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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 immense wo rk, the most exhaustive of its kind, ex· plains in encycloped ic detail the fine points of all openings. It ca rri es the reader well into th e middle game, evaluates the prospects there and often gives complete exemplary games so tha t he is not left hanging in mid-position with the query : What happens now?
A logical sequence binds the continuity in each opell ing. First come the moves with footnotes leading to the key position. Then fol· low perl inent observations, illustrated by " Idea Varia tions." F inally, Practical and Supplementary Variations, well annotated, exemplify the effecti ve possibilities. Each line is appraised : +, - or = .
The large format- 71f2 x 9 inches- is designed fo r ease of read· ing and play ing. It eliminates much tiresome shuffl ing of pages between the pr incipal lines and the respective commen ts. Clear, legible type and a wide margin for inserting notes a re other plus features .
In add ition to all else, this book contains 439 complete games- a golden treasury in itself!
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Volum~ 13 Nurnb~r 4 Apri l 1965
EDITED .. PUBLI SHED BY I. A . HorowiU
T a hl£' Or Contents
Alia Kush nir . ... .... ... . . . . .... . . Battler at Bellerwij k .. ... .. .. ... .. . Chessboard Magic ! ... . .... .. .. ... . Chess Qu iz • •. .. ... .. •.. .. · · ··· · ··· Gabor Orig inal .. . . .. . .... . ... ... . . Game of th e Month .. . .... . ....... . Games from Rece nt Eve nts . .. ... .. . H aunted Chessboard .. . ... . .. • ····· New Hope from Hoogol/en ........ . 1964 Olympiad ........... . ........ . On th e Cove r .................... " Posta l Ch ess .. ............... •• .... So litaire Ch ess ........ . ... · ···· ·· · Spotlight on Openings . . ... . ....... . 32d USS R Championsh ip ...... . ... . Tou r na ment Calendar .. .. .. ... .. .. .
I Worl d of Chees .... . .... .. . .... . . . .
EXECUTIVE EDITOFt Jack Strale)' Ba.tte ll
CONTRIBUTING EDITOFtS A. B. Blquler . J . w. Comn. ,
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T. A. D Uns t, D r. M. E uwe. Han. Kmoch . \\'. Korn a nd D r . P . Trl(uno\·leh.
CORRESPON DENTS Alabama E. M . Cock rell. Cali forn ia Dr. H . Rablon .... 1. J . Ro)'e r . Colorado J. J . Reid. District of Columbia R. S. Cantwell. Flor ida R. C . llla.5Itwood. Geo rgi" Braswell Deen. Ida ho R. S. Vandenberg, Illinois J . G. \Varren. Indiana D. C. HI11$, D. E. Rhea<l, Iowa J. J!.l. O~ne8s, Kansas K. R. MacDonald Lou is iana J. F. Aeer9. A. L. MoAulc)' . Maine L . Eldrld&,e, MaryJ"nd Charles Bara$oh. Dr. W. n.
Bundick. Massachusetts R. B. Goodspeed. Mich igan R. Buskager. Min nesota R. C. Gove. Mississippi E. A. Durnin&,. Nebraska B. E. Ellsworth. J...:k Spence. Nevada R. L. W heeler. New Hampshire Ralph M. Gerth. New Vork E dward Lasker. H. M. Phill ips. North Carolin" Dr. S. Noblln. North Da kota D . C. ""aedonald. Ohio R. B. Hayes. J. R. Sch roede r . Oklahoma J. Ha le)'. Pe nnsylvani ... J . E. A rmslronC· South C ... roll na Prof. L. L. F'oate r . South Da kota "'l F . Anderson. Te nnessee ... 1 ..... Martha Hardl. J . G. SUIli -
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CHESS REV IEW, APRIL, 196$
BOTVINNIK "RETIRES" By JACK STRALEY BATTELL
P e t rosyan (left) a nd Botv innik in th e W orld Championship Match in 1963
The Hu~sian news a gency russ re pOflcd .\larc h II : " i\ likllail BOIVilillik, the Soviel Un ion's chess wizard a nd three t imes world chaml) ion. has rdired from conlilel i. l ion for the world c.-o"'n.'·
T he main point appeared to Le Iha t he d id not regisler by lhe apl)oinled d .tle ror enlry inlo the malcile5 which, Ihig year, supe rsede the "Cha llen ger~ Tournament" to delermino: who is to meel the World Champion next year.
"The cool, g raying grandmaster ha~
withdrawn from major international ehe3s during Ihe era of the Suviel Union 's bril. j iant conque~t of Ihe chess world .... ML'. Bolvinnik- ni cknallied "the I Ce"-WIl5 the first Soviet p layer to becollle world cham· pion when he captured the crown in 1948. He won it again in 1958 a nd 1961 .. . . j\llr. Bot.vinnik is the first player in chess history to pass up the right to try tn reo capture the world championship."
We note with interest, however, th at it is not a t otal relirement. Tau closed: "Hi: will still la ke parI in ' intereSl ing tcurna· menls' oUlside the world 's t itle."
BOh'inn ik became World Cllamj)ion by winning II special tournament in 1948, scuring 14-6. well a head of VlIss ily Sm~" $10,., USSR 11 -9 ; Samuel RC$hevs ky, USA, and Pa ul Kcre$, USSR, 1OY2·9% ; and former World Cham pion , D r. Max Euwe, Holland , 4-16. I n five games with each, Botvinnik made a plus score.
He held his tit le a gainst t he first to quali fy as Challenger, David Bronstein , USSR, by tying in the grueling 24 game match in 1951. He did the same aga inst Smyslo\, in 1954.
III 1957, h owever, lost t he ti tle discou r. agingl)' 10 S m ys lov, by 9%.12%, a nd seenled done for on the cal iber of his pia),.
T hen, in 1958, he s howed a surprising re_ \'ila lizat ion, win n ing lJy 12%_10% in the
retu rn malch, guaranleed 10 the fo rme r ti tleholde r in thosc da)·$.
In 1960, the flash ing p lay of Mikha il Ta hl, also o f the USSR, wrested Ihe chll(ll!)ion~h il) from BOh 'innik wi th t he recol'd,selling scurc of 12%.3y:!, and again the old vet eran seemed "over the hill." Yet
Hgain , however, BOlvin nik surged back il) the re turn mutch in 1%1, to win 13·8.
Then, ill 1963, he l ost out (finally?!)
by 9Vz·12Vz to Tigro n Petrosvan of the USSH. .
Tlus repor led March 13 that llotvinnik's "rct iremen t" is in prolest against there bein g no Return Match t his time. Con. sidering Botvinnik 's astonishing comebacks in the past, who Can s ay he might not have found the key 10 outjlointing P etro. sYlln ? We reel he deserves the chance.
V. Panov said in 1%1 it's easier fi nd. ing the key 10 a single rival tllan 10 19 in a IOIlTnament. We say it is, t oo, than 10 Ihe 5Cveral in lhe scries o f Illalche;; in t he Challenger.!) RoullIl. Bot\'innik. mUSI k.nuw P elrosyan's ;;I ron :;: a nd weak poinls bv nn" .. He mlly he aging. true; bul he a l)' l)ear(."(1 to he a gainst bot h Smyslo,' and Talll , yet won cleanly in the return en· counters wilh ellch.
Further, II. Return }.·Iatch, held this yea r, need in no wily upset the Challengers Round, even now. T he match winner can meet the Cha llenger next year.
Any defeated Champ ion deserves are· Ili rn bollt. Why not Botvinnik?
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QUIXOTIC QUIZZICALITIES There is something unpractical about a Chess Quiz.
And something idealistic, too. Which makes our CHESS Quiz what we may te rm a "practical" Don Quixote. ·What Is it Illat's "unpractical"? \\'hat is it that's "idealistic"? We dare not SRy at this time. But you earn the l'ight to s tate so unequil'ocal!y, if YOIl score ten correct solutions (excel· lent). Eqllanimically, if you score eight (good). And q uasi· authoritatively, if you score six (fair).
3 Wh ite to move and w in
Again, you'll not m(ely see 11. position Quite (practically) like t his again. Idealistically, however, it behooves you to be capable of solving one of this ilk o\'er·the·board-if it does come YOUl' way! Practice on it now- to be ready in case it does. You can win what, and h ow?
7 White to move and w in
This position is not precisely easy either. For the winning idea. you ought to summon up a liUle inspiration. But don't stop with a "well done" thet"(~. Proceed to Query each and all of Black's possible replies- and work out the details of "the how" to each.
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Solutions on page 122
4 Black to move and mate
White tilted his lance Quixotically (impmctically) to land in this position. As a welcome result, his Quixotic (idealis tic) objective is now wHhin your p!"actical g!"asp. In other words, you mate! We've allnounced (Quizzical· Iy) what you win. Now you rattle off the how!
• Black to move and win
The essence of th is posi· tion merits lL bit of explan · atioll. mack, QllixoUcally if you will, exposed his King. knowing he'd llttain a winning game that way. He did, and the t rue highlight o[ the game is pa.~t. Now all yon need do is detail the clinch· ing "hows."
1 White to move and win
A position of jnst exactly this character will most likely come up once Ilnd only once in a lifetime of chess· pIny (except or course when repeated in a Chess Quiz ! ) . You won't see it again but ought to be able to say 0) what you Clln win- and (2) how!
5 Wh ite to move and win
In this po~ i tion. you can emulate the good Dou ant! be idealistiC for once. It is fairly simple to obtain a. material ~uh·anlage . But you can also press r\"Om there. heeding the maxim: "N"el'el' let an opponent up when you have him down." Polish th is solution to a frazzle!
9 White to move and win
All right; now you hnve the pattern. Study Black's weaknesses and locate your in· spir ed, key move. Idealisti cally, therearter. proceed to enumerate the possible Blatk defenses: \I'e see raul' more 01' less wOI·thy of conside ra· tlon. Can ~· ou knoek all of them oH?
2 Black to move a nd mate
A position more or less of this type w!ll come liP some· tiule in your futu re games. You'd feel silly if you didn't find the win- now wouldn't you? Do tal;:e heart. though! Even now, \\"e dare say, you ' re quite callable of ta k· ing 'VhHe's King. Aren·t you?
6 B lack to move and mate
Idea listically, lhls partleu· lar puzzler ought to come one number later. You need ~L long seventh inning stretch to \\"01'1;: om all the wrinkles! Be warned. This sepal'ates the men rrom the boys! Check all the l'amifi cations if you want 10 chalk up an ""exce lien L"
10 Blac k to move and win
This, like our other posi· tiOllS, is ba~ed on one ill an aetnal galue. Il has a fea-1\11'1'. hO\\" <.J I'e l", or dissimilari· I:" from 0111" ll~nal quiz si tu· ations- lllore like It typiCll1 game. in fa ct. but rather gua ra nteed tlO~ to hurt YOUI"
chance~ , Oh. go on and solve it:
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INTERNATIONAL King Keres
Despite a painful i!lness, Paul Keres of the Soviet Union showed his class by win· ning the world·renowned Hastings Premier in England wHit seven victories and two draws. Tied for second and third were Iunior World Champion Florin Gheorghiu of Roumania and Svetozar Gligorich of Yugoslavia, each 6%-2%. Young Helmut Pfleger of West Germany (apparently a comer) distinguished himself by posting a 6·3 record, while Nona Gaprlndashvili of the Soviet Union, women's world titlist, did well with a 5·4 plus score in this strong field.
World Postal Supre macy Scoring 9% points out of a possible 12,
Vladimir Zagorovsky of the Soviet Union annexed the title of world correspondence chess champion. RUJlnerup was another Soviet master, Georgi Borisenko, 8Yz-3%. Zagorovsky is said to owe his success in battling "invisible opponents" to his fac. ulty for precise and exhaustive evaluation of positions together with sharp combina· tive ability. He has participated in numerous postal events and was a mem_ ber of the SO"iet team which reccntly placed first in the world correspondence team tournament.
Affair in Italy Rome was the scene of an international
tournament which was won jointly by Lehmann and Lengyel, each 7%.2%.
Israeli Interlude Shortly after the Tel Aviv Olympiad. an
intcrnation al tourney was held in Jerusa_ lem and credited to Parma of Yugoslavia, 8%-2%. His compatriot ]\-Jatanovich was second with 8·3.
UNITED STATES lst National Chess Open
'Twas a Black Knight for Samuel Reshevsky's opponent when Sam made his win . ning move! The cover photo may be a posed one; and the caption someone's idea of a gag; but Reshevsky did make just enough winning moves to regain a
CHESS REVIEW, A PRIL, 1965
Vol. 33, No.4 APRIL 1965
Our most recent shot of K e r es is from when he tied f or f i rst at Buenos Aires last year a long with World Champion Tigran Pet rosyan.
Nalional First rankin" ·hv willniJl!l; Ihe ". . First l~ational Che5s Op(~ n Champion. ship (dis tinct frulIl Ihe U. S. Open and the regular U. S. Chumpionship) held at Las Vega~, Nevada.
Tile Stardust Hotel was Ihe scene of the 8 round, 140 player (some say 142), week.lon g Swiss System 10urnament. The idea "Was Lt. Cul. E. B. Edmondson's. The Presidenl of the U. S. Chess Federation reasoned that there was room for another nation a l event, open to all, and requiring only one week (instead of two for the U. S. Open). The result : a $450Cl prize fund atllI enlrants from Puerto Rico 10 Hawaii , twenty.four states and Canada!
Grandmaster Hcshcysky prevailed oyer all, but over Grandmaster Hubert BYl"Ile only by merit of the median tiebreak, as
Crosstable of Play a t Hastings , , Paul K eres, USSR • , Florin Gheorgh iu, Rouman ia • • , Svetolar Gligorich, Yugoslavia , , Helmut Pfleger, W. Germany , , Non~ Gaprlndashvili , USSR • • , Owen H ind le, U"ited Kingdom , , Antonio Rocha , Brillj! , • Peter Lee, United Kingdom , , Norman L.ittlewood, U. K. , " Den is Mardle, U. K. ,
, • • • , , , • , , l , ,
bOlh scored 7-1. Reshevsky drew with Dr. Ariel A. Mengarini and Tibor Weinberger, and Byrne with Charles Henin and Weinberger.
Four tied for third place at 6Y2-1Y2: Grandmaster Larry Evans and Jack Moskowitz and Tibor Weinberger of Los Angeles and Blazo Sredanovic of Palo Alto, California.
Grandmaster Pal Benko appears to have gone stale. He tied at 6·2 with Paul Brandts, MOlTis Gordon, Eugene Levin, Mengarini, Donato Rivera, Irving Riyise and Robert G. Shean.
Tied at 5-2 were Peter Cleghorn, Jerome Hanken, Charles Henin, CapL .T. A. Hudson, K. R . .Tones, Nonnan Lessing, Dr. Er ich W. Marchand, M. Mir. Hosseini. E. Osbun, A. Spiller and Dr. A. Stern.
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TOURNAMENT CALENDAR (Items reported late)
Arkansas - April 17 to 18 Arkansas (closed) Champioll~hip at
Albert Pike HoteL Uttlt: Rock, Arkansas : 5 Rd 5S Tmt: Arkansas resident s only: EF S3 plus uscr dues; for details, M_ Nahas, Box 192, Lake Hamilton , Arkansas 71951.
Wash ington _ April 24 t o 25 12th Annllal /n/rllld Empire Open at
Coeur D'Alene Hotel, N 228 Howard , Spokane, Washington: 6 Rd S5 Tmt, 50 llloves/ 2 hou rs : Register br 9 H I: EF $5: SS to at least 3 top finishers : inquiries R_ F_ Kittredge, N 622 'Dartmouth Road, Spokane, Wa,hington 99206.
Ca tiforn ia - May 1 to 2 Berkeley Open at Y}fCA, 2001 Allston
Way, Berke ley, California: 5 Hd S5 Tmt (3 Divis ions) : trophies and other awards: EF $4 plus Chess Friends of Nor thern California dues ($3): inquir ies to J . !'!L Long, 1123·B Stannage Avenue, Albany 6. Calif.
Wash ington _ May 1 to 2
1965 Ccntml IV ushinglon Open at J ohn' s 5erve-U Grocery, 209 E. Woodin Avenue, Chelan, Washington: 5 Rd S5 Tmt, 45 moves / 2 hours: register by 9:30 AM: EF $5 : SS 1st $100 gual'antted, also books to top of Class A , B, C & Jr. , possibly others: inquiries to R. \V .. Miller, Box A, Chelan, \\/ashington 98816.
Indiana - May 15 to 16 1st lildiallapoli~ Open at Sherat0J1-LiIl
coin HOlel , 117 \'ii. \Vashington SI., In. dianapolis, Ind i a1\~ : 5 Hd S5 Tmt, 45 moves/l1J2 hours, May 15, 50/ 2 16th: Ef 56 (juniors under 19 S<J.) p illS USCF dues : registe r by 10 ,1M, } lay 15 : S3 guaranteed minimulil frOIll $75 down: in · quiries to N. L. J\lalthews, 238 i\orth 1.5 Avenue, Beech Grove, I ndiana 46107.
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(1st National Open~conc l uded)
]l.frs. Li na Grumelte and \frs. J . Piati · gOI-~ky, both of Los Angeles, shared · the women's title. The\' ~cored ,:;·3 . .lack Mos· kowi tz' scorc earned hilll tlle Sellior Championship: if you' re owe r fifty Iry for it next time! Phil Haley of Sarnia. Ontario, al 5-3 led and hrought lip the rear of the Canadian "contingent." Benko l o~t two games, to }I ellgarini and to Paul Quillen.
Accommodations were ample: new sel~ and boards; and. for the s pectators, Jal-ge demonstration boards showing the top· rated gameti, and luxurious armchairs! The Stardust seems to have won the rigllt to hold the event next year.
REGIONAL Junior Meet
In the Nor thwest Junior Open, Jerry Wolfe seized tile l imelight with a 6·0 tri. umph, follow ed hy Denny Jenquin, 5·1. There was a sizable attcndance of 27 players.
Baltimore Open A spirited Baltimore Open resul ted
in a 5Yz-1f2 tic between La rry Gilden and
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i\'Iichacl Valvo, with Gilden taking the prize on .Media n tiebreaking. The same system broke a 5·1 deadlock bet weer> Hobert T. Durkin and :Miro Radojcic in fil.vor of Durkin . There were 66 players.
Detroit Open In the Detroit City Open, known thi$
year a5 lhe Lucille Kellner :J\femorial Tournament , Dr. Erich Marchand was a clear firs t with 6Yz-'i2. Second place in the sixty-player event beeame thl) prope rty of Derwin Kerr witht 6·1. Greta Ol sson took thc woman'~ title .
OHIO I n th e Ohio high school team champion.
ship, two Cleveland groups represen ting Ihe Euclid a nd the St. Edward High Schools wound up in a deadlock at 4%. 1;1::, broken in favor of Euclid by a slender S·8 . margill. Wayne Rohricht, David Swadriel I, Tim Howe and Scott Winsor mann ed the Euclid hoards.
OKLAHOMA The thirty.t wo.player Oklahoma Open
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player Oklahoma Open J un iol" were won respectively by the Texan master Kenneth Smith and seventecn-year-old Joseph Cash , each scoring a 5·0 shut-out. Ru nnerup in the Seni or wag David Lee!, while second ;; pot in the Jun ior went tu R ... herl Purdy.
UTAH T urning in a 7-0 swcep, Sta ll le~' Hunt
uverrode his oppusit ion 1'.1 luke a n casy first in Ihe Utah O llen. Dunald Ben ge, 5Y2-1Y2, placed second a nd Dick Heilbul, 5·2, came in third. T hcre werc rirteeu competitors.
WASHINGTON Viklors PUl'ols and Clurk HarnlOn d rew
their individual game in the Washi ngton Open and defeated all th eir " ther OPP'" nent s. Their 4%.% tic \~as s lI bst;:quentl y hroken on median "oi nl ~ in fuv or of Pupols. Andy Schoene, C"lin Ar krnyd. Jim McCormi ck and Bi ll Kipli nger, cad i 4·1, fi nished third to six th in till.: order mentiont:d on ti ehrenk~.
LOCAL EVENTS
Arizona. T hree win s und th ree "ril \\"~ yielded lhe cham pionsh ip sect ion " f t he Phoenix Chess Club to Jack L Gi b$un . Resen'e win ner wa~ .\1. J) . Pel leuen, a b .. 4-%-1%.
California. Pall I Quillcn, 5~1:!'1h. CUll lu r .. ,,1 the Downey Ol.l<:': n, hun a Iwint uhcad ,.(
Nt'Vllda. Gary Bair and Herman Est ra(!3 tied at 5%.% in the Las Vegas cit y t itle lourna ment, the nod for first goin g to Bair on a tiebreak. Stan Zajac, 5.1, ea me in th ird.
iV"1I! Jersey. In the Hud~on High School Cham l) i on~hip. atlended by 32 students, .\ Iayer Hirr of Snyde r High eme rged on 10 1).
Chess Chili, pu blished or the Je rsey City YMCA Che;;.s Cluh, re llOrts t hat Clren O"ell illgs :' TheQry and Practice, the nCI>' book by l. A. Horowitz, was donate<1 by _\l r~. T. Mueller a nd \\'on as a u ext ra bonus by ru nncrup Ha)'mond Heitmann of Hobokell H igh.
N ell) Y or/;. Arthu r J. B)' e r~ haggt:G the N!'w I{ro chelle Ches~ Cl ub an nual 30·30 to urney with a 6·0 record, fo llowed 1)\, Ha rold K a i ~ c r, 5·1.
Ohio. Topping a field of 77 players, Hi ch. ard Kause again '1'011 the Cleveland Open with the .'ame S%-lh .'"ore Ihat he (' 0111 '
llil ed last. year. rn the Ei ghth ,\nllual Gla5S Cit y O t '~ n .
held ill Toledo, Pall l ro~chcl was succes" fu l wi th a per fect 5·0. ahead o f Wlllk;, ... 'IYz-%. The fiel,! cOlll p ri"cd 80 ent rics.
OUf/hom(l . Sam -'Iayficl,! WOIl Ihe T ub .. Ope n nil a t ieh reak a fte r he <llId Georl!C' Hulbtm! hal! ~cored 4Y:d.~ each in :1
thirty.player e\'cnl.
JUDE F. ACERS
At twe nty, Aeers was t he youngest Southern master since Morphy, is onty one in Louisiana . Ch a mpion and team ca ptain of Lou is ian", State Ul"liversity, th e New Ortul"ler is a journalist stude l"l t a nd ed its his own chess paper . He is a lso Cham pion of Biltol"l Rouge.
J. Hanken and Sima nis. Honken hecome runnerup on a t ichreuk. Thirt y. (unr play. A ers a ttended.
GR EAT BO OK by a GREAT TEACHER I n the twenty.une-IIIlI)·CI· Wh iu icr Ama·
teur Open. F. Fri ll ins un<1 C. l .ar;;{) 11 ri!'(1 ut 5· L wit h F ri ll in g getti ng the ulIlleT hand on a sl ight t iehreak ing su [ ~riuri t r.
K ('l!tucky. A ratin g tllurnu lilcll t li t the A~h .
land Chess Club sa w .J u lia n I.. I' u::; h • .Jr. win first with a 4%-;6 >lh"win g . .J ames It Harris, 31'2·1l/2, wn~ 5ec()nd.
!l1inncsota. T wo "Tornudnc'" (f a ~ lt""l"J\a · ments played a t tl w rut e of 30 IJlI We~ an hour) were cred ited I" Clirt Bra .• kc l a nd Hobert K. John son.
A Nicholas Gabor Original
White mates in three moves A comple le White K night CII'cle ('I'olnl
Fl eek Theme In Three Mover) . Solution o n p~g e 102
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Pennsyluartia. At the Pittsburgh Chess Club the j unior title was won by R onald Stand ley, 71h-Y2, followed by Kennetil Shott ing, 6Y2·1Y2.
The th irty.two-player Pittsb urgh Metro_ politan Cham pi onship was won by i\ Iart in S. Lubell witn a clea r fir st of 5Y2-Y2. W illiam Byland and J ohn Kolts, 5-1 each, shared second and th ird.
South Carolina . E rnest E. H oenck, a former South Carolina state champion, won the Charles ton Chess Club t itle and n :ceivcd a ch ess clock as a trophy.
Tennessee_ T he E ast T ennessec J unior I n· vi tational, held in Oak Ridge, went to Ted Merce r, 5·0.
Ve rmont. In d own ing J ohnson State Col. lege, t he Norwich Univers ity Chess Club compl eted a sweep of a ll its matches w it h other Vermont school teams. Alan Brown, a Norwich man, made the best individual showing wit h a 7-1 tally.
IV (lshington. The Seattle Chess Club Champion ~hip was won by George Kenny, 4·1. Norma n Abraha mson matched th is game score, but fell back to second on a tieb rea k.
I n the Spok ane County Open, Dou ~
Adams was first with 5·L Second wit h 412.1% was Dr. David Groenig.
T he 1965 Region XV T ournament went to David Gran nis, 5·0. Ron Leonard, 4·1, was r unncrup.
T he Ruse de Guene Chess Cl ub .March of Dimes Benefit , held in Camas, resulted in a tie at 5-1 by Sid Poulsen, ~'1i lt Col· pron, Leon Sage and Denny J enq uin . T he q uartet fin ished in t hat ord er on ticbreaks.
West Virginia. In the Holiday Open a t Huntington, P aul A. Sayre produced (I
perfect 5·0, ahead of G. P at rick Forsee, 4-1.
LATIN AMERICA Argentina
Miguel Na jdorf is agalll chess king of Argent ina, following a splendid 13·2 victo r y in the n at ional cham pionship tourn a· ment in Buen os Aires. W. Cruz was sec· ond wit h 10%-4%.
Venezuela I n the Venezuela national championship
event , Ladislao T apazto emerged on lop, with Al berto Caro, Jnan Branchet and Mi guel Carnicero in second, thi rd and
Gabor Solution 1 P- KN3 with th rea t of 2 N moves (ap·
propriately to allow 3 TI- Q3 mate). Black has a choice of ni ne m oves, each
forcing the White K nigh t t o move to a s pecific square in order to en fol'ce 3 B-Q3 mate. a. complete K nigh t Circle. Only I . _ . B-N3 permits choice of two squa res : 2 N-K5 or N-BZ.
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Last year at To kyo, Gra nd master W olfga ng Unzic ker com memorated th e opening of the Ge r ma ny ai r line L uft hansa betwee n Ger many and Japan by winn ing outright t he first two of a s chedu led t hree-gam e matc h with Ja pa nese Chess (Shog\) Cha m pion Yasuharu Oyama, in the same room of t he Imper ia l Hote l where Wor ld Cham pion A. Ate k hine gave a bl indfo ld e xhi bit ion of 15 boards in January 1933. Unzicker gave a stra ight simu lt an eou s ex hibition of 32 boards a nd won all games . In th e photo, Oya ma is at right ; Tsunoda Ma moru, Sec. of Japa nese Ch ess Federat ion at left w h ile Un_ z icker a nd Oya ma are e ngage d in th e s econd gam e of the match.
fo urth places r espectivel y. T he l·lun garian-born T npazto was awarded t lw tit le of nat ional !lla ~ t e r, an JWIl<'r he sccms 10 mcrit r ich ly in d CII" 01 h i ~ jos" o f only fou r games dnrin g his ten years of Vene· zuelan lonl"lHlment activi t)"! The w j nner~
vf ·these gumes were Fi"chcr, .\ferlina . Najdorf and C. Sanchel.
