Vol. IV Number 1 OfficiCll Publication of we-United StatesCbess'tederotlon Monday,

September 5, 1949

FOX -tAKES CANADIAN. TITLE! VETERAN MONTREAL CHAMPION OUTPOINTS DAN YANOFSKY

Russian Master Bohatirchuk Second, Anderson Ties Yanofsky For Third

Facing the most distinguished Held in bis career, the veteran Mon· treal Cllurnpion, Maurice Fox (seven thnes champion of Canada). won his eigh th tillc, his firs t since 1940, in brilliant and convincing style. With· out losing a game, lIe defeated OJ'. 130hatirchuk ~d Povilas Vaitonis whllc d rawing with Frank Anderson and Dall Ya nofsky for a 7'h-1Y" !lcore . HIs other draw weut to the ever dangcrous Dr, J , Rallch.

:')ccond Illace in this ralher international event wen t to the fOrmel' Ilu sslan master, DOW residing ·at Ottawa, Dr. Fedor P. Bohatil'chuk (who sllell8 It this way, although It Is usually t l'ansliterated as Bogatyrchuk) with a 7-2 SCQ re. Dr. Bohath"Chuk lOSt to Fox and drew with Anderson a nd Urune t.

III thil'd place there was a tie bctween t he I'\glng ToronlO star , Frank It. Andel'lJon. Toronto City nnd Ontario Provincial Cham Ilion, and Dan Abe Yanofsky, Ci\uada's recently pe renn ial cha mpion, with 'scores of 6·3 each. Anderson drew wllh BohaUrclruk, l<'ox. Yanofsky a'nd IJI'1I11 Cl, while losing to ]),'. J . ftliul'h , 'Yn llohky 10llt to nohntl r· chuk 11l1d drew with 1;'01(, Anderson, Vniton ls and I)r. !lauch. Firth lllnce went .I" P('v ITu!l Va.ltonis witll 0.

6lh-3 ¥.. SCOl·e. losing to ~'ox, Boha­t irchuk a nd Anderson, whil e draw· Ing wi th Yanofsky,

The Internallonal chnracter of the evenl CIlmo from tho I)resenco ot Dr. 1J0hntlrchuk lind Povll:!s Valtonls, now hoth Cn n:ltllnn rCIII­donlS. Valtonl 6 is n fOl'1l1o ," Llth­uaulan cha mploll, nlld the RUlIslan maSle;' has n leng and distinguished chess career In the USSR. He tln­Isbed 11th In th e 19211 lntel'natlonal Tournll.mell t at Moscow, a head o[ such pl ayers as H.ubinstoin and Slllclm:lIIu ; and In the 1927 RuS' sian Championship at Moscow he won the title In a tournalllent in which Mikhail Botvlnnik tillished flH h !

First brilllam:y prize waa award· cd Frank Anderson fOl' his Slla rk· ling " ictory over Valtonls; and sec· ond brilliancy Ilrlze went to Dr. Rauch lor his conqu es t of Ander­son. The toUl'llalllellt was held at Arvlda, Quebc.c with len contos t· ants, representing Quebec Province, e:~l'io, Man itoba and Saskatcho.,

PTACEK CAPTURES WISCONSIN RAPID

Outpointing R, Kujoth on SoB· points, M. Ptacek p l ~lced fir st iu the annual Wisconsin Stale Light­ni ng Chcss Tournament, Ir eill al Hawthorne Glen l..otIge, Milwaukee, by a score of 6·1. In th(l 7--l'ollnd Swiss Ptacek lost olle same, to defending Lightning Champion ]f.

Blume. Second. placo wcut to R. «u jotll

with 6-1. Kujoth lost his only game to Ptacek and defeated U1ume. Third place wellt to II . Bl ume, victor In 1948, who had the satis­faction of besting Placek, bnt lost to Kujoth and drew with n . Schmid t tor a 5%-Hi score,

Fourth place went to A. Powers with 5-2, 'and ruth lilace to R. Sch mid t with H i·2"h. Twcnty-three oontestnnts plirticillated In the event.

SACHS CAPTURES CLEVELAND RAPID

Raniel' Sachs, Clevela nd City Chan\ll lon, added the Clcvela]]d Rllj)ld Tl'3nsl t title to his collectlo]] U)' winninG: lWQ QUl QC 1I1r\~e ij;amell hi II plnyorf willi Willia m Gr·lInger. Snchs 1','011 h is secllon of lhe Ilailid with a 6-0 acore, conceding no ~~!Cl'''' Granger WOll tlle Ot!.., I' .6\>(:.

11011 with a 5-1 score, losing a game to SOllllo. Fourteen IJlaY01'S CQlltested in the evont.

TOURIST ITEMS LOG CABIN CHESS

Deep In tile Southwest, the IUn­el'ate Log Cabin Chess ' Club tcalll continues on its winning ways with Larry Evans added to llie t eam. 'I'he Tuisa Chcss Clu b bowed to their might by a 5-1 score, and San Alit ionio yle l(\ e"d by II 3%-1% scoro, but only after Larry Evans had lost In a surprise upllet to \V. K(ln­dall. For the honer ot Texas the Dalla s Chess Club l'OUted the In· vaders with a 3-2 scol:e.

CHESS GREETS NEW STATE PAPER

New Hampshire cOllies to the fOI'c as being the home ot IIle latcst chess publlca Uon on a statewide basis. Volume 1, Numher one ot the "New Hampshire Che!;s Re­portel'" Is oft t he press-a line mimeogra phed bulletin ot news and 8'l\lIotaled gam(ls, Intended to lucrease interest and activity In cbess in New Ham pshire. The bu l­letin Is a privately sponsored pub· licatlon; pu blished and edited by OrlantIo A. Lester and Robert E. Hux from 162 Pl'(ltlie Avenue, Portsmouth. N, H .

HOWARD TOPS BOSTON COLLEGE

In 8 match played at Howard (R. T.) th e Howard Chess Cluh sCQI'od an eUeet!ve 6 ¥.a'Hi victor, over the Boston ColJege chess team. Played [n two sections, tho Roston College qu intette lost to the Howard "A" team by 1l 3%·1% score and to lhe Howard "B" team by a 3-2 score,

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White T~ Play And Win! Conducted by William Ro;am

POSITION No. 61 is an excellent example of one of those_ tricky posi­tions iu which Bishop and two Pawns can win against a. Rook- not

usually ]lossible when the White King Is 110t In immediate support, As It Is a situa tion w,lich may occur frequently in normal play, the posit ion Is one that bear!!1 careful stu(]y.

Pos ition No. 62 Is n tnnlall:d ng IlOll lllon which i1iustrotes the power ot II Pnwl\ IImjol'\ ty, when unOPI)osed by the RInck King, ns :woll as the necessity of eouu llng accumlely 1<Ing moves In a ticklish end ing. This uosltlon a lso rc.t1~r l,s 8 llorma.1 ono in actu/l l play, which Is too k.:c~nentl :r muffed by lhe ulltlert player. .

