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Vol. XI. No. 14 Wednesday. Ma rch 20, 1957 15 Cents

Conducl6d by Position No. 204

USCF Translation of Laws Approved by FIDE

IRWIN SIGMOND

SEND solutions to Position No. 204 to reach Irwin Sigmond,

5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arling· ton 7, Va., by April 20, 1957. With your solution, please send analysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or moves.

Solution to Posi tion No. 104 will ~p. pu r In th. May S, 1957 issue.

NOTE: Do not p/"u Jolll/ion. to ' 11'0

pOlillons on one ell'.!; b~ .,,'" 10 inJi<:4tt CUrTt'C/ nr."fbrr of po.itio" bein, sol .. ed, lind ,iYe tin full IItJmc .. "d ",JJrcJ$ 0/ the sul"'T to (mill in prGpa crediting of solution.

PLATZ TRIUMPHS IN W MASS OPEN

Dr. Joseph Platz tallied 5-1 to win the Western Massachusetts and Connedleut Valley Open ' at Springfield, losing no games but drawiq with Daniel Levin and Eli Bourdon. Second and third with equal .... Ph SC<lres were Levin and Bourdon. Levin drew with Platz, Bourdon, and Philip Pinkham; Bourdon drew with Platz, Levin and Robert Lane. Fourth to sixth in the IS-player Swiss with 4-2 each were Henry Martel, Jack Owen, and Francis Keller.

Ralph Guertin tallied 6"0 to win the I5-player Class B event. Jeff Baker and Jack Stern were second and third with 4'h- l% each, while Robert Loomis was fourth with 4-2. In the Class C event victory went to Maj. Harold Skinner with 5¥..r: -If.t, a draw with Murray Powell. Albert Paul was second with 5-1, and Murray Powell was third with 41h-llf.t in the 20-player Swiss.

COMMITTEE SET FOR NOMINATION

The USCF Nominating Commit­tee for 1957 has been appointed, consisting of Gerald Spann, 314 Colcord Bldg., Oklahoma City, Okla., chairman; Anthony E. San­tasiere, 620 Trinity Ave., New York 55, N.Y.; Dr. Vincent S. Hayward, 112S Ninth Ave., Hunt­ington, W.Va.; William Trinks, 2714 Cleveland, Hammond, Ind.; Lewis E. Wood, 1425 Sycamore St., Haddon Heights, N.J.

U. S. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

July 8-14. 1957-

San Francisco, Calif,

GROSS CAPTURES MISSOURI OPEN

Ronald Gross of Compton, CaHf. tallied 5-'h·ih to win the Missouri Open Championship at St. Louis, drawing one game with John V. Ragan . Ragan, who also sC<lred 51h ­Ih bUl placed second on Solkoff points, was declared Missoori Champion. Frederic S. Anderson scored 41h-Ph for third place, los­ing no games but drawing with J. Donald Deline, John Sarar, and John R. Beitling. Fourth to ninth in the 34-pJayer Swiss with equal 4-2 scores were J. Donald Define, J ohn Sarar, John R. Beitiing, Har­old Branch, Carl Spies, and Dr. W. A. Perkins.

This year the event drew ptay· ers from California, Arkansas, Kansas, Illinois and Te nnessee as well as Missouri. It was held at Downtown YMCA and credit for most of the promotion of the event goe$ to J . Donald DeHne. Veterlln C. M. Burton was touroa­ment director; James Darrough, president of the Downtown Y Chess Club was responsible for the tourna ment arrangements with the YMCA.

USSR TITLE WON BY RIGA STUDENT

Mikhial Tal, 20-year-old s tudent from Riga, with 14-7 won the XXIV USSR Championship at Moscow. Bronstein and Keres tied for sec­ond with 13¥.!·7¥.!, while Spasky and To/ush tied for fourth with 13·S. The other scores were: Kholmov 12'h -8*; Korchnoi and Pelrosian 12-9; Boleslavsky 11 1h-9JA: ; Aronin and Taimanov 11-10; Furman 10-11; Bannick, Klaman and Nezhmctdinov 9'h"11%; Anto­shin 9·12; Stolar S¥.!·12%; Mikenas S-13; AI'onson, GUI'genidze, Tara· sov, and Khasin 7'h -13'h. Tal was awarded the title of USSR Grand· master.

By KENNETH HARKNESS AII/hor oi "Tlu O/fidttl BI~~ Book tt"d EMqclopcditf of Chus"

T HE World Chess Federation (FIDE) has finally approved the USCF's translation of the Laws of Chess. Henceforth, the USCF's rendition of

the Laws will be known as the "Authorized American Translation." The approval of the FIDE is subject to minor changes in the translation of Articles 13 and ArticJ'C 17A. These modifications are being made in our official text, wh ich now reads as follows:

Article 13 Recording of Games

1. In the course of play, each player is requil'ed to record the game (his own moves and those of his opponent), move after move, as cleady and legibly as possible, on the score sheet prescribed for the contest.

2. If, extremely pressed for time, a player obviously is unable to meet the requirements of section No. 1 above, he should neverthe­less endeavor to indicate on his score sheet the number of moves made. As soon as his time trouble is vvcr, he IUUSt complete immedi­ately his record of the game by reo cording the omitted moves. How· ever, he will not have the right to claim a draw, on tbe basis of Article 12(3) , if the moves in ques­tion were not recorded in con­formity with the stipulations of section No. 1 above.

Article 17A The Drawn G&m.

L An offer of a draw under the provisions of Article 12 (2) can be made by a player before or after he has made his move on the board, but in both cases only when his clock is running.

2. If a player c1ain1S a draw un· der the provisions of Article 12 (iI), his clock must continue to run until the Dircctor has verified the legitimacy of the claim.

li the claim is found to be cor· rect, the game will be declared drawn, evcn i£ the claimant, in the interval, has over stepped the time lilll it.

If the claim is found to be in· C01Tcct, the game will continue, un­less the claimant has, in the inter­val', overstepped the time limit, in which case the game will be de­clared lost by the claimant.

The complete American Trans­lation of the Laws of Chess ap­pears in the "OIIicial Blue Book and Encyclopedia of Chess." How­ever, Article 13 is now changed to read as given abl)\'e. Article 17A is a new addition to the text. Fur· thermore, the wording of the Knight's move (Article 6) has been changed, as explained in the Janu· ary 5th issue of Chess Life.

We are still endeavoring to frame ncw USCF Tournament

::-:----c--:-c----::----:--cc Rules to interpret the new Arti­cle 13. International Judge Hans Kmoeh, Secretary of the Manhat­tan Chess Club, informs us that the Argentine Chess Federation has interpreted Article 13 to mean that a player should be forfeited for not keeping score if he has [ailed to record more than the last three moves of the game when his time limit expires. This writer be­lieves that this interpretation is somewhat harsh, for it Is apparent­ly the intention of the FIDE to be lenient to 8 player in time-trouble. Nevertheless, it seems necessary to specify the number or moves a player may indicate by checkmarks without being forfeited . If no lim­it is imposed, or i£ the limit is too lenient, a player In time·trouble is being given an advantage in time over his opponent if the latter is attempting to keep score. The opin­ion of readers on this point is so­licited.

DAHLBERGS TOPS IN PUGET SOUND

Ivars Dalbergs of Portland, sole Oregonian in the 17-pJayer Swiss, won the Puget Sound Open with a perfect 7-0 score. Dan Wade of Seattle was second with 5-2. Third and fourth on Median points with 4%-2* each were Howard Weaver and Dr. A. A. Murray, while fifth to eighth with 4-3 each were Vik­tors Pupols, Hugh Noland, James McCor mick, and John Gell. Wade lust to Dalbergs and drew with Weaver. Weaver lost to Dalbergs and Murray while drawing with Wade. Morray lost to Pupols and drew with Noland, Charles Grif­fiths, and Lt. Eugene Leininger. McCormick in 7th place was the winner o£ the recent Long Island (N.Y.) Amateur. The event was held in Seattle and directed by a committee of players.

5BTH U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August 5·11. 1957 Cleveland, Ohio

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ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL TO THE MEMBERS OF THE USCF

Mastering the End Gmlle This year, more than any Othltf, It I~ Import~nt tbat we send. STU· DENT T£A~t ~broad to compete In the WORLD STUDENTS TEAM CHAMPIONSItW.

By W A.LTER KORN, Editor of MCO

Preamble, Exec ution, Annihilation OUI' team 15 tba stronecst ever

and thl. would be a £lne opportun. Ity to elln the coveted tltla of WORLD STUDENTS TEAM CHAM. PIONS tor Ihe UNITED STATES of A.MERICA.

D L4.GRAM No. 39 reJ))"cse nts one of my studies of which I 11m proud as it contains a number of elements that in the eyes of the purist

"Bohemian" school of study composers are considered essential, namely: BUT, we eanDot send th l£ te.m

of s l~ masters to Iceland thts July, unle$$ we IrC given the neeo»ary financial a$$l$tance. For this ru­liOn 1 uk eacb member to con· tribute ONE DOLLAR Or MORE so thal YOU cun make tbls event pos­sible lor Americl 10 partlell)lIte.

I} It is a "likely position"_it cou ld easily derive from or be applied to an actual game position.

0;<18'''''' Nc. )9 By Wa lte r Korn

Original -

2) It is "difficult", as the win­ning demand seems improbable and the winning procedure evolves s lowly at a la ter stage. 3) Every piece on the board, and that in­dudes the pawns, has an essential and clearly defined function and the piece disappears from the board after its func tion has been fulfilled; the only remaining force is tlJat determining the f inal j udg­ment. 4) The position {rom which the win commences has to be first created by a "preamble", thus;

HAVE YOUR TO URNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED

New Regulations Effective M arch 1, 1966 Tov' lt"maltls, malchos (Individual

or I .. m; 'OIInd robin or Swln) a,.. ,.t.abla whon spomorad by USCF afflilited o.""nlnl lonl, If ployed unde. FI DE Laws, dludad by • Compa'ant ofl l~la l , and Playad . , tlma limit of nol mora thin 30 mova. p.r hour.

Th •• nnual ch"mplonshlp lou.n •• m. nt of on USCF Club Ch. ptor and tho .nnu,1 championillip 1000,nl' ..... n. 0' ony USCF ."111"0 whoq By·L.wI provide thai IU Its nwm. bers must be USCF membe .. also .ra , ltad wlthou. chltga.

A U othar allglble ovants Ir. ,.ted only If offlclol ,eport of .vont Is .~cOmpanled by a n mltta"ce ~ov' orlng a ri ling fea of IOc per llama fo r all gamn actuaUy pllyOd In Iho contn t . (In .. Swiss onlt-holt Iha numbor of pl.yo.s limos the num­b., Of rounds 'ltp, e"n" 10111 • Imo, played if no bye. Or forfeits.)

