Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
•
HONOR PRIZE PROBLEM SIMON COSTIKYAN
New York, N. Y.
WHITE MATES IN THREE MOVES
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE AMERICAN CHESS FEDERATION
NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST STEPS ., POPULAR DEFENSE DOOMED
KASHDAN • PURDY • MORTON
SEPTEMBER, 1939 MONTHLY 30 cents ANNUALLY $3.00
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE
AMEIlICAN CHESS FEDERATION Vol. VII, No.8 p"blish(d MOlllhly September, 19~9
Published monthly by THE CHESS REVIEW, 25 We.st 43rd St., New York, N. Y. Telephone Wisconsin 7·3742. Domestic subscriptions: One Y~ar $3.00; Two Yeus $5.,0; Five Years $12.,o; SIX .M?nths $1.75. Single copy 30 CIS. Foreign subswpuons: $3.50 per year eXCept U. S. Possessions, Canada, Mex· ico Central and South America. Single copy 3' cts. ,
REVIEW ISRAEL A. HOROWliZ, EJilor
Copyright 1939 by THE CHESS REVIEW
"Entered as second·class matter January 2', 1937, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879."
1939 North American Championship
"TOllI'II<lmellt of the Player/ '
The unbroken record of the American Chess Federation . . . a tournament every year for forty years ... was preserved as "The Tour. nament of the Players" was contested at New York Gty in the beautiful Colonial Room of the George Washington Hotel from July 18th to July 29th.
Bereft of the benefit of any great advance pubiicity, and handicappe9 by the neces~ity (or so it seemed at the tIme) of scheduhng the Congress so as not to conflict with the departure of some leading American. players for lhe team tournament at Buenos Alfes, the event was moulded into a wand success by the well·co·ordinated effort of the A. C F. President, George Sturgis, various di~ectors ~f the fede ration headed by N. Y. ReP'lOn~1 01. rector Milton 1. Hanauer, and Fred Remfeld, as well as leaders of the chess. playing frater. nity.
Twenty.eight entrants, drawn in. 'part from far corners of the Western HemIsphere, as· sembled. Pinkus, a new face to many, but well known to those whose chess memory reaches back fifteen years, iourneyed from British Guiana, while Ulvestad and the fifteen . year.old sensation of the Dominion, Yanofsky, ably represented the far west.
Three former North American titleholders, Fine Reshevsky and Horowitz fought for a new' emblazonment upon the Kirk D. Holland trophy.
• • • Merger of the FederatiOI1!
The outstanding achievement of the year, and one which is destined to be recorded as a
sunlight.white milestone in American chess, was announced at the dosing dinner by George Sturgis, A. C. F. President and who is also
SPOT NEWS! A Bloodloss Victory
Dr. Max Euwe won the British Chess Federation Tournament at Bournemouth, England, clinching first place in the last round without risking a solitary move! Scheduled to play his townsman, S. Lan. dau, of Amsterdam, in the final rounda loss would have enabled both Flohr .lOd Klein to share first place-a draw was agreed upon without even the for . mality or a gesture of conflict.
Who remembers Hastings 1934.35? An Englishman played an Englishman in the last round. Michell versus Sir George Thomas. Thomas could ~ave scored a mighty tr iumph ... a Hast mgs victory ahead of Flohr, Euwe, Capa. blanca, Botwinnik and Lilenthal!! ... all he needed was a draw for a clear first prize.
The game was played. Thomas lost. . , .
Denker Wins New York Title
A hard fought last round draw by Arnold Denker with Albert S. Pinkus in the New York State Championship Tour. nament enabled him to repeat his title. taking conquest of last year as former Manhattan Chess Oub champion, Robert Willl)1an held Isaac Kashdan to a draw in the same crucial round.
173
174
a director of the National Chess Federation. Soon there will be no American Chess
Federation - nor will there be a National Che>s Federation!
The terms of a merger have been agreed upon; not a .point lingers at issue, and the work or the past few years, which many times has seemed fore.doomed to failure, has been guided to successful fruition. All that is lacking is the signatures, already promised, of the two feaerations' presidents, whereupon from the ashes will rise the United States of America Ches~ Federation.
M. S. Kuhns, octogenarian president of the N. C. F. is to be President Emeritus of the U. S. of A. C. F., while George Sturgis is to carryon actively as president.
• • *
THE PRELIMINARY TOURNEY
SECTION ONE---QUALIFICATIONS PoInt tc.tals
S. Reshevsky, New Yc.rk Clty ________ 5'h- lh O. Ulveslad, Seattle, Wash. _________ 1Y.a-1lh W. Adams, Dedham, Mass. _________ 4 -2 J. Rauch, Montreal, Canada _________ 3 -3 1. Rivise, Brooklyn, N. Y. _____ ______ 2'h-3lh N. Bellome, Waterbury, Conn. _______ 1 -5 B. Walk, New York City ___ __ _____ %-5%
Rcshevsky, U1vestad and Adams all vindi_ cated the judgment of the seeding committee. Reshevsky insured qualnying (if you ever doubted) by beating both U1vestad and Adams. He loaned his Queen to Bellome in a pretty game, but demanded Bellome's in re_ turn, a few moves later. Adams lost to 'tJ:oth Ulvcstad and Reshevsky, but cleaned up agamst the field. Only Rauch survived Reshevsky's wiles - with a headily conducted Sicilian. Wolk, it seems, saved ibis strength for his eventual conquest of Class A.
SECTION TWO _ QUALIFICATIONS Point lotals
R. Fine, Forest Hills, L. I. _____ ____ 4.'h- llh H. Seidman, Brooklyn, N. Y. _______ A - 2 B. Friend, Brooklyn, N. Y. _________ 3Y.a- 2'h G. Hellman, New York Cily _____ __ 3%-2'-h A. Yanofsky, Winnipeg, Canada ___ __ 3%- 2% B. Garftnkel, Butralo, N. Y. ____ ____ 1'h- 4lh M. Peckar, Brooklyn, N. Y. ___ ____ ',2-5"-
Fine's score might indICate .he qualified the easy way, with a mixture of draws and wins. But his many time_pressure troubles were nerve.sin,geing. Fine withstood them better than the gallery! Unfortunately, a triple tie for the third qualifyine: post ~lad. to be ~ecided by a coin toss. Yanofsky dldn t let hiS poor showing as a coin_tosser mar his fine triumph at chess in the Consolations.
THE CHESS REVIEW
SECTION THREE _ QUALIFICATIONS POint totals r. Horowitz, New YOrk City _________ 4'h- llh
C . .TaITe. New York City ____________ 41h- llh M. GI·een. New York City __________ 3%- 2% S. Kltces, Montreal, Canada _______ 3 -3 M. Neckerman, New York City _____ 2lh- 3lh S. Broughton, Brooklyn, N. Y. _______ llh- 4lh .T. Fulop, New York City _____ ______ 1'h- 4lh
Horowitz maue no effort to exact full pen_ alties, takmg three draws, four wins and a certain share of first place in easy stride. Jaffe lost to Kitces, drew quickly with Horowitz, but won the rest. The Canadian, Kitces, played well against Horowitz; ·he even beat DOth Jaffe and Green! - and didn't <]ualify!! Neckerman and fulop were the stumbling blocks.
SECTION FOUR - QUALIFICATIONS POint totals
A. Pinkus, Brooklyn, N. Y. __ __ _____ 5 -1 B. Blumin, 'fo1"ol)to, Canada ________ 41h- 1% A. Santasiere, New York City ___ ___ 4'h- 1'h w. Suesman, Cranston, R. l. ______ 3'h- 2lh C. Pilnick, New York City _________ 2 - 4 T. Connelly, New York City _________ 1 - 5 J. Hltlalgo, Jr., New York City _____ 1h-51h
Another orchid for the seeding committee as Pinkus, Santasiere and Blumin take the top three rungs. Suesman barelv missed the "S. S. Finals"; anything but two losses to Blumin and Pinkus might have placed him aboard.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
Reuben Fine had one tremendous advantage over other aspirants, and his win of the North American Championship was due entirely to this fortuitOlls, but not unique "break" in the schedule. Reuben Fine did not have to play Reuben Fine! Everybody else did. If his form and time_gauging were uncertain in the preliminaries, his superlative play in the finals banished all memory of it, for he scored the "money games" with sureness and regularity. His middle_of-the_road tactics evidenced a re"dy willingness to cope with the "pet openings" of his adversaries, all of which he left in crumpled heaps along the road to the title. Notable wrecks along the way were Adams' favorite Albin Counter, Horowitz and Tarrasch, Inc., an English Opening where Seidman traded his QBP for the useful QP unavailingly, and UJvestad's elastic Stonewall. Fine also won the title in 1932, 1933, 1935 and shared it with Reshevsky in 1934.
Rcshevsky drew with Fine, but with Pinkus, too, which inspired his bemoaning, "Nowa_ davs, it seems, if you draw twice, you can't win a tournament." Reshevsky's anxiOlls mo_
S E P TEr,ll1ER,1939 I7l
REUB EN F I NE - 1939 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP W I NNER
lTIents were an abundant' sunrise. to,sunset ncy play after an absence of many ye~r s, clockful. Although he was in enou~h "hot Santasiere and $ci<lman graced the pri ze. water" to bathe the residents of N ewcastle winners' circle after highly credi table perfor. and W ilkes· Bam:, one must generously ap. mances, the former being qui te recovered from plaud the coolness, sk ill and in;::enuity with his indisposition of Ventnor City, which the American champion SO often ex· (riCalto himself hom denouements-but justly Yanofsky, talented fifteen.year.old Canad ian recogn ize that only liberal (C.operation by and the }'ou!l,l;est entrant of all, won the PlOkus and Adams, the latter's regwring a COlbolations with something to spare, not to heavy vei l of charitable excuse, rescued Resh. mentlOn much per~ona l populari ty won with evsky from two outri;:;ht losses. his wide and spontaneous smile, H e drew his
opening day preliminary ."!ame with Fine! Horowitz took third prize, scoring cigllt
of ninc points a,(:a inst the field excl usivc of Walk took thc Class A title, nosing out Finc and Reshcysky, to each of whom hc lost G arfinkel b}' compiling five wins against the in exciting, hairbreadth fin ishes. Pi nkus made field , after 10sinJ,: the individual game to Gar. an auspicious re.ent ry into top-Right tour_ linker. his chief rival.
NORTH AMER IC A N
CHAMPIONSHIP 1939.1940
!t. J,'tne r n eshllvsky L Horowi tz A. P inku~ • •• n_ n_nn _ _ _ _
A. Sant./lsiere I
C, J arre
c=c-;~~=c=
•
176
"ThiJ '[ hold to be the best, althollgh I tllfiJt add, that I am almo]! alone in hofding the opinioll" - scl]J Tarra.rch of thi] openinK. Fid(?liJ ad urnam- Horowitz and TarraJrh go down together.
TARRASCH DEFENSE (Notes by L A. Horowitz)
R. Fine I. A . Horowitz White Black
1 Kt-KBS P_Q4 2 P_Q4 P...QB4 3 P_KKtS Kt_KBS
After 3 ... Px P ; 4 KtxP. P ·K4; 5 Kt-Kt3 . the issue resolves itself into a contest to maintain the center against direct and wing threats.
4 B_Kt2 P_KS 5 0_0 Kt·BS 6 P_B4 B.K2
A commentary on the evil of rote! Intent on the speculative "Tarrasch". BlaCk neglects a line of Illay offering beUer prospects: 6 ... QPxP; 7 Q·R4. B ·QZ; 8 QxBP, Q·Kt3!
7 PxQP KPxP 8 Kt_B3 0-0 9 PxP P_Q5
10 Kt_QR4 B·B4 11 B_B4 .••.
As previously played by Alatort zev·Flne. The underlying idea of the move be comes apparent as Ule game progresses.
11 . . . . Kt·K5 12 P_QKt4 B_BS
T he game referred to continued 12 ... Kt xKtP; 13 Ktx P . B-K t. 3. Black was unable to recover the pawn or obtain sufficient com· Ilensatlon.
lS P.Kt5 14 B·K5
Kt_K2 • • • •
The point o C White's 11th move. 14 . . . . BxB 15 KtxB Q.Q4
If ] 5 ... Q·B2; not 16 QxP?, KR-Ql nets a piece, 'but 16 KKt·B3 and White maintains his pawn plus.
16 Kt_QS QR_Q1 17 Q_B1 ••••
Sharper is 17 Q·B2, which threaten:s t o gain a piece by ]8 P ·Kt4 and 19 Kt-E4.
