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CHESS BY HERMAN STEINER Nov. 7. 1943 L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. By Nicholas Gabor E 1449 White mates in two. Wh 12; Bl . 9 (L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 14So' By E. E. Westbury White mates in three. (Wh., 9: Bl.. 4 ) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1445: NxP.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1446: R-KN2. INTERNATIONAL CHESS MASTER Address All Mail to the Chess Editor Then aendlne In the three-movers. Keys only need be clven In two-ers. althouch lt Is excellent practice to write out ail the distinct variations.
Two-movers receive two polnts Three-movers receive three points on our ladder. The prize la awarded to the leadlnc solver enee ft month. (His score Is then canceled.) Solvers may become ladderites at ftny time. They are expected to solve as individuals er teams but pot consult ether-wise. Anyone deslrlnc Information for hes literature, cheaa lessons, address of eheas clubs, or whatever information concernlnc the came of chess, should send a salt-addressed and stamped envelope or card to Herman Stelner, Chess Editor.
Los Angeles Times. Requests for back Issues end subscriptions should be directed to the Circulation Department. This column appears on Sunday. BKAITIM'L ENDING It Is certainly bad enouch to be threatened with mate at only one aquare. Imacinem, however, your feeimas if you faced the position which Mieses found himself In when he played Dr. Tartakower mow usinc the name of Cartier in the Polish army) at Baden-Baden in 1925. In this came we see Blsck practically blockaded, ft rare occurrence In such ft short game. This esme Is to be found in "Two Hundred Miniature Games of Chess." it really Interesunc book by J. du Mont and published by David McKay Co. of Philadelphia. Tartakower Mlesea White Black 1- P-Q4 ' P-KB4 2- P-K4 PxP 3- Kt-OB3 Kt-KB3 4- P-KKt4(ai P-Q4fb 5- P-KtS Kt-Ktl 4-P-B3 PxP Tartakower Mleses White Black 8- B-Q3 P-KK13IC) 9- KKt-K3 Q-K3 10- B-KB4 P-B3 11- B-K5(d B-K12 12- Q-Kt3Kt-QR3tei 13- Ca.stlestIO B-Q2 14-B-Q6 Q-Ql P-B7. mate.
W. C. NOING WIN I SOLVING CONTEST WITH 379 POINTS We eesisratalate Mr. Noltinc for hav-ins wen this rente.! the sec.ad lias. It was ane ef the closest rarea we have had aisi.e r.sd.lt4 Ihi. .anIHL M r Noltinc hails r.a St. P.al. Minn. This the score ef last month's participants. Th.se who look psrt previoasly will hsve I eolvlne of problems and are therefore their acere stsnd and should they send la selatiens asain they will be added and published asain. 7-QxP P-K3 i 15-Q-B4 Resiglis(f) (a) A very bold attack, but quite sound, (bl One advantage of bold and unusual Play is that the adversary Is often teken by surprise and misses the rlcht answer. P-KR3: S. P-KtS, pxP: 4. BxP. P-Q4 is preferable, although White can continue in gambit style with 7. P-B3. (c Because of the threat 4. Q-R5ch. (d with unfaillne judement White has seen that the Blsck square weakness in Black's king aide makea his position vulnerable. ei Not a favorable development, but he cannot play Kt-Q2 because ol 13. B-Q6. followed by R-KB1, etc. ment. He i threatened with mate at j rvo, or k i ir Biaec Plays Kt-HJ then 18. PxKt. B-Bl: 17 A fascmatinc position.
