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Vol. VIn, No. 22 Tuesday. July 20, 19M 15 Cents

Conducted by GUILHERME GROESSER

SEND solutions to l'ositlon No. 145 to the Editor, CHESS LIFE,

123 No. Hum phrey Ave., Oak Park, Ill. by August 20, 1954. ,.

P05ition No. 145 Tlie position looks equal and

material is equal. But it takes White only fou r moves to demon­strate that this equality is alto­gether an illusion.

Soiution in $.pi.mb.r j iuu.: Position No. 142

POt";O" No. 14J V--:-Y'71

This position, published in the June 5 issue, is the brilliant con­clusion of a postal game, won by I l:....'-_"",.._~--'L-_ P. Ricciardi and published in the Whit. to pl.y

interesting Italian chess magazine, NOTE: Do not "I.!u lo/"tions 10 two La Scacehicra. positions On o,,~ C4'4; bt 'II.rt to i"J~"tt

For 5OIu l ion p l._ turn t o p.,. twt''''.. (0,,« 1 ""mba oj position ~m .. 101n4.

ADDISON TAKES NO. CALIF. TITLE

William Addison of San Francis­co won the Norther <.;allfornia Championship with 8-1, nosing out Dmitry PoliukoH who Icd the ficld up to the final round. Poliakon was second with 7Y.& ·Ph in the 19-player Swiss event and James Schmitt thi rd with 7·2. Fourth went to R. Smook with 6 1/.t ·21h, while M. Rudiansky was fifth with &3. As ranking players, Addison, PoUa· koff, and Schmitt will reprcsent Northern Cali10rnia in the Cali­fornia Sl:1te Championship everit to be held at San Francisco.

U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August, 2·14. 1954 New Orleans, La.

Place: Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, La. •

O.tes: Monday, August 2 through Saturday, August 14.

Direction: Under the auspices of the LouuiaD Chess Associa­tion with the New Orleans Chap. ter as hosts; tournament direc­tor Newton Grant;

Tour n. ment: Swiss system, a~ cording to regulations estab­Lished by USCF Tournament Plans Committee.

For Det.ils, write: A. L. M~ Auley, 4225 So. LibertJ' St .. New Orleans, La.

ALSO WOMAN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

AND ZONAL Two top ranking women con·

testants declared U. S. Repre­sentatives to the Women's World Championship candidates Tourn· ament In 1955.

GOOD-WILL TOUR SOVIET STYLE

The Soviet masters Igor Bondar­evsky and Alexander Kotov on a two-week tour o£ Canada to pro­mote good.wi1l,~ bcgan auspiciously at Ottawa by refusing \0 play ex­hibilion matches against their se· lected opponents and electing to play simultaneous exhi'6itions in­stead. The r ejected opponents were George Berner, who came from Yugoslavia two and one-half years ago, and Dr. Fedor Bohatirehuk, the one lime Ukranian Champion of the Soviet Union. With Berner and Bohatirchuk on the sidelines, the Russians had no trouble. Bon­darevsky disposed or 25 Ottawa players without draw or loss while Kotov overwhelmed the three next ranking players in a three.bo~lrd simu!. In the meanwhile, the re­mainder of the Russian team has arrived in London via plane for a team match with England.

RAGAN CAPTURES ST. LOU IS TITLE

John V. Ragan gained the St. Louis District Championship with an 81h. -'f.t score in a 100man round robin evcnt wl:iich contained all strong SI. l.A)uis talent with the exception oI R. Steinmeyer. Ragan drew with Frederic S. Andel"~on, who was runner-up with 7lh-Ph score, drawing also with Harry A. Lew and Marion F. Alpiscr_ Harold Branch placed third with 5-4, los­ing to Ragan, Anderson, Godbold, and Burton. Tied for fourth were ,Edmund Godbold and Charles M . Burton with 411.t-41/.t each. The tourney was sponsored by the St. Louis Chess League and held at the Downtown YMCA Chess Club.

SIEMMS· WINS JUNIOR TITLE

Canadian Expert Ross Siemms Gains

Title Lost On S-8 at Milwaukee , By WILLIAM ROJAM

Ross .E, SjemDlli of Toronto, Canada gained the U. S. Junior Champ­ionship title at Long Beach, California, scoring 8lh -1lh_ Siemnu lost oul on the title at Milwaukee in 1950 on 8-B points, although he tied James CroSs on games won with 8-1. In 1951 at Philadelphia Siemms tied (or second with 7lh-211.t , and - - - -­in 1952 was second at Omaha with 7 1/.t·21/.t.

The new U. S. Junior Champion first played in a U. S. Junior event at Cleveland in 1947 at the age o£ 1I , and bas participated in most of the Junior events since that date.

Represenl.tive Eyent Forty·rour players from 10 states

allel C~lIa\la I)a.·ticipated in the .Jullior Championship at Lincoln Park Chess Club, Long Ikach, Cal· irornia . Some, like John Penquite of Des, Moi ncs hitchhiked ("three days and I don 't know how many rides"); others ~ame rnOl'e conven­lionally by bus and train ; a few risked the tri p in rattling jalopies.

Defending Junior Champion Saul Yarmak managed a furlough from "'1. Belvoir, Va., but arrived a day llItc, missing the first round of play.

Exciting Start Gilbert Ramirez, 14, drew with

Siemms in first round, while Rem­linger, 12, was drawing with Peiz.er and l)enquite, Kalme and Lyman were winning.

After four rounds, Shelby Ly­man of Dorchester, Mass. led with 4-0, while Charles Kalme, _ Ross Siemms, and John Penquite had 3*·*. Yarmak had . lost his scc· ond round game to Ben Shaeffer and seemed out of the contention with 2-2.

In the firth round Kalme bested Lyman while SiemIDS defeated Pen· quite. Ronald Gross with 4-1 was quietly climbing into contcntion.

S;lmms Takes Lead In the sixth round Siemms down­

ed Kalme to take undjsputed lead and Ilt the end of !leven round~, it was Siemms 6·1, Ronald Gross and KaLme 51h,·}Ih, Lyman, Mar· tin Harrow, Thomas Iories, and Saul Yarmak 5-2. Behind' these were Sanford Grecn, John Penquite, Larry Remlinger, and Peter Mcyer with 4 1/.t ·21h, still in contention.

1'hen in the seventh round, Kalme bested Penquite, ..Fries downed Meyer, Harrow, Yarmak,

(Please turn to p.ge S, col. I I

CHESS HITS TV AT NEW ORLEANS

I President David A. Walsdorr, Jr.,

of the New Orleans Chess Club and Founder Alfred B. Wills were interviewed over WDSU·TV of New Orleans June 23 regarding the U.S. Chess l>~cdcration Opcn Champion­ship Tournament scheduled Aug. 2·14 inclusive at the Roosevelt Hotel. -

The New Orleans me n described plans for the Open; called attention to the New Orleans Chess Club which is open to the public at its Friday night sessions at the YMCA; and ·told of Wills recent simultan­eous exhibition match at the "Y."

The show they appeared on was "Shadow Stumpcrs," a 15-minute program where haU the time was spent interviewing the chess play­ers and two ladies from a Garden club. The rcmainder of the lime consisted of a contest between two sets of people to identify shadows projected on a screen. Bob Nelson was master of ceremonies and in­terviewed the four persons.

Thc TV station seemed much in­terested in the coming Chess event and promised othcr spots on their shows between now and August and possibly silent movies which they will make for the news cov­e rage at that time.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Acts of the Louisiana State Legislature, which has just con· c:luded its bien'lia l Hulon, will result in barring Negroes from the playing rooms in New Or­leans. Since it is too latl to chiange the locale of the U. S. Open, we c.n only express our regrets to any USCF members who may 1M discommoded by this deyelopment.

LOUISIANA C HESS ASSOCIATION

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Mastering the End Gam e

By W AL1'ER KORll', Editor of MCO

CL UES WITH FLAWS

STILL prodding along in BCE (the book has 573 pages!), we are now at p. 41 with position No. 57 which is called a draw even with

White to move. Doing just a "scissors and paste" job, we can COlTCct this statement by quoting the subsequent analysis from the Jan. 1944 Ches. .. Review proving the position in diagram 8 to be' won for While by In­

genious play: Oi<Jgr"m' No, , (c) which we here translate into

diagl'aln 9:

1. K.Q4, IC. NS; 2. P-R4, K. A.4; 3. 1(.1(4, IC-NS; 4. 1( .1(3, K-A.4; S. K-841, j( . A. l; , . P · N4, K. Nl; 7. P·RSc h, K- A. l ; •• 1(.1(4, K·N 4; t . 1(·1(3 (o r 81), j(· A.l; 10. 1( .84, K_H2; 11. P. NS, K_R2 ; n. P. Nkh. 1e-A.3; n. 1(-1(4, IC _N2; 14. " -Kl, K-Ill; 15. K· 8 4, K-N2; 16. K.'O, P. 86; 11. P.R6ch , K.NI ; l L j(.fW!, "-81; I ' . P ·R7e" , K. RI ; 20. K.8'1I. p·e. (Q ); 21. P-N7th ar>d m~tH

i n two. -

J "mpi" . right over to there a

NORTH LEAGUE

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Qbess tift TU~JJ..." Page 2

J"I., 20. 1914

~ •• LQ~~,.K any; win.. 1. P·B4, K·

B21; 2. P~ P, P·R4; 3. K·H 3, P. IlS ; • . K-R4, P-R6; S. P.N3, d rnw by 5t1lemate.

BUFFALO TO PS C LEVELA N D TEAM

In a 100% USCF rated team match, thc Queen CilY Chess Club or Burfal0 scored a 71h-41h victory over Cleveland at the Sacred Heart Ushers' Club of Eric, Pa. , wi th th~ Erie Chess Club as h.Qlil. Q u •• n City C.C. CI .... I.nd L R. Black I O. St".lVer. . . 1\ . VOOIIler ~ I . Garal. l. It . KO!ku, ~ Ernes t Sallllo 4. A. Kn>l 1 Alc" KomlvH

, , ,

S. S . Frucella 0 A . Robbuetov I 6. J. 8~rrcU 1 M. W. Patrkk 0 7. CM. Mauer ~ J . Gilchrist I. Z. Stoplnskl I Richard Kaulie 0 9. N. Wlldc r 1 J . Cuhn ~

10. H . Frella!!: 1 J . L. Harkins II II. H. McCaUl(- Mrs.. W . 0 .... "n5 1

hey 0 Ross O .... en" U. R. LeBlanc •

CIO!veland Bu'falO 7"..

FISH ER TAKES IN I)IANA STATE

Victory in -the 42-player Swiss at Logansport went to Fisher with 5.{). Second to sixth on S·B with equal 41 scores were Jones, Brooks, Phipps Bcrsbach and Erps, while seventh to ninth with 31h-11k were Donnelly, Oren, and Rhead. Jones 10lit onc game to Fisher; Brooks d rew with Vano and Donnelly; Phipps Io:;t to Jones; Indianapolis Open Champion Bcrsbaeh lost to Vano ,and Erps lost to Bent. 1953 Indiana Slate Champion Oren lost to Jo'isher and drew with Vano_

At the meeting of the Indiana State Association t he o£fieers were re\ccted with Glen C. Donley of Logansport president, Fred Fland­ing of Portland treasurer, D. E. Rhe;ki or Gary secretary, and Floyd B. Bolton or Hammond tournament director.

LESTER TOPS AT NO RTH SH9RE

The North Shore Invitational Tournament at Newburyport, Mass. resulted in a vi<:tory Cor former New Hampshire State Champion ' Orlando Lester. Lester scored 4-1 in a (l·man round robin, drawing with Harlow Daly and Barlletl Gould. Daly tied Lester in point score but was relegated to second place on SoB count. John Curdo, former Massachusetts State Champ­ion, wa!ii the only other player to fini sh with a plus score.

Curiously enough, the event's higbest rated player, Charles Sharp, fini!iih next to last. Sharp, ordinarily a very consistent per­former, is one of tbe country's most trave led chess p layers. Last year, Cor example he played in the Colorado Open, the U. S. Opcn at Milwaukcc, and the New England Championship at Boston .

BLOOMER T AKES KENTUCK Y STATE

.John Bloomer. promising 19-year old LOliisville player, won the Kentucky State title at Lexington in a lJ·player Swiss event with 4·1, losing one game to runner-up Jackie Mayer. Second to fourth on 5-S with 31h·Jlh each were Jackie Mayer, George Anderson, and James Roark, while fifth and sixth with 3·2 were Dr. A. D. Roberts and L. Sveen. Mayer lost no games, but drew with Anderson, Rober ts, and O. M. Maring. Anderson lost \a game to Merrell Dowden, chess editol' of the Louisville Courier­Journal, and drew with Mayer. Roark lost to Dr. Roberts and drew with W. A. SpringC~eld. Dr. Roberts lost to Bloomer and drew with O. M. Maring and Maycr, whi le SlIcen lost to Bloomer and Dr. Roberts. The tour nament was spon· sored by USCI'" aililiate Lexington Chess Club and directed by Leslie C. Smith.

-----MIN NESOTA TOPS W IN NI PEG T EAM

In ~he annual Minneapolis vs. Winnipeg international match, Min­neapolis won by the close 5(,'(Ire or 11·10, helped by U. S. Master Curl Brasket's draw against Interna· tional Master D. A. Yanofsky on board one .md !'otinnesota State Champion K. K Pede l"SOn's victory over Dr. N. Divinsky on board two. Strength was evenly divided in the two teams, as the final score dem­onstrates.

Mln n u polls 1. CUrt Brukd I 2. K. Peduson 1 3. G. S. Barn ..... 0 4. W . E. Kaiser 1 5. Dr. Koelsche 0 6. II . ~ .... uctman ~ 1. Sheldon Rein 0 I. I... Georgc 0 9. It. CteaMn 0

10. R.. )'\lIpovkh ~ II. J. II. Young 0 11. C. SlmonO!r 1 13. It. GovO! 0 14. E. Jobnson I 15. P . Huenert I Ir.. It. C. Bello I 17. E. F . Fre ier I 18. E. J. Miller 0 19. W. MncManl· , .. 20. n a.y Lemke 21. R. NarvO!sen I

Mlnneapolll II

Wlnnlpq D. A . Yanor~kl' i Dr. N. Dlvlnlk), 0 H . Y gnuhkl' I 1. J . n ,·..,men 0 M. DO!sIIer 1 K 6udnltlky ~ S. PO!dl;.r I J. YUkow I J. ShO!bal'lo J S. Cooper t R.. Bedard I L t. HuI"WU~ 0 D. JacoblQn R. MOHr Or. W. Wrlghl P. Iluhr E. A. Cftnrteld p . nnly A. Owlnsky

, • " o o , ,

S. K inch 0 Mls~ Wlnterburn 0

Wlnnlpel( "

CJ.~ •• ."fit. .In n~w Yo,/'

By Eliot Hearst

0 0 05 AND ENOS ON TH E USA·USSR ~\ATCH : The RUs­

sians spent D. good part of the days precedin& the initiation of the lirst l'Ound play listening to the Army­McCarthy hearings on TV in their suite Q,( rOOm5] at the Hotel Roose­ve lt. Outside or saying they "en­joyed it," no further comment was forthcoming ... George Koitanow­ski treated the Russian aggregation to a visit to .Radio City Music Hall wbere "Executive Suite" and the usual topnotch stage show were on the program. The Soviet masters applauded and cheered profusely as the Roekette chorus line pel'­formed, and otherwise look great ple.lSure III the rest of the stage show, even though the movie, based as it was on a battle lor control of an industry, is said to have moved them little ... David Bro nste in was the " hero" of a couple of the best stories to be related t1bout the international gathering. Bronstein went to see " How to Marry a Millionnaire" on Ute first two oU-days of tbe tour­ney and, after seeing it twjce, came ovcr to a group of us Americans and asked us if we knew of any other pictures starr ing Marilyn Monroe that were p laying in New York!! Now we know what he liked best about America!. Bron­stein's desire Cor lemon juice serv­ed to confuse many of the stewards at the hotel. Oncc he ordered a glass during his game and was queried by the steward as to .... hether he meant ' Iemonade'­with , lemons, sugtlr and water. "No!," said the Russian, " I want Dure lemon juice." It took nine lemoos"'to flU his glass and , a(ter drinking it down, Bronstein swifUy developed a winning position! ...... A visitor to the tournament rooms ins~ted on seeing the U. S. team captain, claim ing that he could supply the U. S. wilh a player who would surely smash his Soviet OP­ponent to bits. Further questioning revealed that th is player, who shall remain na meless, was for merly a N. Y. club member of average strength who now is conllned to an insane asylum ! After thanking the visitor for his patriotism, U. S. team officials expressed regrets that the team could no longer be changed and thus this unknown grandmaster would be ineligible 10 play. (But maybe we could have used a few crazy moves against the Hussians!?) . Don Byrne relates that he was very nervous before the start of the mnteh games and to alleviate his nervousncss he sat home all day reading Nathaniel lIawlhol"Oe's best works rather than studying recent games. Arter the fine score he buill up t1gainst Avcr­bach we might recommend Haw­thorne as apt preparation (or fu­ture members of the U. S. team, too! ... When Al Bisnn aske,1 his young son, Pall l I\ffil"ph y I3isno, whom hc wanted 10 win. he got an answer he least cxpected: "My fr iend Kntov;" it scems the Rus­ian gr:tndma.'iter and the junior

(P lease turn to p llge 11 , col. 4)

CHESS AS WE SEE IT Contributions from tlte Pens

OJ Outstanding Chess A.nalysts and Writers

The Intuitive Sacrifice By U. S. M", .. DR. HAROLD SUSSMAN

THE following s truggle is of uncommon interest, especially as both combatants are former U. S. Champions and were to have pJllycd a

match recently (which was cancelled).

Initially, Black gets the upper hand when Evans errs with an over­ambitious eighth move which , uQintcntionally drops a pawn . White then makes the best of his aUacking chances aod b uilds up to what looks like a win ning pos ition.

At a cr itica l point with both players under heavy time pressure, Evans c~t.>{!ls to t ry an intui tive sacrifice of a piece and is rewarded for his courage when Denker fails to fi nd the correct defense. Under the prevaili ng conditiolls, Larry cou ld not have analyzed all the con­tinuations over the board- the move "looked good." Apparently the mp.uns was justified by the end , but (or Denker it was a hard game to lose as he seemed to have a solid position and un extra pawn to boot most of the way.

Certainly, both players di d well--and the final blunder at the 38th lllrn was unders tandable in view of the d,ilficult p laying cond itions which existed .

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE Metropolitan League Mateh'

N ew York, 1954 White

L. EVANS (Marsha ll C.C .)

I . P.Q4 2. P·Q 84 3. 1(1·083 4. P ·OR3

Bla~k A. S. DENKER

(Manhattan C.C.) Kt·K83

P·K3 B·KI5

The Snemlaeh Variation which In. SUre>! Whilc a "two-Bishop game", a strons: cen ter Dnd , potcntia l K_slde al­tack at a oonsldenblc cost In Q.slde pawn -ft r ucture Bnd with Wme I""" o f tlme_ More "opular today Is Rub in. ~1 .. ln '. 4. " ·":3 w h ich "3n r....,qu"nUy Irll nsp08t In l o favo r a b le vnriatlons u f t h e Saemlach.

4. OxKI c h 5. P xO 0 _.0

Denkcr'a trade''''~rk In the Nlmto_ I ndian. II c Uke" to castle early anti break at the ,-,urllest moment with P_K4 Majority oplnloll leans to 5. .., p .ll4 which puts Whltc 'a oenter under Imme_ diate vrcnure.

6. P·K3 The more ambitiOUS 6. P ·KBl Illay b<.! mcl ndequately In ,"",veral ways. lll'On . steon-Szabo, BudGIK'st 1950 continued: 6 ......... , KI-Ktl4 !~; 7_ Kt. KR3!. P-KB4 " ' ilh a mQllt d tttlc"l! lIame for bOlh Sides 10 handle . Othcr p a ths rcsuU from 6. .. .. , P·Q4 o r 6. ._ ...... P-Ql or e,'en 6. ......... Kt.-Qll3 , in which both s ides hn\'e lo:oot! chance~.

6. ........ P-QJ After t h e m ore u.ual 6. ___ ..... , 1'-I14, While may re-ply 7. ll.Q.l, Kt-lll (7 ..... , P'QKt:I Is wcuke,·_ l.e., 8. K t -K2, B-Kt2; ~. 0·0, P'Q3: 1Il. P·B3, Kt·B3: 11. p.K.j , Kt·KI; 12. P·i)4!, p·B4; 13. P-Q5 !. K1._U4; 14. K t_Kt:! and White Is In the drlver's seat); 8. Kt.-Tn, I'·Q3; 9. p -K4, P-K4; 10. P'Q~, .Kt·K2! and Black has II satl __ faclm'y, albett c r a m ped, poSition.

7. 8·0 3 P.K 4 a. P_ I(~?

An In"'ccura le and prcmal urc pawn ad_ vanCe. Developmenl Is ~a)led tor via ./I. Kt-K2 ond If 8 .......... P.K5; 9. ll_Kt l. While would thcn castle carly and

b reak wllh P_K B3, ".riving al a stron e pawn {ormation centrally. The t ex t l ... sc¥ a pawn b y force.

I. P .:P ! t. Kt ·K2!

li e mak"s the vcry best ot a bad bu. Kaln, Mte r much deliberation ~t thIs poInt. Inst,ead 9. PXP?, KtxP !: 10. a"Kt, It·KI: 11. Q·K 2, P .Q4 (Iood en(Jugh. o{ ~o"rse. Is II. .. _ ...... P.1l1: 12. B·Q50h, K.H I: 13. 13-K3, P ·£l5, etc.): 12. P"P. P · KB4 wlnnln.\: u pleec.

t . Px P Thcre Is II 1::000d altcrnativ" h.-:,·e w ith 9 . ........ , p.QB4. A£ter Ill. I'd' . PxP; 11. P ·Kll3 (If 11. KtxP, KuP !). KI-Qila it I. nol c1f:ar t h a t White Clln n=covcr th,; pnwn. m" .. k lh...,alcn . Q _" 13 '''1. lowed by Q.B4 with p l"y on Whit,;·" ~lo l11nl at QD4. T h is line w Oll ld abo at. fo rd Black cOl\$lder"bly mOre m<}blllty than the text.

