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Chess 20 Jul 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 July 20, 1941 to. 1MI L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 120t Bt T. C. EvmiI White mates in two. (Wh. 11; Bl. S.) L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1210 Br J. Bucbwtld White mates in three. (Wh. 6: Bl. 5.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1205: Q-Bl. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1206: In our next Issue. We received solutions from the followini: R. M. Crilion. J. O. Dode. L. Sheppard. C. P. rord, L. A. 8sldo. Dr. F. B. Sheldon, T. Msendl (welcome to our lsd-der.i E. H. Schsdee. Mrs. A. Tover. W. B. Tudor, W. Harmon. J. B. Andrews, 8. v.uh T. (1 Hurtman. A. O Kern, M. Rudholm, O. A. Hall. W. Binder. J. Oorden, O. Oakes. Z. Frsncescattl, D. Innes. J. Walh. J. Rowe. N. Chnstensen, W. Nalt-ins. H. Bnihn. J. Watson. M. Btulflebeam, J. Frank, R. C. Mankovsk. H. Matosian. THE NATIOVS NEWS AMERICA'S (iRKATEST CHESS EXHIBITION Amrlr- ireatest chess exhibition will be presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club. 6pt. 7, ,by Edward Kovacs in aid of the British War Relief Association of Southern California.
Herman Sterner. International chess master and California State champion, will play against 400 of the leadmi chess players of Los Angeles and vicinity, including many of - Hollywood's famous film stars. -There will be 100 tsbles of chess with four consulting players at each table. i During an intermission of approximately one hour and a half. Mr. Kovacs will present a musical revue entitled, ' Young America Calling." Jay Chernis, composer and chess expert, has been appointed publicity director and music supervisor. Th s is the nrs( time in me nuiory oi this country that a chess exhibition of such magnitude and importance has been presented The following have been Invited to rv nn th committee: Ronald Colman Franchot Tone, Joseph Schlldkraut, Charles Boyer. Basil Rathbone. J. cawara rom-berg.
Frit Feld. John Garfield. Wolfgang Rrinhirdt. Gottfried Relnhardt. Richard Shira. Charles Henderson. Ben Paley, Norman Chandler, Edward O. Robinson. Jose Rodriguez. A. Bavioson. k. Msniisn. a. Hathaway. Frank Carbutt. Waller Hera-brun and L. Berkhoff. Address all communications to Log An geles Times. Chess Department.
LIGHT ON SOME OPENINGS ' Series by C. J. S. Purdy. On B-Q3 In the "Blar." Knowing that certain defense Is dubbed "inferior" and demonstrating Its infrrinrltv rf two different things. A case in point occurred in the recent telegraphic match between New South Wales and Victoria. Agginst Purdy, L,asarg aaopi II. Q-Q3) If then 12. . . . N-B3: 11. PxP etc, robbing Black or his "two Bishops.' while 12. , . . P-KN3 la obviously weakening and 12. . . . P-KB4 Is met by 13 N-N5!. N-B3.' 14. P-BS. B-K3: IS. Q-N3 eh, K-nii is.
N-H7 en ana wins, ins text. which li usual, abandons the plan of playing P-K4. and relies on t nuisance check next move, to prevent White from utilising nis two Bishops in an attack. 10. B-Bt Q-Blrh This check seems to he LaiarVs own "Book" la 10 . . . B-K&ch; 11. B-Q2, BxBch: 12. OxB. O-O: 13. O-O, Q-B2 (orunrem-Tsriakover. Kecskemet 1927. pine notes that Black drew thia game "easily." Yet White has an undeniable advantage In development and could give an Interesting turn to the game by playing boldly.
