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Vol. VII Number 9 Offjelal Publication of1ffe Unltecl States (bessfederat\on Monday,

January 5, 1953

NEW CHESS LIFE PLANNED! GIVE READERS HINT OF FUTURE

By WILLIAM ROJAM Siafl W ,i/u

}<'D,ce.lifti ng is a p[linful process, as eve n beauticians admit, but double-chins and wrinkles must yield to progressive treatment, if a lady is to keep her youthful zest. The an c ienl Ma~lam CHESS LIFE (six years old, if we must whisper a secret), despite rheumatic aches, bravely faccs the future 'and a course of plas tiC surgery designed to s treamline her bulky figure in­to a more svelte and graceful appearancc.

We lilt Lhe curlai n briefly dur­ing the painful process of surgery to show our readers in the ad­joining columns how the face of Madame CHESS LIFE will prob­ably look aftcr the doctors have I:ompleted tllcir tlelieate opera­tions.

In this pl'C!cv iC!cw, we introduce II n ew featufe wri ter in Interna­tional Master L<'l rry Evans, U. S. Chess Cholllpion and U. S. Open Champi ,m. M I'. EV,1 11.5 w jJJ conljll JJC t..o express hi s views and lilu stl'ulc hi s winning ideas in chess in future issues of CHESS llFE.

In, slleec(' llmg lSSUI::S vie ' wtH In­traG '~ e ot her new features by U. S. Master HC!crma n Steiner, former U. S. Champion, who will discuss model'll innovations in opening the ory <'lnd pmctice; while a sextet of America's younger masters in Donald Byrne, Robert Byrnc, Eliot Hearst, J ames Sher­win, Jcremiah Donovan and Carl Pilniek will alternate in contribut­ing practicnl and intere sting ideas on chess. A spccial department devoted to games by CHESS UFE readers and USCF Members will be conduded by Jack Collins, who needs no introduclion as annotator. Other novel features will be in­troduced from time to time as occasion warrents and splice per­mits.

But old favorites will not be banished when Madame CHESS LIFE loses her wrinkles in March . Mor e pages will more than com­pensate for the loss in heighth and width, so that more space w111 be available. Among those popular features which will be retained arc Chess Life in New York by Eliot Hearst, Wibat's the Best Move by Guilherme Groesser, While to Plan and Win by William nojam, Finish It the Clever Way by Edmund Nash, Mate the Sub­tle Way by Vin~nt L. Eaton, and Readers' Road to Chess by Dr. Kester Svendsen. In addition Editor Maj or will continue to ser­monize editorially, whether the reader likes it or not.

Special irregular features like The Kibitzer Has His Day, Res Caissae, It's A Question, Chess for (he Tired Business-Man, With thc Chess Clubs, and With the Chess Leagues will be continued as space and material warrent; and there will.be an endeavor to crcate permanent regular features out of several of these sporadically appearing departments .

It will be noted that Tourna­ment Life has not been mentioned in the above listings. In March, in all probability, Games Editor

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Mastel' LARRY EVANS

u. S. ChCH Chd»JP;Otl

u. S. OpCtl Cht1mpi,," , 195 1.52

U. S. T <·t1/>I M"",{,a. 1950, 19 52

A Chess prohlem P( ~ l ' se in ter­. e~l me very litlie. I call dc·

rive 110 pleasure from a position whcm OlIO ~' icJc (l .... ~Wl !!y While) eOlllnw uds a teniIi e pI'epondcr­ance in material and is instructed to "play and mate" in two, three, or um pty moves. T he compo~ed endgame study, however, is a dif­ferent matter. lts solution can be apil lied to position s aris ing in Il ractico ; mOl'eovct·, it is :L rich aesthetic cxperienee.

Offhand it is difficult to see Ji..ow White can proceed after his obviously fo rced firs t move. Tbe ·immediate threat is ........ , P-R6. 1. K-Kt4, P-R6!; 2. KxP, K-Kt4!

ROCHESTER WINS TRI-CITY MATCH

Rochester (N. Y.) Ch ess and Checker Club scored a close vic­tory in a tri·city encounter with Buffalo and Syracuse, held in Rochester . Final poi nts in match score were Rochester 4%, Buffalo 4, and Syracuse 3%. Members of the victorious Rochester team were: George Ncidich, Allan Can­dee, Ray Rcithel, Max Herzberge r, CHESS LJFE Games Editor Erich Marchand, Ed Lefferts, John Has­enoerh!, and B. Rubin.

SOUTH BEN D TOPS GARY IN MATCH

South Bend Chess Club scored a 7-5 victory over the visiting Gary Chess Cl ub team in a 12 board m:Ltch. Tallying for South Bend were Don Brooks, R. Aiken, Q. Rickey, R. Richardson, L. Smith and G. ·Michaely while Wallace Kosiba, Floyd Bolton, S. Thomas and Tom Bottom scored for Gary. Jan Bratt <lnd J. Rickey of South Bend drew respectively with Geo. Martinson and M . Isailovich .

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KOROLKOV

White to play and draw

(:2 ....... , KxP an(/'; ~ 3. Kt-IUC); 3. P-RG, Kxi>; 4. 1(·Kt4, KxP; 5. K·B3, K·B4 (Whitc looks lost. Black's King will march ovcr to win his Knight); U. K-Q2, K-Q3 ; 7. K-Bl , K-K2 ; O. K-Kt11 (HcyJ Where is he going?), K-B1; 9. K·Rl, K-Kt2; 10. KtxP ch , BxKt! Stale­mate l

Th e ending is reminiscent of an O'Henry story!

ERDMAN REGAINS RACINE SPEED

Ed E rdm<ln, Speed Champion in 1949, l'eg<lined the RaCine Speed title in a 17 player Swiss with 6-1, losing to defending champion Dan Anderson in th e first round, but thereaf ter ovcrwhelming all opposi­tion. II. C. Zierke was second with 5-2 on S·B points, losing games to Erdman ond Arganian. Helll'y Mos­kal, surprise of thc tourney, was third on S·B with 5-2, dropping points to Kunz and Zierke, but masterin g Gregory, Andcrson, Rigg, Abt and Al·ganian. David Arganian with 4 1h _2Yl was fourth.

S¥fEENEY RETAINS HELBIG TROPHY

Defending Champion, Swceney High School of Bayonne, won the seventh ann u a I Interscho l a~tic Championship event of Hudson County with a mnteh score of 13-0 and a game score of 26-4. Demarest High of Hohoken was second with 3-3 and 16%-13 112 , whil e Weohuwk­en I·Ugh wns thi rd with 1 % ·4 1J~ and 9·21, and Memorial High of West New York fourth with 1%-4lh and 01f2-21 lh .

Sweeney retains permanent pos­session of the Paul Helbig Trophy, which it has now won three times. Demarest a nd Memoria! each won the trophy twice but fa iled to gain the third leg for permanent pos­session. The Hudson County Inter­scholastic Championship is spon­sored and conducted by the Jersey City YMCA Chess Club.

COLUMBIA TOPS TEAM TOURNEY!

Col umbia Un iversity repeated in t.he Inlel'cullcg ialc Te:un Champ­ionship, retaining possession of the Harold M. Phillips Trophy won i n 1O~() . Cit y Colloltlc uf Nuw York , tw ice victor In the team tOIll'lla­menL, WllS ~ccontl-tJ l c pi llee it Look in 1950. 'l'o ron Lo Un ivc rsity, mak­ing its fi rst appearance in the Leam event, shar ed second, one·half point l.Ihend of Westerll Reserve llnd . l!niversity of Pennsylv~ n i tl ",,:."; ~.~ _ shared fO UI· t ll place.

Several l<ist-minute cancellations r educed tho final entry lis t to twelvc colleges, hut despite thc ahsence of severul regular stand·hys such as Ya le, Cornell and Princeton, it wus among the strongcst of t.he lnte]'coll cgiate Team Championsh ips with Colu mbi<'l lield ing one of the most outstunding teams of its his tory, as :;hown by the final game score of 25·3, which was 8% points ahead of the nearest rivaL

Arl'::mgements, as usual, were neal' perfection , being ha ndled by a group of veterans who h ave guided the Intercollegiate evcnts for many years.

FINAL STANDI NGS 1. COlumbia UniversIty ..................... 25·3

:: ~~t!o~~l1~~IV~rr.:l.Y ~: ... :::::::::::.::i:i:m 4. lJnlv. of Pcnn~y lvanla .................. 16·12 5. Western Reserve .... .......... .. .... 16·12

~: ~~oy~ltJ~I~~~~W: : ............ .. .. :::::::::::: i~:a 8. Amhunt College ..... ................. ... 12·16 9. Stevens Ins Utute ................. ... 1l1·16 ~

to. Drexel Institute ..... .......... _ ... 101·1H I t. FordJlam UniversIty ..... ..... ................ 9"1~ 12. Holy CrQ8S CQlI e~e .......................... 5·2:1

COLLEGE ENTRY PROMISES FIGHT

Advance entry for the Intereol­legiatc Championship in New York gives promise of a very close and exciting contest . Teams already signl!d up lor t he event include Brooklyn College, City Collego of New York, Columbia University, Drexe! Institute of Technology (Philadelphia), Fordham Univer­sity, College of the Holy Cross, New York University, University oI North Carolina, University of P ennsylvania, Stevens Insti tute of Technology (Hoboken), University of Toronto, Western Reserve Uni­versity (Clcveland). In addition en­try is expected fr om Amhcrs t Col­lege and Georgetown University.

The entry list is larger than for any Intercollegiate event except in 1950, and the ge ographic dis tribu­tion is more representative. Of the entries, Holy Cross, Toronto and Amherst are making a first appearancc, while Drexel, North Carolina, Wester n Rcserve and Georgetown are entering teams for the first time, although they have been r epresented in the individual championship events. It is signifi­cent of the growt h of the Intercol­legiate that its entry list is so large despite the absence of sev­eral old reliable in Cornell, Prince­ton, Syracuse, and Yale.

