Vol. IX. No. 12

Conducted by RU SSEll CHAUVENET

SEND solutions ,to Position No. 155 to Husscll Chauvenet, 721 Gist Ave., Silver Spring, Md" !by Marcb 20, 1955.

Posi tion No. 1 SS With YOUl' solution, -please send

analysis or reasons su,pporting your c'iroice as "Best -Move" or moves.

Solu t ion 10 Position No. 155 wltl ap. ~., In the Ap r il S iuue.

NOTE: Do not pitICt solutions to two positioJlJ .. " "" .. c,mi; be sur .. to inJioltt conUI "umbe. of pwition btl'"~ soi'l'tr/, <lnd gil'r lilt full ""me lind Illiriml 01 the loJ~n to <lssist in proper (ftJiling oj solution.

CHESS COLUMN FOR THE LADIES

In 'l'ccogn ition of the increasing aclivity of women in American Chess, w ith this issue CHESS ILIFE in, ugurat.es "Women's Chess Life" -,a feautre devoted to the ex­ploits, ,plans and activities of wom­en in chess. Despite her many oth­er duties as Ohio Women Cham­pion, Secretary of the Ohio Chess Association, and housewife, Mrs. Willa White Owen has been 'Per­suaded to conduct this feature as a part of her manifold responsi­oili Lici'; as US<.'F Vice-President in charge of the chess progr-am {or women. But a column of chess news is only as good lOIS its sup.­port from readers makes it, 'h'ow­ever competent the writer who conducts it. Therefore women readers are urged to .flock to the support of <t heir nwn special chess column ·with news items and com­ments on the a'ClivJty ilor women in their own locaUties. Just what are women doing in chess these days? Write and tell Mrs. Owens_

WATSON TAKES NATCHITOCHES

The -Natchitoches, l.a. title was won again by Eugene Watson with the score of 18lk-l lft in a double­round event. Carroll Fembaugh was second with 141h_5ih, ,and G. F. Kenner was third with 14-6. Other plus scores were .L. Brittain witt. 13---7, R. B. Williams with 1l 'h-81h, and Roy Clark with 10-'12-. ",

U, S_ OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August 8-20, 1955 Long Beach, California

e-ss i e II . ,

.../<fm.enca ~ CI.Ud n~W.fafer Copyright 1955 b y United Stale, Chess Federa t ion

Sunday, February 20, 1955 15 Cents

Position No. 115

Whit . to play

USCF REVISES AFFILIATIONS

To conform with changed re­quirement.<> or ,the new Rating Reg­ulations, the Plan {o-r USCF M­filiation ,is 'being 'revised by .the USCl<' Ways & Means Committee. New terms of Affiliation will be pU'bl it>hcd as soon as approved -by the Committee. It is unde-rstood that present USCF AHiliatcs may continue ,to opcl"ate under their present Charters -until ex'pimtioo date.

EASTMAN W INS MARSHALL CONSOL

C h .. rlcs J . Eastman won -tb-e Mar­shall Chess Club Consolation Tour­nament with 6-1 score, losing no games hut dr.awing with iHarry Fajans and 'Phil LeCornu. Second ,place wcnl to ,],Iyron Fleischer with 5-2, while Jack S. Battell and Hal'­Iry Fajans shared third .place with 4-3 cach. Fleischer loot to . East­man, and drew wi-lh 'Battell .and William ·Oralrort. BaHell lost to Eastman and LeCornu while draw­ing with Fleischer and DI'3kel't. Fa­jans 10& to 1'1eischer and <BeUell, 'but drew with Eastman .and Theo­dore Lorie.

The eight -con.testants in -ttJ.e Mar­shaH Coo.solation were survivors of ,the four-section 45-player Cham­pionship .preliminaries which also seeded players into 1.111) Champion­ship Finals.

H AM-'-::-B UCCR=-G=-E=-=R"--'-W-"I N S PITTSBURGH TITLE

David 'Hamburger with 6-0 score won the rather small Metropolitan Pittsburgh Championsh)p, directed by Glenn Waltz. ·Berger and Sha­<piro tied for second wi-th 4-2 each in Ule 7-player round robin, '"-1hile Miscevic placed fourth with 3%-2".

Pennsylvania Federation Pioneers Chess Club Affiliation Program

The Pennsylvania State Chess Federation, a USOF State A'fI-iliate, at its 3nnual meeting in 1954 voted to inaugurate a ''Club AUiliaij,on" pro­gJ:';lm, and Vice-President Jeffrey C. oBortner ·was placed in charge "Of the promotion. 'Plans for sueb a ,program resulted '[rom a careful study made in 1953{)4 by a special committee consisting of William .M. Byland, William A. Rutb 'and Jeffrey C. ·Bortner.

It is !believed iby the PSCF that this Tepresents the only chill aHilia­Uon plan in exi9tence in any sl:ltc organization whose membersb;pis based 'on individual membcrships-----a somewhat sHitilar plan existed in the 19305 in the lllin{)is State Chess F'ederatkm, :but was dropped in the course or reorgalliz.1tion 1)f that Association. 11he Michigan State Chess Association 'Was originally organized .by club men:lberships rather titan individual memberships, b ut the clu'b affiliation feature was dropped when Michigan shifted its membership to 3n individual basis_

In the Pennsylvania ,plan, -clubs will affiliate with the State Ass'n on t he 'basis 'o-f a f5.QQ afiiUatiQIl .fee. Mfilia-lcd "Clubs will receive a charter and send delegates -to the PSOF meetings too speak [or .1'he club. As a ,basis for club promo­lion, the PS(..'F 'will prepare :md issue an annual directory of all known Pennsylvania ohC'SS organi­zati'ons, giving names and 'addresses of a1:I. ofnce~, m~eting times and ,places, num'ber of members, orequP sites 'for membership, and 'oth~r pertinent data.

Other cl Uib sen' ices will in'CIude a reference service to individual 'pl3yers -to inform -them of chcss clubs available in any area to which they may move, and -the op­eration or an information service for clubs to assist them in ·planning diversified 'programs and other ae­-tiV'ilies. Those interested in more complete details 'Of the Pennsyl­vania club program, described in two mimeogr3ph(!d .bulletins, may obtain information by contacting J effrey C. Bortner, ClU'b Mfilia­·lion Progf3m -Director, 31 Soubh Duke 'Street, York, Pa.

ELLIS, RICHARDS AT MANHATTA N

RictY.ln:l. Ellis with 7-2 score won the Major Tournament .. t the Man­'hatlan Chess Club (r3nking just 'behind t he Club Championship -and Premier Reserves in im}Xll"tance). Ellis lo;;,l ,no g3mes 'but drew with K-enooth Blake, Paul Richman. Sydney Zarkin, and Max Sokoler. Se(.'Ond and .third with 6-3 osool'cs were Paul Richman and Sydney Zarkin, while Kenneth Blake, Syd­ney Schiller and Max Sokoler shar­ed fourth with 51h-3% in the 16-player event.

·In the Minor Tournament, Wm. Richards scored 71k-P-h lor filJ'61:, losing to J onathan Sussman and drawing with Jobn Prior. Sussman was seoond >With 7-2, while Prior was third ,with 5'h-3'h in this 10-player- event. Sussm3n ·Iost games to P.ri<lr and Edward Turner, but won his game from Richards.

TENNESSEE PLANS MORE ACTIVITY

Tbe annual meeting -of the Ten­nessee Chess Association, a UOOF, Sta te Miiliate. at Bristol in Janu­ary resulted in the laying of plans Cor much greater chess activity in Tennessee throughout the year un­de" tbe sponsorship of the TCA. Among the ,plans laid were Ithose for ''State Matches", with neigh­'boring st3tes and a proeram or club m3tches in Tennessee, some by amateur radio. It is planned to issue the Tennessee Chess Bulletin) hereafter in monthly lor·m to keep members informed of the growing activities.

Elected 'PreSident at the annual meeling' was Thomas W. Finucane of Blountville, .while Joseph W. Selby. 'Sullivan Gardens, :Kings­POl't, was elected secretary-treas­urer. Robert C. Coveyou served as tournament director ·ior bhe -con­current Tennessee Open Cham­pionship which drew fhe Georgia and former West Virginia Cham­pions 'as .entrants.

CLAITOR TOPS AT BA 110N ROUGE

OUo Olailor won the Baton Rouge, La. City Ohampionship 7"1-Second place went to W. Frank Gladney with 41h-2'h, while Roger Dornier pl3eed third with 5-3 and Drew 'McKinnis fourth 'With 4-4. Nine stalwarts survived -the too ex­tended championship and COOl­

pleted their sohedule, but almost hal{ the g3mes were iONeited or cancelled Oceau$i! of the withdraw­al . or players 'before the tourna­ment ended .

U. S, JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

July 15-24, 1955 Lincoln, Nebraska.

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Mastering the End Game

By W A.LTER KORN, Editor 0/ !lleO

A PAWN TOO MANY

I N the tprovince of endings that we appro:rch in our for~hcomjng subject a Black !pawn to the.good I!;pells the difference 'bellWccn a d raw and

the pawn-awncr 's dofeat. Skipping a few ,pages in Basic CheS!l; Endings, we resu me at page 86 ",,1.hich marks ·the conduot of an endgame of two Knights versus -the King and 'Pawn, tlUt as a 'ttifferenL example, not included in BeE, we choose a recent, most instructive ga me G. Barcza­P . Rethy from t be 1953 Hungarian Championship. Alter -Black's 87th move the ,position ......... 5 as in diagram '16:

The theoretical bac~ground of this and simil ur positions is well known. Two White Knights only against the 'merc Bla'ck K ing result in a dr aw, as the Black King can ·be stu lcmaled Ibut not mated. The situation is different w hen Black is lelt ,wi th 11 :tone ,pawn, which. after S lack's King is slillemated, can move whilst the other Knight speeds on to rnaling 'action. Fine describes the process as consist­ing of three s teps: 1) Blocking the Pawn; 2) Confining t h e King to a corner where he must move back and forth 'between two squares; 3) Lifting the 'blockade at the appro­priate momen~, when Uie 'WIii. is possible rbecau;;e '(or a sbort while stalemating the Black King is ad­missible.