10. 8 _K tS! 11. B·R4 l2. 0·0

P·KR] QKt·02

Kt·K4 Certainly to be seriously considcrcd Is 12 . ....... . KI·B4. However, although the QKt would reach a powerful post. Black would hllve consider" blc dlffl. culty In rclcBslng th~ pin on t he KKt. After the reply 13. Khp. R·Kl I ~ Inet b y 14. P·K84! (preven ting Dlack's p_ KKt~ ) wh ile 13_ . __ ._ __ , B-K3 Is a llliwe"ed by Ihe SlIme InOvc and In both u_ Black'", game is fearruUy ' crampcd. The heroic 13 .......... ~KK14 is met by 14. I)·Kt~. R·KI; 15. Q·B2 and BlaCk has 1I11lncll SQ,ne 51'"ce moly at Ih,! COBt ... r hl~ K-s ld.-, seourlty.

13. Ktx P 14. O.K13

Slife but most plISSive. Surely worth Ihe t r y Is 14 ... _ .. ___ , Kt-R2!, Ihrealcnln, P.KB4. I Can SCe no rea lly effective COnUnuotion for W h ite. For c"ample, If I ~. Q·R5, Q_K14!, ctc. o r 15. Q-D2, Kt. K4! and ........ , P -KB4 will follow ~ hortly or once mOre IS. p-KD4 (lOOks besl l, P ·KIW; 115. Q'IU, Q·B3 (perhaps SImpler Is 16 ......... hP; 17. B"p. Kt_K2 with a n e"cellenl pOIIltion and a pawn to booll: 17. Kt·Q5. Q-Q5 ch ; lIl. K_RI, P'QB3 n n d llJack wl1l hold up well under the co",­pllcatlon~ which cnSue.

15. P· 8 4 16. P· KR3 17. 0·B3

0 _B3 Q·02

OR·KI Denker Is t ryln f to hatter a stone w~ll. White p romptly proceeds to overpr ... teet his Import~nt KP.

18. KR·KI R_K2 19. R·R2 I(t.R2

'I'he threat l~ now P.KIl4 whIch Eva ... pan'ies hy retreating his Qu~n.

20. 0 ·82 KR-Kl A little trap. Sho uld WhUe selz.e Ihc QRP, P--QKtl and R-QR I will win rna · te rial.

21. OR_K2 P-QRl 22. 0-Q4

Since his nnfortunate c lgli th mQv\:. Lar ry ha~ played admirab ly lind wtlh fine Ju dg cmenl and re~tralnt. White h;o s rc"c h c d the maximum and 1$ ready to GillOCk.

22, .. .. Kt.83 Denker, on the othcr hand, has de. fended soli(lly but t oo passlv~ly ~nd lacks sulficlent mnneuverlnll" spaC<.'. 'I'he text threatens Kt.It~ which Evans decides to allow. His next m ove COm. mi l! h im to an all-out K'5ide alllock. nOne too easy a l<I~k 10 perform N IC­eess(u lly a$ Black's K-~Ide Ia aUlI {ully intact.

"- P·8 S KI-I14

". B·R2 KI (l )-8S

". R·K3 KfxB ,.. RXKf Kt·B3 ". R(3)· K3 P ·QKt3 He Is uneasy Over an ,wentllal P.QIl5 ~md ru~hes to block til ls posRlbllit,v unce and ror all.

28_ B· Kt3 Kt.R2 29. 8-KB41 ........

Evan.~ has handled til '" piece skUiluUy. The threa t o f P-KUB now Induce. Den: ker to wcaken hi" K'5lde .tru c turc.

29. P.0 3 30. P·KR 4 ........

;';"turally, t he wand4lrlns: Kt mus t not "'" p .. rll'lIU"d 10 """ch t h e h llve" " r K~ via KKt4 and KB2_

30. ____ .... 0 .01 Arnold dccides Ibis KI can rc~ch K4 anyway, v ia KBI nnd Q2. hence t he va. Clltlng mOve.

31. R·Kt3 The time prcssurc a~ t h l! "';;;:;Int was building and White dcc!de~ to P"C&S his attack .ho""., withou t further ado. The Immed",te th rcat Is B"II? Ilnd the fI_ n~1 obJcct of aggre.<>;! on Is th e ~I~ .. k King. .

31. . K· RI 32. K_ R2

The " urpose of t h is nlove- escapes me. The King s.-:cms h app ie r u! KKtI and more pertinent Is R(I )-K3 follOWed oy Q-Ql and Q-R5.

32. R-B2

Another myste,·y mov,;. toted by t he clock. A bctte,· chOice Is ..... .. , Q·QItl applyln, pN!~sure to the KP. The rclcase o{ pl"f!5.'OUre on White's center pawn allows the other !took to join the fracas ImmC(llately. Still an­othcr e""",llent try Is the tricky 12. ........ , R_K4 !? for it 33. ""It, UPxB; 34. Quccn a",,,,y , Q"llP c h Ilnd lJIaek is conten t. Arter 32 R_K4!?, lJIack t hnlatens R"KBP.

33. R4I )- Kl Kt·Ot 34. 0 ·0l!

V~ry atrong and Just In Umc to .top th~ Kt from reachln, K4. On 33 . ..... .. , Kt.Q2?; 34. Q·R5, Kt.K4?: 3.5. ll"Kt willS a piece.

b"r 10, 1954

:1-4. R(2)-K2 lS_ O.RS Kt·R2

H is hopes Ior co untcr-attack have .. all~ Ished and lhls amdoua horseman h us­tles back 10 glv~ h lol- Klllg add itlo'.!al cover. White's position " looks" over­whelmin g but Black has h ldd_en re­sources. The text mOVe Icavcs th., "hole" at his KKt3 uncovered and stim­ulates ],,'van~ Into the rollowing pretty sacrifice.

36. B" RP I?

. Vc r y IngeniOUs Rnd an excellcnl Intlll­(ive try, I!lpeoI7l,IIJ' C~.rJ.~G P~.!'­ke r 's tim e preSl:'llte, but It has not he<.'n fully demonstrated that t h is saC­rifice Is either best or necessary. In_ slead the slmplc 36. R.KK t6 (or evell R.KKi~ ) would b e most dlrficult to meet DS White th reatens 10 d ouhle Rooks. The reply 36 ........ , KI_KB I ~s met by 37. R_Kt4 and white's KP IS Immunc beCDu:;e of the counter-threat BxKRP, whllc 36 ........ , Ti"P Js answered by 37. R(3)_Kt3, again threatening B>c KRp. ConSidering the time pressure on both playeu. furthcr Involved discus­sion is aClldemlc.

36. ... P)( B l1. Kt·K2i

This d lsa rmln ll "qulct" moVe Is the real point o f t h e a sacr tncc. l..,al:ry hopes tn get th l .. .. I,,(:e to KKt6 WIth f",tal eneel.-. If Instead 37. Q:<RP, R­KKU! sce" '" 10 actually ...,pel the OIl­tack.

37......... R"P A very Important and difficult deei· s ion, and Drobllbly the b<.!~t movc. If 37 ....... , B)(P; 38. Kt·IHI, 8xP; 39. RxR (If 39. QxB, Il"R!; 40. Kt·Kt6 ~h, K_Kt2! win s for Black) , QxIt; 40. QxB, It_KKtl: 41. K t-Kt6 ch, RxK!; 42. Q><n and wins .

38. ........ Q.Q2H This feroelou~ reply nltle-d Arnold Into making a t...,mcndou" blunder, yet i t ,,,ay be SII rcly said t hai Oenkcr's clock ",nd a con siderable disturbance a bout the room InlUatcd at t h e Dono­van-Berns tein t a b le contributed heavily to B1ack's dernlsc.

31. Q x P Apparently Arnolt! ean s t ili hold Ihc Dosilion with 30 . ........ , R·KKIl! It in r e ply 39. Rxlt(K~)1, IJxR; 40. Kt·ll4. Bxp win" . The stronllest answer Is 39. Kt-B4!! anq _ after 39. , ....... , R>cR(K31; 40. RxJt(K3j!! (thc contlnuotlon 40. Kt­Kt6 ch"!"! I ... ses to 40 . .. .. ... , RxKt; 4i. p " R, I!_K2, etc.). Then th~ ONLY re_ ply Is 40 ........ , Il-KI (for If 40. _ ..... __ , R-Kt2??; 41. QxJt chi, KxR; 42. Kt·K& ch wins and If 40. ~"" ... Q·KBI~; 41. Kt­KIG ch, n"Kt; 42. Qxn, Q ·KKlI , 43. R­KKt3 ' wi ..... ). Whltc can still make con­Siderable proercss with 41. Kt_ Kt6 eh! (other good movc. lII"e 41. P·KKt4, ·U. n-K6, and 41. P-KR~). BxKl; 42. P"S a n d Black is reduCfli 10 t,,·o mOves to parry the mate; 42. .. .. , It-Kt2 and 42 ......... , Q.Q2! Afte r 42 . ...... , Q-Q2!; 43. P xKt, Q"P; 44. Q>< P ch, Q_Kt2; 45. Q"Q ch, RxQ; 46. K-R3. White has the b e tter ending but lli ack hal hlr d"awing chane .. s . whllc on lhe main Une: 42.

..., R·Kt2; 4:1. R_K6!! Is a problem re_ ply (not 4.'1. l-'xKt?, RxPI with a<lvan­tagc) which CP""-'S Black ooBSldc,'able difficulties. It h c replies to It·KG!! wllh Q.KBl ?: 44. Q.K3! , R_KKtl; 45. R_K7! wln~ . No be t ter 15 H . ........ , K·Kt I; 44. PxKtch, K. lt l: 45. Q.R5, R-K%; 46. IlxP, RxP; 47. Q.U5 ,,1th ~ wlnnill,£" allack_ Finall y 43. _ ...... , P ·KB4; 44. K _ KR3. K·Ktl ; 45. PxKI c h. KJ<P ; 46. Q­us wi n"- The bCGt .... ply to U. R_K6J1 is 43 ......... , Q·Q2!; 44. RxBP ~, Q'!i2'; 45. P xKt '-'nd Q-K4 ch. Now 46. Q-ll4, QxQ ch; 47. nxQ, K><P; 48. p _KKt4 ""d White has the betlcr c n dlni" but a

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Further Reflections On The USSR Match To",,;n, ill flu co"/Jt,,ct 01 t ..... nty ... nt.

OR. JOHN SON_L.ller to Bl nnet Langlton

HE Soviet mastcrs are nOl invineiblc, ror all the myth of their in· vu)nerbility; thcy arc merely more cxperieneed, more lrained, more

practiced, and therefore more deadly confident of. their own skill than the amateurs and semi'professional chess players they face . That these demi·gods can nod upon occasion was shown by Yanofsky at Gronnigen, by Alexander at Hastings, and by scvcral of our own young mastersjn New York recently'. But the legend of invincibility_will persist until somc nation takes their measure in a match. And it seems up to the USA to be that nation, since it alone has nearest approached in oHer· ing resistance to their dominance o{ chess.

But to do this, the USA must also do other things. It must, [irst of all, provide morc practice for its masters so that they can match tfie deadly precision of the Soviet masters in tournament play-a precision born of long and constant practice. Second, the USA must place iu re· liance on its younger masters, for only these l..'Onfident young playcrs have oHered any marked resistance to the legend of Soviet invincibility.

We mean no disrespect to the older masters when we state their rec­ord against the Soviet p layers offers no encouragement for future success Were players like Kashdan, Denker, Dake, etc, pcrforming in the full glory of t hcir prime as they peHormed some ten years ago. we would be content to rest our hopes upon them. But we must rceognize that these arc gifted amateurs, distracled by m:my business oonccrns, and that their occasional practice o( the art of chess in these latter days does not prepare them for the combat.

The record shows that of our older mutcrs, only the professional Reshevsky is still equipped to face Soviet opposition with confidence.

But our younger masters, not yet ~owed down by worries about a livelihood, supporting a wife, bu ilding a home, remain towering pillars of chess strength i.n the confidence of twenty-one, Their record shows them ready, willing, and able to face Soviet OPPOSition undaunted.

Thcre is U. S. Opcn Champion Donald Byrne with his 3·1 score against Soviet Champion Averbach. There is Cor mer Intercollegiate Champion Robert Byrne who boasts 3-3 score against Souict opposition; l"() against Bronstein, y": .y": against Geller, and 1'i! ,21h against Kotov. There is former U. S. Chamipon Larry Evans witb an aU-over 3-3 score against Soviet players, with 3·1 against Taimanov and 0-2 against Smyslov. To thcse should be added George Kramer who has yct to meet Soviet opposition, and other brilliant young U. S. masters like James T. Sherwin, Hans Berliner, Eliot Hearst, and Curt Brasket.

For or the young U. S. masters only U. S. Champion Arthur Bisguier has a minus score or l Y..: 4 'h again:."t Sovict opposition, with 0,1 against Boleslavsky, 'h-n against Geller, and 1·3 against Pctrosian. We are quite confident that Bisguier can do better than this in the Cuture-and that he will.

So, Ict us put the acceDl on youth in ruture encounters with the USSR, beei nning with lhe International Team Matches in Buenos Aires.

Cary (Ind.) Chess Club pillyed a 5--5 dr. ,.. wllh lI.muton P ari< (Ch lealol at Gary, with Donn~l1y. Cox, SlIllsbury. D.v\:l and Popovich t.nyln, ror Cary; and Rod". V.ndersbln. ltacnltls. Ste in. a nd Men, ,,1 _ring lor Hl mlltoll Park.

. - - -Dec-Iur (lII.l Che5s Club drew with

Pearl .. 3·3 .... Ith Hugh MYllrs. Q.culd Carver . "nd Or. Ma" Schloeler _ rlna: On lOP boardli for Decatur .... hlle Glen n.tbcoek, Arl Shanahan Ind Robert Chapin .... ed Ihc pOints for Peoria

New Orleans Officially Recognizes

U.S.- Open Championship Tournament

M AYOR deLesseps S. Morrison of New Orleans has just issued a city proclamation on "Chess Week" Aug. 2-9 in connection with

the coming U. S. Chess Federation Open Championship Tournament and the U. S. Women's Open to be beld In New Orleans Aug. 2--14 in­clusive.

The proclamation calls attention to the fact that New Orleans "has .add~ a brilliant chapter to the Chess firmament with the late Paul Morphy of International Chess fame, generally considered world Chess champion of his era" and that now the New Orleans Cbess Club will be hosl to both open national tournaments bringing approximately 200 Chess players and their families from all parts of the United States, Canada and ,Latin America to New Orleans; and slates "such contests as this promote good will and understanding between cities and I}otions."

The proclamation, In CuU, is as follows: .

PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the a .. I ... and royal lilli'll' of Chels Nos contrlbvteel to

11041 ",. nlal stimulation .nd ' nlo),ment 0' It I folio ......... In elean ~.trvc. tlve .".rt and ,el.xallon; and

WHEREAS, N ...... Orleanl has added e brllll.nt cha pter to the ChHS flrm.men' with t he I.t. ' . ul Morphy of Intern .tlonal Chess f llme, g. n · eri lly considered wor ld ChHI cha mpion of h ll .ra, . nd

WHEREAS, the N ...... OrlNnl Chlls Club now will be hol t 10 boOth the United Sia ies Che$S FeeIe,atlon SSth annua l Open ChamploMhlp Tourn.· me nt and the Unl.eeI Sla'" Women', Open Tou,nll m. nt AUllult 2 ·14 In· elul lv., "$4, bring ing app,oxlm.te ly 200 ChlU play.,.. lind thel, f."'IIIe~ 'rom all puts of the United St.,H, Caneela and Latin Amerlea to th ll clly, . ...

WHEREAS, luch contllts II this promo'. llood will Ind uncllrl'andlnll bet ...... n el"" and nations;

NOW, T HE REFORE, I, d . L .. 5ePl S: Morrison, Mlyor of the Clly of N. w Orleans, do hlr.by procilim the pe,lod of AugltSt 2-', ltS4, II

CHESS WeEK In N.w O,leans and urlf' our citilens to do .ve,ything pollibl. fo, 'he I ,,\oym.nt of our d ist lnluhhed v;'.io,...

Clven u nd. r my hi nd . nd the "al of the City of New Orln ns,. on thll the U rd day of June, 1954

d. LESSEPS S. MORRISON Morro'

At the USA vs. USSR Match

(Or Three Kids and One Old Man) By TOM WISWELL

JVo,ld Un,m,icttJ Cluck.tr Cba".pSo" 1. Reverse Bronstein's score (four wins) and try.e result is a tie; :

16·161 2. Evans and D. Byrne (plus scorers) garnered 5~, nearly hall :

of the U. S. points! 3. Pavey's dramatic win over Keres in round " was match's "emo­

tional hii hlight!" 4. Bronstein was a poor loser; He d idn't know how-won four .

straight eames! 5. 3 Kids and 1 Old Man (Byrne Brothers, Evans and Reshevsky) I

held the fort! 6. All the Russians won at least one game except thcir ace of aces,

Smyslov! 7. Three Americilns drew blood: D. Byrne 3 (wow!), Evans 2, and

Pavey 1 (a big one)! . 8. All "An pl ayers seemed jinxed: A. HorOWitz, A. Denker, A.

Bisguier. A. Dake and A. Kevitz could only score 2 points out of a possible 13!

9. The Russians were fi!",a1ly halted- in round 4 at 4-4 . We just gol started!

10. A few unthinking spectators jeered the Reshevsky.smys)ov draws when they should have cheered!

11. Most brilliant game: EVilns' win over Taimanov in round 4-but we're apt to be prejudiced!

12. The match was shifted to a different hall e'(ery day. The hotel manager said he thought chess players liked to move!

13. Many checker masters (Banks, Wiswell , Loew) wcre present and one wit observed; "A gathering of checker experts - and expert checkers!"

14. The Reshevsky·Smyslov deadlock may partly explain Dolvinnik's absence!

15. Calirornia got the SC{lres daily via long distance phone and genial Abe Turner!

16. Reshevsky gave Smyslov thirty·five minutes handicap one game and still drew! --

.... 17. Versatile ; After deteatlng Taimanov In round 4 Evans spoke to Europe via the Voice of America in Fren ch!

18. The score of the Byrne fa mily vs. USSR is 4'h·3lh, fauoring the Byrnes!

19. Hans Kmoch proved his right to the title of World Champion Referee!

20. With the development of more young stars America is bound to catch up to and, perhaps, surpass Russia in years ahead. Ir the match

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AMONG THESE A JUNiOR CHAMPION

lbess Cife T."J"" P •• - , July 20, 1914

Bob Hurge r won the Individual Chnmp ionsh ip Tournament of the Central Cnli rornig Chess League with 4·0 in :I H)·player Swiss. Mike Hailparn was second with 3%_1/.z , drawing with .1. B. Gee. Tom Fr ies pl<iccd third with 3-1, losing a gllme to Hurger . Fourth and fifth on S-S with 21,i·]Ih each were Ph il Smith and I<' rank Olvera. H. E. Paul and L. 1-1. Kerfoot directed U:c cvt;nL

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Ftnl".I»,o of 1/', forty./o", ct"'I~J1onl , in /h~ U. S. Ju,, 'or Chd>"pionlh." Tuu,",,,,,, ,,,/ "I Uno,l" ""rk C/,ou CI"b, LonK nc<,cn, Cali/omia. (R~""i"8 I~ft 10 right): First 1'010': Bauy 51~inn, un;J""tij.d p/"1f1, Larry Rem/mg"r, Ton" Golls· Jmllur, Slulbr L~m"n, Ro .. ,,1tf G.OIl, at/tnai"" J,mior eIM"p;on 5"ul Yar",,,.t Mar/;" Harrow, ROil Sit"''''', ,miatnti/itJ p/tt)'tr, JI."/p/' S,ms.." T/'"oJort Eiuml<lJI. Saond .a .. ; Don.la B,mlict, 'i",my Tl><>",,,,o .. , Gilbol R"",i,t~, Trnnn"J fritl , /(OM,I l1"rll.berg~ r, W~Jlry L~d(/ey, /lmolJ AI,,/',dtT, Robrrl C roll , "nia~"lilird pltt)'tT, DfWid p(i~tr, Jo/'" M"ia, S" .. -,,,,a Gru"t, ,t/"" C&.pp~lI, John Rj""ldo, }""'tl [alOI, I"ma McCormick, 8 t " ... &,./1",. Third '0": R.II)' 51;en;"", Cha rltl Ka/",., "niJt"lij;~d ,,1<1")""', C&'d"l F'>I,I"", Bwe,· HII)'"o.lh , G''''gc S",.J~I, l'<"ItT M ..,rr, Gin, l"rgmUn, Robe,l Wnlkrr, "n­,d~III,/i~d p/"1t1, Hf/tnt. G'OIl, K(nntlh St""~, Joh., B/o(m,n.

Jesse Stupp wilh 8-3 won the 12 player Dallas City ChamIJiOm;hip, losing a game to Joe T. Gilbert, wh ile drawi ng with Robert B. Pot­ter, C. F. Tears, J r., Shane O'Neil, and W. T. Strange in the round robi n event. J uris J urevics was second with 7Jf.z-3¥'!. losing to Sl<tpp and O'Neill , while drawing with Pottel', Tears, and Gustav Jurev ics. Third to sixth with 7-4 each were Robert Potter, C. F . 'l'eal'S, J r., J oc T. Gil bert, and Leon POliakoff.

U. S. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP (Continoed from page 1, col. 3)

Lym.an, Greene, and Remlinger won while Sicmms drew with_ R. Gross.

In the eighth round, Yarmak b e at Harrow, Fries defeated Greene, Remlinger bes ted Pen­quite, and Siemms drew with Ly­man. Siemms" still led with 6%­I lh, but close on his heels 'with 6-2 each werc Fries, Gross, Kalme, and Yarmak , while Meyer, Lyman, and RemJin~cr had 50/2·21f~ apleee.

In the ninth round, Siemms beat Fries, Yarmak downed Gross, Kal· me bested Meyer, Remlinger de­feated Lyman, while Ila l'rOw topped Bloomer.

