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JAMES R. NEWMAN - - - - - DONALD MAcMURRAY 2 TH E CHESS REVIEW OCTOB! ~ R. 1933 , the United St .. tes C hampionship. I expect to see NEWS OF Mr. Man. our president. Elnd would like the advice of a lew of the Director~ of the M arshall Che~s Club regurding your proposition and shall THE MONTH set a date as soon as possihle when we can meet for .. discussion, Championship Match My opinion is that it would prove u very interesting match and something the chess world After being considered and debated in has been looking forward to ,1l1d I shall be very chess circles for some time, the negotia glad to play if the proper a rr nngcment.~ can be tions fo r the match between Frank J. Mar made, shall and Isaac Kashdan for the C hess Yours very truly. Championship of the United States arc ['RANK j. MARSHALL definitely under way. The terms have , The meeting took place on October 2 1 been agreed to, the contenders and the at the rooms of the Marshall Chess Club. chess playing public are in unison as to with Harold M. Phillips. A lrick H. Man the desirability of the match, and we loo k and Henry Leeds threshing out the terms forward to the actual commencement of with the principles. To add to the friendly play ~ome time next Spring. Kashdan atmosphere. both Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. started the ball rolling with a formal Kashdan were interested listeners. challenge. in the following letter: The main problem was to determine the October 11, 1933. rules and financial arrangements of the Dear M r. Marshall: matc.h. It was decided to abide by the Thne has bnn frequent discussion in the last two YCRrs regRrding a muteh lor th" Amrricilil rules 7. The champion must defend his title within The task of raising the purse of $5.000 - six months after re( dving a ~ haUenge. The will be no mean one, but we believe this standing of the cha llenger, however, must he is the big event that the American chess appl"ovcd by the Tourll Western Chess evsky was the only undefeated player, but four draws put him a full point behind The thirty-fourth annual Championship Fine, with 11-2. Tournament of the Western Chess Asso The third prize went to Arthur W . ciation was held at Detroit from Septem Oake of Portland, Ore., and the fourth to ber 23 to October 1 under the auspices of Robert Willman of New York. S. W. the Auto-City Chess Club. The race for Factor of Chicano had to be satisfied with the first two prizes was almost a duplica fifth place. closely followed by G. East tion of that at Minneapolis in 1932, with man, Kalamazoo: A. C. Margolis, Chi another sparkling victory for Reuben Fine cago; and L. Stokenberg, Detroit. Mau of New York . over Sam Reshevsky. rice Fox. former Canadian champion, did Reshevsky won the individual contest be not play up to expectations. The others tween the two, and was in first place for m the tournament were E. Michelsen, a while, but Fine was not to be stopped, Chicago: E . Opsahl and M. Palmer, De winning every other game for the remark troit; G. S. Barnes, Minneapolis: and W. able score of 12~1. In a field of that F. Streeter, Cleveland . . Following is the strength, that was no mean feat. Resh~ full score table of the tournament. • C+tAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT _ W ESTERN CHESS ASSOCIATION I 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total ------~. ----~~------IR.Finc ...... o 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 2 S. Rcsh"'vsky ...... 1 y~ [ ).1 [ Y2 [ 1 1 1 1 1 11 3 A. W. Oak ...... o 1 o 0 1 1 1 1 1 9).1 -I R. Willm,tt} . . . . _ . . o o 0 1 1 1 1 o y; 1 8).1 5 S. l-'",ctOI" ' . . , , ...... o Y2 0 o 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 7).1 6 G. Ea~t11l a ll . , ...... o o 1 o 0 Y2 ).1 I 11 I y; 1 7 7 A. C. Ma rgo[is o y, o 1 J1 y; 1 0 0 y, 1 1 7 8L St"lc~nbH!l , ., . , o o 0 o 1 J1 yi Y2 1 1 y, 1 1 7 9M. Fox . .. . , o o 0 o 0 o 0 Y; 1 1 1 5 ." - 10 E. Mi c hds~n ... , .. o o 0 1 0 Y2 0 o 0 o -I \.-1 • [1 E . Op.~ah l . . . , ' , . _. o o 0 ).1 0 o 0 o 1 o 1 1 [2 G. S. Barnes , . , . . , o Y2 0 o 0 o Y; !--2 _11 - (l Y2 1 o 3)1 13 M. Palm"'l" , . . .. o o 0 o 0 y; 0 0 O J · J o 1 3y; o o 0 <1 0 o 0 0 o 0 0 1 1 4 TH E C HESS REVIEW OCTOfll!.lI, 193.1 Canadian N ews tournament. defeating the brilliant B. Blumin in a nne game which we quote in Our Canadian representative. Mr. F , this issue. In the second round he scored W . Watson, has promised to send us reg against T. Fenni ng. and then fo llowed ularly news and games played up North. his only loss. to A . Mogle. the W innipeg and give Canadian chess its rightful place champion. who also disting uished himself. in these columns. Communications may by defeating the favorite. Opsahl. In the be sent to' him at 191 Jones: Ave .. T oronto. fourth round a point was notched by Ont. His first no tes follow. Martin at the expense of D. Creemer, and The Canadian Chess Federation, under with a n even break against Opsahl, vic the leadership of M r. U nwin. president. tories followed in order against D r. and Mr. Seymour. secretary. and of Bjornsson. G . H oward and H . W . Jordan. course. Mr. B. Freedman. treasurer and [n the nnal round he drew with A . H el " the life of the party." is proving to be man. the Manitoba champion,. to beat him one of the greatest chess achievements in out by half a point." > Canada. The Dominion Chess Congress, The final standing of the players was: held during September in Winnipeg. was R. E. M"rtin 7 2 officially opened by Premier Bracken of " " . A. Helman 6 Yz 2 I , ~ Manitoba and directed by the c.c.P. It E. Opsahl " " " . . 