Evening star., 1932-07-18

but are only informed that II Is your
turn to play, leaving you to guess the
AS with trade, competition is the life
of chess. It stimulates effort, increases
interest and results In Improvement IN
playing the game. Various methods
have been tried here heretofore Tor TINS
time of year. A Summer tourney was
tried one wear, but it did not prove
popular. Continuous ticket Journeys.
with prizes purchased from the SAFE OF
tickets at l cent each, useo 70 u II
vogue and were well patroni1ed. HOW.
ever, they involved a great aeai Oh
work and distributing and counting the
tickets and I know of no club now
using this form of attraction. IN new
Work City and other places rapid tran
sit tournaments, 10 seconds to move,
with prizes to the winners, are nelo
regularly once a week and are very
popular. c,.. r,,,,
played several matches by coIrespona-
ence, which continued throughout tne
year, and provided excitement Ior tne
Summer months. Thirty-slx years ago
a match was played with the Rich
nond (Va) Chess Club, which resulted
in a draw. two games being won by
each side. In one of these games, con-
Quoted on behalf of Washington by
Can't. Patrick O'Farrell. a mate was
announced in 18 moves, and Capt.
O'Farrell demonstrated it by analysis.
Then followed a correspondence
match of two games with the famous
BROOKLYN Chess Club, which the local
club wen by the score of y to Y.
A match was played with the North.
west Chess Club of Philadelphia and
another one with the Biddeford (Meo
Chess Club. both of which were won
by Washington.
Gently was reorganized. A local club
correspondence match with that or
ganization would prove very interesting.
At the Marshall Chess Club, New
n York City, Reuben Fine, club cham
pion and one of the entries In the
coming California Chess Congress, and
Herman Steiner, a member OF last
wears champion United States team at
prague, are playing match the score
of which is 2 to l and draws IN favor
of Fine. In the third game, after At
moves had been made, Fine, who was
pawn down, claimed a draw because
the same position had occurred twice
before with the same player to move.
The referees, H. M. Phillips and Her
man Helms. upheld Fines claim under
a provision of the International Chess
Code Such rule where one OF the
parties is ahead in material Is OF douDt-
full merit. Steiner was awarded the
fourth game because Fine, who had the
advantage in position. exceeded the
time limit, about which there was a
Misunderstanding. The match Is at
tracing a good deal of attention.
The rule of the International Chess
Code. under which Fine claimed q
draw in his game with Steiner. reads
as follows, under the heading Games
Treated as Drawn" Paragraph G:
by recurrence Of position, II the
player whose turn it is to play proves
that the position at the time existed IN
the game not less than twice previously
it being on each occasion his turn 70
play"
The congress of the London Chess
League is to be held this year at Whit
ley's, London, August IS to n, mclu-
sive
The chess club of Mercantile Library,
Philadelphia, recently finished con-
sultation tourney, seven teams OF two
each consulting, the leading teams be-
ing Weiner-Levin 5b-1b; DraSln-
Regen, 4+2; Ruth -Winkleman, 80
-2R.
In the match at the Marshall Chess
Club, New York City. between A. E.
Santasiere, former State champion, and
Fred Reinfeld, present State champion,
the score is l to 0, and 2 draws In favor
Of SantaSiere.
No definite word has yet come that
Frank j. Marshall. United States cham
pion, is to take part in the California
Chess Congress. Announcement has
been made, however, that he will be at
his chess divan at Atlantic City, N. j.,
this Summer.
IND game position No. 43, which
II occurred in the recent London in
ternational masters tournament:
White Isaac Kashdan)-K on OBS,
@ on Q3, r on KB2, B on ks, Ps on
O., OBS, QKt5; seven pieces. Black
P. S. Milner-Barry)-K on KKt, Q
On KKt6, R on QR7, Ps on O., OBJ,
OKt2; six pieces. Black has just
checked with rook and White has pro-
tected queen with king. Black now
played As RXR; Al BxR, QxB,
and White played Q-Kt6ch, winning
on his sixty-hfth move. How could
Black Barry have won by making
different forty-sixth move?
Solution to end game No. Al, by G.
Russian white must seek
safety in checks: l P-Kt7ch, ktxP
mot KKt1, because of Kt-KtD; 2
K-Kt; B-B5, P-ba
90; 4 Kt-R6ch, K-R; B-Q6, ana
White will draw, as Black cannot cap
ture B or P without losing his queen:
His Kt and P cannot be moved, ano
if Kt moves, B checks at KS.
The papers are again containing no
tices of the death of Alexander Takacs,
the Hungarian chess master. In tne
latter part of last year the British
Chess Magazine contained an extended
obituary about him. Later came re-
port that it was not the chess player
who had died, but noted tennis play
er of the same name. Takacs was one
of the strongest players in Hungary,
and ranked up with Maroczy.
A PPENDED herewith is the score OF
II game played by correspondence
between the old Washington Chess
Club and the Brooklyn Chess Club.
second game was conducted at the same
time, which was drawn. Washington
won the match by the score OF lte
to =. The Star of December 26, 1896
and March 26, 1897, contained ac-
counts of this match.
The game below followed for eight
moves a game played in the Kemeny-
Showalter match for the championship
of the United States. At move 8
Showalter played Q-Ka2. The critics
said he should have played Q-Kt5,
and Brooklyn selected this move. The
retreat of the queen to K2 was at once
compelled by Washington: the capture
of QKtP was out of the question
Washington's sixteenth move divided
the opponents forces and was a big
factor in the victory. This game was
conducted by F. B. Walker, and the
second game, a queens gambit de-