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Vol. IV Number 12 OffjclCll Publication of The United Stutes (lJessfed~ration Monday,

February 20, 1950

YUGOSLA VIAl WINS MATCH Denker And Bisguier Star For U.S.A. As Yugoslav Team Wins Radio Bout

By Special Correspondent NEW YOH.K: Depr ived of the s ervices of two of its best players,

the United States took a beating lJy IH~-8lh from Yuogslavia i n a radio short w.ave match played on February 11-14. A few (lays before the match word was received that lea.ac K-ashdan had had to be rushed to tile hospital because of a perforated ulcer; and 011 the day before the match hegau. I·Ierm an Steiner a nnounced his withdrawal from lhe team because of a difference of opinion wi th the match commillee regardin g What hoard he was to play.

All alibis and explanatlons a.side. it should be said ca tegOrically t hat the Yugoslavs played witli de termination, skill and courage {l nd rlllly erned the ir victory. On the Ameri can s ide, Ar nold S. Denker I'eceived a prize fOI' the most brilliant game (aga inst Rabar) ; AI·thul' lJisguier won the prize fO I' the fil'sl vi ctory lJy an Arnerkan ]Jlayer (against ]vkoy).

Detail s about the match will follow in a iate r artic:le. .

ULVESTAD FLIES TO AiD U. S. TEAM

Cancelling the da te (01' a simul­taneous exhlbltiou in Cleveland, Olaf Uivestad r1ew to New York to join the U. S. team ill the radio rng,tch with Yugoslavi:l. Larry Evans. young Manhattan C I u b c,'f,u~{J>vm, in tl.'m new !n CJcyeJanii to s llhsliluto for Ulve6i fld.

In rou nd one, Yugoslav ia had the -'WbMs p'_'~e"'" .... " .U1" f'V"II-"lIlUh.o(­cd iJoards, a nd on the odd-numher­ed boal'(ls In rou nd two. Round .OU.1 o llenings were: 1. Nilm:owitch De­reuse. 2. King's Indian. 3. Ruy Lollet, 4. Sicilian,S. Caw lan, 6. Queen's Gambit. 7. J\: illg's Ind ian, 8. S icilian, 9. Ca l'o·J{a nn, 10. Ruy Lopex. In round two: 1. Nlmxovitch Defense, 2. King's Indian. 3. Queen's G:nu\.Ii t DeeL. 1. ]\:lng's Indian, 5. Nillltovi tch Defense, 6. Siciliau, 7. Nim :r.ovi\.ch Derellse. S. AllIin Count­er Gam\.l it , 9. Ruy I..oJlez. 10. Sidl-lall.

In 1'0\1110 o lle three games wel'e unrinished and decided hy adjudi­cation. when Louis J . WolUf, chair­man of match oolluuittee. a fter ('"ilU_ suiting with rtlfCI"ClC lIa ns J{moch, prOllosed that bo,nrd six he declar -00 a dra.w, board nine conceded to Yugosln via and hoard tcn to the USA.

In round two, as we go to press, two boards I'ra under ndjnd icatioll and the results g iven upon boards six .and sevcn are unofticial.

QUICK TOURNEY NEWS ROUNDUP

Argenti n .. : Najdorf won the match fOL' the Argentina Champion­st,ip nan'Qwly besting Julio Dol­bochan 611.1-4.%. Tbere were 7 draws. The Grau Memorial Tourn­alllent was won by H. Reinhardt with 8-3, 2. 1l.. Chocron 7 1,!1"3I,~: 3-4. L. Marini and .T. Pelikan 7-4 eacll, etc. Argentina won a ouesided vic­tory over S pain In a te lephOne matcb by 13·2. Najdorf dcfeated Rico; BolbOChan bcsted Medlua, Gu imard downet! Pere?, Rossetto won from Sauz and Marin i blanked Pomar on the first 5 boards. S I131n '8 2 points came r"om four drawS.

SAVE THESE DATES! July 10 - July 22

FOR THE

S1st Annual U. S. Open Tournament

AT DETROIT, MICH.

USA "'. YUGOSLAVIA RADIO MATCH

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Au st rOllia: 'fhe Austrulian Open, beld 1Jy the l\1elbourne Chess Club, was won IIY K. Ozols, cluLlllplon of Victoria, with 9 IltS. ; second was L. Endzelius willi 8. Botll players al'e recent a r rlvalfl fl'om Latvia.

Bulgaria: ' rhe Prague Champion­flbi l) fell to Zita with 10'h-11h. wi th ~'I1Ij) 10-3. !'itha n 9'h-3i,6; Kolt­nauel' 9-1, etc.

Hoila nd : T he Ueverwijk Tourna· nlent resulted In a surprise victory for DOllll (lr (22 years old ), playing In his first InterllaUonal tourney, Wltll 7·2. Second was Dj·. Euwe an d Ros8ollmo (li'rance) wi th 6·3 each. Cortlever was fourth with 51h-3lh, losing no games but draw­ing 7.

Norway: 1'he Norwegian Cham· plonahlp went to a new-comer, Aage Vestol, with 5 pts. Barda, 1949 Champion. wall 8~ond wllh 4%.

Pola nd : Plate r won the Polish Championship with 12% pts ; 2. 1'arnowllkl with 10%. Tbe Warsaw Championship went to Litmano­wicz with 8%·2* .

Rouma nl .. : L. Pachman won the inter'national tournament at Buda­pest with lH~d lh . Seeond was IJ'enko with 13~-51h, 3rd. Snjtar with 13-6. Among the players was S. Szabo, a Roumanian player fre­q\1ently confused wIth Laszlo S~abo of Hungary.

Switze rland : llJall won a small ill terna tional torUlley at J~ucerne with 5 pts. Second was Rabar (Yug08la va) and Unzicker (Gor­man y) with 4% each.

London : The London Boys' ChamplOllsilip cuded In tou r-way tie for first place between B iron (Latymer), Houan (CardInal Vaughan), Lines (Wh itgritt ), and Lofts (Ley ton ) a t 8 pis. each in the 79-man Swiss event.