6 1" was a "howling" success, Next year it B. Blumin "" " . . 6 1 is planned to hold the Canadian Cham A. Mogle . " . " "" " '" 5V2 3~2 pionship in T oronto. D. Cret'liler .. " " " . 4 ~ ~ 4Yz The annua l meeting of the Canadian H. W. Jordan " ... 4 5 G. Howilrd . . 6).1 Chess Federation was held at the Royal nz Dc. Bjornsson . . . . W~ , 7Yz Alexander H otel in Winnipeg on Septem ber 9. All the officers were re~e l ecte d . A new Montreal champion has been Besides those mentioned, they are: M r. declared. After finishing in a tie with L. N. Selchen of W innipeg. Vice~presi d e n t: Richard. former champion, in the strenu Messrs. G. Scott and E. G . Baldwinson ous M ontrea l tourney, B. Blumin. formerly of W innipeg, representatives of Winni of T oronto. annexed the title by a score of peg and District Chess Association, and two wins, against one loss and three Mr. H . W . Jo rdan of Saskatchewan, rep draws. in a gruelling playoff. resentative from Saskatchewan. A motion M etropolitan Notes by Mr. Freedman that the C.T. F. apply for memhership in the International Chess The Lahar T emple. at W oodside, N. Y .. Federatinn wali unilnimolllily carried. will be the scene of a record-breaking sim The fo llowing is an extract from the ultaneous display by. I. Kashdan on D e ~ Toronto Telegram, in which the c he.s.~ cember 9. H e will play up to 100 boards. column is conducted hy Malcolm Sim: with fouf players consulting against him " In an exciting race for Dominion chess at each table. The exhibition is sponsored· honor,~ a t the Winnipeg con~ress of th C' by the Long Island Star. It ori9inated Canadian Chess Federation. R. E. M artin through a suggestion of M r. Fritz Brieger of the Toronto Chess Club, nosed out all o f Woodside. who will act as referee. other competitor.s . to hring the title b"ck Tables may be reserved by writing to the to T oron to after a gap of nine years. J, C hess Review. S. Morrison was last suctessful at Hamil I. A. H orowitz, our Associate Editor. to'l' Martin's Anal score was SIX has started another good~wi11 tOlif for the wins. one loss and two draws. T he new Chess Review, this time on a more ambi champion WrlS o ff to a good start in the tious .scale than his previous rounds. He OCTOIlEIl. [ 933 T He C HeSS REViEW 5 has a· number o( engagements scheduled A special invitation tournament was as far as Chicago. and may strike further contested in Allentown among ten of the West if there is enough demand for his best players in the Lehigh Valley Chess services as an exhibitionist. H is stops Association. The winner was W . H . include: Providence. R. I.. October 23: Steckel. C hess Editor of the Allentown Woonsocket, R. L. October 25; Boston. Call , with the excellent score of 8}'2- Yl . Mass., October 27: Binghamton. N. Y .. Rockel was second, 6- 3. and Buck and October 3 1; Scra nton. Pa .. November I; Koch tied for third. 5-4. Philadelphia. Pa .; November 4; Washing The second annual Washington Sta te ton. D . C , November 7; C harleston. W . C hess C ham pionship T ournament was Va .. November 9; Springfield , III.. No held in Seattle and T acoma from Septem vember II ; Cleveland O hio. November ber 10 to 23. J. L. Sheets of Seattle was 13; Erie. Ohio. November 15 ; Buffalo. first. 8-1 , followed by C. C. Crain. 7-2, N. Y .. Novemb'er 16: T oronto. Ont .. No and O . I. Ulvestad. 6- 3. R. A . Dight vember 18; Detroit. Mich .. November 21; man. who is our W estern co rrespondent. and Chicago. Ill .. November 25. finished fifth with an even score. 