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Vol. II - Number 18 Officicll Publication of jije Unttecl States (oessfedetation ThUT!J'l"/,

M4Y 20, 1948

BOTVIN-NIK W ,ORL'D CHAMP DR.WS EUW'E TO CLINCH TITLE IN 2.2nd · ROUND OF TOURNEY

Smyslov Second, Three Points Behind; Keres, Reshevsky Tied for Third

After clinching- the title in the 2211d round, W o rl d Champion " J>.1ikh;Jil Rotvinnik drew with Smyslov, bCllt Reshevsky and lost in the final. round to Paul Keres. This may be taken as a creditable showing, since Rotvinnik's heifrt could hardly {lave been in his play in these final .rounds .

Smys1ox, \."ho grea tl y. exceeded this writer's expectations, covered himself with glory by iill is~ing second, a half·point ahead oi two such great masters as Keres and Reshevsky . .Both of these players disappointed~ us, but Keres bad at least the

six sati"siattion of breaking his jinx against Bo tvin nik-after Jpsses and no wins against the mighty Mikhail!

By dl·awing ~lls game with Dr. ~-'=-------~~----, Euwe in the 22nd round, Mikhail

llotvlnnik made sur'e of {jrst i) lace ill Ule World Championship TOUl·n· ament. As piay llegan In tbla I"OUlld,

Ihe situation was the following : 130tvlonik bad a score ot 12-4, wltb Reshevsky and · Smyslov tied tor second at 9·8. 'Each of these piny­en had tb ree games leU to play. Ir Botvinnlk scored only one draw in bls remaining tbree games. be ' could no ionger be overtaken. By drawing his game, Botvlnnlk aug· mented · his score to 12 Y.t·4!f.t. so even ir he lost his last games. he COuld uot be SU11)8SSed by Reshev· sky or Smyslov who could not do better than 12·8.

Crltic:a Are Unfavorable I do not see how Bot~'inlllk's

right to the title can possibly b·e

Fud Rcinleld

quostloned. He played the hest ebess; a· chleved a com· ma ndlng lead: made a plus

'score against eacn contest­ant; loat only one game; W.AS II eve r seriously t.hroatene(i ..

Yet, curio, usly enough, there have al·

reatly appeared some unfavomble commen ts. According ,to the tenor M these rellla~k s, the play was disapPOinting. much below Alek· hille's atandu·d, etc.

made by the con testants. I reruse to be aSloUllded: 'was tllere ever a IOllrlllPnent wlthQul mie- takes!! I have been greatly amused, how· ever, at some of the bad mistakes in analysl~ which have been made by the selfsame critics when they allTlQtated the games _about which they have so disparaging an nttHude!

The I(Omparlsoll with Alekhlne is hardly fair. :'Ifost of ns know Alekhine only frOm two ooJlections of his bes t games. These games are of course beautiful, but If we study ali of Alaklllne's games, we anI bound to find many blundel·s and errors of omission and oom· mission.

Then, the -pOint of view Is 1m· port..ant. The c r itics of the present tOUl"Damel\t do not dwell 011 the ["et that errors lire ellvlolted, but merely on the tact that errors al'e made. Out It wc adollt the same nagging point of view toward Alek. hlne's games, we _would ha\'e to drO]1 our enthusiasm and dwell ex· clusively on The blunders of the oppos ition wbich made Alekh ine's beautiful movcs possible.

F'lnalty. the critics forget That the le"el of play bas .risen con, shlerably in The last th,·eo decades. The more even ly that players are matched , th.e harder It Is to win brilliantlY, and the mOI·e likely iI is Ihat vletol,}, wlll be achieved on Ihe haRls ot olle player cracking psychologicalI')", 01" being tricked In tile opening, or making II time l:'J"essul"e mistake, 01' having to play for 11. win when the ]lOsllioll does nol justlry It.

For myself I can say that I have enjoyed the gam es of th is tourna · ment immensely. They wel·e un· usually full or fight- many of them real slugging matches-and tile number or listless drawsr was few.

POJi/;o" No. 17 By G. Bernhardt ( F rankenau)

Caissa, 1948

Poiit;,,,, No. ' 18 By Martin GOhn (Cod lea)

Revis la Romana de Sail, 1947

P osition No. from Dill' DeutSChe Schaclllliesiter Ca issn is a simple situation witb a very tricky solulion and the ob"lous move Is not

the winning one, a..s is proper In an endgame. . Position No. 18 Is n 1"Rlher rema,·kable study In Ihe maneuvel·ing of a Queen with a fine use or mating thl·eats t..o establish the final winning llosition .

§au'mUM will 1M pulJli,htd in the June 20th inut.

Seven Qu'J I ify In A rea 7 Tau r-.<!e'l,

Youth And Experience Well Blended In a hard fought battle Anthony E. Santasiere t-opped all his op·

ponents to finish first in the Area 7 U.S. Preliminary Tourney at die .Marshall Chesl> Cluh with a. sCore of Hi. Tied at. 6%,3'"A were the other s ix qualifiers for lhe U.S. Championship Tournament, ShalnswU, Evans, Heitner, Kramer, Platz and Shipman in a very eXCiting t\nish.

Despite tho allsence ot fOl·mer U. S. Cha ml)ioil Arnold Denkel' (fuUllling a n engagement at AlaI' del P lata) and -me or two Ibea l Masters (notably · Horowltz and Pinkus who pla yed in the last U. is. Championship in 1946) . It was a strong !leld and the winning septet can be expected to uphold the honor of New YQ,·k in the Championship Finals.

MARY BAIN HEADS MIAMI BEACH CLUB

An International Chess Club has been organized at the Ocean Surf Hot,el In l-1!am l Beach by Mrs. MUI·lel Hh·sch, owner of tbe hotel, wHh USCF Director Mary Baln as the guiding hand. Mrs. Baill, for­mer U.S. 'Voman's Cllampioll, plana a wall varied I)rogram of lectures, simu ltaneous exhlhitions · and club matches wltlt special attention given to Ihose wbo wish to 1eal"p or Improve theIr chese. Chess play, ers are Invited to the meetings oli' TUesday II1ld J.l'1·lday. \

STI;INER, ALMGREN WIN IN AREA 6

Herman Stelne,' and Sven Aim· gren will l"e l)l"eSent Ar ea 6 In the U. S. Championship as a resUlt of a cOllllJ' l1atioli Swiss and round· rQbin LOUl'IIamcnt of J.wenty·one cntmuts. hi the final round-robin Steiner lost one ·game-to Almgren. I. FI·auk and )f. Go'rdol). wel·e Ullrd; fUth went to E. I~. Rubin and H. Gonion; seventh to A.Welas; and eighLh to R. Mantn. '-

Swl n Pr;llm. Rel~lb '\1~1J:T"!1 •......... S~·I J(>h!1l11ln ... 2.2 JI. Gordo" ..... SIl·i Whcdc ............•.. 2·2 F,.."k ............... 3-1 Oil.>bs .........•.... li·2l. If. Oo,do" ...... .... 3·! uurnal\"cI .•..• lj·2. Ib,M" ............... _. 8·1 flpillec •....•..• H·2i St~in~ r .... _ ... __ • !>'· I A .. \I~roon ... _ .•.. "a.2i ~I~rtln • .. _ ....... 2!·U De Briac .............. 1·3 Wei. . .. __ .~ .... _2Hl ROI::o. tn ..... ~._ .. 1.8 (''1-oy •• _ .. _ •. _ .. 2H~ Jen .. n ~ ...... _ .. 1).4

- Newpoct ... ___ 2'·16 Simon .. " _ .... _ 0. . Carnett ~. __ .•. __ 2·2

WOMEN'S TOURIljEY FOR U. S. TITLE,

u, s, \Vomen's Chess Championship Tournament will be ht'ld fli Rout.h 1"n ll llhurS, N .'l .'.om 1\1I1;"'t 2·1 to Augnal SI. accordI ng to the announc9Ulent or Mrs. Caro­Hne' D. :o.Ittrsh.l'41, Dirbetol'.'· EII,-ilt-'­e Ul ries will be accepted, and room and :xJflrd wi!! be Jlrovlded for these r~Qe of clw I·ge.

?lIsa N. !\fay Kartr, deCendlng ehallwloll, will be seeded. O(hertl will be selected upon lhe basis ot qualifying tourneys. Qualirylng tourney for New York will be held May 23 at 2; 00 "p.m. at the Mars· hali Chess Club. Players in other sections ot the country may write Mrs. Caroline D. Marshall, % I\Jtll"shalj Chess Clull, 23 West 10~h St., New York 11, N.Y. III regard to entering a local qualifying tourney. ------

HELMAN CAPTURES VANCOUVER TITLE

The Cbampionship ot British Columbia went to A. Helman In the · tournaillenl he ld at Vancouver wllh C. F. Mlllal" second and A. Ma· karen third. Helman was the 1947 champion. G. W. Saubo!·n ot Trall won Ihe minor tournamelJt.

