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Volume I Number 23 Offi(iCll PubUcation 0 me U lteel States (bess'federatl on Tuesday,

August~. 1947

Last Call For orpus Christi!

I.B.M. COUNTRY CLUB invit ing silt 0/ tin 1947 N eg- Y.,.-.!: Sidle Champioruhip To urnament, the G rnt!.u

Cup M"uh drld the Susqu"hanna Vall..., Cup ,Haul,.

D.R. MAX EUWE IN CUBA lou Victor RC8.uiTo, ddc8aU 0/ l'lDE fa. Cmlfai America, offus the hom mage

oj all Cuban chen p/4)'''TI to Dr. E,.,.,,, ill II,,, CheH Club 0/ Hay.", ... Phot", Coope,.,.Hve" I' hvtog .... fia E~cJuS;yely fOT CIlESS LIFE

Special C blegram From 'Paul Giers

Hilyusum, Hol/(mJ A ugull J, 1947

FIDE Genera l A sembty concluded In harmonious Oil: reement on prln. ciple matters. Ru slans arrived last day. Their ent makes World Chess body camp etc. Unanimously voted World T i Ie Tournamcnt­four games ea , I he m;asters: Euwe, Reshevsky Fine, Bot vl nn ik, Keres, Smyslov, ~arch 1948. First half in Holland; s tond half at Mos­cow. No substitu ion s and no de­fermtnts if Playe~absent.

New Constitutio ad9..Bt.ed, Includ­Ing American a (:I Russian pro­posals. United Sta s estab lished as Separate FIDE zone. Maurice Kuhns, Chicago, named Honora ry President; Dr. ueb ree lected President. Spain not barred from m:embership. Pl ace reserved for American on quail cltlon s commis­sion. 1948 Assemb y at Stockholm.

NEW YO PLANS

~~~~ii~A~ C~~:NEY, \\'Iany mmsual~"1a~Les will mark

the holding of t II 1947 New Yotk State Chess As oelatiotl COlIgreSS August 30 to S ptember 7 at th e

~B.~: Count,y 'l illb in End"ott

Chess players attend ing will be housed in Tent City, a develol>­ment oC tellts lo{:ated in the hills oyerlooking the ,1.B.},·[. Homestead and 1.B.i\"f. Country Club. No charge will 1..oe lllade fnr housing, and lIleals will im f;en'ed at th e I. B._I\1. Country Clnu at 11 ~mali standard charge. B ecause oC the enormous Slllll lll(lr program of the I.B.~L

CounTry Clnu. it will be ilu\lossible lo include chil dren.

Th e Tournament will iJe held at Ille l.B.M. Cou llt r'1 Ulub, maintained for the employee!! of the Endicott lliant of i n ternational Business Ma­chines Coqloration. which !naill­tains [acililies CO"I' over thirty dH­Cerent forms of Indoor and outdoor l'ecl'eation The contestunts are in­vited to use these facilities as I.B.M. guests. Swimming. gol fing, hiking, and hOl'se-shQe -pitcliing tire only a few of t h e numerous diversions at the Club. P la.ylng time for games will be armnged so that there will be plenty of time for enjoying these activities. Contestants may use the facilities of the Country Club at m inimum membership charges.

In addition to the State Cham­plonshh) TO\ll'namflnt and the Gen_ esee Cup Champioushlp, held s ince 1910 to select the Up·State Team ChampiOJl, there will be a new team championship iIwugurated called the Susq uehanna Valley Cup, de­noting the team championship of the Slate. The trophy for this !lew even't is the joint donaUon of the I.tl . .l'ot. Uhess (Jr~up aud the Blng­hamton Chess Club. The Susque­hanna Cup event' is open to five men teams from any section of New York and df,lails may be ob­tained by writing Harold Evans, 260 Robinson S1;., Bjnghamton. N . Y. )<'or general ih formation on the Congress write H arold Thayer, Ves­tal,~. Y.

proclamation

W HEREAS, the United ' Sta res Chess Federation will hold ils 48th Annnal Congress and Open Championship in Corpus Chl'le U, T e xa s,

from August 11 to Augnst 23, 1947; and, WHEnEAS, the congress and tbe cbamplonshlp tOUl'nalllcmt will

bri ng to tbis City the top ranking c hess p laye}'s from aU parts ot Ule

tv ~Jlt1 E. Searle

wOI·ld. and tJH~ progresS of the tour­nament will b(' of interest to Cbess e n thusiasts e verywhe r e ; and,

WHEREAS, it is fltUng and pro-­PCI' that OUI' hOllored guests be wei· corned lo OUI' city and that tlle s J)onsors of the tournament, the Christi Caller-'ri mes, aud the hosts to the visiting chess players, the Corpus Christi Ch esS Club. be ac­corded l'ecognition In bringing to Corpus Christi' such a worth·wble and entertaining 0\'e1l t:

NOW, THERE~'ORE. I, Wesley E. Seatle, Mayor of the City of Corpus ClirlsU, do hereby com · mend tbose responsible for bring­ing the chcss congress and the

tom'nament to Corpus ChristI. aud in honol' ot our d istingu is h ed visitors, do h e l'eby 1)I'ocla)m the week beginning Augllst 11, 1947, as CHESS WEEK in ' the City of Corpus ChristI.

DOlle this the 24 th day ot July, A. D. 19H.

VACATION LURE PLUS CHESS FUN AT OPEN TOURNEY

LUI'ed by the many attmctions _ of this Texan vacation-land and I.he

added bait of what promises to

become one of the outstandin<; U_ S. Open TOllrllRlllents, ch '

1)layel'S from e,,€rywhere are fi4 ing 10 Corpus Chl·isH. Texas, the vucation days of August U to share their time between p,! at the \Vhite·Plaza in the toun <1

ment alaI fishing, swimming. golt and tenu is in hours off among the mauy vacation SllOtS that alJOund in Corpus Christi.

Siuce open tournaments require no advallce registration the list 0( ­competitors cannot e\'en be guessed until the first round opens, but alllong those whose i ntentions to play llQve a lready been registered is a n eXCiting and intel'national group. Our L"ltin neighbors Ilre­sent a sU'ong delegation of cham­pions including l\"l iguel Cuellar Ga­charna (Colombia), Miguel Bias Aleman (Cuba). Major Jose Joaquin ArralUl (Mexico) Luis Augusto Sanchez (Colombia). Genenll Man­u e l Soto Larrea (Mexico), Luis Salomon (Colombia), Alfonzo Fer riz ("i\l exico), and Jesus Mondra­gon (IUexico). Canada will be rep.­resented Ily its c hampion, Dan Abe Yanofsky, who shared the Open Title with Herman Steiner at Dal­las in 1942. Former Champion R. G. \Vade of Australia and former Vienna Amateur Champion Charles Joac h im are among the entries.