P lease t urn tt page four fo r sol ution ..

Chicago T~ibune Discovers Chess

On Beaches-After Twenty Years! By William Rojom

Add to the "Such is Famc!" category the fact that alter SOllle twellty yearS o( annual activity, the Chicago Dally T ribune has sud­denly discovered tile surpl'lslng (act that chess 18 a "ruggedly com­petitive, healtll(ul outdoor SP01't,"

Repal'ler Sa l':l&,e, who conducts a dally column " Tow 01' Ticker" in the T!' lhune, de"oted his fu ll space for Wednesday, August 24 to the story of chess, nil It ha s been played on tbe North Avenue Beach by Lake Mlcbigan (Oi the pa st twenty :Y:":'~':. ___________ _

The story by S;lhge, true in Its essentials, rela tes the founding of As a prophetic note ot warning, this beach eh6llli' competition by Savage closes his Ilrtiele with 1~. A. (Scotty) S nrrows of the refel'euce to the game of "atomic Chicago ChOli8 and Checllel' Club chess," Invented by Nasouhi Boy sOllre J.wenty years ago. It tells Tahir, de-IJuty minister of agricul_ how Scotty brought his men and tm'e In Hashemite Jordnn. Nasouhl cha lked out a board! on tile paving Bey bas added, it seems, two ultra­back of tbe sand. iEucolll'aged by modern pieces in an alrilianc and a his example, oll ler~ gathel'ed with tan k ; but his most d ire contribu­bOards and men un~1I it became an tlon IS permlttlug Ii Pawu 011 the

~:~:m:: :~:~:II ~~a;~a~e l:n~~a~~~l~ :~ghat~on~~(:n~O~~b b\~hr::,m~~e:n i~~~ OD lhe beach noy,: for al most as into action, destroys aU pieces many }'ears as Srtty. (one's own as well as the oppon-

ent's) within a radius of six An amusing foo 1I0te to the he· squnres from the object ot attack!

ginning of beach chess was thc o r iginal s ll splcloll or thc park police, ca using th e garlle to float tl'om Oak St reet to North Avenue Ilnd back again, as the policeman broke up lhe games. The cops c las­s ined It with the clandestine crap g8 mOli: a nd It took sever'al yeal'S ot a rgument to convince the park police iliat clless was law a biding a nd not 8 gambling gam e. ~'or al­most the last fmeen years, tile games have been uniuterrupted by police Intervcntloll.

Other facets of chess J'ecognir.ed by Savage In bls column includ e the fi ne work with the wounded velel'aulI, with specific mention ot the weekly vis it:> in a Red Cross bus to the hosilital at Great Lakes for a reund of chess and chatter with the Invalids.

B. H. WOOD IS ILL "CHESS" DELAYED

Headers ot the BritiSh publi ca· tion "Chess" wlV regret to lea rn tho. t B. H. WoOd. Its fo under anll editor, Is hospitali:ted with a serio ous III noss. Due to his IIlncss "Chess" will Isslle a s ingle triple lIum ber In August to' cover tho months of July, August and Sep­tember.

It III hOlled that Mr. Wood will recover shonty. and in lhe mean· time the sUill of "Chess" Is fun c· UOlling normally In ha ndling lhe subsidiary business In chess eq uip· ment, books and supplies.

FINE BRILLIANT BUT DEFEATED

Accopting the onus ot exCeptional odds against a fellow master in the person of H~nnan Piinik of Buenoa Aires, Dr. Heuben Fine plaYed an exhibition series ot blindfold games at a 10-SOCQnd per move time limit against the South American master who had s ight ot the board,

Fo!' brilliance In performance the moral victory went to -Fine al­though the cold figures ot the soore show that Pilnlk won 6i to Fine's 3 ~ . But at least one game w,a~

marred by a misund erstanding ot the announcement ot a move, whereby Fine lost a rook. In anoth­er, speaking too hastily Fine reo s igned. and then promptly caught himscll and ortered to SUbstitute a move that saved the situation; Jmt Pilulk held to the letter (It the law and so was accorded the vic, tory.

At the cnd of tbe fi rst f ive games the score stood even with two wins a'Piece ann one draw. Fine Won the fifth in good style, but loot tho sixth on !In Illegal move In a win­ning position, and therentter tho South AmeriClln proved a lmost in· vm~I)le.

(;~ '"'' Winner Oloe"I,,/; .\lOY" 1. Dr""n Grllenldd D,oft'o.e 1f t. 1';h,lk. I"rc:neh Def~,*, lID 3. Pi lnik, Queen', Gambit D«:llne<l 71 ~. 1";"",, fh;:""h nele'"", aD 5. "'inc, Q,IftIl'. Gu,blt De<:l1nfOd !i6 6. !'i lnik i.:lIl1'lloh Oi>cuinl: SO; 1. I'\lnlk, Ql'fd'. Oamblt De<:lIned 118 8. 1'1Inlk, I)lItth Helen", 4'7 II. . 'i".., Qt.<'<C .... O.mblt 87 10, l'llnlk, ~""'rw:h Ocl~rute !1 .' ine l>1.y~d WhIt.. In lhe odd.nlln,ho!"", !:'1m ....

HOEHN CAPTURES N. SASKATCHEWAN

Victory in Northern Saskatche­wan cham l)lonshlp tournament held by lhe Bishop's Knight Chess Club of Saskatoon went lo E . Hoehn ot Sas katoon with a 4·1 score. Sec­ond was H. Kel'l1en ot Saskatoon with 3Ih·llJ..: , while Dr. Macdon:ald and J . Evans, both ot North Bat· Ue [o l'd , tied fOI' third with 3-2 each. W, Hofm' ot Langham placed firtb with 1-4 a nd G. H umphreys of Sasgatoon sixlb with 'n-f"h.

SIMMAR FIRST AT PICCADILLY

The vlClory tOUnlnmcnt of the Piccadilly Chess Club (Wllle l'ni; M!nn.) resulted In the triumph ot Clem Simmar wi th a 71Ar· l lJ..: score, S(lcond place wenl to U, S, Smith with a 7·2, while th ird place was captured by A, L. J ohnson with 5%-3lJ..:. Fourth place was shared by Harold Be ll and Pilul Winters with 4%-4% each.

