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Vol. III, No. 6 PNblhhed MOIl/hi, June, 193~

News Events - 125

Mini ature Games - 127

Th, Modern Variation of th' Caro_Kann Defense - 128

Chess in the U. S. S. R. - - - - 130

Book Reviews 130

Game Studies - - - 131

A Gallery of Grandmasters - - - - 136

Exciting Drawn Games 137

Canadian Section - - - 139

Selected Games - • 140

Problem Department - - 142

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News Events New York vs, Philadelphia

The scene of anion: The Hotel Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. The date: April 28, 1935, The occasion: The annual home and home match between the Manhattan C. C. of New York and the Mercantile Library Chess Association of Philadelphia.

The Philadelrhians, as hosts this year, dined and feted, the Visiting New Yorkers. But alas! the visitors showed a distinct ignorance of the "amenities" suitable to the occasion. Literally "biting the hand that fed them", they pro_ ceeded to trounce their genial Quaker City rivals by the score of 12Yz-3Yz.

The score in detail: Board Manhall(1n C. C. PI$. M(T((1n. Lib. PIJ"

I A. Kupchik V2 J. levin Y2 2 D. MacMurray 1 W. A. Ruth 0 3 A. C. Simonson 0 A . Regen I 4 A. S. Denker 1 J. leary 0 5 E. Schwartz I S. Drasin 0 6 S. S. Cohen I S. T. Sharp 0 7 N . D. Ha,L;o - I H. Morris 0 8 N. Grossman 0 J. Gordon I 9 J. Plalz 1 B. F. Winkelman 0

10 J . Rosenthal 1 A. H. Marrino 0 II H. Helms 1 R. E. Hontsberger 0 12 H. l-.t. Phillips 1 W. H. Steckel 0 13 O. Tenner 0 1. Ash 1 14 A. A. link I S. Sklaroff 0 15 J . Fischer 1 P. Driver 0 16 J. A. Horowitz 1 E. R. Glover 0

TO/al Total

Massachusetts News T he New Bedford C. C. is perfecting ar_

rangements for playing two correspondence games by cable with the Russian masters V. Ragosin and J. Rocklin respectively. If the money can be raised New 13edford will have the distinction of conducting the first cable match between the U. S. and rhe Soviet Union.

On May 4th the New Bedford C. C. defeated a Harvard University team by the score of 3-2. The scores: Board Harvard Unit •. p/$. New Bedford C. C. Pu.

1 S. S. Coggan 1 W. M. P. Mitchell 0 2 E. W. Marchand 0 Dr. J. Gennert 1 3 James Hickam 0 Chas. B. Walker , 4 H. Schroeder 0 James Wallace , , J . Moore 1 D. Hudnut 0

TOlal 2 Total , Chess in the Berkshires

The Northampton C. C. captained by Karl B. Allured recently defeated Thompsonville and Springfield. On May 1 it defeated Pitts­field at Northampton by the score of 6Y2-5Y2 .

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Reshevsky W ins at Margate

"Sammy" Reshevsky turned in Ii splendid performance by sweeping through che tourna_ ment staged by the Kent County Chess Associa. tion at Margate, England, without the loss of a game (0 take first honors. Despite the deter_ mined efforts of J. R. Capablanca, former World Champion, and Sir George A. Thomas, Champion of England and co·winner of the recent Hastings Tournament, "Sammy" as_ sumed an early lead, set the pace, and wound up in a blaze of glory. His defeat of Capn. blanca in che fourth round marks che former "boy prodigy" as a contender co be reckoned with in the international arena.

Capablanca finished a good second, half a point behind Reshevsky and pressed him all the way.

Sir George A. Thomas once again upheld the honor of England. His defeat by Capa. blanca in the final round was the only blot upon his escutcheon.

The Alekhine-Euwe Match According w reports from Holland the

World Championship Match between Dr. A. Alekhine, the champion, and Dr. Max Euwe, the chaUenger, is definitely scheduled co com_ mence next Oerober. T he conditions call for at least thirty games to be played. The open­ing match is to be held in Amsterdam, after which the masters will travel to other {Owns where interest in the contest is high.

An examination of the methods followed in securing the necessa7 funds to finance the match should prove 0 interest. On January 1, 1935, when the guarantee fund had to be de. posited, it was incomplete. An extension of time was granted by Dr. Alekhine and the

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"Euwe.Alekhine Committee" appointed by the Netherlands Chess Federation ran a twenty thousand ticket lortery licensed by the Nether. land Department of Justice, appealed to all the ~lubs and players for contributions, worked up Interest through the principal newspapers most of which have chess columns, and staged sim. ultaneous exhibitions by master players all over the country~for the benefit of the fund.

In addition the "Committee" made arrange. ments with Mr. Hans Kmoch, the Austrian chess master and journalist, to assist Dr. Euwe in his preparations for the march. Mr. Kmoch will remain in Holland for the remainder of 1935 and the spring of 1936 giving simultan. eous exhibitions and lecrures.

JUNE , 1 935

Michigan State Championship The fifth annual Michigan Chess Congress,

under the auspices of the Michigan Chess Association, will be held at the Hotel Hays, in Jackson, Michigan, from May 29th to June 4th, 1935. The winner of the main event will have the title of Michigan Sl:ate Chess Champion and secure possession of the Dr. Arthur E. West Trophy, which was won by Mr. Marvin Palmer of Detroit last year.

The entry lise: for 1935 consists of Marvin Palmer, Detroit; Leon Stolcenberg, Detroit; L. Bailey, Ann Arbor; Max Mueller, Midland; A. H. Palmi, Jackson; J. Baum, Battle Creek; Geo. Eastman, K:tl:unazoo; Rev. J. G. Ward, Iron Mountain ; Roben Uhlman, Grand Rapids; W. T . Adams, Grand Rapids ; and Arthur J. Schuck, Lansing.

----::----: Brooklyn Chess League Individual Championship

G. Gustafson of the Scandinavian C. C. won the individual championship of the Brooklyn Chess League with a score of 7-1. S. Abel of the Williamsburg C. C. was a close second, 6y'!- l lh·

At a meeting of the League held at the Scan. dinavian C. C. prizes were awarded to Mr. A. Marder of Ihe Flalbush C. C. for rhe moSt brilliant game, and to Mr. S. Abel for rhe beSt played game.

New Jersey Jottings After to rounds had been played in the

Bergen Counry Championship Tournament, Mr. H. Harvey of Allendale and Mr. McDer_ mott of Englewood were tied for the lead with perfect: sco!"cs.

A chess match on thirty boards is ~:~ned 10 take place in Ridgewood, N. J., cen reams representing Bergen County and Essex Counry. The date sec fo r the match is Decor. ation Day, May 30th . A silver cup, suitably engraved, will be the reward of the winning team.

Colorado vs. W yoming 'Dhe Denver Athletic Club team defeated a

team of selected Wyoming players 21_3 . Also a team from La Junta, Coro., by the score of 17Y.!-61h. Other results supplied by our cor· respondent show wins fo r La Junta over Can. non City, and Pueblo, Colo., and Raton, New Mexico.

Fr. Collins and Laramie are scheduled to playoff a tie ·for the championship of the Four City League composed of Fon Collins, Colo.; Greeley, Colo.; Laramie, Wyo. and Cheyenne. Wyo.

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Miniature Games By ARNOLD S. DENKER

PETAOFF OEFEN SE Narraway

While 1 P_K4 P.K4 2 Kt_KBS Kt_KBS S P_Q4 PxP 4 P_K5 Kt_KS 5 Q_K2 B.KtSch 6 K_Q1 P_Q4 7 PxP e p P_KB4 8 PxP QxP 9 KtxP KloB3

10 KtxKt .... Slcini lz·PiIIsbtiry. ~.

Pacrsburg. The gmle colllinued with 10 p. QB3. 10 . . . . PxKt 11 B.KS P.QA4

Scott Blad

12 P-Q BS B.RS lS Q_K1 14 K_B2 15 QxB 16 BxB 17 Kt_Q2 18 KxA 19 K-B2

R"lgns

C.O_Och B,B B_B4 KtxB

AxKtch Q-B5ch Q_K5ch

For i f 19 K-SI. KI­Q6t"h; 20 K.B2, KI·K8 ch; 21 K-Kr3. P.R:kh ; 22 K·R3, Kt-B7 m&le (if 19 K·Q2, R-Ql ch, CIC.).

Decem ber, 1934

FRENCH DEFEN SE H . Steiner Amateur

While Black 1 P_Q4 P_K 3 lS Q-K4 B-Kt2 2 P_K4 P_Q4 14 R_R3 QA·QKt1 3 Kt_QBS Kt.KBS 15 0 -0·0 Kt_Q1 4 B_KKtS p,p 16 Q_A7c h K.Bl S KtxP B.K2 17 Kt-K5 B-BS 6 BxKt B, B 18 R.B3 Q>P 7 Kt_KBS 0-0 19 Kt_Kt6 mate 8 B.QS KloBS Played without sight 9 P_QBS A_K1 of the board during a

10 P_KA4 P_KRS simultaneous perform. 11 Q.K2 P_QKtS anee. 12 KtxBch QxKt

I nterc ity Ch"a Match April , 19S5

CA RO_K ... NN DEFENSE

A. Regen PhiI4l1t lph;<l

While 1 P_K4 2 P.Q4 S PxP 4 P_QB4 5 Kt_QBS 6 BxP 7 Kt_KBS

P-QBS P.Q4 p ,p

Kt_KBS p ,p

P_KS QKt_Q2

.... C. Simonaon MiVlhallllJl C. C.

81"" 8 P-Q5 9 P_Q6

10 B.Kt5ch 11 KtxP 12 KtxB 1S P_Q7ch 14 Q-K2

P_K4 KloQKtS

B.o2 Bd

KKt..Q4 K_K2

Rulgn.

New York State Champ 10M hlp Tournament

C"' RD_K ANN DEFEN SE

Roy T . Black While

1 P_K4 2 p.Q4 S P.KBS 4 PxP 5 Kt_KBS 6 B_QB4 7 P_QBS

P_QBS p.o' p , p

P_K4 p,p

B_KtSch p,p

Bigelow BI~

8 Bx Pch KxB 9 QxQ PxPd lach

10 K_K2 PxR(Q) 11 Kt_Kt5ch K_Kt3 12 Q-K8ch K_AS 1S Kt_K6ch P_Kt4 14 BxP mate

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The Modern Variation of the Caro·Kann Defense

By A . B ECKER

Pan I. During the past lew years. the placid Caro.

Kann Defense, the very model of stolid p lay, has been diverted into stormy channels by White's counter move P.QB4. White's new method of combating the defense splits into two distinCt variations: either (a) 1 P.K4, P. QB 3; 2 P.QB4, where White temporarily de­fers the advance of his QP (say 2 . .. P.Q4; 3 KPxP, PXP; 4 PXP followed by Kt-QB 3) ; o r (h) I p. K4, P.QB;; 2 P.Q4. P.Q4; ; p, p. PxP and only now 4 ·P.QB4. Of (hese t WO

lines of play, the latter is undoubtedly the more dangerous for .&lack. It dashes psychologically with Black's purpose, since by adol?ting the Cam.Kann he has indicated his deslte fo r :I.

quiet, gradual building up of the position; whereas 4 P.QB4 forces him into dangerous tactical complications.

The following compilation is intended to g ive the reader a bird's.eye view of the present state of the opening. We have in mi nd, spe. cifica lly, tWO significant variatio ns which arose in the summer chess season of 1934. One of them is the invCI\tion of rhe Prague masters Opocensky, Rejfir etc. (6 ... Q.K(3) ; the other is due to F, Herzog of Reichenberg and is charaCterized by the moves 7 .. . Kt.QR4 and 10 , . , P.QKt4!

While 1 P. K4 2 P.Q4 3 PxP 4 P.QB4 !5 Kt.QB3

W hite

Black P.QB3

P.Q4 p,p

Kt.KB3 Kt·B3

This is the Normal Position. There are a number of variations which branch off as early as Black's 5th move, but they really ought to be considered excepcional cases, for example:

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(a) 5 . . , P.KKt3. The best reply to this is 6 Q.Kt3! B.Kt2 ; 7 PxP, 0-0; and now B. K2. B3 as in Alekhine.Euwe, Berne 1932. Other replies to 5 _ , . P.KKt3 which are worth noting are 6 Kt.B3, B.Kt2; 7 B.Kt5, Kt •. K5.; 8 PxP? KtxB; 9 KtxKc and now 9 ... p­K4! is best (Leonha rdt.Fnbrni, 1905); or 5 , .. P.KKt3; 6 P.B5, B.Kt2; 7 P_KKt3, 0_0; 8 B.Kt2, although here Black can disrupt the Pawn.chain by 8 . .. P.Kr3! 9 KKt.K2, PXP; 10 PxP, Kt.R3 etc. (Van Hoorn-Euwe. Haag 1933).

(b) 5 .. , P.K 3, This leads (after, ., PxF) for the most p3-rt to positions which arise by transpos..ition from the Queen's Gambit Ac. ct~pted. Only 6 P.B5·gives this variation an in. dependent character, fo r example 6 .. . B.K2; 7 k t.B3, 0_0; 8 B·Q3, P.QKt3; 9 P_QKt4, p. QR4; 10 Kt-QR4! KKt.Q2! with an interest.ing struggle on the Q side (Judowitsch.Kasporjan, Moscow 193 1) . The exchange 6 PXP is not to be recommended, fo r example 6 . . . KtxP; 7 Kt.B3, ·B.Kt5; 8 B.Q2, Kt.B3 etc. (Dr. Joss. Alekhine, Zurich 1934 ) .