SURGIES TAKES MILWAUKEE EVENT

Victory in the Milwaukee Muni­cipa! Championship wont to Sur­gies with Blh -Pf~ , drawing with Powers, Abrams, and Rozkalns. Sec­ond place went to Milwaukee Jour­nal chess columnist Averill Powers with 7-2, drawing with Surgies and Rozkalns while losing to Richard Kujoth and M. Rohland. Kujoth. former Wisconsin State Ch ampion. was third with 6.4, losing to Sur­gies, Abrams and Gaigal, while 'drawing with Clark and ' Rozkalns,

In the Reserve event first place went to Handt with 7Ih ·Ph , while Ru tz was second with 6-3 and For­cica third with 5'h-3Ih. HM dt lost to Liebig and drew with Keirn. Rutz lost to H andt, Forciea and 'Zierke. Forciea drcw with Zierke and lost to HDndt, Francisco Dnd Kcim.

In the Open event, which was conducted as a Swiss while the cha mpionship events were round robins, Luschinsky scored 7-1 for first place, losing one game to runnor·up Mack. Mack talli ed 7·1 also, losing to W. Ottes on, but placed second on SoB points. Ot­teson was third with 5% -2%, los­ing to Laschinsky and D. Lordahl whilo drawing with Youngcr.

RATrNG FEES Effective January'; 1953, the

charge for pubilcation Df the seml-annUll rating of players who are not members Df the USCF wlll be $1_00 for' .. ch semi-annual listing.

-A-merica ~ Chadd rJeWdpaper Published fWiI;C • month on the )th and 20eb by

TH~ UNITED STAT~S CH~SS FED~RATION Harolcl M. PhiUip" Pr~$itltnt; Wm. M. Bylmd, Tr~l$lJlrtr; MajO<" J. B. Holt, Surd..,.,; Kenn~th Har~, /JutintJI M .... St, 'lnd Mtmbc,shi,. SUrdl$ry.

Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR CONTRiBUTING EDITORS: Dr. A. Busch1c~, Vinunt L E<1t01l, GuiIMrmt

Mnthnnd, EJmund N<lIh, FTd Rrilljrad

Monday, January 5, 1953 -'rht olJ (ml~r dNIIISdh, ;fidding pl«~ 10 "tW.

T ENNYSON-The Passing of Arthur

W IJETlIER one believes in Circumslantual Evolution, as preached by the self-proclaimed d iscipJes of Darwin, or in Creative Evolu·

tion as pronounced by the spiritual descendents or Lamarek, the fact that mutation is essential to lifc and progress is not to be denied.

Ci:lF.s5 LIFE, favoring Ule school of thc Neo·L:lmarekans (whose roost artieuJate prophel was Shaw), belie ves in Cl'Cillive Evolution by a conscious eCCort of free will, rathCl' UWIl the blind will· less ob:!dience to the stimuli of circumstances on whkh the Nco·D;u·wini ':lll school bases its theories.

It s mutillions, since the origi nal Issue In 1940, havc becn conscious gropings toward a nOl'lll that must be cslabHshed some time in the indcfini le future . Perhaps these lllutations were so slight and spaced so In.r apart ,hat only a J)rofessionlll eye , would delcct them.

, But ill March, 1953 CHESS ).JF1~ will change so Ilerceptibly that even the amateur must rCl'Ognize lhe mutation.

Altcration is sizc, form and conlent of cnESS LIFE have long been recognized as desirable. Thc awkwardness of the size of the prescnt paper (inconvenient (or handling and difficult (or filing) bas been the one consistent complaint regarding the publication.

But, although this w~s recognized,. and a cbange in size was again strongly urged by President Harold M. Phillips upon his eJection to office, the increase in cost madc such change prohibitive undcr the existing circumstances.

Now the change becomes essential, since in no other way can CHESS LIFE make room for its additional features while retaining its present contributors. This may seem to some a direct example of Cir­cumstantial Evolution; but it is actually Creative Evolution, for it comes from a direct will to survive rather than from the chance survival due to the concatenation of incidental stimuli.

We trust that the reader will greet this bit of Creative Evohttion with en thusiasm.

ltJontgomery Major

B, Kester Svendsen

J OHN AN D THE CH ESS MEN. By Dr. Helen Weissenstein. Ill ustrated by Kurt Wer th. New York: Dav id McKay. 152 pp., 36 d iags. $2.75.

T IDS mystery story for the ten to fourtccn age group is a most novel introduction to chess for young people. Dr. (of law) Weissenstein,

hcrseH a player of national prominence, hus cleverly woven together the moves of the game and dctcctive adventure. Twins Pete and Paul Dalley teach chess to a bedfast friend who in turn solves an ugly problem for them and takes the first step toward recovery. A good deal of the history and morality o( the game is worked into the story. Now is as good a time as any for thc reviewer to submit the respecUul opinion that children learn chess (3st and that any chesser who does not take Ume to teach his ought to be investigated by the nearest PTA. Parents who find communication with Uw modern child diffi­cult can shove a copy of John and the Cbess Men into its little hands and prepare to give Rook odds shortly. Dr. Wcissenstcin has created a real story, not just a prop for chess instl'Uctions but the Jatter is SO artfully introduced that indoctrination should be inevitable. Ii be cannot learn from this, perhaps he shouJd be abandoned to slap and Old Maid.

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CHESS: SECON D STEPS. By I. A. Horowitz: an" Fred Reinfe ld. New York : E. P. Dutton. 196 pp., 100 di ags. $3.

A s recently as twenty years ago, beginners learned to imprdve by doggedly following master·class annotations in the journals and

puzzling through published games with only the foggiest notions of anything except surface, situation chess. Today basic principles have bccn so frequcntly and so fully communicated in a Clood o( primers and guides that the strength of the club player today must be astronomi­cally higher t han that of his opposite number in the nineteenth cen· tury. Horowitz and Rcinfcld have separately contributed CllOt>mously to this situation. Now they combine thcir talcnts again in a book for in· termediates based upon twclve gamcs of differing opening actually contested by players of that strength. Rough·and-ready woodpushers wiII

learn much from the chapters on weak color complexes, pawn·grabbing, open files, and two-bishop maneuvering. Nearly every move is dis­cussed, and the fourteen chapters contain a wealth of solid coaching. This is an admirable gilt for the fellow one overlooked at Christmas, but one. would be well advised to go through it hin:u;clf first.

by Vincent L. Eaton

AddrflS all communications to this column to Vincent L. e eton, 611 McNe", Roed, Sliver Spring, Merylend.

No. J9 1 Probl~m No. 19Z

By William Rojam

hcavy on our hands and the spirit of to conquer natural indolence, we plan most unique anthology in chess (unless

or Coles docs it first!}-a collee­games by pJayers who were more famous

their aehievcments in other fields of cndeavor. The (IUaHty of chess may not be as superfine

this collection, although ther e may be some sur· g:ood games, but th ink of the human int.crest discovering how some mastermind o( another

pn"e,,;oo found his talents hampered and limited chcssboard! How many a tHan of the world

the truth of Steiniu' retort to bankcr Ep. the Bou rse you are Epstein and I am

I am Epstcin and you Steinitz!"

In such a collection one must be careful not to include those rare individuals who found time to master chess and yet distinguish themselves in other fields of en· deavor at the same .time----sueb double-threats to fame as Henry Thomas Buckle, equally famous in his age as chess player and author of a History of Civili7.a.tion; Gcorge Alwood, noted as physl. ci-;t and ehess master; or Dr. Ossip Bernstein, who deserted chess for a very distingu ished career in law and then returned to ehcss with undiminished dis­tinction.

Rathe.r the collection should contain eX!lmples of those players whose solid claim to future re­membrance rests upon endeavors in worlds distinct {rom chess: writers like Count Leo Toilstoy, Charles Dickens, Alfred de Musset, Gcorge Santayana, Sinclair Lewis, Sir Walter Scott, Benjamin Frank­lin, Voltaire, Diderot, and Grimm; politicians and statcsmen like Lord Randolph Chul'ehill (father of the famous Winston), Aaron Burr, Robespierre . the . Incorruptible, Jean J acques Rousseau, Joseph Fouche (double dealing minister of police for Robspierrc, Napoleon

and Louis L'Egalile); soldiers Jike Napoleon, Marshal Murat and Ber· thier, the Duc de Bassano, and Eu· gene de Beuhal'lluis, nc>t lo men· tion Charles xn of Sweden and Timurlaine ; Presidents like Abra­ham Lincoln, and Woodrow Wil· son.

But there remains the question should we include authors like Lord Dunsany whose Came !lS a story·teller is partly based on tales of chess? Or poet AUred Kl'cymborg who was well on the way to chess fame when he de­serted Cuissa for the other Muses? Should we include S. Loyd (Il player of great ability) whose fame rests exclusively upon h is problem compositions? And what about such double .threats as Staunlon (chess and a standard commcntary in three volumes on Shakespeare), Philidor (who WTOte as voluminously on music as on chess), Gerald Abrahams (novel­ist and political pamphleteer as well as chess player), Williard Fiske (~hess editor and authority on Icelandic Liter!lture)?

We have skimmed the surface in lis ting a (ew names. We might include Sir Walter Parratt, the famous organist, who was reputed

Ct. ••• oflf. .!In new Yo,!.

