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CONTENTS

AS WE GO TO PRESS ... Leaders in the Capablanca Memorial Tournament are Borislav Ivkov (13-3), Vas·

sily Smyslov (12·3 and one adjourned) and Robert Fischer (12·4). All three ba\'c lost at least once: Iykoy to Ratmir Kholmov, Smys10v to Ivkov and Fische.r. and Fischer to lykov. Fjscher's loss, in round ten, was his first defeat since be was upset by Edmar Mednis in the opening round of the 1962-63 U. S. Championship.

Here is how Fischer's opponents have fared, round by round: 1. Heinz Lehmann (W. Germany) ... .................... ............... ... . 0 2. Vassily Smyslov (USSR) ...................................................... 0 3. Victor CioeaUea (Rumania) .............................................. 1,2 4. Alberic O'Kelly (Belgium) ................................................ l;2 5. G. P. TriDgOV (Bulgaria) .................................................... 0 6. Robert G. Wade (England) ................................................ 1:1! 7. Bruno Parma (yugoslavia) ................................................ ~ 8. Lazlo SUibo (Hungary) ...................................................... 0 9. Gilberto Garcia (Cuba) ........................... ............................. 0

10. Borislav Jvkov (yugoslavia) ................................................ 1 n. Karl Robatscb (Aust r ia) ........................... ...................... ... .. 0 12. Istvan Bilek (Hungary) ........................................................ 0 13. Ludek Pacbman (Czechoslovakia) .................................... 1:1! 14. Eldis Cobo (Cuba) ................................................................. . 0 15. Eleazar J iminez (Cuba) ...................................................... ':-2 16. Johannes Donner (Holland) ................................................ 0

The following opponents remain on Fischer 's schedule : 17. Ewfim Geller (USSR) 18. Ratmir Kholmov (USSR) 19. Z. Doda (poland) 20. Francisco J . Perez (Cuba) 21. Wolfgang Pietzsch (E. Germany)

Note: Fischer White in EVEN·NUMBERED games.

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Fi Returns by J. F.

At B p.m. on Wednesday, August 25, Robert J. Fischer's chess clock began ticking for the first time in more than a year and a hal£.

That tiny sound, momentarily lost in a hubbub of newspaper and television photographers, was soon loud enough to be heard by chessplaycrs around the world. Bobby Fischer, so mysteriously in­active in master chess since his sensa­tional 11·0 triumph in the 1963·64 United States Championship, was playing in the CapabJanca Memorial Tournament.

When the sliding doors at the Marshall Chess Club were closed, Fischer was alone except for a referee. His opponent, and all the other tournament contest· ants, were in the ballroom of the Cuba Libre Hotel in Havana. More than 600 spectators were on hand to watch the play in Cuba; the Marshall club was jammed to capacity with fans who follow­ed the game, move by move, on a demon­stration board. For the first time in the 114year history of tournament chess a player's moves were being transmitted by teletype. There have been many long­distance chess games, oC course; but now, for the first time, one player in a tournament would be playing all his games by teletype while the other con­testants met one another in the usual manner.

This unique anangement came about after Fischer had been denied State Department permission to travel to Cuba. He had applied to the Department for permission to visit Havana as a journal­ist, intending to cover the event for both CHESS Ln~E and the "Saturday Review". The Department, however, de· cided that Fischer's main reason for wanting to go was to play in the tourna­ment; his journalistic labors would be merely ir.cidental. When the adverse rul­ing was made public, a number of news· papers-including the N.Y. "Times"- ran editorials cri tical of the State Depart­ment's position.

The question of whether the State Department has, or should have, the right to restrict foreign travel by Ameri­can citizens is a political one, not to be argued here. It seems clear, however, that the State Department ruling was quite senSible-indeed, unavoidable-if one grants that they do have a r ight to restric t such travel. Fischer would have gone to Havana with a prize in mind_ but it wouldn't have been the Pulitzer Prize. Like any sensible person, Bobby would rather be Superman than Clark Kent .

At any rate, Fischer accepted the State Department ruling without protest and there was never any question oC his going to Cuba on his own. Instead, ar­rangements were made with the Cuban committee- with the agreement of all the tournament contestants-to have him

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play the complete schedule from a room at the l\larshaU Chess Club. An open teletype and telephone line would be kept in operation for the month that the tournament lasted, paid [or by the Cub· ans.

Then, suddenly, it seemed as if the entire thing would fall through. Fidel Castro was reported to have hailed the State Department ban as a "propaganda victory" for Cuba; Fischer fired back a cable in which he stated he would not play if the Cuban government used his participation for propaganda purposes. Castro, in reply, claimed that he had never said anythi ng about the tourna­ment to anyone and strongly implied that Fischer was looking for an excuse not to play. The next thing anyone knew­Fischer was playing.

• • • • • We already reported, in our last issue,

the resul ts of Fischer's first two games: victories over Heinz Lehmann and form­er world champion Vassily Smyslov. The latest results, as we go to press, appear on p. 190.

• • • • • Saul Rubin, president of the Marshall

Chess Club, is in charge of the arrange­ments in New York. William and Kath­ryn Slater put in long hours at the tele­type, both of them mastering that in-

strumcnt in a remarkably short time. Moves are transmitted in full ; e.g., "WHITES }I'IRST MOVE PAWN TO KL!\l"G FOUR" and the elapsed time on the player's clock is sent with every move. In addition, the New York and Havana referees are in touch by tele· phone whenever any important point comes up.

• • • • • In spite of the speedy transmission of

moves, a fi ve·hour playing session can last as much as eight hours-quite a strain on Fischer, especially with ad­journed games to be considered. So far (this is being written on September 7) Bobby seems to be standing up to it quite well, but the tournament has a long way to go.

• • • • • There werc a lot of strained faces

among the spectators in New York dur­ing the Parma·Fischer game. It was quite obvious, at an early stage, that Fischer couldn't win and the question was: Can he draw? He managed to, but later analysis may show that Parma had win­ning chances.

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J . F. Reinhardt, who Wl5 New York referee in the first two games of the Capablanca Memorial, makes White's second move in Round I_ Bill Goich· berg, who relayed the moves from the teletype room, is in the foreground.

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C APA BLANCA M E MOR I AL

RO UND ONE White gives up 3 pawn In the ope ning in

a line that Is ~upposed to offer him good at · tacking chances. In a remarkably short time, however, Fischer seizes the IntUative. '1'he n eat bit of tact ics on mOVeS 22·26 produces " passed p8wn that can't be st opped.

SICILIAN DEFENSE Lehmann F ische r ,. P·K4 P·QB4 18. Q. KI B· K2 ,. "'·K8] p.QJ 19. P·Q H3 0 ·0 ,. P'Q4 ,., 20. P·QR4 Q · B4

•• . ., H-KB3 21. Q·K2 QR· SI ,. N·QS3 P·QR3 22. P-B4 PxP e .p .

•• B·K2 Q N·Q2 23. B·R ; Q . 82 ,. 0 ·0 P · K 3 2 4. BxB ... •• P·8 4 P-QN4 15. Q)( N R·B4

•• B-83 8 -H 2- 26. Q-K2. ". ". P·KS ... 27. o x RP Q-N S n. ... '" 28. KR·Q NI R·Q I 12. p)(p N·N5 29. P· RS P · R3 13. Q-K2 P _N5 30. Q·B4 ••• 14. N· K4 KNlCK P 31. p)(Q P · 8 7 15. N x lll ••• l 2. R·Q81 RxRP 16. N-N5 Q·N3ch Resign s 17. K· Rl O-N4'

·Aft..f 17 . ..... ... , Q.H4

ROUND TWO The ex·world champion takes on lsolaled

doubled pawns, thinking that hQ ean slmpll ry 1nto a draw. He play,s loa passively, how~ver , and E'ischer improves hIs posItion wlth every move. Smyslov resigned after 43. . ....... , P·B6 without resuming p l ay .

RU Y LOPEZ Fisch er Smy s lo v , . P· I(4 P·1(4 23. R·R8 R·QSch ,. N.KB3 N·Q B3 24. K·R2 " . , B. NS P·OR3 25. R~R ... ' < B· R4 N· B3 2&. P· N4 K-B2

•• P·0 3 P-Q1 21. N.Bl ... , •• P-B3 B·K2 28. P· N3 N·B3 ,. ON·0 2 0 ·0 2'1. N/ l ·02 K·K2

•• N·Bl P·ON4 30. R·R6 N·ONI

•• B· N3 P·04 31. R·R5 P·Bl 10. 0 ·K2 '" : 2. I( ·N2 N/ l ·0 2 11 . P~P B·K3 33. K·BI R-QB I 11. B~B , .. 34. N·KI N·KI 13. N· N3 0 ·Q2 35. N'03 N·B2 14. 0 ·0 O R·OI 36. P·QB4 '" IS. P-QR4 Q'06 31. NleBP N· N4 16. QleO ". 38. R·R6 K·B3 11. PleP '" 3'1. B· BI B·Nl 18. R· R& R·Q3 40. B·N2 P·B4 1'1. I(' R! N·0 2 41. N· N6 ••• '20 . B· I(3 R·QI 4'2. R~N P·B5 21. P' R3 P·R3 43. N.B5 P·B6 22. KR·RI N/'2· NI ", Black r esigned

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ROUND FIVE Fischer produees a game of lhcoreUcal 1m·

pOrUlnCQ In a much·analyzed variati<m.

S IC ILIAN D EFENS E T ri n g o v F isch e r , . P·K4 P·QB4 13. R· N3 Q·R4 ,. N-KB 3 p .Q, 14. 0 ·0 0 ·0 ,. P ·Q4 '" " . .. , ". •• ." N· KB 3 ". B~Pch K-RI ,. N·OB3 P·Q R3 ". R~Rch ... •• B· NS P-K3 111. Q.B4 N·Q B3 ,. P·B4 Q·N3 19. Q·B7 Q·B4ch

•• Q·Q2 ." 20. K·RI N·B3 •• R·Q NI Q· R6 11. B~B ." ". p· I(S ,., 21. 0 · K6 N/ 4. N5 n . '" KN·Ol Resigns "- 8 -Q84 8 · NS

SICILIAN DEFE NSE •• Pa r ma •• F ISc her , . P· K4 P·QB4 n . '" ,., ,. N·KB J P.Q3 ". '" B·Q2 ,. P·Q4 ,., ". R·KS P·KB4 •• . " N·KB3 21. P· N4 R· KNI ,. N·QB3 P·O R3 22. K·B2 '" •• B·KN5 P·1(3 23. R~P P· KR 4 ,. P· B4 0 · N3 24. K· Nl K· K2 •• Q02 ." 25. R·1(5 P ·RSch •• R·QNl 0 ·R6 26. K~P R· Rlch I t. 8~N , .. 27. R·R5 R~Rch 11. B·K2 B· N2 28. K~R R· Rl ch 12. 0 ·0 P· B4 29 . K~P '" 13. KR·QI N·83 30. R·Q2 P·R4 14. N~N ••• 31. K. N3 R·R8 IS . Q·K3 ". 32. B·B4 R·K8 16. R· N3 0 · B4 33. R·K2 ... 17. OxQ ". 34. B~R Dr a wn

GR UE NFE LD DEFE NS E G. Garcia •• Fischer '- ' ... N· KB3 17. N·B'2 R(2)'OSl ,. P·0 8 4 P· KN3 lB. 8·R6 R·QI , N·QB3 P·Q4 '29. R·BI R(l j·Q2 •• '" ." :!G. 8 · NS P·Q R4 ,. P·K4 ••• 31. N·Q3 R· 82 •• , .. B· N2 31. P· R4 N·R2 ,. B· K3 P·O B4 33. B·QB4 P· 8 S •• B·Q B4 Q·R4 34. K·K 2 R·OS 3 •• Q·Q2 0·0 35. N·B2 R(2).B2 10. R·NI '" 36. 8~B , .. II. P~ P O~Qch 37. R·Q Nl B·K2 12. K~Q N·B3 38. P~P '" 13. N·B3 P· K3 3'1. K·Q3 R.Q2 14. K· K2 P· N3 40. N·Q I K·8 2 15. KR.OBI B· N2 41. N·8 3 B· NS 16. 8-Q3 OR.Bl 42. P· R3 8 ·1(2 11 .R·8 2 O R·O I 43. N~P ". 18. R·B4 P·KB4 44. K·K4 R· N4 19. P ·Ks N·R4 45. R·KRI K· N3 20. R· R4 R.Q2 46. R· R8 R· N7 21 . N· NS 8 ·0 4 47. B· N4 ... 12. B·Q2 N·B3 48. P~B N· N4 23. 8·N5 R·QBI 4'1. R·Q RI R~QNP 24. K· I(I P·KR3 51). K·Q5 ." 25. N·R3 P·N4 51. R(I ).KRI R·B4ch 26. P·8 3 B·81 52. K·Q6 N·84ch

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CHESS LIFE

The Many Faces of the King's Indian by PAL BENKO

T his moruh r am pre.!cll titlg three of frill gamc,' agai,!~·t some of 111(1 closest compet­itor.! {I t tile rccen t Uf!ilCcl State" Grief! CilamlJion.fhip III Puerto Rico. All three are n ;um"lcs of tile King's l ooi(m Defense and help iIIustrote the ma ny lJOssib ililiCS of til at Olle ning for bot/~ W hite (lncl Black . Th e KillS';J I" dkm is certainly ~till far from being reftltC!U

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE P. Benko •• Byrne

1. P·Q4 N-KB:! ,. N·KB3 P-KN3 J. P·B4 .. N' 4. P·KN3 0 ·0 5. B·N2 P-oJ •• 0 ·0 N·B3 7. N-B3 R·Nl

This unusual looking move prepares Q-sidc action with ...... .. , P-QR.3 and ........ , P-QN4, a variation popularized by Panno. 7 . ........ , P·K4 is the other well-known path in this position.