TRI-STATE PLANS JUNIOR EVENT

P lans for the annual Trl·State Championship event, held between Pennsylvallla, Ohio 'and \Vest Vir­ginia., this year Includes a separate J unior 1'1'1 · State Championship which wHi be a slx·man round robin event with t.he two ranking junior players [rom each State. This year's champlol1shlp will be held at Pitts· burg over the Armistice Day week· ,

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Address all commun ications Editorial IZJ North Humphrey Avmue ;)ak ParK. nlinois on edttorlal matters to: - OHiu:

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'101. IV, Number 1 Monday, September 6, 1949 ---THIS IS THE THING

W ITB THIS isslle CHESS LI FE fulfils the beliefs of its s upporters and perhaps discourages its c ritics by entering into its fourth

year of exlstence--a respectable and a ugus t age tor a chess publication. But while we are we].! content to see the infant, born at Pittsburgh In hope and expectat ion. grow sturdy aud more mature, we do not yet feci tbat there is ca.use for jubilation,

Ciless In these United States, despite the heroic erforts ot a few . remains as yet but the promise of a glorious future. The 'Program of tbe USCF to achieve this future has but started on Its accomplishment and much yet I'emains that must lie done. To see that program .success­fully 'developed to fru itio:U is the joint IlUrpose 01 the USCF and CHESS LIFE, as It should be the goal of every iudivldusl chess player in America.

And only when ch.ess h.as taken its rightful place in the realm ot American 'activity. 00 the school·ground. ' ln the hospital, In the recrea­tional center, will CHESS LIFE take pride in repeating the words of Samuel Daniel: "This is the thing that I was born to do,"

FILTERED TRUTH

I T WA::! Wondell 1'hlllll)l1 who exp.'essetl th~ thought thol "truth II ono foro\'cr I\blloillte, bUl Olll lll<l;n Is tr th tIltered through tlte

moods. the blood, the disposition of the s llect.ltor." And we have as many varylog filters ot the truUt as wo have men

to express their opinions. At Omaha, it was our g"ood friend Tony Santaslere who took us gently to task upon the quality of the gamea we published In "1'ouroamont Life." We quote Tony as the protagonist for others who have variously written In the saUle general vein. It Is his (and their complaint) that we do not publish enough msster !>ames,

But Sautaslel'e goes a step further and chides us for oeglecUo!> the 100 or more games of the Manhattan and Marshall Chess Club Champ.­Ionships. This last 18 a bit of unCOlIsclous New Yorklsm, for It he paused to think, Santaslel'e would he the first to recog"nize that there are not 100 master games In the two New ' York Club Championsl}lps, and he would ackuowlo(lgo. If l)ressed, t ilat under the master level New York hns 110 monopoly Upon good chess, that many games produced In many pal'ts of the country would equal those or the lesser lights ot the Manhattan and Marshall Clubs. The victory of Albert Sandrln at Omaha s hould do much to d ispel the lingering illusions that chess is played at its best only In New York.

Aside trom thO (IUes tion of New YO"klsm unconsciously posed by Santasiel·e. we <lue8t!on gravely lIi9 (and others') position that the player should seek and should be given quality at all costs. The very advanced lliayer and the master. ot cou rse, learn little from the avernge game; they rightly seek the masterpieces of play for their study and analysis, Dut how llIallY readers of CHESS LIFE are yery advanced v layera 01' masters?

It is a rallacy lou;: preached that the average player learns most from masterplay. Instead he gropes without understanding through the long and delicate passages of subtle counter·play aud ])Osltlonal maueuverlng, Pel'hallS he learus parts of It by rote, but wheu his Illemory ralls him he is left helplcss III a won position of subtle character because he has lIot tho backgroulld nor understanding or what he has done to grup the victory a lready in his hands:

The average ))layer. and most of us are average 1Iiayers , learns tha most from lhosa ga mes that Illustrate the practice of ))layers only several gradelJ better tban his own, Theil' maneuvers he can compre­hend and thclr en 'ors he can analyze atJd understand, Only when he haa colllpletely mattered such understanding and ill mastering Il at. talned a lo'Ta8P that elevates h is play to tIle level of those formerly jus t a little better Is he ready to prom and learn from players even more expert.

The (ldllor. who is neithe r tlte bOdt nor the worst player In Chi· cag"o. {rankly con fesses that, aside (rom the COlll llrehenslve notes of Alekhlne'. My 100 Dest Cames. he has leal'ned more about chess play from Ole games ot UIOSO only a little more s killed than himseU. than he has trom a ll the hundreds of master games that he has stUdied and played over in aome thirty years of chess playing, Said editor will never win any national champloushlps, It Is granted; but he will never be a pushover for the master players either. Therefore he teels qualified to express the bellet that tbe studied policy of CHESS LIFE In presenting a var ied assortment ot games, mixing master play with that of the little bettor than average or the much better than average, Is the policy designed to benetit the average reader and Improve his quality of play.

Montgomery Major

BACK TO CLUB LIFE by Paul C. Gicrs

PTI'JideTlt, Uniud Siaies C~ts Fed~dlion

FAl.L IS JUST around the COI"Ilar and chess clubs f!'Om coast to C03St nre once again getting ready tor ' their most active seasoll . Re­

duced SUIIHuer a,?tivities 01", as in some cases, suspended animation will again g ive way to the huUl 1l11(1 excitement or high-geared club' JUe.

It 116s always been my conviction that our chess clubs are the hack· oone of American Chess. 'Vhatever activities our state associations and the USCF may engage in, U1CY can be successful only if backed by strong and progressive cbess clubs. ~~or t.he benefit of our younger clubs and as a reminder to experienced club leaders, here are some thoug hts 01\ su ccessful club operation:

P lall your club program abead for the entl rc season, Make it interesttng to all members and give it added s'plce by Inc lud· ing some new and diUerenl events,

Secul'e ' the ' active cooperation of aJl club members willing to work-as officers. dlrccto.,s or committee members. One'man organiuUon is Ilot consistent with tbe principles of good management.

Appoint your club 's standing commit· tecs early, give ~he!ll s pecific tasks to per­fo n n and. above1all. keep them fu nctioning.

Get Ulm'e afd mOl'e publicity for your club.. publicity! Is a powerCul stimulant. Like all other ,civic groups, your club Is entillcd to its fair sllare of local news space. H possiblc, arrange Cor a weekly chess Column !Jl one of yuur local papers.

Repol't your club news regularly to Editor Montgomery Major for publication In CHESS Lll-'E. Also please remember that Mr. lIlajor l like all good newspaper editors. wants Illia uews while t hey a re

Pdul G. GiCfS

"hot" a ud cannot reserve space tor "stale" items, Now is the Ume for your membership drive. Many players In your

10cal1ty dou't kn{>w of your club, others are wai ting to be aSked. Special junior Illembenililp fees may help to bring in the younger element.

A cluh bulletin, periodically Issued. will cemeut your members hip together more Ciosely. Notable examples: Downtown Y Cbess Club ot Pittsburgh, ~'il'estolle Chess & Checkel' Club of Akron. Edison Chess & t.:becker Club of Detroit. F ind tlie " journalist" amon'g your members a nd let him tak~ over.