The re are, Iho ..... ever. some quali­fying facts to this statement which do not emerge quite dearly from Fine 's definition . In a preamble he says that " the extra ,Pawn leaves .the King s talemated but gives tbe player two or three moves, r de­pending on where it is". But the 'Positions given in BCE af:ford White three moves ·before Black's P awn may promote into ·a Queen.

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED New Regulations

Effective March 1. 1955 Tournaments, matches (individual

or t e am; round robin or Swiss) a~ rateable wh e n sponsored by USCF affiliated organizations, if played under FlOii' Laws, directed by a competent official , and played at t ime limit of not more than 30 moves per hour.

The annual championship tourna· ment of an USCF Club Chapter and the annual championship tourna­ment of any USCF affiliate whose By-Laws provide that all its mem­bers m ust be USCF members also are rated without c'harge. '

All other eligible events are rated only if offiCial report of eve nt is a ccompanied by a remittance ~ov_

ering a rating fee of lOc per game for all games actually played in the con t e st. (I n a Swiss one-half the number of players times the num· ber ~f rounds represents total game s pl .. yed if no byes or forfeits.)

Note /""/ 10, /&li"8 fee ptr gam~ if (ol!I'CI ~J fro m ,,1/ pkryUS, 'Whdh~T USCI' m~mbu< OT not.

Semi-annually ratings will be pub­lished of all participants In all USCF-Rated events.

Official rating forms should be secured in advance from:­

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

D<> not .,...it~ to other USCI' official, fo,_ th~u ,,,tin8 fo,ms .

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20, 19;:;

Di"gram No. 16

omitting to s h(1W the most difficult, ~f ever possible task or winning with two moves only to spare­a ,poSiition which is depicted ,in our Diagram 16.

The next fact that needs clari­fying ,is the corner to which the Blaek King needs to ,be driven iby White's King plus one Knight, to b e sta lemated there. Is irt to 'be the corner KRl (hI), or KR8 (h8), or QRB (a8), or QR1 (al)? As most 'of these questions will ibe answered in .rhc course and conduct Of Ilbe Harcza-Rethy game, rwe will at once an ticipate the reply that fOT reasons oI distance involved. the stalemate and suhsequent ma'te cannot be administered 'on KR8 (h8), ;but only on QRB (a8}-or :pos­s ibly the corresponding square hI.

The [hird 'and last factor {If im­. portllnce in assessing .the position is whcther the advanced pawn po.­sItion still allaws White to win, or w hel'her it may not already hcip Black to secure a draw and how and ,why; and also, w hether any other pawn on the sixth rank. -but the Bish op pawn, would lead to a draw or loss.

Bclore aUempting a solution, we now give 'Our r eaders a month·s lime to ponder on their .own, and independenUy, over the virtues of diagram 16 which. wit'h the prog­r ess of ·thc game appended. we .will reproduce in the next column_ To a'Haw a Ifurther glimpse into OUT ·fu ture discussion, we also d raw {lUT rcaders' .rttention t:o Fine's s tate­ment on p. 87 .o( BeE that the proc­ess of driving the Black Kin g into "a 'Corller" may rcqurire an exten­sion of the ord inary 5O-move rule. We will have something t o say on that topic later on too . .

Capitol Chess Club (Sprin9field, 111. ): On January 23, 1955 thc S pringficld (!h(!s.~ players orc;an"ed t he Capitol Chess Club with Gordon Wlnrod a s president, Ton y Mo ntalbano as vice­p reside n t, and Les Easw p as secretary­trc"",,urer. The new club meets at the Y MCA on Sunday afternoons at 2: p.m. Visi tors are welcome. F o r infonnatlon on thc club <;.ontact Go nion Winrod, 328 No. 1.2th Place, Springfield, nt.

The December issue 01 "Bulletin lnternationa"i des I.n!ormations Echiqueenncs". edited 'by Karl Opocensky and plIIblished by ,the Czechoslovakian Chess Association, devotes more space than usual to U.S. chess even ts, particularly in regard to the U.S. Women's Open at New Orleans. A number (If games are reproduced :tIy such weUJknown American w omen players as Owensova, Stevenson­ova, Gresserova, KarUova. Vines~ va, and Selensky.

The 1955 edition of ·the {a'bulous annual Nevada Chess Tournament 'has been announced (or April 8-10 at Las Vegas, sponsored by Neva­da's 'patl'On of chess, Fred SO'ly. Open to Nevada 'Players. a limited number 'of players .from Utah, Ida­ho, and Calif ornia arc ~nvitcd to plll'ticipate. Harold Lundstrom, ehC'Ss editor .o[ th e Deseret News, will se-rve as tournamen t di rector, and fUrther deta ils will be released late r.

The annual Salt Lake City Cham­pionship called "Pawnpushers Tournament" will 'be held on Wednesday and Saturdays {rom Feb. 16 to 23 as a fi-I'ound Swiss with city tiUe to bighest ranking resident .but 'Wi th 'Out-of-city play­ers invited to participate. Winner will receive custody of the Herman A. Dittmann 'J1rophy.

Her :Majesty's 'Mails deliver. Har­ry Ruckert of the Marshal'l Club missed a l"eply :from his corre­spondent opponent, L. Elliott Flet­cher, author of "Gambits ACl-ept­ed" and j udged it lost in the mails . How mistake n he was ap­pe'ared last week when a large en­velope marked " Her Majesty's 'Bus­iness" arrived containing a charred, torn, but stilllegioble letter, m arked "found in mail destroyed in Prest­wick air crash ".

Metropolitan (New York ) Chess League: At the annua l meeting attcnd· ed by ' 'eprescntaUve,.. of 14 clu b s, it was agreed t o have a 8-lcam cham.. pionship division (London Terrace, Sun­act, N.Y . A cademy. L og Cabin and two teams each f rom Marshall and Man. hattan). The "'B" Division will be d i_ v ided into two group s wit h a playoff between the winners of each group for the title In thc ll-tcam e vent (Quccns. Lithuanians, Manhattan, Ja· malca , Brom<-Weslcheste r , and two teams each from Brooklyn, Log Cabin, and Marshall). Albert S. P inkus was elected p...,.,;ident of thc Leagu e, w ith David Hoffmann as vice-president. Jere­miah F . Donovan as treasurer. and Jack Stuppler as secretary.

PUget Sound League {Wash. ): Fou rth round of pla y saw Tacoma s w a mp Mc­Neil Is la nd 9-1; Seattle YMCA v an_ q uiSh wes t Seattle 9-1; Latvian Clu b best Seattle Club 7-3; and Univ . or Washlngton o u tpOin t Olym pia 5'h4 'h. In the fifth round, Seattle overpowereil west Seattle 7'1.z-2'h; U niv. of Washing_ ton d owned Latvian &-4; Seattle YMCA bes ted T acoma &-4 ; and Olympia drew with Kitsap 5-5. The Unlvereity team leads wltb 4-0 In match score. and Seat_ tle YMCA Is second with 4-1. Latvians are thi rd with 3'h-l':1t.

San Francisco Bay Are a Le ague: First rounds o f t h e «A" division saw Castle dow n Oakland 6 'h-',~ ; Golden Gat e best Palo Alto 4',..-2'h; and Mcchanics out point Univer sity of California 4-3.

CJ.U6.L;/e .In n.W '/jo,k

By Allen Kaufman

II. A Week at the Manhattan Chess Club '[HEIbE are many similarities be­_ h\.-een the activities of the two grcat clubs of this city, alld there area-Iso differences. Jo~or exa mple, one sueh dJHerenee is the lWay the weck>ly rapid -transit is conducted. At the Marshall everyone plays in one large round-robin, 'but at the Manhattan the players are diyided into A, n, and C sections. The .phi­losophy or ,bile ilormer system is to allow the wcakest players the cllance to 'mect Ilhe strongest (an "open" tournament), while in the latter the weak 'player feels that he has a chant'C to win II pri~c be­cause he is playing with his equals.

On Sunday the Ohampionship games are ,played at <the Manhal­tan C.CO (K lugman 31h- lh, oBisguier 2lJl- lh , Shel'win 2-0, are lead ing) .. This tournament ,is held in five sections, the strongest caIled .the Champiollship Fillals, t he winne r of '\Vh-ieh is designated clU!b eharn­pion. Those who played in (lhe ipre­liminaries ,b ut failed to qualify for the IinaIs play in a consolation. ' Weaker members ,play in the Pre­mier Reserves. the Major ·Reserves. and t·he 'Minor Reserves. The tour­nament c(1;mm~ttcc -considers the list ol 'Players wishing to compete in these tournaments, and seeds them inw 1hese sections according , to s trength.

The club also -holds Iour Swiss tournamen ts each year. 'Jlhe pres­ent one (the "Winter Swiss") is be­ing led Iby McGrady, Lawrence, and Michalski , each 3-(1. This is 'an un­usual tourney in that. instead 1If a regular playin g -day there is a weekly deadline {or eac h round. This enables the .paired 'Players t o make lheir own dates to play, 'ac­cording ItO personal convenience . (Incidentally, the club p ublishes i ts ljwn newspaper in ..... hich actiV'i.­ties like these are reported.)

And. o( 'course, skittles games and pots are .pla~d daily. One form of lJ1e game that is enjoyed by spedators and partici:pants alike is ·blitz. Played almost ex­clusively b y the j unior members, it is fast moving (the contes tants are allowed no seconds 'per move!) and frequently hilarious. But blitz is worth a column of i ts O'wn , sure­ly.

W .. th i ts many activities, it can be said that there is some form of chess that satisfies C'Very one of the hundreds of members of \he Manhattan C.C.

Wichita {Kans.) YMCA Chess Club: The 16-pla)"cr King' s Indian Tourna · men t ended in a 5-1 tic betwcen Sames W . Maguire and Bcrt B rice-Nash with Mag uire topping In $oB points. Third to firth w ith 4_2 each were W. D . Mc­Laughlin, Lloyd D aily, and Dave Zim­mer. Sheldon Einhorn sco red 3'h-2'h l o r sl::dh. In winning Maguire l ost one game to ~Ol)ert Hart. while Brice-Nash lost a g ame to Joh n McKown. A USCF Club Arrilla lc. '

Downtown YMCA {Pithburgh) Chess Club: " ·he YMCA hOlffiing t he Chess Club has chess feature d on its Social Education prog r am wlth WilHam M . B yland as instructor.