From the U nited States comes former Open Champion Anthony Santasiere, fresh from his victory at Ventnor City; former New Eng­land Champion Weaver W_ Adams; and tha t vetel'an of many tourna­ments, "Dr. l:<~dward Lasker. 'I'he list swells with Albert Saillirin, former Illinois Champion : Mrl>. Mary nain, Southern Ass'n 'Voman

WESLEY I';. SE,\HLE Mayor of the City of Corpus

Christi, Texas. r ,

Ch ampion: Dr. Gustave Drexel,. Florida State Champion; Robert Steiullleyet·, St. Louis Chamllion: George I<ramer, former New York State Chaml>ion; and Olaf Ulvestad o f the American Team in the U.s.­USSIt team match.

Names of e xpected entrants, not yet definitely reg is t ered, include formel' open champions, Herman Steinel' a lHI A. C. Margolis; and Ule list of players not quite as well known is gl'owing every day with Ilames like Amb .. oi~e Gr ing (Ne\\' England problemist) and Allgelo Sandriu (brother to Albert),. Glad ney of L(Hlisiana, Coles of New Mexico, Gl'ay of Colorado, Gilbert "f i\-lissouri, alHl a host of ambi­I' olls Texans whose naJllCS are too t.umel'OUS to mention; while the latest news suggests the entry of two of Pue rto Rico's strongest players.

Thll S 'all signs point to a most slleclacular event, and 1I0t the least surprising of the achievements of the local COl'llUS Chri sti Chess Club, husihess men , and Caller_Times is the size of (he prize fund with its special first prize of $1,000 donated by Sam E. 'Wilson, oil man o~

Corpus Christi, anil its general fu ud of over $1,000 for other prize ,. wards.

These and other special features: ".- <be 48th Ann ual Open Tourna-11. ,ll..lt may be attributed to the: team-work of a small group of chess; enth 'lsiasts led by Harry E. Gra bam, president o f the Corpus Chrig;.. ti Chess Club. Others in thl) group responsible for the tournament's successful planning are James A . Creighton, Conrad Hoover, Henry Youngman Hank Sclblenski, Ar­thur Roaeh, Amadee Gerard 0 1'. C. A. Duran and Pablo Cortez. Sr. Obregon, Mexican Consul. has been most helpfu l as well, and Conway Craig, publish er of t he Caller-­Times, togetber with reporters Tom :!I.lulYany and Ka.y Bynum have rendered invaluable assist­ance.

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Volume I, Number 23

EJilor ""d nu,;"", M~n"ger MONTGOMERY MAJOR

- Tuesday. August S, 1947

THE MEANING OF THE OPEN TOURNAMENT

W HILE the U. S. Open Tournament to be held at Corpus Ch~isti, Texas. tbls August 11-23 is listed as the 48th Annual Ooen Tourna­

ment, it Is in the strictest sense the 11th of these events _ For while the tourneys ot the Western Chess Association (beginning at Excelsior, Mln:­nesota in 1900) were semi-open and semi-invitational, it was not unUI the epic meeting In 1934 at the Lawson YMCA in Chicago that the true Btaws ot "open" tournament was gamed_

The innovation was eyed dubiously at the time by many of the play­ers, altbough those wllo were assured or a seat under the old lnvlta­tional method expressed run wlllingneSg _to try It out and risk the chance of not qualifying_ Time, measured by fourteen years, 'has justlfisd the concept ot the Open Tournament; and willie the detaUs of procedure bave undergone some modification during the course of ' these years, the bnsic s tructlJre of the tOUrnament has remained unchanged. - Bu t what i s the ullrlc,·lying moUve or an "open" tournament? Fil'st. ft provides a democratic mode of procedure In keeping with the basic economic and political structure of the United Stutes-a tournament in wbich talel!.t and ability (rather than past pel'{ormance or reputation) determine the champloll . It Is theorelleally pOlSsible (or an amaleur to enter the tournament without llrevlons tournament experience and win the tlUe; it lIlay not be a practical posslblHty, but It always remains a potential one·

Sccond, It prbvides the nSI)i ring player tho OPllortunity to Improye his own game in contest with recognized masters of the gaille. And

not only does the aSllll'ing nnW.teur occas ionaHy ullset the recol'd book by defeating a I'ecognlzed mastel', but even ill losing he often gains a knowl41dge of techp,IQue un(l . finess~ th~t die roul? ne ve r leanl from his vlctol·Jcs ove# plaYOrs' approximating his own stu utilng.

Third, it brings tounmmeni chess to the Intilvdual player. It makes illm a part of national chess in the very ract that his p(lrtiCillatioll is invlte(1 and even urged. Tho "open" is his tOUl1la nlent; and he need not view it with wistful eyes f.'om afar.

Tbe more democratic procedure recently adopted for the U. S. Cham­plouship Tournament In no way lessens the v.alu e of the Open Tourna­ment as the meeting ground tor pluyers of aU t·auks and classes. For, of lIecessity" the U. S. Championship wili always be hedged with certain requirements-one must quali(y rol' i ts fina\:;; In p.·elim lufLl·y touruaments. An,d theso consume lime-more time than many playeu can spare. It is lUting that the U. S ChamlliOllshil) Finals be a concourse in which the entry is not too easy.

Bll t the Open! Jus~ llack up your bug. hop Oil. a tralu or gas up the olti jalollY, and you·l'O 0 11 )'OU)· way- Xo I·ed tape, 110 preliminary requh-emen15, 110 bother. You Juay not win a prize or s t.-nrtle the worM, but you'll playa Jot of chess and have a lot of fU ll. And tllat Is t he busic reason for an "Opell" Toumament.

MOlllgolllcry Major

AN INVITATION TO ALL CHESS PLAYERS OF AMERICA

By Harry E. Gl'aha.tll Pr~IidtOJt, Corp", Chrj1lj CheJl Club

Y OU, as an American chess player, regardless of your playing strength, are cordaliy invited to Come to Corpus Chris ti, August 11 to 23, to

spend an enjoyable vacat!oll and to compete in the .. United States Open Chess Chsmpiollshlp. Des pite a common impress ion, It you enjoy chess and are interested in Improving your game, you are not too weak to compete in the Open . Tbe Masters are wauted in the Open and, incl­dellta-Hy, will {lrohably win most of the cash lIJizes. However. the Tour· na.mellt is !lot intended 1.0 be fOI· I.!lem ,llone. The major punlooo o r the- Uni~ed States Open Is to give the average pla ye )· a c ha lice to COlli­pete against hetter playm·s (,·0111 other portions of Ole count)·y and to give

·him an Incentive to learn more about chess and to improve bls game. The average American chess player gets very few Opportunties to

play against first class OP1)osltloll. It is difficult and extremely rare tor a player to hecollle much SU'ongel' 01' to go into the fille IJOiuts o~

tbe game much deepe r , than his Ollponents. Unfortunately the usual result Is that the quality of his galll.e stagllates and his Interest lags.