Arrange for \special higli lights interspersed in your club program­Inler·club matcqes. simultaneous exhibitions. club banquet. etc,

Has YOUI' club ever played host to a state meeting or a national tournamen t? There is no better o pportUnity of displaying your cluh's solidarity and of making yoU]' commun ilY chess·conscious.

Each mont~1 new cheas clubs come into being. Practically every new club Is sur to be successful during 11s first year due to the momen· tum o r fresh ent usiasm and membership cooperatiOIl. \Vhen tllat enllius· hu~m 101'0111 otf- u'nd human nature decreeB that It should- It then be­cOllies II malter,()f careful planning and good managemllat to keep the chill forging ahead,

It Is a COllstant source of I:Ta tirIcaUon for lIle to see so many ~~ OUl' chess clubs ' malntaln a high levol Of activity year alte.' year. No cheBS c lub need fall by the wayside, It we only apply the .'ules of good management, s mo of which J haVe ouUlned above, and retain tbat fresh and ag"gr6llalve spirit which marked our first year o f club promo­tion.

:JI.. .J(;tUz.r Jla6 Jli6 :J)a'l From tlu Editor's Mail-Bag .

Dear Editor: I note with ill terest tlle Itll'ge

Ilumber ot fqrthComing" c h e 8 I tournaments llated in the rocent CHESS LWE; particularly Is it In terosting to npte lhe adoption by lIIa'ny of the l'Ollen' 10UI'IHLlI1ent (with the state, title to the highest ranking .state reSident.)

As many players are unable to enter tlte national events, these various 'Open' tOlllaments offer one of the fEW opportunities to lIIeet 6trong ut.of·s.tate competl· tlon In ovor· e·board play; yet this Is 1I0t ])08slble It neighboring s tates schedul~ their meets on the same weck·end-iel e8t: Labor Day weekend,

While state \chess tournaments are, of COUl'So. prImar ily for the bene(lt, onte.·tri ument, etc. of their respective state residents. pel'haps some thouglit or cons idera­tion could sUlI be given by the various slate chess association officials and association members to this-avoidance ot the selection of a tournament date that conf.licts with an 'Open' tournament date in II. neighboring s tute,

(Here hi the central southern states we a loe rather fortu nate In this respect , The Tennessee tourna· ment Is held at New Years'; the South Carolina eveut in the early spring; tho Nortll Carolina moet the last wook·end in August; and the Georgia and Virginia tourna· ments on Labor Day week·cnd­now all 'Open' tournaments, a lso. Incidentally, altllough Nor th Caro· IIna tourllalltents were held for a period of twenty or $() years a~

New Years'. t he last two North

Carolina tournaments were played In lnte August. partly to avoid conntctlng dlltes.)

I bellevo that some consideration of this ractor would bring" stronger and better·attonded s tate clless tournalllen~!I; heighten lOCal che~!I Interest; and be beneficial to U.S, cheslS.

Periltl.tls YOU might wIs h to com .. lIIelit editorially upon this thougllt In SOllie future edition of CHESS LIFE,

WM. C. ADLCKES, JR. PreSi dent,

North Carolina Chess Ass'n.

Dear Dr, Keeuey: But for IIll1lted space you no

doubt would have written more about these cl'ltics of problems. J have Bean s uch Individuals Iliay a game with Ii s uperior [orce Ia hand, floundering around, grabbing pawns and swa.pping pieces with· out a uy Idea of creating a pretty mating net or s tarting" a combina. tlon that could result In one. In evcry c/!.se under my obyerva­tlon tlley belollg" to the "wOOd. !)usher" class. It Is unfortunate that they are In the majority and have succeeded. through constant complalnt8. In having problems lIections or departments ellml. uatCtl trolll many of our papers and 'porlodlcals, To me it Is ana· logous to taking many tlne booka (rom our Jlbl'al'i~ tiud bur-nlns tbem In the public square.

EDW. ). KDRPAN'I'Y Wood side. New York

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author, born 1905 A. de Rivier.::, French miller IU'

thor. 'died 1918' J. Pult.., Auotrian m.IIt.,.., died

12 1800 p. C, F : de Salot·Aman t , French "'''-Oter, contender for ~h_ oup",,,,. acy iD lSi3 (mltcb with ~taunton) ,

1&1;1 E, i)elmar, "merlca.n m'u ter ::::'r:: 1&17 E. Birgfeld, Oerm~n Pl"Oblcmlet

(fll'f ehno). boru ISQI (old . y,le T) ANi<! Rubbo1 , RLLKla"

problem,.t, borD 1~ S. R<>wnlbal , FreJ>t:h mattft'. IU'

thor. died UIOO . ', J. Le.., author (Lee and n...Jp),

H 18m A, Albin, Rumanian muter, a",8.~e:: 1(1 1$40 p . R. y. llil~r, rounder ofto~

"HlLodbuch," dll'd Ill6;; H, Rohr, Germ.n probleonlat, born lJlIlO C, C:oTJ. Oermln muter. born

11 1903 A, Koltanowolo l, Be!go-Amerl(:8."

ll1N »,aa~~, ~ir:,fO~1ot/1!";~~~~' M ~:1 .\forpl,y, eo-L!<llior with him of "Cll~" lIon!!ll," (1&7,1861), u. Ihor ot . 'Jrtt AnleJWan Ch_ 0.,,,. Im'.. 1~7. bendactor of eor ... U UnJ .... 'Rlty .IIt./ leef.n<lk! l"ublJe 1.1.

Ig 1873 ~:"rYCh.o_k, IfUIIP.IlI " O':~ 2(1 lsa (Oi~'e~iYJ\!!) 0, R.mlteln, ..... '::.

R .... bn O"""m.uter. hom 1891l F. &.ml.eb Oerman _ Ie' born 1S117 (".o"'~d ~er, Gennl" ProbJlI'nLbit,

! I 1931 O. II, f..... KlLI[liAh l)l"Obl~:' ~"U'or, CU,.tor of A, O. Whlto:"

!3 1l1Q8 ~~jfir VR1~r.n~), Or.ech -!~ t4 1876 C, n. lICMt. "0"", of tllO mott""i

IUl trloUl of the .... 1.1 reU_ 01 "mcrlca" eh .... ·pl.;ren .. (9oot: of 'he .'lIth Alb, 010_ ConJ{' l880

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Stprtmbu JO·QuolHr 2 Swenson Memorial Open T ou rnament Oroa hOl, Nebraska

Played at Omaha Chess Club YMCA beginning 7 p.m. Friday; n~ entry tee; open to Nebraskans; G found Swiss; lroJlhy for winner.

Mexico City: Herman PJlnik of Buenos Aires aud New York placed tlrst in a tourna ment at Mexico OIty In which Lt Col Jose AI'aiza and Juan Medina shared eecolld place, PJlnik 1l ~.1%' Araba and Med ina 10-3 each; Pe;. rb. Laska and Camarena 8.6 each' Baez 7',2·6*; Mondragon 6%.6%;' Eg"lesJo9 6%·7 % ; Parel: 4%.8%' Moncada a nd Garduno 3'At.9 Ih oach; Cabrera 3·10; Calderon 1%. 11 'h.