BEHIND THE SCENES THE STORIES BEHIND THE GAMES

By In.ernationallllttS.er ARTHUR B. BISGUIER u. S. CHAMPION, 1004

No.2: Beating A Grandmaster Setting: Lessing J. Rosenwold Tourney

F OR this game, dear reader, you are Arthur Bisquicr. You are sUll the U.S. Chess Champion although you certainly couldn't pt"Ovc it by

your geore or ,by any of the games you have ,played thus far in this toUT­namC'nt. Yoo drew your first game of the rourncy. lost your next t hree t'ompJeted games «ine s("'Ore of lh-3'h), then thanks to a c()uple or lucky breaks manllged to improve your score to 3-4. Your trouhles, fj()IWever, seem .only to 'be beginning since your opponent tonight is Sammy Rc­shcvsky. grandmaster extraordinary. You need a win in tonigllt's game mighty badly. II you could ~nly score this upset your terr ibly inauspi­ciOUs start in the tourney would be forgotten. Beating Sammy seems impoSlliblc; 'he has been i.n magnificen t fonn and has only allowed a single draw, -and that with the Black pieces agahut a well-played game comhrctcd by Donald Byrne. Still faint heart never won anything worth· while so take your 'Cour3ge in your bands, cross your fingers, and hope for ~he best. At lcast we fhave Wllite.

1. P·Q4 .•.• _. Sammy play. the S ld llan m uch 1.00 well for our llklnr.

1. ........ Kt·KBl 2.. P-Q84 P·KKI3

A rn.Inor lIUrprlllf!. Sammy IIkea White agalrt.!!it the Klnjt"'. Indian and iU Blaek he u$uolly hal< r<eWu"M! 10 the Nlm"ZO or QUllIll1'. Indian DdenH.

3. Kt.QB3 8 ·Kt2 4. P· K4 P·Q3 S, 8 -Kt5

A .urpr lse of our own. Sammy mUll h ave been expecUnl tho .'our Paw"" attack which wc are known to prefer.

S. .... P ·KR3 A 100d move which rorce~ White to dloel:llv himself Immedlotcly. An im· medlale 5. .., 0·0 II not aa good since White plpy" Q.Q2, and rescl'Vcs the option of either P·B4 or P. BS.

t.. 8·R4 0 ·0 7. P ·B4

There I~ :111 Interestin , Itory beh ind Ihl ~ """'c Which , 1 believe, wu Ont sUI!~.,sled by At JlorGwlh, who brou,ht It to th" "11.·,,tl .. n or the US. Cbes. Team. whll" we wc~ prepartn l!: our openln.H (11r the ,nuteh a:aln$t the Russians. 1\ waH th" conceIlsus of opin­Ion. Reshcvsky and ourself Included, t hat It WOII too rl llky 10 c",oy In ~UCh

un Important t1wld •. Howeve r. we need th" .. 'hole IlOlnt nnll whereas we would. n't risk lJle move hi n tcam mateb, un Ind ividual encounter Is " dl1rerent var· laUo". Moreover II ... 1,8YCIII)10,:: lca' 1m. 1.I!cl.Uon. of tho ""'VII mllht have a dl.'i\j"lctlng efrect on Ihe u .suu lly Impe .... tm'bahle Reshcv$ky.

1. .... P· B4 I. P·Q5 P·OA3

lI e~l,,"vsky s pent about an hoor on tWa n" ... ·., ",hlch Ls not .. han' or direct cnou,;h to be rully satldactory. 8 .... _*., Q.IN In be:: followed by ... · Kl would 1ICi!'" 101 he Indicated.

9. KI·Bl P·OKt4 Nahll'ull ), thl~ wu Sammy's Idei' but our .lnll'l" r eply leave$ u:o: with the advanlai:c

10. B-Q3 or COUI""$C we couldn't take the KIl' be­cause or the posstbUlt,y KtxKP for mack with the t\\reat or Q·R~ .

10. ___ . P·KI5 The theme of th is and the next hall· dOlen or so movcs is Blacll'e attemp t 1.0 prevent the thrult P·K5 by White .

11 , Kt ·K2 B-Kts 12. O..() QKI·Q2 13. Q-Q2 0 ·B2 14. QR·KI QR·KI 15. P· KR3

liere we ~nt 45 minutes ounldr In an aHempt to IlICCrtain 11 15. P.KII could be played. but wc came to the conclu · s lon that Rlack al"'ays seemed able to dlspo.><c or .surnclent I"Cl(Kl r COl'L

15. *...... 8:o:Kt 16. A:o:B P· K3 17. PaP

Virtually forc:cd; otherwise Black cap.­turel at Q5 and nclther recapture I" p lca.ant-lakln.': with the llP would I I. low P-85 and the rec~pturc with the KP would ,::Ive Black control o f Ute K.me, particularly thc vital K5 lIquare.

11 • . *.*.. IhlP II. KI·Kt3

The Kt was poorly posted at K2 where It Impcded the coopenUon 01 our plecel.

lB . ....... . 19. Kt·Sl

KI· R1 Kt (Q1).S3

ThiS ,Ive ' U5 Ihe e:hance to open up the ,arne for our two Ba hop •.

20. P·B5 R(3), Kl 21. PxP P x P 22 . P·K5

At lut!

". ... ". ." ." ". R • • P ·K5

A fine move by Sammy which allows for the centraUllItion 01 t he Black Quceo. ln$le~d 24. __ ... , R-Ql would be a blunder ~auSE' 01. 2:1. 8xKt eh, wln· nlng a piece.

U . A·Kt3 Q-K4 ,t.. KI· K3

Thll I, the critical . prultton. We have the: beUer of It but It III not .t ~ 11 cer· taln \I we could win • ./l'alnst careful pla y. Truth to te ll , our last move lieU a CtJIe: t ... p which Sammy ran, In\.o, nO doubt u a result o r hb time preSllUl'e. He h ad to make hb last rourteen move. In II very few minutes.

2&, •.•••.•• Q·BS Very temtlUng .. It attacks a BI$hop, observes a !took Ind pins a Knizht to a Queen. yet It IO$@$ by force.

17, Q.K1t _ .... , 'hls clever unpinning maneuver l eaves mllck without rc$OOrcll. Note that 11 Sammy t ,'les 27 ......... , QxB he loscs at lellMt the cllehanll"e after 28. BxKt ch. K,HI (nol Kin. or Knllht takes Bishop becauR of 29. RxB ch winning the Queen); ~. Kt· B5 and 30. Kbt.8, threat­enln" Kt·KB forking Q and R.

27 . ...... * Kt·Kt4 lin outright blun(ler. but Sammy's Ume p~blcrn hRd become acule.

2 •. RIiKt SO we win material Ind the J:ame. The re~1 o n ly demand. a lillie care.

11 ....... * P x A 19. B· KIJ

An "musing entrapmenl of the Q In the centor of tho board.

19. ........ Kt .R4 30, BIIQ ie'xB 31. B·BS

No need 10 ha~rd BxP which would allow Dlaek chance. with R·Kl and B-Q5.

31 • ..... 32. B·KI4 3], Q.Kl

. .. , K t-Qt.

R· BY

Allowl n ll lU' 1.0 simplify Lnto an easy endgamo but Ir 33 . .. *._., Kt-BS; 34. Q-Q2 followed by P.KKi3 and K·Kt2 un· "lnnln. the Kt.

3 •. Q :o: R 35. KIII(t U. 8-B5 31. Bx P SI. B-81 39. P:o:P 40. B-KtI 41. K·B3 42. K,K4 43, KI·8t 44. P ·Kt4

So we win the ,.m_

KI:o:O ." P · A" P·RS

P ,KU P·A6 K·B2 K·Kl ... ,

B·KI1 Resigns

~d tbe moral t o

t- Sl<naq,

fbus Ife F,b"",,,

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the story-lI there 1.1 a moral-ll that one has to be luck )' \.0 beat Resbev.ky but he lou a bettcr chalice of beln, lucky If he p lays courageous ly. Ind· dentally, !hili game .l\'lIve UI \.he Un.­""tUI to win ou~ lu t two game' a nd to cll:able us \.0 finisb with, thou. h not a brlillant , at ICait a re$peCtable CkI !<COre. All' ... ell that ends weD.

Slujic:J ill pawn

{;"Jin~ , By Andrew Efron

Whlle to plly a nd wi n

(For ."I .. tio" , tl<," to p«gt tight)

Che •• elf. BI) Willa W hite Owens

Ne.,." of w"rn .. " in (~U and (omm c"ts "" thi. (0/""''' .ho"ld be addrultd to Mrs. Wjll" Whil~ O"CnI, 124 So. Point Drj~c, .1 .... 011 L"k.c, Ohio. P/C<I,( encloft st<t",p"J, lllJ·addrtllld en~tlop( .. ~n uply i. uqui,er/.

W OMEN'S chess 3cUvilics S(lClll 10 Ibe increasing on every

level. Commi tt.ccs arc are at 'Work on the 1955 U. S. Women's Ch3m· pionship, the 1955 U. S. W'Qmcn's Open Championship, and the OW()m­en's Wo1"ld Championship Candl· dates Toul'lIament, Dates and rur· ther details will 'be announced ,...,n.

It is only by greater part.icipa­-lion in h>cal clubs and stale events that WOIDCn can 'build up greater strength on the national and inter­national level. In this column, I liopc ¢() rexrort on women's activi· ties in local and state events (as well as the nationat and interna· tional events) whenevel' I am ade­quately informed.

EIrsavela 9ykova, Weffien's World Cha mpion, is currently g'dthering material J'Or a book on women's "C hess. This is a- book 1 would 'be look:ing fo rward to quite eagerly if 1 could read Russian. I had enough trouble finding some­one who could translate a New Ye:J r 's card from !lofn. V. Ch udova, USSR Chairman of the Committee for the Development or Chess Among Women. 'Mrs. Chooova wishes us a (happy New Year, and expresses a particular wish for the peaceful contention rbctween na·

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THIRD BOOK OF CHESS : HOW TO PLAY THE WHITE PIECES. By Fred Reinfeld. New York; Sterling Publishing Co. 96 pp., 73 diags. $2.50.