Politi,)" No. 17 Spielmann !vs. Honlinger

Vle"r a, 1933

POlilio" No. 18 Daniuszewski VII. Pawlocki

Lodz, 1905 ANDERSON WINS TORONTO TITLE

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]~or the third time in fo ur year s Frank n. Anderson, youllltul On· tarlo expert, won the Toronto City Cbampionshlp with an 8-1 score. Losing to n.. F. RodgCi's in the opening round or the 1()..I!lan event. Anderson was thereafter unbent.. able. Second place went to Arnold J..idacis with 7-2, losing to Anderson In the 6th round and to Ivan Suk In 8th. Suk placet! third witb 6-3; and fourth was a tie between T. J oonase and H. Anto with , 4I,.~-4lh each. 1949 City Cha.mpion C. A. Crompton did not compete in the event.

WEST SUBURBAN WINS LIGHTNING

Conducted"by Edmund Nash In the annual Team Lightning

Chess Tournament ot the Greater Chicago Cbess League -the West Suburban team wa lked away witb the victory by a 3 'h -% score, win­ning 31 games and los ine: 17. Ha.wtbot'lle Chess was second with 3-1 and Uerwyn Chess th ird with 2-2. Las t y"car's champlol1~ Austin

- Cnes s- and Ch~ker, SCoreu llA·;'.1h

Send . 11 COJlrlbtltlcn. for thI s co lumn to Edmu nd Huh, 15)0 2!1 ~ Place., S E. W.shlnaton 20, D.

T HERE lS a mte ill 5 In PositiOn No 27 that RuuOU Splclmann over­looked In t e game, but pointed out late r JIl IllS excellent book, The

Art of Sacrrrlce in Ch ess To the aspll mg player who already has some knowledge of 0 euings and endmgs and deSires to Improve IllS stand mg (lnd Itt (ho ""Ill~ tiIl1U find uelig'llt iu u\l .. cu(u,·u"" I" UY C,, );, r uu rtll:lll ,·vll .. lIy recommend tllis s imply written but profound book .

In the Innocent-looking Posit ion No. 28 White forces ma te lu 6. lin· ...w- l:rl.'l"" ,e-tV <>h 'I' 1,1" f) .. .. "'~ _ 0""1> _11 ... 'J ~"t. ... 0" ... 10 l (O uvol. ' 1>0 .... il~ ... ~ is smooth and ;;t;asanl and the l'e nrc sc,'cral clevcr variatiOns, dellend· ing on how BI~dk defends . fo r foul'th place In the 6 'team

event. PlellSe turn to page four fOr solutions. In Individual honors tor tbe best

scorc on each ot tbe six bOardS the following topped the list: J . Nowak (Austin) 8-0; W. NOrln (Austin ) 6'h-11h; M. Lajcik (Ber­wyn) 7-1; E. Gulanick (Berwyn) 6-2; E. Laube (Hawthorne) 7-1; Venesaar (West Suburban) 8-0.

VINCEN N'ES PLAYS VINCENNES TEAM

If pia us mature Villcelllles will be the vlctOl' In a match, whoover wins , tOr Vincennes, Iudiana Is planning a cahle match aga.lnst its namesa.ke, Vincennes, l~rallce

with tile details or the lIIatch al" ranged by J. VI. Kimmell of the USA city. Dr. M. L. CUI·tntlr will be In 1o: hal'j;e of the team 1IlTange­ments.

DEMAREST GAINS HELBIG TROPHY

In the Fourtb Annual Tourna· ment o r the Interscholas tic Cbols League ot Hudson County (N.J .), the i)emarest High School team regained custody or tiLe Paul Hel­hlg TI'Ollhy by winning a playoff match against the r ival Mcmorlal High School team afte r t hey bad tied at 2-1 In the regular league play. Both Demarest and Memorial have held the tropby twice, and the one that wins It the third time gains permaucnt posseSSion. The league Is sponsor ed by the J ersey City Y Ohess Club.

PITT WINS TITLE IN PGH LEAGUE

'Vi tll a perfoct score of 5-0 in matches, Pitt walked off wi th the Pittsburgh League chamll ionshlp. Westinghouse Research was a c lose second with a 4-1 score In the G teRIlI event, and Tecb fi nished third with 3-2. How close the battle was Is shown by the fact that Pitt totaled 16 wins In games while Westinghouse had 15 wins.

HARVARD TOPS METRO LEAGUE

1Iarvard University Chess Club tOPI! the Boston Metropol itan Chess l.-eague wi th -a 6-2 mat.ch score, 26-14 in g-ames, in the filial standings. ' rile cOlll!)llralivcly newly organ ized Lithuanian Chess Club 'Placed sec­ond III a tic with BoyLston Chess Club ai riY:-2'h e:lch :lnti with oqll:l l I;:ame SCOres of 26-14. Best illdivid­un l sCores were made by 'J'ilUt. val&ha :md l ferkis (both Litlluan· ian ) wilh 6-2 eaCh.

InCorrccUy r epOrted as winning tIle Doslon City Club t itle In llle issue of January 20, P ovl1as ,Taut­vaieha actually won the Dos ton City Cbamplons lhp, which was hcld at the Boston City Club.

In !lIe "8" divi sion or tbo Mell'o. I)olitan J.enguo 'at the haH-way mark, Cambridge Y Chess Club and AI'lIngtoll Chess Club batllo ftl r fi rst place with 6·0 each in matcbes, while Brattle Chess Club bolds third with 6-1.

IDAHO, MONTANA ti0LD TOURNEYS

In "8 7-round Swiss at Lbe Uolse YMCA, C. H. Stewart Or Boise re­Ileatoo last yeal"oS victory wi th a 6'h· l % SCOre to r etain the title. Mel Schubert of P ocatello, fo rmer Idaho chaJnlllon, and Wlillam Taber, cha mpion ot Nevada, tied for the second honors with 6-2 each.

Tn Montana at a round-robin tournament he ld at Deer Lodge, Bernard Copping of Bozeman won thl') title. 11. Lowndes Maury or Butte was second In tbe event.

Thber, second in the Idaho event, l"ecenUy won the Open Cbamplon­ship of UULh.

