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CHESS by Herman Steiner. participate in a contest lo be known .s ,he opening i. harder. At least, that . 'he 'Continental Jubilee Correspondence In practice It 1. not o; m.s- .routnlmrlll nnc io be narted. ectlon!i,r, aelilom attempt to find best moves m by section, as soon a. the necessary u, opening over the board. If the po-MajWOOd. moved. Seven players will they usually constitute a section, aivmg each compelling play common-sense move, as e tor a schedule of six games, all to lf ; it,-Hrcli for Ihe best would cost too much begun at the same time. . . tune, and probably fail In any case. the Bulletin. I Entries end fee. .honld be addressed n Amerlran Chess Bulletin, rorrespon-0 na.rttni,p (,hpM D,p,rtmenl, 150 Nassau St., .h.,bilncr,,Vme'to,U Weaver the;w- Adam, for hi. game eeainst Isaac 'Kashdan. and the best-played game prle beautl-ito weaver W. Adama for hlg game agalnat CHESS June 30, 1910 L. A, TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1099 Br V. Hauro, White mate. In two. (Wh. Hi Bl. 9.) L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1100 By Mrs. N. Schrufer W: l D? 6 rJ " .f hj fcii White mate, ln three. (Wh. S; Bl. 5.) solution to problem 1093: Kt-4. SOLUTION TU I"KUII.IM 111!": n-Ml. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 109ti: (J-B7. We received solution, from the following: J O. Dodge. J. P. Walsh. Dr. R. H. Russ, C P. Ford, O. B. Oakes, M. Hudholin, Her. A. B. Cooke. H. P. Hauin, Hev. P. Pruhard. J, T. Watson. J. Davidson, L. Sheppard, W. R. Shanks. H. Hruhn. I. H. Schadee. G. A. Hall, G. R. Halton. A. G. Kai n I welcome lo cur ladder. I J. M Memhardt (welcome to our ladder.) W. Harmon, C L. Hoover "welcome to our ladder,) VV. L. Koeihen, H. J. Otlmore, J. Fonseca, J. C. Drake, J. I. Blier.
PAUL MORPHY MEMORIAL CHESS CARNIVAL The Chess Carnival held each year In Sierra Madie, under the auspice, ol the Chamber of Commerce, tii very uc-cesjful. The feature attraction In the afiernoon was ihe .Imultaneoua exhibition by Harry Hurochuw, former Biele champion, who plaved against 34 players, wmniiin 23 and drawlna nine and losing two. Following the exhibition the usual Raoiri Iihii.mI Eliinliiauoii Toiirnameiit was plaved will) the new innovation ot a knight-handlrap given all player, by Heiman Stelner (Willi the exception of Harrv Borochow.) Sieiner won all games In the evening Herman Steiner played against 30 simultaneously, winning all games In a record tune of two hours Marcus A. Woodward was master ceieinonlea and arranged the aflair. THE HOLLYWOOD OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP tinnoa..
of Ihe llollvweo championship tourna calculation and (system ...rls to com. Into It. own. Is JIBIIH CORRESPONDENCE TOl RNAMENT t.nes. oevoiees uiruumiuii. i-wi... .r. h,r.i,, cordially Invited to! Chess devotees throughout nor in The time limit will be V4 noura oe. move and the dlspairhliif of a reply. To provide for unforeseen contlusencles .even extra days re allowed, which tail be availed oft one at a lime or an manner, n eineraency ahould arise, i lay win iai al least six months. The object of the competition 1. three-1 fold: To encourage tin. form of chess. play on the North American continent.
. m nrnvld. an oouortiitilty tor postal intercourse among our ( ln jeneral: and to stimulate interest In the work 01 ine nieiun Chess Bulletin, nuw In the 3lith year of Its existence. incidentally, it will mark the cloe ot ( rvr-reiuiirr ui nm, ...... .(,,. i i.iini( nf Cnlsiui by the publisher of " magasltie. In these trying days It I. perhap. not too much lo ask n,e rhesa-mtiided public to get behind an American In.tltiitloti. which haa stood .. im,. tor the hlghe.t ethic, of the game and unceasingly promoted II. ad A modest entrance fee of It will be ......a. 4 aa.k .nnl.atant aim inoie mnn -I.... th. mini rereiot. will be distributed In pure. In the form of books on chess.