FOREIGN Australia
I n the Ne lv Sout h Wales ti tl e tourn ament , composed of an except ionally stron g field, Fred Fbtol" was fi rst with the fine score of 1O%-3Y~ . Run nerU Jl was L. S_ Fell, 9%·'1Y2.
The Auslnllian Champiollship saw C. J. S. P urdy and D. G. Ham ilton l ock horns wi th 11·4 each. A p layoff will decide the title .
Dutch West Indies 0, ,
George Cura cao
trip to the Duleh West I ndies, K" h a n ol\" ~ ki di~covercd how financed the Candidates' Tour-
nament in ]962. Here 's a q uote from George's re port III the San Francisco Ch ronicle : " It sta rted with the chess fans ralsmg 2.000 guilders, wit h which they built a home, which they Hlfflcd off fo r 10,000 guilders. This they repeated and on ce again raised l O,OOO gnildcrs." Then, George cont inues, "The Dutch gov. ernment prin ted three ch ess slamps, with all the profit going 10 the chcss group. T his put Ihem way oyer the top and they st ill have a small fortune in Ihe bank
. . .. " i\Iight give ideas to somebody in the United States- a lthough we must confcs.':' amazement a t the possibilit y of bu ild_ ing a house in Curacao for 2,000 guilders , which, accord ing to the best information we have been ahle to unearth, amount to Ic.% than $1,000.
Ge rmany Veteran United Sl ates master Norman
T. Whitaker, on a ja unt through Europe, part ici pated in West Germany's Chiemsee Open a nd dom inated it with a 6·0 shutout.
Switze rland The Swiss ti tle was won by M. !\Iar kus,
6Yz-2%. followed hy Dr . Ch ristoffel, 6·3.
Soviet Union Acco rdin g to Tass, K orchnv), is work_
lll g on a hook of h is selected games.
MISS AGA IN ! F l'om the Mic higan Ch ess Bu llet in, we
learn t hl<t. in the ]965 Greater LanSing Area. Tournament, Dr. L . C. Young. an expe rt . defeated a. low·rank ing , unrated plllyer : 1 P - K4 , P- K 4 2 P- KB4, P xP 3 B- 84, F-KB3 o! P- Qo!. N- QB3 5 BxP. J>- KN'I 6 Q- R5t. K- K2 7 Q- B7 mate.
\Jut h onors wen l to unrated player D. Henry in th is game a gainst a. nea r·ex· pert: 1 P- K4 . P--QD3 2 P- Q4. P- Q4 3 N- Q133, FxP 4 NxP, N-Q2 5 Q- K2, N- K B3??? 6 N-Q6 m a te.
And eleven· r ear·o ld Dannie Dud ley. never in a tournament before. was led by the hand to his fil 'sl-]"ollnd gallle and ~hOWll how to get Started. H e mated his aStonished opponent in fou r moves.
CH ESS REV IE W, APRtL, 1965
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(Conc luded on page 128 : see a rso 100)
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32d USSR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP By WORLD CHESS CHAMPION TIGRAN PETROSY AN
C'JUrtesy of the Novosti Press Agency (A PN)
Tlgran Petr05Y~"
Viktor Korclmoy, 1;1 thirty-th ree-yea r.old Grand· Ill<lste r from Leningrad, emerged victorious in the USSR Cham pionship in Kiev., which drew to a close on Janua ry 27. The gold medal of a USS R tit leholder is one of the most prec iolls awa rds for u chessplayer. The USSR cham pionships, therefore, which crown each chess year, a tt ract first-class forces whose rivalry produces the finest examples of chess a rt. These competitions are di stingu ished for their tense struggle from start to finish , and it is a rare winner who can prove his superiority over his riva ls in such H tournament so conv inci ngly as Viklol' Korchlloy di d
thi s time. The res ult of Viktol' Korchnoy, USSR chess titlehold er roJ' 1964
(this is no mistake: it is for 1964)-15 poinls oul of 11 poss ible 19- is a uniq ll e one. It CUll safely be placed on a pur with th e hest tou rnament ach ievements in the history of chess.
V1KTDI\ KOIlCIl~O"" S debul in Ihe USSR clless a rena in J946 was not a happy one fo r h im . Laler, lor I WO years at a st retch, he IJlaccd on 101' in j unior chess tourna· ments. li is fi rsl nmjor success was t r ing lor second place ill t ile USSR Cham Ilion. "hill in 195-1-, and it was sUIlI)lemented by his viClories in internat ional tou rnaments at Ha~tings and at Bucharest.
In 1960 in Leni ngrad, Viklor Korclmo)' became a USS R titleholdc r for the first
I time ; and, several months after, he tied for first place in a tournament wi l li an exceptionally strong fi eld of ent ran ts J!I
Buenus Aire~. Two years laler, Kurchnoy took lIart in
the world chess ti tle elilllirl1ttion found- · the Challengers Tournanlent in CUrIlCIlO - fur the first t ime. For nearly half the distance, the Leningrud er led the field: but lack of experience Ict him down. and his finish in thi! chess Marnth(,n race proved unhnppy for him.
Korchnoy's failS fe tt down in the mouth a lS{) when he failed 10 qua lify for the next cycle in the contest for a world cheu ·t it le. Yct, anolher gold medal of a USSR champion, which he wnn in Yerevan in 1962 and, fi nally, this la test brill iant vic· tOT)" in Kiev are excellent confiTl l1ali .. n of Korchno)"'s skills and maturit ~'.
As years ro lled by. Korchnoy has de. ,·eloped an interesting alllJruach to fW~ ill g
and solving Ihe problem~ a ' uurnamen! fi ghter is faced with in individual games. An excellent tactical sagacity-an in. dispensable component of a strong chess. player- became his major defeMive weall' on. He orlen creates tight situations on thc board, when his opponent is on Ihe of.
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VI KTOR K ORCHNOY
fc nsivc. Ca rr ied away by his designsand most chc:~players a rc Yery fond of attacking-the "aggreS!lor" is willy.nilly bound to incur lim ilat ions uf a lactiool ur posit illnal nature in his camp--and ;;oon comes the reckoning.
G RA I' OMA:;Tt:lIS DA VIU BIIONsn :IX. !'ohl( · H,l.tL T,l.Ht. ·and Lr.oXII) STEIN also rend· ered II guo<l performance in the ch~m·
pionship. Bronstein of Moscow startet! off well
and, for some time, led the fi eld alon g with Viklor Korchno\'. Important in the shapi ng of the final standings were the
gaml'$, Bronstein \'S. Stein and Bronstein VIS. Korchnoy, both of which werc, a las. Il)st by the Muscovite. Alter that, Bron· stein appeared d iscouraged and began playing uneven ly. Yet, I th ink, a number "f ex.cel1ent games whicll he playcU du ro ing the championship were a pleasure !o lavers of chess.
Following a sla.ck start, Stein , defl!nd. ing USSR titl eholder, succeeded in forgo ing ahead and overtook the group of leaders. Had he managed to win his game against Korchnoy, which developed in his favf)r, who knows what the final results Ill igh! have been ?
Tahl 's play was marked by 1IP8 and downs, and it appea red that he was poorly prepared for such tense competition. *
Speaking of Mastcrs, one should singlc out L. Shalllkovich, one of the more ex. perienced chessplayers and also A. Luti. kov. A. Lein and V. Osnos.
This la test championship of Ihe C(lunlry has shown that the Soviet chess school i~ on the upgrade. This fact was confi rmed liy the acute sporling stfugg le which d is. t inguished these tournament cncmmter. for the USSR chess t it le.
THE BEST GAME of the USSR Championship
annotated by TiCjran Pe trosyan The game between Ratmir Kholmov
of So~hj and David Bronstein of :'Iloseow has been adjudged to be the best one in the 32d USSR Chess Championship. The Sochi Grandmas ter effected a com. binntlon with so many fine points t o it thllt only a. det/tlled analysis or the llume r·OllS variations illYolved is (;apable of J'evealing all the opportunIties fOI" both sides.
S tCI LiAN DEFENSE R. K holmov
White 1 P-K4 2 N_KB3 3 N_QB3 4 P_Q4 5 NxP
P- QB4 N-KB3
P-Q3 Px P
P- QR3
D. Bronstei n
6 B-KN 5 7 P-B4 8 Q-B3 9 0-0-0
10 P-KN4
Black P- K3 B-K2 Q-B2
QN-Q2 P_N4
11 Bx.N Px.B TOIII·nament experience has shown
that. in the event or 11 ... NxB 12 P- N5. N- Q2 13 P- QR3, B- N2 14 B-R3, White's JlI"OSI)ectll a l"e fairly good.
(See diagram , top of nu:t page) 12 P-B5 . . . .
This move seems anti·positional, be· calise Black can now transfer his Knight
• A~ we mentioned. page 70. ?Iarch t~Hne. T ahl l(c t\lll.lIy w"s III dUring at l e"~l pnn Or lhe chn",p!onah!p.- Ed.
CHESS REV IEW , APRIL, 1965
Position after 11 . . . pxa
to the middle of the board, by N- K4, winning a tempo. Yet the continuo ation chose n by Kholmov is most ener· getic: White plans concrete tactics.
12 . . . . N-K4 13 Q_R3 0-0
14 P-N5 · , , ,
"White boldly sacrifices his Pawn in t he hope of mounting a King,side at· tack, A very tellse position takes shape >ll 1<1 , •. PxP. But BI'onstein prefers an ..
other plan. 14 . , , . P-N5 16 R- N1t K- R1 15 NPxP BxP 17 Q-R6 Q_K2
Now. aftel' White's natural IS N/S-K2 , Black has 18 ... B- Q2 with equal play.
18 N-B6!! · . . . In positions of this kind. it is I'ery im·
portant to I'etain the initlatil'c, and Kholmov tightens his grip by sacrifi cing.
18 . . , , 19 P-K5!
(See diagram,
19 . . . .
"," · . . ,
top of ne xt column)
B- N4t
The Pawn sacrifice is remarkable, t oo. FOl' Black has no less than three s eem· ingly sou nd ways of taki ng it.
J9 ... N xP or 19 . .. PxP, howel'er. J is parried with the sU"ong move of 20
N"-K~. And White also continues \0 mount .. a formidab le attack aftel' 19 .. . BxP.*
• 20 P·H{i ~ B·H;;t 21 Q xI3 , Q away 22 Q · R. 6 and I3·Q3 01' R-~7; al' 20 BxP 21 B -Q3.-",.
CHESS REV IEW, APRIL , 1965
Position after 19 P·K5~
In many n ll"iations, White has as his target th e Kia sql1lU'e.
It a.ppeal's that the eontinUl~tion chosen by Bronste in enables Dlack Lo steel' clear of lllany dangers.
20 RxB 21 PxQP 22 R-N3
23 B-B4!
P-B3 Q-K62
P,"
, . . . It i~ possible that I':::holmov Cauld not
calculate all the variations up to the l' el'Y end when contemplating 18 N-BG. He had. however, to sketch the general outline of his attack, which is now be· coming in'esistible despite mack's material adnmtage.
23 . , . . 24 K-Nl 25 R/l-Nl
26 P_Q7!
PxPt N_Ql R-R2
• • • •
An effective ta.ctical blow on the prob· lem them e of interference following whieh Blaek no longer has satisfactory defens! \' e moves. * 26 . . . , R,P 30 K,P R- N1t 27 p,p ",p 31 K-R1 B, P 28 B," R- Qat 32 R/3-Q3 Q-K2 29 R,R B,B 33 KxB Q-K3t
34 R_N3 Resigns
• The :\Ol"ot"", In terfere11ce invo],'i11S" ",,,(,,,,1 !}1()Ckin" by Rook al' Bi~ho() recapt""c~: ?IJ . . , RxP pel""'it~ 27 1"'x1' with (li S"~lcI'O"~ {) (I'e e l; 26 . ' . U .~P ,,]lows 27 R·"" \\";\1\ c,' en mOl'e (]eci~; \" e all out· come.~Ed,
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An outstand ing recent game, annotated by a former W or ld Champion ,
THE BATTLER AT BEVERWIJK On the eve of the Candidates Tournament at Zur ich
in 1953, Keres introduced Yefim Petrovich Geller to one of th e Western players, He d id so wit h " This is Geller; he constnntl y plnys fo r mate." Th is judgment is accurate not only for Gel ler's style hut also and even especially for his temperament.
The style of th is grandm aster , bo rn in 1925 a t Odessa , is aggressive and extremely violent. In can· sequence, he someti mes underra tes his opponent's reo sources. I t must be added, however , that, if Geller does stum ble fro m overconfidence, he a lso shows that he can take a punch, as usua ll y appea rs in the events following his setback, It is qu ite normal with him that a defeat is revenged by a ser ies of impressive victories. So, fo r instance, in the recen t Hoogoven Tournament at Beverwijk. There Geller lost quite unexpectedly to the Dutchman Langeweg but came back in a fan tastic recovery, a series of surprising victories among which one aga inst Pachma n l and one against Lengyel excel ill their magical conceptions.
Geller's aLti tude is tha t of a boxer and moreover of the indefatiguable sort who does not leave hi s opponent a single moment of peace. His grea test success of recent years was h is tie for second pJace, with
; Keres, in the Cand ida tes Tournament at Cu racao.2 On the other hand, he d id not succeed in qualifying for last year's Illterzonal. But there is sti ll a chance he may play in the next Candidates ; for he is th e first
Bewerwij k 1965 E NG LI SH OPENING
L, Lengyel Y. GelJer Hunga ry Soviet Un ion ·White Black 1 N_KB3 P_QB4 4 P_ KN3 B_N2
2 P-QB4 P-K N 3 5 B_ N 2 N- B3 3 N- B3 N -KB3 6 0-0 0 - 0
7 P- Q4 . . . . H ere W h ite breal(s the sym metry. The
move, however. is not inconect on t ha t account.
7 , , . . 10 Q- Q3
by DR. MAX EUWE
Dr. Max Euwe
reserve in the event that one of th e Soviet players does not com pete.s
The following game from the seventh round of the Hoogoven Tou rnament is cha racteristic of Geller . Although pla ying Black, he ma intains the tension masterfu llv. At th e ri ght momen t, he surprises his opponent with an ori gina l sacri fi ce of the Exchange, by which a nu mber of fi les a re openend and possi biliti es created for va rious far-reaching combinations. Then some attractive sham sacrifi ces br ing the stru ggle to an unexpected conclusion.
, , . .
10 • . . . P-QR3
Blacl, prepa res a later ... P-QN-1 . 11 B- Q2 . , . .
On 11 B- K3, Black can play 11 . n-B~ ga ining a tempo ~ince 12 P- K 4 i~ not possible . Bu t the text is too passive, a nd 11 P- N 3 followe a by 12 B-N 2 is bettel·.
11 . , . • R-N1
macl, persisten tly stl"iv es for t he ad· vance • . . . P- QN4.
12 QR-B1 B-B4
8 N x P 9 QxN
Black has no practical the Queen as a target.
. . . . means of using
Here ] 0 Q- fi.! seems prefel'able follow. ed evc ntua lly by B-R6. ·White can meet 10 .. . N- N5 with 11 P- K R 3, n - D3 12 B- N5.
Now Black actually provoke s P-K'1. His object is to restrict the White K ing Bishop on t he diagona l.
13 P- K4 B- Q2
9 , . . . P- Q3 Black renews his Quest for, . . P - QN4. 2 F OI' account of tourna m ent at C m'a<=ao,
1 For G<=1!er·Padllll a ll, ~cc a cco un t by Dr. see PI>. 189 (June) , Z!7 ( J u l ~' ) and 233 3 I~or hi s tic for seco;md at CuracaO.- Ed, Pecal" Trifllno" ich, page IOG.- Ed, ( Aug \l ~t ) 1%2.-Ed . t = chcck ; t = d b!. ~hcck ; § = dis. ch.
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Ke res and Ge ller (right) at Curacao (photo by DI'. Po. S. Canlwell)
14 B- K 3 • • • •
T his is the beginn ing of an incon ect combination. 14 P-QR4 Is to be preferred with the Idea of answering 14 ... N- N5 by 15 P-N3. 14 KR- K l or KR-Q l a lso deserves cons lderKtlon on the point of ['emovi ng t he Rook f rom the dangerous diagona l KDl-QR6.
14 . . . . P_QN4 15 PxP .. . .
T he best W hite !Jas Is 15 P- N3, though now, after 15 ... N - N5, Black gets the better game, too; 16 D-Q4, N- K4.
15 . • • • Px P 16 B_R7
This Is a comprebens lble 16 K R- QI, P-N5, however, has a difficult time ot It.
16 • . . .
• • • •
error. After White a lso
P- N5 !
H ere Is the original SflCrl!ice of th e Exchange. It Introduces a beautiful, al· most genial combination.
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17 BxR • • • •
T he acceptance is forced lnso(ar a~.
I[ White moves his Knigh t . Black has 17 ... B- N4.
17 . . . . P ", N 18 B--A7 • • • •
As so orten occurs on t he taki ng or an Exchnnge. th e "w in ne r" loses time.
18 . . . • Px P
And, as a direct compensation for t he Excha nge here. Blac k ha s II (IOWer ful. (Iassed Pawn.
19 R-B3 • • • •
On 19 R- N1, Q- R4. Black threatens 20 .. QxB a nd a lso 20 .. . D- "'4. to say
nothing or 20 . . . QxP. Hence White must obtain the possibility of 20 H- R<:. which seems to ward off all dangprs.
19 .. . . P-Q4 !!
Th is is a s ubtle sa1.' rif ice of a. Pawn with a diabolical or. better. " Oeller· like" poin t. h a ppears (rom the sequel that Lengyel misses it; and, cel·tai nly. he ha!! nOt foreseen It.
20 PxP · . . , Th is is the decisive mistake. 20 R- N3
Is correct with the objective of e llmlnat· ing Black's advanced Pawn by retUrning the sacrifice of t he Exchange. After the tex t . one of Geller's magical con ehu~lon s
follows . 20 . . . . 8-84 21 Q-N5 NxP!
The third su rprise : 22 A- 8 5
Unde r tbe cil'cum!!tance!!. bes t Iry White has.
22 . • • • 23 Q_N7
There al'e hOI'ses and
, . . . th is I, t he
N-82 N_K3
horses; but tlle l'e cannot be any miSllnderstanding about thi s horse being a hOI'l!e .
24 R- N 5 • • •
On 24 R- QS. Black can choose between 2 ..... Q- Bl and 2-1 . . , Q- K l with the threllt of 25 . . , Q- H5.
24 .. .. 25 R- Q5
B-Q6 . . . .
25 n ·-QI , DxH leads to variations similar to those in the game.
25.... BxR ! !
This sacrifice of the QU~1l leads to nn Immediate SUl'l'ell(\el·.
26 RxQ RxR Re5i gns
On 27 DxD, Black has 27 .. R- Q8,
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A NEW HOPE FROM HOOGOVEN By Dr. PETAR TRIFUNOVICH
First place 1I1 the 26th annual Hoogoven Tournamen t in Beverwijk was won co-equally by the Soviet Grandmaster Yefim Geller and the Hungarian Grandmaster Lajos Portisch.
hest on th e first board in the Ol ympiad in Tel Aviv and thi s new Sllccess in Beverwijk, he is now ranked by ma ny as lhe European Chessplayer No. ),
This is a third sli ccessive outstanding achievement by the Hungarian champion. After hi s Sliccess in the
Interzonal Tournament in Amsterdam and his scoring
Gel ler of course descrvcs due credit for sharing the first prize alo ng with POltisch, and a lso for some wonderful games, one of which is given below. But it seems to this writer that the greatest interest for the immediate future lies in these accompl ishments of Portisch's.
I N three or four months, the Malch Tournanwnl of World Chumpionshil)
Candidates will hegin. ;\fikhail Tuhl and Porlisch meel each other in the first round .
It was thought Ihat Tahl, the ex-world_ champion, wus over-matched against the last.placing qualifier, and Grandmaster !\lark TajJllano~' declared in faet that there could be no doubt ahout the result of th is match. These achievements of Portisch's, however, are fair warning for Talli.
Nor ought one to forget tllat Port i5ch easily "sent home" Grandmaster Samuel Heshe"~kr who had never been defeated in matches, in the Interzonal tic-breakin g match in Amsterdam. There were those even then, too, who asked: "\Vhy play this match in view of the fact that the result is blOwn in advance?"
Pu rtiseh has only one god, and that is Caissa . III this res pect, he is li ke Fischer, though very fe ll' know about it as he is solitary 'a nd doesn't like to talk much. B ut Portisch weighed hi5 chance very ~eriously and will induhitably be a for. midable oll$lacle for the great Tall l in the mat ch which we all await impatiently now.
Geller succeeded in overtaking Por tisch on ly in the las t round. He had a misfortu ne at the beginning and lost to K. Lan geweg, the young Dutch master. To compen sat e, he found he had to defeat the strongest players : Grandmasters Ludek Pachman, C7.echo~lo\,(lkia , Levente Lengyel of Hun gary and Borishv lvkov of Yu goslavia. Actually, he even Degan to s moke again by way of givin g greater im. pul se to hi s chess d rive and reflection . His fini sh was, pu!!ing it mildly, excellent. h is a pity he will not pIa)' in the Candidates !'. Iateh Tournamen1. We must not forget that he won a match for the Soviet Championship against Smyslov at a tim e when Smyslov was really Smyslov.
The greatest Sllrpri se of the tournament is the result of the Bulgarian Grandmaster M. Bobotsov, the only undefeated player ill the tournamcnt. Til! now, this is his finest success.
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As fl,r .I . H. Donner of Holland and hkov, Donner's envious colleagues are claiming he played in "coffee· house" style aud won countle:s points which he ought to have losl. In fact, there was even danger of his attaining the summit of the event by ~uch piay, but he had had luck against A. }[edina of Spain and was checkmated after the twenty·sixth move. And Ivkov was not in his prcvious form. On some occasions, he did not know how to make good use of dist inctly fHI'orab!e positions, and he also drcw with some we"ker plarers from II"llonl he us ually wins points. These are far from good sympt oms for his match wilh Bent Larseu of Denmark in the coming Candidates j\lat ch Tournament .
It was bruited about that the second great surprise of the tournam ent was the result of Dr. Heinz Lel,rnann of West Gennany. Of his eight points, he scored four against grandmasters. It could possi. bly be ~aid this performance was normal; [or he plars so litt le in tournaments that li b real strength is unknown.
Grandmasters Pachl1lan and Alcksilndar !\rutanovich really sk idded, espccially the Yugoslal' Grandmaster after his success in thc Belgrade Inte rnalional Tournament. He mi ssed chances incredibly for example in his game against Donner.
The curious case of tile Yugos!avlllastel" Smederevac bears recounting. He cam e to the tournament in ord er to win the title of internalional master. lh round 11, hc had eas ily made six points, wh ich was sufficient according to his calcub_ t ions. Later on, it was asce rta in ed he needed more. But he played a5 thou gli an· chored. losing his remain ing four games and, at the end, ~ti11 had no 1I10re than six point s.
Final Standings at Beverwijk Geller and POl·tiseh 10lh·4';-<.l: Bobolsol'
10 ; Donne r and Ivkoy 8lh; Lehmann 8: Langeweg, Joha nessen, Bagirov anll Pachman 7 '.6; i\fatanovich 7; Lengyel, van Scheitinga. and Smedel'enle 6; iI'ledina 5~; and van den Berg 3\6.
The tournament Jist this time was more modest thun previously. Actually, the organizers did im'ite a number of great names, who did not respond. The tens t:: fight between Gell er and Port isch , however, kept up the in terest in the tournament. There were a large numher of poor games and some incredible oversights. Still, such happen always ut this tourna· ment as it is played under conditions nut conducive of good chess. Pluy starts immediately after lu nch despite the well known fac t that an interval should elapse betwecn eating and che6spta),ing.
The tournament paid honor to Professor Ten Doeschate, one of the founders and permanent patron of the Hoogoven annual tournaments, who died a t sea during a sturm. l\Iay his memory live !
QUEEN 'S GAMB IT DECLtNED Exch ange Variation
Y. Gelle r L. Pachma n Soviet Union Hunga ry White Black 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 4 p,p p ,p 2 P- QB4 P_K3 5 8-B4 P-QB3 3 N-QBS B-K2 6 P-K3 B_KB4
7 P_KN4 . . . . This move ha s been ],nOIl"Il since the
time of Alekhine. Botvillnik lls ed it fOUl'
times in his match with Petrosyan. It aims not onty to dislodge the Bishop from an important diagolllil but also to ga.in SPRCe on the .J(ingside. In the writer's opinion. it is not quite sound - though that point Wfl!; no t demonstrat· ed in that match.
7 . . . . B_KS
Thus played Petrosyan, but that fac t doesn't prove the quality of this move. The jury of e);pel·t s 11I'onollllced the ver· dic t against 7 . . . B- X3. anli Petrosyan rollows the common opini on. al1tomali· ",Illy lind blindly.
7 . . . B-N3! is sharp !tnt! bettel'. After S :\I- B3, Q- ::-"' 3! 9 Q- Hl [Oil 9 Q- Q2, there follows or course 9 .. . N- 133 and .. . N-K 51 , N- Q2 10 P- KR4. KN- B3 11 P- R5. U- K5 12 ?-<xB. NxN 13 P- R3, Q-N6. Black's game is surely 1I0t inferior.
8 P- KR3 N-B3 9 N- BS P-KR4
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IJ lrtcl,'s tht'ust is nell' but not bettet· than the old line. Petrosyan played 9 . . . QK- QZ (CHESS REVIEW: page Z3Z, August 19(3) .
10 P- N5 11 Q- N3!
N-K5 , , . .
With this very fitle maneuver, \\' hite gains time to defend his King Knight Pawn and attacl, mack's Knight. in t he ('enter.
11 , . , , Q-N3
One point 01' White 's lies in 11 , .. P - QN3 12 P - N6! as 12 . . PxP allows 13 NxN with telling erfect.
12 Q- B2 N-R3
12 .. . B- KD4 i~ fuUle ag ~tinst the reJoinder, 13 B-Q3.
13 P_ R3 14 R-B1
Q_R4 N,N
Th is liquidation is correct. The attempt to hold the centel' with 14 . , . B- KB4 15 B- Q3, B- QN5 fails aUer 16 K - K2! (16 PxB is refu ted by 16 . .. NxP: e.g. J'i Q-Ql, NxN followed by 18 . , . NxBtJ. ExN 17 PxB, QxRP 18 N- R.J or 16 . . . NxNt 17 PxN, BxBt 18 QxB, B- K2 III It-QNl etc.
15 QxN . . , ,
\Vllite pt'efers (0 Hllie on an ending with better chan (;es than to gamble on the speculative attack after 15 PxN, QxHP 16 B- Q3.
15 . . . . 16 RxQ 17 B- Q3
18 P- N6!
QxQt N_ N1 N- Q2
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With th is shrewd ihmst, White opens lines Oil the Kingside and, by doing away with mack's King Bishop Pawn, secures unassailable outpoo'lts on K5 and 1{N5.
18 ... , PxP
On 18 . . . 1'- 03, 19 K-IH becomes very unpleasant rO l' Black.
19 BxP t 20 BxBt 21 R- N3!
B-B2 K,B
, . . ,
White cannot wait tor 21 K - K2 as, Oil 21 ... P- R.J ! 22 R- N3, R- QH2. his ad· vantnge becollles insignificant.
21 .. ,. P- QN 3 23 R_ KN1 KR-K1 22 K_K2 B- B3 24 R-Q3 P-B4
Thi~ last adl'ance looks effective. but is not. The reason why will be seen. By pas~il'e defense, Black probably call hold the "osition .