USCF President Paul G. Giers Wires Greetings To Players In Radio Match

1. A. Horowitz Chess Review 260 West 67th Street New York, N. Y.

Syracuse, N. Y_ February 10, 1950

'1'0 the participants in the USA·Yugosla.via Itad lo Match-My grcetiugs on behalt of tho Uliited States Chess F ederatlou, its d l. reetor s, orricers and members. Our FederatiOn is havpy to join in sponsor­ing this important chess encounter between teams of two great nations. Itcgn.rdless of ou tcome, t1lls Match should serve 10 bring the chess playel'lS of the Ulllted <sta.tes and Yugoslavia together in closer fr iend. ship and undorstanding. Our Federation bas Lbe highest rega.rds for Yugoslavia's incre.asing ICCidershl p In International cheas afCairs. Con­gratulatiOf18 to Chess Hcyiew for arra.nglng this event. I am sorry that cir cum stances prevent me from being with you In perSon. Good Luck, and may the best team win.

PAUL G. GIERS, PTtsidenl, The Uniud StaUs Chess Federation

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Vol. IV, Number J2 :Of o n day, }j~ebnl'al' y 20, 1950

UNDER THE NAME OF REASON

P A SS ION AND JJrejudice, said .John Wes le.y in a letter to Joseph Uen· SOil. govel'll tile world; only unde r' the llame ot )·ea'sou. One call:::

not doubt the basic wisdom in this cumment by the sage foundel' of Methodism when the truth ot his l'emark Is almost daily demou stl'ated by such !Jwid ell t:s of intolerance as lhe idio tic de nun Cia tion which we publish in this lssue in the column "The Kibitzer Has His Day."

Normally, we would shield a thoughtless cOl'I'eSPOndellt from the t olly 01 his remarks and refraln from displa ying hIs Ignorance and Ills intolerance to tho worlrl (not because wo are particularly beuigu, but because It Is usually an nct or SuperOga tlOll to reveal a tool In Ills mut· ley); but the false magic of mass chess pl'oductlon in the USSH has cilarmed su many (like the seductivo pipings of the Pied Piper ot Hams-­lin ) that It becomes expedien t to demonstrate as llU Intercstlng scientific fact just how fa ntastic become the argumeuts of those who have accepted an Idea with religious zeal and thereafte r abandon all reasoning in r e­gard to it , developin g all Impenetl'll.ble immunity to both logic and com· mon sense.

Bllt we must on'lmont. In passI ng, that in tllls same team match of 194G Koto\' (who finished in a tie [or Ufth in the SovIet Championship) lost one point and j II halt out of two to Isaac ICashdan, while Boles\a.vsky (who !11~o finisllcd In 0. tie tor tifth) drew hoth his games agnlMt 1. A. f-Jorowitz. Tho SovIet team won the match by a Vel'y comfortable mar­g in; but there is ho evide nce to be gained from theso results to justify the worship or all lS0vlet masters us demigods beyond defcat- sullel'lllou of the chessllOard ,

'Vhcthel' or npt It is "oiJvlouJ:I that the nussian !:! have the W01"1\r8 'outstandlng' chess Imustcrs or grandmaster s". this stntement Is uerinltflly a very specious argument when advanced to justify tho naming of Jlagollin and Levcpflsh as g' I'anumasters a~ a Apoclal ac t oC (av6ritlslll. Tlie obvious outsllflldln g quaHty of a number of Soviet gratldillaster~ elm· not disguise the (tct that Rago1.ln and Levenfi sh fi nish ed 17tll and l~th respectively In th~ last Soviet Cllnmplonshlp beh ind a 1I11mbel' ot Soviet players whom ever the Illost ardCI\t Ru~sopillies do IIOt cons idol' grand· masters-a fac t 1 hiCh was the pertinent basis of our remai'ks iu the editorhtl "GI'eat IS n'llth And It Prtlvalls."

Unfortullately logic is no Icmger a lItandal'd pal·t o t tho ed ucntional curdculum, or 1\1 Harvey might have learned that the convel'se to a sylloglflm Is not n cessllrlly also true. Even It we wcre to gl'lilit without quibble Mr. Hal'iy•g nHl.gnllof\ucut thesis that all o utstanding grand· masters are Russ an (fol'getting the Reshevskys, Fines, Eu",~es. Turta· kowel's), it !loes lot to ll o w that a ll Huseians are grandmasters '

Nor does the g~neral very high quality of SovIet choss bear lIny r e lations hip to ou llt'ev!ous commcntR upon the decisions of the FIDE A¥embly. 'Vhat e protested then , as wo will i~galn and agnln H lI eod be, was the favo tism extended to It parUcular group-and we would pl'otest that favorItism qu ite as stl'enllously If it were excrted on behaU oC tho United Stu eR rnther tilan to i tR disadvantage. Only u vely be. mused mimI can accept the id~a that favoritlsm is ever jnstified; oilly a very bigoted on call consider that mere quality of play ,lutomatically l'enders auy grolll so sacl'osnnct that a.ll must how (Jowu a nd wor'~hh) It. lu .the USA w have progressed beyond that semi-civUized mentality which accepts th dlvino right of kiugs WIIO can do no .wrong; but fortulmtely wo nre not yet so su ffIcien tly civilized to accept the suhsUtute dogma of the di vi\ right of the So\'i~t UnIon. which also tu Its adherents call do lIO wrong.

A6 we havo ever contested the ronlnrknble talent or the v~u'lous noted Suviet mas ers (having rather bewailed at times the fact that the U. S. Is recoll ly somowhat laclrln g in ability to challon ge the world In chess), wo wll pass over tho extremely spurious argument of Mr. Harvey tha t we are guilty of "constant attempts to belittle Soviet players" as oehu; represe nt.ativo of the type of non'sequltur statem ent which lreople or f r. Hal'vey'~ mentality uOrmally substitute tO r the processes or logi 1 reasonipg when contronted with facts which th~y find Illlpil latuble r I' wh ich th ey find n o l egItimate r efutation .

