" VoL VIII, No.4

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LARRY EVANS u. S. eMU

Champion

V. S. Open Chtlmpion, 1911.11

V. S. Tt_ M~mbu, 1910, 1912

T HE following position bas a strange history, It was first

ghown ta me by Jerry DonO~lm. I. .. ~ lcl'. I joyfully had the pleasure of watching him slump a group of America's leading chess masters with it. One day, at the U.S. Junior Championship Tournament in Cleveland, 1947, I showed the problem - and the solution - to Eliot Hearst' before the round. Then I discovered that we were paired. Some COl'ty moves later, to my chagrin, I round myself dclcnding the losing side. To this day. I can only speculate as to whether he would have found lhe win over-the-board had I not shown it to him beforeh and!

1'hi~ i~ the IIlU~~ difficult ~tuuy I have ever come across which ulilizes so few pieces.

PLANS MAKING FOR COLLEGIATE

The Intercollegiate Individual Championship will be conducted in New York us a 7 round Swiss event December 26-30 inclusive, :lnd the winner will he accorded two-year custody of the H. Arthur Nabel Trophy, as Intercollegiate Individual Champion. 'fitle-holder J ames T. Shel'win of Columbia will not compete, having graduated and become ineligible. Location of the tournament hali not been de· termined and will be anounced later by the Intercollegiate Com­mittee, as will be the mllne of the secretary to which inquiries and entries should be sent.

U. S. Intercollegiote Individual

Championship New York

Deccm,l)cr 26-30, 1953

Site to be announced later

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CopyrlSlht U Sl by Un1ted St. t .. Chess Federation

Tuesday. Oclober 20, 1953 15 Cents

, The first step is lo obtain this

position with BI::u.:"k to move. (The ' brash try 1. K-ll3, K-R5; 2. K-Q3, fails owing to 2. . ,K-Kt5!) Hence, the solution is as follows: L K­H3! , K·Kt3; 2. G-Kt2!, K-R4; 3. K­Kl3 (Now we have the original position with Black on the move), K·Kt3j 4. K·H3, K-It4; 5. K·Q2!! (The second £lnesse. Not 5. K-Q3, K-KI5 and draws), K-R5; 6. K·K3, !(·Kt5 (finally!); 7. K-Q3, K-R6; 8. K-K4, KxP; 9. Q-Q5 and wins.

Notice thot the fin;! ~tep co n· ~ i steu ill g'lin ing .1 move, the sec· ond in the 5. K·Q2!! f inesse . A .study or ex.tr,wrdinary depth.

SOBEL TRIUMPHS IN PENNSYLVANIA

With a 6-1 score, Robert D_ Sobel or Philadelphia won the 67 player Swiss al York for the Pc.nnsylvania ti tle. Sobel lost no games but drew with Vladimir Bomanov and Saul W;l¢ll$. Second to fiElI! on S·B with C<J.ual :> Ih-Ph scores were Altilio DiCamillo, Vladimii" Bornanov, Saul Wachs, and William Byland.

DiCamillo lost to Sobel and drew with Bomanov. Bomanov drew with Sobel, DiCamillo and N. L. Cole­burn. Wachs drew with Sobel and lost to DiCamillo. And Byland lost to DiCamillo and drew with E. R. Glover.

Sobel, not yet 21, could also have claimed the Junior title but waived it ill favor or the uext nUlk ing junior, M. F. Cleaver who scored 4if.:-2Jh .

DiCamillo won the Rapid Tran­sil event with 30 entries.

LUDWIG TAKES ANNUAL SWENSON

Scoring 4-1, Alfred Ludwig won the annual Swenson Memorial at Omaha, drawing with Ricard Vin­cent and Eo Ireland. Vincent was second with 3lh-Ph, and Jack Spence and D. Sheffer scored 3-2.

FIDE Regulates Future Events The Annual FIDE Congress at Scharfhausen, Switzcrland from

August 23 to August 30 was devoted largely to the regulation of future tournament plans. The Zonal strudure was revised with the following seven Zones established: Zone I : England, ScoUund, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Spain, Saarland, [o'rance, Portugal, Italy, Yugo­sluvia, Greece, West Germany, Switzerland and Austria; Zone U: U.S.S.R; Zone Ill : Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Fillland, Iceland, Poland, Rumania, Albania, Hungary, Bulgaria , Cl,eeholilovakia, East Germany, Israel, Egypt, South AIrica, and Austraila; Zone I V: U.S.A. ; Zone V; Canada; Zone VI: Central America; Zone VII: South America.

Zonal tournaments Dre to be the WorJd Correspondence Chess held in these Zones in 1954 to Championsh ip and to conduct qualify players for the Interzonal various international correspond­Tournament in 19:>5. The Inter- ence matches and tournaments. wnal event will consist of 22 Other actions will be reported players: COUI" each (I'om 7.ones 1, when the complcte minUles of lhe 2, and 3; two from Zone 4 (USA), COI,gress arc available for a more one each Crom Zoncli :> and 6, and detailed account. four from Zone 7, plus one player -----_'-__ from the Federation organizing the WOMEN'S TOURNEY· tournument (if the F'ederation is not already represented and only PLA"'S IN MAI(ING if iL<; candidate is eUhe l' a grand- I~ master 01" in\.cmational mUliter), and the playel" in the 1953 Cundi­dntcs 'I'ournnment who just r~i1(!d to qua1i£y [01" pa l" licip,llion in the next Ca ndidates event.

The Candidates Tournament for 1!l50 will con~Jst of the winuel' of W53 Cand idatcs Tournament (or the liecoll{\ pl,lce playel" if the winner should gain the World Championship title), and the six ranking I)layers in the 1955 illtcr­'wna l evcnt. The final match for the World Championlihip title will be contested in HJ57 as a twenty· rour g,l lnC mateh i.*.lwc:cn winner of the 1956 Candidates Tourna­ment and the World Champion.

The International Team Tourna­ment al Buenos Ai res in 1954 will be held in Seplember instcad of l\'lareh as ol'iiinally planncd and the Argentina Chess Federation will aSsume C(lst of li rst-ciasli pas­sage to and from Argenlina for the s ix-man teams of competing Feder­utions.

Bids fOt" the next World Junior Championship have becn received from France, Belgium and Argen. tina; and a decision on the s ite will be madc by the HI54 Congress.

The following titlcs we r c awarded: Grandmasters Rosso­limo (Fr~nc(!), Tolush (USSR), I'jrc and 'l'rifunovic (Yugoslavia). International Masters: GHg, Hein· icke, Brinckmann, Rodl, and Wag­ner (West Germany), Fazekas (England), SliWll (Poland), Blall (Swil:l.erilmd), Filip (Cu:choslo­vakia), Spassky (USSR), Becker (Argentina). International Judges: Skalicku (Argentina), Kristensen (Denmark), Gabrovsek (Yugoslavia), Alatortsev and Tichomirova (US­SR).

FIDE :also rccogni:l:ed the Inlcr­national Correspondence Chess As­sociation as being entitled to hold

USCF Presidcnt Harold M. Phil­lips has announced thoe appoint­ment oC a SJleeial eomllli llee to lay plans llnd make al'rangements for lhc U.S. Women's Championship, to be held before the close of 1953_ Mrs. Cisela }.::. Grf;SSc:' has been appoinled ch<lirman, wit:. Albert S. Pinkus. as secretal"y-trensul"er, <Iud commIttee-memhers Mrs. Car­"ie Ma!"shall, Mrs. Kathryn Slater and Willal'd Widney.

Dales for the event have been sct as December 5-19 inclusive and location of the event wil l bl'! an· nounced lilter. The tournament is open to all qualified women ehess players wllo are citizens of the United SlaWs, and mem bersh ip in the USCF is l-equired of all en. trants. 'l'he entry fee is $::i.OO and tile clo~i llg date on entries has been set as November 15, 1953.

Entry fees and CQll tributions toward the Ilrize fu nd of the U.S. Women's Champiollship should be sent to Mr. Albert S. Pinkus. 1700 Albemarle Road, Brooklyn 26 N.Y., treasurel' for the Women's Champ­ionship Committee_ Contributions to the lOUi'n"menL fu nds will be appreciated in the cause of lend­ing even ,greuter dignity to the premier evc::nt for womCIl chess players, whosc grenter participa­tion in the game will be beneficial to all chess.

U. s. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

New York

December 5·1 9, 1953 Site t o be announced later

YOUNG MASTE'RS' FORUM A,nerica's Leading Young Masters Arl.llotate

Outsumding Games from Recent Chess Events •

Peaceful Intentions Thwarted By U. S. Ma ster HANS J. BERLINER

THE New York State Championship of 1953 af· forded me with my fi rst victory in a major inter·

sect ional event. The following game was one of the crucial games from thut event, coming in the seventh round. My score at this point was 6-0 and my opponen t hod 5-1, and after a first round loss had been play ing very f ine chess. Since ni ter th is round there were only two more rounds to go and [ had played most o{ my tough competition, I starLet! the gu me with the nolio n of obtaining a draw. Soon, however, 1 fo und myseU fighting hammer Il nd tongs to avo id immediate loss.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED New York State Congress

Cateno"i .. , 1953 White B1IICk

J . W. COLLINS H. SEaL IHER 1. P..Q4 • .Q' 1. P .Q.4

TIle Qileen's G.Jmblt my Ca vorl lcs.

••• Accepted, one or

3. Kt·KB] PoOR] 4. P.KJ Kt·KB3 S. BltP p .I(J 6. 0-0 P ·B4 1. g ·1(1 P.QKI4 •• B.Ql ........

So Car all book. White's las~ move, boW. ever, Is t heoretically Inferio r to 8 ·K t3.

