Vol. Vll, No. 14

B, I nt~rnaljonal

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LARRY EVANS u. S. elms

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Finish It The Clever Way! by Edm"d N.,h POliti,," No. 101

Fuder.r VI. Trlfunovic Belgrade, 1952

Pori/jon No. 102 H. R. Meifert vs. X

1952

W hit . to play and win

I N ,Position No. 101, White discovered a pretty combination that won hl~ t,:,,'o pawns and the game. The second move is the peak of the comblllahon, and reveals Its lull significance and beauty.

In Position No. 102, White discovered a clever win, but only after the game was over. Loss of material or mute is forced

Readers are invited to contribute positions from a~tual play. Dia-grammed positions will receive first consideration. Those desiring quick answers or return of material might enclose stamped, self-addressed envelopes.

For solutions ple.se turn to Pag' eight.

Send all contrlbutronl for thlt eoh,mn to Edmund Hnh, 1530 28th Place, $ .&., WlShlngton :to, D. C.

Massachusetts State Chess Asso· cia tion beld its annual meeting at Boston, electing Stanley W.D. King (Quincy ) president, Joseph Hurvitz (Chestnut Hill ) treasurer , and Er· vin E. Underwood (Cambridge) secretary. Vice-president! elected were: Robert Reddy (Brookline ), J. Leland Cawthorne (Cambridge), John Egan (Watertown), Paul Travers (Lexington), Shelbourne Lyman (Dorchester), Erie Nitzsche ( Burlington), Harry Lyman (Mala-pan), Orlando Lester (Newbury-port), and Charle~ Jacobs (Win-chester) .

The meeting heard an address by USCF Business Manager Ken-neth Harkness on the meaning of membership in the USCF to cele-brate the entrance of the MSCA as State Chapter of the USCF under tbe National Chess Coordina tion

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS

OFFICIALLY RATEDI

Ask your Club Secretary or tournament director to wri te for official rating forms to re· port the results of your na..xt tournament or match, specify-ing the type of contest and (he approximate number o( player,.

For team tournaments there is a rating fee of 50 cents per play-er, for team matches a fee of 15 cents per player. AU other con· tests rated free of charge.

. Official rating forms should be secured in advance from:-

Montgomery Maior , 123 No. Humphrey Avenue Oak Park, Illinois

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YOUNG MASTERS' FORUM America's Leclding Young Masters Annotate

Outsumding Games from Recent Chess Events

Dogfights Of The Chessboard By u, S, MASTER ELlOT HEAlIST

from opponent to limelight!"

O NE often wonders how many scintillating chess struggles are "born to blush unseen"- to go unnoticed by the chess public due to the difler· ing emphases and space limitations of all chess periodicaJs. The followi ng game, pLayed in the Man-hattan Chess Club Championship of 1950-51, per· haps can be termed such n contest, for thus far it has escaped publication despite its manifest in-terest and the unusual tenacity displayed by both combatants. Bisguier and Einhorn , former high school tea mmates Ilnd still good friends, show no mercy for each other here and there tlfe no holds barred llS the attack seems to sh ift contin uously opponent. At Jast the match ca n "blush in the

KING 'S IN DIAN DEFENSE Manhattan Chess Club Champion-

5hip, N ew York, 19S()'Sl wtrJl.c m ack

A . 81~GUIER R. EINHORN 1_ P..o4

Since his victory In the 1950 U. S. OpeD, Bisguler haa heen varylnK" hi' opening repertoire to a Iollleh ercat..,r e>:P because 01 the pin on the 0l.ell Q·mr..

, . _ ._ R·Kl The best rep ly without do\\bl. On 9. Q-Bt White continue. 10. 1' -K I3 wiTh the excellent Idea of U·QIl3. T he u"t move IIho ",akes P·K5 pO!l3I I)Je .

to. P·Ktl

The same pO.'lltion was nllched In II game, OIsiUler-Green, N. Y. State Championship, 1950. Here Green p lilytd Q·1J2 and fOYno\.l lc. Arter p .B4 Black's pieces are ~IOOrly placed a nd he I .. reduced to cautious dcIenl)C. Not for Einhorn!

