Volume XVJI Number 5 MAY, 1952

Mrs. Gresse r Regains Wamen's Title ,. ,

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Gisela K. Gresser, who Jast won the U.S. Women's Chess Championship in 1957, regained her title in competition with the top· ra ted women players of the country. Showing the best form of her career, she was undefeated as she out­scored defending champion Lisa Lane by one full point.

Although Mrs. Gresser systematically piled up points as play progressed, the issue was in doubt until the tenth round when she met and defeated Miss Lane in a scrappy Sicilian.

This is the fift h time that Mrs. Gres­ser has been in the winner 's circle. In 1944, she won the title fo r the fi rst lime. She was a co·winner thrce limes: in 1948, wi th Mona -"t. Karff; in 1955, with the la te ~ancy Roos; and in 1957, wi th Sonja Graf Stevenson. By winning the tournament, Mrs. Gresser becomes the holder of the FAi ith Lucie Weart Trophy for 1962.

Sponsored by the 1:niled States Chess Federation and under the direction of Dr. Edward Lasker, thc ll'f ound tourna· ment ran from April 21 to May 6, 1962 at the Marshall, Manh attan, and London Terrace chess clubs in Ncw York City. Since FIDE recognizes this tournament

as the Women's Zonal, Mrs. Gresser and Miss Lane, as top scorers, will qualify once more fo r the Women's Can· didates Tournament, scheduled for 1963.

Mrs, Gresser commented that this was the strongest U.s. tournament she has played in, and .that she favored the method of choosing the participants in that "there were no weak players at the bottom." The choiee of partici pants was in strict accordance with U.S .C.F'. rat· ings .

In addition to he: U.S. championship honors, ) 1rs. Gresser won the U.s. Worn· en's Zonal Tournament in 1954, and has represented the United Sla tes in the in· ternat ional events in ) loscow, 1949 and 1955, in Bulgaria, 1959, and in Yugo· s lavia, 1961.

Following is her tenth round win over Lisa Lane;

SICIL IAN DEFENSE G. Gresser L. L,ne

0 ·0 ·0 P-KR4

1. P·K4 2. N·KB3 3, P-Q4 4. NxP 5. N-QB3 6, B·QB4 7, P-QR3 8. B-QR2 9. 0·0 10. K-Rl

21. N·B5 22. NxB 23, QR·QI 24. P-QB4 25. PxP 26. R-B l 27. B·84

P-QB4 P·Q3 p,p

N-KB3 P-QR3

P-K3 Q-B2 8-K2 N·B3 B.a.

Q·R2 Q,N R·Q1 Q-N2 Q,P

K-N2 Q·KR4

11. P·B4 12. 8 ·K3 13, Q·Kl 14. N-B3 15, N·R4 16. 8·N6 17, P·QN4 18, PxP 19, B-K3 20. Bx8P

28. BxPch 29. RxNc;h 30. Q·B3

p.R5 N·KR2 QR·NI

Q·NI P·R6 P·N4 p,p

P·QN4

K,B K·N2

Q-QN4 31. R·B7c;h K·NI 32. R·QBl R·QBI 33. RxRch

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Halfway at Curacaa As this issue of CHESS LII"l': goes to

press, the Candide.tes' Tournament in CUracao is moving toward the half-way mark, leaving behind a series of early· round surprises that are probably with· out parallcl in chcss his tory.

Round 1, Fischer and Tal lose; Round 2, Fischer and Tal lose; Round 3, Fisch­er manages to win (against Filip), Tal again loses! The ex-champion of the world thus had a score of ()"3 and Bobby, unbeaten at Bled and Stockholm, stood at 1·2. As if this weren't enough of a shock, both Tal and Fischer had suf· fered defeat at the hands of Paul Benko - who had ma naged to win only three games in the e nti re course of the last Candidates' Tournament, in 1959!

In round fo ur, Tal and }'ischer met, playing to a dr aw. In round fi ve, Tal won his first game and Fischer , as if to continue the weird pattern of events, dropped his thi rd. Eliot Hearst's crystal ball (see page 94) was looking more hke a kaleidosC<lpe every minute. In fact, most of the prophets one met were scratching their heads and wondering what on earth had happened.

It's too soon to tell, or even to say definite ly that the early pattern won't be reverscd. Tal, to be sure, seems out of the running for first place. Only by a miracle could one win a Candidates' Tournament after losing five games out of the first nine. Fischer, on the other hand, is s till in the running and could conceivably stage a comeback. At any rate, his disastrous start seems not to have demoralized him, and he 's fi ghting back hard. He has shown, in previous events, that he can win against Korch· noi and Keres (who are lead ing the tournament as this is being written).

The chances are that a tournament as full of surprises as this, will continue lo show surprises right down to the end.

The standings as of May 16: Wins Losses DraWl Adj, Tot.l

Korchnoi ....... . 3 0 6 6 Keres ........ .... 3 1 5 .... 5* Petrosian ...... .. 3 1 5 5Ifi Bcnko ........ ...... 3 3 3 4Ifi Gcller .. ....... ..... 1 0 7 1 4Ifi Fischer ......... ... 3 3 2 1 4 F'illp ................ 1 5 3 .... 2* Tal .. ...... .......... 1 5 3 2Ifi (For some Candidates' games from Rounds I (HId 2, see p . 116).

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Volume xvm Num~r Ii May, 19&2

EDITOR: J . F. Relnbardt

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The Eight Pretenders To The Throne by Eliot II earst

During May and June a tiny island 38 miles off the coast of Venezuela plays host to the most imporumt chess gather­ing of 1962 the Challengers' Tourna­ment to determine 8otvinnik's next op­ponent {or the world tiUe. Assembled in Curacao are this year's slate o{ "can· didates", who have either survived a long series of qualify ing events (Fischer, PeLrOsian, Geller, Korehooi, FiJip and Benko) or have obtained a position in the select group by virtue of their top standing in the last Challengers' Tour· nament in Yugoslavia (Tal and Keres). Since that tournament three years ago the world championship has changed hands twice, Mikhail Tal has experienced not only the grandeur of ruling the chess world but also the torment o{ be· ing an ex-champion, and Bobby Fischer has securely established himself as the United States' most serious threat {or the world title since 'Russla's chess su­premacy asserted itself in 1948.

Only three players o{ the eight now battling it out in Curacao are di!Cerent from those who journeyed from Bled to Zagreb to Belgrade in 1959. Tal, Keres, Petrosian, Fischer, and Benko arc the (ive repeaters, while the newcomers are Geller, Filip, and Korchnoi. In a se nse, however, Korchnoi is the only true new­comer, s ince Geller and Filip have par· ticipated in at least one previous Chal· lengers' Tourney (Geller at Zurich in 1953 and Amsterdam in 1956; Filip at Amsterdam in 1956). Absent fro m Cur· acao are former world-champion Smy­slov, the popular Yugoslav grandmaster Gligorich, and Iceland's youthful Olafs­son, all of whom competed in the 1959 event.

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The current World Series of chess promises to be the most exciting of the lot, if only because it is the fir st time since World War II that a non-Russian enters the struggle as one of the pre­tourney.favorites. And what great stim­ulation for American chess it would be if Bobby could conquer at Curacao and lace Botvinnik in a title match next year! Leaving sentimentality aside for the moment (if that is possible), let's take a look at the eight competitors and use our newly-polished crystal ball-out of service since we predicted another decisive victory by Tal over Botvinnik­to survey the relative chances of each of the participants.

Benk,

It's usually best to work in reverse when making predictions, or so the baseball CQmmentators declare, so let's eliminate first those who have no cbance to capture first prize at Curacao. Paul Benko, the ex-Hungarian {reedom-fight­er, now a combination grandmaster and investment broker from New York, can-

not be considered a serious threat [or the title. Benko has achieved some fine resuLts in past years.-qualifying [or the Challengers' Tourney two consecutive times is a tremendous achievement in itself-but he lacks constant practice against grandmasters and has neither the t ime nor the inclinaUQn to keep abreast o{ the lates t advances in chess theory, a major disadvantage when faced with seven other well·prepared op· ponents. In addition, Benko is saddled with. a semmingly incurable compulsion to get into time pressure in even the simplest positions, and this failing cost him dearly in the last Challengers' Tour­ney where he finished eighth. Benko laughs about bis chances at Curacao and I think he himself will be surprised if be finishes in the top six!

Filip

Because of a serious illness, Grand­master Miroslav Filip of Czechoslavakia did not participate in very many major chess events between 1958 and 1960. He has the reputation of being an extremely solid player, very difficult to defeat, who almost always is willing to accept a qu.ick draw against any worthy opponent. One American international master told me recently that Filip belongs to a group of grandmasters who "enjoy the life and prestige of a chess master and are con· tent merely to demonstrate their equal­ity, not superiori ty, with the best of the world ; they never go all-out to win aga inst any of their professional asso· ci ates!" In view of Filip's attitude to· ward the game, it is hard to imagine him as a threat to the leaders in Cura­cao, but he'll probably draw at least two of his feur games with each of the other seven competitors.

Korchnoi and Geller

All we have left to dispose of now are five Russians and Fischer. or the Russians, Victor Korchnoi and Ewfim Geller seem to be th.e two with the least chance for first prize. Both are extreme­ly imaginatiVe, ambitious, and adventur­ous-a combination of quali ties which frequently leads to erratic results and has actually done so in the past for these Soviet s tars. Korchnoi probably is the best playc.r in the world in the sphere of counter attack and aggressive defense, but on occasion he has permit­ted much weaker opponents to obtain overwhelm ing attacks against him and has lost to players who have finished last in tournamellts he has won . His ter· rilic plus score against Tal (no losses, live wins) signifies that he is capable of outstripping the world's best, but over the course of 28 games in Curacao hi~ provocative style is likely to cost him too many valuable points to win the tournament. Geller is an attacking play­er par excellence, who has in the past

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held his own with the best in the world, but his performances since 1956 have not matched those of the earlier years. Russian grandmaster Kolov, the "party spokesman" for Russian chess, has re. cently criticized Geller lor his traits o[ character which make him nol a Serious enough student of theory; Kolov thinks that Geller should be much more de· manding of himself ("Gellcr could learn a lesson from Alekhine who said, 'With tbe help o( chess, I developed my char­acter! ") Apparently the Soviet chess leallers do not consider Geller a threat <: t Curacao, eitber.

K.rH

Paul Keres, tbe veteran of the tourna· ment at 46, is the unknown quantity­the long shot- in the tourney. In 1959 he was, in Tal's words, the moral victor o[ the Challengers' event, since he was ac· knowledged to have played the best chess and actually won three out o[ his four games against winner TaL Keres first was recognized as world·champion· ship timber back In 1938 when be won the AVRO tourney ahead of Fine (who tied with him in game points but lost the tiebreak), Botvlnnik, A I e k h Inc , Euwe, Reshevsky, Capablanca, and Flohr. He has compe ted in every ChaJ· lengers' Tourney since the new qualify· ing procedure was instituted in 1950 and has fini shed second three times and fourth once. Keres is ~rta inly capable of winning the Curacao tourney and is the sentimental favorite o( many be· cause this may be his last cbance lor the world cha mpionship at the game to wh ich be has devoted his life. However, his age may prove to be a decisive dis· advantage in such a long and grueling event as tbe Curacao meeting.

Th. Fin.1 Three

Our crystal ball (or are we supposed to be looking through a kaleidoscope?) illuminates Petros ian, Fischer and Tal as the three main contenders {or the right to challenge Botvinnik. Petrosian has been in the thick of the light (or the title since 1953, but he bas always been kept back by his prudent style o( play and the numerous half.points that fol· low his name in the 8coretable. Tigran is not a tiger; V. Vassilev In "Chess Silo houettes" tries to trace the Origins of Petrosian's cautious style to the priva· tions of his early family Ii{e, the dif· ficulties of tbe wartime, and the endless Georgian snows, which developed the

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qualities o{ aversion-te-risk and avoid· ance-of·the·unanalyzable in tbe young chess expert. Whether or not Vassllev's analysis is valid, there is no doubt that Petros ian must 'Play more ,aggressively than heretofore i{ he is to win tbe hon· or of playing Botvinnik. Since chess styles which have evolved over many years are very diUicult to change, it is likely that Pelrosian will draw too many games to win the Curacao tourney. If he does win the tourney, he'll be a tough man for Botvinnik to (ace in a match, since Petrosian's style seems ideally sui ted for match play.

Who is the choi~ between Fischer and Tal? Tal made his comeback after the Botvinnik debacle by winning the powerful Bled Tournament ahead of Fischer, Gligorich, Petrosian, Keres and Geller, but he lost (or tbe lirst time to Fischer in that event. Fischer has scor· cd 6·2 (without a defeat) against Rus· sian opposition (Tal, Petrosian, Geller, Korchnoi, Keres, and Stein) in the last six: months and bas just socured his greatest triumph by a 21h point margin, in the Interzonal Tournament at Stock· holm. Tal has been world cbampion and has had a tremendous desire to make up (or his failure against Botvinnik; he is not so much tbe chess adventurer be was three or fo ur years ago, but he is stiH very stub~orn about certain varia· tions and favors some lines which al· most everyone else thinks are inferior (for example, 3. P·K5 and 4. P·KR4 vs. the Caro·Kann). Fischer is only 19 years old and his critics state that he has not "tbe maturity of ouUook tbat the other competitors possess"; but his cbess style is almost as mature as Capablan· ca's. Our choice-o[ course not influ· enced by sentimental or nationalistic factors-BOBBY FISCHER!

Who do you think will win the match between Botvinnik and Fischer?

In Memory of

FRANK R. GRAVES On August 8, 1957 in Cleveland.

Ohio, the USCF presidential gavel was handed to me by my old friend and Texas neighbor, Frank Graves, with a statement to the large assem· bIage, one so characteristic of him, "I have done my level bestl" And in­deed he had for no one has worked harder or more cnthusiastically at the job , or served under more trying cir­cumstances. He was "bailing water" tohe whole of his term of office to keep the good ship USCF afloat, for she was about to go under when ho assumed conunandl

But his greatest 'achievement was his work with young Texas chess players. H e taught hundreds of them the moves of the game. including Master Ken Smith . Much of the out­standing Texas chess progress dates back to his pioneering efforts. One other wonderful contribution he shared with the late Glenn Hartleb, that is the vast fund of chess fun and fellowship he brought to organized chess . I shall never forget him.

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6,000 MEMBER WEAKLING or 60,000 MEMBER GIANT?

A Handicap System is the Answer By Major Ed Edmondson, USCF Vice-President

It has been estimated that there are eight million chess sets in the United States. Perhaps two million of these were gifts from well-meaning relatives or friends to recipients who have not yet learned the first rule nor firs t move of the game. Tbere remain six million chess sets in the possession oC per­sons who do know how to play.

From this huge potential of six million players, we are currently attracting six thousand as participants in competitive chess events and as members of our national chess organiza­tioo. Only 1/10 of 1% of the chcsspJayers in Qur country are members of the United States Chess Federation!

I submit that Ole average chesspJayer does Dot compete in USCF·sponsored tournaments because he has no chance for recognition under the traditional system of awarding prizes. Why should Mr. Average ChesspJayer enter a tournament when he knows in advance that alI of the awards will go to a few of the higher·rated contestants? Most people see no reason to con· tribute an entry fee of $5 or more to play in an event in which they can be contributors but not contenders.

For just a moment, compare chess to bowling. There arc millions of 120·average bowlers competing against ISO·aver age bowlers in organized leagues all across the country. Why is it that people of such disparate abilities can compete together at bowling but not at chess? The answer is simple-that great equalizer, the Handicap System! Any bowler who performs a little better than normal can, thanks to his Handicap, captu re his fair share of the prize money.

An Experi~nt.1 'Tourn.ment

Why not take this lesson to heart? The San Antonio Chess Club did, and recently conducted a chess tournament featuring a unique new Handicap System. Advance publicity stressed the fact that there would be two identical prize lis ts, one on the basis of the usual point scores and the second on the basis of Handicap Scores.

The experiment was an unqualified success, attracting forty entrants to a local club event. Of these forty, eleven were newcomers who became members, while thirteen had never be· fore played tournament chess! The club experts were happy because the normal prize money was available to them and be· cause the idea attracted so many newcomers. The woodpushers were happy because for the first time they could win a trophy and take home some prize money by topping the list of Handi· cap Scores.

The results in this notable "first" were aU that could be hoped for. The Handicap Champion was a gentl eman who had been playing chess for years without ever before having a chance to win anything. He was 20th of 27 rated players on starting rank, with a rating of 1573. Can you imagine his plea· sure at fini shing- by any scoring system-ahead of the two rated experts in this tournament? And yet the experts were content, for they finished first and third on point scores and took home their accustomed Championship prizes.

Interest and excitement were maintained at a hitherto un· paralleled pitch throughout the six weekly rounds. It was im· possible to predict the Handicap winner until the last game was ovef. The net response by all concerned can best be sum· med up in th.e question asked most frequently at current meetings of the San Antonio Chess Club. That question is, "When afC we going to have another Handicap Tournament?"

Roy Daniels of San Benito, Texas, suggests going one step further and applying the Handicap theory to team play. Why not? It certainly helped to popularize league bowling!

Another- Innovation

Still another new idea was tried in the 1961 Southwest Open Tournament. An Upset Award went to the underdog who won that game with the greatest rating point spread. In

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the very lirst round (a likely timc for upsets), a player rated at 1550 surprised his 1951·ra ted opponent. This 401·point up· set looked like a prize winner through six rounds, but it was endangered from three sources in the seventh and final round. In that round, young Tommy Riehardson of Houston finally captured the Upset Award by knocking off an opponent rated 409 points above him. Our winner was deliriously happy at having his achievement re<:ogn ized with a substantial prize award, and once again unusuill zest and exr. ilaration were added to a tournament.

