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I. A. HOROWITZ in collaboration with

Former World Champion, Dr. Max Euwe, Ernest Gruenfeld, Hans Kmoch,

and many other authorities This la test and im mense work, the most exhaustive of its kind , ex·

plains in encyclopedic detail the fine points of all openings. It ca rries the reader well into the middle ga me, evaluates the prospects there and often gives complete exemplary games so that he is not left hanging in mid.position with the query: Wha t happens now?

A logical sequence binds the continu ity in each opening. First come the moves wi th foo tnotes leading to the key position. Then fol· low pertinent observa tions, illustrated by " Idea Var iations." Finall y, Practical and Supplementary Var iations, well annotated, exemplify the effec tive possibi li ties. Each line is appraised: +, - 0 1' = .

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CHESS REVIEW 'H, ",etua, CHUS MAGAZIHf

lolume 32 Number 11 November 1964

EDITED &. PUBLISH~D BY

I. A. Horowitz

Tl.lble of Contents Chess Caviar ... , . . . ..... . . .... . ... 342

Chess Club Directory .. . ... . , ... ... 322

Chess Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Finishing Touch ....... . . . .... . , ... 340

Gam e of the Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Games from Recent Events . ... .. .. . 343

Mechanism of the Move . . ...... .• .. 336

Postal Chess .. .... .. . ..... . .. ... .. 348

Problem art . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , . . . 329

Robert Byrne, .. . . .. . .. . .. ... .. .... 330

Solitaire Ch ess .... . ........ . .•... , 347

Spotlight on Open ings , . .. . , ... , . .. 333

World of Ch ess., .... , .. ... .. .. ... 323

eXECUTIVE EDITOR h.ck Strale y Cattell

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS A . B_ Blsguier, J. \V. Colllns,

T. A, Dunst, Dr. M. Euwe, Hans Kmoch, \Y. Korn, P. L. Rothenberg and

Dr. P. Trifunovlch.

CORRESPONDENTS Alabama TIL 111. Cockrell. Alaska S. H. O'~elli. C~lifornia Dr. H . Ral~[on. :\T. J. Royer. COlorado J . J . Reid. District of Columbia R. S. C"n[\\"cll. Florida 1<. C. Eastwood. Georgia BraiJweli Deen. Idaho n. S. Vandenberg. Illi nois J. G. Warren. Indiana D. C. Hills, D. E. Rhead. IOWa J. Ill. Osness. Kansas K. R. ~IacDonald. Louis ian a A. L. i\lcAlIley. Maine L. EldrIdge. Maryland Charles Barasch, Dr. ,Yo R.

Bundick. Massachusetts R. B. Goodspeed. Michigan l-t. Dllskager. Minnesota R. C. Gove. Mississippi E. A, Duming. Minouri E. A. Talley. Nebraska B, E. Ellsworth, Jack Sprnce. Nevada R. L. Wheeler. New Hampshire Ralph M. Gerth. New York Edward Lasker, H. 1IL Phillips. North Carolina Dr. S. Noblin. N01·th Dakota D, C. Macdonald. Ohio R. 13. HayeiJ, J . R. Schroeder. Oklahoma J. Haley. Pennsylvania J. E. Armstrong. South Carolina P,·of. L. L. Foster. South Dakota lIf. I''. Anderson. Tennessee Mu. Martha Hudt. J. G. Sulli-

van, Jr. Texas Homer H. Hyde. Utah Harold LundiJtrom. Virgin ia Leonard Morgall. Wisconsin E. Olfe. Wyoming E. F . Rohl!f.

CANADA Alberta Percy Connell. British COlumbia Dr. N. Divinsl<y. Manitoba M. Stover. Ontario R. D. Jacques. Quebec M. Moss. Sukatchewan Frank Yerhott.

CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1964

COMING EVENTS IN THE U. S, AND CANADA

Abbrevlatlons-SS Tmt: Swiss System Tour­nament (In 1st round entrleo paired by lot or selection: In subsequent rounds players with similar scores paired). RR Tmt: Round Robin Tournament (each man plays every other man). KO Tmt: KnOCk-out Tourna. ment (IOiJers Or low sCorers ellmlnated). n: Cash p";zes. EF': Entry fee. CC Chess Club. CF: Ches~ Federation. CAl Chess As­sociatlon. CL: Chess League. I'Id: rounds. USCF dues: $5 membership per year.

NATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP February 7 to 13, 1965

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Ma ine - Novem ber 13 to 15

Sixlh altl!lIal Maine Open . at Portland YMCA: 6 Rt! SS Tmt, 45 movesl2 hours: S5 per EFs, trophy to winner: inqUIrIes to Sl uart Laughlin. 68 Prospect Street, Portland, n-hine.

Ve rmont _ November 14 & 15

Norwich UnilJer5ily Open at Northfield, Vermont (303 Webb Hall , NU campus ) regisler by 10:30 .UI , November 14: 5 Rd 55 Tmt, '~5 movcsi 2 hours: EF $4: S$ and book awards : inqu iries and advance en. tries to Prof. S. C. Hawkins, Dept, of Engli sh, \'orwich Uniy. , i\'orthfield, Vt.

New Jersey _ November 20 to 22

Ninth. Annlln! South. Jersey Amaleur Open al Plaza MOlor Hotel, 500 Cooper Street, Camden, New Jersey: 6 Rd SS Tml: register hy 8 PM, November 20: EF S5 (juniors $3) plus USCF dues: trophies for lst, 2d, 3d and 1st in Class A, B, C and Unrated 'and Serpico Memorial trophy 10 highest SJCA member: inquiries to

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Iowa- November 21 to 22 71h Alllllwi Thanksgiving .'10·30 Open :II

Cedar Valley CC of Waterluo Yf-.-lCA, 154 W . 4 S treet, \Vaterloo, Iowa: 6 fid 5S Tmt: EF' $5 ( rdund: adults $2, s luden ls $3) : SS 1-4, SIB. S12, $6 & $3 : special room rales. tiJlle of rounds. added SS, in. quire of J. r-.l. Osne~s, address above.

W isconsin- November 26 to 29 Norlh Celliral Open at Plankinlon

Hotel, 609 No. Plankinton Av., Milwau­kee, Wisconsin: 7 Rd 55 Tmt, 50 moves;' 2V3 hou rs : IF SI3 (junior $10) plus uscr dues: $S fund $14-00, 1·3, $300, $200 & $100, and $ 12.50 to others for each half-point. above 4V2, and $ll & lro­phies for top woman, junior, Class A, 13, C, D and unrated: inquiries to J\liss Pearle Mann, 1218 Railway Exchange Bldg., Milwaukee, Wisc. 53202.

Arizona_ November 27 to 29

Arizol!a Open at Adult Cenler. nOI \V Washington St. , Phoenix, Ariwna: 6 Rei SS Tm! : rcgi ~ l cr by 7:30 P;>'1. :--Iov. 27: EF $7 (82 refund 011 completing all games) plus USCF ducs: SS }·3, $50, $25 &: $15 plus Irop hies, ant! tit le and t rophy to lop woman, jlwior (under 21), A, B, C, D and unrated (addit ional if EFs per. mit ): trophy and title 10 ranking Arizon. an; inqui ries to .1. Aden, 7J:1-9 E. Coronado Rd., Scottsdale, Arizona, \\-'£-1-5 ·0297.

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WHERE TO PLAY CHESS

PHOENIX CHESS Cl.UB Phoenix Adult Center, 1101 West Wash­ington 8t, Phoenix, Arizona : Tuesday it: Friday 7 :30 PM; phone then 262-6471

BERKELEY YMCA CHESS CLUB 2001 Alls ton W ay, Berkeley 4, Californ ia : Phone: 848·6800 M eets Wednesdays at 7 PM

PLUMMER PARK CHESS CLUB 7377 Santa MonIca Blvd. Hollywood, California Meets every Monday and Friday

CITY TERRACE CHESS CLUB 1126 North Hazard Street Los Angeles 63, California Meets Wednesday 7 to 12 PM

HERMAN STEINER CHESS CLUB 8801 Caabla Street Los Angeles 35, California

BROWARD COUNTY CHESS CLUB 1440 Chateau Park Rd, Ft. Lauderdale, F lorida: Mondays 7 PM "Ull morning" in Lauderdale Manors Recreation Ct r .

ORLANDO CHESS CLUB Sunshine Park Orlando, Florida Open evenings trom 8even P M on

ST. PETERSBURG CHESS CLUB, Inc, 54.0 Fourth Avenue N St. Petershurg, Florida

CHESS UNLIMITED 474.7 North Harlem, Chicago, IlUnols Friday 8 PM to 1 AM, Phone: GL 3·4:1117 H. C. Stanbridge, Pres.

CHICAGO CHESS CLUB 64 East Van Buren Street Chicago 5, IllInois Phone: WE 9·9515

GOMPERS PARK CHESS CLUB U22 W. Foster, Chicago 30, Illinois Fridays 7:30 PM - 11:45 PM Phone: PE 6-4.338

OAK PARK CHESS CLUB S tevenson Fieldhouse, Taylor and Lake Streets, Oak Park, I1I1nol8 l.feete Wednesday evenings

INDIANAPOLIS CHESS CLU B Shera ton-Lincoln, 117 W. Wa~h ington ,

Indianapolis, Indiana : Fri. 6--12 PilI ; Sat. llOOIl-12 PM ; S un. noon-9 P M

PORTLAND CHESS CLUB YMCA. 70 Forest Avenue Portland, Maine Meets every Friday nigh t.

SPRINGFIELD CHESS CLUB Meets every Thursday, 7 PM at tile Al<~L-ClO Hq. 221 Dwight Street Springfield, Massachusetts

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For how your club ea.n be \lilted write to CHESS REV1EW. LEADING CLUBS OF NORTH AMERICA

EAST BRUNSWICK CHESS CLUB VFW Hall, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, New Jersey: phone: 254·9674 Meets every Wednesday night

ELIZABETH CHESS CLUB Mahon Playground, So. Broad st. near St. James Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey Meets Monday and Friday evenings

JERSEY CITY YMCA CHESS CLUB 654 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, N. J . Meets at 7: 30 PM Every Tuesday and F riday

LOG CABIN CHESS CLUB (Founded 1934)

.At the home ot E. Forry Laucks 30 Collamore Ter race West Orange, New Jersey Champions of the N. Y. "Met" League. 1948_ Orglloh<ed and founded the North J e rsey Chess League and Inter-c hess League, F ira t to helll In large scale In ter+stat e mUches, First to fly by air to Deep R iver Chess Club. First to promote largest International match of 18 and 19 boards, Firs t to make transcontinenta l and International barn­atonnlng tours. Played Interclu b matches In 5 Mexican ",tates. 5 Canadia n p rovlncM a nd a]] 50 Unlt&d Stites hut 5, to 1958. Villi ted 11 coun tries and flew hy plane to a - all in 1958.

QUEEN CITY CHESS CLUB 210 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo 22 New York: P Ilone: TL-3-4300 Open dai ly 12 noon to 2 .AM

NASSAU CHESS CLUB Brierely Park Game Room, Clinton & Dartmouth St ., Hempstead, New York Meets every Wednesday evening

HUNTIN GTON T'NSHIP CHESS CL U B Old Fields Inn, 81 Broadway, Greenlawn. :;\few York : meets T Ilursday 8 P M Phone: AN·I-6466.

JAMAICA CHESS CLUB 156·10 Jamaica. Avenue, Jamaica, New York; open daily, afternoon and evening. Phone : JA 6-9035.

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ta ken up a new hobby because you po ints on your chess r a ting ? "

you've lost 20

LEVITTOWN CHESS CLUB Levittown (N,Y.) Public Library, Blu .. grass & Shelter Lanes, Thursday eve Ings: phone: PE-1-3142

CHESS &. CHECKER CLUB OF N. y, 212 W 42 St NY 36, JoIln Fursa, Dlr. Open dally afternoon & even; no memo bershlp fees: public Invited.

THE QUEEN'S PAWN Lba Lane's Greenwich Vlllage Chess Center, 122% 7 Av. So (W, 10th St.) N. Y. CH-2·9456 2 PM - 2 .AM exc_ Monday

LONDON TERRACE CHESS CLUB 470 W. 24 St., New York 11, N. Y. Meets Wednesday evening!! Telephone: S1.-6-2083

MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB 353 West 67 St., New York 19, N. Y. Henry Hudson Hotel, near 9th Avenue Telephone: 01-5--9478

MARSHALL CHESS CLUB 23 West 10 Street New York, New York Telephone: GR-7-3716

ROSSOL1MO CHESS STUDIO Sullivan and Bleecker St., New York, New York; GR·5-9737; open dally from 6 PM, Sat . & Sun, trom 2 PM

WESTCHESTER BRONX CHESS CLUI 2244 Westchester Av" Bronx, N. Y. Near Parkchester TA·i!·0607 Meets Friday evenings

PARKWAY CHESS CLUB Central Park YMCA 1105 Elm St ree t , Cincinnati 10, Ohio T hurs. evening & Sunday a fternoon

CHESS CENTER, Inc. Masonic Building. 3615 Euclid Avenue, Clev~land, Ohio Phone: E N-1-9836

CO L UM B US "Y" CHESS CL u a 40 West Long Street Columbus, Ohio

DAYTON CHESS CLUB at Dayton Puhllc Libra ry, P_ O. Box 323 Dayton, Ohio 45401 7 PM, F r iday evenings

TULSA CHESS ASSOCIATION MaBee Red Shield Boys Club 1231 North H arvard, Tulu., Ok la. Meets Wednesda y evenings.

CHESSME N OF MARPLE_NEWTOWN 8 PM Wed ., at the old Broomall Library bldg" 2nd fl oor, Sproul and Springfield Roads, Broomall , Pennsylvania

FRANKLIN- MERCANTILE C, C. 133 South 13 Street, Philadelphia. Pa . Open every day including Sunday if members wish.

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CHESS REVIEW

INTERNATIONAL Capablanca Memarial

The th ird Cu.pablanca ~{emoria l , held at Ha" lllI a, Cuba, ended wi th grandmas. ters Wolfga ng Uhl mann of East Germany and Vassi ly Smysluv of the Soviet Union tied fu r first place with sixteen points out of a possible twenty·one each. !\Tark Taim· ano\' of the Suviet Union placed th ird at 15Yt, and l.arry Eva ns, who had been lead ing f,mr nUIIH!s from the end, founh at a %.

CUllI lJlcring the tOJl ten were: LajlJs P"rt isch " f Hungary 14, Nicola P adcvsky of Bulga ria und Gideun Stahlbe rg ,If Swede n 13 each . Lud ek P achman of Czt.'Cho.~ l llvHk ia 12 a nd Johannes H. Don. ner of the Netherlands and Hector R os· se tto of Argentin ll 111/:< each .

Uhlmann d efeated R. G. Wade of En!!­.a ml in the Just rOllnd , and Smyslov took o\'er It Ortega of Cuha.

Larsen Follows Through The Danish in te rna tiona l grandmaster,

Bent La rsen, continues h is winn ing sn ide. His latest success was scored. in the nn· nunl L LI,,\ !. i nHll'U ... tional Tournamcnt at An15tcnb m. H" lI und, where he scorell 7.2, ahead of 1. H. Donner, 6%-2Y2. Aus tria's Dtl eck~ t e in Wll~ third with 6·3.

Tobacco Tournament Th e Second Inte rnational Niemeyer In­

ternat iolllli T ,)Ilrnament , s ponsored by the Niemeyer Tollacco Company and held in Groningen. H,)JJand, \\'as won joint ly by It Hartoch of Holland a nd J. Slot h of Denmark, each 7Y2·1%. T hird place was captured by K. Hu lmer of \Vest GennallY, 7.2.

Italian Inte rlude In a tOHl'nalllent at the San llenedetto

del Tron t" COII!; I'CSS in Ital y, PrH1tov of Bll igaria wus victorious with 7.2. Two Yugoslavs, Andjel kuvic and Gyantar. shared secund and third prizes wit h 6 lh·2V2 each. Ei:;;hteen players purtie]. oated.

{oward the Women's Title Tal yn nl\ Zat ulol'skaya and Alia Kush·

nir, both o f the Soviet Union, and J\-!ilun ka Lalarel'i ch of Yugoslavia tallied 12Y~4%

CH F.~S REV t EW, NOVEMB ER, 1964

tach 10 l ie for fir~t place in the "':omen's Challengers' Tuurnamenl for lhe ""uld ChamlJionshill. Our own rcpresenlatives, ~f i ss Lisa Lane and Mrs. C. K. Gresser. ~cored 1 and 6'h IluinlS respectivel y.

Swindles Count Enl ivened by the addition of teams fr"m

Fnlll ce and Holla nd, the curren t Glonwy Cup Jun ior eom[lct it ioll (res tricted in the I)a"t to Engl and . Scot land. Wales and rn:land} wa~ annexed by I::ng land with II na rro"' twent~--poin t ma tch ,·ictor)'. Hoi· land was next wi th 19%. and Scotland, fielding it,; most IlOwerful tcam ever, n"tcht..J 19. Amusingly, t he British I)u bi i. cat ion Chess sa)'s tha t the English trium ph was due in part to a "superior talent for swi ndlin g."

Ti9ht Race The Clare Benedict lnl ernu liunul Team

Tournament ended in a win for the com­petent West Genllan team, but only by the slim margin of half It po int. Germany. sooring 12 match points, was closely pur· sued by Holland, 11112. Austria , II , and S I)a in, I O~.

Estonia Trounces Finland [n a match between F" inland lind Estonia.

the la tter established a clear superiority by 15-7. On top bOlard, Paul Keres ellsily disposed Olf E. Bouk by 11h.1h.

Chess and Detection Che~s has bad h s men tion almost from

the ri l'S t in de leetive Ciction . Perha ps. some reader would care to S\lbmll a tbor­ough sUfl' ey. at lea s t of a given a uthor! Is there c hess mentioned III Wil kie Coi· IIns' ""Ioonstone" for In stllnee? We Clln­not recal l. Edgar Allan Poe does mention It, but once anyway to compare It unCav. orably with checkers . A. Cona n Doyle does , but a lso sometimes unfavo l'ably: "The ma rk of a schemIng mind. \\rat~on!"

Chess has gl'OWn. however, In t he literature of detection. Haymond Chand· lel"s Philip Marlowe relaxes willi chess, And, cur iously. t he " tough guys" In de· tectlve a nd spy fic tion go for It most. )I\n Fle ming's books refer to It orten. And some mean vil1ians III them practice it. And Matt He lm. the uttel'i)' eoldblooded A merican sc<;ret operative ot Donald Ha milton's series, knows his chess. too.

Lea!'ll chess and conquer!

Vol. 32, No.11 NOVEMBER 1964

UNITED 5T A TE5 REGIONAL AND INTERSTATE

Payne Pans Out The velerall expert John P ayne Qf

Curpu,; Christi, Texas, capped years of IOUlnamcnL com petitiun with a clear 6%. % 10 hag I)\(J SoU! hwesl Open held in San Antonio. HlIllnc nlll was Air Force Lieutenant Peter Gould , 6·1. :\ hnsl (If

cighlHwo players a ttended.

Far West Communique Sidney Ru bin, 5V:d~, wun the Rock)'

:\{ountain Open ahead .. f the following four 5-1 scorers: S. Priebe, P . Quillen, K. Stan] and M. Bu rkett. This qua r td

fini shl,.-d in th e ol'(!er mentioned on a tie. break basil;.

Canadian On Top At the Pittsbuq,;;h Chess Club, Ivan

Theodorovitch of Canada conquered in the Fiftll Annual Gateway OJ)Cn with a 5·0 sweep. Tom \Vozney, 41,4-1;2, placed second in the foUty.seven plarer ruckus.

CALIFORNIA J erry Hanken of the Ci t y Terrace Ches~

Club in Los Angde~ did himself proud with '3 clear 6Y2-% first in the CaliFornia Open. He WII S followe d by T. Weinberger and W. Cunningham, eaeh 6.1. There were nine ty.one players.

FLORIDA The slate' s thirtY' lllayer open touma·

ment was credited 10 Miro Radojcic o f New York wit h an unchallenged 6-1. T ied fo r second and third were J uan G(ln7.alez and Roger A. Curlyle, 51,4-1 % eaeh.

IOWA

T hree invaders from /lIinllcsota divided the sJloils from tile fifty.seven.player I owa Open when they each .. cured 4Yl-%. The victors were Curt Brasket, Miltoll Ottescil and James H. YOUlig.

NEW YORK The world· famous !'Ihw;hall Chess Clu b

of New York City, founded in 1915 by former United Star es challlilion Frank J. Marshall, announCes commemoration next year nf its fiftieth anniversary as the

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to Richa rd Cohen of 51, P aul . !\Iinnesot~ , wilh an nverardtill!!" score of 5·1. As hi ghes t ranking North Dakol(UI . Dr. \ ' eslor Kolll!t. '~%·J1h , was al,'arded the ~ta t e lille.

OHIO )10 leu than six playe rs a re Oh io co·

cham!I ions II ~ II resu lt (I f a sixly·!>C\,en· entry affair in Clevelllnd, James Harkins. Tvm Wozney. David Pre" ser, Richa rd Kause, G. Kellner and D. Rel-nolds all finished with 51h·l%,

T he women's sl al e lit lc WU5 won ll\' A nn J epson.

WASHINGTON Premier honors in lhe "" ash ing-ton .h w·

ior championship tourney were gaincd by John Braley of Sean Ie. Jcrn' W olfe malched his 4· 1 game scor~ but fell back slight ly on Swiu poinls. T hird was Gene Fomin. 31h·llh . S i .~teen [l l a~'e r~ to"k plln .

LOCAL EVENTS

Al{!ska, Possibly hark ing back Iv gold. rush days, a contest in Fai rbanks wu< d ubbed the Golden Daye T ournament. Oska r Weber won it wil h 4-y:!.% . ahea{1

,\ , Stenehklein tau~ht h is dOl; to play "t cheu but couldn't kcep 11 Interested, "or tho P otwna lind (he pi eces, "he 8"-y~, "Jt Wa~ ~ irk of Olle "lid h " lf·dnlln' over the oth er,"

are Pawn, I{n lght (not too distinctive) . BIshop, Hook, Queen and KIng. Nex t page shows Initial setup Rnd a possible check· mate, Blac k being mated.

of F1o)'d Stretch, 4·1. Sel'enleen "layers wtore atl racted to t he even!.

Arizoll(l. Jnck L Gibson was vict()r in tho top section of 11 ra ting tournament run by the Phoeni)!: Che~s Club.

Calijo",jl/. A Sanla ~'I on ica Bay Chess Chess tourney saw E mory Gardos ("merge Oil lOp wit lt a 51h.l/2 la lly. RunnerUI) wa$ Frank JfcReyn(l]ds, ,).1.

Coloratio . In Dcnver, Hobert Shean won a rating tournamenl b )' nosing Ollt l\'lurvill Katz on !'.'Icdiaa points. Both playe r ~

regislered 5-Y2.% gamc~ scores.

Conn ectic/lt. A round robin for the Ha rt. ford Chess Club Challl l)ionshiji was gar ner;:<1 by Dr. J oseph Platz with a fi ne 10·2 score. Lawrence Noderer, 9%.2Y2. placed second .

!Jistrict oj Columbia. In the Pan Ameri. call Clles.;; Club champinnsh ip Joaq uin Zald iva r of EI Salvador look a playoH by 2·1 again ~t Dan iel E. Matt hews of the United Sla tes.

lIar(Jllii . Honol ulu was the scene of the Oa hu champion ship , ,"'Oil hy Lloyd K awa· lll u ra, 5·0. Ne)!:1 was F red Borges, 4·1,

Illinois. Cht:S~ lJ1 asler Angelo Sandrin ha~

walked off with II 4Jh·Yz triUlJlph in (I

30/ 30 tourney in Chicag(l. Score;; of 4.\ were IlUsted by N. Goncharoff, Vi ct"r :'lllrkevicius, } l orlun Ha mel'ntesh lind S lavko fo.Iihailovich,

flidillllil. A ma tch between Ihe Iml iallapolb Chess Club and the Weslern Elccl ric Chess and Checke r CI \l b of I ndiana ll"I i.< was won crush ingly hy Ihe rormer wil h a 14%.4l),t ta ll y.

MII.!SlIcllUselts. Tyi n!l, fvr first and sc:c, und places in th e Cumh ridge lrwitlltio t\ a J

ON THE COVER Samuel Reshe\'sky i ll sched uled to pla r

rl rst boa rd rOi' Lhe U. S . T eam hI Lhe Ol}'mpiad in Israel th lll month . P al Ben ko wlll defe nd second boarel.

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were Stephen Brandwein and John Cu rdo, followed by Carl Wagner in Ihird plact!.

In the Northeast Chess League. the M e rr imac Valley Chess Club o f West Newbury ca pturer! f ir s t by win ning eight mutehel\. The tea m lost two encount ers and drew two. The Lowell Ches~ Cl uh wa~ runnerup.

:llissouri. The Ca l)ablanca Chess CJub ClaS!> A a nd B Tournament in SI. Louis bi nder! in the pl us column [01' eowinners Ed Dickerson and Dal'id Edwards. Dicke r· ~"n was ll'lu rnamen l d irector as well.

·,'elt! f ew.'Y. Al lhe Jersey City Y?l CA Chess Club, Dav id Ka plan dominated lhe ' ie ld with un invincible 5·0 score, Ii full .JOint in frunt of Dennis Bowe.

.V('w York. B e n G reenwald was top ba· nllna a t t he Ki ngs County Chess CJuh in Brook lyn, where he swellt all before him. T. J. Kell y lind S. Morrison d ivided :'-tcond and Ihird prizes.

:Vortl! Coroli/UI. Daniel Richman, 7·0, had

no difficulty pocketing t he Greensboro Beunion Invita ti onal. Considerably behin d in a tie for second and thi rd were J ohn Keen and Milton Evans, each 5Y:J-Pk

Ohio. Duncan Sutt les, who has S"haped up

HS a r eal comer in American chess. put logether a 5·0 t riumph in the Cincinnat i O llen. Scores of 4-1 were made by Roger Underhil l. George Berry, Pal Forsee and T humas ~fazucho\~ski.

Cl~ES S RE VI EW . NOVE MBE R, 1964

PellllsY/lJ(lnia. Tn Ihe Delaware Valley Open, II l ie fo r fi rst and second w,s lllrned in by Richard J. Pll riseal! and \ 1)'I"<JIl Ze1 itch. each 4%.%. Ross Nickel , 4.1 , wus a clear thi rd . There were Ihirt)·. r ... u I' players.

AnOlher 5lIeCe~$ for Hicha rd J. P!triseall accrued in IlLe Bucks C<lunty Chess Club of Newtown when he scored II 5·0 sla m. J)"nald Latzel. 3%.IVt. WII S second.

Ron Standley, 5%-Y2, waa kingpin of the Pitlslmrgh Inte rscholastic TQurna menl.

Five players l ied fo r second at 41h.1% and finished in a Solkoff tiebreak in th~

foll owing order: Ken Shouing, G. Powell, Glen Aston·Reese, Bob Hucmmrich a nd Ian Heiss.

Rhode IS/(lil d. Alex Keyes occupied a key Ilosition in lhe Provid ence Open by scor,

ing 4~I..!·Y:!. Next were \Varren Chamandr. Mill on F'rt.-den hurgh. Frederick Oke rhoh" a n d Jame$ lI agsdnle, each of whom scored 3%. 1112.

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Texas. In the P anhandlc·Permiun Basin Opcn , held at Odes~a , the fin al standings ~howed ~hx Bur ke tt and R. R. McCread y tied for fi rst at 4lh· lh. T hey were follow. ed by Hector M. Fabela, Char l ~s W'inston a nd Robert A, Parmelee, 4-1 each,

The Brazos Open W IIS WUII IJ }' Rohert Briege r on tie-hreak points a ft e r he lind William A. Bills made the identi cal game score, Both were undefeated , clinced ing only II draw apiece.

IfY(fshillgtoll . Viktors Plll)ol s seized the Seatt le Seafai r Opcn wit h II IP/2·1y:! game score (shared by four other .,laycrs) a nd II cl~e t ie·break margin.

CANADA T he Canadian Ollen ill Sca rb"w ugh,

Onlario. was a Rum an h oliday fu r inler · Ilutional grandmaste r I>a l 13 o:nko of New Y"rk , whose 8Y2.P/2 winnin g Ill il y was llJarn:d only by a lu ~s to Z, Vrnll c,,;ic "f Torunto. run nenJI ' with 8·2. O. M lnn, D. Suttles and L. W ill each scored 7 Y~;?"2jh-

0, A. Yanofsk y, F, R. Ander,,;un. L. J oyne r. Z. Vranes ic a nd E. MacskaH are listed in the la test off icia l ra ling list "r the ah~ss Federat ion of unada a,. mas· ters a bo\'e the 2300 cl ass ificatif)!1. L. \V itl and H, V, Zizys are next wit h 22U anll 224S poinls respectively.

FOREIGN China

Allparcntly the Red C1lincse h:I\'c aba ndoned tl le ir oldst yic chess- with a symbolic rJ\'er. for example, ru nning ac ross t he middle of an enlarged boa rd­a nd ha l'e officiallv embraced the \Vestc rn for m of the game. Anyway, the 19M Chinese Champion5hip, pl ayed will. our ,,'el l·known thirty.two Pawn s and j)ieces, was won by twen ty·two year old Chien Min g.chi.

England fn the annual Devon Congress lOp lour.

nllment , Peter H. Clarke won out a lJcad if a lsorans J. H . Beaty and i\l .\ Iacdon· aid- Ross.

