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VoL IX , No.7, Aug.-Sept., 1941 (WI,'I CIAL DHG AN ()f' 'I'1·m IJ. S, CH I~SS F r;])8H,\'i'ION

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0 1" Gramt Mllliter REUBP-N FINP-, the che~" player or the momh.

~'ille WOII th e U. K C he.'!~ }'e tleratioll O lleu 'I'out'tlamC ll t In July. proceetletl to Hamilton. N. Y. In August antl won the New York Sta te Chnnlllionship, OUlI)()lnt· fog Ueshe\'s k)" l\a shtlan, Denker :an ti o tller master pluyer!!.

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Fine Wins St.

Retains Federation Championship Title

Grandmaster R IiUREN FINE successfully de. fended hi s championship title in the Annua l Open Tournament , of the United States Chess Federation, held at the De Soto Hotel, ,SL Lou is, Mo. , from July t 7 to 27.

California's HERMAN S TEI NE R placed 5«"­

and and Massachusetts Slate Champion WEA_ VER W . AOAMS ended in third place.

The tournament was directed by the Feder. ation 's Vice_President L. WA LTER STEPH ENS, who also donated the spcda! prizes. The brilliancy prize went to FRIiD ANDIlRSON, of St. Louis, fo r hi s game against Adams. De. tfoit' s DR. BRUNO SCHM IDT was awarded the Best.Played Game Prize for his game with fo rmer Canadian Champion BoRIS Bl.UMIN.

The final standings of the Championship Finals:

Reuben Fine . ....... .. ....... Herman Steiner . . . .. . ...... . . Weaver W . Adams .. . .. . .. . . . . Boris Blumin ... . ........... . Erich Marchand ............. . Fred Anderson .... .. . .. .. ... . Bruno Schmidt . . . .. .... .. . .. . Joseph Rauch . ...... ... •.. . .. L. • W alter Stephens .. . . .. .... . George Sturgis . . . . .. . .. .. . . . .

FI N E W I NS EASILY

W L 8 I 6Y2 2Y2 6 3 5 Y2 3Yz , 4 , 4 4 , 3Y2 5:.6 I 8 ~ 8~

The tournament was again a one man show. Fine stood out head ami shou lders above his competi tors, d id not havc to cxert h imself too much to finish first .

In the first two rounds Fine quickl y di s_ posed of his main rivals, Adams and Steiner, then coasted in. In the later rounds he was held to a draw by Blumin and Anderson. T hese slight lapses, however, did not affect the fi nal outcome. He won all h is other games and ended with a score of S-l, a full 1 Yz points ahead of his closest rival.

STEtNER MAKES GOOD SHoW t NG

Runner.up Herman Steiner lost to Fine and Adams, drew with Blumin, won the remainder of hi s schl!'dule. The breezy, talkative Hun_ t;arian. American master with the unruly hair played tricky, trappy chess, took some unnec_ essary chances with weaker opponents.

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When the tourney was over, Steiner visited New York, called at the CHESS REVIEW office. The friend ly California internationalist told us of his plans for the future, including a tour through the southwest, culminating in a giant simultaneous exhihition in Los Angeles, to be attended by many of Hollywood's film stars. More of th is anon.

ADAMS SHOWS IM PROVEMENT

Bishop's Opening special ist Weaver W . Adams did beller at St. Louis than at Ventnor City. (See June.J uly CH ESS REVIEW). He played three games with his favorite opening, won all three. At Ventnor he learned that 4 Q_K2 against the P-B3 defense is a losing move, switched to tI Kt.KB3 at St. Louis with better resu lts.

Adams again had good luck with the Albin' s Counter Gambit, his invariable response to the Queen's Pawn Opcro:ng. Using this defense against Marchand (Game No.6), the New Englander gave the gallery a thri ll with a bril. liant combi national ending. Purists pointed out, however, that the combination was made possible by a weak White move.

Against Anderson , the taciturn Bo.~tonian pl ayed a weak "Fianchetto Defense", was soundly trounced in 17 moves. This game (No.9) was awarded the brilliancy prize. Anderson certain ly played well, took full ad­vantage of Black's weak opening, but the complete lack of resistance made brill iancy neither necessary nor possible.

BLU M IN DRAWS WITH LEADER S

In fourth place was Boris Bl umin, now of New York, who played some sterling chess, drew his games with the 1-2 prize winners Fine and Steiner, won from Adams. Against Fine, the former Canad ian Champion showed his mettle by adopting aggressive tactics, made powerful moves, actually outplayed the G rand . master in some stages of the game.

Tied fo r fi fth place were ERICH W. MAIL. CHAND, of Clayton, Mo., and FRED AND ER. SON, of St. Louis, Mo. Marchand led the field in the early stages, d ropped back near the (lOish . In a tou rnament characterized by some very spotty chess, Marchand's game with Rauch (Game No.8) stands out as a beautiful ex. ample of masterful play.

Detroit Champion Bruno Schmidt occupied 7th place in the . fin als after showing great

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promise by playinft a weJl _carnc<] draw with Reuben Fine in the preliminaries. In this game, Schmidt had the advantage for a con. siderable time but Fine recovered and forced the draw.

Schmidt also won the Best_Played Game Prize (No. 10) . Unfortunately, the game for which he was awarded this prize was not free {rom blunders. While Schmidt pla}'e<1 the cnding weI!, this was hard ly the best played game of the tournament.

Joseph Rauch, of Montreal, fin ished in 8th place, wh ile Tou rnament Director Stephens and Pcdcrat ion President George Sturg is, of Boston, brought up the rear.

SIX PLA Y IN CO NSO L A T ION SECT ION

A total of only 17 players fi led their ent ries. Preparations had been made for severa l g raded fi nal classes but there werc not enough enuies for two complete sections,

It would have seemed easier to pby one round .robin tourney among the 17 en tries. Instead, the p[ayer.~ votc<l to hold J)f(~liminaries in the \lSu,, 1 way. They form<: themselves into three sections and wceded our seven to play in the Con.wlatiori Final s, One of the remaining scven dropped out so there were actually only six left . In the fi nals C. M . BIJRTON and W . M. P. MITCl II,LL l ied for first, with K. D. H O L L AN D in third p lace.

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Games from St. Louis

Game No. 1 Won by F ine

In his book " Wh ite to Play a nd W in," Adams suggests " lJ ·Q!1 liS the o nly move In th is varial ion or the ~'rench Derense. Per'ha ps the New I':nglandcr' wauted to avoid II 1)I·e· pal'ed line ngnlnst his I)ubli.\jhed analys is. tr so, he may hnve s hown good judgment as .'ine te lls UII he has such a. Hne. W ha tever the reason, Adams here conli nues " P·K5, which is cer tain ly ,)layable, bUl on hi s 7th turn he walks Into a li ne give n as decidedly Infel'loI' by F ine In " ,Modern Chess Open ings,"

Neelllttsli to Imy, F ine taktts advantage or this la pSe with dis pat ch . His me thod lcnl ex· plollaUon of t he backward doubled nts hop's Pawn culminating In H . . . p · n 3 (%ugz· wa ng ! ) is IlIll"lIeu!ar'!y inSU'UCl h 'o.

FR ENC H D E F E NS E

A dam. W hile

1 P . K4 2 P .Q4 3 K t.QB3 4 P.K5 5 P·Q R3 6 Px B

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P. K3 p .Q4

B. KtS P.QB4

p,p PxKt

7 P l( P 8 Q.Q4

Fine Olack

9 B.QK t 5 10 P . KB4 11 Q· B5 12 Bx Kt

Q· B2 Kt·QB3 K Kt_K2

0·0 B.Q2

K tx B

13 Kt·B3 14 Q.K3 15 R.QKtt 16 R. Rl 17 R_R3 18 Kt.Q4 19 KtxKt 20 K. B2 21 R·Q l 22 K_K t1 23 R.Q4 24 B·Q2 25 R_R2 26 B·Kl 27 Q.82 28 P·R3 29 R· Rl

Game No. 2

P.QKt3 P .QR4

P· R S K R.Sl Kt· R2

Kt.Kt4 Bx Kt Q.Q1 R. S 5 Q. S 2

R.QS l Q.Q 1

R eBl ).S 3 Q.B2 P. R3 Q.Ql R.S 1

30 Q.Q2 31 R·R2 32 P l( R 33 P.B3 34 R.R 3 35 K·R2 36 Q_KB2 37 Bl(Q 38 B.Kl 39 K·Ktl 40 K· B2 41 P.R4 4::: P·Kt4 43 P.KtS 4<1 K.K3

Resigns

Q. B2 R, R Q. S S R· Rl

Q. B8c h B·06 Q, Q K_Bl K. K2 K·Q2

• K.B3 K. Kt4 K.B5

P. Kt4 P . B3

Won by Fine

With th ll! br ut a l demoliUon o f Marchand 's' F rench ilefense. F ine dClllonstJ"ates t o his competitors that " It Isn't the oll'ening t hat matteI'S: It's tho !»)aye l· ...

Black's 8 ... P· KIH soems i11·advlsed. He vrobably hoped that White would be to lol"Hnt enough to lenve the 11(J~j(lou locked. \\'he ll F ine refUse!! t.o CO'Ollerate In th is respect, Mal'cha nd adds to his wocs by 14 .. . P·KR3 ? and Hi ... p·K .. a~!. im]lclle d by his anxiet y to ca~tle by IUllu1. The SOUl"Ce of his troubles, llOweve l'. g OO!! back to 6 .. . P-QKt3 whi ch curtails the neelled counlel"' llla~' on the Queen's s ide.

FRENC H D EFEN S E

W hile F ine

1 P.K4 2 P·Q4 3 Kt·QB3 4 P.K5 5 P·QR3 6 PxB 7 Q.Kt4 8 B·Q3 9 Px P e.p.

10 Q_Kt 3 11 Kt_B3

Ga me No.3

P· K3 P·0 4

B.Kt5 P ·OS4

B x Kteh P·QKt 3

K-B1 P· B4

K t x P B. R3 Bd

Marchand Black

12 P x B 13 0·0 14 PxP 15 B.Q2 16 QR.Kl 17 Kt.K5ch 18 QxKt 19 P·B4 20 P· BS 21 Qx Ktch 22 Px Pch

Kt_B3 p , p

P.KR3? P . KKt4

K. B2 Ktx K t

Q·Q2 P.Kt5

K R.Kl K,Q

Reslgn5

Won b y S t eine r

The buoyant Hungnl"llln·American master plays with :rllsunUlce agll ins t an op j)onent he feels is weakel' than himself: else how explain ·5 .. . IHH ??, an attacking line thal has beell busted h igh , wiele and handsome by 8 PxP! For Instance, ir !( ••• IJ ·R2, 9 P·Q5! , Kt·K2; 10 8·B2, Kt·Q3; 11 H·!( 1 an d the Black King r'em ains Insecure In the center' ; he dare not ca stle becallse of Ilx Pc h etc, Aga in. If 8 .. . B·K2, 9 p ·Q5. Kl ,KlI ; 10 H·K ! to be fo l· lowed by P·Q6 wit h un o \'e rwhelm ing poslt ioll .

1\"ote the prell y little t m p on Black's 33 ... Q·K3. Ir 3 ~ p ·n5!. Kh:J>! ; 35 QxB. KtxRP ; 36 R· IH. Kt·Kt5c h wins. Or if 35 B·Kt5, Kix RP; 36 BxR. KtxRch wins.

W hite would have fa red belte l' with 42 KxKl and if .J2 •.. BxP, 43 R-Kt5, B·B7ch ; 44 K·R3, PxPch; ,15 HxP with a Bishop a nd s ome at­tacking chances to r roul" !law ns.

RUY L OP EZ Sc:hmidt Steiner

White Blnck

1 P·K4 P.K4 28 Q.Kt4 R·Q3 2 Kt.KB3 Kt.Q B3 29 Q.B3 B·R S 3 B·KtS P.Q R3 30 R.Kt4 R·B3 4 B·R4 Kt·B3 31 Q.R3 Q.Q3c:h 5 0·0 B.B4 11 · 32 P.84 B·87 6 P.8 3 KbP 33 Q. B3 Q.K3 7 P.Q4 PIIP ? 34 8 .Q1 B·K8 8 R.K1? P.Q4 35 8 .8 1 Kt·B4 9 Px P B.K2 36 B.B2 KtxRP

10 Kt.K5 8 .Q2 37 A.Kt$ Kt·84 11 Ktx B QxKt 38 P.Kt4 Kt.R5 12 Kt.B3 KbKt 39 Q.Q l B, P 13 PxKl 0 ·0 40 A.K5 Q.Q2 14 B.B2 B.B3 " K .Kt3 P·KR4 1S R.K3 KR.Kl 42 P.B5? P·B4 16 R.B3 Q.K2 " B.K3 PIIBP 17 B·B4 P.K Kt3 44 PIIRP .P·BSc:h 1& R.K 3 Q.Q2 4$ BxP B,P 19 R. Kt3 R.K2 46 A.K I 5c:h K.Bl ::!O Q.R 5 QR. Kl 47 Q. K2 KI.B4c:h 21 P.KR4 B.KI2 48 RxKt R,R 22 Q. B3 R.K8c:h 49 B.A6c:h B.Kt2 2S RxR RxRc:h 50 Bx8ch K,B 24 K .R2 Kt· K2 51 Q.Kt4c:h K.S3 25 P. R5 P.QB3 52 BxR Q,B 26 P. R6 B.B3 Resig ns 27 B.Q2 R. K3

Game No.4 W on by Steiner

Well 1II1I yed b), Steim~r. l ie ).:O'is " French Defense liS Whi te with a 1110\'C ahelld and furthc r enlJ:1 nce~ Ih i ~ form!lti o ll hy ,t .. \· .. tol,ing the QU out~h l e thc PIlWll formation . C On· sequently. bcttcl' for HInck In ll:11I be 4 ... P xQP; 5 Q>:P. I'>: I '~ wit h a lIntbhl ctol'Y t:a me ; ir :; KlxP. either:; ... I'x l' or ;. ... I'·QIH; 6 Kt(O-l)·IJS. 1'·05. If. II ftCI' 5 ... I'·QIH. to K t (QH·KI:;. P'OR3; ; Kt ·R3. 1',05; s Kt ·Q:;, Kt·K2; 9 P · K4. P>: P 1'.1'" fll{flln wll h nn C\'cn game.