The State and Regional Tournaments help to counteract thi~. Some . are quite successful. • Unfortunately 1II0st ot them, of necessity, are run olr ovel· a holiday 01' ovO!· a weekelld. They tond to become almost endUl-nnce contests with no linle for rest, research, and "''Vhy did I lose that game?"

The best answer yet found is the United States Open Chess Cham plonshlp. It is the one annual Tournament in which Niltional Champions, State Challlpions, City Cliampions and Country Crossroad Champions, Grand Masters, Masters, Expel·ts, Aferage Players. Dubs and even Be. ginners, all compete in one grand tournament on an cven footing. Past records count for nothing. Each contestant must tight his own way to

On hls own merits It is I\ot always Ihe favorites

The pl'i~es be. and Olis ti llle are, large e nough to make COlli-peling expel· ls but thoy are far from the ·,..hole tourlla· me nl. The tournament is tile great nUlnbet at ortiinary players who 1>'''P'tii~g out of a love for chess and tlle tiesire to improve their It is aln:ost certain that we will have a record tnm·out. Thel·e Iltn1t on tl\e numbel· ot e n tl'ants. We would like to see a couple ,dh .. ,'"d.

hasis. It is hoped to confine the playas game a day. TWs should give everyone time to a nd to come back to win the next day. It should

to enjoy a nice vacation, prefera.bly w ith his

::~~ri:r;':ns~,P~'~'~d~_:Y:;'::Ut. vacation in Corpus Christi. Texas, a tine time while competing in the We can promise almost everyone

players that are stronger tban he defeat. A grand tlll\e will be had by all

~ The of CHESS

';;,.~;.::'~':': that no one w1l1 ever forget. . ~ a Gue&t Ed itorial are not nects&arlly tho&e

A BON

O NE or the plonship

which Is is the bOlld nation's most

It Is but

OF FELLOWSHIP REMAINS (Monthl., u tw No. 44)

By Elbert A. Wagner, Jr. Unjttd Statts Chen Ftdtratjon ,

ot the recently finlslUld Junlo)· Chess Cbam­or wbich little mentlou has beell made, but o( the real and lasting values of the event,

the boys whl) competed tor one ot the hOllors in chess. the first reports of the Cleveland tourney

repea.t vic tory of Larry Friedman; the which were made by the generous Cleveland

hosts; the tbrill the youngsters had at the ball park when they met President William Veeck and !\tan­

agel· Boudrolau ot the Cleveland Indians as weU as Manager O'Neil or the DetrOit Tigers and a number of major league basebali p layers: the Sllir­Ited willte r polo game at the St. Clair Recreation Cel!..ter. But after all or these enjoyable experi­ences have fi tted into their rightful places in the I·ecolleetlon of a truly fine ouling, there will emerge the recolJectioll of the frlellu'shlps made with other boys who live 1,000 and 2,000 miles away.

\Vh!l.n a lIoy who J!ves in Cu!ltol'nta finds out that olla who com E:\s [rom ~'Iorida is a fun loving ),oullgstel' like Il imseJf; when a boy who has leametl llis dlesll en Cleveland a ud one who has played a t the

'1""1"\'." Clulls ~ 11 New Yorl~ arise [I·om the chess

:;iil~!~':[~~~~\~:~~,!~::i·:;~':;':;Cb otbe r·s prowesS ; when a youn,~ discovers tMt a Inl! (1·011\ Vh'glnla I manner a s himselr. 'Vilen tile~e

':.~:,:I,~'~,"';..~'~'~i'~:'~, In a meeting such as the Juulor Chess Cham-p has b eell rolled back to the vanishing poin t.

And relatioll~hlps to be treasured and

Sam E. Wilson, Jr.

Texa.ns Ilave. thmugh the yeal·S, I·educed their population IUto tlVO general classes. In Wpical blunt $oulhwBstcrn language, one either falls In to the "he'll go" class 01' automatica lly Is relegated into the ;'won't go" group.

Prohahly the g rowth of Corpus Christl can be IUOI'e directly traced to its huvlng more tl .an a fait- share of IUen "who'll go" than most communi t ies, than any other facto r. In 1936 the popu lation was 27,740. Oil hnd recently hee n diSCOve red in II mail quantities 'around l~le city, and the deep water pOIi. bad just opeued That was the year that Sam 10:. \Vi!SOIl, Jr. came to COl'\llI lI Christl.

One o f the Iloneer ludependent oilmell, MI' . 'Vilson was imlwessed wilh what he saw. Immediately he ordered all h is equipment a nd I>el"

sonne l to Con ltls Christl, a nd s tarted into work. Fmm ~he vcry beginllillg he took an active leadel·· ship in public affa irs. 'Touay, Corpn\! Cill·mti, with a popula.tion of 125,000, boasts of 11s ,bright future because of men like Sam \VlIson. men "who'!! go."

,DonOI· or the tiJos t l)l·ize fOl· lhe U. S. Open Cham pions hip Toul'Uamen t , lilt .. Wilson's check for $1,000 set a .lIe w high a wal'd In the 4S-ycar histol'y o~ the O\'ent, Although lIOt a chess player, when approached lIy a committee from the sponsorlllg Chlb, Mr. Wllsoli Immediately suggested $1,000 wi th the re mark: " Le I's give the m some thing IQ sboot at. . show them that we mean bus iness fa ConlUs

Sam E. Wilfon, Jr. Chris ti." Prohahly no other man in South Texas has dis­

playe(J as great a public spirit at Sam Wilson. Known tl·om one end of the stafe to the other a s Sam, his countless acts have always been cloaked in secrecy.j Hos pitals. schools. charitias. religious organizations and public improvements have all been aided by his kindly efforts and s plendid fina ncil1.1 assistance. Countless profess ional leaders of the area. openly admit owing thei!· education to his grants.

Heeently Sam (Wilsoll summed h is pWlosollhy to a group of friends with the s latemclli"'that "e\'el'youe or us should do everyth ing in our power to aid the'·growth of OUI' city alld this area. We should help build better. rOadSjl schools aud other educational facUi ties, more and lIetter l:iospltars . . in other wortis to make Corpus Christi the finest city In all Ameri~. If we aPllroach the problems of this city, our home, fl·om a sOlmd ' bUsiness hasis, and IIOt throwaway money, we can accomplish that' goa!. That's my goal In life .. because I want to make my home city 11 better place for my children and my em­ployees' children to Jive In.''