San~slel"e's "icIOl·y was ex· pected In view of his fOurth place posHion in Ille las t Championship. as was the victory of Larry Evans, the newly crowned Champion of tho Mal·shall Chess Club. Nor wel·e , lhe successes or George Shainswlt. George {{ramer and Walter Ship· man unex pected. The dark hOl'ses of the group were Jrving HeHner lind Dr. Joseph Plalz, CHESS IAn; annotator, who in the final rounds llassed Douo\'an .md Plllllck to gsln Illaees in the fi nals.

Puerto Rico Plans Armed Invasion,

Str~n9 Forces To Raid Baltimore You th

Kramer. only the

is well I'epresented in Evans and Shl pman­

Byrne brotile'·s and U1sg· ulero are a l)sent alnong New York's mi-we notahle YOllnger pltl¥etr;:· a nd

these did nM. en ter.

Are. Sev.b Q<I.lll lerl

Wllr has heen declared by the Chess Fedel'allon of Puerto Rico anlt .1\ SU·O\lg force Is gathetlng fO!' lhe 1)lanned Invasion of Baltimore 011 July 5[h when rive- or Puerto· Rico's best chcss 1)la.ycl·s will challenge ali comers at the U. S. ~pen Tournament at the Lord Baltimore Hotel.

Lcading the invasion will be Puerto Rlelln Chanll)ioll Miguel Colon. a.bly backed by forme )· champiOIl Rafael Cllltron, younger brothet· Arturo Colon. FranCisco Benitez allll USCF Director Cor Puerto Rico Heclo" Vissepo. "

This redoubtable Ilulntet are

NOTICE CLU B SECRETARIES

These cOlllmen ts deserve tlome attention. In the first place, they are genet·ally made by pla.yeno who havc considerable ability but ..... ho have neVel' quite reached ' the rirst rank. Such players 81·e nat· urally enough pl agued by the eternal quesUon: "What;s he got that I haven't got?" They timi It difficult to get themselves In an npprcclatlve frame of mind. The ren of us. who have no fixe to grlnll , have no trouble in admiring the great chess or those who are indisputably our betters.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

"cteralls of , rlouble radio · match Wltll Chicago anci most of them have. already made Ihelr mark in American chess events at the In, ternational Toul"aament at Yank­ton or the U. S. Open Tournament a t Corpus CW·isti. Other players fl:olll Pue.rto Rico are expected to entel". bnt these five bear the officia l chl!. l1ellge or the Puerto Rico Chess Federation and repre­sent tile stmnge&t team tbat -could be selected Crom the Island,

The Di rect ory of Clubs for the 1947 USCF Yearbook Is beI ng compiled. Please not ify USCF Secretary Edward I. Tree nd, 12869 Strathmoor Ave., Detroit 27, Mich. of any changes In yo ur c lub official. or ad dres., 60 the listing of your club will be correct.

These critics have made mucb of the fact that mistakes bave be~n

Botvlnntk Smyslov Kerea Reshevsky Euwe

FINAL STANDINGS (TWENTY F IV E ROUNDS ) Bohlnnlk Ker.. Relnevlky Smy.lov E .. we

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101=91 101-91 .. " Closi ng Date-M ay 31st

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THE UNITm STATES CHESS FmmATION

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Addresa all communleatlona Editorial In NOTth Humphrey AVfl\ue ;)a~ Pule, I1!inois On edItorial matter. to:- O ffice:

Edilor tlnd BU/in.-1f M ,"'''gcr

MONTGOMERY MAJOR Contrihuting EdilOrS

Gene Collett Milton Finkelstein John D. French Dr. P. G. Keene, George Koltallowskt Erich W. Marchand

Fred Relnreld • William Rojam

Volume If, Number 18 Tbu rsday, May 20, 1948 -WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICAN CHESS?

A Mrmatlvely, It could ~ asked: "Whal's Righ t With Am' r tcan Cbesa!" and It would take a paBe to aummarhe tbe many eucouragiuB

anawers to til!a rhelorlcal question. But we must n ot let the brlgh l asp ects or the scelle bUnd 1.11 to l he wea knesses that remain so far Ignored.

There waa a time (and not &0 Ion&" ago) when Ame rican chess prestige soa red to the helgh ~. We can remember the triumphs of Frank Marshall , tlte vlcterlel of t be American Teams !n the HamUton Cup T our nanlents and tile individual triu mphs abroad of Fine, Kl8hdan and Reshevsky without straln!ng o ur memories. (l need not mention the earlier days or PllIabury a ud ATorphy.)

But it Is a glory that Is Ilassing. American team~ have twice taken startling defeats at the hands of players rrom tbe Sevlet Union; the New York Stock )i,'xcha nge bows to Amsterda m ; Manhattan Chess Club yields to lhe J ockey Club of Argen tina. And the last wire r eporta AUUr~ UiJ, thll.l tllo \Vap!d. Ollnm~laniililTl t§ ou!y loo sa fe!)' coiinilad In10 Russian handS.

Has t he d ay come when the Unlte1 States must> bow to the Inevitable - -"";'h.!tVlY or other lllrtds, .or Is thla bu t a / pas'slng phns.,."! __ _ .

Many r eae.ons have been offered for the decline of American ch ess. The answer Is really a s!mple one: the Amateur cannot In any lport

readUy h old his own with t he Protesslonal, for tbe sole reaaon that bill lack or practice by conlllarlfl,(ln Is a bopeless bandlcall. And out master p layers have In recen t years re turned to the a mateur rank In tbe sense that t hey are occu pied wi t h o ther a lIalrs than cbesll wblch has become under econolnic necessity a n avocation rather than a voca­tion.

It III no dls l)aragement of Kasbdau, Fine or Reshevsky, [or eJ:am ple, to say t hal the presalng matter ot earning a living has become more Importan t than chess to them, and t h a t the lack of pracice a nd study Is becoming au Increaalng ha ndica p In In ternat ional encounters against those piayef'6 who con tinue 10 make cheas thei r pro[esslon.

The F ine, Reshevsky an d Kashda n of the days of internaUonal tri ­umph were unmarried, young and tree from responsibility-they could de\'ot e thei r e ller gy to Ihe Ul·pald I)rofession o f chess. Increasing years and domestic res-ponslblll lics have cha ll l:l; ed conditions; andl we cannot s elrishly say that they should ha ve remain ed celehates JUBt to uphold American Chess.

Since It Is net like ly that chess wUi Ilecom e ovemlgh t a better Im id profession, what Is t he sol u tion ? T~ere Is only bne logical a u swel'; and that Is the encou ragement of ou r younger chess players so Ulat they may develop Into carefree young masters to restabJish Amerlcaa c hess presUge. We must cease to cast longing glances back at the past. and instead set OUI" eyes steadtaslly UPOII the fu ture, We must place (lur faith on the Evana, Frledmans, Byrnes. Blsguires, Sandrtns, Kram­ers, Shipmans and Illa n y another u n na med playel' of the futUre. trusting that rroln t heir rauka w!1I soou artse the "Iarshall, Fine, Kashdan and Reshevsk y or lhe uext decade.

For tbat sole reason the basic conception o f an Open Qualifica t ion tn the U. S. Cha mploash it) la rully justified (aside (rom Dlany oth e l' coas!derations), for In no ot her way may we encourage and find our Dlaster players fo\' the next decade of American c hess s upl·emacy.

MQutgomcy Major

USCF APPOINTS CHAMPIONSHIP COMMitTEE

The comm ittee wh ich will ha ndle all arrangements for the Bienn ial U. S. Championship Tournament at Sou t h Fallsbur g, N. Y., August 10-31 bas a ppointed willI R!cha l'd W. Wa yne of Ventnor City, N J. a s Chai r-man. T h e committee Is a9 rollowa: .

Chal,ml n: Rlch. rd W. Wlyne Vonlno, City. N. J .

A, C. Bl lduul WU ll lm III. e yllnd Murrl y Posner Fred Reln/eld So. F"albburg, H, Y. Pltbburgh, P., So. Fall, bu rg, N . Y. Ne .. Yo,k, N. Y.

Millo" Fi nkeldeln He,mann Helm, GfIOrOfl E. Roo .. vel\ Earl A. Slr. ll .... N. w York. H . Y. Ntw Vo'k. N. Y. Now Yo<k, N. Y. So. FIIIobu,g, H . Y.

80,10 Klgan M'L Frank J. Marshlll t. S. Tu ....... So. Falllbu,g. N. Y. New Yorlr., N. Y. e.the.dl. Md.

MI .. Edith Wurt JleI .. on Hgb., N. Y.

Hat ' y Morrlo Phillde lphlo, PI

H .... ld M. PMllh.. Leon J . W";U Mauri.e Wertheim New YIlIk, N. Y. So. Fln"' .. ,g, N. y, New Yo ,k. H. Y.

