Vol VlU. No.9

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LARRY EVANS fl, S. Chm

CI".."pion

U. S. O/K" Champion_ 1911·12

U. S. T_", ,,'1\._..1 Aft",bu, 191D, '''1 1 • • _~.. p-au

A bad move, but not because o[ lhe reason which Alekhine elves in ill!; !Iotes lo the ~:lInc. fle d a lms instead th nt Black should have won by 1. , H-Q4; 2. Q-Kt6, PxR; 3. Qx.H, Q-Q5 ch i 4. K-R2, KtxBP; 5. R-K4, Q·D4 and " the game, thanks to two extra Pawns, would have been eas ily WOD {or Black." Correct. However, Alekhine over­looks the in-between 3. P-B6 ch !!, K-any; 4. Q-KtB eh followed by mate!

1. . . , Q-Q5 eh, ins tead o( the text. should dr aw. ·

2. RxPl 2 . R·Kt4 only draws. e .g., , P-K5! (not ,R·Q5?; 3, RxP ; 3. P xP (if 3. BxP, Kt·K7 ch draws), Q-R8 I;h ; 4. K-B2, Q-R5--draw.

2. .. ..... PxR? This should now lose by (oree. 2 . , Q·Q5 chi 3. QxQ, RxQ; 4

STRONG ENTRY AT COLLEGIATE

Headed by Berliner, Bisguier , and Burger , .. str ong fie ld of th irty l;oUcgc players are conte nd­ing for Ule Individual Intercol­legiate ti tlc a t Colu mbia Univers­ity. The lis t of cn tries rcp resen ts 23 schools in the USA :llld C;ln ada:

lIa ns Berliner (Ceo,·!:e Washln{: lon U ). Arthur Bl5guler (r>:l(le CoUe.!:c). Lev Bienarovyeh (Newark Col nC t:nl:). Karl Burger (Columbia U.). KI l Cr it­tenden CU. o f No. Carolllla). J ohn Dale (Col umbia U J, Richa rd t' rleden­thai (1J of Bridl:eport). ROllal tl Fry (U or Pen nsylvanIa). a... .... rgc H"n l"".n (John Hopkins 0 ). Mulln 1I:l ,·ro ... (Clly Col .. ~.!:e or NV), Cha,·lell Hcnln (1J or Chic a g o) . 'l'h OnlaB P. Hennessy Word­hnm IJI. William V. Howard (U at Pcnn:l ), .Jack Kal:"etsu (U of Toronto). Allen Kaurman (Ne ... York U), Rlehurd Kau~c (We.'l~ rn RCfi(' rve), Derwin Kerr (Yale U). "'"rry LIpkin.!; (Wcs!el'n He­.. crv~ ) .

Co llln r.l l"l{ i"non (Fo,·dham, 0). I)on Mile,. (Ohl .. W ,'s leya'I ), Charles Morgan (Man lwl1 ("nl) . Hslang·Yuan Meng (Carleton C"I ). O • ..::" t POI>O"yeh (Rut­"en), "u..:<:nc lIod,;,mleh (Hurvard UJ, Jerry O",n"leln {Cu!t,nlbla 01, Alle n Rich (CI ty Colle!:o ut NY), David RO!lWker (U ot To,·onlo), H arvey Sagursky {Ha,·vard 01. Dan Salnuel5 (U at l'~nn"yl""nl" ). nollert Sn.l'lr o (U ot Chlcago ), G,·"..:ory Sheritlallt (Holy CrOllS), Cloa d". Sovel (0 ot Pennsylvanla), ThOlfia~ Unger (MIl!lS Inst or Tech). Albe,·t Wei.:,;o,,,"m (Ne ... Vorl< U). Ch:o rle$ Wllte (Columbia UI. George Zwelger (0 or Pennsylvania).

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Tuesday. January S, 1954 IS Cents

N_ York. lt14 BOGOLJUBOFF

EOWARO LASKER Black to mOVe and __ ._.

KR-B5, Kt-R4.; 5. R--K16, IQt.·B5 should give Black a draw.

3. QxP d\ K-Ktl 4. R·Kt4

Nol 4. QxR?, Q-Q5 cb with a per · pet ual check,

4. ........ O_R' ch 5. K · B2 R· B2 6. R· Ktll? ... _._

Oops! Whi te's turn! Simply 6. KxKt leaves Black helpless.

6, .. ...... R" R 7. QxR eh K·Kt2

Not 7. R-B p · 8 B-M ch, K·Kt2; 9. 1"-136 chl· 'and wins.

8. Q-K5 eh K·B l ,. Q·Kta eh and draw

. b y perpetual check

KARFF REGAINS WOMEN'S TITLE

Needing a last round viclory over Mrs. Gisela K . Gresser whom she trailed by onc·half point at the e nd or seven rounds, ?tfiss N. !\fay Karff in a gamc o( many vicissitude!'; linally scored the necessary point to regain the U.S. \Vomcn's Championship title.

S tand ings at the end of seven rounds were:

U. S WQMEN·S CHAMPIONSHIP Semi·fin al Sta nd ings

I. Mrs . GIsela K. Gn:~ser 6-0 2.. Miss N. May Karl! .. _ .. ... _ ...• S'>ll- '>II J. Miss Wally Henschel _ .... _ .... 4'>11-1'Al 4. Mrs. RO"-3.lia de Ser:J·ano .. 4'>1.-1'Al 5. Miss Kate Henscbel _ .... 3'!..-3'h, 6. Mr.< . Henrietta n oger.. 1'>11-4 \-\1 7. Miss Adele Raettlg ... 1 '>1.-5'1~

U. MrS. Micaela Babakin . . .. 1 ·S 9. M.rs. Margurct Slo" y . ... 0 -6

BERQUIST WINS CHATAUQUA CO.

Uelgc Bergquist oI Jamestown, N.Y. won the fourth annual Cb au­taqua County Ch amp ionship by a score or 6 'h -¥.! , drawing his first game with Bob Eklwn and win­ing the resL Axel Anderson o( Jamestown and Bob Eklum of Dunkir k tied for second place with 5-2 sc,ore each.

SMYSLOV, World Champion Candidate By E. M.

Not so Ions: ago, our best Chess brains prematurely but emphati­cally predicted that the nine Russians will gang up on :Ill the non· Russians, parlicular ly on our own and only entry on the Challengers Tournament in Switzerland, Sammy Reshevsky.

Now t he tournament is over and Our (aces are red. Every partici­pant played bis best. The Russian winner of the tournament los t only one game and that to a Russian, Vassiley (Ba~il) V45sillevich Smyslov came out two full points ahead o( his neares t rival and will play next year (or the Chess Championship of the World .

Smy!1ov was born March 14, ma stery o( dc1enee carried him to 1924. He lells us that be learned the forc. cheu from his father at the age In the 1940 All Russian Cham· or s ix . He was encouraged to play pionship he pla ced ahead of Bot-a nd read the Chess primer by Du- (Please tur n to p.ge 5, <:01. 1) fresne, sca ttered Chess periodicals a nd collections of Games by Lasker a nd Capablancea.

" At the age of seven Father gave me " My Best Games" by Alekhine_ This book beca me my daily com­pa nion and I cherish it to this day." A I s o, Smyslov specifically and gratefully speaks of a Ph. Fogeler, the director of Chess Activities in the House of Pioneers in Moscow. Under Fogeler 's guidance he joined his school team and was afforded the opportunity to play against Mo stc rs in simultaneous exbibitions and develop his chess.

Nevertheless he wa.s no prodigy. He was 14, when, in the Moscow Park Tournament he gained the modes t 3rd. ~grade raling. Afler this, his progress was more rap­id . In the spring of the very next year he advanced to class B rat­ing, and in the fall ·of the same year he was recognized as a class B Player.

In 1938 (at Seventeen ) be be­came thc Junior Ch a mpion of Rus­s ia and in the same year, in the s trong Moscow City Championship, he shared with Belaveniu the City Championship and became a r ecog­n ized Master.

Afler a se t-back in another Mas­ter Tournament whcre he shared 12-13 place, he came back strong in the 1939 Moscow City Cha mpion­ship, dividing Second a nd Third prize, WiUl Lillienthal, first.

You n g Smyslov displayed com­plete disregard of the openings. in­variably, he wa s in di[ficuities ear­ly in the ga me. Rare tactical re­sourcefu lness a nd Stonewall de­fence enabled bim to overcome the di sadvantages in the middle game, and win through fine end game play.

Like most Youth, he was eager to lake risks and often displayed a n immature enthusiasm at the ex­pense o( accuracy. At the same time, bis originality in the com_ olexities of the middle game, and in uncharted variatiens, accurate realization o( minimal advantages,

SHEETS REGAINS IN WASH INGTON

J. L Sheets with a s tirring 7 1h­lh victory regained the Washing­lon State ti tle he has not held since 1947 (he held it in 1931-32-33, 1936, 1940 and 1942, winning it for the firs t time in 1930). Sheets drew with J. DeWitt in the semi-final round of the nine plOlyer event. Viktor Pupols of Tacoma (formerly or Lincol.n, Neb.) placed second with 6-2, losing games to Sheets and C. Rosburg, another newcomer to Washington chess as a student at the Univers­ity.

Charles Joachim with 4'h -4lh was third, losi.ng to Sheets and Pu­pols while dr;Jwing with Ted Warner, C. Rosburg, and O. W. Manney. Four th to seventh .with 4-5 scores were Dan Wade, Ted Warner, O. W. Ma nney and Cbarles Rosburg. ----

TAYLOR TAKES UTAH TITLE

Irvin W. Taylor with 6-0 became the first Utahn to win the state championship event in recent years, outpointing Phil NeU of Las Vegas, last year's winner. NeH ~inished second with . Ph · l !h , los­mg one game lo William F. Taber ~I Reno and drawing with D. E. Benge, of Salt Lake City. Third and fourth on 5-1::1 wi th 4-2 were Taber and G;Js ton Chappuis of Salt Lake City. Taber los t to Taylor and drew witb Chappu is and L. N. Page, while Chappuis lost. to Taylor and drew with Taber and F, Clark.

The tournament drew 10 play· ers from Utah, 5 !rom Nevada, and one from Idaho, and was directed by Gaston Chappuis. At the an­nual banquet Taylor was presented with the Sam Te itelbaum trophy, while individual small t rophies created by wood-carver Herman Dittmann were presented to the other top ,players.