B Eliot Hearsl

I N BRIEF: Aietropolitan club championships are aU well un­

derway by now. At the Marshall C.C., Ja~k Collins is setting the pace with a 7·2 record while Jim Sher­win and Frank Howard are close behind with G'h,·llh scores. ' Carl Pilnick has 6·1 and Tony Santasiere 6·2 . .. .• Abc Turner continues to head thc list a t the Manhattan C. C. with a total of 3-(1, in the tourney still held up by many post­poned games. Herb Scidm3n, com­peting for the first time in that club's annual contest, bas 2"() as docs Mubin Boysan, the popular expert formerly from Turkey. AI­bet·t Pinkus, 2'h-lh, and Max Pavey, l'h·Y.t, arc otbers with ex-ccllent scores ...... Henry Spin-ner leads the Brooklyn C. C. tour· ney with an 8·0 aggregate ..... . Edmar Mednis IS running awa.y wiUI the N. Y. High School Iodivid­u<ll title. His 6Y.,,-~ is at least l 'h points ahead of thc rest of the field. Incidentally, Atednis recently won a sU'On& Marshall Rapid by winn­ing his first eightccn (!!) gamcs and then drawing his last (our to finish three point.<: in front of his top competitors. . A chess clock was put to unusual use re­ceutly whcn a Columbia Univer· sity debate was timed with that mechani!i lll_wben the flag fell, the speakel"s time was up ..... . Manhatt.1.n C. C. will celebrate its 75th annivers ary with (our straight nights or activity, including !l pt-rty fealm'ing [, gamc between Rewev· sky and Gene Tunney, an " Old. Timers'" night, and a top·notch rapid trl'lnsit tourney. More about these gala evenl<: next issue .... The hrevily (If thi.~ column is due 10 OU t· competition nt this time in the U. S. fntercoilegiate Tourney­alwHYs a rough, but rewa·rding stl'uggle.

to be able to play a Beethoven Sonata while conducting at the same time two games of chess blindfolded. There is film >actor Humphrey Bogart who recently contested ehess with George Kol­tanowski, M. W. Testa who directs (or Universal and is noted as a scenario-writer, film actress MlW Mayfair who has participated in numerous women's tournaments as l'Ilrs. Charles Henderson. The pos­sibilities are almost 1imiUess.

To illustrate out' anthology's contents (if we evcr muster en· ergy to publish it), we submit the fo ll owing samplcs. Readers may suggest other examples worthy of inclusion in such a work.

HI NT OF F UTU RE_ (Conti nued from page I, col. 1)

Erich W. Marchand will take a Jong·que and weil!.Carned vaca. tion, llnd the department temporarily suspended. Marchand contributed

will be Editor

'annot!l' lions to the first issue of CHESS LIFE, and in December, 1946 (orm· ally took charge of the games de· partment Since that time, for over six years, he has labored without pause or vacation, never failing !l single issue, even when immersed in the strenuous task of preparing 'a thesis for a Ph.D., wbiIe engaged in a full·time oe· cupation teaching in Rochester Uni­versity. It is planned to reinstate an improvcd !lnd enlarged Tourn­ament Life departmen t under the charge of Dr. Marchand when he has been suIIiciently rested and other cbanges in CHESS LIFE have been completed. The new Tournament Life, as planned, will be ,devoted to chess throughout the world and not con filled as in the past to games in the USA.

J. B. Holt

THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION

Montgomtry MajD'

PRESIDENT (Tum Expires 1954)

Harold M. Phillips 158 Broadway New York 7, N. Y.

PAST PRESIDENTS Elbert A. Wagner, Jr.

108 So. LaSan!} street Chicago 4, Illinois

Paul G. Giers 2304 South Avenue Syracuse 1, New York

SECRETARY (T~rm Expires 1953)

Mil jor J. B. Holt Long Beach via Sarasota, Fla.

VICE.PRESIDENTS ( T n rn< Expjr~ 1955)

Edgar T. McCormick 102 Maple Avenue East Orange, N. J.

Phil J. Mary 2011 Carew Tower Cincinnati 2, Ohio

Dr. Bela Rozsa 1571 Swan Drive Tulsa, Oklahoma

Hans

VICE·PRESIDENTS (Terms Expite 1954)

Kmoch 360 Central Park New York City 25, N. Y.

George Emlen Roosevelt 30 Pine Street New York City S, I N. Y.

Herman Stei~er 108 No. Formosa Avenue Los Angeles 36. Calif.

VICE.PRESIDENTS (T u m! Expire 1951 )

William M. Byland 3244 Latonia Avenue Pittsburgh 16, Pen·na.

Milton Finkelstein l• l50 East 77th Street New York City ll, N. Y.

J. B. Gee 2425 Eighth Avenu .. Sacramento 17, CaUf.

Edward I. Treend :, ll203 Archdale Av~nue Detroit 27, Mich. :

I TREASURER (A ppoi'Jli."r)

William M. Byland 3144 Latonia AvenJe Pittsburgh 16, Penna.

I

BUSINESS MANAGER and MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

(Term JixpireJ 1957) Kenneth Har.kness

93 Barrow Street New York City 14, N. Y.

EDITOR . (Tu m Expires 1957)

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

LIFE DIRECTORS Hermann Helms

150 Nassau Street New York City 7, N. Y.

Lewis J. Isaacs 2852 West Arthur Street Chicago 45, Illinois

Isaac Kashdan 10652 Plainview Avenue Tuiunga, Calif.

S. S. Keeney 1156 Donald Avenue Cleveland 7, Ohio

George Koltanowski lOO Alhambra Street San Francisco, Calif.

Mrs. Caroline Marshall 23 West Tenth Street New York City, N. Y.

Anthony E. Santasiere 620 Trinity Avenue New York City 55, N. Y.

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors I

Tampa, Florida, July 16, 1952 (Minutes for the A ntill"! M embenhip

Mu ting " ,e ,,1)/ (/ ... "i/"bl., but aU import. n"t quutjo>,. .d;sed /ry mo mberJ in this meding we" djJ~'<S5,J in the mu ting of Di, ,,cton.)

The meeting convened in the tour nament room, Floridan Hotel, Tampa, Florida, Mr. H. M. Phil· lips calling the meeting to order at 1:10 P. M.

In attendance were; CAL-1FoRNIA: A. J. Fink, Mrs G. Pat­igorsky, A. R. Spillcr, Herman Steiner; FLORIDA: James B. Gib­son , Jr.; ILLINOIS: Daniel Fisch­eimer, L. J . Isaacs, K. R. Jones, C.A. Lyon, S.H. Olesen; KANSAS: C. Weberg; LOUISANA: A. Wyatt Jones ; MAINE: Charles Sharp; MlcrrrGAN: E. J . Van Sweden; MINNESOTA: Dr. G. A. Koclsche; NEBRASKA: Al[red Ludwig; NEW JERSE Y: Fred Borgas, A.L. Brown, ~. 1". L:tucks, E. T. McCormick; NEW YORK: Don<lJd Byrne, J. Donov,lll, E. Evans, E. Hearst, A . E. Santasiere, H. W. Phillips: NORTH CAROLINA: C. C. Crit­tenden: OHIO: B. J. Sidey; PENN­SYLVANIA: Wm, M. Byland, Wm. R. Hamilton, Glenn Hartleb, :r.r. Yatron ; TEXAS: Wm. A. Bills, Rober t Brieger, J. A. Cr eighton, Frank R. Gravcs, J. M. Moulden; WISCONSIN: M. Rohland; PUER­TO RICO: Santiago Lavandero.

Upon a motion of Mr. Gibson , which was seconded and approved , the minutes of the 1951 Directors' Meetings were accepted without being read, having been read at the i\Iembership Meeting July 15th .

Mr . Mary, the Secr etary, was not p resent and had not forwarded a repoI'l, th"Crefore, DO secretary's report was read.

Mr . Phillips stated Mr. Mary docs not wish to continue his office due to the pressure of his business. Mr. Sleiner moved, it was seconded and passed, that thanks be extended to Mr. Mary for his services, and regrets that he cannot carryon.

Mr. Treend, the Treasurer, was not present and bad nol forwa rded a report, therefore, no treasurer's report was read. Mr . Phillips an· nounced Mr . Treend also docs not wish to be re·appointed to his oHiee as Treasurer.

(Mr. Tttent/'l fjnantu.( "POtt lor 1M littal ~tar tnt/h'g Junt JD, 1911 'llltU pllb. lilhtd in C H ESS LIFE Srpttmbn 5, 1911-EditDT.)

Mr. Phillips made a report on his administration of the Federa­tion over the past year. He stated that the paid membership to date is about 1,190. During the year, 266 old members were dropped and about the sa me number of new members were obtained.

The treasurer had made monthly statements on the reecipts and ex· penses and they show the finances of the Federation were being guarded carefull y, even to the extent of using old letterheads.

But, the ireasurer had not reo ported on the deb~ts of the Federa­tion until recently!

Up until 1946, ~hc USCF, with $.1.00 .a year ~~e~, was in good fInanCIal condItion. Income was sufficient for printing costs, post· age and year books. Travel ex· pen.<:es of the officers to the annual meetings was also · paid, also one trip (costing $650.QO) by the pres· ident to a F.I.DiE meeting in Europe in 1950 w,.s paid. At the end of 1945 there was II small surplus in the treasury.

But the Federation was ex· periencing difficulty in obtaining pr oper publicity Ior its activities in U.S.A. publications. Full co­operation wm: had with the Aml.!ri­ca n Chess Bulletin, but this mag­azine had limited lspace and was published only bWnonthly. Thus, ill ~'"'D40, CHESS Lit'E was started and the USCF dues were raised to $3.00 with $2.00 assigned to the expenses of CHESS LIFE.

(FliT the fUlIrd: CHESS LIFE 7O'tll ill. ili,lUd in Stf1umlH, 1946, b .. t Ftt/"plio" t/uu ",trt IIOt raiuJ tll I}.DO with CHESS LIFE inclutfrt/ ",,' il lhe /<lit of 1948 tlnd Int mJ0Plion of NCCP-Edilo,.)