B. PxP 9. P x P ........

White ean not l"\.'<!alJtu r e with the KnlJ:ht because P ·K4 Is too s trong. This pOint s out onc of the dra Wbacks of 8. B-Q3.

t. .. .. Kt.Sl?

But now Black ern "'rlous ly In tryina' for t oo much. B-K2 followed by O.() ls sufficien t t o g ive B laek a very ,ood gam e.

10. P .QR41 ._ ••.• Meets b o th of Black" thr ellb (KtxP and Kt·KlS) and a;lves Whlt.e the edge.

10. . PlCP 11 . RxP 1(1.l( t5 11. 0 ·B4

Now

T his move is an unfortunately neccssary I'l'e lude to the develoj)ment or the KlJ and castJin l:" bl.'Cau"e if at onCe 14 ......... . B-K2; 15. I.I·KKL5, O.() ; 16. P·Q5 11)lltl.!l w Wins for White in all vllrlatlons.

IS. KI· K5! 8 ·)(2 16. 1(1· 1(4 0-0

D1""k bas t he choice of belnl:" m~!\.!j.:'e rl.'<l In t h e c~mter o r o n the K·l.ldo: .. nil choo5<:'s t he latter to make his stand. White cannot noW win t he e]lehance with 11. Kl..Q1 bl.-causc of Q . B3. 1Iut his next move tbreatens to do so.

17. R· R31 Thre"t.crul to bring Ihe n to-'the K·slde a t tack.

17. . P ·K B4 Otherwise t:-KR3 followed by Q ·R5 wins off.hand.

18. Kt·KtS BxKt 19. Bxe Q·B2

T o preven t K t-Q1. Black's last three moves ha v e served t o I:"lve hlrn a back. ward KP a n d weaknesses on the blsck squar". si n ce the good b laek·"qua r ed Bishop . I~ gone. HoweVer, tbe,;e moves o ffe red the only hope or a ~u~enrul K dcfe n .5C.

20. R·KK t3? .... .. . White c oes a stray. He' cou1t.l h ave crown· ed his beautifu l play up to now with 20. R·KR3!, P ·!{t3 (to prevent Q-R5); 21. R·R6! and White 's many tbreats (KtxP or P ·R4, R5) wH/ even t u a lly make (l1I..,k '5 game untcm.blc.

". P·05! Traps the B.

• 21. R·KI4 If no w 21 . R."IGt3. R -B~; ii:" Q·ru, p . KR.1 and B laek w ins .

21. .__ OR·Kl! In order t o m"",t B-lI.6 b y H·K2. K·RI would not ba~'e don.. bec:au"",, It·R4 thre ate ns both Kt-KI6 eh ri n d Q.R5.

22. B-Kt3 R·Q4! 23. B.QR4 Kt·QS3!

position with c hance$ for both side .. and this wo uld have been White's best lin e.

14. KtxKt? 8xKt 25. R.QBI 8-Kt4! 16. Q..Ql Q·K S2! 11. B:8 1

Thi nki ng La win the "xchange but nOw Black furce' Ihe w in.

17. ........ 0 -11:41 21 . BxR P x B 29. a ·R4 O x B 30. R · R J P· R3

An UIT·hole fo r th, K and p rotection for th" Q before the tlnal mop·u p .

31. R· IC 0] R·K7 n . Q.RS Kt·K6! 33. P·I(I(U

FO ..... "i!\1. PxKt a llqw~ QxP mate. Jl . . _ ... _ . Kt·BS! 34. Q.B7 _ ... _.

U 34. Q·RI (to p ro tect the R on the dlecovercd a llaek) then 34 .... _ ... _, PllP lead s to the win of a nother pawn and u ltimate victory.

34. ........ P lt P Now It Is a ll over since the QR L" a l­wcked a nd Q.R8 falta agalnsl R-KI.

35. RxICt P"OP ch 36. K· Bl R·K8 ch

Rnlgn$ t"o r If K"ro. Q·K t& mate.

Onc s li p afte r a beautifu lly p layed open in g cost White the game. Wi t h a R li nd a n out o f play he never h ad another chance.

Al the ;:mnual meeting of th e Louisiana Chess Ass'n, Eugene P. Watson or Natchitoches was elected president, A. L. McAuley of New Orlean secretary·treasurer, and ~v . Frank Gladney director to thc USCF. Natchitoches was selected as s ite [or the 1954 state tourna· ment. Mrs. W. F. Gladney and Mrs. Otto Clai tor were award ed honor­ary membersh ip in the LCA for their labors in selecting prizes and preparing the buffet supper fo r th e tourna me nt dinner . .

At i t'> annual meet ing the Dis· trict of Colum bia Chess League elected the following officers: Wil· liam Plampin (Fcderal Chess Club) president, I.. Russell Chauvenet (Naval Commu nicati on .. ) vice·presi­dent, John T. Gant, J r. (paragon Club) sec retary, Karl A. Baer (Di­van) manager fo r local activities, and N. T. Whitaker (Fp.deral) man­ager fo r outs ide activities. League matches wiU begin October 2nd with the following teams participat· ing: Depar~mcnt of Ag riculture, Applied Physics Lahoratory, Fed· eral Chess Club " A," Feder al Chess Club " B," Georgetown Univcrsity, Library of Congress, University of Maryland , Naval Communications "A," Nll.vll. l Communications "B," Paragon Club, Washington Chess Divan " A," Washington Chcss Di­van "B."

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Contributors to the

YOUNG MASTERS' FORUM H II " I Be r line r Arthu r BI' 9ule r

E liot Hearst

George Kr"mer Carl P ilnick

J a m " S ,,*rwln W aller S"liipma"

Ct. ••• .JJ/. 3" r/.w 'ljo .. t

Bz Eliot Htdrft

T HOUGH Hie U. S. Women's Cll ampionsilip is s till ll. C()uple

of months off, N. Y. chess enthus· iasts and promotcrs are already making plans Cor this important event ; invitations 10 attend this year 's tour n ey <i rc be ing Sent ou t to all previous competitors while "talent scouls" around the country at"e searching (or women who, though talen ted, have not as yet crQssed swords wilh othe r members oC the lair sex: in top-flight com­petitio:"!. The tou rnament, to begin Dec. 5th , promises to be a most interes t ing and hard·fought con· test .

The news that Miss Nanny Roos, one of the ranking U. S. women playcr5, is seriously i1l in Los A n· geles led Mrs. Mary Bain, the pre' scnt U. S. Lady Champ, and other memben; of the MarshllU Chess Club to arrange an exhibition (or the Californian's benefit and Mrs. Bain kindly volunteered to demon· strate the Knigh t's tour blind· [olded in addit ion to taking on all comcrs in simultaneous play. Strenuous work {or one even ing! The Women's champ's bli ndfold feat was fla wless (::IS always!), the Knight touch ing a ll the squares o n the chessboard in 64 consecutive moves; how many of our readers couLd perlorm that tour with com· plete sight o[ th c boa rd ? (Con· fession: YO UfS ' t ruly probably wouldn' t bc able to go nlo re than tcn moves without the Knight land· ing on the sa me square twice! Someday I'U have to learn how to continue. .). Mrs. Bain proved equally skillful in t he simultaneous exhibition wihch fo llowed ; she scor· ed 12 victories, 2 draws (wit h D. Lawson and J . Anthony) and 2 losses ( to C. Cur tis and W. Drakert) against stiff opposition . All pres· ent signed a "Get Well" card for !\Iiss Roos, with the 3dded hope that she will recover sufficiently to compete in many women's tourncys in the futu re. IN BRIEF: In the Marshall Intra· club Match held to open the fa ll season, a team captai ned hy L. J . Wolff d efeated one head ed by Mrs. I. A. Horow itz to the tune of 10th· 6Jh Arthur Spiller, CalHornia expert, paused long enough in New York (on his way to Europe with the Air Force) to win one of the strong Marshall C. C. weekly &apids

The Manhattan C. C. Champ· ionsh ip will begin shortly. There is a strong possibil ity that "short pre· Iiminaries" will be held, s ince

(PleOlse turn t o page 7, col. 3)

Finish It The Clever Way! b, &lm. , J N",h

POJit;"" No. 111 Book vs. Ni lsson Stockholm, 1946

W hi le 10 pl~y li nd wi n

PQ$ilu,n Nt>. 116 E. Nash V5. R. Klugman

Philadelphia, 1953

I N Position No. 115 Wh ite won a piece in two moves, and Black re­signed a move later , In Posi Uon No. J 16. onc move forces a unique drawn position.

Needless to say, I was very much pleased to be able to draw, being a piece down. The I'hill.de lphia Candidates Tournament, und(' r the ex-

. ccllent direction of Bill Ru th, ably assisted by Giangiulio, was one of my most enjoyable ones, even though I made a low score due to s()mc rustiness and the exhausting excitement or the event. J hope partici· pants in this lourney, as well as lhe "Open" in Milwaukee, will send me some memorable finishes.

Fo r solutions, please turn to P.ge seven. Send . 11 contributions for t h is «IIUm" to Edmund NHh. 1530 21th PI;ac;., $ .E.

W.s hlnglon 20, D. C.

In the Ohio State Championship event.. Mrs. Willa White Owens re­tained the Ohio Woman's Champ­ionship as highest ranking women player, while PhiJip Rothman of MjddJetown was aCCilrdcd the Jun­ior tillc as ranking junior player in tbe event at Columbus.

On his return from the Candi· dates Tournamcnt in Switzerland, Grand Master ' Samuel Reshevsky plans an extended exhibition tour of the USA : January 1·15 in Penn· sylvania, Delawari!, Mar y I and, Washington D.C .. Ohio, West Vir· ginia; January I6-February 1 Indiana. Illinois, Missouri, Kansas. Oklahoma, Tc;-;:as; l"ebruary 2-15 the West Coast; February IS-March 1 Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nc· braska, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, New York and New England. Clubs desiring dates may write : Samuel Reshevsky, 396 Montgom· ~ry Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFI CIALL Y RATED I

Ask your Club Secretary or tournament director to write for offici::.l rating forms- to reo port the r esults of your next tournamcnt or match, specify. ing the type of contest and the approximate number of players.