\Ve reullze th t. we have '3ccor(led t o i'.1r. Harvey's commellts s))~ce and aotice oeyond their imJ)ortance; but there is so Illllch muddled think. Ing in tho world h ose days wheu I'nsh and prejudlced a ccusation s lire suhsti tuted for Ie Itlmatc arguments In the hope that the listener is no more Inte11igeut t nn the speaker. that we Celt It .,xpedient t o indicate nt ieast onc e lha the appeal to lh e tl'icks ot the de magogue wltlt Its I'ellance upon t als accusa tions and the substitution of uus ubstantuated

Our cOITespOJldent. Mr. Hal'vey, resellts the comments in this editor. charges for reaso ad arguments remains an anSWer tlmt neither logic I,n! CO IUlll1l regarding the r ecent F'IDr~ deCisions, and possibly mor e lIor san ity can ' nc ellt. particularly is lufurlated by the publication of portions of Dr. Bohatyr· \Ve do not sp ak ex cathedra aud do 'not expect our opillions to gu chuk's lotte!' upon the bUreaucratic condltlons govorning the playing or unchallonged as l~e dicta of au enthron ed authority; 1mt we do expect ' :~.':~~~~~~,~~:~~"J.,~-eG.2hil~:h~!~,'-o'flf'~,q,~1"'IW--t-U'~I._tp.~tlmu.!Yl.l1.JJtb..o..CQJ.It..gdt.lclLOrter II R ~n l'AI1iIlAnt nntl """' ~ f'ln.,d MI>l.

chimaeras that can best exist in the stygian darkness of ignOI'ance and l prejudice. - I 4 ~

Mr. Harvey is, of course. enUUed to his beliefs; and had he defended \' ff ' . them wi th the remotest semblance of illteJ1igenco. he would have been entitled to our z'espect as well, howeV]}r mistaken those views might Beem to others. But when Mr. Harvey tlnds his ouly defence In an at· tempt to cloud the issue with fals e and piddling accusatious, endeavoring to bewilder his readers with statements that are misrepresentations of fact (we will not starkly term them lies) in the best style ot polemic -tactics recommended by Karl Marx and praised by Leni,n. he fOI'felts thereby all right to respect and conslderatiou.

Considering the text ot his communciatioll, first, it Is not germane to the Issue in question (the validity of the FIDE declsions) whetilel' CHESS LIFE misjudged ' the respective talents of Keres and Smyslov in the recent World Championship Tournament. Since both players were from the Soviet Union, we cannot Bee how the m lsappraisai of their respective taleuts as retiected in the fina l standings can be construed in any way as an attempt to belittle SovIet players, as Mr. Harvey seems to suggest. Nor does their Unal ranking in the \Vorld Championship event have any bearing whatever upon the moot point of whether the recant FIDE decisions regarding tlle playing of the Candidates TOUr/HI.· ment at Budapest and the awarding of the Grandmaster titles to Ragodu and Leventish were jus tified or not.

Parenthetically. it might be remarked that the misjudging of the tinal ranking of players in a tournament is not unusual but rather othe)'­wlse. If we had made a forecast on the recent ussn Absolute Champion· shlp (which we wisely avoided), we might have indicated that E. Geller (Heller) seemed to be playing out of bis class on the basls ot his bl'iet tournament record. Geller, ot course. fluished in a tie tor Third after leading the field for many rounds. But we arc consoled by the thought that our own miscalculation of his ability was shared by the various Soviet chess publications, whiCh were equally surprised at his unex· pected :achie\·ements. Are we to assume tilere fol'e that, the Soviet chess periodicals also make a practice ot "belitUing" Soviet chess players?

The cuz'lous logic (or rather the lack of it) which indicates that since six players besides Smyslov finished ahead of Keres in the recent Soviet Championship. thIs tact necessarily m~ans that they "must rate as well as OUI' best," of COllrse. is a tYIJical example ot that muddled thinking (It we may dignity it by terming it thinking) whj.ch universally betrays our ' fellow travelers whenever they engage in serious polemicS.

There is nu question !rut that the USSR can mastel' a group of able masters whom no atller country can <at pl'escnt hope to lllatch; and no attempt has been made either iu CHESS LIFE or in auy other reputable chess publication to deny this ohvlous fact. But the endeavor to en· till'one therefore all tlle Soviet master s as demigods is as futile as it is ridiculous.

For example, David Bronsteiu, co-champinn in the recent Soviet event in the 1916 tcam match with t he USA lost one game out of two to Ol~f Ulvestad. If we were to follow the unreasoning Ill'ecedent- of Mr. Haney'oS SUbstitute fOI' logic, we might complacently conclude that since Ulvestad finislJed in a tie for th ird in the U. S. Bi~nnlal Champion· ship, George Kramer (who tied with Ulvestad in this event) a lso defiuitely ranks as the eqnal of Uronsteill. while both Herman Steiner (who won the tOUl'l1ament) and Isaac Kasbdan (who placo(l second) must there­tore be superior to Bronstein since they t inished ahead of Ulvestad. \Vo are not tempted. howoyer, to draw .such hasty couclusions upon the lJasis ot unrelated encounter s merely to lend countenance to Mr. Harv-ey's curious method of ratiocination.

:Jt.e J(;tUzer .JJa6 .JJi6 :ha,! From the Editor's Mail Bag

TRUTH PREVAIL.S - YFS - but different people can. and

do, draw diffe reut couclusions from the same set of facts.

Before the big "rorlds Champion· ship Tourney you considered Kel'es as one of t.he three most prohable winuez·s . In the recent USSR tourney he came 8th! Slllyslov. ' who you didn·t consider "helonged," again beat him out. The other 6 must rate as well as our best too, inasmuch as none of them could finiSh in front ot him.

YonI' constant attempts to he­little Soviet playel's and drag the Cold -War tactics Into a Chess pul)· lication is getting rather tiresome.

Truth prevails alright and to most or us it seems pretty obviOUS t hat the Russians have the wOI'lds outstanding chess llHlsters or graud­ma.sters.

In trying to prove. otherwise iu the face of all the fa ct s you make yourself ridlculous!

r. W. HARVEY. TR. Manistee. Michigan

D~ar Mr. Major; As a member of t.he United States

Che~s Federation and thel'efore a reader of CHES S LIFE, just thou ght T would Tel! you how much I enjoy the maguziJw and espec· ially Dr. Buschke' R jarticles, Alek· hiue's Early Chess Carcer. and Chess Abroad.

'1'hl)se very interesting articlos contain games, facts and figures. pl'obably unobtainable from any other source, about sOllie of tJ)e

great masters and personalities of the CllCSS world.

I am pleased to see that the Alek­hine series wl1l be coytlnned, and am looking forward to theso articles which not only turn Ish little·known biographical deta.!l~ of thl3 great master's early career, hut also an insight into his cIml'acter as well.