France Dr. RoDs becamc na tional challl piu!I on

a pplication of tie·break point s. Mazzoni was TUnnertlp,

A. S tellc hklein a~k~: "tr Hanij Kmoch CUn ilpeak of Bent Lar~en us the Grcttt Da ne of e he~, is Zuc kerman thO) St. a"rna.rd?"

LUCtLL E KELLNER We regret 10 I'eporl l he dea th of ili lss

Lucille Kellner who had tong and a bly rep resented hel' sex In bOlh c rossboard a nd postul IIlay. In F. S. Opens, In Wes· lern Ollen$, In U. S. Women's Champion· s h i llS, at home Itl Deu'oit and across the conntl"}, In the Golden Kn igh ts Postal Champions hips. Deu'ol t Is holding a com· memol'alive tourna me nt for her i n De· cember (JH!e "Tournament Calendal·") .

Israel A training tou rlHllllClll fur thc nat ion;] l

Learn schedu led to Ilia }, in the Ol ympiad was won by Krcidmar.

New Zealand 1. E. Eriksen , with nn outstand ing score

of 8% ·1 %, copped the correspondenc(' championship of Ne w Ze aland. D. .1. Cooper lind D, R. Walker followed wi lh 7·3 each .

Scotland Eighteen yeu r old A. 1\1. Dal'ie won t hc

Scou is'h chnnWioJls hip wit h an e1eganl 8·1 score, well a head of G. Bonner an \l .\f. Macdonald- Ross, each 61f.!.21f.!.

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TOURNAMENT CALENDAR (Continued from page 321)

South Ca rolina-November 27 to 29 Anllual South Carolina (clQsed ) Clwln­

'liol/sMp at Fosler School of the Dance, 1600 T renholm Bd., Columbia, South Carolina : 5 Bd 55 'I'm!: register be/or c 7 ]>,'1 , Nov, 27: EF $2 plus user due~: trophies : inquiries to Prof. L. Fosler, ad· dress above.

T ennessee _ November 27 t o 29

Fifth Allllllal Mid-Sonth Open at Hotel Claridge, 109 North J\Iain Street, Memphis, Tennessee : 6 Rd 55 Tml , 40 rnoves/2 hours: registe r hy 1 Pili, November 27, play begins 2 I'M: EF (plus USCF & TCA dues ) $8 open d iv i~ i on; $6 B d ivision (1799 rating or less) ; $6 C division (1599 or less) ; SS open division 1st SlOO, 2d S50, 3d $25; trophics to ]st, 2d & 3d in Band C divi sion s : ilH!uiries to Frank Garne r, 5550 Park Avcnuc, l'l'lcmphis, Tennessee 38177.

Texas-November 28 to 29 Texas Open (It Hol iday Inn, lllte r~ tate

l-iwy . .35, ~ oll l h end of Denton, Texas : 5 Rd SS Tllll: EF $7.50 (college students. and 21 ami under S5) plus uscr and TCA dues: regbter optional 1st Rd, he· fore 8 ! ' ~ !' Nov. 27, else hefore 9 AM, No". 28: SS ls t SIOO guaranteed, addi · tional a.s EFs pefmit , trophie.s for top A, II & C, hooks for s(!eond ;

Texas Crmr/ir/ales. same place : 5 Bd SS Tml ( r e~ tri cted to qualified ) : EF $10 plus USeF and TCA dues;

Inquiries tv J. D. [-lam, 19 16 Fr. Worth Dr., Denton, Tcxas 76201 on both even ts. "

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Oklahoma- December 5 to 6 Okla/lOlIItt Open at Memoria l Uniun.

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Michigan-Dec. 31 to Jan . 3, 1965 /)rlroil Cil)' Open (lnd Lucille Kd hll"r

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THE ROBERT BYRNE ARTICLE

\\'hen Beth CassidY wrote her fin e pro­file of Robert B)"l"Ile (page 330) , she WaS Sla ting wha t was thought to b<) fact : tha.t the LOIll·nament in ArgcIltin," would finally confirm for Robert the title of interna.tional grandmaster.

ActLlaHr. we learned in CHESS REVIE \V during the tournament that Folk" Rogard. P '·e~i de 'H of the I··II)E. ha<l confirmed his liUe on represell 1a. tioll by Jerry Spann, USCI;' Vice-president in <:hn rg" of FIDE affai,·~ . of Hobert B)' r ne · ~ record a nd of the fact tha t participn.tion by U. S. mas ters in international events is not a. mere maU~ )· of c '·o.~ s i ng nearby fron li c r~.

I'·,·om hle" '·cpo,·!s. it ~ ec nl~ thc Uric is ~tm s\! bJect to confinn atlon b.v delegate's votes at the F'IDE meeting in TCI Aviv. AI~o. lO ~a" e (I, ll s~vcrlnJ; r<)ader commcn ts

~Ure W come: yes. we be!iel·c tha t . In K ram ­er- Byrne (pago 331). White miSMd hi.< chance wil h \3 Q_ R·I, fo ,' 13 Q· .N6. P·Bl I I P· i(:\4 looks good to U8.

The photo aool"e is another by Belh Ca~ . sid~·. Cl"owded off page 331.

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STUDENT CHESS OLYMPICS THE ANNUA L STUDENT CHESS Ol.YMPICS enjoy incrclt:< ing inter-

est. The reason is obvious. At a time when top-level chess has he­come more th<l l1 eve r before a matter of spec ializat ion and whe., the high tempo of li ving rapidl y exhausts what tnlentthere is, the seureh for ),ol1 ng, new t1l lent is in tense.

Nea rly all chesspla yers of inte rn ati onal caliher, moreove r, hclong to (l cademic circles. So it is clear thaI the desired new talents lltll,.t he sought fo r umong the studen ts.

Such tournaments are usefu l, too, in that th ey offe r a la l'l!-u 'lU llt ­ber of more or less gifted young men H chance to acquire in le l"lHlt iotlid ex pe rience wh ile a t the same ti me d ispl'lyi ng their ab ilit y.

Ai; to ab il ity, each yea r the J)]ayers have heen st.-olige r. III the recellt tou rnament :11 Cracow, many of the players \\-ho appea n .. 'd al read y had reputations.

Th is lime, the Ru ssia n team WO Il conv incingly; CzecllOslovakia li nd Hun gaq' secured second and third places respectively. [The Ulli ted St il les wu s fou rth: see fuller story, page 2,1)9, September iss!1e.-Ed.]

The foll owing game was awarded a special pr izc-wll et li er ri glltl )' or wrongly ca n he judged by the fo llowing ana lysis. At any rale, it :'lho\\'3 again how long it la kes a specific theoretica l d iscovery to reach the heights of Oly mpus.

c .... cow 1964

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

(Or th odox Variation)

D. Marovich T. Tsagan

Yugosl .. vi .. Mongo lia

WJJite Black

1 P_Q4 P_Q4 7 N_B3 P- B3 2 P- QB4 P_K3 8 B-Q3 p,p

3 N- QB3 N_KB3 9 B,P N_Q4 4 B_N5 B_K2 10 B)(B a .. , P-K3 0 - 0 11 <>-0 N,N 6 A-B l QN- Q2 12 AxN P-K4

13 Q_B2 • • • •

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The ten mOI·e is one wh h:h I!i\ ~'~ While good c ha nces .

13 . . . .

'fh ls exchange is 110t t"lIIlre tr willt" 011t objection. S tahlberg ,·e(·olll tll ends 1 3 . . . K- nl t o whkh "\Vhlt('· s Iw~t ;ll1~ll"er·

appellt"s to be 14 &-:.'\3.

The line 13 ... P- K 5 14 :\" - Q2. :\" - B3 It) n -N3 followeu by R- BS- K5. /I recom· mendatlon by Yukol'lch. :1:< ; 1I ~o atll' an" tngeous for " "hite"

14 PxP N- B3

S ince t he game. Pln;- T;trlHkOI·er. N"oOl"dwljk 1938. th i ~ mOl"c hll ~ been known to be in enor" H ... :\"- :\"3 , is (;on·ect though ""hlte obtain~ 1;00(1

(;hnnces, according to Filip. II"t lh I" H- K3 !

15 R-Kl 16 N_ N5 !

Q- Q3 . . . .

(See d iall r 3m, to p o f next (o'umo )

A \·ery interesting posit ion . " llu mbe,· or varlatio l1S foliow which dem·l)" ill\11'" U"1lte Black 's difficu lties:

1) 16 ... D-Q2 17 Q- f\:3. :\"- ,,;; IS, UxPt, K -IU 19 R- R3, N - 1l3 20 Q- Q:I .

t = elleek; * ~ dbl. ellec:k; t = d(~ . ell.

by DR. MAX EUWE

Pos ition after 16 N-N5 !

D-D~ 21 QxD! lind Wh ite wins (Pl rc­T arlakover) ;

2) 16 . .. P- Klt3 J7 NxP. IhN 18 Q-:\"S: Q- BI 19 ll- U3! and White wins:

3) 16 ... Q- B 5 17 Nx BP and (II) 17 " . " N- Q4 18 DxN", PxB ]9 H- B3. QxQP 20 N- N5 with grellL advantng-e for White or (b) 17 . .. RxN" IS H- ]{7, N-Q~ 19 BxN. PxB 20 Ih:H! and White win s:

·1) 16 . .. QxQP ]7 R- D3! with II destructi ve a ttack for "\Vhile.

16 . . . . B-N5

It remains !~ q ueli tion whether t his mOI' e Is better t hall lilly of the a llerna· tives prese!lled above.

17 R_K N3 " . . . Allhough White does succeed with tbls

("ontlnualion. it Is fa l· from convincing. An analysIs by Prln$ in the th iJ·ties ran : 17 :\"xDP, HxN 18 BxRt. KxB 19 Q- N3t, K-Dl [19 . . " 1\- :'13 20 P- KR3!] 2{l QxP . H- N"l 21 QxRP. RxP 22 i{xP! and nOli' 22 . . . HxHP CIII1110t be played beca,lse o( 23 Q- NS! nor 22 .. " QxH because of 23 Q-R3t"

17 . . . . B-R4

He re the conseq uences of 17 " " . Qxi> are not clen r; but the tex t mo\'e. with which Black th reatetlS to consolidate h is game b)- ... D- N3, seems better"

18 R- KR3 B-N3

Here, hOWeVOl", the tex t simply leads to a loss! 18 .. . Q- J\"5 is conect a nd gives Black It good game. The reason will soon become apparent: Black·s Queen Is ve ry \'lllnernble on Q3.

(See d llg ram , t o p o f next page)

19 QxS ! " " . . A fine combination rewa nled by t he

brilliancy prize. Complete in ever y de­tai l, howevel". Il is given in an analysis by Kotaje\' and Sistnkov. ]lublished II.

Ii few years ago. Could the jury have

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Posit ion after 18 . 8· NS

knowil t hat 'l Pl'obably, the \Vhile pla ye r !l id. ·

19 . . . . 20 BxPt

RPxQ R.S

21 R-R8t 22 NxRt 23 NxQ

K.R K_ R2 . . . .

Kow Wh ite has achieved a winning endg ame. bu t its r ea liza t ion involves many diFficulties.

23 . . . . 24 R- K6

R-Ql N-Q4

· . . . 25 N-B7

25 . . . K- B5 26 R - K 4. RxN 27 RxN . P- B4 was thl·eatening. And 25 NxP is met simply by 25 ... R-QN L

25 . . . . R_K B1 26 N-NSt K- R3 27 N-B3 ....

27 P- KR·I is probably more accurate. On 27 . . . H-B5 28 P- KN3, Black cannot play 28 .. . HxQ P becau se of 29 R-KS. K - R4 30 P- B3 e tc.

27 . . . . R-·BS This move !!; only a. loss of tempo. 27

. .. R - B3 is pl'obably stronger. 28 P_KR4 R- B1

Black acts to s top 29 R- K8. 29 N_K5 30 R-Q6 31 P- B3

N_B5 K-R2 • • • •

T he te xt is better th an 31 P - K N3. N- R6t.

31 . . . . R-Kl 32 P-KN3 • • • •

but Now Black wins ba ck the Pa wn, White had a d ifficu lt choice in view o[ the th rea t of 32 . . . P - B4 .

32 .... 33 K-B2 34 P-B4

N- K7t NxQP · . . .

• 1'he mOre probably in t hat the analysis mentioned in several book~ on openi ngs:

.g. E uwe' s T heor y M th e Chess Openings: Vol. I. (1961) "Closed Games," page 19, 7th Dutch ed i tlon : and Rolf Schwarz ' Ha ndbook of the Ch ess Open ings, Vol. 1, '"T he ClassIc Queen 's Gamb!t.·· Germa" ed i tlon or 1958. \lag", .'i7. - E d.

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34 . . .. N-B4

Her e, however. Black ove rlooks t he best defense, na m ely 34 . . . N- K3. Then 'White has to cont inue by trying 35 K- U3.

35 R- Q7 R_K2

35 . . . R- QNl is also in suffi cient be· cause or 36 P- K N4! Nx P 37 N- B7! P- KN·j 38 N xPt. and White wins.

36 R-Q8! ...

Now Wh ile destructively thl'ealens 37 N- U3 ! foll owed by 3S N-N5t et c. A!!;a in . mack mu st g ive u p a P a wn.

36 . . . . N-R3

37 R-R8t! • • • •

HistOl 'y repeats itse lf. N ow Whi te has a wi nning Knight endgame.

37 . . . . KxR 39 NxRt K-B2 K-K3 38 NxPt K-N 1 40 N_B8

Kow White's Knigh t can be t ra p ped a nd captUred. but th is plan consumes too mu ch ti me. For (hen While's K !ng·side Pa.wns decide the game in sh ort order all simple ana ly~ i ~ will show.

41 K_B3

H NxP a lso is good . 41 . . . .

• • • •

P-R4

With 41 . . ' K-Q2 42 N xP, K - B 2, Black can cause di ffi cu lties. Probably, however. analysis during the intermiss ion showed Black t hat he 'd have no chances, any· how.

42 N- N6 43 P_KN4

Still and a ll , on wins a ll too surely. 44 N_B4 P-R5 45 K_K4 N- R3 46 N-KS P_B4 47 P-NS N- B4

P-N3 N-B2

t hese ten1ls. W hite

48 NxP 49 K_ B3 50 P-R5 Sl K_K2

N-Q3t N_B5

N-Q7t Resigns

In all a spects. a most interesting duel!

IT'S YOUR MOVE! Re member! Give us six weeks notice of change of address. Copies do not get forwarded and alao can take weeks en­route. So we mulJt have notice early!

No. 1 Geoffrey Mott.Smith

White mates in two

No fa int hea r t he re.

No.2 Geoffrey M att_Smith

White mates in two

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No.3 M. Enrenste in

W h ite mates in th ree

This is a cute kin of a fam ous Loyd setting.

So lutions on page 339.

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ROBERT B America's Newest Grandmaster

Story and Photos by BETH CASSIDY

A nice wa rlll ft.·din g pcrnu:ulcd the Manhutt an Chess Cluh "f New York

when the new~ came Ih mugl. d'al Koherl Byrne had taken third Illuce. a flcr Tig ra n Pet r{)Syan and Pau l Ke res, ill the in te r· nationul tournament held reCclll tr in B uenos Aires. This resuh in ~ uch II very s t rong fi elJ makes hi m a Ul olll lllica lly a n intern ational g randmastcr.4' The rC:l1 pleasure cI'crr b()dy fell al h i ~ succe~ 1~l iri es h. the I'e r)' high N h!cm in which he is lu:M, for Robert By rne uf Ind ian· 1I 1wlis is "lie of Ihe hesl [nved uf Ameri· can chcMpl uyers.

Evcryb"d y felt, lo(}, th uL h i ~ ],eco l1lin g an inlCl'll lltionui grandma~ l (;r wa~ vc r)' lllng ()\'cn lue, which is fact it was; hUI , OWill !; tu the ru ling of Ihe FIDE, he ha~ had to wa il. The (ILla liric ll t iull s fur he· coming a ll imer nlll ional g raU(lmu~tc r IWIIl

are that rO ll beat th ree ot he r int cr na tiona l g randmas te r$ in an event in which all t hc ('jljloSil ioJ) is Slron g. In 1952. howcve r, when H"l le rl played in Fi nl and, Ihis was nOI the r ule. In that loumument, lie

, tu rned in willS ugainst Ih ree ill tern ution al g rundllllls te rs: DUI'id Bronstein, f re~h

frolll his wurld tit le tou rnament wi th !'I"likhuil llo tvin ni k, and Vas)'a Pi rc and Erich Elisku5es. His scoro..: , in du~ finals of tl1tl Inl cmalional Telllll TOIlI"J1 (II11 o..:nl , was fh'e wins a nd three draws ; b ut he was merel y c reuted an inlcl"Ilutional mus­te r. No"', h()\\'e l'e r, 1111 is wel l. a nd rati fi. cal ion o f h is t itle in TeI :hi\' i ~ j llH a mailer of form,

Interviewing Robert By rn e i ~ not the easies t thin g in th e> world. It 's not th(l\ he won't ta lk ; i t 's J USI Ihul YO Il ca nn M gel hold of him. He's ItS e l u~i ve a s a leprechaun; and, when YOLl Ih in k rou' re a ll set fo r II cozy clUII , it's then that he remembers the ten IhOIl$and olhe r ,·ital! \" impOflallt tllings I,e has 10 do. }\nd. 3S he is a "e ry inlense jler~n !l , C"ery thing he d oeS is vi tal.

The fi r~ t time 1 spoke 10 h im was half. wa)' Ihrough Ihe U. S. O pe n in Hoston Ihi.:; ),car, \Vc were silt ing in thc corne r f,r !l ,'c rr la rge room Ihat alljoine<.1 Ihe playing m um whcn I n" l iccll a lI en',," ~_ I nokin~ p . .ou l h gazi ng ,,"'cr from tlie (;.I f ~ i ll e and disp laying a ll Ihe accepted s igns of indecision. Suddenly, he n ll\( l t ~ li p his mind , came hu rrying ol'e r and, wit h cm· har ras$e<.1 d eterminat ion, a~ked fo r Roh­crt 's a utogra ph. Hohe rt signcil with, I thonght, s tud ied nonchal llnce; lIud. ", ll o..:n the boy had gone, I 511id to him, "!sn'l il gorgeous 10 be famou s, n obe rl ? Oon ' l

• H i! I~ nn ... )': .. " W or ld o f C heU .- Ed .

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r ou feall " 1<.I'·e il ?" He louked a bil sur· l)r iSCiI :H the q uestion a nd the ll . with di s_ arming fra nkness. saill, ;·\\;·ell. I mllst adm it , do." Th e incident SUlUS UI) t he qua lities that ma ke Hobert pOJlu la r-h is unnf ree te. 1 lIa lu ra lness (Iu d I l nq lJ('~ l i " nnble int egrit)'.

T he nex l cha ncc I gnl 10 la lk 10 h im was al Ihe cn(l of ' the 10n rna l1 l(·1I 1. 1-1 0 promised I" ta lk after Ihe ''<I n(lnd which was II U $(l.mer ol'er Ih:1I1 he wa~ away runn ing, with IIle in lull fligh t beb iu" bim. He caller! over his sho ll ltk r that J wO li ld have I .. ask lll)' qll e ~ tl()n s whilc htl pllckt:d and, in the lllc 'l lll ime, would I pleaso..: l ake his place i ll the dH'ck·oul line as he had (ll her vi lul Im siness 10 al. lend to? W hen a ll eXI runeous ma tte rs were in haml, 1m got down 10 Ihe husi· nC$S o f ,lacking, ;u1\1 I III a~ ki ng ques­lions,

1'III\'ing e(lI egoricall y ~ tn l i:d Ihal he dld not ill lcnd 10 answer (I Ui:Sli"ns on <I n)'. Ih ing bil l ehe~s, he iUlIlle<ii al('ly un~wered cI'c ryt hillg J a sked hilll with n Jlll ll lCie candor. Wat ching hi m plll'k was 3 1.055011

in melho. l, a nd I hega n ttl re31 ize why ]{nlWfl is lInc of thc b-o.:~1 , lrc,; ,;e,I, he~1

g ro<lme,1 of chcss il layeu, :\ nd, as he packcd. Hobert la lked. He due,;n' l ca re f\l r TV IlI ll is tlw vcr)' pruud po:;~ "ssor of a m')JHHl ra l on whi ch he li ~ t c n s 10 his fa"uri lc cOI11]'oscrs: S nch, ViI'al , li, Hayd n. 13eel llo"en a nd P u rce ll . li e d"l 'S 1101 read il grc,,1 tical ; bUI , wilen h o..: .Iues. it is gen. " r llll~' on ps r chology. Outside of tll<l t s li h. jcct, h is fa "orite a ut hou a re Hen r\' James a nd J)ostoie\'sk v. Ho cines nf, l ~a re fnr

humorous wri t in:=: , h UI hc r(" .. ("I ~ in SilulI­li"n hU II", r. II I) " nre harl ;. fr iend in col. ICI!.l who wa~ " !>rilli:"'t 1II:llhclU;l\ idull and wh .. ,;e pr i,le il WIIS Ilml he had e"ohed u tll" fo rmulae I" 5"I \'c :lIly le :;: itinHl te num. be r ~e J"ies, B"IH; rt g llvc him a ser ies wilic ' kcpl his fri end "'Hrk ill g a ll n ighl wi t I. "ut o..: l·CI" ~ lI s pectin g Iha l he was working: (In tht; fHT ""u bw3}' ~ t (l J!s frum Brookh' n to :\ ["lIlla llan 1 '

Huherl I,,"c$ 3nhna l ~ and pa rticula rly ealS. Wilen I" ' ins: in lin a llll rtmen t with. I1l1t a ya rd. he was faced with the proh. lem of gell illll h i~ IWu cal s Oll t for a n Idring a nd cnsuring Iha t Ihe\' wcre n either nm over by cl1rs nor ch3sed 10 ct emi t" b), dogs, He soh 'ed it in u m:lIln .or ullerly t )'pical of his uninhibil o..:ll ;;elf. He IlOught the IWO l inieSI 110:; l ead~ he could find. fi xed them fi rm ly on the cats and set out smartly for a wa lk. The ncighburs were fll$ cin ated to ~e'l the ~,;dn l e Hobe rl nHli"ch. in g down tJH~ st reel wil h Ihe ea l ~ d ainl ),. flluli ng" il ~(li emnly hchino! him , W h/l l Ihe neighbors did nol sce. vf cuu n c, was the del ighled la u:;h to..: r in Rube rt 's eYL~ li S I.e o lJso..: rve<.lthe m walching hi ll1 !

T he re arc t wo stallcS ill Ihe ~I ud )' of chess: on e when yvu learn Ihe moves; a nd Ihe ollH~ r when )' 0 11 become ~er ilJu sl )' intereSled . SuI11 i: lill)cS Ihese arc s imult aue. OilS. ) forc o ft en t hey a rc n o \. RlIhe rl Byrne lea rned chess al Ihe age u f e ighl a nd q uick!)' became cham l)ioll o f his sma ll ci rcle. He fi rs t h('"(:31l1C ill tcrested il] chcs~ i1] the Bruo)klyn (New York) T cchnicli H igh School whe re, wit h a clll;sS clu b mcmbership of 23·1, he d iscuvcl"cd to Ids surpri~c that he had to playa ma tch to qu alify fur the las t pl ace on the school team f() r thc iutCr5Cholaslic mal ches. Ai Ih i ~ siage, he really Jlllt his mind to il.

Aparl from lIat ura l fl a ir allli <I grea l denl of ha rd work, the ,t wo greatt's t in­flue nces in mak ing hhn a g randmaste r Were J ohn Collin ~ and Sid ney Kenton. Tn he ta ughl by .J ohn Coll ins (co·ed itor of Moden~ Che,U Openillgs) is to be siam ped wil h thc ;;eal of suceess, For, aplI l"! from R()berl , this excelll i" na l leache r hus heen closel)' associale<.l wit h snch 1) laye rs a~

Huhert's brot he r, Donald. and rischer. I.om ba rd), and Wei nstei n. S i d!1e~' Kenton almoSI ~ i ngle · handed opened the doors of Ihc 2\ lan hnll an Che~s Cl ub to j uniors who. 011 Ihe lime, wcrc J'cgarded as more of a uoise har.a rd t ha ll a n aC(luisilion. S id. IIcy's fa it h in his proteges, how<;\-I: I", was I" ell fountled \"he ll , in a j un iors "erslis 8erdors match, Ih t; j uniQrs won comf,,, ·I. ahly.

Iluhert has pl a)'ed chess in Hussia, P o. land, Fill ia nJ , Sweden , Bulgaria, Yu go, $Ial' ia ;m ol Argcn! iu3, H i~ recen l tourn3 ' lIIent in A rgo..:nt ina was Ihe one he like hest. I)a rtl), I>ccnllse he d id so well t he re 111111 ]l llr tl y because this W35 the first time he Iwd I)layed in rhe same tourna ment wilh a rci ~n i ng world c ha mpion.

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Whc" Il"<linin g for <I lo"rnamenl. I ~ ob · el'l ,:on fi,ws I,i " ~ llIdi, '~ I" du· lale~ t "p,· II. illg ;H"d y~e~ . Ill' Iri ('~ 10 g CI M ""wit rest ;HIII fresh air a~ I ,, ) ,' ~ iltl e beca usc he in variably bec , 'mc ~ n'ry ,'un·duwn durin g 'he games. As lIe is e xt rcnwl y high .~I"'IIl i:: ' rehl:Qllion with him i~ ont of Ihe q\le~ tio ! 1

until the tOllrnam ent ')tUb--Hnd even lhen it takes him time til unwind , The playcr he Ill"_"! e ll\' i e~ ill Ihi s res pee, is Pctro~yan.

who i ~ so relaxed that lil erallv nothin" , "

fazes him. Robert rec'l lI~ how P elrosyan in BI1Ct10S Aires had 11'10 adjl)Urtlln ~ nt s

one aft er the ut il e" wilh only a twent y. min ute break hetw l:<e n. Ti le firs t W<l ~ aga inst Hobert hilliself ; a nd, when t hey hat! fini ~hed , Pet rOSY311 ~e lil ed down 10 a ('olllfurtable anal ys is of the game frolll the hcginnillg. Al thc t~ nd of lh e twcnl y minutes. he casually looh·d at his wal ch. polil e ly excused himsdf .lIld wandc rcrl hack I" Ih e olher <1d j ournment withou t. a p pa rentl y, a bother In t he world.

Thc onl y lime Robert. i3 not conSclOIlS uf tension d uring a tuurmUllent i ~ whe ll he i ~ at:t ua lly playin g. 'I'h l:<n he gocs int" ~uch a dee p concentration that It IS al. most like a eoma - he feels nothin g, hears nothing and sees only the game. AI times like this, it i,; hig hly inadl'isabl e to dL-turh him, unless Ih ere llappcns I n

be a fire-and then (llll~' 'when the ~eo ]' e

sheets begin to st:or ch.

Cl)lleent ralioll , he says, has to he de. ,·e!oIJetl. And one tip he gi" es to he lp 10 do so is Ihal you must never durin g a gam e worry about Ib e outcome or thillk of what derend s ulJon Ih e result.: every tournamenL ga me should lJe played as if il were a club game- onl y hette r.

At th irty-six, Kollert Hyrne ( who 8hares a lJirthda y wilh Hit ler and Sh irley Tem· ple ) is six fe et, wei ghs lGR pound s (lnd is very handsome in an ;Jri ' l.oeratic, int el_ lectu;Jj fashion. He probably gets his gwd look~ fro l11 the Swedish half of him and the harh in his ton gue frolll the Irish hal f. For Hobert , who is bot h intrO"erled ;Jnd rese rved, can deal ve ry sharply with those he fe els overstep the bound~ of propdety. Wh ile he was wai ting for the uirpol'l limousine, a patzer recognized him and sla rtct! pes tering him fo J' u fell' fi,'e-rniu ule ga mes. Hobe rt'." answer was hrief, ex · plicit , unprintable.

Rove rl is vcr)' se rious, with a sharp, anal yti ca l hrain. He cOllies carefully and log icall y to a conclusion, IJIll on ce he ha~ reached it-- it is wilh him (or life. At present, he is inte rmittent I)· 3tud yi ng fur his Doclor's Degree in Phil o50 ll hr, which he feels he might ha\'e got long ago if he had quit th e chess for an ex­!errd ed pe riod. It i." gene r'ally beli eved , 1\O\\'el'cr, that he cou ld get hi ~ d egree without gil'in g lip che~s if he were l e~s exact ing with hin rsel f. For Hobert is a perfecl ionist, and n othin g short of pcr­fect ion is satisfactory.

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Bol\'inni k is t he player whose chess Huhert mo~ t ad mires ; hUI, saving Bot,·in· nik 's presence, we'JJ sett le for some of lIle beautiful g'lln c~ Rohert himself COllles

Manhattan C. C. Junior Championship

Circa 1943

SLAV DEFENSE

George Kramer Robert Byrne

White mack

1 P-Q4 P_Q4 12 N-63 P- 63 2 P-Q84 P- QB3 13 Q-R4 P-QN3 3 N_K83 N-KB3 " P- QN4 P-QR4 4 P-K3 P-K3 15 PxRP Px8P 5 N-K5 QN-Q2 16 R_B3 B-R3 ! 6 B-Q3? B_Q3? 17 B- 62 Q-Q1 7 P- B4 0-0 18 Q-N4 P- B4 8 P-QB5 8,N 19 Q_ N6 N_ 82 9 BPxB N- K 1 20 P_K4 Q-K1 !

10 Q-R5 P_KR3 21 Q-N3 Q- R4!

" 0-0 Q-K2 22 B-Qt . . . .