(c) ::> ... PxP. This leads at once to a Queen's Gambit Accepted (1 P.Q4, P.Q4 ; 2 P.QB4, PxP; 3 Kt.KB 3, Kt.KB3; 4 P-K3, p. B4; 5 BxP, PxP; 6 PxP), The game Alekhine. Tartakower, Paris 1925, is the classic example; and it is wonh nOting that in this variation Black's QB, unlike in most variations, has a free diagonal, a circumstance which is not with. Out significance,

Generally speaking (he diagrammed position

r rmirs two attacking possibil ities fo r Whit~; . 6 B.Kr>, which ·bas become extremely pop.

ular since the Floh r.Botwinnik Match of 1933, and II. 6 Kt-B3, the older move studied by the noted analyst of {his variation, W, N. PallOff, and by no means fully disposed of.

It is not yet possible to state with any degree of finality that either onc of these moves is better than the other, but this much is c~rta.in, that alternative moves acc weaker, for example 6 PXP, KKtxP; 7 B.QB4, B-K3! and White hard ly has anything better than 8 B.QKt::>, Ko: Kt; 9 PxKt, Q.Q4 ; 10 B.K2, B.B4 etc. (Mieses, Schlechter, Breslau 19 12),

We continue our main analysis with: 6 B.KtS PxP 7P.Q5 .• • •

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VARIATION I. 7 . . . . Kt_K4 8 Q_Q4 ....

This move really COStS a temp(), since White will later capture the Black P at his Q3. Ac­tempts have been made to avoid this loss of a tempo; but 8 P_B4 (Tenner.Samuels, N ew York 1929) is a dubious method of gaining time, for after 8 . . . Kt.Q6ch ; 9 BxKt, PxB; 10 QxP, P_KKt3 Black has the diagonal QK{3-KKt8 in his possession. According to Dr. Duehrssen 8 Kt-B3 is worth considering, and then if 8 ... B.Kt5 ; the gambit continuation 9 Q-R4ch, B.Q2; 10 Q.B2 fo llowed by 0_0·0. Finally, 8 BxP, KtxB ; 9 Q.R4ch leads ro Var_ iation II.

8 . . . . Kt -Qkh 9 Bx Kt PxB

to KI.8S ! .... The fi rst game of the Botwinnik.Flohr Match

showed chat with 10 BxKt, KPxB! 11 QxQP White getS an even game at beSt .

10 . . . . P. KKt3 Other moves at rhis point have received very

lictle actencion. A possibi lity is 10 .. . P­KR 3; 11 BxKt, KPxB ; 12 0 .0, 8 .K 2; 13 Kc_ K4, Q-Kt3 (not 13 . . . P_B4? 14 QxKtP, PxKt; 15 QxRch, K_Q2; 16 Kc.K5ch! erc. ) ; 14 QxQP (Snosko.Borowski, Nice 1934). This has a great resemblance to Variation i, ex­cept that after the usu:t!! y strong 14 . . . S_ KB4 the B is unprotectedl This allows 15 P­Q6! SxKt; 16 QxB, QxQP; 17 KR_Kl or D P.Q6! B_Q; 16 KtxPch. BxKt; 17 QxB etc. Kmoch has suggested 10 ... P-K3 but after 11 BxKt, QxB; 12 QxQP Black's development is quite backward, (afcer 10 ... P-K"3 the Italian analyst Gandolfi reoommends 11 Kt_K4, Q_R4ch; 12 B_Q2, QxQP; 13 KtxKtch, PxKt; 14 QxBP, KR_K.t l ; 15 Kt.K5 , R.Kt2; 16 S_ R6, but Black has an advantageous reply in 16 .. . Q_K5ch) . The only alternative worth considering is the maintenance o f the gambit P with 10 ... B.KB4, but after 11 0 -0 , P­K3; 12 Kt_K5 BLack's posiCion does not inspire confidence.

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11 BxKt Px B 12 0-0 B.K2

And t he position is somewhat in White's favor. Decidedly weaker is 12 ... Q.Kt3; 13 KR.Klch, K_Ql; 14 Q_KR4! (9th game of the Flohr_Botwinnik March ) . W hite's be$( 000. tinuation has not yet.been determined. The most plausib le reply is 13 Kt.K4, bur then 13 . .. Q_Kt3! proDably achieves equality : I. 14 P.Q6, QxQ; 15 KtxQ. P_B4! 16 Kk.Kl , PxKt: I7 Rx P, K.Q2 (analysis by Botwinnik) ; 11 . 14 Q.B3, B.KB4; 15 KR_K l and now 15 ... 0.0 (suggested by the Viennese amateur Pod. hon et. Euwe refutes 15 . .. QR.Bl with 16 P_Q6!!); 16 P_Q6? B_QI ; 17 KrxPch, BxKt: 18 QxB, QR_Ql (and since White's QP must fal!, Biack has a clear advantage in his power. fu l QP) ; III. 14 QxQP, B_KB4 (14 ... O. O? 15 P-Q6.7 ) ; 15 P.Q6, B.Ql; 16 P-QKt3, 0_0; 17 KR_Kl, R_Bl ; 18 QR...QI, B.Q2; 19 P_KR3,K_Kt2; 20 Kt_Kt3, Q.B4 ; 21 R.K4, Q_ B7; 22 QxQ, RxQ ; 23 R..K7! B.Bt! 24 R (K7) _ Kl , B.Q2 ; 25 R_K7, B_Bl ; drawn! (Gerschen. kron_Podhorzer, from the 1935 T rebitsch Tour. nament.) It will therefore be ne<:essary to accept Botwinnik's original recommendation of 13 QR_Q l, 0_0; 14 RxP, B_KB4; 15 R.Q2, B-Q3 (a possible alternative is 15 .. . Q_ Kt3 ; 16 P_Q6, B_Ql !) ; 16 P.KKr4! B.B1; 17 Kt_K4 and White has a superior position.

(Contimw i on P4g~ 138)

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Chess • In the U. S. S. R. By A. SIMS

A. few chess items of imerest:-Mass tour· naments are common occurrences in the Soviet Union. One was recently held with seventeen thousand participants. In one month thirteen factories in Moscow enrolled five hundred and eighty_nine players, half of whom were women, in their chess dubs. Olga Semenova won the Women's Championship of Russia in a tourna_ ment just concluded with thirty finalists. Len_ ingradhas forty chess dubs.

These facts as well as others that have been published show a great quantitative develop_ ment in Russian chess. Whether the improve. ment in quality of play has kept pace with the increased number of players is still a subject for debate. One school of thought admits that Dr. M. &twinnik is one of the ablest chess players in the world, but that the rest of the Russian players have not shown anything as yet. The opposing point of view is that grand. masters like Lasker (who refuses to grow old), Capablanca, Flohr and Spielmann simply do not care to see their names on the bottom, and do not allow anyone to walk over them. In such company, making a score of fifty percent should he considered a very good accomplish_ ment. In the recent Moscow International Tournament onl three Russians out of twelve made a score a less than fifty percent, while three out of eight from other countries did not make that score.

No arbitrary answer can yet be given on this subject. T ime alone will tell. Since the younger Russian .players have only been ad_ mitted to master play recently they lack the ex_ perience of grueUing tournament play and have perhaps not yet had instilled in them the pet_ sistency to win. But if Russia sends a team to participate in this yeat's International Team Tournament at Watsaw, Poland, the players composing the United States Team which has held" the World Team Title for the past four years had better go to bed early.

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By BARNIE F. WINKELMAN

When a chess book goes into a third edition within four years the fact is worthy of note. "Modern Chess", by our versatile associate Batnie F. Winkelman enjoys that distinction, due no dowt to the vast amount of fine chess fare that is packed within the covers of this book.

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The author claims priority in the use of the historical method in hiS exposition o£ the game, antedating Reti's embodiment of the same idea by a couple of years. Believing that the student goes through the same stages of development in his grasp of the game, the examples of chess tactics and principles are taken first from the early masters of the 16th and 17th centuries, and then on to the days of Philidor, LaBour_ donnais, Motphy, Anderssen, Steinitz, and so on down to tne present.

As its name indicates the volume lays special emphasis upon master_games of the last decade and the collection of these games is unsur· passed.

The salient principles of modern chess strat. egy, which for a long time were stressed only in treatises in other than English, are set fonh in refreshing style and- in terms so simple that even the novice can understand. Sucn terms as elasticity, over_protection, proportion, the imponance of centralization and the centre squares are dearly defined and illustrated.

In this latest edition, a number of the older games have been eliminated, and' in their stead we have the very latest gems from the tourna. ments of the past year. Mischa Botwinnik and Salo Flohr ,have received additional recognition; Dr. Lasket's return to the chess atena is indio cated by his victory over Euwe, at Zurich 1934, as well as by the fine game the present champ_ ion won against him in the same tourney.

From the rudiments of the game to the fin. est examples of present day mastet play, this treatise covers the ground in strikingly lucid manner.- 1. A. H .

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Annotations by: I. Chernev, R. Fine, D. Jan. owski, G. Marco, F. J. Marshall, W . E. Napier, F. ReinfeJd, R. Reti, C. Schlechter, Dr. S. Tar. rasch and M. Tchigorin. Price $1.50.

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Game Studies Margate Tourney April_May, 1935

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (NolaJ bl I. KaJhdan)

S. ResheWlky J. R. Capablanca White Black 1 P.Q4 2 P·QB4 3 Kt.QB3 4 B.Kt5 5 PxP 6 P.K3 7 B.Q3 8 Q_B2

Kt.KB3 P.K3 P.Q4

QKt.Q2 p,p

B.K2 0.0

P·B4 Unusual at this poim, and plObably too

view <) f Black's inferior development.

9 Kt·B3 • • •

risky, 1n

More accurme was 9 PxP, KtxP; 10 Kt·B3. with pby against the weak QP.

9 . . . . P·BS This move has been severely criticized hy mOSt

commentators but it seems quite in order, aod the logical follow-up of Black's idea, to obtain a pawn majority on (he queen side,

10 B_B5 11 0 _0 12 B_R3 13 BxB 14 BxKt

R_K1 P·KKt3

Kt·B1

• • •

Removing one defense of the or, which White will make the target for his attack. But wilh no open fi les as yet, the Pawn is hard to get at, and meanwhile Black ga ins chances for play on the K side. It would have been more effective to wait one move by 14 Kt ·Q2 1 Kt·K3; 15 BxKt, BxB; 16 P­QKt ,; , P-QR3; 17 P·QR4! Then Black's pawns will remain exposed, and White can make good use of the QKt file,

14 . . . . 15 P-QKt3

s,s • • • •

The difference now 1S that W11ite does not to exchange pawns, as Black can prepare reply RxBP ! with a good game.

15 . . Q_R4?

threaten for the

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But th is is not the way. Whi,te's next move is a decisive gain in time, and he soon obtains full com· mand of the board. Correct was 15 .. , Q·Q2! The Q side is then defended, and Black will only gain ground by rhe opening of the B file if P;r;P. Aod if 16 P-QKt4, P-KR4! with by no means oegligible chances on the K side. The weak text seems to show a loss in Capablanca's formerly accurate po~itional iostinct, whichh~ let him down on a number of occasions recently,

16 P_QKt4! Q.Q1 17 Q_R4 P-QR3

If 17 , , . R·Rl; 18 Q-Kt5 wins. Now White succeeds in forcing open Ihe Kt file, which makes a decisive difference in the play on the Q side.

18 P.Kt5 R_K3 19 QR.Kt1 R_Kt1 20 R-Kt2 B.K2 21 PxP RxRP 22 Q_B2 Kt_K3 23 KR.Kt1 R.R2 24 P-QR4 Kt.B2 25 Kt_K5 Q_K1

The thrcat was K!-B6, Now there arc two weak­nesses for Black 10 guard, and he is kept constantly on the defensive.

26 P_B4 P_B3 27 Kt_Kt4 Q.Q2 28 P-R3 K_Kt2 29 Kt_B2 B.R6 30 R_R2 B.Q3 31KKt.Q1 ",.

This "I the

Knight will get into play after the exchange other, to maintain the pre.lsure on the pawns.

31 . . . . P.B4 32 Kt.Kt5 R-R4 33 KtxKt BxKt 34 Kt_B3 Q_K3 35 Q_B2 P.Kt3

At this point Capablanca offered a draw, which was ri,a;;htly refused, as W'hite has all the winning chances, The plan will be to open a file on the K side for a direa altack, as the Black pieces are a!1 engaged otl the other wing.

36 Q_B3 37 QR_Kt2 38 R.Kt4

R.Q1 Q.K2 • • • •

Preventing any inroad by the Black Queen, White is preparing his advance.

38 .... 39 K.Rl 40 P.Kt4 41 PxP 42 K.Kt1 43 K_B2 44 P_Kt5 45 K_K2

R.Q2 B_Q1 p,p

Q.Q3 B.B2 R_B2 B_Q1 S,P

while

This lets the White rooks in, with damaging effect. O therwise Q-R3 or R·Kt~ follows, with a number of danilerous threats.

46 RxKtP Q-R6 47 K-Q2 ...•

The point of the king moves, While is secure on all fronts, and Black has his own problems to meet.

47 . . . . B_K2 48 R_Kt7 RxRP 49 QxP ..••

If 49 KtxR, Q-Q6ch is tOO strong. But White continues calmly with his own attack, to which there is no good defense.

