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Volume I Number 2 Offi(lCll Publicati on of The Unt teel States (bessfederati on Friday,

September 20, 1946

U. S. Championship Details Set BYRNE WINS NEW ENGLAND TOURNEY WAGMAN SECOND

In the elght-I'ound Swiss system tournament which grants the New England Championship, the lS-year­old Yale freshman, Robert Byrne, l)roved to be a shade better than his rivals. In the play over the Labot' Day weokend August 30th to September 2nd at HartJord, Conn ., Byrne gathered 7lh points out ot a possible 8 fO'r the cham­plon8hlp. Stuart E. Wagman at 'Boston was a close second with the nearly pertect score ot 7 points, while Walter D. Suesman ot Provl: dence with a score ot 6 points was third . Fourth to ninth were Dr. Gerald Katz, Harlow B. ,. Daly, Charles Schoenfeld, AI. Martin, Hobert G. Mitchell and Richard Brainard, whose point score was in each caso 5*, alined by the Son­neborn·Bel"get· Rystem at "weigh­ing" ties. In aU torty·seven play­'ers participated in litis annual tour· l\fl.ment which was won in 1945 by \Vcavcr W . Adams, now in Eur­ope witb the 1]. S. Team.

J. C. THOMPSON 1ST AL LIPTON 2ND IN SOUTHWEST, OPEN

Seven States sent representatives to the Twelfth Annual Southwest­ern Open Championship Tourna· ment at Houston, Texas, August 31st to September 2nd. Among the seventy contestants were playors tram Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, MississippI, Alabama and Texas. The tourna­ment was held at the Rice Hotel in Houston and was refereed by J. Allan Anderson, former St. Louis champion and member of U. S. Team a.t Hamburg in 1930.

J. C. Thompson won the title of Southwestern Champion with a score at seven wins, uo draws or losses. AI. Lipton. also of Dal· las, was second with 6 points. Third to sixth place went to J. W. Stapp of Dallas, James Webb of Dallas, Mevis R. Smith of Hous· ton, and Don KlIgore at Dallas, aU at whom had 5* points, according to ' a Sonneborn·Berger "weighing" at their scores. Seventh to tenth place went to Alfred P Coles III of El.' Paso, Al!red wnis of New Orleans, Joe Gilbert of Dallas and F, H. McKee of Dallas, with 6 point!! Oileh, according to their Son· neborn-Berger score.

KOWALSKI WINNER TRENTON TOURNEY McCORMICK 2ND

Three players eaeh from northern and southern New Jersey met at the Stacy-Trent Hotel, Trenton, N, J. to determine the finalist in the U. S. ChampIonship tram their area. Stephen W. Kowalski of New­ark won with 41,\, points; Edgar T. McConnlck of East Orange was sec· and with 3¥" points. There was a three·way tie fo r .. hlrd between R. "'. Cotton of Camden, R. T. Durkin of Ventnor City, and J. Fleishner of Vineland with 2 points each. Sixth place went to S. }<'enlchel ot Newark.

NEW JERSEY STATE CHESS ASS'N FORMS WAYNE PRESIDENT

As a result at the tOlifnament a t the Stacy-Trent Hotel players trom not·th and south New Jersey met and organized the New Jersey State Chess Association. Fint president at this august body is R. W. Wayne at Ventnor City, well known for his direction ot the Ventnor City invi­tation Tournaments. Three vlce­presIdents were elected: C. B. Le­Cato of HaddonfIeld. F. E. Lauchs at West Orange, and William Van Bremen ot Trenton. Robert T. Dur­kin of Ventnor City became secre­tary . and S. Caplan of Vineland treasurer. It was voted to apply for membership in the USCF.

ISAACS, SANDRIN WIN PLACES IN U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP

Twelve players \ contested In the Area Six Tournament to decide the representatives a t the U. g, Cham­pionship. 'I'he veteran Lewis J. Isaacs was first and Albert San­drin, also at Chicago, was second. Third place went to Allred Ludwig of Omaha, Nebr. and tourth to Mark Surgles or Milwaukee. Fifth place went to Paul Poschel of Chicago.

The tournament was conducted under the auspices at USCF Chap­ter, Milwaukee Municipal CheBs Club, and the Tournament Director was Fritz Rathman, Editor at Wis­consin Chess Letter. The tourna­ment was played at Milwaukee from August 30~h to September 1st,

Jacob I,ellin (lett) meets 1)1'. Bruno Schmi(U (right) in the Area 'l'hree finals, while M. A. Konto sn. acts as timekeeper.

USSR TEAM WINS SCORES 12~ - 7Y2 OVER U. S. TEAM

Once again the U. S. Team taced d!ifeat when it met the 1]SSR Team at MoscoW. Heroes for the Ameri· can!! were r. Kashan and A. Kevitz with 1*-*. The U. S. Team, how­ever, Showed Improvement over last yeal' when it lost the radi:> match by a acore of 15% to 4 'h,

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LEVIN, DICAMILLO QUALIFY IN AREA THREE TOURNEY

In a special tournament held in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 10th to 12th, Jacob Levin at Philadelphia won first place with three wins and two draws. Attillo DiCamillo, al· so ot Philadelphia, was second with two wins and two draws. A tour­way tie was the result in the other places between Malcom W. Patrick 'ot Cleveland. Dr. Siegfried Wer-thammer . ', ntington, Weat Vir-ginia, all ' goe Eastman and Dr. Bt'uno S~ . • both ot Detroit.

According ,,) arrangements, Le· vin and DiCam 'Uo will represent the area in tho U. S. Champion­ship, while Eastman and Wertham­mer wlll play in the Masters' Re­serve.

J. H. BELSON WINS CANADIAN TITLE; MAURICE FOX 2ND

In the 1946 IkIminiOll Chess ChampiOllship Tournament played at the Central YMCA In 'i'oronto rrom August 31 to September 7, J. H . Belson won the title in a strong tournament wbich Included former champions M. I~ox, J. S. Morrison, and R. E. i\1afrtin. Maurice Fox was second, R. E. Martin third and J. Rauch foarth . Bernard Freedman was tOUl'oament director. Twenty­e ight players competed In two 14-round preliminary sections to deter­mine those seated In the final championship round-robin. This was the second title tor Belson who won the 1934 tournament,

SANTASIERE WINS NEW YORK STATE STERN TIES 2ND

In the annual New York State Championship Tournament at Caz­enovia August 17th to 25th Anthony E. Santasiere Wall the title to qual­ity for a place in the U. S, Cham­pionship finals. Second place in the New York State Tournament was a tie between Adolph Stern, dark horse at the meet, and Edward Las­ker. Erich W. Marchand won the Consolation Tournament.