25 PxP 26 RxQP
27 RxRP 28 B_ K5! , . . ,
t ::: cheek: ~ ::: db!. check; ~ ::: dis . ch.
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Here is the reason, White's Bishop has replaced his deset·ting colleagne on the long diagonal. and now Black's Ki ng Onds itself a.mong White pieces.
28 , , , , N_ K3 29 N-N5t NxN 30 R/5xN P-N3
Now Black. thinks he has defended himself. But the position is a forced win.
31 P-R4 32 B_Q4
R.-KN1 , . . ,
White centl'alizes his Bishop and thus also imlnobilizes Black's Pawns. 32 , , . . B_K2 33 R/5_ N4 QR-Q1
On 35 .. . K- Q2, 36 R_ N3
34 R-B4t 35 R-K4t
White plays 36
R- Q4
K_ KS K_B2
R- Qt.
Thel'e's no reSOlirce for Black. 36 . . . R-Q3 per mits 37 P- R5, 1'- K"' ·J 33 H- D3i-, B- B3 39 R- K5! after whkh macl, is help. less agaiast the threat or H/5- KB5.
37 B-K5! R-Q2 38 P- RS B-Q3
Or 38 .. . P- IC-i-t P - R6.
39 R- B3t 40 B-N2§ 41 R- Q4t
39 R- U3t. K- K l ·10
K_K3 K_Q4 K- K3
Or .Jl ... K- U3 ~2 P - R6, R- H2 ·13 H- B6.
42 R-B6t l! Resig ns
A very fine conclusion. After 42 . ' KxR ,13 llxBt, K-K2 H HxHt, J{xH 'I~
l'- HS! the Pawn eHects the victory.
SICILIAN DEFENSE
A. Matanovich
Yugoslavia
1 P_K4 2 N-KB3
P_QB4 P-K3
3 P_Q4 4 NxP
L. Portisch
Hungary p,p
N-QB3 P- Q3 5 N_QB3
In this modern war. Black goes into the Scheveningen Variation and al'oids the dangerons Richter·Hauser Attack. 6 B_K2 B- K2 8 B_ K3 0-0 7 0-0 N_ B3 9 P_B4 B- Q2
mack plans to play the Scheveningen fo rm1ttiOlt without ... p - QRa and ... Q-B2 which in sOllie I'espects can be considered w~lsted tempi .
10 K_ R1 , . . . 'fhls, in Korchnoy's opinion, is \\,hite'~
strongest answer. lIIi1icb- Korchnoy, Bel, grad 196~, ran: 10 Q- Kl. );xN 11 BxN. D- B3 12 Q- N3, P - KN3! J3 B- B3, P - QN'I 14 P- QR3, P - QR4. 15 Ql{-Ql , P-N5 Hi PxP, PxP 17 P- K5, BxB 13 QxB, PxN 19 I'xl\', ExP 20 QxP, ExB 21 QxB, H- R3 wlt!t an even game.
10 . . . . P- QR3 11 N-B3 . . , .
t"ow -White, who is well versed in these lines, Is not clem' a~ to what i~
best aftel' Blacl;:'s innova.tion. His text is inferior to the o ld maneuver, Q- Kl KN3.
11 , . . . Q_ B2
Black can be well satisfied. He has !It· tained the old Scheveningen position with 1WO tempi to the good,
12 Q_K1 13 P-K5
P-Q4! , . . .
13 PxP, PxP grants Blacli excellem play fOl' his pieces, especially on tllf' opened King file .
13 , . . , 14 B- N1
N-KNS P-B3!
As in the French defense, White ca l;' not main tain his King Pawn at I{5 aml must let Black's pieces obtain play.
15 N-Q4 N- R3 16 PxP
17 Q-Q2 , ' , , t"ow White permits Black a dedsil'e
action in the center which pushes the \\'hite pieces back. It is neceSSlltT to swap: 17 NxN, QxN a lthouglt then Blac k gets good play. As fOl' Black's altel'l1a· ti Yes, 17 . . . BxN is POOl' because of 18 13-N4, and 17 ... PxN gives White goot! play after 18 B- D5. DxN 19 QxU. Itx? 20 RxH. QxR 21 It- Kill.
17 , . . . BxN 19 QxN 18 BxB NxB 20 Q- Q2
21 N-Q1
N-B4 P- Q5 , ' . .
This is ~t pitirul retreat, but 21 N- K·I is not good in view of 21 .. . );"-K6 followe\\ by 22 . .. P-KI.
21 , • • , B- B3 22 B- B3 . . . .
The poot' position of White's Kn ight and exposed one or his King Dishop Pawn make all his defenses ,'ain. The Knight ca,nnot entel' play for a long while, a.nd it I,eeps the Queen Rook om, All Blad{ need do is open lines and he must win as he has one Rook more in play.
22 , , , . P-K4 24 P-B3 QR- Q1 23 BxB
25 Px]{P
25 , . , . 26 RxP
25 Q- K1
fails against 25 . ,
KPxP 27 Q- Q2 QR-K1 28 RxRt
29 K_N1
. ' . .
N- N6t!
N-R5 ! R,R
R- K1 !
The simil le threa.t is
30 Q-N5
30 ... R- l(S·(.
",p 31 N- B2 . . . .
White must still complete "del'elop· ing," 31 P - D-l, P-H3 32 Q- Q5-!, QxQ 33 PxQ, K- D5 gives biU! no chances either.
31 .. . , N-K8 35 K-R1 N-K8§ 32 Q- N3 P_R3 36 K_ N1 P_KR4 33 PxP R- K6! 37 P- Q5 QxP 34 Q_N4 N-B6t 38 R-Q1 N-B6i'
39 K_N2 . . . O r 39 K- Hl, PxQ 10 RxQ, R-·KS and
mate next.
39 . . . . N- Q5§ Resigns
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Up-to-date opening analysis by an outstanding authority.
RUY LOPEZ - "Primitive Variation" Judgment in chess theory is sometimes based on truly solid argu·
ments; at others, on sand. Of len a !,>Olllld .looking move is taken on faith- \rhich means it has been accepted without ca reful examination. On th e other hand, a bad.looking continuation ma y have been refuted on ly in a very su perficia l way. Then, since it is seldom or never employed, it renwins buried , waiting for an excavator to render justice on it. That is to SHY, either a rehabil itation is established or a better founded refuta' tion is JOIll1Cl.
One conlinuation of this sort is the "Primitive Variation" of the Ruy Lope,.; (see fin;! diagram below). We are calling it by that name as it follows the manner in which beginners are apt to handle the Ruy Lopez : 10 wit, to pursue the Bishop which has dared to invade. The system is at ollce logical and illogical.
It is logical in that Black plays consistently to exchange off the atLacking White Bishop and so gain the advillltage of the Two Bishops. IL is illogica l because Black moves the same piece twice and neglects his normal dcvelopment- a process which call he very dangerous, especially a t the beginning of a game.
·White
1 P-K4 2 N_KB3
P-K4 N_QB3
3 B- N5 4 B-R4 5 B-N3
Black P-QR3 P_QN4
N_R4
I. The Sacrificial Line 6 BxPt • • • •
This is the manne r in which early theorists se ttled this val·iation. It takes optimal advantage of some favora ble factol's. But the sacl'irice is I1nsol1nd as was shown in later analyses.
6 . . . , 7 NxPt
K,B K-K2!
Witll this move, it seemS, Black can at leas t hold his own though he must play with great care. Two major varia· Lions for While fo llo"-.
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Subvariation A
8 P-Q4 9 Q-B3
N-KB3! • • •
On 9 B- )iS, there follows 9 . .. Q- Kl and 10 . . ' K-QJ.
9 . . . . 10 P_QN4
B_N2 N-B5
11 Q-K2 Nx N 12 PxN NxP 13 P-B3 K-K1!!
Blac k holds a positional e .g. H PxN. Q-R5t and 15 .
advantage: . QxKp(t).
Subvar iation B
(Continue from last d iagr~m)
8 N-QB3! N-KB3 On 8 , . . B- N2? 9 X - Q5t, BxN 10
PxB (telegame, Ericsson-Johannessen 1961), Black is in deadly danger: e.g, 10
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. , . P-Q3 11 Q- K2, and White wins: or 10 . .. Q-Kl 11 0 -0, K-Ql 12 R- Kl , B- K2 13 Q-D3, N-KB3 1-1 P - Q6 etc.
9 N-Q5t K-K1 Now, on either 10 p-Q4, B - K2 or 10
Q- B3, P-Q3, It seems Black can hold his own.
ANOTHER SUGGESTION was first 6 B-Q5 (see the first dlagl'am) and then the sacrifice; but, alter 6 . . . P- QB3 (recommended by De Haan of Holland), that line doesn't appear to work either.
(Continu e from f i rst diagram)
6 B-Q5 P- Q83 9 P_Q4 P-Q3 7 BxPt K, B 10 B-N5t N-B3
• NxPt K_K2 11 Q-B3 K_K1
Black seems to dispose of sufficient defensive possibilities.
II . The Correct Refutations (Continue from first diagram)
Now, as \Villte comes alit poorly after 6 NxP, NxB 7 RPxN, Q- N4! he has to follow more solid lines. There are two at hiS choice.
Variation A
6 0 - 0 • • • •
Key Posi t ion
Now Black can choose betweell two cont inuations: to maintain the tension ill the center with ... P - KD3 or to give liP the center as SOOll as White advances his Queen Pawn.
Subvariation 1
6 . . . . N,B In view of the fact that Black's King
Bishop Pawn is to mOl'e, White's King
t = check: t = dbl. check: f = dis. ch.
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Bishop must be the next move.
ellminated. now or on
7 RPx N S P- Q4
P- Q3 P-KB3
Black's text is consistent but not quite satisfactory.
In this position. Barden recommends 9 P- QB4, and it seems to guarantee advantage for White: e,g. 9 . • . B-N2 10 Q- K2, Q- Q2 11 N- B3. P-N5 12 N- Q5.
Usually, however, ",Vhite handles the position in a different way, which is worth some study.
9 N- B3 , , . . Also strollg. bllt llOt the strongest.
9 _ . , . 10 N_KR4
B-N 2 N- K2
Remarkably, Black's text has been played in three recent games. Yet 10 ' . _ Q-Q2 seems preferable, and Black holds his O\\'n on 11 P-B·l, 0 - 0 - 0 12 N- B3. :\"-K2! (Unzicker- Taimanov. :Moscow 1956). 11 PxP 12 Q-B3
QPxP Q- Q2
13 R-Q1 14 B_K3
Q-K 3 - . . ,
From hel'e, the three games continued: I) 14 .. . K- B2? 15 R- Q3, P-N3 16 Rjl-Q1, B- Bl 17 P- KH3, N- B3 18 N-Q5. B- Q3 19 N- D5!! and White won (Pade\' · sky-Minev, Sofia. 1964): there followed 19 . . . PxN 20 Q- R5t, K- Nl 21 B-R6, P- B5 22 NxPt! QxN 23 RxB! etc. 2) 14 . . . P - KR,j 15 B- B5, Q- N5 16 QxQ, PxQ 17 DxN, BxB 18 N- B5, P- N3 19 N- K3, B- Q3 20 NxKNP, and W hite has won a Pawn (Langeweg- Johallnessen. Beverwijlt 1965). 3) 1~ . .. P- N4? 15 NxP, PxN 16 Q-R5t, Q- B2 17 RxRt, BxR 18 R- Q8t etc. (Spassky- Taimanov, Moscow 1955).
Subvaria tio n 2
(Continue from K ey Position)
6 . . , . 7 P- Q4
P- Q3 p,p
7. . NxB leads into Subval'iation 1. S NxP , . ..
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8 QxP is also playable. White need not fear 8 . .. P-QB4 as he has 9 BxPt, KxB 10 Q-Q5t, B- K3 11 N-N5t.
Nor need White worry over 8 .. . P- QB·[ here either as he has 9 B- Q5.
The POSiUOIl seems ad\'antageotls for White as appears from these t\\'o games: 1) 8 . .. B- N2 9 B-Q2, P- QU·j 10 B- Q5! BxB 11 PxB, PxN 12 Q- K1t, Q-K2 13 BxN, QxQ 14 RxQt. K-Q2 15 P- QR4, and White Hands better (Stein-Zuidema, Tel Aviv 196 ·1).
2) 8 . .. NxB 9 RPxN, B- N2 10 R- Kl. N- K2 11 N-QB3, Q-Q2? 12 N-Q5, P- QD·! 13 N- N6, Q-Ql14 N- B5! a nd , '{hite \\'on (Lehmann-Donner. Bevel'wijk 19(5) .
Va ri ation B
(Continue from first diagram) 6 P_Q4
6 ... P-KB3 leads to variations similar to Variation A, Subvariation 1.
7 QxP ., .. After 7 NxP, B-N2, Black threatens 8
... P- QD4.
Now Black can swap orf the Bishop immeuiately 01' postpone that action.
Subva ri at io n 1
7 . • , , N, B 7 . . . P- Q3 is bad of course because
of 8 BxPt! KxB 9 Q-Q5t etc. (Matano· "ich- Donner, Bevel'\vijk 1965) .
S RPx N N_ K2 KonSlantinopoisky suggests 8 ... Q-83
to which White's best answel' is n Q- Q3 followed by 10 N-B3.
9 0 - 0 .. .. 9 D-N5, P-KB3 10 B- K3, N-D3 is rea
sonably good for Black. But 9 N-B3, N- B3 10 Q-Q3 merits consideration. 9 • . • ,
10 Q- Q5 N-B3 B-N 2
11 P-B4 12 N-B3
White has a small advantage.
B_K2
Subva r iation 2
(Continue from last diagram)
7 . . , . N- K2 S 0 -0 • • • •
In Aduison- Fischel' (U. S. Champioll_ ship 19(4) , there followed: 8 P- B3? NxB 9 PxN, B- N2 10 D- B-I, P- Q4 11 P- K5? P-QB4! with advantage fo!' Black: on 12 QxBP ? N- B·I, White's Queen is caught .
8 . . . . B- N2 9 B-KB4
Now this exchange is necessary in order fol' Black to carry Ol1t the follow· ing action in the center.
10 RPxN P- Q4
10 ... N- B3 leads to positions similar to those in Subvariation 1.
11 P- K5 N- N3
Here 11 .. . P- QD·' is futile as, aHer 12 QxBP, N-B4, White's Queen has a safe retreat to QB3. 12 P-Q N4 P-Q B4 14 QxN
15 N- Q2 13 PxP N,B
White stands a little betteI'.
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ARGENTINA 1964 International at Buenos Aires
Maroczy Bind under Fire 'fhe Maroczy Bind, often prol'oked but
rarely aUopted today, fails against Black'!:) snblime counterplay in this game. Compare with this game BielickiEvans, page S, January, and \Vestbrock· Bisguiel', page 113: the three games are together a worthwhile illustr ation of the type of position characterized as the "Maroczy Bind."
In Bielicki- Evans, the bind comes up under diffel-ent circumstances and actu· ally wOI'ks better. But only to a point. 'fhe playel' using the bind concentrates too many pieces on his Queenside and is consequently unable to put up ade· quate r esistance on the other nank. Yet, properly speal(ing, the bind cannot it· self be blamed for the defeat.
This game Is, by the bye, a very fine performance by the World Champion.
SICILIAN DE F ENSE A. Fogue lman T . Pet rosyan
Argen t ina Soviet Un ion
WhUe Black 1 P_ K4 P_QB4 3 P_Q4 p,p 2 N- KB3 P-Q3 4 N , P N_KB3
5 P-KB3 . . . ,
Tbis continuatlon is rarely adopted and of somewhat dubious value. Supposedly, White threatens 6 P - QB4 establishing a strong variation of the ]\I aroczy Bind. So Black has a lways pr oceeded wlth 5 . . . P- K4. giving the opening another character.
5 . . . . P_K3
That "always" does not include Petros· yan. The world champion is not afraid of t he Maroczy Bind, at least not of this one. He del'elolls cOllnterplay against it with inimitable skil l. 6 P- QB4 7 N_ B3 8 N- B2
B-K2 0 -0
P- QR3
9 B- K2 10 B_K3 11 0-0 12 Q-Q2
White thre,ttens 13 N- Q5.
12 . . . . N- 83 13 KR_Q1 14 QR-B1
B-K1 ! 8-8 1 !
B- Q2 Q-R4 R_ B1 . , , .
These little moves re veal t rue great· ness in understanding. Black sets bis
t = check: : = db!. check: § = dis. ell.
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position in a wflll ·defen ded state, an· ticipating tactical sllrprises as well as jamming ill his own camp.
15 N_Q4 16 N-N3
N-Q2 Q_B2
Bhwk can afford to set his Queen in the line of the enemy Hook: the routine tactical tritk, 17 N-Q5, mel'ely loses time on 1 i , .. Q- Q1 after which the Knight must retreat while the Queen i~ well enough placed,
17 N-R4 . , , . White has developed hi~ forces fairly
w e!] but now faces the problem of where and hOI,' to start action. As none sug· gests itself, for the time being. White does bettel' with the patient 17 P- D·j or 17 P - QR3. His actual move only de· rentra1izes his Knight.
17 • . . . P- QN3 18 N-Q4 19 BxN
Black readi es his slar deployment, namely.
20 N_ B3
N,N Q- N2
move for t hi s P- QN·l,
N- K4!
Dlaclr can afford the text. :n BxN, P xD weakens Blaclfs Pawn formation, but the fine scope of his DishollS , espe· cially the King Bishop, is cOlllpen~ation
grossly plus. 21 P-QN3 P-QN4!
NO'" mack has obta ined the edge. That he has with stich tlJlpretentiou~ means marks his achievement as a. strategi(, mastel'piece. His alh'antage though, is not decisive yet.
22 P- B5 , . . . This is White's best chllnce: 22 PxP,
PxP gives him more sever e II'ouble.
22 " , . N-N3! 23 Px P
24 B- K3 . . . ,
It Is impossible to exploit DIacl, 's loose Bishop. On 24 BxKNP, mack win s witll 2-1 .. . 13- B5! 25 Q- Q4, P - K ,1.
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2·1 . . . B- B4t 25 D- Q4, R-Ql is not so good because of 26 BxD! with fine ~om pensation for the Queen 1'01' White.
Better than the text, however, is 24 1\"- 1\"1. Then White has 11 fnil' chance of hold ing his own aftcl' 2·1 ... £ - £5 25 B- 1\:3. R- Ql 26 B- Q3! as well as 2·\ R-Ql 25 Q-N2, B - 135 26 R- B2!
24. " , B-R6! 25R_ B2 ,.,.
25 H- :Nl is hopeless because of 25 ... Q- B3! [25 , , . Q-B2 leaves White an out] 26 13-Q·I, P - K ·I! rUle out is 2i N·-Q51. And 25 R- Rl similarly loses: 25 . .. B-N5 26 QR- lJl, Q- B3! 27 B- Q4, P-K4 etc.
25 , . . . B_N5!
This pin is vel')' ha]'(\ to meet. 26Q_ B1 , . . .
1\"011' Black wins an important Pawl! . Of the numerous altenmti\'es only 26 R/2··m, follow ed possibly by Q-N2 anil 1\-N1. seems to ena.ble White to hold, at least for the time being.
26 . . . , Q- B2!
This ve rti~a l pin on lhe Knight is stronger than the diagonal one was.
27 B-Q2 . . , . White hlls no other re<tsomtble means
or protecting the Knight: 27 R - Q.j! P- KI: 27 R- Q3? N - 1,4 ,
27 , . . ,
The dedsive coup: White s imllttaneousl ~' both 28 ...
. . 13xPt. 28 B-Q3
B-Q3!
can not pany P - 1\"5 and 28
. . . . Wh ite parries the lllore sel"lolls threat.
28 .. , . BxPt 30 N-K2 Q-R4! 29 K- R1 Q- K4 31 N_N1 , . , ,
On 31 Hxn, mack mates in fiv e: 31 . , B- N6§ 32 K - Nl, Q- R7t etc.
31 , . " B_ N6§ 35 Q- Q3 N_B1 32 N-R3 B- Q2 36 B-N4 P- K4! 33 8 - B1 RxR 37 BxN 8xN 34 Qx R R-QB1 38 PxB Rx B
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Black's chances have not diminished because of Bishops of opposite colors. He has excellent chances for attac k. as well as the extm 1'a\\"l} .
39 Q- K2 40 R- Q3 41 Q-KN 2 42 R_Q1 43 P_KR4 44 B-Q3
Q- N3 B-B5
Q_QB3 P-KR4
P- N3 K_N2
45 Q- B1 46 Q-B2 47 B_B2 48 B- Q3 49 Q_ K1 50 K _ N2
Q- B3 R- Q1
R_QBl R-B6 Q-B3
. . White's last move is a blunder: it
merely shortens t.he story.
50 . . . . Rx8! Resigns
White has lost a piece: 51 RxH onb' loses more to 51 .. ' Q-n7~ .
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A Relative of the Maroezy Bind While Foguelman-l'etrosyan, page 112.
<lnd Bielicki- Evans, January, page 8, both []]ustrate the :lIaroczy Bind or, more specifically. i ts drawbacks. this game only touches that issue.
Black's depal·tul·e f r'om the .Maroczy Bind here mayor may not be an im· provement on B ie licki- Evans- that point requirBs it closer sc rutiny. But, when White dec1!nes to part with his King Bishop in order to weaken the en emy Pawn formation, he definitely has the infel"ior game. Subsequently, B lack uses his advantage very handily.
ENGL ISH OPENING
J. T. Westbrock
White
A. B. Bisguier
Blad: 1 P_QB4 2 N-QB3 3 PxP
N-KB3 P-Q4 N,P
4 P_KN3 5 B_N 2 6 P-Q3
P_Q B4 N_B2 . . . .
Here this game deviates, not definitely though, from melicki- Evans which con· tinued witlt I) N- D3, N-B3 7 0-0, P-K4. Those who believe \Vhite ought to answer. . P- I{·j with P-B4 may consider t.he tex t move as more a ccurate than I) N- B3.
The contilHwtion 6 P- Q3. P-K4 7 P-B~ or 7 ),'- H3 rirst. was a pet line of the Dutch player. J. C. Stel·k. long before Simagin adopted it in re\'erse as a means of combatting the i\Ial"()czy Bind.
6 . . . . P- KN3
With this mO\'e, the opening definitely turns away from the i\Iaroczy Bind. How the move compares, however, with ihe more or less regl1la.1" 6 . .. P-K'j remains
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to be ~een . A special needed.
investigation is
7 P_ KR4 · . . . Thi~ is a harm less continuatiOIl. lI-Iore
difficl1lt to meet is 7 B- K3. Then White threatens bolh to win a Pawn by ~ DxBP and to gain a positional edge with 8 P- Q·I . '['here may follow 7 . .. N- K3 ~
D- Q5, U- N2 as the last move jJ!"(-vcnls 9 DxN? DxD 10 DxP?? because or 10
. BxNi 11 PxD. Q-Q~! And. on !)
N- B3. N- R3. the defense seems to hold. Bllt that la~t point also rNluires {'heck· ing.
7 . • . • 8 P_ R5
B_N2 N-B3! ?
Black's mO\'e is a major decision. The ghast ly doubled Pawn after 9 BxNt is bearable in vie\\" of White's slightly wea k· ened Kiugside. 13isguier rlaims.
9 N-R3?!
While Oisguier ma y be J"ight. White s ti ll must play 9 13:.;1' 1 anti try to exploit the doubled Pawn somehow. At any rate. the artual seque l i~ much more corll'en· ient for llla{·k.
9 . • • • 10 N-B4
Q- Q2! P_N3
11 B-Q2 12 Q_R4
B-N2 0-0- 0
","ow l3laek ha~ the better of it. It's the difference of the tWO half·open files whith eo\\nt~ . 131<lck controls five sq\l<tre~ to \\'hite's two on the Queen fil e, while th e ratio is four to t hree on the Queen Bishop file. :lIoreo\,er. Wilite has hardly II ~lran ~e of improving the situation by means or P-Q~'·I or 1'-Q4 .
13 0-0-0 K-Nl 14 K _ N1 • • • •
J.I PxP. liPxP 15 HxH, RxR 16 R~Hl
is a bil better.
14 . . . . P-KN4! 15 N- R3 • • • •
or {'OUI'~e not 15 P-R6 as Blacl, has 15 ... Bx",".
15 . . . P- KR3 16 P_ B4 17 N- B2
White's King·side actiO)) weal;:ened his ow n position .
18 R_QB1 19 KR-K1 20 P- R3
P-N5! P- B4
has merely
P-K3 Q_K1
· . . . Wh ite l'e1!es on indirect IJl"OI €ction of
his King Rook Pawn: 20 .. QxP?? 21 BxN. But this calculation irn'ol"es a mis(:on(:(" pt iou.
20 . .. . 21 P_N4
On Q any or 21 BxN, win~ the King Hook Pawn.
R_ Q5!
• • •
Black sImply
No. 1 Gerbstma n White to move and draw
The tie that binds.
NO. 2 Gerbstman Wh ite to move and draw
One stale is as good as another.
No. 3 Lomme r Whi t e to move and wIn
}Iate solves all.
Solu tions on page 121 .
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21 .... 22 N- N5 . , . .
No\\', after 22 . . . )ixN' 23 QxN, Black's remaining Knight Is loose. and White wins lhe tempo needed to recover the Pawn with a satisfactory game.
22 • • • • PxP!
Here's Black's point: the sacrifice or the Exchange spoils White's plan. The sequel is fOl·ced .
23 NxR 24 QxQt . 25 BxB
With two Pawns for the Exchange. and connected. passed Pawns at that, Black has the superior game as Is normal In such situations. Bisguier uses his ad. vantage very energetically. 26 B_N4 N/5-N4 29 6-Q2 27 P-K4 6-N7 30 N_Q1 28 R-B4 P-R4 31 B-K3
B-Q5 R-Q 1 . . . .
After 31 PxP, PxP 32 R- K7, Black wins wlUl 32 ... B- B4. 31 . . . . B-N2 32 PxP PxP 33 N-B2 B- 66
34 R-Q1 35 B-Q2 36 B-B1
\Yhlte is hopelessly lost, anyhow. 36 . . ,. R-K7 37 R- 6t P_R7 mate
R-K1 N-Q4 ...
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Tactics to the Rear Tills becomes a difficult I)ositional
game and Wbite. intending to avoid serious complications. loses a Pawn fOI'
only moderate COml)ensation. 'I'hen be provokes a tactical melee which works adversely. and lle succumbs because or a bad Bishop. A fine performance on the part of Black.
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A. Suet in M. Tahl
White Black , P_K4 P-K4 6 R-K1 P-QN4 2 N-KB3 N_QB3 7 B- N3 0-0 3 B- N5 P-QR3 8 P-B3 P-Q3 4 B-R4 N_B3 9 P-KR3 N-QR4 5 0-0 B-K2 10 B-B2 P-B4
11 P- Q4 N-Q2 The text Is both good and bad at the
same time according to Keres. and bad according to Fischel'.
12 QN-Q2 13 PxP
Keres usually Pawn, too. 14 P_Q5 N-N5 15 B-N1 P-QR4
trades
16
BPxP N-QB3
orr lh.
P_R3 17 P- QN4 18 Q-N3
other
N-R3 N_N3 . , . .
18 PXP has rather obscu re const'· quences: e.g. 18 . . . N-R5 1!l N- N3, N-D6 20 Q- Q3, NxB 21 RxN, B-Q2 [bel, ter than 22 KN-Q2], P-B4 as Black may have enougil compensation for the Pawn.
Understandably perjlaps, White is not eager to enter into serious complications with Tahl. But. as played, his game de· teriorates.