Fin~1 Round Thrills With the gap narrowed in the

last round, Siemms defeated de­fending champion Yarmak and Remlinger bested Kalme. Gross dl'ew with Harrow, Lyman won and Fries drcw. Thi~ left Ross

. Sienuns in undisputed first with 8Ih- I'h., and Remlinger second with 7lh·2'h, while Yarmak and Kalmc had 7·2 scores each.

Prizes Galore Siemms received a beautiful per!

sonal trophy, as well as the cus­tody of thc Mil waukee Journal Trophy. Remlinger received a per­sonal trophy and cuslOlly of the Hermann 'Dittmann Trophy fo r sec­ond consecutive li me a~ I'an king player under sixteen. a lso cu~tody of the ltldependent Press-Telegram Trophy for ranking player 14 or under. Yormak received a personal trophy, and Tony Gottsdanker the

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Independent Press - T e l e g ra m Traveling Trophy for ranking play­er under 12 years.

Othel' prizes in chess sets, a chess cJock,chess books and mer ch,mdize were d jstr ibuted lavishly to other contenders. Details on other prizes in next issue.

Jonior Lightning Ross Siemms also won the U. S.

Junior rapid trans it event, with Martin Hurrow second, Larry J{em­lingcr thi rd, an d"" Charles Kalme fourth.

The U. S. Junior Championship was staged by th e Lincoln Park Chess and Checker Club of Long Beoch under the auspices of the U. S. Chess Federation. The 44 players were domiciled in the Long Beach Armory, and were the gues ts of \fUrious Long Beuch civic groups fOI' meals. A picnic and boat-ride were among special events provid­ed for thei r enter tainment, Orlo M. Rola sel"ved as tournament di­rectol", assis ted by Inlernational Master Iml'e Konig, while John P. Looney handled the general · ar­rangements.

----USSR FLATTENS BRITISH TEAM

The USSR team which scored 20·)2 over a U. S. team recently, minus Kotov but wilh the addition of W()mE~n's \Vorld Champion Eliza· bE' th Bykove and Soviet Woman 's Chumpion K. Zvorkina, smoshed Great. Hritain 18 0/2-11h, three draws nil Cflm ing in the second round.

Great Brihin USSR .. Alexu n<1er , l Smyslov • t 2. G n lnmbel< " nron~te i n • ,. Wade " Kerc~ • • 4. Penrose , " AverbaclI • • :;, Broadbent " Geller • • .. f,lilncl"' PelrO$lall • • Barry ,., ,. Burden " 'fa imano v l • .. I'airhursl , , Bo\eslavsl<y ,

\ !J. Miss Trun· Miss Bykova , moe " >0. Mi"", Sun· Miss Zvorklna • • nock ", , ,

Great Britain OH USSR 10 . ~

PhotO: JlSl?er Hutter

A fo n ner New Hampshire champ· ion in Robert Hux won the Con-solation section of the Dallas City A four-club, eight-board [team Championship 60/2- lh, drawing with match wos held at LaPorte YMCA George Henderson. Owen Johnson with South Bend scoring 5lh~2lh , was second with 6-1, losing only to Gary 4lh -3 lh , Hammond 4·4, and Hux in the 8-player round robin. LaPorte 2-6. It was decided as a Henderson was third with 5 \f.! -1 ¥.!, result of the match to organize a and Sam Payne fourth with 4-3. Th e Northern Indiana Chess Associa­event was marred by seyen fo rfeits. Won to conduct team matches.

'~----~------r-=-=~~ AT THE USA YS. USSR MATCH

(Continued from page four, Column 2) proved nothing else it proved that in American chess " the accent is on youth."

21. Keres and Bronstein won half Russia's games: Seven! 22 . The totals of fiyo!! American players comes to a plus: D. Byrne

3·1, L. Evans 21h-Ph, S. Reshevsky 2-2, D. Byrne llh-2lh.; M. Pavey 1-2: to tal 10-9. Even with the other lo~s on P avey's board (by Kevitz) the Russions still got no better than a lie 10-10 on these five boards. The big deficit came on the three remaining boards where they got ten oul of twelve points!

23. NicholOls Rossolimo plOlns becoming an American citizen which will strengthen U. S. in futUre events. Which may lead some to ask: "How mony Russians were on the 'Russian ' team'I "

JUNIOR TROPHIES

Fill />';1~, r("I ~.; Iuolld ",iz~, /~ft 01 uI1la; Ihi,d pr;~c, ,;)(./,/ oj unl~'. Tr~v~fi"g troph" fo, b~sl ""Je. 14 y~"rs of axe, extreme Ie/I; I,~ydj"g Irophy fot besl ""dn 11 "rafS 01 ate, ~I(I'~"'~ ,ight. Chen Jt/I for ,,/l ,,/<1")'OS ,,,,ling lO'ith plu, u" .. s. The I,ophill ",",e do"~IlJ 10 Ihis e"hl t ",. Ihe I"J~ptllJ .. nl P,u s_ Tefe"'<1'" 01 Lens Ben,h.

([\)essl:i"e T,,,J.,, p, •• 61 J I l lt/" 10, 1914 TOURNAMENT ROUND UP

LOG CABI N EASTERN STATES OPEN West Orlnge, 1954

100% USCF Ri l ed Event 1. Olaf UJv" ~tad ............... . WI2 W45 W3" 010 \\'6 W5 W8 61- • Z. Lev 81onarov),ch ........ _W24 W22 WIIS LS WI3 W12 03 51-a 14.25 3. E. S . Ja"II.$On, J r. _. __ .WIl W30 Ofj W2:5 D8 Wl.O 01 5Hl :l3.7S 4. liubert Avra", ....... _._DZl W21 wze W14 LS W16 W22 5;-11; %1.50 S. A. l:::. Sanl a Hle .... ___ .... W U W30 014 W2 W4. Ll DIO 5 _2 23.00 6. C. 1lI1lingu .................... wn WI7 D3 W36 LI W28 011 :; .2 19.00 7. Murton Slcgel _ .. _ ... 021 1.211 W" W34 014- \\'30 WI7 5 ·2 U .75 8. Wea",.,r W. Ad.mII _ .. 010 W29 W50 W18 03 W17 Ll 5 -2- 17.75 9. Charln Kahn" ._ ............. L3G W43 W60 0 11 W21 018 W20 5 -1 16.15

10 ..... ~. llo w;ord .......... __ •..• _01 W4ll WS4 Dl W19 Ll 05 4 ~-2~ 111.25 Il. WiUiarn llook ____ .... L3 WI3 W3Y D9 016 Dig W:U 4}-2b 17.15 12. N. T . Whitaker __ ........ ..LI wn W45 W2l W:ZS L1 DG 4~.1~ 1'.00 13. Or. V. Ber£urlnl .....• _ .. W31 Lil W30 W311 1..2 032 WI8 4~·2l 1$.75 14. O. Pop .. ye" __ ...• _ •. _____ W 52 W53 OS lA 07 015 W32 H ·2t 14.75 IS. Allen Kaufm:Jn •. ____ lm wn W31 W4.4 1, 17 014 WtS 41·16 13.75 16. J ohn A . Hudson _ •.••.••.•. W 40 W:III LZ W51 011 1.4 was 4.~.21 12.1$ 17. t. Romanenko .................. Wt9 L6 W26 W35 WIS La L7 4 ·3 16.00 18. J . ParnllJen$ .................. 034 WZ3 W33 La W4f.i D9 L13 4 ·3 13.7$ 1:1. WilIl/.m Drakert .•.....•.... LI7 W49 W'rI W53 LIO UII 021 4 ·3 12.1~ 20. R. J. Couchlln .. _ ........... . L6Q 1.37 W43 W45 W26 Wl6 L9 4 ·3 11.50 21. V. A. Guala ....•..........•.... 01 U. W51 W~7 L9 W33 019 4. .J 12.!iO 22. Abe Turner .....•.... .......... L5 Wl W49 W41 W37 wts lA 4. ·3 12.:10 23. Ilobel·t !>abel ....•.. _ ....... D4 LI8 W62 LI2 W35 W43 W29 4 ·3 1I.!iO 24. td . Ral,papoo·t ............. L2 I)~I W48 1-28 W::;I 040 Wl6 4 ·3 10.7a 2:>. f'. Campnn>anes ....•.... .•. W'rI W60 W4.1 L3 L12 L d W40 4 ·3 10.50 26. l:i alld tord Creen.., .... ...... L!II W5G LI7 W$5 L20 W41 W4f.i 4 ·3 9.50 27. Jack Soudakerr .............. L75 W51 Ll9 W$7 L30 W47 \V37 4 ·3 9.00 ZII. Edmund Nash ....... "' .... D2'J W7 L4 W24 W33 L6 1-15 3~·3~ IU~ 29. Robert S. l.h·le ,~r .... 0211 UI 032 031 W38 W4C L23 3 ~·3 ~ 10.75 30. Willian, J ones : ........ W49 t o5 1.13 WSO W27 L7 031 3 ~ .J ~ 10.2,; 31. U" r wln L. Ku r.. .LIl Ol!ol L7 D2D W,56 W:JII 1)30 3 ~·3~ 10.00 .:12. Alpe n Murphy .•.......• .... lA4 0 52 Ul!9 W54 W5~ 1)1.1 Ll4 3~ ·3~ 9.00 33. Dr. Edward Baker ........ 1-6 W:;:; W42 1)46 L2lI LZI W44 S ~.3 ~ 8.75 ~. Norman Hurlll~n .......... DI8 W81 1.10 L1 WSO W44 1.11 3 ~ .:J ~ 7.00 3:;. Dr. V. Altmann ........ ~ •... W50 bye LI L17 023 W52 LI6 3,-3. ' .00 .36. Amos Kamln5.k1 3-4 (11.50 ); 37. C. A. KeYfCr 3-4 (8.00); 38. ,.Iureny Uronsteln 3-4 (7.25); 39. II • • ·eldhelm 3-4 (7.00); 40. 5 . H. H:ruek 3-4 (6.75); 41. W. W . WolU 3 .... (5.00); 42. P . II . Cero,e 3-t (4 .75); 43. y.d .... :rrd St.,..,k 3-4 (4.00); 44 . R. 1'!. Kunlt!< 2 Y.a.4J,1r (7.00); 45. Frank NaCY 1~..tJ,1r (5.50); 48. A . Ralnk0 2'A!-4Y. (5.25); 47. E. 14. .Fau~t 2\oi-4 'A! (4. 2~) ; 48. J . O. toI l ::: .. r 211a-4",. (4.2:1); 49. Wm. Walbrechl 2V.· 4V. (4.75); SO. C. Cle mens %-5 (5.75): 51 . T . Bulloekus %-5 (5.50); 52. L. Pe r sln:::er %-5 (5.50); 53. F.dMnnd Kou 2-5 (4.50); 4. 11 . )1cMuruy %-5 (3.511) ; 55. Pd. Scmnelte r 2·$ 12.7$); ~. F. P. Abllrno 2-S ( I.S01; :17. c. 11. Lilly I'h·r.'I.a (4 .50): sa. L. A. Qulndry 1Y.a·S'I.a (3.75); $I. 1':. T . McCOI'm lc k I~ (4 .W); CO. U. Dodkewlt l 1·8 (4.00); '1. Or. ]eI . H. Wheaton 1·6 (2.50); 82. G. B<.lnJamln \o!r ~ Y.a .

I)odkew ltz and Wheaton withd r ew utl.., r .;ilh rountl ; Senj3mln wi thdrew aner 4 th rountl ; tdeConnlek withd rew Ine r I ~ t ro und: Per~lnger a nd Kou with· <lrew aft er 6th round. 8enjllmln forfelteif 10 Walb,...,..,ht; KoSI forfelled to Mu."hy; Perslnll""r forfe ited to Altlnan ; Kou forfeited to Bronstein.

MILWAUK EE COLNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Milwaukee. 1954

' 004)1, USCF Rated Event 1. A. B. 1':10 ...... ..... ........... WII W5 021 WIO W3 WI9 W1 IA W1 71-11 54.5 2. Dan Clark , ............. ...... W38 04 W2ti 1)16 W20 WI I Ll WIO WJ 7·2 ~ 1.,5 3. John ll. (ll'k.v'Ie ..... W7 W34 W211 W19 L1 WI~ WIO W~ L2 7·2 ~I.S 4. N. Kampars •. . .. W33 02 05 W41 L l1 W30 WI2 WI W14 7·2 SO.O 5. L. Cnlgub . .. ..... ...... .... W22 1.1 n4 W 26 WZlJ WI3 WI9 1.3 W15 6!o ·2/1 .~L5 6. Averill :POWCrI ... L10 1.12 W~I W35 W~2 W43 015 W26 WI3 6 ~·U 41.1i 7. F,"f!d Cmmer .. .. ... .. ......... 1.3 L~ I W4 1 W.53 W44 W34 W:H WII 1.1 6·3 41.5 8.. Dr. O. M. J . Wehrl..,y . .... L27 017 LIU W40 035 W51 W3ti W2.1 W20 8·3 40.5 9. Frank InIlU$C h, Jr . .......... Ll2 1.10 W54 W2S W51 1.26 W42 W21 WI~ 9·3 !t.O

10. C. Card ne r .... ~ .. ~ ................ W6 W9 W8 L I WIG W I4 1.3 L2 012 5}.31 ~.5 ] 1. Allred Wehrley .... _ ..... _ .. 1-1 W20 W17 Wll W4 1..2 1)16 1-7 W26 n·3) 52.5 II. Metvln Cullen .................. W\t W6 1.It W44 LI4 W21 IA W35 010 5l·36 43.0 13. O. F"ancilleo ................ _ .. 035 LI 4 W38 WI1 W'Z1 L5 W20 WI6 1.6 5t ·31 47.0 14. R31ph Ahum, .•.•..•............. W:!!I WI3 1.15 W54 WI2 LlO D%fi W211A !';1 ·31 46.5 IS. Ka lman Flrk .. ................ L26 Wl'J WI4 W52' W4$ 1..3 D6 W29 U S~ .:JI 45.0 16. M. " ohland ........................ W30 02S W34 02 1.10 W45 DlI L 13 W27 5 ~·3i 44.5 17. J.mCR Mangun .................. W2 1 011 LII L13 W;f6 W28 L'Z1 W30 W29 5 i .J ~ 4305 18. F rank Illh " lI(:h , Sr ........... U6 Ll l W47 L.14 W!i~ 0 49 W45 wza W35 5,·3 ) 3U J9. t:. ROl ka ln! ....................... . W29 W21 W I2 L! W2G U 1.5 W31 L9 5 -4 49 .5 20. He r mlln John ...................... W40 LlI Ws5 W:tO 1.2 W23 1.13 W32 L8 5 -4 44 .0 2 1. V. Liolp$k/l lns ................ _ •. L I7 W511 01 W43 W31 1, 12 1..29 03-1 WSII S -4 41.0 22. Ollmar Morod olr ................ 1,6 1.54 W5~ 1A2 W40 W« WN UI WS4 S -4 37.5 23. W.lter OUtkln .. _ •..•.•..•... IA I W37 W51 L21 WM L20 W .. 1 r..a WSII S -4 !\G.5 :24. Charle. Weldon .. __ ._._ .. f.Zl! W43 W)8 L215 L23 Ll2 W51 W52 W4 1 5 -4 :J5.S 25. Kurt Hader ~_ ...•.• _ •..•....•..•.. IM L38 W50 UI W57 W52 Ll2 W47 wn 5 -4 31.5 2ti.)Ted Clark ~ .... _~_ ........... W U W33, L1 W24 Lt9 W9 014 L6 LIl 41-4 ) 50.5 21. J .mes Forclea _ •.••. _ .•.••.• _.W8 1.1' D28 W23 LU · W41 Wi7 L14 LI6 4b-4i 411.0 28. Valdemu Grant •.. _~ .. _ .... W24 01, W LS W47 LI7 W49 LIB W51 4 ~ -4 ~ 45.0 29. Adam SlIkl ... : .....• _ •.. ~. __ .L I4 W3$ D27 W33 L5 W48 W21 L15 LI7 4~ ·U U.S 3D. Dr. S. Kltt. ley •.•.....•.... _ .•. LI 6 wn W44 1.20 W:;2 L4 D34 U7 Wo't9 4~-4& 42.0 31. Ch.rll'f LandI , ..... ........ WS'1 WUI L33 WSI 1.21 WU L7 1,\9 032 4&-4 ~ 41.0 32. Ho .... ard R..,ep .......... W50 UO 1.3S W58 1-6 W24 W~5 L20 Dal 4&-4~ 40.0 33. Jehn Carroll .... ... ........ ......... L4 1.26 W31 1.29 WS6 L37 W54 041 W52 4 ~-4~ 3,5 .0 34. Or. S. Morell 4·5 (44.0); 35. Alnn Kopperud 4·,5 (43 .5); 36. LouIs Brabant 4·,5 (40.0): 37. Clement MndHnskJ 4·5 (n.5): 311 . KahrlUlg 4·5 (37.0); :Y.J. J Ohn n rantman 4.~ (32.01: 40. M. rllra" 4·5 (2').5); 41. J. Wend t 3' .... ·~Y.r (4UI): 42. M. Kah 3V~·5'h «(38.6): 43. John Cox aY.r·/jY.r (37.0) ; 44. Cl)nrad Mmillnskl :]I,<\r-li'h (36.5); 45. A. Fellslel 31-'1;·51-'1; (34.0): 46. R. J ohnson 3Y.r· 5Y.a (33.5); 47. E. Klul' 3yt·5\o!! (32.5) ; 46. F. "Zel15tn 3 1-'1;·.\'I.t /31.5); 49. Otto :M uoller 3\oi·5'A! (31.0); &0. H . C<>rnl3h 3 ' .... ·5'h (2(1.5); "51. 1::. A. WInter ' ·8 (45.S); 52. J. OL" 'le h S~ /39.5): 53. J . J ohnston e 3·0 (33.0); 54. Don Muellne r 2-7 (34.0); 5S. R. Ounker 2-1 (29.0): 56. R. H. Atcheson 2·1 (26.5); 51. W. Cr~nnle 1-3 (35.0) .

Solkoff pOln", used . Muelh,..,r . nd Alcheaon withd r ew . ner 7th rd .

LEXINGTON CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Lexington, 1954

,~ U SCF Rated Event 1. J ackIe Mayer ........ x x i J . 1 I I 1 1 I 1 I I 1 1 I I I I , 2. James Roark ........ 1 ~ x x 1 I I 1 I I 0 I ~ I 1 1 0 1 1 I I I 3. Dr. A. O. Robert • .l1 60 xx II 10 1 0 10 1 11 0 I I II 4. Geo. And erson .•.. 00 6 0 0 0 x x 1 I I 1 I 0 I I 1 I I I " 5.J. S. Parle r ........ 00 00 to 00 xx . 1 I I 10 II I t I I 6. W. M. Nevins ' · 11 : 7. E. S . D.bney ' · il; I . Lelile Smith 7·13; 9. Frank J. 7·13: III. W . A. Sprln,Ue ld ' ·14: 11 . Ed,ar M. Powe .... 41·IS~.

Mayer won _ playoOU 31·2, rrom runner·up Roark for dub Ulle.

17 . 3 16 ~· 33 U.7 11 . 9 l i·10l

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MARSHALL CHESS CLUB AMATEUR CHAMPI ONSHIP N ew York, 1954

100% USCF Rated Event I. Myron Ylt!bcher .... ........... . WI9 Wll Wt:/: D2 WI3 W4 WI2 Ll 6.1. U 1. Theodore Lorle .. _._. __ •.....•. W37 W23 W12 01 WIO W7 W3 L.. 6~. 1 ~ 3. Samuel f"nn3rof! ._. __ .. __ .WU W30 U W20 WG Wl3 L2 W I 6 ·2 4. ·rhoma. H","ncoy •.• __ ._. __ WI4 W6 W3 LIS WI~ LI WIl W2 6 ·2 5. fTed lIenteld . __ .. ~ •• ~ •....• _ w33 LU LI7 W8 W3-t WI6 WIS "W7 6 .2 G. Met..ea n J. lIulihes ~ .... _ •.••.• ~W25 1A W12 WI4 J.! W19 Wll U9 5l.U 7. AI"x IJe rnslcln __ ._._.~._.~.W4.D W8 LI3 W17 W9 1.2 WID L5 5 .3 a. ClInlon Curtll ...... _. __ •. __ ~W38 L7 L20 LS W39 W33 W27 WI8 5 ·3 9 . Philip Drlyer _ ...................... W28 LF 027 W29 L7 W21 WU D6 5 -l

10. G..,rald Jacobson ... _ ...•.....•. W20 D29 WI6 W24 1..2 011 L7 Wit 5 ·3 II. Lclwb W. · nasc:hen _. __ W39 1.1 WI8 021 W22 0 10 IA W\7 5 · l 12. Ar tbu r !it..,ln ••.• _._._._._ ... _.W36 WU L2 Dt:/: W24 Wl() LI UI5 5 .J 13. V .• ' . Volk ~ ............... . _ .•........ WI8 '01131 W1 W4 Ll L3 Ul W20 5.J 14. Fred Dorn .... _~_ ...•••.•.•.....• _IA W36 W3D Ul LJ6 '01128 D2l W'rI 4' ·3~ 15. Alphen Murphy __ .. ~ .•. ~ ..••. L30 W33 Wl9 W39 lA WI8 L5 DI2 4\.:J.~ 16. J ohn Anthon)·, Jr . • _._. __ .. WI7 039 LIO D23 WI4 LI5 LI9 W30 4 -4 17. Mra. M. U"b.kln .... LlS W37 WS L1 UO W34 W29 l .1I 4 -4 IR. Chur les Cle .. .., ...............•.••. . L13 W40 LIl W31 W2I 1.5 W 2l 1.8 4 -4 19. Ma l'Un 11. ael$ler ... LI W38 LIS W33 W23 1..6 W16 LID 4 ·4 20. Martha Gelfand .. .. ...... L IO W35 WII 1.3 L21 WS7 W30 Lt3 4. -4 21. Mrs. Edna Horowitz .... ... ..... L22 W34 Wli DIl 1.18 L9 014 W2!I 4 ·4 22. SaUl Il"bln .... ...• ~ .. .................. W21 WS LI D12 LII 029 1.9 W24 4 ·4 23. Willard Wld"ey .•........... ...•... 024 L2 W25 016 LI9 W26 LI6 W33 4 ." 24. S idney liomer, J ,'. 31-4J; 25. Paul Marmus n-4~; 26. MI» Ambel Muyo.S mlth 3!.4~: 21. m ( hnrd Mh,..,k 3~-4~; 28. Pd ..... J ohn Anthony, Jr. 3·5; 29. Kenneth lll akll 3-5; 30. Layton llleukinsop 3·5; 31. Dr. M. Conant 3·5; 31. J ohn Pctra~, J r. 3·S; 33. lfrl. 11. Ro/:er. 3·5: 34. Mrs. Sidney Humer, J r. 2~.s~ ; lS. Mlrguerlte Pd. S to ry 2~·:;~; 36. Mrs . ~I . f)~LI"'to 2-C; 37. I'olrs . Flora Morrell 2-6; ~6. Mlu Helen Ranletl 2-6: :19. Will. S. (;lbb, J r . I! .(i l : 40. Mrs. Abry Ii:. ~'oust O-a.

