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C H ESS R EVIEW

Horowitz Wins N. Y. State Title

Seated at le ft, I. A, Horowitz,

w inner of the 1942 N ew York State

Championsh ip Tournament, plays

runner.up Mi lto n L, Hanau er in

the sevent h round at Cazenovia.

Standing is th ird prize w inner

Edward Laske r .

International Chess Master L A. H OROWITZ won the State Championship title at the annual Congress of the N ew York State Chess Association, held this year at Cazenovia Junior CoIIege, Cazenovia, N. Y., from August 8th to 16th.

The popular editor of CHESS REVIEW scored 7 wins and 2 draws to finish first in a field of ten masters competing for the t itle. Runner.up was MILTON L. H ANA UER, who also completed his schedule without the loss of a single game, scoring 6 wins and 3 draws. In th ird place was Inter. nationalist EOWAR D LASK ER, whose final score was 6Y2- 2¥:!.

Former Southern Champion L. R. CHA UVENET won the Experts· Section with comparative ease, clinched first prize in the semi_final round when he had scored 7Yl - Yl . Runner_up in this section was D. R. GL .... OSTONE of W oodside. Final standings in the Championship and Experts· Sections are given in the adjoi ning column, together with the results in the Class A and B tournaments.

CONGRESS SURPASSES EXPECTATIONS For a war·time event In a section of the countr"Y

where gas· rationIng makes traveling difficult, the attendance at t his year's Congress exceeded all ex· pectations. About fifty chess players, many accom­panied by t heil· wives and children, converged on Cazenovia from various sections of New York, New England and elsewh ere to indulge in a delightful nine·day ch ess orgy. Private cars were at a pre­mium and public conveyances were overcrowded, but the chess players got there just the same. For nine days t hey played, talked, ate, slept, dreamed chess. T hey played skittles, tournament, rapid trans it, bli t z and simul taneous chess. A few of the boys took time out to visit nearby Ca?enovia Lake . but most of them were in the tournament room from morning to night. T hey were there to play ches·s and they had their fill.

AUG.-SEPT . 1 942

FINAL STANDINGS AT CAZENOVIA STAT E CHAMPIONSH IP TOURNAMENT

Rank Play ers W L 0 Score I - I. A. Horowitz ___ ___ _____ _ 7 0 2 8 - 1 2-M. H. Hanauer ______ ___ __ 6 0 3 7lh- \I 3- E . LaSker ______ _____ _____ 5 1 3 6lh- 2lh

4-5- G. Katz ___ _______________ 4 3 2 5 - 4 4-5- .1. Soudakolf ___ ___ _______ 3 2 4 5 - 4

6- A . E . Santasiere __________ 3 4 2 4 - 5 7·8- B. Altman ___ ___________ _ 2 6 I 2',\, - 6'h 7·8- M. Herzberger ___________ 2 6 1 2lh- 6'h

9-]0- S. Almgren ____ ______ __ __ 2 7 0 2 - 7 9-10- H . M. Phillips ____ __ ____ __ 1 6 2 2 - 7

EXPERTS' TOURNAMENT l - L . R. Chauvenet ________ _ 7 1 1 7lh- l'h 2- D. n. Gladstone _________ _ 5 2 2 6 - 3 3-F. Valvo ___ ___ ___ ___ _____ 5 3 1 5'h- 3'h

4-5- J. W . Barnhart ___ _____ __ 5 1 0 5 - 4 4·5- B. McCready ___ ___ __ _____ 4 3 2 5 - 4 6·7- R. Johnson __ __ __________ 4 4 1 4lh- 4'h 6·7- R. H. W . W elch __________ 4 4 1 4'h- 4'h

g- S. Shaw ___ ___ ___________ 1 4 4 3 - 6 9- \V . .1\1. p. Mitchell ________ 2 6 1 2'h- 6'h

.10- p. H. Eastman ___________ J 7 1 1'h- 7'h The Class A Tournament e nded in a trip le tie

between Siegfried Lan ger of 13rook lyn , T homas K. Mahon, also of IJrooklYll, and Dr. G. Mundt or Ham­ilton, each scoring 614- .1 'h. Langel" wo n the play· off, defeating .I\lahon and drawing with Mundt. It was the victor's first expel"iellce in tournament play.

The Class IJ Tourney was won by Mrs. Catherine Nye of Syracuse with the fine score of 714- \\. Hunner·up was Prof. R. F, Brand of Ca:r.enovla, 6- 2, followed by Mrs. Edna Horowitz, 5- 3.

GENESEE CUP COUNTY TEAM CONTEST Cup was won by the team representing Onondaga

County with a total game score of 11'h- 4'h. Queens County. holders of the CU]) last year, scored 10lh-5lh . fo!lowed by Schenectady, 9- 7; Broome, 7lh­~14; Madison, I14- 14lh .

A team from the Onondaga Club WOII the Class B con test, scoring 8- 4. New York County scored 714-4lh : Broome 5- 7; Onondaga High School3lh-8'h.

ONONDAGA TEAM WINS GENES EE CUP On the nnll l two days o f the meet i ng, more t han

II score of 1)layel'!; arri ved for the Genesee CUll T eam Contest , won by the Syracuse team representing Onondaga County, The Queens County team, hol ders of the cUJI last yellr, put up II hllrd tight bu t were out·polnted. The contest wall 1I0mewhat malTed by t he neceSsity of adjudicating severa l i mpor tan t ga me!! in d ifl\cu l t posi tions. '

Chess Columnist MALCOLM SI M or T oronto was Tournament Dlrectol'. H e condUcted t he various events wi t h quiet, fr iendly elllciency, was accla imed by offic lnls and Illayers as the best tournament direc­tor the A ssociation has ever had.

Credi t for a well·managed IHHi !; llcceasful event goes to H A IlO LD C. K ING. Presiden t or the A Sllocl. ation; 1l00ll:HT P, ORAN D, In chal'go of t he Con· gress arrangemen t s; F JUTZ OHiEGER, w ho raised most or the funds; L YNN DH ANT, GEORGl<J ESTA­GROOKS and PA U I~ GI ERS, w ho freely gave their serv ices; H ER M AN N HELMS, Special Correspond· ent of the New York Times.

HOROWITZ IN GREAT FOR M

Horowitz t hrilled his countle!!s adm i re rs and well· wishers by hili sterli ng performance at Cazenovia. The likea ble, long· legged New Yorker Is known and rell ilected by thoullllnds o f chess ]llayers all over the country. On his annual exhibi t ion tOUl'1I he has villiteu most or the ])rom lnent cl ubs In the United States lind CHlluda. H e is w elcome(1 wit h en thusl· asm wherever he goes, lea ves behind a host or new friends and 1\ relJewed Inter est in the I'oyal game.

A chlvah'ous w inner, an exemplary loser, H oro­witz typifies chellll slIOr tsmanshl p at Its best , Long recognized as one of America's leading masters, his career met a set·back when he was ser iously inju red, over lWO years ago. in an automobile ac­cident. Jo'or 15 mon t hll he was unable to play serious chess. The lack of practice was reflec ted In a slight un steadlne!lS In his m atch with l1eshevsky and at the recent U, S. Chess Cham pionship Tournam en t ,

A t Cazenovia, Hnrowltz was as steady as a I'ock, played sound. masterfUl chess. I n t he fi rst five rounds, he overpowered h is opponents with aggres· slve Uletlcs. d is posing of Herzberger, Soudakoff , Santaslel'e, A ltman, and A lmgren, I n the sixth he met Lasker. who had drop ped onl y half a point, to Soudak ofl', The well·preserved veteran of scores of international tournaments accepted the Queen 's Gam· bit and H orowitz was surprised to find himself III a

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So m e o f the p layers a t the New

Y ork State Chus Co ngr e li" a t Cue.

nov la Seated, left t o rig h t , ar e

S ergt . Jac k Soudakoff ; F , Va lvo at

A l bany, Dr. G. K atz of Boston , D.

R. Gladston e of Wood. lde ilnd D r,

Max H er zberger o f Roehe. ter.

Stil nding is Pvt. Stev en Shilw o f

A lbany.

cramped position shortly ther eafter , H ow ever, he f reed h is gu me with the ofl'el' of a pawn sacrln ce which Lasker un wisely accepted ; t he resulting com· binatlon cost II. piece for two paw liS, The famous au thor of Chess for Fun and Blood fought on for some t ime but Horow itz won and made it six st ra igh t.

In the seventh, the leader met H anauer w ho w as only ha l f II. poi nt behind in the stand ings. Showi ng II great recovel'y of fo r m, the 1926 t ltle·holder w as play i ng stmng chells, H orow itz had Black and forced equality In 28 moves. W ell played on bOth sides, the ga me WIIS clearly II. d rllw,

H orowi tz cl i nched fi rs t prize i n the eighth w hen he defeated DI', K atz w hil e H anauer was held to II draw by L llSker, A s no other pl ayel' had IL chalice t o tie his score and other prizes were unH tfected, the new cham pion accepted the ofl'er of a' (\ntw made by H , M . Phillips, his 01)P01l6nt In the last r ound.

H anauer made II fi ne effort to win t he ti tle but Wltll not qui t e good enough . He drew with Santa· siere, H orowitz and I~asker, won all his other games. Lasker 's only loss was to the new ti tle·holder: he dre w with Katz, Souda ko ff and H anauer , won t he

LO UIS R. CHAUV E N ET He w on in the Experts' Sect io n

C HE SS R EV I EW

i , I

Thue member. o f the Syracuse

t eam, representi ng On ondag a Coun.

ty, won the coveted Genesee Cup,

emb lem of th e County Team Cham·

pionship. Players' names are A .

Beckham; R. Simpson; P. Morgan;

W. F roe l ich : S, Sco tt,

re ~ I, T ht! veleran 1!layed sonw H!c.' games, wa s jus l!)' 1'l e~u;e !l with his sho\\'ing,

SergI, JaCk Soud;l kofr a mI nCWl;orner GNha nl Ka u lied fo r H I! auu 5 t h, e,lch endin~ wit h a 1,l u" 8eore o r 5-~ , T he fo r mer ill a we ll ·k nowll IlIf'mbf' 1' of t he MHllhl!tta n Chess Club; army life seel1111 to agr ee wHh h im IIllU has no t IIlfecled hhl I; h es~, Kat)'; Is from Ilosto ll lind show s gJ'e ;o t l u'o m i ;;e,

San l nsie rc was distinctly orr rOt'Il1, flnh;he d s ixth, Snhl he h inl "somet hing on his mimI. " I t wm'n' t che~ ~, Altman threw away mure wun g:tmeS than seemed l!os ~ible I n one toul'ua rne n t. li e !j:al'e Horo· wltz a toug h ballle, put a I,ieee o:n prise aga in ><l Hanauer. If he hltt! won all thH "a lnes he ~ hfl"ld hal'e WOI' he would have flnisli ed nea l' the Inp. Herzberger, Almgre n and Phillips w ere ~ o\1\Pwlillt outc\a~~ed.

MRS. CATHERINE NYE Sh e w on in C lass B,

A UG.·SEPT, 1 942

MAR SHAL L I S VtSITtNG MASTER ,\11". alill ,\11'5, I,'rank .I . .\lars haH \I"ere t he ~ues t s

o f the Associalion and 1;J!enl the entire nlue dllYS or the m eeting Ht Cn~eno\· i a. A u"ust 10th wa s the 65th 3un i\-erSHry of '\ l:lr8Im ll's birthday HUU all t he chess ,)layerS HllCIIUcd a ba nqnet hehl In his honor'. ])r. K in//: was tuast maste)' and imprOm p tu II l leeches were made by D. ~', Searle, J , W. Barnhal· ' , W , M. P. " I itchell, I . A, H orow it z. H. i\l . Phil1h!~, I·h:nrr ann H elms, 0 1", T i nr mc.

On the cvcn i llJi: o( Ihe 1,lth . .\Ial'shal l gal'e II ~llllul· taneous exhilritlull . Fourteen o f lhe !OUrn!llllent players took PH l' t but IIUIIC ~ucceeded i ll \I'ln lllug

a ga llte fl"om thE' \' 1'1"1",111, The mae~ Lr '() sco red II Will S and 3 dr'aw ~, Iho~,) iJreakilig eve n h('lng B. McC ready, T . Mahon I, nd ''" .-it)'; Brieger.

HO ROW ITZ WINS RAPID TO U RNE Y A Hal!hl Chc~s '["uu rna nu)Ilt Wll !! held on t he

e vening of Ihe l:lIh , 2·1 entries WPre tl h ' ltled illl o t\\'o sections. lA:!adl u/-: scor'en; in Seetion A were F ran !.: J . '\la r ~ hall, 10'h-lh ; L, H. Cha uw: llt'\ 10- 2: E . Las !.:e r and 11(> l'Inann H elm s iI'h- :l'h. In Section B Ihe leadenl w ere I. A. H orml' i\z, 10- 0 : J, Sou,la· kon-. 9- 1; F . \'all'o and H. Johnso n, 1;- .1. Tire top two i n eal;1r se!; ll!)n pla yed off ror Ihe four I'ri7,C~. 1-I0'·0Il"il7. w n ll tlle t inal~, 1'011011"('(1 hy M nr~hi\1 1. Challv!'ne l and ~n\ldnk()ff ,

~I'·s. Nann y I\no~ of Wood s ide ~c ()rf'd tll(' orrlv ha l r' point agllill~t Ml\I'shnl l i n thc S('t;tiOlI A 1'1'1;. liminarie~, T)", v"l l! ran o r tii'ty , .. ell rs or , : h{'~~ tried hard to win hut. IIII' I'ormer B elgian I.ady Chll !l1lJion al' oidf"d nil \1'11 111<. ~('m'Pl l a well·eal'ned d l'lIw.

NEW OFFIC ERS ELECT E D Al tllf' hu~ i np!I:I IlI('Ni nJ( u f rhe Sl ate A!ll<oeialio 'l ,

])1". C. I hl rol<J Kllr ,!: anlluunced t hat he \\'HI< ulla!) ,e to ('o n tilllte 11 .'1 l' re~itl('nt and I hnl G('o(·,l:e r~;" la, brook!', Secrel!\I'y ·T I'pn~urcr, hnd al80 r'cllrgned, To fill these I' tl cft nCiCI!, 111(' foll owing- new ('fIleer!! were I'lected for t ir e COming- ycar: Paul Giel's or SYril !!USe, l'r 'es ide'II; ,\1 1'6, CH IlI", '!!]C Ny e of Syracu~(!, 8ee,'c' tar)": Fril l , Bt"ieger u r Woodside, Trell~Ul'er , Ji;I :leted as Vice·PresideJll s W(, l'e !Jr. Hobert ~~, B!'Il1ll1, Cnze' nOl'ia; Dr. C, W . 11(,wlelt. SeheJl {){: lady : DI '. ,\Iax i'lerzber)("er, Hoehester: Anthony K San!lIslf)l'c, !'cw York . !Jl', I\ing \1' :1.'1 e lected lronOI'<HY I' lc('· ])l'e~ltlc l\t.

Garnes from the New York State T ournament a t Cazenovia will appear in next m onth's i ssue_Ed,

CHESS NEWS DALLAS

As we go t o l.freSS, the U. S. Ches s Federation Open Tournament is getting under way. Included in the line -up are I. A. HOI 'ow itz, Herman Steiner, Abe Yanofsky and Eric Marchand, The event fin ­ishes o n August 30th am! will be reported ne xt month.

ATLANTA Staff Sergeant JOSJ~PH BALINT, flying teacher

at Gunther Fiehl, Ala., won t.he championship o f the Southern Chess Assoeiation in the recent tourna­m ent at Atlanta, Ga, W . N . \Voodbu,'y 01 Birming­ham, Ala., placed second, with former champion L, It. Chauvenet and 1'. Cromelin lied for third place. The Class A tournament was WOIl by Alfred Bamard of Atlanta .

