Vol. IX. No. 3

SURPRISE! USSR LEADS TEAM TY

By downing Argentina 3ih · Jk. the USSR took a firmer grip on the International Team Championship at Amsterdam at the end or seven rounds, with Botvinnik, Bronstein, and Keres winning from Najdar!, Panno, and Pilnik, while Smyslov drew with Julio Bolbochan. The USSR DOW has. 22'h -51h poin ts, Yu­goslavia has 19-9, Argentina 17-11, and Czechoslovakia and West Ger­many 16-12 each in the 12 team ihwis. In ihc Con~obllon event Canada is lead ing with 20·8, lol­lowed by Austria with 19\k·8Ih, and Swilzcrland 19·9 in the 14 team event.

The preliminaries were held" in fou r groups, with the three top teams in each group qualifying for the Championship finals.

PRI; Ll M IN J\ A Y R"5ULTS Grou p 0.,

"<SR 161- 31 Austrlll 9&-101 Holland 13 • 7 Fin land 51-H~ Iceland 11 - 9 Greeee "H51

Group Two Ar&:entlnD 14 - 6 Canada 10 _10 Bulgaria 13!- 61 Italy 7/;-12!

. Czechosio- Irehmd , lil-l8~ vakla 13i- 61

G roup Three It,.~ .. 1 16 - 8 Norway 11 -13 Swed e n 14 -10 France 9l·Hi YUgOShlVlo 14 ·10 The Saar 8 · 16 Denma r k IH-12.1i

Group Four Hungary 18 _ 6 Columbia In·la west Ger- Belgium , "" many 18i1 · 7iI Luxcm- ' Eng land 13l1-10i\ bourg I _2.1 Switzer-

land 13i-1Oi

DITTMANN BOOKS GO TO LIBRARY -The "Herman A. Dittmann Me­

morial Ch ess Library" was created when Mrs. Dittmann presented the entire collection of 129 volumes to the Salt Lake Public Library. Through the years l'I.r. Dittmann had bought practically every chess book and subscribed to every chess magazine published in English. Most of the magazines w~r"e per­manently bound . and those not yet bound at the ti mc o[ his death, Mrs. Dittmann had bound before presenting the collection to thc li­brary.

1I£rs. Dittmann in making the presentation announced that she would prefer to have the collection become permanent as a memorial to the work done by H erman Ditt­mann fo r chess, rather than sell them separately or in groups to in­dividua.\s. By her gift Salt Lake City now possesses the fin est chess reference library in the in termoun­tain states, for which chess pJayep in Uta h must remain eternally grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Dittmann.

• eS5 1 e Tuesday. Ckrtober 5. 1954 15 Cents

FERRYMAN TOPS OH IO STATE OPEN

Frank Fcrryman of Middletown won the Ohio Slate title 6-1 on S-B points, losing one game to Rex Naylor. Second and Ulird were James L. Harkins and nex Nay­lor with 6-1 each. Harkins lost no games but drew with WilHam Pratt and Algirdas Nasvytis; Nay­lor lost to Tony Arehipoff. William Prall was fourth with 5lh-l lh; while fifth to tenth on. S-B with equal 5-2 scorcs in the 47 player Swi.~s we l"{! Walter Mann. - Tony Archipoff, Eugene Leiningcr, Ervin Underwood, John Wetthoff, and John R. Biddle. ·Mrs. Willa White Owens retained the Ohio Woman's title as ranking woman player wtih 3-4.

This largest of recent Ohio State events had lhree former slate champions of Ohio competing in Tony Archipoff, Walter Mann, and Elliott Slearns, together with a for· mer MassachuseUs champion in Ervin Underwood. It proved phe­nominal in the fact that no games werc forfeited and out of the 161 ga mes played there were only ten draws! The event was directed by .Tamcs, Schroeder of Columbus.

In the separate Junior Cham­pionship even t the honors went to Mano Parvin of Tolcdo with 7-0, with James Cochrane and Tim An­derson, of Toledo and Columb'!is re­spectively, tied for second with 5!h-1 '"h. The fa ct that the top Ohio juniors p~yed in the rcgular State j>h :l mfl ion.~hip. this year gave the younger players a real chance to show their ability.

At the annual mceting officers elected were: S. Ross Owens pres­ident, Kurt Locning 1st vice·presi­dent, James L. Harkins, 2nd vice­president, Willa White Owens sec­retary-treasurer.

LlEPNIEKS WINS MID-WEST OP!,N

Alexander Liepnieks add~d the Nebraska State and ""Midwest Opcn titles to his Lincoln City laurels by scoring 5-1 in the 20 player Mid­west Open at North 'Platte, losing no games but drawing wilh runner­up Eduard Ireland and Richard McLellan. Ireland scored 4%-1'1./; for second, drawing wilh Licp­nieks, Raymond Hervert, and Ray­mond Wallace. Third to sixth on SoB with equal 4-2 scores were Ray­mond Hervert, 16-year old student at Teachers' College at Kearny; Raymond Wallace, former Georgia State champion; Richard McLellan; and J ack Spe nce. Former So. Da­kota State champion Donald C. Emigh was seventh with 3% ·2%.

USSR Wins Hamilton-Russell Cup Yugoslavia 2nd, Argentina 3rd

Never faltering the Russian chess team tallied 34-10 in the finals of the l nternationai Team Tournament at Amsterdam to lead their closest rival, Yugoslavia, by 6* points. Yugoslavia sCGred 27lh-161f~ for _ second, with Argentina a close third at 27·17.

In the Consolation event, Switzerland tallied 37-15 for f irst place and Canada, playing in its first team tournament since Buenos Aires, scored a respectable 36-16 for second, beating out Austria on tje-break­ing ·points. Austria also scored 36-16.

F INAL STA N DINGS :--::7::-::-::-:-:-:-:--:-;:=:=:::;--~U~OTOU:~~II~d 21-23 LOUISIANA VOTES ussn

YUJ::o~iayia Argentina CzechoslO-

.,,",G, ,,,,,j " ".. iTS CO- N" FiDENC.E '1.7 ·]7 Bulgaria 17 ·"1.7 Eng land 17 -27

UH9~ Swede n 1~ -29 231-20~ I""land 131-301

vakia Hung a ry Germany 23 ·21

CONSOLATION Switzer.

land 37 -IS Canada 36 -16 Austria 36 ·16 Denmark 34~.17t Italy 28~-23! Columbia nt·Ul Belgium '1.7 _25

F inl and 26~-2.5~ France 26 .26 Saar 24 ·28 Norway 22 -30 Greece 21 -31 Ireland 11 -<11 Luxemboura: 7-<15

T his represen ted a 5-point in­crease in margin of victory for the Soviet team, which won at Helsinki in 1952 -by 21-11, with Argentina scoring 19!h-12% and Yugoslavia }9-13_

SHAFFER TAKES PA STATE TITLE

Joseph Shaffer of Philadelphia on SoB points gained the Pennsyl­vania State Championship with 6-1 score, drawing with runner·up Charles Kalme and fonner cham· pion D. McClellan. Kalme with 6-1 drew with T. C. Gutckl}nst and Shaffer. Second and third on SoB with ' 5 lh-llh scores were formcr state titlist Thomas C. Gutekunst and formcr I'enn State Junior Chumpion Mahlon Clcaver. Fifth to tenth with equal 5·2 scores were Saul Wuchs, D. McClellan, V. Bom­anoy, D. B. Hatch, M. S. Zitzman, ann Rnhcrt R. l.;Jrsf'n. Fif ty-th ree players participated in the event, directed by W. M. Byland, with N. B. Nields as assistant and chess columnist Bill Ruth handling the adjudications.

An 18 player rapid :lransit event, directed by D. A. GianguiliG, was won by Saul Wachs, fonnel' U.S. Junior Champion. with a Mr. Smith second, and Durwood B. Hatch third.

Officers elected at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Ch ess Federat ion were: 1'. C. Gutekunst (Allentown) presidcnt, D. A. Giang-. . iulio (Lansdowne) exccutive vice­president, Everett A. Coons (Pitts· burgh) sccretary-treasurer, and W. A. R uth (Philadelphia), W. M. By­land (Pittsburgh), J effrey C. Bor l­ner (York), Norman B. Nields (Reading), and Charles Sovcl (Philadelphia) vice-presidents.

Unanimously (except for one dissenting voice), the members of the Louisiana State Chcss Ass'n expressed their confidence in Montgomery Major and in CHESS LIFE in a resolution presentcd to the annual meeting by J ames S. Noel of Shreveport.

O'NEILL TA KES PANHANDLE OPEN

At the Panhandle Open , joinUy sponsored by the Amarillo Chess and Checker Club and the Amarillo Globe-News, threc players tied for firs t w ith 4lh·1h each. By the use of Coons points, Shane O'Neil be­came Pa nh'lDdle Open Champion" and Dl·. A. J . Welker Panhandle Champion. Owen Johnson placed' second_ Juris Jurevics with 3'12-1'"h became Panhandle Junior ti­tUst. Fourth to eigh th · in the 48: player Iield were Alfrcd P. Coles:. III, Dr. A. Vaet, Dr. R. S. Under­woOd, Lee Barry, and Viktor Pu~ pols. Next year's event will be held.. at Lubbock.

BILLS TRIUMPHS IN SO-WEST OPEN

William A. Bills of Houston, whO" upset U.S. Champion Arthur Bis­guicr in first rou nd of the recent U.S. Open, took the Southwest O.pen lille on SoB 'Points with 6-1, losing no games bu-L drawing with runner-up Blake Stevens and Don. aid Vivcs. Second on SoB with 6-1 was Blake Stevens of San Antonio who drew with BllIs and Robert Hux, former New Hampshire' champion. Third and fourth with: 5%-Ph wcre Louis J_ Dina of For t Wortb and J. B. Myers of Wichita,_ &ans. Fifth to ninth on SoB with 5·2 each were John B. Payne, R. L. Garver, Robcrt Brieger, Bert Brice· Nash, and Dcmas B. Martin.

The 67-player Swiss was not quite as large as some prcvious Soulhwestern Opens, but was M representative with playel"S from Alabam a, Tcnnessee, Washington, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. It was directed by Rob. ert Powelson.

Finish It The Clever Way! POlitio'l No. IJ7

E. Nash VI. L. Peninger N.Y 1954

P,uilion No. lJ8 By N. D. Grigoriev

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I N Posilion No. 137, a simple but pleasing four·move combination leIt Black helpless. I enjoyed playing in the open state championship

tournament sponsored by 'the New York Slate Chess Association and recommend it heartily to all chess players who would like to spend a week at serious chess in a friend ly and hospitable atmosphere.

Nikolai D, Grigoriev (1895·]938) was a great analyst of chess endings arising or probable in actual games. A bODk of his collected analyses and endgame compositions wa~ published in 1952: Shakhmalnoc Tvor. chcslvo N. D. Grigoricva {CreaUve Chess Contributions of N. D. Gri. goricv}, Position No. 138 was inspired by a game ending. My thanks to Karl A. 8aer for lending me the book.

For solutions, p lease turn to Page Twelve.

Send a1l contribu tions for Ihls column to Edm und Nash, 1530 28 th Place, S.E. WnhinSllon 20, D. C.

The Journal of the American ?Iedical Association Cor Se ptemlJer 4th , 1954 devotes its colum n, the "Leisure Corner" to a full page ar· ticle "For the Love oC Chess" which discusses tbe history ancl charm oC the game, advising physi. cians that it is admirably adapted as a hobby for the bu~y practician. er, provided he does not take it too seriously but plays for the sheer rUn of it. Th e arLicle is i1. lustrated with a clear chess dia­gram, and was called to Our aUen· lion by Dr. Ralph Kuhns or Min­neilpolis.

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Oaobtr 1, 1914

l"u:ther wanderings oC the it in­erate Log Cabin Chess Club vaca· tion teOlffi resultcd a 3 Y",·}lh victory at Cocur d'Alene, a 2·4 loss to the Spokane Chess Club, a 24 loss to the Seattle Chess Chtb, a 2Y~ - 1'f.a victory over Vancouver Chess Club, a 2·3 loss to Boise Chess Club, a l'h·2Yl loss to Salt Lake City Chess Club, and a 2·2 draw with the Laramie Chess Club. From Laramie the Cabinites pl~n to go home, con­tending with chess groups in Den. vcr, Topekil, Kansas City, Jefferson City, and St. Louis en route.

Victor - A. Guala WOII the 32 player Summer Swiss a t the Man­ha ttan Chess Club with 6 Yl-lJ.z, drawing with Jo'iorencio Champo­mimes. David Singer wa~ second with 51h-llJ.z and third to filth with 5-2 eilCh were Arthur Jo'cucr­stein, Stanley Lin n, and Erwin So­uin. Campomanes heilded Ihe group scoring 4lJ.z·2'h, giving no warning of his starlling perform­ance later at the New York State Championship.

Bill Rucker, Tennessee Junior Champion, drew 11 four-game match with Lee Hyder of Rockdale, Texas at Maryville, Tenn., with Jack Mur­phy as referee. Both players are J 8. Rucker won the 2nd game, Hy· del' the 4th, Olnd the other two were drawn.

South B0510n Lithuanian Che$$ Club [Mns. ) scored a n·l~ victory Over Hart.­ford Lithuanians with A. Keturakl3, J . Starlnskas. and P. Kontaul;ls winoln, fo r South Boston. T. Palublnsk:U sal· vaged the poin t for Hartford, Ind P. NOrkU5 (Hartford) drew wi th Z. Karo­.. as o f Bo.iton.

The Marshall Chess Club had lhe unique pleasure of feting {our reigning champions recently at a social gathering: Arlhur Bisguier, U.s. Champion and Pan-American titleholder; Larry Evans, U.S. Open Champion; William Lombardy, New York Stale Champion; and Mrs. Gisela K. Gresser, U.S. Wom­en's Open Champion.

The International Correspond­ence Chess Federation, now of­ficially reC<lgnized by FIDE, has conferred the titles of ICC Grand­masters on Purdy (Australia), Malmgren (Sweden), Napolitano (Italy) and Barda (Norway) Cor their performances in the first Correspondence World Champion­ship Tournament, won hy C. J. S. Purdy of Aus tralia.

In the qu ulifying tourney for the USA players in the next World Championship are five players re­presenting the CCLA and USCF, Ber ns tein, Brask, Korn, Pinkus, and Tears. A qualifying tourney is ccstricted' to 15 sections of 7 player~ each; :lnd the winner of each ~ection enters the champion· sh ip fin als.

Other ICCF events include 7· Player Tourneys in Championship, Master, Class I , II, or III with an entry fee of $ 1.25. Play is a single game against each 0 p p 0 n e n t, moves by lOe air-letters. The JCCF publishes its own Bulle tin at an annual subscription oC $2.00 pcr year. Further information of lhe ICC~' activities and subscrip­lions to its publications may be obtained by writing ICCF Secre­tary for USA and Canada, Benj. Koppin . 1601 CI:lrk Ave., Room 536, Detroit 9, Jl,Iich.

Roge.·s I'ark Chess Club won its firs t trophy :md five out of the six. book prizes in winning the Team- Rapid Transit Tournament sponsored by the Grenter Chicago Chess League and held at Park­holrne Commu ni ty House in Cicero. Other competing clubs were Aus­tin Chess & Cheeker Club Olnd West Towns Chess Club. Rogers Park I,)csled Austin 8 Ih -3'h and downed Wes t Towns 101h-l lJ.z . Aus· tin de fea ted Wes t Towns 7·5 Cor seC(lnd . or the s ix man team, Turian~ky , fo'ischeimer, Sweig, Sk· off, .md Hender~on won book pr i7-cs [or best score for the board. Only on 80ard two did Purcell of West Towns break the Rogers Park monopoly on prize~ .

USC!" Life Member Robert East­wood of Homestead, Fla., is devot· ing much t ime .and effort to the developing of young chess players, and through his efforts the Home­s tead Chess Club in addition to an adult membership of 20 has a stu· dent chess club of 31 boys of high school age or under. This is the way any chess club can provide wisely for its own future in addi· tion to promoliog chess generally.

Centnl California Chen League: Top Individual K-orca In the team tourna· ment were Rob Burrer with 4-0, Mike HaUparn with 3Y.a·Y.a; Tom Fries with 3·l, and Phil Smith I nd Frank Olvera with 2 .... 4·1~ eacb .

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R ITA DcLieto, wife of Marshall Chess Club expert Matt De­

Licto and a competitor in Marshall tourneys herself, has designed an unusual set oC chessmen in the "modem" vein and recent visitors to the clubrooms have been greet­ed by the pleasan t sight of Mrs. DcUeto playing skitlles on this new scul ptured metal set. The USA "USSR match was the scene of t he set's public debut and sinee then the National Home Furnish: ings Show, the International Gift and Fancy Goods Show, and Carle­bach 'Galleries (which has in the past had several exhibitions of unusual ehcss sets, old and new) have featured the new design in public displays. The New York Times recently ran a lead article on Mrs. DeUeto and her set, not­ing in nddi-tion to the be:lllty of the sct and '"its pleasant handling quality" the fact Ihat Mrs. DeUeto had met her futu re husband at the Marshall Chess Clu b. Si nce that time more than jus t a couple' of young women have called up and sought information on dub memo bership as a direct result of the article! Chess set collectors who are interested in this set made or an unbreakable ailoy, enameled or plated according to the tastes of the purchaser, may contact Mrs. DeLicto al 235 E:lst 10th St., N.Y. 3, N.Y. A tes limoni Ol i by U.S. Champ Art Bisguicl" states: "A very Iunetion:ft ~et. The perCect gilt to a chess-player." And Arthur should know! IN BRIEF: At a recellt Mar~hall

• C.C. Intra·c1ub match and social evening to open up the fall season, four champions were Ieted: Arthur Bisguier, winner of the U.S. and Pan-American tourneys, Larry Ev­ans, U.S. Open titleholder, Willy Lombardy, N.Y.S. champion, and loh·s. G. K. Gresser, victor in the U.S. Women's Open at New Or­leans.. New York'~ Marshall C. C. look an important step in tbe rigM direction as i t beca me the first m:ljor N.Y. chess club to ad­mll a negro member. Archie Wat· ers, a checker expert, too, had his ·Marshall membership application accepted recently by an over· whelming vote of the club's Board of Directors. . . . A top·notch, double round·robin tourney is planned at the Manhattan C.C. for December. Expected to play are Reshevsky, Fine, Bisguier, Evans, Kramer, and the Byrne brothers, Robert and Donald. It's good to sec George Kramer baek in tournament competition after his hitch in the Army, and we hope he is treated with more fairness in the future than he recently was du ring scleetion of the U.S. team to oppose Russia. . A malch between the U.S. and Spain is be· ing arranged [or NelV York in 1955. Arturo Pomar, baek in Spain now, is said to have an appoint­ment with FranL'Q to discuss the projected match. Robert Byrne's name was clipped (rom the

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MODERN DESIGN IN CHESS Simpfili~<i <itsig" if Ih" kq-·",Ut "I the chtss"'~n "~sig,,~d fry Ellis J ohnson,

Stilt Ltk~ Cil., ~nginu" Photo: Courtesy Deseret News

Why Staunton? Was the Question

That Created This Modern Design By ELLIS JOHNSON

"Authentic Staunton Design" I read on the box my first set of chess­mcn came in. \Vhy "au thentic?" and why "Staunton'?" I wondered.

After 1 had found their ramiHar and fascinating story another ques· tion came. Why has this century-old patlcrn become t h.e accepted stand· ard over !.he many de lightful ones pl'oduced with imagination aJld skill by artisls and eraflsmen both before and since Staunton fixed them in their now familiar form? Why has it persisted through a hundred years that have left so little else unchanged?

Behind this question, lurking like a bishop on knight second, was another: might it be improved upon by applying prinCiples oC modern design?

Every player who has been induced to try other patterns knows why the SUlunton men al'e the most widely played. It is their attribute o[ instantaneous recognition derived from the unique modeling of each piece which eliminates confusion of the. eye in distinguishing one from another.

Is therc~ any player who has never confidently thrust his rook along a d iagonal, then had the humiliating realization crawl over him that it was wishfulness which conlused his mind, not visual error?

Why then should one think to attempt improvement of this vener· able and fully satisfactory design?

Training and experience in meth­ods engineering has taught mc to look with analytic scepticism on t he appal'cnt perfection of any­thing which has endured so long. On the other hand, while it may he challenging to attack a cher­ished tradition, it may also be pre· sumptuous and foolhardy, particu· larly whcn the tradition disturbs nobody else. I laid my creativE: urge to reSt.

Then in the quiet hours of one sleepless night it roused again. I had been seeking to checkmate in­somnia by contcsting wi!.h a mate­in-two. But the pieccs of the prob­Icm so stubbornly opposed me that I soon resigned.

Picking up a pencil I began doodling on my nole pad those two­dimensiona l symbols from the printed proble m, Sighing for sleep to come. Idly I added line to line, page to page, un til my note pad had perceptibly thi nned. I sbuf­fled the scribbled sheels and looked at them.

An excitement grew in me, for I saw in my aimless sCI'awlings the germ of a new design ror a set of chessmen. With purpose now I abandoned sleep and set to serious work.

Twelve weeks later, after in· numerable sketches and measur­ings, dOl:ens of discards, and near to an acre root of ' chips and shav­ings, there stood forth in three­dimensional for m, girded lor first

battle, the end product of my in­somniac doodlings. The result was gratifying .

As I had studied. the t rad itional pattern my respect for it had

-grown. But to motivate improve­men t in anything, it is nceessary to be at least a little bit d issatis­fi ed. So again I questioned.

How much' of the Staunton charm is in familiar ity rather than intr insic qualities?

Essentially it is architcetural­ornate and Victorian in concept. We have modcl'll play in chess; why not modern chessmen'! Grad­ually ·thcre began to emerge a complex purpose.

There is somcthing about chess· me n unk.nown to t he person who has never playud the royal game: thal each piece comes alive with purpose and personality when the p lay begins. Since this is so large a part of the charm of chess I aimed to enhance it, at the same time to achieve simplicity of form, eonsistcncy of overall design, and before evcrything else-playabil­ity.

The king, I determined, should be austere, aloof. and dominant; the queen regal, but volatile and feminine; the bishops covert and mystically sinister ; the pawns like foot-soldiers, uniform, subordinate', impersonal.

The rook, I felt, should be brought up to date, yet keep its.

implication of direct and ponder­ous powcr . The castellated tower did not fit into a streamlined scheme. It at last became a siege gun.

But the knights refused to ~ represented by any symbol but the horse. Those incorrigible individu· al ists rejected any compromise with the unbroken line of the ir noble his tory. For they have seen the king's throne usurped by com· moners and other men of lesser rank; their que<lII is 11 newcome r to the council; bishops, even in Chl'istian lands, have been dis­placed by jesters, witch doctors, and non·ccclesiastics of all sorts; the castle we have named "rook", 1) word corrupted from other flUmes Of other things which have preceded it.

Only the man on horseback has charged the field in every land through every century si nce chess began. So lhe horse remains, on its incongruous pedestal, slccked and smoothed a li ttle, but that is all.

So was Staunton's challenge tak· en up. The match is ended . .u he has not been given ma te, he h.as at least been played to a draw. For here has been developed a contempoT3ry design in chessmen which yet retains some (Iavor of the traditional and [a-miliar, which holds some claim to universality in ils symboliljm. It is eminently playable-and pleasurable in the playing.

(Ptlrrs 0/ this stOfY 4PP~tlTfd in "Ut', PI..., Chnt" by Htlrold L,,,,dftrom in thf D~stUI N~",s tlnd Td~gr<f'" 0/ Still L4k~ Cil." Urnh for ",hos~ pumiuion to rt· print tlckn,;,.,INgtmfnt is , .tlul"lIy mtldt.)