8. p ·QS 9. N·Q2 10. P-QR3 11 . Q-B2

N-QR4 P.B4 Q-82

White gives up his plnn to t rap Black's Knight beca use if 11. N-N5, Q-:J3; 12. P·QN4, Nx BP and Black wins a pawn.

11 . ........ P-QR3 12. P·N3 P·QN4 13. B-N2 PxP 14. PxP P-K41

A good move tha t looks nhead toward stoppi ng White from his plan of an eventual P·K4, P-B4 and P·K5--as has happened in many games. If now 15. PxP e.p., BxP ; 16. N-Q5'! , Hxl3 ~

15. QR·NI B·Q2 16. P·R3 N·R4 17. QB·RI P·B4 18. RxR RxR 19. P·K 3 Q-QI 20. N-K2 P·K5?

Posi t ional misjudgment. Instead he should pl ay 20 .. ....... , R-N3 (Iu d 21. ........ , ::\" ·N2.

21. BxB NxB 22. Q-B3! ... .....

With this move While sei7.cs the long diagonal and puts the pressure on Black's misplaced Knight. If now 22.

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..... ... , B·R5; 23. N-B4, N-N6; 24. NxN, Hx N; 25. QxNch and wins. Or 24 . ........ , 13xN; 25. R·QN 1, B-R5; 26. Qx Nch, KxQ; 27. N·K6ch, K-B2; 28. NxQch, RxN ; 29. R-N6.

22. . ...... . ..KI 23. P·N4! ...... ..

A move with a double purpose: to secure KB4 fo r the Kni ght and to open t he KN-file for the attack.

23. ... ..... R·N2 24. PxP PxP 25. N-84 R·KB2 26. R-Nl N·N2 27. P·B3 PxP 28. NxP P-QR4

Black's plan is to brin g his Knight to QN6, but there is not enough t ime for this. A more active try would have bee n 28 ......... , Q-R4.

29. K·RI ! P-R5 30. N-K6 .... ... .

Everything has been prepared and the lime is r ipe for the fi nal assa ul t . Black has nothing betle r than laking the men· acing Knight. For example: 30. . ....... , Q·R4; 31. QxQ, NxQ; 32. R-NB, R-K2; 33. N-R4 wins. Or 30 ........ . , Q·Bl ; 31. N/3·N5, R-Q2; 32. Q-B6, B-N3; 33. NxN, RxN; 34. Q.K6ch, QxQ; 35. PxQ, P-R3; 36. N·B7 wins. Agai n, 30 ....... ..• o.K2; 31. N/ 3-N5, R-B3; 32. RxN, etc.

30. . ...... . 31. Px N 32. N·R21

NxN R-N2 ........

Black's unfor tuna te Knight cannot well be pro tected . U 32 ......... , N·R4; 33. P-K7, RxP ; 34 . B·Q5ch, B-B2; 35. R·N leh and mates. Or 33 . ........ ,QxP; 34. B.Q5ch, K·B1 (34 . ..... ... , B·B2; 35. R-NBch) ; 35. Qx~, QxP ; 36. R·KI, QxKRP ; 37. Q-Q8 and wins. If 32 . .... .... , o.Bl; 33. P-K7 , B·83; 34. B-Q5c h, BxBch; 35. P xB and there is no defensc to the threa t of 36. RxN (35. . ...... . , K·B2; 36. P-K8(Q)ch). Black 's only t ry is 32 ... ..... . , RxB; 33. KxR, but then on 33 ......... , Q·N4ch; 34. K·Rli or 33 . ........ , B-B3eh; 34. N-B3, Q-R5; 35. R·Nl ! wins.

32. ....... . Q·N4 Black t r ies to counter with a mate

threat, but to no avail . 33. 8xN RxB

An exciting moment fo r the spectators, but afte r-

34. R·NI 35. P·K4 36. N·83

B-B3ch BxPch

....... . Everything is u nder control and Blac k

res igns . KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE

P. Benko B. Zuckerman 1. P·Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-KN3 3. P·B3 ..... .. .

A quiet va ri atio n which tries to avoid the well-known paths of the King's In­d ian.

3. ..... .. . B·N 2 4. B·84 P-Q3 5. P·KR3 ...... . .

Securing a safe ret reat for the Bishop, but this was not yet necessary. After li. P-K3, N-M; 6. B·N5, P-KR3; 7. B-R4 , P-KN4; 8. KN-Q2! g ives White the bette r game.

5. . .. _ ... 6. P-K3 7. QN·Q2 8. 8 ·B4

0 -0 P-N3

P-" .. ......

8. P·QR4 and j[ 8 ........ . , B·QR3; 9. BxB was more exact , but I wasn't sure that .. ...... , B·QR3 was my opponent's in-tention.

8. . ...... . 9. BxB 10. 0 ·0 11 . Q·K2

B-QR3 NxB 0-0' N·B2

Looking at this position, and cons ider­ing 12. P xP, NP xP; 13. P-K4, I s uddenly reca lled a game Bondarevsky-Bronste in in which, after 13 ......... , P-K4, Black got the better game and subsequently won the prize for the best ·played game of the tournament. Of course 1 realized that th is was no coincidence, since my op­ponent is famous for his opening k nowl· edge. With my next moves I tried to steer the game into a difIerenl course.

12. P-QR4 P-QR3 13. P·R5 P.QN4?

An inaccuracy which steps r ight in to line with White's intentions. He should play the Zwischenzug 13 . ..... ... ) PxQP! and then 14 ......... , P-QN4 with a satis-factory position.

14. PxP! Opening the Bishop's d iagonal and

t he o.file , a fle r which Black's Queen is awkwardly placed . White now has the

-Cont'd . o n P. 198

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CANDIDATES, 1965 Mikhail Tal vs. la jos Portisch

Game White Opening No, moves Result

1 Portisch English 83 Drawn 2 T.I Caro-Kann 28 Tal won 3 Portisch Nirnzo-Indian .. Portisch won 4 T., French 32 Tnl won 5 PorUsch Nirnzo-Indian 56 Drawn 6 T.I Caro-Kann 4O Drawn 7 Portisch Nimzo-lndian 41 Tal won· 8 Tol Ruy Lopez 47 Tal wont

C*These two games were given in our last issue)

GAME 1 ENGLIS H OP ENING

PORTISCN T AL , . N·Kal p .Qa . 43. Kx P '" ,. P-84 N-etSl 4f. Pxi> R.Q7ch ,. N·B3 N·BS 4.5. B·Q3 R-g8

•• P-KN) P-KN) .6, P·K5 P· N $ ,. 8·N 2 B-N1 47. K·K3 K·1(2

•• 0·0 0-0 48. R·B7 K.Q l ,. P-03 P.oR) 4'. R·N1 R-KN'

•• P·QRl R·N' 50. B-B4 RxPch

•• R·HI P.QN4 51. K-Q4 P-N6. '0. PxP '" 52. K-QS] R.gB" 11. P·QN4 .. , 53. R· N4] K·1(2 11.. PlI P P-Q3 54. R· N7 ,..pm 13. II ·Q1 8 -Q2 S5. K-Q4 R·BT 14. Q-Bl ... , st.. 8 ·.2 K·Kl IS. 8 ·R6 N", 57. P-K6I .... 16. N xN ••• 51. !beAP ." 17. QlIB ". n. B·NI 8 ·B4 11. Q-Q2 Q.81 60. R-QN7 R·R2 n . I(R·BI R·BI ". B·R1 ... ' 21). Rx R ... n . I(·B3 R.B7ch 21. QxQ ". U. I(·H3 P· H4 22. K-81 P-K4 64. I(·R3 P ·NS 23. H·N3 8 .K, U. RxP P·H' 24. H·R5 R·87 66. Rx R ... 25. H· N7 B· ' iIS 67. BoOS 1(·1(1 26. P·B3 B.Q1 68. I(-N1 I(.Q3 21. Nx P H·Q4 69. B-N1 B·RS 28 . N-1(4 P· B4 70. K.B3 8 ·83 29. N.8S B·B3 71. 8 ·R3 K·K4 30. I(·B1 H·S6 72. K.Q1 K-S5 31. R·1(1 N·R7 73. K·KI .. NO 31. R-QH! H ·M 74. 8 ·S 1 K_I(' 33. R·1(1 R·Nl 75. fl.-N7 .... l4. H·R6 K·81 16. 8 ·N2 8·1(7 35. B-8 1 N·R7 77. 8 ·B' B-8S 36. R-QI N" n. 8·H7 K·85 37. Nx H ". 79. 8 -B' .... 38. R·8 1 .... 10. B·N7 K·H( 3'. R·B5 1(·1(3 81 . 8 ·H2 B·R3 41). P·1(4 R.N7ch 82. K·Q2 K-B( 41 . K-K3 ." 83. K· KI Dr .wn 42. P·Q4 Px Pch

GAME 2 (Annot.ted for " Chess Life" by

ROBERT J. FISC HER)

Caro-Kann Defense TAL PORTISCH

T. P-K4 P-QB3 2. N-QB3 P-Q4 3. N·B3 PxP 4. NxP B·N 5 5. P-KR3 BxN 6. QxB N.Q2 7. P-Q4 ........

I tried 7. N-N5!? agains t Cardoso (Port-oroz, 1958) , continued: 7 . ........ , NIl·B3; S.Q-QN3, P-K3; 9. QxP, N·Q4! with a good game for Black.

1. .. ...... 8. B-Q3 9. QxN 10. 0-0 11 . P-QB3 12. Q·R4

19.

N/ T·B) N. N P-K3 B-K2 N·B3 N·Q4

12. ........ , 0-0 looks pcrrectly safe. 13. O-N4 8 ·B3

13 . ...... .. , O-O?; 14. B·R6, 8 -83; 15. Q·K4 wins the exchange.

14. R·K l ...... .. Zeroing in for a strike on K6.

14. .. ...... Q·N3 15. P·QB4!? ........

KobJents suggests 15. P·R3. 15. .. ...... N·N5

If 15 ......... , N-K2 Koblents g ives 16. P-Q5, BPxP ; 17. PxP, NxP; 19. Q-R4ch. but after 19. . ....... , K·8 1, White has nothing: 20. B·K4., B·Q5!; 21. R-K2 • R-Q1. Alter 15. .. ...... , N·K2; 16. B·K3, QxNP; 17. QR-N l . Q·B6; 19. Q·K2 and White has play for the pawn .

16. RxPc;h Ingenious but forc ed;

loses the QP for nothing.

........ otherwise he

16. .... .. .. Pl(R 11. QxPc;h K·Sl ?

On 17 ... .... .. , B-K2, Tal g ives a beautiful winning line: IS. B-N6eh, rxB (18. ........ , K-Ql ; 19. B-B5. Q-B2; 20. B·84, Q-Bl ; 2 1. Q·K4); 19. B-NS. Q·B2; 20. R·KI, Q. Q2; 21. QxPch. followed by RxB.

But after 17 ......... , K'Qt! White is forced to take the d raw by perpetual with 18. Q-Qtich, K-Kl ; 19. Q·K6ch.

18. B·841 R·Ql If IS . .. ...... , Q-QI; 19. R·KI nnd White

has at least a draw. 19. P·BSI

19. R-Kl?, P·B4! ........

19. .. .. .... NxB! 19 ......... , Q-R4?; 20. R·KI! (threatening

8 ·Q6eh) forces mate. 20. PxQ ....... .

20. B-R6!? and if 20 . ........ , Q-B2; 21. Qx:Bch, K-Nl ; 22. BxP! Correct is 20. ........ , QxNP! which draws (Koblents).

20. ........ Nx B

21. Q·N4 If 21. Q-B5?, N-K7ch

21. ... .....

........ and ..... .. . ,

N·Q4 NxP.