1)1' lye r forfllncd olle I: ame, Mlilek forf..,iled t u Cu,·U ... lind Dorn; make fortelle(l 10 MI'!. lI~hRkln I ml MI.,.' M:ryo-$mlth, Crmwlt f orfeited t il "Mn. IlofllWltf., Mn. r.t()'T,,1I lind Miu Mayo·Smlth, Glbb forreltcd 10 C"rtl ~ :nul Mllrcus . Mr •. ~-()u s t forfeited to M,·~. Story and Mig Rllnlett.

WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Appleton, 1954

100% USCF Rlted E .. ent I . A. Poweu IMlh .... "kee) •. ~~ •. W53 W22 W19 WIO wa 01 W4 8 ~. ~ 30.0 2. J . Weidner (Racine) ••.• ~ •..• ~ •. w29 Wt2 04 W40· WIO D1 we 6 · 1 32 .. 0 3. II. 11. Cluper (LaCrouc) .... W50 La W35 05 WI3 W28 WI 51-1 6 28.0 4. A. E. 1':10 (Mllwauke.e) .•.•.••.••. W42 W21 0 2 DI I WI8 W8 1.1 5 ·2 U .5 5. D. Ar, l nlan (Raclnt!) ............ W37 011 1)15 D3 W:29 wla Oil 5 ·2 30.0 6. I)a n Clark / Mllwuuk..,e) ....... W311 W46 LIO WI9 WI7 W7 L 2 5·2 211.5 1. Ru. e r :tohfl l tOo!hkosh) ........ WOO L9 W44 W30 WI2 1.6 W'Z1 1·2 26.1l U. Or. A. C. !.Ierry (APlllct..,n) W4.3 WS W2:I WI7 LI tA 05 4~·U 3S.0 9. Or. L. C. V..,un, (Madl!l(ln) W23 W1 L I7 W24 Oil WI6 Ll 41·tl 31 .5

10. M. 1I0hlan(1 (Mllwauk..,e ) .•.• _ .. w54 W3D W6 LI L2 W40 Oll 4 ~·21 30.5 II . P. Clbot III (Sturgeon Bay) W51 0:1 W13 04 U'J 014 010 4 ~·2. 30.0 12. K. LilY t Ripon) •.•...••..•... ~.~ ....... W:i6 1.2 W36 W75 L7 W2l 014 4 ~ .2~ 29 .0 I~. F. Clnrk (Milwaukee) ....•. W61 020 LII W31 l..3 W32 WZII 4 &.21 27.0 14. C. G~rdner (Mllw. uk ... ..,l ....•. 0 33 1.17 W3-I W4H W21 Oil 0 12 4 ~.2 ~ 76.5 15. J . C. 011011 (RaCine) .............. 032 W34 OS 029 L28 W3l1 W33 4 ~.2~ 26.0 16. II . i\lheL41an t.l:tu r geun Bay) 1)31 OZII WH W55 W23 1.9 U:W 41·21 24.:1 17. O. ~'rundfCO 1l\lIIwauke.e) .... WSS W\4 W9 La L6 D:20 021 4.:J 211.0 18. J . Caroll (MllwnukQ"') ............ W3':I O~O W33 W:!O IA L$ 022 4 -3 tS.O 19. Ur. O. M. J . Wehrley IMII.) W59 W2G LI 1..6 030 02.4 W40 '1 ·3 27.~ ~O. £. nozklln~ (M il WAukee) .... W52 013 W 31 Ll8 040 017 0 111 . ·3 26.0 Zl. R. E. Hlill (llaelue) ....... . ... . W44 1.04 U52 wn L14 W41 0 17 4 ·3 26. 11 22. K. Runkekl (W ausau ) .... .... W51 1..1 038 L21 W55 W30 018 4 .3 26.0 2:1. J. ~;. Obe,., (Ruclne) .. . ... UI WS3 W4 (i W26 L10 L12 W42 4 ·3 25.5 24. n. Abr.m~ (Mll w. ukee) . .1,28 wn WM L~ 1)41 019 W 34 4 ·~ 24.0 2~. II . C. ZIerke (lIaclne) ............ W82 W41 l.8 LIZ W26 I.27 W4f.i 4·3 24.0 2G. H. Wutl (Mayvlllo) .................. W55 L I9 W42 1-23 1.25 W36 W43 4 ·~ 23.~ 'rI . C. 8 . Thayer (Whltewnt.., r ) .. lAI I.2'J W62 W57 W3S W:t!i L 7 4 ·3 22.0 28. II . Schramm ISh~ IKlY !l a n ) •. W24 0 18 tAO W32 WI5 l.3 I.U 31·3; 29.5 :29. C. Wolf ISbebo)'C"l n) ............ 1..2 W27 W41 0 15 LS 1)42 1)31 31·31 29.0 30. K. F.rka, (Milwaukee) ..... _.W3.~ L IO W37 1.7 019 L22 W48 31-3. 27.6 ~ I . W. Rm'erdl (Mllwllukce) .. _ .. 016 W46 L20 1, 13 W4.9 043 DZII st-3 ~ :25.0 3:l Ur. S . L. Klttll~y (Mil .) ..•... 1)15 L24 W56 1.211 W411 Ll3 W49 S I-3 ~ 23 .0 33. Mr • . 1.. Schuetze (L.CrOllfie) DI4 W36 LI8 L41 W44 W62 LI S 3'·3l 23.0 3-1. A. K .. ..,n lla (S heboycan) ........ 048 LIS LI4 \Y47 W:;a W39 L24 3~-31 :!l.0 35. A. N. Mi ke enn..,l n ..,) ................ L30 WOO L3 W44 1.'Z1 WS7 041 S,·" 22.5 3/i. F . P . VULLn, (AI)I.I..,lon) •..•..•. W411 L33 L I2 0:r7 I~ L26 W~1 n·' ~ 22.5 31. W. SchUnL l nll (Sheboyga n) . .1 . .5 WSO L30 U31i L3!l W58 W !U 3 ~.3 1 21.5 36. A. ~IISkln (Wauu u) ............. U1 W58 022 1..51 W59 L I5 W5 1 3 ~·3 ~ 21.5 39. W . W . Lehwa lt OIe loll) ...•.... LI8 OS(; I A8 WSO W31 L34 W :\4 3 1 -3 ~ :!O.O 40. J . M. S.wt.oe n..,y (MlIlon) 3-4 (28.s) : 41. Alfred Whe r le y /M llwaukell) 3·4 (26.5); 42. Adam C. SlIkl (Mllwllukee) ,-4 (M.:I); 4.3. James L. Forciea (Milwaukee) ~-4 (24.0) ; 44. "Ir •. 1,..011 1I0usefe id (l'IlIIwa"k..,ej 3-4 (19.:1); 45. n . rwln D. Nllyt!u (Creen Bay) ~ (I8':;) ; 411. Chl r les Weldon (Milwaukee) 3-4 (11.5); 47. Dou,l .. ZIl~ (W~LLUU) 3-4 (lS.5); 48. Arthur Dornsky (ll-.clne) 2 ~ -4~ (2$ .5) ; 49. LeRoy W<J<.MJ (App le ton ) 2&-4 l ( 20 .0); ~. D. II . Bal .... (Appl..,ton) 2j-4 ~ 20.0; 51. F . C. Stokel! (Wat ' r lno) 2t -41 ( 111.5); 52. Thurwald ElI~nfCn (Cornucopia) 2 ~ -4 ~ (13.0) ; 53. I>on E. Kal\l . rek IPnlrie dll Chien ) %-5 (26.0); 54. H~nll lIulle (Appletnn) 2·$ (22.0); 55. Carl Urban (Apple ton ) 2·5 /12.0 ); 56. Carl Je tzer (SheboYl:3nj 2·5 (20.5); $7. Rnman F.. Wetllteln (Ai'plcion) 2·~ (20.5); :;a. C . L. linen Wort Atklnl) 1~·5 ~ ('lU); 59. Rohert Cord. (Wausuu) , 1·5~ (1805): &0. A. \. •. Prlndl.., (Marshfldd) 1/, ·51 (1&.S); 81. LitTY Dohse (pralrl~ du Chl t n) 1 ~·5 l (17.0); 62. Mrs. Alta Chrbtilln.en (Mltw3I1kce) 1-3 (1 8.00) .

Solknff pnln t ~ lI~ed .

SOUTII DAKOTA OPEN CHAMPIONSH IP Rapid City, 1954

100% U SCF R.ted Eve nt I. J ... hn PcnQullc (I)..,. Moines. l a.) ...... .... x I I 7 ·0 2. C.r l Weberll /5:r llnll. Kans.) .. _ .......... 0 x 0 I 4: ·2~ 3. O . C. t;ml/:h (Ra pid City, S.D.) .. _ ........ 0 I x t 0 4 -3 4. M. Y . A nde r llUn (Rnpld City, S.D. ) .... 0 lOx 0 I I 31·36 S. Uertln D. Coodurd (Hot Sprln, • • S.D.) 3-4 ; C. K. M. We llln il en_pld City , S.D.); 7. lUe h aro It lHnu (Ra pid Clly, S.D.) 2'A! -41,l,· 8. Ke nneth Weber, (Salina, K. nR.) v..~ v.. . '

SACRAMENTO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Sacramento, 1954

100,," USCF R. ted E .. ent I. O. A. CIUI ...................... _ .......... ~ .......•. . _ ... _ .............. W5 W3 2. N. T . AUIUn ......• _. __ •..•..•..•..•.•..•..••.•.••.• ~ ••. M •••••• _W1 04 3. J. 8. Co • . _. ____ .~~._ ..•...• ~ ............ ~ •.•• ~ .. ~ •... _~._.W6 L I 4. M. O. Meyer _________ .~.~.~.~ ..• _ •.•. ~~~ ___ WB 02 5. R. L. Richard. _. __ .~_ .... _. __ . ___ . ___ • __ LI L7

SOloff pvlnh used.

D' DO ,., DO WI

". 0. O. DI W'

... 2~ . 1 ~ 2t · l , 2\-1' .. , .. , .. .. ,

TOURNAMENT ROUND-UP I J~ess Cif, T."J." p,.- 7 11'11 20, 19H

30th TRANS·MISSISSIPFI OPEN CHAMPIONSH IP Davenport, 1954

100'lI0 U SCF Rated Event 1. K. 1'\/:<I ... d (Ft . De"nlng. C •• l ...... wn Wig WlI W2 04 W7 5~- ~ 20.75 2. H. E. MYfln (Decatu r, 111. ) ___ .... WlS W I) W22 LI \Va W4 5·1 17.50 3. C. lIenln (Chicago, III., .... _ ...... W39 1..4 \V35 W34 \Va WII 5·1 13.00. 4. P . Tautval$lls (Chlca~o. Ill.) .. _ ..•. Wla W3 W17 W21 01 1..2- . ~·I~ 17.25 5. A. Sandrln, Jr. (Ching ... , III.) _ .. W29 0 8 W21 W6 1..2 WI~ .~· I ~ l:i.OO 6. Stephen Wlnlkllll l$ (Chlcullu, m.) \V3S W3. 1}7 1Ai w~ W13 " ~. I ~ 12:.00 7 . D r. I . Se.hwDrl:l. (Durand, III.) .... W37 W9 1>6 08 WI7 1. 1 " ·2 1 3.~ 0: J . R~gan (St. LoU]:;, 1010. ) .......... .. " W 18 D5 W24 07 L3 W22 .. ·2 12.75 9, Mutln Placek (C hlcac o , ti t) ""W;.>,8 L7 1..26 W29 WIS WI7 4 -2 11.00

10. A n g ell) Sandrln (C h le .. ,o, III.) ••.. 1..24 \\'40 WI2 LI3 W34 .Wl!I 4·2 10.00 11 . IOdmunll Codbolll (SI. LoUt8, lIo1u.) W4.:l WI4 1.1 W33 W21 ' L3 4 ·2 8.SO 12. D. R<)~kow'k l (C II1<;:a.o, III.' ... W30 LI7 1.$ W40 Wll W31 4·2 8.00 13. D. ~'IS(:hhelmer (Ch leaco. m .• .... W'I:1 L2 W29 \\,10 Ol4 1.0 3 ~·2~ 10.75 14. L. Frilnke n s teln (Knn¥a5 City) ..•. W23 LII WI8 WI9 VI3 U 3~·2~ 10.75 15. Dr. M. Schlosser (DL'Calur, lit.) •. 1.4 L29 \\'ZO 1)2:8 W27 W25 S~·2~ 9.25 16. Y . Ne ugebauer (CnICIIg o , Ill.) ...... 023 L39 W'¥1 D1-4 031 W211 n·2~ 8.7~ 17. Dr. L . C. I.ounl hlt ll-d lson, W II.) .. W32 Wl2 L4 W22 1.7 L9 3·~ 9.500 18. L. '\-Iahcr (MOlin e, III.) ............ _ .... L8 W 2(J L I4 \\' 32 L9 W3~ 3·3 7.SO 19. W. Combachllr (Chlc;I./:'O, III.) ...... W20 LI \\' 39 LH \\'24 I.10 3·3 6.SO 20. J . G. llnecker (Peor ia, I ii.) .......... LI9 L III 1. 15 W30 W36 W37 3·3 6 .SO 21. K . Wiegmann (Ro¢k Is land, III.) .. W40 0 24 Wt$ lA LII 0:!3 3 ·3 10.25 22. R. ~ry (Chicago, IlL) ....... _._ ....... W38 W13 L2 1. 11 \\'26 L8 3·3 5.00 13. Mel ... ln ~",h (Wino na, Min.) ...... Ll~ L25 W43 027 W35 021 3·3 4.75 24. Da ... id ArEan lan (Raci ne , Wis.' 2'h·3'h (8.50); as. Norval SI.unm (HastlnJ:;s, 101 Ich., 2'A-3Y.1 (7 .25); 26. John G. Warren (Roc::k Island , ILl.) 2v.. ·3v.. (6.75); '1:1. lI u , h Hart (O~kwood, 111.) 2'A1-3\i (5.0II); 211. II llnry J etrny (Roek IJliand , ilL) 2 'A1-3\i (4. 75); 29. J . 11. SmlLh (Elllt Molln..,. 1I\.) 2'h-3'1.1 (4.7S); 30. J ack RI"hop (Da ... e n· 1><11'1 . l a.) 2'h-3V! (4.7$); 31. R . O . I"Irebaug h (RobI Tl5On . ILl.) 2'h-3v.. 2.75; S2. John Oh.,rg (Ruelne, Wis.) 2\-i·3\.j, (l.75); 33. Rleh"rtl Kujoth (Mlhuukee, Wis.) M (:;.(10): 34. Orvlll l! .'ra nelsco (Milwaukee, Wis.) 2-4 (~ . SO); 3S. R. L . neUlhcr (Decatur, III. ) £·4 (~.OO); :J6. Clyue II . Gray Waven.,,,,,!, l a. ) 2·,1 Ill.SO): ~7. Ru~lI Schul lze (Mo linc, IJI.J 2-4 (1.00); 38. Dr. A . Ii:. C,'cw (M" "lon, 13.) 1 'h-4~:' !.25I; 39. Melvin Matherly (Ucttenuorf, la .) 1·$ (3.50); 40. Chesh:r A. Lyon (Peoria, III. 1·5 (2.00); 41. G . I. indbcrg (Rock b land, m .) 1·5 (1 .00); 42. Car l P . Janus (Da ... enport, l a .) 1·5 10.00); 43. J o hn P etersen (Centerville, la.) 0-6 (0.00).

Lind l>crll' r"rfdtcd rlr" t th;cc rounds; KuJoth ~nd . ' ran<:i<co witl>drcw af/.<'_r Sih rd ; Mllth.,rly with.:],·ew alter 4th rd .

TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP C o rpus C hr isti, 1 9 5 4

100% USC F Rated Event

I. mil k .., S IIlVC ' ''i (SIIn An toniO) ......... W~ W\9 Wll D2 Dol WG 5 ·1 18.25 2.0",e'1 W. Johnson (Dallas) .. _W21 W 2 W18 D I WII 03 S ·1 18.00 3. H . W. Wilbur (Corpus Chrl~U) . DI8 W31 WI7 Wi3 WI2 02 5 1 15.00 4. J r)f: C llbert (Dallas) ... WI5 W6 W 5 D12 01 0 14 4~·1~ 111.00 5. Willillm A . Dilb (Houstlln ) .. W34 Wl0 1.4 OIl W I3 WI2 4~'H 11.50 ro. N. James (Corpus Christi) ........ W30 lA WIO W20 W16 LI 4·2 12.50 1 . Arne K. P. Hermann (Houston) .. W32 0 13 D20 0 Z2 08 WI8 4·2 11.15 8 . Homer V. fo'aber (Corpus Ch ris ti) W33 W26 L12 05 D7 W22 4·2 11.15 9 . GeorJ:;e II. Sn,ith (lIou5to n ) ... .... _W2'1 017 L13 W26 D 2.2 W19 4 ·2 11.00

10. Cla rk e 1'0sLer (port Arthur) .. W29 L5 1.0 W32 WZ.1 WI7 4 ·2 10.00 11. A . G. Miller (n. Worth) . ..W35 W31 1.1 W21 L2 W20 4·2 9.50 12. Shane O'Neill In llUas) . .... WIG W 25 W8 1)4 L3 L5 31·21 12.25 13. C. F . Tears, Jr. (Dallas) ..... .. ..... W24 0.1 W9 L3 L5 W25 3~·2~ 11 .00 14. Roben W right (Mid land) ....... _1,17 L20 \V31 WU W30 04 3t·2 ~ 7.75 15. J. M. Mo ulde n (D~Ha~1 .. ........ ........ 1..4 W30 I)Zfi LI9 W3:> W24 3~·U 7.25 16. I. W. Allen (San Angelo) ......... LI2 024 W36 W29 1.6 W32 3 ~·21 6.75 17. R. R. Potter (Dallas) .W14 1)<) Ll W24 1)19 LIO 3·3 9.50 18. Willi a m Brow ning (Pasad ena) .1)3 W 28 L2 023 W21 L1 3·3 9. Z.~ 19. L(lui~ J . D ina Wt. W o rth) ...... 0.20 Ll W25 W I5 0 17 L9 3·3 9.00 =-'0. L_ Hyder (ltoc::kdale) ........ 1) 19 W I4 1)7 1.6 \V31 L II 3 -3 9.00 21. J ohn DeVine (P ort Arthu r ) ..... _ LI W21 W32 LII LI8 W31 3 -3 6.50 22. Cedi L. P arkin (Ft. Worth) ...... _ W3'7 J.2: WU U1 D9 L8 3·3 6.50 23. James A. Cr eigh l.(ln (Corpus Chris ti) 2:·3} (S .. OO); 24 . Jerry Armstrong (Corpus ChrIsti) 2 ;.3~ (5.25); T ony Bar low (San Antonio) 2~·3~ (4.75); 216. Jack Moore (Robs· t o wn) 2 ~.3 ~ (4 .15); 'n. J. B. Wooding (San Anto niO) 2 ~.3& (4.25); 28.. Oan n. Carter (Midland ) 2 ~.3 ~ (3.75) ; 29. E . fo' olk W ..,aver (Co r p us Chris tl) 2 ~ .3 ~ (2.00); 30. Ala n Lil~'holm (Co rpus Christ l) 2- 4 (5.00); 31. Ricardo S ilva (Corpus ~rl!<ll 2-4 2.00); 3Z. Henry YOUI18n,an (Corpus ChrIsti) 2-4 (1.50); 33. Mrs. HannI Myers (Corpus Christi) 2·4 11 .00); 34. John O. Banks (Beaumont) I ~"'~ {2.501; 35. Clarence Cleere (N. W o rth) 1 ~-4 1 (I.!!i); 36. Andries Vaet (Borger ' ·5 (2.(M); 31. GeorJ:;e P. AI· bright IT I. Worth ) 1·5 (0.00); 38. Mrs. Francis William5 (Corpus Chrlstl) Q.6 (0.00) .

Sliva fo r feited t o Ml1Ie r In 2nd rd, and Voe t to Carter In 5th rd ; Banks and Voct dr..,w by agreemen t.

JAMESTOWN CiTY CHAMPIONSHIP

I . Axel Anderso n 2. Helge Berquist 3. William WLleoc::l< 4. P. ",,,rty ne •. u k

J a m estow n , 19 54 100% USCF RiII leeI !:vent

.. x xOOl~1 1 1 111 . 11 xx 00 1 1 1 0 1 1 Olll x xlO 101 1

...... 0~0001xxl0 1 110 Floyd Johnson 5~-8~; 7. Alf r ed Benson

, , " , , " 4·10;

10~ ·3& 10&·3l 101l ·3} 6 ~·n

8. R ay 5. Edwin J o hnson 5~-8~; 6. Pillddrll< 3·11.

In a pla)··off II. Berqubt a nd W. Wilcock scored 3· 1 eaeh . and A. Anderson 0--4.