17 . . . . Q·K3 Releasing the pin, and exiting from a
aquare which migh t be better occupied by the Kt.
18 R_K1 KR_K1 For pressure against \Vhl te's backwa rd KP,
This. in a measure, COm\1t!IlSates for Black' s pawn m inus.
19 Q. Kt2 ...• Thinking to preven t . .. Kt·Q4.
19 . . . . Kt_Q4 For the QF may not be captured: 20 QxP,
Kt(Q4)·B6; 21 Q·Kt4, KtxKt; 22 QxKt(R4), Kt·B6, [ollowedby ... KtxKPch, etc.
20 QR_B1 B_R6 Attempting to penetrate the invulnerable K
posItion. 20 . . . Kt(Q4)·B6. exerting mOl''' pressure on the KP was in order : 21 KtxKt, KtxKt; 22 Kt·B4, Q·B5.
Of c()urse, the QP is .still immune to capture; 21 QxP, BxB; 22 KxB, Kt(Q4) ·B6; 23
THE CHESS REVIEW
Q-Kt4, KtxRP wins t he exchange. Or H 21 ExE, QxB; 22 QxP, Kt(Q4)·B3 (not ... KtB5; KtxKt!); followed by 23 ... Kt·Kt5 1
21 B_R1 Q.B4 Again expending effo rt to get at the K,
who, nevertheless, remains safely ensconsed. 22 P-B6 •..•
T he extra pawn! White correctly ignores the QF for the third successive time: 22 QxP, Kt(Q4)·B6; 23 Q-B4, RxKt! wins.
22.... PxP 2S PxP Kt( K5)_B6
To blockade the P with 23 ... Kt·B2 would be a tacit admission of defeat, at least inso· far as Black's plans are concerned. Neverthele~s , a stouter resistance might have 'been offered with that move .
24 KtxKt 25 Kt_B4 26 P-KS!
KtxKt B-Kt5 • • • •
Accurate and delicate calculation which banishes the last vestige of counter·play on the KP.
26 . • • . P-Kt4 2? PxP Kt.Q8 -
No better is 27 . , . RxRch; 28 RxR, Kt-Qil, for now if 29 p·m. R·QB1; 30 RxKt, PxKt (if ... BxR; Kt-Q5 wins); 31 P·B3 wins.
28 . RxR' •
I. A. HorowitzC"'~
R. Fine
28 Q_Q2 . PxKt; 29 p·m,
3i B-Kt7, Q'QKt4; 29 QxR 30 P_B? 31 B_Kt7 32 RPxP 33 BxR 34 Q_K7
RxRch R·QB1; 80 RxRch, 32 P -B8 (Q) wins,
PxKt R_QB1
p,p B_B6 Q,B
Resigns
-------_ .•.. SE PT IlMllER, 1 939
Lllck it wore valuable than a License to Steal.
QUEEN'S PAWN GAME S. Re-s hevsky W. W. Adams
White lll(lck 1 P.Q4 P.Q4 12 P.QB3 2 Kt_K83 Kt_QB3 13 P. K4 3 8 .84 B-B4 14 B.82 4 P_KJ P-K3 15 KR.Ql 5 B.QKtS 8 -Q3 16 PxBP 6 Kt. K5 Kt_K2 17 Kt_B4 7 0 .0 0-0 18 Kt-Kt2 8 Kt·Q2 KtxKt 19 QR_Ktl 9 Px Kt 8 .84 20 KtxP
10 Q·K2 P.QBJ 21 BxB 11 8.R4 P·QR4
w. W. Adam $ ":"'
S. Reshevsky
22 8xPc h 23 Q-e2c h 24 Rx R 25 P -BS 26 K. Rl
K,B R.KS Q,R
Q.R2ch Q.RS!
NORTH AMER ICAN WOMEN'S
CHAMPIONSH IP 1939_ 1940
27 Q_Kt1 28 QxQ 29 P.Kt J 3G Q.Kt3 31 P.QR4
" ;; ~
B.KKl3 P. Kt4 P.Kt5 px BP
P-R5 Q.82 B_R6
KR . Ktf B,P
RxKt
QxR c h ! !
~
"
R, B R_BS B.B4
Kt_B4
> ~ • ~ " 0 -~
The Women's Championship, splendidly fought as it was, failed to yiel d a clear verdict. A triple tie was brought about between Miss Kartf, defending champion, Mrs. Bain and Dr. Weissenstein, when Mrs. McCready, -playi n/!: in excellent style, emerged with a draw {rom a smelling, double-session, last round battle
32 K_Kt2 33 PxP 34 K-R3 35 Q.Kt7 36 P_R5
P.QIS B,P R. B6
K.Kt3 R,P
37 QxP 38 P_RS 39 0_B5 40 QxR 41 Q-Q3
177
R.R6 axP ?
9.Q5 ?? B_R2
Resigns
PerJetJe/~III (eJ perJiJlel}ce I/lul perJPicacily preJelllly pI()JI(((! PillkllJ profil.
SICILIAN DE F ENSE
A . S. Pinkus Wh i te
1 P_K4 2 Kt.KB3 3 P.Q4 4 KtxP 5 Kt-QBJ 6 B. KKt5 7 8_K2 8 Q.Q2 9 P_QR4
10 0-0 11 P_B3 12 K_Rl 13 KR_Q1 14 Q_K1 15 B_KB1 16 B-K3 17 PxP 18 KtxKt 19 Q_B2 20 P_B4 21 Q_K2 22 K_Kt1 23 Px P 24 P-KKt4 25 BxB 26 QxQ 21 R_R3 28 KtxK t 29 R..Q1 30 R_B7
8 0 0:
P_QB4 P.K 3 p,p
Kt. KB3 P.Q3
P.QR3 B. K2 Q.B2
P·QKt3 B_Kt2
QKt.Q2 0·0
KR.Ql Kt.Bl
P.KR3 P.Q4 KtxP R)( Kt
A ·KA4 B·RS
P. Kt3 P. K4
Qx KP B. Kt4
R,B R,Q
Kt.K 3 R)(Kt 8 ·8 3 R. B3
-• S
0 , ~ C
M. Green Blaek
31 R.B3 BxP 32 R-B8ch RxR 33 RxRch K_Kt2 34 B)(P B_Q2 35 R_B4 R·Q3 36 B·B8 8.83 37 K_B2 K.B3 38 K_K3 K_K4 39 R_Kt4 P·B4 40 PxP PxP 41 B.R6 B·K5 42 P.B3 P. B5eh 43 K.K2 8_Q4 44 K .B2 B_K5 45 B_K2 8 .Q4 46 R_Kt5 K.83 47 B_B3 B-B5 48 R_Kt4 P·Kt4 49 P_Kt3 B·Q6 50 RxPch K_K4 51 R·QKt4 R. KB3 52 K·K3 B·B8 53 B-K2 BxB 54 KxB R-QKt3 55 P.B4 K·Q5 56 RxP R·K3ch 57 K_B2 R.B3ch 58 K_Kt3 R.K t3ch
Resign.
- ~ • - 0 0 • ~ "
against the champion, Miss Karff. Departure of Miss Karff for the Women's
Championship Tournament, which will be run concurrently with the International Team Malclles at Buenos Aires, necessitated post.
ponement of the play.off's until fall.
178
A. C. F. CONSOLATION
MASTERS' TOURNAMENT
A dev4stating holt irom fhe blfle dhtllrbs Ihe peacef"l .evm/ide.
RETI.ZUKERTORT OPENING (Notes by 1. A. Horowitz)
I. A. Horowitz S. Reshevllky Whlte Black
1 Kt. KB3 Kt-KB3 2 P.QB4 P_KKt3 3 P-KKt3 B.Kt2 4 B-Kt2 0·0 5 0-0 P.Q4
Playable alterna,Uve rormations were 5 ... P-Q3 to be followed by the eventual ... P-K4, or the symmetrical ... P-QB4.
The text move .steet'S the futUre course of the game into truly hypermodern channels: it provokes the advance or the center pawns, with the object of subjectlng them to attack.
6 PxP KtxP 7 P.Q4 Kt-R3 8 P.K4 ..•.
Inveigled! The defense of the center pawns will .!:IOOll prove a SOlll'ce of annoyance.
S . . . . Kt_KtS 9 Kt.B3 ....
9 P-KR3 (to hinder the development of lhe QB) would be met by 9 ... P·QB4; 10 P·Q5, P·K3, when Black's position would be preferablt':.
9 . . . . B_Kt5 10 B_K3 Q_Q2
]0 ... Kl·B5; 11 Q-Kt3, KtxB; 12 PxKt, leaves Black with the advantage or the two bishops, ·but with a cr·amped Q side.
11 Kt-K2 .... To permit the Q freedom of action, which at
present is limited to guarding the QP. The re-treat Indicates that Black is gaining ground.
11 . . • . QR_B1 Now however, 11 ..
by ... KtxB and .. more forceful. Black fendmg the QKtP.
12 Q.B2 13 PxP 14 KR.Ql 15 B.Q4
. Kt-BS to be followed
. P ·QB4 seems to be has lillie trouble de-
P_QB4! Kt_R5 Q_Kl
• • • •
• • 0
" •• ~
The exchange of bishops or the advance of the KP wl11 relieve the pressure on the diagonal.
THE CHESS REVIEW
" " • 8 0
" •• • , • , = " 00 ~
15 . . . . s,s 16 Kt(K2)xB • • • •
'fhere . is no particular benefit to be derived from the open file with 16 RxB.
16 • • . . Kt(R5)xBP 17 P_KR3 BxKt
11 ... B·Q2 (threatening 13 ... B-R5; 19 P-Kt3. KtxKtP!) leaves Whi te w ith a problem of defense . A fter 18 Q-K2, P-K4; 19 Kt·D2, D-Kt4; 20 Q-K3, Kt-R5! White cannot avoid the loss of material.
After the exchange, White achieves equality. 18 KtxB Q_Kt4 19 Kt-Q4 Q_Kt3 20 Q_K2 KR_Q1 21 P.K5! Kt-Kt51
Ini tiating interesting 22 P-R3 23 P_QKt4
complications. Kt(Kt5).Q6
Kt.R5! !
If instead 23 .. is tied up.
RxKt; 24 PxKt and Black
24 RxKt · - . . Not 24 QxKt, Kt-Kt7; 25 Q-Q2, KtxR ; 26
RxKt. R-Q2 (or ... R·B2) aad White Is helplessly pinned.
24 . . . . 25 RxR
Or 25 QR-Ql. Kt·B6; 25 . . . . 26 R.Kl
Not 26 R-Ql, KI-BS! 26 . . . .
R,R • • • •
• • • •
P. Kt3 Allowing White
U6 w~s indicated. 27 Q_R6?
an opportunlty. 26 ... Kt-
• • • •
2; P-K6 woultl have tul"tled the tide 111 While's favor: e.g., 27 ... P·B4; 28 Q-Kt5, threatening Q-Q7, against whIch tllel·e Is no valhl defense. Or 27 ... Q·B3; 28 B·Q5! Be~t for Black WOUld be 27 ... R·B1, in
whkh case the least tha:.t would accrue to White would ;be an isolated and weak KP In the adversary's rankS.
27 . . . . 28 R.KBI 29 QxRP??
R_B7 Kt-B6 • • • •
29 \3· B3 would sUIl hold Ihe position. Now comes a catastrophe.
S E P TE MB ER, 1939
I. A. H orowitz
29 • • . RxP! 30 Q.R8ch ....
!I' 30 RxR, K t-K7ch; 31 K-Bl, Q-Q8 mate. For a ll Inte nts and purposes, the game is over.
30 . . . . K_Kt2 31 K_R 1 Kt_K7 32 K_R2 RxR 33 BxR Q_Kt8 mate
Exemplary IcchJJiqlle ill hand/hlg a Q fide Pawn majorily. Fille's odd pall'lI rolls aloJlg, growillg like a Sl/oUJbatt.