18 • . , , 19 B-Q3 20 R-Nt
B-Q2 N-B2 K-Rl
21 B-N2 22 KPxP 23 Q-A2 24 BxB
P-B4 P-R5 B,P R,B
White has shed his bad Dishop, but now his Queen Pawn must Call. Black s tands bettel' but not deCisively as White will emerge with strong fro ntal pressure on Black's hanging center Pawns.
25 QR-Ql 26 Q_N1 27 N-Bl
Nj3xP Q-Q2 • • • •
The critical position. As may easily be seen, Diack has difficulty in holding his extl·lI. Pa.wn. How can he safely dis· entansle his cluster of pieces In the cell ' ter? He must guard against nUmerollS tactical pOSSibilities, most of them start, Ing wilh NxP.
The text, however, erf\li sacrifice.
a llows him a po\\',
27 .... 28 PxR
RxN! Q,P
Nuw mack has two Pawns fot' the Ex, change In addi tion to a po\\'erhll a ttack. Apparently, he Is winning.
29 RxN · . , . This rejoinder, however. offers strong
countel'play. 29",. 30 Q_K4
N,R N-N3
31 Q-N7 32 BxP!
B- Q1 . , , ,
In (act. this line seems to win. It. does certainly aftel' 32 ... PxB 33 RxP.
32 ... , Q-Q2 The only mOI'e.
33 BxQP! • • • •
Yet another bit of brilliancy. Now White threatens 34 QxQ etc.
Actnally. the bl'llIIancy doesn't wO I'k
\'ery well, but the alternative: 33 B- Q4, K-Nl! 3·\ Q- K4 Is worse. With 3~ . .. R- Bl 35 Q- K8t. QxQ 36 RxQt, K-D2 37 RxB, RxR 38 BxN, R-QBl, Black secures the win or the Queen Rook Pawn and so the game.
33 .. ,. K-N1!
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Ag,Lill the only mov0. Bill this is >\
strong one forcing liquidation to an endgame in which Blad, stands better.
34 QxQ ... .
Nothing else avail ;; . 34 . . . . NxQ
Now Whlte"S br11liant counter attac \, terminates, and he suffers from both bad Bishop and doubled Pawns. H any· thing offers hope, it's the slightly su· perior activity of his Rook.
35 R-K8t . . .. Probably shor t of time . White goes
into a line which exchanges Rool{s and so eliminates his only chance.
35 D- K7 is most natuml as, if t ht; Bishops go, White is fairly safe.
He is fai rly safe also after 35 ... B-N3 36 H- Ql: e.g. 36 .. . N-B3 37 BxN . PxB 38 R-QS , R-N1! 39 N- K3! etc. or 36 . . . H- R2 37 R- Q5, R-N2! 38 N- K3. BxN 39 PxB, etc.
So Black's last chance to press his advantage lies in 35 . . . 8 -B2! 36 R- Qt. N- N3 37 N-K3, B-K4 ! It is a very good one. but White can still put up tough resistance with 38 B- 8 5, N- B5 39 R- Q3. B- N7 ,10 N-B2.
35 .... 36 R_ R8 37 K-N2
K_ B2 R-B1 !
• • • •
On 37 HxP, B- N4 ! Blac k threatens to enmesh the Rook by 3S .. . B-R3, and 38 R- TI5 is met by 38 ... K- N3 39 N- N3. N- B3. Then. having repulsed the attac\, on his Queen Knight Pawn, Black wins by going after White's Queen Rool{ Pawn.
37. . . . One threat is .. . N- B5
3S N- K3 39 RxR
N_ N3
and ... B_ B3
• • • •
NxP.
Now the exchange h; compulsory as, 'on 39 RxP, K- N3! Black prevents ·10 R- RS and wins by means of 40 . .. B- N 7.
,39 . . • . NxR 41 K-N3 N-Q3! 40 B-85 K_K3 42 K-B4 ....
42 BxN, KxB 43 K- B4, B- N7 44 N- B2, K-Q4. offers no hope either. If White sheds his bad Bishol), he still loses as Black's Bishop Is too good. 42 . . .. B-K4t! 45 B-Q4 NxP ! 43 K-N5 B_ N7 46 BxP NxN 44 N-B2 N_ B5 47 BxB P-R6
Resigns
"They're rank and f ile! Stop calling them warp and woof!"
CHE$$ REVI~W , APRIL, 1965
ONE TOUCH OF GENIUS
Grandmaster's grandmaster Ak iba Rubinstein enjoyed the magical touch of"gcnius. Here, in a ma tch in Vienna 1908, he leaves Teichmann (Black ) wondering, "Where did I go wrong?" Close scrutiny wi!! reo veal hi s er ro r was made when he sal down to play Rubinstein . The opening, a Queen's Gambit Declined, begins: 1 P- Q4, P- Q4 2 P-QB4, P- K3 3 N-QB3. N- KB3 4 B- NS, QN-Q2 5 P-K3, B- K2 6 N-B3, 0 - 0 7 Q- B2.
Cover scoring table at line ind icated. Set up position, make Black's next move (exposing table just enough to read it). Now glless White's 8th move, then expose it. Score par, if move agrees ; zero, if not. Make move actually given, Black's reply. Then guess White's next, and so on.
COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME
White Played
8 p,p • · 9 B-Q3
10 0 - 0-0
11 P-KR4 12 8- B5 13 BxN/6
" P_KN4
15 P- N5
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· · · 16 P_R5 'oj 17 QR-N1 • •
18 BxPt! , • • •
19 P- N6f • •
20 N,N • • • · 21 P-R6! • · 22 PxP! • · · 23 R- R8t · · 24 R- R7f • · 25 Q-B5! ," 26 ",Q • • • ·
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Po< Score
• · · • • • • • · · 5
· · · 6
· · · 5 · · • 5
· · · 6 • • · 5 • • • 5 · · • 5 · · · 8 • • · 6 · · • 5
· · · 6 · · · 6 · · · • · · · 4 • · · 6 • • • 5
Black Played
7 8 9
10 11 12 13 I. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2' 25 26 •
P-QN3 (a) p,p
B-N2 P-84 P-B5 R_K1 (b)
N,B B-Q3 N-K5 Q-K2 (d) P- QR3 ~
K, B K_Nl P,N P-B3 (e) P,N K,P
. K_N 1
P-B6 .. Resigns
Your Selection for White's move
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Your Scor"
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Total Score ....•.....•. 100 Your Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCALE; 7S-100-Excellent; 55.74--Super ior; 40-54--Good ; 25.39_ Fair
Nons "IO "IIlE GAME
a) 7 ... P-B4 is theoretically correct. Now White's Quecn-side castl ing poses problems for Black.
b) The speculative 12 ... P-N4, to get a strong counter off the ground, is at least a strong psychological threat.
c ) White's attack is alreadv irresistible.
d ) So Black doesn't resist; hut note that 16 . . NxNP fails against 17 NxN. Q;(N 18 BxPt, K- Bl19 P-R6, P xP 20 QR- Nl etc.
e) 21 ... PxP is a better defense but fails also after 22 N- R4.
f) \Vh ite threatens P- N 7, Q- R5 and RxQ.
t = check; t = double ch&ek; I ~ dl •. check
~ Pos it io" after 17 ... P- QR3
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THE HAUNTED CHESSBOA D
Believe in ghosts? 1 didn't. I don't really even now. But , well, cons ider the story behind my winning the champion. ~hip of the Lill Ie Chess Club.
My fi rst glimpse of the inside story hegan, I suppose, during the week before the last round. 1 had two games standing adjourned; and, per the rules of the duh, I had to make them up before the day of the last found . So J was to the c1uu twice that week. And, to my surprise, I saw Victor Nolle earnestly plugging away over-tile-hoard each time.
Vic's schedule was ujl -lo.date, and he was leading the tournament. By rights, therefore, he should have been cOJlserving his energies. He might of course have been keeping his hand in. That is, he might if he were anyone else thail Vic, Ivho thought he was a world beater but could never seem tu summon the resolution to really work at sociable games. Off-hand practice -and Vic himself admitted as much-was more likely to put him off form than no!.
Cunsequentl y, his act ivity made me curio OilS . If 1 should win both my adjourned games (as 1 had fair reason to hope), Vic would still be a half-point up on me. Besides he was to pluy agaimt Upfds- and the club's pet name for him was Oopsjels!- while I had to beat off our next nearest challenger. So I was prompt · ed to ask and learned that Vic had a lway~
lost in a showdown with Upfels. Against this sllq H"ise, my curiosity began to cbh sumewhat.
Not entirely, thuugh. For, each tilne r walked in, Vic fairly scooped up set and board and made off without a word to
me. The second time, I spoke to Dick, whom
Vic had heen playing. "Oh, Vic said he wanted to tryout
a set and board of his own unde r the club lights," Dick replied. "Then- just now- he recalled he had an engagement,"
Old Ned sitt ing alongside cackled. "Had an engagement yesterday when Oops walk· ed in," he said. "T hink I'd have beaten him, too--he was playing me then."
"Were yOll taking hiln?" I asked Dick, who is somewhat more than fair ·to·mid· dling.
"Naw," said Diek. "I got an attack go· ing against his Ki ng, but it ran up ag in a defense I'd missed- damnedest joh: I was sure I had him." Dick frowned , then added lamely, "After that, he had the material to win."
Well , old Ned was always claim ing "He might've won ." I thought of sounding out the fellow Vic had been playing the firs t time, but he wasn't around .
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By JACK STRALEY BATTELL
And [ had more than a shrewd idea Vic had had an "engagement" then, too.
I did win my adjourned games, and the laM round c~me up in dlle coursc. I tried to check on Vic's gan,e, but my op. Jlonent was apparently in a high cycle, nnt! my game turned into a ratrace. So 1 didn't gel to pay )lIuch atlention to what else went on . Then, at last, my opponent overlooked a finesse·- who says there's no luck in chess?-and I won. Before I could get up to see how Vic had made out, t he congratulations that cnme my \l'ay told llle, and 1 forgot about Vic for tlte time.
Dick told nle about Vic\ game as J was leaving. "Wci rdest deal 1 ever saw. He did just about cvery thing to invite Upfel s to attack his King. Ups finally did, nnd Vic just sat and let him. Chessic suieide, 1 ca lls it :·
Well, winning a championsh ip, even of the Litt le Chess Club, is exhilarating. So, though alone, 1 was minded to stop off at The Captain's Tallie Oil ill)" way home, for a drink to celehrate. !\ s r entered I saw Vic and perked up- if I needed perking up. Getting the ' ·alibi" from a loser i ~ always 11 kick. ~\Iy erstwhile op· ponent had jnst g,)t lip and gune with· otl! 11 word . But Vic. Oil tonrn ey score, was even more the lo,;e l·. Su r stalked up to the bar.
"Vic.," I "reeted hi m "I-Iow you alway' o , ,
manage to lose to our third.ranking duffer I'll never know-Scotdl Oil the rocks, George." And I lookcd at Vic.
Speak uf "alibi's." Vic had one to end 'em al l!
"I was out.ghosted!" he said . "Ont what?" J callle back, thinking I 'd
not heard rigll!. ' ·Olt , battle fatigue, you mean- spots on the board?"
"No," ~aid Vie. " I was enviSllalizing evervthjno" with the I'""In:r deuree of , • 0
clarity; my opponent. wasn't." This was a puzzl er. "So how did he
win?" I asked. "\Vell," replied Vic slowly.
l ' " easy to exp all!.
"1 shouldn' t thin k so."
"It's not
Vic had looked as though he was guing to sltu t up, but my q uizzica l tone ~et
him off again. "It all rel'erts," he J"e~lHl)ed "to a friend
endowing llle wi th a set and hoard from abroad. 'Belonged to nOlle other than the latc von Linkner.' he said; but, as he had 11(0 li se for a set and Iliad, he was happy to let me have it for 'Auld Lang Syne.' "
Vic fell silent a moment and then con· tinued, a bit abstractedly; "I wonder at
that, come to cogitate on it. For we'd entertained no warm rel ations. He'd been a player of r ising celebrity, in fact , but took hegira from the game af ter I'd be· rea l'ed him of a crucial tournament point." And Vic fen silent again.
"Shoul d think you would wonder." I chipped ill "- well, maybe, he started making a pile when he saved time and energy from chess?"
Vic snapped out of his fit of abst raction: "He must have been munificently endow. cd ; for tha t set he conferred on me so gratuitOllsly was a beauty. I t was rather foreign in design, yet su ff iciently similar to the Staunton pattern to be acceptable in chess ci rcles here, and an exceptional one in that it had the Rooks and Knights exponentiali zed- you comprehend, as King Rook, Queen Rook elcetera.
"So I was well pleased- except for one disturbing consideratum. In the equally pulchritudinolls coffer along with the ad· juncts--'""
"The what ?, ting in.
I simply couldn't help cut-
"The pieces, the ches~men," Vic snap· ped. "Don't tel l me yon don' t know Eng. l ish." Tn my wordless abashment, he continued:
"In the box, when I opened it, I found a small segment of paper with the l egend -that term may sound pretentious, but t.he ornate call igraphy- definitely not in my friend's ·handwriting-deserves some sort of distinct ion. Anyway, it said: 'Look Ollt. for the Queen Hook.' It was in Ger. man, and 1 ignored it at first. But I pro· cured the translation later."
"Chipped or something?" I ven turcd to Vic. "Puison secreted in the base?"
Vic waved me off, wearily. "No--no physical blemishes. [ played a game or two, and what. happened behooved me to acquire the translation. Believe me, I'd have welcomed a mere matter of delapi. dation. Didn't think of poison- hut, in a way--"'
He lapsed into moodiness -again but soon resumed : "My initia l imbroglio with the 'new' paraphenalia was with a long. stand ing chess consort. Gabe Cousins. You wouldn' t know h im. It was just an ami· cable encounter; and, I confess it, I committed an oversight. I've never been cap· able of persevering seriously in any parti~~ whi ch didn·t invoh'e something extra, you comprehend, a tournamen t emolument or a club match with honor a nd all tha t dependcnt on lhe outcome. Anyway, I'd been inattent ive, and Cousins could enfurce an instantaneous victory. Curiously- for Cou. sins is death on exigencies like that or·
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dinllrily- he overlooked the ollportunity. 1 got II life and went on to win.
"1 animadverted after the game that he had had a win. And then it was that I he· gan to sus pect that scI.
"Cousins didn 't believe me, and we reo in stituted the pos itiUll.
"'Strange,' said C(JIIsins, finall),. 'J reo member thinking yOli had a Hook on tha t Pawn. Of course. I'd considered Queen takes. If 1 cou ld, your wholc posi tion, it falls allar!. But there was that Rook guarding the Pawn.'
"'But we possessed no Rooks,' I sa id . "'Yes, we 'd swapped them all off. I see
that now,' repl ied Cousins. " I shrugged it off, hut Cousins was so
discomfited- he showed it ernotionallythat we played no rnore that nig h!.
"I played afte r that , with nobodies whom mostly I su bdue almo~t negligent ly. But, twice, 1 saw, after my mo\'t;, I escaped disaster onl )' because my opponent over· looked a chance. And I discerned in r eo trospect ion of these games, Cousins' and the su bsequent ones, u puttern."
Vic onlered another driuk and t hen eontinued: " I'd offered White, as host, each time; and, though I was subtler in inqu iri ng about the later garnes- no point in lettin g those patzers know they eonld've !Ircvai led-eaeh time, my opponent had thought my indefensible posit ion was pro· tected.
"Then Paul Dietz visiTed." "Dietz! " I r emarked to Vic. "No slouch
of a player!" Vic nodded, absently, and went on-
like all losers, he was talking c()mpul. sively.
"No, and I wouldn't simply coneede I,im White; a nd hc acqu ired Black, in fa ct, when I palmed Pawns and proffered hands for h is choice.
"Against Dietz, iT was operoseness; bul, if I do assel'erale it myself, I engineered a transcenden t attack on h is Ki ngside and calculated at last that I had extrapolated a conclusive mach ination. AI the cris is, t hough, when 1 was reaching 10 take his King Knight PUWn "
Vic looked at me wit h ba[fJement in llis eyes. "I'd forgotten his Rook on QR2 enfiladed the whole rank and prolected the Pawn. It j ust couldn' t be. I'd worked the se ries of moves out with d ue eare. Perha ps, I thought, my combinat ion had induced some ot her [Iiece off The second rank and lhus a ct ivated that Hook? r com· menced to eheck.
" J ust thon the phone rang, and I went to answer it. When I returned, Dietz reo signed.
"'No mat e,' he proclaimed . 'But , after RxNPt, your diseol'eries murder me!'
"I started to rem onstrate, then reeon · sidered. And. after good.night courtesies, I hurried to review the position and the I game score. Strange! We'd commuted
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"I was oot.ghosted!" he said.
Queens and onc ]lai r of H"ob. and his rcma ining Hook waj on QH I-useless t" defend his Kin g posil ion and easy ]lrey to a d iscovered check after Illy IlxNPt and h is forced . .. K- I{ I .
"SO Uluch I saw irolll thc scorc. Bul. wheu l looked ,It the 1J"unl. I 5ense{I- " Vie eyed me solemn ly : " 1 didn't ~ce but scnsed, well , let's cha ntete ri"!'e iI, the ' pow. er of a Rook' impendi ng fro m the Queen. . I " SI( e.
" I don't get it," I sa i{l. Vie hesirated. "Do n,u ]llay bli mJfol,i? "
hc asked. ';No." " \Vell, whell Y"U analyze ahead , dO) you
see the actua l pieces deadr. as fig ures, tha t is, in t he comin g pos il ion?"
" Hm, no," 1 rcsJlondcd. "1 don 't see a solid Knight, for instancc. What I aCllwll~' ~e e is ~ome I'ugllc symlml- [ jll~: can' r put it in word~-and nuli ~lt j ng lincs of furce like a Knight 's."
" Predsdy;' s,d,i Vic. "Sn, on Black's QB2 JUSl witere Diet :;; had the forcmosl "f a pair of Ilooks douhle'.! on the file-· before hc'd commuted, that is-I '~cnsed' j ust s tich a symh .. ,1 uf a Rook.
"1 re it erate, 1 the mows of the gamc to) Inakv aSS lI r111l<.;e dOllbly .'31 Ire. There WB
n" Ilook t here nOli", nol even th ,ll !,vm llOl "f a I{"ok. Blll Di etz' dcpartcd Ho"k, the one that had h..,cn on RZ, was h i ~ Qne,-,u Hook. I had the execnlble pil.:ce in my ltaud. and the Qllec n su perseripti on \I'a, p'lip'lhl e on it.
··;\I.)]"e, as 1 rel rosllccTCd the pre l'ious games in my mind, I rcal i ~.ed it was my 'missing' Queen Book which Iwd im pel led my Whitc op[wnents. COll sjn ~ ami COlli ' pa ny. to rdrain from capturing.
"St ill a nothcr point," Vic WC]lt on-bu t not without first 5ip I'ing his d r illk, I t hought , rat hcr shmlderingly-- " I'd hu,1 the ecrie~t sensal ion at the tillie, too. T on ly then hegan to (.:onceive somethi ng of how Cous ins had felt . Remember : llt~'d bcen ~o emot ionall )' distraught?"
"M ight)' st range," I responded, and Vie
lIlllst hal'c ca ughl the tone of s kq lticislll ill my I'oice: I cou ld n't help it.
" It was then I al"]"'lnge(i for the t rans· Ja tiou of that bit of Ge rman ," he suici , rega rd ing lIIe defiantly. "1 was f(l id), cog· n izant of what it said but desired to be
. " eertam. "Yea h;' I threw in : "Look onl fOI" the
Quecu Hook." Vic stopped and glinted at me. "You
,lid not eX llericnce litis episode. J did . So d id COllsins. And I tell you we were upset, cmt.> tionally Iwrturbed.
"Look," he added, then bit his lip. "Ah! Ever read Hu dson's The Lilli! of Psychic Phenomena?" he asked.
"Kel'cr heard of it," i i" bJlonded cheer. full y.
"Or Sa:.: Hohnw r's Th e Dream Detee· [h'e?"
I wa5n't sure, und sa i,1 so. Vie s nortcd. "W ell, Hml son clllhorates
a theory on haun1ed houses and like phenOlllen.l with rhe ,-,oncept ion t hat a violent enHlt ion leal'os au aU1"(1 impreg· nat ed f>n nearhy p it)·sic.<] 1 hodics. An emo· tion likc tnun!cr, or su icide, or rat he r the cmot ivlL "f thc dctim deposit the aUTiI. 1 read h i~ hook and phi landered with the th eory ye~rs ago, then discarded it as im proh~blc . Perhaps on account of Rohmer's hnnk. In that, he has the title character Clluclcat~ mu rdcrs hy sleeping at t he ~cen c of the crime aud arousing with t he essential cl ue. Rohmer doesn't refer to Hudson and, if he obla ined the conce ption frOlll him, r can' t aver. But his fictiona lization, it m,l)' hc, simply made lIle rej cct tho cntire idea as just too, too.
"After the Di elz gallle, however, and gelling the translati on of the paper, I hecame suspicious ahout the set. I corre· ~ [l onded with. well-no lIlalter- buI sOlli e· one w!w'd known von Li nkner."
Vic rcga rded me out of th e corn er of his nearest eye. "Know of him?"
[didn' t. 1I0t c llough to sa}' lIluch. "After a t ime, I received a n (lnswer
too llIuch of an answer. I still possess iL"
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Vic pawed in his pockets and passed me a dog-eared hit of paper, which Tread:
Strange you ask, V. L. killed him· self, as you seem to know, though official verdict was never issued. It was afler his malch.losing game in the Candidales. We did not find it for long, but he left a note ( which was also suppressed). I n it , he rela les, ra lher incoherently, a long, obscu re tale of a n illusion in his last game. In brief, I make ii , he ploued a combination but then suHered the fallacious notion that a Black Rook (all Rooks were oH the board by then) pre"ented him from capturing -at g7. 'With White,' he added, ' and on my own board!' Apparently, the incident so shook his confidence, so essential a trai t to a professional chessmaster, that he --
We found him before that board, set to that position. His family, I under. stand, dis posed of the board.
I handed the paller back to Vic, who said: "Well, that was that. I put the board and set away. Obviously, the aura of von Linkner haunted it , and I wanted no part of that visitation again.
"You understand, though, I sim ply could not d isj)Cl the proposit ion from my mind. T hen I had a nother lucubration, reread H udson a nd resu5cita ted the set and ex· perimented. It worked every time. My White opponents feared to make sare caplures on Black's K N2, a ft er Black's Queen Rook was removed. It d idn' t seem to matter really whethcr the Rook had been on the second rank or not- though I was n', intending to permit any risk 011 that score. I had a scheme in mind: I cou ld use the psychic fo rce o f von U nkner's error and suicide Ihat haunted the board. Against Up lels in the tit le.cl inch ing game!"
I couldn't hold hack. "B ut why all this fal·d e-rol about it? Surely, you can beat UpIeis. Just ~ traigh t .Iorwllrd·like. T he character blunders against everybody!"
"No," said Vic, earnest ly. " I requ ire something cxtra against Upfels. He's that hearty type of extrovert who grates on one's nen'cs, eSPl'Ciall y when one loses. Whether it's !l.jlprehens.ion of nerl'e·grating or something e lsc, I always succu mb to him,
"First time, I oHered a Quecn sacrifice -an ineffable conception. Know what hapllened? He declared afterwards, ·he never saw the Queen was en prise. Instead, he captu red a P awn a nd, by the time I'll rescued the Queen- the sacrifice was inexpedient by then-the game was irre· t rievably lost. After that and the insuffer· able manner in which he tautologized on that game, so was every game I pla yed against him. The situarion was a joke to the rest of the club, on account of Uplels' inimitable errors against others. It waa far past a joke with me. And this haunted
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chessboard might be just the gilllmick f needed .
'"I had to verify that the haunt would work in the club. So that IIlSl week, I ca rried the set and hoard in and played whomever I could."
"So thal's what yOl U were doin/:: ," 1 exclaimed. " I saw you."
" I kno ...... ", said Vic. " But the hllunt llel'. formed every t ime. I had 10 evade you a nd UlJfds /'olh, but my opponent s had a lready re·acted to the haunt anel Ilasse(\ UII callt ures on KN2."
" But why d uck Ollt ?" I asked. " Well, that's complicated, 100. You
must unden; tand I had White against Upfels , and couldn't use the haunt agai n~t myselr. Besides, I didn 't ..... ant allY third parties, Upfel~, l east of all, to witness my opponents in 'haunt·induced' error~."
"What's this with White? " I inl crjOCtccl. If Noll e had White, it seemed to me that queered everythin g. As he'd said, he couldn' t use the "haunt " again st himself.
"T hat was my transcendent inspiration," Vic smirked. "I offered, in retu rn for the advant age of employing my 'lwn set, to concede first move to Upfek
"Oh. the club secretary was dubious. He saw some vague advantage f'lr me; but you, for example, might feel wronged by my giving a way the very real advantage of moving fi rst. But someone pointed oul that you stood to gain if I lost. So we didn't inlcrrupt you r g!lme. which was al. ready under way. As for Uprels-I'd really d readed he'd have some assinine objection on princillle--he j ust guffawed in his irritating way: 'The boa rd 's nothing, havi ng White is.'
"I was not induced to rectify h is gram_ mar; for my purpose, having Black was necessary; so I let well enough nlone.
" My project took some doing. 1'd ap· preciated the difficulty of course but had also practiced most of the week. It was more difficult with Upfcls, though. He (ohstinately pressed on the Queenside. In time, however, I achieved my objective. 1 laid m}' Kingside so wide.open that even he cou ld see his chance there and wcnt for it. Meanwhile, I set up what would "'in for me on the Queenside--when he'd pass up the critical capture OIl KN2."
Vic got out his pocket set to d is illay t ile position. " I'd acquired a new worr )" about this time," Ile said. " What if Upfc111 and his d isgustingly bluff personali ty WIIS
impervious to 'haunts'?
"Some moves eariie r, we Ilad Rooks on his QRI a nd my QR2 (I wasn't r is king a ny deviations and labored ha rd for that Hook to be a t R2 at least temporarily ) ; then I'd exchanged. We'd ll layed somc few more moves. Here's the P'lsition. Vpfels recavtured with that Bishop on his QRl.
( SH diagram)
"Now I played 28. " PxP, counting on the phantom protection for my Kin g
Knight Pawn, you may perceive. He'd hu\'c to play sOllletil ing like 29 -B- Q4 then, to jlrc,·ent my 29 ... R- Q7t."
"Well ?" I asked. " Vp fe ls played 29 QxPt, a nd won." "Yes," 1 remarked condescendin gly (Vic
didn' t seem to notice at fi rs t ), "after 29 .. . QxQ 30 BxQt, K- Nl 31 B- K5§, he wins the Exchange. But 29 BxPt is stronger."
" How's that ?" said Vic, sharply. "Yes," he conceded, Ihen seemcd 10 relax. "Same difference, however."
'· \Vell , Oops wins, either way. So he W(I$ imperl'ious to the 'haunt,' eh?"
" Dam mit. no," said Vic, almost viciously. '"That I could stand, pcrhaps. It was a gamble, but one I could l ive with."
" How then " I hegan, but Vic cut in,
"It hurl , a nd all tha t, to lose; but I was c urious, luo. So I q uer ied him." Vic glowered at h is d r ink.
" And he said," I prompted. "I broached it th is way," said Vic.
" \Ve ren't you concerned about my Rook recaptu ring from QR2 a fter your 29 QxPt?
