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CHESS November 30, 1941 - L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 124T Br C. S. Kipping White mates in two. (Wh. 7; Bl. 6.) L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO, 1246 By Kenneth S. Howard White mates in three. (Wh. 8; Bl. 5.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1243 SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1244 N-B8. W. received solutions from the follow Ins: J. O. Dodge, 8. J. McConnell, H. M Whit, (welcome to our ladder,) L. G. Hartman. C. B Collins. E. H. Schadde, N. Dunnicliff. E. 8. Wells, a. K. Kaeberle. A D, Reynolds Sr., J. Fonseca, L. Sheppard J. P. Walsh. B. BuhuefT, A, O. Karn, J M. Meinhardt, Mrs. A. Tovar, O. A. Hall, M. Rudholm, W. Harmon, J. C. Drake. W B. Tudor, J. Davidson, D. A. Innes, R Roslln, O. B. Oakes, W. L, Knethen, R, M. Hayes, J. E. Tyler, G. Francis, Rev, P. Prichard. L. Wilcox. L. W. Norin. W, C. Noltlng. L. A. Salgado, C. P. Ford, H. Bruhn, C. L. Weeks. On Nov. 20, Koltanowski gave a simultaneous exhibition against 10 players at the Los Angeles Chess Club, winning all games.
KOLTANOWSKI BLINDFOLD EXHIBITION On Friday evening. Nov. 21. George Kol tanowski gave a most Interesting blindfold exhibition at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, at 108 N. Formosa Ave. Playing against ten of the best players, or the group. He won seven games, drew two, and lost one. The winner, Slsvko Vorkaptch, well known Montage artist of movie fame, was first to lower the color of the champion, on board No. 1 Edward Everett, attorney, was first to draw, and soon after Charles E. Hender son, well known voice arranger of Twentieth Century-Fox Studios, was offered draw, by Koltanowski. who had a Dawn minus at. the time, but was fortunate to attack Henderson a Rook with a Knight, thereby forcing the draw. The others who succumbed to tne worm s blindfold cham pion were K. Watson. W. Reinhardt. H Hankln, Mrs. H. Berkhov, M. Colin, J weissiein ana m. varison, QUEENS GAMBIT DECLINED Knltanowskl Everett, Koltanowski Everett White Black Whit. Black 1- P-Q4 P-Q4 19-R-K1 B-K 2- P-OB4 P-K3 20-P-KN4 P-QR4 3- N-OB3 N-KB3 21-P-KR4 PxP 4- B-N5 B-K2 22-PxP R-Rfi?!! 5- P-K3 O-O 23-N-N5 PxN 6- P-QR3 QN-02 24-RxR PxP 7- Q-B2 P-B3 25-QxP OxQ 8- R-Q R-K 2-NxQ NxP 9- N-B3 N-B 27-P-B3 N-B3 10- B-O3 N(B3-Q2 28-N-K5 N-Q4 11- BxB OxB 29-R-R7 P-B3 12- 0-0 K-KN3 30-N-B4 B-B3 13- P-K4 PxKP 31-N-R5 NxP 14- BxP N-B3 32-K-B2 B-Q4 15- BxN RPxB 33-R-ON N-B3! 16- KR-IC Q-B2 Draw was offered by 17- P-QN4 B-Q2 White and accept- 18- N-K5 KR-Q ed by Black. GIUOCO PIANO Kollan- Vorka- Koltan. Vorka- owskl plch owskt plch White Black White Black 1- P-K4- - P-K4 14-QxB QxRP 2- N-KB3 N-QB3 15-NxB Q-R8ch 3- B-B4 B-B4 16-K-B3 Q-R5ch 4- 0-0 N-B3 17-K-N?t Q-Rch 5- P-Q4 PxP 18-K-R2 Q-K4ch 6- P-K5 N-K5? 