R !:INFElJD'S series of 'prim ers are beginning to look like the lbest buy ,for nowccs and club p rayers, despite the mounting cost. The first

was g ood; the second, The Nine Ba(t Moves and How to A void Them, w as belter 'because of its unus ual approach . This tbird is -bet:ler ye t. Wtla t Reinfeld does in all of these is g ive t hc general ,principles clear, s harp, hard, practical exemplification. ConlTol t he ecnler. Says lhe !principle. So Reirneld illustrates it with four gam clets, open and doS<!, q ueensidc . and lcingside. How to exploit Bla cks weaken in g pawn moves is similarly explicated in ,brief examples and nates. Eiglrt chapters in all, dealing with such 'additional 'Problems as exploitation of ·mobility, errors of judgment, and 'Prematurc counterattack. wisely avoid tbair-splitting and stick to Ille . point. The n ext book is obviously to be some instruction for Black; and then perhaps another cnd·game book. These a re not so am­bitious or detailed as How to Think Ahead in Chess, but for variety and simp~idty they arc -perhaps rbetter if-or the green h and. Two-fifty is too stcep for ninety-six pagcs, even of sucb quality; and the publishers would do well t1) considcr their competition a t .that- price. ~

CURIOSITIES TACTIQUES DES FINALES, By V, Halbe rstadt. Pari s: Librairie Gub le, 13 rue Saint-J acques, 600 francs (about $2)_ Paper, 71 pp .• a bout 100 diags.

THIS coUecUon offers a great deal 'more >than the seventy·seven b ril­liant endings 'Composed and collected by Halberstadt. 'JIhe lower h aU

of each page carries a running 'COmment'ary. so to s peak, of variant a nd antithetical endings. As Tartakower says in llis preface, n'Othing is more (asdnaling an'd instructive -than composed endings which rcuin the natural look of cnd~amcs. Fol¢y 'of these studies took prizes or meo­tions or commendations in international tourneys.

!)cDr Mr. Major: Re: CHESS LlJo' E, Vol. lX, No. 10, kurn's column, diag ram 15-not " All'. Wcll

that Ends Well" but "A Comlldy of Erron". Helld C. Whstmough didn't look any deeper than Fine. He apparently got

contused by a printlOJ: error In BCE (2nd edition) when moves 2·9 were II1ven with the wron~ numbers 3-10. Thus:

39. (I) K·U6, K-BI (Fine, quotlDJ{ 'l'arraseh-8clllffe n, shows that 1 ......... , P ·KR3??, 2. P_I«, P-KR4; 3. K-Q:;, e tc. win. tor White); 40. (2) ......... P-KR4?? (Eventually the ",ame blunder that Sehlftcrs made. Wllh 2 . .. _ ..... , K-Ql, mack draw$. Tn Fine 'S anal)'l:lls. 2 . ........ , P.KR4 appears, In I)lrenthesl!l, wllh no comment, for it is pre-ceeded by the blunder I .... _ , P-KR3!? WhatmouRb doesn't commcnt en 1. .. _ .' P_KR4 either fo r he apparently thinks he were followin~ Fine'. line while he virtually follows SChlrren' way to draw. He fulled in readlni the brackets III Fine laUt.'d In numbering the moves.)

Conclusion: There is nn win In Diagram 15. HANS KMOCH

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U. S. INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM CHIIMPIONSHIP New York, 1954

100% USCF Ratfd Event INDIV IDUAL .. CORING

I. Anthony Saldy (Fordham,) .... _ ... WI6 Ll4 W23 W36 WI5 W1Z WIO 6 -I a. Thomas Hennessey (Fordham) .... we W32 WI8 W28 1.3 W21 WI1 6 _1 3. Abf!n Rudy (CCNY) ... ~ ........... ~ ...... D32 WIB W33 DU W2 WI7 D!) SI·lI 4. Alan Reiter (CCNY) .. _.... ..... ........ W27 W28 W7 W6 W26 D5 5,- ~ S. noy FlemlnR (Michigan) ....... _ .... W38 W26 W31 WI9 W'1:1 US D4 51-11 6. Willlam Walke r (Io'ordham) WIg WZ7 W42 L4 W13 W40 5 -I 7. lcrry Orenswln (Columbia) ........ W8 W34 WZ2 L4 W4I LIl W2S :; _2 B. Michael GoUesman (Chicago) .... L7 OU W35 WZ4 034 W2.lI Wil 5 _2-9 . .John Harrill (Miehlgan) ................ 1.2 WI7 W21 W32 LI6 W33 D3 41·2!. 10. Charlel Henln (Chicago) .... _ ...... DI2 WI6 LI4 W23 W36 WI5 LI .,.2~ 11. William Hla-ler (Fordham) ...... ...... WU W41 L25 WF L:!O W7 UI 4 -3 12. Charles Witte (Columbia) ............ DIO W36 Dl6 Wl5 DI4 LI D2l 4 -3 13. Nolan Saltsman ,Columbia) _ ..... W36 W39 WI9 L6 W'1:1 4 _1 14. Richard Frledenthal (B.-tdgept) .. LIS Wi WID DI6 D12 D23 026 4 -3 IS. :Martin Harrow (CCNY) ....... _ ...... W14 W23 W36 LI2 Ll LID D16 n -3l 16 . .John Penqulte (Mlchlean) _~ ...... .. LI LIO 012 DI4 W23 W36 Di.5 31-31 17. Leonard Fra.nkenmln (Chicago) W2-1 1.9 • W32 D18 W33 1.3 1.2 :Ji!i-3! 18. Tom Throop (Swarthmore) _ ...... W28 1.3 L2. DI7 W9 W32 Lll 3'-3~ 19. lIal Willaeh (Brlds:ePOrt) .. _ ...... W20 L6 W26 1.5 L13 W27 D28 3.1-31 20. Morton Kalin (CCNY) .................... LI9 W2S WII WU 3 _I ZI. .John Dale (Columbia) 3--1: 22. St4>nley Weiss (Mlchltan) :t--5; 23. Paul Monsky (Swarthmore) 2-:\; Z4. Jay Stone (Swarthmore) 2-1 ; 25. Davc Soller (Swarthmore) Z.2; ZIi • .Joel Kuppennan (Chicago) l Mo .... !h; '1:1. Hank Myers (Swarthmore) lMo~ ; 2tI • .JOileph Sloboda {pace} 1¥.r-6'h; 29. Otto Reisman (CCNY) 1_1; 30. HalT)' Raship (CCNY) 1-0; 31. lsaae Sharon (Columbia) I-I; 32. Randolph Linthurst (Bridgeport) 1-6; 33. Donald Kirby (Pa~) 1 .... ; 34. lUehard Harden {Pace) 1-3; 35. Herb Ben· jlln'lln (Brldl:epOrt) Mo-ZMo; 36. Howard Sirota (pace) MooG .... ; 37 . .Joseph Sorahan (Pace) 'h-I'h ; 38. Anthony Obadel (Fordham) 0-1; 39. Allen Cohen (CCNY) 0-1; 40. Larry Abrams (Chleago) 0-1; 41. Gerald Norko (Bridgeport) 0-4; ~2. Martin Galett (Pace) Q.2.. Eliot Hearst tourn~ment director.

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SALINAS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Salinas. 1'54·55 , .... USCF !tated Event

.Jerald Slavlch ._ ........ _ ...... _ ._ ........ _ ..... D2 W. W> w, W. AI"n Chappell ...... ... ........... .... _.~ ................. DI W, ""' U 0' Foster Clark 24; .. ReI WileoI ", .... "AU CONSOLATION Albert Laukavlch .................. _~ .................. W4 W, W, W. W, Geor,e Oakes ....... . ........ H ...... ~ .................. ... \V3 W. U '" W. I!lmer Hawkins 2 .... -3'4; 4. Frank Farr '1.>-5'1.> .

HB" CHAMPIONSHIP Owen MIlI..,r ... __ ........ _ .......... _ ..... ~_ ....... W3 W. ,., W, w. Lloyd Housh ............... _ _ .............. ................ D4 W. I.. w. W. AUred E. Hoerschner 1'h-5'h; 4. Sam Lowe ,.

" B" CONSOLATION Robert Searnara .. ..... _ ............ _ ......... _ ...... W3 .., W. W. 0' Ailke AusUn ... __ ....... _ ...... __ ...... _ ._ .... W4 W. '" W. D. Tom Russell ......... . ~ ...... ............... LI W. W, L. W. LawlIQn MaddOX 0-6. A. E. 1i000000cr tournament dIrector.

KING'S INDIAN OPENING TOURNAMENT Wichita, 1955

Note Ratld-Rest ricted Opening

0' 0-> W. 31-21

W, ,~ L, .~

no 51- I; 01 .., ,v< 41-11 w. 4!-II U H

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CHESS TACTICS FOR BEGINNERS By U. S. Expert DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND

"

1. Alertness in Chess

A SURPlUSfNGLY large peTCentagc of chess ga mes, even among good :players, are won or I'ost as 11 result ol elemen tary mistakes. ~ picce

is simply left "en iprise" or an obvious clleckmate in one move 15 over-looked. .

A good many more games arc won or lost as a result of fairly simple combinations---.llwo Or throe Iorcing moves leading to the win of 'a piece or the sacrifice Of a picce to -force check mate two moves laler.

rS uch errOf5 are ones which are readily seen after they 'OCcur. The question is wlhet'her there is any ..... ay to p revent such ,lJlunders from oc­curring. Surely the most elegant chess 'theories 'Can 'be of no help in dealing with this problem.

