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Number 3 Offielnl Publication of fle Unltecl Stutes Cbessfeclerutlon Saturday,

October 5, 1946

1'100\": CUI .. \ .. ".: y "" kl ,," 1' ........ ,,,"I I)"k" llln. ( Marlin lI on'ler l'I,,,lo--G,, ml,flQ,, )o;IIKr:winJ{ )

s.-~I .·,I 1./1 10 rir.hl: L. M.,'1"'·z (CQIII",bi~), S. A"ffi/J POW,'I, CtrHf(rKoll.IIU"'lfl. i , M. 9 u/'m (1'1" 0 Rico), f. PllllIlll (C"b~) ".J A. C. Md' .to/il. "'ud;,,/: 1./1 I" ·;:.bJ· r.b..,I~, GIl''' 'Y, ,pn~w' 0/ II" '+r~~"If..t I/,r" ~.':, 'i" Y4"kl(». Cbm CI./" II . Buli.u" Dr. II. If. So/l'''/:_, '111 .... Byl."J, M. 0,,1'0" (1'0"0 R.ICO), .,,,J M. 1'1 A"Jrrlt",. .

DI CAMILLO WINS PENN. STATE TITLE; WM. RUTH SECOND

Arter losing twice only to the Swiss system of weights, Attll110 DiCamillo of Philadelphia won the Chess Championshl]J of Pennsyl­vania duri ng the 3ot.1ay session of Ihe Pennsylvania State Chcss Federation Tournament at Reading.

DiCamillo, who 11l1lshoo III a 6·1 tie with his te llow townsman, Wil­Ham Ruth, wOu the crowu by vll·tue ot a 261,4 w eigbteu SCOI'O to J!.uth's 24% . In 1944 anu again III lfHii , DI CamillO tl l so finiShed In a tic ror toll hOllors, only to be naJlled rllll' ncr-up htleau sc of th e Swiss. III lhlrd lilace wa~ J osopli Shaffer, also of Philadelpilla, with a 2H~ weigh ted scoro to leau a 3-wny tie of 5%·H~. FOUl·th was Gionn Hart­le b of Erie, a nu fifth 1Ial'l'y 1\1orrls of Philade lphia.

The new CIHu nll ion was aWiu'ued possessiOn for one year o f the large s liver "Iovl ug CU ll," joint b lft of lh e State "~ederatlon and l/le ReadIng Chess Club, hosts to the re<:ord· setting tou rnament In which lIh:ly­two players were e ntered.

Harry MorrIs was (Lwar(l ild a pl'ize fOI' the best·played-game-his victory over R. P . Smith of Plt lH­burgh, while the bri lliancy 1)I"lz{! went to P. B. Driver of Itld ley Park tor his uereat of Ralph Ku eeream, Heauin g Club presldcnt.

TORONTO, BUFFALO MEET SEPT. ISTH SCORE 9Y2 -8~

On Sepltlmber ]5th the Bufblo CheHs Chlb travelled to Toronto 10 meet the Gambit CIU!811 Club In n nine tee n boa rd match. "' inn l scon;, was 9Y.z-8'A! In T01'On tO:S t;lvOI" with the game bctwllcn H. Hldou t ot "0-routo tlnd S. R. Maisel of Buffalo ull11nished. This ndjoul"ned gume wl11 be completed [n severa l weeks whc n the Gambit Club comes to Duffa lo tor a re turIl match.

WILMINGTON AND NEW ROCHELLE SET FOR RADIO MATCH

The Wilmington (Dela w are) Chess Club has recently reorgan­Ized nrter wartime inactivity with Dr. H. H. Morris as president, E. Ramshaw as vice-president, Mrs. E. J. Mon tgomery as secretary and H. H. Spindler as treasure l·.

New zeSl bas been adued to the reol'gani::mtiou by the planoed match VIa. short· wave rauio with tbe New Rochelle (Ne w YOI'k) Cltess Club which has arouseu milch In­tel'es t lu both cities among c hess ]Jluyers (uld radio amate ll rs. 'I'ho l)elawaro Amateur Uadio Club amI the New Rochelle Amateul' Radio Club nre cooperating in tbe venture to provlUe the short-wave hook·up.

SAUL WACHS WINS 1ST PA. JR. TITLE; JAMES KELLY 2ND

First Penusylvanla Slate JuniOI' CIHlIllJllons hip went to Saul Wachs or-Philadelphia who had a perrec t score o( 8-{l for the round·robin I.ouruameut. Runner·up was JU1Ue!l Ke lly of Philadelphia, who dcfeated a fellow townsman, C. C. i" I'ench , in a playoff to break the ir G'A,-1'A! lie. B9th youlhs will he sent to tbe ne):t National Junior Cham]Jionshlp Tour­nament by the State Federation an d the Mercan tile Libl'Ul'y Chess Club of Philade lphia.

STEINER ENTERED PRAGUE TOURNEY BOTVINNIK ALSO

Octobor 2 sees the s tart or a gTsnd International toumamen t in hOIlOl' of the late Dr. Karl 'l'reybal (executed by the Germans) and Ve­ra Meueb lk (sla in in a London all' ra id ) at P rague in Czechoslovakia. SiXlllen playerS are on the eutry list, ineludl ug Botvinnlk and Flohr, Max Euwe and Herman Steiner .

KANSAS CITY TIES ST. LOUIS 2~-2Y2 OVER SHORT-WAVE

Au el"pe.rllllental s hort·wave ra110 match iletween Kansas City, Mo., anu St. Louis, Mo., enued tn a uraw after sl): hours or Illay, September :n . Play WIIS over station KOJOJ (Kansas City, Kans.), Phlllh> Mor­rell , 820 ll08ewc lt Avenue, and WOLLN (St. Louis, Mo.), Frank A. Wlleiterlllan, 415 Al ma, Webstel' Groves.

Ktn ltl Cl tV Dr. l'.(!ll a nMn .... % II . O. W.,..,,,I" '1I:" 'h J'hillip lIor,..,1l .. __ 1 IlKrolo1 n.""cI, ...... 0 ArU,,,. I,~.,,"ard _ ~

Sl. Louis J"IIo •• l.in..er .... 7 V .. 1'.,,1 H .... " .. .......... % }'r«I'k S. A"d~"",,, I) I •. W. 1I.II~r_ .... ___ I H'Ii:"~"c J . R_h ¥..

Ktnlll City -W~ St. Louh ........ 2V~ lIolit clUes are anxiou~ to sche­

!Iule addi tional matches . Contact lIlay bc cl:llabllshed through M. W. Gilbert, 2H. So. Meramuc, Clayton, Mo., allu Phlllhi Morrell, 820 Ros· weU A veuuc, Kansas City, 1\10. S pe­cial s uggestions ror training radio sellue rs, speeulng UII play and re­ceilliou, I'ules tor referces, etc., Ilave bee n drawn U]J aud will he seut u l)Ou requCllt to c lubs In· qul rJlIg.

-----JERSEY CITY "Y" TIES RAYBESTOS

To open tilelr 194&-47 seasoll at chess activIty tho Je l'sey City "Y" Chees Cluh journeyed to the Pas­saic Yl\'TCA to conrl'ont tho Ray­bestosoJl.lIlnhllltan Cbess Club, Sep· lOUlbol' 18, 19~6. Nine boards W6re ]Jlayed , and the Je rsey CltY. p layers 1111« w hI te on the Odd-number lIoards. '1'ho maLch enued In a tie o[ 4%-41,.2 after thteo a.nd one·halt hours of play.

