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Chess 12 Sep 1943, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
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CHESS BY HERMAN STEINER INTERNATIONAL CHESS MASTER Address All Mail to the Chess Editor Sept. 12, 1943 L.A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1433 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Nicholas Gabor. Cincinnati. OH White mates in two. (Wh. 8; Bl. 6.) L.A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1434 BY P. F. BLAKE White mates In three. (Wh. 10; Bl. 11.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 142: -Q SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1430: O-KNT.
We received solutions from the following: w. Wgddell Jr.. M. Rudholm. 8. J. Mc-Conneii. .1. o Dodge. F. Alts, D. A. Innes. A. D. Reynolds Sr.. Mra. F. Tovar. L. A. Victor. A. S Wells. G. G. Gallagher. Technical Sergeant R. T. Hall welcome to our ladder. i J. P. Walsh. Mrs. E. H. Rust. J. Burlc. H. Bruhn. J. T. Watson. D. Wells. G. A. Hall. B. H. Srhadee. C B. Collins, w. C. Nolting, E. H. Quayle. D. M. Poole and B. Bushueff. Harry N. Pillsbury, one of the giants in American chess history was a genious at blindfold play. From the Golden Treasury of Chess, compiled by Francia J. Wellmuth. we have taken the following game won by Pillsbury from C. S. Howell at New York in 1900. The author rightly calls it "one of the cleverest and prettiest of blindfold games." The score: Pillsbury White 1- P-K4 2- KI-QB3 3- P-B4 4- Kt-B3 5- P-KR4 6- Kt-KKtS 7- KtlP 8- P-Q4 9- BxP 10-B-K3 U-P-KK13 Howell Black P-K4 KI-QB3 PxP P-KKt4 P-KIS Pillsbury White 12- B-B4ch 13- Castles 14- R-B7rh 15- P-R5ch IK-P-ICtTI P-KR3 I 17-BxB KxKt 1 18-K-KI2 P-Q4 I 10-Q-Rlch B-KI2 20-xKtch B-B3 ! 21-B-B7 PxP mate Howell Black K-Kt2 BxQP K-KI3 KxP KI-K4 Kt-Kt3 R-R2 Kt-RSch
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It is unimportant where this game was played or even who the contestants were. What la Interesting and important Is that it is an exceptionally brilliant game. However, we do know that the mover of the white piecea was a Mr. Fox and we wonder if he was the former Canadian champion, a native of Montreal, Can. Fox White 1- P-K4 2- Kt-KB3 3- B-K15 ' 4-Castles 5-R-K1 R-KtxP 7-B-BKa) S-P-04 9-P-OB3 10- O-Q3 11- P-KB4 a An RUY LOPEZ Another i Fox Black P-K4 Kt-QP.3 K1-B3 KtxP Kt-Q3 B-K2 Castles KI-B4 P-Q4 Another White Black 12- R-K3 Kt-Rtbi 13- Kt-Q2 Kt-B4 14- R-R3 Kt-R3 15- P-KKt4 Kt-Kt3 16- R-R5 Kt-B3'Cl 17- QKt-B4td) PxKt 16-QxKt'ei RPxO'fl 19-KtxKtp PxKt R-Kl ! 20-BxPch K-B Ki-Q3 I21-R-R8, mate unlooked-for sort of move ib 1 Black loses time with these knight moves. ct Aaaln a complete loss of time. di Very aenerous indeed. Black should have refused the ofler.
A wonderful offer of the queen which forces mate. fi If 18- . . .. P-KR3: 19-OxBPch. K-P2; 20-RxPcil. Or 18- . . . BPxQ; 11-BxPch, K-B; 20-KtxPch.
PxKt. 21-R-R8, male.
OFFHAND BRILLIANCY Herman Helms, who has guided the American Chess Bulletin for 40 years. frequently Is a competitor In New York Rapid Transit tournaments, held weekly by the Manhattan and Marshall Chess cluba. Recently he visited Gordon's Chess Center In Times Square. where he won the brilliancy below. Naturally Black'a play waa inferior, but one of the virtues of offhand play is that players do not hesitate to speculate, and the result is interesting and brilliant combinative play. KINO'S KNIOHT OPENING Helms Mochet White Black 1- P-K4 P-K4 2- Kt-KB3 Kt-OB3 3-B-QB4 Kt-435ai 4-K'xKt 5-P-03 e-Castlea 7- P-KS 8- Q-R5 9-Q-B3 PxKt Kt-B3 B-K.2 Kt-Kt P-KK13 P-Q4 Helms White 10- PxPeo 11- R-Kcli 12- PxP 13- B-KB4 14- B-Q5 15- B-R6ch 17-R-KBch 18-Q-Q8 mate Mochet Black B-KB3 K-B Q-Oi Q-B3 QxP'B7 KtxB R-KKt KaR (a) This la nrobahlv good only if Whit obligee with 4. KtxP. Q-Kt4, and possibly S. KtxBP. QxKtP: S. R-B, OxKPch; 7. B-K2. Kt-B6 mate.
