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Chess 28 Sep 1941, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
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CHESS HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chess Editor Sept. 28, 1941 L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1229 O. STOCHI First prize "LTtalia Scacehistica" White mates in two. (Wh. 11; Bl. 7.) L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1230 Composed for the Los Angeles Times by Percy Bowater. San Marmo. Cal. White mates in three. (Wh. 8: Bl. 4.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1225:R-N7 SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 1228:B-R3 We received solutions from the following; J. O. Dodge. H. Bruhn, B. Busnueff. Dr. F. B Sheldon. M. Rudholm, R. D. Rcvnolds Sr.. L. G. Hartman, R. M. Hayes, J, B. Andrews. J. Fonseca, W. B. Tudor, J T. Watson, A. G. Karn. W. C. Nolting. Mrs. A. Tovar. J. M. Stuffiebeam. E. W. Dembin (welcome to our ladder.) V. L. Koethrn. L. A. Salsado, L. Sheppard. S. Taylor jr.. J C. Drake, o. A Hall, J. P. Walsh. W. Harmon, J. E, Tyler. J. M. Meinhardl, J. Davidson, J. A. Frank.
NEWS OF THE CLUBS THE CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Will everyone who contemplates playing in the coming State Championship Tournament please send their name and address to the writer, tare this column. The tournament will be held either in San Francisco nr Lns Angeles. Plans are being formulated now.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHESS LEAGUE On Friday. Oct. .3, at p.m.. there will he a meeting at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess (.roup at 1)18 N. Formosa Ave., for the purpose of re- iorcaniung the Southern California Chess League. league Plans to nave in teams with four to Ave players in A and R rlass. This will enable the weaker learns In participate. Any group interested in forming a team please notify the writer or come to the meeting. TIGHT ON SOME OPENINGS Series by C. i. S. Furdy; No. IS French Defense: I.asker Variant After 1, P-KI. P-K3i I. P-QI. P-Q: 1. N-B:t, N-KB3: 4. B-KN5. we "knocked out" last month the Classical Variant 14. . . B-K2 and the MacCutcheon 14. . , . B-N5.) Black's only safe answer to 4 B-KN5 is the Lasker Variant 14 . . . PxP. I Played on move 3.
. . . PxP is In our opinion not commendable, as White has the option of several lines in which he does not play B-K.N5. His choice is too wide. 4. rxP DIAGRAM Plane Crash Kills Army Captain SEATTLE, Sept. 27. WV-The crash of a small private airplane into a cow pasture near Kent, Wash., today killed Capt. Robert W. Tun is, 32, 114lh Field Artillery, . Ft. Lewis, and seriously injured his companion, Michael Johnson, about 30, of Seattle, The Army listed Purvis' address as 1020 Hopal St., Santa Barbara, Cal. Position after 4. . . . PxP White's Knight Is now brought Into good position, but he cannot stay there; that is the justification of the variation, which at first glance seems to give White the board. 5. NxP! If White impatiently Plays 5. BxN to break up Black's pawns, he slightly overreaches himself. Black's Bishop develops well at K.N2. after . . . P-KB4. Thus: 5. BxN. PiB: ti. NxP, P-KBt! 7, N-OB3! (N-N. P-Btl 7. . . B-N2; 8. N-B:l, O-O; !i. Q-QV. P-BI! 10. PxP. Q-R4; II. N-QN5: OxQch: 12. NxO. N-R3! with equal chances: Alekhine - Tartakover. Vienna. 1922. White has the M.P.Q. (majority of pawns en the Q-side.) Black the two Bishops. 5. . . . QN-Oi! If eouality can be shown. It is in our opinion only by this older move. M.CO. gives 5. . . . B-K2 as "excellent for the second player" ip. 60.) and relies on the following analysis: I 5. . . . B-K'J: ti. BxV.
PxBt 7. N-KB3 P-QN3: 8. B-NTtrh, P-B3: 9. B-Bl, leading to equality (L. Steiner-Flohr, I jpest, 193.) But In his match with Lilienthnl In 1935. Steiner improved cm this with 8. B-B4! at once, thus: 8. B-BI! B-N2: . O K!. N-QJi 10 O-O-O and new, to pursue his development and slod Black has to play . . . P-B3 still, so White has saved a clear tempo and his advantage Is obvious. Black Is cramped and his K-slde is weak. In all this . . . P-KB4 would be too weakening: Black could not follow it now wi'h . . . B-N2 as in the 5. BxN' line. So- White's Knight is left on K4, a bad thing for Black. Hence 5. . . . QN-Q2' .. NxNcht Usually one s opponent will play, less exactly. 6. N-KB3, and alter 6. . . . B-K2, then 7.