Possibly 21. ........ , P-N4 is a better chance but nol 21. .. ...... , RxP?; 22. Q. B8ch, R-Ql; 23. QxRch !

22. PxP K·K2!? Portisch gives as correct 22. ..... ... ,

P·N3. 23. P·N41 R-Rl

23. .. ...... , NxP; 24. R-Nl, RxP; 25. Q·K2ch, K·Q3j 26. P·R3 and RxP.

24. R·K\c;h K-Q3? Correct was 24 ... ....... K-Ql ; 25. R-K6

(25. P-N5, Rx P ; 26. Q·K6, K·B2; 27. R·QUl , R·Ql; 28. PXP, P-QN3 a lso holds fo r Black); 25 .......... K-B2; 26. P-N5, KR·QBI.

25. P·N5! RxP A blunder , but be's dead anyway. If

(a) 25 . ...... .. , K-B2; 26. R-N!!, KR·Ql ; 2:1. P-N6ch, NxP; 28. Q·N3ch. R-Q3; 29. fuN, RxP; 30. R·N4 and White should win ; (b) 25 ......... , KR-QBl; 26. Q-K6cb. K·B2; 27. Px P, l'xP; 28. Q-B7ch wins; (c) 25. ,. ...... , KR-Ql; 26. P-N6!, NxP; 28. R·N!!

26. R.K6ch K·B2 21. RxBJ Resigns

GAME 3 HIM Zo-lHDIAH

PORTISCH TAL ,. , ... H·K8] 23. p .K5 a ' RS •• P-QB4 P-K3 24. R-QBI R·B4 ,. H-Q B3 . .. , 15. R·K2 ... B$

•• P·1(3 0-0 16. P-83 ... , ,. . .. , P.Q4 17. K·B2 .... •• N· B3 P·QH3 2 • • R·B3 • •• ,. 0 ·0 B-N2 29. P xR p ·KN4?

•• ,., .. , 31). N·K4 R.Q6

•• B.Q2 QN·Q2 31. NxH P a·Q2 10. Q·B2 P·B4 32. R_K3 R-Q?ch 11. N·KS N'x H 33. K·Nl K·N2 12. PxN H· IUI 34. N-K4 R·R7 13. BxH , .. 35. P-QB4 K· N] '4. KR·QI Q.K1 36. P-KR4 P-KIU IS . P·Q R3 .... 37. P_RS~h K·82 " . HxP ... 31. K·R3 B·B] 17. Rx B ." 39. H-Q6c h K· N2 " . H-Q' B.83 40. P-NJ P·1l3 19. Rfl -QI QR-QI 41. P·B4 P·N4 ll). Q-N] ... , 42. PxP .. , n. P ·K4 Q.K3 43 . P· B5 ... , 12. QxQ ... 44. P-B6ch . "'gn.

GAME 4 FRE NCH DEFENSE

TAL PORTISC H ,. P·1(4 ,. , ... ,. N.QB,

•• B-NS ,. N " •• NxHch ,. N·" •• ..... •• <>0 10. Q.K2 11. 8·B4 12. QR-QI U. RxP 14. Q·Q2 15. BxRPI? 16. Q·B4

.. ., 17. AXN , ... 18. QxB N.KB3 19. P·QH3

"P 2 •• Q_B4 QH·Q2 2t. Q-KSch

N.N 22.Q.H3ch P-B4 23. R·1(1 p " 24. Q-R4

B·K2 25. 1<-81 P.KR) 24. P· KR3

0-0 27. P.KN 41 ... , 28. RxP .-N' 19. K ·H2 B·B3 30. BxR

N· KSI 31. QxP ... 32. H-K5

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PORTISCH 1. P·Q4 2. P·QB4 3. N·QB3 , . P· K3 5. B.Q3 6. N·B3 1. 0-0 B. P.QR3 'I. BPxP 10. PxP 11. PxB 12. P·B4 13. B·N2 14. PxN 15. PxP!? 16. BxN 17. K·R1 18. R·Nlch 1'1. B·K2! 20. QRxQ 21 . BxR 22. B·N3 23. BxP 14. P·B4 2S. R·RI 26. K·N1 11. B·QS 18. B·N2 1'1. B·B1

TAC 1. P·K4 2. N·QS3 3. N·B3 4. P·KR3 5. QxB 6. P·Q3 1. P·R3 8. P·KN4 t. P·KR4 10. P·NS 11 . B·R3 12. PxBP 13. B·B4 14. Q·K2 15. QXQ 16. 0 ·0 ·0 11. B·N2 18. B· KS 1'1. QR.KI 20. K ·QI 21 . BxB

GAME S N1MZO.INDIAN

N·KB3 P. K S e·N5 0·0

p.." P·B4 N·B3 B·R4

KPxP ". B·NS N ·K4

NxNch B·R6 QxPl "xBI

KR·Q1 K· R1 ••• ...

R·QBl •• p

P·KR3 R·B6 R·B1 P·N4

P·QR4 B·B4 R·N7

30. R·QI 31. PxP 3~. R·Q8ch 33. K· Nl. 34. R·N8 ! S. K·N3 36. P·B3 31. B·Q3 38. K· B'1 3,. K ·N2 40. K ·B2 41. P·K4 42. K·K3 43. R·N3 44. P·B5 45. P·B4 46. K·Q2 47. P·K5 48. RxBP 49. R·N6ch 50. R.B6ch 51. BxB 52. R-QN3 53. P· B6ch 54. R·N7ch 55. R· NBch 56. R·N7ch Drawn

TAC P·NS P.P

K ·N2 P·N6

B·K5ch R· Na B·Q4

R·N8ch R·KRI

R·K8 R·KRl RxPch

B·B1 R·R4 R·R8

R·R6ch R·B6 •• P

B·B51 K· Bl K ·K2 ~.

R·KS K·Bl. K· BI K ·B2 K ·BI

GAME 6 CARO·KANN

P-QB3 P·Q4 B·NS

"". N ·B3 P·K3 B·54 O.()

QN-Q2 N·Kl P·54 P.P

Q·K2ch P· KN3 ".

N·N2 N·Nl

KR·KI gR.Ql . .." ...

PORTISCH 22. RxRch NxR 23. P·R5 N·N2 24. PxP PxP 25. R· R6 N·Q2 26. N· K2 N·B1 27. K·Q2 N·K 3 28. P· KB4 P·R4 29. P·Q4 K·N2 30. K·K3 N·Q2 31 . N·N3 P·B4 32. N·K2 N·Nl 33. P·N3 R-Q2 ~4. PxP P·Q5ch 35. NxP NxN 36. PxN NxPch 37. K·K2 R·Q3 38. BxP RXP 39. B·Q5 NxP 40. R·R3 R.NS Drawn

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LARSEN 1. N ·KB3 2. P·KN3 3. B·N2 4. 0 ·0 S. P·B4 6. PxP 7. BxB 8. N·B3 9. P·Q3 10. B·N2 11. P·QR3 12. B·Q2 13. R·B1 14. K .RI 15. P-QN4 16. P·K3 11. Q.N3 18. N· K2 19. N·B4 20. RxR 21. R·BS 22. RxRch

". ". >S. ". ". ". ". ".

IVKOV 1. P.Q4 2. P·QB4 l. N·KB3 4. P·KN3 S. B·N2 6. B.Q2 7. QxB 8. O-e , . N·B3 10. NxN n. QR.Bl 12. KR·Ql 13. Q·N5 14. NxQ 1$. KxB 16. P-QN4 17. K· B3

CANDIDATES, 1965 Bent Larsen ys. Barislay Iykoy

Opening Reti Queen's Indian Re t i

No. moves 60 32 73

White Larsen Ivkov Larsen Ivkov Larsen Ivkov Larsen Ivkov

Queen's Gambit Declined English

31 66

Result Larsen won Drawn Drawn Larsen won Larsen won Dr awn Ivkov won Larsen won

Queen's Gambit Declined King's Indian

40 50

Alekhine's Defense

GAME 1 RET 1 OPENING

IVKOV P-Q4 31 . K·N1 P· KN3

P·QB3 32. N ·B4 BxN N·B3 33. NPxB N·B6 B·NS 34. P·K4 N/ 3·N41 P·K3 35. Q.R8ch K·N2 BxN 36. B·B3 P·R4

BPxP 37. K·N2 Q·R3 N·B3 38. Q.Q8 Q·R7 B·K2 3? B·Kl Q·N8 0 ·0 40. P· BS! KPxP

R·B1 41. PxP' pxP P·QR3 42. B.Q2 QxP N-Q~ 43. B·B4 N·K5 N·QS 44. B·K5ch P·B3 N·N3 45. Q.K7ch K .Nll N·N4 46. B· BU Q·B7 Q-Q2 47. Q·Q8ch K·Nl B· B3 48. Q·Q7ch K·N1 I£xR 49. B·N3 N/4·g3 R·B1 50. O·Qkh K·N2 lI·K2 51. Q·Q7ch K·Nl QXR 52. Q·Q8ch K ·N2 N·Q3 53. B·R4 N· B2 Q·B3 54. Q·Q7 Q·B3?? B·N4 55. QxBP Nfl-Q3

NjN3.BS! 56. BxPch K·BI PxP 57. Q·B4 Q.Q4

NxNP 58. Q· R6ch K· K1 N/5·Q3 59. Q·N7 N·Bl P-QSch 60. Q·N6 ResIgns

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·After 41. PxP.

GAME 2 QUEEN'S INDIAN

N·KBS P·K3

p.QNl B-.'

B·N5ch BXBch

P' 03 0.0

N·K5 ... ... , Q.K2

••• ... N·B3

KR.QI K·Bl

18. N·K4 1'. KxN 20. P·N4 21. P-QR4 22. P-QNs 23. PxP 24. P·B4 25. P·R4 26. PxP 27. RxR 28. R·KNl 29. R-Q1 ~-O. R·KNI 31. R-Q1 32. R·KNl Drawn

LARSEN N •• ".K2

P·QB3 P.QR4 P-QB4 tlPxP

P· Bl P' R4 ... R·Rl K·B2 K ·K2 K·82 K·K2

LARSEN 1. N·KB3 2. P·KN3 3. B ·N~ 4. 0·0 5. P·Q3 6. N ·B3 7. P·K4 8. N.KR4 , . P·B4 10. PxP 11. 8 ·K3 12. Q-Q2 13. N·B3 14. QR-Q1 15. N-QS 16. RxQ 17. BxN 18. B·N2 19. P·B3 20. PxP 21. B·B2 22. R·Kl 23. RxR 24. R·K2 2S. N·B7! 26. B·QS 27. NxB 28. P·KR4! 29. R·K6 30. RxP 31. RxN :;2. K ·N2 33. K·B3 34. P·R4 35. P·B4 36. P·Q4 37. BxP

27

GAME 3 RETI OPENING

P·QB4 P.KN3

B·N2 N·QB3

P·Q3 P·K4

KN·K2 0.0 p,p " · B4 N'Q5

Nfl·B3 Q·R4 B·Q2 ••• NxNch N·QS

QR· Kl N· K3 PXP1 R·B2 N ·BI

• •• B·Q2 B·QB3 ...

N·N3 B·B1 N·K2 N.N P·N3

P·KR4 K ·N2 K.Bl K·K3 P.P

B·K2

38. P·RS 3'1. pxP 40. 8xP 41. P·N4 42. R-Q6ch? 4l. B.BSch 44. BxR 45. P·NSch? 4&. B·K7 47. 8·B6 48. K·K3 49. B·Q4ch so. K ·K2 51 . K ·B3 52. B·K3 53. K·Nl 54. K·Rl 55. B·Q4 56. B.B6th 57. B·Q2 58. K·N~ 59. B .Kl 60. e ·B2ch 61. K·B3 62. B·Klch 63. B·B2ch 64. B·K3 6S. P·N6 66. P·N7 67. K ·N3 68. KxP 69. K ·R4 70. K ·N5 71. KxP 72. I(.N6 73. 8xB

GAME 4

IVICOV .. P P.P

B·B3 R·B1 K •• K·B3

B·B6! K.N3 B·K8 K·B4 K·N3 K·R4 B·R4 B·K8 B·B6

B·Kkh p ... B·N6 K·N3 B·B7 B·B4 B·Q3 K ·R4 P·R6 K ·N3 K·R4 K·NS ",P B-N' K ·Q4 K·B3 K.P K·B3 K..,' .. P

Drawn

QUEEN'S GAMBIT OECLINED IVKOV t . N· KB3 2. P·84 3. N·B3 4. P-Q4 S. P·K3 6. B·Q3 7. BxBP 8. B·Q3 9. P·K4 10. N·QRe 11. P·KS 12. NxP 13. PxB 14. 0·0 15. B·B2 16. N·NS

N.KB3 P.K3 P.." P·B3

QN·Q2 P.P

P·QN4 B·N2 P·NS P·B4 . .." BxNI

P.QRS NxBP R·QBl

p • .,

17. N ·K4 18, BxN 19. Q·N4 20. PxP •. p. 21. B.Q2 22. B·Q3 23. Q·Ke 24. Q.Kl 25. QR.Ql 26. BXN 27. B·Bl 28. RXR 2'. Q·KN3 30. B·B4 31. P' QR:!?? ResIgns

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1. P-I(4 P-GB. 11 . N-QS 2. H·KB] P.Q3 12. P itH 3. P.o. PIlP 13. P· KII4 4. NltP H-KBl 14. p . B4 5, N.(I8 ] P·QRl 15. a .Klt4 4. B·KNS QN-Q2 16. PxP 7. 8 ·Q84 Q-B2 11. R·QIII t . 8 ·N3 P_K3 II. a ·KIIl t . 0-0 P-N4 19. R"P 10. A·Kl N·B4 20. N·S.