Finish It The Clever Way! POI;t;o" No. 119

Morphy vs Mongredien Mid-19th Century

POlitio .. No. f20 Dr. J . Fri tz

Pl'aee, July 26, 1953

White t o P)i!lY ~nd win win

I N Position No. lt9, Paul Morphy, Amedca's brightc,st ~hcss stat' in the n ineteenth ceniury, played a three· move combmation that led

to the win of a piece. Thanks to Hugh Underwood of Washington, D.C. for calling my attention to this position.

With Position No. J20 i a~ printing in this column {or the first time a composed endgame study. White forces a win in three moves. I intend later on to present morc complex pOsitions, but always with an eye to practical play, My partiJlity is for endgame composition which look as if they were positions from actual games.

For solutions, pluse turn to Page e ight. Send .. II contrlbution$ for t his column to Edmun d N'sh , 1.S30 21th Pl lee, S.E.

W.uh ln"t,m 20, O. C.

In an 18 player master event at Opatija (pre-war Abbazia), victory went to MataMvic of Yugo­slavia with 13-4 (no losses), while Fuderer ,placed second with 12-5 and Rabar third with 11·6. Other top scorers were Pirc, Unzicker, and Ivkov with 10-7; Donner and Milic with 9·8; Udovcie with 8lh-8lh. Honors went mainly to the Yugoslavs for only Unzicker (West Germany) and Donrter (Holland) were in the top flight of the out­side participan ts.

At the same time an intema· tional women's event resulted in a victory for V. Nedeljkovic (Yugo­slavia) with 15-2, the wife of one of Yugoslavia's ranking masters. There followed: C. Ikmini (Italy) 13 lh-3lh; M. Lazarcvic (Yugo­slavia) 12-5; S. Bussers (Belgium) and F. Hecmskerk (Holland) 11-6; M. Nagy (Yugoslavia) and C· Rood-

_ zant (Holland) 10-7; N. May Karlf (USA) and N. Rocic-Delak (Yugo­slavia) 8lh-8lh . etc.

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED I.

Ask your Club Secretary or tournament director to write for official rating forms to re­port the results of your ne:'!:t tournament or match, specify­ing the type of contest and the approximate number of players.

Officia l n ,ting form! should be secured i n "dv"nce Irom:_

Mo ntgomery Major 123 No. Humphrey Avenue O"k Park, illinois

Do not write to otAer USCF officiaLs lor thpe rating fM'f1U.

4\1'55 Cilt P"ge 2

Thc annual Hastings Christmas Tournament this year will have among its leading entrants: David Bronstein and Alexander Tolush (USSR), C. H. 0'0. Alexander (England), Dr. S. T. Tartakower (France). Rudolf Teschner (Ger­many), Alberic O'Kelly de Galway (Belgium), Alexander Matanovic (Yugoslavia), R. G. Wade (New Zearand), and Fridrik Gsutafson (Icelund). An invitation was ex­tended to one American young star, but none oi tho'se invited found 'it possible. to attend this year.

At Venice the Peruvian master Canal scored a 10--3 victory, while Castaldi and L. Schmid shared second with 9·4. The promising YOWlg Swiss player Bhend shared fourth with Kinzel with 7%-5%, while tied for sixth with 7-6 each were van Scheltinga, Dunkelblum, Toran und Paoli. South African Champion Heidenfeld placed 11th with 5-8 in one of his few appear­anccs on the continent.

ADICKES TAKES • ASHEVILLE 30-30

William Adiekes, Jr. scored a 3lh-% triumph in the Asheville experiment in 30-30 chess, drawing with Bill Crowder in the final round. Second' and third on Solk­oU points with 3--1 were Rea B. Hayes, formerly of Regina, Sask., ami Lanncau L. Fo.~tc l· oC Colum­bia. Both lost to Adiekes.

In his first" experiment in the South (and pI·obably first experi­ment outside New York City) with the 30·30 timc limit (thirty moves in' thirty minutes), all the players were satisfied with the conditions and results and expressed favor· able opinions.

' NO TE : In thhi Issue ilre cross·scores of several tournamel\ls played in 1953 wh ich wer, not 100'% USCF Rated Events. Hereafter, any tournament p layed after December 31, 1953 which is not 100% .USCF Rated will not hilve its (ron· score t ilble publis hed In CHESS LI FE. -

NEW ORLEANS CITY CHAMPIONSHI P PRELIMINARY QUALI FYING EVENT

New Orlean s, 1953 ' 100% USCF Rated Even t

SECT ION A 1. Alfred B. Wills ........... " ..... " ~ 1 I I I 2. Frank Chavu ...................... G x 0 1 I I 1 3. Edwin Pelton ...................... } I x I 0 0 I 4. Kenneth N. Vi nes ........ _ .... 0 0 O · x 1 ~ 1 5. C. L. Danie l ....... , ........ , ....... 0 0 lOx 0 6. Nicole 1::. Simoneaux ........ 0 0 lOx 0 7. Mn. C. L. Ollnl"l~ .. _ ...... ...... 0 0 0 U 1 1 " H. Al 1'Ihgerald 3.(;; 9, Wesley Nilil 1·11; 10. Ed C""!Jwn 1)-9.

SECTION 8 I . A. 1.. McAuley .............. , ... x 1 I I I 2. Dr. Frank 1)1 Pan Ii; ............ 0 x 1 I 1 3. Gary Erdal ............................ 0 0 xli

. 4. J ohn Burne¥ ........................ 0 ~ 0 x I I S. Donald N~IS6n ........... , ........ 0 0 0 0 x ~

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

, , " , , , , 4~-4j

4~ .4~

S. Lt,o"aro Hellwig ................ 0 0 0 0 • x Ibl ~ 3~ -S~ 7. nan CavItt 3·6; 8. Mike Smith 2-7; 9. N. J. Prime.1ux 2.7 ; 10. I)onal<l Kurn ~ -a~.

SECT ION C 1. Edwa rd M. lJorsodl ............................. 1( 1 I r

, , , , , , , , , , , , " , ,

M:>rrC'>ne 0·7.

2. Wlllllun W. Cloud .... ,' ............ ................ 0 " 3. Mrs. Kenneth N. Vines ..... . 0 " I(

, 4. Renato RU!l(:her ................................. _. ~ 0 0 x 5. Carlo~ E. SantOI "... . .............. 0 0 u 0 6 .. Maurice VIICne5 2~·4 ~; 7. Harold RIchard 1·6; 3. A. J.

, , SECTIO N D 1. Victor Browo ..................... x 0 1 I J I , , , ., , .,

6,i-2~ ,., 2. Ernest Edw.rd$ .................. 1 x 0 0 I I 1. Oav\d Walsdorl, Jr ........... 0 1 x ~ 1 I 0 t. Willl:un P. Na$\!r ................ 0 1 ~ x 0 1 1 5. J. S. Apelm"" ................ ...... 0 0 0 I X 0 ~ 4~ -4 ~

4 ~ -4 ; 4 .~

6. B. A. Martin .... .......... , ......... 0 0 0 1 '" 0 I 7. Ollie C. Jack ........................ 0 0 '0 0 0 t x 1 I . I 8. ,1Iimk AnderS6n 3 ~·5~; 9, Roland TuJaguc 2.7; lB. C, ,\, Albrj~.Io MI.

UTAH STI\TE OPEN CHAMPIONSHII' 100% USCF ROl led Even t

~~!It .I,, !!k~ ~jtYI 1 '1~~ I. I. Taylor (Sa lt Lake City) .......... WI4 WUI W4 W3 W7 W5 6 .0 I!I.OO Z. ['b.11 Neff (Las vt'gas) ...... _ ...... _WIJ W,4 L3 09 WIO W6 4 ~·H 11.50 3. Wm. F. Taber (Reno) .................. I)f; \Vt3 w2 1,1 D1 W8 4 ·2 1:1.75 4. G. ChappuiS (Sail Lake City) ,.W6 Wl~ LI 07 D3 WIO 4·2; 11.00 S. L. N. Page (Salt Lake City) .... 03 D7 WII 08 WIS Ll 3 ~ ·21 9.50 6. C . . Buckendorf (Id aho) .............. 1.04 WII 010 WIS W9 L2 3 ~ ·2l 8.25 7. F. Clurk (Snit Lake City) ........ 08 D5 W12 04 LJ 1)11 3·3 9.:!S 8. Dr. N. B. Jost'ph (Reno) .. _~ .... D7 ()9 WU' D5 DII 1,.1 3 ·3 7.75 9. D. E. Benge (Salt Lake City) .. "WI2 08 L5 D2 1.6 Wlr. :1 ·3 f;.7~ 10.11. Dittmann ' (Sait Lake City) 2~·3j (6.75); 11. n. A. S"llih mt'no) 2~·3 ~ (,1.75); 12, R. L. Wheeler (Reno) 2 ~-a~ (UIO); 13. C. Mt'I%"'~~r (Salt L"ke City) 2-1 (J.!i(l): H. Ralph Day (Carson City) 2-4 (2.50); 1.5. Wm. Web.bert (Snit {,akc Clly) 1 ~ -t ~ (I.!iO); 16. L. Fonne~beek (l..ojlan 1-5 (1.00).

RHODE ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIP · Providence, 1'153

1. Albert C. Martin .• .. .......................... .:.: . . , 51· . 2.. Walter B. Sue.""im .......... _ ........ _._ .............. ~ x 1 , Sk· I 3. Carl L. Crossguth ...... ...... ",.......... .. ..... 0 0 x I , • ., 4. Matthew Cnyb .... ................ ...... .. ....... 0 0 0 x I • 2~-3~

1·5 , ,'C' CVC·.:':'c· "K:': .. O"O' C'C'·C·~: ;""',-,Vo"o'c' c'C···_K"""C','-"~'";_'c·_'c'cOc"c"c"c'c' c'c"_"c'c"_" -'" ~ _ _ ~ _

Preliminaries of . the New Orleans City Championship at­tracted a big turnout with 38 players competing in fOUl· round­robin preliminary sections, The three top players in eoch prelim· inary section qualify (or the City Chalinpionship fina ls, and these , were: Section A: Alfred B. Wills 81h_'h, drawing with Edward Pelton; Frank Chaves 7·2, losing to Wills and Pelton; and Edwin Pelton 6%-2:Y~, losing to C. L. Daniel and Nicole E. Simoneaux, while dl'awing with Wills. Section R: A. L. McAuley 9·0; Or. Frank Dj l>aula. 7lh-l'h, losing to Mc­Auley and drawing with John Barnes; and Gary Erdal 7-2, los­ing to McAuley :'lIld Di Paula. Scction C: Edward M. Borsodi 6-1, drawing with Renato Roscher and Maurice Vigncs; William W. Cloud 5%-}lh, losing to Borsodi and drawing with Mrs. K. N. ViBes; Mrs. Kennetp N. Vines 5%-1%, losina- to Ror~odi and drawing with Cloud. Section D: Victor Brown 7-2, losing to E. Edwards and Roland Tujague; Ernest Ed­wards 7-2, losing to David WaJs­dor{ and William P. Naser ; ~llld David WalsdorI, Jr. 6 Ih-2'lh, 105-ing to Borsodi and Hank Anderson while drawing with William P. Naser.