CLEVELAND CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Cleveland, 1 954

100% U5C F Ra t ed E .... e n t

1. Rudol f Pilsehak ......... x 1 1 1 1 1 8 .() 28.00 2. DaHon Stau ... ers .......... _ .. _ ........ _0 x ! 0 1 1 51·2! 15.50 3. Lawrenee Llpki I18 .. .. ... __ ...... _0 0 xli t I 5~·2~ 15.25 4. Dr. Lmll Roe thler .. .. ............ _._0 • 0 x 1 ~ 1 5 ·3 13.00 S. Thomas E11Ison ..... _............. .. ... _0 I 0 0 x lI t 1 411-3 1 12.25 6. Dr. R. R. McCready 3 ~-U (R.OO); 7. J ean Cohn 2~ ·5~ (3.25); 8. Elliot E. Stearns g.(l; 12.25); 9. Zo ltnn Pauer o-R.

L ,. ,. .. ,.

Pauc.r Wit hdrew afte r t hIrd r o und.

SEATTLE CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSH IP S eaHle, 1954

", .. usc!" R a t ed E"' c n t ( ·l,,,rl ,· ~ Roshl"'", ...... x " , , • , D an \ \ '" .1" ..... 1 , , , .. , .. Ru~ ... ·11 Vd ltas ... _. ..... 0 • , , , ,

" "m ~" .• ·" ,.."irk .. _ ............ _._._ .... _ .. _ .. ...... ........ 0 , , , , , , J'olin S. n"W lll . .......... _ ... ............... 0 , , , I ,

, , 5~·21 , , 5~·n , , • . , , , • 21 · S)

• , , 2}-S~

NORTH CAROLINA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP R a leigh , 1 9 5 4

100% USCF Raled eva nt I. G. l{uuJS (P ope t"leld) ........ _ .... ~ ...... W I7 D3 W!rI W,. W1 4}. I U.50 2. Dr ..... \'01 . J enkins (ltalelg h ) ................ W 11 W4 W IO WS LI 4 ·1 1G.50 3. C. C. Crillend e n C Rale l;:h) ...... _ ......... W21 DI WI3 L2 WlI 3HI 15.17 4. Pete He nderson (Chapel Hill) ........ WI8 L2 WII!)(i W7 3~.t j 13.75 5. I ... an Stral. (n . 8 "an:) ...... ~ ............ W I9 W16 D12 L I WIO 36·11 13.50 6.' Dr. GM. Ha"we ll (l)urha m ) ................ W8 1.10 W22 0 4 W9 3~·1 ' 1:t.50 7. J . S. 'r own !k:nd (Smlthrield ) ... .. ... 1.9 W20 W I4 WI2 L4 3' . 2 12.!8 8. Ron;lld S impson (f 'ayeUe ... llle) ..... .1.0 W21 LI5 WIG WIB 3 ·2 10.92 9. Hue-h Trotti (1)''''1<.180n) ..... .. W7 012 1..1 WI3 L6 2il·2li 16.00

10. n. A. Kahn (ChUlolt~ ...................... W24 W6 L2 Oil W 2 ~·2l 13.50 11. WlIlhun Cr owtler (G r eensb o ro) ...... 1.2 WI8 W I!rI 010 L3 2~·26 13.25 I:t. I)r. N. M. Horfllitein (Southport) .... WlO D9 o.S L7 014 26·2) 12.88 13. W. A llen (Raleigh) ___ .. _ ...... _ .......... 014 W IS t.3 1.9 WI7 2~·2} 12.38 14. A. Henry Gaede (Charlotte) .......... D13 l)!7 1..1 W21 012 2~ ·2} 10.00 15. C larenCe Sand ers (),!Izabeth CIlY I .. WZ2 1. 13 WI Ill ? L t 6 2~·n 10.50 16. Oll ... er C. lIutarr (W llmln,ton) 2·3 (12.$0); 17. A lberl Marll'oUs (S t . Pliul.) 2·3 (11.38); 18. Karl Ginte r (Ch ~ rlotte) 2·3 (lUIO); 19. J . Brown .: ..... n . (S t. P au ls) 2·3 (1.25); 211. D. N. meh (R~leii:h) 2-3 (B.17) ; 21. Edward Scheidt Ra le igh) 1·4 (8.50); 22. William E. Cox (Southel'n P ines) 1-4 (10.00); 13. Robert Mille r cn . Hrai:i:) 1-4 (7.00); :!4. Paul N(!wton (Raleli:h l 0.5 (O.OO).

Scheidt . tor te lle<! t o Gaede and Newton, Newto n rorre lted to Miller and Seh e l,J l. Solkorr.ModlflcaUon P oln", us ... -d. In extended t o r ,n.

KALAMAZOO VALLEY CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHI P Ka lolmol,oo, 1954

100,," U5CF Itl ted E .... "t CH AMP IONSH IP FI NALS

I. SII"lue l AU..,rlon (Kalamazoo) .. , 2. Hardtion K h.(!I1I' (Ot~e(l'o) •. ........ • ........................... ~ 3. Henry n. Melnfe ,·t (Ka lamaloo) ..... . ...................... ~ ~. Carl Blankenburg (Kal"'lI;'~O(OI .............................. ...... ...... 0 5. Ilobert walsh (Kalamauoo) 1 ~·4~ ; 6. Mll rshpll Denni s

Green (Otseg;o) 1·5. ~ P RELIMIN A RY QUALIFYI NG

~ 1 I 1 1 x J I I I l I x , I I 1 O ~ xll' l (qtsee-o) 1-5; 7.

" 4 !.1~

4 ~." 3~·2~

Lineoln

L Robe rt Walsh (Kalamazoo) ........ W I6 W17 \V!I WI3 4 .() 2. Carl BLo.nl'cnburg (R: .. lumuQo) WII W8 W IO Wl4 4 ·0 3. H a rrison Kindi g (Otseg o) .... ..... ............... .......... WI5 WI6 W13 W12 4'() 4. MaI"lih ~ lI DenniS (Otsego) ................. . ................ WI2 WI8 1.6 W9 a ·1 5. 1.lneoln Gr_n (Otseg o ) .. _ .. _........... .. ... ~ ... W I7 L ll W15 W IO 3·1 6. Ojars Purlns (Ka lamazoo) _ ...... __ .......... WI ... L9 W4 1Y1 2t· l ! 7. 1\. Kle bers (Kolamazoo) ........ ........ _... .. .... _., .......... W20 1.10 W8 D6 2~·lt 8. Harold .lone. (Ka la mllzoo) .... ....... W21 L2 L7 W I6 2·2 9. lle rnard Smll h (Kalam~zoo) .... ......... W I9 W6 Ll L4 2 ·2

10. Or. It. 11.. MacNeill (Ka lumuZ(lO) . WI8 W1 L2 hi 2 ·2 I I. GUY H. Otl, (Kuia mazoo) .... ... ~ .. L2 W 5 L ll WI8 2·2 12. A. t"itzgerald (Kalamazoo) ................ _ ....................... lA W2 Wil 1.3 2 ·2 13. It. Kaereh<!J' (Kalamazoo) ............. ........... Bye W14 ' L3 LI 2 .! 14. Paul I.ii: ... oet (Kalamazoo) 1·3; IS. F. Libin (K~lamazoo) 1--3 ; 16. Osborne McNett (Ka la rnnoo ) 1·3; 17. Roy P earl'O n (Kaillmazoo) 1.3; 18. Douglas Green Jr. (Otsego) 04; 19. R. Balllnll'er /Kalamnoo) 0-4; 20. N. Daulbergs (Ka lamazoo) 0-4; 21. II. Kaln in s (K"lan."zou) 0·4. . l) a ulbergs fortelted to Llb in nnd Kaln ins tOl'telte,j t o Jone~.

BUCCANEER OPEN CHAMPIONSHIF Cor pus Chris ti , 1954

, 100% USCF RMeeI Event 1. Artul'o Pmllar (M a d rid, Spain) ............. _W I5 W8 W4 1)2 W9 4~· ~ 14.00 2.. Robe ,·to Trevino (Monterre y, Me x.) ........ W20 W9 WI2 UI 0.3 4·1 11.50 3. Georl!e H. Smith (Huus {()n, Tex.) .. .... ...... IM W I8 W5 DI3 02 3~.l l 10.25 4. J o hn D. Payne (San AntoniO, Tex.) ...... W7 011 L l WI4 W12 3 ~ ·n 9.25 5. Jerr y Armstrong (Corpus Christl) .... W 16 W 21 1..3 0 12 W ll 3!·H 7.250 I. Norman J ames (Corpus Christi) _ .......... _0 3 014 015 WI6 D1 3·2 7.75 7. II.rne P . Hllrmann (H o uston, T ex.) ........ T..4 W20 W21 011 Dti 3 ·2 6.25 I. Harley O. Wilbur (Corpus Christl) .. _ .. __ W22 LI _ nil Di ll W13 3 -3 5.7:; 9. make Stevens (San Antonio, T ex.) ....... . W23 1.2: WI7 Wlli Lt 3 ·2 5.50

10. Honler V. F a ber (Coo'pus Chri stl) .... ........ LI I W24 LI3 W22 WI9 3 ·3 3.00 11. Robe,·t S. BrIeger (Hous t on, Tex.) .. ...... W IO D1 1)8 D7 LS 2~·2 1 7.n 12. Wm. C. Hrownlng (plosadena, '1'ex.) ___ .. __ _ WI9 W17 1.2 0 5 lA 2,.21 5.75 13. Charles H. Fuchsman (CorpUI Christl ) .. L 17 W 22 WIO 03 L8 2 ~.2 ~ S.73 14. John Ale xande r (San Diego, Call!.) ........ 0 18 D6 0 16 lA W21 2!.2 ~ $.00 U. M. R. BelI ri (Harlingen, Tex.) ... _ ......... _ .. LI WU 0 6 L9 W I8 2~·2~ 4.50 IS. F.. F o lk Wea ... er (Corpus Christi, Tell. ) 2·3 (4.25); 17. Allen H . Baker (San A nton io, 'f ex.) 2-3 (4.25); 18. William H. J a nes (Leroy, T ex.) 2·3 (3.75); 19. Hans L. Weigand (Victoria, T e x .) 2·3 (3.00); 20. James Creighton /Corpus Christi, T ex. ) 2-3 (1.00); 21. Wimam A. Bills (Hou~ton , Tex.) 1 ~·3 ~ (1.00); 22. J ack Moore (R ob$town, Tex.) 1-4 (0.00); 23. Paul Tay)o r (Houston, Tex.) 1-'1 (0.00); 24. Burr Meador (So. 1I0uston, T ex. ) 0-5 (0.00) .

Janes forfeited 13.~t rou n d gam e to Bedrl.

MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP N ew York, 1954

100% USCF Rated Even t B DI V ISIO N CO NSOLATION

I. Ludwig Gelobte r ............................ . ..... .... x x Z. Maxwell 1,. SOkol e r ....................... ....... __ .. ___ .............. 0 1 3. Kurt Rosenberg _ ...... _ ........ _._._ ............ _ .1 0 4. PhL1lp H. Geor ge _ ....... _ .. _._. __ ..... __ ........ _ .......... ... 0 0

C D IVI SION

1 0 . 0 I x x ~ 1 i 0 x x ~ 1 ! 0

" .. .. .. I. Ra n d all McMurray .x ! 1 1 1 6~· ~ 2. Henry C. Spiewak ............ ........ .. .... ..... .. /1 x I 1 I ~ 6 ·1 3. Pau l Relr .................... ...... .. .... .... .. 1) 0 x 1 I 1 5·2 4. Miss ~·ranees Oswald ....................... 0 0 0 x 0 I 1 I 3 -4 5. Benjamin Brown 2-5; 6. Kurt Juh n 2-5; 7. Or. William Pau l 2·5; 8. Mlca las A. C;llyO 1~·S~ .

MIAMI GAMBIT TOURNAMENT Mia mi , 1954

USCF Clob E .... nt 1. N. B. Cburch .... __ .W5 W2 W7 W4

W5 1.2 W7 lA 2. Murray Cohen ........... W8 WI W4 W3

W8 1.1 lA L3 3. Cha rles Wl.sch .... _._ W7 W4 W8 W2

L7 L4 W8 L2 4. Carllon Hurst ......... ....... W9 W3 W2 WI

W9 L3 L2 Ll 5. Arne P ederson 5-7; 6·7. Armst rong Chinn 4-8; 8. E . Rosenteld 3·9.

Doub le round event; SoikoH points used .

W3 W9

'" W9 W9 W7 WO W, W I W5 L l L5 W5 W8 U; La Scheuplair

9 ., 35.00

., 34.00

,., ... '" , ., 37.00

4·8; , . Charles

Gbess tift T,,,d,,, P'g' 'I '<J I Jut., 10, 19;4 TOURNAMENT ROUND-UP

ALBUQUERQUE CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Albuquerque, 1954

100% USCF Rated Event I . Jack Shaw .WUI W8 W4 W!) 02 DS 05 5H~ 28.S 2. Uoger Haines ..... . W14 WIO 09 Wli DI W4 D3 S~· l j 28.5 3. Hall Jones , .... ".... . ...... L8 WI9 W5 WIS W l() D I 02 1i ·2 24 .5 . 4. JessliYe Wh.,..,l..,r .. ..... Wll Wl~ Ll WIll. W9 1.2 WII 5·2 26.5 5. noyd Miller ........... L7 '!"IS L3 Wig Wli WII 01 411-2~ 2.6.0 6. Art InnIs . W2fl 07 W8 L2 L5 W14 WU 4~ -2 ~ 23.5 7. Cordon Chadton .... .... ......... W,'; D6 LI8 LlO W14 W9 Wl3 4 ~-21 21.5$ 8. L. W. [)orbandt ..... ................. W3 Ll I..(; WIH WI2 WIO IA 4 -3 27.0 9. Warren Miller ...... ................ W19 WI7 D2 LilA L 7 WI6 3~-31 14.5 10. Frank Groesbeck 3-4 (22.0); 11. Hichard Adlar 3-4 . (19 .0); 12. F. A. WIWams 3-4 (18.0); 13. W. A. Huff 3-4 (15.0)0; 14. H. n. Shafter 2·5 (23.5); 1~. L. E. TrlSUan 2·5 (15 .0); 16. Jerry Davis 2·5 (12.5); 17. J. n. Cole 2-5 (6.5); 18. David Neal 1·6 (23.0); 19. Dr. IIurrlS 0·7 (16 .0); 20. Max Mill~r 0-7 (7.5); 21. Richaro Jcpp 0-7 (5.0); 2~. Bust..,r Morrles 0 ·7; 23. W . H. Howerton 0·7.

Solkoff points uscd . Howerton, Morrlcs and Huff forfeited 1st rd; M orrles forfeited to Adair, Harris to Davis, Trlsti,m to Adair, ilnd Grt.>esbec k t o Dorban<lt. HQw{)rton withdrew after 1st rd; Jepp, M. Miller, Cole and ?1Qrrles a(lel" 2nd rd; Harris and Trlstlan after 5th rd ; and Groesb ... -<:k alter 6th rd.

Shaw Won playoff for 1st ove r n alnes l'h-'h; Jones won playoff fo r 3rd Over Wheeler 2-t1.

RACINE CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP R acin e, 1954

100% USCF Rated Event 1. Joe Zfomek .WU L2 WI0 W2L W3 W6 W 5 G -0

. 2. R. E. IUgg ................ .. ....... WI0 WI D3 W6 W4 1.5 W8 51- , 3. And j NUke . ... ... W'I:1 W9 D2 D4 Ll WlS Wll 5 ·2 4. RUdy Kunz ....... ... D5 WI2 WB D3 L2 we 06 4 ,\.2~ 5. Jim Weidner. • .... .1)4 W22 1.6 Wz:l WI4 W2 LI 4~·2~ 6. Art Do msky ...... ... .......... . W1S _ WS W5 L2 W7 LI 04 4 -3

17.25 t4.75

7. John OISQn ................... .. WI7 L21 DIl WIZ 1.6 LIO WI5 3~·3~ 11.25 11. JQ1m SJuempflg ,,~,~ ••..• Wl.o; m lA Wil W2J lA L2 3t.Jl 10.:;0 9. Frank BuUenhoff ._._ .. Wll L3 LIS LIO WIG W21 013 31·31 10.2:;

10. Erwin Poetschke ~ __ •• .L2 W26 Ll W9 W7 OIZ 3l-3! 9.75 II. Bernard. Gill •.•..•..• ____ .1.9 WI8 ()7 1.8 W2:2 WI4 L3 n--3~ 9.75 12. H. C. Zierke ....... __ ... Ll L4 W22 L7 WI8 W:U OlO 31-31 S.75 13. Robert Kilt ........ __ ._. __ ......... . ___ W25 WZ4 LI5 W2:2 D9 3}-3~ 5.75 14. Kenneth Ager 3-C ".(0); 15. Cllris Deck 3-4 (8.00); 16. Hank Brannum 3-4 (6.00); 17. Olde Freer 3--4 (5.00); 18. Walter Teubner 3-4 (4.00); 19. Dennis Smith :t-4 (4.00); 20. Bill NelliOn 3-4 (2.00); 21. Vlnee Kal$<.lr 2-5 (4..so); 22. Ruu Kime '2·5 (4.00); 23. John F"oueht 2-5 (2.00); 24. reter ThC!Os t -6 (3.00); 25. Ronald Gr«D 1-6 (1.00); 26. E . i\hck I~ (0.00); '1:1. Gerald Gondert 1-6 (0.00); 2:8. Gerald H eath 1-6 (0.001.

PORT ARTHUR CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Port Arthur, 1954

100% USCF Rated Event 1. Clarke FOliler .•..•. W4 W3 W9 W5 1.6 W7 02 $J;·a 2. J ohn De Vine ......••..•..•..• ~ .W6 W7 L4 ~ W3 W5 Dl 51·1. 3. A. R. Vander rloe.!: ................ W5 1.1 W6 W7 W8 L2 D4 4l-2~ 4. J. L. Me.dows •.•.•. . Ll L5 W2 W8 W9 WIO D3 41-21 5. John SI.<IrtJ. ............. ___ •• _ ....••. L3 W4 Wll LI W7 1.2 WI0 4-3

WI 1.8 W9 31·31

2O.7S 19.75 14.75 13.75

"'" 10.50 6; B. W. Foster ....•. .•.••.••.•• _._ •. _ .. ... L2 1.3 Wl0 OIL -..: Jame~ West 3-4 (6.00); 8. fia r k Swain 2.-5 (S.SO); · fI. McMaster 2-5 (4.00) ; 11. Nea l Rader, Jr. 2-5 (3.7$).

Walter Emmons 2-5; 10. I. D .

McMaster forteited to Meadows and Startz..

CLASS B TOURNAMENT I. Carroll Lewis .... _. __ ._ ....... W2 WI2 D4 WIl W7 W3 W8 6~- t

5~-1~

4&·21 'l·2~

24.25 18.25 13.75 11.75 10.00 .. " '-', 8.75 G.75

2Hl

· 2. J . Don Lewis ...... __ . __ ........ LI W6 W13 D7 WIO W5 W3 3. Elllmett Pl.e~ •...•. ____ ._ ........ WI3 W7 D12 W4 W9 L l L2 4. W. P. White ........... _. ___ ._ ....... W5 W 13 DI L3 L IO W I' W7 5. W. A. Parker •.••.. _. __ .••.• _._ •... 1A 1.8 WIl W12 WI3 L2 W9 • ·S .. ,

n-S! 6. Steve Emmons ..•. _._._._ •.•..•..•. . 1.9 L2 L7 WI 4 WII WI2 WIO 7. Dean Oo.-.;:hester ........ _ ........... WI4 L3 W6 02 Ll WIO IA 8. R . F. TTow .............. ___ ........ .. _LI2 W5 LIO D9 WI4 Wll LI 31-3}

3}-3} 9. TOil> Wilten ...... _ .... _._._ ...... _W6 LIO WI4 OS L3 WI3 1.5 10. M. E. Gilliland 3-4 (11..50); 11. Russell Avant 3-01 (S.50); 12. Riehard (6.75); 13. E. L. Jo'alTOw 1-6; 14. Ray V. Heblnck 0-7.

T..andry

Cllilland fQrrelied to Emmons.

ROCHESTER·SYRACUSE·QUEEN CITY MATCH

Qu""n Clty (Buffa loj I. Roy Blac:): ._._ •... __ ._1 •. 3. Robert 4. Vernon ,.

Mekus .•..• _ ... 1 C able ....• _._1 .

6. Georee Mayer _ •..•..•• 1 7. Samuel FruceUa ._ 0 •. 9. Nonnan Wilde r ••.. ~ •• 1 '

10. Zygmunt Stopln$kl _~ U. 11. Arnold Kral ............ __ 1 13. Rene uBlan.:; ...• _._._1 ... IS. Henry FTCltag ..... .•. _ .. 1 16. Ceuree Chase ..•.•• _.1

". 18. Wllllam. Rusch .... ___ 1

Rochester, 1954-

100% USCF RateJ Event Roc:hest..r

Erleh Man::hand .... _ .. _ .. 0 Ma" Henberger ~ .. _._ .. A

V. Welg _ .. ................. __ .... 0 G. Neldleh •.............•.• _ .. 0

J . Hatenoehrl .... _ ... _ ... 1 F. Nevld .. _ ...........• ____ 6

E. LeHuu ..... _. ___ ..• G. Crandall ....... _. ____ 0

Y. ReTCh ................ __ .0 N. Rlekless ....... ..... __ ..... 1

C. Hennye ...................... _ . II. Carlton ............ ____ . ,

Roehester ....•...... __ .5-7

Bruno S<;hmidt .••. R . Saeh! .... .•..•..•.•..••.• ...... 0

H. Broden .... ..... 1 C. Alper •.•..•. _._ •.• _ •..•. .... 0

A. Wood .... _. __ . _ _ ... 1 Mrs. K. Nye __ ._ ....... 0

R. Buck O. Dann

.... _______ ...... 1

........ _._.~ .•..•. ..• _ ... 0

W. lfod, kinson __ ... ..0 S. BIschQf _.~._._.~_ •..•..... 0

D. Cantor ....... ____ ....... 0 J . Cummings ___ .• _._ •...... 0

Syracu$l! ... _. __ ._ .... _ .. 3-9

A trl.llngu1ar match. acco rding t Q the paUern r ecommended for three team~ in one ~lmu l taneO\lS e ngagement. u described by the late Gene Conett.

