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Wednesday,~N.f. ber 5, 1955 15 Cents

Conducted by RUSSELL CHAUVENET

S END solutions to Position 'No. no to Russell Chauvenet, 721

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

Solution to Position No. 170 Will ap· pear in the November 201h, 1955 issu ••

NOTE: Do "ot pl." ,oIu,i''''$ /0 , "'" p()f;tion, on Ollt <4.,,; lot suu to ;nJi(41t corrtd , .. .."ber of politi" .. 6ting sol"tJ. .n" girt t/u /,,1/ """'t II"t! iI/tlrtll 01 tht fO/"" to <1U;st in propu attl;,i"g of s!'/u,ion.

Posi!ion No. 170

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Smith Triumphs In Sbuthwestern Open

Baker, Jurevics, Janes 2nd to 4th Kenneth R. Smith of Dallas, whos~ piny has been somewhat spotty

, since returning from the ~rmed Forces, gave evidence of complete re­covery of his pre-army style by winning the ' oB-player Southwestern Open at Waco 6-1, losing no games but drawing wilh Robert L. Garver and John B. Payne. Second to fourth on S·H with 5,/,, ·1% each were Allen H, Baker, J~. of San Antonio, Juris Jurevics of Dnllas, Ill\d William II. Janes of t.crOY. Baker lost one game to Leon Politlkof( tlnd drew with Robert F. Jolly; Jurevics lost to Jonquim Camat'cna ' nnd drew with Janes; while Jllnes lost no games but drew with Lf;e 'Hyder, Garver, nnd Jure-vics. I

Fifth to tenth with 5-2 each were John B. Pnyne of San Antonio Blake W. Stevens of San Antonio, was elected president of 'the spon­Leon Poliakoff of Dallas, C, Fred sO,ring Texas Chess , Associntion, Tears of Dallns, Robert F. Jolly of and Allen H. Baker, Jr., 1811 Edi­Alliitin, John B. Payne of San An· son Drive, San Antonio was ap­toni6, and Owen W. JoJmson of pointed seeretary-trellsurer. The Dallas. Juris Jurevics, l7-years old, Southwestern Opcn for 1956 was became the Southwestern Junior awarded to San Antonio. Champion and Mrs. Frances Frazier _ Although fewer out-of-state play­with 2¥.. -4"h llC'orc beoome South- ens completed this year than usual, western Women's Champion: Most Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New promising young player in the Mexil.'O nnd Mexico were repre­event was Eric Bone of Baytown, sented. Local sponsor was the Waco 15-years old, who placed 21st with Chess -club and the event was di-4-3 in his second year of playing reded by International Master chess. George Koltanowski.

DONNELLY WINS IOWA OPEN

w. H. Donnelly or Valparaiso, Ind. won the Iowa Open Champion­ship sponsored by the Tri·City Chess Club of Davenport with a perfect 7-0 score. Second and third on S-B with 5-2 each were B. ,Egle of Dubuque and Allan Calhamer of Blue Island, m. Fourth and filth were Dr. A. W. Davis of Amcs and Melvin Matherly Qf B~ttendorf with 4%-2% each. Egle lost one game to Donnelly and drew with J. G. Roecker and Dr. Davis; Calhamer lost to Davis and C. A. Williamson. The 21-player event drew players f rom lown, minois and Indiana. Karl H. Wiegmann was tournament dir ector.

U.S. W OME N FLY TO MOSCOW MEET

The U. S. representatives in the Women 's World Championship Candidates Tournament, U: S. Womcn's Co·Champion Gisela Gres­ser, U. S. 'Open 'Vomen's Champiou Sonja GraC-Stevenson, and former U. S. Women's Champion Mona May Kar£[, set out for lIigscow on September 25 via Scandanavinn Air Lines. Play began October 1 :it Mos­cow.

If all twenty eligible players compete there will be a three­sectiop preliminary with the four ranking players competing in the round robin finals. The winner will be the challenger in a' match for t~e Women's World Ch.ampionsh ip. '

Suesmon Tops New England Event

Platz 2 nd; Blind Player Wins B Class Walter B. Suesman of Providence won his third New England title on

Coons,.points wiU} a score of 5lh-Pk, drawing with runner·up Dr. Joseph Platz of Hnrtrord, who also tallied 5lh -l %. Tilird to sixth \Vith 5-2 each wete Massachuselts Champion John Curdo of West Lynn, Harry Lyman of Mattapan, Harlow B. Daly of Saword, and Boris Siff of Wollaston. Curdo, the Giant·killer, downed both Suesman and Lyman, but lost to

. Plab: and drew with Michael Wertheim and H. B. Daly. Lyman lost to Suesman and Curdo. Daly, the wonder of the tournament who wop his first New England .title in 1908 and is still gOing strong, lost to Bartlett Gould and drew with B. sm and Curdo, but defeated Dr. Platz. sm lost to Suesman and drew with Charle s Sharp and Daly. Charles Sharp of West Scarboro fi n ished seventh with 4lh -2~.

Rohert P. Rathllun of ;Medford, In winning for the third time, using a special peg-set to ,0Usel his ' Suesman received permanent cus­handicap of blindness, won tbe tody of the Rohert Welch Trophy . .

·Class B tournament 5%-l'h, losing The event wa's held in Newbury­one game to runner·up Warren port, Mass. and drew 50 players Chamandy of Providence and draw- from Massachusetts, Maine, Con­ing with Charles Darron of "Brook- neeticut, Rhode Island, New Hamp­line. More than one opponent com- shirc and Vermont. mcnted that Ratbbun eould see more on the chessboard than be could. Second and third with 5-2 each on Coons points were War­ren Chamandy and Hugh Robinson of Belmont. Fourth to seventh with 4'h-2~ ()~ch were Eberhard Fels, Pic Albert Gedratis, Ralph Gerth, nnd Jack Romanow.

MORGAN TAKES VIRGINIA TITLE

Leonard C. Morgnn of Roanoke won the Virginia State Champion­ship on SoB with 51h·llh, losing one game to runner·up C. W. ruder and ' drawing with 'R. J . Fecney. Charles W. Rider of Nvrfolk, also with 5lh · Ilh, was second, losjng no games but drawing with Feeney, Peter Henderson, and Daniel Fidlow. Third to sixth with 5·2 each in-the 36-player Swiss at Norfolk were Robert J . Feeney of Chilesburg, Terry Y. Mullins of Waynesboro, Daniel }~idlow of Fort Lee, and Cmdr. C. D. Mott of Norfolk. Sev­enth to tenth with 41h ·2* each were Peter Henderson, Carl Spies, John M. Palmer, and E. If. Falkow-ski. .

JE NK INS WI NS IN NO. CA ROLINA

Dr. Albert Jenkins of Raleigh scored 6-0 to win the closed Nor-th Carolina Championship. Dr. Nor­man "M. Hornstein placed second in the lQ-player cv,ent with 5-1, losing only to· Dr. Jenkins. Third to sixth with 3-3 each were Paul Newton, Ja'mes Little, Wm. Ed. Cox, Jr., and Dr. Fred Langner. The event. was held at Southern Pines, an d Dr. Hornstein acted as tourna· ment pirector.

KALM E TRIU M PHS IN PENNSYlVANJA

U. S. Junior Champion' Charles Knlme of Philadelphia added the Pennsylvania State title to his list by scoring 6%-% in the annual event at Hazleton, drawing one , game with runner'up Joseph Shaf­fer, also of Philadelphia. Shaffer scored 6-1 for second, drawing with Thomas C. Gutekunst of Allentown and Kalme. Lt .. John A. Hudson of Dover AFB was third with 5%-1112, losing one game to Shaffer and drawing with Saul Wachs. Third and fourth with 5-2 each were Her­mnn Hesse of Bethlehem an'd Saul Wachs of Philadelphia. Sixth " to i . ninth with 4l1.! -2l1.! each wcr.e, Wood­row W. Young, Theodore Yudaeuf­ski, Dale Schrader, and Richarq D: Elder. The 38·player event, small for Pennsylvania, was directed by William A. Ruth. Former U. S. Junior Champion Saul Wachs won the Speed ev(!nt.

BISGU IER PLAYS IN ZAGREB MEET

u. S. 'Champion Arthur B. Bis­guier will p;).l'tie ip:ato in an inrer­national event at Zagreb commem­orating the l Oth 'anniversary of the liberation of Zagreb, sponsored by the Croatian Chess Federation, be­ginning on November 1. Among other participants are Szabo or Barcza, Filip 01' Pachman, Gligorie, L. Schmidt, Rabar, Fuderer, Mat­anovic, Ivkov, Bertok, Udoviic, two master's from the USSR as yet un· named, and one from Italy and one .from. Austri~.

Finish It The Clever Way ! Iry "Edm.rni NMh POfilion No. 161

C. Schlechte r vs. Em. Luker Fifth Match Game, 1910

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POJ;I;,," No. 161 By Yu. Averbakh

Shakhmaty, July-August, 1955

BIKk to move, White wins

ONE move leaves Black helpless in Position No. 161; however, be played four more moves before resigning. Lasker had to win the

tenth, or last, game oC this match to draw the match and retai n his title as World Chanlpion; the other eight games were drawn.

Position No. 162 appeared in the July issue of the Russian chess monthly Shakhmilly. as White to play and win; however, Botvinnik pOint. ed out a drawing line, as follow$: 1. K·Q8, K-R2; 2. K-K7, K·R1; 3. K-K8, K-R2; 4. K·Q8, Kl-Q51 (inslead of 4 ......... , K-Ktl?; 5, K-Q7, and we have llic po~faon fn tflc (ffagnl111 , wit h Brack to move). Th is correction was made in the Aug ust issue. 'ro win, While must move his Knight to Q4 when the Black King is on R2, the position of the other three pieces being \.he sa me as in the diagram. To achieve this, White must get the Black King to R2 after getti og the White Knight to K6 (this will involve gaining the move, as shown above; the White Knight now controls the square Q4).

For solutions, pl~u. turn to Page five.

S.nd I II ~onlributl0fl 5 for ''''s column 10 Edmund Nash , 1$30 21th PII~, S.E. Washinglon 20, D. C.