Official ril ting fo r ms should be secured in ildvance fro m:­

Montgomery Major 123 No. Hu mphrey Avenue O" k Pa rk. Illinois

Do not write to other USeF officiah I~ thue mUng /on'fI.I.

, • Louisville, wbcre once Showalter and Hodges played chess, has been exper iencing a chess revival, and now plans a Central States Opcn for the Thanksgiving wC<lkeod . Invitations have been scnt to a number of Seaboard masters in· cluding Jamcs T. Sherwin , Karl Burger, Eliot Hearst, and Hans Berliner, and it is expected that some among theSe will compete. It is also anticipated that anum· ber ot strong players from the central States wilL attend. and if the toumament is as suc(..'Cssfui us il<; organizcrs anticipatc, it may occome an annual event. Those interested arc invited t l) write: J. H. Bloomer, 1300 Lexington Road, LouisviJIe 4, Ky.

D. A. Yanofsky with 21h-1f~ won the finals of a speed lournament at the Hudson Bay Co. store at Winnipeg, held in connection with the Canadian Cha~pionsh ip. G. Bernier was second \\lith 2'1, Frank Anderson third with Ph-I1h, nnd Hnrry Yanofsky (the Champion's younger brother) ended the quartet with 0·5. In the preliminaries Dan and Harry Yanofsky werc first and seCilnd in one section, while Bern· ier and Anderson tied fo r first in the other.

Michel Gir oux won the Quebec Provincial Junior Utle 6lh, with Bernard Lesage and Lawrence Hazelm tied for second with 6 each. R. Letourneau sctlred 5* for third und to-ycar old Loic The rien was fourth with 41h points. P . Belanger won the brilliancy prize donated by R. Trotier. The tourna· ment was directed by P. H . Nadeau .

USCF COMMITTEES BEGIN PLANNING

Of the CommitteE'$; created at the Annual Meeting or the U.S. Chess Federation at Milwaukee, the most important was the Ways and Means Committee conSisting of A. Wyatt J ones, ciHlirman, Frank R. Graves and William M. Byland, which immediately began to fune· tion. Among its first acts was the acceptance of a translation of the new FIDE l.aws of Chess, wh ich it has already submitted to the FIDE Bureau for approva l and author iza­tion.

Now rcady to fu n<'tion as well arc a number of other committees which have completcd their per· sonnel and al-e already bcginning their de liberations. Among these are the fo llowing:

International Affai rs Committee; William M. Byla nd, chairman, Max Puvey, He rman Steiner, and 01". R. J . Ralston.

By·Laws Committee: William R. Hamilton, chair man, f'rank R . Graves, unt! ,Jack ~pcnce.

Tourname nt Pla ns Committee: Montgomcry Major, chairman, Ken­neth Harkness, and Je l'cmiuh Jo'. Dooovan.

Tournament Rules Committee: Montgomery )lajor, chairman, Eliot Hearst, and Newton Grant.

Chess impresario Norton W. Lucbbcrt, Jr. of Kansas City re­ports that last minute withdrawals h,lYe left two vacancies in the challenging postal tournament he is dirccling in which the prizes will be (inllncialJy more than adequate. Those fntercsted may obtain all the details by writing Mr. Luebbert at 2007 Chcster St., Kansas City 3, Kans.

, William J . Coutu}"e, chess player

and pro6lemisl, who recently was transferred to Norfolk Prison Colony from Charleston. Mass., is makin& inlaid chcss boards. He is sc lJi~ the product of his craft· mllllship for $5.25 postpaid, and those interested may writc: Wil· liam J . Couture, Box 46, Norfolk, Mass.

The championshil) of Scandinavia was WOll by JS-year old Fridrik OlafS$On of Iceland with 9 points at E.~bjerg, Denmark. Skold of Sweden scored 7'"h for second, whilc Nielsen of Denmark and Sterner of Sweden tied at 7 each , followed by Vestol of Norway and Ben t Larsen of Denmark at 61h each.

Elizabeth Bykova is the new Women's World Champion, having defeated former champion Lud­mila Rudenko 8-6 in a match end­ing Scpte mhc r 20th, according to Pravda. Mme. Bykov8 won the Woman's Candidate event ... 11*· 3lh and was Soviet Woman Champ.. ion in 1947, 1948 and 1950.

BERLINER MADE SLOW STARTING

By WILLIAM ROJ AM StaJ/ W,itt,

Hans J. Berliner, who makes his bow in the Young Masters' Forum in th is i~sue, WIllS a little slow in starting up the ladder compared to the strategically better placed young players of New York. But in the last year he has amply atoned for any dilatory lingering on the lower rungs by his rapid ascent of the laddcr.

Although Hans played in the first 1946 U.s. Junior Champion­ship in Chicago (whcre he placed second), his early competitive ef­forls were mai nly Cilnlincd to Washington, D.C. where he soon became a perennial challenger for the District title, winning it In 1949 and 1950, when army service pre­vented further contention until this year. Thus he wus only r ated an Exper t in 1951, placi.ng 12th in the U.S. Open at Detroit with 8-4.

But in 1952 he became a master in the ratings despite his cu rtailed I

opportunities for competition in service overscas, of which the most noted were service at an all('rnatt' on the U.S. Team al Helsinki in the lnternational Team Matches and a second place in the strong Premier Ikserves Section of the Hustings Tournament, 1952.· 53.

Returning to the USA , Berliner placed second in the District of Columbia Championship to an· nounce that his chess had not rusted in the army. He placed 17th on percentage (Lied for 13th in games won) in the phenominaUy strong U.S. Open at Milwaukee.

Bul this was merely practice for the New York State Championship, which he won handily 8Y.z·1h over former State Champions Joh n W. Collins, James T. Sherwin and a bost of strong New York !\lasters -achieving the distinction of be­ing the first non·New Yorker ever to win this strong annu al event. That this was no fluke of circum· stance was shown immediately thereafter when he placed second to Bisguier in the U.S. Candidates at Philadelphia. A slow start bears no relation to the finish!

The Chess l"cderation of Canada at its annual mccting at Winnipea elected G. G. }~erguson of Beau­port, Que. president; Dr. Nathan Divinsky of Winnipeg, Sask. lst vice-president; G. Prentice of Van· ctluver, B.C. 2nd vke·president ; P. G. Haley of Sa rnia, Ont. secre· tary; and C. L. Kirton of Calgary treasurer. Retiring president Canon H. L. Roy IJC Vancouver passed away on Seplember 21st at the age of 87 , having given many years of valued and devoted eHort to the cause of chess in Canada.

The Montreal Speed Champion. ship went to Guze with 7 points. Fox and Bodne r scored 5* each for scCilnd, wh ile Brunet, Nurme, Zalys and Sh ilov scored 5 each in the 18 player eigbt round Swiss.

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By Montgomery Ma;oT

Regarding Vatical Remarks DO"'1 " "."n prophesy----o,,/eH yc know.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL_The Bigelow Papers

TAKING hls courage in both hands (as the saying goes), one of our readers rises to defend the algebraic systcm of notation against the

intrusive challenge of the SwId notation in a letter published on this page.

We hasten to state that we arc not in particular advocates of the Descriptive System of notation, which has all the faults catalogued by Mr. JameS' plus a few he neglected to mention. But we cannol share his enthusiasm for the Algebraic System, which has its own serics of am­biguities. Nor, despite the authoritative advocacy of U. S. Champion Larry Evans, do we find .the Swld System particularly an improvement.

When the change comes in systems of chess notation (if it ever comes at all), the system substituted for our present individual chaos of various systems should be one that has a universal solidity-it should provide a universal language of chess, such as Idiom Neutral, &iperanto, etc. have endeavorcd in vain to provide tor international speech.

The Algebruic does not do this uny mo!·e competently than the Descriptive, for the confusing element is the Iact lhat pieces have such diffcrent mImes in diffcrcnt lands. K is King in English, German, Dutch, Czech und Polish, bu t it is R in French, Italian and Spanish while K becomes Knight III Russian. The Rook, however, IS R III English but T in many other tongues. even becoming B (as a mattcr of confusion) in Hungarian and V in Czech. The Knight has numerous noms·de·guerre, being Kt, S. C, P, H, J and K. The Bishop has as many alias as B, L, F, A, S, and G.

All this is confusing indced to the student who follows his chess in periodicals from various lands. So, if we arc to change the system of notation, we must find one tha t abolishes this confusion in addition to discarding the ambiguities of the Descrlptivc System or the Alge· braical.

We do not feel the vatic urge to state with definite conviction what such a system will be. But we are convinced that it will evolve from the basic concept of the notation used by the International Chess Corr­espondence Association, which substitutes numbers for letters, as numbcrs remain lhe same in all languages using the roman script.

In the ICCA System the squares are numbered with 11 being the White Qucen Rook square, 12 the White Qllecn Knigbl Sqnare, 13 the White Queen Bishop square, etc. 22 jlecomes While QR2, 32 White's QR3 etc. Moves arc expressed numerically by the number of thc square from which the man moves and t.be number of the square to which it moves. Thus, 15·65 (or simply 1565) means a man on White's Kl moved to White's K6 (presumably a R or Q). If Black had a piece or pawn on Black's K3 (65), it was caplured. There is no possibility of am· biguity. B·Kt5 means nothing, i f both Bishops could move, the notation is ambiguous; but thcre is no confusing ~6·52 and 13·57 in ICCA notation. Cunventional signs for check are used and also 0·0 and 0·0·0 can be used. Promotion can be expressed simply by 76-86(12) mcaning the White pawn became a Knight, or 27·17(84) meaning a Black pawn be· came a Queen.