14. P-BS!!?, to prevent Black from freeing his same or satisfactorily developing nis nisnop. insi a central square Is freed for Black's Knight is not so terrible, for If the Knight goes there his K side Is left vulnerable. A passible sequel would be (sfter 14. P-B5i 14 . . . R-Ql: 15. KR-Q1. P-QN3: 16. Q-Kl, B-R3; 17. N-K5. PxP; 18. PxP. R-Q4; 1. RxR, NvR; 20. Q-K4 wtlh advantage, as 20 . . . N-H3 Is refuted by QxP. A Russian answer to 10 . . , B-NSch Is 11. K-Bl. leav-lug Black's Bishop badly placed and planning a K-alde attack.
If this Is good, we have a point In favor of Lasare's Queen check, against which B-Q2 la forced, if. n ot B-NS 13. O-O White was tempted to play for an end game advantage with 12. P-QR3. BxBch: 13. QXB, QxQch: 14. KxQ. but discovered that the end-game advantage was a myth. The erux ef the game la White's eenler awn an Ql. In the middle game It Is a atrength.
bet In a end game II weald ke purely a weakness. For end-game purposes It Is no better than an Isolated pawn. Thus. 14 . . . P-ON3: 15. KR-K1. B-N2: 16. QR-Q1. K-K2 followed by . . . KR-Ol. and White's King finds he would much rather not be developed at all. l. . . . BsR IS. NxB O-O Pesltien after 11 O-O b-q3 ime. This, through rme rather 'vrbl remarks on it in m. c. o., has r..-tered the ream of controversy. Purdy played the orthodox counter recommended by Ctrunfeld. but failed to obtain any advantage, and it may be instructive to carry the game up to ehere he ent wrong. C. J. S. Pnrdr, (White) I. P-O S. P-OB S. N-QB3 4. P-KS 5. N-B S. B-Q.1 5. I.atare (Black) t. r-oi i. P-QB .1. N-KB3 4. P-KH ft. QN-QI 6. B-Q3 A critical stage hag now arrived. White reasoned this way: "My knight has had to make an apparently retrogressive move. Can I turn his new position to account? If I cannot, probably Black has level same.
There Is an obvious way: by 14. P-B5!!. threatening to post the knight very aggressively on QB4, not only hitting Black's queen, but commanding two splendid squsres IQS and K5.) Making the QP backward does not matter very much, aa It Is wesk already. Nor does It matter much about giving Black's knight Q4 because If he goes there he leavea his castled king vulnerable. So far, so good.
But can Black foil mt idea? Yea. by is . o-ns. This would force my knight to QN3. an Inferior square." What White omitted to notice was that after 14. P-BS I. Q-N5; IS. N-N3. Black s queen herself Is in Jeopardy (pointed out by LaJos Bteiner.) so that White could still claim an advantage. White would be threatening to spin web by R-Bl and p-ori. nd if IS . . P-QR4 (threaten ing .. . P-R5.I probably IS. P-QR3. Q-B5: 17. P-QR4! Now. as Black eannot free his game either by . . . P-QN3 or . . . P-K4. and aa . . . N-Q4 Is answered by B-Q3. and . . R-Ql by R-Kl. he must remain with a cramped and difficult game. All in all. it looks as If Grunfeld's 7.
P-K4 should still hold the field, though it cannot be said to make the defense unplayable. Note the violent resource P-QB5, which also comes Into our note to move 10. Having wrongly discarded P-B5, White played 14. R-Kl. R-Ql: 15. Q-K2. and after IS . . . Q-KR4II he accepted the Invitation to exchange queens probably unwisely, for, ss already stated.
White's n.vn nn os heroin a weakness as soon as an end-game U reached. Black played well and obtained some advantage, but faded away later on. which of course has nothing to do with the opening. The Instructive thing to remember is the pawn formation (see diagram:) White pawns on QB4 and Q4. restrained by the two sen-tinals on K3 and OB3.
White can never enforce P-05, but may in some eventualities crsmp Black by crudely playing P-B5, it Black's bishop can thereby be prevented from getting a good development. And In general, the pawn center confers an advantage on White for the middle-game but not, for the end-game. This applies! to all pawn centers in which one or more pawns msy need pieces for protection. I 2-6 is is 20-24 off All the is the This Is the most nsturel, defense, but becsuse of Grunfeld s line eeelnst it, sdopted here. It he fallen Into desuetude.