HlndiCip SY5tems and Membership Goals

With proper understanding, plenty of advance pUblicity, and a concerted effort to interest the tournament newcomer, the introduction of Handicap or Upset Prizes in your next tournament can result in many new members for your club and for the USCF. By this and other means, we should strive for a USCF membership of 7500 by December 31, 1962. If we can generate that much interest now, we (In keep the ball r olling and double our membership for each of the three years following. ThIY, atl it would tlke to hilve 60,000 memo bers by Dec:ember 31, 1965.

Difficult? Impossible? Nonsense! Let the USCF adopt the fighting slogan, "The difficult we do immediately, the impos· sible takes a little longer." A USCF membership of 60,000 would represent only 1% of the nation's chessplayers. Does a goal of 1% really seem impossible? Not if each of you will join in the effort.

There are many steps to the top of the pyramid which will create a 6O,000-member giant from our present 6,000·member weakling. Every chess enthusiast should contribute opinions, ideas, and his strongest personal effort to make these steps possible. And a first s tep might well be to introduce Handicap Prizes in chess tournaments all across the country. To this end, a complete explanation of the Handica p System follows.

How the System Works

There are two separate prize lists, one based on the usual Point Scores, the other on Handicap Scores. Each entrant is given a numerical starting Handicap, based on a percentage of the difference between his current USCfo~ Rating and a predetermined Handicap Level. His Performance Rallng for this one event is calculated by means of a formula which is based on final tournament score and the strength of his opponents. Performance Rating plus s tarting Handicap equals Handicap Score, the basis for special Handicap Awards.

1962 U.S. OPEN­SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

1. The U.S. Open Championship already has a guaranteed minimum first prize of $1000.

2. 10 addition, a United States Handicap Champion will be declared in this year's Open.

3. The Handicap Awards will be substantial, but will be separate from and will not detract from the U.S. Open Championship prize awards.

4. Both prize lists, plus playing and entertainment sched· ules, facilities , and prices will appear in the June CHESS LIFE.

5. Masters, Experts, Class players, beginners-aIJ will have a better chance than ever before of winning prizes and achieving national recognition at San Antonio. We invite you to be with us from August 13·25 to enjoy the Western Hemisphere 's greatest annual chess tournament!

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Sample RHl,lIts from Actual Play

Our firs t sample is the 1961 Nevada Chess Tournament. Lers look at the exciting effect which could have been achieved by applying the Handicap System to this event.

The final s tandings were : ,

Plaee Name and Re5idenc:e Seore

I- George Kirby, Reno, Nevada ........ ........... ..................... 6·1 2-Harold Edelstein, San carlos, California ... ...... ..... ...... &1 3-Gaston Chappuis, Salt Lake City, utah ..... ................. 5-2 4-Dona ld Benge, Burbank , California .... .. ... ................. .. 4!f.r:·2!f.r: 5-Kenneth Jones, Reno, Nevada .................................... 4'h ·2'h 6-Dr . A. Janushkowsky, Sacramento, Califomia .. ... .... .4 'h-2'h 7-C. C. McDaniel, Salt Lake City, Utah ........................ 41/z -21/z 8-William F. Taber, Reno, Nevada ............................... . 4·3 9- Richard Morris, Sparks, Navada ........ .......... ...... ...... .. .. 4·3

10-William Rebold, Sacramento, California .......... .. ...... 4-3 ll- Farrell Clark, Salt Lake City, Utah ................... ......... 4-3 l Z-0stap Bender, Sacramento, California ............ ....... .. . 4-3 13-Kyle Forrest, Manhattan Beach, California .............. 4·3 14-Leroy Johnson, Los Angeles, California ............... ... 4·3 IS-Charles Mel%elaar, Ogden, Utah ................................ 3'h ·31f.r: 16--Scott Zimmerman, Lehi, Utah ............. ..... ... ............ ... 3'h -3* 17-Jim Fisher, Salt Lake City, Utah .............................. 3'h·3Y.z IS-Raymond Wheeler, Sparks, Nevada ............ .............. 3VZ·3 Ih 19- Major C. A. Williamson, Tooele, Utah .... ... ............... 3·4 20-Raymond A. Smith, Reno, Nevada .. .................. .......... 3-4 21- Art Gamlin, Las Vegas, Nevada .... ................... ........... 3·4 22-Norma Jean Halstead , Rello, Nevada .................. ...... 3-4-23-lJoyd Kimpton, Twin Falls. Idaho ..... .. ..................... 21h -4-1h 24 George Sormer, Salt Lake City, Utah ... ..................... 2'h-4'h 25-Mary Olson, Reno, Nevada ..... ..................... ................ 2·5 26-Robert Karg, Reno, Nevada ..... ........... ................ ... ..... 2-5 27_ Arthur Olson, Reno, Nevada ... .... .... ... ....... ................. 2·:) 28-Robert Gomez, Las Vegas, Nevada .............. ... .. ......... 2·5 29_Phyllis Crudgington, Reno, Nevada ....................... ..... J1h·51h 30-William Horgan, Reno, Nevada ................................ .. 1h ·6!f.r:

These Nevada aClairs are outs tanding in every way. They are played in a quiet but extremely cordial atmosphere, and there are many prizes. Probably the top len fin ishers received awards. However, even thc winner s would be likely to admit that the awards held little significa nce after the first hall­dozen places. How much marc interest could have been created by having two separatc prize lists! Say six awards on the usual Point Score, and four awards on Handicap Score!

I have calculated the results under such a plan, keeping in mind that the highest finishing state res id~ts in these tournaments are declared Nevada Champions. Naturally. the six awards on normal Point Score would have gone to the top six players in the point standings shown above. George Kirby would still be Tournament and Nevada Champion.

Here are the Handicap Championship s tandings. A Handi­cap Level of 1800 was used, since no Masters nor Experts werc entered. (Rules and computation examples are given at the end of this discussion.)

Plaee- Name- and Reside-nee- Hdcp. Seore

l -C. C. McDaniel, Salt Lake City, Utah ... ..... ....... ......... .. .... 1921 2-Kyle Forrest, Manhattan Beach, California .................. 1881 3-Raymond A. Smith, Reno, Nevada .. ....... ............. .......... .. 1861 4- Raymond Wheeler, Sparks, Nevada ........ ................ ........ 1821 S-Jim Fisher, Salt Lake City, utah .................................... 1796 6-Charles Metzelaar, Ogden, Utah ... ................................... 1789 7--Scolt Zimmerman, Lchi, Utah .......................................... 1740 8-Art Gamlin , Las Vegas, Nevada ........................................ 1707 9- Robcl"t Karg, Reno, Nevada ... ............... ...... .................. .... 1665

lO- Mary Olson, Reno, Nevada ...................... .. ................. ...... . 1660 II- Arthur Olson, Reno, Nevada ..... .............. ... ... ... .... ............ 1596 12-Robert Gomez, Las Vegas, Nevada ............... ... .... .. .......... 1581 13-Norma Jean Halstead, Reno, Nevada .............................. 1007 14-Phyllis Crudgington, Reno, Nevada ..... .. ......... ... .. : .......... 1493 15-Wjl)iam Horgan, Re no, Nevada ........................................ 1478

We would have declared McDa niel the Tournament Handi­cap Champion, with Forrest as Tournament Handicap 2nd Place, Smith as Nevada Handicap Champion, and Wheeler as

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Nevada Handicap 2nd Place. Four players would thus have achieved recognition for performances markedly higher than predictable from their original ra tings.

I believe this recognition of such performances to be a factor which could eventually increase tournament entries ten-fold.

Our closing sample is the San Antonio Handicap, actually announced in advance as having separate prizes for Point Scor es and for Handicap Scores. The top ten Handicap Scores only are shown.

Handieap PIau Nam. Score I_ Max Craig ..... ................................................. 2124 2-C1i£f Jewell ................................................ .. 2037 3- Morley Pastinsky ..... ...... ... ..................... .... . 1962 4-Henry Davis ... ......... ...... ... ........... .................. 1959 5- Charles Matthijsscn .................................... 1959 6-8ill WeBs ...................... .............. .. ......... ... .. .. 1957 7-Joe Ncrlingcr ......... ... ...... .............. .......... .... 1923 8--0wen Ambler ........... ..................................... 1923 ~Lynwood Kreneck ..................................... ... 1913

l ()""'-Henry Dove .................................................. 1906

Starting Rank

20

• 2 1

" 13 17 6

11 5

Yes, the Handicap System was a gr eat equalizer In tbis tournament. Look at the wonderful mixture of starting ranks in our list of top ten Handicap Scores!

As you can see from our samples, any player has a chance for honors under the Handicap System. A performance slightly above normal may earn an award for even the low­est·ra ted entrant; a half·point in the final round can really scramble Handicap r esulls. But in each case, an unequalled excitement for every playcr will be added to any tournament which uses the Handicap System.

One word of caution. Someone must be willing to work, not play, if the System is used on a weekend Swiss. It is , of course, more easily applied to a tournament in which tbe rate of play is one game daily. Or even one game weekly, as in a Club Championship. The reason for this is that it takes time for the calculations.

The Handicap System is admittedly in its infancy and may be adjusted somewhat if experience proves this necessary. But it bas gl'cat potential and should immensely increase the volume of chess competition.

Won't you be among the first to try it?

- -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - --For tournament orl.nbe .. and other. who wish to know exac tly

how tile Ha ndicap Sy .... c m 1$ run, bue we are. Rule.

I. Each p llyer's H. ndlc:ap wlll be b' fed upon b ls lU I publ ished USCF R.llnl". 2. The H.ndicap Level should be predetermined by the Tournament orrlcla15 and announced In advance . It wUi v.ry wllh the tourn.ment. For example:

II . When rew or no entries stronl"er than Cla55 A are cxpeded the recommended lIandlcap Level II leOO. • b. When the Itronl"est entr ants . n expected to be Experts (with pou lbly a Cew Maste ... ), the recommende<l Ha ndicap Le ... cl I. 2000. e. Whtn m.ny Maslers Ire expeeted, Ihe recommended lI . ndtcap l.evel Is 2200.

3. Only players with RaUng. below Ihe predetennlned Handicap Le ... el Ire eUg1ble {or Handicap Awards. , . A player who withdraw. or forfeits t .. o or more games I, not eU­IIble lor a Handicap AwanL ~. No one person c.n win a prhe on both Handicap Score .nd POint Seore. Should a player be elll"lble In both catel"orles, he will be I"lven the more desirable of the two prizes. 6. If Ihe re Is a t1e In H.ndleap Scoru , It shaU be broken in '.vor or Ihe player whon oppone nU had the h'l"ne, t . ... erage (lrilln. 1 Rating" lor P erfo ...... ance Ratlnga in Ihe caM of unn le<l opponents). 7. It a previOUsly unr.ted p layer'a Performanef! Ratlnl" In the louma. nlen t ra lls above tbe lIandlc.op Leyel, he 11 not eltl"lble {or Handle lp A"'ards.

Determining Handicaps Handicapa are plus .... lues. calculated 81 follow",

L .'or playeu from 1 to 200 point.. below Handicap Level , 60% or the dlrreren~ between thei r Ra tings and thll Handicap Level . 2. For players from 201 to 400 potn .. below Handicap Level, 7O~ o{ the dllterence between their Ratings and the Handicap Level. 3. For players "01 polnla or more below Ha ndleap Level, 8C"% 01 the d iffereD« belwu n tbel r Ratings a nd the H.ndlcap Level. " . For previouslJ' unnted players, a Ha ndicap equal to the ,ven, e Handicap OC III ellpb]e r.ted playen II r ecommtnded.

(Coot·d. on p . lOS)

WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN? by U.S. CHAMPION LAllRY EVA~S

In the March 1962 issue of Chen Life, page 56: appears No doubt I will be shot at dawn for daring to append the an analysis of the "Adams Gambit" named, appropriately " risk" punctuation mark. Weaver himself abstains from giving enough (but curiously so for a chess opening) after Its popu- it a straight exclamation point, with admirable restraint. larizer . Weaver Adams.

Mr. Adams and his cronies may be linked to the radical right wing of chess. For all their faulty analysis, they must be given credit for introducing healthy controversy into the staid annals of opening theory. Several years ago Weaver tossed a bombshell at the chess world by publishing a hook modestly entitled, "White to Play and Win," Since then it has been r evised ... and revi sed . .. and revised .. . under the title of "Simple Chess." But things are not that simple. Weaver's tournament results were damaged by his dogmatism. Playing under the self-inflicted handicap of arm­ing his opponents with advance knowledge o( his "best" lines, he felt honor-hound to steer straight into them even though his adversary invariably had a cook up his sleeve. By tbe time he found a refutation and published it, another player found a diHerent cook and so on lid infinitum. Old Steinitz. too, was stubborn.

My fondest memory Is of Weaver playIng a tournament game and swaying back and forth in his chair, Ilke a pendu­lum, as he pondered for twenty minutes over his second move in the Vienna (1. p·K4, P·K4; 2. N-QB3). "What the heU is he thinklng about?" I used to ask myself. Surely enough, he played the predictable move every time. Occasionally he was in time·pressure when he reached the end of a variation of 18 or 19 moves which he had previously published. This endless search for perfection is characteristic of hIm. Naturally his over-the-board games have suffered as a result.

Is Weaver to be taken seriously as an analyst and theoreti­cian? Well, that all depends. He eschews " hypermodernists . . . those who like inch·worm gambits." He revels in outright gambits. maintaining that the Albin Counter is sound against Queen's Pawn and the Marshall Gambit against the Ruy Lopez. With some illogic he concludes that if White does not play to win with the Vienna (it used to be the Bishop's Game. but he gave that uP. 1. P-K4, P·K4; 2. B-B4), then Black has every right to try and wrest the initiative. Weaver is not content with such halfway measures as equality. AU or nothing­right wing logic, true to form. Onc must take Weaver seriously if only because be takes himself seriously. I don't dism iss him as a crackpot because one never knows when he will come up with something really good. The question is. "Has he?" Or better still. "Will he?"

Rcferring to the Adams Gambit, he writes: "For those who have not lived, (comma) it will perhaps seem incompatible with their chess upbringing." Unfortunately, chess js not life. Words, lies, hypocriSY, do not survive long on the chessboard. As Emanuel Lasker used to say, "The merciless fact, culminating in checkmate, contradicts t he hypocrite." It is moves analysis that counts. So without (urther ado, perhaps we should pro­ceed to puncture a few holes in his published anaylsis.

This is the Adams Gambit : 1. P·K4, P·K4: 2. N-QB3, N-KB3; 3. 8-84, NxP; 4. Q-R5, N..Q3; 5. B-N3, N_Bl; 6. P·Q4?1

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As he points out, the old move 6. N-N5 wins the exchange (it used to be wins-period- according to Weaver) but he now recants and admits "it is antipositional to move a developed piece a second time and masters have long given it up as hopeless."

Apparently the discovery that sparked him on was that after 6 ......... , NxP; 7. N-Q5, N-K3; 8 . QxKP, B·I(2; 9. B·R6, 0 ·0 ; 10. NxB+, QxN; 11. BxP!, P-B3; 12. BxR, White wins the ex· change. But one swallow. as they say, does not make a summer.

The absurdity of much of his analysis is foreshadowed by bis evaluation of the very first variation he gives for Black, continuing from the diagram: 6 •........ , NxP; 7. N.QS. N·K3; 8. QxKP, P.Q83 (instead of B-K2); 9. N-B4, Q-K2; 10. N·B3. N·K84 (he could just have said N·B4 for even N-QB4 wins. but let us not quibble); 11. ()..() (not 11. QxN (B5), NxN di8.+), N(3).QS; 12. QxQ+ . 8xQ; 13. NxN, NxN; 14. R-Kl, N·K3; 15. N.Q3, 0-0; 16. poKB4, "and Black bas troubles." Well, admittedly there is the thr eat of 17. P-B5. Let's make one defensive move like 16 .........• B-B3; and see how the position looks.

Po.l tlon .fter Ii . ....... .• 1 ·13

Such troubles Black should always have! He Is not only a Pawn ahead, but he threatens P·Q4 followed by N·Q:5 and NxB winning the two Bishops. In fact, you could say that Black has a fo rced win here just a matter of tC<!hnlque.

"I believe that White should win, but what I believe and what 1 know are two different things," wr ites Weaver reli­giously. What reason, apart from an emotional demand, bas he to "believe" that White should win? I was brought up witb the antiquated belief that the better player would win. As· suming botb players to be perfectly equal- which can never be, i! only for psychological reasons-then the game will end in a draw. If WhIte could prove a forced win, that would take all the fUn out of cbess. Apparently tbe searcb for the fo untain of youth Is still exciting, though the attainment of it would prove just as dull as the reality from which one flees.

Incidentally, not once in bis avalanche of "analysis" docs Weaver consider the simple equalizing line 6 ......... , P·KN3 j 7. Q·K2, and now if Blaek is not in a refuting mood 1 dare White to find anyth ing resembling a slight advantage after 7 .........• P-K5; 8. NxP, NxNj 9. QltN+, Q·K2=

Let Weaver refute these "simple" moves before demon­strating forced wins against second·rate defenses. Surely the pages of Chen Lif. can be put to better use. I am not sayi ng we sbould close our minds to ncw moves far from it. But wild, extravaga nt claims without rigorous evidence- there 1 draw the line. The average playcr has still to master element· ary opening theory without being led to think there are any shortcuts or panaceas. SlipshOd analysis engenders bad hahits.