pobll.hin. the f.llewinc interesting article, ky H. fl. I aw, frem hta hook entitled "Chess Problems and Hmm i. Solve Them." We received solutions from the follnw- tng r Aks. 154, H. Brtihn 5 I 216: C. Collins il.) 55; J O, Dodge (7, l 64: J. C. Drske Psulk Ford i3.) 37, O O. OaUasher. 74, W. Harmon 8 353. O A Hall IS.) 134; D A. Innes 3 l 324; W. L. Koclhen 13.1 140. M. Morris. 180; 8. J Mc-Comirll, 106; J Miltnan. 3- W, c. Noltinc 3 winner. 374, E. H. Quayle and D. M Poole. 378, E. A. Rosecrans. 82, Mrs E H Runt, 0. K. Smith, 0, A. D. Reynolds Sr ti t 4; J. L. Reciterd. 4. M Rudholm '. 278. H. Richardson. 4. W. W Noah. 4 A O. Ratllft. 3; C B. Roen 3; 8 Simchow. in. w B. Tudor 3.) 44, Mrs P Tovar, SO; U A. Vifln, a! 7 . Ik Walla ,1 . 4 Ct vtells. 23. J P W.i.h u.i lei j' Webb, 2. Score Includes Problems 1437-1446. 1-P-K4 3-P-04 I rntlntiJ Sraaa I- .. n J w. hsve hsd many ineairie. about (Continued)
VII THE INCOMPLETE BLOCK TWO-MOVEB No 37 Is ft guileless Instance where the King step, to another rank in order to avoid the threatened restraint by 1 . . . R-4. A more subtle Illustration awaits examination in No 34. Complexity here helps to conceal the point which haa to be met. The principle, however, is the same. The king moves to K'8 In order that the eueen shall not be subjected to pinninc disabilluea after L, . . . Q-R7. No 37 ,'S; iVos !-SB QNOl I3-P-QN4 13-N-N1 i 15. KR-N HOLLYWOOD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP NIMEOVITS DEFENSE White BI.ek White Ri.rk Bersbsck Preedman Beri,bark Preedmsn i BxN i N.R4 i 3- P-K5 B B4 19-R-NS N-B5 4- P-QB3 P-K3 ! 20-OR-N P-Nl l 4-B-O) B-Nl 2I-PP BPxP i 6 N BJ B-K2 2J-N-B2 P-BS I 7-B-KJ Q-Q2 21-N-K1 N-R6 I 4-0-0 P-l ;4-RxP NxR ', 9-Q-B3 BxB 25--R6ch K-Q ! K-KJ PxN K-B2 QxP KxR Resigns N-QB1 ; 17-N-RS P-C4 18-PsB BB4 19-R-NS P-KI ! 20-OR-N B-Nl 2I-PP B-K2 2J-N-B2 Q-Q2 21-N-K1 P-Bl 54-RxP BxB 25-Q-R6rh O-O-O i-S-R-NBrh R-B ! 21-NxPf h P-B4 re-B-Nich P-BS ; ra-p-Kirh P KN4 ; 30-R.Rrh P-N1 ' 31-QxR P-KR4 I 16-N-K m irs or the aoi.vtivn contest onth's contest i ii mzm m mim ss ii 1 m i m j ; ! ' Serv-! i sleep-; service-! Mate tn two moves. The variations and other matters axe left to be worked out. There Is one feature which this key-move introduces, and that is the unfortunate effect It has of permitting ft dual male after 1.
. . . r-B.i. to an espert solver 1. K-Kta might reuse some heettstion, as one is The winners ef esch will receive a three-mimth subscription to the Chess Review, a month a membership Win to admit a flaw which In the first in the Clie.s snd Checker Club ot ls si.s doe. not exist. Angeles. 134 W Fourth Bl . ati4 the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave,, where Ihey may discuss composing and so, vin. ot problem. na end games. KTvrv winner will b. msrked with a number showing limes he was a winner tn climb-Inc the l.dder. The system will ensble 12 or more tn ft case of a tie) goiters to win. Solutiens sent in answer te this problem will be acknowledged within two wesa after publication if you wish to hsure in the ' up-to-lhe-mlnute ' l.dder.
the lime limit bene seven daes. O'her wise credit can only be given tn ft aster ladder. Problems in this column msv begin with ft ca.tling key er h.ve catling aa a defense, unless it can be deOntteiy proved thst such maneuvers are not legsi. Csp-ture keys, en passant ' keys and checking keys are also tolerated, but all the above types are rather uncommon. The rsnture of ft pawn, however, ia not unusual. If ft problem has no solution, "no solution" must be claimed in order to score points.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1446: R-KN2. INTERNATIONAL CHESS MASTER Address All Mail to the Chess Editor Then aendlne In the three-movers. Keys only need be clven In two-ers. althouch lt Is excellent practice to write out ail the distinct variations.