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49 . • • • R. R4 50 OxP R.R4 51 K.Q3 Q-R l 52 Q. K6 Q.R& 53 R-Q7 QR.KB4 54 R.Kt3 Q.RS 55 RxB Q_BBch 56 K.Q2 Resign'

As .fter ,6 ... Q·B7ch; 57 Kr·K2, Black has nOlhing more 10 do. After establishing his opening advantage, Wbitepla.yed very finely to achieve his goaL

Mo.cow International Masters Tournam ent Feb ruary-Mareh, 1935

SICILIAN DEFENSE

(Now by t. Kashdall) Dr. E. Luker V. Pit"(;

While Black 1 P.K4 P.QB4 2 Kt.KB3 Kt·Q83 3 P.Q4 PxP 4 KtxP Kt.ea 5 Kt.QS3 p·oa 6 B.K2 P. K3 7 0-0 P.QR3 8 9.K3 Q-92 9 P.B4 Kt.QR4

If 9 ... B·K2 ; 10 Q-Kl ! K(·QR4; II R.Ql . Kt-85; 12 B·BI, P·OKf4 ; n B-B3, when W hilt is secure, and ready (or any advance Ihal mar IlIIe r bI: indio/ued. The lUI is imended to fore$I. 1I Ih is idea.

10 P.SS . ... This should nO( lead to anything. Now 10 Q.Q)

is proper and j f 10 ... P-qKt4 ; 11 QR-QI, Kt-B,; 12 B·Bl. with a similar .posItion 10 tha t in t h~ nOte above.

10 . . . . Kt_SS ? 10 .. . P-K~ was essential. After 11 Kt-Kt3 , Kt­

B~ ; 12 BxKt, QxB; Black is quite well off, the weak KP makin~ up for Black's backward pawn.

11 BxKt Q)l:B 12 PxP Px P

Hc can hardly be: blamed for rlOI $CCinlj Whitc's idca. which is nOl at all apparcnt. 12 ... B.P W;B

pbyabl~, though in th is posit ion Black's weaknc»cs are morc pronounced.

V. Pire

13 R)l:Kt .... A magnificent conception, uking full adVantllAC of

Black's lack of development, and the exposed posi tion of his Q.

THE CHESS REVIEW

13 . . . PxR 14 Q_R5<:h K-Q1

If 14 ... K·K2; n Kt·S 'ch ! ! PxKt; 16 Kt·Q' ch, K·QI ; 17 B-Kt6ch, K-Q 2; 18 Q-B7ch, K-B3; 19 Q-B7ch, K·K(4 ; 20 P_R4dl and wins. O r 1<1 . •• K-Q2; 15 Q-B7ch, B·K2; 16 K(·B,! R-KI; 17 KlxP! wi th a number of winning continuations.

15 Q-S7! B.Q2 If 15 . .. B·K2 ; 16 Kt-B', Q-B2 (or 16 . .. R­

Kl; 17 KtxP! BxKt i 18 B-Kt6ch wins) ; 17 Kt-QR4, R-Bl; 18 QxRP, K-Kl; 19 Q-R'ch, R-B2; 20 Kt·Kt 7ch winning the rook.

16 Q)l:Pe h 17 Q)l:R 18 KtxPeh 19 QxR 20 K-R1

Thcre is of course mtnus.

K_B2 B_R3

QxKt BxBch

Resigns no equivalent fOf" I~

Hasting. Malters Tournament Oeeember, 1934

NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE

mater ial

(Now by Dr. M. Euwe ) (Trans/aud from Th. Haagiub, Courant)

A. l.lIlenthal J. R. Capablanca White Black 1 P_Q4 Kt-KB3 2 P_QB4 P_K3 S Kt-QBS B_Kt5 4 P .QRS •. . .

Preferred by Lilienthal. Por a long time th is move had a bad reput&tion, but due to the successes by Lilienthal and others, it has gained favor. The text move has the advantAJ;e rhar it forces Black imme­diately to declare himself, $0 that White can build up his center accordingly.

4 . . . . 5 PxB 6 P.B3

BxKtch P_QKt3

• • • •

The conSC<juences of the 4th move. Whi te now intends 7 P·K4 .... ith bel utiful pl~y and good chances for auack.

6 •. _. P_Q4 Of course Black does not lolewe 7 P-K4 without

a fight. 7 B_Kt5 P_KR3 8 B-R4 B_R3

As played by Alekhine-Eliskases, Hastings, 19;3. 9 P_K4 ...•

A pawn sacrifice, the idea of Alekhine, the most logical continuation for White.

9. ,.. BxP Black does not accept the sacrifice: 9 ... PxKP;

to PxP, P-KKt4; 11 B-Kt3. KtxP; and While ,&:letS excellent chances with 12 B-K, and 13 Q-B2 or B-Q3.

10 B)l: B Px B 11 Q.R4ch Q_Q2 12 QxBP Q_BS

Up to here the game is ident ical wi th Alekhine VI. Eliskases, which game ended in a draw aftcr an in­teresting fight.

Elikases played here 12 ... Kt·B3 instead of the text move and played ... Q-B, only after 13 ... Kt-QR4. It is difficult !O decide which of these twO systems deserves preference.

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13 Q-Q3 QKt_Q2 14 Kt_K2 R_Q1 15 0_0 P_QR4 16 Q_B2 , . , ,

The threat now is 17 P-K5, P-KKt4 (forced); 18 PxKt, PxB; 19 ~K4! QxQ (otherwise the P on R5 is lost); 20 Px with considerable advamage for White. P-K5 cou d not he played .IOoner due !O Ktx P. Still the te:-.:t move is not beSt as the QB4 square i~ surrendered to Black. 16 QR-B l followed by P­QB4 deserves preference_ Black would then surely have been in difficulties because his K cannot find a safe place.

16 . _ , . 17 P-B4

Q-B5! • • • •

Asa·in threatening P-K5. 17 . . . . R_QB1 18 P_BS , . . .

By this move W'bite does nOI gain his purpose, viz., opening up the position. Better would have been QR-Ql.

18 . . . . P_K4! Thus Black gets about equal ch~nces.

19 PxP QxKP? An error which is not apparellt at first sight. Black

~hould have played 19 ... Q.B4ch and after 20 Kt-Q4, QKtxP. True, White could then with 21 Bx Kt, PxB, break up Black's pawn position, but this would only be advantageous !O Black.

J, R. Capablanca;.,~

20 PxKt! .... One of the most brilliant queen sacrifices ever

m~de. Most of these sacrifices lead, after a series of checks, to the recapture of the sacrificed material or to mate. Here the first check comes after four moves!

20 . . . . QxQ Black has to accept W·hite's plan.

21 PxP . . . , The Black K has no flight square so that his next

move is also forced. 21 . . . . R_KKt1 22 Kt-Q4 . ...

Opening the K file with a tempo, and th l'catening in addition w KtxQ, QR-Klch.

22 . . . . Q_KS Forced. After any other Q move, for instance 22

, .. Q-Q7, follows 23 QR·Klch, Kt-K4; 24 RxKt ch, K-Q2; 25 R'Q~ch, K-Kl; 26 R-Klch, QxRch; 27 BxQ with material advantage for White.

23 QR_K1 Kt_B4 24 RxQch KtxR 25R_K1 _ ...

. Winning another -PIece to complete the comhin­auon.

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2S .. , . RxP 26 RxKtch Resigns

In his game against Thomas, Capablanca with twO rooks could cominue for quire some lime against rook, knight and bishop, btl! it is clear thaI here the ex-world champion had to resign immediately; 26 ... K-Q2; 27 R-K7ch, K-Q3; 28 P-B6 and 29 B­Kt3ch leads to further J05S of material; while after 26 ... K·Bl; 27 B-K7ch, K·Kll; 28 B·B6 the Black rook is locked in.

Esthonian Master Tourney January, 1935

FRENCH DEFENSE (NOles by P. KereJ)

ctrml$/aled from the WiclIer_Sch<lchzeillmg) J, Turn P. Keres White Black 1 P_Q4 P-K3 2 P_K4 P.Q4 3 Kt_QB3 Kt_KB3 4 B.KKt5 B_Kt5 5 P-K5 P_KR3 6 B_Q2 BxKt 7 PxB Kt_K5 8 B-B1! ... ,

A long forgotten idea in the McCutcheon, which w~s e.~sayed in the game Richter-John, Swinemunde, 1933 : 8 ... P-QB4; 9 B-Q3, KtxQBP; 10 Q·Kt4, K-Bl; 11 PxP, Kt·B3; 12 Kt-B3, 0 -R4; 13 0·0, Qx BP; 14 B·K3, ctC., was the order 01 moves followed. The original text move occurred by inversioo also in the game Duras-Dr. Olland, Kadsbad, 1907. There the game cominued: 8 Q-Kt4, K-SI; 9 B-Bl, P-QB4 ; 10 B·Q3, Q-R4; II Kt-K2, PXP; 12 0-0, PxP; 13 BxKt, PxB; 14 QxKP, ere. In both of these games Black emerged with a Pawo plus, but with a difficult game.

8 . , . . 9 Kt_K2

10 P_B3! Forcing the issue!

1 0 • • • , 11 Q-Q2 12 KtxP

P_QB4 Q_R5

• • • •

KtxP PxP

Q_B4?? A gross blunder which loses a piece. Worthy of

note was 12 ... Q.S2; 13 Q·K3! Kt-R5; 14 Kl­Kt5 and thence -to Q6ch!

13 P_QR41 • • • •

...,;P. Keres

J. Turn

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13 • • • • Kt_Q2 Here Black pondered in vain for an hour in hi$ .,.

~empt fO save his K!. I ~ ... K{·B~~ 14 K(.KI3. O· Kr ,: 1) B.R}, Q.R'ch; 16 P·K" . Kt-K,; 17 PxQ, J<\ xQ. etc., "'U probably the beSt continuation in the POSilioo, but Black was sdll intent on rescuing the stranded Kt. 13 ... B.Q2 ; 14 B-R3, Q-B2; l ' B· Q6, Q·BL; 16 B·Kr4!, KtxP ; 17 Kt·KI' with the double fhfe:!.! of RxKe and Kt.Q6ch was also bad for lhe $eCond player. Also I } .. _ 0-82; 14 B-KI2, Qx Pch ; 1) K-B2 and {he KI is SliIl lost.

14 8.Kt2 ! . ... Avoiding the trap 14 B·R3~. KI·KI8 !; l' RxKI (I '

BxQ, K!lcQ!), QxB; 16 KI·Kt'. Q-B4! Now there is liule kit.

14 • • . • 15 BxKt 16 KtxKt 17 BxP

Black still $pe<:u13le5 on 18 18 Q·BS! 19 BxQ 20 B.QS 21 B.K5

and W hite won.

KtxKP Kt.B3 PxKt R_R2

BxP ?, RxB!

Q"Qch K_K2

P.KB4

Moscow International Malters Tourl'lamel'lt February_March, 1935

RETI SYSTEM

(Noles by I. KIIJhdll") M. Botwil'lnlk V. Tlchechower

White Black 1 Kt-KB3 P_Q4 2 P-B4 P.K3 3 P_QKt3 Kt.KB3 4 B.Kt2 B-K2 5 P.K3 0-0 6 B.K2 P.B3

6 ... P.B4 and Kt-B3 is • more namra l Black is playing for ... P·K4, but this prove$ cult to carry through.

7 0·0 8 Kt-B3 9 Kt-Q4

QKt.Q2 P-QR3

p,p

If 9 ... P·K4 ; 10 KI-B5 is St rong. BUI 9 ... p·B4 ; 10 Kl moves, P'QK{~ gives Black enough play. The text loses ground in the center.

10 PxP 11 P_B4 12 Kt_B3

Kt-B4 Q_B2

• • • •

Now P_K4 is prevented, and White has gained conuol of the central squares.

12 • . . • 13 Q.B2 14 p.Q4 15 Kt.K5 16 B-Q3 17 PxP 18 Q.K2 19 Kt.Q1

R-Q1 QKt-Q2

p.B4 P.QKt3

p,p B-Kt2 Kt-B1 R_R2

Black has no $ood plan, and his next moves mark time while W1ute proceeds with a powerful King side a{(ack.

20 Kt.B2 21 Kt.R3

Q·Ktl P·Rl

T HE C HE S S ReVlEW

V. T'Choe how~r ",~

22 Kt-Kt5 l ..• , Well played. Afler the forced acceptancc of this

sacri fice, alt Whitc's Jines arc opened for l speedy ondaught.

22 .. .. 23 PxP

Willing to retu rn ~ h e pIece, prettier idea in mind.

PxKt Kt(B1 ).Q2 but W hite has

24 KbP!! KxKt 25 P. Kt6eh! K.Kt1

a far

If 25 ... K·Kt ; 26 Qx P, KI-Bl; 27 Q.B7ch, K· Q2 ; 28 B·B5ch regli l'ls one piece with an overwhelm­ing auack.

26 QxPch K.Rl 27 Q-R3c h K_K t1 28 B.B5 Kt.B1 29 B_K6ch KtxB 30 QxKtch K. R1 31 Q-R3ch K.Kt1 32 RxKt! ! ..•.

Final ly forcin,!; Q.R7ch. which soon seules maners. 32 • . . . BxR 33 Q·R7ch K.B1 34 R_K1 ! B.K4

TIle only defense, preparing to sacrifice the Q if RxB. Whi te a,l!ain find, the prettiest method.

35 Q-R8ch K_K2 36 QxPch K.QS 37 QxBch K.Q2 38 Q-BSeh! K. B3 39 P-Q5ch K.B4 40 B.R3ch KxP 41 Q.K4ch K.B6 42 B·Kt4ch K.Kt7 43 Q_Kt1 mll; te

A proper finish (0 a splendidly engineered attack.