ENGLISH OPEN I NG H . Seidman R. Fine
White Blac], 1 P.QB4 Kt_KB3 20 P.K4 2 Kt-QB3 P-B4 21 RxR 3 Kt-B3 P-Q4 22 R.Q1 4 PxP KtxP 23 K_B1 5 P-Q4 P_K3 24 PxP 6 P-K3 B.K2 25 QxR 7 B_K2 0-0 26 B.B3 8 0-0 P-QKt3 27 Q-Q3 9 Q-KtS B-Kt2 28 K·K1
10 R·Q1 Kt-Q2 29 B-Kt2 11 Kt_K5 QKtxKt 30 P.R3 12 PxKt Q_B2 31 PxP 13 KtxKt BxKt 32 K_Q2 14 Q-B3 KR_Q1 33 P-Kt4 15 P.QKt3 R_Q2 34 B_R 1 16 B_Kt2 QR_Q1 35 B-Q4 17 Q_B2 Q_Kt2 36 QxB 18 P-B3 P-QKt4 37 Q.K3 19 QR_B1 Q-KtS Resigns
A, C, F. C L ASS A
TOURNAMENT
B_QB3 R,R
P_B5c h p,p
RxRc h 8_84
P_QR4 P_R3
P_Kt5 B_KtB P_R5
BxRP K_R2 Q_B7 Q_R7 S,S
B_Kt4 P_Kt6
~ • • 0 • " ~ , 0 • ~ 0
• S 0 ~
~
00 ~
179
Twice King to Rook Sqllare! /-lis neck in (/ Jl Oose does there lea/"ll the jo),s
Of weighing his body's avoirdupois! SLAV DEFENSE
S. Reshevsky A. E. Santas iere W hite Black
1 P_Q4 2 P_QB4 3 Kt.KB3 4 Kt_B3 5 P_QR4 6 P_K3 7 BxP B 0 ·0 9 Q_K2
10 P_KR3 11 R_Q1 12 P.K4 13 P- K5 14 Kt-K4 15 Kt_Kt3 16 Kt-K1 17 PxP 18 Kt-Q3
P_Q4 P_QB3
Kt.KB3 p,p
B_B4 P_K3
B_QKtS 0.0
B_KtS B_KR4
QKt-Q2 Q_K2
Kt_Q4 P.KR3 B_Kt3
P_B3 Q,P B.Q3
19 Kt_K4 20 KtxB 21 R-R3 22 Kt-K5 23 R-KKt3 24 BxKt 25 BxP 26 B_Q2 27 PxKt 28 B_K3 29 R_Q4 30 R.R4 31 Q·Kt4 32 B-Kt5 33 B. B6 34 P-R5 35 R.R6 36 Q_Kt 6
Q_K2 Qx Kt
QR.K1 8 -R2 K. R1
BPx B R.K 2
KtxKt Q_Kt3 Q.R4 R_B4 Q_B2
K_Kt1 QR.B2
P. R3 Q.Q2 K.R1
Resi gns
"Slolle /II(/ I/S do 1101 tI prison lIIake" - blll they help (/ fot.
QU EE N' S GAMBIT DECLIN ED (Stonewall Va riation)
R. Fi ne O. Ulvestad
W hit e Bl ack 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 22 Kt.K2 2 P_QB4 P_QB3 23 K txP 3 Kt-KB3 P_K3 24 PxP 4 P. K3 B.Q3 25 B_Kt5
PxQ P QPxP Kt-K4
5 B.Q3 P_KB4 26 R(R2) _B2 P-B5 B_K3
Kt...Q2 6 0 -0 Q_B3 27 R.B 5 7 Kt.B3 Kt_KR3 28 P-K5 8 P-QKt3 0 ·0 29 Ktx B 9 B_Kt2 Kt-Q2 30 BxKt
10 Q_B1 Q· K2 31 Kt.B4 11 P_QR4 R_B3 32 R.Q1 ch 12 B_R3 Kt·B2 33 R ( B5 ) .Q5 13 B x B QxB 34 R-Q8 14 Q-R3 QxQ 35 R_Kt8 15 RxQ P_QR4 36 R.Kt7ch 16 R_B1 K.B1 37 R·Kt8 17 R_R2 K .K2 38 R.Q5 18 Kt_Q2 Kt_Q3 39 R_Q6 19 P-B3 Kt.K1 40 R_Kt7 20 P_K4 P_K4 41 P_R4 21 BPxP KPxP 42 RxKt
= 0 , -" ~ 0 - ~ M 0 - • ~ • = ~
0 0 - 0 0 0 0 ~ 00 -• - 0 - S 0 ~ • 0 ~ ~
R_Kt3 RxKt K,.
P_QKt3 K·K2 R_R2 R_82
R(82) _83 R_B2
R( 8 2) _B3 Kt_B2 K_82 K _K2 K .K1
Resigns
• §
"
180
Sleillitz' lamolls proverb cOllies Il"IIe. "Stall, slafl, and stall some more. Your opponent ' viii' be Jllre tOf et tin idea. It 'vill' be JIIre 10 be rotten, an you ' f/ill vin' ."
QU EEN 'S GAMBIT DECLINED H. Seidman G. Hellman
Whit e ' Black 1 P-Q4 P_Q4 10 KPxP BxKtch 2 Kt-KB3 Kt_KBS 11 R,B 0·0 3 P_QB4 P_K3 12 B_K2 p,p 4 Kt_B3 8·Kt5 13 B,P R_Ql 5 B-Kt5 P_B4 14 R_Q3 P_R3 6 R.Bl Kt_B3 15 0·0 P_QKt4 7 P_K3 P_KRS 16 8_R2 Kt.K2 8 BxKt Q,B 17 Kt. K5 B_Kt2 9 P-QR3 PxQP 18 R_K1 QR-S1
G. He llman
19 KtxBP R_Bl 20 Rx? QxKt 21 RxKt QxB
The fil teeJ1-}'ear-old does hill/Jel f proud.
22 RxB QxKtP 23 R_Q2 R_BS
Resigns
wizard of Winnipeg
SICILIAN DEFENSE
R. F ine W hite
1 Kt.K B3 2 P·B4 3 P.Q4 4 KtxP 5 QKt.B3 6 P.K4 7 Kt-B2 8 B.K2 9 0·0
10 Q.Q2 11 P. B3 12 P. QKt3 13 PxP 14 B.Kt2 15 QxB 16 Q.Q2 17 KtxP 18 QxKt 19 BxB 20 ?xKt 21 Q.Kt2ch 22 Qx?
Kt. KB3 P.B4 p , p
Kt. B3 P. KKt3
B·Kt2 0·0
P .Q3 Kt.Q2 Kt· B4
P ·QR4 P·B4 B,P
QBxKt Kt.Q5
P·R5 KtxBch
KtxKt K,B R,P
R. B3 RxBP
A. Yanofsky Black
23 KR_K1 24 Q_Kt2 25 R_K4 26 QR_K1 27 Q-Q2 28 P_KR3 29 R_K6 30 Q-Q4ch 31 K_R2 32 Q_KR4 33 R(K6).K2 34 RxR 35 P·R4 36 Q.Kt4 37 QxQ 38 R.QB2 39 P·R5 40 R_R2 41 P·R6 42 K.Kt3 43 P·R7
Draw
R. QB2 K.B2 Q.B1
Q_Kt2 K·Kt1 R.KB4 K.Kt2 K.K t1
R· B2 R· B7 R,R K·B1 Q_Q4
Q.QB4 P,Q R·B4 P·B5 R.B4 R.Bl P · B6 R·R1
TH E CH ES S R EVIE W
Free· for-all, bllt BIl/IlI;n paYJ . QUEEN'S GAMBIT D ECLI N ED
M. Green W hi te
1 P.Q4 2 P.QB4 3 Kt.QB3 4 B. Kt5 5 P . K3 6 PxP 7 B.Q3 8 Q.B2 9 K Kt·K2
10 P.KR3 11 P·KKt4 12 BxKt 13 P· KtS 14 KtxKt
Kt·KB3 P·K3 P.Q4
QKt.Q2 P.B3
KPxP Q. Kt3
B·Q3 Q·B2 0 ·0
R_K1 KtxB
Kt ·K5 PxKt
B. Blumi n Black
15 BxP 16 Kt. B3 17 P . K R4 18 P . R3 19 K.Q2 20 Kt.Q5 21 Kt ·B6ch 22 P·R5 23 24
PxKtP K·B1
P_KKt3
25 26 27
Q_K2 B_KKt5 QR_Q1 P .QB4
Q. K3 K_R1
PxQP PxPc h P·K R4 R.QB1 K.Kt1
KtxP P· Kt7c h B.R7 mate
0-0 ·0 indicated a K side t IJJtlUi ! , whicb did not materialize until late in the game- Ioo , foO lafe.
SICI LI AN D EFENSE G. He llman A. E. Santas iere
White 1 P·K4 2 Kt.KB3 3 P.QB4 4 Kt.BS 5 P.Q3 6 B.K2 7 Kt.Q5 8 BPxKt 9 B·Q2
10 Q.B2 11 0·0·0 12 P·KR3 13 QPxP 14 KR.B1 15 PxP 16 B_QB4 17 QxBch 18 Q.K2 19 KtxKt
P.QB4 P_Q3 P·K4 P·B4
KKt·B3 B.K2
KtxKt 0·0
Kt .Q2 Kt_BS
P_QKt4 P. QB5 KtxP
B.Kt 2 B,P B,B P.Q4
KtxB B·B3
Black 20 K·K t1 21 Q.Q3 22 Kt_Kt3 23 Kt.R 5 24 KR. K1 25 Q· R3 26 Kt. B6 27 P. B3 28 P · K Kt4 29 PxBP 30 BP x P 31 Qx P 32 Q.R3 33 Q.Kt4 34 R·K3 35 R. Kt3 36 Q_B5 37 RxB 38 KR. Kt1
W,hite overstepped t he time limit.
Q.Kt3 Q. K3
KR·Q1 P-Q5 P.K5
P. QR3 R·Q3 R·K1
P . Kt3 KtPxP BPxP
P .Q6 K.R1 R.Q2
B_Kt4 Q.B3 P.K6 P.K7 . . . .
Plirely /lositional, wilh all occasional fill<lJJe. The gambit P is 1if!ver recovered.
ALBIN COUNT E R GAMBIT R. Fi ne White
1 Kt.KB3 Kt.QB3 2 P . B4 P . K4 3 P·Q4 P.Q4 4 PxKP P-Q5 5 P.QR3 P.QR4 6 P.K Kt3 B·K3 7 QKt.Q2 B.QB4 8 B.Kt2 KKt·K2 9 0.0 0 ·0
10 Q. B2 Kt.Kt3 11 Kt.Kt3 B.R2 12 B. Kt5 Q.Q2 13 QR·Q1 Kt(Kt3) xP 14 Kt xKt KtxKt 15 P.B5 P_Q6 16 PxP Q-R5 17 Kt·R1 QxQ
W . W. Adams mack
18 KtxQ 19 P.Q4 20 R.Q2 21 PxKt 22 R. B1 23 Bx P 24 B.B4 25 B· K4 26 BxR 27 B.QB3 28 R·K 1 29 B_B3 30 K_Kt2 31 KxB 32 RxP 33 BxP 34 B.Kt4
B.Kt6 Bx Kt B·Kt6
B,P B.Kt 3
QR.K 1 R_Q1 R,R
R. K1 P. KB3
p , p R.KB1
B,P B.Q4 B,B P.B3
Resigns
SEPTEMBE R, 1939
Reshet'sky playJ the opening a hit inac_ CUMtely; Pinkus findJ a neat combination to obtain the adlltmtage, but he mif]f:.r the "clincher" mid the ending is quite peaceful.
RUY LOPEZ
(Notes by J. Kashdan) A. s. Pinkus s. Reshevsky
White Black 1 P_K4 P_K4 5 R_K1 P·QKt4 2 Kt.KB3 Kt_QB3 7 B_Kt3 P·Q3 3 B.Kt5 P_QR3 8 P_B3 Kt.QR4 4 B. R4 Kt_B3 9 B_B2 B· Kt5 5 00 B-K2 The t ried and true 9 ... P·B4;
Q·B2 is hackneyed but quite strong. g ives up the center too readlly.
10 P-Q4, The text
10 P_Q4 11 PxP 12 P_KR3 13 P_K5! · . . .
Opening t he line for the "Ruy Lopez EishoD", which in ot he r variations can hardly budge l'l'omhis pos t. 13 . . . . 14 Kt_B3 15 PxP 16 Q_K2
Kt_Kl p,p
P.QB3 Kt_B2
17 Kt-K4 18 R_Q1 19 Kt.Q6
Kt-K3 Q_B2
KR_Ql
Probably overlooking the fi ne sacl 'ifi ce which Pinkus is prepa ring. 19 ... B-Kt3 was wellnigh essentiaL
A. S. Pinkus
20 BxPch! K_R 1 Accepting the pr oHer woul d have been dis
aS tl'OUS, viz., 20 ... KxE; 21 Kt-Kt5ch, ExKt; 22 QxBch, B·R3; 23 BxE, PxB; 24 KtxEP with a win ning attack,
21 B.K4 • • • •
J[ 21 Kt·Kt5, not BxQ?? 22 QKt xP ma te , but 21 . . . KtxKt; 22 QxB, KtxB ; 23 K txP ch, KK t1 and Bla ck is well oft Best was 21 B·B5. If t hen 21 .. , BxQKt; 22 P xB. RxP; 23 RxR, RxR; 24 K t-K5 !, BxQ ; 25 KtxP ch, K-Kt1 ; 26 KlxQ with a good Pawn plus.