Nalc l bet ](), J<.,fi"8 I" fa ,_~ i. coll~dtJ ,.om ,,1/ P/6)'t'l, .,hdhc USC! mtmbcrs 0, " of .

1l"'n91 wlll be published parlod. Ica lly of I II pa rticipants In all USCF­Ili led avonts.

Offlcl. 1 r. fing form •• hould .,. MeVred in adv.nee from:­

MOEltgom..-y Maj or IU No. HUmphrh A n n",. 0" P"",, IIUno"

Dc> Nt •• ilt tG ",,- USC! -I/kUh lor Ibm .",;". /t".".,.

WcrJ1ItsJ.-y, Pa ille 2 M,ncb 20, 19'7

The Preamble : 1. P-R6 threaten­ing to queen .' 1. , P·R61 an in· genious way of countCI'jng the threat. 1. , RxP; 2. P-R7 would allow White several ways to win wi th Nand P vs. P . 2. PxP, R-QRS; 3. P-R7, RxP{R6). What now? If White queens the RP, the Rook simply takes and after , KxP the game Is a draw. This plan does not seem (0 aiter l1fter White's l1P­pl1rclltly useless (?) maneuvering 4. N·QB (protects the second pawn and lllercfore threatens 'again to queen the RP). 4. .. , R.N6 chi S. N·N7, R-QR6 (agai n, if 6. p _ QR8(Q), Black draws); 6. N·Q6! (protect ing the BP again, this time from Q6, instead of Q8-so what's the difference?), 6. .. ... , R·N6 Chi 7. K·B7, R-QR6; B. K-N7, R.N6 eh (still the same maneuverings, al­ways with the same unchanged pm·pose. But only nolY the effect of the fi rst th ree-move preamble begins to tell. In the original po. sition, the Black Rook was on his fifth rank-the preamble shilted the Rook to the sixth rank and the overwhelming result now follows): 9. N·NSI The Rook cannot go back to the QR-file!! If 9 . . __ .... , R·QR6; 10. NxR. 9. , Rx N Chi 10. K·R6!, R·N8 (if 11. P·R8{Q), R-R8 ch; 11. P·B8{)Q) ch I! White's surplus pawn annihilates himseli with final force. 11 . ,KxQ; 12. p . R8(Q) eh and Wh ite wins with the remaining power of Queen versus Rook.

All donations 'may be sent to; WIIII.m Lombardy % Slud,nt Travellng Fund "1 1'.11" St rHt Bronl( Sf, New York

Slnce,. ly, WILLIAM LOMBAIlOY

CHESS LIFE FUND CONTRI BUTIONS

FurUler contr ibutions to the CHESS UFE Pr in ting Fund have now incrcased the total to $568.16 as of February 28, 1957. Mos t reo ccnt donations were rcceivcd Crom: PrevIously aCknowlcdi(ed ............ $527.21 Anonymous ........................................ 10.00 V. Altman .. v..... ........ ......................... 10.00 Harry Lymlln ................................ H.. .5.00 Richard A. Sanford ........................ 5.00 Charles S. J .cobs· ...... _ ........... _..... 2..00 Waltar " Elsie Unterber& ._._ .. 2.00 A. L. Prindle ................... _ ......... ~.... 1.50 Doullias Gunnoe _ ................ _ .... _.... 1.45 Wm. Curtin .. ............... ....... _ .......... H 1.00 Edgar Holladay...... .. ........................ 1.00 laekle !\IlIyer ...................................... 1.00 N. E. Dudek .... .. ..... ....... ................. ... .ro Reman FllIpovich ........ .. .... .............. .50

Total .... .... .... .. ..... ... ...................... $:168.16 • Reprellents the "n"tb donation from Mr. I lco1)5 who is {oDowlns his pub­Ushed $IIl8eation of II monthly contrl. bullon to !.he f\md.

PreSidio (Monterey) Chess Club: With election ot otrlcers and a s~t ot By­Laws In thlt making the ciub is now formall y orll'anued, publishing • club bulletin lind boldlng !I- three-section tou.nament. Bruce Price won the ra_ eent Speed event 6-1 , 100000g one A'ime 10 Jadan. J.d.n .nd Kareh tied for second "'lth 5-2, and Olson w., lourt.h wi lh 4-3.

Funds Sought by Youth Committee

For U. S. Junior Championship Event The Chess For Youlh CommiUee 01 San Francisco, Calil. is making

the following appeal {or lunds to cover tbe expenses o f the U.S. Junior Championship Tournament, to be held in San Francisco lrom July 8th to 14lh:

Sltnd 'lou r contribut ions to CHESS I'OR YOUTH COMMITTEE, 266 I'ou,lh Sl raet, San Fu ndlco 3, Calif.

])enl' Chess Friend: The Junior Chcss Chlmplonship of the United States will be held In San Frsn­

ci'lX! the week of July 8 to 14, 1957. Tills event I~ being sponsored by the United Slatel Cha$S Federation Ind Chess Friends of Northern California. It I. open to 1111 )'oungllers up to t he age of twcnty (2ll) •

M.ny young people from 1111 parts of the counlry wID be coming 10 Sao Fr.n· cisco to aitltnd Ihls lourn~ment .nd .... e partlcul. rly expect a record turnout hom Northern CaUrornla "'here chess plays an important rOie in aU the schools. Almost every Ichool In Nortbern California has a chcn club .nd last year we saw . 17-ycar.old high schOOl lad, Gilbert Ramirez of San ,"'ranelseo, win the Championship of Cheu ,'!"lends of Northern C~nfornla, Open ChDmplon~hlp of Call1orni., Dnd the tllle Of Champion or California!

To make this chess 10ul'nlmen! successful, funds are neaded so th't these youngilcrt: coming to San Francisco will be adequalely hOUSed and their sojourn In the Bay Area wilt be one that they 'rill long remember as In outstandlng . ni! pleaUllt tltperlence. The aIHml,orlan! funds for prbcs must be made .vall'ble. '00.

The Chon for youth Commlttae's first natlonwldo enort Is to support Uds tournamcnt fo r youth. It lli the youth who will PUI the United State$ chess move­ment back In the wlnninc line against all leading nstlons of today.

We appeal to all chess 10Vaf$ to help us in promoting this worthwhile eaU$e. Every donation, nO malter how small, is wclcomed ftnd will be acknowledged.

YOUfS tor more Chess, TOM TIlIPODES P'~Jiti"'l, C~u Jor Youtb Committu

Coll.fle C~ejj oflf.

ContiudtJ b,. Frederick H. Ken-

All coH.ga Clubs a nd pla.,..n . ... "r~d to llend news Items to Fr_erlck H. Ker r, Nltt.ny :n·13, Box 217, Pann· sylv.nla State Unlv.nlty, Unl ... nlly P~rlc , Pan nsylvanl • .

T H E American Chess Foundation has proved that it has not just

been giving lip service to an inter­est in collegiate chess. Late in February, the Foundation presi· dent, Mr. Rossci' Reeves, announced small cash grants to the following colleges a nd universities to en­cou rage chess among studen ts: Am· herst College, Bethany College, University of Colorado, Columbia University, University of Connecti· cut, Univcrsity of Nor th Carolina, l'ennsylvania S tat e University, Southern U1inois University, and Saint Pe ter's Collcge. There is a possibility that additional grants will be made.

You have already read an ap­peal for funds to send an AmerI­can team to the Fourth World Stu­dent Chess Championship, which was written by USCF Master Wil· liam Lombardy. Your reporter would like to add his voice to that plea. T his annual event is co.spon· sored by FIDE and the Interna­tional Union of Students. The rus is the main organization of Com­munist youth in the World. In na­tions such as Iceland, where the tournament will be held, the na­tional studcnt union is alliliated with the rus but is not necessarJly Communist. In fact, the Icelandic National Union of Students bas engaged in a light with the IUS over the Hungarian genocide by the Soviet Union. Under the cir­cumstances, we have an excellent opportunity to give outstanding chess players {rom inside the Iron Curtain a n opportunity to meet Arnel'ican students through a com­mon inte rest in chess. Who will gain from such an exchange? I as· sure you that the eastern Euro. peans will carry away a better un· det'standing of the West. The De· partment of State has assured the leLA that the United States Gov· el'Omcnt has no objection.

The proposed leam 01 William Lombardy. Edmar Mednis, Antbo. ny Saidy, and Arthur Feuers lein (all masters) is the best ever. These four men will be aided by a n alter­nate or two with the possibility o{ anothet· master going along as sec­ond. Each and every member of this PI'oposed team has the cbess abil ity, expcrience, and character to give other peoples a good im­pression of the United States.

STOP! Before you turn the page, get out your check book and do your part. It is your duty as an American chess supporter to see tha~ this team is sent to Iceland. It is understood that the ACF will contribute to this fund . However, the Foundation will not be able to donate the enti re amount required. You can give something--even a dollar. Do it now! Send contribu· tions either to Mr. William Lom­bardy, 961 Faile Street, Bronx ::i9, New York or to your repol·ter at the address given atop this col­umn.

SACCHIC DIALO UES By "HIPPONAX"

On the of Ambuscade

THERE was an unusual lurking trace of approval in Aristi des Kleiner­teufel '!; manner as we stink into our seats at the chess board and

I signalled the ,':aitress for coffee and doughnuts. "This aftr rnoon ," said Kleinerteuiel in 11 voice denoting surprise,

"you almost played like 11 chess player. That Knight sacrifice was worthy oi a more intelligent player. Is it possible that you do have some dim, unnutured seeds of chess ability that 'are now gradually stirring into life under the sunl ight of my inslt·uction?"

I was too astonished by this faint praise to answer , and taking ad­van tage of my momentarily dazed condition, Kleinerteulel pusS€ssed himself of my package of cigarettes, li t one and l'areIully placed the package in his 'Pocket.

"What made y[}U sacr iHee the Knight?" " I rthink," r said slowly, " that it was the lee r upon Y01lr face as

you s tood looking at the positi [}n." Ar istides shook h is h ead sadly. "That is the wrong reason for the

right movc. 1 perceive that you require even more diligent instruction than I had deemed necessary. But you have at last shown a faint glim­mering oI talent. Let liS see if we can Ian it into a Hame. Let us see if we -can bring to you an appreciation of the raptures of an ambuscade, the t ra:pping of an adversary into an unexpected morass of bristling deadi'al ls."

"You mean," I suggested, " that I am at view of your Hokus-Pokus Gambit?"

last to be permitted a

Kieinerteufel turnN his soft brown eyes upon me with the gentle reproach of a sic_k St. Ber­nard. "You a,re not worthy of it yet, you know~but why be technical?"