Moscow Il'lterna tl onal Mastel'3' T ournament February- March, 1935

NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE

(Now by Dr. M(lx Euwe ) (T'" "J/4fed from 'he Kilteri lti, The Haglft , H oI{IIl/d)

J. R, CapablanCa V. Rillgosin White Black 1 P.Q4 Kt. KB3 2 P-QB4 P.K3 3 Kt_QB3 B.Kt5 4 P.QR3 . . , .

CapabJancll, who usually prefers such col'uinuarions as are perfC(t from .a positional standpoint, employs h ere for the first lime the so-called Samish attadc: which is very sharp jf 5Omewha.t doobdul. '

JUNE, 1935

4 ... , BxKtch 5 PxB P.Q3

The usual cominuadon of late is 5 ... P.Q4. The purpose of the text move is to anain a position in which White cannOt undoubJe his doubled pawn. This game proves rhat Black has to play very accur­ately in order to have his own plan on the Q side and to prevent an at~ack on his K side.

6 Q.B2 0-0 7 P.K4 P.K4 8 B.Q3 P·B4

The correct way of handling this kind of posi1ion: W·hite is forced as quickly as possible to move P-Q5. 8 . .. Kt·B3 deserves consideration, but this would enable W-hite to maintain his QP on Q4.

9 Kt.K2 Kt.B3 10 P.Q5 .•. •

Forced, because 10 B-K3 cannot be played on aCCOunt of 10 _ . _ Kt_KKt5 !

10 . . • . Kt. K2 11 P.B3 Kt-Q2?

BeMer would be 11 ... Kt-Kl, threatening 12 ... P·KB4; White would then have the difficulr problem of preveming both ... P-B4 and counter· play on the Q side. W hite must prevent in the first place the threat of ... P-B4, and for this purpose 12 Kt·KK{3 wOI.,ld be necessary. For the same pur· pose 12 P·Kt4 wou,ld fail on account of 12 . , . Kt· KKl3 ! and White would be In difficulties because his KRP remains backward.

12 P.KR4 Very enterprisingly played.

12 . , • . 13 P.Kt4

• • • •

Kt.QKt3 · , . .

Consequent, but also more or less forced as . , . P·B4 again is threatened,

13 . . . . p.B3? This error changes the situat ion entirely in favor

of White, as it is now possible after some preparation to open the KKt file with P·Kt5. Black sheuld have cooly awaited developments on the K side and shculd have energericaHy continued on {he Q side: 13 ... B·Q2; 14 Kt·Kt3 (14 P·M, Q.Kl; 15 P·QR5, QKt· Bl; and P·QKt3 leads quickly tC the opening up of the QKt file), 14 ... Kt·R, fellewed by ... p. QR3 and ... 'P.QKt4 and the Black attack is not less dangerous (han <he 'Wllite one.

14 Kt-Kt3 K·B2 The flight of the king IS Black's only chance.

15 P.Kt5 Kt.Kt1 16 P.B4 K.K1 17 P.BS

A very powerful position 17 • • • • 18 Q.KKt2 19 Kt.RS 20 PxP 21 Kt-Kt7! 22 P.R51

• • • • fe r W,bite,

Q·K2 K·Q1 K.B2 PxP B·Q2

• • • • One would expect 22 Kt·K6ch, but Capab!anca's

plan to keep the Kt on Kt7 for the time being, in order to play it later to K6 makes the situation still more difficult fer Black.

·22 . • . . 23 P.R6

QR·QB1 K.Kt1

Finally the Black King is in safety, however, in the meantime White has obtained decisive posi tional gains. Favorable for 'White is also the fact that a counter attack based on ... P·Kt<! cannet be cen· sidered any longer, due to the positien ef the Black King.

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24 KR.Kt1 R.KB2 25 R·Kt1 Q.B1 26 B.K2 K.R 1 27 B.RS R.K2 28 Q.QR2 Q.Q1 29 B.Q2 .••.

White's advantage is very great, but ef a kind that dees nct permit a quick win. Therefere, Capablanca improves his position step by step, to fcrcehis cp· ponent to capitulate.

29 , • • . Kt·R5 30 Q.Kt3 Kt.Kt3

If 30 . , , R·Ktl, then 31 Kt·K6, Q·Kt3 (31 . , . o.BI , or ... QR4 fails due 1O 32 RxKt! etc., while 31 , .. BxKt; 32 QPxB, Kt·Kt3 leads to loss by 33 B·B7); 32 QxQ, PxQ; 33 J«·B7ch, K·R2; 34 Kt· Kdch, BxKt; 35 RxB and wins a piece by 36 B.Ql.

31 P·R4! .•..

J. R. Capablanca

A nice combination, which has the positienal pur· pose of completely tieing up the Black ferces by an advance of the QRP, in order to later penetrate via the KKt file. Black cannot play KtxP en acceunt of QxP mate, and nor .. , BxRP on acceunt ef 32 Q. R2 (threatens RxKt, elc.), 32 ... B.Q2 (if 32 , , , Q,02 then 33 RxKt, PxR; 34 B·QI, etc.); 33 Kt·K6, BxKt; 34 BPxB and 35 B·B7, elc. The text move also threatens to win a piece by 32 P·R5.

31 , . . . R.Kt1 32 P·R5 Kt.B1

Or 32 . , , Kt·R5; 33 Kt·K6, BxKt (again there was a rhreat ef 34 RxKt, etc.) 34 BPxB and White wins en accoum of the deuble threat, 35 QxKt, and 35 B·B7.

33 Q.R2 Q.B1 34 B.K3 P·Kt3 35 P·R6 Q.Q1

35 , P·Kt4 fails due to 36 PxP and 37 Kt·K6, erc.

36 K·Q2 Q.B1 37 R.QKt2 Q.Q1 38 Q.Kt1 P.Kt4

Desperation! If Black repeats his Q moves, then foIJews 39 O-KBI and Kt·K6, etc.

39 l>xP Kt.Kt3 40 Q.R2 P.B5 41 Q.R3 Q.B2 42 K.B1 R.KB1 43 R(Kt2).KKt2 Q·Kt1

On 43 . , . BxKotP; 44 Kt·K6 wins. 44 Q. Kt4 R.Q1 45 R.Kt3 R·KB1 46 Kt-K6l .••.

(Continued on Page 141)

A Gallery of Grandmasters By BARNIS F . W INKELMAN

HARRY NELSON PILLSBURY Fim oj the Moderm

Part III. After his participation in rhe Tournament at

Cambridge Springs in 1904, Pillsbury played little serious chess. He took pan: in the annual m:uches between the Manhattan and (he Frank. lin Clubs in 1904 and 1905, defeating Marshall and Hymes. An apopleCtic seizure in 1906 led to a report of his aeath, and in spite of his own optimistic refutation of the rumor, he re. quired prolonged hospital treatment. He passed away on t;e 27th of that year. The -fact that he had n confined to an instirution for mental cases, and the wide publicity that at_ tended the death of onc of the world's foremost players, resulted in a pletho ra of editorial com. ment upon tbe dangers lurking in chess, and much va'pid generalization by those to whom the move of the knight had ever been an imel_ lecru:d task of stupefy ing proportions.

Pillsbury's epitaph is best comained in the words of the Pester lloyd : "That victorious young master, because of his extremely delicate conception of positions and his irresistibly clear and classically simple combinations, is regarded as a worthy follower of his immortal country_ man, Paul Morphy."

Yet if we may venture a fo recast, his rightful p lace in the ranks of the supremely great, will be better appreciau:d as time goes on. There can be no invidious contras t of Morphy and Pillsbury, because each belonged to a different era in the development of d less. If the former overshadowed his contemporaries, it mUSt be recognized that the competition was infinitely less rig<>rous. And if the latter's techni<jue was immeasurably superio r, it is noteworthy that the science of the game had prog ressed tremen. dously in the eventful decades that separated the tWO men.

Pillsbury was a grandmaster because he pos. ses!>Cd each of the many qualities essential to high place in a tragically competitive fi eld. He was a profound student o f the openings; he was superb in the combinations of the mid. game; he was the embodiment of the highest strategy of the ending. He was lightning fast in h is calculations, lofty in h is imaginative con. ceptions; he was gifted with a super_memory, he was equally at ,home in position play, and in the most brilliant maneouvres of the open board . He could attack boldly or bide h is tune patiently; he could win by an overwhelming

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onslaught or by the most delicate of petty ad_ vantages. With all this were mingled the con. fidence and courage that arose from a JUSt ap. praisal of his own powers.

T he untimely passing of incomparable genius serves on ly to emphasize the g randeur and the fu tility o f mortal striving. Nor is chess alone among the arcs in mourning the early death of her most gifted children, or in her inexorable decree that they make every sacrifice upon the altar of her favor.

Was it not written of another of the world's g reat names:

" All his life lo ng he has dwelled In a la nd of make·believe of such infin ite btillu t y and integ ri ty t ha t the world has pa5led it by with a Ihrug of the sho ulders a nd a sneer of ma lice a nd envy ... an d when the end comea the commi&si onerl of the poor will take him to an unknown grave in an obscure corner of one 01 ou r c h illy chu rches.

But w as anyone richer than this poo r wreck ? He los t everything w he n he sur· r e nd ere d t o the dreams t ha t were within h im and by so doing gai ned all ." - " R v R" VAN LOON . Pillsbury was not without recognition

throughout his career. The chess fraternity paid him its usual measure of lip devotion and substantive neglect. His own generation is passing raf.idlY from the scene. The new and larger eire e o f chess players can pay profi table tribute to his memory by a careful study of [he games he left as his imperishable monument.

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JUNE, 1935

Exciting Drawn Games By IRVING CHERNEV

We are accustomed to think of the drawn game as one which is brought about by two players through fear of each other, fear tem_ pered perhaps by wisdom. A majority of such games are dull and uneventfuL Very often .though, a drawn game is a thrilling battle of giants. A vicious attack is parried at every turn by a scientific coaly_calculated defense­or perhaps an equally thrilling counter_arrack. Then again, one of the players may seem to be overwhelmed by the opponents' forces and to have a lost game when suddenly he springs a startling and most ingenious "coup" and snatches a forced draw .from the very jaws of defeat.

A spirited passage at arm;

H)'eres, 1926

FRENCH DEFENSE

A. Halberstadt A. Barat)' White Black

1 P_K4 P.K3 11 QxQch R'O 2 P_Q4 P_Q4 12 KtxKt R_Q4 S Kt.QB3 Kt_KB3 13 Kt-R6! BxP! 4 B_Kt5 p,p 14 R_QKt1 R,e 5 KtxP B_K2 15 Kt_B7 B_B6ch 6 BxKt e,e 16 K_K2 R,R 7 Kt-KBS Kt_Q2 17 RxR R_Kt1 8 B-QS P.B4 18 Kt.R6 R.R1 9 PxP KtxP 19 Kt_B7 R.Kt1

10 B.Kt5ch K_K2! 20 Kt_R6 Drawn

Ikti meets a foeman worlh)' oj hir sred Carlsbad, 1923

RETI OPENING

R. Retl White

1 Kt_KB3 Kt_KB3 2 P.B4 P_K3 3 P.KKt3 P_B4 4 B-Kt2 Kt.B3 5 0-0 B_K2 6 Kt-BS P_Q4 7 PxP KtxP 8 KtxKt PxKt 9 P-Q4 P·B5

10 P.Kt3 0-0 11 PxP PxP 12 P-Q5 Kt.Kt5 13 Kt_K5 Q_B2 14 P_B4 B.KB4 15 P.K4 P.B3 16 P.QRSII ....

Much better ,than 16 PxB, PxKt; 17 PxP, QxP; 18 B·B4, QxBP; 19 P·Q6, Q·B4ch; 20 K·Rl, KR-Ql; 21 p. Q7. Kt-Q6; 22 ExP. hP!

K. Tre)'bal Black

16 . . . . 17 K·R1 18 PxKt 19 PxB!1 20 P_Q6 21 PxP

B_B4ch PxKt B-Q5 e,R

Q_Q2 • • • •

The point of the sac· rifice of the exchange. White now hasrwo passed pawns. Black cannOt of course play 21 ... BxP on ac­count of 22 Q·Q'ch. 21 . • . . RxP 22 RxR QxR 23 B_B4 • • • •

White overlooks the force of 23 P-K6, B· B3 (23 ... QxP; 24 B-Q5); 24 P·K6. 23 . • . . BxP! 24 BxP • • • •

24 Q-Q5ch followed by capture of the Bish· op would l os e as Black would mate at Kt8.

24 . . . . BxB! 25 BxR BxQP!

R<:muving the ttou· bl<:some pa~ seJ pawn.

137

White dare not, 0 f course, touch the pesky Bishop.

26 Q-Q5ch 27 BxQeh 28 BxP 29 K-Kt2

Drawn

0,0 K_B1

BxQKtP K_K2

Dr. Laskn h<ls perhaps won and drawn mo,~ "lou" positian! th<ln an.] other master. t1 (aU in poin.t.

St. Petersburg, 1914

RUY LOPEZ

Or. E. Lasker White

1 P_K4 P-K4 2 Kt-KB3 Kt_QB3 3 B.Kt5 P_QR3 4 B-R4 KloB3 5 0-0 KtxP 6 P.Q4 P-QKt4 7 B-Kt3 P_Q4 8 PxP B.K3 9 P_B3 B_K2

10 QKt.Q2 0-0 11 R_K1 Kt.B4 12 B_B2 P_QS 13 PxP KtxQP 14 KtxKt QxKt 15 Kt_Kt3 KtxKt 16 PxKt QxQ 17 RxQ P_QB4 18 B_Q2 KR_Q1 19 B_RS RxRch 20 RxR P_B3l 21 B_B3 PxP 22 BxP R.Q1 23 RxRch BxR

After the smuke of baltie has deared away, we see that Black has acquired an advantage in position. H e has a majority of pawns on the Queen side, while White is saddled wilh an isolated doubl e d pawn.

