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Chess 27 Jul 1941, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
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CHESS HERMAN STEINER Internotional Chess Master Address all mail to Chess Editor L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. A, Kraemer J. Ave-nal; White mates In two.
Wh. t: Bl. 7.) L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1213 Author Unknown White mates in three.
(Wh. 7; BL 4.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 12M: P-R7. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1207: Q-K3.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 120Jt: R-R4. We received solutions from the following O. B. Oakes, M. Rudhnlm. M. Walah. J. B. Andrew. J. . Trier, R. M. Crafton, was upset by Allen Hynd in 1909, and for a time the position was thought to be a White win. But J. Dndi. W. Harmon, o -ranela, 8 Kelih. J. Crr. H. Bruhn. H. Tor, W, Nnlun. J. Watann. J. Athertei. T Tu-ehaid, L. BroiikT, $ Taylor Jr. J. Drake. J. Stufflebeam. K. ftehtdea. C. Pnrd, L. Sheppard. R. RoaMn, J, A.; Prtnki, A. Rernelda, T, Bhedon, AMERICA'S fiREATIRT CH'M EXHIBITION The Loa Anla limn and Ih British War Roliaf Aooemilon of Bouthrrn California report that many raauaaia for mar-tailona for thla iraataat of chaaa avrn'a tiara poured In from varlnua nurea. Not-ablr anion a thana ara anm of our fr- moil mnuon-pictura actora, dlreciora.
com-poaara and producara. aa wall aa prolaa-nonal man and woman. Wa ahould Ilka to Inform our raadara that thin exhibition la lor the atrona and weaker plajere alike, aa due to the fart that there are tour eonaultanta at each board, anyone interested In rheaa mar participate. II la hoped, therefore, that not only will the cauae of Brltiah War Relief be furthered, but thai aaaln Herman Bteiner. International eheu nuiir will eaceed hie prtvloua record of 380 Blum Will ihoae dealrini a reaervatktn plaaiie write tie car of thla column and we lhall reply In our neat leaue.
A capacity crowd la anticipated and only 100 bnarda are available, ao make your reeereatlnna early. The charae for each player will be II plua 10 rente for Federal tax, and lor apectatora, to eenta per peraon. A moat enloreble eheui match of 11 boarda between the Caatle Crime Club of Oakland and Berkeley and the loa An-elea Chraa Club wae held at Santa Barbara Sunday. July 20. The match wae held In the Courthouae arounda.
beautiful beyond compare. The Santa Barbara Chewi Club aerved luncheon for membera of both tee me and did everythlna poMlhle to ae that ejrerynne had a a nod time. Every member of the North team qualified aa royal tood fellnwe and It was a real pleaeiira to aee auch food aporta win the match, but, oh. auch a aenre; Caatle Ctieaa Clak I I..A. fkeaa Clak T. W. Tlppln.... C. Howland C. M. Cappa .... D. N Vedenakr . . W. M. D. Barlow. E. O. Paweett . C. R. K. Branch I I. Lev It an 1 1 L Bpero , HE. P. Elliott Wl Philip D. Smith.. 1 IL. 8. Bteinbock.. 1!C. J. Otbba 1W. H. Donnelly.. P N. Chrlatenwn S O. E. Croy W, M. O. McClain 1A. L. Paul .. C. Ekooa 'iD. A. Cooke.. E. P. Robinaon.. . ljC. J. Smith . The Loa Anaelee City Cheaa Chemplon-hlp Tournament ha now hen completed the. winnera bema aa follow: Irvine Levlian won flret place and the title of Loa Anielee City Cheaa Champion with a arore of to I't. W. H. Donnelly, aerond place, t to 2. Philip D. 8mlth and E. P. Elliott tied for third place, to 2'j.
It wa one of the cloaeet and beat played DOln Hynd and Murphy dlSCOV-;u to be comratulated on hi rlna ahowlna. light on Home o rKMNC.it A Saiteetlen Atalmt the "Wlnawar" By B. Belavenet fA leadlnr Shvlet meter wrltea on the Wlnawer Variant, the moat important nf the French Defenne.' Bv apecial arranae mrnl with the Sorift Prea and Publlither Literary ftervlce I There 1 a little known method of attack in the 3 . . B-NS variant of the ered play to re establish the draw, and their final play is now generally accepted.