Mr. James grows very bold in mggesting in his po~tscript that "within 40 ycars-the dcscriptive system will be as obsolete and 'quaint' as calligraphy." There is no sign to indicate that Mr. James

has any hope of making his prophesy true, · but many s igns to indicate that 100 years from now we will still be struggling with the inadequacies of the Descriptive System. (In fact I would make a bet on this, only I do not expect to b~ present to coiled on it one hundred years from today.)

What prevents change is the fact thnt books and publications in English are printed in the Descriptive System, From these beginners Learn their chess; and many of them nevcr graduate to understanding the language even of the Algebraic System. This creafes II vicious circle, for so long as the major ity of players know the Descriptive System best, publishers will continue to publish in the Descriptive System of notation.

And even if one daring publisher should defy thc trend, it is very doubtful if his cxample would create any general change. As powerful an inIlucncc as the Chicago Daily Tribune has been fighting for a few specimens of simplified spelling for some forty years without even establishing frate {or f~ight or a few other simple changes outside the pages of their own publication. For more than forty years a strong group of theorists have sought the abolishment of our inherited and weird system of weights an.d measures in favor of the metric system and the fight for a much improvcd 13 month calendar has been waged almost as long. '

Man does not like change; he accepts it reluctantly with many longing backward gl~nces at the past. And a change, like one in chcss notation, which would make all the past p~blished works on chess as unintelligible to the average reader as Chaucer's English, will be fought bitterly. I

When the "best" is not practical , its ~ases to be the " best."

SYDNEY T. SHARPE

W ITH much regret we note the passing of Master Emeritus Sydney T. Sharpe on Monday, September 28 at JeHcrs~)ll Hospital in

Philadelph ia. Noted as a player of exceptional skill, Sharpe had not recen tly been "cry .actiyC in dlCSS cjrcles, but will be long remembered for his achievements in the past. His illness had been a lingering one, and overcame him at the comparatively young age of 68 when normally many more years of chess should have been his.

HERBERT H. HOLLAND

CHESS for Veterans reccived a sad blow with the passing on Sunday, October 4Ul, of Herbert H. Holland, who began his work with

veterans at the Waltcr Reed Hospital in Washington and later trans· ferred his dynllmic activity to the Hincs, Vaughan and Great Lnkes Hospital of the Chicago area, devoting much t ime and energy to developing groups of chess players to visit the veterans to leach and play chess with them.

An attorney who served many years with the Department of Agri· eullure and later the Office of Price Administration, Hcrbert Holland was noted for his talcnt for arousing in others his own enthusiasm in the cause of the veterans, and his loss at the carly age of 57 will be irreplaceable. We know that many veterans at Hines, Vaughan and Great Lakes will join in expression of deepest sympathy to Mrs. Holland and olher members of his family.

Dear Sit': Permit me, a class C player, to

disagree with Evans' advocacy 01 any system other than the alge· braic. (I am simply following an argument made by W. Korn, Ed. Lasker, ct aL) The descriptive system and its descendants seem to bring problems in their path (to mangle a metaphor).

The algebraic system is more ncarly absolute. The descriptive system is "relative." When a cor· respondcnce :player, for example, thoughtlcssly transcribes a move such as P·R3, it may be ambiguous. In the descriptive system, the player mentally divides the board into (our parts: his own K-side and Q·side_, and then his opponcnt's K and Q·side-llnd evcn rather ex· perienced pl~yers havc writtcn some impossible moves. Further· more, in this .ystem, a player may rely on thc omission of "check" to clarify a bishop·move (and then the opponent, a beginner, may not be aware of the fact that the omission of "check" after a

bishop·move is a deliberate omis­sion). Is this sort of thing likely to happen in the algebraic system?

I believe that any system re· quiring the modificalion "Q's" or "K's" in its notation is inferior to the algebraic. In its descrip· tion of diagonals, the algebraic system demonstrates its superiority over the descriptive system.

The blunders evident in an oc­casional column in a book·oi·open· ings show how even the most astute brnins have difficulty in coping with the descriptive sy~tem.

I believe the adoption of the algebraic systcm would show a few players why-in 99.99 per cent of the diagrams-White pieces are shown at the bottom of the dia­gram (for one reason: "to show which way the pawns go").

The descriPtive system h2.s been responsible for a lot of dreary, perhaps even unIathomable, nota· tion. (For example: some of the ancient annotators referred to "QKt" and "KKt" even in mixed.up

(Please turn to page 7, col. 2)

THE ELEMENTS OF CHESS 4bess tilt Page STunt!.r1, Dc/aiu, 20, 1953

By Inter1Ultional Master HERMAN STEINER UNITED STATES

CHESS FEDERATION

Hypothetical Game Illustrating Principles, Rules, and Objectives

(Continued from issue of September 5)

Aft~ r W/';I ~ pf.rys: 11. BxKt Fourth Oblec tlve (e xch&ngoe even) Controls greatest number of oppone nt's

squareS Threat of Third Objectl ....

Black finds that there arc two possible captures, one with thc Bishop from Kt3 to KG, the other BxKt. The former move has been possible for several moves and was considered several times and given up as not good. Black, there­fore, discards it, leaving White with only one capture- BxKt.

Here Black must decide whether it is a threat or not. By this time it is clear that a weakness is a target which can be atiacked and gaincd, with more of your Forces than can be fended off by the opponent. Black realizcs that after White plays 12. BxKt, PxB, he will have a double King·Bishop-Pawn and an isola led King-Rook-Pawn as eventual target~. Therefore, White threatens Third Ob jective, and it must be nullified with saIety. What ~hould Black do"? He de­termines whether or not he can exchange the piece which theeat­ens the Third Objective and what will happen if he does.

At presenl the While pieces control the following squares of his opponent: The Queen·Bishop contl"Ols lour, QKW, QB5, KE6, and K5; the Rooks none; the Queen controls two, KR6 and KKt5; the King·Bishop two, Q5 and KB5; the Queen-Knight controls two, QKt5 and Q5; the King-Pawn two, Q5 and KB5; the King none--­a total of 12. What ubout Black? He controls one with his Queen, QR5; none with his Rooks; [our with Queen-Bi.shop, QKt6, QB5, KR6, and KKt5; one with his King-Bishop, Q5; two with the Knight, K5 and KKt5; none with the Pawn'; none with the King­a total of 8 squares, a difference of four squares in favor of White.

Everything else being equul, this is not enough for advantage: If Bluck now exchunges the Bishop at White's Q4 by playing 11. it naturally will be answered by 12. QxB.

(Su diagram, ntxt column)

Wh at is the count in Space now? The Queen controls seven ilS fol­lows: QR7, QK16, QB5, Q5, Q6, K5 and KBO; n one w ith the Rooks; h~'o with the Bishop, KG and Q5; two with the Knight, QKt5 and Q5; and two with the King·Pawn, Q5 and KB5---a total of thirteen. How many squares does Black con­tr01? One with the Queen, QR5; none with the Rooks; four with the Bishop, KR6, KKt5, QKt6, and QB5; and two with the Knight, K5 and KKt5---a total of seven, which is six less than White con­trols, and is over the border line. Here White has a slight positional udvuntage in Space, having the better development in Time and Spuce.

So Biuck decides to play 11. Q-K2

A /JeT B/"ck p/d"j5: 11. , Q·K2 NUllifi ~S threat of Third ObjectIve Threat of Third Ob;eethle because White has uchieved his First Objective and continues to strive for his Second Objective: opening of a file for his major Forces and controlling it. Bluck's strategy is to prevent this and to nullify it without creating any weaknesses for himself. At the same time he t ries to equalize in Space and keep the balance of Time with a possible threat or threats. In the text move, Q-K2, he accomplishes this without creating any weaknesses for him­self.

"'hen the student uses logic and continuity in his planning, his play may be compared to the momentum of an avulancl].e. It

International Master Herman Steiner continues in this install­ment with an exposition of the hypothetical game which illus­trates the basic principles of his leaching theory-The Editor.

starts with a Icw "quiet" move­men ts and increases gradually to a crescendo. 1'his lype of finish is the rcsult of careful study of the. particular situation, so that in case the unexpected arises he can change to other rules withoul lOSing his original aim, tha t is, holding the advantage if he has it and grasping i t if he has not_ This though is the soul of the. gamc.