Dr. S. Tarrasch Black

24 P-B4 25 K_B2 26 B.Q6 27 K-B3 28 K_Kt4 29 B_B8 30 B·Q6 31 BxKRP 32 B_B8 33 K-Kt5 34 K.Kt6 35 P-B5 36 BxKtP 37 K.B7 38 BxB 39 KxB

K·B2 B_B3

B.Q5ch B-Q4ch

K-K3 K_B2

BxKKtP K.K3 K.Q4

B-B3ch B.K5eh

P.R4 How can White save

the game ? Tarrasch had. counted on wm· ning by the following line of play: 40 P-R4, K·Kt5; 41 K·B6, P.B5; 42 PxP, PxP; 43 K·K5, P·B6!; 44 PxP, P-R'; 45 K-Q4, P·R6 and White's own pawn pre­vents the king fro m reaching the opposing pawn. 40 P.R4 41 K.Kt6!

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The SlI."ing clause! The dire&( of 42 PAR) causes Bluk 10 lose a move by capturinJl: the pawn wher e up o n Whitt's king is enabled 10 approach the oppos· ing pawns faster than in the pre«'ding varia· tion. 41 • • • . 42 K.B5

KxP K.Kt6

If instead 42 ... p. B) ; 4~ PXP, PXP , 44 K·K4, P·B6 ; 4) PXP. K ·Kt) ; 46 p.B4, P.R) ; 47 K·Q4, K·B) duws. 43 K_K4 K.B7 44 K.Q5 K_K& 45 KxP K.Q& 46 KxP K _B7 47 KxP K xP(Kt3)

Drawn

Ol'r ",,,, I,mlt/tl 1,"'lun .. n ingtniouJ '1(.Pt b, D,. r .. ".uh.

Gothenbero. 1920

FOUR KN IGHTS OPENINQ

Dr. S. Tarruch White

1 P· K4 P.K4 2 KloKB3 Kt.QB3 3 KloB3 Kt.BS 4 B.Kt5 B_Kt5 5 0 ·0 0 -0 6 P_Q3 p .QS 7 B_KtS BxKt 8 Px B P_K R3 9 B.KR4 Q.K2

10 R_K1 Kt-Q1 11 P.Q4 B_KtS 12 P.R3 BxKt 13 QxB P.Kt4 14 B_Kt3 P. B3 15 B.QB4 K_Kt2 16 PxP •• • •

White should play instead 16 P.QR4! 16 . . . • PxP 17 Q-BS R.K1 18 QR.Q1 Kt_R4

B. Kostic Black

19 B-R2 •.•. Against 19 R · ~

Black could equali1.e 19 ... KtxB ; 20 Rx (20 PxKt. Q·B4ch), KtxQ ; 21 RxR, Kt-Q3 ; 22 RxKt, RxR. 19 • . • • P.Kt4 20 B.QKt3 P.R4 21 R-Q7 Q.B3 22 Q_Kt4 Kt.BS 23 R(K).Q1 P_R5 24 R (Q).QI5 Pd ! 25 RxQ Px RP 26 BxKt P_R8 (Q)ch 27 K_R2 KxR 28 BxKt Pch Px'B 29 Q-B5c h K .Kt2 30 QxKtPch .,.,

D r:I.wn by perpetual check.

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THE CH ESS REVIEW

Intercity Cho .. Match April, 1935

FRENCH DEFENSE H . M. Phillip. W. H. Stock"

MAtzht#11IIf C. C. Pbilrdtlphh. White Black

1 P.K4 2 P.Q4 3 Kt.QB3 4 B· KKt5 5 BxKt 6 P.K5 7 Q-Kt4 8 B-QS 9 PxP

10 Kt-B3 11 0-0 12 Q.KB4 13 QR.Kl 14 Q.Kt3 15 KtxKt 16 QxP 17 RxQ 18 R.K2 HI Kt-Ql 20 P.BS 21 Kt.K3

P.K3 22 KR.Kl P .Q4 23 Kt.B2

Kt-KBS 24 P.S4 B.K2 25 BxP BxB 21$ Kt-Kt4

B.K2 27 P.KR4 K.S1 28 B.QS

P.QB4 211 8 -K4 Kt-QB3 30 BJi P

BxP 31 Kt-BfJ P.SS 32 Ktx8 Q.B2 3! R)( P

P-QR3 34 R·BSch KtxP 35 R.K3 PxKt 38 R (K3)-K5 OxO 37 R.BS B.QS 38 RxP B-Q2 39 Kt-B5ch R. Kl 40 RxB

B.KtS 41 R.KKt5 P.K R4 42 P.S4

(Cont;nu, d Irom Pa~, 129) VARIATION II.

7 • • • • KloQR4! 8 BxP ....

K.B2 K-B3 PxP

P.K4 B.QS

B.KB4 B.K3

R.QBl R.QKtl

RxB BxP RxP

K.KtS K.Rl

P.Kt3 B.KtS R.Q1 BxKt R.Q2

R.Kt2 R .. lgnl

Is there anything better? If nor, tben we may conclude [hat 7 . . . Kt.QR4 is stronger [han 7 ... Kr_K4, for after the latter move White can choose between Va.riation II and (the prob­ably stronger) Variation I. After 7 ... Kt. QR4; 8 Q.Q4 is not much good because of 8 ... Q-Kt3; while if 7 ... Kt_QR4; 8 P_Q Kt4, PxP e. p.; 9 PXP, P_K3! with the possible continuation 10 B.Kc'ch, B_Q2; 11 BxBch, Qx B; 12 RxKt, ·B.KeS etc.

8 . . . . KtxB 9 Q-R4<:h B-Q2

10 QxKt P-QKt4! This innovation of Herzog's strengthens

Black's game appreciably. The moves. , . R.Bl and ... P-KKt3 were analyzed to W-hire's advantage by Dr. Tarrasch.

11 Q.K2 . , . • This P sacrifi~ cannot be ac~pted: 11 KtxP

R_Bl; 12 Q.Q3 (not 12 Q-Kt3? R_Kn or 12 Q-K2? Q-R4ch), Q.Kt~! 13 Kt.B3, QxP; 14 R_QBl. KtxP! 1, QxKt. RxKr; 16 Q-R8ch, B_ Bl ; 17 Kt_K2, RxRch; 18 KtxR. Q.Kt2! with a.dvantage to Black. 11 Q.Q4. Q-Kt3 etc., de. serves examination.

11 • • . • Q.Kt3 12 R.Q1 P-Kt5

And the game is about even. 13 Kt_K4, Kt xKt; 14 QxKt. P-K3. etc. (Pitschak.Herzog, liebwerda 1934) .

(To be concluded) (Tranj!at,d from the Wilt,," Schachuilllng)

F, R BINFBLD

Canadian Section by F. W. Watson

Artidu perlttin;ng 10 this depl1rtmen/ will be .:rro ,ded special attention if addrUJed to the Editor dJ 191 /ann Avemu, Toranto, Onll1r;O, Canada.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan Members recently elected to the Saskat­

chewan Chess Association for the coming Fall season include: President, T . P. Lumb, Regina; 1st Vice.President, Len Hall, Saskatoon; 2nd Vice.President, A. Benson, B. A., Moose Jaw; Secretary.Treasurer, H. W . Jo rdan, Moose Jaw; Assistant Secretary, J. Whitelaw, Regina; Tour.

namen! Director, W. J. Rowe; Re. gina; Pr ob l em D irector, C. D . H . Moore, Regina; Librarian, F. C. Darling, Regina. The secretary reo po~~ m~ch chess actiVity In S way during the pas r year, with, at this time, over 5 0 0 chess playe r s, 60 correspondence players, and 50

F. W . Wilho n pr~b[e~ solvers active In the pro.

vince. H . W . Jordan is reponed to have won the Saskatchewan chess association champion. ship concluded not long ago by a score of 4.0.

In the Mani toba championship, late May reo portS seemed to indicate good p rospcas fo r J. b reman, who, with 5 Y2 points, was $aid co need merdy one additional half.poi nt to clinch the title. Mu rray, H elman and Regal were fo l. lowing in a tie for second p lace, each having scored' 4 ~ points.

At one of its !an~st meetings, the Manitoba Chess Association decided to postpone the massed gathering as b illed ·for last month- to bring the amalgamated clubs and players of Winnipeg in confl ict with loca! Jcwisn combat. ants----ana recommended the event as one to be included with the FaJl season's opening pro· g ramme.

Winnipeg was scheduled for a match against a Minneapolis team last month, May 2~th, and unless it was canceJled, postponed, o r shelved, etc., the results will be ready fo r print in the next publication. M r. Berg, secretary of the Minneapolis Chess dub, was reported to be in charge of the American team, while M essrs. Battley, Burrows, D eWet, Stephens, Pullmer,

Deeman, Helman, Mindel! and Booker were in command of the Winnipeg aggregation ( !) Looks like the Canadians won!

Ernie Lancashire, one.time W estern Can. adian champion, recently left W innipeg to become a resident of Montreal, where, it is su r· mised, during his stay there, he will study the chess siruat ion in the East (!) H. G regory, chess editor o f Manitoba Free Press, has been devoting space in his column to the subja o f problem composing , wherein the suggestion was made that more Canadian composers ought to be developed in the West- it is a good hope, and Mr. Gregory deserves best wishes for success in such a venture; there is plenty of room for Canadian composers in pro&lemdom.

The Wi nnipeg chess club intends to operate with an anive pro$ramme throughout the sum· mer monchs, SO it IS reported.

Miscellaneous News O evdand is now engaging Toronto in a

four·board correspondence match. Buffalo and Toronto are listed fo r another

Grimsby clash duri ng this month, and it is ex. pected that one team o r the other will reverse Its li ne.up in an effo rt to rectify the arrange. ment of las t yea r ( !)

A Quebec city tOurnament, staged in the past moochs, was won by J . A . I.achaO('e with an 11.3 score; second place was occupied by I. Therien, with 1 0~.3~, while M. Leclerc fi n. ished third .scoring 9·~.

The Toronto U niversity cohorts lost a recent correspondence match to the Princeton brigade b}' a 41h.1~ .score. The order of play with Toronto names first is tabulated as follows: H a}'es 0, McCormick I ; Burgess ~, Junken 1h; McConnel! I, lucas 0; Sprott 0, Doolittle I; Shankman 0, Fiedleman 1; T urner 0, Bryce I . But the U. o f T . :boys can still boast: McConnell has a record of ~ wins and 2 draws (there is no mention regarding losses) in inter.collegiate correspondence matches!

Scores to date in the Canadian correspon. dence championship final s are: F. Fanstone, Manitoba, 2~. 1 ~; H . W . Jordan, Saskatche. wan, 21h.1 Y2; R. Drummond, Ontario, 2.1; C. D . Corbould, Manitoba, 1.2; Alb. Lienert, P. Q., 1-3.

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A. lienert, of Quebec, is reported to have mobilized chess players in numbers sufficient to establi.sh a dub .for the Noranada, Quebec district. A march O ntO Montreal may be ex· pected in September (?)

As far as can be ascertained, the Montreal championship is still in progress (!) Early May scores follow: Fox, 11.0; Bl umin, I0'll, 1 Yz; Harvey, 10.3; Gaudet, 9-4; Rawlings, 8%-3'12; Davis, 8.4; Wilson 6Y:2 -S Y2; Payette, 6.6; Keller.Woll, 6.6; Zambory, SY2-61hj Ward, 4Y2-7Yz ; Schaljo, 2Y2-9Yz; Phaneof,' 2¥Z.9V2; Bedard, 2_10; Brisbois, 2. 10; Schneider, I'll­IDYz ; adjoll,rnmems unaccounted.

The Montreal Sun Life Building is suggested as being a likely venue for [he Canadian Cham. pionship Tou rnament, September, 1935.

With the East on the lop.sided cnd of a 35Yz-26% count, the West VI . East correspon. dence scrap rook qu ite an irrteresring turn in the past month----for the West!