21 . . . . BxQKt 22 PxB RxP 23 RxR QxR 24 P_KKt4 B_Kt3 25 BxB • • • •
181
W e akening the Pawns, but the game quickly simDlifies.
25 . . . . P,B Kt·Q5 25
27 But not
27 . . . . 28 KtxQ 29 K_B1 30 RxKt 31 Kt-K4 32 P_B3 33 P_Kt3 34 KtxKt
Kt·K5 Kt·B7ch 27 Q-K4? {or
K·Kt1 KtxQch
KtxB R-Q 1 R-Q5
Kt·B5 Kt·Q7ch
RxKt
• • • •
QxKt! wins. 35 RxP 36 P_Kt4 37 R·KKt6 38 R·Q6 39 R·Kt6 40 R-Q6
Draw
The biter bitl SICILIAN D EF ENSE
R,P P_Kt4 K_R2
P_Kt3 K.Kt2 K_B2
w. w. Adams O. Ulvestad White Bla ck
1 P. K4 P_QB4 13 BxKtch P,B 2 Kt-K63 Kt·KB3 14 Q-QR4 Q. K3ch 3 P.K5 Kt_Q4 15 B.K3 BxKtP 4 Kt-B3 Kt_B2 16 R_QKt1 B_B6ch 5 P_Q4 p,p 17 K·K2 0 ·0 5 Q,P Kt.B3 18 Kt_Kt5 Q_B1 7 Q_K4 P-KKt3 19 P_Kt4 BxPch 8 P_KR4 B·Kt2 20 P_B3 B_B4 9 P-R5 P_Q4 21 KtxRP R-Q1
10 PxP ep Q,P 22 QR.Ktl Q-K3 11 Kt_QKt5 KtxKt 23 Kt_Kt 5 R·Q7ch 12 BxKt B·B4 Resigns
Energetic and efficient execution. N I MZOWITSCH DEFENSE
B. Blumin G. Hellman White Black
1 P_Q4 P.Q4 15 KtxPch 2 P.QB4 P. K3 16 KtxR 3 Kt.QB3 Kt-KB3 17 Q.R5 4 B·Kt5 B.Kt5 18 QxRPch 5 P-K3 P-B4 19 QR_Bl 6 Kt·B3 Q-R4 20 Q-R6ch 7 BxKt BxKtch 21 P-K4 8 PxB P,B 22 Q_Kt5 9 Kt_Q2 PxBP 23 P-K5
10 BxP R_Kt1 24 PxKtch 11 0 _0 p,p 25 Q_R6ch 12 Kt_K4 Q· K4 26 BxPch 13 B·Q3 PxBP 27 Q_Kt7 14 P.B4 Q.B2 28 R_B2
Collection of CHESS STUDIES
By A. A. TROITZKY
K·B1 KxKt Kt.Q2 K.Bl
Kt_B3 K_K2 P_Kt4 B_Kt2
R_KKt1 K_B1 K.Kl K_Q1
Q-B4ch Resigns
With a supplement on the theory of the end_game of two knights against pawns.
Translated by A. D. Pritzson. PRICE $3.00
David McKay Company WASHINGTON SQUARB PHILADBLPHIA
Chess and Chu ker CataJogu~ S~nt on RequesJ
J 82
Open h,les are open tanes through White brillgs home the game.
which
GRUNFELD DEFENSE I. A. Horowitz M. Green
White Black 1 P.Q4 Kt· KBS 20 e,p e," 2 P_QB4 P_KKtS 21 BxRch K_R1 3 P_KKt3 B·Kt2 22 Q_KS Q.B2 4 B_Kt2 P.Q4 23 R_QB1 R_KB1 5 Kt_KB3 0·0 24 B_K6 Q_Kt2 6 0·0 p,p 25 P-Q5 P_QR5 7 Kt_RS P_B6 26 P-Q6 p,p 8 PxP P_B4 27 BxQP R_K1 9 Kt.B4 Kt_B3 28 R· B7 Q,e
10 KKt.K5 KtxKt 29 BxQ e,g 11 KtxKt p,p 30 Q.Q4 P_R4 12 PxP Kt.Q2 31 Q·Q5 R¥1 13 P·B4 R_Kt1 32 Q_B6 R_QB1 14 R_Kt1 KtxKt 33 QxB e,a 15 BPxKt P_QKt4 34 QxRP R_K2 16 B_QRS P_QR4 35 QxP e,p 17 B_B5 B_QR3 36 P·K4 P_Kt4 18 Q.Kt3 P·Kt5 S7 P_QR4 Resigns 19 B_Q5 R_B1
Sharp position.
opening ptay nets R. a pawlI pills
BIRO'S OPENING
H. Se idman White
1 P_KB4 2 P_KS 3 Kt·KB3
P_B4 Kt_B3 P_QKt3 P_Q4? B·Kt2 R. B1 B·K2
4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
KtxP Q,a p,p PxKt BxKt 0·0 K_R1
P_Q4 P_KKt3
B·Kt2 Kt_KB3
0·0 P_B4
Kt.K5! Q. R4
B. Kt5 PxQP
a,a Kt_QB3
QKtxKt KtxKt QxQP
BxPch a,a
S. Reshevsky Black
18 RxB 19 R-Q3 20 P_QR4 21 Q_K 1 22 R_RS 23 R(RS).B3 24 Q.K2 25 Q_B4 26 Q·Kt5 27 Q.Kt4 28 K_Kt1 29 P_R3 30 R(BS)_B2 31 RxR S2 R·B1
Res igl1's
P_KS Q·QKt4
Q· KtS KR_Q1
R-Q4 QR.Q1
R.Q7 Q_Q5 Q_Q4
R_QB1 P_KtS
R(B) . B7 e,e
Q.Q8ch Q.K7
Tleo charter membefJ of the AI. A. S. A. (Mlitual Admiration Society oj America.)
NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE S. Reshevsky
White 1 P.Q4 Kt.KBS 2 P_QB4 P-KS 3 Kt.QBS B·Kt5 4 P_K3 P_Q4 5 Kt· BS P.B4 6 B_QS 0·0 7 0-0 PxBP 8 BxP Kt.BS 9 P.QRS B_R4
10 Kt_K2 PxP 11 Kt(K2)xP KtxKt 12 PxKt Q_Q3 13 B·KKt5 Kt.Q4
R. Fine Black
14 R.Bl 15 B.Q2 16 Q_K2 17 Q_K5 18 KtxQ 19 B·KKt5 20 KtxB 21 BxKt 22 P.Q5 23 B.Q3 24 KR_Q1 25 P·K KtS 26 K.Kt2 27 R_B2
B·Q1 B-KtS
B.Q2 Q,Q
KR.Q1 Kt_B3 RxKt p,a p,p
R· K2 R·K4
K·Kt2 R_Q1 Draw
THE CHESS REVIEW
PUERTO RICO A [our·man match between Ponce and
Caguas at Puerto Rico on July 30th produced some excellent chess and a 3-1 victory for Ponce.
Ponce Caguas Gotay __ __ __ ___ __ 1 Sitiriche ___ __ ____ 0 Salicl'up __ _____ __ 1 Sarriego _____ ____ 0 Santiago _____ ____ 1 Ramirez ___ ___ ___ 0 Borras __ ___ __ ____ 0 Dies ______ __ __ ___ 1
3 1 The following sparkling coup won a point
for the Ponce champion, Pedro A. Gotay in his game against Jaime Sitiriche. Sitiriche won tne Puerto Rican Elimination Tournament, held to select players for the Buenos Aires Inter_ national Team Matches.
White has been busily bent upon r educing Black's Q side to smithereens. Gotay now rings Black's death·knell with a catastrophlc " fini sher."
29 . . . . R_R7!! 30 KxR ....
Whi t. e decides that the unpleasant breath of this unwelcome visitor Into the face of his King is eve n less desirable than the odor of his dead body.
30 .... And Black wound up
31 Q.K7 32 Q-R4 33 PxR S4 K_R1 35 PxP 36 R_R3 37 R(R3) _R1 38 R·Kt1 39 QR_QB1
Resigns
QxBP! matters quickly
R_R1ch RxQch
P_Kt6ch QxKt p,p B_B1
B.R6! Q_KB7
P_B4
with
The club operated by Ned Goldschmidt in Great Nor thern Hotel last season has reopened as the New York Chess Club. Originally in LOll don Tel'l'ace. the club has been in existence five years. T .he new quarteps comprise two .spacious playing l'ooms and sitting room, handsomely furnished with antiques, and are located in The Rembrandt next to Carnegie Hall. The club is popular with average players. Visitors aTe always welcome.
POPULAR Q. G. D. VARIATION DOOMED!
Chess player s of the Soviet Union devote mu ch time and energy to the study and development of opening theory. Research In t his field is conduct ed in t he USSR not only by m as tel'!!; , but al so by m ally young players who h ave achieved a high quality of pe rfor ma nce.
T he present arlicle depicts two opening continuations Ot considerable theoretical illterest , which have been contributed for our readers by the prominent Russian master, Mikhail Yuuov ich .
• • • Considerable attention is aroused in connec
tion w ith one of tbe well -known var iations of the Orthodox Delense to tbe Queen's Gambit which resul ts after the follow ing introductory moves.
1 P_Q4 P_Q4 9 BxBP Kt_Q4 , P.Q B4 P.K 3 10 B,B Q, B 3 Kt.QB3 Kt.K BS 11 0·0 K txKt 4 8_Kt 5 B_K2 12 Rx K t P_ K 4 5 P_K 3 0·0 and ;r 6 Kt- BS Q K t_Q2 13 Q. 8 2 p, p 7 R_ B1 P.B3 14 Px P K t_ B3 8 B-Q3 p,p 15 R_K1 Q_Q3
T h , foll owi ng position i , the reupon r e aChed.
Black
White
Levenfisch defeated Riumin in the Moscow International Tournament in 19 36 by playing he re Hi Kt-Kt5 ! a n d then, in answer to 16 ... Q-B5; sacrific ing his K night by capt uring t he Pawn on KB7.
Dr. Alek hine recommends in th is position (arter 16 Kt·Kt5l t he m ove 16 . .. B-Kt5 , w ith the ide a of transferring t he Bishop t o Kt3 for t he defense of the K side.
Two fi r st cat egory players ot Voronezh, Kopayev and Cb istiakov, ba ve suggested in reply to 16 B·Kt5 a n intel'esting attack of a combinative Character. The a ttack begins witll17 R·KKt3!
T he (Al
follo wing v ari ations 17 • • • • 18 R-K R3 19 QxB ! !
19 . . . . 20 BxPch! 21 R_R8c h! 22 K t x Rch 23 KtxQ
Black
Wbite
are possible : B_R4
B_Kt3 • • , ,
R PxQ R,B K,R
K_Kt1 • • • •
and ,,,'hite (E) 17
18 19
has excellent pr oSllects of victory.
R_KR3 R,B
B_R4 P.KR3
PxKt
183
184
20 RxP QxP 21 R_Ql Q_B5
rr 21 .. ,Q-K5; 22 QxQ. KlxQ ; 23 R-K5, Kt-B3 ; 2·t R-K7 with advanlage to White.
22 Q.Kt6 Kt.K l And a fter 23 B-Kt3 White remain.'; wit h a
very strong attack, ( 0 ) It Bla ck reject!; 17 ... E-R4 and play s,
for example, 17.... Q_Q2
t hen White achieves the advantage ·by means of
18 R_K5
for if n ow Black proceeds 18 . . . .
• • • •
P_KR3
Sad al'e the conseque nces of 18 ... QR·Ql which succumbs to 19 P-KR3, QxP ; 20 K txDP, RxKt ; 21 R-Q3 etc.
19 Q_Kt6! B.R4 Again st 19 .. . QxQP ; would follow 20 BxP
ell and 21 Kt-BS. Which gives us the f oll ow ing situation, and
an other opp ortunity for a crushing Queen sacrifi ce.
