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Chess 25 Aug 1935, Sun Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, New Jersey) Newspapers.com
With The Chess Players
By Stanton J. Gebhart
International News
The five American chess players who are carrying the Stars and Stripes into the International Chess Congress now being held at Warsaw, Poland, arrived safely at Copenhagen last week. As there was little time to spare, they immediately entrained for Warsaw and arrived there just in time to participate in the preliminary meeting of all the contestants. At that time lots were drawn for the members on which the pairings for the various rounds were based.
With at least 19 countries arrayed against them, the American team is now facing a terrific and unceasing grind which will test and endurance to the limit.
The United States team, composed of Marshall, Kupchik, Fine, Dake and Horowitz is well balanced and should win the championship a third time if they can conquer France, Austria and Yugoslavia. These three countries have better fitted and more balanced teams than any of the other entries.
A partial list of players received thus far from Poland includes the following:
United States--F. J. Marshall, A. Kupchik, R. Fine, A. Dake, I Horowitz.
Great Britain--Sir G. Thomas, H. Atkins, W. Winter, H. Golombek, C. Alexander.
Ireland--A. de Burca, T. Cranston, J. Greevy, J. O'Hanion, B. Reilly.
Poland--Dr. Tartakower, M. Najdorf, P. Frydman, H. Friedman, K. Makarczyk.
France--Dr. Alekhine, Dr. Bernstein, V. Kahn, J. Muffang, J. Betbeder.
Austria--Professor Becker, H. Muller, E. Eliskases, E. Gruenfeld, R. Spielmann.
Yugoslavia--Dr. Vidmar, B. Kostich, V. Pirc, Dr. Astolas, V. Uukovic.
Rumania - H. Silverman, Dr. Brody, I. Halic, S. Erderly, T. Icnim.
Norway--T. Halvorsen, E. Rojahn, A. Gulbransen, E. Haave, O. Oversand.
Finland--E. Book, I. Solin. B. Rasmussen, R. Krogius, E. Herlimo.
National News
I. Kashdan will be among the entries in a tourney for the championship of the State of New York to be held at Binghamton next week.
L. C. Anderson, president of the Binghamton Chess Club, announces that a championship trophy, modeled in the form of a Grecian vase, will be placed into competition and that there will be cash prizes in addition.
Local News
A team from the Ventnor City Chess Club visited Ocean City, recently and played a sociable Chess match with The Ocean City Club. The Ocean City Club was out for blood and won the match with a score of 6½ to 3½.
Not discouraged by the experience in this match, the Ventnor Club will soon invite the O. C. C. C. to Ventnor and show them what they call really do with their full line-up and even pairings.
Individual scores are as follows: V. C. C. C.--Steen, 0; Bradlaw, 1; Philson, 0; Druckenmiller, 0; Dessauer, ½; 0; Gebhart, 1; McKeown, 0: Burdge, 1.
O. C. C. C.-- S. Smith, 1; Bolden. 0; McDowel, 1; Shaw, Dr. Russell, ½; Chief Conover, 1, Huff, 1; Townsend, 0; Murray, 1; Cake, 0.
Problem No. 14
By G. Heathcote
Black 3 Pieces
FEN 8/8/4p3/QK1k4/8/3B4/5N2/n7 w - - 0 1
White 4 Pieces
White: K at QN5, Q at QR5, N at KB2, B at Q3.
Black: K at Q4, N at QR8, P at K3.
White to play and mate in three moves.
Solution to Problem No. 13 (published last week) is Q-R6.
End Game Study No. 5
By B. Horwitz
White, 3 Pieces Black 7 Pieces K at Q K at QB6 Ns at Q6 and K5 R at QR8 K5 B at QB8 P's at QR7, QN5 and 6, Q7 White to play and win.
Solution to end game No. 4 (published last week) is:
1. Q-Q3, P-B5; 2. Q-B2, P-B6; 3. Q-Q3, P-B7; 4. Q-BP, P-K8 (Q): 5. K-B3, P-Kt5; 6. Q-Q3ch, K-Kt8; 7. Q-Kt6ch. or Q-Q3. P- Kt5; 2. K-B3. K-K18: 3. Q-Kt6ch, K-B8; 4. Q-Kt2ch. K-K8: 5. Qx Pch. or Q-Q3. K-K8; 2. Q-N1ch, K-Q7; 3. KxP.
Tournament Game
In this game between Burdge and Leary in one of the series now being played for the championship of the Ventnor City Club, both players try to outwit each other in the opening. They finally get down to note (j) in “Griffith and White Chess Openings” and continue the book lines from there. Leary goes astray and the perfectly timed moves of Burdge soon build big advantages from small ones and as a result Leary goes down in defeat after a hard-fought game.
Third Match Game
Nimzowitsch Defense
John J. Leary (white) vs. Harold Burdge (black)
Van Geet Opening: Berlin Gambit
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/08/2025
Notes By Harold Burdge
(a) If B-Q2, PxP.
(b) Black has the superior position owing to his two bishops, four pawns to three on the king side which are stronger than white's three to two on the queen side, and white's king in the center of the board with the Q file open.
(c) If B-B4 (with the idea of NQ6ch to trade off black's bishops) B-QR3, N-Q6ch, BxN, BxB, R-Q.
(d) Restricting the favorable development of white's pieces and preparing the general advance of the K side pawns in the ending.
(e) Better than B-Q2 allowing NxB. After driving back the N from K5 this B will play to QR3, holding a pressure on the diagonal.
(f) If at once B-Q3, N-B4, B-B2, B-Q4.
(g) Better than O-O. The king will needed to prevent a white N locating at black's K3, later, and also to reach the center quickly to support the advancing pawns.
(h) In view of black's continuation K-K is probably better, but blocking in the KR leaves this surely a Hobson's choice.
(i) N-K5ch, K-K2, N-N6ch, PxN, NxPch, K-K3, NxR, RxN leaves white with a lost game.
(j) N-K5ch, K-K3, NxP, BxN, NxRch (N-Q4ch, RxN), RxN also loses for white.
(k) Overlooking black's 27th move the game now collapses. By N-K2 it could be prolonged.
(l) K-N3 is no better.
(m) Threatening to win a rook by R-B8ch, N-N2, R-QNch.
(n) Quickest way to finish, obtaining 3 passed pawns and a flight square at N5 for the K to avoid perpetual check.
Warsaw, Aug. 23
The United States team met unexpected resistance from the Swedish team in the International Chess Congress and are now trailing behind the leaders in second place 6½ points. The standings: 16 Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia 15; Argentina, Austria and Hungary, 14½; Great Britain, 14; France and Latvia, 13½; Finland and Palestine, 12½; Estonia and Lithuania, 12; Rumania, 10½; Denmark, 9; Italy, 7; Switzerland, 4½, and Ireland, 4.
Ventnor
In the match between H. Burdge and J. Leary for the championship of the Ventnor Club, the score now stands, Burdge, 2½; Leary, 1½.