" '011, that,' said Up fels, air ily, 'I saw that ; but r also saw I had, on 29 ... RxQ, 30 HxH! and, 30 .. . Q- B7t 31 R-N2~ or 30 ... QxR 31 R-'R8t and mate next,'''
I was puzzled and said so. "I don't get it . What Hook to Rat?"
Vic looked at me with agony. "Don't YUII perceive? Upfels did sense my Rook at QH2, just as everyone else did in the olher games. But, like the l iteral-minded llnd chess-blind imbecile hc is, he simvly thought, if my Rook was st ill at QR2, then il hadn' t moved to take his at QRl. If t he Rooks wcren' t exchanged "
But I'd "gon en" it by now, and said so. "Still and all ," 1 began to add.
" Yes, preci ~ely." Vic's "oicc was bi tter.
" [ told h im : 'But , on 31 R- RSt, my Bishop can take.'
" ' By S wansdown,' sa it! Upfels ( the pat· zcr is employed in a flour concern, you undersland ). 'So it could. Never thought of that. Lucky, you didn't play it that way! ' "
1 left Vic at the bar, look ing even more miserable than when I'd first seen h im there. His gloom must have been con
(ConCluded on page 122)
CHESS REVtEW. APRIL, 1965
Actlvl tl", Of CHeSS R EVIEW Pcatal Chen p layers: game report, &. ratings, names of new p layers. prl:e.w l nrler~, select ed gamu, t ou r rley Instructlona &. editorial comment.
TOURNAMENT NOTES Pro9ress Reports for
Golden Kni9hts Tournaments
13th Annual Championship III the 1959·60 Golden Knights, no new
I"inals section has completed play. The r:urrent leaders r",.main a.~ published in .'.Iarch.
PRESENT LEADE RS~
These ,"'0 the ICndin!; weighted-point !>cores of contc~t(l.nt~ In published. finished Finals s ections (omltliug lowel" wll ies for those in mo r e Illan olle F;,,,'IH Section). As other I~inal" fjnh:<h. lhe lO p 6COrerS are melded IntO th iS li$\ . I{ Berlin er ..••• ~ &.2 R Stel nmeycr •. 46.2 R B Iidcrton •. 4-1 .0 R Schuler ... .. H .O A Siklo" ....... U.~5 X Doumanoff . . ~3.~5 D Fidlow .... .. 43.~ 5 P Sherr ...•.. . • 43.45 S .A Popel ...•. 43.0 R J Kneerenm .-12.0 8 Crowder . .... 41.1 R Yerbe . ...... 41.1 T V Kildea. .... 40.S G C Gross ..... 40.& S S Johnson ... 40. 1 F D Dullcal .. . 39.6
. D Howard ..... ~9.G ! ;\I W H errick ... 38.55 o E Goddard . .• 38.5 o B Sach" .... . 38.5 A Lidacis .... 38.35
. J D Palle" . ... 3S.3~ S WaHer""" . •• 38.35 ;"\{ S Zil:<man . . 38.35 L Vilte" . .... . . 37.55 W L &8tmll.n .. 31.15 J Healy ....... 81.3 J Johnston .. .. 31.3 J A Veg uillo ... 31.25 S G Priebe .... 36.9 S Simcoe ...... 36.9 L n .TOYllcr .•.. 3G.7 E L Dayton .• . 36. 25 .r A Cllrdo ..... 36.2 £ E Hanacn .. .. 3G. l L R Kla r ...... 3S.&5 L Dreibergs ... 35.6
L Stormo
G J I;'crbe,· .... 35.6 J ]" Shaw ..... 3:;.6 J E Kilmer .... 35.1 J Feldman . .. .. 3:;.0 I~ :-.t Raff ...... 34.~ It R Coveyon ... 3f. ~ 5
13 WI$Cgnrver . . 34.~:; J Hlsl ......... H.l G WOO<.l ......•• H.l W lJland ... . ... 34.05 11( Sokoler ....• 34.05 I Romanenko .. 33.4 I~ A Walker ... 33.35 n L Anderson . . 33.0 I. JOh n'!on ..... 33.0 I. J Roza ...... 32.85 1;: P01gn.r ...... . 32.8 l> H :lIne'! ..... 32.75 S St :llnrtln ... 32.4 G Borowiecki .. 32.3 G L :lhmaon .. . 32.25 It D F iKChcr . . . 31.15 C G Gibbs .... . 3 1.1 S MOnt ........ 3t.7 I Znlys ........ 31.7 H H '\\'ran' ... 31.6 It l~ Edberg ... 31.6 It K Hart .. . ... 31.3 R '1' Shult is ... 31.1 I:' Sm!dchens ... 30.8 A Crowley . ... . ~O . 8
H G Moorhead . 30.65 G Katz ......... 30.6 R NuSinof( .. .. . 30.6 .I II Huff . ..... 30.55 l~ It Larsen .... 30.1 C B G ls h ...... 30.0
•. .... . 2~ . G
\\' e find we omitted mentioning in the March issue t hat t he abo\'e list had been con"Ccted: sel'el'd eITOI'S we re rellorted
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011 the F ebrual"y lis ting. Recheck yotll· own score carefu!1y. Kindh' Ilote Rule 18!
CHESS REV IEW, A PRIL, 1965
lun-e !'IUI over·due now without nil results bei ng r eported. Kindly note R ule 18. r echeck your tallies an d report an y results YOII did not get in or have no t seen published. If in any doubt. send 11
summary or a ll results. lis ting each OPPO' nent and outcome with him.
The following Postalites have Quali· fled fo!" assignment to lhe Finals : H Rose. D E Ehmke, M Ladacki and B Thompson.
15th Annual Championship In the 1961-2 Golden Knights, no nell"
!·'inals sec tion has completed play. Th" following Postalltes. however, ha\'e QIIlI!i·
fled fol' assignmen t to t he Fina ls: J ttiIlY' er, K E Wise. S SI i\{artin. L S WIl I·d. H Rothe, Mrs B Jarnagin and W Wei I.
16th Annual Championship In the 1963 Golden Knights, tile rollo\\" ·
lug Postalites ha \'e qualified for llsslg n· ment to t he Finals: R E Swarbrl ck. n E Ellis. P A McGettigan. J Sa1"ar. P Volk· man. It T Chace. J Paterson. J N PalT and A Stys.
Als O. the fo llowing Postalites have qualified to the SemHinals: F S Town , send, D Gullifol'd, P L Thompson. D E Sailol", M ilIooney, L Jamison. l' Graves and A C H a llam.
17th Annual Championship In the 1964 Golden Knights, Vine Sm it h
of Brooklyn. New York. Is the flrs t to qualify for assignment to the Finals.
Meanwhile. the followin g Postalites have qualified for a ssignmen t to the Seml·flnals: It A Roberts, J TlLylol". l~ G King, V Smith . L B R eynolds, D T Mil· ler, G 0 Grant, I L e,Vine, Tl O'Neil. H S Itkin. M P Burns. S It Brown. P Good· speed, L F Karli. D Hivera, I G Whi tB. Mrs Helen Wanen, J L W ojtowkz. H 1\'1 Levy (2) and A MakaJtis.
18th Annual Championship In the 1965 Golden K nights. a ll of
eighty-two sections were in play br the end or Febr uary, 514 contes tants. We still await the fil"St qualifier fOI' allll i,e:n' m ent to the Semi·finals!
'fhe!!e 1963 and Tourney 63-P 12
POSTALMIGHTIES! Prize Tournaments
Postall tes have WOn pri1l.e~ in the 1964 Prl"e TOllr"'H"ent~.
P layers Place Score G C Grant ........... .. . 1st G-O E J Babb .... ... ........ 2 . ~ 3-3 D It Blecllman .......... 2 -~ 3-3 :lIrs L S tefa III .......... 2-4 3-3
JACK STRALEY BATTELL Postal Chess Editor
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J.I . __ II Lilir .... ........... 2nd ~-2
17 .. \ C G"" y, ............... 1-2 ;; - 1 J Smi1h .. . .............. 1-2
~(o n .. \ G"i~"e" l ........... ~n(l ~~ G H ,\ "n(;w ............. 1.3
S Grnen ..........•...•.• 1·3 I l It l1 (l id ,,1 ............. 1-3
2$ " " ~ , . .• <-,o n .................. Il
·1 ~ C I~ 1...011 ................ I~l l~ ], Molt ............•.. ~nd
>S A J HollOn .............. 1.2 R I~ .\Ial kin ...... .. ..... 1-2
" M r:nch()O' . . ........ . . ... 2nd ;6 :It O' Donncll ............ Ist
"' .r Spann ....... .. .... ... . lst , "' T I1chl"c ns ............ .. 1_2
DO I'iil M GOUld .... ...... 1- 2 10·1 S M !.,e"y .. .... ......... I~t • • J mucher ............... I$t
G I. I''rank ............. 2nd
" .J A M"r~h,,11 ...... .. ... 1-2 \V \'an de r \Vijin"lt.ard .. 1- 2
" I) Ith'era ................ 1st :!~ Tt N Malkin ............. 1"\
G Pr",,,,k ............. .. 2nd ,. \.\ J urndo ........ . .... ... Ist ,',S (; "\PI>el ........ ...... ... Ist
Class Tournaments
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ThC$C Posta j( te~ h!\.\·c won 01" Iled for first in 1%3 and 1%4 Class Tournaments. Tourn ey Players Place Score 1::1 · C ·1.; It G;~h .... .............. lSI 4-2
·1, ,\ P ,\u"slenl)erl("cr ..... hl 5 -1 :;(0 R \'uyl~teke .. .. ........ I~t ~~ - I ~ :;G R \\. ,\IHlcr$Ou . ..•..... 1- 2 4 · 2
J :l1I"tck ........ .... .. .. \-2 4-2 Gt T J Sle",,,r\ ............ lst 4 ~' l l GG \\' S Browne ............ I;;t ~ - 1
Gi It G 131"0"''' ........... .. I~t 4 - ~ G~ 1': A Fee ................ 1-2 4_2
f' A G"lisin ............ . I·t 4-~ G~ ]) Wilti s ................. lsI 4 ·2 i~ .,. H"..,;~<1,.lo .............. Isl 4 - 2
IV·I .. \ C (" "owl"y ............ 1-3 3!·n c J ~ii blJ~ ............... 1.3 3~-2~ W Taylor . ..... ... . . .. 1-3 3~-n
17:; .r >,-w"kns .......... ..... l~t 5-1 t H IT 1:; Winston ........... lst 6-0 ~n G 1'" lil ................. 1st 5-1 :10.~ j) I)aw.on .... . ......•.. . lst 5-1 :n·1 .1 J 'I'"lcg" .......... .... 18t .1-2 :121 '\" Ho-"c"Ula1 ............. 18t 5-1 J~G I') Viets . . .. ........... .. 1><t r.-O :Wi ]) \1' Con"Ol' ............ 1st (;-0
';·I-C :15 It C 'i"rau hc ............. Is t 6 -1/ ·IV It S"I\'cster ............. lst 6-0 :;$ n Ynyl"tekc .......... . . lSt (; -0 G7 G :lfoo...:: ................ lst G -O n It \\. )Ia"..,;old ........... I st a_I !)l; , \ It Cu "uni nil" ... . .... . . I><t G -O
[(J-\I A S I 'c"ni~ton .......... ist ~_1 1 ~2 It \Valmisley . . ....... .. . Is t 5 -1 IIJJ I,; MCl''' '' ................. ht (;-0 llG \\. r- .r"ck$on ........... ht G - O I 21; 139 150 , ., ,-
.f [, P";dd~' . . ............ 1 ~t 5 · I C I~ ~IOOl"" .............. 1St 1l.(I H Ploss ................. ISI 5 - 1 OR Beal .. .... ....... .. 1-2 5 - 1 1··1 C")·lon .............. ] ·25 - 1
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POSTAL MORTEMS Game Reports Received
during F ebr uary 1965 To report results, follow inslructions
on pages 4 & 5 of your booklet on Postal Chess 5trictly and exactly. Otherwise the report may be mlsrecorded, held up or even lost.
Pleasa note: Wlnnen (and tho,e with the Whi t e pieces In ca~e Or draWl) must report lUI IIOOn as reaull Is confi rmed by opponent. The oppone nt may report a l&O to ensure h i" record and ra ting going throul h but mus t then *lue c lea r ly th~ t he " 'U the loser (0. played Blaek In ea$e of a dr."').
Game repOrt. sent in time tor r ec<'!ipt by dales given al>ovc should be printed b",low. And Ihe players concerned should check to see that they a re so publlllh(!d. To sJl(lt them. lOOk under your section number, tlrst by the key (e.g., 63-C J"dle.tln&, Clau Tourney baKun In 1963) and. by number (466) g ive n In text below the ke y.
Symbol f Indlca.tes os. win by torrelt wll1>oul r a l lnl" c red it: a shows a r-allng c redi t a.djudlcatlon: df ma.rks a. dou ble-tortelt.
CLASS TOURNAMENTS Four_man Tourneys Graded by Classe.
Started in 1963 (Key: 63-C) Notie<!' Game reports on all lo urne )"s begun in April UG;I becom e 1)UI-d ue during t his month. OCt III ... mOrts 10 reac h U$ here be· fore ll ... )· I~l. 10 ,'.\"old los illg on doubleforrelt (bOlh pla.,· e rll 10~e!l.
EadIe " 101 1l'llcr~ haq~ I)('e n c lode d. \Ve ",'e nOI pulJll~ll l llg Imllvjdn,,1 dOtl l/IC_ forfeits bill a,'C pullll~hlnl-( wInners now let l \)~. closi"l,;" proceHs On 1,'"lIn'"ry tou rney" In Postal· m iuhtles l T ourney. 1 .404, 18 Co n ec tlon: Gibbons WOII one from 1":1 11 1;". G~ C" prIUa. Ste wa r l l Ie . 18 F ee relhl Thomas. 104 C rOW ley. Oibb3 t ie . 17;; Slonku~ ist<II)."i Hende l·son . 190 ROl h ri p3 SlLChs. 221 Wl1l i ~ tOI)~ DonOVll 11 t wlee. 23t l.4.r~e l eN) Jl ck ~ lAlnYo. l3G Lohrmll n whi ps Winkle.". 21 ·1 Wlnllton whips Schu\Yoe. 2;;0 Clark 10Pil (f) Noblc. 269 Andc l·$OII. Nen lie. 27S Ouime t 10Pl< (2f) Hardl" . 293 ~lcConnell t iell G ,'oh '\ml 10J'" Petit. 302 l la ... o tie" Scllrpln!HO "nd (0»>' Mood y tWice. 3(}8 .o"w_ s on down" Alle n. 31 & Hendric k" lOPS Price. 3~ 1 Rosen l h .. 1 ri l'" Hempel nlld m esenL>eck . 36·\ Go!llle lln !Jest>! Huc ll. 36, F'<: h l ~ nd l 101>11 ( 0 Kno wl(\";! . 369 Herrer(l. tOI!~ Lomba rd t wice. A);" ne '" OnCe. 3S 1 Al rllllllll , T e le &"a. lie . l SG ,"I ot~ lI e k~ Lon;.;:. 389 "'o Olc loe~u Blrowell u nd ~p ll t~ w ith 'l";·ck .-.e n . an Dophelde ha lts ... . u ·t . ~ 97 Appleby w!lhd ,·,,\\"~ . ~ilO Hoth "II'~ D<l nn .
Started In 1964 (Key: 64·Cl Tou rneys 1 ,09: ~ l)yba t o ps 'r ho m .... I ... iee . 11 C hai k in . T hol>l1Ul tie. 12 Mo no ull eonk" Colli n s . 13 K I",b.,U and -'tOOI"e e ne h lOP llor· gan tWice. ZU (l icsen beIIta ,"lhhOll. ! l lle Phe NlOn to])S ( 21) 'fa )·IOI·. 27 Lundh 10 1)" lIeOono tlg h twice and H enr ... ( ! n. ~, Howes beals 8o)·el". 35 'frnube lOp" S ah l (If & In). 36 H n OO"mn n lI ek~ Lee. ·tv S.'· h·e~lel" SlOp~ Slerrcn~ . ~ S G r cenOO I"l; chop~ Chllplek. 50 Yu ylste ke be~ts I3IIUIl IJ erg. 5i P lgl>i ns wllh _ d raws. 58 \' u )'I ~l eke ri P3 HOIle n wald (wice . ,,9 App le !.>y wl thd r<. \\"~ . 61 l lool'e tOI»l Mon _ tague. &8 Ern~ l Hck~ Li nd bloom. 13 Wood w hips MIITI)h y . • 5 For tier rcl "~ P robs,,; G III8. !<O n wlt hdrt. w II . 811 Bend e r beat' Berr~'. 8~ Ga.rone,. ItOI!~ $ t releck )'. S8 O" a y lOPS ( U ) Murph)': ,\rd,,, ,· ~onk~ Coppe~~. 91 T rlplel\ lr;p~ Ga l1 lt. n.1 ll"nkin, I3Ickne l1 Ilnd ~Io[)ne~' ~lOP S lone: lllck'''.:11 bo~l~ ~Ioone)' . 9G Buncroft.. C ummlnitl< hest 13o"OIl(l"hll ; Towni!s wllhd n .. w~ . 98 Spivack gplll s Kel1e)' .
TOUrneys 100· 159: 100 Towne" withdraws. 103 W(l1tIlIl<'Cj.· bi!~ I " Bock. 103 l le )·e ,.. S hear_ "'an dow'l Do "'a n lco. l OS u., Ue nge r beM s M lling e r bUI 00"'" 10 Burton. II ~ Eldridge lo...e~ 10 _\loore and ,,,,,lit5 wl lh Uecker. 11 ' Jackso n (01)~ \:'uc hs ( If &. 11\) . 12(1 Sn)'der whips " "oodle . 121 Ueal "nd So lO"'on lick Lewis. 122 Schll es;n!!" conks Coulbonrn. 125
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Koch wi t hdraw". 126 PrIddy dO~'n3 Ebbs . 130 H"I"( wllhdraw .... loaea (2.11.) to KIlIg. 13~
)Ioore "'atll~ -'lo" I ,,~ue ; Ptbl> ln~ w llhdnlw~. 1111 l~ rn"rd. De Lo%ie r lie . U 5 H a rt w llh_ ,Ir" ... ~. l iS Xe"'ethy conk l I~ohl . l ~~ BI\I'''CU I. ('1>o0;a k li e . 1511 P1os~ a nd $to"k\O ~
~VHl t wo n nd each tOI' ll"II(I",.; twlet. l SI Pa"ll1el~e withd raws. 15 ~ Ben l bCllts Mon"I~~'O li nd splits wllh OnY lon. 155 Leeker toP" ('1) 1·: l;al1 . l oG De LOzie r lI ek$ Ang~tell' hc l· .... e r Illld \\'oodIe . 15~ HO"K h"lt~ !3roylc~.
Tourney, 160 - 199: 16(l Bl wer. I"eeney lie. 16-1 Be rry bests H ood . 16J ,"1I1«Ilino whip-' Wll lia lll$ Iw lce. U6 ,,'aIl5 lO ll" (2 f) Lawle r. 167 Berry bes lo; Ga y ton. 17 1 W It he rs whll)1I Brn t ~ a n d S heldotl. 112 K i rb)". ,",ontra. Sllll t. 173 Slocum ,dough" Scl", rre r ; P"rmelec wllh . d nlwII. 114 Gott esman. P r ice tie . 178 ~,w l nll" IIl1d Oer"nl " split. 181 Vll n g lndCI"c1l whh)~ W Clc h . IS! Juekw" jolll Br"t" lind Hosen; Bl~"C I"()ft ""d Eral:.. rip ROlle n . IS~ 'V"t""" whip" Qulnl"". 18G L. .... rt e lere lic k ... GrHY and Cu.-,ch lcg; Bergen-Olsen. CUIlc hleg tie. I S; ~ren~e" conk ,. Ke .... ler. 188 '''hllman to"," Lo'''H"""ey Iw ice. I S:I S hcarman beoIli! Schmlll hut bow" to La\'ender; MUle r Il nd Lon-onde r !Un .,l Schmit! . 196 S im o n conk" C",,!er. 198 Benl t op~ (2a.) G r e)". 199 Boh ne n be>l\.JI 7..eo:h_
"'11". Teurn,y, 200 _ 259: 21)1 G wy nn lOPS Ti rone \wlco. 211 Connor conks Bro wn. 212 Sha rre " dowl1~ Denniston. 213 l111118 ma"l~ lI·lnl)lcl1. 215 l)(.l nnl ~ to" downs Zuc k e r . ~IG )o'ra"d top~ I.:hl ek. 217 Jacobson tOP$ Mose,' twice; Bea,·den wHh(lraw~. 221 RlClI" lflr !\c k~ Lilly b u t lo.-!~II 10 H"lllmelka mp. 2%3 l..Ind e nfehler ~ IOPI! Sl ephan~k ,·. 2~6 mniall1' loeHh' l lullillOn . 227 1~l n~low tOil" Nelson once. lln lkerin t wic e ;
NEW POSTALlTES Tho foll OW ing HeW POSIn.J C heu p!"ye"~
h ClI"tll1 In li'ebrua ry wilh the~e ratln);,,: C L. ASS A at 1300: J. A. 8011110 tl. t~. C. 1l1'1~-101. S . J. 1')lowltch. L . Guthrldl;C. G. Houlle_ hOld. lIf. Kalina . ·W . Il. Loudon ' , H. H. 1II0 rl t~ . W . J . O·Connor. t... Hobert~, lI.r. ;\I. 'fhoou ni!On a nd J. O. '''nrren; CIU, a at 1200: t~. or. D9. r vl1le. J. J . l·'e r ret, T . I··OIC .... O. L. F ri ed l. A. Goon;e. J. a rone I'. H. U. Hao'm g, }of. K.a.)', R . B. Ketterer. J . J . KI M li ch. D. H. Paetkll.u . J . H. Pi"~:ta, W. G. Bo~~. A. Shulma.n . n. Sh u ll111111. D. Swlken '~'HI S. P. Wang; C L. ASS C U 900: H . C. Ullllkhead, JIlCquC' 1)'1\ A. Barne~. B. Bates , R . D. Heeke". H. J'}. Ucll. T . Bewle)' . G . w. muir. L. ~;. Bower. ~:. t... Bur tollnl . C . C h )· IOIl. 6. Cr l~I'. \\". A. Cross. J . Dallollll, J . R. l):mte I3. It. ~;11I0lt. \ '. A. Ez ... r ln s. J . " '\l Ie... C. ~'illle)·. U. GlIIc n . C . S. Goldy. )01. Oun t her, C. P. HItM . It. H a )'es , B. J"col)~ell. 1-". C . JOh'l -1«In. R. G . Johnson. D. C. KI"lC~le)'. V. La, 1''onlll.l"e. J . Landa u. S . L u tu! . J . O. 1..<XI lle. C. O. Leedham. R. Lefte w. C . Liming, H. .\racke n&I~, R. Mandel, O. El. lIbstin. P. J. i\l ed locklu. J . ~Illler. E . ;\l1 l1m s, D. E. Novick. I) . J . NOVic k, W. Pi lk i ngto n . S. n. PoPP. D. Qua ne . C. J. Rausch . J . C. Heep meyc r , C. Ii. Hel ta . t... R. Re itz. R. HlnJ( h n m. L . Hob ln _ MIn. D. S nndak. H . S sulter . J. Sehu lt z. O. S inl>e r . S. S I)rilZe r . )'L S l eeio. I) . 8 te\"(,n 5. R 8tr n.un, H. A. Swanson. Aile<! W he-clwrighl. Lolli W e bs lel', R. While, D. Wilner. 11. Woo~le)·. G. C. "'rig-ht a.nd D. A. Yllarrondo; CLASS 0 at 600: C. B. 3"11. S. ~r. Brown. :--:. P . Cl.se. R. Colli. J. Dz"()sd!ck. 13. Ducke!". D. 1··o.lJer. J. lL Fay, D. ~' rerl chM. P. A. Oold_ loerg, C. Goodman. R. W . OO\·e . B. V . H ancI!. R. H o wnrd. A. King , J . Lane. L . C. MlIlone . H. )' h 'ton L W . H . Oluen. E. P·dge. Po . P n lm ed o, W . P a rk$. W . J. PllInt . P . A. P N;lM:Ott . S. l [. Pru~1I, T . Rober t3. P . Stml! ."<Cr . I). K . S u lliva n, R. D . Wlllkdell. S . A. \Vell ~. P. A. 'Veme lt, W . WIlll " "'!iOn . ,\f rl!. A. M. W r ll>ht . and ;\1. 1'volo .
• ACtlll,lly. old tlmel' retul"ll cd.
RETURN POSTS The fo llow ing old time r s ro t u rn .... 1 durIng
Vel'Mu'r)' a.l these former rn lhlj: ;o ; It. J . Bic ks le r 381; p . R . ~::n"lman H U :
A. C. I-'ran ~ SOO; L . L. H allijen pnug 870; J . I ,. Hili 1006: Y. E. Hold wo rlh dO; W . , \. Lonl-( SU; H. D. McCormack 51)(): and J. A. Wtl.lle k l 1004.
Nelson nip" Dittmn " . 231 ll cCrQ!!sen cra.ck~ Blllke. ~2 Xel""" jol l~ J nck!lO". !33 7..ollle~ top-" 4 ~f) Ca r l,;on. %3·1 \\" hlte wh i"" Conlta. %39 1'lIntzen top~ lind 4 1e~ Hiegel'. 2H Grou " x eij Ang ... lis; S lomowl!:t s llll"; _' ng e Il3 a nd Oro"". 2H "-"lIaee wl lhdrawn. 2H B "rk I!cijt~ Thach. lt5 ScoH dow"l De Sou?n. %H Will iams whips Smi t h. 2~ ' Goldbe,·ge r . Hlnt ~Cl\ lI e . 252 'V ... l1lnj; 1)0 ... 8 ollce to Savury. tWI ce 10 Pariza ; PI\"I~" halts Hogan. 253 :-"obJe tops (2a) Ste In . n-l Bruton be~t9 Ho)·d. 255 Cross crl\ ck~ Westb ,·ook. 257 Ban . c roft I,.,ats SmHh. 258 Cnt" tano c rncks Ban . croft. t5 ~ George eo"kll Ctl. rne y. T ourneys 2£0 - 319 : ! (j.(I "\l1);"8 tenberg er bow, 10 Kumro b u t I..eS I~ li c m pel . ~61 Schie ld ! jol t" JlIc he ns li nd Hlle b 'ICh; 'J"rapp , .·lthdraw" . 262 Cnrl\\"I"lghl Il.nd Ga yton Sllli t. 2G7 'fIHtJe bes tl< Bue ll and ( to Cummings but bows 10 Cree""pan. 2iP O " lb ll ~hin beats Ge r , main. Z7t E\'erett wllll(I'·awII. 273 SI9.)·arl to()~ Clark Iwice and ll el! l~I(~on; C la,'k wlth dl"awII. t15 Good~vecd ha. lt s Ha'T;s. 276 Fet xer bes ls -'!iller but 1J.o w~ to Shllde r . 27~ Wa lillco lose~ Iwice to bolh E~llIhrook and Xel'on . !SI Pampel beshl Robinson but boWl< 10 Baldwin . ~S3 SumlulII~ky Ou t point" Poll . 10". 2S~ S {ay art down~ O lbble. 2S6 Co nnor w l(hdrnws . 289 AltnllLlI to.)~ (I f & . a ) ROle . 2~0 S he r man reUli "'o rm,,,, . 292 Gus ta fso n tO P ~ Bla nke. t 95 ~rl' eo t Ol!8 Thoma5. U ? ~l tL"t e ll fells Finn. 2'~ W"gner lose~ Iwlco \0 OueUette. \\"ithdl"n.\\"~ a nd drops (10.) to W lI lI"n e r . 31)0 Carpell t el' lO j)~ \Va llace t wice. 30·. Sllvermlln socks .\l cCo)". 305 Dalrymple dow" " Yeak el. 31·1 ).Joon be~ls i\Iiooll9 a nd 1Jode. 3H. Bergoffe" bcal ij \\·;' Il"ne r . 3 1!1 S4effee " lOllS !Jessau lel!. Tourn"ys 320 - ;J IG: S2S Greene and Halle)' l>e"lj l HeIoI. 32' Keeli n!: (,,115 !"ic ld . n Q Hor· n tlh ~mites Sm ith. H S It''<ler \\"Ithdra \\"~ . 3·13 F'alre ... 101lH (2" O"wle r. 366 ThonH1" top,. Sk '·?~· j)lnHki. 36S Joncl! "'l lhd mwn. 393 ,\~h we lt whips Soucy. ·102 Cohen conk~ Glide!!. 403 Lowery nil)S "'eufe id .