SO$ton CoJiI1l' A, n.erfield __ • J . White __ -0 I), Potter ___ I II, r01e.r ____ , )I, Lembo __ "_-0 ", o-flekl __ I J. Whlto: ___ I D, Polter--1 II, Poley _"" __ 0 M. Lo>mbo " __ 0

liMo" __ -'t

Howard Che .. J, u_ .. Ut __ , W. Coulure __ , C. QuIJt1ey __ I J, !.uP<> --o J. 11"""'11 ___ ,

~.~=a-==t F, numa ____ • J . (lo.~ ___ , J. 10-0-1"" ___ ,

Boost Am"ic'an Chelf!

Cl.eM :Jor :Jl.e :hreJ IJu.ine.. man By Fm! Rfinfeld by V incent L. EatOlt All rig ht. r ........ d by Pltm.n Pu bllo hlng Corl/or,tlc". Interndlonal Copyri ght,

lJ48. No put of th l ••• tlole mDY !a reproduced In any form w1thout written perml .. lo" from the pub li sher •.

A Valuable Hint Until fu,l her noU~ addf~" a ll communication. 10 thh co lumn 10 IIIe Edl lo. , CHESS

LI FE. 121 No. Humph'~l" AVB .• Oak Park. lIIinoi •.

I F YOU are interested in becoming a gOOd attacking player, note how often the succes s of an attack depends on the circumstance that the

defender's Queen i s far from the scene of action. The absence 01' this powerful piece Is ot course a severe ha ndicap In the effort to make a successful defense. In the following game, Black's particularly flagrant violation of th is elementary defensive r ule leads to a I)retty and drastic finish .

ANY worthy chess players, when shown '3. problem posi tion, will cast a cold eye on it aud exclaim: "Why try to mate Black? White

bas all easy win !" To a problem [an tli is is a naive viewpoint, as though ono might say: "Why read a good book? It's casler to read tlJ(~ funnies!" A probleln is designed to present a. striking cbess Idea. and "mate in so many moves" is merely the mechanism the composer uses to express it ConCisely. '

No. 103 was com posed to Illustrate this point. The forces are almos t evenly balanced. 'Vhlte, or course, has an easy "win" by 1. R·QB7 ch. Why, therefore. bother 'about it'l Well, try working out the mate i n two, and 110 more t han two moveS----0nd you will find a lot llIore in the positlon than appeared at tlrst glance!

SICILIAN DEFENSE Brunn, 1905

White Black J. BRACH DVORAK

1. P.K4 P·OS. 2. KI.K8 3 P_IO 3. Kt.B3 p .QR) 4. P·Q4 PxP S. KtxP 8·B4?

This old·tashioned move, whose weakness was well·known even tn Morphy's day, is the first s tep t.o perdition. The subsequent disap­pearance o f this Bishop leaves the vulnerable llJ.ack squares an easy prey to White's marauding torces. 5 . .... , P-Q3 is far beUer.

6. B·IO Threatening 6. KtxP!

6. ,_... Q.BH This premature development of

the Queen Is i mmediately refuted. The more conservative 6. , Q. D2 was preferable.

... K·81

... • K·Ql; 9. PxD and the Knight Is imtnuno trom call.ture (9. ......... KxKt??; 10. Kt·Q5ch torking the Queen).

,. PxB R·A! 10. B·B4

Threatens 11. K I1.·Bl. 10. "".... Kt·RJ lJ. KR.Sl Q·RS ell

D1itck would doubtless lik e to kee l) the Queen nearer home, but bow? J[ 11. ......... Q·Ql 11 the fork· Ing clieck 12. l<t·K6 eh wins the Queen. I[ 11 . ......... Q·Kt3; 12. Kt· K6 eh! stili wins. On 11 . ......... Q. K2; 12. Q·Q4 18 dtlClslve.

12. P·KlJ QxRP Might as well. l). Q.~ 011 K·KU 14. !;t·K6!! Roolgn.

He 11M no moves. It 14. BPxKt; 16. Q or R·n 8 mllto. If H. ........ , QPxKt; 15. Q·Q8 mato.

(One of many brilliant games In· cluded In RELAX WI TH .c HESS by Fred Relnfeld. publ ished by the Pitman Publishi ng Corporation.)

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S. ·r. Smith .... __ ...... ! M. Skgel _" __ .. _Ja II. mack ...... .:... __ 0

C. A. Crompton __ .. ~ N. GJaeberg M _____ I So lution'$ to previously published problems on page four.

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LOG CABIN BESTS CORPUS CHRISTI

Emerging from a plunge into l\lexlco (results unreported as yet). the wander-crazy Log Cabin Chess Club paused at Corpus Christi. Tex., scene of the 1947 U. S. Open Championship, to overwhelm tbe local players by a 71f.d %: score. Heroes [01' Corpus Christi were Arlhur C. Roach who defeated E. Forry Lallcks and Wm. L. Hule wIlo drew with Henry Bla nkarn.

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Corpus a,,'btt II

Problem No. 10J By"the Prob lem Editor

Composed rOI' Chess Life Black : ~ ~i.c"

P,obl~m No. 10$ By Edgar Holladay

(",,:;~::~~~'~if:;"~;:; v •. Chess Life .".

PORTSMOUTH WINS AGAINST CONCORD

The Ports moutJl. (N.H.) Chess

Club recently (]~eated the Coo· COl·tI (N.H.) ChI! Club at Con­

cortI by a score f 3·2. This was the third match be tween these two clubs (]urlng1~be curl'ent year.

Portunou lh "l,.. Contord

~t,~.kY--===! ~b.~>t "-=-_J !lux. Jr. ----=-.-__ 1 )IUiltyn _____ , K:ac=I~i_t i ~ ,l1uchana" ___ , Ifux. Sr. __ -11 n>OO" I*''' __ I

Port.lnOllUI _ I

CANADIAN . CHAMPIONSHIP Arvida, Quebec, Augu l t 13-20, 1949

,: )lluriee !'ox ()lOIIirn l ) __ J • • , • , \ , , 16·16 Ur. F. I'. Ilohatlrchuk (OtLlwl) .0 i I , , , I , , , ,., .. )'. n. A"~enon (Toronto) _ II · • , ,

• if' , , ,.. .. O. A. Vanofoliy (Winulpe,) ~._I , • • • • , ., , , ••• .. I'. " _11.(",11 (H~mlllon) ___ 0 , , I ; , I " I , , 6i-lll .. Or. J . !lauch ()fontro~l) ___ I , , • · , ~ • ,

'"' ,. l'hllllpile Ll'runet (MouLro:r.l) __ .. 0 I I , , • . , , • .. .. J~. D'\lm",'oml ( flmml1\on ) __ 0 , , , • I • • , .., .. Jul" Thorleu (Qu~be<! ) ___ 0 , • , • , · , , ., " t:rte 11 0)1: 11" (lleacham) ---. , , , , , , , • ,..

