Vol X. No. 5

Conducted by RUSSELL CHAUVENET

S &"iD solutions to Position No. 172 to Russell Chauvenet, 721

Gist Avenue, Silver Spring, Md. by December 5, 1955. With your solu­tion, please send analysis or rea· sons supporting your choice as "Best Move" or moves.

So lu tion 10 Position No. \12 will opo pu r in Ihe Oe ce ",be r 10th, lt5J I .. u • •

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SOUTH JERSEY FORMS LEAGUE

A t a meeting in Hammonton, NJ . on October 5, 1055 representaUves of the AUanlic Cily, Hammonton, Millville, Wildwood, and Woodbury Ch{'~~ C:hrbs f'()lllpietp.rt Pll~ 'OrrlO­tion oC the South J ersey Chess As­sociation with the adoption of By· Laws and eleclion of oUicers. The new association proposes to pro· mote chess in Southern New J ersey by the encouragement of the fo r· mation of new clubs as well as the promotion oC interclub competi· tion. The By·Laws provide that each member club must become a uscr AIIiliated Club. Elected to oUi,ce were E. F. Daigle oC Ventnor, presi· dent; L. SlreiUeld of Hanunonton, vice·president; 1... E. Wood, 1"425 Sycamore St., Haddon Heigh ts, sec· retary; and Rolin L. Cake 01 El· dora, treasurer. Thomas J orgensen of Wildwood Crest was appointed chairman of committee o n Leagues and Tournaments, MaxweU l\1. KIatz of Millville ehainnan of commit· tee on Ratings and Inter-Club Af· fairs, and Dr. L. SlrelUeld of Ham­monton chairman ot committee on Publicity and Promotion.

MARTIN CAPTURES WOODPUSHER

William Martin scored 51h-Jh to win the two.day Swiss Washington State Woodpushers tournament at the Seattle Chess Club, drawing with runner-up Lawrence Taro in the fi nal round. Second and third on Median points were Larry Taro, !irst Washington Chess Letter edi­tor, and [onner Spokane Champion Richard Greenwood with 4Y.!-11h each. Taro lost a game ·to Robert Collins and drew with Martin, while Greenwood lost to Martin and drew with Collins. Alan Clark was fou rth with 4-2 and Robert Coll ins fi fth with 3'fl -2'h in the l 3-piayer event.

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Saturday, November 5, 1955 IS Cent.

Co ntributed by EDMUND NASH PlIs;lio" NlI. 172

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BELOVA LEADS AT MOSCOW

Mme. Valentina Belova took un­disputed Ci rst place in the Women's Candidates at :Moseow by defeating !\tme. Kris tina Holuj of Poland in HlP. l{Hh r(ll'lld. l\.f n. Gi!C!ll G~C.!i!c:, with 8lh-6lh is now tied for eighth place.

Jrelo l'a Volpert

STAND INGS

Afte r II. Ro u nd,

121·31 Heemskerk <>, IgnDUcvR

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7·8 Keller ". GraC..stevenson 7.8 Rubtsova ,,.. Kertesz Zvorklna "4 GurOnkcl Ivanovo. 91-51 Ho luJ Lazarcvlc ii·51 Karf( GuSS<!! r 81-6l MOSChinl NedeJjlrovie 81-61 Sucba Chaud e api BUdlnlch

VELLIAS TAKES WASH OPEN

8·10 !lHOb 5'-lO~

!I·U 4·12

2·13

U·14~

Russell Vellias on Median points gained the Washington State Open Championship in a 17-player Swiss with 4'h-l lh score, losing no games but drawing with S. Fa lk, L. Taro, and T. Warner. Tied for second. also with Ht..-llh and with equal Mcdia n points, were Ted Warner and Olaf Ulvestad. Warner drew with D. Wade, J. McCormick, and R. VeIlias. while Ulvestad lost a game to Vellias and drew with R. Edburg. Fourth and fifth with 4·2 each were R. Edhurg and J . McCor­mick, whil e sixth to eigh th with'" 3*-2* were V. PupoIs, G. Bishop, and L. Taro.

Qualifying from th.is event for the Washington State Champion­ship were Russell Vellias, Ted War ner. Robert Edburg, and Jim McCormick; already seeded into the event were Olaf Ulvestad. EI· mtlrs Zemgalis, a nd William Bills, defending Washington State Cbam­pion.

Greco Chess Club Growth Provides Pointers on Promoting Small Clubs

By M ONTGOM ERY MAJOR , USCF Di,t<lll,-<tl·!A'gt

The Greco Chess Club of Xenia, Ohio is perhaps unique among chess clubs in t he fact that it came in to being as -a USCF AIfiliated Club. This fact, according to Dr. Harvey B. McClellan, one of the organizers, was not the result of Ilny accident but came fro m the talks and planning of three USCF members in the vicini ty of Xenia.

Chess in Xenia goes back some thirty years to the date when Dr. Reyburn McClellan of Xenia taught several dozen people the game-a group la.ter reinforced by Caculty members Jrom Antioch College-but no Cormal organization existed. There was still no formal organization when in September 1954 the new YMCA at Xenia provided a meeting place for chess players and these two groups handed togetber loosely to hold an informal Swiss tournamen t.

But when the new USCF Condi­tions of Affiliation were published early in 1955, a fo rmal club struc­ture was immedjately organized with a constitution providing from the oulsct that the club would he a USCF aHiliate and that all club members would be required to he­come individual USCF members. Generously going beyond usual pre­e(" ... ("·~ts, ttl " G1'""!O Cres~ C!ub r:-o· vides that any USCF member in good standing may become a club member without payment of any dues, tllthough t he sole income of the club lor opcrating expenses comes fro m t he discount allowed to the club on the USCF member­ships it collects from its own memo bel's. And pal't of this income is set Ilside lor the club tournament prize lund. which will provide prizes only lor those who have paid ·thcir dues tb rough the club.

Aside from the special prOVisions on USCI" membership, the Greco Club Constitution is very brief and

. president, pro rata

to number of club members), sec­retary and treasurer, and providing mainiy that lhe purpose of the club shall be to promote chess with· out the local area of influence in whatever way that may seem wise and practical.

Already this small but thr iving club has successfully completed its first club championsh i~nd en· ~cc~agt'::l h:'. !h.: .·.:~ u ! 1.3 .wd the enthusiasm of its membership is sponsoring the fi rst Miami Valley Open Tournament at Dayton, Ohio.

While all small chess groups may not be as aHr uisUcly inclined as these players in Xenia. it is well to note that. according to Dr. Harvey McClellan, " mo&t of the prescnl memhers paid USCF dues because of a wish to strengthcn United States chess; most nre not inter· ested in tournament play or na­tional ratings; only one has played in any rated tournament."

It bas been the complaint of sev­eral small chess clu bs thnt the new Affiliation Plan penalizes the smali

(Pills. turn to 7, col. 3)

FIRST GRECO CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

PI"'1tH (Ilil tll ,i,hl): Rtlbm A . M .. ci:m~it. Mtin&nJ A. R,w,;"iHI'. IlIh" W. SmJt", H"".,,~ B. McCld[,,". M.D .• W. B"",J Aln""Jt., Sit"id K""p/lt, F;nJI~ M. TlI"""u. It .• Philip W. Prlir.h, l.rmtl E. Sm;thJQn.

Finish It The Clever Way! b., EJm • ..J N"h O'KEEFE TAKES FT. WAYNE OPEN Po/ilKm No. 16}

D. Bronslei n VI. L Pachman Gothenburg, 1955

Prnilio .. No. 16~ T. Pe'roli." vs. C. Guimard

Gothenburg, 1955

T I:lE two pOSitions above are among the most interesting arisjng in tbe interzonal tourney held last summer in Gothenburg (Goteborg). In

Position No. 163, Bronstein missed the winning combination; the game was finall y drawn. Grandmaster Pachman, in showing the winning eontin· uation, stated that it would have won the brilliancy prize; however, Bron­sll!in got the brilliancy prize anyway for his game with Keres_ Here a Queen saerUice decides.

Jack O'Keele of Ann Arbor I Mich. scored 4*-* to win the Ft. Wayne Open Championship On S-B points, drawing with D. C. Jones. Also tallying 4*·% for second was Kinlball Nedved of Glencoe, Ill., who drew one game with Angelo Sandr in. Third and fourth with 4·1 eaeh were Joel Kupperman and Robin C. Kirby, both of Chic::ago. Kuppcrman lost a game to O'Keefe and Kirby to Charles Henin. Fifth to eighth with 3 ~-1 Y.1 in the 32· player Swiss were Anielo Sandrin of Chicago, Don C. Jones of FL Wayne, Ind., W. H. Donnelly of Valpraiso, Ind., and A. H. Palmi of Spr ingport, Mich. V. L. Lambert directed tbe event., sponsored by the USeF aHiliatcd Fort Wayne Chess Club.

Outstanding surprise of the event was young Don C. Jones o( Fort Wayne, playing in his third tourna­ment, who placed sixth on S-B with 3'At-I Ih. He downed Charles Henin and Emil Bersbacb, lind at one time secmed about to master O'Keefe, but finally drew with him. Ex· hausted by t he bout with O'Keefe, he blundered early against KimbaJI

. Nedved in the final round or migbt otherwise have placed much bigher.

ChCSll tactics at their best are illustrated in the solution to Position No. 164. The reader is advised to play through the 17 moves that beat Black to lIubmis.'I ion .

For solutions, please turn to Page . ight. Send ell contributionS for this column to Edmund HU h. 1:530 21th PI , ce, '.E.

Wuhlngton 20. D. C.

According to Carl Purcell in a fea­ture story in the Louisville Courier­Journal, the largest chess set in the United States (aside from lawn­sets) is that of Gus 8rakmeier of .. Louisville, who at 71 is one of the oldest members or the Louisville

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED New Regulations

Effective March I, 1955 Tourn. m. n' s. m.tchlS (lndl .. ldu.1

or t •• m; rO\lnd robin Or Swiss) .1'. r.'e.ble .. hln SPOnsored b y USCF Ilfill.ted ol"glnlutionl, If pllyed u ..... r FIDI L .... . d irected by • compet.n' officl.I, . nd pllyed . t II..,.. IImil of nof more ttI.n 30 mo .... per hour.

Th •• nnu. 1 ch. mplonshlp tournl· m.nt of .n USCF Club Chlpter . nd the .nnu.1 ch.mplonshlp tournl. men' of Iny USCF .lflll.l ... hose By-Laws pro .. ld. thlt .11 Its mem­bers mu. t be USCF m.mbe ..... Iso .... nt.d without ch.rll •.