Having finished his doughnut, he posses.ed·"himself Of-the one on my pJ.ate and munched it thougbtfully for a moment.

"I will never forget my first round t ournament game at SHz" bad," said Kle'inerteulel reminis­cently. "I was sea,teu as an alter­nate for a master who failed to ar­r ive, finding a.t the moment a red­heaned 'baroness more tempting than wooden queens. Several play­ers doubted my qualification to' be included, and some continued to doubt them even 'after I won the event. My self-rel iant confidence was described as 'brash eITrontry ' and my superior t actical skill and understanding of the mot of psychO'­logical chess as 'insolen t audacity that blundered into success.' The referee was a fat, sober-minded pedan·t who was in a state of per­pe,tual shock at what he considered my vi [}lat ions of tGurnament pro­ced ure and chess stra'tegy~they tell me tha t he spent a month in a sanitarium recuperating after the t[}urnament was over.

"The master most f.jrmly con­vinced of my umvOl'thiness to com­pete in such -august company was a Herr PedeI' Lutfisck, an eminent Scandanavian exponent of stodgy chess. So it was again."t him tha t I introduced Ole Hokus-Pokus Gam­bit, which cannot be called sto-dgy, whatever else it may be called. It was the one opening to which I knew ,that he would not have a dozen drawing va:riations stored in h is p'henominal memory.

"Let me 'hasten to anticipat e your infanme objecti[}ns~the Hokus­Pokus Gambit is probably not sound, and even I would never have the 'audacity to attempt it

agains t a Reshevsky or a Botw­nik. My point is that I wasn't play­ing Reshevsky- I was playing Herr Lutfisck, which is a different story.

HOKUS-POKUS GAMBIT Sih:bad, 1932 -

White Black A. KLEINER T EUF EL P. LUT F ISCK

1. P·K4 P· K4 2. P·Q4 p"p 3, P· KB4 ....... .

"To this point , Herr LutfiNck has bee n unpertu r bed. The Center Gambit favors Black In all t he va datlons s tored in his memory. Now h e hesLtat es mOmen· ta r ily, but in the encyclopedia of h is m ind he has a memo ry of Mar&h.all's nn a lysis of this never -p layed variation (M CO. 5th Edition )."

3. • ...... . 4 . KI_KB3 5. B.Q3 6. 0 ·01??

B·84 Kt.QB3

Kt-B3

Manhnll r""ommended 6. Lutfisck a llUle confused the COHrs e of the

m .. m hered t hat nft e r ";:;'".~;;:i;;';~ 7. Kt-Bl, P-Q3; 8. Q." :,_,, ed White with the mInd he overlook ed h aa played 6. 0-0 and refrained the refore KKtS (an In.~e re.9tin g

Hon w hleh is no t so White as 1t OH"Y loo k- bu t s Ince I !"!~": 10 us .. it in the club t ou r name nt, ! don't t hink I'll diseu",. i t with you )."

6. .. ,.,... O·O? Muc h better is 6 . .... , ... , P.Q3; 7. Q·Kl wh Ich may produce a lively game, as in 7 . ..... ... , 0·0; 8. P·K5, R-Kl ; 9. Q.R4, Pl<P; 10. PxP, KtxP; 11 . KtxKt, RxKt; 12. B-KKts, Q-Q4 (12 . ....... . , B-KO? Is much

safer); 13. BxKt, R·R4 (If 13 . . , .... .. , PxB; 14. QxRP ch. K-Bl; 15. Q-R8 ch , K·K2; 13. QxP ch and H . Kt-Q21; 14. Q·KK:t3, etc ., K lcincrteufel-Sourberry, Chicag o, 19281. White's llne has been lmproved sln ce l hi s game, hut why should I spoil t he ,·ariatlon fo r future use? But wit h castling' Black has w a lked blindly into the Jlan.t m-Scarum Variatlon and is soon gasping for breath ."

7. P·K5 "7 . . ,., .. , .• K t -Q4 has been t rIed . Ther e fo llows 7. BxP ch, K·Rl (n ot. of course , 7 . ... , .... , K"B; 8. Kt·Kt5 e h , K-Kt3: 9. p .B5 ch. K·R3; 10. Q·Kt4); 8. Kt·Kts, P .KKt 3; 9. Q.K t4, K·Kt.2; 10. ' Kt"BP, Ib,Kt (bestl; 11. QxP ch, K_BI ; 12. P _B5, P -Q5 ch; 13. K-R l, KtxKP (not 13 . ..... ,." PXP; 14. P-B6!) ; 14. Q·Kt8 ch, K-K2; 15. B·Kt5 eh, Kl·B3; 16. BxKteh, RxB; 17. Q.Kt7 c h , K·Q3: 18. Kt-B3, Q.K2; 19. Kt. K4 c h , K-B3; 20. QxR c h , QxQ; 21. KtxQ, P .Q7; 22 . QR-QI. B-K6; 23. S-KtB, P·Q3: 24. B·Q5 .. h , K-B4; 25. P-KR3, B.Q2; 26, p.B4. R-KBl; 27. Kt·K4 ch, etc., Kleiner, t eufel-C h ltl!n5, New Orleans, 1929."

8. Kt ·Kt5!

"The fluste red Scandanavjan mast~r t hough'l for an hour on this move. Per-haps he saw that 8 ........ _, Kt-K6 was an lll ullion af t er 9. BxP eh, K·R I; 10. Q-R5, Kt-Kt5 (White scorns t o win this piece; 11 . B-Q3 ch, Kt-R3; 12. P_B5, KtxJU>; 13. P ·BS, KbB; 14. PxP .. h , KxP; 14. Kt· K6 ch!, BPxKt: 16. BxKt ch and mate fo llows shortly , Klelncrtellfel-Pomme deTen-e, P aris, 1930. But an lmmediate 8 . ........ , K t-R3 is llttle ImprOVement , for there follows 9. n"p ch, K-RI ; 10. Q_ R5, P ·Q6 ch; 11. K-Rl, PxP; 12. BxP, P·Q3: 13. P·B5, KtxJU>; 14. P-BS, B·KKt5; 15. P;u> eh , KxP; 18. K t-K6 ch, PxKt; 17. QxKt c h and 18. Q.R7 mate, Kleiner­t Cllfcl·Vennicelll , Naples. 1931. H e may also hnvc conside red 8 .... , ... . , P -Q3 wWc h leads to 9. P-KR3, Kt.R3 (best ); 10. :nIP ch, K _RI; 11. Q-RS, P -Q6 ch; 12. K-Rl, PxBP; 13. BxP, PxP; 14. P-B.5, Q·B3 (not 14 . ....... , P ·KB3; 15. Q_Kt6!, PxKt; 16. p .B6!) ; 15. Kt.K4 , Q-K2; 16. P·BS! as in Kl e lnte r t cufel.He lados, Madrid, 1931."

9. B"SPI R" B "11 L. Probable t hat our thoroughly befuddled Scand·anavian master saW t hat he could not dare the wInning of the ~xchanl!e b y 9. , ... .... , P ·Q6 ch ; 10. K-RI , Kt-B7 ch; 11. RxKt, BJ<R.. b""ause err 12. BxRP eh, K-R l ; 13. Q-RS and mate is unavoidable. He m-ay not have con· sldered the variation of 9. .., ..... , P-Qfi ch; 10. K·RI , Kt_B7 cb ; 11. RxKt, R" B; 12. QxP. P ·Q3; 13. B-K3 which leads to a n in teresting but less rap t urous earne."

10. Q"Kt ....... .

(See diagram next column) ...... n..., ft galn H" rr Lu tfisck pondered long with palpable agitation. Best prob-ably is 10 . ..... , .. , Q·BI lmmedlately. And 10. , .... , .. , P-KKt3 has been trted, c<>n­tlnulng 11. Q-R4, Q_K2; 12. P-KKt4, R" BI ; 13. R-BJ, P-Q6 ch; 14. K-KtZ. P xP; 15. Kt·B3, P-Q3; 16. Kt-Q5, Q.Kt2; 17. Kt -BS eh, K-Rl ; 18. Kt(5)xRP and Black resigned , Klelnerte ufel-Borts.;,h, Prague, 1932.. Bu t , as I had anticipated, b y ad· versary was eager to develop his QB, beinl1 behind In deVelopment-a /OB.cred can9 :t) to such Pedam lC players."

10, "" ... , P-Q3

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Cl... ",fi/. .In nw yort

By Allen Kaufman

I N BRIEF: Bill Lombardy left by plane for Mar del Plata. The

nineteen year old CCNY stUdent was invited to participate in tbis famous event as a result of his many tournament and match suc­cesses in recent years. Rumors that Bronstein may be of his rivals persist.

A match between former World Champion Dr. Max Euwe and fu­ture World Champion Bobby Fisch­er was arranged at the Manhattan Chess Club. The good doctor won the first game.

The Marshall Championship is drawing to a ciose, but the final s tandings are far from clear. Bern­stein, with one game to g[}, has a score of 9lJ.! -2lJ.! . Wachs has 9-3, and Levy BlJ.! ·3Ih. The final round game, Levy-Bernstein, has to be postponed because Bernstein is ilI. Other high scores are Lasker, 7% -4% ; Hal:per and Rankis, 7-5.

Larry Evans is once again active in local chess circles. He plans a simultaneous exhibition and a ser­ies of elasses at the Marshall Chess Club.

1 urge every member of the Federation to conb·jbute at least one doJlar, as suggested by Lom­bardy, towards the fund to send a team representing this country in the World Students Team Championship. The Feuerstein­Lomhardy-Mednis-Saidy. team will be augmented by another high-rat­ed collegian or two, depending on how much money is raised. This is probably the strongest team ever organized among college students; it deserves the support of every chess enthusiast. Send contribu­tions to William Lombardy, Stu­dent Traveling Fund, 961 Faile St., Bronx 59, N.Y.

11. P-K61 Q.B3 12. R-KI P·Q6 ch 13. K·R l p " p 14. KI· B3 P-KR3

""With a sig h of relief, HeIT Lutfisck now thinks it safe at last to drive away the invadini" Knight. A las, for !1Uch fond illusions!"

IS. Ktj3.K4 Q.Kt3 16. Kt ·Kt 3 R.Q4

"My opponent was enchanted by the thought of uUlI~lng h is passed pawn on B7 as a weapon of dtlStn.tction."

11. P_BS Q-8 3 lB. Kt jS.K4 Q.K4 19. P· B&I P· KKt4 20. Q·R5 Q"KP 21 . Q·Kt6 c h K·SI

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Are Notion-wide Small Contributions The Answer? Dear Mr. Major:

I would Uke to make some eomments on LaITY Eva ns' article on chess entitled. «Professionalism" that appeared on page 5 of Che.'\S Life , Februa ry S, 1957.