Twenty-fivc·ycar·old ]Jalint was fairly w e ll known in New York che ss circles before he enlisted in ln~ , He Is a former member of t h0 Bronx-I nter· national team in the l\1etropolitan League. In 1941 he won tlle chess championship of the Canal ZOlle.

BOSTON The New England Championship TO'-1rlmment will

be hel d at the Boston City Club, 14 Somer~et Stl'eet, Bos ton, Sevtembel' 4th to 7th. Entries will be ,li ­vided into sections, one or morc players !'I'om each section to quali ry 1'01' thc !ina Is, No vl<1yel's s eeded excevt 1!I' e~pnt chamvion Milton Kagan . F-ntl'Y fee $10 of which $3 will be rc t urned 10 those tAiling to qualify. Entry fee in cludes admission to banquet t o be he ld on the laM night, All rece ipts, less expenses, will be award ed in priz{'s, consis ting of L'. S, War noncis and Stamps , Entries c lose at ~: 30 Jl . m" September 4th,

PENNSYLVANIA T he l'cnasylva n ia State Championsh ip Tourna·

ment will be held at the Altamont Hotel, Hazleton, Pa" Sept. 5th to 7th, In addi t ion to the major title event, there will be a Class B Champ ioll sldp Tont'­ney anti an Ol,e n tonrnament 1'01' th e \Vomen's Championship, Entry fe e $3 t o thp title toul'lley, $1.50 to the Class n pvelH; in each ca~e on e ·thlnl o f fee is re t ul 'ne d for COllll,l e ting sch edule. I, A. Horowitz will serve as tOUI'niUllcnt director,

CHICAGO TIHough the p ffol ' t~ o f Elbert A, \Valiller, .II' ..

Ch ess E(litOl' 01' the Chi cago Sun, a city-wide com ­petition 1'01' the chess championshiTl of Chicago is now in progress, AboUl. ~ O players started, las t June, in l.Cn preliminary sec tiolls. The winne )' of each section will com pew in a semi-final round­rob in, from which fonr will qua lity for the finals, In the championship tlnals, the IOU1' snrvivors of the p reliminary roulltls will meet seecJed mustNS Samue l FacioI' , H erlllan H uhlbohlll , Einar Mil:hel~oJl and L e wis J, Isaac~,

The preliminary sections were he ld at t he Hyde Park Y, M, C. A" the Duncan Y. M. C, A" the Swed­ish Che ss ClUb, the Cbica!';o Ches s a nd Checkel' Club, the Wi lmette Ches~ Club and the Good Shelr h e rd ComlllUnily Cellter, Tile rollowing Ill<1yel'.'\ ilave qualified lor the semi-finals: l'I-Iax IVlaslovitz, Maurice Sil ve r, A, L, Sandrin, Charle H P. Adams, Constantin e Hasis, A. N , Sandrin, Earl David.'\on. Sam Cohen, Hev , A, I ( li' OX.

A, N, Sandrin, brother of A, L" provided the first upset of the event when he nos ed out CHESS ilEVIE\V COrreSTJondcnt Paul H, Little, scoring" 'h­% to L ittle' s 4- 1, despi te the latte r's stunt of taking on two entran t s at the same time and beating both.

OF THE MONTH DETROIT

At the close of play ill t he 12th annual tournament of the Michigan Statc Chess As sociation, lIlAHV IN PALMER and Ll~ON STOLCENDEHG, both of De­troit, we re tied for thp state champions hip, each s coring 8%- 1 'h. They will playa match to deCide the title , George Eastman, also or Detroit, holder o f the championship for the year just ended, was third, and E , .I, Van Sweden, of Grand Bapids, fourth, 'I'he tournament was held in the Assembly Boom of the Detroit Edison Company building, with the Detroit Edison Chess and Cbccker Club acting as host.

At the business meetillg of the associatiou , Van Sweden was elected l>1'esidenl, Hucceeding Frank A , Hollway of GI'and Rapids , Palmer was j'e·elected vice -p resident ancl E dward r. Treend, of Detroit, sec :'etary-treas\lre r , On t.he invitation of the Grand napids Chess Club, it was vot ed to bold the 19-13 toul'llament in that city,

WEST VIRGINIA H. Landis :Marks of HUntington won West VI)'.

g i llia'~ fourth anllual state tourname n t, held .Iune 27th and 28th at Chal'lestoll wil h 12 vlayen val'­ticillHting, including Ihe three l"'ev ious champions, ,John F , Hurt, \Villiam F . Har t ling and \ValL Crede, all of Charle~ton , li'ini s hinl';' after Marks were Harold III , Ligge tt , second, \Valt Crede third, B_ay Martin fourth,

In a bUHiness meeting, the ass ociation re·elected A, \V, Paull of \Vhoeling, president, and 'Gene Collett or Clarksburg, secretary·treasurer. '

CLEVELAND E!liot.t E, Ste arns, who has been dereating all his

oppone nts in the Cleveland City Championship Tour· nament, was finally upset by youthful Edg-ar Holla· day o f thp Cuyahoga Chess Club, Stearns is leading in the toumey with a s core or 18- J , closely followed by .Iohn 0, Hoy, 1-1- 2 and T om EIDson, 1<1- 4.

MINNEAPOLIS i\linnesota's talented young Slat.e Champion Il,

KONKEL successfully defended his title in a malCh with challeng-er G. S . Barnes. Konkel won the match by de reating- his oppon(mt 4- 0 ,

WAR STAMP TOURNEY The Attleboro (./I1ass,) Chess Club has just com·

pleted a tourney in which thp players paid their entranee fe e of $5 in \Var Stamps, Stamp prizes were awarde d for individual games (olle 50c stump for a draw, t wo rOt' a win) and t he first thl'ee vlay­Ill'S in the ~tan(]ings, received 5, 3 and 2 stamps respectively, The res ponse was amazing ; in no time ten 1,I<1yet's were at it "1'01' blood," Most of the cOllll,etitol's got back their initial itlvestment and are now 011 the way towards fill iu);; the remainder or the il' Staml' Dooks. Thi s type of tournament is just the thing to promote chess in true patriotic style ,

EUROPEAN CHESS WOl'ld Champion Alexandel' Alekhine and Es"

thonian Gl'andmastel' Paul Keres took part in a recent dOUble-round toul'llament at Salzburg, Austria, The event was won by Aiekhine , Fiaal standings : Alekhine 7YS - 2%: Kere s 0-,1; P, Schmidt and K. ,Junge 5-5; Bogoljubov 3'h- 6YS; Stoltz 3-7. Euwl', who was invited, did not compete,

CHESS REVIEW

Game of the Month

by

From ithoUI 1885 to 19H t here waH a <;on~tallt stream of !lew chcs~ stars : 'I'ana><ch. I,asker, Pi l1sbur)' , !{uhiIlHwin. Capa blallca, Alekhinc, I"t)ached prominen ce in l ha t order. III t hat r espcet t he period is the most feni le i n chess h is t ory, 1'01' tJe~ide the abol'c g ia'ltH tliere were dozens or othe rs. like Chal'ousek , ala l"Oez}'. Sehlceh lcr, Marsha ll. Spiel· mann, '['arta k owcr, Bogoljuboff, de. who were vcry close 10 the to]!.

Arter tlle last wa, ', the s ituation chnllA"(>d. III t.he 20's a number of masters. notably Hcti, Bogoijllboff and l\imwYitch, del'eloped IhB pronli~f's of earli!'!" y e lHS. but only 011(> grl'at p lnycr who wa s lotally unkno wn hefore 191~ came along- Euw('.

Tlwn arouud 1930 tllE' situation clwn).:"ed again: betwccn that ,:ale and I~I:\~ all th!' masters who are prominent todd' scoretl sOllle 1I0w!)lc successes. At Not tingh<11ll ill l~:ll; it becanlc atJUlitia n tly clear Ihat OTlly Alekhine ami Capablallca . o f Uw pr .. war ).:"Ual"(). cou ld hold their own with the younge r gcncl"alion .

Sine" InG. how t' H" ·. tl "?re ha,. (> bl"PI! virtUally TI O out~la ll d i llg

newcomel ' ~ , While. in a l l )Jrobabi li l~' . Ihe YOll ll g HUsHi" ll s no le~la"sky

and Bondarev~ky. perha ps KO lort 100. coul, ) do we l l in any (,Olllpall)'. we Shall hal'e 10 wail for morc Ilf'a( 'f'ful day~ 1.0 3 .. 1.11,-. t hat and Illilny other inl.ere~ling qUPstion s .

Ir we inquire What Ihc conditiOIl>; arc whieh fa\'o r the del'elopmCTlI of c llf's~ ma><t .. !'s. we lind Ihat tlll're is 110 climate or race wh ieh haH a monopoly of gpnius. ami that the re is rl'ally only one essential: Ilw imlldtlual must have leisure For though Ihe ch~H>< nlll~t~r may Lt' born with his abil ity. he needs ma ny ycars of study alld hard compe­tition to hri nJ,: it 10 t he fo re. I t stands to r{'ason. therefore. l.hal nl'w stal'~ will appeal' only in I'elative ly llf'aCerul and !lro~JlerO l ls time~.

AI')!,"l'nlina. at jJl"es(" nl. is a IHIPPY hunlin)!," ground 1'01' ehess abilil.~' ~n(i it. wou ld be H ll r ]lri~i n g it' no star of ]I('l'nHl nen t Mat.u l"f' df'v elope d Illel'e . Of th t' IlHll'y )J ell' names . l'ilnick (who HP('IllS 10 be a re rug"(' frolll EuroJ'e). is 011(> of t.he mosl IJromiKing , Hi s slyle is sUll al Ihe stagt' wherc he places most stress on th" attaek and combin:llh'c pby . . which )!'"il'es il a rresh alld \' i)!,"orous Character.

Mar de l Plata, 1942

FR E N C H D EFENSE

H. Pil n ick G. Sta hlberg

Whit.t> Dlack

1 P_K4 P·K3

Stah lberJ,: I~ one of those players who invariably adopt the same opening. uSllally e,'en sticking to the salil e \',u'i,lIion . There are two drall'back~ in,'o l"ed in such an at · tilUde: Olll' iH that one iH always exposed to pre parcd \',ariation3. the ()ther is thaI the ability 10 cope with ne w tiiluations becom es dulled.

A UG . _SEPT . [942

2 P·Q4 P .Q4 3 Kt.QB3 Kt. KB3 4 8 · KtS B-K2 5 BxK t

- - - -Al l elltcl'prising, o ut two 'ed)!,"f'd

line. Perhaps l'iln ick chO!\c it Lp· causo Stah loerg has liUd lH'I'f'I 'a l bad eXIJC!'icncc~ wilh it aga in~ 1 Biehl e l'.

5 - - - a,a 6 P-K 5 8 _K 2 7 Q. Kt4 0 -0 8 8.Q3 - - - -

Th e ch aracleJ'i~ti cs of Ihe game I are a~~um i llg a lielin i te ~hape :

Reuben Fine

White i~ goi ng to attack Oil the I\ ·side, whi le Black's ehanceH lie in the ce n ter and Oil t h e otht'1' w in" 0_

8 - - P.Q84

,' lways f'sH .. nlinl in 111 <' 1;'I'PllCh LJefense.

9 PxP Kt-83

Wi th a \"jel\" 10 tlw fo llo wi ng combination_

On ~ Bxl'. which i~ Ih,-. u~1I:11 line. 10 p · lll I ' - I~ ·I: II (p:~ !~ hanl to meet. AI anr nne. StH hlLel'g has 10:;( ~ r\' rl"ill g'l n l "~ with it a lltl the b UI'llt ('h,' ~s play e r dreads IIH~ \'ar ia t.ion ,

10 P· 8 4 P·84 To b lOCk

P · ql~t.3 at a~ strOll)!,", ~~'rVI'H Ihe P ,KKt3_

lhe dingonal, I II o ncl' . 11011",, \,,-·1'. is ~ i n ~f' 11Ia<'k til""

all.ernlltive dC!'f'n~('

11 Q-R3 . . . .

-' x/v

"

j us t. I'P '

- - -

P osi t i on a fter W hite's 11th mov e

11 - - - - P·QKt3!

T o wre~t t he initi;llil't' al tllf' IH'g li giblt' cost o r a Pawn. Be­Hid,-.~. SUlh lbt'rg realizf'H I lia! an aggres~ h'e p laycr j'('('I~ i ll at pase Oil the d,-.rcnse.

12 0 _0·0 . . . . On 12 l'xl', Qx!': 13 0 ·0 ·0, H­

KlI: I·' I"QI,t3, Q· I( ,l: !~ Kl\t ·K2. U-Jl6ch: 16 I\ -I\tl. 1' ,""t 5 the loss of the 13ishop will break the bnck of \ \/hile's atlack. when Black will h:l\'e all Ihe play.

159

12 . . . . 13 P _KK t4 • • •

A~gre"sive as evel·. but first 13 K t·B3 would have a\'oided the in· genlous combination which follows.

13 . . . . P·B5! 14 BxQBP . . . .

Virtually fOl·ced. On 14 B· K 2, Q·IH; 15 i'xP. p ·Q5, White is in a bad wa)'.

" P x P ! 15 Q. Kt2 . . . .

The point to Blnck'R IJrevious play Is thliL .1 5 Qxl(tP? i~ refutell by 15 ... Itxl'!; 16 Qxlt? 13-Kt4, etc. Now the tll re:l l of a sacrifice at Q5 IHls Ilrccipitawd a second crisis.

Posi tion after Wh it e's 15th move

15 . . . . Kt· R4

Plausible. bu t IMel·ior. Correct wa~ 15 ... ltxl'! becau~e the SIlC· riflce !It Q5 would then be In· adequate. Kg" .. 1\i KtxP, Itxl3!: 17 Kt-136ch. IJ)(K t; 18 H)(Qch. BxH and lJIack hns more than enough. or 16 Dx !'. PxU; 17 KD:i'. B· KI4 !: 18 KI·U6ch. QxKI! nnd wins.

It must not be SU III)Osed, how. el'er, UUlt White's game would be hOllelesij after 15 ... itxP. He has the powel'rul waiting move 16 13·K t 3!, thl'ealenlug KLxP. Black has nothing bette r than 16 ... Kt·Q5, to exchan~e the dangerous Bis hop, 17 H:Kt-K2, KtxDch: 18 HPxKI, Hlld if 18 ..• H-IH: 19 Kt ·Q·I !. H·Kt·l; 20 Kt · B6, Q·I(I: 21 Ktx l3c h, Qxl{t; 22 I<tx!'!. while If 18 ... \t-U2 {In s tcnd or IS ... 1{. D~} 19 QxKtI' with good attacking possibilities on t he open Kl(t file.

16 RKP !

lJIuc k evidently un de"es timuletl the force or this re lll)'.

16 . . . . PKR ?

This mistake definitely leads to a 10llt 1)0Sltlon. The best Chance WII S 16 ... U·](t2: 17 HxQ. BxQ; 18 I))(Pch , 1{· ln; 19 HxQll. HxH: 20 0 ·Q5. UxlC 21 ]3xU , n -Q L White mig- IlL win in t he long run. with two Pawn s for the exchange and Black's Pawns so bad I), dis­organized, bUl he "'ould not have an easy time.

160

I 17 Bx Peh K. R l

The IIlternath'e 17 ... 13·K3; 18 UxBc h. ](·IU: 19 Kl(t·K2. followed by Qx P etc. offers less hOlle.

18 BKR B. R3

Bluc k becomes toO despernte and needlessly stakes everything on one curd. Aflel' 18 ... Hx l>; 19 I'Kt·](2. H·DI the technical dllll · cultles would be consldel"lIble. es· pecially In I'lew of tho weuk I, p .

19 B_Q5 Q. Kt3

Again 19 ... RxP was slrn lJler. OIilCk IllIlY have thoug"ht that the Pawn would not run aWil)'. !-Ie was r ig ht- t he only trouble Is that the i>1I " 'n " lays there Wilh more effect!