MART IN, SUESMAN SHARE R. " TITLE

In a seven ' player t'ound-robin, Albert C. Mal·tin and Walter B. Suesllliin scored M2- I 'h each to shal'C U1C Rhodc Is land Champion­ship, drawing in the ir personal en· counter. Thinl place went to Carl L. Grossguth with 4-2, losing games to Mortin and SUeslllan. Matthew Grzyb was fourth wil,h 2lh ·3'h, losing to Martin, Suesm:m and Gl'ossguth, while drawing wiLh .Vilar F'. Kclly.

McCORMICK TOPS WOODP USHERS

The te ll 1'1:IYI'1' Washington Woodj)m;ht' I',~ i·\'l'llt was won by Jim M('Cormkk wilh 4·0. Second was [ ~:! mcr (."ilrlsull with 3·1, losing one g;H1IC to V. W. Bcver. Tied for th in] wilh 2%-1% and equal I SoB scOrf'~ wr'rc Dr. Shephard and Kell 1\1uJfrJl'lI.

-~'C-:::C-:-::::-C:-. PorI Ar thur [Telt.) Chess Club:

O,·gnnl'.'·11 f"u, months M:O, this eet­l"e yom;!: OI'~ilUl~atlon ,,1,..,3dy has 72 me"'hc " '~ "r which 30 31'(: aeti\'e In ~I"b "".,,,ls. 1)'r. J. L. Meadows is pl'(-'sl,l"ul, Ilu"-'C li A"imt v lce·pre«ident, mH] llkk I ,,,nlh'y I!e~rctary. The Port A,'lhllr Nt'ws (e"Ln r es a rel!ular "lun· day co l" ... n Of ehess aetl"lty In the Suhh", "" 1':' (w hich Includes ilcaum<mt) SUl'llll c<l by club corresponden t John no Vine. III Its last meetrnn the club "ott'd unan.lm~usly to become a USCF Chnpter.

YOUNG MASTERS' FORUM A m erica's Leading Young JJ.l asters Annotate

Outstanding Gam es from R ecen.t Chess Events

Tough To The Last Round , Ify U. S. Master HANS J. BERLINER

THE u.s Open this yeilr was a very lough grind, the overall com­petitive strength being greater than that of any previous "Open." It

was a frequently expressed opinion among the leaders at anyone stage thut not only Wll.!l it unprofitable to lose 11 game itom the view­point of tile score, but also instead of getting lin easier opponent in the ~xt round you were liable to get a tougher one as there were so many strong players down below.

After thrCi! consecutive l~ in Ule latwr stages of this tourna­ment, I Iound myscll in the last round among those contending for the Jesser pri1.eS. My opponent was Miguel Colon, champion of Puerto RictJ, and he had bloud in his eye as in our .lasL meeting I had knocked him oUL of first plaee in the last round of a small llan·Ameriean Tourney aL ~ankton, S.D.

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE Waf 22. Q·1<;W rollOwgd

U.S. Open ChOlmpion5hip MilwOIukH, 1953

While H. BERLINER

I . P·Q4 2. P·Q84 3. Kt·Q83 4, P'QR3 5. PlIKI ,. P·Bll?

m.d< M. COLON

K.·KB3 "~K3

B·KtS 8111H ~Il

" ·B4

A nw~., wllh which I ha vt! lH.. ... n ... " . pe '·"lenUnl/. It Is very two-edg~. Usual II 1·· K3 .. •. .. _-l'robnhly licit.

,. 7, PIltO" , Kt~1' 18 a good I. P·K3

P·Q4 . .,., IlIempUve:. ..

Rut thl ~ II tou I)ud"",; better II 8. ........• (l-U2, ur 8 ·U4.

9. B.Q3 10. KI·K2

We hAve nl)W arriv<l<1 at n well·knuw n I)OJ! lt ln" In the NI"lI.''''l n.lI~n which 11" ",.1 .rlllt!l I)ut or iJoh'lnnlk'lI 1m· pro.>vconcnt In the Rub ln"teln ¥ar"Uon and It rl.c:hUy considered Inr,· rl ... r fo r Waek . Se<l I'CO. page :2$1, .. ~.I". 56 a nd 57.

10. .......• " ·QKI3 11 . 0·0 B·KI2

I \. ....... . , 11·111 wIth " view tuw, ... d el<-c hDngln .!: WhIle's powerful B I~ hcller. • 12. 1(1·1(13 QKI-Q2 'rhe Kt la ,,'llPlneed hc~. KI ·63 Is belter, bul Blaek'lI .,n'e I, bnd In either caO(!.

13. R·R:1! The It mal\(luver , Io n.l: the " wnd rauk will ~ul)l>urt In Clrly " .K4.

13. ~_... Q-a:1 14. R·1(2 KI·B l 15. P· K4 IPlIP

15 ..... , QPxP I~ .lIljhtly better M at leDd the U !fcUl :romll $(:01'(0.

16. P·KSI A hellcil I'ol"t. Jr 16. . .... • llxP; 17. B.J.;&l wlna the .n. ,..

17. PxP 18. R0082 19. a ·K3

Necelllln"y to prevent 20. P' B4

KKt-Q2 K'·1(3 ... , P-KI3

Kt·U~ and

The uttack Illay". their. 20 • •....•.• 21. 1'-15 22, B·KR'?

(dlllc r aIR D)

.,.

An error hued upOn II hallucln.t1on.

22 •.•.•.. h Rdt? m lek h ll' In line. The: dmple Q-R$! InlU!:ad would hive 'oreed the lime. wasUnar retreat 8-KS. Now we tee why Q·KI4 was Cl)r .... ct on White', nnd move.

23 . • ~R 6.lt now Ihc QP lie

24. Q.Q2 15. B·R4\

Q·IU pro tected l

A·QII1

Uul not 2!i. n ·KKt!i M Rltll wlnll ror fllick

25 . . _ ..... I( IXK '"

~·Ol'<.'<·tl :Uld rorclng. 1£ now 211 . .8.f(KtS. KI-II!i! lind White cannot I"U",rd both tho QtL a",1 QP with • Q move.

26. Bxl(tII ....... . nul nnt 21l. "xKt. QxKB; 21. UxKI, 11_117: 211. Q.IIG, P-QS and IlIlck hu e""".:h 1,I"y tl) ,,,'a,,,, at least.

26. •... I(KB NClW III" I)Cll nt or White'" lasl mov/! bueCl""~ft 1I1'1'no"ent. bec"u~ 1r 28 . ........•

. KI.-KI': 27. " .1t3. QlIKt; ZIt. " xKt. KxB; 29. 1'-U6 eh. K·III ; 30. Q-R6. R.KKtI; 31. )I·Klll!. Q.U2: .n. /I.Q81. Q41, Q. QI; U. r .KIS!!. QxB; 34. K.RI!I. Q.KBI; ~. Qxlil' cM!. KlIQ; lS. R·RI eh, Q.!U; 37. ItJ<Q IRate.

27. P·8' eh 11. PlIK t 29. Q·R6 30. P· K61

K·RI . d

R· I(Ktl

1-'01'«'1'1 the Q'$ .-ctre:,t :u I'lli' 1000S to p.ll?

30, ...•.... )1 . ' -K7

Tho only .. a,. to ,et

Q·Kl P-oSI

countcr-ch.ncu.

32 • • · 841 ' Threatens 33. QxRP ch, KxQ:···34. R.R4 male and so to~ Bl",ck', nply.

32. h_.... "-I(K'4 n. Itxp Q·83 34. R-021

It_K4 or Kt-K4 an! both In8u.rllclent airalnst Q.B8 ch. Now all Black', counter-thl"cau ue parried.

.34. ........ Q-88 ch 35. Kt ·Bl Q·1I4 ch

Not SII. . .•..... , B·R3, be<:a "" o Or Mi. Q.Kt1 ch ll, IIlIQ; S7. 1'.KII(Q) eh. R. Kl1 ; !II. QlIlI ch!, KxQ; .H. n ·Q8 mate. The poasIbllit,. or thb eomblnallon keeN Ihe Bilek Q" moblllt,. down s ince 'he m"'l t observe the q"'eenln, squ.re o r tho KP.

U . K· RII Stronteer than It·82 ali the R I~ needed on the Q.We.

U......... Q.K141 Cl)mblne, Ittack ~nd defence.

37. KI·K31 Parrlel ell Ih rcaLoc and mObl llte:. Ihe KI.

l7, h •••• h 1.13 ,.. ~·IUI

An air-hole f or the K. Now the Whltc plecel ere reId)' ror Iho flnel tn. flilullon .

38. . .. .... " -KtS Desperntlon, but I' ail . .. ... .... R.KI: .19. R·Q8, Q·U!I; 40. Kt-Q5. P.Kt4 ; 41. Q.IJR, P·QR4: 41. RlI l!. Q~R: O . QlIQ, R~Q; 44. Kt-R1. R-QKU ; 45. XUP, "'.KRt; 46. Kt·R7 And P.K8(QJ .. In ll.

It. PlIP Q·I("ch 40. I(.A2 'loIU 41. A-QI Q·K4 ch 42. ,,·1(13 Aeslgns

Then: I, no defence to mate.

Ka nsas City YMCA (Mo.) Chtn Club, RIChard A. M"nuet was eleeted pre.l­dllnt Of the d",h at t he Innual meet­tnt, .uceeedln~ Ro..:. 11. LBtlhlw. J . R. Beltllng Ind H. M. WesenberJt wen! electCd \l lee·p~lden" "'nd ChDrlell W. Gra.hlm Will reelecte<f Seerehry. treas­urer. The KM MIU Cltv Cluh h .. cern. pleted the mest active year In Ih hlstor), . Evcn\$ of the year Included the Grcal.cr Ka nsn City Open In Feb-­ruin'. the U.S. Junior Chllmplofllhlp In ,",U/:lut, and the First Ann",al lIearL of Ameriea Open comhlned with thc Miuourl Stnte Ch.mplolt$hlp durin, the New Veal' week-end. The year 1954 will lIart with Ihe Greliliu K~n .. " City Tournllment In F ebnlll')', I nd In. dllde plan, ror !l1everal promoUonal leurneys during the year.

loanslng (MIch.) Ch ell Club fICOred a ,·oulIln.l: t~·y. vic lory over the n .tUe C~k ehe. Club with E. Snelde"" L.. Zalkowaki, F. Foole, E. 1 .. lnln,er, G. Bo~ue. Vlndc nbur" J . Kinton. ~. Kinion, J . Kelly and W. Slelnralt tallyln, \/0"1l1-li wblle W. Morrlt d ... w. W. Rea,ley !MO lvateed Ihe half·palnt (o r Raltl. Creek. The vlctl)ry IlIve Ltn .. In.l: 3 mMeh polnt~ ' Old 24 ,.m~ points to lend the 11I'l:lle at the end e f the first ro",nd of <:/lulpeUtioll.

lelle"ue (Wash) Chess Cll)b dereated Ihe Jetrcr.ao Golf Clllb (che .. dl V\.l;IOn) 6~-4'h III • recent mlt<:h.