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Many bilnk .ccounts (;lnd ch.ss game s, too) h.lle be.n ru Ined by too m .ny careless ch.ck~

Lu t t im. I went to • d l nct I fel t as lonely illS a KnIght on QR4 while his King was being m ;l led .t KKtI . It'. nelle r . ny fun beIng out of play_ 1 0 think how that Kn ight f •• ls ;lnd get him into the glmel ,. , , ,

I knew a fe llow on ce Who pl.yed· chess until he m;>de • 10' of money. He stili hu a we.knilli for Quee ns, but they aren't woode n on., now. . . ,

Funny how people reut to the pros­pect of SUccess. T he hud.st gam. to wIn (oi nd the eulest one to lose) Is • "won" position. In life or chen don't count them won until the gam~ 11 oller.

A friend o f mine el lis • forud mate, the "shotgun wedding" in cheu_ the King is bashful but h. lpless. But If he had hH the right .n ... lronment, he wouldn't ha ... e got Into trOUble. Chess piecn Il!ll Ilk. tn~p'~; t~r ilr~ ... Ictims of their surroundings and de_ pendent on the ir companions.. , , ,

Slamming the piect down on the board with ;I bang doesn't molk" the mo ... e oIny stronger. It may dent the chessboard, but usu;lUy #;Oils to im_ press your opponent.

There is no denying the importa nce of maniolg,,; e ... en In chess the most importi",t moment Is t he molting of the King .

Many a blusterer h as met h is m atd, in a qui" t liort of f. llow who did'n't br~9-rem"mber that .... ery pawn in the game is a potent loll queen.

MICHIGAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP F erndale, 1954

10.0% USCF Rated Event 1. L. Dreiberg.!l (Saginaw) .. ~WU W29 W4~ W5 WI6 W I2 03 2. L. Slolzenberc (De troit) W2S W30 W'J W4 D13 W7 WS 3. G. Eastn'~n (De troit) ...... W 36 W31 Dta W7 W+l D6 01 4. E. Ervin UDderwood (Columbus, 0.)

D2 W6 01 D3 W13 02

'·1 52.7S 7t· a 51.25 7 ·2 46.25

W~8 W IS D5 LZ W24 DI9 W 22 D6 W13 6A·2~ 38.00 5. Marilin ralmer (cDtroit ) W3? WIG 04 LI W23 L2 ' wa L2 D11 6·3 37.25 6. Dr. W . " culn (Detroll) W:ZU Ltg W30 W24 W20 03 WIG D4 Lt 6·3 36.75 7. H. Meffert (KoIlam.azoo) ._W23 W22 W I9 L3 wn L% WU DID D8 6 -3 3S..5O S. James B<lrry {Ann Arbor) W47 1.24 0 23 W9 Wtll L5 W 33 Wl2 07 6·3 35.25 9. J ames Scbroeder (Columbus, 0.)

W42 W26 L2 L8 10. Thoma!'! J enkIns (JIuntlng !on, Md.)

Wl7 W40 Dll 020 W22 6·3 33.50

1..36 WSO W4t WI5 LI2 W44 WI9 D7 I I. Janis Jllrjcv&kl$ (Flint) .... LIG W54 W I7 LIS W53 W35 D9 D5 12. D. t'lsehhe!mer (Chicago) W 32 W17 0 3 W 20 WIO Ll L7 L8 13. Robert Uhlmann (Crand RapIds)

DI4 6 -3 31.75 W 27 6 -3 30.00 W23 SH~ 34.50

WS I LIS W37 Wll D2 WI4 WI2. 1..3 1..4 3~·311 32.75 14. S. Allc.-ton (I<"lamol%OO) DIU WZ7 LZO W :\ l DI9 L13 W24 W U DIO lI1.3l 3Z.00 15. A. Cab;} (Detroit) _ .... ~~ .... W21 W13 L14 LtD D25 W34 L2S Wag W 23 sl·n 30.25 16. !If. Weidenballm (Detroi t ) WII LS wes WS3 L\ W4S L6 W24 D17 'I.n 21&.75 17. J . O'Keefe (Ann Arbor) W3'J L I Z Lll W3Z L9 WSZ W4, WJ9 016 St .J ~ 26.75 18. P . Ko lody (Detroit) ~ .... _. D14 1..4 W33 W34 L8 L2t W42 W3S 026 S -4 28.25 19. V. Rulkus (Det rQlt) __ .... ~ .. WS4 W6 L7 W26 D14 D4 Lt~ LI7 W36 S -4 n..so-20. HaH), Schecter (Detroit) W55 W4S W I4 1,12 1.6 028 W39 D9 LS 5 -4 24.25 21 . David L. Clark (Detroit) LIS L23 W47 1.35 W5G W18 W31·L28 W 25 5 -4 24.00 22. Or. H. C~ba (Dctrolt) .. ~ W40 L7 L25 W48 W46 W31 lA W38 1.9 5 -4 22.00 23. Wm. E . Slifer aUghiand Park)

L 7 W21 oa W31 LS W46 W15 L14 LIZ 4H! 25.50 24. J(. Skemll (Detroit) .......... W53 W8 WIS 1..6 lA ' W27 L7 LIS D32 4H! 24.75 25. Joseph Smith (Detroit) .... L2 W47 W!2 L27 DIS L39 W41 W34 L21 4HI 22.75 76. Oallld 'Kerman (Detroit) WID L9 W3(l Lt9 L2II LSI WOO W4IS DIS 4~-41 22.75 Tl. n . £ckhardt COclrolt) W50 L l 4 W38 W2S L7 LM D35 W33 LII 4~-41 22.50 2H . Sylvan Zan (netrolt) 1.6 D36 W55 D40 W2G 0 20 L14 W ZI LIS 4!H! 22.2,'; 29. A. H. Palmi (Sprln~po ,·t) W~.1 Ll lA5 LS4 D30 TAl W49 W4% W39 4 ~4! 20.25 30. Cuy Housewirth (Detroit) W52 L 2 1.6 1.46 D29 W48 0 36 W40 D34 4: -4& 19.7S 31. Alvin Broluer (Mldlan<.i) W41l L3 D51 L23 W371.22 L34 W:;2 W38 4 ~-4~ 19.00 32. S. Chuang (River nouge) L12 L53 W 49 L17 W47 W54 L 21 W41 D24 4 ~ ·4~ IS.25 33. M. Rehmldt (Detroit) ...... W49 D56 L IS W50 L:19 W42 1.8 L27 W4S 4Ji -4 ;1 lS.00 34. Cerai'd Marq ue (Detroit) 4..5 (22.25); 35. Roy J. F leming (Jnckson) 4-5 (1S.00); 36. Norval Stamm (llastings) 4·5 (1650); 37. Golbert Kcy..smlth (DetrOit 4·S (16.00): 38. Lucille Kellne r (Detroit) .. 5 (IS50): 39. Abrah.m Croll (Octrolt) 3Hil (l7.7:;); 40. John B. K e lly (Lansing) 3 :·5~ (16.50): 41. Ward Sanders (Roya l Oa k) 3~·SIi (l8.00); 42. Don McConkle (Bir "lin .... m ) 3~·5~ (13 .511; .43. Conrad B<llchelder (Dearborn)

.3 ~·S~ (11 .50); 44. Walter Grombacher (Chlc.go, m .) 3-6 (14.00); 45. Albert S. Baptist (Ann Arbor) !I·6 (13.511); 46. D;lvld Ellison (Dea r born) 3-6 (11.00); 47. P. Jude Morrb (Detroit) 3-6 (10.00); 48. Grant BogUe (LansIng) 3-6 (9.75); 49. Wvcrt VanderRoest (KalamM.oo) 3-6 (9.25); SO. PIllI L lgtlloet CKalamawo} 3-6 9.00); :iiI. Paul Calder (llerklcy) !!-6i1 (11.7S): 52. J oseph Biernat (Detroit) 2}-6t (9.00); 53. Willy J . Seltz (Chicago, Ill.) 2·7 (lO.SO); 54. J eny PaJor (Detroit) 2-7 (l0.00); 2-7 (10.00); 55. Fred L. ~(ornlngstar (Ferndale) 2·7 (1.(0): 56. n. Derg (Detroit) 1-11 (6.00).

Grombacher withdrew afte r 6th rd and Selh withdrew aeter 6th rd . Crombachcr rorfelted to J e nkIns; Seitz t o ReHme r ; D1ernat to Drolue,' and McConkie, Pajor to Chuang, Biernat, Ber g, . nd Morris.

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RATING QUESTIONS ANSWERED By KfNNfTH UARKNESS

USCF ~ting St"tiJticwn 1n this column, which will appear at intervals in Chess Life, we will

-attempt to answer specific questions about the operation of the rating system. To receive attention, your questions must be written on a separate sheet of paper, or on a postcard. Address questions to Kenneth lIarkness, USCF Rating Stntistician, 93 Barrow St., New York 14, N.Y.

Some of the questions asked recently by members are answered below. Q . Suppose a tourna me nt contains ~ pl.ye, I, of which 11) a,e USC" mflTlb.rs, 20 are f'IOn·m.m"" b ut pay a ratlnll f u of $1.00 and the other 10 are n.lther m.m· ben nor do they wish or Intend to pay. r ltlnll fee, who lett hi! ,.lIn, publlsMd? Exactly how would this be' handl. d by the USCF? A . II co"dluttd by a" orBani(atio" 0' tlilb th.tt i, "ot <lJ/ili.Jttd ,.,ith 1M USCF, the 101l.""",t>ll .,ill nol bt rllltd. To bt , .ttd, a/l no .. ·m .. mbt., 0/ tht USCF mllSt pq the ,aling I .... 01 $1 t",h. II / .... J coyt.ing 20 of th .. pl<l'/trJ 'Nt ... unt to tht USCF t hey wou/J bt ,lturn .. d to the '1'0"141in, o'Ba";(<ltio". Q . SUpOW our club b affillat.d with the USCF, h as a ch.b tourney boutin, 40 p. rllcipanh, .11 me mben of Ih. club. Of the 40 plly.n, S a re m.mbers of the USCF, 10 pay. fee of $1 elch a nd Ih. ,emlln lng 15 non·m.mbers of tha USCF do not pay f.". Who ,.1$ h is rating, a nd who 11.1$ his r l tlng published? .II • .II 10uTn"mml , .. Jhict .. d to m .. mbtrs 01 "" 4/iliilltd tlub iJ .al .. d by the USC, without eh.t"e, lYe" i/ Jom .. 0/ th .. pl...,c" ar .... o,-m .. mb"'J of th .. USCF. Thr pt,.

formtll"ccJ 0/ "Il (tmU#""tl <I, .. m .. "Jurtd "m! "corded i" 0'" Iii .. ,. F .... , P<lid "oJun' t"fil, by "",,·mrmbt,s of the USCF i" SlIth tourn""ttlllI <I" for publielltlo" 0/ tbti. .non<lgr ."li,,&J. Tht .",i"" of non·mcmbt,J who do not fH'1 / .... s "fe not published. The '<lli"gJ of USCF mrmbt.s art "I • ...,J pub/i,hed. Q . SuppoJe our club Is aHiII, t.d with t he USCF I nd W. Ir' nosh to a county lUll .... sponsored .vent, will th is event b. raled? A . II "01 mt,kl,J 10 membtTl 01 the "J/i/i",ttl tl"b, the cot/u,t will not bt ,<lI .. d u,, /tll" ,at;ng I .... of $1 ;1 p.flJ by tl'Cry pI..., .. , who jJ nol" mtn.bt, ollhe USCF. .q Our club I. aHlUat.d with the USCF a"d w. reeen tl y took part In our county t illm malcheL (a) If w. report the rHults 0' this match, will It " rated? (b) If 'ttl. County Chess LellI .... president reporl, the match instnd, will It b ...... Ied? A . Tht tnli, .. t .. a ... tou,,,,,m,nt ("ot ."Y i".1i.,idu,,1 mduh 0/ ,~ tou.""mtnt) witl b .. ,,,ted if ,.cporl .. d br Iht spo"lo,in, o"<lni~",ion <lnJ ;f ...... ry non·me",", of th .. USCF PITJJ Ihc ,,,ting f .... of $1. Q . Whi t do you milln when you lilY • tournlment Is rlted? A . The p .. ,fo,,,,a,,, .. , 0/ .,{ (OnltJI"nlJ ",t mt"Jured and lhe pt,/o.",ancc ,,,,ings "' .. ,uordtJ on tht cdrdl i" ou, Iiltl. O. In a non·rated tourn.ment, can Indl ... lduils b. ' i led? Q . As I n IffilTated club, our chlmpionshlp tournament will be 'olted; but only three members h ,ve played In Stolte eventL Do you fee l thi t for Iso lated clubs Ilk. ours your Iystem provides r. pr.Jentflll .... d.ta? ... N. A . Tht ."li",J 0/ the Ihr .... m<mbt'l who h.w .. p/~ in S,,,,, t1't"" .. ill ""wid .. <I

u<ls01'I"bl,. "COIratt '1IlrJJlick for mC"JUrinB Iht ptr/ormanctl oJ Ihe orh.., .. o"ltJI""IJ. o . Ar. mllches betw .. n two Indi ... lduals rated, .ssumlng thlt bollt IT, USCF m,mbers? ... . y..,. O. Why WIS the California Open Ch.mpionship not raled? .... It "'til ,alttl. The lilt of /olltrl<lmtnts l",bliJhtti with ...... h r<ln~ing liJt inc/uti .. , on/, the Co"lutl ,,,, .. .1 d",i"8 the cur,c,,1 period. The C"{ifor"i" OPt" Chflmpio"ship .,,,, btU Ol'<'r L.bor D..., i" 19H. II .,,,, /isltd with Ihe F,,1I19H .anki"g. Q . Thl. year I p lan to com pet. In the Pan.Americln Chess Tournlment, the C.llfornl, Stat. Championship, . nd the Hollywood Open. As f il r as I 1m . bl. fo tell from the stat.ments in Ch.n Life, the Californ ia Stale will pot be ' I ted slnc. the s.c:Mdul' Is usually more thin one round a d iY. Th. Hollywood Open and . tlte Pln·AmeroCln both $fem to sa t l$fy a ll the condil1ons. However, I understand the P.n·Ame rlca n mily not be r .ted. This It Incomprehensible Iinee It will c. r­tainly be one of the stl'Of'lllest a nd most Im portant tourn.m.nts he ld this yu,. Please . xpilln? .II . Th, m .. mbo .,ho <lJ!u 10f lhis in/017>lalion iJ confuJCd. Wt h.w .. "ot <h.m&tt! the contiitio"s u"d" .,hkh " 10"",,,I>It,,t will b .. ,altd. As .. lIp/,,;ntd in th .. }unt Jlh iu ue 01 ChtSl Lilt, the ptr/o.ma"ct 0/ " ,al .. d m"'ltr i" " lou,n"m .. nl htn"i"g I>Io r .. th.t" on .. ,ounJ <I .1..." dc., will "ot bt .tcO,dtt!. The toufnamtnl ;lItff will bt ,altd in

Ihe Ulua/W...,. Th .. P"n·Am .. ,;C<fn, Ca/ifornia Siale Chttmpionship ""J Hollywood Open <ITt co"ducttJ by (lrgani{"tions l/utt art 110/ "lfili<lt .. J fJlith th .. USCF. T he tourn""'tnts will b .. Mltd if <Y"'1 non.mcmbtr 0/ th .. _.USCF payl 4 ,ati"8 J .... oj $1---1101 olhtr»'iJ".

October G, 1957. is tbe hundredtb an· nlversary of the First American Chess Congress. At the beg1nnlng of the Con. gress, tbere Wag little Interest in the game In the Unit..,d States, no single American player of world stature, and no national organi1.a.tion. When the Con· gress closed on, November I I, P aul Morphy was on hla way to hi! world triumph, and In terest In chess on · a naLlonal 5Cule was established. I wish lo suggest that a Congress On the hUnd redth anniversary o( this dramatic and slgnltlcant occasion would be ap. propriate.

ROBERT CANT~eLL N(w Yo,k City, N .Y.

May I through your columns make the suggesUon that It would Increase th ... interest of the players. a nd of tlle chcS.'! puhllc, in tournamcnts It drawn games were scored as minu s 'Ao, to e ach player, Instead o( plus 'f •. Alter all chcS.'! games should be fought to a flnlsh. Draw n -games shOUld be dlseou ... IIged, unless they ore Inevitable.

CHARLES J. FOX

Recently there haa been qu.lt .... bit of <:omment to the drect that, u a r e­sult ot the Bronstein and Smy,lov matches. '8otvlnnlk I, "not too eon· vincinc a cbamplon In compariaon to bt! predecessors."

Wbllo It must be ,ranted tb,t h e has not proven b lm~elt to be the best

pla;ye r in the world, an examination of the record wUl s how tha t be does not come ott too badly by comparison. He bas defended his title twice by drawn matches In six years. In tllat time Capablanca ~nd Euwe had lost their tltlcs In their 11m detences. In tho5C six years h e has defended against the men chosen by the F.I.O.E. nS hb most worlhy opponents. In Six years. Lasker had given the aging Stelnltz a relurn match. but had not p layed h1s most form idable rlv uls: Pillsbury, Ta ... rasch, and Tchlgorln. Alekhln e had de· fended al:"alnst BOl:"oljubow, and played a short match against the retired Bernstein (which lie only drew) . For rcao;ons whiell are somewhat 6Uspected he had avoided Capnblanca and Nlmzo- / vlch. In fsct we must go baek to Stein· Itz to find a champion who was s uccess· rul In defending his title against the s trongest opposltltm .

The exmnlnatloll will perhaps show thnt past champions gulned their repu· la tions D! n result of tournament play ralher than match play. On the average, thclr matcb results were not outstand. ing. If based both on results a nd class of opposition. Botvlnnlk's tournament record since becoming _ champion hu not becn outstanding, but we must ad· mit thllt he Is ba rred from the Chal. lenJ:<)r'a ToulJlament, wl\kb Ia the best plac' to make a ~ord.

Let u. ",ive the devil his due" lind .dmlt thi t while he hiS not proven himself to be the world'. but, Botvln· nllt haa not bad to ackno",led,:e a tuperior, nor has the world been able to lind one.

N . T. AUSTIN -S"(r"ltImto, Calif.

OHIO STATE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP - Columbus, 1954 ", .. USCF Rated Event

I. Manouehehr Parvin (Toledo) ......... -x I I I I I I I 3. , James CoeJlrene (Toledo). __ ...... . , ~O • I I I I I I 5)· 1, 3. Tim Anderson (Columbus)._~._ ..... _O I • I I I I I :iHl

•• Gu" Mlchlel (C1evelend} .. _ ..... . ~._.O 0 0 • I I I I H

•• Robert Like %-5; 6. Stan Kanlrowsld $-:i; 1. EdwiD HeUman (CinelnnaUj IH);

•• Charln Lunlford (LanCu\.er) '-&1 . Lunllo rd forfeited 10 Pnrvln a nd LIke. Jame. Sehroeder, tournllment director.

HEART OF AMERICA OPEN CHAMPIONSH IP KansiS City, 1954

100% USCF Rated 1. I . V. Ra,ln (St . Loul., Mo.) .......... W40 W? 2. E. Hurst (Nt'" York, N.Y.) .......... WI8 W4 3. Or. L. C. Youna (Mad lIOn, WI .. ) M W44 W33 4. Lee Mlgee (Omnha. Neb.) M.~'M .• W:5 L2 :5. IJ. Lee.r (Chicago, JU .) .• _.~._ ... ~ •• L4 wla G. Leo Rltermanl, (lOWI City, la .) .. W19 WI7 7. F. S. Anderson (St. l.ollil, Mo.) ~ .. Wi LI B. I. CIW, (WJchU .. X,n .. ) ._ .. M.~.MW28 DlG 9. J . Penqllito (Des MOines, 11..) •• ~L1 W4G

10. C. Weberg (Salina, Kanl.) _~ ........ W:J6 DB 11. J. SJ)(!RCe (Omaha, Ncb.) .~ .......... . D34 W~2 12. O. Satterlee (£hnhUrn, UI.) ...... M043 WI9 13. B. Brlce·Nub (WIchita, Kl ns.) .. L3S W44 14. n. Vincent (Omlha, Neb.) ............ wn W21 I~. R. M. McGrecor (Laramie. Wyo.) W31 DU \6. G. K. Fleldll'lC (Eaton, Sask.) ...... W31 W26 11. Dr. Bdl Rozsa (Tulsa, Okla.) .. _ .. W2:0 1.6 16. V. Pupols (Tacoma, Wasb.) .......... L2 L5 19. JI . G. Horak (Lewre nCt, Kans.) _ .. L6 LI2 20. R. MeLe.lliD (Omaha, Ncb.) _.~ ...... LI1 W38 21. Huco Teufd. Jr. (Wichita. Kon •. ) W47 LI4 22. Loull Stephens (E. Alton, III.) .... L14 W41 23. R. C. Parnell (Klnsa. City, Mo.) .. LSI W%9 24 . .£:. L. Sward~n (St. J oseph, Mo.) W29 W42 2$. W. E. Stevens (LaramIe, WyO.) .. ~W50 nu 26. F:. lrdnnd (Omalla, Neb.) __ ~ .... ~ .. W3"I UG 27. R. I .. tsh.w (Kilnu. Clly, Mo.) .... WS3 W4G 28. Mall: B. Wl1kerJon (Denver , Colo.) La W36 29. Mr .. P. MOIT(lli (K:m$U City) .... L2-1 1.23 30. O. W. F.dwa nl . (St. I.ouls, Mo.) .. tAl WOO 31. R. A. Roberts (Overlnnd Park, KanL)

Event W4 02 W3 W3S 01 WIS W24 WI4 LI D1 W41 WI4 W20 W'J:1 J)9 1. 1 WIO W24 04 W34 DIG W41 011 Wl? Wll W30 DS W4S 1.6 D'7 W 27 D8 W25 D25 031 D35 L9 W52 W32 DI6 L3 lA WU WI6 1.2 014 LIG . W23 W3S W42 1..1 D40 W49 WU W.u W46 WZSI LS W44 W42 D22 045 W28 D:U D33 027 WS1 W1B L16 1.3 W3~ L6 DI2 L26 W3I W51 W25 Lli Lit L5 022 L30 W31 1.21 W3S W39 LI9 W28 L9 W4S

W8 W8 WIl WI$ WIG I,' W24 Ll D17 W" L3 W,. W30 W33 lA ... '" W35 020 019 023 WU on L3 LIO L1.2 Dn w'" W44 Lll

:iii· 1 n· II

• ·1 41-11 41· 11 · ., · ., ... · ., · ., ... · ., · ., !lHIl 31·2 ~ 3~·2~ ",'j n ·t/, 3,·2} 31·2, 3'.2 ~ 3i·2~ 3,.21 , ·3 ,. .. 3. , . .. ..

2~ .50

23." ..... 23.00 22.00 " ... 23." " .. 21.00 1'.50 18.50 17.00 ".5O 22.50 22." 21.00 ., ... 19.00 18.SO 18.00 11.50 16.50 IS.50 20.$0 19.00 18.00 16.00 I? $O 17.00 16.$0

LIS W53 W51 012 L2!5 D2'I' 3 -3 1:i.50 32. AI Larson (Kansas City. Mo.) .~LI6 W39 lA2 W~l L13 W43 3 -3 15.00 33. Phil Morrell (Kln.n~ City, Kilns.) 2 ~-3l (11 .50); U. Ur. Ma x Sehl~ser (DI.'CII· lur, IlL) 2~·3l (19.00); 35. Don C. DuBois (Kansas Ctty, Mo.) 2 ~-3. (19.00); 36. E. H. Owens (Kon$U City, "'10.) 2~·n (15.00); 31. Kurt SICi!ge (Kanlel City, Mo.) 2b·3~ (1!>.OO); 3L Chat. M. Burton (St. l.ouls, MO.) 21·31 (11.50); 39. Maury Klein (Denver, Colo.) 2}-3} (IUiO); 40. Leonard Frankenstein (KalWJ$ City, Mo.) 2-4 (1'.50); 41. J. Booth )lYe" (Wlchltll, Kans.) 2-4 (19.00); 4Z- Joe Zaj(\e l (ChtcigO. Ill.) 2-4 (11.00);· ~3. J . R. Heltlin, (Kln.su Clty, "'0.) 2-4 (17.50); 44. H. M. Wesenberll: (KlnslS City, Mo.) 2-4 (11.50); 4l:I. David Scbeffer (Omalln, Ncb.) 2-4 (17.00); 48. Edward Bur,e" (Kansal City, 1\10 .) 2-4 (13.:JOl; 41. James Magui re (WIchita, K:I"*.) 2-4 (13.50); 48. William Wou (Klilnsas City, Mo.) 2-4 (13.00); 49. Jerrell O. Carpente r (Pello, II.) 2-4 (11.5O); SO. A. R. Self (Newton, Kanl.) Il"'~ (l:i.OOJ; SL James J oyce (Kansn City, Mo.) 1·5 (17.<10); $1. Albert Nita O'opeka, Ka n •. } 1·5 (15.00); $3. Ke nne th Weber, (SMlnl, Ka ns .) 1·5 (12.00); 54. Mrs. Lout! Steph ens (E, Allon, 111.) o-G (1i.(1O).