The play, how ever, is so critical that a great controversy, started shortly after the original publication of this position, has scarcely yet been Stilled. During this period Of French Defene'that hold the promise of almost 50 years volumes of playjp.K4 plici: i . p-ek p-ol: 3 n-ob'V. have been published on tbe po-Ib'-ns, white piav 4 b-w. move which Sltlon, and the enchanting Vana- mean aa eay for Black to aecwra evual- tlnne Hienfai-oi Viv analvte cnh HIT " ' conildered in theory.
in vnt nf I hit iitiial e-ftntlniifttiAn nf as J. K. J.vons, Hugh McKean, B-Neh, and then OiP.t White een Herbert Morrall, Thomas Gia-iPropoM .n inM,uni MCrinr of a pawn ham. Joe Collins. P. B. Cawl-' - wood, G. V. Swainson, Richard Jordan and others form probably the most imposing literature on a single end game position that is known to checkers. The play below is only a single illustrative variation and White has other attacks at various points.) 13-9 13 17 23-27 32-27 19-16 15-8 12-16 25-30 9-6 17-14 '27-24 27-23 161!) 811 16-20 30-2: 6- 2 34-18 24-28 23-18 19-16 11-16-a 20-16 1-5 2- B 38-23 28-32 30- 6 1619 .3- 8-b 16-20 5- 9 6- 9 2- 7 7-11 6- 1 19-16 R-tl 35-18 9-13 913 7- 3 31-15 1- fij 16-19 11-15 18-22 13-17; 7- 2 3-7 15-19 6- 9 19-15 16-12 22-25 17-21 Drawn. 'SI 't i s m aThi position is known as "The Bridge of Coventry" so named after Coventry, Eng., the home of T. B. Murphy who intro startling possibilities of this position. The original play for the draw hy Murphy, published in Gould's Problem Book as solution to No. 1004, plays 1-5 at this point, which move has been shown by Allen Hynd and others to be a loss. 3-8 also loses. 1 16-11 is beaten bv 23-19 as shown by Tescheliet, Alexander and others.
(See Master Play, Page 209, variation Q.) Our problem No. 423 was in cluded in this series merely for the purpose of calling the attention of our solvers to one of the richest, most difficult, critical and tantalizing positions that has ever been discovered on the dambrod. For nearly 50 years the best analysts of checkerdom have labored and wrought over this position, the possibilities of which seem almost infinite. !tention to our solvers to a most scholarly series on this and cle hibited by some other analyst, but if so we are innocent in our Petition after . B-Q32 If now 6 . QuOP. then t. K-B3, and White haa a eonnldereble advantaae In development that comperifatea him for the ecrtflceri pawn. Black h oiilt a number of difficult lea to turmount. Blaek cannot Play immediately t . . QNP on account of B-K4. which wins the queen If i , . . BxN as a preliminary, then 1. RlB QxNP: 8 0-B3. QxO: S. NXQ. PXP 10. NxP, when tt is obvioua that Blatk'a eitra pawn doea not make up for the tremendous edvanlaae In development that Wh te haa achieved. (Frlilnr note The author haa 'omitted an Intereetlnt line hich strene'hens hie cane. It look at first aa thouth BiarK could Improve on the Una last aiven hy interpolating 7 . . . PP. After a. hup, thn fl OyNP with hetter ornxnectR. duced the checker world to the. But mtead of s. bxp. try . q-n!! thu. (rom the aiaaram: n . sn, i. ni. PuP- 8. 0-N4H. and If I . . . PxB; QtNP. PxP: 10. R-Nl with advantaae HO . . i OxRP; 11. RxP.l Or H . . N-KB3: 8 OxNP. R-Ni; 10, OxN, PxB: 11 QP (B3.) N-B3: 11.
N-K2'. and Black cannot take the pawn. If 12 . . . B-02 or 13 . . . N-K4. the anawer la 13. BxP Or if 12 . . . P-K4: 13. B-B4!. QxP; 14 O-O-O (R-Nl is no lonaer aood.t and now Black haa retained his pawn but haa a losina position. CJ.8 P.) VNITF.D STATPS OPrV CHAMPIONSHIP IN ST. LOI IS. MO. St. Ileitis. July 5fl Ten of (he orialnal 1 players entered In the preliminaries of the annual open championship tournament of the United States Chess federation In proaress at the Hotel De Soto when the aames of the fifth round and those adjourned from earlier rounds were concluded today, These will compete in nine more rounds Tor tne prlr.es and the title held by Reuben Pine of New York The last includes .four from Section I and three each from Section 3 as follows- Reuben Fine. New York: Joseph Ranch. Montreal! Bruno Schmidt. Detroit, and J Walter Stephens.