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Cont ributors to the

YOUNG MASTERS' FORUM Hans aerllne r Ar. hur Bhguier E llol Heant Georle Kramer Carl PlInl<:k Jam .. Sher wl" Walter Shipman

C~e •• JJIe !J" new 7jort

A N exciting and critical con· test marked the final round

of play in the U.S. WomeIM Championship. when Mrs. G_ K. Gresser and Miss N. May Karff, both former ladies' champs, clashed in the deciding game. Mrs. Gresser had capture~ seven straight victories up to that point while Miss Kllrff had also dis· played hCI' superiority' over the other competitors by allowing Only a si ngle draw in her preuious seven contests. Thus a win m e .. nt the title for either playcr. al . though ?ttrs. Gresser could afford to draw and still emerge at the top of the stonding!

To incrcase her winning chances, Miss Kal"U as black chose to play Pirc's Defensc; she fell , this seldom.played opening. too. might force her upponenL (whG knows

· the major opening systems quite well) to COnsume more time than usual in the carty .... stages of the gll m(!. The game was a see-saw affair. with Mrs. Gresscr having the edge throughout most of the middlegame li nd thcn Miss Kal'U wresting away the advantage and gaining a positional superiority just liS the s truggle entered the endgllme and Time PreSiurel From then to the lime control it was anybGdY'!J contesL; Mrs. Gresser won a pawll. overlooked the win of n second, and allowcd Miss KarH to regllin her material equal­ity lind GbLain a positiGnal ad­vantage as Lhe 40th mGVCl was reachcd. Despite. Ule scarcity Gf pieces left on the board (knight and live pawns each) the game was quite hopeless fGr Mrs. Gresser and upon resumption of the game a few hours later, Miss Karlf scored the victory and succeeded Mrs. Mary Bain (who was unable to play this year) as national women's titleholder. Our confl'atu­lalions La the new champion! IN BRI EF: Mrs. Kathryn Slater, who was picked by your reporter to be a majol' contender Cn the womcn's toul"Oey along with Mrs . Gresser and Miss Karfi, was forced to withdraw at thc lasL moment due to unexpected occupatiGnal duties. Arter her wltbdrawal there was little doubt that either Miss Kad f or Mrs. Gresser would cap­ture the title .. '. . E. Vano. A. K .. ufmlln, W. Bryan and E. MeCGrmick have qualified for the Manhattan C. C. ChampiGnship finals and will jOin Denker, Pavcy,

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littlc thus mo ... tiS I ,ro", oIJ~ •. MONTAIGNE- Essays: Of Repenta""e.

GRILLP ARZER in Die Ahnfrau proclaims that we part from nothing

so reluctantly as from a .. beautiful dream. Possibly Grillparzer thus explains why the American reader is so stubbornly reluctant to admit that the chess paradise of the Soviet Union is the sham that facts have proven it-for it was a beautiful dream while it endured as a chimera.

Thus we f ind readers who gulp down in undigestable lumps the fantasy that the Soviet Union had rightful eause to resent restr ictions placed on its team as a conditiof!. of visiting the USA for a mateh­lo r , they murmur starry-eyed, one can travel without restriction in the noble land of Russia . Those who have noted Mrs. Mesta's ad· ventures as a traveller in the USSR, have noted that her "unrestricted" journeys were chaperoned by a sucresion of Soviet guides and that she was even told that she had travelled more freely in the Soviet Union than any previous visitor. Nor has lhe polite Ame rican press made any comment on the fact that :Miss' Kalil was arrested in Moscow at the time of the last Women's World Championship Candidates Tournament for the henious offense of taking photographs on t he Moscow streets. In contrast one can imagi ne what the Soviet press "Would say in any Soviet player had been so detained momentarily by ·the capitalistic rulIian police. ,

Latest murmurs for the starry-eyed is about the marvelous peace· ful conduct of the last World Championship Candidates Tournament in Switzerland. Let us be brutal about this fan tasy also. We quote Mr. David Robb in the Cleveland Plain Dealer: "There were nine Russians in this tournament. From news seeping through, there was blatent consultation by tbe Russian contingent, with 'flagrant coach· ing from the sidelines and lips passed {rom one Russian player to another during games,' according to one observer." Guarded comments in various Western l!.'uropcan chess periodicals bear out Mr. Robb's statements.

Soviet players are good chess players, and we would be the last to deny thcm this. But let us cease to be children in a dream world, and recognize beforc it is too late that the spirit of communistic agrcs­~ion has invaded chess, that chess in the USSR is notbing moro than a poli tical tool to be used against the unwary in the Western World, and tbat the ethics of Soviet chess players necessarily arc the same as those of Malik ana Vishinsky who unblinking spout their outrageous lies in thc U.N. Assembly, for Soviet philosophy does not concede it a crime or sin to cheat.. lie and steal from non·communists--evcn in a chess game. -

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Asheville, 1953 1. Bill Adlekes (rub evllle, N. C.) .. ____ .W3 W4 wa D6 ,.. I 2. Rea 8 . lfaYel5 {G~n"lIIe, S. C.). ___ .W7 W5 Ll W4 , ., as" 3. wnneau L. Foster (Colu mbia, S. C., _ .... LI W1 W6 WI 4. Peter P. T" rasov (Asheville, N. C.) _ .... _ .. W6 Ll Wa La

, . , .... ,., 10.00 S. Frank S impson (Augusta. Ga.) .................. W8 La L4 W7 , ., .... 6. Bill Crowder (Durham, N. C.) .... _._._ .. L4 wa 1.3 01 ' ~-n .... 7. Edward E. Sharfer (Asheville, N. C.) _ . ..L2 L3 WI W ,. --" 8. Maj. G. H . B. Terry (Asheville, N. C.) __ .. 1.5 UI L7 1.3 .. _ .. -

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CHESS CHAMPIONSH IP OF CANADA 1953. By Dilniel Yanofsky a nd Or Nathiln Divinsky. Pilper, 36 pp. Order from Daniel Yllnofsky, 376 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg, Milnitoba, Callada. $l.

THE book of the 1953 Canadian championship, held in Winnipeg in September, is the f irst chess publication in the province of

Manitoba. Co-winner Yanofsky and his partner have produced a business-like, briefly annotated collection of the 36 games contested by Yanofsky, Frank Anderson (tied for first), former ehampion Vaitonis, G. Berner, G· Fieldi ng, Ross Sicmms, J. Taylor, R. Doe, and T. Saila. Round·by·round commentary, summaries, statistics, a photo­graph of the contestants, and occasional diagrams supplement the text-the whole thing clearly and altl'actively printed.

It was a young man's tOIlJ'Oey, the average age of the playcrs being 30. Yano[sky wcnt through without loss, but drew twice to finisb even with Andcrson, whom hc defeated in their sccond·round en· counter. Ross Siemms, well·known in this country fo r participation in junior championships, now a vencrilblc 18 ycars of age, played some good games, drawing with Yanofsky and Vaitonis and Ulrowing away a . wi~ agai.nst Ficlding by. getling intcl'csted in someone else's ga me. Fieldmg, tied for fourth wIth Berner, won the. brilliancy pr lle for this game against Taylor.

QGD Excha rtge Variation. 1. P.o4, P·Q4; 2. P·OB4, P·1(3; 3. PxP, Px"; 4. Kt.QB3, Kt·Ka3; S. B.Kt5, 8 · K2; 6. P. Kl, 0·0; 7. a.Q3, P·B3; I. Q·82, Ql(t.Q2; 9. Kt·a3, ,.·84; 10. 0.0 ,.·Q Ktl; 11. QR.Bl , B·Kt'.I ; 12. PxP. Px P; 13. a ·K2, QR.81; 14. KR·Ql , / Q·R4; 1$. Kt.Q2, P· 85; 16. Kt.8 3, P.QS; 17. b:P. Bxl( t ; 18. axKt. B(2)xB; n. RxKt, 8.B3; 20 . R·Q2, KR. l(l ; 21 . QR.QI , Q· KK t4; 22. Kt.o5, 8 xKt; 23. RXB. Q·Kt3; 24. Q.R4. P·B6; 25. B.Q3, Q.R3; 26. P.oKt4, B·1(4; 27. P.I(13, a -82; 21. QxP, 8 ·K'3; 29. 0-01, P·B7; 30. axp, BxP; 31. QxR, BxP<:h; 32. 1(-l(t'.I, Q.K6; 33. QxR ch, QxQ; 34. R.Q8, Resignl.

A Canadian Opinion On Chess Polity Dear Mr. Major:

. I .wou!d like to expl'css to you my sincere admiration for your edItOrials lD CHESS LIFE generally, but in particular for your bril· liant exposition oI rcason in your editorial of the issuc of Novcmber 20th last.

Since ehess is, and has been for so considerable a time, in the process of being made the political prostitute of the su.called Com­munistic . regimc of ide?logical blackguards in the U.S.S.R., it is ap.t, 3!!,d of Immeasurable Importancc, that a chess publication such as yours should do everything possible to keep alive the simple art of straight thinking.

Dear Sirs: Am wri ting to inquil'e about

membel'ship in the United Statcs Chess Federation as noted in the Los Angeles Times for Sunday, l'tfay 31, 1953 in the Chess Column edited by Herman Steiner. I am Chief Personnel man in the United States Navy with elevcn and a half years of service. Chess is played by quite a few mcn in tbe Navy and I personally helped tcach the fu ndamentals as best I could to about twenty aboard our ship duro ing our last trip to the Far East.

GRAHAM G. FERGUSON PruiJt m,

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In my opinion the game of chess could be promoted advantageously throughout the fleet bceause it is the type of recreation which can rind full utilb:ation aboard ship to help take up many of lhose hours which tend to lie hcavy on sailors' hands. In aU my lime in the ser­vice, I have never hnd the oppor­tunity to witness a ra nking chess tournament.

