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ofarr'l GuaM On C~e •• A LEXANDER CONQUERS BRONSTEIN

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LARRY EVA NS u. s. eh".

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U. S. Optn eh".,.p;" ... 19J1.1Z

u. S. T~_ Memb,.. lUll, '''2

1. _...... Q.K2? Black can win the excbange by

1. __ , ' 8-K2. For example: 2. P-Kt4, Kt-R3; 3. R-Kt7, RxB ; 4. PxB, 8·B4 with a wjnning attack, e.g., 5. R·BI, ltxR; 6. QxR, Q-Bl! and the threat of 7. BxPch wins a Rook (Alekhine). Against most other defenses Black plays 2. o •• ' . Kf..Q6.

2. K t llB B"R 2 .........• QxKt offers better winning eb.anees.

3. BxP c:h K-Rl 4. R,RK4

The point. II 4. P·B4, P-Kt3; 5. Q-R4 (or 5. QxB, Kt-K3), B·R4; 6. P -Kt4, Kt-K3; 7. PxB, KtxKt;

New York, ltl4 CAPABLANCA

8. PxKt, QxKP; 9. and wi.ns. ..

5. P·B4 6. B-B2 c:h 1. B-R7ch

Dr~wn

Q-K6ch

QxKt 0·'"

K·Kt1 "·Rl

IC 8. P·B5 (threatening p·n6, Kt..Q6; 9. Q·Kt.3, KtxKP, and White is foreed to give the perpetual chec,,".

Karff Comes From Behind To Win U. S. Women's Championship Title

In a Garrison linish, Miss Mona May Karff, trailing by a half·point, outlasted Mrs. Gisela K. Grcsser to win the final round game of the U. S. Women's Championship and with it the title 01 U.S. Women's Champion. The final battle between Mrs. Gresser and Miss Karff lasted lor two sessions and was a vcry up-and·down struggle with many chances for both players, ending in a Knight and Pawn engagement in which Miss Karfl linaUy gained the vic· tory. Mrs. Gresser and Miss KarH were the U.S. Women Co-Champ­ions at South Fallsburg in 1948.

In finishing with a score of 71,2 .1,2, Miss Karl! , who recently competed in a Women's Inter· national event at Opatija, Yugo­slavia, conceded only one draw in gaining custody of the Edith Weart Trophy and the Hermann Dittmann Trophy.

Mrs. Gresser placed second with 7-1, being undefeawd until her final round loss to Miss KarH. Third place went to lf1rs. Rosalia de Serrano with 51h·21f.t , while Misses Wally and Kate Henschel shared fourt~ and fifth with equal

U. S. INTERCOLLEGIAliE CHAMPIONSHI P

Fu ll story of tourney On Page Thr ••

4 1f.!·4 1,i scores in the ninc player event

The prize awards were made by UCSJ:o~ President Harold M. Phil· Hps and Louis J. Wolff, of the board of govenors of the Marshall Chess Club where a number of the rounds of the tournament were played, other rollnds being held at the P,{anhattan Chess Club and the London Tourist Chess Club.

The score of the decisive final round game follows:

PH ILADOR DEFENS E u.s. Women's Cha mpionship

New York. 1953 Wbl te Ulack

MRS. MISS G. K. GIU!SSER M. M . KARFF L P'K4 P·Q3 29. QR'KI ... ,. P·Q4 K'·KI3 30. RlIR P·K!] L ICI.gBl QICI·Ql 32. KfllKIP R·B'ch .. Kf·Bl P·K • :no K· R2 K·B2 .. B·B. B·K2 33. Kt·R4 K·83 .. .. p.a3 3 •. Kf·B3 .... ,. B·Ktl P·Q Kt4 35. R.B2 ... 8. P·QRl P· KII. 3 36. P·KKtl R· B4 .. P·R3 B·KI2 ]7. RlI R KllIR IG. 11:. 1(' P·QR4 38. K"Q2 p.Q. n. B·Q::1 •• 3'. K·Kf2 P·Q5 12. Q.1C2 II:·KI ~. K·83 P·RS 13. p·QS p,p 41. K·l(l ~ .. 14. QKtlI:P KtlI:K' 42. P· 8. I(·K] 15. 8 l1 l(' ... 43. K· 8 ' K", ". p .. Q·KtI ... K·1(2 P·K' 17. QII:-QI P·84 45. KI·B3 Kt·KS I'. Kt·R2 R·Kal %. P· K!4 p,p 19. Q. RS g ·g Bl .~. PlI P Kt· B7 10. BliP R·B::1 48. P· K!S K·K5 21 . B·Kts ... 4'. KtllP KxKt 22. QlIB 0" so. P·BS Kt·K5 23. Q-Q2 0 .0 51. P·Kt6 I(f·Ktkh 24. IlJcQ R-QI' S2. K·B3 KtxP 15. I(t ·B3 Kf·I3 53. K·B4 KI·K2

". KR·K2 KR·B::1 54. K·K15 P·Kl 21. Kt' R4 KI·n S5. K·B' Kt·Ktlch 2 •• R-QI R·87 Resigns

British Master Bests Both Russians In Final Day of Hastings Tourney

Slender, qui!:!t Charl!:!s H. O'D. Alexander, by profession an official in the Brilish Coreign ministry, took the measure of two Russians a master ~nd 'a grandmaster, on the final day of the Hasting To~. ment. First be defeated Alexander Tolush in his scheduled game. Then be resumed tin adjourned game with David Bronstein which -bad ~re.ady hnd two days of struggle. Gaining pressure, Alexander estab­lished a two pawn advantage and mercilessly pressed it. Bronstein conscious of the expectations of chess·loving Russians that he win tb~ tow'na~ent, offered a draw ~bicb Ale.xander spurned. When the game w.as ~dJourned on the prevlOus evenmg, Bronstein (with Wbite) bad hiS kmg, quecn and one pawn; Alexander had king queen and three pawns. ' ,

In the fi nal phase the situation grew lense Ilnd the ncrvous strain showed in both players. Alexander rocked back . and forth in his chuil' tugging at his hair as he concentrated; Bi'Onstein paeed the room J'es tlessly between moves. Excitemen t was such that several spectatol'$ were ejeeted for creat· ing disturbance with their en· thusiasm.

Finally, avoiding a final bid for perpetual check, Alexander forced his way to viclory, and Bronstein resigned. This chess marathon had lasted 14 hours and 120 mo\·es.

By defellting Rudolf Teschner of Germany in the final round Bronstein managed to share th~ first place with AJexander both having a final score of 6~.2Jh. Bronslein had lead the event until the final rounds.

Alexander, former 8 r [ ti s h champion and on!:!time teacher of mathematics, is dis tinguished by his brilliance and tenacity in play. Nevertheless his doubfe victory over the Russians stunned both the Hussians and his own compatriots .

SHORT AND SWEET QUEEN 'S GAM BI T

u.s. Intercollegiate Championsh ip New York, 1953

Whlte C. HENIN

(Chlc'IIO) 1. P·Q4 Kt.K83 2. P ·Q84 P·K KU 3. P·B3 P-Q4 t. PxP Ktl(P .s. p . I(. Kt·K B3 ,. KfBl QKt-Q2 7. 8-QB4 Kt ·Ktl I. B·K13 B-Kt2 Shortest &l1IDe In

Black J . DALE

(Columbl.) t. KKt-K2 0-0 10. B· K] P_Bl 11. 0-0 R·KI 12. Q' K' B-Q2 12. Q-B2 Q-8 1 14. QR·Bl Q .Bl 15. P·K5 Ruillns

tho toumame!lt.

FREEMAN TOPS FT. WORTH OPEN

Claude Freeman won the 35 player Swiss at Ft. Worth with 10·1, losing only to Robert Powel· son. Louis J. Dina with 8Jh ·2'f.!: was second, losing to Freema n and Owen Burnett while drawing with Grady Rice. Third and fourth on Solkoff with 8·3 eaeh were OWlJon BUI'll!:!tt and Robert Pow(llson, while Cecil Parkin was fifth with 7Jh·31h. Burnett lost games to Jo'rank T. Bly, Freeman and Parkin while Powelson lost to Burnett' Dina, and A. G. Miller. Parki~ l()St games to Freeman, Powelson , and Dina while drawing with De­mas B. Martin. The 11 rd Swiss was played on week-ends.

ROZSA REPEATS IN OKLAHOMA . Dr. Bela Rozsa, perennial champ­Ion and bead of the music depart.­ment of Tulsa University, again won the Oklahoma State Champ­ionship, this time with 5-0 score in the 24 player event staged at' Carpet City in Tulsa. Samuel J. Mayfield, also of Tulsa, placed second wltb 4-1, losing a game to Dr. A. S. Neal of Cordell. Third to sixth on S·B with equal 3'f.!:.11f.t scores were Ernest F. Chace, Carl R. Freeman, Jr, Gerald B. Virgin and Dr. Antonio de la Torre: Chace lost to Mayfield and drew with de la Torre; ~eman 'Iost to Truman P, Moote and drew with Eugene Amburn; Virgin lost to C~ace and drew with Carl F. Sievers; while de la Torre lost to Rozsa and drew with Chace.

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Mastering the End Game

By WALTER KORN, Editor of MCO

WHAT "W E BSTE R" SAYS ABOUT OPPOSITION

C ORRECTlNG an analy;sis from "Basic CheSI; Endings," I gav e iu diagram 1 an example of Black's K & P drawing against White 's K & 2

Ps; brought about because Black's K was stationed on a square which maintained him the " opposition." The definition in Webster's New 20th Century Dictionary says: "In Chess, the position in which the Kings have only one vacant square between them in eilhcl" a vertical or horizontal row." But the version is not complel.e, as we will see further on.

Today 1 being a counterpart to Diagram 1, showing how White wins through skillfully gaining the opposition for himself. By c0-incidence the September issue of a European magazine contains a study which approximates our Diagram 1. As the author's solution will not appear until well into 1954, we will have to crack it ourselves for our present purPose.

Di4sr .. m NQ. J

Let us assume that in the dia· grammed position the White King has just entered the square KB3, with Black to move. Black would then have to give up the "opposi­tion" and lose, e.g.:

(I . K-KB3). K-K 4; 1. K-K3. K-84i 3. K..Q4. K- B3i 4. K-K 4, K-K3; 5. K-84, K-B3; S_ K-B4, K-B3; 6. P_R4, K.Kt3; 7. K-K4, K-Kt2i •• K·SS, K.R3; 9. K·86, K-R1; 10. K·Kt5 wins.

Knowing the basic prinCiple, we now proceed solving Diagram 3--­and it will facilitate the reader's task if he will keep a second board and men ·handy in order to compare main variations and

ANGELO SANDRIN WINS ILL. OPEN

Thc third annual lllinois Open­at Decatur, sponsored by Decatur Chess Club, saw Angelo Sandrin

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATEDI

Ask your Club Secretary _ or tournament director to wEite for official rating forms to re­port the results of your next tournament or mateh, specify­ing the type of contest and the approximate number of players . .