CHESS U FE costs have exceed· ed income and the total defi cit of the Feder ation at /.he end of each of the past four years was:

6-30-49- $1 ,535.61 6.]B-.J1-$4,111.31 ' ·30-50-$3,61 5.24 6-30.52-$4,771.55

With this growing deficit, travel expenses for all oHieers to meet­ings was stopped. As a result of th is, the USCF did not have a rcpresentative at the F.ID.E meet· ing in 1951 and Mr. Phillips stated that he plans to fly to the F.lD.E. 1952 meeting in Europe at his own expense.

Mr. Phillips stated he has in­vestigated the cost ol CHESS LIFE. It is well managed and its costs arc kept low. There is li ttle addi­tional cost in printing 2,000 copies of each issue above the 1,300 copies that would be necessary for the membership.

A letter campaign last Winter lor contributions to wipe out all the debt brought in about $500.00, but was not a real success. The fina ncing of t~ tournaments in lhe East have all been without the help of USCF. In fact, these tourn­aments would have been a success fina ncially if there were no USCF.

The Executive Committee has two meetings since Mr, Phillips took oHlee. One was in Pittsburg and the other was in Chicago. But many oUicers did no! attend be­cause of the expense to them. The Pittsburg meeting was to review and seUle the Dubrovnik ,team controversy. The Chicago meeting was to discuss the problems of CHESS LIFE. No Exceutive Com­mittee meeting was held during the past year.

Mr. Graves reported for the Com­mittee on Proxies. Mr. E. T. McCor­mick, Dr. Bela Roza and Phil J .

Mary were elected vice·presidents to serve for three years. Major J . B. Holt was elected secretary to serve one year.

Mr. Graves suggested to the president that he use the proxies to appoint all persons present as directors from their respective States. Mr. Phillips announced this appoint ment except it does not apply to states which elect their directors under NCCP at their annual meetings.

Mr. Gibson statcd Major Holt is ut present in an Atlanta hos· pital for treatment. He moved, it was seconded and passed unan­imouisy, that a telegrllm be sent to Major Holt extending him the bt!&t wisht!s: of tile 0iI'1!(!10l~ u:S· se mbled lor a speedy recovery.

(Note by acting Stetrillt, Wi/tillm R. Hilmi/ron: MaiDr Holt rteovtred tlnd tit· lend •• / the lail / :>'0 d.ryl of I/'( lo .. ",a· menl.)

~tJ-. Graves read and filed a nine page report of the grieve­anCe committee appointed in 1951 to investigate the Whitaker com­plaints. This report is filed with the original copy of these minutes with the secretary. The report was accepled lor the record.

Mr. Graves, as V. P. in ebarge of Junior Activitics, reported on inereuse in organized J unior act­ivities. There is organized schol­astic competition among colleges and high schools. Last year the National J unior tournament was held in Ph iladelphi a. This year it will be held in Omaha, Nebraska and Mr. Ludwig will direct it. Fort Worth, Texas will send two high school boys with expenses paid to lhe J unior tournament,

This Fall, the Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas will have in their night school cUl'riculm a class in "chess."

M.r. Ludwig reported the Na· tional Jun ior tournament will be held in the Rome Holel, Omaha, Nebraska, August 18 through 23. Tbis will be a ten round Swiss. P layers will be lodged for $1.50 a night.

Mr. Hartleb, in discussing fi· nanees, stated 461 members who did nol respond to the first letter asking a contribution , did respond to the second letter. No request for contributions went to Life Members. There are between 39 and 42 Life Members.

Mr. Graves ('ead a letter and a report l rom Montgomery Major on CHESS LIFE. They were filed with the minutes with no further action being taken on e ither .

The report states CHESS LIFE had 1,619 paid subscribers on 6-20·52 and costs about $4,300.00 a year to publish. This would be covered by 2,150 paid subscrihers. The loss had built up to a $5,000.00 deficit, Ihe printer's bill being about $4,000.00 The report ex­presses t he editor 's opinion on

Mond<11, JatI!Utr~ 5, 195:;

TAMPA CHOOSES USCF DIRECTORS

Election of the USCF Board of Directors at Tampa resulted in a little confusion which has only re­cently been cleared, and the fol· lowing list is published as the 01-ficial and corrected list of the Board:

ALABAMA : W. O. Winston; ARI· ZONA: O. W. Dishow; ARKAN· SAS: Rev. Geo. G. Walker; CAL­IFORNIA: Dr. H. J. Ralston, Dr. Edward Kupka, Mrs. G. Patiagor­sky, A. R. Spiller, LeRoy Johnson, A. J. Fink, Alexander Bisno, Paul G. Hoffmann, Nicholas R u s s, George Steven, Guthrie McClain; _ COLORADO: Merl Reese; CONN­ECTICUT: Edmund E. Hand; DELAWARE: Samuel E. Collins; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Vin· cent L. Eaton, Edmund Nash;

FLORIDA: James B. Gibson, Jr.; GEORGIA: M. H. Davis; ILLI· NOIS: Edwin N. Asmann, Lucius Fritze, Daniel Fiseheimer, Dr. Ralph Kuhns, K. R. Jones, H. G. Cramer, C. A. Lyon, F. H. Stoppel, Jr., S. Oleson; INDIANA: Floyd B. Bolton ; IOWA: Dr. Julius Wein­gart ; KANSAS: C a 1'1 Weberg; KENTUCKY: Merrill Dowden; LOUISIANA: A. Wyatt Jones, F'rank Gladney; MAINE: Dr. J . Melnick, Charles Sharpe; MARY· LAND; 1. S. Turover; MASSA­CHUSETTS: Weaver W. Adams, Robert W. Reddy, Bartlett Gould; MICmGAN: Reuben Buskager, Thomas Jenkins, John Lapin, Glen Palon, E. J. Van Sweden;

MINNESOTA:: Geo. S. Barnes, Dr. G. A. Koelsehe; MISSOURI: Raymond Vollmar, Robert Stein­meyer; MONTANA: . G. H. M Brandt; NEBRASKA: Alfred Lud· wig; NEW .JERSEY: Fred Gor­gas, Joe D. hi ager, A. t . Brown, E. Forry Laucks, Richard W, Wayne; NEW YORK: Roy C. Black, Donald Byrne, J eremiab Donovan, Lar ry Evans, Harry Fa­jans, Milton L. Hanauer , Rhys W. Hays, E liot Hearst, El'ich W. Mareh­anad, Albert S. Pinkus, Norman C. Wilder, J r.; NORTH CAROLINA: Samuel B. Agnello, C.C. Critten· deil;

NORTH DAKOTA: D. C. Mac­donald ; OHIO: Thomas Ellison, Mrs. Catherine Jones, Elliott Steam s , Selden L. Trumbull, B.J. Sidey; OKLAHOMA: Dr. Kester Svendsen; OREGON: Rev. G. H. Swift; PENNSYLVANIA:..lI'hos. B. Eckenrode, William R. Hamilton, ,T. \V. Lora, Harry Morris; RHODE ISLAND: Theodore l' e i sa c h; SOUTH D'AKOTA: M, F , Ander· son; ~J'ENN£SSEE : Jerry G. Sulli­van; TEXAS: J. M. Moulden, Wm. A. Bills, Robert Brieger , James A. Creighton, }'r ank R. Graves, Wm, J anes, :Fred Tears, Blake Stevens; UTAH: Harold Lundstrom; VER· :MONT: A. H. Hobson; VIRGINIA: Nelson Bond .

WASHINGTON: R. P. ADen; WEST VI RGINIA: Dr. Vincent S, Hayward ; WISCONSIN: Arpad E. Elo, Ernest Olf'e, M. H. Rohland ; PUERTO RICO: Rafael Cintron.

"The FutUre of Chess Li fe," "The Purpose Served by Chess Life," "The Editorial Policy of Chess Life" and "The Format of Chess Life." Much of this appears to be a defense by the editor for the policies he has £ollowed with CHESS LIFE in answer to crit­icisms he has heard.

This Jetter is an offer of resigna­tion by Mr. Majo\" as editor, giv­ing four defin ite conditions under which he would continue as editor, the editor's present contract ex­pires December 31, 1952,

Mr. Phillips stateB that no zo­nal tournaments were held in 1951 due to the tournament committee being busy with the U.S.A. Champ­pionship tournamenl

Mr. Ludwig moved, it was sec­onded and approved, that Kenneth Harkness be admitted to the meet­ing to present a promotional plan he has proposed lor the USCF.

(Please turn to page 4, col, 1)

Ubll55 tift ?ttr. Harkness then joined the mccUne; and discussed his pro­posal, C<Ipics of which had been circulated to most of the members prescnl

Mr. Hamilton moved, it was seconded and passed, that the report of M r. Harkness be accepted (or filing as an appendix to the minutes.

lIok Ludwig made the lollowing motion which WilS seconded and passed aiter limited discussion about il {rom the floor:

AHOlv~d ""'t IhfI ~rd of DIrK-

THE UNITED STATES 10rs, as .. ",bled at T iI"'IN, Florida In t he 5lrd AnnuiI ' CongrHS of the United Sht.s Chns et lon, liP. p ro... It.. ge"0: •• 1 promotlona' prog.am .. , suggested end Mr. Kenneth .-.servellon the not II complet. a doption of pl .. n, bul Is bulully a n appro ... ' of the principles e nd l hoe genera ' pr01ll . am ,t.. pilln proPOSH.

'T he details to m ilke t heM pri .... eop," ;ond the progra m effecti". s~1I boo determined end .greed upon by II committee toe ... ln." •• prov!dotd.

Be It further r e_lyed t h at for

::::dlf;~:r:tS:rk:~s:·;Ia"~nfnt:U:'JI..~hu~ tlon, this bo,a,d a ppoints II commlt­t •• compo$ad of: A. Wyatt Jones, Frank R. G r .... 'rs, W .... M. lIy'an-d ,

Edgu McCormick, Sleln.r 10 work in c USCF Prellde nt H~ end thil commi tt~ end empowered to .". pose .nto r ....

