Evening star., 1933-07-29
w WASHINGTON chess fans may
M have an opportunity Of see
ing DR.. Alexander Alekhine,

ing DR.. Alexander Alekhine,
world champion. in play in
the near future. I. s. Turover, the
local master. who has Just returned
from visiting the Worlds Fair in Chi
caso. reports that DR.. Aekhine is to
visit Washington IS his guest, and that
the champion will give an exhibition
here should there be suficient demand
for 1t. Alekhine offers to play blind
fold. simultaneously. against 12 boards
with four players at each board. His
terms will be from 81 to So per person.
Turover Is desirous Of knowing as
soon As possible how many players
would take part in the exhibition, and
he requests that early notice be sent
him. addressed to Water street, between
Twelfth and Fourteenth southwest.
The date OF DR.. Alekhine's visit can
not be given at this time, as he has
under consideration a proposition to 60
to Puerto Rico for an exhibition.
Should he 60 there, he probably would
come back by way of Baltimore, and
the exhibition could be given either
here or in Baltimore. In the, latter
event, Arrangements would be made
for Washingtonians to play there.
Turover played against DR.. Alekhine
in the tournament at Bradley Beach,
N. j.. and has since played with him
in Paris. consulting in one game with
him against two strong players and in
another game consulting against him.
While here DR.. Alekhine will play q
game against Turover. A. w. Fox and
w. X. Wimsatt. consulting This will
be played in private, apart from the
blindfold exhibition.
Notice will be given as soon as ar
rangements for the exhibition are made.
TIERMANN HELMS, the New York
chess writer. who Is attending
the chess activities in Chicago,
says of DR.. Alekhine, In reporting his
blindfold exhibition:
1T is the Joy Of DR.. Alexander Alekhine
takes In his work. the zest with which
he approaches each new task, coupled,
Of course. with his outstanding gifts.
that have brought the Ffanco-P -Prussian
master to his present eminence in the
world Of chess. There is nothing In his
line seemingly which he Is not ready
and willing to attempt. The harder
the work-and the sort of chess he
plays Is just thAt-the better he likes
1t. The applause that rang out "a
times In the Federal Building at the
Worlds Fair while his blindfold ex-
hibition against 80 opponents was on
testified eloquently to the spectators
full appreciation of it."
Helms says DR.. Alekhine's method Is
to separate his opponents into four
groups of eight each. He had first
move in each game and played out his
kings pawn in the first three games
Of each division, the queens pawn In
the next two, and then two more be-
ginning with P-K4. Invariably at the
eighth, sixteenth, twenty-fourth and
thirty-second boards there was an Eng
lish opening. In all there were adopted
81 openings The champions chief aim
was to individualize each game as
quickly rs possible.
KUTCHLER in the Post published
V . statement showing by teams
and individuals the standing OF
those who took part In the tnterna-
tionAl team tournament held this year
teams entered and 76 individuals. The
final standing of the teams, Is well as
OF the individuals Of the United States
team, have already appeared in The
Star. but I have not seen q statement
Of the players by boards. In list Of
~ players whose percentage was 60 or
better appears in first place K Opo-
censky Of Czechoslovakia, who did not
lose . game, followed by DR.. A. Alex
hine. world champion. who lost one
game Then come A. w. Dake, United
States: Lilienthal of Hungary and
Kashdan, United States.
The statement did not. however. in
dicate the board at which the players
appeared; Two years ago q rule was
adopted to prevent jockey1ng and the
shifting of players, in order to win
points, that . team must at the be-
ginning Of the tournament enter its
players In the order, Of their playing
strength, and they must always play
Of that order. Should = player not
appear, the other players viii meve
up. 20 that the reserve player viii Al
ways appear at board 1.
This rule enables fair estimate to
be made Of the standing Is to boards,
though some players played ct more
than one board. It should be remem-
bered that the standing Is based on IL
games actually played by each team.
Bearing the above In mind. the stand
ing by boards Of the leading players