All .olh. r ."glble .... nt •• r. rll.d only I f oWcI.1 report of ... " nf Is .ccomPinled by • remltt. nc. c ...... iring • r.llng fee of 11k per g • ..,.. for . 11 g.m". act ... lly pl.yed In the conllst . (I" • S .. lss one-hllf the number of ol ... ers tlml-S It.. nu ..... ber of rounds repr.nnts tot,,1 lI.m.s pl'yld If no byes or forl"Its. )

N(JI~ lhat IDe l<<llfn, lu pn 8-~ ;1 eol!t«~J f.om 411 pl..,.tU, ",hdlur USCF mtmhrs Or MI.

Siml ... nnu."y r . ,ln9s will be pub­lished of ." partlclp.nts In .11 USCF-It:.t. d ."" nts.

Offici,,1 r.ting forms should be secur"d i n .d .... nc. from:­

MontSliomery Maior 123 No. Humphr.v Avenu. O.k Plrk, lIIinol.

Do not ",.il l to other USC, ofiid.J., for IMIt rsin, 10rml.

Qus tlh s..turday, P.ge 2

Nonmbu 1, 1911

Chess Club. The set was made from old poplar joists and turned on a lathe, except for the heads of the knights which were cast in alum­inum. the pieces are about twice the size of the largest tournatnent­size set and follow standard Staun­ton pattern. Chess to Brakmeier, who .has played the game for over 46 years, "is a game that speaks an international language, and it can help bring men of different nations to a common understand· ing."

Cit, TerrK" Chess Club (L os A .... eeles): Sven Almgren in I l~boIrd almult.neout .t Ule City Terr,ce Cui. tural Ce"Dte r !.allied 11 wins .nd l draw, in two hours :a.nd ..rlfty mInute .. dr.wl.... with G<'n KaJUml, IIhad .. 1 Seas •• nd Cary Nor man.

The Deutsche Sehachzeitung for September, 1955 publishes a brief and curt reply by CHESS LIFE Editor Montgomery 1tlajor to the more obvious distortions and in­aCt:uracies regarding American chess activity and the USCF ap­pearing in the article by Dr. Ed­ward Lasker, published by the Dc:utsche Schachzeitung in May, 1955.

Rac ine {Wis.) Chen Ch"b: Although bolstered by l.l1e prelenee or Stale Champion H ugh Meyer and recent a r­rival Henry MeI(ert, fonn erly ot Kala­m awo. the Racine club loat .. bitterly eontested match tu MilwauKee by the Kore of 6'it-3\~ Seorh,.. lor R..lIeine were H. Meifer1. Stumplili:. and PIIII, While Teuber drew. )0'01" Milwaukee ~. Kraszewski, D. Clark, A. E. Eio. M. Robland. F . Cramer, and Y. Zuse t allied. ,..hile O. Funcbc:o drow. A USCF Afliliate.

ofeller /rom tl.e WanJerinf/ el.e"" min"tref By International Master GEORGE KOLTANOWSKI

Amazing J UST under ten thousand population--C or C may have another figure­

the High School Boys have takeh over completely-that is in Chess, and have tra\'clled more tban any other group or youngsters I know, anywhere in the United Slates. Thcy went 150 miles to Lubbock to par· ticipate in a Koltanowski exhibition-to EI Paso to an Elk's convention (they bclong to the DeMolay Club) and Chess tournament-and only this week--cnd, aU the way to Brownsville (900 miles). Tonight: a Koltanowski exhibition.

But now comes the real amazing part of this amazing story : In Lub,. bock, on a question on books, I recommended Nirnzowitch's "My System" for just one chapter-nOver ProtecUon." Today I'm amazed to learn, each of ten youngsters bought a copy of this book. (Can I ask the pub­lisher a share on the royalty?) Most have joined the USCF and expect to get all as full-lledged members before the end of this year. They stand at corners, discussing Euwe's new move-Keres brilliant win against Szabo in Budapest. They play Ping PORg, Tennis, Football , Baseball, but live, cat and slcep CHESS! This, deep in the heart of Texas! Leader of this mass youth movement in Lamesa is Ronald Kutch, Jim Martin (the. only winner in the simultaneous exhibition I gave against 30 boYs all under IS!) Dell Davies, L. W. West, Francis Horne and Cayton Nelson (who drew his game against me).

I still can't believe itl

c,~" ofl/e 3n new 'ljort

By AU ... /Cau/m<ln

I N BRIE}>': Mary Bain, the popu­lar fo rmer Women's Champion,

underwent a serious operation last month. At last report she is con­valescing well, and hopes soon to return to her job of spreading good will throughout chcss circles here. Mary has so many friends that whenever she is a spectator at a tournament she is obliged, usually, to root for every contestant! And nOw we all root for her speedy reo covery . . . The wandering chess minstrel, George Koltanowski, .ar. rived here on October 31st to gIve an exhi bition. Kolty will play eight simulta neous blindfold games. This is Kolty's speciulty; he is the world's reeordholder in this :lrea of chess ... Editor Einhorn has appointed Abc Turner Games Edi· tor of the Manhattan C. C. Bulletin. Abc will annotate one game a month ... Jerry Donovan is dis­playing a ccturn to his former master strcngth. tIe ieads the Mar. shall C. C. Swiss System prelimin­aries 4-0 . . . • In section one of the ManhaUan C. C. prelims Feuer­stein leads, 5-0; section two shows Klugman and Benedicto ahead, 4-0 ; section three is dominated by Owens, 4-0 ; section fou r is trail­ing behind Einhorn, 3·0. An in­formal tournament of ten others is being led by Giunta and Mrs. Guala, 2-0. The Gualas arc a cbess playing couple who work at the N. Y. Port Authority, where they are the sparkplugs of a forty-man chess club. . Norman Secon, pianist-c.hessplayer, is leaving for a tour or South America . . . Schuyier Broughton. former Assist­ant Secretary (to Hans Kmoch) of the Manhattan Club, left for a trip to Paris . -:- . Passing through town recently were Mark Eucher, on his way to Europe, Art Critchlow, on his way to California, and John Alexander, on his way around the world ... Frequent visitors at the Manhattan C. C. are Gregor PiaU· gorsky. the 'cellist, and Dick Miles, the table tennis cha mp.

University of ChICl90 t ill.) Ckess Club: Michael Gollesm.n pllo<'ed flnIt op SoB with Sot score to win the cluh tlUe. Sec<lnd to fourth. also .. lUI So%, wera Roblon Kirby. Leon.rd FrankensUrln, end Mitchel S .. cl •. Filth to IiIIventh with 4-3 were J oel KuppelTlUn, Billy Thom'S­son, .nd Michael RobllUOn. In winnin, Gottesm.n 1(l8t to R. A ugustine Ind d r ew with Ki rby Ind Swelg. Kirby lost t o Frankenlt.ln .nd drew with Swell and G ottesman; Frlnkensi ein lost to Gottesman . nd Ku pperman; and Swel, 1051 to . ' r l nkenate ln while drawin, with Gottetmlln lind Kirby. A USCF Club Atflilate.

MilwlUkH Munlclp.I Chess Club (Wis.): John n.. C.,kavlo<' won his fourth

_title thl. yea r In winnIng the Club Championship with $ polnb-the other titles beln, MI"Vlukee City. Milwaukee County, .nd WIsconsin Speed. Second to fourth with -4 points each were A. Powers, Dan Clark, and W. Banerdt w h Ue E. n •• klhll ..... fifth with 3'h. T h e COfUlOlation event W~5 won by Ralph Ahram. with S, w hile Dr. O. M . .I. Wehrley and A11. n Kopperud tied for second .. lth 4", elch. 56 players partlc lp.ted In the preliminaries of this evenL

CHESS AS WE SEE IT Oontributions fro m the Pens

Of Oulstanding Ch ess Analysts and Writers

A Study in Steinitzan Heroics

( A Sdcchic Dialogue) .t

A RISTIDES Kleinerteufcl permitted the waitress to distract his atten­tion momentarily from our iame of chess, not so much admiring a

sl~nder figure that 'I round quite worthy or admiration, as attentively, eymg the platter of doughmrts and coffee she was carrying. While he was thus intent upon selecting with greatest care the largest crueller, I has­tened to lake an unfair advantage of his temporary preoccupation by announcing mate before his usual prestidigitarian tricks could depr ive me of a rare victory.

Shaking his shaggy head ponder-1 ously. and looking more like a mel­

ancholy St. Bernard. than usual, Klci nerteufel sighed heavily.

" I suppose you must wi n occa· sionally, although f really do not know why."

"For encouragement," J suggest­ed, taki ng a firm grip upon my own doughnut, lest it escape me, since Kleinerteufel's nad already van­ished in one SL Bernardan bite.

"You need more than encourage­ment," he responded with a heavy melancholy. "A little talen t would also help."

Glancing down, I noted in sur· prise that my doughnut had disap­peared, although J h ad not marked its .vanishi ng. So I made sure of my coffee by gulping it down hastily.

"What· you need (and, indeed, why restrict it to you?)-what chess players need. today," said-Kleiner­teufel, "is that grand manner and magnificent disregard of _petty theories of poSitional play which so di~tinguished ·the great master s of the past. Who cares about the dull, mathematical draws of CapabJanca and Lasker---ehess perfected into sheer boredom? Who cares for pre­cision-that tedious nibbling at the edges of a position until opponent and spectator alike fall asleep? Who cares for -this hypennodern miserdom-this hoarding of micro­scopic and infinitesimal positional advantages into a theoretical win­ning endgame?

"Chess has become a game for robots and calculating machines! The man with the latest new-fan­gled variation which adds a £~w decimal points to an' advantage is the temporary champion- until some other glassy·eyed automaton calculates to a finer and newer deci­mal-point advantage! That 15n:t chess! But a game for pedagogues!"

Mournfully he wiped a erumb from his mouth and gazed discon­solately "3t his empty plate.

''What chess needs is drama! Heroics! Knight-~Trantry! Show­manship! It necdll to become a spec­tacle once again, and not a tedious exercise in higher mathematics! Who ever heard of modern tourna­ment spectators showering gold­pieces on the board for one of these modern exhibitions of complete fu­tiIlty in ninety-moves, ·as they did when 'Marshall thrust his Queen in to a nest of pawns in one of the most spectacular finishes that cbess has ever secn?

''-Chess should be played wi th verve and clan! It should have the

spectators hanging on the ropes, not yawning in chairs. Take Aspa, back in 1885, did he falte r, count pawns, grasp for niggardly minute advantages upon the board? No! His monarch marched boldly into the field of battle, seeking nothing bet­ter than the right to lend a personal assistance to the demise of his r i­val. Irf that march there is power and showmanship. Here! Let me show you how chess should be played-with courage', imaginq,tion, fa i th and chivalry!"