Z.,dei . nd ScheUer forfeited final round ':IIme •. Solkof! poln!.s \lsed. Morton W. Luebbert, Jr., tournlment dtre.etor.

LARRY EVANS ON THE OPENINGS By International Master LARRY EVANS

u. S. OPEN CHAMPION, 1954

The King's Indian Defense (Unorthodox)

THE King's Indian Defense, which is an attack in the hands of its al.ihertmt.s has had a stormy history. It h as probablY been "l'cfuted"

more times . th~n any other standard opening. Early in the 20's, it hiber­nated in the face of lhe dre:tded 4 Pawns' Attack. Throughout the 30's it generally took the form of Ute Gruenfeld. Then, in ~e USSR, early in the 40's, it appeared again in irregular forms. finallY In the post-war­years Bronslein restored it to full st.ature. ~he re~aissane~ ~as short· Jived fo r an early fianchetto for WhIte conSIgned It to obhvlon. Then, sudd~nlY, for no apparent reason, though persistently adopted by Najdorf and Geller, the defense returned in full force. A glance at ret!cnt tou~na­ment books shows thllt it is the most popular defense to the QP openmg. Here we -shall cxamine unorthodox attllcks, but, as Ioreshadowed, arc likely to lind that Black's position is slaughter·repellent.

The first formation to be consid- 10. P -KN4, N-B1j 11. ]'·KR4+ and ered is the S.1cm isch, whose char- While has all the play. . actcrisl ie moves al'e : 1. P-Q4. N- JI White attempts to develop hiS KB3; 2. P-Q84. P·KN3; 3. N-Q83, KB before h is KN, Black can C<t.ual­B-N2; 4. P·K4. P·Q3; 5. P·83. izc only with c~ful piay. SlIwa­

The Saemisch requires great en­ergy on the part of its user, and even greater energy on the part of the defender. Black must break early against the White Pawn

~ spearhead, preferably with P-KM, SQ as to profit {rom the opcn line s before White can post major pieces on them to any effect. His QN, in my opinion, belongs on QBa rather than the passive Q2 square. And experience, which is ultimately the arbiter of all theory, has shown tl1at Black docs better to play p . K4, rather than P-QB4.

U Whitc attempts to keep the tension ill thc center, Black must play aggres,<; ivcly to break his grip_ DI'akert- l~v:lIls, New Orleans, 1954, continued {rom dblgram 1: 5 ......... O·Oj 6. n·K3, P·K4 : 7. KN·K2, N·B3! ; 8. Q.Q2, I'-QR4! : fl . I'-Q5 (0·0-0 I.s more non·commiH:11 ). N·K2; 10. p­KN4, N·Kl; 11. 0 -0 ·0, P-RB4!; 12. NPxP, Pxl'; 13. B·nG. P·BS; 14. BxB, Nx8; 15. j>·I<lN . K·nl ; 16. B­R3, BxB+ and it is Black who can post a Kl 011 Q84 aUlI utilize the open KN {ile.

To devclop his QN on Q2, and not to hreak wi th P-KE4, is almost certain suicide fo l' Black. Sherwin­Rossolimo, Ne w O]'h~ans. 1954, con· tinued from diag r:ml I: 5 ......... , 0-0 ; 6. n·K3. " ·K4 : 7. KN·K2, QN­Q2j 8. Q.Q2, P-QH.4; 9. P.Q5, R-KI ? ;

Benko, Budapest, 1952, continued (rom diagram 1: 5 .... _ ..... QN-Q2; 6. 8 ·Q3, O-O j 7. KN.K2, P ·K4! (not 7 .......... 1'·84 ; 8. P·Q5. with a bind); 8. B-K3, N-R4j 9. Q-Q2, PxJ'; 10. BxP, N-R4 = w.inning the two Bishops.

An early exchange in the center yields drawish positions: Boleslav· sky-Najdor[, Zurich, 1953, conti nu-ed (rom diagc.am 1: 5 .......... 0 -0 ; 6. B-R3, P-K4; 7. PXP, PxP: 8 _ QxQ, RxQ; 9. N·Q5, NxNj 10. BPxN, p. QB3; 11 8 -QB4, PXPj 12. 8xP, N·B3 = Black has all the play on the dark colored squares.

White can foil the development of Black's N on QB3 by an early P·Q5, but its drawback is that it commits him too early. Petrosian­Gligorich , Zurich, 1953, continued (rom diagram 1: 5 ........ , 0 -0 ; 6. 8 -K3, P-K4; 7. P-Q5, N-R4; 8. Q·Q2, P·KM; 9. 0 -0-0. 1'·85; 10. 8·B2, 8-83; 11. KN-K2, B-R5; 12. B-N = although here Black went astray with P·KN4, permitting 13. P-85! with a distinct edge.

In a later round, Black evolved a different line of defense. Kotov, Najdorf, Zurich, 1953, continued from diagram I : 5 ......... , 0 ·0 ; 6. B-K3, P·K4; 7. P·Q5, P-84j 8. P­KN4. N·K1; 9. }ffi4, P·B4; 10 . .K Pxl>, PxP; 11. poNS, P-K5!; 12. 1'·84 ±. It is interesting that the Sovict players, themselves the greatest protagonists of the K's Indian, in­variably resort to the S;Jen\isch Variation in international competi­tion, when they are called upon to lace thcir pet system.

Black must be on guard against all manner of ecccntric formations designed to take his K-side by s torm. He must resis t thcm with spirited play, keeping in mind the maxim that an attack on the wing is best met by a sharp rt!action in the center. For example : 1. P·Q4, N·KB3; 2. p.Q84, P·KN3; 3. N-Q83. B-N2; 4. P-K4. P..Q3; S. N·B3, O..(); 6. P·KR3.

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Black must not react with the inferior 1'·QB4 breach without pay­ing the penalty of a cramped game. Szabo-Benko, Budapest, 1952, con-tinued from dia" ram 2: 6 .......... p. 84('1'); 7. B-K3, Q·R4 ; 8. Q-Q2, N­B3j U. R-Ql , P·K4; 10. PxBP, PxPj 11. B·Q3, R-KI ; 12. N-QN5 +.

Black shows the correct pro­cedure in the following game. Moisevich·Simagin, XIX U S S n Chmp., ('{Intinued from diagram 2: 6 ......... , P·R4!; 7. P-Q5 (if 7. PXP, PxP; 8. QxQ, RxQ: 9. NxP, NxP!), N·R4j 8. B·K3, P·B4; 9. PxP, PxP; 10. B-K2 (not 10. NxP, Q.Kl [ollow­ed by P -BS), N·KB3; 11 . Q-B2, N­R3!; 12. P-KN3, N-N5; 13. Q-N3, P·QR4; 14. 0 -0-0, P-B5l ..

Wh ite can delay the development of his KN. Bronstein (as White) at­teml>ted the lollowing again Glig­orich at Zurich, 1933: 1. P·Q4, N­KB3; 2. P·QB4, P·KN3; 3. N-QB3, B·N2; 4. ]'·K4, P.Q3; 5. P-KR3, 0-0; 6. B·K3. P·K4 ; 7. P·Q5, QN-Q2; 8. P-KN4, N·B4j 9. Q·B2, P ·B3; 10. KN­K2, PxP j J 1. BPxP, Q-R4 =.

The early development of White's QB to KN5 is particularly diUicult to meet, because it can be played in conjunction with either p .B3 or P·B4, e ither of which must be met precisely. Generally--and this is one time- Black must react with the P·Q84 bl'each instead of the usual P-K4. The characteristic moves of this sally are; 1. P·Q4, N·KB3; 2. P-QB4. P-KN3; 3. N-QB3. B·N2; 4. P-K4. P..Q3; S. B·N5.

The model game is Bronstein­Najdor!, Zurich, 1953, which con-tinuC!d from diagram 3: 5 ......... , p. B4; 6. P-Q5 (if 6. PXP, Q.R41), N-R3 (a slow idea); 7. B-Q3, N-B2; 8. KN·K2 (Correct is 8, p.B4 followed by N-B3, where it belongs, to sup­port p.K5), P.QR3; 9. P'QR4, R­QNl; 10. 0-0, 0 ·0; 11 . Q-82. B-Q2; 12. P-R3, P-N4; 13. P-84, N.Kl; 14. RPxP, PXP; 15. R-R7, PxP; 16. Bx BP, R-Rl ; 17. RxR, NxR; 18. Q-N3, P-S3; 19. B-R4, Q-N3; 20. Q.R3, N(Kl).B2; 21. P-QN3. N-N4 =.

Lilicnthal-Bolcslavsky, Budapest, 1950, continued from diagram 3: 5 ......... , 0-0; 6. 1'-83, p ·nt; 7. P-Q5. P-QR3; 8. Q-Q2, R-KI; 9. KN·K2, QN-Q.~; 10. N-N3, N·BI; 11. B-K2, P-K4; 12. 0-0 ±.

Prepildng for the Soviet match last June, the American team an­alp.ed B-N5 followed by P·B4 with a view to playing it against the King's Indian, for which their op­ponents werc known to have 3' fondness. After the moves I . P-Q4, N·KB3; 2. P-QB4, P·KN3; 3. N·QB3. B·N2; 4. P·K4, POO3; 5. B-N5, 0-0; 6. p.B4

it was decided that Black must re­act with energetic Q-side counter· play. else perish in the center. Ac-cordingly, 6 . ......... P·B4; 7. P·Q5. and now the question arose as to whether Black should interpolate P-KR3, which we fina lly rejected. 7. .. ...... Q-R41; B. 8-Q3, and now Black can equa\jze with P-K3, or adopt the riskier 8 .......... P.QN4; 9. PxP, P-QR3j 10. PxP, BxP. We fin­ally decided that if P·K5 is no threat, then there is no poiot to White's opening system.

Which leads to an investigation of the Four Pawns' Attack, which has recently been revived to some extent, particularly by Blsguier, who played it against Petrosian in the USA-USSR match . The charae-

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qoess I:ife ~;;:;:'" ,:.:g. 61 T 0 URN A M ~ N T R 0 U N D - U P SOUTHWESTERN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP OHIO OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Ft. Wor th, 1954 1 00% USC I' Ra t ed Ev,"n t

I. Won. A. Bills (liouslon, Tex.) .• ...•....... WI7 WZ3 014 W8 D2 WS \V13 6·1 2.8.2.5 2 . Blake S leve"s (Sa n Antonia, Tex. ) W45 W19 \V8 WI2 l)I WI3 05 6 -1 M.OO 3. Louis Dina (l" o rl Worth, ·l'cx.) .......... WI9 LlI W46 \V9 015 Win W1 2 5!·H 22.25 4. J, B. Myers (Wichita, Kan~.) ........ ... . D44 WGO \VIS DIO W21 OS Wll 5~'H :n ... 2S 5. J ohn B. Payne (San Antonia, Tex.) W46 024 W25 W'J:I WII L I 02 5 -2 20.50 6 . R. L. Garver (Sa n AntonIo, Tcx.) .... W4.~ L IS 024 W OO W2.8 D5 WI0 5 -2 IS.15 1. Robert Brieger (1I00510n, Tex.) .. .. lA.l W61 W45 024 W26 DII W23:;·2 17.50 8. B<:rt Brie<:--Nash (Wic h ita, K'anS.) .•.• W60 DSO W44 Ll W37 07 W25 5 -2 16.25 9. ~mas "lI1artin (San Mar.::o.;,. Tcx.J .... WS7 1.21 W55 L3 W41 W33 W20 5·2 14.50 10. W. H . J a nes (Leroy, 1'e:.:.) .............. W39 W26 DIS 1>4.. W21) 012 LG 41·2~ 18.75 11. Hon,er Faber (Corpus Chrlsll, Tex.) W49 W3 021 wn L5 WIS L4 4~.2~ 18.&0 12. Victo r Pupols (T acoma, W~sh.) ........ WJ7 WZII \V22 L2 WI9 DI I) L3 4~·2~ 18.25 13. C. "F. TcarS, Jr. (D~llas, T ex.) ............ W30 021 - \V33 WI4 W23 J.2 LI 4~·2~ 18.00 14. D(>nald Vives (Auburn, Ala.) ......... _. W34 W~ DI LI3 \v27 Ot6 DI9 4!.2~ 17.50 15. Robert H ux {pallas, Tex.) .......• ... ....... WG4 W6 010 ' D21 03 Lll W38 4 1 ·2 ~ 16.50 16. Hunle r Weaks (Memphls, Te nn.) ...... L!KJ W62 W4 3 029 WH D I4 017 4~-21 16.50 17. Tony B,,,.low (San Antonio, Tex.) .... Ll W$9 \\132 1.23 W40 W22 DIG 4!-2& IS.25 18. James W . C .. III ~ (Wichita, Kans.) ...... W5S··D25 L4 WSI W29 L3 W34 41·2 ~ 14.00 19. J ur is Jurevlcs (DaUL1l, Tex.)..... .W59 LZ W10 W42 LI2 W43 0 14 4 ~·2 ~ 13.25 20. J . M. Moulden (Oall ~s, Tex.) ..... W38 L33 \V31 W35 LIO W24 1.9 4 -3 15.00 21. J oe T. Gilbert (O,dlas, Tcx.r ....... .... .. W53 W9 011 015 lA L25 W46 4 -3 15.00 22. Carl Wcl;erg (Satina, 1{anii.) .............. W31 w41 1.1 2 026 D2S J.17 W43 4 ·3 14.00 23. W. D. MeLaul;hlln (Wichita, K a n s.) W5 1 Ll W3& W I7 LU W46 L 7 4 -3 13.50 24. George Smith (Dallas, Tex.) .............. W66 OS 06 07 D33 L20 W41 4 -3 13.25 25. Cecil L . Parkin (Fort Wo rth, Tex.) W65 018 LS W30 022 W 21 La 4 -3 13.25 26. O . A. Burnel Worl Wo rth, Tex.) .... W52 LI0 W34 D22 L7 044 w40 4 ·3 12.50 ~. H . O . Wilbur (Corpus Cbrlsli, Tex.) W61 0 13 WSO L5 LI4 W39 029 4 -3 12.2:5 ZII . Claude F reeman (Fort Worth , Tex.) W63 L12 W4 1 D37 1..6 W35 031 4.·3 lZ.25 29. Rev. A. Suyke r (Lordsburg, N.M.JW42 L51 W 56 DIG LIS W50 027 4 -3 11.75 3ll. O. II. Bla ir (F o rt Worth, Tex.) ........ I.U W63 L42 US W:l1 W37 W44 4 -3 11.00 31. C. MeLauf:hlin (Duncan, Okla.) .......... L22 hye L20 W47 039 W 3G D41 4 -3 10.25 32. J ames Wrig ht (Millln!: to n, Tenn.) ... JAO W49 L .17 L34 W66 W42 W45 4·3 10.00 :!3. W, 1\ StranglL' (D~l!ru, Tc~.) .... __ .... __ w 3(j W20 1.13 L1\ 044 t.9 WS3 3l ·3} 12.00 34. 1'. J . Chuncellor (Waco, 1'ex.) ............ L I4 Wr.5 1,26 WJ2 W4:' 036 LIH 3~.J~ 9.75 35. L""lLe Cpct~l"r (San An to n iO, T e><.) W61 tA2 W39 1,20 036 L23 W50 3~-3~ 9.75 36. D . A. RCdwlne (F ort Worth, ·l"ex.) .... L33 W48 L23 W57 0 35 La1 W54 3~.J~ 9.25 :rI. A. G. Miller wort Wo rth, T cx.) ...•.• *L I2 W66 WSJ V 28 L8 L30 W51 3 ~.J~ 8.00 38. A. II. '1'ate (Kno tt. T ex.l ... _ ................. L20 W4.3 W61 W62 W64 D:J4 L I5 3~-n 7.25 39. John T. Campbell (Waco, Tex.) ......... .I. IO W57 U5 W66 03i L27 WS2 3~-3~ 7.50 40. F"rnnk T . Rly (Fort Worth, Tex.) 3--4 (10.00); 41. Carl Fr«man (Shawnu, Okla.) 3-4 (10.00); 42. C ordon Sprlngbett (Hutchinson, Kans.) 3-4 (7.~); 43. Ceo"!:"e Hen· derson (Dallas, T ex.) 3-4 (7.50); 44. Itobert Wright (MJdl and, 'I·elC.) 3-4 (7.2:5); 45. R. S . Underwootl (Lu bbock, T ex.) 3 ... (6 .50); 46. Owen J ohnson (Vallas, T elC.) 3--4 (6.00); 47. Virgil L . Rose (Furt Worth, TelC.) 3-4 (6 .00); 411. Frank W. Hamnlett (San Antonio, Tex.) 3.-4 (6.00); 49. J ames II. Magui~ (Wichita, Kan~.) 3 ... (5.50); SO. Jlauny 'J'hol',p>;on (Fort Worth , Tex. ) n-4 ~ (9 .50); 51. Kenneth W tberg (Salina, Kans. ) 2~-4~ (6.2:5); 52. Stanley Markl~nd Wort WO"lh, Tex.) ~J "' ~ (6.25); 53. S. Dale McLemore (AUStin, Tex.) 2 ~·4~ (4.75) ; 54. lIomcr H yde (Wn~o. TelC.) 2~"",~ (4. 25 ); 55. Jumel A. CreIghton (Co"PU! Christi) 2·5 (:I.OOl; 56. Leon Anhalser (Sugar Land, T elC.) Z-5 (4.50) ; 57. Van lel Webster (lo'ort Worth, Tex.) 2·5 (4.00); :18, R. B. Potter (OallaH) 2-S (3.00); 59. Grady Hemphill (Fort Wo,·tll, T ex.) z.s )3.00); 60. R. £. Oz­m c n t (Fort Worl h , Tu.) 2·~ (3.00); GI. James ~. Nunnally (Fo rt \V o ,·th, Tcx.) 2.5 (3.00); 62. F"ank R. Graves (Forl Worth) 2·5 (1.00); 63. Claren(e Clecre (For t Worth , Tex.) 2·5 (1.00); &I. David I\rm~trong (SUg M' Land , "'·e".) Hi (0.041); 65. F. W. Schulz (D a llas, T ex.) Hi (0.00); ~;. Walter C. Normi ng ton (Garland, TelC.) 1·6 (0.00); 67. Dick Robcrts (Kansas Cily, Mo.) i}.7 (0.00).

V lrgll RuSC entcred In 2nd ,·d . forfcitlng 1st r d gume; It. II. Polier withdrew "ner 2nd rd account of dCll th In famlly; '"Dick 1I0be,'b " 'i thtlrew afle r 4th rd a c count of !llnes~ In l a mUy. Robert Powelson. tournament d il'lclor.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP J o h nstown, 1954

100'*' USCF R.ted Even l 1. J oseph S haffer (Philadelphi;.) ........ WI6 WI4 W35 W5 WJ D2 06 6 -1 58.75 2. Charles KIll",e (Philadelphia) .....• WIO 026 W40 W4 wa VI 03 6.\ SS.!iO 3. T. C. Gutekunst (Allentown) ............. W25 W3~ W28 WG Ll WI0 02 SH~ M.4S 4. Mahlo n Cleaver (AUc n town) ............ W24 D t7 W 27 L2 Wts WIS Wit :I~- I ~ !H.60 5. Sau l Wachs .(Phliadciphlu) •....•............ W30 W9 W34 L1 DiS Dll W!4 5 _2 :11.70 6. D . McClellan (P lttsl;ur.l!h ) ..•..•............ DlII W41 W21 L.1 W27 WI2 0 1 5·2 50.60 7. V. 8omunov (phlladcl l' h la).. . .•. 012 018 W31 W9 L II WI& WI9 S -2 50.15 3. O. So Hatch (Altoona)... .011 W I2 W22 W26 L2 V S W21 5 _2 49 .85 9. M . S. 7.ltzman (Uead lng) .............. W20 L 5 W47 L7 W~2 WIR W I7 5·2 48.00 10. Robert R. Lanen (Pittsburgh) ..... .... 1.2 W45 W46 W28 WI8 1.3 W 20:; -2 45.20 11. T. II . ~:ckenrode (r.;.ncus te r ) .............. 0 15 1)13 W36 W34 W7 1))7 IA 4~·2} 47.35 12. A. N . Mcase (I{eading) ........................ I.J7 LII W41 W40 W2J L6 W29 4~·2~ 44.~ 13. J. Glenn Waltz (l'ittsbura:h)..... . .. 1,14 Oil 1)42 W41 W36 029 W27 4!.2~ 37.55 14. K J . G Ord in!; (w"' .. l>er)........ . .. WI3 1.1 W3" ·VI·' l)lY W24 ~ 4 ·:1 411.20 15. D~le Schrader (Philad ... lp h la) ............ DlI 022 W311 W35 LIS IA 023 4 -3 44.i15 16. Martin SlmS;lk (Bethlehem) .............. L l W24 W29 039 026 L7 WJ8 ~.J 43.20 17. Robert Soocl (Phlladcll'hlll) .............. W~2 D4 0 19 D14' W.;9 Oil 1.9 4 -3 4.1.00 18. Ha"old Wei ncr (Phlladelphla) ........ _ .. D6 07 W51 W I9 LIO L9 W34 4 -3 43.00 19. W. R. Hamlllon (Pittsburgh) ............ W31 W37 VI7 LI8 014 W26 L7 4 -3 42.80 20. Mary D. Selensky (l' h ll;'dclphia) ........ 1.9 W44 L25 WJ7 W34 W30 LIO 4 .. 1 40.20 2 1. Janis Subc (Lancaster) .... ...................... W51 027 1..6 D22 WZS W2:5 L8 4 -3 39.?.'> 22. Pbll1p K. S nyder (Phlladelllhla) ...... W:l3 VI5 L8 021 L9 W:12 W 33 4 -3 39.00 23. E. A. Coon s (Sewickley) .................... L29 W42 W.J!/ V25 J.t2 W3!1 0 15 4 -3 34.85 24. lI"b ... ,·t Cantor (l'hlladelphl") .......... U LI6 W50 W51 W3$ 1.14 W36 4 _3 33.20 25. Charles Sovel (Philadelphia) .......... .1.3 \V31 W20 D23 L4 L21 W40 3~-3~ 44.00 26. Waller n a il (Phil a delphia) .... ............. W45 02 W32 L8 DI6 Ll~ 1)30 3!-3! 42.30 27. T. Clarlnlello (Enns Clt.y) ............ W40 D21 L4 W.12 L6 W 4{) L 13 3 0 ·3~ 4{).00 211. WHliam S. Duek (A ltoona).. .. .... W47 W29 L3 LlO L21 D31 W39 3~-3~ 3ij.r.5 29. D. A. Glllngiullo (Phllatielphla) ........ W2:1 LZIl 1,16 W52 W4H D1.1 LI2 3 ~·3J 35.15 30. Woodrow W. Young (Allentown ) .•... .I..:1 L 33 W43 W38 W46 1.20 D26 3~-3~ 34.65 31. Robert 8 . !lender (J o hns lown) ........ L I9 L25 W44 1M WS? D28 W43 3.103~ 32.65 32. N. L. Sto vcr (Johns t own) .................... W50 V40 L26 1.27 WH L22 W46 34-3~ 28.95 33. John D. Garhact (Johnstown) 3 .... (35.40); 34. Italph O. Mumma (Meeh anlcsburg) 3-4 (3J.00); lS. Mervin S. Sautler (Manheim) 3-4 (32.40) ; :l!i. P hilip Freedman (Ha r r iS­burg) 3 ... (32.20); 37. C. Keith Barrett (Lancastcr) 3-4 (30.60); 1II. E. J . Kish (Ilrad­:ford) 3-4- (2.8.40); 39. D . Scba t anoff (New F~cdom) 2~-4 ~ (3G.40)~ 40. J. Schalanoll (New Freedom) 2l.-4 ~ (35.65); 'I. P. B. Driver (Ridley Park) 2~"'~ (31.90); 42. Paul S h e r r (Alle n town) 2a ... ~ (29.35) ; 43. L. A. Qulndry (philade lph ia) 2''''1 (25.65); 44. Marvin Bender (Mecha n le!lburg) 2~"'4 (25.4$); 4:;. Leroy Gu t hrid ge (Yu rk) 2 ~--4~ (23.95); 46. D. W. W"iIlM, Sr. (Cncllde) 2-5 (30.00); 017. Cll-Or1IO Myo", (Jo hn$tow n ) 2-5 (2~.20); 46. S. C. Reese (Johnstown) 2-S (2:5.60); 49. Alex S. LojJ:~n (Harri~burg) 2-S (22.00); 50. L. P. Knecht (Melrose Park) 1!·51 (26 .85); 51. Itobert W . Adams (Johnst ow n ) 1-6 (2S.40); 52. D . W. Walght, Jc . (Carlisle) 1·6 (19.00); 53. Glen King (Scottdale) ().7 (9 .70) .