WILLIAM W. HANRAHAN, PNC, USN

EI Caion, California

WASHINGTON STATE CHAMPIONSH IP Seattl., 1953

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SMYSLOV (Continued from page 1, 1;:01. 4)

vilmit and Keres (Bondarevsky, Lilienthal.)

At the age 01 twenty, in the 1941 All R u s s ian Championship, he again placed third, Botvinnic, Keres). and won the coveted title of Grand Master. ,

Smyslov relates that at that time he rid himselI of the early influenc · es of Lasker, Capablanca, and the Stcinitz-Tarrasch School, and joincd the Russian School of Tc:higorin and "the dynamic evaluation of the

·position." He also joined the school of

thought t hat you cannot know everything. It is best- (?) to con­centrate on a few openings and de­fcnces.

The young Grand l\Iaster did not fare too well after that. His opposi­tion also concentrated on Smyslov's openings and play, and carefully avoided his beloved Ruy Lopez with white, and GruenIeld, rarely Slav, with black. Smyslov, partieularl)" with black, sufIered some humili­ating defeats.

Flohr tried to explain the decline by Smyslov's dangerous inclina­tion to sharp complex play. Panov thought that an early defeat dc­mor alizes Smyslov too easily __ Smy­slov does not spring back, nor rises to greater heights after a loss as would Lasker. Alekhine, Botvinnie.

Curiously enough, on foreign soil, where his opponents were unfamil­iar with his pre<lcieetions, he con­tinued to score signal successes. In the 1945 Radio Match (with the United States) against Reshevsky, in Granningen (1946) be lost only one game (to Botvinnic) beat Eu~ _we and ~mpresSed the world so

much so that he was invited to play for the World Championship.

In 1948, in the Haague and Mos­cow, he came in second, (Botvin­nic won decisively and was de­clared champion) ahead of Reshev­esky and Keres.

Now in ]953 he is again to the fore as the challenger for the World Title.

Perhaps Smyslov's current suc­cess maybe best explained by Smy­slov himself, to quote him,

"In our day, a Chess-Player-Ar­tist. has to strive for breadth of Creative Vision - constant search oI means to advance Chess - to ridding himself of all elements of Chess Dogmatism _ Our strivings in the opening and middle game must cover the lull gamut of Chess thought - technique. even virtuoso teehniqne, cannot play the prin­cipal r ole and will ever remain a secondary factor."

As one of ~ur wa'gs puts it, "Be­fo re next year is over, we may have to learn a new Russian name of t h e World Champion," (Sym­slov.)

KING'S GAMBIT MCO: page 138, co'umn 6 (c)

Soviet Championship, 1952 ( ?) White Bl ack

D. BRONSTEIN M. BOTVINNIK 1. P·K4 P-K4 6. PxP ·Pxp 1. P·KB4 PxP 7. B-B4 Kt-Q4!

!: ~:.:~3 Kt~-:; ~ 6:~4 B~~ 5. B-KtSch P·B3 10. Kt·B3 KtltKt! It 10 . ..... _. D-K3: 1 t. Kt-K4. ,1. PxKt B-KKtS 19. KIt-K I ' 2. Q-Q3 Kt.Ql 20. P·QR4 13. P-KtJ Kt-Ktl 21 . Q-QB3 14. B.Kt3 P·B4 2:1. P·IlS 15. P-B4? Q-B3 23. a -R4 '6. Kt_K5 BxKt 24. K·Kt2 17. pxa QxP 1.5. 0 ·R3 11. axp Q-R4 Resigns If 26. &Bl, R-KB3; wins.

KR·Kl B_Kl

Kf·Q2 Kt-B3 R·K3

Kt_K5! P·Kt4

BOOST AMERICAN CHESSI

Opening (jUIl-:J By M. C. STURM, M.B.

A DANGEROUS COUNTER-GAMBIT

1. P-K4, P-Rt; 2. Kl·KB3. P-04. The Queen's Pawn Counter-Gam­

bit, which lares better in Postal Chess, giving Black a wider field of choice, and so greater oppor­tunity for analysis, th'an say the Budapest or the Latvian. Black's game seems to bristle with the re­condite pitfalls so dear to the Pos­tal Chess player, and anathema to his brother over the bOOlrd, who will refer to them, righlly or Wrongly, tIS 'swindles.'

3. PxP. Best. 3 ......... , P-K5; 4. Q-K2. Kt-KB3;

5. P·Q3, B·K2; 6. PxP, 0-0; 7. Q-B4 (Gutmayer-Bccker, COrrespond. ence, 1020-1. Drawn)_ 3 .......... B·Q3!; 4. Kt·QB3. Kt-KB3; 5. B-Kt5, P-B3; 6. B-R4?, P-K5; 7. PxP, 0-0; 8. XI·Q4, PxP; 9. Ktx QBP, Q·Kt3; 10. KtxKt, fuKt; 11. B·Kt5, R-Ql ; 12. 0 -0, BxP chI; 13. KxB, Kt-Kt5 chi 14. K-KU, Q.B2 ch i 15. P-84, PxP e.p. ch.; 16. KxP, . R-Q5 !; 17. P-Q3, B-Kt2 Chi 18~ Kl­K4. BxKt Chi 19. KxKt, Q-R7!; 20. PxB, QxP Chi 21. K-R4, RxB; 22. QxR, R-R4 eh!!; 23. KxR, Q-R6ch; 24. K-Kt5. P-Ra ch i 25. K-B4,. p­Ktt eh; 26. K-K5, Q·K3 mate (Zam­belly-Maroczy, Correspondence, 1897-8).

Considering Maroczy's hIgh repu­t(ltion as a defensive player , Eman· uel Lasker might have used this game to support his dictum, 'At­tack is the best defense.'

3 .......... B-Q3! is also recognized by the talented and brilliant Gcr­Jtlan player, E. J. Diemer, as wit­ness the following (pohlmann­Diemer, Correspondence, with ac­knowledgment to 'MaiJ Chess'): 3 ......... , B-Q3!; 4. P -Q4, P-K5; 5. Kt-KS, Kt-K2; 6. B-KKt5!, 0 -0; 7. B-R4, P-KB3; 8. B-B4!?, Kt-B4! ; 9 .. B-K13, P'QKt4!; 10. BxP, PxKt; 11. PxP, KtxB; 12. RPxKt, BxP; 13_ Q­R5, B·B4! ; 14. P-QB3, QxP; 15. Kt­R3, Q-B4!; 16. B-B4 ch, K-R1; 17. R-QBl, Kt-QB3; 18. Q-Kt5, B-Kt3; 19. Q-Q2, P-K6!; 20. Q-Q7, PxPclJ; 21. R-Bl, QR-Q1 ; 22. Q-R3, QxB chI; 23. KtxQ, B-Q6 mate.

An astonishi ng game. For rea­sons of space, notes are omitted. Readers may llmuse themselves by working out the consequences of accepting any of White's three ,;ac­r ifices, 6. B-KKt5!, 8. B·B4!?, and 9. B-Kl3. The fourth sacrifice, Blaek's 22 ......... , QltB chI. as the annotator in 'l\-Iail Chess' solemnly announces. gives mate!

3. KtxP is 'safe but drawish' OVICO).

3 ......... , PXP!; 4. P-Q4, B-Q3 , ... ith equality. H 4. B-B4, Q-Kt4 and White must play 5. P-Q4, as ~. BxP eh and 5. KtxP both lose (!\'ICO). 5. P-Q4, QxKlP and now 6. BxP ch, K-K2; 7. R-Bl., B-RG: 8. B·QB4, Kt-Q2; 9. Kt-QB31 , KKt-B3; 10. B-B4, Kt-Kt3; ll. B-K2 (Brinck­mann·Augustin, Madrid, 1943). But not 6. R-B1? (Mann·Sturm. T,ueb­bert Invitational Tournament. 1951).

There fonowed 6. . .. , P-1<B3; 7. Kt-B7, B-KRt5; 8. Q·Q2, Kt-n3; 9. P-QB3. Kt-R4; 10. B-Q5, B-KR6; 11. Q-K2, QxRch; 12. QxQ" BxQ; 13. KtxR, B-B5; 14. BxKP. P-KKt3;

T,Wdq, Page 5 ],tnuaT'1' ,1954

r!ewUSC:J. CM, Charte,'.

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Meets Thursdays 8 p.m. :'nd Satur_ day 2 p.m. Sec'y W. n. suesman.

15. Kt-Q2, B·QR3; 16. P-Kt4, Kt­B5; 17. B·Q5, KtxKt; 18. KBxKt, Kt"B6 chi 19. K-Ql, B-Kt2; 20. BxP, BxKt; 21. BxP ch, K-K2; 22. B-R4, Kt-Kt4; 23. B-B4, Kt-K3; 24. B-Rt3. B-B5; and Black, with a piece for two Pawns, has a won game.

Dr. Sturm, a not~d (otrupo"Jr,,«, cbus p/ayrr and for many ,ra,s Champ; fOIl 0/ B,iti.b W ut Indiu, drlus ;"to the ohscurr and recondite ,..ith the ..... thusias ... of d>, 4f(/x%gist. T/X Editor.

SLAV DEFENSE Intercollegiate Championship

New York, 1953 White Black

c. BLONA RO VYC H A. BISGUrER .. Kt_K lp P·Q4 22. QxKt ..Q ,. P·Q4 Kt·KB3 23. RxQ Kt·B6 ,. P·B4 P·B3 24. B·ItS . ... .. Kt·83 P-K3 25. KI· B5 B-K2 ,. B·KtS P·KR3 26. Rx P ... •. B-R4 ..,

27. KIKB Kt·K7 ctl ,. P_K4 P·KKt4 28. BxK t PxKt •. B-Kt3 P_Kt4 29. B-QB4 B_B3 .. Q-Bl B-QKt20 30. '><1' "-K> TO. RoOT QKt-Q2 31. a ·BS R·R8 11 . 8·K2 B-K2 32. 8-Ktl P-Kt6 12. 0-0 Q-Kt3 33. P·B4 BoOS ch 13. Kt-Q2 P-B4 34. K-Rl R-QaT 14. P xP KtxP 35. P·R4 P-Kt7 IS . P-QR4 P·RJ> U . R·K' ~h ' K-Q I 16. PxP '" 31.· K·R2 ... 11. P-Ktl '" 38_ Rx R ,." 18. KtxP P-C Kt5 39. Rx P .. , 19. Kt·KtS ." 40. BPKP '" 20. Q-Kt2 Kt- R5 41. pXP "-K> 21. Kt-Q6 ~h QxKt Resl!1n S

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Cite .. Master JOHN W. COLLINS, New York Stale Champion, 1952

u~c,.. M£MIJERS: S .. bmit 1'"'' but , .. mtl fOT ,M, dt,..rtmtnt 10 JOHN W. COLLINS. 91 Ltnolt R04J, B,ooJd'l" 26, N.Y. SpdU bring 'i,.,iud, Mr. Collinl ..,iU Idtct tht mOil ;n/Utdi .. , 4"d inll, .. ,,", 10, pub/katioll. U n/tit otMntiJr st<tled ,.ott. to 8""'tl art b, M,. Col/iM.