19 .. , Kt·K2 ..... a~ n (>ce""al·)' 10 !laWl Ihe P a w n, If \ .... hUe t ak ... " Ih .. Qlh ... n on hl;s 21st move then 21 . , , iI)(ilch, 22 Kt·!l l lind Black, w i th t wo Hook " for I h .. Q ueen . hKlI illl lllclent comllcnsat lon,

QU EE N'S GAMBIT DECLINED

Steiner Whit ...

1 P.Q4 P.Q4 P.QB3

P.K4 ?! 2 P.QS4 3 Kt.QB3 4 K t.S3 S Kt.Q2 6 PxP 7 Kt. Kt3! e B·B4 9 Bx B

10 P.K3 11 B.K2 12 0·0 13 R.QBl 14 R.B2 IS P.QR3 16 Q·Q2 17 KR·Bl 18 QxB 19 Kt.Q2

P.K5 Kt. B3

p , p P.KR3

B.Q3 Q, B

P.QRS 0.0

R.Kl P.QKI3

Kt. B3 8 .Q2

B.Kt5 B, B

KR·QB l Kt.QR4 7

Ma rc:hand Black

20 Kt ( BS)xKP 21 KtxKtc:h 22 Rx R 23 Q.B3 24 R.B5 ~5 K .Bl 26 KtxKt 27 Q.B5 28 P.Q5 29 R.B8ch SO Qx Rc: h 31 Q.B5ch 32 P.KK t 3 S3 Q.Bach 34 Q.B6 35 P.Q6 36 Q.K4ch 37 P.Q7

R,R QxKt

P.QKt4 Q.Q l A.Sl

K t.SS QPxKt

R.Kt1 Q.Q3 R,R K.R2

K.Ktl P.QR4

K·R2 Q.K4

Qx KtP P·Kt3

P·B6 38 Q.Q4 Resigns

Game No.5 W on by Adam,

Here Alla ms lHsles \' Iclor)" wit ll hl>l I'C' I'am ped Bi ~holl'S Ol'cuinj.[. ,\I'II!I' hl>l fail ures wi th ., Q·K2 at Venlnor <.;iI)" (SIlC JUllc·Jul)' CHJo:SS RI-:V I ~;W) Adam~ Is now l'la)'lnl< ·1 Kt ·Kll~ . I n Ihlll ca ~c. lIo\\'",'er, III~ sucec>ls is mainly duc to StcirH! I"~ 11(101' Illay In l ime troublc. By I,hl )' in/{ for an c )(chnn/{e or Queens f rom mo"C 33 on ~"c lner has lin N.S)' d r aw.

B ISHOP'S OPENING

Adams Stein~r

White llJack 1 P.K4 P.K4 24 Kt(Q2).Bl Kt·K S 2 B·B4 Kt.K BS 25 K.Kt l BxKtc:h S p.QS P.BS 26 Qx B P.B4 4 Kt.KBS P.Q4 27 Kt.Q2 8 ·B2 5 PxP p, p 28 KtxKt RxKt 6 B·Kt3 a . KtSch 29 Q. B2 R· BS 7 P.BS B.Q3 SO Q.Q2 P.KKt4 8 B.Kt5 B·K3 31 R·Kl R.KS 9 P.Q4 P. K 5 32 B.B2 Rx Rc:h

10 Kt.K 5 QK1.Q2 33 QltA Q.BS 11 P·K B4 PxP e,p. 34 Q.B2 Q.B8c:h 12 Ktx P • Q·B2 35 K.R2 P.B5? 13 Q Kt·Q2 0.0 36 Q.K2 K.Bl 14 0 ·0 P. KR3 37 B.Kt3 P.K R4 15 Bx K t KtxB 38 Q.KS P.Kt5 ? 16 R·K l KR.Kl 39 PxP p,p 17 Kt·81 B.KtftS 40 Q.R8c:h K .K2 18 Q.Q3 R· KS 41 Q.R4ch K.SI 19 Kt ( BS).Q2 R.K S ~2 QxP Q. K6 20 P. KR S QR.KI 43 Q.B3 B.R4

" R,R B, R 44 QxQ P,Q 22 Kt.KS S.R7ch 45 K .Kt3 Resig ns 23 K .RI 8 ·SS

Game No.6 Won by Adams

S ome of lilc b .. s \. wOl'k Adilm" hilS dOIIl" hilS been to ,;tl"·n.!! t h(>n Ih .. ,\ Ibln Counter Gnmbil ; in fac t . lu~ ha s scored l! tcali !1y wit h it.

:\ Iarchilnd IJI:I)'s t he Wh itC I,ie~l< ill II solid and sound manner. lIo ..... e" ... I', on his 13th move 1m stil's, II("rm lUing Adnml< 10 hal·V(!st material ..... ith each m(lve. liM d Wh ltc 1111l),ed slm lll)' 13 Q·Q2 !, It Is tl l/neult to ~O(l how Blacl; would hold !.Iw Ilo ~ltlon to l(:ether. Mal" chand's mo,'e I ()ok~ ]l l nu~ ible f rom II illlpel''' fi cinl c:.;amillation an<1 Iw 1>1 lumlly to bo biamct.l for railing illto II", IIl'f'lly combination thal follOIl'('d, If If, H:.;Kt, II:.;B ! U; R ~ n (Not QdJ. P· Kic h. etc.\. Q·<lXch:: 17 QxQ, p. l(7ch: and wins.

A L BI N'S CO U NTER GAMBIT

Marchand Whil e

1 P.Q4 2 P.QB4 3 PxKP 4 Kt.KBS S P.QR3 6 P. KKtS 7 P. Kt3 8 e .KKt2 9 0·0

P.Q4 P. K4 p .QS

Kt.QBS P.QR4

B.K3 B.Q B4

KKt.K2 Kt.Kt3 KKtxP Ktx Kt

10 B.Kt 2 11 KtxKt 12 P.K3 B.KKt5!? 13 P.S3 ?? Px P !

Adams Black

14 Q.K2 15 K .Rl 16 Q.Q B2 17 Q.K4ch 18 Qx B 19 Kt.Q2 20 Q.R5ch 21 Q.R6 22 K .R2 23 Kt.K4 24 B.A3 2S B.K5

Aesiglls

KtxPch KtICP KtlCR Q.K2 P.K7 P.B4

P.KtS Kt IC Pch

Kt.R4 Q.R5c:h

PICK t R.KBI

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Game No. 7 Blu m in d raws with F ine

Considering t h(! relative st.re ng th or }o'!ne a nd the le~~e r maste rs, it is qu ite an e\'ent wile n olle of them dra ws with him. Abou t wi lin ing! \ Vell , Ihis ba s become so nll'e Ihat Ihey Jus t dre am o r It.

In th lll KRme Blu miu lliays the e ndi ng \'e • .,. ca rerull y. ke~lllng t he Rook 's j)!\w n u nder con· slant lIur velllRnce. Gra ndmaster Jo' ine dellb· erately plny~ fOl' t he en d·game. re lying on h is gr eater e"" erience an rl sk ill t o win . 10'1'001 Ihe very be ji; !nn!ng . however. t he erstwh l1 e Calla· dian ch amlJ lon hits upon the right IItra tegy to a llo)l t al'alnst his opponent. conrronts h im with shan l probl ems on every move. l3I u mln Is t o be congt'a t ulated ou h is e xcellent I~ r' fot' ma llce.

It Im s been suggested thllt Fine, wit h 23 B·K3. could have Increas ed his IlreslIu re on t he ,Josition. Th is mOI' e would ll rotect t he Q P and t lll'ell te .. P 'Q5, w inn ing the RP. In such position>! the de fender 's task Is com llllcaled and e " i, cl lng-and a m istake Is n\ade SOOner or lale r , Cert lllnly F ine's winn ing chances woul(1 have been Improved.

INDIAN DEF ENSE

Fine Blum in Whit e OI ac k

1 P.Q4 Kt-KB3 22 B·83 QR. B5 2 P.QB4 P. KKt3 23 Ax P • • p 3 Kt.QS3 P.Q4 24 8 ·K3 R.Q2 4 8·B4 B. Kt::: 25 ••• KtlIR 5 P.K3 0 .0 26 P.Q R4 Kt.K4 6 Q.Kl3 P.8 3 27 8.K2 R.Rl 7 Kt.83 Q. R4 28 P·R5 B,851 B 8.K2 P.P 29 K.Bl K.8t 9 8xP P.QKt4 30 P. A6 BxBc h

10 B.K2 B. K3 31 K.B K.K t 11 Q.82 Kt.Q4 32 P. A7 K.Q2 12 B.Kt3 P.Q S4! 33 R.Ql c h K. Sl 13 0·0 KtxKt 34 P. R4 Kt.B3 14 PxKl Kt.Q2 35 8 ·85 K.B2 15 KA .Ktl P.P 36 R.QRl K. Kt2 16 KtxP BxKt 37 R. Ktlch K.B2 17 KPxS QR· Sl 38 A·QRl K. Kt2 18 Rx P QxBP 39 K·B3 KtxP 19 QxQ ••• oW BxP R·K l ' 20 R·QR5 KR.Sl 41 S.B5 Dr .. wn 21 S.K84 KI.S3

Game No. 8 Won by Marchand

Sup(>!'latlve play by the S!. 1.0 u l1\ mlls t er. Bl ack should have Ilvoided the is ol ated pa wn in lh ls InMance for While gets one of lhe most f'l vol'll blc bl ockadIng s HuRt lons of t he Ru bln!\lein·Schl echter var ia tion. Ins tead 5 .. . QPx P Is t'eco t1l mendetl (or eq uall ty.

This Klinul Is a gootl examjlle or how c hess technique hns progressed i n the pas t twe nt y years. For me.'ly It would have taken a Grand· master to >!I)ot an u ntena ble illolated pawn. blockade It, !lebe t he open file, pene tra te the 7t h I'ank and t hen wi n as Marcha nd e xecutes these various Olle rations hen~.

W it h Hooks entrenc hed on the 7th. the maneuver of White's 35t h and 36th moves. whereby t he Bisho) is cut off from t he pro· t ec tion o r t he UP, Is particularly plensl ng.

A ga me lIke t his would have bee n a wOl'thy cant.lilJnte rOt' t he Best·Played Game PI ' I ~e .

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ZUKERTO RT.RET I OPE NIN G

Ma rehand W hite

1 Kt·K B3 P.QB4 2 P.KKt3 Kt.KB3 3 8.Kt2 P.Q4 4 P.8 4 P.K3 5 P.Q4 8Px P 6 KtxP B,KtSc h 7 B.Q2 BxBch 8 KtxB 0 .0 9 0 ·0 Q.Kt3

10 KKt. Kt3 Kt. S3 11 Px P Px P t2 Kt·B3 B.KtS 13 Q·Q2 KR.K l 14 P·K3 Kt. KtS 15 P.Q R3 Kt·R3 16 Kt ( B3)·Q4 Kt. K5 17 Q.R5 QxQ 18 KtxQ P.QKI3 19 Kt ( R5) ·B6 8 .Q2 20 KR·B t Kt ( R3), B4

Game No, 9

Ra uch Black

2 1 P.QKt4 Kt.Q6 22 R·B2 P.QR3 23 8 ·8 t Kt ·K4 24 KtxKt RxKt 25 R·87 Kt· B3 26 QR.St KR·Kl 27 A. Kt7 P.QKt4 28 A(B l ).87 B·Bt 29 R. Kt6 Kt.K5 30 Kt.B6 Kt.Q7 31 Kt.K7c h K·Bt 32 KtxP B·K3 33 S.Kt2 Kt-BS 34 R ( Kt6).Kt7 KtxRP 35 Kt.B4 B.BS 36 Kt·Q5 KR·B l 37 Rx Peh K·K 1 38 R ( Kt7) .K7e h

Resigns

W on by Anderson

Th is defe n!!e h ilS been see n once or tw ice In lhe past three decade!!. It will lll'oba bl y be seen even less In the futu re.· Ulack play" as if he we re a ma n doomed 10 die a nd de te r· m ined to ~et It over with as soon as Ilosslble. Why break the cen te r before the Kl nJt Is In sarely ? ( Dlack's 11th). The rou tine sac· r ince to expose tile King Is carr ied out in wo rk manlike fll.shloll . 17 RxKt~ was probnbly unex pected a nd bri ngs Immetliate l'tlslgnnllon. fO l' if 17 ... BxR, 18 DxP!, R·R2; 19 R·R3 wins.