Some of the pOi nts brought out by ~tl· . Evans appeared to me to hnve merit , while other points a r ... in my opinion, without mer lt. Mr . E vans seems to bring out the following pOints :

1. Tbat the United Sta tes could afford to subsid lr.e " p rofess ional" players, at least to a certain extent.

2. That we could, for cxample. have r aised the m oney not only to semi a team to the last two Olympics, In Amste r dam In 1954 and In Moscow In 1956. but we cou ld have raised t he mone y necessary to pay t he so·ealled "pI'ofesslon "ls" of the A merican Team, und to quote Evans co,.,.ec!ly, "There Is nO reaSon money could no t havc been n lsed-Jl\d I defin itely me~n over and above expenses-to send a first r at e r " presentatlon to Doth Amste rdam and Moscow".

3. Evans s tatcs also , "It t akes (h'e years of solid study and practice to pro· duce a good m aster-and he is beg r udged the ~ Ill:htest pe nny he makes from hb art". E"ans st a tes that If Amer ican chess Is to stand on Its own feet, "It must be financed by a br oad base of amale,,,·. !"ather than the Same handful of pat rons lime and time again".

T here Is no doubt the problems and po in ts t h at Evans h,,~ hrought out could be resoh'ed if American chess could rai se t he m oney- but the l'e Is mo r e Involvc d than money.

Many of the chess ciders a nd patrons, like myself . wou ld be taking upon themselves an awful r esponsibili ty if they advised or encour/lged an y American youngster, no matter how good, t o become a chess professiona l and rely solely on chess for his livelihood.

Speaking for myse lf, If a youngstc!" even with pI'omise of being a Paul Mor· phy should cOme to me and ask my advice as to how ra r he should go In pur­suing his chess act!vltles, I would advise him as follows :

"I presume, young man. that you Inteml to pursue a healthy. satisfying life that wlll be a credit to you and your fellow men . 1 presume. also, that you are mindful of the faet, just as yom' mother and fathe r and others made sacnflces to bring you up and to educate ~' O\l and care fo r you o therwise, tha t Some day you wHl hav .., to take responsibilit ies upon )'ollrse lf to ca re for others. Undoubtedly. you w!ll have a wife and famliy of your own a nd you ",HI have the s ame obllsatlons to your family and your feUow men as other normal, responsible people h ave.

I have bad a world of e",pe rle nce In the fi e ld of chess and I wish to state emphatically that under nO circumsta nces should yo u evc r depend on cbess f or .. li ving or even a substa n tl al pari or a liv ing . T he fir st t hi ng you must do Is to put yourself In a pos ition where through your knowledge and t r aining In some profeSSion, trade, or other occup ation, you can make a living for yourself a nd your ultimate famil y. Now, bavlng solved that problem and subject to neve r neglcctlng the fund amen tal t hesis that you have to make a Hv lng Qut~lde of chess. yOU can go a head . If you have the a bility, and be· come a Paul Morphy, a Dr. Emanuel Laske r , a M"x Eu,,"e, or any of the chess Immortals". -Chess Is not, neve!" h as been. and proba bly ne"er wHl be selr supporting. It

has to be subsid ized by Indiv idua ls who an' w!lUng to cont ribute mone)' for I t~ advancement. Unfortunately, chess does no t havc a large appeal e ither to the publiC as a whole, or to monied men, g roups, foundations o r 0 ,·ganI1.utlons, who have t he means to help subsidize It.

I see no p r ospect of the United States, chesswlse, t o compete successfully with t hose totalitarian countries Ilke RUssia, yugos lavia , and some of the other RUSSian Sateilltes as well as A r gentina , where the government It~lf subsid izes chess players and makes it possi ble for a chess playe r to d evote all of his Ume at chess and no t worry abc-ut making a living for himself a nd hi s f amily .

Chess In t h e United Stlltes must always be an "avocation" as d istinguished from a "vocation" and we have got to do the best thllt we Can under such clr. cUmstances.

I do not agree with points I and 2 of Mr. Evans' arUelc. I do 31':,'ee wlth the things t hat he says In point 3, except that . "he Is b el: rlHlged the slightest penny he makes f r om hIs art". He is not bel:rudgcd but merely . the mone~' Is unavail_ able. However, I agree "ery, "cry mueh wIth Evans' posilion when he states, " It must be flnanced by a broad base of amateurs r at he r than the same handful of patrons time and time again".

However. I have never heard of chess experts Uk .. E" ans, Bis,!u ' e r and De n­ker, just to name a fe\\' , ever raisIng n Single fin ger to come "1' with n plan o r to do anyt hing necessary to supply financing "by a broad base of ama te urs", or by anyone else.

The l a te Maurice Wertheim. who used to subsidize chess to a large extent and who was P resident of the Manhattan Chess Club, always took t he ·posltlon that h e WaS willing to spend money to subsld17.e something and I':et Jt started , but arter It was started going if t h ose that were In te re sted couldn·t keep 11 going through the ir own financing or othe r wise , he was t hrough subsid!;.lnl: it. To a large extent, I would say that the position of LeSSing Rosenwald, Mor r is Kasper. Rosse r Reeves, Mrs. Wertbelm, myself, and a few others who have lib erally con t rIbuted to the subs ldaUon of chess Is tho !am e. a nd it has turne d ou t to be a very (lisappoint­In l( thing t.hat t hose who beneflt m ost by r aising of fundS for chess, those who arc complain ing loudes t about the lack of financing , do no t raise a flngC!" to come up with a constmelive thought as to how the funds should be raised .

Personally, I Ihlnk that adequate fund s can be raised to keep AmerIcan chess on a high amntcu r st a t us, w her e we will always have fine chess players and whe re we wllt be able to give vigorous competi tio n to the besl t eams in the World, e,'en t houg h we may not be ahle to beat them. This moncy can he rai sed not by talk. Ing. discussing and arguIng. bul only by hard planning and bard work.

Here Is my Idea as t o how It Can he done and it makes li ttl e diffe r ence wheth. er It Is done under the auspices of the U. S . Chess Fedfl"ation. U. S, Chess Foun. dation or any other responsIble Chess Group.

USC F Membership Dues, Including SUbscription to Chess Li fe, pcrlod lcal p u bll_ c:&tion of n ationa l chess rating, and all otber privileges: ONE YEAR: ».00 TWO YEARS: $9.50 THREE YEARS: $13.50 LIFE: 5100.00

SUSTAINING: $10.00 (Secomes Life Membership after 10 payments)

)ty Ideas embr ace the tollow!ng: I. Tha t thue are probably 50(1,000 chess players In t he United S tates and

pr obably about 500 chess clubs or chess organizations of some kind o r other. 2. Tha t t o e nll_' t aid In r aising fundS, cooperatlon nlust be gotten prim arily

from these 500 chess clubs or orga nizations. 3. In add ltlo n to these 500 chess clubs and o rganlzations, there are probably

500 Individuals In d iffe re nt parts of the United States who h ave shown enough In te res t in ch ess t o be willi ng to co c-pe rate In the financing pr o­I:ram.

~. T he meat of my thesis 15 Ihat by enlisting the aid of t hese organizations and t hese Individuals, and probably o thers tha t I h ave not m entioned, aboul 100.000 persons. mostly chess players, IncludIng a small numb er of sympa thlze "s but not pla yers, could be Induced to contribute SIle eaCh a nnually.

S. Each Individual or each organization should be asked to assume the obU­gat lon of getting a certa in number of Ind ividu als each year who would pledge SOc annuall y, wllh a vicw of ge ttin g a min imum 100,000 pledgo" or $.50.000. Ther e might be some e:qlenses attached to It hut probably not ove,. 55.000 or 5 10,000, so that the net amount ava!!able would be $40,000 0 1' $45 ,000 pe r a nnum.

6. T here arc Some persons like myself, who could easily get SIl to 100 per­sons pc ,' yea r to agree to put u p SOc each for chess and, undoubtedly, slmost an y chess playe r could b~ Induced to sollelt h is f riends and other!! so t ha t he could I:et at least 2 or 3 people to agree to subsidize ehess 10 the extent of 50e per year.

7. T ile goal of $50,000 per yea r hy contribu tions of 51)e per year by 100,000 chess playe rs . or chess sym pathlzel's, or friends of chess players, who mig ht wa nt to help them out in reachi ng the ir goal, Is . In my opinion, a m inimum nmount that could be collected and II t he chess fra t ernity were lucky enough to I':et a fi r st class organizer wit h pusb, abUlty, ambl· tio n an(1 fe rti le Ideas, it is not at all Improbable that double tbat amount or SIO{)JlOO a year could be su pplied by the "br oad base" t hat L arry Evans is ta l ki ng about.

On Thursday, February 21. at 7 P.M. at Romanoff's In Bever!y Hills, 78 per­son~ paid S3.OO each to play simultaneous chess wit h Samu el Reshevsky, and some .eO persons paId SI. OO admissiun each, just to watch the exhibItion .

I would sny that each of those 150 persons could be Induced to get 5, 10, or 15 )lledgor s a yenr to contribu te 5{)c each for the goal we are discussing.

Now, " I r . Ma jo,·. as Editor of th e Chess Life, I r equest that you be good enough to publish this communication in the "Chess Life " with the bope t h at my t ho ug hts w I\! afford at least t he basis for thought . and discussion now.

ALEXANDER SISNO BnCtly H;f{s, Calif.

J::di/"r;al ,'om"u rI!: W e publish Mr. Bis"o's mgge1/ions wi/ho llt fu ,the' comment b(ca"u !w j,d ic. '<· 1/",1 they durn'< ,houg.!,tf,,1 co"s;daat;on and lIIC "'ould prc/er to ha>'~ th~m dimHud by Ih ( chcst pltry~ 's. B"I j " cOl1ll1leuring upon Mr. Bi1no's ideas, p l~"St' ",,,Iu )'0 '" 1</l Cls b,icf so Ihat all who ~'ish mtry hdl" Sp<KC for remarks and , u££ot i01ll .

Wonted-An Advertising Solicitor! Dear Mr. Major:

Has a ny effort ever been made to ge t businesses to adve r tise In Chess Llf, or at tournaments ? I realize that Che ss Life circulation Is sm all, and a small fraetlon of the population tu r ns up at a chess tournament, hut T obacco, tor In­stan~, adve rtises In almost every publlcatlon, Including college papers with small circulations.

Has the r e ever been a ny effort to arrange a three~ornered de al In which our prin ti ng fund a nd one of ou r " professional" players could each pick Up a few nickels In re tll"" for , "when t he going gets tough I light up a F loop"?

