Evening star., 1933-07-21
r. ALEXANDER ALEKHINE,
world champion, again holds
the record for simultaneous

the record for simultaneous
blindfold playing. He achieved
it on July 16, in the grounds of the Gen.
tury OF Progress Exposition, when he per-
formed against 80 players, winning 10,
losing 4, and drawing g. The exhibition
began soon after 10 am. and was not
finished till after midnight. Allowing
| for intermissions and the time for call
ing of the moves after resuming play,
1t required 1919 hours Of actual play.
There were Is clubs represented in
the lineup. Three women took part.
including the woman champion of
Illinois. Miss Jean Moore, 1S years
old, from Muscatine, Iowa. drew her
game in 81 moves. All but one of
the names of those who played were
new to me.
In 1897, Pillsbury played blindfold
simultaneously against 20 of the best
players in Phila delphia and made q
splendid record. He increased this
number to % at Moscow in 1902 DR..
Alekhine made record of 26 games,
which he increased to %, of which
number he won 20, drew three and lost
three in liz hours. Then G. Koltan-
owski broke the record by playing 80
games of which number he won 20 and
drew 10. in 1112 hours, with an hour
fo- lunch.
A LD of these performances are re-
n narkable, requiring great skill and
endurance. The position in every
one Of the games must be carried in the
mind from start to finish, with the
ability to recall each position separately
and map out line of play. In an
article in the Illinois Medical Journal
Of October. 1914. DR.. Louis Mcguire
writes that in blindfold playing some
visualize almost entirely; others are said
to have verbal symbols or auditors
(sic); while with Pillsbury it was ac-
complished by calculation, mere rec
do not understand this reference
to PiHSbury
At one time the chess editor car
ried on 28 games by correspondence,
and used to recall the positions in
street, Uhere he did good deal OF
his dn1lyzing.
He also played blindfold, limiting 1t
to one game His blindfold playing was
better than his "skittles," as more care
seemed to be used One is often asked,
how to play blindfold. My answer is,
picture the board with the men set up.
Play as far as you can, and results
will follow. The picture of the board
in the mind will shift as the game
progresses. Pillsbury used to stop at
the end of each round Of moves in his
blindfold exhibition and fix the posi-
tions in his mind, before making a new
move on each board.
On his way from Italy, DR.. Alekhine
gave simultaneous exhibition at Genoa,
Italy, on May and 9, starting at 9
pm. and finishing at am. He played
Sc games, of which he won 40, drew 4
and lost 3.
4 FTER being in the lead in the in
~ tercollegiate tournament at Chi
cago, with five straight wins. in
cluding one from Nathan Bernhardt Of
New York. one of the contestants in the
test tournament for places on the United
States team in the recent international
team tournament, Martin G. Stark Of
this city, representative Of Harvard,
went into slump. and lost three
straight games, losing all chances for
first place.
The championship of Ireland has re-
Gently changed hands. A preliminary
tourney was started in october. 1882,
between j. j. O'Hanlor. j. J. Doyle
and B. ST. j. Calvin. O'Hanlon earned
the right to challenge the title holder.
named Cranston, and recently defeated
him, Az to 312.
Hungary, except as to Maroczy, Sc
lected its team for the team tourna-
ment at Folkistone by q selection tour