AREAS SELECT THEIR CHAMPIONS IN LABOR-DAY WEEK-END MEETS

First Democratic U.S. Championship Meet Draws Strong Field of Promising Contenders

As the final results emerge from the smoke of battle cloud­ing the fair Labor-Day skies, it becomes more and more ap­parent that the Sixth Biennial U . S. Championship Tournament w ill set a new record in th e annals of American Chess. The Sixth U. S. Championship Tournament will be held in the Chanin Auditorium in New York City from October 26th to November 16th. At the same time plans cover a Woman's Championship Tournament and a Masters ' Reserve 'l'ournament for the players from the seven areas of the United States who barely failed to qualify for the Championship Finais.

Details of the Tournament are in the hands of a Committee hd.d<;d by Maurice Wertheim while Kenneth Harkness (Co­Edito r of CH ESS REVIEW) will serve as Tournament Direc· lor ill add iti on to his important duties as Cllair man o f the Fi ­Ilance Committee.

Results from most at the seven areas into which the couutry has been divided promise that the ' sev­en seeded player.s will have no easy time of it. The seven seeded players are: U, S_ Champion Arn­old S. Denker, U. S. Open Cham­pion Herman Steiner, Reuben Fine, I. A. Horowitz, I. I, Kashdan, Albert Pinkus and Samuel Reshevsky, who will meet in the finals of the U, S. Championship the fifteen contend­ers selected from the seven areas by the democratic method ot pre­liminary contests.

First to finish its selection was Area 'I'hree, consisting at Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In a special tournament held at Cleveland, Ohio, from August 10th to 12th Jacob Levin and AttUio DICamillo, both of Philadelphia, qualified to enter the U. S. Cham­pionship finals while deorge East­man ot Detroit and Dr, Siegfried Wcrthammer of Huntington, West Virginia, will represent the area In the Masters' Reserve.

In Area One the annual New England Championship Tournament at Hartrord, Conn.. from August 30th through September 2nd pro­vided one finalist for the U. S. Championship. This was Robert Byrne, 18-year-old Yale freshman, who became New England Cham­plon-. Stuart E. Wagman ot Bos­ton or 'Valter B, Suesman of Provi· dence will compete In the Masters' Reserve,

On August 30th through Septem· ber 2nd another special tournament held at the Stacy·Trent Hotel In Trenton, N, J., decided the other finalist trom Area One. This was Stephen W. Kowalski of Newark, while Edgar T. McCormick ot East Orange became eligible tor the Mas­ters' Reserve.

Anthony E. Santaslere In wInning the New York State Championship at Cazenovia, August 17ta to 25th, placed as one of the trrree finalists tram Area Two. Alexander Kevitz ot New York has been appointed as the second finalist, and the third will be decided by a short tourna­ment to be held at the Marshall and Manhattan Chess Clubs, bogin-

ning September 21st. Selection of players for the Masters' Reserve has not been announced.

Area l<~lve qualified its contest­ants In the annual Sbuthwestern Ollen Chess Tournament at Hous­ton, Texas, tram August 31st to September 2nd. J. C. Thompson and AI. Lipton, both at Dallas, quali­fi ed tor the U. S. ChampionshIp Jin­als, while J. W. Stapp and James Webb, both at Dallas also, quallft~ fa!' the Maste~s' Reserve.

The veteran LewIs J. Isaacs and. lhe youthful Albert Sandrin, both of Chicago, qualified tol" the Cham­pionship finals In Area Six in a tournament held at Milwaukee Au- . gust 30th to September lst. Al­{red Ludwig or Omaha, Nebraska and Paul Poschel of Chicago were the two ready for the Mastera' R~ !!erve.

Area Four and Area Seven have not been heard tram as yet, but It is known that both have plans un­der way to quality players from their respective areas.

DR. WERTHAMMER WINS W. VA. TITLE ALLEN DUVALL 2ND

For the third time In four yean Dr. Siegtrled Werthammer of Hunt­ington won the West Virginia Championship in the tonrnament played at Clarksburg trom August 31st to September 2nd. In a six· round Swiss SYstem he scored E points to regain the title lost in 1945 to Harold W. Liggett by hall a point.

Second place went to Allen Du­Vall at Charleston with a score 01 5·1. Other high scorers in the four· teen-man tournament were former State Champion William F. Hart· ling of St. Albans 4·2; former State Champion John Hurt of Charleston, Dr. Victor J. Lemke ot Morgantown and Miitord B, ~ Mott of Arthurdale with 3*-2% each; Edward M. Foy, former Charleston City Champion, 3-3. Last year's Champion, Harold W. Liggett ot South Charleston ended in a tour-way tie for eighth.

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GET BEHIND AMERICAN CHESS T HERE WUl:! a tlme wheu it was cOllsidet'oo correct to be deprecalory

ulluul nil lhing l:l Amorica!! wh on COlllllII.I'ed with UIIY EUl'OlICll1l model. I t WIUI II1111 Uliled liJat things AUHll"lclUi wel"e illfe l"lor, "Qlld OUI" apologists often wel"e cmuarrasseu uy tlu: Il cccS"Sity o( deprecating something be­cause H fail ed to conform to lhe pallern of Interiority"

In Chess, however, we escaped the worst llllases oC this patllologlcal iu (eriorlty COiliplex, (01" UIO det!ds abroad of MOl"jlhy aud P1Usbury and 1I"1al"llhall I)Cl"llIitled no apologie!; for the Amel"ic;m brand of chess; and the showiug of Ollt youllb"er mastel"S in more receut EUropean tourna­ments have ~ustalncd the reputa tlou that eadler American chess players have created"

The cOII'"se Jr Americau s uccess on the chessuoard has not always been smooth lind uuilllolTUllled; we have had QU I" mome nts of abruvt and rude J"t;!Yersul, as when the USSR Chess Team rode rough·shod over the U. S. Che!;s 'feam in tile Now ¥01"k·l\10HCOW Hadio Match In 1945. But we face Llie wOl"iu wlthout nced to apologize to anyono far the brand ot c\1ess lhal ihrlves III these Uni tcd StaLcl:!. ,

A I"osy Vicul"o fo ," tilt! optimist? Yes; bullet us not become too loat (i'i liil',Ii)'!=iiYlll"li' 6{ GiilY iil'iii l6 liI'66("I. "Thofo Y6t ,O"mnrfii meum ro Go dollO IVI" A Ul Ui'lCll u C hUIlII: uHd Old y tho Lutll vldllul CIICS8 Iliuyor cnll do It! Tho luulviuuui J)luyo r In hl ~ OWl) communi ty by joinIng wlLh thou ij lUldij oC o th Ul" Intllv ldunl IJluyurij In u l.ho." COUJllluulllclI to C!·Cn.lo lind HllIlPOI'l II

cOUldslcnL ]lru!,;"ralll t ur Amerl cun C ho~s.