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III. THE MATCH WITH LEVITSKY. 1913

Another Ale hkine "Revision"

(Su pr(~io"s a,/ir!e 0'1 Altk.hine.Nim_ ~ov;/rh gamt.)

A s outlined in our previous article (CHil:SS LI~'E, Nu. 9

or .Janual·y 5, 1950), the Tenner i llcident repul'ted by Reinfeld in "UnknOWIl Alek.hine" (1). 93) and the omission of two moves In the Alekhlne·Nhnzovltch game playerJ In the A II·Russian r"rastel" s Tourn. alllent in January 1914 are n ot the on ly cases III which un altem. liull of the conect sequence ot moves a s recordod at the time tho gllllles were plnyed cun bo obaei'yad In the fi nal version of these ga mes a s edited by Alek. hille il\ his cull ectlon or "Dest Games 1908.1923."

Auother case ill point. Is tho 8th gume or Alekhlne's Match with Levitsky. Before we give tllis game ill' Its Original version with Alekhjne'~ original notes, as pub. lislled in "},rovoe Vremla" and "ShukJI n! lItnyi Vestnlk" or 1913 , we wl~ll to pOint uut the following l'ogard i ng tile othor match games.

The first game of the match, !Jlay ed Oll February 15 (old style, I. o. February 28, new style) 1913. is llub1\ ~hed by Roill teld III "Un. known Alekhine" as game no. 65, hut only tho first 26 moves are given. The original publication has 40 lIloves, and since the young Alekhlne's way of aiirlOtuting such games might be quite interesting, we wlll r epeat the entire game llitor with AJekhlne's notes.

The second game was played on I!ebl'ulu'y 17. 1918 (I.e. March 2 Ilublished by Alekhine in "Best Games." no. 40. The original pub­lication ill "Shakllmatnyi Vestnik" has one more move, viz .. 27 .. _. Q. K4; 28. QxR, ReSigns.

The third game Is Rein1eld's no. 66 (February 18-March 3. 1913). The fourth game (February 19- March 4. 1913) has not been reprinted by either Alekhlne or Reinfeld and will be included lu ' OU)' later republication or unpub. lished games Alekhlne lost. The ruth game Is Relnfeld's no. 64; the original publication has stll! Alekhine's 25th move "QR·K and resigned"; it was played on Feb­ruary 21 (March 6) 1913. In other words, the ordel' in which Reinfeld brings the three games Is not quite correct.

The sixth game, the longest ot the series (90 moves) was played on J>~ebruary 22 and 2& (March 7 and 10). 1913 and bas not been published in either Alokhlne's or ' Rein(eld's collectious. The same is [me of the 7th game, played on February 26 (March 11). UH3, the las t of the three games lost by Alekhine in this matcll (games 4 5, 7); both will be reprinted b; us latOl·.

The eightl! game is Alekhine's uo. 41 and the olle which will intel'est us below 011 account of Alekhine's arbitrary alteratiOIl of the original sequence or moves. In Alekhiue's "revised version" this game has on ly 30 moves; the orIgInal has ::;o!

The ninth game. 60 moves, played ou February 28 and March 3 (March 13 and 16), 1913 and the tenth game, played also on r>larch 3 (16) , 1913, will be included in

. our later puhlication ot games not yet rl)printed.

Alekhine's victory over such a strong llhiyer as S. M. Levitsky who had WOll tirst prize in the Amat~nr Tournament 01 1911. third prize behind Rubinstein and Bernstein in Vilna 1~12, was con·

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e!'e •• ~or :J!.e :lreJ BUju,e.. man By Fred Rrin/tld

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Riddle I T IS something of a 'Qsychological riddle when an aggressive playor lIke

Keres ado" ta apl)a rently collscrvllUve J!''I'oneh Defense. But lIIe riddle 18 easily explained. As we have soen In earlier games, thi!; opening IS II. s tanding Invi tation to adventurous aplrlltl to Indulge in prematu ro at­taCks while lazy optimists e rc tempted to pillY se(."()lld rate moves.

Ag-dillllt a player of Keres ' ill" illlant atamp. weak treatment ot the Ol)cning is ll kely to recoil with savage eUact.

FRENCH DEFENSE Corro5pondenee, 1935

W"II~ lIbeII; G. MENKE P. K E RES

1. p.1(.t P_IO 2. P _Q4 P-Q4

!: ~~K~Bl . ~~~~ S. KI·Bl? P-QB4 5. P~P B~P 7. B-QKIS? P'QR) $. B~KI ch KuB

White's Insipid play has yielded Black an easy initiative.

9. 0_0 P-QKt4 JO. P-QRJ B_Kt2

"CnsUe when you have t o," said the great Pillsbu ry, "or when you want to." The ability to be dis­erimlnatin~ about when to castie, shows lhe lu:Uld of a m aster. It will soon be c lear that Keres' avoidan ce or cnstling: is intentio­nal.

11. 8·8C P-Q5! Orfel'llIg a Pawn to a llen up the long dlagonai.

A but if 12. (or 13. B·K3, game for Black), Q-R6; H. P-B3, P-t-!.! ; IS. BxP, KtxP; 16. H-Hti, Rt- Kt6 and wins.

12. _.... KR-KU!! Now we see why Black avoided castling. The t hreat is 13. . . p. K H; H . B-Kt3. P -KR4 forcing a file on the Klngslde.

lJ. KI~P Q'R~!

T~4. ~~~ Keres anticipated"'" 14. P KK·t3, P ·Kt4!! ; 15. B-K3, Q-K5 and wins!

H . ..... P_IO.~ Wblte resign s! Bishop mo~ves are decisively answe red by 15. . Q­K5 An original game all the way.

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slde-r cd Il splendid success (or the young master. The match was ar-­ranged by a sPollsor wllo inSisted In re lllalnin&, anonymous lind im· posed the coud ition that nil the games were to be open games but excJuded Ruy Lopez and Four Knights Games.