Of Ihese Ihete will be three for those flnlshlng highest In each of the varloue .ectlon.. Everyone en- terlng will receive a free trial subsrrip-6-13 tinn to the Bulletin for six months, with-1091 out any oblnetum whatsoever. 'I he an-niisl price of the anbscrlptlon ha. been redured to 42, but these special tournament subscriptions will be started at once al. e souvenir, will X."nt 10 h0 c0",plcle thc" Kh"1' That popular veteran and American internationalist for the past 40 'ers - mn, j Marshall ha. consented to act reitaln of the gamca judged to be won nr The glm of the management will he to provide an unusual treat ' and to assist in expediting.
Play Irt every way nnaalh a. Ft r ata, largely along aeo r.'.i, ;.l fi... "will be made a. oulckly New York, n y New York, June 31. 1940 We. the ludeea designated by Messr. Turover and Wlmsait to deride lo whom should be awarded Ihe prise of 1100 . iu. . h.iiilanl ..m.
prire of s.O for the best-played game MVt'.1'yw i""'?" for the be,i-pi.y prire eould not he considered he u nerause they did not meet the condition that th first move mutt b P-K4. Harold M. Phillip. Hermann Helm. H. Ransom Sigelow HERMAN STEIN ER International Chess Master Addrest all mall to Chesi Editor SICILIAN DEFENSE Oreen I Adama Blaek While P-QB43b-B-R7 Kt-B3l37-Kt-Kt3 PxPl38-Kt-B KI-B3I39-B-KI8 A (Ism. White 1- P-K4 2- KI-KB3 3- P-4 4- KtxP 5- K1-OB3 6- KtxKt 7- UxCJch 8- H-KKI5 9- Castlea 10- HxHch U-B-K2 12- R-W2 13- KR-Q 14- P-B3 15- Kt-R4 lfi-RxR 17- RxR 18- Kt-B5 11- H-B4 20- KI-O3 21- P-QKI4 22- P-KI3 23- P-B4 24- P-B 25- K-02 26- K-K3 27- P-KI4 28- P-KR4 23-B-KI8 30- P-B4 31- P-B5rh 32- P-KKtS 33- RPxP 34- P-KI6 35- Kt-B Oreea Black Kt-02 Kt-Kt K-K2 Kt-R3 Kt-B2 B-02 B-K B-Q2 B-K B-Q2 B-K B-02 Kt-K K-B P-R3 B-9 B-Q2 B-B KxKt KB PxP K-K2 K-03 K-P2 P-P4 K-Kt3 K-B4 K-K'3 K-B4 K-Ol K-B2 K-K1 B-R3 B-K2 Resign. P-K3 40-P-R3 QPxKt KxQ B-K3 Kt-Q2 KxU 41- K-B3 42- K-KI4 43- Kt-3 44- K-R5 45- KI-H2 4H-B-R2 P-K4 Kt-B3i47-Kt-Kl4 B-K3 . 48-Kt-Rfi KR-O 49-Kt-Kt8ch RxR 50-B-B7 R-Q 51-B-R2 KxR 52-B-KI3 B-B 53-B-H2 K-K254-BxKt Kt-Q2 5VBxP P-B3I5S-P-R4 Kt-B'57-BxP K-Q3 58-P-Bt P-UKt55)-K-Kt4 B-KI2 R0-K-B3 Kt-02 fil-P-K!5 Kt-B82-K-K3 F-KR3!63-K-02 B-Bi4-K-Q3 B-Q2 o5-K-B3 K-B2 HH-K-B4 RPxPB7-K-B1 P-KI4 88-P-K'S K-Q,69-B-KtS B-Kl70-P-B7ch FRENCH DEFENSE Adama Kashdan I Adama Kashdan White Black j White Black 1- P-K4 P-K3I10-K-R2 K-R 2- P-Q4 P-Q4 20-R-B2 R-KKt 3- K1-QR3 KI-KH3 21-R-KKt P-RS 4- B-KKI5 B-K2 22-KR-KI2 P-P8 5- P-K5 KKt-CJ2 23-Kt-Kt5 QR-KS 6- BxB OxB 24-PxKtP P-R3 7- B-Q3 P-QH3 25-KtxKP OxKt 8- QKI-K2 P-UB42K-BxP 0-K2 9- P-OR3 Kt-OB3 27-BxKt QB 10- 4-U2 Castles 28-P-Kt5 K'-Q 11- P-KB4 P-B4 29-P-B5 Q-R3 12- Kt-B3 P-OKI4 30-P-KS PxP 13- Casflea B Kt2: 31-QxKtP P-F4 14- P-KR3 P-B5I32-Q-K2 P-R5 15- B-B2 P-KI5 33-P-K7 R-K 1-P-Kt4 P-Kt3:34-Q-K5ch O-K'2 17- Kt-KtJ , P-QR4 35-P-B6 Q-B2 18- PxBP KKiPxP36-Kt-B5 Resign. SECRETS OF THE CHESSBOARD By C. J. 8. Purdy (Copyright) 13 THE STSTEM AT WORK (This la a .upplementary article to the series that ran through all the numbers of last year. We lake various position. In a certain game and .how how the arr.eic applies.) DIAGRAM 3 2 il t: t 1(1. . . . Q-Q Several other move, occur In mas-'r of plav: 10. B-K3, 10. Q-K2. 