The p in Is mlgbtler t han tbe !Sword- Rel nfeld (F,om " Winning Ch.:u")

Edited by Dr. P. G. Kenley

Add, ... III oommu,lIco!lon' fo, thll oolum .. to 0 •. P. O. ~ ... y, ID E .. t 7th st., N ... · po,t, 1<, .. _ )oslng It ..ddr .. sed, dlmoed ,n".rope If ,e .. l, II ,equalld,

Is The KiBitzer Beserk Or Prejudiced?

T he " Klhltze r"' rerred to In tbe heading is W . M. Spackman, Acting Edilol', The Chess Correspondent. In the luue ot CHESS LIFE,

April 20 he wrot~ a n anlcle c ri tielsing alld misunderstanding a lltate­ment or m ine that :'Illlleared in Pl"Oblems of Chess Lifo, Issue of Ml\rch 5.

My s tatement was: "Tbe proil lem depal·tmenL of lhe Che •• Corre •. pondent has juat beeu discontinued to tbe great d iagu81 and dls8atls· fa ction of problem lo,!e rs everywhere." That statemen t was a nd Is

t rue! Mr. Spackman in ilia ar tic le si ngled me o ut :'I.!! the party who wall dlsgUlJt<ld and dlssaUs fied. That however was a n untrut h allhough by Infer· e nce It pl'obably could have Inc luded me, fer I am '8

PrOblem Lover,. just as much, as I 'g leall fl 'om Mr. S llack man's unl'easona ble and n njust c ritic is m , h'e III Prob lem Hater. - "

I did not I'alse a q ues tion as to why Lh e i) roblem section of The Chess Corresponden t had bee u dis· continued. nor d id r ques tion t he reason tor s uch acllon. I felt tbat tile managemen t o f t be C.C. Will

doing what t hey considered best ror t be Inle~ests ot lhe C.C,

In Iny comment I had not Intended, nor do I now Intend. to tell others how I would run their huslne!lll.

Everyone ha hla seltlsh lIkel a nd dislikes. That Is aU ve ry good hi its way. but it Is not so good when the ma jor ity (because tiley are In tile maJori ty) e ndeavor to compel othel'll to like the same things they like Ind do the tlilng. \hey do. I think that i s wrong~

Despite l he (IlCt that ' there may be fewer lovers of problems thau lhel'e are de\'otH of t he game ot chess, is one to asau me tbs t proble ms are not jual as I uc h a part ot chess as the actual playing of lhe gnme aCI"08S t be board r by correspondcnce"!' ~

Some people like olives, some like oniona. some overindu lgence In a lcoholic drinks. orne like cotl'ee, some like to go to qhurch, some li ke to ga mble, aome lik 10 1)lay chess, some like [airy c heaa and sollie (ahould I say-a few ) lII(e chess problems.

More l)eOI)le like "jau" music than tile few who love the ·'classlca l.'" What of It? It dresn' t prevent t he cli le from enjoying the classical and delelJtlng t he jazz and vice \·el·sa. I pre fel' the c1asslca}- ao Mr. Spack · ma n must like " jan."

Since Th e C~eSl Correspondent primarily alm s 10 cater to corr~s. IXlnd Qnce C h CSA ~ddicts, with no res-ard for ot her branches of th e ,.ame, it III 11 1111111 wOlld <)r thal Mr. S packman's fl gure8 pe r taln!ng to .the pro­tests o f I)roll ie mist& would II): relatively s mall as compared t o the g ro UI) or fo llowe rs of OOl'r espondence clless, who natu l'ally In a maga~lne de­l oted to II. s \lccia.1 tl'anch of t h c game would greatl y out.uumber t be problem de\'otec;l", be li ttled and g ivcn no consldel"3.tiou by the maglu: lne or Its management.

To klng It ror granted lha t this Is stili ... free country. J s hall continue to be a Problem Lover aud tbe Kibitzer may continue to be a Proble m Hatel' and remala what he is- a Kibitzer! In one of my . rUclea iu CHESS LIFE I men tioned t he fate t ha t Is In s tore for Klblt~el'll. L et tbe Kibitzer beware! That's all, folks, there a lu't 110 more!

Probltm No. 17 By M. Billrul in ( Russ ia )

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W!llte mateo In two mo_

P,oblem No. 18

Whit.: 11 ""n a1.S:;. 4PKlp. a. UUI'S!, IN.:.!r.'oQCI, $l1~, ~.

Whit. mit .. In lwo mo_

Th e above problema a r e cle\'er exam ples of t he skill a nd Idens of three famous composers of The Soviet Vnlon. Problem No, !7 Ily M. DaruUn lIlustratca the so-called Ham lin Tbeme but the t heme had beeu s hown by Guide lll lu 1917 and by Mansfield in 1926. However Hamlin drew attention to the e. l!ernation of the mates and the genera l dual avoidance t heot·y.

The genera l conce pt ot dual avoidance implies t wo 01' mOl'e vari_ ations with Bla ck defenses of s imilar character. whiCh In eaCh VlI I'laUoll seems to a llo w two males. also of t h e sa me nature Ilu t one of the two mates is SUI)I)ressed In an artistic manner. The method of Slll)pl'esstng t he !lual must .once again be t he sallle in each variation. The tln al a im Is rOI' a pa r a llelism o f play at every [lOin t.

Problem No. 28. a j,olllt composition by two yo ung Moscow COIll I)OSCrll, s ho ws not lhe Barulln Th eme bu t th e Barulin Defe nse. The l)1'obiem h as lWO htlUa l threats a nd there are two pai r of de fences. Each or these four Black moves derest the two ini tia l threats . Ail tour of these a re I'ecogn lzed as l3aru lin Defeuses. They are defen s ive cuttings of \Vhfte's lines.

(Sol utions not received in tim e to publish)

CHE SS LlF"E T ASK COMPOSING COMPETITION T wo entries only from a com poser. Contes t closes June 10, En.

tries to be ma iled to Prob lem Ed itor, Chess L.ire, 123 East 7th Street, Newport, Ky. For task conditions refer to issues of CHESS LIFE , F ebrua ry 5, 2Q or March 5.

CI.... ofl/e !In r/.w 1jort

By Millon finlulste;n

QUALITY TELLS AGAI N! Tony Santall iere, obvious fa vorlte to lead !n the NY Area Pre liminaries, came through In proper s tyle to score 7·3 aud head lhe field. His total was made up of ~ wins and 6 draws, wh ic h tact iHwIrs tCStl­mony to the strength of the op­po.titlon.

Six playcl"8 tied a t 6'n:·3~ to complete the list or qnalirter8 from lh ls area. The most Inlll rcssive perrorma nce was Inr ncd in hy 18· yea r-old Georg e Kmmel' of Queens College. sta r of the- 1946 Na tio­na ls, who won six games ~uld rose to t he tinals deSI)ile 2 lossed In the ca l"ly rounds and a henrl· breaker against Santas ie re. George S halus wlt and Larry Evana \luall -· fied Ule eaay way, with s ove n draws apiece. Shalnswlt haa long becn known tor his drawing habils, t his e vent saw him e m­bellishing that reputation. One of the shor test games of a ny nattonal evellt W1I.S tbe 11·move draw be­tween the cautious ,Vcln atock a nd Sbalnswit. whe re an early blocked position a llowed a draw by re l)oti· tion--()r was It agreement !

Thll was aUIl a youngster '.!! touroame ll t, and \Va lter S hipman s nd Irving Heitne r , both of the new g eneration of chessmasterB, came through with 5 willS and three draws apiece. Dr. Joseph Platz, Chesa Life 9nnotator and Bro nz County c hampion. com pleled l lle quali[y ing list, willie Sol Weln· stock and Sidne y Bernsle!n are t he alllO-rans who may yet 'play In t he Nationals. Average age of th e qualifiers Is well und er 30 yeal's!

Thus, 5' or the 7 plnyers plckoo. In t he Inat column came t hrough. The others, Donovan and Pllnlck, lleemed to be dogged by bad luck t hroug hout the secend half or t ile tourney, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PIJ,EDICT THE NEXT U, S . CHAMPION?

51.. ..i(;tUzer Prom 1M EJilor', Mail-&,

Gentlemen: If yon are interes ted to prontote

c hess In t he U.S.A. Aud I believe you do. Now is the time (a li ttle late) when the World 's Chlun plon­s hip tournanlen t is in progrells:

Na mely. to Inv it e tbe Rad io 9ta· tious . and prove to them that America has hundred~ of t hou· sallds of chess playe rs wll(l are e nti tlerl • to hear chess news t. he same way as all other' SIXlI·t n ews.

With the help o f all chesa clu lls and individuals t hey would soo that it pays. Even tile Cl10vle In· d ustry should ~be contacted,

B. KLEIN Allantic BttICh, FI ...

CHICAGO TITLE TO SCHURZ HIGH

A five mall tetlm from Schur z High defested the Tilden Tech. High team In the, fi nal match to win the Ch icago Pu blic Hlgb School Championsbip by oil score ot 7·3. In the Individ ua l Cham illon­s hill Tournam ent Ha r ry Goodman of Schurz High :won the ChlC!Lgo Public Hig h School title by de­feating Da vid f,.e\·adi of South Shore in the fiual I·ound . whlle Bill S immons defeated Ka r l Bran· otl' to gain third place. The tourna-1lI0llt was conducted 011 a k nock­o ut hasis.