NxNch. Black can then either transpose into the text with 7. . . NxN or challenge White's Bishop with 7. . . . B:N. White must then lose time in some way for example: 8. B-K3 (best if IK. BxB. OxB! and If 8. Q-Q-J, O-O; 9. B-QI. P-ON3 with an easy game,) 8. . . P-BI; . P-B3, PxP; 10. NxP. O-O: II. B-Ki. X-N3; 12. N-N5, B-Qi! (stops B-BS: Black has a safe Position. Reti-Tartakovcr, match Vienna I :!.. The 'American master Adams. In "White to Play and Win. " gives 6. N-KB.1, B-K". BxN. NvB: 8. B-Q:i dogcrdly retaining command of K4 even at the cost of the "two Bishops" After 8. . . . NxNi BxN. P-Bt; 10, O-O. he makes Black lose time with 10. . . . PxP, which gives White ja big end-game pull in development after ill. OxP. QxQ: 12. NxQ. Instead, we suggest 10. . . . Q-N3!, protecting Black s mam weakness and bearing on a. White lone iQNP.t if 11. N-K5 iNot Q-3'. P-B4.I ill ... O-O!; 12. Q-Q3 i if Q-R5. same reply. I 12. . . . P-B4!; 13. N-B4 (bpst.) Q-Ql; 14. B-B3. PxP: 12. N-K5. or N5. QxP! So. as aggressive lines fall. Black jmust be granted equality, eg. 11. PxP, BxP; 12. Q-K2, O-O; 13. P-B3, B-Q2. This 10.
. . . Q-N3! illustrates how one 'must be ever on the lookout for a developing move that hits something Instead i of merely developing. The quieter 10 , . . O-O is met by 11. PxP, BxP: 12 OxQ'. RxQ; 13, KR-Q1 (if 13. . . . B-Q2; lit, N-K5.) . . . . NxN 7. N-BS B-K2! 8. B-Q.t P-B4! A forgotten move. Janowski-Maroczv.
Vienna. 1398. which we revive because of an improvement we have discovered on Move 11. Other moves are unsatisfactory. Castling is premature and thr text-move Is quite safe now thnt White lias moved his K-Blshop, as B-N5ch would lose a tempo. It is important to delay the freeing . . . P-B4 no longer. True, the resultant pawn exchange gives Whlto the M.P.Q (majority of pawns on the Q side,) but is an inherent slight riis- ffect me arises Black should draw, but has poor winning chances.
. PxP O-Rlrh 1". P-B3 ttP(B II. O-O Now Maroczy played 11. . . O-O. which is still premature There followed 12. O-B2. banng at once on the new target, with a clear initiative.
No better Is 11. . . . P-QN3: 12. Q-K2!. B-N2 (. . . O-O?? loses:) 13. B-N5ch. But Black has a good solid move. '1. . . . B-QI jfbllity of the Lasker Variant. Its effect is that if an otherwise equal end gati ! j.
NEWS OF THE CLUBS THE CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Will everyone who contemplates playing in the coming State Championship Tournament please send their name and address to the writer, tare this column. The tournament will be held either in San Francisco nr Lns Angeles. Plans are being formulated now.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHESS LEAGUE On Friday. Oct. .3, at p.m.. there will he a meeting at the headquarters of the Hollywood Chess (.roup at 1)18 N. Formosa Ave., for the purpose of re- iorcaniung the Southern California Chess League. league Plans to nave in teams with four to Ave players in A and R rlass. This will enable the weaker learns In participate. Any group interested in forming a team please notify the writer or come to the meeting. TIGHT ON SOME OPENINGS Series by C. i. S. Furdy; No. IS French Defense: I.asker Variant After 1, P-KI. P-K3i I. P-QI. P-Q: 1. N-B:t, N-KB3: 4. B-KN5. we "knocked out" last month the Classical Variant 14. . . B-K2 and the MacCutcheon 14. . , . B-N5.) Black's only safe answer to 4 B-KN5 is the Lasker Variant 14 . . . PxP. I Played on move 3.