Officill rlting form. should be secured in I.dvlnce from:­

Montgomery Mljor 123 No. Humphrey Avenue Oak Park, Illinoi s

Do IWt write to other USCF

officiols Jor these mUng jorml.

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sub-variations leading to identical resul ts.

Jt 1. K-K t2?, K-K3; 2. K-B3, K_B4; or 2. K·B%. I{·B3; 3. K.B3, K-B4 and Black draw". You see, it Is not SO s imple. The £i rst move is to gct Lh<! distant opposition by 1. K·8lJ (This Is where "Webslc~" is wrol1&, thcn, a n, more than j us t one square betwecn the Kings, KB3 and KUl are "correspond­Ing" squarcs, and thcre an:: more like that, just watch!). Upon this. mack can reply ( I) 1. .... • K·K4; 2. K·Kl! (If 2. K-K2, K-.K:I! and Black darws by re li:alnlng the opposition for good, but If 2 . .... ....• K-Bl?; 3. K--Q3!, K_Kol; 4. K·K.:I, K·K3; :;. K-B4, K·B3; 6. P·R4 or 3 ......... , K-KU; 4. K-K4. K.Kt4; 5. K·K5 and White wint<, ,md if 2. . ...• K--Q3; 3. K-B31 wins) ; 2 . .. _ ....• K-ll3! (IC 2. .... _ ..• K·K3 ?; 3. K·K21. K-W; 4. K-Q3 and White again wins) ; 3. K--Q2, K-K3 (or KCI); 4. K_K2 (we have had thc same position belore with White to move and draw, but now It is Black t o move and after), 4 .... _._. K·Bl; 5. K--Q3 While again wilUi as already sbown.

(ll) 1. .. , K-K3; 2.. K_K2. K-Q3; 3. K ·B3 or 2 .... ... . , K-R3; 3. K.Q3 win· nll1&. (HI) 1 .. _ ... .. , K-B3; 2. K·B2. K·KU (or K3); 3. K·K2, Or (IV) L .. ......• K-KU; 2. K·K2, or (V) 1. .. • K.Kt4; 2. K-K2, K-ll3; 3. K.Q3, or (VI) 1. . .... ... , K·K4; 2. K·KI !, K.K!>; 3. 1{-K2. K-Q5; 4. K-83, K-K4; 5. K·K3 aU win as demo onst rated before.

By now, "opposition," "distant opposition" and "corresponding squares" will be thoroughly part of your system and it will make all lbe difference in your winning the next pawn ending-unless you play chess according to Webster!

(younger brother of former U.S. Open Champion Albert) score his first big victory when he placed first on S·B points with 5-1, losing no games but drawing with Edward Vano and Dennis RoSzkowski. Sec­ond to fourth on SoB with 5-1 also wcre M. Turiansky of Chicago, Lee Magee of Omaha and junior player Leo Ratermanis of Iowa City. Turiansky drew with Taut­vaisas ;lnd Curt Brasket; Magee lost to Turiansky; while Raler­manis lo~t to Angelo Sandrin.

Povilas Tautvaisas (twice win­eer of the Illinois Open) placed filth with 41f~·1%, losing to Lee Magee and drawing wi th M . Turian­sky. Sixth to twelfth on S-B with 4-2 scores in this strong 42 player event were: Kimball Nedved, Ed­ward Vano. Hugh Myers, J ohn Penquite, Marshall Rohland, Walter Grombacher, and Dan Fishheimer. Only one player failed to com­plete his schedule in the well­managed event, direeted by . c. Turner Nearing. Nine states were represen ted by entr-ies.

BOOST AMERICAN CHESSi

BISGUIER TAKES COLLEGE SPEED

Winning a play-off 3-1, Arthur Bi~guier topped the Intercollegiate Ligh tning Tournamcnt after tieing for f irst in the finals 5l,~-lh with Karl Burgcr. In 1hc finals Bisguier lost a game to Chal"les 'Henin :md drew with A. Rudy, while Burger lost to Bisguier and qrew with A. Weissman. D. Samuels placed third with 4-1h -2'h, while Berliner and Henin tied for fourth with 4-3 each.

In the prcliminaries 22 players competed in thrce sections. Hans Berliner won Section I with 6-1. with A. Wcissman and D. Samuels tied for second with 5-2 each. In Section II A. Bisguicr scored 6-0 for first, O. Popovych was second with 5-1. and C. Savel and G. Sheridan tied for third with 3-3 each. In Section III K. Burger topped with 6-0, C. Henin and A. Rudy tied for second with 4-2 each.

RAGAN TRIUMPHS IN MO. OPEN

John V. Ragen, 23-ycar old St. Louis expert, garnered three championshi p in one by winning the combined "Heart of America" Open, Missouri Open and Missouri State Championship a t Kansas City. The event was Ragan's... first major tournament since returning home from the armed forces. Ragan scored 5'h·lh, drawing only again~t Robert Brieger of Houston.

Lee T. Magee of Omaha sC<lred 4lh ·l% fo r second, losing to Ragan in the final round and drawing with Leonard Franke nstein, Kansas City, in the third. Magee was pre­tournament favorite to win the event. Third went to 17·year old Leonard F rankcnstein, who gave an outstanding performance, losing to Ragan only and drawing with Magee, but placing third on Solkoff points. Frankenstein has been play­ing chess for three years and this was his fourth tournament.

Fourth . was Jack Spence of Omaha with H~-l lh; while fifth to seventh were Henry G. Horak of Lawrence, Robert Brieger of Houston, and John Penquite of Des Moines with 4-2 each.

J<'r unkenslein won the " booby" pri2e presented by Merl Rcese of Denver- a pawn mounted on a wood-block carrying a brass plate which said: "I got pushed around in Kansas City in 1954." His blooper was thc failure to see a forced mate in his match with 1t_agee, which he finally lost.

At the aonual meeting of the Missouri Chess Association, Charles W. Graham of Kansas City was elected president, W. H. C. New­berry of Alton (Ill.) vice-president, and C. M. Burton of st. Louis was reelccted secretary-treasurer. The tournament was held under the joint auspices of t he Missouri Chess As~'n and the Kansas City YMCA Cbess Club. The Rev. Morton W. Lubbert, Jr. of Kansas City acted as toumament~director.

Cutle (CilIli f.) CheS5 Club: Hcnry G.......s scored 11·1 to win the club title, losing one game to D. Neilson. M. Eudcy was second with !l--l, W. A. Hendricks third with 8j..1!, while F. N. Chrlswnscn and D. Neilson shared fourth with 7-5 each.

C~~ • .Life .In new '!lork

B Eliot He."t

R ECENT IntercollegIate tourn­eys, both !.earn and individual,

have been outstanding for their keen competition and exciting last rounds, but the just com­pleted college title tournament ranks with the most spectacular of all time! Enft!ring the final round the leading contendcrs ad­mittcd that catching Hans Ber­linger <George Washington Univ.J. setting the pace with SIh-lk. was quite improbable s ince Berliner had a full point lead and was paired with Karl Burger of Colum­bia, one of America's top "draw­ing mastcrs" O?); Burger, with 4-1h points, was in a group of five players tied for second, which also included Arthur Bisguier (pace), Kit Crittenden (N. Carolina), Allen Kaufman (NYU) and Albcrt Weiss·

. man (NYU) whose upset of pre­tourney favorite Bisguier had been one of the major surprises of the event. The other games found Bisguicr paired with Crittenden and Kaufman with Weissman, tbe latter contest featuring a battle of the two experts whose double pres­ence on the NYU chess team h as made it a powerful contender in past team tourneys. Thus the stage was ' set for the closest photo­finish in C<lllege chess history!

Berliner played a "sale" varia­t ion against Burger's Sicilian De­fense, but the Columbia player, seeking complications, selected an irregular method of development and sei2ed the initiative in the early middlegame ; quite a con­trast f rom the dull draw most participants h ad expected! Event­ually Berliner went as tray, lost a bishop and was forced to resign shortly thereafter; Bisguier had al­ready beaten Crittenden with a brilliant knight sacrilice in the opening stages and so there was sure to be at least a triple-tic for lirst at 51h ·1't2-Berliner, Bisguier and Burger alrcady having attained that total with the Kaufman-Weiss- _ man game still in progress. At this point (as is usual in .the last round of a Swiss System tourney!!) the lcading contenders were fev­erishly adding up the SolkoU rat­ings of the leaders and it was discovered that Weissman would probably win the championship il he could win bis final game; Kaufman's "SolkoU" was too low for him, to have any chance for first place if he tied for the top position by winning. After six bours of play and 65 moves Weiss­man finally eked out a win over his stubborn teammate and when all other relevant games were com­pleted, it was found that WeisS­man's "modified...solkoH" was 23.0, as opposed to Bisguicr's 22.5 and Berliner and Burger's 22.0 points. Rather a narrow margin!

The new champion, whose pre­vious cbess competition bas for the most part been limited to metropolitan team competition (for NYU and the Marshall C.C.), well

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Weissman Stages Surprise Victory In U. S. Intercollegiate Tourney

By RHYS W. HAYS I nt~rcolltgjtftt Tourn4mtnt Cormnitttt

The U.S. Intercollegiate Individual Championship Tournament was aga in held at Columbia University. There were 36 contestants, rep­resen ting 22 colleges, and the result was a thoroughly deserved upset victory for Albert We issman, a 2O-year old New York University se nior, who finished ahead of such well·known players as Arthur Bisguier of Pace College and Hans Berliner of George W.8shington University. It was Weissman's fi rst college tournnmcnt, aHhough he had twice turned in creditable performances in the biennial team event. JUs score in the individual Intercollegiate was 51h:·l ik . This was equalled by Bisguicr. Berliner and Karl Burger of Columbia, but the usc of a tic-breaking system placed Weissman first.