20 K Kt · K2 21 P · Kt3

R.QKtt R·QBt

Dohl/-( his best to b lilld UI) an atlllck. bu t White's position Is toO solid.

22 Q. K4 ! 23 Kt_R4 24 P _B4

ThO lUannel" conSOlida tes his admirable.

24 . . . 25 KlllKt 26 R_Qt 27 K_Ktl

Kt . Kt2 Q. B2

in which posit ion

. . . Pllnick

Is mo,,1

Kt · B4 BKKt

R_KBI B·Bl

T hIs JllIny t hreat is easily par· rled. Black is u na ble to do any· th InK cons u·ucti\'e. His main hope now iii that he may be a ble 10 seCUl'e some counten1l ay by ope n· ing the Q II file.

28 P.K6 29 P . B5

P _QR4 B.K2

29 ... Qxl(P: 30 11·1(1. followed by P·U6. woulll be hopcless.

30 R· Ktl P _R5 31 RKP PxP 32 PKP B· B3

A t.,. t~_ i'll [ll 1.1 •

tJ !!,!J. ',... • A r 'f rJ~~.di ~ ~A

• r , h .. Ai'iil',,_ t:l ~$J.I ,. W"4« W"

wmif A wJ ~.i;; ~ .... n ..,... r .~~~ ~

~~~~~'d' ~=-~ Po, it ion afte r Slack's 32nd m ove

The ca jJtnre or the HI' would again nlHkc the opening" or the Kit tlIe decisive. One s imll le line i~ 32 .. , QxllJ>; 33 H·Kt! ! . Q· 1\6: 3·1 K·02. Q xB P : 35 QxQ, HxQ; 36 l(t·Q'I. H·BI: 37 K t·B6, I1 -Kl; 38 Ktxl), HxKt; 39 !l·KDI, K·KtI; ~ O R-U7, HxH; ,Ii P x Hch, K-BI: 42 p. K\4 and the I'e is nothing to be llone

ngnlns t tile advancc Pawns.

33 Kt·B4 ! • •

Threatening 34 Kt·l(t6ch, Px l,t ; 35 1t-1I ·lcll with mate In a fe w.

33 . . . . Q_K2 34 Q. Kt2 ! ....

Another olegant and rlll'cerul move. T ho facility with which Pllnlck conducts t he attack nmke~ one rorl;;et the lIl"obleru~ \I'hlch h( had to ilolve during the gilllle.

The immcdiate t hreat Is 35 Kt 1\t6ch, PxKt; 36 Q·R3ch. K-Ktl; 37 I'xl' !l1H1 mate can be post· poned only by pl"obiom move~.

34. . .. P. Kt4 DCS lmir. 3~ ... K· KI I lI' oulll

allOW the beautifu l finISh 35 Kt · H5, 1) ·1(.1 ; 36 HxP ch!!. DxH : 37 p ·136 !, I{xP: 38 Qx Oc h !!, QxQ; 39 P·K7 dis e h. and wins.

35 PK P e.p. 36 PKP

Wltlt hi9 tresses mlgllt fL~ woll resign.

37 RxR 38 Q.R2

The sim plest.

B- KKt2 Rll Kt

gone, Il1nck

Q_R6 · . . .

38 . . . . Q. Kt5 39 R_B l Q.B6 40 R.Q l Q. K4 41 R_Ktt Q.Q5 42 R_QBI BKP

Or ~2 ... Q·Q6ch: 43 Q·B2, Q. Q5; H Q·K 2 nnd Black only hILI I I fell' inconSClluential checks.

43 BxB Q. K5c h 44 Q.B2 QKB 45 R·Ktl

To gct rid of t he tho rost w11l be easY.

45 . . . . 46 RxB

· . . . Bishop. when

Q-K6 Q· K8ch

S hortening his life. But on ·IG .. Kxll; 47 p ·D5 the win IS Just

as ea,,),. E.g .. 47 ... Q·](8ch; 48 K·](t2 lind Black has no checks.

47 Q. Bl Q. K5ch 46 K_R2 KxR 49 Q.Kt2ch Rulgn.

Tho exchange of Queenilis forced. While Stahlberg's derenSil'e pIa)'

could IUII'e been improved Ullon ILt sCI'eral pOints. Pllnick's conduct Or the .t:"ame thl'oughout was en· ergetlc, nccut"ate and artistic.

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C H E SS R EVIEW

Marshall's New Move in the Ruy Lopez By EDWARD LASKER

In his new book "My Fi fty Yea rs of Chess," Frank Marshall devotes a chapter to h is latest analysis of the open ings. He includes a new suggest,io.n- in his variation of the Ruy Lopez which should Inject new life into this interesting line.

The open ing moves o f the Marshall variation are as fo llows :

1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 K/. KB; , K I·eB3; 3 B.KI5, P-Q!?;; 4 B.1?4, KI.B3; j 0.0, B_K2; 6 U.K I, P-QKI4; 7 B.KIJ, 0.0; 8 P.B3, P-Q4; 9 PxP, KlxP (9 ... P.KS has also i'lC<:Tl t ried with inconclusive results); JO K fXP, K /xKI: J I u'.xKI .

In this position, 11 ... Kt. B3 or 1 \ ... 8 .Kt2 have hi therto heen played. Black's sacrifice of a Pawn is compensated by h is abil ity to mobi lize rapidly and poise his fo rces in the general d irection of the opposing King. However, with these con­tinuations, the success of the assault has been doubt_ ful, with the odds favoring W hite.

Marsha ll now suggests 11 .. . P-Q B3! This move has great possibi lit ies And vigorously renews the at­tack. In his book, Marshall gives the fol1ow ing analysis:

11 . .. P.QB3; 12 P-Q4, B·0 3; 13 1~ _Kl , Q-RJ.' 14 P-KKtJ, Q-I?6; [5 B.-.;Kf, Px8; 16 Q-133, B.KB4; 17 QxP. QR.Kl ; 18 Rx/~ (If 18 R_K3, B·B5! ma in _ tains the attack--E. L.) , Uxl?; 19 B-K 3, B-K5 and Black wins.

An interesting sidelight here is that the fo regoing moves were exactly duplicated in a game played at ten seconds a move between Nadell and Horowitz in the recent Lightning Championship Tournament. Horow itz, who ha(1 a lack, gave Ma rshall fu ll credi t for the wi n, i ll "bunr;a.

If, in the above, W hi te plays 15 Q-B3 ( instead of 15 BxKt), then 15 ... B. Kt5; 16 Q_Kt2, Q_R4; 17 Kt_Q 2, Q R_K I; 18 Rx R, RxR ; 19 J>_8 3, R_K&h; 20 K.B2, B. R6 and Black wins.

111is new mO~'e, then, 5CCrns to indicate thai the pawn sacrifice is sound . The que.~t ion arises as to whether the sacrifi ce can be declined with advantage.

A UC .- SEP 1". 19 4 2

Position after 7 .. . 0 -0

In the crucial position shown in the diagram, White has thrce: ~d t ernat i vcs \0 avoid the Marsha ll attack, H P_Q4, H P-Q3 or H P_QR4.

After 8 P_Q4 Black quickly ga ins superiority by R ... Ktx QP; 9 KtxKt, Px Kt ; 10 P-K 5, Kt_Kl ; 11 QxP, P_QB4; 12 Q-K4, R.Ktl , followed by .. . P·Q3.

8 P-Q3 is a ra ther pas$i ve continuation played a Rreat dea l about thirty ),ears ago. T he move brings back to mind the international tournament at Vienna in which Teichmann fin ished first, ahead of Rubin. stein and Schlechter, both of whom he defeated with the Black side of this vu iation. T he method of proce(lurc genera ll y follows some such pattern as:_ 8 P-Q 3, P-Q 3; 9 P.8 3, Kt.Q R4; 10 B_B2, P_B4; 11 Q Kt_Q 2, Kt.B3; 12 Kt.B I, Q .B2; 13 Kt.K3, B_K3; then, if 14 P_Q4, Black exchanges everything on Q 5 and reaches C<Juality with either ... Q _B4 or .. . Kt_Kt5. If 14 Q. K2, P.Q4 ! and Black obtains a winning attack if the pAwn is accepted.

8 P_QR4 for White seems to be lacking in force. For one thing it gives Black enough time to swing his QR to Kt squar!.', from which point o f vantage it may defend Black' s Q B at Kt 2 in some contingencies. Again Black's QR mig ht maneuver its way into the fray via Q Kt3. Thus, H . .. R.Ktl ; 9 PxP, PxP; 10 P-B3, P-Q 3; 11 P_Q4, B.Kt 5; 12 B-K 3, KtxKP; 13 B-Q5, Q.Q2; 14 PxP, Kt_Kt4 ; 15 BxKKt, BxB; 16 P-R3, BxKt; 17 Q xB and now Black may safely p lay KtxP, whereas with the Rook on QR square he wou ld lose on account of 18 RxKt.

In the above variation, if W hile plays 14 BxKR't ( instead of 14 PxP) , then 14 .. . P_Q4; 15 B·B2 (or 15 BxP, Q3c B and Black has the advantage), P-K 5; 16 P.R3, B.R4; 17 P_KKt4, BxP; 18 J>xB, QxPch; 19 K. RI, PxKt and wins.

In conclusion, it wou ld appear that Ma rshall 's attack not only has not been refuted, but it is to be feared . Hence, the Ruy Lopez as a weapon in the hands of an aggressor should be shel ved.

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MY FIFTY YEARS OF CHESS By FRANK J. MARSHALL

U NITED STAT ES CHESS CHAM PION 1909_1936

Retirement Years (1937_1912 )

In 193(" J came (0 a ,l;n\ve de(i~ion , I had held my title for almost three deca des . Many youthful contenders for the crown had ar isen and r fclt they all deserved a fair chance. It W~IS time to step aside wd make way for new blood . in the old days I was practically the on ly player to rerrC5cnt America in intern:ltiona! competition but now our country was hcin~ worthily represented by Rcshevsky, Fine, Kashdflo, Horowitz, Dakc and others.

The outcome of these reflections was that I de_ cided to reti re with the underst:tnding that the new champion wou ld be determined by open competit ion. Sammy Rcsllcvsky won the firS! tournament and he has won the other three ( the last ended in a tie wi th Kashdan ) , proving that the title rests in worthy hands.

In 1937,1 played in the International Team Tour. nament at Stork holm, as captain of the United States team . I have takm part in five of these cantests, playing at Hamburg as a member of the team and at Prag~e, H asting s, Warsaw and Stockholm as playing captam . The U . S. team was victorious in fom of these event s. It was a g reat disappointment to me that this country did not send a team to the last O lympics, held in 1939 at Bllenos Aires.

W ith the exception of th is trip to Stockholm, I

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L at es t p ic t u r e o f Gra nd ma ster

I Fra n k J. M ars hall , taken last m on t h

i n t he r ear ga r den of th e Ma rs hall

C he ss Club at a n " au tog raph ing pa r t y"

he ld _t o ce lebra t e the publi cat ion of

h is new boo k, H ere M ar shall is s ig n .

• ng cop ies of th e f i rst editi on.

On A ugust 10th, Mars ha ll w as 65

y ea rs ol d, remai ned ja un t y and y out h.

fu l as e v er. I

have spent most of the past six years, since I gave up the tit le, in New Y ork. I have often been sorely I tempted to play in the National Championship Tournaments, but Carrie has always restrained me, I and she is probably rig ht. T he years take their tol l. 1 no longer have the phys ical stamina re(Juired for the d ifficult schedu les of such tou rnaments. But, like the old warhorse who smells the smoke of battle 1 st ill take part in compet it ive chess wilen I hav~ the opportunity. I play for my club in the Metro. politan League Matches and I have competed regu. larly in the Championship T ou rn aments of the M ar. shall Chess Club. These are [cal contests, pUlting man y an international tournament in the shade.

The past few years have been quiet, hut not empty years. I have had time to see more of my good fri ends 1 of the Marsha ll Chess Club, to consider some new ideas in my fa vorite openi ngs, to reflect upon the I many events of my chess career, to ap praise them and put them in order, to take a leisurely look at wJut the youngsters arc doing, to compare them with Lasker and Pillsbury and Schlechter and all the other great men I knew .

And so, taking a long look backward at my fifty years of chess, I turn my book over to you. It contains my life's work, my best games. The product of much toil and some suffering, these games arc the outcome of one ideal that was always with me - to play the most interesting and belutiful chess of wh ich I was capable.

C H ESS R EV I EW

turn my book over to you" W tTl-! TI-I ESE WORDS, Grandmaster FRANK

J. MARSHA LL concludes the ~cric~ of articles

which hc,gan in the October, 19·11 iS~\lc of this

magazine.

The Editors of CHESS REVlliW feci honored to

have had the I'rivik,1;<: of prescl1lin!S this series in

which (he "Happy Warrior of Cht'ss" has outlined

the story of his romantic career. They are even

prouder to hav(' been able 10 produce· the book to which Marshall refers- the complete record of

his lift's work, his best games.

Your editors afC glad to make this book available

now and thus honor the name and work of Frank

Marshall while he is stil l with us, still vigorous

an d astonishin,gly youthful in mind and hody, despite his long service in the cause of chess; still able to

present us with ('xamplcs of his spark lin,; genius.

The artides wh ich have appeared in CHESS REVIEW

were taken from the introduction to thi s hook, the

part in which the Maestro describes his (an:<:r. Need.

less to say, lhi~ introductory scction is an I}' a smaIl

portion of thc complete volume (26 of the 242 pages ) . T he bulk of the hook is devoted to a truly

remarkahle collection of Marshall's brilliant games­

games that will live as long as chess is played.

There arc 140 of thcse games in the book. They were carefully sclected from the thousands Marshall

has played during the past fifty rears. O ne or two were included for their historical value; a few of his

famous "swindles" for entertainment; but the vast

majority an: the olltstanding efforts of his career.

For the first time, a complete collection of Marshall"s