~~ Black
Whit e
Here it is: 20 QxKt !! PxQ 21 Kt_K4ch K_R l 22 RxB . ...
Only a r esigna tion will avoid mate ! The foregoing analysis casts a dark !Shadow
of doubt Ullon t.he validity of AJekhine's move 0'1' 16 , .. B·Kt5, Which is aft er all, probably insufficien t to a chie ve equali ty in t his vari· ation.
A sparkling continuation has been worked out in the Vienna Variatlon of the Queen's Gambit by Sim agin o( Moscow. The usual introduct ory m oves fol1ow :
1 P.Q4 P.Q4 4 B·KtS 2 P.QB4 P·K3 S Kt·B3 3 Kt·KB3 Kt·KB3 6 P·K4
B.Kt5ch p,p P.B4
Now White reje cts t h e doubtful complica· tiOll S that a r ise after 7 P·KS. PxP ; and con· tinues his normal development,
7 BxP PxP 8 KtxP Q.R4
This characteristic deployment concord·s with theoretical r equ isites, but is unexpect edly confr onte d by a defiant and t antalizing reo joinder.
THE CHESS R E VI E W
9 BxKt ! . . The following position has been r eache d.
.",~ Black
A r eal t easer! ch allenge.
9 . . , , 10 PxB 11 K .B11
White
Assume Black a ccep ls the
BxKtch QxPc h
• • • •
Not 11 Q·Q2 because of t he exchange o( Queens. Paradoxically. acceptance or t he op· por tuni t y to gain two rooks would only im· mola te White upon t he al t ar of anot h er " immor tal" game. The text yields White a powerful aUack, e.g .,
1 1 • . . • QxBch 12 K·Ktl
White is .safe-but Black is menaced by 13 R·B I , and even if 12 ... 0 ·0; a dange rous a ttack aga ins t Black's K Is init iated by 13 Q·Kt 4.
S !mag in 's discovery wa s used with cru shing e ffect In the game be tween Kotov !Uld Yudo· vich (see The Chess Rev iew- J u ne, 1939) in t he eleve nt h ioul'llament [or th e championshi~
or t he USSR in L eningrad t h is year. It appe ars that Black must refrain fr om
playing il .. . Q·R4 au d instead. continue h is development with 8 ... QKt·Q2. Only after 9 0 ·0 , BxKt ; 10 P xB, is it possible to resor t to t. he sally of 10 . , . Q·R4. for W hite Carl no longer disrupt Bla ck' s posit ion on the K s ide.
ARGE N T I NE T EAM TOURNAM ENT
The entries of some forty countries Jor the International Team Championships were reo ceived at Buenos Aires by the Argentine Chess Federation. However, there were some can· celations wJ,ere countries were unable to ad just themselves to the month·s postponement en· forced by financial difficul ties. The S. S. Piriapolis left Antwerp July 29th with many of the European teams, and the Canadian team sailed on the S. S. Argentine from New York, July 28th. It appears that about thirty coun_ tries will enter the fray, with the two out. standing absentees being the United States and Russia,
SEPTEMBER , 1939
Would You Have Seen It? By IRVING 'CHERNEV
1932 Amateur
~
S. Nadel 1 Kt.Kt6eh 2 Kt_Q5eh 3 Q_K5 mate
Odds Game, 1865
RPxKt PxKt
Van Per Meden",:~
Steinitz 'r.he following combination was t he result of
a rook odds ga me originally credi t ed to Mor· phy, bu t claimed by Steinit z/ the title to which he substantiated.
1 Q_K5 2 Q-Q5ch 3 Q. KKt5 4 Q_Q8ch 5 Q.K8
Bla ck is defenseless.
B_Kt2 Q.K3
Q_KR3 8·B1
Prague, 1916
Goldsehmied 1 Q_RBeh 2 Kt-K5eh 3 QxPch 4 R_B7eh 5 Kt_Kt5 6 P_B4ch 7 R_K1 mate
Brunn, 1931
,...,,~schmitt
1 Q.Kt6 ! 2 RxB 3 Kt_B5 4 KtxPch 5 KtxPeh 6 Kt.K5eh 7 Q_Kt5 8 Q-R4ch
M i kenas
9 Kt.Kt6 mate
G,Wnwj.h V j/lagt/ undmmk CHUMLEY'S
Where Chessplayers Find a Fri endly Club·like Atmosphere WINES • BEERS • LIQUORS
K_B2 K_K2 B,Q
K _Q3 K -Q4 K-K5
Kt.B3 KRxR
Q_B1 K_R1
K_Kt1 K_R1 Q.84
Kt_R2
Rendezvofls of Cdebritits
Excellent Cuisine Dinners 65e - $1.00 Chess and Games Parapherna l ia Always Avai labl e
Experts' Night Every Monday
86 Bedford Street, N. Y. C. Telephone CH 2.9512
1 b lock off 7t h Ave. at Barrow St. Ch r istopher St. I RT subway station
185
186
FIRST STEPS B1 c. J. S. PURDY
( JUally /;1IUJ Champion of tffaJra/;a) I. THE OPENINGS
We have learned that many readers-es. pecially members of newly formed chess clubs - would wekome morc elementary fare than we usua ll y give.
Hcnce our new series, "'First Steps." As far as possible, each month's article will be complete in itself. We begin with the open. ings. This is not the logical subject with which to begin, b ut it is what beginners always seem to be most worried about. Our remarks wi ll be usefu l to average players as well.
We will assume that readers a~ familiar with chess notation. Those who afC not, can doubtless obtain the needed information.
N otice should be given to the following signs and their meanings.
! - Dest !! - Best and ve["y fine (oJ" ~ pec lac ulI\ L' )
1 - In fez'lor 11 -A bad blunder !! -Doubtrul ! ! ! -Brlllilult , but doubt ful ??!-Qulte unsound, but dashing
O PEN ING P LAY ; I N TR.ODUCTORY
T he first thing to do is to lock up any book on the openings that you possess, and lose the key!
Even moves and principles explained in weat detail are of little use to a player who is below average strength, After he has studied this articl e, such eX'planations, we trust, will be easily grasped,
T he following simrle rules, together with those g iven later, wil enable you to play the openings at grade A dub strength. Follow these rules until you have brought your middle_ game and end_game up to the same strength.
DEVELOPMENT
The mail/ aim ill the open;lIg ;1 to get all yotlr pi4teS illlo working order, ;. t., developed,
The moves of the minor pieces and the Queen have a double purpose; (1) to get these pieces into play themselves; (2) to clear the back line (or the Rooks. The player who completes development first has an advantage, because he has the rig ht to take the initiat ive; and the player with t·he initiat ive has the easier game, Development is complete wh;:-n the Rooks are connected on the ba(k rank, i.e., have nothing betwttn them, and at least one rook is on an effective fi le, but both rooks if there are two effective files. By that time the other pieces will obviously have been moved out, too.
T HE CHESS REVIEW
It is therefore well to get each piece out in one move, so that you (an clear the back line in :ts few moves as possible. It is practically never good to move a pi«e twice, unless to save it from capture. When bringing each piece out, try to put it on the square on which the piC(:e itself is likely to be most effective, and will impede the rest of your army least. The Bishops are the pieces which require most thought, because tliey have more choice than Knights; Knights should generally come out before Bishops, simply because it is easier to de<;ide early which are their best squares. T he usual order is, hrst a K night, then the KB, then the other Kt; then K.side castling, or the other B, or the Q, according to circum. stances. TH E CENTER
There is a SC(ond aim in the openmgs; to get a good share of the center squares.
The cenfer iJ tremendously important, es. pe(ialIy the four squares in the very center of the board. The two middle squares on each Bishop file are also valuable, i.e., QB4, QB~, KB4, KB~. There is g reat virtue in moving a center pawn (KP or QP) two squares, for it commands one of the enemy's center squares, and his adjoining Bishop. fi le square, too. Also, by clearing the s<juares behind it for use by pieces, it enables its own army to command those squares, as we1l as the square on which it stands. Compare the feebleness of a pawn on the third rank ,
Make it an invariable rule, whether you are White or Black, to move either the KP, QP, or QBP two squares on the first move. T his gives Black three choices if White starts with 1 P.K4, but only one if White starts with I P-Q4 .
Don't move the KBP ea rly, for it exposes the King, and unlike P.QB4 (which makes a possible avenue for the Queen) does not help to develop anything.
Whichever of these three pawns you move first, keep the option of moving the pawn next door to it (on any of the four centra! files) two squares also, although you may not
NEW YORK CHFSS CLUB (fo r merly Great Nonhern C. C.)
opens Wedneaday evening, Sept. 6th in Studio 2E, 152 Weat 51th Street. New York City. Selliona are on Mon day and Wednesday evenlnga fr om 8 to 12 and Saturday aftern oona from 1 to 6.
Two beautiful clubrooms and sitting roo m, Library, Dues, ten doll ars yea rly.
SEI'TEMIIER, 1 939
actually do it for a long time, In any game in which P.K4 is not played early, you will generally find that the two pawns you must reckon on getting out two squarcs arc the QP and QBP, T his g ives the ru le: Where 10" dO//J phI] I'.K4 et/rI}, /le/ 'U b/o(k }oltr Q8P,
It is bC('ause I Kt.QB3 breaks this ru le right at the st art that it is an infer ior openi ng,
WHICH PAWNS To MOVE Which pawns shou ld we move in the open.
ing ? T he nursery advice is, "on ly the KP and the QP," The proper rule is: if you start with P.K,1, then on ly the KP and QP; b ut if you don't , then the QBP is also a Aood pawn to move, for the purpose of helping to control the center. Also, if you don't move the KP early at all, you may play P.KKt3, to develop your KB in fianchetto, and si milarly, if you don'\, move the QP, you can fianchetto the QB,
/)01/'1 /illl/chelfo 11 BiJhop If 1111 tII 't'IIIIe IS alreat/J opell 10 il.
Sometimes it is a ll right to break this rule, but it is nevcr wrong to fo llow it ! Therefore, always follow it.
As for the other pllwns, the Aeneral rule is not to move any of them until de\'c!opment is complete. The [ollowing rna}' be e:.:ccptions.
When it becomes impos.~ i ble to play P_Q4 and you have played P. K4, keep the option
187
of P.KB4 - and play it whenever you think the time is fitting.
When you have a Bishop at QB4, and the opponent plays P.QR3 to hit the Bishop with P.QKt4- fo il him by P.QR4. T his I~s a movc----a "tempo"- in Je\'clopment, but the enemy has C<jually lost a " tempo" wit h P.QR3.
Whcn a piece has come down to Kt ), on eithcr side- you can ask it to movc with P. R3. Do not play P.R3 to stop its going there; that g ives up a move for notll ing at a[1.
The on ly pawn moves that help to open the fi les for Rooks are two.square pawn mOVC5, and inasmuch as the Rooks ;!.re u~U;tlly most effec. tive on ccnter or B files, this truism adds to the virtues of I P.K4, P.Q4, and P.QB4 .
It is often possible for you, especially when White, to play both P.K4 and P.Q4. But when this is not possible, you will find it necessary to move either the KP or QP only one square. In such a case, don't let a Bi shop be shut in tllereby, but first play the Bishop out to 134 or KtS, unless there is some tangible objection. A very good open ing system is that of the Giuoco Piano. which begins with t P.K·1. 2 Kt. KB3, 3 B. QB4, and 4 P· Q3. Note that W hite has developed hi s KB before play. ing P.Q3. White can also, however, play 3 P.Q1 (the Scotch Gamc) which frees him from all restr ictions.
"T'WERE BETTER TO HAV E PLAY ED AND LOST •• " ... YEA ! MUCH SETTER !
188
Cross Country UTAH TITLE TOURNE YS
T he 1939 cham pionship or Salt Lake CIl)' has been won by R ichards Du rham , who ouA:· sCOl-ed len competi tors in a c lose r ace. Only a hair-point behind Durham's fi ne score or 9- ) were Irvin W. T aylor alld Dale L. Morglm. each wlth IPh- lIh .
Defend ing champions seem to be &.nybody's prey when the Snit Lake title quest Is onnot one having been able to re peat Ill, the past fi ve years. All five chamv ions have competed i n all tlve tournaments----and five dlftel'ent champions have been cz'owned ! Fourth and fi f th pl aces th is year went to L. N. P age an d H. A. DIt tman.
• • • Dille L . )101'1;11.11, secretal'Y o r the Utah Chess
Fe deration. was e ligible for the Ogde n cl ly cham ilionell i!) In which he also played while competing at Salt Lake City . Morgan won twelve $ltra,lghl games to clinch the title In decis ive style. Ra), Kooyman. de Cencllug cham· pion, was the r unner-up.
