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Chess 19 Oct 1941, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
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CHESS HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address oil mail to Chess Editor Oct 19, Hill L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1235 By -C. S. Kipping White mates In two. (Wh. 6; Bl. 8.) L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1236 Composed for the Los Angeles Timet by Percy Bowater, San Marino, Cal. with 9. N-Q2 B3 (a move of Rauser, the Russian master.) Thla still leaves the exchange of queens open, and makes a starting point for entirely fresh analysis. In other words, the "equality" after 4. , . . KPxP still requires demonstration. However, after 4. PxQP. Black is not forced to play 4. . . . KPxP. In a footnote, Fine comments, "4. , . QxP! equal-Ises more easily for Black.'1 He gives no evidence In support of this dictum, but nevertheless It is obviously worth examining.
Let us look at Keres-Eliskases. Noordwljk. 1938. 1. P-K P-KJ I. P-OI P-04 3. N-O' P-QB4! 4. PxQP. It looks as if Whit roiild fnrea an I.Q P. on Black by 4. PxBP. BxP; 6 N-N3. B-N3; 6. PxP. but Black has a surprise in 6. . . . N-KB3! If then 7. B-KN5?, BxPch. And If 7 B-N5ch. B-02: 8. BxBch. QxB; 9. PxP. BxPch; 10. K-K2. uxttcn: 11. KxQ. PxP: true.
Black now has an I Q.P.. but it la also a passed pawn. A blockader of a passed pawn can White mates In three. (Wh, 5; Bl. 1.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1231: Q-KB2. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1232: P-Q4ch. We received solutions from the' following: Rev. P. Prichard, J. Davitihon, C. B. Collins, C. P. Ford. W. Harmon, J. C. Drake. D. A. Innes. J. O. Dodge.. L. Shep-pard. L. A. Salgado. W. B. Tudor, J. M. Stufflebenm, Mrs. A. Tovar. A. G. Karn, A. 8. Wells. G. Francis. J. E. Tyler. W. L. Koethen. E H. Schadee, L. Wilcox, H. Bruhn, W. C. Noltina, A. D Reynolds Sr., J. M. Mcinhardt, J. A. Frank. G B. Oakes. G. C. Lawson (welcome back.) L. G. Hartman. M. Rudholm, G. A. Hall, E. L. Daniells, A. Bushueff, J. P. Walsh. never be pawn-supported; for this and ; pawn in generally at least as much a strength i no . In this, if 5. B-Q3. N-OB3! 6. PxP. OvP! 7. N-K4. B-N3; 8 P-QB4, Q-Ql followed by . . . P-K4 (Alekhine.) 4. . . . QxP Pine's recommendation.
above, to avoid an I.Q P. B-Q2; 6. PxPI BxB BPxP? 5. B-N5ch' 7. Q-R5ch, etc, ti. KN-B3 PxP This capture Is made Just to give White the trouble of recapturing. . B-B4 Q-Ol! Soundest. At QB4 the queen will be hit by the knight going to QN3. 7. O-O If at once N-N3, B-N5ch, 7. . . . N-QB1 . N-NJ K-m Q-KS (see diagram) as mentioned ! Not 4