And yet there is something which can Ibe done. The most 0b­vious measures afC practical ones. A good night's slecp the rUgb't be­lore will help. A lI'oublc-lreemind wjU ,help a lot. Don't quarrel with your 'WiCe or ¥irl4'riend just before all ·important game. At the actual chessboard 'be a ·clu.rlious Joe. 'Play slow! Check over all of your oppo­ncnt's most plausible ·replies to your intended move before you make it. Pay special attention to aU capturet; and checks which he may have available. Especitllly nole which '0£ your own 'Pieces M'C pinned so- that (heir aoLion lis re· du(,~d. 'Pinned 'Pieces somotimes creat.c optical illusions. They some· Hmes seem to protect pieces which they really do not. Especially con· sider any long open Hncs wh ich your opponent con trols as well as any Knights which are dominanUy p laced. Most Ibeginners are prone 1.0 overlook ·lodC.5 (dou'ble'attaoks) with Knights. Above al l. don't -get 5'0 intel·e&ted in yottr own ideas that you ·forget to consider your opponent's plans.

Beyond this rather scU-evident advice there is morc that can be done to combat the evil of elemcn· tary mistakes. In the fi rs t place having a sound position is most im· poN:ant. If one's pieces arc well placed they are much less likely t o get into trouble. Pieces which have ample mobility, !for example. are not likely to .find t hemselves without safe squares for retreat when necessary. II t:b.ere arc no open lines or weak squares near your Kin~. there are n'ot likely to

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!be uneXlpeeted checks Qr sacrificial combinations involvi ng your King. If you have 3. domination of the board {espccitllly in ,the center) and especially if y()U htlve the ini tia­Live and keep it 'by ma'king ;forcing and threatening moves, it is much less likely ,lor you to Call into ele­mentary m istakes. It is very easy to Iblunder when your posiLion is Ibad. The following sample game wHl iUustrate some of the 'above genera'liLies as well as 5'Ome other useful 'Principles. 2. An illus tra tive game

RUY LOPEZ Rochester. N.Y.

City Championship, 1955 Whites -Black

E. MARCHAND REV. GEO. SWITZER I. P·K4 P·K" 3. B·Kt5 1. Kt·KBJ Kt.QBl

'I'hls eonHtltutC$ the ituy Lopel, one of the oldest ollonlngs known nnd still one of the most populD r . lC Block re· IllleB 3 ..... .... . 8·84, n p lausible vadatlon m ig ht be 4. 0·0, KI.U3; S. KlxP !, KtxKI. 6. P·Q4 recovering the piece with a preferable game. Arter 3. B·84, White cnnnot follow this line because then 6. P-Q<\ would be followed by 6. __ .... , KbB. 3. ....•.. . P.QRl ... B·It ..

The exchance ... BxKt, QPIB; 5. KlxP does not Win a Pawn bc<:ausc 5 . ....•• , Q.Q5 or 5 .. _ ..... Q·KW .... Ill ngaln It for Black at once. While pnhrs to keep the BLshop for long.range use to .... ard. the center a nd the K·stde. ... ....•.. P.Ql 5. P·B3 na~le strate~eal lheory would call

for 5. P.Q4 since It helps White'. de­ve lOpment and strives for m.a.x1mum center control. However. In this par· ltcular cue It fa lls because o( a ~cU· cnl trtek. the famous Noah 's Ark trap: 5. I'.Q4, 1'.QKt4; 6. B·KIa. P xP; 7. KlxP, Kt,.Kl : 8. QxKl. P.Qj.I4 with p .B5 to (allow. or ao us.;, b 9. Q.Qs, B-K3, 10. Q.ll6ch, 1J.Q2 and \1. ••.....• P-.BS.

The test n,ove cho..en by White la nat In accurd with the most ra.pld de­velopment ot hiS 1I1etu. bu t it pr o­vide. a nrc re fuge for White's QB and alms at evea tually entordnC' P.Q4. $. ..••.•• P.QKt.. 1. P·KR3 ,. 11·81 8 ·Kts

It Ls stili not advisable to play P-Q<\ $Ince 1. P.Q4. PxP; a. PxP . BxKt; 9. I',.B would leave the KJ.ne' side uru;afe Cor the KInt Inter. whereas 9. QxIl, KtxP loses a Pawn.

Black'. last move. 6 . ......... B-Kt.5, JI. lust rates arull! stated by £mmanu el Lasker, th at you should nat pin t ho opponent" KB until he h n casUed. The reason la t hat P .KR3 and P ·KKW may lollow. 7 . ...... _ B·R4 iI. QKt'Q2 ' -K> I . P.Ql KMll 10. Kt·81

An unusual move. Thl. Kt wW be u'lCd On the K-sl.de for a Uack and defense. 10. ".. 0.0 11. P· KKt ..

It takes a aool deal or experience to knaw whcn It is permissible to ad· vance pawnl On the . Ide "'h"n the K lng 15 CiSU~ or wID be culled. ,

11. KloIflJ 1'-Q4 Black Is ahead in development. Hla

only worry la the lmpemUn, K..side at­tack. It · is well.known that the best counter to a flank attack 18 lin attack In the center. Hence BlaCk" la$t move I.s ve ry much In order. U . Q·Kl PIt P 14. PItP P· KtS

Black'. l irst IICrioul mlstake. II!. KP "" d.,rcndcd by h!. Kt, but White can knock out th., defender. a common type of combination whleh a IItUe cau· tlon would have prevented. IS. B· R4 Q.Ql 11. KtxP Q·K3 16. BaKt QlIB II. Kb B

A n orten..used ro. SIIvln" Un>e; If a piece of you rs b attacked. eXchllDge It In.tead of retreatln ll' It.

I I ..... ".. BP)l Kt Th\> normal reply would be IH.

ItPxKt. Capturln£' w ith Pawn~ to ward the center strengthen~ you r ccnter somewha t . Bot BllIck Is a Paw n behind and ... wbhes to opcn a lUa for his !took and compllute the lIumc at all COlIL\I. No~ that a li ne h as been opcned townd Black'. KI"". Thle will be im· portant later . It. ().o P· KA4 20. B· KtSI

White thought a Ion, time before maklnr th!. move. with an cstra. Pawn he has a theordlcally won game. How· evcr. one of the h ardest thlrlJ:1 to do sometime. I. to win a .. ·on C'ame. If 20. PXP. QxP; 21. hP. Kt-Kt.5. U 21. P·Kt.$. Kt-Q2; 22. P·KR4 (to IItop P.RS), then n . ...... _. Q·R6. Any sound plan (or White must Involve ( I) adequate deren$(! or h!!" 100¥C K ... ldc po~ltIon a nd (2) completion or his develollm ... n t. The text-move does both. 20 . .... ".. KtPxP 21 . Px BP B·B"

Black'. second ml$t~kc losing a I>e/l. ond I'awn. Pe"mlsalble would be 2L ......... l'xP; 22. 1',.1', II·U" (not 21. ..., KtxK1'; 23. QxKt. QxQ; 24. Kt.xQ pro­ledlnll' the 8 nor 22 •. " ...... KtxKtP. 23. "xII, Q,.D: 24. QxKt ). White had to foresee thelle ".,'Iatlons on move 20. 22. BIt Kt AxB 13. PxP PxP

II t rc 23. ......... Q.xKRP 1$ an$wered by Z4. Q·D.o!c h and 25. QxB (uslne' the dla)lnnal openn<1 toward the. Black King all move 18).

1 ... QxKRP R.Ql1 Sheer bl1nduca. If Rev. Switzer asked

mc how he could Improve h!. <:he"" abUlI.y, I wauld ny. "Chan"e you r age from 75 to 25." Arter a rouple or houl"i 01 hard cheJll:! he lilieS his alertne$S. White had talculatcd the foUowln, des-perate variation: Z4. ......... R·R3; 25. QxB. QxKRP; 28. Q.QSch, K·RI (U 26. ..•.. : .• K_R2; %7. Q.B5ch trade. Q'.); 28. R.KI. Q·R1ch; 29. K,BI. Q-RIlch; 30. K-K2. Q-K~h; 31. K·K3. 25. QIf B Qx KRP U . Q-KRS Q·Kl Whl~. belne ahead. t r lcs for I'X'

chance,. tilack. convenely, trle. ta \Ovoid cxchanges and hopes to ~Ur up complications.

17. QR.QI Development la still Important IODg

after Ih., openlna 18 over. The loss of White', RP I" of IItUe Irnpor~nce since he \, a piece ahu.d. What h essential 18 to kcep hi, Kin" sate lind to create IIlmpllrying exchange. (especially Q"s). 27. _..... Rx A H . Kt·BSI n . RxR QxRP

white had orl~ally intended here to piny 29. Q.Q5eh forcilli t he (lxchMn ge of Q's. The win would then be prac· Ueully In the baC' thoue'h the en tUng wou ld be tedlouK In view 01 Black's pll:l.lled Jtt>, whiCh could cven be an· noying If the n', were to be exchanged. The text·move ", tops Black's threat or QxPch (one mu~t ae..e ,uch thlng$!) an d tnltlate . a decl.lva attack on the White Kin,. 2.......... Q.Kl 31. Q. Kt.. Q· B3 30. A·Q8ch R·Bl

Not 31. ....• ~. Q·B2; S2. K t.Il6 ch ... Innln, the Q.

32. P· KS QxP Of cou rllC not 32. _ ...... QxKt I)eocause

of :13. QxQ, Black', R bell1Jt' pinned. The play hI'rCllbouta lllu.t rates the mean· Ina 01 "tnlllaUve." Qn,? ~qr~ lIlove lollowa anolher.

<1l)ess rife S,m''''. Feb ... ",.,

Page 5 21), 19"

33. Q·B4ch K.Rl 34. AxR p. R,4 Most playerK reDchlnJl: sueh • hOp('le llll

po~ltion, especially ai:alns t a st rona oPllonent. would rclli(n. Afler th1II n,ovc White announced mate In three. 35. Q-R4eh K· Kt3 37. Q·AS Mate 36. Q-kt4ch K·R2

WOMEN'S CHESS (Continued from page 2. col. 4)

tions on U1e -field of sports. Amen, from my corner.

There '8re sevenl books by ()r about women. which I wish to dis­cuss when Spal'C permits. The only complete women's I tournament book I know 0{ is the Wereldkam­pioensch"p Shaken Dames Moskou 1949 'by Dr. 'Max Euwe. Every game of that tournament is jn the book. and many games f ully annotated. Fortunalely the nlgcbNic notation can Ibe rcad in any languagc--even when the knight is pard 'Bnd the <bishop is loper. Ditlgrams of criti· cal 'positions are given, and one can even stumble through somc of the Dutch annotations. It is at least as easy to read as Finnigan's Wake.

