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Conducted by IRWIN SIGMOND

S END solutions to Position No . 196 to reach Irwin Sigmond, 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arlington 7, Va., by December 20, 1956. With your solution, please scnd analysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or moves.

Solution t o Position No, 196 will ap-pear in the January 5, 1957 issue.

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CURDO TRIUMPHS IN MASS OPEN

J ohn Cur do of Lynn tallied 6-0 to win the Class A. Massachusetts Open at Newburyport. Second with 4-2 was Walter B. Suesman of Provi-dence, losing a game to Curdo and drawing with Edgar McCormick and Ch arles Sharp. Thiru with 3lh-2lh was Edgar T. McCormick of East Orange, while fourth to sixth with 3·3 each were Harlow B. Daly of Sanford, Donald Stetzer of Provi-dence, and David Wilkinson of Hillsdale.

Ralph Gerth of Portsmouth won the Class B Open with 5%-¥.! , draw-ing with runner·up James Slattery of Westfield, who scored 5-1 and also drew with Frank Gauntt. Gauntt of Cambridge was third with 4%-1%, and Milford Fredenburgh of Providence placed four the with 3J,.2-2lh . Barlett Gould directed both events.

SMYSLOV SHARES W ITH BOTVINNIK

World Champion Botvinnik and Grandmaster Smyslov shared first place in the Alekhine Memorial Tourney at Moscow with 11·4 each. Third was Taimanov with 10lh-4lh, while Gligoric placed fourth with 10·5. Botvinnik's f inal round loss to Paul Keres prevented him from un· challenged first place.

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REMLINGER TOPS S9 CALI F PRELIM

Larry Remlinger, now 15, won in convincing style the South Califor-nia Championship which serves as a pr eliminary for the State Champ-ionship Finals. Remlinger scored 8%-Ph, drawing with Irving Rivise, Samuel Geller, and ' Stephen sho-lomson. Second with 7lh ·2lh was Samuel GelJer who lost a game to Revise and drew with Remlinger, Sholomson, and LeRoy Johnson. Third to sixth on Solkoff points with 7-3 each were Rivise, Sholom-son, Robert Cross, and Ray Martin. Of these, Sholomson is a 15-year old newco mer who has twice scored victories over Reshevsky in simul-laneous play. Seventh to 9th with 6%-3% in the 42-player Swiss were Ralph Syvertson, John Gibbs, and Sven Almgren.

Qualifi cd for the State finals ar e: Remlinger, Geller, Rivise, and Sholomson, but as the last cannot travel to San Francisco, his place will be taken by 5th prize-winner Robert Cross. Charles E. Kodil di-rected the event, conducted by the Southern California Chess League.

SIEGEL TAKES LAKE ERIE OPEN

M. Siegel of New Rochelle won the Lake Erie Open with 4lh -lh, drawing one game with P. Vaitonis. Second and third with 4·1 were G. Mauer of Buffalo and I. Theodoro-vitch of Toronto; Mauer lost a game to Dr. B. Schmidt and Theodoro-vitch to Siegel. Fourth to seventh in the 25-player Swiss at Buffalo with equal 3lh-Ph scores were Dr. Bruno W. Schmidt of Homer, Dr. Erich W. Marchand of Rochester, R. T. Black of Buff alo, and M. Hal'· ris of Hamilton.

A speed tourney was won hy Povilos Vaitonis of Hamilton with 7-0. G. Mauer of Buffalo was sec-ond with 6-1, and I. Theodorovych of Toronto was third with 4lh-2lh.

CHESS LIFE Composing Tourney Draws 176 Entries From 23 Lands

By MONTGOMERY MAJOR Editor, CHESS LiFE

With 77 composers from 23 countries competing in the event, the CHESS LIFE Two·Mover Problem Composing Tourney, proved just as successful as the 1951-52 tourney in which compositions were submitted by 77 composers {strange coincidence} but only 12 countr ies were repre-

'" sented . The wider distribution of contestants in part reflects the more recent wider circulation of CHESS LIFE in other lands. Judges of the pr evious contest were Vincent L. Eaton and the late Alain C. White. Prize winners were by Dr. Musante, Edgar Holladay, and a special prize to Richard Kujoth for best composition by an American composer who had scored no previous contest awards.

This year' contest possibly displays a greater variety of strategy and is more comprehensive in representing .the different taste and conceptions that exist among composers over a wider area of the world. CHESS LIFE wishes to thank the indefatigable problem editor Nicholas Gabor and the two distinguished judges, Vincent L. Eaton and Eric M. Hassberg, for thcir notable contributions to the success of this contest.

First p,iu $20.00 No. 718

By N. G. van Di jk Norway

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SeCQnd P,i{£ $15.00 No. 703

By G. Groeneveld Holland

INTERNATIONAL TWO-MOVER COMPOSING CONTEST J UDGES' REPORT

CHESS LIFE and its problem editor , Nicholas Gabor, are to be con-gratulated for staging and carrying through to completion a very successful international two-mover composing tour ney. No fewer than 176 entries were received from 77 composers in 23 different countries. 143 entries were actually published in Chess Life's problem column.

