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IRWIN SIGMOND

SEND solutions to Position No. 192 lo reach Irwin Sigmond, 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arling· ton 7, Va., by October 20, 1956. With your solution, please send analysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or moyes.

501llt ion to PosItion No. 191 will .. p. pur In the November S, 1956 jUlie.

NOTE: Do "'" ,.lMt ,oIuJ>o", '0 ,..... pootitionl On MIt ,."J; be lIi't ' 0 j..diC.vl «mt(f " .. mbn 0/ pontic .. Im"~ toinJ, ."J gw. ,~ luIl n ..... ~ .nJ ..JJ,tn 01 ,I., w{~a /0 . 1I;'t in pTOp" n . Jiling (1/ .01"';0 ,,.

SANTASIERE TOPS NEW YORK STATE

A. E. Snntasiere tallied 8·1 to win the New York State Champion· sh ip at the University of Buffalo, BuCIalo, N.Y., losing no games in the 29·ptayer .Swiss but drawing with runner·up John W. Collins and A. E , Rankis oC New York City. CHESS LlFE Games Editor John Collins was second and August E. Rankis third with 7·2 each. Collins drew with Santasiere and Ailen Kaufman, and lost to Rankis, while Rankis lost to Chester T. Fell, Jr. and drew with Kaufman and San· tasiere. Fourth and fifth with 6·3 scores were Dr. S. Robert Frucella and CHESS LIFE columnist Allen Kaufman. Sixth to ninth with 5Jh· 3i}z scores were Master Emeritus Roy T. Black, Victor Guala, George F. Miller, and Ot·. Bruno W. Schmidt. Dr. Frucella of Buffalo won the Paul Morgan Trophy as ranking up-state player.

The Experts' Tournament was won by Joseph Tamargo of New York with 81h·%. Peter Bellanti of Buffalo was second with 6 Jh·2l}z , while third to fifth in the I6-player event with 5i}z·3Jh each were Rich· ard Frcitag, John Mauer, and Sam· uel Traina, aU of Buffa lo.

1\ .. enly-nine players participated in the S~d event. The fi nals were won by Allen Kaufman with 5-1, whi le Chester L. Hinaman of John-son City, Dr. Schmidt of Homer, and Joseph Tamargo of New York tied fol' second with 3l}z-2l}z each.

Only two teams competed for the Genesee County Cup with Broome (Binghampton district) de-feating Erie (Buffalo) by 3Jh-I}z. Hinaman, Dr. S. Finkelstein and H. C. Ebans scored the victories for Broome whi le W. W. White drew with E. SchmitL The event was again directed by veteran chess editor Malcolm Sim of To· ronto, without whom the New York State Congress would seem incom-plete.

Slatk to pliOy

RAMIREZ TOPS CALIF OPEN

Gilbert. Ramircz, 16'YCill' old San Francisco high school student, 1\'0:1 the California OI)Cn Championship, qualifying thereby for a place in the California State Championship event to be hcld in San Francisco Thanksgiving week-end. Rnmiret, who has becn jlrl)gres.~in g: !>ll!adlly since he placed ].lth in the 1954 U.s. Junior Ch ampionship at Long I.leach, tallied 6 points. Kurt Ben· dit and Robert Cross also scored 13 points but placed second a!1u third on S·B poi!1ts. W. G. Addison was fourth with 5)h. Fifth to 18th with ~ points each were P. D. Smith, Charles Bagby, RobeI'I Bricger, D. J . Foley, Harry 80:'0' cl;oll', .Joe Mego, Larry Remlinger, Roger Smook, Horst BuHwin!:;el, Tom ~'ries, George Hu nnex, Roblon Kirby. Jack HUl"sch. and Charles Ilenderson .

Th" ev('nt :It the 1I0tei Cal'l'illo, Santa B:lrhara drew 96 playet·s and was directed b~' Guthl'ic McClain

HAYES SCORES IN ALABAMA

Victory went to Rea B. Hayes of Signal Mountain, Tenn. with a 6"h· ,~ score in the Alabama Open Chaml>ionsh ip at the YMCA, Bir· mingham. Haycs drew his final game with Phil S. Work. Second with 6-1 score was Mich ael J . Deleanu of Bh'mingham who lost Olle game to Hayes. Third to fifth with equal 5·2 scores were Peyton Crowder of Greenville, I'ITiss., Phil S. Work of Ft. McClellan, and SFC Robel't A. Karch of Ft. Benning, Ga. Sixth and seventh in the 27-player Swiss on Median points with 4"h-21}z each wel'e H. n . Gambrell of Birmi ngham and J. W. St'even· son of Talladega. The c~cnt was sponsored by the m"mingham Chcss Club and dirccted by J. F. Addington.