4 ~ -4 Yf. The Manhattan Chess Club is com· menc ing its winter season with a n am bi To Our Reader.s tious schedule calling for tournament or match play practica ll y every evening. Our readers will noti ce that this issue Mondays and Fridays will be devoted to consists of 24 pages. instead of the usual the C hampionship T ou rnament: on T ues 32. Also, it has appeared conSiderably days there will be a series of consultation later than the normal publica tion date. games in which I. Kashdan and H . M . These facts require some explanation: We Phillips are to meet different opponents ; have had our share of difficulties in this Thursday is rapid transit night ; a nd Sun troublous year. Recently, with the ad day is set aside fo r a Kriegspiel Tour vance of paper and printi ng costs. we were nament. confronted with a cri tical problem. There was no choice but to lessen the content of The Marshall Chess Club is starting its the magazine. or raise the subsc ription championshi p tournament with a very price. We hope the change w ill be tempo strong entry list. T he participants are rary, and will continue to offer our sub Reuben Fine. defending champion. A. E. :;cribers the best in the way of chess ar Santasiere. F . Reinfeld. N. Gr·ossman. T, ticles, new:; , proble ms , followed by P-Bt is in o l"(.kr. GAME 5"" .. P-K3 6 Castles B-K2 7 Kt-B3' • • • • • • STUDIES, , , 7 P-B-i is still the move. White's play in _the By Dr, A, Alekhine opening is not pr«ise. 1'10<1 a s i\ ru ult they 30()(1 obtain a cramped position. EDITOR'S NOTE, When D" Alek 7 ... ,, ' Castles hine was in New Y ork recently, we asked 8 R-KI P-Q4 him to annotate one of his' games for the 9 Kt-K5 Kt-B3 Review, preferably one which had not 10 KtxKt BxKt been previously published. The result is II P-QR4 Q-BI the following splendid effort of the 12 P-R5 · . . . . '. Champion, which he m ~ iled to uS from the The coming opening of the OR fll e Is ' obviously 'S.S. New York, on his return trip to to Black's a dvantage. It Is already dlHlcul! to Paris. find a good plan for White. The game was played in Iceland, where 12 ...... R- QI Alekhine toured shortly after the P.rague 13 RPxP RPxP Congress in 1931. It was one of two 14 RxR Q,R encounters started in Reykjarik. but fi n 15 Q-K2 Q-Kt2 ished late., by telegraph, the Club com 16 B-Q2 P- QKti 17 R-RI municating with Aldlline on his journey P- Kt5 to Bled, where he was destined to score 18 Kt-QI R-RI . one of his greatest triumphs . . 19 RxRch QxR 20 P-Kt3 P_B5! • • • Bla<:k 's advantage in space is already suffiCie nt Q U EEN'S J NDIAN DEPENSR to give him a slra tegically won gome. (N otes by Dr. A. A.J.e.khine ) 21 P-K4 · . .'. . . If 21 PXP, PxP; 22 ·BxB. QxB: a nd Black 1.5 In Reykjarik Chess D ' A Al kh' • • Club r. . ,e me full <:O!nma nd. with II powerfu l p a ~ se d P ilwn Bl 5 P-K3 ...... The pOint 01 Black's 21st 1II0V('. ~f1i n in~ control T his is om of place itl this system . . 5 Castles. 01 the d i a~on aL ,. • OCTO il ~ \I, 1933 T HE C HESS ,REVIEW 7 24 BxKt 40 K-Kt3 8-B3 25 Q-Kt5! ...... 41 B-08! The only move, If il B-B6 (or 41 0-K3. T hl' .. "tcnillg to ,:xch,\Il gc Qu e en~, though tll r P-B7: 42 Kt~B6ch, K-RI!; 43 Q .Q3, Q-8 6c h! wins ) I'nding would !;till be mu ch in B l a ck ' ~ favor. Q-B6ch; i2 K-R4, P_B7; 4,3 Q-R7, B-Kt2; 44 25...... B-Kt2 Q-B5, P-B8(Q)!; 45 QxO, QxBPch; 46 Kt-Kt3, 26 Kt-K3 P _ KR3 Q xBch ; 47 P ~ Kt5, Q_Q5ch wins. 27 B-B7 K_R2 41 ...... O-B6ch 28 Q-QRS Q-Kl 42 K_R4 P_B7 29 Q-Kt6 B-B6 43 Q-R7 ...... 30 P-R3 Q-Q2 If at once 43 0 -85, B la ~k wi ns quickly by 43 . . . Thre<> «("ni :1 :r ,' 1 . . . P "K4. and OxRP. P-Kt4ch: 44 BxP, P xBch ; 45 QxP (not KxP, 31 K-R2 P-B3 Q-Q4ch wins), QxBPch ; 46 Kt-Kt3, B-Kl ! avoid" ing the checks and soon forcing" new Queen. 32 P-Kt4 · . . . . . 4 3 ...... Q-Bl In conn .. ction with White's n .. xt mov.. s. this is rh .. only WHY to hold back th,' "ttack a lt.. r th .. After 43 . . . B-Kt2: 44 Q-B5! the variation mentioned in the previous note would not be so llOW unavoidable P ~ K4, conclusive since Black would 'not have the im ~ 32 ...... P_K4! por! R: SPIELMANN THEORETICAL SURVEY By Hans Kmoch ECAUSE of the world crisis. it has B been some time since any major Mast~ ers Tournament has taken place in chess, In spite of that. there is no lack of activity in the chess world. merely a restriction in scale. Numerous national tournaments have been arranged. but unfortunately suf G. STAHLBERG ficient funds are not available to invite Position after 14 K~K2 foreign guests. Nor have the Grandmast_ , ers and Masters. the Theoreticians and Is Stahlberg's 13 0-B3 really so strong the Writers of chess. disappeared from that the Meran Defense can be smashed the world. They have kept on working. by means of it? Let us attempt to im~ relatively unnoticed and undiscouraged. in prove the defense. the investigations of their noble art. Thus. In place ,of the clumsy 14 . . . B ~02. in very recent times. numerous interesting 14 ... 0.-04 suggests itself. But the' theoretical contributions and va'luable dis~ continuation 15 QxQ, KtxO: 16 BxPch. · coveries have been made ." It is my purpose K-BI; 17 Kt-B3 shows that the OP is to select several of these and present them very weak. Black can, by means of 17 .. . for discussion. B,B4, 18 R.QI, Kt.B2, 19 B,QB4, B.Kt2, 20 KtxP. BxP. avoid the loss of a Pawn. Met-an Defense and after 21 B-K3, BxKt; 22 BxB. B-04; In a match game between Stalhberg and 23 BxB, KtxB. achieve a strong and cen~ Spielmann. after the moves J P_Q4. P~Q4; tralized position and succeed in hindering 2 P.QB4, P.QB3;3 Kt.KB3, Kt.B3, 4 the advance of the two connected passed Kt.B3, P.j(3, 5 P.K3, QKt.Q2, 6 B,Q3, Pawns. but he has no adequate defense p,p, 7 BxBP, P.QKt4, 8 B·Q3, P,QR3, against the immediate advance of the 9 P_K4. P-B4; 10 P-K5. PxP; 11 KtxKtP. QRP. which arrives with ease at QR7. KtxP;, 12 KtxKt. PxKt. White, in place even if the QKtP is lost. and cripples of the usual 13 BxPch. B~Q2 . etc .. played . Black's game. the innovation 13 Q-B3. There followed Consequently, the move 14 ... 