Rhys W. Hays licd {or sixth with 21h -4 1h in the Middlesex Champion. ship in England, which was won

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED New Regulations

Effective March I, 1956 Tournlmonl5, m . tchas (Indlvldull

or t u m; round robin or SW151) are ralu ble when 5Pon 50red by USCF .'flllited orglnlntlon., If pllyed unde r FIDE LIWS, directed by I compet. nt official, .nd plly ed II t im , limit 0' nol more Ihln 30 mOV.a per hour.

The I nnuII dllmplo n5h lp tourna· ment o f I n USCF Club Chlpk, I nd tile " nnuI' ~hlmp lonsh;p tournl' m e nt of Iny USCF Ifflilite whose 8.,.Llws provldo thl t III Its ..... m· beN must be USCF m emba" Ilia Iro ri led without ~har1l1.

All olher 1IIIIIbil Iv.nll I r . riled only If offlcil l repor' of .Vln' II I ccompl nled b y I ... m l"an ce cov· Irinll I ril ing he of lac por g l ml for I II lI.mll Ictua ll y pllyld In Ihl con .... t . ( In I Swill on.hllf Ihl numb., of pll.,e,. tim .. Ihl num­blr of .... Undl represenls totll gimes pla.,ed If no b., .. or forfeits.)

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Seml •• nnUllly r . "nIS will b l pub­liShed of III ·Pa rtlc lpant. In III USCF· kdl d I V.nlt.

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Do n ol . r il t to othtr USCF 0Ili'''''6 for thut r",in, 'orm/.

Wtdnmltty, Plge 2

Ottobtr 5, 1955

by M. Blaine and Dr. S. P. Scholz (Blaine won the playoff from the 70-year old veteran) with 5-2, with J. A. f'uller and A. Distler tied for third with 4·3 cach, and J . A, Wall fifth with 3lh ·3 ih. To quali(y Hays scored thrce victories in a prelim­in::.ry knockout evcnt of sixty e n­trants.

Ro), T. Black and Albert Vossler scored 12¥~·3lh: each in the Buffalo City Championship to share the tiUe. Black lost one game to p . Greenough and drew with J . Barrctt, C. Diesen, S. n. Fru­cella, H. Freitag and R. Le­Blanc. Vossler lost to Black and C. Deisen, and drew with G. Mauer . James Barrett placed third with 124, whilc Paul E. Greenough and Robert Mekus shared fourth with ll lh-4'1~ in the 17 player round robin. In the two-seetion Class B. event, William Brooks and John Mauer scored 7·3 each, while David Fischer, Jr., H. Sclib and Sunshine shared third with 61h·3th each, i\huer won the play·off from Brooks to win Section one. In Sec· lion two D. Krantz tallied 9-2 fo r first, Sa m Triana was second with 8'h·2'h, and Frederick Chorlton and Carl Nepokroeff shared third with 7Ih-31h. Krantz bested Mauer in the playoff for the Class B tiUe .

Milrsh il ll (N.Y.) Chess Club: P lay In the 8·round Preliminary Swl$S quellfyln, lIVent ror the M ... "hall Chess Club Champloll$hlp b egan Sept. 18, with top sl" players enle ring chsmpion5bip rlnftl .. All members of tbe dub wttb I USCY Maste r rating are automatically seeded 1nto lhe ehamplolUolllp LIaalL A USCF Arflliated Club.

NINE QUALIFY FOR CAN DIDATES

With a lew adjourned games,left, which wHi not alter the selection, nine players were declared quali. fied for participation in the World Champioship Candidates Tourna· ment, to be held next year to select a challenger to meet World Champ. ion Mikhail Botvinnik in a mateh for the title. The nine qUalifiers, to whom will be added Vassily Smy· slov in next year's evenl, were: David Bronstein (USSR), Paul Keres (USSR), Oscar Panno (Ar­gentina), Laszlo Szabo (Hungary), Ewlim Geller (USSR), Tigran Petro­sian {USSR), H. Filip (Czechoslova­kia), Herman Pilnik (Argentina), and Junior World Champion Boris Spassky (USSR). S::.ve for the two Argentinans, i t was a total victory for the USSR and sateJiite states.

U. S. Champion Arthur B. Bis­guier recovered from a very poor start to score 8-12, being tied for 16th place with G. Stahlberg of Sweden and W. Umicker of West Germany. Before returning to the USA, Bisguier will participate in ::. tournament at Z::.greb, Yugo­slavia, beginning November 1.

FINAL STAHOINGS

(£Ka,' lor .niio"r'fIttl ,,,mts) I. D. Bronlteln (USSR) _______ ._llj.·s :z.. P . Kern (USSR, .. __ ._._. ___ .13'h..fiOh 3. O. Panna (Arll:cntina) ... _._._. __ ._. J3-7 <4. t.. Subo (Hunguy) _ .. __ .... _ ... _._._.11-8 S. E. Celltr (USSR) .... _ .... _._ ....... 1I'h·7'h 8. T. Petr01ll/l. n (USSR) .......... __ .. Il\o'.l·7'}., 7. II . )o' 1.IIp (ruchO$lovakla) _._. __ .. 11.9 8. H . rUnlk (Argenlina) ...... _ ...... __ 11·9 9. B. S pa.tty (USSR) _ ............ __ ._. __ ll·9

10. G . IlMt~ky (USSR) .................. _tOo.!!,sv." 11. 1.. "'ehman (CuchO$lovak lll) 9'}.,·9Oh 12. C. E. Gulmurd (A rgenU ne, .... 9Oh· tO'}., 13. M. NIJd(lrf (AraenUne) .. _ .. _ .. 9v.,,·10'}., 1(. A. Fuderer (Yugo~lavla) ...... ___ .9·10 IS. 1.1. Rabar (YUl:n~la vla) ................. . 9-11 16. A. D. Hi.gulcr (USA) , ....................... 8·12 17. G. S tahlberg (Sweden) ................ 6·12 18. W. Un21ckcr (W. Cermany) ...... 6·11 19. J . H. Donner (Ne therlandS) .... 5'h.I3'h 20. M. A. lIledl nn (Vonezuela) .... S'h.14\.!o 21. 8 . Sliwa (Polnnd) ...................... 5\o'.1.H'h

OTTEN TAKES FLORIDA TITLE

A. c. Otten scored 6-1 to WIn the 43-player Florida State Champion­ship at Miami-the largest Florida championship in recent years. He lost no ~mes but drew with Dr. Steven Shaw and Glenn HarUeb. Second to eighth on S.B with 5-2 eaeh were Glenn Hartleb, Dr. Steven Shaw, Ben Fishback. Frank Rose, Robert Lud low, A. Swan, nod C. Wisch. Ludlow won the Junio!' ti tle also. Another prom­isi ng junior was Douglas M. Myers, 8·years old, who scored I1h ·5'h in his fi rst tournament venture and seemed unimpressed by the as­semblaie. R. L. Washburn was tournament director.

New oHicers or the Florida Chess League arc Murray G. Cohen presi. dent, Col. F. D. Lynch 1st vice­president, Horace Taylor 2nd vice­preside nt, {and Major J. B. Holt secret::.ry·tre IlSU rer.

The Wheeling, W. Va . Champion­ship w::.s won by Tom Sweeney. The winner was determin cd on percent­age po ints with each player re­quired to complete 12 games Sweeney led the 16 competitors wilh 89%, closely followed by Alex Bolshakov with 83% and Richard Lee 80%. Charles Ritter had 69%, Alfred Dobbs 57 %, William Stev­ens 52"."D« J;.,. V. Paull, Sr. 50%.

Ct. ••• oflj. By Willa WhUe 0""""

Addrets news lIe m ' Ind Inqulrl .. on W omen ', Chesl to Mr .. Willi Whit. Owens, 124 South Point Drive, Avon Llkl, Dhlo.

M RS. Nancy Roes or Los An· geles, California, is the fifth

woman to h::.ve or to lihare the title o( U. S. Women's Chess Champion, which t itle she now sh::.res with Mrs. Giesela Gresser of New York. Others who have had this title are Miss Mona Mac KarCI, Mrs. 1I1ary Bain, and ]oIrs. Adele Belcher (formerly 1\1rs. Rivera).

Mrs. Roos' free and easy style of play sec Ins not to have been affect· ed in this tournament by the fact that she had not fully recovered from an ::.utomobiJe accident last July and was freque ntly in actual pain. Her lifelong interest in the arts and in people coupled with a sound sense of values in matters ethical and aesthetic, make her a delightful e<mvert.aUonll.li!lot. Ouo fell privileged to be in her com­pany.

The two games which clinched Mrs. Roos' share 01 the title, were her wins against the two U. S. Women's Champions-Miss Mona Mac Rarf( and Mrs. Gisela Gresser.

This is th-e first time I've seen the Roos-Gresser game. 1 mu~t have been having troubles o[ my own that day, so I have no sidelights to offer. The Roes·Karff game was played at the table next to me, and I had a box seat for the dramatic event oC Miss Karff's unprecedent· ed ([or her) overs ight on the 31st move. Miss KarU lost very grace­fully a nd seemed to be the only person at ease in the rOom. The spectators were stunned and Mrs. Roos wDs suffering from "gra nde dolor." Mrs. Roos' first conll(~rent words were to beg me not to pub­lish this game. (Sorry, N::.ncy, but it is my dooty to the publiC.)