Glen King f orfeited to Leroy Guthridge and with drew atter the 3rd round. Co ons point s used. W . M. Ilylantl, tOllr"am~nt director; N. B. Nlelds, anlstan t d irector.

Columbus, 1954 100% USCF Reted Even t

I. Frank' Ferr),man (Mlddletown ) .• _ .... W36 W33 W6 WIO W5 W4 1.3 & -1 32.:10 2. James Harkins (S h a ker Hel/l"hts ) W 34 DIl W40 W7 D4 W9 W5 G _1 30.50 3. Re:o: Nayor (Columbus) ........................ L6 W44 W2.8 W17 W I5 W14 WI 6·1 ~.50 4. William P ratt (Columbus)~_ •... __ ._ •. W28 WI3 W24 WI:I 02 Ll W I2 Slota 30.50 5. Walter Mann (Columbu$) .. _ ...... _ •. _ •. WI4 W30 W7 WJI LI WI3 L2 S -2 32..$0 6. Tony ArcJllpofl (Toled o ) .. _ ................ W3 W2I Ll W191.14 W25 W20 5 _2 31.00 7. E. Leininger (Crand Ledge, Mich.) W35 WI6 LS L2 W41 W16 Wll 5 _2 28.50 8. Ervin Underwood. (COlumbus) .......•.... Waa W I7 LIS L13 W30 Wl9 W14 5 _2 2(;.00 9. J ohn Weltthoff (Vayton )..... . ....... t AO W29 W I8 W29 W25 L 2 W13 5·2 ZS.50 10. J ohn 11. Biddle (Columbus) ..... .... ...... sW47 WIll W25 L l L I3 WI6 W 31 5 _2 ZS.OO II. AIglrd~s Nasvytls (Cieve land) ...... _ .. w2:9 02 W'J:/ 1.5 W40 W14 L7 4~_2~ 27.50 12. Kurl L. Loenlng (Co lumbus) ............ LI3 WoI6 W41 W24 0 16 wn lA 4~·2~ 24.00 13. Lawrence i,lpklng (Cleve)and ) ......... WI2 IA W31 W8 WIO L5 L9 4 03 33.00 14. J oseph Gllehrb:L (Cleveland) .............. L5 W32 W23 W21 W6 L3 1..8 4 -3 31.50 15. David L. Ch. rk (Oct,..)it, Mlch.) .......... W42 W43 W8 L4 L3 1.7 W324·3 21:\.50 16. Elliot t Stenrn s (Cleveland) ...... .......... WI9 L7 V 39 W26 D I2 LIO W35 4·3 ~.50 17. S. II OSs Owcns (Avo n L;Jke)... W37 La W36 1.3 W21 LI2 W29 4·3 27.00 18. Cha rles llcislng (Hamilton) ................ W22 LlO L9 W~6 W,32 1.20 W26 4·3 27.00 19. Malcom Pat rick (Mueedonin) ... ........ I.lO W47 W37 L6 W26 La \V34 4 -3 24.00 20. lIieh:"'d K a use (Garfiel d lI eil"h U) .... L27 L26 W42 W38 W29 W 18 Ul 4·3 23.00 21. Rod Ale:<ander (Worth lngton ) .... ........ W~1 L6 W45 L l4 1.1 7 W41 \V244·3 21.!iO 22. Don<lld Milcs (White Plains, N.Y.) .... L\8 W..45 L26 Wf( 1.39 WZ3 W25 4 -3 1~.50 23. Je r ome U. Cox (Columbos)._ ............... bye L24 J.\4 D28 W27 L22 WoIO 3~·3~ 19.50 24. Norval Slamm (Hastings, Mich.) 3-4 (26.50); 25. J oseph T e rrible (ColumbuS) 3-4 (25.50); 26. Waller m",ckhurn (Dayton) 3'" (25.00); 27. Wm3 Owens (Avon I.ake) 3'" (24.50); 28 .. Bn,ce Sidey (Cincinnati) 3·4 (24.50); 29. Harold E. Snyde~ (Columbus) 3 ... (24.50); 30. 1I:,rvey B. McCle ll a n (Xenia) 3-4 (23.50); 31. Julius Tere.s (Dayton) 3·4 (23 .50); 32. Or. C. D. Kin g (F"remont ) 3-4 (23.00); 33. Paul 8ac h o (CI(lveland ) 304 (22.00); 34. George A . Hud"on (COIUnlbus) 3'" (22.00); 35. WIlliam Rebold (Columb us) 3-4 (21.00); 36. Marlon An~unovieh (Cleveland ) 3 ... (20.50); 27. Rohert Mackcn7.le, Jr. (Silvc .·ton) 34 (20.011); 38. S. S. Keeney (Lakewood ) 3-4 (19.50); 3~. Joh n Pusecker (ColumbUS) 3-4 (111.50); 40. PaUl r •. Thompson (Columb us) 2~-4~ (2.8.00); 41 . John D. Tnngem~n (Clncl"""tI\ 2-5 (24.00); 42. Sellkn 'j',.,n"bui! (C()IUmbua) 2·5 WI.50); 43. Ch3l"le~ M(Cru~'ken, J r . (SUn.ton ) 2·5 (14.50); 44. Slevc Mark owSk i (Tolcdo) 1 ~_5~ (24.00); 45, Alina MarkowskI (l'oledn) H-:I~ (19.00); >16. F.dn •• Smith (Fcemont) I~..s~ (17.50); 47. E" rl Thompson (Clyd e) 1·6 (I9.!iO).

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James Schroc d e r was tourn a m e n t direclor. Jame.s R. Schroctle r, tournament director. Solkoff points used.

CALIFORNIA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Santa Barbara, 1954

100% USCF Ra t e d Event 1. H . Stelncr (Los Anl:eles )... .. .. W73 W59 0 3 WI6 W IO WIl W~ &~. ~ 27.75 2. J. Schmitt (Sa n Fr~nciseo) .............. L4U W67 W1G W12 W24 W25 Wll 6 -I 2~ .OO 3. y. Zemiila (Berkeley)... .W IS W36 01 W34 W15 04 D~ ~H~ 24.75 4. I. Kashdan (TuJunga) .................... WZII W54 Wl2 W21 WO D3 LI 5~'H 23.75 5. S. Almg r en (LO.~ A(lgc)es) . .... ............ W45 W43 W24 La W14 W2l D l 5b·U 22.25 6. V. PafnllUerr (Sa n Fl"anci~eol.. .050 W65 W22 010 1)7 W15 W14 5H~ 22.00 7. P. Laplken [1.0~ Angc les) ................. W57 W62 1.21 W9 1)6 WI9 010 :I _2 20.25 H. I . Rivhe (Los Angeles) .... _ ................. W26 W51 W35 W5 L4 Ll W23 5·2 20.00 9. H. G,'QS$ (S,m Francisco)... ..W41 L22 W4I! L7 W20 W31 W 2:5 5·2 19.00 10. 1':. Levin (Pacif ic Pali~adc.) ............... WG6 W39 W23 08 L I W37 07 5·2 IH.75 11. L . Remlinge r (Long Deach) ... ..... ... .. W68 V"G LI5 032 W52 W21 W2.8 5·2 17.00 12. R. Martin (San!.;, Monica)... . ............ W 70 WS:I L4 L2 W62 W29 W'J:/ S ·2 15.50 13. J . SI"vlch (Sall n a~)... . . ....... W80 1,16 WSS W82 W22 W27 1.2 :I -2 IS.00 14. R. Smo ok {Bctkelcy) ...... .... _ ................. W42 V:J4 W44 W19 L5 WI6 LG 4!.2~ 17.75 15. M. Ccdance (Las Vc.\:as, Nev.) .. _ ........ W58 031 WII W37 1.3 1.6 W4:I ~ ~_2~ 17.00 16. C. S.,gby (San Franei~co)... ..W7S WI3 037 L I W35 I.I4 W33 4 ~-2~ 16.25 17. T. Y.lsenfitad t (Sjon I··r ancisco).. .. .. L36 WOO 020 W64 W~O V24 0 18 4 ~·2~ 15.50 Ill. I) . M;m,o (LOS Ani;eles)... . .... L3 WSG D49 Dr.S W51 WJ9 DI7 4 ~.2~ 14.50 19. C. Walker (fUverslde) .. ...•....... ...........•. 052 W50 W59 LI4 W3( 1.7 W:r7 4~·1~ 14.50 20. J. Rin.1111o {Long Ueaeh)... ..1..53 W49 017 W71 LlJ W66 W40 4~'~} 11.00 21 . R. llur,el' (O"klund) ............................. W2~ W16 W7 1A \,21 LI I W34 4 -3 16.00 22. J . AIC><Dnder (San Dles;:o)... • .. W~ W9 L6 03S 1.13 W48 024 4 ~1 IS.25 23. II. IJ. Popoff (Sun Fra n cisco) .......... W60 \\'33 LIO w3lI W~! I_~ 1.8 4 _3 14_50 M. W. T. Adan\5 (Sa u J ose). .W49 WS3 1..5 W26 L2 VI7 022 4·3 14.25 25. D r. K . Co lby (M UI Va llp.y) .• W69 L;!7 W42 W33 W29 L2 L9 4 _3 14.00 26. 11. l::deis 1dn (S'ln CO,.105) ............... L8 W45 W30 L24 L.'l8 W70 W48 4 ~1 12.50 27. R. Jacobs (Los Ans;:e les) ...................... W6:1 L35 W54 W52 W21 L1.1 r.12 4.J 12.50 W. K. Re ls"m"nn (Hawtho"ne) .... ......... .. U W7~ 1.62 W SO W32 Wll! Lll 4 -3 12.00 29. E. '1'. Oana (J.os Altos)... ..1.21 W60 W36 W10 L25 L12 W5Il 1·3 tl.oo 30. R. Womllc k Wrun o) ............................ L.15 WSS 1.26 V7S W67 D3G W56 4·3 11.00 :11. S. Gellcr (Los A n gcl es) .................. .• .... wn V IS D52 W13 [.23 L9 WM 4 03 10.75 32. C. Joa(h im (Sea W e, Wash.) ..... •..•.. 1..51 066 W72 01 1 1.28 W73 \\'524_3 10.75 33. 1\.. Seheehter (Saula Bar ba r a) .......... W74 1.23 W63 1.25 W70 W3~ LI6 1 -3 10.00 34. W. ""rku, (Carden (;" ov,,) ........ WH 014 W40 L3 L I9 W·15 1.21 3~·J~ 12.75 35. K. Jone~ (Reno. Ncv.)... . ........... . W30 W21 1..8 D22 1.16 1.33 W62 h·3) 12.50 36. F. S. lIaurd (Los Angcles) ............... WI7 1.3 1.29 WN DG3 D 30 041 3~03!i 11.50 37. M. Gor'd on (Los An,ele"l .................. W7'J Wts D16 LI5 W4~ LTO Lt9 3}-3~ 11.25 38. D r. II. Co1l1ns (S"n1a Monica) ...... . .f.22 W75 wS(; L23 W26 L28 1M2 3~031 10.75 39. T. Fries Wrcsno). . ..... W67 L10 043 D48 W$5 L18 014 3~-3~ 10.50 40. F. Cror\l~ (San J ose) ........... _... . ...••. 064 W76 LJ4 W41 L17 W49 L20 J~-3~ 9.75 41. ..:. "eh le l'berg (Visa lia ) ........ 1..9 IA2 L64 W69 WN W53 0 36 3~·3~ 9.25 42. A. Critch low (C""'l'bell ) ............. L 14 W41 L2:5 W72 W73 L43 D:18 3~.J~ 9.25 4:1. C. Svulbcrg (San l"rancl5CO) .... ...... .... W77 LS V:I'J W66 L37 W42 L15 3~·3~ 9.25 44. II. 7.andcr [Toll:lcwood)... . ......... 00S \\'64 LI4 L40 W71 054 D39 3~·J~ 9.00 45. P. Meyer (Va n Nuys) .. ... ...... .... .......... 1.5 L2G W75 D67 W:;9 L34 W66 3 ~·J~ 11.75 ·w. L .. Tohn~on (Lo' ~Ange luJ.. . .. wal L21 L2 D54 IA~ W51 W67 3.·3~ 3.00 47. R. McCoUoul/h Wresno). .. .. 1.34 L63 L77 Wa l DG5 W78 W69 3~-3~ 6.25 48. T. Bnraquet (Down('y) 3-4 (13 .25); 49. C. F o Uns (Visalia) 3-4 (9.50); 50. C. 1" . Goehle" (1.0/1 Angeles) 3-4 (9.00); 51. O. Young (San Gabriel ) 3·~ (8.50); 52. O. P e ize r (San FranciSCO) 304 (8.25); SJ. K. F o r rest (~1anhattan Beach) 3-4 (8.00); 54. R. E. n U.\i>lcli (Atascadero) 3-4 (8.00); 55. C. R. Wilson (Ile rke ley) 3'" (8.00); 56. R. Hyde (Sail,"" Barbara) 3-4 (7.50); S7. G. McMa h o n (Los A n gelu) l-4 (7.50): 58. J . Jarrray (C!enda le ) 3-4 (7.00); 59. M. H3i1pj,rn (Fres no) 34' (6.50); 60. P. Petersen (1..011,1,",,) 3-4 (6.00); GI. Mrs. O. Higgins (Santa Barbara) 3-4 (5.50); 62. 11. Uosen­baum (Sa n Francisco) 21--4~ (1.50) ; 63. O. Vavls (Sa n Francisco) 2~""~ (8.25); 64. J. Edwards (Long nea( h ) 2 ~"'} (8.25); 65. W. Shirey (Jo .... u n o) 2~ ... b (7.25); 00. A . Chap· pell (Cllroy) 2~"'~ (6.00); 67. C. lIunekc (Sa il t'ranelsco) 2~"'~ (5.25); 68. T. Abao (San Fra nCisco) 2~"'~ (2.75); 69. E. Rix (Sa u,"" Barbara) 2~"'~ (2.00); 70. II . Oasteel, J ... (S"n t 'ranel Ee<>l 1-5 (4 .50); 11. M. O. Johnson (H""ltl~bur.) 2.$ C •. SIl); 72. R . A Smith (Reno, Nev. ) 2·5 (4.SO); 73. S. U. Van Celder (San FranciSCO) 2·5 (4.!iO); 74 . R. Cuneo (O"kl""tl) 2·5 (3.75); 75. G. Lut~ (San Francisco) 2-S (3 .50); 78. Vinrin la H arringt o n (Sa n Diego) 2·5 (1.50): 77. n. Enl:llsh (San Diego) 1 /: -6~ (4.25): 78. It. Garabed!a n (Fre$no) 1!·5~ (.1.50); 79. R. Cohcn (San FcancL~co) 1I·5,j (1.2:1); 80. W . Snsun (San Olef:IJ) 1 ~-5 ~ (0.7:1); 81. F. Berry (National City) 1-6 (0 .00) . D. Oavl$, T. Abao, and R. Cohen withdrew after 6 rounds. Guthrie McClain waS t ournamen t d irector.

TOURNAMENT ROUND-UP Pige 7

1914

LOUSIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Natchitoches, 1954

1~ USCF Aited Event 1. Fred j':ummlngs (New Orlc.IU) ...... WIO W24 L2 W9 WG W3 5 -1 19.$ 2. W illi ;lIIn. 'J'. Mille r (Natchc"'I_ ..•..... _WZS W4 WI LS \V1I wa 5 _I 18.3 S. A. L. McA uuley (New Orlelln.) .... Wtt . W7 W2l Dol W5 L1 oi l -Ii 15.2-4. W. Frank Glad.lley (8nlon Rouse) W17 1.2. \VIS D3 W21 W' 4~·1' 14.2-S. Newton Grant (Monroe) .... _._._ ...... W8 WIS W6 W'2 1.3 L4 • -1 17.3 6.. Fenner Parham {Natchez , M1Is.J .... WIS Wll L5 WIS LI \Va" -2 13..3 7. Orlean C. Dupree (ShrevePOrt) .... W23 1.3 WI2- Lll WIS WIS 4 .1 It .$ 8. Dav id A. Walsdorr (New Orlfllll15) .. L5 0\125 \VIS WI' WlO L2 4·2 10.8 9. J amn S. N~I (Shnlllcporl )_ .. __ ..... .L2(l WZ3 W13 Ll WI9 Lll 4·2 10.' 10. Otto Cla ll.or Ill_ton R<;IUl::flJ .. _ .......... Ll Dig WU W21 La W22 31-1~ 9.3 11. John Lunneau (Alcxundrla) ............. W12 L6 W20 W7 U L9 3.J 11.8 12. Roger Dornler (8aton Uouge) .......... Lll WI~ L7 WI7 WI<I L6 3 oJ 10.7 IS. lUeharc! William.. (Natehltochell) Ll6 bye L9 W24 WI8 L7 · 3 oJ 7.1 a. Cary B. E rdal (New Orlea nl) .......... L24 L17 W23 W22 LI2. WI9 3 -3 6.6 IS. C .. rroll . ·ernbaugh (Natchitoches) L6 LI2 bye W20 L7 Wll 3 -3 6.S 16. J.ek Gwln (Haton !touge) 2a-31 (8.5): 17. Woodrow W. Crew (Shreveport) 2.~3. (7.1): lB. Thomal McElroy (Shreveport) 2.1-31 (6.3): 19. Eugene W atso n (N.tchitoeh­e l) 2-4 (7.7): 20. Frank Chavez (New Orleanll) 2-4 (7.1): 2(. Joe Pelty (ld.) U 2-4 (S. I ); 22. Ur . • ::,,'1 Jon.~ (Alex.ndrl.) 2-4 (<1.7); 23. G. F . Kenner (Nlltchltoche.) 1~ (5.5): 2<1. Joseph KrarnberC (Wellt Mon~) 1·3 (4.7) : 25. 1.. V. Brittain (Natehi­tocbes) I ~ (1.4).

Kumbcrlf lorlelted to WUUam. lind wi thd rew .fter 4th round. Kuhn'a T.B. p oints u$ed.

FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSH IP St. Petersburg, 1954

100% USCF R. ted Eve nt I . Nostor S. HernandOI!': (Tamp.) ...... _W21 WI8 WIG W7 W3 W ll 02 It- 6 26.75 2. Bobby LudloW (Orlando) .................. _ W12 U W24 W6 W7 :WIO Dl 5HI 22.75 3. n. C. Eastwood (Homcste.d) ............ W:lO Wig W4 D9 LI WlI W5 5Hi 22.00 4. W. hy Kimbell (,St.. Petenburg) .... W26 W2 1.3 wa U Wl~ Wll 5 _1 18.50 5. Murrll.)' G. CoKen (Mlanli)_ ............ L2.3 D20 WI8 WlO W4 W9 1.3 4!-21o 18.00 G. 0 , A. A. Carlyle (S t . Petenbu l'R) WB oa D2!i L2 wa D20 WI8 4 ~·2} 15.75 7. Chprle~ n . Stallings (Miami) ........... WI5 W23 Wl7 L1 U 01<1 Wll 4a·2 ~ 14.75 8. Wm ..... n. Clevenger (Port Tamp.) W28 D6 L13 W21 Wli 1.3 wa 4~-2' 13.75 9. J ohn H. Divine 3rd (Orlando) ...... ~ . .D25 024 W23 03 DI3 L5 WI6 4 -3 13.75 10. Jerry Davidson {liomestead) .... .... _._W16 Wll Ll 1.5 W25 L2 W21 4 -3 12.50 It. Col. Y . D. Lynch (St. Petenburg)_ .. W29 LIO WI9 W25 WI5 Ll U 4 -3 10.50 12. Chules Wisch ()1 laml ) .. __ ........ _ .. .L2 LI4 W28 W26 1..6 W24 W2:0 4 -3 9.00

, 13. Horace P . Taylor (Jaek$onVUI..,) ...... WZ7 0 17 w a U D9 016 L7 3~-3& U.OO 14. E. O. Fawcett (Lake !I1l1ry) ...... ........ _L6 WI! L16 W27 W 24 07 1.8 36-3~ 10.75 15. PhU C. Knox {DeLand.l ...... _ ............. ...L7 WZ7 W21 WI6 LII U D19 U-36 10.25 16. E. P . Lebzcltern (St. ~tersburg)_LIO W28 WI4 Ll5 WI9 DI3 1..9 3~-3! 10.25 17. Arne Pederson (Mlaml) .... _ .......... .... W30 DI3 L7 W201.8 W22 L6 3&-3i 8.i5 18. n . K. Salisbury (St. PcLcrsbu rg)_.D24 Ll 1.5 W28 L26 W29 W23 3P~ 6..75 19. J oseph £ . Mink {TamPa)_ ............ __ W2Z L3 L11 W29 LI6 WF D15 3~·31 6.25 ZOo IJ. L. Robel'5On (Tampa) H (II.SO); 21. Ronald SChocnau (St . Pctersburg) 3-4 (7.1lO): 22. Jose R. Mart1n {Sarasota} 3-4 (4.50); 23_ K. I •. Albert (Homeste.d) 2lo4i (7.25): 24. James B. Gibson, Jr. (TallUla) 21--4~ (7.oo); 25. B. F . LOpez (Tampa) 2.-5 (6.25); 26. R. F . Butcher (Florida City) 2-5 (4.SO); 27. J. E. J;oson (Homelltead) 2-S (4.00); 28. Lou G. Jamu (Homestead) noSl (1.75); 29. R. G. Law~nee (Homesteac!) 1 ~·5t (Li5); 30. J . C. Canfield (DeLand) I-G (0.00).

LOpCz withdrew a fler 5 rounda. Horace P . Taylor, tournament director, and R. C. El$twood, assis tant tourna'llent director.