B)"ielly, AmCl"ican Ches~ IHJcda: -1) A ileniUfY national org-nair,atiOll. supported by every player or

clLCSK whelhol" amUWU1" 01" master, to sU ll ervl~e national competi­tion lUlU elH.:ourage thc development of chess in every com· mU;llty;

2) J\n nCTivc Stato orgauiVoation ill every state to keep alive the siliril or local (:ompotitlou aud roster tile development at choss playiug amOllg the youug;

3) V[ll"loua alen llubl1catloll~ to keep tho news ot (:ilells alive, !;O that ca(:h playor may knuw what Is ueiug said aud done tor chess everywhere;

4) A ]le)"llIaneut sinking fuml with which to promote chess upou a national organlVoed ~cale without the necessity of using "hand to mouth" method!; o~ Jlnallciug"

Poiut one lHl"~ been an~wel"ed uy the creation of the United States ChesH I~ederution, uu t" many individua l Illu.yers havc 60 far failed to con· U"iuule their s uppo."t to making tho USC~' representative o~ e.very Indi­vidual playel" In tile couutry. Point two has beeu subject to much actlv· ity, and today there are only a. few areaH left In whiCh chess remains as yet uuol"ganlz(:rl" Polut lhre tl Is uest .served at nil, for there are soveral excellcnt chess publicntiolls, in addition to CHESS LIFE, which give tho Individual playm" no excuse fOI' being uulntorll\od about chess In America "

Point fOUl" may be met aUirmatively by each chess player In a. slm· pic gc!;tUre" Ii l"cquire~ no 1ll0l"e than cliplling the coupon on Pnge four, filling it out and mailing il to Kcuneth Hal"knos!; with a contribution to the conlltllHld (,-!H1se of AnHJI"icun ClIOH!;"

We borrow a Ilhl"a~O from our eminent contemporary, CHESS HE­VlIilW- bolTUW It"lJecnu s(j we teelthat it should be shouted from tho rOOt­lops aud drullllllcd iuto tbc ears or evel"y Amel"ican Chesl! vlayer:

GET HI~HIND AMEHlCAN CHESS! !

JUNIOR CHESS IN MILWAUKEE By Fritz Ralhmann

[iJrUtor, Wisconsin Che~s Deller

M ILWAUI<hll~"S juniOl" chess program has received attention by many nal.!ollitl magfL1.i!l es bocauso the annual cliesH tournament haS1had

over two thonsalHj entries" all iloys and glds under eIghteen years of age. In a )"ectlnt article ill ColllerH magazIne, It was ostimated that over twen· t~ thousand youngsters play chess In Milwaukee.

It Is possih1 e for any othOl" commun ity to uae lhe Milwaukee syetem with success. 'rhe Recreation Department o! Milwaukee Public Schools turnlshes chess leacllers who teach ch ess on the playgrounde III the sum­mer and in the evening schools or social centers and In the high schools dUl"llIg the rall !llld wllli.er seasons. The Mllwllukee Journal gives regular space on ita sport page cvery Suuday tor chess news and! contributes olle hundred chess sct~ each yeal" as prizes to boys and girls who win final, I"\II111eI"-LIJl and sectional (:hampionships In each age group trom seven to seventee n, with separate gl"OUllS ror boys aud Cor girls"

The lllain oujectin\ of the Milwaukee program Is not to make ex­ports but to tcuch the namc~ of the pieces and the way In which thoy move and then to suggest that lOl" [urtbel" study a trip be made to tho

main ltbrary which haa a very tine section on chess books" Proof ot the working out or this system Is Richard Kujoth who learned only the moves a Yjlar ago on the playground and then spent many honrs at the library with chess books. Only a yeal" later , he won the right to represent Wis. consln In the National J unior Championships In Chicago"

Not so long ago, Cleveland Inqnlred about the junior chess program In Mflwaukee and then went aheo.d to develop the National Junior Cham. plonship winner, Larry Friedman" If other cities, large and small, 101. low the example 01 Milwaukee and Cleveland there Is no reason why every state should Dot be well represented In the second annual junior championship"

I The vfews cxpreued in tlli, Guest Editorial are not 1!ecessorfly those

o CHElJlJ LIFE.

LOOKING AHEAD A Regu.lar Menage by

Paul G. Gicrs Executive Vice·Presi(lent, U1Iite(l States Chess Ji'ederation

THOSE who look back 011 past development of American Chess and deplore the fact that the Royal Game has not yet attained Its tull

measure at well·deserved populal"lty, are apt to forget or minimize the brighter side of American Chees history" Through lho years, an enor. UlOUS amount at WQl"k has been don e on bebalf of chess by aruenl boosters and Inl ilressive ind eed Is the !"ecord of theh" accom Jlllsh menbl" So let's give credit where c l"ed lt hi due and r.etrain from the attitude

not uncommon fimo ll g youngsters of belittling the oal"llOst otrorVi ot an older generation"

Howevc r , Il Is true that au ." Ila ilonal c hess IUe rOl" many yearli has been s JlasmQdic and lacking in conlluulty aud coordlnatloll" It Is equully true Ihat clleHS In this country has developed more slOwly thnn In cOl"taln EUrOllean couull"les where It enjoys much greate r p.opularlly and recogni tion. Whatcver the reasons, wc musl not lose OU l"l:Ielvcs In retro· sj)ect. but concentrate on the many elIective meaus at OUI' disposal of makIng Amerlcn truly chess·con· seious aud of building a strong and ullillad orgaulza· tion of American chess Illayera which will lead in

PIIIII G, Gim wOI'ld chess development" •

Amorican Chess may never l)e quite the same as that In other coun. tries" We may not lIavo giant chess spectacles in opera houses, nor the 0 llllortunlUC8 to enjoy a p leasant game at our favorite coffee·house or slde·walk cafe" U Ame."lcan chesa retaina ita own ludlvlduallty, this call hardly be criticized as Amcrlcans have alwo.ys indulged in the llabit at doing things In their own way"