Nocturna l: She: 'Vell, what excuse ha'-e you

fOI' cOllling ho me a t t h is bour! He : Well, my dear, I was out

playing goJ[ wi th some friend s and She: 'What? At 2 a. nl .? He : Sure. \Ve were us ing night

clubs.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES Chairman Wayne Writes the Editor Comments by Fred Reinfeid

R i'!ahe,'aky st,lu' ted this game heautifully. If Black plays 17 ... , PxKt; 18. P·Q5 ! gives {I. winning attack. But iloon Reshevaky be­comes hesitant: he prepares, pre­pares and ... prepares some more. His 29. P-B4! results in bis being left with lhe " bad" nlshop, when his extra Pawn does not even eoUI~t. The final penetration Is w ell handl ed by Keres.

SLAV DEfENSE World ChampionshIp, Round 13

·Whit.. llI.el< S. RESHEVSKY P. KERES

1. p.Q4 p.q.4 16. B·R} P-KS 2.. P'OB4 p.QBJ 11. Kt.Q2 8·K2 }. Kt.KB) Kt·8) 12- 8·K2 P_R' •. Kt.B) P_IO ll. P4(16 Q.w. 5. P_K} P.qRJ 14. P-R} Kt-Bl G. P-85 QKt·q: 15. 0 -0-0 Kt.lO

. 1. P.QKt4 P-QR' 16. KKbP KbKt &. P-KtS P·K4 n . KbKI ,. Q.R4 0.82

Af'~r 17 KlrKt

ll. _._. 11- Kt.Q2 U. KR·KU 20. B·Q) 21. B·Kt2 tt. Q·B2 2). P·R) 24. QR·K1 25. KI·Bl 21'>. P·B) 71. K·KIl U. B.B) '29. p.~ }D. Q·02 U.I<·K12 32. Q.82 )}. P·Kt4 :l4. KuP n. IbKt )6. Q~B 11. QR·I<KIl )I. R·KBI )OJ. QR·KU ~.<>-<1'

P·RS 0-' . '.K> B·Bl

KI·KI4 P .• AS O·I<Z

KI·KS O·Kt4 Kt·B) Kt·A4 lI.th· 0·" O-B' B·04 8·KS

PIP '.11, KI~Kt

••• R·KS (lA.Kl

Q-'" QR.I<) ....

u.O-Q) 42. 8-Q2 O. R·KIS 44. QR·l<tl 45. A_P th ". RIR ch 41. R·KtS 4&. RIP ~h 49. K·B) SCI. AxB eh 51. Q.02 5l. QxP S). K·B2 $(. O·KU SSO B.Bl 55. P·K4 5"1. p·KS eh 51. O·K) $!I. K.B) foil. 0·0) Q . K.Kt) R. P·BS O. K··A4

IUd g",

0·R4 P·KlJ

Q •• Q." ,., K·B2 B-K2 S·B) O·R' ,.,

O .I'f~·~~ R·1<1

R-QRI R.RI , ... , 1(.1<2

O·Rl eh R_R1

Q.RI ~h

Q-Kt~~~ R·RI

Reshevsky's trea t ment of tbe Ret! Opening was e:qlerilnental but litH particularly good. Euwe equa· lized easily. The little Skirmish which centers around 15 ... ' BJ:QP III Interesting.

RETI OPENING World Championship, Round 15

Whllf: m."k S. RESHEVSKY OR. EUWE

I. P-Q84 P_IO lSo 8.P OliOP 2. Kt·K81 P-Q4 II. O.R ' 8.KR 3. P·KKU P-'QS 11. 0_8 Vx8 4. P·K) KI-OB) IS. 0·K2 O·B) S. P.P KhP 19. II· Kt2 P-KU '- B·Kt2 Kt-R) 20. OIB P.B

~: P~) K~:~: g: ~:gi ~~t ,. Kt.KI Kt.Kt 2). O_p R-KI 10. Kt·02 B·B} 24. K· Kt2 O·KI)

Ii ~t.Bit B?i8~: ~._~RJ R~~~ 13. R·Ktl P·K4 Or ..... 14. P-QKIA B·B4

Keres missed many a drawing chance against Bot\'ionlk, wbo owed his \'Ictol'y 10 sO llel'hu man Ilerseverance.

, FRENCH DEFENSE World Championship, Round 15

Whl, .. l!1ack P. I<ERES N. BOTVIN NIK

I. P'Q4 p.K) 2. P·K4 P-QoI ). Kt-Q2 P-OB4

zs. KI.1(5 R·O)

:t ~~tp ~:~ 4. PxOP KPIP 2L R_QP B-IO S. KKt·O) P-QIU 29. R.Q4 K·R2 ,. P.P O.P )0. KI.Q1 0,1(1 7. Itt ·KlJ 8·AI! )1. RKB R.Kl<t) S. B·KKI5 I<I<I-B} ,. KKI·Q4 0-0 10. 0·K2 O-Q} 11. 0·0 KI ·KS 12. B-IO OI(I-B)

n. 0·B2 0·K4 ll: R~ R"%~~~ 1So a'02 R·QKt4 11. P·KR) R·K4

D. KuKI BoO )7. K·R2 R·O) U. PoO PKKI )I. KFj·OI R_KS IS. S~3 Kt·B} U. O·KI KI·Kt5

1.1. Q·R4 P· KII4 lB. R·BA I<t-K4 19. Q.KI) R·R2 20. OR. KBI OR·Ki!2 21. Kt'04 KbB 22. P~ Kt P·B4

". Q·KII R_P 40. R-~a 0·K4 en

:~: S(Il-Q2 P~K't~ 4l. P·KI4 R·02 44. R(aJ-Ol K·KI2 4So PIP RxP "- P.R} R·8J oh

23. KI·Bl O'QKlJ 24. R·KR4 p·RJ

41. K.I<I) R(lJ.R .... RKR R·B!

JUlt Out! WINNING CHESS $2.75

By In' lng Ch erney And Pred Relnfeld

USCF Service Department 2304 So . Ave.-Syracuse 7, N.Y.

KERES 49. R·Q4 50. P..(lA4 51. P-R4 52. P.P Sl. R-Q} 54. R·R3 ss. K·R} 50. K·KI} 57. R·RI ~ K·RJ 59. R·R} 1iO. K·I<I} 61. K·B}

R·B) 62. K·Kt) K·I<U O. R·RI I\:·R4 64. R.Q KH PIP 65. R·KBI

R-BS 66. A·Kl el\ P·R4 '1. K·A2

R·" '.Q< R-QKI5

I<·KS 1<·05 , .. R·BS P·RS K·B' .. ",

I(·Kt5

R.(lKIS 6111. A·KKU R·KBS ". RIP

R·KIS eh 10. I<·KU A·I<S H . K-B}

K·KU 7!. R·QR5 K·B4 R_llln, K.::4

Reshevsky and S mys lov p layed very Interesting chess. with a well · earned draw as the r esult . A very well contested game.

SLAV DEFENSE World Champ ionship, Round 16

W"'~ mod< S. RESHEVSKY v. SMYSLOV

1. P~4 p~ 2. P-Q84 P-QS)

22.. 8-B2 KR'OI 23. R·R) R.P

1. Kt·K81 Kt·B1 4. Kt-Bl PItP

2"- RIR KttKR 25. P-~ a-B)

S. P~R4 B·B4 '- P·IO P_IO 7. BIP B·OKiS S. O.() 0-0 9. Q·K2 0·1<15 10. P·R3 axl<l<l IL Oxa OKI-Q2

26. R·Ktl 0-B4 21. A·KIS 0·B5 2L IbP R.Q81 '29. R.Kt OxB }D. QxO RxO )1. 8-Q2 BIP 32. K-Bl p.R.1

12. R~l P·";4 n. K·K2 B·BI n. P-Q5 BXKI U. P.P P·K5

:l4. K-QI RxB eh 35. R.R IhR

IS. O·BS B·1<4 36. KxB p.l<t4 16. P.KI Q.82 31. K·K2 P·B4 17. B·Kt) P·KKU )S. K-B) K·B) II. O'KI5 K_K\2 19. P-K4 KIP,P U. P·B4 P~P a.p. 40. K.P PIP 211. PKP P-KR) 21. o-Kt2 Q-~lJ

41. K.P P'OR4 ~r ... "

., Keres tried a new"tllove against Euwe'S 5. .' KlxP In the 1..oI)ez. The upshot of the c omplication s was t hat Euwe was left wi th a blocked isolated Pawn. Ke res mane uvered very skillfully 10 wlu . Euwe's blunder at move 33 hast· ened the end, but he was uoques· tlouably lost In any event.