12.. Kt..o4 Not 1.2.. PxP for then PIKt; 13. l'xKt. Klo:P! Icave~ two White plolces e n l.rlse and thus wins one of them.

12. Px P 13. Px P Q·841

If 13 ...... ~ .• K tJtP, t he n 14. KtxP en-.ure~ White a I~stlnc: a dvantil !{C!; In fact, the Black QP is II "Goner.-

14. Kt I4r KU!? __ _ Doubtful, as Black's counl(: ..... tlaci< now bn QBl is ovo;:rloaded (defending both hi" IJIshop and his Olher Kn;':ht). fo!O'

Vol. vn, N umber 14 Friday, March 20, 1~53 Publishrd twLce II month on the 5th and 20th by

THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION Harold M. Phill ips, PU:lid~n '; Wm. M. Byland, Tutfsuur; Ma.io~ J. B. H olt, SUUI

THE ELEME'NTS O'F CHESS By Inwrnational Maswr HERA-fAN STEINER

We fontinue ",ith tht Jlllnm,"" j Mr. Stt inrr', thleh;ng mdhoJ" which wl-minatt in .... ;nd,uct i", illuJlrat;"t g.mlt in II fuuuJing inJtttlmrnl-Th.: Editor,

REASONS FOR MAKING MOVES

W E know tbat, everything else being equnl, lhe greatest ad-vant:tJ.gc is Force. The two other elements leU to play for arc Time and Space. Before playing Cor them we must lind the best reasons for the moves we pilin to make. These reasons arc as follows:

1. Developin g 2. Controlling or cove ring m llxl·

mum squarell of opponent', t erritory

3. Attacking or d efending, or both

4, Preventing opponent from making h is best move

or COurse, there are not nlwnys (our reasons for a move. However, when a move encompasses three or all of them, it may be considered the best move. If it has only two of the above reasons, it may be con· sidered a good move. If it has only one, it is a fair move. U it has none of these reasons, it is a bad move.

Knowledge of these reasons help the player to evaluate his move. By such means the student will develop the judgment which will enable him to decide whelher his opponent has made the best, S good, a bi r, or a billd move.

BLUNDERS The following are the major

blunders: 1. Overlooking capturel 2. Overlooking check. 3. Ove rlooking plnl 4. Overlooking forks

TheSe blunders deal with the three elements-Force, Space, and Time. Overlooking anyone of these nlay cause the loss or a game.

It is usualiy the loss of Force which causes the loss of a game. For example, overlooking the cap. tures (which represent a piece with a value of no less tban three and a half points, or even a Pawn whose value is one point) results in no compensation. A check or a series of chedu; may mean a loss 01' gain of Time and Space. The most dangerous blundcrs are lhl!. olles which combine two or more of the above blunders. As \ tated previous· ly, the more rusens for making a move, the better the mo\'e will be. HOW TO PREVENT BLUNDERS Now that you know what blund·

ers arC, you mus t learn what not to do in ordet to avoid lhem. The first thing to do, is to look for the blundel'S before making any moves. Ask yourseU thc follow-ing questions:

I . C;o n he upt"r. wIth hl l Q""en?, Rooks?, Bishops?, Knights?, P;owns'. King?

2. CIOn he c heck with the .. me plecel

l. Clln h e pin with the SlIme pieces?

4. C;o n he fork with the Mme p lecQ?

lC the answer is "Yes," then ask yourself, with what result can he do each of these things? If not on the first move, can he do any of these on the second move, and with what results? The purpose [or which you make this deduction is to know what your opponent can do.

The question now is: what can you do? Have you any threats which will be better in val ue 1 In other words, have you counter-threats? Ask yoursell: -'Can I capture with my Queen?, Rooks?, Bishops?, Knights?, Pawns?, King? Can I fork with the same picc(.'s ? With what results? If not on my first move, how about my .;;econd·! With what results?"