During Lhe past few years, the Ullited S taies Chess It'ederatlon lias mad e considel'able PI"og."ass coordinating chess activities from coast to coast. Whatever problems are now confroutlng us to placo these acllv· itles on a broader and morc solid footing neC(! not Co.IIge liS undue con. cern" After aI!, chess playel"! hy the vel"y na~ure of their game are e:z;· Ilected to command a lair degree of lagenulty, strategy aud Intelligent planning a nd s hould IIhve no rea l dimculty finding a Ilropel" solution to their problems"

Tho Fodornlilm'H IlIrector. nnd Officer, hn 'ffl l{iYon muell Ill0u, Ill to OUI" tUlUl"O COUI"lIe lind tOI'lIIulnted dOJllll to Illnll H to bo clI l"I"IO(l 4)u L willi the lells t IIO~slb l ~ dol uy" 11 01"0 tH O soniC of tilu objoctives for wh ich wO fU" e nlmlnl) und 'thlclI will be tully dlsellSH(ld In coming Issues ot CH ESe L I FE:

A Htrong anu u.cUve ChesH Assoclntion In every state; A chess club ill every community of 5,000 or more population; A va!;t!y largor number ot players through ful! UHe or all educational tacIHtle~, publlcity and a country·wide mombership drive; A natioual rating syetom tor rank and flle players with llrovlslon for automatic merit advancement; Regula!" tournaments conducted under standl!.1"d rules by all cluils, s tate associations and regionlll dlstrkts tiod in wlLh the national rating s ystem; A vast program o! Instruction fwd (:omJletition fOI" schools, colleges and playground~;

More local chess columns and goneral neWSllal)OI" publicity tal" chess; Higher standards Cor local clubs - locatiun and I.I.I)poarance ot club­roome, equipment and eil:ective club mUllagement.

All of these oujectives will entll.!ilUllch constructive wOI"k aud the Cl;)' operation of many. They a l"e degerving of our best etrorts and goneral support, becanse there Is no sounder basis on which to build the kind (I f American CheS!; we are all hoping tOI""

~h~ --'<ibilze, From Jhe Editor's Mail-Bag

o l<~or " the second iI.~ue of alle~s I,ife, the comments have ueen selected from the questionnaires aeJlt Lo members, askIng for suggestions In mak. Ing the work or the USCF morc olIective" Herea(ter. this column will be devoted to the opinions of the renders who are Invlled to cxpress their ideas freely"

Tie in the various state organiza· tlons with the USCF. Each lltato organlVoation should be a Chapter In the USCF so that one memhershlp Included all. Keep It all as demo­cratic as possible at all times. You have made II fine heglnning.

LeRoy Jol!llllon Los Angeles, CalU.

1) The estahllshment ot a rating system fcr at least the top 100 chess lliayers In the United States" 2) The sponsorIng of at least one chess tournament in each state duro Ing each year"

M" 0" Meyer Sacramento, Calif.

Request presont members to tum in nallles and addre!;ses of every· bcdy they know who plays choss and Is not now a member of USCF. so they ~an be solicited through the lUall uy a letter from the USCF"

Charles C. Brokaskl Chicago, Ill.

Contine the elTort to glvo more people an ollportnnity for competl· tlon In Tournaments,

Albert S. naptlst Flint, Mlcll.

1) Sponsoring chess in the Kchools I~ one of the best Ideus yet.

This w!l1 Interest children In tllo gre~t game, who in turn will in· terest tholr parents, which should cement family relations, (:h tJcklng delinquency"

2) Ono of the most popular type of hooks printed is the 2;;c ]loc:kct book. They sell by the thouisands.

If one or these hooks could be pub­lished on chesH, giving all th e nec· essary Infortllation all rules, stra· tegy, etc", In a simple, easy to understand mallller, It should help popularize chess greatly"

D" F. Gray Denver, Colo"

Who ~ Who ..9n -4merican Chejj

Fritz Rathmann Learning chcss at the age of &I:z;,

Fritz Rathmann has been active In WIsconSin chess ever since" The 1I1"8t Interstate match with illinois WILS a family alTai r between the RathmanllS, beaded by the late Otto C" Rathman, Sr. (l<'ritz's rather) and the Oak Park Chess Club"

'rhl l" ty . three yeal"8 of .::hess acti vity has ~ made ma.ny /,: friends [01" Fritz ' who publis hes the mhlloograll!J· od Wisconsin Chess Le~ter

and Is about to b llue G l obal C h O!; a Digest, which wll1 be a digest or chess news frolll Imb- Fritz Uathmann IIClillons all over the wOI' ld. Fritz also contributes a c110SS ,column La Uncle Hay"s Mab"azinll, which he he· lioves will be read by ten mll1lOI1 chlldl"en.

Always active In chess rO( chll· uren, sinco 1931 Fritz has been con· nected with the Milwaukee public schools as a chllss teacher, leu.ch· Ing chess In the evening IIchools lind to di rectors of the s ummer olaygroullds. He serves as teferee and tournament dlrcctor for all tournaments hold In Milwaukee, in· c lud lng the AI"oa 6 loumament re­vorted in this Issue.

I·'ritz seldom finds time for tour· nament play, but makes a good showing when he does play. He 1,laced second In the Wisconsin State 'I'ourllll:monts of 1939 and 1916, I'tTIII IH'CC\\~ \\\ th~ C\\\\W, ~.

IIl viJl lo n of Lho 1936 11" 8 . OUIl l! 'l'I)UrllUlllont In Mllwlluk oo"

III 1I bU llY lite l~rltz !lnds limo t o

;'11~~~)j~::~ h~o~~~~~os~~~ 1~~1Ih~~~;~ ( dale Sanatorium. In both places he has taught chess, arranged simul­taneous exhibits aud tournaments fOI" the patients"

Fl"llz Is on the Boarq of Direct­ors of the ' Wisconsin State Chess Association as well as the United States Chess J.'ederatlon" He ex· lwds to add father of WtsconHin ClIam!J!OIl to his titles soon, aH l"reddle, 13·year-old, placed oue·hail point uehind fOl"Olcr Stato Cham· Ilion Averi1l Powers In last year's tonrnament" Sons Mike, aged 9, and Bollby, aged 12, aro also chess play· ers, and so Is J osephine ( Mrs. Rath .• mann) tu round out a 100% chess playing family.