The tournament had an excellent victory for Berliner. He drew with aDd wide·spread representation . Bisguier, but Buri er and Kau(· Players were present from such man played a brief draw, and old stand·bys as Columbia, Bar- Berliner still led by a point with vard, Yale, Pennsylvania, N.Y_U., 5Y.t- 1h. Weissman beat BiU Howar d City Colle~e, Fordham and Rut. of Penn to go into a liVC-WDY tic gers, and also fro m Chicago, To- with Bisguier, Bu rger , Crittenden, ronto, Western Reserve, North and Koufman at 4Jh -l ¥.J. carolina, Holy Cross, Newar k Col- The set'enth and (inal round lege of Engineering, M.I.T., George paired BerUner with Burger, Weiss­Wash ington, Pace, John HopkIns, man with Kaufman, and Bisguier Ohio Wesleyan, Bridgeport, Marsh- with Crittenden (it was un(orlu­all College (Huntington, W. Va.), nate , in regard both to interest and and Carleton College (Northfield, to equl tabill ty, t hat Berline r and Minn.)-the last eigh t being rep- Wcissman never met). II soon be­resented for the first ti me. The c;tI,me evident tbaL jnlcrc.sllog Te­event comprised seven rounds, two suIts were in the making, as Burger on the 27th and 29th , and one of obtained the better game against each of the other days. Pairings t he leader, and won whe n the were made according to the Swiss latter made a desperate and un­system, with USCF r atings taken successful attempt to create comp­into consideration. At a pre-touroa- lications. Bisguire won his .game, ment meeting of the players, it too, and it was now realized that was decided tlaat Lies would be there was a strong possibili ty of a b roken by means of the Solkoff four-way tie lor the tiUe. and that system, with t he higll<!st and lowest Weissman, if he won h is game, scores disregarded (the "median" would have a good chance of win­system). This decision was to have njng the tour name nt under the important C()nsequences, as the use lie-breaking r ules. of the Sonneborn·Berger system Finally Weissman defeated his would have left Weissman and fellow-5tudcnt alter a long and Burger sLi1l tied for the champion- hard struggle. fAttention was now ship. centered on the only game still in

The first round went off smooth- progress, that ·between Friedenthal Iy, with all the top favorites win- and Larry Lipking of Western ning more or less easily. The sec- Reserve. So close was the final ond round, however, produced a sta nding t hat a win for Frieden­pair of upsets, as Burger lost to thai in this game would have given Charles Sovel or Penn., and the Litle to Bisguier, while a draw Richard Friedenthal of Bridgeport would have left th e champion­won {rom Allen Kaufman of N.Y.U. ship still undecided. More rj!mark­Eight players - Weissman, Ber- able still, Friedenthal was at one liner, Bisguier, Savel, Friedenthal, point ahead by the exchange, and Kit Crittenden of North Carolina, had undoubtedly a won game, but Ma rtin norrow of C.C.N.Y., and unfortunately fo r hjmseJf and Dan Samuels of Penn.-were now Bisguier, he blundered and lost a tied for first with 2-0 scores. roo k, and Lipking's victory

In the third round, there began clinched the tournament for Weiss­tn be some hint of the final re- man. suits, as Weissman defeated Bis- Bisguier was second, Berliner guier in a well-played gamc. Ber- and Burger tied for third and liner, Crittenden, and Sovel also fourth, Harrow and Upking tied won, und there was now a four- for fifth and sixth. Also in the way tic for first. prize-winning group were : Crit·

Round four saw Berliner take... tenden, seventh; Kaufman, e ighth; the lcad all by himself, defeating Leo Blonaroych of the Newark Sovel whi le Crittenden a nd Weiss- Collegc of Engineering, I)inth; Tom man drew (a curious feature of Hennessy of F ordham, ten th ;

, the tOUl"namc nt, incidentally, was Sovel, who oddly enough .had the the small number of draws-only higest modified SolkoH rating in 14 in 122 games). The Washington the entire tournament., eleventh; player continued his winning ways Friedenthal, twelfth; Charles Hen­in the fifth round, taking a hard- in of Chicago, thirteenth; Samuels, {ought game from Crittenden. fourteenth; and Richard Kause of Weissman lost a .heartbreaker to Western Reserve, fifteenth. Burger, throwing away a won Weissman received the two-yeur game. Bisguier, Burger and Kauf- possession of the H. Arthur Nabel

• man were now tied at 4-1, a full t rophy, last held by James T. Sher­point behind the leader, while win of Columbia, a deluxe Windsor Weisma n and five others hud Castle chess-set donated by Leo scores of 31£ -11,2. Gladstone (maker of these sets),

The sixth round did nothing to and a Life Membership in the alter the expectation of an easy United States Chess Federation.

U. S. INTERCOLLEGIATE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP New York, 1953

100% USCF R. led eve nt l. A. Welum .. n (N.Y.U.) __ WI5 W IO Wl D7 lA WIll WI 5i- ' 2100 2. A. II Ia.ctul~r (Paee In I L) __ .W9 WZO Ll wa Wt:1 03 W7 5,-. ~ 3. H. nerllner (Goo. Wa-h.) MMW!2 WI3 WI4 Wit W7 02 lA 5~·' 22.00 4. K. Hurcer (Columbia) ... _. W17 Lll W22 WI6 WI oa W3 !li-' 22.00 5. M. Harrow (City Col. NY) W2t \V18 Lll WI5 1.8 WI9 WI3 5·1 111.00 S. L. Lipkin!: (Welt. R.serve) W33 L14 WI9 D9 W 20 01\ W I2 5.2 19.00 7. 1(. Crittenden (N. Cuo.) M •• W29 Wll W12 DI I. ' WlI L 2 4)·Zi 22.00 I. A. Klufman (NYU) M ... _.M .... W27 Lt2 W17 WU W 5 I>' L1 4 '-2~ Z1.50 9. L. Hlonlrovych (Newark Col £08)

J.2 W21 W2S 06 W I4 L7 Wll 4,·n ZO.50 10. T . lIenneney (~·otdblm) _.W34 1.l LI6 W'n 022 WM WI8 4,-n 15.50 11. C. Sove l (U. or Penn.) ._. __ .W15 \V4 W5 1.3 0 18 D6 1,.8 4 -3 23.50 12 .. U. V'rlcde n tbal (Brldlcport) W30 WII L7 L2: W13 WIS La 4 -3 20.00 13. C. Ilc n ln (u. or Ch icago) M •• W2.1 1.3 W30 wn L1 W21 LS 4 · ' 18.50 14. D. SIl",ucb (u. or Penn.) M •• W3f; WG L 3 LIS LSI W32 W21 4 -3 IS.oo 15. R. KIII.I .... (Wes t lle~f! rve) .... Ll w,. w n 1.5 WU LI2 W:t2 4 ·3 17.00 16. O. J'upovyeh (RulJ:er~) ...... MOZ6 Ll9 WID L4 D2!I W 31 W%3 4·' 16.50 17. C. Morgan (Marshall) __ M_lA W35 L8 L24 W30 W Z5 W28 4 ·3 15.00 II. W . ~. H..,wa rd (U. of Penn.J_W28 1.5 W20 WI4 011 Ll 1.10 3l-3' 21.00 19. G. Hardman (John Uopklna) L%1 WIS 1.6 W3I W3Z L5 0211 3,·3. 11.50 211. C. Witte (Columbia) __ WU 1..2 LII W30 1.6 W28 019 ,,-3, 17.50 21 . ~. Dalf! (Columba ) . __ ._.LS L9 W28 W36 W Z4 LIJ L t4 J... 111.00 n. ~. Kajlelm (Toronto) _._WI!) [}M L4 1.32 DID WU LIS 3'" 17.50 23. D. Ken- (YI I(,) ..L.M_ ••••• _ •• _.LI3 WlS W31 LII LIS W3) LI8 ,... 17.00 Z4. C. McKinnon (Fordham) M •• L20 1.%7 W34 W17 Llt 1.22 W31 , -f 14.00 t5. D. nolto\c e r (Toronto) _ ........ 1.31 I.ZI W2!I D26 016 L I7 W30 3... 14.00 26. R . S h u p lru (Chlu,l!o) ............ 0\6 022 L9 025 W27 LtO LI7 2}·41 18050

~: ~: ~~~h %il~f Joe~~.y:) · · : :::::t':fI ~;4 ~~ ~~ tv~6 ~ g~ ~~~: ~::~ 29. U . SajJonky (Jllrv.ard) .... M_ L7 L30 LU W;\S LSI 034 WU 2..... 11.00 30. J . Orcn~leln (Co lumbia) ...... L I2 W29 I.13 L20 L17 W 36 L 2!I 2 oS 17.00 31. G. ZweJcer (U. of Penn.) _.WlS 1.7 LIS LI9 W29 1. 16 U5 Z -II 17.00 32. n. Miles (Ohio Wc, leya n) .. Ll W36 LZ3 W21 Lt9 U4 U4 2: -II 16.50 33. G . She rid a n (Uoly CroP) ..,.1.6 W28 W'n LI3 LI2 1..23 L29 2 -5 16.00 34. E . Rode mlch atarva rd) .. _ .. L IO L1S L24 1.28 035 029 W36 2 -5 I3 .SO 35. If. Mena ICarlelon ) .......... _ .. 1," L17 L36 1.29 034 L%7 W31 1i -Sl 13.00 36. T. Unl;p.r (Mass. TnsL T eeb.) 1, 14 L32 W 35 L21 L28 UO 1.34 I .. 11.50

Kerr {nrlel\~ t o Kause In Sth round; Kerr torlelted t o Popovyeb, S h e rida n fo rfeited to Sagnrsky. pnd Unger fo rfeited to Rodemleh In 7th r ound.

The USCF, in the person or Busi­ness Manager Kenneth Harkness, also provided prizes for the other winners. Donations of chess books by the David McKay Company were awarded to fifth to fifteenth place winners. Souvenir books and maga­zines wcre provided for a ll pl ayers wbo completed their schedules. Fu rther book awards, donated by David McKay Company. will be awarded later for best game aDd brill iancy 'Prizes.

The Intercollegiate Rapid Transit Tournament was held on the eve­ning of December 28th. Bisguier and Burger tied for first with scores or 5*·1*; Bisguire won the playoff, three games tn one. Third was Samuels 4lh -21f.z. Berliner and Henin tied at 4-3. Other finalists were A. Rudy of C.N.N.Y., Weiss­man and Orest Popovych of Rut­gers. Prizes were provided for t he leaders. One of the preliminary sections was graced by t he pres­ence of Miss Marlys Hearst o[ Bernard College, sister of t he tourna ment director, but unfort­unately she failed to qualify for the Hnafs .

The following new oUiccrs were elecled for the Intercollegiate Chl;SS League: Eliot Hcarst presi­den t, Albert Weissman vice-presi­dent, Thomas Hennessy secretary. It was unanimously agreed that Hearst had done a superb lob as tournament director, and that if possible he should direct next year's tournament also. He nnessy did a capable job as tournament secretary. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hark­ness wcre on hand during a large part of the tournament, and sup­plied considerable help.

For me r USCF Vice-President Milton Fi nkelslcin presided ably at the opening and closing cere­monies. The players were com­mended for their good sportsman­ship and cooperation, as evide nced in particulur by the fact that there we re only four lorfeit in the en­lire competition. All i.n all, it was one of the most successful college tournaments ever held.

FRENCH DEFENSE u.s. Interc:cllegiate Chllm.,lonship

New York, 1953 A. WeISSMAN

(N.Y .U.) I. P·K4 1. P.o4 3. KI-Q83 4. P·K5 5. QKIK'l 6. P-QB3 7. P·K84 • . Kh:P •. PJ(Kt 10. B-Q3 11. K·BI 12. Q-RS 13. K'·S3 14. Q ·R6 IS. KI· KIS 16. P·KR4 17. QxQch 18 P-R5 n . P x P

P ·K3 P·Q4

Kt-KB3 KKt·Q2

P-QB4 KI-QB3 , .. Kt:rK'

P-83 B_KtS ell ..