STEINITZ GAMBIT Consultat ion Game, 1885

White Bl ack . A S PA and Othe rs RANKEN and othen

1. P·K4 P_K4 2. K t ·Q Bl Kt_Q Bl l. P ·B4 Px P 4. P ·Q 4 Q·R5 ch 5. K -K21

'''t hc King lti a nghtlng plccc! Who .. nld that bltt St.elnlu, and who proves it but ASpa. Hang ' on to YOu~ ·cha.i.l"s, the fli:ht Is on!"

S. · P-Q4 6. P x P B·KtSch 7. Kt-Bl 0-0-01

"No sordid and miserly' hoarding or a minor plecc! For this was the day wben men played chcss-and they played tor big stakes, not penny onte."

•• P x Kt B·QB 41 , . PxPch K·KI1 10. Kt-QKtS Kt-B3 11. p·B3 KR-Klch 12. K.Ql! ____ ._ ..

"With bead ereet and sword C1asblng i n the sun, the K1nB marches Into bat­tle-.a Icade~ or men. No craven sulk. inc behind t hc casUe waILs while his vassaLs die uncheered." , ..

U. K· B41 14. Kx B

B_S4ch B-K3ch P-QR4!

"Ah! The grund manner! It looks 'good on\ Black'~ shoulden a lso! F o r if IS. KtxQ, Kt-KSch; liS. K.SG, B-Q4 m ate!"

IS. Kt x P! Q·R4ch 14. Kt·KS!

''\Vomen'$ place Is in the home---her duty perf~t sacrifice. Black'" Queen is a' lemlnlst In the modern m anner_ but what do her man nish wayS gain her? Only the loss of hcr spousc!"

16. ..... Kt -Q2ch 11. K· Kt S QxQ' n. KtxKt ~h RxKt 19. 8 x P I Qx R 10. K-Kt6! Resigns

''Now, that, my friend, is how a /tame of chess should be played!"

While I was still starini at the board, with a gesture of noble ab­senl-mindedness, Adstides Kleiner­toufe) picked up my change from the table and pocketed it. Then, without undue haste, but without notable delay, he made his exit.

CORRECTION In listing the Reshevsky tie­

breuking points in the isslle of Sep­tember 20th, by inadvertence it was stated that the adj usted score of W. Michael Hart came from a game won by default from Russell W . Koull.

:As 10k Kautz has propci'ly point· cd alit, he !orleitcd no games in this event and we apologize for the error in attributing a default to him. Il was, a Mr. Charles Hender· son actually who con tributed the defauH to M.r. Hart's adjusted score. It seems probable that this error occurred from picking Mr. Koutz' name as No. 95 in o:(d er of finish whereas in the working tour­nament sheets the No. 95 referred to pairing number (Mr. Henderson). The error did not affect the tie­breaking points involved, as it was solely an error in names and not in performances.

I new ~nJ Ren~weJ usc:;. Aff;f;at.,

- Renewals of Charters

CALIFO RN IA -Golden G~ te Chess Club Meels at Somerton Hotel, 440 Geanr

St., San F~aneisco at 8:00 p.m. on Tue. days. president: Henry Gross, 6~ post St., San Francisco; Treas: GodtTey Luu.. CONNECTICUT

New Lo ndon Y Chess Club "'eets at New Lond o n YMCA, Meri.

dan St., New London, Conn. at 7 :30 p.m. on Mondays. President: Stanley Kin,; See',: Vie Christensen; Tre.,.: Richard Metheanl'. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Pan_A merican Che ss' Club r.fOOls twice a week at 2440 Massa­

chusetts Ave., Washington, D.C. P resI­dent: Dr. Luis Quintanilla; sec'y: Mi.s:f

. C<mSUtlO Rod rigues, 2032 16th St., N.W. Washln~on; treas: Arthur E. Gropp. N EW JERSEY

Woodbury Chess Club "'ects at Presbyterian Church. Bond

&, Center Sts., Woodbury, N.J. on Tue. day nights.. Presiden t; J ohn Wornill; Sec'y: He~bert Wright, 13 Tatum St., Woodbury; 1'reas: Wm. T. Smaller; Tour-Dlr. Lewill E. Wood_ OHIO

·F.m .n ..... EI Ctoes5 Club Meets at Temple Emanuel, Room 20$,

Sth and Falrgreen, Youngstown, O. on Sunda)'S 3 to 5 p.m. P rcsldent: Ge<>. Sill; sec'y: Max Hub<;rman, 9l Willow nrlve, Youngstown ; t r eas:- B ill Shelley. OKLA HOMA

'Oklah o m a Chess Association Conduct.!! annual State Champion·

ship. Presld(,,,\t: C. B. Ames, Jr .. 7lS Hales B ldll"., Oklahoma City, Okla.; Vice-pres: Je~ry Spann; Sec'y-Treas: R. F. Kelly, 605 Wrigh t Bl dg., Okla­homa City, Okln. PUERTO RICO .

Club d e AledreI de P uerto Rico Meets at 1663 Ponce de Leon Ave.

(Stop 24), Stlnturce {San Juan), Puerto Rico <Lally. President: Carica JrL SOler, F.AIq.; See'y: F~ancisco Prieto, P.O. Box 1121, San Juan, P .E.; Tre": Gabriel Borras.

Saturirrr, ~onmbl':r J, J915

ConJud~d by Frederick IJ. Ke1T

All colltllle clubs a nd playen a re u 'lled to send new. It e ms to: Frederl<.k H . Kerr, NiHany 32·13, Bo x m. Pe nn­sy lvani a Stat e Un/venity, Unive rslly Park, P e n na.

ELIOT Hearst, lhe president o{ the Intercollegiate C h e s s

League, writes that the tourney this year ·is an indiv idual one with any number of players allowed to enter from each schooL As many of you know, individual and team tourna­ments altcrnate year to year. Tenta­tive plans call for this annual na­tional championship to be held at Columbia Univers ity at Christmas time.

The new officers of the Un iver­sity of Washington Chess Club are : president, Oliver W. LaFreniere ; and treasurer ........ team captain, G. Alan Clark. The club will place a strong team' in the Puget Sound Chess League to defend its title, which was won with an 8-0 match rccord last year.

Edmar Mcdnis of New York Uni. versity .hus added the New York State Championship to his grow­ing list of titles. Mar tin Harrow and William Lombardy, both o{ CCNY fin ished in a tie for 4-5 with scores of 6·3. Lombardy was the defendine: champion . .

Dr. Perry E: Gresham, the presi­dent of Bethany College, is an ar­dent chess fan . During h is tour of Europe and Asia this summcr he included time for ehess at each stop. He also bought three new sets {or h is collection.

The busses tbat brought the Navy football t"':lm to University ·Park were decorated with signs reading: . "Checkmate Penn State!" A detail­ed diagram ' showed the Penn State king in a position of mate given by Navy's two rooks and knight. However, ,the Niltany Lions had the last laugh on the Middies; Bob DejaiHe, our club vice-president, pointed out to me that the setup was impossible! Both rooks were checking our king in a corner; and, unleSS ehess is played by differe nt rules at Annapolis , that can't be done (even by the United States Navy). .

During a simultaneous checker and chess exhibition by Newell Banks at the Penn State Checker Club, Wendell SW9pe gave a demonstration of little-known board g!lmes~ To this observer, it looked like Swope drew more interest. He showed mongol, shu-lIgj, mill, war i, go, mweso, hsi'3ng-chi, qirq, and Ruslsan cheekers. Swope, alias M. Pousseur de Bois, is a noted stu­dent of board-game theor y. This was very interesting, but I will litick to chess.

Hart Ho use (Toronto)' Canadian Champion F r ank R. Anderson scored a speetacular 4S wins, 2 lo5es a nd " draws in a 51-board simultanc<>us exhi­bition. He 1000t to Gordon flelw)g and Jack KaJ{etsu, while d r awlnJ!' with Gor­don Davljlson , Sohn F. Soott-Thomu, Harold H. Stein, and ~Uan Warren.

Vol. X, Number ~ November ~, 1955

Pvb lhhed t wice I monl h 00 the Mh I nd 2Ot.h by THE UNlTED STATES CHESS FEDERATION. Entered .1 MCond cl .... matte r Seplember :i, 1946, .t the pOl t otf1c. I t Dubuque, JOWl, u n der the IICt of Mln: h I, 1879.

~ Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR POSTMASTEII: P ie ... r e turn und.nv.n,bl. ( opl" with Fonn U7' t. lCenMtl'! H.nnen, USCF BUlIn." M. na " . r , . 1 8edford Stree t, Ne w York 14, N. Y.

Guilt by Postulation

By M ontgomery Major

}It", ie" !lIhr e, ..ohi, ",;r JchriJen K,,"m 10 ublller >'On "."rm F u"dtn AI, "," ci"tm UMntn T,."m!

GIIILLPA IIZER_Die A h n fr,)u

AMONG the more perilous Cads in reasoning (or Jack of reasoning) that afflict th is uncertain generation are two pcsudo-Iogieal assumptions

which can !requerrtly bo clothed with such persuasive plausibility that even the intelUgcnt are occasionally trapped Into the stupidity of ac· ceptance. .

The first of these, which has gained an invidious notoriety in the daily press, is tenned "Guilt by rAssociation". It is a two-edged weapon of destruction, for on one hand by it individuals are convicted at the bar of public opinion on the basis of frequently slender and tenuous connections with Whatever is under condemnation at the moment ; while on the other hand those most jusUy accused, by man's' illogical emotions, find a handy defense in claiming that they are being convicted solely on the basis of "Guill by A~~ociation" . Obv ioLisly (01' rather, it should be obvious but apparenUy is not), the doetri.ne of "Guilt by Association" is a dangerous one, capable of mnlieious manipulation; a man may take a drink without becoming a drunkard, or go to church without becoming a Christian.

Closely allied to this dangerous t heory is the second pseudC)-)ogicai assumption - of our day-"Guill by Postulation". It is, unfortunately, a ionn of condemnation, Cor some obscure reason, particularly dear to the hearts of chess players. And it bas, therefore, trapped many of them into their most stupid errors. It is a particularly vicious doctr ine because it overthrows the basic American principle oC jurisprudence-that a man is presumed innocent until proven guilty-and in i ts place renders a popular verdict of guilt without trial and on alleged evidence t hat could not be presented in any court of law. It is, therefore, a cowardly device, using the knife·blade of Tumor for its co ntemptible attempts at assassi· nation. .