CENTER·COUNTER

L. Suarn .,. P·I(4 P·KS P·Bl B·K2 ... Q·N:; .... ...

Aesigns

D. Riven E. M cCormick 1. P·K4 P·Q4 15. OR·gI R-Ql 2. PxP H -K83 16. B· Nl BxB 3. P·OB4 P-83 17. N/ 31la N/ 3.1(2 4. P·Q4 PxP , I. N",RP P-84 S. N_gBl 1'1 ·83 n . N/ 4-N5 N·B5 , . II· NS P-K3 20. Q·Kl NIl- N3 7. N·81 PxP 21. P-KN] N·R6ch • . BItP 8·1<2 22. NltN KilN t . 0-0 0 ·0 13. N·NSch K·RI 10. p .QRl P.QN3 24. NIlP p·as 11 . g ·Q3 N·Q4 25. Q_K2 PxP 12. H· K4 8 ·N1 26. AP"P B·B6 13. KR-KI R-B! 21. NxQ BIlO 14. B-Al R· B2 21 . Rxa Resigns

QUEEN'S GAMBIT At:CEPTEO Z. Vuneslc A. Agree , . p ·Q4 P.Q4 H. P·Rl B·A. 2. P.QB4 pXP U. g .N3 QN.Q2 3. "" .KII' N·I(Bl 16. N·R4 B· H3 4. N·1I3 P·B4 11. Hxll PxN S. P-QS P· 1(3 18. A·K' g ' NT , . P·K4 PxP 19. II-Q] P·KN4 1. PxP B.Q3 2D. B·Q2 N·K4 8. BxP P·KA3 21. p .Q' N·B2 9. 0 ·0 0 ·0 22. B·N' K· RI 10. N·QNS p . R) 23. AxN PxA II . NxB gxN 24. BxN Ql(p 12. P-QA4 P-QN] 25. 11·151 QA-QI 13. A·Kl B·N5 26. B·KAS Aesigns

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED D. AI...... W . Lombudy 1. P·04 N·KBl n . Q·Q3 Q ·K4 2. P-oB4 P· K3 20. K· B2 0-0-0 3. N· KB3 P·Q4 21 . P· N3 KA·KI 4. 8 · N5 P·KAl 33. P·1(4 P· B4 5. B· U B· NSch 23. A·Kl II·B3 6. N·B3 PxP 14. Q· I(3 PItP 7. Q·A4ch N· B3 U . B· A·ch K· NI •• P·QAl BxNch 26. P·B4 Q· A4 9. PxB Q-Q4 27. 15· 151 P· A3 10. N·Q2 N·I(5 21. 15 ·1(1 Q .A' II . NxH QxN 19. B. III Q.1I4 11. B·N3 P·I(4 30. B· I(2 R·Q3 13. BItP II·Q2 31. R·QI R·Q6 14. P· B3 Q·K' 32. BxA PxB IS. QxP NxB 33. QItQP QItQ 16. pxN P ·QB4 34. AxQ IIxA 17. P·K' BxP 3S. A·g7 P·KNl 18. Q· NSch B-Q3 A""on '

AUY LOPEZ J . K.pl~n

I. P· I(4 1. N·KB3 3. 8 · NS 4. B· A4 S. 0.0 6. B·N] 7. A·Kl I. p ·B] , . p . I(A] 10. p .Q3 11. p ·OA4 11. QN·Ql

N·QII3 p·K4

P·OR3 N·B3

P·QN4 B·N2 II·B4 ... , Q·I(2 P·Al 0 ·0

I(·Rl

13. N· lll 14. N· N] U . Pxp 16. P·Q4 17. B· A3 II. II ·QS 19. IIItH 20. PXp 11 . pXN 22 . P·I(S 3 ~. Q.B2ch 14. Nltll

R. Be ' .. P·HS ... B·Bl B·N] B·R4 II ·Q2 ...

BxBp QxBp

". B·K5

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More U. S. Open Games on P. 205

It's Lombardy (2S60) 'Is. Wallach (1942) in round one of the U . S. Open in San Juan. Tournament Director George Koltanowski, one of the world's leading experb at blindfold play, has stopped by for .. quick look.

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Narciso R",bell ·Mendn, Gene .. 1 Ch",ir· man of the 1965 U. S. Open, put in '" busy two weeks of ",II work plus I lit· tie play: he fini shed with a strong 7·5.

GAUEHFELD AEVERSEO w. Golchbe.g

•• ,. 1. B· N3 4 . P·Q4 S. NxP 6. HxN 7. P·QB4 t. B·g2 9. QxB 10. 0 ·0 11. ""P 12. N·Bl 11. KR.QI 14. N·NS IS. N-04 I'. gR·III 17. P·I(3 18. RxAch

P·04 P-084 N.gBl ...

P· 1(4 ... S·HSch Sx8ch

H·B3 0.0 ...

B·K3 P·KS O· Nl 6 ·01

KIf ·Sl H .NS ...

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19. R·QB I 3~. P·H 3 21. P·I(R3 32. Q·AS 23. Ql(gp 24. KxB 25. R·KRI 26. Q· K8S 27. QxH 28. R·gl 19. g·Ql 10. g·QS 11. Q·B3 32. A·Kl 31. 0·gB6 34. Q·KS3 Reslgn$

SICILIAN DEFENSE A. Hoffm.nn I. P· I(4 1. N·I(83 3. p-Q4 4. NxP 5. N.oBl ,. 8.oU 1. I(N· I(l I. B·N3 9. '0·0 10. K· Al 11. B· H5 12. P·B4

M. Colon 1. P.Q4 2.. P.Q84 3. H·QB3 4. P·gRl S. Px8 6. P·B3 7. P· I(3 •. B.Q3 t . N· I(l 10. H·H 3 11. 0.0 11. g . I(l 13. BPxP 14. S·g l 15. BlIH 16. OxB

P-084 N·g81 .. ,

N.e3 P·Q3

g ·H3 P. I(l 8 ·K3 0 ·0

H·QR4 g ·84 P· N4

13. H·N) H. H·R5 15. R·B3 16. R·A3 11. HxH II. SxB 19. Q· KI 30. BPxH '1 . g · N3 21. R·KH t Rotsign$

HIMZO·IHOIAH

N·!C83 P·Kl 8 · N5

BxHCh P·84 H·8 3 0 ·0

P .QHl B· A3 N·KI H · A4 ... A·Bl ... ... ...

11. H·I(4 la. OR·NI 19. R· NS 10. H·BS 21. AxP 23. H·R4 23. RxP 24. PxP 35. g'NI 1(,. g · N7 27. K·Rl ,.. K·Hl " . K·RI 30. A· RS Resigns

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FRE NCH DEFE NS E ,. Witt ,. Shlw .. P· K4 P·K3 U. Poo P a,a ,. ,.q. , ... 11. No.8 N·84 ,. P· KS p-Qa4 1 • . Q-Q4 N·K5

•• p-Qal Q·N3 If. P·84 N-Q8) ,. N·83 • .q, ~. Q-QI '" •• a.q, 8 ·N4 21. 0 · '1 H·84 ,. '" ." 22. HooP 0 ·0 •• 0-0 ." 23. H-Q' H·H5

•• 0' • O·R' 24. Q-Q2 R·Hl 10. Q·82 H·Q2 25. Q.NS H·04 II. R·KI R·al U . OR-QI H·O' 12. QH·02 P·OH4 27. R·K4 R·N' 13. H· lll P· NS 21. R·KH4 P. toI3 1~. 8 ·K3 H·K2 19. O·Ri R· NS IS. 0·02 ,,' 30. H· KHS Ruigns

VIEHNA GAMBIT

•• W, cht , 1 O. Grimlh.w .. P· K4 P·K4 12. HxN 0-0 ,. H·OIIl H·KIIl 13. N·N4 II ·OSeh ,. B·1I4 N·a3 14. K·Rl P· K83

•• P ·84 ." 15. O"P B.K4 ,. H·el H·Ol " . exs ". •• II·QS P ·K5 17. P·lli P·H1 ,. H·KS II·K2 II. H·K7eh K· '2

•• ,.q, '" It. Q-QSch K·KI

•• 0 ·0 H·NS 20. OxKP N·82 10. p ·es 8 ·e3 21. Q·K2 R"II'" 11 . II·K84 ."

KINO'S INDIAH M. Orn n W. Lomblrd~ .. P' 04 N·KII3 14. oxQ ". ,. P·Q84 P·KNl 17. K·K2 KH·Q2 ,. H·QII3 8 ·N2 I'. N-Q3 N·85

•• P ·K4 P·Q3 It. K·Q l HxPeh ,. 8·K2 0 ·0 20. 8XH P·1I5

•• P ·KR' P· 1I4 21. H.N4 ". ,. p·QS P-QH4 21. 1(·B2 H·1I4

•• '" PoOR3 23. QR·HI H·Qi

•• '" ." 24. P·8 1 ". 10. N·R3 Q·Nl U . KX' R/ l-H3 II . N·84 OHo02 26 . P·R4 ." 12. P ·RS N·1(4 21 . P· MS H·RSch 13. PooP RP.P 21. Ko04 ... 14. B.8 0" R,slgns 15. Q·K2 KR·Hl

FRENCH DEFENSE O. 5",1111$ w. Lomb"d~ .. P·K4 P·Kl 28. P.\CR4 IC.Hl ,. P' 04 P'04 29. 0·R5 R·Kl ,. N·02 H·OIIl 30. RxR ... •• P·QIIl P ·K4 31. O·R' a .Q2 ,. KPxP ." 32. Q.RP ."

•• KH·1I3 '" 33. Q-Q4 8 .Q2 ,. 11 ·84 0 ·KR4 34. Q.83 8 ·K2

•• '" H·IIl 35. K·IU .,. •• 0-0 II ·Q3 U . PxQ 8 ·KIIl 10. R·Kleh H·K2 31. 8·Bl 1I.8P 11 . Q·Hl 0-0 11. P·R4 ,,' 12. N·K4 .,. If. IIxP P·1I4 13. Ry H N·N3 40 . K· 81 \C ·82 14. P·KR l Q·Ka4 41. K·K2 8 · NS U . H·HS P·KR l 42 . K·Q3 8 ·B4 ". P· N4 Q.IIl 43. K·K2 P· IIS 17 . H·8 3 • .q, 44. N·Q2 K·K4 18. II-Q2 P·N4 45. B· R2 a·N4~ 1I

19. 8 ·KBI OR·Ol 44. K·Bl P ·N4 10. P-QS KR·Kl 47. PooP '" 11 . OR· \CI ". 48. N·llieh \C ·OS 22. RxR P·84 49. H·Q2 B·Q2 23. 8·N2 H·BS 50. H·K4 8 ·1(1 14 . 8"H ". 51. P·Oi B·Ol 25. Q·R3 8 ·Q3 52. H-Q2 8 .K1I 3 26. K·Rl P·1I5 Rul9 n l H . Q.Ri P·H3

* * * McAu ley W ins in Arkansa s

The la rgest Arkansas Open ever held drew fifty players to the DeSoto Hote l in Hot Springs on J uly 30·Augusl 1. Winner, on tie·break points, was New Orleans Exper t A. l... McAuley who edged Ronnic Tny lor at Fl. Smith. Arkansas. Each scored 4*·%. Eric Bone. Baytown , Texas; Jimmy Sta llings, Dallas, Texas and Sieve Balsai, Hot Springs, Cinished third through tilth in that order , a ll with 4·1. The tournament, sponsored by the Arkansas Chess Association, was di· rected by Thomas L. Jordan Jr.

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Frlncisco E. Torrlgro'l (left), president of the PUlrto RiCin Chin Fed· lratlon, wu Inothlr busy min who found time to plly in thl '65 Open. His flrst·round opponent, shown here, was the lIte E. Forry Laucks.