P·B4 P·KKt3

R·Kl Q·K2

Q·Kt2 "0

KI-81 '".

A. 8 ' SGUIER (P;ace)

20. K-K2 B-Q2 21. B-Q2 8·K2 'n. R-R3 P·R3 23. QR-R.I B-KI4 24. R-R' 110,8 eh 25. KJ(B 8l1Kt U. PliB P-QR4 21. P-QKt4 K·B2 u. p J( p K·K2 11'_ B_K I4 (h K..q2 30. R·KII K-83 31. QR·RI K-KI4 32. RJ(Kt RJ(R 33. RliR RliR 34. BJ( R KliP 35. K·B3 K-R5 36. B-K7 P-Kt4 37. 8-81 Resigns

SICILIAN DEFENSE u_s. tntercollegiate Ch.ampionsl1ip

New York, 1953 White

H. BERLINER (G_. Washington)

I . P-K4 P-Q84 2. K-QB 3 K'-Q83 3. P-KKt3 P·KKI3 4. 8 ·Kt2 B· Kt2 S. P-Q3 P-Q3 . , _ P·84 B-Q2 7. K'·B] KI· R3 •• 0-0 R-QKtI 9. P-KR3 P·B4 10. R·KI 0-0 11. P·K5 PxP 12. P x P P·K3 13. B·84 KI- 81 14. Q-Q2 KI·QS 15. Q-82 B-QB3 16. Kl x Kt PxKI 17. Kt-K2 Bx8 11. KhtP B-Q4 19. P-84 P· KK!4

Black K. BURGER (Columbl;a)

20. PxB QlIP 21. 8-K3 KbtP 22. Q R-QI P_M 23. pxP P x P 24. B.P Q.Kt 25. QxQ Kt·86ch 26. K-RI Bxa V . S x R KtxR 211. RliKt RxB 11'. RxP BxP 30. R·tc7 B-QS 31 . R-Q1 8-Kt3 32. P-QR4 8-R4 33. K· Kt2 PKt3 34. P-Q4 R·KSI 3.5_ P-QS R·B2 36. R-Q' eh K·tct2 37. P-Q' P-QKt4

Re sign

SLAV DEFENSE u.s. Intercollegiate Ch;ampionsl1ip

New York, 1953 Wblle

A. BISGUIR (P.c.)

1. P-QB4 1. P-Q4 3.. K'·K B3 4. K'·83 5_ P·K] '- a ·82 1. pxaP L P-QK'3 9. 8 ·Kt2 10. K K'xP 11. S _K2 12. R-Q8T

" ..

P-QB3 P ·Q4

KI·B3 P-K3

QKt-Q2 p.B4

KPxP P-QU '". KI-B4

B_K] P-QKt4

R-BI

Black K. CRITTI!NDEN

(North C. rollnaJ 14. QKlxKtP PxKt 15_ BXP e h 8-Q2 ,,_ BxB eh Qx8 17. P-QKt4 S-Q3 It. KI·BS KKt_KS n. KlliB ch Kh:Kt 20. PxKt 0-0 21. BxP Kx8 22. Q-Kt2 .. ch P-83 13. PxKI Q lIP 24 .Q-Kt7 eh

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Vol. VllI, Number 10 Wednesday, January 20, 1954

P ... b[iJhed tw;C, , month on Ihe 'th and 20th b,

THE U'NITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION Eotered at ReoD(! cta. matter Septe m ber S, l !He, 8t the post ollie. at Du·

.... que. Iowa, under the aet of M.aJ:ch 8, 1m. POSTMASTER: PI • .,.. r.turn ... ndeUller."le eop~ w ith Form 3sn to Kenn. t h Ha rknHs, USCF B ... slnes. Ma na , e r, .3 Barrow Str .. t , New Yortr 14, N. Y.

Bditos-, MONTGOMERY MAJOR

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ONE YEAR : $5.00 TWO YEARS: U.50 TH REE YEARS: $13.50 LIFE: $ 100.00

" new meml>enhlp ,tnUi on 1a t day of I"onth of enroihnent. eJlpires at tbe e.nd of the period for which due. au paid. Family Dues fo r two or m ore memo bers of one hmUy IIl1lng .t same .ddnl .... Includinc only one sub5cr lptloo to Che"" LIte, a r e at recu lar r l tel (lee abOlle) for rlnt membership, at the folio",· Inc r ates for eacb addJUonal membership; One year $2.50; two years $4.75; three years 16.75. Subacrlptlon rale of Cheu Llfc to non·membc: r$ II $3.00 pcr year. Single cople, 15c: each. CHANGE OF AODRESS: Four wcck" notiee required. When oroOlrln!: c han,e pleaao furolsh In address slcndl "nprl!ulon from r ""ent Issuc or exact rcpro­ductlon. Including numbers a nd dates on top line.

•• nd "".mb.uhlp d ..... tor lubscrlptlon.) and change. of address to KI!NNETH HARKN ESS, Busln ... Manager, .l BarrOW Str.at, Hew York 14, N.Y. "rid tournamant rltlng r. porb (with fOOl, If any) and a ll cOf'lmvnlcat'onl ,... .. nt .... CHESS LIFE adltor lal malton to MON~OMI!RY MAJOR., I!dltor, 12' North !tumphr.y A II.nua, Oak Park, til.

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By Montgomery Ma;or

The Plans 01 Mice And Men T~ bllt /.riJ It:~m'J 0' ",iet "nJ m,n

G"nc '/1 •. ,1,.,; . If"" Ie,", III """,1,, bllt 8riel .... J pain For p,o.,.urJ ;.,y.

_OBERT BURNS-To A Mouse

R EGRETFULLY, we must announce the sad. {act that the U.s. Open Championship of 1954 will not be held m Los Angeles, as pre­

viously announccd. Becausc thc U.S. Chess Federation and the ~olly­wood Tournament Committee could not agree upon what constitutes the basic principle of an open tournament, the U.S. Ch.ess Federati~n was compelled to rejcct the program offered by Los Angeles ilnd will seek elsewhere 'for a sponsor for the U.S. Open Championship.

It is an unfortunate situation that thc West Coast will be de· prived of the Open; it is equally unfortunate that many players who have already made plans for a chess vacation in CaliIornia must be disapPOinted. But the Federation believe~ that its membership will applaud its decision not to sacrifice the -basie principles of the Open as a matter of convenien~ in linding a tournament site.

Briefly the Hollywood Committee plan to bold a group of graded lournamen~Master, Expert, Class A and Class B-and players will be secded into these tournaments according to their establisbed ratings as .p layers. This coUeetion of graded events the COmmittee in Los Angeles insists upon calillJ the "Pan-American International Open Tournament," but it is obviously not an "open" tournament in the accepted sense of term as used by chess players. And in the future, if we refer to the event, we shOiIl drop the erronious label of "open" so that no player will be deceived.

The Federation has no objection to "graded" tournaments, which serve a very definite purpose in chcss. In fact, the Federation has conducted a number of graded events itself, for i.n this class must be placed the U.S. Championship and the recent Candidates Tourna­ment in Philadelphia in 1953.

But the FederaUon refuses to deceive the general public of chess players by sponsoring a series of graded events under the misleading title of "U.S. Open Championship ;" and equally it refuses to deprive the average chess player of his opportunity to mingle with master, expert and duffcr on equal tcrms in what has become the most popular of chcss events in the USA. The "U.S. Open Championship" belongs to the chess players, and the Federation will not be a party to depriving them of their .princlpal event.

Change in site of the U.S. Opcn at this late date may cause un· avoidable confusion, but the Federation confidently looks forward to a most suc~ss£ul tournament. certain that the chess players of the country" will show the ir approval of the st..and taken by the Federation in defending their rights by hearty support and overwhelming aUcnd­an~.

The Ways and Means COmmittee of the u.s. Chess Federation is DOW engaged in negotiating for a new sponsor for the U.S .• Open Championship for 1954. Any groupsl interested in sponsoring the tourna­ment are Invited to write Cbairman Wyatt A. Jones, P.O. Box 202, Shreveport, La. or to communicate with Ch3irfl1an Montgomery Major of the Tournament Plans Committee, 123 No. Humphrey Ave .• Oak Park. nL

DAVID CREEMER

CANADIAN Chess received a blow with the paSSing or David Creemer in the linal weeks of 1953 at the Vancouver General Hospital after

an illness of some duration. Crcemer, who was past president of the B.C.C.F., had recently been nominated Governor for British Col· umbia fO r the Chess Federation of Canada. He was a tireless worker for chess and his organizational gifts were weJl displayed in -the Canadian Championship Tournament held at Vancouver several years ago. while the constant chess activity in British Columbia testifies to his promotional diligence and skill. He edited a very fine chess colu mn in the Vancouver Daily Province, which during his illness has been conducted by the well-known problemist FraI1k F Uiery as co-cditor. His loss will be deeply felt in Canada, particularly in the Western Provinces, and in the State of Washington as ..... ell where h is many talents were known and respected.

DR. P. G. KEENEY , N Ews reaches us that Dr. P. G. Keeney, noted veteran problemist. who

was originaliy the editor of the chess problem section of CHESS UJ~E. is seriously ill with llrtcriosclerosis of the right leg, for which an immedillte amputation ' is required. Dr. Keeney is at the Speers Memorial Hospita l at Dayton, Ky. and would undoubtedly appreciate hearing fl'om his many frie nds in the chess world. CHESS LIFE joins them in wishing him a speedy recovery.

seHACH·EROFFNUNGEN: OER KLEINE BILGUER. Kurt Richter . nd Rudolf Telchner. B. rUn W3S, Germany : W. lter d. Gruyter & Co. 197 pp., numerous diajll .

"T HE little Bilguer" is an ::appropriate subtitle for this guide to re-cent oJ)(!,ning theory and .play. foc Bilguer's hook was to Gennan

and continental chess what MeO in its earlier editions was to English and American players. For years Richter and Teschner bave been among the best German players and most prolific annotators. Richter espec­i311y having written extensively on the openings. One is a little surprised nol to fi nd peo among the sources along with such hooks on the openings as those by Euwe, ReUstab, Grob. Keres, Koro, and Tartnkower; but otherwise the work is thorough. systematic, and use­ful. Thc lines of play given are selective. not exhaustive-hence the "kleine"-llnd illustrated with more than a hundred recent games given in full with notes,

The openings arc classified under three heads: queen's pawn. fl ank-openings. and king'S pawn. Revivals' like the Blackmar Gambit appear. together with lately developed lines ,like Pirc's DeIense.- The method is order i tself: first the "ubersicht," a run-down of the lirst teu or twelve moves with almost as many footnotes; then a paragraph or two discussing each move, with rereren~s to master games; and finally the demonstration·gamcs. heavily annotated at the critical points. 1\1ost of tho games are Crom events of the past ten years ; e.g., Rcshcvsky-Najdorf 1952. Kotov·Bronstein 1945, Alexander·Botvinnik ~946. Bronstein-Dubinin (titled " 1847?-Nein! 1947" because it is a King's Gambit won in the style of the "k1assischen Meister.").