:~"''8s~r~y-LeWS to s uggnl '!.,::!~ IImendmentl e re n~essery to make effect)"'e t hfl pilln ",ey appro ... e. Upon being questioned as to the

make-up of ,the U. S. A. team that is to play at Helsinki this year, Mr. Phillips stated that earlier in the year he had sent out a letter to the 40 top candidates in the country asking their interest in playing at Helsinki if they had

CHESS FEDERATION to pay their own expenses. He stated that based on the replies he had received lrom his letter, he expected the team to Helsinki to be Reshevsky, Robert Byrne, H. Steiner, A. Bisguier, H. Berliner and possibly George Kramer. One ol these men is now in Italy and another may be called into the anned services.

Upon inquiry, Mr. Phillips stated the two U. S. A. players who rep­resent the country at Stockholm should be the two players at Hel­sinki who stand highest in the USCF rating system. Mr. Phillips

stated he was not ready to state at this time who the players at Stock. holm should be. ....

Mr. Phillips stated that' the motion passed by the directors at Detroit which directs that the U.S.A. Champion should play first board on International team matehes was difficult to carry out, and he requeslcd a resolution to rescind the Detroit motion_ Con· siderable discussion was held on the subject but no new motion was offered.

The meeting adjourned at 6:10 P. M. until Friday.

Minutes of the Second Session of the Board of Directors us.c.:J. oflj. rf/emter. The second !l{!ssion o[ the Direct­

ors' Meeting was called to order by Mr. Phillips at 2:00 P. M.

Mr. Sanlasierc offered a mo­tion which he read pertaining to the financial support of the play­ers goiog 10 Helsinki. The chair ruled the motion OUI or order, but on an appeal the directors voted 10 to 7 to accept the motion for discussion and vote. The mo­tion was then read again and sec­onded.

Numerous playcrs spoke on the motion, most of them oPp?sing it When voted on, the motion was defeated 10 to 5.

(Nou: Tht mol;"n •• fI not lubmilttJ 10 lilt sultl",., 101 1M ruorJ.)

Mr. Graves oHcred a general motion to amend the By·Laws to raise the USCF dues from $3.00 to $5.00 a year. After some C;US­cussion as to how such a motion should 'be phrased and 3 reading by the secrctary o[ Section X, Article 1 of the By-Laws, the mo­tion ·was accepted in general lorm. subject to rewording by the sec­retury fo r the Uy·I...1W5. This Wl\5 seconded :md 11<1l>SCd with only a

_!-;:' ,\;, "cllling votes. The filial motion as passed

cilllllgCS thc dues from $3.00 to $5.00 .1 year, the dues to include slale dues and to expire a nnually from the time of payment 3.S out.-­lincd in the promoUonal plan submltlcd by Mr. ITarkness_

Mr. Graves then spoke about the Harkness plan, stating the Committee had been meetine al­most continuously witb Mr. Hark­ness on the many detnils. It looked definitely as though a modified Harkness plan was'" certain, but a working fund was nc:cessary to stm·t the plan functioning.

Mr. Graves held two $100.00 checks, onc from the Texas Chess Association, the other from the Louisiana Chess Association, to start such a fund. OHers heard from the floor contributing to the fund were $400.00 Crom Mr. Laucks, $25.00 £rom Mr. Hamilton, and $25.00 from Mr. Moulden. Many players stated they would scnd contributions either personal, lrom their clubs, or (rom their state associations ~[t(!r their re­turn home.

Mr_ Sanlasiere made a motion amcnding Section m, Article 4 of the ny-Laws pertaining to the pub­lication of CHESS UF'E. The res· olution WilS that this article be re­scinded lmd Ule publicalion oC CHESS LIFE henceforth shall be entirely under the direction o( the USl-'C Executive Committee. The resolution was seconded and then passed unanimously.

The president direcled the sec­retary to rcad a letter Crom Mr. Gibson, Chairman of the local tournament committee, which brought lorth that the committee chairman had incurred a personal debt of $222.39 to get the tourn­ament under way and be wished to be relieved of this obligation.

Mr. Ludwig suggested the chess sets and boards being used to be given as prizes. Mr. Gibson stated that 811 entry fees plus $1,000.00 in contributions bad been kept

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3 S prize money and no deductions were made to cover any expenses.

Mr. Borgas moved that Mr. Gib­son be reimbursed lor these ex· penses and that a committee be appointed to work out the details, the t1evisions o( the committee to be final. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Mr. Phil­lips appointed on the committee: Borgas, Ludwig, and J. Donovan.

Mr. J ones made a motion which was SC<XInded and passed unan­imously without discussion that thc USCF treasurer is instructed to publish a complete financial statement of the Federation in CHESS LIFE every .three months.

Mr. McCormick made a motion which was seconded " that no part of the general Cunds of the USCF shall be extended for travel ex­penses of any ofiicials or players connected with the USCF until such time that the present indebt­ness to the printer shall have been liqu idated completely. How­ever, this resolution is not in­tended to prohibit the nising of special funds fo r such purposes."

M.r. Phillips stated the resolu­tion was in :ICCOTlJ:moo with the policy o( the present administra­tion and he had no objection to it. Several persons staled the resolu­tion was not intended as any re­lledlon against any ol the present o[ficers, but was simply a safe­guard until the debts had been worked o[!. Tbe motion was passed unanimously.

Mr. Gibson announced the swim· ming excursion to be held on Sun· day. He also suggested lor con· sideration that the USCF should be chartered in Florida where the laws -arc more liberal, that a Woman's Auxiliary should be or­ganized aDd the charter should be changed to make the Feden· lion a cha ritable organization.

Mr. Steiner again raised the subject about the manner oC select­ing ltJe members ol the team which would play at Helsinki. He stated that he had made his ae­ceptance to play at Helsinki COD­ditional upon the !nct he would also piny at Stockholm but he could not learn whether be would play at Stockholm. He stated that tbe expense of going to Europe was too great just to play at Hel­sinki and if he could not play at Stockholm, he would not play at Helsinki. He also questioned as to why some of the players were having their expenses paid, while he had to pay his own. He con­tended that the selection or the players at Stockholm should have been made public sometime before and be asked how the selection of the players lor Helsinki and Stockholm were to be made.

Mr. PhillipS statcd orginally the players selected to represent the U. S. A. at Helsinki were to be the six bighest rated players of the forty canvassed who accepted the invitations to play a nd could fi­nance the trip. lIe stated that fi­nancial aid outside the USCF un· derwri tlen by Mr. Bisno had been (ound to assure one or more of tbe players making the trip. By Mr. Bisno's help, Mr. Resbevslcy be­came a member ol the team. The

reason all players do not have the expenses paid is beyond control of the USCF as it is not putling up the money and the help offered did nol cover everyone. This all was independent ol U. S. A. rep­resentation at Stockholm.

Reshevsky is already seeded and does not play at Stockholm. Mr. Philli ps stated he intends that .the two U. S. A. players at Stockholm should be the highest two rated U. S. A. players at Helsinki, using the USCF rating system, who would be willing to stay on to play at Stockholm. At tbis time, Mr. Phillips stated he was unable to tell MI'. Steiner whether he would play at Stockholm as there might be other higher rated play· ers at Helsinki who would stay on to play.

Jolt. McCormick made a motion tbat:

The Surd of Dlrec tOti r eeom· mend$ to the Preslde nl 0' the USCF th l t in the e .... nt ·Men". Lerry E .... nl end Robert Byrne In­dklted the ir int~nlion 10 Ittend the 1t52 tu m .ournement lit Hel­sinki ~nd Indiute by July 27 thei r In'.nflon fa p.rficlp.lt. .it 5totk. holm, .hlV be d.,I,ne led the ItI.V· e" I' Stockholm. Sut, In the ..... nt

:\~~;:, ~ ~,':rrsnotr p't::, ~r;1O:~: holm, Ihen Mr. Ste,nn bti a.cl • . nllted the first IIl ternl l. pro ... lded he pin_ lit Heilinki. aut

H If Mr.

:::.'n:fsn~o e~o :J~:I~II ~

prefer USCF

for Stoe:k· . rtlclpl nh,

rde r of t h.lr

The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

M.r. Hamiltor made a motion, which was seconded and passed unanimously, ~at every member of t he Board f f Directors should be furnished al copy of the USCF By·Laws.

Mr. Gibson ~ade a motion that the acts of ~ president in the past year whiC'h met with success be approved and a rising vole ol thanks be given to Mr. Phillips. The motion was ruled out of order.

Mr. Rohland presented a written invitation lrom Milwaukee request­Ing that the USCF Open Tourna­ment be held thcre in 1953. Mil­waukee promises to raise $1,500.00 Cor t he pri7.c fund and , in addition, underwrite all expenses ror the tournament The letter is attached as an appendix to the minutes.

Mr. Lavandero invited the tour­nament to Puerto Rico in 1953, but the Invi tation was not in writ.-Ing.

Mr. Steiner invited the tourna­ment to Calilornia in 1953, but the invitation was not in writing.

Mr. Phillips stated that as the Milwaukee invitation was the only invitation in writing, and as this is an invitation made last year and repeated again, he 'requested the vote ot the directors to hold the tournament in Milwaukee in 1953. The vote was unanimous in favor of accepting.

Mr. Phillips asked Mr. Lavand· ero if Puerto Rico could present a written request with proper guar­antee for the tournament in 1954. Mr. Lavandcro stated the Puerto Rico invitation would be made in writina: Cor 1954.

The meeting adjourned at 6:00 P. Jot.

Millults I"lu. by: Willi"m ~ H .rmil­tOil, Mt;lI. IUrtl.".,.