linest games, thorough ly annotated, is presented in this volume. The enterta ining comments on each

game, the lar,t;e diagrams and the hi,t;hly instructive

notes add great ly to the value of the book.

A hundred rcars from now chesspb)'ers will he

pla)'in,t; over these eternal games, will remember the name of Frank Marshall with reverence and grati.

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A UG .. SEPT. t942 163

PART ONE

The Boy Prodigy Becomes a Master

There is a certain signi ficance in the fact that Jose Raoul ( apabIanca was born in Havana in 1888. At that time, and throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, Havana was one of the out­standing chess centers of the world.

Attracted by the city's charm, the lavish hospitality, the more than generous remuneration and the keen and sympathet ic interest of the Cuban amateurs, many of the g reatest masters of the age made the trip to Havana: Stein itz, Dr. Lasker, Tchigorin, Blackburne, Mackenzie and others. Even the great Morrhy had sojourned there a while during the terrible days of the Civil W ar.

This was the atmosphere, redolent of chess and chess events, into which Capablanca was born. No ~onder, S?ffie will say, that he became a chess prod _ ~gy; fO.r Intense preoccupation with a given fi eld In a g iven era Will genera lly culminate in the ap_ pearance of stupendous genius in that fi eld. This was true of the Ital ian Renaissance as it has been true of the tremendous strides of medical research in more recent times. And yet the fact remains, after

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'.

The Imm(

JOS~ R. CAPABLANCA

" ... th e name of Capablanca and the game. of Capablanca wlll live forever."

-CHESS RE VIEW, March, 1942.

Photo wa, taken in 1921 wh en he defeat ed Luker at Havana and be:ome che" champion of the w ortd.

all allowances ha\'e been made for these historical cond ition ing in Auences, that it was precisely an individual named Capablanca, and not someone else, who emerged as a chess genius.

Thc early stages o f his progress are well_known; how he learned the moves at the age of four by watching his father play ; how, with very little study or further play, he developed to the point where he was able to win the Champ ionship of Cuba at the age of 12 in a set match with Juan Corzo.

Many years late r, as a mature man, Capablanca described Ihis match in his book MY CH ESS CAREER, now out of print, in the follow ing words:

"I begall to play with the conVIction that my ad vcrsary was supcrior to me; he knew all the openings and I knew none: he knew many games of the grent mastcrs by heart, t hings or

. which I had no k nowledge whatever : besides, he hall played many a match lind had the ex­perience and' al l the tricks t hat go along w ith i t . while I was a novice.

"The II rst t wo ga mes were quiCk ly won by him, but somethlnl; In the third , which was a draw. showed me thAI he had his w eaknesses and gave me the necessary cou rn.ge and con­fidence. From t here on, he did not win II l;"ame, but only scored nve more d raw s before I won the four requlrell."

(ContInued on Page 166)

CH E SS REVIEW

II Games of n Kt- K 2 Q-Kt3!

Forci ng the exchange of Queens by t he t hreat of .. " . B---QD1, anti thus bringing his QR Inlo the gam e.

\

14 Q x Q l~ Kt- Q4 16 P- B3

RPxQ B- QB4 R- R5!

T hreatening ... R x Kt! If now 17 P- K U, R x R tP !

by Fred Reinfeld 17 8- K 2 18 Px B 19 P- Kt3 20 B- Kt2

B x Ktch RxQP

Kt- B3 R- Q7

The followi ng g ame Is from Capa· 1 blanca's n rs t match when. 85 a. boy ' prod igy, he 'won the chess cham­pionship of Cuba .

In thle ma tCh, Corz o adopted liltl e·knowli lines in ol'<iel' to take advantage or hi s 12·year-old OIl­lJonenl's lack of book knowledge . H owever, Capablanca'l! use of sturdY com mon sense Ilroved ade­quate to the situatio n - as It so often did t hl'ougholl l his career.

Ha vana, 1902

K ING'S GAMBIT

J. CORZO

While

J. R . CAVAI!LANCA

Dlack

1 P- K 4 2 Kt-QB3 3 P- B4 4 Kt- B3 ~ P- KR4 6 Kt-KKt~

7 KtxP

P- K 4 Kt- QB3

PxP P- KKt4

P- Kt5 P- KR 3

KxKt

Il is not appare nt that W hi t e has adequltte compe nsation rO!o the p-iece; but the idea or the gambit is to dGvelop rapidly a n d thu~ take advantage of the exposed etate or Blacl('s King.

8 P-Q4 9 P x P

P- Q4 . .

In lIoe with the previous note, D x P would be stronger.

9 .. .. 10 K - B2 I I K - K tl

Q- K2ch P- Kt6ch

. . . .

While's Ki ng now fi nds hlmseJr ill a slluatlo n which Is even worse lhan that or h is colleague. T he manner In which the youthful plar· er of the black pieces utlllr.es this CirCumstance is m ost Impressive.

AUG . • SE P T. 1 942

Capablanca

I I . . . . 12 Q x Kt

Corzo

Kt x P! Q- B4

The ll oln l. If now 13 Q x Q ?? B x Qch and mate follows . T he un· fortunate position of White's King now plays a. deCisive role.

Naturally not 20 . .. It x P ? 21 B - B 4.

21 B- R5ch . . . .

The resource on which White has relied, but It leads to a snappy flnish.

21 . . . 22 B x R 23 P x P 24 B-K~

Kt x B! P- B6 Kt-B~

. . . . Agaiusl 24 R-Kl there are varl ·

O\lS winning methods, a s for ex­ample 24 . . . D- R6; 25 B- K5 (if 25ltx B, Ktx Rch and the KKlP queens) , R-Kt7 ch; 26 K-Bl, 11-K7ch; 27 RxB, P-Kt7ch; 28 K ­Kll, R x Rch etc.

24 . . . . 25 K - Bl

R- K t7ch R- B7ch

If now 26 K- Ktl, Kt- K7 mate.

26 K - KI Kt- Q6ch

White resigns; a remarkable game ror a youngster.

For many years, note d annotator Fred Reinfeld

has colle cted, studie d and analyze d the best games

of famous world champion Jose R. Capablanca.

The articles in this series. and the accompany~

ing games, are e xcerpts from Reinfeld's new book

of the same title. to be published this Fall by Horowitz

and Harkness, New York.

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Reuben Fi ne (seated at right of tab le in back. ground) ~Iays D. H. Mugridge i n in t r a.c lub match at Wa shing ton, D. C. At the left ( lea ni ng over, watc hing game) is Cl ub Secretary N. p . Wigginton.

R euben F ine in Gala Event at Washington Chess D ivan

Grandmaster Reuben Fine took part in an unusual and hiJ;h ly succe.~sfu l intra.club match !It the W ash. ing ton (D. C.) Chess D ivan on July 291h . Fine played with l team of " 1942 memlx:rs" l J,: ai nst a team of " 1941 members" in a 27.hoard Il1ltch. The 1942 t c~m, Ilrgcly m~de up of 1) I~yc rs brought to the nat ion' s capital by war. time (tH its, dt feated lhe older memh('rs b)' 15Yz- ll Yz.

At Bo~rd No. I , Cluh President D. H. Mugridge resigned. to Reuben Fine in 22 moves. At No. 2 ro'ml , \'ete ran A. W . Fox was dcfeaH:ci h)' Problemist Vincent L Eaton in a li\'cly game with a spectacular fini sh ( see swre Ixlow) .

T he match was an impressive demonstrat ion of chess enthusiasm and a tribute to the capable pro. motion effort s o f tIle club's enterprising sccrdary, red.haired N on'al P. Wigginton, who writes:

" Wi th the tempe rature in the nineti es, si xty of the dub's so act ive members turned out for the biggest e\'en inJ,: the Divan has ever had . I was so proud of that gang I could have husted !"

SIC I LIAN DEFENSE V. L . Ea t on A . W . F ox

White Black 1 P·K4 P.Q84 13 0 ·0 ·0 O·O ? 2 Kt.K83 Kt.QB3 14 P· KR4 Q.Kt3 3 p .Q4 p,p 15 P. K 5 QPxP 4 KtxP Kt·B3 16 RPxP p,p 5 Kt·QB3 P.Q3 17 Q,P RxKt 6 B·K Kt 5 KtxKt 18 P,R Q.B4 7 QxKt B.Q2 19 B,P QxPch 8 B·K2 P·KR3 20 K·Ktl B· K3 9 B·R4 Q.R4 21 P.QB4 R·QBl

10 P·QR3 P· KKt4 22 R·Q3 Q·R5 11 B·Kt3 8 ·Kt2 23 QxBch ! '"' White 12 Q·Q2 R.QB l announced mat e in 5.

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(continued From Page 164 )

The rea lly deci sive turn to Capabl anca's career was g iven when he came to this COlmtr}' to prepare him. sel f for entrance into Columbia Uni versity. AI. thoug h the stud ies of the teen.age youngste r came fi rst , he was now able to gi\'e more t ime to chess, and to join the Manhattan Chess Club, where he made many friendships which were to endure for the res t of his life. In the match wi th Corzo, Capablanca had revealed his capabilities as a match.game player; in view of hi s tender years, virtual absence of ex. perience and ig nora nce of the book lines of the openi ng.~, it is dear that nothing but pu re nl tural ability was the souKe of h i.~ sucn.-ss. And this aspect of his pia), became more <iazzlin,a.: than eve r when he began to astound his fellow. members of the ~bnhltt an Chess Club wit h his phenomenal ra pi d. t ransit p lay.

T his type of pIa)' is pecu liarly the domlin of the natu rally gifted player, and thus the young coll ege student begln to acqu ire a sensational reputation which was soon enhanced hy his amazingly success. ful results in sim ultaneous play . So rapidly did the news of young Capahlanca's achievement s in simu l. taneous play become known to players all over the country thai an extensive transcontinenta l tour was soon lrra nged . Thi5 lour in turn was com pleted in such a hr:l\'ura style thlt an exh ibition match was arrange<] with the American Champion, Frank J. "'·l arshall.

A g reat deal o f nonsense has been written about this match . It is true that the twenty.year.old Cuban won the contest by th e magn ificent ~orc o f 9- 1; yet to insist , as d id all the contemporary critics, that the chic{ b r tor in the resu lt had been Marshall's mise rahl e pla y, is to do scan t justice to ei the r "Iarer. Rather than to insist that i\hrshall had played bad l}'. it would he more to the point to remember that Capa. blanca had playc<l wonderfully; to remember that Marsha ll had made no preparation fo r the match : to rememlx:r that no one had real ize<] beforehand that Capablanca had the .~ Iightest cha nce. How could Marshall , or anyone else fo r that matter, have fore. seen that the {'hess world was about to wi tness thc definiti ve apllCarancc of one of its most celebrateJ geniuses?

Whatever the Iliten<iant circumstlJlces, the fKt was now clcl r: at the age of 20, Cal,ablanca had become one of the sele<:1 handful a oUfstandinR masters. Chess players the world over all aske<] themselves the sa me question : could Capablanca maintain his posit ion?

(Part 2 next month)

THE tMMORTAL GAMES OF CAPABLANCA, by Fred Rel nfeld, I. now in the ~rinter '8 hands and Is scheduled for ~ublication in October. The price of this third volume in the Chess Classics Series Is $3.00. M a ll yo ur orde r now and the boo k will be shipped to you as soon as it comes o ff the ~ress . Horowi tz; &. H arkness, 250 W . 57th St., New York.

CH ESS R EV IEW

My Favorite End-Game Compositions

Koroll ko v

White PlaYII and Win.

White's Rook bites into six fdes, forces the Black Pawns down, and mates from almost the Same posi. tion as the diagram!

1 R_Kt l Q_KtS 2 B>Q P>B 3 R-OS l P_QB6 4 R·Ql P .Q6 5 R-Kl P_Ko 6 R-KBl P . B6 7 R_KKtl P.Kt6

" R_K Rl P. R6 9 R>P AOY

10 R.R4 mate!

S em isashenov

Wh ite P lays a nd Draws

Black must allow be mated himself !

1 B-Kt l ! 2 B.KR7 ! 3 S·Q4c h 4 S.R8!

a stalemate or

P. R7! P .Kt8= Q

Q.Kt7 Q>.

Sta lem ate

A UG . . S E P T. 1 942

By Irving Cherne y

Lihiurk i n

White P lays and W ins

forcing Black into a zugzwang - and then a Knight fork l

1 B-Q2ch P_Kt5 2 B)(Peh K_Kt4 3 Kt_Q6ch K_Kt3 4 B_R5ch! K>B 5 Kt_B4ch K_Kt4 6 K-B4 ! P_QB4 7 P .Q5 P · B4

• K -Kt5 P· 8S 9 P.B3 Q-Bl . ,. Kt_Q6ch and wins

Gulaev

Whi t e P lays a nd W in 6

White's fourth move is b rill iant! And the fift h move ties up the enemy!

1 P ·Kt7 2 B· K7 3 S·B6 4 PxR = Q ch ! 5 P.Q4 ! and wins

P · B7 P.B8=Q

Q>B Q>Q

Herb, tmil.rln

White Pl ay, and Draws

White mllst pl ay cleverly to es. cape with a draw- by stalemate!

1 K. Kt5 K_Q4 2 P_B4ch K·Q3 3 P · BSe h K ·Q2 4 P.B6e h K_Q3 5 P_B7 R_KRI 6 K.R6 K.Q2 7 K. R7 K_B3 8 P_B8{ Q) ch R>Q 9 P.Kt7 R_B2

10 K .R8 R>P Sta lemat e