The reason for this I']uestioning is that you may determine whether or not you have a counter·attack which is more immediate than Ihe threat of your opponent. I,'or ex· ample. you have found out in your analysis that your opponent threat-ens a checkmate on his next move. You then reverse the erder of your questioning thus: " Can I check, and with wh11t result?!' You have found that after two enntinu· OllS checks you have your oppon· ent checkmated! Now you see how important it is to find our what your opponent can do as w~ll as what you can do.

USE OF THE ELEMENTS When my students ask me how

many moves ahead a master can see, I teU them the following story: DUring one of the .international tournaments, where the great Ca-pablanca -played, a newspaper re-porter asked "Capa" how many moves a head he could sec. It seems that the reporter bad read some-where that a great master could see as many as thirty moves ahead . "Capa" very modestly said, "Not quite thirty, but about twen-ty." His next opponent was Charles Jaffe, a fine player, but by no means in his class. In this encoun-ter, after working out a winning position, "Capa" failed to make the best move . .Jaffe promptly 11dvantage by sacrificing his Queen, 11nd eventually his famous opponent resigned. (Incidentally, this was the only game "Capa" lost during this tournament.)

This naturally created a great furore , and now the samc reporter came to visit Jaffe. He asked the same question, namely, how many moves he could see ahead .. .Jaffe calmly answered: "Two moves ohead ...

"What!" cried the reporter. " Im-possible! Your f amous opponent told me, before the game started, that he could see 11bout twenty moves ahead."

"Did he?" said Jaffe calmly. "I still insist that I can see only two moves ahead-but two good ones."

And rightly so, for it is not the quantity of tbe moves that arc seen that counts, but the quality for the farther ahead we look the morc apt we arc to make blunders.

The game of chess is an open book. The question is : "Who can see farthest with the most accura-cy?" The longer a series of moves, the greater the likelihood of mak-ing blunder5, The trouble is that

AI thiS iu.,. goes to press, In-te mational Muter Hermilln Stein. er is on the high seas, headed for the annual outstanding internation-a l toumament at Mar del Plata In Argentina, where Steiner will rep-resent the USA at the invitation of the Argentina Chess Federation.

each individual strives to reason according to the knowledge he ha s acquired, either by learning from books or from an instrnetor, or by trial·aDd·error expericnce. The re-sults a rc too often fabl.

Tournament games arc timed with a clock, each player being given a certain amount of time to make a given number of moves. You should not take too much time to a nalyze in the beginning or you wllJ not have enough. time left to

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS, New York State Champion, 1953

U::i Dia gram No.2 .. _ .. 27. Q· Ktll Resigns White thnatened 28. Kt-B8 mate or 28. K txR. T his fine. Capabla nca·Uke. elfort b y Max Pavey earned him second p lace, 6-2, a s te p ahead of his o ppon ent. the grand veteran. A braham Kupchlk, who dlstinCUlshed hlm,..,lf by scor ing ~ and tinlshlng third In this event which was part of the C lub's Seventy·rltth Anni· versary Celebration.

TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE MCO: page 299. colvmn I !I)

Michig'an Open Tour nament Battle Creek, 1952

White N. ZEMKE

Blaek DR. W . A. HENKIN

1. P ·K4 P·K" 4. 1(I· KI5 P.Q4 2. Kt· KB3 K';K B3 5. P x p Kt.QR4 3. 8·U Kt·B3 Afte r $. ._.. KtxP; e. P-Q41 B-Kt5eh; 7. P ·Bl, D-K2; B. KlxBP, Kli

(Continued from page 6, col. 4) up lo Mr. A ldis, who will probably 'bu$t' II ogaln. That relllains to be seen. S. 8 .Kts 10. 0·0 8 · 83 6. P x P KPxP 11. 8 ·K3 Kt·B3 7. 8 ·K1 B-K2 12. R·Bl P·Q4 I. K'.B3 0·0 13. P _BS •• P-QKt3 R.K I With this came the surprising etlndl-tlonal move, 'JC 13 ..... _ ... Kt·Q2; 14. p . KRl.' My o pponent. a player of known strength. must bave had .$Omethlng up his sleeve, that wouldn't shake ouL 13 •. _..... Kt-Ql More u~ual, or couue, Is 13 . ........ . Kt-B1: 14. P·KRJ, B-R4; 1:>. P -R3, B·Kt3; 16. P·QKt4. P -Qlt3; 17. Q·Kt3 (Mllroezy. Keres, Dresden, 1936). 14. P-KR3 BltKt Alter 14 . ... ..... , &K3; 1:>. P-KKt4 II e:o:tremc ly cramped. 15. BxB KhtBP 16. KlxPI If 16. PxKt, p .Q5. 16. _._. Kt.R3 17. Ktx8 QxKI 11. 8xKt P x 8 1 •• Q-Q3 Kt_K t S 10. Q·B' QR.KtI