10 R-Kl. 10 B-R2 and (he gambit move, 10. N-U4 Their various merit, have been analvrefl for half a century without any Aeflnre conclusions; it would, therefore, be rid r- ulou. to attempt to .ingle one out by ir.t ... . ..,.,., 1 ,;. O-O . Position after 10. . . . O-O, th. uueiiina, one has often to play -blind as In liiit in the middle-game. . ia coin ract budge, there are more complice. Hems, but at the same time more data ta mnue one. Ho. lor me oroinary Pi.ver ,!, mld.lle.a.me la harder: for th. me.l.T Applying the system to Diagram 3.
we have the ihoice between the combine .....v. 11 kl.VI a. ,,. aa.-a.al Uliu'plr Ueveloping move i short ruts are quite In order, provided remember we may have to return ' some of Ihe qiieationa omitted. Here the r01mn-se use thing to do Is to ralcul.-e thf ronswitieiiee.-. ol the ohvioua 11. NxN. without going very far, we can see that whatever this move does. It does not hnrg any appreciable advantage (H. NXN, PxN: 12. Bsll. I'sH; 13. N-4. 0-CJ4; and BI.ek ha. aained In' development, while both sides have equally weak pawn.
) So we ran return to Question J iChange.? Threats' Objects') Well, the fact emerees that Black Is still threatening . , N-OH4 and , . . P-OI14 (exchanging khlgtils if the knight on K5 he hit assin i Not a violent threat, but certainly a threat to Improve hts position slightly. Against this, two courses present them, selves; lo anticipate the threat by B-B2.
or to Ignore It anil proceed wlih develop, ment The former course la the one mnt approved of and richest In chances. Tre student will see that, while the position Is becoming .lust a little more clear-cut. it Is still fairly nebulous: we have not arrived at a slaue where one move can be proved best. At the same time, the aystem would Help ut to cuoose a gooa one,, cuwe played ii. D-ai Thla save Rntvlnnlk a chance to play 11. , . NxN ' 12. BxN. N-OR4. and If 11 B-B2, P-OP4 ior 13, , , . N-B5 I Tti. Hue leads lo an even game. Bntvlnnik chose to avoid ihe .implllying exchange of nights. II. , .
. N-Bt Without taking the gtudent, right through all the aueaiions every time, we can In. dlcate the special usefulness of certain questions In different po.itinna. For In stance. uue' inn i ior us iwnne, io consider Ihe obiect of Black', move, Surely he must have some reply ready for eur obvious 13 B-B2. This warn, us, and we are helped to perceive vi, , , . p-os-itlirent . . . P-Uri.i and if 11, PxP, NP: 14 NxN. UkN; with a very free earn, and If White then hit. the oueen hy-lV K ill he would be further rielavh.g tr-g advance of the KBP, without wlflrh Y can never do anylhlnt on the K-.lde, where his malorlty is. The alternative la to leave our hlshep to be exchanged; In which case Bl.ck will eliminate a powerful Piece that might ha exerted pressure nil the QN1-KR7 dlsgnn.l. and the lustify his 11th move. Apart from B-B2. there I. only ere move to rounder, namely 12. N Q4l whuh frees the KBP.
