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Former World Champion, Dr. Max Euwe, Ernest Gruenfeld. Hans Kmoch,

a nd many other authorities This latest and immense work , the most exha ustive of its kind , ex­

pla ins in encyclopedic detail the fine points of a ll openings . It carries the reader well into the midd le ga me, eval uates th e prospects there and often gives complete exemplary games so that he is not left hanging in mid-position with the query: What happens now?

A logical sequence binds the continuity in each opening. First come the moves with footnotes leading to the key posiLion. Then fol· low pert.inent observations, illustrated by "Idea Var ia ti ons." Finally, Practical and Supplementary Variations, well annotated, exemplify the effective possibili ties. Each line is appraised: +, - or =.

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",olume 33 Number 5 May 1965

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Table o f Contents Announce the Mate! .. . ......... . .. 130 Chess Caviar . .............. . ...... 160 Chess Club D i rec t ory .. •• .... . .. .. . 135 Chess on the Computer . . .. .. ' . . ... . 157 End·gam e Study 47 .. ... . .. ........ 140 Finishing Touch . . . . . .. ... ... .. ... 142 Fun Chess .. • ... .. .. . . . .... •. .. .•• 132 Game of the Month ...... .... . . . .. . 136 How to Win in the Ending .... ... . . 140 In the Tradition .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .... . 159 1964 Olympiad ..•.. .. • . . ... . .. ... . 144 Note boom Memoria l Tournament . . . 136 Postal Chess .......... .. . ...... . .. 152 Post a l Chess Caviar ... ..... . . . . . .. 156 P roblemart ... . .... .. .... . ... . . . .. . 148 So lita i r e Chess ... . •. ... .. . . ... . . .• 149 Spotlight on Openings .• .... ... . . . .

I Tail End of the Game .. . ...... . .. . Thrice Told Tale •.....•.. . . . . .. . .. World of Chess •• . ..... .. ...... •. .

EXECUTIVE EDITOR Jack Straley Batlell

CONTRIBUT ING EDITORS A. B. EisS"ui(!r, J . W . Collins .

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T . A. Duns t. Dr. ~I, Euwc. Hans 1(moch. ,,'. Kor" and Dr. p. 'Tr ifunovlch.

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COMING E V ENTS IN THE U . S. AND CANADA

Abbrevlatlons- SS T mt: SWiss System Tour_ nament (in 1$t round entries paired by lot or ~elect!on; in subsequent rounds pla.yers with similar sCOreS paired). RR Tmt: Round Hobin Tournament ( each man plays ever y other ma.n). KO T m t: KnOCk-out Tourna­ment (losen or low scorers eliminated). $$: Cash prizes. EF: Entry fee . CC Ches~ Club. CF: Chess Federation. CA : Ch ess As­sochUlon. Ct. : Chess League. Rd : rou"ds. USCF dues: $5 membership per year.

USCF OPEN As we go 10 press. we have no firm

press release Oil 1115 U. S. Chess Federa· lion Open btll on latest word received we understand it is 10 DC in university room~ in San J uan, Pu erto Rico, Jul y 2·1 tn August 6 wilh a package co~t (incl ud ing plane fare, rooms, meals ) of $240.

MASTERS OPEN M in nesota - June 11 to 13

At the Downtown YMCA, .Minneapol i~,

!\'linnesota: 5 Rd SS Trut, 45 moves/ 2'i2 hours, 20 per thereafter, open to rated masters ollly : S$ 1st $250, 2d 8100, 3d $50, more and/or others if EFs swell SS fund: EF 820 (810 if postma rked by May 8 ) plus uscr dues, checks payaDle to J\Iinnesota State Chess Association, ad­drt.'ssed to R. Ashford, 1908 41 Av. NE, :'I'l innea polis, i\l inn. 554·21: 1st Rd 7 PM,

Jllile JI , latest registration 6 :30 I'M : in. quiries to C. V. D. Tiers, 165 South Cle,'e· lu nd , St. Pa ul 5, .I\Hnn.

Montana _ May 8 to 9

30/.11. Anllual TOUrNament of MCA in the Florence Holel, Missoula, Montana: 5 Bd SS Tmt: 50 moves/ 2 hours : open to all : :~ divisions, Championship ; Class

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PREPARE TO MATE! ·With June coming Oil, don't mistake us, we ad mon­

ish, scotchingly! Our intentions are spiri tually caissie, we add, wryly; and, although you may take a purely Bourbon attitude, in a decanting manner, make a hall for yourself, high or low, of this quiz. But 'ware the gin! For ten correct solutions, score excellent; fot' eight, good; for six, fa ir. Solutions on page 137

3 White to move a nd mate

Wit and sagacity may be, as some claim, synonymous. Maybe-but there i s a dif· ference. This positioll, as opposed to t he last , d efi­nitely demands sagacity rather than wit, we wor. What say you? First unrid­dle t his problem, though. Can you?

7 W h ite to move and mate

That was fUll, was it not? Remember, however, that mate is such suite sorrow for the loser. And note. moreover, that, if you de­sire to induce Black to a like mood here, you need t o move with dispatch, If not outright dash, into the suite. Yes?

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4 Black to move and mate

If Black is to mate here. all we can say, logically, is that. if he had any mal·" pieces en prise, ·Whlte mll8t then already be mated. He's not, however; so the flln i>< a li yours. And it is fUll, we (but with unmitigated gall ·!) trust. So go after it, we say, conjugally!

8 Black to move and mate

To accomplish your want· ed solution ill this pal·tic· uJar situation, you may need to SCOUl" the whole suite with unwonted pe !·spicacity. Or you may be well on the way to making "iVhite quite sour wlth but one coup d'oeil. The point is: mate, mate!

1 White to move and mate

In t he menie month of May you may take down a perfect score. At least the sap ha s been running fo r some time now. So j[ you'r" there s itting at the board, and not bOl·ed. you ought to have the capability to en· snare Black'~ King here. Can vou" . .

5 White to move and mate

··Conjugation" nl(lY be an un[ol·tunate term for those who struggled with French verbs (01" others) in the otherwise halcyon days of sdlOoling. Well, shall we say: Conjoin Black's King? It's really only a simple trick. ThRt is, if YOI1 see it. Do you?

9 Wh it e to move and mate

·With Rook. Bishop anti Pawn for Queen. do you suv· pose, t he ·Walrus sHid , White could win in se1'en years? The odds are stRted, but not the time-unless you're a mighty dIlatory thinker! Fashion Rn immediate ter­mination. T his is your meat. Isn't it?

2 Black to move and mate

Here you have a wide· open board and White's King well out in- we were going to say "clear," but that term does not seem to apply. At least that term will not, If you demonstrate the appropriate quality: to wit, wit! Ah, go along wit· char

6 Black to move and mate

Very well then, we shall stick to chess and strictly chessie terms: the condi· tions appertaining to the concurrent s ituation foster aU!· insistent requirement tha t you so conduct Black's mRneuvers as t o checkmate the White King. Or just mate, mate!

10 Black to move and mate

One man's meat is another Ulan's poison. ·What's a mate to one man is just a person to another. But let's not as­cend to personalities at thi~ conjuncture. Make this pos. lion your meat, o r mnte, and skip the poison (or person) . In playln' terms . jnst mate. But how?

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CHESS REVIEW "" P'U IIAI CIIU' MAG"''''''

INTERNATIONAL Gr and Old Maste r

Though far from being the oldest grandmaster extant, Miguel Najdorf of Argentina played that part at Mar del Plat.a and still surpassed a largely grand­master field, includin g two representatives of the Soviet Union.

Najdorf scored 12~2 points OUl of a possible 15. Leonid Stein and YUri Aver­bakh of the Soviet Union followed with 11 and 10%. And three tied at 9Yz: Jul io Bo\nochan and Oscar Panno of Argentina, und Pal Benko of the United States.

Florin Ghiorghil! of Houmania placed ~eventh with 9 points, and rlus ~C<)res were turned in by Halli Sanguinetti, 87'2, and Hect or Rossetti. 8, hoth of Argen­tina. The following trailed ; R. C. Cruz and R. Garcia (Argentina ) 6; Herman Pilnik (Chile) 5lh; and four Argentin_ ians: V. Palermo 5, Carlos Bielicki 3Y2, J. Benrensen and A. Foguelman, each 3.

Event in Italy At Reggio Emilia in Italy, a round

robin resulted in a fo urfold Lie for first when the Yugosl avs Be!'tok and i\Iinich, t he Hlmga rian Bilek and West German Teschner each tallied 8Y2.2n. The Czech Komia finished widl 8·3, and a relatively low-scoring cont ingent of seven players was headed by Palmi otto of Ital y, 5Y2·5'i2.

North African Note O'Kelly de Galway uf Belgium disport_

ed himself in Tunisia, where he piled up a 10·1 score, follo wed hy Ka!'aklajich o f Yugoslavia. 9-2. The Tunisian Belkadi did well in t hil'd place with 7Y2-3Y2.

Challengers Round In the round of matches to produce

the next Cha llenge!' for the World Cham. pion ship, Yefim Geller is to take the place ceded by former world cbampion Botvi llnik, and the playing schedules have been officially announced , to this extent:

Paul Ke!'es and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union begin their match in Riga, April 7. Vassi ly Smyslov and Geller start on Apri l 17. Geller was allow<:,:d and toek a ten-day postponement, under FIDE rules, on the grounds that he was not i-

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fi ed of his right to participate as late as ;\Jarch eleventh. The winners of these matches are to meet in Leningrad at the end of l\Iay or the beginning of June. The first matches are fo r ten games each.

Mikhail Tah] of the Soviet Union and Lajos Portisch of Hungary, and Bent Larsen of Denmark alld Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia begin their ten-game matches in Yugoslavia on June 27. The winners of Ihese matches pIaI' off in August.

UNITED STATES REGIONAL and INTERSTATE

Giant Gathering Featuring a record tunrout of 191 chess

enthusia8ts, the Greater Chicago Open, otherwise known as the Sam Cohen .l\-Iem­oria l Tourney, was won by Ed Fonnanek. Paul Tautvaisas and Al Sandrin matched Formanek's 7-1 score, but pl-aced behind him ill secon d and third respectively on tiebreaks. Scores of 6Yz-PIz were notched by gl'alldillaster RoLert Byrne, John T ums, Vasa Kostic, Angelo Sandrin, Ed Va no and George Berry.

Inside tt!e Golden Triangle The Golden T riangle Open, held in

Pittsburgh, went to Martin S. Lubell, 4-1, on ·a median basis. The latte r tiebreak system gave second and third respectively tu Richard Kause and Steve Caruthers, both of whom equaled Lubell 's 4-1. There were 49 participants.

Trek t o Connecticut In the Connecticut Amateur

which attracted 36 entrants from Open,

a wide area, the victOl' was Douglas Grant of New York with a clear first -of 5·1. Next wen" William Newberry, Anthony Miller and Steven \10rrison at 4Yz-l%, who fin­ished in t.hat two to four order on tie­breah.

The Crimson All the Way Harvard University dominated the New

England Intercollegiate Team champion­ship by sweeping five rounds. American InternaLion'al College surprised as run­nerup ill [!'Ont of the strong mili tary

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school, :'Il"orwich University, while the University of Massachusetts placed fourth .

Deeds in Dayt on We learn from the Dayton Chess Cluh

Review "that the .Midwest Open Team Fes. tival was won by tI le Daytnn Chess Club tealll of four in a "thrilling last-minute 'squeaker.'" Going into the fifth and final round, Dayton was trailing the In­dianapulis YMCA group by a half point in match scores. A valiant team effort enabled DCC to triUlllph willi a final 4_1 tally, leav ing ·the Indianapolis YMCA and the Ohio State University "A" team tied fnr second at 3'i2. l'i2. Dayton tealll mem­bers were E. Lawrence, T. Mantiam, D. V. BUI'k ami 1. Phytityon.

ARIZONA According to a dispatch from the active

Phoenix Chess Cl ub, a national attend. ance record was probably established for officiall)" sanctioned high school tourna­ments when no less than 172 youn gsters participated in the Fou rth Annual Arizona High School Championship. Thirteen of these were girls. Tealll winners turned out to be representatives of Prescott Sen­ior High, while Mark Littcrman of Phoenix Camelback High become new state high school titlist and Kathryn Zet­terlund of Phoenix West High made it two years in a row to take the girls' championship.

GEORGIA Thc Georgia State Open, staged in Macon,

was won by Vernon Robhlson with a clear first of 4%-112. Runnerllp in the 22 play_ er shindig was William A. ScotL 4-] .

LOUISIANA In the Louisiana State Chess League.

tile New Orleans sq uad was victorious with 'a 2ljz-Y2 match record . Slidell, 2·1, came in second .

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FUN CHESS

On the cover, Emma Walilel' ha::; just thrown a Bishop anti an Options ~ymbol: and, strangely enongh. everyone looks pleased. Aboye, Pal Benko ,\-ppeal's dis­satisfied with bis throw, Fun Chess was tried at the Stardust during tile Nation,l! Open. Others on cover (le ft to rigilt): Herman Estrada, Al't Gamlin. Joanne Estrada and ?lIeryl Gamlin.

At Vegas Fun Chess (ii ce and rul es are packaged by the NeYHda Dice Co, in an attractive plastic case. You need a chess set and board, though. One di e shows symbols for King, Hool" Bishop. Knight and two Pawns; the other. Queeu. Rook, Bishop. Knight, Pawn and Options. White I'olls the two dice; if he can move on either symbol. he must: if 110t, he loses his lUrn. Then Dlad( takes his tum.

On the Options die. the plnyel' can make any legal move 01" declare. "J pass." Castling. if legal. can occur when a K turns UP. A player in check responds legally without tossing di ce. There are other special rules; too many to give here.

Larry Evans says of Fun Chess : ··!t·s fast and fun-combining skill with gamble. The better player will win in the long run. But the handkap of the game itself continually mal(es things interest· ing fOI" both opponents. My sU'ate:gy is to gamble on ly when things look hope· less."'

NEBRASKA Representatives of Central High Scho'ol

of Omaha gathered premier honors in both team and individual competition in the Nebraska Scholastic Tournament. Cen. tral's "J\." ·team easily outdistanced Scotts· bluff\ "A," and Don Rogers was declared individual titleholder when his was the only 5·0 sweep among the seventy·two players.

NEW JERSEY Ninely.fi"e players converged on Atlan·

tic City to vie for the South Jersey Open championship. \Vhen lhe fracas was over, the strong master James Gore, noted for his imaginative and enterprising style, could show 5% points out of a possible 6 to tmerge a clear first. Scores of ;)·1 were made by George Krauss, Jr., Larry Gilden, Alan G. Baisley, Arnold Chertkof, Sergei Goregliad and Miro Radoicic.

NEW YORK l{cturning to the wars after an absence

"I some years, the redoubt'able Herbert Seidman won his sixth Marshall Chess Club championship with an undefeated 6Y2·P/z. The always notable 1\-£arshall t itle tournament was distinguished this year for two exceptional reasons: it was the club's "Fiftieth Anniversary Cham. pionship" and it was the first title tourna· ment to he run on a Swiss basis. In order t" clineh his victory, Seidman (iucid ental. Iy celebrating his personal "Twenly·fifth Anniversary" in chess ) had to overcome his long·standing nemesis, Sidney Benl· stein, in the last round. This he did in good style, hreaking 'a jinx he had he· come almost resigned to during the past dozen years. Other leading scores were made by O. Popovych, 5Yz·2%, and Pan I Hohe\' and Asa Hoffmann , each 5·3. There were 16 players.

The Greater New York Open, held at the Henry Hudson Hotel in New York City, was won jointly by Pal Benko and Paul Brandts, each 6·0. Walt er Shipman, haH 'a point behind, took third. Note· worthy was the huge attendanc(~ · · a rec· ord.breaking 206.

1965 Marshall Chess Club "Anniversary" Championship Players , , 3 , 5 S , , Totals W °

, , Herbe rt Seidm~n OW W33 W, OS 03 W, W5 w, 61 · 11 5 3 , 2 Orest Popovych W" " U 033 W" W30 W, M 51 · 2~ 5 , , 3 Paul Robey W" W, OS W" 0' 05 0' " 5 ., 3 , , 4 Asa Hoffmann " WH OW 0' 0' W" W, 0' 5 ·3 3 , , 5 William Goichberg " W, 0" W, W, 03 " 0' 4~ .3~ 3 3 , 6 Andrew Soltis W, W, DO 0' " " 0" w'" 4~.3k 3 3 , 7 Sidne y Be rnste in 0" " W33 W" 0' WS 03 " 4~.3~ 3 3 , 8 Edmar Medni s on W30 ", " W33 W" " W" 4~·3~ , , 3 9 James T. Sherwin W5 " W33 0' W" U " 030 , ., 3 , 3

10 Dr. Adolph Stern 0' " 0' 0" wn " w'" 0' , ., , , , 11 Hyman Schneid 0' 0" " 0' " W'" U3 WH 3~.41 , 3 3 12 Walter S. Br owne W'" 033 W, " " " "5 wn 3,:,.41 3 , , 13 Allan Kaufman 0' U " W" '" W3S W33 '" 3~.41 3 , , 14 Theodor e Lorie " " W'" 030 W3S " OS '" 3 ·5 , , , 15 Louis Levy " W'" 0' " '" "3 W" " 2~.5~ , , 5 16 Richard Glickm~n '" "S '" "3 " '" '" CO ,.. , , ,

K .:!y : DIO == dn:\\" with #10: U"bJ"cak hy Median - Solkoff.

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LOCAL EVENTS

Alruka. \Ve learn from Chess Life that the Willard Fhke Clu .. "Ss Club, which was demolished in the terrible earthquake of March, 19M, has been replaced by the­Anchorage Chess Rookery. This newly formed unit Sl)onsored the Fur Rendezvous Open, in which Henry Divis predominated with a perfect 6·0. Runnerup with 5·1 was David J ones, whose only loss was to the tournament winner. There were 28 pIa)'. ers.

California .. Top banana in 48 player Santa ,\Iunica Open was William Addison, 6·0. Norman Lessing and Ed Kennedy were next with 5·} each. Another Santa Monica affair saw undefeated Charles Henin breeze in with 7.1, ahead of Ed Kenned)" 6·2. This tourney was a masters ' and ex· pert s' round robin.

In the fh'St Ii Segundo Open, atlended by 57 contestants including a mysterious "Mr. X," the top scorers were L. Simon and W. Cunningham, each 5%.%. Simon took first on a tiebreak.

The Herman Steiner and the Santa .\fonica Uay clllbs are generally consider· cd the st rongest ebess organizations in Culifurnia, so that exceptional importance attached to a clash between the two. Santa ]\"1unioa won, somewhat surprisingly, by the good margin of 9%·6%. Our news Wlwrt com es from Herb Abel and Ed Ken nedy, who tell us that the interest. gencrated lIy ,this event lIIay well devclof into an allilual West Coas t fixture , much like the traditional New York rh'alry be· lIn"en the Manhattan and i'I'larshall Ches~ Clubs. Santa i\-fonica winners were L. Simon , A. Spiller, Ed Kennedy, P. Quil. len . I. Lel-it'an and F. McReynolds. For the Steiner Club, the yietors were I. l{ivise, M. Gordon 'and N. Robinson . Seven gnmes were drawn.

First spot in a 2 man collegiate team lournament held at UCLA was seized by the Berkeley pair, D. Sutherland and N. Weaver, with 34 game points. Stanford lrail ed ill second place four points behind.

Cu/urailo. Denver recently was tIle scene of 1WO important tournaments. First to be held was th e Central Bank Tournament , which drew a flock of 50 players. Rudolf Peltcrs was a clear first with 5%.112, fol· lowed by rUl\nerup Dennis Naylin, 5·1. j\lonty i\Iir·Hosseini also scored 5·1, but was relegated to third place on a tie· break. A second Denver event was the 19 player Gem'gc Washington Birthdar TOllrnament, won hy Dennis Na)'lin 1\it"h

a score of 4Vz·l/~ . E. Vietor Trailbush, 4.1 , ca nle il] second.

IIfill(Ji.~. :\t thc Forest City Open in Rock. ford, B. Wenzel, R. Tobler Jr. and J. Gibbs topped a 40 player field with 4Yz. y:! apiece. Thc)' fini shed in the one·two· three ord er indicated above on tiebreaks.

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Indiana. Thi rteen-year-old Rony Adelsman won the Indianapolis Junior crown one full point ahead of a trio consisting of Bernard Parham, Fred Newhinney and Steve Cassady. Thir ty_th ree players took part.

Kansas . Playing in the Flint Hills Open at Emporia, John Allen, Bob Beilling, Mike Downs, Mike Davidson 'and James Dukelow, cach 4-1, finished in that order on S.-B. totals. Nineteen other entrant~ complL"\.ed the field.

At aine. The Colby team dominated college chess in Maine this season, defeating Bates by 5-1 and Bowdoin by 4-2. Colby also scored a 4Y:J-ll/2 victory over the Waterville Chess Club and broke even in a pair of matches against Norwich Uni­versity of Vermont. Steve Brudno, 5-U, made the best individual showing.

Michigan. )\OIa in results of the 1965 Motor City Invitational, a round robin held in Detroit: Carl Driscoll, 9-1; Kazys Skema and Mark Pcnce, 8-2 each; Jack Wite­czek, 6-4.

Missouri. In the Greater Kansas City Championship, Robert E. Hart registered an unbeatable 5·0, in front of the 4-1 scores turned in by Virgil Harris and AIike Davidson . A tiebreak gave second to Harris in the 22 player meet.

Nebraska . The combined Omaha City Cham pionship and Ludwig Memorial Tournament saw Roger Anderson in first place with four "Ivins and two draws. Howard Ohman and lohn Tomas were next with 4¥2·1Y2 each.

.'Vew York. From a plethora of local el'enlS in this state we glean the following.

At the renowned Manhaltan Chess Club, Alexander Kevilz was first with 7·1 in the Sunday "r.,·Taster Prelim ." John W. Collins, 5Yz-2Y2, placed second ahead of Arthur Feuerstein on a tie-breaking bash. Kevilz and Collins thus quali fy for the Manhattan finals together with winners of other "?faster Prelim" sections, namely E. S. Jackson, Nat Halper and Adolph Stern .

At the i\larshall Chess Club, another celebrated New York chess organization, sixteen-year.old Douglas Pader surprised a strong 26 man field with a thumping 8·] victory to capture the dub's Candidates' Tournament. Pader, two full points ahead of his nearest rival, aul.Omatically qual i. fied for next yeo.r's championship fina1., . Evidently the young man bears watching.

Joseph Balint won the championship of the Queens Chess Club in New York City when he nosed out E. S. Jackson on a ti e_ break. Both players scored 6-1.

The title tournament of the Kingsmen Chess Club in Brooklyn went to John Evans, 8·1. Alvin Williams, 7·2, was run, nemp in the 10 player round robin.

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No effective res istance in the Long Is· land Chess League could be mustered against the Queens Chess Club, which brushed the opposition off the boards with a 7·0 triumph ill match points. Members of the winning team were B. Hill, J . Balint, E. S. Jackson, .T. Kader, S. Freed, E. Zinberg, A. Wilensky and .I. Birnhak.

In upstate doings, the Schenectady Chess Club topped the Hudson Valley Chess League with a match seore of 4112· %. Alban), came in second with 4·1. A second upstate competition was the Cor. nell Invitational Team Matches, Section "A" of which was won by Finger Lakes with a 7Y2-4Y2 game record. Runnerup was Corning, 6%.5%.

North Dakota. The Sioux Chess Club of Gr'and Forks downed North Dakota State University by a tally of 4.2. On first board V. C. Bragg of Grand Forks de. fea ted a formidable adversary, Stephan Popei.

Tennessee. John L. Hutton and David E. Burris hoth scored 4·1 in the East Ten­nessee Open, with Hulton obtaining first prize vn a tiebreak.

Texas. In the Alamo Open, William Bill s, Peter Gould and David Lees each scored 4%.%, but Bi lls won out substantially Oil a tiehreak.

The San Jacinto Open was pocketed by Eric Bone, 4%.%. George Smith posted lhe samc score hut fell back to second place on S.·B. considerations.

Washington . In the Spokane City Closed Tournament, Gordon Cornelius held all the Irumps and fin ished with a resplend. ent 5·0. He eclipsed his nearest rival by 1% points.

A headline in the Northwest Chess Let· tcr says, "Golden Horde Gl itters." And so ·they did in winning the Puget Sound League with a 49%.9lh game score. The defending champions, the Boeing Chess Club, narrowly missed a successful de· fense of their title when they fin ished half a point behind. Both teams had 6·0 match records.

Wisconsill. The Nort heastern \Visconsin Closed Championship, which drew 16 en­tries, was won hy Peter B. 'Webster on a tiebreak. His 4·1 game score was matched by Andrew C. Berry and James Blakeslee.

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Quebec Playing at the Universi ty of Montreal,

the Un il'ersity of Toronto regained the Eastern Canadian Tntercollegiate team

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A tic for the Australian j unior title between W. Kerr and Ralph Sha .... was resolved in favor of the former when he gained a 3·1 Illay.off victory.

Austria In the c"ntc~ t for the Viennete t il le,

Du~ksle i n e-.lsil r out~trippt.od his oppo-

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que If tIe 10 resident : inquiries to 0 0 11

Wilson , 724 Washinglorl NE, Albuquer. que, New IIIcxico.

New York - Ju ne l' t o 13 51 1t Annllal Hu4so11 Voli ey Opel! li t

Element a ry School, RI. 375, Woodstock, New York : 5 Rd SS I nlt, sta rt$ 8 I-M ,

June II : EF $10 (junion 18 and under, S5) 1,lu~ uscr dues; S8 (& S4) if posted by June 8: 55 lst Sloo guaranteed ; tro­phies, and othe r SS to be announced m-· (ore play bc:;ins: inq uiries to John O. Mager, Bux 838, S pringtown Rd., Ti ll· son, New York.

Maine _ J\lne 18 to 20

4111. Annual DOl(lnefW O~n at the YMCA , Portland, Maine: 6 Rd 55 Tmt, starts 8 PM: EF $5 plus USCF duel: $S p lu ~ trophy II) winner : inquiries to Stuart Laughlin, 68 Prospect St., Port land, Maine.

New Yor k _ June 19 to 20 N~w York Stale Ilmatf.ur ' hampiow

ship at Sherrill Hall, Hoblltt College, Geneva, New York: 5 Rd SS Tmt, 5u

- mOl'es/ 2 honrs : registc r by 9 :30 AM ,

' June 19, pl ay starts 10 AM: open to a ll below uscr master: EF $5 plua uscr and NYSCA dues: t itle and trophy to winner, pl aques to next two and to high. cst in A, B, & C plu, Unrated : room a t $3 night: inquiries, advance EFa and room re!ervaliolls 10 R. L. La Belle, 011' ta rio 51., Phelps, New York.

Illinois J une 26 to 27 4th Allnuol Fox Valle)' Open at Fox

Valier Pa rk Distr iet'. center, 89 Soulh La Salle St .. Aurora, J\linois : 5 Rd 5S T mt, 50 mOI'es/ 2 hours: register by 10 AM, J une 26: SIOO min imum h t luaran· teed, also $$ to expert, A, B, C. D &: un· rated: EF $7: inquiries to J. M. Fuller, 525 Penn. Av., Aurora, Illinois.

Western Open Moves Note the famed, an nua l We, t e rn Ope n

is in St . Lou is t h is year : , ee Millourl -J uly 1 t o 5, a bove.

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s it ion by scoring 121h.21;2. His nca rest rival Beni was two points behind.

England Oavid l.e\·}' h~ame London j unior li tle·

holile r. ahe .. d of Parr, Slr.us~ and Vau gha ll.

France The Rating Tournament of the USCF',

European Chess Di~t r ict at Chateauroux Air Station w~s won by Gilbert Ramir~ 6lh·lh. South Africa

In the Cape Town ChllmpioMh ip fi nal6. G. Dean proved unbeatable with a 5.{1

Massach uaetts - June 26 to 27

Stir AIln/lUi Cel/tral New Ellg/mld Open al Hotel Haymond, Filcllburg, Massachu· sett s : 6 Rd 55 Tmt, 60 moves/ 2 hours : stll r ts 9:30 AM, June 26: EF prior to June 22, masters 8: experts $9, Cl a5$ A S8, B 87, C 8: unrllled $6 (after June 22, SI more) pl us USCF dues : $S guaranteed fu nd is $422; ls t $125 & numerous other SS: inquir ies and advance EFs to C. Mi ri. janian, 46 Beacon St., F itchburg, 1\1115' sachusells.

Wash ington - Ju ne 26 t o 27

3d Annual ElIu 6reen Empire Opell a l Fircrest Community Center, 555 Cont ra Costa Bh·d., Tacoma, Wash ington : 6 Rd SS Tmt, 50 mOl'es/ 2 hours : register by 9 AM, June 26 : EF sa plus useF &: WCF dues or to Reserves (under 1800 rating) 53 &: WCF dues ($2): $$ ls t $50 pJu~

exces ... over expenses, 2d S30 8: 3d $20; RCllerves, t rophie~ to top two alld top Class C : inquiries and advance EF. to J. R. Ward, 3909 No. 34 St. , Tacoma , W u hington 98407.