As in everything he writes, Richter's own style is solid but not dry or solemn. Even in his . annotations he is a writer and a dieS$­master, and enlivens as well as illuminates the play.

OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Tulsa, 1953

1000% USCF ROIled EII.nt 1. Dr. Bela Roua (Tul$&l _. __ . __ . ____ WI.. WZO W7 wa WS :; -0 11.00 2. Samuel J . Mayllcld (Tuba) ___ W17 L7 WlI W1 W8 4.1 11.50 1. Ern«t Y . Chace (Okla. ClIy) .. __ ._ WI:; WS OS 1.2 Wl4 31-11 t.ts 4. Cali R. Frell'lIIan. Jr. (Shawnee) __ WIO L!I WI8 DI4 WII n · 11 '.15 5. Gerald B. VI01:In (Tulsa) __ .~. ___ WI9 1.3 WI6 015 WIO n·11 S.U 6. Dr. Antonio de l a 'l'(!rre (Norman) __ WI8 W21 D3 W7 LI 11.11 7.75-7. Dr. A. S . Neal (CordI!U ____ .... ___ WI6 W2 Ll tAl W202 3 -2 7.00 3. Jlme. H. Ma rulre (Tulsa) .......... _ . __ W2!I Wl3 W9 Lt L2 3 2 UO 9. Truman P . MOD tC (TulIa) .......... " . ___ W24 W4 LB LIO Wl7 1·2 5.SO 10 Charlcs McLauchlin (Duean) .... _. _ _ lA WZ2 W21 W9 14 1·1 5.00 11. Oeorgc H. Rose (Tulsa) _ .......... ...... _~ .. Ll3 WI7 1.2 W23 WIS 3 -2 S.OO 12. Alberto t:. Brancho (Tulsa) .. ~ .... _._ L20 WIS LI3 WZ2 WI8 3·2 5.00 13. Cart F. Sleven (BnUesvll\c) ___ Wll LB W12 OS 1A 1~·21 7.7S 14. Bucene Amburn (Tulsa) _ ........ __ ___ LI W19 W20 D4 L3 21·21 4.75 IS. H. Sander Davidson (TUlsa) 2-3 ((,00); Wilbur E. Pekrul (Tulu) W (1.00); 17. Robert B. Blair (Midwelt City) 2-.3 ('Uk); 18. Rh::haN1 C. Olm (Tulsa) 2-3 (1.00); 19. Lutwleh C. Dreber (Sand Sprinp.)" 2·3 (1.00); 20. Robert N. Kerr (Tulsa) 1"" (UII); 21. WUllam N. Bra,e (Norman) 1_5 (1.00); 202. Dale W. Ruth (Mldwe.t City) 1,,( (0.00); 23. HlI'r;'lI'rt C. Thomas (Ada) 1,,( (0.00); :u. John A. HiIllburton (Allen) o.s (0.00).

Ch~ce l orfelted to Maytldd In 4th round.

Cotmo (Los An,e les) Chess Club: John KlI'ekhut won the c:lub title 10-1 (no 1 __ • t",o drawa), with Lou;" Domanski ~c:ond with al·11. Tblrd Ind fourth on 50B wlt.h nolj u.eb we re :£elllln and M"Rae, ",bUI! Crall_ placed nnb with S~-Sl.

Northwesta rn Silt. Collog. (LL) d .. !I!ated the Natchlt«hu B team m • double round match 6-4. For North­..... tc:rn Ronald Byrd. Jerry ByN1. and. Oon Stcphenaon _red twln vlctoriu while KlI'lsie R('I.ach and A. F . Du .... scored t-wice for Natehltoc:b".

Alternate Plans for U. S. Open

Presented for Discussion by All The Tournament Plans Committee, in discussing the various pos

slbllltics regarding the conduct of the u.s. Open Cham.pionship· for 1954 and succeeding years, has decided to present three alternative systems to the chessplayers of the Federation. The Committee invites all interested players to comment by letter upon their preferences and offer any suggestions for improvement that may occur to them. Letters should be ~ddressed l() Montgomery Major, CHairman, Tournament Plans Committee, 123 N. Humphrey Ave., Oak Park, m. The statement of the Tournament Plans Committee is as follows:

. u.s. Open Champion$hip Re<:ogn'llng that the U.S, Open Championship h u recently grown Into

an unwieldy event, due to the ve ry large entry, yet rnliling also th llt any chang. In, 9. n.r .. 1 strudure mus ' be appr .... chcd with caullon and s tUdy so liS not to diminish the appea l that the U.S. O~n pO$senes for the .verage plaYer, the Tournamen t Plans Commi» ... hn deCided to draft th ree alternate plans for the conduct of f uture U.S. Open Championships and to publish these alte rnative ideas In Chess Life.

It IS the firm conviction of the Committee that the U.S. Open ChampIon_ ship be longs to a ll the players, the mastus, the duffers and the in-b etween,. The vI.ews of every ~rDup ~ I ike ~re entitl ed to equal r u pect. Therefore, In order to aU.lSt the Comm,ttee In makmg a decision fair to a ll, We ask every playe r to wrIte us his commenl$ on . these plans, expreuing p reference and suggest. Ing such changes as occur to him itS de sirable or practical.

Alternative No.1: The Grouped·Finals U.S. Open 1) Playe rs will be d ivided Into equal preliminary groups with approximately Ihi rt y players In each grouP. The !HouplnlS will be dona "n th . bui. "f thlt USCF ratings of the players, ' so that eaeh group will be equally balanced containing In the same. p,oportion a mh,tu,e of , masters, experts, and Cia"; A,B,C and D players, w,th the unrated p laye r s d istributed in equal proportion throughou t a ll Ihe prellmlnuy groups. 2) Each preliminary group will playa six round Swiss System tournilment; and upo.n the .comPletion of these preliminary Swiss even", the playe rs will be i gjlri grouped inl" lour fi nal events: The U. S. Open finil ls, the Experts Sedlon, " Class A section ilnd a Class B H elion. The seeding inlo the fina l sedions witt be based on the Seores achieved in the pflillminaries. The numbel" of q uallfe rs f"r each sedion will be on a proportionate buis, USing the percentage of various classes of players partlcipilting at Milwaukee IS a norm. Eech of the final sections will play a seven or eight round SwIss to determine the championship In Its Class. (E.g., on the bas is of 180 entunts, there Would be six preliminary sections of thirty players each. In such • series of groupings, the final Open Championship seelion (milsters) would eonsist of thirty players-f ive from each preliminilry section. The Expem Seelion would consist of 48 p l'Yers--elght from each preliminary group. The Class A Se ction w"uld al$O consist of 48 players--eight from each pre· IImlnary group. The Cia .. B Section would cons ist of S4 playe rs--nlne from e~ch pl"e ljminilrY group.) 3) Scores made In the, preliminaries would not be carried forward Into the finals, as preliminaries and finalS would constitute sepa",te units, both subject to rating as Individua l events. 4) In ea"h sec ll6n of the preliminaries and f ina ls, the contu t .. nb would be pai red as deseribed in Alternative 2 below.

Alternative No.2: Controlled Pairing Ope n I ) The players wUi compete In one big SwiSS event of 13 or 14 rounds lIS In the past, without any preliminary competition or dlvlsl"n into ,r"ups. 2) Pairings of the' players will be controlled, being based first on the players' Scores and secondly on the raling system upon an Improved pnd modified version of the " Harkness System" of pairings which provides for pairings on Ihe 1011 owing bilSlc rules:

a) For the fird round, rilnk e ntries according to ratings. Plilce known beginners at bottom of list, othe r unraled players In middle of tha lower h.lf of the list. Then pair the top half of the fi eld against the lower half, In consecutive order.

b) For the second round, re·rank the players in accordance with thei r ScoreS and in e ach group of equal-score players, In accordanca with their ratings. Then pair Ihe top hil" 01 each equa l·score group against the lowe r hill', in conseeutive order.

c) Follow the SlIme procedure for a ll , uceeeding rounds. Re·rank for each round ilccording to SCore and w ithin each group according to riltings. 'Pair the top half of each group aga insl its lower half.

The above desc ription outlines the fundamental principles of this system of pairing. Provision will be made for detailS, such as pairing Odd-numbered groups, transposing to prevent players fr"m meeting tV'ice, etc .

Alternative No.3: The Tra ditional Open I I The players will compete In one big Swiss event of 13 or 14 rounds without I ny preliminary eompet ltlo{l o r divis ion into groups. 2) Pairings will be based On the normal "chance" method of pai ring by scorn and col"rs used In the norma l Swiss cyent_thB method of pairing used In a lmost all 0' the U.S. Opens of the past , except. at Milwaukee.

The Three Systems Compared In deciding uP"n which ill ternat ive is preferable, the player is requested

to consider these factors: The U.S. Open is used to qualify players In lo the U.S. Chilmpionship, a nd

therefore a sys tem deve loping the grealest ilccuracy in determining Winners Ind top ran king players is deslrilble from this p"int of view. On the other hind, the U.S. Open is a fr.e·for.all competition between players of all classes In which the sp"rting element of lUCk may be considered by some contestants as an attractiye featu re of such events.

The element of luck works both ways. It favors some players and pena. illeS others. When parings among eontestilnts with equal scores are based more or less on chance, aJ in Alte rnative No. 3, a weilk playe , may be lucky and shoot up to a high position in the fin al , t ilndings by competing ilgainst other weak players c.dusively (o r almost exduslvely ). On the other h and, another Pl ilye r may be unlucky and drop down to a low pOSition after being paired with some or all of th ~ st rongest contestants In Ihe fi eld.

A method of conducting a Swiss System tournament Which reduces the factor of luck and Inc reases the accuracy of the final standings may Uke away some of Ihe "sporting" e lement; but It 1$ fa irer to a ll con testants ilnd

. Is a be-tte r test of s,kl il . Alte rniltives 1 and 1 a re attempts to reduee (not ellminale) ttle " luck of

the d raw" and Increase the accuraey of the resu lt s. The first melhod ac. complishes thi s In two ways: I ) by grouping the players Into preliminary and fin a l sedions; 2) by contromng the pairings In each section.