QUEEN' S GAMBIT ACCIiPTED R. Bvrn, K. Smith I . P-Q4 P-CH 37. K·K2 P·R4 1. PoOB4 p"p 31. K.Q3 PooP S. H.KII2 H·KB3 It. PxP R·KH4 4. ... IU P· K1 40. R·KHI R·OB4 5. B"P P ·84 41 . K·Q4 R· B3 , . O.g P·OR3 42. R-Q81 P· 1I7 1. 0 ·1(2 P-QH4 43. K.Q3 R·03eh I . 8 ·Q3 II·N2 44 . 1(xP K· B2 t . P-QR4 P·B5 45. R·QI R·R3 10. II ·B2 H·B3 46 . K·Q3 K· \C3 11 . pooP p"p 47 . \C·K4 R.RS,h 12. RxR OxR ... R·04 R·R4 13. N·.3 N· R2 It . R·QN4 R·R3 14. P· K4 B·NS 50. K·B4 K·B3 15. " ·05 0 ·0 51. P·HSeh K·K3 16. 8 ·1(3 H·Bl 51. R·H7 R·RSeh 17. PooP 8xH 53. P·K4 R· RI 11. P.8 B.P S4. R·N1 R·B'ell It. PxPeh R"P 55. IC · K3 R·Kleh 20. 80011 Hxll 56. K·B3 R·Baeh 21 . H·NS R·lCl 57. 1( ·K2 R·BS 12. Nxl\l OxN 51. 1( ·K3 R·HS H . R·Ql R·Kl st. RxPch \C ·B2 14. O· RS 0-83 60. K· . 3 R·HI 25. Q·OSeh R·1(3 il . R·86ch IC ·N2 26. O·Kas R·Kl 62 . 1C ·84 R·8Seh 27. g ·R5 P·H3 i3. K·K5 R· ICN' 21. 0 ·H5 H· 1C2 i4. IC ·B5 R·Bleh H . P·N4 P·HS i s. K·K6 R·ICN' :HI. PooP p ·e6 66. P·1C5 RxP 31 . O-QBS go.O 67 . R.81 R· N7 : 2. PxQ N.Q4 61 . K. 1C1 K· H3 ]3. R-Q.l A·1C5 69 . P·K' R·gR7 34. P·Al A·085 70. R·Hlch 1(·84 lS. K· lll Hxlleh 71 . K·1I1 RI1I!J n l U . P.H RxBP

L. S",n .. 1. P' K4 2. P.o4 3. P'05 4. P-QB4 S. B· Kl , . H.QB3 1. p · a) I . P·H4 9. g ·g2 10. Px8 11 . O·QBt 12. B·82 13. OxN 14. II·K2

W. Hook 1. P·KN ] 2. P·Q4 3. P..g84 4. II .Nl S. N·K8 3 i . 0·0 1. P·H3 I. B·H2 t . N·B3 10. P· 1C 3 11. N·K1 12. N·KS il. P·lll 14. g ·03 15. P·OH4 1&. gxOBP 17. 0 ·N3 11. P"H I • • KPxP

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H·OlIl P·K4

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DEFENSE

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K·Nl O·Nt K,.

27. QxQ Mit.

DUTCH DEFENSE

P ·1C84 H·1(81

P·1(3 B·K2 0 ·0

P ·Bl , ... Q.Kl

QN.Qt Q·R4

P.KN4 B.QJ 0 ·R3 8 ·B2

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CANADIAN CHAM PIO NSHIP Grandmaster Abe Yanofsky eas ily won the 56th Canadian Championship, played

in Vancouver, Brit ish Columbia. II was the eighth time that he has won the title. Among Yanotsky 's victims were runner·up U onel J oy ner and thi rd·plaee Dunca n Suttles.

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advantage. The diffe rence between this positiou and the above-mentioned Rus­sian game is that Black can no longer r ecapture with h is NP , stre ngt hening his center .

14. ........ PxP 15. KR-Ql Q-Bl 16. B.K5 P·BS

Obviously Black was worried about 17. P·B4.. Now Wh.ile mus t be careful not to a llow a Black Knight to retlch the dom­inating QB4 square.

17. Bx KN! ... ..... This position is an exceplion to the

rule that Bishops are stronger th an Knights.

11. . ... 0 •• •

18. N·K4 19. N-Q4 20. Q·83

B, B B·N2 N·K3

N·B4? Here was the last chance to ca pture

White's strong Knight on Q4, with chances for prolonged resistance.

21 . NxN QxN 22. N·86 ....... .

Now the difference is clear between Uack's useleSS Bishop and White's active ,(night. Even in an ending this Knight would be very strong placed on QN4. Now it makes possible White 's control of the Q-fil e.

22. ... .. ... B-K4 Black wants to close the Q-file with

this Bishop and also protect his weak KP, but there is no time. White was threatening 23. Q-Q5, QxQ; 24. NxPch and 25. NxQ. The obvious 22. . ... ... . , KR·Bl loses instantly to 23. It·Q5! QxN ; 24. R-Q8Ch, B.8 1; 25. QxQ, RxQ ; 26. RxR. The best try was 22 . ........ , QR-B1 ; 23. N-N4, Q-R2, but after 24. R·Q5, White keeps a long range advantage with his strong Knight and control of the Q·f ile .

23. R.o7 8.03 24. R.ol QR·81

As good as any, s ince the loss of a pawn was unavoidable . The threat was 25. NxPeh , BxN; 26. R/ I·Q5, Q-B3; 2:1. RxB. On 24. ........ KR-K I ? follows 25. R/ 1xB and if 24_ ........ , QR·Kl ; 25. R-R7, R-R I ? 26. RxR, RxR; 27 . NxPch, e tc.

25. R/ bB Px R 26. N-K7ch K-N2 27. NxR ... .....

The simplest; White will win two pawns. There was no need to complicate the game with 27. N·Q5, whi ch might also win.

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27. ........ QxN 2S. RxQP K·Nl 29. Q·B6 Q-N2

Black gets White 's QNP for his own QRP but it doesn't belp him.

This

30. RxP Q-K5 31. R-N6 Q-NSch 32. K-R2 QxP 33. P-R6 ...... ..

pawn eas ily 33 . ....... . 34. P·R7 35. R·R6

decides the o.N. 0.0. O, P

issue.

A strange way to res ign the game. 36. QxQ Resigns

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Z. Vrill nesic

1. P-Q4 2. P-QB4 3. N-QB3 4. N-B3 5. P-K4 6. B·K2 7. P-Q5

P. Benko N-K B3

P-Ql P-K4

QN-Q2 P·KNl

B·N2 N-R4!?

A voiding the Petrosian variation. After 7 ... .... .. , 0 ·0 ; 8. D·N5, P·KR3: 9. 8 -R4, P-KN4; 10. B-N3, N·R4 ; 11 . P·KR4 ! a position h as arisen that is fa vorable [or White and which is quite similar to Benko·N ajdorf, Piatigorsky Cup, 190::1.

8~ B.K3 .. ..... . On 8. P·KN3, 0-0 ; 9. N-Q2, I was plan·

ning 9 . ........ , N-B4; 10. BxN, PxN; I I. QxP, P-B4-a pawn sacrifice that offers good chances for Black.

S. . ...... . 9. Q·B2 10. B-KBl 11. P-KN3

0 -0 N-BS

P-KB4 N·R4

Black could try to win a pawn by 11 . ....... . , PxP ; 12. QNxP , NxP; 13. PxN , RxN, but after 14. R·QBl White ['ccovers t he pawn with a good game.

12. B-K2 N-B4 13. KN-R4 ....... .

Black already had a very sa tisfactory game and it scems tha t White overlookcd his strong answer to the text move.

13. ........ N·B5! 14. BxQN PxB 15. 0-0-0 ...... ..

15. B·Bl was a more careful course to Collow. White expects 15 ....... .. , NxB, but the Knight has a better move.

15. ........ N-R6! 16. KR-Bl P-QRl

A double-purposed move, avoiding 17. P-Q6, PXP; 18. N·Na with counter.chanc· es, and preparing an eventual break with . .. .. .. . , P-QN4.

17. K_NI lS. P·B3?

P-B5 ........

White has already been outplayed strategica lly, but he now commits a tactical er ror which costs him a pawn.

18. ....... . PxP 19. PxP .. ..... .

19. .. ..... . 20. N·N2 21 . N-Kl

Q-N4! 0,. B·R3

Black has everything in this position : an extra pawn and control of many good squares. He now even gets the idea of centralizing his KB on Q5 .

22. N-N4 23. PxB 24. p.Q6!

Tho best chance 24. . ...... . 25. O-Q3 26. QxP

B,N B-K6

for counter·play. p , p

N·85 QR·Q1?

Unnecessarily sacrifiCing three pieces for the Queen. Afler 26. ._ ...... , 8 ·Qa , White has only a few tact ical t ricks and shou ld eventually lose. I chose the text move because in l ime pressure tbe posi· tion would be easy to play for Black and I would have all the tricks on my side.

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An interesting position. White has the material advantage but Black has a dangerous passed pawn and it is diffi · cult to coordinate the White pieces.

32. R·Q2 ....... . Too passive. A better job for the Rook

would be harassing Black's King with 32. R-Q7ch, K·R3; 33. K·B2, P·R4; 34. R·Q8.

32 ... .... .. 33. B·B3 34. K·B2

P·R5 P·R6

N·K3! This sudden switch to the other

of the board is quickly decisive. 35. N·B2 ...... ..

side

Stops the pawn bu t loses the game. Anyhow, White was alt'eady defenseless.

35. .... .. .. N·Q5ch 36. K·Q3 Q .N 8 ch 37. K·B3 P·QN4 38. Px P Q-B8ch

White resigns. It's mate after 39. K· Q3. P·BS.

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•• Q·R5 P·KN3 20. PxP ... , ,. Q.83 •. ., 21. 8 ·84 8· 84

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LAII:SEN IVKOV ,. P·KN3 P·K4 34. Q-QBI B·Q2 ,. P·QB4 N.QB3 35. Q.85 P· R51 ,. B·N2 P· K N3 U . PxP ~"' •• QN·B3 B·N2 31. 8 ·K4 Q. K 3

•• P' Q3 K N·K 2 38. Q.N5 Q.B3 •• R·N I P·QR4 37. K ·Bl P·NS ,. P·K3 0 ·0 40. K ·K l .,. •• K N·Kl P·Q3 41 . Pxq B·R5?

•• 0·0 8 ·K 3 42. K ·Q2 P·83 10. N·q5 N·8 4 43. P·N6! '" II. P·QR3 N·NI 44. 8xP K·8 1 12. P' K4 N·Q5 45. K ·Bl 8 ·KI 13. NXN " " 46. B·B5 .... H. P·KR4 P-Q 83 47. B.Q2 K ·Kl IS. N·84 B·Q2 41. K·N2 ... ' 16. P-QN4 m 49. 8xP ... , 17. PxP N·R3 so. a· K4 P·84 I I . Q.N 3 R'N I 51 . B·QS 8 ·N 4 19. R·II:1 N.B2 52. 8· K6 B·q2 20. B·Q2 P-QN4 53. 8·N3 B·QB3 21. P· B5 '" 54. B·K6 8 ·Q2 22. Pxp R·Rl 55. Bx8 ... 23. K R·Bl Q-81 56. K ' N3 K ·B3 24. P·R5 N· K3 57. 1(..84 B·B3 25. N·Q5t " " 51. P·8 3 B·K4 26. RXR .,. 57. B·BS 8·N6 27. Px p NxP! 60. p.Q7I ." 28. RXN R.Bll 61. K-QS B·B2 29. RxRch ••• 62. 8xP B·Ql 30. P'Q61 8·81 6;. 8 ·K5 B·K2 31. 8 ·Q5 q·KI 64. B·B4 B·B3 32. B·KB4 '" 65. 8 ·K3 8 ·N2 :3. Q·QI B·N5 66. B·B21 Resigns

GAME 6 QUEE N'S

IVKOV GAMBIT DECLINED

1. P·QB4 2. N·Q8l 3. N·8 3 4. P·Q4 S. P·K3 6. 8·Ql 7. BxBP I. B'Ql 9. P· K4 10. N·QR4 11. P. K5 12. NxP 13. PxB 14. B·N5~h 15. Q·Q4 16. B·K2 17. 0-0 18. B·Q2 19. QR·B l 20. Q·II:4

LARSE N ,. P· K N3 ,. B·N2 ,. P·Q4

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Chess Life The championship of the Baltic Chess Club in New York City was won by USCF Mas ter J an Pami ljens who scor­ed six points in the 8-pJayer fi nals: 5 wins arid 2 d ra ..... s. USCF Masle l· Aug us l Rankis fo llowed wi th 5th a nd th ird prize was captured by Carl Berzins, 4'h. In Ihe reserv e section. Alvis Teho was fi rs l.