Stern, Romanenka Score 6-1 Each In Atlantic Coast Championship

Staged in the luxurious Montery Hotel, Asbury Park, which housed the recent U.S. Amateur Championship, the Atlantic Coast Champion-ship sponsorcd by the USCF drew a field of sixteen contenders. First place on tie·breaking points went to Dr. Adolph Stern of Asbury Park with a 6·1 score, losing one ga me to Ivnn Romanc!Uko of Washington, D.C. who also scored 6·1 In the event. Romanenko lost no games but drew with Louis Winkler and Rhys Hays.

Uoris Garfinkel of Aberdeen, --------------------------Md. placed third with 5-2, losing games to Stcrn and Romllnenko. Fifth to ninth with 43 each were Louis Winkler of Washington, N J ., Rhys Hays of New York City, Ed-win Faust of Plainfield, N.J., Ches· tel' Van Brunt of Rumson, N.J., Siegrield Hauck of Plainfield, and Dr. V. Altmann of Staten Island, N.Y.

USCF l'IIembershlp Secretary Kenneth Harkness directed the e\'ent, which was stnged in the week preceding the New Jersey Open Championshil>, jointly spon-sorf'd by the NJSCA and the USCF, which is reportcd in another col. umn in th is issue.

HEARST TAKES NEW JERSEY OPEN

With a 6 ~2-"h score Eliot Hearst of N('w York City won the New Jersey Open title at Asbury Park in a 74-player Swiss jointly spon· sored by the New Jersey State Chess FederaUon and the USCF with Kenneth Harkness serving as tournament director. Hearst drew with runner-up Lev Blonarovych of Newark who scored 6,1 to win the state title, drawing also with Orest Popovych of Lakewood. Third 10 fifth on Median points with equal 5'h·llh scores were Popovych, Morton Siegel of New York City. and Charles Witte, also of New York.

Sixth to eighth with 502 each were Jackie !\Iayer of Lexington, Ky., Homer Jones of WesUield, and Stuart Margolies of Brooklyn. Ninth to 20th with 4lh ·21k each were MitchelI Saltzburg and Jo-seph Richman of New York, Steph-cn Kowalski of East Orange, Ar-thur Feuerstein of New York, Nor-man Hurttlcn of Union, Leslie Avcr of Cranford, Edgar Mceor-mkk of East Orange, Bdan Owens of Great Neck, N.Y., George Hulch· inson of WesUield, Robert Bass of West Orange, William Sanem of New York , and Boris Garfinkel of Aberdeen, Md. The event drew players from New Jersey, New York, Kentucky, Maryland, Miclii-gan, and Washington, D.C.

EVANS CAPTURES CANADIAN OPEN

U.S. Master Larry Evans walked off with fil"st prize and the John G. Prentice Tl'ophy with an 8--2 score by virtue of tie-breaking points in the gala First Canadian Open Championship at Montreal. Second, also with 8-2 score was young New York master William Lombardy. Third to seventh in the 88-player Swiss with 7"h·2i}z each were James Sherwin of New York, Edmar Mednis of New York, Po-vilas Vaitonis of Hamilton, Ont., Lionel Joynd of Montreal, and Attilio DiCamillo of Philadelphia. Eight to twelfth with 7-3 eaeb were O. A. Yanofsky of Winnipeg (who shared the U.S. Open title with the late Herman Steiner in 1942 at Dallas), Frank Anderson of Toron· to, J. M. Williams of Montreal, A. Bakos of New York, and 13-year old Bobby Fischer of New York.

Scoring 6 Jh ·3!h for 13th to 17th were Geza Fuster of Toronto, H. Matthai of Montreal, R. Krznarie of Sudbury, Ont., D. Grimshaw of ' Toronto, and Hans Berliner of Washington. In aU 66 Canadians, 20 Americans and 2 Guatamalans competed in the event, directed by chess editor D. M. LeDain of Mon-treal. Cash prizes were awarded to the first twelve, and merchandise prizes from thirteenth place through 26th place, with a few amusing results. Bachelor Geza Fuster won a set of Ladies' Lug-gage, and l50year old David Grim-shaw a Philishave Electric Razor!