Because there is no defense against it, it remains the favorite weapon of the dishonest cri tic. who, having no Cactual data to support his con· tentions, can never theless ma ke a great parade of such hypothetical charges, knowing he need not prove his vague assertions and exaggera· tions ·to t he gullable, while their tenuous basis permits no satisCactory disproof-

For "Guil t by Postulation" is established by the mystical method of accumulating alleged evidence, not from facts, but from lhe supposi· tional in terpretations that a biased crttic places upon a certain series of remarks or Ci rcumstances, frequently on matters on wh.ich he has no first·hand knowledge but is relying dishonestly upon hearsay and rumor.

"Guilt by Postulation" consists, in elementary form, in stating dog­matically that when A did or said this·or-that, he had sC)-and-so in mind, and was therefore guilty of such·and·such-as presumptious a bit of witch· bunting as can be found in a so-called reasonable world. For the critic didactically assumes the arrogant right to presume that he can read the mind and inCcrpret the thoughts o( another witb the same sure clair· voyance o( Sherlock Holmes e ngaged in his favorite spor t of bewildering Dr. Watson. But even that great fictional detective would not care to accept responsibility (or the tenuous hypotheses that are presented today in the sordid cause of "Guilt by Postulation",

It is not uncommon, as an aftermath o( any large tournament where many ranking players were in competition and the stakes were high, for slanderous rumors to originate, based tenuously upon a hasty observa· tion of a few incidents and magnilied by the personal Bias already estab· lished in the observer's mind. But it is a very dangerous sport [or cbess players to enjoy.

We do not believe in coUusion at t he chessboard-we hold that DO form of theft is more contemptible than the tacit agreemcnt between two players to maneuver the result of a game to a pre·arranged ending. For it is a form of cheating that deprives not one, but almost al1 the other players in a tournamept or some of thcir just and righ tfully earned tie· breaking poin ts.

(But neither do we hold with that curiOUsly American form of pseud(). logic, "Guilt by f'os tulatiiln". U evidence o[ collusion between two tourna·

USCF Me m bersh,p Dues, lncludln, subscription to C hess Life, seml-lnnull p ub ll· eatlon of nationll l ehess raUn" and a1l olher pririleg""" ONE YEAR: 55.00 TWO YliAIIS , 19,.5 0 THREE YIi!ARS: S13.50 LIFE: $100.00 An ..... m .. mbenh lp startl on 2Ilt dlY of month of c n rolline nt, e"plnl a t the • nd of t h .. perlnd f o r whleh d ues a~ p.ld. Flmlly Dues for t .... o or mo~ m emo b,," of nn" fa mllv II vlnlf I t ~.me I ddren. I""lu d tng onl:!' on .. subscrlotlon to . Ches& LU., are . t ..... lful .. r rat .. ts •• abov.) f o r "nit m .. mbenlh lp, lit t h e f o llow· tne rates to r .. eh .dd itionai memb/lnh lp; On. "e.r S!..50; t .... o y.ars 14.75; th rei! r e .... $6.15. Su bscrip tion rat. of Ch.n LlI' .. to non.mem bers t.s 13.00 per " .. sr. Sln.le eoplel ISc eleh.

ment players can be presented in any factual lorm, it should be' pre­sen ted 'and disciplinary action taken whenever the facts can be proven. But if the "evidence" consists solely of a tenuous and suppositional in· tcrpretation of a series of incidents (as translated by biased IndivIduals), particularly where each separate incident may be reasonably subject to a completely innocent interpretation, let us throw the case out of court and refused to be influenced by that insidious, sordid and treacher· ous doctrine of "Guilt by PostUlation".

Each man, ehess players included, is entitled to full protection from the malice of evil gossip and idle rumor. Reputations are not to be de· stroyed (or even frayed) at ,the whim of some amateur crystal.gazer who reads men's thoughts allegedly, not in the stars, but in the moves of a game of chess.

For it 15 better that five guilty escape punishment, than that one innocent man be castigated by false witness and the mumbo.jumbo or a witch-doctor's visions. Let no man be f ound guilty In the cour t of public opinion, when all that his accusers ca.n present is the charge of "Guilt by Postula Lion".

By Kester Svendsen

1001 BRILLIANT CHESS SACRIFICES AND COMBINATIONS. By Fred Re infe ld. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 252 pp., 1001 dlags, $3,95.

I T IS not surprising that Reinfeld has a book on uranium in press; be has drawn so many maps to the treasures of the cllessboard that

finding miracle metals ought to be a cinch lor him. The present volume in Slerling'.!i Chess Studenu.' Ubrary collects the pos itions into twenty sections such as pinning. zugzwang, X·ray attack, and defensive com· binations. Six diagrams to a page, solutions in an appendix, and big typography make the book easy and instructive to use. After one has worked through thc seventy-one examples of tbe knight fork, he can hardly fail to hunt them out in his own games. So with the' groups on discovered chcck, vulnerable first r ank, double attack, queen sacrifices, and the rest. Most chess resolves Use!! into tactics; and this book, like its ancestor Winning Chess, provides what is surely the greatest number of examples in one volume of thc var ious tactical motifs. And, as Rein· Celd justly claims, the book oflers "some of the most beautiful moves ever played on the chessboard. n

READERS CLAMOR FOR CROSS.TABLES

w~ Imblish bdo.., s~,.cral u/utio"s from t n~ {(lI~rs of .. a. iorlS CHESS LIFE uaJers, requesl i"s that wt udore t~ poliry of publishing th.· f,,{{ cross· tables 0/ ,ated lo" ",amtnts. S.uh aou·/dblu ,.,~" diuonti",ud through lacle 0/ spIKe, ."d 1IIh., .. e tha"sht .,.,as indi~alion 0/ • la~1e of i"UrtSI ;" Ihem. Tht'! r('p ra!:"t • .. ~ry lediol" lasle, both in pup .. ri"Jl. ,md setting i" 11"'. Du.' if tnt'! comma .. d ,../lie'e,,' general intertst. w( .,.,iil be glad to resto,e t"tm. Ltt', he .. , ro'" opinio"s.-The Edilo •.

Oeor Mr. Major: r was to ld th.t you hllve abandoned

the practice of p ubllShl"g t he "omplete result.l 01 minor tournamenu such "s this (Ft. Wayne Open). If this 18 the CIISC, I would like to request that you ruum. the pra"tlee I" the Interest of lItrtnllthcnlng Amerl". n ch .. ss b y slr~nglhenlng the minor tou r naments. The s tronger p llyen can have no Teal tdea 01 how dro"lJ .. gl""" tounu",.,pnt Is unles& they know who p layed 10 U . For IruLa"Cf. 1"'0 ratoo ""per lli p layed In thlll tournament n"d on. finished nlnth l This Indlc.tes that a fai r ly .strong fI .ld eompet"d In this event.-bul out­aldon "n,,'t know about it u n less you publish th~ r.~ul ta.

V. L . LAM8ERT Fori W..,. .. ~, Inditr1l4

O"ar Mr. Major: R"r. w ish you eould p ublish t he np.

per halt's o r tournament tables. It 18 most or the reason as far aa I can see fo r the publica tion's exbt ence. Many men SIlV. them. especially t h e t ourn .. . menU they played In, t Il II &er a p book. A ll thOfi. n.mes have person s ! m ea n in g, which hili nothing to do with making the prl~e list. I kn ow the prin ter m ay char,e more, but "an't they be p rinted a,aln?

KIMBALL NEDVED Gftncoc, II/inoll

Dea r Montgomer y: I om sorry to so. t h .. t CHESS LIFE

no iongcr carrics lb. compl.t. "ross­tahle or scoreS In the rat.d t ournlmen ts. ] think thll cr .. ated I . r eat Interest In tourn.ment play. '

D"ar Mr. Major :

ARPAD E. fLO Mil",.uleu, Wisco"sin

I l irBt h eard of USCF and CL from. E. I. T .... cnd or D~trolt' I had ~tumed from the lower Mississippi va n.y, wh .. re [ had been working (Mechsnlc.l Entl· n."r) to a Job In Detroit .nd joined the Edison Club In January 1954. Up to tb.~t lime (January '54) I had never heard of Chess Life, the USCF, o r tha t '-:Iks could be iK'Curcd (rom the USCF, or t hat t her e was a na t ion a l falinit' system for "he", play.". altho I b . d played skittl.s wit h any number o r USCF members, non. mad. any men· tlon o f I h e above. Many ot these /lime p~aye", n ow p rctend to anum. national promlns nee.

I'm su re that the Interosts ot chen would be furthe red it USCF m .. mbert wo u ld m ention en.58 Lite . nd the USC}' to neW ncqualnta " ces, rathe r th"n t reat It as a aecret ord. r ustrlct ed to only a vcry fcw of th.lr frl.n ds.

Aa presldcnt of the Boeing ehe" Club, I p laeed t h ... words "Affilia ted

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CHANGE OF A DDRESS. Fou r w."ks" uotie" r-equlr.d. Wh en ord .. rln. ell.n.e o luse fumlllh an IIdd~~s sten"U impression from recent iuUIII or ."let f e1) fO. luctlon. includln , numb .. rt lind da tes on top line.

Send m _ b . rshlp d lNlJ lor sub~eriotlonsJ a ,," eh. " .... of addre" to KI'NNaTH HAR KNESS, Busln ns Man l ge r , . 1 Bedford Sl~et, Ne w York 14, N. Y .

Sutd t ourn.-..,., e nt ra ,In, reports (with f ... ... If a ",,) and .11 communlc:at\cNg B­" e r1Jlnv elIK55 LIFe ..,ilorl.1 m att .. rs to MONTCDliIl!!ttY MAJOR, .dlte>t'. Tn No rth Humph~.y Avenue, D ... P.rk, ilL

Mak •• n rhecb po;,..bte to: THB UNrIDD STATIiS CHESS FEDERATION

LARRY EVANS ON OPENINGS By Interllational Master LARRY EJ1 ANS

u. S. OPEN CHAMPION, 1954

Theoretical Contributions of the

U, S, Open, Long Beach, 1955 NIMZO- INDIAN DEFENSE

That Zurich Variation again in R.shevsky-S.ndrln, only this time wHh a new twist by Black! 1. P.o4, N-KB3 ; 2. P.QB4, P-K 3; 3. N.QSl. S·NS; 4. P·K3, O.o; S. 8-03, P-84; &. N·Bl, P-04; 7. 0-0, N·B3; 8. p . QR3, B·R4. (The routine continua· tion is 8 . ........ , BxN; 9. PxB, PxBP; 10. BxBP, Q-B2.)