EDITORIAL NOTES To complete. the information

regarding actions oC the Board and OHicials, it is necessary to append several notes regarding post-meet­ing decisions :

1) Action ol the Board ol Di· rectors and Executive Committee, taken by mail vote alter the meet-­illg of the Board at Tampa re­sulted ill the adoption of the following two resolutions:

Be It .--I ... ed" th~t tfI ~ Directors end th. Exeeuti ... e Committe~ of Ihe Uniled Stilt". Chen FederlltkNI, "'01-in9 by m i ll, do h.reby r~tlfv li nd confIrm t h" 0' A. Wyllt Jon •• , Ed-g;or T . McCo Iner ~nd Frenlc tionel Kenneth HI( implemenllng outli>\ed by Hulenen , li n pressty r~tify Ind <;onflrm th. ac_. lion of t he Slid Committe-e In mek_ in, II «Intrllcl with Mr. Hll rkness

:.~ c7.;.,,,c:ftte~~:blo :~~h::;::"v:~; thing wh~ho~ ... er ne<;essary 10 be

:i!-~:n:! ~~f~~~~~ !~~r~~r:.,: ::: erlltlon the saki PI~n.

a. It r .selwed, ttlilt thfl Promo­tionlll Committee II IMreby eut i>qr-11ed to employ MontgomerV Mejor, or eny other person, III editor of Cheu Life On e .. v terms Ind <;ondi_ lions th l t to uid Committee mlly • •• on b •• t .nd IHOP.r for e t."" Of Vu,. nol 10 exeeed fI ... e ye llrs. As a result of these two res­

olutions, adopted by mail, Mr. Kenne th Harkness was conHrmed in the office of Business Manager and Membership Secretary and the Promotional Plan inaugurated under a live-year contract with Mr. Harkness; while the contract of Mr. Montgomery Major as Ed­itor of CHESS LIFE was renewed with certain modifications for an­other term of five years.

2) In regard to the various dis-­cussion about USCF representation at various infc rnational events, circumstances altered the original intentions in several instances: Mr. Alexander Bisno replaced Mr. Harold M. Phillips 3S USCF dele­gate to the F.lD.E. Congress at Stockholm. The USCF team at Helsinki consisted ol Reshevsk}', Evans, R. Byrne, Bisguier, Kolt.-­anowskl , a nd Berliner . Herman Steiner represented the USCF in the Interzonal Tournament at Stockholmi and Mrs. Mary BOlin and Mona M. Karil represented the. USCF at the Women's Cand­idates' World Championship event at Moscow.

3) Following the resolution ·of the Board ol Direetors, the USCF Treasurer Issued a quarterly fi· nancial statement for the quarter ending September 30, 1952, pub­lished in CHESS LIFE October 20, 1952., while the financial state­ment of the U. S. Open Champ­Jonship was published in CHESS LIFE November 20, 1952.

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loUowing new LIFE MEMBERS of the United States Chess Federation :

Arthur G. Ashbrook, Jr_ Charlotte, N. C_

AI"n H. Clln-de~ Rochesler, N. Y_

Frlncll E. Condon Bogoli, N_ J.

Leonud F .... diU .. r New York, N. Y. Wiltiem J . H~rris Fresno, Cl lif. N. C.ry Hllyw~rd Crllnl lon, It. I .

Frenk A. Hollw~y Grllnct Allpids, Mkh...

WilHlm H . J i nes Le roy, T • •• s Me rritt L. Joslyn ChluSlO, III.

P. Llgt ... oel Kelemuoo, Mieh_

Cuel J . M.II Fernda.le, Mkh. Ste ... e J . Myul Lensford, Pe..

Willa Whi1e OWem. Avon Like, Ohio

WIIII~m A. Scott Allllntll, GI. Fr." A. Sor.nson Pittsburgh, PII_ S lgl,lrd M . Swenson Sller.menlo, CIUf.

Selden L. Trumbull COlUmbus, OhIo L_,enc. F. WoolI.y Atllnte, Gil .

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beld fa con­oa.reu ment of deraUon .... m

In Yort Worth. 'I'e ..... The m«! WII caUed to ordcr b)' P relldent H llrold M. Phll_ II.,.. AI p art o r tho oponln. remllrk., Vlce·l' r d ldlmt Edwllrd I . Trccad ex· plalned tho usc 01 the Grl), Audo­,rlll'h" r.corder, polntln. out the Im­menM help drorded the S6C:rel..Ir), In prepilrlltk>n or tbe minute&. Mr. Pbllilpi tbc:n preHnled to the meeU.q: th_ present li t tbe .pellke.... table: Funk R. Grawes, Viee-p~ent; £I.

1951 In the cause 0 member •.

J r., P ut Prelldc.nt; Vke·Pre.ldcnt; Pbll edWllrd L Ttecnd,

Further remarks were mllde CrlUcb­Inc the 11I.Ill,lde 01 some playc... d ...

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White To Play And Win! Conducted by William Roiam

" CHESI LlFI!, Sand a ll contribution. for this column to Wil liam Rol_, Ul No. Humph"ay Avanua, Oak Park. Illinois.

POlilion No. 208 Posilion No. 107 By Lynn Y.rbrough

H ouston , Texas First Publication

By Paul Monsky Brooklyn, New York

First Publication

T wo more examples of White drawing against odds, this time (rom two youthful American co mposers, are presented in this issue, In

Position No. 207 While can only escape via the stalemate route, but while the first move is rather obvious, the remaining steps down the paUl of a draw are not 100 easily dlsccmed. It is inlerestine to note that if the Black Kin A: were at KD7, th~ would be no draw ror White.

In Position No. 208 the threat of perpetual check force the superior Black forces to exchanges, but While must walch the timing, lest one of the free Black Pawns queen and bring disaster.

For solution., pl .. se turn to Page six.

.. ro nul ch:iI't:<l{l 10 Iho """, ., IIOrn, ll}' the Indl.

vltiunls. In thiS connO)(! lIon "wnllo"

:,~~ a~~i'~: :~~ !),~JoF"~~r;~t\~nn~~r;~I:~~ he was untier Ihe hn]'reJSl;lon Lhnt till, wa. not tho .:ase. howovor .... anted 10 , ....... ('1. .... l; , ... , ~ ....... " .... I ... Ui.· ,~ :!~,. lion """" kel,t to the mI nimum :In" t hOOlC who a ttcndod t ne Annuu l M<.'C t­

·Ing, throuHhoul the ye!lr, did 110 lit their .own expense.

Mr. Phillips a l,polnted Mr. Isaacs nnd Mr. I .... pln as tellen lur elec.Uun ul o fIlc:c rs, Lhe tabulaUon to be pre>!ented ;11 the first meellng 01 the Uoar-tl or D irectors. Mr. 'I' reend mad e ""I~n on the election of the Oirecto,.., lJ.5t .of whon. we re to be. publl.!;hoo In CU£.sS LII"F..

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NIMZOVITCH DEFENSE Inte rnational Team Tournament

Hens linki, 19S2 N~lu b, Dr. M"" H~,{btr,t,

White Black A. KOTOV UNZICKER

\~S~~4 1('.K83 3. J~Qa~·~~~~n 2. P.Q8. P-K3 4. P· Kl P.o" The Ku blMtein va riation of tbe Nimw­indian Udense is ;II strugCl.e for ~ sion of tho center aDd every mOVe counts. 4. _ •.••. , P-Q3 w ith P ·K4 to (ollow

M~~~ ~~o c~~~Fr~~~ne 'tt~ri' t~ f!~~ move. S. P.oR) BxKfc:h ,. Kt ·K1 P.QK') 6. P ,, 8 P· 84 10. OOO 8·R) 7. p xQP KP"P 11. lI"a KhcB .. 8.Ql 0-0 12. P·83 Kt·Kt11 This Kt m aneuver COBt.. Bla.;k valuable time. It ts Instructive to we how Koloy ~~'i:-Q·ldv.nl"I~,d'£ 1\'5. a.I( t1 R-Q81 14. Kt·KU I(I-B3 n . QIl. KI .~ •.. _ AU White'. pieces are PO$tcd ror altaek . Black ba. p r epared a sequence of moves

:t~!~~ 1!rCo~~~t"~~h 4$$.'\y~It;'r:~[~ have pnlvcn led this b y 16. QR-QI , but It l! Inl.c .. c~t!nJ:: to see how White's pos! tlonal advantage or oc<: upyln J:: the Ci!ntu outweighs this eoun ter.play. 16 •.• _ " ·KRJ 2'2. P ·KS R·K3 11. P·K4 BPxP 21. R·K4 Kt-Bl 1" 8PII P PxP 24. Kf_BS K-RI 19. PII P Kt·K4!S. Q.RS R_82 20, Q.QI Kt-85 26. A·R4 21. 8 ·81 Kt·R2

Black leen.s to have defe nded h lmselr

~.~.~f~~kir!o::f.r~~~ :rv~e~.~ n: bna\e~: • blc 1lOlllIon. lIowevcr . theru wm,ld fo llow 27. KtllKtP. KxKt ; ZI. U:rll l' ch, K·KIl; 29. B·K~. Since 26. _~ •... • It·KtJ Is not pl.yable, there II no adequate de­lense. 'fhe problcm·Uke lInlsb Is very enJu)'t1 ble. 26 .... .... . 27. Kill KIP 28. 8~P ch

KI·R2 K~KI K.~ll

29. R. K14c h R.KU 30. P· 1(6 Re-signs

FRENCH DEFENSE New York Experts' Tourney

Cazenoviill, 1952 . NDUS Irt Erich w. Aftmh.mJ

White Black JOINER A . COOK I . P·K4 P.K) 3. Kt-QB3 Iet.K83 2. P.o4 P.Q4 Hecau se o r t he Int ricate va ris t lons lIris-

~J ~a()~ ~h~~nmf;:nrri~r~oa;~ .~.~.~el~~ In recent years. 4. a ,KKtS B.K2 6. P·KR4 S. P·K5 KI..Q2 T he A le kh\.ne-Chatard AttaclF:. It 6 .. ~._ ,

:.x~t.li.t P..:Rk ~~~; ':'~~i'n~, ~~. I~. !a:a~~ X·slde attack. .. . h ••• _ P·KB3 There has ~n much Ilnalysls d one on t his pOlltton and thc text·move IS now