It Is possible because th. KP i now well protected, a reason for Euwe'a M-K2. I t. N U Here we have a position In which Ouet. tlon 1 rail help us.
As White ta threatening B-BJ. Biacki onlv mnvea are U. . , NxB or 12. . NxN firs. It might scm that 1? . , . NvN first la accessor., as While threatena NxN.
but thla would be very sad aa White's pawn on 04 would hip. der black'g P-OB4. We therefo' ealcu. iste the eon.eqiienre. of 12. . . . NS: 13 NxN. NxB! Now Whlf cannot pia 14 KQ' because of 14.
. , , NxOrh. whi e 14' QRxN. Q-Q2: 15. NxBch. OsN live BI.ek a good free game, ln which . . P-CB4 will r.pidlr follow. Having prv4 that II, , , . NxB la nulte safe, we' watte no llir.4 en further ealeulMlen. (To Be continued).
PAUL MORPHY MEMORIAL CHESS CARNIVAL The Chess Carnival held each year In Sierra Madie, under the auspice, ol the Chamber of Commerce, tii very uc-cesjful. The feature attraction In the afiernoon was ihe .Imultaneoua exhibition by Harry Hurochuw, former Biele champion, who plaved against 34 players, wmniiin 23 and drawlna nine and losing two. Following the exhibition the usual Raoiri Iihii.mI Eliinliiauoii Toiirnameiit was plaved will) the new innovation ot a knight-handlrap given all player, by Heiman Stelner (Willi the exception of Harrv Borochow.) Sieiner won all games In the evening Herman Steiner played against 30 simultaneously, winning all games In a record tune of two hours Marcus A. Woodward was master ceieinonlea and arranged the aflair. THE HOLLYWOOD OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP tinnoa..
of Ihe llollvweo championship tourna calculation and (system ...rls to com. Into It. own. Is JIBIIH CORRESPONDENCE TOl RNAMENT t.nes. oevoiees uiruumiuii. i-wi... .r. h,r.i,, cordially Invited to! Chess devotees throughout nor in The time limit will be V4 noura oe. move and the dlspairhliif of a reply. To provide for unforeseen contlusencles .even extra days re allowed, which tail be availed oft one at a lime or an manner, n eineraency ahould arise, i lay win iai al least six months. The object of the competition 1. three-1 fold: To encourage tin. form of chess. play on the North American continent.
. m nrnvld. an oouortiitilty tor postal intercourse among our ( ln jeneral: and to stimulate interest In the work 01 ine nieiun Chess Bulletin, nuw In the 3lith year of Its existence. incidentally, it will mark the cloe ot ( rvr-reiuiirr ui nm, ...... .(,,. i i.iini( nf Cnlsiui by the publisher of " magasltie. In these trying days It I. perhap. not too much lo ask n,e rhesa-mtiided public to get behind an American In.tltiitloti. which haa stood .. im,. tor the hlghe.t ethic, of the game and unceasingly promoted II. ad A modest entrance fee of It will be ......a. 4 aa.k .nnl.atant aim inoie mnn -I.... th. mini rereiot. will be distributed In pure. In the form of books on chess.
Of Ihese Ihete will be three for those flnlshlng highest In each of the varloue .ectlon.. Everyone en- terlng will receive a free trial subsrrip-6-13 tinn to the Bulletin for six months, with-1091 out any oblnetum whatsoever. 'I he an-niisl price of the anbscrlptlon ha. been redured to 42, but these special tournament subscriptions will be started at once al. e souvenir, will X."nt 10 h0 c0",plcle thc" Kh"1' That popular veteran and American internationalist for the past 40 'ers - mn, j Marshall ha. consented to act reitaln of the gamca judged to be won nr The glm of the management will he to provide an unusual treat ' and to assist in expediting.