Now mat tne Meran variation e . . PxP followed br . . . P-QN4, . . . P-QR3, and . , . P-QIM is under a cloud, at-tpntinn l.i refocused on the old line The idea of . . . P-Q3 is a Colle System reversed, and It seems that If White tamely allows Black to enforce . . . P-K4 Hhe aim of the Colle. he cannot obtain more lhan equality. He can prevent it only by o avina Immediate y. 7. P-K4! (Orun feld.) If first 7. O-O. O-O: 8, P-K. then 8 . . . PxBP!; 9. BxP, P-K4!; and Black has csrried out his plan. After 7 P-K41 however, this does not work, e... 7. P-K4. PxBP: 8. BxP, P-K4?; 9. PxP, and now 9 . . . NxP loses a pawn sfter exchanses, while 9 . . . PxP elves up a Bishop for a Kntfht in a position where the two Bishops should tell.
Fine, in M.C.O.. contradicts this theory, and claims that White can obtain an advantage only by not Dlarlnr P-K4. He gives 7. O-O. O-O: 8. P-ON3. but unfortunate. ly does not analyze the line except atalnst 6 . . . B-K2. His statement that it should be effective aeatnst 6 . . . B-Q3 also.
Is quite unsupported, it appears that Black could safely continue witn R . P-K4! Black need not fear an I.Q.P.. as Whites K-Blshop Is wromrly posted to take advantage or tnis very slight weakness, and Black obtains a free ame. 9. PxQP. BPxPI: 10. N-QN5 own best.) B-Nl: 11. PxP (Black threat ened . . . P-K5). NxP and now Black threatens . . . Nxn ch. winning tne Queen if she retakes. If 12. NxN, BxN; 13 N-Q4. B-N5I; and White has a choice among seversi sunnily ctisaeireeaoie moves, ft. 14. B-K2. BxB: IS. OxB. BxN; 16, PxB, N-K5: and Black'i Knieht Is slisht- ly better than White e Bishop, wnicn is blocked by its own center pawn.
Euwe. In his recent series. "Theorie der Schaako- penlnEen," supports the orthodox line, 7. P-K4. 7. P-K4! rxnr ft. NxP NxV . BxN K-Bfl ' In his "Theorie der Schaskopeninten," Euwe prefers here 9. . . . O-Oi 10. O-O, Q-B2: but after 11. B-B2! admits that White has ood chances. Black still faces the old problem of his Q-Btshop.
and cannot well play 11. . , . P-K4 because of more
Herman Sterner. International chess master and California State champion, will play against 400 of the leadmi chess players of Los Angeles and vicinity, including many of - Hollywood's famous film stars. -There will be 100 tsbles of chess with four consulting players at each table. i During an intermission of approximately one hour and a half. Mr. Kovacs will present a musical revue entitled, ' Young America Calling." Jay Chernis, composer and chess expert, has been appointed publicity director and music supervisor. Th s is the nrs( time in me nuiory oi this country that a chess exhibition of such magnitude and importance has been presented The following have been Invited to rv nn th committee: Ronald Colman Franchot Tone, Joseph Schlldkraut, Charles Boyer. Basil Rathbone. J. cawara rom-berg.
Frit Feld. John Garfield. Wolfgang Rrinhirdt. Gottfried Relnhardt. Richard Shira. Charles Henderson. Ben Paley, Norman Chandler, Edward O. Robinson. Jose Rodriguez. A. Bavioson. k. Msniisn. a. Hathaway. Frank Carbutt. Waller Hera-brun and L. Berkhoff. Address all communications to Log An geles Times. Chess Department.