Korol i ko v. Doll u ka nov

Whi t e P lays a nd Wi n"

A Delightful Ma t e on Open Boa r d

1 Kt. K5e h 2 R. Kt6 3 P-K3 4 RxB 5 P· B4eh 6 P·Q4ch 7 R· K4c h 8 R. K6 m ate !

K · K 3 KXKt Kt· B4 Kt.Q4

PxP e.p. PxP e.p.

K>R

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Master Chess At 10 Seconds A Move The games on this page were played at the recent

Rapid Chess Championship Tournament in New York . Scores of the games were recorded by CHESS

REVI EW reporters and appear cxdu.-;i vdy in this magazine. For story, pictures and other fl ame scores, scc June.July issue.

SICILIAN DEFENSE I, A_ Horowitz

1 P-K4 2 P·Q4

Whit e

3 Kt_KB3 4 KtxP 5 Qt_QB3 6 B_K2 7 0_0 a Kt_Kt3 9 P_B4

10 B_B3 11 Kt_Q5 12 PxB 13 P·B3 14 Q-K2 15 Kt_Q4

P_QB4 p,p

Kt.QB3 Kt_S3 P-Q3

P. KKt3 8 _Kt2

0.0 B_K3 R_B1 BxKt

Kt.QR4 Kt·s5

P_QR4 P·RS

A. S. Denker

I3lack 16 P_QKt3 17 B_Kt2 1B B,P

B_Kt4 KBxKt K_Rl QR_Ql Q_KtS B_Q2 B_K3 P_QKt4 BxKtP 8 _B6 B ·Q7

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 29

Kt.QR4 P-R6 R,P

KtxQP BxKtch

R_B1 B_Kt2 P_Kt3

B_B6 R_Kt1

Kt_Kt2 Q_K1 Q_B1

Resigns

FRENCH DEFENSE A. S, Pinkus

Wh ite 1 P_K4 2 P_Q4 3 Kt_Q2 4 PxQP 5 KKt·B3 6 B_Kt5ch 7 BxBch 8 0_0 9 PxP

10 R_K1 11 Kt_Q4 12 QKt_B3 13 Kt_K5 14 RxB 15 P-QB3 16 R_R5 17 R_R4 18 B_R6 19 P_B3 20 Q.B2 21 R_KBl

P-K3 P.Q4

P_QB4 KPxP

Kt· KB3 B.Q2

QKtxB 8_K2 KtxP

0·0 Q.Q2 B_Q3 BxKt

KKt_KS P_B3

P_KKt3 Kt_Q3

R_B2 R_Kl

KR_K2 Kt_KJ

ALEKHINE'S

A. S_ Pinkus

Wh ile 1 P·K4 Kt_KB3 2 P· K5 Kt-Q4 3 P.QB4 Kt_Kt3 4 P_Q4 P_Q3 5 p,p BPxP 6 Kt.QB3 P_Kt3 7 Kt_B3 B_Kt2 S B_K3 0 .0 9 R_B1 B.Kt5

10 P_KR3 BxKt 11 QxB Kt·B3 12 Q_Q 1 P_K4 13 P_Q5 Kt·K2 14 B_K2 P·B4 15 P_B3 R-B1 16 P_QKt3 P·K5

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R. Fine

Black

22 Q·Ql ~ 23 P_QKtS

24 B_B1 25 8 . 84 26 R-R3 27 QxKt 28 Q_Q2 29 B_Kt3 30 QxP 31 QxQ 32 8_B2 33 K-Rl 34 R_Kt3 35 BxP 36 R·Ktl 37 KxR 38 K_B2 39 PxKt 40 B.Q4 41 K·KJ

Resigns

DEFENSE

Kt_QB5 Kt-Q3

Kt_Kt2 Kt(3)_B4

KtxKt Kt_K3

P_Q5 p,p

Q_Q5ch KtxQ

Kt_K7ch Kt_B5 R_K7 R_K8

RxRch Kt_K7ch

KtxR R_Rl

RxPch R,P

G. Shainswit

BlaCk

17 0·0 BxKt 18 R,B Kt(3)xQP 19 B_Q4 KtxR 20 BxKt Q·Kt3ch 21 K_R1 P.Q4 22 B_Q4 Q_K3 23 PxQP KtxP 24 B_B4 KR.Q1 25 B-R1 Q_Kt3 26 8xKtch K_B1 27 p,p Q_Kt4 2S R_B3 K_K2 29 Q_Q4 R_B8ch 30 K_R2 R,B 31 QxR p,p 32 Q·K5ch Resigns

S ICILIAN DEFENSE

I. A _ Horowitz

Whi te 1 P_K4 2 P-QB3 3 P_Q4 4 PxP 5 Kt-KB3 6 KtxP 7 KtxKt 8 Q_Q4 9 P_K5

10 Kt_B3 11 B_KB4

P_QB4 P_K4

BPxP p,p

Kt-QS3 P-KKt3 KtPxKt

Q_B3 Q_Kt2

P_Q3 Kt_R3

L. Gladstone

Black

12 0-0-0 13 Q_R4 14 Kt_K4 15 B-KKt5 16 B_B6 17 B-R6 18 RxB 19 R_Q1ch 20 BxP 21 BxB 22 B_B4ch

Kt_B4 B_Q2 p,p

P·KR3 Q_Kt1

R_R2 K,R B-Q3 K_K3 R_Q1

Resigns

RUY LOPEZ

H. Se idman

Whit e 1 P_K4 2 Kt_KB3 3 B_Kt5 4 B·R4 5 0-0 6 Q_K2 7 BxKt a P_Q4 9 PxP

10 Kt_B3 11 R_Q1 12 Kt_K4 13 B_K3 14 QxB 15 Kt_Q4 16 RxKt 17 QR _Q1 18 P-KB4 19 QxR 20 P-B3 21 Q-Q5 22 Q-B6 23 RxRch 24 P_B4 25 Kt_B3 26 P_KR3 27 K_Rl 28 QxP(B7)

P_K4 Kt_QB3 P_QR3 Kt.B3 KtxP Kt_B4 QPxB Kt_K3

B_B4 0·0

Q_K2 B_Kt3

B,B B_Q2

KtxKt QR_Q1

B_B4 R,R

P_QKt3 P· B4 B_K3 R_Q1 Q,R B,P

P_R3 Q_Q5ch

QxBP Q·QB8ch

I. Kashdan

m ack 29 K-R2 30 K-R1 31 K-R2 32 QxKtP 33 K_R1 34 Q_Q8 35 Q_Q1 36 Q_Q3ch 37 QxP 38 K·R2 39 Q·B4 40 K-R1 41 Kt_KtS 42 P_QR4 43 K_R2 44 K _Rl 45 Q-Q3ch 46 Kt-B3 47 Q-B3 48 K-Kt1 49 K_R 1 50 Kt_K4 51 Q_B3 52 KtxQ 53 Kt_QSch 54 Kt_Kt6 55 KtxBc h

Resigns

Q_B5ch Q_KBach

K_R2 Q_BSch

Q,P Q_BS B_K3 B·B4

Q-QB8ch Q,P

Q_Kt1ch Q_B2 Q_K2

Q_K8ch Q_K4ch

B-K3 P·Kt3

P_B5 K_Kt2

B_Q2 Q_Q3 Q_QS Q,Q K_B3 K _K4 P_B6 K_QS

GRUNF'ELD DEFENSE

1 P_Q4

R. Fine

Whil e

2 P_QB4 3 Kt_QB3 4 B_B4 5 P-K3 6 Q-Kt3 7 Kt-B3 S B,P 9 B·K2

10 P_K4 11 0_0 12 p,p 13 Q.R3 14 S· Kt3 15 KR·Q1 16 QR_B1 17 P_Kt4 18 Kt_Q5 19 Kt_K 5 20 PxKt 21 Q-K3

Kt· KB3 P_K Kt3

P_Q4 B_Kt2

0 ·0 P_B3 p,p

QKt_Q2 Kt.Kt3

KKt.Q2 P.QB4 KtxP

Kt_K3 B_Q2 Q_B1 Q_B4 Q_B1 Q_K1

KtxKt Kt_Kt4 P_KR3

I. Kashdan

Blac l{

22 R_B7 B_B1 23 KR_QB 1 Kt_R2 24 Q. BS P_Kt3 25 QxKP Kt_B3 26 QxQ R,Q 27 B_B3 Kt_R4 28 P_Q6 KtxB 29 RPxKt 8xKt 30 BxR B·K3 31 P·Q7 R_KB1 32 RxP BxQP 33 RxB R,B 34 R_K1 B_B6 35 R(1)_K7 R_KB1 36 P_R3 B_B3 37 R_K3 R_B1 38 R_Q6 K _Kt2 39 R_KB3 R_B8ch 40 K·R2 B_K2 41 R,P Resigns

CHE S S REVI E W

PROBLEMS /fddreJJ all Wfrn/, olldn u l! 10 Problem l:'r/ifQr P. L

R OTIl ENI\ ERG, CH ESS REVIEW, 2)0 lFt'S1 )lIb Slreel. Nelli

}' ork. N. }' . For peHolI:11 r('/,I;n, ple(lu ellcioil! ul/-(u/dreJud, J/(/J/I/1ed elll 'e/o /}/!.

P. L. ROTHENBERG

Pro b lem Editor

Sam Loyd Memorial Tourney Awards Three Move Section

By Geoffrey Molt-Smith

III " It'w of th e ~mall number of f'l\lrle~. thE' awards in lhi., seclloll 1I,'e limlt e ,l to two I ,r iz e ~ and twO hO!lol"Hbl f' Illl'n l [on s.

First P rize, Otto Wurzburg (llI'oblcm Jluhll~hed in JUne ,Jul)' Is:wc of Clli~SS HI':VIl~W: While- Ii: Oil <U, U, Hs on Kilt and K7, D Oil QKI3: Wack- K Otl Kill, < ~ on QKtl, P on QKla), S('I('cllon o f ll1e VirH I'I'i1.e w inner II'as ei1~Y, It Is II I! uperb l,roblplIl a rea l eo n U'lbu· lion to the flrl, In m iniat u re form it explOi t!! a the me th"l has beell I:lckled mflny Hmes berore but lIel' IlI' with s llch complete succe!!s- the control Or 11 f ree B I'lck QUeen b}' two While Hooks, A s wilh lIIany problems III the gl'al1{\ manner. this olle i~ fully llll del's lood only by 11

s t ud~' o f the 1,lcrH lful lI'ics and the marr y nnlilne defenses Iherelo. Second Prize, No. 1979, Ma:o<well Bukofzer, No. 1979 wall chosell

fo r Second i'dzl) fro lll a ~eries of tin;) or ~Ix, evide ntly by the IIAme comJlo~er, a~ Htl are concerned wltll t,l llllg up model mat.t' s. All ure Jl\Pl'ltol'lou ~, lind No. 197!) i~ ~i ll gl(Oti oul, IH crely becan~e ! thou ght UI E! key Ihe bes l uf Ih e 101.

Firs t H onorab le Men tion, No, 1980, E, M. H assberg, This Iwoblcrt! IHll"II(l~ II' CH a I,,,th('r dinlcull idea. Th (' I)oinl of the a c tnal soluti on is to be fOutHI in the fail ure o r the t ry I H- l(ts. ans ll'ered by B(H7)xl', w hcrcuPon 2 H- IOo: fail s as Wack hI stnlcmlltcd.

Second H onorable Mention, No, 1981, H, C. Mowry, O f the ''c, nmi~lin~ en tries , th is SI:lllds Out all a n Iltt rn c lil'e sctt ing- of a fam iliar thcmc, IHHT~' ln)(' 111:1)' by a White Hi~ ho ll lhat ,'ucatcs 11 li ne fo r a Wh Ite IIook,

• • • • • Tht' ('0111!I1\1" 1101l o f Al ain Whitt-'s IlWan11i ill 11lf' Four Wa y SeCllon

i1nd Two ;\101'(' 01'('11 Seclion foilowo<: FOUR WAY SECTION:

Third H onorable Mention, No, 1982, Gamage. A~ a pt'oble m, no elltl'.v cou ld be "lore eha l'11Iill,l/.' UH\II lhlH, The IIlght-){ivillg' key, odd COl ltillJ,:CllL Ihl'CII( anti sy mmetl'Y 0 1' <illig-olltil line play- make It a memol'ablc Ilulework. TWO MOVE OPEN SEC T ION:

Fir$( H onorable Mertt ioo, No, 1983, Hauberg, An adm irable c .... . am l,le o r nwf'iHlnical I" ·f'cision. If Black's Qii were blocked. Whll c cOll ld mate by I B,Q5 01' 1 KI(either) ·Q6, T IIPl<e t hree movel< s l)I'ing into I'o tcnt lal action :IS soon as Black ca ll1llres the While Bis ho l' and there by block ... Ihe e SI<I'nlia l ~qll llre, T lwn fo llow Ihe differellt ma le t>. while the Ol,publ):, of fO ll r Wac k IIneiS and the II ngua,../;ng of Ulack 's K I e ffect Ihe dClllred re,mtts with Im'cly cconomy. No White Paw n~ a ro used. Alld Ihcro Is the addea intc l'es t of a sacrificial kcy and of an incldCl1tlli Black Interfc rcnce aftc r 1 , .. H·K7.

Second H o norabl e Mention, No, 1984, Mott,S mith. A I'el'y clol'er eX IHl l'im(! lIt III Ih e 1IIIIInai illtel'l'e l'I'n CIJ of a While Rook and Ulshop (Ihe IJI ~hop nlled , hOll'c,' c r. being <iiff"rellt ill Ih l! two variations s lto\\'. ing the theme),

ThlA might be culled the \Vhite N ov(ltny theme, first ~ltOWI\ by We enink in I~l i . illott ·Smith, ilowev,' r, Koell II stell fMl lte r and mllke!! the WaCk <I c ren sell leading t u t he thellIe 1lIi1lell ftmc l io ll liS Black

A U (; . · SI: t'T. L 9 -1 2

Chess Review Quarterly Tourney

CQIlJ!:ratulatiollS to our Dl'a1.IJiall rriend "':l lOIiO :\!otta, and to Veterlln Com voser C. 'V. She llilard whose 3'lllo\'c r (1\'0, 1955, A"ril Cl-mss IIF,VIF,W) and 2-mover (No. 1942, :'Ilul'ch CH BSS I!EVmW) . l'e~pcct· Ivel)" have earned the Honor Pd:r.e ~ .

Solvers' Contest l'Otlt; M. lnl"l io" ~ I .. Ihl~ " j(>,, 'h '~

I"lz". winnl·r, r~r'H·1 I\""~"'I " o ( lIart · fQrd, ','Qnn. \\'.,Icon... 10 t h e no,," ~ .. I " l·r~ who h a " e Jol ".' d our (01<1 . T h " """,,1[ "'" ~ : 12%-I ~ r, ... 1 l~ur"le l n, I 21 -Sl,'~ (I'i .... 1 He il"'I"'" "'. 11 6_ \\' . O. I'el e r~. ll!-,I. ~1. .knkjn~: K J. K OCl,,,n')'

( 1 , 1 . ,,,~.· ... ",,'h ". " " III" ~ ) , 110.>-1'",,(, ( : , \\" H''''~'','a''' ' ~' IIII_ \\'. I" . \,i\'''iro~,

~~)- .I ",wh i '" New '"'' rk. !I~_ I·· .. 1. (', D"IlI,, " I .. , 9~_,\. H, :-;11<:11,,1. 91 _ (',, 1'1'. U .. \!. PI"",,,,,,,,. n - l""I"I: ]{i,'i",, : :-;(""hcn H)''' " ,' ,

U "I~. <lNh,cl~" for ("llIn).:' 10 ~I~''';fy ;mllOs .• ;hilily of h:nh:hr !"'n" ",I i .. ,,).

1>S- I'. 1, .. "<lI,,,r!!;,, ~7_W, " :lIZ. ~3-.I , ,I . )1cFndd"" . .... %-EllIi l l'''I'I", r. a - .I,, "O" HokolT, Gt-~ .. "" ,\lIIl).:'~ '" I'. ,I . S W"rl , GI- I\'. J . JurH::ens.cn . GfI--(). 11 . I.ud lnll'; A . .I. ~ouw" I ", ·, 59-\\' . I. \'o"ri.'. "6--~"ul :-;IlIW_"1. ",'i - Il"nJ" min Gol<l ""rl:. " ~-.I ""'.,,, Ilurl. I ~--.)"h" I ':I~"",". ,II_ I.!. J" H. h:IIII' : IIo'''''CI' I :':",,1 ,,,,,,,. '\:!--<.: , i':. Wi" tll> ~n;. ,11 _ 1). I .. ,"~hro,,<I,'" (",'t'()ll~ ",Iv""

fC>l' Imlh i ~~,,,,~). ,1(1 ___ 1" . II, Gl u,,~k.

3S_ 1h vhl Karpel. 3;- fl. J . " 'el'Her. :15- '1'. 1.. Hn~~i (I'ro"t.:mi ~ I~· ,'0",' .' '',

rl ou : i" "L>~"''' '.~ of proof Ih"l ' ·" "l li"", i ~ :\'0"1' " l1o "" 'd, II I~ """"",,,d Ih!ll 11 1"1.

3:!.-H , l!. I)" I ~' : I':. II. 1I0 1l0d u )'. 31- 1\' illi"", llnrk (qn i J)~ noC('(I: ) ~~-:l"'" . ). "'"nfl, ltol .... r t ~td"'". · )''' r. 2,_ \\'. II. ~I itl ard : Tho" ", ~ "r"I"""I"" . !G- H. It. GoO<."'"o,,~h 1)'QU r <,ook of

" u«·",,,,,,{) L. " "'<1 .... 1 "I>oUI:h"); 1)0",,)<1 :llnwer,

~ J-II ,,)'~ X. Stolro<'l', 21--('. S. l,iIlPi"l(: 'rh"<J"""'~ ~h,''' l ol''

~kl' 22_ .11 )' ;, 1' I~-I'\'I.

I':dels(e in; 1\'"II"r 1,\t"I,~. K T, :\kl ·O,.,,,I~k: .Jo~cl>h

l'nl'\,"r. t1-Cunlh" ,· 1'''''1(011. 1&-,11\,;', S:ox"r, 1O- J<:. H. ~h"w. , _ ,'Iou"" I)" H.,,,,,. &-'1, 11. ~I"rk,')"

mutual Interre rence s, so that the j!roblem breaks entirely new grou nd by presenting a White plus Black Kovotny, Il Is rare Indeed in th ese lIays to have a com pletely new t beme, und the tourney is fortunnte ill hav ing' culle d o ne forth,

Third Honora ble Mention, No. 1985, Mott.Smith. H ere is an o tller brillian t li ttle eX lle r lment . s howing' t hree se lf·pins of While on the mating move s. I t is a li ttle t ask jJlesllll nUy engineered by way of a castli ng j}o!> ltlo n, wi th a I\igh l·gh'lng Queen sacr ifi ce key t h rown in for Flli r mellsu re.

• • • • • 'We shall be t.l'eated to MI', \Vhlte'ij IIpprOI)rillte comments on othe r

Loyd ent!'!e~, all these arp IlUblished f l'om time t o time. No, 1986 I~ by a young man who the re with makes his debut. .It iH

a well conceived, t.hough not nov£'I, id ea by thl ll compose I' whose li vely enthusiasm In Ilroblem chess J had oCClislon to ment ion In 1\ rece nt issue.

No. 1987 Is a nother debut by a youngster, In the construction o f whose I)roble m \V. H. Donnelly, IIls o of Los An~e le s, and you r p roblem edi to r cla im a ha nd. I t Is a t ask proble m, !II u stnltin~ t he Ind ia n the me (dou bled) a nd a maneuvel' which Is s t rl kl n~ly sim ilar to the T ur ton theme (sec Featu re P roblem No.2. May CHESS REV IEW l. In the Indian a W hite jJlece w it h tl raws pus t n SQUI. re, know n a s the critical sQua re', w h ich II! subseque nt ly occu pied by a nother \Vhite piece, s hut­ting orr t he former and releas ing <l sllt lemnte. Mate usually fo llows by disco ve ry lind double check, but t hllt Is not an essential element of the th eme, In No. 1987, we have t hree [:rltical squares: two for the Ind ian and one for the Tu rton e rrec t. A Ill'eliminal'y search IHU failed to [ll ~ close an antic!vatioll, unle s~ we consider all ea!'ly 20th Ce ntury COTllpos ltion by H. \Y. llllI'l"Y, employing a comm on crltiCil1 square for both In,llan nnd (U'u e) Tu rton varlatfons, as such.