POSition lift.., I. .. ___ , .... R4 9. P·R3 _ a typical Reshevsky

waiting move. 9 ......... , P-QR3; 10. PlI:QP, KPxP; 11. PlI:P, BlI: N; 12. PlI:B, Q·R4. Black's game is In· ferior but not lost. White certainly failed to refute 8 ......... , B-R4 in this game, anyway.

SICILIAN DEFENSE In Jacobs·Evan ' Black once more

proved that there is no difficulty equalizing against the Rossolimo Variation : 1. ·K4. P..QB4; 2. N·K B3, P-Q3; 3. B-NS ch.

POllilon lifter 3. BoN! d.

3. . ....... , N..Q2; 4. P..Q4, PxP ; S. OxP, P·OR3; 6. B·R4, KN·B3; 7. B· KNS, P·K3 (Better is 7. ........• p. K4!); 8. p·84 (Better is 8. BxN ch, BxE; 9. P-K5, PxP; 10. NxP. Now WhHe drifts into trouble), B·K2; 9. N·B3, 0-0; 10. 0 ·0 , P·K4!; 11.0.02, N-N3!; 12. B·N3, B.NS; with ad­vantage to Black.

Seidman·Ev.ns: 1. P-K4, P-QB4; 2. N·K B3, N·OB3; 3. P..Q4, PlI:P ; 4. NxP, N-B3; S. N.QB3, P·03; 6 . p. B4, B·NS; 7. N·B3, P·KN3; 8. P·KB3, BxN; 9. OxB, B-N2; 10. B·K3, 0..0, 11 .. B·K2 (an improvement over 11,

P-QR3 as played in Evans-Reshev­sky. Rosenwald Tournament, 1954-5:5), N·Q2( ?) (Corcct is R-Bl {ollow­ed by P-QR3 and P-QN4); 12. R-01. Q-R4; 13. P·K R4! with a strong attack.

Sherwln·Bvrne: 1. P.K4, P.o84; 2. N-KB3, P-03; 3. P.o4, PxP; 4. N)I;P, N-KB3; 4. NxP. N-KB3; S. N· OS3, P-KN3; 6. P.84, S-NS; 7. Q. Q3, N·B3; 8. a -K3, B-N2 ; 9. P·KR3, B-Q2; 10. B-Kl, with 1I better game for White_

Conclusion : An early P-KB4 is good for White against the Sicilian. provided that White does not re­treat his N on Q4 ' to KB3 after Black p~ays B-KN5_

Sherwin-Reshevsky was interest­ing if only because it proves that the move which Donald Byrne in­troduced against Geller in the US­USSR match. 1955, hold&. up for Black: I. P-K4, P-OB4; 2. N-KB3, P.Q3; 3. P.Q4, PlI: P; 4. NlI: P, N-K B3; S. NoOB3, P-K N3; 6. B·K3, B·N2; 7. P·B3, O.();. 8. 0..02, N·B3; 9. ().().() , B·K3. This is the move. In the game L. pi ken·Sherwin. Black tried the old 9 ......... , NxN, 10. BxN, Q·R4i 11. K·Nl, P-K4; 12. B-K3, B.K3; 13. B-K2 (Instead of the old N·Q5), KR·Bl?; 14. P-QR3, and Black is at a standstm.

POlltlon 1ft., 11 . P·KN4

1. P-K4, P..QB4; 1. N·K8.3, N·oa3; 3. P-Q4, PlI:P; 4. NlI:P. N·B3; 5. N· OB3, POO3; ' 6. B·OB4, P·K3; 7. B­K3, P·OR3; 8. P.Q R3. This is it. A suggestion of Bronstein's designed

l"\1"~ scrve the KB, It loses tempi, however. and seems to lack vital force.

8 . ......... B-K2; 9. 0-0, o..B2; 10, 8 ·R2, N·K4!? (10. . ..... :., B-Q2 is more solid.) 11. P·B4, N(4)·N5 (Ob­jectively, N-B5 is better. The cap­ture of White's Q8 fora Knight is dubious, at best); 12. B-)U ? (Correct is 12. Q+K2, 0·0; 13. K·RI, Nx8; 1.4. QxN, followed by P-B5. Wbite should not attempt to preserve his Q8), P-K4!; 13. N-B3, Q-B4ch; 14. K·RI, N-B7ch ; and wins.

Columbus (OhiOJ~ Chns CIU', Jamel 10. K-Nl . R·Bl; followed by Q. Schroeder with " 9·1 score won the an·

R4 :md N·K4 with a perfectly salis. nUlIl club title, dmwl"g wIth Kurt r " . d d Locnln. and KlmbJIll Flown . Second actory pOSItion. In ce ,White's place wcnt to Rex NlIylor wIth 1~.:W;' ,

best line against 9 ......... , B·K3 has losIng games to Schroeder Ind Clrey still to be found. F~erl('k whil;, drawIng with VlIdlm

Lap.iken.Rossolimo_a wild Rich. Voskreuensky. Voskrcssensky ""/IS tblrd wllh 6\.1.t-3 '1t, and Kurt Loenlng placed

ter attack: 1. P·K4, P.Q84; 2. N· (ourt" with 6-4 In the Il.pll ye,. J'\'Iund KB3. N..QB3; 3. P.Q4, PlI:P; 4. NlI: P, robin. A USCF Club AWnl te. N·e3: S. N·QB3, P.03; 6. B.KNS, Vus-8l1rden (RlI lelgh, N. C., Chess

Club: A Ral(!lgh quartet blankcd lin P·K3: 7. 0 ·02, P-OR3; 8. 0 -0-0, B· offlcera' t(!am 4-() In a yls lt to :Pt. nragg, 02; 9. P·B4, B-K2; 10. B·K2, o..B2; but were beld to 3 2-2 tie by a Unlver-11. P·KN4. slty 0( North Carolina . tudcnt team

(5 ' I with State Champion AI Jenkln. Ind c( "Ut,r .. m to", nn:t (0 um .. ) Ephraim Sotkofr scorlns the double

11. ........ , P·KR3; 12. BlI:N, BlC B; Wins. 13. N·N3, P·KN4?1 (best is B-K2); Ingelwoo<l (ClInt'., Chen Club: The In· 14. P-KSJ, P lI: P; lS, P.BS!, and nu. 1 club champIonship went to J. O.

N. Thomas who scored 9-1, drawing eventuaUy White played N~K4 an d with K. Relssmann, L. Johnson, N. Oold_ P-B6, locking Black's KB out of the bcrr. lin!! G. Rubin. Norman Gol!!berc game. and Boris ByUnkln were seeond In!!

In Cron.Evans, White tried a with 8~-Z~ ,,"cll. while GeorK" I_ ,"'.110 was fourth with a·3. A USCF super·refined Brl?nsteln suggestion. Aftillatc.

«bess Cife S""''Y, Pag. 5 Nonmb(, 5, 1915

eke •• elf. By WlUa WhUe Owens

Add,.... "aW' Itllm. ,nd Inqul,l .. on Woman'l Cha .. to Mu. Will' Whlta Owans, 124 South Point Drive, Avon Lak'. Ohio.

THE three U. S. representatives to the Women's World's

Championship Candidates Tourna· ment curently being played in Mos. cow are playing very welL Mrs. Gisela Gresser , U. S. Women's C0-Champion. has s tayed at or ncar the top for the !irs t eight rounds. Mrs. Sonja Grat Stevenson is play· ing in the upper haU, and Miss Mona Mac KarH , who had a bad start as in the 1955 U. S. Women's, is steadily improving her score and should finish well. A more recent and precise score will prob­ably appear In the news section of Chess Life.

The number of participants in this tournament was increased to twenty-one with the admission of Mrs. E. Kertesz of Hungary. The tournament started on October 1st with Mrs. Hruskova·Belska, Czecho­slovakia, as Chi'ef Arbiter. The sec­ond half of this match will be played in Moscow as was the first half.

The Ladies' World Champion, Mrs. Bykova, has intimated that she is ready to play outside of the U.S.S.R. if an invitation is present­ed by another country. " Vinner of the current Candidates Tournament will playa match with Mrs. Bykova in ' 1.956 for the World's title.

The increase in women's chess~ both qualitatively and quantitative­ly~has been noted ·in this country and has been commented on by many observers. Women'.s chess .is also incrCasini at a rapid rate 10 other countries. A ten page report of the InternaUonal Ladies' Chess Development Committee of !"l?E, established in 1953, and con~lshng of V. Tchudova (Russia) ChaJfman, E. Keller-Hermann (Germany) and F Heemskerk (Holland) traces the d~velopment of women's chess from .the first Wo~en's Worl~'s Championship held lD Londo!,* m 1927 and won by Vera Menchik to the present day.

Women's Championships are es­tablished annual or biannual events in Argentine. Bulgaria, Czecho­slovakia, East Germany, England, Hungary, Netherlands, Po l a nd, Switzerland , USA, USSR, West Ger-many, and Yugoslavia. .

F rance is planning an orgamza­tion of national w?men's chess championshiPS, but to the me~n· time has been wen rep~sented tn­ternationally by intcrnatlOn:U. mas­ter Chaude de Silans. ~n addition to representing F rance In all recent women's international events, M. de Silans played fourth board. of a . men'!'; team for the International Chess Olympiad of 1952.

italY does not h ave regular ly ., established women's ~~ess c~amp­

ionsh ips, but C. BemnJ, an mter­national mastel' , .has regularly par­ticipated in intcrllational women's events with consIderable success.

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GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS. Annotated by Che .. Mll3ter JOHN W. COLLINS, Marshall CIw •• Club ~mpion, 1954

USCF 70M' ~m~1 10. thu dttJ<rTr",Clt to JOHN COLUNS, 91 LA"ox RI;UIf/, 8'00"",,, 16, N.Y. Sp«" bring ·limittJ, Mr. CoW"' will od",t tin '''Olt ,"urutin, tIIId j"It.~f.rt /", publk .. tio ... U"kll othn7ri1l: Il .. ud ...t". 10 , .. ",'1 .. " Dr M •. Cotlilll. .