RUY LOPEZ Wortd Championship, Round 16

While P. I<ERES

I. p.K4 P·K4 2. Kt·KB} KI-QB} ). B-KI5 P'OIU 4. 8·R4 Kt·8) 5. 0-0 KbP 6. P-Q4 P'OKU 1. B·Ktl P-Q4 I. P.P 8·10 t. 0·K2 B·I'"..1 10. R-QI . O.() 11. P·B4 KIP.{\> 12. BItP B'OB4 n, 0_K3 BItB 14. O .. B Q-KU 15. B·KO KI·R4 16. OKt'02 KtxKt 11. R"Kt Ku8

b l.clr. OR. EUWE

11. P .. l<t R·BI 19. A·Bl P-QB4 29. R_BP R"R 2L OxR O_KIP 22.. Ki-Q4 0-Kt2 23. P.R3 R·Qt ~. K-R2 P·Ktl 25. P·B4 P·KR4 26. R-O} 0·02 27. (I-Kt6 R·Rt 21. R·R) Q.R2 2\1. Q.1<14 0-Q2 30. O·RS B-B4 )1. R.QB) R·R2 » . R·BS B·KS J). Q.B)

_ (Ol.ur.ml A/lu JJ. Q.BJ

EUWE

)). _. Both Euwe and Botvl nulk world

we ll s atisfied with a draw-the first hecnuse he was last. the lat· lOI' because he was tlrs t.

FRENCH DEFENSE World Champio ns h ip, Round 17

Whl'~ Black OR. EUWE M. OOTVINNIK

I. P_K4 P-Kl 9. Kt_l<tl 0 .. 0 oh

t ~~ /oa! ~t ~~-~t Ki~:! 4. Kf'.P KPIP 12. 6·~2 Kt·K2 S. 8·Kt5 ch 6-Q2 D. B·63 Kt·Bl '. Q-K2 ~n 0·K2 I •. 0·0-0 BxP J. B.B ch Ku9 15. BoP R·I(Ktl S. PIP KbP 1'- B·R' RoP

Dear Mr. Major : Mory 6, J948

AS my car literally emerged from" cloud 12J}O teet a l.14)\"e sea level I looked down upon the IiUle village of Sou th Fallsbul'g, New York, where the 1948 United States Chess Championship Tj)urnament wllI be held t his year. This Is a charming li ttle resort town nestling among the m oun tains made famous by the R ip Van 'Vinkle sl1ga. The first ti me I visited the li ttle town it was a mass of Ice s nd SIIOW ani! my vis it was confined com ll ietely to Ibe bUSiness at hand. Tb is time, howeve r , wltb t he s un shin ing snd the mountain laurel profulle the town looked really like a 'Vashlngton Irving scene. It tile Chess Masters or America cannot put fo rth their best efforts in surronndlngs such as Ihls they IIhould take up Tlddly-Wlnks.

In addition to t he comfort or the playing conditions the Muters will have the eddi tlonal ad\'antage of freedom trom financial or res\(lentlal worries. The contestants will. every one, be provided wltb trans()Orta· lion to and from their homes <Iud the Touruament s ite; tbey will be housed and fed , without charge, in these very tlrst·c1ass hotels, situated 1.111 In the hills SU1Tounding the lillie town, whlc il are comlliete with eve ry device known to the management [or the enjoy men t or the ir guests, s uch as s wimm ing pools, hand-loan conrts, tenuls courtll s nd In some casos eveu their own golf links

Ench hotel a lso nUlintains its own "Playhouse" whel'c eVllry night first-Class entertainment is available, without charge, wi th leading radio, stage nnd SCI'een stars dOing theh' s lu.". The South k'alls burg committee have arranged that all this entertainment, as well as any o the r cntertaln.nent going on in the town wlJl be availa ble-- again wi thout charge--.to every contestan t. When 1 s uggested to t he Prestden t of t he Chamber of Commcn::e that the hotels situated a long WilY from tile Community Center (where the Tournament will actually be played) and that this distance wonld make it difficult for the IJlayers to get tiack and forth (I'om their hotels to the Tournament Room. I was blandly Informed that e very playe,· will have an a utomobile a nd Chau"eur at h is disposal for tb ls purpose ; a ll that will be necessary ..... 111 be to phone the desk and lell them lhat tranSllortation is needed !

So you see. my dear Major, that we have e very prospect of bavlng one of the mos t enjoyable toU I'naments ever held In th la country. I am already con~nced from my contacts with t he foresigh t In cou rtesy of the South fo'l~nsburg group that t hey 'IIi'iU leave absolutely 110 stolle un t urn ed to as~u:re th e comfort and happiness and lIuccess ot the 1948 T oun iame nt

'Vllh kindest personal wishes, \'OUI"S s incerely,

RICHARD \V. WAYNE. Ch .. i,m .. rz, 1948 Ch .. mpiorz$hip To"", .. mt,,' Commiltu

71.. R.ader ~ Road 50 CI.'66 By fohn D. French

BOTVINNIK, THE INV INCIBLE By Fred Relnfeld; NlCK.y ($2,00)

N OW that It'8 olllcint an d Dot villoik III World '" Champion. It mlgM . not be B bMi Idea to look over his games In a collection that shows

just wby lie Is cha in Ilion . The book in which to do It Is Fred Rell\ leld'B "Dotvl nn lk, t he Invincible." firSt of the " Wizards 01 tbe Chessboard" series published by McKay. Philadelphia.

So far It Is the tirst lull book devoted to t he Rusll ian star In Euglillh, a ltho ugh severtl nice bits of Intormatlon can \.Ie gleaned from "Meet the Masters" b y Euwe (McKay) snd collections of .almost a nyone else's games. '1' be Reinfeld book Is c losely annotated in jo' I'ed'S p~ne·

tratlng style, gOing over 62 scores in all, Includlug the now super ana· lysed r a dio vsr1l1llon or the Denker 25·movel'.

A very good hilltory of the young engineer-chesser leads ott t he book a nd a cotbplete tournament record Is line stuff fo r thole wbo_ liJs.e to Quot e figure. to l e llow club membel·s. The work o n the 36·yoar old masler II ta rts oft' "I:.!th h is fi rst intt"Oduction to hlgb brade m aste r play in a Russian ma tch wilh Sweden in 1926, when lie was 15. From Ihere the book goes t ully ove r the hlghllbbts or the Russian's ca l'eer: In­clnding such 1I0tabie games as two or tb e Flohr m a tch contest!!!, five from N{)Ulngham 'sp. the ' 4} absolute championship, and the rlnal gsme with Smyslov ' '' ~, often called olle of the gl'oatest gam es \llayed, des \llle a raul l or Iwo.

The bo ok Inclndes no less than ~even of Botvlnnlk's ~/rench De· fenses lind tl wbo le host of CGO and Nimzoindlans fOI' which ho Is noted. Most or t he galll es (\I'e limited to other Soviet mastel's and so gives n good Index or llu!lsla ll ches~ liS played loday. a most fa scina ting sub· ject you must alflUlit.

ll. R.P I&. R.R eh It. K-Q2 20. 0·10 21. B.B 22. K·K) :0. R· Rl

, R'01

'"' KI·IO ' .0<2 .... FI·B4

P·QR4

24. R·R. U. P·R4 26. K·B) 21. K.K) 2L K-B) 29. K-K}

R·R4 R·K4ch R-B4 en R·K4 en R-BA en

Or ... n

Poor Keres seems to be stricken with an a llmenl whiCh ol ten at­tacks players toward the end 01 a tournament-no defense to l. P-Q4 Smyslov took htm over the COll is \'ery nea y.

SLAV DEFENSE World Championship, Round 17

II'hi'~ Ulack

v. SMYSLOV .. KERES ,. '-Q' P·04 22. R_KtJ P·R4 ,. P-Q84 P_K) n P· KIU I<R·l<ti ,. KI·OS) Kt·KB) 24. KR·KIl ,., .. B-l<tS P·B3 25. RIR P-B4 S . .. " OKI.Ql! K. R-K tS ••• ,. ••• KP,P 27. KKI.P R·OBI ,. B-O) B·K! 21. KI·QI<\J 8_B6 ,. KI·8) .-0 29. O.KRP R·BS .. O-Bt R·K) )0. P·Kt4 P·R5 >0 • ... Kt-Bl 31. I<KI-Q4 OkKt U. OR·KU Kt-I<U )2. KlxO 0·1<4 U. P-OKU ::g~ )). KI·O) Q-Q' U. P·1<15 34. R·RS R-Sl U. ••• ••• )So R~RP KI·KtJ ". O·KI} ..", "- Q.RS Q-KB1 ". B"Kt ••• l7. O·BS Q·B} U. S·KIS O·Q} JI. R·RI R·SI 18. KR·Bl P·KRI 19. R·OI '-QS I'. KI·K2 .. ", 40. R_Of' R·Rl 20. BIB ••• 41. P-KR4 Rulgn. U. O·RA Kt·Bl

ROUNO NINETEEN Reshevsky 0, Botvillulk I ; Fre nCh

Defense, 47 mo vell. Smyslov 1; f; uwe 0 : Ru y Lope'll. 26 moves. Kel'es, bye.