We hear a lot about the Russian govern ment financin g chess, and aweeplng the boards. and boasting that It has the best system because it can win more chess games. I t h as rightl y been pOinted out t hat the Amerlcan alternative to Russian governmental Sponsorship Is private enterpri se. But tbe true American alte rna­tive Is private payments In anticipat ion of profits, not me..., private donations. Nobody In America eve r took up a co llccllon to build a steel mlll. The RUSSian sys tem may hav" turne d out the wo rld's best chess player s, hut It has neve r competed agains t a system based on t he American pr ofit mollve-It hIlS only competed against the presen t ch arity system.

What about Candy, Gum. Soft Drin ks, Coffee, ete" etc • • . • ? ALLAN B. CALHAMER Blu~ Island, III.

Edilorial (o",motU: Thfr~ will p.ob"bly ,ome Ih~ time when a chtSf publication Ijk~ CH F.SS LIFt: (dll comm""J 'e>"~"'« fro m "d."alis;"g, but uva,,1 ch""ges must 0«"" . {im in Ihe chen world. Fir<l , ch~SJ players must unile fufficj~nrly bthi"d th~ U SCF hy ;oilli"g il to mah if r,p.~unt a segmUlI oj th( buyi"g public suf/icifntiy la.!I. ~ 10 be ",,,'I(d by Ih, ad,·a lise'. Seco"dly, fome cnlhusiasti' promoter musl vol· mll<,<,r (0 a(f as "" ady(rt isi"8 soli( i/o, fo, Ih e publication. A dyul isi" g il not <I gilt , ;ts apN""'''U j " a pub/icc/ioll m,,<1 bc sold 10 the ad"erliser. N either the Business ,\<1<",a8'" (n·I,o is also Rali"g SI,lIi.l io;"" ",,,i M~mbcrship SUrelary 01 thc USCF) nor the Edito. (",ho d iu Ihe p"p," Cyc1li1lgf aflo a F"II dtry' f ocw p.;tI;O" at maki"g a li,,­ill ll.l hdY,' I;m,' 110' <'1l~'gy 10 'p"re ill ul/i"g advert i. irl8. W hUl CHESS LIFf. can afford the I" xu,y of "" Ad"ulisi"g Manager , /I lIIill pOHibl,. h","e ,nOrt adyertising.

A corrcspondent of International Master George Ko!tanowski re­cent!y asked him for one of his bcs t bli ndfold games that had nev­er been published. After some sea rching through his files . Kolta­nowski responded with the fo llow­ing sprighUy game which he pub­lished in his daily chess column in thc San Francisco Chronicle :

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED MCO: pag" 187, column 31 (b)

Blindfold Simultaneous Rotterdamn, 1924

W hi te Bl aCk G. KOL TANOWSKI R. NOORDYK 1. P·Q4 P·Q4 11. B.S2 P-KR3 2. P·QS4 P-QB3 U. B-B4 R·K1 3. P-K3 Kt·KS3 13. Q-Q2 S-81 4. Kt-QB3 P-K3 14. QR-Q1 S-Q2. 5. Kt·S3 B-K2 15. Kt·K5 R-B1 6. B·Q3 QKt.Q2 U. P·KKt4 P-QKt3 7, 0·0 0·0 17. Q·Q3 P_KKt4 8. P·K4 pxKP 18. KtxSP KxKt 9. KtxP KtxKt 19. Q.Kt6ch K.K2 10. SxKt Kt·S3 20. S-K5 Resigns

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TACTICS FOR BEG By U. S. Expert DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND

~!i~:Sii:~:~:::~:iWIU answer beginners' questIon, on thIs P~II", If of sufficient Those wishing" personal reply should enclos. damp..:! .elf­

• Addrns: Dr. Erich W. Marchand, 192 Seville DrIve, Roch.ster

1. Answers to Readers' Questions Michael Smoron, Chicago, lliinois, asks about the Nimze-Rubinstein

branch of the Sicilian Defense as given in Modern Chess Openings (8th Ed.), p. 290, coL 127, note (d), (A): The variation runs as follows: 1. P-K4, P-QB4; 2. Kt-KB3, Kt-KB3; 3. P-K5, Kt-Q4; 4. Kt-B3, KtxKt; 5. QPxKt, P-Q4; 6. PxP e.p., QxP; 7. QxQ, PxQ; 8. B-KB4, B-Kt5; 9. 0 -0 -0, Kt-Q2; 10. BxP, BxB; 11 . RxB, 0 -0 ·0 + . Mr. Smoron wonders why Black is given a plus here. Answer: In my opinion this is a mistake in the "book." Prob­ably the plus should be given to White who is a Pawn ahead with no troubles.

This quest ion brings out an important point for beginners and in­termediate players to keep in mind. The opening books are not infallible. Preparation of such books is an enormous task. The mcre routine task of sorting, arranging and editing the thousands of variations in an open­ing book is tremendous, and occasional clerical errors are unavoidable. But the problem of analyzing all of the variations f rom the viewpoint of soundness is beyond the powers of anyone person or even any small group of persons. Much must be taken on faith from other sources. Furthermore new discoveries are constantly being made even in some of the oldest opening variations.

2. How to Use an Opening Book The simplest use of an opening

book consists of merely memoriz­ing moves and {oHowing them slavishly. This is usually better than using no book at all but has obvious drawbacks. A better pro­cedure is to study the opening var· iations given in the book before adopting them. This means to try to" understand the reasons behind the moves and also to check on their correctness as far as pos­sible. Try to consider what your reply would be at any stage if the opponent varied from the "book" move.

An important point -to keep in mind when selecting openings and opening variations is that of style. Choose variations where you feel at home. Are you a com­binational, attacking type of play­er? Or do you prefer slow posi­tional maneuvering?

Another thought to keep in mind is that some variations are techni­caHy sound but so complex that in practice one can very easily go astray. Such variations, in practice, usually favor the player who has the initiative.

Some openings have traps. It is well to become familiar with these regardless of which way they are pointed. Also there is an obvious practical advantage to se· lecting variations where the op­ponent can fall into one or more traps if he wants to. However, better players seldom sacrifice po­sitional or other values to l'ay a trap which an opponent might fa ll into but aIS'O might avoid.

3. A Brevity of Interest to Absolute Beginners

The following brief encounter shows how neglect of opening principles can be quickly punished. In defense of Black it may be said firstly that she is a female, and secondly she was burdened with the task of keeping score, no mean undertaking when you are only seven years old.

SICILIAN DEFENSE Off·Hand Game

White E. MARCHAND

(Blindfold) 1. P·K4 P-QB4

Black P. MARCHAND

(Age 7)

Readers of tb b column sbould become experts In t h", Sicllian if nothing else. 2. P-Q4 A gambit idea dLs<::ussed not long ago In this column. If 2. ........• PxP; 3. P·QB3. On 3. Kt-KB3. P-K4; 4. KtxKP?, Q-R4ch would wIn a piece. 2. P·BS This move b not In the book. It loses Ume aDd a Pawn. 3. BxP Q-R4ch LoSing rno,"", time, but Black an Idea . 4. B·Q2 Q.Kt3 Altacking two P 's a t once. S. 8·B3 Defending both P's. S. Q-03

may bave

Black Should be develop inll the o ther pIeces. ,. Q-RS p-KR3 Overlooking tho;> threat. 6 • ........ , P·KKt3 would do. 7. OxPeh K·Ql 8. P-KS Q·82 The final e r ror. Black's sIns were (1) poor develop ment (2) losing tempi (3) backward cento:r (4) overlooking threats. 9. QxB Mat" It may Int(,....,st ' readers t.? know that chUdren can learn and enjoy chess as early as age 3.

4. A Game with a Hypermod­ern Opening

RETI OPENING Rochester Championship

Rochester. 1957 White Black

E. MARCHAND D. M. NEVID 1. Kt·KB3 P·04 2. P·B4 P-QS The Ta r ra"eh Defense to tbe Ret!. Black would li ke to follow with P_KB3 and P·K4 to refute White'~ hypcnnod­ern procedm'e of boldlng his center Pawns back. Lasker's Defense based on 2 . .. ...... , P·QB3 and 8oB4 is a good alternative. 2 .... .. ... , PxP; 3. Q.R4ch Is a third defense. 3. p·K3 Kt·QB3 3 ......... , P-QB4; 4. P-QKt4, PxKP; 5. BPxP, PxP; 6. P·Q4 Is a promising gam_ bit line, where WhIte yields a P for a s trong center and an open KB file. The t ext·move wUl be followed. If pos-sible. by 4 . ... .... . , P_K4. 4. PxP KhcP 6. Kt.B3 S. KtxKt QxKt An inaccuracy sInce tbe reply 7. Q-B3 attacking B and KIP would be embar. rassing. Fo r Instance 7 . .. .. .. ... Q-K4ch; 8. 8oIC!, P·QB3; 9. P-Q4 with a big lead In development for White. A good line Is 7 . .. ...... , P.Q1l3; 8. P.Q3. B·Kts (invit-Ing 8 ......... , P.B3 oW tbat 8oK3 by White

~eco.,;nes impOSSible); 9. Q-Kt3, Q.Q2. ..03 ... .. .. .

Wblle waS so Intent on the standard f"ee lng procedure he o verlooked the possihlUty mentioned In the preceding no te-a typical example of how 1m. portan t a lertness can be. How often do we re"iJ ze right after we move that we Should bave done something e lse? 7. P.QB3 It is d iH!eult t o say whether this Is necessary to stop possible combina­tions beginning wIth Kt-Q5 Or Kt_KtS. Other wIse 7 . ..... ... , P-K3 or 7 . ........ , P·K4 without loss of time would be In order . S. B·K3 Q.Q3 9. P-04 An Important mOve ensuring Whit(! of his shne of t he center. White can spare thc time, being ahead in devel­opment. He has t wo developing moves still to make, whereas Black has four. 9. Kt·B3 11. 0·0 B· Kt2 10. B·K2 P·KKt3 12. P·B3 A .tr ong poslt\onal move . It puts added control on tbe center and rather per. manently discourages Black's B or Kt from using the squa,"",s K4 and KKt4. 12. .. P.KR4 An attcmpt to attack White's K. But Black must eventually worry about his OWn K's safety, sO the text-move Is dou ble·cdged. Per ferable was 12 •........ , 0·0. 13. Q-Kt3 In some respects a psychological move. If 13 . ... .. ... , 0_0; J4 QxKIP, KR-KU; J5. Q-R6, RxP, Black's game would be very p'·omJslng. Whlte's real intention was simply to brinll his R's to the cen· ter lUes. 13. .. .... .. Q.B2 14. KR·KI P-K3 This Is dubious on tbree counts (t) Ume Is of the essence In Black's de­velopmen t (castling!) (2) Black's B{B4) has now almost no mob ility and may eaSily become trapped (3 ) this move helps White force open lines of at· ta ck agaInst Black's K. 15. p·OS or course not 15. P_Kt4. PXP; 16. PXP, QxPeh. 15. ... . .. KPxP This move and the next are inadviS­able since they expose Black's K mo,"", than was necessary. 16. PxP KtxP 111. B·KtSch K-Bl 17. KtxKt PxKt BxP Or 21. QxKtP, PxB. Of CQurse not 18 . ....... .. 8oQ2; 19. B. 19. QR-Bl 0·R4 20. QxP P·R3 Hoping for 21. B..QB4, QxQ; 22. BxQ, Kt6ch. ~