Romantics are fond of condemning modern masters because their games on the surface are scientific and routine. They have already accused Rcshevsky of boring his opponent to death; if this Is a new way of winning, 1 would like to

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learn it. II is easy to pummel i.nferior players. Sophisticated U.S. Women's Championship-1962 technique is required when you are in your own class, an

Tot.! ··equal among equals." Grandmaster chess--"Ineh·wor m gam· 1. Gress.r ............... ... 1 1f:z 'h 1 'h 1 1 1 1 1 8Va-l 1f:z bits ," or whatever dirty names you care to call it-is conducted on an extraordinary subtle level. The "dull" .hypermoderns are ,. Lane .................. ... ... 0 1 'h , 1 1 1 1 1 1 7lh,-21f:z here to stay. Instcad of being taught to scoff at them, the average player should bc educated to a finer appreciation and ,. Aronson ............. ... 1f:z , 'h 1 'h 1 'h 1 1 1 7 ., understanding. The crude tas te for brilliancies and admira· t ion for the spectacular is juvenile hero-worship. To those

4. KirH .................... 1f:z 'h'h 'h 1 1 'h 1 'h 1 7 ., of rou who lament the passing of !l!1orphy and the so-called "goldcn age" of chess, I can only saY-irow up! Don' t retreat s. a .in ...................... .. 0 1 , 'h 'h 1 'h'h 1 1 • ... fr om reality with elaborate systems that wort only on paper. The future is a fa~less enemy. I don't like the thought that .. Kelln.r ................ Y2 ' 'h ' 'h ' 'h 1 1 1 S ·S chess-machinu may someday supplant the human player, but what will be will be. rm sure we will nnd other comperua· lions (and dis tractions) when and if that day arrives.. But ai- 7. Piit iSlorsky ............ 0 , , , , 1 1 1 , 1 • .. ways bear in mind that the mighty Capablanca started losing game after game only a£ter he declared that chess was played •• Selefl sky ................ 0 out , and advocated enlarging the board to embrace another

O 'h'h'hYa , ' 'h 1 3lh-6Ya

piece. •• Sillus .................... 0 , , ' 'h , , 1 1 1 31f:z-6'h

To Weaver I commen d Tennyson's: "Better fifty years of !O. Morrell .... " ...... ........ 0 , ' 'h , , 1 'h , , , ..

EUrope than a cycle of Cathay . " Like it or not, we • • • , , 0 , , , 0 1 1 •• must learn to live with " progress." 11 . Fuchs ... ........ ... ..... ... 0 , Interzonal Fund Contributors

We wish to thank the following for their assistance in hclping to mate possible the participation of the U.S. repre· sentatives in the Intenonal Chcss Tournament.

Alexander Liepnieks Robert Na~ Edwin B. 8 0zian Norman Lattimer Oliver C. Hula((, Jr. N. L. Matthews R. G. Black Mrs. Robert R. Coveyon Dayton Cbess Club Martins Pagasts Mrs. William Gresser Kenneth R. Sm ith C. Harold Bone Lubbock Chess Club Folk Weaver Dan R. Carler Francisco Moran J oel J . Kupperman I-l1rtford Chess Club Dr. R. H. Kuhns Watcrbury Chess Club Ronald B. Ketterer Norman L . Case Paul A. Bernhards W. Krumins H. Jankovskis O. D. Bcrnhards L. Bernhards D. Bernhards N. Bixon P . Tumek L. W. Wanderston R. Rosenblum R. Golds tein

Y. Amson

Mundy Ed Powers

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J . McDevitt H. E. Heinisch M. Edelman J . Fuba Ed Siohey C. Nou·Dheny R. Leone F. Stanley w. Kowalkkl Pueblo Chess Club Colorado Springs Chess Club Western Massachusetts &:

Connecticut Valley Chess Assn,

Bertrand E . Roberts Chicago Chess League Oak Park Cbess Club J . W. Harper E. A. Dickerson Louis Caniemi Roger Haines J ack O'Keefe William Plampln Lawrence Cake Edward Davenport David W. Edwards Rober t M. Flatau Capt. F. D. Arthur Sic{ Poulsen Bellaire Chess Club M. D. Blumenthal Trl-City Chess Club Houston Chess Club

Joseph M. Kelley

Harlingen Chess Club

C. Fred Tears

El Paso Chess Club

New Haven Chess Club New London Chess Club W. H. Mills James R. Schroeder Dick Cantwell Eugene Ely J ack Matheson Drew Downey J ack Clements Dick Plampin Rudy St. heLin Herb Nagln John Campbell Bill MacDonald Ernie Knapp Richard Root Charles Harris Norton Richardson John Ozolins Bill Blumenthal Jinx J enkins Henry Ellis American Universi ty Chess

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League Ellis Lev)' George F . Goehler Richard L. Betke J. S. 1\I.rover Gompcrs Park Cbess Club Chicago Chess Club

JlIinois Chess Assn. Ninus " Eva Aronson ArthUr B. Giesen

E. Milcas George O'Rourke George S. Barnes Jack Matheson

Walter J . Shipman Woodrow W. Crew Shreveport Chess Club San Antonio Chess Club Nancy F. Edmondson Maj. Edmund B.. Edmondson William Slater Edward Laster Frank Graves Dr. Eliot Hearst Elliot S. Wolk William H. Newberry Oliver L. L Brown Dr. Andries Vael Harvey Buraer Harry Jancis Newman Guttman J erry Spann George Bender Dr. Alfred Carter Jack Long Peter Silverman Dr. Robt. G. Bernreuter Donald Bynle Mordecai &: Sibyl Treblow Anthony Cantone U oyd &: Aurelia Adams Herbert Evans Eugene Grumer J oan Sheer Hu ntville, Ala. Chess Club Billy Patterson M. Pagasts Fred Cbevalier !-I. Treblow & Friends

B. Pupols

F . Haubold

F . Hufnagel

Allan Kaufman

Maj. L. A. Chalfin

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• 5 OF MASTER PLAY

BY INTERNATIONAL

APPRAISAL FOR THE FUTURE When the United States Student Team played last year

at Helsinki, it was SUrprising to see that there were only four players on the Soviet Team. Grandmasters Tal, Spassky and Vasiukov were not on hand. l!.'venlually, we were informed that the arrival of a fifth member accompanied by 'coach' Vasiukov was expected at any time. We held our breath.

not prove al together correct, lor he did hand the World J unior Champ-to-be a stern defeat. From what appe~ to have the makings of a wild melee, Kuindgi reduced the position to an cnding in which be made short work of opposition.

~aturally the question arose, " Who is that fi rth man whose e[£ulgcnce the fo r midable Vasiukov must modestly share, and this as a coach?" The answer, Kuindgi, sounded like something from The Ki ng and I. Entering the lists only in time to play two or three games against relatively weak oppo­sition, he was undefeated, but neither did he win a game.

Should the Gniled Slates be represented in this year's Student Tourney at London, the team will undoubtedly en· counter the cream of the World's student playe~. Here then, the purpose is to prescnt a sampling of the kind of chess p' ayed at these Student Tournaments. (Gaining f irst place wi ll be no easy task ; the Cull support of all is needed). What USCF rating would you give to the two playing this game?

Nevertheless, Kuindgi was soon to prove himself a dangerous riva l. That he had no cballce for the title of World J unior Champion was the general con!ensus of opinion; this did

(Ed. IIote: Since a le abooe wos written, tile St!lClent Team To«momclIl Ira.! bem collell off for 1M" 'lear. prcsumabl!l b ec/JU$('

of ,lOlilical cllfficultics between 11w NATO Moe and East Gcnnau y).

SICILIAN DEFENSE B. Panna A. Kuindgi

1. P·K4 P.oB4 2- N·K B3 P·Q3

•• P·Q4 P. p 4. N. P N·KB3 s. N.QB3 N·B3 6. B·QB4 ........

Familiar faces, or rather var iations. In his 'younger ' days this was Bobby F ischer s favor ite. Now that he has serio ously begun to traverse the road to the World's Championship, he plays it less frequently, not less effectively. The ob­ject of the move, quite simply, is to provoke weaknesses along tbe QR2·KN8 diagonal.

6. . ...... . p·K3 B·K2 O.()

7. B·N3 8. B·K3 9. 0-0 N·QR4

Perhaps the r eader will recognize the analytical insight of Botvinn ik in this move. He played It with optimum success in the 1958 Olympics at Munich; there is no reason why one of lesser stature should fear to essay it. If the object of White's l ine is to provoke weaknesses along the afor ementioned diagonal, then a part of Black's objective would be to eliminate White's King Bishop

10. P·B4 P·QN3 11. P·K5 ........

It cannot be claimed that this move is an outright error ; but more in keep. ing with the variation is P -B5.

11. ........ N-K l Naturally a . pture on K5 would reo

sult in White's having the desired open lines for the kingside attack.

12. Q·B3 ........

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Position after 12. Q-o.3

Too routine; the more to the point.

12 ........ . 13. Q·N3 14. RPxN IS. QR.oI 16. N·B3

immediate Q·N4 is

B·N2 N. B K·Rl Q·NI Q·B2

Black has been maneuvering to obtain a proper development of his forces be­fo re he proceeds with any definile plan.

17. B.o4 PxP l B. Px P R.Ql

White has obtained his open lines; however, these arc now much less sig. nificant than they would have been earlier, in the light of Black's solid position and good dcve lopment.

19. N·K N5 BxN 20. QxB P·KR3 21. Q·N3 Q..B3

White's 'attack' has come to a stand· s till . He has lost the initi ative and he remains with a permanent weakness at KS. Kow he must stage a final push or else.

22. R·B4 P·KN4l

P~lIIon II ft!!r 22 • . _._., P·KN4!

An unusual move but evidently neces· sary. Black could not allow N·K4.. As will be seen White insists ; thus he irre· trievably misplaces one of his Rooks. One cou ld still not pronounce judge' ment over his position, if he should have patiently retreated his Rook to KB2.

23. R·N4? N·N2 Black's idea is revealed ; with the

placement of h is Knight at KB4 the breakthrough in the center is effected .

24. Q·R3 N·B4 25. QR·KBI K·N2

Black's seemingly weak kingsidc is im· pregnable as a result of his strongly placcd Knight. White now looks, un· successfull y, to his own defense.

26. B·B2 Q·B2 27. R·Kl R·Q7 28. B·K3 NxB

Black ca ptures in order to avoid BxKNP.

29. QxN ....... . Minus one well·placed Knight, plus one

well·placed Rook·on·the·seventh. This is the transition stage before the endgame.

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19. ........ Q·B4 30. QxQ PxQ 31. R·K2 KR·Ql 32. R·QR4 RxR 33. NxR R·Q7

With a minimal effort Black has achieved an overwhelming position in the ending. The storm has uneventfully pa ' sed away with Black picking up the White pieces.

34. K·B2 RxP 35. RxP BxP 36. R·B7 B·Q4 37. K·K3 ....... .

White marks time until the letter of resignation is drawn up; he can really safely resign at this very moment.

37. ........ BxP 38. N-N3 B·Q4 39. P-N4 P·BS 40. poNS RxP 41. N-K2

And White d id not fee l the necessity for continuing the struggle.

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SICILIAN DEFENSE LUTIKOV

1. P-K4 "1. H-KB3 3. P·Q4 4. NxP 5. N·QBJ 6. B·KJ 1. P-QRJ 8. NxN 9. B·K2 10. B-B3 11. P·K5 12. 0-0 13. QxB 14. PxP

P·QB4 N-QBl

'" P·K3 Q.B2

P-QRJ P-QN4

"'" B·N2 Q·B2 R·B. b. P·Q3

b'

15. B-Q41 16. K·RI 11. N-Q51 18. BXBI 19. N·N6 20. QR·QI 21 . RxR 22. N ·Q7 23. Q·KN3 24. Q·NBch 25. N-K5ch

KLAVINS

BxPch B·K4 Q·NI ",. RoO' .. R P-B4 Q·K5 Q-K1 K·B2 K-Bl

(See Diagram) 26. Q·B8ch KxN 17. QxNPch N·B3 28. Q·N3ch K-KS

(If 28 . ... ..... , P·B5; 29. Q·N5ch, K-KS; 30. P.B3ch, K .K6; 31. Q·B5 mate) 29. p·B3ch K ·K6 31 . RxQch K," 30. R-KI P·B5 31. QxRP and win,

Beverwijk 1962

SICILIAN DEFENSE

O' KELLY de GALWAY 1. P· K4 P·QB4 2. N·KB3 P·Q3 3. P·Q4 Px P 4. NxP N· KR3 5. N·QB3 P·QR3 6. B-K2 P·K4 7. N·B3 B_K1 8. B·N5 B· K3 t . N·Q2 QN-Q1 10. N·B4 Q- 8"1 11. N·K l 0 ·0 12. 0 ·0 KR·BI {W hIte loses another QxQ; 24. RxQ, NxP)

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13. B·N4 14. BxB 15. PxN 16. BxP 17. N-Q5 18. Q·B3 19. PxB 20. B. K7? 21. Q·B4 22. K. RI 23. Res!!jIn,

DONNER

N" .,N Q·N3

"" .. , .,. N-B3 P-K5

RxPch R·NS!

, ANOTHER INTERZONAL

GAME Stockholm 1962

Notes specially contrIbu ted to CHESS LIFE by International Grandmaster Tigran Patro· sian.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED Petrosion Bertok

1. 2. 3. 4. s.

P-Q4 P·QB4 N·KB3 N·B3 P-K3

P·Q4 PxP

N·KB3 P.QR3

........ 5. P-K4, sacrificing a pawn, gives the play a less routine character.

S. .. .. .... P-K3 6. BxP P·B4 7. 0-0 P-QN4 8. B-N3 B_N2 9. Q-K2 QN·Q2 10. R.Q1 ........

Over a period of many years. the assess· ment of this position as favorable for White was never exposed to doubt. How­t! vt!r, in his game against me at the 1959 Candid ates' tournament, Smyslov t!mployed the new move 10 . .. .. .... , B·Q3, which proved suecessful ; so it is not surprising that Bertok took Smyslov's course.

10 . ... ... .. 11. P-K4 12. RxP

Against Smyslov, knight, but came 12 ......... , Q·Nl!

12 . .. ...... 13. R-Q3 14. B·NS

B-Q3 p,p

........ 1 captured with the into difficulties aft er

B_B4 N·NS Q·N3

Black's position looks very promising, since his pieces are very act ively placed However, the Black King has lingered in the centre of the board a li ttle, and this gives White the chance to start u sharp attack.

1S. N-QSl ..... ...

This beautiful idea of the White Rus· sian master Veresov was first played in the semj.finals of the most rect!nt Soviet championship. After 15 ......... , PxN; 16. PXP dis. ch., K·B1 ; 17. P-Q6! , White's attacking prospects are soon realized, (or instance 17 . .... .. .. , BxQP; 18. QR-Ql regaining the pieee with a tremendous attack. The interpolation 17 . ...... .. , R-Kl (attacking the White Queen) is met by 18. B-K7 ch, K·N1 ; 19. Q-K6!, PxQ; 20. BxP mate.

Yet the essence of White 's idea is not to be foun d in the above relatively straightforward variatio n. For if BIaek plays 15 . ... .. .. . , BxN; 16. PxB, NxBP; it seems that the threat of discovered check rids him of all his t roubles. Vere­sov discovered that 17. PxP! !, NxR dis. Chi 18. K-BII , gives White a strong at-tack, for instance 18 ........ . , PxP ; 19. QxN, N·B3 ; 20. R-Kl, 0 ·0; 21. RxP ! for cing tr.e win of the queen, or 18 . .. .... .. , PxP; 19. QxN, N-BI ; 20. R·Kl , K-B2 ; 21. RxPI, NxR; 22. N·K5 ch, K-N1; 23. Q·Q7!, R-Bl ch; 24. K·Kl! , B-87 Chi 25. K·K2, and White wins . Naturally. these var;ations are not but they givt! an idea of the of Black's deft!nse.

After thinking for a long time, Bertok decided to avoid variations well·known to his opponent and to decline the sac­rifice.

15 . ..... .. . 16. R·KBl

Q-R4 R·QST

17. N-B41 ........ Now Black cannot castle, and there is an obvious threat of a knight or bishop sacrifice on White's K6.

17. ........ N(NS}.K4 18. NxN NxN 19. R-R3 N·BS

Castli ng would still allow a quickly de· cisive attack by 19 ... .... .. , 0 ·0; 20. Q·R5, P-R3; 21. BxRP !, PxB; 22. QxRP.

20. R-Ql ........ Of course, White has moves here, for example I chose another plan.

sevt!ral good 20. ~·R5, but

20 . ....... . 21. N·RS 22. R(R3}·Q3

22. R·N3 was also strong. 22 . .. .. .. .. 23. P-KS 24. B·K3 25. RxB 26. Q-N4

Q-N3 R·KNl

N·Q3 N·KS exe

Q·i33 K-K2

3 lack tr ies his last chance . Perhaps he will be able to play ........ , P-KB4?

27. R(QTJ·K1 .. .. .. .. The flas hy 27. RxN? is nol convincing: 27 . .... .... , QxR; 28. Q-N5 ch, K-Kl; 29. NxP ch, RxN! (29 . .. .. .. .. , K·BI? loses to 30. NxP ch i, PxN; 31. Q·B6 ch, and m.::.te in two); 30. QxR, Q-N3; forc ing the exchangt! of queens and giving Black good drawing chances.