~~Q.I~~re~ ~.1ti3; 'i.h~~eptj1:rQt-:. I~l. ,". 1. PltP KIIIP 10. PIIP BliP •. B·Q3 0 ·0 11 . P· AS KI·83 9. Kt·Bl p·B4 12. Q.K2 P·K4

~h~e!; 'i:~:~~~ I:ti~rrne:t~~~l\yta::.~~ to f r ee his QB and advance In the c"n· ter. Alter 12. _ .. __ • Kt ..qS; 13. Ka Kt. B:rKt White ho lds II I lIl:'ht Ddvanta,e due to Bbc:k's undeve loped QB. 13. KI:rQP a·KKt5 Of courM not 13 . ........ , QxKt ; 14. B-QB4 winning the Q. 14. 0 ·0 ·0 Q·R4

~1t~!i.a:~-M~.;...q5IJ.he Q~atl~~K~; veti. BxKt. not 16 . .... ~ ..• QxQ; 11. DxQ, KtxKt; 18. B-lU eb, K·RI; 19. PxK~, BxP(6); 20. 1'.Jt6, but 16 . ...... .. , »xKt; 17. 1'x l}, QxRP; II. QxB~. Kt·Kt6 ch . 15. KIxKI ch nKI 16. B-KR6 K·R I The aac:rlrlee of the £,xebange hard ly seem S JusUf led. Bettcr Is 16 .. ~.~_, KR· XL 11. B.Q B4 .~._ This ~ saf6t and st1ll leaves Whit e

~tf7.:1':'~':.~dat~~ie B::n a~rv~~!= ilUaek. 17. ........ KI.oS ThiS apparently foreln lC m ove Is not hest as White demonstr .. l.cil. 17. KR·KI IS s till in order. 18. Q.K4 8_84 The lJ ilnd a lso KtP were a Uileked. 'l'he curiOus 18.. _ . Kt-Jl.4 10S()JI to the simple II. RxR. e te. but leaw. to \.n. tuestin, eompleIitles lifter 19. R·Q7:

~t!. ~~~c~;. l~XB:'''QR~~~ I : 20. Qx I'. QxKtP R·KKtT 21. Q·K87 20. KlxKt a xKI No need to lake the Exchangc. 21. ........ Q-K13 23. PIIB Q.Ktlch :n. P.oB3 BxQBP

QR.olch There II not bing" beUe r .• 'or ellample 24 ..... . _ .. Q ·87 ch; U. K·Kl . QIIQBP ch; 26. K· BI. 25, B.o5 Q-Q6c:h30. PII B R-K17ch 26. K· Kl QII RPch 31. K·Cn 27. R.o2 Q·Blch 32. K·K4 U. K-K2 B·KlSch 33. K·8S 29. P·B3 BIIPch A vcry li vely g~me .•

TWO KNIGHTS DEFENSE Correspondence Glm •

1952 NOltJ Irt /. N. CoIU.

While Dlack J . N. COTTER T . SULLI VA N I . p ·K4 p ·K4 2. KI·KB3 KI ·KB3

?:!~!h~\Ic:~h~I.:'~ ~c~~:rg~~n IIrtlrull~. de-3. B·84 ....... .

!;p~~n:w~~t~. a ... ~~.:~1~1~1 neoh!II~~ retlcllily belt. l. ........ Kt·B3 Prefurlng to return to unity lind tbe Two Knlshu DcCc:nsc, Alter 3. • __ ... KtxP; 4. KI.-83!1 {The Bodcn·Klescrll.­$lr:y (;amblt ). Kt:lrK!; 5. QP:J:Kt. p .KB3 (the only move-on the plau, lIlte h ...... '

P ·Q3; G. KtxP! and It ..•. h •• ' P xKt!; 7. 8::0:1' ch wlnnJ ng); and Black h a:.; ~o put up with • t r ap py game lor Uu,: oxtr n P. 4. Kt· KIS P·Q4 S. pxP KI·QR4

alii'; ~;II~I.~~~:,ldl~~~ t~olX}~~~~rfl~ ~II~: plkatlons and furthermor e the , amc Oarden.Adams. Hastings. IIJ51 CIISU con· sider.ble doubt on tbl9 entire vllrilitlon:

~.u3-:-~ll.K~~~\~·B:'~XK~~~Q.~ e~' K·Kl; 10. Q.K4! (Barden'. innovaUon) III1d White builds up hi s game alowl,y with 0·0. P.KH4, BPltP , B-Q3 rol lowed by the advance of the ce nte r P maM. 6. 8 ·KISch P·B3 10. KI· KS B.o3 7. PxP PII' IT, P·KB4 OOO •. B·K2 P-KR3 12. I(t.Qa3 9. KI.KB3 P·KS A re finement Qdopted by seidman in his I:'a tne va. Plnku In the U. S. Champ-10nllhlp, 1951. 12. _...... Q .B2 14. PIIB QxP 11 0-0 BIIKt IS. P-Q4 P II P e.p. Pinkus continued with .. __ .• Q.K3 and

:;::I~(l~~dll~3Q:K~{~e;d t~~l(l:n:fi'~ pressure on the dark squares . 16. QIIP KI.KI2

MILWAUKEE MUNICI PAL CHAMPIONSHIP Hawthorn Glen, 1952

EXPERTS 1. Sur, lel _.~ .... _._~._ ..... x I , , , • , ,

I 2.. Powe" :::::::::::::::::1 • , 0 , , , , 3. KuJoth , • , , , 0 I 0 • .. Gr kavae .......... ~ .... ~ ...... o 0 0 • , 0 , , , , 5. Rohland .... 0 , 0 0 · I , • • , 6. M. OttesOn .. ................ 0 0 0 , • • , , • , 7. Elo ...•.•• _ •...•... ..••..• _._ ..... 0 0 0 • • , • , , • 0 a AbrQms 4-6: ,. C lark 31-6 11 : >0. Ga lgal 3.7; ". ROl:ka lns >7.

EXPERTS' RESEAVE I. H andt ~_._ ... _.h .• __ .... _._._ .. 11 1 1 0 1 I Z. Rut~ ... ___ ...... _.~._~.~.~.~_o x 0 I 1 0 3. Fon.:Jea. ~.~.~_. __ .... _._._o 1 II 1 0 , 4. LIebig ._.~_ .. __ .. __ ._ ............ l 0 0 x 1 I 5. Tr.ncllCO h_ ...... _ .... _~ •••• _~O 0 lO x 1 6. Zie r ke ~.~ ..... .... _.~.~._ ......... _ .. O 1 I 0 0 II • 1 .. 1 7.Ke lm ....... _ ......... .... __ .............. 1 0 1 0 ' ~ x f; e 1

I . K::-~~~e~o~l~U~ltoG~~~~I~1l !~~~;ZI~,:k:1(lr,o:r~~;I.;lthdrew atter fou r th

OPEN DIVISION

.~.Ji , .,

.~ SI-4 ~ .. .. 4 !·S~

76·1~ .. 51-3~ H ,. ' 1-4 ~ 'H~

round.

1. Lo,hlnuy .... ~ .... _W4 W13 W6 L2 W3 WS W8 W7 7 _I 7.0365 2. Mllck "_h •• h._ .... _.llye WI( W7 WI WI W4 L3 WS 7 ·1 7.032

1: ~~~c~:r ':::::=L'il! ~ :7se ~I~ tJ7 r:r ~: 8! ~i:~' ~~ 5. Mangan _~._._._~W8 L7 LA WI! W9 LI W IO L2 4 -4 4.039 I. D. l.ordahl .... __ W I5 W3 LI W7 L:t L8 1.4 W13 " -4 4.036S

~: ~Jj:c~~~_.= ::=::-~-=::~12 ~~S ~I:! ~ ~Il ~~" r:'19 tlo : :: ::= l ~: fir~°r:!~~hr::::::i.Yf13 L~ ~l~ ~10 '~S ~~ t~ ~~2 : ~ ::g~ II . Baedcr ~ _ .......... ~.~.LJ bye W15 L5 L8 LtO WI:! WI 4 4 -4 4.('24 lZ_ Wutl 34 (3.031); 15. Dav l, 34 (3 .0255); 14. BU N l i·51 (2.534); IS. Miss Zimmerman 1-1 (1.019).

Bade r forfeited to M ..... Lordahl; MIss Zimmerman lorfelted to Davis .nd , withdrew after sixth round.

ctmJwttd b, Erich W_ Mm-chtmd

192 Se.III. Drive Rom ...... 17. M. Y.

PCO g ives Instead: .~ ...... Kt-Kt5; 17. R-B4. and on ......... Q-B4 ch; 18. Q.Q4. QxQ; 19. RxQ with a l uperior e nding. 11. B·B4 Q·K2 19. Q.KUI 18. QR· I(I B·K3 PutUn, h is £In1ker on the weak . pot, the

~~:'o~ne:, ~~"ec t~U~~ru:~~~~~Foi the haU-open KB l ile a$WI"C him a healthy Inttiatlve. 19. ........ K·al 70. K· Rl __ h

A u6Cful move, White e nvlllions the ,.eneral Idea of :o.-K5 and Q-il4 and wlsbel to p reclud.e a nmy chccl< at

~~.:...... QR.oI 21, B-KS KI.Q3 So that IIfl.cr :.II. 8xKKt, PIIU (Not .. ~ .... , Kt·84; 22. KxKt. etc.); 22. Q·R4, K .... 8 4; 23. nxKt, Bxlt; 24. QXP ch, K·){tl a nd. Black can defend himself. 2'2. B.Q3 __ Simultaneously pftVeuU n,e __ .. , KI.- IM.