19-Q-N3 OxN 7- R-KI NxBP 20-BxQP Q-R4ch 8- KxN O-O 21-K-N N-K4 9- K-B P-Q4 22-B-K4 Q-Q8ch 10- PxP .p, QxP 23-K-R2 N-N5ch 11- P-B3 B-KN5 24-K-R3 P-KR4I 12- QN-Q2 P-QK 25-Rmign 13- N-K4 BxN GIUOCO PIANO Koltan- Hender- Koltan- Hender- nw.ikl son owskt son White Black White Black 1- P-K4 P-K4 20-Q-K3 R-R 2- N-KB3 N-QB3 21-KR-K P-QR4 3- B-B4 N-B3 22-P-B4 OxP 4- 0-0 B-B4 23-NxP! Q-Q5! 5.P-Q4 BxP 24-N-R5ch K-B 6- NxB NxN 25-QxQ PxQ 7- P-B4 P-O.l 28-P-N5 P-B4 8- P-B3 N-B3 27-PxP e.p. NxP 9- P-B5 O-O 28-QR-B R-B 10- B-KN5 P-KR3 29-KR-O K-K2 11- B-R4 P-ON3 30-P-Bfich K-Q3 12- P-QN4 B-N2 31-N-N3 K-K4 13- N-Q2 K-R2 32-N-B5 KxP 14- P-N4 N-K2 33-N-QS R-B2 15- BxN PxB 34-N-N5 R-B 18-Q-B3 P-Q4 35-N-OS R-B2 17- PxP BxP 3S-N-N5 R-B 18- BxB QxB 37-Drawn 19- N-K4 K-N2 CALIFORNIA OPEN STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The writer la happy to announce that the Hollywood Chess Group at 108 N. Formosa Ave. will again sponsor the open Stat, championship tournament. Play will start Dec. 28 and continue through Jan. 3
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LIGHT ON SOME OPENINGS Series by C. I. 8. Pordri No. 18 French Defense: Wlnawer Variant In writing about the chess openings for a dosen year I have had to chop and change a bit. - but I hav. never, as far as I remember, wavered Irom my faith In th French Defense (Free French, of court.1! a th. toundett of th dot defense, to 1. P-K4 After 1. P-K4. F-KJl I. I.Q4. P-Q4 HERMAN STEIN ER International Chess Master Address all mall to Chest Editor Whlt.'f usual move la 3. N-QB3, then Black la probably all right with 3. . . . N-KB3; 4 B-N5.
PxP: th. Leaker Defense, dealt with in January. That is. provided h. It satisfied with a draw. A richer gam. comet out of th. Wlnawer Variant, 3. . . . B-N5I Nearly all variants of th. "French" hav been dealt blows from tlm. to time by Laiot Sterner, who. among all the world's masters, must be accounted the most implacable foe of thla particular opening. Almost .very variant of th. French Defense would s ill b. retarded as sound wore It not for attacks discovered or elaborated by Lsios Stelner. For instance, the MacCuteheon la declared sound by Fine In M.C.O. but cannot stand up squarely to the Pilisbury Attack S. P-KS, P-KR3; 6. B-R4.) at Improved upon by Stelner. Against the Wlnawer, too.
Btelner has a special line, and strangely enough, It was not the result of midnight oil. but cam. to him as an Inspiration when he was playing Nomzovltch at Berlin, 1928. Thla gam. began: I. P-K4. P-K.1i !. P-Q4. P-Q4I 8. N-QB8, B-N5i 4. P-K5!, P-QB4 5. B-Q. N-Kzi . F-QR3, BiNi 7. PaP, P-B5T Blockade is not always good.