Play Irt every way nnaalh a. Ft r ata, largely along aeo r.'.i, ;.l fi... "will be made a. oulckly New York, n y New York, June 31. 1940 We. the ludeea designated by Messr. Turover and Wlmsait to deride lo whom should be awarded Ihe prise of 1100 . iu. . h.iiilanl ..m.
prire of s.O for the best-played game MVt'.1'yw i""'?" for the be,i-pi.y prire eould not he considered he u nerause they did not meet the condition that th first move mutt b P-K4. Harold M. Phillip. Hermann Helm. H. Ransom Sigelow HERMAN STEIN ER International Chess Master Addrest all mall to Chesi Editor SICILIAN DEFENSE Oreen I Adama Blaek While P-QB43b-B-R7 Kt-B3l37-Kt-Kt3 PxPl38-Kt-B KI-B3I39-B-KI8 A (Ism. White 1- P-K4 2- KI-KB3 3- P-4 4- KtxP 5- K1-OB3 6- KtxKt 7- UxCJch 8- H-KKI5 9- Castlea 10- HxHch U-B-K2 12- R-W2 13- KR-Q 14- P-B3 15- Kt-R4 lfi-RxR 17- RxR 18- Kt-B5 11- H-B4 20- KI-O3 21- P-QKI4 22- P-KI3 23- P-B4 24- P-B 25- K-02 26- K-K3 27- P-KI4 28- P-KR4 23-B-KI8 30- P-B4 31- P-B5rh 32- P-KKtS 33- RPxP 34- P-KI6 35- Kt-B Oreea Black Kt-02 Kt-Kt K-K2 Kt-R3 Kt-B2 B-02 B-K B-Q2 B-K B-Q2 B-K B-02 Kt-K K-B P-R3 B-9 B-Q2 B-B KxKt KB PxP K-K2 K-03 K-P2 P-P4 K-Kt3 K-B4 K-K'3 K-B4 K-Ol K-B2 K-K1 B-R3 B-K2 Resign. P-K3 40-P-R3 QPxKt KxQ B-K3 Kt-Q2 KxU 41- K-B3 42- K-KI4 43- Kt-3 44- K-R5 45- KI-H2 4H-B-R2 P-K4 Kt-B3i47-Kt-Kl4 B-K3 . 48-Kt-Rfi KR-O 49-Kt-Kt8ch RxR 50-B-B7 R-Q 51-B-R2 KxR 52-B-KI3 B-B 53-B-H2 K-K254-BxKt Kt-Q2 5VBxP P-B3I5S-P-R4 Kt-B'57-BxP K-Q3 58-P-Bt P-UKt55)-K-Kt4 B-KI2 R0-K-B3 Kt-02 fil-P-K!5 Kt-B82-K-K3 F-KR3!63-K-02 B-Bi4-K-Q3 B-Q2 o5-K-B3 K-B2 HH-K-B4 RPxPB7-K-B1 P-KI4 88-P-K'S K-Q,69-B-KtS B-Kl70-P-B7ch FRENCH DEFENSE Adama Kashdan I Adama Kashdan White Black j White Black 1- P-K4 P-K3I10-K-R2 K-R 2- P-Q4 P-Q4 20-R-B2 R-KKt 3- K1-QR3 KI-KH3 21-R-KKt P-RS 4- B-KKI5 B-K2 22-KR-KI2 P-P8 5- P-K5 KKt-CJ2 23-Kt-Kt5 QR-KS 6- BxB OxB 24-PxKtP P-R3 7- B-Q3 P-QH3 25-KtxKP OxKt 8- QKI-K2 P-UB42K-BxP 0-K2 9- P-OR3 Kt-OB3 27-BxKt QB 10- 4-U2 Castles 28-P-Kt5 K'-Q 11- P-KB4 P-B4 29-P-B5 Q-R3 12- Kt-B3 P-OKI4 30-P-KS PxP 13- Casflea B Kt2: 31-QxKtP P-F4 14- P-KR3 P-B5I32-Q-K2 P-R5 15- B-B2 P-KI5 33-P-K7 R-K 1-P-Kt4 P-Kt3:34-Q-K5ch O-K'2 17- Kt-KtJ , P-QR4 35-P-B6 Q-B2 18- PxBP KKiPxP36-Kt-B5 Resign. SECRETS OF THE CHESSBOARD By C. J. 8. Purdy (Copyright) 13 THE STSTEM AT WORK (This la a .upplementary article to the series that ran through all the numbers of last year. We lake various position. In a certain game and .how how the arr.eic applies.) DIAGRAM 3 2 il t: t 1(1. . . . Q-Q Several other move, occur In mas-'r of plav: 10. B-K3, 10. Q-K2. 10 R-Kl. 10 B-R2 and (he gambit move, 10. N-U4 Their various merit, have been analvrefl for half a century without any Aeflnre conclusions; it would, therefore, be rid r- ulou. to attempt to .ingle one out by ir.t ... . ..,.,., 1 ,;. O-O . Position after 10. . . . O-O, th. uueiiina, one has often to play -blind as In liiit in the middle-game. . ia coin ract budge, there are more complice. Hems, but at the same time more data ta mnue one. Ho. lor me oroinary Pi.ver ,!, mld.lle.a.me la harder: for th. me.l.T Applying the system to Diagram 3.