FIA NCH ETTO DEFENS E

Anderson Adams Wh it e Black

1 P·K4 P. KKt3 10 Kt·KS Kt·Q2 2 P.Q4 B.Kt2 11 0·0·0 P.QB4 3 Kt.K B3 p.Kt3 12 P xQ P KPxP 4 P. B3 B-Kt2 13 QR.K l P.P 5 B·Q3 P.K3 14 KtxB P ! KxKt 6 B·K B4 Kt. K2 15 Q.K6ch K.Bl 7 QK t·Q2 P.Q4 16 B.Q6 Kt.K4 8 Q.K2 P.QR3 17 AxKt ! Religns 9 P·KR4 P-KR4

Game No, 10 W on by Sc hmidt

T h is effort won fO I' SC lllll ltlt the Best· Playe tl Game PI'lze. AlthOUl!'h t he level of play In this tourna men t (excep tlnj: F in e's 1)lay) was no t very high, mos t game!:! be ing decided by blu nders In t he Ol)ening, t he judge of t he best game Ilrlxe could have selected a more wor thy effor t thlln th i!:!. After t he Ol)e nlng, \Vhit e has lin easy d l'a w t h roughout but blUnders in the en ding. Althoug h Sch m id t plays the ending well . the win is obta ine d only because Wh ite ma kes an outright blunde r on his a ntl move. In t he ollenlng itseir. 9 . . . 0·0. or a ny othe l' developing move. should lead to a much Quickel' decis ion.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

Blum !n White

1 P_Q4 Kt_KBS 2 P_QB4 P.K3 3 Kt_QB3 P_Q4 4 Kt_B3 P.B4 5 BPxP KtxP 6 Kt_K4 ? PxP 7 KtxP Q.R5 8 - Q_B2 B.Kt5ch

Schmidt mack

38 PxQ 39 K_B1 40 K_K2? 41 K_KS 42 K_Q2?? 43 P.B3 44 a . Kt1

K-B2 K_K2 K_Q3 K·B4 P·B4

P·B5 ! ! P·K4

B. B1 ! 9 B_Q2 BxBch

45 B-R2 46 B-Q5 47 K-QS 48 K_Q2

P.QR4 ! 10 KtxB 0·0 11 Kt(Q4)_B3 Q.K2 12 P·K4 Kt.Kt5 IS Q.Ktl Q_QB4 14 B_B4 P.QKt4 15 B. Kt3 B_Kt2 16 P -QR3 Kt ( Kt5}.B3 17 0·0 Kt.Q5 1(: KtxKt QxKt 19 R.Ql Kt_R3 20 B_B2 Q_B3 21 Kt.Kt3 QR.Ql 22 B_Q3 Q_K4? 23 Q_B2 R. B1 24 Q-K2 Kt. B4 25 KtxKt RxKt 26 QR · Bl P.QRS 27 P-KR3 P_Kt3 28 RxR QxR 29 R_Q2 R_Q t 30 R_B2 Q-QS 31 R_BS Q_Q5 32 Q.B3 K.Kt2 7 33 R_B7 R_Q2 34 RxR QxR 35 Q.K3 Q.B3 36 Q.Q4ch P.B3 37 Q.QB3 QxQ

49 K_B2 50 B_B7 51 B-Q5 ? 52 BPxP 53 K_Q2 54 PxP 55 B_Kt7 56 K_KS 57 K_B3 58 B_QS 59 B.B7 60 B-Kt6 61 B_B7 62 K·Kt4 63 K.Kt3 64 B.K6 65 B·Q5 66 a · K6 67 K.R2 68 KxP 69 B_R 2 70 B_K6 71 B.Q7 72 K_Kt4 73 K_B3

and Black

K_Q3 P _Kt4 P.R4

P-R5! P . KKt5 !

B.P P.B6

BxBP B_Kt5!

B.P K·B4 K.Q3 K_K2 K.Q3 B_B8 P_R6 K-84

B. Kt7 B-8S P-R 5 B-Q6 B.P B·B7

8_Kt6 K·8S 8 · B7 B.Q6

won.

Gam e No. 11 Won by Steiner

A sligh t case of mllnlQr. If S . . Kt moves 9 B·Kl5 wins t he Queen.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

FRENCH DEFENSE

Steiner Stephens While mack ,

P-K4 P-K3 8 P_Q6! P-KR3 P .Q4 P.Q4 9 PxKtch Q.P Kt-QB3 B-Kt5 10 QxKtP R_B1 Q-Kt4 Q-B3? 11 B.P P.P P.P P.B4 12 QxRch Q.Q Kt.S3 Kt. K2 13 B.Q R esigns B·KtSc h K·Q1? ?

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Reuben Fine Wins N. Y. State Title

Competing against U. S, Champion Samuel Ueshevsky and a fi eld as strong as in the na t iona l championshi)) tourname nt, HEUBEN FI N ~ won the State tit le a t the anuual New ~' ork State Chess Association Congress held at Hamlltoll, N . Y" August 16·2:1.

Reshevsky. Kashdan and Denket' tied for second place, closely followed by ex-champion Hobert Willman.

The Genessee Cup was won by the t eam from Queens Cuun ty, Madison County won the Class II division .

An im JJresslve t01a l Of 57 players competed In the varions sections of the largest and most successful N , Y . State tOUJ'llament ever held.

The comple te ~tory. with JJ ictnres llnd game scores, will al!pea)' in the next issue or CHESS RI~VIEW. Meantime, here aJ'e the resulls In the varions classe s:

Ma's t ers ' Section (State

W Reuben F ine ______ 6

Samuel J . Ueshevsky _ Isaac J . Kashdan ___ _ .\ Arnold S. Denke r __ _ " Robert Willm an __ ___ 6

An thony Santaslet'e _ 3 DJ·. " ' alter CI'UZ __ ___ I

Herbe rt Seidmlln __ __ 3 George S hai nswlt ___ 1

Clarence Hewlett . J r. _ 2 Harold foJvans \

Cham pionshi p)

J) L Tot al

'1 08-2 6 , " \

3 6 2 .\

\

\

o o \

3 \

3 , 5 7 8

7 ·3 73 7 ·3 6 'h·3 'h 4 Yr5 'h ·1 ·6 , ·6 3 -7 2'h·7'h 1 'h.g 'h

Experts' Section

__ \~Vc-_cD'-.._cL'-..--;·;;r:otal Sven Almgren ______ 7 1 1 7%·1';6 A. Yanof8ky ______ __ 7 1 1 7%·1 '4 Dr. Bruno Schmidt ___ 7 0 2 7·2 Dr. Max Herzbe rger __ 5 2 2 Ij·3 Daniel Mayers ___ ___ _ 4 I 4 4 'h-4 ';4 !III'S. Mary Bain __ ___ 3 I 5 3';4·5'4 L. H. Chauyenet _____ 3 1 !i 3'h·!i';6 Roger Johnson ___ ___ 3 0 6 3·6 :'111'8. Gisela Gresser __ 2 1 6 21y2 -6 'h L. Walter Stephens __ 0 0 9 0 -9

The Class A Sect ion of 11 players wa~ won by Frank Valvo. 8Y~ · IIJ~. with Julian Part os and Paul "Rosenzweig lied fOt· seeond, each tally ing 7'h ·2'h.

In the Class n Section, Louis Pet·singe t· and Fred Ekstrom tied for first wilh 7 'h .l lh. "'rs. No Roos WllS third with 5'h·3'h .

Sidlley Ross 11'011 the Chlss C Section , 8';6-1,6, with George Cheney in seculJd vJace and !llallrice Wert1teim third.

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5·Minute Chess Quiz B)' IRVING CHERNEY

Q 1. Complete the following Ma~tel'i,' names: (al Erich E. ___________ (b) Sal0 F, _______ _ (e) Andreas L. ______________ _

Q 2. Foul' of the following eight pUlyars established blindfold .records ill their day. Can you pick them out? Reshevsky, Reti, Philidor, Laskel', Paulsen, Alekhinc, SLeinitz, Keres.

Q 3. Three of the following were noted for their great skill in the endings. Can you un­derline the correct names? Morphy, Capablanca, Thomas, Staunton, Ru­binstein, Lasker.

Q 4. (a) in giving odds of the Queen's Rook, may the odds-giver castle on the Queen's . d ' 51 e. ____ ____ __ _

(b) Capturing en passant is optional accord­Ing to the rules, Is it compulsory if it is the only legal mOl'e on the boa,rd? ___ ___ __ _

No.6

(c) A player announces mate in five moves, but there is no mute. What is the penalty?

(d) May n player expose h is King to check if he can mate bis opponent by the moveL ___ _

Q 5. He was born in 1911, studied physics, graduated as an electrical engineer. He learned to play chess in 1921, was recognized as a master in 1927 when he finished 5th in the nRtional championship of his country. In 1931 he won the cha.mpionship with a score of IS wins, 4 losses, 4 draws. In 1935 he tied for fi rst place in a strong international tourney, repeated ill 1936. At present he is considered one or the world's leading masters. His na.me is ___ ___ _ ~ ________________________ _

Q 6.-11 . \\lrite the mating moves under the dia.grams below. All responses are forced . Note: The pieceB of the mating side, White or Black as the case may be, are going UP the board.

(Answers on page 163)

BLA CK mates in 2

1 _____ _____ , __________ , J , --- - ------ -- , 1 . . , . . , - -- - - -- - ----, 2 __________ , Z ____ ____ __ , -- -- ------, • ------ -- -- , 2 ____ ______ _______ . mate. mate mate

, No.9 No . 10 No. 11

WHITE mates in 2 ,>"iHITE mates in Z 1. __ ____ ___ _ , __________ , ., . - - -- --- --- , --- -- -- - - -, 1 . ------- ---, --- ---- -- - , 2 _______ ________ __ mate. 2 _________________ mate. 2 ___ __ _______ ____ _ mate.

Lady Chess Stars

As announced last month, Mrs. Adele Rivero, Woman Che~s Champion of the United States, has agreed to defend her title in an eight_game match with Miss N , May Karff, the formcl" champion . The match will be held in Novem_ her and the games will be pla)'ed at the leading N(;w York chc~s rltlhs.

Tbc:: contest between these fair young women chess stars has been a lTanged by OHSS REVIEW to promote interest in the royal game and help to dispe l the erroneou,-; idr:a thJt all chess I)laycrs arc old men! Mrs. Rivero and Miss Kart! will demonstrate that attractive young women c~n play good chess.

Sl im, p!Otite Addc Rivero (seated at right in above: photo) pl~ y~ ,'trong, conservative (hess. Inclined to be ncrvou~, ~he exercises remi\rkable control in Importi\nt games, displays great pow_ ers of stamina and concentration, nurses small advantages into the encLgarne_ Mrs_ Rivero dethroned Miss K;lrfl and won the Women's Championsh ip title in the open tournament he!d in New York las t year at the Hotel Astor.

Self-confident, smartly. dressed Miss N. May Karff is an outstanding chess player of inter_ nat ional repute. She recently \von the Hazel Allen Trophy in the annual Women's Chess

['holo by Raoul EchClI(rr;d

to Play for Title

Tournament at the Marshall Chess Club, New York. T he follqwin g g ame, from tlli~ tourney, is an excellent example of Miss Karfh ago gressiye slyle of pI<ly :

QUEEN'S PA WN OPENING Miss Karff Mrs. Gresser

White Rlaek 1 P.Q4 Kt· KBS 15 R·B2 R·Qt 0 Kt. KB3 P·B4 16 Kt·Bt R·Q2 • 3 P.KS P.Q4 17 Kt·Kt3 P· KKtS 4 Kt_K5 Kt-BS 18 P·R5 Q.Q1 5 P_KB4 P.K3 19 p,p RPxP 6 P-B3 Kt_K5 20 B , P Q.K2 7 Q_B3 B·K2 21 B_R5 B.Kt2 C B.Q3 Kt.B3 22 B.Q2 B.Kt4 9 Kt.Q2 Q.B2 23 Q.Kt4 Q.81 ?

10 P-KKt4 B.Q2 24 QxKPch K.Q 1 11 P.Kt5 Kt_K Kt1 2S RxP R,R 12 P·KR4 KtxKt 26 BxR Kt·K2 13 BPxKt B·K B1 27 Q·Q6ch Resigns

" R·K8 t 8 ·83

The .. .;chtdllle of championship match games will Ix announced soon. A purse of $500 is being raised for the plnyers. CHESS REVI Ew'S Editor 1. A. HORowrTZ is the official treasurer' . Contl'ihutions towa rds the purse are solicited and may be sent to l. A. Horowitz, Treasure r, Women 's Chess Championship Match, 2 ~() West 57th Srreet, New York, N . Y.