And 'the Shaken Dames played some interes ting chess. Gisela Gresser and Mona May Karlf rep­resented the United States. Mrs. Gresser 'Won the only game lost by Mrs. Rudenko, who won the ti· tIe of Women's World Champion in that tournament. This swash· tluckling Spanish game showed no traces 'Or ladylike timidity.

RUY LOPEZ Women's World Championship

Tourn"ment Moscow, 1949

White Slack GISELA GAESSER LUDMILA RUD ENKO 1. P·K4 P·1(4 . U . NxK P NxP 1. N· KB3 N·OB3 23. Nx P A.QBI 1. B· NS B·B4 14. QR·Ql p ·O ... .. 4. P·Bl P· B" 25. P· KR3 N·B2 S. P·04 BPxP 26. R·K7 K·NI 6. PxB PxN 21. QR.Kl N·Q3 7. QxBP N·B3 28. QR·1(6 Ax P 8. B·NS 0 ·0 29. N·1(5 P·Al t. 0·0 Q·Kl 30. A·Q7 R· B4 10. 8 ·B4ch K·Rl 11. N·B7 NxN 11. P.QN4 P.QR" 31. ItxR N·K4 11. BxN AXB 33. R·N7 P·NS 13. Q.QS A·B 34. A{R').A] N·B3 14. P·NS N.Ql 35. RxPch K· B U. N·Ql P·B3 36. RIR7)·B1ch 16. Q·Q6 QxQ K.K 17. PxQ P.QNl 37. R·N7 R·B4 18. KR. Kl px P 38. R·KNlch R·Bl 19. BxP N·B2 39. Rx Ach KXR 20. N.B4 B·A3 " 0. A_N' N·K4 21 . BxB AxB " I . RxRP "Zwart geeft het op," as we Sly In Dutch. ----

CA.L. Chen Club (Buffalo ): Cham­pionship of the Cornell Aeronautical Lahoratory Chess Club was won by Ca rlton Poppenbcr" 6",,'1.1, drawing with William Squire. Herbert Lawrence pl;u:ed second with 5-2. losina ,ames to P appenberg 'and Squire. Squire and J ohn Beal shared third with oI_~ In the eight player round robin evUlt. A USCF Clu h Affiliate.

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F.anklin (Phllade lphl.) 'Chell Club celebrated th(l New Year (now 9.5 years you ng!) with an Opon Hou l!e prolram t rom January 241. A USCF Club Afflll· ate .

Leh1gh Va lley (PiI.) Chess Club: New. Iy elected offl~n are: Clarence Zel,· ler. preshlent; Armin H(lrrffillnn. vlcc­presiden l ; Paul Sherr. SCCre~l')'·tre_ u rer. In the LchiCh Vlliley I~pld Trail­sn held Imnled.lalely after eleCtion. Mahlon Cleaver placed finlt .. ·Ith 9-1. Lc$ Buck will 1CC0nd wllh 8-2, amt Clarence zeigler third .,nth 7-3,

GAMES BY

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ALL'S lfIEU • ... B/«Ic's su,p,hi"l1 '1fIcnry-SN:ond ·mo,.,

&u " 11<1 ... in it, but il is o.n/ook.td in !~ he .. , 0/ "'lIllt Ad ",cry/hin, ,n!ls .,..dl (from mod:', ,.in-point).

PETROFF'S DEFENSE MCO; plge -145

California Open Chlll mpio!1ship Santa Barbara, 1954

WhIte Bl :Ioclt T . A. BAIlAQUET H . GROSS

1. P-K 4 P· 1(4 2. Kt·KBl I<t· 1(83

The Petrort Defcnse--a countCNIllaek which provokes pOSitions In which the prlIcticlli chnnOflJ ne ( nIT]y even .

3. KtxP _ .. StelnLtz l iked 3. p.Q4. b ut. Uke the text It only leads to a n equal J!:ame.

, 3. _... ... P-Ql 4. Kt. I(B3 ktxP S. P-Q4

5. Q-K1 (the Lasker Vtlri;).Uo~. Q-K2; 6. Kt-B3, KtltKt; 7. QPxKt, lS-Kl5; 8. n.Kl, abo levels.

S . ...... _ .-Q' 6 . B·KISch 1

Thb b a btld cheCk w hich 10K" time. Correct Is 6. B.Q3, U-K2! 7; 0 ·0, Kl-QB3; 8. P-EM, U-KKtS; 9. R-XI, Kt-Bl; 10. PIP, K..KlxP ; 11. K I-83, 0.0; 12. U-Kol, Kt-B3; wIt h a balan ced posit ion .

6. .... P ·83 7. 8·K2

Better 7. lS-Q3. ,. 8. QKt-Q1 ,. Kt)lKt

B·Q1 0-6

Thls Is a mistake which creates a Black KP w hleh becomes the spearhead for an attack. The slmple, prw: re8Sive 9. ().Q Is b est. , . . _.. P)lKt 10. Kt-Q2 P·K84 Witb U1e ultimate

13. Kt·K5

11 . Kt· B4 n 0.0

threat.

B·B2 Q_RS

U 11. P ·B4! p)lp e .p. wtns. And 13. P-KR3 and 13. P.KKtl are toa weaken· ing.

13 •. _.... Kt-Q2 The promlslng looklnt: 1:1. _ .. __ • P _B5 ill 100 well m et by 14. B-Ktf.

14. P ·KB4 ...... _ Of COUr.!e not 14, 8 -84 ch, K-IU; 15. Kt-B7 eh ? nxxt; 16. B)lR"!' Q.xP mate. 14. P·KKtl, Q-B3: 15. U·B4 clI, K·B]; 16. Kt)lKt (16. 1>-B4. p )l p e.p.; 17. Kt)llUW, plu~ 8Iuck), B)lKt; 17. P_M, Is relatively best, a l t houe h nlack re­tains the superior position.

14 . . _.... Kt)lKt IS. QpxKt

If 15. UPxKt, P·ll5. 15 . ........ 16. K·RI 17. P·KKU

B_Knch B-K3

This weakens KB3 and KR3. n. Q-Kl is soundc r .

17 . ..... Q-R6 lB. Q-KI

Both sides h ave p rotected. passed , KP6, but White u eramped. behind in de­velopment, a nd h as a weaker Klnc:-po­sition.

II. _ .... 19. Q· B3 10. B·K3

QR-Ql R·B1

20. B-B4, ,8)16: 21. QxB, P_KG! does not appeal to While.

20. ........ Rj2·Q21 Black eaptures the only open file.

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,II, ),0 .. II , .... t' by ....nl. commmt .,. ~ny m""t', MId gj·u )'." II lho..,llgb pod­...." .. '""""1Jil. F~t' 110.

M,. C.lliru wil/ ..J,O MU,,:.'lllt' on)' _ • / ",0"" ,;P,UI lor II I~~ 011'.

Page 6 20, J95J

'.B 21 . B)l B n. R·e2-

Ir 22. QR.-QI "!' R)lR; 23. nx:R:'~Rxn eh; 24. u .. n, Q-BII mate.

22. ........ A-Q71 1 Very Imlll: lnallve, but not quite sound ! llIaek ean hold hl~ a llvanb,:e w ith Z2. .... _ .. , !t·Q5 o r 22..... P-QKt.4.

23. B·KI4! Pree~ly!

23. ........ Rx A , 'hls 1$ tbe Idea of the last m ove. U 23 . .. _ .. . Q )CB ; 24. Rx n . JUR; 25. Q.J::R, H-Q4; 26. Q.K3. lind White w1n.I.

14. B)lQ R/ I ·Q7

The m ating power r ep.-csentl'd by these t wo "pig"." on the sevenlh rank, the Bishop (heauoo for Q4). and the ad_ va nccd KP, Is Ihe thought behind the Queen sacrifice.

25 . Q·R3? .... .... W hite e"rs a nd mailers proceed e)C­acUy as .lUack hud h oped. The f ollo w_ ing varh,Uons Indicate some of the "stuff" that \s In the sotup. A. 25. B-BI, P-KG; 26. 6-84, 8xB; 27. QxB ch. K-RI ; 28. Q-D7? (Cf. Aa) R)lP eh; 29. K_Kn. R(Q7)·Kt7 ch 30. K-B I, P·K7 /"!h; and Biaek wi ns . Aa. 26. It-KI! Rx P eh; 29. K-KU, R (Q7..,K17 Chi 30. K-8 1. E-B7 eh; 3]. K·KIl, P·K7; 32. RxP. lu R ; (32 ... _ ...... R(R7)-Kt7 eh draws) 33. Q-B7. and SomeOne ",ust s\lbmit t o a pe l'petu­at ch eek ! B. 25. K·IUI!! (;"lmple ehe$,' !) Dnd Wbi te wins' E.g., 25 . ......... IhR P ; 2G. R-Ql ! Or 25 .......... P·Kr.: 26. Qx KP, RxRP; 27. R-QI ! Or 25 . .. .... ... P-KG; 26. QxKP. It (B7..,K7! 27. Q)lP, 1'_114: (If 27. itxRP or '1:1 . .. ....... RxIl P ; 2:8. R.QI! wins; and if 27 .... ..... U-Q·I; 211. Q·QII ch wln~) 211. B·Bl, R:r<llP; 2(1. P ·1I4 (or 29. R-Ql aea;l]) and ' Vh i1.c wln~. Or 25 . ...... , B.Q4; 26. R-QI! RxBP; 27. Q-R3, and wlnB. Or. flmltl y, 25. R:r<BP; 26. Q·n 3, 1i-1.I2 (to " ... ,ven t 27. Q-K7); .r027. }(.Ql. tl nd wlnJi. A very In_ lCl"esUng and dlUleult pos itio n to h an­dle undel' the pl'enure' o r a to\lrDllment game.

25. ........ RxPch Now mack has the ball again.

26. Kcl(tl RxB 27. Q.K7

W hite threatens mate. but Blaek eOmcll first.