Jorsor Cily "Y" c. n u ll ______ 1 M. l.",v lo ... ____ . 1 G. (''ro .. I ~y _ . ___ 1 It. A,I~I",~n _._ .•..• 1'. H" lhlor _"_.7 % .'. l.IOI;n'er __ ._ •• 0 J. ' 'rey _. ____ 0 D. Kcue __ . ' N. lb.lc ____ ,

Je_, Clb "Y" ___ ' V ..

R.ybel lo.·M .n"allan n. ])."c1~"kb 7 __ 0 R. Knot ____ .. _ -11 W. IJo!. k(!nb.,.,b _ _ 0 ~'. Knot _ ___ ._._.0 J.IIQm:old _7_'_'1" I •. l,lJ'<l"" balUn __ l n. Sabol. ~. ___ l A. 1.leI>Kk _ _ 1 1I. Loftftee _ __ I

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n Tourney ISC.O PLANAS OF CUBA 1st

COLON TIES A.MARGOLIS 2nd

Porto Rican and Chicagoan Tie at 4 1:2 I-Ians Berliner of Washington Fourth

Ya nktOll'S J ntcrna tiona I 'l'ou rnam e nt closed w ith p OI)I, ~ . ; °'j(.-= I ; a t w hich awards were prese ntcd to winne rs ill I ;...,::. -= .~ l~ ,i'JI and state meets in w hich ove r fifty playe rs part~r "'.51. vVin ner of the ln tcrnat ional T itle was F ra ncis co Pl an r s h f Cuba with five points in lhe H.ound Robi n meeting betweeu ::d Latin·Ameri- f can experts and four U. S. ex perts. T ied for th ond with 4~ poi nts each were M. Colon of Po rto Ri co and .15 '. Margoli s of Chicago. Hans Ber liner of \Vashington , D. C. \'!Il fou rth with 4 poi nt:;. There afte r came Wi lli am Byland o f Pi ~burgh with 3.Vz, R. Cintron of POl'to H.i co with 2.Vz, and 1.. Mar 1ueL of Columbia, S. A., and A v eri ll Powers of Milwaukee withj poiuts each.

The South Dukol.a. State Ohum­]Jlonshlp went to M. }o'. Anderson of Rapid City who tled for first plnce wltll Dr. H. H. S!n'age or Yankton with 6 pOints. SId ne y Qul'lwy ",IUl 6 llOlnts also was \llaeed tilln\ on !ll!! §W!!I.!! !!YlIl.n!!! r.!!.llu!; ~ntl Mt'lI Nancy Gurney with 5% l)oJuts WIIS tourUI. F IUh place went to Owcn K Sheldon o~ Yank Ul'1 wlUI (I r-olnts. ~ix to nillth \\':js a tlo bll­twen J ack Osborne ot Yunkton, E. J . Scott ot Tim be r Lake, Dr. lians Jansse n a nd Charle.."1 G urney ot Yankton ; a ll with 4 points. Tenth went to R. n. T incher with 31h poin ts.

Mrs. Naney Gurney won the Woman's Champion ship with Ii per­fed seore. Mrs. H. H . Savage was seeond, Mrs. Averill Powen of Mil­waukee third, and Mrs. A. C. Mar· golis ot Chicago comple ted the section.

A major ot,en tournament was held for players from sUl'I'oundlug states anu ended In a. 3-way tic boo tween L. G1austone (Bouldm' City, Colo.), W. Stl'eetcr (Clev(linnu, 0.), anu M. Spcnce (Omaha, Neb.) with tour »Oillts each. Judge B. C. J eu­klnes (GfUY, Inu. ) had 2'h points; L. Keuyon (Cherokee, IOwa) had 1 IIOlut, and W. R. Brown (Sioux City, Iowa) completed the groull.

In aduIUon' .h6l·e was a wee]telul s hort tournaU J e~lt, diviued into tIlI'ee g roullS wIth prizes for each gl·OUI).

George Ko\tanowskl, tile ullu!lfold oxpelt, acted as Tournament Direct-01' rOI' ali toumCvA ant! UntlllUnJlv COUlI)le l e coverage was g lvell in lilt) Yunkloll P resl! & Dakotan.

Among the deligbtful anti unusual f(,n,I'll"P.8 of th!1I t.t)lIrllRIll£lnt w!,~ 11 ... 1.­tiny tour ot the BlaCk Hills In whiCh the 1)layers were the guests or Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gurney of Yank· ton.

J. HOY WINS OHIO TITLE; GABOR 2ND, GEO. MILLER 3RD

in the fina l rou nd of play J obu O. Iloy (Clevelanu ) s nateh ed the title (rom Nicholas Gabor (Cincinnati) who led at the enu of s ix rounds. Hoy went through tile llleet with ollly l wo uraws-to Wei szlIlallll anu George l\1I1 ler-for the best record or 1118 carecr.

Nicholas Gabor was second In the forty-player S wiss system tourua­llIen t held aL Colnmbus, Oh io, over the Lallor DIlY weekend, defeating Sheldon Myers, Carl Driscoll, Leo Sweet anu Lawrellce J ackson.

I'hoto' CourtH." V.ntton I'r_ and D.lwt~n. O illrtln IJonncrr I'holo)

C,"n 1'1.'''6 I~n;nf. H olel CIN,I,I GNn." / ".. BI"ck Hill •. B~dr. r l)", 1_/1 II) ri,b/: JI. M",gpliJ V;hic.f.o), Cbd,ln 11. C .. ,,,~ ( Y"nklon),

M. Colo" (Po,lo /tim), f.. .\t . ,qMr::; (CI.IIHmfi.). Pury Clifford (Crrsb. ,J ) , H.". Bu. /inn (W •• hi"glon), N.,,,,, W. Gn"c), (Y."k/l)n), W. f. Siruin (CI...,d."d), Lylc K..,.yon (Clmoku), Wm. Byl""d ( PiIIlb .. ,gh), R.ov. &",nf» (K'''Mbu) .

Fwd ' fnI! Irfl 10 ,.,hl, ~N'lor Chlln Gil'"'' (Y",!IQn), Aln . • "d M,. Awrill Po ........ (MiI ...... fl.u) , f . pl"""r (C.b.), M.s. A. M.,to!;/ (Chic"to). 11(, • .. J M ... A. L .. JIVi, ( O .... IN), ."d M. Ci. frg" (/'orlo Rico). ,

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Volum e T, Number :! Saturday. October li, 1946

THE FUNCTION OF A NEWSPAPER

S CA l tC I~LY WlUl the ink d l'y ullon the IlZ'Ht issu e or cnrt:ss 1~ 1l·'m be·

fore hOJ"atrenl lettez'~ were Oll theIr way [rom v:J.t·iouS loc[llities In-sisting Utat U ~'s columns o( CHI!:SS [AWl': be (lcvoted to thu ell-couragllment (. Is or that gTeat eaUHe. Ala~. the Press has lIU!lk so low iu pu1lllc (' n, lhat It must nlltcSfluri ly I)B expected to eH llOUHO a cause!! !, ha

Tlut let IHI Jl 1 e. gentle reader. and pond er on the tru o and basic purpose of fl ZHJ ' W aper. dh'oz'ced (as It slwuld be) f!"llm Uw U!odCI'n vugluies which I:\o·t. times amict lhe ji'our t.h Estate in these tt'oubled days. A !H~WB\laller has \", basIc [unclilln, AND ONI~Y ONE F'UNC,(,lON: ~to repozt wh(lt Itns II pened trut.hfully without 1Jla~ 01" 1)I·ejudice. When a newspaper "sln111l the reporting or an event by aJ"tful lununendo in t.he m(U1nel" of rela!.ii ~ the facts (as certaiu popular ll(:lWspapors do con· stantly thUS(l (l(ty~) .\ Is actually betraylag the lrus: lhat pBDjllo have reposcd ill it.