27. .. ...... P·B4 28. PxP e.p. ch PxP 29. Q·R3 P_B4

29 . .. ...... , N·N4 gave White mor e prob· lems, but against th is I had prepared the following variation : 30. RxP ch, K· BI!; 31. RxP ch, QxR; 32. QxR ch, BxQ; 33. I'i'xQ, N·B6 ch i 34. K·B!, NxR; 35. NxR, with good winning chances for White.

30. P·B3 31. QxP 32. RxP chI 33. RxN ch 34. Q-Q3ch

(Notes translated from Peter Clarke).

N-N4 R(B1J-Bl

NxR K·Ql

Res igns the Russian by

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ON CHESS by U. S. Champion LARRY EVANS

"CARO·KANN REVISITED"

Those of you who remember as (ar back as the t'ebruary 1962 issue of Chen Life will recall three pages o( lenglhy analysis which reviewed the state of the Carn-Kann and ended with an inconclusive eva luation of an obscure but theoretically important variation of the Panov-Bolvinnik attack.

New light, however, has been shed on the entire affair. In the process I will be forced to plead guil ty to holding back a prepared variation in the hope that some venturesome soul would try the Black side against me again in a tourna­ment game. The deception was subconscious, since I redis­covered the winning move after mailing the artic:e. It had originally occurred to me during the actual game (Evans­Weinberger, California, 1961), but I had discarded it fo:­some trivial reason without full y real izing its power until long after the contest. Now that you are thoroughly C(ln(used by my explanation, we proceed to the heart of the matter.

The key moves: 1. P·K4, p..QB3; 2. P.Q4, P.Q4; 3. PxP, PxP; 4. P·QB4, N·KB3; 5. N·QB3, N·B3; 6. N·B3, B·NS?! (th is move is now suspect as a result); 7. PxP, KNxP; 8. Q·N3, BxN; 9. PxB, P·K3; 10. QxP, NxP; 11 . B·N5+ , NxB; 11. Q·B6+ 1, K·K2; 13. QxN INS), Q·Ql; 14. NICN + . PICH; 15. Q·Kl + , K·B3.

Posi tio n after 15 . ... .... . , K· B3

Here I concluded erroneously: "This is the kind of a game where both sides are in trouble! That White has any· thing is doubtful."

This position also arose in Benko·Addison, U.S. Open , 1961, where White played 16. O·O? and lost his advantage, though he won as a result of later weak play on Black's part. For a discussion of the game continuations and side variations, refer to the above quoted article.

The win ning move is 16. P·K R4 with the dual objective of threatening B·N5 + and vacating KBl (or the King so that the Black Queen will be deprived of a check on KR6. During the game I considered this move briefly, but did not see what White gained by forcing Black to C(lnsolidate by 16 . ........ , P·KR3. (17. B·N5+?, PxBj 18. PxP+, K·N3; 19. RxR, B·N5+; 20. any, RxR-a trap White must avoid.)

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PosHion totter 1'. P·KR4!

I: 16. P·KR4, R·KI ; 17. B·N5+, K·N3; 18. B·K3, P-Q5 (i( ........ , B·N5+; 19. K·B I puls White out o( the pin) ; 19. R·QI (if 19. R·Nl+, K·B3j 20. R·Ql , PxB1 ; 21. RxQ, PxP -!-; 22. KxP, £·B4 + wins for Black!!), B·84; 20. K·B I wins. II. 16. P.KR4, P·KR3; 17. B·K3, B·N5+; 18. K·BI, K·N3j 19. R·Q I wins. III: 16. P·KR4, P·K R3; 17. B·K3, P·Q5 (else B·K4+); 18. Q R6+, K·K2 (forced ); 19. R·Ql wins. IV: 16. P·KR4, B·N5+ ; 19. K·BI, KR·Kl; 20. B·K3 with a winning game, as Black's King is not on ly exposed, out his QP must also fall.

A sharp.eyed reader, Eugene Levin , o[ Los Angeles, su~­"ested another interesting move: 16. R·KN1.

POlltlon to fter 1'. R·KNI

Here is the substance o( Mr. Levin's letter:

"Since I haven't been active in tou rnament play during the past few years, you mayor may nOl remember me; how· ever, up until the time I 'retired,' I still had a Master's rating. I mention this only to avoid your dismisSing my comments below as those of a patzer. As in the case of most tournament players. 1 mai ntained a file of analysis and, in part icular, had prepared new analysis in certain spcciric variations.

CHESS LIFE

"I was particularly interested in your Caro-Kann analysis in the February issue of Chess Life, s ince some time ago 1 found an improvement at move 16. in the. critical position after 16 .........• K·B3. Normally. 1 would save the improvement (or years until it could be used in a tournament game; but since I do not know when, if ever, I shall again become active, there seems to be little reason to keep it quiet. Let me make it clear, however, that this is not meant for your p11'Son;ll advantage; but if your analysis agrees with mine, 1 would expect that the improvement be made available to all players. I( you find a flaw, 1 would appreciate your informing me. since my records indicate I spent many weeks of analysis and found nothing wrong.

"The key move {or White Is 16. KR·Nl. Three themes appear which are interwoven in the variations: (1) Exposure of the King through 8-N5+ (or sometimes an evcntual B·Q4+). (2) Movement o( the White King when necessary to KBI rather than QI in some variations (occasionally a favorable opportunity (or 0·0·0 arises). (3) Deployment of the KR to KN4 to prevent B·N5+ and hold Q<l square (in some variations after the Black King has been forced to 84, the threat of ft..N5+ is important).

"There are of course very many subvariations to consider, but I am sure that a great many will be obvious to you without complete documentation. I list below a few examples only to indicate the various themes and in no sense representing best play by Black."

From here on I will present Mr. Levins' analysis. com­menting when necessary in brackets. I. 16. R-KNl, P·KR3?; 17. R·N4!, R-Kl ; 18. 8·K3, B-Q3 (if 18 ......... , B-B4; 19. R·B4+, K-N3; 20. Q-B2+ wins the Bishop); 19. 0-0·0 with a winning advantage. II. 16. R-KNl, R-KI? ; 17. B·N5+, K-B4 (17 ......... , K·N3; 18. 8-K7+, K-R4; 19. P-B4+. K-R3; 20. B·N5 ~ . K·N3; 21. P·B5+, KxP; 22. B·K3 better than previous line, but beware of over­eagerness on move 19. for White, s ince I find no sound mating nets); 16. B·Ka, P·Q5; 19. R·Ql with advantage. III. 16. R-KNI, B-N5+; 17. K-BI, Q·R6 + (?); 18. ft..N2, P·KR3; 19. B·K3 and an eventual B·Q4+ cannot be prevented. (If 17 . ........ , P·R3; 18. R·N4, etc., with advantage to White.)

"There arc of course many other variations, but these few are illustrative. In all cases, the dual purpose of R·KN I (i.e., B·N5+ lind R-N4) seems to present a pair of problems which Black cannot effectively answer."

Conclus ion: Black is lost in this variation after 16. P·KR4 and probably after 16. R-KNI. 6 ......... , B·N5 is a little too risky which is remarkable, inasmuch as that foremost opening thcor i-t , Euwe, adopted it against Fischer at Zurich, 1960.

WESTERN OPEN

OATES: Saturday, June 30 thru Wednesday, July 4th. PLACE: Sky Rcom, Plankinton Hotel, 809 Plankinton Ave.,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

TYPE OF TOURNAMENT: 9-round Swiss. First round-1:00 P.M. June 30, central standard time. Two rounds per d<lY on June 30, July 1, 2 & 3. Time limit-50 moves in 2Lh hours, 20 moves for succeeding hour.

ENTRY FEE: 512.50 for adults; $9.50 for juniors. For in­formation and (mtry blanks, write to Miss Mann, 1218 Railway Exct.ange Building, Milwaukee 2, Wisconsin.

?RIIES: Guaranteed Prize Fund-$1500.00. First Prize, 5400.00; 2nd, 5200.00; Srd. $100.00. Merit Awards, totaling $500.00 are pai.d at the rate of $30.00 Cor each full point and S15.00 lor each half point over 15th points in the final standings. Women's-$40.00 and $20.00. Juniors-$215.00 and $15.00. Trophy Awards to Class A, B, C, and Unrated top player.

MAY, 1962

HANDICAP SYSTEM-(C<Jut'd. fwm p. 97) ~umpl" _ Applying the Hllndlc:ep Sy,.am

Assuming II tournament with a pn-detennlned Handicap Le ... el 01 2000 polntl. Pillyer A: Orlglnll Ratine of 1860 points.

2000 lIany Col,· L.e ~' , mln ... s 1S6 ~ po!ntl " t40 polnt$. Uandleap II 60';. of 140 ................................................................ IW Perlonn;tn~ Rlltlng in thl" tOllmam~nl ........................ 1910 -

lIandleap Score ~ .............. _ ....... ... ... ... ..... ................ .................. I994 PI;tyer 8: Orlglna] Rating or 1600 points.

2000 Handicap Le ... el minul 1600 pOlnl~ =400 polnll. Handleap Is 70% of 400 ............................................................ 23(1 Performanee Ratlng in this tournalnent ................ ........ 1717

Handicap Score ............. .. ........ .. ........................................... 1997 Pillyer C: No publis hed \JSCF Rating . The .... e rage Hllndlup 01

.11 eligible raled playcr$ \5 used .................................. .. .. ...... 166 Perform.nce Riltlne In this tournament ................ ........ 1820

H;tndle;tp Score .... ............ ............... .. ........................... ............ 1986 Pl'Yef D: No publ \.8hed USCF Rating. Handleap taverage, AI .bo ... o) 166

Perlormance Rilllnl: In this tournament .......................... 2017

Handle.p Score not applicable, since thb, hb first Performance Rating, Is above the Handicap Level.

C;tlculll"AfI Performllnce Rllfln" For Prllvlou,ly R;ttad PI;tyllr,

Allebnole sum or differences Performance Orl,lnll between original R;tUng lind

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Ratln, -' RaUnl' + eaeh opponent', Riltlng + 400 x (Wlns.Losses) (each dUferenee, 350 points max.)

'Number of games played

Number of games played t;x.mple: Auume an original Rating of 1700 points, 6 games pi,yed, and a score of 31,1-2'>!1. The opponents, their rlUngl, ,nd the difference between tllelr ratings Ind 1700 pOints: Player H1'Rlltlnt Dlffll"ncs

A 2060 + 350 (Actually 360, but 350 Is tllCl mnlmum used, Ii 1570 . _ 130 C 1720 + 20 D 1610 + 110 "& 1424 _ 276 F 1730 + 30

AlgebrlllC sum equlll5 + 1(14

Sub$tltutlnl: these MIIUml!d villues In the formula: 104 4OOx(31f.1-Z'h)

Performance naUnl: "= I100 +_+ Or, 1700 + ]7 + 67 , , Performanee n,Un, = 1784.

For Prtvlou,ly Unrated PilYilrs 400x(Wlns·Losses)

Perrorm ance RIUng = AverlQ'e or opponent's Rating . ... _ :-_:-_ _ Number of Q'.mes

played E:<~mple : Assume 6 games played, seore or 2-4 . Opponents' RatlngJ were:

19i2

"" 1482 10178 1579 = Average of 1696. 1890 I)

162$

10118 400 x (2-4)

Performanee Rlltlng = 1696 + Or 1696 _ 133

• Perfonnanee RaUng = 1S63 For eOmpl,lt!nl the rilllng or an unrated player who eneollnters

other unrated pillyers, the following proeedure may be uled: I. Start with the lowest linbhlng unrllted player and work up,

assigning. tentltlve f.Un, on the basl$ of resulh .galnlt pre ... lously rated players.

2. Use these tentallvely IIsslgned ratings In computing the Per­formance RaUnts or the opponenll.

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A REPORT ON COLLEGE CHESS by PETER BERLOW

During the past lew months, the Intercollegiate Chess League of America has occupied a prominent place in the new Ch~5S Life. You may well ask: " What is the LC.L.A.?". Our growth ha:; become so rapid, that even our Regional Directors aren't sure. The following is dedicated to the many collegians who wish to advance college chess, but are un­famili ar with its development and organization.

lelA History The I.e. L.A. was set up in the carly 1940's as the sponsor

of a regional college team championship. Under its auspices, the annual National Intercollegiate Individual Championship3 have been held since 1945, as alternate team and individual events.

Under the leadership of Milton Finkelstein, Rhys Hays, Anthony Saidy, and Eliot Hearst, the I.C.L.A. became a truly national organization, dedicated to the promotion of chess on campuses in all areas. Membership was, and is, opcn to all college clubs in this hemispher e. Activities expanded; a bulletin was printed; energetic leadership produced the first U.S. Student Teams, which competed for thc World tiUe five times between 1956 and 1961, finishing first in 1960, seeond in 1961.

USCF Affiliation During the reigns of Fred Kerr and Mordecai Treblow,

the ICLA consolidated its gains by affiliating with the United States Chess Federation. College dubs joining now are affiliates of both organizations, with all the privileges of a USCF charter and or ICLA membership. All ICLA-sponsored events are 100% USCF rated, and are publicized in Chess Life. The gains to the USCF: more mcmbers, more affiliates; forma· lion of a "farm system" for young masters, who develop their chess skills while in college. For the ICLA: the College Ches:; Column of Chen Life; close cooperation by the USCF staff in planning events and in h:mdling affa:rs. The r elationship has been a mutually beneficial one, so that I tend to call the ICLA " the collegiate branch of the USCF," though it is a separate organization with its own onicers and policies.

The lelA Now During the present administration, the ICLA has built

membership levels to its present total of 43 colleges; printed and distributed the 28-page AmeriCin Coll~e Chen Guide as well as a 12·page ICLA Bulletin; expanded the ICLA list of "Active American College Clubs" to nearly ISO names and addresses of contacts; and ext!nded ICLA sponsorship to many regional events. The 1961 Individual Championship was the largest ever, with 50 players from all parts of the country, including Puerto Rico, California, Minnesota and Florida.

The Future Plans for the future: 100 members by the N.Y. World's

Fair; a record·breaking National Intercollegiate Team Cham­pionship next December; a new A.C.e.G. to be printed this Summer, with a comprehensive history of college chess; publi­cation of a tournament book o{ the 1961 Individual event; expansion of the ICLA list to include every college club; co· operation with the American College Unions to develop campus chess activity; and cooperation with the USCF in developing and financing the United States Student Team.

Your club can join the dynamic ICLA membership by writing to the USCF officers now. Affiliation entitles each member club to: a year of Chess Life, the American College Chess Guide, and the ICLA Bulletin; the privilege of conduct. ing USCF·rated events, voting at the USCF and ICLA member­ship meetings, reeeiving books and equipment at reduced prices, and entering a team in the National Intereollegiate Team Championship, aU for only $10 per year.

Send ali news of college events to the columnist: match results, club tournaments, state and regional individual events, exhibition results, club bulletins, cartoons, etc. This is your column; please participate!

All college students: remember that Cheu Life will not

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be delivered to dormitories while you are away. Change your USCF addrss at once, so that you will continue to receive your USCF magazine, and may read more College Chess Columns!

Regional directors arc stili needed for most areas o( the country. Only requirements : interest, energy, and an ability to write letters. The site for the 1962 National Team event has not been selected, although New York plans to submit an attractive bid. Write now, if you'd like to sponsor an leLA event next Fall.

New clubs are being organized at many colleges. Some, like the University of Wichita, Kansas, are enthusiastic enough to publicize their activities through Chess Life. Why not do the same?

A note: The World Student Team Tournament, scheduled for London this Summer, has been cancelled for political reasons.

More collegiate events have been held this year than at an­time in the past. I regret that not all match r esults can bc reported as completely as I would wish, but space is of the essence. Ivv L ... g .... Colleg. T •• m Championship: OdotMt.F.bt ... erv.

I. Columbia 7-0: 2. Harvard 6-1; 3. BrowD 4\oi·2\oi; 4. Vale 3\i·3Y.o; 5. Penn 2Y.o"'Y.o: 8. Prlneeton 2·5; 7. Dartmouth IY.o.5 ..... ; 8. Cornell Hi; (Columbia hat won for the third year In a row. Team members: Robin Ault, Gus Sayer, Gerry Belm., Ru" Kruekman. Toby Robison and Nick Mey .... led the team to a 3" ",cord).

Trl-State Ch.mplonshlp: Marett 3-4 .. Plthburtlh. 1._2. Carneele Te<:h and Penn State University, 4·1 (20-5); 3. Unlv.

of Pltt.;burgh .... 1 (It'h.5'h); 4. Duque~ne Unlv.

Phlladelphl. Individual ColI.,I.t. Eftn': M.reh 10-11 ., LaSa" •. I . Richard Abranu (P.$.U.-o,ontl:) 5-0: 2. Alan Spielman (Sowarth.

mOM!) 3\oi·1Y.o; 3. Frank Carmeratta (DM!xel) 3Y.o-l\o!t; 4._7. John Bell (SwarthmON!) 3·2; 5.41. Tony Salduttl, Walt Fra&<-r Ind Jerry Laverty 'all LaSalle) 2-3; 9. Norman Panmore (Swarthmore); 10. Jamu Schmitt (LaSalle).

Pannsvlv,"ia Indlvldu.1 Collegl.t. Ev.n': AlItll '"' ., L.Salie. I . RIchard Abrams (O,.ontz) 5-0; 2. Larry Snyder (Urslnu,,) 4_1;

3. Tool' Poulos (PSU) :nfl·2'.;; 4. John Yehl (Lehlah) 2'.;·2'.;; 5.·6. Val DJurdjevlc (PSU) and Brl.an Heisler (Penn) 2Y.o.21A1; 7. Bill Handley (PSU) Z¥,,-ZY.I; <I. JIm Rooney (PSU); t. Walt Fra~r (LaSalle); t(1. Richard Cleary (LaSalle); 11. HUT)' Winter (PSU).