POLISH OPENING U. s. Wom~n's Championship

New York, 1955 White Black

MRS. N . ROOS MISS M . M . KARFF 1. P-QKI4 P-K3 11. KI·Q1. QR·81 :t. 8 · K12 P-Q4 19. P·KR l R·B2

:lO. P-QR4 R/ B-Q1. 1.1. R·Rl KI· .<4

3. Y·K3 KI·KB3 4. P-QRl P-QB4 5_ p"p 8xP 22. P· 8 4 R-QS 6. P.QB4 P-Q5 1.3. P·K'4 o.KI' 7. Q.KI3 0 ·0 24. K· . 2 KI·8 1 S. KI·K83 KI·Bl 25. P· 8 S P xP 9 . p "p KtxP 26. RxP KlxP 10. KtltKI BxK. 27. PxKI 0-Q3~h

11. BxS Qx 8 U.0·K5 O x R 12. Q·8 3 Q·Q3 29. P·B5 O ItR P 11 P-Q3 P.Q Kt3 10. p"p p"p 14. B-K2 B·Ktl 31. 0 ·87 Q·Bl 15. 0.0 Q·B5 32. Qx 8Pdl K·Rl 16. Q.Q2 Q·B4 33. Q ·8kh ReSign. 17. Q.K3 KR·Ql

POLISH OPENING u. S. Women's Champions hip

New York, 1955 White

MRS. N. ROO S 1. P .QKI4 P·K3 2. B·Kt1 Kt·KB3 3. P-QR, P_Q4 4. P.K3 P·QR4 5. P.Kt5 P-QB4 6. P ·Q84 QKI.Q2 7. p"p P x P a. P-QR4 8 ·K2 t. KI·KB3 0.0 10. 8·K2 Kt·Ktl 11. 0.0 8·8C 12. P-Q3 R·81 13. QKt.Q2 KKI-02 14. QR.Bl B·8 3

(Please turn to

Black MRS. G. GRESSER 15. B·Rl R·Kl U. P ·KR3 KI ·.' 17. Q.Kt3 P.QS 11. P·K4 8·K3 19. KI·84 KI/ R-KI3 20. Q·Ql Klx KI 11 . PxKI Q .82 12. B-Q3 P.QKt3 21. R_B1 KI·Bl 24 . B_BI P·KRl 25. Kt·Kl QR-Ql 26. P· K84 8 ·8 1 27. Q.RS 8 -KI1 U. P-K5 8 · tU

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CHESS, AS WE SEE IT Contributions /Tom tile Pens

Of Outstanding Cltess Analysts and Writers

Grandmaster Strategy- and Tactics By u. S. Mas ter DR. HA ROLD SUSSMAN

R ESHEVSKY employs deep strategy in the opening pbase of the following game and secures the better position. When Howard errs

at the 19th turn, and loses a pawn, he seeks all sorts of complications. After much turning and twisting, his expectations are frustrated , [or Sammy turns out to be equally adept at tactics,

HALF- MERAN (Tschigorin Variation)

M e tropolitan League M a tch

, New York, 1955 White Blaelt

s. RESHEV$KY F. HOWA RO (Man haHln C.C.) (M .... ha ll C.C.)

1. PoQ4 P.Q4 2. PoQ84 P.Q83 3. KI-QBl KI.B3 4. P·K) P.K3 S, Kt.B3 QKI.Q1 •• B-Q3 B-Q3

Thl,. move or Tachll:'orln'. hal never bwn definite ly refuted bul the Me-un variation II . ..... PXP: 7. BlIP, P.QKt4; 8. 1I.Ql, 1'·Qltl: II. 1'. ]{4. 1'· 114 hi conx,dered to I", ~"I"!I'lor to the lexL IInc. On the other h:lIld. Ihe 1)~S$lve 6. ___ , D·K! can be met qulclly wllh 7. ().O. 0·0; B. p. Ql(ll, P·QK13; 9. U·Kt2. o.Kt2; 10. Q·K2., p .B4; II. KR·Q I wllh a clear lead to While.

7. P·K41 ~ ...... Ue"tl t..ell aaUxractory II 7. 0·0, 0-0; 8. p·K4, I'x l)l'!: U. Jlxl'. P .K4 : 10. D­KKI!i!, 1'. KII3!; II. 1J.-1t4, Q.K2; 12. U-KI, It·QI and White" edge I. mlnlmel. An· other I,alh leadlnIC to nl'l)rg:llinialo eq0311ty I~ 7. 0-0, 0 ·0: 8. 1'·QKt3, j 'xP; 9. Pxl', P.K4; 10. Q·U2, Q.K2, ole.

7. _"._ P"KP Stronger that 7 ..... ~ ... PxBP; 8. BxP, p. K4: 9. Pxl'. Ktd'; 10. Kul«, BxKt: 11. ~ch, Klr.Q; 10!- B-KKtSl (If lZo BxP, R·BI! g ive,. mack a I tron. attack). K · K2; 13. 0-0·0 and White has a very promIsing game. Thl. lIno .how. why 7. P·K4 Is stronger tbat 7. 0-0, 0·0; 8. P·K4 {or It ellmlnateJl the freeln, rna. neUvers 7 ........ '-xlll' lind 8 .......... P.K4.

8. KlxP KhKt , 9. BxKI P .K4

This is the correct pawn pUllh Jltnlte&l-­cally bu t Black doesn'l tum to .chleve equality. Otber mover 'lPpear wor$f!. I.e.: a ) 9 ......... , 1(1·83; 10. B·IJI, lJ.-Kt5 eh 3nd now White hn. ~evcral p leasant continuations: (1) 11 . B-Q2. Q.R4: IO!-0·0. Bxll; ll. Klxll. 0-0: 14. P·DS, R.Ql; IS. Kt·B4 and OIaek IS left wIth an in. fcrior Bishop. 'thc WhIte Knight will settle On Q6; (2) II . Ji·Qt, Q·'R4; 12. p. QfU, BxB; 13. Qxn, QxQ ch: 14. KxQ wilh mueh the better ending; (3) ThIs

.Is Ihe sharpell! I I'ccommend II . K.K2! (even K·BI Is good) and Whlto has • Powerf"l attncking .. arne. b) Another plausible line is 9 . ......... P·D4; 10. 0 ·0 , 0·0; It. R·Kl CB-B2 II al$o good) and While's carne Is preferablc.

10. 0 ·0 P x P Unfortunately, h e cannot castle safoly. A pawn goes via 11. PxP, KtJ<P; It. Klx Kt.. llxKt; l:t. BxRPeh. KxB; 14. Q.RS ell. . K· IHI: Ifi. QxB, etc.

11. Qx P! _~~

The most natun.1 reply. Other ttl ... are: aJ II. KI",P, which is playable sine. U. ~._, nxp eh?; 12. K:cB, Q-l't5 eh; IS. K·KU. Qx.B; 14. R-K1 w.lns or 11. __

Q·RS; 12. P.KKt3 ! and the Queen )'Oust retreal. and (b) the Uti le tested 11. B-­KKlS which appean playable aftar .~.~~ . P·W; 12. K\XP!, Kt·K4!; 13. B-KB4 willi. • compliuled I:',me.

11 . ........ Q·B' 11. Q.Qll Kt·K4

Pisyilible is 12. ~ ...... , p.KR3, preparing to enUe and Itopptng lJ.-KKU. Jmm~late c .. UI"," II inCerior, I.e.: 12.. ~ .. _ . 0 ·0; 13. B-KllII, Q.K3; 14. n .KI . KI.K4: 15. KtxKt, BxKI; U. P·B4, BxKW; 17. BxP

tch. Kx.8: 18. RxQ, BxR(Rl); ~9 . It-K3!: lJ.-B3: to. BxB, hB; :no Q·RS ell, X·KU. n a ·KU ch and mat' follow&.

IS. R·Kl KtxKtch TIIiI leadl to trouble. Somewhat better is ll ....... ~ , B·KKt.5; 14. D·KU, Q·K3; 15. Q·N. P·KR~; 18. KI-Q4, Q-B2: 17. B·Q2 II"d Black's King Is cxposed. On the other hand, castling again cO$U a pawn, Le.: 13 .. __ , O-O?; 14. KbKI, BxKt; IS. DxRP ch. ete.

14. BxKlch B·K1 U. B·K]!

A precise move necessary to main tain the InlUaUve.

15 ... ~._. 0 -0 ~·orccd. a~ IS. .. .. ~... n·K3?: 111. lJ.-Q4, Q·KKI3; 17. 8·RSt. Q.Jt3; lB. BxKKtP, QxU: 19. Itx.ll ! wln$; or IS ......... . QxKtI'?; III. U·Q4 wlnnlnl/ quickly (16. B'QR!S Is 111-'0 good).

16. B·Q4 17. P·851 II. Q·R4!

Q·Q1 Q,,' B·B1

This may not be worse than 18. . ___ ., B-K3; 19. QR·Ql. Q-IU; 20. Q·QKH, R.Q1: 21. Q.B3, B-KDI; 22. p.KR3 and now It 22. ........ . B·'14; 23. B-KKt4 and Black reo maln8 cramped.

19. QRoQI B·K3??

A blunder losing a pawn. Jle oyerlook.s Sammy's clever 20. :B-K5! Necesury is J9 ......... , BxD: ZOo RxB when (a) 20. ~_~. Q·83; 21. Q-Kt4, D-K3; Z2.. KR-Qt tiel Black up considerably. Even W'!l'lIe III (b) ZO. .._ .... , Q·B2; 21. R-Q6, lJ.-K3; %1. KR·Ql! o r Ie) 20, ......... Q--Kt4; n. Q·Kt4. n.Ql; 2.1. P·KRA. Q.B3; 23. R·Q6, B-K3; Z4.. QxKtP. etc.

20. B·KS! B·Q4 Now he sees that Q·K2 III met by 2:1. n·Q6 winning Ihe exchange. Of e()urse. It 20 .. _ .... , Q-QBl!: 21. BxB and White· will win s hQrlly Qn the K->;Ide.

21. BxQB PxB 12. Q-Q4! BxB 23. RxB Q·R41

From here In, tbe Marshall Co-Cham· pion puts up a ttlff fight. H e now hoptA for 24. QxQP. QR-Ql; 25. Q-Kt3, ItxR: 26. QxR. Q:rrRP. etc.

2 .. P-QR3 QR·KI ! 25. Qx P R.Ql 26. Q.Kt) . R-Q7

"'11K> not qulle COO<'l enough Is 21. ~~._ .. P..qKt3; 27., RxR ch, RxR; 28. R·K7, a. KBt; 29. PXP. PxP; 30. p.KR"-!

17. R/ Q·Kl 0 .Ql1 21. R·k7!

(S66 diagram k1p ne::tI column)

Keen playl He avoldl 28. QxKtpt, Q-Q!i!; 211. a.ru. P .KKt31 (bul nol 2:9 ......... , Rx KLP??; 30. QJ<ur eh ond mate in two!) and Black regalnl a pawn ind has eoun· Inploy. Now S.mmy .cerna to . set a cunnln, tnI'. S hould Howard r e lo r t 28. .. ~ .... , Q-Q$; D. JlxKBP!! looka .. ood. Or does It??!

n, .~ .. u. ... KKI31 ,c;a,re l y tlrat and why nott tt'l true he eau safely play 28. ~._, Q.QS ror In 29. ItxKHP!? h"lead of 29. _ . :RxJl??; 30. Il-K8 mile!, he plays 29 •. __ • llx KIP!! (besl). Whlte·s best plsy 1$ 30. 1lxR eh (leading to nOwhere II '0. Q-KB3, QxBP!; 31. RxR o::h, QxR; U. Q.QS ell. X·RI; ~. Q-QB!i, X.KU, etc.). KxR; 31. Q-KK13! White then seem. to have bel.­l'" chan~1 Ihan aga inst t he- text line. lie has a IItrong litack, a n extra pawn and llIaek'. Rook II out ol p lay.