RESHEVSKY

G,.."Jm"IU' S .. ",Md RuJn",b Spring V.JIt)', N. Y .• fOrnbintd .. "'tI­l ;"", t«lk .. 1 pld" QP OJ1ming, ImJ .. Nim~01J<,tlcb Atllfc4: . 'th Wbitt, Orthe­dott, Hrrn oJ/t.<I, dlld Sidl;"" D~/t,"tl with BI .. eAI, .. nd p.teision Cldi"gs to tit Rosso/imo '" 10-1 in 8<1"," pomtl in tht ''''<It Ofn", But !utll "t;c-brt"kin, MtJi"" poi"t mtttllt lin JjlltT~"tt Int.tt" hiJ $1000 lor seco"d <1".1 Rellolirno'l "t. 8uiflt. /'" li.rt. T ht /01/011';"11 game .as e,,~ 01 Rtshtvk-l, mOSI imprtnivt .;""

SICILIAN DEFENSE Meo: pago 270, ,olumn l' U. S. Ope n Champions hip

L o ng Beach, 19S5 WhLle Black

$. RE$ H EVSKY P -QB4

J. SHERWIN

seldom playa any· 1_ P ·K4

Nowadays. Res.hevsky thing else. 1.. Kt-KB 3 P-Q3 4. 3_ P-Q4 PKP S.

KtxP KI.KB3 KI·QB3 P-KKt 3 r .vorite Varia-And the Drlllon 15 hll

tion. 6. B·K3 8 -Kt2

Not /6. __ .....• Kt-KUI! 1. B-Kt5eh. and

"'= 7. P-B3 .•••••• Thill is tho YuCoslav System. White p ...... pares a king-aide pa wn-rolle r. as In the SamlBeh Variation of the Kma'8 Indian Delense.

7. ...... 0 .0 8. Q -Q2 KI.83 9. 0.0·0

9 . P.KKt4! Is the sharpe, t. 9_ ........ B.K31

This Is O. Byrne's m ev_an Important !!it rengtllenln, of the defonse. A ,ODd alternative II 9. . .. .... _. Nl<N; 10. Bdt, B·lO; 11. K·Ktl. P·QR3; 12. P .KRA. P~ QKt4; 13. P.Il.5. P-KUI! Geller-DorowJtz. USSR_USA Match. New York. 1954.

10. K·K tI ....... JI}. Ktxll. wins the minor ex.eha nge. b u t. .strcn.qthens Black'. Q4 a nd open$ hb KB file_

10. ......• R.BI 11_ P·KR.

Or 11. P·KKt4. Q..Rf; 12. Kb:B, PxKt; 13. B-QRf. Kt-Ql; 14. B-K2. Kt-Q2; sDd It Is Black for cbolce. Gelle .... D. Uyrne. USSR-USA M.utch. M05eOW, 1955.

11 . ....... , Kt-K' Black appllea prcuure to QB6. QBS. KB&. KKtS. "nd. IndlrecUy. QR1.

• 12. B-KR' ..... _. This loses the InltiaUve. Better are 12.. B-K2. 12. Kt-KU. and l2.. P.KKt4, al. tboulI:h White must cope with the 'PO&­sibility at ucrl(1ces 0 11 bls K83 and KKt4. against the latte r move.

12. .......• Bx B 13. Q KB Q.Kt3

Threatening 14. •..•....• Rx..Kt. - 14. K·Rl Q. R.

I S. Q-Q2 B-B5 Jf 15, ._. __ ., RxKt? 16. KlxB. wins.

16. Kt.Kt3 BxKt 17. P x B P-Q4!

(See diagram top next column) 'A liberty which 1$ possible because' of Whlte's undevelnpment a nd weakne" on the fiNt nnk.

I'. B-K2 ...... .. It 18. KtxP?? QxQ: 19. KlxP ch, K.Rl; 20. RxQ, R-B8 m'ate. And If 18. PXP ? Kh:QP! 19. QxKt? KR-Ql ; win • .

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p .. 19. KlxP 0 -1(13 20. KtxKtch o xICt

Black has mOre mobility and the !SU­perior p ... wn-stnIeture.

21_ ' P·RS ...... This is a serious weakening 01 XKtS a nd KB4. White maintains a better bill­a Dce with 21. p.KB4. Kt-B3; t2. P-R3. KR-QI ; ~. Q-K3. K t-QS; 24. K·R2..

2.1. .-_ P-KKt4! 22. P-R6

A lIaliility. not an asset. 22.. .•.• _ Kt-Kt3 2S. P·Rl Q·B5 2.3. B-Q3 KR-Ql 26. Q.I<2. 2.4. Q ·K3 P-KI3 \ Wlllte must give' gro:und. If 26. Qx.Q. KtxQ; 2.7. D-R6. R-KI1; an d Diaek h as ... distlncUy superior ending,

, 2.6 • . __ .. __ o.K4 27. Q-KB2 KI· BS 2. •• B-R6 R·KtI

Threatening to trap tile BisbOP with 29 . .... .... P-KU_

2.9. KIt·KI 0 · B3 30. P-Kt3 Kt·1<3 31_ B·B4 ·1<1.Q5

A very dom.inating Knight. Now Bisek threatens th<l KRP. BP, and QKtp (with 32 . ....... . ·P-Kt4) . .

32.. k-R2. \ P·KI4 33. B-K2 OR·al

Menacing 34. ._ ... :_ .• R-B7; a nd 35. KtxB; and 36 . .. _ . • Qx.P; mate.

34. ,R-Q2. - P-R4 35. B-QI

To prevent 35. ". U.Q-K3

_ __ I P_RS. R·8,

Threatening -.n. Rx.K t and sa.. Qrll. U . .. _ .. 37. Q-KS 3'- Q-QBS

R·B2 R/2·Q 2

The endl~ is lost lor While aIter 38. Qx.Q, PxQ. ". P·K3

39. R·K5 ? Pressed by t b<l position and the cloclr;:, White doo:5 not sec tbill loses the ex:· chanRe, Relatively better arc 39. Q..K5. and 39. Q-K16. 3'_ .. Sharp.

'0. RK P ch II 40. RxR. KtxQ; 41, RxR eh, Qx.R; 42.. RxKl. K·BI; (42.. • __ ....• QxB?? 0. R-BS cb. s nd mate next move) 4:1. and Black h as a winnin g mate rlal advan­tage. U 40. BxKt , RxR; wins.

40, ' K·Rl fl. BxKt Rx R

Threatening mate. 42. R-K5 P·R5 43. B·B2.

White over·stepped the Ume limit. AI_ te,· 43 . .. ....... Rill; 44. QIR, QzR; Wblte mun resign anyway. A nice mix:ture 01 tactical and positional play by the Cha~lon of the Westen\ World. •

OLD RIVALRY

This g .. "~ ,s i .. tht natllU 01 a . t · lumptwn 01 "" old "/tu4" "".king E-k Ie Ib~ '1~,"s 19JO-11 ",hrn Joh" Hudson I#'<lS Cllplaining a ch<rmpit:mship U . 0/ ,

P~111V ICllm ,.,hilt Htrb H id:m,," &'nJltd first b<>.rJ choru 101 HtIR,/oTfi CO/ltit.

ENGLISH OPENING ' Meo: p1lge 35, colum n 25

Pennsylvania Slate Championship Hannon, 1955

\ Notu Ir, J. Norman Coller Whit. Blaek

H. HICKMAN LT. J. HUDSON 1. P·QII4 KI-1(83 2. Kt-OBJ " ·IOCI3 A .alld. de tense to the Ensllsh which oUcr~ poulbmU\l~ at trunspnsttion to the curr.::nUy popular Kln". indian Oclcnse. 3. P· 1(4 P-Q3 5. 8 ·K12 P ·1I4! 4. P· I(KI3 B; Klt l)epnUn/C fr(lm MCO. This move as­~ lI ru Hudson ro st ronA' ,rip on QS. , S. KKt·K2 K'·B3 •• P·Q4 7 .... " . 7. 0-0 0 -0 Morc " ln the IIplrl l or the variation Is 8. P..Q3. Hud!lOn no w ~cts II 811ght pull . II. ........ PxP 9. KtxP KbKI Tomptln,q: wu _ ...... • KtxP, but after 10. KtxQKt. KbKt; 11. K t-\Q, KtxQ; ,1,2. KtxKtP with pieces fiylllR abo"t «des­l)Crado" and Queens oU the b<nl'd n Is doubUul If the pawn plus Is worth the 10$& ot posItional pressure which coIl<­Unues to obtain In tbe actual eonUnu,,· Uon . 10. Qd(t 8·Kl Already nudson threatellli "" " Kt-Q4 and •.... .. , Kt·xKt which would lea~ Hlekm" n with cripple d Q-sjd.. pawns. Thtrdorc: 11. Q-Ql Q·BlI A very nne move whicb serves " dual pUq)Ose, , preaure • on th., QBP and prCJnntlon (or tbe ~mlnatlon of the .tra~glc ally important Whlte KB via ........• B-KR8. 12. P · Kt3 B-R6 14. KXB Q-Kt5 U. B.KI2 8x8 With a lItlie trap In Clse White 11 · ove .... anxlous tor .l!npUfieation. thus l!I. Kt-Q$? KtxKt; 16. 6x8, Kt-B5 ch! winning the QUeen. 15. P.83 Q·Kt4 16. QR-QI . ______ .. Hqre , ana In his next two n";lves Hick_ m a n b""lnll I:() lose the thread of thc ganle. A bet\.(!\· pl an was 16. Kt_K2 (op­po~\ng D\s hops on the lon g diagonal and pl·eparln" tor a posslble K-sldc cx­v a nsl<o n uller a'dequate preliminaries). 16. ........ QR·BI lB. 0·B2 17 • .,· 81 0 ·QR4

So u'o Kt Qnp but! II. ...•. P-QKt4 19. Kt-Q5 Natu rally neUh e r 19. PxP, QxKt (or Rx K t) nor 19. K tJtP, QxKt! 19. ........ Ktx Kt:tO, RxKt Q.R3 OiJIpelllng the illuSion of the pin whicb Hh:kman had po$sibly rc lied on. 2.1. Q.K2 P x P 2.2.. B·K3 R-B3 PrnteeUng the Q and .....Jeaslng tile phlDCd pawn. 23. PxP Rx.P 26. R·Q2 R-R6 24. R·SI R· R5 11. I(·B2 25. QKQ RxO It l na(cad 27. B-I12., tbere Is no appre­elabla dllte.-ence, 2.7. •.•..•.. P·S41 29. R_B7 ' Rj 8-QR4 2" ~xP RxBP Pla ylnll' tor an oubdde passed pawn whlcb will ofter some chances . ror viC­tory. 30. bK P Rx P :n. I(-Bl 31. bit blt,h N o better was 31, X-Kilo P-QR4; 33. R-Q7 (otherwise tbe QP alro !>...com"" a menae<::). n ·K7!; 34. B-Kt6, P-M ;ond

now Rlctman cannot anon! the 'iu,rury ot captllrln~ the QP .. the RP move. too qulddy, eJ:_ S5. futp. B-Kt1; (nol .• _._. P-R6; S6. R-Q8 cb, K·82; n, R.Q1 eh. etc.) ; 36. R-Qa eh, K-52; S7. R-QR8. p.n6; 38, B.O!!. P·R7 ! ThHe lire other pOssihUiUea. but thll ~ve' acme Id ea of the reasons for the choice of U. K-BI. n. ....... P-QIt. l6. R·R7 33_ R·Q" R.P 31. 8-85 34_ RxP 8·B6 31. p .l<t'