In winning Evans won against D. P. Kozak, M. Fox, D. Riebard-son, P. Vailonis, G. Fuster, L. Joy-ner and J. T. Sherwin, with the last and decisive game going to over 100 moves. He lost one game to D. A. Yanofsky and drew with F. R. Anderson and E. Mednis.

A speed tournament conducted on Friday was won by Geza Bus-ter, with Max Guze of Montreal second. On Labor Day Bobby Fisch-er gave a s imultaneous exhibition at Ule YMCA, winning 18 games and drawine with W. Oaker, who some years ago competed in sev· eral U.S. Junior Championship events.

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ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Ma.dering the End Game

By WALTER KORN, Editor of MCO

To Win Or Not To Win-Conti nued

IN diagram No. 32 of our previous issue we published a study which after the initial moves: 1. Q-Q4, Q-ft3; 2. K-NI, Q-N4; 3. Q-B5, P·N3;

4. 8-84, K-Q7; 5. B·Bl arrived

BURDICK, MORGAN SHARE IN W. VA.

Donald Burdick and Charles Morgan, both of Huntington, scored 5·1 to share the West Vir· ginia Championship_ Burdick and Morgan drew their encounter and Burdick drew with Dr. S. Wert-hammer while Morgan drew with Richard Lee. Morgan gained first prize on Solkoff points but only haU the title. Tied for third to fifth with 31f.z-31f: were Tom Berg-quist, also of Huntington, Mien H. DuVall of st. Albans, and Edward M. Foy of Charles in the 14-player event a t Wheeling YMCA. Tied for sixth with 3·3 were Wm. Hartling, George Hendricks, John F. Hurt, Jr., Paul Sayre, and Dr. S. Wert-hammcr.

In the Open, held concurrently, Walter Crede o£. Charleston fin-ished first with 4-1, los ing one game to runner-up A. W. Paull, Sr. Tied foJ' second at 3·2 were A. W. Paull, Sr., Mrs. Cedric Smith, and Tom Sweeney, aU of Wheeling. Mrs. Smith was declared W. Va. Women's Champion. Ted Baker of Huntington became W. Va. Junior Champion by scoring 4-2 in a dou-ble round-robin. Jack Abraham, also of Huntington, was second with 3lh-2%. Tou rnament director was Walter Crede, ably assisted by A. C. Dobbs, Sr. and Tom Sweeney.

Newly elected officers are: Charles L. Ritter of Wheeling, president; Walter Crede, vice-president; Chal'les Morgan, secre-tary·treasurer. A. W. Paull, Sr. was unanimously voted an Honorary Life Mcmbcr for his many years of unselfish devotion to the develop-ment of chess in generat and West Virginia in particular. The WVCA voted to continue its alHliation with the USCF.

C"Jumbu$ (Ohio! Y Chen Club: Meeting at Portsmouth, the Columbus Y scol"ell a 51,l!·Z'h vIctory ovcr the Charlnton (W.Va.) Cbess Cl ub. Tally. tni: for COlumbus were Jim Schroeder, Dan FldIO,.., Harold Snyder. ,nd Jack JoCfe. Kurt Loen!nll , Vlad!mlr Mutseh· .U and Alttl< zuretCh.ens of ColumbUS drew rnpecUVttly WIth Bill Hartung. Wall Crttde, and BW Cuthbert, white Richard LH sa lva,ed a full potnt for Charlnton.

WRIGHT TAKES PANHANDLE OPEN

Robert Wright of Midland, Tex: tallied 41h -1h to win the Panhan-dle Open Championship at Pampa, Tex. Second on S-B, aiso with 41h· Ih was Dale Ruth of Midwest City, Okla. Wright drew one game with n. S. Underwood. white Ruth drew with Gordon Springbett. Third to sixth with e(jual 4-1 scores were R. S. Underwood of Lubbock, Tex., Jerry Milburn o[ Lubbock, Tex., Gordon Sp ringbetl of Hutchinson, Kans., and Ray Riddle. Sevenl.h to tenth with 3 Ih_l % each wcre Claude C. Freeman of Benbrook, Tex., B. E. ThUrston of Albuqucr-que, N.M., Jack Shaw of Albuquer-que, N.M ., and A. R. Sell of New-ton, Kans. Eleventh to ninctecnth with 3-2 \\,CI'C Isaac W. Allen, Kell C. Tcrry, Jr., W. G. Waggoner, C. E. Loter. Bob Horne, Jr., l'IIax Bur· kett, Dick Thompson, James H. Showell, and Bob Hilburn.