22 . . . . KBPxP! ! 33 B,B R,8 23 R- B6 R,R 34 N-88 K- B2 24 P,R Q_B2 35 P-QR4 R-R4 25 Q:<N Q,P 36 N-Q6t K_K2 26 Q-B4 Q:<P t 37 N- B4 R_R3 27 Q_K3 QxQt 38 K _ 62 P_K4 28 B,Q P_Q5 " K-K2 K_K3 29 BxQP P,B 40 K-Q2 K - Q4 30 N,P B-B5 41 N-N2 P_ B4 31 B- N3 B-Q4 42 K _ B2 N- N3 32 N-Q6 R,P Resigns

"l' WJlh. Tah', fnr cxallll1le, I he~e two garnes, the fi r.<t played about twenty ),1:ar5 ago, and the second from Hobert' s neX I 10 ja ~ 1 loul'llaillellt in Argelllil lU.

Argentina 1961 Santa Fe t nternationat

QUEEN' S GAMB I T

Robert Byrne H ector Rossetto

United States Argentina

White lilac!!: 1 P- Q4 P- Q4 14 B- N5 8-K2 2 P_Q64 p,p 15 QN - Q2 P-K4 3 N_K83 N_ KB3 16 p,p N,P 4 P-K3 P-K3 17 N_Q4! Q-B4 5 8,P P-QR3 18 N-B5 0-0 6 0- 0 P-B4 19 K - R1 P_ KR3 7 Q-K2 P- QN4 20 B- K3 Q-N5 8 B-Q3 B_N2 21 P_B4 N-N3 , P- QR4 P-B5 22 B_Q4 R-Q1

10 B_B2 QN-Q2 23 P- K5 N-K1 11 P_ K4 Q-B2 " P-K6! B-Q4 12 p,p p,p 25 N_ K4! Q-R4 13 RxR t 8,R 26 PxPt 8,P

27 B:<P! ! N,B 33 Q-K3 ! R_Q4 28 N:<Pt K -S1 34 Q- KR3 K-B1 29 N,B K,N 35 Q- B8t K-K2 30 N- N5t! K_N1 36 N- K5! Q-N3 31 8,N B_B3 37 N- B6t! K - Q3 32 N_ B7 R_Q7 38 Q- BBt K,N

39 QxBt Resigns

t check ; , db!. check; I - d!a. 00, - -l l T

THE GRIM STRUGGLE FOUl" to five hours of tournament play, even III ad.

vance prospect, call be wear ing. In thi s grim sort of struggle, oversigh ts Ilnd hlunders are ri fe. Here, in this informal quiz, yO ll Can pick yO llr time and mood. Hence, we say : sco re yourself excellent for 10 correct sol utions; good for 8; and fair fol' 6. Don't st ru ggle !

3 W hite ttl move and w in

Here at least th~ IIsual quiz fo ro\ prenl ils : the ulti­mate winner trails in the materlallstlc sense. Ingenu· ity then simply has to be the key, we'd say, especially as.- we just noticed- the two Rooks al'e both under hot fire . Look fOl' a SllllrJl de­cision.

7 White to move and win

Here. too. YOI1 hav e lin ending, not an endgame. The intricacies will therefore call for a large dish of ingenuity. with a seasoning of delicale care not to overlook the up­selting_ Don't count on YOUr Pawn plus_ The right idea is fOI- a !;lleerly finis h_ Get a mate!

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4 B lack to move ilnd win

Here White has Pawns ill exchange fOl- the E.'(change, and both sides ilHve t hol-­ought)" scrambled de il loy­men IS_ W hat SOl-lOr a solu­tion could one say is in pros­ped? Judging it as a game position, a decision shouhl be at hand. For R quiz ]losi­tlon_ It hal; to be. Yel;?

8 Blilck t o move and win

This position could degen­erate into an endgame. and the Knigh t agains t Bishop and diverse othel- prospects are not enga;ing fOI" Black_ It seems , all In aJl. advisa ble to ~eek the elUl-all now. We snr: then imitate thl.' ac tion of the t igel-: Ihe game's Rroot! Can }"OU snare it?

1 Wh ite to move a nd win

This J)oslUon has the ear­m arks ot" a grim struggle_ It shows WhUe actually ahead in matel·ia,1 but extended_ 1I0t to say committed. Black is pressed and constricted. A solu lion Il(!nds. pel- usual tenlls of a Quiz position: Quick and ingenious? hflnl and ("omplex·: You call it.

5 White t o move and win

T hi s position Is H. rnrity for thls (\cpaJ-tmenl: an e nd­game: After many hours of play ami who elln say w hat immense Illl m ber of move!! , lhe i s~ ue is on the verge 01-so one would j udge. Tnke a wonl or ,·Rut ion: the wi n ning idea, requires analysis of nil "Rl ·iation ~ . Work 'em out!

9 White to move and win

This position is clearly In midgame, and which s ide stanrl~ better Is not very clear. With II reshuffling of his men. \,"hlte just m ight have :;olUethi ng . Out_ with Queen attacked _ how does one reshnrfle? That Is a les­son which the soh'er learns here. Can you?

2 Black to move a nd win

This position could be a. fllirly exact invel"lle of t he pl-evious one. Black is deC· in ltely extended, but White Is I-ather d isorganized, and Black has a material edge hel-e, too. So what SOl-t of a ~olution will th is evoke? There must be a touch of in­ge nuity sllI·ely. See it?

6 Blilck to move and w in

T his POSitiOll is 1I0t an end­gam e- "fOI-tunately," did you say? Nor call it n m to any vallt Quantity of val·iations; for, fran kly, Black is undel­too many threats. H e simply has to have his sockdolager-01" else! You can plod this out by trial a nd erro r. Can't you?

10 Black t o move a nd win

Here is the final test fOI­this sessioll . The position is a. hodgepodge_ and then some_ Black has a P awn 1)lus, but don't f!onnt on an endgame. With a. bit of mid­game magic, and some sharp Mten t lon to detail, you can I1nrfll·el this langle_ \Vin!

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Up-to-dale opening GMlysis by an outstanding authority.

THE SICILIAN DEFENSE - The Yugoslav Attack The eternall y young Sicili<lll! The var ia tion,; of this flexible open·

ing neve r seem to hecome exha usted . One rea SOli fo r th is rich ness and the Ilumerous pQSsihil iti es wi th in the debut is the asymmetrica l build ing up of the center. Both sides foHow thei r own piHns, and so more cho ice accrues as th e strategies as to the center differ.

The Sicil ian is one of the most successful defenses for Bluck. So White is co ntin ua lly trying to fi nd new methods for developing hi s pieces effi c iently. The move, B- QB4, especially- which was seen very seldom in the games of the past-is comi ng more and more into fHshion, and even in v:1r ious con tinuations. Often not without resu lts.

It is certa inly clea r that Whi te's King Bishop is acti vely posted on QB4; hut, in ea rl ier times, it was thought tha t the developing move, B-QB4, ought to 1e.:1d to loss o f time in the Sic ili an as Black usua ll y plays his Queen Kn igh t to QR4. We know now, however, that White need not fear the exchange of hi s Bishop for that Kni ght if the trude takes 1) lace on QN3. For, by retaking with the Bishop Pawn, White devalues Black's QB5, one of Dlack's grentesl lrum ps in the Sicil ian . Moreover, this method of reca pture strengthens White's King position if he casll es Queen-s ide. The Paw n wall on QR2, QN2 and QN3 can supply ma xi mu m safety fo r White's Ki ng. In consetluence, White can. al his ease, develop

j auacking possibil ities on the othel" wing. T ha t the dou bled Pawn prop­. edy signifies a Pawn minus in theory has never appea red to become of any impor!ance in practice.

F or this study, we begin witIJ lhe 1'01· lowing mOI'es:

White Bluck

1 P_K4 P- Q94 4 NxP N-KB3 2 N-K93 P_Q3 5 N_QB3 P_ KN3 3 P_Q4 PxP 6 B-K 3 .. ..

6 B-QB·l Is anot hel' SLory. equal1y In· le l"estl ng and promising. The tex t move in "oh'es a ,-ath er wor n·oll t t rap: If G .. !\- N5 to ga il! 8 isllol) for K night. ;

B- N5t ~~U1"eS a. decl8ive advantage ror White: 7 ... B- Q2? 8 QxN or 7 ... N-QB3 8 1'\xN etc.

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6 . • . . B- N2 7 P-B3 • • • •

III Skold·- l3ot,·illulk. Stockholm 1962 (R n ear!lel' tournament than th e Inter· xonnl). White played 7 B- QI14 and. after 7 .. . N-N5 8 B- N5t, K- Dl 9 Q-Q2, P- QR3 10 B-QB4. N- QB3, the ("hances were abOU l equal.

7 . . . . N_B3

8 Q-Q2 . . . .

The Immediate 8 B - Q04 ;llIow~ g Q- :-13 with great com pl i ca l !o!1~:

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I ) 9 !\""- B5? Qx P 10 Xx Bt . K- 8 1 11 X- Q5. Kx;':; followed by e ithel' (a) J2 PxK. Q- B6t 13 1\:- 02, KxN and Blac k is a ll "Ight 01" (b) 12 QxN, QxR t 13 K - B2, QxN H B- K H6, B- K3! 15 DxQt. K xB 16 Q--Q!'5, Bxll 17 QxB, KU-QD1 and Black has s lIt"rident compensation:

2) 9 0 - X3. N- I(;'';5! [9 . .. NxP fall s 011 ]0 N- U5. NxN 11 NxBt. K- DJ 12 Q--Q2] ]0 PxN [ 10 N- US? BxNt]. Ex;': and Black i~ betle l';

3) 9 B- QN5 (best), Q-B2 10 :-I- Q5. NxN 1t P x;\". P- QR3 12 BxKt . PxB 13 XxP. 0 - 0 and Bla(" k I'ega in:; t he sac l·i · fi ced Paw n.

8 . . . . 0-0 9 B-QB4 . . . .

Aflm' 9 0 - 0 - 0. BlllCk can, accord ing t o theory. get II saUsfao.;tory position by the Pawn sac l"lfl ce. n ... P- Q·I!

K ey Position This is t ho Yugoslav Attack. 1l ca n

al~o al1se from lhe ~o-called aco.;elenl,ted {i,wclleno: 1 P- K4. P- QB4 2 N - KB3. N- QB3 3 1'- Q4 , l'xP ·1 1'\xP , P- KN3 5 N- QB3. B-N2 6 B- K 3, N- B 3 7 D-QB~. 0 - 0 8 P- 83. B-Q3 9 Q- Q2. This was the be~i l! n ing of the T ah t- Portisch (Ober' hausen 1961) game ched fur ther on in thi~ a n lc1e.

!\Oll' Dlac: k has ,~ IlUmbel' of possibili · liCH. Aside from the major ones to be discussed, the advH nce 9 . . . P- QH4 ha s been tried !\ few times . 10 P- KN4 seem~ to offer the bes t chances of refuting the advance. One exa mple Is 10 . . . N-Q2 II P- KIH. N- K3 12 0 - K2. !\--K-I ? ( arter the game. it wa~ s tHted 12 ... P- Q·j Is indir.ated) .13 p~Na. P-Q~ 14 P - Jt5. i'xKP 15 N;II: P w i t h ,Ill ovel'whelmlng at· UU'k rOI' White <Shapiro-D. Byrne, Varna 1962).

Variation A (Contln lle fr om lut djagr~m)

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9 . . . .

This is the simplifying s),H<?m . \\-loil (> has preponderance in space, and it ~eelllS obviolls the re fore t.hat Blad; ollgh t to ex­(·hnnge a~ nlflll y pieces as po~~ihle _ PI ' ~(' ­

l ice has 81)0,,-n, 11O\\-e\'er. tha t his tH~l{ ;s fa r from easy.

10 BxN 11 8-N3

a _ K3

ThiH move i s HI,,"a},s tile lie" i H tlli~

variation.

11 . • • • Q- H4

maek is preparing to attack \rll i t e-~

King po~ition since it is dear t hat \I'hi tc will eastle long. (The exchange 11 BxB 12 BPxD also leads to t he same sort or jJoRition a s aftel' (he lIe~l dia­gram amI nlso in next noLl

12 0-0-0 P-QN 4

12 ... P - QH3 must be eOIl~i dered

Stl perrl tloU s.

In GlldmIlIH\sson- Kristil1o\- (I\ eyk ja\-i k 196 ·1). there fol10 \\'ed : 12 .. . KH- B l 13 K-Nl. BxB 14 BPxB, R - B3 1.5 I'- KH -1. R/ l - Q81 16 P-RG. P-K·J .1, n - K 3. :\xHP IS B-]{(i. Q- Ql [18 Tl - Itl"! I!! HxN! J 19 P-KN4. N -B5 Z() Q- H2 with a strong attack fo r White.

13 K-Nl KR-Bl

Arter 13 .. . P - N 5 14 N- Q5, Th _, J ~ PxB. Q-:-"~ 16 KR- K l , P-QRI 17 Q- K2. Q;.;Q 18 RxQ. (he ending is fa I-arable for White (Tahl- Cha in. Bal,\! 1961)_

14 KR_K1 . .

This move, which is stl'onger tha n 11 P - KR4, means a preparation for simpli · fication, starting with N - Q5: e .g. 1-1 . .. B- B5 15 BxN, KBxB 16 N-Q::'. QxQ ], NxBt, K- N2 18 i\"-R5t, K - H3 19 HxQ, KxN 20 P-K5! and White maintains a strong in i tinti\' e .

14 . . , . 15 BPxB 16 BxN

Naturally, 16 for Black.

t :::: check: 1

B,B P-N5 P,N

. , . DxB J7 N Q.:; is bad

db!. check; § dis. ch.

17 BxBP 18 PxB

B,B R,P

19 R_K3! R/ I . QB l 20 RxR QxR

Or 20 . RxH 21 K - N2.

21 QxQ RxQ 22 R-QBl

\\'hite has a great arl\'antage as 1.ll{ e~('hal\ge of ftooks lealJs to a stl'aigi1 l lo~ s.

Variation B (Co~tinu e from K ey Positi on)

9 . . . . N - Q2

Here the idea is to use the Knights 1'01' an aUad;: on the Queenside. At first. this system was applied with reasonable I·esu lts . NOlI'adnys, however, i t appears more and more that the King Knight j~ indispensable for the defense of t hc Kingside.

10 0-0-0 N_ N3

Here 10 .. N/2- K4 is to be consldered to preclude a later Q-Q3 (see first com · mellt on Sub·variation 1 ). Then th e Queen m ust go to K2.

11 B-N3 N_ R4

Sub.variation 1

12 Q-Q3 • • • •

Here -White 's first idea is to leave K2 d ear [or his King Knight. He a lso eyes tlie later possibility of Q-KR3,

A remarkable mistake is 12 B-R6. N/ 1-B5 13 Q·-N5, P- K <l! 14 N/4-K2. D- B3! 15 Q-N3, B- R5 etc.

12 . • . B- Q2

macl, aims to occupy his Q135 ",ftel' 1::: R-Bl.

13 P_KR4 14 P- R5 15 PxP

R-B1 N/3_ 85

· . . . (Compare posit ion with next d iagram)

In this complicated position, -White haH the better chances: e.g, 15 . _ . HPxP 16 D- R6, P-K3 17 P - D4 (lhe threat now is 18 Q-R3), P - K4 [17 ... Q- B3? 18 P - K5!] 18 N-B5! BxN 19 PxB etc. a'i s<;her ­PurevHhar . Varna 1962).

Sub·variation 2 (Con( inue from last <l i "gr~m)

12 Q-K2 8-Q2

Here Sh:Ull l{Ovi<;h prefers 12 1'- QI\3, threatening 13 _ .. P-K1. White's bes t nnswel' is 13 P - U4.

13 P_K R4 14 P_ R5 15 P xP

R-B1 N/3_ 85

· . . -

• • •

ThclI

i\"ow t he sit uation i8 the ~ame as at the end of Sllb-variation 1 except 1'01'

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lhe pO~ltlOIl of While's Queen. And, so rar as the attacking chances go, there is not much difference. White stands bet· tel' again.

J) 15 ... HPxP 16 K- Nl [16 B-R6 is (:Oll11tered by 16 ... P - K4], P- K3 17 D-Dl. H.- In 18 Q- B2, H-D'I 19 p - :\,.j,

P- KN-I 20 n - R5, Q- B3 21 P- K5! RxP 22 RxP. RxR 23 N-KI, and White stands better (ShianOl'ski- Stein, Erel'3n 1962);

2) 15 . . , BPxP 16 K-Nl. Nj·!;I.:B 17 ltPxN, NxB 18 QxN, Q-Kl 19 P - D·l, with (he superior position fOI' While. G li · gorich-Haag (Havana 1962) ended rapid ly with 19 . , . P-K1 20 PxP, QxP 2t N- B3. Q- QH4 22 N- Q5. KIl- Kl 23 N-N5, P-IH 2·! Q- D2, Resign~.

Variation C (Continue from Key Position)

9 • . • . B-Q2

According to theory. this is 1 hc llJOSt

solid and best continuation. So far. White ha~ not succeeded in showing any dear advantage.

Sub_variation 1

10 0-0-0 , . . . This is a. '·wait-and·see" line. Its handi·

cap is that it gives Black attacking ob· jectil'es. The variation has been analyzed b~' ShapOshnikol' and Exmakol' in the Deutsche Schachzeitung .

10 • • . • Q_ N1

This move is quite original and prob· ably stronger than 10 . .. R-NI .

An example or the latter is 11 P- KR4 . NxN J2 BxN, P-QN4 13 D- K2! after which White clearly comes first.

1\"ote tha~ ]0 . .. R-Nl 11 P- KN·j is weaker: 11 ... P - QN4 ! Black nced not

• exchange fin;t as 12 NxP (either Knight) is answel'ed by 12 .. . N-K4. ano 12 8xP by 12 ... NxN. The ~ecret is (hat ap· parently the advance of the J\:ing Knight , Pllwn leaves protected .

the King Bishop 1-'1I\\'n nn·

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One of til o ailn8 of the le xt movo i.~

to involvo all three heavy pieces in the attack.

11 P-KR4 · . . . On 11 I3- N3. n.-Dl J2 P-K1H, P- Q!\!.

mack ~till1ds better: 13 N/ hP. 1\" - 1< .1.

11 • • . . P_QN4 12 N/3xP 13 B_K2

N_K4 R-B1

Ulack i~ II Pawn down . bllt -tho open riles and the ,\<,(iI'e vositio n of his vieces mean s llHi ciellt compensation. Che n kin. a. well -kllowlI Hnssian theoretic ian. is or the opinion t hat mad, stands better.

Sub·variation 2

(Continu e hom last diagr."lI)

10 P-K R4 · . . . 1'hi~ "adation is sharp and cOllsistent.

"'hite also leal'es his choice be tween King and Queen-side castling open.

10 . . . . R_B1 11 B_N3 N_K4

12 B- R6 · . . . The best conti nuation or the attad:. In I)jlll'a~e"i ch-A"erbakh (Vienna

1957). Ihere boldly OCCUlTed 12 P- R5. 1\"-D5 [J 2 . , . :\'xTlP 13 P- N4. N- KB3 1-1 B- R6 lead~ 10 a strong attack for White] J3 Dx1\'. H~n 1·1 0 -0-0 after which Black ongillto ha ve played 1·1 ... Q-82 as then 15 B- H6 fails in view o( IS ... HxN/5!

12 . . . . BxB 13 QxB RxN!

Thh; >;a("]'ifi cc ~IOPS White's attack. 14 PxR 15 Q-Q2

Q-R4 R-B1

"I don't know, TOn>- WRS it such a bril· liant performance. smashing your boss In nine teen moves and knocking him out of the club championship?"

Black gets only Olle Pawn for the Ex, change; but. nnder the circumstances. it seems to be sufficient.

1) 16 0 - 0, RxP 17 QR-KI, Q- B·j 18 R-K3. rtxR 19 QxR. P - QN4 20 P-B3, P- QR4 and Black easily succeeded in drawing (Vasjukov- Parma, Lemberg 1962. the model game of this variation):

2) J6 P- R4, P - QN4! [stronger than 16 .. . HxP 17 N-K2. R-B4 18 QxQ, RxQ with White standing better] 17 P- Q84. P- N5 18 0 - 0, NxQBP 19 Q- 82. N- K4. again with equal chances (Dogdanovich­Parma. Yugoslav Championship ]962).

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THE MECHANISM OF THE MOVE

/Ja il f'MIQ/1J hlls IlIflled ;/1 j ill(' ilfticf" l" bciorc. This , we bl'/icv(', is m /olh .. , . II carnes fl basic l enoll, ill vall/able lor b" , gilmillE 01' C/lt'lt i/.'v('/')pillg player. II

Every move made on the c he~sbOllnl

alters the \Iote ntlalities all t he board : new squllres lire contl'olled: othel's IIl'e released ; Hnes of force are joined a nd broken .

A wareness of these changes shoul d not be 1\ ga l) In c hess t hinki ng, yet It orten Is-and not only among begin ne rs.

E v tm be fore II I" aye l" tdes (0 lise t he gene ral p rinci ples [licking out hl5 next move, he shou ld Jearn to see the changes made by hl~ opponent's la s t. These changes are illwlI ~'S the same. and they at'e the very mee huilisms that tU1'Il the chess machInes. Thi s arlicle will try to make t hem clen l',

Every c hess " man" is made \IP of two Imr ls : t he ca n'ed block of wood , which is its body a nd Its \'isl ble Ilart, a nd the group o( 8u r round ing sqlmres t he wood co ntlv ls, which h; itl! inv is ible Ila l't a nd may perhaps be ca lled its soul-that wh ic h gives It s moves d ireetion a nd makes It wor th more or les s than block s of othel' ~ ha pe, ~'rom this double natnre stem s the t\\'o functions. or a bili ties . of any chell ~lIIan : flrs t. as a I)iece o f wood. to block and unblock lines: and. second, as a controlle r of Sl1I'L'olHHling Iloints, to guard and ungunrd squares .

The a bove d iag ram iIl usU'Il.tes the (Irst functions. W hite, in check, nlus t In te l" pose his Kn ight , blocking the King Rook file. At t he same time, t his mcve un· b locks the long diagonal from KR I to QR8 so t hllt Whi t e 's King will have l\

flight sqnare a fter .. , RxNt . 'rhus, the move o( t he Knight has caused two changJ'l S, one whel'e It waH and one where It went. T h ese changes depend solely on pic king lip tile block of wood from one sQual'e (which opens a line ) and putting It down on another ( which closes a li ne) . I t Is a n ac t done with the body of t he piece a nd does nOt de pe nd at .. 11 on how it mo\'es. For inst .. nce , if a Bishop were su bs tituted for the Knig ht Oil KNZ. this opening aud shutting of lines would wOl'k exa ctly lhe same. Since all ('hess m en h\l \'e a like ability to block and unbl ock li nes , the diffel'E'lIces in

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By DANIEL FIDLOW

;s IIQI a{logeth<" "<'IV. /f'C'IIt' IrC(lrtl " E m:1t

//IOU/! ca,r il!S it s phl5 arul /II ;'HlS." IJul il i s /l CW ill ils <' lIlir(' l), (HId il ,~ COIICt' p/ioll

oj Iwn 50rlS oj plllsses (md milll/s('s, - Ed.

nume rical value usually k~ij i !o: ll ed to thell] - Pawn one, K nigh t or Bh,hol' three, Rook five. Queen nine- mUSt COIHe from ~omewhere else. It Is In the ~e('ond tu nc· 1i0 ll, to gua r d a nd unguard ~qll1H·e!!. Iha l the \'a lnes of t he pieces dUff'r.

Abo\'e , W h ile '!! Ku igh t hns jus t gone from Qn~ to Q6 and dr'Opped. li lle <t net, lIS l'ln ;;: of protected squa res around the Hook a nd the Bishop. The Kn ight hOhl s eig ht points; on \.wo. It fo r kij the e ne my pieces (Q!'n , K BS): Oil tw o uthers. it prel' ent!! the Rook frOll1 protel' lin g the OIs holl (QN5, RBi): on t ll'O o then. it lu'events the Bi shop from 11L'olel'ti ng the Itook ( QB8. KH . The toss of t he net Is cOlnplete. The Knig ht lll\s onl}' one net, hOI\'e\'er. a nd to drOI) it here I ~ 10 11ft it e IRe ll·here. The eig h t Sq UAN!S which the Knigh t gUArded while on QU4 no\\' lire free , so (hat Bla('k 'ij !lao ll ('an jllm il (lut of t he !let by ... R- l'\J't, n1lt~. (he mOl'e of (he Knigh t hits cl1 u~ed t \\'o changes, one where it was (Ulll;nAI'din g old squares) and Olle wll e t'e i t went (guarding the new). These changes de· pend solely on the Knigh t's rno\'e.

No other man on Q6 cou l(1 tlll1~ Ill·

JIlck th e Black forces or 0 0 Hllol\' them to e scalle. That is, while diffe ren t piece" have t he same ability to perfo rm the fi rst function (block aud un block lilies), they have dlffe l'e llt a bili ties to vel'fOl'm the second (guanl and ungua n l sq uares ).

The spli tting o f t he naWre of any chessm a n into two ptt r ts , th e bodr o f the piece and tile poin ts It protects. im· mediately reveals a law of ope ra t ion: either part of one piece ctl n o l1 ly 1I'0rll upon the opposi te part of llllot he l'. Tha t Is , the body of a chessmn n. ho pping a rou nd , a lters the lengt hs of t he lin es of COI!tro! of surrounding pieces ( \' e l'lfy in fh'Sl d iagram ) : cOlwerse ly, th e lines of control of a chessman a ttack or d efe nd Ihe bodies of su rroundi ng I)ieces (I'erify In second d iagram). He nce. o ne fu nction ollly acts UPOII t he other .

Examining t he two functiOns of a Iliece sepRrately, as j ust donJ'l, IlIAy be good

Ileda1;ol;)' but It Is I' oo r l'enHl )·. For :' mOl"e cllnnot De made unless both fml<" l ions are incl uded lit o nce. A piece can­not be s pil l : no IlIO!'e on the chessboal'(\ than orr it, can ),ou take a soul trom its body anli s til i leave the man. Eve ry move combines both parts in one unit so that. III ea ch play, fo ur c hang'ls taka place in the posi tion- t wo by the point the piece lenves, MId 111'0 by t he pohl t t he piece lands. T Ile following is a sui t· a ble o l'der to exam ine tllese cha nges In III'actice.

FiI'lIt. IIOIn tS con u 'olled ( by mori ng to a ne w sq ua re),

Second , poln t!J re leased (by moving fL'om an oltl S(ll1Il t'e).

Notice thHt the t wo changes above aI' €! th ose of the second function, wl!ne the t wo changa~ belo w a r e those of the fIrs t .

Third, 1i ! le~ blocked (hy modng to a ne w squa re).

Four th , lln es opened (b}' llJOl'lIlg frOll! lin old sqUlll'e).

Here changes

hi an e xam ille of these (OU I'

from a ct ual Illay.

Above. fl'OlII ~'i s(;her-nolbochan , Stoc k­holm 196 2, White has just p layed P - N5. Black now r etreat ed his Knigh t fl 'om KB3 (old sqU;\I'e ) to Q2 (new EquaTe ). l~i rs t. at Q2, the Knight con lrols s ix squares : the fi ve It can mO\'e to n ext time and Ihe one occupied by its own Pawn at j(.1. Of these six squa res, tht! two t hat maHer are QB4 and QN 3. The Kn igh t ca n go to the former with tempo 0 11 Wh ite's Queen while resum ing an at· tack o n t he King I'a wn. If t he Queen t he n re treats to Q I o r KN3, Wh ite 8tl11 ca nuot Illay N- Q5 beca use h is K ing Pawn \\'ould be en prise. If Black's Knight moves to the ill tte l' sQuat'e, QN3, th en it will co ntinue to ODS s upported by .. . P-QN~ and . .. H- QBl, a thematic se· quence of t he S icilian Defense. In the game. the Knigh t occupied both or these points , fi rs t QD'I and then, L'e turning to Q2, QN3.

Second, leal'lng KD3. Ihe Knigli t d rOll' lIed control of eigh t ~quares: (he (Ive it could liave moved 10 ins tead of Q2 (one or t hese Is occu pied by a Wh ile Pawn ) a nd the t ll'O fi lled by ils o wn men. Of these 10ilt SQlla res. the only im· portant one \;; Q~ s ince no\\' . not only is , .. P- Q.J [,ul ed out, but W hite can,

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ill more variation::; than otherwi::;e , play a ravorable N- Q5.

Thh-d, at Q2. the Knight block::; til(> portion of the Queen file from Ql to Q3, of the second rank from QN2 to K2. of the diagonal from K l to QR5 and of t he dl;;gonal fr'om Qln to KR6. Only this last interruption had any meaning in the game , since it retarded the de\' elopment of Dlack's Queen Bishop to K3, though th is piece might have gone to QN2 in· stead.

Fourth. I€Hlving KB3, the K night ope n· ed the portion of the King Bishop ["iIe

from KD2 to KB7. or the third rank fl'om Q3 to Klt3, or the diagonal from KN2 to \\: '1 and of the diagonal from K2 to KN4. This last removal reQuircd the players to inves tigate .. . BxNP, while the fil'st, uns tOpping Black's King Bisllol) Pawn, may have caused one or the othe r of them to dismiss .. . P-KB3 01' • ..

P-KB4.

These fOUl' changes made at every move lire the only ones that can take place. They stem from the very nature of the game and would be different for ~ game of ditferent nature. Even the llieces of our step'sister board·game checkers, which move more like Pawns than any other chessman, lack the firs t t\mct ion. that of blocking and ullblocking lines. This lack is because checkermen do not move 011 lines (rows of points) but only on points, Hence, by t heir vet·)" nature, they have no lines to block.