T oront o Championship 1935

QUEEN 'S GAMBIT DECLINED J . H . Bel.on

While R. E. Marti n

Black 1 P.Q4 2 P.QB4 S K t .KBS 4 Kt.BS 5 P-QR4 6 P-K S 7 BxP 8 Q.K2 9 0-0

10 P_K4 11 B.Q3 12 P_K 5 13 BxB 14 Kt. K4 15 KKt-Kt5 16 Q_B3 17 Q_R3 18 Q_R7ch 19 Q.R8ch

P.Q4 P-Q B3 K t _B3

P,P B-B4

QKt_Q2 P_K3

B.QKt5 0-0

B.Kt3 Q_R4

Kt_Q4 RPxB P·QB4

p,p Ktx P

KR· Kl K_BI K_K2

20 QxP 21 KtxBP 22 B.KtSch 23 QxKtch 24 P_QKt4 25 QR_Ktl 26 Q.Kt7 27 Q-KS 28 KtxB 29 RxPeh 30 Q_KtSc h 31 RxKt ch 32 R.B1 33 BxQ 34 Bx P 3S B_B4ch 36 Q.Kt8ch 37 Q-B7c h 38 B-Q6

Bucharest Tou rnament March, 1935

RUY LOPEZ

B.Q3 KtxKt

K .Q2 B.K2

QxKtP R. K BI

R.KKtl B_Q3

QxKt Kt.B2 Q.B3 K,R

QxRch P. Kt4

QR.KB1 K.Q1 K.Q2 K_Kl

Resigns

G. Cablaglla E. Negrutac W hile

1 P_K4 2 Kt-KB3 3 B.KtS 4 B.R4 5 BxKtch 6 P_Q4 7 Q.Q3 8 0-0 9 R_Kl

10 B_K3 11 QKt_Q2 12 Kt-B1

P·K4 Kt_QB3 P-QR3

P.Q3 P,B P_B3

Kt.K2 Kt-Kt3

B_K2 B_K3

0 _0 P.KB4

Black 13 KPxP 14 Kt.Kt3 15 Px P 16 PxR 17 Q_K2 18 K.Kt2 19 Kt.K4 20 B-Q4 21 Q_K3 22 K.Bl 23 R.K2

Reelgns

R,P R.B1

RxKt! KtxP

Q.KBI B.Q4 Q_B4

Kt-Kt3 Kt· R5ch

B.B5ch Q_RlSch

TH E CHESS REVIEW

Selected Games Intercity Che .. Match

April , 1935

FOUR KNIGHTS GAME

I. Ash Phil<tdelphi.

While 1 P.K4 2 Kt.KB3 3 Kt-B3 4 B_KtS S 0-0 6 P.Q3 7 B_Kt5 8 Px B 9 R_K l

10 P.Q4 11 B_Q BI 12 B_B 1 13 P_Kt3 14 P_Q5 15 Kt.Q2 16 P-QB4 17 P_QR3 18 R_R2 19 P_K B3 20 Kt_Kt3 21 R_Rt 22 K.Rl 23 Px P 24 B.Q2 25 Bx P 26 R.K3 27 P.B4 28 Q-Kl 29 P_BS

P.K4 Kt_QB3

Kt.B3 B.Kt5

0 _0 p·Q3 BxKt Q_K2

Kt_Ql Kt. K3

R.Qt P.QKt3

B_Kt2 Kt_B4 Q.Q2 Q.R5

P_Q R4 P_QKt4

P.Kt5 KKt.Q2 KR_Ktl

B.B1 Q,P

Q_Kt3 Q-Kt2 R.R2 Q.Rt

P.KBS R· R3

O. Tenner Mllnhllllan C. C.

Bllck 30 BxP 31 QRxR 32 PxR 33 P.QKt4 34 Q-K2 35 Q_QKt2 36 R.Kt3 37 B-K2 38 K.Kt2 39 K_B3 40 P.B5 41 PxP 42 P-B6 43 Q-R3 44 R_B3 45 P.Kt4 46 P-R3 47 RPxP 48 KtPxP 49 PxB 50 K_Kt3 51 Bx Kt 52 K-B3 53 K.K2 54 K_Kl 55 K-Q2 56 K_B2 57 K-Ktl

RxKt KtxR KtxB Q_R7 Q_RS

Kt.R3 Kt-Kt3

K _B2 K.K2 Q_Q2 p,p

Kt_R5 Q_Q3

Kt ( R5).B4 P_Kt3 P_R4

RPxP p,p B, P

Qx Pch Q.Q5

Q-KtSc h P_K5ch

Q.Kt7ch Q.R8eh Q-R3ch Q_R7ch

Resign.

Played In a Simu ltane ous Performance Prague., Feb., 1935

RETI SYSTEM

J. R. Cillpabhtnca White

1 Kt-KB3 2 P-QB4 3 P-K3 4 P_QKt4 5 PxBP 6 KtxKP 7 Q-R5ch 8 QxPch

P-Q' P.Q5

P.QB4 P.B3 P.K4 PxKt K.K2 K-B2

Dr. H . G. Schenk Black

9 QxQP Q_a2 10 Q_Q5ch B_KS 11 Q-BSch Kt-BS 12 P_Q4 Kt_BS 13 a.Q2 R.Kl 14 B-B3 B-Kt5 15 Q-Kt3 Q-Q2 16 P·Q5 Kt-R4

and Black won

Hastings . Purdy Macch c. J. S. Purdy and G. H. Hu lings (winner

and runner_up in the recel\[ tournament fo r the Australian Championship) are playing a [en game match for a purse of $100.00. Since four outright wins are necessary under the condi_ tions of the match, the games might run to more than ten. At the end of four games Purdy is leading 2Y2.1Y2.

JUNE, 1935

Moscow International Masters Tournament February.March, 1935

QUEEN'S GAMBiT DECLINED

J. R. Capablanca I. A. Kan White

1 P.Q4 2 P.QB4 3 Kt.QB3 4 Kt.B3 5 B.Kt5 6 P·K3 7 R.B1 8 B.Q3 9 BxP

10 BxB 11 0·0 12 B.Kt3 13 Kt.K4 14 Q-Q3 15 Kt,.KtS 16 B.B2 17 P.K4 18 QxP 19 P.KR4 20 Q.B3 21 KR.K1 22 B·Kt1 23 P.R3 24 Kt.R2 25 P·B3 26 P.B4

Kt·KS3 P.K3 P.Q4

QKt.Q2 B·K2 0-0

P.B3 p,p

Kt.Q4 Q,"

Kt.Kt3 P.K4

P.KR3 K.R1 p,p

Kt.S3 P.Kt3 B.K3

QR-Q1 K.R2

QKt·Q2 KR.K1 B.Kt5

P·KR4 B.K3

B·Kt5

BilKk 27 Q.K3 28 Q.B2 29 P·K5 30 KtxB 31 P·R5 32 PxP 33 P.K6 34 BxP S5 Q.B2ch 36 Q.B5th 37 QxPch 38 K.B2 39 QxQch 40 P.K7 41 PxKt(Q)ch 42 P·B5 43 QR.Q1 44 K.Kt1 45 R.Q3 46 K·S2 47 R.Kt3 48 Kt.K4 49 P·Kt3 50 K.BS 51 R.Q3 52 R.Q2

P.RS K.Kt2 Kt·Q4 PxKt

R.KR1 p,p

Kt.B 1 K,B K.B3

K.Kt2 K.R2

Q.Kt2 K,Q R·K1

QRxQ R.R5

R.B5ch R.KKt5

K_B2 R.KR1 P. Kt4 R·R3

R.Kt1 P.R4 P·R5

Resigns

Moscow International Masters Tournament February.March, 1935

VIENNA OPENiNG

J. A. Khan M. Botwinnik White

1 P.K4 2 Kt.QB3 3 P.B4 4 BPxP 5 Kt.S3 6 Q.K2 7 Q_Kt5 8 P.Q4 9 Q.K2

10 Q.KS 11 PxKt 12 Q.B2 13 Kt.R4

P.K4 Kt.KB3

P-Q4 KbcP

Kt.QB3 B.KB4 Kt.B4 P·QR3 Kt-K5 KtxKt

, BxP B_KB4

B.K3

Black 14 B_Q3 15 0·0 16 Kt-B5 17 Q.K2 18 R.Kt1 19 B.Q2 20 Kt·K3 21 BxKt 22 KR_B1 23 Q.QB2 24 B·Q2 25 Q.R4 26 BxQRP

(Con/inNed f10m Page 13..1')

Q.Q2 Kt.R4 0.0.0

Q.B3 P.KR3 Kt.B5

KtxKt QxP? Q.R4

P.QB3 Q.B2 R·Q2

Resigns

At las.! the threat for thc past twenty·five moves comes to pass and with effect. Black's QP now fall s,

46 • . . • BxKt 47 QPxB R.QB2

Forced due to the threat of 48 B·67. 48 QxQP Kt.K2

If 48 .. . R·QI then 49 QxR(Q8)! 49 R.Qt Resigns

For on 49 ' . , Kt·Bl follows ~o Q·Kt4 and 51 R·Kt7, etc.

Intercity Che" Match April, 1935

PETROFF DEFENSE

141

S. S. Cohen Manhalfan C. C.

S. T. Sharp Phildelphia

White 1 P.K4 P.K4 2 Kt.KB3 Kt_KB$ 3 KtxP p.Q$ 4 Kt.KB$ KtxP 5 P.Q4 P-Q4 6 B.Q3 Kt-QB3 7 QKt-Q2 P.KB4 8 0-0 B·K2 9 P.QB4 B.K3

10 Q_Kt3 Kt·Kt5 11 PxP BxP 12 B.B4 BxB 1$ KtxB Q.Q4 14 B.B4 0.0 15 P·QR3 Kt.QB3 16 BxP QR.B1 17 B.K5 KtxQP 18 BxKt QxKt 19 QxQ RxQ 20 BxRP B.B$ 21 QR.Ktt R.B7 22 Kt·Q4 R_Q7 2$ KtxP BxP 24 B_K3 R.B7 25 Kt-Q4 BxKt 26 BxB Kt.Q7 27 RxP R.Q1 28 B.Kt6 R(Q).QB1 29 R.K1 R.B8 30 R(Kt7).K7 RxRch

Bb_ck

31 RxR 32 B-Q4 $$ P.B$ 34 B·K5 35 K_B2 36 P.KS4 37 K.B3 38 K·K4 39 R.QS1 40 R.QKt1 41 R.Kt6 42 R.Kt7ch 4$ R.Kt6 44 P.Kt4 45 P.R4 46 R_Kt7ch 47 RxRch 48 PxP 49 P·S5 50 K.B4 51 K.Kt5 52 B·B6 53 B.R8 54 B.Kt2 55 KxRP 56 B_K5 57 P.B6 58 P.B7 59 B.Q6

Kt-B5 KtxP

Kt-Kt4 R.K1

Kt·R2 Kt.S$ K.B2

P.Kt$ R.K3 R.K2 R·K3 R·K2 R.K$ P.R$ P.R4 R_K2 KtxR p,p

K.Kt1 K.B2

Kt-B3 Kt.Kt5 K.Kt1 Kt.Q4 K.R2

Kt.K2 Kt.KtS Kt.B1

Resign.

.. All the nice men characters in my novels play chess. It isn't always stated that they do, out it may be taken for granted. Even George in "Once Aboard the Lugger" though by way of being a harum.scarum medical student was a chess player. This would be true enough to life. Chess does not sound like a medical stu. dent's pastime, but when I was myself a med_ ical stud'ent, chess was wonderfully popular ·in the students' dub of my hospital. I personally learnt it at school when I was in a sanatorium with measles and ir has been a jor to me ever since, though my opportunities 0 playing are very few and my game worse than bad. I reo member well that, when learning it, it was, I think the only game at which I lost my -temper. This was because the youth who instructed me always took my Queen. I am on the jwnp about my Queen to this day and apt to be touchy when she goes. I suppose al l games are contests, physical, as in sports, or of skill and wits, as in billiards and cards. Chess seems to me to stand alone as a contest of mind. Isn't that its peculiar charm?" .A. S. M. HUTCH. INSON, the author of "If Winteor Comes". (From Chess Pie).

PROBLEMS "The Poesy of Chess" By M AXWEL L B UKOFZIlR

P,()b/~ml, P,ob/~m 10/lIlionJ, critidlml, (OmmllltJ uni all mallnl /I"rain;", 10 the ProMmJ D'/larlm,nl, fholllJ be Itnt Jirutl, /0 lb. Problem Edil~ a' 106-22 21}lb SIr,,,, Btllai" , L I., N. Y . For perro ,,'" " plin and ,h, ,"lIm 0/ lI"s"it"bl, rrml ,ihlllion/, indoJ' " stamped It/I-_dr.lled Mv,lop,,. olhn"W;u " plin will I" mad, ;,/ the ro,rn pond" u , (0111",".

There are numerou~ details 1 would like to dis­cuss, some of them rather important; but my space is so terribly short on account of the steadily grow­

ing comments and the expansion 0 f Fairyland ! h a { I must delete the en· ti re edilOriai ch:u.

Therefore, juS( a few routine reo marks:

All pro bl ems printed in t his number ( e x cep t Fairy Problems No. F.3' . F. ~8) are due: July 10, 193" No credit will bt allowed after th e tenth .

The Honor P rize of $2.00 and the F rontl,pleee Dia_

gra m gou t o Pueua le Santillan (No. 279). The Apri l Ladder P rize was won by: John B.

Ta nge man. Hearty congratulations. May both brothers reptat!

Problems were received from: Bill Beers (4); I. Kashdan; Dr. Dobbs (2); F. Sprengler ( 5) (one destroye.:!) ; F. }. Tracy (2); N. Goldstein, T . R. Dawson (6); c. M. Fox (2); C. }imeno (2); M. Alvarez ; W . Straus (3) (not suitable ) ; E. F. Youn,;; }. Zarbach (2); W . Peters ( 4); T. W enzl.

I n~d 2 movers. Please send no 3 movers unless you arc prepared to wail 6 months for publkation. IV bm u nrli"g problems (or JOllllio1ls ) w~igh 10llT I,ltt,s. Th~ pOJiman (O/I,(ls from m, aimosl ~V"l II'''!' Jomtrim'J I/lli" 10me penni,s. 1/ this 1I~W Irod/, ronti1lM,S, / won't aUilpl tin, i",,,,op"l, Jlllmp,d It/un. / do " 01 TerM,,, IInyrhing 1001,u poJ/­IIg' II i"rlMJ,J.

Masterpieces The problem presented today, composed by the

late J oseph Ncr Babson, one of America's most nOted ScHmate creators, is a splendid specimen of the im­portant typt known as "Tasker" .

Before I analyze this problem, I would like to report what liule I know of the author.