M.'ropo11tln In'.reon.,I.t. L ........ Indlvldu.I.: Much 21 " Columbia. 1..2. Michael Valvo and Tobin Robbon (COlumbia) 4·1; 3. Howard

Cohen (CCNY) 3·2. Match N!sult.s: Metropo"tan In'.rcoll.,I.,. Ch • .s Lu,ue: N.w York A ....

S-..tlon Win.,." New York Clly: Se<:tlon I: Columbl. COllc&1!

Section II : City CoIle&e r\ew Jersey Section: Fairleigh Dickinson

Phl1.d.lphll 1""rcoll.,lal. Lu,u. Swarthmore leadlne, followed by LaSalle. Penn State 4 -SwarlhmoM! 1 Penn State 5 ·Ternple 1 Pl!nn State SIAI-LIoSalle 'AI. Penn State 5 -Lehl'h 1 Penn State 4~.Kutztown Ih Penn State 4 ·Kuh.toWJl It BIOQUlJiber, 3 _Kutztown 2 Princeton 3 .Brooklyn POly 2 Princeton 2'h,"alrl. Dick. f..II..

ICLA OFFICERS; 1962 President: Peter 8erlow, Princeton '62

Z2J.ltSB Hall, PrlnCi!ton Unlv., Princeton. N.J . Vice-Preside nts: Nathaniel P1eree, Cornell '64; John Yehl , Lehigh '62.

ICLA NATIONAL COLLIOIATE CHAMPIONS 1.45--1961 1945: Kevin Pleget, C.C.N.Y. 1947: Robert Byrne, Yale 19{9: Paul Dlelz, Plttabur,h 1951: James SherWin, Columbl, 1953: Albert Welllm.n, I'\.Y.U. 1955: Edmar Mednls, N.Y.U. 1957: Charles K.lme, Penn. 1959: Leslie H. Ault. Columbl. 1961 : LIorry Gilden, Maryl.nd

19-46: C.C.N. Y. 19-48: C.C.N.V. 1950: ColumbIa 1952 : Columbia lt$<l; Fordham 1956: Cblcago 19~; Chlc.go 1960: Columbia

CHESS LIFE

BOSTON BAYARD By Fred M. Wren

Although New York is probably the citadel of American chess s trength, Bos­ton has a lways been the focal point of chess activity in the New England stales, turning oul players who have carried the Yankee banners to national and inter­national glory. The most famous of these was Harry Nelson Pillsbury, whose ex­ploits are legendary in every part of the chess world, and whose blindfold bril­liances even stagger the imagination of the young and sometimes blase chess student today. It is not so commonly known that his Boston contemporaries gave him a hard time in local tourna­ments. He once remarked that he was more SUfe of winning against Muroczy in Munich than against Barry in Boston. Newspaperman, John F. Bany, and author Franklin K. Young. both topped Pillsbury in Boston events. The last time I was in the Boston City Club I saw a plaque on the wall of their chess room, immortalizing the position of the pieces at the time BaITY announcod a mate in thirteen moves against Pillsbury, in 1889. (Game score, and diagram of this posi tion , are in the "Golden Treasury of Chess.")

Ap.other genera tion brought new chess gia nts to the fore in this area; among them A. M. Sussman. George Walcott, and C. S. J acobs, in the first decade of the century. Then another crop of mas· ters and experts : Weaver Ada:ns, Harold Morton, Dr. Gerald Katz, Osear Shapiro, Milton Kagen, and many olhers. Among these "others" was a player whose achievements in the chess field have been many, and spread over a long per· lod. Although he has never attained the official rating of master, those who have known him and played against him insist that this is only a technicality, since his accomplishmc!nts in over·the· board play put the records of many ra· ted masters in the shade. That man is Harlow B. Daly. now a resident of San· ford, Maine.

In 1903, Daly drew a s imultaneous game with the world·champion of the day, Dr. Emanuel Lasker. Twenty·six yt'ars later, in 1929, Daly won from another world champion , Alex,ander Alekhine, in a s imilar ex h i b i I i 0 n. Twc nty·$ix yelln lifter th.t, in 1955, he defeated Wi lliam Lombardy in a corres· pondence game. In 1908 he won the New England championship. In 1958 he was still in [here plugging, and although he didn' t regain the ti tle, one of his games (Daly·Freeman, published in CHESS UFE, Jan. 5, 1959, along with the game scores of the Alekhine and Lombardi games just mentioned) was a strong can· didate for the tourney's brilliancy prize, <lnd he finished the strong event with a plus score.

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He has won the Boston City Champ· ionship on three different occasions. He has also worn the Massechusetts State Chcss crown three times. In 1959 he added the Vermont State title to his string, and a few weeks latter scored 6-0 to win the Maine State title. He has played in nine United States Open Championships, finishing with a plus score every time-the last being M.ilwau· kee, 1953, when he scored 8·5. (A half· point behind Berli ner, Santasiere, Dake, Bisgu ier. and Lombardi - tied with Sobcl, Mednis, Kaufmann, Steiner-and topping such well·known players as Wh itaker, Merchand, Byland , the two Sandr ins, Yarmak, Crittenden, Henin, and Elo, to mention only a few. Not bad for a 69·year·old!)

Daly has always been bad news for the visiting masters in their simultaneous exhibitions in Boston, having scored wins against such giants of the game as Fine, Reshevsky, Horowitz, Steiner, Pill· sbury, Dake, Mieses, Johner, Torre, and

Harlow B. Daly

Koltanowski, as well as the two world· champions previously mcntioned. He comments almost apologetically that against Marshall and Denker he could only draw. (We should ali have such lough luck! F.M.W.J

It's a long way from 1908, when he took his first New England ti tle, to 1960, when he competed in the New England Ameteur tournament in Boston, and it is a tribute to his achievements over the years that at the age of 76 he entered the 1960 event as the favorite to win it. He didn·t win it, but placed in a five· way tie for fourth place with a 4-2 score, his loss to the tournament winner making the difference between fi rst and fourth place.

• • • The foregoing part of this account

was written shortly after the Boston event of April 1960, when it seemed only fair to assume that the story of Daly triumphs in serious chess compe·

OtlOn might be nearly complete. When, later that year, news came of his finish· ing as runner·up in both Vermont and Maine championships events which he had won the year beCore- I nearly wrote to him adviSing him to rest on his laurels and give us young fellows a chance. I'm glad I didn't. In April, 1961, Daly once more entered the New England Amateur Tournament in Boston, and in a fi e ld of 52 competi tors, most of whom he was spotting anywhere from forty 10 fi fty years, he won the tille, a llowi ng a si ngle draw, for a M2·Jh score. And in Novem· ber, 196 1, he went through the Pt{ai ne Open undefeated, to regain his Maine title, with a !j Jh .Jh score.

Is this the end of the Daly Chess Saga? He told me last year that Milwaukee, 1953, was his last appearance as a play· er in the U.S. Open, "unless, of course, they decide to run it off somewhere in New England." So, if any of you young chaps who enter the 1965 U.s. Open in Boston happen to draw as your oppon· ent a snow·haired individual who pulls out a vest·pocketsi7.c chess clock, and says, "We'll use mine, if you don't mind." don't let his benign appearance and gentlemanly demeanor fool you. If you start congratUlating yourself on the fact that you have drawn an octogo:.mar· ian "fish" you m:lY begin wondering after about twenty moves how you are going to gct out of the deep water into which this " fish" has pulled you. You might even wonder which player beller deserve Ihe fish ti tle!

• • • U. S. OPEN

MilwlIukee, 1953

Stonewall Defense L.STOLZENBERG H. B. DALY

Notes by Daly

1. P·Q4 P·Q4 2. P·QB4 P·K3 3. N·QB3 P.KB4 4. P·KN3 N·KB3 5. B·N2 P·B3 6. N-B3 B·K2 7. 0·0 0·0 8. Q·82 N·K5

•• N·K5 N·Q2 10. N·Q3 QN·B3 11. R·QI Q·KI 12. P·B3 N·Q3 13. P·BS ........

Somewhat relieving the tension in the cen ~e;·. Now Black can proceed with P·K4.

13 . ...... .. N·B2 14. R-NI ........

If White plays 14. P·B4 to s top Black's P·K4, he rest ricts the utili ty of his QB, and opens up his K4 square fo r Black's pieces; but, aU th ings considered, it would probably havc been better than allowing P·K4.

14. . ...... . IS. PxP

P·K4 N:.c:P

The knight is indirectly protected through the threat of BxPch.

105

16. P·QN4 N,N 17. PxN P·QR4 18. P.QRl p,p 19. PxP N·R4 20. P·Q4 Q·B2 21. R·Bl B.Q2 22. Q·Ql P·KNl 2l. B·Q2 B.Bl 24. B·R6 KR·Kl 25. P·NS P·BS

With the threat of 8·84.

26. P·N4 P·N4!

(The exclamation point after Black'S last move was not in the game score when originally received from Daly. Upon playing the game over I wrote to him, commenting that 1 Celt the move deserved both the exclamation point and a note from him wh:ch might explain to us woodpushers the underlying reasons for such a move. He replied, "Dear Fred: I agree with you that 26 ... , p·N4 should have a note of explanalion. This sacrifice is based 011 the fact that there is a ripe cherry to be plucked on White 's KR6, but if 27. PxN, 8lack does not play 8·B4 (to which K·K4 would be an ade· quate reply) but, instead, 27 ... , H·K6; 28. Q·Q2, QxP; 29. BxP, QxB, and there can be no doubt that the game is mani· festly in Black's favor, with the threat of R·Q6, etc. aner Black has played 8 ·84. For instance, 30. PXP, PxP; 31. R·N7, B-B4; 32. Q·N2, BxP, and White cannot play R·N8ch." While the explanation is simple and logical, I still fee l that this was quite an analysis for a guy in his 70th year to pull out of his hat in over·the·board play in such an important event, against an opponent who has been on the thin line between expert and master rating for years. So the exclama· t ion point is mine. F .M.W.)

27. PxP 28. P·R4 29. KR·Kl 30. RxR 31. QxQch l2. K·R2

p,p N·N6

RxRch Q·Nl

........ There is no good way to defend the

pawn. If 32. R·Ql, R·R6; 33. N·Nl, R·R5. Wbite, therefore, counter attacks in· stead of defcnding, but the game is practically over.

l2. . ...... . ll. R·K7 34. RxB 35. K·R3 36. P·RS 37. K-R2 38. K·Rl

106

BxQP ",N K·K7 N·K7

N·NBch NxPch

N·R5

19. PxP N,P 40. BxNP B·K4 41. B·B6 8,8 42. P·NS 8,P 4l. BXPch p," 44. P·B6 R·R6ch, 45. K.R2 P·B6 46. P·B7 B·BSch 47. K·Rl 8,P 41. RxB P·B7ch 49. K·N2 R·KB6 50. K·B 1 N·K4 51. R·BS N·NS Resigns

• • • Correspondence Game, 1918

Ruy Lope% H, B. DALY J. H. LONGACRE

1. P·K4 P·K4 2. N·KB3 N.QB3 l. B.NS N.Bl 4. P·Q4 PxP S. 0·0 B·B4 6. P·KS N.Q4 7. P·Bl P·QRl 8. B·R4 N.Nl 9. PxP NxB 10. QxN P·QN4 11. Q·Ql B·N3 12. p·QS N·R2 ll. B·NS P·KBl 14. PxP PxP 15. R·Kch K·B 16. B·R6ch K·B2 17. N.NSch K·N3 18. N·B7 Q.N 19. R·K7 P.Q3 20. P·KN4 P·KB4 21. P·NS QxN 22. RxQ KxR 23. Q·RSch K.K2 24. P·N6 Resigns

• • • Minnesota Wins Midwest Student

Team Championship Tr.e first intercollegi:!te chess tourna·

m<o! nl ever held in the midwest saw the University oC Minnesota finish first in a lO·team field, with a score of 4·1. Forty· ~wo college players from seven states took part, a four·man team from the University of New Mexico driving 1150 miles to the tournament si te at Iowa City, Iowa .

Individual high scorcrs were: 1st board- Milton Otteson, Minnesota

(4·1) 2nd board- George Scriabine, Iowa

(5·()) 3rd board-Pcter Wolf, Michigan

(4'·U 4th board-Tom Lucas, Michigan

(5-0)

The University of l\Iichigan team fin· ished second with a score of 3~·H, and Wisconsin, Wright Junior College (Chi· cago), State University of Iowa, and Shimer College finished in that order_ all v.'ith 3·2. The title went to the Min· nesota team when Iowa upset Michigan, 2H~ in the final round.

The tournament was sponsored by the State University of Iowa Chess Club and was directed by Craig Ellyson, assisted by Kenneth Grant. It was played on April 7 and 8. Eighteen new USCF memberships resu lted from this event.

QUIZ QUARTET by Dr. Richard S. Cantwell

MOVSHOVI CH_KA TAL IMOV KAZAKHSTAN_ 1961

FRYDMAN_ ANDERSEN The H'IIU_ ln,

White to p!ey

DR. EUWE-D. PRZEPIORKA Th. H'lIu_ 1928

FREYMAN_I. RABINOVICH LiE"NINGRAD_ I934

Whit. to pley

(A II.m;ers 011 p. 116)

CHESS LIFE

GAMES

BY

USCF

MEMBERS Annotlfed by

U.S. Mist e r John W. Collins

PAUL ROBEY Paul Robey's win in the last round

gave him firs t prize. Robey is a recent addition to the li st of USeF Masters.

N.ovember Rating Tournament N.ew York, 1961

Nimzo-Indion Defense Meo 9: p. 282, c. 88

P. Robey A. Spiller White Blick

I. P-Q4 N·KB3 3. N-QB3 8 ·NS 2. P·QB4 P·K3 4. Q·N3 ....... .

Tnis, the Spielmann Variation, is play­able, if not popular, but promises no tasting advantage.

4. ..... ... P·B4 S. PxP N·B3

Also efIectivc is 5, ... ..... • N·Ra; 6. P·QR3, bxBP; 7. N-B3, P·QN3; 8. B·N:;, B-N2; 9. P-K3, B-K2; 10. B·K2, 0 -0 ; 11. 0 -0, N-M ; 12. Q·B2, QN-K5.

6. N·B3 ....... . 6. B-N5 and 6. B·Q2 are alternatives.

6. .. ...... Bx P One of the main li nes is 6 ......... , N·K5;

7. B.-Q2, NxQBP; 8. Q-B2, 1'·84. 7. B·NS P·K Rl

Thi s is more forcin g than 7 ......... , p . QN3.

8. B·R4 ........ Book is 8. BxN, QxB ; 9. P·K;:J, p·QN3 ;

10. B-K2. B·N2; 11. N·K4. Q-K2; 12. 0 -0, 0 ·0 =

8. ........ 0 ·0 Why not 8 .. ....... , P·KN4 ; 9. B-N3, N·

KR4? 9. P-K3 B·K2 10. 0-0-0 ........

A sharp move, signi fying a will to win. On 10. B-K2, P-Q4 Black has little diHi­culty.

10. . ....... Better is 10.

........ , B-f\ 2. 11 . Q.B2 12. K·Nl

.. ...... , N-QR4

P-QN3 and 11.

P-QN3 .. 03

Aga in, better is 12 . ........ , B·N2. Il. Q.R41 ....... .

White defends the QBP. And 14. p ­QN4, winning a pieee, and 14. BxN, BxB; 15. RxP are threatened.

13. ... ..... Q·Bl 14. QN-NS Q·Bl 15. B-Ql ...... ..

Not 15. P-QN41, BxN; 16. PxB. Q-K5ch ; 17. B-Q3, QxNP. But now the threat of 16. P ·QN4 is renewed .

1 S. ........ BlIN 16. PlIB Q·Bl

MAY. 1962

Forced. U 16 . ........ . Q·B41 16. I' ·QH3! Q·H41 17. P-KN4! wins for White.

17. R·QBt Q·Ql 18. P-KN41

As in analogous positions o! the Ex· change Varialion of the Queen's Gambit DcJctined, Saemisch. Variation o! the King's rndian Delense. and Yugoslav Varia tion of the Sicilia n, White plays to open the KN fil e and obtain a dan· gerous attack.

18. ........ P-Q4 White wins a piece on 18 ......... , N·

N2??; 19. BxN, BxB; 20. Q-K4. 19. PoNS N·Q2?

Or 19 ... ....... PxP ; 20. BxP, threatening 21. Q·R4 or 21. KR·N l. and Whi te has an irresistible attack. Relatively best is 19 ....... .. , N-K5, allhough White would have the better of the ensuing eompli · cations .

20. PlIP P·N3 21. Q·KN4 ........

Th reatening 22. BxP. 21. ........ BlIB 24. KR-Nl K·R2 22. NxB N·K4 25. N·B31 ........ 23. Q-Q41 Q·Bl

Position .fter is. N· n!

Thi s is the decisive finesse. 25. .. ...... N-Q2

Or 25 ... ..... . , QxN; 26. Q"N. K"P (26. ........ , R-KNl ; 27. R·N3, Q,,8P; 28. R·BI, wins); 27. BxP! PxB; 28. Q-N5ch and mate in two.

26. N·N5ch K·Rl If 26 . .. ..... . , KxP; 27. Q-R4ch and mate.

And if 26 ... ...... , K·Nl; 27. R-B7, as in the textual continuation.

27. R·B7 28. PlIQ 29. P·B4

Q.Q QR·Ql . .......