we have the ihoice between the combine .....v. 11 kl.VI a. ,,. aa.-a.al Uliu'plr Ueveloping move i short ruts are quite In order, provided remember we may have to return ' some of Ihe qiieationa omitted. Here the r01mn-se use thing to do Is to ralcul.-e thf ronswitieiiee.-. ol the ohvioua 11. NxN. without going very far, we can see that whatever this move does. It does not hnrg any appreciable advantage (H. NXN, PxN: 12. Bsll. I'sH; 13. N-4. 0-CJ4; and BI.ek ha. aained In' development, while both sides have equally weak pawn.
) So we ran return to Question J iChange.? Threats' Objects') Well, the fact emerees that Black Is still threatening . , N-OH4 and , . . P-OI14 (exchanging khlgtils if the knight on K5 he hit assin i Not a violent threat, but certainly a threat to Improve hts position slightly. Against this, two courses present them, selves; lo anticipate the threat by B-B2.
or to Ignore It anil proceed wlih develop, ment The former course la the one mnt approved of and richest In chances. Tre student will see that, while the position Is becoming .lust a little more clear-cut. it Is still fairly nebulous: we have not arrived at a slaue where one move can be proved best. At the same time, the aystem would Help ut to cuoose a gooa one,, cuwe played ii. D-ai Thla save Rntvlnnlk a chance to play 11. , . NxN ' 12. BxN. N-OR4. and If 11 B-B2, P-OP4 ior 13, , , . N-B5 I Tti. Hue leads lo an even game. Bntvlnnik chose to avoid ihe .implllying exchange of nights. II. , .
. N-Bt Without taking the gtudent, right through all the aueaiions every time, we can In. dlcate the special usefulness of certain questions In different po.itinna. For In stance. uue' inn i ior us iwnne, io consider Ihe obiect of Black', move, Surely he must have some reply ready for eur obvious 13 B-B2. This warn, us, and we are helped to perceive vi, , , . p-os-itlirent . . . P-Uri.i and if 11, PxP, NP: 14 NxN. UkN; with a very free earn, and If White then hit. the oueen hy-lV K ill he would be further rielavh.g tr-g advance of the KBP, without wlflrh Y can never do anylhlnt on the K-.lde, where his malorlty is. The alternative la to leave our hlshep to be exchanged; In which case Bl.ck will eliminate a powerful Piece that might ha exerted pressure nil the QN1-KR7 dlsgnn.l. and the lustify his 11th move. Apart from B-B2. there I. only ere move to rounder, namely 12. N Q4l whuh frees the KBP.
It Is possible because th. KP i now well protected, a reason for Euwe'a M-K2. I t. N U Here we have a position In which Ouet. tlon 1 rail help us.
As White ta threatening B-BJ. Biacki onlv mnvea are U. . , NxB or 12. . NxN firs. It might scm that 1? . , . NvN first la accessor., as While threatena NxN.
but thla would be very sad aa White's pawn on 04 would hip. der black'g P-OB4. We therefo' ealcu. iste the eon.eqiienre. of 12. . . . NS: 13 NxN. NxB! Now Whlf cannot pia 14 KQ' because of 14.
. , , NxOrh. whi e 14' QRxN. Q-Q2: 15. NxBch. OsN live BI.ek a good free game, ln which . . P-CB4 will r.pidlr follow. Having prv4 that II, , , . NxB la nulte safe, we' watte no llir.4 en further ealeulMlen. (To Be continued).