WISCONSIN STATE LIGHTNING CHESS CHAIy1PIONSHIP Milwaukee, 1949

1. •• PW:ek J,fUwlllue) ___ WI6 \\,1 lV' W1 1.3 WG WI G ·1 aGO 't. n. Kujoth (.MII ..... "k..,) _ _ WI' WS WI! 1,1 WI3 W3 )\H 6 ·1 tUO :J. II. Ulu_ 'OJ Poi"t) ___ W20 00 \\,Ul WU WI III WI! tol·U t. A. l''''''trO (ilil ...... ukM!) _ _ WID "'JS I,l wr. W6 wn I.o! 5 ·2

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6. '\'i '

Probl~m No. 104 By A. M. Sparke

1918

Probltm No. 106 By G. F. Anderson

1920

W1.a/~ :Jl.e &.1 move?

By Guilherme Groeuer

POlitum No. JO

Send .solutions to Position No. ao to the Editor, CHESS LIFE, by September 20. 1949.

Solutions to Posi tion No. 28

~ ~l;;'II~~b:I~r':,v~: ~jin~~~:::~~:' Coff«l ."Iutlon wu 1. n·m, cutting ofl both Q . Dd 1I'. SeYeral ."I'M" ""Jafttfd 11·}(7 .. tile move. but Ihe Imm,,'II.le ... In

:~~ ~hlle ~~7 ~~~!:K~;.li ~;m:I;~ or K.R! .,y Q·Ul, .~rtlnlC the tmmtdl.tte mile.

Co,1'1!cl .. 11,110"' 1« Icknowlcodf::e<1 ..-;.~ lrom, ""en n ... (Attleboro), J. t:. Coon.

:tmt b~l~t~~e;ot Bti";~~~! ~!~~~'Oi!!: )\IInty ( Wood, ldo) Wnl. D. WlllIO" (Am· IIt .. tl>u .... ).

4bus tife ' Monday, September 5, 1949

CI. •• & eEl­AtroaJ By A. Burchke

Page a

S MYSLOV WINS. Smyslov, gen· erally, considered the second best lllayer of the Sovie t Union, won 8 straight in Ihe second round of the big lrroscow·Budu lJest match, an achievemen t not equalled by auy ot the other participants in either the tirs t or the second Touud. Smy· slov had lost 1 go.une to Szabo in the first (Budapest) round. The following is a SbOl·t and convlnc· ing game against one ot the only two Hungarians who could infi lct more than 2 defeatS to the Russian team ; the other one was Szabo who did not show too much (6 pOints Qut or possible 16) but had vic tor· Ies Over three grantImasters (Ko. to,". Smyslov. Ragozin) to h is credi t; Barcza defeated grandmas· tel's Lllienllw.l ami Ragozln (tall. enders of the RUSSian team) and master A verbakh and tied wi th Szabo (6 points). SICIL.IAN. v. SMYSL.OV·G. BARCZA. 1. 1" K4. P·QB4: 2. N·KB). N.QB}; 3. P.Q4. P~P; 4. N~P, H-83; 5. qN.B}. P-Q}: , . B.1<2, P· IO: 7. 0.0. P·QR3; 8. B·K}, Q.B2: 9. p.

~~BtK~.:Q~~' g .. K'R~Q?; ~.tN~;N3i4 K·~.b~~· QR.B; 15. B.Q). P·N}; 16. N·B). P·NS: 11: PxP. NoP: 18. N·NS K.N2; 19. P.BS. KPoP; 20. B·Q4, K·N; 21 . PxP. Q·R4; 22. PxP. N. B: 23. PxRP ~h. NxP; 24. NXN. KB.N4; ~. N,S, NoR; U. N·K6 di •• ch., BI_clt re. "on •. GERMANY. Two Important inter. Imtional tournaments took place In Heldclbel'g, Jllne 6-13, aud Olden­burg. J une 19·July 2. Tlle young Munich master \'Vol!gang Unzicker won In Heidelberg. one point ahead of Rossollmo . who since hIs s uc· cess in the last ChJ'istmas tourna. lllent at Hastings seemed to be on UU.l l ICIt way to bocomlng n gl·and· nms ter. The next three prlzcs were (]Ivlded by O'Ke lly, Paul Schmidt and l<ienlnger. Wade (New Zea. land) a lso ·particlpated, but fin­ished Gth·8th il\ a tie with Nlepbaus aud L. Schmidt. Of groater import. a nce was Oldenburg (18 partlci • pants): First nnd second prizes went to Bogoliubov and tbe 25 year old Latvian D. P. Zemgali who had been invited to play In tho Champ. lonship of WurttembCl'g shorUy be. [Ol'e . and becamo Champlou. Both ended with 12 IJolnts, but liog. ollubov lost 3 games, Zemgalls d rew 10 and won 7 wllhout losses. Closely behind wel'e Heinicke and i1.ossollmo (a&,siu) . with 11~ . Sara. puu (Estonia) 11. Unzicker aud Kieninger 10, O'Kelly and Rollat.ab 9. Wade 8%. An old "routinler" like Saemlsch end ed tn this strong fIeld on .15th·l 7th place, with only 5%, I.e., jus t uude r the "master third." AUSTRIA. Auother SchlBchter Memorial TOllrnament was played In VIenna from June 10-25. The IleltI of 14 participants was headed hy Folt)'s (Czechoslovakla) a nd Puc, a. new Yugoslav atar, with 9 points. Halt a pOint bohlnd wel'e Kottnauer. OpoceDsky (both Czoch. osl. ). Platt (Austria). Rabar (Yu. gOsL) SOVIET RUSSIA. Tho semt-rlnals for the XVII Soviet Championship were played III 4 groups. Vllna, TU. lis, Mosoow and Lenlngl'lld. 11 play. ers qualitled, among them sevoral new names (Geller , Petroslan,

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ENGLISH OPENING u. s. Opel) Champlon,hip

Omaha, 1949

NOlli by Erich W. MtI,ch.md W"il~ m.d

A. SANDRIM P. lACORNU 1. ,.·QS4 1<1·1(83 2.. Kt-Q8) p.Q4 :-. .... u> be l'K'OI>UIIen.ded elnce tile Kt 011 Q. .. ill be II>bjed. to teftI ..... plnlD&" aU .. cka. ). P.P KbP 4. P·KKO _ Anoth~r WI" il 4. P.q' (with p·lI: 4 10 mind) , R·III; Ii. Q.K t3. 4. _ P_KKll 5. 8·1<12 B·IO