29. RxK IP QoQ5 lO. Q· KB, QxBP 31. P· KR41

Apparently provWlng an escape ""uare lor h ili King. Actually he meana to play 31. n ·K8!

31. ~_~.. P.KR4? A rln ... 1 errer In .. most dltno::ult posI. tlon. He must try :U. ._ .... . , Q·Q5! AI· thouhg rtC$hcvsky still h .. a theoretical win, hc must ,n olnt .. ln hili vigilance. On 32. p· rt!i?, nxKtP s uffice! and on 32. R·Xa?? It·QB eh: 33. K.H2, QxKRl' eh nn,l llIack wlnsl! or coune, Sammy can hold everythln,ll wllh 32. n.QKW.

12, R·KSI

A bea"Ur,,1 move. He threatens QIlKBP cb and male {oUow'.

n. ........ O.Bkh?? 'ThIs error (!oc~n't rtally m atter lor ar\.e r 32 ...... ~ .• Q·Q4; l3. QxQ, RxQ; 34, lUR ch. KxR: 35. RxP White has a.n .. sy cn~ln.r.

33. K· II:2 Q. B5 ]4. RxRch Kxll: 35, Q· Bt.1I R.tlg",

/\fatos are Ihreatened at KR8 and QKtB. A ~plendl() game by Reshcvsky.

The second annual Estonian Nor t h American Championship wjJI be held at "{ontrcal October .8·10. Eleven entries have been in· vited from Canada and five from the USA to compete in the six round Swiss evenL There will also be a Speed event, and if enough entries a reserve and junior.

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Octolwr " 1911

College C!.ed~ oflj.

Cotrtiucutl by Frederick H. Kerr

All college clubs and play.n a ... urged to send l\eW, Iteml to: Freder ick H . Kerr, Nittan), 32-13, Box 277, P ,n", s)'lvilnle Slat. Unlvenlty, Unlverllty P art:, Penni. '

T HE Pennsylvania State Univer­sity Chess Club he ld its first

meeting Cor the year on September 21. Among the new students in at· tendance was Ronald Nowicki from Natrona, Pennsylvania. Last year Ron 'Vas president ot t he Penn State Altoona Ccnter Chess Club. Now a sophomore on the main cam· pus at University Park, he has joined the parent club. Graduation took two of Penn State's best un· dergraduate players, Howard Kal­odner and Ralph Eilher,. However, scveral freshmen seem to have great potential ability; Arch Stein of Philipsburg 'won two straight games at the meeting. OCCieers will be elected for the new year on October 5. .

Bcthany College would like to ar· range matches with colleges and othcr clubs i n their nrca. Interest· ed chess groupS should write to the prcsident 01 the Bethany Col· lege Chess Club. Dennis Kuby. His address is simply: c/o Bethnny College, BethaQY. West Virginia.

The United States is not the only country with strong college chess. Queen's University of Belfast came in sccond in the Irish national championship for clubs. The unl· versity men wcre defeated in the final round by the Clontarf Chess Cl ub of Dublin.

One of the book stores in the ad­joining town of Stale College is selling a new line of greeting cards. One of them I'eads: "Even the Penn State Chess Team can't figure out HOW - But, - I remembered! A ve ry happy You know what day!" It sce~ tbat these arc sold at many other schools with the local college name in place of "Penn State." The front cover shows four members on the chess team (they look like phySics majors) looking over a neat mate. This is a nice little card--even at 25c each.

The Butler Chess Club has put a system into effect whereby each person buying a chess set in one of the local stores is given a free series of chess lessons by the club. Some university clubs might find this a good method for gettin'g new members.

If you read th is column, if you like it. if YOll don't Jike it, 11 you have 'a suggestion, if you want somc information, or if you have some news, please write and tell mc . . This column is for college chess players in- all parts of the country; it is only as good as you make it.

Krn9s:m~'~":-;(D= .. ~,=.:"C)CC~'~K:::.-C;';::u'b: EI: tion of' Qfrleers saw Meyer AICher be­come president; H;orry Zalc: vlec-pre.s1· del\t; Carl Haesslotr. 39 Massaehusctts, Detroit secretary; and USCP' vlce·presi· d ent Ttlomu A. .1enkin. treasurer. A USCF AffUi.lted Club,

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Vol. X, Number 3 qbfS.5 .tiff -4..."I""'~ CI.... 1/.w~I'''I'.~ October 5, 1955

Publbhed twice a month On the 5th and 2O.tb by mE UNITED STATI'.S CH1tSB FED.ER-'\-TION. Entered as second clan mlltter September 5, 194a, at the pOlt office al Dubuque, Iowa, under the act of March 9, 1879. .

Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR POSTMA,TE R: PI'.'e return vnd,U",rable copJe~ wllh FOrtTI :157' to K.nneth Harkness, USCF Business Mln.ger, 81 Bedford Street, New Yolie 14, N. Y.

When chess seeks for management, i t should seek those competent in administration and promotion-they can be taught all they need to know about chess. .

So let us in the future turn a deafer ear to such lucid intervals of lunacy that consbt in criticising Mr. X as an executive merely because he is a B or C Class player. The cri terion is not his playing strength , but how well he knows his job of managing or promoting. When we select a team to represent tlle USA, let us then select our very best players; when we choose officers to manage the USCF, let us choose the most

I {j~n q , By I .efficient business men we can find; when we promote tournaments, let· II . J~ . the promoters be those who arc gifled in the not too <;.ommon talent

~Jor 0ptctJ Montgomery Malor ' of organization and promotion. And only in the first instance is playing L ____ -'-' ___ -'-__________ -=-__ "--_-' ____ J strength of any importance.

The Great Hallucination O/>i"io" is JiviJd. SOIn~ mrn /wId Tbat fU'1 1M $""~st /'" 0/ "fll"M m~_ Som~ lbal h~·s Tully ,,,ne, but sh"mming m"d­Som~ Ihtsl he's u"lI" ,n"d, but $ll<Imming Stint'­Some Ih"l h~ .... ill be ",,,d, lome llusl he IVtlS­Some ,ba, he rouIJ,,', be. But on the .,.,hol~

(As Ill, "I I '"'' ",,,ke Ol.t .,.,b"l Ihry mttln) The IttY()r;lt Iheo..,'s Il>mc.,.,h"r liIu lhis: H"ml~l is jJ;l>liI;tllly I"'I~ Wilh lu,iJ · in/it .. ,,/s 01 /UIl"r-,.

W. S. GILBERT_Rosecrantl and Gu lldernsltrn

OPHELIA'S conclusion regarding Hamlet's sanity in the charming Gilbert parody: of Shakespeare's master piece is une that frequently'

is called to mind when some new protagon ist proclaims again the great hallucination- presumably in a lucid interval of lunacy.

Ie h'as Deen said' by various pseudo..Jramfets-ana will be again, no doubt-that chess suffers in this or that respect because some particu­lar project or organiazlion is not directed by a £amous chess player. Among many-stupid criticisms that recur too oHen, this h allucination is u ndoubtedly the most stupid of all.

n has a plausible sound , which is why it is too frequently accepted as true by even those intelligent enough to recognize the fallacy if they paused to think. For basicly it rests upon the absurb conception that ability to do one thing extrcmely well implies equal ability to perform unrelated tasks quite' as eCIiciently, jOst because they lie in the same broad field of endeavor. ~

Outside of chess, no one subscribes serio'usly to this particular hallucination, for we do not expect architects to be carpenters and bricklayers, nor hire dental technicians to fill our teeth as well as pre· pare fillings and plates. We do not expect the salesman to be proficient in manufacturing wbat he sells.

In chess it is equally absurd to conrus~ values. For the ability to play chess in master style is no guarantee of any talent for the drab details of o rganization. Concerts are organized by those who Jove music, not by the master concert artists, who would freque ntly be temperment. ally unfitted for the tedious routine of promotion and preparation. On the stage the great produ,eers and directors seldom themselves excelled as actors-and even Shakespeare played second fiddle to Burbage as an actor on the Elizabethan stage.

With a few rare and notable exceptions chess masters have not excelled as promoters of chess, or liS organizers and directors of tourna­ments- and there is no valid reason why they should. The very gifts that make them masters makc it exceptional for them to be also gifted in those very diHerent talents required for successful promotion and organization.

On the other hand, almost anyone active ·in chess who thinks about it seriously can name a score or more of valuable chess organizers and promoters on the local scene who are neithcr masters nor evcn experts. Their talents lie not on the chessboard so much as in the gj(t or man­aging, arranging details, promoting funds.

Therc{ore, the test of' any wOI'ker for chess is not his personal skill at the game (for this is quite immaterial), but how well he does the job that is entrusted to him. Is he a competent organizer or director? Whether his USCF rating is Grand master or C minus is obviously ir­relevant.

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THE 1000 BEST SHORT. GAMES OF CHESS: A TREASURY OF MASTER_ PIECE IN MINIATURE. Compiled by Irving Chernev. New York: Si­mon and Schuster, $5. SSS pp., numerous diaas_

T HIS mammoth colledion pro\'id es countless hours or solid instruc­tion and deJighUul entertainment. Previous anthologies like DuMont's

and Richter's have informally established the miniature at 25 moves or less. None of Chernev's run beyond 24 ; many of them illus trate traps and cardinal errOrs in the opening. The present is of course the largest collection of its kind in print. It lacks nn index (a grievous omission in any chess book). but every player of note is here, from Adams to Znosko­Borowski, from Greco to Geller. Many specimens are from lhc golden era of romantic chess by Morphy, Blaekburne, and other ga mhiteers; bul contemporary chess is well reQresented b'{ CaQ.ablanca, Lasker. Keres, Alek hine, Bolvinnik, Reshevsky, and many more. Chernev's criterion has becn the game, not the player; and so many a buried postal masler­piece has been revived and many a beauty by a pair of unknowns from a minor to urnament. Not least among attractions are the witty and in­structive head notes and light comments. It is testimony to the incxhaust. ible variety of chess and the fertility of Chernev's vein that he can in· troduce each of the thousand games with propriety and point. This re­viewer has an understandable afCeetion for No. 602 (not that he played ill), but all the old favorites a rc here and many fresh candidates for immortality. Like The Fireside Book of Chess, this treasury belongs In every player's library. ,

HOW TO WIN IN THE MIDDLE GAME OF CHESS. By I. A. Horowin. New York : David MeeK ay. 199 pp. 143 diags. $3.75.