Miniatures are generally tood example of bad development in the opening play and for that reason well worth while piaylna: over in order to profit by their error Both of these miniatures occurred In the championship of Zurich. The first is a good example when not to fianchetto-the OB. In a Queen g Gambit proper am cannot give Black a sounder advice than "Do not move ... r-UK.tJ unui you have castled." ENGLISH OPENING WELTI 1- P-OB4 2- P-K4 3- BPxP 4- PxP 5- Kt-OB3 S-P-C4 7- Kt-B.l 8- B-K2 9- Kt-KS 10-B-B3 11-QxB 12- Kt-B 13-Q-K2 The advance preceding exchanges urned the opening related to the Queen's Gambit. EOGN'ON 1- P-K3 2- P-Q4 3- PxP 4- QxP 5- Q-Ol 6- Kt-KBI 7- B-K2 8- P-QKt3(a S-B-K12 10- BxB 11- OKt-QS 12- Q-B1 13- Resigns in 6.
P-Q4 and tha in the center have into a type closely CARO FELDMAN 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- P-KS 4- Kt-KB3 5- Kt-R4 6- B-K2 7- PxP 8- K1-QB3 9- KtxP 10- B-KB4 11- P-KKI3 12- Kt-K3 KAN1 HENNSLER 1- P-QB3 2- P-Q4 3- B-B4 4- Q-KI3 5- B-Q2 S-P-OB4 7- Q-Kt."ich 8- QxKKt 9- K-Q 10- P-K3 11- GtoRK 12- Resisns (Continned from last Sunday) We have had many inquiries aboat solvtnr or itroMema and are Iherefor publishing the following Interesting articles by B. G. Laws from hta book entitled 'l oess Problem and How to Solve Them. THE BLOCK TWO-MOVER (Continued) No. 31 By Brian Harley. Mates in two moves.
One further and more complex speci men will be found In No. 31. Here It will be seen the composer spurns orthodoxy in the construction of this re markable composition. One would never think that the White queen would ba shut out from participation, but so it Is. White la ready with mateg m reply to the first defenses.
but the true key-move blocks them all out and creates another set of quite a different character. Thia is accomplished by the prodigal use of White force. Without the oueen the ex hibition of strategic contrivance would not be practicable. The rook at B2 la an extravagance, aa a White pawn would answer just as well, but composers of this class of problem consider such deviations from the laws of economy are Justified by results, and there is some thing to be said lor tne argument wnicn Implies the genius should not be re-sirained or crippled by hard and fast precepts. The key-move of No. 31 la R-K4. It Is left to the reader to com pare the mates as set in the presented position with those which are actually made aa designed by the author: he cannot fail to appreciate the wrapped-up ingenuity.
We received solutions from the following: w. Wgddell Jr.. M. Rudholm. 8. J. Mc-Conneii. .1. o Dodge. F. Alts, D. A. Innes. A. D. Reynolds Sr.. Mra. F. Tovar. L. A. Victor. A. S Wells. G. G. Gallagher. Technical Sergeant R. T. Hall welcome to our ladder. i J. P. Walsh. Mrs. E. H. Rust. J. Burlc. H. Bruhn. J. T. Watson. D. Wells. G. A. Hall. B. H. Srhadee. C B. Collins, w. C. Nolting, E. H. Quayle. D. M. Poole and B. Bushueff. Harry N. Pillsbury, one of the giants in American chess history was a genious at blindfold play. From the Golden Treasury of Chess, compiled by Francia J. Wellmuth. we have taken the following game won by Pillsbury from C. S. Howell at New York in 1900. The author rightly calls it "one of the cleverest and prettiest of blindfold games." The score: Pillsbury White 1- P-K4 2- KI-QB3 3- P-B4 4- Kt-B3 5- P-KR4 6- Kt-KKtS 7- KtlP 8- P-Q4 9- BxP 10-B-K3 U-P-KK13 Howell Black P-K4 KI-QB3 PxP P-KKt4 P-KIS Pillsbury White 12- B-B4ch 13- Castles 14- R-B7rh 15- P-R5ch IK-P-ICtTI P-KR3 I 17-BxB KxKt 1 18-K-KI2 P-Q4 I 10-Q-Rlch B-KI2 20-xKtch B-B3 ! 21-B-B7 PxP mate Howell Black K-Kt2 BxQP K-KI3 KxP KI-K4 Kt-Kt3 R-R2 Kt-RSch
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It is unimportant where this game was played or even who the contestants were. What la Interesting and important Is that it is an exceptionally brilliant game. However, we do know that the mover of the white piecea was a Mr. Fox and we wonder if he was the former Canadian champion, a native of Montreal, Can. Fox White 1- P-K4 2- Kt-KB3 3- B-K15 ' 4-Castles 5-R-K1 R-KtxP 7-B-BKa) S-P-04 9-P-OB3 10- O-Q3 11- P-KB4 a An RUY LOPEZ Another i Fox Black P-K4 Kt-QP.3 K1-B3 KtxP Kt-Q3 B-K2 Castles KI-B4 P-Q4 Another White Black 12- R-K3 Kt-Rtbi 13- Kt-Q2 Kt-B4 14- R-R3 Kt-R3 15- P-KKt4 Kt-Kt3 16- R-R5 Kt-B3'Cl 17- QKt-B4td) PxKt 16-QxKt'ei RPxO'fl 19-KtxKtp PxKt R-Kl ! 20-BxPch K-B Ki-Q3 I21-R-R8, mate unlooked-for sort of move ib 1 Black loses time with these knight moves. ct Aaaln a complete loss of time. di Very aenerous indeed. Black should have refused the ofler.