EDISON CHESS [} CHECKER CLUB CHAMf lONSHIP D etroit, 1954

100% USCF R~t~ event \. Edward I. Treend ... _ ...................... __ .... " 1 0 ~ I I I 1 I 1 2. David Roberlson ..... ___ .......... __ .. ___ ._ .. 0 x 0 1 I lit 1-l 3. Arbra O. ;\tason •.• _ ...• _ •• ~_ .............. ___ ._ .... I 1 x t 0 1 0 1 1 1 4. Reginald M. Blachron! ._ ••..•........•.••.• _ ...•...• ~ 0 ~ x 0 ; I I 1 I 5. Rlehan! F. Mahon .............. _ .... .................. _ .... 0 0 I I " 1 1 1 I 6. Marsh CUnnls .......... ____ .......... _ .... _._.0 0 0 I 0 " 1 I 1 I 1 1 7. Ray ri1\ote l a ·7 ~; II. W. Albf'rt Frankenfield noll~ ; 9. E. Jem Emery 10. Aroo Koch 1I-9}; u . F!"Ink Carleton 1-10; 12. Edward JablonSki I-lOt.

9p~ , ., 8}.2~

7 ~-3~

" H I~-n;

INDIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Logansport, 1954

100% USCF R~ted Event \. Fisher ........... _._.......... ....... . ......• W22 W37 Will W2 WI! 5 ·0 18.50 2. JO)llfoS .............. _..... . •.••..... W4 W7 W I5 Ll WIZ 4 · 1 17.50 3. Brooks .......... ... ............. W24 . W16 DI0 W17 07 4· 1 15.25 4. t')IIPps ........ ... L2 W31 W22 W9 WI0 4 ·1 15.00 5. Bersbach ..•..•............. . .. .... 1.10 WU W29 W IS W I3 4 _) 13.50 G. £rps ...... ............................................. ...... W32 L I7 W35 W 21 W14 4 . ) 13.00 7. DQnndly ...... ...... ....... W2.Il L2 Wll W15 03 3~-U 13.50 II. Oren .................. W30 Wll W13 DIO Ll a;'·111 13.00 9. Rhead ...•.•. , .......................... . ...... W31 W27 D17 lA W26 3l-1~ 10.75

10. Vall<! ............................ W5 W35 03 DS L4 3·2 1~.25 11. Herg .. .... ... ...........•......... WZO La L7 W3:l W30 3·2 9.50 12.. Uollun ...... ._.................. . ... . LI8 W30 W37 W IG L2 3 ·2 9.00 13. Shellenberger ............. ......... __ ...•. ........... W38 W33 L8 W23 L5 3 -2 9.00 14. Sallshury ........ ... ....................•.......... LI7 W~8 W3S W25 I--6 3 ·2 9.00 15. Martinson .... W42 W29 L2 L7 W I? 3 ·2 7.50 16. H ewes .... W40 UI WlG L IZ W28 3 -2 7.SO 17. Hont . ....... ...... •... . ......................... ..... WI4 W6 D9 L3 L 15 2~-2~ 11.25 III. Rlchnrdson .•.•.............. WI2 W23 LI L5 D21 2~.2~ 9.25 19. C lark •.......... L35 D24 D26 W2<l 02S n-2~ 11.50 w. B')Chdo/t .. ........ ................... ..LIt 0 21 W24 LI9 W'Zt 2/1_2/1 8.2.,> 21. Subanovle ..... D26 OZO W27 L6 DIS 21-2~ S.OO 22. RelllUS ...... Ll W34 lA W35 D23 2~ ·2~ 7.25 z:l. Shuler ............ W39 LIS W33 L13 D22 Z.!;-n 7.25 24. Dreyfu~ ............ _ ............. L3 0 19 L20 W37 W34 2! _2~ 6.75 25. Fal\ber ...... .... ..•. . .... ......... 1.37 W42 W32 LI4 Dl9 . 2~·211 5.75 26. Emile 2-3 (6.50); Xl. F laudlng 2--3 (5.50); 28. Thomas 2·3 (5.00); 29. Martlnak 2·3 (5.00): 30. Trlnks 2·3 (4.50); 3T. MeGralh 2-3 (4.00); 32. HQrnc 2·3 (4.00); 33. Rager 2-3 (4.00); 34. BielaWSki 2·3 (3.00); 35. H edieock 11-31 (4.75); 36. Monahan I L-:l.~ (3.25); 37. O'ConnQr 1·4 (3.50); 311. Kin g 1-4 (2.00); 39. Elpers 1-4 (2.00); 40. Ga rrett 1·4 (1.00); 41. Mo rgan 1-4 (1.00); 42. Chalk O·S (0.00).

NORTH SHORE INVITATIONAL TOURN EY Newburyport, 1954

100% USCF Rateel event I. Orlando A. Lester (WfoSt Newbury, lIta$S.) ___ ....... _ ..••.••.. " 2. Harlow B. Da ly (Santord, Maine) --.-•.. - .. . --... _ .................. 1 x 3. J Ohn A. Curdo (Lynn, MIlS$.) .•. __ . .. ...... _. __ .............•... 0 I " 4. llartlett Could (Newbury\>(>rl, l'oIau .) ...••.•... _ .... ___ ....... ~ .• _.t 0 0 " 5. Charles Sharp (West St:arboro, Maine) •..• _._._._ •.. _ .. ....•... _ .. 0 D D 0 x G. Charlcs Waterman (Amesbury, Mu.s..) ............ __ .... _ ... ...••• ~_o 0 0 0 0 x

ST. LOUIS DISTRICT CHAMPIONSH IP St_ i::ouis, 1954

100% USCF Rated Event

· ., ... 3H~ 2}-2b , .• o .,

I. John V. Ragan ..... _ .. _ ... _... • •.• _. ___ ............. x I 1 I I 1 1 I 8J· ~ 2. Frederle S. Anderson _ ............. H. __ M ........ ......... ; x 1 I 1 I 6 1 n·lt 3. Harold Branch .......... _ ... _ ..............• __ ........ . ...... 0 0 " 0 0 I I 1 5 -4 4. Edmund Godbold __ .~.... . .... ..... _ ......... ... ......... .. 0 0 1 X t 1 0 0 41-4 , 5. Charl~ M. Burton __ .... ...•... ......... _._ .... _._ .. 0 0 I , x 1 0 0 1 I 4 l-4~ 6. lIary A. Lew 4·5; 7. Mulon F . Alplser 3 ~-5~; 8. W. U. C. Ncwberry n-5~; 9. Cerald Von Brantley 2-7; 10. David W. Edwards 2.-7.

DALLAS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP 0 ;111015, 1954

100% USCF Rated Event \. Jesse St.-app •..........••.• _ •.•....... .......... _ ....... _ ..... x 1 I ~ 0; , , , .

" 0

2. Junl.. Jurevlc.t .. ~._._ ••.••. ........... __ . __ ..... 0 " I t 1 3. RObert B. Potter •.•. _._._.. . ...... _____ .... 1 ~ " 0 4. C. F. '1'ears. Jr •.. _. __ ._.... . ..... _._. ___ ... ; I I X 5. Joe T. Gilbert •..•.••.•..• _._ ................ _ ... _ ...... 1 0 0 t 6. Leon Poliakoff ...... _._ ...• ........•.••.•••..•.•. _ •. 0 '0 0 1 7. Gustav Jurevici ... ___ . __ .... ........... _ ......... 0 I I ~

8. Geor.!:c S. Kenny W; 9. Shan e O'Neil 4l-6l; 10. A. D~y 2-9; 12. Juhn Knott 2-9.

o , , " 101 o x I 1 lO x 0 w. T. Stranee

Day forfeited to Stapp, Potter, Kenny. Strange, and Knott.

, , , , .. , , 0 , , , , , 0 3-8;

CAPITOl CITY CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIF' Sat;ramento, 1954

lDO% USCF Rated Event

, , " , 7i-3~

0 , . , , . , , . , , . , ... ". Frank

1- A. Janushkowsky ..... WIO W2 W4 014 V 3 W5 W7 6·1 27.0 2. o. A. C~lIe .•....... . ..•.... WII LI 07 WG W9 W8 W3 5~.l t 26.0 3. J . 8. Gee _ •...... W8 WI2 D 14 W5 Dl D4 L2 4i·2~ 28.5 4. III. O. Meyer ........ . W9 W-tt LI WS 014 1)3 L5 4·3 16.5 5. J . A. Celie •.•.•..•..•..•.. _ ........... W13 LI4 W5 1.3 WIO 1.1 W4 4·3 25.!i 6. N. T. Austin ..•..•.• __ .•....... L t 2 W1I L5 L2... Wl3 WII WS 4·3 21.5 7. t ·. Clawson 3-4 (26.0); •. W. H arlley 3-4 (24.5J; 9. c . Iver-n 3-4 (22.5); 10. Neal 7.lmmerman 2'h.-4 !,1~ (25.5); 11. HarOld Keilh 2~~-4'At (21.5); 12. Frnnk Jacnon 2'h· 4 Y.t (20.5); 13. Hi (22.5); 14. R. E. Russell 3'11-110'. .

SOlkoff pointl used. Russell withdrew after 5th round .

COLUMBUS Y CHESS PRIZE TOURNAMENT Columbus, 1954

100% USCF Rat~ hent 1. J amel St:hroeder . ____ ..•. _ .... ___ ._x I I 1 I I 1 2. Harold Snyder .. _ ... _._._ ..... ......... _. ____ .0 X 0 i ll I , 3. Tim An<lerson ........ ___ ............. ___ .,..._ .. ~ ) " 0 1 0 I I 4. V. Voskn::ssensky ••.••.. _ •.••.•• _ ..••.• _ •.•• ___ ..•• 0 ~ I " • 1 0 0 5. Mort Nelson .......•..•..• _ .................................. 0 0 0 ~ x 0 1 I 6. Goor.!:e Hudson ....................... ...... ......... _ .... 0 0 l Ot x 0 0 I I 7. WUUam Rebold 5-6; ' 8. John PuSttker 5-6; 9. raul Thorqpson ~·7 ; hI. l-oenlng 4·7 ; 11. Char1e. McCracken 2-9; 12. Gerald Platau t· l0~.

AMARILLO CHESS CLUB QUEEN PAWN TOURNAMENT Amarillo, 1954

(Not 100% USC F Raled- Restricted Movo hent l I. llOb Beardon ............. ..... _ ...... W7 W3 W8 W4 L2 4 · 1 2. Ebner L. "'mier .......... _.. . ............. _._.W4 1.6 L3 W8 WI 3 ·2 3. Thurman T igart ........ __ ._ ............... __ .. W8 Ll W2 W6 L5 3 ·2 4. C. A. Mahler, Jr. ~ ___ ._ .... ... _._._ ...•. 1.2 W7 W5 LI WS 3 ·2 5. G. G. Kirkland •......... _. __ ._ ............... __ .L6 WS 1A W7 W3 3 ·2

10~· ~ · ., 7 ~-3 ~ ,. 6~·4~ · ., Kurt

21.6 ".0 " .. 18.4 16.0

6. Tommy Ueagor 2.-3 (21.61; 7. Ralph T. Price " 3 ( 17.2); 8. R. D. Haynu 14 E. A. Coons Polnu used for tie-breaking.

(16.4).

Columbus YMCA Chess Club (Ohio): Arturo Pomar ""on TI, lost 3; and drew 5 at simultaneous exhlblUon, lOlling to WIlliam Reba ld , MlirvIn Al1ISI.m. and Henry Schuer and J im St:hroeder In

con5ull .. ,Uon. ThOlle who drew with the Spanish master were William PraU,

Silen LIn, MarlOn" TInsley, Erlch Neuge­bauer, and I rwin Underwood.

LARRY EVANS ON THE OPENINGS By International Master LARRY EVANS

u. S. CHESS CHAMPION , 1951-53

The Nimzo-Indion Defense Concluded A' F1'ER 1 P-Q4, N-KB3; 2 P·QB4,

P-K3; 3. N-Q8l, S·NS; the sharpest and most crucial of W hite's a lternatives is 4-P-QR3, the Sacmisch Variatio n, introduced in the 1920's, aba ndoned, exhumed in the 1940's, and pt'escntly tapering of! in popularity. Let us I'e-ap­praise its pres~nt stalus to deter­mine whether this status is realis­tic. Arlel" 4 BxNch, 5 PxB, we arrive by force at Diagram, 1.

Po,;tion "'ttr

The Saemisch Variation pre. sents something or a theoretic'al paradox: utlimately H issues the rnDSt cl'uclal theoretical challenge to the validity of the NimzQ.Jndian Defense. If While's slru lcgy is sound-losing a tempo to prOvoke Bl ilck to do whilt he is prep. red to do . nyway- then the ddense must be seriously suspect, instcad of being currently endowed with the. OI'ctical impregnability. Severa l leading players do, however, cham. pion the Sacmisch System with fair re:;ults. The va riation. in the hands or an agg~ssive player, lends it. selr to rich attacking possibilities. Let us set! why. Let liS see the per­ils which awa it Black in stru ight. fo rward s trategical exploitation of White 's doubled QBP.

Black has mally moves here: 5 ... 0·0. or 1'·84, or P·Q3 or N·R3. or P·QN3. or P·Q4. Nat~ral­Iy, the possibilities o[ transposi· tion are ubundant. All the above m(}V()s represent attempts to ex­ploit White's doubled P.awns-all . that is, with the exception of 6 .. : P.Q4. which wc may j Ul'lt :IS well dispose of here and now. It I)er. mils Whi le to immedintely dis. solve his doubled Pawns. and con. demns Black to passivity. Alter 5 ... p.Q4; 6 PxP, PXPj 7 P.K3,

r ·B4 j 8 8-Q3. 0 ·0 : 9 N·K2, P·QN3j 10 0.0. B·R3; 11 BxB with advan· tage, as in the key game, Botvin· nik·Capabla nca, Avro, 1938.

Bronstein·Sza bo, Budapest, 1950, continued trom Diagram 1: 5 . •. 0-0; 6 P·Bl, N·R4!? (6 ... P·Q4 ;

7 PxP, PxP; 8 P·K3, B·B4 is prob· ably better); 7 N·R3 (Black was thrcatening Q·R5ch), P.KB4; 8 p. K4, P·B4? (Correct is 8 . PXP; 9 B·NS, Q·K l ; 10 PXP, P·K41)j 9 P·KS, N·B3; 10 P·B4+

Najdorf.Beni, Dubrovnik, 1950, continued f rom Diagram 1: 5. 0·0; 6 P·B3, N·KI ?! 7 P.K4, P·QN3; 8 B·Q3, B.R3; 9 N·R3, N·QB3; 10 P·KS, P·B3; II Q·K2, N·R4; 12 R. QNI ±

Geller-5myslov, XVII USSR Chmp., continued from Diagram 1:

5. N.B3; 6 P·B3, P·QN3; 7 P·K4, B·Rl; 8 B·NS, P·R3; 9·B·R4, N·QR4; 10 Q·R4, Q·BI; II N·R3 ±

Kotov.Kcrcs, Budapest, 1950, continued with Spo·K! (instead ot B-N5 in the above game), N·KNI ; 9 N·R3, N·R4; 10 Q·R4, N·K 2: II B.ol, 0-0; 12 S·NS!, p·lt3; 13 B.

'R4+

Bronsteln.Tllimnnoy. XIX USSR Chmp., 1951, continucd Irom Dia· gram 1: 5. •. P-QN3; 6 P·B3, B. R3; 7 P·K4, P·Q4!?; 8 P·K 5, N.NI ; (U 8. KN·Q2; 9 PXP, BxE; 10 KxB, PxP; 11 p.B4, N·B3; 12 Q. N4-Taimanov); 9 N·Rl, N·K2 ('L'ai manov comments that if 9 . ...... .. I'xP; to B·K2 followed by 0.0 givcs Wh ile n s trong attack. This is dubious, fOI" then Black's KN ob. ulins a strong outpost at Q4 via K2); 10 B·NS, 8xP; 11 8 x8, Px8 ; 12 0-0 (U 12 Q-R4Ch, Q-Q2j 13 QxBP, Q·B3!- Taimanov), Q.Q2; 13 axNI, Qx8 : 14 P·B4, N.Bl; 15 p·BS, 0·0·0; 16 Q·N4, with a s trong ini· tiative in compensation lor the Pawn.

Thus filr all the varia lions have rcsulled in White 's [avor:'"" It would seem, therefore, that indirect as­saults against While 's center are insufficient. The best move for Black, from Diagra m 1, is 5. . . P·B4! Thi:\ immcdiately subjects White's ccnter to pressure, and docs not permit him either to de. velop leisul"C ly or determine what course the Kamc shall talse . Let US give Ihls move a diagram.

The key game here is Botvinnik­Reshcvsky, World Chmp., 1948; 6 P·K3, 0-0; 7 8·Q3, N·S3; 8 N·K2, P·QN3; 9 P·K4, N·Kl (Reshevsky was the first to employ this sug· gcstion of Capablanca's); 10 B·Kl, P..Q3; 11 0-0, N·R4; 12 N·Nl, B·Rl; 13 Q·K2, Q.Q2; 14 p.B4, P.B4! =+ and White's attack comes to a standstill.

In Lilienthal·Botvinnik, Moscow, 1935, White atlempted: 6 P·B3, p. Q4: 7 P.K3, 0·0; 8 BPxP, NxPI; 9 B·Q2, N·QBl: 10 B·Q3, PxP: 11 BPxP, P·K41; 12 PxP (Not 12 P·K4, N·BS; 13 RxB, PxB; 14 P·Q5, N· K4+); QNIIP; 13 8·K4, N.Q85

Gligorieh·Beni, Dubrovnik, 1950, continued Crom Diagram 2: 6 P·K3, P·QN3; 7 B·Q3, B·N2 (This m!)ve seems wasted, since the Bishop must evcntually go to R3. If, how· ever, 7.·. B-R3 immediateiy, 8 P-K4 is hard to meet, e .g., p. Q3 ; 9 P·K51, PXP; 10 PlCP, KN·any; 11 B-K4 wins outright) j 8 P-Bl, N. Bl: 9 N·K2, 0-0; 10 0-0, P·Ql; 11 P·K4, N·K 1; and we have the typi· cal position of Diagram 3.

Gligorich continued with 12 B· K3, N·R4; 13 N·N3, Q.Q2; 14 p.B4, P.B4 ('rhe typical eounter·maneuv· er); 15 Q.K2, P·N3; T6..QR·QT , N· N2; 17 P-KS, BPxP; 18 BPxP, PxP; 19 QPxP, Q.Bl+ and White had to fight for thc drilw.

In the Geller·Euwe game, Zurich, 1953, Block omittcd 10. P·Q3 and playcd ins tead 10. N.QR4. The ga me continued: 11 P·K4, N· K1; 12 N·N3, PxP; Il PxP, R·Bl ; 14 p.B4, NxP; 15 P·BS, P·S3 (10 prevent P. I16!); 16 R·B4, P.QN4; 17 R·R4, Q·N3; and Black won beau· ti rully.

In the g;lInc Bronste in-Najdorf, Buda l)e!;t. lOtIO, Black conti nued with the less sharp 6. N·B3 (ins tead or P·QN3); 7 B.Q3, 0-0; 8 N·K2, p·03; 9 P·K4, N·Kl; 10 0 ·0 , P·QN3; 11 p.B4, B·R3? (Correct is P·B4); T2 P·BS, P·K4; 13 P·B61++

In BI"Qnslein·Sz.,bo, Budapest, 1950, Black attempted an early p . K4. From Diagram 2, the game continued : 6 P·K3, N·Bl; 7 B-ol, P·K4; 8 N·Kl, P·Q3; 9 P·K4, N·

Gbtu fl"" T.",,,,, p'., • ..,. July 20, J9H

KR4; TO 0 ·0 , ·P·KN4!?; 11 8·B2-N·BS; 12 B·R4, B-Q2 =

Szabo-Keres, Budapest, 1950, continued 9 0 ·0 (instead of P-K4), Q·K2; 10 P·K4, N.Q2; 11 p.B4, p. QN3; 12 N·N3, P·KN3; 13 BPxP, QPxP; 14 P.QS, N·R4; 15 R·R21, N·N2; 16 QR·K82 +

In the United States, efforls were made to vary early [or Black. Thus alter 6 P·Kl, P.Q4 was tried; 7 BPxP, KPxP; 8 6·Q3, Q·R4!? This innovation descrves a diagram.

Pori/ion Itftt' 8. . Q·R4.1?

Evans-$andrin, Omaha, 1949 con· tinued : 9 N·K2 (1), PxPI (The point. Whi!:c's QBP 'becomes an ex· posed target); 10 KPxP, B·NSI; 11 p·B3, B·R4; 12 0-0, B·N3 + al· though Whlle managed to draw. Kramer·Evan~, N.Y. State Chmp.,

1949, continucd: 9 Q·Q2 (?), 0·0 ; to N.K2, P·QNl; 11 0-0, B·Rl; 12 BxB, Ox8; 13 N·N3, N·B3; 14 p·Bl, N.QR4; 15 R·Nl , KR.K l =+

Probably bes t is 9 8-Q2, P·B5 ; 10 B·N l , N·K5; 11 P·B3. NxD; 12 QxB, with a viable centcr. This variation, however, nceds more practical tests s ince both sides can improve along the line some· where. CONCLUSION:

Black can equalize against th~ Saemisch Varia lion only it he .plays with great care. Its present ob· scurc stll tuS is unrealistic. The reo sulting POsition~ abound in greAt possibilities for both sides. The variation will pl'Obably experience a vital rebir th.

THE SACRIFICE (Continued from page l , col. 5)

torttd win Isn 't deu .. He ean I.)' to Improve Wllh 46. K·Kti (not K.KU7?, Q·Kt6 mate 0' K.HI??, Q·KA eh and mata In b ·o !). Q.K8 eh ; 47. n-UI , bul after 47 ......... • Q.K2, · Denker threatenl R.KB2 with a playablo game. All in, a forced win tor Whit' II dlffleult 10 dem<mllrale. One mu. 1 eonclude thai 38. _._. R-KKU! would hllye rlYen Denker t ll r dl"1lwln, ehllnCC!S.