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The Game of the Month By REUBEN F I NE

Lub mOil//; G"r",,J A!a.<lcr Fille cxpJai1lJ ""d ""I/Oldle.< " re"!III/),­

"I/lF" x-,Olle (()IIJ iJen-d () j p·~,lIe. ' f aliI"'" illfaO I /0 CIIESS RI'I'Il'W'S

,",oJ,"". "f/><: (,,/JIiC of Ih" "[(mlh for Ibi.' iiJ'I<' w,n p/uynl ,1/ tiN

1941 I). S, Chn5 r:derdrio" O/'tll TOllnl!lIIl~1II ,,{ St . LouiJ ,

The following game, while rather smooch and unpretentious on lhe surface, ha$ been chosen partly because of the undercurrent of excitement which runs through it and partly because I fed that it was my best performance a( St. Lou is.

CA T ALAN O P E N I N G

R. F ine

White 1 P.Q4 2 P.QB4 3 K t _KB3 4 P_KKt 3

H . Steiner

Black P_Q4 P.K3

K t ·KB 3

This is the Catalan Opening. which lla8 (lll­joyed a good deal of popularity for the pa~t five years. Its gTcat Htrellgth lies in the fact !. h'll there is a con" tanl th reat of trans­position in to ~0ll1e favorable variation or SOllle other debut, wh ich could not be !\ecul'ed in any oth e r way. E .g ., I I' Black plan 4. p . Q134; 5 PxQP, KPxP?; (; B-Kt2, 13·K2; 7 (j ·O, he finds t llat he haH fallen into the Huhin · stein·Schlechte,· line against tile Tarrasch De­fense. l\ormally. this can only arise a!'tcr I p.Q.1, P -Q-!; Z P ·Q13·I. " ·K3; 3 Kt·Q1l3. I' ·QIH; .! PxQP, K P x1' ; 5 Kt -1l3, Kt-KU3; (; I'-KKt3. B·T{2; 7 I3·Kt2 etc. Since the 'I'al"l">\sch De­rense is so r a r el y ~ccn \Vhi t e can get in to this stl'ong cont inuation only by branching off from the Catalan.

4 . . . . 8.Kt5ch A good defe n se. but the best is undoubt­

edly ·1 . .. hP; :) Q·Hlch. QKt·Q2; 6 B· K12 . P·QH3; "i Kt·B3. B· J{2 etc.

5 B.Q2 Q.K2 Aller 5 , , , BxBch; G QKtx B, 0·0; 7 H·Bl

Black will find it il i flicult to free hlmHeli' by .. P·QB4.

6 B.Kt 2 QK t.Q2

llIack takes life tOO <:1werfully ami driflH into a. cramped pOSition. The Qui ckest road to eQuali7.ation was (; . . . 0-0; 7 0 -0. BxB ; S QKtxB, P ·QB4!

7 0·0 P.83? nut t.hl~ is certainly weak beca\l~e it is

whol ly unnecessary. T r ue, it involves the thre at or R .. . P1o'I'. winning a Pawn, but this is easily parried a))d Black has lost a vital tempo in the sU'ug-gle to libe!"lIl.e his game. nest was still 7 ... 0·0 ; S (.)·132, RxE;

154

9 QRlx13. P·QB~ ami it is doubtfol whether 'While's ~light 'plus in development is of any pel'manent I'aluc.

8 Q.B2 . , , ,

Defe nding- the Pawn and keeping <Ill eye on the vital K4 sQua!"e .

8 . . . . 0.0 9 BxB Qx8

10 QKt.Q2 R. K1

Preparing , .. 1'·1( ·1. incidentally, a wprd miglit be said here about the evaluation of the Pawn ~truChlreH ill such posi l.ioliH. I r Wh i[(l succeeds in playing I'·K4 , forcin,t; the exchange of the Black WI' I'or his KP. he will have the better or It because ll i ~ QP is preferable to the mack KP. In lh<lt event. once Blucl{ goes in for ... P·QIH. he will concede his opponent Ihe majority of Pilwns on the Queen's side,

But if the defender can gel ill . . . p.K-! , he will be able to exchange his QP 1'01' t.he !3Iatk RP, KP fo r the QP and then he will be let't w it.h the (-l·wing- llIajority. Tile only danger herc is t.hat if White lhen haH the initia.tive he may be able to tie liP the Black majorily.

11 KR· Kl White cannot afford to sacrifice the QKtP

which he wou ld have to do o n 11 P -K·I at o nce, II P -QR3, Q-KI3 would transpose back into the game.

11 . . . . Now the rUn begins.

12 P. QR 3

P. K4

, . . .

Posit ion a ft er 12 P .QR3

The rea~olls for this poisonous lIush are twofold. In the first Illace direct action in the centel' gets White nowhere. If 12 P·K~, PxKP; 13 Kt(Q2)xP, KtxKt; and now if H QxKt , QxKtP; 15 PxP. Kt·OI, while Ir 14 RxKt , P·KO~; IS R·KI. P· K5. gl\"in~ mack at least an even ~ame in both cases. Again . on 12 PxQP. [JPxP!; 13 PxP, KlxP; 14 KlxKI, R"Kt; IS l<t·B3. ll·n·l! leaves Black with the initiative find an exCellently developed gRme. despite his Isolated Pawn .. In the second Illace the best square for the Black Queen is QKt5. so that where ver she .e:oes the po­sition is bound to become wors e.

12 . . . . Q. Kt3 A dlmcult declsioll. ]2 ... Q·Q3; 13 PxQP,

DPxP (if 13 .. . p·K5; H I'xP. P"Kt?; ]5 PxKt. PxB; ]6 PxR'Qch and w ins); H p ·K4, QPxP; ]5 KIXP. Kt"Kl; ]6 QxKt leaves Black in an uncom fol"table i)in, while 12 ... (.)·K2 inl'o!l'es obvious dangel'S with the Queen on the same file as Ihe Rook. The U1l11l1])e tizlng 12 . .. Q·111 seems to be relatively better, since 13 P· K4, PxKP; 14 Kt(Q2)xP, KtxKt; 15 QxKt, Kt · n3 followed by 16 . . . PxP equal· izes. Howe .. el·, on 12 . .. Q·BI \Vhlte call retain a slight adnlntnge by 13 PxQP, KtxP (iF 13 . . . Drx!'; 14 Pxl'. KtxP; 15 Kt·Q·] and t he isolated Pawn is now a serious weak· ness ); 14 1'·](.1, KKt·1l3; 15 QR·QI leaves \Vhile with a much freer gamc.

13 P. K4! Up allll at 'em:

13 . . . .

. · . . . K PxQ P

One point 10 chasi nK t he Queen away was rather cute : If 13 . . . PxKP; ].] Kt(Q2)xP, KtxKt; 15 IhKI, P·KE·I ; 16 P·B5 ! opens the d iagonal with disastrous effect : If ]6 ... Q·02 ; ]7 Q· I14ch, K·Bl; 18 Kt·K t 5, Kt·1l3; 19 RxP, whil e if 16 . . . Q·QI; 17 Q-B4ch, K·R I (01' 17 ... K·Hl); 18 KtxP! and Black's game falls Apart in both cases.

The defense 13 ... PxKP; 14 Kt(Q2)xP, PxP; IS P·1l5. Q·1l2; 16 Kt ·Q6, RxRch; ]7 RxR. Kt·D I ; IX KlxP does not free Black's game eompletely, but does lellye him without any organiC weaknesses. so that th!s was doubtless obJect!vely preferable .

14 BPx P ! • • • •

Much bette r than ].] KPxP, when 1-1 •.. P·QIH would set up an ullp leasant blOCkade. Now 14 . . . P·QB-I would be ruined by 15 P·K5, and If 15 . . . KtxQP ; ]6 Kt·Kt5, Q. KR3; 17 KtxBP! etc.

14 . . . . 15 PxP

p , p Rx Reh

Arte r this Black is definit e ly lost. Relatively best. was ]5 .. . n'QI, though 16 QR·Q1 , Ktd' ; 17 I<t· ll ·1, Q·132; 18 Ktxl' leal'es mack ·s .c;ame badly conKested.

16 Rx R Kt.B1 Not ]6 . . . KtxP because or 17 R·1<8ch,

1«·81: ]8 Rxll.

17 Kt· B4 Q.B4 18 Kt( B3) · K5 ! · . . .

Again holding the Pawn indirecUy. For If 18 . . . KlxP?; 19 P·QKt4. Q·Kt4; 20 KI·Q6. Q-KI 3 ; 21 KlxB is conclUsive. On 18 . . . P·QKt4!; 19 P-QK14. Q·B2; 20 P·Q6 Is killing. Black prevents the advance of the QKtP and again tlll·eatens . . . KtxP.

18 . • • • P ·Q R4 19 Q.Q2 • • • •

So that Ir " . . . Ktxp: 20 OxKt, QxB; 21 Kt·Kt6.

19 . • R. R3 20 R.Q Bl • • • •

Finally winning a Pawn. 20. • • • B· B4

Making the besl of a bad baz·galn. 20 ... KtxP; 21 Kt·Q3, Q· Kt4; 22 P·QR·I. Q·Q2; 23 Kt(B4)·K5. Q·QI; 24 BxKt, QxB; 25 R10Il costs h im a piece. while 20 . .. P·QKt·] would be met quite s imply by 21 KtxHP. On 20 . . . Q-R2 ; 2] KlxRJ> wln6 a Pawn. but 21 Kt1OBP! and if 2] ... KxKI: 22 Kt·K5ch is SU·onger.

21 KtxBP ! · . . . • The point 10 the previous play. If 2]

KxKt; 22 Kt·K5ch wins Black's Queen. 21 . . . . Kt .K 5

There Is nothing really adequate. Analysis a ftez· the /o;ame established 21 .. . ll· K.'i as best, though Black has only faInt drawin.c; chan ces !n the main line ; 21 . . . 1l·K5; 22 Kt(B4)'Q6, QxQP; 23 Ktx13, KtxKt; 2,1 Q·B4, Qx Kt; 25 QxQch, KxQ ; 26 BxKt. R·QKt3; 27 R·B7ch, K· B3; 28 RxQKtP.

22 Q.KI ! I . . .

:lluch supe rlOl· to 22 Q·Bo!. wlHm 22 . . . QxQP; 23 Kt ·KtS, Kt·K3:: gets Black or his troubh! ~ .

OUI

22 . . . . R. KB3 23 Kt ( B7).K5 QxQP

Loses a ])Iece. But 23 . .. Kt·Q3; 24 KtxP is likewise hopeless. and both 23 .. . p·Q6: 24 1l1OKt. Dxll: 25 Kt·Q2. Q·Q5: 26 Ktxll an,1 23 ... KtxKOP; 2·1 QxKt. 0·K5: 25 Q·Q2. P·Q6 dis ch; 26 KI·K3 are brilliant but useless.

24 P·KKt4 P.QKt4 25 P x B Px Kt 26 QxKt Resig ns

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The Championship of Pennsylvania was won by HER!\IAN HESSE, of Bethlehem, at the third Hllllual Pennsylvflnia State Chess Federa· tlon Touruamen! held at t.he Americus liolel. Allentown , Pa., August 30th (0 Sept. 1st. The tourney was d irected by C I-IF:SS REVlEW'6 Editor I. A. HOROWITZ,

Sixteen players entered for the championship Class and were divided inTO (,1'.'0 sections. The title was decided by a piny-o ff between the winners of the two sections. Hesse defeated KAV,IAN ERDEK Y. o f Pittsburgh, the winner of Section 2. In the runner·up play-off to dccltle the winner of third l)rlze. WILLIAM S'l'I~CKEL. of Greenville, dereated C. H. DUCK. of Bethlehem.

In the Minor Tournament for the Class 13 State Championship. JACK !\IAC DONOUGI-!. of Stroudsburg. and HERBERT BUCK. of Bethlehem, tied for first place, eaeh winning four out of five games.

Jo~e [)h fi'irestone (see picture) finishe d flt'th in Section 2 of the Champion ship Class, reo tains title of rOl'emost heal'yweight chess playe r.

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STAHLBERG BREAKS RECORD

Gideon Stahlbel'g. S wedi sh Chess Master. has broken the \I' o t'ld's t'ecord for the number of boardS played s imul taneonsly and time of play. [n a gigantic exhibition at Buenos Aires, Stahlberg played 400 separate games in 36 hours. () minutes, winn ing 36·1. losing 22 and drawing 14. He still·ted to play at 10 p. m. Friday. August 29th. finished al .10:05 n. Ill. Snnday, August 31st!

CHESS PLAYERS TO BE RANKED

The United S tates Chess Federation has de· cided to Issue a ranl( list of the chess playel'S of the country in much the same way a s lawn tennis III ayers are ranked by the Lawn Tennis Association.

Federation President George Sturgis has ap­pointed CHESS REVIEW'S EditOl' I. /\ . Horo­witz as a member of the Ranking Committee. The other mell1ber~ of lhc committee are Milton Hanauer and F red Reinfeld.

T he Committee will meet in the neal' future to decide Oil their method or proce dure.

