Vol. VII, No. 21

By I uU,owtiOM

M"su,

LARRY EVANS u. S. Chm

Champion

U. S. Open Ch<tmpiOIl, 1911-12

U. S. TCdm Mtmbt,. 1910, 1912

BRONSTEIN

M U.S.S.R

fLO-MANNERED David Bron­stein is my favorite. I am count­ing on him to make a comeback. He started as a firebrand on a "boom or bust" career. Long be­fore he played a fighting world title match with Botvinnik.in 1951 (which ended in a draw) I pre­dicted (in my book " David Bron­stein's Best Games of Chess") that "he will someday be a world cham­pion." Since 1951 he has shown nothing.; in fact, his showing at

' Helsinki in 1952 and fue latest Russian championship was down­righ t atrocious. His scIC-confrdcncc seems to have bee n given a jolt.

HUDSON TAKES TEXAS TITLE

John A. Hudson, (ormer Phila­delphia college chess star, won the Texas Championsh ip 5%-% in a 38 IJlaycr Swiss at San Antonio drawing one game with Robert s: Brieger. Second place went to Blake W. Stevens with 5-1, losing a game to J. B. Payne. Third to sixth on S-B with 4%-1 % wefe R. S. Brieger, W. A. Bills, L. Poliakoff and Louis J. Dina. '

Brieger lost to Hudson and drew with Stevens; Bills lost to Dina and drew with K. Uicllllnls; Polia­korf lost to Hudson and drew wilh C. Villareal, and Dina lost to I-Iud· son and drew with D. C. Huff.

This, the first Texas Cnampioll­ship held independent of the an­nual Southwestern Championship drew a strong field of Texas stal: warts and will undoubtedly be­come annuaL

plan Your Vacation for 1953 NOW!

Attend the U.S.C.F. OPEN

TOURNAMENT Milwaukee, Wis.

August 10-21, 1953

• ess t e Ame,.ica 4 Che:M Copy r ight 1953 by United Statu

Sunday, July 5, 1953 15 Cents

He has never .played ncshevsky over-the-board, but he confided to me that he had great respect lor him. In fact, because o£ his short stature and playing style, he has been nicknamed in Russia "our liltle Reshevsky."

Balding, of an the chess players he is in- temperament the least likely onc would suspect to be one. He speaks English and, when I saw him, lVas rending Shakespeare in ~hc Ru~ian trt!m>lation,

I may be wrong-ob so wrong!­about him. But I h uve a feeling that he will pull out of the nose dive he is in: The heart seems to have been burned out of him when be le t Bolvinnik escape with a draw in their match. He h,ld a commanding lead after the 20th game. His great drawback is his tendency to get in severe lime­pressure. Also he is relatively frail and may not have the stamina to last the tournllmcnt

CONCLUSION: . Good chance. Just my hunch. But it is roneeiv· able that he will fall altogeUlt:r to picces.

(Next iSIl<e: the du",ccs 0/ Gel/a)

CAROLINAS TITLE TO CRITTENDEN

Kit Crittenden won the Caro­linas Championship, jointly spon­sored by t.he North and South Caro­lina Chess Ass'ns, with a perfect 5-0 score. Winning Carolina tour. naments is a h abit with the young UniVlH'sity of North Carolina stu­dent. Douglas Kahn of Charlotte and Al Jellkins of Raleigh scored "'-1 each, but subsidiary S-M points gave S(!con? to Kahil, who lost only to Cl'lttendcn; Jenkins also lost only to Cr iUenden.

Fourth to eighth on S-M with 3-2 each were Lenncau i,'oster Arthul' G. Ashbrook, Gco. C. Hal': well, J_W. Cabaniss, and Dr. Nor. ma~ Hornst.ein. in the 18 player SWISS at WilmIngton. Prize:; were aw:u'ded to the seven ranking pl~yel' s. nnd the champion re­ceIved a trophy in addition.

SCHROEDER TOPS CENTRAL OHIO

J ames R. Schroeder of Colum­bus scored 4lf.d2, drawing with runn~r·up Vadim Voskressensky, to WIn the Centra l Ohio title at Culumbus. Voskressensky, also of Columbus, was second with 31h_ Ph, losing a game to John L. PU$cckcr. Third to fifth on SoB with 3-2 each were Jerome R. Cox, Kurt Locning, and Juhn L. Pus­cckcr in the 10 player Swiss event.

Chess Publications-New and Old Sustain Interest in Royal Game

By WILLIAM BOJAM St<lfJ WriUl

Chess intcrest cannot be maintained alone by columns in the daily pl'ess, [or these excellent features are usually too limited in space to cover all ph uses of chess activity adequately, and quite properly as a general rule place emphasis on local events. For this reason pro­fess ional cheSS magazines arc requircd to complete the task of keep­ing players informed on chess, while senti.professional (which are sometimes most professional in appearance and contents) publications 01 associat ions 'and clubs bridge the gap between national and local chess news.

There arc 31 such publications in the USA and 4 in Canada known to the WrIter-and this list In all probability omits the name~ of more club publications than it includes, for only those club pub­lications arc included which have been received reccnUy.::-and many have therclore been omitted bccause the writer does not know if they are stiU al ive.

Clubs would be well advised to place CHESS LU~E on their mailing list permanently, if they wish their activities to receive national t'ecognition from time to timc.

No comment will be made up-011 the four professional publica· tions in the USA, but it may not be amiss to mention several outstand· ing examples in the semi-proCes­sional and amateur group. Two publications of State Associations (Nebraska and West Virginia) are Pl'o[cssionally produced as prin ted bulletins: Among those produced by -photo-offset the California Chess Reporter and the Cleveland Chess Bulletin arc outstanding- , the IDtter is now in its tenth year. Of those produced by mimeograph the Washington Chess Letter is the most imposing in contents and appearance.

But there ure many others that are admirable in fuUilling the part..­icular need which created them (sometimes quite compactly in the limit!; o( a s ingle sheet-

USSR-USA MATCH SET FOR JULY 1S

Th c U. S. State Department has accorded visas to the Russian team and the match is now set for July 1:> in New Yor k City. Site of play has not yet been announced.

The U. S. team has now been appointed, and its membership is announced by USCF President Hal" old M. Phillips as consisting of the following players:

U. S. Team S. Reshevsky Dr. Re uben Fine Larry Evans Robert Byrne George Kramer I. A. Horowitl Arnold S. Denker MU: Pavey

U.S.S.R. Team M. Botvinnik Paul Ke r es Vassily Smyslov Isaac Boleslavsky Alexander Kotov E. Geller Mark Tai manov Alex~nder Tolu$h

Alternates A. B. Blsguiar Tlgr.:on Petrosian Arthur W. Cake Yurt Auerba~h

I. National Professional Publications

1. Amerl,,'n Chess Bulletin He rman Helms I SO Nassau Street New York 7, N.Y.

(BI-monthly magallne) (Please turn to page 6, col. 4)

USCF JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Kansas City, Ma. August 3-8, 1953

Eligibility: Open to chess play­ers under 21 years old on August 3, 1953; entrants must show USCF Membership card or pay $5.00 annual dues.

Entries Close: On August 2nd at 2:00 p.m. Mail name, address, date of birth and USCF dues if not a member to Tourna· ment Director at least one week in advance.

Schedule: Players meet Tourna­ment Director at 11:00 a.m_ August 3rd at YMCA, 404 E. Tenth st. First round starts 1:00 p.m.; second round 7:()() p.m. 10 round Swiss, Hark­ness MOdification, Solkoff points for tie-breaking. No evening round Saturday, Aug· ust 8.

Lodgings: Lodging <It YMCA for $l.()() per night arranged for all who desire it; other rooms available at reasonable rates at ncar-by hotels. Ad. vise Director in advance of your needs_

Clocks: Please bring chess clocks, il available, and chess sets if possible.

Inquiries, Entries, Reservations: Address all queries, etc. to Tournament Director, Charles W. Graham, YMCA Chess Club, 404 East Tenth St., Kansas City 6, Mo.

While To Play And Win! POliti,," No. 2 J9

By Alekunder Hlldebnnd 1st "Tidskrift {or

.. 1946

Palilio" No. 220 By G. N.hod.kln

POSITION No. 219 is a worthy fi rst-prize winner in which the thesis is that Bishop and Knight win against the bare and ddcncelcss

King. The pI'obIem is, therefore, one of shrewd liquidation of Black's foroes-a theorem easier to stipulate than demonstrate.

Position No. 220 reiterates the same basic concept of Position No. 21 9 In lIt1Tf1CWh6\ diffmcnl lerma. Agtlin liquidation is t he rond \ 0 victory- and the road is somewhat obscured.

Fo r solut ions, ple . se turn to Page five . Send ,,11 contrlbutl4ns for th is column to WI llia m Rolam, % CHESS LIFE,

123 No. Humphrey A .... nu., O. k Pull. IIUnols.

James T. Sherwin, r epresenting the USA, and Ross Sic-mms, repre· senting Canada, sa iled on tbe Queen Mary on June 24 (or partici­pation in the second World J unior Championship a t Copenhagen . Twcnty countries wiJ] be repre­sented by one player each, in­cluding the present Wor ld J unior Champion, Boris Ivkov of Yugo­slavia.

In the Massachusetts Schoolboy Championship at the Boylston Chess Club in the YMCA, Boston , 17-year old Cerul scored a 7-1 victory, losing a game t(l r unner·up S. Lyman. Lyman, Boston City Champion, and Rathburn tied for second with 6*·1*; Lyman lost no games but drew with Rathburn, Snyder, and Lowe, while Rathburn lost t(l Cerul and drew with Lyman in the 9 player event.

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATEDI

Ask your Club secretary (lr tournament director to write for official rating forms to re­port the r csults of your next tournament or match , spectry· ing the type of contest and the approximate number of players.

For team tournaments there h a rating fee of 00 cents per play· er , for team matches a fee of 15 cents per player. All other con­tests rated free of cbarge.

Official rat ing forms should be secured In advance f rom:­

Montgomery Major 123 No. Hu mph re y Ave"ue Oak Park, ill inois

Do nee write to other USC F ofliciah lor theJe lUling 10f'1'fI.I·

SlIn6<1'/, Page 2

JIlIy J, 1913

H. Golombek and W. Winter tied for first in the Bognor Congress in England with 5-2 each, while B. H. Wood and W. Heidenfield of South Afr ica tied for thi rd with 4*-2* each. He nry Gross of San F rancisco tied for seventh wit h 1-6, d rawing · games with Winter and Boxall.

E . Gutmanis of Chica20 won a 5 round Latvian Tournament at Chicago 4-1, drawing with L. Rater· manis and J. Kalnins. Rater manis of Iowa City was scoond with 31f.l­Ph , drawing with Gutmanis, Pami!· j ens, and A. Mengelis, while J . P amiljens of New York City was third with 3-2, drawing with Rater· m:'ln;s and Kalnins, and losing to Gutmanis.

Overbrook High School of Ph iI· adelphia won the PenQ.Sylvanla Scholastie Team title by defeat­ing Susquehanna High (Harris­burg) by 4-1, and SouUt High (pit tsburgb) by 3-2 in the State playoff matches held at Harris­bm'g YMCA June 6 and 7. The three schools were winners in the Eastern, Central and Western sections respectively. The matches were sponsored by the Pennsyl­vania Chess Feder ation and di­rected by PSCF Vice-president William M. Bylan d of Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh (Pa .) scored a close 10%-9%, victory over Cleveland (Ohio) at Youngstown. Pittsburgh victors wer e P. Dietz, D. McClellan, R. Smith, A. Spitzer, G. Waltz, J . Stargle, B. Berger, L. Joffe and A. Loomis, while Wm. Byland, F . Sorensen, and M. McKinney drew. Salvaging points ·for Cleveland were R. Pitchak, G. Miller, D. Stauvers, J . Chavayda, J. Cohn, C. Garner, R. Krause, and Mrs. W. O we n s , while H. Miller R. McCready and F . Haban drew.