The basic struggle ill chess is the same as ill mountaiu climbing: the one, a struggle for squares, for different squares during the game but, at last, for the one square in pal·ticular t hat leads the others on, the lUng's square; the other, It struggle for ledges , mallY ledges going up the mountain, but with one final, t opmost ledge as sta r and magnet to the t·est. In the struggle for ledges up the chessboard, a player's only tools are his pieces, and the ir only working edges are the four changes they can Cut into the game at every move, ThB method of finding these changes is r'eally 110 more than being aware that they oc· cur and looking for them. It is taking what may hal'e been befot'e ullnoticed and bringing it to attention. This aware· ness is consistent with chess as an art form since, some phllosophers hold , the highes t function of art is to raise th e senses to their surroundings by show· ing them relationshh)s that always were, but wel'e not always seen. Awareness of these four changes is itself an organi7.a· tion of the position ill the mind of the obsel·ver.

In the previous example, all four changes were s ignificant to the players ' analyses. Normally, howevet·, this is not so ; while all OCCllr, and should be noticed, usually one Ot' two are more urgent thall the res t. The following posi· tions illustrate, in turn, the predominance of each of the changes.

Firs t, points conll'oiled. Whenever a man. own or enemy, mOI'es to a Ilew sqllare, the player mllst notice where it can go to next; thHt is, he mnst glan ce at all the different points it su{ldenly

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attacks. This awareness should be1,;ome an automatic mental habit. done with· out thought. Because the penHlty for ignoring this rule is immediately pel" fanned by one's opponent, most begin· ners discovet· the ru le fOI' themselves after leHving en prise theil' firs t few me n. The following example shows that it is not always only t he novice who sometimes forgets to look,

Above, from l\'ueller- Kmoch, Kecske· met 1927, White played B- R7 to lift the blockade on, his Queen Knight Pawn. f!lil· iug to nollee t hat after . . . QxI3, the square of his King falls under atta<: k.

Second, [loints released , Whenever a man, own Qt' e nemy. moves fr 'om an old squal'e. the player must notice which Iloints it no longer controls, This awal'e· ness should become !In automati c mental h!lbit, done without thought. Since the penalty fat· violating t his t'ule is Ilsually less immediate ihan for violating the previous one. some players never dis· covet' it at all, though both are equally important. Unlike the first change. points controlled, whi ch is aa advantage, the second change . points released, is It dis, advantage. He nce, each move becomes a compromise between nell' values just obtained at the cost of old values jus t surrendet·ed. T hree examples follow, of which the stude nt should trace out the last two on his board.

Above, from Tchigorin- PllIsbmy. Paris 1900, White played P - B4, perhal)S ilOl)ing to lI'ap Blac k's Bishop. But this move Hlso "unprotected" the Queen Pawn. Black was forced to I'eply with the very satisfac tol'y .. ,B-K5 (opening his Queen file from Q2 to Q5) and, though his Bisliop is "Hacked twice while de· fended only once, White would lose a Pawn if he tried to take it,

Bela,,·, from ~imzo\'ich-Taubenhau;;,

St. Petersburg 1913, the pressure on Black's Queen Rook Pawn immobilizes

iO; protecting pieces, the Queen Rook and .he Bishop. Two ways of countering I this pressure are . . , P- QR4 (s imply mOl'ing the Pawn away) and, .. P-Q~4 (blocking White's grip at) the attacking diagonal) . But the former unguards White 's QN5 so that B- N5 followed by U(:cupation of QB6 becomes possible, while the lattel' exposes QB5 so that it can be used as a Rook outpost, Nim?O­v!ell recommended .. . P - QR4 as the lesser evil. Aftet· . . . P - QN4 . he strength­ened his game by the following se· quence, which his opponent could not disrupt: R- B5, R/I- QB1, P- QR3, P-QN ·1, Q- KB2-KB4 and B-K2- KB3. This pro· gram induced Ulack rtnally to play ... IV QBlxR, whel'eupon Nim7.ovich replied w11h QP xR and Wall by advancing his Queen Bishop Pawn .

The above. from Olafsson- Reshevsky. Los Angeles 1963. Is probably as fine a textbook example as we will ever see of the greasy ease with which a "safe" square can slip away because of the sys· tematic l'8IDOVal of its protecting pieces.

As the position opens, Black appears to be very cramped,

[An incidental thought: Or is he? is the c ramped player defined to be the one having the fewer men moved to the fout·th rank 01' the one having the fewet' number of total legal moves fOl' all his men togethe!'? It the former, then, of COllrse, Black is twice as c ramped as White. But. if the lattet', then you may be sllrprised to find that White Is the cramped playel', since he has only ,12 legal moves while his opponent has ·j6. The best way alit of this dilemma, pel'­haps. is to define the cramped player as one whose laxative begins to work just as time control approaches.]

Ileshevsky con ceives the plan of free· ing himseif by .. . P- KB4 to force the exchange or advance of White's K ing Pawn so that it wj]] no longer hold Black 's Q4 square. 'With the King Pawn

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away, lilen he can play. ' . P- Q·I, F.ven then , of COUI·se. thi s move will not be easy. s ince White w!11 stl11 con tl'ol t he square by one Pawn and ma llY pieces. Bllt Reshe vsky has a little tl'kk In mind to make I t playable . t..:n forUlIIalelr. ill working th l!! plan out. Bla ck fi nds-o r ra ther doesn' t fi nd-t hat he mnst suc­ces.slvely uncove r, move on mOI'e. what Is , In the current positIon , h ll! be~t "uard· eel square ; in fact, t he onl>, olle out­side of his firs t rallk that Is prolected five times. It is flll11 11y ,the barAn ess of thi s point, now so I1llhlnted at. which Is his downfall . D\tI'lng th eHC 1ll01' es. O lll.fsson's plan Is to we ake n Ula{'k's Klngs lde by e xchanging m ark 's King Blshol) from W hile's Q~.

1 . • . . 8 - K1

This move unblo('ks the Q ueen fil e for a Rook's SUPPOl't of . . . I'- Q.1, but now there are only fOIlI' lllen g Ullrdl ng the vital square.

2 K-R2 Q- B1

Here Black removes the QHMn rrom the fil e of White's Hook and ~ UllllO l' ts . . . P - KD4. but no ll' only lhl'ee nUl U guard the square.

3 Q-Q2 N/ B 2- R3

As we will see, th l!! Knigh l Is he lld ing for QN5 as pa rt or t he taclka l Ilk k to s upport ... P-Q4 , but no \\' only t wo mel! g ua rd t he squa re.

4 N-B3 P- 84 Dlack moves into the open. but nOI\,

on ly one piece is left to watc'h the ~qlmre .

5 B_Q4 PxP

W hile's King Pawll Is l'emol'l'tl aH. next, wl11 be Blnr'k's B1 ~holl ,

6 BxB QxB 7 N xP NxN

W ith t his move, Blac k's K3 sq ual-e is comple te ly II nCOI'ered.

8 RxN P_Q4

At last. Blac k has cll lTled om his Il lan. as White did h is some two I))OI' e5 bllck. But will i t work? White's nex t twO mOl' l)S put lel'l'ible preSSllre on th e Quetn Pawn

" The club t ournament stut s a week f rom t o morrow. Until its end, nothing w Ill be discu ssed in th is hou$e e xcept chen. And, of courlle, fc od."

by pinning It Hnd by dearing a Di!lhop'~

diagonal again st it. 9 R_Q4 N-N5

The ItU'!) or key B lac k has relied Ullon, This fi nal protec tion of t he Queen Paw n th reatens to lock liP t he Rook by 10 .. . P- B4. If noll' 10 PxP. t hen 10 . .. P-D~

11 R- B4 o r K4. Rx P, and Bl,u'k is free. No matte!' what t he outcome, Res hev. sky's las t nine moves have bel'n part of a 1I'0ndel'ful cOll ception.

10 N_N 5 . , , . Alas! What hn s been so beautifully

sewll lIas a. fatal seam. Black's downfall here, jnst a s Hl\mlet's. meets the classi­ca l derln ltlon or t ragedy : a noble char· a c te r or a ction fo redoomed to defeat by a flaw in Its ow n personallty. T he weak, ness of Black 's p iAII , so well hidrlen at the s tan of t he Illa y, ha s now r isen to over whelm him. W hlte 's t hrea t of tOI'k· ing Rook and Queen on the vital square K6 Is decisive.

10 . . . . B- B2 15 P,R R_ Kl 11 N," Q,N 16 P-Q6 Q- Q2 12 P- R3 P_ B4 17 P_KN4 P- N3 13 R,P N,R 18 Q-Q5t K_N2 g BxN R, . 19 R-Q2 R_ K 3

20 QxR . . . . T his move. li nd the sq ual-e o n which

it comes, Is like II. fi na l je st. If 20 . QxQ. t hen 21 P- Q7, Black res igned .

Third, lines blocked. Whene ver a. man, OWl1 01' enemy, moves to a new SQuarc . the player mus t notice which [our lines (one rank. one file, and two diagona ls ) it snddenly obstruct s ; that is, he must be >\wnre of lill y other piece t hat has j U6t had its r !tnge of a ct ion intercepted br the moved one. For a piece on one side of a. blockaded li ne cannot t rave l to th~

o thel' s ide o r prot8<! t t he poin ts t he re. T h is a wa reness o{ lines in terrupted should become an a utomatic me n ta l habi t. don e wIthout thought.

Above. rrom Ke res-Arlamovsky. Po­land 1950, Bla ck played .. , QN-QZ. sO that he could I'eply to NxNt by ... l"xN. While he proba bly noticed that thi s move bl ockecl t he diagonal of his Q ueen Bishop amI lhe file of his Queen (espe­cially its Q3 ~Qnllre). he sUl'ely didn't consider th a t It also blocked the Kl-QB3 diagonal o f h iB King. These ll\.'>t tll'O fll C'

ton; a llowed Keres to mate on the move. "'olice that the saOle result would hal'e followed ... 8 - Q2. T ha t Is. t he point of th is example does nOt depend upon t he p:l n i<' uIQ r s hape of piece ill l'o lved. bm npon where the !'Ihul]e !!tllnds.

This exalll]llt' ~ how~ lI];lt il is bad to block your own pieces. COlJversely, Ii Is

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g ood to bloc l, yon!' opponent'!!, a .~ In tl\ f) ne xt case .

Above. f)'0 1ll Hes hevsky- S lm on:ion. Un ited S tales Cham pionllhl p 1938. W hile's mai n t hntst Is nguln ll l t he lid· verse K ing Bls hop P(LlI ' I\, w hic h Uluck 's Qneen protects f l'om n long dlagonll l lI way,

Wh ite ('an block thl !! line by ud l'ancing any one or t hree ce ntel' Pawlls. though h i!! 01Jpon ent ca n sa fely open It again by . . . Qx 1'. l~xceJlt fo r 1 P- Q5 (o ll !!n lng t he Hook's fo urth ran k) , Hill(:1l " 'bite wou ld Ih!! n w in a Hook, aHer I .. . QxQP, by 2 R- Q4, Q-K 3 3 QxQ. If In­~t!!ad 1 . . . HxQP, the n no t on l)' h as nIack int!!!TtliJted h is Q neen 's pro t ection of the King Disho ]J Pawn. btl t also his Hook's, so tha t White can mU le In t wo. Finally. if 1 ... P -x P , then no t only luIS B lac k in tel'l111lted h is Q uee n 's ]J ro tectlon of KB2, but also o r K3, so thnt W hite can ad vance 2 P- K 6, nlla c klng t he Pa wli once m ore t han it can be defe nded.

Fou rth, lines o l>e ned. Whenever a m an. own or enemy. mo\'es f rom an o ld squa re, t he Illayer mus t not ice w hich fou r Hues (olle rank , one fil e. and 111'0 "iaKonals ) it s nddenl )' unblocks: lhlll 1M, he m us t

, be aware o r any piece t hat new ly ha s its ra nge extended across a Hil e lha t rOl'Ill' erly W(l 1I closed. Th ls fl ll ' n rene~s shonld become all a utoma ti c mental IlIlblt , (Io [} fl without thought.

A bo"e. rrom :'.l on t lce lli - Ho ro\\'Jlz , Sy m , c use 1934, Wh ite h a ll e rred in I~adl i ng

t h is IJOslt ion. H e hOlled l ha t muc k would now trade Q\leen~ by 1 ... HxQ. 2 RxQ. but he o l'erlooked that If. ins tead, 1 ... QxH , 2 Qx R. his Q lIeeli ha!; cleured the K R1- Q HS d i!lgonai ror h is OI)llonem , so that 2 . ' . Q- IH t leads t o ma te. Bn t, in t he ga m e. Black m issed th is flOlnt. too.

T he exa m ple ~ holl's that It Ig lo ad fo r one 's pieces to clen l' lines for the ene my. Conl'ers ely, it b; good rOI' one's pieces to c lea r the m for thei r own m en. The next ca~c I~ a. pos ition of eu{,h ty pe: wi th one move , Black d e llI'S Ilne~ [01' bot h s ides .

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Abo,·c. [rOIll a la te r pos i tion of Ihe F ischel'- Bolbodulll ga m e m e nlloned ea rl , ie r . 1I1e Illay proceeded 1 P xJ>. PxP , or the fOil I' lines Ol)ened by Dla ('k '!! reply, only t he K I -KN~ diagonal d ea rin!:, d id no t in fl ue nce t he ga me. Black 's 1m· Ill ediate in tent ion, o f course. \I'H ~ to o lle n t he K ing Bi shop file. pi nning Wh ite' s thl'ice-th rentc ned Kn ight to Its Qtleen but. Illa(\I'ertelll ly, this llIOI'e als o open, ed Blac k' >; ~e('ol1d rank fr om QD2 to K H2 fOI' an enemy Il ook, and a di llgOIUti to Black 'S Kin g fro m K N J to Q '1. By 2 Q- QN 3. threa te ning a t e rribl e d iscol' e red ch eck ,liong th is las t lille, F is che r de ll1on, s trated th a t h i ~ t wo c lea ri ngs we l'e mOI'e va luable than h is o lll)Onent'~ on e. Afte r 2 . .. RxN 3 n-K ;; ~. I\- B l ·1 HxH t , BlRc1; r es igned l.Jecau~e ~ . .. KxB 1> Q- K6 t , K- B l 6 Q- BS will mate h im . :\'Ol ice hO\I' the open l'econrl ra nk preven t!; lhe 1{lng's

] "N' escape to '" . • .

With som e pnlctice. a wa re nesH Or Ihe cha lice>; Ihat 0 ",(, 111' at e\'ery 1II01'e ",HI

become as bl'ie r a nd a u tom a tic as ty ing Shoelaces-somethi ng one can [o rget o illy If o ne t !'ies, While t he cha nges a re ob· dOli!; after a. Hule t hought, s ti ll e ;l (;h per­~on lea rn ing Ihe game ~hou ld no t 1):I\'e to t h in k them u p fo r him~eU rOI' Ihe fl l'S t time. As h is lI ~e of t ' lem turns (' uli tom, t he player will have less OCCl\sio ll 10 ask , a s we do when s Oll1 et h i n~ goes wrong, "Wh e re di(1 thal come fro~ll ? He will hal' e roreseen it in ad l' an ce.

Solutions to PROBLEMART No. 1 Th e ke~' is 1 1{- B7! T he threni, of cour se, is 2 Q-K8 m a te, and w e lI a l'e a mos t u nexpected crossch eck : 1 . , . K - Q1t 2 Q- K7 mate.

No.2 The ke y is I Q -Q 5 w ith Ihreat of 2 Q- NS llIate, On t he d efen se , I , .. I'- K3. lhe P!\ln l intet'fen~ s w ith t he OI~hop , allowing 2 Q-US mate. On the defe nse , 1 . 13- K 3. Ihe I3is ho ll huel·· fe res w ith t he Pl\ wn: 2 Q-Q~ Ill/He.

No.3 The mai n line is 1 Q- B6, 1{- N5 2 Q - B l!: and mate fo llows. O n 1 . . . I{-R~

2 K- X3. mate follows. T he fam ous Loyd Ilosi tion relin ed to

th is one has a ppea red in CH ESS HE· \'IE \\' sel'e l'a l t imes (a nd dese n 'ed !), so ). Wh ite : K ing on QH2. Queen on Q N6 li nd Pa wn on Q85: Black : King on QI! 5 and Pawl! on Q:\'4 , No t e tha t th ree of t h l! p ieces OC" IIP}, identica l ~ qllares. Til e as toni shi ng key is 1 Q- K H6! ! lind t he con ti nuations a fte r 1 , . , K - N5 a nd 1 . . , K- H4 are t he sa me as in Ehren ~ l e i n 's

~ etting .

Solutions to CHESS QUIZ No, 1 Whit e \\' I n ~ witb 1 H- H5 : and (a )

I . , . P- 1\8·1 2 Ih B. NxR 3 BxN t, QxD 4 Qx IO' t , K- 81 ;; Q- R S)" and ;; . , . K any 6 J! - H7t e tc . or :; . . . Q- N I 6 D-Q6t, I{- B2 i It- Hit e tc . o r (b) 1 .. . PxR 2 B- 1\ 5, P- J.: B4 3 0 - 86, and ( i) 3 . , . Q- n2 4 Hx B. NxR :; DxN etc; 0 1' (i i) 3 , . , Q- B I -I IhD : and ~ ... QxQ ;; H- K8 mate, 01' " .. . P xB 5 R-K8, N-B2 6 Q- N7 mute, o r ·1 . , . N- B 2 5 R- K S, I{x R 6 Q-~5t. lind mate ne xt 0 1' 5 . . , Q xR 6 0 - 1'7 mnle.

No. 2 Black wins by 1 . , . 1'- :\'6 2 Dx P [o r a !ll el'e fa lls ). B- 1\'5t ,oul (n) it N/1- 133. QxP t 4 K - QZ, Qx P j and Black's III1Sl;e(1 Puw nfl win : o r (b) 3 K-J3 1. QxPt ·1 NxQ, NxP mate,

No. 3 Wh ite wl n~ wi th .1 Hxil, ,",x H [or Bluc k Is a p iece m inus] 2 QxPt. KxQ 3 N- D:;§, K - N 3 ,I N-K7t , K - i\2 5 B- R6 '·. a nd mute nex t.

No. 4 11 11H:k win s by 1 . . . B- K 5 and ( a ) 2 H- J3 2 [ mm:h t he same applies to 2 H- Q 3J. Q- Nit 3 K- Bl. BxH with s uffl · cie nt 1'0 1' Bla ~ k; or (b ) 2 Kx P'( , HxN t 3 Qx H, H- I~n l 4 R- QS. QxHP t e t c.

No, 5 Wh ite wins with 1 P- N5 [no t 1 1>- 136, P- N .j : 2 P--B4. N- K5t 3 K -R1 _ e l ~e 3 . , . I,, - N l and ,I . , . P-R8(Q )- ­;";-~ 6 t ·1 1\- 1J2, X - K 5t fo r a ]Jel'lletnal -1I0r 1 P- O,I, :\' - K 5t with the s ame per, petual] : and ( a) J . . . N- K 5 t 2 Px?\. Px P 3 B- Q5, fOl' a su re vic to ry. 01' (b )

I , , ' i\' - N5t 2 J>xN. P - B3 [else 3 BxP mate) 3 13- 0 5, J>xB 4 P x P, P- N3 5 K-Bl ~

PxP 6 P- N6, P-Oa 7 P - N7. P- B6 8 P- N8 ( Q) , !l nd mat!! next. 0 1' (c) 1 . . , N- R·I 2 BxP, N- B5 3 B- B6. :\,- R6t ·1 K- B l r l\- BS} [e ls e 5 P-BH l 5 P-Q:'. Nx l' li HxN. P- 0 3 7 P-BH ~ P x13 ,:: p- n6. P- 0 5 9 P- B7. 1'- 06 10 P- D8( Q ) , a ll,1 male next , o r (d) 1 . ' N e l~e 2 DxP . I\nd mllte ~oon follows.

No, 6 Dhl<' k wins by 1 , . . PxPt 2 OxP. H- BSt 3 QxH. Qx P t and m a to) in two.

No, 7 Whi le wins wi th 1 Q- H6, R- K 2 II , . . Q,~Pt does nol he lp in the long r un. nor I , . . B- N2 1101' 1 . . . B- Q2 1 2 Ib R. Ox l{ :{ R- H7 : and 3 . . . QxR ·1 Qxll mal e , 01' 3 . . . Ox:\' -1 QxP mal e,

No, 8 Bla d ; wins by 1 .. . H- Bst 2 K-HZ. Qx P~ 3 PxQ . X- D6t a nd mate nex t.

No.9 White w ins with 1 R xPt. K-Dl [o r I . , . 1\ - 111 2 RxPt, K-Nl 3 Q- 1'> Jt elc.] 2 1l- 1'St , Kxl! 3 R- :-< l t, K - Hl ·1 B- R6 : (Ind (iI ) ,I . . , R- QN l 5 HxH t. Kx R 6 Q- N l t. a nd mate follows. 0 1' (b) .. . .. Ib Q :; 13- :\" t . K- K l 6 Bx:\'~ , K - 01 7 B- :\, 7t, K- :\' \ S BxR~, K-B I 9 B-N7t, K - !\1 10 B- B6§ !tnd 11 BxQ e tc,

No. 10 B111ck w ins by 1 , .. Q- Jl6f 2 K- :\'I, N- K8 : and (8) 3 QxB, Q- X7 mate, o r (b) :\ N x:\'. P-Q6~ 4 QxB. QxP mate. or (!. ) it Q- D2, NxNt a nd m a te (o llo w!> , or Cd) 3 lh "'. QxN : a nd (i) ·1 Q-K N2. P-Q6~: e.K. ;; B- K 3, J3x Bt Ii K- Hl. Rx l' , 7 K xll , It- H I mate. or (iii 4 Q-K I. P-QIi ~ 5 H- K 3. Q xQ. o r (11\) 4 QxB. HxP 5 K xH . H- Hlt a I".! ma te follows. o r 0\') ·1 H- KBl. P- Qf;§ 5 QxB. Q-N5t (i K- Rl. H.~ l' t lIlHI mn le next o r Ii 1~ -n2 , I1xl' l· jlnd nwte ne xt.

t = c heek : t = db!. check: I = dis. ch .

339

By WALTER KORN

CHESS TIME MARCHES ON All of us I)(lYe earlier or la ter ell­

countered slich hypothetica l questions as whethe r Mo rphy or Alekhinc Wa S

the stronge r p la ye r and who would have won had they been pitted agl.linst each olher in their lime. Some would favor Alekhinc, some Morphyo Each WIIS the strongest in hi s own period. So qua litutively we might consider them equa ll y strong

.." <':: 1<

Wolter Korn

without poss ihle compar ison. Goi ng a step furthe r, we migh t even admit to the hypothes is of complete rela tivit y, na mel y that a n Alekhine o f 1930 would have beaten <1 resurrected Mo rph y of yesteryear-be­ca use the (lu<ln lita Livc element o f a century of techni<:a I progress would have tipped the sca les.

A professional colleilgue of the wr iter's sad ly re· la ted the tragicolll ic story of how h is fa the r, frolll whom he had learned the game, 10sl to the son for the first l ime, and would ne ver pill Y him aga in ! This co ll e.tgue, 11 player o f still even ly regu lar strength , now has two sl1lall sons, one not so small of len, the other uf eight ye,ns of age, and he tau ght them both the r ud iment.-; of chess. Wh en he found the two play. in g togeth e r, lla turally he ki bi tzed and , inj ud iciously, suggested a better move to the older son--qu ickly to be shOln l th e refutat ion by the younge r son, before the two decided on their r igh t moves.

Qun l ila live p rogress? Quan tita ti ve increase ? Smarte r youth or p recocious youngslers? We a re not prepa red to answer, But the fo llowing examples typi fy some o f the progress in tim e.

ClimbinC) Stairs The rlrst diagram (shown in CH ESS

HEYIEW. December J96 1 and again in July 1962) has been haun ting the wri ter thoug h he t hought i t n finish ed chaptel' wit h t he " fi nal I'e rs ion" by B un:eli us a nd t he wriler's own " pel'fec tioning" com, ment5 (CHESS HEVI EW, May 1 96~). As the Execut ive Edi to r rightly r('marked . the ballet·like ellcala lion of {he o rig ina l had gone by the board. Yet , H we s t ic k to the basic condition of the o l"lglnal. namely that the White Knight Pawn mu st mfl.te. then we mu st give credit to a further crltl cillm and Impr oved version sent in by I'ead e r Stanley K rebs of New York .

T he Staircase Theme amended by Krebs

While f'uwn 'l\I' le~ wit hout B lack PII"' n~ he inJ;" eaptured_nd the wri te r would Ildd: ". , . Or ellpt\lrln~,"

Here nnd In othel' examples. sol l'e the problem first. for fnller enjoyment, be fore r eading on.

340

lIIr. Ii:l'ebs prope rly asset·t ~ [hat (he origi nal Blaf'k seHill)!," of rOIH' [liack PltWns in a rOil" on both th e King lIis hoj) and King Rook fil es is illp.!("HI (because Impossible to arriYe at). lind unnef'es' !<a.rily so. In I)roof w he l·eor. he lI ubmits I', lIosltlon nearer the m iddle or the boa rd :tnd ee l'tainly lega lly possible to lUTh'e Al by whate"e l" devious mOl'es. 1 N- N7§ K-K 2 5 N- B7t K-K4 2 B-B8t K-K3 6 K- B2 P_ B6 3 N_N5 K_K4 7 R- KSt K-B5 4 Q_R4! K-K 3 8 P- K 3 mate

The ultimate fine sse here co nsis ts in the King being mated th]"oul')] fl llin (pl'e\' enting the callWre S ... I'x P t).

Composition and Practical Play The a bove was t he ban ner line In the

II>l! ue of CHESS REV IEW of .I a nua l"y 1962. and a few mOl'C s tri king 1Il111\1Ie is have come to OUI' attention Si nce.

The fh"St such example i!l o f a game played in the 1938 USSR Championshi p to be compared with a prior study.

As may be !;aid of Rinck I>t udielS in !:"ene ra!. this one is well worth t he effort of solv!ng-and appreciation of the artis, try is surer that way.

(F irst ~o ly e ending, top of ne~t ~o[umn ),

The !l t udy, fea tu ri ng a tri ple Pawll p l'(). motion to K night, Rook a nd Queen a lter­tla.tively . works ou t as 1 :\"- QH. K -Nli 2 P- Ki. K-B7 3 P - K8(Nlt: 01' I K - R5 2 P- K i. R- Blt 3 Px l{( IH: Ol' I ... K - B 5 2 P- K7. KxN 3 P- K 8(Q).

He nry RInck "C hen Amateur" 1916

While to move and win

)<011', for t he p ractical side, here is an easy but Amusingly similar trend in an ac tua l game. Obviously. it is artisti· cally " less Ilel'fect," so to speak. And It l'Csults in llot a winning but a drawing conclUSion. But It has Ihe t hree di ffer· ent P awn PI"Owotions.

USSR Cha mp ionsh ip 1938

Sokolsky Wh ite

Ray jn~ky

Black

(See di a g ram, to p of ne xt page)

The conclusion was 1 . , , RxP :tnd, on 2 P- R8(Q), Blac k has 2 .. . R- B7 with perpe tua l check 0 1", on 2 P- R8{N) , he has 2 . , ' R- Dl 3 It- R6, H.-'ll'\' 4 RxR lor sta lemate or. on 2 P- HS{B). he again a chieves pe n)e tllal check 01' s talemate ahel" 2 .. . R- B l :t B-K~, B-B3 ., BxB . R - HI.

t ::: check: t ::: db!. eheek: i_dis. eh.

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Triple Play [,ike \1nto the fore going, here is a

study again by Rinck and an inspired game of 1946 and, to make it a trip le play, a subsequent, renewed presentation of a s t udy 011 the sam e related t heme compo!Sed in 1953,

Henry Rinck "Deutsche $chachzeitung" 1904

\Vhite to move

Try solving firstl

and win

1 P-N7 P-N5 2 NxB! 3 N-B6

P- N6 P-N7

4 N-Q4! KxN 5 P_N8 (Q) P-N8(Q ) & QxPt

White's 4 N- Q'] sets Ul) a lethal fork in the event Black promotes and also ,

: threatens to prevent promoting (4 , , ' K - Q6 5 N-D6) , So Black's King comes

, up on the fata l diagonal for the finish. Now watch what happens in the fol,

lowing position from an ac tual gam e .

Esthonian Championship

Kondraty~v

White

1 NxP 2 P- K6

K-N5 P-R5

3 N-KSt 4 N-B3! 5 P-K7

1946

Aruleid

Black

K_N6 K<N

And White wins with the same SOl't of final check on t he diagonal.

To cap t he proceedings al"tistically. here is a miniature by a Roumanian composer, 1I0W res iden t in Pal"is.

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1 N-QS! 2 N-B4t 3 N-Q3!

L. Lo ~w~nton

'" Itevista de Sah" 1953

K<N K- K6 K<N

4 P-K7 5 P_K8(Q) 6 Q- N6t

P-N7 P_N8 (Q

Chessic Chain Re-action This h!Sl series is agai n within the

category of chess a l'Ustry and practical play. In this instance, it covel's the t heme of Rook ,'el"SU8 two Pawn~ in the modem pel"iod.

The technique had already been a na lyzed by Salvioli, van del' Lasa allll Kling and Horwitz, Only in ihis centlll"Y . howevel', has the theme been inspiringly exploited in studies by Prokesh. Shapiro. Retl and others. But of these "othe rs." the outstanding exam ple is by the Czech ('olll posel' J . Mora"ec.