I N eighteen chapters of pungent analysis and frequent diagrams, Chen Review editor Horowih ~nlinues his series of solid instructional

books. He deals with pins, Corks, double attacks, queening combinations. X-ray attack, as onc might expect of modern textbooks. But he also de· votes chapters to such strategic issues as the center, development, space­advantage, weak and strong squares. ~s the vohlme of studies lavished upon the middle game would indicate, if nothing else d id, tmining here Is more d i({icuit by Car than in the patterned openi ngs and mathematical endings. It is the middle game that contributes the element of unpredleta· bility to ehess; and cxactly because it does, the middle game is itself hard to te:1eh. Fine, Zosno-Borovsky, Euwe, Reinfeld, and many anotber have developed some genera l principles; Horowi12 capitaliZes upon this common stock of a master's knowledge and simplifies it for the inter­med iate player. Among the two dozen illustrative games are the well· known Edward Lasker-George Thomas, London 1915. which concludes with 18. 0·0-0 mate; and Evans-Opsahl, Dubrovnik 1950, the modern classic exemplification of the mi nority attack. In them as elsewhere, Horowitz emphasizes the features that ordinary chessors can see and profil from. The format is typical McKay, which is to say excellent, and the typography helps the player visualize what goes on. Unfortunately, li ke many American ehess books nowadays, this one lacks an in dex.

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When Col. Yardley was charged with breaking the J apanese dIplo-matic code in 1920·21, he found it easier to teach a trained cryptographer ~~ r Mr. Major: eolnte~! •• "."",wo.nh.t,o."t'- .,." th, Urn.

A SUM"go:stlon. The Chlugo 2nd Gn::at... , .... the intricate Japanese language than to teach someone versed in Japan- L.ke Tournllment showed once again clock be returneeJ. Th. te.m must rind esc the art of cryplography. When a railroad organization recently wished the pr.eUC(! oC tbe abolishment or the their .nswer In U mlnute~ and If no to reorganize its office procedures, it did not select a railroad man lor lime eloc.k. The orlginal playcn played answer is forthcomtng. the ' conclusion tho job, but chose an executive who had made' <oputation .s an au- . 4S moves In l1 G minutu, but once the I~ a draw on T IME. Thl5 rUle should TUM or adjudleaton moved in, the bo blr to . n coneernell. It a bett.er lhority on office procedures--he could be taught the railroad background. BEST m ...... u h.d 10 be found. It is anawer Is de'!!tre-d, let the I'lll)'enl go to When a national magazine on Industrial Medicine selected a new editor, possible that the orlJ;:lnal players never • b4rger tournament where the pl4l' 15 they did not look for a phySician, they selected a man whose qualification recolj'nilCd their g.me~ 'II they 8tood slower .neJ the hour' oC play longer.

~:~; on the sidelines and watched the IId-was his succe with a journal on plumbing!- it was essential that he judlealor.!. The Ume element waS gone. HOWARD GABA, M.D,

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LARRY EVANS ON OPENINGS By IllternatiOlwl Master LARRY EJI ANS

u. S. OPEN CHAMPION, 1954

Theoretical Contributions 01 the

U. S, Open, Long Beach, 1955 BENONI COUNTER GAME

The Saidy.Reshevsky game de m­onstrated that the lollowing system is completely slI tisfactory for Bl ack: 1. P.o4, N·K83j 2. P-QB4, P·84; 3. N·KB3-it is this plausible move which is suspect! Correct is an immediate P·Q5. 3 . ....... " PXPj 4. NxP, P·Kll and Black has achiev­ed complete equality as demon­strated previously by Euwe and Keres. White h as lost t he i ni tia­tive and cannot afford the luxury of fianchettoing his KB.

,.----....

PosltJon _fl e r . . ... _ .• S. P-KN3? {Too s low. 5.

and rapid develOpment Is ........ , S·NS Chi 6. 8.02, B-N2, 8-84 (Stronger than QxN; 8, BxB, QxBP; 9. B-'QR3-wi th some compensation Cor the

Position , Uer •. B.R,

quenUy by the following order of movcs: 1. P-Q4, N·K83; 2. P-QB4, P·KN3; 3. P-KN3, B·N 2; 4. B·N2, O.(); 5. N-Q83. p·03; 6. N-B3, P-M.

Pawn); 8. B·QB3, P-K4; 9. N·BS, I ! ::::'----_ "'-'c:..:...:-=-:.::._ BxP ch; 10. K·BI , P-Q4!: 11 . NxP ch, K-SI ; 12. N·RS, NxH; 13. P.K3, N·KS3; 14. KxB, N·NS Chi 15. K-Kl , NxKP; with a \Vinnmg position for Black.

DUTCH DEFENSE In the game Byrne-Brilndts,

White lried a system which looks artificial but which takes a lot of the punch out of Black's K-sldc at. tack while at the same time keep­ing the Q-side fluid. We give it for what it's worth fo.r those of YOU who arc not !latis!ied with the more normal weapons at ' Vhite's disposal.

1. P-04, P·kB4; 2. P·KN3, P-Kl ; 3. B-N2, N-KBl; 4. N·KBl, 8 -K2; 5. 0 ·0 , o..p; 6. P·B4, P-Q4; 7. P-N3, P-B3; 8, Q·82, Q·Kl ; 9 . B.Rl.

(.'iee tfiagmm tOr) lied coll/mn) Here Black tried 9 .......... QN-Q2;

but offhand it seems that he should misplace White's QN by playing RxB instead. Still, Black's game Is not easy. E.G., 10. NxB, QN·Q2; 11 . P-QN4.

KING'S INDIAN Th is tournament cont.1ined a

surpris ing number of K's Ind ians, featuring the Yugoslav VarlaUon, which seems to have revived in popularity. It 1S reached mOllt f re-

ReshevskY-Rossolimo continued: 7. P-QS (maintaining tension in the center by 7. P ·KR3, N·B3; 8. B-K3, is a posibility), P-QR3 (the custom­ary move is N-R3--but Rossolimo demonstrates lhat such a maneuvre is artUicial); 8. P-QR4. ON-Q2; 9. 0-0. RoN1 ; 10. Q·82, N-Kl!; 11. B-Q2. P-N3 (Unneccssary-Black should never try to stop P-R5); 12. P·K4. N·82; 13. KR·Kl. P..QN4; 14. RPxP. PxP; 15. PxP. NxP; 16. NxB, RxN; 17. B·B3. Q-N3=

ReshevskY' Byrne contained theo· rcti~al interest since it paralleled Botvinnik-N a j d 0 r f. Amsterdam Te .. m Tournament, 1954, )JP to Ole poin t where Byrne improves on Najdorf. Continue from the dia­Rram: 7. 0-0, N-B3; 8. P-K 3, B-84; 9. P-N3.

Now Najdorf played 9 ......... , N-a nd driJted into an inferior

position. Byrne, however, comes up wilh the super·sharp 9 . ........• p . Q4J!?

(Sec diogrn"~ top next column) 10. PxQP, NxP(4); 11. NxN. QxN;

12. N_KS. B-KS-an<t n ow White could fi.nd nothing better than the offer of a draw which Black ac­cepted. The position is still full of

Lantaliting possibilities. E.g., 13. BxB, QxB; 14. N-Q7, PXP; 15. p­BS, Q-K3; 16. NxR, RxN; 17. P·K4-and it secms that Blade has morc than cnough compensation for the exchangc-u evidenced by thc fact that Rcshevsky did n ot want to play into this variation. Another possibility is 13. p·B3. 8-84 (not 13. . ....... , PXP; 14. NxN!); and White Is hard· pressed to find a continuation . Not 14. P-K4 ? QxPch.

Thus 9 .........• P·Q4 scems to stand up under analysis.

In Evans-Yarmak Black adopted .m unusual variation wh ich Tarta­kower is fo nd of: 1. P-Q4, N·K B3; 2. P·QB4, P-KN3; 3. N-OS3, P·Q3; 4. P·K N3, B·N2; 5. 8 -N2, O,(); 6. N· B3, P_B3; 7. 0-0, B·NS.

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Posl l ion . Uer 7. • __ • B-NS

The gtlme continued: 8. P·KR3, BxN; 9. B.:8, P·K4; 10. P-QS (10. PxP, PxP; 11. Q·B2. opening up tilc ~ame for th e two Bishops, may bc s harper), P·B4; 11. P·K4. N·R3; 12. P·R3. N·B2; 13. P-QN4, with an ed~e for White.

Evans·Addison fea tured an odd t ranspostion into the Yugoslav Variation : 1. N·KB3, P·03; 2. P-Q4. N-K83: 3. P-K N3. P·KN3 ; 4. B-N2, B-N2; S. O.(), 0..0; 6. P-84. N-B3. (See c&r:ram top of next column)

7. p·QS, N-QR4; 8. QN-Q2. P·B4; 9. P·K4, P·OR3; to. R·Kt? In his haste to s torm the !:!enter, Wbite neglects his Q·side. Correct is 10. R-Nt . P.QN4; 11. P-QN3. followcd by Q-B2 and B-N2; wh~r~as Black's Kt is misplaced on QR4. That is the advanta~e of placing White's QN on Q2. 10 .........• P-QN4; 11 . P­K$I N·NS; 12, r ,:QP, PxP; 14. N·K4,

Ql)ess !:ift W ~J"~/Jtry, Page 5 Orwbtr 1, 1915

1!C2l!-i;;;;;, ;;;.; ........• N.B3

N·8S; with teeming counterplay fO r Black.

MERAN VARIATION . _ Eva ns· Byrne: 1. P_Q4. P·Q4: 2.

P-QB4. P·OB3; 3. N·KB3, N·83: 4. PI! ·B3. P-K3i 5. P·K3, QN-Q2: 6. B· Q3. 8-NS.

Posi tion .ner , . _., B-Hj

Thi .~ nlove was also played i n Bronstein ·Evans, match US-USSR, 11)55, as reported in our las t col­umn. The idc .. is to exert pr essure indircctly agai nst White's K4:. also to take the gamc of the beaten track.