The accuncy of the Swiss System is affected to some extent by the ratio between the number of rounds ilnd the number of plilyers.. This ratio IS reduced by the method of Alternative No. 1. Instead of having about 200 conte~'ants playing 13 or 14 rounds, the field 1$ d ivided Into balanced Vf9YP$

TEST NEW IDEA IN TIEBREAKING

The Intercollegiate players voted to tes t a new method of tic-break· ing in prefer!'n!!!' to ·t he mom lIsual Solkoff and Sonneborn-Berger points. This new system is the "jI,Iedian" method devised by USCF Business Manager Kenneth Hark­ness. Briefly in this seven round event, each player ;wns credited with the total scores of all his opponents except the one with the higest score and the one with the lowest score. The "middle" fivo were llSl'd to represont bis

- weighted score. For comparison, here are the re·

suits of the [opr.way tie in the U.s. Interco-llegiate as broken by four different methods, of which No. 4 (the median) was the one actually used. It might be noted that Burger would have tied Weiss· man under straight S·B, but all the other methods of tie-break· ing gave the rll'~l .place to Weiss--man: '

TIE·BREAKING SYSTEM

'·S I . We issman .... 24.25 2. Blsgu{e r ..... n.H 3. Berline r ....• 21.25 4. Burge r .......... 24.25

Sol. S·B & Med· koff SOlk la ... 32.00 S6.25 23.00

31.U S4 .. TS n .5q 29.$0 50.75 22.00 3D.SO 54.75 22.00

Philately again recognized chess when Mrs, Turner Nearing's fine "Chess Stamps" exhibit won the gold mednl and blue ribbon of first place in the Topical Section in thc "Women in Philately" inter­nation al Stamp Show in Philadel­phia. Mrs. Nearing has written articles in -CHJ1:SS LIFE and sev­eral magi zincs dedicated to phil· ately o n the subject of cbess in stamps.

W Nrlesday, Page 5 January 20, 1954

r/.w USC:; Clut Cl.aplerJ

THE Clubs listed below are wel­come additions to the growing family o£ USCF affiliates. All tournaments conducted ·by these clubs are rated. Ii your club is not getting the benefits of affilia­tion, write for details and applica· tion blank to Kenneth Harkness, USCF Business Manager, 93 Bar­row St., New York 14, N.Y. NORTH DAKOTA University of North Dakota Chess Club Grand Forks, N.D. Meets a t Student Union Bide., Sundays

at Z p.m. Faculty Adviser: Stanley S. Johnson

TENNESSEE Bristol Chess Club Brilitol, Tonn. Meets at YMCA Tuesdays 7:30 p.m.

"Ssc'y: Bm Rucker, 128 H olborn St.., Bristol, Tenn.

PQMAR Arturo Pomar, on completing a

tour of South and -Central America, will arrive in New York City in March and be open for engage· ments by clubs for simultaneous exhibitions. Pomar, now 21 years old,' is making chess ;his profession, and since his visit to the USA after the Master Tournament in Havana bas become enamoured with the country. Clubs wisbbing to make engagements with Pomar for exhibitions may contact Martin Nunez, 159 West 80th Street, New York City.

of ab"uf th irty players each for the slx·round p'relimlnilrleS and Into fou, sections for the seven or eight-round flnills.

In Ifself, the- reduction of the rounds·lo·players riltlo will help to pro­duce result s corresponding to the strength of the contestan ts In each group. The a ccura cy will be still further Improved by using the pairing system 0' Alternative No. 2. Moreove r, the quallfieation of players Into fina l seetlons w ill also milke the tourna ment iI beHe r lest of skill. Those who qualify for tho Open Champions hip Finals should all be worthy ~ontestants for the title and the winner would hava to overeome strong opposition In "very round .

In all the final sections of Alternative No. I, pl~yer$ would be compet­ing against others In the ir own class. Anumlng that prizes would be aWilrded In every section, weaker players would hilve a better opportunity to win prizes, as compared wilh other illtemaflve plans.. Furthermore, the f lnll segregation Into groups would permit p layers to compete under conditions most favo rilb le to the improve ment of thei r Individual rating,.

Alternative No. 2 retillns the wide-ope n cha racte r of the trildltlonill tourna­ment. The plilyers are not divided Into ndions but compete In one big 13 or 14.round event. This type of contestilnt milY have a psycologlcal appeal which A.lternltlve No. 1 laCks. When players ire nol required to qualify for a final, tournament, thera Is always a remote Pos.s iblllty that a strong con· testilnt who fares badly in the e ilrly rounds may fm lsh nur the top or e ve n win the tllte. Such a plilyer might be eXcluded from the Open Champlon$tllp f inills 0' Alternative No. I.

The mathod of Altern. tlve No. 2 is a compromise betw"n the systa ms of No. 1 and No.3. The accurilcy of resurts will be somewhat Impaired by the high rounds·to-players ratio of a big tournament. The wInne r may not meet quite as strong opposition as the titleholder that would be produeed by Alternative No.1. It 1$ possible that he may not .meet some of the players who fin ;,h Immediately below him; but the winner will hilve ' turned In the best performance by making the highest score ilgainst stronger opponenh than any olher contes tant. TlIe system will produce a worthy chilmpion.

Under the paring mathod of Alternativa 2 (which Is used In ea~h secllon of Alternative No.1), the average strength of the oppone nts met by the pl.yer$ should rank downward from the tourn'ament winner and should more closely conform to the final standings than would be pon ible In an uncontrolled Swiss tournament. This is the main oble ctlve of the s ystem and should re­sult in c reasonably accurate test of tha compilratlv. skill of all plilye rs.

The Inequa mies a nd Inequities caused by chance Pilirln!' s ~hould be partially or wholly eliminated. It Is unlikely that .. playe r w,1t fonlsh with a lower $cora than many of those above him who hilve met weilker oppos l. tion. Infiltration of the higher scoring groups by weaker players would ba extremely difficult, if not Impossible.

For the audience we a re addrenlng, no comment on Alternative NO, 3 Is required. Players who hilve competed In such events a r e familiar with the advantilges a nd drawbackS of pairing equal-score players by chance.

The bu lc eoncepts Ihat every playe r Is e ntitled to his chanee to win the U.s. Open Championship, to qualify for partlcipiltion In the U.S. Champlonlhlp, to m eet In tournament play several r ecognl18d playe rs 0' master or expert strength--these are aS$ured In all three 0' the a lternatlvel p re sented above.

U.S. TOURNAMENT PLANS COMMITTEE Montgomery Maior, Chllirman Kenneth Harkne$s Jeremiah F, Donovan

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Amwtal.ed by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS. Nin. York State Champion. 1952

U~l..f ME-MBERS: S .. bmit ,000r bm ,,,mrs lor thil drjJ<ntrtlf71t t r;> JOHN W. \ COLLlNS,91 u""" Rod, Brook!,,, 26, N.Y. Sp«r Ininlf li ... itrd, Mr. CoilUts ,,;[1 ulut she "'011 i .. u,uti"g .nd ;nstr .. (t;Ye lor I' .. bliration. Uri/us oIbrrwisr Italrd notll to If"mrl " ,I' Jr, Mr. Collinl.

EDITOR SUBM ITS Russrll Chctvyrntl &ts brrn 1M dilo,

O/tM IV "shington CIKs, B .. llrli" 10, S(1_ rr.:l yt<lrJ. H r submitl thr 100{0.,.,ing 8""'e in .. hieh hI' "ua-fHneils" lVashi"s ton , btss " tln " n Don M .. ,. ridgr.

ENGLISH OPENING MCO: pagt 32, column ,

Divan Cl ub Championship Washington, 1953

White m ack D. H. MUGRIDGI! A. CHAUVENI!T 1. p ·QO. Kt·K83 2. Kt·Q83 P·1(4 Good, neo-En, 11Ih. alternlltlves aro 2. __ • P-QoI; a nd 2. _ ....... P.B3. 3. Kt'B3 Kt -83 • • P·KKt1 Not quite as familia r as •• P_Q4, p-;;p; 5. Kt:o:P, IJ..KtS; 8. B-KtS. ~ __ .M, 1'<41 4. "'4) 8 -K! S. PIIP KtllP 7. B·kt1 Threatenlnc 8. KtzP_ 1. __ B·K3.. ... " ·KR3 To obtain la5Ung control 01 KKl4. 9. P.oQR3 Q.Qt 10. Q.B2 _ It Is loo soon to decide r;>n a squ are (or the Queen. Bot ter Is 10. Il-Q2 and 11. P-QKt~ 10. __ 0-0 11. K~R4?

White lives da ngcroully. West lI: ll. Klx.Kl. BxKt; 11. B-Kl. n. _ Kt-ClS 13_ P.oKI4 12. KhKt PxKt U 13. Kt-B5!. Q-83; l~ P-QKU,. P-QKt3; -.rins a piece. U . __ P-QR41 I •. " -Ktn _ ThJs drops a Pawn. Correct is 14. B -QL 14. _H._ QIIP IS. A-Ktl Bladt wlr1$ the exchange Oln IS. BxKt. IS. __ Q. R3 U . BilK! Othe rwise White remalna • big Pawn behind. 16. _._ I BxB 11. QxP Q.K3 The KO is protected, the lCP hi t, and mating threats (la. ...._., Q.R6j are developed. 1' . P-K. _ 1£ 18. Kt-Kt8. B-QBll; 19. Ktdt, QIIP; (threatcnlnJl; 20. __ ., Q-Ba) win •. 11. _ . PxP •. p . 20. Q.KU 19. PxP Q R. 8 1 White loses hll Queen with W. Q·KB4. . 8-Kt.4; 21. Q-B2,. Rx8; 2t. KRxD. BxP . :10. __ R· B3 21. Q.KtS Rlla l

Or 27.. QRxB. Qd:>ch; 23. n·B2, QxQRcb; and wlnl.

PERSONAL SERVICE Thr Editor 0/ 1m, De/Wf/ ... nI/ ..;U

I'ltI'/ ),011 " , ..... ., Jr, ",/til, com ... .,."t '"' tt'try mll'rr, ""d , irr ,e .. . lhG'Qu,h ,.nt. If" ... ., ~/,,;I. Pu 110.

M •• Collinl will "I,., """oUlt ... , CI1W

of ,r;>OIr , ..... u lor • /« 0/ 11.

Q}Jess £ife W,"",d." P ... 6 j."UU7 ZO, 1914

n . _ .. _ Qx Pch 24. K·J(l BxP 23. K·BI Q-86<h Rellgns Afte r 25. R·B!, Black can win back the exchango .... Ith 25. '_H_' B-K!.kh; or play for a mate with 25 ..... _. B-W; threate nln!:" 26. .... M... n ·Klch . A clean cut little game by Editor Chauvcnet.

SICILIAN DEFENSE T ri-Sta te Championship

MCO: p~e 180, cr;>lumn " (by transposit ion )

Youngstown, 1953 NottJ b, Sirg .itd Wtrt&tmmu, M.D.

White Dlack DR. WERTHAMMER P. ROTH (We,' Virginia ) (Pen nsylvania) I . P· 1(4 P.o84 1. P.oQB4 M ......