RESHEVSKY ON CHESS

S<l",ud Rllhn'Jky, A mair.l, STraltst ",<lslrr, ""d the ,mlno, 0/ "Rtsbntslcy On Ch~II," htrt is pitted d8ainl1 Dr. Max E .. w"lormcr Wo,1t/ C&m.pion, "S",.,m1" ,.,;'11 On " nt ... opcning moyr, p,uim,n rl("loi~""io" "I Bftlf'lt.'1 qlltltio,,"blr dc ycnth (HId ";,,dun//' mOYtl, and .. " cred''''''''t mating a/tarft.

NIMZO·INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: page 108, column 36

World Ch!lmpionshi p Cha llengers' Tournament

Zurich, 1953 White Black

S. RESHEVSKY D R. M . EUWE 1. P-Q4 Kt·KB1 1. Kt·QB) B·Kts 2. P.o84 P ·K1 4. P ·K3 The RU)J!ll!Itcln VarlilUon, LIke his great r iv;> ls, llo tv lnnlk, NDjdorl, and Kotav, Rcshcvsky almost always uses It against thc N bnzo-Ind lan. 4. ........ P · 84 On 4. _ .... _, P-Q4; S. P -QR1, BxKLch; 6. P :< B, p .B4; 7. BP:<P, KP" P ; 8. B-Q3, 0.0; 9. Kt-K2, P-QKtJ; 10. Q.O, 8-R3; 11. BxB, KtxS; White achieves e :lI.(:e llent p r ospects with 12. P ·B3! 5. B.o3 _~ .. ~ S h arper than S. K t-K2. 5 . .. _.. P·Q4 7. Q..O Kt·BJ 6. Kt·81 0·0 Thl!;, the Normal Var laUon, is the most usual. E ut 7 ..... .... , QPxP; 7 ....... _, p.QKt3; and _7 . ...... _, QKt--Q2: are prob· a bly a t least as good. I. P·QR] 8 xKt [[ 8 . .... .... , Q1>xl'; 9. BxP, PxP ; 10. P>:P, B·K2; 11. n ·Kl, P·QKt3: 12. B·84, B·KI.2; 13. B-R2, K t·Q4!; 14. KtxKt, P xKt ; and While h as only a slight advantage. U 8. QPxP; 9. BxP, n-U4; 10. Q.Q3, P.QR3; 11. R·Ql , p .QKt4; 12. B-IU, ll---Kt2; 13. P x P , BxKL!; 14. Q.Il2!, Q-K2: 1.5 (}xB, KR-QI!; 16. B-Q"l, Kt-iQi; 17. Q-G2, K txQIl P ; and WhIte 'only" has tile advantage o r the Two Bilihops. A nd another cqu alizl llg try is 8 ..... _ ... BPxP; 9. KPxP , P"x l'; 10. Bxp. B; K2; 11. Q-Q3. P-QKt3!; 12. 0·R2., ll-K t2. ,. PxB QPxP B lack's best may well be 9. .._ .. _, p_ QKt3!; 10. BP" P, KP; 11. P-QR4, p­B5 !; 12. ll-B2, Kt-K5!; 13. BllKt, PxB; 14. K t-Q2, p-e4! 10. B" P Q·B2 Bl ack plays f o r ....... , P_R4; and in· directly threatens the RB. 11. R·KlI

Or II. p·Q R4!, . (Kotov's move) p .K4!; 12. n -ll3, P ·QKt3; 13. B·Kt2; 14. 13-K2!; P .K5; 15. Kt·Q2. Kt-QR4; 16.P"P, PxP; 17.' P ·QB4!, KR·Kl; 18. KR·Qt, QR-QI ; 19. Kt-DJ, Q·K4!; a.nd, again, White has "omy" the advantage of Ihe Two Bishops. The Lcxt, $Ccmlng ly new, Is designed to enforce P-K4. 11. P.K4?

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Good against 11. P ·QR4, t his Is dublou~ " gainlit White ·, l iilst. Better aN!! 11. ........ , R_Ql; and 11 .......... p.QKt.3. 12. P-QS P-KS llI" ~k does not care to try hl~ luck " galnst a protected, passed, White QP. U 12 ....... .. , R·Ql ; 13. P·K4 (th~nk. to 11 . R-K l!). And tr 12 .. _ ..... , K t-QR4; 13. P-Q6!. winning the KP. 13. Px Kt P"Kt 15. Q-Kt3 QxP 1'. Q x P B· Kt5 16. P ·K4 ...... .. T h reatening t o win a p lecc with 17. V·Ia. (Altaln, thank# to 11 . R-K1!). U1a~k has mana~ed t o avo id doubled QBPs, but h ilS bee n un iilble to pre. vent White (rom obt aining .tt3ckl~ cha nces with a Two. Bish op Gamc. 16 ... __ .. S · R4 If 16 ........ . , B-K3; 17. B-Q3 (threaten in g l R. 8-KR6 or 18. P-laJ. 11. P· K5 Kt.o4 On 17 . ......... Kt-Q2?; 18. P ·K6, K t- Kt3; (18. .. ...... , p,.P?; Ill. RllP!, wins) 19. P-K7. KR·Kl; 20. B-R2, White's Kp is t oo strong. 18. P-QR4 P-QR3 19. P ·R5 White h as firm control ' of the board. Now the ad vance of the KUP th r eate ns. 19 ..... _.. P.oKt4? Thili _ loses a Pawn--or pel'haps sae­rifk-es It to cre atc complications. l'"ea,lble a N!! 19 ... _ ..... QR.QI; a n d 19. .. _ .". B-Kt3.

20. PXP e.p. 21. Rx P ! KtxKtP 22. Bx R

Th.-..alcning to win the KB

... P·B5

with U __ .... , R-RI. Uut White Is in n o real

danger o f l osing a pl.cce. 23. Q·R4 R_RT If 23. . ... _ .. , B-Kt3; 24. B-Kl, O·~; 25. BxKt, QxB; 26. nxl', wins. 2 •• 8·K3 P·R3 Of cou I"SC not 24. .._ .... , HxB??; 25. Q-K8<:h, and mate next. 25. QxB R,,8 16. 8 ·Q' KKt7 Is chosen as the objectivc. 26 . .. _._ . Kt.Q4 27_ Q-Kt4 Menacing 28. P.KG. 27. Q. K3 29. P-R3 21. Q-83 Kt-K2 In o rder not to ha~'e to guard against mating th ,-..ats on t h e fl""t_ r a nk. 29 •.. _.... Q.Q' This brings a n end-game which Whltc wins ,'ef), q uiCkly. Morc, If not eno ugh, resistancc ill oUcred with 2!l. Kt-Q'. 30. Q " Q Kt"Q 31. P_Kt] Kt·B2 32. R·KtT K t·K3 If 34.. .. KtxB; 3fi. K_KU . R-QB8; 35. B-K3 Kt-Kt4 36. K-Kt2 K t·KS

33. R· Ktleh K·R2 R·RS 34. R.oBI

35. PxKt. 37. P·Q5,

37. 8 ·Q 4

R·Kt8ch; wins.

To hold t he QIlP and work a~aln on tbe KK t7 objective. 37. ...... Kt·Q7 Hetter Is 31 ... _ ..... Kt_Kt4 ; again, hut the end ing ... l ost (or BlaCk <l"ywa),. 38. P· K6!

". Forced. 39. R_87

W ith thc threat o f 40. RlI:Pch, K_lli; 41. RQR7ch , K-KtI ; 42. RxR, winni.ng;

"-'! well as with maUng t hrcats,

39. ........ K- Ktl 40. P·Kt4 Resigns F o r If 40. K·KI4; 41. B·K3eh . and 'Whlte " 'IM the Knight , and If 41. .... _... P-R4; 42. RxPeh , K·H3; 43. P·K\.5 m ate A fine pC4iltional game b y the ofUme U.S. Chnmplon

SCOTCH GAME (By Transposition )

Me): page 251, co l 3 III U.S. 'Cllnd idateli Tournament

Ph il.de lphia, 1953

NOle> b)l " . S. Senior Mtt:>tcr Gto'Jl. r K",,"tr

White Blaek A _ BI5G UIER S. BERN5TEIN 1. p.l(, P·K' 3. Kt-B3 Kt·B3 2. Kt·KBl Kt-Q B3 Four Knlghta?

~"co ic':4 th :i'nk "you. 4 . .... .... Plt P Tr.anspotiJng Inlo u sua l variations.

:~~t;;;'" jn~~~ingWh.,'!~p~~~tiO~S ~~~~ as: 5. PxP, lCKtxP or 5. KUP, KKbP; 6. Q·Kt4. KbQKt; 7. QxP, R-BI : 8. p_QIl.3 . P ·Q3. 5. KtxP B·KtS I. p"p P x P 6. KtxKt KtPl<Kt 9. o-tI 7. B·Q3 P·Q4 9. 8_Kt5 c h , B-Q2 lead s to naught. 9. ........ Q..O 10. B·K KtS ....... . So far all bOOk. Whltc Is we ll de_ veloped and 81ac k ha!< a number of problems. First, Black'lf QJ> b in· directly a ltacked (11. BltKt , ctc.). Second, h e must plan to rellcve the p inncd Kt. Third, he must decid e how t o ea ..... for Nlml.ovUch·s hang ing pawns. And fourth, he must weig h the possibilities or 10 . ........ , 8 xKt ; n. p"B. T o protect h is P . B lack plays :

.;I G. ____ . __ . P ·B3 As a purel y personal choice T wo uld llave preferred the trappy 10. ._, lIxKt; 11. PxB, P_KR3; 12. 8-R4, P _B4; 13. Q _B3?, P_Kt4; 14. B-Ktl. B·Kl5; IS. Q.K3. P_BS; 16. B.K2, R·XI wlntl,ng a piece. 11 . Q-8 3 B·K2 13. Kt.Ql B·KKtS 12. QR-Kl R·Kn The first b reak with t ... tJltlon (PCO). Bernstein orre~ 3 plcces fo r the Q and a K-slde breakup. BI~lluler accepts and the situa tio n Immediate ly i>eeomes tense. 14. Q·KtJ IS good for the mOrc tl mUI. 14. BxKt B" Q IS. Bx B Q-Q2 T hc choice was bctwccn thi~ and Q-B2. After 15 . ......... Q-B2: 16. PxB, n _KI ; 17. B·QB5 Is not good because of 17.