Who ~ Who .In -.A.merican C~e66

Harry E. Graham Presiden t or the Corpus Christ

Chess Club. s Jlonsoring the U. S. Open Tou rnament: .Harry Graham belongs to tbe modest schOOl of chesil Ilhtyco,·s who insiSt thM their skill is only average. He Slarted all' the road to chess playing In his home town of Chestertown (Md.) some thirty years ago at the age o[ ten , and has been playing ever ~ince.

ACCOI·dillg to liis own confesSion, Han·y·s game was "terrible," but despite tha t ract be won a c ity championshlJl at T I·enton N. J ., s ponsored by the local YMCA. In 1942 Harry Graham callie to Cor­

IlllS Ctll'is ti and ill the first weck·end met Horowitz III 11 S 1111 u Uaneous exhibition. That, s ays HarrY, was the top o( his c h e s s career for he gained Ulree CO Il IICj!t

ed passed Harry E. Graham pawns ' a ' l\ d

shoulti have won the game. But Horowitz struggled desperately and managed to get a draw.

As befits an ardent chess euthus­last Han'y enters the Southwestern Open "cguloPly and usually finlshell half· way uil the Jist; In the local City Tournament.. he us ually {o ntis up thi rd .

As a highlight to his administra­tive sl;:1Il (a)ld good practice for tbe U. S. Open] Huny heilled In 1!l45 to s tage the higgest and hest Southwestern Ope n Tourname nt to date. Th is, he ins ists, was not his single conUillution but that of the group uf ConlIIs Christl Illuyel'$ who '11'0 once ab'1\in his abl{J coi· lal)orators ill sfaglng the 1947 U. S. Ol)ell Tournament. .

Conrad P . Hoover Born In 19Q5, 'Conrad Hoover

waited until 1940 to leal'o hIs che~$; since then he has been very busy making up for the yean, of lost oPllOltUllity. anti now 1'lInks a mong the s trongest 1>layo)·9 ot the CO"]lIIS Christi Chess Club.

In llle !levon years or lIwakcned chess vlay. COIll'ud has hcld the City Chnlllilionsilip of CorilUS Cluis­ti twice (111(\ ,bee ll Co-Champion once. Con rad consliters himselt a.S

me rely au "A" C I a s B I)iayer nnd so ranks In correspond· e ncc c hess cir-cles whe re he is a consis te nt player. At var­iou s tilU ~s

Hoove l' has jj tirawn against

Horow~tz, Kol . ta lloweki and J. C. Thomp­son, the South.

Conrad P. Hooytr

western Ooen Challl illon, to make a respectable I'ecord of a mere seven yea 1'09 or c hess playing.

As a Promoter of chess Conrad Hoover Is well I ·ccog!l i ~eti in COr'pUI'; ChriSt i and has served as presi. d ellt :\nd secret.ary-treasurer of the COt·pus Christi Chess Club as well as Ylcc-p!'a sidellt of the Texas Chess Associatioll.

Alert to Its possibilities COllrad ]lromoted In JUlie, 1947. the llrst s hort wave radio match between Con1us Christi and Houston. won by l~stoll; aud the return match WOIl by Corpus Christl for the first I·adio matches in the Lono Sta.r Slate. Previously lIe organized four team matches betweell San i\ntollio anti Corpns Christi.

In hi~ moments away from chess COIHad Hoover is all auditor in tbe Post Ofllce alld a memher or the National Federation or l'o$tal Su-pervlsors.

SCENES FROM -THE SOUTHERN A SSOCIATION TOURNAMENT

Marl; .. Southtw , pruidml 01 Iht SOllth. trn Associalio .. , ""ilh hiJ "u,o .. d fo.,·' (his p;pt).

Ma,.., 8"ill, Soulh(r .. ASS(Jcial;o .. Woman's Champ;o", poistd I", Iht IMlllt 0" Iht (btsl b""rd.

Phuto.: t,.eVI\ln·,

C~e •• :Jor :J~e :1red B ... ine.. man By Freel Rrinfeld

One-Shot W E naturally expect the finest cheu to be played by the great

masters, and this Is true at their lifetime prp duct when viewed at Its selective Uest. Yet many an unknown, who has botched IMst ot his games nnd I'ulned innumberable pl"Omlslng posltious, succeeds at some time 01' other lu playing the game of a lifetime. Thus he enlpys a passlug momeut or greatuess, Incidentally enl'lchlng our lives with a unique masterpiece.

BrulSels, 1942 NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE

WhItt M. OEFO$$E

1. P'Q' 2. KI.KB) J. P·B' •• Kt-O)

Black FRANK Kt·KBl .-" P-QKU

Th is game offers s tili another proor thll.t 4 P ·J{Kt3 is White's i,)est ch.Rlice or holdin g some Initiative.

4. ....... 8-KU S. P_IO

B-I<t5 Is ml.)I'8 ,-

aggressive. 8·Kt5 Kt·K5 p",,,

6. Q.82 ,_ '.,IJ 8. P-ORl ,. P~S

S~Kt cll. 0-0

10.0.0 , Tbls allowll a devastating attack; but It Is dUficult to suggest a good alterllo.t!ve.

10_ _ R·S)! Depending on the acUoll of this Rook, the advanced Knight, Ille long·range Dlshop and his Queen, Blac k VlllllS II devastating attack.

11. KI_Q2 A·R)

It wa;2n~~~~~teIY essential to cup· lUI'O the Knight.

"- -Alertly seizing on IJ now 13 P,.Q:', R-K13 cll; KtJtP mate. Dut the best Is yet to oome!

Now ~ia~~~ Queen Is doubly at­t-acketl.

1). ........ Kt·KW!! \Vlth this channing sacrifice (which must be accepted). Black e=-:poses tbe weak white squares to the raking (ire bf the terrible Dlsh-0'.

14. P~Q __ StTotch!ng oul the ga me a bit: it 14 Kl.XQ, Kt-R6 mate.

u. ""... Kb;Kt ell IS. K_Kt2

A delicious finale results from 15 K-Rl. RxP: 16 K-K12, Kt-K8ch!: 17 K·Kt:~ (or 17 K-l(tl, R·Kt5 mate), H·J(t5 ch: 18 r<;:Ra, D·Kt7 mate.

'Is. , .... _ Kt·KS ch!! 16. K_KO _ ....