A blocked center, as we know, permits wing Play which might otherwise b. merely weakening and after long thought the young master played the Strang, looking move. 8. P-KR4II Th. idea? To threaten P-RS!.
gaining a big advantage In space on th. K-slde, which should decide the gam. In view of the Impossibility of counterattack In the center. To block this, Nlmsovitch answered with 8. . P-KR4. - Then White disclosed an ulterior motive: . B-K2. N-B4; 10. P-N3, and new Black Is forced to weaken hit black squares with 10. . . , P-KN3. Th. power tnis gives to wntt.
t Q-blshop it terrific, ana stelner won. Instead of 7. . . . P-B5?. much bet ter It 7. . . . QN-B3, maintaining th. tension In the center. Th. strange thing is that even after that move. Stelner began playing P-KR4 (after 8. N-B3) and successfully, but it has never been quite tested out, and Is not quite in the same category as sterner s clearly sound in novations against other variants of the French Defense. Of late, Stelner haa saved time by omitting B-Q2. and play ing at once 8. P-QR3 (after 4. P-K5, P-QB4.) This offers a pawn after 5.
PxP; 8. PxB. PxN; 7. N-B3 (best.) when th. possibilities are far too complicated lor anyone to arrive at conclusion.
Let us rather examine th. mor. usua reply to 8. P-QR.t. namely 8. . . . BiNch 6. PxB, N-Kt.
A good Idea for Black It the exchange of his "bad" bishop by . , . P-QN3 and . . . B-R3. recommended by Keres. A recent example was seen In a clock practice game shortly before the New South wales championship. Stelner-Purdy: 7. N-B3, P-QN3i 8. P-Qt lor 8 B-N5ch. B-Q2: 9. P-QR4 when Black could bring about the same position.) a. . . . H-m; v. n-rrrn, Bib: 10. Pn, P-QRili 11. PxP e.p.. RiP: Jl. RsR, NxR: J3. Q-K2, N-B'It 14. PxP, PxPi 15. O-O mere 13.
B-K3? or 15. B-K3 would be met by 15. . . . Q-Rll. and 15. . . . Q-K3? simply by 15. . . . N-R3 followed by . . . Q-R4.I 15. . . . Q-RIi IB. P-KR4 (here It comes.) 18. . . . O-O; 17. P-R5, P-R3 (necessary, as P-RB would create squarea for the bishop.) 18. B-K3. Q-R4: Black'a game is preferable.
White's chancet on the king-side are much reduced by the exchange of bishops, and h. actually lost by trying to force the issu. on th. wing. Improvements could doubtless be found for White, but Black's whole schema has at least the appearanc of being solid and sound.
In the actual gams. Black tramnncrri nia lounn ana sixtn moves, thus: 4.'P-K5, N-K2) R. P-QR.1. BxNchi 8. PxP. P.OR4i and If Black intends to play quietly, this Is his best line. Ones Black has played . . . N-K2, he Is better abl.
to deal with a possible Q-N4, either by . , . N-B4 or oy castling. All in all. St.. ner s P-KR4 scheme must be ranged simply as a most Interesting Idea: that is the only claim he himself would make for it. Common sense seems to say that Black s resources should prove sufficient: absolute demonstration either way it impossible. (To be continued)