New York, from Oroiip I. Herman Bteiner, Los Anaelea: Boris Bin. mill. New York, and Fred Anderson. St from Group 2: Weaver W. Adsms. Dedham, Mass.: Erich w. Marchand. ciay ton.
Mo., and Oeorae Sltirais of Boston. Bteiner. the Csiifornia champion, was the only one with a clean score. Pine allowed two draws and won the rest. The pairings. for the first round of tha flnaU -ollow; Marchand vs. Stephens. Sltirals vs Schmidt. Anderson v Blumln, Adams vs Pine and Steiner vs. Ranch. Six players are compettne; in 1he first class finals and started play yesterday in the first, round In accordance with tha fol- lowinr palrlnas for tha first round: Burton vs. B. B, Price of Chicsao: Rhrlich vs. MKrhrU: Holland vs. McClure.
Price could not compete in the preliminaries and was admitted to Class 1. The annual business meetinr of . the federation lies been scheduled for Saturday mornina. The final will be played that afternoon and a rapid transit tournament will wind up the meeting. Tha final atandinr in tha preliminaries: GROUP I Players Reuben Fine.
New York .. Joseph Rauch. Montreal. . Bruno Schmidt, Detroit L. W. Stephens.. New York Mrs R. Williams. Chteaao K. D. Holland, Ft. Worth GROUP 1 Players H. Bteiner. Los Anaetes . Boris Blumln. New York Fred Anderson. St. Louis 2 W. M. P. Mitchell. Boston l C. W. McClure. St. Loula 0 GROUP 3 Players ' Won W. W. Adams. Dedham. Mass. 3 E. W. Marchand. Clayton, Mo. 2Vi O." Sturais. Boston I'M C. M. Burton, St. Louia Hi David Rhrlich. 8t. Louis V Those who nullified for the nnais were Fine, Rauch. Schmidt and Stephens irom rtmno l- Ateiner. Biumift-and Anderson from Oroup 2. and Adams. Marchand and Stunts from Group 3 rivitive positions by II. C. New' land. rh.D. that is now running in the Mt. Sterling Advocate checker column. We hope that this series will later be published in book form. I j. A. TIMES GAME NO. 261 Just a suggestion by the Check er Editor. We may be showing play that, has already been ex ignorance. 11-16 21-17 , 7-11 25-21 16- 20 29-25 914-a 17- 13 then 1-10, 27-11 and White can win the' ending. a 11-13 may work out a little better, but this is a likely move. b-H-23 also loses.
Wh. t: Bl. 7.) L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1213 Author Unknown White mates in three.
(Wh. 7; BL 4.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 12M: P-R7. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1207: Q-K3.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 120Jt: R-R4. We received solutions from the following O. B. Oakes, M. Rudhnlm. M. Walah. J. B. Andrew. J. . Trier, R. M. Crafton, was upset by Allen Hynd in 1909, and for a time the position was thought to be a White win. But J. Dndi. W. Harmon, o -ranela, 8 Kelih. J. Crr. H. Bruhn. H. Tor, W, Nnlun. J. Watann. J. Athertei. T Tu-ehaid, L. BroiikT, $ Taylor Jr. J. Drake. J. Stufflebeam. K. ftehtdea. C. Pnrd, L. Sheppard. R. RoaMn, J, A.; Prtnki, A. Rernelda, T, Bhedon, AMERICA'S fiREATIRT CH'M EXHIBITION The Loa Anla limn and Ih British War Roliaf Aooemilon of Bouthrrn California report that many raauaaia for mar-tailona for thla iraataat of chaaa avrn'a tiara poured In from varlnua nurea. Not-ablr anion a thana ara anm of our fr- moil mnuon-pictura actora, dlreciora.
com-poaara and producara. aa wall aa prolaa-nonal man and woman. Wa ahould Ilka to Inform our raadara that thin exhibition la lor the atrona and weaker plajere alike, aa due to the fart that there are tour eonaultanta at each board, anyone interested In rheaa mar participate. II la hoped, therefore, that not only will the cauae of Brltiah War Relief be furthered, but thai aaaln Herman Bteiner. International eheu nuiir will eaceed hie prtvloua record of 380 Blum Will ihoae dealrini a reaervatktn plaaiie write tie car of thla column and we lhall reply In our neat leaue.