The quality of the problems was generally excellent. and choosing among them has been by no means an casy task. A number of them (6 in all) were eliminated by cooks, and 6 entries were disqualified by being anticipated in theme and setting by pr eviously published composi-tions, the most regrettable of such casualties being No. 649 Holladay (F. Miro, 3rd pr ize Section "C," "A BOLA" Tourney, 1948: B2K2bl/3p4/ 5S2/ BSklq2R/ lRprp1Ql/PPss4/4p3/8, key 1. QxP) and No. 712 van Dijk (Bartolovic, 1st prize Main-Post, 1955: 3S1Q2!lqp3pl/4Blbp/ 4k3/1r2S2r/ Ip1Rlp2/ 1KlPR3/ 6BI, key 1. RxBP). MI'. H. Albrecht of Frankfurt, Ger-many has kindly checked the honored problems for such anticipations.

The majority of the entries were in "modern" vein, featuring changed play strategy, subtle tries, suppression of duals and similar motifs. Problems of this type consequently preponder ate in the award. In addi-tion to the main award, the judges decided to give special prizes to a small number of entries which, for one reason 01' another, deserved t·ecognition. Section II singles out problems which we consider meritor-ious for t heir economical settings and pr esentation of ideas. Section ill groups together certain problems which, though somewhat unorthodox in their pr esentation, seem to us to merit honors because of their very unusualness and originality oj conception.

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ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Mastering the End Game I

By WALTER KORN, Editor of Meo The Voice of Vladimir Vukovich

THROUGH the last thr.ee col um.ns we got away from peering at B.CE* and are now r eturning to Diagram 368. Here my notes contalll a comment of Vukovich's proclaiming a draw in contradiction to Fine's verdict of a win.

To Diagram 35, BCE gives the winning line for White, allowing Black the benefit of the first move as fo llows: 1. ........ , R·R6; 2. P·R7, R· R8; 3. P·84, (the only way to get the King out), R·R6; 4. K·B2, K·R2; S. K·K2, K·N2; 6, K·Q2, K.R2; 7. K·B2, K·N2; 8, K. N2, R·R3; 9. K.N3, K.R2; 10. K·B4, K·N2; 11, K.QS, R· R8; 12. K·KS, R·R4 c:h; 13, K·K6, K· R2 (Black is in zugzwDng, or, as your editor would prefer to say, "in a squeeze"): 14, K·B6 (an alterna· tive win is 14. R·K8, R·R3 ch; 15. KxP, RxP; 16. I{·N5, R-R7 ; 17. KxP RxPch ; 18. KxP), R·R8; 15. KxP, R·R4c:h; 16. K·K4, R·R8; 17. P·BS, K·N2; 18. P·B6 c:h, K·S2; 19. R·R8, RxP; 20. R·R7 c:h, KxP; 21. RxR and wins.

Vukovich points out a draw after the better defense (1 ......... , R·R6; 2. P·R7, R·R8; 3. p .B4), P.PI; 4. KxP. The position is a dead draw

Lawrence C. J ackson, Jr. won the Toledo City t itle for the fourth time with a 5-1 score, drawing with Dr. Mark E. Pence and Francis H. Ashley. Dr. Pence was second with 3lh-2¥2. Third to fifth with 3·3 scores were Robert J. Henry, Rob· ert V. Swartz, and Woldemar J. Walter.

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED

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! SCHROEDER WINS FT. WAYNE OPEN

Scoring a perfect 5-0, James Schroeder of Columbus won the third Ft. Wayne Open Champion· ship. Second and third on S·B With 4-112 each were B. Pehnec of Elk· hart and Kimball Nedved of Chi· cago, whHe Albert Sandrin, also of Chicago, was fourth with 4-1. Pehnec drew one game with W. Grombacher while Nedved drew with Angelo Sandrin. Albert Sand· rin lost a game to M. Robinson.

Placing fifth to tenth in the 45-player Swiss with equal 31f.!-1!h. scores were M. Robinson, Michael Sweig, and Walter Grombacher, all of Chicago, R. J. Henry of Perry· berg, Angelo Sandrin of Chicago, and John EI3m of Huntertown. The event was directed by Edward A. Bodenstab.

KRONQUIST TOPS IN WALLA WALLA

Ray Kronquis t, Whitman College freshman, tallied 6-0 to win the WaHa Walla Valley Championship. Second with 5-1 was Ken Hartwig of CoUege Place who lost one game to Kronquist. John Nash of Walla Walla was third with 4-2, losing to Kronquist and Hartwig. Fourth to eighth with 3·3 eaeh in the 12-player Swiss were Beldon Pearson of Dayion and Ed Nightengale, Neal King, Bruce Bayley and Bill Krapfel, aU of Walla Walla.

USCF DIRECTOR FOR COLORADO

Merle W. Reese of Denver bas been named USCF Director for Colorado. Mr. Reese is best known as the promoter and director of the various popular Colorado Opens, tbe "Little America" tourna· ments held usually during Ju1y.

TOURNEY NOTICE MADE DECEPTIVE

A broadsheet adVertising the Eastern Stales Open Chess Tourna· ment at Washington , D. C., on No-vember 22 to 25, 1956, contained the following misleading and inac· curate statement:

W ill ltois lovrn.rnflnt be RATED? Tto. quu tJon puules us. NO. This group tI'.' no on •. Your locil or sr. l. org. niuUon (Dlv.n, eCLA, USCF, ~IDE I I . 1) clluifies ih P'.YIIl by Itl OWn method. If y_ wish ttoa m to ral. you r play, you ",ang-e II. At CO$1 ImIY"," ~Oc ), a plloto, l. t will be m.il,d to you $howlng th. ,uull, of ,very 111m, play,d.