Black is denied whateVer counter·play 29 ......... , P·K4 would offer. 29. ........ K-Nl 31. RlIRP N-BS 30. KR·QBl 32. P·Nl ........

KN-B3 And not 32. BxN? PxB; 33. RxQBP,

N-Q4 and Black's defense has s tiffened . 32. ........ N-Q7ch ll. K·N2 KN ·KS?

This loses at once. But after 33 ......... . NI7-K5; 34. R/ I-B7, Black cannot together mueh longer either. 34. P·R7ch K·N2 37. RxPch

hold

35. NxPch KxP Resigns 36. NlIQR RlIN

MANHATTANITE WINS Paul Brandts of the Manhattan Chess

C.ub is the Atlantic Coa5t Open Cham· pion. Here is one of the wins that earned him the ti tle.

Atlantic Coast Open Asbury Pork, October. 1961

Gruenfeld Defense :'oleo 9: p. 292, c. 25, (m:B)

P. Brandts L .

1. P·Q4 N·KBl 1. N·K83 P·KNl 'J. P·B4 B·N2

4. N-B3 S. B-84

Preferable is 5. Q·t\3. S. ........ 0·0 6. P·Kl P·B3

Gitden P·Q4 . .......

Again st the same opponent, in the Greater New York Open, 1961, Gilden played the more energetic 6 . ... ..... , P-84.

7. B·K2 .. .. ... . 7. PxP and 7. R- Bl are usual. After

th e text·move, Black could gain a tempo with 7 .. ..... .. , PxP. 7. ........ p·K3 8. 0 ·0 P-Nl t·. PxP KPxP

10. R·Bl 11. P-QN4

B_N2 P-QRl

Preventing 12. P·N5 does not seem to be essential. More development with 11 . .. .... ... QN·Q2 is natural, and if 12. P·N5 then 1'·84. 12. Q.Nl QN·Q2 16. N·Q3 K-R 1 13. KR·Ql Q-K2 17. P-QR4 Q.K2 14. N·Kl N-KS 18. B·Bl P·KN4? IS, NxN QxN

A weakening move, albeit an aggres· s ive one. Firmer are 18 ......... , QR-BI and 18 . ........ , KR-KI.

19. B·Nl P-KB4 20. P·NS!

Beller developed, it is to Whi te 's ad· vantage to open the posit ion .

20. ... ..... RPlIP 21. PxP P-B4

Now, unavoidably, the QP drops. And mack's tactical resources are insuffi-cient compensation. If 21. ..... .. . , R-R6 simply 22. Q-N2.

22. PxP 2l, Nx N 24. BxP

N.P P.N .. ......

Wi th a material plus, the sounder pawn·format ion, and a safer King, White need exert only reasonable caution to chalk up the point.

24. ....... . P·BS Black has been relying on this. It is

not worth the scoresheet it is written on. 25. PxP PxP 26. BlIB QxB

107

If 26 ......... , PxB; 27. BxR, PxBPch; 28. K·RI, RxB; 29. P·N6 wins.

27. 8-R4 B-QS 28. Q·K6! OR·KI

If 28 .......... QxP; 29. RxB, PxR; 30. B-B6ch, RxB ; 31. QxRch, K·N 1; 32. QxQP and White has a winning position.

29. Q·B6 Q·N2 30. R·KI P·B6 31. BoN3 ....... .

i\1atc is prevented and 32. RxR men· aced.

31 . ........ R·K7! Threatening 32 . ........ , BxPch.

32. RxR PxR 33. Q·K4 Q·N4

Threatening 34 .. ....... , QxR mate. 34. R·Kl B·B6

Black keeps t rying ... 3S. P·R41 ........

... but this squashes his l.opes. 35. ........ 0-07 33. B·K S 0-02 36. RxP Q.Q8ch 39. R·K3! RxP '37. K·R2 B·N2 ~O. R·KN3 R·B2 Or 40 .......... BxB; 41. QxBeh, Q·N2; 42. Q>:Q mate.

41 . Q.R8ch Resigns Mate in two.

A PRE I I Y CROSS-PIN J ack Pinneil, who has taken the Long

!s:and two years in succession. comes of( t il(! ropes in the opening to s tage a te r· r ific m:ddie·gamc attack which culmi· nates in II pretty cross·pin.

Long Island Amateur Brooklyn, 1961

King's Indian Reversed MCO 9: p. 348, c. 38, (1)

W. Hll rri l J . Pinneo 1. N·KBJ N·KB3 2. P·KN3 P·Q4

On~ of the best systems against the King's Indian Reversed is 2. ......... P·B4; 3. B·N2, P·Q3; 4. P-Q3. P·KN3; 5. P·K4. B·N~ j 6. p .B3, 0 ·0 ; 7. QN·Q2, P·K4! 3. B·N2 P·B4 S. P.Q3 P.K4 4. 0 ·0 N·B3 6. P·K4 p·QS

U 6 ......... , PxP; 7. PxP, NxP; 8. NxP! NxN; 9. BxN, as in the King's Indian Defense, with colors reversed.

7. N·R4 White takes the

early s tage. 7. ........ P·KN3 8. P·KB4 B·NS 9. Q.KI PxP

........ initiative at a very

10. PxP N·Q2 11 . P·KS ... .....

While this looks good and seems nat· ural, it is probably premature. A sound. er program is 11 . N·R3. 12. N·B4, 13. B-Q2, 14. Q.N3, IS. QR·K I, and ] 6. p·QR4.

11 . ....... . 12. Q·N3 13. N·BS

B.N2 a ·R4 ........

This leads to the winning or the KRP. But sa id winnJng is at least a mixed blessing because White loses t ime with his Queen and opens flies which lead to his ow n King.

13. ........ PxN With 14. NxBch and 14. N·Q6ch men·

Ol ced, this is practically Corced.

108

14. QItB 15. QxP 16. Q.R6?

A tempo is wasted.

R·Kel B·N3 ........

16. ........ Q.K2 17. Q.R'3 ........

Black suddenly realizes there is dan· ger (17 . ... ..... , 0·0·0 and 18 ......... , R·Rl).

17. ........ 0 ·0·0 18. B..Q2 R·RI

The big attack begins. 19. Q.N3 QR·NI 20. N.R3 B·R4 21 . Q.821 ........

An other tempo is wasted. 21 . ........ R·R3

Threatening 22 .......... R/3·~3. 22. Q·K 1 8-NS 23. R.B2 Q.R5

The added weight of the Queen really tips the scales. The main threats a rc 24 ......... , QxPch and 24 .......... B·B6.

24. K·B I R/ 3·N3 25. B.Q5 ....... .

There is no defense. 25. ........ Q·R6c:h 26. B.N2 B·8611

Posit ion after 2' . ........ , 8·.'1l

The decisive cross· pin. 27. RMigns

For if 27. BxQ, R·N8 male. if 27. Rxll, QxB mate, and, iC otherwise, Black wins Ihe K8 with a continued mating aUack.

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY GAME Her e is a game from the Bi·Club In·

vitational Tournament, sponsored by the San Gabrie l and Monterey Park Chess Clubs.

Bi· Club Invitational San Gabriel. 1962

'ire Defense MCO 9: p. 238, c. 62

A. Cupenter J. Sleep 1. P·K4 P·KN3 3. N·Q83 P·Q3 2. P-04 8-N2

More vigorous is N·na, 0 ·0; 6. B·K2.

4. .. .. ....

4. 8-K3 ........ 4. P.B4, N·KB3; 5.

N·KB3 Matanovie·UdovciC, Bled, 1961, con·

t inued : 4 . ........ , N·QB3; 5. KN:K2, P·K4; 6. Q·Q2, N·B3 ; 7. p·Ba, N·Q2; 8. O..(}..(} , N·N3 j 9. P·QN3, PXP; 10. NxP, 0 ·0 .

S. P·83 O,() Piln ik·Pirc, Amsterdam. 1950, went:

S ......... , QN-Q2; 6. Q·Q2, P·B3; 7. 0 ·0 ·0 , Q·R4; 8. K·NI , N·N3; 9. N·Q~ . QxQ; 10. NxNch, BxN=.

6. Q.Q2 7. O,()·O 8. P.KN4

QN..Q2 P·B3 ........

,

Now the opening is the Saemisch Vnri· at ion of the King's Indian Defense, minus P·K4 (or Black.

8. .. ...... 9. B·K2 10. P·NS

Q-B2 P..QN4 N·R4?

Correct is 10 ......... , N·KI . The move loses a Pawn and submits very weak king·poslt ion. 11 . p.B4 P·R4 14. QxRP 12. BxN Px8 15. N·NI 13. Q.K2 NoN3

15. QN·K2 is more natural. IS. ........ N·BS 16. B·B2 P·R5 17. N·Q2 ........

text· to •

P·NS ........

Th is was While's idea in playing 15. N·Nl , to challenge Black's Knight.

17. ........ p.Q4 18. N·K2 NxN 19. RxN PxP

Black has regained his Pawn, but the basic weakness of his position rcmains.

20. B·K3 8 ·84 21 . N·N3 BoN3 22. Q·N4 ........

Thr eatening 23. P·DS. 22 ........ . P·KJ 23. P·R4 ........

And threa tening 24. p ·R5, forces a further weakening of setup.

which Black' .i

23. ........ P·KB4 26. NxB PxN 24. PxP e.p. RxP 27. Q·N3 K·RI 25. P·RS B·B4 28. R·N2R·KNI ??

After th is White wins neally. Best is 2K ........ , R·B2! (28 ......... , Q·B2? 29. p. Q5!. threaten ing 30. B-Q4) a:.d if 29. R/ l ·N I , Q·B I holding for a while at least.

29. P.R61 Wins a piece.

29 ........ .

........

R·N3 If 29 . ........ , RxP (29 . ........ , BxP; 30.

QxR mate) 30. RxR, BxR; 31. QxR male. 30. PxBc:h R/ bP

Ii 30 ......... , R/ 3xP; 31. RxPch! KxR (31. ....... . , RxR ; 32. QxR mate) 32. Q·R4 m3te!

31. QxRl ........ Probably Black overlooked this on his

28th move. 31 . ....... . 32. RxR

And White has ler ial advantage.

32 . ...... .. 33. RxP 34. R·NI

RxQ ........

an overwhelming rna·

Q·B2 Q, P

Religns

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CHESS LIFE

A BAD CHECK Tournament winner Saul Wachs (5-0)

triumphs in the semi-final game after his opponent passes a bad check.

Central Ohio Open Columbus, 1961

Budapest Defense Meo 9: p. 231, c. 28, (h:A)

S. Wachs W. Lut., 1. P·Q4 N·KB3 2. P·QB4 P-K4 3. PICP N·N5

Or 3 ......... , N·K5 (the Farjarowicz Vari· ation); 4. N-KB3, N-QB3; 5. P-QR3! with advantage to White.

4. P·K4 •••••••• 4. 8 -B4 and 4. N·KB3 are at least as

s trong. 4. ........ NxKP 5. P·84 N-N3

Once believed to be inferior to 5 ......... . KN-B3, this is now considered its equal or superior.

6. B·K3 ....... . White prevents 6 ...... ... , B-B4. If 6.

N·KB3, B.N5chj 7. N-Ba, Q-B3! 8. P·K5, Q-N3: Of 7 ......... , P ·Q3.

6. . .... .. . B·N5ch 7. N.Q2 ....... .

Doubled QBPs are avoided. MeO 9 gives 7. N·B3. Q-R5ch ; 8 . P-N3, Q-K2=.

7. ........ Q-K2 I . Q·82 P-K841

Thus laking advantage of White's floating QB. 9. B·Q3 P·Q3 11. 0 ·0 0-0 10. N-K2 N.B3 12. QR·Kl ....... .

What a mass of centralized forces! 12. ........ P;llP 13. KB;llP B-K B4 14. N·KN3 ....... .

14. BxB? ?, QxBch; 15. K·Rl . QxQN loses a piece for White. 14. ........ BxB 16. P-QR3 IS . N/ 3xB QR·K' 17. BxB ••••••••

Menacing 18. N-B5 and 19. NxP. 17. ...... .. Q-Q2 20. P-KN3 Q·NS lB. N·NS N-QS 21. P-R3 19. Q-Q3 P·B4 N·K7ch??

Po. lt lon .fter 21 ..... .... , N·K7ch

Sometimes the counsel "always check, it may be mate" is disastrous o:s it is here. Best is 21. ........• Q.Q2. although White retains the edge.

22. K·R2! ........ If 22. K·N2?? (22. K-Rl? ?, QxNP! and

if 22. K·B2, QxN) Nl7xPcb! 23. BxN, NxBch ; 24. RxN, QxN and White's ad· vantage Is dissipated.

MAY, 1962

22. ..... ... Q·B4 If 22 ......... , Q·R4; 23. P-KN4 wins.

23. QxQ RxQ 24. R·B2! P·K R3 25. N·B3 N·K4

Of course i( 25 . ......... N·Q~; 26. RxRcb wms.

26, NxN ........ 26. PxN wins too, but alter 26. R/lx

N??, NxNch Black is back in business. 26. ........ R/ bN 27. R/2xN ........

A complete switch would be 27. PxR??, RxRch ; 28. K·RI . NxPch ; 29. K·N I . RxB!

27. ........ RxR 2B. RxR

NO GO Correspondent Arthur Durbam of

Andover reports tbis was the finest and most sensational game of the tourna· me nt. All seems go with USCF Master John Curdo for some time. but then his opponent, A. Makaitis. ruins tbe flight. Makaitis has an A rating and was runner­up, with 41,~-llh. to George Proll in the event.

Massachusetts Championship 1962

French Defense MCO 9: p. 104, c. 47

J. Curdo 1. P·K4 2. P·Q4 3. N-QB3

P·K3 P·Q4 B-NS

A. M.k.itis 4. P·KS P-Q84 S. P-QR3 BxNch 6. PxB Q·B2

More usual is 6 ......... , N·K2. 7. Q-N4 P-B4 B. Q·N3 QN·B3 9. N·K2 Q-B2 10. P-QR4 KN·K2 11 . B'R3 P-QBS

12. N-B4 13. B-K2 14. 0 ·0 IS . OB·N4

B-Q2 P-QN3 0-0·0 . ...... .

By threatening 16. P·R5. White forces a weakening of the QNP- unless Black ob­ligingly undoubles the QBPs.

15. ........ P-QR4 16. B·Q6 ........

16. B·R3 is more precise. 16. ........ K-N2 17. KR-NI N·Bl lB. Q-K3? ........

Clearly, it is a mistake to yield a valuable Bishop and to take on a vul·

ncrable QP. Correct is 18. . ....... 19. PxN 20. BxPI

18. B·Ra. Nd 8 ·BI .. ......

Shades of Fischer-Weinstein, U.S. Championship. New York, 1961!

20. ........ RxP Not 20 ......... , PxB? ?; 21. P·Q5, (threat·

ening 22. QxPch and 22. PxNch) and White wins. 21. B.NS Q·B2 25. QR·Nl N-K2 22. N-Q3 K·R2 26. N·B4 Q-Q2 23. R.N3 B·R3 27. R·KI N-N3 24. BxB KxB 28. NxKP QxP

U 28 ......... , R·Kl?? j 29. N·B7ch. QxR; 30. QxR, and White has the exchange. 29. NxP P·BS 32. PxQ R·QBI 30. Q-Q3ch Q.BS 33. N·NS R/3-QB3 31 . N·K6 OxQ 34. R-QBl? ....... .

Passive Rook moves ar e usually sus· pect. More promising is the active 34. R-K6 and if 34 ......... , RxP; 35. R/ 3xPch. K·R2; 36. R·R6ch. K-N2j 37. R(K6)-N6ch, K·B2; 38. P·R4, with a distinct advantage.

34. ........ R!1·B2 35. N·B3 P·N4 36. N-Q2 N·RS

0, 3<l. .. ...... , N·BI followed by ........ , N·K3.

37. R/l-Nl . .......

" 37. R·BI . N-54 ' • 38. N·D3, P·N5! 37. ........ OXP 39. N·81 Ox" 38. ",P R·Blc:h <0. " .. N·MI

Mainly as a result of 34. R-QBl , the whole picture has changed. Black is winning back his Pawn and has the better King, Rook. and Knight position. Add to this an outside passed-pawn and the eventual winner is easily predicted. 41. P·N4 NxP 43. R.Ql P-RS 42. K·H2 R·86 44. p·R4 P-R6

Threatening 45 .......... N·B7 (preventing 46. R·Rl) and the advance of the QRP.

45. R·Rl N·B7 46. R·R2 N-NS 47. R·RI RxP

To stop 48. N-Q2, as well as WID a Pawn.

48. P·NS 49. P·RS SO. N-Q2

p·R7 R-QB6

p·QS (Cont',I. on 1" 114)

ACTIVITY MEANS MEMBERS SPONSOR ONE MORE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR

Chess Life extends a warm welcome to f ive new members of the Membership Committee. With the aid of men like these we will surely reach our goal of 10.000 members by August, 1963.

Dr. R. H. Kuhns Chicago, 1II1nois Mike Sheehan Los Angeles, California Jimmy Marshall Brooks A.F.B .. Texas Clarence Love. Jr., Gul£port, Mississippi John K. Phillips Louisville, Kentucky

These new members and the entire Membership Committee are in the process of organizing "Rating Improvement Tourneys" in their general areas. These Tourneys will mainly be 6 or 8 men Round Robins played at a rate of one game a week. Players in these areas wishing to participate. should contact the Committee· men or E. A. Dickerson, 2500 Hampton. st. Louis, Missouri.