Arpad E. Elo Prominent in Mllwaukce Chess

clt"cles tor many yoars. Arpad E" B:lo has also been active in national clless cll"cles. For two terms, In 193[; and 1936, he served as presi· dent or the American Cheas Fadm'a­tiou (]lredecessor of the United States Chess Federation) during the active period ot the OJlen Tour­naments at Milwaukee and Phllu·

delphIa" Many times

Wi sconsin Siate Cham· plan, Elo has not been qnite as lortunate In the various na· tlona l tourul!.· ments he has attended, al· though he has always made a very "respilct· able 9core" But

in two o! these he was handicapped by ueing III vol ved In the manage­ment of the tournament. At Chi· cago In 1987 h e 1)laced fourth In tho Consolation ahead or Suesmau und the Chicago veteran, John Wlutor"

Recent years haVe not seen Elo so active In choss, although he put In an appearance at the Pittsburgh Open Tournament.

By Willwm Rojam

W HERE did this Royal Game of Chess have Its origin? Alas, It is s tili II. mystery of mysteries . Its InvenUon hss been ascribed to the Baby­

lonian s, Greeks, Romans, Scythian a, S,yptlaus, Jews, Persians, Chinese, Hindus Arabians, Calltllians, Irish, Welsh and Scandinavians. (Perhaps I slight a tew races in this catalogue.)

its fabled creators I'ange from Japhet, Shem, King Solomon, the wife ot Ravan (Klug or Ceylou) to the philosopher Xerxes, Aristotle, Seriramlll, Zenobia, the mandarin Hanslng, the brahmin Sissa and ' Shatrllnscila, the Persian astronomer.

But In any case we Inherit our chess from the Persians (probably through Arabic sources), for the names of our pieces Indutibly prove thIs to be true. The Bishop (fou In French and aWl In Sptl nlsh) de· scends (rOIll lhe pll or fII (elephant) ot tbe Persians. Is there j \ls t /I. touch ot malice In the tranllmutatlon of tbe ).'rench madman or court jester Into the lIober Eng· IIsh I) relale!

'I'he Knight III hut a translation ot the uwa (horse) of the Persian. The Rook (or CasUe) Is merely an angliCized torm of rokh (camel) - the camel·mount­ed ligh t cavai!'y of ancient Persia ll W (LI·ft:U·O. Pawn III what Ill:! Spanil:!h (:ounterjJart peon (pcnsant)-Indl-cateB- a common root ~oldler. J Wjll/.m Rol_1II

But s t l"l\l1gell1 or all Is the Queen who has changed her sex In the tangled course or the cen turies. In medieval English she was ters, and 'already remlnl ne, tor Chaucer In Ills "Hooke Of t he Duchene" depicts John of Gaunt lamenting at the death of Dlaucb, bl8 consort:

At chene with me she gan to play With her false draughts full d iverse She Ita le on me and t oke my fers.

The "she" was ~'o rlune and the "rers" Blallcll. Duchtlss of Lancaste r. In PerSian, however, flu: or b%ln (gelloral er counsellor) Is a lways

mascliline. Medlevul French trunslllterated It as f/,erf/e. Then tho contu­sion or lhe timell made the general a virgin - vlerge; and so today we IlIl.ve ollr Quecn (and tbe Frcllch tllolr DanLe) lo r our most warlike amazon.

[n the olden days or Latin lIpeecll In polished circles the choss player !laId "Cove reuem" (Beware tbe King) or simply "Ref/em" as we now aa.y "Oheck" today. But when Latin was ban ished trom the grulle, we lcapt back over the centur leH, for In Pcrslan the phI1Lfle Is ' hah mat ( tbe King Is dead) to end the game-a sensible phrnse grown meaningless In our mutilated "~ngl1sh phonetics of "Check mate."

When 'Omer amote 'I. blooming lyre They played at chell In Babylon,

In Samarcand, Deihl, and Tyre, \ In Troy un burnt, snd Avaron.

There brahmin, mand ari n and aqulre Would squirm and twl.t and ponder on

The self-same problema we acquire; Then blunder, JUlt AI we have done.

DIRECTING FIRST JR USCF TOURNEY A REAL PRIVILEGE

By Howard Oh ma", National Junklr Ohainnml

It was .a genuine privilege to work with the thirty-two Junior players who me t In Chicago on July 1 for the first USCF Natlonal Jun­ior Chess 'l'ournament.

A Jiner group of teen·agll boys could not have been found than lada who came trom a ll parts of the country i.o comp.ete In mos t sert­ous fashion for the national junior champion. They were an 'amalllng­Iy s t rong group of players and the re was not a weak one among them.

Most Hatisfylng of all was the excellent brand ot sportsmanship and fin e spirit dIsplayed through­out the tournament. Despite the keenness of the competition and the tonaenOHs of play, at no time wa. there a single Instance of poor sportsmansblp.

DIRECTORS ELECT USFC OFFICERS AT PITTSBURGH

T wo changos tn the By·Lawl of lhe United StateH Chess Federa­tion were enacted a t tho meeting ot tbe Board of Directors during th e Pittsburgh Meet to rendol" moro olllciont tho work of the Fedoratlon. One was the creation of the post of Executive Vice-President lor a sin­gle three·year term to lIupervlBe Inte rnational relationships and have d irect control or the increasing pub­lishing and oducatlonal activltio8 of tho ).'ederatlon; the other was the adding of three nelt" Vice - Presl_ dent.a, to bring the total to five.

Results ot the election of Officers for 19~647 were: Elbert A. Wag­ner, Jr., PrCSi<Unt; Paul G. GleI1l, E:t:ccutive Vlce·Prcsldent ; William M. Byland, George E. Roosevelt, Herman Stelnor, J. C, Tbompllon, and N. P. WIgginton, H ell-Pre,£. d~t'; and Edward I. T reond, Bc(> reta1'1l. PaulO. GleTS was reappoint­ed 7'r/l'tUurer.

A. SID. TEST SAYS :-I Imew a fellow once who played

ches. until he made a lot of money. He Htill 110.' B. weakness ror Queens, but they aren't wooden ones now.