In inferr ing that a player could arrange to have his individual per-formance rated, the circular on the Eastern Slates Open definitely mis-leads the reader. No information is available on the Divan l'egula-lions for ra ting (and they may per· mit such arrangements) but other· wise this statement is absolutely false according to USCF officials. The CCLA on ly ra tes performances in games played by correspondence in its own correspondence tow·na· menls; thc USCi" only rates per· formances in tournaments where the management has arranged for the raling of all games in the tour nament while fulfilling certain specific requirements; the FIDE organization docs not i'ate tourna· ments and performances at aU, it accepts data of performance from tournaments in wbich International Masters and Grandmasters predom-inated as a basis for judging if a particular player is qualified to be nominated an International Master but is not interested in per· 101~lance below International level. Therefore, no individual player can arrange to have his performance rated in the Eastern States Open by submitting his tournament record to the CCLA, the USCF, or FIDE.

CALL OFF MATCH WITH BRONSTEIN

The scheduled match between Reshevsky and Bronstein; which was to begin on December 1, 1956 at Moscow, has been indefinitely pos tponed because of the unsettled international political conditions, according to the announcement of Alexander Bimo, manager for Reshevsky.

BISHOP TAKES WASHING'N OPEN

George Bishop of Seattle tallied 5·1 to win the Washington State Open Championship at Spokane, losing no games but drawing with Gordon Cornelius of Spokane and Viktors Pupols of Tacoma. Second to fourth on Solkoff with equal 4J,2 -1% scores were Cornelius, Rob· ert Edberg, and Pupois; none of the trio lost any games but Cor· nelius drew with Bishop, Edberg, ond Tom Makins, Edberg drew with Cornelius, Pupols, and Dick Pal'Sons, and Pupols drew with Bishop, Edberg and Makins. Fifth to eighth in the 24-player event wi th equal 4-2 scores were Beldon Pearson of Dayton, Tom Makins o( Seattle. Bob Higginson and Don Daniels, both of Spokane. Robert Edburg was tournament director.

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CDnJl/. 'I~J I>y Frederick H. Kerr

AU c:olleg" clubs I nd player, It* urslOd 10 M!nd neWS Items to F rede rick H. Kerr, N,tt.lny 32:·13, Box In, Penn· sylvanil Stale Unlwenity, Unlv,rsit y Pa rk, Penn,ylvlnl •.

T HE details o( the 1956 United States Intercollegiate Team Tournament can be found else-where in this issue. The location was picked during the 1955 United States Individual Intercollegiate Championship. Philadelph ia should prove to be a good city for this event. The Pennsylvania city is not as large or as gay as New York. However, it is the cradle of American democracy. Participants in the event will havc ample op· portunity to visit the many his· toric placcs in the area. The Idea of holding this major chess event in Philadelphia was originated by the Franklin Institute as part of the cel~bration of the 2.50111 anni· versary of the bit· th of Benjamin F):anklin. Two of the sponsoring organizations, the Franklin·Mer· cantile Chess Club, and the Uni· versity of Pennsylvania Chess Club, proudly t race their begin· nings to Franklin. Perhaps some readers do not realize that old Ben was America's first chess or· ganizer.

Many schools outside the New York·Philadelphia area will find it difficult to make the trip because of fi nancial problems. "CotJege Cbess Life" suggests that several colleges from each area band to-gether and charter a bus or a plane [or the trip. No better way could be found to save money. Perhaps busses 01' planes could leave from New York, Boslon, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, Washington, Richmond, Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, Kan~as City, Seattle, San Francisco, and other centers of collegiate chess.

This column expressed the view that the University of Maryland was the strongest college team In the nation. Since that time your reporter has learned that Arthur Feuerstein is now a student at City College of New York. When he is added to the team of Lombardy, Rudy, Rei ter, and Grcen, it seems like a regular murdcrers' row. Never count out Fordham, the present champion, which is led by USCF Master Anthony Saidy. The United States Intercollegiate Individual Champion, Edmar Med· nis, heads a powerful line·up of New York University men. The University of Ill inois has several experts and has been winning in the midwest. U all thcse teams participate, the tournamcnt looks like a real battie.

Let it never be said that this is an event for the big schools only. Chess is one sport where the small colleges can compete on an equal basis with tile great universities. In addit ion to the big ones, CCNY, NYU, Penn State, Ohio Stllte, llnd Michigan State; the metropolitan ones, Fordham, Pit tshurgh, Penn· sylvania, and Buffalo; the Ivy ones, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Co·

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LARRY EVANS ON CHESS By International Master LARRY EVANS

Gambits A GA}'IBIT is an early attempt to seize the !nitiative forcibly (,usually at the cost of a Pawn 01' two). The gamblteer hopes to profit from his rapid development and superior mobility to score an early victory, or to regain his material with interest. But it stands to reason that if the ~eeond player has made no organic weaknesses 01' errors such optim-ism is total ly unfounded. There arc three satisfactory ways to meet a gambit, depending upon the temperament of the defender: (1) declining it, (2) holding doggedly on to the sacrificed material at the cost oC the initiative, (3) accepting it and then returning the material at a favor-able moment.

lst method-Declining the gam-bit: 1. P-K4, P-K4; 2. P-Q4, PxP; 3_ P.QB3, P-Q4_ (3 . ........ , P"Q6 also de-clines but does not force White to lose time in recapturing tbe Pawn, as 4. BxP would develop a piece in the process.)