. Diad, mlll'hl ... well adonlt hili ... lit>' error ~II" l~l"y 5, __ " Kt-1HlI I nd f. __ , 1' .Qll3. '- Kt·e) KtxKI The , .... " P<> hal bee'II eolhed b,. Wllile , 10'1" II"" While 1\1 m.:.~cd Iwke. Ike Whilt oDe 1Inl.J onco belon t.... uehl""'f. !Jaw... White' • ..,.,.pt" ... R....-tMno h" I'·at\IH. 1. KIPJKI B·KU 11. R-KJ KI-02 I. 0.0 o.o~ U. 8 -10 0-R4 ,. P.Q( P-QB) U. Kt-Q2 lU. P.1(4 B·B~ E~II~"t. Ob.-loUlil,. ",,11M' Itl' ...... HI' eon

~ ~:~ured. B-QR) 16. p~p Kt.KO 14. Q. KI) P-QB4 n . QR.BI QR.BI IS P.I(5 PaP I&. R·BS -I,' take. IfO<>d. Judll'emcnt til '" 1M! White ... " " IIord .n iaolatlld P In .. lew 0' the Ih:ltll "I~ wlllc:h ' 011 ...... IS. _ AoA 20. P.K'-I 19. "oA Kt.02

A/'n 20. P·K6! ~ __ ~=-__ ~'~OR~"~U~~rc~--,

QUEEN 'S PAWN OPENING Rochester Che&& Club Champion·

.hip, Rochester, 1949 Notfl by Erich W. MI((h4rui

Whit" mad< w. W. WINANS E. W. MARCHAND 1. p .Q4 P·IO 4. s-" KI·KB3 }. ~~I) Pj~~ :: pj~tl P-Q4 ... " "ltf..-ell""l idea '1"0'" Il",,, .. ,,~"t 11«1110 ... 1 colllkk!nollo, ... '" _ KI-8) 1. B·KI2 B·K2 It II a l_ .. nolO! (I' Ihllmb tbo' .pl .... K.,I", ''''I(!hdlo tlte Ollpo.h. 11 OIhOIlld (0 '0 K1 I>« ~3. I. 0-0 ()..O ,. B·KtS _ 1'laye<J wltb all, _...,,,' wlUi ..... _ to aIr.;;, III~cI< the 1"'0 lIt and he"L'" not quite beat... ,. "_ P·KRl n. A·IQ QR-Ql 10. Oo KI Boa 14. Q·R' KR·Kl 11. P·8) B·B4 15. Q.KB4 12. QKI·02 Q.K2 Nil' H . I'.K I, I'd'; 10. Klll', D_K t ; 17. XI·

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B_K4 P-KO

B·B2

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RUY LOPEZ u. s. Open Championship

Omaha, 1949

NOItes b'1 Erich Whit"

J. PENQUITE t. P·K4 P_KA

KI-QB' '-OR> Kt .B)

L KI·KB) ). B·KI5 4. B·R4

W . M.mhaflJ m.ck

K. ANDERSON S. 0-0 "'. " '- R.KI KI_B4 7. KI_B) KIltB I. K .... P I

KIlIP!

Solutions: Mate the Subti e W.y ! ~ by to PToblcon Nc. 9(i ;.: I. B.Kt7 ",Ith th...,11 to mate b, '- a"e. Va. laUo ...

.re prrtl,. IM.l I k".,. la , .... t clUllcult 10 lind. ",. b, 10 PToblnn Nc. 118 la: I. R(3)·RI with 1",..,.1 te w.u b)- t.. 1· .Kl t. TIt ..

problem ..... JOII!II It .. ,. and ueo!lIenl ... rid,. a.d '" "" ""in il'" .. ~bl'1 the beot '! .... 11111 W ... J. CooUO,.. .... _ 11oOIIIOd.

'" c:onchMlilll: ... lth lhCIe ftnal ooIul k:"" :" the I'robl('tlll h. publioho!d .. hU~ eon· dncllnc .. I·robl ...... 01 Qhcoq Lilt'," Ilt. K_, adda Ihe 1-'.,,11,1: '"I wLoll ClIR!!8 J.lI'R a ll t b. ~ I" ,h~ work! ..... 1 Ihe "t'" l"mI'I~" ~~llIor ""'" " ,,. bewt. ,,·b1o ... for Ihe prodllelkm 01 an InlemRlng .nd enlert.lnlng p roblem ';010,,,,,, In Ihe 1"'1(" '" dCIC'ltdl tb~nl5:'ot ,,:, i~~i It: : ' 11:' I:I~,~"::..::, " cook" b,. I. n · 8~ ,nate In 1·",l.oIom No. 116 I­

Ke,. to l'roble-m "0. 117 It: I. Q-QIt3, thrl'~l"nl"c Q.8/I malC. A nke nrlcty 01. DUilco 'ellow lhe n.l_ de'~n_.

K~ 16 I'roblmo N". 118 ." 1. B.8&, Ib...,.t of I. Xt· IU .... t~. 11 I. _ , JUrR ; t. B.Xt ; 11 I . ~ Xt_1I3; Z. K·KI~; If , . _ , I'_K~; 2.. n .Q7. SI .. ple. bo, not too bood 'or ,he MO:Ond eooooJl(llllklol ot I ...... ice.

SoI"U_ to Pn,hl('tllll :>10. ~ IiII5 117 moo till a~ .d:_ltd~ «e<el"'td f"",, : )ley. G . )I.....,. Chldlq (Toronto), 1M .... ~. Knrpanl.r (Wootltldt), T. Lltndbe ... (Oto llu) , O. )lu~",h (Falnno"'). ~oh" W~non (lfrooI<lrn) .

Co' re<:t ""llI tione to I'robl~me No. 0$, 00 lind \16 "' e-re rece i"ed from Jam"" 11'011011 (No", lIucn) ; eorre<:' IOlntl" ... to I'robl ema SQ. 11(1, 117 and 08 ' rom S.,nlld 1',..,1,,11 ( Drook· IJ'1l J; and o;OTT~~ .0111,10'" t6 1'rOl>le",a NOI. 1)(; and uti fru.n 1'1. Gd)(Ir (Cindm'MII) .

Correct .o1\'UOIII 10 "roblcma No. 117 and 08 I .... elrnowlNlJled rt'I'Cl~.<I f",m : Wm. J . {;WIII .. ( !lOWII'd), Jack ~ (Omalla), n .,..,oond Vollmar (81. Lou .. ). F. A. lIellw.,

- and Otto Wurd>u ... (Orand kaplcW) .

If UlICk d&t:I lOOt r-et<IlI,. h,. 10 IrHP hi.