Here and There ... Senior Master J ames T. Sherwin, va­

cationing in Vermont, dropped in on the Second Merble City Open in Rut­land on August 21·22 and swept the 34· player fie ld with a score of 5-0. Dr. Erich Marchand, Carl Wagner, Gabor Lantos, Harlow B. Daly, and Alexander Keyes - all wi th 4-1 - finished second through sixth in that order. · .. .. .. ..

Arth ur Spi ller scored 5-1 to take a clear fi rs t In the 2().player Masters and Experts Tournament held at the San I. Monica e ey (Calif.) Chess Club [rom July 16-A ugusl 25. Spiller scored by de­feating runner-up R. Bliss in the fi nal round- Bliss needing only a draw 10 as­sure himself of first place. Norman Les­sing and Karl Stani took third and fourth respectively. .. .. .. .. ..

Thirty-one players turned out for the Providence (R.I.) Open on August 7·8 with Char les Weldon of Wisconsin edg· ing Donald Haff ner of Massachusetts on tie·break poinls. Both scored 4% ·1f.t. A. Weisma n. Conn.; G. J ohn, R.L; and R. Fuhro, Muss. scored 4 points each a nd placed third through fifth. The Provi· dellce Chess Club s ponsored the event and Waller Suesman directed.

• • • • • T he Peoria (Il l.) Championship, p layed

d uring J uly and August, was won by Tom Mabee whose score of 71h ·Ph topped a 10·player round robin. John Roecker and Dr. William Witte tied for second a nd third with 6 points.

• • • • • The 1965 c hampionship of the Subur­

ba n Chess Club of Cherry Hill , N.J. was won by noted tournament director Lew Wood who turned in a nifty 8·0. Len Baljay and Bob Llsanke finished secon d and thi rd , two pOints behind the win· nero

• • • • • Stephen F'cJlncr won the champion.

ship of the Co rne ll Chess Club in Ith· aca, N.Y. by defeating Stanley Perla in a play·oU game aftcr the two had tied with scores o r 5 lh .11f.t in the a·player rou nd robin championship tournament. Michael Chibnik is the Corne ll freshman champion.

• • • • • Membersh ip at lhe Chicago Chess

Club, 64 E. Van Buren St., has climbed to over ninety. The club's Sunday Swiss on August 20 had 20 p laye rs and was won by Richard Verbcr with a score of 5·0. Tied for second and th ird, with 4·1. were Dr . Eugene Marti liowsky a nd Phil Le Cornu.

• • • • • Frank McReynolds scored a 6·0 swcep

in the filth Santa Monica Rati ng Tour. nament, p layed from July 12 to August I S. Emery Gal'dos a nd Martin Fabian . wi th 5-1, were next in the 36·player field .

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T he 1965 U. S. T. ctice l Air Com· ma nd Champion$hip, p layed a t Nellis AFB. Nevada on August 16·20, was won by Capt. James R. Gross in a 5·0 sweep. .John Niven and Donald Davey were next with 4·1. Twenty·four p layers com· pe ted.

• • • • • Bemidji. Minnesota was the scene of

the Pa ul Bunyon Open, s ponsored by the Moorehead State College Chess Club ,.nd played on August 14· 15. l'aul Shan· non. with 41fi points in 5 rounds. was the winner; Lloyd E . Kile was runner· up. An earlier event at MSC was a Twin Tornado. played July 31 and August 1. Laszlo Ficsor had the best combined score for the two one·day events; Bren· dan Godfrey was second.

• • • • • A spccial summer rating tournament

at the Phoenix (Ariz.) Cheu Club was held from J une I I to Aug ust 10 a nd att racted 32 p layers in four sections. Section winners were: Geoffrey Gilbert , Hil-hard T. Mann, lk uo J . ~'ujii, and Sle· ven LaPrade. P rizes inClu ded f ree en· Iries into the Rocky Mountain Open ov· l'r (he Labor Day Weekend.

• • • • • Juri Tall\ nnd Leo Kull tied for firs t

in the Estonian Chess Club Champi on' s hip in New York City. each player seor · ing 16 V~·4lh in a 12·player double ro und robin . A play.off mulch was won by Taht, 21fi· llh .

• • • • • Postal chen playe rs a rc i rl\' ited to t;l ke

I>ar( in the second Peachs ta le Posta l Chess Championship, s ponsored by the Georgia State Ghess Association . Ent ries will be accepted through December 1965 and full de tai ls may be had by writing to Philip M. Lamb, 779 Orange St., Macon, Georgia.

• • • • • Winner in thc Oak Ridge (Tenn.) Ope n,

played August 13· t4. was Rober t Coveyou with an unbe:l tah lc 5-0. Second. with 41 , was Brooks McNeely in a field o f 13.

• • • • • Willia m U. McLaughlin scored 7· 1

til wi n t he !-I· player Wichita (Ka ns.) Sum· me r Invi tat ional. Second in the rouml· robin Ilvent wus Joseph Fusco, 5lh ·21fi. Vern Travb :Inc! Marty Omy were next in ]jnc with 5·3.

PLAN NOW TO PLAY IN THE FIRST AMERICAN OPEN!

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LINCOLN. PARK - Championship tenn is courts, Mi les indoor-outdoor recrea tional foc ilit ies, p ic-

. ICA CITY COLLEGE AND MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOL - 40-acre main com pus indudes city pool, open to public week ends, evenings and sum ­mer vacations. SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT - One of busiest airports in general aviotion in the U.S., this fie ld is the home of the pa rent p lont of the world­famous Douglos Aircraft Co. DOUGLAS PARK - Love ly poo ls and landscaping add to the interest of thi s recreation spot , featuring tennis, lawn bowling, casting and picnicking . VETERANS ADMINISTRATION CENTER - Largest veterans' cen ter of its kind in the wo rld, its 300 build ­ings and ma ny activities are spread over 690 a cres. MORMON TEMPLE - West Los Angeles landmark and largest Mormon Temple in world. Tower rises 257Y2 feet above ground and is topped by IS-foot gold leaf statue o f Mormon ange l Moroni . Visitors welcome to grounds and informa tion center. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES -Thi s one-t ime bean field became a bustling 400-a cre campus in 1929 a nd continues to grow. Rated academ­ically in " Big 5" of U.S., with current enroll me nt 20,1 89 fu ll-t ime students. J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM - Outstanding paintings, furn iture and scu lpture of the Getty collecti on. Open Wed. and Sat ., 2-4 p.m. by appointment on ly. Call GL 4-1003 . SELF REALIZATION LAKE SHRINE- See the Court o f Religions, Dutch-windmi ll Chapel, exot ic plantings on the floot ing island and Mississippi -style houseboa t in th is quiet retreat. Open dai ly except Monday, l Ot 05. WILL ROGERS STATE PARK - Ranch a nd home of the "Cawboy Philosopher ." Presented ta the State in 1944. Also stables, rid ing t rai ls, polo in season . Open doily 10 to 5 . RANCHO PARK GOLF COURSE - Pub lic course oper­ated by the City of Los Angeles, Deportment of Re­c reat ion and Parks. Busiest cou rse in Amer ica . Site of Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament fi rst week in Janu­ary (since 1956). SANTA MONICA PIER - Ha rbor rid es, pier and sport fi shing, boat renta ls and marine stores, plus an array of sea food cafes, gift and amusement spots. PACIFIC OCEAN PARK - Tops in family a musement centers. Oceanic wonderland with exciting rides, sea ci rcus, boot c ru ises. Open doily in summer and week­ends in the Spring and Fa ll .

SEPTEMBER, 1965

NEARBY POINTS OF INTEREST (All locati ons li sted be low are eas il y accessibl e from San ta Monico . You may drive o r obtain public tra nspo r­ta t i:m. It is suggested that visitors wi ll p refer to make Sa nta Monico thei r headqua rte rs whi le touring these a nd other famed Southla nd a tt ract icns.) MALIBU - Picturesque, 27-mile long communi ty stretching along West Pacific Coast Highway 101 -A from the north Los Angeles ci ty lim its to the Ventura County line . North on Pacific Coast Highway 12 miles to movie co lony. SAN FERNAN DO VALLEY - Communit ies of the bu r­geoning vo lley may be reached by driving eost on W il­sh ire Blvd . to the So n Diego Freeway a nd no rth to the vol ley . GRIFFITH PARK - Observatory and planetarium, zoo, p icn ic areas, recreational fa c il ities, etc . Wilshire Blvd. east to Beverl y Drive, north to Sunset Blvd., east to Western Ave., north to Los Feliz Blvd., east to the pork entrance. BEVERLY HILLS - Ea st on W ilshire Blvd ., (8 m iles). HOLLYWOOD - East on W ilsh ire Blvd . to La Brea Ave., north to Hollywood Blvd ., (12 miles) . DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Choice of Wi lsh ire, Sa nto Monico, Olympic or Pica Bou levards, east to Los Angeles, (16 m iles). MARINA DEL REY - Larg est small croft ha rbor in the wo rld, now open a nd continuing to build. More than 6 ,000 boot s li ps will be provided. Hotels, mote ts, restaurants a nd othe r faci lit ies cu rrentl y in va rious stages o f planning and const ruction, o r ore completed . South on linco ln Blvd. to Morino, (4 mi les) . LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIR PORT - South on Lincoln Blvd . to Sepu lveda, cont inue south to airport. Alternative : toke any bou leva rd east to the Son Diego Freeway and then south to Sepulveda and cont inue south to ai rport, (10 m il es) . HOLLYWOOD PARK RACETRACK - During sea son , country's top tho roughbreds ra ce at Inglewood . Take linco ln Blvd. south to Manchester Ave ." east to po rk. DISNEYLAND - W a lt Di sney's fabu lous playg rou nd. East on Olympic Blvd . to Vermont Ave., south to Santo Monico Freeway, east to Santo Ano Freewoy, south to tu rnoff a t Ha rbor Blvd. in Anaheim. KNOTT'S B£R RY FARM AND GHOST TOWN - Fi rst noted for its berry preserves now ra nk ing h igh among fun spots. Open daily 10 a .m . Ea st on Olympic Blvd . to Vermont Ave ., south to Santo M':>nico Freeway, ea st to Santo Ana Freeway, south to Bueno Park tu rnoff . MARINELAND OF TH E PACIF IC - Three-ring sea ci rcus in cont inuous shows every day o f the yea r. Open 10 a .m . to sunset. South all the way: li ncoln Blvd . to Sepu lveda Blvd., th rough Redondo Beach to Pa los Ver­des Pa rkway onto Pa los Verdes Drive West to Ma rine­land . CATALINA ISLAND - Loca ted 22 mites offsho re f rom Long Beach.W ilm ington, th e island offe rs g la ss-bottom boot r ides, fl ying fish, bird sanctua ry, off-shore f ishing a nd swimming . Boots leave doily f rom Long Beach a nd W ilmington, a ir-schedules f rom Long Beach Ai rport. East on Wilsh ire Blvd. to Son Diego Freeway, south to Sepu lveda Blvd., continue south ( 10 I-A) to Wilmington or Long Beach.

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U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP The United States Championship will

be held at the Henry Hudson Hotel in New York City beginning on Sunday, December 12. The 12·player round rob­in will run through December 30.

Invitations have been sent to the fol­lowing players in order of USCF rat­ings: Robert Fischer (2734), Samuel Re­shevsky (2591), Pal Benko (2578), Wil­liam Lombardy (2572), Larry Evans (2554), William Addison (2520), Robert Byrne (2518), Anthony Saidy (2509) , Nicolas RossoUmo (2480), Arthur Bis­guier (2476), Charles Kalme (2462), and Donald Byrne (2446).

Benko Wins S. Calif. Open Pal Benko, scoring 5lh points in 6

rounds, took clear first in the fifth annual Southern California Open, played in Santa Monica on August 27-29. Benko's sole draw was with Larr )' Evans in the final round. Evans led the fiv e· pointers to fini sh in second place on tie·break, Norman Lessing was third and P. Eber· lein was fourth. AU four o[ the top players were undefeated.

The field of 62 players included , in addi tion to the two grandmasters, five USCF masters and 17 experts. The event, sponsored by the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, was directed by Herbert T. AbeL

Long Live the King! Mlrlli C r eta Olsson lent us this onc, 1. laycd

in the Southern Cali forn ia Open, Aug uSI 27· 2'iI, In Santa MonIca. An Inte resting slu l/fest that 8~ems to have a mora l: Two Quec~s are hcl p leu when a Kin g dee!des to check.