The Gambit Declined-Time against Time

With 3. . ....... , P·Q4 Black has opened lines for his Queen and Q. Bishop. He has elected to fight White in his own element-Time against Time! White is not to be permitted rapid development. A likely continuation is: 4. KPxP, QxP; S. PxP, N·Qa3; 6. N-KB3, B· N5 (notice how Black systematical-ly exploits White's isolated QP by undermining the pieces which de-fend it); 7. B·K2, 0-0-0; 8. N·QB3, Q-QR4 with superior development and lasting pressure against White's central Pawn.

2nd method-Holding doggedly on to all the sacrificed material: 1. P-K4, P·K4; 2. P·Q4, PxP; 7. p. QB3, PxP; 4. B·QB4 (the "Danish Gambit," where White sticks to the true spirit of it, he does not stop for 4. NxP but aims instead for quick development at all costs), PxP; S. BxP. PoOB3.

The Gambit Accepted-Force against Time

With S .........• P·QB3 Black an· nounces his intention of submitting to an attack because he has the firm determination that White does not have sufficient compensation (or the two Pawns sacrificed. Black is fighting White in another ele-ment_Force against Time! Here the question is whether Black can withstand the fury of White's at· tack and emcrge into the won end-game which his material superior-ity promises. Notice how Black has not yet developed one piece, where-as White has two Bishops bearing down on menacing diagonals. Black, however, has no organic weak-nesses in his Pawn Structure and pl'obably- though this is problem-atical-has sufficient resources witb whicb to defend. The game might continue: 6. N·Q83, POO3; 7. N·B3, N·Q2; 8. 0-0 or 8. Q-B2 fol-lowed by 0·0-0. If White cannot capitalize on his advantage in Time, Black will nullify it by catch-ing up to him in development. The final evaluation of this position is a Question of style: an attacker would choose White; a defender, Black, Tournament practice has in-dicated that White has won the majority of the games continuing from thc diagrammed position-although in every instance one can point to a flaw in Black's play. It goes without saying that this scc-ond method of meeting the gambit is fraught with the most risk, yet holds out the greatest chances of winning.

3rd method-Returning material at a favorable moment: 1. P·K4, P-K4; 2_ P·Q4, PxP; 3_ P-QB3, PxP; 4. B-QB4. PxP; 5_ BxP, P-Q4.

Gambit Accepted-and Returned

The principle behind S .........• p. Q4 is so powerful that it has vir-tually eliminated 0111 gambits from tournament play. Black fights

White in yet another Pawn Structure against Timel Black returns the material in order to simplify and reach a favorable endgame.

A likely continuation is 6. BxP (6. PXP closcs the lines and leaves Black an easy Pawn ahead after N·KB3; 7. N·KB3, B-Q3; 8. 0-0, 0·0), N·KB31; 7_ BxP ch, KxB; 8. QxQ, B-NS ch; 9_ Q-Q2, BxQ chi TO. NxQ, P-QB4. Black now has a slight theoretical advantage because his Q-side Pawns are likely to move Easter than White's K'sidc Pawns. (TccJmically it is easier to force 2 pa~sed Pawns with 3 against 1 than with 4 against 2-moreover Black's King is a strong defensive weapon where it stands.) Because of the opposite colosed Bishops the game is likely to peter out into a draw, but if this is the best White can obtain, obviously he will aban-don the Danish Gambit.

The principle of accepting and then returning the gambit at a favorable moment upsets the whole psychology of the attacker. For this reason it is a recommended anti-dote.

AWARD FISCHER SPECIAL PRIZE

To I3-year old Bobby Fiseber went a spccial prize i n the Rosen-wald Trophy Tournament for his dasbing victory over Donald Byrne as the most meritorious game in the tourney. The second prize for individual games went to Herbert Seidman, champion of the Marshall Chess Club. for his brilliant victory over Abe Turner. The third prize was awarded to Donald Byrne for his stunning deCeat of Samuel Resh-evsky in the fil'st round. The tournament committee, rna kin g these awards was composed of Mau-rice J. Kaspar, Walter J. Shipman. Dr. F..dward Lasker, I. A. Horo-wit7., and Han~ Kmoch.

The Byrne-Fischer and Bvrne-Reshevskv eames were published in CHESS LIFE, issue of November 5, H156; and the text of the Seid-man-Turner game follows:

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MCO: Pagei 223-125 Rosenwald Trophy Tournament

New York, 1956 White "Black

A. TUI'NER H. SEIDMAN 1. Kt_KB3 Kt·KB3 24. 8_84ch K·RT 2. P·B4 P·KKt3 25. Q·K3 RxKt~h 3_ P·OKI3 8_Kt2 26. PxR QxB 4. B_Kt1 0-0 27. R.JCl KBxP S. P_K3 P·Kt3 28. R·Kt2 Q·Q5 6. B·K2 P·B4 29. OxO P:.Q 1. 0-0 B_Kt2 3(1. K_K2 P·RS 8. 0·B1 KI.83 31. K·03 PxP 9. R·Ol P.o4 32. PxP R-OBI 1(1. PxP oxP 33. R.082 R-K81 11. Kt.B3 O-R4 34. K·K2 K_Kt1 12. KI·OKtS P·QR3 35. R_KRl K_Kt3 13. Kt·R3 P·KKt4 36. B·Q3 P_R4 14. P.Q4 P·Kts 37. R·B4 R_ORT 15. Kt·K5 KtxKt 38. R'OR4 R:.R Hi. PxKt Kt·KS 39. PXR K-Kt4 17. KI·84 KtxP 40. K-BT P·RS 18. KxKt OxRP 41. K·K1"'2 B·Bl 19, R-KKtl P-Kt6eh 42. R.Q81 P_R6~h 10. K.81 P·B4 43. K.Rl B-BS 21. Kt-Q2 P-K8S 44. RxB P_Kt1ch 21. P·K4 P·U 23. KtxP P·QR"