LIGHT ON SOME OPENINGS ' Series by C. J. S. Purdy. On B-Q3 In the "Blar." Knowing that certain defense Is dubbed "inferior" and demonstrating Its infrrinrltv rf two different things. A case in point occurred in the recent telegraphic match between New South Wales and Victoria. Agginst Purdy, L,asarg aaopi II. Q-Q3) If then 12. . . . N-B3: 11. PxP etc, robbing Black or his "two Bishops.' while 12. , . . P-KN3 la obviously weakening and 12. . . . P-KB4 Is met by 13 N-N5!. N-B3.' 14. P-BS. B-K3: IS. Q-N3 eh, K-nii is.
N-H7 en ana wins, ins text. which li usual, abandons the plan of playing P-K4. and relies on t nuisance check next move, to prevent White from utilising nis two Bishops in an attack. 10. B-Bt Q-Blrh This check seems to he LaiarVs own "Book" la 10 . . . B-K&ch; 11. B-Q2, BxBch: 12. OxB. O-O: 13. O-O, Q-B2 (orunrem-Tsriakover. Kecskemet 1927. pine notes that Black drew thia game "easily." Yet White has an undeniable advantage In development and could give an Interesting turn to the game by playing boldly.
14. P-BS!!?, to prevent Black from freeing his same or satisfactorily developing nis nisnop. insi a central square Is freed for Black's Knight is not so terrible, for If the Knight goes there his K side Is left vulnerable. A passible sequel would be (sfter 14. P-B5i 14 . . . R-Ql: 15. KR-Q1. P-QN3: 16. Q-Kl, B-R3; 17. N-K5. PxP; 18. PxP. R-Q4; 1. RxR, NvR; 20. Q-K4 wtlh advantage, as 20 . . . N-H3 Is refuted by QxP. A Russian answer to 10 . . , B-NSch Is 11. K-Bl. leav-lug Black's Bishop badly placed and planning a K-alde attack.
If this Is good, we have a point In favor of Lasare's Queen check, against which B-Q2 la forced, if. n ot B-NS 13. O-O White was tempted to play for an end game advantage with 12. P-QR3. BxBch: 13. QXB, QxQch: 14. KxQ. but discovered that the end-game advantage was a myth. The erux ef the game la White's eenler awn an Ql. In the middle game It Is a atrength.
bet In a end game II weald ke purely a weakness. For end-game purposes It Is no better than an Isolated pawn. Thus. 14 . . . P-ON3: 15. KR-K1. B-N2: 16. QR-Q1. K-K2 followed by . . . KR-Ol. and White's King finds he would much rather not be developed at all. l. . . . BsR IS. NxB O-O Pesltien after 11 O-O b-q3 ime. This, through rme rather 'vrbl remarks on it in m. c. o., has r..-tered the ream of controversy. Purdy played the orthodox counter recommended by Ctrunfeld. but failed to obtain any advantage, and it may be instructive to carry the game up to ehere he ent wrong. C. J. S. Pnrdr, (White) I. P-O S. P-OB S. N-QB3 4. P-KS 5. N-B S. B-Q.1 5. I.atare (Black) t. r-oi i. P-QB .1. N-KB3 4. P-KH ft. QN-QI 6. B-Q3 A critical stage hag now arrived. White reasoned this way: "My knight has had to make an apparently retrogressive move. Can I turn his new position to account? If I cannot, probably Black has level same.
There Is an obvious way: by 14. P-B5!!. threatening to post the knight very aggressively on QB4, not only hitting Black's queen, but commanding two splendid squsres IQS and K5.) Making the QP backward does not matter very much, aa It Is wesk already. Nor does It matter much about giving Black's knight Q4 because If he goes there he leavea his castled king vulnerable. So far, so good.
But can Black foil mt idea? Yea. by is . o-ns. This would force my knight to QN3. an Inferior square." What White omitted to notice was that after 14. P-BS I. Q-N5; IS. N-N3. Black s queen herself Is in Jeopardy (pointed out by LaJos Bteiner.) so that White could still claim an advantage. White would be threatening to spin web by R-Bl and p-ori. nd if IS . . P-QR4 (threaten ing .. . P-R5.I probably IS. P-QR3. Q-B5: 17. P-QR4! Now. as Black eannot free his game either by . . . P-QN3 or . . . P-K4. and aa . . . N-Q4 Is answered by B-Q3. and . . R-Ql by R-Kl. he must remain with a cramped and difficult game. All in all. it looks as If Grunfeld's 7.