J. Moravec 28. r ijen 1924

White to move and d raw 1 R- R1 t K-Nl 7 R- R8t K-R2 2 R- Nl t K-B1 8 R- R7t K-R3 3 R-QR1 K- Ql 9 R-R8 K-R4 4 K-Q6 K- Kl 10 K_BS K-R5 5 K-K6 K- B1 11 K-B4 K-R4 6 K-B6 K_ N1 12 K-BS

An(l so on. F ir'st a flight on the lower hOI'izontlll, followed and repeated with a symmetrical lIlotif on the vertical sc~lle. Cou ld such II fiction be cI'eated in I'eailly? H e re it is-a world famous end, ing fl 'om practleal play which ut that tim e travelled all ovel' t he chess world.

Kerel)

White

Noordw ijk 1938

Eliskases

Black

(See diagram. top of next COlumn)

1 P-R7 2 P- N6

R-QR7 K- B6!

3 K-N1 4 P_N7

R_R3 ! , . . ,

Aftel' this inu'iguing overture. we ha"e the same symmetrical set up as In the i\loravec s tudy. [n his book on Rooll end, ings. Iv<\ucho shows that. aflel' 1 P- N6 first, Black also draws .

4 . , . . 5 K- B1

Black to ruol'e and draw

R-N3t R_KR3!

6 K-Q1 7 K-K1

K- Q6 K-K6

With the same strategy as in the Mol" avec study.

Actuaily, Kun Richte:' claim s a prede· cessor in a game, Toerngren-N. "", StOckholm 1902 in which the final Ilosi­lioll of (he Moravec study, with the Kings on 131) and R4 respectively, is the stal,ting position and the pl'oceS!! pro, ceeds from t here In reversed motion . with the Rook m ovin g from QR8 to QR1. B ut t he underined sOllrce '"N. N." dis · coUrages the writer who is unable to discovel' the occasion fo r t his game.

Coda 1\"0 skel)tic of cOIII'se will be satis fied

with the singu lar OCCIHTence of this idea in one practical game. To convince such of the necessity of knowing one's book. t he writer quotes one more actual game. It is taken from Kasparyan's recent book, '"The Positional Draw." ill which the iIIoravec study Is Qllo ted In conjunc, tion with t his game.

Arulaid

White

USSR 1955

Gurg~n idz~

mack

White to m ove and dntw

62 K-Q6 K-Bl 67 K-B4 K- R6 63 R-B1t K- N2 68 K- B3 K_R7 64 R- N1 t K_R3 69 R_ KB1!! P_ R4 65 K_ B6 K-R4 70 K- QS ! P_R5 66 K_ B5 K_ R5 71 K_ KS P-R6

72 RxPt! Drawn

The m!U1eUI'er in t his game is t he al · ternath'e drawing cllance, alternative to the perpetual mating threat and ch eck: i.e. to swing the King ovel' to the other win. as !!eell abOI'e, and apply the dmwing sacl'ifice,

The stra tagem is shown in many end· game boolls and fits ill a very a('cllrate way her e even against three Pawns.

341

Black Gets "In DuS-ch"

rrH ESE fO llr Stllllnton Gambits are from Rolf SdJ\\'i.Htz' III lest opening . work , «The Dutch Derem;e," with commenb cOlldel1;;ed here.

1925

Tartakover

White

1 P- Q4 2 P_ K 4

P_KB4 p,p

3 N-QB3

Mieses

Black N-KB3

4 P_KN4!? • • • •

lJmannel La~ lI e r' s I(\ea. 4 , . . , P-Q4

S lrongcst is Ihe I1 lmp] e ,I 5 P_N5

... p - Kn 3!

N- Nl 6 P-B3 PxP?

Bel<t is 6 . . . P- J(.I 7 QPxP, B- QN5.

7 QxP P- K3 ?

7 , .. N-QB3 8 QxP, P- K 3 ill correct. The text gives Wh ite toO milch !leOIII! .

8 B- Q3 P_KN3 12 Q_ N3 ! N-QR3 9 KN-K2 Q-K2 13 0-0 B-Q2

10 B_K B4! P-B3 14 B-Q6 Q_Ql 11 B_K5 B_N 2 15 Q- B4 Resigns

Black must lose It lllec:e. Th e position looks like a :\lm7.0Y!c-ll ;;trictlon study!

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1947

Goldsohmeid

While 1 P_Q4 P_KB4 2 P_ K4 P:<P 3 N-QB3 N- KB3 4 P- B3 PxP

5 NxP

Preinhalter

Black P-K3 B_ K2

0-0 6 B-KN5 7 B- Q3 8 0-0 P-Q N 3?

8 . . . P-Q3i~ Q- Kl. \Vloile·s worth a Pawn.

nel"eSsflry; blll. art "' I' 9 initiative i s proba bly

9 N_K5 10 B:<N 11 BxPt

11 . . . , 12 Q- R5t 13 N- N6

13 . . . ,

A ra.tal mis take. I·ed, 01· 13 .. . BxP-,'

14 Q- R8t K-B2 15 N- K5t K- K 2 16 QxPt ! BxQ

B- N2 B,B

. . . .

K,B K-N l , . , ,

R-K1

13 ... I'- Q3 Is ~O l '-

14 K- Rl, B- KB3. 17 R-B7t K-Q3 18 N,-N5t K _Q4 19 P-B4t K _ K5 20 R_K1 mate

I "On the contrary, he happens to be,

by far, the worst patzer in th e club."

1950

Prucha StuJ ik

Wh i le Blac k

1 P-Q4 P-KB4 , ",p P-Q4 2 P-K4 p,p 7 B-Q3 N- B3 3 N-QB3 N-K B 3 8 0 - 0 B-N2 4 B_ KN5 P- KN3 9 Q-K2 0-0 5 P_ B3 p,p 10 B,N B,B

Or 10 Px B It Nx P !

11 N, P N, P 14 Rx R t K,R 12 N,N BxNt 15 R- B1t K _N2

13 K-R 1 P-K3 16 N_B4 Q_K2 17 Q_ K4 B,P

18 NxNP! Q-N4

IS . .. PxN a llows mnte i n th r~e .

19 N _K5 ! Resigns

The Kn [ght [s tabu because of mate: a.nd. [f 19 ' , . Q- IH. there follows 20 It- B7t: e.g. 20 ... K - Nl 2L QxPt, QxQ 22 nxQt . K- IH 23 N- N6 mate.

Hor vath

White 1 P-Q4 2 P-K4 3 N-QB3 4 B_Q3 5 N_B3

1960

P_KB4 P-Q3

P-KN3 P-K3 ?

B_N2

, B- KN5 7 P- K5 8 Q- K2 9 0 - 0 - 0

10 B_N5

Podhola

Black N-K2 P-Q4 N- Q2 P-B4

P-QB5

1 (I . . P- QIU! is necessary. 11 P_K A4 12 B-B6l

P- KR3 K-B2

And here J2 . .. 0 - 0 i ~ better.

13 NxP ! 14 P-K6t

Illac k is in sequel shows quite pretti ly,

15 B xN

t rouble. flll)'Way; bu t I h e t he rallae \· of th is move

, . ' . Now 16 Q- K 5 mate I !I the threa t.

15 • . . . 16 Q- K5t! 17 PxQ mate

Q_ B2 Q,Q

t _ cheek; : = db!. cheek; f = dll. ch.

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Entertaining and instructive games annotated by a famous expert.

{;}·INTERNATIONAL HOLLAND 1964

Interzonal at Amsterdam The Power of Ideas

SuVposedly, the Exchange Variation against t he I·'rench Derense is very dl111-­}'e t i\iol'phy was always successful in adopting it. Techniquc, it is true, ha~

made great progress since then so today it is mueh more dHfklll t to outplay even a weakel' opponent in such a e0111' paraU l'ely easy Hne with its drawi,;h tendencies, But ideas ean still pl'oduee miracles- at least now and then. Whitc prove,; so charmingly in this game.

FR ENC H DEFENSE Bent Larsen

Denmark

White

1 P- K4 2 P-Q4

P_K3 P-Q4

Lajos Portisch

Hungary

Dladl B_N5 3 N- QB3

4 PxP . . . . An excal'ation. Long ago, thi s sll'ap

was cousidered strong as it leaves the Blaek King Bishop misplaced. That rea, soning. however, is now out,or,(hete, Emanuel T.asker-Bot,·lnnik, played in the '30's, is the last game (or at lea~ t

one of the last) in which this line was adopted in master play. The result. lI'a~

a draw.

4 . . . . 5 Q_B3 . . .

'rhis Is an idea whieh Soultainebeieff propagated for some tillie, both in this vUI'iution and in the regular Exchange Variation with 3 PxP. Tile move hardly holds promise, one may say; but Larsen. apparently, has come (Q other conelu· sions .

5 . . . , N-Q B3

This move is !lot a good idell , ;) . . . ;\-KB3, for one instanee , is a smoother way for Black to mobilize ; e .g. 6 B- K N5. QN-Q2 7 0-0-0, I3xN 8 QxB, N-KG! with eq uality. In othel' variations. Black doe~ well to be l'eady fOI' .. . p - Qn3,

6 B-QN5 7 B-KB4 8 0-0-0

KN_ K2 0 - 0

. . . ,

Here is another old idea, t his one Hl· tributable to i\Iieses. He. like ;\Iol'phy. used to play the Excha nge Variation bu t proceeded. unlike i'lIorphy. with 0 - 0 - 0. At least, that is. t he i'IIleses of YOUlll{el' years,

8 , . . N- R4

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Now Blaek wants to Hdvance his Queen,side Pawns. a project which re, QuiJ-es too lUuch effort in the~e circum, stances, So it is better to try 8 .. . B-K3. followed ]Jos~ibly by 9 .. . P- Qfl:3. The immediate R ... P - QR3 !J Dx:\' «]J lails a. weakening of mack's [)o~!tion by 9 .. . PxB 10 N- It ·[ or the loss of a Pawn by 9 . _ . BxX 10 QxB. NxB 11 Q- KN3 !

9 KN_K2 P-QB3 10 B-Q3 P-QN4 11 P- KR4! • • • •

White ailll~ at P- H5- 6 and so fon~es Dlaek to disturb his King'side Pawn front. Whlehe"er Pawn he mo\'es there has a weakening effect.

1 1 . . • . 12 P-R5

N_85

P-B3 Ii IS hard ly possible to prOl'e 011

whieh Pawn lllove Black eun best rely. The text. at any rate. ha!:l the advantage of \'acating Black's KB2 for his pieces.

A blundel' whleh succumb~ to cute e x, ploitation. as Larsen points 0\:1. in the Tou mame nt Bulletin. is J2 , .. Q- R-L On 13 P- H6. Ula ck lacks a playable move as ] 3 . . , 1>- ':\3 loses to 14 D- B7! e.g. H .. , QxB 15 Q- B6!

13 P_ N4 Q-,R4

E,'en now. this Queen mOI' e is weal, as it dep l' iI ' e~ Black's King Bishop of a re treat . .13 . B- Q3 is indiellteu,

14 BxN! QPxB

By YHcating his Q4 for his Knight. Black is a bit better off than Rfter the passil'e H . .. :-';PxB 15 P- IU. RxN J 6 NxB, Q-Q1.

15 P- R3 BxN

The saerifiee of the Disholl may seem ;;-ood; but. as Larsen remark~. after 15 .. , DxP Hi btl, QxPt 11 K - QZ. Black is at a 10!:ls for an effective contin ua tion. Hi!:! only reasonable move is 17 .. . P- N5, but it fails against 18 l{-HI : Px:\'~ 19 NxP. Q- N5 20 KH- QNl arter whieh White win s the Queen .

16 NxB Q-Ql

Dlack pre ve nts ]7 P-Q~ and. at the ~ame time. ~ets 11 trap,

17 KR-K1! . ' - . Wh ite !:lees it. The conwlications re'

suiting frolll 17 NxP ! ? Q- Q .• ! may easily turn out to be in Black's ravor: e.g. 18 QxQ? NxQ 19 N-B7. NxB 20 NxH. BxP; or 18 Q- K2, PxN ]9 QxN, ExP.

17 . . . . P-R4

Here Blaek plays for attack when he ought to try to hold his own with 17 . N- Q4. J.ar~eu ;;-ives ]8 Nx"' . QxN 19

by HANS KMOCH

QxQt . P:-;;Q 20 P- J{ll3 as his intended eontinuation. claiming t hat Dlacl, then has difficulty In bl 'inging his Bishop in l O adion. His st luement is ]·ight. e :-;;ee)Jt that 20 . . . B-Q2 and, if 21 H- Ki. H- ilZ offers good cha ll ('es for R draw even if White succeeds in penetrating w ith hi ~

King to QB5.

18 Q-N3

Again. Black Illl~l\e~ IS .

19 P-R6 20 B_Q6!

R_ R2

, ),' - (1 '1.

P- N3

• • • •

"'ow 'White's advantage i8 very great --in all lik elihood dfldsil'e.

20 . . . . R_ K1

This move mal,e~ matters wor~e. 211 . . H- KD2 is necessary to maintain PI'O,

l «dion of t he Kin);;' Bishop PaIVn .

21 Q- B4 ! K-B2

Now it i8 too late for 21 . . . N- Q·I beeause of 22 "'xN, PxN 23 QxP!! (Lar­~en). Nor is 21 .. . R-131 playable be­eause or 22 P- Q5: e,g, 22 ... PxP 23 HxN. nxll: 24 NxQP.

22 B-K5 P-KB4

The alternati l'es. given by Larsen . are jll~l as bad: 22 . . . N- Nl 23 N- K ·I! or 22 .. . N-Q·I 23 ':\xN. PxN 24 BxP:

23 B-N8 R-N2 24 Q-KS . ' , .

Another winning line is 24 N-K~. N- QI 25 l\-Q6t, K - Bl 26 NxR/ 2 (Larsen).

24 , .. , 25 P- N5

R-N1 P-N5

01' 25 . . _ J\'- Q.[ 26 Nx:\' , PxN 27 p - Jl ·t anti illaek is lit a los~ for a IIIH}",hl" lllo,' e (T~al'sen).

26 Q-B6t 27 QxBPt

K_ K1 K- B2

Or 27 . . . K- Ol 28 l3-Q6. PxN 2!l nxN. H~H 30 H- Kl, a nd Wh ite wins ( L<1r~ell).

28 Q-B6t K-K1 29 P- Q5 R- B1 30 Q- B6t ' ...

Even 30 P- Q6 wins (l.arsen ) .

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30 . . . . Q-Q2

01' 30 . " K- D2 31 QxBP! 31 6-Q6 R- KB2 32 BxN PxN 33 6-N4§ Resigns

An "Edelstein" Of the m a ny secr et weapons w hich

Larsen employed In this tournament that which he adopts here is neither very secl'et nor commendable, Yet, in an earlier stage of the tournament, he prob· ably would have found a way to hold his own. In Round 21, however, with a quali · fying score already in his pocket, he (ails to do his very best. Still, this state· ment must not be misunderstood as any attempt to minimize Stein's performance. It's an excellent one, an "edelstein," so to s peak.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE

Leon id Ste in

Soviet Union

White 1 P- Q4 N- KB3 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 3 P- KN3 B_ N2

4 5 , 7

Bent Larsen

De nmark

Black

6-N2 0 - 0 N- QB3 P- Q3 N_B3 B_N5 P-KR3 B,N

Larsen displayed throughout this tour· nament an impressively large repertory o( new or reconsidered variations . This one, though, is not very commendable, nor does he pr oduce any evidence to make it so.

8 BxB 9 B-N2

10 P-Q5

Q-B1 P-B4 N- R3

11 0 - 0 12 B-Q2 13 P- QR4 14 P-N3!

N-62 P-QR3 P- QN4 . . . ,

Not 14 R PxP, PxP 15 NxP hecause of 15 ... RxR 16 QxR, NxN 17 Px:-", Q- N2 after which Black recovers th e Pa wn favorahly.

14 . . , , 15 Q-B2

R_ N1 PxBP

This opening or the file works out ve)'y well for White. It Is d ifficult, how· eve)', to suggest any continuation of more promise for B lack. Best seems to be 15 ... P- N5. Then White must keep his Queen Rook protected to guard against 16 . . . KNxP. So the somewhat clumsy 16 N-R2 is necessary, whereupon 16 . , . P-K3 offers counterplay, mos t likely enough of it to match White's dangerous possiblllties on the Kingslde.

16 PxP Q_ B4

From here on, Black is at a loss for an effective line of p lay, and his game deteriorates more and more.

17 P-K4 18 QR-N 1 19 P-R5! 20 PxP 21 N_K4

Q- K4 N-Q2 P- B4

QxBP B-Q5

22 6-R6 23 K-R1 24 BxB 25 P-B4 26 K_ R2 27 P-R4

KR-K1 B-N2 K,B

K- N1 P_ R4 . , . .

Now White threatens 28 B-R3 and ob-viously has a great

27 .... 28 NxNt

advantage.

N-B3 Q,N

The alternative 27 . . . PxN is as bad a s it looks: 28 QxQ, PxQ 29 R-N 6 etc.

t ::: ch e<:k; l ::: db!. check ; I = dD. oh.

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29 Q-R4! , , . . N OlI' White's Queen penetrates Ihe

enemy camp vi!:toriotl s1y.

29 . . . . RxR 30 RxR P-K4

W ithout this move. Blacl( cannot get his Queen to the Queenslde where he urgently needs it. But the move enta !is a serious weakening of the Queen Pawn.

31 PxP e,p. 32 Q_ B6

QxKP R_K2

33 R-N7 34 R-Nfi 35 RxQ . . , .

Now one ot' the attacked Pawns mu st fall : e.g. 35 . . . R- Q2 36 B-H3 ! and that is the end of the fight.

35 , , . . N- K1 38 K- N1 36 B-Q5t K-61 39 R- R7t

K_K2 K-Q1 N-B2 37 RxRP R-K7t 40 R~KB7

41 B_ B6! Resigns

In the Shoes of Rubinstein This ga me reveals the great Dane as

a virtuoso of refined positional play. Emerging (rom th e opening wi th only a shade of an edge . he imperturbably makes hea dway, forg ing his way in the shoes of Rubin stein and Finally c rown· ing his work with a s weet t ac ticallty.

VIENNA GAME

Be.nt Larsen Levente Lengye l

Denmark Hungary

White Black 1 P_ K4 P- K4 2 B- B4 N_KB3 3 N_ QB3 N-B3

mack is not curious, it seems, abou t the latest finding s in variatiolls arisi ng [ l'om 3 . . . NxP .

4 P-Q3 5 N_B3

Nor is White eager line with 5 B-KK5.

5 , , . .

B-N5 , , , .

t o pla y the bool(

P-Q3

Apparently, both players thinl, tha t the conservative 5 ... P-Q4 rather favor8 White. Why they do is hard to guess.

6 0-0 BxN 8 B_N3 NxB 7 PxB N_QR4 9 RPxN 0-0

10 P-B4 ... ,

White has a tiny edge because of t h e chance to start action with either P-Kll! or P - Q4. The Bishops of opposite colors exert no neut ralizing effect [01' the ti me being,

10 . , . . 11 N- Q2

Q_ K2 N- Q2

On 1l ... B-N5 12 P- R3, Black faces a dilemma in that 12 ... Ext-: leaves him

with a Knight s lightly inferior to the Bishop and J 2 . . . B-Rl 13 K-Rl! [much sa fer than 13 P-KN·I, NxNP ] soon fol· lowed by P - KN4 puts his Bishop out of play. He intends 12 ... P- KB4.

12 Q- R5 . , ..

White P- KB4 .

prevents the immediate

12 , . . . N-B4

· . .

After 12 . . . P .. KN3 13 Q- R6, P -KB'l , ·Wh ite m a intains his edge with 14 PxP: e.g. 14 . . . PxP 15 P- B4! or 14 ... RxP 15 N- K4!

13 P-B4 14 RxP

p,p Q- K4

15 QxQ 16 R-B2 · , . .

Now White threatens 17 B- R3.

16 . . . . 17 N_B3 18 B-K3

N- K3 19 N- R4 B-Q2 QR- K1 P_ KB3

P-QR3 20 N-B5 21 P-R3 · . . ,

Now the endgame favors White be· cause or his chance [or aggressive Pawn play, especially with P - KN4- 5. The lat· t el' adds signWcance to his t wo half·open file s. Black has no com parable counter chance and so is unable to make any posit ive use of his half·open Queen me.

21 , . . . R- B2 25 QR- KB1 B_K3 22 K~R2 N_ B1 26 N_ K2 N-133 23 P_ KN4 N-N3 27 K_ N3 N_N1 24 N-N3 N-K2 28 N-B3 P-B3

P reventing 29 N-Q5 is indeed very de· sirahle. But Black's last move also hag i ts dl'awback.

29 P-B5!

Now Bla ck's Queen K n igh t Pawn is kept backward, and so Black's entire Queenside is paralyzed.

29 , ... 30 N_ R4 31 P_ R4 32 N- N2

N_Q2 R_Q1

Rj1_KB1 R-B1

33 R- QR1 34 R- R4 35 R-N4 36 P-B31

K_B1 K_K1 R-B2 · . , .

While P - N5 has long been looming. the superior mobility of ·White's Pawns now manifests itself more effec tively by a n action in the center.

36 . , , , 37 P_Q4

P-KN3 P-KR4

Black tries va inly to bl'each the enemy Pawn front.

38 P-N5 PxNP

After 38 ... P- B4 39 KPxP, Black is even worse off : e.g. a) 39 . . . NPxP 40 PxP, NxKP? 41 B-B4, N-N5 42 R-K2. R/B- K2 43 B- Q6 ! with White winning; b) 39 .. , Bx P 40 N-F\4! with W hi te w!n· n ing; c) 39 .. . HxP 40 N-B4, HxR 41 N-Q6t ! with a great f\dva ntage fol' White.

39 BxP 40 RxR

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I

41 p , p • • • •

White's advantage has increased COil· siderably. His strong Pawn majority in the cenle!', z'esulting from the backwlll'd· uess of both enemy Knighl l'awn ~.

amounts a lmost to a mnter ial plus. Also now he threatens 42 8 - 04 .

41 . . . . 42 K _B4 43 R_ R4

N-B3 P-R4 · . . .

Not 43 R- N6 beclluse of -13 N_Q' . . .' ... 43 . . . . 44 Rx P • • • •

This indirect exchange of Pawns improved Black's mobility a little, also the scope or \Vhite's Hook.

has but

44 . . . . N- N5 47 N-K5 R_B1 45 R- R3 B_ K3 48 B-K7 R-K1 46 N-Q3 K-N2 49 B-Q6 • • • •

No\\' White 51 NxBP.

threatens 50 It- ln. B- Bt

49 . . . . 50 Bx N t

N,N K _B2

One has to begin to wonder hereabouts as to the drawi ng pl'openslUes of the Bishops of opposite COIOI'S, Yet, as events march on, that factor faits .

Black here is acting against the im· Ilending penetration by the White King via K5 or KN5, After 50 . . , K- lt2. Black's own King is Ollt of play and even in some danger of being mated: e.g. 51 R- R7, R-BIt 52 K- N5, R- B2? ;;3 H- RS! etc.

51 K- N5 · , . . Now White tlll'eatens 52 It- B3t after

which (he King Knight Pawn falls. He renews that same threat the next move.

51 . . . . B_N5 52 R_ Rl R- K3

And now the Pawn falls . The a lterna· tive of 52 . . . B-R6, howevel'. also leads to a g reat advantage fOI' White: 53 It - R2, R- KNI 54R- R7 [ 54 R- B2t etc. wins the Pawn but, as the pl'ol:ess Invoh-es swapping Rooks, it is not so desirableJ, B- Bl 55 P - Q5.

53 R- QN1 ! • • • •

The enemy Rook inlerferes with its colleague. the Bishop; and White takes advan tage or that fact.

53 ... 54 R- Bl t 55 Kx N P

R-K2 K-K1

• • • •

White has artfully gained a Pawn and also kept hill positional advantage. So he has fine winning I:1HtllCeS, though the colors of the Bishops pose a barrier seeminglr not easy to overcome.

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55 . . . . K_Q2 59 B_K 5 B-K 7

" R_B4 B_ K 7 60 R- B2 B-Q6 57 B- Q6 R-KSt 61 K - B4 R-N3 58 K_N5 B-Q6 62 K_K3 8_8 5

63 R- B5! R_N8

Here is a bid fOl ' {'ounterpl<l}' which failS. The passive 63 .. . H- H3. however. orrers hardly a {"hance for s\lc('e~~f\ll re · sistance. White makes headway easily wilh 64 B- B4. R- R2 65 P- Q5 , I'xP 66 PxP.

64 Rx P 65 K_B4 66 R-R7t

67 P- Q5t!

R-KBt B-Q6 K-K3

· ' . .

•

Here Is White's tal:tical 5t1"01(e which {,rown!; his long positional strugg le.

67 . . . . Px P 68 P xPt Kx P 69 R-Q7t Resigns

Vor Black loses the Exchange: 69 . .. K - B5 70 R- Q4 t . K - 86 71 H-I< 'I~. K - Qi 72 B- B3t!

Winnin9 Reputation Tahl is such an authority on smashing

attal:k that he can take chances. tz'ust· ing on his z·eputation. H e does so in this game by means of a dubiollS sacrifice which his opponent doesn't dat'e to ac· I:ept .•

SIC I LIAN DEF E N SE

Mi khai l Tah l Sov iet U nion

White 1 P-K4 2 N-K B3 3 P_Q4

P- QB4 P-Q3 p, p

Istvan Bilek

4 NxP 5 N_Q B3 6 B_ KN 5 7 B-Q B4

Hungary

Black N-K B3 P-Q R3 QN-Q2

P-R3

Black's last move is of far·real:11ing consequences but not necessarily inferiOl' to the more usual 7 , . . Q- R4.

B B x N • • • •

The routine mo\'e is S B-IU, bUl White Ilrefe rs to part with this important Bish · op fOI' the sake of a still more important tempo he thereby wins.

B • • . . 9 Q-K2

10 0-0-0 :'\0\\' 11 P-K5 is a threat.

10 . . . . 11 P-B4

N,B P-K3

• • • •

Q- B2 · . . .

Again, 12 P- K5 is a threat which Illay possibly be followed by a sac rifice on

• Though ",,,'I'e hHd this gam" hoof 01'". \\"Ith annOl" tions by Eu,,"e. pHge 29;. it \\"ilI Uk"I,' be deb"ted for some lime to COm(l, (1m] it i ~ ;lIt(lT(ls t lng 1O observ(l tll" different com _ m ents by another analyst.- Ed.

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K6, by Dxl\:P oz' l\"xP. The sacrifice is IJal"lkulaz'lr dangel'olls inasmuch as, by playing . . . P-J~R3 . Black has weakened the diagolHll. Kl - KJl5.

1 1 . • • . P_K4

This is not an flLtral: tiv e move to make ~o early: but it is neces~al-r: e.g.

I) 11 ... N- Q2? 12 BxKP! PxB 13 Q- R5t. 1\:- 1\2 1·1 NxP. and White wins: H . .. I\xl\" 15 Q- KSt , B- K2 16 P- B5j' elc . oz' 1·1 . .. Q-D5 15 K - Q5t, I<xN 16 Q- B5 mate :

2) II .. . P_QN4 u 12 B -1'13, and a) 12 . . . D- N2 13 P- K5. PxP H PxP.

and (i) \ ·1 .. . N- Q2 15 BxP, PxD !lj :'\xKP. with a winning attack : e.g. ]6 . . . Q- B3 17 Q- H5t . I\:-K2 IS N- B4 ! threat· e ning 19 P- K6 primarily: oz' (ill 1·\ ... :"\- Q·I 15 BxN. BxB J6 NxB, PxN 17 P-K6 with a distinct advanwge rOl' White: e .g. 17 .. . 0 - 0 - 0 I S KJl- IH:

•• EU""e mention (Xl this move as safer tha.n l he l~xt, Ii ... P.K~ .-Ed.

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b) ]2 . ' . P-N5 13 P- K5, PxN 1-1 .PxN, PxPt 15 K- Nl, with a winning attack: e,g. (i) 15 ... PxP 16 B- R4 i , Hnd 16 ... B-Q2 Ii NxP! or 16 , . . K- Ql 17 P-B5! or (Ii) 15 . . . 8 - N2 Hi 8-R·lt. K- Ql 17 NxPt. PxN 18 QxKP. Q- Bl 19 HxPt etc. 01' (iii) 15 . . . 8-Q2 16 P - B5. P-K~ 17

BxPj , Kxll 18 Q- H5t, KxP (fol'ced) 19 Q- N6t, K- K2 20 P- B6t, and 20 .. , K-Qt 21 P xP, R-KNI 22 Q- D7! 0 1' 20 . . , PxP 21 KR-Bl. P - 8 -1 22 NxPt etc. 12 N-Q5 NxN 14 PxP PxP 13 PxN B- K2 15 N-K6 ...

\"hite is anxious to do something be· fore Black can castle into safely. Lac1,· ing. howe v(w, a continuHtioli which is aggressive and still approllriately steady. h e brings orr this highly dubious sacri· fice.

15 _ . • . Q-Q3

Black succumbs to the intimidating er· feet of both the sacrifice and its fa m ous author.

CorreCL and strong is 15 ... PxN! 16 Q- R5t, K- Q2! Then 17 PxPt Cails as the Black King escapes via his QB3 and QN3.

The only move whIch seems to hold some promise-and was intcnded by Tahl. accol'ding to the Tournament Bul­letin~is 17 Q-N ~.