NEWS OF THE Cl.lBS Denker metropolitan chess league maicnes, white At a meeting at which the Los Angeles, 2-P-QB4 Fairfax. Hollywood. Arcadia and Highland! 3-Kt-OBT Park Chefs clubs were represented, plansj 4-B-ht5 were made to form the Metropolitan' 6-Kt-B3 Chess League. Mr. S. Wolff will be the 6-P-K3 tournament director. There will be two I 7-R-B classes. A and B. The matches will start I 8-Q-B2 Nov. 7. Most of the matches will take! 9-P-QR3 place Friday nights. Entrance fee wlllllO-B-03 be $3 per team. Teams will consist ofjll-BxP five players. We would like to see as ! 12-Castlej many teams as possible compete. The 113-B.tKt closing date of entrance for the teams 1 14-KR-Q will be Oct. 25. Entrance fee has to j be sent to S. Wolff, 3848 Fairway Blvd., ! Evans Santaslere Whle Black j-r-w ivt-in.i (To be continued) QUEEN S GAMBIT DECLINED Wlllman : Denker Bmck J White Kt-KB3!15-Kt-K5 P-K3 16-PxB P-Q4 ; 17-P-B4 B-K'.! i 18-Q-B2 QKt-Q2jl9-P-K4 Castles ;20-R-O3 P-B3:21-P-KKt3 : wiiiman BxKt R-K Kt-B Pp Kt-Kt3 P-KR3 B':B Kt-R5 22-R-Q 23- QR-Q 24- B-K2 25- R'Qi-Q2 26- Kt-Q 27- KI-K3 28- QxP 2- KI-KB3 3- P-P4 4- P-K3 5- Kt-B3 6- H-Q3 7- BBP 8- B-Q3 9- Ca sties 10- P-QKI3 11- B-KI2 12- R-Kt 13- Q-K2 14- PxP 15- QR-Q 16- Kt-Kt 17- B-B4 18- K-R 19- RxRch 20- KKt-22 21- KtxKt 22- Q-Kt4 P-Q4 P-B3 P-K3 QKt-O: Evans White 23- Q-Q4 24- OxQ 25- BxB 2B-P-B3 27-P-K4 PxP 28-PxP P-OKI4 29-K-Kt P-QR3I30-R-B P-B4i31-P-QR4 B-Kt2 32-R-K Q-Kt3 ' 33-K-B2 B-K2-34-P-KI3 Castles!35-BxKt, KtxPi3fi-P-Kt4 P-Kt537-P-B4 QR-B;38-Kt-2 KKt-K5i20-K-K3 KR-Qi40-Kt-B4 RxR41-Kt-Kt6 Q-Q3I42-P-B5 BxKt I Resigns B-Kt3i B-K3 1 B-K16 CHECKERS Angeles. rROBLEM NO. ITfi "White 5; king, 3.
Los Angeles. Phone AX-11477 HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP All high school players are invited to enter into what will probably be one of the most Interesting contests of the year the High School Championship Tournament. It Is expected that there will be at least three representatives from each high school in the city. There will be no entrance fee and trophies will be awarded to winners. Games will be played on Saturday afternoons and evenings at the Los Angeles Chess Cub, 124 W. Fourth St., Los Angeles.
KOLTANOWSKIS SIMULTANEOl'S George Koltanowski. world's blindfold chess champion, will visit Los Angeles n Nor. SO and 21. On Thursday, Nov. Su, at 8 p.m., he will play against all comers at the lo Angeles Chess Club, W. Fourth St. On Nov. 21 at .:() p.m. The Hollywood Chess Group. 108 N. Formosa Ave., will sponsor a nniliue event. Mr. Knltanowskl will give a 10-board blindfold exhibition and will Intersperse this with an Interesting lecture. Because of the limited number of boards avail able we urge the public to make early reservation by calling VYEbster 08.17 or HYoming 8510. Played In Antwerp. 1929.
Ten-board ex hibition. White: G. Koltanowskl; Black. P. Dunkelblum of Vienna.
MAX LANGE ATTACK 1- P-K4 P-K4 2- KNKB3 Kt-QH3 3- B-B4 B-B4 4- 0-0 Kt-B3 5- P-Q4 .And here we have the famous sacrifice. Whenever I get a chance to sacrifice this pawn In a blindfold game, I feel more at my ease in the game, in games over the board I would probably rtever feel Inclined tn make this pawn sacrifice. Can you explain it? 5-PxP For other lines of play, look for some of the other Max Lange games. 6- P-K5 P-Q4 Considered as Black'! best answer here. 7- PxKt PxP 8- R-K.leh B-K3 9- Kt-Kt5 Q-Q4 Asatn best.