P-K4 should still hold the field, though it cannot be said to make the defense unplayable. Note the violent resource P-QB5, which also comes Into our note to move 10. Having wrongly discarded P-B5, White played 14. R-Kl. R-Ql: 15. Q-K2. and after IS . . . Q-KR4II he accepted the Invitation to exchange queens probably unwisely, for, ss already stated.
White's n.vn nn os heroin a weakness as soon as an end-game U reached. Black played well and obtained some advantage, but faded away later on. which of course has nothing to do with the opening. The Instructive thing to remember is the pawn formation (see diagram:) White pawns on QB4 and Q4. restrained by the two sen-tinals on K3 and OB3.
White can never enforce P-05, but may in some eventualities crsmp Black by crudely playing P-B5, it Black's bishop can thereby be prevented from getting a good development. And In general, the pawn center confers an advantage on White for the middle-game but not, for the end-game. This applies! to all pawn centers in which one or more pawns msy need pieces for protection. I 2-6 is is 20-24 off All the is the This Is the most nsturel, defense, but becsuse of Grunfeld s line eeelnst it, sdopted here. It he fallen Into desuetude.
Now mat tne Meran variation e . . PxP followed br . . . P-QN4, . . . P-QR3, and . , . P-QIM is under a cloud, at-tpntinn l.i refocused on the old line The idea of . . . P-Q3 is a Colle System reversed, and It seems that If White tamely allows Black to enforce . . . P-K4 Hhe aim of the Colle. he cannot obtain more lhan equality. He can prevent it only by o avina Immediate y. 7. P-K4! (Orun feld.) If first 7. O-O. O-O: 8, P-K. then 8 . . . PxBP!; 9. BxP, P-K4!; and Black has csrried out his plan. After 7 P-K41 however, this does not work, e... 7. P-K4. PxBP: 8. BxP, P-K4?; 9. PxP, and now 9 . . . NxP loses a pawn sfter exchanses, while 9 . . . PxP elves up a Bishop for a Kntfht in a position where the two Bishops should tell.
Fine, in M.C.O.. contradicts this theory, and claims that White can obtain an advantage only by not Dlarlnr P-K4. He gives 7. O-O. O-O: 8. P-ON3. but unfortunate. ly does not analyze the line except atalnst 6 . . . B-K2. His statement that it should be effective aeatnst 6 . . . B-Q3 also.
Is quite unsupported, it appears that Black could safely continue witn R . P-K4! Black need not fear an I.Q.P.. as Whites K-Blshop Is wromrly posted to take advantage or tnis very slight weakness, and Black obtains a free ame. 9. PxQP. BPxPI: 10. N-QN5 own best.) B-Nl: 11. PxP (Black threat ened . . . P-K5). NxP and now Black threatens . . . Nxn ch. winning tne Queen if she retakes. If 12. NxN, BxN; 13 N-Q4. B-N5I; and White has a choice among seversi sunnily ctisaeireeaoie moves, ft. 14. B-K2. BxB: IS. OxB. BxN; 16, PxB, N-K5: and Black'i Knieht Is slisht- ly better than White e Bishop, wnicn is blocked by its own center pawn.
Euwe. In his recent series. "Theorie der Schaako- penlnEen," supports the orthodox line, 7. P-K4. 7. P-K4! rxnr ft. NxP NxV . BxN K-Bfl ' In his "Theorie der Schaskopeninten," Euwe prefers here 9. . . . O-Oi 10. O-O, Q-B2: but after 11. B-B2! admits that White has ood chances. Black still faces the old problem of his Q-Btshop.
and cannot well play 11. . , . P-K4 because of more