LATVIAN TOURNAMENT ChicJlgo, 1953

I . E. (; u tm.nll (Ch~o) .... ~~_.~~~.~.~.~._ ... _~ .. ~... I 2. L. R.tem.,.n l, (low. Clly) ~~~. __ ._~ .... _~~~_. t x J

1 1 1

• -I '1-l1 ,., 3. 1. P'IIlUjelU (New York) .. _ ...... ____ .. _ ..... __ ~O ! xl,

4. A. MenceU, (Chlcaco) 103; :I. J . Kalnins (Chlcaco) 11·31; 6. (Chleaco) 1-4 •

Cb ... Adam,

CENTRAL OHIO CHAMPIONSHIP Columbus, 1953

1. J amn R. Schroed er (Columbus) ~ ___ WIO 02 w, W6 W4 41· i 12.50 1. V.dlm Voak~,,"nsky (ColumbUJ) __ ~~ W6 0 1 L$ w, WI n-Ii 14.50 1. Jerome n.. Cox (Columbus) ~ __ . __ . ____ .W8 WS LI 1.2 WI , -2 14.00 4. Kurt Loenlnc (Columbu.) ____ W7 1.6 W9 W5 LI ' ·2 Il.$O , . John L. PuMCker (ColumblU) __ ~. __ W9 LS W2 1.4 W7 3 ·% I~ 6. (;eors:e A . lIudlOn (Columbus) 2-3 (14.00); 7. PhWp Rothman (Columbu. ) 2-3

( 11.00); • . WUll.m Rebold (ColumbUJ) 2-3 (10.50); 9. T im ADderlOn (ColumbuJ) 1-4 (11.00); 10. Edw.rd Siebrec:h t (Columbus, 1-4 (1l.SG).

MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOLBOY CHAMPIONSH IP Boston, 1953

1. Cerul P~.~._.~.~~._~._~_.~.~~_x 0 1 1 1 1 1 , 1

• 1

,.. st-li st·ll 51-2) ...

1. S. Lym.n _ .. _____ ._. __ 1 • til I 3. Rathburn _ ... _. ___ .... __ .. __ . __ ... 0 Ii xII 1 1

1 , 4. Snyder .. _. __ ..... _._. __ . __ .~. __ .. _.G t 0 xII 1 1 5. Nltuche ~ ............ ~._.~_.~ ... _ ... _.~ .. O 0 0 0 xli

8. Charm 3-5; 7. Manovlt. 2-4; •. Orachmu 1-1; 9. Lowe 1-1).

Ross Siemms, Canada's repre· sentative to the World J unior Championship at Copen hagen, scor­ed 15--3 at a final simultaneous ex­hibition at the Beaches Chess Club of Toronto, losing games to R. Wiekenbcrg, A. Worth , and L. J . Siemms, the last of course being the rather or the CClllIl(li ll1l Junior exper t.

Northern California triumphed in a 34-27 victory over Southern Cali£om ia in the annual North­South team match . Southern Cali­fornia had a 61,2 -3% advantage on the top ten boards, but crumbled on the lower boards. At the annual CSCF mee ting in connection with the match a constitution was ap­proved for the new Federation and the USCF Rating System ddopted as o!!icial; dues were set at $2.50. ind 1ltHng $l1h~('Ti fltion to the California Chess Reporter.

CHESS COLUMNS ADD 6 SUBTRACT 1

The total of newspaper and magazine chess columns in the USA and Canada is increased to 52 by six additions and one sub­traction to the list by William Rojam in CHESS LIFE for April 20th. Readers WilHam Plampin and Vincent Eaton report tha t D. H . Mugridge's column in the Wash­ington Star has perished. But in its pLace can be added four newspaper columns and two columns in maga-7. inC'.s as fnUows: t . Los "nle l" D. U, He ,,"

George Kolt. nolnkl Los Anle les, C. llf. (0 .11, )

1. San'e Ron Press Democr.t Geor ge Kolt~nowlkl Sante Rosa, C.lIf . (Sund',I)

3. V. lle io T lm"·He,.ld Georgi Ko lt. nowl kl Vi lle io, C I Uf. {Sund. , s)

4. Rlehmond Ind. pl nde nt GlOrge Kolt.nowl kl RI Chmond, C. lIf. {Silu rd . ,s)

5. Fortnight G. org. Kolt . nowskl 200 A lhambr. St. San Fr.nd. eo 23, C.llf. (M. glllne , . ver, t wo Wllk l)

6. MIII'. r, Engine., Vlnunl L . Itl . l on Wllhlnlton, D. C. {M' lurne, bknonthl,)

Are thc re any more that have escaped JoIr. Rojam's less than eagle eye? The column in the Mili­tary Engine er oonslsts of two ~hess problems, a feature inaugurated in 1946; the other columns listed are orthodox chess column!!_

Peter Werenich wGn the 6 player Class A High School Championship or Rapid City, S.D., while Tom Ranney topped the 10 player Class B event. Winners were awarded book priz.cs by the South Dakota Chess Ass'n. Wer· enich is a promising yount DP who mily develop Into a danger· ous player .

Omaha (Ncb.) bested U ncoln in an interCity match 9-5 at Holel Castle in Omaha tG make the series 3-1 in favor of Omaha. Victors for Omaha were A. Lud­wig, H. Ohman, R. McLellan, J. Hamlin, B. Rosenthal, J . Feldman, E. Ireland, while L. Magee, D. Saxton, H. Uoderwood and E. Hol­land drew. For Lincoln W. Raj· noka , P. Wood and J. Dresmanls tallied, while A. Llepnieks, P. VUmp.k, F.. Hinman and A . Fr le. bergs drew.

RESHEVSKY WINS NAJDORF MATCH

Although Miguel Najdor! won the final game, Samuel Reshevsky won the match at Buenos Aires by the ti2ht margin of 91f.t·8'h , winning 6 games, losing 5, and drawing seven contests.

Reshcvsky won the li rst, third, eleventh, fourteenth, li ltecnth, and decisive seventeenth game; Naj . dorf won the second, seventh, tentb, sixteenth, and eighteenth games; and the others were drawn. The te n t h gam e wa.\l 3 01·movo battlc.

In the match of 1952 Reshevsky scored 11-7 against Najdorf.

KING'S IN DI AN DEFE NSE Third Match Game Buenos Aire$, 1953

W hite S. RESH EVSKY I . P.Q4 KKt-83 ,. P-Q84 P.KKt3 3. K'·QB3 8 ·K12 4. P_K4 P-Q3 5. B-K2 0 -0 6. K'·B3 P·K4 7. 0 ·0 Kt· B3 '- 8 -K3 KKt _KtS 9. B-Kts P·83 TO. 1'1- 1'11 !t·Rl 11. p ·QS KI·K2 12. K'_K l P. K84 13. 8 x KI Px B 14. P·B3 P xp U. KI . P P·KR3 16. B. K3 Kt·Kt1 17. Q·K1 a ·KU 11. Q-Kt3 8_K' 19. b 8 RxR 20. QxR Q-Q2 21. P · IIS P.RJ

Blsck M . NAJDORF

22. P-QKt 4 K· I12 23. R-Q Bl let· l53 24. P· B6 P _P 25. P xP Q.K3 26 . P-QR4 Q·Kt6 27. P-KU P _P 28. P xP R.QKtl '9. P. R3 Q·KU 30. K·R2 R.KI 1 31. Q.K2 R· a t 32. P. Kt , PxP 33. P·B7 a .Q11 34. Q· KI5 Q.a, 35. QxKIP Q·R1 36. KI·KI5 KI.Kt 37. Q.a, Qft, 38. Q_Kt7 O-K3 39. Kt-a7 . XP 40. a _ a KIXa 41 . Q_Kt a es ill ns

YOUNG MASTERS' FORUM Americ:t. Leading Young 111m,.,,. Annolate

Outstmuiing Games from Recent Chess Events

College Chess By U. S. M",., ELIOT HEARST

A s a June graduate your anootator can look back on a very bappy four years oC college, fill·

ed with Rot-to-he-forgotten experiences in many as' peets of university life not the least of which has been competing (or Columbia in chess combat! My graduating team·males, Jimmy Sherwin, Phil Schwartz, Ed Scher, Steve Geller, Dick Minck, and Art Gussaroff, probably have similar feelings and It might be worthwhile someday to make a collection of -the games we've played in college competition, (or these aU h ave been exciting and vigorous struggles---quite diHere nt (rom Ule usually 'quieter" games in metropolitan club tournaments!

I hope the reader will pardon my sentimentality in annotating the following game, the last yours truly played {or Columbia ; despite notable inaccuracies on both sides it still exemplifies the nip.and. luck battles that go on in intercollegiate circles!

White

FRENCH OEFENSE Cambrid ge, 1953

."'k E. HEARST J . KEILSO N (Coilllnbla) (HaNaref Gra d )

1. P·K4 P. IU 2. p.o)(t3 __

On.. of the "~gular" method. 01 meeUiii 1.1i.. FTeneli fieI .. iiii inil. one whIch the writer h .. found mOlt ef· f ective the few tlmea h e h as attempted • e

1. _ ..... P.o. Tarlakower recommend", 2. _._, P·Q64 III better.

3. B·Kt1 )( t . )(B3 Again 1. ... __ , P-QB4 would be pl'tfer· able. Here 3. _ .... _. P;O:P would be met by 4. Kt-Q83 a nd later Q.K2 eventual­ly reeoftriq the KP with. good posI­Uo n for White. (Not 4. ~"H'" P·KB4! • s a fter S. p.B3! White ha. te rrlflc compcnlllUon If the IICcond player ac· cepts the pawn sacrifice).

4. P·K5 4. Kt-QB3? I. poor here because of the an.wl!)' P-Q5!

4. _ _ KKt.o2 5. P-QB4

Another unusu.l Idea. PTobably better wa. S. p.Q4.

5. ._._. P1tPI Correct! The . Item.tlve P-QB:t would be too p.sslve.

, . a xp I . PltP Is feasible a lso. .. _ .... P-Q64 Whlte's K8 too rOIY • future.

but a rtef 8. docsn' t have

' . ' _ •• ,H. P-QB4 An Inaccuracy. 6. _ .. _ . J(t·KU and the~ to Q4 wu more precise, .1· thouJ:b White still r etaIDs II .0Dd at­l.acklnl form.tloOn.

7. Q·Kt' )( t.QS3 .. Kt·KB3 Q.B2 t . Q. KU ....... .

9. 0·0 would be too ,peculaUve I! .(ter 9. .. _.... KKtxP; 10. KtxKt. Kl1Kt; u. q..KU. p . B3 mill"ht hold for Black (While has f!1tCeUent c ha nces, even so!!). t . __ .. _

10. P.QR4 P.QR3 Kt.Kt3

So that If Black capture' K118 Wblte can re take with his Knight a nd put prCllllfe on U]lIck·. weak Q3 , quare.

11. ........ Kt·Kt5 U Kt·R", thcn 12. KI·KKt5! 1.3 a alrong an.-wer (allow]n, Kt·K4 and protecttng t he Q.KtP with the Quee n ). Stron.rer that the taxt move II It. H"'_, &Q% fol. lowed b y 0-0-0. u now Whit .... :able to let In P.Q4 effective I,..

- 12.. 0-0 . B.o2 11. p.o' B· B3 14. &-K11

A powerful reply. pavln l the way for a White Rook to control the QB lUe. opoenlna: Q64 for White' .. QKt. and mak· Ing ~Ible eapture of Blac k'. KKtP In aome varlaUon. as White'. KKt can now be rec.p tured with the Billhop In case of BxKt by Black. NOT 14. Pxp. BltP; 15. QxKtP1. 0-0-0 with. virulent attack tor Black!

14. _ _ 0-0·0 Obvloully d .. nllerous but otherwise mack cannot get hi' pleeu Into play.

15. QR·SU _ ..... KR.BI wa l far Itronlle r as White would have no worries about a potslb le Kt· R7 by Black (a. he doc. a rter the ted move!).

U . __ PXP On 15. __ ... Kt_R7 White . rulldn. the error of his 15th move. Inlende(1 to continue 16. R·RI , Kt·KU; 17. KR·Bt!

16. KtxP SwU.chln a: a nother piece to the Q·alde assau lt. II. BxQP III met by Kt(')·Q4 with an adequate defen.$(!'.

16 • .• _.... K.Kt1 ? Black IIUempls to get off the terrible opoen tile. 16. •. ~._ .. Kt·R7; 17. R·RI, BxKt; 18. 8l[B. Rrl{t ; 19. JUKt leaves White with the edge, but It was Blaek's be.t chance.

