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September 20th 1967 CHESS II

and concentrate on finding a plan to unravelhis pieces. For this purpose I recommend15 B—R4ch! B—Q2 16 BxBch NxB 17 B—K3followed by rook centralisation and aprobable draw though White might makesomething of his Q side pawn majority.

15 ... O—O16 QR—Ql P—QN317 N—K5 B— N218 R—Q3

Since Black is the better developed partyWhite has not even any moral right tolaunch an "attack".

18 ... QR— Ql19 R—N3

The last chance to salvage the draw was 19KR—Ql followed by general liquidation.

19 ... N—KS20 R—R3 B—Q3

Black's plan is simple—White's pieces willbe driven back or exchanged, leaving Blackin control of the queen's file and with astrong point on Q5.

21 N—Q3 Q—KB4Commencing a fine queen manoeuvre, at

the end of which White's position falls apart.22 BxB RxB 23 B—B2 KR—Ql 24

R—K3 R— Q5! 25 P—B3 N—Q3 26N—K5 Q— N4 27 R—Q3 N—B4 28P—B4 Q—K2 29 KR—Ql Q—B4!

Now material must fall.30 Q—B2 P—B3 31 RxR RxR 32

N—Q3 QxP 33 B—N3 RxN 34 R—KlRxB! White resigns.

THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATIONINTERNATIONAL RATING LIST: Current Ratings as of June I, 1967.

International grand masters active during 1966-7, and some of the more active internationalmasters as listed by the U.S. Chess Federation this summer are given herewith. Numbers areon USCF scale, based on competition with other IGM'S and IM's.

2670 Fischer U.S.A.Spassky U.S.S.R.

2660 Petroshan U.S.S.R.2650 Botvinnik U.S.S.R.

Tal U.S.S.R.2640 Stein U.S.S.R.2630 Geller U.S.S.R.2620 Korchnoy U.S.S.R.

Larsen DenmarkPolugayevsky U.S.S.R.Portisch Hungary

2610 Keres U.S.S.R.Smyslov U.S.S.R.

2600 Taimanov U.S.S.R.2590 Kholmov U.S.S.R.

Lutikov U.S.S.R.Uhlmann £. GermonyUnzicker W. Germany

2580 Boleslavsky U.S.S.R.Bronstein U.S.S.R.Foorman U.S.S.R.Gipslis U.S.S.R.Hort CzechoslovakiaNajdorf ArgentineReshevsky U.S.A.

2570 Benko U.S.A.Gligoric YugoslaviaIvkov YugoslaviaSavon U.S.S.R.Vasyukov U.S.S.R.Averbakh U.S.S.R.Evans U.S.A.

Suetin U.S.S.R.2550 Olafsson Iceland2540 Antoshin U.S.S.R.

R. Byrne U.S.A.Lein U.S.S.R.Ney U.S.S.R.Pachman Czechoslovakia

2530 Filip CzechoslovakiaKavalek CzechoslovakiaKrogius U.S.S.R.Liberzon U.S.S.R.Lombardy U.S.A.Matanovic YugoslaviaMatulovic YugoslaviaPan no ArgentinePomar SpainSzabo Hungary

2520 Bolbochan ArgentineCiric YugoslaviaDarga W. GermanyDonner HollandParma Yugoslavia

2510 Bilek HungaryEliskases AustriaOznos U.S.S.R.L. Schmid W. GermanySimagin U.S.S.R.Trifunovic Yugoslavia

2500 Gheorghiu RumaniaGurgenidze U.S.S.R.Pfleger W. Germany

Tringov Bulgaria2490 Barczay Hungary

Bobotsov BulgariaSanguinetti ArgentineStahlberg SwedenYanofsky Canada

2480 Barcza HungaryBisguier U.S.A.Dely HungaryMinev BulgariaRosetto ArgentineRossolimo U.S.A.

2470 Damjanovic YugoslaviaForintos HungaryJanosevic YugoslaviaLehmann W. GermanyLengyel HungaryO'Kelly BelgiumPadevsky BulgariaPen rose EnglandRobatsch Austria

^460 Ciocaltea RumaniaGhitescu RumaniaLilienthal U.S.S.R.Malic YugoslaviaTolush U.S.S.R.

2450 D. Byrne U.S.A.Flesch HungaryPilnik Argentine

2440 Guimard ArgentineHaag HungaryShamkovich U.S.S.R.

Amusing that Fischer ties first with Spassky in this U.S.-compiled table although his resultsi leading Russians have been patchy. His grading could of course be enhanced by his

iwxcping successes against not-quite-top opposition.