No. 1988 is dedicated to George n. SpenCer, of St. Paul, i\l lnn., on the occasion of his SOth birt hd ay. cel ebnHed on May 31, 1942 , To Oct ogenal'ian Problemist Silencer ou r w lshe ll for many happy re turn s of t he day. Dorn d ur ing Civil W ar dnys, agaIn he has li ved 10 see our cou ntl'y 's se curity challenged. We s hl. 1l join him in celebra ting a much-dese r ve d Victory ! Ko. 1988 ill by <l fo r mer Problem Ed itor o( CH E SS UEVIEW, genia l Hlchnr d Ch~ney. T he s ti pula tio n Is W hite to P lay a nd Mate In 9 Moves. Vo no t b~ f rig'h te ne d. It Is II s l n~le, liner with 11. de lect able t w is L I ha" e ~Oncoc ted a ·· twin " version which, by contl'ast, s houltl em l)hasi?c t he c lel'erness of C heney 's m a neu ver l!1I the more . P lace White King ou Qua lind add W h ite P awn u n <)D '1. Now the stipulation Is \Vh ite to Play and Mltte in 8 MOl'es. 10 l)olnts will be a ll owed r01' both sol ut.i on~, with comple t e con tinuation I'equll'e d for (!ach.

I certainly hope that II "ColT(!ctlo ns lIe l)al'tment" will nut be In the futur(! a re ,.;ulal" " feature" in t he IJI 'obl (! m VHges. E rrors . howeve r, ke(!11 occu lTing. Whenel'er neces~a ry . COIT(!CtiOIlS will be ilublls hetl.

W , F. Vive iros, a s il le ndid soh'er, hall co m e to our I'e scue w ith a num be r o f co rrflc tions of t he 1941 problem solu tions w hich a Pllen re ll in the A pril ISSlle. (I t rust. by t he way , that th is w in tl s 11 11 t he un· fi n ished busi ness in herited by me.)

Mil)" 1!J.l l : ISH , In tentio n: 1 Q·QK t~, defeated by 1 . .. K txQP; eook: Kt·l.::3c h. 1:>:56, cooked by KK t·Q2ch.

J une-July, lHI: 1875, cooked by Q '1l5ch ; IS77, Ko Solu tion, sin ce Inten(l ed \t ·Kt3 Is clcfeated by I . . , KtxD: \.~.~O, 3 cooks: D· Kltich, D·Q6ch &, n · j{5ch.

Au/':.·Sepl" 19 .J1: 1905, key i/,' lve n ClToneously as U·Kll6 ; should be 8·K5.

Feb" 19 ~ 2 : 193 1. kpy should l'(lall K ·H·!' I"eature Probl em NO.2, antlclpatell by H. Moller, ill a VracUcillly Iden ti cal s ettin,l:" , in 1~llj, nnd by J . C . J , Wainwright in a four-lIIo"e composi tion. (Thanks to Messrs, K ipplng & Chaw>:ll.) Solution to F enlure P roblem NO. 4 erroneous ly In dicates tlul.l max Im um flig ht squares ava ilable to K ing are 7 Ins tead of 8.

March, 1942 : F eature P roblem NO. 3 ( Ga bo r) is cooked, u nfor t unate­ly , by 1 . , . K· (U ; 2 PxP, B·KU; 3 P·K8(Q). R·K t5; ·1 Q·K5 Mate. Gabor hll!! s ubm itted t he fo ll ow ing ne w ~elt i l1g w hich appe llr3 to be qui '.e sound : White. K 011 KH~, II on Klt6, n o n QH3, P on Q6: Bl nck, K on QU·I, q 011 QN5, n on Q5, Kt 0 11 QKt2, Ps on KR7, KKU lind K7, Wack helJ)l1late~ In 3 moves. 1 , . P· K~(ll); 2 p·Q7, H·Rl; 3 P"I1(Q). P ·H8{Kt) ~! 4 Q· U6 Mate. ( Thanks to DI'. M. 8. Fuld or Sherrill, N, Y. fo r dis covering the coo k in the orl ,l:"lna l ve r s ioll.)

• • • • • Composers ~ Do nnt forget CH1~SS H1~VmW's DE CAT..ET toufney

which closes November 1s t. T w o'e l' s, t h ree·e rs and self-mates, contain­ing exactly TJo: N 1)leces , are ellJdble for COm petition.

170

May Solutions ( Maxim um Credi t ~~ P oi nts )

Homer nods! T he eompOs lt lons by Gamage, Sheppa r d & Wurzburg are sadly COOked, Sorry. 1959, ill ten tion: R·Q8. Cook : QxQc h. ;\t r . \Vurzburg d irec ts m y nllenUo n to a very similar idea (B. M. Mar· s hall. Cincinnatti Enqui re r , 19 3·1) which had escaped Mr, WUI'ZbUl'g'S nollce. 1960. K-D2. 1961, Intention: Q·Kt8. Cooks : D·07, DxD, D·Kt5, RxQ, 1962, Intention: D-I17, Cook: n -Q6ch . 1963, Q-QS. 196 ,1, I Kt­R7, KxR(Q4); 2 K t·B6ch etc, 1 . . . KxH( D6) : 2 Kt·Kt5c h etc. I . , . PxH ; 2 K t·D6ch etc, 1965, I B·Q3 ! t hrea t 2 ll·1l4ch e t c. 1 . , . IJ·Q5; 2 Kt-IH ch etc. I ... Jt-U4; 2 Q· K7c h e tc. I . . K·U2 ; 2 Q·K7ch etc. 1 . .. R·K 4; 2 Kt·U4Ch etc. 1966, I Kt·Kt6 !! t hreat 2 Q ·Q5ch etc. 1 . .. B·K5: 2 Q ·D.ICh: e tc. I , . , 13·8 2; 2 Q·Blich! e t c. 1 ., . K·Q5; 2 Q·86ch e tc. 1967. I Kt·Q5, P xKt; 2 R·86 etc. I . " e lse ; 2 Kt·K7 e tc. 1968 , to ta l cl'edJt~-l O; numerals in parentheses (lenote partia l credits. lllack P(lwn at KH3 captured either Kt or Q ( 2). Ir former, \';'h lte Bis hop Pawll. af­IeI' capt uring mack Knigh t 0 11 Kt fil e , 1)l"omoteti to K t at K K t 8, and lI POIl exiti ng mus t have a ttacked m ack K ing's o r lg illal squa re. 1·lence, mack m a y not castle ( 4 ) . If lauel', W h ite 1{lng mus t have m oved to allow Q to ex it a ll d pro­m ot ed Q to re·enlel' . Hence, While m a y no t casUe ( ~ J. T he position cn n be demonstrated In l~ a nd IS m [lve~ , respectively, from Stili' ling J)[lint in a game of chc SS ,

Acknowledgme nt 7h;",k ~ h > . he follo\\" i" l1 for con­

t r i1.>"'l on~ to t he l>rohlm" 1J<'''C~: Sl'cn A ln •. <;:.-c ,,: Hc lmu th AUJ;"cns tcln: J a c k Iln ' ,e ll ; '\I ... nni~ ("hn r o"h : W e hu nt Ch .. ""y: C. H. C"ook: .Io h .. 1·:1"",,,,, : /\. J. F ink : \\'a1\er I·'n.d lch : ""khol;t~ (lu • ...,r ( fro ll' who lll " I ~o n)cclved " " ­I .ubli~hcd l' ro blc "'R of .ho tal<l i) •.. ( llll, .. r l I)ohh~ ): I,',.., d<,rl(' k 01''''''Io:C: ('''I't A ,'!h",' T-h,,,~ : ,I . I,,, \ V. H,,,,, ,,, l': SIC);fdCd H elne ", ,, nn; K D . Holt" ,l ",\' ; W" II.<' r J acohs : A . M. ,J e nkins ; r, i.. nndhc rgc : ,J. A. ~I ~ t"uddcn: 'l' u u o ~l o'1>l: G . A . .\Jutl-Smllh: H. C, .\Iow,'v: D)'. ,I. J-1. No))I p. ; ,\. H. f;l ' e f ­;,,1: c', W. ShcJJI", ,.d: K K SI ~" ,'n ~ .

MANAGING EDITOR'S NOTE

Hothenberg k nows how to s l)eU S u m Loyd's Ilame. \Ve do not-0 1' at least we didn' t , We made thu t Ve!'y c lea r la st month, in about fou r diffe rent pla cell. In vreparing Rot he n berg '!> COI)Y ro r t he prin te r lind writing t he he adli nes , we ~f!elled the name "!..loyd'" In s tead or "Loyd."

Now we know better, So be· have. t ypeWriter, th er e's on ly one "\." And if the h eadings are w ro ng this month, we' ll tll'e the proof­reader and sue the pri nter,

Watc h it, composltOI', t he name Is "Loyd." -K.H.

CHESS R EV I EW

I

More Sam Loyd Prize SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE SEPT. 25th

Awards by G, Mott.Smith

THREE MOVE SECTION Second Prize

ln79- /l·laxweli ilukofz€l '

Honorable Mention

1980-'8. 1\I. Hassberg 1981-H. C. Mowry

• Honorable Mention by A. White

FOUR WAY SECTION

1992-1~. Gamage

TWO MOVE OPEN SECTION

1983- E, M, Hassberg 198·!- Geoffrey "Iott·Smith 1985- Gcoffrey ilIott·Smith

Additional Problems: 1986 by A. M. Jellkins. 1987 by III. Rubin, \V.

AUG . . SEPT. 1942

H. Donnelly a nt! P. L. Hotilenberg. 1988 by R. Cheney.

Winners

171

CHESS BY MAIL Our Postal Chess fami ly continues to grow. W e welcome 14 new.

corners to the ranks this month. More and more players are realizing that chess by mail is interesting, amusing, an excel lent method of im. proving knowledge and technique.

Entries to the Sectional Tournament are coming In at a fast cl ip. W e have started ten sections and guite a few entries are still on hr.nJ , await ing classification . The entry l ist will close when 20 sections have been made up, so if you have been intending to enter this event, you had better not delay much longer.

Many sections of the 194 1 Tou rnament are drawing to a close and the li st of prize_winners is quite extensive th is month; it appears in the next column. There have also been many sh ifts in the ratings. W e are g lad to see more players establish their true rati ngs on per_ form ance. W e like to see Class A g row in numbers, but we are just as anxious to see more names in Class C. Many now listed in Class B wi ll li nd their way to the lower division - and that is as it shou ld be. W hen Class C increases in si ze, these players wi ll have more opportun ity to compete with others of their own strength. The proper spirit of '"keepi ng on trying" is well expressed by F. L. HENRY who writes: " Please enter me in two sections of the Class Tournament. In my first attempt at Postal Chess I got a licking, but am com ing back for more '" Henry is hanging on in Class B by the skin of his teeth with 906 points!

M ORTON JACOBS writes : " How about challenge matches inside classes, any player to be allowed to Challenge anyone in his own class. No com pulsion to accept, of course'" W e wil l be glad to sponsor such matches. T he challenge can be sent through CHESS R EVIEW. If ac_ cepted, results will be reported and will affect ratings in the usual way. Each player wi ll be Charged a nominal fee of Sl .

W e wou ld also like to sponsor team matches between groups of chess clubs. Members who are will ing to organi ze teams of four players to represent their clubs in match play arc requested to get in touch with us.

To a void dis torti o n o f j'at ings , we now adjudicate games of players who are forc ed t o w ithdraw . Please do not report these games as w ins, even if the w ithdra wing l}laye r " "esig ns" to you. S e nd us the scol'e for a d judication. In re sponse to a q uestion by G. n. S!llIT H , a gam e still in the early stages (in wh ic h no b lunde l"S have been made ! ) . is re corded ami rejJorted as a draw but ra tin gs are no t affecte d . Rati ng s are changed only in cases o f earne d draws or adjudicate d wi ns .

Some players are heing care less about ke eping recol 'ds o f thell' game s and a re se nd ing "imJlo~sible " moves because they IHII' e 1l0t set up the correct position. O lle or our m e mbers writes : .. . .. I ha ve fol­low ed the pract ice of s im]!ly cone cting my opponent in Olle case se nd ing him t he fu ll s core (wh ich he hadn ' t been kee ping !) , but Just now I have been beat en because or the COil fusion entailed hy a s uccess ion of impossible moves by my opponent. [am in a mood to look fOJ' some sor t of 1"ule."

It seems hard ly neces sar y to emph:.ts i~ e that you canlJot play c hess by mai l without keeping 1< record o r the g ame s co re. It is a simple ma tter to run through the score a nd get t he position r ight berore select· ing and mailing your ne xt move. O r you cun huy position-reco r de rs and keep track o f the a ctual posi tion ill eilch game fro m move to move . There is, howe ve r, no penally for making an impos s ible move. A legal move mus t be substitute d and any "if" moves are ca ncelled . 'We hesi­ta t e to sugges t any llenillty as it wo uld p robably cause more trouble than the matter warra n ts . A series o f impossible move s see ms to call for SOCial ostracism , or somet hing!

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J. HOLI F F

J. Holiff of L ondon , Ca nad il , tells Us t hal h is hobbi es are che ss . .. chess ... nn<l c lles >; !

Holiff e ntered Section 10 of our 19 ,11 Ove n Tourney , won tirs t prize . qu ick ly i\"r ad uated t o Clas s A. H e is now Illay ing in 41·37 a nd in t wo sections o f Ihe 194 2 C lass Tour­nament. He w r ites:

'" Do!"!1 ill 1{u ssia . Am 57 years o ld . SUHted to play c h es ~ whe n H. Am manied 33 years and still in love with ll ' y own wi fe. Have a be au t iful manie d daughter who won fi r st prjr.e nt a n Iri s h con test . . . and t wo s o ns , 19 and 17 years w ho are getting ready to give Hit· le r a les son in c hess s trate gy on t he rea l battlefield. Am ill the Ladies Wear business."

PRIZE WINNERS THIS MONTH Sec.

41- 6 41 · 7

N a m e Ran k Daniel ;\I aye r s __ 2 H. T. Van Patte n 1 Lew is H amburge r 2

