY K. Bever, formerly of Denmark, won the Brilliancy prize In the 41th Chess Congie.s of New Zealand, held In Wellington over the Christmas holidays. His opponent, R. O. Wade, was unable to escape from direct "u,rl of K n'1 Beyer was abl K PBCIUHr .lis l.l in niKoti m ending.
The New Zealand championship, by the way. was won by J. B. Duniop for the sixth time 1 SICILIAN DEFENSE I Bever Wsde Bever Wsda) White Bls.k White Hiack 1- P-K4 P-QH4 15-QR-B QK-B 2- Kt-KB3 KI-QH3 1K-U-Q KH-Q 3- P-Q4 PxP 17-U-K P-KH 4- K'xP Kt-KB3 18-PxP BvKP 5- Kt-gB3 P-Q3 11-Q-B? R-K -B-Ki P-KKt.l 20-Kt-Hl B-K4 7- B-K3 B-Kt2 2I-OR-Q BxI'ch 8- i-e" lea Castles 22-K-R B-Kt 9- Kt-Kt3 B-K3 23-U-Bfi Kt-Q 10- P-B3 P-Q4 24-B-KR8 B-K4 11- KtP KfxKt 25-KtxB BxQ 112-PxKt BxP 2-KtBch K-li 1J-P-B3 P-K4 27-B-Kt7ch Resigni i 14-Q-B2 Q-B2.
For reservation call WEbster 8817 (No charge. SKCRETS OF THE CHFSSBOARD By C. J. S. Purdy (Copyright) 13. THE SYSTEM AT WORK (This Is a aupplementary article t the series that ran through all the numhera of last year. We take various positions in a certain game and show how the system applies.) Our game will be Botvlnnlk-Euwe. Leningrad. 1934 Dr. Euwe considera It a remarkable clear-cut example of the Interrelation between strategical plans and tactical ideas.
The system Is supposed to be applied at every move, but of course we have not the space for that. Or. M. M. Botvinnik Dr. M. Euwe 1-F-Kl F-K -N-KR3 N-OHI S-B-V F-MH:t 4-B-Rl S-Bi A-O-O fir -P-OI F-OM 7-B-Si P-0 -PP B-K1 -F-B.t B-hS Hi.qn-UJ Casllea 11-tt-M .""-Bi l!-N.O NtB 11-ONtX O-Oi M-sN! QS 15-B-KS B-KBl l-KRUI KR-OI 11-P-BJ B-hRI!! lA-Q-hBt r-UK4! Blaclc la anxloua for White to post his knisht on OHS, not his bishop because thai would lead to the disappearance ofi Black s " two bishops " If the bishop were1 HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Addresa all mail to Chest Editor still on K2. B-BH would be plaved, now If 19. B-B.V P-R5: 20. BxB.
PxN: 21 B-Rl, B-B7I 22. R moves, IUBI and if .'3. PxR, F-N7 1 advantage to Black. DIAGRAM 4 Position after IS. P-QR4.
At this point, Euwe made a mistake through falling to answer Question 2 (Changes? Threats? Objects?) Having found what he considered to be the sole ob.iect of Black'g last move hindrance of B-B5 he lomot to look for direct threats. And Black haa one . . . P-NSI with the threat of Isolating the OBP. Had he seen the danger of this move. Euwe would have played 19. QR-B1I as a "prophylactic" ixmnla of a "mysterious rook move ") Tn nvrlnnk inch a threat was a fairly e cmentary error, winch couia ne avomca by religiously skimming over every question Hon of the system. Th. oomo la now suddenly turned ln;17-R-K Black'g -.favor. 19. R-D7? P-NSI JO. R-UB1 i ny, U. N-Ut ITm.
..... tUm MID l.'V. , h., in llnaulsh control of B3. the key anuare. P-Q.VS O-KI! Obviously to tain time (by a threat) for P-WB4. SI. FsP BP SI. hlt-01 P-OBt Of course not . . . QxP?? (N-B8.) 25. N-B3 White Is now faced with an embarrass ment of riches. The combinative lines were 25. . . QxP, and 25. . . . P-Ba. both leading to good winning chances lor Black hut. rtviltlrlnir much rulrulatlnn. Hotvinnlk usually prefers a positional line If It gives! an advantage, as 11 does nm contain the hararrii nf mtaratrulaf Kin. Th. DOKltlflnall line la based on the simple advance of tha Tills Is the game Which decided the) passed pawn, gaining since.