VI ENNA GAME Ei{lhth Milltch Ga me, S t . Peters­

burg, Fe bruary 27 (March 12), 1913

aRt/trs 10 nottS by Ald:h;nt ;" " My 8(11 Gamu of elKlI, 1908.1921," G.mt No. 41. Notts kt.«n q .. "'tl.lio" ",.r.h r .") tl.rt thou .,itter> by Ald:hi", fur "N(J~ot V,tmia"-... ht.t thl., .trt p"lJifh~J i" tht ,buJ co/"",n No. 10, Jol.-.l Ma.ch 10, 191J, ill 1M nt.Jp"-~r of Mtfuh lZ ( Ap,il 'I). 191J_nJ rt· />,i",cJ ill "S&'lch",,,t""; Vitlllli4--" No.7 of AI',il I . 191J. Altkhi""s ol'/'O"t,,/ •• 1 SUJW" Milcbeil_ich L",irslo- (II". 19t1).

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~;'Q'l<~' ?;~r. ~'. ~I~:;;'~t ~fQ)";h:.,oh 1fA:~k Fr~~~~I:"".tt:~~"~t· th,:m.:!~~, i."i~!'; Whit. MIn . !\ow .... 5. __ • Kt ·BS .tmply by n Kt-RS. .. hlch I~' to • continuation "':hlch I, rUnT .. bl" for Whit~ .00 whk:h hu

tW'e'k::rl",.odKte1~'" ~~"~:Ol. P.KKU· "Thi. w .. kttllnt< .f_ .. hleh Wh.te on1.Y II!t'" I ..... U.d< ... I...-.Iy uD.roldable; 11 nbc •• "fr Hatl"'" I.h., .,.,.....qu""",,, .. ould hue t.i.e'~: 8. KI.KKI 5. llIKt (or B. _. p · I'I:RJ; ~ p_rn.1 .nd BI_ lo .. no .tl.bctor-, de­I~n.". Ir;toln&t 10. Q.KtII): 9. BxB. Q.R1: 10. KI.Q5 and White ..-loA." TraM.I:. note : The

!.':.!,~ t'h~I:!: ~~ ~~v:\r I:n~n!~ 0""' ..... ·' 8. 0 .1't) Kt_04 lD. IiI _R' Kblil' 9. P. KtC" •

"I" ~ddHI~~(~~) -?;!' m""~U,,", (moveo 10 "",I III ..,Idell "hvln ... l,. I. an Inn"".tlon. 'h~re dctocn ... tt""llon .1"" 10. _, KIt·KIt (~II __ . N."",. I'orb! 1900) .nd 10. __ . B­m (J. If~·Al ekhl"". Ca.loh... Ign ): h(lth IhplI(! 1:''''" .,Mled In m.r.k·. r ...... ·. hul 1~1. ...... nol ~ att~lhnl"" 10 the ""I~ .... . ... II..... h" t onl,. to Whit.,'. inoolfk ..... t1,. t .. t.­"",,;. ..... <>( """",,<"tinl\' t he ~, t.dr .. -11. R1".KI! P_B4' n. Q.R'· 12. 9·Kt7 P~P "'Th .. tl",~I,. .. crll~ 01 • ---.md P""" .1 ... ' .. :lh ..... lhe .ttri ""n.i ......... l.: , lood """11,,, .. l ian "'",,1iI I"'l'~ ~, 13. QxPf. Im .JiIl: 1'. n,KP. p.Q3; 15. Q-Qn l . R·BI

j;'.d~w~~.:· 8_814 n. KI.KKt5 Kt.Q5 "

?~;; 9~ ... Q.II.1 ~!I1d 1", "'''''''9 ..... 1 I>y In. (\·(\1" 15 KbP R·KKtl 11. Kt·Q5!4 ""­"17 0 .0.(\ w~"ld no1 h",'e bPcn a •• l""" .. : 17 ',",_. KI·1l1; 1~. 0·02. n ·KI!: 19. 'Kil l· Ktr,. p .QI .• t~.; If lII...,k """"·~T..-l 17. KI _ j)~, .. ilh 17 .. __ ...... ..:t·B-I. til"" White "'0111,1 r~"h' 1/1. Q·III~! (~,.,.., 1/1. _. Q-Q: l ~ ""Q 1 .... ,1. 101M 1""" of at Itut ! .. _ ...... loy Hl .... k .. 17. _ _ KbP ch" 1~. I( <n KlyR 1'. R.ICt P·93· 2Q. Kt{Rn·S5 ch