A capacity crowd la anticipated and only 100 bnarda are available, ao make your reeereatlnna early. The charae for each player will be II plua 10 rente for Federal tax, and lor apectatora, to eenta per peraon. A moat enloreble eheui match of 11 boarda between the Caatle Crime Club of Oakland and Berkeley and the loa An-elea Chraa Club wae held at Santa Barbara Sunday. July 20. The match wae held In the Courthouae arounda.
beautiful beyond compare. The Santa Barbara Chewi Club aerved luncheon for membera of both tee me and did everythlna poMlhle to ae that ejrerynne had a a nod time. Every member of the North team qualified aa royal tood fellnwe and It was a real pleaeiira to aee auch food aporta win the match, but, oh. auch a aenre; Caatle Ctieaa Clak I I..A. fkeaa Clak T. W. Tlppln.... C. Howland C. M. Cappa .... D. N Vedenakr . . W. M. D. Barlow. E. O. Paweett . C. R. K. Branch I I. Lev It an 1 1 L Bpero , HE. P. Elliott Wl Philip D. Smith.. 1 IL. 8. Bteinbock.. 1!C. J. Otbba 1W. H. Donnelly.. P N. Chrlatenwn S O. E. Croy W, M. O. McClain 1A. L. Paul .. C. Ekooa 'iD. A. Cooke.. E. P. Robinaon.. . ljC. J. Smith . The Loa Anaelee City Cheaa Chemplon-hlp Tournament ha now hen completed the. winnera bema aa follow: Irvine Levlian won flret place and the title of Loa Anielee City Cheaa Champion with a arore of to I't. W. H. Donnelly, aerond place, t to 2. Philip D. 8mlth and E. P. Elliott tied for third place, to 2'j.
It wa one of the cloaeet and beat played DOln Hynd and Murphy dlSCOV-;u to be comratulated on hi rlna ahowlna. light on Home o rKMNC.it A Saiteetlen Atalmt the "Wlnawar" By B. Belavenet fA leadlnr Shvlet meter wrltea on the Wlnawer Variant, the moat important nf the French Defenne.' Bv apecial arranae mrnl with the Sorift Prea and Publlither Literary ftervlce I There 1 a little known method of attack in the 3 . . B-NS variant of the ered play to re establish the draw, and their final play is now generally accepted.
The play, how ever, is so critical that a great controversy, started shortly after the original publication of this position, has scarcely yet been Stilled. During this period Of French Defene'that hold the promise of almost 50 years volumes of playjp.K4 plici: i . p-ek p-ol: 3 n-ob'V. have been published on tbe po-Ib'-ns, white piav 4 b-w. move which Sltlon, and the enchanting Vana- mean aa eay for Black to aecwra evual- tlnne Hienfai-oi Viv analvte cnh HIT " ' conildered in theory.
in vnt nf I hit iitiial e-ftntlniifttiAn nf as J. K. J.vons, Hugh McKean, B-Neh, and then OiP.t White een Herbert Morrall, Thomas Gia-iPropoM .n inM,uni MCrinr of a pawn ham. Joe Collins. P. B. Cawl-' - wood, G. V. Swainson, Richard Jordan and others form probably the most imposing literature on a single end game position that is known to checkers. The play below is only a single illustrative variation and White has other attacks at various points.) 13-9 13 17 23-27 32-27 19-16 15-8 12-16 25-30 9-6 17-14 '27-24 27-23 161!) 811 16-20 30-2: 6- 2 34-18 24-28 23-18 19-16 11-16-a 20-16 1-5 2- B 38-23 28-32 30- 6 1619 .3- 8-b 16-20 5- 9 6- 9 2- 7 7-11 6- 1 19-16 R-tl 35-18 9-13 913 7- 3 31-15 1- fij 16-19 11-15 18-22 13-17; 7- 2 3-7 15-19 6- 9 19-15 16-12 22-25 17-21 Drawn. 'SI 't i s m aThi position is known as "The Bridge of Coventry" so named after Coventry, Eng., the home of T. B. Murphy who intro startling possibilities of this position. The original play for the draw hy Murphy, published in Gould's Problem Book as solution to No. 1004, plays 1-5 at this point, which move has been shown by Allen Hynd and others to be a loss. 3-8 also loses. 1 16-11 is beaten bv 23-19 as shown by Tescheliet, Alexander and others.