Resigns

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By Allen Kaufman

I N BruF..F: The Marshall prelimi· naries have ended, and most of those who were expected to qualify did so. James Gore and Jerry Don-ovan each scored 6 Ih -U'.!, and they were closely followed by Kaufman and Peckar, 6-2, Dunst, at 51h-llJ.: , was next, then A. Bernstein and Rankis, 5--3. One more will be cho-sen from those at 41h-3 lh. As in the past, many local masters will participate in the finals. Among those mentioned were Santasiere, Collins, S. Bel'stein , Seidman, and Levy ... Sherwin and Hearst, the leading players on the mighty aU· conquering Columbia team of the years 195G-1953, both went into the armed services this month. Sher" win is reported to be guarding the coast, while Hearst hopes to do psychological research in the Ar-my .. . . The Manhattan prelimi-naries have begun. This year a new system has been adopted. Instead of a preliminarY group of tourna-ments and a Finals, this year's championship will consist of pre-liminary groups, a semi·final (which is to include alt the seeded players) and a six or eight man finals, presumably, by then, very strong.

The Reshevsky-Bronstein match appears to be off_ Rumors blame the CUITent clouded international scene for this disappointment. _ .. The Long Island Amateu~ Cham-pionship is creating much mterest_ . .. Players are already beginning to take sides for the Marshall-Man-hattan mateh still several months away . . . Several big things are reported to be brewing ; stay tuned for further developments.

CORRECTION We apologize for typographical

errors in the game score on page one of the October 20th issue in the Feuerstein-Hearst battle. For move 14. PxP, PxP, please read 14. PAP, llxP. For move 22. B-Kt2, B-Q4, please read 22. B-Kt2, R-Q4. And for move 32. Q·K2, B-B3, please read 32. Q-K2, P-B3. ~ general the most common err~rs tn setting game scores are the mter-changing of B, R, and P. So wben a game score doesn't work, try. substituting one of the abov~ three letters. It will usually clarIfy the score.

CHESS IS AN ART By Richard Kujoth

This Is a 70 page. mimeographed collection of 44 games with notes, hoth hy the former WiSi:onsin State Chcss ChampIon. . Local color Is interspersed WIth more solid reflecllonS, and those who like bread_and.butter advice accompanied by off-beal Ideas will riod the book In !Inc with their appetites.

Now onl )' S2.(l0 Order from:

RI~hard Kujoth 20T6 8_ W. Clybourn St. MlIwavkee 3, WIsconsin

Vol. Xl, Number 6 November 20, 1956

Publ1shed twice a month OD tile ~th and ZOth by THE FEDERATION. Ente rel1 B-1 secon l1 cIa", matter September at Dubuque, low. , under the .et of March II, 16'1'9.

Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR POSTMASTER: Plule . eturn und.llverabl. copies wIth Fo.m 157. to Ken neth Ha rkness, USCF BUllnen Manlge. , 10 Eut 11th Sireet, New York 3, N. Y.

WHITAKER CASE DISMISSED W HEN the case of Norman T. Whitaker vs. United States Chess Federation was called for trial in the U. S. DisU·iet Court at New York, the trial J udge, Hon. John M. Cashi n, caned the parties' together in pre- trial discussion with a view to dispose of the issues by agreement if possible. He conferred alternately. fi rs t with Whitaker then with at-torneys lOt' defendants and after about two hours of such discussion agreement was reached as follows; that I, as President of USCF, would submit to the Executive Committee of the Federation a resolution and recommendation that Whitaker be reinstated to membership on his promise, made in open court , that if reinstated he would be a peaceful member of the Federation and would never again do anything ofIensive to the Federation 01· any of its officers and would cause to be dismissed with pre judice the three suits then pending wherein he was plaintiU and the Federation, \VIIS either directly or indirectly, defendant. The stipulation was reduced to writing and signed by the parties.

Pursuant thereto a resolution was submitted to the 14 members of the Executive Committee resulting in 9 votes FOR, 4 votes AGAINST reinstatement and one not voting. Whitaker was duly notified and he promptly dismissed the three suits involved and is now reinstated in full membership in United States Chess Federation and entitled to all the privileges of such member ship.

It now behooves every oUicer and member of the Federation to lay aside all bitterness which has been engendered by anything which has transpired in lhe past and lend every effort in the promotion of peace and harmony for the Federation.

FRANK R. GRAVES

PUlid(flt , USCF

American Chess an the Mave CHESS til1o",h(>UI tht G.ta, L"lr.tl a'~d il on the ",oy( in d big " . ..,. and a ntll' Ch~n Au'" ",ill bt lo,mtd i" A "gu" 1957 at ["'/crlide, Ohio. A rt m..,. be nmalt,J ;~ " big way wilhout lu"dr, ,,~d Wt ,htlr pI." " of America Ihou/d tlim;~alt thc f'.inl;~g dtbt 0/ the USCF al Olltt , "lid ""'I tilt ne .. .,.u. w;/h monty i~ tht I,Umry. I ..... one 01 500 IMII f'at ranl to I t d,t flu f,md (>11 "",I, SIO "".I t"", tht.e .. ill be m""y "I~'f to ,ol/(>w with $1 ,,~J $10 dan",ionl. S".dy tht,t " rt "t Itdft 500 in Iht lou ntry '1111,(> ",ill dO~dlt $5 "nd " tho"f,,~d 10 und in (/~t d,,/{a, «(>nl.i. bUlio~/.