In addition to attracting new members, our committee feels that these Tourneys will help considerably in membership retention . and also that they will eliminate Our problem child "The Provisional Rating."

Why not start one in your area???

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USCF DIRECTORS' MEETING Hotel Sherllton.P.18ce, Sen Francisco, August 11, 1961

The meeting W1I5 called to order by President Cramer at 1;30 P .M. Forty-(lne Director. were prc$ent. The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as prlnt~d In Chc~s We, Nov. ~, 1960.

CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE REPORT

Chairman Glenn Hartleb (D.C.) reported the Rohland 24 Goddard 2 Treblow 1 Cramer 9 McCormick 1 Eastwood 1 Brady 8 F8II8llo 1 Morrell 1 Spann 4 Man:hand 1 Treend I Byland 3 Savery 1 Barnes 1 J enklna 2 Whitaker I O'KeeCe 1

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

following pr oxles: Koltanowskl 1 Bone 1 Burlingame t Morgan 1 Grumette 1

Tellers Jack Shaw (N. Mex.) and Eva Aronson (ILl.) reported the rollowlng we re e loded VIce-Pl'e$1den14 In theh' respective Reg'lQIIs:

RegloD I - Ell Bourdon (Mass.) Region II -Charles Keyser (N.J .) Region III - William Byland (Pa.) fulgton rv _ Dr. Stuart Noblin (N. Car.) Region V -Dr. Howard Gaba (MIch.) fulglon VJ -Dr. George V. O. Tiers (Minn.) fulglon vn -Juan J. ReId (Colo.) Reflon Vm- Mabel Burlingame (Arlz.)

EDITOR'S REPOR.T Editor Frank Brady stated, "last year at St. Loul., the E:<ecutive

Committee ch"tled the format Of Chess Life to a sliCk magadne, publlshlnl more cro5JItables, more unannotated lame.. and a new treatment of new. Coverage. From the mali receIved, It hu been well received throughout the U.S., and we are happy that the EIecutive Committee dId pasl Ihls resolution last year. The lreatest rault Is that Chess Life Is publIshed too late every month, but We hope to Improve this."

Mr. Brady explaIned that with the old format, Chess Life cost $640 per month with lis two wues, and now with the new format, Che5JI Ufe costs $1000 pcr month. Mr. Brady commented, "In January the first 1!sue ran 12,000 copies (a~ opposed to 4,000 of the old issue) for membership promotion campaigns. Our avenle run now Is about 7,000 copies. With the Increased Circulation resulting from the new format it 15 weU worth the extra $360 per month prlntlnl bUl." Presl. dent Cramer commented, "It WlU a tough decision for the Executive Committee to make, and it took two or three difficult meetings at St. Louis. The mlnutu of the Executive Committee meeting which wlll be read bere "port that somebody sald there would be It'fiIs news coming out once a month, and It would be staler news than every two weeki. The extra cost Involved wu about $120 a month on the ba1\1 of the same circulation to change to the slick paper for the same amount of prlntlng. Nevertheless. our circulation has risen. So have our cosl3."

The Secretary Pro Tern, Mr. Grant (low.), re.d Ihc minutes of the 1960 Executive meetings.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS REI"ORT

Chalnnan Jerry Spann reported, " As the USCF gtowS, so does our partlelpatlon in Internation al Affairs. As you watch thO$e little member. ship ficures mount- they look so dry In Ches. LUe--but they have real lite In them as far as our reputation, our partlctpation and pres­tige Internationally II concerned.

I thInk you will alO"ee that the twclve months from Aug. 1960 to Aug. 1961 have been a golden year In International Chess for tbe USCF. In tbe last year, We participated In three world tcam champ· lonshlp., wlnnln&: one, and placing second In the other two, .nd that is a record that Is lolng to be hard to beat."

Mr. Spllnn listed the International events where USCF had par· tlclpated and the results as follOWS; 1. Student World Team Chamlonshlp, Lenlngfad, USSR. U.S. Team

placed first. 2. World Team Championship. Leipzig. U.s. Team placed second. 3. Student Team Cbamplonshlp, Helsinki, 1961. U.S. Team placed

second. 4. Willi...... Lombardy flnlsbed in the middle of a Grandmasters'

Tournament In Switzerland. 5. U.!O. In December and January held Its ~onal championship, won

by Fischer. 6. Robert Byrne placed second In a powerful ficld at Mar del Plata,

and placed first at Santa Fe, Argentlna. 7. Arthur B1.!JCUler tied for 3rd and 4th In the MOlcow tournament

of Grandmasters In June. 8. Larry Gllden of Maryland Is rcprcsenting the U.S. In the World

Junior Championship which Is just starting. 9. Olaf Ulvested and Gilbert RamIrez participated In the Madrid

ChampIonship, 1961. Mr. Spann lauded the U.S. OlympIc Team captain, Mr. Isaac

Kashdan, and p raised the other members or the International Affalt$ Committee, Edward Lasker, Saul Rubin, and Violet Pavcy, Mr. Spann announced the following forthcoming event.; 1. The World's Junior, whlcto Is Just beglnnlnl. 2. Women's Team CbamplQnshJp. 3. Ladles Candidate Tournament, where the U.S. will be "presented

by Lisa Lane and Glsele Gresser: 4. Men's Interzonal, February, 1962-5. Yugo81av Grandmuter Tournament, September 1961, where the

U.S. will be repre-sented by Fischer. 6. CandIdates' Tournament, Amsterdam, late In 1962.

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1. The 1962 World Student Team Tournament. 8. The 1962 World Chen Olympiad.

Mr. Spann spoke of tentative plans for the World's International Championship In New York on 19-64. Mr. Spann discussed In detail the financ1ng and expe nses for the World Student Team tournament held In Hel"nk1.

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEI! REPORT

USCF Life Director Harry Borochow (Calif) lave the Membership Committee Report which had been submitted by Chairman Lena Grumette. Mr. Borochow began by lIIIylng, "I had hoped that Lena Grumette .... ould be here $0 that' wouldn't have to give her report. This was given to me cold as to Lena's progress during the I ... t year. Now, In all defcrence to what tbey 1liiY about me, J am no organizer. I am just a sale$l\lan. I go out and sell a good Idea because r have good examples about me. In the ,,"t place, we couln'! have let Jerry Spann down. He has done such a tremendous job. You are appointed, and YOU Rt a certain goal. $0 you just work at It. Ca ll. fornla seems to be too big for one man. so Tullis of the San Francisco area, wtth the help of McClain snd othet$-we divided California' Into two regions. When you are doing work, you can let more work thrown on your shoulder, and then you start neglect!q your job, so as a result I round 1 had to get somebody good to take my place, and I believe It was well that J suggested Lena Gnuue t te, for she did such a terrific job that she was given the national chalnnanshlp."

Mr. Borocllow gave the report which described the USCF memo bershlp gain, In the varlous regions at varlou. times In the past year. (See table In February 1!H12 Cheu We, Pale 41).

ARMEO FORCES COMMITTEE REPORT

The Armed. Forces Committee Report, prepare<! by Chalnnan .Jack MathellOn (VI.) was read by Maj. Edmondson (Texas). In hia report. Col. Matheson descrlbed the work done In the past year con· cernlng the Armed Forces Tournament and tbe Thomas Emery award, and showed how the present Anned Forces Che5JI Program csn be enlarged. The report renected IremeJldous progress In ofnclal acceptance of organized chCSll In the Armed Forees. Mr. Oross (Calif) suggested that the report he reproduced In some way. and that copies be d1strtbuted to the various service commands.

SPECIAL CALDERON REPORT

President Cramer produced a report from Mr. Jose Calderon (NY), special a.Mistant to the President. Mr. Calderon wanted the members that though Che8ll 1$ on a rapid uPilrade In the U.S., USCF was still not 8Utf1clently ~trong due to lack of Info rmation, apathy, and dependency. Mr. Calderon recommended cooperation with pro· moters and chess workers, and an awareneSS of USCF and Its growth and needs b'y the Individual members.

PUBLIC R.ELATIONS REPORT Chairman George Barnes (7.llnn.) reported the premise tbat

USCF has attained a point of development where It Is not dcslrable to conllnue with the tradItional "deficit" type of financing In which USCF Is very dependent on patronage, but that USCF could embark on a different finaoclal pollcy, dependIng upon what the future ob­JectIves of USCF are. The report listed the followln,: as necessary short range objectives of USC~';

I . Til< DeductlbUlty as appl ied to donors to the USCF as well a5 to USCF earnings, endowmenls, Income from endowments, gifts, and capital ,alna.

2. Continued Improvement In Chess Lite edltorlal content, and ad· vertlslng revenue.

3. Continued efforts to perfect thc rating system, Including foreign International muters and grandmasters.

4. Expamlm, membership via membershtp drives and tournaments . 5. More regional junior and State tournaments under USCF aUS·

plces. 6. More emphasis on Junior Chess: I.e ., teachlnl chess to children

~nd studenta, forming high school and college clubs and leagues, expaosion of park board and $Chool chess teaching raciUUes.

1. Teach more people 10 play chess (YMCA, YWCA, hospitals, clubs, community cenlers).

8. Contlnued emphaSis on chess In the Armed Forces. 9. The InclUSion of sultable USCF regional tournaments as qualify.

Inl tournaments for the U.s. Championship. 10. The development of a U.S. chess world champion.

The following were the suggested long range ohJeCtiVCfi of the USCF assuming tax deductibility has been attained: 1. Putting the USCF, Its officers and dlrectorl and Its business of·

fice, In business making money for expanded chelS activIties. 2. Securing commercial sponsorship of more USCF actlvitln on a

mulually profitable basis. 3. Encour.g!nr gifts, endowments from chen enthUSiasts via dona·

tlons, wWs, bequests, trusts, with the understandtng that Income only will be spent on USCF events.

4. SeUlnl up the United States Chess Foundation, a subsidiary or the United States Chess Fedcratlon, with a board CODSlstlnl of Investment men and security research men, to Invest funds In growth and Income·produclng securltles.

5. Usinl Chess Life to remind members to remember the U.S. Chess Foundation In their ",nls.

S. Forming a committee of 100 or 1000, each of whom pledges to donate at least $100 to the U.s. Chess Foundation during his Ilfe· time.

1. otferlnl Life Membership tn the USCF to anyone who conlrtbules $150. ($100 10 go 10 the U.S. Chess Foundation, $SO for Chess Life).

8. Putllnr responsibility for spending the Income only for che5~ ac· tlvltles in the hands of a committee headed by the P~ldent of the USCF.

CHESS LU'E

9. Encouraging "patrons" ot the game to contribute to tho U.S. Chess Foun,laUon as well as specLflc che$!! actlvltlea.

10. Maldn( It easy to "'ve to chess by polnlln, out that chess brin,s bapplness to millions, that che&! needs money, thai ch(>.'1$ contri. bullons will bring expanded ch(>ss aellvlUu.

INSTITUTIONS CHESS COMMITTEE REPORT Chairman Ralph Kuhnl (nt.) repo r ted that considerable Interest

had been shown by hospitals and penal Institutions r egarding Chen as a therapeutic procedure. Dr. Kuhna has Initiated activity In each U. S. Reglon, and feels there Is much more that Can be done. INDUSTRIAL CHESS COMMITTEE REPORT

Chairman Stanley W. KIng (Conn.) described scattered $ucce$.S tn varLous areas. :\'Ir. King recommended that more atte ntion by Regional Vlce·Pre$ldents be given to Industrial Che.'l$, If only to open up lines of communication. The report recommended ror possible future ac­tion, the establishing or thc highest r ankine Indust.rlal tcam In the U.S. Tum klurnament. WOMI!N'S CHESS COMMITTEE REPORT

Chairman Eva Aronson (IU .) descrlbe(l work done In the put year, and recommended that the Women's Tournament be held an· nually like the Men's Tournament, Innud of biannually.

There was no report from the Tax DeduetiblUty Committee not {rom the Tournament Rules Committee

Discussion centered on the mechanics of starting local chess clubs, and InlUating proper organization, By.laws, etc. The mcetlne was then adjourned at 5:45 P.M.

Respcctlully submitted, MARSHALL ROHLAND Secretary. USO' KEN~ETH GRANT Secretary Pro-tern

SECOND OIRECTORS' MEETING Hotel Sheraton.Palaee, San Franci~co. August 19, 1961 . The meeting WIUI called kI order by President Cramer at 11 A.M,

RATING SYSTEM COMMITTEE REPORT Chairman Elo (Wb.) described his work on the Rating S.fstem Com.

mlttee as follows, "Lan year at St. Loul$ J presented a general sum· mary ot what the committee had donc up to that time. Since that time the work ha~ continued. The final form of the rating Iy. tem wal described In the June Issue of Chess Life. Aa far al the theoretl· cal basis of the system Is concerned, we now can consider It Is essen· tlally In lis final form .

The rating syatem as now designed Is based upon established sta­tistical ptOeedu ..... s and practices. The statistical method Is uscd to p ..... dlct the unpredictable. We cannot predict which of two players meeUn,. in a contest will win. However, In .ny given round, we can predict the percentage seored by the low rated players and by the high rated players." SWISS SYSTEM METHODS COMMITTEE REPORT

Chairman Elo read his report and commented on different facets of !t. Major :tdmundson stated he had COnducted handicap tourna· ments USing the prescnt railng syalem. and the suggesllon was mad~ that he write up an a rticle for publication In Chess Life.

Mr. Eta stated that any of the preaent methods of tle·breaklng a ..... artificial, hut I t we can establish a high correlation be~waen any one or the:re and the performance rating, wc may decide to use that as the basis.

The members present gave Mr. Do II r ising vote of thanks. The meeting was then adjourned at 1:1S P .M.

Respectfully submitted, ·MARSHALL ROHLANO Secrctary. USCF KENNETH CRANT Secretary, Pro Tern

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OFFICIAL NOTICE The annual meeting of the membership of the USCF will

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KORCHNOI IN TH E DE FENS IVE: Russian Grandmaster Victor Korehnoi related some of his personal experiences and views on chess in a recent article in the Latvian magazine SAHS (cdited by Tal). Here are excerpts from that article:

"In 1944 I engaged in three activities at the Palace of the Pioneers in Leningrad: literature, piano, and chess. HoweVer, very soon I channelled most of my interest towards chess. Both practical play and the analysis of games stimulated my chess development. Most young players concentrate on tactical chess and the openings. I chose a different road; I did not pay too much attention to the openings, but concentrated mOTe on the endings. This approach to chess has left a pcr· manent impression 011 me. In the openings, playing the white pieces, I do not search for clever nuances; while playing black, I try to deviate from known variations and frequently play " illcorrectly ."

Sometimcs I will intentionally yield the initiative to my opponenl As Emanuel Lasker sa id, 'When evenly-matched opponents play 'cClTrectiy', the ga mcs se ldom have any content and frequently end in draws.' A player who cannot tolerate draws (and I belong to this class) must strive to upset the balance. He must either sacrifice material in the hope of ob­taining the initiative or else he must permit his opponent to attack in the hope that, in doing so, the opponent will create weaknesses that can eventualJy be taken advantage of. I like to coax my opponents into attacking, to let them taste the jOy of the ini\.ialive, so that they may set carried away, become careless, and sal:rifice material. Later I may be able to launch a successfu l counterattack. Chess then becomes a real battle.

I do not. mean to say that my style is the ideal style. Well do I know what it means to seize the initiative. In fact I consider it one of my major weaknesses that I lack the ability to grasp the initiative from the opening bell. However, I wish to emphasize my feeling that real chess battles result when a clever attack meets with a relentless defense. Defense is often considered a thankless task, although it does have a romance of its own. Moreover, the masters of the defense (Steinitz, Lasker, Nimzovich, Botvinnik, Petrosian) have contri­buted as much to chess as the attacking geniuses (Morphy, Anderssen, Alekhine, Tal, Geller)."

A comparison, of Korchnol 's and Tal's chess philosophies (see the article by Tal, CHESS LIFE, March 1961) reveals many similarities-their eagerness to accept risks, their avoidance of "cor rect" cantinuations--, even though their actual styles of play diller greatly. As Tal once said, " I hope Korchnoi will forgive me, but I would rcruse 75% of the positions which he plays with great deligbt." (For some games between Tal and Korebnoi, see last November's CHESS LIFE). IT COULD HA PP EN TO YOUI: CHESS WORLD points out that most players stop their clocks as soon as they have written down tbeir sealed move. This is definitely an incorrect pro­cedure; one must actually seal the envelope before stopping the clock. Recently a player in England made this error and his opponent claimed and was awarded the game. The pro­cedure of writing a move down and then stopping the clock is clearly illegal because, until the envelope is sealed, one still has the right to alter the move (the move is not complete). SPASSKY JUMPS HIGH : Boris Spassky, winner of this year's USSR Championship, is favored for eventual world champion

MAY, 1962

by U. S. Master ELIOT HEARST

status by many or those in the know (eYen Bobby Fischer likes Spassky's chances). EUROPE ECHECS fills in some biographi­cal details about the Russian champion, who incidentally is one of the pleasantest grandmasters your reporter has ever had the opportunity of meeting.

"Boris Spassky was born in 1937 in Leningrad. An execl· lent student (he was first in his class) he devoleped his chess ability at a very young age: at 11 he was a first category player and at 16 a master. In 1953 he participated in an inter· national tourney at Bucharest where he sharcd fourth to sixth pr;ze with Szabo and Boleslallsky, thus becoming an interna­tional master. Seventh in the interzonal tourney at Goteborg in 1955 he was named a grandmaster and qualified for the Candidates Tourney in Amsterdam (1956), where he finisbed third behind Smysloy and Keres. He has participated in eight USSR Championships, his best prior result being a tie for firs t in 1956.