7. P-QB3, 8 ·R4; 8. 0-0. (The order - of movcs is deliberate . Against me. Bronstein. pl ared t!te automatic 8. Q-B2, which IS qUltc u ncalled for in this particular VOlr­iation.) 8 .........• 0-0; 9. PxP (The new idca-to play for a minority attack if Slack rcctlptures with the KP) KP)(P (9 .......... BPxP leaves Bla~k with a slight b ut undeniable disadvantagc-yet it may be best); 10. B·Q2 (Too hasty. This B~shop belongs on QR3, hence best 15 10. P·QN4. followed by P-QR4 and B· R3), R·Kl ; 11 . Q·B2. 8·B2; 12. P­QN4, N-81; 13. P·R3. N·N3? (Black ~hould s top for P·QR3); 14. poNS. 0.03; 15. KR·8t (Threatening 16. PxP. PxP; 17. N-QN51. P-84; 16. P-N61. P.:P; 17. N·QNS. with ad­vantage to White.

(To be continued in Nov. 5 issue)

Finish It The Clever W.yl r nsltlon No. 161: I. Q·R6 (the lhreat"

2. R·D8 ch). R_XU (lr 1. •• _ ..•.• )t_Xti: 2. Q·KfI. R .XU ; 3. Q-B? ch, etc.): 2. R.R? ch, K_Ql: :I. R xKlP, Q.Xt3: 4. Q.R3, K ­m It ' of •••• _. Q·Xt5: 5. Q.R7) . lind Black res!.,ncd In the fllC4l 0' /I ",,,te ,,, three. sI"rUn.e with s.. Q·DI ch.

Poslllnn No. 162: 1. _ ... _. X .R2: 2-Kt.KB4!, K_Rl: :I. xl-xe. X .XII : , . K .QI ' nnw Whit .. must ,,"In the move). "K.R2; 5. X·X? X·Rl : e. X-x.. K .R2: 7. "K..QlI , K-Xtt: 8 . X·Q7. X_R2: 9 . Xt.q4!, XI·ftS; 10. P -D?, Xt.Q4; U . XloBe: ch (or Xl­Xt.5 ch). and wi,... lIS White queens with " check or the Blilek Xln< muot occupy the crtUcal squ,,", XU,

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by CitelS Master JOHN W. COLLlNS,Marslwll Cite .. Club Champion, 1954

USCF MlMBEWS: 5,.b".;, yo," Hit 16m" lor tim ~r""tm~ ,. JOHN W. COLUNS. 9J uno" R.o..!, Brooklyn t6, N .Y. Sp«~ bring limitt4i, M,. CoUim .-ill ,t/eel t~ molt i"tt'~Jl;Il" tI"J jnst,u.(ti ... 10. j»iblic..,iott. U"I~SI oIlwnriH rt4JrJ DNr. to , .. m .. , <lrt by Mr. Collin,.

ARMY CHESS A ,<mit from .. $O"tMUI POI( by t.,o

0/ Unet .. Sam's SolditT Bo,I. Q.G.D., EXCHANGE VARIATION

Meo: page 160, column 3S

6th AII·Post Championship FOft Benning, 1955

White Black Spc. R. KARCH CPL. S. VALLE RIO 1. P·Q4 P'04 3, Kt.QB3 Kt·KB3 2. P.QB4 P-K3". B·KtS QKt-Q2 For if S. PxP. PxP; II. Ktxpn ICtxKtI; 7. BxQ. B-Kt5eb; 8. Q.Q2, 8xQch: 9. KltB, KxB; and the old tfilP hu worked tor Blaek again.

S. PxP P xP 6. P-83

This threaten. 7. Kt.x.J> and tries to fll­toree P-K4. Althou/lb o","'nal, the move is llilainst the prlnclplu ot ,ood develOp, ....... ".

6. 8.K1 7. R· B1 0-0 8. P·K41

A tactical ,Up which ,holl id cOllt a Pawn. White hu' belter III 8. P·K3. 9. B--Q3, and 10. KKt-K2. or 8. Kt-R3 aDd 9. Kt·Ba.

.. PIIP 9. PICP a .Ktn

A Rolllne! lor bit Oliver or aomethlng. Corr..ct is 9. M __ , KtxP! Then It 10. KtxKl. BxBi 11. KbrB. QdCt: 11. bP. Q·R4 cb; 13. n.-m. Jt-KI chi 14. B-KJ.. Xt­:83: and' Black has I distinct advIDua:e. Or 10. BICB. QxD; 11. q..X2. q..R5 chi aa:aln with a dlstlDct Ie!vantlge.

10. B·Q3 ........ Now White hu overy thing IIDder con· trol with the superior center. 11. p.f{5 is a threut.

10. ........ Q.KI 11. Kt.B3!?

This Involvtl the .. crince of a p leee and a Pawn. ~It(l can lecure a vet')' promising position. without ~crmce or risk. by 11. Q-B3 or 11. P·X5. Sacrltlce when YOU will. or It you must. but not when you cant

11 . ........ KtxPI 12.0.0

Full mobilizatiOn. n . ........ KtxB 14, K·Rl QJlKt U.: KtJlKt Q·K6ch !S. R·BS Q·R3? Now White wins by Iorco. Arter 15 ......... . Q·K6; 15 .......... Q.K2; or 15 . ......... Q.Ql; Wlllte still h as &,ood attacking ehaneos. but a c lect win IS somcthin, ellc again.

16. R·KR5 Q·as HQPeless Is 16. ......... QxR. And Jt I! noceQary to . tay On tho KR3-QB8

PERSONA L SERyrc ! Th~ Editor of thi, D~P4rtmc"t will

pllf)' ),011 ff g<fmc b)' mml. co';'m~1It 0"

~"" mo~, "nd gi~~ ),011 " thorough ptJlt: g"IIIt "",,,y.il. Ftt Ill).

Mr. Collin, ",ill ,,110 .,nlOOl"t~ "n)' O"t of )'''lIr ,dmtl for ff Itt 0/1'.

lII.et! "'''e WtJnud"7, Page 6 'It} ,.,5 J..l) I O<tobn '. 1915

dlagooa l. 10 order to be able to inter-­po,w at KR3, to I1vold mate.

17. BxP ch K·AI II. Kt-QS! Q-Q3

U Iii. .. .. __ • Q-Q7; 19. B-Kt6 ch. X·XU; 20. Xt·K7 eh, the Black Queen goes. Atter the text. White (lnnounee(! mille In rool". I'. B-Kt6ch K·Ktl 21. Q.AS<:h K'Ktl 20. R·Rlch KIIR 22. Q·R1 taps.

GOOD BRAND Edtlldr Medllil shows dnJ explains the

br"nd of ehus whi<h gff;ntd him st(onJ plffet in thr WorM Junior Championlhip. The refinelllent On mOt'~ fOllrtetn i, nole­worthy.

TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE Meo: plIge 299, column 6 (cIA

World Junior Championship Finals Antwe rp, 1955

Nottl b, U. S. Masur Edm," Mtd"ir White Black

E. MEDN IS J. van OOSTEROM (USA) (Ne therlandl) 1. P· K4 P·K4]. 8·B4 Kt·Bl 2. Kt.KB3 Kt-QB3 It II Intoalting to note that while tbere were very few GiuO<Xl Pianos play. ...-.1 Antwerp. the Two Knl.hts was vary popular. 4. K'.KIS P·Q4 5. pJlp Kt.QR4 6. B.KISch p·e3 7. pJlp pJlp

8. B·K2 ,. Kt·KB3 TO. Kt·K5

P.KIU P.K! Q·QS

A move which thl Runlan' have popu. larlzed. The IClea 18 to forco the White King to stay In the middle of the boar<! 08 long UI pOll1blll. 11 . P.K84 B·QB4 13. P.o4 8.K13 11. R·Bl Q.Ql Supposed to b o best. since after either capture or the QP White would emerge with It rruperlo\' cnd,,,,mo. 14. P·B31 ........ Th'- Is a va.t Improvement on either 14. P ·QKt4 or 14. B·K3 which had been played 10 tar 1n th is pOSition. The fonn· er leads to I well known draw after 14. _ ....... KI.-Q4!; 15. hKt. Q.R5 ch; 11. P·Kt3. BJlPeh: 17. B-Q2. QxRP; lB. BJCB, QllP eh. And ancr 14. B-K3. 1<t-Q4; 15. 8-Ktl White h::Is a game with no ch ances. 14 . . ___ Kt·Q4 It Black delays th is maneuver, beeomes playable (No check at QR4 !). 15. K·B21 0-0 16. K·KIJ The point. Wblte', Kin, Is perfectly ~re and Black hal notblng to sbow lor hl.l P minus. . 16. _...... P-Q84 11. K·Rl 17. PIIP 8J1Pch T his lOin by lorec, but Black did PO$k' a IIlay l ble eOlltlnuatlon. 1'. P-QKt41

Win. a plec, .. BxB 11 IIMwere<f by 21). QxB. Kt·KU; 2L R-Qlt and the th~atened p.B4 cannot be prevented . " . .. __ Kt.Kt1 20. Kt·B, Q·D2 Or 20. _ .... ~. Q-Q3; .t1. QxKtI 21. QJlKt

With an Idv,anta,e of a piece pawn White win, with eUe. 11. _.__ BJl8 29. 8 ·Kt. n. RlIB Kt-Q3 30. 8J1Kt 2).. A·QI KI·B4 31. Q.KU 2"- QJlp P·Ktl 32. PII. 25.. P·lcts 8 ·K12 33. Kt·B] U. P·84 KA·Kl 34. K'·QS 21. Q.8] A·K' 35. Kt·KS 21. Q-B2 QA.Kl

"ffI ORIGINAL IDEAS

and a

R/6-K5 RltK8P

BJIKI Q·K4 Q,B ...