Two-movers receive two polnts Three-movers receive three points on our ladder. The prize la awarded to the leadlnc solver enee ft month. (His score Is then canceled.) Solvers may become ladderites at ftny time. They are expected to solve as individuals er teams but pot consult ether-wise. Anyone deslrlnc Information for hes literature, cheaa lessons, address of eheas clubs, or whatever information concernlnc the came of chess, should send a salt-addressed and stamped envelope or card to Herman Stelner, Chess Editor.
Los Angeles Times. Requests for back Issues end subscriptions should be directed to the Circulation Department. This column appears on Sunday. BKAITIM'L ENDING It Is certainly bad enouch to be threatened with mate at only one aquare. Imacinem, however, your feeimas if you faced the position which Mieses found himself In when he played Dr. Tartakower mow usinc the name of Cartier in the Polish army) at Baden-Baden in 1925. In this came we see Blsck practically blockaded, ft rare occurrence In such ft short game. This esme Is to be found in "Two Hundred Miniature Games of Chess." it really Interesunc book by J. du Mont and published by David McKay Co. of Philadelphia. Tartakower Mlesea White Black 1- P-Q4 ' P-KB4 2- P-K4 PxP 3- Kt-OB3 Kt-KB3 4- P-KKt4(ai P-Q4fb 5- P-KtS Kt-Ktl 4-P-B3 PxP Tartakower Mleses White Black 8- B-Q3 P-KK13IC) 9- KKt-K3 Q-K3 10- B-KB4 P-B3 11- B-K5(d B-K12 12- Q-Kt3Kt-QR3tei 13- Ca.stlestIO B-Q2 14-B-Q6 Q-Ql P-B7. mate.
W. C. NOING WIN I SOLVING CONTEST WITH 379 POINTS We eesisratalate Mr. Noltinc for hav-ins wen this rente.! the sec.ad lias. It was ane ef the closest rarea we have had aisi.e r.sd.lt4 Ihi. .anIHL M r Noltinc hails r.a St. P.al. Minn. This the score ef last month's participants. Th.se who look psrt previoasly will hsve I eolvlne of problems and are therefore their acere stsnd and should they send la selatiens asain they will be added and published asain. 7-QxP P-K3 i 15-Q-B4 Resiglis(f) (a) A very bold attack, but quite sound, (bl One advantage of bold and unusual Play is that the adversary Is often teken by surprise and misses the rlcht answer. P-KR3: S. P-KtS, pxP: 4. BxP. P-Q4 is preferable, although White can continue in gambit style with 7. P-B3. (c Because of the threat 4. Q-R5ch. (d with unfaillne judement White has seen that the Blsck square weakness in Black's king aide makea his position vulnerable. ei Not a favorable development, but he cannot play Kt-Q2 because ol 13. B-Q6. followed by R-KB1, etc. ment. He i threatened with mate at j rvo, or k i ir Biaec Plays Kt-HJ then 18. PxKt. B-Bl: 17 A fascmatinc position.