(To be continued)

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LOUSIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHI P Baton Rouge, 1953

1. E. M. Borsool (New Orleans) .. WI4 W16 WI8 W3 W8 L2 5 ·1 17.50 2. F. CUmmings, Jr. (N. Orleans) W21 L15 WI4 W22 WIZ W I 5 -1 16.50 3. Mrs. K. N . Vines (N. Orleans) WI3 W19 DI5 L I W11 W~ 4?J-l~ 15.00 4. A. L. lIIcAuley (N. Orleans) .. LI6 W29 WI9 WIH 09 W5 4!.l k 12.75 5. ~'rank Day (New Orleans) ..... W29 010 08 W13 W15 L4 4 _2 11.00 6. Newton Grant (Monroe) ......... LIS W26 1.22 W21 W27 W16 4 ·2 9.50 7. Or. E. Jones (Ale",,,ndria) .... PIl UJ W26 D24 W22 W15 4 ·2 9.25 8. W. F. GI,,<lney (Baton Rouge) 09 W7 ])5 W23 Ll 012 3/;.2~ 11.50 9. John Lunc"n (Alexandria) 08 024 WIO WI6 D4 L3 31-21 11.50

10. Dr. W. Kirkpatrick (Jackson) W20 D5 1,9 Lit WI7 W23 3~·2! 9.50 11. J . C. Bsrnes (New Orleans) .. D7 L23 W28 WIO L3 W21 31-2l 9.50 12. K. Vines (New Orleans) .......... W22 W27 023 015 L2 08 3~-2~ 8.25 13. Roger Domler (B"ton Houge) L3 W28 W27 L5 ble 014 3'-2~ 8.2S 14. Ed. Hunter (Baton Rouge) .... LI W17 L2 ble WI8 013 3~-2b 7.75 15. OUo Claltor (Batron Rouge) W6 W2 03 012 L5 1-7 3 ·3 13.00 16. Henry Abbott (Baton Rouge) W4 L1 W25 L9 W25 L6 3 ·3 8.50 17. Dan Gavitt (New Orleans) ... L2S L14 W20 W19 L IO W22 3 ·3 7.50 HI. Jam,-,~ S. Nud (Shrt:veport) .. W211 WZ~ LJ L4 L14 W~4 3 .;j ~.OO 19. O. C. Dupree (Sprevelpm't) .... W25 L.1 lA LI7 W28 W27 3·3 5.25 20. Ga ry Erd,,\ (New Orleans) 2: · 3~ (3.75); 2L. Georg e Patrick (B"ton Ronge) 2 ~-3~ (3.oo); 22. Joe Petty (Ida) 2-4 (6.50); 23. W. W. Crew (Shreveport) 2·4 (6.25); 24. D. A. W"lsdorf, Jr. (New Orleans) 2-4 (6.00); 25. Eugene Watson (Natchitoches) 2-4 (4.00); 26. ~'rank Chavez (New 0 1'lo"n8) 2-4 (3.00); 27. Ronald TolJum (Alex"n' dria) 2_4 (2.00); 28. Renato Hoscher (New Orleans) n·4~ (1.2.,); 29. Bailey Chanoy (Baton Rouge) 1·5 (0.00) .

NEW JERSEY STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Hackensack, 1953

1. ~'. Howard (gast Orange) ...... ... 010 WI7 W2 W2t Wll 03 04 2. S. Yarmak (PaSSino) ........ ....... Wal W33 Ll 05 W3 Wll W9 3. 1. Romanenko (Pluinficld) .... W41 L6 wa4 WI5 W5 01 WI2 4. E. McCormick (E. Orange) ...... W28 WIS WI7 LII W9 W13 01 S. C. Parmelee (Newark) ............... W16 OIl W6 D2 L3 W20 wla 6. Claude HllIinger (Now York) W,13 W3 L5 L25 W23 WI6 W 19 7. r. Slgmoml (Mcchantville) ..... W40 W23 L13 L23 W29 wa WI5 8. G. Krauhs (Trenton) ....... . .... ... L24 W42 W39 W38 L2 W3., W17 9. O. Popovych (Newark) .. ....... .... WI2 024 W32 W14 L4 W27 L2

to. J. Westbrock (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Dl W30 020 013 L I2 W36 W22 11. A. Stern (A"bury P ark, N.Y.) W44 05 W25 W4 Ll 1.2 W28 12. J. Pnmlljens (Brool<lyn, N.Y.) L9 D14 W41 W36 WIO W15 1.3 13. H. Hiekm"n (Or"nge) ............ P14 W45 W7 0 10 W16 L4 L5 14. A. BOCZaT (Irvington) ............. PI3 D12 W18 L9 W.1l L1 W24 15. Dr . V. Bcr"arlns (Glen Gardon)

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W42 W27 W25 L3 WI7 L12 L7 4 ·3 28.00 16. Dr. Ed. Bnkcr (Up . Montcl"ir) L5 W29 W40 W20 L13 1,6 W31 4·3 27.00 17. L. Blonm'ovyeh (New"rk) ...... WI9 W36 L4 W31 L15 W21 L8 4 -3 26.50 18. N. O. Hazle (N. Brunswick) ... W2G L1 L14 W42 W30 1.22 W32 4 ·3 25.5(1 19. S. Green (Mt. Vernon, N.Y.) L17 L26 W45 W4I W35 W34 L6 4 _3 25.50 20. H.Fe]dhelm (Hrookly n, N.Y.) W:l9 W47 010 1.16 025 Lli W34 4·3 25.00 21. Pr. R. C. Slater (Brooklyn) .L36 W39 W35 Tol W~7 L17 W27 4·3 23.50 22. ' W. Kawecki (MontclaIr) ....... W38 1.25 W46 1.37 W32 WI8 LI0 4 -S 21.50 23. R. R. Bass (South Oran!!e) ... . Bye L7 L31 W46 D24 W35 025 4 -3 19.50 Z4. N. Cafarelli (Bo!!ota) ..... W8 D9 P27 L25 023 W26 1.14 3, -31 28.00 25. W. Walbrecht (Jersey City) ... D37 W221.15 W24020 L8 02.3 3 ~ ·3 ~ 27.00 26. E. Faust (S. Plainfield) ......... PI8 WI9 L11 W6 036 1.24 W37 3 ~-S~ 20.00 27. H. O\'ereem (ClIft()n) ............ . W35 L15 D24 W32 W28 L9 L21 3~-S~ ~5.50 ZB. G. BenjamIn (Paterson) ... .. ..... IA 038 W47 W7 L27 W37 Lll 3. ·3 . 25.00 29. F. Nag-v (Pa""ic) ............... .. 1.32 LI6 W30 W4~ L7 D38 W36 3 ~ .3 ~ 22.50 30. R. McMurray (Plainfield) ..... 045 LIO L29 W39 LIS W41 W33 3~·3 ~ 20.50 31. Robert McCallister (H"ekcnsaek) 3-4 (26.50) ; 32. Philip Selvagg1 (Passaic) 3-4 (23.00) ; 33. HerbHt Dodkewitz (Sprin!! Valley) 3·4 (22.50); 34. Edward A. Friedman (Bayonne) 3·4 (22.~O); 35. Lewis FaU el (North Bergen) 3-4 (22.00): 3R. William Jones (Jersey Cltyl 2 . ·4~ (27.00); 37. Oavld Murray (Je r sey City) 2 ~.4 !. (26.00); M. Carl CarL'lon (T eaneck ) 2~-4~ (24.50); ~9. K. Ouchl (Bog ota) 2 ' .4~ (22.00); 40. Charles A. Keyser (Bloomfield) n'H (18.00): 41. John Mager (plalnfleld) 2·5 (23.50); 42. F. E. Condon (Bogota) 2·5 (21.50); 43. Ge"!rgo Skinner (Ridgewood) 2·S (17.50); 44. Henry Hunt Urvlngton) 2·5 (16.~0); 45. Frank P. Abaroo (Hoboken) 1 ~.5b (21.00); 46. Ernest W. Tyler (lIackensack) l1I·5~ (17.50); 47. Harry Llpset (Pat terson) 1!·5! (16.00).

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GAMES BY USCF CiAEMBERS A .... (footed by Chess Masler JOHN W. COLLINS, New York State Champion, 1952

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FRENCH DEFENSE Maste.rs Invitational 30·30 Tourney

New York, 1953 Nole.9 by U. S . • Uaster

Harold S lIuman "Feat uring " 2 pl«e sacrifice and a

sound defe nse." White Black

DR. H. SUSSMA N DR. A. MENGARINI 1. P· K4 P·K3 4. B·Kt5 PXP 2. P·Q4 P·Q4 5. KtxP B·K2 3. Kt·QB3 Kt·KBl 6. BxKt P x8 The text s<llceb un unba lanced pt)sitlon where m"ck's 2 Bs and open KKt fHe <lompensDle ror his weak pawns. 1. Kt·KB 3 ... .•... Both 7. ,Q·Q2 and 7. P·KIH3 h:lve been trJed here. 7. ........ P-Q K I3 8. B_B41 ..... . To check at QKtS and return to QB4 simply i()SCS 8 tempo, as Black will play P-QB3 later anyway. 8. B·Kt2 10. 0 ·0 9. Q·K2 Kt·Q2 Thc rouOne movc hcrc is 0-0·0. ' Ac­tually White ha. little to f ear on the K-slde, despit e the open KKt f ile, b ut the Bla<lk K is really Insecure as he may be a ttacked a long both flanks or tbc center. 10. P-B3 12. P·RS II. P_QR4! Q·B2 Sharp play to discourag e Q-sid<l castling. Th<l pawn can always be rcga ined. Quite " plausible " l tc,""aUve' w"s 12. n·R6 with P ·l{5 as a future threat. 12. ... ..... PxP 13. KR-Kl .. ..... . A strong w a it ing move, but the simple 13. B·R6 w o uld yield White a positional ~dvant"ge. 13. Kt·Kt3 1<4. BxKP!? This sortie looked deciSive. cspeclall y under the 30·30 Ume limit, but It Just m!88ed a victory. Instead 14. B·Q3 r<l­talns an advant"ge. 14. . PxB 15. KtxPc h BxKt II'he only move! Both 15 . ... ... .. K-Ql or K-Bt arc met by Kt-KtS! 16. , QxPch B·K2 17. Kt-KtSl Q·Q2! Dr. Mengarinl eonsum<ld most of hl8 time in this difficult situation to estab­lish what is upparently his strongest defense. Instead 17. . .... , B-Bl; 18. Q-B7 ch, K·Q1 ; 19. Q-Kt7!, R-KBI (If 19 .... ,_ .. , R·K1; 20. Kt-B7 cb, K·Q2 ; Q·Kt4 mate); 20~ K txRP sufflees to win, as 20 ......... , U-K 2; 21. K t-B(l!, R-Klll ; 22. QxR eh, BxQ;' 23. R·KH mates! 18. Q.B7ch K·QT 19. RxBI Rather an unusual wuy to foree the draw. Both 19. K t·K 6 ch, K.Ql and 19. RxP, B-Kt5 Seem to lead nowwh<lre witb corr ect d<lfense b y Black. 19. QxR 23. Kt·B5ch K-QI 20. Kt-K6ch K_Q2 24. Kt·Kt7ch K_Q2 21. Kt-BSch K·Ql 25. Kt·B5ch K_QT 22. KtxBch K·Q2 26. Kf·Kt7ch K_Q2

D,awn A short' but in teresting struggle.