W EST VIRGINIA STATE CHP.MPIONSHIP Chilrleston, 19S4

100% U5CF Rated Event I . Donald Burdiek (Huntlnl:f,oo) .... .. _ ... _ W6 W9 D4 D7 WS D1 41-11 2. J_ph Foueher (Charleston ) .......... ___ D9 W3 D7 1..5 WG W8 4 -2 3. Cha rles Morgan (Charlealon) ........ ___ WIO U 09 W4 W7 D I 4 _2 4. Slegrrlcd Werlhammer {Hunting ton) .. W8 D7 Dl L3 WID W5 4 -2 5. William R. Cuthbert (Kayrord) ........ __ L7 W6 WII W2 Ll U 3 ·3 6. F..dward M. Foy (Charleston) 2~-3/;; 7. John P. Hurl (Charleslon) 2.;1,·31; a. wo­llam Ilartllng (St.. Albans) 2-4; 9. PaUl Sayre (Huntington ) 2-4; 10. H. Bruce Marples (So. Ch arleston) g-4~.

NORTHWEST OPEN CHIIMPIONSHIP St. Paul, 1954

100% USCF Rated Eve nt 1. Lee Magee (Omaha, Ncb.) ._ ............... W4 WI8 W29 W6 D3 WI4 DZ 6 -1 26.00 2. CUrl Brasket (Tracy. Minn.) _ ...... _ .. D14 D13 W22 WI6 W23 W3 0 1 5~-l l 23.50 3. J oltn Venq ulte. ~s Moln •• , Ia.) ._ W2G W20 W23 W8 D1 1.2 W5 S}_l~ 22.50 4. Leo Raterman,s (Iowa City, l a.) _.LI D7 W24 W9 D6 W23 WI3 S _2 20.50 5. Somner Sore nson (Iowa City, Is.).._ W7 L23 W-n W18 WlI W15 L3 5 -2 20.00 6. William E. Ka;.wr (St . Paul ) ..... _._ W39 WI2 DU Ll D4 W18 WH, 5·2 19.29 7. K. N. Pedcrsen (MInneapolis) .... _..LS 04 W28 WIZ W13 0 13 WI5 S _2 18.SO 8. Dane Smith (St. Paul, Mlnn.) ......... _ W40 WIO WIS 1.3 1..5 D12 W19 4o~.2} 15.251 9. }'red Ga1vln (St.. Paul, Minn.) _ ...... _Ll8 W36 025 U WU W20 W26 <I ~.2~ 13.25 10. ltoman FlIIpovlch (Minneapolis) ... WI7I.8 L18 W39 W37 W22 011 4~.2.} 13.25 11. He rb Allen (St.. Paul, Mlnn.) ...... __ .W31 LI5 W37 LI4 W36 WOO 010 41·2~ 12.75 12. Melvin Semb (Winona, J,Unn .l. ___ W41 L6 W38 L7 W2l 1>1:1 W24 4}-2! 11.25 11. George V. I) . Tic rs {St. Paul ) ............ oo l 0 2 W26 WI9 014 D7 U 4 _3 15.SO 14. Dr. L. C. YOUng (Madison, WI$.) ...... D2. W25 W33 Wll DI3 Ll L6 4·3 13.75 15. Werner Schroeder (Caledonla) ........ W35 W11 1.8 W31 W30 LoS L7 4 -3 13.00 16. Harry Field (St.. Paul, Mlnn .) ... ~._W37 D33 001 L2 L22 W39 WU 4 -3 9.50 17. Clem Simmer (St.. P aul, 1>Unn.) ...... .LIO L26 W41 I:l7 W40 W33 W31 4 -3 7.SO 13. Harold Parr (S t . Paul , Minn.) ........ W9 LI WIO L5 :W26 L6 D2l 3~..J ~ 13.251 19. 'Davld Ari::anlan (Racine, Wls.) .... _.D28 W21 D6 L13 W29 024 La 3~-3~ 11.75 ZO.Louis Miller (st . Paul, MInn.) .... __ W22 1.3 1..31 D36 W25 1.9 W13 3t-3, 11.25 21. Gaylord Walgren (Mlnneapolls). ___ D13 W28 DI6 L23 Ll2 W36 DI8 3t -3b 11.00 22. CoWn Alexander (St. P aul, Minn.) . ...l.2O W34 L2 W3S W16 LI0 D23 3l-3~ 10.751 23. Uri Maklri (St. Paul, 1I-IIn n.)_ ............ '8ye W5 1.3 W21 1.2 U OU 3t-3! 10.251 24. Sheldon Rein (Mlnneapolisl .............. W39 1.29 U W27 W31 DI9 LI2 3j,-3! 9.251 25. J aC k Kolcsar \MJ nneapolls) ........ __ .L2i bye D9 .L33 L20 W35 W34 3!-3~ 1.25 26. MUCh Gauper (LaCrosse, WI.I.) 3-4 (9.oo); 21. Roberl C. Cove (Wayuta, Minn.) 3-4 (8.50); 28. Victor Contoskl tr.flnnea polis. Minn.) 3--4 (8.25); 29. A. L. JohnlKln (St. Paul, Mlno.) 3-4 (8.00); 30. Stan P edlar (Winnipeg, Canad a) 3-4 (7.00); 31. John Oben: (Radne, Wis.) 3-4 (6.50): 32. Dou,lu Smith (Cloquet, 'M.inn.) 3-4 (6.25); 33. J flmes lIlrsch (St. Paul, Minn.) 2~-4; (8.00); 34. Don Picard (St.. Paul. Minn.) 2l-4i (3.SO): 35. Alde n Riley (St.. P aul, Minn.) 2~-41 (1.75); 36. Alexander FWpovlch (Minneapolis, Minn.) 2V411 0 .75); :no William D. O,ard (NaviUTe, Minn.) 2-5 (5.00): 38. William R. Koleval (St. Paul, Mlnll.) U (2.50); 39. Clen Procschel (St. Paul, Minn.) 11-511 (4.25); 40 .. Ronald Mllter (St. Paul, Minn.)' I-G (0.00); 41 . J a mes Selferl (Minneapolis, Minn.) I-G (a.00).

Pedlar forfdted to Allers a nd R. MIller; R. MUler forfeited to Fiea nt and Ped.· l ar. Eui::ene Hoeflln was tournamfmt dIrector .

COLUMBUS Y CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Columbus, 1954

11lO'Wo USCF R.~ Event SECTION A

1. J . Cox ................ _ ............ _ .... ___ ............ ..x 1 1 Z. J . Schroeller .................... _._ ...... _ ...... _ O x 0 3. V. Vusk reuensky .......... __ ... _ .............. O I x 4. K. t.oen lng ..... _._._ ................. __ ....... ....... O 0 I S. G. Hudlon .. _. __ .. _ .......... _ ...... _ ............. O 0 I 6. W. RebOl ll .... ___ .............. _ ...... _ .............. O 0 0 7. K. JiOW8JI 1.-6~; 8. C. l\tcCrc.ken ~--6.

SECTION B

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, , , , , , I. E. UnderwOO(l ........... .. .. .......... _ .............. x J I 1 1 1 2. T. Ande l1lon _ ........... .. ............ _ ..... .......... 0 x l i I I 3. H. SChuer ....... _ ......................................... O 0 x 0 1 I 4. II. Snyd<:r ...... _ .. _ .......... ~ ....................... .. . O 0 , X II 0 1 5. R. Naylor 2~-4~; 6. J . Pu,eeker 21-4 ~ ; i. G. Platau 2-5; 8. }to Thompson

MIDWEST OPEN CHAMP!ONSHIP North Platte, 1954

100% USCF Ri nd Even t

,. ... .. •• 3t -3} 3.!.-311

1. A lexande r Lie pnlelt. (Lincoln, Neb.) ........ Wl2. WlI W4 W7 D2 05 S·I 17.75 2. Eduard Irela nd (OmDha, Neb.) ....... ___ ...... D3 W17 W8 WI3 VI D4 4 11- 1 ~ 14.00 3. lIaymund Hervcrt (North Plattel_. __ ...... 02 D9 WI6 VIO 07 W8 4 -2 12.50 4. Raymond Wallace (I. locoln, Neb.I .......... WI3 WIS LI W9 D5 02 4·2. 11.2.5 5. Rlehard A. lIteLeUan (Omaha , Neb.} __ .. _ .. WJ8 WIO L7 WIS D4 DI 4 _Z 11.00 6. Jack Spence (Omaha, Neb.) .. _ ....... _. __ .. _ ..... L8 LI4 WI9 WlI WI3 WIO ' -2 8.50 7. Donald C. Elgh {Ral)ld City; S. Oak.) ...... WI9 De Wli L1 D3 09 3}.2a 9.00 8. Harton Lewis (LIncoln , Neb.) ........... __ ...... W8 D9 Lt D14 WI2 L3 3 -3 10.00 9. Robert Vinceot (Omaha, Neb.) ........ __ ....... DI7 D3 Wll U DIO D7 3 -3 ~.25 10. An,drll Staklb <Lincoln, Neb.) .................... .. W20 1.5 W14 D3 09 1..6 3 -3 6.00 II. Alfred Uulmes (Denver, COlo.) ............. _ ....... WI8 Ll L9 L8 byo Will 3.3 5.00 12. Bert Ellsworth (North Pla tte. Ncb.} .. _ .... .. LI LIJ W20 WI6 L8 WI7 3 -J 4.$0 13. P. W. Morrell (Kansas City, Kanl.) 2~-3b (6.25); 14. R. Weare (Stamford, Neb.) 11-3} (5.50); )5. J. Greenway (Denver. COlo.) 2.&-3~ (4.SO); 16. W. He r,-Il.e.n (Lincoln, Ncb.) 2' -3} (3.75); 17. J. A. BlOOd (Manhattan. Kans.) 2-4 (2.75); 18. W. Beek (Chap-­pell, Neb.) 1-0: 19. D. Greiner (Chappell, Neh.) ~: ZO. C. Greine r (Ch appell. Neb.) ~. . ,

Heck. D. Greiner , and C. Greine r withdrew alte r 3rd round.

MANHATTAN C. C. SUMMER SWISS TOURNAMENT New York, 19S4

tOO% U5CF Ra ted Event 1. Vlclor A. GuaIa ... ... ............. ......... .. _ .... WJI WI7 D6 Wll W4 W2 WS 6}_ b 28.75 2. David SillJl'et_ ............. _._._ .... _ ... _. __ WIO D7 W20 W24 W3 LI WlI 5;-11 21.75 3. ArU>ur I"cUCl'$leln .. ...... _ ...................... WJ3 W16 D4 WS L2. WI! De S·Z %On 4. Sl-anlay [.Inn ...... .... .................. .............. _W22 W5 D3 D6 LI W17 W

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5. Erwin SObln. ..... _ .... ........... _ .................... w30 IA W23 W29 W7 W6 6. FLorenelo Camp omanCL-_ ......... ___ .WZ4 W14 Dl D4 WIO J-5 03 4 ~.2~ 18.75 7. EuRena pnUDlm_ ........ __ ............ _ .. _ .. W32 D2. WI8 Dl4 1..5 09 WI2 4 ~-2. 14.50 9. Kennelh U. Kcating ........................ _ ... D12 D23 010 W27 W2AJ 1.3 W24 4 ~-Z! 14.25 9. Schuyler Broui:hton ._. __ ...... _ ........ __ .D21 D28 Wl3 L3 . W23 D7 DlO 4 -3 13.25 10. Ch.r1es M. Seasa ... ...... ~._._ .............. . .L2 W30 D8 WIS LO W25 D9 4 ..J 12..25 11. Patterson Smllh. .... _ .... _ .... _ ......... _ .... L14 W'1:I W2i LI W24 W13 U 4 -3 12.00 12. Benjamin Schille.·.. .. ........ __ D8 0 25 LI5 WIll 021 W20 L7 3~-3~ lZ.OO 13. Nolan Saltzman ............ _ ............ .. ..... _ ... .L3 Wi9 L9 W22 WI4 LlI DI7 3b-3~ 11.15 H. J oseph }to Lavendero .... _ ... _ ......... ..... .... Wll 1-6 W28 D7 L13 LI8 W21 3~-3~ ll.25 is. Georlle S. Proll ..................................... D28 D21 W12 LIO Ll1 W23 Dl6 3~-3~ 10.75 16. Maxwell Sokoler ........... _ .... _ .......... _ WI9 L3 1.31 V25 W26 D21 DIS 3~-3~ 10.50 17. Or. Isaae Spedor ...... _ ...... _ .............. _ .... W27 LI D22 0 26 WIS L4 013 3~-3} 10.50 III. Nathan COhan ............. _. __ .. _ ...... _._ ...... WU D20 L7 LI2 W3I WI4 U 31·3& 9.25 19. Albn P. Cohan ............. __ ........ _ .......... _.u6 L 13 L26 W28 W2.7 D22 W25 3~-36 8.50 20. Marvin L. Kornhause r. __ .. ..... __ ........ W29 D18 1.2 WJI L8 L12 W26 3~-3~ 7.25 21. Richa rd Ellis 3-4 18.25); 22. Robe r t Ugh tslone 3-4 (8.ooJ; 23. Charles A. de Car­valho 3-4 17.50): Z4. Sidney SchUler 3-4 (S.50): 25. Harold .. eldhei .... 2!-4 ~ (7.00): 26. Kenn th Blllke 2!-4~ (6.75); 27. Nicholas OIeter 2&-4~ (4.00); 28. Fred WO)lCe & Stew­art A. Danleb :t-5 (6.75): 29. Jerry Schimmel 2-5 (3 .00); 30. Allen Kaye 2·5 (2.50); 31. Dr. J:::ugc»e Foldes l ~oS' (4.50); 32.. lirach Y;.coubian &0 Daniel GHderberi:: I-G (2.00).

I n position no. 2tI Wolle played first three roundS seorlnf:' 1·2 and O:lIIleJs last four round~, "curing 1·3. In poslUoJl no. 32 Yacuublun played first live rounds, &eor ­lng 0-5, and Glldenberg last two rounw. scoring 1.1_

MANHATTAN C. C. CLASS B (SPRING) FINALS New York, 1954 ·

100% USCF Rated Event 1. Arthur W. }'euersteln . ___ .......... lC 1 I 1 I i I I I 2. Brian E. Owcns ........ .. ... 0 x I I I 1 1 1 I 3.vlctorA.Guala .......... ............... ... ~ 0 x I 0 II I I 4. Schuylel' IJroughton .... __ ............ 0 0 x 1 I ~ 0 I 5. }tatl.(:nIOlI Sm ith ............ _ .... _ ...... 0 0 lOx 0 I 1 I 6. KeDn-eth H. Keating 3-5; 7. Maxwell Sokoler 2~); 8. Dr_ Isaac Spe<:wr David Slni::er H-G~.

MASSACHUSETTS INVITATIONAL Newburyport, 1954'

100% U5CF Raled Event

H 6H~ 5!·2~ <4 .4

2-6; 9.

I. Harry Ll'man (Boston) _ .... __ ........ __ ._ .... WI 3 W22 W4 W3 D2 4o}. & 13.73 2. John Curdo ILynn) ...... .. ..... _ ..... W19 W12 WI4 W6 D1 41' l 11.25 3 . .I. Pllmlljens (BrookJyn, N.Y.) ...... _._ .. W I6 Wll W8 LI W9 4 -1 11.00 4. E. Wolk (Storrs, Conn.) ._ ...... ...... ____ .W21 WI8 LI )Wll W7 4 -1 9.00 S. O. A. Le~ter (W. Newbury) .......... _. __ .. D8 1.6 W19 W12 WI 4 n-a 7.50 6. J. Kellson (Ar lington) _ ............. __ . __ .. DIO W5 WIS U DB 3 -2 8.50 7. F . E#hrlc;h (Manchellter, N.lI.) . ___ ... WI7 LI4 WOO WIO U 3 -2 6.50 a . H. 8 . Daly (Sanford) ......... _ ........ _ ...... _.05 W21 L3 WI8 DEi 3 -2 6.25 9 .... 8 . Gould {Newburl'Portl ............ __ .. _ .. D12 DI0 W22 WI4 1.3 3 ·2 5.75 10. F. J . TrDyen (Salem) .... _ ................. __ .D6 D9 W24 L7 WI5 3 _2 5.50 11. C. Sha rp (W. Scar boro, MI!.) ...... _ .... _ .... W23 L3 WI8 lA WI6 3 ·2 4.50 12. A. Hobson (Montpelier, \It.) ...... ___ .09 L2 WI3 L5 WI9 21·21 5.50 13. C. Cain, Jr. (Byfield) ____ ......... _ .. ___ Ll DI6 Ll2 W23 WI7 21·21 4.00 14. A. K lavlns (New Ilrl tain, Conn. ) 2.-3 (3.50); 15. D. Cain (Byfield) 2-3 (3.5(1); 16. J. Morse (Beverly) 2·3 (2.50); 17, R. Ford (Salem) 2-3 2.55): 18. T . Stallkneeht IGarden City, N.Y.) 1 ~·3~ (2.i 5): 19. A. Strazdlns (Ncw Untal». Conn.) H -3l (l.88); 2:0. C. Wa.

' te rman (Am81ibury) 1 ~ ·3 i {l.75}; 21. E. Can,-Ietoll (E. Providence, R.I.) l i·31 (I.50); 22. R. W. Lane (So. GlastenbufY, COnn.) 1·4 (1 .501; 23. M. Morse (Mancheste r. N.H.) 1-4 (1.00); 24. Margaret Gould (Newburyport ) 1-41 (0.75).

L.me withdrew without notlee after 2nd round and f orlelted final three gamel to B. Gould, n. Ford, and It. Morse.

BOOST AMERICAN CImSSI By Joining the U.S.C.F.

BOOST AMERICAN CHESSI By Joining the U.S.C."'.

The New Or/eans Story so very many readers have inquired concerning what actual1y hap.

pened in New Orleans ut the annual USCF meeting Lhlll it DCcomes impossible by personal letter to answer aU the queries. Yet these read­ers are entitled to know what occurred .at the annual meeting, t0l:clhcr with details of the various episodes that preceded this denouement and the various conscctucnces which (orm an aftermath. Here is a state­ment of the facts. Readers may t hen mnke their own decisions con­cerning lh.c validity 01 the adion taken at New Orleans and the wisdom (or Jack of it, as may be) displayed by the various individuals who pro­moted this debacle.

Incidentally. the minutes of lhe annual meetini show that it was not well attended; votes of 31 and 29 on motions indicate that most of the 120 USCI" members at -the U.S. Open discretely stayed 'lIway from the meeting. In a democralic organization such absence docs not excuse them {rom responsibliity (or the results, pal·ticularly i( their presence would have il ltered the recorded res~lts of the proceedings.

But it began in California; and California chess players (together wilh other chess pl:l.yers on the l'ae ilic Coast) must aSSume full r e­sponsibility for the results. If New Orleans represents an achievement, to California belongs the praise; if it represent! a loUy witb somewhat unfortu nate Ct.nscquenccs, Culilornia must attcpl the blame.

It be,an (Q a practical dale) wben Gulhrie "'eCla ln, cdltor or the Call rOT­n il Chell ltePOrte r, clTculaled a n opcn letter .m the raclrlc Cou~ In whleh h e maOe " number of al!e,ltluns w n ­cernlnc U$CF mlnacement, asking USCP' members on th' COas t to place thclr proxJel for the annual m« lIn, In Ihe b a nd. of 1Ilr. Jobn Altxander of San 011110. 'Ibis circular lctte r ...... ac­companied by a 1ct\.er of cndorsement by Mr. AII)umder by ",hlch he accepted rcsl)()n.~lblllty for the ,tallment. matle by Mr. McClain.

Ted of Jotr. MeCl:aln'l Circular lettcT and Mr. Alexandl!"s accompanying enOor.-menb were as follo .... l:

CALIFORNIA CHESS REPO RTER , ... Kenney Str .. t

Sa n Francisco .. e.llfO .... ~ July 27, 1954

Dear C.IKornla CM" Federation M. m ber:

As you probably kno .... th. r. hac b.en much pro a nd con diseuilion of lea re".,rd ln" the desir.,blrlty of .fflli.,l­ing thl Ca liforn~ Chess Fidentlon with thl United St.tH Chell F"den' tiorl. During ttl" put .... onth num"rous con".rsalions ha"l been hl ld amon, ... arious d lre.;lon of ovr Fedl ra l ion upon Ihlt sublect a nd rll .. t" topks.. Afte r I_plorl", the byplttts w" .. a .... eOme 10 pretty general .. g,.......n l .s follows:

1. W" belie"e thai to loin thl USCF in liI . ne ra l would bI a ,ood 1 .. ln lil. Howe"lr , the USCF publlc. tlon, Chess Llfl, is nol In a position to report 'ully ., 11 of ttle n.ws about Callfo ... tla Chess tloat WI , .. I .... ould bI recorded. WI l he refore arl r. lucl.nt to join the USCF on Ih. bul ....... Ic.. ttI.y ha .... offlred us, th.,t w" turn oYer our m"mbershipS to tham . nd recei"e only 6Oc: of lhe $5.00 memben .. ip fee. T .. is is not I no"oh monlY to maintain 0 .... or, 'nlntlon I nd to p.y for th. Callfornlil Chess Reportl r . WI f.el thlt In Ihe c.w of Callfornl. '''I comb .... 1d membeBhip 'ft should bI $6.00, of w .. ic.. som_"1t less '''an Ihl prHlnt $1.50 would go to t .. " CCF, .,nd tn. baianci to the USCF. Thl$ would SOlve our memo blrs $ 1..54 IS comp. rt'<! .... ith t .. e present $5.00 to the USCF and ,1.$0 to the CCF. It will bl pOSsible for o .. r orlilanl~ation to operal. on somllhlng less th.n a t prlSint If the USC F t.,kH 0 ... ., the p.per work of co lledin9 t IK dues, and WI would, no doubt, gain mlmbers IS a result.

1. AllhouW" .... e fft l that loinlng t he USCF would bl ., good thing, wi somlt lmes wonder why. If a mem' ber d ..... not plily in the b;.g tourn;>­ments, I ntry into whkh Is forbOcl­de n to no n members (and rightl y so), w"lt does the USCF ",ember rcc I I"" for his m. mbersh lp fea? He recelv" a s .. bscriplion to Cheu Llf" , and h is tourna mlnt res .. lts mayor m.,y not be ra tltd, depend· ing on thl 1.lest whim of t"l ... itor of Chels Life Or of the ratin, sfatl ... tlc~n. Ttl"" two ad".,nt"es, if you I r l Interet led in them, are no doubt wort .. something. A ml mber 11$0 1$ en. h led to buy clrtain chess books a nd equ ipment .t Ins th.,n thl regular reta il prices. WI think

IIh t il.. T •• .J"" P. g. 8 'l"eSS ". O(/~r " JII14

- that this Is • genuin" ad "anla\JC to mlmblrs only If the program Is operated .... lt houl 1011. W" would lik' to kno .... lOm.lhln, about the flnlnclng of t .. ls p ro,ram, for If It ;s blln, operat'" a t a Ion Ih, m .... · be.. Ire In Iffec t tr'ndlnln" mon.y from OM pock.t to thl olher, to the .d"lntagl only of ,he Busi­nHS Mln~ger of ttl" Faderatlon.

1. WI fctl Ihl t the pow.rs and dul let. of Ih. lIuslnes.s M.n .... r of t ... USCF l hou ld bI defined c learly . nd th . t h is .... tl"itics should bI sublect to close scrutiny by a ll me mblrs 0' thl F.dera t lon. WI .... Ou ld likl to know, for Ix~mp l ., wherl he recll...ed tn. ~ulhorl ty to Irder a eert.m master who had subml"ed his en t ry fOr the rec.nl U. S. Cha~pionship to pllY In that 10u .... _ an.ent or be SUSPended from the USCF for fi" . yea.-s.

4. In our opinion the rating Iptem "s il Is run I t pres.n ' is primarily deslgnld to r .,lse mon.y for the Fedl ratlon, not to pre"lde Ihe best possible ratings or 10 .ncouflge mOrl PlOP'" to play In . ournamenh.. W. belie .... that me mbers sl1o<.lld be ra t ltd on Iny 10urnamlnt tlwol they pIll' In. regard'.ss of .... hether nOn­members p.y ., nting 'ft. We do no l bllievl in forcing non_embers to pay the fH, a policy which will diSCOlOr;lg .. ~ple fro", playing Ind which In Iffect .-.duc" th" amo .. nl that w" (;I n coll.ct In prill meney. If II Is imposibJc for the USCF to finance the rat ing of lourn.mlnts on this bui$ WI recomml"'" that t he ,tal" fede,;lllons r.te th.lr OWn members and tf1at thl USCF simp­ly rllat. th.1 dillOn On' yardstick..