A wonderful offer of the queen which forces mate. fi If 18- . . .. P-KR3: 19-OxBPch. K-P2; 20-RxPcil. Or 18- . . . BPxQ; 11-BxPch, K-B; 20-KtxPch.
PxKt. 21-R-R8, male.
OFFHAND BRILLIANCY Herman Helms, who has guided the American Chess Bulletin for 40 years. frequently Is a competitor In New York Rapid Transit tournaments, held weekly by the Manhattan and Marshall Chess cluba. Recently he visited Gordon's Chess Center In Times Square. where he won the brilliancy below. Naturally Black'a play waa inferior, but one of the virtues of offhand play is that players do not hesitate to speculate, and the result is interesting and brilliant combinative play. KINO'S KNIOHT OPENING Helms Mochet White Black 1- P-K4 P-K4 2- Kt-KB3 Kt-OB3 3-B-QB4 Kt-435ai 4-K'xKt 5-P-03 e-Castlea 7- P-KS 8- Q-R5 9-Q-B3 PxKt Kt-B3 B-K.2 Kt-Kt P-KK13 P-Q4 Helms White 10- PxPeo 11- R-Kcli 12- PxP 13- B-KB4 14- B-Q5 15- B-R6ch 17-R-KBch 18-Q-Q8 mate Mochet Black B-KB3 K-B Q-Oi Q-B3 QxP'B7 KtxB R-KKt KaR (a) This la nrobahlv good only if Whit obligee with 4. KtxP. Q-Kt4, and possibly S. KtxBP. QxKtP: S. R-B, OxKPch; 7. B-K2. Kt-B6 mate.
Miniatures are generally tood example of bad development in the opening play and for that reason well worth while piaylna: over in order to profit by their error Both of these miniatures occurred In the championship of Zurich. The first is a good example when not to fianchetto-the OB. In a Queen g Gambit proper am cannot give Black a sounder advice than "Do not move ... r-UK.tJ unui you have castled." ENGLISH OPENING WELTI 1- P-OB4 2- P-K4 3- BPxP 4- PxP 5- Kt-OB3 S-P-C4 7- Kt-B.l 8- B-K2 9- Kt-KS 10-B-B3 11-QxB 12- Kt-B 13-Q-K2 The advance preceding exchanges urned the opening related to the Queen's Gambit. EOGN'ON 1- P-K3 2- P-Q4 3- PxP 4- QxP 5- Q-Ol 6- Kt-KBI 7- B-K2 8- P-QKt3(a S-B-K12 10- BxB 11- OKt-QS 12- Q-B1 13- Resigns in 6.
P-Q4 and tha in the center have into a type closely CARO FELDMAN 1- P-K4 2- P-Q4 3- P-KS 4- Kt-KB3 5- Kt-R4 6- B-K2 7- PxP 8- K1-QB3 9- KtxP 10- B-KB4 11- P-KKI3 12- Kt-K3 KAN1 HENNSLER 1- P-QB3 2- P-Q4 3- B-B4 4- Q-KI3 5- B-Q2 S-P-OB4 7- Q-Kt."ich 8- QxKKt 9- K-Q 10- P-K3 11- GtoRK 12- Resisns (Continned from last Sunday) We have had many inquiries aboat solvtnr or itroMema and are Iherefor publishing the following Interesting articles by B. G. Laws from hta book entitled 'l oess Problem and How to Solve Them. THE BLOCK TWO-MOVER (Continued) No. 31 By Brian Harley. Mates in two moves.
One further and more complex speci men will be found In No. 31. Here It will be seen the composer spurns orthodoxy in the construction of this re markable composition. One would never think that the White queen would ba shut out from participation, but so it Is. White la ready with mateg m reply to the first defenses.
but the true key-move blocks them all out and creates another set of quite a different character. Thia is accomplished by the prodigal use of White force. Without the oueen the ex hibition of strategic contrivance would not be practicable. The rook at B2 la an extravagance, aa a White pawn would answer just as well, but composers of this class of problem consider such deviations from the laws of economy are Justified by results, and there is some thing to be said lor tne argument wnicn Implies the genius should not be re-sirained or crippled by hard and fast precepts. The key-move of No. 31 la R-K4. It Is left to the reader to com pare the mates as set in the presented position with those which are actually made aa designed by the author: he cannot fail to appreciate the wrapped-up ingenuity.