'fhl s statement dues not meau that a newspaper should not have an y opinions; that it ShOl1i(! not fi ght bitterly. even dcspernlely, for a cause in whIch It Ilelie vos, i! need he. But It docs menn that theso opinious s ho uld be c-';:Pl"CSSC(j in thc cdilorinl columns o f the l"t.l"()t:r or in signeli articles; and thut the news columns should exclude all Ilersouul bias or 011luion ill reportinr; what has happened Ot· Is llkcly to occm·. ._ .<;HES:;; LIF'E is a newspaper, cven it Its t ne w!! is limited to lhe eveuls Of chess. It!! Hews colu mns, tbereforc, al'e not to be Ullctl to Ilro­l1Ioto ca.u~cs, howevel' JUSt a nd wor thy, ull lle l' the g uise o f news. J':dltor­ially, CHIi:SS LIl"E shall IIpeak wIthout hesitation Ot· fear. fOI" it is the voice of USCF. lis rcnden. too. may speak as they please hi The I{I. bltr-er, wbicll is reserved for t hei r opluillns. Occasionally it may bo nec· essary to cncroach upon tho ne w::; colunlll11 to eXlll'ess a needed tllOught, h\l ~ such encroachments will hCllr' lllainly tbe mark of opInion. The news colufll ns. themselves, wm bo de\'otod IIOW and alwa.ys to the revcaling O[

t he news, without bias or Ill'ejudiee, fo], CHESS LurE is a Chess News­IJaI)er.

THE HERITAGE OF STAUNTON By J. C. Thompson

l'ice-PJ'cSitlcllt, 'united. States Che8S i"cfleration

T HE meteol'ic rise or Paul i\I ol'plty and his deCis ive t riumllhs ovez' til e STeatest IllaYCI"!:; or hi ::; day ~o ObSCllt'eti t he achlevClneuh of the

English master Howard Staunton that today few rememebz' his zlume. H e deserved belter of the chess world. HiS contribution to the game

wns evell grea.tel· tha ll that or his brilliant Alllel' icall I·ival. He \\Tllte a fina texthook. COlltlneted chess columlls, llnd gave tbe game a tremend­nus impetus by Ol"!;anlzing the first International masters' tOUl"llamellt, Londou, 1851. .

Since few or us 11ave t he Ill'inlnnco and gell lus Of Morphy. we canllot aspire to etlual hi s emi nence a ll a playel·. But we cau follow in tho foot· s te ps of Howard Staun ton and do ouz· hit tOI" t he advancement of chess. If we believe that chess hus educa tional and chnmetel'-lmiJding value and an InlJ)orlanL ~Iate ill lhe cultura l lite or our country, there Is no Jack of OPI)ortunity to emulate t ho examllie of th e great English lIoostez" or tho game.

Chess deseJ"ves to attain in Amel'ica much g reater pOllularlty and thez'elly a greatel' degt'ec of nseful ness as a whole!!ome, constructive \1:18-time. 'rhls means lhat mOI'e ot liS must a ssu me lead el"slii l) in orgalllzl llg classes, tourname n ts and othel' ac~i vl tles. ""Vo must s houlder the l'Cil lJOn­sl llilityof initiating 1l"OtuotiollUl lll'ojecls anti can ying them thr;'il1gh successfully. 'Ve mUlit work togethel', froUl the Unltcd Slales Chess I"ederation on down to the local clubs and individual players.

This work is often humdrum. It sometimcs means lhnt we ha\'o 10 write lette,·!!, or make te lellhonc calls, or s it on the Kldelines lind z'efez'eo or W'I'ange Imiri ugs. wilen we would , Ilrefel" to indulge ill SOllie pawn­[Jusblng ourselvell. But It also has its COllljlensations. We meet fine peo­Illc. We i ncrea~e OUI' IlWl! opportunitlefl for fun and fellowship. We make a c01llribution of some value to OUI' community. or state. 01" eou tlll·Y.

The USCb' must havo mOl'e memhers who arc willing to take 11 D.1"t 111 this WOl·k. Members hip in the F~l eratiou is the minimum coutt"iblltiou we cau make to chess . .. 'I'he re is no Ilulximmll. T he F edel"atiou 'd llrog· I"CSS will depend lIoon lhe number Of elJCss playel"S who rally to t he call::;e or IU'omoting the game.

tlI The vie1QS c;I;/J/'cssed il~ tllis Glled Editorial are tlOt tlCcess(u'ily IIlOsc of OIHJSS un:.

RETREAT FROM MOSCOW-ADVANCE , ON NEW YORK

(Monthly Lelln Nil. 34)

By Elbert A. Wagner, Jr. PrrliJmt, U,,;fr<! Sta/rl C/;rll F"'cr~IiQ"

134YEARS ago Napoleon elltol'cd the city of Moscow as a COnqueror, but left It in u l'ell'eat which was n major disaster. The exper­

ience of OUI' che~s team last month was almost the r everse. Upon their entry into Moscow, they were met with a crushing 1I1"5t round defen t. 'I'he score of 7%-2%, inflicted upon them without a single !'cdeemlug Will, was a tllsaIlJlointment IlOtli to the toam and to tho players III this COUll try who W\;)l"C anxiously awaiting W01'U of the outcome. 'l'hen, to t h eir overlast­Ing cl'clllt, lho American loum flashed !l revel'saI or form and JusUlleu ~he hopes of those who had insisted that the terrific bcating which we suf­fe red in the mdlo match a yenr ago did 1I0t represent all accurate meas· ure o( the strength or the top p layers of the t wo countries. The score or the second round. 6·6. with threc outright vlctorlCB, enabled OUt· [llay· et·s to retire from l\Ioscow III good order and with banners sUlI aloft . ue~Jl[te the defent represented by the total of 121h-7% in rU.vOr of tVe Soviet team.

'ro the victorious llusslnn team we extend OUl" cOllgz'atulatloll9 upon their victory. 'fhey have again demonstrated that their Illayers arc the atronge~ t In the world . 'I'h ey estahllshed theh' sup l'O!uncy u. year ago and have sllcces~fully dcfended their position. We shall strive with all OUl'

mig!!t to gu.in a victory ovez' them ill our next meeting and meantime aC­cord them all due honor and prestige.

We turn our atlentlon now to New York. whIch on the 26th of lids IIwnth will be the capital or the nation's chess players as finaji::;1.l:l from all ~ectlous of tho couut t·y galilor to vIe for tho title of Chess Champion or the United States. The sixth chamllionshlp tournamcnt will have an aspect dilTereut from any or those wllich have preceded it. 1" oz' t he first lillte the players will r ep resent the country a:; a whole. The rccovery of Ute cminence which wo once held can be uccomJlIl~hed on ly by the lie· velopment of llew playing strength. and this can be brought about most soccessru ll y by extendI ng the basc liS widely u.s J)oss lhle. Tbe Ill'OmU'a­tion for this flrst toUl"tlRment on a truly national scope has al ready lau!;ht vuluable lessons for futuro competition. but the direction Is forward autl we ::;hall gather speed aud force as the moveIllent is carried along. The llutional junlOI' toul"llament hold earlier thIs year de moustt'ated ilzat wo ha"e atl Untold wealth of taleut among the adolescent chess playel"!; in all parts of the country. By the time the seventh hlennlul chnmplonshlp touruament comes 1J1·ouud. these players or tho younger generntion will bo lmttllng for recognition II! the very lOll flIght. Some of them gav~ a foretaste o! what Is to como hy theIr imprcsslve showing in the Opell Touruamcnt at Pittsburgh .