Missouri - J uly 1 t o 5 9th /17 estern Open at Sheralon·Jeffer·

~"n Hotel, St. Louis, j\"fissouri : 9 Rd SS Trnt , 50 movcs/ 2% hours : register by 7 1' ;0.1, Ju ly I, play starts 8 I>M, 2 Rd 12 :'<1

8: 7 PM , July 2 through 5 : EF SIS (j un. iors $12.50 ) plus USCF due~ : S8 1st 8500, 2d $300, 3d $175 8: meri t I'ri~ of 512.50 for each half.point over SY2 points 8: tro· phie! to 1st unra ted &: to h I &: 2nd \Vomen, J unior & Class A, B, C &: 0 : in. qui r ies to Lackland H. Bloom, 506 Olive Street, St . Louis, Mis.."OU ri 63101.

Flor ida-July 2 to 5 44th SOl/th em. OJ)(!n. at Cape Colony

Inn, <.:owa Beach, Cape Kennedy, Flori . d.: 7 Rd 55 Tmt, 50 moves/ 2 hours, 1hen 15/ 30 min: rel!:isler by 7 I'M, July 2: in 3 divi~ions: Open Championship EF $15 plus USCF & SCA dues : as S300 guunr.nteed for ls t & rotat ing t rophy; 2nd & 2d SI50 & $75 & trollhies, books to plu! scores : Amateur (under 1900 rat ing) F.F S10 &: USCF &: SCA dues : SS SI 00, 550 & 825 8: trophies, & books as above :

slam, rar ahead of runnerup A. N. Rubi n· stein, llh·Pfl,

The Claremonl t ide e' ·enl was won by \,\1. S. Mackie and F. N. Rodrigue~ , brack. ('I~I II I 8 y"! .21f:!.

Soviet Union Women's world chamllion Nona Gaprin.

du hvili ·,cquired the USSR Women's Chaml)ion! hip wilh a 15-4 tally, finishing two full poilils ahead of a tr io of other coniesla.nlll.

T ho Russian team cllampionship, play. (.'d in !\{o!Cow, SIl W the ''Trud'' group in fiut place. BOlvinnik wa~ a s tar repre· &entlltil'e.

Resen'c (r.mder 1600 & unra ted ) EF 88 & SCA dues : 520 8: trophy to h i : also Speed TOl/rnoment : EF 82, IrQllhy : more S8 as EFs permit ; s pecial deductions & lodging rates ; for details writ e: R. G. Cole, Lot 8, 837 Forrest Av., Cocoa, ~'l orida.

Oh io - July 17 t o 18 Slit. A ,tnual Cin cinnati Open at Central

Pa rkway YMCA, 1105 Elm St., Cincin· nati: S Rd SS Tmt; 4S moves/ I Yz houu, 171h; 50/ 2, l&h : EF 87.50 (junioT$ under 18 $6) plus USCF dues (less $1 if reo ceived by July 13, olher discounts to OSCA members) : SS per at leasl 70% EFs, I for each 10 entries & each 2/ 3 of preceding higher : advance EFs &: in· quiries to D. Taylor, 706 Mt. Hope St ., Cincinnati 45204.

New Yor k _ J uly 24 t o August 1 New York State Cheu Congress a t the

Slall l' r Inn, Cornell University, Ithaca, :--l C"' York : Stat e Champiol/s/tip 9 Rd 55 Tlllt, 50 mO"C!-/ 2'h hou r .. : 88 8200, SI OO, $50. 825, and trophies to slate, upstate, j unior and woman champion! : register h)' 5:30 1' .\ 1, July 24 : EF S15 plus USCF &: NYSCA due! ! Reserve C/lflmpiollship li kt: main el'ent hut separa te if enough (:lIt rle;;, r. .. hich must. he in lIy J une 15: EF SIO plus NYSCA dues : trophy, $S: Speed Ch ampiol1ship, 7 I' M. Ju ly 28: to sec· onds I move: EF $1 : is: Team Cham. pionship for team.~ of fou r from NYS CCS a ffiliat~1 to NYSCA (S5 annual dues) : 2 Rd, J ul r 31 ; 2, Aug. ht : in· d ividual EFs, NYSCA membership : for accommodat ion! ( l'ariollS diKounls ). Da\'id RiCkard, 1152 EJ1i~ Hollo .... · Road, !thllCl, New York 14850; general in· qui ri~ : f' . P. Berlo",. 103 :\fcG ra w P lace, It haca, ~e",· York 14850.

South Da kota _ Augult 28 to 29 196.') SOl/th DakOl Q. Open, Comm unity

Il oom, Cit)' Hall, P ierre, South Dakota : :i Bel 55 Trnt. 40 mOH.'s/2 hours : register lIy uscr d UC$ . & 8 Ai\! : EF S5 plus SDSCA d ue~ (S2): S8 90% of EFs to top :i. t ro llhy to lst : inquirie5 to R. Wallace, 13271j2 East Dakota, Pie rre, South Dakota.

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WHERE TO PLAY CHESS

PHOENIX CHESS CLUB Phoenix Adult Center, 1101 West Wash­,glOD St., Phoenix, Arizona: Tuesday & rlday 7:30 PM; phone then 262·6471

LITTLE ROCK CHESS CLUB Sam Spike's Insurance Office, Village Center Mall , Little Rock, Arkansas LO·52372, Asher and Ulliv. Friday 1 PM

BERKELEY YMCA CH ESS CLUB 2001 Allston Way, Berkeley 4, Cali!ornia: Phone: 848-6800 Meets Wednesdays at 7 PM

GARDEN GROVE CHESS CLUB Euclid Park Recreation Center, Euclid at Stanford, Garden Grove, CalifornIa :1Ileets every Wednesday at 7 PM

PLUMMER PARK CHESS CLUB 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, California Meets every Monday and Friday

CITY TERRACE CHESS CLUB 1126 North Hazard Street Los Angeles 63, California Meets Wednesday 7 to 12 PM

HERMAN STEINER CHESS CL.UB 8801 Cashlo Street Los Angeles 35, California

OAKLAND YMCA CHESS CLUB 2101 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, California 94612: Phone: 451·5711 '"lpen Fridays at 7 PM

BROWARD COUNTY CHESS CLUB 1440 Chateau Park Rd, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: Mondays 7 PM "till morning" iH Lauderdale Manors Recreation Ctr.

ORLANDO CHESS CLUB SUHshlne Park Orlando, Florida Open evenings from seven PM on

ST. PETERSBURG CHESS CLUB, Inc. 540 Fourth Avenue N St. Petersburg, Florida

CHESS UNLIMITED 4747 North Harlem, Chicago, Illinois Friday 8 PM to 1 AM, Phone: GL 3·4267 H. C. Stanbridge, Pres.

CHICAGO CHESS CLUB 64 East Van Buren Street Chicago 5, Illinois Phone: WE 9·9515

GOMPERS PARK CHESS CLUB 4222 W. Foster, Chicago 30, Illinois Fridays 7 : 30 PM - 11:45 PM Phone: PE 6·4338

OAK PARK CHESS CLUB Stevenson Fieldhouse, Taylor and Lake Streets, Oak Park, IilInois Meets Wednesday evenings

INDIANAPOLIS CHESS CLUB Sheraton·Lincoln , 117 W. Washington, Indianapolis, Indiana: Fri. 6-12 PM; Sat. noon- 12 PM; Sun. noon-9 PM

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PORTLAND CHESS CL.UB YMCA. 70 Forest Avenue Portland, Maine Meets every Friday night.

SPRINGFIELD CHESS CLUB Meets every Thursday, 7 PM at the AFL-CIO Hq, 221 Dwight Street Springfield, Massachusetts

EAST BRUNSWICK CHESS CLUB VFW Hall, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, New Jersey: phoue: 254·9674 Meets every Wednesday night

ELIZABETH CHESS CLUB Mahon Playground, So. Broad St. near St. James Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey Meets Monday and Friday evenings

JERSEY CITY YMCA CHESS CLUB 654 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, N. J. Meets at 7: 30 PM Every T uesday and Friday

THE KING'S CHESS CLUB 896 Bergen Av., Jersey City, N. J. Daily 4 PM to 2; Sat., Sun. & Holidays 2 PM to 2: 65c admission : free games

L.OG CABIN CHESS CLUB (Founded 1934)

At the home of E. Forry Laucks 30 Collamore Terrace West Orange, New Jersey Champions of the N. Y. "Jlfe t" Leaglle , 1948. Organized and founded the North J ersey Chess Le<tgue and Inter-chess LBague. First to help in large scale inter·state matches. First to fly by air to Deep River Ches~ Club. First to promote largest International match of 18 and 19 boards. First to make transcontinental and International barn. storming tours. Played interclub matches In 5 Mexican states. 5 Canadian provinces and ail 50 United States but 5. to 1958. Visited 11 count r ies and flew by plane to 3 - all In 1958.

QUEEN CITY CHESS CL.U B 210 Delaware Avenue, Bunalo 22 New York: Phone : TL-3·4300 Open daily 12 noon to 2 AM

NASSAU CHESS CLUB Brlerely Park Game Room, Clinton & Dartmouth St., Hempstead, New York Meets every Wednesday evening

HUNTINGTON T'NSHIP CHESS CLUB Old Fields Inn, 81 Broadway, Greenlawn, New York: meets Thursday 8 PM Phone: AN·l·6466.

JAMAICA CHESS CLUB 155·10 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, New York: open dally, afternoon and evening. Phone: JA 6·9035.

LEVITTOWN CHESS CLUB Levittown (N.Y.) Public Library, Blue· grass & Shelter Lanes, Thursday even· ings: phone : PE·l·3142

BRONX CENTER CHESS CLUB Formerly Westchester·Bronx CC 3990 Hillman Av., Bronx, N, Y. Meets Friday evenings: TA·3·0607

CHESS & CHECKER CLUB OF N. Y. 212 W 42 St NY 36, John Fursa, Dir. Open daily afternoon & evenings; no membership fees: public invited.

lEADING CLUBS OF NORTH AMERICA

C. Y. 0, CHESS CLUB 202 Van Buren Street Brooklyn, New York 11221 Mon., Tues .. Wed" 7 PM to 10 PM

LONDON TERRACE CHESS CLUB 470 W. 24 St., New York 11, N. Y. Meets Wednesday evenings Telephone: SL-6·2083

MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB 353 West 57 St .• New York 19, N, Y. Henry Hudson Hotel, near 9th Avenue Telephone : CI·5·9478

MARSHALL. CHESS CL.UB 23 West 10 Street New York, New York Telephone: GR·';'·3716

ROSSOLIMO CHESS STUDIO Sullivan and Bleecker St., New York, New York; GR·5·9737; open daily from 6 PM, Sat. & Sun. from 2 PM

PARKWAY CHESS CL.UB Central Park YMCA 1105 Elm Street, Cincinnati 10, Ohio Thurs. evening & Sunday afternoon

CHESS CENTER, Inc, Masonic Building. 3615 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio Phone: E N·l ·9836

CO L UMBUS "Y" CHESS CLUB 40 'West L ong Street Columbus, Ohia

DAYTON CHESS CL.UB a t Dayton Public Library, p, 0, Box 323 Dayton, Ohio 45401 7 PM. F riday eveuings

TULSA CHESS ASSOCIATION At Whiteside Recreation Center, 608 Wright Bldg., 41st and So. PittsbUrg Tulsa, Oklahoma. meets Monday eve· niugs.

CHESSMEN OF MARPLE.NEWTOWN 8 PM Wed., at the old Broomall Library bldg., 2nd floor, Sprou l and Springfield Roads, Broomall, Pennsylvania

FRANKLIN·MERCANTILE C, C, Hotel Philadelphian, Broad and Vine Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Open daily.

GERA CHESS CL.UB General E lectric Company 3198 Chestnut St., Room 4443 Philadelphia, P enna. 19101

RHODE ISLAND ADULT CHESS CLUB No. 111 Empire Street Providence, Rhode Island

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An out'tandlng recent game, annota,ted by a former W or ld Champion.

THE NOTEBOOM ME~IORIAL TOURNAMENT

A tournament in wh ich six of the eigh t participants possess the tit le of Grandmaster seems somewha t top­heavy. It a lso induces the op inion that the result of such a small tournament, mea ning tha t wi thin the top-ranked participants, must depend to a high degree upon good luck. Such an opinion , however, is valid only if the competing gnllldmastel's not onl y have the same title but also the same strength .

Such certainly was not the case in the Noteboom Memor ia l Tourna ment held a t Noordwijk. It was not possible with M ikhai l Botv inn ik among the play­e rs. [n the whole world , there a re not si x: Botvinniks, and the pa rticularly em inent. me rit o f th is fa nner world cha mpion was demon strated again. There a re no six Bent Larsens either; but th is sta tement refers to style l'ather than strength, as is confi rmed by th e results of the to urna men t.

Botvinnik played strong ly; La rsen ex perimented strongly. II could be ex pected that, in such a short tournament, Larsen would have a heavy task. Dnder such circumstances, bold p la y may lead to a convinc­ing success but it may lead a lso to a n outright fai lure.

Afte r the Da ni sh grand maste r had to su hm it to Botvinnik in the first round, any co nvinc ing success was almost certainly out of the q uestion. On the

by DR. MAX EUWE

other hand , one cannot speak of an ou tr ight Iailure. Larsen scored the fewest draws of a ll the competitors, only one! He pla yed da untlessly and , ;;lpparently, conside red the tournament as Il welcome preparation for his Iorthcoming match with Boris Ivkov in the Challell gers Round of t.he World Championship Program.

Whether Botvinn ik played with the sa me iden of prepara tion, too, is d ubious. It is whispered, even l'a ther lo ud ly, that he wil l not claim his r ight fo1' a place in the Chall enge rs ROllnd, a nd he will not play aga inst Smyslov, an evcnt sched uled Ior the mi dd le of Apri l. *'

Still , it is not a bsolu tely impossible th a l Botv in ­ni k has taken thi s tourn ament less seriously th an most of his tournaments. Hi s pl llY had a light touch f rom time to time and, maybe, thi s flight iness was ca used by lhc fact that it soo n uppc<l J'ed he did not need te g ive of his utmost to come in firsl.

The phenomenon is mnni Iest in his galllC with DOll ner. For a long time, the ga me fl oa ts between dra\\' and win, and the former world cham pion more than once overlooks h is strongest con tinua tion . As Don ner d rops some stilches 11 150 , in the end, it is Bot­vinnik who adds a new wi n (h is fOlll·th a l the t ime) to hi s st ill clean score.

EN GLISH OPEN I NG

Mikh ail Botvinnlk J. Soviet U n ion

H. Donner

H o lland

1\0" - White is pl flylng H l;ll l n ~t the Pa nov Variation III the Caro·l(alln R e­ve l·SEltl.

11 6 -N2 12 R_ B1 13 B- B3

R_ K 1

B-Q2 • • • •

W hite Blnck

1 P-QB4 N_KBS 4 P-K3 P- B4 2 N- QB3 P-K3 5 P.P P.P 3 N_B3 P_Q4 6 P-Q4 . . . .

• SeQ ,o.cconm .. ,jAKe 98. Allri' j,,;;ue. Dr. l~uwe had !lOt hnd the !leWS of Uotv ''''' Uc'~ ··c" th·emenl·· When writlng this story. did ~oon nrter.-Ec! .

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6 . . . . 7 B-K2 8 NxP

N_B3 P.P

. . . . 1\0 "·. howe\·er. i t [s the Semi-classic

Vl~ria t lon of t he Queell 'lI Gambh In Re­\·e r1;E!. As compensation for his isola ted Pawn. OhH; k has it free gRille fol' h is

s . . . . B-Q3 9 0 - 0 0 _0

10 P_QN3 P- QR3

Here 10 .. • Q- D2 I' I1I1S In to 11 :'<j·I-N 5. llxPt 12 K- Rl, Q-Nl 13 P - R I. 0 - :\6 1-1 NxQP With a Sl1 lledor I)ositlon fo r Wh ite.

Bot vlnnl k conll ide rs the intet·polatlon o( 13 NxN. OxN before H B-D3 liS pref. e rable.

13 . . . . 14 QxN 15 Q_Q2

N. N B_ K4 B_ N5

(See dl~gr~m. l OP of ne ><t ,>age)

16 K R- Q1 . . . . Thi S move Is surprising: While per­

mi ts doubli ng or his Pawn~. Apparently. Botvlnnl k cloe~n't care to go deeply into t he \' ar iaUon ; 16 Bx B, DxPt 17 KxB. NxBt. W ith a litt le mOI"e effor t. l he fonner wol'ld cham llion undoubtedly

Final Standings M i khai l Bot v in n i k ..... ........ 6 _1 B ent L ar sen . .. .. ... .. . .. .. . ... 3Y2-3Y2 Pelal' T r i f u novich .. ..... . .... . 4 V2·2Y2 M. Bobotsov ... . ... . _ .. . ... ... 3 -4 Salo Floh r ... .. .. . .. ... . ... . . . 4 _3 J. H. Donner . ....... . . . . . . . ... 3 -4 1-1 . B. van den Berg . . .. ...... '. 3V2-3Y2 J . K ort .. . ........... .. . . .... . 6V2- V2

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Position aft er 1~ .. . e·NS

would see th:~ l, nfter has no t hing to rear.

IS K R3, White

16 . . . . B, B 17 P xB · , , .

S uc h damage to al ways a handicap.

17 , . , .

t he King posi tion is

18 K _N2

H el'e perhaps 19 N-K2 20 QxB 21 N-Q4

Q-Q2 Q-B4

IS ... QR- Bl I~ better, B,B

QR-B1 Q- K4

Protection of the base of the open Queen Bishop me (Black's QB I ) Is of "ltal im lJortance, So Blac k ough t to have played 21 .. ' Q- 02.

22 R_B2 ! · , . .

By !\lm lJle ( but instructil'e) means, White noll' ~eclll'es cOll trol of the ollen Queen BlsholJ We.

22 •• ' . N- Q2

If Bla ck hlld p laycd his Qucen to Q::!. he could now conti nue comfortably with 22 , .. HxH 23 QxIl. R- QBl.

23 A/ l_B1

Ac llmlly, exchanging is 24 Q- B3 25 Q-B7

R_N1

the lesser evil. N- B1 Q-B3

E xchanging al t his poi Ill , howel'er, facill tatc!\ White's ,ask .

26 Q- N3 N- K3 27 NxN

Now Black'!! Queen Pawll is "de'lso· lated." nut there ,u'e new dange rs for Black on the sevcnth rank.

28 R- 87 · ' . . Pri mal·i!y. White's threat is 29 H- Q7

followed by deadly doubling of Rooks on thc seven t h rank.

28 . . , , KA-Ql

(See dla9nm, top of next column)

29 P_K A4 · ' . , Here. Il h~o, Dotvlnnik offers Hometh lng

of a 5urprlse.

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Posit ion ~fte r 28 KR . Ql

White has a clear win by 29 P-B4! The following example Is ty pica l : 29 . .. P- Q5 30 n / I- B5. and 30 ... p- n 3 (to IJ I~veni 31 R-KN5) 31 R- K5 with the t hreat of 32 RxKP! or 30 .. , P-Q6 31 R-KNS. P- KN3 32 Q- R3, and Black mus t resign.

29 . • . . P_ K4 • • • • 30 R/l- B5

30 Q- :-'5 leads 30 ....

to a favol'Rble ending.

31 P-R5 P- R3 A_Q3

Now that Black prevents the penetn,· lion or White's Queen t o N6. t he chances are about even.

Solutions to ANNOUNCE THE MATE!

No. 1 White mates with 1 R- B7t ! NxH (or 1 . .. K-Rl 2 Q-82 with much Ill!.' Slime kind of mate 01' 2 . . . N-N5 3 Q- D6t , NxQ of PxN, QxPt 5 NxQ. any 6 Itx!'t or H- H7t, NxR 7 N- D7 mate) 2 ltxNt. K - R1 [or 2 . . . K- R3 3 Q- N4 etc.] 3 Q-B2, Q--Ql 4 Q- B6t, QxQ :; PxQ. a ny 6 RxP t or R- R7t. NxR 7 N-Di. No, 2 Black mates after 1 . . . H- DSt! 2 HxR (or 2 K- K 2, B- NH e tc, 01' 2 K- Q2, Q-B5t etc.] . B-N5: 3 K- Dt . Q-B5t. No.3 White males afte r 1 K-IU! H-Q! (itS good as any: 1 . .. P- Klt4 allows 0 - 1\'4t with mat e to follow ] 2 nxPt! KxB 3 Q- RH, K-N2 4 QxPt, K- It3 5 Q- R lt, K - N3 6 R- Nl·f. No.4 Black mates by 1 ... N- N6 t [or I ..• NxBt fir st] 2 RPxN (01' 2 DPxN. D- N5 mate]. NxBt 3 PxN. Q- KS, No.5 Whi te mates aHe l' 1 8-R7t K- Hl 2 D-KH, K- Nl 3 Q- Rit . K- Dl 4 BxD ! No.6 Black mates aftel' 2 K - R3. QxPt ! 3 KxQ . K- R3, N-B7 t and 5 , . K- H2, B-Q3t etc.

I . . . Q- B7t R-N3t and 4

8 -Q3t or 4

No. 7 White males after I QxPt! Kx(~

2 N-N5t, K- B3 [else 3 B- K6 mate] 3 P- K5t, KxP [else 4 N/2-K ·[ mate] 4 N/2- D3t , K-B3 5 N-KH , K- D2 Ii N/3-NSt. No.8 Blac k mates arter 1 . 2 K- NI, Q- Nit ! 3 RxQ. N- B6t Px Rt,

Q- D6t .j K- H 1.

No.9 W hite mates after 1 R- RSt! NxR 2 B- R7t! KxB 3 R-RH, K - N3 4 N-B4+. No. 10 Black ma tes after 1 ... Q-Q7t! 2 DxQ, N-Q6: 3 K- Ql . N-D7t 4 K - Dl. R- KSt.

t = check; ~ _ db!. check; I = die . ch.

32 Q_ N4 33 PxP

Not 33 . R-KB5!

P_Q5 ! R,P

Px P because or 3·1

33 Q-N3 ~ow White's

lyzed .

R-B5 IIctlvity Is virtua lly pant ·

35 R_B4 36 Ax R

R_K81

38 . . , .

37 Q-N4 38 R-N7

P- QN3

• • • •

A-B2?

Now Donne l' ta lles hi~ t.UI'Il . Arter as .. K- R2. h e n eed nO longer lose. Surprisingly, the Queen ending gives

White good chances despi te the insec\lfe pos ition of h is Ki ng. 39 RxA 40 Q-Q7t

K,R K_N 1

White has casheu Black takes a hand.

42 . , " Q-N4t 43 K - B1 QxP

41 Q-B8t 42 QxP

K- A2 · . . ,

In h is P a w n. ~ow

44 Q-Q3t 45 P-R4 !

K-N1

· . . . In Queen ending!>. the most outside

pa ssed Pawn hi a lways or g reat im port· an ce. White sets Ollt to obtain sllch a Pawn In the Qllickest way ,

45 ... , 46 K_K2

Q-R8t P-A4

W hen both s ides do the samc th ing, i t i5 yet not the Slime. Dlack's K ing·slde passed Pa.wn is no t so stro ng as h is OIJposite nu mber on t he other s ide (If the board, not by far.

47 Q- Q5t 48 Q- Q1

K-R2 Q-R7

Now. however. (Illite anothe r, and a l· 1Il0st unbelievable. fa ctol' is added. ·IS . .. Q- R6 leaves !;ome dnlwing chance~ at least. But Dlack is headi ng to Male· mate h is Queen !

49 P- N4 50 Q_K81

Wh ite complettls 50 .. " P_ KN4 51 P- R5 PxP

P-A5 , . . .

t he stalemate. 52 PxP P-N5 53 P- R6 Resigns

On 52 , . PxPt ;;3 K- Kl , Black'>! cause Is hopeless.

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A THRICE TOLD TALE The Bronstein Brilliancy of the 1964 U. S. S. R. Championship As Annotated

by DR. MAX EUWE, HANS KMOCH and World Champion TlGRAN PETROSY AN

With perverse logic, u real brilliancy can become (in "edit.or's headache." For all annotators rush 10 comment upon it.

So it was with Bronstein's brilliancy. It came jar ollr regnlar "Game oj the Atonth" by forma world champion Dr. Max EUlre. And we had /0 PilI it by as HailS K modt had aLready annotated il jar us (March issu e, page 95 ) . rVhcn it cUnIe also in (l piece by Warid Champion Tigran Pctrosyr/ll , thaI leas too milch! Comments by bOlh Euwe (flld Pelros),(UI

arc too va/uable 10 discard. Then it occurred to liS that readers have ojten requested " colI! paralit!e analyses." S o we /' (!S/lSciUlled the game and Kmoch's TWItS , to merge with Ewuc's alld Petrosyan 's commelltaries.

Th e results seems sumewhat disappoint . ing. For these eminent af/I!ot(/(ors each u;orJ,-,:d aguinst a fast deadline and, prob. ably, lor dijferellt grm/es 0/ readers, Hence. comparisons /1/a)' be III1/uir, Still , ij Ih e idea (lppeal,~, lei as krww,- Eu,

Autho!'s are imlieated by ME for E n,,"e, H K rOI' Kmo<: h and TP for Petrosyan

Honor is due to Dronstein for having played the most beautiful game in t he tournam ent, T his game, in which Bron· stein after deploying dynamically soon masters the initiative , is crowned by a number of splendid sa<:rtrices which lell t hel r own story. ME

In t h is game, Dlack chooses a some· what dubious \'ariation, It reqnires shaq) counterplay, however, whereas ·Wh ite p!'oeeeds peacefully. An ill·conside red Pawn move then depril'es ·White of any chance to open li nes for counterplay and so seals his fate . Obtaining all the !~l· ta ck, Black presses it home wiith a n ultra·attractive finis h. HK

The writer believe s that the game an alyzed below, be tween Moscow Cham. pion Nikolai Dalwlin, a Master a nd new· corne l' in the Soviet national title t our· nament, a nd Grandm aster David B ron· stein, also from :\loscow, will be of great interest to chess fan s. T P

CARO·KA NN DEFENS E

N. Ba kuli n W hite

D, Bronstein

Bla ck 1 P_K4 2 P-Q4

P-QBS P- Q4

S N- QBS 4 NxP

T his line is s harper than 4 . but at t he sam e time less safe,

5 N x N t • •

p,p N- B3 B-B'\

ME

Bla ck has II choice of capturing h is r ival's Kn ight with h is King P a wn . But tha t contin uat ion will please Wh ite very much becaus e. de pending on the circum stances and even h is mood, he can s elect in the middle game a sharp plan linked with castling in diffe rent direction s 01' else try to take advan· t age of a bette r position with an extra P awn on the Queenslde. T P

5 • . . . NPxN

With 5 . . . KPxN, B la ck accepts a clear m inor ity which- as e xpe rience has taught- yet a ppenl's to give tactical chan ces. ME

Nimzovich often used to play this vat'· iation, and late r F lohr, and qui te suc· ce ssfully until it '"got worn out" (as F lohr put it after l"Ililning into a losing

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position against Be rnste in at Gron lngen 19·!6). Today. the va r iatiOll is n ll'ely adopted. H K

Ul'ons te in is one of those few pla ye rs whn for many years have been employ· ing this mOI'e. which leads to sharp play I"I'om the outset. T P

6 8-KS . . . ,

Pre ferable perhaps is 6 P-QB3 01' 6 :-.'- K2 . The Queen Bishop of len does bet· ter 1I"0ri, on its B4. ME

As Blaclt needs to get in , . . B-K D~

be fore. , . P - J\:3 , White 's r ecomme nded conti nuation is 6 N- K 2, B- B4 7 N- N3. B- N:l 8 P - K R l (Horowitz- F lohr, USSIl­USA !tadio IIIRtch HI·15) . At any r ate, Wh it e ough t to oreraLe with the possi· bilities of P- KH5 or P - KD5. Bakulln's ,'onti ll llat!on is har mless. H K

6 . . , , 8 - 8 4 7 Q-Q2 , , , .

[" 1953--1, which ME

Bronstein·"MatanOl'ich, Hastings White played 7 N- K2 Hnd N- N3, comes to about th e sa!ue thing.

7 . .. , P- KS 8 N- K 2 N-Q2

10 P- KIU , P- K R4 ,·onsi dering. ME

10 . , . 11 0 - 0

9 N_N 3 10 B- K2

11 B-Q3 I~

Q- B2 , . . .

8 -NS

• • • •

worth

T h is las l. Illove does not look ve l'y conl'incing a s Wh ite cannot stOI) the advance of Black's King Rook P aw n any more, ME

t = check; t db]. check; I ~ dl. . ch .