pobll.hin. the f.llewinc interesting article, ky H. fl. I aw, frem hta hook entitled "Chess Problems and Hmm i. Solve Them." We received solutions from the follnw- tng r Aks. 154, H. Brtihn 5 I 216: C. Collins il.) 55; J O, Dodge (7, l 64: J. C. Drske Psulk Ford i3.) 37, O O. OaUasher. 74, W. Harmon 8 353. O A Hall IS.) 134; D A. Innes 3 l 324; W. L. Koclhen 13.1 140. M. Morris. 180; 8. J Mc-Comirll, 106; J Miltnan. 3- W, c. Noltinc 3 winner. 374, E. H. Quayle and D. M Poole. 378, E. A. Rosecrans. 82, Mrs E H Runt, 0. K. Smith, 0, A. D. Reynolds Sr ti t 4; J. L. Reciterd. 4. M Rudholm '. 278. H. Richardson. 4. W. W Noah. 4 A O. Ratllft. 3; C B. Roen 3; 8 Simchow. in. w B. Tudor 3.) 44, Mrs P Tovar, SO; U A. Vifln, a! 7 . Ik Walla ,1 . 4 Ct vtells. 23. J P W.i.h u.i lei j' Webb, 2. Score Includes Problems 1437-1446. 1-P-K4 3-P-04 I rntlntiJ Sraaa I- .. n J w. hsve hsd many ineairie. about (Continued)
VII THE INCOMPLETE BLOCK TWO-MOVEB No 37 Is ft guileless Instance where the King step, to another rank in order to avoid the threatened restraint by 1 . . . R-4. A more subtle Illustration awaits examination in No 34. Complexity here helps to conceal the point which haa to be met. The principle, however, is the same. The king moves to K'8 In order that the eueen shall not be subjected to pinninc disabilluea after L, . . . Q-R7. No 37 ,'S; iVos !-SB QNOl I3-P-QN4 13-N-N1 i 15. KR-N HOLLYWOOD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP NIMEOVITS DEFENSE White BI.ek White Ri.rk Bersbsck Preedman Beri,bark Preedmsn i BxN i N.R4 i 3- P-K5 B B4 19-R-NS N-B5 4- P-QB3 P-K3 ! 20-OR-N P-Nl l 4-B-O) B-Nl 2I-PP BPxP i 6 N BJ B-K2 2J-N-B2 P-BS I 7-B-KJ Q-Q2 21-N-K1 N-R6 I 4-0-0 P-l ;4-RxP NxR ', 9-Q-B3 BxB 25--R6ch K-Q ! K-KJ PxN K-B2 QxP KxR Resigns N-QB1 ; 17-N-RS P-C4 18-PsB BB4 19-R-NS P-KI ! 20-OR-N B-Nl 2I-PP B-K2 2J-N-B2 Q-Q2 21-N-K1 P-Bl 54-RxP BxB 25-Q-R6rh O-O-O i-S-R-NBrh R-B ! 21-NxPf h P-B4 re-B-Nich P-BS ; ra-p-Kirh P KN4 ; 30-R.Rrh P-N1 ' 31-QxR P-KR4 I 16-N-K m irs or the aoi.vtivn contest onth's contest i ii mzm m mim ss ii 1 m i m j ; ! ' Serv-! i sleep-; service-! Mate tn two moves. The variations and other matters axe left to be worked out. There Is one feature which this key-move introduces, and that is the unfortunate effect It has of permitting ft dual male after 1.
. . . r-B.i. to an espert solver 1. K-Kta might reuse some heettstion, as one is The winners ef esch will receive a three-mimth subscription to the Chess Review, a month a membership Win to admit a flaw which In the first in the Clie.s snd Checker Club ot ls si.s doe. not exist. Angeles. 134 W Fourth Bl . ati4 the Hollywood Chess Group, 108 N. Formosa Ave,, where Ihey may discuss composing and so, vin. ot problem. na end games. KTvrv winner will b. msrked with a number showing limes he was a winner tn climb-Inc the l.dder. The system will ensble 12 or more tn ft case of a tie) goiters to win. Solutiens sent in answer te this problem will be acknowledged within two wesa after publication if you wish to hsure in the ' up-to-lhe-mlnute ' l.dder.
the lime limit bene seven daes. O'her wise credit can only be given tn ft aster ladder. Problems in this column msv begin with ft ca.tling key er h.ve catling aa a defense, unless it can be deOntteiy proved thst such maneuvers are not legsi. Csp-ture keys, en passant ' keys and checking keys are also tolerated, but all the above types are rather uncommon. The rsnture of ft pawn, however, ia not unusual. If ft problem has no solution, "no solution" must be claimed in order to score points.