But If at once destinies of the first and second prizes m 25 . , P-Q5; 26. B-N5. P-Q4; 27. NxH.Uhe current championship tourney of the RPxN; 28 P-B4. B-B4- 29. Q-B3 and 'Marsh til fbess tlub. Kcuben Hue is again White will enforce P-KN4. driving thei the tilleholdrr w hile last year's co-winner black bishop away from its good diagonal, of the title (with Sidney Bernstein.) Mil- .,.. 1, nt i.
h. ton D Hanauer Is a good second. Tht Pl knight. Kin, march I. excellent. moved. B-NS R-UI? 27 Black, In his turn, makea a palpable error. At Q4. the ronk has no mobility in a lateral direction, whereas al Qi it would have. Besides, at 04 It will be a target for White's aueen. It Is Impossible to explain this error. Black could hardly have been concerned to force P-KB4, as White must want to play that now In any case. Black uo longer having a white-square bishop, a. P-B4 P-R SB. O-BII PP SO. PxP 11-Qi Th tfmnA m .li.lmnnrtflnt fnr White. for he now gets chances on the K-side to balance B.ack'g on the Q-side. Had Black played 27.
. . . R-Q2. he could have met P-K4 and Q B3 with . . . Q-K3-Q4, j after which White would no longer be able to work up a serious K-side attack. XI. P-B.1 White has now a clear advantage, large.
because of the difference In the bishops. SI. . . . KR-RT 3!. O-M :t;i. ur-bi XI. RtR Whites threst wsi obvious B-R6 1 33. R-Bl R-IH RxK. K-RI (B-B8 or' R RI The Important thing for White to recog. nlre Is lhat Black has n. thrrata. He cannot Improve his position. White'a course is therefore to make his position as sound as possible before launching an attack.
. P-R1 O-RI 87. K-R! K1 S. R-H I? Here White failed to examine the combinative possibilities. At every stage here, ahouts one should examine such violent movea as P-K and P-B6.
While would obtain winning position with 38. P-K6I ithrest P-Bti.l as It would force . , . P-KB3. after which the supported Passed pawn on the sixth rank would be too terrible a thorn.
Another winning line was in push lip the KRP lo force a weakening move. Black biivcsnnot bring his bishop to the defense vlg 114 became of the pin, it-Rl. n. ... tl-BII Now that R-Rl If off showing ti.e lm portance of B.'ctlon II of the system-White failed properly, to visualize the) clmnae In the poaiilon alter R-H.'l. With his bishop In play. Black will no longer be virtually a piece down, aa he was. The rest was: 39. B-B4, B-B.'t An. R-BI, R-KI) 41. It-KI, O-ltll 4i. P-K1, BH II, Qxf, Pxl't 41. I'xP, R-KI 1 4, P-K;, I'-RIl 1. U-B5, Q-).'lchi 47. K-RI, K-NIl 4M. R-hd. -ti;i 4. U-KV Here the gamai was drawn by agreement, as Black could ; piar 4n.
r-ui nil. k-o, xri ' UxQ, KxQl fii. KxP. , I We know that It would enow the value) of the, system far better If we gave a aam 1 between two amateurs, with a mistake , occurring every few moves, as we could : show how most of the mistakes could hav been avoided, However, space did not al-; low of that. We refer the' render whd wants stirh a game, with similar full notes, to the A.C.R. of August, A Euwe victory from a email tourna, mrnt played in February In Delft, SICILIAN DEFENSE Euwe White 1- H-K4 2- Kt-KB3 3- P-04 4- KtxP ri.Kt-OB3 B-B-K2 7-CUeg B-B-K3 9-P-H4 10- K-R 11- Kt-KtJ 12- h-b:i 13- Kt-QS Landau Black P-UB4 P-Q3 PxP Kt-KB.'t P-KK13 B-Kta Castles Kt-B3 B-Q2 R-WB P-OR3 Q-BJ KlxKt Kt-QR4 OxKl. R-BS KR-B Euwe White 18-W-Q2 1H-U-K112 20-B-KJ :1-B-W 22-B-H2 3-ItxH. 24- P-BS 25- BPXP 2fl-PxPch, 27-QR-K 2R-BxP 21)-Q-KI3 .'!0-B-Kt 31- RxR 32- R-KB 33- Q-Klfl Landau BIhcIc P-WKI4 Q-Q R-RS n-K RxB P-K'5 PxOHP PxttKlP K-B B-KBl R-BH B-KIl RxRch Q-FH Q-B4 Resign 14-PxKt lS-KtxKt When Reuhen Fine met the retired U S. champion, Frank James Marshall, a few deyg ago.