So, from a dignified retreat froIll Moscow. we advance toward New York tilled with th e hOlle that now stz'ength may be gathered from uu­tapped resource~ and that the chess teams of the United States may again occupy n plnce at th1) very tOil of Uze chess Illayers of the wol"1d.

(jet lJet.inJ Ame"ican Ct.e •• ! ON SATURDAY, petoher 26. play will begin In the s l:o:th tournamen t

roz' the Chess Ch;UIII)io\\sh ill o[ the Uuited StAtes. This Is a I) rojed of the United Statell Chess Fede ra lion. and Innumerablo people In eV'Jry part o[ the country Izave heen working asslduou!!ly lor Ulany monUlS to make it a s uccess.

' I'he Tournament Committee has made excellent vreparution to pl·e· sent a greaL s IJeclaele to the chess playel's or the nation, and to the pub­lic generally, wOI·thy of the 101) event of the count ry'S official c hess body.

'Vhen tbe I)lrcet01"l; voted to conduct t he com ing champlOllshil1 evon t upon a basis whereby evcry seetlon of the country would be represented, they at tho same time ellt.abllshe"d a F inance Committee, whIch would like­wise he l'elll'esen lal"'O of tbe couutry as a whole, 10 serve as a sub· com mittee of the 'l'oumament Com mittee. In aud itiOn to Kenneth Hal'k­ncss (one of t he editors of CHi'.:SS REVIEW) who Is t he Chairma n, there is a mem hez' or t he Flnanco Committee in each of the seven AI'Cas which wHl send playe rs to the chumpl()u~hip play. These members are as follows :

Area 1. W. M. P. Mitchell. Brookline. Mass. Area 2. Hal'old W. PhlllillS, New Yot'k City. Area 3. N. P. Wiggintou. Washington, D: C. Area 4. WIlliam M. Bylallu, Piltsbuz·gh . Pa. Area li. J. C. TholUpson, Gmnd Pz'ail'le, Tex. Area 6. George S. Barnes, Miune­a llOli~, Mi nn. A rea 7. C. 'I'. McKinney, L.'1Jolla, Cali f.

These men a ro hal'd at wOI'k raising the m oncy for t he tournameut ft llHI. They cnnnot, howcvez', do the task alone . This Is a job for the e ntire Federation and for every member of lho Federation. III addition to making yom' own eOllll'lbutioll, bere are some of the thIng!! which you tan 110 to behl, e ithel' t hrough YOUI' own effor ts Or Ily assistlug t he Fiu­ance Committee membel' fO I' yOU I' Area:

1) Interview secretariel! of chess cl ulls in youl' locality. AlTuuge s ocial intra-Club matches Ot· otller gatherlngll at whlth a slleclal fee is chargee! 01' appeal made for con tributions. Promote the idea of a contri bu tion being made in the name of the club so that the eluh's name will [l ll llenr as a s llonSOI' o ( the U. S . Chamllion­s hil) on the pZ'ogram of lize tOIlI·nameut.

2) Make llel'soual uIlllenhl to l)otential contrlhutors of large amoun ts. ;{J Cousnlt Wllh the oUitel'lI of your State Chess Association and ask

lIlem to circulate thoir lllemhershill. Mr. Hal'kuss wllt Ile glad to make a vailllhie [0 1' thi~ purpose as many cOlliell oC the a dve r­tisemcn t whIch hus ullllCUl'ed in recent bsues of Cl-mss REVIEW aK can be uSed.

Just as lhe J"!ght to play for t he che~s thamlliollshlll of tlle Unite!l States is now ollell to every player in the United States no malleI' where he Jives, so ill the financIal su PPOt·t of the tournamcnt eOlTespoudingly the l'eSllonsib[lIty or all ot the players in every part or the United States. Remcmber, a J)art o f the monies Collected for t he toul"Illlmellt fu ud is to be a sed to rcimburse t he players il! the touruatlzent (III f ll l1 if Iloflslble, In \1<11"t at allY evcnt) for their expenses in goIng to New YOt'k to take \I;lrt in t he champ ionship play. At least two of those players wit! he from your own Area.

If you have not al read y made your contribution, please send YOUI' c heck. payable to tho ol'Iim' of the United States Chess "'cderation, to Keu ueth Hal'klless NOW!

I f you have already sent in your own contribution, I)l ea~e get in lauch wilh the I~inance Committeeman lor you r Area and give him tho henelit of YOul' coopel"ntion In raising fund s ro]" the .·est or your Aroa.

Every contribution frOm one dollaz' up witl be g ra tefu lly aekuowledged.

American

J. C. Thompson FJlectou Vlco-Pz'osldcnt of the

USCF at the Pittsburgh meeting, J. C. Thompson hft.~ lon g bQen one of the stauuchest hoosters of orgau­Ized chess acllvlty In tho ~outlz·

western a " e a. J tls own roc­ord In Texas as President of the Texas Chess Associa­tion. as OZ'gall­izln g chairman or the: commit· teo whiclt staged the 1942 USCF Ollen 'l'ou!"!lUment at Dallas. and as

J C. T/)vlllpl<m one ot the founders of the

Southwc!!te!"!1 Open Tournament which grows blggel" every year IlrOves hl~ ne vol' tailing interest In chess. Thomp~on Is also ono or the

strongest players in t he sou llzwellt­orn i'oglou and has mllny titles to hill credit.. More rcccnily he won the 1946 Soutllwel!tel"!! ' Open with seven wins and no losses In a very lItrong meeL which saw seventy ~n­tries r"om seven dIfferent states. He hus held the Nol"th T exas Cham· plonship. and in 1942 at the Open 'l'ollt· ltam ent llt Dallas he flulshed In fou rlh place with twelve wIns. lhree draWA and two 10~eB helllnd Hcnnan Steiner, Aile Yanofsky and T. A. Horowitz and allead of Erich Mat·chand.

James A. Creighton Among the more consistent plan­

ners fOr Junlo z' Chess Is James A. ..... .... ..... ," ... , .. ................ " .. '"'' .... ..... .. lug o r hi::;lo,·}' al CorjlUS Ch ris ti High Schools with a l)el'::; lstontcam­II:\ign to have high school c hess cO!lllleliliou recognized by the Tex­as Ju terscholaslie League 1I0 t lla t locat chess cimulJ)lons In hIgh SChools could culer district and state Cliall l jlionship tou!"!lamenls wilh expenses !laid along with track teams. dc bating teams and other all'cady z'ecogllized comllet i­!ive sllorts.

J i m Cl"eight.-ton, alOllg w',", r~'!"~~~"--I

:I!"ganizatlons the state. pus Chris ti

twice s~:~:,,,:;:~ . the {!I'lI Ollen 'I'our· I~"'rs A. C . hi nament. '!'l 0"

Not the leust o r Creighton's ac­C0I1111lishment.~ is tlie fac t that he Is relll1y a 1)lay lng chess Illayer, (or he has tal;cn part i n the last six SOll tliweSW!"1I Oilen Tourneys and in the 1942 USCF Ope n Tournament at DaUas . And he tween games he has COllnd lime to be Pl'esidont of t he 'l'cxllS Chells Association iu 1945 and cU l"l"cnUy dircctor In tile USCF for Texas.

NEW INDUSTRIAL CHESS LEAGUE IN DETROIT, MICH.