If PxP or QxP, then 10, KtxB wins a piece through Q-R5, 10- Kt-QB3 Q-B4 11- QKt-K4 B-QKt5 New and probably bad. The usual lines of continuation are: 11, . . . O-O-O, or 11, . , . B-K13. or 11, , . . B-KB1. The text move gives White time to break up Black's center pawns. 12- P-QB3 PXP 13- PxP B-R4 14- P-KKt4 Q-Kt3 Black certainly cannot afford to take the pawn, as after 14. . . . QxP, 15. wxQ, BxQ: 16. PxP, White wins easily. 15-KtxB FxKt. 1B-P-B7ch KxP Better would have been 16. . . . QxP, as after 17. Kt-Kt5. -2, would nave saved him a lot of trouble. 17- Kt-Kt5ch K-Ktl 18- RxP Q-Q6 This seems to be his "point." when he Played 11. . . . B-Kt5. He now threatens BxP or exchange of Queens. But White now plays very sharply for a mate . . . 19- Q-K1! R-KB1 20- R-K8! Q-Q2 Forced so ag to stop Q-IC6 mate. Pl-RxRch KxR 22- B-R3ch Kt-K2 23- R-QU1 The beginning of the end! The follow ing combination would deserve the exclamation marks, even if it had been played over the board and not blindfold with so many other games at the same time! 23. , . . uxpcn 24- K-B11! QxKt 25- R-Q5!! And now It becomes plain why White played his King tn Bl.
II QxR then there follows mate in two. 25. . . . , -H5 26- R-RK5!! Q-B3 27- R-KB5 Black resigns If QxR. then 28. QxKtch, K-Ktl: 29. Q-K8ch, etc. The olnnlng of the Queen and the chasing of the Queen, by a lone Hook. Is certainly of great interest to the students, and makes this game one of the best I have ever played. LIGHT ON SOME OPENINGS Series by C. J. S. Purdy; No. 15 French Defense: 8. N-U2. Having shown. In January, that the Lasker Variant, If played with care, ap-pears to provide a sufficient answer to White's 3. N-QB3 In the French, let us now see what can be done against the fash onab e 3. N-Q2. Later on, we still have to dlsouss an alternative line against n-qbj, nameaiy, Winawer. Variant.) 1. P-K4 ' P-K t. P-Ot P-Ol 8 N-OJ The purpose of this Is to leave room for P.QB3. so that alter 3. . . . N-KB3; 4. P-K5 White will be able to maintain his pawn-center. The objection is that the knight move again to lree the Q-bishop.
A good reply to such sickly policy," wrote Lasker In i'ommonsense in ( hesi, ''is to open up all lines quickly, here by 3. . . . P-QB4." That leads (after the usual 4. PxQP. KPxPj to a game In which Black gets plenty of freedom at the cost of an I.Q. P. Although It may not be possible to prove any advantage for White, we are not keen on the variation for Black. Today the routine strategy against an l.w.p. (i.e.. the. establishment of a knight, for preference, on the "blockade'" square lust in front of the I Q.P.) is so well known that the opponents game often "playsi Itself" and one deosn t want that, coming down to brasa tacks, take the following varittion: 4. PxQP, KPxP; 5. B-NSch. B-Q2: . 0-K2ch. Q-K2: 7. QxQch, BxQ: 8. BxBch, NxB: 9. PxP. NXP; 10. N-N3, N-R5! (Flohr. Botwinnlk match, 1933. This leads to equal chances.
In MCO, Pine alates. "More precise Is 7. BxBch. NxB; 8 PxP, QxQch; 9. NxQ. for it ... . BxPf 10. N-N3." And he goes on with this line to show an advantage for White. But,'', he says, "Black should reply 9. . . . NxP and continue as In the text," le., the Flohr-Botwinnik game given above. But this Is too vague.