0~04 .. 13 . . . B-Kt5ch; 14 K_K2. leading to the from which this endgame naturally fol dia·gram position. lows. is ,'not satisfactory. At this point Spielmann did not know Stahlberg's innovation can, however, be how to continue. and played 14 .. . B_Q2; much more adequately countered by the , 15 B~Kt5. R-QKt1; 16 KtxB. QxKt; 17 provocative move, 14 . . . R-OKtl. and BxKt. PxB: 18 OxP, R-Ktl. after which after 15 Kt-B6. B-Kt2; 16 BxP, Q-Kt3, White. with 19 KR-OB1! (19 ... RxP? White finds himself in a fatally immobile 20 B~K4!) could have obtained a decisive position. On the other hand. if he plays advantage. Stahlberg played instead 19 15 B~Kt5. Black follows with B-Kt2; 16 Q~K5? after which Black forced the ex~ BxPch, K-B 1. and has sufficient counter~ change of Queens and achieved equality play; for example, 17 B-B6. B-03, etc. by 19 . . . 0-031: 20 BxPch. K_K2. Thus the Meran Defense . . which has OCTOBE'" 1933 THE CHESS REVIF:W 9 • until now successfully withstood all efforts also be weak because of Black's reply 5 to defeat it, apparently does not succumb . . . B-K2! obtaining a Queens Gambit to Stahlberg's 13 Q -B3 either, . position in which White, in place of the powerful B-Kt5. had played the foolish Prague Variation move B-02. After 5 Kt-B3, Black con ~ This is a new name, The playing method tinues PxP. White now has the" choice J P.Q4. P.Q4; 2 P.QB4. P.K3; 3 Kt· between 6 P-K4 and 6 Q-R4ch. For the QB3, Kt-KB3; 4Kt-~3 is still" name examination of these possibilities, two re less. Generally White develops his QB cently played consultation games at the on the fourth move. This Bishop move Vienna Chess Club may serve as a basis. (B-Kt5) . however, is only advisable if I. 6 P·K4. P.B4; 7 P.K5. PxP; 8 White bas previollsly developd th.e QKt. PxKt, PxP: 9 Q-R4ch. Kt-B3; 10 Castles and leads to as yet uncertain results if QR. This was the course of the game White has played Kt-KB3. One might Honlinger and Wolf against Gruenfeld say that this suggestion is superfluous and Dr. Kaufmann. The move 6 ,., . since White can always play 3 Kt-KB3. P-B4 is new and leads to interesting play, That is true of course, but only on condi There followed 10 . .. PxB: 11 KtxQP. tion that the game was opened with 1 BxKt: 12 PxB (if 12 KtxKt, B_Q2!) P-Q4, P-Q4; 2 P-QB4, P-K3. Formerly 8-02; 13 KtxKt, Q-B2!: 14 BxP, BxKt; that was flenerally the case, and therefore 15 Q-Kt4, Q-K2: 16 Q-R5. Castles; 17 the problem as to which Knight to develop P-KR4, and now with 17 . , . KR-QI! first was easily and conveniently solved: Black obtained the better game, Of course , 3 Kt-QB3! But the Nimzovitch Defense this game does not explore all the possi I J P·Q4. Kt. KB3; 2 P·QB4. P. K3; 3 bilities of the move 6 P-K4, but one may Kt-QB3, B-Kt5!) that has given excellent readily see that Black will have strong results in the last few years, has created counter-chances. and that the battle beH a great problem in the Queens Gambit, comes exceedingly complicated. From the , Although it is desirable to avoid the standpoint of White, who expects, in the Nimzovitch Defense by playing 3 Kt-KB3 Queens's Gambit. to obtain a good. if de (since no stron9 attacking possibilities layed attack, the chances for Black indi have yet been discovered against this de cated above are certainly unwelcome, fense), Black has the opportunity with Although H. Wolf believes that in place 3 .,. P-Q4, to chan!=!e to the more usual of 7 P-K5, 7 PxP is the best continuation. Queens Gambit position. In that case it seems doubtful whether White, after White's KKt is already at B3, and Black the exchange of Queens. and after 8 ... can avoid the orthodox defense regardless Kt-B3, can maintain any advantage in the of whether White continties with 4 B-Kt5 openm!=! . or with 4 Kt-QB3, We now want to de II. 6 Q.R4ch. Kt.B3; 7 p. K4. B.Q2; termine which move offers White the best 8 0-82. This is the game Gruenfeld and cliances, Dr, Kaufmann against Kmoch and Wolf. Let us begin a9'lin. [P-Q4, Kt-KB3: By means of the continuation 8 .. . 2 P _QB4, P-K3; 3 Kt-KB3. P -Q4. If now P-KR3; 9 B-02 (if 9 BxKt. OxB: 10 4 BHKt5, Black can accept the gambit. and P-K5. 0 -85!) Kt-QR4!; 10 P-K5, Kt-Ktl!: at least temporarily ma intain the Pawn II B-K2, Kt ~ K2; 12 Kt-K4, BxBch: 13 by 4 ... B-Kt5ch; 5 Kt-B3 . That is QKtxB,P-QKt4; 14 P-QKt3!. PxP; IS . forced; after 5 QKt-Q2, PxP. Black would PxP, QKt-B3: 16 Castles, P-R3: 17 threaten P-B6, and thus remain a Pawn KR-BI, Kt-Q4: 18 Kt_K4. QKt-Kt5; 19 ahead without any trouble; 5 B-02 would 0-Q2, Q-K2; 20 Kt-B5, Castles; 21 B-03. 