In the meantime , any player who wishes to be considered for o ffi cial recognition should send In his tournament records ol'er the past two yea rs. togelher with his $1 membership ree in ca se he is not already a member of the Federation. In order to be ranked. a player must be a membel' 01' the U. S. C. F. The records submitted should include the results Of all tournaments in which the player has com­peted, Including Club, City. State tournaments.

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TIE FOR NEW ENGLAND TITLE

!\IlLTON KAGAN. Brookline, !\lass. and A. C. ~IART[N. Providence, H. I .. tied for firH place In the !\lasters' Section of the New England Cbamplonsh lp Tourney held at Bos­ton, August 29-Septemher 1. They will play It six game match to deCide the title.

OSCAR SHAPIRO, of Boston, won the 8x­perts' Section.

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STUDY Ueco,.ded GmlleJ··- f.!)ITOR.

Given .<orne knowledge of chess and an easily.ac<Jui red familiarity with its notation, the requisites for t il{" enjoyment of recorded games arc Jitt le marc than tho.'>C nceded for comfort. ably read ing a favorite author.

Usc a good set of pie("es, of the same size as for actual play. Be sure that the Rooks and Knights have distinyuishing marks so that no confusion of KR for QR, or KKt for QKt

• may anse. Bea r in mind that this hranch of chess is an

art to be enjoyed like musi(" or painting rather than a game to be played or studied; although, like any other art. it will repay study.

Place the winnin}: pieces on }'our own side of the hoard , especially in a new game for fim perusal; not that you may decei\'e you rself into claiming any persona l merit for the win, but because the pretty combi nations are usually made by Ihe winner and can be more clearly comprehended from his viewpoi nt.

Play aimosl (he stri ("t ,l;ame, avoidi ng need. less shifting of the pie"("es, either fo r variations g iven in notes or for al ternative plays seen by yourself. These may awail a second or th ird reading.

Play the moves del iberately, trying to under. stand the purpose of each. Do not he dis. appointed if many of them are at firsr obscu re.

Do not try to memorize games, nor even the fir st dozen mov,·s, fo r future use; they will perhaps come to mind from the suh.conscious memory when needed.

Gradually you will notice and recognize the differin}: styles of play. You will learn to compare the admirahle and sllfprisin~ corn· binations of a past abe with the delicate ac· curaq' and polished brilliancy of the present.

The most intellij.:ent in spenion of fine paint. ings will not make the observer a painter, nor will tisten in.s.: to operas make the hearer a musician . Chess ditTers from the~. The in. tell igent perusal of fine game~ cannot fail to make the reader both a better plarer and a better judge of Ihe play of others.

In time you will be able to fo resee man y:

of the combinations before com ing to the critical or decisive move. This adds gre:l tly to the pleasure. So docs the ability, which comes with mature chess strength, of seeing combinations Ihal Ihe players ha" e missed. But do not g loat unduly over these; perhaps the player d iscarded it as too complicated or was pressed for time and could nOt look fully mto it.

Published games of the masters are seldom devoid of interest. 111e point may be a novelty in the opening, pretty and complicated mid. game play, or a fine and accu rate en ding . Apparent du llness Ihrougll a lon$ Series of moves may be the shaqx:st strategical maneu· vering which a lill Ie more discernment will enable you to relish. A long game, without combinations, may have II '~I) l endidly.foubht and exciting endinb. The en( .game of strong players affords as mud\ pleasure to many as the earlier play. Hr. rc, with a thinned field and increased iIC(ura(y of handling, penalties are inAi("te{1 for earlier fau lts and final results are obtained. The methods of proced ure are easier to remember; the reader will menta lly classi fy them without effort 11.0(1 his facility in using them upon occasion will be a joy and a surprise.

Although played games cannot take the place of actual play, they st ill poss~s some ad_ vantages over it. A suitahle a(iversary of the proper strength is oft en d ifficu lt to fiod , hut here no opponent is nceded . The recorded J:amc is a blood less duel of experts, contested for ou r pri vate delectation. Ours to award the victor wi th ("ommendation, or censure the vanquished for his bl indness. The recorded game is the trial of a case in whi("h the players are plaintiff and de fendant, the pieces are the witnesses, the evidence is all before us and a decision rendered . Ours to act as supreme tribunal, for the time bein}: elevated :Ibove both parties to the cont rovers}', and determine whether the cause was well or ill_tried, the decision just or unjust.

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ARIE L M ENGA R INI at Vent nor Ci t y.

H e promises to do d i re t hings.

In last momh "s stofr of the Ventnor City T ournament we (o[~lmentcd on the vigorous, orig inal style of play displayed by newcomer Arit! ['I'lcngarin i, of Washington, D. C. Ap_ pearing in his first national tournament, this yOlmg Italian.American showed great talent and natllul ability, ended in a ti c (or fifth place with Sidney Bernstein and Weaver W. Adams.

On these pages we give two examples of Mcnga rini 's play. Both arc rc:d thril!c'5. l\kngarini won the first game. lost the s('cond. Both games are full of holes from an analyti. cal point of view and our annotators Matthew Green and Fred Reinfcld call attention to the,;e fault s in their notes ; but hoth games arc also characterized by very bri ll iant play.

Mengarini was born in Rome, Italy, twenty_ one years ago, came to thi s country as a child, He won a Ha rvard Club Scholarship and was a freshman at H arva rd t937_ft For IWO years he did under_},lraduate work in science at George W ashington University, Washington, D. C , and is now attending medicII school there.

In 19.)H Mengarini was captain of the Har_ vard freshm;1n chess team. Laltr, in 1940, he became a d irector of the Capitol City Chess Club and won the District of Columbia Chess Championship.

Tall, dark _complexioned, oval_eyed Mengar_ ini has a friendly manner, is filled with en­thusiasm to make his mark in chess. When he smiles he displap two rows of !lashin).: white teeth, hi s whole facc lights up and you can't

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City Thrillers

help smiling back at him. At the moment, his greatest ambition is to meet Horowitz across the hoard in a serious match or tour_ nament },lame:. He promises to do dire things to our tlnsuspecting Ediwr.

In the following game, Mengarini outplays Manhattan Chtss C lub ChlmlJiOn Albert S. Pinkus in the opening and mi( die game, t/len allows the win to slip through his fingers . The ex("ilement, however, is too much for P inkus ; he loses his head towards the end and gets 111:1Ied _

KtN G'S IN D I A N D EF ENSE (NOLes by Matthew Gr{l{lJl)

Mengarini

White 1 P.Q4 2 P_QB4 3 Q_B2?!

P in ku s

Bla ck K t_ K B3 p_KKt3

• • • •

Pink\l~ e xpressed admiration for Ihis nO\'el move. H owcvel·. Lhe Queen subseque ntly Sh\ll1 h~H back and forLh bet ween Q2 (it s nOI"­mal pivot sq uare) and Qil2. which would hardly est abli s h t he su periority or this move over the usual continuations 3 P-KI\1.3. 3 Kt­QB3 or 3 l<t· KB3. The idea behind Q-B2 is to prevenL the Grunfeld reply 3 ... P-Q4.

3 . . . . p _Q4

Bad. hm Pinkus plAyS it notwithstanding. The formal ion after 3 .. , n ·KtZ. 4 P-K4 . 00: ;; " t ·QU3. P·Q3 and ... 1'·1(,(. etc_ should Jl!'o"e satisfa ctory a s tIl(> Whitc Queen is nOL IWCc.';sar)' 011 QU2 in this line. Another altet'nalive is 3 . . . P-QU·I and if 1 P·Q5. P·QKH: i) P-K-I. PxP: 6 Kt ·QIl3. P'Q~: 7 KtxP. Jl·KK t 2.

4 Px P Ktx p 5 P. K 4 K t. Kt3

N' ~ '-', , .,-01 .J • • • n .- n J

by P-Qi), winH a piece.

S K t_QB3 i

as I) (Ht4ch , followed

Not. falling for Kt ·l( t5 win~.

the O·al). B_Kt2

I I' I) • . ,

7 B_K 3 0·0 :"or would 7 ... BxP be g-ood as ~ Kt· Kt5.

Kt-B3: 9 Jt ·QI . P-K·l: .10 KI· K2 (:"ot t o Kt ·B3 becuu.';e of the pin) win s the pawll back amI White rema in .'; with 2 lJis JIO(Js \' S. IJisho(J ami K1. :\Ioreovet' . Black would have serious wpakn e~se,; on Kilt; and Kn6,

8 Kt_B3 QKt_Q2

Stul"(ly yet cramping and hardly in t he s pirit of t he de fe nse. Horowitz s ug-g-ests R . .. Ki-QIl3 in ordel' to tempt p ·Q5. The theory is La have White ol'erextend himself in Lhe center and l he n demolish it wilh ... P-QB4 and ... " · KIl ·!'

9 O_O_O ! 10 Q _Q2

P-QB3 R_K 1

An attacking player himself, Pinkus was

lll'obably very uncomfortable His move preserves the KB.

11 P.KR4

in this position.

Kt_B3 12 Kt_K5 · . . .

Very strong. The plan is P·D3. P ·KKt-1. P ·R5. Black makes a determined effort to get rid or this Kt. Should he succeed In this. he will have gone a long way towards break· ing \Vhlte's grip on the position.

12 . . . . Kt(Kt3)_Q2 13 Q_B2 Q_R4 14 Kt.B4 Q· B2 15 P-KKt3 P.QKt4

15 ... P·Kl was a possibility. 1f ] 6 PxP. KtxP; 17 E ·E 4, Kt·R4; or 17 Kt·Q6, R·Ql and Black has a teaable game, The text weakens the flank without c~eating any counter play in tbe eenter,

16 B_B4 17 Kt·R5 18 P·QKt4!

Q_Kt2 Q_Kt3

The noose seems to draw tighter. 18 . . . . P· K4

H Black had played the ener getic If! ... P·QI34?, Santasiere would have had the op­portunity to say "Courage, brother! Romanti­elsm still flourishes!" Alas, this would have been punctured by 19 QPxP, Kt xP; 20 B·K3.

19 PxP Kt·Kt5! 20 P.K6? p)(P?

20 . . . RxP! and if 21 B·R3, KtxP! 22 BxR, PxB would brea k the bind, give Black a fail' game with a Pawn plus.

From here on, .\o1engarini goes about his business III workmanlike fashion. planting dynamite all OI'e1" the lllu.ce, The explosions oecur later.

21 R.Q2 Kt·B1 22 B_R3 P·K4 23 B_Kt5 P.KR3 24 BxKt B,B 25 B·K3 Q.R3 26 R.Q6! QR.Bl 27 Q_Q2 R_K3 26 K_Kt2 R,R 29 QxR · . . .

The first stick ll[t~ been planted. 29 . . . . K·R2 30 Kt_Q5 . . ..

The ~ecol\d stick . 30 . . . . 31 B_Kt5!

Kt·K3 • • • •

The lhird charge is laid ! The Bishop can· nol be taken. If 31 ... PxB, 32 PxPch, KKtl (what else?); 33 Kt·K7ch etc. 31 .. . Ktx,B is answered by 32 PxKi, P ·R4; 33 Kt· K7 etc.

31 . . . . R_B1 Black makes counter· t hreats.

32 Kt_B6c h! BxKt If 32 ... RxKt? 33 BxR, BxB; 34 p ·B3!

13xP; 35 R·Kl31. BxR; 36 RxB, B·B4; 37 Q·K7 ch etc. wins.

33 BxB 34 R_QB1 35 QxKP

Black has defen ded very well. to win the Bisholl ,

36 P. B3!

Q-B1 Q· K1 Q.B2

He t hreatens

· . . .

=~ Pinkus

~~ engarini

Position after Black's 31st move.

The explosions begin but Black has taken precautions. Aner the mix·up tha t follows the outcome Is still problematical.

36.... BxP Forced. U 30 .. . B·R6? 37 RxP, QxB; 38

QxQ, RxQ; 39 P ·KKt4, followed by P·K5 re· gains the piece wilh good prospects,

37 RxP B_Kt5 38 R_R6 QxB 39 RxPch Kt·Kt2 40 Kt.B61 QxQch 41 KtxQ B_K3

At. this lloint the players adjomned. Men­garini was ready to give up and everyone present lhought Pinkus shOuld win.

42 K_B3 • • •

But Mengarini resumeri the ga me fresh wilh ideas. He has two pawns for his piece and complications develop again. He sets out [or the third llawn but this gOeS askew also.

42 . . . . R· B7 43 K.Q4! RxP 44 R_Kt7 R.KKt7 45 P_Kt4 BxP 46 RxP B_K3 47 R_Kt8 R_Kt7 48 P_Kt5 R_Kt5ch??

Black now gets the wrong idea. 4S • .. P·Kt4 wns indicated. P inkus has at the very leas l a draw but now he completely loses his head .

49 K·K3 50 P·Kt6 51 Kt-Q7

B_B5 B_R3

Kt_K3 Mate Oil the move was thl·eatened.

52 R.K8 R_Kt6ch 53 K_B2 Kt-B5 54 R_QR8 Kt_Q6ch

54 . . . B·Kt2 is me t by 55 RR7, followed by Kt·B6 dbl ch and mate, as in the game,

55 K_Kt1 R_Kt8ch 56 K·R2 B_Kt2??

And he falls into the mate. 56 . .. B·Kt4 can hold the game to a draw. If 57 P-Kt7, BxKt; 58 P·Kt8·Q, RxQ and Black has a little the better of it.