KOLTANOWSKI BLINDFOLD EXHIBITION On Friday evening. Nov. 21. George Kol tanowski gave a most Interesting blindfold exhibition at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess Group, at 108 N. Formosa Ave. Playing against ten of the best players, or the group. He won seven games, drew two, and lost one. The winner, Slsvko Vorkaptch, well known Montage artist of movie fame, was first to lower the color of the champion, on board No. 1 Edward Everett, attorney, was first to draw, and soon after Charles E. Hender son, well known voice arranger of Twentieth Century-Fox Studios, was offered draw, by Koltanowski. who had a Dawn minus at. the time, but was fortunate to attack Henderson a Rook with a Knight, thereby forcing the draw. The others who succumbed to tne worm s blindfold cham pion were K. Watson. W. Reinhardt. H Hankln, Mrs. H. Berkhov, M. Colin, J weissiein ana m. varison, QUEENS GAMBIT DECLINED Knltanowskl Everett, Koltanowski Everett White Black Whit. Black 1- P-Q4 P-Q4 19-R-K1 B-K 2- P-OB4 P-K3 20-P-KN4 P-QR4 3- N-OB3 N-KB3 21-P-KR4 PxP 4- B-N5 B-K2 22-PxP R-Rfi?!! 5- P-K3 O-O 23-N-N5 PxN 6- P-QR3 QN-02 24-RxR PxP 7- Q-B2 P-B3 25-QxP OxQ 8- R-Q R-K 2-NxQ NxP 9- N-B3 N-B 27-P-B3 N-B3 10- B-O3 N(B3-Q2 28-N-K5 N-Q4 11- BxB OxB 29-R-R7 P-B3 12- 0-0 K-KN3 30-N-B4 B-B3 13- P-K4 PxKP 31-N-R5 NxP 14- BxP N-B3 32-K-B2 B-Q4 15- BxN RPxB 33-R-ON N-B3! 16- KR-IC Q-B2 Draw was offered by 17- P-QN4 B-Q2 White and accept- 18- N-K5 KR-Q ed by Black. GIUOCO PIANO Kollan- Vorka- Koltan. Vorka- owskl plch owskt plch White Black White Black 1- P-K4- - P-K4 14-QxB QxRP 2- N-KB3 N-QB3 15-NxB Q-R8ch 3- B-B4 B-B4 16-K-B3 Q-R5ch 4- 0-0 N-B3 17-K-N?t Q-Rch 5- P-Q4 PxP 18-K-R2 Q-K4ch 6- P-K5 N-K5? 19-Q-N3 OxN 7- R-KI NxBP 20-BxQP Q-R4ch 8- KxN O-O 21-K-N N-K4 9- K-B P-Q4 22-B-K4 Q-Q8ch 10- PxP .p, QxP 23-K-R2 N-N5ch 11- P-B3 B-KN5 24-K-R3 P-KR4I 12- QN-Q2 P-QK 25-Rmign 13- N-K4 BxN GIUOCO PIANO Koltan- Hender- Koltan- Hender- nw.ikl son owskt son White Black White Black 1- P-K4 P-K4 20-Q-K3 R-R 2- N-KB3 N-QB3 21-KR-K P-QR4 3- B-B4 N-B3 22-P-B4 OxP 4- 0-0 B-B4 23-NxP! Q-Q5! 5.P-Q4 BxP 24-N-R5ch K-B 6- NxB NxN 25-QxQ PxQ 7- P-B4 P-O.l 28-P-N5 P-B4 8- P-B3 N-B3 27-PxP e.p. NxP 9- P-B5 O-O 28-QR-B R-B 10- B-KN5 P-KR3 29-KR-O K-K2 11- B-R4 P-ON3 30-P-Bfich K-Q3 12- P-QN4 B-N2 31-N-N3 K-K4 13- N-Q2 K-R2 32-N-B5 KxP 14- P-N4 N-K2 33-N-QS R-B2 15- BxN PxB 34-N-N5 R-B 18-Q-B3 P-Q4 35-N-OS R-B2 17- PxP BxP 3S-N-N5 R-B 18- BxB QxB 37-Drawn 19- N-K4 K-N2 CALIFORNIA OPEN STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The writer la happy to announce that the Hollywood Chess Group at 108 N. Formosa Ave. will again sponsor the open Stat, championship tournament. Play will start Dec. 28 and continue through Jan. 3
All those Interested In participating should communicate with the writer. Possible entrants up to date are: C. Henderson, J Chernls. P. Qulllen, E, Fisher, P. Woliston. B. Dobsevaae, T. Baasel and H Steiner. Applications will not be taken after Dee. 24. Entrance fee $5, The Hollywood Chess Group also an nounces rapid transit tournaments every Friday evening and visitors ar always welcome.
CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS. CHESS LITERATURE Keres' Best. Oames. $1.75: Warsaw In ternational Team Tournament, 1925. $2; Dr. Lasker's Chess Career, $2 50; the Ele- ment of Combination Play in Chess. $1.50: Cambridge Spring International Tourna ment, 1904.
$1,50; Colle a Chess Master pieces. $1.50; Your Chess Champion. $1 Chess Combination and Trans. 75 cents Among These Mates, 75 cents; Baslo Chess End ng. $3.50: Chess the Easy Way. $1.50: Chess for Fun and Chess lor Blood. $3: Chess an Easy Game. 75 cents: Rubin stein's Chess Masterpieces. $2.50; 200 Miniature uamea or uness, tJ; Staunton s Chess Plsyers' Handbook, $3; Holler's Chess, $1.60; Common Sense In Chess, 50 cents; Lasker'a Chess PrlmeT, $1; A Oulde to the Oam. of Chess. 35 cents; Vest Pocket Chess Manual, 50 cents; the Beginners' Book of Chess, 75 cents; Principles of Chess in Theory and Practice. $2.50; a Breviary of Chess, $3: How Not lo Play Chess, $1.25; Lasker'g Chess Strategy, $3: Chess Mastery by Question and Answer. $2; Chess Cameos, $1.25; the Art of Chess, $2.50; White to Play and Win, 75 cents; How to Play the Chess Opening, $2 50; Traps on the Chessboard.
$1.50; Chess Strategy and Tactics, $1.50; Imagination In Chose. $1: Chess Sacrifice and Traps, $1.25; the Art of Chess Com bination, $3: instructive Positions from Masters' Chess, $1; the Middle Game In Chess, $3; the Basis of Combination in Chess, $3: An Introduction to the End-Oame at Chess, $3; How to Play the Chess Ending, $4: Practical End-Game Play, $2; Modern Chess Endings. $1.50; ' Chess Studies, $3; 1234 Modern End-Game Studies. $5; Meet the Masters, $2.50; Every Game Checkmate, $1.25: Morphy's Game of Chess, $3: 101 ef My Bmt Games of Chess, $3; Modern Chess. $1; PIUs-bury's Chess Career, $2.50: Morphy's Gleanings, $2.50; Championship Chess, $2.50; the St. Petersburg Masters' Chess Tournament, 75 cents; A. Alekhln. vs. E. D. Bogoljubow (1934. $1.25; th Nottingham Tournament Book. 5: World's Chess Championship tha Official Account, $2: Comparative Chess, $1; Century of British Chess, $5; 100 Chest Max ims. 50 cents: Chess and Its stsrs. $2.
We have published this list in answer to th many requests, and any or all of these splendid publications may be ordered through the writer by sending check or money order for same. A charge of 10 cents for postage: Is required for all books. American-made chess sots ranging In price from $5.50 to $15 mar b. ordered through frller.
LIGHT ON SOME OPENINGS Series by C. I. 8. Pordri No. 18 French Defense: Wlnawer Variant In writing about the chess openings for a dosen year I have had to chop and change a bit. - but I hav. never, as far as I remember, wavered Irom my faith In th French Defense (Free French, of court.1! a th. toundett of th dot defense, to 1. P-K4 After 1. P-K4. F-KJl I. I.Q4. P-Q4 HERMAN STEIN ER International Chess Master Address all mall to Chest Editor Whlt.'f usual move la 3. N-QB3, then Black la probably all right with 3. . . . N-KB3; 4 B-N5.
PxP: th. Leaker Defense, dealt with in January. That is. provided h. It satisfied with a draw. A richer gam. comet out of th. Wlnawer Variant, 3. . . . B-N5I Nearly all variants of th. "French" hav been dealt blows from tlm. to time by Laiot Sterner, who. among all the world's masters, must be accounted the most implacable foe of thla particular opening. Almost .very variant of th. French Defense would s ill b. retarded as sound wore It not for attacks discovered or elaborated by Lsios Stelner. For instance, the MacCuteheon la declared sound by Fine In M.C.O. but cannot stand up squarely to the Pilisbury Attack S. P-KS, P-KR3; 6. B-R4.) at Improved upon by Stelner. Against the Wlnawer, too.