ThIs KnIC"ht remains en prise to t be QRP for 6 mO"es and each time there III • different re.son why It cannot be taken. Reason No. t : 17 . ........ . PxKt; 18. P xP regaining the piece with a hrrlflc attack. .

17. ._.". Q.o1 1" KR-QlI Kt(3)-.Q4

Reason No.2: Ill. _H.'H, Pl[Kt; I'. KtxB ch wlnnlnll Black'" Queen.

It . ... a41

Tb .. only way to put pJ"U.llure on 8lack'l deren ... On 19. Kt.z8 ell, KbtKt le'ves Black with a tena hle ,arne. Re.son No. 3: It , __ , PltKt; 20. r.J>!, tnppln, the Bl8hop with a Vt"lnnln, ,lime ror Wblte.

19. __ • P. KKtl A I Black ean do nothln$: on the Q.·llde. ha trle. to ,et hIa KD dave loped lit Kt2 or R3 while renderln, h1l KKtP no Ion,er luhJed to Illlck.

20. Ktx B c h .H.H .. U now KtxKt there. COlloWI 11. BxKt, h8; 12.. P, K6 ch or 21 . . _. __ • Pdt; 22.. D-B3 (or Prl'I!) willnln, elilly.

2D • • _ . QICKtl7

A cute anlwerl 20 . .. H._.' PxKt was ea· pec ted where 21. BxKt! b quite power· rul. e.,., KPJl:B: 22. p ·Ke e h or 21 ......... . DPxD; 27. R·B7. Q·Kl; 23. Q·K3. P.Q5; 24. R1P!. PxKt; 25. R(4).Q7! (Of Rxft c h). On 21. _ ._... Kt.xlJ; H. Kt·Q4 leaves White with a pa$ltIonal . d vantac:e. though this line g ives Black better chanc ... than the text. t r icky as It may be. Ruson No.4: Black', Klnll 18 In check!

11. Q.KBl! . __ .. Not 11. BxKt beeaU5C or the neat reply RltB ! wllh mate threats on the eICMh rank. The text threa tcns BICKt hy pro­tectln, QI square and IllIG menacea the KDP ot Black In mlny varlatlon$.

11 •.. _... Q-Q2 On 21. __ • q..Kl; 22- Kt.Q6! would prove too st rong. Rel$On No. $: 21. ._. P;o:Kt; 2:2. BxKt. Q.Q2; 23. B1tKtP!

22. BxKt Ktxa Obvloul ly PxB W ill not pllyable b e­caul a there is no answer to 23. Q·Kt3 ! of P·K6 Immediately. Ru.son No.8: "2. .... _ ... PxKt; 23. 8xKtP.

11. K t · B7 No m o re rea50nl necessaryl

23 • . h __ • B·R3 On 23. ._._ .. , B-Kt2.; 24. KtzKt. J>x.Kt; :!S­R· BS wllUl • pawn (25. P·KI1. P1tP).

24. R·84 8· K91 The re I . nothing better.

U . KtxKt U • • · 114

PxKt

26. R.Q4 also wins but the led In· volves a number of "cheapos," e., .• 26. .... ..... Kn.DI; 27. B·R3!, B1tKP; 28. BxR. DxR; 29 . Qx8 ch (or 27 .......... 8-R3; 2.8. BxR, BxR; 29. B·Q6 cb).

u.. _ .. Q.K3 27. RxSP aKP?

~ • piece. The only hope was KR· 8 1 where upon 28. RxR wins the end· game.

Cl)us tl'e S,.J". p,., 3 J I lilly 1, 1911

Black bad: Intended U. _ ... H.' 8zP e b but no ...... W thlt It 15 adequately met by 29. X·D!!. Q move.; :to. DxR, RxB; ' I . P·Xt3! trappln, another piece, Anotbef, prettier , relutat10n of BltP ch 11 29. Kx8, QxR; 30. Bx R. RaB; 31. Qxp. Q·KU (Coreed); 32. Q.K:j cb pk:k lnl up a . tray Rook.

29. P· Kt3 __ . Wblta overlooked. 29. JUB whIc.b wins lmmediataly as QxR for Black u lm· pOSIlble due to 30. BxQ c h ! The move played IO'IIUI a piece also.

29. _ ._ QaR SO t hat if 30. Q:lQ. BzB lelVei Black with lOme chancel.

30. BxB ch Re. ISlns Black'. Queen wlU nol Uve for the coronation!

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YOUNG MASTERS' FORUM Ha ns Berliner Arthur fllseuler Eliot Heant G""e Kramar Carl PUnkk Jam" Slterwln WI Iter Shipman Saul W ac hs

Sun Francisco defeated Bay Area In lhe annual team match 13·11 at Mechanics Institute in San Fran· cisco. Scoring lor San Fran were D. PoliakiH. C. Capps. W. Addl· son, C. Linkla~r, <? Wreden, K. Bendit, H. Branton, P. Petersen. Dr. M. Korshet. while C. Bagby. A. J. Fink, R. Currie, A . Palmin • W. Leeds. J . Hill, S. Van Gelder aDd N. Beiolf drew. For Bay Area R. E. Burger. C. Sedlack. Luc Huang, C. Wilson. R. Cuneo. E.A. Yaeger and R. Freeman tallied. while M.O. Meyer, V. Zemitis, R. Hultgre n. E. Ho[fer, J. Kalnins, J. Escobar. G. Hultgren and L. A . Post drew.

INDUSTRIAL CHESS LEAGUE (Cleve. lind): In the fina l championalltp battle of Eastern a nd Western Dt .. l8lon win· ners. the victory went to Cleveland Twilt Drill with U.S. POlt Offlee a dO$t! lCelond.

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A CORRESPONDENT who shall remain nameless protests the amount of space devoted to Dr. Lasker's fantasies in "Chess" and their re­

buke. His plea is for harmony, for he states that the beholding of con­stant d issention among the leaders of organized chess is detrimental to the growth of chess. Unfortunately, our correspondence seems to believe in unilateral harmony-we must remain silent (tbat is harmony) and our enenties may say unrebuked whatever they chose. Hc docs not suggest that the cooperation should be two-sided.

We find our correspondent a bit naive. Be holds a responsible position in a big corporation which achieved its eminence through blood and sweat and tears in a struggle that was not always dignified with harmony or charity, however noble its present eminence pcr­mits it to be. While it grew it cherished few illusions about the nobility of its opposition and did not hesitate to figh t with whatever weapons lay readiest to hand.

Our well·meaning correspondent is naive in believing that ehess or any other human endeavor can be divorced from the human element of strife. So many men, so many opinions, says the Latin aphorism. There will always be strife where men moet and opinions clash. It need not be violent strife-it can be dignified if the opposing forces both have dignity and honor. But when the weapons become the fabric of untruth, there is no answer but to expose the false texture of the cloth. To permit the wide circulation of falsehood without protest is to court disaster and deserve contempt.

Our gentle correspondent expresses a fear of exposing those chess players whom he shepherds to the malignancy of truth as expressed in CHESS LIFE. He docs not want them to learn the facts of life in regard to chess, but to cherish the fond illusion that in chess all is love and harmony. His attitudc is rathcr like the doting mother who will not let her ehild play with the "rough" boys in the neighborhood because she intends to rear a perfect little gentlcman-"and the perfect little gentleman she raises is often at a startled disadvantage when at last he faces lire on his own arid has to deal with those "rough" boys grown to men. Our correspondent's chess players may eventually be in the same position of startled alarm when they do join chess clubs, and find that even locally all is not sweetness <lnd light, for there never was a chess club yeUhat sometime did not shelter dissidence and strife. Chess is no more harmonious than life.

But it is a mistake our colTcspondcnt sbares with many other idealist to believe that conflict is in itself without value. There has been no achievement that reached the climax of accomplishment with· out travail and tribulation in its gestation. For the bitter goes before the sweet. Yea, and for as mueh as it doth, it makcs the sweet sweeter.

Strike It From The Record

I N the June issue of CHESS is published the following statement over the name of Edward Lasker:

I have learned that yo u have printed In CHESS an excerpt from II letter I wrota you, part of whl~h voiced criticism of USCF activities and mentioned n imH. I had not Inte nded Iny !>Irt of my le tter for publlCilillon, a nd as I do not wish to enter Inlo a n y polemics. please publish thb 1,tter "I .. retraction on my part of the cr ltlCillI remarks I had mlde to you. The same issue contains a ridiculous statement by Mr. N. T. Whita­

ker, which we do not propose to dignify by answering. But since Mr.

Whitaker pretcnds to be championing a :position which he infers is taken by USCF President Harold M. Phillips, it is only just to pub­lisll the fact that President Phillips voted in favor of the special resolution which made Mr. Kenneth Harkness the USCF Business Man­ager.

In justice to Mr. Glenn Hartleb, whose name is mentioned freely by Mr. Whilaker, it should be noted also that :Mr. Hartleb was not deposed from the office of Membership Secretary (as Mr. Whitaker subtly infers) but resigned of his own volition several months before the annual USCF Business Meeting at Tampa in 1952, refusing indeed to reconsider his resignation when asked by USCF President Harold M. Phillips to remain in office.

We have not always agreed with USCF President Harold M. Phil· lips upon matters of policy, but we have never questioned his in· tegl'ity nor his steadfast will to do what he believes to be right. We (eel Pre~i.dent Phillips deserves a better fate than that of having :r is position misrepresented in Mr. Whitaker's propaganda.

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FOREIGN TRADE TWO Frcnch primers and the current file of OUo Katzer's Scha~h­.1 .Echo are up for mention this time. JaCQues Leehale1's Traite Complet du Jeu des Echecs (32 pp.) and Pierre Vincent and Maurice Beau­caire's more ambitious Pour Apprendre a Jouer <lUX Echec$ (146 pp.), both published by S. Bornemann of Paris, are not so sumptuously pre­seuted as Amel'iean introductions but do contain the essential infor­mation. Their great usefulness to players in the United States is as a dictionary of French terms. Even if one does not read French, he can piece out chess vocabulary from his knowledge of the game and then go on to French journals. Recent issues of Schach·Echo fulfill the promise of the revival mentioned in this space some time ago. Games, news, theoretical studies, problems, and (!aeh issue a leading article make up the offcring. Of interest to us particularly is the re- ­printing in the latest number of Chess Review's Marth editorial on Sovict chess.

A State Chapter Speaks Up! Dear Mr. Major:

Becoming un officer of a Stale Organization is an honor and an obligation, and only those who have proven their ability to eonduct a statewide organization and cooperate with the National officers should he elected.

Speaking for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, we feel we have an active and efIicient organization in our state. Our elected officers are of the highest caliber and are elected on their ability. We have representatives throughout the state who keep us advised as to what the membership wants and we endeavor to give the majority a program that suits their requirements. But in all our endeavors our ultimate goal is the elevation' of ehess to its rightful place as a healthy and educa­tional recreation.

Our scholarship program is one example. We have members who arc constantly teaching schoolboy groups the fundamentals of chess and conducting schoolboy competition. We .have no idea how nlUch this has reduced juvenile delinquency in our slate, but we know of no youngster wi1h an interest in chess that has become a juvenile de­linquent. 'Together with our hospilal program and many tournaments we arc continuously ~timulating the interest in chess and corre!>­pondingJy increasing the membership and participation in our state organi7.ation.

Too oUcn the election of officers is based on popularity rather than ability and once clected, the officers, who have accepted the honor bestowed upon thcm. promptly become too busy to take care of their responsibility. It i!> time for those who have the interest of Chess at heal·t to clean hou~, whcn conditions such as these exist, :md [ol'm a fi l'm !>l.ate organization on which the National Organiza­tion can buHd.

From the roregoing you can gather that we in Massachusetts are Pl"OlId of our organization, our activities, our constitution and by-laws and our o[{icers. We are e rganized along the lines set down by the Unitcd State:; Chess Fedcration and cooperate one·hundred percent. [f any slale chapters have diHiculty in organizing thei r state cbap· [ers, we will be glad 10 answer correspondence to the best of our ability. Those who neglect to drink from the spring of experience are ~pt to die of thirst in the de,sert of ignorance. Our main eoncern is ~ strong National Organization based upon dependable Slate Organ­izations and ir we in Massachusetts can help attain this ultimate goal we will bc glad to do so.