LOl"ry Fricdman

MEET THE 1ST U. S. JUNIOR CHAMPION LARRY FRIEDMAN

Tbe tlt'st U. S. Junior Chess Chanlplon, 1S·year-eld Larry Frled­mall, Is a quiet boy with n bey's nor­mal Interest In sporls. He wlll tell you that he is going to delend the junior Ulle next year, and wHh equal enthusiasm he will explain that he Is going out for halfback when football s tarts tbls tall. Larry will be a junior at East Cleveland's Shaw High School where he has averaged a grade of "B." He Is in­torested in all outdoor sports and won bls school leHer In track: lUI a sprinter.

In chells, too, Larry has been a II prlntor. Although ho learned the moves when he was nine years old, it was not until the winter ot 1943-H lhal h o began to IIludy the game ser iou sly. In Allrll 1!lH ho 1II00yod In the cIty tournament, fini shing third In 0. preliminary IIOCtion of tlve.

In March 1946 l..arry won his game against Arnold Don ker In Denker's 85-board simultaneous ex­hibition. The same year he won the Cleveland Junior Championship and the cho.mplonshlp ot the Pawns Chess Club. This las t Is something to brag about, as Clevelanders know, for the youngBters of the Pawn Chess Club captured the Cleveland Team ChamplellsWp In Lhe match play schedulod ea.cb year by the Cleveland Chess AB' soclatlon. Playing fl rat board for the Pawns , Larry went through the twenty or more games ot tbe 194.5-4S season undefoated.

Larry Friedman placod tourth In , the 1946 Ohio State Tournament and OJ:pects to compete again thIs year at Columbus.

LANSING LOSES TO BATTLE CREEK 3-4

By the tlgbt score ot tbree to tour Lansing Chess Clnb lost a match to Battle Creek. The club8 met at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Harry Day at Charlotte, Mich.

It was a great pleasure to have with us tbroughout the tournament the presence of Herman Steiner, one of the great playors of the country and cerlAlnly one of tbe most colortul. His Intense inter­est In tho tournament and In the boys themselves added much to tbe enjoyment ot everybody. He was most generous in the expert advice he gave to the players when thoy IIl:!ked Questions regarding the game and this they did on many occa­s ions.

U. S. YS. USSR TEAM MATCH

Also a.slstlng most helpfully wall Brllno ClIalkowskl ot Chicago, an· other very strong player who was on hand much of the time. H e, too, len t color to the tournament as well as assisting In caring for many detalis. Dehlnd the scenes gIving much asalstu.nce. especially beroro the touruament began, was Edwin Asman of Chicago . His help In preparing fer the tournament was Invaluable.

In talking with many of the boys when play was over, they empha­tically stated that they planned to come back next yoar for the second annual junior tournament. They . gave eve ry Indication ot enjoying themselves tremendously and of r e­ceiving real benefit In tho develop­ment of their game.

Board UNITED STATES 1 Rellhevilky, Samuel 2 Fine, n euben S De nker, Arnold 4 Horowitz, J. A . ............ .

Score i o ,

5 Kasbdan, Isaac .............. .. I i , 6 Steiner, Herman

7 PlnkU 8, Albert 8 Kevllz, Ale:under . ........... ..

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9 Dake, Arthur ........ ................ . 10 Uive81ad, Olaf .................. .

Total Round One .. 2j

1 Rcshevsky. Samuel 0 2 FIne, Reuben 6 S Denker. Arnold .... 0 4 Horowitz, I. A. , Ii Kal:!hdan, Isaac ... 1 6 S teiner, Herman ............... i 7 Pinkus, Albert 0 8 Kevltz, Alexande r 1 9 Dake, Arthur i

10 UIvestad, Olaf ....... 1 Total Round Two - ,-

RUSSIA Ilotvlnnlk, Mikhail Keres, Pa Ul Sillyslov, Vnsslly

Score ................ i

Boleslavsky, Isaac ............. .

1 1 I I 1

Kotov, Alexander ... . Flohr, Salo Ragollln, VyacJleBlav BOlldarevsky, Igor LIli en thal. Andren Bronstein, David .. .. ....... ..

Botvlnnlk, Makhall Keres, Paul ............ .... . Smyslov, Vasslly .. .. Boleslavilky, Isaac ({otov, Alexander . ).'Iohr, Salo ...... Raguzin. Vyacheslav . Bonda revsky, Igor ' Lilienthal, Andrea Bronstein, David ...

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1 I 1 i o I 1 o

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Ruula vlayed. Whit e on OIlIl'nTHnber /Iourrls in I"QU1Ht Que; U. S. pIal/ell Wh i l c on ollll-numberell boarels in nllmll two.

MORE DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED AT PITTSBURGH MEET Many new names round place In

the revised list of Directors elected at the Pittsburgh Meeting of tbo USCF. Like Repreaontath'es In Congrcu, Directors ot the USCF are in proportion to membership and so the enlarged list offers en· couraglng prOOf ot the increlUle In USCF membership,

The following were elected to rep­resent their rospectlve States: Ala­bama : J . T. Jackson; Arka nus: Rev. George G. Walker; California : Robert Ferer, J, B. Oee, Paul Har­mat, Edwin Janl58, Jr., LeRoy J ohn­son, Dr. Ralph H. Kuho s, C. T. Mc­Kinney, M. J, Royer, Nikolai RUBS, Dr. Harold W. Tower, Rev. Donald O. Weston; Colorado: Virgil Har­ris; Connecticut: Robert J. Camp­lIell, WaneD 'A. Hough; Delaware: Samuol A. Collins; District of Co­lumbia: Charlos W . SlD.rk, N. P. Wigginton; Fl orida: Mrs. Mary Baln; Georgia: Lt. Col. John Soule; Idaho: Scott A. Lamb ; IIIlnola: Samuel Factor, Lucius A. Fritze, L. G. Harrison. Arthur n. Hartwig, Lewis J . Isaacs, Montgowery Ma· jor; Indian a: Glen C. Donley. Judge Bertraw C. Jenklnes ; Iowa : Ken­neth F. Schurnann; Kansas; Carl Weberg; Louilla na : . Otto Clallor; Maine: Dr. J . Molnlck; Mary· land: I. S. Turovor; M .. lachuletta: Weaver W. Adams, W. M. P. MIt­chell, Norman E. Ward ; Michigan: Frank A. HolJway, Edward I . Tre­end, Virgil E. Vandenburg. James R. Walson; Minnesota: George S. Barnes, Orrin M. Oulman; MIa­louri: M. W. Gilbert, H . M. Wesen· berg; Montana : S. J. Alexander; Nebr.aka: Howard Ohman: New Hampshire : Paul B. Kllmlster; New Jersey: Sam Caplan, Steven II. Kowalski, Ndgar T. McCormick, Richard W. Wayne; New Mexico: James R. Colo; New York: Severin Bischor, Milton ~'Inkel s te l n, Herman Helms, Ooorge J<oltanowskl, Tom McConnon, Erich W. Marchand, Harold M. PhlJllp8, D. M. S mith, Maurice Wertheim; North Caro· IIna : Georgo H. Wright; Oh Io: S. S. Keeney, A. R, PhlJllps, A. E. Plueddeman, J ames L Stevens; Ok­lahoma : Dr. Delo. ROllsa; Oregon: Rev. George H. Swift; Pennsyl_ Vania: Isaac Ash, Wllllnm M . By­land, John D. French, J . W. Stev­enHon, Robert W. Wilson; Rhode Island: Walte r B. Suesman ; South Dakota: Cha rles H. Gurney; Texal: J. A. Creighton, Mevis R. Smith, J. C. Thompson ; Vermont: Arthnr H. Holway; Vlrfglnla : A. T. Hen· derson; Wuhlngton: R. C. Cannon, Ray LeFever; West Virginia: Dr. Siegfried W erthammer; Wisconsin:

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hi(I(I~. September eo, 19,6

STEWART S. TAYLOR SETS A RECORD

In tbe course ot time Quite a tew chess players have gained the hon­orable emblem that Indicates one thousand houra spent under Red Cross auspices In entertaining the wounded veterans. But tew have the dllmlnn and the heart to crowd approximately one thousand hours Into a little more than one year's activity. It Is even more remark­able In the cn8e of Mr. S towart S. Taylor, tor although be seem. a young s ixty·five In appearance, hi. actual age was seventy-tive on lul, 16th ot this year.

From April ht, 1945 to June lsl, 1946 (when lhe hOllpltal closed) Mr. Taylor spent two to three hours sl% days a week playing and teaching chess to the wounded. For good metlllul'e he would add the same IItln~ ~wo or throe evenings t\ weet and th row In a n occasional Sunday 1111 a bonus. Since the closing of Engln nd General H ospital, he haa been visiting the Tilton General Hos pital at ~'ort J) ix. Mr. Taylor, who relsides In Atlantic City, haa worked out a simple Instruction shoot which he loayes with his pu­plla togothor with old numbers of chess mnga~lnes.

Nnw thal tho war Is over, It Is eaSY to ~orS"et the wounded veter­all ll who will noed In the future more ClU"e and attention than they have received In tbe past. But tho us toulsblng r~rd of Mr. Taylor should se rve as 811 inspiration and a reminder to a ll .

L. R. Ayera, Frltll Ratbmann. CC LA : Philip L. Gold.

TRANSCONTINENTAL TOUR

by

GEORGE KOLT ANOWSKI SIMULTANEOUS ANO BLINDFOLDED CHESS EXPEJ3;T

Under the asupices of the UNITED STATES CHl!.SS FEDEIl.ATlON

Simuitaneoul or Blindfold Exhib ition., Lectures on Chell

Sept. 23 Sioux City Sept. 24 Huron, So. Oak. Sept. 25 Yankton, So. Oak. Sept. 29 Mankato, Minn. Sept. 30 Mlnneapoll • Oct. 2 Winnipeg, Canada Oct. 9 Vancouve r, Canada Oct. 11 Victoria, Canada Oct. 13 Mt. Vernon, Wu h. Oct. 15 Walhl ngton, Wash. Oct. 18 Manha ttan, Mont. Oct_ 20 Bolle, Idaho Oct. 21 Cheyenne, Wyo. Oct. 22 Denver, Colo. Oct. 23 Boulder, Colo. Oct. 26 Oklahoma City Oct. 28 Norman, Okla. Oct. 29 Tulsa, Okla. Oct. SO Topeka, Kanl.

Nov. 3 Dell Moi nes, rowa Nov. 4 Chicago, IU. Nov. 6 Peoria, III. Nov. 7 Chicago, III . Nov. 8 Gary, indo Nov. 10 Stu rgeon eay, WI .. No,,_ 14 Toledo, Ohio Nov. 15 Akron, Ohio Nov. 16 Akron, Ohio Nov. 17 Rochester, N. Y. Nov. 18 Sharon, Pa. Nov. 19 Pittsburgh, Pa. Nov. :w Morga ntown, W. Va. Nov. 21 Ha rri sburg, PII. Nov. 22 Read ing, Pa . Nov. 24 Elizabethtown, Po.. Nov. 25 Hu leton, Po.. Nov. 26 Bethlehem, Pa. Nov. 27 Lancnter, Pa.

A few open da tea art left In thl. itinerarYi c luba interelted shou ld write at once.

Write for Arra ngements to GEORGE KOL TANOWSKI

Hotel Charl es Gurney Yankton, South Dakota

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Friday, September 20, 1946

RUY LOPEZ New York State Champlopshlp Notes liy Erich W. March-ana White Black

1_ RIVISE A. SANTASIERE 1. P-K4 P·K4 2. Kt-KB3 Kt·QB3 3. B-Kt6 P-QR3 4. B·R4 Kt-B3 6. 0-0 B-K2 6. Q-K2 P·QKt4 7. D-Kt:l 0-0 8. P-B3 P-Q4

White is playing the Worrall At­tack. Black, however, tries Mar­shall's Defense anyway. The diUer­ence is .that White's Queen is at K2 instead ot Ql and his Rook at B1 Instead ot K1.

9. P-Q3 Probably not best. Ma rchand-Kram­er (C0llJ!.0lation Tournament) pro· ceeded 9. PxP, P-K5; 10. PxKt, PxKt; 11. QxBP, B·Kt5; 12. Q·K3, B-Q3; 13. P-B3 and BlaCk's attack was insufficient. 9.

10. P-KR3 11. B-Kt5 12. QB·R4 13. P-KKH H. BxKt 15. Kt·R4 Hi. Kt-B5 17. KtP:x.:Kt 18. PxB

Tho chances now even.

18. 19. K-R2 20. P-QB4

P-Q5 KB-B4 P-KR3

Q·Q3 B-K3 PxB

K t-K2 KtxKt

BxB

appear about

K-R2 R·KKtl

20. P-Kt4 is better. Then White could route the Knight from Q2 to Kt3 to R5. The text gives Black the chance to operate effectively on the QKt file.