11 0 - 0 - 0 is more consistent and safer, too, 11011'. H K

White has been playing inconsistently r igh t from t he star t . Having fi r st pre· pa red [or cas tling on the Queenside, he changes h is mind late!' and hides his King on the oppos ite s ide, The typica l plan for Black in th is ope ning is t o use the King K night file to build UJI an a t· tack on the K iagside. By tra nsfer ring his Knight to K N3, Instead of a more natural del"elopment of this piece to R B3, White only helps his opponent cal'lY out his sch eme. If lhis game would have proceeded In a more tranquil m an· ner, ·White's error would p!'obably pass unnoticed. But, in t he m utually shal"j) pOsition which has ~ha ped up on the board, it pr oves to be f!'aught with COil '

sequence. TP

1 1 , , , ' P-KR4 !

12 K R- Q1 . . , ,

White ought to play 12 8 - Q3 in or der t o s t rengthen his KB4 by N- K2. It is clear 12 P - K H4 doesn't merit recom· mendation on accoullt of 12 . . , B- Q3 : e.g. 13 N- R l ?? B- R7 mat e ! , ME

12 . . , . 13 N-B l 14 P- KN3

P-R5 P- R6

0 - 0 - 0 Both s ides play for attack on t he

enemy K ing position. But It is Black alone who has made a ny progress. H K

15 P-QB4 P- QB4

The las t is a courageous mOI'e. B lacl, a llows h is oppon ent a protected, passed Pawn in the center with the idea of closing th e center and thus im proving the attacking possibi lities on t he wing. After 15 . . . N- B·j 16 P- QN4, N- K 5 li Q- N2, White's position is excelle nt. ME

When attack ing Oil the flank, one ough t not forget the middle. That is why Bronstein preli minarily wan ts to a!>('ertain re lations there. T P

16 P- Q5 , .. ,

Here IS the ill·conside red move, It blocks t he center. whereas t he possi·

Comllwllta l"F b~' T ignlll PelrO~ya ll calli e from 8" ",e "!"tic le ,, ~ on page 1 0~ , April i ~,," e. 32d USS R Chess Cha m pions hip, Collr_ thy of , he XO\'osti Pl"C ~~ Agcllc y .- Ed.

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bility of QPxBP ought t o be kellt open, l\[oreover, White ought to I'emove his Queen from the fire of the opposing Rook, 16 Q- K l accomplish es both aim s and may be followed, in due time, by Q-Dl, On 16 . , , PxP 17 ExP, P - K4, he can avoid the ·speeu lath·e 18 BxRP, P- N3 by playing 19 D- QB3. HK

16 . . . . P_K4

mack has the superior chances for attack, lal'ge ly because of the local Pawn majority on the King lIud King Dlshop files . H K

The position in the middle has be· come stabilized. White's passed Pawn OIl Q5 is r eliably blocked and spells no danger w\ta tsoel'er for Blne!" It is not an exaggeration to say that. at th is early stage when it seems as though the whole fight lies aheud, the rate of the gume has been predelennined stmtegieally. Dlack will advu llce h is King and King Blsholl Pawns to the firth rank. after which the protect ion of the White King wit! be weuk. T he Black pieces will be more acUve when the diagonals are ollened for operations by Ule Bishops togeth er with the use of the King and King Knight riles, T he Black P awn 011 KH6 wit! Iliay an obviously l 'ital role. TP

17 QR_B1 . . . . 17 P- QN4 immediately leads, a fter 17 .. PxP 18 P-B5. to vivid complications

with an uncertaiu O\ltcome. M E

17 P - Q6, Q- D3 sets up a mating threat which must be parried. 18 P - D3 is countered very strongly by 18 . .. P- D4 , And 18 Q- Q5, QxQ 19 RxQ, P - N3 Jeaves White's artificially isola.ted Queen Pawn hopeless ly weak, as does J8 P- D3. H K

17 . . . °

18 P-QN4 P-B4 B-Q3

Now 18 ' .. PxP is bud on accou nt of 19 P - B5, NxP? 20 BxN, DxB 21 IlxB: ME

mack's last is a highly instructive mo\·e. There i ~ no sen se ill seeking an advantage in such val'iun b:l as t he fol. lowing tYJle: 18 ... PxP 19 P- Q6 . Q- D3 20 P-KD3. N- B-I 21 Qx P, HxP 22 H- Q5 in which the White pieces spring to life. Th e issue of the game 11'111 be deddecl on the Kingside. TP

19 P- B3 • •

'White ought not per mit the advance of lllack's K ing Bi.'lhop Paw n. 19 P- ll4 is correct. M E

19 ... 20 B- B2

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P-B5 QR_K1

DAV ID

Bh~ck preptu'es [01' .. , P - K5. ME

21 K-R1 . .. '

The King does not stand well on KN l. but it is pl'obabl y wOl 'se off in the ("o r nel·. ME

21 . . °

22 R- K1 KR_N1 P-K 5!

Already t he decis ion. The threat of .. P- K6 forces White to simplify 0])

his QB5 t hlls conceding an ilnportant diagonal to his opponent. ME

Black's attack vi rl ua lly plays itselL HK

The White King'S haven is engulfed in flames. TP

23 BxP 24 PxN

With the tremendous threat. 25 Q-B7 . ME

Now Black th reatens 25 . . . Q- B7. H K

25 B- Q1 B- B2

The threat of 26 . .. B- N3 now rOI'ces White to a nell' concession. M E

And now he th reatens 26. B- N3. HK

T he end is drawing near. Th ere is t he threat or 26 , . . B- N3 with a fm· ther tln'eat of ... Q- NS mate. TP

26 NPxP

White aims to 27 N- N3. H K

26 ....

. . ' . meet 26 ... B- N3 with

P- K6!

Now Blac k uses his advantage brilli­a ntly and wins by force. \Yhite has against 26 ... B- QH4 the expedient of 27 Q- K3. H K

27 Q-K2 . . Not 27 RxP, RxH 28 QxR.

NxQ, BxP 30 H- 1I3, R- In etc. QxQ 29 ME

T he alternatives are no better : 1) 27 NxP, B- QR4: 2) 27 Q- QN2. B- QH1 28 R- K2, B- Q6 etc. 3) 27 RxP. RxR and 28 QxR. QxQ 29 NxQ, BxP 30 R-D3. H-K l ! etc. 01' 28 NxH, BxP 29 R- B3, R- Kl etc. H K

A prosaic variant is possible a fter 27 HxP, 27 .. . HxR 28 QxR, QxQ 29 NxQ, BxP 30 R- B3. H.- In 31 N-Bl. RxR 01' 31 N- U2. BxN. wh ile it suHices to an· swer 27 NxP by 27 . . . BxP 28 It- B3, R- J{.I with irresistible threats. T P

27 . . . . B- Q6!

III onl€l' to re·open the diagonal, QB·I- KN8 for Black. This factor Is worth a piece. ME

There are other good moves here : e.g. 27 . B- QH4 : but Bronstein'S continuation Is most power ful and beau· ti ful. H K

As in his youthful chess· playing days. Bronstein doe s not miss a chance to complete a game in e legant style. TP

28 QxB R- N8t !

A charming conclus ion. 29 KxR

ME P-K 7§

For the sake of moving this Pawn. which cleared the way for the Queen­a. winn ing l'eply to 30 K - Rl is 30 .. °

Q- B7- Black sacrificed two pieces. TP

30 N-K3 .. ..

If 30 K - In, Black has 30 ... Q- B7 31 Q- B5t, K - Nl 32 QxRP, R- N I ! etc. ME

On 30 K- Rl , Q- B7, White cannot pre, I'ent mate. H K

30 ... . 31 Q-B5t

R,N R- K 3§!

The c rowni ng point. H K

32 K- R1 Q-B7 Resigns

T his b loiiliant game by Bl'onstelll serves as a model !1lustrating the ueed of having a cleal' plan from the very be­gin ning in mobl1i~ ing the pieces, a nd on t his basis planning middle·game play. TP

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f rom the Inte rzonal Tournamen t at Amsterdam 1964.

8 . Berg e r - AU 6t r a iia

L . L engyel _ Hungar y

This interesting pos ition was thorough ly analyzed by Lengyel

L engyel

White

Be rger

Blaf'k

" . . . . R-N8 ~8 K _ K 4 P_N4

On 58 ... R-Q1l8. proposed b)' Ben ko. White wins, according to F lorla!l, with 59 K - B5!

59 R- B2t 60 P_Q7 61 K _ B3

K_N2

R- Kat Resig ns

Now for the analysis, which i!< div ided in lO f01l 1' main varia t io ll!!.

Va riation I.

Black tri('s 10 SlIp p ort th e Rook PUWI! with Ihe Knight hw;/!.

(Con t i nue from f irs t d ;IIg r 1lnl )

57 . . . . !>8 R-B2t

P_N4 K-Q2

59 R- B7f 60 R_K7t 61 P _Q7

( S ee di"gr~m , t op of next eol umn ) 61 . . . . R_N8

K _ K 3 K-B4

On 61 ... P- R7. Whi te IHis 62 R- B7t: a8 62 . .. K- K3 fails agains t 63 P- Q8 (N)mll.te ! Thi s mighty 011110 1" piece pr o­Illotlon Is one of Wh ite's Iml)or lnm, win, ning rtnesses.

B!lte]! hItS to 1l1:IY 62 , .. K - N3. a .... 1 then WhIte slop~ the Hook Pawil with 63 H- D1. T her eafte l', Whit e '!4 Pnll'ns de·

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STUDY 47 l.lnd his second, CheSsm<lSler Flor, ia n. The game had jusl been ad· journed fo r the second time, and White's sealed move was 57 K- Q4.

On the basis of White's far ad, vunced and central Pawns, he has cOllsiderabIy Ihe better game, Yet Ihe win is 1101 so s imple and , ill

seve ra l va r iat ions, poss ible only by means of problem.type moves.

Master Florian has been so kind as to supply the sec re t ~ of this end, game.

First, however, let us look a t the fi nish of the gome as act uall y play· ed upon resum pt ion. '"

Pos it ion a fter 61 P · 0 7

t;lde easil y; e.g. 63 ... H- l'\7 6 ~ K- Q3, It - N6t 65 K - D2. H-Nit 66 K - K3 . It- Q7 67 P- K6, P- R8(Q) (IS HxQ. K - B3 69 H- H8, K- K7 70 R-K8t e tc.

62 A-B7f 63 R- B6t 64 K-B5!

K_N3 K_N2 . , , ,

Whlte's King ste ll ~ Ol1t from the chet'k by the (Illeening Ttoolt ]>:tll'll a nd al!<o al'olels 64 P-QS (Q) , R-Q~t .

On 6~ K - B3, P- R7 65 R- QR6, R- QlI 66 P- K6, K -B3. Black aClually call draw. 64 .. ' . A-Q8 66 PxA P- A1 65 A_Q6 ! AxA 61 P-Q8 ( Q l

P- A8 ( Q )

' ,\. Sle"chklein ~")' ~; " I " Ihe e nd;,,);. rOll ,·",,·l "rrol·,1 10 !{('I . Ila, wln,l ",, : ..

by DR. MAX EUWE Former World Champion

This Quee n endi ng Is easi1)' won b)' White because of hi ;; fa r ad va nced Pawn: e.g. 68 Q- Bit, K-N3 69 P- Q7. Black ha~ on ly a few. in sig nifIca nt chec ks.

Variation I I.

Black Iries 10 pro/tc' the Rook Paw/! witA th e flook from the flullk. III this, (IS in lite p/'e ~ious !larifltion , Black's Rook 1111ISt also ({Helllpi to prevent th e adv(lII ce oj Whit e's PUllins / r QI/I behi/Hi.

( Cont inue f rom 11rl1 d iag r a m)

57 . . . . 58 R-B2t 59 A- B7t

59 ... K-K l (lne to 60 P- K6.

60 R-K 1t 61 R- Brt

A_N6 K-Q2 K-K3

or K- Q l loses d irectly

K _B4

K-N3 Hel'c 61 .. . K- I<3 can not be played

because of 62 P- Q7 ! e.g. 62 . ' . KxH 63 P- Q8(Ql . (,-R 7 64 Q- D7t, aud 6~ .. , K-N3 65 Q- B2t elc. or 64 ... K - I{3 65 Q- BH, K - K2 66 Q- IH e tc, or 61 . . . K -Kl 65 Q-R5. R- N7 66 K- Q5. 01' 62 .. . P- R7 63 P - QS(N) male!

62 A-BI • • • •

This is a typical maneu,'er. Ane,' set>· a ra t lng Black's King [rum 'Whlle's

t = check ; t = dbl. check: § _ di s. eh.

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Pawns, the Rook retreats to stop the Black Pawns. [After 62 P-Q7. P - R7, Black queens with check or meHs 63 R- Bl wIth 63 . . . R- :N8.]

62 . . . . 63 R-Q R1 64 K - B3

6·! P- K6 also is good.

64 . .. . 65 P - K6 66 P-K7

P-R7 R_N7

• • • •

R_R7 K _ B3 R-R1

If 66 . . . K - B2, White has 67 R-l31t etc.

67 Rx P 68 R-Q2 69 K- B4

K-K 3 K_Q2

Plain ly. White can Will: e.g. 69 R- RI 70 R- Q5. P- N,/t 71 K- I35 e k.

Variation III.

. . .

lJl(lck tries to lei his Rook P(lWIl (Id · vance IVilh the Rook b,'hilld it, afler 57 . ' . R- N5t alld .. . R- Nl and . . ' R-QRI,

(Cont inue from first diag r~m)

57 . . . . 58 K_ K3!

R- N5t . . . ,

On 58 K- B3. Black draws by 58 ... R- K5 ! Dlack had this chance jnst berore adjournment in the ac tual game but, in mutual time trouble. failed 10 talle ad· vantage of 1\'11ite's inaccuracy,

58 . . . . R_ N1

Other moves pose tell' problems ror the White side :

1) 58 . .. K- Q4 59 P- Q7. R-Nl 60 P - Q8 (QJt. HxQ 61 R-Q2t . KxP 62 HxH, P - N·I 63 K-Q3, aud White wins com fortably:

2) 58 ., R - N2 59 R- B2t, K- N3 60 P- K6!

3} 58 . ' H- QR5 59 R- B2t, K-Q2 60 R- B7t, K- K3 61 R- K7!, K- B·\ 62 P - Qi. and 62 . . . R- HI 63 R- K8 ! and White wins 01' 62 . . . P- Ri 63 P- Q8(Q), P- R8(Q) 64 Q- I3St and White soon mates;

4) 58 .. . P-N4 59 H- B2t. and a) 59 . . , R- QB5 60 H- Q2! K-Q2 61

P - K6t. KxP 62 P- Q7, P- R7 63 P- QS(Q) , P- RS(Q) 6,1 Q- KSt, and mate follows:

b) 59 . ' K- Q2 60 H-Bn. K- K3 61 H- K7t, K-I3~ 62 P- Q7. R-Nl 63 R- KS. P- R7 64 P-Q8(Q) , Hxll 65 Q- B6t, K- N'> 66 Q-B4t. and 66 . . . K- R6 67 K- B3, all(l mate fo llows [67 .. . It- KBl!? 68 Qxll. P-llS(Q ) 69 Q-R6 mate] or 66 .. , K- R'\ 67 Q-R2t Hnd 6S QxP. and White can win ' ,

5) 5S . .. It- N6t 59 K- B,j, and a) 59 .. , R-Q6 60 K- K4 , R- QS [to

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prevent 61 H-Q2] 61 R- H2 a nd Black cannot long prevent RxP:

b) 59 ... R- N6 60 R- B2t , K-N3 61 P- Q7. R-Q5 62 P ··K6, and White wins:

c ) 59 . . . R- N1 60 1\:-K4! transposing into the text.

59 K_K4! • • • •

Black must not be permitted ... K-Q4. On 59 R- B2 t , K- Q4 50 P - Q7, there fol­lows 60 . _ . R- Ql! [not 60 . . _ KxP due to 61 H- BS].

59 . . , . R-Q R1

On 59 : .. R- N5t. White wins after 60 K- B5 , For 59 , . P-N'l. see VHr. IV.

60 R- B2t K_Q2 61 R-B7t K_K 1

On 61 . _ . K-QI 62 P- K6. P- H7 63 H- KN7, the threat rank is ue(.: i.<;il'e.

of mate on the ba(']{

62 P-K6 P- R7 63 R_ K N 7

Not 63 R- KR7 as 63 .. _ P - R8(Q} stops 64 H-H St . The text line may come abOll t a lso by 63 H-X". K- IJI [63 . . . K-Ql loses to 64 R- KN7 ] 6·1 R- Bl i • K-Nl [64 _ .. K- Kl loses to 65 P- Q7t. K- Q1 66 R- 13StJ 65 R-BI.

63 . . . . K- B1 64 R-B7f 65 R_B1

K_ N 1 , , . .

,,",ow Black is powel' less against th ." White Pa.wns: e.g, 65 ... P- H8(Q) 66 RxQ, RxR 67 P- Q'! It- KSt uS 1\:- 135 1 H- BSt 69 K - 1\-\ etc.

Variation IV.

Black attempts to let his Pm"ns ad. willet roge/h"I'. after 57 . . . f/ -iV.'it and . . . 1'- 11'4 .

(Continue f rom f irst d iagram)

57 . . . . 58 K _K3

R-N5f R_ N1

59 K_ K4 60 R-B2f

/

P-N4 K _ N2

"I do NOT t ake the game seriou sly !"

60 . . . K- N3 is weak because or 11 1 P- K6, P - N5 62 P- K7. P- l\'6 63 P- Q7, PxR 6·\ P-QS(Q ) t. The check hurts.

61 R- Blf · , . . :\'011' 61 P-K6 . P-="5 62 P-K7 fails:

e./!: .. 62 .. . P- NG 63 R- B7t [63 H- m. I'- N7], K- R3 ! [even now not 63, . . K-N3 beeallse of 64 P- Q7 , P- N7 65 P- QS(Q), P- NS (Q)t 66 R-B2~ ! ] 64 R- B6t. K- R2! [6·1 . . . K- N2 or K- N4 loses to 65 It- N6t! a~ White queens Wilh clleck s ubsequent to 65 , . . KxH ], but now Black draws: 65 I1 - N6? P- R7 or 65 R- B7t, K- H3 .

61 . . • • K- R3

6t . , . K - N3 again al lows 62 P - K(i : e.g. 62 . . . P- R7 63 R- Bl. P - N5 60\ 1'- K7, P- N6 65 P- Q7, P- N7 66 P -QS (Q)t,

62 P- Q7 · . . . Now White threatens 63 R- I3S. and

Black can counte r only by ad,' ancing his Hook Pa.wn. As II re sult, however, t he D1acll Pawns are separated and become "Il l ne ra b Ie.

62 63 R_ B1 64 K- Q3!

P-R7 P- N 5 · . , .

White's King com e~ up just in time to .~ tol) Black's Pawns: e ,g.

1) 6·1 . . . P- N6 65 K-B3, anti White mOllS up Biaek's Pawns while his own Sland sat'e and will secure the win:

2) 64 , .. R- ;'.;'6 t 65 K- Q·I ! [ not 65 K- O-\, R-Qfl6·f!]' H- Nl 66 K- I3-1. and White wins :

3) 64 . . . K- N2 65 P- K6. P- N6 66 K- 0 3, K- I32 67 K- N2* 1 [ here Dlack's last (.: hance for a <I n,w comes in with 67 !'::xp§. K- Q3 68 R- IO. P-HS(Q)]. K-Q ~

6S R-OS, and White wins.

A very t hrilling endgame. It sho"'o< again the amount of work sometimes necessar y to analyze adjourned games. In comparison with the final moves of the actual game, the analysis displays a wealth of possibilities which rew might suspect from simply playing over those fiual moves.

141

By WALTER KORN International Judge for FIDE

THE TAIL END OF THE GAME La. Fin de Part ie was the title o f And re Cheron's

vol uminolls book on the endi ng, published a t Lille in 1952 and still t:ont inuing ii.? t riumphant march across Ihe chess world . In 1955, it appea red in three volumes in a very sliccessful German transla tion, and an Eng­lish lral151ati on is now in the works ill London.

Walter Korn

Alth ough books on the endgame are Ireated with skepti cism by pllbl ishers, they are und oubted ly a most profi table proposition for long-te rm selling,1 The lal­tel' fact is borne out by the steady sa le of Reuben Fine's

Basic Che$$ £rulings, a n immense and most utili ta ria n co mpil at ion of most of the pnl.ctica l aspects of end .game tech niq ue (now in paper back ed ition ) .

The scholarly mathematician Cheron, however, is more thlln merely practical and basic. He fOnlllllll tes important general rul es which help toward defi nite understand ing of typic8i and difficult Rtratllgems;l beyond the "bas ic," he reaches into the exceptiona l and intriguing fie ld of end-ga me a rti stry; he is himself a fer tile and imaginative composer who enriches old tradition with new concepti ons of hi s 0\\' 11 ; he hlls ex­posed, th rough pa instakillgly erud i te, gall ica II y logicu I resell reh, fla ws in many a famed and long-established ending or study; and he often offe rs a rev ised version of the cr itic ized piece. Thus, he is not merely II com pi ler but a lso an enjoyable and fascinat ing crea tor.

Striving for Perfection The wriler recently visited Andre

Cheron Ilt h is hom e at Leysin. perched high on one of S witzerland' s gl'andlo~e

moun tains neur :tIontreux. He showed a study invented by t he well · known com· lJOser Isenegger.l

Sam ue l Isenege r ( Basl e) H onorable Me ntion, Chess 1943-4

Wh ite to move a nd draw

The solution- wh ich t he reader wll1 enjoy better ir he fi nds or even JUSt tl'ies to fi nd i t for himself finH- r uns to two Intended va r iations.

It is not too dlfflc lllt to find the draw. ing s talemate after 1 . . . K - N3 I.e.

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Variation A

1 R-B3 t K _N3 2 R_B4 N_ B7

After 2 . . . P- :\'S(Q) II R- Nolt etc., Hlack can no long!'! !' male. Nor llr(.el' Othel' mOI-es permitting 3 H- K-!+ nud -1 Hx P.

S RxN 4 R- N2t

Sta lemate

P- N8 ( Q ) Q.R

111 the second. critical, \'tlrJation, the drltw is RI')'ived at after a prolonged Hook vel'sus Knight duel. and with the stalemate on a rank one h lgllel' than in the pl'el'io\l~ variation.

V .. r lat io n B

, R- BSt 2 R_B4 a R- Ba]

K-N2 N_B7

N-K5 !

5 R- B3! N-R4 ! 6 K xN P_N8 ( Q ) 7 R-N3t ! QxR

4 R_ B4 ! N_B3! S t a lemate

Wit h uncan ny insti nc t , Cheron de­tec ted t hat th is s tudy can be subjected to a subtle. yet tech nically considerable im j)I'OVemelu. He demonstrated his para­phrase ilt t he Courri e r de LeYlin, May 8, 1962,

t = cheCk: t = d bl. Check: I = dl,. eh.

Wh ite to move a nd draw

As will be seen, the switch of the Black K ing to 1{02 adds a sigilificant t hi rd \'Rl'iatlon and serves to make t he three c learl)' Ident ifiable. Am] t he aesthetics of lhe setting a re enhanced by t he closi ng in of t he m ore remote K night: tile 80 lver m ust fe el in h Is finge r lipIJ White'IJ lask has become more difficul t with mack's rorce more menacing nearer on Ql instead or QB2.

Let's view the whole show:

1 R- B3t . . . Now three. In~ tead or two. e~ho l'al'l,

ations un fold.

Va ria t ion A

I . . . K -N3 2 A_ B4

NOI 2 R- BS lUI 2 ... K- R2 WillS,

2 . . . . N_B7 3 RxN! P-N8( Q)

And Stalemat e follow s as in the Iseneggel' s tud y.

Varia t ion B

1 , . . 2 R- B4!

Here 2 R- D5 loses to 2 but t he lext draws as per

Va r iat ion C

, . . .

K-N 2 . . . .

. . . N - K 3; Isenegger,

K- Nl

Here is the added possibility. vaguely exi stent in nn inaccurnte sideline of th e original Isenegger Sltalr, bu t clem' and inde Dendent in Cheron's.

I Thus S l>el\k~ our end -.... fl.l1le expert 'Valte,· Korn W h O "wIth hl8 uther band" put~ out vol" "'e~ on ollenlnIC8 only to find that rome whol" o pen ings IUld 1iC(I.d .. of variations go out of ra"hlon with in n few YeQl'lI.- Ed. 2 Il "eem~ only tnir to remark that Fine also postu lalell woefu l geneT"l ru l<'ol< in h ili Basic Chen Endl ngs.-Ed. 3 Che.'<J" dId I\Ot know lhll t the wri ter had been hcuellt:'e r '& ::-uest the d ,, )' hefore III B,,~le _ Nor dId eHher know that I ~e"cg­ger would 8honly after be the victim of "­fata l henrt attack.-W . K.

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2 R_B4 !

As before. 2 N-K3.

. . R-B5 loses to 2 ,

2 . . . . N _B7 4 R_B4! N-K B3 3 R- B3 N-K5 5 R- B2! . . ..

Not '5 H- B3, N- R4! Ii.~ Dlack wins: 6 KxN, P- N8(Q) or 6 R- DS, N- K3,

5 . , , , P- N8( Q) 6 R- N2t Qx R

Stalemate

Crit ica l Review -The foregoing piece III not in cluded

in Cheron's book as it I~ an artisUc ex· treme which halmens not to fit in with a ny of the inst r uctive chapters, Hel'e, howevel', the writer proceeds, bu t with tongue in cheek, t o give a rew which a re in h is book- to se rve, perhaps. as a cri tlcnl re \' iew or Cheron'~ book,

Andre Ch eron ( 1945 )

W hoever moves: Black w ins

Th is s tudy is still included in the recen t second edi tion a lthough lhe pl-e· clsion of the solution wall long ago dis· credile(\. Jus t consider the pan in whic h Black movell fi rst,

Va riatio n A

1 , , . • 2 B-Q2t

K-tc6 ! K _ K 7

3 S _ R5 4 BxP

P-Q7t K- Q6!

Black secures control over t he black sqU8l'es and wins: e,g, 5 D- HS, P-B6 !

Chel'on e):plains thaL this 1!ne A is the only conec t one for Dlaei! as oth er moves are wrong,

But consider one othel' va riaLioll,

Variation B

1 , • • K-Q5 2 K _N2 , , . .

Now Cheron points out that 2 • •

K- B4 and 2, . P - D6t fllll; but h' m isses the fo ll ov.ring,

2 , , , . K_ K6

Fo\' noll' , if 3 K - B1, P- Qit 4 Bx Pt, Black has 4 , , , K- Q6 with the same result as In Variation A , S O the e nding is ine):acl with a second POlIslble solu· tion, nOt just a transposi t ion eIther but the gain of a t em po by a rHfferenl se· Quence, ThIs inexactitude lI'as pointed out In Ca lsaa (1950) by A, 1"andel'l a nd repeated in L' Echiq uie r de Paris (1951 ),

Another s tudy left unco rr ected in Cheron'lI 1964 edi tion is Ha ve l's minia· tu re mentioned ill t h is l;olumn (page 298, Oc tober 1962). Havel's original solution as given in CH8SS REVIEW

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contains three echoes of th t'il\illg im· menslty, But all e nd·game books, inclUfl. Ing Cheron's, s Ull give only two varia · tions or quot e t he thh'd , It at a ll . inco r· rectly. ACtua lly, th is is a ve lOY ra l'e sli ll or Ch eron's who has eliminated quite a fe ll' studies as faulty nnd mentions them in his foreword to the second edi tion, Un tol'lllnately, he does lIot specify the fatlHs: but he told t he wri tel' he has found, In fact, at least lwenty·fh 'e per cent of t he fa med T ro\t:r.ky's s tudies de· fec th'e, And , as he does no t give de ta ils of his own laborious flndillgs, the R us· slans seem to lJa\'e been reluctant al so to publish any omnibus edition of TI'Oit· zky's work ( 01', fOl' lhnt nllttte l', of K ub, be J' ~ or of the P latovs') les t, perhaps, It 11'111 be debunked by Cheron, Neither do t hey want officially to publish t he Fl-enchman's dethroning o r thei r heroe5, But Cheron won't tell without pub, lie l-ecognltion!

Cheron does not abide fO!'lllalistieal1y Oli the pl'iorlty of appen ra nec of a theme alld does not even I'efer to any fOI'e1'l11l ' ners if and when the a!'tI ~ tlc merits of II later piece suit h is purpose of exposi· tion be Ue r. A poill t in l;ase Is his desCl'lp­tlon ot t he draw with Rook Pa wn "SliP.

ported" by a Bis hop or t he wrong colo r. and t he few r al'C exceptions to t his nea l' axiom, Be rger's T heory and Practice of the Endg ame (2 edition, 1921) selects II. "bnsic" pos ition composed by " A, Z." for the London Chess Chronic le (page 22 '1, 1860),

Wh ite t o move and w in The win is of COllI'se obvious (bu l t.ry

it!) nftel' White's second mO~' e, but the Well. of t he protective wa ll br B/H7 and P/ RS is well devised.

"Sure I'll play you, But don't stick it on my bill at f orty b~ <; k. an hour!