~ DANISH GAMBIT

CCLA Gambit Tourney Correspondence. 1953

Notu by D,. M. G. St"rm Whne Black

C. C.C. HARDING M. G. STURM T. P·K4 P·K4 5. B·QB4 Kt·QB3 2. P ·Q4 PxP 6. I(t·B3 B_K:l 3. P·QBl PxP 7. 8XB PxB 4. KlxP P.Q3 B. Q·Kt3

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GbaSl fl"" T""d." \I- October 20 , Page 6 1953

White has transP05l!d into the Goring Camblt, which $pr ings more usually Irom the ScotCh. 8. ........ Q·Bl 9. 0 ·0 lletter Is 9. Kt·KKtS, Kt.-QI; 10. P-B4, B·K2; II. 0 ·0. 9. ~. . B·K2 10. P· KS P·Q4 11. B·Kl Kt· R3 12. 8xKt Px8

13. KR·J(1 14. QR.Ql 15. Kt·J(~

~o R·8S·

R·QKIS

A "I'aUon" Rook, det(lchcd, mobile, henvy ~nd danlj'CWUS. 16 .. Q·B2 R·QB5 20. KtxKt 17.' Q ·Q2 Q . B1 21. Q .K1 18. P·QR3 B·B4! 22. R· K8T 19. Kt·Kt3 Kt·QSI 23. Kt·R5

RxKt R·KBS

0·B2 R-KS!!

R·Q3!, Q.B4 (not R-K3); 27. QxQ. pXQ",':,".: ii;'p,'~:¥ ,:

24. K'·B6ch QxKt 2B. 25. QxR QxPch 29. K·K3 26. RxQ PxQ 10. R·Q7<lh 27. K·BI BxR 31. R·Q4? A fairly eertuln d rnwin g line R-QB, intendin~ R·KR. 31. P·B4 35. K·B4 32. RxP P_KR4 36. K·KtS? 33. R·QB4 R·B2 37. RxP? 34. P·QKt4 P_Kt3 l\rtcr 37. 1(-132, P -D." m ack hal! vcry d efin ite Winning chane,,", but the game is by no means OVer. 37. RxR 39. PIR P .R4 w in< If 39. K ·B4, P ·Kt5 ; 40. PxP, P-RS the White Kl nl': cannot stop this pawn, while the Black Klnr: can prevent the White QKtP from queening.

A t'ery g()()d game 1)!1 ouc of fl. e Fair Sex.

RUY LOPEZ Meo: page 240, column 58 (h)

20th Grand National, Round 1 CoresjJondence Chess, 1952 Nntr:~' by J. Norman Cottcr

Whlt~ Blnck LUDM ILLA MANDEL L. E. WOOD I. P·K4 P_K4 4. B·R4 Kt·B3 2. Kt·K8l Kt·QB3 S. 0 ·0 KtxP 3. B·KIS P·OR3 The so-calle(1 "Open" va"iallon of the llu y which I':iv.,s Black I':r eater f re ~dom at t he cost of a sJi::htly loosene d posi­tion . 6. P·Q4 P·OKt4 B. PxP 8·Kl 7. B·Kt3 P·Q4 9. 0 -K2 This move. whleh is makln:: a strong bid to replace the old s tand-hy 9. P -B3, has g('nera ll y been credited ti' an ob­Scure European correspondence pl"y .. r, F.dmond Adam, "lthough It r e c .. lve<l Its popular int"o(l"ction t o tournament play in th" 1948 W orld Championship Tournament h v Keres ami Smyslov. 9. Kt·R4 10. R·QI Rei n feld. who ha~ mude nn exllnu .• tlve study of this opening. co""lders 10. Kt·Q4 the strongest continuation. lliack has many ways to ,,:<> wrong. Thus if 10 ...... ... , KtxB; 11. RPxKt. B·QB4?; 12.

K~"B> I'KKI; 13. Itxl'! with B w inning g;lOlle. Or 10 .....• ..• 1l·K2; 11. KtxlJ, PlIKl; 12. Q·Kt~ Dnd Black mu~t reo nounce castling to begin with. 10. B.QB4! 12. Qx B 11. B· K3 BxB 13. P·B3 Better seems 13. . ... • 0-0 amI. B·H2, KI·U5, etc.

P ·8 4 Ktx8

if J4.

14. P"Kt 0 -0 '4. RxKI Q.B2 15 ... QKt.Q2- KtxKt 17. Kt·Kt5 ...... . Since the capture or the UJack B w ould strengthen Wood's positlon, White might well continue with the PQ~ltlonal· Iy stron /: Kt·KI! 17. P.Rl fl . Kt·B] P.QR4? lldtm", as liubsequent event, prove, wault! be >ldditLonal protection CO)r the QP h y 18 ......... , KR·Ql. I', P·KKt41 P.KtS D('spa ir ! White nut exactly Inviting, the mO l"" obviOUS 19 ......... , nl'J,:; 20. RxQP, BxKt; 21. QxU, KR-QI appears t o give hetter ch~nces rbr surviva l. 20. P-Kts K·Rl 11. P· 8411 P xB P? The fin"l erto,·. Black 8hlmld ei05<l the fil<l wilh .. .....• , P·Q5. E. " .. . ....... , P·Q5; 22. Q·K4 ch, K· jHl; 23. P"P, P"P; 21. Q·R4, R·Kt! <lh; 25. J{ moves, R·Kt3 and Black is still a live. 12. Q .Kllch K·Rl 23. PxBP S it hcr R to QI 18 beUer. 14. PxP PxP 30. P·R4 25. R·Q6! P·RS 31." K·R2 26. Q·K3 R·Kll c h 32. Q·B4 27. K-RI R·Kt3 33. PxP 28. R·KKtI 34. P·RS

QR-KKtl

".

37. Kt"KtSch Resigns

Q·K2

Of course . on ... .. , Rx rH?? ; 38. Q-RH Is mate, 'and if ..... .. , P "Kt; 38. RxU, KxR; :ro. pour. dQdd,,~ the i""ne. A very spirited perf onnance.

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Charlestown Prison Team Match, 1953

N ous by Willi",,, J. Co"t"r~ White Black

E. BOHANNON W . COUTURE I. P·Q4 P·Q 4 4. P_K3 P·K3 2. P·QB4 PxP S. BxP P.B4 1. Kt·KB3 Kt ·KB3 6. Kt·B3 When, and iI, Whit" has the abUity to make things c"sim' for himself, by e x· posing Black's methods o( dcvelopment , his duty Is t o p r oclaim it hn m edlntc l_y ! If h e lacks this power of evaluation, then b ls responslhility lies in a moldin:: of t h<l f actors which contribute to the beltcnnent and the darificatlon of t h c chess Ideals. It stands to r eason t hat the str ength of one's cbcss game de­pcnds upon what Is known abaut the subJ .. ct. Best her<l is G. 0-0. If then 6. . ...... , PxP ; 7. PxP. P ·QR3; 8 . Q-K2, P 'QKt4; 9. D-Q3, ll-Kt2; 10. P ·QR4! with White sli g htly better. 6. Kt·B3 8. PxP B·Q3 7. 0·0 PxP Furthermore, any restrict ion of yonr mohlllty , b y you r own choice. I~ cOn· trary to sound c hess! In spite of the f;lcl t hat such maneuvers often succe.,d. chess progress d<lpends upon th<l bl'st eff orts of "hoth sid cs!" Here 11. ,"" .. . , B·K2; 9. Q-K2, P -QR3; 10. P ·QR4. 0 ·0; 11. R·QI, Kt 'QK t5 Is an advancing <l{t ort

that docs n t)t make lor Weakn<lss. If then 12. B·KKtS. Kt($).Q4 and BL1ek's Ilame Is accounted for. t . R·Kl ...... .. 9. Q·K 2, vaealln g the Q·square lor the Rook, or 9. Kt. Q.KtS, forcing Black to hold on t o his B b y moving it again. would be belt<ll·. White has a blackward pawn (Q4) and experience tells us that an lso lanl can have a negative effect In a game's later ~tages. 9. ........ 0·0 10. 8 · KKts ..... . Wlht<l ~ht)uld pOst his Kt at K5 and advance his K ·slde pawns. 10 • ..... ~. P·KRl 11. B·R<4 Chess conrJIds .... e lurther complicated by the development or out own erea· tlons! Uette>r wuuld he II. U·K3. As noted c"r1ler. thl: Isolanl should deter Whltc from el(c:h~nlj'C$. 11 . . P·KKt4 19. Rx Nt U . 8 . KKt3 8xB 20. B· K2 13. RPxB P·KtS 21. P x P 14. Kt· KS Qx P 22. K-B1 15. QxQ KtxQ 23. Kt ·K4 16. QR.QI Kt·Bl 24. Px8 11. R·K3 P·R3 25. R·KRI l B. P·Bl KtxKt 26 . RxRP?