The tournament. which drcw 42 contenders from Texas, Oklahoma, KanSIDl, and New Mexico, was the first directe

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PAUL OPEN RATERMANIS

By a pholo·finish Leo Raterman-IS of Iowa City won tlle St. Paul Open Cha mpionship at the Pioncer-Dispatch Auditorium with 5%·1!h ahead of K. N. Pederson of Minne· apolis who aha scored 5%·1% but placed sc{'ond on Median points. Third to sixth, also with 5%·11h each were George V. D. Tiers of St. Paul, Peter Muto of River Falls, Wis., George Kenney of Grand Forks, >N.D., and Roman Filipovich of Minneapol is. E ighth to tenth in the 56·player Swiss were Milton Otteson of St. Paul, Dr. L. C. Young of Madison, Wis., and Shel-don Rcin of l\Iinneapolis. In Will· ning, Ratcrmanis lost one game to Pederson and drew with Somner Sorenson of Moorehead, while Pederson lost a game to Tiers and drew with Werner Schroeder of Caledonia. Tiers lost to Ratermanis while drawing with Young; Muto lost no games but drew with Sal" enson, William Kaiser of St. Paul and Kenney; Kenney also lost no games but drew with Otteson, SOl" enson , and Muto; and F ilipovich lost to Ratermanis and drew with Eugene Fredricks of So. S1. PaUl.

The Class A tiUe was awarded to Sheldon Rein of Minneapolis with 5-2; the Class B title went to Gerald Ronning of Minneapolis with 4\6 ·2 If.! score; the Class C title was won by Timothy Slade of White Bear Lake with 43 score ; [md the High School title was awarded to Jame Hajicck of Min· neapolis with 4·3 points. Players from scven states : TIiinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, North Da-kota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin compeled in tJle event, directed by Robert · C. Gove and sponsor ed by the St. Paul Chess Club.

CURDO CAPTURES NEW ENGLAND

J ohn Curdo of Lynn, Mass. tal-lied 5%·Jh to win -the New Eng-land Championship' at the Greater Providence YMCA, Providence, R.t The decisive game was his last round draw with Albert C. Martin, turning back Mar tin's threat for the tine. Tied for second (no tie-breaking points were used) with 5--1 eaeh were Albert C. Martin of Edgewood, R.I. , and Walter B. Suesman of Providence. Martin drew with James Bolton of New Haven and CUrdo, while Suesman drcw with Julian Keilson of Bed-ford, Mass. and J ack Trayers of Salem, Mass. Tied for fourth with 4%·Ph were Julian Keilson and Richard Plock of New Haven, Conn. Tied for sixth in the 34-player championship event with 4-2 each were Theodore Edelbaum of Hartford, Conn., Joseph Platz of East Hartford, and Herbert Hickman of Hartford.

The Class B title was won by James A. Slattery of Westfield, Mass. with 5%·%, drawing with runner up Ralph Gerth of Ports-mouth, N.H. who tallied 4!fJ: -llh for second. Ger th also drew with John C. Jones and Michael Vaughn. Tied for third place with 4-2 each were Milford F redenburgh of P rov-idence, John C. J ones of Hingham, Mass., Jack Romanow of Lynn, Mass., and Michael Vaughn of Conn. It was a I6·player Swiss. Both events were directed by James DiDomenico of the Greater Providence YMCA Chess Club.

Next year's event is set for Hart-ford, Conn. Election of officers for the New England Chess Asso-ciation saw Theodore Edelbaum chosen president with James Bol-ton as secretary-treasurer.

H a ve you a n swered the quest ionna ire on CHES S LIFE features and policy? If n o t , do so at o n c e ! T hose who fail to write out their prefer-e nces and opin ion s fo r f ei t the p rivilege of complaining later.

CHANGE OF ADD RESS: F Our weeks' nCltiee N q u1red . W hen ordering ebange p lease fu r nish nn address. stencH impression from recent \s

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CHESS TACTICS FOR By U. S. Expert DR. ERICH W. MARCllAND

Or. M .. rc n~nd w ill .ln$w. r b"ginne rs' quesflon t on Ihl$ pag", If o f sufficient o"n u . 1 inte r e.t. T hon w l$h ing iI person ..,1 rep ly ,I\Quld enc r~. d amp"d, .. If. add . u sed "nvelope. Add r us; Dr. Er ich W. Marchand, 192 5."111,, Or IY8, Rochestu 17, N.Y.