Started in 1965 (Key: 6S·C) T o u r n"y$ 1 ' 86: 13 MlI l'lln rc l)l ;lCe:. Johnson. 18 S hearma.n re1l1"cel! Cohen. 25 Con ner conk" lfcCOM,,"c k ; S Ull l h repl a.ce~ Cave . 16 rhelp B fli l>S Yolk: Thu ne " rep lllCes I~o" . 35 8a.<:h l< rell la.ee" fi i" de. 36 Hltne,· repl aces 1:Io)'e l". n Sull!" '''' re j)I" ce~ Smola." . 42 Ben<U ,.; l'el)laces Bo)'er. 59 l":eriju la rel)lace" Sins_ e l'. 62 P"llPa.~ ,.epM ce~ HCijnlck .
PRIZE TOURNAMENTS Seven_ man T o urney. for Pre mium,
Started in 1963 ( Key: 63·P) Notlc", Game repQris on .. II tourne}'~ begun i n Ap"n 1%3 becOlllO J", ,.t,due dllring thl l "'onth. Get In report.~ to I"cneh Ull here be· fere lIt .... y 1st. to avoid login); on double·rorre!t ( t.>oth players l o~el).
Earlier to u rney,. hnve been c losed. 'Ye are nOt publlshlng Ind lv ltl u 9.! donbl(! -for e rel ts b Ul are publish ing .wi nne .... IIOW lert by clOJI lng I)I~I;S o n ...... b .. u ... r~· to u rne)'11 in POl t , l · m·Uhtl .... ! Tourney. 1 . 112: 20 ShOOk shakes 03bsel·!. 2G Heidel haIlS Ba ,·k>ld"l e. ~S Scott tops C ha lle. H Spohr s plllll OI"l),l"owskL U LoU IIcl<s Barber. ~S Holtoll IH.h~ Doll"rd. 60 f:uc he r bests Borke r . 67 Ool1al-« down" ( II.) l<u u \l1. 70 Klein Ile~ H . ClIrr lind tOP5 .\Ioone)'. 7& O'Oo nne ll tOI);! ( 9.) K lein lc k . 18 W ell w h i"" B uc ha nan. 80 I.-!I m b licks ,", o rrll. Sg Marl inea Jol t-s J o hnlOOn . 9& Spann, Rugl tl e. 101 Behr e ns (OP' ( II ) "''''millon. 10l LeaChensky cracks }o; ,·ec:~mer . I II~ Levy lic ks l .eu.ch . 106 P>U"kln~II ellp ~ CI ~ )' . 107 B isho p lIe~l ~ l l cCowan.
. Started in 1964 ("Key: 64·Pl T our" " ys 1 _ 39: 1 I~O!lll\utn~ co nks Krllmer . 2 Lo ~' withdrawn; Zubl"~.'·ck l tops (a) Vn ndeb roek. 9 )oloTr;s tlCI B~~ l a nd lOI>ll Len¥. 10 E nCinas lies Pelel"llOU nnd Scon ; Scon t lea Krame ... 11 C .. rroll. l l",.,.h a ll JOlt John SOI\ . i6 Wea\'e r ... hlp.' ,\ s hle)·. 17 Rile)' . Wagner tie . ., S nlldchelll ~ ... He8 ).1o:: DoI\ ough. U Bella.h ... he8t~ Xe well; 'VierlOCh I tOps S t ephens . 2~ H ll.ml l tOIl. GOl!8~lin and Humphre)' down DeVincent: H nhar halts Go , -
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~elin. 2-1 Gena"., Lolt tie; ~Icli~ maub Goldberg. 27 T "one trips Slucktly. 28 Svoboda riil)S Phillips. 30 Hi,·erl\. I'il'~ Ashley .. ~2 ~Ial ki n fells P,-"",,ham , 33 .Je ll."On joll s E\' e~; Sll'upeek a nd H" )' nolds be.<t Ileer . . 1-1 .Jo~l in jolt.~ P luci nski. :16 Gelli~h e lii>~ Clnrksoll ami B rO(lerick: Rcyno)(\~ ripH H"odel"ick 37 1:;", "''''' axes Ol""n, Tholll"~ tOI)~ Eau""" "nd Olso" . 39 .-\udr"i" bo\\"~ to Tho"'s bu t I.O('~I~ O"i;:;nan. Tou rney s 40 _ 59: -III Abrnlll~o". Stnd",,, lie. 41. Cestar o. 1tl,;", lie . -1 :1 Sehlle~ing whips von Saleski and \\'ipper: \\"ipper heste S eh· m itt !Jut hows 10 ehayl. ·H "alte "bnm healS Seybotd. ~5 Lltee)" lies Eins,e i" and lOps Bal_ t.at. ·16 Prall nip.< X01"1.h . .J7 Weil liel,s S lm' en~ bnl loses \0 Hoaglund: i>irHten lie~ Cook '1.nd WPS Chenoweth. ·IS FOn l enl"O~ e rips ScOtt: I{oby I 'O"L~ Go"ld; Hawl,swOI'\h IOp~ HOIJ)' and ties Aks, ·19 Lawle r wi[hd l'"wn. ,; 1./ Xerr niPS '\shl('.'·. ~ I '-,ac ~)' l i <:k~ Pulle n , Kli n~ clouts "01\ Sale~ki. ,;2 lY.\OU~ l he" l s Cla,'k lJut bow~ \0 Doren. ii ii Ne~1<:I' nips Itkin: Cotler "xes g\'''II~. iiG J oyce Joll~ HI'yallt and Tnner. 55 Appel \01)S Petit. ii~ Lllce)" and S l>ohr ~ock Sorcn~on: Lace)' Ii(:k~
Spohr; G\\")"lln. Jan'is lie. Tourneys 60 _ 89 : GI) B r i.<;:m""is \\- in.~ f"-'''' " ' lIHon; O' Donnell do\\"n .~ VitleH. t.2 ~for i c '-;p~ fbmthum. r,3 BIlrt heRls Heidel . Iii Cn,'penter conk~ S IJohr. 1;5 Hujl)<.\ r a nd Can' hal t H"milto". 67 f.ite '·eI's #\01'.< G ieselma n. 6S .r"ck~on \\"il h<1'·""·n, G~ Lace." lid<s .\hhone.'" , 71 SRmple. Good ~ock Graeff: GOod !l1,luls ~Io(t. 73 Hilder withd ra \\".<. 71 ~Iorri ll down.< Ili ckey ~nd Hemlrick"_ 75 W",.<1 ,,- h i11 .< StGV enHOn: Tarter jolts .Ionc~ : Ste,'en~ .<lOp~ Hm'lw ig and .Jones. 76 Kle in <:Ioul~ BI"nIl""lte. 71 '\'eJ"h w ithdraw". 7S "'-'l, ler ril>S C"I"I>en tel"' .\1)'Cr8 down~ ~lneDel't" id ; S'ci" with <In'wn. 79 Hu rd. K lein and (,,,in I·OU\. Hich_ a.rd~on; K lein 10P~ Cain and lies 1i .' ·IH'S; G"ee nl)(!"g bcat~ H)'ncs_ SO I·[ardin " own.< Go ld waHsel· . 81 .llel!li~ ",," E r k"w"i.< fell 1·'ai '·"8. S2 Tomko to ps Gee. ~:l Ha lr>eI'1 .<m i {c~ SIlI(LI'\' S·I SI".'";'I'\ l ies Lif",on and 10i'~ :;e h ",a h. ~5 Slay"r ' 10P« I{"a.~och a"d l ie~ Tingle _ H6 R"fer be8h T \\'clen lIIIt 110 \\' .' 10 Thom .•. SS A I'now nips xerr. SD Rollin~ conks Ca l·l~o" .
Tourneys 90· 120 : n Slmndol' \\' in8 f,'om >;p(>I,,·. 9-1 Sulling':: I' wek~ Ca"penler. 9.; Xe ,,- ler "ii'" Hcnrik~e". 9S '\'in~'o" wh ips ;\"c l· ~On and .\Ia.rch: .\Ialty manlil Sanborn. 1U1 Rade l' withd l·a,,-s. 102 K" ,."lnilis conk.. P r" ?ak. 103 Netl"""\on nips .)o"'·s and Eves . 10-1 13al'n c ~ withdm\\'s . lV5 'Vallaec lose cl lo :;I)()hr and \\'i t hd l'aw~ , lu6 Bo~tw",k 1)<:81S Twe(ell. HI7 Cambesci" Wilhd",,,"n. \1 ·1 ~Iau)- top~ ( f) 'rho"'p"",,_
Solutions to CHESSBOARD MAGIC!
N o.1 W h ite d raws with 1 N-K Na. N - Q3 [else Pawns go. or w o rse) 2 N xPt ! NxK 3 N-K6t, K - Kl 4 B-N6, D-B8 [t.o stop 5 N - N5] 5 B- Q3. N - Nl 6 B- N5t. N - Q2 7 K -Ql! B a ny 8 B- I<2. Hnd Black can make no progl'ess wi thom a Knight mOl'e, b u t Bisho p chec k forces its r et urn. and then B- K2 holds again.
No.2 White draws with 1 R- K8! Q- B·I 2 R- K l t, Q- N8 3 R- Ql ! P- N4 4 RxQt, and stalemate fo llows.
No. 3 White wins with 1 E- E6t. Q- Q2 [else \V h ite soon mates] 2 BxQt , KxB 3 HxP. a nd 'Wh ite e ither mates or slop s Black's P awn s w h ile queening his King Rook P awn; e.g. :; . . . K - K3 ·1 N - E 7 a n d 5 R-K5t etc. or 3 . .. PxP ,I R- Q5t; and 4 .. . K - K3 5 N- N6! KxR L5 P-K8{Q) 6 N- E,I m ale] 5 N- B4t, K - IGi 6 NxP. K - QIj· 7 N- N6 etc. ; or -I . , . K - B3 5 N - N6! P- K8(Q) 6 l\"xP mate; or ·1 . .. K - Bl 5 N ·-B7! P- B3 6 R- Q8t. K - U2 7 N -N5! and 7 . P-K8 (Q) 8 N-K6 mate, or 7 .. . KxR 8 N-Ea. and White win s; o r 4 . . . K - K1 5 N-IJ7 ! P - K3 6
R- Q8t. K - K2 7 N - K 5 ! etc.,. ===~=c ~ 6 ... K · 8 6 is probably Lommer's m~in li n ~ . See it? No! Th~n S~~ page 125.
CHESS REVIEW , APRIL , 1965
Started in 1965 (Key: 65·P) T ourneys 1 _ 2(1 : 2 Slrupeck \\'in.~ fro nl \·e it. 3 "ale llteen re pl"ec.~ '\lilehell.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS Progressive Qualifica t ion Championsh ips
13th Annual Championship-1959·60 F INALS (Key: 59.Nf)
S~c tions 1 · 32 : ~~ Capillon lOl)~ If) Hal"!igun: Drukel' wllhdrawn. 30 Fm nk n",u l~ ~rill c r . 32 Cren~h'I\\' crack~ H<1rri,,_
• 14th Annual Championship-1960·1
SEMI . F IN A LS ( K~y : 60.Ns) S~c ti ons 1 , 80 , 7 1 Pler~on willS fro", L.e~s alld Pe tersen, Ho~c rips Le~~. 7t Bloch with (I,.".w,,- 75 CO" l,e ~l8 nudolph but loses (f) lO La (l a el'i ; Coe and '\ Iark.~ (]f . 71i 'I' homp _ ~on. Ware l ie . 77 Par ke l' out l>oin l ~ PrnIIHk~' : Aglle w nip.< A.<hley _ 78 Hnn'''Y halt~ SelL 79 Stol ~enl)C I ' 1;" h ~~t" T"a"j~ al1d Se"~t1"'lt"; H"iI~ )" healS Sea~lrum . .~H Ashle)' liek~ ~1arlil).
FI N AL S ( Key , 50 . Nt) Secti ons 1 - 30: 1:1 Dnhoi~ dO\\"11~ L a Hllc . IS C ro w n licks Le onard. 19 O PI> tops (a) Hlals . 2-1 Siklos sock~ .\ loOl·c "nd I~ilker. 27 ]-f"rtlgall wil hdrawn. 2 ~ Ho bel'lH ('Il>s I{udolph and l5now: Ha.,.,'e)' hailS Sno \\".
15th Annual Championship-1961-2 SE MI· FINALS ( Key: 61 _Ns)
Sect ions 1 - 96: :13 Chase. Hobin~OIl ti c. 3S How~ 11 down .• O·Oollnel l. ·13 A!JeleH .. John~on li e .. o(i ~l"ycr r ips Both. (il VO;l:e l lle~ Her",an a nd Bel isle. 66 GiIJhR LO!>S (a) Hose. (i' CI'o\\'n l osc~ 10 lI"ise a ,><1 Ile~ Gan"el. 7t P I'an~k)" whil)s Wilson. 77 Smil h ~",ile~ ApI)lelO". 82 jCi""he t· lOps J';dwa["(l ~ and l i e ~
Sl. ~ 1 "'·lln. 87 Shaw 1", l t~ HilIm"n. 8S \\" nrd \\"hil'.< C IIlI um. 89 Rothe bests BalnHllh and JJ u lfinch. 9U Ja,."a!dn jolts Hoge l'~ a nd ~Ic
G"""igle . 91 S<:I"" id t I)(;~t" flel"\"" ' ''. 9:t I'·,·,,,,k jol ls Jones; Jones and \ I'cil fell 1 '~'lli c r: Camphell tics , \'cll a nd Flink . ~5 She!>al'(1 10])8 ( f) .llill",all.
FI NA LS (Key : 51. Nf ) Sec tions 1 · 28: 7 Slater lOPS Gil)s OI L S )\00,"" jolls .It",i ,, : Jacoh jn l's Thm·n",n. (t)
'\lil e~ be8ls ZC"olh but bows lO *~ah"H. I I Klein dou l ~ I-lt)c kham _ I~ I"onlell~ose rlp~ How!lrd. 13 Popel licks S),,,'i eh nnd .Ellis l)Ilt lo~e .• to Cook. 16 Yan B,'n ,,, t ies ~[ " i r aml l o~cs 10 ~lill~I'. 17 Han- i.<on, Ko);an tiC: B"nc roi'l li e~ HUhbard and Lahde. IS Cheswick ,,,,d Lerine lie. I' Wea\'el' w hip.~ B,u'dkk and Kle ini(-k . 20 H a l'dman ties SI'nder-8011 ".I\d X eff: S tac k withdraws. 21 Ashley licks DeVa"lt; EaSlman wilhdra:\\"s : L illl,.\r¥. i aXCs O!Pl;' 22 Snykcr Me l, s Tucker. 23 Mehle n dow liS Thomas.
16th Annual Championship 1963 P R ELIM INA RY R OU N O (Key: 63 . N )
Sect ions 1 - 177 : 89 To \\" n.~ end \\"ills f"o m ClIa""hC>·;l:. Holdell, Geh r in);o,'. Owen and " ·ei"l>crg. 92 tAlI' ine best~ II I' ieknelL 9S J:'lsh and Schaffe l li e. 113 UC\'el'emlx jolts John..011. 12~ Ha rd ln !) CS t~ 13en.'>OIl. 130 Cntler top~ CalhCl'8 and lies Thonws. 132 Kohut tOp~ (a) Kirk~. 1-1-1 Hall tops (f) OilJe llo . J.!G Gull ii'ord ".Il<1 Thompson lie . 1.';8 Halte l' and C, Stn t? Wil hd,.a wn. 16·! Sa ilOI' whIps lI'illi.<. l tiS S mi l h .~mile8 Pease. 175 Ejll~lein ~IOp~ ) I en¥.i e~: .\ Iooney beats nal'l.lelt.
S EMI· FI NALS ( Key : li3- Ns ) Sec t ions 1 · 49 : G SwarIJrick Htoll~ S tem. 11 m",,,I. f': lli s lie . 12 )lcCett ignn whips Wis~ig. 1:1 l)l.Jo~e!Jh jol ls )Ioore . 17 Burd ick dow ns O,·"",nlle lli. l 8 :'»"'a)' !Op~ (f) P",;cllCCI. ~l I' ollo})"n I)ows to .l lllson I." ' t he.~t~ Frank; Heme I' r ips AdO\·J"". 21 ' \ I»)leb)' w!lhdra\\'s, lo~es (a) 10 Bock, 2G Patel'son do,,"ns Dulicai. 2S T hompson tops Slade. 30 Fearey fells Carle ton . 31 p",.,.. Sell'",'rl" lie. 32 Lam!.> lo~e.~ 10 SI)"~ 1)111 licks Hrowlle, 3·1 E l"(los wilhdrawn. 3~ Pate rson e r"ck~ Crosbie: Pa l' m elee w ithdraws. :1{, F rank and H annold t ie : A<iash~k <lo,,"ns Hogl u nd. 3; Abl'Umson bests 13 u,-",,: Goodman downs Doni ns : Gr iffl" beats
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Sections 1 · 6: I ~ fa "k lewic ~ t ic" Li mllrzi and los,,~ to Col lins : Limarzi top~ Ka tz. 2 Cook conl~" Robinson a.nd Kelse!".
17th Annual Championship 1964 PRELIMINARY ROUND ( Key: 64·N )
Sections 1 • 64 : 2 Roberts whips \\·oelringer. 3 Ha UIlIU 1)().< 1S Harper but l)Qw" 10 Hemer. 4 Besl b<;",S Hoglund. G HerA" bests Terry. 12 Scbw!l rtz lOPS P ra ll. 13 Beckman ,,"h i p~ WiI);on. L; '\f iller t ics Chapi n and lo);e); to Krame,·. 17 Red mond. Taylo r l ic . 21 Peasc lick ~ 1 .. '''He Ii Ce. 2:; Spessa rd ,,,,d Sm ith mau l '\ful1!ken: Simmons J olt.~ Jami~on : Killg tops ( f) Spessa rd. 26 Rug~ ri ps Be lt ~. 3 ~ PaterHOn topS l~rn nk. 39 Duncombe down~ \Vhelan. 41 P flumm "ips Henriksen. ~ ~ g rd tma nn loses to Rey nolds but licks X ICY: Nay w!lh d rawn. ·!5 1>1I iple)' tops (f) Fehl man . 47 De '-:wit down~ Batma n. 49 Coff gllffs Richard. 50 l.-1 n~e,· licks Lehner. 52 ,\Wler ma uls Lindenfel~er. 5<; YOllng loses to T,.one but licks Huckln. 59 Grant bel l~ Burbank : Katz conks Gra llt. 60 Le'\'lne wi ns from \\'ein inge" a nd Aralloff. 61 Breider , Rob" ,· ts and Howell whiP Wootton : B reider halts Howell . 62 H 'm de rllOll And AdorjlC n jolts Cra mpton. Sections 65 . 89: 67 Wrigbt. Gchrjn~c r. Glide:, a nd O'Ncll mob Cameron; O' Xcll nips Gildea. 69 Carl)' le. Itk in (;" " on Sal e~ l~t: Carl)'le conk.~ Cove)·o". 72 Dona ld does In Soule : Koller WIthdrawn. 73 Rurns I)eSls .\lcCor mick. H GlIdea tics S tein a nd loses to UrO""'I. i 5 Good~p O}ed licks La r~elere and Hendr ic k ~: Hubm' hil~ Lapsley and Hen _ dricks: P lemel beals Hendricks but bows to Dunha m. 16 Yolkma n he~ts Goldber!\" ; Lliso lic k ~ Hfrns. 78 KarH conk~ Gelin: Buha lo hes t); H u.l I: Kline a nd Karli clout Reha.a.r. 79 Lit trell whi ps Whittaker. SO Rivera rips S tevenson; Rive r~. Deld\lll and Goodma.n down Sha fra.n; 'I'aylor tops I AU'zelere. ~ I Sll':"ler "'hl!)s West; H\lgh~s withdra wn. 84 Goff lies Ye"UtfL; 1..1ll·ze l~ re and (illft gaff Burton. S5 Ure ide r b r~ak ~ Webber. S7 Zwel] ties \\' olr and loses to \\' h ite: Gor(Ion. I, ll pla n l ie : 'White whi ps Gordon and \Vol(. 88 Pangborn l)Q ws 10 Tom,cino and tl e~ Ker~ll la: Donald bea.ts Ham ilton but !>ows to Ge !"7.~l{\owi cz. 89 Jo hl\ ~on. Becker hea t Kelso! DOl\l ll nn downs Becker; nudolph ttes Domnll n a nd tops (0 '\'ei8m1l n. Sect ions 91) - lOS: 90 Crow halts H)'de. 91 J~a.r7. el ere lick~ Lee but 10seJJ to ' Varre"; \VoJtowicz whips , Varren a.nd Hend,·icks. 92 Wea"er whips J a mison. 93 Levy. Sho,·tz tie: De"ereaux beats Casey bit t l)Qws to Le,, ~' a nd ShOrl7-. n·1 Hill halts C''''I><o nte r: Mar_ schall t iO}~ Schleidl a nd tops Ca "penler ; McKa.ig conks Westbrook. 96 Malk in licks L ivingston: Cru tch ley and Malkin whip ' ViI llamK. 97 LeV)' licks Ega n a nd Swain. 98 Pl nemnue Wi thdrawn, loses ( a) to Albe rt~. 100 Lacey dOll"n~ Deitrich. 101 Siegel r jps Rallch: .rohnson jolts '\fan tel1. 102 .\-Tooney bows to Ten y but bests Hamillon; !\Ta lk in conks Hamil ton: ;\Iakaitis tops 'j·Cl"lT . 103 Hoollk and Ehl8leln halt Hili !. 10 1 Bloom hlasts Ha'·nach. 106 S<'hleid t conks Carpen _ ter. lui Gotle~man tO I)S Penni" lo,,: Freed ma n mail ls Murphy. 10' XOlh n,,!: le ni])s ~Ioyer.
Sections 110 - 129: 110 Pehnec wi n~ frOlll He.,sel. III Moody and V"i tku~ £ock 8,,, ,, ,,el; Lang licks .JeplIOn. 112 Smart a nd \Vri~ht rip B1echar : Roth rouls Droescll. 113 nullocklls and DeVore lic; E llis conk); Car penter. l U '\ [cKen \l!~ loses to Opp alld Kll nl\tler. withd,·a.ws an(l drops (a) to ,Yard li nd Oswald; Ward ~"h!])~ Oswald. ll .:; ESpOsi to . Hessc, Loy a nd Vandemark mob Hendricks : Van· demark nnd ~I" rsha ll lick Gilliland. 117 Roth ri p" 'r r()\lIbl a~·. 121 Romel"O. " 'i llis tie. 12.~ (,hernls do.wns Diedrich : Aich",· hit); Heidel. 124 Graves f1ip~ Ph illi l)~ : Hownrd hlt ~ Dellll.
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125 Weihe whlp~ Chrlstma ll : Campbell conks CnolllO. 126 Stearns s tops Dal rymple: Da l_ rymple " lid HI!rttien rip Reeder. 121 Jones Wilhd,·,cw ~. loses (a) to Carson and Pa tter_ SOli . 12S C"~'ford conks '\'einho"g a nd Kaplan: Kllpla ll t op~ (f) Ka wils. 129 Dtlbnow wilhd,·a.w~ .
Sections 130·151: 130 Connell JO l t ~ Truitt a nd .Jeall". 1 ~ ~ S ta rk stops Dc PaUl: l~er"ell withd,·",,"n. 133 Kahil wllhdra\\"~ . loses (a ) 10 '-a ides nnd McDonald. 135 Rothba rd withd raw );. 1 3~ Thomas tops Paul~en. 1 3~ Townes ""Ihd,''' ' ' '". 1·10 Draughon d l' ''b~ Thomas. H2 Jacob J ol l ~ "'Ia n tel]. H3 Egll.n top~ Zinck. l H D,, "i el~ defea ts Carle lon : Cham pIon withdraw~ .
SEMI . FINALS (Key: 64.Ns) Sections t - 21: 2 .\lulr maSle rs ~Ia y. 3 Dun_ hnm dO Wll ); Stiefel: Smith sm l te~ Tern' Loe(fler '>.lld [lul", lo. 4 Vlln Brunt outpo ini. ~ Peck. ;; Hedmond rip ~ Hubbf,,·d. 7 Lynch. Smilh ti c .
18th Annual Championship 1965 Sections 1 ·82: ,I Anders downs \V!lson. X S mith .~ ll\i t e ~ Rule. 21 Ermnnls replaces Bennet! : a nd Al berts replaces Bel·cnl. 32 13 tlhalo Ileu l ~ Gliick. 34 ,\loore )'eplaces Pogolo ft". 5·1 O' Xe il n ips Katzen~te! " .. ';6 Hiesa re pla.ce~ A):" l1 ilern.
Solutions to CHESS QUIZ No.1 W h ite secures t he E xchange and a winning position with 1 P - Q5t! The how: 1 . .. - PxP 2 PxPt, KxP 3 R- Q7t. K-B5 (else 4 RxB) 4 R-Q4t, K-B6 5 R-KH! K - Q7 1;\ B- B3t!
No. 2 Black mates by I .. . Q- RSt Z K-B2. N-K5t~ 3 K-KZ, Qx Pt! a nd 4 BxQ, R- Bit 5 K- Q3. K- X5t 6 K- Q4. P-B4t 7 K - K5. QH-KI; o r 4 K-Q3. N- N5f as before.
No.3 White wins a Rook w ith 1 Q-N7! The how: 1 ... HxQ is mate by 2 R- K8 : so 1 .. . R- Ql ( tile on e safe squa re for this Rook) 2 RxRt . K"R 3 Q- BSt t>tc.
No.4 Black mates by 1 .. . Q-K 4! The how : 2 Q any. Q-·N6t 3 K - Bl . RxPt ! 4 NxR, Q"Nt 5 K-N I [or 5 K- KI. Q"Rt or (with 2 Q-B2) 5 Q- B 2, Q"Rt etc.], N-K7t etc. or 2 P - B4 [ e lse 2 . . . N xQ wins ], QxB P 3 N-B3 [else 3 . .. Q- B7 or Q- N6 Is mate]. Q- N6t and mate follows an yway: e .g. 4 K-Q2, Q-B7t 5 K- Q3. RxN t 6 K- B 4, B- B Zt 7 B-QS, BxBt s K - B5, P- Q6.