21 . B·BSch K·Ktl 22. B_K8 K-R2 Not 22 ....... .. , B-K3; 23. RxE, PxR; 24. QxPeh. K-R2; 25 . QxPch, K-KU; 26. B_B7 Mate. Also 22 ......... , Q_B2; 23. R· K7, B·K3: 24. RxB wins easUy. 23. QxBP 0·Q7 26. QR.Bt Q·Q6 24. QR-Qt 0-B7 27. 8·B3 Q·Q3 25. B_04 R-KKtl 28. Qxp The quickest win is probably obtained by 28. R·K7. But 28 . ... .. ... , QxR; 29. QxQ. QRxB would have given Black some play tor bls los t material. The text·move gains a second P while m aintaInIng a strong grip on the pOSi­tion. 2S. . . 0·B4Ch 0,. 28. .. ... .... R-Ktl. 29. Q-R7. Not 28. ........ , QRxB; 29. RxR, RxR: 30. QxB Male. 29. K-Rl 30. Q.Kt3 31. Rx8 32. R(3)·K3

R·R2 ." Q·B7

KR·Kt2

33. R(3)·K2 34. Q·K3 35. QXR

White is happy about this exchange. It Simplifies the cndlng. BesIdes 2 R's are USI.lally considerably better t han II Q. 35. ........ RxQ 37. R(7).K3 36. RxRch K·R3 White plans to nail down the Q-side P's before proceeding to lurther actlon. 37. Q·QKtS 40. R.KB2 Q-B4 38. P·QKt3 Q.R' 41. R·Q2 Q.86 ~. R(3)·K2 B·Q6 42. R(2)-Ql Not 42. R(1)-Ql, 8oB? wInning tbe Ex. change. White must be very careful since his B Is out of play.

(Ple;lSIj! turn to page 7, col. 2)

(fbess rife IV,'""J"" P,g. 5 March 20, 1957

:J~e e~e:u mOl'gue Coo,,/1I,1<"<I by

Ray Kooyman

Questions on game scores, chess his­tory and chess miscellanla will be an­swered in tllis column by Mr. Kooyman In so far a. he can find the answers. Informal discussion on chess Is also Invited. Address your communications to: Ray Kooyman, P.O. Box 103, Salt lake City, Utah.

W HAT about Orang·Utan? The opcning 1. P-QN4 has

one small colUmn in MCO 8, branching off Tartakower-Colle, Harfeld 1926 in a previous edition. A plus for White on the seventh move with no further comment leaves a player o n his own very early. With dozens of new exam­ples from tournament play it will be interesting to see the new !\ICO's treatment. Since Schiffler's 2nd edition of "Orang Utan El."off­nung" many lines have been de­velopcd, and the opening seems to be here to s tay whether takcn seri­ously or not. Schiffler gives the followi ng breakdown. 1. P-QN4 (1. ...... . , P·R4, the Gambit Varia· tion), (1. ..... .. , P-Q4, P-Q3, or N-RB3. the Struggle for the Center). A third group of Black replies he calls Miscellaneous (1. .. .... .. , P·RB4, P-QN3, P-QB3, P-QR3, and P·QR4).

At the 1924 New York Tourna· ment Tartakower played it against Maroczy to get him out of bis prep­aration. The game was sensational, ending in a draw. The players had been to the Bronx Zoo the previ­ous day, and Tartakower let the reporters present know he had re­ceived his inspiration for the new opening at the Oran·Utan cage. !lIaroczy wcnt along with the gag and called the game a Hippopota­mus variation of the OrangoUtan.

When Black plays 1. ....... , P-QN4 we get the Polish Defense in the QP Opening. From this the name Polish was devised for the "irregu­lar" White 1. P-QN4. Early ex­amples by B. Englisch list it as Engl"isch Opening.

For those who play chess for enter tainment this is THE open­ing. The writer has had good and sad results, but no dull games ... Send in youI' comments pro and can for further discussion on OrangoUtan.

Ohio Chess A5Sociation: Arrange_ ments have bccn completed for an Inter..(;ity Chess League with Cleve. land, Toledo, Columbus, and Youngs­town particlpating In the first season. Six-man teams wI!! CQmpete and games will be played at rate of fifty moves In two and one·half hours. Team cap· tains are: Hart H. Fleming, Clcveland Chess Center; James Schroeder, Co­lumbus YMCA Chess Club; Dr. Mark E. Pence, Toledo YMCA Chess Club; W. E. Shelley, Ma honlng Valley Cheu Club, Toledo. A USCF State Affiliate.

Pueblo (Colo.) Chess Club recenUy celebrated two even ts-the joining of its IOOth member and the playing of its first match by short·wave radio. The latter was an encounter w ith the Do;>nver Chess Club, won by Denver 3'h· '~, but the event was a great suc­cess, with 25 Pueblo "ham" radio operators kibitzing the moveS. The Pueblo team consisted of Lloyd Vil_ lers. RQY Tboma~, Donald E. Klock. and Hyman Zag who drew bls game agaInst PhlJllp Rehberger of Denver. Warren D. Barter was the Pueblo team captain. The event received much pub­licity In the Pueblo Chlertan and the Denver Post.

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS

USCF MEMBERS: S .. bmit yo., bm ,mntl lor Ihis dt/><ITlmtlll 10 IOHN W . COLLINS, 91 Lello", Rod, Brooft/y" 26, N. Y. Sp.tu bring limiud, M,. Co/liM will ft/tel t& ",oJl inUltsting and inmflcl"" /0' , .. blic<Zlu>I1. Un/,u othtTW;ft "lIId ",Utl 10 ,-"m., 41t by M,. CoW",. S UPERIOR TO ...

Tim Alldalon, 1& ,.,;nnt' 01 Iht /01· /0"""8 ",,«king 8""''-, "'rittJ he ~no­liud in li't I"". 5, 1917, i" ue .. Ni",{o-

1",/;"" b"'",un Philip D. Sm;th "n" L. T~I(oll. H.t>""R ,'(11 Ihc ""l1v'a,ion of Iht ga"l(, I <1m cow"itlc," th", my II,O,·t 13. B·KI2 il , ,,perior to ,ho,t 8iftll in th~ nOld' (by Smith) . M.."be Wt haf~ Ihe m"k.iIlS' for " proJ"';tiu Ihrordic,,/ 'II'r"ngl • .'

NIMZO·INDIAN DEFENSE Meo: pllIll 107, column 33

Intercollegiate T e am Tourna m e nt Philadelphia, 1956

White Blnck T. ANDERSON M. W l l!NER (Ohio State) (Hlrvud U.) I. P-Q4 Kt· KB3 3. KI·K8) P·Q4 2 . P-QB4 P·K3 4. KMI3 B·Kts Now Black obtains a Nlnuo·lndlan De­fense or a Ratotin System. Wltb 4. ........ , p .B4, I Sl!nu·Tarrasch Defense Is established.

5. P· K3 5. Q.R4ch, Kt·B3; 6. PxP, P XP; 1. B.Kts, p .KR3; 8. BxKt, QxB; 9. p .I(3, Is a liDe In the Ragozin. S. 0 ·0 6. a.Q3 p .B4 7. 0-0 Kt·Bl

•. P-CR3 •. Px B

6xKt QPxP

U 9. .h.h .. ' P-QKt3; 10. BPxP, KPxP; 11. Kt-K5! Q-B2; 12. KtxKt, QxKt; 13. P-B3, Is strong.

lD. 8 x P This Is the Nonnat Rubiruteln VlrlaUQn Indian Defense.

Q·B2 POl ltlon ot the

In tbe Nlm~o-

h ~ 11. B-Q3 ........ CurnmUy, this move Is considered to be the best, hut there are I number ot oth er t r ies.

11. .... .... " .K. 12. Q·B2 R·Q1

Preferable Is 12 . ........ , Q.K2. 13. B·Kt2 ........

Rabar-Janoshevlch , Be1ll"rade, 19~" an d Smlth_Talcott, Oaklll,l1d, 1956, continued with 13. R.Kl, which Iuds to ap proxi­mate oquallty. But 13. p·ns! P'QKt3; 14. P·K4, B-Kt2; U. p ·QS. KMU; 16. P.B4. Kt-Kt3 ; 17. P-Kt3, B·BI; 18. K· Kt2, Kt_Kl ; (Tolush-O'Kelly, U15tings, 195341) 19. Kt·Ktl, gtvu White a sll,ht edge. Anderson's 13. B·Kt2 hu the tae­Ucal thr ... at of 14. KtxP, KtxKt; U. PxKt. QxP ; 16. P·QB4, Q moves; 11. BxKt, wlnnln~ the KRP or doublin, the KBP'Si Dnd the strat ... , lcal Idn 01 openin& the lines fo r th ... two Bishop. and advsncing the KP and KBP with a king.5fde attack. 13. ....... P·KA 3 II. P·R3 Q.K2 With 14. ...h ... , P-QKt3; Black ,avet " tempo, bu t "ppears to ru n In to much the same probl~m" be facu In the gam.... ExDmple: 14. .. ...... , P·QKt3; 1$. Kb;P . KtxKt; 16. PlCKt, QxP; 17. p. QB4. Q-K2; 18. QR.KI, B-Kt2; 19. P.K4, QR-Bl i 20. P-Bol . and the f urther .d­van"" of the White KP a nd KBP wUl provide a powerful a t tlck. 15. KtxP KtxKt 17. P.QB4 16. PxKt Q x P It. QR-Kl Come what will. Bla(k !hould with 18 ......... , B-Q2.

1'. P_K4 Kt.B2 20. P·KS Q-Q2

Q.K2 ICt· Kl

develop

H20 . ......... Kt·K3; 21. P.B4, Kt-Q5; 22. BxKt. (or 22. Q.B21 Rx8; 23. P·B', and thll threat of 24. P·BS Is very Itrong.

21 . R.Ql Q.Kl 22. p·B4 Kt.K3

Else 23. P-BS shull In the Knight. 23. p·BS Kt-QS

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01 ,...,,,, 8"mu II), " Itt oj $1.

24. Bx Kt Rx B 2S. p ·B6 P·KKtl

U ZS. . ... h •• ' QxP ; 26. QR-KJ, wins. U ~ ......... , P.IU(l3; U. BxP, PxB; 21. p. B7 ch, wins.