1. An swers to Readers' Questions Douglas Cassell, Fort Benning, Georgia, asks about the Sacmish

Varia tion of the King's Indian Defense: 1. P·Q4, Kt·KB3; 2. P·QB4, p. KKt3; 3. Kt·QB3, B·Kt2; 4. P-K4, P·Q3; 5. P·B3, 0-0; 6. B-K3, KKt·Q2. The question is whether lhe las t move (which is not given in Ule book) is satisfactory EQl' Black. Answer: This rno\'e looks good to me even . -though I t breaks one of the cardinal opening principles of not moving a piece twice in the opening. It even hampel'S the development of Black's QB. Black's general s trategy is nil example of the hypermodem style. Black avoids sharp contact in the center by simply holding back his center Pawns. He does try to kcep some control of the center by P·Q3 and by his Band Kt.

It is t rue that White gets a strong center but this ca n bc d isorgan-ized presently by such moves as P·QB4, P.K4 'or P·KB4 a t the right mo-ment. Fur thermore. too ma ny Pawn advances can leave White 's King without a safe haven in the long run.

Posi tions like the present one nre vel'y hard to analyze. One has to decide on the basis of judgment, experien ce and intuition whether a move like 6 . .. .. . KKt-Q2 is playable. Incidentally, this move reminds one of the P ire Defense variat ion in Gl'ombaeher-Lombardy, New Or-leans, 1954: 1. P·Q4, Kl-KB3; 2. Kt.KB3, P·KKt3; 3. B·M. B-Kt2; 4. P-B3. P·Q3 ; 5. QKt-Q2. KKt-Q2; 6. P-R4. However, Whitc's formation herc is d ifferent from that in the Saemish li ne. 2. Missing the Boat of the ensui ng end·game were s till

Consider two players who arc of some interest. about evenly matchcd and who both have achieved a fai r mastery of opening, middle-game nnd end-game technique. A game between two such players often takes a fair-ly well·charted course through the opening, and then in the middle-game the gradual opening of the position is likely to bring about some kind of climax often hinging on a crucial combination or break-through of some kind . Sometimes the outcome of the game will even appear to hang on the decis ion at some par ticular move. Once one s ide has a mate rial advantage. he usunlly t r ies to simplify by ex· changes.

Such a point in a game is obvi-ously the place where one should spend extrn time and thought. If clocks are being used. one must simply decide to sacrifice some precious extra minutes. 11 playing without clocks, one must be j us t a little less than polite and reatly give the pos ition some close analy-sis. Otherwise it is so easy to " miss the boat" at the crucial point. and after that there may never be an· other chance.

The following game might be called a "slow skittle" game. being :lnly an informal game without clocks. but played with the tacit understanding tha t suffi cient lime could be taken to play reasonably good chess. Incidentally such games seem to be the next best thing to actual clock games for giv-ing really sound practice. 3. A Slow Skittle Game

The following game illust rates how a game. which may or may not have interesting minor ski r-mishes in the opening and early middle-game, often rises to a cli· mactic combination, which more or less decides the outcome of the game. Here this is pretty much the case although the technical aspects

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SICILIAN DEFENSE IOff hand Game

White R. 8INGAMAN

Black E. MARC HAN D

1. P·K4 P-QB4 2. Kt·KBl P-K3 This move. "'hleh abo cln be p layed laiC". heads for the Shevenlnl:en ratb. er \han Ihe Il ragon Variation. The tor-mer Will more Common In the era of Alekhlne; the biter, Involving P_KKtl and B.K12 iii more commonly seen now-adays. 3. P·Q4 Px P 5. Kt.QBJ 4. Ktx P Kt·KB3 6. 8·Q3 Neither Ihls move nor 6. n.KKtll nOr 6. Q.Q3 nOr 6. P-Bl nr 6. Kt.Ktll ap-pears 10 II\'e While any aclvanlale. The "book" suggests S. P.K$!. KI·Q4 (or 5. ........ , KI·K5. wllerc lon~, aharp varia. lions can ari .... ) and White Is $upposed 10 IIl I Somewhat the better of II . ,. P·K4 7. Kt·KU .. __ Tho eustom~ry move here 15 7. Kt-K2 giving White a sound posI tion without fear of dOUbled P's on the QB file. Black In ~ny case gets (reedom with 1'-Q4. 7. . . P_Q4 8. PKP KbP To be conslderod was B. . ....... , QxP; 9. 0·0, BlIKI; 10. PxB, 0-0, wl\h a gain In development lime by Blaek. How-ever. Will ie'" pm. of Bishopi would provo to b very strong since the board is very open. BeSides, when one ,Ide ha~ two Bishops and Iho othor only one. Ihe Second party Is likely \0 have a genel'al w/Hlkness on the squares of oppOSite elot to his Bishop. 9. 0·0 KtxKt White has Sacrificed a P tor Ihe pros. pects of attack. The sub5