20. PxP 21 . KtPxP QR-Ktl 22. rt·H.2 Q·m 23. Q·B3 Q-Kt2 21 . Q-Kt3 QxQ cil. 25. PxQ R -KtG 26. R-Ql KR-KU 27. Il.-Q2 D-KUi 28. R·Ql P-KR4 !

]tominlscent of Alekhlne. who loved to manoouvro alteruatoly on both wings. Black plans to bring the

50urnamenl ollie White. Black's game is still per­fectly soUd alter 76 ..... _., B-K2.

16. PXB B-KB4 17. R-R2

INTERCOLLE;GIATE TEAM TOURNEY PLANNED AT XMAS

Bishop to K6, a pleasant conception_ 29. K-Ktl B-Bl 30_ RxP B·RS 31. RxP 32. K-R1 33. R-BS 34. RxP

B-KS ch. K·Kt.2

RxKtp

Too Jate he reaUzes the lorcetulness ot Black:s play. It now he tries to save the Knight by 34. Kt-R3, R'QiU; 36. Kt-Kt5, then R(R1)-R7 forces mate. White could safely have resigned here.

34. 35. Rxn. 36. K-Kt2 37. P-Kt4 38. PxP 39. P-B6 40. P-B6 41. R-Q7 42. K·B3 43. P-Kt6 44. P-KtS

Resigns.

IW<t RxR ch.

R·Kt6 PxP ""P R-B6 P-QS B-Q5 RxP R·BS P·Q7

TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE 1st u. S. Junior Championllhlp

Finals Notes by Donald MUUridge

White Black H. BERLINER L. FRIEDMAN

1. P·K4 P·K4 2. Kt-KB3 Kt_QB8 3. 8-B4 Kt-B3 4. Kt-KtS P-Q4 5. PxP Kt-Q5 6. P-QB3 . .....

Since White Is by ' no means im­mune from counter-attack In this variation, he may as well play 6. P-Q13.

6. P-QKt4 7. 8-B1 KtxP 8. Kt-K4 Kt-K3 9. BxP ch . B--Q2 10, Q·RoJ """ ..

Afte r this , and In sllile of t ho OJ:' ci!a nge of Qs , White Is lett with a very sorlou s weakno88 Oll Ill s QS. 10. B·I3I. If unaplletlzlug,ls the beat untl !1 r the circumllta.n~es.

10. ....... Kt(4)-B5 I 11. BxB ch_ QxB 12. QxQ ch. KxQ 13. P-KKt3

The logical move, only - But at-

ter 13. 0-0, Kt-Q6 White's game Is very dIfficult and Black's well worth the pawn minus.

13_ ...... Kt·Q6 ch. 14. K-K2 KtxB ch. 1S. RxKt P-KB4

At K4 a Kt enjoys maximum mo­bility and is enviably situated. But In chess there are exception:;, to all the rules.

16. P·Q4 PxKt 17. PxP P-KKt3 I

The Junior Cbamplon ruthlessly forestalls all White 's attempts to get an ending worth contesting.

18. R-Q1 ch. K_K2 19_ K-K3 Kt·B4 20. P-QKt4 ' B-R3 ch. 21. K-K2 .. Kt-Q6 22. P_KB4 P-KKt4 23. PxP BxP 24. Kt-Q2 BxKt 25. RxB K.K3 26. QR-KB1 KR-KB1 27. R-B6 ch. RxR 28. PxR R-KB1 29. K_K3 K-K4

ResIgns ~

FRENCH DEFENSE ~ 1st U. S. Junior Championship

Finals Notes by Donald MuuritZue

White Black L. FRIEDMAN R. KUJOTH

1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P--Q4 P-Q4 3. Kt-QB3 S-Kt5 4. Kt·K2 PxP 5. P·QR3 B-K2 6. KtxP Kt·KB3 7_ KKt_QB3 Kt-d'3 8 .• B-K8 0-0 9_ B·Q3

It this was Intended as a sacrifice. White does not get his money's wwll!. wr ll!.l$ 1J»p.orta-1JJ; p;I.:<I.tl,.

9. KtxQP 10. Q·Q2 P·QB4 11 . 0-0-0 P-QR3

WILHte ot timo, sluce Bluck gets no opportunity lor counter·offense.

12. p·KR4 P·K4 13. B-KKtS P·QKt3 14. KtxKt ch. BxKt 15. Kt·K4 BxB

Just what the doctor ordered - for

Much too light·hearted. 17. P·KB3 was in order, with good proepects.

17. P-B5 18. R(1)-R1 PxB 19. QxP BxKt

19, .. , . ~" Kt-Kt6 ch! would leave Black secure and a piece ahead; whereas the text allows a devilish rejoinder, leaving Black In a ,pre· carious situation.

20. RxP I QxP ch, , 21. K-Kt1 P-KKt3 22. QxB/ Q-B4 In ~uo/l a position, any slip must

be immediately fatal. Black CRn

keep afloat by careful play - 22 , .. ,.'" n·QKtl (keeping the White Q out at QKt7); 23. Q-Q5, P-R4; 24. Q-Q6, Kt-K3; 25. Q·Q3, Kt·H5, etc.

23. Q-R4 P·KB3 Or 23. _____ ., Q-B5; 24. Q-K7! Other-wise 24. Q-RG.

24. R-Kt7 ch. Resigns

A. SID. TEST SAYS:-There is a lot to be said tor get­

ting the right slant on things In liCe or chess. Look at a Bishop commanding the long- diagonal.

A. SID. TEST SAYS:-Many bank accounts (and chess

games, too) are ruined by too many careless checks.

College chess players will note wIth enthusiasm that plans are al· ready well under way for a spectac· ular Team Tournament in New York during the Christmas holidays, December 26·30. Teams or tour players each from various colleges will compete for the custody of the Harold M. Phillips trophy and the title of U. S. Collegiate Team Cham· pions. Teams trom all colleges and junior colleges in the country wlll be eligible, and those interested should communicate at once with Rhys Hays, Secretary of the Com· mittee, 430 West l1Sth Street, New York City.

This tournament, according to Mllton Finkelstein USCF Director oC the Collegiate Chess PI·ogram. gives local chess clubs and associa­tions their opportunity to do some­thing worthwhile [or national com­petiUve chess. in addition to build­ing UP local interest in the game. For college boys are notoriously never Wealthy. Here, then, is the chance tor the local chess club to gain kudoS In its own community by tinancing the expenses o[ a team of four from the college or junior college In its locality.

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