His chess career has not prevented him from carrying on his journalistic studies. His interests are varied : reading, music, skating. Ilis height has enabled him to gain disti nction in athletics also (the high jump). Very modest with regard to the wor ld championship, he told interviewers that he was gOing to work hard to improve his endgame play. which he feels leaves much to be desired ."

FROM QRl to KR8: The USSR Championship directors again tried to enioT(;e a rule against quick draws. Bronstein, against Shi anovsky, asked the judges to give permission for the game to be drawn after only 14 moves had been played. When they refused and order ed play to continue, the two' adversaries ex· changed everything in lightning fashion and obtained their draw! .... " Bobby Fischer at Bled exploited a weak mOlle by Tal in the opening, crushed Geller in the middlegame, and outplayed Petrosian (nicknamed the "modern Capablanca" for his cnd game mastery) in the endgame. It is clear that tbe ex-infant prodigy merits being called the "complete chess· player" (V. Soultanbeieil) .... Leonard Barden, surprised at KorchnO"i's comment that he is very active in track as well as chess events, asked the Russian at what distance he special­izes. "The mile," reillied Korehnoi. "How long do you take to run it?" "Seven minutes," was the proud reply! Even though Korchnoi has not yet erased Snell's world mark, how many chess masters of your acquaintance could run a mile in seven minutes? .. . . As " Lane" means "a lamb" in Serbian, they say that no' chess-minded busband dared to address Lisa by that name in Vrnjacka Banja .... "The fact tbat a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered 33 an excuse as, for instance. the slatement of the law-breaker tbat he was drunk at the moment he com· mitted the crime. The inability of an experienced master to deal with the clock should be considered as grave a fau lt as a miscalculation" (A. Alekhine, Nottingham, 1936 tournament boak) . ... " A master who, not being able to win through his own ability, tries to gain a point by exhausting a less physically trained opponent, fully deserves to lose" (A. Alekhine).

Th anks arc due to Prof. S. Naidel and Dr. A. Kalir for help in the translation of some Russian articles. Please send all material and suggestions for this column to Eliot Hearst, Arlington Towers J ·1125, Arlington 9, Va.

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ess In the United Stotes

_"'-'"tllur Bisguier won the very strong S-ph,yer Bruno Forsberg Memorial Mas. t~ Tournament at the Marshall Chess Cluh in New York. Bisauier finished with a score of 6H, ahead of Edmar ~lednis, Sidney Bernstein, Donato Ri· vera, Louis Levy, Jonn W. Collins, Allen Kaufman, and Carl Pilnlck.

• • • The 31-playcr Crossroads 01 America

Open, played in Indianapolis, IDdill';ll, on Apr il 14-15, was won by Allen Rem­hard with a clean H , Hua:b E. Myers. Richard Ling and Adam Rueckert (all +1) finished second through fourth in the order listed. Tournament Director Edward B. Sweetman reports that "Wen­dell Lutes, 8th ranked player, bad been married two days before the tournament. He brought bis wife with bim." (After forfeiting in round one, Lutes didn't lose a game!)

• • • The fourth annual North Florida

Chess Tournament was won by Allan Himber who also won the Central Flor· ida Op~n reeenUy. Runner·up in the strong 34-player field was Ned Hardy. The tournament was played on the I University of ~orid: ca~pus .

The Waterville Chess Club (Maine) posted a 7·4 victory over the Rumford Chess and Checker Club In a match play· ed at Rumford. The fint eight boards were all even at 4-4, but victorJes on tbe last three boards gave tbe visitors their margin of victory.

• • • On March 11, a IO·man chess team

fr om Ft. Campbell (Kentucky) downed a Xashvllle learn at lhe Nashvllle YMCA by I I ~-8' in a doubleround match. Lt. David H. Rogers, secretary of the Fort

I Campbell Chess Club writes: "We here at Fl'rt Campbell are espedally proud o[ Ihis wi:'! ... for two reasons: (1) in January of 1961 there was no Fort Campbell Chess Club; now we have 3'7 acth'e members . __ (2) The team we defeated was no push over as evinced b,· the {act that Richard Long, the newly-crowned Arkansas State Open ch ampion and USCF·rated Expert played their first board, and Albert L Bowen, the reigning Nashville City Open champ­ion was down on fifth board."

• • • John D. Bell won the New Haven

Open, concluded on AprU 8, abead o{ William H. C. Newberry, and James Bohon. Roger WiJli .. mson was fourth, Ford Capen fifth . Twenty-five players competed in the eight-round event.

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The Paul Masson vineyards of Sara­toga, CaliIornia, have created the George Koltanowski Caissa Award, which con· sists o{ a bronU! plaque designed by the famous sculptor, Mal'ian Brackenridge o[ Sonoma, Cali[ornia. The special award will be given annually to the man or woman who has done the best job of chess promotion during the past year. The first recipient : none other than J erry G. Spann of Oklahoma City, the USCF's flOE Vice President. In addi· tion to the plaque, JCI'ry will receive a gift case of wine from Paul Masson.

• • • Peter Henry Gould won the 14-player

Rhode Island Championship, played OD

Murch 30 and April 1, with a perfect 5·0. His brother, William, finished In a tic with G_ M. Irwin {or second and third.

The Motor City Invitational, conelud· ed in Detroit in April, was won by Wesley Burger, 12-1 (lwo draws)_ Carl Driscoll and Peter Irwin tied {or second and third, with 1U; K. Skema was fourth with 9. The event was sponsored by the Michigan Chess Association and directed by Dr. William A. Henkin.

• • • Andy Staklis won the Lincoln City

(Nebraska) championship, played {rom Junuary to April, with a score of "·1. Anton Sildmets, 6·2, edged out former champion Alex Liepnieks. same score, {or second. Liepnicks held the Lincoln City championship {or eleven years!

• • • '!'he Metropolitan Intercollegiate Chess

League individual championship (New York City) was won by Michael Valvo who won a play-oH game against Tobias Robison alter both bad finished with scores of 4·1. Tbe tournament was play· ed from March 30 to April 1 at the Columbia College Chess Club.

• • • USCF master Charles Morgan tied

with 1. Wiener for the championship o{ the Phoenix Chess Club. Both players posted scores of 4·1; J . Christman (3n was third. Twenly players competed in the Finals which ran from November througb February.

• • • Max Burkett posted a perfect 6-0 score

lo win the Tucson Open, a point above Charles Morgan. John Varis was third, Ed Stacy fourth . Twenty·two players competed in the event, played March 23 through 25.

COLLlKs---(Collr'd. from p. 1(9) This second passcd·pawn is decisive.

51 . P·R6 K-N4 53. N-B6 P.Q6 52. N·K" R·B3 54_ NxP ....... .

Or 54. K-B3, P-Q7; S5. K-K2, R-BS and Black wins.

54. ........ P-07 55. N-B6 R·B8 56. P·R7 ........

If 56. RxR, PxR- Q; :;7. P-R7, P-R8=Q wins.

$4, ........ P·08";:.0 57. P·R8= Q Q_Bach

And the king-hunt begins. 58. K'B3 R-B6ch 62. K·K6 0 ·B4ch 59. K·K4 Q·Q6ch 63. K·K7 R·B2ch 60. KxP R-85ch 64. Resigns 61 . K·K5 R-Uch

U 64. K-B8, (Black mates on other moves) R·Blch wins the Queen.

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GREATE R BOSTON OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

6-round Swiss, 45 moves/2 hrs., spon· sored by Massachusetts State Chess As­sociation, to be played at South Boston Lithuanian Cit izen's Assoc., 368 W. Broadway St., Bostoo. Entry fees, if received prior to May 26: Class A $10, B $5, C $3. After May 26 Class A $12., 8 ~, C $4. USCF membership &; Mass. State dues required. $100 first prize [or Class A; other prizes to be given aCC<Jroing to number of entries. Entries & inquiries to: Robert B. Goodspeed, 245 Park St. , Stoughton, Mass.

Jun. 1·2·3

MISSISSIPPI OPEN

5-round Swiss, 45 movcs/2 hrs., spon· sored by Miss. Chess Assoc., to be played at Greenville Hotel, Greenville, Miss. Entry fee $5 plus USCF membership. MissiSSippi championship to top player from state, Three class trophies. Entries & inquiries to Jeff Lidell, 618 Inez St., Greenville, Miss.

IDAHO OPEN

!).round Swiss, 50 moves/2 hrs., spon­sored by Idaho Chess Ass'n., to be played at 11th & Idaho St., Boise, Idaho. Entry fee $3.50 plus USCF membership. 1s t prize $50, 2nd $2;), 3rd $10. Winner is Idaho Open Champion. Inquiries to R. S. Vandenburg, 2316 Regan Ave., Boise, Idaho.

Jun, 2 & ,

OKLAHOMA CITY OPEN

Sponsored by the Oklahoma City Chess Club, this 5·round Swiss will be held -at the Uptown Kiwanis Center (35th & North Western) Oklahoma Cit)', Okla­homa. Registration: 8:00-10:30 A.M. June 2. Entry fee $3.00 for U.S.C.F. members. Cash prizes and trophies will be awarded. F.l.D.E. Vice·President Jerry Spann is the director.

Jun, , ~ JU II4 '0

CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND AMATEUR

Limited to residents o( central New England who are not masters, this 6-round Swiss will be held at the V.F.W. Hall , 7 Pleasant St., Fitchburg, Mass. Three trophies in each class, A, B, C, & Unrated will be awaroed. Entry fe<>-.­$4.00 to U.S.C.F. members. The winner will be the Central New England Ama­teur Champion. Entries and inquiries are to be addressed to J. C. LeBlanc, 8 Taft St., FitchbUrg, Mass. Francis W. Keller Jr. will direct.

MAY, 1962

June 8"'·1 0 CORAL GABLES CHA.'\\PIONSHIP

5-round Swiss, 45 moves/ 2 hrs., spon­sored by Chess Club of Coral Gables, to be played at Coral Gables Youth Cen· ter, 400 Anatasia Ave., Coral Gables, Florida. $5 entry fee plus USCF memo bership; $3 fee for juniors under 21. Trophies fo r 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Cash awards will be determined by number of en· t ries. AU enlry fees will be given as prizes. Entries & inquiries to: Cheas Club of Coral Gables, Murray G. Cohen, Pres., 400 Anatasia Ave., Coral Gables 34, Fla.

Jun, 9-1' PUGET SOUND OPEN

6-round Swiss, 50 moves/ 2 brs., to be held in Tacoma, Wash. USCF memo bership required; plus entry fees: $4 regular, $3 juniors under 19. $50 guar­anteed 1st prize, plus all fees in excess of expenses divided between lst, 2nd, 3rd. Also clocks for Class A & B winners & free USCF membership for Class C and Junior winners. For details: Tacoma Chess Club, 934 North Alder, Tacoma 6, Wash.

June 15-'6-17 2ND ANNUAL HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE OPEN

6-round Swiss, (lpen to aU who are USCF members and members of Califor· nia Chess Federation, or who become members prior to s tart of tournament. Entry fee $5.30. To be played in Build· ing 585, Hamilton AFB, Calif. (25 miles north or San Francisco on U.S. 101). Prizes, based on an estimated 30 en­tries: 1st $50, 2nd $30, 3rd $20, plus others for Classes A, B, C. Entries & in· quiries to: A2C Charles R. Savery, Box 779, Hamilton AFB, Calif.

Jun, '6-17 FOX VALLEY OPEN

Sponsored by Fox Valley C.C., to be held at Aurora Recreation Center, 5 Fox St., Aurora, m. (One block south of Leland Hotel where special arrange· ments have been made for all entrants). 5-round Swiss, $5.00 entry fee for USCF members. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, top A, B, C, Junior & Unrated. Entries & inquiries to: James M. Fuller Jr. , 525 PennsylVania Ave., Aurora, Ill. or James F. Gibbs, 114 Blackhawk, Aurora, TIL

J une '6-17 NEW YORK STATE AMATEU R

CHAMPIONSHIP Sponsored by the N.Y.S. Chess Ass'n,

!).round Swiss, 50 moves/ 2 hrs. , to be played at Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y. Open to all (except rated masters) who are or beCOme members of USCF and New York State Chess Assoc. Entry (ee $3.00. (N.Y.S. Chess Ass 'n dues are $2 a year). Winner will receive the Martha H. Phillips Memorial Trophy; plaques & medals awarded (or 2nd , 3rd, and Class A, B, C, Unrated. Accommodations available in Sherrill Hall dormitory, on "first come, first served" basis. Direct inquiries to: R. L. LaBelle, R.D. No. I, Phelps, N.Y.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN

6-round Swiss, 50 moves/ 2 hrs., spon­sored by Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, to be played at Joslyn Hall, comer Wil. shire & Uncoln 8 lvds., Santa Monica Calif. Enlry lee $10.50 for USCF mem~ hers. Minimum guaran teed prizes: 1st $225 & t~ophy ; 2nd $150, 3rd $75,­others. Direct entries & inquiries to: H. T. Abel , 126 Bicknell Ave., Santa Monica , Calif. Phone: EX 9-1324.

Jun, 23-24

ALBUQUERQUE OPEN

5-round Swiss, 45 moves/ 2 hrs., to be played at E. Central Branch office of Albuquerque National Bank, Central & Washington N.E., Albuquerque, N.M. $3.00 entry fee for USCF members. Tro­phy prizes, city title to highest ranking Albuquerque resident. Entriei & in­quiries to: Don Wilson, 724 Washington N.E., Albuquerque, N.M.

Jun, 23-24

SOU THEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CHAMPIONSHIP

6-l"ound Swiss, 40 movcs/2 hu., to be played at Central YMCA, 6th & Wash. mglon Sts. , Reading, Pa. Entry fee $4 if paid in advance, $5 on day of tourna. ment. Prizes for Class A and 8 players as income permits. Southeastern Penn. sylvania title to a resident of that area. Entries and inquiries: Frederick S. Townsend , 103 Halsey Ave., West Lawn, Po.

Jun, 23-24

USCF REGION FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP

5·round Swiss, 45 moves/lOS minutes. Sponsored by Ohio Chess Assoc., to be played at The Loretto, 125 W. First St., Dayton, Ohio. Open to residents of Indi­ana, Ohio, and Michigan who are or become USCF members. All entries must be received in advance, before June 20, accompanied by $5.00 entry fee. Do not send cash, use check or money order. Cash prizes for first three places. Books ~o top Class A, B, C. Other prizes depend­Ing on number of entries. Entries and information to: James Schroeder, Box 652, Springfield, Ohio. Sets and clocks needed: do not bring red and black boards.

Jun.e 29 ttl ru July I

DOWN EAST TOURNAMENT

A 6-round Swiss, open to ·all, will be conducted at the Y.M.C.A., Portland, Maine. The fi rst round begins at 8 P.M. Friday, June 29. Entry fee: $5.00 plus U.S.C.F. membership. Please bring chess clocks. For further information contact Stu art Laughlin , 68 Prospect Ave., Port­land, Maine.

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Jun. 30, July 1

BAYOU CITY OPEN

5-round Swiss, 45 moves/ 2 ill's., to be held at 1913 West McKinney, HouStOD 19, Texas. $5. entry fee for USCF me mo bers. Cash and t rophy prizes will be awarded. Entries and information : Rhodes Cook, 1913 W. McKinney, Hous· ton 19, Texas.

Jun. 30, July 1·2· l

SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS

7·round Swiss, to be played In Mem· phis, Tenn., championship of USCF Region IV, open to experts or above, s tate champions, and other st rong play· ers. Entry fee, including SCA publica. t ions, $16; only $14 if staying at host Hotel Claridge. Mu st be or become USCF member-$~i a l ra te, $4. First prize, trophy and $100; second, at least $50. plus entry fee for '63, plus others. For full details write : R. C. Eastwood, J04 S. Krome Ave ., Homestead , Fla.

Jun. 30, July 1.1·3

SOUTHERN AMATEUR

7·round Swiss, to be played concurrent with the above. Open to those rated 1899 or lower (or unrated). 1st prize, trophy plus $25 plus $1 5 contribution to hotel

~l~ o~~et~:~~::~ ~!~r:s,p~~c~s i~f~l::! $12., including SCA publications; only $10 if staying at host Hotel Claridge. USCF membership at this event : $4.00. For (ull details write : R. C. Eastwood , 304 S. Krome Ave., Homestead, Fla.

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CAROLINAS OPEN

6-r ound Swiss, sponsored by N.C. &: S.C. chess assoc. $100 first prize; others according to entries. To be played at Ocean Forest Hotel, Myrtle Beach, S.C. For further information write: Prot L. L. Foster, 4600 Trenholm Rd., Colum· bia, S.C.

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P.(IN4 P .. , 0.0 N-Q.'

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H . H B·B3 B· N2 N·B4 ."

21. K ••• n . OR-QI 24. N·a4 15. Rx ll 26. Q IIQP 27. II / IxH 11. NxR 2t. p ·a4 30. 1111" 31. R·1I5 32. P'OH4 33. lI·as 34. H·1I3 U . P. II$ 36 • • ·K' 31. II ·K4 11. P.QR4 ,t. K·R2 40. R/ 4-K5 41 , R. l lliln i

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SOLUTION TO QUIZ QUARTET

Mo ... shov ich· K.t.1 i mov 1. ........ BxB 2. Kd R-QBl

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2. 3.

0 ' ........ P·K7+ RxQ wins.

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K·Bl Qx.

• Euwe·Pn. piorka

1. ........ .. .. B.QSI win, a piece White pl.yed

2. K· N3 BxB 3. OxNP+ and re­

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