My at<Juaintance wi th Babson dales back a good many year". During the glorious days when Howard Dolde assembled almost every problem master of nme al the illustrious " Round Table" of the Pittsbur,l:h Gauru Ti1ll1S Q,ess Department, I chanced to pub­lish a lO·move Sclfmlte that stumped many exper· ienced solvers. Like all young authors, I felt con· s iderably elate.:!, unti l I received a letter from Babson, in which ,he manhandled my problem. T hou;::h he

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A MASTERPIECE BY JOSEPH NEY BABSON t

( Brentano 18811)

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Whilt sclfmates in 3 moves.

did nor cook it, he poinled out some inaccuracies and demonsrra[ed [hat my idea could be executed wi th t"''O pieces less than I had employed.

At first I was filled with vexation and resentment, but as I came to grasp, during subsequent correspoo­dence with Babson, the fact that I was being honored by the attention of a genius, my irritation vanished and turned into genuine admiration for the man that befriendrd me. Although he could be sarcastic and even caustic in his expressions, he had a way of cap· tivating [hose whom he " thought worthy" (his own expression!) of his cr iticisms.

Business Ihen interfered with my problem activities, with the result that our correspoodence died. About 10 years later he sent a few problems to me, while I was seriously ill. Since I had no opponun ity of ac· knowledg ing his problems, and failed 10 write, he did not " mink me worthy" of further consideration. I never heard from him aft er that.

The problem I republish was submitted [0 me by the courteous chess ediwr of the Boston Herllld, Mr. C. C. Lee, who states that it was composed in 1881 , and appeared in Brentanos. This must be an error, bc<:ause the problem shows a task promulgated by Alain C. Wihlle about 25 years later. Babson's prob­lem, if I am nO( mistaken, won lhe prite that A. C W. offered.

The task represents the four promO(ions of a black pawn in a sclfmate, echoed by four corresponding promO(ions of a whitt pawn. Many specimens al" ptared as [h.e result of 8.abson·s ma.nerpiece, but I doubt that hIS effOrt has been surpassed.

As we inspect the Babson problem Ihe first thins that strikes us forcibly is Ihe naturalness and beauty of Ihe constru(lion. Taskers often employ clumsy machinations to enforce necessary continuations. N ot

JUNE, 19 -35

50 thiS problem in which there is not even evidence of the beseuing fault of most taskers, congestion. The position is airy, dean CUt and auractive. .

The key move is not bri!liam because of the neces-5ary pin, yet it is not objeCtionable either, because it is thematic, supplying the set mate after the ensuing grab variations. The solmion is ; t a8 = Q, gl = Q; 2 fa = Q, Qfl or Qxc5ch; 3 Mch, Qxb5 mate.

When the black queen moves otherwise it is cap­tured and the set mate Qb7xQaS mate is forced.

1 a8=Q, gl=R; 2 f8 = R, Rfl; 3 RxR, QxQ mate.

Observe that RxR is the only reply after 2 ... Rfl; had White answered fa = Q, there would be no male, because Qfl could interpose on a6.

I a8=Q, &1 = B; 2 f8=B, Bxc5; 3 BxB, QxQ mate.

Again only a white bishop will do. A rook or knight could not reach (5; b4 cannO( captl.lre because of the resulting hole. A queen is not possible be­cause of (he check to the black king. A bishop solves all difficulties.

I aa=Q, gl=5: 2 £S=5, Sxh3! 3 RxS, QxQ mate.

Once mOte f8 = 5 is the only answer, because the S guard_I the square d7. This is essential because otherwise the rook on h7 could not capture h3 with­OUl allowing the black king an escape.

In addition to these four rhematic mates there is a beautiful Righi square variation.

I a8=Q, Kd7! 2 Bf5ch! Kc6 (must); 3 Qxg2 ! ! QxQ mate.

A charmin;;. unexpeCted pin of the black rook and simultaneous removal of the free black pawn, com­pelling the set mate.

The merit of this wonderful task problem is so unquestionable that furth er enhancing comment would appear stupid.

The problem portrays Babson's genius like a mir· ror. Mr. L~ deserves our gratitude for bringing it to our attention. It is a masterpie<:e that every col­lector will want to enter in his treasure book.

SOLUTIONS No. 271. Alexander Kish (2m) Rg6 ,

No_ 272. G. Mott_Smlth (2m) ReG A charming Iillbtweifiht with an elcp:~nt key.- Dr. Dobbs.

Several good tries.-HIII. Tbi, i, indeed • ne . t ~nd d~er rendcring.-Bee". Simple intt,fcrence'.- Kd .. h. Well ",t • nd golXi mat.,._Tucy. Good interferM,e b~ B.-Plo"·· m.". Clever .rrangement of few piecel._ Stlchh. Rare economy for a 2 mOYOl.- Ko"g • .,d. Block offocti"dy block' himlolf in l fnnti, do.ir. to put off the exocution.- Strau,. A thred cl . . .. nce key, with lelf blocks. Neat, but not diffi· cult.-P. tz. Clever blocking. but not very p,.tentious.­Murphy. The greater tb~ struggle, the tillhter the noos •. -Goldstein. A clever koy.-Tan~eman. Clever B. interler· ence.-De Marini.. Excellent .hut·off themc.- Souweine.

No. 273. WIlHam Patz (2m) Se4 The Pc) mu,t be stopped; otberwi.e the key th,."t is

O. K.-Or. Dobbs. I hale dual. in 2 movers. - Hill. Nice mal;e$. lnler .. ting but dual, .poil it lomewh.t.- Bee ... Spectacular but a bit >.wkword.-Krioch. Inte{WinJ!; but

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FAIRYLAND In (he next issue I expect to introduce the "'u"

or Billiard Knight, an invention of the famous com­poser, A. J. Fink of San Francisco. Because the cost of diagram-cuts with explanatory lines is unreason­ably high, I shall adopt a method of illustrating the U moves that is quite simple but will need lots of space. In consequence I cannot publish any fairy problems in the next number.

To avoid disappointment, I g;ve today a double portion, nf which Nos. F. 35-F. 38 need not be solved (like F.32·34) within this time limit. An extra month is ;;ranted for the Je((!nd half of the fairy problems; but 110/ for F.32-34 inclusive.

Today ! present the Nightrider. This fairy man, the symbol of which is N and which is presented as an inverted S on the diagram, mUll be nipulated be­n.eath the ding tam, because many other pieces of the nder and leaper families are likewise shown as in_ verted knights.

ILLUSTRATION PROBLEM By MAXWELL BUKOFZER

Bellaire, L. 1.

Male in 2 moves. Invcrted SH5 is a nightrider.

The N. moves as an S, but in a strai,t:ht series of S moves right to the run of the board. Thus in our illustr~tion diagram, a 2 mover composed eSf,ecially for IlllS "lesson", the N on h5 can, at his p easure, move to f6 (and stop there) or go on to d7 (and Stop) or ((ll)(;nue to ba. He can also go to .117; can go to fl (via g3) and Capture pawn d3 (via f4). To find the cOrrfft N moves, put a dot in the cemer of:

I. The square on which the N . rests. 2. Each square he passes in a regular S move. 3. The square on which he finishes his move.

Conncct all {hese dots with a LINE MUST ALW-AYS STRAIGHT LINE .

Consequently the N. on h5 can no/ capmre the black S on e2; because whether the N travels via f4 or via .113, the line connecting the dots would not be straight bur show an obtuse angle.

Any piece of the same color a_~ the N, placed on one of the "way station" squares, rhat is, squares over which Ihe N must travel, block! the N . move· any man of rhe opposite color on these squares ,do be captured, but the first capture terminates Ihe move. A check given by the N is stopped by any interference by a man on any of the intermediate squares.

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To Illustrate: In our Il Ju51ralion Diagram the key mov e: is Nd1. We.s« thai the white: king by moving aWily ftom " diKovers a check to the black king. Since: no pic.::e can interfere on d or b3 and the: N. cannot be CIlpture<i, the black king, unable (0 move, i$ maled.

Aflcr t Nd7, Bb6 (or d6)ch, white: must capture: the: B; if the white: king after Bb6ch would play Kd6, check ing, the move Bb6-c)ch would SlOp the N check by interfc:rC'flce on one of the $(juaTes the N. needs for his !raveling move:. After 1 ... 5<14, the: ... bile king hM no olner square: save: d4 10 go 10; but even if he had another square, he would be compelled 10 Cil pture the black S to prevent him from slopping the N . check by interference on b}.

T o sum up then: T~ N 1110111 iJ a fhail1 01 JIIt­

UJJi"t, /l1/illlerrltpud S 111 (111'1 i" II pt,lull, J/Mighl Ji,Ulioll.

F.32 is a nighrrider problem, entered for (he ex­preM purpose of allowing you to tUt (he newly Rcquired knowledge.

F. B is anothtr sample of reflexmil-tc strategy by the "high(ockalorum" of Fairy lore and it does him justice indeed.

F. 34 is a pawn mOOel study "'i th the added zest of grasshopper activi ty.

Th~Jt Ihret pflJblt mJ "11111 he Jolt"d alld Ie/II in before IN/' 11.

Inverted

(O r igin'll) BUl<OFZER ;;,;;L. ,.

TH E CH ESS REVIEW

r.'5 shows the illustrious DaWSO n in a different type of expertness.

F.36 is a particular ly sweet morse! by that faithful lieutenant I found in Cleveland .

F. }7 is 1he final one of the offerings of Mr. Van. denberg. It is hud to (ell which one of (he trio deserves the mO$( pnise.

F.}8 is one of Ihe linesl maSlerpi«es of tri fu rca­tion maximaling lhat I have ever seen. It lakes a Dobbs to do il. Ii will probably givc uxnc of our fairy solvers a mal·de· tetc.

The JO/NliolfJ 10 Ihest JOII' ,"Ob/tIlIS nttd 110/ be Jlml in IInlil LfMgNJI l o/h, 193}.

SOLUTIONS TO FAIRY PROBLEMS F.24 (Neuss) 1 Ra8, Rhl ; 2 Qb8, Qg! mate.

Neat echo clearance, but, of course, obvious.-Dr. Dobbs. After you, Sir !- Nash. Good! An cchoed Bristol.-Kriuh. Shl is bad thematically.- Eaton. Redprocity with a vengeance.- Genud. A c1evcrly constructed clearan(e theme.- Tangeman. Huh 1_ Murphy.

F.2' (Eaton) Bal. Clever use of the G at c4, but the white G. is an

idle spe(lalor.-Dr. Dobbs. The G does his bil.­Nash. Clever. Variety seems to be Eaton 'S forte.­Kristh. Fair.-Genud. The pins and interferences are admirable.-T~ngeman. Score one for BrOlhcr Eaton. Very , very neac.- Murphy.

F.26 (Dobbs) Ga5. The feature is the G half.pin wi lh ~ intervening

pieces.-Dr. Dobbs. This idea of fairy 2 mover to anna an audience is fine.-Nuh. A neat ambush. Half pin, Wilh th", Doctor's usual delightful « ho.­Krisch. Very pretty.- Hannan. NOt a great (On.

""PIlon, bul wotthwhil",.-Ea.r:on. Dr. Dobbs shows h~ clClIdy the power of the G.-Genud. A punling G. half'pin theme.-T an,l;cman. This m1s:hl be swdiC'd as a text book on the powel'S of the G.­Mu rphy.

F.27 (Cha .osh) I <><:6, Kc5~ 2 Gb1, Kb<I ;} G(b3) d5. Ka4 ; 4 Gb5 m~te.

An all G 0151, and they hop wj lh admirable pre­( i5ioo.-Dr. Dobbs. Every G. takes his jump.-Nash. Splendid! A sreat (ome~ck for Mr. Charosh.­Krisch. Very neat.-Genud. I had a lOt of trouble with th is one.- Tangeman.

F 34 (O,iginal) DR. GILBERT DOBBS

Carrol'" ,.

Mate in } movcs. 4 p.lwn models.

JUNE, 1935

F35 T . R.

(Originfl/) DAWSON

L.ondon, England

=

F 36 (Originfll) ERWIN KRISCH

Cleve land, O. ~

Maximate 10 4 moves.

F,7 (Originfl/) E. J . VAN DEN BERG

Apeldoorn, Holland

Black plays and heipseifmales in 4 moves.

F 38 (Originfll) OR. GILBERT DOBBS

Maxiselfmarc in 5 moves.

FAIRY LADDER

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Nflm/! Score 24 25 26 27 S(or~ Dr. G. Dobbs . ....... .. . 86 2 2 2 4 96 Tangeman, ). B ... . . . . ... 67 2 2 2 4 77 Dr. Berliner .. .... . . .... 58 2 2 2 4 68 Morris. M. .... .... . .... 58 2 2 2 4 68 Young, E. F .. . . ... ..... 61 2 2 2 . 67 Krisch, E . . . .. .. .. .. . ... 56 2 2 2 4 66 Panos. G .......... . .... 50 2 2 2 56 Murphy. P .......... . ... 42 2 2 2 . '0 Rarke. G. R ......... . ... 3, 2 2 2 4 4, Genua, I. . . . . . ..... .. .. 28 2 2 2 4 38 Kashdan, I. ....... .. .... 22 2 2 2 4 32 Malzberg, N ... . . ... .... 21 2 2 25 P:m, W. . . ...... . .... .. 9 2 2 2 4 19 Nash, E. . .. . .. .. .. . . . .. 0 2 2 2 4 10 Peters, W . . . . . . .. .. .... . 0 2 2 2 4 10 Hannan,). . .. . . ......... , 229 Eaton, V. L. .. . . .... . . . . 0 2 2 2 6 Halpern, L. . . ........... 2 2 2 6

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29' (Original)

M. W. PATRICK Elyria, O.

Mate in 2 moves.