1 P- R6! K-B2

If 1 , . , K - B 3, White even 2 K - B4,

has 2 K-N4 or

2 B- R7 ! K-B3 3 K- B4 K-B2

And W hite \\'ln ~,

4 K_ B5 5 K-B6 6 K-N7

K- Bl K_K1

Cheron ignol'es this first presen tation, hOII'e\' er, and chooses instead an adap, tlHion by Troitzkl', clued 1896, whleb II dogmatic judge migh t s uperficially call a n "antici pation," Btl t s tich a labe l wou ld ignore Troitzky's transformation of a didactic ending Into an artistic model.

Compal'ison of tile two pos itions d ia· closes, a s a first rl ne~se , t hat Troit zky's l)o~ltloning of White's BIshop on KR3 helps considerably to conceal the win, nlng techn ique, III the s tarting position On the las t diag ram ), the DishoD does not command t he c l'uclal diagonal, QN\­KR7, <lnd is ins tead com pletely out of "luge and ~eemingi}' out of a ny foc us wh ile on the diagona l. KH3-QB8, T hal t he IJ is hop has to be re·aligned becomes Ihe fh'st part of the solution and so Ih e position I~ s omewh:u less obvious Ihan lil<1t of 1860,

The !<econd InlllOl'tanl finesse is that White has to interpolate a mo,' e by t he Bishop to Cllt off tOO ra pid an ad"a nce b)' Black's King. This need serves fur­ther to conceal the final, vi tal POSItiOll ­ing of t he Bi shop 011 the QNI- KRi diagonal and $0 increases the solver's

• IIl Bk wh ich Is no longer jll st to find the crucial second nlOl'e,

1 6-K 6! . . , . I II olher words. on 1

White lacks time to build Wil li with B- Hi and P - R6,

B-B4, K - B7! his protec tive

1 . . • ' 2 P- R6! 3 6 - S 5!

Thu~, White's Dlshop proper diagonal. Ilnd I\'!th oHer, to boot ,

3 . . , . 4 B- R7! 5 K-B4

K-K2 K_B3! . , , .

secu res the II sacr!flclal

K_B2 K- B3

"':ow White fln b hes a s in the prevl· on~ posit ion , Dut lhe Tl'oitzky verSion ha~ one more Hl'tl stie vir tue as appeal'~ here, 1'1'0l\zky's King, placed on K :.I, does not have the dnal possiblJIty of K- D.t a nd K- N4, Moreover , as it is fur, t he r from the scene of action , White's a lllJa r en t dirriculty of \I'inning Is 111 ' l; I'cased,

(Conc luded on page 154 )

143

1964 OlY SELECTED GAMES Annotated by Hans Kmoch

Magical Finish In th is game, Wbite treats lhe open·

ing passlvel)', t hen starts t rying to reo pair the damage with three liuccesslve combinaUons, each Im pl'essive but not {orclng enough. Blac k skilfully l"e lle ls a ll onslaughts lind w i ns t he almost even fi nish a s ir by magic.

O L D INDI AN DEFEN SE

Y ai r Kra idman

Israel

White

1 P- Q4

Lothar Schmid

West Ge rmany B lack

N_KB3 2 P_QB4 3 N-QBl

P- Q3 P- K4

A rarely adoptetl line - most likely just barely playabl e.

4 PltP 5 QxQ t

6 N- B3 7 P- K3

KN_Q2 . . . .

This Is a very tame treatment. Most dangerous fo l' Dlac k In posi tions

of t his son Is an aUac k stnrtlng with P- KB4 . SO i N- K N5. K- Kl 8 P- B4 de· 5el"\'e5 consideration.

A promising contin ua tion Is ; P- KN3 (e.g. Najdorf- Bolesla vsky. Gronlngen 1946).

7 . . . 8 B-K2

P- KB3 P- B3

90-0 10 B-Q2

K _ B2 P-QR4

Black jlroceeds systema tically. 11 KR_ Bl ...

On h is pa r t, W h ite, who has played ol'er-cautiOliSly. appa re ntly now con­templates ac tion culminat lug In P-QNJ and. aft er due prepal'a.tion, P-QN4. But it is too late for thiS plan, 11 KR- Ql l~ bette)" under the clrC'lmstances.

11 . , ' . N_B4 12 P-K4 , ...

As 12 P- QN3. QN- R3 13 QR- Nl falls again st 13 _ . . B- B·I , White reaJlzes he must act in t he cente]' instend. 12 , . . . B_ K2 14 N_ Kl R- Q1 13 B_ K 3 QN- R3 15 P_ B4 • • • •

The sta]' move- though not ptayed Itt the star time-sti ll orret's chances,

15 . . . . PxP 16 BxPt B- Q3 17 BxBt RxB

18 N-N5t ! • • • •

With this clever coup, justify h is strat egy.

White hopes to

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18 . . . . 19 PxP 20 B-B3

P, N P- QN 3 · , . .

Th reat: to win It Rook by 21 P- K 5. 20 .... 21 PxN

R- Nl B,P

Wh ite's combination has failed to pro­d uce a fu lly s atis fac tory result. Black has a s ][ght edge beca use of h is more {'ompact Pawn fOJ·mation.

22 P_QN4 · - , . A new combinational attempt to l-ec·

tlfy matters- very deep, but not [ol"Cing enough.

~ . . . . PxP 23 N_82 · . , .

23 _ . R- Q7 !

Black does not fa ll fO I' his opponent's main line : 23 ... N-Q6? 24 N.x.P§, NxR 25 ","xBt: l{- N2 26 P- K5§, Kx.N 27 P:.:R. a nd Black's Knight is trapped : 27 ... N-Q6 28 B- K2 or 27 . . . R-QBl 28 P-Q7 .

24 NxP 25 R- B3 26 R- Kl

B_N2 K- Q3 R_ K1

Blaek s till has the better of it, in view of the Pawn fO!"Illation mainly,

27 P- K5t _ . _ .

PO I' th e thil'd time, White tries to save his endangered game tactically; but. fOI' the t hil'd time, he fails. 27 .. _ RxKP 28 RxR 29 BxB

30 R- B6t 31 Rx"? 32 P-QR4

K-Q2 N- Q3 . . . ,

Off-hand, it look s as If W hile has ac hieved his a im, but be h asn't. Now Dlac k wins t he fi nis h as If by mag ic, The close co-operation of his four fi ght­Ing men and the os tracized pos ition of W hite's King decide_

32 . .. . P_ K 5 !

Dlack is going t o operate with mat­ing t hreats and, for th ill. hill passed Pa ll'n is stronger than White's.

33 P- R5 P- K6 34 K-B1 35 K_Kl

N_ B4 !

· . . -Or 35 P - R6, N- Q5 and, t his time, the

mate th reat lead s to a win.

t = cheek; : = db!. ch eck; I = dis. eh.

35 . . . . 36 R-N7t 37 R-N 6t

On 37 RxP, R- N7 ! 37 . . . _

N-Q5 K-Q3 - - - ,

the fight is over_

K-Q2 Blac k will I)lay It the

38 R-N 7t

safes t wa y_ K- Bl

39 R_K 7

Wh ite has noth ing U- N7 again threate ns his Kn igh t.

39 , , . . 40 RxP

. - - -better-39 . . . mate-so he loses

R_N 7 ! R, N

And the fight Is over. 41 R_K7 R-N2 42 RxR KxR

Bishop on the Rim

43 K _ 82 44 K-K3

Resigns

N-B3 N,P

In th is game, Black has a Knight on the rim. This notorIous fa ctor, however, se rves sur prisingly well as the Kn ight immolates ltselr an d the Bishop which captures It becomes out of play in t ur n for a numbe r of moves. Meanwhile Black. operatIng with more sU I·p.ises, obtn ins a winn ing attack on the olhel' rta nk. A fascinati ng game.

GR U ENFELO DEFENSE

B. Mllllich

East Germany White 1 P-Q4 2 P- QB4 3 N-Q6l

N- KB3 P-K N 3

P- Q4

4 N-B3 5 P_ K3 6 PxP

R Balli nas

Phil ippines

Black B- N2

0- 0 - , , .

6 B- K2, P- DS leads to the Schlechter Variation or t h e Slav Defense. ' ''llite hopes fo!' better. 6 . . . . NxP 7 B-B4 N- N 3

8 8-N 3 9 0-0

N_ B3 - . . .

White's las t is a steady move. 9 P- QR·j I~ a m ore enterprising, t hough not necessaJ'jJy better, alternative which weakens the effect of 9 • . _ P-K-t : e.g. 9 . . , P- K4 10 P-U5, P:.:P 11 PxP. r.:-Q2 12 0 - 0 wit h a good game fOI' While. White a ls o has a good game litte r 9 ... P- QR4 10 0-0. The catch may lie. however In 9 . . . N- R -I. 10 B- R2 or B- D2, P- QB4 and. if 11 PxP , DxN t the cons equences or wh ich are less c lear a nd possibly satisfactory {OJ' Black.

9 . . . . P_K4 11 B_B2 P-KB4 10 P-Q5 N - R4 12 P-K4 _ ...

The text Is dubious. Much safer and promis ing for Whi te is 12 P -QN·I, N/4-D5 13 O- N3 and, H 13 _ . . P-K5, 14 N- Q4_

12 , . . . P-B5

The King-side situation offers Black s trong attacking chances as is known especilllly from similar positions in the King's Indian Defense. Bla ck u sually

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,

wins. Nonetheless. Malich has a special I'eason fo r entering upon this line.

13 P- QN3 ... .

No'" White threatens to gain material by 1·1 B- R3 and possibly B- N·1. mack must stri ve to save his off·side Knight and so be unable to push his King·slde llttack efficiently. Thus. apparently. White thinks, very plausibly. As open Queen-side lines must serve him very well. he can meet 13 ... N- Q2 simply by 1·1 P- Q6! 1-1 B-R3 in this instance is less convincing: 14 . R- B2 15 B-N~. P-B~ .

13 . . • . P-N4

H<l~ Black overlooked the threat'!

14 B- R3 l S 8-N4 16 N_K1

R_B2 P-NS · . . .

Is this the end oC lhe ~tory s ince White wins a piece?

16 • • 8_B1 !

No. it is rather the beginning of the real I;tory. mack's idea. is that his at­tack must compensate for the piece as he now has excellent adivity for his King Dishop which is Ilsually inactive in this type or attack.

17 BxN · . . . 17 13x13. QxB lellves Dlad( with the

better Bishop and fine atta<>king thances at no cost.

17 _ . . . 18 Q_Q3 19 N-K2

Now the threat is 20 ..

Q-RS B-Q64

R_ 63

. R- R3. The game is in its most crit ical stage. It is Ilot yet certain . althongh llkely. that Blac1( mnst win.

20 P- N3 · . - . White hopes to break t he attack with

his next move, but the attemllt Iails.

The main a lternative, which might wOl'k, is 20 P-N·I, R- R3 21 P- KR3: e.g. I) 21 ... PxP 22 P- N3, and White ought to win: 2) 21 ... P- B6 22 NxP, PxN 23 QxP, ,\lId \\"hile has t he edge; 3) 21 .. . P- N6 22 PxB, BxP 23 N- KB3. and White ought to w in : I) 21 .. . D-Q3! and Bln"k ]Jrobably wins: at fillY rate, his attack remains very ])o\\"er[u1.

20 . _ . . Q_ R6 21 P xP • • • •

While wins a decisive tempo, it ap· ,leal'S as mack's Queen mnst retreat.

(See diagram, top of next column)

21 . • _ . P-N6!!

This s\ll'prising I'ejoinder frllstl"flt.es White's e rfort.

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Posit;,,,. after 21 PxP

22 QxPt · . - . White decides to give U]J his Queen­

his best II·Y . After 22 RPxP, R- H3, Black wins . And he also wins, fit least after 22 NxP. B- Kl'5 2·\ KR- Kl. PxP.

in all likelihood R- H3 23 N- B3,

22 .... 23 P_ BS 24 RPxR

R-N3 RxQt - . . .

So far, Wh ite has fine For the Queen, but there

compensation are still sur·

prises in the air. 24 . __ . 6-Q2

2S N- Q3 B-Q3 26 B-63 27 N/2-B1

6 _N4

- . . . Naturally, White wa nts to suStain the

pressllre on the King Pawn. After 2; N/3- BI , lIhu;k proceeds with 27 . N-Q2 followed possibly by .. !\"-B3-N5.

27 . . . . NxP!

Another su rprise .

28 PxN P-K5

Dlack recovers his pie<;e as White's flttacl,ed Knight obviously

29 R-Q1 cannot move.

P,N R-K1 30 NxP

31 R_Q2 · . . . A bit bettel' [s 31 R- KI in spite or the

possibili ty of 31 HxHt :12 HxR, BxP' et( ,.

31 . . . . 32 R_K1

P-KR4

· . . -And now it blunder. But the position

is untenable, any way. White has no satisfactory defense again st t he threat of 32 . I'-H5.

32 • • • . 33 NxR

Resigns

Jewel at the End

RxRt Q-6St

The appeal in this game begin~ whe'l Black laun<;hes an exceptionally brilliant com bination at the end.

Y. Aloni

Israel

White

1 P- Q4 2 P-QB4 3 P- QS 4 N- QB3 5 P-K4 6 P_ KR3 7 8 -K3

BENONI DEFENSE

N-K63 P-64

P- KN3 P-Q3 6- N2 0-0

P- K3

M. Botvinnik

Soviet Un ion

Blaek

8 PxP 9 N_ B3

10 Q-Q2 11 6_K2 12 0-0 13 NxN! 14 KR-Q1

6xP! Q-R4 N_ B3 N-Q2

N/2-K4! P,N

N- Q5

The gallle is fairly in the balanGe-. but now White blunders.

lS B-Q3 16 P_QN4

BxRP · . . .

White has lost an important Pawn: 16 PxB?? N- Bot 01" 16 Bx1\", KPxP. Now all he can do is to play for complications: so he does.

16 . . . . 17 N_QS 1S KR-N1 19 8xN 20 RxP

p,p 6 _ NS Q-Q1 P,B

P_N 3

21 P-R4 22 PxP 23 P- RS 24 R-NS 2S QxB 26 P-N3

B,B Q-RS · . . .

Ultimately. White must lose no mat· ter what he does: 26 Q-KN3. Q- K5 01" 26

H- H2. H- B2 etr;.

26 . . . . 27 R-K1

Q-N5 R-66

28 Q-N1 29 R_K4

R/1_ K 81

· . . .

29 _ . . . RxPt ! !

Here is the brilliant <;olllbination. 30 PxR 31 K_ R1

QxP t P- Q6! !

'l'hi8 i8 the ingenious and most point. The immed iate threat is 32 Q-Dtit.

32 N- K7t · . .

exa ct

Other po~sibilitie~ are:

1) 32 H- Kl . Q-R6t 33 K- Nl. B-Q5t 3~ ;'\-K3. P-Q7. and Black wins;

2) 32 Q- Q1. H-B7 and now Ulaek wins Quicl,ly as White lacks 33 H- N8t. 32 ... _ K-Rl 34 K_N1 P- Q7! 33 Q- K1 Q-R6t 35 NxPt - . . .

Dlad( wins on 35 HxB. Q- N6t a nd 37 .

Q- Ql. ll- Q5t! . Q- KSt.

The text move looks strong- I.nll not after Dlack's reply!

3S . • . • 36 Q-R4t • • • •

36 R- H.Jt elicits the sam e reply. 36 . . . . K _ N1! !

Resigns

White is helpless against the- mating threats. After 37 QxQ. p -·QS(QH 38 K-R2. H-B7t, Dlaek wins the Queen.

Abstradional Hazard A player who concentrates on open­

ings as Pachman does always rllllS .<;orne danger of one of his experiment~ fail ­ing. This g;tmelet illustrates t he hazard of abstraction in the openings.

NIMZO_1NDIAN DEFENS E

Lajos Portisch

Hungary

White 1 P_Q64 2 N-QBS

N_ K63 P-K3

Ludek Pachman

Czechoslovakia

mack B_NS 3 P-Q4

4 P-B3 · - . . 145

T hi s line is c losely related to the Saem!sch Variution. but less explored and so more difficult t o assess.

4 . . . . P_Q4

The alternatil'e 4 ... P - B4 5 P - QR3. Ex"" t leads to the Saemisch proper.

S P-QR3 8xNt

Ta hl- Kel'es. won by Black, went: 5 .. B- K2 6 P-K ·!, PxKP 7 PxP, P- K4

8 P-Q5, B- QD4 9 B-N.~, P-QR4 (page 20, Jan. 1960). ApPal'ent]y, Parhman, the great expert on openings, thinks there is reason to improve on Keres ' line.

6 PxB P_ B4 7 PxQP NxP

Black'~ last mOI'e is important. 7 ... PxP leads to a well· lmown line in which White obtains a powel'fn] Kingside at· tack by P - K3 followed after due prep· aration by P- K·!.

8 PxP · . . . White aims to deprive Black of ea8Y

targets in the centel' and to procnre open Jines for his Bishops, too.

8" .. P_ B4 On 8 . . . NxP, White gets little by

9 QxQt , KxQ 10 B-N2 , N- Q4 11 ExP, R- J'\l or 11 P- K4, N- KB3. Bnt 9 Q-B2 is strong.

The text se rves co isolate White's King Pawn ;r P- K4 is played.

9 Q- 62 Q-R4 11 p,p QxPt 10 P-K4 p,p 12 QxQ N,Q

13 B_Q3 . . . •

13 D-N2 fails against 13 . , . NxP. the point in isolating the King Pawn.

13 , , . . N_Q2

This is an elTOI". probably made in pr'e'analysis, The gener'al line mayor may not be good enough for approx, imate equality. It tu rns on the compli· cations after 13 B- Q2 14 B- N2, D-N4 .

14 B_K3 15 B-QB2

Now 16 O- Q'\ is a threat. 15 , . , ,

16 B-Q2!

N-K4 · , . .

N_B5

· . . ,

Probably, it is this fin e ruol'e which Black failed to consider in time, expec t· ing only 16 8 - Q·1, which is met effec· tive ly by 16 . N- N·I 17 BxP. R- KN 1.

16 .. ,. NxB

On 16 . N-N4 17 B- Q3! White wins two Knights for a Rook: 17 .. , NxP 18 nxN! NxR 19 0-01 el c. 17 KxN N-N4 20 K- K3 N- B2 18 N- 63 B-Q2 21 N-K5 KR- Bl 19 B-Q3 0-0-0 22 QR-QNl , ...

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Now White's superior activity is a decisive factor: e,g. Blacl;: has no ade· quate defense to the threat of 23 N- D·I, N-K1 24 N-R5.

22 . . . . N- Kl The text parries that threat but leads

to disaster all the sarue.

23 P- B6!! Resigns Black can hold on for a while but

only if he sacrifices the Exchange : 1) 23 . . . PxP 24 B- R6t. K- 02 25

It- N7t, K-Q3 26 NxB, RxN 27 R- Qlt. and White wins a Rook;

2) 23 . . . ExP 24 Nxil. and (a) 24 . . Pxl\" 25 B- R6t , and White wins at

least th e Knight: 25 ... K- Q2 [25 . K- D2 26 R- !>:7t, K-Q3 27 R- Qli' etc,] 26 KR- Qlt, N -Q3 27 P- K5 or 26 ... K- K2 27 R- N7t etc. or (b) 24 ..• HxDt and Black prolongs the game but to no good (Joint.

Better But Still Not Good Black dares to pursue rather far the

line which failed disastl 'ollsly in the Fischer- BenllO game from the U. S. Championship (page 145, lIiay 1964). He launch es an improvement which leads to ruore of a fight but is still in· suHicient- as White, playing with great H('(' ura cy, perfectly demonstra tes.

PIRC DEFENSE

B. Bednarski Y. Kraidman

Poland Israel

White Dlack 1 P-K4 P-Q3 7 P_K R3 B,N 2 P_Q4 N_ KB3 B Q'B N-B3 3 N_QB3 P-KN3 9 B- K3 P-K4 4 P-B4 8-N2 10 QPxP p,p

5 N_B3 0-0 11 P- B5 N-Q5 6 B-Q3 B-N5?! 12 Q-B2 p,p

13 PxP • • • •

Ex<;ept for some insignificant c hanges in the sequence of moves, the opening is the same as that of the garue cited, As Kraidman must hal'e seen that game , it appears he has some essential im· pro,' ement in mind.

13 . ' . . P_ QN4

AI'oiding Benko's 13 N- I<l. I\raidman starts to play his own game, offel'ing a Pawn sacrifice which defies a<;(;eptllnce.

(See diagram, top of next column)

140- 0 On 1-1 BxP or NxP,

strong an attack: 1<1

. . , . Black obtains too

. . . NxB 15 NxN.

i = check; :]: = dbl. cheek: ~ = dis. eh.

Posit ion after 13 , .. P.QN4

N K5 16 Q E3, Q- H5t and, P- KN3, NxP 18 E- B2, Q- N5t.

e.g., 17

Similar!}', H DxN , r'xB 15 KxP, R- Klt favors Black slt'ongly: 16 O- K2, N-K5! etc. 01' 16 K- Q2, B- R3t! etc. or 16 K- Ql 01' K - B1. N- Q4! etc.

14 , . , . 15 N_K4

P-B4 . , , ,

Accepting the sacl'!fice is still out of the question: 15 NxP, R- Nl and, if 16 NxP, Q- Q2! or 15 ilxN, I3PxB 16 NxP, R- Nl etc. Black can continue otherwise: he has considerable choice but at least recovers the Pawn in a superior posi· tion.

White spoils his opponent's design. howevel', by playing consistently on the backwardness of Black's King Pawn and exet'ting the power of his Two mshops. 15 , . , , P- 65 17 B_ K4 QR_Ql 16 NxNt QxN 18 P-63 .. . .

Almost winning the Knight.

The N-E3?

18., . , KR-Kl

Knight has 19 BxN,

no retl'eat: 18 QxB 20 P- B6!

. . Bill

Black aims to recover the piece now aHel' 19 PxN, PxP.

19 K-R l K-Rl 20 QR_ Kl , . . .

Now the Knight is vil"iua!ly trapped. For, aftet' 20 ... N- B3 21 B- N5! QxU 22 BxN, White wins II number of Pawns.

20 .... P- N5

Black is not taken by surprise: he turns the tral)ping of the Knight into a combination of consldel'able (H·orui se.

21 PxN PxP 22 B-Bl P- Q6

Now Blac!;: lIas only one Pawn for his piece but airus to establish by ... P -B6 Pawns abreast on the ShUI rank. This achievement will be more than sufficient compensation (or the piece.

23 P-QN3! . ' , ,

White meets the danger with perfect tactical alertness, He tht'eatens to elim·

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inale tile crucia l Pawn jt1~l when 23 ... P - B6 I~ IIl'ohibi tive because or 2·1 BxP!

23 ... , 8_R3

Black ill eager to preVent 24 N Px BP. H e cun get in .. . P- B6 br sacr ificing the Exch:lIll::e: 23 . , n xB 2,1 RxR . P-Bti. Bul. af te r 25 Q- K3, Black can wi n only the Olsho!) fOl ' his Pawns and re, main s lhe Exchange down : e.g. 25 . P_Q7 26 R- K8t. D- B1 27 RxR. Qx R 28 BxP . Qxn [28 . . . P xB 29 R- Ql] 29 QxQ. PxQ 30 R- Ql , B--R3 31 P- N4, K- N2 32 P- K IH ! and the Queen Pawn falls. afler which Black can resign.

24 B)( B 25 8 - B3 !

Q,B . . .

Net 25 PxP as, after 2;). . P- Q7. t he Dishop ra illi.

25 .. , . , - I' U6 ' . _OJ ' •• - IS met

27 Q- QH a nd 28 QxQP,

26 Q)(R !

by

R,R

26 R xRt.

P_ B6

fix H

Bla ck ha s Hchieved his ol'lglllH I objec· tlve, but under le ss fal'ontb le te rms.

21 Q_K1! . ' . .

Th is QllQCn penetration ,e:il' es Wh ite an attack which moves fa ster Ihan Blac k's Pawns,

21 . , . , Q_Q3

Blac k hn!l noth ing better. On 27 .. , It- K DI, White wins by 28 QxN P w ilh threats of 29 QxPt and 29 Q-QH. ami 28 ... Q-:''';Z fail s agai ns t 29 P - B6.

28 Q)(BP P_ B1

On 28 ... P- Q7, 29 D- Q1 blocka des t.he Paw n ~. But the text I!I litt le betler.

29 B_K4 ! .. ' .

The l hrea t Is 30 P -B6, Q- Q2 :n QxQ. UxQ 32 B1'Q P ! RxB 33 P- 87.

29 . . . . Q_KRl

Counter t lu-eaL: 30 ... P- B8( Q ) . 30 Q_K7 R_QB1

01" 30 . .. Q- Q3 3 1 P- BG etc.

31 Q- K 5t Q_N 2 32 P_B6 Q_QB2

On 32 .. Q- K U2 33 Q- N2, Wh ite wins: e.g, 33 ' , , R- Ql 3~ BxQP, RxB 35 Qx P .

32 Q-Q4 ! . . ' ,

Afte r 33 QxQ. HxQ, While cann ot s top t.h e Pa\\" n ~: c.g. 34 P - Di, RxP!

33 ... ' Q_N 3

White 's Uneut of mate by P- D7 leHves Black no choice.

34 Q xQ ! , . . . Now swallili ng Quee ll ~ wIns a s W hite's

pa ssed P;lw n c an reach the sevenlh !'a nk safely.

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34 .. , . PxQ 35 P-B7 P_Q1

Nothing works: 35 ' .. P- 8 8(Q) 36 P- B8(Q )t, RxQ 37 RxQ ; or 35 , K- N2 36 UxQP. P - D8(Q) 31 P - BS(Qlt et~.

36 BxBP 31 R-B2 !

K_N2 Relligns

Ca lJ It an Ove rsight Conventionally speaking. Wh ite w ins

t his game ' by II fine sac rifice of the Ex. d lnnge. Actually, however, he does not ~acl"iri ce bll l mnke s whal ~a n be called a "(:Iw nge combination." He g ives a Itoo l' fOI' adequate com pensation. "Ade· quate" In the se ca~es Is a m inor piece IIlm~ one or t wo Pawn s. which Is as nea r HI' can be a rithmetica lly to taled 11 1l. Here Wh ite geLS only one Fn\\"II . bUl in an eXl t'emel)' favOl'able sell ing. Ilositiona l1)"

The ollistand ing feature of the game. tilerefore . I~ not the "SACl"lrice" !tlielf. but nhl{;k ' ~ failu l'C to AvoI d i t. Thlll'~

a gros~ ovel'sight on hl~ purl.

CATALAN

B. Ander son

Denm ark

1 P_QB4 N-KB3 2 P_ K N3 P- K 3 3 8- N 2 P- Q4 4 N_KB3 p,p

5 Q-R4t B_Q2 6 QxBP B- B3 1 N-Bl QN-Q2

OP ENIN G

W. Um:ieker

W est Germany

8 P- Q4 N_ N 3

9 Q- Q3 B-N5 10 0 - 0 0-0 11 R_Ql Q_K2 12 8-N5 P-KR 3 13 B,N Q,B 14 N_K4 Q-K2 15 OR-Bl . , ' .

The ga llic is in t he balA nce, but W h ile luIS It th l-eal.

15 . , . , KR-Q 1

m!l.~ k nOl ani ), ove l'lool{!! lh e lh rent but make 8 it even strange I '. He oUJ.!:h t to move h is Quee n Dh;hOI). ]l lay ing I,; . , . B· Q ·j or 15 . , . BxN.

16 R)(B!

The decisive "change

16 . ' . . 11 N-K5

.. COlllbination.··

P,R Q-B l

The Paw n is inde re nslble: 17 , Q- Kl 18 NxQBP! Qx"'" 19 N- 8 6t; bll t Blll{"]<' mlls t re tai n t he Exchange and 50 has liule t hoi ce now : J7 . . R- K l II< mel'ely a Irllns]Josltion

18 N )(QBP 19 P- QR3 20 P-B4

of m ove!l. R-Kl B- Q3 , . . .

The game is Ulaleria lly more o r le~!S

e"ell : but, obvious ly, Wh ite has a great 110~;tlonfll adl'antage. Tuere can hardly be llny doubt as to the Issu e.

~'or a player of U n7.l~ket·'s high cate, gor)'. h ili oversight must be class ified as It blunder of t he gl"lll'est kind, T here III ac t ually litt le d ifferellce be tween Unzicker's [a il ure hel'6 and Anderso n's again s t Uh lmann In t he sa me tom'nH, menl.· 20 .. . 21 N_Q2 22 P- K4

N- Q4 P-B4 p,p

23 BxP 24 N-B3 25 B-N 6

Q- B3 N_N 3

KR- QBl

Black has lament:lbly little scope for his Rooks,

26 N/ 3_K 5 , ' . ,

NOlI' 27 B- B7t Queen : 27 . 29 N- BS f or 27 .

26 , . . . 27 A-KBI

can mate or win the I\- JU 28 N- N6i, K- R2

K - OL 28 Q- R7 , K-Rl R_ Bl

In a hopeless I)Ol<HlOIi. a ile 1II0" e I ~

Il l! good as anothe r. This olle lo~es the Q uee n. Yet o ne can hal"(ll), ca ll it nil e rrOl' .••

2C N_KN4 ! Resigns

The Queen has no re t reat ,

• De gustibu$ and I,ll lh,l1. fo r on,' W~IC.