57 R_R7 BxP Overlooking the mate that follows

58 Kt ·B6ch and mate by 59 R-R7.

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The second example, g iven below, is a "knock 'em down and d rag 'em out" encounter between Mengarini and Adams. Both players sharc(1 a special prize awar<leJ for ~his " most exciting game" of the Ventnor Tourney.

ALBIN'S COUNTER GAMBIT

( Notes by !<'!'e<! Itelnrehl) Mengarini White 1 P_Q4 2 P_QB4

Adams Black

P.Q4 P·K4

" da ll1~ swea rs by P·K~ , evell in Ihe Queen Paw n open ings. At all even ts, the text In­I'ltl'ill bly lell1(8 to lively play.

3 PxKP P_Q5 4 P,K4 . . . .

A tnOl'C Ihal was t ried - aull ([lsclIl'dell­many ycars ago. White has reasonably jus­li ned hOlle .. o f secu ring a Iloaitlonai advantage with K t· KIJ3 fol lowell by the nancheUo o f the KO.

4 . . . . P_QB4 And thj~ In turn Is not the best. The pro per

COUl'~e I~ .\ ... Kt-QB3 : 5 1'·114 (it' 5 L1· B·I, p. KI<t4~ 6 B·Kt3, P·KtH 1.0 be followe d by , , , KK 1· K2·Kt3 with a good !:'ame for lllack). P­KKI4 :

A famous old·lime chl ss lc (Durn-Schlechte r , Mun ich 1900) then con~:nuetl 6 8 ·Q3. PxP : 7 BxP. KKt· K2; S B·Kt3, Kt · Kt3: 9 Q·R5, U· KtSch: 10 K·K2, B·K3: 11 Kt ·K IJ3. Q·Q2 ; 12 P· KH3, B-K Z; 13 P-R3. Kt·R4 ; J.l Q Kt·Q2, p ­Q1)4 ; 15 KR-Q B1, Kt ·B3; 16 K· n2. K R-Kl1 ! 17 P-QKt3, 0·0·0 with flile pr081'ect8 for IJllick.

A better continual Ion l~ 6 KI·KH3, but In any ca~e White's doubl ed and isolated KP would be uf no great value. On the other hani!, If 6 P· KK t3, PxP ; 7 l'xP ? Q·R5ch and R K· K2?? loses !.he Queen a ft er R _ •• D-KISch : 9 Kt·1l3, Ih: Ktch ; 10 Kxll , Q·IHch etc. )o' illa ll )" if 6 I'x l', U-Kt5ch ; 7 IJ·Q2, Qx !' Wi':1 ~ u!cc game for BlaCk.

5 P.B4 Kt.QB3 6 Kt_KB3 , . , ,

In consequence or Blac k 'ij loss o r Ume on move 4, he is U11able to 1)lay . , . I'· KKI4 wHh real e rrect, He geu the mo\'e In, to be ~Ul'e, bUI hb KKt rema in s In 1\ s late or smWended an imation and doesn' t even \'en t ure fo r th 1111 h is 2!1th mo,·e.

6 . . . , 7 P.KKt3 8 B_Kt2 9 0·0

B·K 2 P_KR3

P·KKt4 P.P

Hl ack (lpenS Ihe KK t nle in Ihe hO[Jt' of ob· talnln .!:' an attack later 011, but meanwhile he has ~tralghtened out White's Pawn ~ ituatlon In Ihe cente r.

10 PxP B. KtS , 1 Kt. R3 . . . .

OriHnarlly it 11; 11001' [JO llcy to dilVelop It Knight. to the e dge or the board hI thl ~ ma nue l', but White soon l'ell1edleH this de rect.

Th is "lIllie: makes

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11 . . . . Q_Q2 '2 Kt·B2 P·KR4 t3 Q-Q3 ••• ,

1l101' e has bo th s tnHeg ical aud laclica l II blockades the passetl Pa ll'n and i>o!ls lble \"hite's next m ove.

13 . . . . P . R5 14 P . KR3 l .. , ,

Very ne al : If H ... Bx P ? 15 P· K6 : w illS It I)iece, H~ 15 .. , Qx P is answered by 16 P ·D5 ; and Ihe ... /lme mOI'e sen'e s agA inli t 15 , .. IlxP (now you See why White 's (IIII' had to be gupnled ).

'4 . . , 15 p . R3

B· R4 P · R4

The cu~tomary move iu s nch 1I0~1IInn ~ to pre­vent a l)n~~ l ble break by mean~ or P·Kt~.

16 Kt (2 ) . Kl Well played. H e wants t::J advance P·D5 in

ortler to IIOlit h is Q IJ s trOlI!:'ly lit K 1l4 ; it is therefore necesslIl'y to be able to HnSWer , . , Bx K t with KlxD.

16 . , , . P . R5 I t would pl'obllbly hlll'e been bll ll e r 10 leave

this Paw n at R~, as Ihe advance ena bles ' Vh ile to achieve more easily his object ()( open ing It line on t he Queen·shle.

17 P-BS Black decides to leave

ami keel) While's center 18 8 . 64 19 P . Kt4 ! 1

B.Ql '.h.! Klt p in the lurch under obser villion.

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Charil cterhilical ly wild . Simply P·KI3 would have accompllshel ) Ihe same l)\Ir)JO~ e, whereas the mOI'e c:om pllcailld text invites 19 ... P xP; 20 p·K6. Q-K2; 21 llx ll. Qx lJ ; 22 I'xPch , Dx P; 23 PxP , Ktxp ; 2 ~ QxP w ith a nne game for W hite.

19 . . , 20 QxKtP 21 Q-6 2

Black's K ltl~ Is ~ti l l

22 Kt .Q3 23 Kt. Kt5

unsafe!

PxP e. p. Kt. R4 0 .0 ·0

P. Kt3

Plann in!\' thE' exchange of hi~ Kit which has li l lie scope. Thcre is the dr'llwback tha t W hil e's Ki n,:: will be som ewhat ex posed, but Men!:'arinl ::01ve8 t hat problem Iulnlil'abiy.

23. ,.. Q.K2 24 B.6 3 BxB 25 Ktx6 P. 63

If Black ll la y ~ passively, he w!ll be o~·er· whelmed by the g rad ual i ncrea~e of ~ys t e matic IlreSSU l'e agalllML his weaknes~e~ , coupled with the III'I'ival or n White K night at Q5. But now White has a I)!l. !lsed KP Wilich hft~ enormous res t rai ning Ilowel'.

26 P.K6 BxB 27 Kt)(B Q.Q3

Now be!\'lns a s harp baWe to keep White out or Q6- ll battle w h ich he ,ll; h 'es up just when he has I\'on II!

28 Kt.Q2 Kt_K2 2~ ... P'Q6; 29 Q·Kt2, Q·Q5c h ; 30 QxQ,

RxQ Is in Whlte'li fa l'or (3 t KI ·Q6 !) 29 QA. Ktl QR-Kt1eh 30 K. Al R_Kt6 31 Q. R4! KA. Kt l

Black seems a lmost to hal'S obta ined a pre· sentable t)olSltlon, but now comes a dynamic thrust wh ich reveals the true slate of altalrs.

32 P_KS ! , ..• A fine mOl'e which had to be ca lcula led with

~ome carc. Its Immediate s l,ll;nlnca nce Is that the Pawn ca nll01 be ca ptured. meaning that Wh ite obtains t wo JIOwer ful . fa r ad \'anced a nd 1'II,; ing Ila~sed Pawns (If 32 .. , Qx !' ; 33 Q·Q7 cll 01' If 32 , , , PxP ; 33 K t·K 4 w los ) .

Adams

Mengarini

Position after Black's 31st move

32 . . . . 33 PxP

If 33 ... QxKt; 34 34 Kt.B3

For if 34 ... !txRt; 35 P.B7! 36 Q.K8! 37 QxQ 38 K·R2

Q.B2 Q.Kt2ch

Q·Q7ch wins. KtxKBP

35 Q·Q7ch! wins. R·Q1 Q.K2 KtxQ

Having played the difficult part of the game admirably, White begins to s tumble in the easy part. Now is the time to occupy Q5 and as· sert the superiority of White's Knights. There· fore: 3S Kt'Q5! Kt(4)·B3 (if 3S ... RxPch; 39 Kt·R2 or 3S ... KtxKt; 39 PxKt and Black can resign); 39 Kt·K5! and BlaCk is helpless.

39 KtxRP R· Kt4 40 Kt(B4)·Kt61

There was sun an easy win with 40 R·Kt1! R·K,]; 41 Kt(R'I) ·Kt6, KtxKt; 12 RxKt, Kt·Q3 (If 42 . .. R·B4; 43 R·Kt8, RxKt; 44 P·K7 wins); 43 R-Kt8, Kt·QS; 44 PxKt, R·B4; 45 fuRch, KxR; 46 P·B8(Q)cll , RxQ; 41 Kt·K6ch followed by KlxR and the march or the White King to hold back the Black Pawns.

40 . . . . RxKt 41 KtxR KtxKt 42 P.K7?

The WillS are growing progressively more difficult, but here the propel' course was ·12 P,KR4! and wins e. g.:

I 42 ... R·Rl; 43 P·K7, KtxKP; 44 P·BR (Q)ch, RxQ; 45 RxRch, K-Q2; 46 P ·RS! find wins.

II 4Z . . . KtxQUP; -13 QR·KI, Kt·K2; 44 P·B8(Q)ch and wins. Or.J3 ... R·Rl; 44 P -K7 and wins.

III 42 ... Kt·K6; 43 P·R5! KtxRch; 44 Rx Kt. R·R1; 45 P ·K7! KtxKP: 46 P ·B8(Q)ch, RxQ: 47 RxRch, K·Q2; 48 K·Kt3 and wins.

42 . . . . KtxKP 43 P . B8(Q) RxQ 44 RxReh K_Q2 45 P.QR4

Despite the fact that he is two exchanges ahead, the win is not easy fOr \Vhite becanse of the formidable hostile Pawns. Here 0)' on the next few moves he could still have won by bringing his King to the centre to coop­erate against the Pawns, ultimately winning with his KRP.

45 . . . . 46 RxP 47 R·Kt7ch?

Kt·K4 P·Q6

As will be seen, the plan here initiatecl o( winning oue or the Knights 1'01' the QRP does not suffice 10 win. In aclditiOll. the text has the serious drawback of fO['cing the Black King in just the (lirection in which he !leeds to advance: fonvard, to SI1I)I)Ort the passed Pawns. As previously indicated, \Vhite should have brought his King to the center.

47 . . . . K.K3 48 P_R5?

Even after the previous inexactitudes, it ap­pears that bringing the White KIng to the center would sUll have won. One possibility wonld haVe been: 48 K-Kt3, P·Q7; 49 R·Bl, Kt·Q4; 50 K·B2, Kt-QB5; 51 K·K2, P'Q8(Q)ch; 52 KxQ, either Kt-K6ch; 53 K-K2 and wins. After the text, White seems to have no more than a draw.

48 .... 49 R_B1 50 P.R6

If 50 . .. Kt·B6ch; 51 QKtl and wins.

51 P·R7 52 RxKt 53 R-QB7

P_Q7 P·B5

Kt(2)_B3 K-KtS, Kt·K8;

KtxP K_Q4 K_Q5

If 53 ... Kt-B3? 54 R·Q7ch 54 K_Kt3

etc.

Too late for winning" 54 . . . . 55 P-R4 56 R.B4ch 57 R-QB5ch 58 R(QB5)xKt??

purposes. P.B6

Kt-B5 K_K4 K_K3

52 R·

And now 'White actually loses! After 58 R(KB4)xKt, P'Q8(Q); 59 RxP the draw would be clear.

58 . . . . P .Q8(Q) If now 59 RxP, Q·Q7ch wins.

59 R(KB4) . K4ch 60 R (K4 )-Q4ch

Resigns

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The rigorous analyst may comment sourly that this is a game that Adams should never have won; but on the othel' hantl, his tenacious defense in an nnfavorable position (from the fourth move on !) is surely very creditable.

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Section 27 1. Charles W. Campbell , Brooklyn, N. Y. 2. J . Murray Powell, Eas t H artrol·d, Conn. 3. Arthur M. Frutkin, Alliance, Ohio. ~. \Vm. E. 'I'ishko, Chicago, 11 1. 5. P . H . Little, Chicago, Il l.

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Section Section Section

Section

2~Shepard 1, Klein O. 3~Rozsa 2. Dishaw O. 4~Persinger I , Klrkegaard O.

Kirkegaard 1, Persinger O. Dudley 'h, NIcholson 'h.

6- Kovner 1, Mayers O. Kovller 1, Aronsen O. Mayers 1, Aronsell O. Schou forfeits all games.

Section 8- 7,oudlik 1, Beringer O. Section lO- Holiff 1, H ays O.

Stetler 1, Hays O. Davis forfeits all games.

Section 11- \Vallace 1 'h, Heisey 'h. Section 12~Quillen 1,.2 , Treend 'h.