10 TH Il C H E SS R E VI E W Or:TO BP. ~, 1933 KtxB: 22 Kt xB. P· Kt 5! Black' obtained a w~ere as be fore that it was rarely seen , favorable. though not a wi nning . ga me', for example in the game D r. T a rt a ko we r ~ Important in this variation is thc move Kmoch. at Hastings, 1927. In most o f 9 . .. KI -QR4!. milch better than the i!ll these games. bu t particularly in Prague. mediate P -QKI4. II is worthy o f note it appeared that White had no clear means that White with 8 Q-Q I (instead o f a t his disposal to obtain a n .1 dvantage. Q -B2 ) does nOI fa re any better. for then Although the games A l e kh i ne~Grue n f e l d Black would not play 8 ... P. KR3? a h er a nd S lOh z- Kmoch in P rague were both which 9 BxKt a nd 10 BxP would follow . won by White. this was not as a result • with a ve ry fr ee game fo r W hite, bul the of any ad va ntage obtained fro m the open muc h stronger move 8 ... Kt-QR4! wit h ing but rather as a consequence o f later the po!>sihle continua tio n 9 P . K5. P -KR 3: mi !'i ta kcs by Black. T hat. o f course. i:<; no 10 B. Ri. P.KKt4; I! Ktx P. P xKI: 12 indication of the streng th or weakn ess of BxKiP. B-K2 : 13 P xKt. BxP. and Black the Prague Variation. It seems to me. has the advilntage. however. that th e move 11 8 ~ K 2 , whic h We have thus seen that a ft er 1 P-Oi. WaS exclusively played a t Prag ue in i mi ~ Kt-KB3, 2 P-QB4. P-K3, 3 Kt-KB3. tiltion o f R r. Alekhi nc. is too tel me to fur P-04; the move " B-KI5 leads at least to nish any advantage. Ale.kh ine played the a very closely contested game. If W hite move because after 11 8 · Q3 th e reply does not wish to let him self in for that type K t ~ B3 was a litt le unpleasant. O nly r e~ of qame. and at the :<;a me time does not ccntl)'. however. th e score o f a game be ~ wish to block the outl et for his Q B, there tween Rubinstein a nd Schl ec hter came remains for him only the move 4 Kt ~ B 3. If into my hands, ilnd J hit upon the idea o f Black now i\Oswe rs either 4 . . . B~ K 2 , or tryi ng the Rubinstein move 11 B ~ ~t 5 in 4 .. . QK t ~ Q 2. W hite can. according to place o f B-K2. T hi!'i prevents 11 ... his choice. bring about the O rthodox. the K t ~ B 3 . and 11 ... B.Q2 accomplishes Cambridge S prinR or the San Remo nothing since White may obtain a n ex System . I( Black. however. wishes to cellent game with 12 B·Q 3. Kt-B3: 13 avoid these methods o f play, he can g ive Castles. If Black plays 11 .. . P ~ QR 3 ; the ga me a character of it s own by 4 ... 12 B ~ R4 . P -QKt4: 13 B ~ B2 . B ~ K t 2 . it ap P ~~4 . Then. of course. White may avoid pears that White a ft er 14 Castles is in a all complications by 5 P ~ K 3, which leads position to eff ec tively la unch a King side to the .old so·called No rmal Variation. a ttad. The point is that Black's Q wing crt;ating a qame with equal chances. If is wea kened by the P awn advance; if he White strives to obtain some advantag t; then plays his Knight to KB3. the da nger from the opening , there remai ns for him arises that White will give Black il n isol only 5 BPxP, KtxP!: 6 P ~ K 4 , KtxKt; 7 ated Pawn on .the Q side by mea ns of P xKt. P xP; 8 P xP, B. Kt5ch; 9 B ~ Q2 . P -Q R4. and will attack a nd possibly win BxBch ( Q ~ R 4 would be weaker because this P awn. If on the other ha nd , the of 10 R~QKt1 !' BxBch; 11 QxB, Q xQ ch; Black Knight stilys on the Q side ( Kt ~ B 3 12 KxQ, Castles: 13 B ~ K t 5! with marked and ultima tely Kt -R4 ) the Black King is advantage for White); 10 OX B, Castles . not fu lly protected. Whether th ese cir· cumstances are suffiCient to bring an ad~ This line o f play, characterized by the vantage to W hite is something which ex ~ 5th and 6th moves. mig ht be called the perience alone will reveal. From the Prague V a riation, a fter the O lympic Con purely logica l aspect. all possibil ities wo uld gress in that city in 1931. As a matter seem to be in White's favor. o f fact. the va riation is quite old . bu t was (T o be COlllinued ) was fi rst pla yed a great deal in P rague. T ranslated from the German bll J. R . N('wmtm. OCTOIIP.R . 1933 THE C H ESS R E V I EW " emphasis upon the material. W e are just CHESS AND discovering wha t older na tio ns like France learned a long time ago. tha t business THE WDEAL should be subservient to life and not life incidental to business. By Barnie F. Winkelman T his is the keynote o f the age we are facing. It means less working hours. and o code has yet been arra nged under therefore more time for cultural activities. N N RA for the chess world. In fact. more time for play and relaxation. Not there has been no direct mention o f chess only need we work Je ss. but we must work either by P reSident Roosevelt or Hug h S. less if the equilibrium o f prod uc tion a nd Johnson in the new dispensation which is consumption is to be mainta ined. T his being a rranged fo r America and for Amer new oU llook is o f great significance to the ican life. Thus far not even a limitation world of art!'