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White mates in two

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White mates in t wo

No. 3 Sam Loyd

White mates in three

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Oil on the Fire The Petrosyan Attack, with 8 B- KN5,

bothered Black for some t ime. Then the Black .~ide developed proper improve· ments but only seemingly. But the )·e· juvena(ion or the attac k by P- KR·J has put fresh oil on t he fire. And so it stands no\\". One may wonder if Black will rise again.

K I NG'S INDI AN DEFENSE

Paul Keres

Soviet Union

1 P_ Q4 2 P_QB4 3 N_Q B3 4 P-K4

N-KB3 P-K N3

B-N2 P- Q3

This is the attack : it has been met is (page 281) , September

9 , . • . 10 B-N3 11 P- KR4!

E. Wal t her

Swi t zerland

5 N_B3 6 B_K2 7 P- Q5 8 B- N5 9 B_ R4

0-0 P-K4

QN- Q2 P- KR3 . , . .

an example or how Najdorf-H. Byrne 196 ·1) .

P-KN4 N_ R4 . , . .

Here is the )·ejuvenatlon. The annota · tOI' knolYs of no games to illustrate a good syHem of counterplay.

11 , , . . P- N5

After 11 . . . N- B5 in alm ost the sam e position [with . . . P - QB4 instead of . , . QN·Q2], White won quickly in Ben· ko-Najdor f, Piatigol"sky Cup Tourna· ment, Los Angeles 1963 (page 288. Sep· tember 1963) .

12 N-R2 . . . . . 12 N- Q2 h~s also been plnyed. Appal'·

ently , Keres (;on te mplmes a possibl e sacrifiee on K1\"·j a t the prope r moment.

12 .. , . NxB 15 B- Q3 P_QB3 13 PxN P-KR4 16 K - R 1 N- B3 14 0 - 0 B_ R3 17 B-B2 PxP

18 BPxP . . . . Obviously, White has a fin(' game be·

cause of the King·side situalion. In th~

long r'\Ill. he may lodge a Knight on KI35 and so practically spell finish.

18 . .. , N_ K1 '19 Q- K2 20 R- B2

N- N2 P_ B4

Black improves his game positionally by swapping off his backwar'd Pawn but incurs severe t acti cal troubles as his King almost completely lacks Pawn pro· tection. For the moment, though, Blacl, has a strong threat: 21 .. . P- B5!

21 PxP!

R etaining the Knight may be more desirable; but 21 . BxP 22 BxD leaves B1nck with no satisfactOI"y reo capture :

1) On 22 . . . :\'xB 23 RxN: I\xR 2·1 NxP, P xN 25 QxPt , White wins. And he gets a winning advHntage on 2~ . B-N2 2S K- K3 followed by 26 QxP. Final ly, and debatable to some degree, 011 2·j . .. Q- KBI 25 N-H2! with 26 N- B3 or 25 . H-B7 26 QxRP in· tended , \\i hite has superior' compensation for the Exchange ;

2) On 22 . . RxB 23 NxP! PxN 24 RxR. NxIt 25 QxPt , 1\" -N2 26 Q-N6: White has a winning attack.

22 BxN 23 R/l-KB1

B,B 6-N3

Despite Black's '1'\;-0 Bishops and suo perior Pawn formatiOll, he is in great trouble as his Kingside Is still too weal{ for the middle game. The tex t move fails; but the alternatives 23 ' . , Q-Q2 2·1 N-K4 and 23 ... B- Q2 24 N-K4 are not milch better.

24 NxPl · . . ,

Here is t he proper moment mentioned in the note to move 12.

24 . . . . 25 QxNP 26 P-R5!

P'N K-R2 B-Q6

Obviously, White's adva ntage Is de· cisive: he has two mighty Pawns and a powerful attack as more than compen· sation for his piece.

C\ll'iously, Black

27 RxR 28 R-B3 29 N-K4

has no other move,

BxR/1 8- B7 K - R1

White wins on 29 .. BxN 30 QxBt, K- R1 31 R-D7 , B-N2 32 P- R6.

30 R-B7 · , , . The threa t is 31 Q-N6 and mate nex t.

30 , . . . Q- K 1 Noll' Black call m eet

QxR! 32 QxQ, BxN.

31 NxP! The finishing touch.

31 , . . . 32 Q- N5

31 Q- N6 with 3J

· . , .

Q- R5 · , . .

The threat is 33 Q-B6 t . K- NJ 34 N-B5 , lJxN [else 35 R- N7t etc.] 35 QxB, B-N2 36 P - R6 01' Q- N6 etc . 32 .. , . Q-R3 34 R_B6 Q- Q6 33 QxPt K_N1 35 K _ R2 . . . .

Removing the King from a possible ('heck, \\·hite has ef[ecth'e attacking moves to hand,

35 . . . . 36 Q-K6t

Q- R2 Resigns

Aft.er :::6 . .. K-Rl 37 N- B7t, K- N2. t here is the murde rous 38 P-R6t !

"Better" than the Best An unrefuted error by achieving what

is normally unachievable works better than the best move sometimes, Black rejects a sloll' win for It faulty combina· tion, and wins quickly find very beau· tlfully ill this game.

RUY LOPEZ

R. F . Madan 0,. T. Gragger

I nd ia Austria 1 P-K4 P-K4 6 Q-K2 P-QN4 2 N- KB3 N- QB3 7 6-N 3 0 - 0 3 B-N5 P-QR3 8 P-QR4 P- N5 4 B-R4 N_ 63 9 P-R5 P-Q4! 5 0-0 B-K2 10 PxP . . .

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In thi!; line, the Worra ll Attack wi t h 6 Q- K2, Marshall 's P awn sacriFice (here known as the 'i'arla kover Countera t tack ) is even mor'e promi~ing than in t he i\[a r · shall line IH'OIHH" against 6 R-K l. Con· seq uent ly . W hite proceeds more safely wit h 10 P- Q3 a nd. if 10 . . . B-N5. then ' 1 P- B3.

10 . . . . 11 PxN 12 Q- K 3

P- K5 ! B-N 5

H ere W hite merely los es time. 12 P - Q 4. PxN 13 Q- Q3, P xP 14 R - K 1 is p['efe ntble, as suggested by Dueckstein in Scha ch-Echo.

12 . . . . PxN 13 P-N3 . . . .

13 P- Q·] is sti ll better . N ow t he Pawn on KB6 is a mos t obnoxious intrude r.

13 . . . . R- K 1 14 P_Q4 B_QB4 15 Q- Q3 . ...

15 PxB . HxQ 16 BxR is a reasona ble t ry fOI' White wi t h en ough ma teria l com· pensation fOl" the Queen. So far as his Kin g safety is concerned. he ha s Ura t problem an yhow: a possibl e contin na­tion is J6 . . . Q·-QB1 17 R- I{1 [or' 17 N- Q2. B- R4 !J. B- H4 18 B- QB4 ! to meet 18 . . . Q- R6 by 18 B- K Hl.

15 . . . . 16 QxQ 17 N_Q2 . . . .

The le:.:t is the best Wh ile ca n ma n· age in his bf,d position.

17 . . . . R- K7

It is here that Black cont em plates his ' faulty com bination . I, . B- R6 is

best iilS it wins the E xchange: 18 H-Ql . l\'- N5! 01" 18 N:.:P, B:.:H 19 NxB? H- K8.

18 B- B4 19 RxR 20 N_N 3

RxP? R-K 1

And here White fa ils to refu te UI<ll combina tion. Conect, as Dueckstein points out, is 20 N- Hl! H- K8 21 B- K 3! RxH 22 nxB, N- K 5 23 B :.:RP, RxP 2·] B- Q3. N:.:It 25 U:.:N with advantage to Wh ite.

By way of cOlllllensa lion for t h o~t'

mu tua l enOI'S, the rea der can Iowa very attl"active fin ish.

20 . . . . R- KSt 22 K x B 21 B- Bl BxR t! 23 K-N l

now fo l .

N- K5 t ! ! • • • •

One beau tiful point i s t ha t . on 22 K:.:R. Black mates by 23 .. . P- B7. As it is , White can only post pone mate.

23 . . . . RxBt! 24 K x R B- R6t

Resigns

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THE BRAZILIAN DIAMOND

The arch ives d ub thi s Evans Gambit, Caldos Via nna versus A. Si l­vester, Rio de Janeiro ]900, the Brazilian diamond . While it has some perceptible flaws, it abounds in tactical brilliance. The finale is pa rticula rl y pleas ing. The ga me hegins : 1 P- K4, P- K4 2 N- KB3, N- QB3 3 8- B4, B- B4 4· P- QN4, 8xP 5 P- B3, B- R4 6 P- Q4, PxP 7 0-0.

Cover scoring table at line ind icated. Set up position, make Black's next move (exposing table ;ust enough to read it ) _ Now guess White's 8th move, then expose it. Score par, if move agrees; zero, if not. Make move actually given, Black's reply. Then guess White's next, and so on.

CO VE R W HIT E MOVES IN TABLE BE LOW. EXPOSE ONE LI N E AT A TIME

White P layed

8 Q- N3 9 P-K5

p" Scor e

... . . .. ...... .. .. 3 3

10R_Kl . .. . .. .. . .. ..... . 3 11 8-KN5 .. .. ...... .. .. . 4 12NxKP .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. 5 13 P_ B4 . ... . . ... .. .. .. .. 3 14 Qx P . . . ..... . . . ... . . . . . ~ 15 PxN .. . . .. . ... . . . .... . 3 16 R_KB1 ........ .. ... .. 4 17 N_Q2 . . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. 4 18 QR-K 1 .. .... . ........ 3 19 B-B7t . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 3 20 B-N6§ ....... . . . .. . .. . 3 21 BxB .. . .. ... . .. . . . .. 3 22 N_K4 . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . 4 23 RxN t .. .. · . . .. .. . · . .. . 2 24 N- Q6 . .... .. .. .. . ..... 5 25 K-Rl . . . .. .. .. . . .. . . . . 26 Q- Q5t .. . . . . . . .. ... . . . 27 Q-K4 ( e ) . .. . . .... . .. . 28 Q-K6t ...... . .. . .. ... .

3 4 5 4

29 R-B6 . . . .. . .. .. .. . . . .. :>

30 Q-B5t .. . . . . . . .. . . .. .. 5 31RxRt .. · · · .· · .. .... .. . 4 32 QxR t . ...... ...... .. .. 7 33 R-K8 m ate .. . . . .. .. . . 4

Black Played

7 8 9

10 11 12 13. .. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 25 26 27 28 . 29 30 31 32

P-Q3 Q- B3 Px KP B-Q2 ( a) Q-B4 N,N P-KB3 R_Ql P , 8 Q,P N-K2 Q-QB4 K-Bl 8- B4 (b ) N ,B Q_N3 ( 0) K-N 1 PxP§ (d ) P- KR3 K_R2 K-Nl K - R2 ~ KR- B1 K_N1 R,R K,Q

Your Se lection for White's move

· . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . · . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . · ... . . . .. .... .. . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · .. . . . .. . .. .. . . . · . ... .. ... ..... .

· . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.. ... ... .... .. · . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . .. .. . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. · .. .. . . .. . .. . . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . .. . . ... ... . . .. · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Your Score

.... .. ..

.. .. .. .. · . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. · . ... . . . .. .. .... .. ...... · ....... · . .... .. .... .. . . .. . .. .. . · . . . . . . . .. . .... . · . . . . . . . .. -.... . · . . . . . . . · . . . . . . . .. ...... · . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. ... ... .. ...... .. ... .. . .. .... ..

Total Score ............ 100 Your Percent a ge . .. . .. . . .. .. ... . . .. .

SCALE: 75_100-Exce lle nt; 55.74--Sup er ior; 40-54-Good; 25.39_ Fa ir

N OTES TO THB G AME

a) 10 . . . KN-K2 cons oJ idal b: Ihe te:.:1 leal' e~

maek eXllosed in the cenle r lLnd the wings.

b ) T he only hope for frecdnr!1 ; 20 . . . K- N l is met hy 21 Q- N3T clc.

e) 22 . . . Q- Q4 i s beller ; on 23 H xNj', QxR 24 H-KB1 , Bl ack a masses mu clr mater ial £"r

I he Queen .

d ) Inveigled by the d iscovery: 24 . . . QxQ 25 N x Q, BxP i ~ to he prefe rred.

e) Now White th reaten~ a mean d iSCOl er y rn his turn.

t :::: check: ~ double Check : I dill. ChflCk

e pos ition after 28 . . . K-R2

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Up-to-date opening analysis by an outstanding authority.

by DR. MAX EUWE Former World Champion

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED - the Vienna Variation The Vienna Variation was first employed against

the Queen's Gambit Declined in the thirties; it seemed to be an idea l variation for those players who, with the Black pieces, were aim ing fo r a win, instead of a draw.

No longer was White giving his opponent the op­portuni ty to play the Vienna _ On the other hand , on those ra re occasions when Black was given the oppor­tunity, he did not take it as a r ule.

Th is last year, however, new life in the Vienna Variation has appeared. So it is important to signal­i%e the games wh ich have employed thi s opening and to strike a balance so we may arrive at a defini te conclusion about th e value of the variation.

Tn th i:;; varia tion, ser io us complications arise around the tenth move, and sacrifices-even of the Queen- are in the air all the time.

In the ea rly years of its application, the challenge of the Vienna Variat ion was regularly accepted , and improvements fo r White and Black were found alter­nately. Then came a per iod of standstill.

In the following stud y, the effect of the most re­cent games is considered against the parallel ones of hitherto standard usage.

Wh ite Blac;( 1 P-Q4 P- Q4

'The Vienna can also arise after a bit of jockeying, of course: e.g. 1 . :\~-KB3 2 P - QB4, P- K3 3 N- KB3, N- KB3 ·1 B- N5. It is characterized primarily by 3 N- KB3, instead of N-QB3, and 4 B-KN5 and by Black's sharp re·action on the dark squareg with (sce below ) . . . B-QN5, . . . PxBP and . . P- QB.f.

2 P- QB4 P- K3 3 N- KB3 4 B- N5

N- KB3 . . . .

If 'White wishes to avoid the Vienna, he can quietiy play ,I N- ll3; but then his chances of getting an opening ad· vanlage are probably minima l.

4 . . . . B- N5t 5 N-B3 p)( p 6 P-K4 P- B4

Th e Basic Position It seems as though 'White can attain

a <;lear SU[Jeriority by P-K5. Another possibility is 7 ExP.

Variation I. 7 P- K5 . . . .

Arter th i ~ obvious move, it seems 7 . . P-KR3 ig ['orced. Tllen. however,

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While gets ,l considerable advantage by 8 PxN, PxD 9 1'xNP, R- Nl 10 PxP.

7 . . . . PxP! This is one of the points of this tricky

variation. 8 Q-R4t 9 0-0- 0

N-B3 . . . .

Here already is a stage of great com· plic,nions. The position is very difficult alllI weI! worth thoroug h examination by anyone planning to take it Oil. The line has become old·fashioned. however. and so only the lllain consequences are given here.

9 . . • • B- Q2 This is a promising sacrifice, the high

light of th e Vienna. Various books point out tile inadequacy or 9 . . . P - KR3 (Vidmar-BogolyuboY, Nottingham 1936).

10 N-K4 B- K2 11 P)(N 12 B-R4

p,p . . . .

The key position [or this line, It ought to be noted here that 12 .. ,

N-N5 is refuted by 13 QxN: BxQ 1-1 NxPt. K- Bl 15 RxP, Q- R4 16 NxDt, K- Kl 17 N-B6t, K-D1 18 ExP (Fine­Gruenfeld, Amsterdam I936) . t = check; : _ db!. check; § = dis . ch.

Also. J2 .. . N- H4 13 Q- B2. P- K4 is inadequate: 1·1 NxQP! PxN 15 HxP, and 15 . .. Q- N3? 16 R- Q6 or 15 ... N- B3 )6 RxB! Qxll 17 NxPt, BxN 18 BxR. R-KN1 19 BxP.

12 . . . . 13 K - N 1

R-QB1 N- R4

For some time, 13 . . P-N4 wag considered very strong here. Nowadays. the following contiuuation is apt to de· prive Black of any pleasure in playing the variation: 14 QxNP, P - B6 15 NxQ1'. Q-B2 [ 15 .. . NxN 16 RxN is easy for White ]. 16 Q-B·j! Q-B5 17 N- QN5, N- Q5 18 RxN, R"{Q 19 BxR, and White has both material and positional advantage. 14 Q- B2 P- K4 16 RxP Q-N3 15 N)(QP P,N 17 RxB • • • •

'This sacrifice is noted In Fine's Prac. tical Chess Openings (1948) wUh some resen'alion as to its evaluation. The correctness of it, however, now seem~ e stablished and, with it, the value of t his classic variat ion.

17 . . . . K,R 18 B- K2 • •

Pachman considers this position a~

~uperior fol' ·White. He gives two vari· ations:

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1) 18 . , , R-D3 19 B- N.Jt, K - Kl 20 R- Q1, R- K3 21 BxH. QxD 22 OxP! fixE 23 R- Q6;

2) 18 . , . p - n ·1 19 H- QIt. K - Kl 20 Q-B3! H- :q 21 R- Q6.

Still clear'. White

and all , the issue is not entirely So it is com]II'e hensibl e that may wish for a 1ll01'e solid con·

thnration which yet g llanultees a su re advuntage. Also. he lllay want LO a void the great complications of Va riation I.

Variation II. As matter's now s tand. it seems a s

though White may indeed obtain an ad· vantage by choos ing Var'lation U. On the other hand, however, this continuation is ne ith er mOre nor less solid than Variation I. The res ulting complications. a lso. ar'e about of the same level.

(Continu e from the B;lsic Position)

7 6 xP 8 NxP . , . .

It is from this pOSit ion that twO recent games have departed.

Subvariat ion A

8 . , . . Q_ R4

F01' yea rs . thi~ was the most popular move: but it doesn't seem s atlsrac tory.

9 BxN . ... This capture is prac tically fO l'ced. but

also velT strong, 9 . , . .

10 PxB 11 K- B1

BxNt QxPt QxBt

On I I . P xD 12 R- Bl. Q- RI l ~

B- NSt, K- K2 1·1 P - Ki) ! Whitc ob tains a tremendolls attac]{: J~ PxP .15 Q-RS.

12 K-Nl . . . .

12 . . . . N-Q2

T his, unfol'tunately fOI' Blac k. is the only rea sonable cont inuation.

H ere a r e twO othel' ]Jossibilities, one more charming than the other:

1) 12. . 0 - 0 13 Q- N'I, P- K3 11 Q-B~, N- Q2 15 P- K 5, NxB Hi l'x N.

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K- Rl 17 H- B]. Q- Q4" 18 Q- H6, H- KN] 19 N- U3! Q- Rt 20 N-N5!! (ana lysiS by Kolo\') ;

2) 12. . B-Q2 [12 . ,PxB is refuted of course by 13 H- El. Q away H Ib:Bt and 15 HxH] ]3 H- Bl, Q-R3 14 Nx}>!! PxN 15 R- BSt! K- B2 ]6 RxR, PxB 17 Q- R5t . K- K2 18 Q- BSt, K- B2 19 HxPt, K- N l 20 Q- K7, Resigns (Alek. hine-Bogolyubol', Wal'saw 19~]) .

13 R-Bl Q-R3

On 13 . . . QxP. White has H DxP. H- KNI .15 ' '''- N5 etc. And. on 13 . . . Q-NS, he has 14 ExP, R- KN1 Ii) NxP etc.

14 BxP R- KN1

15 P- QR4! . . . . Here is a <.:olll·incing new

that Black ca nnot take the . .. HxB Hi :\"- N5. Q- IH 1 .. White nets the Exchange.

mOI·e. Note llishoj); 15 N- In t. all([

15 • • . • Q-Q3 16 B-R6 P-R3

" . . . 1'- 1\:·1 I; N 1"\" • - , . t> • • • QxQt 18 RxQ

sets Black in " hopeless position. 17 B-K3 N_K4

The text is from Smys!ov-W:I(!e Havana ]96·1) . 17 . . , P-K~ 18 N- 8 5. QxQt 19 HxQ is prefet"able h er e. though Black then has to cope with a bad cnd· game. 18 Q-R5 19 QxRP

N_N5 Q-B1

20 P-K 5 ! 21 8_B4

An(! White won casily.

SUbvariation B

R_N3

(Continue from diagr;lm aft~ r 8 NxP)

8 . . . . Q-B2

This move was recomm ended yeaJ'S ltgo by Ragozin : but it seems no more satisfactOI-Y thall the 8 . . Q-·RI of Subva riation A.··

9 Q-N3 ! . . . ,

( See d iagram. top o f next col lJlll n ) T his is Averbakh's innOI'at ion: he de­

cla red he had al r eady discovered the mo" C in 1 9~6 .

9 • . • , BxN t

• T rir""V"ich -Glil;orkh, .\I " l" del Pla{a 1!'~3. ~<,:"'''$ 10 i"dicato;: n way ollt h",·o;:: 17 ... 1' ·1~4! IS Q - RG, Q.utt U Q.~ll. I-'~:-\ 20 1'_I(H~. H·]\.] Drawn, The "Hll u (J" o;:~t i o" "'''Y 1)" how cOIll' iudu" the draw j~.-Ed.

.. Black Ill"." ~l!ll hll.\'c "OUIS." Fi ne's PCO ~ugJ.:"sls S , , . QK- Q2 f"om the Tou'·n,,· Illcnt Book of lhe 1939 U;;SR Championship "" worlh n try: 9 0-0, Bx':\' 10 1''''lI. Q - R~ or 9 13-,,". 0 -0 10 KG",,,. ExB 11 P -K5. Q_RI! Aud Mode rn Chess Openings. 91h 1':'1. c i te~ Horo\\"Hr.' S . , . H",:-\ t ~ P",B, Q :-\-Q2 (01' C(lualllY.- Ed.

Position a fter 8 . , . Q.B2

N01' do other moves !;o!l'e th e problem, On 9 . . . Nx1' , White has 10 QxB. NxE 11 0 - 0 as he threatcns 12 P-KH~ oj' P- D4. U'allPing the Knight. ;t!; well as 12 N/3- Ni) with a decisil'e attack. And, 0 11 9 ... Q- O·I 10 Bx1"\. PxB I I 0 - 0. QxN 12 QxB. N- B3 13 Q- 1'-:3, White Slands belle!": 13 .. , 1'-:- IH 1·1 B-Nii t 0]'13 . , . 0 - 0 H QR- Q J.

10 QxB NxP

11 N-N5 . ' . . Th is fatal

bakh- Es trin 11 . . . . 12 QxP 13 B_ R6

surprise OCCUlTed (Moscow 196~). Q-B4 14 K_Q1 R_Bl 15 R- K1 QxPt 16 BxP!

17 R_QB1

N-Q2 N/5-83 QxQNP

. . . .

l31al~ k (E,.t rill ) I"e~ igned-a ~ [l e~tacu·

lill" fi n i~h .

" Queen that Pawn. Crandall, and ycu ' r~ a dead m;ln!"

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Act iv ities of CH ESS REV IEW POlta l Ch"u 1'13y"rs: 9"me reports & ""tlngs, names of new players, prize · winners, selected games, tourney Instructions & ed ltor!a! comment.

TOURNAMENT NOTES Progress Reports for

Golden Knights Tournaments

13th Annual Championship In the 19 59·60 Gold en Knights, a hiatus

exists this month as to significant reo suits. See April isslte [01' the list of present leaders.

As to completion or this tOUl"llament. only single (and OV€I'·due) r(:! s ults .iam Finals sections 22. 2~, 25 and 28. Dut the last four have a good many results that are a long time from finishing .

14th Annual Championship I II the 1960· .1 Golden Knights. Finals

section. 60-Nf 18, has cOlllpleted play, and the contestants therein earned these weighted point totals: ~

R R Co,'eyou ·12 .·1 ; S Crown 35.05: J F Healy 31.3; T F Leonard 27.·1; G L Frank 20.5; J C Thollls 20.05; alld P T Luks witl\llrew.

'We ask pla},e!';; to be s UI 'e to get ill results prompt!y, also report if OPI)O' nents are tardy. "Iany or the neal '· l a~t

of sections assigned have mOI'e I'e ports in than mid·early assigned ones,

As last month, the las t Fin".!S is },e to be assigned, and we have bllt one more potential qualifier to be deared.

15th Annual Championship In the 1961·2 Golden Knights, Finals

section. 61·Nf 1, has completed play, [Iml the con testants therein ea m ed these weighted point totals:*

D A Hosenberger 43.0; G Katz 37.2: J C ;\Ie},er and J B S iavich 36.1; A Do· nins 22.8; C Barasch 21.0: and V De Martino withdrew.

Most Finals sections have yet to con· chIde; and many contestants hal'e yel to qualify to lhe Finals. The following eontestants, however, have nOlI' Qlmlj. fied flH' assignment to the Finals; ;0.1. LadackL E;. Lense, L. Wilson, J. Bauer. H. A. Fisher, R. Gonzalez, H. J . Tren· kamp, J . F. Shllw lind W . WeiL setting Ill) one more Finals and I",al' ing rh'e waiting for more qua lif[ers.

16th Annual Championship In the 1963 Golden Knights. the fol·

lowing poslalites have qualil"ied for as· s ignment to the Finals:

P H .l3eckllfllll, G Agnilern. A C May and G Goodman,

Also, the following hav!'! q naliried for the Semi·finals:

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E J Wemer , H A F ishe r, T n Dome, W W Buchanan and A J Stesko.

17th Annual Championship No new Posta lites have Qualified fo),

assignment to the Finals; b\lt the fol · lowing contenders have qualified for the Semi·finals :

H A Pease. C J Custer, G C Vnn de CalT. Mrs C A Rutland. P S Leinweber. o Ril'sten, D A YOlll1g, F 0 Dulieai, E S 1Ik!n. H R Rolltw, H P Il"right, n 11 CoveYOll. J Cole, T A 'Willis, \\" D Howell. L S Wal'd, J ;o.IcElroy , D Balllll·d . \\" Bland. H 13 Clay, H Rosenbel·g. K Domann. J\I \\' Herrick, G Prazllk, M Siegel. A S Penniston, R A Cayford ,\lld C Shipley.

18th Annual Championship In the 1965 Golden Knights, ninety·

two sections were in play by the end of i\lal'ch. all of 644 contestants. But we st ill await the fir·~t qualifier to the Semi· J"inal~.

POSTALMIGHTIES! Prize Tournaments

TIl".<e POSlal iles Il"no WOII pri~e~ ill Ihe 19G:j "",I 1%·1 Prize TOll r""IIl (:lI\~.

Tourney PI~yer$ Place Score 6:1·[> 2:l A C Chick ... ... ... .... lst .I~.lk

G ;\[ StOlT . .. . .... ~"3 ·1·2 .I C Thoms .. . .. . . . .... 2· 3 ~ · 2

~ ·I .J I" Boshea ...... , . . ... 1· :1 ·1 · 2 H Kolin ......... " ... , .1.:1 ·1·2 H.J R h ode .. . ...... 1· :1 4·2

7 :, ,\ D Humpllrey . . . . , 1,« ,lo·l~

\\' C Tingl ~ , ... . " ,21\<1 oj - 2 ~' I \\. Albert>! " . .. . . ...... 1~l 5~· ~

1~ S \VI11'(1 . . .. ... ...... 2nd ~~-l~ r,j· p , C P Gratt.o .. ... . .. . .... 1sl 6 - U , A C Gen'" .. . . . .... ... .. 1-2 .:;~_ ~

H Plemel . ...... . . .. . . ,1-25~_ ~

" A "'agnH ... .. . . ...... ISI ;;~. ~ 25 D Rivera . . ... . . ..... . .. hl 5~ · ~

I{ l~ '\lelton . ........ .. 2nd 5-1 3u H Derring . . .. .. . .. . 2nd · I~ - g ,is I·' "ixon . .... . . . .... . .. ~·3 ,1~-I~

T Twuiten . . . . . . ... . . . . 2.~ ·I ~ · l~ G2 G L-onc: . ... .. . . ..... . . . l.~t ,,·1

Class Tournaments The:<e PO~l"llte~ hnH! \\"-0" 01' ti<:ol fol' (ir~]

in 1963 ,,,,d 1%4 ChlS" T-onJ""a'"cnl~ .