It was the first time these two ihad ever met In a tournament. A draw returned after a symmetrical ending, with I , ' J,' 3 or opposite colors, had been Fine Is again the Marshall Chef Club tltlcholder. FOUR KNIOHTS Flne MarhalliFine Marshall White Pluck White Black 1- P-K4 P-K4 fl-NxP PxP 2- N-KB3 N-H.' 10-PP Oxl 3- N-BI N-B3 11-flxQ NxP 4- B-N5 ' B-N5 12-NxOBP NxOBP 6- O-O O-O 13-R-Kl B-Q2 K-P-Q1 BxN! 14-B-Q2 BxN 7- PxB P-Q4 15-BxN KR-K1 8- BxN PxB Drawn FINE WINS MARSHALL CHESS CHAMPION8HIP CLUB CARO-KANN Fine White 1- P-K4 2- P-W4 3- N-OB3 4- NxP 5- N-N3 8-P-KR4 7- N-KB3 8- B-OJ 9- QxB 10- B-U2 11- O-OO 12- K-N1 13- P-B4 14- N-K4 Hanauer Fine Hanatier Black White ' BlarK p-QB3i22-P.RH KR-KM T-Q4 21-0. Kl N-Q5 PP ;4-Rxtl RxR P-B4 25-BxN PxH B-N3 20-HgP Rxft P-KH1 27-QR OR4 N-QJ .'8-P-KN4 -K8. BxBiJ9-K-B2 Q-K7 KN-B3 30-K-N.l K-Nl P-K3 31-K-N4 Q-K8 Q-B2 32-K-R4 Q-K7 O-O-O 33-K-R5 Q-B) B-Q1 34-Q-B5! Q-K7 NxN 35-P-N4! Q-Q7 P-QR4 13H-Q-Q6 OxQ N-B337-PxQ P-KN P-R338-K-N K-Bl BxN3!)-P-B5 PxP N-24().PxP P-K4 N-Nl IH-P-Q7 4. KxP 'J-"x "'"S'Ji "-g-JJf "-g;KJ 5"t35, 21-KR-Q1 N-B342-KxP Re.Mgr.g NEW ZEALAND BRILLIANCY K. Bever, formerly of Denmark, won the Brilliancy prize In the 41th Chess Congie.s of New Zealand, held In Wellington over the Christmas holidays. His opponent, R. O. Wade, was unable to escape from direct "u,rl of K n'1 Beyer was abl K PBCIUHr .lis l.l in niKoti m ending.
The New Zealand championship, by the way. was won by J. B. Duniop for the sixth time 1 SICILIAN DEFENSE I Bever Wsde Bever Wsda) White Bls.k White Hiack 1- P-K4 P-QH4 15-QR-B QK-B 2- Kt-KB3 KI-QH3 1K-U-Q KH-Q 3- P-Q4 PxP 17-U-K P-KH 4- K'xP Kt-KB3 18-PxP BvKP 5- Kt-gB3 P-Q3 11-Q-B? R-K -B-Ki P-KKt.l 20-Kt-Hl B-K4 7- B-K3 B-Kt2 2I-OR-Q BxI'ch 8- i-e" lea Castles 22-K-R B-Kt 9- Kt-Kt3 B-K3 23-U-Bfi Kt-Q 10- P-B3 P-Q4 24-B-KR8 B-K4 11- KtP KfxKt 25-KtxB BxQ 112-PxKt BxP 2-KtBch K-li 1J-P-B3 P-K4 27-B-Kt7ch Resigni i 14-Q-B2 Q-B2.