4 1-11 Daniel Mayers __ 1 Joseph Glynn __ _ 2

41·14 \V. H . Smith ____ 1 A L - , . Jppes ______ _ _

41·19 A . W . Parker ___ 1 H ·20 J . E. P a la nge ___ 1

,J. A. Koch _____ _ 2 41 ·21 C i\I. Fe nley ____ 1-2

Morton J aCobs __ 1·2 41·22 G. H. Hicks _____ 2 41 ·28 A. Pow e rs ____ __ 1 41·36 W . H . Lacey , Jr. _1·2

p. H. Li ttle __ ___ 1·2

Sc ore , -3 7 % - % 6 -2 6%·1Jf~ 6 ·2 6%·1 % 5%·2% 6 ·2 8 -0 5 ·2 6% ·1% 6%·1% 6 -2 7 -0 5 ~-2 % 5%-2%

C H ESS REV I EW

Game Reports - - Results to August 1st. Sec. -\1 . 2. -11· i'i .

·11- 6. . \1-10 . -1\ -12.

41 ·1-1. 41·1~ . ~1 · 19. 41·20.­~1 ·2 1. -11·2·1. -I1-Z5. -I1-Z6. -1 1-28. 4\-32.

-113-1.

-11-35. -11·36 . 41·37 .

~2·C2 .

-IZ·C3. -IZ·C4.

4Z-Ci. H ·CS.

-12·(;10. -IZ-Cll.

42·CI2.

~2-CI3. H·C 1-1.

42·C15 . -I2 ·CI6.

1941 OPEN T OURNAMENT

Linder 2. Meeker O. Hamburger defeated Drown (I 'h.;4) and drew with .Jam es (1',1, . %) . Kovne l" I, Aronsen 0 (2-0). Holiff 1, I-lays () (2-0) . Meide n I, IIHadinieh O. Corred ion: Quillen's sco re against Mpid cn is 1-0, lIOt 2·0. W. H . Smith 'h, Lippes %. (1 'h. l,2). Ted HO~Ha 1. Stubblpfield 0 (2·0). Lesl] 2. Kresse O. L psh %, Parker % (P,f -lh). Palan){tJ 2. Koch O. Fenley 1. Hate h 0 (1 %·lh). Palmer I. St.anlTer 0 (Z·O). KI';Hlle r 2. Lay O. Hoberts I. Lay O. (2-0 ). nl\"l~e I, Faucher O. Powel 's 1. V[lll P[ltten O. Fie lding 2, Enochson O. Hogan 2. Enochson O_ Hagan 2. Kollen (). F. I,. I-Ien ry defeated P owel l (1 ·1 ). lost to Delln . Dr. I'aul %, Kok en ',I, (1%.% ) , 'J")'elher defeated Dean, lo~t In Lacey (0·2) , Palmer I, Callis O.

1942 CLASS TOURNAMENT

Cerllzr.i defeHleu Mager, drew w!lh He hr, Mager defe<lted JurgenS{)II . Huckel·t 1. Hadden 0, BOI'ke l' de fe ated Hallager, drew with Cook. Pa ul 1. Jacobs 0, J acobs 1. l'ershll':er O. K e mhle de feated Paul and Viehules. Peters I. Dishaw O. Casey I, Vall J '~ ~ell O. G. H. Sm it.h amI Talmadge defeated \VHllaee. Orandler lost to Talmadge and Smith, drew wi th Kantor. Kaufman lost to \Vallace, drew wi th Talmadge. Powers I , Spielberger O. Ste tler drew with Tre iber and B. Hoz~a, I(albneh 1. W . 111. P. II-li t ehell 0, Verhoff defeated D<lllll, drllll' wilh HaHs. !l ichter I, Him mels tein O. Stellel' 'h. Noonan %. Spielberg-er I, Koch O. Kaplan 'h, Dean 'h. Siller defeated Dann, drew with Campbell. Char'osh defeated Bischoff, Hampton and Hewitt, drew with H iehte r. Bischoff defeated H ampton , drew with Hewitt and Lourie. Hichte!' de feated Hewitt , drew with L ourIe, Howell lost to Hewitt, tlrew with Lourie, . MeCormick %, Littell %. A. Cook defeated Head and TOITancp. L . 1.. Hellry 1. Torrance O.

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A UG .·SEPT. 1942

Play Chess by a i I! Join one of our Postal Chess Tournaments

and com pete for valuable pri7.c~. It will im. prove your game and get you acguainted with other pLlyers.

You can join either or both of the tourna. ments described below. A s soon as your St"C·

tion is formed you will receive instructions on how to proceed. You will also he given a CHESS REVIEW Rat ing and your name will be listed month l},.

M (li l your entry now, If you have not played in our lourneys before, picase specify whether you conside r yourself a Class A, Class B or Class C player.

SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT In this Open event you will be grouped with

six other playc'rs who live in thc Mille Jutio/l of tbc (Olllltr), as yourself.

3 Prizes (Value $11) in Each Group

1st PRIZE Thi s beautiful ~et of Gall ant Knig ht Mould· ed Chessmen, in wood­en che~l with h inge d lid. (S e (' ad\'erli~e'

rnellt 011 InHlde Front Cover,)

u" 6 50 P rice __ ___ _

2nd PRIZE: SE T OF 17 " LE SSONS ON THE OPENINGS"_ by FRED REINFELD ___ $3.25

3rd PR IZ E : GOl D· PLA TED CH ESS P I N __ $1.25

Entry fee is only $1. Th is special event is limited to 20 groups, of which ten have al ready been formed. To avoid disappointment, mai l your entry NOW.

CLASS TOURNAMENT In this event, )'OU will be grouped with six

others of about !bc Jam" playillg Jt/""II,~tb as yourself.

PrizeJ ill E<lcb G"{()IIP: Credits of $4, $2 :tne! Sl to the firs t, second and third place winners rcspcdivciy, These credits may be med to purchase chess books or equ ipment.

Entry fee is $1. You may enter as many sections as you please at $1 each.

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CHESS REVIEW RATINGS Class A

norkcl, L. ___ ____ ___ ___ __ ___ 1220 Cpruz1.i, A , ____ __ ______ ____ __ 1102 Chlll'ORh , ,\1 . ________ ___ ______ 11:14 Chfl\1venet, L. R ______ _______ 12(i(i Cook, Al ton ____ _____ ______ __ 1142 Culuert8oll, W. ____ _________ __ 1116 Ilaytoll, E. ________ ____ ____ __ 1240 1,'",1Iley, C. M , ______ ___ ___ ____ 11H2 1"('\01\, i\l. ____ __ ______ ___ ____ 1131; j·' ielding. L, \V. ____ _____ __ __ 11<1S Glynn , .J. __________ ______ __ __ 1120 Hamburg-er, I" _______ __ ____ __ 1106 H enberger, Dr. 11. ___ ____ ___ 1100 Hicks, Col. G. R. __ __ ____ ____ _ 1150 Hogan, Dr. J . G. ___ ___ ___ ____ 119,<; HOit, H. S. __________ __ __ ____ 1156 Holiff, J . _____ _________ ____ __ 1212 Jacobs, l'I.fOI' tOll _ __ _ ___ __ _ ___ 113)\ Kaplan , n. ____ __ _________ __ _ 1100 Kemule, CilI)!. [t F. __ ~ ___ ___ 1274 J{OVlllJ", T. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ __ _ 11~2

Lace}" W. H, Jr, ___ __ __ __ ___ 11 94 l ,inde l', Anton _____ ____ ______ 1142 Little, Paul H. _____ ___ _____ _ 1226 l\lichels, P . .1 . _______ __ _____ _ 1100 Muir, ,Mrs . U. S, ____ __ __ _____ 12H Xicholson, W. ____ __ ________ _ 1210 Noonan. I ,t. T. H. ________ ___ 1170 Palange . .1. E . ___ ____ ________ 1288 Palmer Pv t J M ________ __ _ IIJ2 Parker: A. \V.· __ ~ ___ _____ ___ _ J218 Paul. Dr, D. \V. ___ ______ ____ 1202 Powel'~, Avel"ill ___ ____ __ ___ _ 12~2 flehr . .1 , J. ___ ___ _________ ___ l lu6 Reiehe n baeh. H . ___ ________ _ 1192 Hichetr, p . H. ___________ __ __ 1131i l{obel'ls, Carl ____ __ ___ ___ ___ 112N Itos?a. Bela ___ ___ ___________ 1150 Smith, W. H. _______ _______ _ 11 2,1 Van Patten, H . 'I' . _____ ______ _ 116S Vichule8, L, p . ______ __ ______ 1108 Work, '1'. A. Jr. __ ___ ______ ___ llJ8

1~ ls))Hl.ll> J. ___ ___ __ __ ____ ____ .1000 Englemann, A. _____ ____ _____ 10 00 [-; llg~kov, G. S. ___ ______ _____ 1000 Faucher, J . A . ____ ____ ____ ___ 992 Fell, Chester ______ ___ ___ __ _ 1006 l"laherty, H. E: ___ __________ 1000 l-'I'al\klin. H. M. _ _____ __ ____ _ 1000 Frediskov. P . _____ ______ _____ 1000 Friend, Del'nan! ___ ______ ___ 1000 Gabo ,', Ni c holas _____ ___ ____ _ 1008 Gay, Mrs. H . B. J r, ____ ____ _ 912 Ge nne!'t, C. E. ______ __ ______ _ 100il GlE'ason, Dick _______ _______ _ \000 Cllu~ki, H, E , ____ __ ___ _______ 910 Guthri<'-, K. L, ___ ___ __ ______ _ 1000 Hadden, A. ______ ___ __ _____ __ 9;;0 Hallager, \V. ______ __ __ ___ ___ 924 H alverson, L t . Com, ___ ~ _____ IOOO I-Iateh. D. B. _______ ____ _____ 966 Hawkins . K. C. ___ __ ___ _____ _ 1000 Henry . F. L ____ _____ ______ _ 906 [ Ienry, L . I ,. __ ___ __ ________ _ 10 18 Hewitt. C, C. J r, ___ ____ __ ____ 970 Hodgson, A. G. ______ __ _____ 910 Howell, H. .J. ______ ___ ___ ___ _ 946 HUI·t, .1 , E . ______ _______ __ ___ 1010 In ''gense n, \V. G. ___ ______ ___ 9,16 Kahn , L eo ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 964 Kalbach. J . C. ___ ______ ____ _ 1014 KantOl' , F. ___ ______ ___ ___ __ _ 1042 Kasper, H , F _________ ______ 1000 Kelsey, H. ill ___ _________ ___ 1004 Kibbey, G. S . ____ ___ __ ____ __ 944 Kimball, n. H , ___ _________ __ 990 K ing, G. i\-J. ___ ______ ______ __ 1000 Kingsla nd-Smith. 1-' , ___ _______ 944 Kil'kegaar d. Hev. M. __ __ ____ _ 100 2 Klein, Bernard ____ __ ___ ___ __ 1024 K limas, F . J, ____ __ ___ ____ __ 1000 Koeh, J. A. ___ _________ __ __ _ 99g KOliseh, H. ___ _____ _____ _____ 1050 Krak, ],;. _________ ___ ______ __ .1000 Kl'sme r , M. ______ _____ ______ 1082 Krebill. IT. J. ___ ___ ___ ______ 1000 T,askofr, r. _____ _____ __ ______ 1000 r,e~h, Joseph _____ ______ __ __ _ 10,16 [,evene, [ , t, D. F . Jr. ___ ___ __ 1000 Liggett, 1-1 . N. ___ _________ ___ 1000 Littell. A , S. ____ __ ___ _____ __ 1000 l .AJwry , P. H . ______ ___ __ _ ____ 1000 :\1ar-Dooough, J. I~ . _________ _ 1000 Mag-er. John ___ __ ____ ___ __ __ 1010 lIIartin, l~ . B. ______ ________ _ 976 Mayers, Daniel _______ __ _____ 1044 MeCnllong-h. F. Y. ______ ____ _ 1000 McKelvie, H , ___ ___ ___ _______ 1000 l\fe iden, Walter ____ _________ 1034 .\1itc hell , W. ?I, P. ___ ___ ___ _ 956 ,\1itchell, :-I. W, ___ __________ 1016 Mladinicli, G, ___ _____ ____ ___ 1020 iIloore, Dr. Frank F , ______ ___ ]000 :\1undt, nev, .T, _______ __ ___ __ 1000 Newmark, J . ___ _____ ___ ____ 1000 Ozg-o. A. J . __ __ __ ___ _____ ____ 1000

Class B Albreeh l, J . .T. ____ _____ __ ____ 1000 Alexewir,z, Dr, \V. ___ _ ____ __ __ 950 Alli~OIl. 111. H . Sr. _ __ ___ ______ 1000 Allure d, K. B. _____ ________ __ 1012 AnderROI1 , B. N. ___ ___ ___ ____ 100 6 Arons, George ____ ___________ 1000 Aroll8en, ,\olaud ______ __ ____ __ ns A · S·d' ~IO X1Jln, 1 ne} ___ ___ ___ _____ _ lJauder. E. L. ___ ___ ____ _____ 1000 Dennett, F , T. _______ __ ______ 1000 Bennett. R. \V. ______ ___ ___ _ 951i Bischoff, .1 , E. ____ __ ______ ____ 992 Boggi8, Al vin ___ ___ ___ ____ __ 1000 Bow illall, T. H . ____ __ ____ __ __ _ 1000 B oy d , H. M, ____ ___ __ ___ _____ 968 Boylc, Frank ____ ___ ______ ___ 1000 il l'allds li 'olll, B. ____ __ ___ _____ 1000 nrown, 11. L. ____ _________ __ _ 922

Hobin son, N. I , ______ ____ ____ lOSI Hoekel, It, S. ___ __ ______ __ __ 972 l{OSZIl, Ted ___ __ _____ ___ ____ 10il6 Huekert, H, G. ___ ___ ___ _____ 1050 Huss, Niek __ __ ___ __ ____ ~ ____ !H6

."lax, Kurt --- - - - - -- - - - ___ ___ 1(01) Rchille!', Pvt. n. ______ _______ 1000 Shephanl. 01'. H. C, ___ _______ IOS4 Siller, Harry ____ ____ ___ __ ___ 1030 Smilh, G. n. ____ __ ________ __ 109·1 Spielberger, C. ___ _____ ______ 1090 Sprintzen, I. E, ______ ___ ___ _ 1000 Talmadge, TllOllIas ___ _____ __ 1090 Thoma!l, p . M , ____ _______ __ _ 1000 Ti8hko, W. E , ___ __ ___ ______ _ 972 'I'omor i, L, _________ ___ ___ ___ ]000 Torrance, C. C. _ __ _________ __ 906 Treiber, W . J. _____ __________ 95~ Wade. .Tallie s _________ ___ ___ [oon Waincss , D. ___ ___ ________ __ _ 1000 \Vallaee, Donald ____ ___ __ ___ _ 970 Wallace. W , J . L . _____ _____ __ 9R~ We ls~, A. H. ___ ______ ____ ___ 1000 -Weis s , Adolph ___ ______ ____ __ ]000 Wilcox, H. L . ________ ____ ___ 1090 \Vildcman, ],; . R. ____ ________ 1000 Winslow, n, ___ ___ _________ __ 1000 Woil', .T. E. W. ___ ____ ____ __ _ 1000 \Vright, C, F. ___ ___ ________ __ 1000 Yel'hoff. l<~. ______ ____ _______ 10 ,10 %:oudlik, It J . ___ ___________ _ 970

Class C Alliwn, Marvin H, Jr. ____ ____ ~50 Bonncl', S . __ __ _____ _________ 850 Briggs, A, ____ ____ _____ ______ ROI) Chl~m. S . ;\1. ________ ___ __ ___ H34 Coulter, .T , H. ___ __ ______ __ ___ S50 Courtney, E , J. ___ _____ _____ 850 Dl!nll, D D _ ___ ______ ________ 866 Da.vie, ,I. g . _______ __ ________ 850 Davis, D. L. ___ ___ _____ ______ 786 Dishaw, O. W. __ ___ ___ ____ ___ 718 }'enley, :\II'R , \1/. It. ___________ 850 Gilutin , Emil _____ ________ ___ 778 Grecnspan, Dr , 111. _____ ____ __ 850 Hamil t on, L . n, ___ __ __ ___ ___ _ 5-18 Hampton. H . ___ ______ ____ ___ 866 Harri~. Woodburn ____ _____ ___ RuO Hartman, Hev, H. n, ___ ___ ___ 850 Hays, R. \V. ___ ______ __ __ _ __ SilO Jall\e8, V-.l. J. __ ______ ___ __ ___ g68 Kre ~~e, A. O. ____________ ___ 740 LipI)e~, A. ____ ____ __________ n6 ),l arce lli , N, __ _____________ __ 866 McKee, I( .T . __ ____________ __ 850 Meeker, J . :\1 . _________ _____ _ 74,1 Morl'iSOIl, G, L , ____ ________ _ 850 1II0wer, Donald ___ ____ __ __ ___ 850 I'owel\ . J . 1\1 . _______ _______ _ 736 Hobinsoll , E]l~igll M. \V. ___ __ 850 llubiu, :\1 . __________ __ _______ H70 Sech le r, C. _______ __ ___ __ __ __ R58