check. But with H . . _ ..... , S.R6 would have good winning chances. 14. P·KKtl 16. Kt.s S IS . Q·R' 8·K3 The gllme Is approaching II climax. If Black can conSOl idate hla p051t10n. his ext ra P .hould win. If While can l afely pia)' the IUl.-move, all his pIece. come into RetJve play. Howcl'er, I t now ap-p~al"i Ihat Black can bo:!/l lo a lon, com. bmallon which Is fairly clear despite .several bnnchea. 16. .' , B·QSeh 17. II ·K3 Q.K4 While probably dId not count on thl, Siron!: move, to whIch there ill only one reply. 18. Kt·K4 BKBeh No betlcr Is 18 ......... , P-B4; 19. BxB QxBeh; 21). I

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GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS • Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS

USCF MEMBERS: Submi' 70111 b~Jf Illf"'U for tbit "~p,,'rmrnt /0 JOHN W . COllINS, 91 UnolC Rot/d, Brooklyn Z6, N. Y. Sp'u bring Iimil~". M r, Col/i", wi/1 ,d«l the moSI j,./(ftltin ... "d inJhuarrt /0' puhlic

lost position. 42. Q-K6 t h Resign,

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U.S. Int. rcollegiate Championship New York, 1955

NOlu boy U.S. MM/cr Chari" Kalme WIllie Black

G. MAUER C. WITTE 1. P·Q4 Kt·KB3 3. Kt· KI!I 3 ... __ ._ 2. P-QB4 P·B4 In vIe w or what f.ilow~ 3. p .Q! would bll batler. 3. . ... ,, ' P_1(3 5. KtxP ' ·KlSch 4. P·KKI3 PlIP 6. B-Q2 6. Kt-B3 II also to be recommended as It g lve5 Wblt~ a mucg bet~r ,arne than the ter;t,

6. Q-Ktl 7. KI_Kt5 " ... _._ 7. P-K3 b stili 1000 cnou," for eq ual_ ity, e.g., 7. _ •..... • K t-KS; 8. BlIB (o r even I . B-Kt2. KtxU; 9. K td!, Kt,.,B3; 10. KI-83, de.), QxB eh; 9. Kt-Q2 with equaUty. The text loses time. 7. KI-K! 10. Kt·Q4 KI-B3 8. P· K3 KtxB 11. KI·KI3 9. KlxKt P·QR3 Since the Kl &,el. terribly misplaced 11. K t-B3 Is better. II . P·QR4! 12. R-BI P·Ql 13. B·Kn P·RS 14. Kt·RI 0-0

15. 0 _0 '6. P-QR3 11. Qx B

R.Ql Bx KI P·K4

Fig ur lnl t h a t the ... ·h ite QllP wW be as weak as the bLack QP. II. Q-B3 As thil; move proves to be wasted, 18. KH.Ql 1$ beUer. 111. , .. " ., II·K3 19. B·QS ... .. ... . . White h u to &,et rid of hi.!; weak QBP as it Is euier attacked than th~ black QP. 19. ....... . IIx B :1:1. P·K4 QR-QBl 20. P x ll Kt·K2 22. Q.Q2 .. ·R3 P reventln, Q-KtS after ........• P ·B4 and a l50 makinG a hole fo r the Klnl. 23. A·Bn Alter lhil Black haB 10 gai n control Df QS. COTI'eet would b e 23. K·Kt2 10 as to an8wcr ........ , P·B4 with P -B3. 23 . .. ... ,., P.B4!