• • • The Utah Chess Fedemtion Congress oceUl'S
at Salt Lake City over ,the Labor Day HoI!days, Illay in th ree sections being carded Cor September 2, 3, and 4.
JE RSEY CITY TITL E Norman Malzbel'g l'e taineu h is J en;e), Cily
CheS!! Cl ub Cham pIons hip lhis yeal" , by winn ing t he J939 clu b lOur nament wh ich COlicluded lael month, Ma.lzberg out-l'an F, Pozar ek In a neck·and ·n eck home·stretch fi nish, a fter PozlI.l'ek had amassed 9'h points In hIs first t en games, }'l alzberg's victory marke d hi s fourth club r,hnm plonship trium ph In five years.
Leading scores were: Poin l lotlt l~
Norman Ma.lzberg ___ ____ ________ __ 12 - 3 Frank Pozarek ____ __ _______ _______ 11 -4 Joseph Poza.rek ____ ___ _____________ I Olh- 4 ~ M . Lut wlnn lak ___ __ ____ __ ___ ___ __ _ 10~__4i,i
1939 J erler City Chess Club Champi on' hip QUEEN'S PAWN GAME
N. Ma lzbe rg D. Cohe n Wh ite Dlack
1 P_QB4 P_K3 18 P·KR4 p , p 2 P.Q4 P.Q B4 19 p,p Q.B2 3 P.Q5 Kt. KB3 2<J QR.Bl Q.Q1 4 Kt.QB3 P.Q3 21 Kt.K2 Q. K2 5 P. K4 B.K2 22 Kt_Kt3 Kt.B4 6 P.B4 p,p 23 Kt_BS Q.Q1 7 BP)! P 0 ·0 24 R. B2 R.B2 8 Kt·B3 R_Kl " R.Kt2 Q.B1 9 B·Q3 B-Kt5 26 P.R5 KhKP
10 0 .0 QKt_Q2 27 Kt_R6c h K. R1 11 P_K R3 BxKt 28 KtxPch R)!K t 12 Q)! B P_Q R3 29 Bx Kt R.B2 13 P.KKt4 Kt_Kt3 30 R,R Q,R 14 P·Kt3 KKt.Q2 31 P·R 6 Q. K2 15 P_Kt5 R.QB1 32 R_K2 Kt.Q2 16 B· Kt2 P. B5 33 Q_R5! R. B1 17 B·B2 B.Bl 34 PxPc h Rulgns
T HIl C HE SS REVI EW
U. S, CORRE SPON OENCE CHAM PIONSH IP T he sevenlh Gn nd National Tournament for
the correspolllience championship of the l: nited States will be conducted by the COl" respondence Chess League of America starting th is mon th. The toUI'lla.ment Is open t o all chess players, and Is r u n on' ;n four rounds. Preliminary Qnall ryi ng Sections a nd slale ch ampionships are decided In the ftrsl t wo rounds, with the All·East and All-West titles leading to a fOlll'l ll l'ound )llay-off fOI' the national titl e. InrOl'mll.li On may he obtained fl'om Walter F , James, SeCI'elary·Tournament Direc· to r of the C, C. L. A. at 211 E. l\Iain Stl 'ee1, Che rokee, [OWl!..
- - --CHA RL.E S F. ELi SON
Charles F. Elison, prominent ill Chicago cheMs circles and fOr many years Olle or t he city·s leading e xpe r ts, d Ied August 4th after an illness of severAl months,
SOUT HER N CONCLAVE The Southem Chess Associati on Cham pion
ship hehl July ]-5 at Atlanta, Georgia has been won by the Ml nm l ))each collegian, Gust.avu s Litlman. Littma tl , who last yea r Will> runner-UI) in h is firs t attempt to t ake the t itle, topved the three other finallsts, W. N. Woodbury, 1939 winner. Walt e l' Mll ir , strong up-s tate New Yorker, and t he genial W. M. P. Mitche ll , w ho is likely to appear on the scene at a ny tourney, even j{ it occurs In Eu rope.
Champ ionship Tou rn ey Prel im inary _ Section I
Point tota l ~ W. Muir, Schenectady, N. Y. ____ __ ___ 7%- 1 i,i W. N. WoodbUl'y, Birmlngllllm, Ala. __ 6%- 2 'h J. R. Jackson , AtlantA., Ga. ___ ___ ___ _ 4i,i - 4 'A. G. W. Sweet, ~ , ChaltflnOOg'II, Ten n. ___ 4i,i-4 'A. Pen .\l itchell , AtlAnt fl, GIl. ___ __ __ __ _ 4%-4'A. A, 'I'. Henderson, Ly nchburg, Va, ____ 4 %- 1 'A. J. n, Holt, J ack son, MIss. ____ ____ __ 4 -5 J . E. Woody, St. Louis, Mo . • _ ~ ______ 3 - 6 H. G. Tyer, AndOve r, Mass. ____ ___ __ 3 - 6 R. H . W illiams, Mt1.con, Ga. ___ ______ 3 -6
Chilmpionlhip T our ney Prelimi na ry - Section II
P oin t totals G. Littman, Miam i n each, F la. ___ ___ ~ 8 - 1 W. M. P. MltcMIL ))oston, Mass. ___ _ 7 - 2 H. M . Wood s, J r., Vlrgin!1l Beach ___ ~6 ih-2Ih W. W . Gibbs, Stau nton, VII.. ___ __ ____ 6 -3 A. Sweets, ChattAnooga., 'renn, __ __ __ 5 -4 W. Surgles, August a, Gfl. ~ _____ ___ __ 5 -4 J. Taylor, Chattanooga, Tenn. __ _____ 3%-5* H. Tompkin s, Atlantu, Ga. __________ 2'h-6lh F. C. Hill , Atlanta, Ga. ______ ________ 1 -8 W. Feagin, Macou, Ga. _____ ________ ',2-8%
Championship Tourney Final Round
P oI nt t otals Rauk G. LiUman • ____ _________ • __ 2'A£- % I
Miami Beach, F la. W . .\ Iuir _____ ______ R ____ _ __ 2 - 1 II
t<chenectady, N. Y. W. N. Woodbury _____ _____ _ l%-l'h: II I
Birmingh am, Ala, W. M. P . Mlt.ch ell ____ ____ __ _ 0 - 3 IV
Boston, Mass,
SEPTEMBER , 1 939
Southern Championship F inal s _ July 1939 SLAV DEFENSE
W. N. W oodbu ry W . Muir White
1 p .Q4 P-Q4 Kt.KBS
P . BS P .K Kl l
B. Kt2 B.Kt$
2 Kt.KB3 3 p.B4 4 P.Kl 5 KLB3 6 P .QKtl 7 B.Q3 8 B· Kt2 9 B. K2
10 Kt.Q2 11 QxB 12 PxP 13 0 ·0 14 P . B3 Hi PxP 16 QR.K 1 17 Q.Kt2 18 R·K2 19 K·R1 20 P.QR4 21 Q.B2 22 P.B4 23 Q.B3 24 R ( B)· K1
QKt.Q2 P·K4 p. K5 "a 0 -0 p,p
P.QR 3 p,p
R.K 1 Kt. R4
Kt.Kt3 R.QB1
R. B3 R(B3)_K3
Kt. B1 Kt·Q3 Kt·B4 Q.R5
Black 25 Kt. B1 26 P x B 27 Q. Q3 28 R x Kt 29 KtxR 30 Q.Q4 31 KbQ 32 K. Kt 1 33 B.B3 34 K. B2 35 B. Kt2 36 KbKt 37 P.R5 38 B. Q4 39 B. Kt6 40 Kt.Q2 41 K. K3 42 B.Q4 43 B. Kt6 44 Kt. B3 45 K. Q3 46 Kt.Q2 47 Resigns
MAS SACHUSETTS OU TING
a,p KbQP
KtxR R,R
Q_B7 Q,Q R.K8 KtxP R·Q8 R·Q6
Kt. K3 PxKt
R, P K· B2 K·K2
R·Kt7 K·Q3 R·R7 P·K4
P·Q5eh K·Q4
P· K5eh
The annual outing or Ihe )l assachuseUs Sta le Chess Association a ttracted over olle hu ndred chess players, 'l h!!lr wives and fI'lends to the Dee l'field acauemy grountls J uly 231'd. A th ir ty·three board team matCh be tween the J.;ast and Wes t or Mnssachusetts failed ,to go West by a score or 22-11. Charles S. J acobs o f Boston gave a ten· board s imultaneous ex· hibl Llon, winning seven, los ing two, and d raw· ing one. Refreshments, croquet, Krlegspiel and fou r·hantled chess proved to be the extra· cur ricular attractions-ali contl'l butlng to a gala day, d ue to the etrora o r Frank Boyden, Headmaster or Dee rfie ld ncatlemy, Majo r Haroltl F lower, presltlent of the \Vestel'n Mw;s. Chess League, and many offi cers o r the associ· atio ll Rntl local leaders thl'oughout the state.
-: GUcher' s :-
POSITION-RECORDERS F or The Ult imate In
CORRESPONDENCE CHESS Cru tut Aid Vet T o
Error lell Che u By Mall S ["-",I,, I Ket - (\CQl'"lnlOd ottor (or fl. limited
l ime only. Sample~ oC Ollr com L,lete OXlllipm"nt: Largo 8% X 11 Inch Pos i-
tion· Itccordcr. "F .. ll StJt (; " l1" lold Men. &OI·e·r.Olll mn ~h(lc t ~. ).oose·)cM c h,\rte. POlltl\l~ - O lflJ\' rll.ms.
enly
25c p r.p~ld
(Po~H ion-nccordc r~, only; flv!: for $1.00; l w .. lv .. fOI· $2.00).)
Ask ' or o ... r Corn plu e PriCe Li s l a nd C" talogue of Cheu Suppllu, BOo ks
CO LLINGWOOD SALES CO. 11l1 e rn1\110111.1 D I ~ l rlhlllor~
149 Coll ingwood Ave. , R oom 7 De troIt , MIch .
189
MARSHALL PLAYS 63rd ROUND! Popular Frank J. Marshall, Uniter States
Chess Champion Emeritus, celebrated his sixty_ second birthday August 10th. On T uesday of the same week an e ight~n board intra.duD match was staged, the two teams ~ing cap_ tai ned by Marshall and Prince Obolensky. TIle Prince picked only four losers, and led his team to a 12.6 win.
Line.up of the teams: Obolen sky'a Team
Prince Obolensky % A. Glass ______ ___ 0 K.S. Howard _____ 1 C. Ruberl ___ _____ 'h B. Forsberg ___ __ _ 1 S. Zei tlin ________ 1 K. BReI' _________ 1 F .M. Slmouus ____ 1 F . Sarti _________ _ 0 D.W . McRea uy __ _ 1 F. King _______ __ ,_'10 Mrs. E. Hanison _ 1 G. l1'oerster ______ 1 R . l'~cheverrla. ___ 1 1. Bookman ____ __ 0 R. M. Varnum __ __ 'h A.O. Nickstadt ___ 1 E. Mole ______ ___ 0
Total ____ __ . ___ 12
Mar.hall'. Team H. He lms ___ ___ __ ~ l<~ .J. Mars hall _____ I A.C. Cus ________ (I L .J. WOitr _______ % D. Hallman ______ 0 L. Persinger __ • __ 0 01'. A. Buschke ___ 0 H.A. 'l'l'autman __ 0 S. Riegel ________ 1 Dr. Weisaensteln _ (I W. Puetter _. ____ 'AI E . Me tllyn _______ 0 S. OeOrgaros __ __ 0 D.S. Rodey ______ IJ 'l'.A. DUust ______ :.. Z.L. Hoover __ ._. 'h J .D. Kelley ______ 0 F. Ranuall ___ ___ _ 1
-Total ____________ 6
HUDSON RIVER RI VA L S So keen is the I'iva!ry be tween Schenectady
anti Albany that when these two cities can· fron t eac h other, "down by the river" in a cheas ma tch, the heraltls au mmOll Into actlou an a r ray o f ta lent that is tl l'aWI) t l'om the fa r cornel'S of l he earth.
Walter Muir, just back (rom Atlan ta, whe l"6 he took a c rack at t.he Southern title, led the Schenectatly team o( ten. Mu ir's elght·sta.le journey to the scene o f the match at Albany was no stroll th rough the llark, bu t was a mere hop, skip and a Jump compared to that of his opponent, Max Pavey. Pavey Is In t hod U. S. for the summer, havi ng Just returnctl from Scotlanu where he won the Scottish Na· tion;~l championship.