Tht .. ,ile. il dttf'!y inltrtfld in tht ",omo/io" of 5Chool dnd wlltSt ,hul ,,~d ~"P«II 10 do ~"cdlttll lI'a • ./: "lang thut Ijlln Ih. '''''' fo." } ·MU. In the pall 40 y'"rs, I lM"'t raiud mo.e mo~ry for n". 1;"",,1 Ch~'kr" ti,,,,, ""y tt~ 1'!I1~ j~ A m"ic", and am 'l't ry arlaitl I c"" do "n tKcdlttll ;01, f". Iht USCF for (ol1tgt chen . IV, "ud ar It

SUSTAINING : $I Q.OO Life Membership Ifter 10 payments)

I am not a stronll player but wben I take the time to go to a tournament t want to play the but avaU.bl~ play~rs. Ther~ are lots ot pat~ers 8t any club. PleNe record one vote for money tournaments.

ReBERT E. WRIGHT Midland, T t·ul

National Chess Festival PI·ogress is being made in planning .fo~ a "National Che~ Festival",

somewhat s imilar to the "Festival of Brltam" th.at w~s held 10 ~~gland earlier in the year. These plans call for a nahon·wlde rompetlhon of teams, loca lly organized, under the general control of a ~ntr~l rom· mittee. The general scheme of the Festival can be best vlsuahzed by reading the fo llowing report by Mr. Jose M. Calderon: Dear Mr. Major: th

The second meetlni of I Oritsnlunit Committee look place at e 'M M B I No,·ember ls I. re! ldence ° rI. ary a n, meetlne, rola llon, so thot e very

The Committee selecls Chai rmen ThO' ClIalrmsn tor member bocomes al"q\l~l nted with thi s meeting ,,·u Mr. David HolImann .of the ~;:TIVAL".

It wu decided to call this nationWIde ev~nt Entman ot The Rules Committee, whose members are: d

the M~rsh lll Ch~5S Club. Walter S. Shipman. ot the Manhattan Chu. Club an Cnrm!ne D. Nllro or the Central Yl\ICA Chess Cluh or Brooklyu, submltt el1 (he

fO I!O~h~~IN cvent shaU be l averned hy the taurnnm~nt rules of the USCP'o 2· The use of clocks Is optional, at the discretion or the loclll Taurnament

D!re~lo r. Whcl·e dock$ ~re used, the temI>O shall be 40 move. tor the f rst two hOUri a mi 20 moves per hour thereafter.

3 Color sh all be decided by lot. I Itt d 4· Dissent from the local Tournament Director's declstons sh all be au 1m e

to a ·loceJ Tournament Committee. Appeal from the verdict (>f the loca l Tourna· men t Committee can be made to Ihe Tournament Committee o{ Ihe Stlte or

Re'l~n;;lleo:::n~~~lSc~~~~~I::'f~~Ct~:s~:;~th~; ~~ie:!t been fo ;mallzcd due to ~~(\~~d~~~~!i~~n o~:e"s~ gu~~e Itm:~lbb': g~~iy Cs~r;;~:::~d' :rih;n~~s:' Laukl,

The task or or~t.tnt~CW ~~~cieSa~'ill:~na:: Ralph Hough ton. They will W. We ... er Al1alna, ga r om , t Committees In the ntlUlner In which proceed to orcanlze the local Tournamen the Gnlaler New York Committee was organized. utm t 1m rtanee that . Tbe Cent ral Orll\nl~lng CammlUee demns It o:;.r i~elonal °6rJ::l n:n, Commit. fullest freedom or actlon be ~Iven 1\~..:a ~~IUS~!fp oj{ cafled upon, bu t It wtll not ~~~~:~ E~~~lr:~:!r~~n~~gon ~r:::, n.tlve and local problems "'bleh may requ ire dUterent Orlanlzlnll bell"". C mmJttee serveS tt~ lf the righl to or , anl te a

The Cent ral Orl"8nl1'.lnS" 0 h re:li II g body does not care to or'ln. Stlte or Region only In the ease w ere an e s n lie. This seems unlike ly to e,:,entuate. nation with more than nft)'

Tho Orlllnbing Chlln w~l~ ,e~nsd :w:'~o,!~y knit '"dmlnl't rltlve tlea Ilnd autonomous State Or Rell lon", e loosely knit e xecutive links. ''" Sla te~ as to Ihe number of b~rd. they can Friendly rlvII!')' be l,,·een "e . organlle w lll be fostered. C ·11 feels thet lis ti n t eS ll mB!e tha i ~

The Central Orl8nlz.lng omml::: t a nd Is conflde nl that a much lrelter b~rds can be mustered Is fa r too m es ,

number of board, Cln be ba,Ch:fved

. ot the National Chess Festlvsl are to secure Although the twin ° ec vet snd to foster the In teres t In compaU.

the u lmO$! publicity t~Or t;: ~fsa1 s;o~: atcrU~ t rom this first . ttempt to or. Uve chen, leveral a er ne R lonal Ori"anizen wUl be brought It:. nl~e on • nationwide scale. The State °t~te e~hess League woull1 he faclllta tel1 el(>ser tOlether. The creat£~n ~[ ~en O~n~~lanal Authorities Bnd locsl Tournament Ihereby. Contact between e a I allon In State events. The closer con. Committees wU! result In gre:t~r p~~lie:5 and their Tournament Directors mlY tact between 10CII Tourn.men omm e ues A greater interest In USCF memo br ing a boul a a:rowth ot City Chess Lea~al Chess Festival is being OL',lnbcd un. bershlp 18 not Improbable sInce th,e Naltlo If The event nLa .. become $\lrrlelently der the auspice s of the Federat on se. .