R·R7 B·Kt7 P-R41

3$, R-Q7 P ·RS I .Leading to another ouWde p.~.ed pawn. J1l1d Hickma n not played 38. 1'.Kt4, Hudson would n avlI a(lvaneed both of his X _.lde pawns to achieve fi n eventual ._ .....• P·RS a nyway. 39. PxP ....... . No better hi 39. O·K7 (to prevent ........• f>·R,) tor then 39 . ..... .. , P-It6; 40, U·Q8, R·ns chi ·n. K-K t2, . p·n7; 4Z, n ·R3, O-Q!!! with II win. (43 . RxU. ·R-KtlJ ebl)) 39. PxP ,2.. I<· RI a ·B3 40. p · a4 P·R5 43. I(· KfI a · lts 41. K·KI1 p..KR6 4 •. B-Q.4 Hudson threatene d ........• 8-KUH with mate th reats II~ woll III nook checks In .the basement l<ladl", to the Quee n. ing of the KRP. Now ........• B-Kt6 loses to 45. R-Kt7 ell. 44. .... P-R7,h 47. B·kS 45. k·RI K·Bl 41 . R.Kt2 46_ R·KKI7 R-Q7 Also 48. R-Kt4. B_K2 a nd the advance of the QRP soon decides, 41. R.R SO. KxP K-B2 49. KxR p·RI RuJgns For 61. any, B-B3 wins VIll"Y handlly. A hard-fought l ast round victory which enabled HudlK>n to finish in 3rd place In a vcr)' strong fie ld.

MEDNIS WINS. IN NEW YORK Edm"r Md"il 01 Ntw Yor/t. ,d"me'-"

I,om bis /{,tat ptI'/orma .. ce in 1m World JUlfior Chdmpwnship te ta/t.~ ,im "'ith sev"" .im a"d /"'0 dra",s i" the N~", York SMt~ Chmnpionship. This gamt, lI',th tht 2nd and J,d pril:t . inn",. il bil I_otite. .

KING'S IN DIAN DEFENSE Meo, page 92, column 61 (b JA

New York Shte Cha.mpionsh ip Cazenovia , 1955

NOl ts Dr U. S. M<lstcr Edmar Mldn" White Black

J . SOUDA KOFF E. MEON IS I . P-Q4 Kt· KB3 4. P · K. ' P-Q3 2.. P-Q84 P·KKtl 5. KKt·K2. 3. Kt-OB3 B-Kt2 A somcwbat 1~S8 UlPal move than !!. Kt-B3. but not a n tnterlor one. S. .. .. __ 0-0 .. KI.KI3 The quieter 6.. P.,KKU la a tltUe bit safer. 6. ... .... P-B4 In th ll; position Black usuully play. for P_K4. In the ga me L!oyd-Trlngov. Ant­werp 1955, While achieved a ve ry nr.. p nsl tion after 6 . ...... , QKt-Q2; 1. B-K2, P·K4; 8. P-Q5, P-QR4; 9. P.KR4, Kt-B'; 10. P--Il5, Q-K2:; 11. 0-K3. B-Q2; l2.. Q-Q2. 1. P -Q5 P-K31'. 8-Q3 .... If 8. P><P then 1'x1' and Black will have complete control over his QS. However, better than tile ted Is 8. 8-K2.

, 8, Px P lO. P·QR4 Kt-1(15 9. al'xp P-QRl This s tronli:' mnV4 is only PO!lslble be· ~all$C \Vhlt"'~ I)ishop Is on Q3 Instead of K2. Since Black threatens I I. ... _ .. , B-Q5 and U . 0·0 Is rlak becau" at Q.R.5, Wblte la tnreed to submit to a slight weakenln. of his K-slde. 11. P-R3 Kt·K~ · 12. . B·82 Uere was the las t chance fo r B-K%. 12._ ... _.__ Q . fl5 13. B·K3 ? ..... .. . With the thru.t U . Q-Bl and 15. B-lCtS trapping the Quaen , but . .. 13. Kt·IUl 14. B·81 1 llack h e Ii:'OCS a nd it Is still the best move. '4_ ,.'_ Kt-Q2. IS. 001<2 Kt/ 2.·tc. 16. P·RS P-KI3 11. Kt-R4 R·Ktl

It. KtxKtP 19. P xK t 2.0. 0-0

Ktx:Kt ",p

Obviously Black ba~ the su~rlor posi­tion. Unfortunately, attempts to demol­Ish White by moallli of 20. . ...... .. BJ<P

GUEST ANNOTATORS J . Norman Cotter William Lombardy Edmar Mednl.

' or 20. ~ •.• "' B·KtS (all. The f irst after 21. PxB. QxRP; u.. R-Qt , Kt.Kt6; 23. Q-B3 lID1:l. the ICfIOnd becilllSe of 21. P,dl. KtxP; 12.. a ·Ql, B.K1; 23 .. Q-B3. WUh 1I1s next wrprl.aln, move Dbcll: fint .strengthen. his posi tion. 20 • • ~ .. ,. ' Kt-Q21 Attacking the QKtP. 21 . B'03 B.QS Menaclne the Kt. 12. K·RT De$pite appearance. K_R2 Immediately would h a ve ~en !)etter, but I tUi lru$ul· fieien! to save White" ,arne. 22. ..••.. Kt·K4 The Kt Is back and Black wins almolt by lorce. " 'be tlll'ea t is BxRP .no1 the onl y w ay 10 i'Uilrd .,aIM I it 18 by mov· in, the King," 23. K·R2 Kt. KUc.h 24. K-Rl Black !.s i(>Okin¥ t or more win of • pawn alter 24 ..... ... " 25. RxKl, QxKl.. 15. K.R2

2S. P-QR4! This move docs it. U, KtxB 1$ threatened and 26. R-Ql " i;i i:~ beeause o( 26 . .... ... • Kt-Kt.5 eb. U. RxP R·Kt6 27. RIR3 ..... . rr the B moves, then Kt-ll6 chi wins. 21. ........ . RxB 28. RxR B-R3!

"' The pOint of BlaCk' s 25th move. n. KR-Ql R·KIl 31. RxKt BxR 30. Q.B2 KtxR 32. QxB BxBP Th~ sllloke has cleared and w1th the advantage ot the exchange and a bet­ter position, to boot, Black w ins easily. 33. Kt·Bl B·Q5 38. Kt·K3 . P-R4 34. Q-KB3 B· K4ch 39. Kt-B2 R.Kt8ch 35. K-Rl Q-83 ~O. Kt-Kl Q.81 36. ,Q-Q3 8xP 41. I(·R2 B.K4~h 31. B-Q2 B·QS 42. ·K-Rl RxKteh