STANLEY W. D. KING. Pr~,;dent, MSCA Quincy, Massachusetts

THE ELEME'NTS OF CHESS By International Master HERII1AN S l 'EINER

Hypothetical Game Illustrating Principles, Rules, aQd Objectives

(Continued from issue of June 20)

Of course, Black can see all this be foreseen. otherwise you find and his problem is to meet it with yoursclr on the losing end. safety, that is, without the loss of Black must first determine what any of the Elcntcnts (FOrl"e, Time, bis opponent's threat is. He finds or Space). It is at this point that that his opponent threatens his he must take ample time before First Objective. This threat also dC!Ciding on his course. Snap esl.ubLishes the fact the BxB loses judgment invariably results in Time and Space and that by -play­blunders. ing the Knight or the Bishop to

Again, "What does my opponcnt Q5 he will create a weakness aftel' threaten?" We can see thut White several exchanges on this square. threatens First Objective (P.Q4). So he must reconcile this with This thl'cat is the imporlant point. the fuet thut White's move ot P.Q4 We immediately think, "Can we must be nllowed. Here the ques· capture this dangel"Ous Bishop tion (If timing arises. It is clear with our own?" Defore we move that White's P·Q4 move is strong we must ask. "\Vh:.t will be the (11111 because it :lttacks the Black result?" It is true lhat we tern· 8ishop:lt B5. This is the "give· porarily Ilulli(y the thl'eat of away" in the problem. " tbe £iy in White's First Objective, but we the ointment" Here is the solu· would also open up a file for lion : Both sides have threatened him which eventually might be First Objective and nullified it occupied by his major forces several times. Had these been (Rooks, Queen) not to mention the overlooked, the one who achieved fact that we have exchanged one the First Objedive would have Force for another (Bishops). In guined a slight advantage in ipace. addition, the Black Bishop con· The only problem now is the trolled four square of OPI)Onent's Itttacked B. Assuming that the territory. und is exchanged ror Bishol) is not attacked. could White one wh ich controlled only threc. still I)luy P.Q4 with s:l[ely? The After the exchange of iJishops, answer to th is is that we must Black would control eight sqU:lres know when it is safe to make a while White controls eleven! move withouC loss of any of lhe

memcnts. This means we can only exchange with safely when we have just ns many Forces con· trolling the occupied ~quarcs as our opponent has, and also that the exch:mgcd Forces arc equal in value. Neithel· Space or Time is lost by this exchange. Further, B1llck could allow it if he gained any of the Elements by it. which would make P.Q4 unsafe.

You need not be a mathema· tician to figure (lut that Black woulo make a bad exchpnge. He would lose Spncc and help White to gnin ,his Second Objective. which wou ld put him ahead in Tim!!, without compensation. Bluck: was under the delusion thnt by exchanging the Bishops. he created a weakness - II double Pawn _ the Third Objective. But is this a genuine weakness? It must be A/tu BlMk p/flyt 6 ."", B·KIJ

remembered that u weakness is Black piuys 6 " . B·Kt3 in spite only a weakness if it can be Itt- of the fact that it is not a devel­tacked with more of the oppon- opi ng move, :md that it does not ent's Forces than can be defended control the greatest number of op· by our own. The student should ponent's squures. The chief 1m· take a good look again Ilt the last portance of the 1I10ve is that it diagram. He will find that Whi te nullifies White's threat of the can easily defend his Pawn on First Objective. Now, if While K3 with more than three o( his P·Q4. Black reasons thus: Forces. while Black clln only 'It· docs my 0 p p 0 n e n t tack it with two of his. In itself. II nothing. "What can that is sufficient reason fOr not lie comes to the con-making the move. Rcmcmbe.· that that. afler all the ex· you should never get into a situa·1 ~J, a ",g",. he wilt come out on the tion in which the results cunnol end, wilh a loss of Space.

attack this by playing

once more

The student will ask: "How does this move atlnck the Pawn (Q4)?"

Althoush tl1c PaWii is d6(6iidM by Bishop. Knight, and Queen. a total of three. it has been attacked with Pawn. Bishop, and Knight­also n total or three pieces. Blnck pins the Knight with B·Kt5, thus restricting its power and render· ing It useless, because if the Knight moves. BxQ would be the answer. B.Kt5, therefore. attacks the Pawn on Q4 indirectly. This is the fourth time that the eentcr Pawn has been aUaeked. Although it is supposed to be a strength (i f moved with salety), it actually bee<lmes a wellkness-a hanging target.

It is true that it can capturc­PxP, or KtxP, or move, by play­ing P·Q5. or Kl-Q5, but either of these allows Black to control more Space than his opponent. The student has learncd by now tbat a premature pIny for an Objective is undesirable. and although it docs not lose Force. it gives the opponent initiative. The foregoing discloses the fact that moving the Bishop has proved that P·Q4 (First Objective) was played prematurely and that it was not achieved with safety,

(To be continu_d In next issue)

Solutlons:_ White to Play and Win

Pell mOn No. 219: I. KI.-K3 ch, K·Kt!;; 2. Kt-BU5 (nol :L B·Kt8, B·Q5 eh!). R­B31: s. B-Kt8. K·R,; 4. BxKt, B-Ql eb; 5. 1( ·1t6. BxD; 6. H-K8 ell. K·KtS; 7. KI.­K71 In(l win.. for Ihe Black B III Lrlllll'fll.

I'w ltlon No. 220: I. O·Q2, KI.-KL1; !. a ·m. KV64 (If 2 . ......... Kt.-n4; 3. S·K\.S); 3. BxKt, K·M; 4. B·m, Kt·K3i (II Black enn win I piece salely. It Is a drlw); ~. Kt·KS eh. K"K,; 6. Kt·QS, KxxKt; 7. R·Kt2 mate. If 6 ... , .... ,. Ktx6; 1. KtxxKt leevCl Whitt a win, while othel' 10'150 Kt .nd two B. 10'111 win allaln. t l<l and P In lime.

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A TRIP to Denmark involving the initial participation of a

U.S. player in the World Junior Championship has elicited a great deal of interest here in New York chess circles, and Jimmy Sherwin, the U.S. representative, spent the !inal week preceding his departure via the Queen Mary in a very ac­tive fashion himself! Not content with completely spending his last days before ~ailing in "quiet" old New York, Sherwin made a quick trip to Wilmi ngton. N. Car. to d.t­reet the Carolinas Championship and. before retuming to his Yankee environment, even wiled away a few pleasant days at the home of Kit Crittenden (the win· ner of the Carolinali tourney!) in Raiclgh. But New York chess dubs beckoned and the wandering jun· ior returned home in time to at .. tract all comers to tW(l simultan· eous exhibitions before the Europe bound Queen Mary left for b"'ng­land.

Sandwiching these exhibitions at tbe Brooklyn and Marshall Chess Clubs in between the necessary visits to passport oflicials, draft board heads and chess organlzcrs, J immy pedormed quite well and achieved the record of 10 wins and 2 draws (with experts Henry Spin­ner and Carmine NIgro) at the former club, defeating some of the group's leading playcrs in the pro­cess. At the Marshall C. C., Sher­win's home club which was respon· sible for collecting the major por­tion of the expense money neces· sary fo r the trip to Copenhagen, he met eighteen opponents and concluded with a score of 13 wins. 2 draws (with J . Kelly und E. Ber· gel) and 3 losses; the deCeats came at the hands of J. Petras, W, Wolff (a very talented youngster from Verona, N. J. and who played a fine game). and a combined team or AI Weissman, Jcrry Donovan, Waltel' Shipman and Edmar Mcd· nis, the consullants containing several of the top players in the country. as will be recognized! This latter exhibition was held on the eve of Sherwin's departure and. at the conclusion of play, the term "Bon Voyage!" seemed to have OIl· most completely replaced the older and more widely used "Goodbye!" ... Bon Voyage. J.T.S.

IN BRIEf: The all·master Invita· tional Minute Chess Tourney has not yet been completed and the current standings find Bisguier and Seidman leading with SY.!-1¥l scores; Pavey has 4-1. Hearst and Mengarini 4-4, Sherwin 3-5, Suss· man 2¥J ·311.1, Levy 2·6 and Pilniek 1'h·5'h. Final results depend pri· marily on the Bisguier·Pavey en­counter to be played ... Marshall C. C. championship preliminaries have begun and leading scores in­clude J . Richman 3-Q, J , T. West­brock 2Y.t·Y.t, A. SaidY. K. Stern, I. Romanenko, and :M. DeLicto 2·0 ...

(Pl ease turn t(l pilge 7, col. 3)

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotaled by Chess Masler JOHN W. COLLINS, New York Stale Champion, 1953

useE MEMBERS: Subm;, ),,0111 bw gllmt l lor Ihis Jtp.Frl M t fl' to JOHN W. COLLINS, 91 kmJlI. Ro.td, 8'001:1," 26, N.Y. Sj1«t bein, limiuJ, Mr. Colli", will u ltet the mOlt inll.tsting If"d inlt,wctif't Jo, flub/iCd,lion. Unltll Qlhn wist st<lttJ MIlS /0 8dmtl IITt: by M r. Collin,.

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Hollywood Invitational Los Angeles, 1953

Nolts by Senior Meter GtOfg( K,,,,"tr

White Black L. SPINNER H. STEINER 1. P -K4 P·1(4 3. B. KtS P ·QR3 l. Kt ·KBl Kt-QB3 4. B·A4 K t .8:J 4. __ .. _'/.. P.QKt4; S. B-KU, Kt·il.4 ; 6. 0-0, GtxB; 7. RPllKt, P-Q3 b a seldom p layed Une iD which tho Lopez Ullbop Is quickly eliminated. It deserves more trials. S. ()..() 8 ·1(1 7. 8 -Kt3 0 -0 6. Q. K2 P-QKt4 8. P·83 P.Q4 The Marshan atUick is .. favorite ot Steiner'" Sr lnner decide. to .... old t he prob leml 0 9. PxP. 9. P..Q3 P..QS Thrt!,wning ttl J:lIddlll WhIU wltl!. Q. ~.1fI.5~eadaches aHer 10 ..... ....• PXP an.d

10. P x p KtxQP 10. . __ .. , PXP a llows White too muc h play with 11. p.K5. The text leads to a n exchange of weak squares (White's Q4 a n d B lack's QB4). 11. Ktx Kt QxKt 13. R· Bl 12. B-K3 Q-Q3 . I mmediate p r essure on t he B f il e. Blac k reacts strongly a n d unexpected ly wit h

ii·~ ... _.. Kt_KtSI? Which l caves h ls QR &omewhat ell· posed. The offe r is accepted. 14. 8-Q5 R·Ktl 15. B· R7

15. R-B6 leads t o no l hlnc a fter Q_Q I or Q2. 15. ...... Q·R3 Threlltcn lng lhe R and mll t e in two. U. Q.Kl QxP ch 17. K·B1 a .RS P reve nting 18. 8 xR b ec;'lus e ot BxP, and 18. K_K2 because o f Ktxl>; 19. BxKt, 8-K t.s eh; 20. K·Q2. QxP. 18. Kt-Q2 Q·B5 18. "'''''', KtxP Is ve ry tempti ng but apparently faiLs aCter 19. Kt·W. e.g., 19. _...... . Q-R8 ch; 20. K.K2. QJd>; 21. K txB, Il-Kts e h ; 22. K.Q2! (22. K ·K3?, Q-Kt6 ch: 2. K ·Q2, Q" P mak-), K txP dbc'.!; 2. K_K3, Q-R6 ch (Q·R7 ; 24. PxKl ); 24. t\.xK t, K·RI; 25. Q·RI , P -B4 eh; 26. K " P :!. n oJ the mate just isn't t h e r e. 19. Kt·B3 ' ''hlte bas wea t hered the storm and \s r eady to pick u p h is r ewan:! at QKtS. Steiner haR uth"r Ideas. n. ........ Kt_R7 ch T he only way to maintain chances. 20. KtxKt QXKt 21 . Q· Kl _ .. .. _ :U. BxR immediately loses to B·Kt5. ~-W. 21. ........ , B·KtS is ~et with 21,

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"'Jess J.I) e ,." 5, 19"

Probably to try tor eounterplay a rter 22. BxP w ith P · M . But 23. Q.R3 . hould be good e nouI:h, 22.. BxR __

While decides to play It simply. 21, ........ P X8 D1l1ek h .. a pawn fo r t he exch llnle and Im plied thre;l.l$. 23. P ·B. .. .. _ Open~ himself up II bit. bul no t bad. B·QG I.s II p la.yable alternilUve. 23. ..... _ P-QS 24. Q·83 ll-Kt6 Preparing for P ·KR4 or Q·ns depending on neee!l$lty. 25. Bx P? ..... _. But he re W h ite goes wrong. 25. P·SS. P.Kt (B)lPi 216. Px8. n x B; 27. K ·K2. PIK5' 28. rxP. p.Q6 ch; 29. KxP, R·Ql eh; 0. K·82 wlnat; 26. K·K2. P xP; TI. R·tt!. p)lp; 28. QX1' Wins. 2,J, _ ... _ Q.RS Ve ry s tronl . 8-Kt.5 Is threa tened. 26. BxQP B· Kt5 21. Q·B2 27. Q .Kl Bx Pt If QxB; 29. 8·K7 c h wins the Q . 25. .... __ B· KI6 If. Q-KJ? ...... . After t.hi$. one m ay d r aw the veil, to use P avey'S expres!llon . 29. Q-B2 g ives him a f ew chances. If p ost· 29. Q·Kt3 eh, K-RI; 30. Q·B7 makes life interest­lng. Steiner now concludes dynamically. 29 . .... .. _ P · B4 33. Q-QS ch K·R I 30. P·K5 P . BS l 4. P x P RxP e h 31. Q.K4 Q.R8 ch Re signs 32. B·Kll P·B6

SEIDMAN'S TREATMENT U. S. ChrS1 Mllstrr Hrrbttt SriJnum

tOIn~J up .,i,h lin o,igi,..,t IInJ IIgg,usi"" tut<lmrnl 01. th~ H"8U( Syst( 1n of t~ Sj~ilill" Dr rnst "/!lIinst Co/umnill Eliot HttSTu.

SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: pa ge 286, Column llD

Met. Maste rs Invitational

30-30 Tourney

New York, 1953 While Black

H. SEIDMAN E. HEARST 1. P ·K4 P-QB4 4. KtxP Kt-KBl 2. Kt-KB3 P-Q3 5. Kt·QB3 P-QR3 3. P-Q4 PxP Signalling the Paulsen Variation, or one of its offsp r lnl:. and a rejection or the bctter known Dragon Variation . 6. P _KKI3 6. p.fi4 and 7. B-Q3 ba>i been seen a g ood dea l lately . 6 . ...... ~ P .QKt4 The H ague System. Black s~ks early q ueen·s ide ;'lellon. With 6. . ..... . , P_K4; the so'ca lled 'rcheppy V a r Iation Is est..,blished. 7. B_Kt2 _ .. __ Threaten ing 8. P ·K.5. 7. _ .. _. B·Kt2 8. 0 ·0 H orowitz·Denker. New Yo r k , 1948-49. eon tinucd with 8. p .QR4. 8. ...... _ P·K3 Thr eatening 9 •........• P ·KlS; and 10. KtxP. 9. Q·K2 QKt.Q2 I D. R-Q1!? I-'ine·Najdorf. New York, 1948-49, wen t on with 10. P ·QRl (ev idently t o preven t 10. • ..... , P-K(5) Q·B2; 11. P-B4, R·BI; 12.. P-R3, Q·SS; 13. Q·B2, P ·Q4; with cbances f or both sides .

If 10. P-K5? DxB; 11. P x Kt, llxR; 12. hP. BxP; wins . Bul 10. R·Q· threalcn s 11. P-K5, BxB; t 2. PxKt, B·KI2; 13. KtxKP , PxKt; 14. QxPch, Il- K2; Ia. P :d' wl nnlna::-a nd aeU ... tes a White Rook much sooner than In sta nd ard varia ·

"0= 10 . . _ ... _ Q-Bl? B lack sfii)i;ld react more vigorously with 10 .........• P -Kt5!; 11. K t ·KtI (I 1. P -K5? BxB; 12.. PxKt, KtxP; 13. KxB. PxKt; 14. PxP. Q·B2; w ith tbe better g a me fo r Black) Q·B2. 11. P-QR41 _. , .. ~ T h is and the nex t mOve a re reminiscen t of the Alekhlnc Va r iation in t he S lav Defen se. 11. ,._.. P-KI5 12. Kt_R2 Q .R4?

A pa ll iative In a c r isis. If there Is a r em edy, it is 12.. .. _ .. _. P-Q4. A rter the t cx t, Black never h as a ch a nce.

13. 8-Q1 P-Q4 A move too la i c. U 13 ......... , QxP!; 14. KtxKtP win, t he Black Queen. 14. PxP Bx P 15. 8 x 8 K' x B On 15 ......... . Qx:O; White wins t he QKtP, U . K')l KPIl

~rr;:a;a~:::eio'. -'-'.0_'--: tlcularly difficult -;'';:~i.~~~~._ : ot 30 moves i n 30 16. .. _.... P x Kt O r 17 . ..... _ .• 8-K2; (17. B-KtSch wins) 18. BxP, K txB; 19. RltXt, Q·B4; 20. K t xKt . QxKt; 21. P-QB3. Q-B4; 22. R-K I, wins. 18, Bx P Q.KB4 If 18 ... __ .... , QxP; 19 . Bx Kt. BxB; 20. Kt-B3, :l< t ·Bl ; 21. Q·Q5, wins. 19. Q-Q6 R-Ql And It Is good·bye to a tourth P awn. But U 19 •....•. _, P -QR4; 20. 8-Rl, f o l­lowed by 21. K t -B3 and 22. Kt-Kt5. 20. Q)l p N-Q4 If 20. _ .... , Qx:P; one move to w in 15 21. n-fiS. The t ext results In exchanges and a n cndlng in which tbe surplus of Whi t e Pawns are easily t urned to ac­count. 21. Q.Kt5 R-QKt1 24. KtxB 22. Qx Kt 23. RII Q The P awn s 26 ....... . 27. P-Q Kt4 28. R· KSch Tigh t-fisted. l l ... _ .... 32. R-Q5

QxQ 25. QR-QI BxB 26. P · RS

arc c o m ing. K·K2 2'. P · KtS

KI·83 3D. P _R6 K_B2 31. R-QBll

33. P-QB4

R.QBl R·Ktl

Kt_Bl

U 33. .._, P·R7 wins.

KI-Q2 K-Kl

R xBP; 34. Rx&, KxR; 35.

34. R·Klch K·B2 4b. R·KtSc:h K·Rl 3S. R-Q4 P_Kt4 41 . R (4}-B.S R·Qkh l 6. P .R3 P_R4 42. K·Ktl Kt-Q2 37. R-K5 P·KtS 43. R-Q5 RxR la. R· B4 K-Ktl 44. P · R7I Res igns 39, P· R4 R-Ql The extr a R ook and KnIght are n o match for the three p IISlled-pawns. If 44. ......... H.K II; (44. ...... ..• RxR; 45. PxRch, K:xP; 46. P ·R8-Q wins) 45. PxR·Q, KtxQ; 46. Rill wins.

RUY LOPEZ Meo: p ;og e 2S2. c ol u mn 115 (lBI

Massachusetts Open Championship Springfield, 1953

W hile C. GROS SGUTH 1. P· K4 P·K4 2. KI-K83 Kt·QB3 3. B·Kt5 P-QR3

.. ,. R. E.

8 · R4 P ·Q4

B lac k KUNITZ

Kt·8l

This s ho uld secure no mOTe t han equal chances. S . ... ,__ P-QKt4 Dubious. Favor a b le lo Black 1$ 5. _ ...... , PxP; 6. Q·K2, Q·K2; 7. 0-0, KtxP; 8. K t ·"84; 9. Q·Ql, Kt·K3! 6. P x P ._ ..... Much bctter Is 6. B-Ktl (on e does n ot part with the Lopez B15hop, o r a n y other Bishop, wit hout good and auf­rlc lent reason) , P x P ; 7. p ·K5. K t·RS; 8. B·Q5. B-.Kt5ch ; 9. p.B3. P XP; 10. O·O ! 6. ........ KKtxP? Black sbould go for t h e Twn Bisho p advantage wi th 6, ...... ..• PxS; 7. PxKt. QxP. 7. B·Kt3 8. 8-QS • • B-K3

Kt·84 ~K" Kt. K3

to. QKt-Q2 11. P-KR4

B_K2 P ·R3

Cr eaUJ4: a n aUr acUve ta r l:e t f o r W hlte·s a r rows. 12. Q. Kl R-QKtI 13, 0 ·0-0 .... _ .. Quite 10:leal. Wblte sets h io:l.self to exploit h b o pponent·s faul ty d eve lop­ment and exposed KRP. 13 .. _..... Kt·KtS 15. K, ·K4? 14. 8 x B Rx B Why live a Pawn? I S. K·K tl! 15. __ .... P..Q831 Why not take a Pawn? 1:1 .. _ ...... K txPeb ! 16. P .Rl Kt-Q4 17. P ·KKt. The attack on the K RP begins. 17. ........ P-QR4 20. P .KB4 P .KtS 18. Kt·Q4 Q. Kn 21 . P ·R4 19. Kt XKt QPx Kt Natu r slly Black Is not per mlUed to open the QKt·flle. 21 ....... M P-Kt6 22. P ·B.! D-O Black Is in hot water w hether or no t he euUes. U . P · Kts KIXB 24. QxKt P· R4 Not relishing the thought Of 25. PxP lind 26. QR·Kt1( eh). Jr 24 .......... PxP; 2.5. ItPxP. Qnd W hUe wlll win quickly with Q.R3. 25. Kt.86chl

25. BIIKt If 25 . ..... _., K-RI ; 26. K txP o r 26. Kt-Q7 wins. And U 25 .......... P xKt ; 26. KtPxP, R -B I ; (I r 26 ... _ ....• B·Ql ; 'n o Q·K t3eh a nd 28. Q-Kt7 mate) 27. P xB, RxP; 28. KR· Klich w ins. 26. KtPxB P·Kt3 27. P·BS T h reat cnlnl: 28. Q·RG. 27. .... K·R2 29. Q_K4 R/ 2-KB2 28. PxPch P x P A bit more stubb orn Is 29. _ •.•... , Q-K t. 30. KR·KI1 R.Kt1 31. R_Kt5 Ga ining t ime to doub le Rook s b y t h reat ­en ing 32. RxPeh. 31 . .. '._. K. R3 32. QR_Kt1 RxP As t hey say around the clubs, resigns w as s tronger. 33. PxR Q·Kl 34. Q_KB4 Resigns

24. P·B$? Whitr 11110"1 his QB to be /T<lpptJ .. ",J 10irl lOon "frcrw",JI. But " Jifftr~"'t 24th mcr" .. "u/J h4>'r put ,,"othn to"'­pla:io .. on m"llrTJ.

TCHIGORIN INDIAN DEFENSE MCO, page '6. column 7& Queen City Chess Club

Championship Buffalo, 1953

White R. T. 8LACK 1. P-Q4 KI.KB3 2. P·QB4 P .Ql Uautll is 3. Kt.QB3. 3. ........ QKt-Q2 4 . B-Ktl P· K4

Bla ck G. MAUER

P·KKt3

5. Kt·KBl

P rererable Is 5. P ·K4 and 6. K t-K 2. 5 . . _..... P ·B3 Not 5. _ ... .. , p.K5?; 6. Kt-K15, Q·K2; 7. Kt·QB3, and Whi te w ins the KP . 6. 0_0 B-K2 5. P_KR3 R·Kl 7_ KI·83 0-0 9. P·K4 ....... . White ean r en ounce P·K4 a ltogether and continue with 9. B·lO a nd 10. R-B I , a la Rubinstein. 9. _ ... . _ Q.B2 10. R·KI KI·BT And 10 . ........• PxP; 11 . KtxP , 8-81; f o llowed b y 12. .. ...... , K t·B4; d eserves a tten tion. II. 8·Kl B-Q2 13. P·BS7 12. R-QBl QR·Ql

Thl •• hould lOie a P awn. Correct is 13. Q·KU. U . . _~._ Kt.lU31 Bu l I. 13. __ .. _. QPxP! 14. P xBP. Q.BxP ; wlnnlnl a P awn by thrut. nln. the Qutlen. U IS. .. _._ .• QP. P l; 14. KIJ<P? PltP; U . IbP (it 15. KlxB; Q.v:Kt WIM; and tf 1$. QxP. OXP wlnl) U·K3 a nd win.. or It 14. PxKP. Bx P; 15. Q·B2 (1$. Q·KU. Il-KS) 8)(8 16. I'xKI. B.KI; 17. P XB, QxP; and Black hat I wo n gam •. 14. "xQ" QXP 16. ICtxlCt 15. Px P ICt!Ktl}x P II IS. DxP. Kt.-Q6; 17. P·K5, Kb:KP. If 16. QxQ. BxQ; 17. KtltKI. BltKt; U . D. P. R-Rl ; 1 • . B-K.S. D. K t; 20. bO, R. RP; an d. White hal n otllini. 16. ........ Q.Kt ThrClltcnln, 17. .., BxP. 17. P-84 ........ This I. some what we a1c:u nln,. Detter I. 11. Q·R4. 17. ........ Q-Q1t4 20. Rxll. Rxlt II. Q •• ) . ·Kl 21. RoOI " .KIt) It. Itt81141

8-QKt$ To I"lve Iho KIn. air a nd thereby thr .. t.n t o win a q ueen· ... d. P awn. n . It xltch Qxlt 23. 8x P _"'_' Rb ky . but j Ul t p illyabl •. AlI.r 23. P­K!i, mack " Quee n·side pllwn mpjority r emain. I&n advlnta~e .

n. __ .... P4KI31,...._ ....... -:--.,....