Black cannot continue "as In the text" because he has lost tempo by exchanging queens. Obviously, then, Black should not exchange nueens on move 8. but play 8, thaVse. But instead, white can loiiowthe three-move-restriction days, 5:'t5 Kt-B4;of Kt-kt3;said, Kt-KK2 K-B Q R6 s R-Kti p-. Corn-Resigns' queen s gambit declined Santaslere B-B3 dis-RxQ immI operat-Pbxp k-b : Kt-K3imatclv Kt-'B5 Kt-oich RxBl RRpj R-R7! b-b2
Let us look at Keres-Eliskases. Noordwljk. 1938. 1. P-K P-KJ I. P-OI P-04 3. N-O' P-QB4! 4. PxQP. It looks as if Whit roiild fnrea an I.Q P. on Black by 4. PxBP. BxP; 6 N-N3. B-N3; 6. PxP. but Black has a surprise in 6. . . . N-KB3! If then 7. B-KN5?, BxPch. And If 7 B-N5ch. B-02: 8. BxBch. QxB; 9. PxP. BxPch; 10. K-K2. uxttcn: 11. KxQ. PxP: true.
Black now has an I Q.P.. but it la also a passed pawn. A blockader of a passed pawn can White mates In three. (Wh, 5; Bl. 1.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1231: Q-KB2. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1232: P-Q4ch. We received solutions from the' following: Rev. P. Prichard, J. Davitihon, C. B. Collins, C. P. Ford. W. Harmon, J. C. Drake. D. A. Innes. J. O. Dodge.. L. Shep-pard. L. A. Salgado. W. B. Tudor, J. M. Stufflebenm, Mrs. A. Tovar. A. G. Karn, A. 8. Wells. G. Francis. J. E. Tyler. W. L. Koethen. E H. Schadee, L. Wilcox, H. Bruhn, W. C. Noltina, A. D Reynolds Sr., J. M. Mcinhardt, J. A. Frank. G B. Oakes. G. C. Lawson (welcome back.) L. G. Hartman. M. Rudholm, G. A. Hall, E. L. Daniells, A. Bushueff, J. P. Walsh. never be pawn-supported; for this and ; pawn in generally at least as much a strength i no . In this, if 5. B-Q3. N-OB3! 6. PxP. OvP! 7. N-K4. B-N3; 8 P-QB4, Q-Ql followed by . . . P-K4 (Alekhine.) 4. . . . QxP Pine's recommendation.
above, to avoid an I.Q P. B-Q2; 6. PxPI BxB BPxP? 5. B-N5ch' 7. Q-R5ch, etc, ti. KN-B3 PxP This capture Is made Just to give White the trouble of recapturing. . B-B4 Q-Ol! Soundest. At QB4 the queen will be hit by the knight going to QN3. 7. O-O If at once N-N3, B-N5ch, 7. . . . N-QB1 . N-NJ K-m Q-KS (see diagram) as mentioned ! Not 4
NEWS OF THE Cl.lBS Denker metropolitan chess league maicnes, white At a meeting at which the Los Angeles, 2-P-QB4 Fairfax. Hollywood. Arcadia and Highland! 3-Kt-OBT Park Chefs clubs were represented, plansj 4-B-ht5 were made to form the Metropolitan' 6-Kt-B3 Chess League. Mr. S. Wolff will be the 6-P-K3 tournament director. There will be two I 7-R-B classes. A and B. The matches will start I 8-Q-B2 Nov. 7. Most of the matches will take! 9-P-QR3 place Friday nights. Entrance fee wlllllO-B-03 be $3 per team. Teams will consist ofjll-BxP five players. We would like to see as ! 