, .... .. -a pawn, but U he hold! the

p awn 24. R·Kl Dr playa 24. PXP he hu t o yield 04 to Black's Kt . 204. ....••.. PxP V . RIlP QxQp 25. R·B4 Rx R 21. QxQch KtxQ 26. RlI R Q·Kt4 29. Kt.B2 P-QKIC Allhou, h Black 11 a clear pawn ahelld, thIs endln&' Is no t 50 simple. The lext move aUows Whtte to obtain ,00

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56. K·81 57. P·R4 58. R~P 59. RxPch

Charl(!5 Kalme Orest Popovych A. E. Santaslue

P·QK.S , .. P·Kt6 K·R6

60. R·Kl 61. R·K8 Resigns

METHOD

K·KtS P·Ktt

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How Are things In Glocamorra?

CHESS TACTICS (Continued from page 5, col. 3)

Rand Kt vs. R Is normally p draw. 39. Kt·KtJ 4(1. K·B3 4ll. RxP Is stUl preferable. Now the battle Is practle~lIy over. 4(1. R·Kt4 44. K·QS RxRP 41. P·KR4 R·B4ch 45. P·B:; K.Ktl 42. K·K4 K·B3 46. P·B6 43. P·B4 R·BSch On 48. RxKteh; 47. KxR, P·B6: 48. R.R8, . P·B7; ~9. R.QB8. K·Q6: SO. P.KRS. Black can give up hIs R and win with h1I KUP, 46. " KxR 43. Reslgn$ 41. P'B1 Kt'K2ch

Aiter five draws, Samuel Re· shevsky won the final game of his match with William Lombardy for a score of 3lh ·2lh.

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE Meo: paga 109, column 41 (bl

Sixth Match Game New York, 1956

White Black S. RESHEVSKY W. LOMBARDY 1. P·QB4 Kt·KB3 19. Q·Kt3 Q·R4 2. P-Q4 P·K3 20. P·R3 QR.BI 3. Kt·QB3 B·KtS 21. KR·BI II:·B3 4. P·K3 0·0 22. B·KI R.QI S. Kt·K2 P·Q4 23. R-QI BxKt 6. P·QR3 B·K2 24. P)(B R.Q3 1. PxP PxP 2S. II:·R1 Kt·K4 II. P·QKI4 R·KI 26. PxKt QxR 9. Kt·Kt3 QK'.Q2 27. PXR QXBch 10. B·Q3 P·B3 28. B·Bl K·RI 11. P·Kt5 P·B4 29. QxP Q.QB 12. 0·0 P·QKt3 30. P.Q7 Q-Q3 13. B·Q1 B·Bl 31. P·Kt3 P·R3 14. P.QR4 P-QR4 32. B·B4 K·R2 15. PxP e.p. BxP 33. Q·K8 B·K2 16. Kt·KtS Kt·KS 34. B·KtSch K·Rl 11. Kt)(Kt PxK' 35. B-Q5ch 18. B·B4 Q.RS Resigns

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Mate in two P,obllm NQ. 715

By D. N. Kapralos Agrinion, Greece

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By F. W. Walton Semaphore, South Australia International Contest Entry .--

I No. 693 Fastosky: key 1. B-Q3 threat 2. Q.K4. Precisely working play after

1. .... .... N·B4, I. ........ N·K4. 1. ........ N·N4 and 1. ........ B·K4. No. 694 Penrose: key I. Q.K5 waiting. Mln!ature rendering o( mate differentiation free of duals. No. 69$ van Dilk: key 1. N-N5 threat 2. PxR. Good play after the 3 different captures of the N, but the main play Is after pInning of the threat.pawn: I ..... .... Q·K5, 2. p·B6 and I. ... .. ... B-KS. 2. Q.KB4. Mutual Interferences of Q and B. No. 696 Kapralos: 7 set mAtes. none of them actually workIng after they key: 1. NxNP threat 2. N·06 mate. CombIned RukhUs and Stocchl themes.No. 697 L!nden: Set play: 1 ...... _. PxN. 2. R"P; 1. .... .... RxR or PB3. 2. QJ

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Correction, Position No. 191. The White King should be on QB2

instead of Q2, end a Blac:k Rook should be added at QB5. We apologize for the faulty dIagram.