Premall1M; wi th P_B4 Black t akel the In lllaUve (3. PxP. 1(t-KB3 or 3. P-K5, P-Q3). or U Blaek desires. with l. __ , P-K4 he can take all the life ou t of the poaiUon_ 1 •. __ P.o3 After this White a:els the "MaTOCQ blnd.M

3. Kt. KB3 Kt-l(a3 4. Kt·B3 K'·B3 5. P.o. PXP A plain overs\J:'ht •. _ .h<. IlzKt seems to be on White. 10. G.o Ktll8 do

, '- KtxP p..KKU 7. B·K2 B·Kt1 .. P·KR3? _ ... _

which 1..-... a P. , . Kt(J}lI: KI KhKt more rcstralnlna:

Exch.nglq: .Ippeill$ lo,lul with a P UP. but Is a mistake here ... It help. White to moblll%e quickly and r;JCCUPY the center filel. h is only counter­chance. Better Is G.(I O f B-Q2. 11 . Qxkt 0.0 11. a -B4 n . R.oQI Q·a2 Alter the pluusible but relieving ox. change on move 10. Whl!.c had been helped to a dungerous center position. 11 ....... _ R·QI!

' Thl8 penults White an IlTilslstable atlack. Bet ter Is P-B4; 14. KI-83, P-K. ; IS. Kt-Q:i, Q.DZ; 16. B-Q2 followed by 8-Kt4 though Wblte has plcnty of eounter-play for the p_ I •. P·BSI Of course. ... _ 8 ·k4 I'. a·KtS R·BI IS. PlIP " x P Then Is no belter move . n. Kt·B' ch K. Kt2 U BzXt; 18. BxB snd BIsek will b e mated sfter White's Q reaches KR6. U Black trll!ll! to prevent this by 18 _H, Q-Ktl (In order to rouow u p w ith P-QoI); 19. R-Q5 wins. Ie. Kt-ClS Q.A. 19. Q.K3 K-RI Permits .,. c1eeant tlnlsh, but after Il-K3 as CIIpccted 20. B·R6 ch w lnl; a ) 20. B-K6 ch. K-RI; 21. BIR, BxKt; 22. BxP! (B,.B; Zl. Q.Q4 chI; h) 20. B-R6 ch, K·KtI; 21. Bxn, BUCt; 22. Q-QZ!; c) 20- B-RS ch. K-KU; Zl . Bill. K:o:B or Kx8; 22.. Q-Q2, QxQ; 2l. RxQ, IhKt; u. RxB, DzJ>; 25. R·KU with a WOD e ndJj:ame.

10. QxB chi!

FIRST LADY M,s. E"" Arons"" of, Chi€flgo rrus4r

1M btu SCOtt oj <In)' wom« .. in 1M U. S. O/Hn l4Jt IUmmtr. Heft ;s " ,ooJ t:I(­

IImple of MT ,,"'us;", st7lr.

CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS DEFENSE Meo; page 159, column 16

U.S. Open Championship Milwaukee, 1953

White Black Mrs. Eva A ronson-Mrs Willa W. Owens 1. P.Q4 P.o4 3. !Ct · KSl Kt · K83 , . P·Q84 P·K3 4. a·KtS 4. K t-B] and 4. P·K 3 nrl! st ronger . 4. ........ QKf-Q2 Also flI rrtelcn t to cq\l aU~ Is 4 ....... M. 8 " <Ulch ; :I. Kt-a~, PxP; 8. P.K4, ,P_B4. 5. p·Ie' P ·B] Or 8. ..~ .. ,., P-B4! , . Px P MH ....

S. Kt·83. Q-R4; 7. xt.Q2, sets up the most common va ria tion o r the Cam­brldJ!'C. , • . ", .. " Q.R4ch t. Q-B'1 7. Kt-Bl !CtxP T h18 1.1 wrona: . 8. Q-Q% or S. Q-KU should I:M! pl ll)'ed. t. _._ . ·KI5 t . R·B! While must lose • Pawn unless she Is wllIIn, to endanger b el' KlnC with ,. K-QL t. __ Qkt.K13 A Ptlwn I •• Pawn! SO: 9. QxP! ' ''. 8oQ 3 • __ U 10. P-QlU. Bdt.eh; It. hB, Q.d'. 1 • • _... Kt' R5 Dlack win. the Pa wn In her way. SUll good b 10. M __ , QxP. M p~d.

White gets a lead. In development a nd avoids e:o:cha nltlrtJ: Quccns. 11. G.o QKhKt It m.,. 1M better to pla y ( or an 0:.

(!h.l.n ge Or Queens with )to _ . B%JS,:t; 12. PxB, QxP. 12. PxKt Kh:8 Po Not 1%. .. .. M_' Bd"?; ll. P·K" and Whlto wl na a piece. 13. B-Qa.4 Kt ·Q4 15. KR-Q l P.Kt4 14. P· t(4 Kt·Kl Tbll: weaknu' the qucen-slde. Black b (lndin, White has time and space eom pcn sllUon (or the Pllwn. Best Is IS. .. ....... Kt-Kl3. 16. 8 · KI1 Threatenin; 17. 8 xKt toUowed b ; 18. Q:o:P(eh). 1' _ ....... a-Kt2 U . 8-Q2 17. Q.o3 R.o I PrI!terable J. I'. Q-K3. 11. _._ 8xB Stronger ta II. "'--' P~!

Alter the t.e,.l. Bla ek'a came becomes dliUncUy Inrcrior. 19. Rx B G.o 20. P· KSI __ Openlnc the QKU·KR1 diagonal . nd thrutenln)f n . Kt-K15. 20. _._ P-Kt3 21 . P.KR4 __ . Or 21. Kt-KU, with the IntenUon Olf U. Kt-Kt and 23. Kt-8&ch. 21. _..... Kt-Cl4 22. allK. '- _ ... If 22. P-R5! Kt-B5; 21. Q.K4, KURP. 22. _...... RII B 23. P.R5 " ·K 84 This .noWJ White to ~ure a winning klna:-aide attack. The best de fense ls 23 . ..... H •• Q.QI. 14. ItPxP PII P 26. Q.KR11 25. Kt·KfS R· Kl

:i~~ 26. --. Q-B2 and 27. __ •

27. R-Q3 Q-Ql 21. Q.R' ThreQtenJng 29. QxPch or 29. a.W: 21 . ..... _ Q.KBI 29. QxPclt Q.Kt1 If 29. _MOO, R-Kt2; 3(). Q:o:Pe h ",tnl. 30. Q·RS P·R4 ) 1. R. KKtl Winning the Queen. Whlte handle. 'Th;; attack V~ry foreetully. 31 . ..... ~. Aj 4-Q2 32. KhP 3::2:. K t.-B3 win. the Queen Cheaper~-'-' l2. .... .. _ QxA C:e ttln; III m uch It poSSible tor the Queen. 33. PxQ Rxl(t 35. Q·8. R-Q4 34. QxP R/ 3-1(2 1'. Q.Kt4ch 1(.11 1 If 36 • .. H .... . ft.KL2; 37. Q_K6ch . K-R2; 38. K·B2, thre~tenlng 39. R- Rlch. wllU. 37. P· K6 R·Kt1 39, QII Rchl 38. R·Bl c", K.KtI Prettiest and qulckcst. 39. . ..... KII Q 40. P·K7 Anlgnl 41. P ·K8-Q cannet be prevcntcd. Thla victory deelded the Womc n's Open Ch ampionshIp tltle.

0/ Bilhol'l ... J Kni!hts ENGLISH OPENING

MCO: pa .. 31, column I 1953 Florid . Chess Lugue

Notn by }. No, ... "" Cotto WhIte Black

L. GRAY R. ROBA LDO I . p.oQa4 .. · K. 2. P-K4 "-Qa4 hnitaUOln may be the alMerut fomo of flattery. but In chell Its value lsi \ .!Stricti)' Ilmited. Both p l.)'(',,* have adopted opening movu which Unlit the .scope of tbelr KB •• and. the enti r e struggle: will revolve about the (!OlTtet use o r the rnlnor plecel . 3. Kt · Kal Kt.oB3 S. B·KIS? B·K2 4. P.o3 P.o3 , . 8 xB QIIB By hb raulty 5th move Gray h as t raded ott his "good" n for Robaldo', " h ad'" one. Itobaldo. could, bowever, h ave taken turthe r advsntage of this remiss on h is last by contlnuinc with .. ..... KtxB calnl n!:" .11. valuahle tempo and preparing 'for an Immedillte P_B4. 7_ KI·8 3 B-Kts ,. 0-0 0-0 •. B· t(2 Kt-a3- 10. P· KA3? . __ The second positional error a fter w hich White's c ame &oel . tesdlly downhill. White should attcmpt to engineer a trade by 10. Kt-K2 snd It _ ... 8"B; U . K lxB and Gr ay )fets P·KlU In flrat. 10. __ . Bic Kt 11. BII8 Kt-QS As the saying a:OCS, BIacIt .. ,arne play, it-H_ • 12. Kt-QS KhKt 14. PXP Rx P 13. aPllkt P-84 Gray has nached tha c..-roads a"d has hut one aaUsraclory movc.

IS. P-R3? White mu.st at .11 costs prevent the dlsasterou l hrcakin, up of the K •• lde. The be \'it wlY to do this Is by IS. B­K4 w he n Block', best aJld molt ac­gresslve reply is _.. ft.~; e-C. I I . P -KKtl, Q-Ktol and then not 11. P­KR4? RxRP. The Idea Is to prevent Wblte from freel"g himself with p .B4. Arte r the text Gr.,. is Irretrievtbly lost. 15. __

Instead qulel<er

KtzB ch - . Q-~ and ncater

1' . " xKt le ads lo eod. E.a: ..

QR-KBI a much 17. K-IU.

GUEST ANNOTATORS Joseph N. Cotter Siegfried Werth.mmer

R-R4, ete., or 17. K.KU. R-Kt4 eh ; IB. K·R2 (or Kl ), R-R4. 17. Q-R4 fI..P 19. Q x P Q _Kt 4 c h 11. QR-Ql R(' J-BS 11l. " · 11:2 ~ .. , ... Jru tead K·RL delay. the rlnish .ome-w hat. , 20. __ ._ RllP eh 22. X-A! 21 . R_1t Rx K ch" Q-Kt l mil t e

EFFECTIVE INDlAN Ed.,,",, F. i.4CroiJt. 01 Mi/.,,,ulc.u pta­

,.jJu " gooJ C:C4mp/c 1/ tM eJ/u,i'l'nlu, oj 01'101' 0/ the ~.,tr "",illt io" , 0/ t~ King's InJim Dc/el'llt.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: P'IiI' 89 (.)

U.S. Open Championship Mi lwlukee, 1953

Whl .. A . G, Ashbrook, Ir.