16 1(·Ra, B·Kt7 eh; 17 K·Kt3, R­Kt3 ch losos ilS In the te=-:t,

1'. _:... R_KO ell. n. K·S4 R-KtS ell. lL K·KS KI·S' mit.

A less " brutal" lIolsh than 18 Kt·B3 mate. This mlnlatnre, one of the most beauUful I have ever seoo, was shown to 'me by Irving Cber­nev.

ALEMAN WINS SPEED AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Miguel Aleman, Cham Ilion or Cuba, won the G2mj aunutl.l cham· 1)lol1shlp of the Havuna Chess Club. The Cuban Champion won the pl'ellmlnnry toul'namen t and then hested Rogello Jo"'erl'er In a IItlOCn galne match after J."'errer had tHt:l1101wd ot znld o Valties, who tied him in the pl'cllmlmll'y tour· ney. In a 8hor~cr luatcb.

Not content with this triumph. Alcman was \' ietorious III the SI)eeti Chamilionship ur the Cuban Chess Jllsllluto deCeating Francisco Pia· nilS In lho final match. Ovel' one hUlHl rod pla)'C\'s e ntered the s ix pre­liminary tourllaments" a nd e lghtcen successful sUl'vlvors (Ihc!ud!ng rou l' Caribbean OIymllic players, Ale· man. Planas. Alvarez and Pa:t) 001]'

tested in the final toumey which Aleman won.

Added cbess enthusiasm was en­gendel'ed by the Visit ot Dr. l.t8.l Euwa \\,ho In the course or two simu ltaneous exh ibitiolls at the Mu· nicipal Palace aad the Palace or the Havana Lawyers Ins titution WOII sixty tllI'ee games. drow tUIII'­tcon, alltl lo!!t three in a total of eighty o:o.:hlbltlon games.

fn the' H.avana Province Cham. l)ionshlp Jorge Bou Mor:(\es holds Itrllt Illnce undefeated and Eugene Rosas Is assll"t'ild o( second pll1ce. Third Illace is held by Rene de In Call1pa, a recent hom6-COmer from Canada.

-----DREXEL SPEEDY IN RAPID CHESS; WEINSTEIN 2nd

11\ the Hallid 1'ranslt Tuul1lament, held in connection with the South­om Ass'lI Ollen Toumament at SL Petel'sbu l·g. Dr. Gustave Drexel was 100 [alit (01' hlB opponents. winning the S I)eed King T itle with 16·1. Second was Stanley Welnstelll with 15·2, a nd third place was s hared hy F.;, J. Dowling and C. Weborg with 12~·H each. ltirth placo went to Major J. B. Holt with ll1-5A. while SIXUI 1)la,<e feli to Al'thu,I' Montano with 10 &·6 ~ . Eighteen 1,layerll from the Opon Tournament woro ontered In the Rupld Transit. Wllicb - was played on Monday. July 7, attor the close of the Southern ASS'n Tournament.

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STEWART WINS IDAHO TITLE; FORM STATE ASS'N

Idaho's first State Chess Tourna­me nt was held at Twin ."'alla at the Rogerson Hotcl over l he week· end of J uly 4·6 and resulted. In the victory or C. H. Stewlu·t or Bolse. Secoud place wen t to Mel Schubert ot Twin Falls who tied In points with Stewar t but lo!:!t We title on the basis of hlg Individual loss to the lIew champion. Thlr'(l place rellulted in a tie uetween Lavel'l and Lloyd K\llIptou of Twin Falls.

A Ilrelhllinary toul'llnment was played to determine finalists. and the four top players contested a rouud'I"Ouin to determine the Slate Championsl\i ll. Wiouol' o! the Con· solation section wall DOli MurLlhy of Twill l·'all~.

During the mCot the Idaho Stale Chess Allsocilllion Wil l! [OL'med with C. H. Stewart lls' I> I'e!!i(lont and 'Mel Schubert as secretary -!L'easul'er; and it was voted 0 amllilte with tho USCfo"'. Plan wero hlld fill' a mOL'\) ullIbltiollS ate tou l'nnment {he next year. ~ Twin j<~alls Chess Club acted ,s ' lost for the tournament and ooting.

STOLCEN~ERG WINS MICHIGA TITLE; ENDS R'ET REMENT

-+ After a two yeat reUr~mel\t from sel'lous cl\ess. !Jeon Stolcenbel'g (Detroit) reJ;'lilne'd t he Mlchlblln State Cha\l\jlionshlll a~ GI'RJld fia­Illds, Micb., With iii ~core Or 6i·H. 1'he r:ew champion Jost a gnme to Dr. Bruno Schmidt and drew with George Eastman. bill was otherwise untouched. t

Secone! place ,;\\'us Shared by Sch midt and Enstmun with scores or 5~·2~ each. al14 tho two fonner Chlltllplonl! (h'e w :theit game Wltll oncll otller. Eastman Wus the d rawing master of the toul'lIey, los· Ing no games but dtl~wlng nve, wblle Schnlidl lost to Uhlman and Buskager. Fourth place was alto a tie. between E. J . Vau Sweden and William Lacey with ,,·3' each.

Tho tonrnamellt was held tn the lounge or the Elili t Congregational Church i.J\ GI'and Rapids fl'om June 30 through July ll. and the Rev. Charles M. Houser was host tor the occasion.

Mlcll'lII" Silt. Chamolo".hlp 1_ " SIoI",,"bcrg l~Nit) ____ eli·I)

~o:..u~~~':,,~~$:lroit):"..:== ~!:i: William l..aecr (Do.ttult) ____ 4~.3~

~~1!:.t V':»,t;;::en (J~~ n~r:;:...-= :n: lIart;n ,-"nk (fl ... nd n apldt) __ ~ __ S -6 n""OOIl n~ ( IJ:oU:la ~k) __ 3 -6 " ... "k Uolloway (Orand Rapl<I~) __ *_.~ 0 .a

MILLER, BORIS SHARE TOLE DO CHAMPIONSHIP

In the 194i Championship Toul" nament or the 'T'Ol efl~ Chess Club nrst honors were shared by Dr. L. Millcr and Dr. S. Boris with lIle IInal score of 6·Z onch. T h ird 1,lace was a lso a tie b~l:ween Roff and Randolph with 5);·2. eRch. while Jacllson. Jr., was flrth with 5·3 and Aschley 'sixth with ~ -4.