(See Master Play, Page 209, variation Q.) Our problem No. 423 was in cluded in this series merely for the purpose of calling the attention of our solvers to one of the richest, most difficult, critical and tantalizing positions that has ever been discovered on the dambrod. For nearly 50 years the best analysts of checkerdom have labored and wrought over this position, the possibilities of which seem almost infinite. !tention to our solvers to a most scholarly series on this and cle hibited by some other analyst, but if so we are innocent in our Petition after . B-Q32 If now 6 . QuOP. then t. K-B3, and White haa a eonnldereble advantaae In development that comperifatea him for the ecrtflceri pawn. Black h oiilt a number of difficult lea to turmount. Blaek cannot Play immediately t . . QNP on account of B-K4. which wins the queen If i , . . BxN as a preliminary, then 1. RlB QxNP: 8 0-B3. QxO: S. NXQ. PXP 10. NxP, when tt is obvioua that Blatk'a eitra pawn doea not make up for the tremendous edvanlaae In development that Wh te haa achieved. (Frlilnr note The author haa 'omitted an Intereetlnt line hich strene'hens hie cane. It look at first aa thouth BiarK could Improve on the Una last aiven hy interpolating 7 . . . PP. After a. hup, thn fl OyNP with hetter ornxnectR. duced the checker world to the. But mtead of s. bxp. try . q-n!! thu. (rom the aiaaram: n . sn, i. ni. PuP- 8. 0-N4H. and If I . . . PxB; QtNP. PxP: 10. R-Nl with advantaae HO . . i OxRP; 11. RxP.l Or H . . N-KB3: 8 OxNP. R-Ni; 10, OxN, PxB: 11 QP (B3.) N-B3: 11.
N-K2'. and Black cannot take the pawn. If 12 . . . B-02 or 13 . . . N-K4. the anawer la 13. BxP Or if 12 . . . P-K4: 13. B-B4!. QxP; 14 O-O-O (R-Nl is no lonaer aood.t and now Black haa retained his pawn but haa a losina position. CJ.8 P.) VNITF.D STATPS OPrV CHAMPIONSHIP IN ST. LOI IS. MO. St. Ileitis. July 5fl Ten of (he orialnal 1 players entered In the preliminaries of the annual open championship tournament of the United States Chess federation In proaress at the Hotel De Soto when the aames of the fifth round and those adjourned from earlier rounds were concluded today, These will compete in nine more rounds Tor tne prlr.es and the title held by Reuben Pine of New York The last includes .four from Section I and three each from Section 3 as follows- Reuben Fine. New York: Joseph Ranch. Montreal! Bruno Schmidt. Detroit, and J Walter Stephens.
New York, from Oroiip I. Herman Bteiner, Los Anaelea: Boris Bin. mill. New York, and Fred Anderson. St from Group 2: Weaver W. Adsms. Dedham, Mass.: Erich w. Marchand. ciay ton.
Mo., and Oeorae Sltirais of Boston. Bteiner. the Csiifornia champion, was the only one with a clean score. Pine allowed two draws and won the rest. The pairings. for the first round of tha flnaU -ollow; Marchand vs. Stephens. Sltirals vs Schmidt. Anderson v Blumln, Adams vs Pine and Steiner vs. Ranch. Six players are compettne; in 1he first class finals and started play yesterday in the first, round In accordance with tha fol- lowinr palrlnas for tha first round: Burton vs. B. B, Price of Chicsao: Rhrlich vs. MKrhrU: Holland vs. McClure.
Price could not compete in the preliminaries and was admitted to Class 1. The annual business meetinr of . the federation lies been scheduled for Saturday mornina. The final will be played that afternoon and a rapid transit tournament will wind up the meeting. Tha final atandinr in tha preliminaries: GROUP I Players Reuben Fine.
New York .. Joseph Rauch. Montreal. . Bruno Schmidt, Detroit L. W. Stephens.. New York Mrs R. Williams. Chteaao K. D. Holland, Ft. Worth GROUP 1 Players H. Bteiner. Los Anaetes . Boris Blumln. New York Fred Anderson. St. Louis 2 W. M. P. Mitchell. Boston l C. W. McClure. St. Loula 0 GROUP 3 Players ' Won W. W. Adams. Dedham. Mass. 3 E. W. Marchand. Clayton, Mo. 2Vi O." Sturais. Boston I'M C. M. Burton, St. Louia Hi David Rhrlich. 8t. Louis V Those who nullified for the nnais were Fine, Rauch. Schmidt and Stephens irom rtmno l- Ateiner. Biumift-and Anderson from Oroup 2. and Adams. Marchand and Stunts from Group 3 rivitive positions by II. C. New' land. rh.D. that is now running in the Mt. Sterling Advocate checker column. We hope that this series will later be published in book form. I j. A. TIMES GAME NO. 261 Just a suggestion by the Check er Editor. We may be showing play that, has already been ex ignorance. 11-16 21-17 , 7-11 25-21 16- 20 29-25 914-a 17- 13 then 1-10, 27-11 and White can win the' ending. a 11-13 may work out a little better, but this is a likely move. b-H-23 also loses.