17 . .. K- Q3! however, again poses a problem . White may try 18 Q- K-] [18 QxNP?'! B- N4tJ , but then 18 . . . Q-B·] J9 PxP§, K-D2 20 R- Q5, B- N-It 21 K-N1, Q- K6 lel~ves him only with some (du­bious) chance [or a draw: e.g. 22 QxQ . BxQ 23 RxP, B-N4 24 P-K7, H- Kl 25 n/l - Kl, B-Q2,

17 , .. B-N~t 18 K- Nl. K- Q3 IS PxP~. K-B3 also seems to let Black out.

16 NxPt! 17 N-K6t!

K_Bl

• • • •

Now the sacrifice is perfectly cOl"l'ecl: e.g. 17 , , . PxN 18 PxP, B- N4t 19 K- N1. Q-K2 20 KR-Blt, K-N1 21 R- Q8t! And 18 Kit- BIt at on~e is good, too.

17 . . . . K_ Kl 18 KR_ B1

19 RxP is but one 18 . , . . 19 K-N1

B-N4t P-N4

. . . ,

of several t1l1·eats . 20 Q- R5 ! B_B5 21 B-N3 P_R4 22 N-B7t! .. ,.

'White offers the Knight for the thinl tilne. and now acceptance is forced.

22 . . . . 23 P-Q6

Q,N Resigns

Since Dlack's Queen must remain (Ill Ihe second rank [ else 2~ QxPtJ. White recovers his piece victoriously: e.g. ~3

. . . Q- Q2 24 RxB, PxR 25 Q- K5t.

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HOLLAND 1964 IBM International at Amsterdam

Attack in the Endgame In this ra the l' unusual game. \\' hite

emerges from the opening with strong :~ 1t:\('king dHIIH"eS anrl stil! lw~ ~omc

C\'en after the Queens have gone. The endgame. in faet, is full of l'Hl'lil'ating complications, and Blacl, misses h: ~ wm· paratil'e ly best chance.

CARO_KANN DEFENSE

Andreas

Austria 1 P- K4 2 P_Q4 3 N- QB3 ,. N,P

Dueckstein

P-QB3 P-Q4 p,p

N_Q2

Gideon Barcza

Hungary

KN- B3 5 B-QB4 6 N- N5 7 Q-K2 a B- N3

P-K3 N- N3 P_B4

Por S • . P-I<:R3, which seems more acpu ra tc , see Spasslly- Benko from the Amsterdam Interzonal , page 271. Sep· tember is~ne .

9 KN -B3 1\OW 10 1\"- K5 is a

9 . , " P- KR3 10 PxP! BxP 11 N-K4 NxN

. . . Ihreat.

12 QxN 13 B-Q2 14 O- O-O!

0-0 N-Q2 . . . .

Here White cllano::es. His poisoned: H B- H·l, Q- B2 17

has strong <lltad, ing King Bishop 1':1\\"n is . BxP 15 n-~,l. n - Kl )6 1\'-K5, R- Ql IS KH- lll!

14 . . . . 15 P-N4

Q-N3 B-K2

The Pawn i~ still a Grecian ~ift : 15 .. Ux!' ]6 P-N5 and 15 . . . ~-ll3 16

Q-K2, BxP 17 P-N5 both fflvor \l'hi!.e. 16 P-N5 N_ B4 18 RPxN PxP 17 Q_ K2 NxBt 19 KR-N1! ,.

Stronger than recapturing th e Pawn.

19 . . . , 20 P-R4 !

P-S3 Q-R3

20 ... i'xP i,; met bv 21 HxPt ! KxR 22 R-Nl t a~. wherever the I~in l{ goe~.

White wins with 23 N-K~( tl: e.g. 22 . . , K- B2 23 l',-KSt, PX1\ 2,1 Q- R5t, K-B3 25 Q- NI; Ilwle.

21 QxQ 22 PxP

23 BxP . . , ,

The ml~ling attack is brolwn, but White st111 holds a strong inilia ti l·e.

23 . . . . B- B4

Ulack, although in trouble, i~ not nee" essal'ily lost. but thiH move mak~s mat­I ers worse.

He has 111'0 COlllparatil'ely bett~r aher· natives: 1) 23 ... BxB 2·\ :\:-;U. ilxP 25 R- Q8;', R-Bl 26 R- Q6, and White e asily

recOl'er~ hi~ Pawn and maintains the lead, thallks to his more o::ompact Pawn formation : 2) 23 .. , RxN 2~ 8x13, 8-N2 with dl'all'ing chano::es because of the Bishops o f opposite (:olors: note that. on 2~ ... RxBP, White wins with 2.', R-QS"': ami 25 , .. K- B2 26 !{ - 13~ i or 25 , . . . K- R2 26 It - HIt, K - :\3 27 IUl - 1l8, R- ll2 28 D- Qu!

24 N-K5 , . . . The threat is 25 B-R6,

24 . , , , RxP

There is no satisfactory defense : e,g. I) 2,1 ... H- IH 25 B- R6, and White wins; 2) 2·1 .. . BxP 25 H-1\" ·I! H -8~ 26 B-R6, and 26 . .. ilx1\' 27 RxP~, and male next: or 2G . . . ll- K6t 27 Bxl3, j{xN 28 8-Q4, and White willS; 01' 26 ... P-N3 27 NxP, 1(- 132 28 R-QS, P-K4 29 N- R8t. K-K3 30 H/4- NS, R- Rl 31 D- N7, and White win s : cr 3) 24 ... H- Kl 25 B-B6, 8 - J31 26 R- Q4 with the threat o[ 27 R;'I-KN~: Black ran llarry with 26 . .. H- N1. bllt then 27 R - KRI thl'~atens

mate by 28 lU I - ill and, on 28 .. , B- N2, While retlll'IlS l"io::toriOllsly to 28 R/·\­KN-t and wins as 23 . .. R- N2 i~ ruled out prettily ;\H in a problem in tC'rfere nee theme.

26 B-R6 R_ B2

Here is Black' s saving .::lause- but it sal'es only the Exchange and not the game. 26 R- Qat 27 R-R8t

K-R2 K,R

28 NxR t 29 RxPt

K_N1 K_B1

An engrossing situatioll. White lacks a profitable discovered check. Bnt Black threatens to win the Exchange by 30 '

. . B-K6t. The denouement Is witty. 30 K_Q2 B- Q5

The text is sound as 'White stll! has no profitable [liscovel'ed

31 N_ K5!

But now there is. 31 , . . .

rheck.

• • • •

mack gives UJJ the Exchange, which is not necessary. The alternative, holl'­el'er, offers no hope either: 31 , . . K- Kl 32 R- N8 j , K- K2 33 N- 86t, K- B2 34 It- I3St K- N3 35 XxB. Kx8 36 NxP. and

1) 36 ,. , K- 1\"3 37 N- B7, R-NI 38 1\xP: 2) 36 . , . H-NI 37 1\"- Q·I, K- N2 3S

H- QS, K- 1l2 39 N- E6. H-Rl 10 l'''-xP : 3) 36 .. . P- 1H 37 P-B~, R-Nl 38 K-I33,

R - N3 39 RxI3, RxN 40 R-B5, Il- R3 41 P-N4 ;

4) 36 . .. I3- N2 37 RxR, BxIt 38 P - N·l! 8-N2 39 N- B5, D-Bl 40 K-K3, K- N3 41 K-Q~, 1\:- 83 42 K-Q5, K- K2 43 K- B6, K-Ql ~,I N- Nit.

32 RxP§ K- Kl 33 RxR K_Q2

34 R-R7t 35 R-K7

K_ B3 . . .

White poses a U'ap. Black falls into it but of coul'se will lose anyhow,

35. .. . BxP 36 P-B3! B_ R6 37 P_N4 B-Q2

On 3i . .. P - 1H 38 K-B2! PxP 39 I\:-N3. White still wi ns the King Bishop.

38 K_B2 K- Q3 39 RllB t KllR 40 K_N3 Resigns

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HOLLAND 1964 Interzonal Tie-break Match

Impeccable Throughout The only m atch which Reshel' sky (,,- 00,1"

lost ends with this g<1me. Masterfully Dill· played in the opening, he fails to del'ise any id ea wlli!'!l offers <lny hope and [inall y commits an outright blunder, The winner's play is impeceable t h r oughout.

SICILIAN DEFENSE

Samuel Resh evsky

United States

1 P-K4 P-QB4 2 N_ KB3 P_ K3 3 P-Q4 PxP

Lajos Port isch

H ungary

P- QR3 Q-82

4 N x P 5 N_QB3 6 8-K2

W hi te rolloll's Maroczy's line of del-et­Oplllent a gainst the Sche\'eningen Varia­lion, bllt th is is not t hat ,-ariation. "Ender the circll illstances. 6 B- Q3 is milch het­te l",·

6 • . . . P_QN4 7 P-QR3 8-N2

8 P_ B4 9 8-83

N-K B3 N- B3

There is Ihe s tronger alternative. ~

. . . P- N5; 1) 10 PxP. 13xNP and (a) 11 Q- Q3.

:'\xP 12 nxN, DxB 13 QxB. BxNt with s uperior chance~ fo r Black; or (b) 11 P- K5 . BxNt and Black has the edge ;

2) 10 P- K5. apparently I\,hite 's be 1> t as he has s ome compensation for the Paw n afte r )0 .. . PxN 11 PxK, KPxP 12 0-0.

10 N-N3 · . . . This is anoth er du bious lllove. 10 NxX.

PxN 1 L P- K5, N - Q,j 12 N-K~ is safest. At th e moment. Wh it e threatens 11

P-K 5.

to . . . . 11 0 - 0

P- Q3 6- K2

12 Q_K2 13 B-K3

0-0 N-Q2!

No\\' mack threaten s 14 .. K - N3 and 15 ... N- U5, an(1 White has great diffi ­culty in mee ting th,lt threat.

14 Q R-Ql · . . . Arter H Q- U2. U- D3. White is in

trouble as to avoidi ng a doubled Pawn on the Queenside. On 15 .1\ - Q l and ]Ii P-D3. his K night on Ql has nowhere to go and is a sel"iolls roadblocl, for the

. Rooks. 14 . . . N_N3 15 K-Rl 16 8 - Bl

N-B5 Q-N3

D1aek protect~ his Queen Knight Pawn and so read ies ... P-Q1H. White fa ces a dangerous Quee n·side attack when he himse lf has made no prog ress at a ll towanl ac tion on the edge.

17 P_K N4

t he Ki ngs ide. B lack has

· . . . This t hrust is an empty ge slnre which

only wea"ens Whi te's King position. In· stead. i t is vita l to dis lodge or exchange the penetrated enemy Knight. As an im· mediate 17 N'-Q2 fnil s against 17 ... :\- K6: e.g. 18 Q- D2. TI-Ql, White mll~t

play 17 I<R- K l first. Then he can meet 17 . . . P-QH4 with ll! N - Q2: e.g. 18 . .. N-Q5 19 NxK ~

(Continued on page 352)

• I"or t h e oj)"ni,,~ , see also Spottight on Openings, page 333.- Ed.

CHESS REVI EW, NOVEMBER, 1964

EVERYTHING IS EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOW

A powerfulles~ol!ill ~t rat egy de lineat es standa rd procedu re fo r man ­aging the orfense aga inst a usua l deploy ment inlhe King's Indian Defense. Salo Floh r as White at Bad Sliae 1932 demonstrates the method to one­tim e world cham pio n challenge r, Ewfim Bogolubov. The ga me beg in,; w;th 1 P-Q4, 'i- KB3 2 P- QB4 , I'- KN3 3 N- QB3, B- N2 4 P- K4, P--Q3 5 N- B3.

Cover scoring table at l ine indi ca ted. Set up position, make Black's next move (expos ing table just enough to read it ) . Now guess White's 6th lllove, th en ex pose it. Score pa r, if mm'e agrees; zero, if not. Make move actually given, Black's reply . Then guess White's next, and so all.

COVER WH ITE MOVES IN T A BLE BELOW.

Wh ite P layed

P .. Score

6B-K2 ... .. .. ... .. .... . 4 70- 0 . .. .. . ... . . . ...... 4 8P-Q5 . ...... . .. .. . . . . . 4 9N_Q2 .. . . . . . .. . . ... .. . 5

10Q- B2 .. . . . . . . . ... . . .. . 4 11 N_ N3 (a) . ... .. . , . . . .. 2

BlaCk P layed

5 • 0-0 6 QN- Q2 7 P-K4 , N-84 9 P_QR4

10 B-N5 11 B,B

EXPOSE ON E LI N E A T A TIME

You r Selection for White 's move · .. ... .. ... .. . .. · . . . . . . , . .. . . . . . ... ... . . .. . . .. . . · ... , , , .... .... . · . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Your Score

.. ... .. . · . . . . . . . , .... .. .

· . . . . . . . , , . . . ' . . , .. ... ..

12 QxB . .... .. . . .. . . . . . .. 4 12 QN- Q2 (b) · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · .. .. .. . 13 B_ K3 ... . ... . .. . . ... . . 5 " P-R3 · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . .. . 14N-Bl .... . . ... .. . . .•.. 5 14 . . N_ R2 · .............. . · . . . . . . . 15 N-Q3 ...... .. . . . ... ... 5 15 P-KB4 · ..... . ... , ... .. 16 PxP . .. . .. ......... . .. 5 16 p,p ,

• · . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . · ...... . 17 P_ B4 (c) . , .. .. •...... 6 17 P- K5 · . . . . . . . . . , . . . .. 18N- B2 .. . .. .. . . . .. ... .. 5 18 8x N ? (d) · ...... .. .. .. .. . · ... .... 19 PxB . . ... . .. . . . ..... . . 4 19 N/R- 83 · . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . .. ... ... 20 P_N4 . . . .. .. , . •.. .. .. . 6 20 K _ R2 ( e) · . ... .. . ..... . . . · ..... .. 21P- N5 ..... . .. . . . .. . . . . 7 21 N-KNl · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... 22K-Rl ... ... . . . . . ... . .. 6 22 Q_K1 · .. . . .. . ..... . . . · . . . . . . . 23 R_KN1 .... ... .. .... . . 5 23 Q- N3 (f) · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . 24PxP .. . . ... . . . .•. . .. . . 5 24 Q,P · . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . 2; R_N 3 .... ... . . . ...... . 5 " N/I -83 .. . . . .. .. .. .. .. . · . . . . . . . 26R-R3 ........ . . .. . . . . . 4 26 Resigns ... ... .. Total Score . . . . . . . . ... . 100 Your Percentage . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . .

SCA L E : 75,100-Exc el lent; 55_74-Superior ; 40-54-Good; 25·39-Fair

NO T ES TO TilE G ,\ jIH:

a) The alternativc, ~ Jld in l im' wit h ill,.) iriing innocuous exchanges with an a~:;rc.<._i,'C JH ,~ iti('n.

i ~ 11 P- B3. b) 12 KN-Q2 ~eellis more na tura l.

e) This lhrus t brc~ks 1111 Black's ccntral Pawl) chnin,

Ii ) The absence of Black's Kin ~ Bishop will 11 0 t only weaken Black 's Kin g ' , h(IITic r defell­s ively but al so promote \Vhil e'._ Q Uf'C!!'S Bi "hnl' offensively. 0) After 20 . . . PxP 21 .'h .\iF, \V),it(,', Bish op. evenlually to be at Q4, i._ a dee bive fact"r .

f ) Black is wilhou!. reSOll]"(~f'. The l3i~h"p at Q4 will swee p the cent ral long di;I :;' ,nal.

t = cheCk: t = double check: § _ dis. ched<

Position afte r 16, .. PxP

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Activltl " , ot CH ESS R E VIEW Postal Chess pla y" r.: game repo r ts & ratings, na mes 01 new players , prlze.winners, se lected games, tourney Instruction. &, editorial comment,

TOURNAMENT NOTES Progress Reports for

Golden Knights Tournoments

10th Annual Championship Play in the 1956 Golden Knights fill'

ished at last as D. Rosenthal 1I'0n the playoff for eighth place I l,f.lh , againM H. T. Bacorn.

12th Annual Championship The 1958·9 Golden Knights ends in a

quadruple tie fot' first place as we close out the Finals sections which have passed the two· year mark,

FI N AL P RI Z E WINNERS~ . f G Egner ... . . ,111.2 E Pehn(!c . . ... . H •. 2 L Stolzenbergcr ~r,.2 .1 Wlteczak . ... ~6.2 A Walters ...... 45 .7 S Yarmak • . .... ~5.1 J :0-.' Schmitt ... H.6 ~' BohUlrchuk .~ 3 , 95 F Nusser .... " . 43.5 L E Joyner, .... ~2.9 F G Xlece .. " .. '!1.~ 5 Ii: ),1 A"r.am .... H.7 J A Curdo . .. . .. 41 .7 A Welllsman • . . (1.7 'J' E HalBe ... . . 4l.4 J N Buck . ... . . 41.2 H Derrlng .. .. . . 40.6 L Jengen ... ,' .40.6 F Prather .... . . 39.65 P Schlesinger . . 39.6 P IIildebrandt . . 39.45 J A Ilyln ...... 39.15 R J Kneere!l.m ,.3~.1 R A Brown . ... 39 . 0~ E Diedrich ..... 39.05 L E Kilmer .... 39.0 J P Seibert .... 38.85 D Kendall ... . . 38.65 J F' Shaw ...... 3S.G \V E Stevens .. . 38.5 L Drelbergs . , •• 38 . ~ ~' D Dulleal ... 38.35 j) Tn'esdel _ .... 38.05 II WiMgarver . ,37.4 \V L EELIltman .. 31.2 H B Daly .... , .36.S !II lliumenthn i . . 30.15

J ~I ot, cc~e

A I" Nikitin .. __ .1",7" S >;imon . . ..... 36.7:; .r Lima .. zi . _ .. . . 30. -j A H Self ..... _ .3r.,2:; G R PaYI1(! .... 36.2 D Taylor . . . .. .. 36.2 E 'V BlOerser . . 36.16 C G Gibbs .. , .,36.15 G Kat" ... ,," .. 35.6 G B Thornton .. 35_6 H She"" .. . _ .. • 35.2 R B Abrams .. . 35.~ G W Hardman . 35.0 J Opalek .... . .. 35.0 C B Ferber ... . 3~.45 F Tow nsend . ... 34.15 L B Johnson . .. 3-1.1.1 F Scherff . .... . 34. t G Buckt!ndorf .• 34. U.; J Mac,',eiJ .. .... 34.05 R Villanueva. .•. 34.05 V J Burdick •. . 33 .S5 J B Hartigan ,.33.5 J G Su1llva.n .. . 33.4 V R Jablokow .. 32.75 \V Bland .... .. 32.7 G A Hunnex •• ,32.4 III Ladacki . ... . 32.35 G Schell man ... 32.3 N :'>1 Hardy . . . 31.9 W W Fuchs .. .. 31.8 G J Mauer .... ,31.8 !II A Milas . . .. . 31. i5 J D Moore .. . . . 31.75 W Junge ....... 31.1 R "1.V Golla .. ... 3L3 H SW(LI'brick ., .31.~ ...... 30.S

The closing Finals sections which con· (ributed to abol'e standings were~:

5S-N f 23: D. Tl'tlesdel 38.05; R. Shean 35.2; .T . B. Wright 29.55: P. A. Lidstone 28.35; F . p , Ma ngels 26,05; R. i\1. Crites 21.8: and G. Heimberg was withdrawn; 58· Nf 26: 1<'. G. Niece 41.85: A. R. Sell' 36.25: K. Fal'kas 30.5; C. P. Swigget·t 29 _5: f.' . C. Rawlins 23.3: and H. ,,'. Allhoff and S, G. Percival were with· drawn;

' \V"it:ehted point totals are I}.ased on the follow ing sc9.1e: 1.0 pOints per win In the prelims; 2.2 in semt·flnals; and 4.5 in finals. D~&ws count haIr the~e values.

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58·N f 28: F. Scherrf 3·!.l: J _ F. Shaw 31.9: C. Henderson 30.25; A. B. Anthony 28.35: D. D. Taylor 28.05; J. e . Wright 2~ , 55 : and P. F. Secord 18.3; 58-Nf 29: F. S , Townsend S-U5: C. :11, Cren~haw 30.75: J~ . D. Lyneh 2~.7: J, CrabU'ee 22.S; I" . . J. Alexandm 22,,"): ./ . S. DRI'!~ 21.R: and H. L. Buchholz 12.8.

The four tied fOl ' first plae€' h:1.\'" been matched in a tie·break tournam ent. All othel' pt'ize winners are requesl e d tt) \\'l'ite and (I) confirm theil' point scores or state they aC(,ellt them atHl (2) give \'elT clearly the retnrn address for theit' awards. We shall go 01' ,)1' "eUtrn~ for possib le cO'Tections and, when all sccms dear, mall ou!. the awards.

13th Annual Championship In the ]959·60 Golden Knights. Finals

seNion 59·Nf 26 has completed pll'y lind Ihe eon testa ntH therein score rhe folIo\\'· ing. weighted point total: *

H. Verber H.7: J. F . Shaw 3,1.;;: S. A. Popel 3·1.0: J. R. Ruff 30.55; P. -'hu'I\!; 22.8; E. J . ,\10 1'<1 12.8: and 11 _ E. el'ighllll! was withdrawn.

From gnme reports receil'cd for this month. It J. Blakemot'e and F. Ashley h,ll'C qua lified for assignment to the Finals.

14th Annual Chompionship In the 1960·1 Golden Knigh t~ , ~lill no

n ew Finals has completed play .

15th Annual Championship In the 1961·2 Golden Knights. no ne w

Finals has completed play [his mOllLh. Qua,lifted. howel'er. for assignment La the Fina ls are H. A. Buc~ko, T . !lIueller. \,' . .r. Rogers. B_ Apilleton. K. Smith. ]{, I~, Freeman and B. B. 'ri;;egarvel'. AI~o . the following ha\'e Qualified for

~'l'~ignment to the Semi·finals: J. E. Gilo~ und C. "'I. Lydy.

16th Annual Championship In the 196~ Golden Knights, the 1'01·

lowing have qualified for ass ignment to the Finals: E, J . Kent.1\". 0 , Willlam~. W. Bland and E. Kirchner. We lacl;: enough qualif iers. howel' el" to fill <t new Finals section.

I~O!' the Semi·final s. the followin g ha\'e qnalified: B. Koblensky. B. Reinsch . S , Gonion. ),1. S . Levine. D. W . Harkness. ,,'. H. Hardin. C. !II. Crenshaw. 8. ill. Maie,·. J Chabot. J. H. Dunille, C. Il. !\IitchelJ. R. Sidrys. H. Weinberg:, W, ,E. Smith and S. Stark.

JACK STRALEY BA TTELL Postol Chess Editor

17}h Annual Championsh ip In the 196-1 Golden Knight~, 12 1 sec·

tions. or 847 contenders, were embroiled by September 30 with more ent'olllng, or ('ollrse. in October. As tho 1965 Golden Knights is already being 1Hlvel'tlsed. we <Isk all those who Want placement in the 196·1 Golden Knight~. open till No· vcmber 30. to be sure to lllark their npplications distinctly a s fol' the 196·1 tou,'nament. (Assignment;; to the ]965 will not be matle tlll De(;omher.)

Meanwhile. the following: hal' e qUali· Fied for assignment to the Semi·finals: .I. i\1. Heffernan, G. C. Van de Carr, F . oW. Lidral, "'1. Zwell, J. D. \Vl' ight. F. D. Lynch. p, Kramer, S . I.enz. V. Smith . A. J. Donins. J. Wippel', S. Vaitkus, R E. Edberg. W. S. Browne, G, Aguilera, A. C, Suyker. R. L. Sample . .r. M. Pipher. D. Kucera, L. Dl'eibergs, F . Nusser. A. Goff. A. L. Stern, G. Goo(\mun, G. Stay· art and B. :Maillard.

18th Annual Championship As stated last month. the Golden

Knights for 1965 will soon start and is already being advertised. As the 1964 Golden Knights is still open and the 196~ will not start till December. we ash: applicants to mark plainly if they want one 01' t he other. If the entry form states the one wllnted. okay. If not. mark In the change. The 196·1 Golden Knights is the 6th U. S. Open and lith Golden Knights; the J965 is the 7t h U. S. Open and 18th Golden Knights- anti assign· ments to the latter will not be drawn UP

until well into December.

NEW POSTA LITES The following new Postal Ches~ Il lay·

c"s began in September with these rlltings: CLASS A at 1300: W . N. Dragg, F . G. Butler. R. S. Diekhaus, .T. Fox, C. A. Hig· gins, W . Hodak, D. Loy, Dr. A. Homero. Lyn Ruane and K. W ilcox; Class B at 1200 : D. Alwan. G. D. AuH. F. B. Bender. H. C. Bowman, J. n. Bruce. D. T. H. Campbell. S. Cl'O~s. G. El lers. D. Genens. G. Gillespie . .I. E. Hall, 1'. Klein. R. A. Levandel', A. i\lakatis. F. II. -'lathews, J. C. Merriam. E, "liller. B. Pattison. J. Reiclllllan, D. D. Hogel's. W. «. Scott. C. F. Smith, .I. Syllora . S. Tab· bat. I". E. Vandemark. G. Webb and L. Weir ;

(Cont inued on page 352)

CHESS REVIEW, NOVEM BER, 1964

POSTAL GAMES from CIiFSS REVIEW tourll€',-"

Annotated by JOHN W. COLLINS

Out to Win One get s the im pression Black was

ou t to w in th iS game, Sacrificing at t he d rop of a po~ta !, h e puts the T~igllt Mon­IHTh to night unt! pockets two Paw ns,

BI SH OP OPE NI NG

M e a 9: p~ge 72, co l umn 3

L. Dre ibergs

White 1 P_K4 2 8-84

H . K eh le r­

Black

P-K 4

• • • •

Out-moded, seemi ngly i nnocuous, the B i shop Opening call make trouble- IHI' less Black knows one of t he llumerO\l~

;;at i ~ factory defenses.

2 . . . . N_KB3

Counler' attac!(: t he Berlin Def'i!1lse.

3 P-Q3 P-B3 Black prepares to biff t he Bishop

establish the better center. amI

4 N_ KB3

Or ·1 Q- K2, 8 - K 2 5

4 . • . . 5 B-N 3

· . . . p- -n~ , P - Q4 ~

P-Q4

• • • •

W W. Adams, a u thori ty on t h is Ojlen­ing. played 5 PxP, PxP (; B- N3 ( vs. H. Steiner , St. Louis 19H) .

5 . . . . 6 P-B3 7 Q-K2

B- N5t B- Q3 0-0

An old trap: if 8 PxP, Black win s with 9 ... DxN

a B- N5 9 PxP

PxP 9 NxP'?,! 10 QxB, R- K 1.

p,p Q N- Q2

Thi ~ Knight's g lo ry· fa ted. 10 QN_Q2 11 8-82

N_ B4 P- N4

Dlack 1)l'el' ents 12 N- D·J

12 0 - 0 a nd N- K3.

13 8-KR4 14 Q-K3

l4 Q- KI saves tim e.

14 , , . . 15 KR- Ql

Q-K2 B-QB4

N_ K3 N_B5 , . . ,

16 Q-K l 17 N-N3

Q- K3 . . . .

Lessening the guard on the K ing Knigh t loses. 17 D-KN3 is correct, ob· tain ing t he option of .18 BxN.

17 . . . . NxNP !

B lack can sacl'ifice soundly as h is op· ponen t's pieces are resting on the Queen· ~ i de,

18 KxN , . . . Or 18 Q- BI, NxB; 01' 18 NxB, NxQ 1 ~1

NxQ, NxNt 20 K- N2, Nx Bt - Blaek w ins.

18 .. " Q-R6t 19 K_Nl QxN 20 R-Q3 , ...

20 NxB of course loses

20 .. " 21 B_N 3 22 Q-Q l

to 20 ' .. B- H6.

Q- N5 f B- N3 ...

t = check; t db!. ch eck; I = db. ch.

CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1964

Onli na rily. one does not seek nn ex· \' h;\uge or Queens w he n behind : but White Is under s llch gr'eat pres~\lI'e tlwt he ignores the rule.

22 . " . Q_N4

011 t he other hane\. Black preff'rs t he aU,\('k to t he endgame.

23 N-Q2 N- N5

:\o \\' Dlack threaten s 2 ~ . . . NxBI' . 24 K_81 25 B- N3 26 Px B

B-K 3 S,B

P- KB4 !

Opening the K ing B ishop rile ~eltlcs

matters in a hU ITY.

27 N- B3 28 NxP 29 K- Kl

29 . . . .

Q_ R4 Q- R6t . . . .

NxBP

Black's penchalH fOl' gil'ing Kn ig hts fot' Pawns is ,-eiT dist urbi ng.

30 Bx N 31 K- K2

BxBt

If 31 KxB, Blatk wins by 31 , . . PxP~.

31 . . . . Q- R4t 33 K_ B2 PxP 32 K-Q2 Q- N4f Res ig ns

A possible trflP is 34 H- Q5, PxR?? 35 QxPt. and 35 ... R- B2 36 QxR/St. It-Bl ~7 Q- Q5t, K - R1 38 N- B7t etc. or 35 . , . K - lU 36 N-B7t. K- Nl 37 N- R6~ and mate In two. Bllt Black easily eva des a ll danger by 34 . . . Q-H3 and then wins .

Discovered Check With a discol'ered clleck on decl ..

Black cfln take tire QUeen Knight Paw!! and offer his Queen at the snme time.

N 1MZO'IND1AN DEFE NSE Meo: 9: page 278. co lumn 66 (c)

R. L oh rm an G. Pr azak

1 P_Q4 N_ K 8 3 2 P_Q B4 P-K 3

3 N-QB3 4 P- K3 5 N_ B3

B_N 5 P-B4

• • • •

Altel'llatives are 5 N- K 2, and 5 D- Q3 and 6 N- K2.

