Evening star., 1933-05-27
In CHESS CIRCLES
r. ALEXANDER ALEKHINE.
world champion, will be the big
chess attraction at the Worlds
Fair of Cbiropo tbic Cup,p,ar
BY FRANK B. WALKER


In a blindfold simultaneous exhibition
to be given on July Is, he will attempt
to regain the record for such play by
competing against 80 boards. Pillsbury
at one time held the record, by playing
over 20 boards, against the best play
ers in Philadelphia. Then Alekhine
gained the record in 1924 in New York,
by playing blindfold against 26 boards,
which he later increased to 90 boards
in Paris. The present record of 80
blindfold games is held by G. Goltanow-
ski of Belgium. Alekhine is also to-
give an exhibition game, with living
men for pawns and pieces, in which he
will be opposed by Frank J. Marshall,
United States champion.
A tournament of international mas
ters is to be held in connection with
the Worlds Fair, to be contested by
five American experts and five foreign.
Alekhine is to play, and of course will
be the big attraction. No definite ar
arrangement has yet been made.
A MOTHER attraction will be a chess
"A museum for the exhibition Of chess
sets. works Of art etc. At one time a
match for the championship of the
United States. between Frank j. Mar
shall and Isaac Kashdan. was con-
considered. A United States intercol-
legiate tournament is also to be held
There is also to be held the biennial
convention Of the International Chess
Federation. with delegates from 80
countries.
The international team tournament
is to be held at Folkestone. England
from June II to 26. and these dates
will permit the United States officials
and players who attend that congress
to cross the ocean and return to Chi
cago in ample time for the congress
there
Some of the teams which will take
part in the international team contest
at Folkestone next month have already
Britain, r. P Michell Sir George A.
Thomas, Sultan Khan, W. Winter and
one other; Hungary, G.. Maroczy. L,
Steiner DR.. A. Vajda, K. Havasi and
A. Lilienthal Sweden. K. Berndtsson,
E. Lundin, A. Wilson, G. Stoltz and
G. Stahlberg. The majority of Great
Britain's team played with London
against Washington. The Hungarian
team is a very strong one. l favor
the United States team over either Of
the teams mentioned.
End game No. "A from the Chess
Review: White Capablanca)-K on
KKt. @ on KRIS, RS on QKt and QKt8,
Ps on KR2, KKt2, KKt6. K4, ORR; 8
pieces Black tSir George Thomas
K on KR @ on KB Rs on K and KB7
Ps on KR3, KKt2, KB3. Q3, OBJ; 9
pieces. Capablanca played Q-R8 and
Thomas resigned. Had Thomas played
RxRP! he had at least draw, because
if QxR, RxR, etc, Capablanca could
have won by playing RxR. instead of
Q-R8, and if QxR, Ora!
Solution to end game No. 40. Alex
hines brilliant win from Torres-l,
BxB: 4, RIB. RxR; 5, KtXR, QxKt!
6. PKG, Kt-B7ch; 7, K-Kt, KtxP
mate.
THE fifty-seventh annual chess match,
i oxford vs. Cambridge University,
was won by oxford. So. In ST
matches. Cambridge won 26 oxford 25,
and were drawn
Byler and Bettinger are credited with
having played the longest game in the
championship tourney of Federal en-
ployes, viz. l9 hours. Byler appears to
have also figured in the shortest game,
with Mundelle, which went only l6
moves and lasted is minutes. Black
would have bettered his game by
IA, ,, BxB. but Is, KtxB, with
Q-Kt3 to follow, would have given
Byler an easy win.