September noted the hh·th or a new City Industrial e hesll League in Det roit, Sllonsol'od by the De. troit Industrial Recreation Associa­tion. Chai!"/nan ot the organizlng committce Is Leo Beebe, Directol' of Recreation fOt" the Ford ' MotOI' Company, wllose personal efforts were largely r CS)lonsible tor the c re­alion of the new League. P la ns fOJ" the tll"~t senson include tl)je. prosilect of ill t er-clty matches with teams from Industrial Leagues In other communities.

By William Rojam

F OR those who ba ttle boredom with tllC weallon of corresponden ce chess a nd somctlmes feel the UIIYS wax long between each move­

for them let tills be a talo of Iiear tlln ing solace and a clarion call for patien ce. Wri ting to tbe Ilrl nte ... editol·, William Hone, in Marcil 1831, one J. ~'. R . of ' Valworlh, England re laled tim (ollowlng sad (we cannot say, mov ing ) s lory:

There Is the story of two pe rso ns of d isti nction, th e one lived at Madrid, the othe r a t Rome, who p layed a ga me of chess at th at dis·

tance. They began when young, a nd though they both lived t o a verr old age, yet th e game was not fin · Ished. One of them dy ing, appoi nted h is executor t o go on w ith th e game. The ir method w as, ea ch do ~ kept a c hess board , with t he pi eces ranged In exact orde r, In the ir respective c loset s a t Ma d r id and Rom e : having agreed wh o s hould mov e fi rs t, th e don informs his fellow·playe r at Rome by lett e r, that he has moved hi , klng's pa wn two move s, th e

courier s peedily returns, and a dvises hi , anta gonis t that the minute after he had the honor t o rece ive this, he likewise moved h is king 's pawn two paces,

and so they we nt o n. William Roj.", When of n ights I have nothi ng uel te l' to occupy my s!umbel's, I d "emn

rapt urous d reams about th is saddle·wea l·y cOIII'ler, raeiug: dow n the d Usty roa ds of "~u l'ope from S llllln to Ita ly and back aga in, weal'iug ou t Ilost· horse a fter post·hol'se relen tlessly. I see h is hair l ui'll gl·ey. his fai r IIkln darken u ndel' tile hot southe r n su n, h is race grow lean, leathery and seamed, h is II lrong fi st on t he re lus relax u util at last he staggcl's and reels as he c hauges mou ll ts. All this for olle epochal game o ( Chess! Cor· responde llce Illayers, what have you to complain about today?

BLINDL?OLD~D Chess Is n. more ancient a r t t han we modems like to remember, T..ong befo re the dilYs o f Phllador or MOl'llhy (not to

men t ion Alek hlne or T<olt.o.nows kl) and theIr fea t s at chess .!all.! voir, a Saracen (or Al"oI b ) named Huzecca played blin dfold chess at Floren ce in the year 1266.

FOR CH ESS IT IS A LABOR OF LOVE

ShorUy atter E dwa rd. I, Treend return ed home to Detroit as Secr&­tary of the USCF , E ar le Treend (aged 11) fo und b lmself promoted to a s!:! istant !:!ecreta ry In ch ar ge ot sorting ma lllug 1aucls. l~nrle did. not mind the dignity nor t be work tor h e Is a ch ess pla yer , as betlts the lion ot tho USC I,' Secrotul'y, !lnd hliH a lready orgnll i1.cd tho lIolghbor· hood youngster s Inlo all Informal chess clull .

Bnt there ha d al ways been s omo-­thing laeki ug In EnrlO'1i chess ca l'eer as he wns wlso onough to know, And when h is fathc l' Ilresent· ed bim with his first dollar in wages for his sorting, he a s kcd very earn· estly that it be used to make h im a fnll·nedgeli member ot the USCF, PI'oudly with hlH me mbership card in hand he dashed downstai r s to h is mother, saying: " H e re Is somo-­thiug 1 have wanted tor a long tillie , and I earned It myself by working­fo r t he Federation."

Th e USCF w elcomes mem ber Earle Treelld; we need many m ore brave souls like him , tor whom the wor k or Chess is a Ja ilor of lov e.

'PLAY CHESS' SAYS U. S. SMITH OF THE PICCADILLY CLUB

Up In Willernie, Minn. , they BUll I'llllJ OmiJer lhat the Wc.<;tern Chess AssocinUon (gl'a ll(1}JaI'Cnt ot the USCI~) WUi:1 Miuuesuta·\JOl·l1 ; aud lellt Ihey forge t, U. S. Sm ith oeca· IIIomllly 1'{/Il/illll H thelll III {hp ('o!­umJ1 "i'lay ChOIlS" whlth h~l ('dill! for lhe Whitt! Bear PrCHH. WI1(,n nut writing chess eulumrli:! U. S. Smilh manages the PiecauLIly Chess Club ot WilJeruie, on6 o( l he morc recont alldilioml 1.0 tho scrull of USC).' ella lIters,

AT EDISON CH ESS DR. B. SCHMIDT OPENS SEASON

Ell is on Chess and Checker Club (Detroit) opens 11.11 fall sea!:!ou with a ll exhibition by Dr. Bruno Schmidt who ha!! twice tied for the Michigan Stale Championsh ip . 'fhe ~d ison

Club Is lhe home club of USCF Sec· l'ellll'Y Edward I. T reend anu of USCF Director J ames Il. Watsun .

From t he EJit()l" s Mail_Bag

Dear Sir : 1 hopc that y ou will I'un an article

in CHESS LIF E In a bOil: s tating that a llyllody that will m a ll 2[ie and their name, a du ress a nd te le llh olle num be r 01' numbors, will be listed In a. s pecia l Intl iv idu~ 1 cbess players' dh'ec lory. A di rectory lis ting lhe d iffe rent Individuals tllat al'e cheSR fan s t hal li ke to play unyw here a t unytime.

I rrequen t ly bave to take trips and ir I cuuld have a smnll d il'cctory like th l!!, I could call 011 Chess friends anywhere In lhe Un itell States, and I certain ly wou ld like to h ave them call on me wilen tiley come anywh cl'e nea r Dulluqnc.

I th in k that t h e snggc!:!lIon or Char Ill!:! W. Seaman of Holl yw ood , Calif .. , a hout t ile lupel button , s h ow· ing a lUall I!! a cbess Jll ny ~\', 01' even a ring 01' ~o l1l e oth cl' Je welry that would ellnule us to Id enUfy othe r chess plaY;,H's, is all oll:cel\cnt idea ,

Dear Sir:

C, E. Rhoades Dub uque, iowa.

Yea l's ago while I was a t coll ege, we bad (I u ite a n um be r o f II lullen ls wh o wel'C iu terested In chess and as a means of IntereHtillg nou·ch ess

playing !:! tudents i n t he game. we developed an interesting type o[ ehe!!s that was easily understood uy even t he veriest begluners nud bl"OUght lIome uew c hes!!uuts In lO lhe ga me.

R l'iefl y this game was a variatloll of blind fol d c hess but ..... ith a COI~' s ideraille di f[erence. It requi red in a dd iUon to the usua l two players, a referee and th ree uoards and t wo set!! of llIen, The two players were seated Ilack t o back wilh the ref(lree and a board between them. The referce's board h ad a fu ll COlli' 1)lcment or men, that is IJOth ..... hi t e and hlack, whi le each of the players had on ly his own mellon h is board .

T~ach player could make any legl· timate chess movc, a nd as lung as it was possible . lhe r eferee merely told the oppon en t tlmt it was lIls move. H the move could not be made, th e playe !' was to ld that he cou ld n ot make suc h a !l)oVe, but wllh no r eason giYcll, Call tured pieces we!'e \'omo\-ed withou t com­mCl1t and check was called .