Position No. 189 Auerbach-Kotoy, Zurich 1953

Black wtns by 1 ........ . , QxPeh; 2. KxQ, R-R3ch; 3. K·N4, N·B3cb; 4. K·BS, N·N5! and now White can delay the threat-ened mate by problem moves but can· not escapc; for example, 5. NxP, R_ Nsq; 6. N-Ra, R(R3)-N3; 7. Q.N5. BxQ; 8. KxN, B·BSch; 9. K·R3, fuR and the win is simple. The alternatiyes 3. B·R4 and 4. K·N5 allow mate In one by 3. ......... Rl(B and 4. .. ...... , R·R4 respec· tlvely.

In the game, Kotov played the less accurate 4. ......... N-Q2 and after 5. R.N5, R.KBsq chi 6. K.N4. N·B3ch he retal".ed this position without any es-sential change until adjournment by means of constant cheeks. During the adjournment, Kotov worked out a win beginning with 7. K·S5. N.Nsq eh; 8. K·N4, SllR. This win is slower, and its proof is too lengthy to present within thc space limitations of this column, Kotov himself lale,. pOinted out the correct line. Several solvers sUli:gested 4. . ... .... , N_R4 and/or 4. . ....... , NxQP. Both of these moves seem to preSl'lrve the winning line played by Kotov, and We are allowing ~ point for solutions w~lch did not show the superiority of 4 ......... , N·N5.

On the other hand, no credit Is beIng allowed for 3. .. ..... . , R·KBsq because White can escape. The main llne is 4. NxP. N·Bach; 5. K-NS. N·N5ch; B. KxN, R-KNsq chi 7. N·",'6ch. R(Nsq)xNch; 8. K·BS, R-R4ch; 9. R·N5, Bill; 11). K·N4. The alternath'e 4 ....... .. , PxN is not con· vlneing because of the release of the mate threat. White can continue, for instance, S. R.R2 intending t.o meet 5. .... ... . , N·B3eh with 6. KxP Or 5. . ....... . RxR wJth 6. B-Q4ch.

Correct solutions as acknowledged from : R. A. Baker, Jesse Davis', S. J. Eluhorn. Ivan Frank, J. B. Germain, Thomas G. HarriS, Rea B. Hayes, A. Kafka. F. W. Kemp, Fred D. Knuppel, M. Milstein, Charles T. Morgan, C. Mus-grove. Edmund NaSh, W. A. Radspln_ ncr', Edmund Roman. N, Reider. Fraok C. Ruys. J. G. Scripps, Robert Selden, T. J. Sulllvan, F. W. TraSk, William B. Wilson, Nell P. Witting, and Phil Work.

The following receive 'h point: Billy Adams·, Kurt Blumberg, Abel R. Born. berault, J. E. Byrd, George Chase, George B. Covington. Tom Curtts. Thomas W. Cusick, Hugb E. Hart, John E. Ishkan. George Payne, Barry R. Schimel ', W. E. Stevens, and W. A. Thomasson.

The solvers win by 32-21. Beeause time ",!II not permit Individual ac-knowledgments, we wish to tRke this opportunity to express our apprecia_ tion for the good wishes and offers of aSSistance received from man}' of the solvers. Thank you all. Comments on Our chOice of positions, particularly with reSpeet to their Interest and their dllIiculty. will help us to serve you beUer.

Mr. Chauvenet reports additional correct solutions to No. 188 reeeived from E. Gault. F. C. Ruys, Robert Sei. den, F. Trask, and N. P. Witting. 'Welcome to New Solvers.

ALEKHINE DEFENSE MCO, page 3, column 8

Washington vs. British Columbia Mt. Vernon, 1956

White W. JUSEVSKIS (British CoJumblaj 1. P.K4 Kt·KB3 2. P·KS Kt·Q4 3. P-QB4 Kt.Kt3 4. P'Q4 P-Q3 5. PxP KPxP 6. B·K3 B·Kl 7. B-Q3 Kt·B3 8. Kf.Kl Kt·Kt5 . 9. QKt-B3 0·0 10, 0·0 R·Kl n. B·Ktl KtxBP 12. P·QR3 KtxB 13. PxKt Kt·B3 \4. Kt·B4 B·Kt4

Black E. ZEMGALlS

(Washington) 15. Q·RS P·KKt3 16. KtxP BXPch 17. K·Rl Q·Kt4 18. Kt,K7ch RxKt 19. QJO:RPch K.J.Bl 20. B·Kt, K·Kl 21. Q.Kt8ch K-Q2 22. B·BSch R,K3 23. QxPch Kt-K2 24. BxRch K·B3 25. Q·K8ch K·Kt3 26. R·BS P·R3 27. RxQ BxR Black Resigned

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