Schenecta tly tied the match at 5-5 despite the fact that the Albany aggregation was reo inforced by strong former New YOrk City e x· perts whose business !lOW places them jn the Callital Distric t chess activities.
The line·up: Schenectady
1 v.'. Muir ___ . ____ 0 2 F . Stevens ______ 0 3 C. Hewlett, Sr. __ 1 4 T . Bel'l'y ___ ____ % 5 W. Kehoe _______ 0 6 P. Guckemus ____ Y.! 7 C. Hewlett, J r. __ 1 8 B. Sm ith ___ _____ 1 9 F.. H ugo __ ___ ___ 1
10 :\f . Sm ith _____ __ 0
5
Albany M. Pavey __ _____ 1 I. Heitner ______ 1 A. Engel ________ 0
H. Sager -------_Ih A. Fox ________ __ 1 F . Collins __ _____ ~ J . Hoose ___ ___ • 0 M. Schwal'lz • • • _ 0 M. S hapiro __ . __ 0 J. Gancher ______ 1
5
190
Breezy Brevities By H AROLD M ORTON
W . P. Sockman, H Y P D individual cham. pion, won the following merry battle from a Meuopolitan chess concessionaire.
A non.Metropo litan visitor has promised to append a few unsupervised notes, but explains he can work better at home, where "straw fo r ( hewi n' .. is wit-hin ready reach.
Not es by (Never mi nd the name. I don' t want to get prominen t. as no perfesslona l nater, but I k now my oni olls ,.- a nd S lats Rick s, who ain' t worth a scratch at. hayin' , but was slick enough to be champ of Skylar k County back In ] 903 has showed me a hatrul or sly tr ick s.)
A Conc essionaire White
W. P. Sockman Bl ack
1 P-K4 • • • • Just regular sturt so fa l',
1 .... P.K450_0 2 Kt_KB3 Kt-QB3 6 R_K 1 3 8_84 8.84 7 8.K2 4 Kt_B3 Kt.B3
P-Q3 B·KKt!5
, . . . Ain' t f001ln' t his s lickel' 1I0ne- t he boys
dow:! a t t he g rai n store a lwa ys ge ts Into trouble w ith the dern Dls hop pins. and lie calculates to stop the nonsense,
7 , . . • P.KR4 8 P·Q3 Q.Q2 9 Kt. KKt5 0.0.0
10 P.KA3 A.A3 Tll is fe ller don't k now notllin', A bishop
is wc r t h plum neal' t wice as much as a llawll. 11 PxB Px P 12 KtxP QxKt 13 BxR Q.R4
T hese college boys a in 't so sma r t. He didn 't eve:l see t ile pawn could 'take the bishop as easy aJS pie ,
14 BxP BxPc h 115 KxB Q.R5ch 16 K.K3 Q.Kt4eh 17 K·B2 P·Kt6ch 18 K·Kt1 , .. ,
M y gosh, if he'd e ve r gOlle to B3 lIe'd a been ma t ed by Q·Kt5ch, Just dum b luck,
ey and El Buttocks tded to figger this lIere position out ' til mllk ln' time, good and careful. The score was 43 wins fOI' Cy, who ,had Black, and 37 for E I, but EJ' s been t witched plen t y wi t h his l'heumatl :l;' a ne! Cy'S got bifocals, so you ran' l te ll much,
18 . . , , Q.A5 19 B.B3 Kt-Q5
He mig ht a s well g ive UP, 'cause wi t h a rook and piece just I)\all) chuc ked away, what cha nce has he got?
20 Kt-K2 21 PxKt
KtxBch • • • •
Shucks! Why don't he gO a fter a counter· atta.c:k?
21 , . . . 22 K·B1
Ain' t t h is ,the jack' llot! all the way.
Q.R7ch Q.B7 mate Ju st as I figgered
T HE C H ESS R E VI E W
1939 A, C. F. Finals
BUDAPEST DEFENSE
B, Blumin O. Ulvestad W hite BlaCk 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 2 P.QB4 P· K4 3 PxP Kt.Kt!5 4 P.K4 KtxKP 5 P.B4 Kt.Kt3
5 .. , KKJt·B3 Is positiona lly pre fe l'able, aside from saving wear an d teal' on his mind wi th eternal worry about an eventua l P,B5,
6 Kt.KB3 B.Kt5ch Rightly rejecting 6 , , , B·B4because of 7
P·B5 (remember t he sermon ?) . Kt·R5? ; S Kt, Kt5 !, Q·K2 ; 9 Q·Kt 4 and Black, all t he wrOJlp; road, is irke d by a. toll·collector.
7 Kt.S3 Q.K2 8 S.Q3 Kt.A3
Distinc tly better would 9 PxB, P ·Q3; 10 0·0, 0 ·0,
9 0·0
be 8 . , , DxKtch;
10 PxS BxKt P.Q3
The real s in is in permitting the beast t o g raze a.t R3, w hen 10 Kt·B4 would ha ve gotte u some m uc h needed work out of him,
11 P. K5! • • • •
Now White ploughs Black's po si tion for h im -into a. crlss·cross of pic turesque. but pai nful [ UITOW S ,
11 • • . . 12 P.B!5!
Vis ito rs come a t 8wkwa l'(l 12 . . , . 13 K.A l 14 Kt·Kt5
p,p • • • •
moments. Q.B4ch
Kt·K2 B.Q2
Good moves are lacking, Amidst t he fur· row~, Black fin ds ,he ca nnot even plant his feet . Now he Is hit by everything but the time-clock,
15 P·B6 PxP 16 Kt.K4! Q.B3 17 KtxPch K.Q1 18 B·K4 Q.Q3 19 B·R3 Resign-s
1939 A. C. F. Preliminar-ies Th e ,shortest game or the t OUl'llame nt ,
SICILIAN DEFENSE
M. Peckar W hite
1 P·K4 2 Kt.K2 3 P.KKt3 4 B·Kt2 5 BxP
P.QB4 P.K3 P.Q4 p,p
Kt.KB3
A. Fine Black
6 QKt.B3 7 KtxKt 8 P.QB3?
Resigns
KtxB Kt-B3 P.B4
City Chess Club Member ; "Why don't you wipe the mud off your shoes before you come into this O less Club?"
Visiting Chess Player from the Tennessee Hills: "What shoes?"
SEPTEMBER, 1939
Book Reviews MODERN CHESS OPENINGS
fUJliJed by Reuben Fille $2.50 A boon to posterity, and a monument to the
past, the new edition wields a weight of auth~rity unequalled by any past work on the openings.
It is more complete than ever, more modern and more dependable-withal, much easier to use because the potential prospects of every column of analysis and example of master opening play have been kindly appraised. In_ accuracies of -past play 'have been laid bare; improved lines of play have given new life and virility to some openings, whereas others, for a long while believed quite sound, ·have been shown inferior in the light of present day knowledge.
Over four hundred named variations are In_
dexed! Best play is analyzed, and in every case terminates with plus or minus or equality indicated clearly- in order that the virtues of attack and defense may be easily recognized, and the task of both the truth seeker and practical player thus simplified immensely.
Correspondence players, tournament and match players can not afford to concede any opponent odds of the knowledge it contains.
CHESS ARCHIVES By REUBEN FINE $8.00 PER YEAR
Chess enthusiasts need no longer mourn the death of L'Echiquier. In its 'place is a new publication of greater significance to the chess world as a whole ... CheJJ Archives.
This venture, published by Reuben Fine's father_in. law, is a tremendous undertaking. It is printed in Continental figurine notation on looseleaf sheets which can be readily adjusted into a large five_year folder, which every sub_ scriber receives. An index of openings, strategic motifs, and players appears with each issue, bringing it up to date. The games are annotated by means of a simplified code, easy to follow.
As for the games themselves, it may be said that no other chess publication has attempted such thorough coverage of important chess evellts. The first issue contains all scores of the AVRO 1938 tourney, 1939 Russian train_ ing tourney, and Hastings 1938-39 tourneya total of two hundred and fifty_four games. The second issue has two tllUndred and seven_ teen games, comprising al! scores of the recent E1iskases_Bogoljubov match, 1939 Margate tourney, and 1939 Kemeri_Riga tourney, as well as attractive selections from the Landau_
191
Szabo match, Paris 1939, Birmingham 1939, and Amsterdam 1939 tourneys. In all, a year's issue of the Archives will ipresent some fifteen hundred games, problems, end_games and articles. Alekhine, Tartakower, Reshevsky, Euwe and Fine annotate.
The price may seem high for a chess publi_ cation, but actually the subscriber only pays about one_half cent a game for eminently fine chess reporting. To pay for the book of each tournament presented in full by the Archives, would cost at least double the subscription pncc.
Cbess Archives offers in subsequent issues the complete score of the 1939 U. S. S. R. championship, won by Botwinnik, and a volu_ minous selection from the Buenos Aires team competition. The publication merits the sup. port of every chess player who seeks the latest and best data.
MORE FOR PROBLEMISTS Space 1)I'events us from giving detailed no·
tlces or the pl'oblem tourneys that al'e CODstantly being announced. We Shall ·be glad LO mail itsts of tllem rrom time to tlme .to an intel"e~t ed composers.
INFORMAL LADDER (Maximum score for Nos. 1357·1374: 52) "UH. B. Daly 802, 44; E. J. Korpanty 694,
46; ·W. Patz 736, -; ."1. & M. Hochber-g 674,46; "I. Rlvfse 662, 46; ."G. Plowman 660, 46; "'A. Sheftel 673, -; F. Sprenger 631, 42; W. O. Jens 592, 28; T. McKenna 537, 36; W. Keysor 484, _; l. Burn 472, -j K. Lay 448, -; "J. Hannus 4", 20; "·P. L. Rothenberg 365, 46; Dr. M. Herzberger 387, _; B. M. Marshall 352, -; G. Fairley 272, 49; .~1. Burstein 260, 49; J. M. Dennison 229, 31; A. Tauber 213, 49; u~Dr. G. Dobbs 122, 49; A. A. J. Grant 152, 15; A. Saxer 166, _; Dr, W. F. Sheldon 111,46; P. A. Swart 85, 32; J. TUlch 97, _; V. Rosado 79, -; l. S'lpir 40, 39; W. C. Dod 75, -; *H. Medler 70, _ ; J. Donaldson 53, 14; A. Fortier 60, -; ~ Dr. P. G. Keeney 45; S. P. Shepard 31; F. Grote 6, _; Bill Beers 5, 2; C. H. Godfrey _.
CongratulaUons to Harlow B. Daly on his fourth successful Ladder climb and to Simon Costlkyan, who wins the Qual1:erly three·move prize with his flne consecutlve·jll>terference study, No. 1366.
REMEMBER
TO RENEW
YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION
Problem Department By VINCENT 1. EATON
Add.en all <orrt spondenct relating to Ihis deparlmenllo V. L. Eaton, 2237 Q Street, N. W., WaJhi"glon, D. C. Questions about problem matters will be answered it accompanied by return postage.
I have finished judging the en tries in the Fifth International Miniature Tourney, and lake pleasure in lJresenting my report. These annual CO ll tests. which draw support from composet's or many nations, owe thei r success to the industJ'y and generosity of our formel' Problem Editor, Mr. R. Cheney,
In quantity and general quali t y. the entries are about equal to tast year's, though I think t. hat the prize-winners are somewhat superior. It Is becoming increasingly diflicuit ,to achieve any sort or originality in problems arbitrarily limited to seven pieces or less, 'Vhe field has been explored almost to exhaustion, It was my harsh duty to have .(0 dis quality several 0[' the best entries ·because they wel'e virtually identical with previous work. (One of them, to my ple ased suprise, was .n, duplicate of a llrobl('m r had comIJosed and published fOU l' yeai's ago!) But miniatures will never Jose t heir charm for the solver, and as long as com'Posers of ingenuity keep experimenting with them. there will be opportunities for breaking new ground, The t hree- and tOlll'-move prize· winners demonstrate ·this amply,
As is customary in tourney-judging, t he entrie~ were submitted on special di.agrams. with the composers' nll-mes omitted, so tha.t their merits could be passed upon impartially. When the award was made up, and I learned t he names of the successful contributors, I was very much disapIJointed to see how poorly we Americans had fared, Let's try t o do better next time!