26. Q·K2 27. R,·B 3

rr 28. Q·RS, R·R5.

". 28. R·Kt3

K· Rl

B-K3

Threatenln, 29. RltP. PxR; 30. Q.ru; ch, and m.te in two.

28. __ ...... Q-KlCtI n . A·KI QR-Q1

U 211 ..... _ ... , P_KtS; 30. Q-K3, Q-KBl; 31. PXP, BxKtP ; 32. K-B!, followe!! by 33. R-KRl , wins.

30. B·K4! Bx BP 31. Q-RS Q.Bl 3'2 . AxP Res ig ns

33. R_Kt7 would be n ext. Does 13. B·Kt2! .dute 12 . ........ , R-Ql ? Aruwen welcomed!

VERSATILITY Ch.JImdJlu Popel 0/ D~l ro;t di,plfl)'J

, ' tat yt,,"ljlify ;" all phaUJ 01 pi",. From brgi,,,,ing to rod. th r joll""';"g g"~t i, ao in,tmc!i>'t ",," i"lnuling ti;,. pl<1'1 of strar~gy m,d t<fctia. T he opm;"g ;, (urrN,lIy .. try popul"r among th~ m"l· le rs.

KING'S INDIAN (Tchigorin Variation)

MCO: page 96, column 77 U .S . Open Championship

Oklahoma City, 1956 Notes by Norm"" M. Hotnslri", M.D.

White Black S. POPEL K . ItAUT I . Kt·KBl Kt·KB 3 S. B.Kf2 0-0 2. P·B4 P-Ql 6. 0-0 QKt.02 3. P·Q4 P-KKt3 7. Kt_8 3 P. K4 4. P·KKt3 8 ·Kt2 8. P-K4 The .slandard position of the Tehle'orin Variation. Also known OS P"eplorka'~ AUaek. "Euw... Sf'ttles the matter ot nomenclature with the jud~ent of a Solomon by calling It the "Russian Variation'. •. " .. , P·B3 Problbly best. Other alternatives are 8. R_KI or P·QR4. At this stage It Is prematurc for Black to play the 'long variation'. F or 8 . ... .. .... PXP; 9. KtxP, Kt.B4; 10. P-B3 gives an op ... nlng ad_ vantage to Whlte (Euwe) . 9. p· KR3 The modern m ove. 9. B-K3 w~s a f avor. II... unm the 1954 Botvlnnlk·Smyslov game In which 9. . ..... .. , Kt-Kt5; 10. B·Kt5, Q·KI3; 11. P-KR3, P:u>; 12. Kt· QR4, Q-R3: 13. PxKt, P _QKt4 gave Black the advantage. , . . ... _ A·Kl Inten:o:stln, vu!ants 8re 9. .. .. .. .. , Q·KU or Kt-R4. However It _ml that the greatest complications {and tb ... ..efore the ,realest numerical chances lO T Blackl result lrom playing the long variation (9 .......... PxPJ 1$ In the 1953 ResheVlJky·Bronsteln game (World Chal. lengers' Tournlment). Eacb mOve then ~comes a ~rrific problem for Whl te

u ",,,II as Black and a Joy Cor the corn­hlnallonal play(!r. On the olher hand, Raut'. move Is Ille most saUd [or the type ot player ",ho UkU Ulht deren­slve play. 10. M el Q·B2 10 . .•••.••. , P·QR4 and Q.R4 ne also t:ood. Euwe suggests the lollowtni' line as bes.t lo r Blac k: 10. . ......• , P .QR3; 11. R·!\ I, Q·K2; 12. Q·82, P-QKt4; 13. p .QS, BPxP. WhLle the tex t mOve 15 good It seems to the ~nnotator that In thl; and many other varlatLoIUi of the Kln,'s Ind ian, Black must either ex­change In the center or advance the Q...slde pawns to Oi!Cape s tagllation. 11. Q·82 Kt·Bl Raut's move, a novelty, ~hould be I.-jed again as It haa fIno posslbilltlu. 12. KR.Ql 8 ·Q2 A mistake whICh turns the tlde In White 's Cavor. Correct was 12 . .... .... , f'xPi 13. KtxP, Kt-K3 and White only hu a 'mall space advantage. 12. P.BSI KPxP J( 13 ......... , QPI!P; 14. PxKP wIn s th~ m.ck Knlll"ht. 14. Px PI Q.81 H 14 ......... , QxP; IS. p.~ wins " piece. 15. B~ P 8 xP The pawns arc evenly diVided. but the p.ssed p"wn In the center is an evil ... whetmln, th~Bt. 16. 8 ·RI Q·Ql I I. Q. R4 Kt.Kts 17. P.KS B.84 The base ot tbe center ,,.wns mU5t be attacked-In accord"nce wltb the Prin­cipia Nlmlowltchlana. I • . R·KI Kt·K3 20. QR.QI

Fino strat"'g y. It II not possIble to play 20. Kt·R4, KlxB; 21. QxKt with the aIm or p·B4, due to 21. ........ , P-B31 So now Popel o"el1)T(O tects hll advan~d pawn at Q6, perhAps making another bow to the Vene rahl ... Aron. 20. . .. , Ktx 8 21 . QxKt QR-Ql And now Blick will . ufler for Ignoring the precepts 01 the au thor of My Sys. tcm. ' Alw.y. attack I pawn chain a t It.s base', thus spakl'! NlmlOWIt.:h . And here 21 . . h ...... P_BS r eduoo. White's .dvantage to a minimum. 22. P·R4 ...... Momentarily styml ... d In Ihe cente r , Popel adv'nOOI h i. Q·.lde pawns 10 w""ken Black on the KR I.(lR8 dIagon­al-:\! one poInt; and 5e<:u rln, his QB5 for the QKt-n's th ... o ther. 22 . .... P.KA 3? 23. P· A5 ! A· 1C3 The 8host or Nlmzowttch shudders Ind ... mlt. a low moanIng 'Oy'-To wIt, '. PISsed pawn s bould be hloc ked with a minor-not a major pleee-wh ... rever pOl'Sihle'. Black's po!ltlon 15 bad. al­m ost deplorable. bllt K-R2 and -P·B3 look mora hop ... £ul-savlng K3 tor the Bishop and no t (he ROOk. 24 . Kf.QR41 The threat of Kt.QB5 C5nnot be eon­talncd. 24. KtxK P If 24 ......... , Kn.XI; 25. Kt-85, Q-Bl; 26. P-Q7. 25. Ktx"t Q·K l 26 . P·B4 While he I. • pice ... up, the rest of the glme ts 1)I~yed by Popel with ·th ... hind of th ... master and Is therelore .tllI Intcrestlng. 2&. A/ bP 21. Qx RI IbQ U. Rx R P· B) 29. Kt.KlIl Q·QBI

30. A/ l-Ql 31. P·R61 3'2. AxQBP

K-A2 .. , Q-KI

Of course. It 32 . ...... _, Q.!lR; 31. Kt-Kt5 ch wins the Qu ...... n. n . R·KI QICRfl 8 e decides on suicide ratheJ' tha I:! !>W'I1I'

torture. In rea) life, the pleasu fft ot relo de se • ..e often qu ite ImPTllcticu . This Is one of the reasons t ha t cheQ U such a popular glme. Black'. chancel of :I perpetual check 3-I'it DU and the re are severa) tood way. fo r White to b rine his sU pCrio r annament Into the a Uad, on the exposed Blaek King. 34. Kt·Kt5ch

Aeslgns

HROMADKA DEFENSE MCO : pag e 207

Independent Tournament West Orange, 1957

N ot" by U.S . M'Htrr A . E. S""t4,i~,t White alack

A. E. SANTASIEAE E. HEARST I. Kt·KB3 intending "Santaslere's Folly" (l'-QKt4 In reply to P-Q4), but my opponent$ often prefer to avolt! nonsense. 1. ,_ ___ Kt.KB f l. ,.-Q4 P·K3 l . P·B4 P-B4 4. P-QS .. .. .... 'l'his lo,tical thrust Iranspo'les into onlll of those deferred Benon1.8 In whteh Eliot admlts he is a Ipech.Un. In my i,noranee I tried only for common sense, eliPeclally since this wu the sixth hou .. of chess t hat day. 4. PxP t . B-Q3 S. P~P P.Q3 • • 0 ·0 6. Kt·B3 P·KKtl 10. 7. P-K4 B-Kt2 11. Not only pre paring preven"nt B-KtS.

... ..... b ot

11 • .. _ ... __ P-QA3 14. hP •• p. ax .. 12. P-QA4 R·Ktl 15. Q.B2 Kt· lCt4 13. P·R5 P·Q Kt 4 16. B-K3 ICt·Q2 Somewhat cramped, he Is .kUltu~ probing for dronl .quarel lor hili Knl,ghts, but White doel IlkewlH. 11. Kt.Q2 Kt·K4 23 . KR.BI KI·1I1 11. 8·Bl Kt·QS 24. KtxlCt PxKt t9. BxKt PxB 25. P·KS B-Kt2 21). Kt.R4 R·lCts 26. P.Q' Q-Q1 21. P-B4 Kt-Q2 21. Kt-AS B·Rl 22. Kt. B4 Q.B2 28. P·QKt3 Thls consolida ting move forcel Black to play t r umps, IlspeciaUy ~Inee ho Is in time p r eSSUI'C In " pO$ltlon where passive play could only 10SQ. U ..... __ p·Q6 . lie'S trylne' desperatel y to break a road open to the While K, when hi. 2 Bishops will be very dangerou,. 19. BxP White accepts the ehlUente. The more cautious Q·Q2 would meet with P-Kt4il K·Rl and It-KKtl). 2' . .. ... _.. RICBP 30. Q IC P R· I(RS

The t hr eatened R-sacrltlce Is sound an d w ould win. Th ... strutgle Is at a dramatic p ... ak. 31. Kt·B6 This only mov" Bish op's diagonal, creates a subtle power.

not only eut.. th e hut u wlll be seen re~u.ce 01 great

31 . ..... ". B-A) 3'2. R·1I2 RxP Apparently 5 u C c e 55! u I I y eruhlne through. But White hill a e'ern 01 a zwlschenzug In reserve. 33. B-BS PxB 34. PICR ........ Now If he w\sbn to clear the QueeD, be must In tum hlock tbe BI5b.op (p .B5). 34. K·Al 35. RxP P· B5 A symphony on thll WhI te dIatonu! The Queen cannot escape frustraUon.

Or. Hor",.n Hornstltln A. E. Slntul.,1t

u. ..... R.Kneh In l'Xl!"emoe time pressure. It PXP, R-R7 ""'n$; I( QxP, Q·K5 oeh. 37. R·Kn 0 ·81 39. ICxR OxR 31. P-01 RxReh .'.ek rnlgns.