SOUTHERN ASS'N HOLDS SPLE NDI D CHESS TOURNEY

As reported In ClfESS LIFE July 20, the anllual Tournameat of the Southerll Chess Association at St. Petersburg (Fla.) I'esulted in a. splendid meeting. Conducted on a Swiss System, with ties broken on the Sonnebol'n-Derger method, It conferred five titles in Ove ditter· ent classes. Stanley Weinstein (Mian\l) became Iile 26th Southern Ass'n Champion with a score ot 6-1. E. J. Dowling (St. Petersburg) won the M<lJor Reserves; J . Szold (SL Petersburg) the Minor Re· serves The Junior Cha.mpionshlp went to U-year-old Jerry Sullivan (KnoIvllle): a nd the Woma n 's Cbam plonsh lp t.o Mrs. Mary Bain (Mlam\), who 1,laced second in the 1946 U. S. Women's Championship. The play was directed by John Hay (Knoxville. Tenn.) who served as 1'ou rnamellt Directol·.

Among the high 1l01ni:3 of the louniament were the exciting vic· tory of ]oj. J. Dowling over Arthur Montano (T'ampa) In a brillian t a t­tacking game; the biller battle be­tween Staniey Welastein and tor· mer Champion Dr. Gustave Drexel which ended in a draw; the 78 mOve d ra w be tween DI'e~e l and J e rry Sullivan. the I\ew Junior Ch.am­llion; and lastly the vlctol'Y or Mrs. Mary Baln ovor Majo" J. B. Holt (Long Beach ). This last had add­ed interest from un incautious re­mark of MajOi' Holt earlier in the tournament to tho elIect that in all his years of chess playing he had never seen a woman play a good l,"3.me. Good·naturedly the Major took s. bit of kidding aflOr his de· teat.

Southern Alto_lltlon Cnamplon.hl p S. \I'~i"$tcln _~ 6 -1 I'. Bartoo ."*" SI-'l O. Drexel __ r.~·U O. K. Ooker_~ 3 ·3

~;'j~J~~~Ii!it ~ :~ ~ .• rL!ft=~ ~.~~ Mar}, Il.Iln -._ '1-', Il, Mandi'nO".-lI ..f O. \\'flH"llI' -- I ·Z J. n OI1I11)1,_~ ~l '. ~1. !:\I.)ull,t ... _ ~ ·2 J . .v. Altlnl..... ~ ~ I. s"m"," __ ,A.21 J . )01"0.,,, .. _ ~ • t:. J. I>Q"II~ .~ .z ~. Jo.. i'tukop_ ti..f

~:~: r~_::~ t: = ... -==;:~ R. Robaldo __ 4 ., H. W ....... _ ! ..5 H. Jo.. llro .... n_ 31-H s. lIUle. _~ 11..5& C. JlleUon _ . S . oVIIrle Cald ... ~11 1I..5i _-I.. lIolll'no _ II ·S

The tOUl'nament was held at the Chess 011'1111 or the St. Pe tersburg (Fla.) Chess Cluh. who acted all hos t alld Mayol' Bruce Blackburn of S~ l'etel'Sblu'g lllade the wel­coming address and the ollenlng move In the tourlla mClIt play. TrG­pliles Q.ud t\.wurds to the winners were Ilresented Rt the annual ban­quet at the 'Vodgewood Inn.

At tho business mooting of the Association Martin Southern (Knox· viUe, Tonn.) was reelectcd presl dent. Other elecled officers were DI·. Gustavo Drexel (Miami, Fla.) tlrst vlce'lll'esldont; E. A. Brown (Atlanta. Gn) secolI(1 vlce'llresl­dllnt; a'l)!! Ma jOr J. 1'1. Holt (Long Beach. Fla.) sccretary·treasurer The Invltatloll to hold the 1949 touruament at Knoxville. Tenn .. was accellted after severat bids from other cities were considered.

FLORIDA FORMS CHESS LEAGUE; DREXEL CHAMpION

As a 11:1.I· t of the ellthuslasm en· gendered by Ihe Southern Chess Ass'n Tournament at St. Peters· burg, the 1~lorltl\l State Chess League was cl'ganlzed with J. n. Gibson ('I'alllpo.) as president, Gus­lave Drexel first viee-Ilresident, Bel" nard Klein (Jacksonl'lIIe) second vice·prosldent, and MajOI' J. B. Holt secretal·y·trcasurer.

At tho close of the Ollen Tourlll1.­~nen t. DI·. Gustave Drexel was 'muuoed P IOI'lda SUlte Cimmilioll. since Stallley W einstein (list ing hoth Miami and New York, with the latter as his home) was declared ineligible for the State title.

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Augusl 11·23 4;8th U. S. Ope n Champions hip

T ou rna me nt Corpus Christi, T exas

Opeu to 0.11 chess players; Entry fee $10.00; address Harry E. Gra.­ham. 325 Lnurel. Corpus Christi, ~ Tuna.

--- I Aus ust J()-September 1

2nd Ohio Chess CongreM Of Ohio Chess Ass'n I Columbus, Ohio

Players m ust register before )lOOn Saturday at Columbus Contral YMCA, as play beS'ins 12:00 noo>n shal'll. FUI·ther detaUs later.

AusIIIl JO-Stpumber 1 Southweste rn Open T ournament

Fort Worth, Texas Open to 11.11 ehess players; entry

fee to be annou nced later; add ress l<"'rank n. Graves, 960 E. Mulkey, Fort Worth, Tex. Tournament held In Lollghorn Room of Texas Hotel.

August 30.s~PI~mln , I Pennsylva nia State Champ ionship

Allentown, Pe nna. Open to Pennsylvunia. pla.yeT8;

will be held at Americus Hotel in Allentown with Lehigh Valley Chess Club as host. Entry fee not annOunced.

AIIS'Ufl JO-Seplembn 7 New York State T ourna me nt

End icot t, N. Y. Open to all players. Wl'lte to Har·

old Tbayer, of Vestal, N. Y. (or de· tails. To be held lilt the I. B. M. Country Club.

A ugust 30-S~ptemln, 1 New England Championship

Tournament Boston, Mass.

O(lell to all Nt.w England pla)'ers: unde r the directlQn of Waldo L. Wallers: to be Illayed at Bostou City Clull; write Albert J. HartH­mall. Young Meu's Christian Union. 48 Boylsoll St., Doston l(i, Mass. , rOI' dotalls.

. Augusl J()-S~pl(mbtr l ' West Virginia State ChampIonshIp

HU(ltington, W. Va. Open to W. Va. chess players:

special women's and juniul' cham· i1iollSIlips It enough entries ; wrile If. Held Holt. 164 S unset Drive. .charlestun 1. W. Va., (or details.