>, to litera ture, 10 music, 10 has been set upon the number of hours painting; in fact to the seven arts by which mClY be spen t at the chess table a t which man interests and amuses himself. a si ngle .~ i tti n g, no r has there heen (lny With these I couple chess most strong regulation of moves per hour or games ly. T o date. it has been the luxury of per day. T o th is extent we may take as those with ample time at their disposal to surance that though chess is sometimes appreciate it s in tricacies. Lik e golf or lin ked in the public mind with furrowed music. it has not been within the reach o f brows . _. -...- -- -..- --_._-...... - . . '" GAME DEPARTMENT Game No. 76 The start 01 very interesting and complicated R u y LOPEZ play. Black' must under(" h .~o meth ing, otherwise P-B4 gives White a ve ry aggressive game. New York, September, 1933 20 P_ B4 ! ...... (Notes by I. Kashdan and H , M. Phillips) Sacrificing a Pawn whkh it would be very dan gerous to accept. T he alternatives 20 P-B3 or I. Kashdan Dr. A. Alekhine Q -Kt3 were too passive, H. M . Phillips R. Wahrburg 20 ...... RPxP White Black 21 RPxP I P ___ K4 P-K4 21 P-B5 was very templi'ng, but after PxRP: 22 Q -Kt5, QR-Kl (not KtxQP? 23 P -B6 wins) 2 Kt- KB3 Kt __ QB3 tlw "ttack is not quite sufA d en!. 3 B- Kt S P- QR3 21...... PxP 4 B-R4 P_Q3 They da"", not pla y 21 . , KtxKtP; 22 KtxKt. 5 P-B3 BxKt; 23 P-B5! when the Bishop is locked out and SJo w~r than lh.· illlm"di"t<' P-Ql but it " voids in weal peril. ~XCh After t h~ te ll t. it is quite the other """~'. 5 P_K. Kt-Kt3 33 PxB RxKt 6 B-K3 B-Kt2 34 RxR RxR 7 Kt-B3 Castles 35 RxPch KxR 8 Q-Q2 P-K. 36 KxR Ktx Pch 9 P-Q5 P-QB3 37 K-Kt3 Kt-K4 T he correct idea. an attempt to break the ccnler. Black's a dvanta yc i~ the ouside pa~d Pawll. 10 P-QR4 ...... w hkh cannot be ~top pt' d without ~ r iou.~ 10.0;,. of InSlead 10 P xP would I"ad to "'1u,Jlily. The male ria l. lext strives 10 ma inlain the advam.:ed QP by a 38 P- Kt3 K-B3 c owu e ~ thrust at BIack'$ misplaced Kt at Kd . 39 B QI Kt-Q6 This, however. ~li u l t li in e ~at l n9 While Bl 2 P-QB4 P-K3 27 • • • • • • KtxR 3 K,-KB3 B- Kt5ch 28 RxKt Q- R3 4 B-Q2 . BxBc h 29 Q-K4 R- K2 Or i ... Q -K2: S Kt·BJ, BxKt: 6 IhB, Kt-K5 30 Q_Kt4ch K- BI with <1 satisfilctory poSi ti on. 31 R-R5 Q-K'2 5 Q xB P- QK'3 32 Q-R4 P_ B4 6 P_KKt3 B- Kt2 35 Kt- Q5 ...... 7 B-K,2 Castles 33 R-R8ch Game No. 79 19 ...... KR-KI E NGLISH OPENING 20 KtxP QR-Kt l Detroit. Seplember, 1933 21· Kt-Kt5 K-'Ktl (Notes by I. K ashdan) 22 P-B3 P-Q4 A; W. Oake L. Stolcenberg 23 P- K5 Kt-R4 White Black A mi~ t ake which losrs a pien, but lhe endl ~ g v,. as b opel e $~. I Kt- KB3 P-QB4 24 Q-KKt4 2 P- B4 Kt-QB3 Resigns. 3 Kt-B3 P- KKt3 • • • Provahly beuer than 3 ... I Surrendering " p"wn. and White laiLs tu trap 30Kt-02 B-Kt2 the Queen. Neverthl'les$ the open file ~erves for 4 P-K3 P-K3 Alack's undoing. 58-03 P-B4 19...... O,p fi Castles Kt-B3 20 K-B2 0-R5 7 P-B3 B-K2 21 P-B5 0-R3 80-K2 Castles 22 QxQch K,O 9 P- OR3 23 R_Rlch K-Kt2 It is now a form of Colle System. where poRi 24 R_R2 Kt- Kt3 should he played at oner. The prec1lutiolliUY Here, as Martin points out. Bli1ck should h"ve t('xt-move is hardly ne c e~~"ry . strengthened his King's position by Kt-Q2. 9 ...... 0 - B2 R-RI 25 KR - ORI 10 R_K1 P-04 26 Kt-Q'2! KR - OI 1 I P-K4 27 Kt-B4 P-Kt4 Obtiiinlng a very free g • Game No. 82 SLAV DEfENSE 1. II a-K2ch. 6-K2: 12 Kt ·Q6ch. K-B I: JJ KtxKIP. a-KI3: Ii QxKt (or Ii PlIP. KI-82!; Mahrisch-Osrrau. July. 1.;13 3 15 a-QJ. QxKt: 16 QxKt?, R-QI!. etd PIP! (Notes by Fred Reinfeld) and will~. II. II Kt -Q6,·h. B"Kt: 12 QxB. Q - R-I~h win". L. Steiner E. Canal • 11 ...... Q-B3' White Black 12 Q-B2 Kt-Kt5! 1 P-Q1 P-Q1 13 Q-K4ch B-K2 2 P-QB1 P-QB3 11 B-Q2 Castles QR 3 Kt-KB3 Kt-B3 15 Q-Ktl ...... 'I Kt-B3 p,p 5 P_QR1 ...... 15 ...... Kt -K4! AIt<:r 5 P-K3. Black ~Cl~ a o; No! till" hl'S!. W hll \' ~hou l d hilv\, !lOll ... in for 23 P_Kr4 R-QI II KtllKt. SICKt : Q P-Ki. P·Ki , l'1~. 21 B-B1 B-B1,h 8 ...... P -K4! 25 K-Kt2 R-K7ch An uncxp,lctcd thru ~!. 26 K-R3 B-Q3 9 P-K1 ...... 27 B-Kt3 B,B 9 PICP i.~ rl'lUled by Q·R't:h. whilc 9 KlxP. 28 PxB P-Kt4! KIICKt: 10 PxKt. QxQch: 11 KlIQ. Cil~llcs QRch: 29 KtPxP 12 B-Q2. KI -6i! (!hre 10 . Although ev en great players are CURIOUS apt to blunder and lose games in short order. one would not expect a consultation CHESS FACTS game to be brief. T he record is held by Bird and Dobell who lost to G unsberg By Irving Cherney and Lacock at Hastings. 1897. in nine moves. l. T he English master ]. H . Blackburne I I . In a tournament played at Buda was a c onte ,~ tant in international tourna ments for a period of over 50 years ( 1862 pest in 19 12. Dr. Vidmar had the peculiar to 19 14). experience of winning the most games a nd yet finishing last. M arshall. who won 2, A. F. Mack enzie. although blind, only one game. won the first pri ze . (Ex composed some of the fi nest chess prob plana tion on request) . lems ever published . 