Burknl't , B. _______ __ __ __ __ __ 1000 I-'al'malee, C , ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ 93g S tarkey, J . B, ___ ___ _____ ____ 850 lJu~ehke , 01'. A, ____ ___ __ ____ 954 Persinger, L. ___ __ _________ __ 966 Stauffer, Dal ______ ___ ____ ___ 8n Butlcr. H. C. _____ __ __ ____ __ 902 Pcters , W . O. _____ _______ ___ 1018 Steinmeycr, Robel 't ___ _____ __ 850 Callis, Lewis _____________ ___ 954 Petsche. 'V. _______ ______ ____ 1000 StubbletlelLl. A. H, ________ __ ,1;70 Campbell, C, W. ___ ____ __ ___ _ 920 Pratt , ;\1. U . _________ __ _____ 1062 Thomas, G. S, ___ ______ __ ___ 850 Ca se y , J . J , Jr. _____ ______ ___ 900 Qllandil t rom. Dr. V. E . ______ 1000 Van E sell, S . T . _ __ ___ ____ ___ 762 Chase , G. F ___ ______ _____ __ 1050 Quillen, J. p . ____ _ ___ __ ____ _ 932 Wright, R. G. ___ __ _ __ ___ ____ 850 Cook, W. N ______ ___ ______ _ 934 Read, H. L, ____________ ___ __ 1064 Yaftee, L. L. ___ ____ ___ ______ 864 Dulin, W. H . ____ _____ _______ 1000 IUvise, Irving ______ ______ __ _ 1054 Young, W. ________ __ ___ ____ _ 850

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READERS' GAMES Reviewed by Fred Reinfeld

111 fbi> deparlllll!lIl WI! IJ/lbJhh games b;' readerl wilh <l1I>1Q/"I;(IIIJ b)' noted comIlU.'>IIaf()r Pred Rein/eld. AllY

fubsrribl'r /0 CHESS R EVIEW ;1 welan"t! /0 'IJI! Ihis ffee

Jerrire. SlIbmil Jour game! /0 Ue" ders ' Gamn Del".rl",e"l. O I F.SS REVIEW, 2'0 Jr'eu 571h Slreet, N/'w York.

The winner of this game, played in Li tt le RoCk, appends the follow­Ing interesting com ment : "Your Headers ' Games Devartment In· terests me, as I'm glad to see a n occasional game that Isn't a mas­ten)lece or brl1lluncy on both sides. I'm sending you a recent game of my own, not with t he thoug h t t hat it's of ]lartlcular Interest , b ut ra­ther to prOl'e that there is at least one set of chessmen extant i n A r­kansas. and at least two people who elljoy moving them futile ly about."

As will be seen, Header Smith Is much too modest about the value of this gnm e,

RUV LOPEZ W. Ke ll er

White 1 P-K4 2 Kt.K83 3 B·Kt5 4 BxKt 5 P_KR 3?

G. R. Sm ith Black P_K4

Kt_Q83 P_QR3 QPx8 . . . .

A move of which amateurs are notoriously over' fond. T he p in by .. D·KKt5 Is hardly to be fea r ed,

since in the flrst place it cannot be supported by . .. K t·Q5, and since the Bishop call be driven back ill any event with P·KIl3 If need be. However, the "thrent" ot the 1)ln Is by 110 means stt'ong enough to compel White to lose a I'aluable te mpo for development so early In the game. Kt·D3 or P·Q4 01' P·Q3 was prefe rable.

5 . . . , 6 P.Q3 7 Kt.B3 8 0 _0 9 P_Q4?

Kt_83 8 .Q3 0 .0

P.QKt3 . . , .

A serious e rror of Judgment on a number of counts. I n the flrst place , as Black has two Bishops, It is to his Interest, and not to White's, that the position should be o llened HI). Secondly, \ Vhile misses what Is undoub tedly the mos t IU'omising continuation at his disposal: K t· H2 fol1owed by p·D4. In that way he would have crealed chances for himself on t he K ing-

AUG.-SEPT . 1942

sille without allowing Black conn· terplay. Still another drawback of the text is that it creates a Qu een­s ide majority w h ich Black can uti· lize rcadUy, as against a \Vhite Klng·Side majority which will )·e· m a hl jJaralysed throughout Ihe game,

9 . . , . 10 KtxP

A lrcady threatening Pawn with. , . 1'·04,

11 R·K1

p,p B· Kt2

win

8 . K4 ! "

Nicely IJlayed- the Bishops are alrefllly asserting their [lower. n· K 3 is impossibl e in re l}ly, ror then .. . P·D4 wins a Pawn . This ha s nil Important bearillg on the follow­ing play,

12 K Kt_K2 13 RxQ 14 P_B3

Q,Q P·B4

, . , . f·'orced; but now \Vh ite's King·

side majority is WOrthless, as its possible mObi lization will have to be postponed indefinitely.

14 . . . . QR.Q l 15 8 . Kt5 P_Kt4!

E: xcel1ellt, Black realize s that one of the most potent weapons in this killd or struggle against the Knights is to use oue's Pawns to harry the Knights and hem them in. As id e from that, mack Is tak· Ing th e flrst step to make usc of the Pawn majority.

16 QR_Kt1 17 RxR

Not at once or Kt· H4.

18 P_R3

• • •

RxRc h B_8 3

P ·K t5 because

Advallcing a Pawn in this sector makes it easier for Dlack to "cash" the Queen·side majol'ity. H·QI':tl WOuld avoid this. but would Icad to an unbearably passive position.

18, . ,. P· Kt5 ACcording to pIau,

19 PxP 20 Kt·R2

p,p 8 _Kt4 !

The DishoJII> contin ue to gain ground.

21 K_B2 22 P.QKt3

T he Queen·side to be thre atening.

23 K. K3

P·B4 P.QR4

majority begins

· , , . White's desire \0 get the King

ilil o play is undcl·standable, but Black takes ad l'antages of thc op­porlllnity 10 drive the remaining White Bishoj).

23 , . . , P . R3 24 B_R4? · . , ,

2~ DxKt, DxD; 25 n ·Q6 would urfer better prospect s of resistance. But not 24 D·B4? DxKt!

24 . . , . 25 B_Kl

P· Kt4 BxKt

This ren unciation ]lair is SUl"pl"isillg, sa tlsfa ctori Iy.

of the Bishop­but turns out

26 Kx B B.Q5 27 P. B3? · . . .

I .• oscs quickly, Whcn flghtlng against a hostile wing majority of Pawns, th e pl ayer w ith the m ino r_ ity Sh ou ld a vo id creat ing cont act betwe en the Pawns. S uc h eo ntact can on ly fac ilita t e t he deadly ad· va nce of the Paw n ma jorI ty ,

27 . . . . 8·K4 28 PxP RPxP ! 29 R_B1 R_R1!

Black finishes in excellent style,

~~ S mith

l7l

30 R.B2 31 KtxP 32 R· Bl 33 R·Ktl

P. B5 ! p ,p

P. Kt7 R. R8

\Vhlte resigns. An ad mi rable game by Black, a nd a very en joy· able one too. There Is a wid e­s pread Imp,'ession that good che~s is limi te d to a f(>w lill'ge c ities, but s uch fine games as this oue, 1II'e Kra t lfylng proof of the dl fTuslon of chess abitity throughout the country ,

A very in te rest ing gnJUe because or Whlte's clel'et' combination anti its cUI'iOus sequel.

Metropolitan Chess League, 1941

S ICI LIA N DEFENSE

Biach Wh ite

1 P.K4 2 Kt.KB3 3 P.Q4 4 KtxP 5 Kt.QB3 6 B.K2 7 B·K3

Salem Black P.QB4

P. K3 p ,p

Kt·KB3 P,Q3

P.QR3 · ' . ,

Blac k 11'1 playing t ho Schevonln­I':en System, of wh ich we h ad an Ins truct! I'e elLnmple In t he AIII'il Issue (Page 102).

7 . , . . P.QKt4

This Is IJremature, as While could demonstra te by playillg B· D3. (lr then .. . U·Kt2; P·K5!) Such moves as Bla ck's lIeve nlh, which 111'0 hIghly deMira ble slra­lel': lcall)' , must be jliayed In just the righ t o,'del', else the y may lead to tactical tlillicult les ( 8 B·B3 ).

8 P.QR3 ? · . . . Typically faulty defensll'e·mlnd­

edness. Tho text Is 1)luyed to guard tho KP agaln~t tho menace ... P-KtS; but 8 U·03 would pel'­form that function mOl'e efTectlvely,

8 . , . . B. Kt2 9 B.Q3 • • • •

An admlllsion that h is last move was not the best. Now t here would no longer be much point to B·U3 , becl\use or the reply _ ' , QK t·Q2, with, .. Kt·K 4 in Ill'ospect.

9 , , , , QKt·Q2 10 P_B4 Q.B2 11 0·0 B·K2 12 Kt·Kt3 0·0 13 Q·K2 QR.Bl

As Is well ·known , t h is Is the In· dlcated J)l'ocedu re for Black. He pos t s his Illeces to )1;00\1 IlIlvantage on the half·open QD m e. the uI ­Unmte objecUI' e being to get a K nIght on QU5. II'hel'o It wl1l ex· erclse st rong Ill'eSSUl'e on Wh ite's pos it ion.

14 QR_B 1 . . . A I.recautionar )" mO\'e whic h Is

not a bso lutel)" necessa,'y, lUI the QOP IS protected by the KB. Stronger alternatives uro Qlt·Kl and I' ·KKt4,

176

14 . , , , KR.Q1 T ll.Is Is unnecessary Hnt! ns will

be seen , It can be directly ha r mfu l .. . K t·Kt3 (with t he Iden or going to QUS ) would have lert Bla ck with nn excellent gawe.

15 B.Q2 Kt ,Kt3 16 P. K5 PxP ?

A serious m istake : he Oi)o(!lIS the KD fi le after the depa ,'lure of his KH on move 1-1. The res ult Is that Wllite is a ble to bring ofT a ne a t combi nation.

T he correel course WIlli 16 ... Kt(03) ·QZ wi th a good game. ll1ack would be safe on the K lng·slde (no open KB file!), and would be I'eady for .. . Kt ·0 5. AmateUrs are pro ne t o Iguol'e the results of Pawn cu p­tures- thelr effects on t he openi ng aud ClOS ing of lines. The text Is a good exam ple of th is.

17 P xP Kt ( B3) .Q4 18 BxPc h! KxB 19 Q.R5ch K, Ktl 20 QxPch ....

Now you can see how \Vhlte 's comblnntlon was made possible by lliack'~ \4th and 16th moves.

20 .. , . K.Rt 21 R.B3 B.B4ch

A lucky resource by which he s a ves hi mself from male.

22 KtxB QxQ I\ot 22 ... QxKtch? 23 D-K3

and lliaek ca n resign In view of t hc tlll'ea tened H·H3 rnate,

23 RxQ 24 R>eB 2S B. KtS

RxKt Kt.QBS KtxKt!

Au ex~Uen t Interpolation which gh'es Black tine d rawing c hances becau se or the numerous weak· Ilesses Cl'eate(i in \Vh lte's Pa wlI position, Clearly \Vhlte dnrc not play 26 BxR? because of . .. Kl­K7 ch.

26 PxKt KR.Q4 ? l3ut t h is Is the la st and decis ive

mis tAke. It was necessary to plAY ... H·K I to keep the last rank guarded . Dlack could then capture the KI~ with powerfu l eoun ter­chancell,

27 R.B1! 28 R.BSch ! 29 B.B6

R,P K.R2

, . . . T he l}Oint. T his is t he move t hat

it WA S Black's job t o IlI'even t a t all costs. '1'0 a\'oitl mate, he m us t now give up the elLcha nge. T he fo llowing play, with Its simpllfi· callo ns, Is Quito hopeless fo,' Black:

29 ... R. Kt4; 30 BxR, RxB; 31 R_R?, Kt>CP; 32 RxP, KtxP ; 33 RxP, R.QB4; 34 R.Q Kt8, RxP ; 35 R>eP, Kt.Q5 ; 36 R_R5ch, K.Kt1 ; 37 R_K4, Kt·B3; 38 R_K8ch, K-B2; 39 R.B8, R·B? ; 40 R.QKtS, Kt_Q5 ; 41 RxR , KbR ( B7); 42 K. B2, K,B3 ; 43 R.Kt6c h, K_K4 ; 44 R. Kt6, Re· signs,

T he following remarkable game· le t showlI how attacking pattel'ns reJleat t hemselves (" there Is no­t hi ng oew under the sun!" )

DUT CH DEFENSE

K. S. Kibbey D. F. DormOln

\\lh ile mack

1 P.Q4 P_KB4 2 Kt.KB3 P. K3 3 Kt ,B3 Kt.K B3 4 B.Kt5 . . . .

\ Vhlte's last t wo moves Intllcnte hb Intention of II\aying P-K4 very quickly and thu ll opening UII the gam e \.0 h !!:1 a dva ntage .

4 . . , . B_K2?

Much too passive. Correct waa l he chanlctel' llItlc I)in so often seen In t h la ol>en illg: 4 ••. B·K t5! T he ind ifferent tex t allows White to achieve h is object.

5 BxKt 6 P_K4 7 Kt xP 8 B.Q3

B, B p,p 0 ·0

K_R l ?

Black does not realize how full of danger Ills Ilosilion has become e\'en at this early s tage. . .. ])·Q3 should have been played , Ilrevellt· ing the foll owing sOI·t ies o r the W hite KKt And Queen.

9 Kt·K5 ? . ' . . Premature •

de monstrated PxO, n·o·!.

as Black could hal'e \\' Ith 9 . , , OxKt; 10

9 • • • , P_QKt3? 10 Q.RS B.Kt2

Whl te'l! lall t mo\'e wall absolute ly decisive: If 10 .. , Q-K t ; 11 KtxD wins . Or If 10 ... BxKt ; II Kt­Do, P·KH3; 12 Q-Kt6 and wi ns,

11 QxP ch!? , . . '

Whit e CIIII hardly be blamed for playi ng fol' a jlretty mate: ye t 11 Ktx B wlna Immediately ( It . P·KR3; 12 Kt·Kt 6 nla te!).

1 1 . , , , 12 KtxBch 13 Kt (5). Kt4cn 14 P· B4ch

if 1,1 . , . KxP; U6: 16 0·0 mate~

15 P-Kt3c h 16 B.Btch 17 Kt-B2 mate!

K,Q K. R3

K.Kt4 K. R5

15 P·Kt3ch, K· .

K. R6 B.Kt7

COIllJlare the fa mous I!;Ume be· tween Ell . l.a8kel' and Si r George ThomlLS (I.on(\on, 1912) : 1 p .Q4, P-KU.I; 2 Kt·K03. P·K3: 3 Kt·B3, I Kt- I{U3; -, D·KtS, 0·K2; 5 BxKt, OxD ; 6 P ·K,' . I'lLI': -; KtxP , p . QK t3; 8 U,Q3. D-KtZ; 9 Kl·K5, 0·0: 10 Q·ltS, Q·K2 ? 11 QxPc h ! ! I KxQ; 12 KtxDch, K·R3 ; 13 Kt(5)­KHeh, K·K t 4; H P-R4ch ( P-D4ch is H. m ove fRstcr), K-BS; Hi P·Kt3 ch, K·D6: 16 B-K2ch. K·Kt7; .17 'H-H2ch, J( ·Kt8; 18 K·Q2 mate!

C HiiSS R I,V liiW

Black Won in Four Crushing Moves!

Rotlewl , W hite.

1 . • . . 2 P xQ 3 Q)( R 4 Q·Kt2

Ru binstein, Black.

RxKt l !! R.QT!! !

B x B c h R. R6! !

_and \ "'h lte resigned as m a te follows In three mo\'es at most.

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