ROUND TWENTY Ilotvlnulk 1. Keres 0: Qu een 'S

Pawn, 59 moves. Euwe 0, Resh ev· s ky 1; N lmUllndiall , 42 movel. Smyslov, bye.

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What Is the best m ove?

Position No. 3

Send solutions on No.3 up to June 5th to the Editor of CHESS LlFE. (Solution to No.2 will appear tn neXt issue. Good advice: Try loll" Ing Irom diagram tra ins t he eye.) Solutions to Position No.1: R . Teichman played it in a slmultan· oous exhibition. He continued with 1. P·B6; 2. R(4)·K8, R·R5 ch !; 3. IlxR, 1>xB ; 4. R(4)·K8, R-K2 cll! ; (Not many gave this second R sacrifice) 5. Rill, P·Rts (Q); 6. R(7)·K8. (The game end ed In a draw through an oversight of the Mastel'. It was easily won bow­a.ver by 6.. ,QxPch: 7. K-Rl , Q-KB7 ch: 8. K·Ql, Q·B6 ch; 9. K-Q2, Q·B5 ch; lJ). R-B2, Q-R5cb; 11. K-Q2, Q-Q2 ch and wins a9 jl·KKU I, now l)osgiblo.)

Con'ect solu t ion s wel'e sent In hy Pack Spence (Omitha) : George Dunn (Phlludehlitla) : F. I-\. Stop­pel, Jr. (Cicero. 111.); Svell Brask (Attleboro, Mass.); Frank Neat (Sail l-' ranclsco); and Vincen t O. S J)rague (Cleveland ). Correct in· IUal move without complete. an· a lYlIls o r the winning Hne were !luhmlUed by: P. Palazzo (Lorain, 0.) ; M. F. Anderson (Rapid City, So. Oak.): G. N. Coker, Jr. ( At· lanta): Malcolm D Brown ( Wy· comb, Pa.); Joaeph A. Becker (Mankato, Minn.); and Robert Lucss ( Portland, Ore. ). Congratu· latlou s !

A ,h(11 P!..ytr ,,,/t.($ hif b..th

Lustige r Blatter, Germ.n y

R. G. Wade hilS just won the New Zealand Championship. He SCOre!l 9 win s aud two draws ; h is Closest rivals, T . Lepviikman (tn'evloull chaillpion) and H. McNabb, were 21,6 polnta behind. Watle Inte ndS to toni' the States tb is cowing Fall.

Game played In th e Czecho·S lovak­hm Chamllionshi p. White: Ludell: PachmslI; Black; Potucek ; Gr u en_ feld Defense. 1. P ·Q4, Kt·K83; 2. P·QD4, P ·KKt3; 3. Kt-QB3, P·Q4; 4. Kt-B3, B·Kt2: 5. Q-Kt3. PxP ; (AI8() -played here Is 5. ' P·B3; 6. Pxl~. PxP; 7.- B·Rt5, Kt·B3!) 6. QxBP, 0-0; 7. P·K4, P·B3 ; (Some of the Russian writers recommend

(Continued o n P age 4, Col. 4)

Page 4

Th .. wiQ), Mtr'J 20, 1948

RUY LOPEZ 'u.s. Championship. Prelimina ries

Area 7. New York, 1948 Nolu by G. E. P"gt

Whit e Black G. KRAMER J . SOUOAKOFF

1. P_K( P_K' "- R_Kl P_QKt( 2. KI-KSl Kt·QS) 1. e·KI3 0--0 ). B-KI5 P.QRl L P'Q4 p"p ( . 8·R( Kt·B) ,. P-K5 KI·KI

~IW O~IOU""Y ~;~2 in ~i. B~:rvhY D",~~';;; va.i.lion io: 10. KId '. KI~Rl; 11. Q.< KI. JS..Kt 2: 12. 1··Qua. P' Q3. 10. •...... R_KU U. KI-83 P~P 11. KbP KbKt 1(. QxP B·Q3? 11. Q"Kt P-Ql '''~l-eIld. H .. __ • II -M ~ompleldy ref"t"" While', ~ tUlcll: . nd d lre. ten. 1() vein • pic..,... for if 15. Q·K4 ("~ry), nxKt; HI. I'"R. Rl·HS and tht 11 i . loat. 15. 0 ·Kt5! Q.Q2 16. Q-K. Q-8(

A /tu 16 .... _. Q·B4

This n")\"~ is a aure I.,..".. Jl~U~ • ...-",,1,1 hue bft,. 16.. ... _ P-KtJ cotehing th .. White Kt wilh nO """"I plac"" 10 go and 17_._ KI· KIIS

~ Q~KI :<>I~":~ (~I»"·c. 19. Kt.K( · Q.KI5 IS. O"P ch K_RI TIl(' Iwo B~ ,,"" a 11 otr"..",:1 by thi. 'move jll "'''''''''4><) 1m- tho While Q is Il bali bargain. Thout:!l R I' " .. w n it might have been bdl\'T 10' lJ1 u~k 10 si mplify ... ·il h 1(1..- __ • H,.-Q; 20. KtxQ. n .K2. 20. KbB 8·Kt2 22. KbB Q.Q2 2l. Q"R ch RltQ , A m,,~h nNd.,.] pi~ might hav" boon re. capttt . <'<I he .... b~· lhe lli mple com1>lnal lon: 2:?_. Q·IH ; !3. 8 ·K6, Q" UPch ; 24. K.Rl , Q·KIS! 21;. B.Q'-1 1>·83. 23. O_K' Q.03)G. KI·05 P'QR( 2._ KI·R!"; 0~9P 1T. (,lR-oT O·A~ 25. P-QKI( QxP eh 32. RI·K, R·B7 26. K-Rl P-B4 33. B-B6 R.o1 2'1. P.QR) P·DS 3(. PxP Q·K( 21. KI_KU P-R))5. KI-QI! K-R2, 29. B.Q7 Q·Q1 )b. P·R' P·O' 10. I'retl y ,nOl·,~tJUt 01 lloubtlul ¥al tle. IW._., Q. P ( R(;J w .. nl'<:'(''*'I"1, Rei!1 n",vt' under Ibe elTeumot.'~~. for if 311.-. __ • R,.-X t ; 87 . P ·H7. )7. R·QB1 Q·QB4 )9. KI.86 Q_RP lS. 8-K4 ch P.KO 40. P.R7 P-KI5 P~.lutla ~O._, n .K7 ",ould hn e riven Rla~k !)<)ttl'. d .. ",lng poaibmtl~. ktr if ' 1. II ~ Il.:< R ch; ~2. Rdt, 1'·B71 ~a. R·K7 cb. K.RI .

• (l~ KI· R5 (2.. R·RI '3. P·RS(Q) ((. BxR

41. B·K4 ' 9. BxP SO. QR·81 51. KR.oI 52. B.KII 53. R·O'

Q.Q1 P-R' K_Hl

'>" P;·R5 P-R6

'5. Kt·84 46. Kt·K) 41. KlxP

R·Q1 Q_KU

R.Q P_07 Q·Q5

P-Kt6 PxKt • 54. ~.P ell Rnilln. •

SLAV DEFENSE World Championship, Round

T he Hague. 19.48 . Nol~l by E, j(h W. M"1(h~nd -

While Rlack S. RESHEVSKY OR. M. EUWE

J. P·Q4 P-Q( , . Kt -B) P-03 2. P·QB4 P·K) 5. P· K) QKI-Q'2. 3. kt·KB) Kt·KB) 6. B·Q) 8.K(5 Ru ... ~ hll. bee<! I 'yinl;' 10 ".. .. h~ tht. mo,,! IoUI "' itllout too mueh ~U~. The """,I loI etan Ih~ L_ •. , 1',.-1'; 7. 1111P. r 'QKt4, ele. iB 3" ol \" mlt;" e whkh leado to highly rom· pIp" cr i ti~.l '·~ rialion. whe .... (he analroto ha~~ I,,",'n un. bl~ to gi". ~ ddlnltt opinion 1)11 Ihe " 'lIull. 7. P ·QR) B.R( ,. 8·Q2 PI P S. Q·82 Q-K2 10. Bd!P P.K' A I"OlIl;h n,l" ..... t><-en at ~l od fill" th is t..'"»e of o""ni" K Ih.1 if m~e. can play /'.QII4 'ttr 1' ·114 without h"I"K immo:o:!hitlT Jluni6bffi

:;'~~ h:\:;I(!~tcn~~~"'lth~\I:\~\~Y'I~" r!~i8 q~ Mre<'t, 10. While iB ~".itlt'l"ably I>I'I '-"r dt"flol00::d and I", h .. lMoUc • • ..,.,tn)1 In th~ I'(nl~T.