SICILIAN DEFENSE Paul Quillen 1. P. K4 P-QB4 1. P-QN3 P·g3 3. B· N2 N·gB3 4. N·K2 N·B3 S. N· N3 P·KN3 • • IbN PxB 1. N.B3 P·KR4 I. B. NS P·R5 ,. N.BI p ·e4 10. PlIP BxP 11 . N·K3 B·K3 12. g ·B3 g .g1 13. 0 ·0-0 B·N2 14. KN·gS 0 ·0·0 15. BlIN PlIB 16. N·B' g·N2 17. I(R · I(I P·B5 lB. P·g4 PxP n. R~xP I(·NI 20. K· N2 P·B4 21. p.gS B·B4 22. N / 6-K4 Q·N5 23. I(·NI KR·Kl 24. R·K3 BxN/ B6 25. NlIB gllNPch

Arthur 16. K·RI 27. N·Rl 28. R·Nlth 19. PlIR 30. g·B6 31. R·N2 32. QlIRP 33. RlIRc h 34. P·K4 35. g .B4 36. N·B3 37. g·B, 38. K·Nl 39. K·B2 40. P·KS 41. p.g , 42 . g·g1 43. N·K 4 44. g·.1 45. g .Rlch 46. g . K8ch 47. P·g7 41. P·g8(Q) Resigns

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EUROPEAN TEAM TOURNAMENT Six nations were represented in the finals or the European Team Tournament,

played in Hamburg, Germany from June 6 to 16. Not unexpectedly, the U.S.S.R.

contingent took a clear first, although they lost olle of their matches with Hungary

by a score of 5lh·4lh . The event was played with teams of 10 players in a double

round r obin. Yugoslavia and Hungary tied for second and third, West Germany was

fourth, Rumania fifth , and Holland sixth. A few games from this event are given

on p. 199.

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CHESS LIFE

Soltis Wins NYC Junior Andrew Soltis successfully defended

his New York City Junior Championship title in a field of 92 players, largest ever for a USC fo'·ratcd junior tourna· ment.

The event, played August 21-22 and 28-29, saw Soltis wi n out on tic-break over Marc YoIfie, each scoring 7·1. Vollie led by it hali-point going Into the fin a l round, but then drew with Steve Grant while Soltis dc!eated Michael O'Donnell. Soltis and Yoffie arc both 18 years old and students at CCNY.

Grant fin ished third and Doug Pader fourth, both with 6'h:·BS:. The top four players were all undefeated. Fifth through eighth, with 6·2, WCfe Ralph Betza, Steve Morrison, Charles Steir and O'Donnell .

Twenty-one of the players wcre under 16 years of age: the best scorer among these was l4-year-old Sal Matera, 5ih.21f.t, who becomes the first New York City under·16 champion. Second was Kenneth Schaeffer, 5·3, fo llowed by Stevc Spcnccr and Richard Paviolitis, 4lh: -3'h. The under·I3 title was won by James Lane, 2-6. Class prize winne rs were J ohn Heehtlinger (" 8 "_ 5 1,'2 ); Eugene Koenig ("C"-4); Laurence Christopher ("0 "-4); Matthew Weinstein (Unrated- 5Ih). The last-named had considerable com· petition since there were 49 unrated players!

Previous N.Y.C. Junior Champions are Bernard Zuckerman (196 1), Asa HoH· mann (1962) and Soltis (1964). This year's entry exceeded the combined entry of the thrce past tournaments. William Goichberg was thc tournament director and Grandmaster William Lombardy did the adj udications.

I N. Y. C. JUNIOR I '----

TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE S. MORRISON S. SPENCE R 1. P-K4 P·K4 8. P·K N3 NxNP 2. N·KB3 N·gB3 , . NxR NxR 3. B.B4 N· B3 10. Q.al p .Q: ?? 4. N· NS a ·B4 11 . Q.B7ch K-Ql 5. NxBP DxPc h n . Q.B8ch K-Q2 '- KICB NxPc" 13. B_K"" Reslgn l 7. K·NI Q·RS

V IENN A GAME M. YOFFIE S. MORRISON ,. P-K4 P-K4 26 . R-N4c h K·1I.2 ,. N·QB3 N-QD3 27. R·QB4 K·N3 ,. P·B4 8 · K2 2'. R·K3 R-QNI •• ... N • • 2'. P-QN3 R-N4 ,. ' -Q' N-QlI3 30. R/ 2-QD3 R·N3 •• N.B3 P·Q3 21 , R·N)ch K· R2 ,. lI-QlI4 N·lI3 32. R· lIS P· N4 •• 0 ·0 0-0 33. R-Q3 K·N3 •• B·KNS P· KR3 24. A·Q7 R·N2 10. e ' K2 NxKP 35. P· KN4 P·KR4 11. NICN '-Q' U . P' KR3 .. , 12. 8 ·Q3 ... 37. PxP R-NS 13. 8xKP P-B4 » . P·B4 R·N2 14. DxN ... 39. A· RS R·JeI 15. N·K5 R-D3 40. R·8 S R·K3 ' 6. Q-Q3 Q· Kl 41. K·B2 P·R2 17_ QR·KI B.K3 42. K·K3 R-R2 11. N·B4 b. U. K-Q4 R·N2 19. Qx Bch Q-81 44. R·RS R·R2 20. QxQch ... 45. 1(·1(4 R· l(l 11 . B·B4 B·QJ 46. I(·Q4 R·1(3 22. 8 ·K5 ... 47. K·8 3 R-Kl 23. P lClI R·KJ O . R. lIS R·1(3 24. Rx Pch K-N3 " . K.N4 R·N2ch 25. R·84 R.Kl 50. I( ·R4 Reslgnl

SEPTEMBER, 1965

Trophy winners at the New York City Junior Championship : (left to right) Junior Champion Andrew Solt is, Sal Matera (under·16 champion) and James Lane (under-13 ch"mpion).

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Andrew Soltis (left), who successfully defended his New York City Junior title, relaxes in " skittles g. me with runnerup M a r c Yoffie.

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Thomas Cunningham, Steve Moffit and Bill Jones all scored 4·1 in the Houston (Tex.) City Championship on August 14-15. No tie-breaking was used in the 18· player event, so the city is blessed with three champions for the next year.

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The Ashland Open Chess Festival, played in Ashland, Oregon on August 21-22, ended in a 5·0 sweep for USCF Master lvars Dalbergs. Arthur Wang, Dan Wade, Don Sutherland, and Clay Kelleher all scored 4·1 and finished second through fifth in that order. Thir ty·six players competed. , , • , •

Valentin Tirman edged out Wayne Marvin for first place in the Las Vegas (Nevada) Summer Tournament, played May 5 through June 16. Bob Wigmore and S. Erenyi were third and fourth in the 18-player field.

, • • • • The 1965 Class A Championship of the

Hartford (Conn.) Chess Club ended in July in a 10·0 sweep for Lawrence Nod· erer. Dr. Joseph Platz, with 7lh points, was second and Dr. Philip Shelton, with 6lh , took third. Eleven players com· peled in the round robin event which began last January.

• • • • • Grandmaster William Lomba rdy set a

new record in clock simultaneous play, taking on 18 Arizona players in Phoenix on July 16. Lombardy, in spite of the further handicap of playing the black pieces against all his opponcnts, scored 16 wins and yielded only two draws-to Sam Priebe, twice Arizona champion, and to Geoffrey Gilbert. More than 100 per­sons attended the event and almost half remained after 1:30 a.m. to hear Lorn· bardy lecture on various aspects of the game.

Minnesota downed Manitoba in the thirtieth annual match in this series, played in Detroi t Lakes, Minn. on .June 20. The score, in games actually played, was 12·7 but Manitoba was shor t· handed and had to forfeit on 6 boards, making the total 18·7.

• , • • • M. Hamermesh, yielding only two

draws, scored a 9-1 victory in the Ar. gonne National Laboratory Tournament in Argonne, Ill inois. S. Mihailovieh and D. Kucera tied fo r second and third in the ll·player round robin with scores of 7lk·llk .

• • • , • The Plainfield (N.J.) Chess Club, which

meets every Friday evening at the Sang­er·Halle Building, 220 Somerset St. • North Plainfield, placed fi rst in the 7-team Raritan Valley League and third in the !:I-team North Jersey Chess League, behind Verona and Jersey City. The club, which now boasts a total of 68 members, has as its champion Ali Vorg· an of Fanwood. Second prize in its cham­pionship tournament went to last year's champion, Fred Kramer of North Plain· field and third prize was won by Albert Boczar of South Plainfield.

, • • • • Clarence Kalenian scored 4-0 to take

first place in the 12·player Cheltenham Art Center Invitational, played in Penn· sylvania on June 26-27. Kalenian is cur· rently the Pennsylvania State Champion. David Spiro, Alan Soble and Waiter F'raser finished second through fou rth with scores of 3-1.

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Mrs. Gregor Piatigorsky is an interested spectator I t the Evans-Benko game at the Southern California Open.

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QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED PETROS IAN

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P·QR3 8·R4 B·N3

QN·Q'.I RPxN N·Q4 ,.,

P·QB3 ." N·B] Q.KB4

P·R4 B·N5 ".

DUTCH (USSR)

P·KB4 N·KB3

P·K 3

'" 8·K2 ... P·Q3 N-B3

0 ·0 P·KR3

P·K4 N·K2 K·RI N·B4 P·B4 N· RS

"" ENGLISH

P·QB4 N·QB3 P·KN3

B·N2 P' KJ

KN·Kl 0·0

'" '" P·Q4

'" SICILIAN

IVKOV (Yugo.) 20. P·KR4 R·QBl 21. P·K4! Q-85th 22. K·N l ,., 23. P_K5 , .. ::14. RxR N·R4 ::15. B·B2 K·K2 '.16. 8xP! ". 27. QxNP QxQP ::18 . QxN Q·Q6ch 29. K·Rl R·Ql 30. R·KNI R·Q2 31. RxPch K .. " 32. R-Nl K ·B'.I 33. P-K6 R·Q4 34. Q·N4 P-N6 35. P·K7 R·K4 36. Q·N7 K'Q3 37. QxRch Resigns

DEFENSE STANCIU (Rum.)

18. N·K4 B·B4 19. P·KN3 ." 20. BxB 8·K2 ::11. Q·K2 R·B3 22. B-B2 Q-KNI '.13. P·B4 R·KI 24. PxP '" 25. KR·Bl .. , 26. RxR R·KBI 27. R·Ql 8·Q3 28. P·DS ." 29. QxP R·KI 30. Q·B7 Q·Bl 31. P·Q6 R·BI 32. QxP ." 33. Q·K4 Resigns

OPENING VAN DEN BERG

(Holland) 12. 8.N5 D·K3 13. Q·N3 P·Bl 14. B_B4 Q·Q2 IS . N·NS B·D2 16. QR.BI N· Bl 17. KR·QI P·B4 18. N·Q6 NxP 19. Rx N DxR '.10. NxB '.11 . R_B7 ::12. BxP

OEFENSE

'" Q·K3 Resign.

BOLES LAVS KY (USSR ) DELY (Hu ... guy) , P-K4 P·QB4 14. QR·Ql ,. N·KBJ P·K] IS. P·DS ,. P·Q4 '" 16. R·B4

•• ,., N·QD] 17. Q·K2

•• N·QB3 Q·B2 18. Q·RS

•• B·K2 P·QR3 19. BxB

•• P·B4 ,., ::lO. K·Rl

•• ." N·K2 '.11 . RPxP

•• B·K3 P-QN4 2::l. R·R4 10. 0·0 N·B] 23. R·N4 11. Q·Q2 N· R4 24. QxP 12. P-QR3 N·BS 25. R·Q3

". ." . .. 26. R·N6

QUEEN'S GAMBIT OECLINED PORT1SCH (HunguYJ GHEORGHIU , , ,. •• •• •• •• •• •• ".

, .. " P·QB4 N·KB3 Q· Nl N·D3 ". P· BS P· K4 ." N·K5

P·Q4 11 . Px N P.QB3 12. R·R3 N·KB3 13. K·Q'.I

Q.N 3 14. KxB

••• IS. PxP B·B4 16. B·K3 N·R3 17. RxP

NxKP 18. B·Q4

" . 19. RxRP

'" BOOST

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B·K2 P_B, Q·B3 0·0

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'" P·Kl P·N4 B·N2

0 ·0 Resigns

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I N. Y. C. JUNIOR I A. SOL TIS 1. P · K4 2. H-KB3 3. p.Q. 4. NxP 5, N.QBl 6. B·gB. 1. B·k3 a. B·N 3 t . P ·B4 10. g . 8 3 11. P· KS 12. Px N 13. PXKB 14. NxB 15. 0 -0 ·0 16. R.Q3 17. R·Q2

SICILIAN

P·QB. N-gBl .. ,

P·K : P ·Ql N·B3 B. Kl

P.QR3 N·QR. P-QN4

B·N2 .,. ." 0 ·0 KR·QS1

g .Bl N·85

SICILIAN M . O' CONNELL I. P· K4 P·Q84 2. H· KB 3 N-QSl 3. p .Q. PXP 4. Nx P P · kN3 5. N·gBl B' Nl 6. B·K3 N·B3 1. B·QM P.Q3 8. P ·8] Q. N3 t. B·gN S g -82 10 .g·02 8 ·Q2 1'.8·Kl R·QBI

DEFENSE J . HECHTL1NGER

18. BxN 19. B·g4 20. P·KR4 21 . P-R3 22. P_RS 23 . R· KI 24 . N_K4 25. P· KN4 24. R·K3 27 . N· Bl 28. N-Ql 29. p oNS 30. R·N2 31. N· KS 32. PxP ;3. R· N 7 34. N-N6c h

DEfENSE

... P-OR4

P-R5 g · B3 P· R3

QR-HI R· N4

R/ I. NI P ·Q4 Q ·N1 Q· BJ Q·N2 K· BI K·K2 ,,'

R· KBI Re s igns

A. SOL TIS 0 ·0 12. P· KN4

11. P· KR 4 14. N/ 4xP 15. 0·0·0 16. P· Rl 17. BxB 18. PxR I • • K· NI 20. P x N 21 . K·BI Resigns

P·QN4 Q·N2 N·NS .,. ".