12. Alekhine playing in the great Tou r~ 3. A book o f Philidor's games pub nament at Bled in 1931 did not lose a lished in 1819 hilS ilhls t rative diagrams game in twe n ty ~ six rounds. The number showing the position of the pieces a fter of points separating him from the second each move. pri ze winner. Bogoljubow (5 Y2 ). was al 4. Judge James Me Connell of New most as grea t as between second place Orleans had the distinctive honor of hav . and last! ing played chess with Morphy and Capa 13. At Baden-Baden , 192 5. Alekhine bla nca. won fir st prize without losing a game. 5. Forme r ffili ted S tates Cha mpion A . This is not an unusual thing for Alekhine B. Hodges. who participated in all of the to accomplish. His score against the ten Cable matches be tween the United States players below him was unusual. though. and Engla nd. never lost a game in these It ran as follows: Draw. win. draw. win. matches . draw, win. draw. win . draw. win. 6. A correspondence g i:llnc begun in 1859 between a Mr. Brenzinger of New 14 . Chess players are not noted for York and his hrother in England lasted their poor opinions of their own prowess. 16 years, David Janowski furnished a good example 7. A pecu li a r rule regarding d rawing once of this trait. After losing a match a game by perpetua l check is gi ven in to Marshall. he sent the American Cham~ Murray's History o f C hess . T he rule is pion a cable offering to play him a t Knight . that 9 (l mes in w hich perpetual check oc~ odds! curs (lre called drawn. but check mu st he given seventy tim es. 15, In striking contrast was the attitude S. T he one cl ub that Chess Masters of Carl Schlechter who did not enter his do not wish to jo in. although dues a rt' games fa !" brilliancy prizes as he wanted never collected, is called the "Vera M en others to sha re some of the prize money. chick Club: ' To qua lify, one must lose That was one reasoo but the rea l one was a game to her in a Master's T ournament. undoubted ly innate modesty. 9. A book published in Germa ny. 16. Schott lander needed only a draw whose ti tle is " Advice to Spectators of to win the Leipzig Tourney of 1888. H is C hess ' T ournaments" has all the pages blank except one. That one has but two opponent. Mieses offered him a draw but words in it - "Halt's MattI" ( Keep your he refused to accept it. Schott lander lost mouth shut ) . the game and with it first prize. , OCTOII !:! R. 19.B THE C H ESS REVIEW 19 17. Sammy Reshevsky was asked POETRY CORNER whether he expected [0 win the W estern tournament of 1933. His reply was " Who JU S T ANO T H E R O NE is there to bea t mer Remarkably enough He was crazy about chess he was ~ight . No one did beat him , but I"m referring to old Hook he didn't win the tournament. And this is it yarn 18 . Many wonderful scores have been You can pillce in your book. compiled in tournaments, but the worst • is undoubtedly held by Colonel M oreau You may not believe it But yet It is true who played in the Monte Carlo To uc ~ H is paulon for the game nament o f 1903. After twenty~six rounds Grew and it grew. he still had nothing on the credit side and twenty-six zeros on the debit side of his Til when he passed our T was plain from his will ledger. That he would If he could 19. Ernest Grunfeld. probably the Play lit CheM still. greatest authority on the openings in the world. never began n game with I P_K4. For 'twas clearly sc t down That when he went hence 20. Frank J. Marshall once saved a (Though it hllrdly a<.:cords lin'e of play in the Ruy Lopez opening for With what Is call ed good sense). ten years to he used expressly against Ca ~ "My bonu shllil be sent pablanca. H e tried it in a tournament To where Cht5~men arc maue. And carved into pkces." played in New York in 1918. but lost the So he wa5 obeyed. game. nevertheless. They w e r~ placed into boxes 21. In 1912 . Marshall played one o f With o ld Hook on the lid. the most un ex pected moves ever seen in T hey'rc quite decent pieces Chess. against Lewitzky. The move so And cost half-a-Qu id. pleased the spectators that they immedi ~ I purchn~("d ~ , hox ately showered the board with gold pieces. Of the plc ce~ o f old Hook Men mHd e from hls bones 22. Very few masters have ever been F rom the Queell to Ihe Rook. able to give an impressive simultaneous Cbflr/t" SANDERS exhibition at Prague. the opposition being TH E GAMB LER so stro ng. Hearing o f this. Spielm ann made a wager that he would achieve a While playin \"! dU' s.~ with hi~ friends al the f rill Hr would wager rv~n money_ his car or h i~ hat. score o f at least 80 ~;' . He lost the bel His bettin\"! pr op ~n.~itir~ nlllsl'd lhem much pain though. as he lost more games tha n he For the he!l\ler would !