12-Castlej many teams as possible compete. The 113-B.tKt closing date of entrance for the teams 1 14-KR-Q will be Oct. 25. Entrance fee has to j be sent to S. Wolff, 3848 Fairway Blvd., ! Evans Santaslere Whle Black j-r-w ivt-in.i (To be continued) QUEEN S GAMBIT DECLINED Wlllman : Denker Bmck J White Kt-KB3!15-Kt-K5 P-K3 16-PxB P-Q4 ; 17-P-B4 B-K'.! i 18-Q-B2 QKt-Q2jl9-P-K4 Castles ;20-R-O3 P-B3:21-P-KKt3 : wiiiman BxKt R-K Kt-B Pp Kt-Kt3 P-KR3 B':B Kt-R5 22-R-Q 23- QR-Q 24- B-K2 25- R'Qi-Q2 26- Kt-Q 27- KI-K3 28- QxP 2- KI-KB3 3- P-P4 4- P-K3 5- Kt-B3 6- H-Q3 7- BBP 8- B-Q3 9- Ca sties 10- P-QKI3 11- B-KI2 12- R-Kt 13- Q-K2 14- PxP 15- QR-Q 16- Kt-Kt 17- B-B4 18- K-R 19- RxRch 20- KKt-22 21- KtxKt 22- Q-Kt4 P-Q4 P-B3 P-K3 QKt-O: Evans White 23- Q-Q4 24- OxQ 25- BxB 2B-P-B3 27-P-K4 PxP 28-PxP P-OKI4 29-K-Kt P-QR3I30-R-B P-B4i31-P-QR4 B-Kt2 32-R-K Q-Kt3 ' 33-K-B2 B-K2-34-P-KI3 Castles!35-BxKt, KtxPi3fi-P-Kt4 P-Kt537-P-B4 QR-B;38-Kt-2 KKt-K5i20-K-K3 KR-Qi40-Kt-B4 RxR41-Kt-Kt6 Q-Q3I42-P-B5 BxKt I Resigns B-Kt3i B-K3 1 B-K16 CHECKERS Angeles. rROBLEM NO. ITfi "White 5; king, 3.
Los Angeles. Phone AX-11477 HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP All high school players are invited to enter into what will probably be one of the most Interesting contests of the year the High School Championship Tournament. It Is expected that there will be at least three representatives from each high school in the city. There will be no entrance fee and trophies will be awarded to winners. Games will be played on Saturday afternoons and evenings at the Los Angeles Chess Cub, 124 W. Fourth St., Los Angeles.
KOLTANOWSKIS SIMULTANEOl'S George Koltanowski. world's blindfold chess champion, will visit Los Angeles n Nor. SO and 21. On Thursday, Nov. Su, at 8 p.m., he will play against all comers at the lo Angeles Chess Club, W. Fourth St. On Nov. 21 at .:() p.m. The Hollywood Chess Group. 108 N. Formosa Ave., will sponsor a nniliue event. Mr. Knltanowskl will give a 10-board blindfold exhibition and will Intersperse this with an Interesting lecture. Because of the limited number of boards avail able we urge the public to make early reservation by calling VYEbster 08.17 or HYoming 8510. Played In Antwerp. 1929.
Ten-board ex hibition. White: G. Koltanowskl; Black. P. Dunkelblum of Vienna.
MAX LANGE ATTACK 1- P-K4 P-K4 2- KNKB3 Kt-QH3 3- B-B4 B-B4 4- 0-0 Kt-B3 5- P-Q4 .And here we have the famous sacrifice. Whenever I get a chance to sacrifice this pawn In a blindfold game, I feel more at my ease in the game, in games over the board I would probably rtever feel Inclined tn make this pawn sacrifice. Can you explain it? 5-PxP For other lines of play, look for some of the other Max Lange games. 6- P-K5 P-Q4 Considered as Black'! best answer here. 7- PxKt PxP 8- R-K.leh B-K3 9- Kt-Kt5 Q-Q4 Asatn best.