. . . PxP is In our opinion not commendable, as White has the option of several lines in which he does not play B-K.N5. His choice is too wide. 4. rxP DIAGRAM Plane Crash Kills Army Captain SEATTLE, Sept. 27. WV-The crash of a small private airplane into a cow pasture near Kent, Wash., today killed Capt. Robert W. Tun is, 32, 114lh Field Artillery, . Ft. Lewis, and seriously injured his companion, Michael Johnson, about 30, of Seattle, The Army listed Purvis' address as 1020 Hopal St., Santa Barbara, Cal. Position after 4. . . . PxP White's Knight Is now brought Into good position, but he cannot stay there; that is the justification of the variation, which at first glance seems to give White the board. 5. NxP! If White impatiently Plays 5. BxN to break up Black's pawns, he slightly overreaches himself. Black's Bishop develops well at K.N2. after . . . P-KB4. Thus: 5. BxN. PiB: ti. NxP, P-KBt! 7, N-OB3! (N-N. P-Btl 7. . . B-N2; 8. N-B:l, O-O; !i. Q-QV. P-BI! 10. PxP. Q-R4; II. N-QN5: OxQch: 12. NxO. N-R3! with equal chances: Alekhine - Tartakover. Vienna. 1922. White has the M.P.Q. (majority of pawns en the Q-side.) Black the two Bishops. 5. . . . QN-Oi! If eouality can be shown. It is in our opinion only by this older move. M.CO. gives 5. . . . B-K2 as "excellent for the second player" ip. 60.) and relies on the following analysis: I 5. . . . B-K'J: ti. BxV.
PxBt 7. N-KB3 P-QN3: 8. B-NTtrh, P-B3: 9. B-Bl, leading to equality (L. Steiner-Flohr, I jpest, 193.) But In his match with Lilienthnl In 1935. Steiner improved cm this with 8. B-B4! at once, thus: 8. B-BI! B-N2: . O K!. N-QJi 10 O-O-O and new, to pursue his development and slod Black has to play . . . P-B3 still, so White has saved a clear tempo and his advantage Is obvious. Black Is cramped and his K-slde is weak. In all this . . . P-KB4 would be too weakening: Black could not follow it now wi'h . . . B-N2 as in the 5. BxN' line. So- White's Knight is left on K4, a bad thing for Black. Hence 5. . . . QN-Q2' .. NxNcht Usually one s opponent will play, less exactly. 6. N-KB3, and alter 6. . . . B-K2, then 7.
NxNch. Black can then either transpose into the text with 7. . . NxN or challenge White's Bishop with 7. . . . B:N. White must then lose time in some way for example: 8. B-K3 (best if IK. BxB. OxB! and If 8. Q-Q-J, O-O; 9. B-QI. P-ON3 with an easy game,) 8. . . P-BI; . P-B3, PxP; 10. NxP. O-O: II. B-Ki. X-N3; 12. N-N5, B-Qi! (stops B-BS: Black has a safe Position. Reti-Tartakovcr, match Vienna I :!.. The 'American master Adams. In "White to Play and Win. " gives 6. N-KB.1, B-K". BxN. NvB: 8. B-Q:i dogcrdly retaining command of K4 even at the cost of the "two Bishops" After 8. . . . NxNi BxN. P-Bt; 10, O-O. he makes Black lose time with 10. . . . PxP, which gives White ja big end-game pull in development after ill. OxP. QxQ: 12. NxQ. Instead, we suggest 10. . . . Q-N3!, protecting Black s mam weakness and bearing on a. White lone iQNP.t if 11. N-K5 iNot Q-3'. P-B4.I ill ... O-O!; 12. Q-Q3 i if Q-R5. same reply. I 12. . . . P-B4!; 13. N-B4 (bpst.) Q-Ql; 14. B-B3. PxP: 12. N-K5. or N5. QxP! So. as aggressive lines fall. Black jmust be granted equality, eg. 11. PxP, BxP; 12. Q-K2, O-O; 13. P-B3, B-Q2. This 10.
. . . Q-N3! illustrates how one 'must be ever on the lookout for a developing move that hits something Instead i of merely developing. The quieter 10 , . . O-O is met by 11. PxP, BxP: 12 OxQ'. RxQ; 13, KR-Q1 (if 13. . . . B-Q2; lit, N-K5.) . . . . NxN 7. N-BS B-K2! 8. B-Q.t P-B4! A forgotten move. Janowski-Maroczv.
Vienna. 1398. which we revive because of an improvement we have discovered on Move 11. Other moves are unsatisfactory. Castling is premature and thr text-move Is quite safe now thnt White lias moved his K-Blshop, as B-N5ch would lose a tempo. It is important to delay the freeing . . . P-B4 no longer. True, the resultant pawn exchange gives Whlto the M.P.Q (majority of pawns on the Q side,) but is an inherent slight riis- ffect me arises Black should draw, but has poor winning chances.
. PxP O-Rlrh 1". P-B3 ttP(B II. O-O Now Maroczy played 11. . . O-O. which is still premature There followed 12. O-B2. banng at once on the new target, with a clear initiative.
No better Is 11. . . . P-QN3: 12. Q-K2!. B-N2 (. . . O-O?? loses:) 13. B-N5ch. But Black has a good solid move. '1. . . . B-QI jfbllity of the Lasker Variant. Its effect is that if an otherwise equal end gati ! j.