5 . . . 0-0 6 B-Q3 P-Q4 7 0-0 QPx P

01' 7 . . . Q"-"- Q2 8 P- QR3 [or S Q- K2J. B- IH 9 Q-K2. P - QR3 10 H- Ql, QPxP )1 13xP. P - QN -l 12 B- Q3. 8 - N2 1:1 B-Q ~ ,

B- N3 with equal chances.

8 BxBP

Also played fi re S , . N- 133 , 8 .. . Q"-"- Q2 find 8

9 P-QR3 10 N- Q N5

P-QN 3

Q- K2. 8 . . . . P - Qn3.

p, p

• • • •

In Stein- Kholmov. X XXI USSH Cham· pionship 1963. White reaDed the advan· tage of the 1'11'0 B ish ops in the ending

with 10 PxB! PxN 11 QxQ. Ib:Q 12 Px l'. B- N2 13 D- K2. QN- Q2 1·1 H- QI. P- QR ·I 15 8 - N2, PxP 16 P xP. HxH 17 HxR. R- HI 18 R:\:Ht . BxH 19 N-Q2. N- Q·l 20 P-!% .

10 . . . . B-K2 12 Q_K2 P_QR4 11 N/5x QP Q-B2 13 B-Q2 . . . .

13 H- QI is more lH'el'ise.

13 . . . . 14 QR_Bl

N-K5 ! N,S

Black errs. 14 . .. Q- Q l 01' . is necessary.

15 NxN ..

Q- !\2

And White re plies toO me~halliea ll y .

15 ExP! nets W hite a plus: e .g. 15 . .. NxKt 16 Qx!\ with mnltlple threats.

15 . . . . Q_ K4

Now Black has Ute '1'\\'0 Bishops.

16 R-B2 B_ N2 17 P-B4 Q-B3 18 B-N 5

18 N/2-B3 is betler,

18 . . . . 19 R/l_ Bl

Anll 19 BxB is better .

19 . . . . P- K4! 21 20 Bx B P xN 22

· . . .

B-R 3 • • • •

B-Q3 N-K4 . . . .

Wh ite d rops two Pa w n ~: i f 22 QxP,' Black wins the Exchange by 22 . .. D- B4.

22 . . . . QxBP 23 R_ Bl Q-K4 24 N- N3

.'\Ol H QxP? P- D,l.

24 . . . . B-B4 25 R_ B5 Q-K3 26 R_Q84 N-B3

• • • •

27 R_ K4 28 R-N 5 29 NxP

Q- Q2 P-B4 . . . .

Fatalism, despera ti on , o r l'ealism ? If 29 H-KIH .

29 ." .

m iscalculation N- Q5 wins.

R,N 30 RxR • • • •

30 .. " N-Q5!

White mflY have overlooked th is reply. O n 30 . . . QxR?? 31 R- K8t. Black has a m uch toug her job.

31 Rx N 32 R- Q5 !

Very pr etty. Natu ra lly. l'efmed by 33 8 - 8 ·1.

33 B-B4!

QxR/ 5 QxP ! !

32 ... QxRis

• • • •

P oints and counter points! Now 3~

R- Q8 mate t hreatens . Black wins on 3~

QxQ, P - K7§ 35 R xB. P- K8(Q)t 35 B- Bl. Q-K6t etc .

33 . . . . K_Rl ! Res igns

W hite's cause is lost: 3·1 QxQ loses as j Us t shown, and Black has two Pawns, t he passed olle wOl'lh a piece. and can take t he Q ueen Rook PawlI.

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POSTAL MORTEMS G.ame Report s Rece ived

during September

To report results. follow in5tructions on pages 4 & 5 of your booklet on Postal Chess strictly and exactly. Otherwise the report DIay be misrecorded, held up or even lost.

Plene not e: \ Vlnncn (1\11d those with the White piece'! In esse of draws) must report as JlOOn M resu lt Is con{!rn'ect by opponent. 'f he opponent may report al ~o to ensure hili record and rating goln!:: through hut must then state clearly thot he " -as the loser (or played Bls<,k In eaS8 of a drawl,

Gnrne repOrts sent In tlme for receipt by da lCS E:lven ahove should be printed below . Aud the p l.~yer3 concerned should check to see that they are 80 published, To spot them. look under )"our section number, first hy the key (e.g. . 62. C Indicating etasll 'I'ourney he5un in UG2) and hy numbe,' (466) « Iven In text be low the key,

Symbol f Indicates a w in by forfeit with · out raUng c r edit; a shows a rating c r edit .. dJudleaUon; dt mark ... double· forfe it.

CLASS TOURNAMENTS Four· m an t o urneys graded by classes

Started in 1962 (Key: 62·C) Notice: Two-year closings ilHlicalcd uelow by df (both players forfdl On \u,r"vortcd gam e) , Report this ",onth a n), g,,,nes be_ gun XO\'embe r 1%2 ,);""erally G:j·C 3,3 lou""e)' to 63·C 105): the rest n"xl month. ';el report off 10 a rri ,"" here before ~"d of month in each In~tance. T o urneys 1 · 316: 20~ Hildrelh wl"s (a) f,'om Sollnsk)·. ~68 D)·kes. T odd ~ df. 2,1 ' I'ewk~uury df with O'1\eil and Werner: Conway. O·.'Ieli df. 276 )IR~on, Skrok 2 <If. 27S Barker df with Buhalo ,,,,d Thomas; Posn"r, Thom,,'! df. 2i9 Garlon, Sedgwick dr. ZSI Bcnet 2 df with I ... "nb and !lubell­><ohn; Ell'"en. L:lmb 2 dr. 2S3 ) IOI",)(ti 2 <if wi th C"mmen and Coyne: Canm w n <If with Curr), "Old 2 df with Coyne. 285 Ho~~. K ell .,· df. 2S6 S mi m:; I<I " withdmwn ; BeNchie 2 df wit h ":emp a nd df with I',·,u, s. tS, S I" 'inger 2 df wi th Cotlell and df with )lorrl~, 188 Star df wilh V"n KuliCh and ~ df with ,\ ndel"~on a",1 G ul"mer. 290 Rhod eR <lr with Ol"" n and l{oUerl s; Glenn 2 df wHh PerUe I1"d Roh_ ;, r t ~; P<I '·lle. Hobe rl s df. 292 S I,uo" wilh· , il'uwn; Stone 2 df with lVerger ",,<I df with )Iurkln. 293 1IlcCl0~key <If with n"xter ami 2 df wilh D·AllJcro. 29, 1!0 lhlo la lt. "ri""irides ~ df. 299 I.",~ulck df ~"IO, 1'"1",, ,,,,oJ 2 df w ith Goldrlll l:"er. 30n K!lw,,~. I ';"""a 2 <I f. 303 By"n 2 dr with Hod!.;""r " " d \\""Ik",·" 3114 \\' llIImmro" ~ <If with 13"y" e and \\" e i~~ flnd df with ~!artltl; Ba)"ne. W ebs ~ (if. 305 Sk rzplnski 2 df with f::.mith. df with j·;olell : 1~0]1!I'. Smilh 2 df. 3liS 1·'o,~I".;)", Sh·"" df. :ltti B rlSgs, Ro~e 2 dr. Tourneys 317 _ 450: 37~ Perelti wi"., two from DIlmont. :192 )lc{'''fr,·f'~· 101'~ l"'ritchett twice II.nd SJlllt ~ lwo with ho th \\·n , ... e" u"d S"s~mnn" HI W <lslbrook rl l's n,,~ hi,, ): .

Started in 1963 (Key: 63·C ) T ourneys 1 ·249: 28 G iloloOII._ co" k~ I\i,,;(. 30 lIfartin tops (20 SOH". ·1[> I\·hi t,· lOPS (f) O ive n s . 55 'l"cll"el l)<lsls 1;"u"",,,. j' Brue,·. \\'olf() Sl)lit two, r,t C''1",iua .• to! '~ :-<lew"n. 77 Phillips (e lls V"n Zile. 93 I,,, ,,d. Me" Donough tie. 110 Ho"i~o" ri ps .I,''''etl. 1·1 1 ClArk cli p s Gn.sl(ill. H7 'J'pn niuk I)ows tl! \VII!!On hut lOp .• Slocum ""d (2{) Heckh'"n. i5;; HU lcheson h" lt ~ Sarff. I.'i' GcUn beau )[urk~. 110 C",mshaw top~ If) Ca<·cre~. tii; Faire" ril' ~ Heiner~nta": Kln._lo\\" conk~ HOlll·ke . 1% Ho,,~h halt~ Hikade. 20G \V[ed,·. "H,,,n and Sanl)()"n ",hil' \\·inc r . 21!1 Crockcr w ithd .. aw n : Ca,·,,,,,,,,!;h iJests lIif':"ler. 22~ lVe il nips "' h:hol~on: Ha .. rios withdrawn. 230 O<lrma in. Smith lie. 233 Betti~ch bests C""lin. 23~ Cavana ugh 10)l~ Le01~ twice . no> Thomus. \\' inkler tIe. 2:Ji "rom.1 lno tOp.~ BaldWin. 2·12 [,; .. dtmann tops SJaho~ki and ~pli t" IWO with Howell : H owell halts Sla"

350

"o"ki. ~I~ T"i,,~,· \01'.< "'Ld ti"~ ~ ' ,,'·I;. 2.j .~ 1\"almi.<I".,· <I"";, ~ 1",,,\;,,.

Tourneys 250 "3(9: ~:,t: :-<a,,'1'~"" ""d 1'0""" ti,' . ~:, .' \'ro)"l0· " 'J'~ '1'1"""" .•. ~":l 1'"d"" h iU lIil'~ A.~',,',," "", I .\ I·,,,,,i,,,,. ~61 Iw"""wll.ld rl'll ~ I·'o](· ~· . 26" \I '""",.,. to"" J;"ncO"Oft t"' ie" a,,,l .\I<· .I]li~i<"'· 011" ,·. ~ I;" 1;1"",c·lli. ::;1"1'1,,,,,­~ I' )" I if, . ~1:7 .11I""I,,.k ('(mk.< '"' •. , .... ~'I II'i",,,,s " Ii l'" 1~l l llk e'· . ~,,; I,,,,,,, . )1("'"'''' .<plil two. ~ .. .;~ O'X citl po,,\;" '·olw". ~S~ B", ... io" with· drawn. ~:I~ Pdn''' ''k " Iip.< .\l c(, lurc. ~:I'-, Ca ll " 'hip" 1\o\"otn.'" ",,01 II·ilkin~o". ~n 111100m. fie hl 101' .• ) 10011"",,,·. ~ :,:+ n" le lde" Wilhd,'awn" ::"') CoultO" wilhd,·.",·,.. ~l<J 1 .\Io""'!''' e ni lM .'"eil l. :l l ~ Dono,'"" lO P.< and tle.< S hipley. ::11 T elc..:n ,lo w" ., .-\'''" Ierd,,,n. 3~ 1 H e 'npe l halt" .\II~I1ne l". :1~1: :-;" ,,,,Ih II<-k8 l .ie1>e r'"" ... .1~' Olde"l,nrll. Wf'~t tic. 3 2 ~ Ta)·I,,,· <:o"k ~ l(o;I~o : "le i",,,,, dil'~ Leon. 3:1~ m ",le r loe~l~

:<h" l)il"o. 33.1 n~ ';ou"a, ::;t e.~"r ~i e . 33 1 1\ichol,. lops T ".,·lo,· ndee. :l:l ~ I {o~~ rips Ho!de ro ft t",ice . 3·1:[ Fen"er fdl8 ~Iu .. it~. :117 Cla"k clips \\""I~O" . 3[,0 " " ff nip.~ "'el ­~o". 3,,1 t~~"de~' lOP" (U) H,,~elllo"'·~. 354 .lack~o" Jo lt ~ ~[CCO"" ()lI . 31;9 P'"a~h heat" Herre,"" and 1..o" , Io" rd. Tourneys 370" 4<»: 37 1 \V <llol " ,,· wi,, ~ f, 'Om likotle. ~' 2 Hi",,,, c ltoerger ho)\"~ lO S I"I'el" Iont bes t.< Sullh'a" t",l.;e . 390 1" "ltn,,, ,, fell s Chapin. 39 1 Ca pritt :) lo~es to "1"I':~ !e"),,,'·);e .. b"t li ek~ Ha"t . :lne B ..... I~le~· b<l"'" I',·,·h""". 3~~ .lle~t iJeal~ I·c"e~aa" . ·JU ') HOlh "i»~ 11o,,,,.

Started in 1964 (Key: 64·C) Tourneys 1 · 89: ~ f '""s hull" H,, ~IoI'o " ck.

9 Sldr)'" rips ~I" r~olte. 11 P"IC!"~O"~ 101M 12n ChaIkin. 12 )!one tt e con\;~ C"lIi,,". II ) ! eClo~ke)" Ile~ )):.,,,Ie ll e r a ,,,1 to t'·. I]"",il­ton. U Lloyd Ilek~ Le\\"I~. .,., I.:",du~k~·

loses tWO 10 1\y" lt"om IJUI Ioe~t~ Il""'·rly . 2j EVans lOps Fowlf,r tw ice. ~ ~ t ~Jco (" "ll ou !! h

loses Iwic<l 10 wlh Boyer "nd i:lllm~t!i a"d (~O to li ow"". 3(1 Co(t ingham ~onk~ Scrh'en_ cr. 31 Be"tt)" dow"._ nupe,·r" u lt . 4iJ :-<fl"cHe" lOps )lIlier !\\"I~". 13 D'''L!'''~ do\\",,~ H,,,·;(_ ~Iah l e r twit'e. H .\1t"nlt.\· niP" 11"'1 0". 46 Hic k s he~'8 Be,·".< and F or,\. .j' I)u"('o,,,be doU'n:! ZUfelt. 5~ l .o"don <I,,£<'al .< \I'illi:",,­><on. ,, ·1 ::;"OH hcal~ melfeldt , ';j l 'h"k clips .\(0"''' 1' ' '''' tio Grny .• '.H' conks '"onp. ',i, Xoo'ris 111 1'S " )"~ I O"Om. ,;. )looo'e inl'.< (I".'"!<)". 69 Toma .< t;~~ H".<~i" ,,,,,I top~ He,.",l1o('f. 70 ~I"rl}h)" wllhdr""",,. ( I Ogden \\'i,hd'·I1\\"". ' S Sheh wilhd .. "\\,,,. ,~ I,~'o',~ ,,"ill><I,·,,\\"IO. SO I;e"d"r dow".< "n~" i d)". ~2 I::,.,,~! ~I)"ks

Ke" " ed)" . Tourney. 90 " 129: 90 (" h ''''' l'n ('.'· \\"i"" from Handler. !' ~l Hj, '\;ndl ~top~ ';(0"" . '1 Lo n g l i "~ \\'"11,,,, ('. and .Jo"e~ and WI'."' Thomas" !I.> ~lnr,..J",lI 10p~ \\'ood t\\, ;"e. % H"n"roft l o~e" IWO e n!"!' to en",min!.:· ",,,I "j"o\\"" e~. 98 "pi"ak "0,,1,~ I~I"IIY. 101 KIllo ,'''" 10""1 ,, Gof! t"·k~. III~ Kolin ,,',' lo~e." tWo W \1'al",i ~l ey

lout 1""~1~ r1.Q(' \;. 1".1 ""ye t" t"il'~ Han, r . 104 .\.<1'1",,01 \\"ithol,."\\",,. 11.'5 ;;\"~ I) r Ioe"'~ Thom· ,,~co lou t how" \0 l:lr idges. 1u ' X"'~o" nips "",,,tl "' rso n . 11<9 He .. drick~ lIek~ l ",i,eI: Q uin' I"n q"ell" I..eil '" (wice. bUI I>ow" to D uke. III} ::;"'""ilt h"h~ 1·l on"alh. II~ H""lh ti es ';o~s\\'ill " ,· twice and lose~ 1o I'"sll e. 113 H",'tl" b e,n .• \·oke ,·. I I ;, Ca~1<'" top" l.oek­Ion. 111; .\"d~ .. ~o " lo.<es all !:"me.<; \\·i;(I'.""'· h~,<" I"" c'h" ton, bo\\"s 10 .I!l,'k~o". 119 Pitt.. "10'" <\o\\"n" De,,"i~!on; ) Ia"tell "",uls \·oigln. I~~ ( ;r"h" r "";th,J,.,,,,·~ ""d lo;..e" \~al It:> I;"; ~o" ""d 10 :-<"hl"i~inl':. In """'I'.<on fell~ 1 ··ltt ~. I ~i Kel".<"la "Old Scheper tie. 129 .\Jaker lOP" \·iets.

T o urne y s 130·287: 13 1 C I""k 10p~ Uf) T..,," t, 1.1~ \\"ood lIi !)~ X.:l I" le . 133 Se)"bo ld ) ,e~l-' (;ood ~l,e ... l. 137 A"):~tc,,IJ<l1">:a. De l'aul ti". III Sk"ll e tops Queen (wic". 142 Ad kin~ withdr"wn. H~ 1·'"\1"",,, fcll~ \\' 01(, .\la..:"r;, ,,,,,I .\ !C l~'·ny.ie. I~G I>e Loy.ier ,lawns .\"gMe"he,·ger . 11;1 I ~ i e l efnld "ip" noY.,. . IG~ :-<ch"r" withd ,·",,"s. I r,S Humphrie~ (c!l~ I-'ox. 1.1 :-<1,, '1(1011 "o\\",,~ g,·.,(z. lie ]) 'Aou"t co"k~ Kirhr. Ij3 f::.elIf·'· '·" ,· tOll~ W,·"I I"·ook twicc. 171 H empel halt" I ' riee. li!1 Hn " ~1 with­d ,·a"·~ . I' ~ E\\"i,,); fd !.< I''ox . l SI \\" eld, tOps (~O ,I,.." ~t o"o"":. IS:[ I-:;"k",e.,·",·. H,-yant " ''' i t~ ':':"'ith. lSI ("m,la 'lue ll s Smith ""d Q Ui " I"". 18.; Tr".<k lops " n" ties Snlilh. IS"! :-<ore"~",, top~ Pence once ""d H"uptmann twice. 193 1\,, ~ko \\"llhd .. "w~. 195 HurR( wilh­d'·a "" ~ . 206 Wigger replaces Fuch ~. 212 O'1\e il

"Ips ~I!eke nher!i; tWice. 221 Rammelk",,,p ]j~k~ I~III)·. ~2 " Colll".~. Zinc k ti e. 2(;S 1.>,,11 ""I'1:oees O>:<len.

PRIZE TOURNAMENTS seven"m,an TourneY$ for Premiums

Started in 1962 (Key: 62~P) Not ice; Some nolice upplies h e re II.S at head of 'U2 C la~~ T o urname nts. Tourneys 10 Ioc' t·()poo·ted !hls month are 62,P ]06 to G2 - 1' 113: "II the re~t next month, Tourneys 1 • 127: 77 O·.'Ieill, Walker dr. , S LiPl' tops (Ia) H"ndels m au. S3 Papaden~ df with Hnrrf~ and with ""cCrawe: Harri~ d( with 1IIcGr:l.\\"e and Por(a.. 85 Voorhe",~ dr with Jlender. InJ;lehurt and Spooner .. ~G (tOle r. Will <if, S1 E"e8, Smith df: C rossett dr w ith NichOls and Sorensen.

Started in 1964 (Key: 63·P) Tourneys 1 · 89 : 2(1 Oa isserl. )fcNemar !Ii"!. 3-1 Steward, ""alter tie, 37 Jacob. Lar~e" tie. 45 I"ucll..!! withdrawn. loses (a) to Boe hm . 4G Perdue downs ,Malklu. 41 Soforie tops ( f ) Cohen. 48 Holton, .Mu lk!n tie. 49 Roth w!th_ <irawn. 50 Chase nips Xorrl s . 51 P"vilt hul l~ Hu"lon. ~5 Haimes tops H a lse. GO Jurado downs Klcinlek. 63 C''''lu manls lI[cKcnde. ,;9 C"I I"n I.oows to Oyler h u t be~t~ B"i1c .\". i~ Dubno\\" downs ·I'lmour. 7G O'Donne ll ,,;p~ GiGsen; Giesen o"d Chaee be,,1 Glud­n",,,. 77 H e rrick hult s Schuue. 78 WI..:h t he:! t:! Bueh''''llu hut hows 10 O'H<I'lrn; \Vell whips H eidel. SO Lnmb lieks )lm·phy. Sl Hodgin rjp~ Ri c hard. 82 (""ririe conks lVe ll ""d Rachlln. 83 "'alll~ clips C lark. Hunke and Sofoo·le. S5 Burne l le. Draper l ie. S7 Ga lssen bests Bm"ler: De {.oug down~ Dilkes and Bender: Dl1ke~ wllhd rawn; cor_ rection: Valenteen wo" rrOll) Goldwas~e '" SS J ohnson Jolts C h Ol lli s: Ya,oI.~ tops ~Ial'­II"cz. 59 l;lt, y~dorfe r benls Beck()r b u t bows '0 Friedberg. Tyson and Sh " "dor; SPO h,.. F'r ledb"rg nnd Trson best Uecker: S po ],,' "nd Friedberg sp ill Sh!\"e. Tourneys 90 " 112: 93 Simeonorf wins (rom Hoche. II.nti Poole from ~Iegli~. 94 Ewlu..: "xes S mith" 9" BostWick be~ts Se'·eranee. ~6 Hart rlp~ Rugs; Hoey to ps (al ""e,,"man. ~S i-'ai r e s sJ) l l l ~ S[>ohr. 99 Gnrdon dow,," lhrtlett. toO Zn.lys bests Borker; noh!~on rips ~Iurphy. lOI Behrens and Hauser lick Leek. 105 F.cksel loses 10 Sh e l)herd . Canle ,· and GoldwaHscr "ud to ps ~Iurp lw but the n \\"ithdra\\" ~: Goldwas~er, Shepherd tie: CII '" le r maIO]:! Murphy. 107 BishOp, Woo(1 tip . 109 Colter lJeuu; Graef(. 111 A~)JI"n<l l o~e~ to 1\etherton. Quiring, withdraWS ""d lo.~~~

(II ) to Lane; l'iether ton laps WOjlowi"".

Started in 1964 (Key: 64·P) Tourneys 1 _ 29: I Ko"ta"'a~ wins fro '" ~I"rti"son, und Gotte.<",a" rrom Enc;""s. 2 Grabel b"sts Zubrzreki. 3 Gratto SlOps E lf­~teln and Sheetz: Epsteln fells F"ires. 4 !;:Il i~ beRts Queen b ut bow" to Plem<ll. G Abramson rips Ro~en\\"nld. 7 Frank sl .. ks S""'II and Graeff. S Becker 1)I!.~ts "e~sel. Gerner and I'ea~e : Uerreg wlt h <l""""l. 9 )\orris ",aul ~ Mre r; )Iaek hall.< Hamilton. I I "[arshall "Xes E ikenherr)·. 15 Lach s bows to Thoms und Ca rr b ut licks Vokcr: Custer. Thoms lie" 16 Ash]er downs )leDono">:h. I , Waf':"ner licks Lach. 19 Roubik bes ls Me­IIQ"o"l:"h: Le~l!e licks Stnldchens. 20 Va" l":leist dlpa ~!artln and Fey: Ho"gland hull:! Ensor. 21 Sleph ens beots 1\c w e ll b ut bOWH 10 Parsons. 22 Hamlllon hal l~ Humphrey. 23 Con .... lOps 'l"ho",~ an" III)" Connelly : Hoffman withdrawn. 2~ Kelly withdrawn. 2G Lerner ticks Corwin and H "II: Sh.,!, wilhdrawn. 27 Bate beah Kllnkc r and T ron e. 28 Taylor and Phillips best [lurgstahler: Brown wllhdruwn. lo~es (,,) 10 g,·obod". 29 Tniner bea lS B"er. Tourneys 30" 59: 30 Ecksel lo~e:! to Cn nte r. a",\ wllh(lrt\,,""; Rh'cr" dOW"~ 1),,"1"11,>:. 31 Dyb" nlp~ "ow.~k . 32 Duckficld with.!",w" . .13 )Iallctt bcal~ Beer. 3·1 H:ll ha"",,y whip" \\·"rd. 35 Ilende r lo~e~ \0 Giliherg and )hu·· ~('hall but besls \V"lIi,,~; Carlier whip~

\\'alling. ~G Slapp wilhdr",,",". 3i B urg51ahler lose~ !o Eatman, G()bhart, Obell. ,llIen a"d Hullockns. 3S J ohnson be"l~ Kn baeki lJut bows 10 r"'e rraro; Orlando and ('ool)er with-

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dr"wn. ,10 1':~k~HI 10~fl~ to Cam",·. nnd \\"Ith ­<I ,.",,",,: S(mlulrI ",,(I .)"r;,, (o jolt C;",te,.. H ne Lie\o " "d ("",>I' )' h'>.<t H",,, ,,, ,,jf'in. ,12 Hod..". \n, Howe lie. ,II ~Ip.t~ lop" PiU",,,,,; 8e,·100Iti. Knh~nht"u" nnti Mel2. be"l atll'.<\"_ stnhler . H Stephflnl< he aIR ) Iflrgle .. bnt bows to Lacey. ~n CrO"'1'Io o> I~" 10 Pr"U but lick !!- Nor th. ·19 Sveek "u" Hayes hest Uurgstnhler: Slle<'k a nd Pos t spill ;Uahrl. 50 Alkalay wlthdn,wn. 51 Yon S"leski licks Larzelere. 54 ) Ium .octlll ",ltnti raw". 56 B'Tallt ,;m ite.~ Smith. ;i7 ,\nderson. ~lel"te r lie: H UMS! w!thdrn\\"~.

TO o.l rneys 60. 85 : ~7 Van fkhoor WiB~ rrom C)'Osble. 82 'romko re)l I IlC<'~ JoS<"ph.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS P.rogreniVe Qualification Ch amp ionsh ips

10th Annual Championship 1956 8.9th Place Playoff

56.Np 3 Bacorn, Rosenthal t ie.

12th Annual Championship-1958.' FINALS (Key: 58·Nt)

sections 1 .29: Closing repOrts : 23 LIdstone. Shean dr. 26 Farku df with Self a nd Swlg­gert. 28 On elO$ln&" adjudications. Scherff los es 10 ShD-w o.nd tiM An thony. 2~ Adjudi _ cations: Townsend tops Crabtree lind C"en­shaw,

13th Annuol Championship-1959-60 FIN ALS (Key : S9.Nf)

Sect io ns 1 .32: 19 Goddard dow ns Layton. 2G r.l arks mauls Shfl.w. 28 Somerville drulJs Oruker: 'romalno toilS Hart ; correction; \Vestlng won from Hart. 29 S tol:ronberg bests Kog!.n. Koller 'md Stevens. 30 S tolzen­berg sto~ Jl,Uller and Woodworlh. 31 Umarzi whips 'Valralh.

14th Annual Championship 1960·1 S EM[ _FI NALS ( Key: OO. Ns)

Sections 1 . 80: 7$ Reese tops Coo a nd lie~ Ladackl. 77 P o.rker tlCI:< Ashley and lose~ to Bla.kemore. SO A~hley liclls Langford.

FI NALS (Key: SO·Nf)

Sections 1 • 30: 28 Bord tMfs Pohle. 21 Hard· mnn outpoints Pelsach, 25 B"i Uon bests 1:luckcndorf. 20 Tegel tops Stnbler.

15th Annual Championship-1961-2 PRELI MINARY RO UN D ( Key: 61.N )

Notice: Games not repor ted by October 31 will be publlshcd ns dou ble-forfeited next issue, :'lIon&" with round-clos ing repOrt!!. Sect ion. 1 • 244: no Giles lops (C) H ill. H~ Ne.shi nips O·Brien. 197 r~}"d}', ::I' ade"er tic. 2~0 Trenkamp trip" r eek. 2.(1 App[eton top~ Cove}·ou.

SE MI. FINALS ( Key: 61.N s) Sections 1 · 7i: 1 Porter outpOints Harris, 3: Condon ~owns Frey bllt loses to Howa rd. 37 Arklan, Drngo'lettl tie . 49 Johnson jolts \\'u.r lng. 50 Clark cl1p$ Hllckin but bow~ to \\'arnock. 51 I3oyk, Enstman tie. 55 Morris ma ul" Schutte. 51l Karala iti s . Pehas tie . 57 Weaver whips Ferber. 60 Reelle l' rips Suyker. 62 Glt"..,berg bents Reich. 63 J..evine licks Butler. 86 Gibbs jolts J ohnwn; Rose with­drawn. &~ Crown cra.cks .lohn;;on. 70 Schuller rips Rundlett: Bard bests H a.rdman. 71 Brod e rsen a nd Mueller smite Smlthcrs. 72 Hoger:! a.nd SD-chs beat I3n rkcr. 14 P ittenger hests Bo,,·en. 71 Appleton downs Demers and Vun ZlIe: Goebel . \Verth tie; Smith " mites \\'erth a.nd Deme.·~. 78 Harve}· hal t.: Smelser; Jaaskn, \Velhe tie. Sect ions SO· 94 : 80 BlIm .... n bests Stauffer ltut I)OW8 to Freeman. 8,1 "'isega.rver and Kaminsky cl"llilch Crllm. 85 'r renkamll drlll)~ Eldredge. S8 :l>lIrktl conks Cull um ; Madere.. whips \Vard. 90 HOllse . Ja rnagin and Ander, ~on s ink Simmons.