No.5 White w ins with 1 NxNt, RPxN Z B-N5 ( these two moves can be transposed) . The how: (si mple I'eally) 2 ... Q-BZ 3 P- Q5, BxQP 4 R- K7t , BxR 5 N- K5t (but not e fo r full c !'edit, White wins m O!'e with 5 ... K-Kl 6 NxQ. B xN 7 BxBt, KxB s BxB, and , if S ... KxU, 9 Q-N7t) .
No.6 Black mates w It h 1 ... H xP t Z K-NI, R- RSt ! 3 KxR. Q-RZt or Q-R4t ·1 K - Nt , Q- R7t 5 K-BI, Q- RSt 6 K- K2. P-Q6t ! e.g. (a) 7 QxP, QxPt and mate next ; (b ) 7 K- B3, B- Q4t a nd S KxP. QxPt and mate next or S K- N4. P-B4t a nd mate in two; (cl 7 KxP. Q-H2t! a nd 0) S K- K2, B-NSt and mate in two; or (II) S P - B5, QxPt 9 K-KZ, Q- K5t: a nd (A) 10 B- K3, QxBt a nd mate next ; or (B) 10 K- BI, B-BSt and mate in two - also here 9 . . . Q-R4t mates but more slowly : e.g. 10 K-Q3, Q- R2t 11 K- K2, B-N5t 12 K- Kl, B-B7t 13 K-Bl. Q-RS.
No.7 W hite wins w ith 1 Q- Kl ! The how : (a) 1 ... B-R2 2 QxPt. K-NZ 3 R-N 7+
etc. or (bl 1 .. . BxP 2 BxB and, e.g. , Q-Q3 3 R-N7 with threat of 'I QxPt, P x Q S B- Q2 mate; or (c) 1 .. . B-B2 Z QxPt. K- N2 3 Q-RS: and 3 ... BxP 4 Q-N6t a nd 5 BxP e tc. or 3 ... R- R 2 4 Q- N 6+ a nd 5 RxP e tc.
No.8 Bla ck wins immediate ly and des pHe his e xposed King with .1 • . • P - Q6: and (a) Z P - N4, B- K5 3 BxP , n"o§ 4 K-Ql. B-B7t! or (b) 2 Q- R5t, K -D3 3 Q-R4t, P- N4 4 Q- R.6 t . B- N3 etc. or (c) Z P-QR3, BxNt and 3 ... QxBt .
No. 9 White wi llS at the least the Exch ange with 1 Q-B4. T he how: (a) 1 . . . Q-N3 [ to prevent 2 Q- K6t and 3 QxB ] 2 N- Q7 ! Q allY [except of cou rse 2 • . . Q-K3 3 QxQ a nd s uch] 3 ExN and 4 QxRt-or 2 . . . N xN 3 QxRt etc. 01' (b) 1 ... B-Q3 Z Q-K6t. K-Nl [or 2 . . . K-Ql 3 N- B7 mate). 3 N- Q7t etc. [ 3 .. . K- R I 4 llxN. BxB is no threat on W hite 's King beca use of 5 QxR with check]; o r (c) 1 . . . R- Kl 2 Q- K6t. K-Nl 3 N-E6',' etc. nor dOes (d) 1 ... B-Bl he lp: Z Q-K6t a nd 3 R- QSi .
No. 10 Chess Review gen erously allow s you either or two answel'S here:
A '"nook'" on an analogous pos ition is 1 . .. N- B 'I! w ith ( I ) 2 P xN . HxPt 3 K-B2. QxBP and White's King is ob· viously on t he run: e.g. 4 N- N3, R-K7:::! 5 K-N3 . Q-B7t e tc. or 4 K- N3, R- K7 5 Q-NI . Q- Q3t etc. and, presum a bly. (II) 2 P- QH3. RxPt [stronger. we [eel. to an the recommended 2 . . . N- Q6 tl 3 K-B2, QxQP etc.
S 1 . .. N-B3-not so spec ta cular but a su re and consisten t w in- (l) 2 P- QR3. RxPt 3 K- B2, QxQP e tc. or (II) 2 K- B Z. N-N5t! and 3 K-Nl, N xKP 4 Q-N3, I QxQP 0 )" 3 K- N3, Q-Q3t! bot h put W hlte ' s K ing on t he run: and (III) 2
, NxP clobbers W h ite ' s
THE HAUNTED CHESSBOARD (Concfuded from page 118)
tagious. Anyway, I wal ked along g lu mly for a while. Or, maybe, I was j us t mulling over thc whole incident- and its implica.
tions. For I chcered up when t he thought rang home: H cll, Ihat b oard was "doublehauntcd" - Vic's Rook and U p[e]s' were bOlh leading a fter-lives. W ell, it gave m e the club championship!
Or did iI? I thought, aftcr walking anot her b lock. In a way, yes- tha t is , Vic los t on the ha unted chessboa rd t his time ; bu t he'd have fo und another way if ther e wer c n o s llch board.
And thcn T began to chuckle. Y cs, Vic was right when he said he needed some· 1hing extra agains t U p[cls. H ow he did elaborate to secure t hat loss! A nd U pfels such a su re and steady blunderer! T he extra Vic needed was to a bstain from ext ras!
In the subway, I had one more thought : "With talents li ke Vic's, he doesn ' t need opponents." B ut I didn't en · j oy my witticism. I'd spoken aloud. and spent thc res t of the ride trying to stare down Ihc othcr passengers I kept f inding eyem g m e.
CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 196$
POSTAL GAMES from CHESS RfVIEW tourney~
Annotated by JOHN W. COLLINS
Electrifyinq A bookish opening al\d an almost non·
existent middle game IIt'Qduce an UIIclear but elec trifying endi ng in whkh the winller is beh i nd H. double Exchange.
FRENCH DEFENSE G. H elder Vine Smith
White Black , P-Q4 F'-K3 3 N-QBS B_N5 2 P- K4 P_Q4 4 P-K5 P-QB4
5 P-QRS B_R4
5 .. . B:-;:t\t is more frequently played, followed br 6 PxU. N- 1<2 01' 6 . . . Q- D2.
6 P_QN4! PxQP
If 6 ... PxNP. While gains the euge by 7 N- N5 ! PxP§ 8 P- B3 and ExP,
7 Q-N4! 8 PxB
N-K2 PxN
9 QxNP 10 QxRP 11 N_ B3
R_Nl N-Q2 Q-B2
Sm)'s lo\"- DOlv\nnlk, 9th Match Game 1954. continued: 11 . .. N- nI 12 Q- Q3. QxRP 13 p - l·aU ! D- Q2 H B- N5. R- D I 15 N-Q~. N- D-I 16 R- QNl ! (CHESS H E· VIEW. page 168, June. 195-11 .
12 Q-QS
12 D- K8·1 is bette t·. 12 , . . • 13 Q_Q4
• • • •
N-KN3 · . . .
Despite IUH"inl; t he '1'11"0 Bi~hops, White will not (lut! the ending salisfactOl"y' 13 • . . . N/ 2)(P 17 R-Q1 B-Q2 14 N)(N Q)(Nt 18 P_KR4 P_B3! 15 QxQ N)(Q 19 P-R5 K_B2 16 B-K3 N-B3 20 P_B3 NxP
21 P-N4 . , . , 21 R- Q3, QR- Qn l 22 D- Q·I uesel"\'e~
consideration. 21 . , . . B_RS 22 P_R6 , ..
22 H.- Q3. QR- QDI 23 K - QI is met by 23, ' . B-!\"~ 2·1 H- Q·l, P- j(·J!
22 . , . . QR_QB1 23 B-Q3 P-N3 24 P-N S! N_B5 !
White wins 011 2·\ .. . PxP 25 P- R7. '\J R- KIU 26 D- Q·\.
25 P-R7 !? · . . , - Unclear, but \ll"Obably better. Is 25
P-N6t, RxP 26 DxHt . KxD 27 R- Ntt, I K - R2 28 It- N 7t, K- Rt 29 D-Q~, P- K-I 30
BxBP, N - K6 31 R- Q3, P- Q5 32 B - N ·1.
I CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1 96~
25 .... N)(B! R.Q 26 P)(R (Q)f
Not 26 ... KxQ 27 It- Qm. PxP 2~
R- KN1. 27 P-N6t 2~ B)(Rt 29 R-QB1
R.P K ••
NxPt Not 29 . .. Bx]> because of 3() H~ R2.
Blac k Is behind a double Exchange, but the Cun Is just star ting!
30 K-B2 P-K4! Else: e.g. 30 ... P- Q5 31 OR- NIt.
K- 132 32 R- Rit, K-BI 33 RxP, P-N~ 3-1 R/ I- N7, P-Q6 35 R/ N- N7, and While mates,
31 QR-N1 t On 31 . , . K-B~, 32
32 R-R7t 33 RxP 34 R-RSt!
K-B2 It- U6 is strong.
K-K3 P_N4 . . , .
White dodges a loss : 3·1 R- QBI. P- Q5: 35 HxD, PxR 36 RxN, K-Q4!
34 ••• , K_B4 35 R_N7 . . . ,
The losing mo,'e . T he iss ue hangs fin~ artel' 35 It- QBI! B-N6 [ 35 ' , . P- Q5 no\\' lose s to 36 HxB] 36 H- R5. 1~-Q5 3. itxP. R- B5 38 R/ 5- N l ! "xI> 39 H- QRI .
35 •. " N-Q5! 37 K-K2 P- Q5 36 R_KB7 N- K3 38 K-K1 ..• .
Black wins. too, on K- Dt 01' K - I'-1. P- Bi. 38 , , . . P- Q6 39 R_Q7 P-Q7t
38 R- Q6, N- 135t 39
40 RxP 41 KxP
Resigns
PxRt N-Q5
It Is very unusual to see two minor pieces ol'et'come two Hooks. Of course, l he passed Pawns really did the tric k.
Virtues and Vices This game illustrates sevel'al of the
typic(11 \"Ir lne s and vices of the Exc hange Variation of the Gl'llenfeld.
GRUENFELD DEFENSE J. O' Hearn White
L es Thompson l3lac].
1 P_Q4 2 P_QB4
N_KB3 P-KN3
3 N_QB3 4 P.P
P_Q4 , . . .
A(,(:OI'dlng to U. S. Champion Roberl J. Fischer , this line is White's only way of seCUring a defi nite ad"antage. 4 , • , • NxP 6 PxN B-N2 5 P_K4 NxN 7 P-KB4 , . , .
A I' lee. The overly broad centel', neg· lected de\'elopmenl and weakened dark
t = check: t = db!. check ; , = <.lIt. ch.
sqUII.I'9S Ilro\' ide l3lack wi th more tban is needed.
i B-QB4. P-QB4 8 N-J(2 is correct and quite satisfa ctol·Y.
7 • . . , P-Q B4 8 N-B3 • • • •
On 8 B-K3. Q- IH 9 K- D2. 0 - 0 10 Q- N3. I'xP 11 1',,1'. N-Q2 12 P- KR:>. N-n·\~ (Fischer's move), l3lack wins.
8 . . , , 0-0 9 B-B4 • • • •
9 B- K2 is preferable In t his line. 9 . • . . P.P
10 p)(p N_B3
Witb typical alld thematic fOI"Ci nl; mo,'es, directed at the Queen Pawn. Black takes the Initintlve.
11 B-K3 B-N5 12 P-K5 · . . '
White's text move Is t he only way to ho ld t.he Queen Pawn now.
12 . . . . Q- R4t 13 K-B2 • • • •
If 13 Q-Q2, QxQt H KxQ. then 14 . . . KR- Q I Is too strong ; or 13 8 - Q2. Q-R6:
13 . . • • P-QN4 14 B_N3 QR-B1 15 P-Q5 KR_Q1 !
Development cOlllplete and ideal. 16 P-QR3 ... ,
Hather than weaken the Quee n Rook Pawn. White ought to play 16 KR- Bl. 16 QH- Bl Ot' 16 Q- K2.
16 . , . . 17 Q_QN1
Ot· 17 QR- Bl. Q-!\7t! 17 , , . . 18 PxB
:-.<ot IS Kx[J because of IS
18 • • . .
Q-B6! • • • •
BxN! • • • •
' .-Q-' , . • . ,~ ;)! .
N-Q5
l3lack has this mo\'e. anyway, and kills White 011 the dark sq\llU'9s .
19 BxN · . , . Oil 19 R-QSl, Black wins by 19 . . .
QxKU 20 DxN, QxQP 21 ExP. Q-Q7j 22 K - N3, P-N·I ! or 2() RxU, HxR 21 BxN, QxQP 22 ExP, Q- Q7t etc.
19 . . . . 20 K_N3
QxBt B-R3!
The sleeping Bishop a.wakens and helps win two Pawns.
21 Q_R2 • • • •
On 21 Q- KI, Blac k \\' Ins by 21 , . , QxQ 22 P"Q, It-D6t .
21 , • • • BxPt Resigns
An Instructive refutation or 7 P- K D4,
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ALLA KUSHNIR Woman Chessplayer No.2 By VASSIL Y PANOV, International Chessmaster
Toward the clo~c of last year, the che~s world l ea rned the nanle uf anothet" claimant to the world chess titl e among women.
It was Alia Kushnir who had emerged victorious in a playoff among the th ree challengers, held in Moscow in December 1964. Alia Kushnir and Tatyana Zallllovskaya, both of the Soviet Un ion, a nd !\'fi lunka Lazarevich, seven times Yugo. s lav tit leholder, played two games each against one another. All three bear the tit le "f International Master among Women .
The playoff had to he arranged becaU5t the three tied for first in the international women's tourn ament, last September and October, among the entrants of which were six s trong(,sl women chesspJayers of the USSR (except t he world tit leholde r Nona Gaprindashvili) and twehoe of the best women players {rom ninc other count r ies, including two from the United States and one from Argentina.
Lazarevich wa~ off to a brill iant start in the Moscow playoff. winning from both her opponents. Tn the second round, how. ever, thou gh it was su ffici ent for her to draw j ust one of the two remaining games. she lost both.
T hus, Ana Ku shnir placed fi rs t with 2lh points out of a po~sib le 4, followed by Lazarevieh with 2 and Zatulovskaya with I %.
A lia Kushni r i ~ 1I0W to engage the reign. ing chess queen, Nona Gaprindash\'ili, in a match in the tlll tum n of th is year. It is interesting that t he two rivals are both twenty-four years old.
Ana, who is below Ihe average height, sl im and blond, studies at the :Moseow Instit ute of Print ing, Editing Department, and dream s of bccoming a journalist. She is married and has a six·months·old son.
She began hcr chess career at an early age. At sevent een, she became the Mos· cow women's champion . That same ~' ear,
1958, she look part in the USSR Women\ Championship for the first time, placing eighth among twent y entrants and drawing her games with world titleholde r Yelizaveta Bykova and ex.world·champion Olga Rllbtsovu and future champion Caprindashvili .
Since thcn Alia has taken part in all the USSR Women's Championships, nearly always occupyi ng prize-winning places: fifth in Li petsk 1959. tied for third in Yerevan early 1962, tied for second (both times with Larisa Volpert) in Riga late
Story by courtesy of th e Novosti Press Agency (AP N); also compare th e story by Dr. Pete r Trifunovich as run on page 74 of the Marc h issue.
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Lazarev ic h (mistabe led Zatu lovska, page 75 March issue ) vs. Kushnir
1962 nnd tied for third (with Valentina Koz Jov ~ kaya) in Baku 1963. She has rwvcr. however. won the gol d medal of ;1
USS I{ W"rnen's Chess Champion as yet. Playing against ~ona GaprinnashviJ i in
the championships, All a emerged victoriOll S in one game and drew anot he r.
Tn 1960. the title of USSR Maste r of S ports wa~ conferred on Ali a Kushnir.
In 1962, ~he Illade her first s ucces~fu l appearance in the international arena, fin. ishing rllnnem[J in Thilisi,Sllk llllmi, ced· in g fir st ·to Caprindashvili to whom she had al ~o lo~t a game. Her ach ievement won her the t. itle of International Mastcr among Women .
Alla Kushn ir i~ a fig ht er repuled for sol id play and well versed in posit ional maneuvering. She has a profound knowl. edge "r the theory uf open in g~ and end · game~ . At t he same time, she is nol afraid of cumplications and is always wilHng tu mount a bold att ack or plunge in to a com · bination , jf they hold out a prom ise of success. Her mat ch versus the present 1V0rld titleholder will lllldoubted ly be of g reat interest and probably proceed in a lense struggle.
What are Alia Kushnir's chance., to de· feat Nuna Caprindashvili?
In th e writer's opin ion , Alia Kushn ir\ chances are rather slim. Nona Gaprindash. viii today possesses a higher level o f tech· ni q uc and much greater exper ience. Be· ~ ides he r experience ranges from women'._ lonrnaments to play against men. In t h ~ past year alone, Gaprindashl'ili scored a br i!!iant s uccess, sel·eral points ahead <If her closest rivals at the intern at ional
women's tournament in Sukh umi as weI! a~ at the USSR Women 's Che8~ Cham· f!iu !1~ hi p in T bili si and , carly this year, she performed well in the men's traditional Christmas T ournam ent in Hastings, Eng. land , (luts trippin g five male masters and placing fift h.
Now for two of Alia Kushnir·s encoun · ters, showing her 5k i ll~ , with the writer' s ru nning commentary.
Challengers Tournam ent, Sukhumi, USSR, Sept. 11, 1964
S tC t LtAN DEFENSE
Margareta T eodorescu Alia Kush nir
Rouman ia Sov iet Un ion
\Yhite Black 1 P-K4 P- QB4 3 P-Q4 p,p 2 N- KB3 N- QB3 4 N,P P-Q4
A rare continuation which Emanuel Lasker advised paTTying with 5 Nxl'\. PxX 6 PxP, Qx P 7 1\'-Q2, N- K B3 S B- K 2, P-K3 9 0 - 0. B- K2 10 0 - 03 with a m ore active position for 'Vhite.·
5 B-QN5 6 N_QB3 • • • •
6 l\xN. QxQt 7 I{xQ, P - QH3 8 B- R4, I3- Q2 9 N- B3! leads to a better eildgame ("or White. 6 • • • • 8- Q2 8 NxKP Q-R4t 7 B,N P,B 9 N_QB3 . • • •
9 P-QB3 l , better.
• check ; , - db!. check : , - dis. ," , - -• HWIlda ,·d I~ 5 B - QN5. Px P G l'-;x:<:. QxQt i KxQ. P·QH3 8 D·R!. B·Q2 ~ :<: · B3. BxX 111 IhUt . Px B 11 XxI' "" "·hH n can exploit the w eak. i~ot'Hed Blae k I',,\\",,~ (~ cc Spot· ligh t on Ope nings. pnge 1 1. DeeemIJe ' · 19~ 5) . '\I~o «ood. pm·l",p~ bette r·. is 5 :<: - QB3o PxP G il -Q:\.j . B.Q~ 7 0·0 (B"tt c tt- Wy~o\\"ski. page 17. Deceml)", .. j9·18) .- Ed .
CHESS REV tEW, APRtL, 1965
9 , , , , 10 0 -0 11 A-Kl
N-B3 P_ K3 B_K2
12 N-N3 13 N_Q4 14 Q_B3 15 8_B4
Q_KB4 Q-QR4 R- QBl P_B4 !
llIack lo.;e.; no ti me and !<Ike,; o"el' the in i tia th 'e by bu ilding up the aNi>' ity of her Jigh l,~:olored Bishol),
16 N- N3 17 QA_Ql
Q_N3 , . , .
A sle!'eotyped, aimless move. W h ite ought to continue: 17 B-K 5, B- B3 18 Q-N3. 0 - 0 19 N - Q2, sU'i l'ing for COUll ' tel'p lay flllll lndi l 'ectly de fend ing her Queen ]\11lght Pawn.
17 , . . . 18 Q_K2 19 Q-64
6-63 0-0
, . . . Though White intends to prevent t h p.
ad \'ance of ChIck's Queen Dishop Pawn. she only facili ta tes t he opponent's Queen· side att llck. 19 B- QG 0 1' 8 - BI is bellel·. 19 , , . _ Q- N5! 21 N- K 2 8 - K 5 20 QxQ PxQ 22 P_QB3 B_Q4
23 P- B3 _ ' , _
White ",(I'lves to fOI-estall _ _ N- K5 0)' . . , N- N5, Out these moves are noi dangel'olls, She ought to con ti nue with 23 0 - K5: e,g, 23 , ' . P - QH-I 2·1 NxP, BxP 25 PxP, OxP 26 B- n3 with a dc· fensible po~IUon ,
23 .... 24 A- AI ? 25 N_Q4
P- QR4 P_R5 B-85
Black make" room [or her Knigh t i n t he centel' and Ill'Cllares f01' a final break· through wi th hel' Pa.wns.
26 PxP , , . . COJuparatll'el y better i.; 26 0 - Q2,
26 . ' , , 27 N-6 3
27 , , , . 28 6_8 1 29 N/4-K2
Or 29 IH\3. KH - QI !
29 , . . , Resign s
BxNP , . ' ,
P-R6! B_ R3 , , , ,
QBx N
T h i" game is tharaClel'i stie of Kush, ni r'.; ca lJadties for \' igoroll:< Ilo:<i llona l maneuvel'ng.
Lo m me r' S "Mai" Li ne" from page 121 1 0 - 06t , Q- Q2 2 DxQt, KxO 3 HxP, 1'x1'
.. R- Q5t , K - K 3 5 N- K6! KxH 6 K-D~t ,
I - K5 7 !\xP, K - n6! 8 N-B3, K - N5 9 K ,· Bi. Kxi' 10 Kxi' , 1\:- N4 11 K - Q7, K -O-I
~ 12 KxP, K - K3 13 K - >n, K-Q2 H KxP, K -82 15 N - K2! K - Bl IG K - N6 , K - N 1 17 P-H7t, K - Rl 18 N - Q,\ or N- 03, P- K7 19 N- N5. P- K8(Q) 20 !\'-D7 mate!
CHESS REV IEW, APRtl, 1965
Mo scow P layoff, Decembe r 28, 1964 QU EEN ' S GAM61T
Alia Kush"ir
Sov iet U"ion 1 P_Q4 2 N_K63 3 P_Q B4
P_Q4 N-KB3 P-QB3
Mil unka La 2:arevich
Vugo s lavi a
4 P- K3 P-K3 5 N- Q83 QN- Q2 6 B_Q3 6_Q3
The F1IIIlOIl:< Hussian chess)llayel' :\111(, ha il Tdli~ol'in willingly enlllloye(l Ihi~
move,
7 0-0 8 BxP
p,p 0 -0
9 P_K4 10 B-KN5
P-K4 P_N4
U p to the last mO\'e, eve l'ything (al· IhOllgh wtth u 'ansposition of moves) pm· (,(l eded a 11'1 Tehigol'in, The very [int, independllnl move by Laza!'e l'lch, how. eve!', I)roves to be an unfot'limate devia, tion from the ,,'el l·known I heol'elical sy;o.(elll or defense, Black ought to conti nue: 10 .. ' Q- K2 11 R- Kl , P- l\H3 12 IJ- IH. :\,- N3 13 D- QN3, 0-:""5,
11 8-N3 12 N-K2 13 R_Kl
P- N5 B_A3 R_61
In ~U('!\ shan) I)oSIUolls. one llHI~l be ('ftl'eful 110l to waste a si ngle t empo! Diad, ought to pl ay 13 , ' , P- KH3 14 D- H4, P- U4 ,
I t, N_N3! . . , ,
Ko,,' White succeeds in mounti ng :\1\
il'l'e s i~tible attack by h er pi el"es Oil the Killgsitie, It i ~ already too l;lte Fol' ].I , ' •
P- KH3 bel;ause of 15 :'\- B:;; 14 . , . , Q- 6 2
It is i mpossi ble ail'13a(\y fOl' fli a('k to riud /;00(\ defensive move:;;, Yet i t l~ ('om·
" W et!, you can s tart te~c hi ng me chen, t Just h;\O' a f ig ht wi th every body in the w hole br idge c tllb."
parati,"ely better 10 play 1 ·1 . . R- KI 15 N-135, B- Bl. 15 N_ B5 QR_K1 19 QAxQ N_N5 16 BxN ! N,B 20 P_K6! p,p 17 N,B Q,N 21 A- Q6 6-81 1. p,p Q, Q 22 RxBP . . , '
Now \\'bite has an eXU'1t Paw n and a l)
overwhelming posi tioll. The endgame IS hopeleli8 For Bl ack,
22 . , , ' K- Al 23 R-B7 , , , ,
Here Whi te ca n f1nj~h the IIII'uggle ill once by 23 HxB! HxH 2,1 Oxp,
23 . , . ' P_QR3 24 N-N5 . , , .
Al so, 2,\ P- KH3 is strongel' in prepa t'a· tion fOl' the tex t move (See next note).
24 , . . . N-A3
2~ , , . N-K~ offers bettet' chances.
25 P-K5 N- B4 27 N- Q6 Nx N 26 N- 8 7t K-Nl 28 Px N A-B2
T hough i t 's bettel' to resIgn at this pOi nt, Black t r ies to lu'ot riH:t her hope· less resis tance.
29 Rx B 30 BxP 31 R-QB l 32 BxR 33 R-B6 34 K-B1
R,R R- Ql K-81 K,B
P-QA4 K-K 3
35 K_ K2 36 R- B7 37 Ax P 38 PxP 39 AxP 40 K_B3 41 R- R7
R-QN1 K,P
P_N6 R,P
AxPt K_B4 K_N5
H ere t he ga llIe was adjolll'ned, The next day, ou lea rn ing the seal ed mo\'e of .t2 P- RI, L;\zare,'ich resigned,
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1964 OlY PIAD SELECTED GAMES Annotated by Hans Kmoch
Sketches by G. Ross from the Israeli bulletins
Troublemaker's Exit Causes 'Real Trouble
The problems arising (rom the isolated Queen Pawn (tbe "isolanl" of Nimzo· vlch 's My System) an~ wa.nl rold, In t he fo llo w in g game, Black errs In effect· ing an exchange of t he troublemaker while behInd In de· velollment, and he aggravates t hi s s tate of affaIrs beyond reo pail' by An ilI ·advls· ed exc hange of the Qneens-Itself b ad - which relinquishes control of the Queen file.
Ol\ l te.cu
QUEEN 'S GAMBIT DECL INED
Samuel Rtshevsky
U n i t ed SUites
White 1 P_ Q4 2 P-QB4
P-Q4 P-K3
T . Ghitescu
Aoumania
Black P-QB4 3 N-QBl
4 P-K 3 • • • •
Black has set up the 'falTflSch Defense which many experts now beHeve perfect ly playable, And Reshevsky seems to be one of t hese. At any rate. he a voids l PxQP IOllg considered t he (irSl s tep toward t he refutation of Black's lioe.
4 • • • . N-QBS 5 N-B3 N_B3 6 PxQP KPxP
Dlack persists in staying wlthln the T alTasch pr oper. (; .. . KNxP transposes to the Seml·TalTasch more usual today, t hough by no means easy for Black to hand le.
7 9 - K2 8-K2 8 PxP 9 0 - 0 • • • •
fo'l'om here on. both sides must check on t he cOIlBeQuences of .. . P-Q5 time and tim e again.
9 . . . . 0-0 H e re. li nd for the next t wo mOI'es ....
P-Q5 fall s against N~QR-I ,
10 P-QN3 11 B-N2 12 R-B1
P-QR3 B_R2 P-Q5
Now Black fee ls entitled to get rid of h Is "weak" P awn, but he's wrong , The exchange Is an aggressive s tep to which W hile 18 much more orten enti tled than Black in analogous situations. The s ta te of develOflment is the ruling Cactor. Black, as normally. a couple of t e mpi behInd, mu st be particular ly care ful not
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to open lines before he 's really to lise them, He's no t I'eady here.