21. KtxR " _ I(I.K I~ 23. KI ·94!·

O~Kt R·Ktl "-,

"Til ..... Inl nf Ih~-8.!ml'inotion whk-h .h,I .. 1 '''itl, 17 1\1.0 .• : If !S: lid'. mad< ... ",,1.1 h.,·e ""'",1 th~ ... m~ hy 'l3 __ . 1'-01 : ""w m"~t'. 1"",111<>" "",mhl,,. ",Ithln • low "'~V('O'." 'l. ""_ p·m· 25. Kt·B~ B.84

~~~,,~.\~·r,,~~, .. ~;~,~, h...-~ 0". ,,1~" ... woj,-h ,I", 1 ... " ...... Ui .. " 01 mov,," .n,I /1,,011)' th~ .. "-vI .... ' ~o .. !o"," v: n_K15 ch K·I(} 27. Q-IO .. "" .... .......-,;:d;~ t~'n n ·lIl . O·Ql l" n __ O·Rl 29. KhP K·9} ?3 . R.K1 R_n)' "fir .... _. 1'·03: :J1. Q·BI alld ... i .... " )(1.11'1-91 _ II~~ .,........ thp " .......... 1 ""nolo .... ...... , "KI~ I' 0'" ( .... n.1'~ nnl.: I.e.. Ih~ ....,... .. I<tll In •• n.,.t u."' ..... _ t~ on" .eu",ll,. fllnt<'l) "'oyld h.o'l' 10I'Ced Black 10 , .. ig1o Im",~lIale­IV; tile tcrt n""'e .. bia" wi ... onl,. the u· ~hallll'e. letoda t" an endgome, which .. not Without Intel'Ht."

Wate :J!.e Suttle Waft! t by Vincent L. Eaton

AddrHl all c"!"munlulJon, to thl. column 10 VI_I L E.ton, )9(11 eon...,Ucut

AV L, O"n·W.· ·oW, ""h',ngt!" "D,:n~" ..... .. te nets of problem composln&, 18 llmt no extra

pieces be used beyond UI06e which are needed to express t he composer 's Idea and to makh t.lle p "oblem sound. Some ver y com plex themes, o ( course, require a lante number or While a ll d Blnck pieces [01' their basic mechanism and C!lnnol be done In wllllt t would be oalled a n: "economica l" seLtill&'. Some rela tive ly s imple oues, on the othe r hand , need only a few piecell to their ()u Ulnes, but in orde r to get them in a sound Ilresentable on the Chessboard the composer fi nds h e h as to In· lroduce ~d"!~!n .. ~ .• " I and Black material jhnt a re quite extraneous. The White exalnpie, often does not figure at all in a probklln

the board because lie belong6 Ibere: and frequently ItJ protect 111m fro m a chance check III the course

be simple 01' complex, lhe wise composer tries numbe,· ot Pawn s he 116(l8; a I' l1.wn-cl u ttel'ed position and lessens the pleaSllre one geLs r,-em a problem 1 hlliow achieve "economy" th rough having

143, In tarot, CheBs Life's edilor succeeds ill .... hich is a rare feal Illdeed.

1"'.; '""" publiahed pr obl ems on pa ge four.

t T.-'.

Wit!. :J!.e F irestone Chess &. Checker Club

( Akron) played hos t to Grandmas· ter Samuel Reshevsky wh o gave a 3S-board s imultaneous exhibition. Reshevsky lost n o games. but a l­lowed three drawII: to Dr. Jos. !'.t. Lucas and Ernie 8,later of the Fire­stone Club lIud to Charles Sitz o f the GoodriCh Chells Club. Players from Cleveland, Alliance, Young· s town and Hllbb:lr d came to the event.

Yale a nd T owne Ch ess Club ( Philadelphia) saw rOl'mer c ham­pion Otto Nlelsch mbann regain the title. he ralled to d efend in 19~9,

when he swept to victory in aU five games ot tbe 1950 club cbRmpion­til' ..... Frank DllUllett 1)laced 2nd with 4--1 . and 19·19 c hain pion E d· ward Quill was 3rd with 2'1.1·2% In a tie with .rohn DI 1110.

,.. KI;'R Q·81 n. P~P Q_P e h

". OxKt 311. K·K2 g .• ' n. O_K50h K·R2 W. P .KU .. ' ". R·" P'%~dj I :r: ~:g~3 S.K} .. 8·B} Q·KI2 ... ~" 0_01 42. Q·RB Q·K2 ~. P·Kt~ P·R4 43. R·R11

Position No. 114 B y Edgar Holladay

Charlotteaville, Virginia ComPOscd for Chess, LHe

P hiladephia Chesa Associa ti on Is a lready lay ing plnns tOr the 1950 P ennllylvanla Chess Federation Tournament to I.Je held in Philade l· phia on the Labor Day weekend . At a recent meeting attended by 18 representatives from 6 Philad el· phia c lubB the rollowing were electe d to band Ie the arrange­ments: Walter Hall (Germantown Y) chairman, 1)llillp B. Drfv er (b'ranklin Chess) vice-chairman. W. Leon Al'kJess (Germantown Y) secr eLary. El. Raymond Glover (Mercantile Librnl'y) t reasurer, and J ohn Hudson (Unlv. of Penna.) pu blicity manager.

«bess tife P age 3

Mo"JtIJ'. Fto ..... ,.,. 10, 1910

Wt.at~ :J!.e Be.t move?

s, Guilhurm: GTMSSn'

.tId wi ..

Send "olutiolls to Posi tion No. 41 to the Editor. CHESS LIFE, by March Ii, 1950.

Sol ut ion to Posit ion No. 38:

,,~ :~1~, l:;,:I~I: "~n~rn.~. i'i!ri!. ~~ by plo,. h,)( 1. __ H~I'I Kahil hl~ h"lI>e<:"U,. wltl. ~. I{~n, Q·1I7 I and Wbite n. .. i ...... lor I>~ on",,! lolll a pi~ or suffer md.e. ttr. " .",,/Ier I""nla oul th.t !. p_l\liS _yea White rron. l"'--"'Cdial" . di0::ut8 ... Illt :L _ . It--Qlfi; 1I. Q.K4 10 100Iow and UJad< h .. on l, .·DD • I' . nd ... ,:cr!oT ~iti ... ". It ... K .....

:;:"'" "':IW"" .... ~~ ;!1!l":.tf~ ;It~. whll s. __ , IJ·KtS <.~ by Xr. WII-

~: I~_::' :s"or~ C:ti!'.'.',-"e,t n~'Yt ... i ... , I' .nd pula White UDder immodi.l.e ,,...,...,..... ""llltylDI\' Ihe Ihnoo~ Ut:tt Wltlle _,. .It or"", f""'" th~ P Of! KG r<>nnlN. A. ~nl ..... ",","ion of I. _ .. 1I·1n: :L I'_KI, If-IH!!; J.. Q-Ki5 (or BI), lUI' h not " .. ite ..",nd . f .... Whil .. <'On III.IJ' .otter I. _, n·DI ; z. n.Q! .ntl cI"".mvo:"t the th_l, "" .. 'nil' .It th~ ... c lime hla KBP.

Our-rec~ .,I~tl ..... art: .ctno .. 1ed/.re<I tl'Cl!lO'td lrono: J oolah A. Rake. ("'snlt.to), Arthur Bolden (I'hilad"lpbla), J . E. O;"".loet (D,,· Inth). W. J. Coulu'~ (flo_d), :Dr. J oaeph