Tourney P layers PI~ce Score 63- C 71; "

, De Co"t · . . . · . . . · . b, , .~ 77 D S SteH" ,son · . . . · . . . . 1 ~ I '1~'I~ SO ,. R Bonilla .. · . . .. · . . · . I~ t , . , " J~ 0 Anders .. · ... · ... · . l ~t .j~·I~

% , B l.A)w;s .. .. . . . . · . · · . 1st • ·2

"' D L nakEI' · · ..... · .... 1 S l , · 2 92 Ch,.i~ta K Brau!, · . . . · . 1 • 2 , .,

K B Horne · . . . .. . . · .. 1· 2 • ., " D So'onll' . . . · .. · . . ... · . . 1 st , ., 95 R C Slater .. .. .. .. .. . · . 1 s t 31..2t

'" , , Scheper · · . · . • · . . , . 1 st , -2

" D ,\1 Nollie . . · . · . . . . .. · . 1 S 1 ., ·2

JACK STRALEY BA TTELL Postal Chess Editor

100 S :'I"g,,,·,. ...... ... .. I~t ·1 -2 102 .1' .\Iaxwell ....... . . . .. Ist :J · 3 10:1 I\' A :';w" rtwO"\h ..... I~t ·1 ·2 110 H H HOI)i~OIl ...... .... 1st 5 · 1 :;U8 D [)"w~on ... ..... . .. . 1·2 4·2

.r A \\'oclfin):"er . .. . . . ,1 ·2 ,1-2 :l:J3 t' D e Souza , . . ... . .... Ist ·1~ .I * :,,11 .1 I. Hn"nclt .. . .. .. .... I.o;t (;.0 :;~Il A L" Ang""I.enbC I·g'",· .. . . 1st ·J2. 1"

];·I·C ·1 I' 1\ I))"\.>a ..... ... .... . 1st ~ ·2 29 I, I': I·' Howe~ ........ 1._1. r.·O :n .J Kass;,u, . . . .......... 1st 6·U ;' ,1 1': 1-1 1","I,,)" ......... l~t 5.1 Ii~ P I"ul\man ....... . . . .. 18t :;.1 -",,',',' ,, "., ' • ."'.~ '" .. .... ..... s v n " 1':\1\1",,; . .. . ... ... .... 1st H. I-7~ .\1 .\]o<mey ............. ht G·O ~",.J Ga"~on .......... . . . . 1·25.1

1-1 \\' Shadel" ......... . 1 · 2 0 . 1 l:l:l I-" l~ SC)'hold ....... . ... lst ~.I III l-" I.- Scyhoh! . ... . . .. . . . Ist ~-I I 1" j,.J Kc~ ~l e '· . .. . ........ hlt ~-I I 1~ I'; Cho.~"k ....... . ..... . 1st ~·I ]:,J D H .\I"h01l)" .. . . . .. .... ISl 6 - 0 1~:lG ') ' .0\181 .... . . ...... . I~t 6-0 17t T I{ Ur,,), ....... .. ... . . Ist ·1.2 liT C .\1001"<; ....... . ....... Ist 6 · 0

"," '" , u ..;'r? ... ere . . . . ....... . ISL ~· 1

187 I~ P SOI"(,"~ell ........ . . lst G·O IS~ .J l.a'·.cuder ........... . . 181 G " J ~V" n >;("i"r r."", ..... . . . . .. I~1 ~ -I ~I>! I·' I> 1.)"Il('h . . ........... In 1;.0 ~:1~ ,) .'\ <"1"',, , . . .. . . . .... lst ~ .I ~:,J I{.J j,adn .. ..... I~t 4,, · t! ~:,': .\1 ();:"Inid; .. .... .. . . . 1.1. 5. 1

Erasures Illegal The final statement or Rule 7 in the

Postal Che!;s n ules i,; "Mo"es erased 01'

otherwise visibly altered must be dealt with at once as illegal moves."

The point Is to reply (It once, not after 72 hOl1rs, asking fol' a legal move (ex· plaining mO\'e was written over 01" al. tered) bnt not gi ving YOIlI' reply, (A reo ply may "tip your h<Jlld.")

Wh},? A player who erases his more at the last moment is ver}' apt not to correct h is rer,ords to conform, and mOl'e ap~ to forget he sent the new move. If this move was a poor one-and last min· ute idea~ often are- he will be cOllvinced his o]Jpollt'nt is Ill'eVal·icating. And sub. mi;;~ion of th e canl to the judgment oC (he Postal Chess EditOl' is useless by then <IS he (;,l1lnot tell who did the altering. He "an rule only that the move is illegal. nut a call ror u llew and cleal'ly written mo,'e di~soh'es all cause for dis))ute. :\lake the eall at once- it requires no analysis.

Of COl1 r~e, avoid sending altered moves . Repeated cases come undel' Rule 8! But. if you have a card all made out and fe el },Oll must change Ihe move, strike it Out - don't erase it- write in the new lUO\"€ with an apology and okay it \dth ronr initials,

CHUS REVIEW, MAY, 1965

POSTAL MORTEMS G.me Repol"'tl R eceived

during Marc h 196~

To report results. follow instructions on pages 4 &: 5 of your booklet on POltal Chess strictly and exactly. Otherwise the report may be misrecorded, held up or even 105t.

P leue no te: Winners ( a nd thole wi th the \Vb lle JlLeeel in cue of draws ) mU8t r epOrt U _n .. s res ult Is connrmed by opponent. The oppOnent may repor t nl80 to el1.llu re hi" record and r ating go ing throu l h but must t he" atate clearly that he WI. . the loser (or played Black In case of a draw).

Game r epor ta sent In Ume for r&eeipt by datea given above ShOllld be prin ted below. And the Il layer", coucerMd " hou ld Check to lief! that they :'I r e so publlshed. To ",pot them. look under you r se(:lIo tl nllmber, first by the ke y (e.g. , 63·C Indlu\lng Cia., Tourney be" u n In 1963) IUld by number (..06) g iven In l ex t belo'" t he k ey.

Sym bol f Indicates .. win by t o rfel t with · o ut rallnr c~i t; a $hows a rallnl': c red ll ... ",u"lcat lon ; d f mark$ a d o ubl e -forfeit.

CLASS TOURNAMENTS Four· m.n Tourneys Gr.ded by Cluses

Started In 1963 (Key: 63~C) Nolles: Game repor ts on al t tou rneys begun In ).11.)' I:lf;~ become pas l ·due d uring thi ~ mon t h . Got In reports to reac h us here be· f ore June I$t. to a VOid lo~ i ll g on d ou1)lc , forCe lt (both players 1011(1).

.E{\rlle r lourne}'5 hav\) boe n c lo.ed. \\'e are not publl~hlnr Individual doubl o· rorro it ~ but aro publl s hln!:" winners nOw lef l b y closing proc e~ on l\ln rc h 1963 to u rneys In Postal· mlghtlet !

T o urneys 1 ·404: lIO J O"'ett " nd Rob ison li e , 1:\1 Ada m s downs Belisle. 195 Burk · hart. Hous:h tie. 2!3 Wart mau lo~es o lle to S tei<: h. two to F" z1:OIa r e. U3 B uurma. l>eJ!1~ CurUn. 236 \V ... lIach to ps WI"k lflr twice . ! H Schulo:o conks Cus Le r . 25C Chagnol.

I Samp$(l 'l 110. 3(1S Woclrill g e r whll)S Gray; correc tion : Gray wo" oll e f rom DawsOIl. 3U S mith (1 0.\\'110$ Dubowy. 333 IX. Souz.~ lick~ Lohrma n. 339 Na~h t OPS Tllrj r>n twice. 3-H H a r tn<! l! to ..... Jarv is once a nd Neff Iw lc e . 31' CIl>l~ 1Il eonkfl Kok e n . 383 Et,len· " te ln lopa ~he<o rma ll I wlce. 38.9 Sim"·ell. Noble t ie. 3~ 1 H a rt conka Cll\lr U la. ~OO O'Donnell do wns U t w !n .

Started in 1964 (Key: 64~C) Tourneys 1 • 99: ·1 Stcillbac h tlC$ Bancroft twice, D~'bn. o nce and loses to Dyba; Ban· croft. D ybo. t ic. 7 Arneson tiu L.~y and tops Van Kulich. 9 lsaa clIOn . ~llIrcOtle splil t,,·o. H Howell h llits Blume lli. 31 Kass iall COllka ~u,.. ~! Ge"o: lIekfl L! \,h,gS IOl. . ~~ Gmy topa H ulton t wice. H S m ilh w ith · draw n. U 1"lIl1cr fell s Seon 11 11(1 ~ pll u. IWO with B lol(e ld \. 57 Fud ll. Vo lkmull ~pU I t wo . 63 Apr!! top~ " ' inkier t w Ice h ut loscs to Fattman. 6~ I'l,'allll lopa B UI\(! " twice. H SII.tln b<!a t~ Viets and Shnkc. 75 Probsl mauls M.cGn"I". 78 Joseph an(l l"n nlazl tic . 79 Lyo n 1 0f1C~ t Wo to ~looney a nd 8 pllt~ two wllh Schreine r . S2 S trell){! k y conk~ Kennedy. 83 S ;\ g<! I.>elli l Ba:O; ler. S8 ,\ I'ther chop:< Gray. 90 Champney to ps ( t o I.. eeper ; cor · reet lon : Hllndlor WO n One (ro m Cham p ne )·. 98 S p lvllck s p ills " ie ll!. 99 Qfl u oo n tops Dahill t w lee.

T ourney. 100 · 149: 105 Uridgo~ lOp.« Bar­t le twice. lOS Satti,, !;"er ~ock .. EVll ns. 112 lieo.lh hall~ Bcrndt. 113 D 'AOUst w ith· draw~. LH .\Iool"e a:O;H E ld rld!;"c . 115 CUll . IIlnghllrn lIck~ Lock t on. 120 ,\Ieuer oo u maul ~

Sn)'der Iwlce. 121 &,,1 '.>C S I ~ SOlomon twice. I t! Correction : Coulbourn WOII o lle from Schlle~ h' ... 12~ K lill e w lthd ra.\\·s. 12S Kin· s lo w ax .. Ebb". 127 Schwar t& ticks D a llas t ,,' lce b u t I~cs to Scheper . U8 OPt) lOP" Ur) Boehlc h lo . 130 .JohnllOn }(lIt e lliller and Stollkus. 133 Hanson s plit s two wllh Sey­bold and lo scs to Goodspeed; Goodspeed

CHESS RfVIEW , MAY, 1963'

-wllhd ra ws . 13~ Brant riP'! Rose n w lI . 137 L&IIer licks Angs tenbe rge r . 138 La Pra d e to ps and Ilea Cooley. H I Skotle bows Iwlee to Seybold a nd s pi lls twO wllh m clfe ld l . H 5 Kculer to pS ( ! f) Kennedy. 148 Si m."..,n he~ll! Kohl Iwlce but 1)0"'11 10 ea""", r ll ; C null m (OP~ (tf) }(ohl. I ~~ Cho",~k {OP~

and I leit :\Iuell<':,· and be" l s 13I""'elii .

Tourney' ISO· 189 : 151 OI'lrrin wlthdraw~ . 1 ~3 !)'Aolls t dow".'! ,\l r GI' Lwlee. I;;.'; Leeke r lIe lu! \ \'allaCh. 195 '\Ilj(~t enlJer~er hR I I~ Hodge '" 157 BarnRrd whl,»! W ood le. 1~9

Broy tCl! "'hl~ o\IeWIII Il'tn~ . Ito Hiwer lind Pee ne), l Ie ; B i" 'er and P urle be rg l""'><1 W eb­ber. lGl O'Aonst w lt hd r" wlI. 1&:1 I(essle r eonkll Pra l t. 166 lo'1I UlI I r lP3 Trl",lnKh~m Iwice. 11>7 Bert, · li nd HII"ne l l; ene h to p Hl"Ow n Iwlce. I GS Boolh l OPS Hllmphrle~

alld 'l'~' ne r. 169 .rl rouflO k Jolt8 Bell. 170 Aderho ldt bows twice to G III'ber "ut beat~ BalneH; C hlbllik wlthclrnw9. 171 Wlther~ whlJl~ She ldon. 172 O'AO\';<L "'ithel'·II"'s. 173 S IOC llUl w hip8 Wes tb rook; S ioeum Rnd Scherre r enc h to p (Ja ) l'a rlll e loo. 171 Hem. , .. I h" lts Schlis.scr. Iii .\Ioore 10l>'l Mu ll' Iwlc<!. 180 Engel. Kyke r ilpli t t wo. 18 1 :\Ioyer whips Welc h . 18·1 Quin la n quells \\'aloKln . 16i L:I~le~ IIck~ O ra )' and I""", 10 CU/I(!hleg. 187 Soren~en conk" Ke""ler . 189 lA" e llde !" top .• :\111101' IWlce , She~rman once.

Tou r ney' 190·234: 190 Vee tell " Yeakel . 191 Bl\ ~ ",u~.~ell rip>, B iume lii. I ~S .\I<:C,'Ouen b e ll l ~ Bell I. 19! Boh"e" ," ,d Hend r iCkS m a ul Zech",,, n . 200 Sclar r f.tln lO P.' Eldredge twice; ~Crug~s ,,·lIhd ra\\"8. ~03 PiUman ha lh! Htlghe~. ~n5 Rie J: le r 10 ,"1 U O H urst . 20S S ldr)'8 J;OCks Goebe l. ! I O Ur-Iln li nd Serug gll wl t hd n ' ''· . ZII "'Olll!: \\" h l p~ HrowlI . 21t Shsf · fe r do "' '' ~ Denni~to ll . 213 Ml1a$ toN Mill e r {w le'!: Mall t '!iI to ps (2 f) I':'l nlg. 2 H Uec k e r nnd C hle k chop SP'·IIKII O. ! 16 JIlIlene? bow~ 10 O ll loi n but t>c~I~ Z lI eke" and Oelln i;;ton. Zl~ 1,:111 11 axes I~ra nd ; F'lIlre~ fe ll" ZIIIck. 220 O·:.;' e ll nips Go rdon. 221 Th""m,, 11 rl p~

R ieg le r . 2!2 Re id ront~ Uro,,"" . 223 S t eele ~to~ K inslo w. 22~ S he p;lrd IUII II18 .\In r li ll . zn. Colli ns con k" Dcnnl~ lon Iwiee. ~:!7 DIU · m ll.II dow n" Ki .. " lo ,,·; ) llIlke r in w i l hdfflWl!'. 228 JOlle~ Jo lll' C"""II1. Ge r mllin tOI'" ( ZfI 1'011110. 231 S (' h"elller 10>W" lO ~IeCrogflOn <lnd Bla k e a nd li e~ H IltI1 I' III·eY5. 233 Chll'k and 8 hn r pe clip Zonlc8.

Tourney. 235 · 269: 235 An.l:S le llbe r ger tops \\'ood lo n"d l~l"all""zek. 237 Sll.uriol socks 7.oOn l e~. U S lIfallt~lI 10Pil P"pla$kas. 2·10 Songy soek$ VII " CLse . 2011 GI"OJlJ! losu 10 S lomo· w ll& h ilt lic), ~ " nl:'ell~. fiG Ah r ill!> Ru~ .

t<e.1I . ! 11 W illia m s ~mlte$ S lII ltll. 2'''' P iphe r tops Dolll b ro"'s ki twice: Hhll~n l>eJ!ts Gold ­b<!r ger. 250 An).:"s te n be rl'c r bea t 5 Coveyoll and (al Pol illo htl l bows \ 0 F att man; P o · Ullo Wl lhdl""'·n . !:; I On"l .. do","~ Benak!. Z5! W elilng whips HOgRn; Pnrha oUlpolnts Sa V!II".\" . 253 Klnwi tte,· ,,1118 :-Ioble . 2.; 4 Boyd I Je[l,.\~ C ,·o)"le. CI"I) .• s l.o p~ Ande rs twice an" \ \'es llJI'ook Ollce . 250 Og\l ll1ie k tops Holecy and 7A1!:"r Iwlee eac h " li d ~p1i ls t wo wI th P II"tnd : Pnllla~i halt s Ho lec.'· t wice . 2~1 S hMfe r besl" U,,,,c roit. ! iO Anggte"herger h •• 1ta Henw el. 2GI Jllchen~ .lolls & hteldl. !1>5 On)· do wn s Brown. :68 Le\\"I ~ dru hJl An · drus lind (2 f) W"lt ne r .

Tournty. 210·319: 270 O· :.;'ell lOps Germa in Iwlee ; I~o:o; Withdrawn. Zil ,A,'IIO ld rips Hob· e rl ~. 27~ Llr"on .1l1d S"\ ~' n"l li e . 2H 8uu ­m an ~oek.~ White h e.-..d. ~ 75 Goodspeed conkS Kyse r . thc n \l" i t hdrn.w~. ~7G Sha der mau ls ~rm .. ·. 2; ~ E~ ta1Jrook bea lll Baker twice. t81 1>'lmpel be.!! IS llaldwl n . 282 S trout s l tafs Blume n !. 2S1 Ken l conks Tf1.b b:u . !86 D ul· lea 10 """S t wo to G Illin , Olle t o Laeh . 288 T sylo r t o ps Wei)e r . 2~1 Sil kow~kl 10Pi Tom a ino and White : Joh lUlon Withdraw • . ~ ' 2 GII ~ llIfson top~ Blanke. !~3 Goods peed loaell 10 Me..chtel'. thc ll "' l lhdl"nw~. 294 HoeCk. and Dan;'!! d o wn ~!'u'C u s. 295 Bl"uce eon kH Con~tan tine. 296 Ro~~e,· Withdra wn. 108'16 (a l 10 :\Iitchell. 291 Correc t ion : St~uss " '0 11 rrom Mantell . 2'8 Aro whi~ ' \ ' eIl8. 305 O" lry mpel d o w". Yeake l. WS Splt7-~pm .. A b ra ham. 313 P o mlllo ... " es Etle rs. 317 Genlldowlez conk.s Co peland. 3 1 ~ ) lIch"el· lIOn bows 10 Ste f Cee b ut bests DeKllll u iea Iw lee . Tourney. 320 · 416: ~2& S lrons: tops Cudrln Iwlce . U9 Holme.'! halta l': eeli'll". 330 Smith

~mlle~ AIIJ{slenbe r,, ~ r. 331 Slevensoll ~loPl'

Sigler. 3·16 Himes w hips "",,lIe isa. 348 ~' eE! wlthdrllw n. 351 )fahon ml\ lI l~ Pra n.!!ky. 3~2

H uc k l" , W llrren t ic. 353 T :lrjn" jOlt s ),Al nc '"1d T hom"". 3~5 Scheper be"U. Bralz twice, ::59 G"r)' wi lhd ..... w~. 3GO S pa h n wi thd r:, wlI . drops (a\ 10 Illlrro,,~h ~. SCI F e llneke5 whlp~ Welc h . 36 t Eo~~. K eit h s p li t IWO. 364 A u · d r"l n. F'l, lk li e. 3i7 Par ccll " lOps .J O hll~O Il \ .\I' t~ e. aSI \'Ol,mllll>l !\ lI d Ko nll"" ha ll I'IIA" ,,' h' ~. 3S~ Dllpcr,..\lIl t h a lts Harpe r. ;l~" Brown lo~el< IWO 10 I' o lk",all. then wl l h . dra ws. 3~4 WIl IIOII IIc k ll Lcnllr. 401 l-:IJ j,~ n x ea GI"u; Hammond w ithdra ws . -1 01 G ro,.,. · m a n , P ir8.CCi tie. 4 11 BaJaw lIJ{ be" .... Unl lll. ~ It H a rper withd raws. 10lK's ( IL) t o "" lIey.

Started in 1965 (Key: 65~C) T ourneys 1 . 132 : 10 lIlncConncll wins from l\ng~ telllJeflrer. 12 W!!eox whlp~ \Vell~ . 2.; ~lcCol'lIIack wHhd ,·;tw~. 10Be~ (a) to COlw eT. 2r. Peach OIl I1>oillll' \ ' o lk . ·15 I30rdner 1 >C ~ I ~

Wordell twice. 017 S III"rer MIOI'S SI)rolll .

PRIZE TOURNAMENTS Seven·man Tourney. for P r emiums

Started in 1963 (Key: 63·P) Notice: Game reporl~ on n il t ourneys 1)('.1:1111 In .\ ray 1963 beeom(l Il'U!t - due dUring lhl ~ mOlll h . Gel. in relJO r(H to rene h \1 5 here be· fort J Ulie 1st. to R\'o ld losing 011 dou ble · ror. (elt ( bot h p illye r" loooe!) .

£n r lier 10 \lrlle )'s h n \"e been closed. We " r~' IIO~ plI l.>\is hi ng indi \'i d uat dou h le· Corfeils 1)111 Ute p"bli~hing wln llcr~ nOw lefl br clo"l lI " I'roces" 011 :\ilite h 1 ~t13 lo "rne )'s ill Pos l lI l · m lghtiesl T ou rneys 1· 112: 27 Blr,,(e ' ) wins " '0 '11 I';"c lnn ,.. ·15 Be~t be"ts \Verne ,·. 62 EI)~lel ll 10p~ (0 Walsh . 63 Spohr 8pl l1 s Ba iley . 7:; T ln!;le top" MuTtln. 78 Weil IIlps l\' el~oll. i ~ Ash ~eks Sanm. 82 HllrrL~ ha l t~ J o hn" ~o" . 8~ Corr ec t io n: Alberts won f rom ,\ r­lIo ld . 90 Horke alld l.ynch l ie . 93 Rol>I",..,,, ," )ll itoehe l ie . 9S "; , Erell t e ll", S hullll" n . II)(> 7 ... 1,.,. ,.; p~ Ro b l"';' lI : 1l'l r Ll e bes t s ;'I1" r llhy . 1115 E 'I<'; '''' .~ l\Xe~ Shl'phe rd . l OG Park in llO n ~1l1l\ 8 f'penr. 107 lJ! ~hOI) bests Ca rr ; )1t1l · '"a n withdraw n.

Started in 1964 (Key: 64·P) T ourney.'! 1 · 39: 1 O rl b us b l ll cr!lck ~ Kra me r. 3 Gratlo " mites S m ith . 4 Ge no:. Plemel l ie. S Hecker oo" 's t o Grlrne r bill beil i s Hoo\' er. ~ Ha milton " lid Lem; l ie : Bes t and l l llc k I lot:. 10 Krame r axe" f-:ncJna l. 16 I~e"mer bOlll~ Bllc kelldor r; PealSe dow ns McDonon!:h. I, Lach lind \Vagner Ile k l.,o\1w(oll ; R il e y rol' l ~ .\ Ia)·er; De~,"OChe r~ whhdrnwn; Lr,c h ,,, 1<1 ~Iorrow tic. IS ",\IIo C "I ~ IIlId Sakal"ia~ bcn ' Gle~elm"n : &lkarl,, ~ beSh Alber ls . 19 'l'01l1 " ~ 10P~ .\tcDonollgh. 2.; H!, uc h allll R iv~ra l lc·. ~ 7 Genz 108e~ to T I'OIl<! lJut licks "\Vol r. ~ ~ Hnlh ,,·ay n"d S ,'o bodn tie . 29 T a iner tO I '~ O\\')·" n . 30 Derrlng dO\\, IUJ .\ s h le)'. 36 Sore ,, · >IOn clip" ~roder lek AI>d C la r kiwn ; H('~' nol" ~

C'ou l~ Abri~e a ll d CIIl I·" ""n . 39 D'''OIl ~ l !lo\\' n s DlI iS' .. ".n. T ourneys 40 • 59: ~ O Rol)ison wins ( a ) r '"OlI' Cmner. H Jlkln I le~ Becker but 10"'" 10 I) e l~ielo . 42 B1II"g8 t ll hl e r wit hdl"lI.w8. ~ 3 \'0 11 f'l ~ I (!skl ,;miles Schmill . 44 Bl1rg~ta hler Wil l, · <1 r n w 8. ~5 Battnt nIH.! R iegel Mat B a rl1 <lt l : Slephens bows to Hle"e l but b<:~ts n "ttnt. n C h.;mowe lh and hkl n tie. ·IS ?lloks r!p~

!tOby. n lla hrt lic k" Lawrence and lo~es to H a.Yell: Bu rgstahler wi thd rawll. 50 J""y jollll As h ley; GorO'lI il'Ka wl t hti ..... w ll . 1000ei' ( u ) 10 Le!ilc r . 51 Hr lllOn lic ks lAr rabee. [0 2 1\ ,)(le l'5O" top.~ ·Mart l n and lies Dor.:>,,; O' ,\OIl ~ 1 wllhdrl\"'" ~· I l ..cnun all d D e LollI: he lll Orballowsk l : Dc l...ong 10])" G,,' )"nl1. 51; KO lls conks GUtl e,, ; I ':"all~ Il c~ KOlt8 (1,11(\ N u te r. 57 Hawkinson, 011 DR~h and Thoml\~ clown Ande r soll; D II Oa .. h toPt< Thomll~, 5S Twa llen oll t l)OllIt$ PetIt. Tou rneys 60 • 79: 60 V IIICB t iel! T e ner. tOI)~ WI1I1OIl and (0 P o lill o. 61 CII...,h leg be" t ~ Best ; D 'Aolls t w l lhdnl"·s. 6! WoJto ,,·le:t rl p M Ra m thu", : S m ith wlthd ra",n . 6,1 Cl, r ' I>onler $1" YS Endsle )·. 65 liuJber halts Cnrr. G6 As hle)· lic ks LIIlld~lrom and B llcken(\or (: S coles wit hdrn w n , 10H e ~ ( a ) to T..undstrom :

153

THE FINISHING TOUCH {Conclud0d from page 1<13)

The next sample involves an inno­cent m ix uP. not only wilh po"ilion~

re\"ersed but also in !';OUl'ce material. It IS Cheron's No, 600.

Dedr le (D. Wochenschach 1921) Fassung Mor avec

Wh ite to move and w in

The solution dramatizes a King trio a ngulation. but with the King re treat_ ing to secure the win. And there is a tale attached to the very first move. 1 K-B2! P-R5 ! 4 K_R 2 K-Q3 2 K - N l! P_ R6 5 K x P K-B3 3 P_N 3!! K_ K 2 6 K _R4 ! K -N3

7 K _N4!

And nOli' of course White wins. CuriOlls ly. neither the heading nor the

position aloe historically true in this context. First. the position was never constructed by Dedl'le in this or any other fo r m. The original of the th"me is given in Tattersa ll (1910) with White : King on QB2, Pawn on Q1\2: mack: King on KB3, Pawn on QR!. and cited without source. A VI'. Cassidy dlscov· ered the solution: 1 K- Nl! in 188 ·!.

The n the position was repI'oduced by Dedrle in a didactic a r ticle in 1910 and again in his bool;: on end·game studies (1925): but he neVflr claimed ~uthor·

ship and. in h is context, it appears clearly as a mere quotation without cita· tion of source.

Finally, in 1952, Moravec published a series of instl"llctiYe adaptations of this same P a wll theme, in various versions in t he Czech chess m~gazine, and his contribution was the intriguing addition of the first Bhwk and White moye and ~lso t he switch of mack's King to its first rank.

Both these actions are designed as i mprove ments, artistically speaking, on

the "Old Masters," a Ia. the Troitzi(y im· p!'ovement cited earJie)". In addition, h~ "reversed" the whole position. placing White's King on KEl. mack's on QBl, and so on, apparently by way oi training the reader to visua lize diffe rent OJ"

sim Har positions from all possible angles.

For one fina l word. Cherney's Prac·

t ica l Chess En dings' displays the basic Tatter sall position (page 27, diagmm 16) lI'ith th e legend "Dedl'le 1921." This small Inaccuracy is probab ly the one a nd only such the write)' may find In Cherney's im pressive book.

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K"11lill~k ... lops (0 Hayen. 67 Hoglond tops Stc'·ens. tic~ Crosbie but lo,;es to V:", Schoor; Cassill stops Ste'·en.'. ti8 Smith smites Carr. 69 Lacey awl Simon tie. 71 Sample socks :lIarica and :lrott. 73 Joseph topg Ta.ylor and (a) Rader. 7-1 :I[OlTiII beats Bishop and Stephens. 7~ Stevens top" WaNI ,,,,d Tarter: Stevenson \\"hips 'Vehbe,·. 76 Aks "lops Sle'·ens. 77 :llcGowan. Goldberg nnd Cohen mob Fuchs. 78 Panlo,," !Jo~"s to Carpcnle" but best" ;Uyers. 7~ Klein clil'~ HU!;s; H~·"es hit s Hurd. Tourn eys 80 . 109 : 80 Goldwnsse,· and Sample best Butler ; Sch,,·a ,·tz halts Hardin. 31 Erk· m .. nis mauls :lIeglis; Johnson witlldraw~.

82 Tomko topples Cas"in. 83 Knplan.Pe'·a smenrs Smart; Humphrey ha lts ~[oody . St \VoJtowicz loses to Joslin nnd ties Stnptrt: Stnyart beats Bu,·ke. 85 Stay"rt stops Gel· lish. 86 Twete" tops Thoms. 90 BullwinkeT bests PM'ks: Ashley licks ,\'orrell. 9! Baker bests Thomas. 92 Spohr whips \\' iHiams. n Robinson rips Kirchik; He lpe" stops 8"0'" ston . ~5 CriY.,· crack.'! C"aerr and :-;Oester: Nesler ";ps Graeff. 97 Reid. Kyker. Man_ gold and TWeten mob Natale: Kyl<er eonks Mangold and Joudrey. 9~ Sanborn wp~

Cru", and ties ~Iareh. " Bro,,"n down., Gan7.el nnd Holliday. 102 l'razuk ,·ip .• Rock· morc . 106 Yanis yerks 'l'weten and \Vln~· 10,,": BOH,,"ick l)eM~ Van de Ca,." ",,<I Y"niH. To u rneys 110· 120: Hunl wi"s fr om En~o)": C nnn ingham \\"ilhd'·a"",, . 112 ~lintYo rips Rachel. llS D)'ba downs Itkin. 115 ~rul· lison licks Long: . 120 Ynn Gelder rip" Rnlh· YOIl.