BRAKE TROUBLE IS GOOD BREAK FOR SALT LAKE

Dralle tl'Ouhle on Ju ly 4 III PIU" leys Canyon with Its fifteen miles ot canyoll. dugroads, reservoirs and its 4,000 (oot drop into the city of Salt Lake could ha\'e been a "lIad break" for George Koltallow, ski and wire; bllt Illey arrived safe. If somewhat ex lmusted and excited. It was n. "good break" however for Salt Lake City chess players, us H. A. Dittman, llresldcut or t ho YMCA Chess Glub seh:ed tile unscheduled stopover a s an OII))Ol'tunity for a s imultaneous exh lb'ition.

Cool1el'ation of Roger FI'eund, YMCA secrelary. and Ule Salt Lake Tribune, Sa lt Lake Telegram and Desert New. hrought out a record cl"Owd on a hurry cali for the ex· hlhltlon. Kollunowski. hnperturb­able all eve I'. swept the board s. con· ceding draws. to City Champion Ir­v in Tuylol' and J. M. Boyden.

II. A. Diltml\n, Impresario [01' the occasion, is Ihe well-known crafts­man ILl wood whose unusual tl'o­phles gl'ace the U. S. Champion­sh ip. He has recently complcted a morc elaborate trophy in nino varieties of raro woods which will be preseuted to FIDE for the World Championship TournamenL

Say You Saw It In CHESS L IFE.

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T,usJay, AIIgllst J, 1947

DUTCH DEFENSE u. S. J unior Championship

F ina ls, 1947 New b., Erich W. March.md

While Black L. EVANS L. FRIEOMAN 1. P.Q4 P.K84 2. P·KKIJ P-Kl ~o. ::~S Q~::~~ J. B-Kt2 Kt·KB) 11. KI_Kl B·8) ~. P.QB( B·K2 5. KI.Q8) 0·0

12. KtxKI BPaKI n. P.8) PaP

'- Q-B2 P_Q4 _ 1. KI_B) P QIU I. 0-0 Q Kl

14. BoP PaP IS, O" p

16. I'xl' It belt. The lexl m(mld l><1 answe....-d b.v 15. ~ __ • lit-illS: It;. Q·IU, I'-K~. 15. ........ K-Rl 11. P~P KtxP 1'. Kt·Q) P-K4 OwrlOOking W"I~'. >;utpri$ing 10th m""". 17. __ • lid' ... al ...-n\i_l. II. K I~KI B~KI lJ. BoP!

Alltr 19. BItP! Fri~dm'"

Thi. 01,1 .• "'Ins • 1'. 1'111\. It a::it· ... WhLle a .In"'" ~'Tip on t he pO"ilion. HinCk I .... '~ "I'

:!al~~E'l~i~t~o~~~'''::: ~~t !~" 10 yield """"

t!· 'ii:" H~". flX~X~h; w. .. R.'t~r·tI_R8; -"2<;: Q.»7: Qxll '! ; 22. Q-US ch. 20. _~.... OxR 21. e.,e e·m lIIack·. beot. eha '..... I~ U. _ ....• 1I.Q;l:; !2. I r·K IU. Q.Q'!; :tS. Q.U7. Q. IH d ,; ~~ . II ·KI2. R_KK tJ w, "",- 2 1. __ • Q.Q( eh: 2:>. QX(I, PxQ; 26. H·n7.

~: g~Q'6 RQ~:~~: 3~~~ 11 2[; ......... II · IU : ~6. " ."( " ch i 26. Q.QBl R·K2 29. B"O 21. B_Q6 Q·Rl)O. P·R4

Q.81 R·Kl

R,' !L Q-KIS ch. Q.Q I .... ·oul<l "" .. fer 10 k~' hot b I' .. For in­~' .n('<' . :K!. P.QKu, U·K'; 31. I'·QII( , Il-Q': lI!. 1'.1U. )0. ........ R_KIl eh. )). P-R5 B-B4 )1. K-Rl R.Kt7)(_ P·R6 R·Kt.Sck. :no B·K5 R"P If W'" hl-llM" I,., "~I' i~e fIB on. lS. K_Kt2 8_K5 ~k. 33. K.K3 :16. K_82 RaR)9. K.Q4 :J7. 8ot!: K_l<U (~. K_8S t'Qrl'(>d. m.ck <:10,,,,,,1 al low II, ,, 10 rmd, <l1l1S. U. K_Kt' K-02 43_ B_K5 42. 8_1' K·Bl

B_Ktl K·B~ K·K2 ·

While K

J".t I" t1m~. II Ih" IJl.ocl. K ,,~to 10 QKtS. White e.l nnot f"roI' I IH: win. ~ow it is .11 ",'CI". 0._ ..... _ P·KR4

8·8'

~~ ~:g~ K_K2 K-K)

-«. P·Rl 45. P_R' "'. B·84 41. P·Kt4 ~~P

4S. P~P 49. P_KIS SO. P_KUi 51_ B·KS S2 •• P.KtJ Re,l gn,

EVANS GAMBIT Canada vs· Aus t ralia

Rad io C hess Match, 1947 N oteJ by Dr. Bda Roua

While 1l1 • . 'k R. E. MARlIN F _ A. OOWL

(Canad.) , (Au, lr a lia) 1. P-K4 P-K4}. 8·84 8-B4 2. Kt·K8} KI.QB3 4. P_QKU .. _._.-

Th., i.)('I. i, I"r Wh;l~ lu ~I " 1~"1i1la:: , ""nl' .. U: ..... a' the Ull"" "" 01 _ 1'. flu l-. i l Bi .. "k <:a n hoh[ ont to Ih<- " .. tl-.,.mc. hi~ "'·'i,l. I' n,~jo .. iLY ",·m le"'e him ~ "cr)" f""Orahl" "", ..... 4. _ ... ~ 8.,1' '- p.t)( P~P S. P·B} B·R4 Thil Iloe io not the ..... t. In r..,..nt yean lI. _ .. _., 1'·Q3; 7. Q.Kt:I. I,I--Q'I:! ..... fo""d to .. in· a t'M")' "'j;fa"tory J;'Ime for Black. 1. 0·0 B.KIJ 9_ P_Q5 S. P_P p.Q) \\"ilh , hi. mo,"(O White gi, .... up Ihe -"I,idt 01 tha ol' • ...,i"J::. The id .... i. to keep thL "re .. _ .ure on II bd,'. RIW. 9. ....... Kt_R4 10. 8_Q3 .... _ .. l'CI"ioR I·. 10. 1l·1i15 eh I. hettcr. _ Uowe,·cr. WbHe if dowl\ thc Cambit I' an..,..",y wllh­Ollt any ""ml'<!nlotion lor It. ID. ........ KI·K2 11. 8-KI2 P_K9) Good ! A. catlt!ing would !>o: too danger"". wlth"" t 'hi' ,nuV~. l2. OKt-QZ ..... _ Tile (llil w"<lld !>o: bfoUH pla~ at Q.R8 and ~t'''''IUAlIY I" " 2. 12. ~ .. _~ KI_KI) 14. K_Rl ll. Kt·Q4 0-0

Alltr 14. K·R I C"wl

14 ... _.... Kt-K4? Tlli. I. m""nlugl(-~. White ""n eh""" tb ~ Kli e ~tI"".v ~nJ time he ",.nt!! It. A b""'" f...,..lng mOVe ",""uld b""e bm", P_QD~ and White w~u ld have had " dim""lt chok ... to m.k~. 15. 9·K2 8.,KI l6. 8xB P B4

50urn amenl ollie c-Jrlct,J It7 Erich W. Mllrcbtm(J

Dept. of Ma thlllm atic. University of Rochel tor, Rochelte r 3, New York

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE

1947 Fra rik l in Clu b Ch am pio nshi p

Thlt It 100 I., .. and ~11 Ulack ac:ooml,li&he. _ . I. w ~huc! White'. Q8 to • , ... "are which th...,at . .,... mack'i QK! an,1 ..... lIh it Ihrtat .. ns 10 lab mack ' •• dvant"~ ..... y by doubling r . 0" t.ho ll ·fI1~ 8laei< eoul<l "III k"" I' hi~ a""ullge I,y plaYIng P·QKUI, m~ki"" " pia.:.. for hi' QKI. 11. 8-Q83 8-Q2 i5. P'B( Kt·B2 lIe~ "' .. arc. "... lit \, no ~ttcr hcre t h.n II ..... t Kt3. 19. R-QKtl __ White Ih f('l.te ... \0 win the P. I'. __ ,R-Ktl 2<1. B.KI5 P·QKIJ Tb~", I. nothlnl< betler.