27 . .. ..... RxPch 28. K·81

28. K·HI prolon gs the ellme, but after 28. .. .. _ .. , B·B2; lhroateninC 29. __ ... , P-K6 atn.l 30. .. .. .. .. , B·Q4 mate) BJaek wins qulekly . If 29. P-K6, D·R4 wins. E.g., 30. R·KBI, R/ G·Kt7: 31. Q_R4, B-B6; 32. HxB, P xH: 33. Q-KI. R-R7 eh; 34. K·Ktl, Il(Q7).Kt7 eh; 35. K ·llI , R-RS m ate.

". 2'. K·Kl 30. K·Bl

Or 30. K·QI, n · l<ts

". ReSigns A te n se strug"a;le.

, m ale.

B·B5ch A·K7ch

R·R7ch

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I RETI O?ENING D , MCO: page 213, COlumn 53

R05enwilid Tr:phy Tournllment New York, 1954

N OIt'1 !J,. U.s. MIIJtu Gro'8t Sb.:tin1"Wit White

L . eVANS t. Kt-KBl

Dlaek J . SHERWIN

3. B·Kt1 PoI{3 I(f·KB3 4. 0-0 B. K1

2. P.KKf3 P-Q4 5. POO3 .~ ..... P syehol o/:leal1y " Itlycd . E van, wat well aware that Sherwin had lost :I. ri l'$t r ound gaml) to Re!!hevlky. wherein Re­IIhevsky p laycd P-Q3 with While In • Sim ila r pOJiltion. AI$II Sherwin II very well versed in "'book" openlnes. Moves' like P4~ I n a Cntalan· type o pe:nln)t tend t o lead to po~lt1ons which are Dot "bookish". Evan •• In Ill,)' n, lnd, Is one oC the s t rongest "nptural" p layel'l In the worl d, and certnlnly aga inst Shcr­win would like to t ry t o " teer to a type Of !Ibm!!" w h erein the best moves would be 1J"i0rc or less by Ins Unet. S. ~...... 0 ·0 6. QKto02 P·84 I.n a s lmlbr po~tlo", plsying Bhlck "c:alnst Sumnr oC P e ru In t he 1950 Tuul"llllment .lOt Dubrovnlk, I p layed Q,Kt-Q2 r llther tha n 1"-84. That glUUe continul'd; P-K4. p)lp: 8. pxP, Kt-B4; 9. Q.K2. P-QKt:lt; 10. R.Ql. 6-R3!: 11. Q·KI, Q·KI ; 12. P·Kt.s, B-Kt2; 13. Kt-K:I, Q·KI4; 14. B-Kt2, KR-QI; 15. P .Q.Rf . Q. K I ; 16. Q-K3, P-QIt4 with un e)lceUent game for Bl;oek. 7. P · K4 Kt·B3 ,_ P· B3 .... M ..

Personally, I would pl:ty t his move o nly If absolutcly ncceS!lary. It ten~ to leave w hite" Q3 weak p t lutcr s lagClii. Q-K1 at once Ce"llIowM by R-KJ (or QI ), Kt-Dt, and the eventual P.K$ W;l.S an aUemaHve.

8. ........ R_Ktl! Well played! TIle .'!pme will resolve Itself In K ..... lde pl:oy by White. Q_slde il lay by llIack. White ' , Paw n a~ QIl3 will now f aellltate Blaek's Q_s lde push. As a praetleal m'a l ter, Black's Q-side play Is casler to lnltlatc t han White's K-o;ide cou nte r. 9. R-KI R-Kl n . Kt·Bl 10. P·K5 Kto02 P-QR4 mllY be better to forestall for a while P_QKI4. II ......... P·QKt4 13. B·B4 B·R3 n. P-KR4 P·QR4 14. Q Kt-1U Preparing the K-~Idc eoun ter. 14. _ .. Q·B2 16. Kt·Kt4 15_ P·RS! P-Kts! M

Note the comment to While's 8th move. Blaek's play is now In rull swin)t. The threOit of P ·R6 1$ now Dn noyillg . 17. P·B4 hP 1'. Q)l p Kt·Kt3 18. PxP BxP Nal u l'a l and not best! The !ogieal lie­

q uc nee o f J3h, ek's previous fine play was R· RI! Th en Ir 20. Q·B2, B-Q4! U now 2l. Kt· K:I?, llxKt; 22. BxB, K t.-Q5; 23. Q·K4. KtxBeh; 24. QxKt. KtxP t; 25. Q.K4. B-Q3; 26. KR·QI, P-D4! with an e)lcellen t Ilame (27. IH)lBP!?, PJ<Kt: :!.II. Q·Q5 eh. 1{l·U2: 2. I.Ix B, Q)lB; 30. Ql<Kt eh!-not Q)lB. H-K8 eM-, KxQ; 31. R" R, R·K7, etc.) L 211. Q-B2 P-Kt6 JJ-Q4 was s till preferable. The text I.s a violent atterup t to break IntO" the \vhlte position. 21. p)lp Kt·KtS B ..

22. Q-B3 CKO'C"~"'~'~-;;;'jj-;1f~;J.c:cl

Tho lows a

24. .... .... KI·KtS 26. P· R61 25. R_K31 B·Q4 27. KA·R3 The consequence' of Black'S failure li t m OVe 19. 'l'he ,arne now plays Itself. Undouhtedly time pressure must h ave Ili atCued Sherwin a t thill II81e. 27. ........ Kt·8 S:HI. Kt·Bk" K·RI U. 8)18 RltB 31. KtxPI R. B1 19. Q-84! Qo01 31. Kt(7)- KtS No rest Cor the wenry. 31 ... ~ .. _ Q· K2 33. A·R7 b. U-Kt2 Instelld a llow. Q)lKt. )4. ROIR A- Kt1 3$. R·Rlth A pilluing gallle by Evan ..

NOVU,TY Hfrt' if tI Itlm~ p/6y~d

b(rs 01 I~ Rllci"t' C~II u/tpoontl

by two mt'm· C/ub-o" tht

TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE MCO: page 299. column 6

TelephDne Game Raeine, Wisconsin, 1954

White Black DAN ANDERSON JACK BYRD 1. P·K4 P ·K4 4. Kt·KIS P-Q4 2. Kt-KB3 KtoOB3 S. P OI P Kt.QA4 3. B-B4 Kt · B3 6 . a ·KISch _ ... _ G. P-Q3, P.KR3; 7. Kt.KB3, p .K$; S. Q. K2, Kb8 ; 9. P xKl. III another ""cll known way t>f treaUnR the Two K nlchts' DeCense. 6. P-Bl 9. KI· KB3 P · KS 7. Px P p)lp 10. Kt-K5 B-Q3 8. B· K2 P. KRl T his I.s believed to

11. P-Q4 ' POIP e .p. rive Black a !llIght

advantage. 11. e quality.

Q.B2 to iead to

12. Kt)lQP Q·B1 13. Kt·Q2 B·R3

'I'he book conUnu3tlon Is 13. .. ... 0·0; 14. P_QKt41! Kt-Q4 ! (threDtenlng to win the Queen with 15 ..... ..... Kt-R6) 15. B_Kt2. KlxI'; 16. Ktx Kt, BxKt; 17. 0..0, R·QI; 18. B·Q3, Q-8$; I'lu ~ Black.

14. Kt· B3 P -B4 15. D-O

Blaek threatened to win a p leee with 15 ......... . P-SS.

15 ...... ~ . 16. Kt-Kl

'Threa tening to win with ch; 18. KbB. RxQ.

P -BS

'-Q' 17 •• ~._ ... n,.p

17. B·Q2 . 0-0 19. Kt-B2 Kt·B3 18. P· B3 KR-Kl 20. R_Kl · Kt-K5 Now 21. ...... _, DxP i~ m~n"ecd.

eh: 22. KtxB, R)lB

21. Kt/2.o04 KtlIKt 23. QxKt 22. P)lKt KbB 24. P ·KR3 24. P·KKU Is bette ...

24 ........ 15. Bx B 16. P·Q5 .

Foreed. Natu r a lly and White ca nnot

". 27. p)lp 2 • • ROIRch

BxKt B· K4!

not 2ii . R)lB? reenptu ,·c.

P·86 B ••

B·Kt1

If 28. Q·1J2? lJ "t~n wins as In the game. 2.. R)lR

lead" to a drnw • 19. ....... 8)1RI

A neat litUe one, t wo, tbree eomblna­UOD.

30. Q)lQ 31. K·R2

A·K8ch B·K4chl

GUEST ANNOTATORS J . Norman Cotter Dr. Josep h Platt George S'14,; n5w;1

'f'hi.s Bl.Shop does every thing. 32. Qxa RlrQ ll. P·Q6 K· 81

Resigns Or repla~s the ~Iver. If 34. B-B6, R·K3; 35. P -Q7. K-K2; 3(;. B-KtS, R· QKtl ; 37. P-QR4, P-1I3; wins. The end­ing I.s USlly Wun fo r Ulack.

Ollr 0/ ""' G"rd Annot41oTJ in ,,,,ion!

RUY LOPEZ (Ma rshall Att.1ck )

Meo; page 241. r olumn 98 (I) Correspondence Game

1955 N"rcs by J. Norman C<;>ttr,

White Black H. MACDRMAC J . N. COTTER (Stll ttn Islllnd, N.Y. , (H ilrrlnglon, Del.) 1. P·K4 P·K4 5. 0 ·0 B·)(2 2. let·KB3 Kt·Q83 6. R·Kl P.gKI4 3. 8-Kt5 P-QRJ 7. 8·KI3 0-0 4. &· R4 Kt· Bl.. P·&3 P-Q4t! The la.molls Marshall AUack which with N!!tncmenL~ is 'LllI going strong aner the passing Of liOllIC 31 · years sinco;) th." epic battlc be tween the oriel­"alar lind C3p!lblmu!a in 19111 at N.Y. 9. PxP let"p 11 . RxK! P·QBl 10. KtxP KI " Kt 12. BxKt _._. A mOve which h;ls ~n recommcndcd as a good try l o r White, deviating from the In.:I ln Une U. P-Q4. 12 ...... _.. P II B lJ. Q·B] .. _._. MCq continues- 13. p.Q4, B·Q3; 14. R·K3, P·B1 !; 15. Kt..Q2, P-BS; 16. It_Kl, p·GG!, 17. K tllP, 8-KKt5; LB. R·K3, JI-H2 with

, mack attaCking but two pawns' down. 1l. . B.g3 14. R. K1 Of ~uurse no t 14. QlI:QP ?, B_K3. 14. . Q-RS IS. p·KRa _ ... " Obviuusty ]5. QxP'! ]s a IJlunde r In view of ....... . , QxltP chi 16. K_BI , Q-lUI Chi 17. K-K2. B·KL-:! eh! wimuu". O u l!\. p·KKta, Black planned ____ __ , Q-R6; 16.