II. 0·0 0.0 12. p·QS! _ 1hil; i. fa. l"' itCT t han I .... 1V1t11ne I !. l"Q"( ~ .. hl,<It "'ouk! drh'c tbe In.,~k n 10 • lMoII~r ,quare. If "" .. l 2.._. " xl'; 13-. KbQP. lit.~K{ ; H. HsH winnlll!!: l ite mmor ~~chanlL't •. U . __ . p.Be U. P_Q6!

Al tn 11. P·Q6! EUWE

Journamenf ollie c-J.clnl h7 ,Erich- W. MtlrciHInd

Dept. of Mathematic. I Unlveralty of Rochelter, Rochester 3, New York

J. 8. G •• A. Y. H .... Dr. J. Pial. F .. d R.lnfold

Annotators Rlchord Han.1I Edw, J. Korpanly G. E. P.~

_\ "J Ulaek will not 1M gi'''''' I i"", 10 cap· 1",,, U,,, /' . laiB. U. "__ Q.Ql 15. KI·QS kbKI H . QR-Ql R_KU 1'. 000 Q"O Of "",u.., not l iL...._, Rnp ; 17. n~Q, Qt.>:Q. ; IS. B.R7, U·Kl; ] \1. lit·RIS . "d Black i~ helpl_. 11. Rokl P_K5 U. B·R2 o-KO 18. KI·KI5 P·k14 11 to hud 1<> lind .... t;;;facto. y ,~ lor UI.ek. If 19 .. __ , B_K L2; 20. " .1\6, 1'·85; 2l. U.l·. IVhile .imply ""mrol. 100 m~ny

.. IU .... ~ 20. KhKP B·Kt2 2'. P·K4 FI·K3 21. R· QI! P-8S 2l. Q·B4 R.Q l 22. O-KU P·KU 21.. KFI·Ql P_QR 4 23. Q.8) QR·Kl n. P-KR4 P·R4 24 . KI· O' ch KbKt }O. P·Q1 R_K2 25. Q" KI Q-O) ll. P_KKI4! ..... _. 1I"1,lIe ,,0"" 01 ~i1 i,lly h,. ~"d "'iIi hi . J' n'h .. nl.j...., ,1i""1)"""r . He "'i"", hk e luonC<l

;1. ~~~. lIl' Ihe .rR~~ a ~~:'~~lftS~~~gamQ:Kt3 )2. p "p RltR )6. Q"Q ch P"Q )). RltR R"R n . P·B4 34. Q"R p"p "rbi, .. il. 'n,c ending u eUi ly .·on by II" h it ~. )1. _ P·KtS 40. P-KO K-02 3S. p"p p"p 41. K· K) RHIon. )9. K-02 poe, ~·o. 1I,., K will eol ,be Q .• i,le . 1'. . l'U~ck '00::""" "-~""'el"<'<i I. on, "n .. _!JolaCI«y 0loo::n­in g Ihank< 10 R ........ kJ~. f()T"C<lI .. 1 . nd ~c· c" .. I~ play .

CATALAN SYSTEM Manhattan Chess Club va. Mars­hall Chess Club, New Yor~, 1947

Notts by Prod Rtin/e/d Wh it", lIlack

G. SHAINSWIT OR. A. MENGARINI I. P-Q( Kt·K03 3. Kt·KO) P.Q4 2. p.Q8-4 polO 4. P·KKI3 P .P Th~ (;.lalan I. 0"" of II ...... modc", open l"\: "Ht~"'. In which an almOll~ hn~Ubl~ ,,,i.·,,.,, may Ind 1<> INWIIo".1 Jiu~ •• Shalno"d l i •• past masl<'!" 01 Ihe lin_ h. which ,hi. o,,,,,,;ng al>Ound •.

0_K12 p_e4

5. Q_R( eh QKI-Q2 ,. Q.Ql 6. B·kl2 P_QR3 10. 1).0 1. KI-e) 8_K2 n . p"p a. Q_OP P-QKI( " I~ arack might ... tab1ioh .. ~t rong Q·olJt Inajo>.ilr wil h_ P·BS. The t~x t IMdi to aiml'liIication , which may lead to an ~a.a,y . d'...... Itlr m~"", or a """itt"nal .moight · j~eket_ •.. depen<tiog 0" how he 1'13)'11. 11. _ KlxP n. 8 ·10 P·KIS1 12. Q"Q ch RltQ 1"",,* to trouble. 13. ..... _. Kt·KtS ...... the "'o"t. and II !bpn 14. O~ Kt. II~B; I ii. l' .(j n~, 1'·1\15 ,,·h("l) Whil,,', Kt e&nnol go tv QJU. 14. e~KI! 0_0 Of cou_ ,,<>I H~ __ ., P.KI T; I~. U~D, /'x/'; HI. IhKt.. P~P(Q); I • . B~Q, etc. IS. KI.QR4 B·Q} To jroa .. 1 RS"~ i ""t invul"". 0.1 hi. QU!. 16. OR·Bl K-K21 ' I ~r~ 11:. __ • I ' · K ~ "u e ..... "t l.1 I" ' ITr .... 't Wil lte'~ ''''n "'M~. 1I()"·u~r. 17. KHt" "" .p\d 01111 I ..... '·e White wi t h the heLl~r gan\~. 11. Kt·Q(! e_o H. Kt-B6th K-SI II. KxB R-OBI 20. KR.ol KI. Kl 11,;. ul>j .. "" telt ""t i. lo~l: If !O-.. , It .lin: tl. KI· KI 6 <)I' !tI.~_ .. , n·II! ! Zl. J(L. II'!. t) . P ·K(! P·B) n. P-04! R·B2 II !!. ...... , P· liH: :13. l'~1'1 I '~P ( If' zs..._ .. , Il d "; ,l!( Kb B'. RJtIl; OU,. Kt ·Q7 eh); 24. n ·B] elt, K·KtI: 25. lit·K7chl etc . n P.KS B·II;2 24. Kt ·Kt6 10. olro"l: lll~nl" I :.e "·U N. KI· " 5!

~ Ki: Q7 eh PK~B~ :f: :~r6) -KSchf ~~ A/lu 27. KI(6).KJ{h

MENGARINI

21. __ . B"kl ~·, )ret.l; if 2L ..... , I\·K2 (0. 27_ .. _. " .)\12)' !Il. Hl'Tl. RlslI : 20. Hlx l!. IisKt: roo n .Q,7 "innlllt:: R piee!-. 21. KbB ch K'O} :19. RoR Kb R 30. R·QI ch Kt-KI )1. R·Q7 P·!)R4

)2. p·Kn 3), P·KI. ).I . R·R1

KI. KI2 R.Ktl

0. S4. 1I·n; ~h. Ii . KI ; 3:j. II · Ri, 1i .11I : III. P·}W·,. ~{c. }4 • ••. .• ~ P·RS )5. P ·R( Reslgnl Tloo:: fi~l~b mild" , have lK-e" 311 •• _ ..• ]>" " ; M. I·d'. 1( .111: :no K·1I8, li t·KI; :IS. 1>· It::., 1'_]'; 30. !'xl' , Rl-Q~: ~O. 1'-116, Kt.Rl ; ~ 1. 11 ·87. KI.KI3 (if ~ \ ......... li t·QS; 4%, n .Q1); (2 1I· ltC, ,'Ie.

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE Correspondence Chess, CC LA. 7th Grand National. Roun d 3

Now ·by Dr. Btl" ROZi" Wllile

H. HOlENWEG I. P-Q4 KI-KB l 2. P·QB' p .K) (. Q-B2 KI .8)

Tile ?ur i<-h \ 'arlallon which loot f.vor duro lit/: Tbe la,1 I~w yeti .. in toumomcn t plly. I' . II~, 0 ·0 or llxKI I~ I1layetl now wit h .. t .... I~CI(lTy retlLlta. 5. Kt.B3 p.Q) S. B"B 6. B·Q2 D·O 9. R·Ql 1. P-QR) BsKt 10. P. K)

Thla Ie Inllo"'i ng I line 01 play Rrynolo l$, Wettd, 1m. U. P'QS KI.KU

R· Kl Q-K2 P-K4

by FI",,·

The reu"., fOT t.he I,. 01 f~...,r-Dl.ck 10.11 • ~~.rv ~am])l!d I(Imt. 12. B-)(2 QKt.Q2 13. P.QKU k t ·KlS Try ln!; 10 lind K p;OOI" "'luue for hill QKt. ali i u lo,,~ u Whi le hu hot ""8!1~ , It Ie ir l~3de" t 10 KfFt;oke .. )\ ·o de I' I liac •.