If PxP or QxP, then 10, KtxB wins a piece through Q-R5, 10- Kt-QB3 Q-B4 11- QKt-K4 B-QKt5 New and probably bad. The usual lines of continuation are: 11, . . . O-O-O, or 11, . , . B-K13. or 11, , . . B-KB1. The text move gives White time to break up Black's center pawns. 12- P-QB3 PXP 13- PxP B-R4 14- P-KKt4 Q-Kt3 Black certainly cannot afford to take the pawn, as after 14. . . . QxP, 15. wxQ, BxQ: 16. PxP, White wins easily. 15-KtxB FxKt. 1B-P-B7ch KxP Better would have been 16. . . . QxP, as after 17. Kt-Kt5. -2, would nave saved him a lot of trouble. 17- Kt-Kt5ch K-Ktl 18- RxP Q-Q6 This seems to be his "point." when he Played 11. . . . B-Kt5. He now threatens BxP or exchange of Queens. But White now plays very sharply for a mate . . . 19- Q-K1! R-KB1 20- R-K8! Q-Q2 Forced so ag to stop Q-IC6 mate. Pl-RxRch KxR 22- B-R3ch Kt-K2 23- R-QU1 The beginning of the end! The follow ing combination would deserve the exclamation marks, even if it had been played over the board and not blindfold with so many other games at the same time! 23. , . . uxpcn 24- K-B11! QxKt 25- R-Q5!! And now It becomes plain why White played his King tn Bl.
II QxR then there follows mate in two. 25. . . . , -H5 26- R-RK5!! Q-B3 27- R-KB5 Black resigns If QxR. then 28. QxKtch, K-Ktl: 29. Q-K8ch, etc. The olnnlng of the Queen and the chasing of the Queen, by a lone Hook. Is certainly of great interest to the students, and makes this game one of the best I have ever played. LIGHT ON SOME OPENINGS Series by C. J. S. Purdy; No. 15 French Defense: 8. N-U2. Having shown. In January, that the Lasker Variant, If played with care, ap-pears to provide a sufficient answer to White's 3. N-QB3 In the French, let us now see what can be done against the fash onab e 3. N-Q2. Later on, we still have to dlsouss an alternative line against n-qbj, nameaiy, Winawer. Variant.) 1. P-K4 ' P-K t. P-Ot P-Ol 8 N-OJ The purpose of this Is to leave room for P.QB3. so that alter 3. . . . N-KB3; 4. P-K5 White will be able to maintain his pawn-center. The objection is that the knight move again to lree the Q-bishop.
A good reply to such sickly policy," wrote Lasker In i'ommonsense in ( hesi, ''is to open up all lines quickly, here by 3. . . . P-QB4." That leads (after the usual 4. PxQP. KPxPj to a game In which Black gets plenty of freedom at the cost of an I.Q. P. Although It may not be possible to prove any advantage for White, we are not keen on the variation for Black. Today the routine strategy against an l.w.p. (i.e.. the. establishment of a knight, for preference, on the "blockade'" square lust in front of the I Q.P.) is so well known that the opponents game often "playsi Itself" and one deosn t want that, coming down to brasa tacks, take the following varittion: 4. PxQP, KPxP; 5. B-NSch. B-Q2: . 0-K2ch. Q-K2: 7. QxQch, BxQ: 8. BxBch, NxB: 9. PxP. NXP; 10. N-N3, N-R5! (Flohr. Botwinnlk match, 1933. This leads to equal chances.
In MCO, Pine alates. "More precise Is 7. BxBch. NxB; 8 PxP, QxQch; 9. NxQ. for it ... . BxPf 10. N-N3." And he goes on with this line to show an advantage for White. But,'', he says, "Black should reply 9. . . . NxP and continue as In the text," le., the Flohr-Botwinnik game given above. But this Is too vague.
Black cannot continue "as In the text" because he has lost tempo by exchanging queens. Obviously, then, Black should not exchange nueens on move 8. but play 8, thaVse. But instead, white can loiiowthe three-move-restriction days, 5:'t5 Kt-B4;of Kt-kt3;said, Kt-KK2 K-B Q R6 s R-Kti p-. Corn-Resigns' queen s gambit declined Santaslere B-B3 dis-RxQ immI operat-Pbxp k-b : Kt-K3imatclv Kt-'B5 Kt-oich RxBl RRpj R-R7! b-b2