Started in 1965 (Key: 65-P) Tourneys 1 . 32 : 1 Lond,.y do,,"ns Dunne. 3 \Vcllman replaces Daum . 11 "Eatman repl"ce~ Bar nes. 19 Hartenstein replnce.~ ~rcGow"n. ~2 Dould ties Sayre I)ut loseR to Hall.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS Progressive Q uali fi cation Championsh ips

11 th Annual Championship-1957 PLAYOFFS (Key: 57.Np)

Sections 1 . 2 : 1 Doe do,,",,~ Smith.

13th Annual Championship-1959-60 FI N A L S (Key: 59.Nf)

Sect ion$ 1 · 32 : 29 CalliHon "'ins f"om Kogan. 31 Millctte and BOLlehe.- defoat Cur· tiss. 32 Calingaert bows to T"rbin bul best.' Harris: Cren ~haw cracks Reed.

14th Annual Championship- 1960-1 SE M I·F IN A L S (Key: GO· Ns)

Sect ions 1 . 80: 79 Cordon downs SG~"num.

FINALS (Key: 60 .N f)

Sect io n s 1 · 31 : 14 ~lo'")"i~ "'illS f"om Ycr· hoff. 18 Crown nnd Healy ti o. 2·[ [Warton halts Hardman. 2" Storm slops Too;:·e!. 27 Va lvo be~l.~ Blau. 30 B r own withdraws.

15th Annual Championship-1961-2 S EMI · F I N ALS ( Key' 61· Ns)

Sections 1 · 95: ·19 Lellse lieT(s .Johnson; J-,,~dacki tops (f) '''aring. 69 Thunen el"acks Crown. H \\,iison whip~ Toller. 78 Bauer beats \\'(~$tb"ook. S~ Fi~he" hai lS HOUS(OH. 8.~ Lconard withdrawn. 86 nucha"an bests Brndford. 87 Bollamr beats nOhGl"\s bUl bo\\"s to Shaw. SS Cullum top.~ (fl ~laderer. 8~ Rothe rips Pcase. ~O ).[ou .<e downs An~ (lcrso". 91 Akro)'d, Sehmidt. )Iaiile find CO"eron mob ~IcG"ire: ~I"iile be~ls Be", tram bUl bows t o Co,·erou. ~3 L i Pelri fells FalHer. ,.] \\"illialll~ lo~e.' to Hi),lre'h and Dome and wlthdraw~.

F I NALS (Key: 61 . Nf)

Section s 1 · 29 : 1 .Merer and Sln"ich t ie . 7 Sonshine ",a lois .\laIe '· nnd Slnte,·. IV Strahan top~ Taneri . It Dean lo~es to Beck· ham and ties Kl e in: :"usser nips '\'i ll iflms. 12 Peretti trips T,·",·is; Bonr"b .• bea t~

Slnll!is: I~ontenrose fells Graee,. 13 ElI i ~ loses to Slavich "nd t ies Cook: Bock tie~ Cook and tops Popel: Cook. G lnss tie. 1-1

CO"eyon 'Ind Dundas eOllk Chu"chill; Cove· rou ties Stophclls and tops Dundas. 15 Du· mont to"~ (a) Sain t. 17 Bancroft bests Har· ";''<0'' and Kog~n: .\!arkiewicz beats Huh_ h,,,·d. IS Wnn'cn don'ns O,,)·ton: ~dne.

Tuttle ti~. 23 Thom"" tops ~lcKaig. 24 llncYoko lOPS (f) LJ·Anselis. 2~ Smith smite.< Piche and Ho)<(:"';; Freeman withdra.wn. 2G I:'erhe" \OP~ (f) OrsuH"ar.

16th Annual Championship 1963 PRE LIM INARY ROUND ( Key: 63.N)

Sec t ions 1· 177: ", \VHne'r wins fron, S""".'"rd. t()9 Cl"inco' and Hendricks crow" Brown. II.; WilliamH wilhdrawn. 129 Bizar he~ts La",owski. 131 Werner licks Layton. 13S .I ohn~o" wi,i~ «(1) from I·'oumier and Stallkneclu. 139 l;'i~he" fell~ " l elis. 153 lite· CO"llll e l;: <lnd PhillillH tie. 15·1 Ashley. Hamp. to" tie. 170 \.Iucha",,,\ tie~ Stesko nnd Dome; Dome. Sle.~ko tie. 173 Rudel is rjp~ Icndrkk., .

SE MI · F I NA L S (Key: 63. Ns)

Sect ions 1 ·34: 13 Cra"t tal.es .Tohn~ou. 15 Tho"",~ \ot>~ "l"homp.<on. 16 Thorsen w ith · d, ·«wn. 17 BOSl Wick ""d Hurds tie. 18 lleet<IH"ll tot>~ TliJ;"le" and ti es Sa,."r: Pa.~ · eucel wlth<lt"awn. 19 He)'nolds withdraws. 23 .J" n ~l,,\. "",1 Kiefli>>g ~mile Sm\lhers: H,'o,,"n o conk~ Ki erlill,,·: Hich and J""ska r'it> I{ c,,""n: Stevenson tie8 Browne and .J"".,k" . ~5 Ol~on "xc~ ~lclnnes : Kif{. Smith. l··Mt e , .. 01"011 "nd Do;]illS mob Mueller. 26 )loo,.lwnd 1l"1\'1~ Wc!>,lling. 29 Lach li cks ,\1' 8. 31' Fmu'c)' beSl8 Htlrnaeh but bows to A hrHm .< . :; 1 Brandt paws P"rr: Schwartz biff~ HlIlle'·. 32 :;1)",; stops :llcC"ff,.ey: B " Ow,,~ llc~ "l"olins nnd tops ~lolTell . 33 ,\J:"uilern rip~ HO.<~: ~lile,; ",aul~ Brandreth. :0 HiJ:"ler li c k~ .·\shle)": Son"hinc sock.~

She!>",.,! . Sections 35·40: 3G ;':eroth wins f,.om Han· nold and ]·',·ank: ~rny nmuls Hoglund and I:',·" "k. 37 Coo,]"',,,, be~t~ Buzan nnd Holm. <lahl. :lS Crn!" ti e,; Pea "l~tc in and nosen­Ioe,.",: 1';,,<!IwI". \\'"lIoch l ie: Pe""I~te;n 101'~ (f> ""w:o~. ·10 Vcine,; bo\\"~ to JOni,' n", ""d Sonlc~ ,,,,,I lies HareH . .J! Koh"t and Laird t ie. ·1.1 H" ron hont,; Buh,.er. H SIa.vich stops I;'ehl~tei". ·lr, Gr(:enherJ; bests Marks; Stcv. cn~ bel\.t~ 13ullocku~. 46 BUI'lingnme rlp ~ It08~: \\",<11;.<;1' \\"hip~ A~"ley. -t7 ErIgma"is hre"k~ Bla,"I. ·IS .. \1),.",,, ril)~ Christianson "n(1 ~1.'l.r~ch"l]. ·19 ,\,.chbold and \Vood cl"llck Cr in (:r . Secti ons 50· 64: 52 Bo._enberg w in5 from Heidel. 5" Sta"inkas downs Delman: Star_ inka$. Cla ,·k . lteilly (lnd Velma" mol) Goff. 0' j)nnl< le do\\"".~ Wei nberg".

FINALS (Key: 63 · Nf)

Sect ions 1 ·8: I )h,eller loses to Coll ins "'Ld 'i~, .\ I",.klewi<;z ; Kalz ma" l ~ .\Ia,·kie· wiC'z. " l'~)'~" coni,,,, CollC '· .

17th Annual Championship- 1964 PREL I MI N ARY ROU N D ( K ey' 64· N)

Secti ons 1·69: 3 S"lIivan wins from Hal· Ii"". 4 t>c~t tOJ).~ UI) Gahagan. , Bishop liet,s Van I .ith. 17 'i'aylo" lOPS Hendry. 21 1'c"$e conks Coh"n. 22 HCPlOlds withdraws. 23 Bnl"·e r. H clpH li e. 26 DOll ins. :llarshall lie. :13 Hrown bows 10 D "agonelti hut l)es18 F,·aHk. :)7 Custer "ips Dcines and Ramthun. ·10 \'a" de C,,,·,· downs Har"lso" and )lu,.· ray. 13 Hauman and nuUand rout Ramer. 45 l'eldman \\";lh(lI·a,,"n. 51 Lnpenna lieks Brown. 5~ S h" eH' ~pill~ Good~peed. 5·1 Wren rips Si""o" . . ;" Poliakoff t";p,,: 'I""one; Yon"g rC"k~ ::;I\i'·elr. 56 OZOl8 besls Hubbard and Hann ... ",. :i ; Gl'tLnt rip8 nufer. 59 Dulieai do\\"n.~ B"d)"nl< ami Good; Grant takes Good. 63 Hcicha,.d licks :I!al8by but loses !(\ G " c if~I' and Illdn. 6·1 Caudill bows to ('oulhOlu'" and tics ~tood)·. 6~ Ronan lick ~ J.iebel"lWIIl. r.G .\Ionehl\rsh "ips Xewitt. 67 Golbo n". \\'ril;ht lic. 69 CO"croll axes Itk in. Sections 70·89: 7(; Cole conks ;>.fosig. 71 \\'e~,hrook Jolt,; Jackson; \\,illi8 whip~ Ben­lOn and \\'ostl)rool<. 72 Ste,·" tops (al "llatZ. 7:1 lVu"d whips ~\rcCormjek amI Knig'hl: Howell "ips I{'d.<;bt arod Burns. ;.J )1ct-;1I'0~' !'O\>(" Alo,,~o. Gi ldea and Larrahee. 7(; Bir,," h~st~ Volkman. :i.\Ioorc and G01<l· ber);; Lliso licks )loore: Sta.hler tops Ale"·

CHESS REVIEW, MA Y, 1965

ande r a nt! tle~ m r ns . j S [,;arll c li ps 1'lIne . &0 Hi'· e '·" rlp~ I,,"· ... cle r e ; S te'·€mgon ~ t ol'"" S ha (,·" ". ~ I Uallt'rd bcs t~ \Vcs t. 82 K w",·I­ler <tnen" I...:,(em ina. S4 Lar ... e lere and Bur_ Ion he:0 1 Yc\"utn . S5 ~lcCor",iek bo ,,"s 10 1:I" n(l hill IoC~ I~ I:'-" Ide r; Luprcehl l ies Be r ne:v " " ,I lo~c" 10 Oland. SG Clay cllp~ :';c,",'''\O l1 . . ~. Go rdo" <lo ,," n~ h'lu<lerda lc . ~S Ho~e" he r.<:: roU \S 1·"n,,1>o r .. and Ker~u l(l. S' Don", ,,,, do ,,""s Johnson.

Sec t ions 90· 109 : ~O H e",l cr~on h alt s H~· d e: Ha",ff ,,"il hdrl',,"s. 1 0s,,~ (a l to C"nnon. 111 H en,h·i eks Il<' k~ [ . ..,e. 92 C,.,·,.n.~ugh li e" IIk in ,,,,,I 101)" 1; ,.,·101\. 93 Kei s er <:onk~

H CI·h", . (I.[ Kc.K nlg <:o nks Mar.,hall. 95 P\"a~"k li ck ~ I~"ne fin d Be·adix but 1 0~ CH to H e r ri ck : Ler ne r hesls B endix hut bOWH to H <) l"ri ck a n,1 Vok er: \\'!'rr en w i thdra w" ; \ ' okeo- heat" I\e n dl ~ . % Crulchley l ose~ 10 SolOI and I h:~ 1 .!'·ln"~ lon: Tirone besl~ WII _ Ham.< t.nl t.o\\"~ 10 SoIOI. 9S AlherlS be'll" Cass in. 100 ~ 10<.l ' ·" ,w' lI ll< Xicole l ti : L:\<:e~· li ck" G<:tle l ~o". liJl i·\l egel. D" ukle. Rauc h and ];"II"r Jar J ohnson. 102 ~1"kaH i ~ ""1111" ~Ia l k i n: ~ l oo",W hall s '''''It. 103 Hoda k ",,,1 Hnn do"" ", II ro,,"n : lI ali liek~ Wileo" hUl lo>,e" 10 1.e\"lne. l o~ ~111 $g l"O'· e nnd Harnach beal Hurk. I (!~ !-Im·wit", los" s 10 F"el1Qu:oy. ""Hhlln"'·,, " " d dl"Ol 'S (fi ) 10 Bec~ l ey. H)6 T" ylo r he",,, G"""n.~ h ilI bow~ 10 lla ,.,. ick : \Vegl hrook and 'r "ylor ,01' P "lerson. 10j ~ll1 1" [l h ~· "",I Go Uc"",a " "'fl ll l Conway : Pen­,,; s lOll dow,,~ 1·' ,·ee,I"'tln. Vnn de Ca rr. ~1\1 1" _ ph)· a nd Con"",,.\" . 108 \V e ll· w lth4 rnw>,. 109 ~lo)'('1" "'''n l.< Hn ll : /)1">,foos a nd Stern J; IOI) Crlllll.

Seel ions 11 0·129 : 11 0 Pal"rish wi t hdrawn. I I I 1."",,, ~ock ~ ~"m"cl : Mn l he.w ~ Hek" .\Io<>ol y hU I lo~ e~ 10 \"''; Ik\l~ ; Jep80n . .\ [ood~· l ie . 112 m " cho({ ~"",a ,·~ Smart " nd Wrig ht. 113 PeVore eo"k~ enrpent..".. lJ.l CUll ni nl<­ham withdra wn. 11 6 W ebb whips Sc hllll e ,·. I lj G,·e .. " Io .. r)( WI '~ (f) Sd.,,"ab. l iS P ickard a nd C. Smllh Ii<' k I.y ne ; Jam i~o" lie>, C . ~milh . 101 '" L~· "e and loses 10 Ch ll rchitl. 119 S h" ,·,· nl l'~ X,, )( I(> ; %c!i"a r w ithd raw" . 121 ': ,·"p<on licks \\·" I IU; ~ l ey ; G;b1>5 whip~ \\· i1l i~: 1:"~ c\""ni<l i " \\"ilhdr~wn. 123 "'e rn" r down~ 1 ) I('"kh"u ~. 12·1 Grn\"(:~ bows 10 1-10\\";'.-<1 hul I",,,,,, Dc",,: L,-,n;.: enfe ld licks Chobot ''''« I1 c"". 12,-, Chr;81"'fl ll 10lres 10 C"",pbell bll( I lck ~ C llo mo. 128 ClI. yford s lOps S teph,' " a n d ~I e )· m·. 129 I:nlys IOp~ Ten T ; Ter ry n ud I~"nd ~ )· aX J';lnMelu.

Sections 130.151 : 130 Conn ell wjn~ fronl Gen t 'T ; [Joldl I n , ·~ .Jeans . 13t Scher re r li c k", '\ ~ h l c~· . 1:12 Ho .... e HI I)S 1' l""- ube: Shipley ~IOI)~ T,.""he ",,,I l'l t"phenl!. 133 Cano" " onk" Val<le,, ; HO""~lei" 101»' ( f) \\' a n lland . 13 1 \\''' 'Ule '·'' lrom ,,"hit>~ Pe le rse ll. 1 3 ~ Rlldd "" i t hdr,, w~ : ~H1 le r ~top.~ Eill8lein. 137 Gr .. en" conk" Ke i ~cr ' lnd ::;mhher~ . 13S A~h l e~· l ic k ~ \\·a ffl e . 1 3~ .\I ollnler be~ ! s Rurl ; Pug h with· ,Irawn. 110 Hlhh·e l h li cks Le'·'n; .Joyce jar" Thoma" . III I-: l:le "nd S !a yn rl w hip Green ­wood. I.J! ~I" n l ell ,,"d " 'einka"r m(lll l Z illck: 1)0w<1 ('"11 ,low lI" .\1"n lell . HS GordOIl down~ 1';1':'311; !-Ilia h" l l ~ Zi nck. IH Danicl" 101'1< ~ I "rlin. 1-1" 1, 000hler tops ( f) Sallcr. I ·IS C rnm (Op" Ro'<::" r~ ,-, nd ties Thom p~ou:

Dill wilhd,·" " ·,, . H~ Lowh licks "on Sale~l, l. 1:;1 I...:m e 11 <"1(" Lall~el": C rowder do-,,"ns Cullum.

S E MI _FI N ALS ( Key ; 64.Ns)

SeCl ions 1 - 24 : 2 Ma~' ",a" l ~ A br" ms ! Ab _ ' ·a"'~. Xe rr I"I p .\1011. ·1 Salldstrom. Va" Bru n t a nd I '~e k hi t H"It . " Krame,· cmcks 1-;r(""I; l-I \, ,,d , · l c k .~ d,."l>s Hogl'lnd. j S"' ilh smil~s Kra u.e r ,,, ,,I ""i tku ,, : Lenz l1c ks "·ippe ,·. S ,\,, 1111';1":\ bes t;; B rowne and bows 10 Piphcr. 9 Good",a" l ies llallla rd and top" S tern; l)re l he rJ!:~ drub" S lI',ya Tl. I I R.:lde r withdra w". l ~ O~oh. ni l)S \\·ei nlng~r. Ii I( e nl downs ~lcDon"ld; J)· ,\01lS! w ll hd raw". 2~ I .... ' ·y r eplnees (loodsp~ed .

18th Annual Championship-p -1965 P RE LI MI NA RY RO U ND (Key : 65_N)

S"ct lons 1 _ 59: 1 VHles Jnr s Jachimowicx. 2 B <::nde t" to p ~ :-Heke l a nd t il's Car pen te r . ~ Gros~ lIe81:; Hem le r a nd CII ,·pen t er: 'ril e~ to n tops Sc ra n ton . 4 And cl"R bows to Be t ten­COl11·t bill bes ts HOldc roi l . G Rader with­d raws . j F'l·ce la.nde r licks Thomas . S F'olk" s. Rule tI e. 19 I~1 n" l1 ck~ 'I'Y80n. 20 YOUII ,, -

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qu l.<t q ll ell~ Lev\" 2~ Smldchen ~ smites Seh we ,· ; Ilowllng downs Dudek . 2.; GOOd­specd lose~ 10 H oglund aud wl thdr" ,,"8. 2:, l)"" hn.m down~ Oursler . l ·1 1··"I,·u" (ell ~ Ho r ne . 3S (lanc hcr a nd Capper chol' Wltlln . 39 Sche r f( li ek s Van Lith: Ha,·ra conk" "el~o. ·11 Kell l bea lS Gibbon". H SU8~weh. h,,1t~ lI el l>cr. H Hen ingoso m"u l" ~I e rket. ~I Johul<O n J"r;. Chase. 53 C~rpenler whit>" \\" i1~on . 56 Ch iesa re!>lac"" Agllil e rll . .';9 Ph}"­th~·on ,,"hil"" \\,ojlow icz. Sect ions 60 _ 96: GO D uyker" rel)r" C"~ 1-1 ,, )(. )( e ll . G~ Cas(l~· downg Ande rson. GS ~m;l he l·~

rcp lll""" \\'""kely. G1 '\[oan mall l" \\'OI"(I" n. r,S COlkl ln,,<l 1 0p~ (f) ForreSI . ;,; S l a .'·' I'·1 r e _ pl"_ces Xo\" ick. &1 Bu (iand rCI)lace~ Dlck !!,­s on .

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he.':"'ln In .\I" r<:(. w ilh the~c n'liI ,)(I' : C LASS A li t 1300: R. Anderson. D. Frie nd . It. (;hle w. 1l. G. Ingalls . H . J'''n''.~ . H . I).

.Ione~ lind \\" . 1':. J ordan ; CLASS S a t 1200: B. Bllrgl' IM, ler. l •. .I . COI.lln. I •. B . FlIl heree. R . FeUel"~le l n . .\Iyrl B. Ha"" ..,n . I. Hirschman. J. J . ""we~ko. S. V. KInn.:y . B. Laney. H. LarrondO. H. I.Ieber",,, ,, . ,\. H . Lumpk in. H. I·' . .\1c1(vs . ~. Xn ,·k in" k.,·. A. H. Plu t~Ik. B. Bl1c~·. 8 . Lto lhnm n . J . P . So'·aha" . R. Sparrow. H. F. \"m·"l e1" " nt! l l. ZaY"ne1li ; C L.ASS C at 900 ; N . H . Abr ulw l1I !!On. H. ,\d" !\l ~. K . A. Anderson. K 1 •. Ba,· to linl . O. :;;. Henner . .T. Hoggl. K. J . HI"Ockmlln. I·' . G. Brown. X. e h,,,·ney . c. T . C hieffo. R. ·K Chle" " . ~I. Co"noll y. J . Conhell. B. W. D'-'niels. \\". HoUoa" ", . . \1. EIII". C. Gntl c~ . I':. Heaney. \1· . HOl'(endyk. A . C. Hohnhe'·I;" . B. l..cona ,·d. C. H . L io". J . F l,.,n". D. Lynn . K ~["edu(f. L. G. '\I"rgu li ~. A. '\ln~ 8. I: . .\kCollt,rey. Il. ~lcDowel l. J . .\1i1d..,,, . J . '\lonl"Oe . . \ . t-:. .\Ion:an. B. X" ICP!I . .\1. :>;" e w­"",, ' . I~. '1'. :>;"i e m!. I". 1::. Xoc l. P . D . Ore m. D. G. 1'""lo\\"l cll. W . P err y. X. It. Pre~l e~ .. c . Rocd ~· . .\1. P . E . Ribner. G. B . Sande r~. H. K &l.\"lIl1e . R. A. Searle~ . . 1 . .\1. S Ipple .... B. ,\. S kol<C n. ,\ . Sonneborn. S. D. S lalon . H. E . SIeck. S. S leckoll . ~r. H. S 'einberg. R. It . SII III'·,-,n • .\[)"I"ll e T . 1'e1"l el. ~ 1 . Wnrd. ~ I "r ~· \Vcl~h nnd H. y " na la\"a ge ; CL.ASS D at 600: C. An der son. R. L. Bende l" . W. R Holln . D. D. Bonn er . 1 •. K. Br.~ lllul·ct .

B. HI·own. E. Cnr le r, R. Cnvnll" l"o • . Jo)"ce A. C hl eHll.. l\ P . Cla us ing . R. Cook. S. A. Cook .. 1. C . Cuthber tso n . .\1. [-'''I' [()<:"o. H. H . G lther!. It. Gra ll ..,. L. 0";",,,,. D. R. Ihhn, ' I'. A. Halli.<:::ln . .I . H " r"; SOl1 . ~1. D. H arl"! ­I'o n. R Hu lJ<: r . X. K J acob" . 1' . ~I. Jea ns . D. O. Kan:mkl. F_ Kenn edy . .\1. ".a skln . L . ~1. 1 ... ,·Yo .I . ~leCoubre~·. ~I i ~s S . .\lcCOY. ~I. .1. .\10""<:0. J. Xadon. ~1. 1'''.I;c. S. I(," e llff. H . . J. RUCke r . H. Ruig. H. E. Se,·_ erson. J .• T. S iegel. Ruth S I>oon" r . F . C. ~10 rey. D. S llIrle\·"nl . B. Sul1lv"n. P . VIL ­le neuve and H. A. Vo~et.

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FRENC H DEFENSE

Dr. T ar l"Usch spoke of a ga me simil>\l' t o this one as a " B x Pt , KxB. !\ - N5t an d win s, h ooray ~ " 1.ype or game. F. W. Hoglu nd P. Goodspeed

White 1 P- K4 2 N-QBS S P-Q4 4 P- K5 5 P- B4 6 N- BS

P- KS P-Q4

N-KB3 KN_Q2

B_N5 N-QBS

7 B-QS 8 BxRPt! 9 N_NS

10 Q- N4 ! 11 BxP 12 B- R7

Bla ck O- O? K- R1

P-KNS NxQP ?

K _ N2 Resig ns

BLACK MAR-D I EMER GAMBIT

Here t he dlm ax is a n an noll nced mate in fi ve begin ning with J 3 N- NS : e.g. 13 ... P-KH3 .H Q- N6, RPx N .15 N- R5, H- B2 Hi Q- H7t, K - Bl 17 Q- RS mate. G. St<lyart

1 P- Q4 2 P- KBS 3 P-K4 4 N_BS 5 QxP 6 B-Q3

N- KB3 P-Q4 p,p p,p

P- KS N -QBS

R. W . Peacoc k

7 KN_ K2 8 N-K4 9 0-0

10 P- BS 11 Q- RS 12 N/ 2- NS lS N-N5 !

N- Q4 B- K2

0 - 0 P- B3 P- K 4 PxP?

Resigns

SICILIAN D EF E NS E

Beca use a P a wn dO Il"1\, Black feels he mus t avoid eXchangi ng Queens- only to pr om ptly loge Her Da rk :Majes ty.

G. B. Dun h<lm P. Goodsp eed

1 P-K4 P_QB4 9 B-QB4 P- K4? 2 P- Q4 Px P 10 N/ 4-N5 N-K1 3 N-KB3 N-QBS 11 0 - 0 - 0 N- R4? 4 NxP N_BS 12 B-NS NxB t 5 N _QBS P-QS lS RPxN P-QRS 6 B-KS P_ KN 3 14 N xP NxN 7 P- BS B- N2 15 QxN Q- R4? 8 Q-Q2 0 - 0 16 B- N6! Resigns

For t he Quee n goes after 16 . . . Q- RSt 17 K- Q2, Qx P 18 R- QN l.

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PONZ I ANI OPENING

Th is game \I'as Oitdjudicfl led a Wi ll ro r Black; for he wins aft er 16 R-ln. Q-D~t

17 Q- B3. QxPt . C. P. Sa int

1 P- K4

P. J . Du mont

2 N- KBS S P-B3 4 B_N5? 5 NxP

P_ K4 8 QxB 9 Q- K2

10 P_QB4 11 P-Q3 12 PxP

N_BS

B- Q3 Q-K4

0 - 0 N, P

6 BxN t

N- QBS P-Q4

p , p Q_Q4

P,B ',N

lS P-QRS 14 B- KS

KR_ K1 7 N_N4 ?

14 . . . . 15 KxN

NxP ! B_ B4 !

. . . .

IRREGULAR Q U EEN PAWN OPEN I NG

A fter biza rre [llay on bot h sides. W hite ~naps up a Pawn, and his King proves to be In a cul·de·sa cr ifice neatly set up by Bl ade

E. L . Wa lrath G. Boucher 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 2 N- Q6S N- KBS S Q- Q 3 N- BS 4 B-N5 P-K3 5 P-QRS B_K2

6 0 - 0- 0 7 K - N 1 8 QxP? 9 Q- Q3

10 K _ R2 11 R_N1

0-0 P-N4 B_Q2 R-N1

P_QR4

• • • •

1 1 • • • • N- N5t ! p,p

R- R1 t B,B

15 Q- Q1? P_B4 12 PxN 13 BxN 14 K_NS

16 P- KS Q_ N1 17 B- 84 PxP 18 PxP R-B1 !

Resigns

S ICILI A N DE F ENSE

An ingenious alUl unusual saCI'ifice of t he Ki ng Paw n leads to a p recis e wi n· ning attack on t he Que en fil e .

J . Co le D. E. Wi lso n

1 P_ K4 P_Q"B4 S B- KS 2 N- K B S N-QB3 9 N-R4 S P-Q4 PxP 10 P_ KNS ! 4 NxP P- K S 11 NxN S N-QBS P-QR3 12 N -N6 6 8-K2 Q- B2 1S Q- Q4 7 0-0 N- BS 14 N -B4

B_NS B-Q3 NxP ? QP xN R-N1 N-B3

K-K2 ?

On pl·in clple. 14 B- K2 seems safer. Note that, on 16 . .. P - KR3, in·

stead of 16 .. . BxP, Whi t e has 17 N:.:B. Rxl\: .I S B-US et c. 15 QR_Q1 R_Q1 18 RxR

19 B-B5t 20 N-Q6t

P- QN4 K - K1 16 Q-R4 BxP

17 BPxB Beran~e of

R,R 20 . . K any21

Resigns NxNP~ .