296 (OrigillaJ)

CLEMENtE LARRANAGA Rome, N. Y.

Mate in 2 moves.

297 (Ori;;inal)

G. W. HARGREAVES Auburn, Ala.

~~

Mate in 2 moves.

THE CHESS REVIEW

298 ( Orif!.illdl)

FRED SPRENGER New York City

Mate in 2 moves.

299 (Origilla/)

REV. J. MORTIMER Catawba, Wis.

Mate in 2 moves.

300 (Original)

WILBUR VANWINKLE Endicott, N. Y.

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Mate in 3 moves.

JUNE, 1935

'01 ( Original)

WALTER JACOBS New York I

Ma!e in :. moves.

302 (Original)

WILLIAM PATZ N. J ... ~

Maw In :. moves.

(Orighlal) BEERS

Ma!e III 3 moves.

'" (Origillal) FRANZ PALATZ

Mate in Ij moves.

'" (Origina/) DR. GILBERT DOBBS

I

Sellm,w.: in Ij moves.

Selfmale in 6 moves.

SOLUTIONS DUE: JULY 10, 1935

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No. 275. R. C. Belto (2m ) ReS An old ide. f>i«l, dr .. Jt'd up by 0011 ncwC<II'Mr ikiIG.- Dr.

DOObs A maSll'fpof«' of Sl'1(.jnt\"ffC'~ ow'y. blark pit« uk .. it. NIn._ Nuh. tn&<niouJ and .-H,I!. The .~ . ,i6« ktr <ktt«U a.· Ed) some men. f,om ,h., OIM,:",'"' 00« 2 mow •. - Bttu. Fin. dunn« UCf1w._Kr,j,Ch. Good key and mI1H.-T,acy. s.a;~ "'"iI ••. -P~man. Not ptofOlHld but u'!.,,;,;",I, dnigMd.-UM.y. SKI',,", • happ, Ihoujl:hf, pro~;d,njl: blo<lt;n~ and intC'fftr ..... .. - S ....... . Tho qu.d.upl~ ,~. ifi.cc ;s. ~f ~'K, Ih. f. IfU( •. ~n~d. PlacillJl took In trlpl. en i"""' "nt.t.-Pat>. BUIOMII.hk. "nd vel, briallf. [li~ III" but of the 1 movefl._M\llp~'. Thi. il • line probll:m too.--Chc.ncy . A 3 .... y tlk. Ind,na to some pretty mltc,,-Gold,tc,n. Another OM of III~ nume.Ou. KxR .;ompo$i,ionJ. Thi, one i. int.tutin~._Tln •• · man, PO .. I different que.n mote. on • quadruple R. Slcr;. fice. Cleve. , Pilll choice.-Oe Marini.. MOil amuJin • . -Sou""ine.

, .... ,

I Sd6, , , , ,

W . Ha rgreave. (3m )

, C. S. K lpplng (3m) ; , d8 = Qmato B/l:8: 1 B (.oj mate (mu.tt): 2 BxR, any: , Ba) mate. a ,o;rut muler onlo,. I now ··oam. havo bad luck fo, I " .. to' ~-Ed. )

Jacob. (3m)

S1!n UJJ an (3m)

THE CHESS R E V IEW

No. 281. M ann i, C haro,h (3m Sui ) 1 c4, dxc; 2 Be2. c): ) Rd2. PxR mate. I ... , d4: 2 c), d) : 1 Bel" cZ mate, Th. two lin ••• ro neltly camDined IJ>d clevorly forc.d .­

Dr. Dobbi. Nut IJ>d noc. pia,. Good!-Beerl. Simple:, but it i • ..,..nd.-Kri..,h. lUll lJ>other si ~1e (n line .... i. -lCors«utd. Whil' booll, Black to the dnw Ind fOfC« the 'mle. The J U"'" ' lids hi, WIY to the lCftle of the c,;me.-Stn us. DESCENSUS AD V ALLEM MORTIS EST FAOUS.- Palz. Whll the,. i,. i. fair., but Ibc<. ;, neM e-.;h.- Mu,phy. N it.) MOVe .ui. I ne Quem pre&:"re. lho: R ma~.-C~. The movMlin Ilbor.d . f\:C. old. olrin.. A fine k.y Ind two Cluit. attnct;vo ... , iati«l. in ,hi, .ui._ Tan«eman. Ra'her cbvioul.--SO" ... ine.

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CORRESPONDENCE J. H a nna n ; Fliry ptoblem. ofFe, frequent ly difficult

variltions e .. en in 2 /nO .. e.o. II is thotefore n..,o .. ory to .end the main play in delli] to obtain cred il. but not every mil"lOt and unimportant ".';11'0'1. I 1m YOty much pleased thll )"0\1 haw lackl.d the fai' ....

I . Knhd a n : Whll i, .... 0111 wilh 28Z~ P1e_ .iw det l i... New..,rsion few fairy pl"oblWl is U«Uerll; old OM destroyed.

F . A. H ili, J . F . T racy: Cannot lind an, rerotd of solution. fOIl claim. Whr in the .arId ....... '" I wanl to .... "'"iye you of points you o~fntdl I am scrupuiousl, fai, and just to ALL sol~.. . Pl .... check )"O\It SOIUIIO'l' !)e/cte you mail IhWl .

. B. B~er.: SuboliN!ion of III p,oblem. mlde .s you wllh: dItto Ih. rorteCC'onJ yOU o,dored Th. nl<s Bill fo' coming 10 my . id. Now I net"d 2 .nov; .. Igain . • I kno ... I can always depend On you .

F. S pre.n ger: N .... set PIli in place of old O'Ie. Thanb lot your f" . ndly lotter.

T. R. Oaw.on : J am d«pl, obliged to l.ou. Tomm y. for ),)u.' ro,,11 suppott. A]so Ihlnb to Brotho, rox. I don', know )lISt at the _nt. whtn JOU. "WIoo', WIoo" will appear, bool you Oft nt>tl. I JIIa n send .. hat fOIl reqllCSl ""'1' soon. , f I CIJ> gtt m, btUlh. Didn't kno ... that yOu now fun lhe prob!eai o«OQtJ 01 lhe B. C. M. I do not reni .. ", Will hold bt.ck on lhe Cylindt,. until , hev ffom JOV. Sin' .. ~ t.suds.

G. Plowman : So"r. my hit-nd. your 4 /nOyer is cooked yi. Ba2,h. Shall' desttoy it?

W . Stra us: , spenl " ",../ IV" ", on your ","obl.m. O'Ily 10 find that, with the .'(option of No •. lind 7 I "annol UH them . . Problems ore a ~il moll' thI n boud ' po.i tion •• Tho .lnolyOl$. of on. of Ft ·C.n't Cut Ie" positiortl wou ld requ"e } 'p"nl~d .POJlcs! . Kindly 'tid Ih. ,nJlructiOnl about problem, In thll ,nuo. Wha' .hlll [ do with YOUl set?

W. Vanwinkle : Wh y .0 .. Ik en! .nJ 10 chuy ""ith conlfibll , ion l l No. my /tOO<! friend, you cannot YOIe fOI a problem you did not .olw . TM act Ihat it happened to .oil you " ... , inCl.uin, it. inlf in.ic meri t in tl~ I,.".

C. L a rr a naga: Don' , omi t rotinjt bfnusc. you . , . n~ . n . ' Pt". Voc, .", to.., ....

J . Za rb.lch : T I.anh for po'obkms. W II, nOl: join ,I .. u.lyifll; famil r?

W . Pe te n: Uncle~ ... ~ ROC n ... y 2Y. (>.E . " I lette •• I.,.. :\<. W."''' t~ ... iglol , "'U ot .

I. Genud , Yn. "ou," Kippin. if the hnlOUI Kipp;n, . What of il t lo >! "" . lipI'N up 00 • pfObl.", ? It ;. I n un · ~hariubl. i.!n to .~t'«t 100% perfe"i"", ... h,., you ri nd 9'0%. That .1"",1.1 be enoullh 1<>< .ny ,Tk>< I. 1 t:..in~ . d~n' l )'Ou thi n~ ?

C. F lltk_n : To Yote (or a problem 10U ,lid n()/ ro!.e nle.ns 10 II" ow aW I Y yuur .ole. Becau,. 10\1 f""nJ i\ dilli . <uh dou nul pr'''. thO! it i. 'he be.! 01 . ri ,, ~.

T . C. Young : You r na me ONCE on. , h •• 1 i ~ ~Uffi "'M r, bur on ~1''') II,ut ! I>LIlAS Il VOT E.

Fl . J. Flatke: thi nk ,,"o\lld

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" lngernan, j . B. .... .. ... . ,., , 2 2 2 2 , , , Chess, A. . . ...... ....... . '" 2 2 2 2 2 , 6 , D~ ! y, H. B .. . .. . . , . . . . . .. 179 2 2 2 2 , , 6 , Hochberg Bros. . . .. . . .. .. . ",0 2 2 2 2 2 , , , Kigsio, C. · . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . '" 2 2 , 2 2 , 6 , Krisch, E. · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16!J , , , 2 , , , , Patt, W. · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,67 , 2 2 2 , , 6 , W elld , T. C. · .. . . . . . . . . . ' 70 , , 2 2 2 , , , Btrliner, Dr .. ... . ... . ..... ' 66 , 2 2 2 2 , 6 , Emery, G. R . .. . . .... . .. . . ,60 , 2 2 2 2 , , , Vallwinkle. W . .. . ... . .. . . '" 2 2 2 2 2 , 6 , Rac ke, R. j. · . . . .......... "'. 2 2 2 2 2 , , , Halpern, L. ....... . ...... 14'1 2 2 2 2 2 , , , YounK, E. F . . .... , .. . . .. . 1<1 6 2 2 , 2 2 , , , Genud, I- .... . . .... . ..... '" 2 , 2 2 , , 6 , Hargreaves, G . W. .... .. .. . I H 2 2 , , , , , , Murphy, P. · .. . . . . . .. . .. . . 128 , , , , , , , , Morri$, M. ," , , 2 , , , , , · .. . ... . .. .. . .. • Kon8urd. S . . .. ... ... . . , . '"

, 2 , , , , • , Tracy, J. F . .... .. . . . ... .. . '" , , , , 2 , , ,

Cheney, G. N ....... .. .. .. '" , • 2 2 2 , , ,

Sa .. "ford , C. C. · . . . . . . . . . . . '" 2 • , 2 2 , , , Mab berS. N . lIJ1 , , , , , , , , .. . . . . . . .. .. . • f oote. B. A. · . . . . . . . . .. . . . '" 2 • 2 ,

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Sprenger. F .. ... . .. . . .. . .. " 2 , , , , , , , Fw kau, C. .. .. . .. . .... . .. ., 2 , , , , , , , Larr:z nag.l, C. · , . . . . . . . . . . , "

, 2 2 , 2 , , , La~, R. · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 2 2 2 2 , , , , EalOn, V. L. · . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 , 2 2 , 2 , , , NHh, E. · . ....... . . . .. ... 67 2 2 2 2 2 , 6 , Betrs, 8. · .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 , 2 2 2 2 , , , Panos, G. · . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 62 2 2 2 2 2 , 6 , Suaus. w. · . . . . . . . . . . . . , . " 2 , , , , , , , Stichka. G. · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 2 2 , 2 2 , , Hill , A. F . . .. . . . .. ..... ... " 2 2 2 2 2 , 6 , Golds tein. N. ... ... .... .. " 2 2 2 , , , , , Yuun.ll. T. C. · .... ... .... , 50 , 2 2 2 2 , , , Plowman, G. · . . . . . . . . . .. . 46 2 2 2 2 2 , , , Souweine, A. J. .. .. ..... .. 4' 2 2 , 2 2 , , , Ka~ htl an, I. · . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 40 2 2 2 2 2 , • , ~. Dr. G. · ... .... .. .. " 2 2 2 2 2 , , , Meyer, I. ...... . . .... . . . . " 2 2 2 2 2 , 6 , Pecers. W , . ... . .. . ..... . . 37 2 , 2 , 2 , 6 , Mecker. J. M ..... " ....... 47 2 2 2 , Thorne, E. H. · ......... . . 2' 2 2 2 2 2 , , , BC1"ry. G. F. · .... .. ... .. .. ... 2 2 2 2 2 Lay, K . . .. ... . .. . . .. ..... 22 2 2 2 2 , , , Hallnan, J. .. . .. . .. ....... "

, 2 2 2 2 , , Marinis, T . De .. . .. . ... ... 0 2 2 2 2 2 , , ,

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" , ' 99 , 4 , '" 4 , '" , 4 , OS, , 4 , ". , 4 , ' 78 , 4 , • on , 4 , • ' 64 , 4 , . 62 , 4 , '" , 4 , '" , 4 , OJ , , 4 , , "'. 2 4 , 4 ' 43 , 4 , '" , 4 , '36

4 , '" 4 , '" 4 , '" , • 00' • 4 ' 06 4 00' , 4 , 9') , 4 , ., , 4 , 94 , 4 , " , 4 , 90 , · 8\ , 4 , ,. 4 , 76 , 4 , • " , 4 , 6 " , 4 , 72 , 4 , , 71 , 4 , , 71 , 4 , • " • , 59 , 4 , " • " , 4 , 49

" • • ' 9 1 am sorry [0 learn that some fin e solvers did not send any soil.uions because

chey fa iled to solve all problems. That is a not ion I cannot applaud because I c~nnO! understand its motive.

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