Blac k E. F. Llcrol x

Kt.Q8l 1. P.o. Kt' KSl 3. 2. P·QB4 P -KKfl The m&n alte rnaUve b 3, P.KKI.3. l. B· 1(11 S. KMil 0-0 4.. P-"4 P-Ql.. 8 · K2 P· 1(41 The old move is 6. _~ ..... QK\.-Q2. The t"",t retains the opUon DC developing the QKt at QIll. 7: o-e U 7. PxP1 P XP; K aP. K~P !; and Pawn and. Halru 1."_ K""

8. QJtQ. II.xQ; D. Ulack tlliliins his .:wd 1111lY.

Also promising i.I;I 7. H ___ , poW. L P-QS XI·"iI t. K t -Kl _ With the w.ea 01 KI,.Q3 and. the break p ...... •. __ K"" Or 9. __ , p.st; 10 Pd' t.p., Prl>, U. p .Sf., PllP 12... DxP. P..Q4!, 13. 8oKts, P..QSl; and Black bas iOOd ehancc .. 10. P·84? _ This Is a mlIIt.alu: which allow. Black to .dv.D~t.>()u$ly optn lines. Belter are 10. Kt..Q3 and 10. 8010, wlt.h an eye toward P-QBS. 10 • . _ P·KB41 Black" rn.aln lbemaUC Drellk in lhe Kini', Indian. \I . 8PxP _ While develops Jjlack. 11 . .. _._. KtxKP ' U . Kt· BJ Kt·KtS n. pxp Klx K8P

U. S. WOMEN'S

Threatenlnil: t o win th'e exchan.e w it h 14 ....... _. Kt/~K6. 14. R·KI P·83 T hreatenlni to w in the Queen with IS. Q-Ktlch; lI!t K.RI, Kt.B7ch. 15. P·8S MIxing.

IS . ..... _. BxKt To advold IS. _._._ . Q-R4; 16. Kl-K4. I •. PxB Q·R4 Now the threat Is 17. ___ • QxBP; 18. R·KU, Q;l:Pch; and wins. 11. 8·K12 QlIPch 11. Kt-Q4 __ " Forecd, else the Kini or Queen Is lost. U . .... __ Kt/ "K6 n . Q-Ktl R· 117I White threatens a check, black a ,nate (to •. __ , &<Pch; 21. K·RI, Kt·B7 mllw).

20. PlIPch P44 21 . 8·B3 It 11. BxKt, RxPeh; 22. K·Rl, Q-Q3; 23 . Kt·m , RxB; 24. RxKt, 8xK t; ~. RxB, QxP male. " . _ Q-Q3 22. p·Kn Rx P Me~ 23. __ , QxPeh; and matt nc:d move. 33. Kt·K2 IlIKt Nat.ur.uly. NoW' the Kint·hunt beglns In earnest. H. RlIR QxPch 25. R·Kt2 If %5. K.RI , Qdlch; wlm, and If %5. B·KU, Q·I17 mate. 25. _._.. QxB 26. RxKt }<·orced. 26. _.... QxRch 28. K·K I 21. K·B2 Q·B5c:h Or U. K.!U. B-Kl5c:h; and Black wins. 21. __ ." Q·Ktkh 31 . K· Ktl 8 ·84(h 29. K.Q2 Kt ·BSch 32. Q·B2 8 l1Qch 30. K· BI Q·Kkh Resigns Black played the w hole glUne w('!1.

CHAMPIONSH IP - N.w York, 1953 , Miss Mona M. Kuff (New York City) _~_ .... x , , , , , 1,· 6

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10. lIl. Rohland (Mllwaukte, Wb.) _....1>22 W3S Ll W:za W21 V7 4·2 11.00 11. W. Grombachcr (Chleaio, 1..11.) .. __ Ll L29 W"n W24 W33 W1JJ 4 ·2 10.50 11. D. }'Ishbelmer (Chk:a&o, IlL) ._. __ 1.06 W33 1.9 Wfl W31 W22 4 ·2 1.00 13. Dr. M. Schlosser (Ucelttllr, Ill.) _ W16 L6 W2S WII IA Dig U·21 11.7S 14. Co Brasket (Tracy, Minn.) _ ... _WZ6 WfoO W8 1.6 0 2 IA 3.·2. 10.50 IS. I . Shapiro (Ch lclliO, 111.) _. _____ W36 W%5 1.6 W2.1 1.8 Oil 3,·26 9.75 16. A. GIlIlLand (Lafayette, Ind.) ... _.L13 W23 017 L7 WZ8 W29 3~·2' 9.25 17. A. Sandrln (Chlcaio. nL) _ ...... .L21 W27 016 W30 L7 W31 S~·2b 8.25 18. M. Semb iWmona, Mmn.) _ .. _ ........ W37 L30 W34 LI3 W36 DIS n·2i 7.25 19. D. RO$Z.ll:ow aki (ChlealCo. Ill .) ._ ...... W31 W42 D22 Dl L3 Dl3 n·u $.75 2:0. Dr. L. Co Youni '(MadIMOn, W is.) .. W27 1..8 W7 W32 LI Lll 3·3 8.SO 21. Jaek Spence (Oma hu, Neb.) _ ... __ WI7 L5 W24 LIS LJO W33 3 -3 8.SO 22. Dr. I . ScbwarU (Durand, ilL) .. _.0 10 WZS 019 lA W30 Lil 3 -3 8.25 23. L Ro$enIle ld (Roblnaon, llL) _ lAO LIS W39 1.31 W34 W30 3 -3 5..50 24. D. ReVea l (Sprlnaf lc ld, llJ.) _.J,.7 W36 L21 Lll W40 wn 3 -3 5.00 25. Eo F. LaCroil< (Milwaukee, WIa.) _ W34 LI:; LIS L29 WU W38 3 -3 5.00 26. F . J. Golee (Chlea,o, m.l ___ --1.14 W38 W41 1.3 W Z9 UI 3 -3 4-'0

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Clte:H SCjuare6

By Maurice A. Drnet

SQUARE NO. 1

2 3 4 5

c H E s s

2 :1_ +-t-+--t--I 3

4

5

ACROSS 1. CllESS 2. Sharp pointed

".u 3. A Senior 4. Solitary ~. S<:01~

DOWN 1. Transparent 2. Exclamanation

of creeti n i (Var .. )

3. Enrich 4. DIvision of aD .. " S. Withers

All WOrdl used In these SQuares ma,. be foUnd in W ebster's International Dictionary (Vnabrldeed). SoluUOn in neld. laaue.

N. Y. CHESS LIFE (Continued from p illge' 2, col. 4)

deserved winning th is, h is first major tournament victory, and the H. A. Nabel trophy, last held by Jimmy Sherwin of Columbia, will grace the Weissman mante:lplece for the next two years. By t hen the popular victor may have caught his breath from that exciting 11ast round!

IN BRIEF: Jack Collins 6~-1~ leads the Marshall C. C. Champion· ship with Jerry Donovan 5Y.a-3Y.a , Saidy and Santasiere 5-3 and Sher­win 54 tbe other high scorers . . . . -.. Willy Lombardy 6-0 h as clinched firs t place in the N.Y. Interscholastic Championship .. . • Matt DcLieto 4-1 holds first place in the Marshall Consolation event, the winner of which is automatic­ally seeded into next year's reg­war Marshall ChampionShip.

Wash in9 ton (D.C) Chess Divan: Ed· itor Ru$sell Chauvenct oC the Dlatrlct Chess Bulletin won the DIVAn Champ­lo""hip, .tqueerlng In ahead of Donald Muirldce on S-B points,. as both a(:o~ed 8-L Michael Tilles commllted from Baltimore to pb~ thlrd wit.b th!.

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Wl.al'. :ll.e

B •• I mov.? B, G.uMrnu G~nn'

Position No. 1]3

Send solutions 133 to the Editor, 123 No. Humphrey Ave., Oak Park, by F cbl'llQrj' !lQ, 1954.

Solution to Position No. 130 A gratJrylna' number of solvers found

the ded.slve move In lhi$ l'ltber trleky ending. In the game D1~Uer.Vl!ltcb . London, 1947 the game contlnued: I. R-QRlt. Jt..Kt8; 2. R·KBl!! and Black resilfne<l. Obviously on 2. • .••.• ~. RxR; 3. P ·Kt8{Q) e:h wins. And If 2. _ .. __ , P·K4; $, p.R.5, P·K5; 6. P.RS, P-K6; 7. P·R7, P·K?; 8. P·Kt8(Q) eb also wins.

As many solvers discovered, t. Jtd>, RxR clJ elves Whit.!: nothing betl~r than a draw by perpetu,.J. check. Even worse for Whlte b the suggested 1. KxP, which I.s not answered by 1. ___ ." K.Ql, but by I ....... _. R.Kt3 ch! and on 2. K·BS, P·88(Q) ch If white continues 3. Kill, Q-QKt8 ch Clve!I the odds to Black.

COrNet solu tions are acknowledge received from: A. Bombcrault (Pit ts. burg), K. Blumberg (Chleago), G. F. Chase (BuffalO), J . DeVine (port Arthur), D . W. Earl (Los AlamOS), I. Vr:mk (New York), R. Grande (Oenver), C. J O<IIehim (SeatUe), R. K. lIubbard (Urbana), J. Kaufman {LOti AnJ;:elea), IL Kurn.tJr. {San Vranelsc:oj, M. W . Luebbert, Jr. (Kansas City) , J . MelniCk (portland), II.. 1\.. Monroe (Knoxville), C. Musgrove (Northlake), E. Nash (Washlnt:ton), G. Payne (Websler Groves), M. Schlosser (Decatur), I. Sigmond (Colwiek), D. SUver (New York) , P .H . Smith (Charlestown). R. Stlenlng (Pitl$burg). L. Towle (Durham), F . W. Trask (Plymouth), a. C. Under­wood (Washington). F. J. Valvo (Guilderland Center), W. B. Wnwn (AmheNltburc), J . L. Weininger (Schen­ectady), N. P. Whltt1n¥ (Salem), N. Zemke (Detroit).

A hearty welcome to a number of new IIOI\teNl. some 01 whom were not succes.sful the tlrst try, but will have much betler luck 1£ they perservere.

The gremlina In our typewrite r have been responslbUe (or several faulty statements recently In solutions. In P<>S1t1on No. 124 the solution shOUld read 1. __ .. , P·Kt5!; 2.. PxP, K·B6! (and not K-XU> as printed). And In Posit1on No. 123 the second paragraph should read, of eouTH, "Aa published, the solution 1$ I . __ , P ·R5 ell; 2. K· Kt4, P·B' eh; 3. RxP, R·Kt'1" tor 2. __ ._., R-Kt7 is lmmedlately lmpo&slble be­cause the n 1$ pinned .

Ingle wood (Calif.) Ch.ss Club: Karl &eissman, ronneI'll' or New YOrk: was undeteated In winning the dub title 8-1, drawlnl!: with N. Thomas ;OM C. KodU. N. Thomas and C. KodU were second and third on S-B with equal-6}-2 ~ Korel, while L. Weiss placed fourth with 6..:1. The Group B title was WOn by T. Goebel with 9-1, while C. Beauehamp was 5eeOnd wllb 8t-l.l.

Toronto Chess Club: E. Krestinl won the 16 player dub ehamplonshil> 10.1, drawing two games. Z.L. Sarosy WIS second wllb 8l·2), and .IS. Morrison Wall thlrd with 8-3. Kreat.1nl drew with P. Avery and H. lIerb$L

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