)t. Kl:B4' .a. or cour .. , It 39. . •.••.•. , RxKt; 40. ndt eh and mate o n Ihe next movlI.

40. KI.KI6(h K·Ktl 'II. KI·K7 db l eh Retlgn.

Jr 'II. ..•..... , K· B2 (lr K·IU; 42. Q·K!7 mate. A hnrr(lwln, finiSh!

KlI IlIMnoo Vall,., Cheu Club !Mleh l; SlImuel AUeo'lon repealed al Chpmplon with 5-1 scorl! In thl! 7 player nnllll, dnwlnt with lIa r ruon Klndl, Inn H(trI· ry R. Mtllterl. Klndl, a nd Meltlrt scored 4~. 1 'AI fo. $Cconu und thi rd; Klndl, drew with Alle rton , Melfert and nubeo" Wa l$h, while Mcltert do'ow with Allertun. KI1I(1I , nnd Carl Uh,nkenbur$:. Allerton nnd Nelrert were ~eedcd Into the rina ll, and the other five fll ay~ r. qua lified In a prell",: Robert Walsb 4-41, Carl Bla nke nb\lr. 4-0, Harrlaon Kin. dl, 4-0. Marshall Dennis S- l, and Lin­coln erNn, S- I.

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Che .. Master JOHN W. COLLINS, MarshaU Chess Club Champion, 1954

• •. USCF M£MB'=,iRiis"'S""'m;;;;;"~,,,;;;;;,''';;'~I~'~_;;;;';-;/':';-;;'''''"';-:;'~''''=':m: .. :;;-:,.:-i/rO;;H;;N;;;-;;W','------------- - ,--------=-------

COLLlNS,91 Ln.01< RHtl. S,oolly" 26, N.Y. Sp«~ brinK limited, M ,: CoIli", .. iU a.nd Ihe 'able, are complete',. tu rned. mite in the poUlion. Not ___ , R-D;

I L _ Out the , ....... , Idea. hal .... 'o"·wln. • •••• • ·r· •• P OS" , •••

~«t ,_ mOI l ;1I1"(11j" • ...J ,,,,,,--,:,- ... ,."".," • . U.,," .. L _ •• " .,, ' ' ''" ....... ..,..., ...... nAr, ~ ...... ' • ~ • ... ••• .. _ ... 1KnPU'I< .......... n . w : SO. Bx"!, ereaUn« .. p~ 8P, P-U4: 4.t. R-K \i! winDln,. to ~m" art l>7 M,. CoI/in,. and allo .. ln, no errec:U". eountel'ph,),. 42 . • ·KISII

ItG •• 30. __ , 1\-114; 31. 8·K4. etc.

I. K. J'J. I . K. ,_ K",hJ,," ""J 'm't Ko"i,. both

i",..,"", io,,«1 ,...,11 .. ", md ;" th .. _"lUI CJ il",";" tL.lIK. Ko"j, IH,,,tII II tiKo· , .. ,it,,/ ""~""'Il't I,om I~ opt"in, "nt/ II..." conn" .. t/ ;, ;"to " ",i" b., 1I .. "t/1, ht.d1 /lOsilif",,,/ C!>tH.

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE MCO: pag. l ot, column 4$

North n. South T *lIm Match Slin Luis \ Obilpo, 1954

NOltl ",. ' "It ,""I;o",,1 MdSIt, Imu Koni,

White Blad, I. KASHDAN I . KON IG I . P.Q4 Kt-K Bl 4. P ·KJ KI·1I3 2. P-Q1I4 P·Kl S. . .. , 1. KI.QB3 a -Kts H~rl! Ji ~:QIU 11 l)ll)'lIbll!, If on !i. _ , 8xKt chi 6. PI8. 0 ·0 ; 7. U·Q3. 8t.c:k continues with 7 ......... , P·K4!; 11. KI.K2, P·KS; 9. B-Ktl . PoQKt3; 10. Kt-KU . B­R3; 11. KUP. Kb: KI; 11. UXKt. BxP; 13. B-Ql, 8x8; I". QxB. P-Q4; and ob"-tns about an equal I.me. Inste.d Or wt!.b ,. __ • P -QKt3; .. In the Eame Smyslov. T alm.nov. XX USS R ChamplOllshlp. S. _~ P-K4" P.oR3 _ No .... , however, thll move is I m la"-ke, one from .... hlcb White cannot reeo~«, and consequent..,. the I.me Il5SI.Imca t heoretical lntere.t . 6 _ Bxltlch 7. Px ll P·KS I. 1I· ln Kl.oR4 ,. Q·K2 0-0 10. P ·B3 P.oK., 11. pxP KlxK P 12. KI· Bl p .K a4 13. B-K12 a ·R)

I". II.ol 15. OOO " . OR. III 11. R.oat II. P-Q5 19. R·KI 10. 11· 11' 1 1. P·KU

Q.K2 ,." OR-Kl "K,

Q.Rl R·K2

R{I ).KI 0 -11"

The _innln. m.neuve r . Bla(,k threaten. zz. ___ • Kt.Q1; and a ner !.be text W hlta ... ilI be un" b le to der('nd hi. OF with 23.. Kt-Q2. n. 0 · 8 1 II" P 14. KI·R4 23. 8x8 Klxll On ~. Q:acKt, QxKt; 26. P-Q6 ell, R·K3 folio,,". 1" •. ~.__ KKI.Q1 21. P x P PxP 25. R·KBl R·82 29. KI·lIl KhlKlch 26. P·R4 Kt·K4 lO. R"KI KI.KS 27. P·R5 R(1).tC IlI l l . K_Kt1 Whlt(' must sun-ender another Pawn; as 31 . .. , ..... , Kt·K t4, wlnnln ar the ell' change, loom ed. 31 • . ~._.. KI,,8P 31. Q·1I4 KI.K5 33. Rll ).KBI 0 ·K13 34. R·1I4 KI.Q3 35. o.KI] P· KI4 36. 8 ·1(12 P·KI5

31. R· III 31. R.o RI 39. O·Bl 40. R·R' 'I. P·KI4

1(1·1<5 0 -It4 , .. , R·KI

Q. Kll

Also p layab le I. " I •........ • PXP; 42. QxKt, RxR; 43. Qxl{, Q·R6 eh; 4~. K·KtI. R. KBl. But the t ex t Is Hurnelen t. "2. 0 -R4 R(2l- K2 "I. R"P 43. P-Rl . P ·R4 4'. K_Bl "4_ R·RI BP" P SO. K_K2 "5. Px P Px P 51. K.o3 46. R"R~h Qdt 52 . R·K16 47. Ol<Qch RxO 53. "'·K4

Ih tstgns

R·K2 Kl.o1ch

Kt·K16 KI_R. ... ,

P·8Sch

TuuJ.,." Plige 10 h.1y 10, 1914

TIt'O p,iu ·";"MII in llu All E.II .. ,,, S,.w Opr" Ch.rnpio"lhip /i,ht it 0'" ." llu .. "J-Illmt.

GRUNFELD DEFENSE MCO: p.ge 14, column 2S 1m)

All E,n te rn Stlltes Open Ch~mpion5h ip

West O range, 1954 No,.., by 014 U/~"I/"t/ .. "t/

Ih~ Et/il". "f 'his D~p4.'m"'t White Dlack

O. ULVESTAD A . E. SANTASIERE I . P-Q4 KI. KB3 J. Kl.o8l P ·04 2. P.o84 P.KKU V. Smy. lov'. favudte _ the GrunfeJd Oc­reMe. 4. KI ·1I3 B-K12 5. " ·KKI1 ... .. .. . Stron , .ltemalivcs are 5. Q.Kt3 a n d 5. P·IU. S. _ .. ~_ 0-0 6 . B-Ktl PxP Black must play this or 6. ~~ ....• p ·St to secure a pproprtllte tactical threat • . 7. Q-R4 _ Lcvenrisb.Aronln. USSR. 1948 continued: 7. 0-0. Kt-B3; I . PoQS. Kt.QKs; 9. Kt·K5. P·K]; 10. p,.p , BJcP. 7. _ _ KI.Q4 , . Q.o3 KI·Bl I. Ox BP KI-Kt 3 10. B-Kl Now BlaCk cannot p lay PoQB4 I nd con · sequ('ntiy his g¥Ac is . somc_hat cramped. I' . .... _ a -84 Dcltnltely su~r1or is 10. __ ... , P-K4; or to. ___ , Kt·Kts! 11. 0 ·K15 P.oR3 12. Q-IIS Q.ol If 12 • . ~.~ .. , Kt.Q2; 13. Q.R3. P.K4; 14. R·QI •• nd White has the better develop· ",e nL 13. Q x O KP xO T his rurthcr eramps Black's gam e. And the ending now becomes derinltely In Whit e', favor. Convcncly, BI~ck eln get II good game wllhk 13 . .... ..... 8Px Q ; with ... ..... , Kt ·SS; and •.•• Kt·KIS; In the offing. 1". 0-0·0 P ·Rl Throltenlng to trade off the powerful White QIJ with IS. , Kt.DS; 16. B·84, p·KK ...... 15. " ·Ktl OR·KI 17. Kt·82 16. KI·KI a _BI It _,,,..lId be wrong (or White to part with h is poten t K8 j ust to give Blae k dOUbled QBPs. '7 . . _~_ KI·K2 If. B.oBI P·84 II. K·KtT KI-84 20. " . K3 __ _ Not 20. PxP? boeause o ( 20. _ ... , BxKt; follo ... ed b y 11. ___ ._. RJ(P. 20. ........ Px P 22. P·KR4 P·O. 21. "X" R· K1 23. B.oRl __ If 23. KtxP, KlJtKt ; 24. BxKt, R-Ql ; Ind Slack re.alns Ihe QP. 23. __ R.ol 24. a · 8 5 KI.o2 A f;" hlnlt expedlUon In t ro ubled waten - the QP bein« · a dead duek. 2$. KIxP Klxll 16. ,"xKI R·K7 Kllther than have no play. Black orfen the exchan.c:e to set a tra-p-. trap f rom "'hle h he must back out later! 27. KI-K7c h KlxK t '29. R·Kl 21. RxRch K· 11.2

On move Z6 81aek must have Ilgured he ..-ould here pl.y 29. __ • !UP. If Ihem 30. Rd(\! 8-B4; 11. 8-K4. R-Bleh;

29 • ..• __ .aRch 21. K·SI KI.IIl 30. Kt ll . e .84ch Hlao:k ,eta rid of While'. 8bbvp, but .t the eost of .. h09f!leuly weak queen­side. :no BilK' ... e ll. I(.Q2 B.Jen Sot. A.Q' 8 ·1(5 A simple crusher.

35. p ·al :N. Kl.ol 37. Rxlll

.... ... , 27. ..•.••.• "xR 40. K.Ql B·a2 U . P ·B' II. K" 41. Kl xQP a x p fl. KI·a4 II·R4c h 42. " · 84 Res igns The QDP mu~t qu«n. Thl, victory d id much to e nsure first p lace for Ulve$tad .

Th;, Roo~ ."J 1' .. ""n fltt/in, ; ... n in. Ifrtll i n« p,obltrn " .. t/y.

OUEEN'S PAWN GAME MCO, pa!l' 203, column 11 (I )

Metropoli tan League Match New York, 1954

rYOtf. bot U . S. M<ula GfO'l!.t Sh.;"swit White DI.d,

G . SHAINSWIT OR. E. LASKER {M.nhattan C.C .I ("'-"...tIall C.C. I I . P.o4 P.o. 4. P-Kl KI-K II ' 2. Kt· KII3 p.oa4 S. OPxP 3.. p ... " · K3 The Queen 's Gambit Aecepted h aa 1011&" l>een one or my favorttes for Black. The t e xt trlnQ)OSol!S f(I that White It!­t u . lly plays the 81aek side of QGA, but with a move plul. S. IIx P • • Px" , . "oQRl OOO 10. KI-a 3 7. ".oKt4 11-0 3 11 . KI-OKts l

... , , .. Kt·.l

8. a ·Ktl Q·K2 12. KlxB A . tronl alte r native ..... thc simple I.I·K3.. H then B-KtI to preserve the R. Q Kt..Q4 with I 'POSitional edle. 12. .•.••.•• RxKI U . 8-K2 ....... . If 1.'1. P -Kl5. not QKt·R4; · 14. 8·03. Q. QI ; 15. D·Kt4. R.K3; 18. Kt.Q4! with I no5l.tlonnlly won j:(nme, but 13 . .... _ .. , p .Qs! ... lth • wlnnl n R a t"-ck. For ell­anlI,le. 14. KtxP (P"Kt. PxP l~ over" whelmlnl while Whlte '~ B 15 still on KRI) . KtxKt: 1$. 1:\xKt. lJ-K15'; 16. D·K!!, QR-QI! and the Ihrellt o f RxKt decides Ihe g .me. ll. _.~ . B·KIJ 14. P· KIS II xK t .. _ ..... P.QS now would be met b y 15. P xKI. P xp; 16. Q·Ktl. pxP eh; 17. KxI'. Kt.K5 e h , K·KU I nd White can hold the poSItion with • piece .head. . IS. Pxll l KI·K" 11. a ·al U . 0.04 KI· IIS 17 • ..DxKt. PxB: II. QxP . Q-Q! th relten. Ing R·UI all well IS Q.1Ui b too s tro",::. 17. _. 0 .02 11. R·KKn R·KII !Qnt QItP; B.Ql: I.hreateml\lt 8xP cb .s .... e ll a . Q·R4 with • PO ... erfu l I Ullek . It. B·K ' 4 I .... a . bfoCl n nl n Jt to r un s hort of Un'e due to t.he complexities of the prevOU5 pl.y. II·Ktl follOWed b y 0-0-0 w as VClI'7 unclear. 1 decided to play for a fav o rll ble ('ndiDg instead. " . ..•. ~~ RI3l-Kl H . K-K2 P·QR]! 20. a xKt p xa 23. P·OR~ P" 31. Q.O KlxO I t .... .ould have be<l!n be t ter to k"v(' the Q.Klde In a ",tate or ten~lon . B oth play­eu .. ·ere ~hort or time. 24. P x " KI·KI3 26 . B·Q4 ... , 25. B·1I31 P-B' 17. KR.oI K·K2 ! .... 5 beUOl" . 27 • .. ~._. KI·Q4 31. R{QI)x R 28. R·R4 KI· . 2 19. P·K16 1<'· K'4 32. RxKI 30. R(4 )x P RxB

KI x R ~h . ., The end-.tame should now be II dr ..... Whl te'l potential th reat or ('('SIter I)8W n l n cutraU"CI the p.1l15ed QKtP. 31. P· K" R·KI4 3a. K-Ktl P·Kt4 34. R-Q8 chI K_B2 39. R·K.7 P· R" 35 •. R.o7 ch K·Krl 40 . P·KS R· KII 36. P· 84 R· KI7 =h "'. " · K6! 37. K· B3 R·K16 ch The followln« play 15 very Instructive. The p.ssed Kl' Is n o.... a boone In B1ICk'l throat. ... __ P· Kts Better WIS K.M . f oreln.R' t be draw. If "2. RJIP. KxKP; "3. R+R7, K.B4 . ete. m.ck b obl\viowo of the bidden dynl·

Threllt: P ·D5 ch. r"no .... ed b y R·K5 t ~l, ........ " ' KI'? The l<>Sin..: ~. R·K8 ... the onl~ dr"win". move. Tr t hen P ·BS ch. I(·KtI: followed by r·ltS. 4.1. P· R"!! ~ __ Tbe wlnnln.. mOY<e. Black.. '<Inc l­now driven eomplet..!v out or pll" and a ~u""' .. an .. I i establbhed. n ·KI II no ... too late bec.use of P ·R5 eh foUow"" hy RxP .. n d R·K3. p .B4 loses qukkly boeause of 44. R·KS!, P·Kt7: 45. 1'_K7. R.KIt e h ; 41. K.Rl!, p ·KWQ1: 47. p. KII/Ol e h . K-RJ (l orced); 48. R·K' ch, P·K t.1; 49. Q·RI mate. U • . __ . P_Kt7 45. R· I<II' p ·KIl 44. P· IIS ch K· Rl K-R3! ; R-R8 mate. R.KII; RxP fn/lowed by K_Bl and R·K2 .1150 deeldes . Ttle ted 15 thc o nl v try. 46. -K:'Bll p " p 47. K·K2 R-Oa. 41. " ·K7! R·al ch 49. K·B3 R·II' ch

50. K· Kt1

51 . RxO 52. R·K1! 53. K· IIl

P.KllfQI R· lll R·Kl

The e nding I . a " Imple win bec.u fIC the King and PIWn ending Is hnpeless. 53, " •... __ K·Kt3 Or P .85; 54. Kxl', K·Kt3 : 5.5. R.K6. K· Bl; 56. K·B5. K_KU: 57. P -1l4. ele. 54. K· B" K·R3! 55. R· K' And not KxP1 ?, nxP!I; Rxn ~taICl_ nwtc:! 55. ___ .. 57. K:ac P ",P S6. P·B3

K·KI3 K-1I2 5 •• Rx R ch

IIU;t nS

~ ALEKH IN E'S DEFENSE MCO: page 4. co tumn 15 (k) Correspondence G a m e

1952-53 NtJl r. by ll. :t M4'U, CM,t White

C. J . aRASKET J . D. I . Fl- K" KI·Kal S. B·K2 1. " ·KS KI.Q..t ,. P· U 3. P-0-4 P.ol 7. KI-a3 4. KI.KIIl B-I(I~ •• 0-0

B'.s~tI Bllclt

DEFIN E P·K:!

KI· K.'2 K'·1I4

An in,prov~ment over Ihe old(' r line 8. P ·KRl. Dx Kt; 9. IbR. Kl+R3; 10. RxKl eh. P x 8 ; II. 8-84. R-K2-(Thom. _ F ine. Hastln.::' 1937·31) since I)IJek wUl soon have to play .. ~_ .• BxKt any­way, even without Whites P ·KR3. ,.,

II xK ' whll a

8. ~... .. . KI·81 'D. P.OS , . P xP a x p 11. PxP Forced, (or otherwille White p Iece. 12. 8 x B Kt-K" 13. II·K4 0 ·R5?! Uopln. for 14. DxKt??, Kt-56 ch and m a t<'S, or 14. P ·841? Kt.KI$: 15. P.KR3. 8 ·84 eh; 16. K-RI . Kt.Kt6 mate. 14. R·KI • __ P.KKt3 at n nce is a lso lnod. but the text fot('f!s BI . ck's rflpiy.

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GUEST ANNOTATORS Curt Brasket Kit Crittenden Imre Konig George Shalnswit

Olaf Ulvestad

14. . Kt·K2 15. P·KKt3 Q·B3 If . _, Q-Kt5 , White can play fo', a 'two Bishops vs. t wo Knight" ending with Kt-Kt5. After t he Ic~L, however, Kt·Kt5 Is met by ... ... , 8 -84 with a counler_aUack on White's RBl'., 16. 8 · 841 ...... .. , A very strong move, which threatens. among o t her tblnl:s, the exchange of Black'~ r .. m.ainlnll n ,ehop with Kt_KtS. Black prevents this with his reply, b\lt thereby aliows White a decisive p,..,.­sure on the K-file against Black's un­castled K. 16. Kt(4)_KIJ 18. BxKt! QxB 17. 8"B PxB Or if , RPxB; 19. Kl-K4, Q_K4; 20. Q.R4 ell, K-BI; 21. Q.Q7 with a winning game. 19. Q·K2 Q-B3 20. Kt·K4 If ,Q-K4; 21. P-B4!, Q.Q5 Kt_1l2, Q-B3; 23. QR.Q I! with o f Kt.-Kt4, Q.Kt5 ch, or Kt-K4. 11. Q·Kt5ch K·BI 23. Q·Q7 22. QxP R·KI

Q·Kt3 ch; 22. threats

With the unmedah!e threat DC Ktx[', for if Q.B4; 24. QxR eh! etc. 23. KI·B4 24. Klx,?!l

Res igns

Black I. either mate d Olr loses a Rook, aner .. ...... , KlxKt ; 25. RxR eh, Kt,.;R; :ro. !t·K I, 1'-u;J; 21 . Q_K'/ eh, K-Ktl; ZI:\. Q~Kt eh, QxQ; 19. RxQ e h , R.B2; .10. IIxR.

I NDEB TED Wt a' e i"debtcd tf> the ~Ca,ol;1I4

Cambil B"I/",;,," Ih;, co,..bj""ti,.c

San FranciSCO 8ay Area Chen League: rh", 1 ruuJt~ show O"ldcn Gatc v ic · Inl'lous In the A DivisIon and Palo Alto topping the B DlvlslOo, both by a balf­poln~ margin In mat;:b sco,,,,. .I<' inal I;l.andl n lls of teams Were ; DIv ision A Matc h I. Oold"n G"t.. ..41- l 2. Custle ......• ·1 3. M~'(:h. Institute ......... .. 3 ·2 4. l{uS5lan ~ .. _.. ..... .. .. 2)·:U s. Unlv. of Calltornla ..... 1 -4 6. O~kl3nd .. 0 _5 f)ivl$ion 1.1 I . Palo Alto .............. . .. s~. ~ 2. COlden (:ate ... ... •. . 5 -I 3. Meeh. Institute ...... 3~·21 4. Kings ........................... ..... 3 ·3 S. Oakland .. .. 2 of 6. I{ussla n" ..... ............ _ ..•. 1 ·5 7. A lameda . .... 1 -$

Games 2(~-10 l

In- 15~ 20 ·15 17 -18 13 -22 II _24

28~-1l~ 2tI~-141 22~-2{)~

19 ~·22,: 14 ~ .27~ 18 -2.4 16~-25~

North J ersey Chess Leagu e: Althoug h in the £ln~1 rnund Irvington scored a 41'3!I victory over Mnroc~y, the two team~ cndeo 10 u tic for rlrat as cu­ch;o"'I>I"". "r th" I~~" ",:. O~5l>lt" " la~t round defeat hy Montclai r !>-3, Irvlngton­PoliSh rtn; ~hed third and Montclair rOlll"lh. F Inal Ic"m ~tandln g.s are:

- WI.OPomts 1·2. Irvington ... ... 6 t I 6~-1 ~ '·2. :'I1a roc~y ...... ... 6 1 I 6~ -t ~ 3. I r'·I "I:I"n·l'otl~t, ........... 6 2 0 6 -2 4. Monlclalr .. 5 2 I 5 ~-2! 5. Oran!!., .... . ............ 5 3 0 S·3 6. Pla mric ld ....................... 3 • I 3~--4\ 7. Elizabeth •... _~ •..• _~ .......... 2 8 0 2 .. B. Northern V"II.,y ........... 1 7 0 1 ·7 9. Jcr~y City , . . ... 0 II 0 O-H

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g"m~ a"d note> by One oj t/'e Sout/" s leading you"g playas.