No " ICu re for thiB 1\1. Black', (lime l oob

is','P:.K'4 ilh PYC'.V ._~,·~., Uctler I. P·KK I4 _IT..,. whi"h B I.~k hal no con.trU<·l h.., mo"e. n . ....... P·K841 Black I; i>_ " I' a P to b..,t eome .ir but thto d<><:o; ,lilt ~.,.,.,'nl)1ioh it. I>· KBS wu III onI .... maki "", room 10. the KKI. 1"- P1P KI-O) U . 8.02 11. P·KI4 KI_02 U,"pillg ,hat WI,ite ... iIl late It. n", it he d __ 1I0~ Black will be left with I' "ruc:t .. re "' .... k".,..,.".. 1'.QB3 would h.,·t b«n - ....:w., 1() tI"--poi,,t. J.j. 8_K151 _._ Why g il'e up Ihis g<>nd II ? 1'·Kt5! and /' ·e 6 .. ><.I Illan·. K i. " 'ide °100::11 . U . . p_p 21. 1(1.02 20. BxKt Q.8 Wldt" call .ecap,,,...,.1hc P al hi$ lei., .. c . 21 . ........ P-K5 ,I. <l~'>I""""'~ ,,/fori 10 ;;-d ' all ",,,,n liIe "" \I"lt;t ~ ·. K. 22. Kb KP Q-RS 24. K·O) ,-., 2J. R·Q4 KI·KC II look ~l "","1'" 10 get 'h~ l'i~ in .nOlio". %5. Q·Q2 P-O( , JIIO! I"",· n,all." I'. c." '''00:: I:"i,.c ~w.y ~nd Ii,.., to Ott ~""tht. ... day T 26. p"p p"p 2S. Q-83 KR.QBI n. KlxP 13·KI4

R.d ,n.

TWO KNI{;IH' DEFENSE c,,,,,.,",,.,,,. Chess. CCLA. I lth Nn Uonll l. 1~l nll. l s

Not~s by A. Y. Hem White Dl nck

S. ORASK P ROF. J. McC UR E I . P' K' P-K(). 0 -04 KI -B) 2. Kt· KB) Kt·QO) A -d~f""",, ur'!ltn"t<!<i In the 1'1, ( 10 .vold tJ.~ powerful thr~au 01 th~ OluO<."O Pb"" ~ ,td ~:,·a". Gamh lt , ."d probably Ih~ -moet efteclu~ ]; & !a\"nrite 01 P U1.oory, a,td I~t"r .eco.l .. i"g tbe atlClltiOl' 01 Tllrllto~·eT. lJogo. Ijl100rr ~"" OI bero ;n !lIe lIodtm Sdlool. • . Kt·ktS P.o( S. PIP Kt.QR4 T<> •• "id thl. awkward 1\, Itl(t,·e. UI...nad 1Ilj..'"l!. • ..-lo;'(l r..._ .... , I'.KI!; IJ. Uxl·. Qrl>: 7. II- li t. which I, . till OI~ to lunher 2, .. 1)"0". 6. B'Kt5 etl P·B) 9. Kt·KB3 P·K5 1. P I P p"p 10. Kt-k5 B.oB4 I. 0 · K2 P_KR)

~.i~~ \·I. I>I'~.~~ ; ~; K·~~ ~t, 1I'~:~~,~~'i~t w~r~h ...-ould fully ",Met! 10 bTl",: nllcf lrom the I"",,"ure of 1I1ac]o;·. 0' ,·".1'·... (&.! .)tOO. rol""'" 8. 1>.30S) '" 11. D·O P-R( U . KI-K8)1 12. p .Q} Q-Q( A Ilrill .... .".ifire, ... ell ti ,"~1 b}' Whit r. ill llice II I 1>1. OI' I)!)nCnr, u'U."$,Ue<1 R ; 0' if 12.... •..• Q.Qro: then 18. KI.B$. I'xKt: H . Bd '. 0·0: 15. 1'-113. lJ· l\.RS: \IJ. p.KKII 101. I()I\ ..... I by r·QKI~. ...iuning bIIek the ,'lret' I .td • I. C"< pooition. n. _._.. P.kt IS. Q.Kl eh 14. BI P Q'O( Tl,., wlK>le I>oini to Ih~ acti fice hy ",'bld, IV IIH~ elt'""tly l"(1t.lj'l- ' Ihe 1"ltiolive and ~ "imd,,;.:' Iltl-ltck . m~,I,' lJtltIfi\tl~ by his op · /""",,,1', 10th. IHh . "d 12th mOW,",. 15. ~ .. _,. B-K2 17. 8~P eh KI·Q2 16'. ,0·Q2 Kt·K t2 IS. KI-B3 K·QI tf 18 .... _., Q. i!:1 or Q.II~; I I",() 19. Kt.Q!i .. i,,~ '-Mil.v. I' . KI ·QS ' .. ' 20. 0 ·04! R.Kl

21. B"O! "." ..

~Q:QJ"I~~~: ~i~ ~~~i: 23~:b'1l ~:h.z:.:j;'i·: !~ . n xQJ<I. nx R; 211. I! .QG ch . K. KIl: 211. Kt·K7 ~h ,,·In ,,!,,I':. 21 . _.... R·K) U. Q.Kt' 22. 8·07 cit K·Kl An "]I("rtt. l iv_:!:S. R, I'. Ih B: 2-1. K~B7 e" , R·Q,I; 2:'. Klrll ,i>. " xKI ; !II. II ·Kt Inlght hltn I>e('n ron.id~rc<I. but i. not equ.1 t o Ih~ uctu~l plly. U. .... .... J>.R4 2-4 . Q.KtS R.R2 2S. B.KtS kt-Q} 26. B(I).Kt R_O 27.1<1-81 eh RxKI 21. QxQ R·(2)xO

2t. QR·Kl til 30. QxQRP )1. R-KS

- K-BI Kt<8) R-R)

}2. Q-B1 ». Q-K7 eh )(. R-Q85

R())·B) K·K Il

Rai,,",

Whit.e play<!<i in rul d'~mp!onahip 10m>. DCWI" relinqn ishi ng ~ .u:t n"i~hoN Iron, Ih" ISth 1ll000·e. If the. e llf' a .• hOlt('!" ..... y . ~ tt". tit" !2nd mo,"",. 10 dtf'i\ie th~ bau~, it it; han! to find .•

CHESS LIFE ABROAD (Continued f rom p'age 3. Col. 5)

hel'e 7 .... , P·Kt3, · whIch sOlllehow does no t look ti)O healthy afl cT' 8. B·K B4. ) 8. £-K2. QK t·Q2; 9. 0 -0 . K t·Kt3; 10. Q·Q3, B·K3 ; 11. R-Ql. 8-05; 12. Q·B2, BxE; 13. QxD, Q·B1; H . B-B4, Q·Kt5 ; 15. B-K5 (Belte,· than IS. B·K t3. Kt·KR4, etc.). KKt·Q2; 16. BxB. Ki B: 1.1. P-Q5. K t-B3; 18. Px P . Px P; 19. P-1Hl3, Q-R4 ; 20. n.·Q4 (Threaten s 21. P·K5 foll owed by R-I{R4 ). Q ·QR4 ; r 2l. P 'QR 3, P-QB4; 22. P-K a ! ; Kt-Ktl ; (The only move, if 22 ..... _ • PxR ; 23. P·QK t4 wins the Q.) 23. R ·KB4, QR-Ql; 24. Kt·KKt5. K t-Q4 ? (Loses immediately. I{t·R3 was necessary. allhough Black sUII

-' I'etains a bad position.) ; 25. KtxKt, RxKt; 26. Q-B3> R x KP: 2 7. RxP ch RxR ; 28. QxR ch. K-R3 ; 29. Q·B8 ch and Black resigned.

MARCHAND, ROZSA WILLIAMS IN 10th _ GRAND NAT'L

A double round·robin o[ ga mes has begun a mong EriCh. W. i\la re­hand, Rochestel', N. Y., CHESS LIFE Games Editor and President of the CCLA, Dr. Bela Rozsa, Oklahoma Uni\:ersity professor from Tu lsa and the Oklahoma State Cbaml)ion, and M. M. WillJalll s, a Houston, Texas. a ttorney. to decide the 10th U.S. Correspondence Chess Ch amp­ionship, in th e fourth and rins l round of play.

In the last of these antlDal national cha mpionsh ips to go fpur rounds. D!·. Ucla ROZSa Won Ills 3rd round section wi th a 5·1 8COl'e , while M. M. Williams aud Er ich Ma ,'chand lied In the other sellll· (ina I section with scores ot 5lil· llh ,. drawing their Individual encounter. , These USCF-en dorsed Gmnd Na· tlonals are conducted by the Cor­resllond enco Cbess League 0' of Amel'lea of 2826 COrl'ectlonvl1le Road. Sioux City 19, IOwa.

STEINMEYER WINS ST. LC?UIS TITLE

Once sgntll Rober.t Steinmeyer cu Jltured the SI.. Louis Di8trict Challl lllOIlS hi p; his previous victor­iea were 1944 . 1945 and 1"94.1 (He Wll~ in the Army In 19.46 ). Second place well t to F. S. Anderson. In winning by a perfect score. StV1n­meyer was the second man..;, to ach ieve this distinc tion since til e fi rst toum a ment In 1926. Erich Marchand . CHESS LIFE Games Editor. nQw ot Rochester. N.Y .. accomplished this feat in 194 1.

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