Treend 1, Vichules O. Vichules 1, Melden O.

Section 13- Vlchules 2. H amllton O. Vichules 1, Gay O. Vlchules 1, Umberger O.

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We have an accumulation of games o n hand and selecting the fo llowing three for llublica. tlon has been no easy job.

Section 4 W on by Wh it e Th e genial Louis Persinger, well known

violinist and music teacher, writes : "In the A game wi t h Kirkegaard [ had a few lapses, so I fully deserved to lose, but in t he B game there were quite a lo t of possibilities and chances for U8 both to take p lenty of false steps~to say noth ing of giving up Queens, the exchange, a Knight, etc.- so r think you will find it a lively game ."

Th is is an understatement about the I\"ame. Those Who know Persinger outside of chess are impressed w ith his modesty, r eserve, serio o usness, and his general state of effervesce nce. But at the chess board he betl·ays a love for Wild West action and When about t o embark

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on a mo~t dangerous sacrific e , YOU cannot lind a happie r m a n. In the foll ow ing game con· ducted b y ai r ma il be t ween N , Y. and Selma. CallI'., we get j ust an in k ling of the rodeo chess P er,; lnge r' likes s o we ll.

SCOT CH GAMBIT Lo u ts Per si ng e r Re v. Ma rtin L. Ki r kegaard

W h il e Black 1 P. K4 P·K4 16 Kt·KR4 P· KB4 2 Kt. KB3 Kt.QB3 17 P. KKt3! P·QR S? 3 P· Q4 p,p 18 P . B3 B·8S 4 8 · B4 B. B4 19 P)(Kt BPxP 5 P. B3 Kt.B3 20 P. QR3 Q.K 2? 6 P·K S P ·Q4 21 Q.Q2 QR.Kt1 7 8.QKtS Kt . KS 22 B· KtS Q.K 1 8 BxKtch P,B 23 P· KKt4 R·Kt6 9 p,p a . KtSc h 24 Kt · B5 Q.QKtl

10 QK t.Q2 B·R3 25 B· K7 B.Q6 11 Q. R4 BxKtc h 26 B,R Q,B 12 BxB B· Kt4 27 R (Ql ).KBl QxP ! 13 Q.B2 Q.Q2 28 K.Ql Q. RSch 14 B· K3 0 ·0 29 Q.Bl I S O·O· O ?! P .QR4 and White won.

Section 9 W on by Black Good c hess playecl in a fOI'thr igh t manner

by H olt. The de rense c hose n is curre ntly t hc [al' odte, DI'. E uwe cons idering it to be t he most c ritical vat'iaLion in t he Ximzowitsch Deren ~ e. On m ove 19 While offe re d a draw. lJIa c k responded to this by coul'l eou s ly sac· ri fl ci ng his Kl-a neal s llcrifice ve ry re m in i· s cent or the grea t Ma rshal!"s " S win d les."

N IMZOWITS C H DEFEN SE P a u l Li t tle

Wh ile 1 P .Q4 Kt.KB3 2 P .QB4 P. K3 3 Kt ·QB3 B.KtS 4 Q.B2 Kt.B3 5 Kt . B3 P_Q3 6 P.QR3 BxKtch 7 QxB P. QR4 8 B. Kt5 P. KR3 9 BxKt QxB

10 P . K3 P·K4 11 P .Q5 Kt.K2 12 B·Q3 0·0 13 0·0 B. B4 14 P·K4 B. R6

H owa rd S . Hci t Bla c k

15 P · B5 16 KR .Ql? 17 8. K2 18 K. B1

Kt· Kt3 B·Kt 5 Kt. B5 Q. Kt 3

KtxP !! 19 Q. K3 20 KxKt 21 KxB 22 Q. B3

BxKt d b1 ch P·B4

23 K.K 3 24 KxP 25 Q.Q2 26 K. K3 27 Resigns

PxPch Q. Kt4ch

R,P R. B5ch

QR· K BI

Sect ion 11 Draw n ThC follow ing ),;ame ends in a draw, b tH not

be Cause the conte s tants are a f ra id to m ix it up. T o prove t ha t t he players had more t ha n a va gue idNt about t he maze of attack ~ and counte r·attack s , you ng Dan " layel'S appends a fe w notes.

E NG L IS H OPEN ING D. Ma ye rs W.M .P. Mitc hell

WhI t e Blac k 1 P.QB4 P·K4 4 P·B4 P.Q3 2 Kt.QB3 Kt·KB3 5 P.K R3? ! Kt·B3 3 P · K4 B.B4 6 Kt.B3 . . . .

6 P·(i3 was pre fe rable , 6 • p,p 11 P .Q5! Kt· Ktl • • • • 7 P.Q4 B.QKtS 12 P. K5 0 ·0 8 B.Q3 Kt. KR4 13 B. R3 R-Kl 9 0 ·0 BxKt 14 p,p p,p

10 P)(B P . KKt4 15 P·KR4 • • • •

No othC!' co ntinuation gives Whit e t he s light · c s t chan ce,

15. . . . P.KR3 [ f 15 . . . P·Kt5 : 16 l( t· KI 5. P ·KR3: 17

K t·K4. (17 K t·K6, Bx K l.! ) QxP: 18 Q· I~ 2 , and Wh it e is ~ a fe ; [or Black can lIei t he r play .. . p ·K I6; (19 QxKt ! J. nor . . . Kt·K t. 6; (19 Kt · B6c h ).

16 KtxP Kt·Kt6 17 KtxBP QxP !

17 ... K xKt ; 18 fixPch, K moves ; 19 Q·03 , w ins back Ihe Kt.

18 KtxQP B· Kt5! A s trong move. W hite is in t rou ble-the

threa t is R· K7, followed by mate. 19 Q. B2 R· Bl

But Il OW 19 . . . R· K7; 20 B· H1ch and m ale in a fell' moves.

2Q KR·Kl 21 Kt·K4 22 B·Q6

Kt.Q2 R. B2

. . . . T his a llow s a d raw. but

better. If 22 KH!2, P · 136 ; 24 R · K 6?, K t ·K7c h!

t here i ~ nothing 23 Ktx D, QxKt ;

22 . . . . 23 K·B2

Q. R8c h Q. R5

Drawn by re pe tition of the la s t two moves.

Q 1. Q 2. Q 3. Q 4. Q 5. Q 6. Q 7. Q 5. Q 9. Q 10. Q 11.

Answers to Quiz (a) f<~ ll skases ( b ) FI')hr (c ) l.i lie n t hal. Re t l. Philidor, Paul sen . A [ekh ine . Capa blanca , Rubin s tein. La s ke r . ( a ) Yes. (b) Yes. (c ) NOlie. (d ) N o. Mikha il Botwinn ik , Champ ion Or Huss[a. 1 13·Q3ch. QxB; 2 fix P m a te. 1 . . . Q·K t 7c h ; 2 HxQ, P x R mate. 1 , , . Kt(83) ·KI5 ; 2 lillY. Kt· BIj m a te , 1 Q·Kt Sc h, KtxQ; 2 n ·Qs mate. 1 13·Kt 5c h . K x B ; 2 Kt·QS male, 1 Q· I{S c h. KxQ; 2 13·R4 male .

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I1ddreJJ (,If mrrfJpondellCe relating 10 fhi! departll11m' 10 V.L Ealon, 2237 Q Sireel, N. W., W4Jh;I18IOIl, D.C.

W ith this issue your Problem Editor cele· brutes t he completion of two and one haH years at the helm or this deparlment of the CH8SS R~;Vl!~W . Il is a mIller arbitrary anulvez'sary- one might equally well observe the two and nine-sixteenth 01' some such [rac­tiolla l figure-but it serves as well as any to afford the chance to ca l l a temlJorary halt to one's opel'aliolls, hitch Ill! one's trousers, re· view what one has been doing. and try to do bettEH' in the future. P.verybOlly shOUld slop to take Htock Ollce in a while, try to discover the errors he hfls made (if he can get out of himself far enough to discover them) find make good resolurions 1'01' the ruture, whet he I' he keeps them or not . This is what I have latel~,' been dOing. I won't. bore you by telling you the re ~ults of these rat.he r melancholy medltatloIls, but I would like to devote part of this month'~ column to a re-statement or the alms and pUi'poses of this little department.

In the first place, OUt· prilllarr aim is to bring some b it of pleaHul'e to all or you.-not just to specialists in cllesS problems, but to those who ~olve for the fu n of it, even to th ose who look upon problems as pure tricks that lJave no relation to chess and are produced by cranks who have somehow gone [ultray, I offer 110 apologies 1'01' my mally faulls as an editor. but I must ask you to reali1.e Ihls: that becau8e of the wide audience it wishes to conlllland, th is department. necessarily eHnnot go all out ill anyone direction. It cannot fOl 'ever offer rather complex art.icl e~ on abstruse lll'oblem themes, that fe w but Ihe moM expert com· !losers will understand; it cannot always keep on wi th the attempt to explain the mos t elem· entary of pl"Ob lem terms to the beginner in solviag. 1.'rom your letters I know that you a re keenly aware or these difficulties and most open-minded about my attempts to overcome them. One or the g reate st, if not the most gratifying, compensations o[ an editorial job of this type, is the opportunity it a rrords for contact with g ood and sympathet!c minds all ovel ' the chess world .

Since I took over t his ta8k. my monthly correspondence has ri8Cll fro m about a hundred to approximately three hundred or more lettcrs each month. I wish I COuld give a prompt answer to everyone of your in quiries; outside circumstances, Quite beyond Illy own wishes. unfortunately p l'evpnt this, but be assured that you may ask mp what you like and in good time you will receive your reply . I enjoy hearin!,: rrom you; you may feel Quite free to ask Questions, to critici?e, to Hpeak frankly aboU1. I he conduct oj" thi~ department. I hope you will contilHle 1.0 do so. FOI' it is only by learning from you that I will be able to conduct a really democratic department, one which will appeal to a ll of you in as equal measure as is possible in this very finite field of in teres t.

To the be!,:inner, cheHS problems are very qneer thin!,:.';. He hllars lPll of lhe "'RriMo\."

1M

the "Indian," perhaps the "half·pin" th eme, ami he wonders why peop le have gone to suc h lengths as to single out some element of potential chess p lay t hat might perhaps occur once in 11 hundred ~housand times in actual Kames, and dignity it by coining a term fo r it. He wonders, too. what is t he use of work­ing tile8c odd bits of strategy into !lositions that sho~k his common ·sense concept of chess -\Jo~itions in which, "if Black had auy sensp, he would have l"Psignpoi long aKo!'" It is very hard to briug someonp who has all his life been thinking of chess in term~ of cOllte~ t between e qually ·matched op[Jonents to the conception that problem~ are something quite alJar t from all this, with a technical Yocabulary and aes· t hetic standards of their own. Yet if he wishes really to enjoy p roblems, he must overcome this mental hazard, for the fact is that they are a separate and dist.inct art.

T HE JARGON OF PROBL EMISTS

I wish that r could devote the s pace to give a coml,lete se t or definitions of all the te r111s that form the jargon of chess problemists. Ull1"ortunatc ly this would be impracticable, for it would have to be repeated time and a.c;ain 10]" the benefit of new solvers or those who happened to miHS the issue in which it might appell'·. Some while ago, I cO l\ceived the idea of making UI' a liUle dietionaJ'y and g-euerai guide in mimeog-raphed form, to be published it" sufficient interest should be shown ; many readers kindly offered Hubscl"ipUolJS to the project, but t.he resllonsp was not great enough to warrant undertaking- t hp necessa ry eX[Jense. If in the flltlll 'e sufficient names are added to the list I alrendy have, i ~hall go ahead with the pl a n. I'II ennwhile. I shall continue in these pages to do what I have tried to do in the past, Hamely, to avoid using techuical terms t hat only a few will Ullder~tand , and to give brief definitions if it becomes n ecessary to employ particularly obscure thenle·names, Let me add in this connection tha t you should not be scareo.l away from problems because or the queer lingo that com]Josers u~e . Problems can be appreciated for their own sake, and do not neces~arily have to be documenteu with foot· notps. And as for the technical terms, they are just typical of the jargoll that grows nl' \. about. any hobby- as we might speak of a masse shot in billiards, a lob or a root·fault. in tennis, a double wingback formation in foot· ball. a gambit or Fi anchetto in chess play, and so on. Doe~ t.his dispose of the objection?

Yes, problems a re quite separate from game play. To the person who claims that they are not worth studying because they show one ~ Ide (White) almost always with a Yastly superior' forcc, killinl': orr an opponent in a position which would hardly be likely to occur in any sensible game, the mos t effective reply is, "Don't you give the COllljJoser credit for realiz­ing this, too?" Certainly h e does. T hen why does he takp the trouble t.o make up his posl-

tion and publl~h it? The Ullswer is this: that he l~ ln tere$ted In showIng some pretty idea, som!;' unu~ual stunt , tila t the ehes~ pleee~ are capab;e of per fol'mlng, I! they a re ar~anged In the way he wants them to be, He really doesn't ca r'e much about CI'eaUng b l'u ~al mating situ· aUonS"; he is more Interested In the way Black is led to the mate, in the subtletles o f de fense and countei""aUn.ck, In the belluty t hat ari~es from t he lnterftctlon of chess pieces, in the econom ica. l use of force to reach a set goa l. It is merely n convention that White i5 a lways made the hero In chess problems; the composer would not mInd If It were Black who Is g iven the s uperior role, for it would not affect the presentallon or the Idea, which Is his prima ry concern.