Menacing 24. .. .• Q·B2; and 25. Qlc8. But 23. .. ... _.. BxKt; 24. QxB. B. QRP; with a p robabln draw, :Is the aound u t eoun e. 24. " .8n Where ... thb loset, 24. P.K51 avoids 1051 a Dd ~ ev .... n wIn! And t hb des­pite the t rapped QB. E .•.• on 24 ... __ ... B ·Q4: or 2.. _ ....... Kt-Q4; Whi le h81 the st ron, reply %!i. Q-Q3! Or it 24 ....... _. 8-A4 eh; U. K·R21 Q.Q5; 26. Kt-K21 "nd White Is on top. And on 24. P-K$! KI· Q.; White h,l$ an other I twnl" move in. 2:1. P·BS! A ~urprlsln g turn of ev ents. 24. .~..... . . 851 25. " ·KS ...... _ White cannot dcCend a,alnst both the matlng attack (U ......... . 8 ·1)4 leb) and :26 • • _._." Q·Q5) a nd the threa t to his QB (25 .......... Q-B2). 25. ........ .·I!4ch 27. Q.Ql 26. l( . lt2 Q-QS Now Ir xr. Kt-K2, BxKt; w lna. 27. ........ Qx P 29. Bxl(tP B·Q3 2 • . Q.Qk h K·lt2 30. 8·82 P·R4 Th reatenlna' to bit the KKtP I th ird time with 31 . ......... p .R5., 31. Kt 'K4 __ _ Drep. a piece. 31. ~~_ KhcKt 32. 8xl( t Qx B Arkr Sl. Q.JtB. B·88; 10ll" l m" te.

GUEST ANNOTATORS Gaor"a Kram.r

SOUTH TEXAS OPEN Corpus Christi, 1953

I. J ohn lIudMin (Holil lon) __ ._. ____ WI4 D4 WI Wit W5 4, . I 17.25 2. John B. Pa.yne (San Antonio) _._._W21 WI1 0 $ WID oe 4 · 1 13.00 3. Robert Brieger (lIoul tonl . __ ._._ .... _W. wa Oil L:i WIO lI·a 13.15 4. WIUI' IQ lUlls ( HOUlto n) .... __ ._ ......... WIO 01 LIO W l2 W7 3~.ll 12.25 5. Le.Ue (lhe W e r (San Antoniol ........ WI7 W20 02 W3 Ll 3"'i 12..00 •. Uomer Faber (Corpus Chrb tl) _ ...... 1.3 W:U W20 W 14 02 31·1 , ' .SO 7. J ac k D. MOOI'(! (Corp. ChrlJU) _ ...... Wl2 Lit WI8 WI lA 3 ·2 10.00 8. Itlcha rd CarlO n (HOII,tOIlI .... _ ............ W 22. La W13 L7 Wll 3 ·2 9.00 • . tua ko S tovens (San A nton lu) _ ... _ .... Wl1 010 LI W21 Oil 3 ·2 8,SO

10. Uarley O. Wilbur (Corp. Chrlatl) .. _WI3 D9 W4 L12 1.3 21·2l 10.00 11 . Leon Poliakeff (San A ntonio) __ .. _ .WI5 W7 0 3 LI 1.8 26·21 9 .25 It. J amel A. Cre",.h ton (Corp. ChrlllU) L7 W IS 014 lA WI8 2,.21 7.00 13 . Ifenry youngman (Corp. Christi) _ .LIO WII 1.8 W2:0 V9 11·21 8.00 14. Oran M. Hea th (Corpu, Chrllt!) $oS ($,25); U . Folk Weav. r (Corpu. Christi) :&-3 (4.15); 16. Melvln K. Unth (Corpus ChrI.$U) 1-1 (4.110); 17. David RotM!rtJ (Cor pli' Chrlsll,l 2-3 (3.00); III. P ablo Cortez (Cor pu, Chdl tij liI-31 (3.&1); 19. Alan LUyholm (Corpu l Chrll ll) 1-4 (3.00); 20. J oe Medln ll (Corpu, Chr isti) 1-4 (2.&1) ; 21. hurle. lI . F uch.!irnan (Corpu. Christl) 1-4 (2.00); 22. Tom Wehh (Cor'pu, Chrll t l) 1·4 (2.00).

Medill n forfeite d to F aber , Yo un,mnn, nnd Webb; Cortn to MOONl und Crela'hto n.

ST. LOUIS DISTRICf CHAMPIONSHIP St. Louis, 1953

1. R. H. S teinmeyer (SL Lou liI) ____ • __ ........... 11: I ti l 1 I I I I IG-O ::&. F . S. Andenen (Unlvently Cy) __ ._. __ ... 0 • 0 I I I , 1 1 11 7 " 3. Harold Branch (SL Loub) _._. __ ....... _._._ ... 0 I • , 0 0 I ) 1 1 a -4 4. W_ H. C. Newberry (Alton . III.) ~ ...... _ .... _ .... O 0 , ,. 0 1 1 1 1 , , -4 5. Ha rry A. Lew (St. Loulil) ...... _._._ ............ _ .... 0 0 I L )l l O t 0 1 'I-4i • . & hnund (lodbold (S t . Loubl .. _ ............ _ ...... 0 0 1 0 0 • 1 I I 11 5a-4~ 7. Char lu M. Burton (St . Louis) ............. ....... 0 • 0 0 lO x 1 I I 1 51·4a 8. Low W. II1 11er (Plno Lawn) ' .7; 9. EU~l!ne J . n oellCh (St . LouiS) 3·7: 10. Roland A. AlpllOr (Rk hmo nd Hel,ht.) 2·4; 11. n aymond Voll.mar (St. Loull) It-8a.

SAN ANTONIO WOODPUSHERS I. Blake W. Steven , ______ ... _ .. __ ._._ ... _ .. x l 2 l :t 2 I 2 2 2 2. J ohn B. Payne: ____________ .. __ ._ ..... __ 0 x 2 2 Z 2 2 2 I t 2 3. Leon P ollako{f ____ ._._ .. _ ......... __ ..... _._0 0 • I 1 II 2 1 2 II 4. A. A. Murray _. ____ ._ ... _ ............... _ .............. 0 0 1 X 1 I 2 Jl 1 1 5. Le , II , Ghellie r .... _ ... _ ...................................... ..... 0 0 1 1 • a 1) 1 11 2 6. C lem.ente Villa real 8-10; 7. lIans S t ruck 6L-t U; 8. Allen U. Bake r, J r. 9. J ame. n . Wood ing 4A-13j; 10. Frank lJammeU 3·1$.

17 _I ISHI ,,. tl"l ."" 4.·!H;

PoUakolf CorCclled Une ga me to Mur ray; S truck forCelted one , ame to Vlllaroal. Ham mott, and two POllakotf.

INDIANAPOLIS OPEN CHAMF'IONSH IP Indianapolis, 1953

I. Em il Bcnbac h (Sedalia) _ .................. _ W9 W6 W2 W4 W7 5 -0 13.00 2. Homer Pe lerson (lnd pb) .... _ ......... _._ .. W5 W l3 LI WI W4 4 ·1 8.00 3. Or. K. R. Greenbank (lndp ls)._ .... _._ .. WI2 1.8 D7 W IO W9 3j·U 5.25 4. Leopold Binder Undpl.) ............. ... _ .... W7 W$ WI L 1 L2 3 -2 7~ 5. UHry K. Goodall (Indyll) .... L2 L4 WF WF WI0 3 ·2 2.00 6. I. B. SChun'er (lndpls) ...... , .. W IO Ll L9 Wll Oil 2~.2a 4.25 7. Alfred Gruen (Indpls) .......... ...... ......... .L4 W14 D3 W9 Ll 2b·2& 3.75 ~. Puul D. Ras: ~r (lndpll) 2·3 (2.~0) ; 10. Rev. G. O. Taylor (Indpls) 2·3 (1.50); 11 J. It. Sieven3(ln (Jndllhi ) IHi (1..2.~); 12. O. O. J ohnsun (Ind pls) 0 ·5 (0.00); 13 P. M. nunyon (Indpill) 0-5 (0.00); 14. Cagie Wilson (In(lp ls) 0-5 (0.00).

J ohnson, Ru nyon and Wilson rorreited la$t th ree rounds. SAN JUAN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP

San JUOIn, 1953 1. MI,ue l Colon ___ . __ x ~ 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1$1. I t. Pa ul Re\Q:mann ............ 0 lI; I 1 1 I I 1 I I I I I 1 I 1 15 .1 3. Ra ll.h Rivera ................ 1 0 x 0 1 6 1 I I I I I ~ I I 1 Itd"'l 4. J<»e Ilc r rocal ........ _ ...... 0 0 I )( 0 ~ ~ I I I II 1 I I I I 10,.51 S. Gab rl<)! IIorras .. ............ 0 0 0 I x I I 0 I 0 ~ 1 1 I Ll 101.5! 6. n a fae l Cintron, Jr ....... 0 0 I I 0 • 0 • I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 101·51 7. n~ racl l)Ia~ ................. ... 0 0 0 ~ 0 I X a II 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 101'S~ 8. P. J . S. Lavandero ...... 0 0 0 0 1 ~ li x 0 ~ 0 1 1 1 I 1 8~·7 ' 9. JulesZell ........................ OUOOOO~ l x l 11 110 1 aoa

10. Luis AtUe •. _. __ ........... _.0 0 0 0 I 0 0 to. I 1 1 I I 1 8 -8 I I. J"U~ Moralel 6-10; I t. .'rank Beni tez 51·10t; 13. Salu .. nlno Diu 4-12; 14. Rcln.al­do Torres 3)-12}; 15. Ccledonlo lI odrl~ez 2-14; 18. Vlclor Rodrigue, 11-141; 17. E. Lope~ 0-11.

NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN CHAMPIONSHIP Saskatoon, 1953

I. Alan Pe rtlgo l .... .. x 1 1 0 1 2. Gera ld Fh: hllng ............ ....................... _0 x 0 1 1 3. O. IfUln phrlel ..... 0 1 x I ~ 4. Ke nt Olive r ....... _._ ................ __ .... _._._ ~ 'x 0 1

. 5. Or. I). C. MIlC Doniid .......................... 1 0 0 I x 0 6. Georee lIuber 3-4; 7. Eric lIoehn 2~-41; B. !"ra nk EIIu Hi.

WINNIPEG CITY CHAMPIONSHIP

, , o l •

Winnipeg, 1953 I . Shebaylo .. __ ..... _._ ... ___ . ___ ............ _ ... .-______ ... I 1 I I I I I 1 2. Car tar .... _ ...... _ .... · ... _ .......... _ .. _._._ ........ _ .. _._._._._. __ ._ .. a x I I 0 I I 1 3. Beda rd ..................... _ .................................................... _._0 0 :II 1 0 I 1 I 4. Uldbae k .............................................................. _._ ......... _ ... 0 0 0 x 1 0 1 1 5. J acoblon n -4l; 6. Mat,ynla 3·S; 7. Iluhr 3-5; 8. Merrk:k 21·S ~; 9. Sak 1.7.