N·R7th NxKP

NxPch N·R7ch

ORANG·UTAN S. GRANT 1. H·KB3 2. P-QN4 3. p oNS 4 . P - K3 5. BxP 6. B· N2 1. 0-0 8. Bx B t. N ·KS 10. N· B6 11 . Nxa 12. P-Q3 13. P· KB4 14. Q.K2 IS. P· B4

T. MUELLER

N.KB 3 P·Kl

P.QR]

'" P-QN3 B· K1 B· Rl ." P·Q3 ... , .,. 0 ·0 ....

P·KB4 N·1I3

KING'S

I. P..Q1I4 N.KII3 2. N..QB3 P.KN ; 3. P·K4 B· N1 4. P·Q4 0 ·0 5. P·1I4 P.Q3 6. N·B3 P·B4 7. p ·QS " ·K3 8. B·QJ Px p 9. IIP x P N· Rl 10. 0 ·0 N·1I2 11 . P·QR4 R· NI 12. Q·B2 P· NJ 13. R·NI N.R] 14. N·R2 II· N1 15. P·R3 R· III 16. Q·K2 P·IIS 17. BxP N·1I4 18. H. IIl R· KI 19. N..Q2 N / 311tKP 2". N/lxN NIitN 1.1 . NxN P·1I4 22 . II.QJ IIxQP 1.3. R·QI ibN 24. IIxll Ibll

S. MORRISON 16. K· RI N· 1I4 17. N·B3 III· RS 18. NxN I!.xN I • • P·KR3 P·R3 20. P· N4 Q·KI 11. PxP PxP 22. R·KNI P·QN4 1.3. Q· N1. Q·K2 1.4. PxP R· R4 1S. P ·QR4 R/ I· RI 26. Q·N6 K· III 27. QR·QBI RIl ·R2 28. P· N6 PxP 2 • • R·B lkh N·KI 30. BIltPc h Re signs

INDIAN A. SOLTIS

25 . Q-QJ 26. K·Rl 27. Q· N3ch 28. QxQc h 2 •. B·Q2 : 0. P·QN4 31. P· NS 31.. B·N4 33. IIxB ] 4. R·Q8 35. R/ I·Q I 36. R/ I·Q6cn 37. R·KR8 38. R· R8 3 • . R·QBS 40. R/ 6.B6 41. R lt BP O . R/ 4-lIl 43. K· R2 44 . R/ 7.B6 45. R..gR8 46. R/ 6oB8 47. R· Nac h

II.QSch Q ·Q2 Q·1I2

••• R·B7 K·K3 R·K7 8·B4

QPxB R·R7 P· B5 K·B2 K· N1 R· Kl

RIlt RP R· N5 .. ,

R· Nach R·K8 R· N2

R/ IJ.K2 P..QN4

K·B3

CARO·KANN S. SPENCER 1. P·K4 1. P ·Q4 1. N·QB3 4. Nx P 5. N·N3 6. B·QII4 7. KN· K1. 8. N· B4 • . Q·Bl 10. N/ J· RS 11. 0..0 11.. R·Kl 13. NxP 14. B-KNS 15. IIxN 16. 111 ·84 17. RxPth

P·QB3 P·Q4

'" B·B4 B· N3 P.K3 II ·Q1 ... , ." B·81 B· N3 ... , ".

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R. BETZA 18. R·KI 19. PxN 20. R.Qlch 21. Q. Rlch 22 . NxB 23. QxR 24. Q· RJ 1.5. P·KN3 26. P·Nl 21. K· RI 28. Q ·N2 29. R·Ql 30. 8 ·BI 31. P·KRl 32. K·R2 Res igns

R·KI K·QI K·BI K· NI

". ." B·QJ B·B4

IIXPch P·KN4

B· N3 Q·Kach

R· KIII RxBch

II·Nac h

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D. Rl .... r. ... K· N2 Q·B3 R·K3

I . P.QB4 2. P·Q4 3. N· KII 3 4. P.KN 3 S. IIPIlt P 6. II· N2 7. 0·0 I. N·B3 ,. B· NS 10. P·K4 11. Pxll 12. N..g2 13. IIx N 14. NxP 15. Q·1I3 16. N·B5 17. KR.NI 18. NxB 19. P·QR4 le. R· NS 21 . Q·R5 22 . p·QS 23. QIltBP 24 . II IIt P 1$. Q · B4

M. Colon I. P·Q4 2. P.Q84 3. N·QII 3 4. P·KN3 5. II. N2 , . Q·R4c h 7. QxP • • Q. IIIl • • N·B] 10. 0 ·0 II . Q.gI 12. PIltP 11. N·gNS 14. R· NI 15. B·Q2 16. II x ll. 17. BxN It. Q·B2 19. P· K4 20. P.QS 21 . IIxll 12. Q.Q3 23. Q x N 24. P..QR4

L. Sua ru I . P.K4 2. P.Q4 3. N·QB] 4. P·1I4 5. N· 1I3 6. 8 ·B4 7. P·K5 • • NxP 9. P.KR] 10. II · N3 II . P' R3 12. 11· 11.2

I . P·g4 2. P·QII4 1. P.KN J 4. II · N2 S. Q x P 6. Q·QI 7. N·QII l 8. B·g2 9. P·N3 10. R·BI I I. N· R3 12. 0 ·0 13. N·1I4 14. P·QR4 15. KN.g5 16. N· B4 17. II·K3 18. P·R3 19. Q..Q2 20. Q·R2 21 . KR·Ql 22. Q· RJ 23 . N· R2

P·K3 N·KB l

P · B4 P·Q4

KPxP N·Bl P·B5

B·QNS 8 ·K3 a..

'" Q· II:4 ".

0.0·0 P·84 R.Ql P·N3 ". KR·QI Q· R3

R/ l ·Ql ,,' K· B1. Q·BI

P.QR]

26. Bx N 27. QIltPc h 28. Q· K4ch 2 • . R· N4 30. QxQch 31. R/ l · NI 32. R· KI 33. R·K7ch 34. R·KB4 35. RxP 36. RxP U . P ·R4 38. K· N2 39. R·Klll 40. R·RI 41 . R· N7c h 42 . R·R3ch 43. R·gR7 44 . R/ 7xP 45. K·R3 46. R/3·R4ch 47 . R· K5ch 48. R· RI 4'. R·K7 50. R·Qlch

". R·Q4 P·QR.

K·R3 P·N4

'" .. , R·1I8ch

R· 1I7 K· N4 K· N5 K·1I6 ... ,

R·KII4 R/411t Pch

R·QIII 1< ·K6 K.Q6 K·QS

RI·KIII RfSlgn &

GRUENFELD DEFENSE

N·KBl P·KN 3 , ...

B· N2

'" KN·Q2 N· N3

0 ·0 P..QR4

P ·R5 P· Rt. N·B3 R·R4 B·B4 ."

BxRP ,,' B·Kl B·NS .,. N·QS .,. ... , 8·QS

D. Grimshaw P·R4 P· RS K·N2 .... P·K4

R· KRI K· NI K· II.2

R·KNI K· 1I.3

25. B· N4 26. II·Rl 27. K· N2 28. Q·Q3 29. P·1I4 30. P· IIs 11. P.1I6ch ]2. Q. NS 33. PxP 34. Q. K2 35. Q·g2c h 36. Q·N5 37. K·Rl 38. P·1I.5 3 • • PxPch 40. QxQch 41 . P..Q6 42. P·g7 43. B· N4 44. P·R3 45. R·1I5ch 46. II·RSch 47. IIIItP 4'. R· RS M.te

K· 1I.2 lI·g5 Q.BI Q·R3

'" .,. R·NI R.QI K· N4 B·1I4 K·N3 K· II:3

'" PIRe DEFENSE

P·Ql N·KBl P·KN 3

B· N1 0 ·0

P·Bl

'" QN·Q2 N·Nl

P..QR4 P· RS

N/ N3,..Q4

13. 0 ·0 14. PxN IS. g · Bl 16. N·Q3 17. P· B4 18. II·Kl I •. QPxP 20. g·B2 11 . B·N6 22. QR·KI 23. B.Q4 Resillns

BENONI

III·KB3 P·KN 3

P·B4

'" N·1I3 B·N2

N·KN 5 0·0

' .. ' B·Q2 P..QR3

R·NI KN·K4

R· KI P·K3 Q.K2 P·Nl

KR..g1 N·R4 II·Kl Q·82 N·N2

P·QR4

24 . N·1I3 25. N·Q 3 26. N· N5 27. R·Ql 28. Rx N 2 •. R·g2 30. Pxp 31. PxB 12. P·R4 33. II · N5 34. 11·114 35. 11·11.6 36. BIltB 37. Q. N2 38. QR..QI 39. B· B3 40. Q· NI 41 . K·III2 42. RxR 43. Q·Kl 44. Q·QI Resigns

E. Mad"ls .,. N·Q4 P·B3 K·RI N·B6 P·K4

'" '" g . N4

'" QxPch

N·B4 N·83 Q.K2 .,. N· N5 , ... a..

'" , .. , 11·111 B' K4 B.N2 ... Q·83

QR. III

' ... R·1I7

'" Q·1I6 N·1I7

'"

QUEEN'S GAMIIIT DECLINED D. Ri ... e r. D. Blohm I. P·Q4 N·KBl I •. N/ NbN " . ... 2. P·QB4 P· K3 20. BxKP 3. N·gBl P.Q4 21 . P·Q5 Q· N3 .'. ."

R· KI N· N3 B·RI R· NI ." K·III

4. B· NS QN·gl 22 . QxR S. PIltP PxP 23. NxQ 6. P'K3 B· K2 24 . R.N4 7. B.Q] 0·0 25. P.B3 S. Q.B2 R·KI 16. R.QI 9. P·KN4 N·BI 27. N.Q6 10. P· KRl P· 1I3 21 . RxP 11. KN·K2 P.QNJ 2 • . R/ I-Q4 12. 0-0-0 II·N2 30. R.B'ch n . 8 ·KB4 8.g3 31. NxR 14. QR· NI P·B4 32. NxRP 15. IIxB Qxll 33. N.N5 16. N· Nl P·1I5 34. N.Q6 17. B·IIs g ·B3 35. N. IISch

,,' K·KI N·K4 K·K2 B·B]

18. P· N5 N· K5 IIla ck o vers teppe d .

H. Avram I . P·Q4 2. P·gB4 3. N.QBJ 4. p ·gS S. PIltP 6. P·K4 7. N·83 I . 8·K1. • . D·O 10. N.Ql 11. P..QR4 12. P·1I3 13. N· B4 14. B· B4 15. BxB 16. B· K3 11. P·KN4 18. B·B4 19. Q.Q2 20. B· KNl 21 . P· R3 22. II· K2 23. PxP 24. R·R7 25. R/ I. II.I

BENONI

N·KB3 P· K3 P·B4 .. , P.Q3

P· KN3 B·N2 0.0

R·KI N·R3 N·1I2 P· N3 B· R3 .,. N·R4

P·gRl N·1I3 K· II.I N· NI Q ·Q2

P·QN4 QR·NI ,,'

g ·QI P· N5

.. ,

D. RI ... e ra 26. N·QI N· K2 17. 8 .QB4 N·BI 28. R/ 7· II.S N· N3 1 • . B·III g·g2 30. K·Rl R·RI 31 . g·R2 KII.·gI 32. g ·g2 RxR 33. RxR R·RI 34. Rx Rch N/ 2x R 3S. K·N2 Q. K1. 16. II· Ns N· B2 31. 11·86 B.K4 38. P·1I4 1I.Q5 39. g ·Q3 Q·83 40. P· N3 Q .K2 41 • • ·112 II~B 42 . Kxll Q .Bl 43. K· N3 Q.Ra 44. P· NS Q· 88 45 . P·R4 Q·R8 46. P· II:5 PxP 47. K·R4 g · B8 4 • . K·N3 K· NI 49. N· K3 g'H8ch White ove rs t e pped.

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