I have done my best to test the houored problems. but since everyone, including myself, knows that I'm far (rom infallible, pr.)zes will not be awarded for two months, to hllow cla ims of cooks or anticipations,
SECTION 1-Three-movers PRIZE:: No, 1420, A splendid strategic pI'ob
lem, showing a familiar two·move seH·block idea raised to three-move form. The extension here is quite legitimate because of the jnteresting Black play that is added and be~ause of several tasty v ar iations that are quietly in t roduced. Aside fro m the SUrprising mainplay, there is an excellent selfblock with long Queen mate artel' 1 . . ,Bb6. The key is adequllte and cooks are cleverly Ilvoided,
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION ex aequo: Nos . 14 21 and 14 22. It is hard to choose between these two. No, 1421 has familiar play after the lllack King moves, but the pretty echo blocks arter ] , , . Pb5 and 1 ... Pd5 are a touch of novplty. The key is excellent and 1 Sc6 is a devastating t ry. No. 1422 Ihas a puzzling key which sets the stage [or ·a nearly·pure mate after an elegant quiet sa crifi ce. T he secondary variation leads to a pretty model of quite different character. The constl'uction shows care and considerable polish_
SECOND HONORABLE MENTION: No. 1423, A K lng-In·the-col'ller selling -of somewhat familiar character, wi t h a first-rate key, a far-roll-ming Queen, and none-too·obvious quiet variations.
192
= THIRD HONORABLE MENTION: It J.
Be rmudez. FOVRTH HONORA!3LE MENTION: Dr. p,
G. Keeney. COMMENDED: John Hannus, Fr, Pab'lUcek,
A. KarJstrom, Dr. G. Dobbs, Dr. W. Massmann. SECTION 2-Four_move rs
PRI~E: No, 1424. A fine complete four-move echo idea consisting of battery discovery followed by quiet third moves and parallel mates. The play is con trolled by moves of either Dlack Pawn toward promotion squares, one of the piquant feat ures being the Black King's rno'ting to the line gl·a7 and thus blocking a pote ntial check. There i~ a third quiet variation with semi-thematic mates. T he key is POOl', but all one could hope for in such a difficult set task.
FIRST HONORABLE MENTION: No, 1425. The Black King is allowed to wander widely. producing a number of unexpected mates, the best being <the e choe s with K at e l and a5. A pretty mating·net problem.
SECOND HONORABLE MENTION: No, 1426. Partial grab o[ the Diack K night , with all excellent key tllat sets up a clear-cut ambush followed by switchback,
T H IRD HONORABLE MENTION: Maxwell Bukofzer.
FOURTH HONORABLE ME NTION : Maxwell Bukofzel',
COMMENDED: F, Palatz and E. Schutte. Maxwell Bukofzer (2). SECTION 3_ Problems showing the Indian
theme. Here the entry was disappointingly small. A
number 01' the problems submlUe d had to be shifted to the other sectio ns because t hey did not show the complete Indian theme, which consists of (a) wi t hdrawal of a W hit e piece to create an ambush arter (b) a stalemate has been created; and (c) unmasking of the ambu~h.
PRIZE: No. 1427. The best of the entries, though its Indian feature is not clearly empha3ized. The White Knigh t maneuvers cleverly to produce d.issimllar mate-situl\.tions,
FIRST HONO'RATILE MENTION: No. 1428, A good compression of a familiar Indian scheme, with an a dded non·thematic variation.
SECOND HONORABLE 11E};"TION: E. F. Valcins,
THIRD HONORA TILE MENTION: n. Pelzer. COMMEND ED: R. Pelzer, Fred Sprenger.
" * * * The Honorable Mentions and Commended
problems in these tourneys will appear in next month's Review.
" * * * The fourth annual Nort h American Problem
Composing Tourney, sponsored by t he Correspondence Chess League or America. is now in progress, The!"e are four s ections:
1. Two·movers containing cl'os8·checks. Prizes $4. $3. find $1. Judge E. W. Allen.
2. Mutate t wo·movers. Pri1.es $4, $3, and $1. Judge: Dr. P. G. Keeney.
SEP T EMlJER, 1939
N o. 1411
DR. G. DOBBS
Carr o llton, Ga.
NO. 1412
DR.G. DOBBS
Carro ll ton, Ga.
Male in 2
No. HJ.3
DR. P. G. KEENEY
Be ll evue, Ky.
Male in 2
Original Section
No. 1414
D R. P. G. KEENEY B el l evue, Ky.
No. 1415
GEOFFREY MOTT.SM ITH
New York, N . Y. ~
No. 141 6
GEOFFREY MOT T ·SM ITH
New York, N. Y.
Mate in 2
N o. 1417
A.J.FINK Sa n Franc isco, Calif.
~
N o. 1418 1. RIVISE
N ew York, N. Y. (A First Attempt)
Mate in 3
No. 1419
F. W. WATSON Toronto, Canada.
Mate in 4
SOLUT IONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE OCTOBER 15, 1939
193
194 THE CHESS REVI E W
Original Section (cont'd)
No. H20 R. J. BERMUDEZ TampicO', MexicO'
Pri ze, Three_Meve Seotien
No. 1.121 DR. M.VYORDMANN Dortmund, Germany
F irst HO'norabl e M ent iO'n, ex aequO'
NO'. 1422 MAXWELL BUKOFZER
Bellaire, N. Y. F irst HO'ncrable Mentien,
ex aequO'
Mate in 3
Fifth Internatienal Miniature Teurney
No. 1423 K. N I ELSEN
Hama r, Ncrway Second Hcncrable MentiO'n
Ma.te in 3
No. 1424
EDUARD AF HALLSTROM Kuu-sane, F i nland
Prize, Feur_Meve Secticn
No. 1425
DR . G. DOBBS
Carrellten, Ga. First Henerable Mentien
Mate in 4
No. 1-126 FRED SPRENGER
New Yerk, N. Y. Seccnd Hcnerab le Menticn
Mate in .j
NO'. H27
FRED SPRENGER New Yerk, N. Y.
Prize, Indian Seoticn
Mate in -I
No. 1421;
DR . M.VYORDMANN Dortmund, Germany
First Henorable Mentien
SOLUT I ONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE OCTOBER 15, 1939
SEPTEMBER, 1939
No . . 1<129
New Orleans "States"
June 18, 1899
Mate in 2
No. 1430
American Chess Bulletin, No. 371 _ August, 1908
Male in 2
NO. 1431
St. LouiS' Globe·Democrat; No. 560 _ June 26, 1910
Mate in 2
Quoted Section Problems by Burney M. Marshall
No. 1432
New Orleans Times·Democrat;
No. 1935 - November 6, 1910
Mate in 2
No. 1433
St. Louis Globe.Democrat; No. 702 _ November 19, 1911
Mate in 2
No. 1<134
Philadelphia Public.Ledger No. 386 - December 2, 1917
Mate in. 2
195
NO. H35 "Brisban e Courier" No. 2182
Brisbane, South Austral ia February, 1920
Mate in 2
No. Hall Cincinnati Enquirer; No. 1183
March 7, 1937
Male in. 2
No. 1437
Atlanta Journal; No. 574 February 3, 1939
Mate in. 2
These Problems are not Scored in the Ladder Competit ion
196
3. Two-movers of any type. Prizes $4, $3, and $1. Judge: Kenneth S. Howard.
4. Three-movers of any type. Prbes $4, $3, lind $2. Judge: V. L. Eaton.
The cOll>l.ests a re open to all composers reo siding In N01'ill Ame rica. Entries should be sellt i O the problem editoz's of the C. C. L. A. Bulletin, Messrs. I. and M. Hochbez'g, 2~6 East 174th Street, t he Dronx, New York City, who reserve the right to print all problems submitted in that publication. Be sure ,to send your contl'ibutions before Dec. 31st next.
• • • • For this month's Quoted Section, Mr. Burney
Marshall has kindly sent us a selection of his besi work. Mr. Marshall was born in 1886 and be,l!;Rn solving problems at the precocious age or ' eight. hiS ftrst composilion was publiahed in Nov. 1897, and was so well received that others soon followed. His composing ac· tivity spa M a 1)eriod or more ,than fOrty years, dur ing which he has p I'oduced more than five hundred problems,
ML·. Mars hall is a two-move speclallst. He likes complex play. unusual key moves, novel vlLriatlOns. Often he builds a problem around olle hlghlY'strateglc line, such as the pin-unpin elfect of No. 10135. But he has tdIe knack of int roducing dch subsidiary play. and a Mars hall proble m is generally lull of variations (No. 1431, rOl' e xample). H is llkJug for unusulll e n:ects often shows ltsel( In his keymoves, such as that of No. 1430, It ramous IJ!'ob l~m in its day, and In the very rece nt No. 1437, From the early half-p innel', No. 1429. to the model'll Gavl'llow, No. 1436. Ml'. Marshall demonstra tes his continual interest in popular complex themes.
SOLUTIONS :-> 0. 1357 hy Bm Heerll: I B e l (TwO llOlnl ll )
l 'l e ..... lng dltheme pln ><- Vohus . T"'o pre tty plml!ates nicel y cc hoed-Ha<:: h beJ'g~. G<Jod kooy . w ith nfcc s yJnllle t rica l Din p la y-Rothenloerg. Illy vote-McKenna. D ,o.1 y.
N o. 13fi8 lo y Dr . Q. Dobbs : 1 nb6 ( T wo poin t ~) Se lt -lolocks a nd Interfe r,m ees nea tly \J l c nded-Ha<::h\Jer.o;~. Lot~ of a.ction;;1,,-.)nKer. S~vela l ti ne v u l'l a lions-Dennl~o n. My VOle-Sheldo n.
No. 1359 u y \.'. Oa mage: 1 Sg6 (TwO \lOlnta ) Origina l a nd mas t e rly croa~ehcck- .. hutof[ sche Ll\e . 1II~' vole-""irlcy. S plendid CI'",,~check inte l'ference l'l ... y, wllh a prelly bl a<::k ail ,. s ouvenir. My voteitolh(mbcrg. l;:Xcellcnl modem line-play - Dobbs . W . K. a t lonf('es t dhJt a nce from ch ecking piece In thi ... be ... utiful problem _ Spren~r. :'ofy VO l e - J e llS. Rlv!se. S prenger.
No . 136(} by I;'. Gamage: I BeS (Two pain ts ) AnO l he r fin e c reatio n. with ~pl end ld ke y. 'The va r iation after 1 . . . Sd3 Is urtitldal but nove l- Fai rl ey . 'Th e K t derenaes a re tine-Dobbs. ~'l n e ke y, aJlowlng lIigh t . leadinll' to wea lth o f va r' atione-Rothen berg. My v ote--Dennlwn. DonaJdson. :Plo wman.
No. 136\ by L. KIss : No 8011111011 , Intended key. \ ~8 (Q). defeated uy 1 .. Ret. ('.rwo POints)
No. I~GZ by Georrl"<lY Mott-Smlth : 1 Qe8 (Two poInts ) Ple tts ant echoes in additio n to an exce ll e nt nnpin varia t ion - fi.olh(mbcrg. Nice Roya l unpi n-Spreng er. Good avH ... ~·e 1 wo-.. r- DolJbs.
No . 1363 b y Aure l T auber: 1 HhS ( ,..".·O poin ts) No. 13601 by Allrel 'l'auber: 1 Rhl (']'Wo poin ts)
Ni ce twlnB with dlffHcn t e lee.rance_
No. IJ65
No. 1266
No. 1367
No. 13GS
No. 1369
NO. 1370
No. 1~71
No. 1372
No. 1;173
:"<0, 1314
No . uni .'Jo. 1~76
No. 1377 No. Ins No. 1379 No. 1380
No . 13S1
• • •
· . . No. 138Z li.
· . . N o. 13S! h y H.
1 , . .
THE CHESS REVIEW
pair of two- move "HI'la toh,"
C.rhrce points )
po l nt~ )
Dohbs: 1 Rhl (Th" ee paints) 2 Sh2 2 Kh2 pseudo-Indian M(l"e tllth Intllan lS a r e Impure . but s t r a t egy a re v t!ry utlruc tlv{l
vote- R lv ise. Kt!t!ncy: 1 n,,? (T hree
fin ..
p lay. blL t a
(Fi ve POlnt8) Poc3 • .Px.P; 4
the o ld r e lia ble pla y tor eac h p roS uperb s ui wi t h a
of 1"'Olllo tions -
paint s ) 3 Pd.
3 Qe 4,
with
Pd~' • Pd5' •
muln
threa t ; 2 Qh5ch
throot; 2 QxRch
' ''''1: 2 s r6ch
. lhreAt; 2 St G