SII' I} 4}.2} H . ~ , ....

Jllcobson forfeited galll .. 10 U ldbaek and Buhr; Buhr to Bedard; and Sak to Ik-dprd .

PENNSYLVANIA SCHOLASTIC TEAM · CHAMPIONSHIP Harris burg, 1953

N. Y. CHESS LIFE (Continued from page 5, col. 4)

Stuyvesant H . S .• headed by Inter­scholastic Champ Edmar Mednis, is dominatin g the final playoffs of the HiSh School team tourney with a 7-0 game score; Bronx Science, LaSalle and Bklyn. Tech are the other fiD3 lists ... Recent southern "invaders" of N. Y. included the entire Crittenden ram i I y of Raleigh. N . C. and J . G. Sul1ivan of Knoxville, Tennessee who had his last fling here in N. Y. before being inducted into the Army!

1. Ove rhrook (Pblladelphla) ........... _._ ........ _ .... x. 4 -I 3 -2 2. SUlquehanna (Ha rrisburg) H.... ....... I 4 . x·x 4l- J 3. South Hl,h (plttshurgh) 2 -3 Hi x x

CAROLINAS CHAMPIONSHIP Wilmington, 1953

I. Kit Critte nden (Raleigh. N.C.) .... ____ .. _ .. WI8 W IS W3 W2 WS 5 -0 12.~0 2. Oou,1II Ka hn (Charlotte, N.C.)_._ ... _._ ... W9 WI! W4 LI W7 4 · 1 IS.50 3. A.I J e nkin, (Ralel£h. N.C.)._. __ ._. __ ._. __ .. WII'i W7 LI W& W4 4 ·1 15.50 4. Lenneau F 06ter {Columbia. N.C.)_ ... _ .... W12 WI O 1.2 WI1 L3 3 ., 14..so 5. Al1hur G. Ashbrook (Ch arlotte. N.C.) ____ W l4 WIS wa LI 3 -2 14.50 6. (l eo. C. Harwell (D\lrham. N.C.) .. __ . ___ W5 wa Lll 1.3 W I3 3 ·2 14.00 7. J . W. Cabaniss (Cboarluton, S.c.) .. __ _ H_ .. WIS 1.3 Wl7 WIO 1.2 3 -2 13.00 a. Dr. Norm _n I-tornstfl ln ($outh" ... .-t. N"r.) __ Wll V. W I2 L5 W I I 3·2 12.00 a. s u n Zedekar (Cherry Point, N.C.) ........ _ L2 Wi3 010 L12 WI6 2,.2. 12.00

10. L. M. GUbert, Jr. (Max ton, N.C.J ........ __ WI7 lA D9 L7 W I2 U·2. 11.50 ll. Arc hibald Patterson (Maxton. N.C.) 1-3 (15.00); 12. JuUan TuSCh (Wllm ln, ton. N.C.) 2-3 (11.00); 13. J . a.rowne Evan. (St. P s ul., N.C.) 2·3 (9.&1); 14. T. E. Dant:der (Char lelton, S.C.) 2-3 (7.&1); 15. Harry E. Mitch ell (Wilmington. N.C.) H"l (12.50); 16. MurrQ Simon (WIlmington. N .C.) Il·3} (1t.0Il); 17. C. Y. Rhod e. (Wllmlnl"ton. N.C.) 1-4 (11.00); II. Ru pert Worthington (Wilmington, N.C.) 0-5 (1 t.~) .

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USCF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Milwaukee. Wis.

August 10-21. 1953 Place: Eagle's Club, 2401 West

Wisconsin Avenue, Milwau­kee. Wis.

Eligibility: Open to any chess player who is a mc mber in good standing of the USCF. Players must show m.ember­ship cards or pay $5.00 annual USCF ducs.

Entries Close: Entries must be postmarked DOt later than August 3. 1953 and should be sent to the treasurer. Dr. O.M.J. Wehrley, 506 Towe r Bldg .• Milwaukee. Wis.

Entry Fee: $15.00 including the rating fee of the USCF.

Prizes: Guaranteed first pdze of $1500.00; l()tal prize fund in excess of $4000.00.

Tournament: 12 or 14 round Swiss, depending on number of entrants.

LCKtg ing: FOr lodging or hotel rescrvatlons, specUy require. ments and mark % Tourna. ment Director Ernest OIfe, 3841 W. St. Paul Ave., Mil­waukee 8, Wis.

Clocks: Players are asked to bring chess clocks, but mech­anical one only.

PI<lyer Registration: At t b c Eae:les Club. l\fnndllY August 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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Send solutions to Position No. 120 to the Editor, CHESS LIFE, by August 5, ]953.

Solution to posi tion No. 117 MO'it solvers found this SOlution. a1·

thouRh several talked t h emselves out of the solution by fallln,e to see the f law to the BI;,,:k defence o f 1. .... ..• Q ·KI4. In the 1;:1Imc V"kovlc-N.N .• 1937. White p layed 1. KL-SS! and t h ere fol­lowed : I ... _ .... , Qx R; z. Q-ru! lind Black resigned. for 2.. _ .•. _., QxQ is a nswered b y 3. Kt.K7 mate and 2. _ ......• PxQ by 3. Kt·R6 mate. Ulack's defence or I .. .. _." Q-Kt4 Is met by 2. Q-Bl!. r.B:>; 3. Kt-R6 ch, K-Kt2.(R l ); 4. QxQ and w;o s. Of course un Imn'ed\l,\.c 1 . . _ ... __ , PxKt loses quick ly.

Coned solulions arc Ilcknowl<.-dged received from; R. A . Baker (Stllte Col· l" l:e), J . E. BarTY (A nn Arbor), K. Blum· berg (Chicago). F. Cabot HI (Sturgeon Bay). n. 111. Church (Cam bridge), .I. E. Conutock (Du luU.). W. J. Couture (Charleston). )0::" K. Dille (NorColk ), E.. Godbold (St. Louis), R. Cranlie (Denver). D. Hamburger (Pltt~burgh). E. J . Kor· panty (Belleview), n . Kurruk (Des· Plaines). E. Nash (Washington), G. P a yne (WelJster Groves) , 1. Schwartz (Du ranli), P. W. Stephens (Cambridge ), W. E. Stevens (Laramie), H. C. Under· wood (Washington), n. A. Wa\sdorf. Jr. (New OrlcaHs), W. B. Wilson Amherst· burg), N. Zemke (Dctroit). Onc haU· point to snIvel'S W. H . .lames and N. P. Witting who believed 1. ......... Q·Kt4 prevented a ccrta;n win. Sc~eraJ bclatf'!d answers to Position

No. llG Were rceelved jlLSt too late for acknowledgment last issue. Correct aDliWel'S eame fl'(lm: J. Barry (Ann Ar· bor), n. ill. Church (Cambridge). II. K urruk (De$Plaines), and I . Sehwarh (Durand). Sevenll other la te solut ions were ineorrect In b elieving that 1. Q.K8 immediately resulted In a certain w in. Also one conect solution was re­ceived from Cranrord, N .. I. without any naIne attached; solver may gain credit by sending In his llame.

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TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CHAMPIONSH IP . D lIIvenport, 1953

I. Povll:as TaulVIIlsas (Chleagu, llI) .. W04.9 015 W36 W3S WS W l 4 W3 6 ~· 1 27.75 2. Mh·O$I.v Turlanaky (Chicago, WJ .. W30 W'r1 WI I wal LIS \V10 W9 6 ·1 27.00 3. Go..-orge EaslmaD (Delrolt. Mieh.) .. \V2S 023 W33 W" WI6 Wl3 Ll SH~ 24.50 4. H.rold Leer (Chlca(:"o, llJ.) ........ _ .. W7 os WI5 L3 W3lI WIG W27 5i·l ;1 ~bUS 5. S. Wlnlkaltis (Chlcaa'o, lll) ... _ ... _ .. W3 1 1)4 W24 WI7 LI W22 WI4 SI-I ~ 23.75 fl. A lcksllnliras Zujus {Chicago, W) .... wn L20 W>\!1 0 56 W40 W35 Wll . 5}-1 ~ 17.25 7. K. R. JOlles (Chleago, 111) ................ 1.4 W31 W6l! W30 W12 L!I W32 5·2 111.50 8. A ltrw Ludwlli (Omaha, Neb.) .. .... LSS W42 WUi 1)38 W:U:; W20 011 5·2 19.25 !I. Cu rt Brusket (Tracy. Mlnn.) ... ....... WII2 W32 LI6 W47 WI8 W7 L2 5·2 19.00