VI E NNA GAME

While this game is n ot in Wea,'€!" W . Adams' vers ion of t he Vienna. i t is a Vien na White gets s urprisingly good p lay till Black crac ks unde r pr essure. G. B. Dunham C. J . H endricks

1 P_ K 4 P- K 4 11 Q- R4t! N_ BS 2 N- QBS N- KB3 12 BxP Q-Q3 S P_KNS P_Q4 13 B_ R3 Q-BS 4 PxP NxP 14 0 - 0 B-Q2 5 B_N2 NxN 15 QR-N1 N-K4 6 NPxN B-QB4 16 Q_N4 N-B6t? 7 N-BS P-KS? 17 BxN P_QR4 8 N_Q4! BxN? 18 QxNP R_QB 1 9 PxB QxP 19 KR-K 1t

10 P-Q83 Q_Q6 Resigns

COLLE SYSTEM

Wh ite top s of[ Fine o pen ing JJ l ~y a nd a tenlllonn-y piece sacr iFice wit h the rinal threat of a smothered m a te. A. F . W oods F . Ash ley

1 P_Q4 N- KB3 P_Q4 P-B4 P-K3 B- QS N-B3

0 - 0 B,P

10 Px P NxP 2 N-K 83 S P_K S

11 N-K4 B-K 2 12 N_NS P- B4

4 P-BS 13 B-QB4 8- K S 5 B-Q3 14 Q-K2 Q- 82 6 QN_Q2 7 0-0

15 R_ K1 P- K5? 16 N xKP N_ R4

8 PxP 17 N/4-N5 QxB 9 P_K4 P-K4? 18 QxBt K _ R1

19 N-K5! Resigns

I R REGU L AR QU EEN P AWN OPENING

Wh ite ga in s no t hing by tn ld ng the I;: ing Bishop Pa wn . but Blac k's men~

t h reat to la ke t he Queen Bishop Pawn . by 21 . . . BxBP , forces re signa;tion.

J . Stonkus H. P loss

1 P_ Q4 N_ KBS 11 BxN NxB 2 N-KB3 P_ KNS 12 NxN t BxN S N-BS P_Q4 1S Q- BS B- N2 <', B-8 4 8- N 2 14 8 - B4 QxBP 5 P-K S 0-0 15 PxP PxP 6 P_K RS P_ B4 16 0-0-0 B-B4 7 PxP QN-Q2 17 QxP P-Q6 ! 8 N-Q2 P_ K4 18 P-QB3 QR_ N1 9 B_ KN5 P- Q5 19 BxPt K - R1

10 N /S-K4 Q- R4 20 Q- Q5 Q- B2 Resigns

, check; t = d b l. check; ~ =: dis. eh.

CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 196~

ON THE COMPUTE By DR. M. Euwe and W. J. Muhring

Part I. - CHESS BY MACHINE The idea of a chess-playing machine is very old. Nearly every

one knows the story 01 Baron von Kempelen wh o, about 200 years ago, astonished all Europe and particularl y roya l circles, by exhibiting a chess-playing machine of grea t skil l. ' The 1l1ach ine nearly a lways WOII ,

and the admiration over thi s wonder of technical ingenuity was great and general, unti l the secret of the machine was exposed. It appea red that a persoll of small stature but with a large share of chess brains was hidden in the machine. The disappointment over this hoax, however, was not such that the idea of a chess machine was aband oned. The technica l knowhow was simply 100 limited .

III lliter ~'Cllrs, new allcmllts were under· taken , usuall )' without success. Appar­t:ntly, man was reaching too high.

Then the Spaniard Quevedo in t he '20'5 wor ked on II more modest bas.is. He lim ited himself to a small but s harply rest ricted Ila rt of the ga me: the endgam~ o f K ing and RO(}k versus King. He con· structed u machine which executed the mating "perillion ent irely correctly. It forced mutt: frum any chosen position, within fift y moves. Quevedo's machine worh-d with reiays a nd other electrical gadgets. Still , it d id not deserve the Ilame of elect ronic eom llute r.

The computer entered the field about ten years ugo when Prof. Van de l' P oei of Delft , Holland, compiled II chess pro­gram for the PTERA, a smull machine developed in t he Neher Laboratory in Leiden. Like his Span ish forer unne r, Prof. Va n der Poel limited himself to t he Kin g and Rook versus King endgame. This choice is not arhitrary. T reat ment of this ending has its fixed rules bot h as con· cerns the d riving of the King to tlH': edge of the board and as concerns t he mating operation.

This sharlily def ined method, called o.lsodlyt/IIII , can be converted without uny ser ious t rouble into instructions for tile machine. So the programming was relat ivel), easy. It should be realized t hat the p rog ram shou ld be such that it ap· plies to any and all pos it ions of King and Rook veuus King. Once the program has been introd uced inlO the compuler. fu rt he r IICl ion is excluded - except of cou rse fo r the making of Ihe counler move. The latter act ion can be accom· plished , for example, by informin g the computcr via a punehcard of thc countcr move b)' its opponent.

T h is procedure lIIuy seem puzzling to t he layman; but , fo r t he operator of lhe COIIII)ute r, it is very simple: all that wh ich

, See T hl, M~de Chess H is tory I> y H"~k ,,C>i-"

a nd Battell , t·'e!;>. to Xov. U-I7 ._ Ed.

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CIHl be sharply defined can be program­med und is t J~en ext:cut ed by the machine.

or what does such a program con· sist ? 1L is a continu ity of ques tions which, depending on the ans,,'er tv cach, is fol. lowed by a new q uest ion vr by some in· st ruction. For exam ple, does the c nem)' Ki ng sta nd fo ur rows frOIll the edge of 1he hoard? If "es, move the Hook onto the fifth row so the Kiug ca li/lOt escllpe. Is the Rook already on t he fifth row, th t'! 11 move the King towa rd the "JlP'" tH.:ut 's Kin g, prefera hly so the Kings a re al a Knight 's mO\'e distance from each "t her, Is the e nemy King nol four rows frOIll the edge, is the d istance, perha lls, thn:e? etc.

Determination of the instruction (which defines th e move) must take all situa­ti "n~ into account. When such has becn ciVile, the t a~k is completet!' fu r th is ~ing lc jlosit ion is thc arbitrar)' Ilosit ion \.-hieh represents a ll pQSsi Me Il000it iolls. It is as in soh 'ing a squ:a re root equation. As l"ng as the co·efficit'!nts arc fig ures, onl )' Hnc ~ I'ec ifi c equation is solved, and J\()

"the r. But , after working out one exam· Ill c with leiter eo_efficienl s, all sq uare ront e1lualions are solv t..'fI, save for some very exceill ional cases.

This small deviat ion is illllJort ant for t he su bject of "Chess by Machine." A fundam ental d ifference must be rt'!cog' nit-cd bet ween positions, on the on e ha nd, which can he treated in acco rdance with f i.~ed rules, that is , by o.lgorhylilm, and , un the other hand, posi tions for which " uch i$ not true.

lU llsmuc h as mO!'t chess II000it ions be· Io n&; to the second category, that is, the y luck (1IgorhYlh m , the progrartHlling of the King Ilild Rook versus King ending hus not r eally brought the problem of ch es~ hy machine nearer to ils SQ[ utiOll.

'During the last fift een yean, exten­sivjl; investigations halljl; been made rega rd­ing not just a part of t he game of cl ress but regarding the game in its entircty. T h" fir~ t IlUsh in tha t d irection was m a( lt~

by Claude Shannon, who in a remark· a hle article publislled in 1950 posed the problems critically and suggested possi. hili t ies of approach. Some of his ideas were a nd still art'! the basis (or continu ing invest igations in thia field .

It is perhaps well to assume !lUlt the point is nol c hess as such, but the question to what extent a cht'!ss programming can imitate human thinking and t hercby contri bute '10

t he understanding of tile process thereof.

The compute r is the ll the powt'!rful means b), whid, the correctness of that t hinking p~ can be tested q uickly :and cfficiently.

Interest in th is prublem is uf primary cuncern to t he psychologist'. Hence, II

much broad t'! r fi eld has been ,developed in c ircles wh ich deal dll ily I'd th hum an thinking, particula rl y in reference to t he making o f decisions.

The mana ger o f It concern, whe n he has to make II decision, ta kcs all kind$ uf considerations into account. H e acts much like a cht'!ssJlluyc t· who is choosing his next move. A manufacturer buying materials wi ll consult his statist ics, " 'ill recall decisions or d te I)IISI, t hat is, COli ·

~tth, his experience, will a lso check out the consequences' of given ehoice~, stt'! jI by st ep, and , ul timately, will make his decisiun, perhaps entirel y by intu il ion. Su, too, the chessp la)'er consults huoks, j ud ges the situation as 'a whole us in g. consciously or sll lJconsciou~ l y, his experi. ence (stra tegy) a nd also c:a lcu la tes, mo\'c hy nlO"e, t he cOllse<luences oJ a number of obl'ious possibil iik'S ( tactics and com. bination ) and lastly ul50 uses hi5 in tll i. ! ion.

Neither Ihe manufacturer nv/' the ches~_ player follow~ a fi xt'!d pattern. While th inking and comhin in;,;, they often move he lter·skelter in t hc hope or finding a n in;;pi ra tjon for their choice. T hus, Ihe decision cannot be att ained by following fixed ru les. T his is called the nf!llri$Lic a pproach, a probing left lind right, which ~I)mc t imes leads to results hut does nut Guara ntee sucee~s.

h doe;; nol follo\\< that the d etermina· tion of a chl:$ mo\'C cannot occur in pllrt algorhythmicall y. The drought process of II chesslllaye r wi ll conlain, depending on the Ilosit ion but. even more so on his chal'. IIcter and temperumCllt , a smaller or larger percentagt'! of algorhyt hmie ele. men ts. Former world champion Tahl is t he pedeci heu ris!. Euwe, at least in Itis books, favors a lgorhythm. In d oi ng so, he follows Steinitz a nd Lasker who p reached constantly that the move to he c hosen. the Vi an to be used have to be in aceot'li

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with the c haracter istiC!; of the position. T herefore, these th ree former world cham pion;! tr ied a t a ll t imes to make the choice of movo n mailer of algorhythm, a method whe reby IJrocedu re is derived from the churucte ris tic.!i of the posit ion and ult imately, 110, is the choice of the move itseH.

To ret urn 10 the Shannon article, t he fi rst, th" least important part is devoted to the 11rogumming of tlte basic clJ(:s~ move;! and tho IJlaying rules. After solving this rdati l'ely SillllJle IJroblem, Shannon demonstrated thnt it is theoretically J}OS3 i­ble to playa perfect chess gamc but thllt t his tu k e:o;eeeds by far the ClI pa bility o( even Ihe most modern computer. On each move in a game, the opponent can re-act generally with a great number of answera. On every coun ter move, a great number of reply mov<.-e IUC possible. And the consequence is an el'er-increasing net­work of IlI'unches, technically in com puter parlance called a "tree." Start ing wi th the fi r$t branching, say, into ten (whieh is conserl'a ti\"e), euch branch may s ub· divide into ten and again inlo ten, a nd so on . Such a (fee o( all possibilitie:s is p racticli lly unlimited in width and de pth. And COlllll lctc analys is of t hc varia tions which muy flow from one single posit ion i ~ beyond 1111; ability both of the cheu­player and of the machine, The total numbel' of possibilities in a given middle game posi t ion was e5timated by Shan­non to be of the (lI'del' of 1 followed by 120 zeros!

To come to practical results, it is nec­e;;~ary to limit the width of the tree to ju~t ti le most important possibilities and 10 restrict thc de pth to four or fi,·c moves. That is, the t ree of all legal mOI'cs must be trimme.:1 both in width and in de pth.

For this puql05e, stated Shannon, it is necessary to del'elop some kind of an e~alulltin~ stick whi ch can indicate the Y'lilue of II po.il ion. Shannon visualized a numeri cal mcasu ri ng stick to be applied to the several posi tions, ranging from "ab­solutely won" through such gradations 15

" fal'orable," " equal" and " unfavorable" 10 "completely 1051." Shannon further in· trooueed the COncelJtion o f a "sto p rule" - to determine lit which moment (or level) e:o;aminalion uf a branch must ht! tl' rmill:l.tcd . ~~or installce, it may be possi. ble thut the preponderance for one side is over-obvious - the human chess player would not KO beyond that poin t either -or "h ilI a situation of quiescence has been attained, which enhances the reliabili t y of eva lua tion by the measuring Slick or. finally, the "Itoll" may be "legislated" for \8 pre-del ermined !el'el of dellth, (or eXamllle, no more than fivc mO"e5 a head .

If a perfect el'aluating stick could be dCI'ised, it would not he necessary to go deej»er t han one move in advance. De· te rmination of the best move then would turn simllly to that move which leads to

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the posilion with Ihe highcst evaluation. But , of course, the perfect evaluation de­vice is inllJossible. T here are many fnetors ... ·hiell determine the value of a posi tion, dnd these (actors d iffer in s ign ificance in var ious kinds o f posit ions.

Wittl a delJth of onl y a (ew moves, however, a nd with evaluat ion of Ihe end llosit ioll only, it is hoped that Ihe illac­eu rac)· of d Ie measuring stick may be $omewhat corrected.

EI'en so, Shannon pointed out, /I new IJroblem a rises : it is no longer certain then that the move leading to the h ighest eva luat ion is sure to be d losen. It is quite Ilossible that maximum evaluation can be reached only with the co-operation of the OIJponent, something on which no actual chesspla)'er may rely. Dist inction must be made, therefore, between b ranches under control and b ranches which depend on decisions nude by the opponent. It is important to reach Ihe posit ion with the hi ghest evaludl ion which can be obtained against t he besl cont in­uation by the opponent.

T he IJrocedure which, with II gh·en IlIell.lIuring stick, thus leads to a definite choice "f movcs is called minimax pro­ce(ilm!. It is the procedure which ever)· chc~lpla yer follows, conscioo51y or lUll­consciously. It can best be cl arified widl an exumple.

i·I..: l'o While is considering the lllOV":S

LJ-H 6t, Q- N2 and N- 1l4. 'I'll<,! l"ep l it~s wh ich Black can make alld the count e l· rcp l i o~ thereafter by White are shown in Ihe trt:t (only a iittle t ree) represented

lst Branch

by the t'a ble at the bottom of tlie page. The result ing end posit ions there a re appraised numericall y by the use of a defi nite measu ring Slick .

This exam l)le is not truly one of the mUllne r in whidl II. computer lO."Orks or could work. It is o(fered merely by way "f explain ing the min imax IJrocOOure. (To simillify presentat ion, the th ree branchcs "f the tree are shown sepualely: follow them a long with Ihe enSiling discussion) .

In order 10 derive tlie correct mOI·e from this rathe r s imple lillie t ree, we proceed as follows.

Start wi tll Ihe first branch and White's second move. On 1 , . _ KxB, W hite hsa tile choice of th ree continuations a nd , o ( course, picks thai with t he highest e\·alua­lion: i.e. 2 N-B7t (+40). Hence, we can likewise ascribe (+ 40) 1"0 1 , .. KxB, meaning that t.he Il<Isil ion after 1 ... KxB is worth that to Wh ite. We must always assumc that the bcst move is made, ill t.his instance, 2 N-B7t. In the same manne r, 1 ... K- Rl is appraised t + 70) ; 1 • .. K- B3 (0) ; and 1. _. K- Nl (- 5). Each time, the highest num­ber is taken from tlte &)"(Iup of White's counter replies COrreSIJonding ·to Black's re IJI ~' .

Now the (Iuestion is which is Black·s best move after 1 B-'R6t. Hc 'has the choice of fou r movcs, eacl l with the position op· praisais ju st given. And he, of coursc, pi cks the move WitJl the small est oppraised value as the most advanl"ageous fOI· him, or the least disadvantageous. So llc picks 1 ... K- Nl appra i~d as - 5_ The prac­tical consequence then is that White's 1 8- R6t has that same el·aluation of -S anll i;'l a bi t d isadl'an tageous (or W hite.

I n th is manner then, the smallest a nd la rgest ,-g lues are picked out. H ence, we have the procedural name : mini·m ax.

Sim ilarly, White's olher two moves reo ~ ult in I Q- N2 (+·5) !lnd 1 N- B4. (-S). And the concl usion ca n be drawn that 1 Q-N2 is the best movc, and thc high "ulnes which might fo llow 1 B- R6t must he disrega rded (or the final cllOice.

1 B.R6t

1 . .. K.S 1 ... K-R1 1 .. . K - B3 i' ... K-Nl

2. N.B7f 2. Q _N2. 2. P-N5t +40 -5 - 30

2nd Branch

t •.• Q-Q4t

2:N- B31 2 p. K4 +30

3rd Branch

1 ... Q-Q4t

2 p . K4 o

0

2 P · 83 - 10

,

2. N - B7 t 2. Q . N2. + 70 -10

... K- Nl

1 9 -N2

1 ... N _B3

2 B . N5' 12. Q·B4f 2. N·B4 -7 -5 -10

1 ... R-R l

2 Qx R 2.N _B4 2QxFl 2: N _B4 2: N.B41 2N . B7t +5 -10

1 N-84

1 .. , Q-B3t

2. p . K4 - 10

+5 - 10

2 K _Nl - 5

+50

1 ... Q-Q6

2.Q - N2t o

-5

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The minim ax procedure follow~ fix cd rules, provided of course t hat the re is availa ble a relia ble measu ring stick for evalua ting WlSit ions. W hen 'such is the case, programming for compute r use is no longer a proble m, T he com pute r would choose 1 Q-N2. and the process describ. cd would be re peated after the comJlUter was to ld of Bl ack'! reply.

Although the minimax procedure has apparentl y brought the prohlem of chess by machine a biL closer to solution, t here still remain diffic ulties, already poi nted out by Shannon, Each system of evalua· tion has a static cha racter, and it is a l. most meaning less to evaluate a posit ion in the middle of a combination. Assume, for instance, Whi te lIas sacrificed his Queen but will regain it in three IIlO\'es or e ffect m:lle. During this combination, evaluation of the intermediate posit ions may show an advantage for Black because he is a Queen up, Similarly, every static syslem of evalua tion must fail when the evolving posi tion involves capturing move~ , checks. ma ting attacks and so on, Consequenl.l y, eval ua tion should be un· dertaken on ly wi len a defin ite deg ree of slabi li-at ion has ocen reached.

Sha nrll)ll Ilointed out a nother objection. H all I»ossihle moves and el'ery legal an· swer ·andoll counter answers elc. must be examined, the machine would waste II

great deal of lime in registcring com· pletely unimpor tant variations, th at is, those which ought to have no prope r' part in tire evalua tion. The example of· fered above was rest ricted to the most suitable re l)lies and yet contained a good deal of unnecessory work. So Shan non d~ired to select frum a ll the \XIssible moves a seleCt grollp for which examina· tion is wortllwh ile. Decision as to ",lliell mo\'es faJl wit hin or wi thout that g rou p dellcnds on all kinds of criteria. As a rulc, capturing 11101'es, chceks and threats will belong in the Ilrivileged group; passive and senseless moves would never be in· cluded.

Here, however, unother weak spot ap· pea r ~. T he mochine can determine if II

move is a checki ng move or 11. t hreat, but how can it dctennine if a move is passive or purpO'Selcss? And whal will t he ma o chine do wi th tl lut great group of quiet cont inu ati ons? S ha nnon's successors ha\'\: not heen a ble to answer these questjon ~, and it is helieved that thcy will remaiu unans wered fOI' a long time to come.

The crucial problem of programmin g at Ilrt.'Sent is: how to trim the brancheS in deplh and even more particula rly III

wid th. Prof. A. D. de Groot seeks sol ution in

the following d irCCl ion. First of a ll , t he target position which t he player has or should havc in mi nd must be determin ed , When it i ~ known, the infini te series of possible moves s hrinks to a few lines of

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'ac tion, Moreover, the more specific the turget position the easier it is to reject a ll wh ich is not hel p ful in a tta in ing tha t Ilosit ion.

The Carnegie-Rand g roup (Newe ll , Sha ll" a lI<I Simon ) lI1ent iOIl a number of !u h·torget posit i on ~. 11,ese a re of pllr· ticula r import.ance for the o pening and fur the fir st phases of Ihe middle game. They run to such features as cunll"ol of the center, promotion of development, king safely and so on. The p rog ram ex· il l1lil1eS ouly those moves wh ich cu nt ributc to the characterist ics mentioned. And the result is, at any rate, a s ubsta nt ial t rim­ming o f the tree. With such ru les, how· e\'e r, s uch mo\'e"S as K- K2 in t he Stcini t:!: Gambit l would lIel'er be produced.

Prof, de Groot poillt s out a th reefold economy in ,he target position . First , all l11 (wes which do not contribute arc sum· ma rily eliminated, Second, a move which contributes to attainin g t he target posi. lion may sti ll be rejected 'when on e of t he replies makes sttch attain ment im· pns.o ible. T hird, there is the possibility of terminating t he examination u pon de· te rmination Ihat the ta rget posit ion can· lIot ue broughl su ffici ently nearer lIy oue "inglc move.

T .. cllIrif)" t he la:>t IJoinl. aSHlme White wllnt s to sacr ifice a HOlik, aud the rna· chine is to examine a ll possi hl e con.~ · tjucnces down to slable concl u~i l>ns . H. in one of the branches and in an other· wise quiet position, it i~ determined tha t While is able to capture only a Bishop,

I t [>.1\:·1, P· K~ 2 X-Q U3. ;.1·Q Il:I 3 j >. \-: I, t 'xl" l p .Q~, Q - R5f 5 K ·K2.

" Now don't make it too good. t don't want to pay four million do ltars for a chen oppone nt that winl$ a ll t he tim e!"

then the examination of that b ranch can be terminated , Such p'OS itions are tech· n icany t ermed "e lChausted ," On the othe r hand, if Whi te in Ihe crit ical I)osit ion is a ble to attack Ihe Oll"onent '" Queen or give dIeck, then the examinatioll may not be di;;eont iu ued unt il it is qui te clear that these II lIlIcks give no rcsulls. I n this f(".

spect, the machine must be able to ob· tain certainty.

Here is a resume of the impOltant lJoin t's of P·an 1.

1 Examin ation of all possib le moves is beyond the capability of the ma.chine : the tree has roo many b ranches, Seve ra l scient i st~ have proposed ,,'orthwhile means of Irinuni llg the tree lind so brought the problem nearer to a solution.

2 I n the inl'estigations, dist inction mnst be mad e between algorhythm ic and heuristic procedures. The former goes by fixed rules ; t he lal1er involves meaning. ful, reasoned trial and en'Or.

3 In nearl y all investigations, a mea~.

uring stick must be employed for eval· uating possible compa. risons and Weigh. ing of alte rnat ives.

4 Use of such 11 systenl o f eva luat ing implies the application of t he min imax proced ure to determine Ihe !Jest. InOI'e.

Afte r th ll! gene ral IIlU'oonction, an (I I'· t ide is to fo llow devoted to the "Eunl. ' tom" in vestlgalion. This investigation was made Oil behalf of the Euratom in Brussels, Belgium , at the Foundation tor Admi lllstratl l'e Auloma ti sa tion in Am. sterdam, Holland. between April 1, 1961 and Apri l 1. 1963.

In the Tradition! All t he world cha mpions have d ropped

Quic kle:s- we thi nk- o ne t ime or another. Champion Pet" osra n joins the conform· ists In thi s game,

We find It l'ec01'(!ed In the chess cot· nmn of FI"Cd Che l'aller' in the ChrilOtian Science Mon itor as from the Champion· ship of the PI'ofesslonnl Unions , Mos· to \\' . Decem ber 1964-1I'01l by P etrosyall.

Liberaon White 1 P-K4 2 P- Q4 3 N_QB3 4 P-K5 5 P-QR3 6 PxB 7 Q-N4

F RENC H DEFE NSE

P- K3 P-Q4 B_N5 N-K2 BxNt

P_QB4 N_N3

Pet roayan

Black 8 P_ K R4 9 Q-N3

10 B-Q2 11 B-Q3 12 PxP 13 N-B3 140-0

P_KR4 Q-R4 N- B3

QN_K2 QxP/4

B-Q2 B- N4

Blac k's game Is ullCOmfOI'Ulble, a nd he wants to rid h imself {If t he e ffect of White's King Bishop, but Il is m ove \8 a bl Unde r.

15 B- Kl Resigns On Hi ... Q- D3 16 N-Q4, Black loses

a piece; but res ign ation seems drall tle as Borne figh t remains after 15 . .. P- Q5 despite t he Pawn m inus a nd poot" pOSI· tion which Blnck a cqu ires .

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Miniature games are the hors d 'oeuvres of chess.

USSR Championship 1960 Semi-finals

Truly, In thIs game White sacrifices his opponent's pieces.

S ICILI AN DE F E NSE

Bagi rov Movshovich -White Black

1 P- K4 P-QB4 4 N,P N-KB3 2 N_KB3 P_Q3 5 N-QB3 P-K3 3 P-Q4 p,p 6 P_KN4 P_ K4?

7 N-B5 • • • •

l~jrst 7 B- N5t, B- Q2 8 BxBt is slightly mor e accurate. 7 • • • • P- KR4 8 B-K N5 B_ K3?

9 PxP 10 PxB 11 P-R6

B,N B_ K2 . . . .

White returns the Pawn to consolidate his positional advantage.

1 1 . • , . 12 BxN 13 N_K4

13 . . . .

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P-Q4

Black's in trouble also on 13 , . ' B- K2 I .. P - B6, BxP 15 Q- B3, E- K2 16 B- B4 or 13 , _ _ 0 - 0 1<1 Q- N4t and 15 0 - 0 - 0 or 13 .. . K-K2 14 Q- Q5 and 15 0 - 0 - 0.

14 QxP 0-0

14 . . . QxQ sacrifices Black's Bishop; J4 ... N-E3 loses most Jeisurely: 15 E-N5, 0 - 0 16 BxN, PxB 17 QxBP etc.

15 QxNP Res igns

Black's Rook is sacrificed : e.g. 15 .. . N- Q2 16 QxN etc.

Moscow 1960 Black demonst rates how to lose in the

opening withollt really trying.

QUEEN GA MBIT

S hmatkov Eidlin

White Black

1 P- Q4 P_Q4 4 B,P p,p

2 P_QB4 p,p , p,p N- KB3 3 P-K3 P-K4! 6 N-QBS B_ K2

7 N- BS QN-Q2

Naturally, 7 . . . 0--0 is correct. Com­paratively strong now is (8) .. . Resigns.

• , - che<lk: t = db!. check; ~ = dis . ch •

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r: BxPt! KxB 8 . K-Bl 9 Q--N3! loses for Blac\,.

9 N- N5t K-NS

9 . . . K-Kl or K- B1 10 N- K6(i) amI 9 • . • K- Nl 10 Q- NSt lose at once.

10 Q-QSt K- R4 11 Q- RSt ....

Patience! Think it out, White!

1 1 • . . . 12 Q-Q3t 13 N-K6

K_ NS K- R4

Resig ns Black's Queen goes, or 14 Q- E5t, and

mate follows; 0[', finally, 13 ... Q- Nl 14 N-B4t, K- R5 15 P-N3t, K-N5 16 P- RSt, K-N4 17 N- N6§ and mate next.

Club Match, Perm {USSR] 1961 Tho proverbial Pawn-grab (7 . .

NxP?) is severely punished.

SIC ILIAN DEFE NSE

Rekka Bobri nsky White Black 1 P- K4 P- QB4 3 P_Q4 p ,p 2 N_ KB3 N- QBS 4 N,P P-K4 , N-N3 . . . .

., . . . N- B3 is correct, and White misses his best here: 5 N- N5, P - QS 6 QN- B3.

5 . . . . 6 B_KN5

N-B3 B_K2

7 N-B3 8 Nx N 9 N-Q6t

NxP? B,B

K- K2 9 . _ . K-Bl 10 B- B4 is fatal fOJ" Blac],;

but he has no adequate defense at best. 10 8- B4 R- Bl 11 N-B5t! K-BS

Solutions to PROBlEMART No. 1 White wins by 1 Q- QN3, threat­ening 2 Q-R4 mate: on 1 .. . N any, 2 PxN and, on 1 . . . B-Q8, 2 Q-B4 are mate. No.2 White wins by 1 Q- B5, threaten· ing 2 BxR mate: all 1 .. . R- B4, 2 Q- N8 and, on 1 . .. E-B4, Q-K3 are mate . No.3 White wins by retreating: 1 K- N2 and 1 . . . K- Q7 2 Q- B2 etc. or 1 .. . P-Q6 2 K- B3 etc.

12 Q- Q6t! 13 B- Q3t!

K, N P-K5

13 . .. K- B5 14 P- NSt, K- B6 15 Q- Q5t 0[' 14 • . . K-N1 15 P- R3t and 1S K-N5 14 P - R3t a lso lead to mate.

14 BxPt Resigns Mate follows 14 . . . KxB 15 P - B3t.

Turkmenia Championship 1961 A passed chance and an over-worked

Queen bJacl!:en Black's game.

SLAV DEFENSE

(by transposition) liashkov Khanov \\"hite Black 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 6 P_QR4 N-Q4? 2 P-QB4 p,p 7 N- K5! NxN 3 N_ KB3 N- KBS 8 P,N Q- Q4 4 N- B3 P-B3 9 B_ K2 8-84 , P_KS P-QN4 10 p ,p p,p

11 R_R5 . . . .

1 1 . . . . Q-N 2

Black rUIlS in the face of the threat· ened 12 13xP. \nslead, 11 . . . P- QR3 12 BxP, QxNP 13 ExPt , K- Ql offers a fight.

12 B_BS B_K5 13 RxNP! BxB

Black expects H QxB. 13 . .. QxR is somewhat better bui. also loses.

14 Q-R4i Resigns

Or H ... D- B3 15 KxB, Q- Q2 16 NxN etc.

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