Leoll N, Loeb Bast Mc Keesport , Pa.

C) Itelld el'll may I'ecognh:e In tb ls u val'iall t of kriegespiel- a lways a fascinati ng offshoot of ch ess. Ed.

World Championship Tournament USCf, FIDE Positions Stated

quess Cife P'g' "

8alunlay, Oclober 6, 19"G

siMes G'a1l1pions1li'P should detcr­'1IIil1e A.ll1c riOOlL can/Hdatcs wQrld clJampions1ii71 Stop Clarifll whetller Rell1lC lllky ,,'ille 'invitea as iltdivid· val players or is Pederotion ae-­COrtl Cfl ,will i/cge leleet ing American t'Ullfl.jflatcs. Plcase cable rep/v.

Or, A., Rue/)

SVI'acusc, N. Y. Aug, l S, 19,6,

TIle l/afJlle. 16 Oostdlflnloan Jlolland, /Jrar Vr. Uue/):

It IIU-II been. broltQt to our a U en· lio" fllat , accordillfJ '0 an article !",b lishelt ill Ihe New York 8un. a l our/lam en' (or tile world ehamplOIl­Ifllill 10m be IICII/. ill JJolland il~ 19,,1, tile (ollowiJlg players beiflg 8eeded: " 'i1le, Hcshevsky, Ro/wi,mik, IJuwe, Flohr fllld K eres, 'l'he newspaper or· lIc/e stalea that, In aftaitlOJI to t hese lIi:l', 111 1) 11011·see(le(L players makiJlIJ /lw /)cst shQwi llg at OrOlling(m (lnrt I'rat/lle will 1Jorticipate,

If /fll) 11ews story UJ correct fl nl/. b(IIICfl 011 a: (lcc ision ulOde at t he re­('Cllt l i'. I ,D.E.1Jlceti"lI a t lVilltcrthltr, 1(;~ 1(;is/1 to poi"t Ollt t o JlOII t hat Ihc plan o{ qlla/i{Jli1Jg OIiC partici-11U/.t eacll from amon" tile playcrB 01 (lrOl.lltgcn amt Praoue ill not en­lirely fair to our Amerie(m chcltS II/allers. l Ye haa no advance notice thot the GrOl./ngen t ournamcllt wou ld ~erve os a qU(Jlifyiflg conj(l'st 01111, c01l.scquelltly, .some of our 8/n)llflest playcrs maae no effort to enlcr this tourlllunent .

lYe 'Nt/lterstallll IIlat the Prague 10NNlaJllc",1 will be h ell/. III a/)out the same tiflle ~ 0""'- biennial Ulliled 8tutu (fhampiO/l8 llip 1'our· Ilamellt, It is qllitc .... nlikely. thert}­fore. that OIlJl Atnerican ployers will I'ompefe at l'raoue.

lYe Ilave no wish to raise anv f/UCStiOlt l 'egaral"{J the slz players "alllel/. a/)ovc, Witholtt fIOU/)t, the'll hove bccn selected all the basi ll of their 1)OS/ tmlNI(lfIUlnt record . J/(lW­cver, s illce atlflitiOlw l1J1aycr $ !oill /)1: arimlttell to Ihe 100rlfl title lOurfla· "wu t bll 111ew/S of qualif yitty tourna· 1IIel. ts, all(t since our A1Itcrica" plall' ('I'~ aTfl "ot offon/('d ,."",.(". 1>1'1'0""

1IIIlilV IV lie rl'/II't',/'IIIr/1 01 lilue IUlI/'IIfIII!ellls, we feci aJOt (I sllgllt ,illl/l{je ill YO llr fillJJQlIllCea liiall.~ is ill ol'llcI'. I

Pcrm it IU /0 urge. tiJercfon:, lltat a lIill th II/ace III /lIC 1vorlfl Cllal1l/lioll' .dlip tOllrll(llllClJt lie Ilrovillcft flilft Owt tile IliflIlC.'t 800rillg non·secilefi p/fliler o{ Ow cOllliJJ{J Uniteft 8tales ( '/w III/Jions/lill 1'Ollrl1alllellt be 01· IUI/;Cfl 10 fill tllill place, We hope tI.at Ihi.y l'Ccollllllenilatioll Wi1l1JLCCt with your approt:a/, 1'leo&e Ict us hear fl'OIll yOI, in th~ respect 0& soon as 1JO$$ilJlc so Ihat we "lay fl!oke your Ilec~-ion k'lOton .to our A'merican II/oycrs willi tile lood delay.

lI' lth kill(lcst rC{Janls, )'oltrll very ~i1lcel·ely.

Paul G. Giers &cecuUv(J V if:c·Prcsillen t

li'ederaUon In tcl'l111 tion ll le Dell Echecs

(IU,]).E.) L/I H ayc, Ie !,' Aug. 1!1.'I(j.

Mr. 1'aul G, Gierll, fJxeelltil;C Vlce·I'rcs. U.S,O,P'. :WO" 80ltal Avc., RJlr(lclt~'e 1. N . Y. I)ca r fiJI'. Gierll:

{ (tffL 'replyill{J 10 yOllr favour Of A ltg. f 8 /1I.

The Wililcrtllur Auemllly ae. cilled: tile {lrst World Ohalt1llian­shill to be pla1lefl for ill a four.,,-Ollf1d tourllamclrt of siz masters (or S6vell). In onler to facilita te organi· =(l/io71 ill tlli8 urllent ,"attel'. H olland I.o.! lieml ell trustea with the same,

Thc IVinterthur AsscflLblg lW& qualificd: Buwe, Reshclvski, P'ilie, UQtw illllik. 8mislow (l lI<l Kcrcs, leal" illIJ to tile feiler(l tiotUI USA ant! USSR /Ite fJlIllQrtlmity af replac ino UHlir 1IW.,tCrs beforc Ihe opening of the Groli/lI{jcn 'l'()Unt . I /lave lIeen aware ()f tllC sll or/nCNN of time t or CalL' sir/eration (llul after Ihe failure Of our caMe Ihe saia CotHlition shollia (IC ai .~I·eoardcfl. 111 the 1I1eanH me, I (11/1 1)/e(lllel/ to )'cful t hat t lt e aBOl! (lOC811't wisl. 10 1'aisc al1l1 q uesti on abollt IIw CII trance of t he si3; 1II(lS' tel'S, 'I'lie scllcdule USA:USSR = f;o'f /1(M ~cell I/xea ~y lIIe Win t erthur A.ue11lllly after CIO!C COtl~ideratiou

o{ strcllf,t".~ (11111 '~umbers Of chess· ?lIas t en ill ~Otll dOlllinMn.!, Eve ntual seventh e ntry.

'l'he lVill/ert/lIIr Asselllllly decided to aalllil (lsI tile SClJet. t ll particip(l1lt·

either the firs t prize winner of the Grouitlgen Tournamen t or Ihe flnt pri=e winner of the Prague lourn(\.· lIlent, 8cilicet the toim.cr of u matcl. between thege tlOO t(linners, but only for the eventuality, tllal thelc win' ncr.! are not among t he ,iz maIler. mentioned.