Resigns

SICILIAN DEfENSE MCO: page 219, column 71, (el

U~ S. Open Championship Long Beach, 1955

Noles by U. S. M .utcr Wj/{itnn Lomb4rd"1 WhH e Black

R. CROSS W. LOMBARDY 1. P-K4 P-QB4 4. KtxP Kt· KB3 2. Kt·KB3 Kt·QB3 S. .Kt·QB3 P·Q3 3. P·Q4 PxP 6. B.QB4 ..... This nwve seems to ~ quite popular lhe5e days but there arc belter con­tinuations at White's dispn.<;lII. 6. B·K2, 6. B-QKt5, 6. B-KK\.5, 6. Kt-Kt3, lind 6. P·B4 is fairly sharp. Black in anSwer to 6. B-QB4 has a number of good po1<S;. bmtics: a) 6 . ..... . P-K3; 7. 0-0, P-QR3; 8. K-llI as In the game; b) 6 . .. ..... , P-KKt3; 7. 0-0, lJ..Kt2; 8. K-R1, 0-0; 9. P·B4, Kt-QR4 followed by. ....... , p_QIt:l, .. _ .. .. , Q-B2. and .. _ .. _, P-QKt4; c l 6 . .. ~ .... , P-K4?! 7. KKt-K2, B·K3; 8. BxB (or B-Nt3 Or Q3). PxB; g. 0·0. B-K2; 10. P-B4. 0·0; 11. PxP!?, PxP with ex-

~~~;sn\n crc~n~~iaf::;-h ?;:c~:B5~?, ':~~~ can s.~{ely anSwer with P-Q4! ,. P-K3 8. K-Rl 1. 0-0 P-QR3 8 ..... P-QR3 followed by B-R2 might be better. 8. Q-D2 Now White is foreed ' to give up his KB for BlaCk's QKt or humbly retrea t to K2. ,. B-Kt3 Kt.QR4 11. P'QR3 B-Kt1 10. P·B4 P·QKt4 12. Q·K2 It hall become qu;te obviOus that White h:ls gotten nothing froDl his system ot play. Black has a slight initiative.

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12... ........ Ktd "&lIIe 8 .R2. 13. P xKt .... . II. KtxKt ,Iv ... ,. Black too much p res-sure on Ole QB file, especially on QB5 felune. . 13. . .. .... B· IO: 14. P ·S5 White mWlt ,et p lay at all cost ; Ql! for his Kt. 14. ~...... P·K4 U . Kt· 1!! 3 P·KR31 Ulack inUi t not allow the exch ange o [ b'" KKt which guar4s Qt tor White's B yet . U. B-Q1 Continul n, 11. I!J.-KI

B·B31 the pressure. on the

O-Kt2 n : 1<t-Q2 KP.

B·H'" mljht be II Iitlle risky (f or b o th .sl.dcs) I admit, but the play ancr Black c a pture) t he KP would be quire in_ terestin!: lind also unelear. In other wordl, a nyone could win, I.e.: a) J8. U.WI. KlxP; 19. Bxll . Kxll (18. .._ .... , KtxKt; 19. PxKt, Qxll); 20. P-B6. PxP­if QxP; Kt.-Q4 wins II plecc---21. Kt-R4 with many eountcr ehanecs. b) 18. B-R4, KtxP ; 19. KtxKt, i}"Kt; 20. B xB, KxB ( . . .• S"Kt; 21. RxB. QxB; 2!.. P-BS, PxP; 23. R-KBl); 21: P·BS eh • . PXP; 22. K t ·R4 and Black ellJoys a sligh t adva n­tage because of thc two pawns bu t is still i n some d lfIle nlties. e) 18. B-R4, BxP! ?; 19. Bx Kt !, lIxKt (lorecd); 20: axB, BxB; 21. R-Ql and White has a great positional super iority for Ihe sac­rirlecd pawn, • 18. 0·0 BeUe,· was P-Kt5!? 0" P-QR4 tollowed by P-KtS a fter casUes on move 19. 19. B-R4 . KR-Kl \ 10. QR·QI QRoOl ? P-QIW wls still called r<.>r. Now White obtains a ll approximately even game. 11_ P·QKI4! Q·Kt3 22. BXKt What's the rush' 22. BxB 14. Kt-Q5 23. KI·KI3 R·K2 There'", no !mrry Co,, this move either. 2~. BxKt 26. KRoOl B-K2 25. RxB R·82 17. Kt-BI T h is Is a dubious move. Q·Kt4, p .·e\"ent­i ng Black's doubling R<.>oks, with P-BS WaS belt'lr. . 21. ....... Rj l·qBl 30. QxR B-Kt~ 18. Kt·R2 R·B1 31. Q·Q3! ? n. Rj 5-Q1 RxR 31. QxP, .Q-B7 wOu.ld l ead to wild play whi<:h most likely 13v<.>rs Black 32. ' Qx:KP, B-B5; 33. Q-Q4, Q-RS; 34. Q-Ktl, R·B? "ith a strong altaek for the pawn. If 35. P_KKI.3, BxP; 36. QxB, QxKP chi 31. K-Kll, RxK1P a nd Blaclt will hav., two pawns and groater mobility for the pleec, i. e.: 38. Kt.-B3, Q-B7; 39. P-Q.8 eh, K_R2; 40. Q·Q3 eh, QxQ; 41. RxQ. R·Kt6 and ' I doubt whether lllack Can ' lose. ll. Q.B1 32. Kt·83 QxP 33. KloOS R-B7 34. Q·B3 R-B1 35. Q' Kt4 Q_K7

3&. QxQ 31. Kt-B7 3a. P· Kt3 39. KtxRP

•• Q RxKP R-QBS R·BS!

And tllc rest is a ma tte" ot technIque. 40. RxR 8xR 49. P-Kt8(Q) 41. K-KI2 P·Ktl p-Ra(Q) 42. PxP P-B4 50. QxB Q·R8ch 43. K·B3 K-Ktl 51. K·K3 Q·K5ch 44. P·QR4 PxP 5.2.. QxQ PxQ 45. P· KtS P·R' 53. KxP . KxP 46. Kt ·KI4 B-01 54. P-Kt4 K-Kt4 47. P·Kt' BxKt 55_ P-R3 K-R5 48. P·Kt7 P_R1 Resigns

Golden Gat .. (San FranciscO) Chess Club: William Addison tallied ll 'h-Ih, drawing with Gilbert ltamtrez. to win the c lulJ title. Second and third with 10-2 each wcre Gilbert Ramirez and Carroll Capps, wblIe H enry Gross was fourth in the 2<j·p layer event w ith 9-3. Ramlru lost to Cap!,s a nd drew with Addison and RUSSell Freeman, While Capps lost to Addison and drew Henry Gross and Eugene LIen" A USCF Club AUruate.

bl} Nicholas Gabor

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ProM"" No. 601 By Dr. EUge ne Levin

Pacific: Palisade s , Calif , In ternational COntest

Probl~m No. 61)5

By F. Vaux Wilson Yardley, Penna.

International C o ntes t

Probltm N o. 604 By Jack Spe nce Omaha, Nebraska

International Contest

Problem No. 606 By Dr. P. G. Keeney

Fort Thomas, Kentucky International COntest Entry

WE bring today the works oI an " aU·american" team, old-timers a nd novices. J;:-

AMER ICAN CHESS BUl.l.ETIN FORMAL THEME TOURNEY For 3-movers fe atu r ing ch; nged pl .. y (complete blo~ks no t eligible).

Entries (no more than 2 per eompo~er) most be sent to Edgar Holladay. 1713 Jefferson Park Avenue, Ch"rlo"e sville, Virgin ia, USA, not late r than February 28th, 195& (postmark). Prizes: $10, ~, $4. Judge: Eric M. Hassberg.

No. 591 (Mrs. Warren): Kcy 1. Kt-K7, w alUng. Othe r moves' oJ thls K t won't work.

. NO. 592 (Barron): Key L B-R7, threat 2. Kt-K5. No. 593 (l't"Corra): Key 1. Q_R3, thre at 2. Q-K7. No . 594 (Mowry): Key 1. B-Q6, waiting! 1. P-R4; 2. QxKP. 1 . ......... P-K5;

2. DxP, KxB; 3. QxP m ate., etc. For obvious reasons, we refraIn trom making comments In regard to the

co ntest entrics and confine ourselves to Giving thc correct keymoves and teehnl. cal p<llnt s of the Intentions.

GRECO CHESS CLUB (Continued from page 1, col. 4)

club by making a fIHiation prOhibi­tive to i t. Th e Greco Chess Club p r ese nts -the answer t o this com· plaint. showing that ' affiliation is possible in a club of only 15 mem­bers, and that under such a plan a club can thrive and grow. Like almost anything else to be attained in this world of ours, it only takes a ,little faith and enthusiasm-but Iaith and enthusiasm 'are the quali­ties too o(ten lacking in the chess players of today.

JoIn the 'USCFI It Is. always a sound opening move.

THE KIBITZER (C.ontinued from page 4, col. 4)

w ith U nited ' States Chess FCd~t"aUon" in large t ype on membership cards. Mention of :Items i n Chess LIfe was m ade i n the Boeing house organ. and copies of Chess Life were shown to members :It meeHugs and also to DOn· member chcss p layers as well. All of this created so mucb Interest that by Novembcr 1954 two ehess clubs i n Wich· Ita had affiliated with t he USCF. The SUeees.~ of iii fed~N.tlon del>cnds on h ow many are willing to pl~ce com m on good "head Of selfish Interests.

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UI"" ::l,,, B..t m.,,? Position No. T 69

o. llernstein- Kotov, Groningen, 1946. White wins crisply .... ·i.th 1. R-R8ch., K-N3; 2. P·B5ch, PXP (or QxP); 3. QxRPch., PxQ; 4. R/ Qft.8..KN8 mate. It w ill not do to be!!ln with 1. P·B5, since 1. ........• QxKPeh; 2. K any PxP stops the combination. U l. P.R4, p.B4 stop ~

the mate, altho White can still draw by 2. p·ns, P ·NJ and pt"rpctual cheek Iollows. Th<, ingenious sugges tlon tha\ 1. R·R8ch, K-N3; 2. R / QR8·KN8 wln~ after RxP; 3. P·E5ch, PxP; 4. RxRP mate, Is quite spoiled by the reply 2 .. _._ .. , QxBPch.

Cor !"<-",t sol utions are acknowledged from: Anonymous (3): Casey, nllnol~,

Buffalo, N.Y. , Corpus Christl. Tex., David Ames, M. t·. Anderson, Leon An· halse r , F . E. Armstrong, Wllllam H. Balchclller', c:arl Bennett, Dave Bog· danolf, Abel R. Bomberault, .I. E. Byrd, Gaston Chappuis, George F. Chase, Philip Coffino, J . E. Comstock, 'V. S. ' Couture, ~'rands Crofut', C. J. Cueullu , Curtain' , James Dick', John Falato ~, Or. H. B. Gaba, Dr. E. L . Gans, John D. Garhart, Edwin Gault, James B, Germain', TOlm GriI£lth~, F1ctchcr Gross, Hugh E. Hart. Dutry Hatch, DoflP/,j C. lCill~, Robert G. Hocker, John W . 1I01"l1tng. J ohn Is h kan, Les KLime,", lIusseU II . Klme, Edward J. Ko."anty, He ino Kurruk, Harold Lcd, COlI. F. D. Ly nch , C. W. Magerkurth, P aul 1I1aker, AI·thur l!oIacClivary' , War. ren Millet. Max Milstein, Charln T. Morgan, Fred L. Ftlornlntslar, M..a:x F. Mueller, Joe n . Murray, HGward T . Murray, Edm u nd Nash, Rudd T . Neel, J ohn C. Olsen. Richard B. Olson, Ron. ald O'Neil, GeDrge W. Payne, Dr. Ray P. Pinson, N lchDlas Raymond, Norman Reider, Ray F. Relthel, H erbert J. RDb­erts, Edmund nOlman, Dr. F. C. Ruys, Irwin Sigmond, Paul H. Smith. Paul J. SGtlu'ler, A ndr!., Slaklls, BGh Stein. meyer, W. g . Slovens, T. J. Sullivan, Mtt-chel Swelg', Donald W. TaylOlr, Cliarles E. ThDJIl.IIS, George V. Tiers, Francis Trask, Alexis Value!!, F. J. Valvo, L . A. Ware, Archie Waters. J. L. Weini nger, Dr. lIarrl$ Wlernik' , James n. WillJam~Gn, Wl1lJam B. Wil. son, anll Neil P. W it ting .

We were astonished to ree..-ive 22 wrong answers to our "'easy" No. 169, but the correct solution drew strong "upport, and the solvers WDn by 86-22.

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Finish It the Clcver Way! Position No. 103: I. PxBl, 'QXQ; 2. R.

Q71, R(K)'QB1; 3. P·87 eh, K·BI; 4. Rx KG, and the th reat of 5. R·KB eh, RxR; 6. 8·Kt7 ch Wins. U 2. .. ......• P.K4; 3. p.B? eh, K·U! ; 4. p ·B8(Q)ch. RxQ; 5. RxKP wins.

Position No. 164: I. P ·KR5!, RxKt; 2.. PIP ch, K"P; 3. IlxP chi, KxB; 4.. Q.R5 ea, K·K3; 3. Q·Kt4 ch, K·Q4; 6. Q.B5 cb. Q.K4; 7. Q Q1 "h, KxDP; B. R'QBl el., Xt. 56 (bes t); 9. RxKl ch, K·Kt3; 10. P.R5 eh!, KxllP (l( .......• , K·R3; II. RxPch); I I. Q·R7eh, K· Kt4 ; 12. Q·K17ch, K.R4; 13. R·B I!, R.QB chi 14. RIft, QrB; 15. Q·R7 eh, Kt·R3; 16. P·Kt.4 ch!, KxP; 17. Q-Kt6 eh and Black resigned.

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