ENGLISH OPENING MCO: pig, 32, eoillmn •

Vlncouver Chen Le'gue Vancounr, 1957

While J . M . TAYLOR (C it y C.C. ) 1. p-Qa4 2. Kt.Q83 2. P' KKtl 4. Pxp S. a ·Kn ,. ICt·a3 1. 0-0 t . P.Q2 9. P-QR2 10. ICtxKt 11. P·1C 4 12. a ·1(3 13_ P-Q4 14. ICheP 1$. a xlC t 16. 8.Q.2 17. Q-1C2 1 .... ·.4

P. 1C4 Kt·IC.3 ....

KtxP . ·1C3

Kt-Q.3 1-., 0-0

P· KR3 8xICt a -K3 ... , ...

KtxlCt P-Q8. ICR.Q1

O·RS 8 ·B5

Bl.ck J . PATTY

IUac. C.C.) 19, 0 ·1C14 . · ICBI 20. p· as BIlR 11. 8 xB K·Rl 12. R·Kl QR·Bl 23. O-RS R.Q2 24. P· ICS P·KKt3 25. 0 ·8 3 R·K2 16. B-Q3 R/ I -Kl 21. B·1C4 R.Q2 21. P· KR. P·BS 29. PXPeh PIlP 30. 0 ·B6 R-Kt'1 31. P· IC' Q·Kt4 32. BxPeh K.Kn 32. 0 ·8 1eh l K·R l U . BxReh Bx8 35. OxReh Resigns

SACCHIC DIALOGS (Continued from p'ge 3, col. 4)

u. 0 ·1C17 ch K.Kl 0"T~'=3. p_a7 th OxP

.... , cb mltte. In 1'. Kt,'6 eh K-Ql 2S. Q-Rlch R'.'Slnl

"Ne.t,r UIU 25. QzQ."

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'2. ... B.8 1 .... 8 ·81 8-B' '3. RIQ)·81 O-Kt7 Not -'4 • .••••••• • QxRP; -IS. R·K1 wiIlning the B. 45. P·OR4 P·II:5 41. B·K' 46. P·R3 0 ·1C87 mack Ih relltl:nl!d 41 ..... ....• BxP; 48. PxB, Q.xPch .... lth a draw by pl!rpetual chec k. Thoe tc xt·mcwe 1'~"'C'nt.s thb and ..Jso starts a combIna tion III foree Ihe e xcha n,e of B'S thus clariIyllIg Ihe e ndln, . 41. 8·0' SO. 8· 1C6 8 ·04 41. B·B4 8 .84 51. R·02 0 'Kt4 4 •• R·Kt 0·Kt6 52. R(1)-Ql Q.K. The ~ealed move. 52. .., ... .. , S-B8; 53. R·1l2 (not ~3 . Rxn, QxR or 53. K·KtI, RxP; M. R~a. Q·K6ch; 55. K.R2, QxB), Q·K6; $4 . R(2)xn would aceon,plbh White '. purpose or eXCh3ng lna: L'I . 53. B·K" ... .... . This ('na ble. White to .... eaken Dllck'~ P'. ",hUe al, o forcing the exchan.ce or B ' •. 53. .. . 8.B. 54. R-05 0 ·10 55. axB PxB 56. R(5)-o2 Q·1C6

57. P·OICII 58. R·O' 5'. RxPch

O-KI6 oxRP

White Is h~lmy 10 trade lIff th l~ RP .... hlch hIS been c ramping Whl~'. K­side Dnd orrcrln~ Black some hopes lIf • Pi! r pclual check . 5.. I(.K" 60.. RI • .,04 P.BS This helps WhIle 10 wind up Ihe .came q uickly. U. R·OBI O·Kl 62. R.BSch I':-KU No t 82 ... , .. .... K·RS: 63. K·R2! wlt'l d. the r 6-1. IbP !'tIa te or 64. P-Kt3 Matoe 10 follnw. 63. Rx" 0 .1C8ch 64. I( ·R2 0 .K6 65. R·1(4 Q.Q7

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--After a nip and tuck race all

the way. Albert Sandrin edged out John Tums in II photo·finish for the Chicago Cily Championship. Each scored 7·1 (6 wins and 2 draws), but Sandrin was awarded the title on S·B tie-breaking points, thus repeating thcir tie-brcaking finish in the ]956 North Central Championship. In add ilion to their own draw in the 7th round Sand: - . rID drew with Dan Fischheimer in the 4th and Tums drew with Paul Tautvaisas in the 5th.

Other top finishers included third·prize winner Paul Tautvaisas and fourth·prize winner K3ZYS Jakslas, cach with 6-2. Fifth Ihrough ninth with 51J.!-2'h each were Angelo Sandrin (fifth 'prize winner), Mitchell Sweig ((irst Class A prize-wi nner), Sam Cohen, Dan­iel" Fischhcimer. and Edward Buer­ger in that order. The sccond and third Class A prizes were awarrlcd to Rolrert Ilderton and Waller Grombachcr respcctively, both with 5-3. Also al 5-3 was Robion Kirby who won the prize for highest scoring Junior. The three Class B prizes were taken by William But­ler, Robcrt Stcin. and Edward Vas­co in that ordcr, an with 31h-41h. . Fifty·two players parliclpatcd in this 8-rd Swiss held at Interna­tional House on the University of Chicago campus. USCF Director John Nowak was tournament di­rcctor.

The finals of the New Haven Open Championship conducted by the New Ha\·en Chess and Checker Centcr was won by Slanley Wy· sowski with a 4-1 score, lOSing no games but drawing with James Bolton and WilHam Mills. Bolton was second with 3·2. a loss to Mills and draws with Wysowski and D. Stauvcrs. Tied for third were Stau­vers and Mills with 2\h·2lh each.

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Problem No. 762 By Or, Laszlo Lindner

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AGAIN. three onginal contributions to our column constitute today's o(ferings. No. 762 is a Helpmate in two, in our opinion another

samplc of "Miracles on the Cbessboard". White's mating procedure Is set wilhout Black's help: 1. B-Kl and 2. B·Kt4 mate. But Black must make two moves! Try it! But to be fair to those of our solvers for whom help. mates are a bewildering novelty, we decided to discontinue crediting the Solvers' Ladder wilb points for the solution of helpmates and " 'ill revise our Laddcr's scoring accordingly.

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I No. 149 R,v, nlcroft.Hawes: Bdore key: I . ........ , Qxlkh! Z. KbQ. t .........• BK4;

2. QxB. Key I. P-Q6 threa t 2. R.K4 mate. No. 7$0 Morrl : key 1. Q·R, th~at 2. Q_BG ch! K-Q~ , 3. Q.B3 mate. Somo very subtle pley, .fter I . ........ , KB4, KQS, PBG, BQ4 ete. No. 151 A l1;kowlh: Thl$ problem Is tho work of Samuel Loyd pub­lished flU I In Chess Monthly In the ye n of 185t and quot,d as a clu. 11! at in­numerable 11m ... Our wlumn II belple.u alfaillst such .ets of b ruen plalrl,tUm and count. on the sm. rtness of our solvc rs to discover Ih, nl . No. 752 Holl ,d,y: I . P-RI! rook, KxKt; Z. R.R2, QB8 m. t .. . 1. P-Kta rook, Q-QB-4. :t. R·K!.sq . Q.Re m ate . I. P-Bsq. rook, KxPB7; 2. R_BII, Q·R4 mate.

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Pos it ion N o. 201

Lissitz in~Cholmov, Kiev 1954 Lissl t zin played I. Q-KN 4, K-KN4,

N·K3: 2. BxB, QxB: 3. Q·N4ch, K·Rsq (K· BZ also loses j; and now, as Liss ilzen h imsel f la te r poI n ted out, White Ca n wIn al once h ,,' 4. Q·QR4! Ins tead, he pla yed 4. B·KJ and won only after a lon g and d1fricull ending in whIch Black d id not alw uys find t he best de· fense. As Lissl tzln also pointed out, 1. _. ___ ... , B·K3 I.. even wo r Se for Black he· cause White f orces a qnlc k win by 2. Q· Q41 Althou~h no solv"r has submi tted a

wholly adequate anal ysis of t h is posl. tlon, severa l solvcrs h ave sho wn that Black can pu t u p a sti ff resIs t ance wIth I . ........ , R~N . If now 2. Qllxll, Bx ll; 3. Q--Q 7, Q-ll5; 4. Pxll , K·N2; and White has no real wInning prospects . Better Is 2. I'~N , N-K3; bUI, thoug h Whi te then has so"'e advantag e , the position is no t clear. 3. llxB is m et hy 3 . .. .... .. , QxB; and 3. Q·QR4, hy J . . ....... , BxB, 3 . Q· N3 look. good. but art" .. 3 ..... ... . , BxB; 4. PxB. K·N2; Black is h old in g h is own. Best seems J. B·K3, bu t we hR,'e been u na h le to es t a blish t h a t the e ndgame ali van tage Is su fficient to win by fOTCe.

Se"eTa l sol,'e r s a tt em pted to Impro ve o n 1. Q· K;'<4. The best olher try seems to be I. Q.Ksq. An In tercaltng varia· tio n in th l ~ llne is I. .. ...... , B,,--['oI ; 2.. pxB, N·K3 ; 3. Q·lI.S, Nx B; 4. Q·B7ch , K.Rsq; 5. Q.B8ch, Q·Nsq ; 6. Bx Hch, N·N2; BxN ma te . Black, h o wever, defends h imse lf adequately by J. ........ , 81< B; 2. Q·RS, p . QR3 ! Tries suc h as 1. Q-Q4 " nd L Q·KB4 n,'e a lso m e t b y 1. .. ..... . , BxE.

Above a U e lse. we t r y to a void se lect · ing unclear posi t ions fo r this column., but occasiona ll y we slip, and the n we have t he impossi ble p rob le m o f mak· i ng eq ultahle a wards of credit. In this case, 1. Q·KN~ see m s to he the " bes t " move, and solutio ns Inclndlng It a re be lnK alloweli a fu ll point. A half point Is bein g a warded lor J. Q-Qsq, L Q.KB~ , and J. Q·Q4. In fairness h' Ihe sol" e rs who d id not suhmlt solu· tions hecause the posItion was unclear or wh ose solut ions did not r eceive full credit, we wlll con tin ue. u n Ul Apr U 20, 1957, t o acecpt and c,.e li lt analysl.s On th is position . Sueh a nalys l.s m a y either snpport Or r efu t e the lines shown above . Solvers who desire comments en any a na lysis suhmltted shou ld en. close a self·addressed s ta mped c n ... .,I· ope.

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