Resigns

£"en tho .. ,h t~ '"<I'J In ffll/om"Ii<"lIy ~"IPttt, n ..... iJtll' mu~t br trctllrli with rupra. III this salllC Whitt I"ill to (O .. lItUMt ",;th 1Uflit;~nt t "tr,), the jillntiu:tlo of the BI"dt QB:

DUTCH DEFENSE MCO: POI' 12

U. S. Ami teur Champion5hip Lake Mohegan, 1955

Notts by}. No,,",n Cotler White Hlaek

J. S. BLANNINQ D. GLADsTONE 1. Kt.KB3 P·KB4 2. P· KKtl P-QKtl

The l,Iounte r fI~neheUo should nol work wen against energeUe eounterplay (or l'eallOn 5 which will become apparent ahortly. 3. B·KI2 B·Kt1 S. P.K3 4. P-Q4 P·K3 An unne« .... l')' conc.aslon this shutting I" of the QU. S. __ ._. Kt.KB2 ,. QKt-Q2 ._. __ The best way to challcn,e the corr..ct­nea 01 Blaek's development wu by 6. (),O. 7. P ·l't,8. Kt·B3 10 be followed by a tlmcly p ·QS ,huttlns: In thc Black Bishop And ereatlne a "hole" at K6. ,. 8·K2 I. P·B4 P·Q3 7. 0 ·0 0-0 '. P·QR3 It hll Kt wel' e at QD3. White could let up a tremcndous enmo with 9. P·Q5! ,. ........ Q·Kl '12. P.QK'4 Kt·K5 10. K'.KI 8 J1 B ' 113. KfJlK. 11 . KfJlB QKt·Q2 Thla leaves a ,apln, hole at KBJ. Better long term proaPllc tM Iny in 1.3. P ·B3. 13. PJI~t IS. f'·KR4 14. KI· 1)4 Q·B2 Why nQt l~. p.Q~?

15. ... Q.B4 17. K·Kt2 Kt·K'S .16. 8 ·Kt2 K •. B3 11. R·Rl? ........ The WhIte J(SP need. more protection. not less. 18. .... .... P·K4 21. Kt·1l3 Q·86ch 19. pJl p p Jl p -l!2. K·KI1 20. Q·QSch K·RI

P'lnd the w inning 12. ........ KIJlKPI

Resigns Male on tha move Is th rec tened. vlously It 23. fxKt. QxP Is mate, on 2-3. n·KR2, KtxQ eurt.lns.

Onta rio Chess Au oel.tion (Clnada): GreAter competition ~ in ' I.cht 1n On. tarlo with 18 tu m. . ntc red l or the fall And sprlnlr leAlOn on a minimum of 8111 rllPU:hcs CAc ho Hc,milton. ottawa (2 teaml). Re nfnlw, Of;hlwlI. Port Col. borne. We iland. 51. Clltherlne, (ol tcams), Toronto (4 team.). IIIId Sudbury Ire tho cities Involved In th b Inte r -clty competl. tlon. with Sudbury l'eplacln, Samia whlcll ".. dropped out oC competition thlt yeflr. OUa wa "A" tcam. 111 \he lie­

fencllnl chlmploll.

UNPRiNCIPLED USCF Lif~ M~mlnr F,d Cr","n putt.

;~MI hu 0PP"lItnl'l rt~6tcJ ,,~titms of opnting princip/r b, tff.i", cO"lrol of the etnfer. ClIpf .. r;", the Q·fi/r. 4l'tJ Ihm wi"· "ing " p""", dnJ " Bi~hop.

GIUOCO PIANO MCO: page 71

Milwaukee Chus Club Champion· ship, Milwaukee, 1955

Whi~ Black F. CRAMER O. MUELLEA

1. P·K4 P·K. '1. Kt·K83 Kt.QB3 3. 8·8~ P·KIU?

Thl$ viola ln the princIple of uple! de­velopment. The rea:ular GluO(lo g~ .. on wl.th 3 .......... ll-B4; and the Two Knl.hb Defense cornu on with 3. _ ....... Kt-D3.

•• p.o4 Vi rtually two moves ahead now. While

. opens tha game. 4 . . _...... PJlp S. KtxP KIIC Kt

I\. second violation, the non.d ... -velop· ment Qf one',. <Jwn plecel and the d~ · velopment or one's opponent. Corr~'Ct Is S .......... Kt·B3.

6. QJlKI Q·B3 1. B.K3 QJlQ

A repetition of the violation mentioned on move Nve. Setter ara 7 . .. __ .. , B·K2; ando 7 ... _._., P·Q3.

.. 8J1Q P·QB' Another, and dltterent, viOlation of opening principle. Dovelopment (&. _ ... _ •• KI·K2; or 8 .. _ ... _. P·Q3j II alaln ne,· lected lind the Ql' I. left backw. rd.

t. 8·K3 ...... _ Or 9. B·83. maintaln lnlf tho pn:lllIure on KBG and KKt7. .. Development- II.

10. B·Q5 11. P·K5

If 11. n ·KB"4, I'·Q3.

P.QKt3 Kt.B3!

R·Ktl

11. B·Kt1 12. Kt.83 Kt· K1 13. 0 ·0·0 ........ .

While develop ~ and beilns putting J,re$· ~l.I rc on the QP-rnll~h bctt~r ' thun U. BxB.

fl. Kt·83 14. P·B4 P·R3

DeUer 14 .......... D·K2. H 14 .......... 1'·Q3? 15. PltP, BJlP~? 16. BxKt ch. and White Wins II piece.

IS. R·Ql 8 ·K2 16. KR·Ql 0-0

Illaclc h.u contrived a deveIQpn'ent. but his pieces are not well coordinated and he hus pawn·~ewkno .. c • .

17. 8.K13 .... __ Thrcotcnlng 18. RxP. and vacaUn. Q5 for lhl,l Knl.hL

11 . .. _._. P.QKt4 Thaatenlng 18 ..• _ ..... p ·ns.

la. P·QRl Safeguardln~ the KB. Aftc r Kt·QS lind p.B3. It can be hrllullht back 1nw p lay via Ktl.

18 .. _. P·B! 19. 8·R2 B·.l

'l.·here IS no olher ud~'<Iuate way to d e­fend the QP.

20. Kt·QS to win lhe QP wltb 21.

R·Kt2

GUEST AN NOTATORS J . Norma n Cotte r Edmllr Medn;s

attaekln, moves, therefore II b it of housekeeplog 1.$ in order- more contrOl ot Q4 lind QKt4 lind the clearlD£" of an exlt for the KB.

13. ........ B·K2.? ThIs lo~e$ II Pawn. Black Is hopelessly entans lcd, but relatively better are 23 ••....... , K-RI ; and 23. ___ ... , p.QR4. 14. Kt·B7 R-Q l 26. Rile R·R2 25, I(txP alia 21. K t ·as Kt·Kt1? Thb los.es more materia l. A better move 10 mcet White's threat of 211. nxKl is 27 .......... H.B2.

21. R.QKt6 B·R3? And Ih ls loses II l'le.:e. BeUer is 28 . •. _ ....• Kt·R;); althQug h It loses the Ql{tP.

19. R(QI)·Q61 _ .... _ Winning the Bishop or the Knight.

29. . R-QBl 30. Kt:o: B ....... .

Black resigned six moves later. Moral : 00 nOI waste time h) tbe open­Ing, a"old wCI.knc!<Se8, and hang on to material.

• FIRST REPORTS FIDE CONGRESS

The twenty-sixth annual World Chess l"edcration Congress waS held at Gothenburg, Sweden. Early

I'CIlOI'll; Jiltlicate tJiat a few linguis­lie changes were made in the of­J'icial French text of the FIDE Laws of Chess, but that the interesting proposals by til(' Dutch Chess Fed­eration in regard to draws, etc. lVen~ t<lb1cd for attention Ilext year.

'l'all and the Mongolian Republic were admitted as FIDE members, thus b,llancing the loss o[ Barba­docs and Ecuador which withdrew from membership.

Grandmaster ti tles were award­ed to B. Ivkov and A. Matanovic of Yugoslavia. International master titles were accorded to F. Ander­son (Canada), Karaklajic (Yugo­lj]avia), KUppcr (Switzerland), B. Larsen (Denmark), and 1'. Frydman (Argentina). Created International Chess .Judges were D. Djaj a and D. Timet (Yugoljlavia), V. Heinen (Bel_ gi um), ,J. G. Masia (Argentina), J. Sajtar (Czechoslovakia), and J. H. van Meurs (BCF).

From 1959 onward the Candi­dates tournament will be limited to seven players- five from preceding Interzonal llnd two from preceding Candidates - plus the ex-World Chmn pion if he should lose the tiUe-nlilleh. If the World Champion does lose the title-match, he is now entitled to challeng~ for a return match foJ' the title within one year.

Canada was awarded the 1957 World Junior Championship, with Spain llS substitute if Canada SllOUld be unable to hold the event. .1'he l1ext ,[ntemational Students' Team TOl.lrnament will be held in Upsala, Sweden Irom April 6·15 in 1956 and Iceland has made a bid f01' the 1957 event. The 1956 Inter­national Team Toumament will be held in Moscow, beginning Septe m­ber 1st, immediately after the 27th FID~ Congress ends. Each Federa­tion may send up to eight players consisting of four players, two re­serves, one non-pllly ing captain and one other official. The Sov iet chess organization will defray travelling costs inside t he Soviet Union.

A special committee has been aP· pointed to consider the recommen­dations made by a sub-conunittee regarding the promotion of inter-

C1.e~ .Life !)n new yort

By Allen &"fman

A T the end of each September, fall and its flurry of chess ac­

tivities arrive in New York. The Manhattan Chess Club has begun the preliminaries of its Club Championship. Four round robins tire in progress, and the first two prizewinners in each will move on to the Championship finals. Al­ready seeded into the finals are Pavey. Denker, Bisguier, Turner and Pinkus.

Meanwhile, forty-nine b I 0 c k s downtown, the Marshall Chess €lub has begun its preliminaries, too. This year, in an attempt to rid them of the iniquities of several sections, the preliminaries are be­ing run as one large Swiss tourna­ment. There are fifty partiCipating. Following what seems to be a trend in American. chess, the Marl)hall Club has announced that the eash prizes to bc -awarded this year will be about double the usual amount.

It is hoped that at the conclu­sion of the Championship finals of bOlh clubs, the top six irom each toU/·ncy will compcte in a single round robin, per haN for the champ­ionship of New York City, with ellen larger prizes for the victors. This tournament would be another sOl' l of Marshall-Manhattan match, since the total scores of one club's players can be added and com­pared to the total scores of the other club's participants.