... t It Id hecome a hlennlal event. popular t" n COl! t f I f the benevolent assbtanee from th(> Federa·

May I say thRt t ~m ara e u or dl II or the members of the Central tlon ofNda!!, , raWled by the earnes~ ~e ;~e ~~acllon of ell Chess player, who Orla nlzlni" CommIttee lind enca,urafe Yualnted with thl! attempt to organize somehOW h ave become premB ure Y ac,! a chess evcn t on a truly national scale.

SincerelY yours, JOSE M. CALDERON

CHESS TACTICS FOR BEGI ERS By U. S. Expert DR. ERICH W . MARCJJAND

1. Answers to Readers' Qu(!stions S.F:C. Rob;.1't K3rch, Columbus, Georgia, asks about the Four Pawns

Attack In the King's Indian; 1. P-Q4, Kt·KB3; 2. P·QB4, P·KKt3; 3. Kt-QB3, B·Kt2; 4. P-K4, P-Q3: 5. P·B4, P-B4; 6. PXP, Q-R4; 7. B·Q3. He asks why the masters avoid 1 ......... , KtxP. Answ.r: After 8. BxKt, BxKt Chi 9. PxB, QxP Chi 10. B·Q2, QxP; 11. Q.B3, PxP (or 11 ......... , QxBP; 12. R-B! and 13. QxB ch); 12. BxQKtP White wins. _ _ Dr. R. Y. Hubbard, HolJy Hill, Florida, asks about the problem:

The third principle finds less fre-quent application but occurs in a

Miles I "

His question is whether there is more than one solution. Answer: This difficult problem is said to have been solved by Reshevsky in an amazingly short time on a bel It is extremely unlikely that more than . one first move will yield a solutlon. However, a detailed proof of this fact would take a long analy-sis The known solution is 1. Kt·B6 with variations as follows: A. 1 . ........ , K·Q3; 2. B·B2 (or 2 ......... , K·Q4; 3. Kt-Kt4 ch, K·Q3 (or 3 ......... , K-K5; 4. R·B4 Mate); 4. B-B~ Mate), P-K5; 3. R-Q2 ch, KxKt; 4. B·Q7 Mate. R 1. ........ , P-K5; 2. Kt-K7 ch, K·Q5; 3. B-K2, P-K6 (or 3 ......... , K·K6; 4. Kt·B5 Mate); 4. R·B4 Mate. C. !. ......... K·K5; 2. Kt·Kt4 ; K .Q5 (or 2 ......... , K-K6; 3. BxP, K-K 5; 4. R·K2 Mate); 3. B-B2 ch, K-K5; 4. R-B4 Mate. 2. Three Endgome Principles

The illus trative game given be-low demonstrates three use£ul points which arise rather often in endgame play. The first is the po-tency of a .passed pawn. When one or more passed pawns appear in a game, especially if they are ad-vanced far enough to be near the Queening squares. they t end to give the game a very much changed ~haracter . It becomes desperately Important to stop the opponent·s passed pawns from queening; and at the same time onc may some-times sacrifice one, two, or more picces to force one of one'S own pawns to the eighth unk. Very wild combinations can arise and usually do.

The second endgame point which will be seen in the illustrative game is that if too many pawns ~ave been exchanged, the stronger slde oftcn cannot win. This h as been mentioned before from time to time in this colum n. EventUally the stronger side will be left with In. , uHi,ient m. terlal to m. t. ,

str iking manner in the game or at least in the adjudication of the final posi tion. It is the so-called "under-promotion" idea. One sometimes finds it necessary or advisable when "queening" a Pa.vn to take a Kt or R or B instead of a Q. This device can be needed for various reasons. Sometimes it is necessary to take a Kt so as to give check and thus avoid being mated on the move by the opponent. Sometimes the superior s ide wiU avoid taking a Q since a Q might cause the op· ponent to be Stalemated! In the present game (at least in the main line of the adjudication analysis) it is necessary for the weaker side to take a Kt to avoid having his new-. ly won piece immediately taken away by the opponent's Kt fork. 3 , A Spectacular Draw

The following endgame, illustrat· ing among other things the three end gam e principles mentioned above, was played at a rather fast time rate (50 moves in 2 hours) a.nd dUring ' the crucial complica: tlons both players were in consider-able time pressure.