._ .• Q-BS. 17. B-KKl5, however, h olds eve rything. 16. PxB KR·Kf 17. B·QBS 17. B·KKt5 fails bccause or 17. Q_Rfi ; 18. R·K3. 1'-Q5; 19. Rxtt eh , fuR and the KDP Is 10$t. Tr 20. B.K4, full ; 21. PxR. Q.l{t5 c h , ctc. 17. ... .. ... Q·R6 11. R·Kl R·Kl With the tremcndous threat of It-U3. 19. R(l r KT Indirectl), dcfend ln g with a mating t hreat o f h i .. own. 19. _...... R(l j·K' With a thN!!at of winning the K8 p . 20. P-R' .... __ White w ou ld like to i<l k e the Rp when Blaek is unablc to pla y R·RI. S h .... l d Black adva ncc h iS p . B I~lluler would t r y to create an oll L~lde passed P with P-Kt 4. 10 • ..... _. P·QR4 Blac k C<lopCratc s 21. P- Kt4 Consistent. 21. .... Q -R5 F e r the l ast lew moves there \:las been the question of th~ opposIn g Rs. Wbltc avoldcd Ib:R because P"R would g Ive Black good chances In th" center. BlaCk nvo lded Rx R because he w"" unccrta ln as to' how the end. game Q vs 3 pieces would s tand. 21 . ......... Q-RS slJ;nlnCI h is Intcntion to gamble On the m idd le came. n. P-B3 Q -Kt4 eh 24. Px P 23. K-81 Q·B5 'rhe p assed P is here.

24. ,_ ... _ Q"KR P 25. P·R6 Q-B2 P ' 'even tln g 27. P_R7 ~cause Or 27. .... _ •• Q-R4; 28. B-Q4, P-Q84, etc. Ber n­stein has been doing ve ry well as a counter-puncher. 26. B.o.

Vcry good. 2G . .. _ ....• P.QB4 · now lead' to nothing becauliC or 27. RxR, RxR; 211. RxR, PxR ; 29. 8.K5, q.'(S ?; 30. P -R7 wins; or 29. . ...... , Q away and White 's position III" overpowering. 26. __ . . Q · R4 27. R" R P"R If 27 . .... _ .. • Ib:R; 28. rtxR, P"R; 29. p.R7 is too strong. No w Black Is threa ten­Ing to s hu t out thc Os h )' advilnclng hili Bp . Bisgu ioel' regroups his pl.,.,c" tor a K-$ide assault ""hlle BlaCk car. ries o u t h is ~Ide plan.~ . 28. Kt·K3 P' 1I-4 Not 28 . ........ . P-X 4 because of 29. Kt-Xt4. 29. B-K5 R-Rl 29 . ..... -::' .• Qxp(R5)' is ~llned fo r . 81a~Jr"s subsequent threats on t he riP plus White penet~ates wo u ld then be qu ite st~ong.

30. R·Ktl R isguier pl~$ Cor Immedia te pene t ra. t io n . 30. . Q"P(RS) 3:1: . R II P eh 31. R· Kt 7 Rx P No t 32. 8"R. QxB ch. 3:1: . K-81 33. R II P U. BxR, Qx8 ~h ; 34. K·Kt2, Q--Q6 gives Whi te some problems. m seu l"r prcfe l">! to pla y t Of mate. 33. ........ p.oS 3 •• S -Kt6 Trying to create a net. 34. __ .... R-R2 Black keeps wlglliing with t he h ope o f utilizin g hiS een ter PlI. :14 . .... _ ., PxKt would have forccd White t o take a draw b y 35. R-R.8 ch, K-K2; 36. R -R7 ch. c t c. If 35. 1l'.U6? Black w ins with 35 ......... , Q-llS c h ; 36. K·Kt2, P -K4; 37. n-Ra ch, Q·Kll; 38. 8·K? ch, K"B; 39. n xQ, p -R7, etc. 35. R· R8 eh K-K2 37. Kt·Kt4 36. p"p p"p St!ll setting u p nets. 1 would have Iikcd to See the time clocks. 37. . P-Q6 38. R-R7 ch K.oI Not 33 . ..... .. . K· ll l; 36. 0-Q6 ch, K.Kt l ; 411. KI·B6 mate. 3' . 8 · B6 eh K-BI 40. R·RI eh K· Kt2

41 . B-K4 e h K· Kt3 42. R·Ktl e," K· B4

The K h a s Icd him a m e rry chase. 43, Kt·K 3 Q-R3 It's d ifficult t o lind better. If 43. R-Q2; R-BII c h . K _Kt3 ; 45. 8-QR Ch"'~ strong . . .... R·Q B 45. 8-Q3 l'inally ",0=

P-Q7 e h Q-RS

threaten ln~

46 . .... _ R-Q 2

remove .. -Hoping to live throu i h a Q endIng. '7. R-BI c h . Not ),cL Jle'd Ilkc to eatcb a piece first. 47. K-Kt3 Best. If K_Q3; 48 . Kt-B4 eh, K.Q4, 49.

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B-K4 male. or 47. K·KlS: 4..~. R.85 Ch, ete. .... R·8U 48. R·ll4 prevenUntr the foUowi,.. Is much better . ., • . _~_ Q·K8S

Ba(l. 49 R·Kt 2 ch , houid enable Whlt~· to draw by perpetua L. 49. .•.•..•. R·K82 Very obUj:lin,. 49 ..•.• _ •• Rx3: SO. K x R. QxKt ch a nd 51 .......... p .Qa(Q) would have le ft White o n U,a . hort e nd. 50. 8 ·K4 R·Q2 52. R·Kt2ch 51. 8 x P Q.RS Rul llnt With hi" I)as~d I' !lOlle lJlack decLde~ It Is ulM' leifIJ to continue. A poulble rln lsh m ight hove been: $2 •. ~.~ ..• K. I}2: 53. Kt-84. K-Ql: ~. R-RS ch. K·K2: 5.5. K .... )(5. Q.B3: 56. 0·83. K·KI : 51. B-Kt6 ch, K·K2: 5(1. Kt-BG eh winning the Q.

An excellent n,hllnll came hy both players.

SICILIAN DEFENSE (Wing Gambit)

MCO: p lge m , column U8 II)

Ohio 51ate Championship

Columbus, 1953 No/u by j ouph N. Co ller

While mack F. FERRYMAN E. E. STEARNS I . P· K4 P·Q84 2. P.QKI4 ...... . . The Wlna Gambit •. an alj:Il'I'eulve line which need. man: tel lln" In nt/uter play. 2. ..... Px P 4. p .1(5 3. P.QR3 p.Q4I Undoubtedly bettor I, 4. KPitP. It White I~ to make .nythin, of h is , ambit he ..mould e ndeavor to kel.1 p the lines open. 4. . Kt·Q81 6. P xP 5. P.o4 Q.B2 More In tho IIplrlt of thlngl tJ S. Kt.K83, but ~Ince It I,mvokes llinck In to an lII.eon~ldl! rl!d nlll.ck wI! elln thank Ihe text movc for the folll1wlnl: beaull ful game. , . ..H.H. KhKpt StearlUl sl>ould eonlcnl hl"''''l tf with the more Pro¥;l\<; ...... H, KtlCKl l' nn er whleh It I. dlmcult to dc""m~lrlite that White h ... • ... trLeh:mt COlli llen· sallon for thl) P . 7. ,"xKt QxP cll • • B·KtS cll B·Ql •. 8 ·K3 Qxll 10. B·Q41 White could fOrci! a t1 r nw wl lh 10. "IC8 ch a nd II . QxP Ch . but wllh the llIack Q out of plilY atld a r",·UlIl l· loss of Lilne incvl ta blc. "'c rrym~n cur· l'ecU), pI p)" fo r the wIn. 10. . Q·Rl 12. KIxPt 'P·K3 11 . KI·Q8J Q·R6 Not ........ , Hxll·!; 13. Kt •. B7 eh , K.Q~ (or Ql); 14. 8 .Kt2 eh winnIng the Q. 13. Kt·87 ell K·Ql 14. KlxP I chll ....... , A brilliant ,Iroke. the IICeeptinCII or which Is (orccd u the fullowl", var· IlO ilo",," demon,trate: II) ...•....• K·I< I: 15. Kt.B7 ch, KoQl: 18. 8 .1\6 eh Ind mate In 3: b) ......... K·81; 15. IbB eh . KxB; 16. U·Kt2 oh wlnnin, the Q: c] 'H.~." K·K1; lS. 8 ·8S ch w ith a n elly wm. 14 • .... H.. PxKt 16. Qx8 eh K· 83 15. B·Kt6 ch K·K1 11. B·Q4 ch p ·Ke K mo,'es src even wo rlt. II. BxP chI •...• ~. 'l'hls nne follow-up lIIIe rlfl ee p rove. thc vaUdlly of th, o rtgl n al orte r . II . .... ~~ KxlS 20. Q.Q4 th K·K1 19. KI·1I3 ch K·1I3 21 . Q·K5 ch _.H. WhUe the move .dople<! also wlnll.

Il appears t hat the quiet G-(I Is the lihort.cst I"OlId til Rome. One PllSIIlble endlnlt mli/ht be: 2 1. 0.0. Kt.-83; 22. R·,K] ch. K·B2; 23. 1l·B4 eh, K.Kt3: 24. Kt-KS cli, K.B4: 25. P·K14 ch, K· KiA; :1.6.- p .1M ch, K·AS (or •..• HH. K·Hl: 27. P·Kt S eh, K.R4; 211. B-K2 oh, eto.): Z7. Q·ln oh, K·R6j ZS. B·B1 mate, M.ate eIln be dcmonstrated In all varlatluns ~rter 21. 0-0 • 21 • . _ .. _. K·QI 13. R·QI eft K· BI :no 0-0 Kt-B1 24. B-Q1 chi 00 __

25. Q·K. ch K·B2 Or ~H ••.. ' K·Kt4; 211. Q.R6 ",a te.

K·Kt3 21. Q· K6 ch 8·Q3

RIC? ch. K·R5; 29.