1<t the summer's end there were several tournaments held in and Ilear New York. Over Labor Day weekend that indefatigable group of chell!! promoters, the New J(!rsey chess players, lured many to a fo ur day tournament, won by New Yorker Eliot Hearst. Simultaneous­ly, the New York State Tourna­ment came to a close, with victory (or the popular Ed Mednis. And, of course, the Women's Champion­ship was played herc, with Cali­fornian Nancy Roos and New York­er Gisela Gresser sharing top honors.

There are rumors that many New York players who have not participated in club ehampoinships for several ye ars will return to their horne clubs and play in the finals there. Among those men­tioned are Karl Burger, Carl Pit­nick, Jack Collins, Eliot Hearst, ann Sidney Bernstein, to name just a 'few.

The 1955-56 chess season is off to an carly and active start!

national chess competition for women, among which is the pro­posal for an international women's team tournament every four years.

Opening day of the FIDE Con­",s was saddencd by the news

that one of its ~ arliest officials, J . Louma, had died suddenly of a henrt nttack. L. Pachman of Czecho­slovakia was appointed to succeed him as editor of the FIDE Review.

Plans were made to erect a mem-

by N ichoWs GobOf'

All communicat ions concerning th Is proble m,column, IncludIng .olutlons as well IS orillinill composit ions for publlu t lon (two- il nd three·mover direct matn) frorn composers a nywhere should b ••• nt to NlehollS Gabor, Hot. 1 Ke mpelr L.ana, CincInnati 6, Ohio.

Probltrn No. 595 By Arnold Ellerman

Problem No . 597 By Arnold Ellerma n

Buenos Aires, Argentina In ternational Contest Entry

Wh Ite to move and mat. In two

Probltm No. 196 By Arnold Elle rman

Bue nos Ai res, Argentina International Contest Entry

Problem No. 598 By Fe renc Fleck

Budapest, Hungary Paranel 50, January 1950

White to mova and mate In three

I T is with genuine pleasure that we publi sh above three two·movers by \ !til'. Arnold Ellerman of Buenos Aires, Argentina, his contribution to our International CompOSing Con lest.

Concerning the three-mover, No. 598, by Mr. Ficek, we ask our solv­ers -4lnd fol1owers to read today's "Solutions."

No. 583 (Burger): l ntentlon 1. H-K4 wIth some smart play. The two close tne! 1. Q·Kt6 nnd 1. Q·Kt8 Drc met by 1 ......... , IId4 and 1 ......... , Rd5 respectively. Cooks: 1. Kt to rour dlIfercnt squares. lOllowed by 2. n ·K6 mate.

No. 584 (Burger): Intention: 1. B·Q2, etc. As In No. 583, the real Intention of the eumposer WaS to enhance his Ideas with close tries that can be dcCcnted by /I slnG"le answer only. Here 1. Q·QB7 and 1. Q·Q6 are the spice of thl$ problem, In a way llIore hnport(ll)t thnn (ho nctuul sOluutlon. Doth are deCented by Black'. proper answer and we leave It to our solvers to find out why and how? .. Two cooks: 1. RxR chi and 1. full disc. chi

No. 585 (Burger): Set play : 1 . ...... . , K·Kt5; 2. Kt·K4 dlJic. mate. Key: .1. KtxP, threat 2. RxR mato. Moves of the lllack Rook produce some appealing variations.

No. 586 Wieck) : P r actically ALL SOLVERS sen t us the unIntend ed first move 1. Q·KKt3 which ruined tho entire content of thl! problem. Above we publish thll problem ugaln as No. 59B, wIth t he White Kt placed f rom Kt~ to Kt3. (At the suggestion or our friend and solver, Mr. W. r. LOllfle of St. P et ersburll', Fla.) We decIded NOT to score for Nu. ~86, hut Instead offer our solvers f our points for every thematlc variation (four major and two minor), aitol!'ether 24 points, for completo solution of this masterpIece. Kcymove, Black's first and White's second move" are Indispensable for scor Ing.

orial over the grave of Alexander Alekhine next ycal' on the tenth anniversary of his death and to hold a special ceremony at which present World Champion Botvinnik is to be present. At the same time similar ceremonies are planned to be held in commemoration of two

other World Champions, Capablan­ca (in Cuba) and Emanuel Lasker (in New York).

BOOST AMERICAN CHESSI By Joining tM U.S.C.F.

1Il. ... ", 'la.. W""",.,, P.g.7 \!' I'~.;J"" ":.J'S October 5, 195J

WeJnuJd'T. Page 8 Octobtr J, 19)1

.s.JJJo .. 3. W.(." 5£. B.., m...?

Position No. 166 Szlly.(lIlNlb<!n, Budapilit 19·18. (If S:dIy

had pl~ycd N·llleh.) All 3 p ossible moves were s ubmitted, with . II maze of var. lanl.. FI·om the collection It emcl'S'el that (1) the eontlnuatlon 1. K-13.6, with the Intenllon of I.IIklnl( the K to t he Q side to win the W QRP, ... a cleareut winning line; (2) aft.cr 1. K-86; 2.. N.R2 ell. K·N7 wlnl In a more diffic ult WlJ', JiO lbat l ull credit eould be given only to tbo$(, correc tly f ollo,,"ing up with 3. N-N4!, K·MI!; 4. N-K3" B-Q6. Even here, 5. P-R4!, p·n4 !~ II. KxP K-'84' 7 N-N2eh.. l{·B3; 8. N.R4ch. K-N3' a nd win.' requires a bit of care. The essential POhlt of all tllJ.5 lU.1 uc uverlnS' is that the Kmght Clln be sa·crlIleed on RI, wltb a draw in hand, :If the White }Gng can Ket at the Billek plIWn, and then lure the Bishop ort with the QUI>. 'l'he knight cannot be ncr lflced at B2 be. clluse the _ White K requires a move

• to threaten t he KnP, and the Black K " able to sprint across the b Oard to 5top the QJU>. We mU5t now add that (:t) the move 1. I(·HII leads to an equ ally dear win. this Ume bv ad ... :onclna- the KRJ> wllhln the protective t'rup of the K. anilr Which the ~"'crtflcc of the knl":hl IIVI.lb While nolhlnl:". 1'hus, 2. K . IW. fl.Q6: 3. N ·li3 . .. · It~; 4. J,:.1l6, P -B8 (Q)eh ctc. Oc II 2. N.Q2, the Black K cAn ..... 1 inderl .. Il"ly be !lela :0 pruoner because of the th ,·cat of the KRP; thui Z. ......... ll-Q8 3. "'·KG (else P -KA4 f ol-lows). K·N';!; 4. K,.p, K-BS and the k night III cut Orc. Flnnl)y, there 1s (4) I . K·N7; 2. N.Q2. arter WhIch B lack eUl only w in by playing 2.. ...... _. K.NS 3. N-BI ch. and then p r ocC!e<ilng with o ne of the correct wlnnlna- lin...... Thus K-N7 has no Independent va lue and 1s 1I0t the best " ' ove. Quite a lew solvers Hnt in sueh move$ U I. K·W ror Black' but w e really Inust 11I.rist th"'t legal ~oves be lubmlttfld It' Credit is wished_

Correct 50lutlonl arc acknowledged trom: Milton D. Blumenthal, Gaston Ch:oppuls, J. E. Cvachman. J. E.. Com. .toek. Robert Dlckln~on, Edm und God. bolt!, Frank J . Gole<:, J ohn W. lft;) rn lng. Victor 1::. Hurtman, Harold Leef MAX Milstein • .10.., U. Murruy, Charles' M118. tro~e. &':IOlund Nlilh. Rudd T. Neel. Dr. I. Schwartz, IrWin SIS'mond, P aul J . Sommer, Ar>d '· ... Stak lis. Dolo Stein. meyer. W. 1':. Stevens. Francis 'l'rask. .I; L. Weininger, Willia m B. Wilson Nell P. Wltlln., and 1.. E. WI>Od... •

Vz pOlntl ror len complete Or ac. curate aolutiuus 1:0 to Irvin&: BeRn. Dave Uo.dllnorf. J. E.. Byrd, Geor::e F . Chlue, C. J. Cucullu, Eric L. G:onl Wallaee F. Gelz, Thomas G. lIa rris; Hugh E. Tlart, Simon Hartman, F.(t"'nrd ~. Korpan ty. Il<!cl no Kurruk. Ed Luksu .. Pete r l\futo, George W. Payne, Nonnan Reider. Edmund nomlln. Dr. Fran k C. RUYI, Dr. Mlix Schlosser, Donald W. T8ylor, L. A . Ware. and B. F. Win kel. mnn.

Tbe solvers triumphed by, 38-21.

POlltion No. 167 T ennef'N. 1'1 .. Berlin. 1920. 1 . . P.N4!,

RxP/ :t!; 2. P><P ch, K·R4; 3. PxR, R .K6 cb!; 4. Ib.R. P·N8(Q) ; 5. K·«2!!, QlIR; 6. P·B7 .no:! Whlto wins. But 5. K.N2? QIll; lcad. to perpetual check, and 5. It-K!, Q.Kt6 eh; 6. K-N2. QxR(QN) Is worse. A lso. It 4. K·nl? RxR; 5_ P .B7, R-Q.8G!; White eannol wilL H Black vary by I .. _ ..... , NPxP eh. I. _ ... _, QhP ch, or I ... _ . R-KG eh, then 2. K·N4 I. a winning rcply. However. in the main line 2. K-N4 dl)(!l not Win. d ue to RxP e h; likewise 2. K·N·2 1$ m et by R /:lxP ; :I. R-QRl eh. R .lt5.

Correct .soJUtlOIlll " re acJmowled,l!d from : Irv ing ~son, Abel. R. Domh<'r­auU • . J. E. CODl.stock. Carl E . D teHen. Ivan Frank. John D. Carhart. Frank J . Gol l:ll. FAward J . K orpanty, .II)(! D . Mur· r a)'. Charles Musgrave. Alkn Reiter'. David CUver. Paul J. Somrner . Francis ' ·ruk. WlIIllIm R. Wi lson, a nd B . F . Winkellllan.

Solvers who submitted I . p .B4! but did not prove a win after :1. _._ .• Rx P 13, rceelvl! If.! point each. 05 folio ... David Arne., i'll . to-. And~on, Milton D. Blwnenthal. Dave RoganoCf, J . E. By rd, M. H. Chao Guton Ch:oppu!s, George F. Chase. W. J . Couture, C. J . Cucullu, S. J . E!nhorn. Eric L. Gan~. EdWin C ault.

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