11. P ·R3 22. QJtp 13. RxQ 34. R-QR'

Kf.Q4 Q. Q ...

P-KB4!

White gains an advontage arter 25. _ .... _, KtxD; 2:6. PxKt, It(l)xP; 27. RxRP. 15. RxP P-851 17. B·Kt4 R(6l·K t1 16. B-Q1 R-K1 2L R·RS

2L _ .... _ KI·K61 29. R·RI ch If 29. PxKt??, Black mates In three. 27. _ ... _. K_B1 31. RxP 30. R-KB8ch K·K3 As good a$ anything. White gels two Pawns for the EXchange, but one must '..-3'>'..; I-'SA best Geore:etown 4'o!t-I",; Na-tional topple Navcom B 6-1; Federal A overpower Federal B 8-1; and Paragon draw with APL 3-3. Indilvdual scorlne leaden arc V. L. Eaton and E. S. Sere-brennlkov of Library with 6-0 each, and T. R. Hollerort of Navcom B with &-0.

PUGET SOUND LEAGUE: Tacoma YMCA downed Vnlv. of Washington 6-4; Seatt le YMCA overpowered Seattle Chess Club B-2: Everett defeated Seattle Unlv. 8-2. Tacoma YMCA leads with 5-0 a nd hal one match to play. Seattle YMCA and Unlv. or WaJlhln,:ton have 4-1 each.

CLEVELAND CLUB LEAGUE: Brook· Iyn Chestnuts downed Kln,'s Men 4-2; QueeIlJl bowed to Shaker lIe lghts 'h'3'h; East Cleveland bested Nationals 5·1; Checkmate defeated Queens 5·1; In· temationl ls swamped Checkmate 5'h-Y.t; Pawns drew with Intematlonals 2-2: and Internationals bested Cleveland Chess 4-2. Later results are Chestnut$ OVer Natlonalll '.1; K lnJ:'s Men over Nationals 4-2: and East Cleveland over Checkmate 3.{1 wIth one postponed lame.

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Wl.at'd 51.e &.t move?

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POJitu;m No. 111

April 20, 19St Solution to Position No. 110

A graUCyinll' number of solvers fQund the co r rect solution to this sllnplc but faselnutlng study by A. Mundler. As we polro ted out, 1. KxI> d raws be. cause 01 I. .~ .. ~., K-Kt6 and White's KBP cannot be savcd. The more plaus-Ible move or 1. K-Kt6, whicb a number of solvers submitted, also only draws by 1 ....... ~, K-Kt6; 2. p.B4, K-B4 and the BP cannot be uved; or L K.B5, K-Il6; 3. P-M, P ·Kt-1'1..; Warner-5 wa s e y downed Lincoln l bound eupy Only ~.75. Send checlI; or M.O_ to:

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Ap,il 10·12 Nevada Sta te Champ ionship

Las Vegas, Nev. Held at Elks Lodge; for Nevada

players and invited out-of-stale con-testants; 8 round Swiss; trophies by Dittman; Harold Lundstrom tournament director.

M"1 16-17 Ind iana Sta te Championsh ip

Logansport, Ind. Open to residents of state and

studcnls attending schoolS in state; at Barnes Hotel; begins 7:00 p.m. May 16; 5 round Swiss; please bring sets and docks ; tournament direc-tor: Floyd B. Bolton , 7431 Baring Parkway, Hammond, Ind.

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Championship Davenport, Iowa

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Germantown (P hil;'d eIPh i;!O) YMCA. CheS$ Club: Club Speed cvent was won by S