~~v~r~"""fe~~f J::' ~~'tJ"J!Hj:' (\~~:!~~. (lOr~·j~)ilcj:w. J(P~;~I'.:~dr. Wm. 0'. WI1 .. n (A"'~lburg).

Wil!. :J!.e e!'e •• efut.

Lithuanian Chess Club (So. Boston ) was or ganized some five month s ago by the n umerous Lithuanian chess players t n the Greater Do&­ton area. Charles Merkls, who placed third in the recent Boston City Chranlpionshlp, was elected p resident, Andrlus Keturakill secr & tary, and J onas StarlRskas treasur · e<.

Portla nd ( Me. ) Chess Club repelled in ,'aders from three comm unities wl tll the Joss or only o ne game, ....he n a combined group from Bld­dleford , Lewiston a nd Turner in­vaded the YMCA stronghold of the Portland Club. P aul Upham (Turn. er) scored lile only victory for the Invaders, who 109t 501. P or tland vic­to re ""ert> Dr. J. Mt;:lllic", Gvnloll Spofford, Dwight Parker, . Lee J ones, and Dr. ,,,!lIiam Shanahan.

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ANG. SA NDAIN J. SHAFFEA 1. P_K4 P-K4 5. Kt·B) B_QB4

~: ~~ic~~) K~~~ 6. P-Q) P·B) J. B· K3 Q-K Z

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Altt. Q.KIS

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RUY· LOPEZ Ma nh attan Chess Club Champion.

s hip, New York, 1949

Nola b, D r. }. Platt \\I" t~ B~1r.

H. P ILN IK A. S. PI NKUS I. P·K4 P_K4 4. B-R( Kt_B} 2. KI-KB) KI Q6} 5. 0-0 B-K2 3. B_KI5 PoOR) r... P-Q} __ VI all .-il.ol" prolection. 0( the Kr tlte ,a",~.~ and 0100II. color)...... ProbJIbl,t While "" "'l c,1 III awld U>c u,ual line. ~Iaulnz with (I . . I\ · Kl or 6. Q -.K2. , . ..__ P-Q) &. P·KR3 7. P·B) 0.0 9. P ·KKI4 _ ...... ,\ moVe ""e "'OIl ld bOt exp"'" fl"o ,,, • mu~r. it J. conln .. y to . 11 """ "d """uilla. prlnelpl ...

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:~"1:k~\.:~~::'~· K~:~:J. ~~ut"~ I~~~~ ~I!}o • IlUpe.ior p~'" 0. O. _. " .1WT; 10-

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A / /e• 11. P-B41 PINKUS

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QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Ma nh ttan Cheu Club Champion.

. hip, New York, 1949

NO/tJ by Dr. } . Platt WIIHIl

S. RUBINSTE IN

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KING'S GAMBIT T r i·State (:ha mpio n. hip

Pithbu~g h . 1949

NOIlI b'I }. Md1t , Whit r 1J"",k

W. M. BYLAND W. MANN 1. P· K4 P ·K' 2. P.KS ' P xP It 1I1."k J!I;ty. ' .h~ ... Ikbe~" I"I,I~ ; J. IiJ'l l', 1· . lit,l; . 4. Jl·Kll'I <:b il 1H!o.1. If. t .. oI ..... I: 4.

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192 8evlllo Dr/vo

Rochester 17, N. Y.

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SICILIAN DEFENSE City League Team Match

Ch ica go, 1949 Notes b, K. Nd.,d

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QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED MlI nh"U. n internationlll T ourna·

ment, New York, 1949 / NO/el b, D. A. Y.mobl'1 / rolft " Ma,i,;mt

CMJI CIl4," no ... Wh ite

R. FINE J. p .O' KI-KB)

I. A. HOROWITZ ) . Kt·KB)

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WHILE THEY LAST '1.00 ""Y" ''TTPI for Chili P rog 'e .... k "$eledo, 4 CM .... h)' ,T. V. fuoinbarl.

SMltI ....... h. I!lIeck or ",one), orner to , J . V. REINHART, P. O. 865

PEORIA 1, ' ILUNOI S

If It'.

CHESS LITERATURE Old ·New; Rare-Common:

Oome. t lc-Forelgn 8ook.-Perlodical. -

A.k THE S PECIALIST

A. BUSCHKE 80 E •• t 11th St. New York S

Che" " CMo'" Uta,.Wrlt 8 oug hl-&lld-.EuhMoM

Annotatorll J. B. 0.. D •• M. H .... b .. _ A.. Y. H_ Edw. J. Ko ...... b J. Lalli " I. m.l .. Dr. J . PI.t.. J. R' II'" FIWi Rolnflld Or. Bol. Ro ... A.. E. Santasl . . . J. SooIduafl

Wlyno W.II .....

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Abu 12.

D. KtxBP l _ A .... 1)· ..... Ike. lor il !1. __ • K~ Kt; Ihea '!~. 11·111 do i. I kmer. D. __ P-KRJ 25. Kt_FK _

~';M.'tK:; beillf: ~ bard no •• for If 25-_. lbQP; then !II.. "·M d •• P.XIS; n. "1·"\6 eh. I'~Kt; !S. Q·1J7 ell. .lih .... Ie 'h ..... ". 25. ~ .. __ BxBP 21. R·K] ! K-K U !15. KhB dt P%Kt 2L Kt ·KS ell K-Kt4 If M. _ , l'xKt ; I""" !Y. Q·87 eh .nd .. ~ It. P-R( chi RldpJ ...... 11 .... !II. _ Ii ·US; 3). tbn. X. 8 ; $1. 0 ·83 .""te.

KATZ IS VICTOR IN COLORADO

T he fi r s t lltato championsh ip.

heh i In Donvc.r. ro!ullod In tho vlclory or Marvin I(ntz of Gt·ooley. J . L. B ursch a nd A. C. Po .... e r8. both o f DeU\'cI-' pwccc.I secou d nnd th ird res ilecli ve iy. It Is pla nn ed to mnke this an annual evenl.

So lutionl:-

F i n ish It The Cle vBr Way ! Poodtioot :;0. 17: I. n ·hlI.dI. Itb:B; a. ~

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Fo. N .... of Clnadlan Chili Uf. s..bJ.t:.it. T.

IIIARITIIIIE CHESS CHAT s..bwloUon. 19so. $l.OCI .... ,I&r-

12 lou_Vol. 4 Edi ted b, D. A. IIIdd_.

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Onl, Chili Publlc.tlon In Ca ned. with Natloul Co.nl",

THE BAITiSH CHESS MA GAZ INE ."',ndcd In l8S1 ... d ..... the oldetl. chc.w perlodlell Ullin!. O.1IIeII I!dltol"; fl. 001 · ombtt_Pmblerrt World : T. R. Ua_

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CHESS WORLD Compn-Mnoi~ AII" .. I;'" d_ ~ . ..r~ tt.llted by C. J . S. l·uI'd1. Artlel.,

annQtlt.-<1 PInS, problema. _ .. $"!.OO per )'OI'-l! 1_

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