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CARO·KANN DEFENSE Southern Chess Assn. Champio n·

ship, Richmond, 1949 Nom by Dr. J. P""t

w~u. alad<. s. WAGMAN H . BERLINER 1. P·K4 P.QB) 4. Kt>tP B-B4

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~~'i~:~2 "'"'''''~t-& ~ 2£.. KI·K2 KI.KlS! 25. KR 'KBl Kt·R4

21. Q-K12 Q.R4! Whhe .... no """I mighl h ... ·e bt-.. .. !@. 21. __ Kb8 e . KI·B) KI·84 )0. Kt(B))-QS

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q;. R(4 ).K. R·KRI 41. K-82 P·IO q. K·02 P·KI (Q)oh

Til(! .,....,..t 1", .. ,.... to expand" (Nhnw­wil ... hl \0. ot 1 •• 1 .t ioiJ~. 4t. RxQ R,KRP Rulon.

' I ' CARO· KANN DEFENSE u. S. Open ,Cha mpionshlp

Om2ha. 1949 Noll' b'1 Eruh W. Marcn.,tlJ

White Uh,cll:

~Hp.~4 S. NE;~B) 4~' :illrNTAS I:~~ 2. P_Q4 p .Q4 5. P·KB) l. KI·Q8 ) PoP 'nil. Ill"" ...... .w .. ,.:;"'" illICIt AI ", ,,,,)0 I"",ble u I. )(1 · KI3. 5- _ .. Kt·02 5. B·Q) B·KU il iaci< h .. I'c.'OI I.Q 111M,. I '·K~ .oan III'leD(1 " ' 1'·K3. " 6.. __ . I'· K~ 1. KI·Q6 cb, d." .... llh d.,::j ~~ir,; ll~' 6. "-. KIiI ·H3T: 7. Kt~KI

7. Kt·K2 p .K4 10. KbKI ell B.KI I. ()..O KKI·B) 11. B,B Q.a L QB.Kt5 B·K2 12. BoB?

Che .. Clocks for Sale Buy II. cho .. Clock and play R-';;AL chess. Spring wound Swiss move· men t clocJul al'e available tor shi p· lIlell t trom England priced at 118.00 plus Ji'ede ral tall; and dulY. This clock enable. YOII lo play 5·p:tlnute p mes for fun . o r tournament p me8 under properly controlled condltlon8 like thB mastera. Detail· ed d e8criptlon lIIJj.y be obtained from Edwu'd I. Treend, 12869 Slrntillnoor Ave., Detroit 27, Mich. When chelll 1)laye rs see this clock , THEY BUY I

",II il.·, _1Io1_le udLongftl _ dm;o>eli 10 g.l" • .I ...... ,."''' the famOlla So nia. Tb~

i'r.~ .. _I.~.fllc WI~p~~~e ~~~ p~:;l nQ". Q.K' eh 13. P.P QxP U . R.B! _ 14. KI-KO ()..O-O If W. It ·IH. RxP eh; 17. X"R, R.Rleh; lB lil-RL, Iblitclo; 1lI.K·KU, p ."8-I ; m. Q. QI, I'·at; do; !t. Q:r.I', K-KI4 dI. 16. __ RxP ll. R.Ql 11. Q. K2 Q·RJ IS. 1I:(I) ·m .... I ;mpcn.li..." blot While lila ..... hood l,. lI.. __ R·RJ H. KA_Bl The ""I,. ... .,. t" . Iop R·iUj eh. n. ____ Q-RS

A/I~r 19 ....... , Q·R5 SANTASIERE

20. Q.Kl _._ If 20. X·D2 U", a"",,' .. i5 ,"" .. me. O-Q! XI-X.! 20. _ RxP ~h Ret1 tlll

RUY LOPEZ Louisiana State Champions h ip

Alexandria, 1949

NOIttl Irt Billy AJJ"otl bom tlx iAJui',ana Ch:" Allor;"I;0I11 Nt., Utlt.

White B'lad:

t- ~:K'1ILU ,l"K4 6. Q~ K. CO;-~I:t! 2. Kt ·K83 KI-QB} J. B.Kl) 0-0 }. B·KtS p·QRl S. P.IU P--Q} 4. B·R' Kt-8} ,. P'Q4 B.KIS 5- ()..O B-K2 10.. B-IO KIltKf> 1'(.'0 1>300, eol. 19. Simib. .-IUOlI .rle-10. ___ • KUK!' In P()O p3I5.t eol. 56, note a: Ill. ___ ., Kt_KI'. Sa'er 10. __ , K·KI ; or 10. _ ....• I'''': ll. I'xl', " .Q4. 11. B·QS Q-Q2 12. P.P _ ~.!.~ ~::.K ~~ic~~~11 U. __ , I' .Q--I .. lilt a &ood It _ B .B~ • IleIl .... It. _ . Kt . IU ; 11. QllxKt, I'.U; II . K.QI . (1·1(1 ; U. Q. K~. 1t.Q!, Ind Ulad< ran

Kr:,:III~' K:~'f:":: d~e";...~raR!;~Kt; B· I). Kt ·Q4

A/lrr lJ. KI·Qf

P·R) 26.. R·K2 QoQ 21. P·KKI)

R.QBl H. K.Kt2 P-8' 2J. A·K' R-83 )II. K·B3 P.BS n . K.KU B.B 12. P"P P·84'" )}. K-81

.In,c« eertillll1 _I_P .... .

I·

P·BS K·82 R-BI

P·Kt4 K.K>

A-KKU P oP eb D.awn

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W. ,n. Wagner •

VIENNA GAMBIT u. S. Junior Championship

Ft. Worth, 1949 "No NuJ Fcr Tix QlI«n"

Ulaclr S. LWOW ...' K..,

P·B} KKI·K2

KI·B4 QKI.QS

u. __ ~_K_b"":.~CUC._'_·K_'_'_._."

CHESS LIFE ABROAD (Contin ued from Page 3, Coi, 5)

K oplylov) a nd .!lome who· had al· ready partlclilated in previous Championsh ip Fina!s (Kholmov, Mikena!!, Sokolllki! Furman , Tal­manov, Goldberg. Aronin, Lublln­sky).

Some well known mastera who had played in p revious Champion­ships d id not make tile grade this time, e .g .• Chekhover, Simagln, Rat · ner, Du z·Kbollmlrskl, Kan, Alator­tS(lV, Novotelnov, Chistiakov, Mako­gonov, 1{ lama ll , Kas parian , Ooflm· t58Y, Zagorlanllky. Koblents, Llelt­Iyn, Ra fl nlky, Dublnln. The <:om· petition .eem8 to be getting stron l':­e r -a lld stronger In RUBlla.

Botvlnnlk conducts a chess col· u mn In t he Illus trated magazine Ogonek alld has a "Wor ld Champ­leu's Page" In Shakhmaty v SSR. In recBnt Ilsues of Ogollek he on· alysed ' the game S mYl lov-FIOr1an played In the ,'ecent Moscow·Buda.­pelt ma tch·tonrnament (86%-4 1%) and studlC!! the rook endin&" In

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