From the drtotne" of th~ con,. dition Ihc desire of the lVinlerthuT Assembly to limit / hc number of cntries of the World ChtzmpiOillf llip Tournamell t can lie derivert, As t"illgs are the ell trance of a seventh master i~ very qucstionablc,

It is rcgrcttalllc that the Pr(lgltC ;l'ournament comes acTOS.! tile ~ien-

1tiat US OiJ(l1npiOllship T OIll',//Imellt: I f J hatl knoWl/, anot her (lrranyc· lItellt as to t he event uat levcllth en· try could have been mOile, bllt, 01 I see it, neither the resu lt of tlie Grfl1lingen '.I'ournamell t fior of t he Pr ague T Ollnlament UJ lfkelv to 1/10· llily t he com.positio? of "i:Q of the W orld Championship TOUl'nall'lcnt,

I am very happv, deo r Mr. Oicrs, to el7plain t o YOII. aft cr thll ellen· tidinus of New Y ork 811n, the deei.­sion8 of the Wintert hl.r A.uelnll l" M 10 the coming W orla Ohampion­IIhip T(}Itrnu"'enl and t rlUl you are convinced of 'hll gOOa intent/OIII of t}1" meeting to deal with all quel­tiDll& in 01. Ilquitabl1l1QOJI.

A.! soon as poniblc i'OU IVfU be in receipt of the full decf,ion, of lViliterthur; the reelection of Mr. KlI hn.J a6 the V ice·Prelide"t of I'.l. D.g. {IIld thll entnmct' o{ a Nort l~ Amerioon Deleoate in the Oel ltra l Oommittee may have 1I0ur 8J)fXfa i interest.

Not ing your kinfl remar ka ill e/os. in{J, Jam IIours vcrJl sincer el y,

I AI- .Rucb, l",I ,IJ, ,"~.

/llVer/CI1, ilfJlJrcm/Jer ft, 11110_ Billert A. 11' 001lcl'. Jr. ,t08 So. LaSallc St" OllicOl/o.

Urge Ohesll Fe/iem/iull a uerl dahl select A1I1tl/"l'eCl1t 'IYQrl~l (/lIall1llioll­

sh ill CfJ/ldirlatcs Sto,l lJcliell1J {url h­eom ill !I Un istalcl1 0/](1 /JIJliOlI~ lli/l II110uid determine rC/lrc.~clllalivefl/

Stop Suggest 11011 cOil /a ct DoCLOI' ".wb Ihig ma tter ilnmCi/ialelll,

(siglled) Denker K1.shdan Pinkus Ke­vitz Ulvestacl Dake, 1 forowilZ Steiner Adams H artless

SYJ'Oellse, N, 1',. Sll7ltelnller 24, 19,,6, Rueh F DE, T he Hag!te, If; (Jostauiltl(Um, {lo/lalla,

a lltcrican masters cnrrm/e f r om M 08C()W demand fort/teomiliO Um:·

At Last!.

(~jg"cd) Gicrs, USCF

,<;UJ'Ol:cllhage, Sep l C'ln/Jer 26, 19.jG. Gicrl, ;!.10 J SOId h .... ucllue. ii'llrllcusc, N. }-.

HeshelVSkll ,"'jlle as ilil/.ividua/ players se/eelCll 0" lournamellt ree-­ords illvlled ~II courtesy thru llgh "Ieaillm USCl" t'eml no oll;ecfio ll {rom 1JICSS/II/f: A 1IY. 18 1)rivi /ege se· lect otlter 1I!a.~lctll fOrmally eXpired ally ellal1(}C ell(/uuycl'i/!u tOlU'lIalll,ellt contiI'm .-espOIl$C IIug. 28 rcgret 0011-orcss igllorefl US Cftam'lliOl.sllip U,<; Sit OPIlV8iflU agaiJlst any selJellfh CII/ry.

(SiqllC,J) Rucb FIDE, Cosldlt inlaa'lI Hi, 1'11(; Jla{JIle,

KASHDAN, KEVITZ SCORE AT MOSCOW BUT TEAM LOSES

Iluss ian mastery of t h e chells boa rd remains unshaken by the U. S, Team luvasion of Moscow 'as a rellll'll for the radio mat ch of las t year. Dy radio the USSR won a 2-round matcb 16'h·4JA,; over the board the USSR WOII 12*·7\-~ . But the breakdown;;; lhis sccond malch 18 Interesting. 'The U. S. 'ream lost lhe tlrst round Ily a score of 71k· 21h, thcll l'Illl1ed to draw ' tho sec· ond round by{u 5·5 score. Perhap~, If thcl 'e Ilad been enough roundll t h o U. S, T ClUlI migh t have had Il plus score in one ot t h em ,

H e l'oes t his yenr wCI'e lsanc KIlShdll1l who scored 1% points ..... ", .. .~" .. , r. " • "A" " ..... ,. .~ "'vo ... Wllh Il,-li I)olnll nSlllnllt liontlnl'ov8' kyo Next In onlel' of UlOl'it were Ulvclltf\d who won ono gUlllo !I~lIll\st fil'Oustei n , Horowitz whO drew twice wi t h Boleslavsky, and Dake who ClIllle from reth'emcnt to draw twice with Llllcnthai.

On the sldc i!nes oncourJlging 1110 U. S. Team wero Team enlltaln Maurico Werth ei m and wife, Tealll Manager Ke nneth Harkness (Iud wife, Mrs, Dake alld Mrs. Horowitz,

A Hu rvey of lho four rouud s ot lliay (last yeltl"11 I'adlo match an ti t his yell!"s over·the·board) show of the U. S, players w ho wore in both events 011 !y Horowitz aud Steiller uroke even with two points OUt or 11

possiule t our, Kashdan was next with 1'1.1·2%, while P inkus and 1"i1le had 1·3, Kapchik and Reshevsky %-3% lllld Denk er 0·4.

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PHILADOR'S DEFENSE 1st U, S. Ju n ior Cham pionsh ip

F inal. N otes 1111 DOlI(l.la MUf]ridge Whlto Black

H. BERL INER H. MILL.ER 1. P-K4 P.K4 2. Kt .KB3 P·Q3 3. P·Q4 Kt·KB3 4. Kl ·SS QKt·Q2 5. B-B4 P·KR 3 6. 0-0 B·K 2 7. B·K3 P-B3 8. P·Q R4 0-0 9. Q·K2 Q-82 10. B·Kt 3 P·R S 11. Kt·R4

H ero and latm' p·Rt; would bo.vo servotl to lwea k the impetus ot Ulack 's pawns.

11 . ........ 12. BxQ P 13. BxQ Kt 14. P·K5 15. BxKt , 16. B·B4 17. Q·R5 18. Kt.K4

p , p Kt·B4

P, B Kt·Q4 Bx Kt B·Q2 B·K2

QR·K1 Black (and tor that !lmUer, White) reallzell vel'y tnl"dlly that White's chid remaining IUlllet will be com· maud of the Ollen Q fIIo.

19. QR·Ql P·QKt4 20, B·R2 P·BIS 21. P·B4 P·K B4

TlIis might well lJII.ve bMn om llted untll forced. A moro promi sing modo or defense was 21 ...... , B·K3; 22. Kl·Q6, lJxKt; 23. RxB, B·Q<I, wllb White's UI)f)I'oachos fa i rly well !Jlockcd.

22, Kt:Q6 23. RxB 24. KR·Ql 25. Rx R 26. K·B l 27, Q·K2 28. Q·Q2 29. P-QKt3

BxK t R·K3 R, R

Q·K t3 ch. e -K1 Q.B2 Q·K2

B·B2 1 At!ds 0. lost l)aWn aud a shaUored pawn posi tion to his other dlsad· vantages, which means a lost game. AHor 29, ..... ,p)( p ; 30. DxP cb, K-R2 his gamo was difficult but not des· pera le.

30. PxBP P)( BP 31 . RxBP

::founta m.enl ollie or Queens i8 well calculated.