10. Srun COhen (Chicago, Ill) ................ W3i W3lI L21 W23 W26 L2 W28 5·2 19.00 11. F. S. Anderson (Sl. Louis. Mo.)_ . . WSI wsa L2 D32 W IS W21 08 5·2 18.50 12. SVend Oleson (C hlcSfo, 1I1) ... _ ....... WG7 L21 W57 WI9 L7 W40 W 26 S ·2 . 16.50 13. Dr. L. C. Young (Madison, Wls.) .... W52 033 W37 W26 W2 L3 L6 4~·2) 18.50 14. John PamUJe ns (Brooklyn, N.Y.) .. _ D56 W34 0 43 W29 \V2:0 LI 1.5 4~·2~ 16.75 15. Viklort Pupols (Lincoln, Neb.) ...... WSO 01 L4 W41 LII W56 W35 4 ~.26 15.75 16. Angc lo Sandrln (ChIeSfo. W)_ ...... Wt;-l \V47 W9 020 L3 lA W'¥1 4Hi 15.:;0 17. J. Oonald Dl:flne (Jo' lo rwant, Mo.)_ L2:t W6t \V4B J..:j W30 O!l2 W47 4~·2.~ 14.50 18. John Pcnqulte (DC3 Mulnes, la.)_ .. L57 W74 W39 W45 1.9 023 W36 41·2} 12.00 19. Dan C lark (Milwaukee, W~.) ........ W74 W57 L3S LI2 W39 024 W41 4 &·2~ 11.50 20. Richard Lin. {Oa)' ton, Ohlo) ........ W2ll W6 W22 016 L14 J..a D2L 4 ·3 17.75 21. Ll:wlS J. Isa(lCI (Chicago, JU), ....... W63 W l2 WlI) L2 DS5 Lil U20 4·3 IG.2t> 22.. Roy Dcrg, Jr. (Ch lcagu, 1lI) .... h ...... W17 024 L20 W58 W37 1.5 D34 ".:1 14.50 23. walter Grombaehcr (Clllcal:o) ..... . W53 1)3 056 L I.O W4S DI8 024 4·3 14.25 24. Dr. Max Schlosacr {Oecatur, I1I.)_ .. W46 022 L5 W64 028 019 1)23 .. -3 13.25 2S. Hcnry C. Cramer (Peoria, 111.).. ..... L3 W53 1.8 W:;O W29 L2a W48 4·3 13.00 26. Howa rd Ohman (Omaha, Neb.) .... W42 WSS W29 L13 LIO W48 L12 4·3 13.00 27. Orvllh: Franci5eo (M ilwaukce).h ... WOO La LA5 W42 \\149 W47 lA 4 -3 12.00 28. Lawrenc. Mllhl:r (Moline, nl.)_ ...... L20 W7 1 D41 W55 024 was LIO 4·3 11.75 2:!1. Richard KuJotil (Mllwaukee) ... ,_ .... W45 W48 L26 LI4 L25 W55 W51 " ·3 1I..50 30. David Arg_nlan (Racine, WLs.) ...... L2 W60 W67 L7 L17 W53 W52 4 ·3 10.50 31. L. Franke n stein (Kansas City) ...... L5 I-7 W68 W46 1.5ll W49 W62 4·3 10.50 32. ['a ui Adam. (Chlcal:o, 1II.) ............ .. W75 L9 WSI 011 WOO 017 L7 4 ·3 10.25 33. J. n. 'I'homas (l-"ernd"lc, Mlch.) .... W73 1)13 L3 LJ7 044 weo W45 4 ·3 10.25 H. Walter Karpuska {ChJeaa'o, 111.) .... 065 L14 LM W61 W64 W62 022 4 ·3 10.011 35. D. MCClellan (Jcannette.P:o.) ........ W41 W40 WI!l Ll 021 L(j LIt> 31-3 , 13.50 36. Dr. I. Sehwar u. (Durand, 1Il.) .. _ ........ 059 W44 LI W43 UI W58 LI8 3l-3} 10.25 37. R. D. YireiNIugh (Hoblruioll, 111.)_.1)70 W65 L13 W33 L22 wsa LIG 3~·31 10.25 38, Dr. Howard Ga!)a. (Dctroit, Mk:h.) WGG LIO W52 l>l;j 1A L37 W56 31 -3~ 10-00 39. V. IL Keiser, Jr. (Culver, Ind.) ...... LIO W68 LI8 Ws.s Lt9 D44 W59 3~ .J~ 9.00 41.\ .Edmund Godbold (SS. .LoI.IJ3<, Mo.) WIW .Lr'JJ .004 Wff 1.8 L 1Z W~ .t.HM UO 41. Bruce S!d~y (CinelnDuU, Ohlo) .. _ .. L3S W72 028 LIS W59 W:;7 LI9 3~·3~ 8.00 42. Henry J()ffrey (Rock Island, Ill.) .... L26 L8 W59 L27 D65 W70 WS8 3~·3~ 7.SO 43. R. L. Jo-Ietcher (Decatur, nL)._ ... _ .. D44 W70 L14 L36 L55 W'l1 W57 3~·3t 7.00 44.. John K. Freund (1)avenport, l a.) 3-4. (10.7S); 45. U;chilrd A. Minuet (Kilnsas City, Kans.) 3·4 (9.00); 46 • .Iohn P etersen (Davenport, l a.) 34 (8.00); 47. Clyde H . C t'IIY (Dilv enport, la.) 34 (7.00); 48. J ohn McFarland (Dubuque, la.) 3·4 (7.00); 49. ]'lanln C. Baldwin (Oes Moines, l a.) 3-4 (6.50); 50. ;.t. W. Reese (Denver, Colu.) 3·4 (6.!)4l); 51. Richard J<-aubc r (W. LafeycUe, Ind.) 304 (6.00); 52. James Nigg (Oulluque, la.) 3-4. (6.00); 53. Hobart Cleveland (Chicago, 111.) 34 (5 .00); 54. Wallet OUeson (,"Ill· waukee, Who.) 3-4 (3.50); 55. Victor Contoskl (MinneapOlis. Minn.) 2!-4~ {9.75}; 56. Dean Lyba~ger (Decatur, I lL) 2~-4~ (9.50); 57. Melvin Semb (WlnOlla, Minn.) 2~""'i (7.75); 58. Bon1facij", Egle (Dubuque, lil .) 2~4i (7.75); 59. R ichard Turnbull (Mon· mou th, m.) 2~4~ (5.25); GO. Norval Stamm (HastillgS, MIch.) 21 ·4~ (4.50); 6 1. P. D. Burkhalter (MoUne, III .) 2!-4t (4.25); 62. J ames P. Smith (Eil3t MOline, 111.) 2t-4 ~ (3.75); 63. w. A. Sbanahan (P eoria, fi l.) 2~4~ (3.25); 64. John R. Forbes (Chicago, UL) 2--!!i (5.75); 65. D r . A. E. Crew (M.arioD. Jll.) 2:·5 (a.50); sa. C. A. Lyon (pooria, Ill.) 2-5 (3.50); 67. Wesley Petterson (Davenport. la.) 2·5 (2.50); 68. David W. Edwprd (St. Louis, Mo.) 2-5 (2.00); 69. L. E. Lindb lade (Moline, Ji L) 2-5 (1.00); 10. J . H . nail (Omaha, Neb.) 1.·5;1 (3.50); 71. It. K. SalishUl")' (Russellville, 0.) H·5! (1 .25); 72. Carl P. Janus (Burlington, l a.) 1-6 (0.00); 73. Berg Madison (Molill", Ill.) 1-6 (0.00); 74. ll. s. Murdock (Ur bana, Ill.) 0-7 (0.00); 75. Hans Joscphsen (Lihertyvllle, Ill.) 0-7 (O.OO).

Murdock and J osephsen withdrew after fifth round.

INDIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Logansport, 1952

I. Ro,eer Oren (Muncie) . __ .... _ .... ___ .. _ .... _ ...... _W18 WI7 W25 WIO W7 5'() 2. George Mart inson (Chesterton) .... _ .................. OB WlS \V3 W21 W9 41· 1 3. D on O. B rooks (South Bend) ....... _ .................. w:m W12 J,2 W22 WIO " ·1 4.. Philip Schuringa (Lansing, III.) .. _ ..... .. ........... W32 LZ5 \V27 Wl;; W IS 4 ·1 5- Howard DonneUy (W~natah) ........ _ .... _._ ... _ ... .1.12 W29 W26 W25 WIl 4 ·1 6 . .lames L. Huth (Kokomo) .............. _._._ ........ .... W29 W3G L I0 W17 WIG " ·1 7. Marvin Cox (Oaklawn, I lL) .. _ .... _ ...... __ ............ WU WIG D9 W8 Ll 3~'H

8. Emil Bersbaeh (Sedalia) ........ _ ....... __ ._ ............. 1.12 W30 W18 L7 W21 3;l;-Ib 9. Jan W. Bralts (South Bend) _ .... _ ...................... W43 W l4 1.17 W20 L2 3~'1~

10. Robert L. H ewes (So ut h :Bend) .... ................ _W22 W26 W6 LI 1.3 3·2 11. E. E. Underwood (Cambridge, Mass.) .......... LI4 W32 W13 W l2 1.5 l ·2 12. Dale E Rhead (Gary) .. __ ._ ....... ~ ............ WS L3 W31 LII W30 3 ·2 13. 1". G. Flaudiog (POrtland) ........................ _ ........ L36 W23 Lll W29 W26 3 ·2 14.. R. E.. )o'aubcr (W. Lafayette) ....... _ ....... _ ... _ .. _Wll 1.9 L22 W37 W21 3·2 15. Cynthla Mantell (Richmond) ....... W37 L2 W33 LA W20 3 ·2 IG. Don MllIc r (Gary) .. _ .. _ .......... W42 L7 W31 W24 L6 3 ·2 11. John Cl1,rk (Rich'nond ) ...... .. ...... ....... W44 Ll W28 L6 W31 3 ·2 18. H.. Shellenber g er (Indianapolis) ............. .1.1 W44 W30 \\'35 lA 3 ·2 Ill. R. A. Ucdgcock (J<'rank(ort) ... _ .. _._ .. _ ........ .1.26 L28 W43 W38 Wa;, 3 ·2 20. David Eades (CTllw(ordsviiJe) ..................... _ ... 024 W27 W35 L9 LIS 2t·2~ 21. M. IsaUovlch (Gary) .......... .. .......... .. .... .. .. .. W39 035 W24 L2 I.8 2~ ·2! 22. P hilip Emile (IndianapoliS) ........................ _ ... .1.10 W43 WI4 L3 DZl 2 ~'2~

I 23. W. B. Harding (~r"WfOrdSvllle) .. _ .................. L21 LI3 W39 W3-1 022 2~·2~ , 24.. V. H. Keiser, Jr. (Cu lver) ........... ..... _ ................. 0 20 W38 L21 LtG W35 2~·2l I 25. F. :a. Bolton (Hammond) 2-3; 26. Mark Hopkins (C rawfordsville) 2-3; 'rI. L. N. , Stallworth (South Bend) 2-3; atI. Ceo. O. Dunkel (Gary) U; 29. Glen C. Donley

(Lake Cicott) 2-3; 30. ThOs. P . McGrath (Lognnsport) 2·3; 31. H. n. Sal i$bury (Gary) 2-3; 32. R. W. R icha r dson (South Bend) 2-3; 33. Jesse H . Hor ne (Lynn) 2·3; 34. P anl M"rtlnak (E. Chica go) 2·3; 3S. SL P . Oavi>< (Gar y) n ·3./;; 36. L . U;churd· son (Sou th Bend) 1-4; 3'1. Ch"s. D. KlDg (Royal Ccoter) 1-4; 38. P. O. Marsland (Richmond) 1-4; 39. Wm. T r lnks (Ham'nond) 1-4; 40. L. M. Chalk (portland) 1 ..... ; 4t. E. M. Thomas (Muncie) 1·4; 42. Grcgory O'Connor (Logansport) 1-4; 43. Eugene Monahan (Logansport) O'S; 44. John )o'erl:Uson (Logansport) 0·5.

CHALLENGE CUP TOURNAMENT Miami, 1953

1. P eter Magri ............ _ .. _ ....... _._._._ ..... .. 2. Murray G. Cohcn ........ _ ....... _ ............ _ .... . 3. Nonnan B. Church ........ _ ............... .. . _ ... . ... David Shubow ................... .. ..... .. 5. Arlll$trong Chinn ................. h ... ...... _._ .. .

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SACRAMENTO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Sacrame nto, 1953

1. R. E. Russell .. .... ..... h......... .. ..... ........ . _ ........... W4 w, w, 2. N. T. Austin .... . ............. 03 0' W, 3. M. O. Meyer .. h ... _ ................ _......... .. ..... ... ..... .......... 02 D. L3 4. J . A. Celie __ .. _ .. _ .. h_. _ __ ................. _. __ .. _ ...... . _ .. __ ._ ... _ .. LI DS LS 5. R. L. Richards __ ...... _ .... __ .. __ .... _ ... _._ .... _ ..... _ ... _ ... __ ._ .. L6 "' W. O. O. Bender _ .............. . _ ... _ ............ _ ........... W5 L' L'

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Colorado Open Championship D e nve r, Colo.

Third annual; open to all; 7 rd Swiss ; Entry fee $5.00 to USCF members. non·members pay USCF dues ($5.00) plus entry fce; begins 1:00 p.m. Olio Hotel with Rapid Trans; Banquet at 6:00 p.m. cou r­tesy T.D.; 1s t rd 7:30 p.m.; Two classes, A &: B; seeded pairings, Harkness Plan; Denver Silver Shower approx. $500.00 ; reserve early; write: Merl Reese, Box 84, Capitol Hill Sta., Denver, Colo.

100% USCF rated event.

Jllly 15·26, AII&:/iJI IJ·9 Northern C aliforn ia Ope n

San Frlllncisco, ClII l if.

Open to all ; 7 rd Swiss; e ntry fee $5.00 plus CSCF membership ($2.50); trophy and cash prizes; two top ph,yers qualify for Cali­fornia Stale Championship event; for details, write: Guthrie :McClain, 544 :Mul'ket Street. San Francisco 4, Cali!.

Aug • .,t 16 Sonoma Chess F estival

Sonoma, California Opcn to a ll ; sponsored by Valley

Chamber of Commerce and di· r ected by George Koltanowsi; A, B, and C Class s sections, with special sections for women players and juniors under 15; state class when SUbmitting entry fee of $1.00 to Valley Chamber of Commerce of Sonoma before August 1st, entry fee $2.00 after tbat date; problem solving competition and other special events.

AUsult 21·2} South Carolina

Open Cha mpionship Columbia, So. C arolina

Open; at Wade Hampton Hotel; 5 round Swiss; en try fee $2.00 plus SCCA membership ($2.00); beautiful troph ies for 3 top places; l or details, write L.L. Foster, 1704 Green St., Columbia, S.C.

SepUmbtr 4·7 P e nnsylvania State Cha mpionship

York, Pennsylv ania Open to aIL players r esiding in

Pennsylvania or member of Penn­sylvania Chess Clubs ; at York· towoe Hotel; '1 round Swiss; prizes include traveJing trophy, cash and merchandise; Rapid T r an si t tourney September 4 at 8:00 p.m.; for details write Jeffrey C. Bort­ner, 3 1 So. Duke St., York Pa.

100% USCF rated event .

Sel>lff lnbtr 5·7 Sout hwestern Open Championship

Houston, Texas Open to all; at Rice Hotel; r eg·

istration Saturday morning; the major ehess event of lhe South­west, won by Herman Steiner at Dallas in 1952; pr izes; Swiss event; lor details, write l.:LM. Williams, 2nd National Bank Bldg., Houston.

Oc:tobtr JO·No"~mbtT I NorHI Carolina Open Championship

Wilmington, No. Car. . At Community Center; starts

7:30 p.m.; 5 or 6 rd Swiss; entry fee $3.00 plus membership in NCCA or USCF; pr izes; a ll weI· come; rated; write: Dr. N. M. Horn· stein, Southport, N. C. for further details.