The solver of a problem Rlso gels Ilil en joy· ment quite distinct from that which he would ordinar ily derive from gr.-me play. He is given a position Iwd ssk'ed to fin d a mate in so many moves. If lle hac! aU the time In the world he could find any number of ways to bring about a mate, In three to thl'oe hunch 'ed moves. But a. restriction !a plsced on the problem : he must find II. means to e nd mack's misery in a definitelY-stated time-11m!t. Un­less the composer has made an error, there is only one way to p.,rrorm the "'lllale jn two" or "ma.le In three" or whatever the condition is. To find this Is the solver 's task, and with a well-made problem it Is R very enJoY(lble one. And after he hus ma..stered the solution, he can have t he ad ded pleasure of viewing the comllOser's Idea.

PROB L EM BOOKS FOR B EGINNERS

I a m often asked to give n Ust of books that can be used by the be,ll; lnner In problems.

. To te ll t he t ru th, there Isn't anyone volume tha t will g ive saUsfactory In rormation on every phase of the subject : on solv ing, on com­posing, the va rious themes a nti their his tory_ But a number of excellent s peclal1zed works al'e available. Phll1p Hamilton William's " T he Modern Chess Problem" call be used by the novice to advantage. 1<'. Bonner Feast's "Chess Ca meos"ls a plea..~llt1 t intro.ductlon to e lemen· tary problem ideas, while "Simple T wo·move Themes" by Fe As t and Alain White is a mOte comprehensive sun'ey or the same field . For advH.ncetl studen ts, "The Good Com panion Two·mover" by White nnd George Hume is specially recommended. These three last named titles fire limited to two·move prob­lems; I know O( no be tter su rvey of the e nUre subject-two'mov ers, three-movers a nd other types-than H . Weenlnk' s "The Chess Prob­lem," which Ms mu"cll lu[ormntion about the history or the a rt . Of the many collectioru; or th e work or topnlght composers that are in print, the following are worth spec lnl note: ?Ii. Havel's "Bohem!an Garne ta ," Godfrey

~;Jh~~t~'S~~~h~S~e~ilY~:~~ I ~;:~,l: ~~~~'Sr~~~::; hard to get), nnd "The Golden Argosy," a select ion of the compOsition of W. A_ Shlnk· man. The names of other books will be sup­piled upon reQuest.

A word now. abou t the manner In which our 1l0iYing and composing contests are conducted. Everyone is Invited to su bm it solutlons to the original problems published In these pages.

(ContinNed 0" "ext pflgt)

FIN D THE SEN T ENCE IN T HI S

CHESS-O-GRA A NE W CHESS PU ZZ LE

By KENNETH HARKNESS

This diagram conta Ins a 12·word sentence. The number of leHers In encil word Is In­dicated by the dashes below. '1'0 find the sentence, move the Kn ight In the dlagrnm rrom letter to letter. The dots indica te spnces between wOI·ds. When you come to t he last leuer of a word, make a Knight move to It dotted square , then II. Knight move to the fi rst le tter of t he next word. Every Ume you move the piece you must make a legal Knight -

Eac h lettered square and each dotted SQuare Is used only once. When you complete lhe sentence you will have made a complete "Kn ight's Tou r" of the board . Bewa l'e o r traps. There al'e two available l'Out.es at the beginning or certain words; onl y one route is correct.

, Solution and answel' to que~t1on In ~ elltence

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SOL V I NG LADDER AND PRIZ ES

You need g ive only the keys fOr two· fi n d three·move rs; for IOllge r- rall /te com pos it ions, please write out the maiu lIuell o f play. Solvel's Ilre cred ited with a de llntte num be r of Ilol nts ror ea ch correct solution, and their na mes are eutered 011 a ·' [..adde r:· Thei r lJO lnts accumu­late from mont h to month. Other mllle ,'11l 1 and lack nf space h ave r ecen tly crowded ou t the r~adde l' r,·om t hese 11ages , but it wl11 s hortly mllke 1I ~ l·e·Appearance. ¥; ach llIont.h t he pe r· s on w ho happens 10 be at the tOil of t he I,ud· der Is declal'ed t he wi nner and gll'en Ihe op· tlon of recel l' ing eit her a s mal1 money Jlrll:e or an e xten s ion of his s ubscri ption to t he CHESS R EVIEW : his s core Is then cancelled, and he staru his clim b al(a ln a t t he bollom. To secure cred it 011 the Ladde r. s olu tions shou ld o rdlna l'lIy be s ubm itted b)' the date na med a bol'e the d iagrams: bul la te I)o lnts will be awarded UII to t he time the Issue co n· ta lnlng the keys to l he [Iroblenll; Is published.

Info rm al com posing tour neys a re a lso con­ducte iJ , and the best two·mover, three·mol'er sud 10uger'!'l\nge problem or selr-mate of ellch quart er,yea!' Is deClared the winne r of the "Hnnor Prize," Solve rs a re iUl'l1 ed to name their favorites flmo n g t he probl em s pub )j ~hed In each IlIBue, a nd their vol e guides the choice of t he c hampion . No on e 10ng· rlL nge problem received ~um elent votes for t he " Honol' Pr ize" in our lallt Qua rt er ly comllell tion, and It Is the re fore omitted t his mon th. In a ddi tion to these informa l com lleti tions, special tou rneys are occasiona lly he ld, s uc h fi ll the Loyd Cen· tenar y co ntes t wh ich ha s I'ecenlly been con· clude d. Th is ha s 1)I'O\'eli to be such 11 success that a s lm11l1. 1' competit ion is 1)la llne iJ for next year,

THI S MONTH 'S PROBLEM S

Our orlglnnl and quoted jlroblems t hlll month shOW the WO!'k of a number of t he best present· day America n com posers. who requh'e li ttle or no Introduction to you. I~ r lc ;\1 . Hassbe "g Is I\. brillia nt you ng ma n In hili e a rly t we n ties, who has recen t ly come to Ame"ica after gai n­Ing numerous successes in f.;u ropean compos· ing tour neys, He is espeCially fond of co m· ple x two·mol'e combinations, as 1'\0. 1896 in· iJ lca tes, Our 0111 fr iend, W. K, W imsa tt, J r .. r etu rns to CHES S REVIEW wit h Nos. 18911 and 189 9, a fter severa l years' absen ce, ns lloes v . Rosndo. In NOS. 1897 and 1902 Kennet h HOWA rd OffOl'S some In te restin g cxpe l'lmen t ~ In pin s t L'atel;'y, while In No. 1905 Alai n W hite g ll'es us a bea uUful example of the iJim enll "Babsontllsk" (to be discussed upon t he 1m b-­IIcation or t he solul lo n) , which has long IlIlrl u npubllslled because a t h ird Blac k Kn ight Is ne cessa ry t o IICrfect t he ma ch lnc '·y. In a d· di t lon, ),011 w ill fi nd a jOin t compos it ion by Edwa rd T., Deiss and t he late Dr. ])Obbs. lUI orrerlng b)' the well-k nown team , Messrs. Mo\\, · r y lind Edels tein. one of ~I r. G ama~e'B in­freque nt four,move rs. a puullng creaUOn in the slime length by Mr. Fink, t\\'o e legan t Che ney lightweights , and s undry other Ite ms that mlly p rOl'e of Interest (ad,,!).

In Ame ri ca today we have a g roup 01" fi rs t· rate p,'oblem compose rs wh o can s ta niJ on

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equal te r ms w llh t hose of ally other na tion of the world. If nothing cll tastl"Ollhic occu rs, we may see t hem III'oll ucl ng g rea t work In t he fut ure, As with OUI" prellent-day li tera tm'e and scie nce and other a c tivities, some of t he most promiSing na mes a re of men who ha l'e come to America from othe,' lands_ Our Quoted Section this mon th Is de l'oted to the work Of these tIVO· a rt ists, Simo n Costlk yan lind V. Rosa do. bol h bol'n ou t ~l de l hls country, bot h n ow prou d c ltl:t;ens Of the Un ited State!!,

SIM ON COSTIKYAN

Simon Costlky!l n wa s born in Constant inople, TUrke)" in 1)0; 99. He tl l'I'II hecamc intel'es te d in chess whcn tie wnll twel l'e years old, through rcading an English IIl11.1:'az lne , t he " Doys Own Pa l)Cr." and he became faSC ina ted by the proble ms lhat 1I 1111enred III It. This sta r ted him search lnJ!: fO ,' othe ,' chess columns. and e\'ell t ually to nHemllt\ ng compos ing on a mod· es t scale. He early became attracted to the Ilohe m ia n t ype of t1roblem, IJal'l icularly to the wo rk of Pos pis il a mi Chocholous.

Mr . CostikYlLn WIL li educlLt e d lit Robert Col· lege, lin Am erl ClI lI IJII; t!tUtlll[) In Cons tantl · nople, whe !·e he holped or).(anll:e a chess club. A fe w years a fl or 1I1 ~ ,l:' raduaUo n he came to the Unite d S tate~ and becnme an American citizen . He !Iubmltled his fir st reall )' se l'loua a ttem pt al pl'oblem com llos lng to t he " Ne w York Sun" in 1927 ( No. 1909 ). It had been constructed when he was fou rtee n yea,·s old , lind is II. I'el·y credi ta ble first offering. As his ski ll de\' elo llcd , he ga ine d Just recog n it ion among com tlosers a nd soh 'ers, pa rtic ularl y those who h;I\'e fo llowed lhe p roblem pagel! of t he ·'Ne ll' Yo .. k POst" lind of t hi s magllzlne. Nos . 1910 and 1911 s how lhe effect o f the stimulat ion he ,·ecel"Cli from H. R. Bigelow. Chess Editor of t hc "POHt. "

V IRGILI O E. ROSADO

VirJ:ilio I~rnesto Rosado was born on Novem­be r 7, 1900, in Con edores de i'rogresso. t he principa l sea llor l of the litt le pe ninsula Of Yucatan, In ~I e xlco. In 1905 his fam ily 1II0\'ell to New Or lea ns, lind ultimately Mr, Roeado de term ined to make the Un ited States his tle,'mallent home. In 1939 he became an Amer· Ican citize n. A violin ist by Il ro resslon , Mr . Rosado Is now a!!~ochlled with the San Diego Symphony O l·che~tl"II. Chess proble ms h ltve bee n his ent.hu sills l lc hnbby since 1932. He haB pror!nced about ~ ill'e nlY I l o ~ ltlons , his firs t offe r ing 11fl ving a JlJlellred in t he "Cincinnati Enquiro .. ·· on MH Y 21. 1933. Hi s work IW!I been ext reme ly va l'l O<l . but his ta ste ha s latel y in cl ined towa .. ds the )Iolythcm llti c " moder n" two·mo\'er, a nd t he Ge rman type of t h ree­mover, with e mlllUls ls on c r itica l mo\'es, In te r· fe re nces, a nd decoys. He hns lIen t an In­te res t ing eSS<IY [n th is In lter field which we hope sho,·tly to publis h. ~I ea nwh ile . soh 'ers will be able to whet t he ir a)JfIC ti t es with the sele ction or his \\'o,'k llUblis hed t h is mont h a s ,,"os. 191 3·1916.

These t wo men. a nd man y other s, ha ve hel p· cd place Ame riCa n II .. oble m com pos ing on a hig h plane , and the ll' work offer s hope for evon filler accom ll l!!!hmen ts In t he future . Let u s hope t hat It will conti nuo to wlLl'd the goal.

Original Problems SOLUTIONS TO LADDER PROBL EM S 1893·1908 DUE OCTOBER 10th

EDWARD L. DEISS and the l~te D R. G. DO B BS

V . L. EATON

1894 i\Ja te i n 2

1895 :Male in 2

E R IC M. HASSBERG New York, N . Y.

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KENNETH $, HOWA R D Ea st O r ange , N. J.

'"" M ate in 2

W . K. WIMSATT, JR. Washington, D. C.

1898 i\hte in 2

W K. W I MSATT, JR. Washi ngton, D. C.

1899 Mate in 2

M ate i n 3

1901

SIMON CO$TI KYAN N.ew York, N. Y.

Mat e in 3

KENN E TH S. HOWARD

A J. FI NK San F r a ncisco, Ca l.

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'90" Mate in 4

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Male in 4

R. C HENEY Wash i n~ton, D C.

1908 SELF m ate in 3

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Quoted Section

81 MON -COSTI K Y AN New Y o rk Sun, 1927

1909 :!>fa,t o} in 3

SIMON COSTIKYAN From the New York Post

HHO Mate in S

SIMON COST IKYAN F r om the New York Post

Mate in 3

1914

V. ROSADO At lanta Journal, 1935

Mate in 2

V. ROSADO Atianta Journ a l, 1935

V , ROSADO Cincinnat i EnqUi,'e,' , 1935

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