S. W. r.cogni,e and apprecil le the h.,rd work and effectl"l admlnlstra­l ion by '''I present ed ilor of ChltSs Life, .... hlch hu m.dl \I poSSible for 'hal p"bllca l ion 10 5"",,1,,. dlffleult t imls. Howe"er, we .. n.nimously deplorl the manner In w" ich he u,," .. " editor~1 columM to dl,p l.,y h is own pa rticul. r br.,nd of politics and to Ixpress his peflOnal ani­mosltll4. We deep ly rellnt th. " in_ d lctlv.nes, he d ;spl.,yed to .... ard the Pan Amlr icln Tourn.men. rec. nt­Iy COfIc luded in HoLly .... ood. W. be­lie"l thai h e wOuld IIrvl the caus.c of American Chlss by .",.ndlng his ways..

'. We are Ippalled at the I.ck of cO­operatlot1 among our le.dlng che •• o rg;lnillrs and sincerely hope that with a 1I"le effort an Ira of good feeling can be 1mb Irked upotl.

One of nur directors, John A I"x.,nder from Sin DJcgo, .... 111 ;lttend the U. S. Chen Open a nd will s trl". toward our ,oals a, Ita ted above. If you are , .. b· s l . nt lally In . grccment with ' ''I abo"e Ind .re a U$CF m"mber we earn.stly request yo .. to for ..... rd . 1 onc. the en­closed pro>:y m;lde out in Ih is lI"or, to him at ' he Roose"llt HOIII In New Orlunl. It will be possible If ..... mu_ sh.,11 CKlr "otes to makl our beliefs heard .t thl USCF metlngs.

Dea r

W. G. McClain Editor Ca lifornia Chess Rlporler

July 21, 1954

We In Ca lifornia believI thilt senti­m. nl among ctwss p layers throughout thl counlry prob.,bly is limit., to ours.

If so, w. urge you to H nd you r repre­sentallvl' to Ne .... Orl.ans armed with

proxies .nd preplfld to fight wllh U .. WI . Iready h.". blln pl . dged su ....

port by Washington ;lnd OrlltOf' p layers. If you h ..... no players .ttlnetlnll t IK

U.S. Chen Open, or If your play.rs h., ... e already I"ft for t"l Ope", w. urge you to 'lind your pro.11I to m • • t the ROOM".II Hot. 1 In New Orleans.

Slnc.r"ly, John AI.Xlnder

Dirlctor from San Oligo County for Ih .. Callfom~ ChlSs Federallon

The good fai th of Mr. McClain a nd )'r. AliI!'x.nder In e lH'Ula ilng these .1-leg.tlons rel~ e ntlrdy upon Iha ~ue. tlon of whe ther they knew that thei r staW'mlnU contained dlullt: which ",ere in errect mluepreliC ntllUon of the fact ' _ mllreprescnlations Which c;>n be dea,rly demnn.!>tr l tc(l al such. The reatlc r mu.~ juO~. for hhnso: lf whclher 'hey d id exen:lse 1I0od ra,1th In falling tv check the billie tru th of IJOnll of th.lr a lle.:aUon, before ell'" eul.Unt Ihtm.

In )fro MeClaln .. c:trwJar le iter point one 15 a Oe r!nlte mUrepre~ntallon of the USCF lunlS ur Stlla Arrulltlon, In thai It d l.se\lae' a plan or aftUiation thai will dlKlrcied Immedilliely arte r the MUwuukcc USC.' wn,rea In 19$3. " he new plan 01 a Hllla tlon, now In ef. filet, will madc effeetlve on OclolH:r 21, 1m. Mr. McClain h lllf Mine. IIIld he b......,d hl~ criticism. on a le tter from Mr. I-Iarkneu, datll!'d some 18 month bo:!fore the date o f hll own dreJlar lellllr. lIelders muat determln. whether \I I. Ic.c:ltlmate for a budncll m an (Mr. McClain eond uclll hi. own bud· nUl) to eon...,er :on oner ' till In eC. fed liner a lap:iC 01 almMt h -o year., or whether fa ilure to cheek a nd sce If Ihe terms h .ve bc<i>n altered makes the procctlure or Mr. McCl"ln vel')' que. tlo nable. Undt r the new plan now In e rred Ihe Stale ASSOCiation re«>lves $1.00 out of eaCh $5.00 d_, ralher than the IOc alltced by Mr. McClain­$4.00 more on eaell ten membershipS. A small maltc~t the .,uthOT ClI erlU. c:ism s ahOlild Ilkt the t rou ble 10 ver!!y hi>< lacta before n".klnt alletallons.

Point two It: illuminative In thllt lIr. McClain choo~ea to overlook tho Impor· tant hct th, t !dnce adoption of th t Harkne.. Plan. the USCF h u been showln, a nel operating profit, whe .... as In tho Six previous years It Ie­Ilumula ted I c rowln.: deficit. One could not &lean th lll f:act fronl Mr. McCiaiDS statcmlnll whlc:h In lcr that the user Wl.~ conUnulnc to OpeTate at a net loss. Whether the aclual net profit com.. from additiona l memberships, ",Ung ftet, Or from sales of chess books and cqu lpment seems rathe r Im­material and of lnterest only In ;In aceountln. senH.

Of eoUfl!e, the allecatlon tha t lour. n;lment reau lll arc r:lted a t the whim of thl edi tor o f Chess Ufe or Ihe -rat­IIl.I $taUltidan It: ;0 mlMtatemenl or fac:t~ whleh It Is difficult to believe Mr. McCI.ln did not kno",. The basie rca:u lalions eoverlnl: Ihe rall"4 of tour. namlnts are publWttd on p..:e two of ai",ost every Issue or Cheu U te for "U l .. He. The only exeeptlon nude iwhleh InclO('nIDUy f:lVored Call1ornla) ... as the raUn" of the Los Ana:etes Coun­ty Ch.,mplon. hlp for reason, .. hleh Mr. Harkness e_plalned in C.L . .June $, 1954. In any case dec15leD on lourna­ment ralin". do nol Tesl on the whim of the editor ol CheSoi Life who has no ""ntrol O\'eT ratl~ and . me",iy as­Sf:mbles I'ePOris I nd d.ta lor raUn,­the Inclusion of the tditor's name Wl>S a delLber:ato bit of mud.sllngln" whiCh the reader may consider -rather un. " 'orthy of a man In "Ir. Meet:.ln's re­sponsible pO$It\on. .

On point th rt.'C, the dangers or hear­$OIl' e"ldenee are made plaln ~ Mr. Me­Claln Is repealing rumor as fact . Mr. Harkness did teU Mr. Calderon tha l he would ree<" nmend that Mr. RO$¥OII. mo be blrred trom USCF tOllmlmenll for thrft yea r$ If Ro!!sollmo at the last min ule withdrew from the U.s . Cham_ plonsh ll). But upon reflection. Mr. HArk· nell-'! decide d ·ag., ln5t even makln" IJUch a reeununendaUon; and In thl pl'Cllence or RiI!'.hevsk)', Denker, Pavey, ' .... rne T, I nd Kevt tz Informed Rossollmo thll no ;.ctlon a l 1111 wou ld be take n !! Rossollmo wished to wlthdr.w from the U.s. Championship. It Is well 10 n"te th.t Mr. Harlme1<S I t no Ume claimed tile IUlhorily to Inr 1\000001In.o from any event, but merely the rlChl to reeommend a eounoe of action-a r!JIht thl l e ve " Mr. McClAin hus exer­e;"",d In hll clreula r lette r .

rolnt four happily represents a le,IU. mate ~bJecUve Ind statement f>f opln. Ion. Those who planned .,nd atJrnlnll.ter the uscr Ratl nc System are w nnde nt

The Editor wil-h ts to expren his deep a ppreciation for the m a ny le Hers from re.ders and m e mbers, .. king him to ignore the r.solu­t ion s pon. or. d b., Mr. Ale .. ndu at the a nnua l mee ting at N e w Or­le a n s as not being Tepre5entative of t he opinlon$ of t h e membenhlp It large.

Howil!'ver, the resolution ;It N ew Orlean s re m .in s I n official ad of the F .d.ratlon , ;In:i the Editor does not c<lre to assu m t t h e r e_ s pon$ibi l ity for di$r egard ing what is lega lly an express ion of ma jori­ty wis hes, no m atter how small the number of mtmbers prese n t . For the Editor to d i ... 19;1rd the ' tete d wi s hes of the An"ual MMting would be t o duplieate t h e offe nse of for~r USCF President H.rold M. Phillips in d isobeying the stated m.,nda'es of the USCF Boa rd of Oi. Tectors---41 pr.ctke which t h e Edi­tor s o vigorous ly d e plore d editor­i;lll., on IIv e T<l1 occasions.

.. It h IS, in dHd , been suggesttd th at the Editor could ob • ., this re ... olution and yet perform .. in the past in writing fe.tures and edi· tor;, 11: d rlcU,. confinod to chou. But the E d itor does not choose to devote the time ilnd e ffort n e ces­sary for s uch work, while h a m _ p ered b ., the restrictions set .t New Orl.an • .

thal thil!'y h avI ;adequate ~buttal to Mr. Mc:CIaln's proposal$, bul h it: ...... Ite~ tloll" on nUna: ~main a leltlUmate tople for dlsculI5lon and no one can questlon hi. rich! to Include them In • circular letter. .

rolnl riv. In represenUn, that the il!'dltor of Chess We yldds to personal animositle. Is ICain a mlsrep~llUtion or tact. to Italn sympathy .,1Id .... pporL l! It "'U dellbo:!r.,te (.,nd not mcrely s tupid and uninformed), It ""as dennJte­Iy un .... orthy or a cheft org.,nbe r In lbe pO$ltion NT. MCClain holds. 'Ibe Teade r must jud.!:e whethe r It was Clellberale or m;::n:ly uninfOl·med. Those who have relld the editor's eommenta over the )'ellrs should know th.,1 h it: personl l lIDlmoliUK have never been a .ubject for dl.seuulon In Chlu Ufe. For ex­.,mple, . 'r. N. T. Whltake .. h .. alway. n:cel"ed all much ne .... a >!pace reeount. Ing his tournament ... Idories at be would havi received even If the Ildltor had been wmpletil!'ly unawl\(e of Mr. Whitaker's constant aUacks .... pon him by lelte.· ov" .· U • ., yelf".

But the editor of Che" Life hiS. ror the cause of ehess In the USA and . 11 . part 0 1 his job, re"ealed the ml5-~prelJO'nlaUOD of the Federation at various times by various cheal orr an.lx. ers. The editor ",buked Dr. Luker, not from personal animosity (fo r hi does not c"en k now Dr. Laskerl but bceause nr. Lasker made statemenb contrlry to tad In the RrlUsh public. lion Che" whl(h, If nol contradicted, would low_ e r the prestl.1 of Ihe USCF IIbroad. (Or. RalSton s ilO -rebuked Dr. r ..... ~ker lor these $IlI leme nli. Does Dr. KalSton .. Iso have a pe.nootlal plmosity!). The etlltor ~bull:ed MT. "WhItaker upon oua­alon lor varlous troublesome aU.,eks over Ihe years On the elIarader alld actions of ... rious USCF omc:tal. (lno. den tally Iporin, those au~t.a or Mr. Whitaker whieh ... ere dlreet.ed IIOlcly ;. t the cdHor). The editor rebuked USC!' Prellld e ",~ lIarold M. PhUi lpl lor re fusiDJ: 10 abide by Ihe le"al dee l~lons and m.,ndatCli of the USCF Board of Directors. The reatler must decide whelheT these are a display o f per­sona( anlmOlllty. as Mr. McClaIn doa< not hesitate 10 a llege , or ,.hether they a~ meO!ly (",dden'" in thl dutiu of an editor .

Finally, there Is the rabrlca tlon or a charge thhl the editor OIS[>layed vln­dleU"eneu II.gnlnst the Pa n.AmerlCll n TOllmament-an .,lIegallon whleh I<Omc -rendel1l nuoy dec .... to be d-raa:J:ed Into the discussIon by Mr. MeClaln as a p0-tent vot.c-cetter among loy.' Cllmnml. play<!rs, ""ho In many ea.ses ob" loualy

hud no meanS of d 15coverln, whetber th .. charJ:" was false o r justWed by the fa cts. Since Mr. He r man S telncr in I~ a nd again In 19~ p l.ced t he U.S. Chess F ed er.tion In considerable diI. lieulty by firs t aeecl'llnlt and t he n r".;.."UnC " I,on mort nollce the local spOn~rshlp of the US. Open Ch ...... p ionshlp, there mill' be some rudel'S ,.,ho w<>uld ~'O",dder v lndlcllvcne"" quite j ustifiable under lhe dreumstanc:es. n owever, the lact.1l Q<tm to Indleate o t he ..... ·isc. In C.L. Odobo;r 5, 1953 It WIU "nnoun«d. Ihat only USCF rated lour­naments would be eligible for an.­nouncement in "Tou rnament Ufe". S inee the USCF ",lill l houeht that the US. Opcn .... ould be held In Loa A.n· gelcs (;lOd did not discove r dlffc«nlly

• until Janua ry. 11M) It Is obvlou. that tbis decision wN not dln::cted !It Mr. Steiner. When Mr. Steiner rejec ted the U.S. Open, he . wu Informed thai the Pao·American "'ould only be eliClble for "nnouncement if It was IInnouoced " 5 a "IOO~ USCI' n"ted Event». Mr. Stclner did not e,'cn chooso to an5wer thai leltc r . Despite thl", fact , t h e editor gave Ihe P"n·Amerie"n Tournament two full a nnouncemenll In the new. items In C.L. Yebruary to, I~' . nd May 20, 19~4 , i ncludlnc fu ll detallJl as t ... dak' and reglslr"Uon . In add it ion, ". the chairman QC tiH,l VSC~' 'r ourn •• ment Plans Conunl t tell. Ihe editor eh"nged the se t date~ for the U.S. Open so that It wou ld not conflict wi th those of the P"n·Amerlean and i<O chess I>la)'en cou ld p lllY in either or both. ~s ~hcy chose. Flnlllly, the edi tor p re­I"'''''' II f ront·pa.!:e story on the reo ~ulls (C.I.. Augult 5, 195.) althoull h he had to glean h~ In fo r m!lllon on the results from New York. The re.d e r may delcnnlne whether this eollliti. luks the exerelse of "vlndlctivelless".

As t o point six, It Is one thai . m (lnd u n iver&:a1 agreement; bu t some ",~y Inquire If Ihe Issuing of clreu1ar Idl"rs of attack containing dubious aI. Io'/::olions _rna of which are demon· .Irlll"h ly contrary to reeorded fact Is , ... Uv a practical method of attalnln. CO>'I~·r" l lon.

On lloe basis of this dreu la r lette r , bad,,'" by IIlr. McClain'. name and posI­tion ,,~ .,.Iilor of Ihe eallrornla Cheu Reporl.·.·. Mr. AIVlander arrived In New Orlcan' with a numbu or proxln which he u..,.1 to eontr ol t he election of the USC~' I>lnocto" from California (" per­*-eU,. 1.·.:Illmate use), and pt~ '" proof thAt I,,· had a llolld backhlll (or his P ..... I"1o: o f various eharlleH. Indden1.­all', Mr . ,\ Iexander informed Ihe editor o f Ch,'" Li fe via long dlalllllee "hone that I,.. h;r.d thl! full DI'llrovlI l IIml RlPPO '" "r Ur. Rabton. It Is " l'rubRblll a .. urnjl ll .", Ih at Mr. Aleltnntlllr nl.o e rea",,1 Ihis ImpreSSion al Nllw O"lllan~. Dr. 1I111,lun ha~ since IIlal"d th"t hll ..... nut Informed of Mr. l\!eClnln '~ elr. eular l .. tI"r Il r Mr. Alexn'''Jcr'~ I, r o. poacd ,"el;ons until It W".' I.... h,te for hi", I" take any me •• U"e~ HI COlOn. ter-acll .. ". 11 Is on record IC.!.. SIlI>le rn. ber ~. 195-4) that Dr. Rol8ton nol o n ly h"8 (lI , assoctllkd hlmllClr f, 'om Mr. Ale","nder's acUons bul h" ... dellCrlbed Ihe,,, >oS "a di5~raee to CAllf"r"l", Chess" and ",.t:~ members o r Ih" Cali fo rn h. o'':"niLation "'0 repndl" lc Alexander".

At New Orlean~ Mr. Alennder elr. cul"ted hi. own 01"''' 1.A)llcr to the editor of Ches.~ Life. The tc"t I.t lUll followl:

HOTEL ROOSEVELT N EW OR LEANS, LA.

A ug usl 3n!, I t s.. Mr. Mo ntgomery Ma lo r Edito r, Ch""s U f e De .. . M • . M"jor , alias Rol.m Grosse r :

P res umably yo u have received b y no w • copy of l he July 1:1t h le ite r signed b y Guthrie McCla in wh ic h I forw.rde d 10 yo u. In t ha sho rt t im e Ih'" has e lapsed s inea w s $In. ou t Ihls le ttsr, we have a lre .ely received ............. ~ ... _ ... . p r o xies In our support, acco m p.n led by comm ents such " 5 "cbop MontY's head o ff!" Eac h m al l bring, more prollies.

In canvass ing t he p la ye r s (a. opposed to che ss offkla ls j al t he U. S, Open, I .... ve discovered th l t a v n l m " iorl l y of t he m support oor opin ion o f your editoria l po licy. W e do no l f eel th" you shoold be In a p.,.lt lon t o ... en l (ofte n o nde r a n assomed name) y ..... r pooH.k al Ide_ o r sp i.ef ul v lnd lctl ..... nen lin m emben; o f the Fl1Ier a tlon a l will. W e wanl il dearly o...unt OOd *,,1 your opin io ns a re not necusa r lly by fa , -those of t lMo che55 playe..,. o f Amer ka.

You assume Iha t IS a n edi tor you s hoold be free to e"pren YOU ' opIn ions. Let me re m ind '1'00 tha t yoors Is no t a d a ity ne wsp",per Ih:at w e b uy a t w ill. Yo u h" ve a captl",. audienci. W hen

we join the Feder ation yo u and your

opin ions .re ferc ed upon os willy n llly _ m ostly n illy.

1 s ha ll r e:ad t his leite r ", I t he gene r a l m eeling of the F .. de . a t lon tod.y and ask fo r a vot .. of a pprov.l. Fr ..... t he resolt I 1m sure that '1' ..... w ill f ind '«lor sUPJK) rlers a re f ewer Ih"n yo u think.

I sh . 1I . Iso request thl t t he onken .ee to it Ih:at t h is lette r I ppeaT$ In fo il In " n e ... ly IMue of Chess Life.

S incere ly youn, John A lex" nder 1176 Lor ing Street San Diego " c all fo rn l"

10 the sceond p ar;agrapb o f this er· rusion, "I r . Alexander delibera tely milde lin allc.a llo n whieb it is diUleult 10 be­lieve tha i he did not know w:o.s eont r"ry t o r"et. The reader mu~t delermlne whether It wU II statement m>tde from Ij:lnorance or was m aliciously Inserted because of lis possible cHectiVCnCJl,$. "We do oot leel tha t you should be In II posilion to "ent (often onder a n as­s umed n"me) you r pol itical ldeu or ,pltcfu! vlndictivene"" on members or t he Federa tion "I will ." Since t he edito r had a lways jellously g u arded tbe pseu· donym, o f Uojam a nd GrocSSol'r Iron> any contacl with ehess pOlitics u such (tbere wer e two minor exceptions In RoJ"m'~ klddtne: remarks about Ibuilan che~s), nnd s ince t he edi to r h ;,d never used either nOm de plume for an attack upOn any Individu al o r any polley, It seems obv ious _ that Mr. Alex",nder s tands ~eU·eonvided either o f ~plteful fabrlc:allon o r unbelieva b le stupidi t y In not ehecklnJ: hi s statements f o r ae· curacy. Readers may ve r ify th is fael by e!leckln.>: b"ek issues o f ChelL .. Li fe (as It ill obvious Mr. Alexander should have (lone, just to protect his own reputation for .,.,raelty).

Actual.l.y, it was the fatuous accep t­ance by the USCF memben there .... sembled In the annual mceting of IbU po,ssib ly malicious deceit, which ~me of tbem, we :assume , were intelli~Dt e noug h t o recognize as misrepresen ta. tion o f facts, that delcrmlned the edl· tor of Chess Life to withdraw t hc pseu· donyms or William Rojam and G u U· h .. rme Groesse r f rom the pae:es o f Chess LUe permanently.

It remailUl the p r ivilege or thc read~r to determine what motive prompted Mr. Alexander to wire USCF Viee-Pre~ Iden t A. Wyatt J o nes the ",I"tement that ' < • •• if provocation g iven I ,han ny Chicago Sep t l welve and brine: suit will silence and Impoverish h im fo r good" (C.L. September ~, 1954). Usually a man wh o thlnk~ hlJl state­menLs can stand t be Iie:ht of discus. slon, wcieODlC8 discu .... ion of t h em. When h e attempts to prevent Ib15 d l.,. eosslon by threa ts Of libel ~"I~, it Is not unrea~nable t o won d e r conCern· Ing t ho valldily o f his a llegations. Since Mr . Alexand e r madc Ihe Same t hr<!Rt of a IIhel su it t o t he ed itor of Chel!s Life hy leite r written hefore the an · nual meetln1: at New Orleans when tbe edIto r was s till unawa .... o f Mr. Ale",. a nder's proposed activi ties. r eaden; are .... elcome to f o rm their own coneluslons o n t he faith Ihat Mr. Alexande r reo posed in the v"lid l!y of his own a llcga. tlon... Some may understandahly con· ceive Ihat th~ t hreats or a libel suit are a ~'OnCessJon of • CUIUy eonscience; others may with equal u ndentandahUi . ty mere ly wn~ider Ibat Mr . AICl<3nde r was taking" careful man's precautions. IIl ollve$ are " matter for the re"der to determine as best he can f rom the ",vidence presented.

Parenthetic:aily, the reade r may al$o whh 10 eOWiider the gntdoUSDel<$ In· voived In Mr. Ale",a nder', w lllingne1\3 to aUempt to Impoverish a ma n .... ho had devoted the last eight yea rs of hl~

li fe to the rather tbanlde .... and IIOme· what expensive t ask of editing Ch .. ss L ife at an unealculaled cost to his health, b ls gener al well-beIng and hl~ pocket·book.

Finally, Miss Mona May Ka r f r Con· t ri buted her aR~lst by makl n J: t he rllllc­u lous statement tbat the edito r o f Ches~ L ife h ad sbo wn relu ctance In p u blt..hlnR he r expl a na tion In nnSWer to an editorial remark tbat . he had heen arre5(ed in Moscow . The fact that thb s""tement was accepted at Cace value casts reflection u pon ihe Intelligence of the members present. Savp. for of· ncl~ 1 USCF ..-tatemenu. ( .... hleh m ust be pohll.h~-d), the editor ha~ eomple!e w ntrol over Ihe news conknt of Chess LUe. Therefore, If he had been a l all reluctant about publl5hlng Miss Ka rff's "correction», It would nc,'Cr have been published. Publica tion of It was delayed merely becaU8C t be editor in each issue h~~1 other ne'A'lO ilems for the 5P"ce the "correction" would t"ke wh ich In h is judgmcn l Seemed more important.