P_Kt4 ,., B-Kt2 P ,KtS BxK t

QR.S1 R·B7

AC<lordlng to the pos ition, Black stands to w in *ny h owl The t<lxt allows quicker r()ljv ll\i, ,.. Kt· KtSch

• Resigns

SICILIAN DEFENSE Masters Invitational 30-30 Tourney

New York, 1953 Notes b y U. S. Master

f-1f1rnlrl S" ... ~m"n "A wild dogfight betwe e n two tacti·

clans!" White llIack

E. HEARST DR. H. SUSSMAN 1. P·K4 P-QB4 2. P-QRl Thc Wing Gambit Deferred, mol'e dan­gerous than it looks. 2. Kt·QB3 Looks correct but prob;,bly 2 . ..... ...• P·K3 Is more aceuratc s ince 3. P _QKt4, P x P; 4. PxP, BxP; · 5. P -QH3, B-K2 saves mack a tempo over the text. In an offhand g ame recently against a N. Y. muster. r encollntered 2 ..... ... , P ·K4?! T he g ame eoo t in u,-,d : 3. P .QKt4, PxP; 4. P~P, Bx P ; 5. P·QB3, Il-K2; 6. P ·Q4, 1'''1'; 7. B-QB4, P-Q6?; 8. Q-RS; P ·KK t 3: 9. , Q_Q~, Q-B2; 10. QxBP eh, K­QI ; II. B-KKtS, Q.K4; 12. KKt·B3. Q:< KP eh; 13. B·K3, K l_KB3; 14. QKt·Q2, Q,-KKtS; 15. ' P·KR~ , Q.IM: 16. P-KKt4, K t xP; 11. QxQ. PxQ; 18. P"Kt, P:d'?; lH . K t.K5, !t-Kt; 20 . RxQRP , RxR; 21. B-Kt6 mate! A wild and WOOly Sicilian. 3. P·QKt4 PxP 6. P·Q4 P.Q3 4_ PxP KlxP 7. B·Q3 Kt·B3 S. P·Q B3 K • . Q8l B. Kt-K2 S l !'on~er than Kt-KD3 . He intends p . KB4_ The Kt will bc post ed ,well at KK!.1 . 8. P-K3 11. P·KB4 B·Q2 9. 0 ·0 B·K2 12. B·QR~ TO. Kt·Q2 Q·B2 T like 1~. p.R.'i, Kt-Q4 ; 1.3. K t-K4! threat· e nlng B-II:l. 12. P·Q41 13. KKt_KI3 If now 13. p .re; , Kt-KHi Is excellent. The Knight will 8"ttle a t KB4. 13. PxP! 15. KtxKt ' Bx8 14. QKtxP KtxKt! 16. RxB KI·K2! By judicious excha n ging. Bl.~ck ha. mini_ m ized "'hit<l 's ;lttuek and remains a solid pawn UP. 17. Q_K'4 Kt·B4 19. Kt· Kt5 P·KKt3 18. Q-R3 B·B3 10. P·KI4? .. . Very much inferior t o 20 . BxKt.!. K tPxB, 21. Q-R.'i!, Q-K2!: 22. R ·R2 but Blnck still reta ins the better g ame with 22. B-Q4! Tbe t ext should I(>s,-, q nlckly . 20. Kt·Q:I 22. P·QBS '-1. P_·B4 P·QR3 White's aHack ):;rlnds to a halt b ut If , ,,stcad 22_ p.Q~. then 22 ....... , P"P' (1. 2. .. .. ___ , BxP, ~~. PxB, Q-84 ch : 24. K-Rl,

OxR!: 2~. B-KtS ch~, K b 'B wins. but In this line \\-'hite h" s c,, " nterp lay with ?~ . PxP): "3. Tt-Kl ch. R-Ql ; 24. Q-R4, K -lli wins h"n (111v. n. Kt·KN 14. R·QKI'? 13. BxKt Bx8 1\ bad error which n evertheless tu rn . out well. BeUH is M. R-B2, which is met 11y O-O-O! 24. . 8 ·83

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Bluck 's judgm ... nt Is dulled by t he ;ocut ... time preuure. I had Insufficient time Lo analyle tully 24 .......... QIIKUP!! which wins qulckly. On 25. IIJ<B, Ql<QP ch; 26. K·KI1. Q·Q7 eh an<.t Wack emer,,1!.S 3 pnwns " p. The tex t ~hould ullo win. 15, Q-Kl P ·KR3 26. Kt·K4 0 -0 Even 26 .......... o.Q.O; 27. Kt~ch. RxKt; 28. Pdt, QxP should win. 27. Kt·e6 eh K· Ktl It. PltP A·KRI 18. P.KI5 p xP 30. R·R2 8.o4? In the bllt~ &e<lue nce. on the very last movo or the control, Black errs badly. lns t..,ad :10 ....... .:. R-US f ollowed by QR· KJU and R·R6 should win rapidly. 31 . R·KB2 R.RS Thlli slUl luub <.lccl&vc but lIeaut ~ccu~ powcrtul chanCel< with. :.everal clever n.(,wel. 31. R-QKt61 8 ·B3 33. Q-QB31 1l-Q4 S",rinl tho In ... : 3Ii. n ·RI. n ·Kt5 chi sa. wins.

34. R·Q'I QR·KItI 35. Q·K3! Q·R4

KtxB?, Q·R" eh: 37. K .B2, )txP eh and

36. 1t-Q11 Q-Rlch 37. R·BI RxR P!1 An In5p ll"/)<I lind. brilliant try In acutc time PfCS5ure. I)!ack bu perhaps two minutes lert fur another Z3 1ll0ves in thll {anla~l!eally eomplleated llo.Ltlon! Or eoune, If 3\1. lIxQ?, R·Kt7 eh; :19. K·BI, R·IUI mates on the next. The al· ternatlve:n .. ... _, QxQP? (instend of t he text) lu.se. l)ut not to 311. KtxU'/, Q·KKt5 ch!; 39. Q. t{t3 (If 3'J. K·RI, RxP male or if 311. K· R2, IlxPeh; 40. t{.Kl , Q-I15eh; 41. 11·IIZ- lf 11. 1{-<I1, Q-ru eh i",(j Inates In 2-, Qxlt eh; 42.. QxQ, RxQ: U. KxR, l'xKt and Win,;), QxQ eh; 40. I'xQ., R·IUI eh (ollowed. by RxR wlnl<. However in reply to n . , QxQP?; 3\1. RxP ehr, J(xn : 39. Kt·Kt4 ch ... in~ the Q ror " R. In the followiIlJl' pl,l.)', Hearllt also badly preS5ed for timc ddendS resource' fully and just manager to keep his head above water.

Solutions: Finish It the Clevcr Way!

Position No. 115: 1. Q.K3!, R·BI; 2. QxKt, QxP: 3. Q.R4 and Hlack ~esta:ned .

Position No. 1I6: l. P·1lS eh, K·K3; 2. R-Kt?, p .K6 eh; 3. KxP, B·KI ; 4. R.KIlI, RxP; 5. RxB ch, K-Q4.: 6. n ·QB8, !{XP; 7. Itxl' and Ihe game wa, dra wn.

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u. KI· 1t5 ~h!l ...... ,. Th,e only move! If instead 38. ltxP eb, KxU; 39. K t -K tA cll (39. KtxB, Qxll ell!; 40. KxQ, R·IUI eh; -11 . K·K2, R(1).U7 eh folluwed by 1t·ltS wins), QxR chi 40. KxQ, n·U7! winning shortly. AlSo In­adequate Is 38. Kt-K8 eh, K·Bl! nnd win •. 38. ..... ... K· BlI QUitn fOfCl.'(\, for if Ihe Kt Is taken, Q­K5 ch 'nalu U1a<: k quiCk ly. 39. R(7)X Pch ...... If 39, RxB?, It·R8ch! wins. But best here 15 39. lb::Ql, R(I )xKI; 40. RxB, It· UlI e ll ; 41. K·8Z, R (II)·n7 eh: 41. K ·B!, R-IUI chi 43. K·K2, Rxn threatening either R to R7 check and also the other R. O r 42. K·K I, pxn, ",le. In both cases the outeo"'e of the game 15 not clear. :17. _ .. M ' K· Kl 40. KxR? 'ChI. I'robllbly loseL Nece~¥:'I ry here Is 40. ItxQ, It·KI7 eh; 4 1. K·81. RxKt ; 42. R-82, R·R8 ell; 43. K-K2, Rxlt; 44. RxR, R·R7 e h ; 45. K·K I, Rxn lind 1.I1'Ck has at Icasl ll draw, and klme wlnnln, chances at that. 40. M...... ItxKtch 42. R·Bkh K.Q2 41. K·Kt3 Q·R71 43. 1t(1 ).B7ch ....... A n ice try Is 4~. )'·00 eh!?, KxP! ; 44. Q -QR3 eh!, K·Kt4:; 45. Q·B!ieh, K-Rf>; 46. R(8)·S2, RJLI' eh; 41 . K·R4, H·R4 eh; 4U. K·Kt4, Q.ft11 In Black'. !avor. Other variations at move 45 fur White a lso lead to about Ihe .... me positton. in llIaek's favor. 43 • . _..... K·8 3 44. It ·B8ch K· KI4

45. Q-Qlch K·R5 BllIck oversteps time IIml1.

WhIte Is lus t hut 13l~,ek ovcrstepP<l'(l the Ume·limil . Hearst himseJr h"d only 3(1 u.conds to go. In the excitement ne· cord In !!: to I)r, Men&lllrlni r lind punched nlY ClOCk a few )naves b"ck, a nd the bullon failed _to !~_ down a~d . m y. o: loc~ k ept on running. ThIs is not tu detract from Hearst's splendid play under pre5-sure. In the final position 45. 1(·82, KxP eh wins easily , or If Q·QI , Jl..Kt6 wIns as RxP Is also threatened. A fa n tastic g .. Ill<;. ,."pl"lt< w;t!, chilb a nd thrllh, frenetie time pressure and gorl:ed with eomhinatlve action! The result or the game was very eos tly to my flnll! Sland· tnl:: in the l o urn<,y.

middle·gamcs; to play over sueh games. a modem player would have to ma rk one of h is Knights.)

This mediocre chess player likes to compare the algebraic system to a s imple graph. At the be­ginning of every game, the White pieces (not pawns) are placed on the " horizontal axis" of the graph, taking care to have <l white square at h·l and a black square at a·1. The rest is easy. .