31. ........ R-Q 1 32. R·Q6 RxR 33. QltR QxQ 34. PxQ K-Bl 35. P. R5 K-K1 36. K· K2 P.K t4 37. P·Kt 3 K.Q2 38. K-K 3 Px P eh. 39. PxP KxP 40. K-Q4 P·R4

White's win Is harder after 40 ..... . D-K3 ; 41. BxP, B·Bl ; 42. B-Q3.

41. Bx P 8xB 42. KxB K.B3 43. P·R4 Resigns

• • • QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

Pittsburgh Open T ou rnament Pre l im ina r ies

Note, !II{ Bricl~ W. Marchand

.• White Ulack H. ST E IN E R A. KUPCH IK

1. P·Q4 Kt-KB3 2. Kt· KB3 p ·K3 3. B·Kt5 P·Q4 4. P·B4 P·B3 5. Kt·BS QKt-Q2 6. P.K3 Q.R4

'l'be Ca mbrhlge SpJ"ings de lensc, r enched , however, by a rather de vl· ous rou le. T he cammal! move for WhILe !lOW i9 7. Kt·Q2, wlllcll por· mits Black to complicate the game. Steine r ch ooses a line which s hu· 1/lI l1 es at thc eXllense of giving m ack tbe two ilishol)S.

7. BxKt K t xB 8. Kt·Q2

The s tandard move here Is 8. 0 ·Q3, w hereupon Black Boon pln.Y8 p ·QU-fo and equalizes. Stolnel"s move scem8 110 better or no worse,

8 . ... " " PxP 9, Ktx P Q·Ql

'l'hl ll hi hard to understand. I), .. " .... , Q·02 Willi surely better. maek SOOIl admHs it nnd goCS lherc. He prob· nbly dlsllkod tho pO!lsl l}lo prCSsu re of Il White Rook on the QD tIIo.

10. P·KKt3 ........ Mall lutcrcs Uug! Whcll lhe Blsb· 01) already hus a. way out, wby make another? ]0. n ·Q3 surely wouit! be nalural and strong. Stoln· (If, hewever, docides to IJlny tor

the long diagonal a lld play on the QKt flIe. But why not then B·K2 a nd B·KB3! P erhaps the answer is the eld ru le; Place y~lJr Pawns Oil tho oPPosite color to tllat or your Bishop.

10 . ....... . 11 . B·Kt2 12. 0 ·0 13. Q·Kt3 14. P x Kt 15. P·QR4 16. P·R5 17, KR·Kt1 18. Kt· K5 19. P·KB4 20. B·K4

Kt·Q4 B·K2 0 ·0

Ktx Kt Q·B2

R·Kt1 B·Q2

KR·Q1 B·Q3 B·Kl

White has a great advun tage III s pnce as well a8 an iron grip a ll t he cen te r . How should he exploit It ? He should ulle hili g l"eute r apace (and hence mobility) to p ut pres. lIure fll"st a t ene pelnt, the n at nn · othol' till he can c reate a weakness. Nole t lUlt he rejects 20, p.J<4! (One Is IIsually happy to advance canter pa wll s ) fo r this would loosell the I)os ition and give Black's two B lsh · OI)S greatcl' chalices. l~ u l·thermore

he s ti ll w is hes to leave the white 8(11111rell open tor nl shop movemen ts or hl~ own.

20. , .. .... Q.K2 21 . Q·B2 P.KR 3 22, Q·KKt2 P.B3

A definite well.kell lllg at th e K·sldo Stl'1I0tUI"0, Black had lil lie choice, tor P·R6 was pending on the Q. lillie. rr lIIack can over opell u p the game, bls Bishops may demoo­s t rate their latont I)OWer.

23. Kt ·B4 B.QB2 24, B·Q3 P'.Q Kt4 25. Px P c.p. P xP 26, R·R7 R-Rl

Black gives up a Pawn ill ]lopes of breaking out. 26 . ..... "., P·QKto( .(to pl'ovent KtxP) is II I'cterable,

27. Rx R Rx R 28. KtxP R.AS 29. Kt·B4 R.R2

After 29 . ....... , RxP!; 30. Q-Q2 wins the excllaugc. Whlte'll game now 1)l"llctically plays It ~e lt, \

30, P·R4 P.R4 31. Q·K4 P .KB4 32. Q·Kt2 P·B4

34. Qx R 35. KP'!( P 36. Kt ·tCS 37, Kt·B3 38. B.B4 39, Kt·Kt5 40. Q.R8 ch, 41, K. B2

p,p Q·Q1 K·R2

K·Ktl B·B2 Q·Q2 B·Ql

41. Q·R6 WOUld win the KP. Whlto Instead pinns to tl'llde Queens by a li ttle comblnllllon Ilnd p ick u p the KP as well.

41 , ........ P.Kt3 42. K· K3 K·Kt2 43. Bx P Q·Kl

If 43 . ....... , BxD; 44. QxB! 44. Q·B8 B-B3 45. QxQ BxQ 46. P·B4 K.R3 47. P·B5 B. K2 48. K·Q3 K-Kt2 49. K·B4 Resigns

A pleasing ga me by Steiner against Ku pchlk not a l his belt.

• • • FRENCH DEFENSE

1s t U. S. Ju nior Champions h ip Fina l.

'N ot el bV DOllald. Mugr/(lgc WhUe Black

P. LeCORNU R, KUJOTH 1. P·K4 P·K3 2. P·Q4 P·Q4 3. Kt·QB3 B·Kt5 4. P ·K5 P·QB4 5. P-QR3 Px P 6. P x B P x Kt 7. B·Q3

'rhls gum b i t attachment on all old variation (at Russlll.li Invention, at course) couslderably I III pro v e 8 Whlte'8 pros llcc18.

T. Q·Kt3 This hJ 80 COlllple te ly ans wered by White's next move that It cun liard· Iy be the bellt line I'If defense.

8, Q·K t4 Kt·K2 9. Kt-B3 PxP 10. BxKtP Kt·Q2

11 , O,() Kt.Kt3 12. P·R4 P·K R4 13, Q·Kt5 QKt ·Bl

Not 13 ........ , QxP because ot]4, B· R3, Q-KBG; Hi. BxKt,QxQ; 16. KtxQ, PxB : 17. KtxP , K·B2 (R·QKU: 18. B·QS) ; 18. Kt·B7 threatening P·K6 eil. as woll a 9 tile ROOk.

14. P·Kt5

As o. lwo.ys, 0. I)otont step lu the b usl· nesl of h'usslng Black UP.

14 . ........ 16, B·Q4 16. Q-Kt3 17. Kt ·Kt5 18. P·KB4 19. Q·K3 I

B·Q2 Q·Q1

P·Kt3 Q·B2

Kt·K2

EfI'ec tively l)feparlng tor t he Dext move, thc decis ive openlng·up of the game.

19 . ....... . 20. P·B5 I 21. BxKt 22. P·K6 23. KtxK t 24. Bx KKtP

R·QKtl KtxP P, B

KtxP BxK t

'J'he counter·play which Black ob· taln'" rrom thl ll move i8 mOI'a Il l)' pn l'ent tha ll rcal.

24 . ....... 25, B·K5 25. R·B2 27. S II R 28. RxBP 29. RxK RP 30, Q·Q2 31 . R·QBl 32, R·B6 33, Rx P c h.

A. S ID. TEST SAYS:-

R·Kt1 QxSP Q.B1 Q,B K·Q2

R·Kt6 Q·B2 Q·QS Q·R6

RelllI " 1

l ..all t time I went to a danco I fc lt all lone ly as 11 Knight on QR4 willie his King was heing mated at KKU . It's never a lly fUll !Jetn,; out ol play -HO th ink how tll n t Knight tee18, alld get hIm Into the game.

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