Incide n tally, readers may eh eck Miss Karrr's verslOlI or t he episode {C.L. April 10, 19$4}-they 10'111 find tha t even In her unde r p lay ln,- of the InCiden t t hat Ihe latt remaln~ clea r tbat sh .. was "ar . res ted" (see WebSkr). No o ne eve r cI"hned more than that. ObviouslY, as the e ucit Of Ihe SOVle l Governmenl, she was never In any danger of beln, detained longer than It took 10 com­municate wllh tbe h1Rhe r authorltlu, even if her offense bad been much more henloUi tha n the photo~raphlng

of " MGlICOw ,,;ubway entnnee. With this bac:k1Cround of allecatlons,

some true, some faintly Un.r::ed with tOlth, nnd some f"'brica tio ns, )Ir. A lcx. ander proPOJ<;!d a vo~ o f censure as followl:

(I) That Mr. Mon4comery Major be censured for the use of InveeUves about certain per;oonall Uea.

(2) That Mr. Major limit hili remllrks 10 cheu and not poiltlcs o r other ma t· "'n.

The mollon willi seconded by !Olr. Fred Dors." o f New Vo~k, and p.rt one pa$IICd wllh ;I. vote Of 2lI to 3, part two with a vote or 24 to 5.

The I'.::ader m il)' weU ask "t th is point: What hal been achicved by this rather ridiculous r",nfare at New Or· leans? Have the aehlevcmen l.<! been worth the fUJOI and worth the loss of d lJtnlly to the ~'ederaUon as well a5 the loss In reputallon to various · Inst!· ."tOrl who may sland convicted in the opinion, Of maOJ' as h:lYlnJ:, Inno­cen tl y or othcrwlse, s t retched the tru th upon occasion 10 achieve thei r e nds?

lJere an:: " ome uf the r esults: l) The editor M Chess LICe has Un·

derllt..:tndablJo re fused hereafter to serve on Iny USCF committees or to per. form sny ext ra werl<: f o r the F edera· tlon beyond hi s duUe, "" editor or Cheu Life . lJ1 th15 eonneetlon, II b weU to r emcmbe r tha t the work of t he Feder ation goes on every day and tha i 50me one must d o It-tllose who do it day by day sre very leldom the me mo bers who lI$IC:mble once a y<!"r at an annual meeting to crlUcise.

The editor of Che.. Life fonne rly huded the USCF Tournament Com . mlttee which. ncgotl",led the details of the U.S. Open and US . .Iu n lor Cham­pionship Tournsrnen~ of 1954. With Mr. lIarknen he created t he relUl:atlons governine the conduct o{ :all USCF tourn"'ment. whiCh a« still In eHed. lie made tbe basic nnt translaUon of Ihe new FlOE La.s of Cbe __ a t ext which " 'U then !ubmltted to a com. mlttee for numerous correction s, amendmenu: and Improvemen ts... H e wa. enCae-ed , with I\lr. Harkn ess and Mr. Donovan, In the constructing of a unlflde plan {or the In tegr ation of a ll USCI' tournnments Into a permanen t p lan to supercede the haph azard p l an. n lng or the put whe n h e resigned from Ihe Tour nament Committee. He L~ nOI Irreplacable by a n y means; but those wmlng to dO the .... ork for chess (without asking fo . t he glory) evcr y dly in the ye",r are very few and not one o r such workers Can 13e spared .... lthout hi. absence belnl' tempor a rily fell.

Z) Until repl",ced by Sobstltutes, Ihe "Pace ruled. formerly by the articles o f William Rojam, t he editor's Major Top.­Ics and Cullherme Groe~r's Best Move become a void In Chess Life tha t ls difficu lt to fill. Substltulcs will be found, bu t until they lire found, tbe r eaderll will be conscious of • trap-­and although It may be d ifficult f o r some to bo;lIevc It-there .... ere those readers who enjoyed the eopy pn::. p.red by Ibc editor nt Chen L ife unde r h15 own name and tho.'I(! o f his alte r eg(ll!, Rojsm and Grouser.

3) The US. Chess Feder ation stands to lose eOn5idersble potentlai revenue and membenhlp~ through the abrupt sU5pension o f "Wh1ll'~ tbe llcst Move?" -an hnport",nt conSideration Ihal the " reformers" at New Orleans did n ot P1lUI>C t o contemplate, as "1'C{o noer.!" In ehess seldom can be bothe red with thc trouble of studying all ang les a tod ph".$C~ ot I s lill"tlo". As Ht New Or. leans, "refor mers" u~ually faste n upon o ne Idel. lower the ir hends and ch arJ:e. I t Is an Intere~tlnll' perfurmance but not necollUri ly conduclvo to effective and p rolluctive resul~.

Readers who !ubscrlbe to One of the l:>rJ:e city nCW$I'~lI1:r" have noted in the past adve r ti sements ot the U .S. Cbell<l Feder", tion, huded by a dla· J:ran'rn~od po~lUon (rom " What's the Best Move''', In .... hlc h four mon th Irlal subscriptions t o Che~s I,lfe were orfel'Cd at $1.00 to those In~resled. Trial 5Ub."Crihefll W1.'rc tben offered tbe opportunIty Of Joining tho US. ChUI Federation and salnln&' the many

Cll)ess tife Tuwill'/, Page 9 O"obu 1, 1954

HOW W HAT'S TH E BEST MOVE

SOLD USCF MEMBERSHIPS Reproduction of a n " d Vlrt lnment

used to p romot e US CF Me m bersh ips, as poblished in melropolil.n new .. pape n..

CMISS II

:::.-:s • • II III IE 18 II I':J

privil eges of USCF ",embers hlp. This p r omot ional eampal, n, conceived by Mr. Harkncss, was InDUgUfl'ted t o str e ngthen Ibe USCF membersh ip; li nd It has been extremely successfUl In all i ts phases. T he Ini tia l trial subscrip. t ions h ave underwr ltlcn the cost. of promotion; the number of trial "ul). scribe rs wbo have joined the USCF 18 membcn bal been vcry grptilylllJf and encouragi ng for the fu t ure; and fln.l. ly tbe ..... Ies 0 1 che" boolu! and equip. rw:nt to Ihese new mcm bers hss heen extremely hel prul In flnlnclng m an,. of the day by day costs Ilf oper ",tlon of t be }'edera tlon.

Unfo rtunalely, this s uccemul p r o­motional campaign Is defi n itely keyed to "What's the Rel;t Move?"; It eannot operate without t his feature In ChC!lll Life uruc"" II is completely redesicned and .:tl\ Ihe exisUng promoUol1l.1 lite r a­ture (referring to ~Ben Move"l junked. Any new promotlon,,1 approach wW require new lItera tun:: prepared . 1 coosider:ahle cost.

It i s obvloulf that. for promotional purposes " subsUlUk for " What's the Be~ t 1I10ve!U mu~t be feund Immedl· alcly. Ru t the finding of a competent featur e writer will ing to devote Ilratls tbe h ours required to a feature whlcb repres~nts as much detall labo r 'IS " What's the Best Move?" Is no t I n eUY task. Yel without t he findi ng 01 such a sub stitute the promotional p rogram of t he F eder ation Is eoml,jetely III 0 stand.till a nd w ill 80 r emoin at D loss o f poknttal revenue and memberships tbat It Is d ifficult to calculate.

Since t he months from Augusl throu:::h December remain the but and lOosl profitable monlhs for this type of promoUona l campal.r::n (u a ny sd· v.,rt.is lng exper t ",111 ksltly), even If " new '<Whal's the Besl MOH," Is InI­tia ted in an earl y ISlIue ot Che~ Lite, t here 15 no reJ:alnln.!: t he lo.st months w hen the progr am was h smstrun. or recovering tbe l o~t POtentlnl revcnue.

The IW'mbers of the USCF prescnt at the annual meellng In New Orlean!! may well be asked by the membership at large: "Was It worth It'"

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS A.nnotated by CheSs Master JOHN W . COLLINS, Marshall Che .. Club Champion, 1954

USCF MEMBERS: S..bmJl )'011' ,_mt's 101 thi' d~Jltntmt'nl to JOHN W. COLLINS, 91 umnc R04J, Brooklyn 16, N.Y. S/J<Kt' Min, IimiuJ, M r. Collin. ";U .ulut I~ mOIl inltrtlli"8 .ml ;"" .. ,,/;"1 /'" public,,', .... , UII/tll othnwj~ suud "ott. to "..,,,,S ",t by ltfr, C"l/iM.

TWINS Tbi, timt it'j 'JII;"s-t1l''' StU 0/ thtm!

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riliccs lor min". pitets. Tht boy_

SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO; pig. 283, co lu m n 94 (I :8 1

New Yor k State Chilmpionship Bi"~hamto n . 1954

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IUcok J . W . COLL INS

S. K'.Q8 3 .. · ICKn • . II.K3 8·KI1 7. P,.31

Thit 1.1 the YUIO$lav VarlaUon. 1t pre­pares 8. Q-Q2, 9. O'()·O. and a sharp advance or the kln, .. lde Pewnt:. 7 • .... _ 0-0 Or 7. _~, P .QKl; 8. Q-Q2. P-QKt4; 9. P-QR4, p ,rPj 10. KlKP, (Uolealllvlk,y· Uflnl,aev, Moscow. 1943) with I dn n ­taJ:e to Wblte. I . Q.Q2 Kt.a3 White ,eU st IVn, play with 8. ~~~ .. , P-Q4. O. P·K5. KKt-Q2; 10. P_Ot. • . 0-0-0 KtxKt U g ... _. __ , P-Q4; to. Kt,rKt, PxKt; 11 . P,rP, P"P; 12.. KlKP, KtltK t . 13. Q,rKt, Q-B2; 14. Q"n, 11·84, 1$. Q,rR eh , KxQ, I G. R-Q2, Ind White h n I mltulll Ill· vi ntage. 10. a "Kt Q·R4 Thil bid for a qucen-llida counter.at­tack Is cOlil ldered but by m05t theD­nUcallUl. With 10 ......... , B·I(3. 11. K.Kli! P-QRS, (11. ...... .. , R·BI, may ba baUe r) 12. P-I{Kt4, P-QKt4; Ill. p .Knt, Whlta ob· tAl ... a dlsUnet advlnlnjee. For Iwo other lamplel ot thl/l .. arlltlon see Broru;leln·De nker I nd Oellar-Horo· wlb. USA VI. ussn Tcam Mi tch , New York. 1954 (Cl IESS LIFE. July 5, t>age. 7 'and 8). 11. P·QR]I ........ 1'1111 lIell1,8 t .., bl It ron/:lr Ihan Ihe more u$ual II . K_KU or Ihe lUHr known 11. B·84. 11 .... ~.... a · K3 U 11. , ...... . , P.K4 'Ji;; (which II good agllnlil 11. K.KtI ) 12. 8·K3, 0 ·K3. 13. Q.xP , KR.Qlj 14. Q_KIA! 12. p-KRa Rl'hl away White itllrU to mike trou· ble. 12 . . _.... KR-a l With n . ..._ , QR.Kt11 Black &lve a a m..,ve. Ami hero time I, or the _ senee. 13. P·KKt4 QR. Ktl IS . P,rP a p ,rp 14. P-RS P.Q Kt4 Vukovic-. a nalYlil1 Ihowi IhaL White wln~ with 15. ___ .M.. RP"P; IS. Q·Kt5! P.R3, 17. R-Q2, Q·B2; I'. QlloR2, P·Kt5, 19. Q.R6!! Conversely. Euwe warmly recommends the tell!. 16. Q·KU

(JlJess I:ife T."'-r, Orlobu 1.

P aga

/914

10

White plays for the attack. Heretofore It has been believed tbat Ibe simpllrl­Clition 16. Kt-Q5, QxQ eh; 17. RlIQ. KtllKt; 18. P x Kt. BxB; 19. RIB. J.l..B2, wl lh (airly e ven ehanC<.'s. w., foreed. The true theoretical value of the te,rt \S ob,;curred by Black's reply. 16 . .... __ ._ Q-Bl? II '. a poor thing and my own! Wllb 16. . , .• B-B2! (threatenlnl: 17. ___ ... ' P·K4 and 18. .. .. _ .. , P·Kts) Black atrcnl:thens his king.~idc, 5\lcures coun· Ulrplay. and leaves thc Issue In doubt. 17. B-Q3 , ....... Not 17 ,KtxP?? QxP mate, nor 17. KBllP? P·R3! and wins. 17. 8·B5? 'I'hl" Icconwll NhCl 1I0thh". Good, bad, or Indifferent, B lack mus t try 17. P-KI5. II. P·KSI Wlnnln,. 1'. ........ a ,ra I( lB ......... , PxP; 19. B,rKP. Q·ll4; 20. ".Kt4, and Whlte wins the exchange. It . P"Kt P-K4 U III. _. __ • BllKUP o r PxP; 20. O~P,

l~avea Whltc with /I wlnnln, PG!iUon . 20. Rlfa P,rB 21. R,r P _._ White has a ble P awn and I bLJ,er a ttack. 21 . ........ a -Bl 22. Q·Q5 ch K·Rl If 22. ........ . Q·B2, 2:t QxQ eh, K,rQ; 24. n"p ch , willi. U . " ·KtS _. __ White II not just oonsolld:>Un" ha II Ihrea tenln, 24. R/4R.-R4. 13 . .... M_ R·Kt2 2S, Q·K4 Q.a 4 24. R/ a-Klta Q-al It U. . ... " R·Kt; U . P_lnt RJlQ; 27. IbtP m i te.

26. P-B7 P·KR427. R,rP chi Ra.lgn,

Or 17 ....... _, Px R; 28. 1lltP eh, K-Kt2; 29. Q·IlS mltl.

I Burger handled the cntlre ,Ime wltb I force li nd guslo.

I .! SICILIAN DEFENSE

MCO: page 283, co lumn t4, (i:8 ) Naw J lney Sta te Ch a m pions h i p

Orange. 1954 White 81ack

W. SHIPMAN S. WINTERS I . P_K4 P-Q84 5. KI·Q83 P·KKt3 2. Kt ' KaS P-Q] 4. B· K3 8 ·Kt2 ] . P-Q4 ,. ,rP 7. p·a31 Kt'B] a. Kt,r ,. Kt_K a 3 •. Q·Q2 I"' Krt 4 A III Rrofillleln·Denker. Round 1, USA v •. ussn Team Match, New Yo r k. 1954, but it m lke.s the klng-sidc ..,nsale for cn\llng. pnd t he dangcrs or 0-0-0 ~re brou,ht ou t In the present ,amc. l l ore Pliention Inly be due 8 ... _ .... , 0 ·0, Y. 0 -0-0. KbKt; 10. BxKt, B-K3 ; U. K·KII. P-QR3; U. P-KR4, P-QKIA ; 13. p oW, P.Kt5, 14_ KI-Q5, RzKt ; IS. P,rB, Q·R4; IG. P ,rP, RP,rP. t . 0-0-0 P· Rl Too risky Is 9. __ , O,(); bcelulI'C White would prepare and eventuallY break errcctlvei)' with P·KKt4. 10. K·KtI Q_a 2 Thill mllke. mp~te ... wo~. Uiaek IIhould t ry 10 .... _ .... KtxKt; 11 . U"KI. 8·K3. 11. K' ·QS KK' x KI 12. P,rKI KI-K4 If 12 ......... , KtxKt. 13. BxKt, B"n; 14. QxR, 0 ·0; 15. P .KKt4, and White h as an easy roUln /: klng_~lde nttaCk. 13. B-K2 a ·Ql Ir 13. .. ... Kt-n S. 14. Q·B3. U . KR· KI · 0-0·0 What can the poor Kinl do? ITe Is not u re where he Is and Is not u re 01\ either wi n,. I S. Q_KI4 .... While now know¥ where I'll' oppCInent', Kin g I ... lind slarts dol n" somelhlng about It. 16. Kt·KU lind 17. 8 .K16 Is 1\ threa t . IS . ... _._ a · K1 17. II-Q41 16. K"K I3 KI-Q2 In order to be able to brlnr the QR to QR3. 17 . .. _._. I I. Q.a The brutal 21 . P.dl .

a.a KI· a] thr('nl

It. R·Q'

~'or R I; 21, ........ An aU~mr>t to mUddy the wate r . 22. QxKt .... _ .. This II clelrer Ihln 22. QlIR. KIlI8 ch , 23. Q,rKt, PxB. 22. ........ R-Qal If 22 .• _._ .. , :p.a, u. Kl-R5, Ihrealcnlng 24. n · KU ch. win,. 2]. RxR eh K"R It 23. _ ...... , Qxn; 24. RxP, P z8. 25. Q,rp eh. lead' to mata. 24 . KI·R$I . __ White In.llst. on Ucrillcln, h I' QilhOp: I nd Black" Kln/: I 24 . ...... _ p,ra 25 . Q.RI ch K·a2 26. Q·KI7 ch K.oI

27. Q.KI' ch Q·Bl 21. Kt·Kt7 ch K.ol 29. R,r P 'ch R.signs

White mate. In (our. A hard hitting /:am.., by Shipman. t he ncw Now J erwy Ch.u"plon. $<I Ih. quelltlon II: WhIt IIJ D1:>ek to do :>galn~t t he Yu/:oslav Varlptlon?

Thr gi' /I-

QU EEN'S PAWN GAME MCO: page 207

Oh io Ope n C h ll m pion s h i p C o lumbu5, 1954

White L. LlPKING 1. I"_Q4 K I. Ka, 3. 2. p.Qa4 P·K3

Black J . WETTHOFF Kt·QBl B-K2

Black Irlcs somelhln.- Irrfl/:u lpr, lome-­th ing wh ich' e(On lead In to an Old I ndian Defcn$(!- or a line Lasker used to play. 4. "·Ka ,.·Q3 5. ,.·a4 .. __ .. This II too much 0' a , ood th lnl:. Cor­rect I. 5. Kt·B'. S .. __ . p·a 41 The pretcrlbed a ntidote 10 the lour pawns pollon . 6. " ·K5 ........ &ltter I, S. P-Q:I. But 6. PxP, PXP; 7. Q"Q ch , KlcQ; would ntlt hurt B lack. 6 ... __ . KKt-Q2 Nuw tha p~ttern felltmblel the French D<'IfelUlC. with Whlta'i «ntar ~lnJ: un· de r mlned. 7. Q·KI4 _H .... White play. I. If he had the better '.lime. Aetunlly. he Is In trouble a nd I houtd relieve the pre lll\lrll on hll KP and QP by 7. KJ'"p. lIKP, •. Kt--03 , .1· thoujjh even th ll woul\l lelve Whlttl with 11'1. prerenble J:am •. 7. ........ P·KKI' • . Kt·K IS Another unwnt'l'Inted uttRcklnlj: move. I. ........ O·KI] t . P·QR. Jlllrl, Inti nn the nellt move. While ~hou l d pl.y Kt,rP Ch. 9. ........ P·QR3 ~ O. P· RS? PxKIII

(DI,gr'm lOp of lIe,,1 cGlumll ) An ale rt Queen tacTlflee. llIuek I:ell a itOQk, Knl llht, "nd Pawn lit rmc:.-wllh the prom l~e or mo re tl) com •. 11 . P" Q Rx R 13. PxKtP 12. K-Q I P"QP

PERSONAl. SERVrCE TIN EJiff)r "I fbi, Drpn,mrnl .ntJ

pI., Y"" • ,."., by "..,;/, c"".."mt " .. ..... e.,. "'''''''', ... J , Wt YOII " tho.Qu,h "",t. ,_t .... I,'it. ,,, 110.

M,. C.nli .. , .i/I " IN ..... QI" I ' ...., OOIt

"' ,. .... ' ,."." /0' " Jre oj 11.

slow. Whlte's only chance rU.<1I development with lomelhln J{ 13. Kt·1J3. 14. n-Q3, I'. lI_K I. lind K·B2. 13. ....... . Kt,rKIP IS. Q·K2 KI·Q4 14. B·Q3 P·1I4 Double thrent: 16. .. ... , K~.K6 eh; and I ll ..... _ .. . KbP. U . KI·a3 ........ Now BI.ack Ret l the bit I n his teeth and runs I way. If 16. Q·82? Xt.K6 ch ,,·In. Ihe Queen. Relatively belt I, 1&. ...... I'. __ . Kt.Kkh 17. K_Cn p" ,. With threall like 18 ......... , PXP, 11 .... _ ... . P_KS; and 18 .......... B-KtS m ate. 1 •. B·a 2 a -KIS ' h 19. K-Ql a.o2 Threatening 20. _....... n"r mat. and rorelnf Whlttl to return ' lto the r piece. 20. KhtOP P,rKt 21 . KxP ........ To avoid ;1. _. __ . B"P ch, winnln.r thl Queen. 21. __ .... Kt .o4 n. P·Ra K·B2 23. P·RS R--Qal

24 . .... P ch 25. Q-KS

P.p

Nolhing can be (lone. it 25. R_R7 cIT K·XlI, wins. Arter the ted, Black ",1M Ihe Queen or mato • . 25 • . _ ... _ II ·B4 cb 26. K--Q 3 J( 26. K·B4, 1.I·Q3 ch; wtn •. 26. a " p ch 21. K· KI 27. K·Q2 II ·K6 eh Now Black rorca . mate In t hroe. Out 26. Q"n. Kt,rQ; 211. KxKt. ll/ bR, II no run for White! 21. RKB ch 19. B·Ql R,r8 ch i Black's minor pltcU we. e • buV buneh In this IIvt ly ,pme.

A,thu, F'UUIUin oj IIH B,ollx. ,igb­lUll ,cillr ofJ ffuJ.nt ,,/ Cit, Col/r" "I Nt. YOlk, hII, ,,,6,,,;/ltJ 'M l.nlo • • i".- II""". I,,,,,,.i,,,. "nOlMr Qua .. IMri­fiu, /0' llK B.il/u.rI<'7 P,ht: jWC.

STONEWAll SYSTEM Meo: p_la toJ, colomn IS

New York Sta te C ham piofu h ip B ingh amto n , 1954

Nottl by A "bu. Ftllustri" Whlta 8Ilck

A. FEUERSTEI N DR. E. W. MARC HA NO 1. P.o4 1".04". p·Qa] QKt·Q1 2. P·K] Kt-KB] S. P-KB4 3. a ·QJ p·a4 The St()newnll AttAck hollini. S. ........ P·KK t l 7. Q·83 , . KI-Q2 a ·KI2 Q-move Ulve.Y t lld ,howed nut. 7. QR·Ktl I . KI-K2 KI·83 rollowed I'll' Kl-U2 I" beller. I . P-QKt4 13. 8 P "Kt 0 ·0 t. 0·0 Q·a2 14. KI· Ka4 Q·Q1 10. P_KK t4 KI,rPI7 IS. K· Rl P· KI5 11 . Q,rKt Kt·Ka U . Kt -Kt 31 p,rap 12. Q". chi Q" Q If InstCl' d 16 . ......... P-S5. 17. Kl-O~, Q-Ba; 18. D--B2, KR.QI; 19. B·R4 , Q.RI ; 20. }'>·K6 wlLh I Itrong !lame for While. 17. QK'xP Q-a ] 'I. K"KI]I

(D Iagram top of nUl pIg_) No t> PlIP? when Sillek ,ctt tho .djje pfter 18 . .... ~ ... 8ltP! 18. ........ PxP 21. a -Q' QR·at It. Qa,r p ,.·1(3 22. KR·BI Q-Rl 20. 8· lt l Krt ·KI Ir Instea d t2. ...... _. Q·R5; 23. KloBS, Q­RG. 24. n oN . B-R I; 25. QR·KtI . 23. B.R' . It ·a] 25. ,.·Qlta U . Kt·aS R·KI'

GUEST ANNOTATORS Jos~plt N . CoHer

Arthur Feuental"

~. D-S7, RxlJ! (R·Kt7?; H. Kt(KB4)-q3 and 27. ll-Kt7 winning); ZG. KxtR, Q.Kl2; :no Kl-K18. nllKt; 211. 8ltR, Qlill; 29. QJt.KtJ, Q·Ql; 30. ]t.Kt7, P -KR3 and pr<;>babl,. a draw. 'rhe ted threatens t he exchange with B-Kts. 25. __ B-Bl 26. ,..1{$ _ II 21. B.K~. BxB!; 17. Ddt, BJ<Kt; za. PxD. P-Q5 chi !S. K-Kll, R· Kt7!; 30, B·Kl5, Q-B6 .... Ith a t lea. t perpetual check. '6. " __ • RllQB lr In.lu,d R-Kt7; 27. Kt(B4)-Q3, ft..K7; U. 8-87, R.K2; 29. 0.Kt7, Q·Xl ; 30. B-Q6 a nd U', oli mine. 21. ,."It Bli P H • • · K7I 21 . • ·Kt5 R-KIt Preventing 211. _._. R.Kt7 McaU..c of 30. Kt($j"P :;and R·B8 ch winnlntl: • piece. 'MIe text threatens Kt(5)xP. PxKt; 31. lfJI:P ch, K allJ'; n.. BxQP alld P-RG wlnnlnC'. ". __ BxKKt lO. "x. K·Kt2?? T h " 10000. by tOl'<:e. lie CO\1ldn't play 30. _._, R-Kt7 beeal150C of KlxP :;and R-na Ch . The only m ove J.t SO •.. _ ..•.• R-Ql ro KB1; 31. QR-Kt would foUo.. 31. KhlP chi P x Kt 36. R-QKt2 Q.B6ch 32. B·B' R·Kt2 17. R·Ktl Q-BS 33. P-R' Q.QKtl :II. R-QKt! 34. PIlR QIlBP R'5igns 35. R.82 P -KR4 When Ihe Q}l "nally moves It I.s lime for UI.ck lei resign.