Btelner has a special line, and strangely enough, It was not the result of midnight oil. but cam. to him as an Inspiration when he was playing Nomzovltch at Berlin, 1928. Thla gam. began: I. P-K4. P-K.1i !. P-Q4. P-Q4I 8. N-QB8, B-N5i 4. P-K5!, P-QB4 5. B-Q. N-Kzi . F-QR3, BiNi 7. PaP, P-B5T Blockade is not always good.
A blocked center, as we know, permits wing Play which might otherwise b. merely weakening and after long thought the young master played the Strang, looking move. 8. P-KR4II Th. idea? To threaten P-RS!.
gaining a big advantage In space on th. K-slde, which should decide the gam. In view of the Impossibility of counterattack In the center. To block this, Nlmsovitch answered with 8. . P-KR4. - Then White disclosed an ulterior motive: . B-K2. N-B4; 10. P-N3, and new Black Is forced to weaken hit black squares with 10. . . , P-KN3. Th. power tnis gives to wntt.
t Q-blshop it terrific, ana stelner won. Instead of 7. . . . P-B5?. much bet ter It 7. . . . QN-B3, maintaining th. tension In the center. Th. strange thing is that even after that move. Stelner began playing P-KR4 (after 8. N-B3) and successfully, but it has never been quite tested out, and Is not quite in the same category as sterner s clearly sound in novations against other variants of the French Defense. Of late, Stelner haa saved time by omitting B-Q2. and play ing at once 8. P-QR3 (after 4. P-K5, P-QB4.) This offers a pawn after 5.
PxP; 8. PxB. PxN; 7. N-B3 (best.) when th. possibilities are far too complicated lor anyone to arrive at conclusion.
Let us rather examine th. mor. usua reply to 8. P-QR.t. namely 8. . . . BiNch 6. PxB, N-Kt.
A good Idea for Black It the exchange of his "bad" bishop by . , . P-QN3 and . . . B-R3. recommended by Keres. A recent example was seen In a clock practice game shortly before the New South wales championship. Stelner-Purdy: 7. N-B3, P-QN3i 8. P-Qt lor 8 B-N5ch. B-Q2: 9. P-QR4 when Black could bring about the same position.) a. . . . H-m; v. n-rrrn, Bib: 10. Pn, P-QRili 11. PxP e.p.. RiP: Jl. RsR, NxR: J3. Q-K2, N-B'It 14. PxP, PxPi 15. O-O mere 13.
B-K3? or 15. B-K3 would be met by 15. . . . Q-Rll. and 15. . . . Q-K3? simply by 15. . . . N-R3 followed by . . . Q-R4.I 15. . . . Q-RIi IB. P-KR4 (here It comes.) 18. . . . O-O; 17. P-R5, P-R3 (necessary, as P-RB would create squarea for the bishop.) 18. B-K3. Q-R4: Black'a game is preferable.
White's chancet on the king-side are much reduced by the exchange of bishops, and h. actually lost by trying to force the issu. on th. wing. Improvements could doubtless be found for White, but Black's whole schema has at least the appearanc of being solid and sound.
In the actual gams. Black tramnncrri nia lounn ana sixtn moves, thus: 4.'P-K5, N-K2) R. P-QR.1. BxNchi 8. PxP. P.OR4i and If Black intends to play quietly, this Is his best line. Ones Black has played . . . N-K2, he Is better abl.
to deal with a possible Q-N4, either by . , . N-B4 or oy castling. All in all. St.. ner s P-KR4 scheme must be ranged simply as a most Interesting Idea: that is the only claim he himself would make for it. Common sense seems to say that Black s resources should prove sufficient: absolute demonstration either way it impossible. (To be continued)