ENGLISH OPENING Lake Erie Open Tournament

Buffalo. 1956 White Black

~. MARCHA ND P. VA ITO NIS 1. P.QB4 Kt·K Bl

The same t wo player s have now met three years In a row in the same tourna. ment with the same color'S, with t he slim .. opening and wit h the same result each Lime. a draw! 1. IC t ·lCa:J P ·1C1C13 5. 00() P0Q4 J. P·KKtl B·Kt2 6. Px P 4. B-1Ct2 0 .0 Wh ite does not wish to allow too much domlnaUon In the .... li t er by 8lack 'l P ',. Hen .. e he prevents 6 ... _ ..... P .Q5. 6. ........ ICtxP 7. 1C '·B3 P.1C4 An alternati ve Is 1 . ..... _ .• P·84 leaving his KB more f ree

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Chess Master JOHN Wo COLLINS

USCF MEMBERS: Submit ,."u, btJt l

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Chess Life Composing Tourney (Continued from pAge one, column three)

(Pro61~m Edi/or', rcma,lr.f: All Hp, ;tC" ",Dblcml ,t(~l't clUh p,it~1

BV Herbert Ahues Germ~nv

Sc(o"d P.iu $H.OO No. 701

By G. Groeneveld (Se. DI.gr .... , P.g. 1)

The ..,1 play by I . . _ ... _. )(b:8; 2. Kt· Q~ and 1 . ......... KtxP; 2. Kt·Kt7 I. J"f!. pl.ced by another mate 10Uowlnl the spprkl!nll': IIcrWce key; and the re-l C~I~\l. Black Klng'$ Knl,ht. by pl.~1ng nt ran\l.oln or by !. ......... )(txB. brin's the 10. 1 ma t

FOUllh P'itc $10.00 • No. 646

By E. A. Wirtanen Finland

The HI mlltes Rrter 1 .......... )(1.K5 and !. " __ " , Kt-.K7 arc changt« In tha try 1. Ktrl'K7 to (arm $lmUar pllY, and I~ ch.n,t« I,~n with slmilar efllet In the actu.1 $OluUon. Duals .. 0 thematically avoided In . 11 three IIUI.ncea, th.nlts to the claver p l'clng or the Black Q and B.

Filii Hono, .. blt M~nlion N o. 71J

By Horado L. MUllnfe Argentinl

r-=-

",heml!. execuled WIth Arter the ellceUent by the Blick Rook I .......... R.QS "cor·

2. Q.B6. and 1. prodllCI' 2. Q·ICI.

Rando ... move. by the BI.hop permit %.. Q·BS. but I. _., B-Q5 Interfere. wllh lbe Rook Ind .llowl 2. QxP. FlnlIUy. random mov .. by tbe Knight lead to

2. Q-K5, but IS • thkd atep In the progn!salon, I . _ . K~ proclllClS 2. Q-B4.

Second Honorable Mcntlon: No, ... 5 I. Naum.n, Ilrael: lDBU\kt!b/ 3qlbl/ lrQ2ppl /2pKtlkPI/4KUp /~p jKp6/ ktr2R I. Qxp8S Set plly by I. ........ . R.Kt6. 2. KI-K7 :r.nd I . .... .... , KI-K3, 2. Kt·K3 Is reversed by tbe key. A dlWcult theme 10 Illus trate. The nrlte,y and tcchnlque used to bruS ah"ut lbes~ ch:r.ngcs Is worlh studying. (292.a)

Third Honorabte MenU"n: No. 706 by M, Lubell. U.s.A.: IkI2r3/ 3p4/ qlp2PQI/6PKI/IRBtblkl/,/2p3PI/2BlK2R I . R·B ,\ plqu''"t erOUCheck Idea. lealurlDi: chanced milt .. Iftcr I . __ • BxQ ch, 1n4 I. __ ..... B;c.Pch. The mght·slvln, kcy. aecurat~ o::onll'OI of the Black Bbhop', cbea-In. movel . and unmed sctting !NOke lor aD a tlract1ve problem. AD lDteN"SUIll Lfy Is 1. 0.0. (238.9)

Fourth lIonorablc Mention: No, 72l by G. GrHnveld, Holland: 3bV2pr2kll/ IQ3ktKl / IPI HI P:2 / qu3kKtpll:P3BI / lKtlPIR2/ -frb2 1. KloK6 The sct play by I .......... n.K7, 2. P·Q3 and I .......... B·K7, 2. Q·K3 Is repll:CC(! by otller st.atcglc pilly in the Iries I . K·KI2 (1. _ ....... RxR. 2. Q·K3 and I ... _ .... . KrxR. 2. P-Q3 and I. Kl.Q' (I . _ ....... RxR. Z, R·B4 .nd I .......... KtxR. 2. KIoB$), and a lourth pair ot variations ts Introd.u~ arter the .clu.l kcy. (I. ___ •• RlIR. 2. Kt-KtS a nd 1. __ .• Kb:R. %.. KloSS.) (367.5)

Fillh lIonorable Mention: No. '" by N. G . ... an Dilk, Norwly: IBnt3/ Skt2/ -fB2b/ SPlr / R2qKll kp 16pr I SPPP/ lbQ,2KtLK I. KI-KtS The plnnln,. IIne-openlng .nd 1lne

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T almanov-P drosl,an , Zurich 1%3 Whli e ('l rc~s " q Hick n1~ t e by 1. n xp

e h . The m~ l n ,""rl ,dion n ms: 1. RxP ch, PxR; 2. P·R7 eh. K~P: 3. QxB ch , N-!,;2 (01' K·R31: 4_ K-132. ,md t h e r e is 11 0 de· fenw ng"ln,( 5. [( -KRsq ch. If 1. ." __ "" Ilx!:; 2. Qx!\' ch, Il -B2, 3, Q-KB6.

Concel "Olut;""s nre acknowl edged Cr om: Rob in A ltIl , G~oq:e Baylor, M. I), B1 ll m