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QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED MCO: page 190, co lumn 41

QVobac Junior Champio nship Quebec. 1954

Nou. White

F . J OBIN

by I. -Normall Colter BI"ck

8 , LESAG6 1. P-Q' P-04 4. KI·1I3 P-Kl 2. P.o8' ... Q83 S. 8-KU B·KIS? 3_ KI-Q81 Kt·B3 01 quclI llonabh.: value. Most Inhll''CsUng Is ......... FxP Ie"dill. 10 the "so-cilled BotvlnnlJr. vll rl" UOIi mod recen1.ly es­sayed by tho World ' Champlon In hll 5th IlUItch '''me vs. S myllov. The im­mediate eonUnu"Uon 1.1 5 •.• _., Pxr; 6. P_K4, P-QKt4; 7. p.K5, r_KR3; .. B-R4, P·Kt4; 9. KKtxP, rxKI; 10. Q8"P, QKI­Q2. etc. It Leu,e Is in " more ~acd'ul mood 5. _ , QKI-Q2 Icadine to the Orthodo" or C"mbrldlle $ponca: or S. ~...... . 1'-KR3, the DurlUl V"ri"tlon, a.... exco:llellt alte rDaUvu. 6. Q-KI3 I 8-K2 Dl5crcllon Inay be the better' part of valor. Penon lilly, J would incline to setlln. a UtUc trap with ~._, Q-1t4!1, hoping for 7. P-K31, KI-la: 8. R-Bl, KlxS; 9. KIllKt, PxJ>; 10. B or QxP, ""Xt eb "nd II. _ , QJtKt winDlo,r. 0 .. 7. UxJ(t bl:ack would at Ieul haye the eon:wI"lIon 01 an open KX~ SUe, 7. P·K1 0-0 10. B' R4 Pxp L R·Bl Q Kt-Q2 11. 8x P KI-Ktl t . B·0 3 P-KRl? Dec •• llie of BI"ck's in"ccur" t c 'h"ndlln. of the OJ)enl~ (5 •. _._, 8 ·Kts "nd 9. .. _ . p .K.R3) Caplblanes', well.known freel .... m . ncuyer ._ .. _. Kt-Q4 lacb III usual effect for While eould reply 11-B-Kt3! 12. 8-Cn KKI-Q4 14. 0-0 13. axB Qx a IS. K R.Kl

R.q,

Ttroll It beloncs "t Ql. 15. ~...... P.oR4 17. P-QR1 U. KtxKI KtxK' Of CI"4!"te r consequence I.s 17. B-KUl In order to follow up with 18. Q-U2 (o r Q3) and 19. Kt_K$ with " tremcndous sttaekln, po,ition. 17. __ ._. Q-82 U . KR-QI P' 83? This rurlber we"ltef\1nJ: proves fatal For better Or _Orlie, Lesa,e Ihould eomph:le his development with _.~_, B-Q2 and. poasibly __ ._, B-KI. 19. 8-B4 Q-B2 • White threatened 10 win a pawn with 20. P-K .. , cte. 20. P· K4 P·R5 21. OoB2 tet. B5 In vjew of h is pOOr game Black c"n bardty be condemned for ch"sin, raiD-bowa. Actually 21. ____ , K t-B2 eonlcm-pl"Uns: a psUcnt defense II best. 22. P·KKIl Q·R4 25_ P'R4 K' . B2 U . Kt- KU Kt ·Rkh 26. Kt-Q3 24. K·Kt2 Kt-Kt4 White'S QP 1.1 obviously lnvnuna. 2'- _ •. ~_ Q-R4 27. Kt·.4 Q.Ktl Onee . .. al n Black reVe"I' " pench"nt for counte"""U"ck wben dele .... II re­quired. Tbere '" no beller thlln •.•• _ .. , R·KI. . 21_ Kt x P IIxKI 29. 8xB Rx P The g"me II lost In any UIe!, but 29. __ , . K·8t proia..., It. » . RXR Qxllt 32. OoB4 R· K81 11. R-Ql Q.K'

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: page 93. ~oll,lm" ID (0 )

U. S. Biennial Championship N a w York, 1954

White ..... M. PAV£Y H. SE IDMAN 1_ P-Q4 Kt·K83 31. 8 ·81 Rx P 2. P-Q84 P·K K'3 3'. IIt·R4 Kx P 3. P-KKtl 8-K'2 4D. RxPc h K.K3 4. B· Kt2 p .Q4 41. R·R1 K·K4 5. p XP K"'; P 42. RxP Kt .K3 , . P ·K4 K'-K" ,3. R.Mc:h K-Q5 1. Kt.K2 0.0 £4. R-QKIS R·Rl L 0 ·0 P-Q8.4 45. P ·R5 k . B6 9_ P-Q5 P-K3 46. R-lU Kt-Q5 ID. QKI·.3 KI·R3 41. R.Kl<:h K.KIS 11. KI·84 P ·K4 4" P· IU P. Kt4 12. Kt-Q1 P ·1I5 49. P.R] K.8-4 13. KI· Kl 11..02 50. a.o3 K..o1 14_ 8 .K3 Kt·81 51. K·81 R-Rleh 15. P·1I4 P-83 52. R·KI R·R' 16. Kt·83 Kt-Q3 53. R-Ql K·K4 17. Q-Q2 P..oKI4 54. K' 1I2 Kt .a 3 , .. P-QR3 Q·B2 55. B-K2 R·R1 19. Px P PxP 56. K·S I K·KS 20_ B·R, K,.o84 21. 8 x 8 KXB

$1. R-K l K-Q5 S" R-Kfl Kt·K4

22. kKtxP KI(4)x P 5'. R.Kt3 K.KS 23. KtxK I KlxKt 24. Q-Q4 Q.B4

60. ~·K I K-QS " 1. K-1I2 K·KS

25. QxQ KtxQ 26. P.o' QR.oI 21. RXR RXR 241_ Ktx8 KtxKt 29. 8 . B, Kt.K4 1II. 8xP R-QKII 31. P-Q1 K.B:I n. R.oI K_K2 U . R-QS Kt.1I2 34. R-QBS Kt-Ql

62.. P·R4 Kt.KlSch '3. K·K I R.Rkh 64. K.o2 R·R1ch 6 5. K·S l P x P U. K·KI1 R·JlS 61. Bx Kt Rx P , .. 8-81 K. B$ it. It-Kt2 K. Kt4 1D. 8-Ktl K.R5 71. R.K" K.Rt!

35. "-OR4 R·KI3 36. RXP P-QR3 31. R.K4c h K-Q3

71. R.Rk l!. K· Kt5 13. K·KH K-Kt4 14. R·Rl Resf .... '

B QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING

MCO: ~a 2.03, c:o lum" 12 U . S . Bie nnial Championship

N ew York, 1954 White

A. BISGUIER I . P..o4 Kt- Ka3 2. Kt-QB3 P ·Q4 3. a ·KIS 8 ·B4 4. P. B] P.B3 5_ Q-Q2 QKI-Q2 '- 0-0-0 P-KRl 7. B·R4 P·K3 a. p .K3 8-1(2 9. K·kll P-QKt4 10_ a.o3 a xa 11. Px8 0.0 11. P· B4 P-QR4 13. KI.B3 P.R5 14. R·QBl P-KI.5 15. Kt-K 2 P .B4 16. BxKt PxB 11. P' KI4 Q-R4 It!. P xP KtxP 19. QKI-Q4 OoR1 20. Q R.o I KR-81 21. P'R4 R· B1 22. Q.K:I QR-BI 23. P-Kts P-R4

4

Black J . T . S HERWIN

24. Kt-1(1 Kt-KI .. u. Kt(I )- B2 P-K4 26. Qx P P xKI 21. QR-Kt!

2 •• K· lt l U . K·KtI 30_ K' Rl 11. PxKI 32. Kt·R1 33. RXR

KI-Q7 ch Kt ·K'6ch Kt-01cb

K"Ktkh

34. RXR ch

PXPch R·Bkh

PxKt ... 35. Q·QI 36. Kx P 31. K·Kll 38. R·R2 39. Px P 411. R·KKIl 41 . P-o<t 42. P ' RS 4.3. P· R6 44. R-QS2

P XP cn Q· B"ch

B·R, p.,

K· Bl IC·KI K.q, IC·B2

P· Kt7 Rasi.n,

SICILIAN DEFENSE Meo: page 212, utumn "

U . S . B iennia l Championship '

N ew York, 19S4 White ,B1:l.ek

N. 1I:0SSOLIMO E. HEAR$.T 1. P'K4 P-QB4 2'. P xl(t KR-QI 2. Kt· KB3 P-Q1 25. P·R3 R-Q1 IS. P-Q4 Px P 26. KR·RI Kt-Kl 4. KtxP Kt' K83 27. R-R' Q·Kt2 5. kt-QBl P-QR1 28. Q·K1 QR-Ql ... P' B4 Q-82 29. Q·BS KI.83 7. 8-Q3 P-K4 1II. R·K" Q-Bt I. KI·&l 8-K3 11. QXQ RltQ ,. OoK2 P-QKI4 32. R-R1 P-R4 lD. 0-0 KI-Q2 33. RxP R.BI do 11 . K·RI R-Q81 34. k · R2 R-QI 12. kt'KR4 B-K2 :is. Rx P R(I)xP 13. P XP PxP U. R-RI ~h K-R2 14. Kt· 8S 8xKt 37. 8 ·K1 K. Kt) 1.5. Rx8 0.0 18. Bx Kt KxB 16. B·KIS 8-Kts 39. RxP R·Kt2 17. B-Q1 BxK t 40. R·R' ch K·K2 11. Bx8 Kt·Kl 41 . R-KS ch K-Q2 19. P-QR4 KI-Q1 42. R·K8S P.1I3 20. KR·81 0083 43. P·KS RltP 21 . 8 ·K14 1(t-84 £4. P x p RI')-Q1 22. P x P PIlP 45. R·KtS PxP 11 R·JlS ktxB 46. R·Kt1 ch

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Roc ... . lar (N.Y.) Cheu a nd ChKke r CI",b I,aln JIIIW honors shued In the club chlmplOnlillp by Drs. 1IIu: lItrschber,er and Erich M"rchand with 6-1 eaCh. Tblrd pt.ae. went to Maynlrd Neyld, 14-ye"r old newcomer, who scored 5-2, Iollnc one ,ame to J""r.:hand "nd one 10 W " lter Rudin.. but belUnI Ulrschberger.

<fI)ess £i"e T • ..!." p,.- 11 J i Oct~r '. 19]4

CHESS OPENINGS (Continue d from page 5, col. 4)

teristic moves arc: 1. P-Q4, N·K B3; 2. P·QB4, P·KN3; 3. N·QB3, B.N2; 4. P·K4, P-Q3; 5. P·B4.

Di.." .. m ,

. fter S. P-84 r .. .",.J' A.1l«")

Keres-Bronstein, Zurich, 1953, continued from diagram 5: 5 ......... . P-B4; 6. PxP (better than 6. P.Q5. O..(); 7 : N-B3, P-K3; 8. B·Q3, PXP; 9. BPxP, P-QN4!?: 10. BxP, NxKP; 11. NxN, Q·R4 ch = B. H. Wood·Evans, Hastings 1949-50), Q-R4; 7. B·Q3. QxBP; 8. N-B3, 0-0; 9. Q-K2, N-D3; 10. B-K3, Q·KR4; 11. P-KR3, N­KN5?; 12. B-Q2, N-B3; 13. 0 ·0 (0-0·0 is much better) +.

Better than 10. . .. _ .... , Q-KR4 is Q-QR4; and if 11. 0 -0 (p.KR3 seems forced), N·KN5!; 12. B-Q2. Q-N3 cb; 13. K·Rl, QxP! and Black is safe in all variations if he plays care­fully.

Bisguler·K ash dan, Hollywood, 1954. continued [rom diagram 5: 5. ........• 0-0; 6. N-B3, KN-Q2; 7."'B­Q3, P-K4; 8. BPxP, PxP; 9. P-Q5±.

To omit Q-R4 is inferior for Black. 8isguier-Rivisc, Hollywood, 1954, continued from diagram 5: 5 .......... 0-0; 6. N-B3, P.B4; 7. PXP, PXP; 8. B-Q3. N·B3; 9. B·K3, P·N3; 10. P ·K5, N-KR4; 11. O..() ±, but DOW Black must play P-B3!, freeing his game.

CONCLUSION; The unorthodox aUacks are dangerous, but Black can always manage to keep the bal­ance if he counters precisely. We have not cxhausted aU White's al­ternatives, and it is very likely that ODe or the other will go in and out of fash ion at various times in the future. These little-known White lines should appeal to players of imagination and originality, who want to leave the beaten track. For surprise value to take an opponent oU-guard who has a fixed set-up in mind, they are ideal.

GRUENFElD DEFENSE MCO: p"ge .0 (c)

U . S . Biennial Championship

N e w York, 1954 White

H_ BERLINER I. P-Q4 Kt ·K8 3 :L P-Q84 P· KKtJ 3. ICI.o81 P-Q4 4. PxP Ktxi" S. P·K4 KtxK' '- PxKI a ·Kn 1. B·QB' 0-0 a _ KI· k2 P_KI3 9. a -K3 8 .R, 10. 8x8 Ktx8 11. P·KR4 Q.Q2 II. P-JlS KR-Ql 13. Px P RPx P 14. Q·81 P·K4

m"ck H. SEIDMAN

15. 8-R6 8 · B1 IS. P-K8-4 PxQP 17. P-KS P-Q6 lL PxB OoKI5 1._ o-K1 QxK'P 20_ R· KKtl Q ' R7 :II . 0..0-0 PlilKt 22. OR·Kl K"84 23. a ·Kt7 Kt-Qkh 24. K· Kt1 Klx R 2.5. Rltf' R.oI c:h 2'- IC.K':I Kt-Q6ch 27. K' R1 p ·K'IQ) Re'Slgns

Q'\)ess tire TutsJ4)', Page 12 Oauber 5, 1954

In pre$entlng the final Solving Lad· der. we have ollly Included the 118 solvers who submItted at least one successful solution in the final qU"T!er. It ~h(luld be noted that m""y of the solvers with only one to three point score~ " ttl newcomers and their scores arc perfect for tho short tIme they could eniage In ><ulvlng; we are sorry that their opportunity to improve their """'ru~ have been so ab,"uptly curia lied.

Since this Is the final ladder, we are awarding prl~l!$ to both Dr. J. Melnick of PorUa nd and ."Unner·up Wol. 8. Wil· son of AlUhcrslburg. Both o( these vet­eran S(>\vers have been previous Ladder winners and their present vlc l<:>rles come from a $Ccond or thIrd climb. Our eOIlJ;:ratulations.

SOLVERS' Dr. J. Melnlck .. 59 W. B. WlIson .... 57i J . E. 8arry ...... .. 57 Edwin Gi>ult ...... S6/i W. J. Coulure .... 5Iio J. Comf<tock .... 44~ J. Welnlnger .... 4a Dr. Schwllrl~~ ... 4.1 J03iah Baker .... 401 II. Korruk ....... _.38 .i. Kaoima n ...... 3Si :F'. J. Valvo ....... 34! D. Hamburger .. 3ol W . J":. Stevens .... 31 E. Roma n .......... 31 N. Zemke ' ......... 29 N. Witting .. ..... 271 E. GodbOld .. _ ... . 27 R . ~haovenet. ... Ul I. Slgrnond ........ 26 Ceo. Payne ........ 25 E. Korpanty ...... 24 Y. Oganesov .... 23} Geo. F. Chase .... 22 Edm1lnd N~~h .. 22 W. H. James_ .. 21} K. Blomberg .... 21 E. K. Dllle ........ 21 :F'. Knuppel... ..... 2I Carl Dlesen ...... 19 David Sliver .. ... LBI Francis Trask .... 18i Bomberauit ...... 18 N. Relde r .......... 17 Chet Lyon ........ 161 Kenneth Lay .... 15/i R. ;Monroe .......... lol M. Mueller ........ l21 B10menthul ...... 12 A. Truda ............ 12 Max MlliItein .... l1 C. Musgrovc .. _ l0 ~ Or. SChlosser .... l0! RhYl' W. lIay .... l0 n. Underwood .. l0 R. E. llurry .... _ 9~ Morray BOnl .... 9 J. McDonald ...... 9 R. Stienlng ... 9 R. Hitchcock .... 8 H. Wilbur .......... 8 Hugh E. Hart ... 71 ft. HedgCock. ... 7 P. Murtha .... _ .... 7 Paul Smlth ...... _ 7 W alter Dauru .... 6 H. Weigand ...... 6 J . Carpenter .... 5 R. Dickinson .... 5

LADDER Dr. R. Pinson ... 5 E. F . LaCroix .. " W. Newberry ... 4 R. O'Neil " V. Pupols.. " N. Raymond ..... 4 George Tlcr$ .... 'ii F. Athey, J r ... _ 3! Thomas Davis.. 3~ R. Hubbard ........ 3 i. Johnston, Jr. 3 H. C. Pierson ... 3 L. Qulndry ...... 3 W . L . Jl.eddy .. 3 Saul Rubin ........ 3 W. Shugert, Jr ... 3 Bruce Sldey ...... 3 D. Burdlck ........ _2 Jam.es Callis. ... _ 2 Dr. A. E. Caroe 2 M. H. Cha ........ .. 2 Clarence Cleere 2 H. Cleveland .... 2 R. Cunnlnjl:harn 2 H. EI~h~nhawn 2 Fletcher Gross 2 L. Harvey ..... _ ... 2 C. Joachim.... 2 Sheldon Rein .... 2 Bcn Shaeffer .... 2 Andrus Varnlk 2 L. A. Ware ........ 2 David Ames... 1 PrOf. Anthony_ I F. Armstrong .... 1 K. Blake ............ 1 • M. Fierst ............ 1 I_ Finkelsteln._. 1 Dr. H . B. Gaba 1 G. Cilbert....... 1 B. Greenwald .... 1 Robt •. H arms .. _ 1 R. B. Haye ..... _. 1 J. B. Holt .......... 1 Fred W. Kemp 1 Paul Kerins ...... 1 P. P. KeIT ...... _ 1 H. Kite.. 1 R. LJng .............. 1 I. McEwan .... __ 1 G. Mahle r, Jr. 1 C. 1I1organ.... 1 W. Palmer ....... 1 J. Relnholdt.. __ 1 III. lUchtcr .... _ .. 1 P. J. Sommer ... 1 A. 'Waters .......... 1 D. Wilkinson .... 1 L. youen ............ 1

Solutions:-Finish It the Clever Way!

Position No. 137: 1. RxB, RxR; 2. p ­Q6, Q-B3; 3. PxR, RxQ; 'ii. RxR, P-BS; 5. It·QII e h and Black resigned snortly.

POSition No. 138: I . P _Kt4!, PXP; 2. P -l\5, p·KtS; 3. P.R6, P.Kt7; 4. K-B2, r~B6; O. P·R7 and 'Whlte Pawn queo:"~ first with a check. '!'he best con tinua. tlon by Black is 1. ...•.... , K.K2; 2. P.Kt51, K·Q3; 3. K·K2, K.K3; 4. K·B3, K·K4; 5. K·KlA!, K-K5; 6. P.Kt6, P.B6; 7. K· Kt.3!, K-KS; S. P.Kt7, 1'_87; 9. P.Kt3(Q), P·B8(Q); 10. Q-KS ch, K-Q7; 11. QxP eh, K·Q8; 12. Q·Q5 ch, K-B8; 13. Q·B5 ch, K.Q8; 14. Q.Q'ii ch and wins after Corelng the exchange 'Of Queens. If 11. ........ , K·K6; 12. Q·K5 en, K.Q7; 13. Q·B4 eh wlu~. Sulv.,u may wurk uut other forced Queen exchanges.

Employe. 01 the Boeing Airplane Company at Wlehtta are furmlng their own chdS club and expect to have their first tournament going In a lew wee)ls. Beren Marlin, member of the New Orleuns Ches~ Club, Is organizer.

N. Y. CHESS LIFE

Send to CHESS LIFE, 123 No. Humphrey Ave., Oak P ark, Ill. for applica. tion form for announcln9 tournament In this column.

(Continued from page 2, col. 4) list of eligible bachelors when be

. got married recently. .. A cam­paign is afool to send Jimmy Sher­wi n to the Hastings Christmas tourney, if he can get off frvrn Columbia Law School [or a few weeks at that time. .. Leading Marshall C.C. preliminal"y scorers are LcCornu 7lh-Ph, Campomanes.. 7·1, Drakert 7-2, Eastman 61h-llh , Nussbaum 6·1, Dunst and West· · brock 5-], Mednis and Kaminsky 4'h·¥'!. Others who have pl ayed lewer games hnve good scorcs too. The Cham pionship is due to hegin in early October. The Marshall C.C.-["ranklin C.C. (Philadelphia) match will be played Oct. 3 and reported in the next issue of CHESS LIFE.

Odobu 16-17

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At Downtown YMCA, 1528 Locust St.; open to all, highest placed Missouri resl. dent wins State title; 6 or 7 rd Swiss; entry Ice $7.00 plus USCF MCA mem­bership (combined dues $6.00) ; guaran· teed 1st prize $125, 2nd prize $60, 3rd prue 1$-30000total ~250, aU In cash, guaran­

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Wich"ita, Kans. Open; at Central YMCA, JI"Irst Ave.

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SEAITLE SEAFAIR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Seattle, 1954

100% USCF Ra ted Event 1. I. DalbergJ..s (Portland, are.) ........ W9 WIO 0 15 WS D4 D3 4~· 1 ~ 20.50 2. E. Warner (SeaUle, Wash. ) ........ WJ9 L3 05 W12 W13 W4 4~.1~ 17.00 3. C. Joachim (seattle, Wasb.) ...... W5 W2 LA W10 D7 01 4.2 24.00 4. C. Rosberg (Seattle, Wish.) _ ..... WI3 W6 W3 D7 01 L2 4.2 23.50 5. R. Vellias (S<!atue, Wash.) ...... _ ... 1.3 WI4 02 WiG D9 Wll 4·2 19.so 6. O. W. Mannel (Seattle, Wasb.) ,.,.Wll LA W I2 Ll WI5 WI3 4 -2 18.00 7. Daniel Wade (Seattle, Wash.) .... 012 \v18 Wll D4 03 D9 4·2 17.50 8. R. Edberg (Yakima, Wash.) ... ....... DI6 D9 013 D14 WtO WI2 4 -2 16.00 9. T. N~lsou (Yakima, Wash.) ........ .. .1,1 D8 WIS W17 05 D7 3ii·2~ 19.00

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