28. Qx8 eh IK·KI4 30. Q·05 ma le 29. IlxP ch K·85 A ,<parkllns: game reminiscent of some of Rudolph Splelm,lI111'~ "5pceul~U~e ~"e rificem ~an'es.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO; page " , c. 59. I.

U.S. Open Ch.mpionshlp Milwaukee, 1953

N(JI~J by U. S. Masin A. E. Stltlltllitrt White Blnck

A. E. SANTASIERE J . SHERWIN 1. KI·KBl KI..tC81 3. B·Kt2 2. P·KKtl P·KKt3 AI a ' 'Cllll ll of Ihls gam e I s hull always (what, alwa)' ~?) pl~y Santasicrc's Folly (f'.Q Kt4) h ere. 1. ...... . B·Kt2 s. 0 ·0 P'.Q3 4. P·84 0 ·0 6. P·Q4 Kt·B3 'I'hls, In my opinion. I~ beller thnn QKJ...Q2 (J ust nnothe r dny In u tieba te without b"l:\nning Ul' ClI(l .) , 1. P.KR3 Nut nCCCH $lll·Y . 1. P·K4 10. P·K4 P·QR4 •• P·Q5 KI·K2 11 . 8·K3 P·KI3 t , KI·B3 KI·Q2 12. P· Kt3 ••.. HH 'ro prcparc tor p·tU. Q·Kt.4-but too ~Iow here. n . ........ P·K84 13. Q·02 P·R3 14. K·R2 P·85 U . P xP pxP Tu cover the th ird 19. M...... Kt (2J·K4 20. Kt.Kt IO.Kt

16. D-Q4 17. 8x8 18. KI·Kts 19. o-B3 eh ra nk.

21 . B· 83

.. · KIK14 K ..

Kt·KU

~ct1Ient! This holds u p the pawn Id· Vince, lrlell for Il-R5 lind p·D3. 21 . ~~.H. K· Kt3 , A righting K on a vulnerable me-the u nly I<tron l: move! U . Kt .Q4 Q·83 ·1·hreatenlnJ: Ktx8 eh . U. QR·OI 8-Q1 25. 8.01 24. KR·KtI P·R.4 In ordcr to threa ten Kt·B3. lS. P·86· 26. KI·BS

.,--,..--,

This. I hoped, was the I5avlng move: but Jimmy saw just a bit farthcr than ,. 2' • ... _ IS.KI 27. " x B ell K· R.l

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COlllflmporarv Amfl,.;can Compo:Jfl,.:J __ 00 10 CHARLES SUMNER JACOBS

CHARLES Sumner Jacobs, de<m oC Ame rican problem composers, will celebrate his eightieth birthday on JanUlIry 14, and we cele­

brate with him by dedicating our {pur diagr ams to his work. Born in York, Pennsylva nia. in 1874, Mr. Jacobs learned the! moves o( ehess when he was eleven years oid and had his fi rst problem published in Brownson's Chess Journal in 1889. His composing output has not been largc-amounting to about 125 problems in all--but he has bee n an enthusiastic solver lor more tha n sixty·five years. longer than any other living American to our knowledge!. He is also ·a strung player, having won the IOwa State tourney in 1894, the Cana dian championship in 1903, and the Boston City Club championship· ()n vari()us occ asions. Now retired trom the advertising bUSiness, he lives in Winchester, Mass­ncllUsetts, lind as he reaches his eightieth milesl()nc he is still vigorously doing things he likes to do-attcnding base ball and football games, playing skltUes, and traveling. We wish him many more years of good health and good (un.

t wo moves

l'roblwr No. 477 By Charl es S. Jacobs

Nl1 t QxP, 8 ·B2. 21. 8 xP QxP 31. K· Rl KtxP ch 29. B· Kt2 Kt·Q6 32. RICKt QlIR 10. R·B2 Q· 85 ch 33. R·81 Now I had flxpeeted t o win by Q·B4; ~4. It·De ch. 33. ........ QxRch 40. K·83 34. 8xQ Rd! eh 41. K· K3 35. K· Kt2 QR·K81 42. PxP 36. Q·K3 QR·B7 ch 43. K·82 37. QxR R.xQ eh 44. K·K t1 lI. KxR K·KU 405 , KxP 29. K·K1 K· B4 Ruign5

K·K4 P·Kt5 ". K·QS K· Bo

K·Kt7

Jhnmy'l fll'lt Iweet v ictory over me. A dell¥ ht to IOIII! 10 him (maybe).

PTObf~m No. 476 1:8y Charl es S. J acobs

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White male,

RUY LOPEZ MCO: page 231, eOlumn 16

Luzerne, 1952 White

BARDEN Black

I. P ·K4 p.K4 5. BxKteh 1. KI·K83 Kt.QB3 6. P.Q4 3. B· KtS P·QR3 7. P·84 4. O·1t4 P ·Q3 8. Kt.B3 Detter III 5 ......... , U.Kt5 . t. Px," 8Px P P 11. B.B, n. 8 ·J( tS Q·Q2

PORR ." P·83 P·KU

Kt.R3?

B·Kt2?

Ve r y bad. A mlll'lt III I t .... H.H., Kfl.Ktl. 12. KtxPI R.slgn s U 12. ~ ..•...• P xKl : 13. QxQch. n xQ; 14. BxB, Kt·B2: J5. lIdl, Ktxll ; IS. 0 ·0 ·0 . lind White III the exchan,e lind . Paw n ahflad.

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White to

Send solution to Po:.ilion No. 132 to the Editor, CT~S LIFE, 123 N o. Humphrey AVi!., Oak Park, III·. by February 5, 1954.

Solution to Position No. 129 We regret to s ay that the diagram

was botched on this position, tor there shQuld have been a Black pawll on KB4. This was Talmanov·Cc llcr, Moscow, 1951 in which White actually played 1. Q.K3? and there followed 1 ......... , R-QR1; 2. R-Kt7 eh, K·R.1 and White resl.c:n8. But there was Il draw

by 1. RxR, Kl<R; 2. R·Kt3 eh!!, QxH: 3. Q·KW eh, K·Kt2: 9. Q·KW eh. KxQ sta lemate.

A$ the diagram gave the poslUon (without the pawn on KB4 for Black) there are $Overal deve r aUempts to salvllge the p()J;itiun submlUed by va rious solvers . We will credit aU these submls:;lon ~, and also the cards frum solvers confcssing th ai they could JInd no solution a nd ,sug gestln.c: (correctly) that the pu~itiun wa'" in· correctly prlnl.cd----our second misprint In two yean.

Those credited for ~llcmpls 61' {or . statenu.mts lha t any uttempt was 1m· pO$$lble are: A. Romberanl t (PHts­buri h) , C. F. Chase (Bulrulo). J. Kauf· man (Los Angeles), ~' . D. Knuppel (New York), C. Lyon (Peuria). K Nu~h (Washington), G. Payne (Webstf!l' Crowes). T. Sel.wal'iz {Durandl . D. Sliver (New Ynrk). I. Sigmond (Col· wick), W. F.. Stevens (Laramie), L. (Schenectady), W. D. WiI""n (AmhersJ. burg), N. P. Witting (Sa l(! rnl, N. Zemkc (Detroit), £: K. Dille (Norrulk), J. Mel. nick (Portland). D. Hamburg (PI li ... burg), E. Roman (New Brit,,;n).

In regard to Pusition No. 12.7. severnl solvers have quite correctly protested that the Une 1. R·BH eh, B-Ql; 2. K·Q5, I'·K8(Q)??: 3. K·1l6 can be :on~wcred by 3 ......... , Q·K3 ch. In transpOSing from all:ebralc notatiun We may l!(lve substltcd 116 for Q6 Or the printer m:.), have misread the letter but It Should be obviOUS on study that White's 3 1~1

muve would be K·Q6 whereupon m aek canp.ot chC<'k (withou t losing the Q) or otherwise p l'Cvent the mate.

Solutions:_ Finish It The Clever' Way!

Position No. 119: 1. R(IU)·B1, Q.Ql: 2. RxR, QxR; 3. Q-Kt4! and win ,. B or mates. If 3. .. ..... , Q-QB1j 4. B·B5.

Pos ition No. 12.0: 1. 1'-Kt7. R-R.2; 2. R·Kl eh, K·QI; 2. R·K7! win~.

Racfne (WiS. ) Chess Club b owed to a 4\01·7\01 de feat by AusUn Chcs.s and CheCker Club of Chicago. Austin victo ries Were gained by E. Buerger, J . Nowak, N. Aronson, Jl.1. Major (Chess Llfc's editur's fi,.,.t " PPC:lrance in match play in Ihn.~ YC:lI'$), D. Roszkowski. and R. Stein. whll/i draw~ wen~ to PaUl Adams, U,S. Women 's Open Champlun Eva Aronson. an d F. Haubold. J.'or Racine D. Anderson, John Olsen, and A. Wike lallied wins while A. Domsky, H.. Kunz and J. Stuemflg d:rew.

N. Y. CHESS LIFE (Continued from page 3, col. 4)

Bisguier, Turne r, Kevitz, P inkus, Shainswit ilnd Willinms in the twelve·man club championship to bcgin Cill']Y in January . . .Jack Collins 5%·1% has a good lead in Ule MarshaJl C. C. club championshi p with J erry Donovan 5Ih·3%, A. Saidy and A. E. Santa· siel'c 5·3 and R. Einhorn a nd J. Sherwin 41h -M2 being the others WiUl good scnres . . Following a discussion of one of his best ga mes at ZUI'ieh, Sammy Reshcv­sky gave a sim ultaneous exhibition at the ManhaUan C. C. and scored 14 wins and 3 dl'aws-the half­points gOing to R. Kugman, M. Mitchell and I. Frank. . . A rea l "chess match" took place re· cently when Dr. Ariel Mengarini. U.S. chessmastcr f rom the Marshall C. C. married Miss Al'is tca Drivas, also a Marshall C. C. habituc. They met at the Marshall C. C., of course! .. Jack Hursch, Colorado champ, spent several weeks competing at top N.Y. chess centers prior to being inducted into the Ar my ...... Columbia 'beat Ar my 7· 1 and lcads Y o le 2-0 in a radio matcll with three games adjourned (all in Columbia's favor)

. AI'j.hur Bisguicr of Pace College b the favorite in the u.s. Inlercollegiate Championship.

Cottage Grove (Ore.) Chess Club ob. t~ined Ilewsp~pcr publicity 10 Oregon when Internatlunal !liastcr Arth ur W. Oake stalled n simultaneous exhlbitiun there, giving in addition a blindfold game which IlC won. In the :regular ~imultaneous Dake won 20 ga rnes and drew one with Vlrg Nelson of Cottage Grove.

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