SLAV DEFENSE MCO: page 19&, column 24

U. S. Open Championship Milwau'kee, 1953

Noles by Kit Crittenden WhIte

H. OHMAN Black

K. CRITTENDEN 1. P·QB4 Kt-KB3 5. Kt·B3 Kt-B3 2. Kt·QB3 P.Q4 6. B_B4 B_B4 3. P_Q4 P·B3 7. Q·Kt3 4. PxP PxP Better is 7. P-K3. 7. Kt-QR4 10. P·QR3 R-BI 8. Q·R4ch B·Q2 11. Q--Q3 9. Q_Ql P-K3 White 's previous move stopped 10 . ....... ,

-B-K t5 followed by It. ... . ., Kt-K5, and the text prevents Kt-B,'i and KtvKtP, If 12. R-QKt l. However, surely the simple II. P-K3 was best. 11. .... .... Q·Kt3 F"orn here until the end of the game, it almost seems as if there Is one long, unbroken combination, for White's moves follow from Ulaek's. 12. P ·QKt4 Kt·B5 'I'hreat; 13 . ...... , Kb<P; 14. RxKt, QxP. 13. B·Q2 P--QR41 IS. KI·QKtl KlxB 14. PxP QxRP 16. QKtxKt Any other recaptu~c ~llows 16. II-liS mate! 16. ........ R·B6 Winning a Pawn-if. r wunt it. But BlaCk

--declde. to continue the attack rather than win prosaically. Therefore, I sac­rif iced a Pawn (0 Cais"a, who rewarded

If n ow 1(1. R-QKlI, lI.-KtlS! 19. Q .R8ch QxQ 24. Kl xR 20. RKQeh K·K2 25. K·BI 21. R·Rl Jl·RlI 26. K·Kfl 22. R.QKn R·Kt61 27. K·RI 23. K.QI RxRCh R..eslgns

B·RSch R·Blen A·B7ch

B· Kt6

Only Kt(1)'Q2, losing a I'II!"Ce, stops mate.

Boston MetropOlitan Leallue: Har· ""rrt \)nh' ~r~ity won tho A D!vlBion wlLh H-II \n mnteh..,~ Il.nd 29~-10; in ~:':UlH"": n"yl"I(,U WB.!' Becon,' with 5-3 ,,"d 20 '1,-1 !l'J.:: while LIlh ".1nlB.n waH I hll"<' with 3-r. • .,,11 1&'1.:-21'1.1. Tn Lh e D DI\' lslon 11" r\'ard W"8 :1I::lI.ln first ",ilh '1_1, C"",url.lMO n o.l " ...... nd with G-2. nnd ~'·"IUo l hlrd with .-4. In the C I)lvlfllon H arvard again ~evred, with II v "a-t""<> "rr..,el. with Harval'll Ovid flr;$l with 8-2, H arvard Black fleeond wllh 7-3. and Roylato" third w ith 6-4. F in n! fltn ndlngs: A "Olvlslo"

1. Hn,·vil.rd li n h'erldty ....... ... _ .... 8 -0 .... .. (; -3

.... 3_.·~ .. ....... ....... . _ .. 2 -6

2. BO~'18on 3. 1.lth"""I"" ~. Cnmbrhh::e 5. 1\.,,\"tO"

B Hl"li<lon ... ~., .... __ ......... 2 -6

I . lI ar>"",..1 Unlver~ l ty ..•.......•.. 1-1 ~ . Cn",[)'·ld,.,-e ··}t"d · ... 6 .: 3. H'·attlc. ............. ..................... ..4 -4 4. 'Vcll~ ............................... . a~-~~ 5. LH.n e e,·s .. 3.-41 (,. {il,I" ~y ......... . .... .. ..... X:'.4} 7. Cl!n'h"I(1~e '"Blue" .2~ .r,: 8. H a n 'aNI ChIlo. . ............. 1 -7

C J)i\'i.~lo" 1. Harvard "Codl' ; •.... ..8 -2 2. l131"" \I"lI '"Clack" ........• 1 -3 3. Do},lston .....•.......•.......... . .........• 6-4 ~ . Ch",·.,..,r" . ... ....... ... ..................... ..1I - li~

5. C,unbrJc1~" .....•.•.. ... ........ .. ...... ...•... .•. .4~ .5 ~

Roberl err .... Chen Club (Sog,"lr Land Tell.): "h~ firs t ral)ld tr~nslt event or the elUl) s~w Leon An1t~,lser reorc 6-{1 rot· ftt:5t wIth D~vld Armstrong second with 5· 1. Lanny Mme~ and Leonard Anhnlsn tlcd fur third with 4 \.<:t .tY. each.

ANDERSON WINS OVERTIME- MATCH

An eight game match between Canadian Co-Champion Frank R. Anderson and Ontario Champion Ge2a Fuster (formerly Hungarian Champion) went to ten games be­(ore a decision was reached. At end of eight game~ the score was tied with one victory apiece. In the ninth game after 16 moves Anderson had used five minutes and Fuster one hOllr and_five min­utes !-it was a prepared variation; but Fuster played ingeniously and drew. The final game was a victory for Anderson, lenving the score 5%-4lf.J with seven draws. Fuster, while playing for Hungary, scored a draw with Smyslov in a team match- a formidable antagonist:

CARO-KANN DEFENSE MCO: page 10, column 14

Tenth Match Game 0" Toronto, 1954

White Black ,. R. ANDERSON G. FUSTER

." P·K4 P·QB3 ". ". ... ,. Kt·QB3 P·Q4 ,.. p.QQ4 P ·KB4 ,. P_Q4 '" ". Kt·Kt5 P·R3 .. KtxP Kt--Q2 ,. . R·Q6 Q_K2 .. Kt-KB3 KKt·B3 27. R·Q7 Q·B3 .. Kt·Kt3 P·KKt3 18. R(1 )-Q6 Q'Kt4 ,. 8 .QB4 B·Kt2 29. P_KR' QxRP .. 0-0 0-0 30. RxKKtP .. p.B3 P·B4 R·KKtl 10. PxP Q-B2 31. Kt·Q& QR.KBI 11. Q .K2 KllIp 32. Kt·B1~h K·R2 12. R·I(J P-K3 33. R·QKI6 P·K5 13. Kt.K5 KI-Q4 34. KtxRP Q.Kt4 14. Kt--Q3 KtxKt 35. KIlIR KxKt 15. 8 x Kt(3) Kt·BS 3&. R(6)xKtP 1&. BxKt ." Q·B8ch 17. QR--Ql P·K4 37. Q-QI QKQch 18. B-B4 K· Rl 38. R~Q 8 ·R3 I'. Kt·K4 P·KR3 39. R·Q6 8 ·85 20. Kt·Q6 Q·83 40. R(6)-Q1 8·K4 ~I. R·Q1 • R·QKII I!".ck re~lgn~

22. R(I)-QI B. K3

U. S. OPEN PLANS WOMEN'S EVENT

Women chess p)aycrs will com· pete in New Orl.,8n3 Aug. 2-14 in­clusive for the right to represent the United Slates in the inter· national Women's World Champion­ship Candidiates Tournament to be held in 1955.

Winner of the Women's Open w ill hold the tiUe of United St<1tf''> Open Champion fO I' one year.

The 1954 Women's Open has been designated by the U. S. Chess Fed­eration as the official Zonal tourna­ment in acordanee with regula· tions o( the Federal Internationaie des Echees (World Chess Federa­tion) which qualifies the two top ranking players to compete in the Women's world tournament.

Mrs. Ninus Aronson, of Chicago, present U. S. Women's Open Champion, is expected to defend her title at the 1954 Women's Open. Miss Mona May Karff, of New York City, Ollld Miss Lucille Kellner, of Detroit, co-champions of the Women's Open in 1950, also arc expected to compete.

The Womcn's Open is open to all women regardless of exper­lenee or n:sidcnee tilt} only U. S. eit ilens can represent the U. S. in the wome n's wOI'ld tourney. Membership in the U. S. Chess Fed­era tion is required of cnlranL<; and there is an entry fee of $15.

Further information ~bout the Women's Open may he obtained from Mrs. Owens, 124 South Point Dr ive, Avon Lake, Ohio or Mrs. C. L. Daniel, 234 Bellaire Drive, New Or)cans, Southern representa­tive in the Women's division.

m.ess tl" T""'.,, P"." "" oJ. july 10, 1954

N. Y. CHESS LIFE (Continued from page 2, col. 4)

Bis~o had become real pals during the course of the match! . The banquet at the conclusion of the match revealed Taimanov and Smyslov as real masters in other Uelds. TaiInanov, a concert pianist, plOlyed several selections from Chopin and got excellent "notices" from even the most caustic of the musical e02"noseenti in the audi­ence, while Smyslov's rich baritone voice (accompanied by Taimanov) got bra vos from the audience also. It is said that Smyslov would have been a professional opera singer if it didn't take so much time from his ehessie endeavors! . Mary Bain, dining with Postnikoff, Keres anti Bronstein, won plaudits from this 1ri6 for her exhibition of the knight's tour blindfolded Forry Laueks of the Log Cabin C. C. arrangcd a banquet cele­brating fellow me m bel' Don Byrne's fine score against Aver­bach; at the dinner Byrne wa5 boomed lOt' a grandmaster rating!

. The Russia n players a t all times revealed themselves to be perfec t gentlemen and fi ne sports· men and we hope that this attitude toward their American opponents will continue in the reports of the mtach which they'll give on tlleir return to Russia (although one doubts whether the Soviet players themselve5 will be the ones to discuss the match!)

IN BRIEF: Niek Rossolimo scor­ed 21 wins, 1 draw (Clinton Curtis), and .2 losses (Fred Roa and M. li'riedman) in a simultaneous at the Marsllall, while substituting for Arturo POm;)f whose scheduled ex­hibi tion had to be canceled due to an eye operation undergone .by the former Spanish prodigy.

Western P e nnsylvania Scholast ic Chen League: Ml. Leba""" ll l!;h ,,"on th" te .. ~u" tlUe ~O% - 9 Y.. eomforta.bly "he,-"I Ojf 'I'"ytor-Allderdlco w h ich was ~e""nd wIth lll Y, _18 Y, . w hll .. Suu t h Hi l;h """,. I h lrd wi th 27~-~~~ In the ~i", t"am le","u". 'rop Ind lvldaa! aco r ­Cr6 Wer ~ It"" Stelnln).\" (Ml. l .. ebanon) with S_I. !';",lJ 8tcl"I'ardt (80uth) w ith 7 'h -l% and C<!"T"lut ltevalt (SWi~~Vllle) wilh 8-2. 1" 1",,1 Rtandln!;~ of t~llm~, I. All. L(,L"n\Jn ......•... 3S 7 ~ tOl - U~ 2. Taylor-Allderd;';" ao 11 3 31~-18~ 3. Sou~h HI.,h ........ _ .... 25 ~O S 27A-U~ i. p"""Y .. _....... . ...... 18 27 S ZOl-Z9i ~. 8wisav'lle ...•. 17 30 3 181-811 6. IK--'''J:lcy ...... ...... ...... .... 10 n 3 l1i-38~

Capitil City (Sac ramentO) Chen Clvh: A Janushkowsk y won t he club UUe 6,1 in a 14 p l~YOf SwIOi!$, drawing wllh R. K RU-SJie ll a nd J. B. Gee. O. ·A . CCllo was S<!Cond with 5Mt·IMt, losing to J3nushkows.ky and drawing with F . Ch,w:son , wh lle J. 8. Gee place<! Hllra with ", 1-'>·2'.1., drswlna: with Janush kow· sky, M. O. Meycr, and RU5!le1i a.nd losing lo Celie. ~'ourth 10 SIxth on Sol­ko£r with ~·3 each We r e M. O. Meyer, J. A. Cella, and N. T . ·Austin.

Lexington (Ky.) Chen Club: Louis­vill e playu Jackie Mayer . won the dub tJUe 11·3 In a double round robin, lo~ln" Olll! l ame to Jaml!~ Ro~rl<, d,·aw· ing with Ro~ rl<, and drawing lwlCf! with O r. A. D. Rober ts. J am ..... l{oark Wa~ !'iC<.:nnd with 16~-3Y., D,·. A. O. J(obcrts third with 13-7, and Geo rge Anderson fuurth with 11·9.

EdiSO n Chess & Checker Club (Detroit) Former USGF Viec,P"eslden t F.(\ward 1. Treend won the annual olull event !)'h -l '/.I . 10.l n l/ one game to _Abra o. Masnn a nu drawing with R eginald M. B1achford. David Robe,·ti<on WU see­

.ond with 9-2, Abr a O. Mason thlrd with 8Mt-2 'h, wnd I'I.cl:lnaJd M. Uillchtord fourth wllh 7Y.,·3l-'a In tll.., 12 playcr round rollin.

r,-hess tile T""J." p ... 12 "- II July 10, J9J4

SJ .. lhHl :1 ..

W"I1/~ 51,. I],JI mf"'~?

Pos ition No. 142 This brilliant combination baa been

subject to more abuore than any po.r;i. tlon we have ever pub ll5hed In this "nillmn . Many of our ""p .. rl<'"" .... ",,) v· en! have .wbmltted Incorrect IIOlutions based on what must have ~n in· correet ,",I-ups olthe ensulna: positions after their Initial moves!

The "ctu~l forced win of P. Ricciardi In his posta l game was the Intriguing 1. Kt·K7 en, K.HI; 2. KI(4)-KI6 ch. HPx IH; 3. Ktxl' eh, l'xKt; ~. n"n eh. j{·1I2; 5. fi.Kt8 eh, K.I1t; 6. IJ.-K6! eh, J(.R2; 7. QxKt! lind Black resigned ror mate can only be avo ided by 7. _ ...... , Q ·Q4 en; B. u"Q; BxQ; 9. B -KtS eh, K· HI ; 10. I.\.K6ch, K·R2; I I. BirD and Black'. po.r;iti.;m Is' hopele .... We arc accepting at cored ali solutions that have these first SIX move a, ~lthou'h aom.e lUbsed the klOY'8eventh or QKKt tor less effective although also winning continuations.

Be It noted .that after 4. UxR eh, K· lt2 ; 5. B·Ktll does not FIlate, as som.e have sUililested; the Black Kin, ~oea to R!! Be It also noled Ihat artcr I. KI·K1 ch, K·Rl ; 2. Kt·Kt6 cn, PlCKt: 3.. KUWen, j' lCK l ; 4. ItSIt cn, K.It:t; ~.

Q·1!3 eh, !la.R3 ; I. R·M eh, Kill; 7. QlCB en, R.R2; II. Q.Kt8 is not malo because of II. ~ ...... , KtxQ! And White mUlt be cllreful, rur Biaek threatens now __ ...• Q.K5 JO atel Equally. alter 1. Kt-K7 eh, K-RI ; 2. Ktxi'eh, PxKt; 3. KtlCpeh, i'llKt; 4. Rill eh, K-H2; 5. Q·RS eh, Kl­R3; 6. QlCB, Black's answu II, ot course. 6 ......... , Q·KS eh; 1. R·W, QxR mate! Nor doe, 1. KI·K7 eh, K-HI ; 2. Kt-XIS eh, PxKt ; S. KtxP. P lC Kt; 4. Q.R3 eh, Kt.R3; 5. IU:n mate , t o r Black can pLloy S. ___ ..• K·Rt!

On the other hand I. KUP .. . IID­awered by I. .. _ .... , QxB with Illtely. And I. Kt·UG eh with I. ........ , K-RI; 2. KtxP eh, Ib:Wt; S. uxn, Q·KI and no Im-nled lato win II in sI~ht. Or 3 ......... , Kl-Q2. Or 3 ... _ .... , B·84. de. An immediate I. QltKt may be answered by 1 ... __ .. , BlCKt; 2- KlxB, Kt·B3. Or 1. q,.:Kt, n ",Kt; t. n",u, qxBP a nd Black hal a preear­lou l position but has hOPfl and paUl. bllltlu.

Other " bUnd" SOluHona wllre 1. Kt­X?eh, K.I\I ; 2. KI·Klch, PltKI; 3 .. KlxP eh, "xXI; 4. Rl'n ch, K·I\2; 5. Q.R3 eh, KI·R3; 6. n 'Q3 eh?~?!i (lgnQrlnlt Black'. pawn on KK tS!). Or I: Kt·K7 eh, K-Ill ; 2. Kl-Kl6 eh, PxKl; 3. KlItP eh, l''''Kl; 4. Ilxlt ch. K.n2; 5_ B-Kt8 ch, K.Rl ; So Q·R3 ch, Kl-R3; 1. QlI:Kt ch, PxQ; I. B-86 ch, Qltll; ,. 1lxQ, lorlfetun, thlt alter 9. .. __ ., KltnJ Black has t hree minor plecll. fur a nook and good chance. ot wlnnln'!

In a li lhe great",st diSplay or ehCl1 bllndncSIi si nce Ihb de partment w u In . au,uutcd !

Correcl lolutions ~re acknowledged received f~m: K. Blumberg (Sa n Fran­c\scoj, M. I). Blumenthal (Bellalrll), A. llQmb<.:rault (Plttslmlllhl. M. Burn (Uronx), R. Chauvcnct (S liver SprinC), It. Dl"'kln80n (Rlldwood City), E. Gault (Baln brldlle), E. J . lCorpanty (Woodside), H. Kurru k (San Fernando), M. Milstein (Nllw York), P. Murtha (Monroe), C. 1I1us;:r<)ve (Northlake), E. Nu h (WlI.5h. Ington), G. W. Payne (Webl te r Groves), I. Signlond (Colwlck). G. V. DI Tiers (Saint Plul). F . J. Valvo (Guilderland C .. nl .... ), II . \). Wilbur (Corp" .. Chrl$tI), W. B. Wilson (Amherstbun:l, N. P. WlttinC (Salem).

Late 801utlons credited to: J. D. Car­pentll r (Pe lla), Eo !toman (New Brltaln)_

Amarl\\o (Tex.) Chess Club: The Queen Pnwn tourne y o r the club was WOn by Bob Burdon 5ol.. 10slnll one g~mc ' to runner·up Elmu L. M\IIer. Second to flnh on EC point. with 3·2 uch wel'<l Elmer L. MlIIllr, Thurman T illart, G. A. Mahler, J r., a nd C. G. Kirkland In tho 8-playe r cv('nl. Everett Coon. polnu WeTlI used to bre.k tiel.

Cotumbus " Y" Chess Club (Ohiol' Jame. Schroedllr won Ihe clu b " prhe" tournament 10",-"" duwlng with Tim Anderson In lhe 12 p layer event. Uarold Snyder Waft !leeond wllh 1·3, los ln, to Sehr(Jol"der and Andenoon, whllll dnwlng with V. Voskressensky snd Kurt Locn­Inl:. Thn Anderson was third with 7~· 3"" and VQlIkruse nsky fourth with 1-4.

Journamenl efJ/e CORRECTION

Ber nard F. Freedman, FlOE Vice-President and former presi­dent of the Chess Federation of Canada corrects us on the state­ment that "Cnno.da expec\.3 to send a team for the first- time" to the International Team Matches at Buenos Aircs. As Mr. Freedman correctly s ta tes, Canada was rep­resented in the team matches in A re{'ntina in 1939 with a team composed or .T. S. Morrison, D. A. Yanofsky. H. Opsahl, W. Holowach, M. Helman, and Miss A. Lougheed (now Mrs. B. Freedman). This team was eliminated from the cham­piomhi-p finals by t.he toss of II

coin, being tied with England, and tied Iceland for fi rst place i n the Consolat ion event.

SIInd to CHESS LIFE, 123 No. Humphrsy Avs., O. k P.,k, 111_ for IIpplln­l ion form for a nnounCing to urna.,.,ent In this column.

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NINZOV ICH THE HYPERNOOERN b, F" .... RollIl.ld. ;;II"" ...... pl.,,-.,d by tI ..... 1"". of ")h !trot ..... " and • pl"neeo- in tloe dffll"f'M,"l <If hyper. ,,,<XI~rn ~h" ... Fully a"nolat",1.

rl7~1" n.~ '\:.-: .... ~ .. " __ .$1.20

TARRASCH'S SEST GAMES OF" CHESS by Fred Felnl,ld . .IoIonu,acllul wll(ctk", 01 183 .u~ 1I1I.t.erploeea. .""olly .nn"ul.ool. s.-Ial MT\l"Olnl

:01!~\i~5 ~~" ___ .$1.69

YHE WORLO'S A CHEssaOARO \ly Dr. RI. .. I>e... Fillo. G"."d",a. t..)T rinr takl'f ,h., tea-Ie. oil • I"'....,.,.ll, _,, dtl~l ed lo". "f I.he "h-."."' .... ·• "·,,.Id. Fifty ... ..-cu t ,nndem lI:". meo tllorollghly . "'ooUlt<:I. U,,,, .. ,,I y~t ,,~.

r.i,';P·Jl~'l!:~ ____ $1.77

MV F"tFTY VEARS OF" CHESS li v F"ranlt J. Mlnhloll. A ",~gnlficent wi· I".:tloo of HO lIanlull brrm~nrl .. wiU, Iluh",\: lltack. and I mul,,!!" eo",bl"oUo .... QUlnt", lhaft~.

r:_\21:1>'~,?.o dl~'O%_. __ ._ .. $1.75

Discounts to USCF members only. Mail your order to:

UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION

93 Barrow Street New York 14. N. Y.