--p.Q4 ibcs t as 16. QxP loses "Cter 16. ._._ .. , Q8-K~; 17. QxB? B-B6. el<:.), Qn. Kts with a t ypical attacking rurmation fur Black. ThiS line m ay, however, of· fer moO) promise for White than t he text move. 15. B·Ka 17. B·K3 n . P·Q4 QR·Kl Since the Bh,hop can be driven ' away with ......... F-U4 ........ _. P_B5, 17. n.Q2 Is beLter. Not 17, Kt.Q:!?, Kt-Q2?, B­KKt5.

17_ ___ P.R4 The immcdiaw thrust ... , P-Kt4 is frustrated by 18. Q-8ti!

11. Kt · R3 Unrurtunaleiy, White has to Uous H­ile his Kt to complete his development. {IS. Kt.Q2~. F-BS.} 11 . ..... _.. P·Kt. 19. B·Ql . __ .... If Instead 19. P-KKt3, QlI:RP; 20. nxP, P_B5! wins, e. g .• 21. Q.KU, PxP ur :U. itxB, Hill; 22. ~QP, P-B6. 19. ........ P·K Kt5 20. Q.QJ _.,,_ .

. Altel'natlves a re clearly wo rse. 20. PxP, PIIP and WhIte can resign, and o n 20. Q-K3, P-B:; continues the vehement at­tack.

10. __ ... P_B5! Better than _ ..... . , PXP when 21. P.KKt3 holds the attaek up somewhat. The teJIt a lso has a hidden point wblch :roon comeS to Ug h!.

21. Px P

P·B61l Wina outrtl:'ht:' Black threatens matc 1n two with ._ .... , Q·R'!' cb and .. _._., Q-R8,

and on 22. P -KKt3, t o a forced mate. 22 . R·K5 Bx R

BxKlP{(I) also leads-

23. PxB PxP Resigns

ALMOST STALfMATE!

In 1111 .. nUl .. IIl op~nin! .,,zTiIlljon BI4(~ '~ns IfP tlx position onJ ,.obs (1. pown, n~,I«ting to aewfop bis K-sia~. Tin plmishmntt is nt'ifl on' 81« 11. gtlS (1. loSI rn'ing. A rq of ho~ apptars .",Ix .. ht UlCrilius bolh rooks lor II possibl~ stale­mlltt. 8"t Whitt .m>ilis 1M t.op 1m' goes On to .in. T ht 8"fllt . ,,' lr .. bmitt~' IT, tht losl>, pro.;ng hi. SttUt 0/ h .. mor "n' good sporlfm"nship.

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A. POMAR R. BRIEGER I. PoQ4 P·Q4 3. Px P BxKt 2. P-QB4 B-B4 To give up a BIshop for a Knight shou](I be (lo ne onl)' for adv~ntas;e or out or necessity. The latter Is hore the case. because 3. ..._ .... QxP; 4. Kt--QBa looks too good for White. 4. RxB QxP 1. P·K3 P·K" 5. PoQRJ Kt·QBl 8. Q-B2 PxP '" 1(1_93 R-QI 9 . 8 ·8" Q-Q':t Instud 9 ..... .... Q·KR4 look.$ like a good altcrnalive but 10. PxP, Ktx.P ; 11. Q-K4 .. 10, Kt·K3; U_ Bdt, PxU; 13. QxP cb g ives White a big adv.mtage. 10. P x P KtxP 12. 0-01 11 . KtxKt QxKt Whlte~ makes U8e of hIs K-slde devel­opmcnt by bringing hi~ King to ufdy a nd mobilizing his Kft, a n d as the p<>­s ltion is open, the two Bishops will show up to good a dvantage. ~nd a ll t his for the p rIce ur a m lnly pawn. 12 • .. _.. B-QJ 14. QKP Bx Pch 13. Q·KtJ Q. BJ Black is in one of those situations where One 8aerlfiee~ first and asks quclllions lat...,. Hm.,·ever, 14. ~ ...... , Kt_ K2 ; 15. B·Kt5 eh, K-IU does not look too Inv iti ng either. 15. Kx B Q-Rxh 20. Rx P 0-0 16. K-KtI QxB 21. R(7)xKt QXQ 17. R· Klch Kt-K2 22. RIIQ PxB 18. B-KIS P· KBJ 23. KR· K7 R·Q8ch 19. QR_BI QoQ4 24. K·R2 RxP Now It Is White's time t o h ,'lrvesL Two Uooks on t he 7th are 11ke pigs, they cat everything. 2S. RxPc h K· Rl 26 . It,, ~dl K-KI1 27. QR-Kt7ch K-BI 28. RxRP K-Ktl NIce try! l3. KxR!

19. QR.Kt7ch K·BI 30. It·KIT K-KIl ] 1. KR·Kt7ch K-Rl 32. RxP RxP!ch

If Instead 33. RxR?, thcn R·RS ch and the game IJ< a draw as the 8Iuck R wUl follow the 'WhIte K a ll over the b oard. 33. ........ R·Kllch J 1. K·B' R·QJch 34. K·Ba R·Kt6ch 38_ K·Ktsll lS . K·K4 R·KlSch Resigns U. KoQ5 R-Q5ch Wherever Black checkt, Wblte wUl ' lift the stalemate position .

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T HE lour problems pl'esented above are works ['t'om Ame rican com­'Posers o( experience. While oH t he two movers have points of merit.

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No. $19 (Candela San~): 1. K txKBJ>. WaIUnG:! The extra flight and p leasing llne openings justify thc presence of ove r'whclminG: White lorces.

No. 520 (Major): Intention 1. Q-K7 wIth some nice play. Cooked by I . Kt-Kt6. Quite a numbcr of solve rs gave th;s as tbe key. •

No. 521 (Holladay): 1. p.Q6. Two . elr·block$ (1 . . ___ .• Kt-B6 and J ......... , Q.QS) and three lim!' Interferences (1 ......... , B-KI4. I. ......... B-Kt7, both combined wIth unpin, and 1. ....... , Kt--Kt3) gives this problem distinction.

No. S22 (lleale): Intention I. n·QKt4 ,,1th flhort mate th reat. Mutual tine­blocklngs of Q and U o n K3. Unfo rtunately 1. . ...... R-B4 r uin .. this problem, as there til no mOlting continuation.

No. 523 (Ell e rman): 1. Kt.Q7, threat 2. QxB mate. NO. 524 Wieck): 1. Q-'B2, tnreat 2. K t· K t4 ul.>l.clI.m .. l.e. Su.,,,,·b key! No. S2$ (Stocckl) : I. Kt-K6, threat 2. Kt-K3 dbl.ch. The two set rNltes belate

th.e key ( I . ......... QxP(U4); 2. 8-K4 cto aTid I .• _ ...... Bi'tP; 2. Q:<'B ch } al'1! chanl:ed after t he key to 2. KtxP and 2. Kt-87 respectively. Thoroughly m odern mcchanism.

No. 526 (DuU): I . K-Kt7, th...,aten s 2. K-B6 a n d a. Kt.Ql anywheI'C, with disc. mate. The three Uoematlc delenses: P -B6, R_B&. and KI-B6 a ll unpin the White Kt, each d('tennlnlng the square to which this Kt m ust /to to prevent disturbing Ule discovered mate of the Kt(Q7). ThuS: I. ... __ • P-M; 2. Kt-KKt6, etc.; I. ..... _ .• R·B6; 2. Kt-KtA, etc.; 1 . .... _", KloB6; 1. Kt-1l7 (10 avoid the effe c t of 2. ___ ., Q-R7!), etc. Many salven "broke down" o n thl.! The very ",harp theme atones lor the un· usually clumsy setuP.

Ohio Sta t e Uni\/ersity Chess Club: Tim AndorSon and Walter ?oIelden tied roe club title with S'l~·l%, Zin .. Bur ...... son, J ohn Siefker and Phil Rothman ti~d for third with 3""-3'h. Anderso n drew with Melden. !lurre""n and Uoth ­m an; Melden lost a game to Rothman.

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Solution 10 No. 152 Mullcr ·Erdelyi, Vana"le 1935. White wln.s by 1. R-N7, K.B; 1. P-N7cb, K-N; 3. RxR, RxR; 4. RxBch, RKR; ,. K·NG. R-KZ; 6. P·R6. Afte r the e~senUal key mO\"i! 1. It,N7, White wins eully In all v:n'!aUon,,; ell In the llbove li DO 1. JaR or 1. RxBch win just IL$ readily I1S the \.ext. All owluUOJ\1 commenelng 1. R-N7 "N:eived lull latte r credi t for vlIlid wins. 'fhe main pornt ot this position wu the " nIll'l')' mUg l rap, 1. }lIe-HI? which. the unrortunllte Muller act \lally played In the J;:amc. He thus pennltted J::rdely l the ro.oun:<: I. .. ~ ....• R-QJt2cb; 1. I"xR, Rxl'c:h; 3. K-NG, R-QN2eh drawn. Our cautious solvers for the mo.' Pllrl avoided thb: pitfall.

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Studies in P,lwn Endings Study NO.2: I. P ·RG, K·1'I3 (I f now 2. p·R7, t hen K·K I:2 ); z. K·Kt 4 (D1 .. ck th"I!atell<:d ......... P·Kt4 and K.K t3), p. K14; 3. K·Wi, P ·KI5 (otherwise 4. P ·RS); 4. P.Kt3 and wins.

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