(And 1 will bet a dollar that Ed. Lasker was right when he advo­cated the algebl·a"ic sys tem EVEN FOR BEGINNERS. It's that good.)

W. H JAMES Fox Lak3, Illinois

P.S. suggest that-within 40 years--the descriptive sy~tem will be as obsolete and "quaInt" as calligraphy. The dead hand oI tradition has kept it alive. The algebr:l ie system, based on a ~lota­lion of SQUARE.<; on a 64·square board, is supel'ior. The simplicilj' of 1. d4; d5 (as against 1. 1'·Q4; P·Q4) or 1. S[3 (as against 1. Kt· KB3) is close t.o :l "rcductio ad absurdum."

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chess at the age of eight and published his first problem eight years later. He left his native country for England when l;Iiticr made the moves toward Anschluss, and came to AmeriCa in 1945. }~or the past eight years he has resided in New York City.

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Probl,,", No. 44$ By Julius Buchwald

1s t Pl'ilC, " D3i1y Guardian" 1946

While males in t wo moves

P,oblm' No. 457 By Julius Buchwald

1st Prize, "Skakklub Kamraterna" 1949

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White mlltes in t wo moves

P,oblem No. 458 By Julius Buchwald

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Solu t ion to Position No. 124 'fills CO'l' p:II'llllv ,,1y slmpl", .. ndllame

pO$ltlun "IIa ln den'unstra ted I llat end­Ing h;ehnlque is IJl5urrlclenUy studied by many "Iaye"" for a number of solvers wenl a sto·ay. In the actual,amC!, D.I:In~I·8.rcUl, fo'arlanske Llfne. 1951 lnae k played I. ........ . P·KI5! (assu ring the dnw). There followed 2. PxF, K.Kt6! and a draw by perpetual check ennnot bo avu lded 115 the White Kln{:" II b l(X:ked by h Is own pawns. Note that an 1m. medIate 1 .......... R· na ell: z. K·KtZ, lI.xp; 3. IIxn, P:o:It ; 4. K·R 3! Is II hook wIn for Whltc!. Several !SOlvers SlIl,Igested I. .... • P x P: Z. K·R4, R-RII e ll; 3. K·K15. K-U6 IS drawIng. bul >I. Rxp, RxR; 5. Kdl Is def InIte!,» a wIn for White: nor Is I. ........• K-ll6; 2. K-It4, R-lla eh; 3. K-[(t5, RxP ell any better Mter 4. RKR! (not 4. KxP1), p xR; 5. Kxltp; 10" White wins .

Curr/X:l so lutions "re neknowle<lged re­ceIved from: C. F. Chau (llllUalu). E. Gault (N"ew Brighton). 1':. Godbo ld (St. I,oul,), n. C rande (Denver), W. A. Hen· kin (Ile trolt) , w. H . J am"'. (Fox Lake), E. Nash (Washington), G. W. Payne (W~bster Grovu). J . Pelr\eek~ (Pnlo A 110). M. Schlosscr (Decatur). I. Sehwarb. (DUrand). I. SI.c:mond (C<'I lw \ck), W. J!:. SIeevn8 (La)·"mle). F'. Tn,sk (Ply· mouth), H. C. Underwood (WashlllJ:t41Il ), w. 8. WIl~un (Amllerslburg). N. Zemke (Detroit). F. E. Ann~t"O" 1; (Dea rbo"n), J _ Kaurman (Lo.~ Ant::clcil . E. J. Kor. J1~nty (Bcll~v l ew), F.. IInmun (New Drl· taln).

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Ashville 30--30 Tournament Ashevi~le, N_ C.

Open to all; at Langren Hotel Slarting 1:30 p.m. Saturday; 0 or 7 rd Swiss, cntry fcc $2.00; cash prizes; played at 30-30 rate; please bring clocks; write: Bm Adicke-s, 66 Linden Ave., Asheville, N. C.

Ducmbt, 26·28

3rd illinois Open Championship Decatur, illinois

At YMCA "All Purpose" room, 151 W. Prairie St.; entry fee $5.00 (plus $1.00 rating fee for USCF non-members), all entry fees used foc prizes. 1st prize guaranteed $75.00; entries close Sat., Dec. 26 a t 7:45 p.m.; for details write: Mrs. C. Turner Nearing, 1400 W. Macon St., Docatuf, Dl.

100% USC F ra t",d ev~nt.

I. Donald Uyrne (Brook[yn, N.Y.) 2.. Max Pavey (Urooklyn, N.Y.) _ ..... . 3. Nichola. Rossollmo (PariS, Yrance) ...... _ 4. James T. Sherwin (New York, N.y.) ... ... . 5. I. A. Horowltl< (f'{ew York, N'.Y.) .. . 6. )0 •• B. Anderson (Toronto, Canada) ......... . 7. Enot Hea"t (New York, N .Y.) ....•..... II. Jame, CJ"(ll;$ (Glendale. CaUf.) •. __ ...•... _. 9. Curt BrllSket (Traey, MInn.) .. _ ................ .

10. MlrOlllav Turillnsky (Chicago, Ill) _ ..... .. II. Karl Hurger (Brooklyn, N.Y.) ................... . 12. JOlCph Shafler (philadelphIa, Pa.) .. _ 13. Lar ry F:van~ (New York. N.Y.) .. __ ....... _. J4. Dr. A. Mengarlnl (New York, N.y.) ..•.... .. l5. A lex Keyll: (Bronx, N,Y.) ........ _"' ....... _ .. 16. Dr. 8ela Rozsa (,.I'ulu, Okla.) ................. . 17. Hans Berliner (Washington, D.C.) •.•. 18. A. E. Sant..as le re (New York, N.Y.) _ .. 19. George ,Krauss (Pope A)o'B, N.C.) _ .... .... _ 20. Ceorl:"c Shainswit (New York, N.Y.) •.•.•..• 21. A r thu r W. Dake (porUand. Ore.) _ ...... _ .. 2Z. J. Y. Donoyan (Brooklyo. N.Y.) .•..•... 23. Arthur B. Blsguler (New York, N.Y.) ...• _ 24. Wm. J lln'es Lombardy (Bronx, N.Y.) .... _ 25. Jllck O'Kecre (Ann Arbor, Mich.) .•.•.... _ 26. Ju~e Florldo (Ravnna, Cuba) _ ...... _ .... _ ... _. 27. nobert Sobel (Philadelphill. POI.) ... _ .. . . m Edlnar Mednls (New York. N .Y.) ... _ ...... . 2!1. Allen Kaufman (New York, N.Y.) ._ ...... . 30. Leonlds Ore lbe rg8 (Sal:"lnaw. Mich.) .• 31. V. ParnuUeH (San FranciSCO, CallI.) ... 32. U. U. Daly (Wcst Roxbury, Ma$S.) ...•..... 33. llerman Steiner tLo~ Angdes, Calif.) 34. Rudolph Pltsehak (Cleveland, Ohio) ..•..... 35. E. T . MeCorn,lek (E. Oranl:"e. N.J.) .....•.• 36. Dr. Brunu Schllliut (Uomer, N.Y.) .... ..... . 37. Joseph Hldul~o (New York, N.Y.) ..... . 38. Eug"'ne Warner (Seattle. WaSh.) _ ... _ •... ;W, J2tln Qr\<.a.~,.:; (Milwaukee, Wis.) ......• 40. L<.:on SLuh:cnberg (Iletrolt. MIc h.) ........ . 41. n ev. 11 . K Ohman (OmRha, Neb.) .......... .. 4Z. Armin Snrgles (llaltimore. Md.) 43. N. T. Whitaker (Washington. D.C.) ....... . 44. Erich W. Marchand (Rochester. N.y.) .... .. -IS. Abe 'l'urner (New York, N.Y.) _ ......... . 46. William mils (Houston, 'l·ex.) ......•... - •. 47. Alc:t Llepnleks (LIncoln, Nt.b.) ..•. - ...... .. 48. M. Colon (San Juan, Puerto Rico) ........ . 4g. Henry Horak (WillIam, Bay, WI •. ) ...... . 50. Wm. M. Byland (Pltt,burgh, Pa.) .

Joumamenl oil;' I Octobt, Ja·No>'tmbt , 1

North Carolina Open Championship Wilmington, No. Car.

At Community Center; starts 7:30 p.m.; 5 or 6 rd Swiss; entry fee $3.00 plus membership in NCCA or USCF; prizes; all weI· come; rated; write : Dr. N. M. Horn­stein, Southport, N. C.

No>,t",bu 12.14 Utah State Cham pionship

Salt Lake City. Utah Opcn lo all Uta h residents and

inv ited playc\,s from neighboring states; at Salt Lake City YMCA; 6 rd Swiss, ga·mes beginning at 11:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; cntry fee $5.00 (plus $1.00 r aling fcc from non-members o( USCF), victory banquet included {or dc­lails, write Gaston Cb.appuis, YMCA, Salt Lake City, Utah.

100% USCF ra ted event. Noytmbtt 27·29

East Te"ne5See Open Championship 8rlstol. Tenn.

Open; at YMCA in Bristol; entry fce $2.00 (non·USC l-~ members pay $1.00 rating fcc in addition); 5 rd Swiss; trophy and cash prizes; registraHon at 7:00 p.m. at YMCA, l :;t rd at 7:30 p.m.; [or details and hotel reservations write: Bill Rucker, Bristol Chess Club, 128 Holborn St., Bristol. Tenn.

100% USCF rated event. Noocmber .27-.29

Wichita Open Tournament Wichita, Kansas

Open, at YMCA; 6 round Swiss; $2:00 entry fcc; trophies; for de­tails write: K. R. MacDonald,

YMCA, Wichita, Kans.

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