~e~~:~th~~Jtle:it:t =~tI~C a~ fKt. ll. ... _._ Kt(Q3 )- Kl Evidently foreed If llIack Is to prevent the demolition of his K·side Fa by 23. B""C ~hr~~~:4 24. K~:-K4-:- Whlte'l game II lmost p lays Itsell. 23. ........ Kt·KII Again the only mOve. Bbc:k', pieces make. pl tl ru l spectade aU huddled to­

f:.tI::.~4~n thp~K~ r~nl<s. Forced! U clUoer Kt t o K83, then %5. BxKt, Ku B; 26. nxKt a"d II .. _.~., JUD; 27. Rxll wmnhtJ:' • whole pieec.

~i :!:~~hlte'S-POsttiOnal p lay reapi ib material ga in. !S. ........ Q.Q2 26. Q·B3 There', more fish In the lII.:a. 26. . KI· K2

........ , Kt .KZ

27 . .... ~.. KI.KB3 Threlllcnlnlt a dLsc:ove.r oo atlac.k on the

~i.cil'; .. Q~·K~I~~ -~~~ a~:: ~!'~~~~ by ....... .. P·K Il4 118 well as the Immcdlnlc QxRP ch w hich must be toun!ered.

28. 8·KB4 ... h ...

The re I! . !mply no 3.nllwcr to th l ~ at· t ack along th~ K.file. 21. ........ 1Cl. I(S 30, QIIK P RI.lgns 29. KtxKI P IIKt Another In • series of gamea which lead5 one t o wonde r If perhaps We.ver Adams la not correct In hit latell as­sertion that tbe T91'0 KnlRhU Oe.feme 15 nil lon,er pillyable unlesl lOme w.y 15 found to s trengthen S lack's hand.

WING GAMBIT 'Luebbert Invitational Tourn.ment

Correspondence, 1951·52 Not~. ", D,. M. G. Sturm

White Diad. OR. M. G . STURM (Trlnld.d, BWI, I. P -K4 P.QB4 3.

ANG. SANORIN (CHICAGO)

B·Krt 2. P.oKt4 PIIP Or 3. p .QR3. P ·Q4. etc. 3. ........ P.Q4 5. P·Q84 Q.oR4 4. PltP QxP

~~~ll2·ysa\n~~~stilii'), \~~ erAb~a:::::; Aitlr:en. lIaslinu 1946-7), o r S. ...... h' Q-

fl ~~~~ba~tKJiliH·9.BI~,~rnl). KI.B3 1. PxP Q:rP 10. P· BSI I. 8 ·B3 Q.Ktl For m ore rap id development and the cie.ll r llnCe o r IInC$. 10. ....... . QII P 14. K·BI P ·K3 II . P.o4 Q..Q4 IS. Kl.oKts Q·BS 11. KI·A3 B·Kt5 16. 8-Q2 Q_K II 13. 8 -B4 Q.K5ch 17. B·RSt KbB Mobllls l()g Whit!!'. QR ror Kllon on the. other wlnl' but If 17 ..... _ .• P ·QKt3;

It'i etR~~lr~i. 1::J'Jx~~h ~~~~:~ attaclr:. 11. RxKt B.l(tS 20. P.Q51 19. R.R4 "·K2 Vac:a tln, the $(Iuare Q4. 20. ........ BIIKI 23. 8 11KI . ., 21. Qlt8 KlxP 24. P 'KIlI 22. Kt..Q41 0·0 Cas ll1nJ:'1

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KING'S GAMBIT Los Angeles Chen Club

Ci lifornil. 1917 While Ulsck

M. W. TESTA S . MLOTKOWS KI cr u t", '"~ not~J, .... , J',((llIr, <1(111, .. nd lun ... ill.","t. lor UniY~ .... I; the I .. tt S. M/"tko .. '~' .... I I.'ct Wul'trt A,ln Clwmpum, 1904 ""J 19lJ-tj(l/ ",jlh N. T. Wh;t"~(r on the /<lttcr <>tc .. ,um.) 1. P ·K4 P· K4 21. P-<U Kt·Kll 2. P·KB4 PIIP 22. P.OS B·B2 3. KI·K8l P·KKI4 23. Kt·8S R.oR2 4. P.o4 P·KfS 24. B·BS B-Kl S, HltP PxKI 25. Kt·Kkh K·H2 6. QII P P ·Q4 26. Kt·87 B-Q2 7. P:xP B.Q3 27. B·Kkh K·Kt2 .. B. KISch B.Q2 28. BltKI Kxll 9. BIIB PxB 29. R-K7 A.Ktl 10. OOO P·8' 30. KA· K1 QR. Kt2 11 . KI·B3 K·BI 31. P.oKI3 QR-KI5 12. Q-84 P.oR3 32. KIIIP Kl xK t U . 8.g3 Q.Kt3 33. Ad It.K" 14. QR· 1(1 P_KR4 3>1. A.oR7 KI·B4 IS. Q·K3 R.R3 35. P..o1 K_B I 16. KI·K4 Q.QI 36, R·87 a41 11. KfIIQP B·Kt4 37. R·Klch R:xR 11. Klx P Q-K2 31. P:xJl{Q)ch KIIQ 19. QIIQ ch KfIIQ 39. RIIKI R.Kts 20. P ·B4 B.!" 40. p.QR4 Rulgn.

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_ Or. M. Hlnberge, Dr. 8. RODa

QUEEN'S PAWN GAME Buffalo, 1898

White B\AdI: WOOOROW WILSON S. LANGLEBEN

( P/,q(J .hiJ( WIIDd.oa> WilsD n .. <IS <I

prll/~IIf>' 41 Prinuton Unirnsity, k/or~ be h«.m~ P'~lui~t II/ tltttt ;nitilution .N/ tbn. PrrsiJ"nt 0/ t~ Unjt~d St<ltu.) 1. KI-KBl P·Q4 14. K·RI AxR 2. P·Q4 8.84 25. AxR R-KII 3. P. k3 KI.KB3 26. R.o7 B-KI3 4. P· B4 P.K3 17, Q..Q2 B-K6I S. KI·83 KI_83? 28. Q.QB2 Kt-A" 6. ".oR3 P.oRl 29. Kt.ol B-Ktl 7. P.oKI4 P II P 30. QIIP Kt-BS L BxP P-QKIO 31. Q.B2 P.A3 ,. B-K2 B.o3 32. B-Bl Q.1tS 10. KI·KA4 8 ·K13 33. Q.Q2 R.QBI 11. 8-B3 Q·Q2 34. KI·K3 allKt 12. P·K4 P·K4 35. QxB R.B7 n . P.QS KI·QS 36. B.Q2 A.KI7 14. KIIIB KIxBch 31. P·KI3 R-Klach U . QIIKt BPxKt 31. 8 · HI Q.R6 16. B·Kt2 0 ·0 39. RxPch KxR 11. O·O?? KI:rQP 40. Q-Rlch K.83 18. Q·Ktl KI·B5 41. Q·KI6ch KI.K3 19. QR·Q1 Q·K2 42. Q·KtI R.K" 20. R42 " ·B3 43. 0-01 KI.o5 21. KR-QI QA.Q I 44. P_84 AIIKKIP 2'2. P· B3 8 ·82 45. PxPch KxP 23.. Q.a2 Q·Kt4 RH iSlns

Solutions: White to Play and Win

P05lt1on No. 207: 1. KI.Jo:Kt ch Kt llKt· 2-P·KUI(Q)!, B:rQ ch ; 3, K·R3! and dra~ •. Any K t move. draws, and any o lher

:e~If:~t~:e ~oK!!p~~b~tha}{~e::'~l~ fllr a draw.

Position No. 208: Main line Is: I. Kt­R6cb. K-R I; 2. KtU7ch. X·KU· 3. Kt..

~t.~, ~~i; ~. ~t~i't1 cC~' :.:..~; l' Jt ~~ru~· ~~K.?B~·, 1}.~:l6; Pir ri':K~'~I~~ e~: Rl' U. K·B6, P ,K7; 13. R ·K18. K·UZ· 14. Jt.K8, 1"Kt7k tS. it_X7 ch, K·R3· 16. itKI. f9~kis7'andOjra~~t5; 18. iW>, K·R4;

FORT WORTH • (Continued from page 5. Col. 5)

senlinl:' Inc u. S. Mr. Horowll~ was Info r med o r th is Qc llon. H e continued 1Irranllcmo!nts without acceptin, the

::..~~r~~en~~u°D!t;!lt~he ;{~~mI':~~~";:f; ClaImed Ihal the actIon a' I)e lrol t occurred at Wo Illte a dnte fllr hlon to acc:c:pt Ihelr ' ·eoommcndatlon5. With. o .. t the knowlcd,.e or the Board ot Oiroctoo·lI. M •• 1I0ro .... itz entered Into a contract to brlnll a U!am lncludln,-

~~alnro:'la~e~O~:ld~~·:,f~·v~r ~oo':L $4.000.00 to oo"er expcnsca. We do not endor se the .>racUee ot t::ranting special financial coneeulon, to nny p laye'" t o enSUf!! the ir pll rtldplltlllD in ch eu evenlli. In t he future we recommend che. evenu IPOnsored or l onCUoned by the USC"'."

Mr. a ravcs made II motion that h "hest nnklnl:f wnmln player a t the For( Worth TOllr""ment be . warde d tlUe II f Wome n'.." Open ChCN Cha mpion of the United Slatea. Mr. Treend """lInded motion lind It was unan. imously pa$scd.

a,!'eri~~:~~ ~~II\~: ~~~a~~~ ~~~ri"~~~ by Mr. Gi bson . nd plIlllCd : " Artic le XV. Section 2, he amended 10 read '

~;:-:eGe~~:; 1!:'~b~S r:r~,:n~er~ Uon Inte rnatlonale del £Chen by Pre. Ident of the . 'ooeratlon, or by deleg.te appointed by him."

Mr. Hartleb moved m~tlns adJourn, secondcd by Mr. Mary and p aued.

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