->em them lI!lain and again! . won. One day Ill" !lrew III wi th 11 pain ill the hcad 23. Perhaps th e most fanatical devotee [t grew worse. he ""nk lower thcn s"dly said : the game has ever known was Harcwit:. " Pkaw bury my set with me when I go Even the angl'l.~ m.. y rl-lish a few games or so: He played C hess at the Cafe de Ja R e ~ I'll wager my halo. my harp or my wings gence. morning. noon and night seven And when r Vl·delllltd up 1"11 play fo r spare strings."" days a week. In addition he had C hess He d ied and while laylug the poor d lap to rest figures embroidered on his shirts and wore They grallled his final bUl fooli~ request. The latest report h!ls MIll doing well stick~pins shapl!d like Chess pieces . But And plll"/ing the Devil for mfttchts in H ell. perhaps he has many other rivals . Chltr/c$ SANDERS' 20 THE C H ESS \REV I EW OCTOBER, 19~3 No. ISS No. M WILHELM ANDERS G. W . HARGREAVES H A II.BU RG. GERMANY A U BURN, ALA. • m l lt"'~' two moves W hite mates l two moves No. 86 . No. 89 !c.: , BOSWELL [', A. HI LL L"r-;CIISTEN . E NGLAi'>P \VIIIT!!. BeliN, M INK. (OR I GI~"'L) • White mates in two moves two moves No. 87 No. 90 MANNI SH CHAROSH WALTER JACOBS BIIOOKLYN, N. Y. N EW Y OR K CITY • r two moves mate's In two moves - OCTOIlRR. 19.1-1 TH E C H E SS R E VI E W 21 No. 91 No. 9 ~ S. BENJAMIN [, W. JACOBS DAVID C. McCLELLAND I N M eMOR1AM W . A. SHI N KMAN JAC)( SO NVlL U!, ILL. , mov("s No. 92 No. 95 R. CHENEY W1LlR IR VAN WINKLE ROC H Il S TIl ~. N. Y . ENOfCOTT. N. y, ( ,. , No. 93 No. 96 EDWARD HAENIGES EARL F. YOUNG , BUffALO. N. Y. R ~ AlJl NG . P A. , W hite m(ltcs in three move.1 22 THE CH E SS R E VIEW OCTOBER, 1933 PROBLEM REVIEW SO/l/lions to problems, contributions, Bnd all corresponcicnc(' rdating to this department should be ad dressed to Mr. Otto Wurzbllrg. 712 At,l'ood Sfr",,!, Grand Rapids, Mirh. By Otto Wurzburg Our Problems this Month E. A . Nash. Beautiful task admirably carried out. _ D. C McClelland. If the theme requires a No. 86. Some fine interference and un ~ dummy Rook and an almost impossible' Pawn covering. po~ition, the game is hardly worth the candle._ No. 88. One of OUf solvers contributes G. Dobbs. An ingenious construction. Key novel. his first problem. _N. Malzhcrg. A clever achievement._E. Mc No. 89. The composer has been active Carthy. Remarkable composition._A. C. Forten. Not difficult, but Queen pl"y ne N('at min iatur('. _ M. H. Kkim an. This is a skillful in thl' extt('m e. A b,-autifll l (' xampk o f I da ndy prohlem and cutt'.-1. PiaSNtky . Artistic its kind. - E . Boswell. aU y done.- E. A. Nash. Cute li ttle triAe.- G . No.7\. R. Svoboda. I B-QKt4. . Dobbs. Nice sacriAce.-N. M"lzb('rg. This o ne B. B 2 Kt- Kt3ch held me up 10ng('r than all the reM comhin .... d. _ B- Kt .3 2 Kt- Kt5ch H. M. S(' rl iner. Un .... xpeded k~ y and beautiful 13 - 132 2 Kt-Q2ch Rook s~ ' l· r ifke . _ S. BraVHnmn. Very nea t.-W. B_ Q I 2 Kt- B2ch Ja cobs. Ne<1 t.- A. 5z<1 bo. E xtremely pretty. Simple key, wonderful varimio lls._ M. H. Klei D. Morris. Neat._ F. G . Ga rdner. A bCilutiful man. G rC"a t. - W. Van Winkle-. W ondcrful._ poin n t~ d i\ ff ~ ,i r worthy of Loyd or Shinkmiln. L Pinsl't:ky. Though th(' k .... y i ~ restric ti ve and D. C. M rCI('lIand. Exn ptionaH y ne"l. A ll wry pr - We are appending herewith the com Norsk Sjakblad. organ of Norwegian poser's interpretation of the four fold chess clubs, announces prizes for the best ..yhite Pawn 'promotion theme, a highly in· two~mover and three~mover contributed genious piece of construction. to its pages during 1933, Problems must The solutions are complete and there be original. Address Norsk Sjakblad. is illuminating text, It is a fine volume Trondtjein. Norway. on all accounts and well worth the time The two interesting positions given and study of every lover of fine chess , herewith are especially contributed by problems. ' Herr Goller and dedicated with high re· DR, M,. NIJ::MhYf,R .. 1928 gards to Alain C. White . G . GOU.F.II HAJ.Uh)AAl.E, GERMAl\Y ./ ,J moves 1 P-K7 P,R 2 P_K8(B) P,B 2 P_K8(R) P_Kt3 2 P- K8(Q) P_KH 2 P_K8(Kt)ch I K_K4; 2 13-84: 3 ' Ktc.Q5: 4 Kt-83; 5 B-Kt3: The important .tournament held by "El 6 K~B4; 7 Kt-K4: 8 R-R3ch; 9 B·R5 ; 10 Kt_Bl Diluvio," published in Barcelona, Spain. Kt·Kt3 mate, has been brought to a close, and the sub joined two~mover was a'warded first prize. G . GOLLE~ It is modern in design and quite intricate. HALLH- SAALE. GERMANY A. F, ARGUELLES, BARCELONA 1ST PRIZE "EL DILUVIO," 1932 Self·mate in twelve r:1oves K·K4: 2 8·B4; 3 Kt_Q5; 4 Kt-B7ch; 5 Kt_K8; Mate in two moves ' 6 B·Kt3; 7 K·84; 8 R-K4: 9 R(Q)-K3; 10, Kt-B7ch; I Kt-B5 II Ii·R5; 12 Kt~A3, Kt-Kt3 mate. \ NEW M O DEL A MERICAN MADE CHESS CLOCKS This model is substantially built with a {lne movement, exceptionally suited for match and tOllrn(Jment play PRICE $8.00 Order through the CHESS R EV I E W 60·10 ROOSEVl;;LT AVENUE WOODSIDE. N. Y. SALE BOXWOOD, LO ADED, FELT·BOTTOMED NO. SIZE PRICE NO. 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