g: ~~~t =~: ~:: a~~~ ~.~~ II"hlle reglllni hl.o I' .nd an c""n tlOIl l i()Tt 24. _~ .. _ A.KIl 27. Q-Ql R·Kl 25. Q-QI O·KIl 21. p _KFU H . KI·B4 R.K\S If W1,;t ~ had .IlY id~'6 01 "'i"nin",. he abo" ld hot\"(! Ir~1 """..,lhi"l:: in 1M """tel'_ TIl;. mo.·t .Ilow. Ill .... k·. Kl .... ~"t ... 11\ .... 21. ~__ Kt·R) 1O. R.Bl PoRt 29. K·KIl KI-KIS 31. R·R' p-fl4 1II • .,k ",on ! ~ ,,, "<)aktn t)", cent.". P l\t uRtlon hul It .,UOWf ",h lt~ II. little tl""~t on the Q.ftlf". n. P_K5 P"P ). P.Q6 Q.KI2 :-'·..........,rv ",,<I II 010". ,11th","", ,, )(. KI_RS Q-KS)Ii. P_Ql R.Ql 35. Q_Q R~Q H. RKRP ;';:"too<1 "I anT olh~r. 'floc QI' c~"not-':;;

)7 . ... _.-_ R-QS '9. Rl<R Or. wn 33. KI·BS R(5 ) ~QP

U. s. GIUOCO PIANO

Maste r. Reserve Tournament New York. 1946

No/u by FrtJ Rtin/t/d

\!f,. _. n -III : !6. Jl.Q3. KI·K21: ro. QlQ, H~Q ; 2E'. I'-Klill, 8 ·15 eh! Or t7. n~n ~b. KixlJ; '28. Q~"'. IbQ; 29. I'.KKH. Kt, IIS ete.

Dut $. D~rl lO<>bJ[,1 (25. __ , poRtS!; 2(1. 11·116 cll , K.Q2: . L! . KI ~ eh . "d zs. 1l .8 B: or 11 A1a~k t 2tJ. __ .. K·Ql tho" 'l:I. Q·li15 ch, Rt-K2f; :!S. luNt_ 25. ___ Q.Q2 21. P·KR4 .... _. 26. Q.KtS p .QR)

A/u. 27. P·KR4

n. r.Qu~! wo;, llo~ ,·io<ht tnO\·~ . • 1I1lP~n<:. TI",~ j ............ t 1 27. __ P_KI4 21. 8·Bt? _ .. _

~Z:~~-f.:; ~~~~S ;~I~h~':' ~~;~ ~.~.:~ II_IlO t: ~. l' ~n. Q~P eI,: .-.). K.iW. K(·K!; ~L Q~1l d " K,-.-el/ : at. U· IiS eh. Ii · Kte: 83. " ',KI whcII Whj,,· """""I 101'<'. 28. __ Q-B2 29. Q.K) . ___ :'I'. t··IU, dQ<'" '~\I ""I> bM·."", of :!II. ____ • KI· K4. Now II i. clttr ... lIlnl:" lor "'''''",orlnl. "'100 I",~ I'I~.,·",I pl~ily to efl out of • ,'i/lko.11 IIt "all .... . 29._._ KbP 15. 8xQ 30. Q-B4 Q·RC 36. P_KIJ }I. Q-R2 Q.KtS )7. R.QI )2. B·M KI-KIJ lS. PxKt 33. QxRP Kt_K4)9. K.KIl 34. Q.R4 QxQ ~h. 40. R.Q2 K-K!2 II'hi~e " .. 11;"'''' Th<' ,."I,lon It 1""",1<'0$.

RUy 11.Op'EZ U. S. Junio Championsh Ip

F in s, 1947 Noles by Er" h IV. M archand

II'Mlt HIM. R. SIEMMS ~ L. FRIEDMAN 1. P·K4 P·K4 4. 8_R4 KI-B) 2. Kt·KB} KI ·08 S. p.Q) ... __ ). B-KIS . poOR The Sleinlt~ 1';$" It I:"i' .... tbe J:'l""l a (I"i..-l ~l .. ,""ctt" ~ 111..,1;; ~~" '~I P.Il7.e wl(h01>1 m"ch trot> t. 5. __ ~ F'.~ '. B.B2 8.K15 6. 0·0 B· 10. P-KR) BxK! 7. P' 9B) 0 11. 9"B P'94 &. R_KI P.QK~ Tl": r~ " "liB no ""<"tl t .,.p I.,y I~i. ,i.l<y fil"'",

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n II Ii~ well "Ih eo~.",.,r,na:: 15 OR O!, 20 Kt 8) R(C) 02 16 PaP II KI~ 21 P QR3 B K2 11. R-Ql KR tu; 22 R ~ KhP 15 BxKt RxB 23 QR_QI B B) 19. B_K} KR QI 24 KI K4 Kt Kt ch. Tin. perm"~ Wh"" """'".,. h •• I' 'cry htttUy II Rla~k pb . harply. b .. """ ....

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