Con'ect, therefO/'e, is the lIsual IH'O'
ceduJ'e of re·ln forc ing the Pawn by J2 . . , B- K3 and then, If possIble, ' . . Q-K 2, . , . KR-Q l. There after , wi th mutua l mobilization completed, the actual righ t· Ing can start . with t he c hances only sligh t ly better for Wh Ile.
After the text. however, the fi gll ting begin s wIth all the chances on Wlilte '>:l lIlde,
13 PxP 14 NxN
ThIs I ~ another wea l( move, and de, cislve as it enab les White to take im· m ediate control of the Queen file.
H ... DxN is necessar)' . It saves two tempi 11.3 compared with the a ctua l gll me: e.g. ] 5 Q~Q3, D- R2 and 16 QxQ, RxQ or 16 KR~Q l. QxQ and, If 17 RxQ, B- KD4 with a t empo,
Of conrse, \Yhlte has the edge even In t hese In stance s, and he may better his gam e with 15 Q- 82 01' 15 D-D3, H is advantage. howe vel', Is llOt ~o great as It becomes now.
15 QxQ 16 KR-Ql
B,Q B-R2
16 . , . H- Ql falls against 17 N-RI. P-QN~ 18 RxB, RxR 19 DxR, PxN 20 D- KD3, R- Nl 21 D- KS, ]6 , . . DxN Is just a~ llopeless, though It doesn't lose ouu'lglll : fOl' White lUust certainly win It conceded the Two Bis hops in addi tion to his great lead In de \'e lollme D(.
17 P-K R3 . , , ,
Wh ite prevents 17 . , . D- N5 to deny lhe enemy any relieving exchange of pieces,
17 . , , , 18 B_B3 19 P-KN4 !
B- KB4 QR-N 1 . . , ,
Res hevsky uses h is wl un ing a d van· tage with exemplary \'Igol'. Apllal'ently. he feels that collecting t he Queen·s ide Pall'ns by B~R3-Q6 e tc, Is good enough In Itself bu t not equal to what the posi· tion of re I's.
(See d i agram, top of neKt column)
19 , . ' , B- KN3
After 19 . , . B~K3 , W hite must decide if he wan ts to go fo r t he Queen·side Pawns by 20 B-R3 etc, or proceed with his IlUack : 20 P -N5, N- Q2 21 N- Q5! now 21 D- R3 ,is met by 21 . , . J3.-QB4!
Dlack, It seems. Is reluctant to play the passive ... N-Q2. He lice, his text. Act tla ll}', however, It makes IIltle d lf. ference what he 1)1a y8.
20 P-N5 21 N_Q5 22 R- B7
N-R4 KR_K1
, , . . The focus of White's attack is actulIlly
the enelllY King Knight Pawn ! 22 , , , . K-R 1 24 NKBt RPxN
NxPt NxBP
23 N_K7 N_85 25 RxBP 26 K-N2
Des peration: 26 wa te by 27 n - Rlt etc,
27 Rj1-Q7
Fabulous Teenoger
NxNP Ilermlts
Resigns
West Germany's fa bUlOUS teenager, He llilu t P[]egel', a chieved the 1Il0st spec· tacular success of aU partici pants In t he Olympla(L win nIng many games and not 10 ~ lng one (Botl'lnnlk and Petrosyan were the only othel'lI to go unllefeated), H ere he dlspla.ys hi s exceptional talent Ilt t he expen~e of Donald 8YI'ne who J)l'oba blr fa iled because he knew too litt le a bout his bor Ol)ponenl.
Q U EEN ' S GAMBIT DECLINED
(by tra nsposition)
Dona ld Byrne He lmut Pfleger Uni t ed States White 1 P_QB4 2 P-KN3 3 N- KB3 4 8-N2 5 0 - 0
P- K3 P-Q4
N-KB3 B-K2 0-0
West
6 P- N3 7 PxP 8 B-N2 9 P_Q4
10 PxP
Germany Black P-B4 p,p
N_B3 N_K5
B,P
A position of t be 'l'alTasch Defense In the Queen's Gambit Declined h as now been reached. The fIanchetto of Wh ite's Queen Bisholl is SU p()osedly har mless. Dut White sti ll has It good game par tl )' s ince Black los t a tempo with Ilis King Bishop.
11 N-B3 , . . . 'I'he text is ineCfectlve, as a r e lhe next
Few moves by White. Instead, N-KlQ3-B~ followed by QN- Q2 Is a promIsing li ne of l)lay In a simllal' position as demons tl1ited In }>'Iohr-I~und i n , Gronln, gen ]9~ 6.
11 • ' , . 12 Q_B2
a-K S N-NS
13 Q_N1 14 Q_Q1 15 NxN
B-B4 Q-N ' . , , ,
CHUS REV IEW, APRil, 1965
White meets Dlaclt's little trap: 15 N-QRl"! BxPt 16 K-Rl, Q- KR3! - with a little trap of his own,
15 , . . .
Bhtck also is carefuL The attempt to get rid of the isolated Pawn leads to its loss, ir not worse. 15 , .. PxN? 16 N-Rl. KR- QI of[ers White the choice of I, Q--Nl, winning the Pawn, or 17 ""xB!? HxQ ]S QRxR The latter line may not be COllvincing but is dangerous enough for Black so that plunging into it with· out close scrutill}' is reckless.
16 N- K5 • • •
16 P - QR3 is me t by 16 . , . N- B7! threatening both 17 ..• NxR and 17 . . . QxP. Better, perhaps, is 16 N- Kl, QRQ1 17 P-QR3, but -White has another ob· jecLive in mind.
16 , . . . 17 N-Q7
QR-Q1 · . , .
""OW White obtains the advantage of the Two Bishops, Ironically, it later be· (:omes his undoing when he tries to reo tain the Two Bishops too long.
17 . . . . RxN 18 BxB R_K1 19 B- KB3 P-Q5
l"rOlll no\\' on, WhIte must guard care· fully against the rUl·ther advance of this Pawn,
20 P_QR3 21 R- Bt 22 B-K4
N_B3 N_K4
· . , . Now the threat is 23 Q-B2 attacking
Bisho]) and King Hook Pawn. 23 BxPt, however. fails against 23 . .. KxB 24 Q-B2''' , P - Q6! 25 QxB, PxP etc.
22 , , . . B-B1 25 KR-Q1 P- KN3 Q-R4 23 Q-B2 Q-K R3 26 Q_Q2
24 K_N2 KR-Q1 27 P-R3 , , . . So far, \Vhite has been unable to de·
rive any advantage from the isolated Pawll. With the dubious text, he now even imperils his position. 27 Q- Kl and H- B2 (01' vice versa) is safel'.
At this stage, however, White is more or less naturally unwilling to think of defensive measures.
27 , . , , B- R3! 28 P- B4 , . . .
The text is n ecessary King Pawn backward and on K3.
but makes the creates a hole
28 .... 29 P- QN4
N_B3
· . , ,
After 29 BxN', PxB, White can neither play 30 HxP, because of 30 , . . Q- QH. nOI' hOlle to exploit that weal{ Pawn in the long run since Oil til ;; King file is 29 , , , . B- B1 30 Q-Q3 N_K2 31 Q-KB3 Q-QN4
hi~ own weakness at least as serious.
32 R-B5 Q-N3 33 R/1- QB1 B-N2 34 Q-N3 Q-Q3 35 Q-KB3 Q- K3!
YOllllgstel' Pfleger handles his sound but difficult position with perfect skill. Here he readies . . . Q-H7 while setting a trap: 36 BxQNP? RxB! 37 QxR. QxKPt 38 K- Nl or K-Hl, P-Q6! on which Black wins thanks to the double threat of 39 . . , P- Q7 and 39 . .. BxB.
t = check; t = dbl. check; t dill. eh.
CHESS REV IEW, APR IL, 1965
36 B- R1 37 K-R2
N- Q4 · , . .
Hel'e it is that "\Vlliie apparently thinks too highly of the 'fwo Bishops. He ought to proceed with 38 BxN, RxB 39 RxR.
01139 . . . QxR 40 QxQ, RxQ 41 R-BS ~ ,
B- Bl 42 K- B3. the endgame is full of finesses; but the two main lines, both difficult, if not too much so, for Blacl;: are ·12 . .. P-Q6 43 PxP, /lxPt 44 K-B2, R- Q2 45 B- B6 and 42 . . , (>- B4 ~3 R-B7.
39 . . . RxH 40 H- BSt, B- Bl n R- n2 sets up a middle game which may favor Blaek slightly, but a uraw is still the most likely I'esult .
37 . , , , N- B6
Xo\\' Black has a great advantage.
38 B-Q3 · . . . The Queen Knight Pawn is definitely
tabu: 38 BxQNP?? RxB etc. Nor does 38 BxN, PxB offer any hope so fal' as the Bishops of Ol)posite colors al'e concern· ed; but continuing with 39 HxP, BxR .(0 HxB allows better resistance.
38 . . . , Q- R7 39 R-QR5 · . . .
Sacrificing the Exchange by 39 BxX, PxB ·10 RxP etc, is still the best Ihat White can do.
39 . . , . P-N3 40 R_ R6 · . . .
This Rook Is horribly out of play. 40 , , , . R-K2 41 Q-B1 R/1-K1
Not 41 . , . NxP?? because of 42 R-B2. But now the King Pawn must fall.
42 BxN
Too late!
A, 42 . , . .
annihilating strollf'.
43 BxR 44 K-N 1
, , . .
RxPt!
RxBt · . , ,
0, 44 K-Rl, R- R7t 45 K- Nl, PxB etc, wIth the same r esult.
44 , , , ,
'l'he threat is ·1 5 .. . B-Q5t.
45 R_Q1 46 RxR
R_Q7 Q, R
Now Black wins wilh his passed Pawn, lhe same which was his original prob· lem child, the isolated Queen Pawn. Oh how TUl'l'asch would ha"e enjoyed this game! 47 RxRP 48 K-R1
B- Q5t P_B7
49 R-B7 50 RxB
Resigns
B- B6 Q,R
On 51 Q- BL Black wins the Queen with three Checks: 51 , . . Q- D6t 52 K- R2. Q- K7t 53 K-Rl or K-Nl, Q- Q8t.
Theory Too Optimistic? The val'iation employed in this game
offers \Vhite the Two Bishops, supposedly a pm'e ly theoretical asset under the drcumstances. \Vhite sup-ceeds, however, in making it tell , scoring a fine victol'Y despi te stubborn resistance. H as theory been too optimistic in assessing the line as satisfaclOry for Black'! This pel'fect game is not yet a pel'fect answer: futlll 'e experiences must confirm or deny It.
CARO·KA N N DEFENSE
Wo lfgang Unzic ker W est Ge rmany
1 P- K4 P-QB3 2 N_QB3 P_Q4 3 N_B3 B-N5
Arturo Pomar
Spain S,N
P- K3 4 P-KR3 5 QxB 6 P-R3 7 P- Q3
N-B3 QN_Q2
H ere is a deviation ['rom the inaugural game of this line. Sm~'slov-Botvillnik,
1958 !'.Iatch, Game 19. 7 . . . B- K2 8 P-KKJ wa s played thel'e (PD, 205 ana 213, CHESS HEVIE\V, July 1958) .
8 P- KN3 • • •
The ~haI'p 8 P-KN'4 offers Black COIlsiderabl e counter chances: e .g. 8 ... PxP 9 PxP, Q- B2 10 P - N5, N- j{" 11 Q- N3, KN- Q2 12 P-B1, N- N3 after which bot h sides must rely on castling long.
Unzicker handles the deployment more carefully. In essence, he succeeds pel" fectly in making his Bishops tell .
8 . . . , 9 B_N2
B- K2 p,p
Opening the Queen file offers fail' chances fo r nelltralizing cOllnterplay.
10 Px P Q-N3 Here, however, Black is inconsistent.
Lest his Q3 may become a hole, he needs
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t o proceed wi th 10 .. . P- Kt possibly by ... N- B 4- K 3.
followed
11 0 - 0 0 - 0 14 P- B4 12 Q-K2 KA-Q1 15 Q-B2 13 K-A2 N-B4 16 P-K5
17 N- K4
Q- A3 N_ A5 N-Q4 . . . .
Black has indul ged in s ome useless moves with Qneen a nd Knights. a nd t h e hole in his position al ready a ppea rs.
17 , , . . Q_N3 18 Q-B3 N-B4 19 P-B4 NxN
The a lte l"lla ti ve 19 . .. N- N6 20 R- QN l. NxB 21 KRxN. N- 132 22 N- Q6! t ht·eaten· lng 23 P-KB5, is worse: 22 . .. DxN'! 23 P xB, RxP? ? 2·1 P- QB5. 20 QxN N-B2 22 B_ K3 21 P-QN4 Q-Q5 23 BxQ • • • •
The e ndgame favo rs White because or his T wo Bishops. Unzicker uses this ad· vantage with cla ssic technique.
23 . . . . P-KB4 24 PxP e.p. . ' . .
T he K ing Dishop m nst observe t he Queenside and simultaneously preven t . . . R-Q6. SO th is e xchange is essential.
24 . , , . BxBP 25 QA_Q1 N_K1 26 B_QBS . . . .
26 RxR is met eFfectively not by 26 . .. BxR 27 H- Ql but by 26 . . . Rx R a s 27 BxQRP is couutered by 27 ... R- Hl.
(S ee dia gram, to p of ne xt column ) 26 . . . ' P- QR3
T his P a wn cannot be left lOOSe In· defi nite ly aad. after 26 P- QN3 27 B-K3. Black remains a t a loss for good protec· tion of h is Queen Dish op Pawn. Th e text move involves R [i ne t rap.
27 B-QN6 28 B-B3!
A-Q3 • • • •
White a voids the tI'RP : 29 P-QD5? RxR 30 RxR. D- N7 31 R- Q3 [3 1 R- Q7 is met
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Position a fte r 26 B· Q B5
by 31 .. . N- B3!], N- B3 32 B- B3, N- Q·J and Black's position is g reatly improver\.
28 . . . . K-B2 29 P- N4 . . . .
T he re' s no poin t now to 29 P- QDii a s Bl ack can stop \Vhite's Rook fl 'om Ilen e· t r ating: 29 . . . RxR 30 R xR, K- K 2. 29 . . . . B- K2 33 B-N 6 K-K 1 30 B- K2 N- B3 34 P-KN5 N-Q2 31 B_B7 RxA 35 B_Q4 P_ KN3 32 AxA A_QB 1 36 P-QB5 ! . . ..
"OW th is advance greatly res tric ts Black fl'eedom of mo ,'emellt. "'Ole lite im portant point that t h e Knight lncks any al)proach to its pa radi8e, Q.f .
36 . . . . A_Q1 38 A_ K 1 K_B2 37 B-QB3 N-B 1 39 B-B4 P-Q A4
Blac l;: tl"ie8 t o obtai n some counte r· play before White bl·ea.ks tll rough victori· ons ly wi th P-KH4- 5. Now, however . Wllite wins on the Queenside.
40 PxP ! . , . ,
Th is exchange refutes Black's llction. T he ultima te point lies ill swapping 0[( the Pnwn now on H5 and r ende!'ing th e other Queen Rook Pawn passed. 40 .. , . BxBP 42 P- QA4 K- K1
K-Q1 41 A_QN1 R- Q2 43 K- N3
Note that H .. R- Ql! e.g. 45 . . . . . B- Q3 46 RxE. 44 , , , . Px P 45 A-N8t ! K- K2
44 P-A6 ! · . . . P- N3 fails agai nst ·15 Hxll ·16 P-R7 01" ,IS
46 B-B6t 47 BxAP 4S 8_B3!
K-82 B_ K2
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Once again, a neat point: ·18 . .. R- R2 ~ 9 H-N7! and e .g. ~9 .. . R x E 50 D- 86 . HxP 51 HxBt, K-N1 52 H- N7"t . K - R l 53 HxNP mate!
48 . . , . 49 R- N7 50 B- K2
R-Q8 N- Q2 R-Q4
Not 50 . .. R- QB8 ?? 51 B- Q2. X- D·I 52 HxDt eU"; . 51 K_B3 52 R-R7
N_ B4 R-Q2
53 RxR 54 P-R5 · , . .
" OW the fight ing is ove r: t he I'es t is me rely an execution.
54 . . . . B- B4 65 K_ K2! N_83 55 B-B4 K_ K2 66 K-Q2! K-K1 56 P_ R4 K- Q3 0- BxPt K- Q2 57 P- R6 8 -R2 68 B_ K4! K, B 58 B- N4t P-B4 69 BxN! K-K2 59 B-B3 N_ N3 70 B-K4 B- N1 60 B-K5t K_ K2 71 K-B3 ! K_Q3 61 B- Q3 N- Q4 72 K_B4 B- R2 62 P- R5! K- B2 73 K-N5 K- Q2 63 PxP t p, p 74 P-N6 K-K2 64 B-Q6 N- N5 75 K_ B6 Resigns
TOURNAMENT CALENDAR (Con t inued f r om paoe 103 )
per half a fter; adjudicati on af ter 5 hour~: Open to all ra tcd und er 2200 : EF S5 (j un iors $3 ) plus USCF dues & NJSCF : $5 & $2 ($1 j un iors ) : r egister by B PM, Apr il 30 ; trophies to Ist, 2<1, 3d & Clas~ A, B, C & Un rated: advance EFs & in_ quir ies to L. E. Wood, 1425 Sycamore 51.. Haddon Height s, New .Jcrsey.
Ohio - May 1 t02
FOI"{'sl Cil}, Opell a l Ccntra l YMCA, 22GO P ros peci lh., ctc\'elund : register b y 9 :30 HI. !'l"ia y I: EF S5 (S2.50 under 21 ) : b l prize S100 : i llq uirk ~ &. adv. EF to J. Klimowski , Ifill Knowles SIl ., E. Cleve· land, Ohio.
Oh io _ Ju ly 17 to 18 'dlh Annual Cincinnati Open a t Central
P arkway YM CA, 1105 Elm St. , Cincin . na ti : 5 Hd SS T mt; 45 lllovesjl% houfs, 171h; 50j 2, 18th : EF S7.50 ( j un iors under I B S6 ) plus user dues (less Sl if re · cei"ed by J uly 13, ot her discounts to OSCA members ) : SS per at leas t 70 % EFs, 1 [or each 10 entries & each 2/ 3 of preced ing higher: advance EFs & in· q ui ries to D. T aylof, 706 Mt. Hope St., Cincinnati 45204.
Massac husetts - J une 26 to 27
51h Annual Cell/ral N ew E ll gland Opel! at H otel Raymond, Fitchhurg, i\Iassachu · s ells : 6 Hd SS Tm l , 60 l1l ()v e~!2 hours: ~ I a rt ~ 9 :30 .U I, .J une 26 : EF prior to J une 22, masters &. expert s 89, Class A 88, B S7, C & un raled 86 (aft er June 22, Sl mo re ) p l u~ uscr d ucs : SS guara nteed fun d is 8"22 ; h t 81 25 & nUlllen>us ot he r SS : in qu i ri e~ and adl'ance EFs 10 G. !\ l ir i· ja nian, 46 Beacon St., Fi tchbu rg, Mas.< achusetts .
Wa sh ington - J une 26 to 27
3d A ntlu(ll Evergreen Empire Open at Fi rcrest Communily Center, 555 Conlru Cosla Bll"d. , T acoma, \ Vashi ngton : 6 Uri S5 'I'm!, 50 mo\'cs/ 2 l,unrs : register by 9 ,HI , J une 26: EF 85 pl us uscr & W C F dues or to Rcserves ( under 1800 ralin g ) S3 & \Vcr dues ( 82) : S8 1st S50 pl u ~ excess ol'e r expenses, 2<1 S30 & 3d 820 : HeseJ"\'es. troph ics to lOp IWO and top Class C : inqu iries and adl'lInce EFs to I .J . H. Ward, 3909 No. 34 St., T acoma, Wa~hingt()n 98407.
CHESS REV IEW, APRIL , 1965
WHERE TO PLAY CHESS
PHOENIX CHESS CLUB Phoenix Adult Center, 1101 Wes t Wash-19ton St., Phoenix, Arizona: Tuesday & ,
/ rlday 7: 30 PM ; phone then 262·6471
BERKELEY YMCA CHESS CLUB 2001 Allst on Way, Ber kele y '1 , Califor n ia : Phone: 848·6800 Meets W ednesdays at 7 PM
PLUMMER PARK CHESS CLUB 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood. Callrornla Mee ts every Monday anel F riday
CITY TERRACE CH ESS CLUB 1126 North Hazard Street Cos Angeles 63. Callrornia )'leet5 Wednesday 7 to 12 P i\l
HERMAN STEINER CHESS CLUB 8801 Cashio Stl'eet Los Angeles 35, California
OAKLA N D YMCA CHESS CL U B 2101 Telegraph Ave., Oakla nd, California 94612: Phone: 451·5711 Open Fridays at 7 PM
SROWARD COU NTY CHESS CLUB 1440 Cha teau Pa rk Rd, F t. Lauderdale , Flor ida: Mondays 7 PM "till morning" in Lauderdale Manors Recreation ClI·.
ORLANDO CHESS CLUB SUIt shine Pa rk Orlando, Florida )pen evenings fro m seven PM on
ST. PETERSBURG CHESS CLUB, Inc. 540 Fourth Avenue N St. Petersburg. Florida
CHESS UNLIMITED 4747 North Harlem, Chicago, ll1inois Friday 8 PM to 1 AM, Phone: GL 3·4267 H. C. Stan bridge, Pres.
CHICAGO CHESS CLUB 64 East Van Buren Street Chicago 5, Illinois Phone: WE 9·9515
GOMPERS PARK CHESS CLUB 4222 W. Foster. Chlcai;o 30, Illinois F ridays 7:30 PM -11:45 PM Phone: PE 6·4338
OAK PARK CHESS CLUB Stevenson .(o'ieldhouse, Taylor and Lake Streets, Oak Park, Ill inois Meets Wednesday evenings
INDIANAPOLIS CHESS CLUB Sheraton· Lincoln, 117 W. Washing ton, Indianapolis, Indiana: Frt. 6- 12 PM; Sat. noon- 12 PM; Sun. noon-9 PM
PORTLAND CHESS CLUB YMCA, 70 Forest Avenue Portland, Maine Meets every Friday night.
SPRINGFIELD CHESS CLUB Meets every Thursda y, 7 PM at the AFL-CIO Hq. 221 Dwight Street Springfield, Massachusetts
For ho'" )lour club ca n be li llted w r Ite to C H ESS REVIE\V.
EAST BRUNSWICK CHESS CLUB VFW Hall, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, New Jersey: phone: 254·9674 Meets every Wednesday nigh t
ELIZ ABETH C HESS CLUB i\Iahon Playground, So. Broad St. near St. James Church, E lizabeth, New Jersey Meets Monday and Friday evenings
JERSEY CITY YMCA CHESS CLUB 654 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, N. J . Meets at 7: 30 PM EI'ery Tuesday and F riday
THE KIN G'S CHESS CLUB 896 Bergen Av., J ersey City, N. J . Daily ·1 PM to 2; Sat., Sun. & Holidays 2 PM to 2: 65c admission : t ree games
LOG CABIN CHESS CLUB ( Founded 1934)
At the home ot E . Forry Laucks 30 Collamore Terrace West Orange, New Jersey Champions of the N. Y. "1I1et" League. 19H. Organized u nd founded the North Jersey Chess Leag ue a nd Inter-chess League. First to help in large scale inter-state matches. F irs t to fly by air to Deep River Chess ClUb. F irs t to promo te largest Inte rnationa l ma tc h ot 18 and 19 boards. Fi rst to make transcontlncntal and Interna tional ba rns torming tours. P layed interclub matches In 5 Mel<lcan states. 5 Ca no.ctlan provlnccs and a ll 50 United States but 5. to U58. Visited 11 countries and new by plane to 3 - all In 1958.
QUEEN CITY CHESS CLUB 21 0 Delaware Avenue, Butra lo 22 New York: Phone: Tlr3·4300 Open dally 12 noon to 2 AM
NASSA U CHESS CLUB Brle re]y Park Game Room, Cllo.ton & Dartmouth St" Hempstead, New York Meets every Wednesday evening
HUNTI NGTON T ' NSHIP CHESS CLUB Old Fields Inn, 81 Broadway, Greenla wn, New York: meets Thursday 8 PM Phone: AN·l ·6466.
J A MAICA CHESS CLUB 155·10 J amaica Avenue, Jamaica, Ne\\' York: open dally, afternoon and evening. Phone: JA 6·9035.
LEV ITTOWN CHESS CLUB Levittown (N.Y.) Public Llhrary, Blue· grass & Shelter Lanes, T hursday even. Ings: phone : PE·l·3142
BRON X CENTER CHESS CLUB FOl"Inerly Westchester-Bronx CC 3990 Hillman Av., Bronx, N. Y. Meets Friday evenings : TA·3·0607
C HESS &. CHECKER CLUB OF N . Y. 212 W 42 St NY 36, John Fursa., Dlr. Open dally afternoon & evenings ; no membership Cees: public Invi ted.
LEADING CLUBS OF NORTH AMERICA
C. Y . 0 _ CHESS CLUB 202 Van Buren Street Brooklyn, New York 11221 Mon., T ues., Wed., 7 PM to 10 PM
LONDON TERRACE CHESS CLUB 470 W. 24 St., New York 11, N. Y. Meets ' Vednesday evenings Telephone: 8L-6-2083
MAN HATTAN CHESS CLUB 353 West 57 St ., New York 19, N. Y. Henry Hudson Hotel, near 9th Ave nue Telephone: CI-5·9478
MA RSHALL CHESS CLUB 23 West 10 S t ree t :-.lew York, New York Telephone: GR-7-3716
THE QUEEN'S PAWN Lisa Lane's Greenwich Village Chess Center . 122 1h 7 Av. So (W. 10th St.) N. Y. CH·2·9456. 2 PM _ 2 AM exc. Monday
ROSSOL1 MO CH ESS STUDIO Sulliva n and Bleecker St., New York, New York ; GR·5-9737; open daily rrom 6 PM, Sat. & Sun. from 2 P M
PARKWAY C HESS CLUB Central Park YMCA 11 05 E lm Street, Cincinnati 10, Ohio Thurs . evening & SUnday a fternoon
CHE SS C ENTER, Inc, Masonic Building, 3615 E uclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio Phone: EN-l ·9836
COL U MBUS "Y" CHESS CLUB 40 West Long Street Columbus, Ohio
DAYTON CHESS CLUB at Dayton Public L ibrary, P. O. Box 323 Dayton, Ohio 45401 7 PM, Friday evenings
TULSA CHESS ASSOCIATION At Whiteside Recreation Cen ter, 608 Wright Bldg., 41st and So. Pittsburg T ulsa, Oklahoma, meets Monday evenings.
CHESS MEN OF MARPLE_NEWTOWN 8 PM Wed., at the old Broomall Library bldg., 2nd noor, Sproul a nd S pringfie ld Roads, Broomall , Pennsylvania
FRANKLIN. MERCANTILE C. C. Hote l Philadelphian, Broad and Vine Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsyh 'anla Open daily.
GERA CHESS CLUB General Electric Company 3198 Chestnut St., Room 4443 Phlladeiphla, Penna. 19101
RHODE ISLAND ADULT CHESS CLUB No. 111 Empire Street Providence, Rhode Is land
The Seventh United States Open Postal Chess Championship and the Ei9hteenth
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