FINALS (Key; 61.Nf )

Sections 1 .23: 2 Drelber &"s downs Dar,'. 4 Guthell, Schwartz t ie . 5 Gorman whips Woods. 6 Seney fells Fenter; Selley and I(ey"er cOllk Grllves. 7 Gribltsh in wins from

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Male l·. S CIl,.)·lson heat~ n n t ler. 9 Gt·oMk.v wlthd)·"wl<. 16 Auerb,,,,h lJe~hl 1I111lezo. 17 Ilrl\lt" I "·,,I~ ·I:"nc rofl. 20 ,l\nC{'I"cnm lllp~

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16th Anaual Championship 1963 PRELIM I NARY ROUND (Key: 63. N)

Sect ions 1 _ 139: 13 Anderson down$ Ganz .. l. 20 ) Iartln wl lhdrawn. !G Tltom~on tops GO<lb<l1. ·10 Cannon. H uckin tie. 18 1{oblcn~k,· (lowlII' De Kovcn. S,[ Rohert.'!O" rill~ SclwUe1. . \5 Baylo,· bests Cram pton. SG acl'g-er-OIRon. Holton ti c, S7 Weinberg whips Schuller. 89 WeInberg bests Gehringcr. 90 RelnflCh rips Ensor. 92 Co)·doll. Levine down Severance. ~8 Harknes~. Hartigan lie, 108 Nechal, Weltthotr ti e. 106 Martin tOlle Cll1luto. 112 na.ttler )'Ips \Vare. 116 Hart bcats Barnel'O. 120 l~reeman, "'IcCatrrey tie: Hamilton, Mar_ tin tie. 123 Hard in hCl) ts Hal'per. 121 Stnmper loses to t .yne but li ck s '1'01i,, ~: 'rollns tOP5 Lyne. 126 Ferdinand ties Pem­"teln a nd Gray. 1~7 Ha l l a nd Ru"dleU riP ,\rnrUu(l?:; R" nd lett tops (0 Oake r: correc_ lion: Hal l a nd RathvOJl tied. 128 Gumford. Venesaar tie. 13t \Verner wh[p$ GreenberK. 133 MnTks lO]>~ (a) Draper. [3 ,[ Sullinge r he$t!! Bulloek" ... 13G Addels ton .. top.s Karll­lal ll~ . 137 Troll". Weihe t ie: C""annugh ¢(Ink" Secord. 139 Fe., fell" Fis her. Sections 1<1-0. 169 ; HO Christman tops l'o,,(; Barrett wlthd)'~",,,. I H Fleming · how~ to Crenshaw but 1","(." Barasch !lnd Honjj'hlou: DlIkeM wlth<I "a"'n . 1H )[ale)' tle~ Gibello lind lOp~ Hall , HI Jones w ithdl'(lWI1. HS Pn),~nk licks Lohrman; GoichberS' beBt~ [':Il"On, HO Ol~en 'Iown~ Dorcn; ,\ )·ch ... r bO\\'ij (0 Dol'en Iln,l Cho bot but tops ( 0 AI\'lr. 153 nianri $ocks ''.;If. 15~ Rabinowit .. )'ilJ~ Crum. !.'ifi Glll.lCl"\l!On lo ~es to McCorm ick but licks Lundell. 159 )Iah)'( maULS Kuga n. 1U0 CICmenl'l. Dunkle. Klein m.d Ral.llnowit~ mob ~ollet: Dunkle downs Rab[nowltz nnd Kle in. 1\>2 -'llHt'hcll mauls Shh'es: Ogden with(\rllwu; C"nwt"oM t ie" ~f[tcheli and toP!; Sh!'·e",. I G3 Sidry,; "",1 Corey ¢(Ink l~ertl o.

IG.5 Adorj" " dow"s \\' einl)e"K; CllmmaraUl, S<:hutrer and S l>l~zak withdrawn. 167 Chap. ]lell, Hall (ie. IG $ Hillman halts H auser and ~l ot·t·ls: Smith lick.< Lundstedt: ~lorrla tnali is H,(I,lUle'·. Sections 170·177 ; 172 Gootlm9.n wins from Peck: )luff wilhdrn\\-n . 17.1 Kirchner with· elmwn. 17~ S larinkns ma\ll~ ~rell~leB, 177 XlIj(nc witltdmws. 10$e$ ( a) to Baron.

S EMI ·FI NALS (Key: 63·NI) Sections 1 • 24 : 2 Ke" l be8l~ De Koven but OOWB to .\I\ 'eller. ~ Sloane 8mltes Smelser. G £11111 t ies Sildmets but lose" to Mny. 7 =-<us,,;e r bea ts Rail' but bow~ to Daly. R Cook ~nk8 Browne: G ib!'>'" coshcs C08S. 9 \\'11-Ham;! whips ) Iarkiewic'l. 10 H endry haitI! H Uber. 1\ Gales lops H . Grow's: P. Graves Withdrawn. 12 KI"c hne r whips \Vl asi&". U Beckett .withdl"awn. U Keiser Ile$ MeLaugh_ lilt b ut bows to Bender . 15 Lars:en licks "fhol'nP1lOn. I G 'rhorscn halts Het'rlck anti. Smith: Jessen Jo ltS Herrick. 17 Do8(wlek beats CUrl' and Pn.vitl but bows to Buroick: GroHk)' withdrawn. IS Bigler best8 Bach­mD-n. 19 Norris nips Lund; Gow and \Vuren top (f) Reynolds : Grosk y wl thdrD-ws, iosea (a) to Meyers , 20 E gle be~ts BUl"lon. 21 F'ru.n l\ jolts AdOl'jan and Jamison; Julson Jal"~ JumlRon. 22 ~'erbe r tops (f) Bnrt. 23 Rich rIps .»I;) .. ka . 2·1 Doren downs 'rhomp_ sOn. Sections 2~· 5&: 25 Donin8 dctea ts MclnnC$. 27 S<:himel dow ns Dullcai. 28 Hlber besls Butlcr. 29 Lach l icks Brand. 31 Ea.rls bests Butlc!" bu t bows to Ncster. 32 Dakar Wi th · drawn. 3 ~ Shep'lr<l beats Blg[er.

17th Annual Championship 1964 PRE LIMIN ARY ROUND (Key: 64. N)

Sect ions 1 ,29 : 1 HefreTl\an trip$ \Vestbrook lind Tracy : \Ve~tbrook whips Tracy. 2 'Varo conks King. 3 V"I' dcr Can' downs Hallam. ~ Mason. Naylor tie; Best bestij Criner. ii Lldral lIck~ .Bo~·er; Belisle withdrawn. G Bnhalo beMs Baril' . 7 Monson conks Suskln. S Van Bru n( lops Middleton. 9 Hendeuoll licks Lindberg. 10 Neal loses to Wrlrht, wlthdruwn. drops (a) to Zwell; Joyner Jolts Zwell Ilnd Wright. 12 Bate beals Odellwel1el". Drown 1000e,. nlL games. 14 L ynch nnd Ferbe"

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fell l"" eedn, a n; Lynch lick~ l-Ol(,,-n. 15 Kra­me r b"~I~ eool.l'. I" J...,,,Y. (01).'; (f) l\ 1 "rc\l~. 17 H),{io; h"l1 ~ He"d ,' )'_ I!' 1,oH~ ha J L~ l 'loll ]~; ~:IIg" e w;lh<1"aw~ _ ~:l ;;II,lt1l ~mjLe~ Bu h,·" ,· , ~I; lJon l"~ downs Ca~". 2i Bd,,· and \",,1· llIisle), beal TI"II'"e". :$ ,,' I1>1>el' whlp.~ Y""i~. ~9 SchnlitL "ow~ 10 C,'o),lc bnl be~t~ Bradley, S~ctlons 30· 49: 3D "aitkl'~ wln~ from Hen_ <I,·lck.' . :; 1 I;:dbe,';; he~ts Hill; Ba iley ties L IT­Lrell "11(1 l.>Ow~ to Edberi;'. 33 Browne dr"h~ DI'''l'(onetli. 3,1 Ag'nlle!'a cll0P~ Challis ami _'lIb~: Frauk "'nuls ~I\lth. 35 Sigler bea.l~ Crow hut I>oW5 to C.Hoe. Bee]'ha'" and Su,\' ­ker: SU~' ker cr"ck~ CI'(lW: Crow and Beek­ham de feat Gam blin. 3~ Wheaton eonk~ Kaman; ~I n ,· ti n withd rawn. 37 Ramthun "nd Sn, ilh down Deines; Che~ter withd..aWII, lo~e.'; (:ll to Burton; C"~ter eonk~ Goeb,,!. :1 8 K,,"t lkks J\Tarcus but loses to McCon _ "ell: Dona (o and Peck beal Belt. 39 Brum­field \\ ' hl1>~ Whelan; Brumfield. Pipher down D""con,bc_ ~O Soto socks ,\ lu,.,.ay. -Il Xuss,-'" nill~ i'Mfn,(h; Pflumlll Innuls ::\1ieha(lI.'S; Xugut: withdraws. ~ 2 Kucera loses to Orei_ he rgs b ut licks Ho;;lu"d. ,13 Erdunann rip~

Hamer. H Balsley bea t~ 13r&m; ':\usser n l p~ Sehrepd and Borden. ·15 Leinwebber stops Bir~l{)n. ,Ill Wright r ips Mantell; Salomon \\'l th<1m"'~ . ,!8 Von KIc!~t nips N,\'strom; Ashle), ties Sullinger and lOPS Nystrom, ·19 c orr lO!l ~ Kunkel. Sections 50·79 : 51 Aleh«r. ::\I01'ris tie. 52 (:oodspeed, Kohler tie. 33 Stern stops And«r_ .'on. 57 Klein best~ Lm,he" but hows 10 Rul_ e,·; .\1I11c,' mauls StI'UU~S; Rufer and Grant a,': Owen. 5S pransky !'i ps Rayden; Dnlr a nd Tubler stOll E inste in , GO \ Veininger conks Karalaitis, GI Graves bests Brode rick. 62 AdorJan loses to Goodman b"l lick s Criner ; Hende l'l<Oll halls \\'oJtowic",. 6·1 Ka,\'e to p.~ Gu sHlf~on. 65 1~l eberm!ln los e ~ 10 D,-,be hut li«k" ~C h,,,, f; Fa lvns f<:lI" Schaa f. 66 .\ks axe~ Ashl.::)': Aks and Westbrook n ip .'\ewi tt. 68 Robinson, Starlin and Shephe rd si nk Seroold; Seybo:d bests Aus tin ; Robln­~o" an<l Sta),a rt ri p Shelmrd. 1)9 Von Saleski si nk ~ Pear~on . 71 \ \, illi 6 whips Ro~s: Mail_ la rd m"ul~ Willis, \Ve~lb"ook and GJlll)s, 72 Spa.tz witha,·"ws. 74 Brown slops Stein. 75 Dunham <lown~ Good~peed and He"drieks. i j' I{Osenberger ri ps 1·'I~h. 'is Lacer licks Ge li n. 79 \\-hHtaker. Sections 80· 121 : Sl Balla",t beats Hughes. 82 Lowden downs Snn"uo ,,~; Kwanler. S teel "nd Sammons top Farlms, 86 Pritchanl wins (a) frolll \Vatkins; O;;(len w!lhara",n. 87 Tene!' top~ Kaplan. SS Gcrzadowicz dow ns Tomaino. n \Vanen whips He ndrieks. 9,1 Carp,",,,,,r tops \\' estbroolt.

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These Postalites have Won pl' i7. cS 1902 and 1963 Prize ']'01" ·",,,,,onts.

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i s D W Hall ........... . ... 1-3 .r K"'chik ........... _ ... 1-3 ~_ 1 A 13 Lipp ............ .. . 1_3 5_1

Sfi C S Liebman ... . ..... . . 2-:) J R SPOOne" ............ 2·:,)

S{i R W )[anl'(o ld . . . , . . . , .. 2-~ H I" \ViII ......... ... .... 2_3

S7 J Smith ...... .. .. .. .... ~nd g n Nester ............. . .. I.'\l

12 G Grant . . . . .. , . . ... . . . . Isl :1'; 1{ R Larsen ...... _ .. . . . Ist

G Soules . . . ... . . . . . .. . . 2nd -16 P Perdue . .. . .......... . i~l

G Hehler .... .... .. ... . 2nu ,10 K 0 Wood ... .. ...... .. . Ist Sl R?II HO(\gj,l .. .. ...... . 2nd ~ ~ ) E L Friedben; , ...... . .. lst % R Bostwick . . . , ., .. . .. . . iU

Class Tournaments

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The~ ('t Po~talite~ have WOn or Ued tor fir~t III 1962, 19(;3 and 196-1 Clns~ Tournaments. Tourney P layers P]a~e Score (i~·C 27 1 H O'Xeil ................ lst 5 -1

27S J Huhalo .............. 1-3 S-3 )1 E Posner . .. ... ...... 1-3 3-3 O .J 'l'homas .. , . . . ....... i-33-3

~Sl S Ergen .... .. .. , ........ 1st ·1-2 ~S~ W Cuny .. , .... . ... . ... lst ~-2

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285 " K Bo~g · · . . · . · · . . · . . · I lit , ., 286 H Kraus . . .... · ... " . · . · 1st , ., '" A E .\[orris - .. .. .. · . . · . · I st , ., '" E " Ya" KUlleh · . · . . · . · 1st 5 ., 290 " , Rhode~ · . · . ... · . . · . · 1st , ., 292 P , Ma.rk in · . • • • · . . · . · , I~t , ., ~OO , Geyer . . " .. · . · . . · . · , 1-2 , .,

G , Kawas · · . . · · . · . . · . · I -2 ., ., 303 H Hodge1' · . .... · . · . . · . I st " ., ,0< E P Martin · . · . . · . · .... · I ~t , ., 305 C H Lenz · . · . . · . · . · . . · . 1 ~t , · 2 372 " Pel'cHi . . ..... " . • . • .. 1 5t , .,

63-C ,., F Tegel . . '." ..... · .. · . . 1 s{ 4i-l! ~7 R C Bruce · . · . · . .. . . . .. . 1st , .,

157 A )Iarks . . · . · . · . · . · . · . 1st , ·3 206 , S!l.uoorn · .... · . · · . · . .ls t , ., no , D Germain • · . .... · · . I st 5~. ! 231 K W Cavanaugh · . · . · . · 1 st 5!' ! 237 P 8 Tomaino · . · . · . . · .. 1s t ~~-1!; 2H W D Howell · . · . · . · . . · . · 1 st 41-I! 'q -. , G Stark -- . .. .. .... · · . · • . 1 Sl H-g 266 , Blumetti ... . . .. · . . · . · 1 Sl 3~- , '" T H \\'I"alls · . · . .. · . . ... ht , ·0

"" ., R Zanath · . · · . • • • · . · . · 1st , ., 332 W P Bigler · .. . . • • · . · . · 1 s t 5!' , ""' G Hen'era · . · . · . · . · . . .. . lst " •• G~ ·c " R I'elers ons · . · . · . . · . · . , I st , •• ~O C Cot tingham · . · . · . . · . · I ·2 5 · 3

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C LASS C at 900: S. Arnold. D. Baxe­vanidls, E. M, Beesley, R. Ben~ki , M. J . Blecllar. J. n. Burke, C. A, Camey, R. H . Catalano, S. A. Cllern is, O. Chis m. R. E. Dale, D. I. Davis, E. Del'ore, B. Dibble, G. J. Dullea , r. Erkmanls, J . R. Esposito, R. Fran l!e , T , Gee, D. H. Gel'Ue, K . Gitlin, R Goldbel'gel', B . D. Gonzale z. J. A . Hahn, S, Halpert, J , Harrel'. W . A. Hesse. n, A. H e s sel. J. Hogan. D. HoI" witz. W. Jachens. E. Kerll, N. Kyser. R. Lifson. M. C. Mc Kenna, r. ;o.lcQualTie. H. Metzlar, W. H. Moody, L. MotTisse}" V. I,. Neff. J . i •. Pampel. M. Pal'iza, J . A. K. Pera, A. M . Pickard, T. Roberts, Mrs. A. A. Robinson, R. "'I. Samuel. J. L. Smith . 11. Smith, M. 1. Smith, L. C. Steele. D. Stuc hell, B. Tachdjian, H . G. Trapp, J. R. Waltne]', It. Wells, J . H. Whitehead and C. Zegat' ;

CLASS 0 at 600: J. Bohen. S . Cronen· berg, Kathie Cuomo, D . L . Day. M, D . Estabrook . .1. F'euquay, G. 1~\lChs, B, Gal" wood. M. Greenspan, C. P. Hall. R. Hal· le tt, L. HoJseh u h. K. K iesling. n. KJaw i t· tel', P . L . Clladdux, H. B. Merkin, J. n. Rapier, W . H. Stei n . A, E. Ste'out, J. Thibeauit, R. H. TIling, R, L. TUl'me\!, J . E. TuttIe a n d J . C, M, Welsh,

RETURN POSTS The follOw ing old timers retu rned to

Postal Chess during September at theh· lates t ratings:

E. C. Diedrich 1444 ; N . 11. Holschuh 778; G. D . Loper 1120; C. \Y. McFarland 816; Kathlyn K. Rollins 502; D. R. Taylor 580; and Pvt. J. Yee 1536.

• A. S tenchkle!n Mrs (or XU",,,: "Po~tn l . Che~~! T]'lle <!omplaints. No!"

GAMES from RECENT EVENTS (Continued from

17 • , • , 18 P_Q R4 19 QxN

page 347) P- QR4!

PxP ! · . . .

White's la s t is an emergency m easure - no good but s t!ll a little bette I' thn n N;BxP, Q-N5 20 N- 83. P - R5.

19 . . . . 20 N-R4

20 PxP is !'ernted

20 . , , . 21 Px P

· . . . by 20 . . . B- R3.

Q- R3 · . . .

Now White 's last is a sad necessity as 21 QxNP, N-Q5! fayo r s Black stm mOI'e.

21 , . . . 22 B-K 3

White prevents Knight still comes

22.", 23 BxP 24 BxN

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into

P_ K4 , . , ,

N-Q5 but the ac tlon effectively.

p, p N-K4 , . . ,

One of the Bis hops must go, <Lnd the K ing B ishop is needed u rgently f()t· pt'o­tection of the weak, King·side Pawns. It is a "bad" Bishop. though.

24 , , . . 25 Q_ B7

P,B QR- K1!

Here Is a fine Pawn s a c ri fice. After 26 QxKP, B - KB3. White's King Pawn soon fa lls and leave!; hIs King position wide open to attack.

26 N-B5 27 QxKB

B,N Q-KN3!

Though White has declined the sacrl· fi ce. he still is exposed to strong pres· sure on the Kingside,

28 Q-K3 29 KR-K1 30 RxR

R-Q1 A,A

P-R3

Black has a g rea t advantage, but no easy win.

31 K-N2 · , . . Aftel' this blunder, howevel·, the win

Is easy.

31 . . . . P-B4 !

A decisive blow to W hite's defenses .

32 P- R3 , , . . White has nothing else. On 32 KP,XP,

Q.xPt 33 K - B2, ItxP. B lack willS a p iec e .

32 . . . . 33 PxP 34 R_ K1

PxNP R_B5 B-81

Now Black wins the King Knight Pawn.

35 K_R1 BxP 37 K-N1 B_ 86 36 B-N2 Q-R4t Resigns

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POSTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The Seventeenth Annual Golden Knights

THE current ed ition of the Golden Kn ights tou rnament is now under way, and en tries are acceptab le unLil November 30, 1%4, It is con·

ducted under CHESS REVIEW's R ules and Regulations for Postal Chess. as ma iled with assignments, and with the specia l rules given below.

In effect, the Golden Knights is an "open" tournament, without re­gard to our rati ng classes so fa r as the entry goes. The ratings are calculat. ed, however, quite as usua l. We " rate" all games in CHESS REVIEW tour­neys. It is an "open" tournament because we cannot pretend to " seed" l:a ndidates for a championship and because it gives the weaker players a chance to ga in by experience aga inst stronger ones.

To speed play for the first round, we group all the entries received geographically so far as poss ible. Otherwise, entries are matched off in to 7 man groups str ictl y in the order of our receipt of their applica. li ons. Qualifiers to the later rounds are grouped likewise in order of q liB linea tion, but without regard to geograpby.

Spec.ial Rules for the 1964 Golden Kni9hts Tournament. Consult the follo wing rules Whenever

any question arises as to your chances for qualifying to Seml·flna ls or Finals o r fo r weighted point score, etc.

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2 Any contt8tanl who enteu thlll tOur nll ­menl under a pseudon)'m or In the name or a nOthe r pe rson will be d isquali fied. All unfln ­hohed came"!! DC the diSQualified contesllnt \\'111 be ~oroo liS wins Cor hll opponenta.

3 '1""'0 qlUl.Utylng round~ and one flna! rou nd will be played. In all three roundl. contesl,,, ,lY wlH comDete In Qectlon, ot ~ev­en pla)'ers. Elich contes tant In a .eetlon will pla y olle game vs. e ach o f six opponent •. I"orfell wi llY cou nl as game polnt~.

4 All contcs tan ts who lcore 4 Dr more gum" voin ls in the p reliminary round will Qua lHy t or the ~emi-tlnal fou nd . Similarly , a li Quulified .s(lm l- fi na 1l6t6 who 2Core 4 o r mo'·" s-ame paints in the .seml- tln al round w ill qua lify for the fi nal round. It a ddl tlo ns l plnyers ( from I to &) a re required to com­plete lite last sec t ion of the aecond or th ird ro""d. these playe rs will be aelected f rom a mO!lJ;" CO!lteSI"!lt8 who scored 3~ paint" In Lh e ,,,·evion,, rOlmd and In the order of thei r CHESS HEVIEW PO>!tal R"t1nga a t the ti me the laHt section lImrts.

5 Except (IS provided In Hule 4. conten­ams who scor~ lelIl than I POin tl In ei ther ot th e qua li fylug round" will not be elig ible to r t l,e ",mounced cash a nd embl",m pr!~ea.

Each of theae eliminated. conteltlnts. 00"·· ever, upon completi<:m ot a ll h la IICheduled gam elJ In th la tournament. ,,'III receive one tree en t ry (.wor th $l.liO) In to I CHESS R': ­VIEW Pootal Chess Class Tou rna ment I nd. can apply, Ins tead . lo r en t ry to a Prl" 'rournamenl (worth U.75) at $1.50 only.

6 A Firat Prize ot U SO.OO and H o the r ea.sh pr iZl!!> will be a ward.ed by CHESS RE· VIEW In accordance wi th the published Iched ule ot prizes to thO!ll! 75 QUl lifl ed tl naJ­Iits "·00 ach ieve the h ighes t tota l .core. (lite role 1) in t he t hree ro u ndl of t he tour · nament. Every QUa li fied tl nall~t .... !II be awarded the em blem ot the Golden K nigh t UpO n completion or all h is achedu I&d KameB. Also, the f!rs t flve prize wlnnerl will r eo .... "'Ive ~ "i t"hl y Inacrlbed plllQu ea 1.0 Indica te thel,· places in the final standings ot this "litlonal open Pos tal Chess Champions hip .

7 lo"or compu ting the total scores to de­te rmine the dlatr lbutlon ot !,>rl~es. ea ch s a me "·on in the f1rat round will be scored al 1 point: eltc h gante won In th e second rou nd u 2.2 po in ts; each Il"ame won In the tlnal round Ita 4.S points. A drawn game .w lll be a<:ored ... ha lt ot these rU Dective a mounta.

8 In the caae DC ties.. it two o r more finallsll! tie for fl n t plllce. ac hlevlns the IIlme total aeote. a ll, com puted In RU le 1. then the tl rst 2 or more prizes will be reo served t or th08fl tln&ll8Ur and. the prlle3 will be Iwarded In a<:eord.ance with the 1ICOrea achieved by them In a tl e · hreaklng matc h or rou nd-rob in conteat In Wh ic h eac h con tes tan t will play no t leu tha n 2 gamea with every other ti ed con lell tant. T ies t or o ther cUh pr lz .. ,,'ll! be broken In the same manner. An), tin which may develo!,> In the ti e- brea k · InK contelltl will be play ed ott In a dditional malChe~ Dr tournamentl.

" T he en try tee 15 U .UO a nd e nUtlea the conteita nt to com pete In one section of the !'>rellmlna r )' round. No a dditional lee III, charged cuntesta nts who Qua li ty tor t he oee­ond or thIrd rounds . A contestant may e nter any num ber of sec tions ot the prelimina ry rou nd u oon payme nt ot the tee 01 U.OO per see t lon lI nt ry provided he applies early enOUKh 10 that we can place him In seps rate sec tiona. ;'.Iultlple entrlh lo y one pe rson w ill compete lind (lnall ry 118 though mllde by separa te IndivIdual". No con tesU nt , how · eve r, may wIn mOre th a n one pr ize, Il nd a player who Qualltlea to r more than o nB aec­tlOn at the tlnal round will be awa rd.ed hi s p r lle on the balli. ot the to ta l score ach ieved by ani), one Dr h is entries. (The en tr)' ma k · Inc the hlll"helt total aco re will be taken. ) ;'.Iultiple en triel will be plaeed In d iffere nt Het lonlot each round..

10 Upon e nter ing, .ad! oontesta nt I srees tha t the dec Ilion of CHESS REVIEW a nd It. Po.tal Ch .. lI Editor In all ma tter. atrec t· InK the cond uc t o f the tourname n t , Inc lud! nS the acceptance lind c laal6catioD o t entries. lhe adJudlcl tlon o f eamea, the a ward. or reo tusal ot for fei t clahua. the d istribution o t pr l",1 e nd &II Interpretatlon.lS ot the rule. a nd reKulatlonl. , hIli be tlnal II.nd conchlll!v"

11 Entr i .. can be mailed t ill Nov. 30. 1 96~ ; postm arked a fter, rna )' no t be accepted . We cannot guara ntee placing multiple ent r;t$ now but will tr)' our be st to pl"ce d ual ones. La belllPplicat ionl f e r 19M!

12 E1cept as provided In th e fo regOlnK ruin Il"d In all other respects, thla tourna · ment will be conduc ted under CHESS RE· VIEW's Off iC ia l Ru les a nd Regula t ions ot POIl~ 1 Chess, including any amendmenls Or udditlons thereto.

LAST CHANCE to enter the (1964) Sixth U n ited States Open Po,ta l Che .. Champ ion, h ip and the Seventee nth

To befit the Championship, there are added prizes in the form of handsome plaques, s uitably inscribed

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SEVENTY.FIVE CASH PRIZES, amount ing to a total of $1 000.00, will be a war ded to the seventy-five player s who f in ish with highest scores in the Seventeellth An nual Golden Knights Postal Cham­

pionship now running! Entries accepted from De­cember 1, 1963 to end of NQvembel", 1964 (must be(o' postm a1'k 0/ no later than N ovcmbm' 30 ) .

This is the 1964 Golden Knights

PRIZES FOR EVERYBODY

But that isn 't all! Every contestant can win a prize of some kind! You can t rain your s ights on that big $250.00 first prize, or one of the other 74 cash prizes, but even if you don 't finish in the money you can win a va luable cO:1solation prize. Every play­er who qualifies for the f inal round, a nd completes hi s playing schedule, will be awa r ded t he emblem 0/ the Golden Knight-a sterling silver, gold-plated and ell ­ameled Ja pel button, repr oduced a bove. You earn t he right to wea r t his handsome emblem in YOUl' button­hole if you qualify as a Golden Knight finalist, whet her or not you win a cash prize.

FIRST PRIZE .. $250.00 Second Prize Third Prize Fourth Prize Fifth Prize

$100 Sixth Prize $40 $80 Seventh Prize $30 $65 Eighth Prize $15 $50 Ninth Prize $10

Tenth Prize $15 65 Prizes - Eleventh to Seventy-fifth

$5.00 each AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS EMBLEMS!

for the winners of the first five places in this national event. as well as the Golden Knights emblems.

OPEN TO ALL CLASSES OF PLA VERS

Even if you've never played in a competitive event before, you may turn out to be Golden Knights cham· pion or a leading prize-winner-and, at least, you'll have lots of fun. For all classes of postal players compete together in this "open" Postal Chess event .

Begin ners a re welcome. 1£ you 've j u~t sta r ted to play chess. by a ll means enter . There IS no better way of improving your skill.

MAIL YOUR ENTRY NOW

As a Golden Knighter you'll enjoy t he t hl'ill of compet ing for big cash prizes. You' ll meet new fri ends by mail, improve your game, a nd h.ave.a whale of a good time. So get started- enter tillS big event now ! The entry fee is only $4.00. You pay no addi­tiona l fees if you qualify for t he semi-final or fin a l rounds. But you can enter other fi r st roun d sections at $4.00 each (see Special Ru les fO l' Golde n Knights) . You will receive P ostal Chess inst r uctions wit h your assignment to a tournament section. Fill in a nd ma il t his coupon NOW!

And even if you fail to qualify for the finals, you st ill get a prize! If you are eliminated in the prelim­inary or semi-fina l round, but complete you r playing I schedule, you will receive one f1'ee ent1'Y (worth I $1.50) into our regular Class Tournament or call enter our regular Prize Tournament (entry worth I $2.75) 0 11 payment of only $1.50. First a nd second in each Prize Tournament win a $6 and $3 credit re- I spectiveiy for purchase of chess books or chess equ ip.

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I c!u.: lose $ ...... . .. Enler my llamc i n .... .... . (hoI\' nmnr '!) Hec ti oll( s) o[ the Se" ell leen lh Anlll!;ll Golden Knlsh ts Postal Chess Cham pionsh ip Tournament. Th e alUOUIll e nclosed cove rs t ile entry fee ot $4.00 pel' s ect ion.

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