of me Unltecl States (bessfederatlon BRAS~KET WINS U.S ...

Vol. VII

> Officlal Publication of me Unltecl States (bessfederatlon Number 1

Friday, September :;, 19:;2

BRAS~KET . WINS U.S. JUNIOR! SIEMMS HOLDS SECOND PLACE, BURDICK, CURRIE, OAKER, 1':IE

Tourney Small But Quality Finest

In U. S. Junior Event at Omaha The U. S. Junior Championship Tournament at Omaha, August 18-23,

was won in spectacular fa shion by Curt Brasket of TI'acy, Minn. with 8'h-1'h. At the end of fivc rounds, Braskct had racked up five wins and from that point on was never in danger, CQneeding three draws to Robert Currie, John Penquile, and D. B. l\Iartin.

The new U.S. Junior Champion, 19 years old , placed 7th on S ·B ' points in tbe recent U.S. Open, tied in games won for 4tb pla'ce with

8-4. In June of tbis year he won the 28th annual Trans-Mississippi event with 5'h-1'h, edging out Robert Steinmeyer on S-B points.

There were only 19 entries in the tourney (thc smallest cntry list for the event), but what the entry list lacked in quantity it made up for it in quality . Ross Siemms of Toronto finishcd second with 71h-21h, losing only to Brasket but drawing with Currie, Burdick, a nd Oaker.

Thin:J JD JjJJ.b OJ) S ·B }>9.ints with equal 1l1h·3'1.! scores were Don Burdick of Huntington, W. Va .. Robert Cu rrie of San Francisco, r~l i '., ann Wm. Oake"!: of Toronto. .John Penquitc of 'nes Moines waS sixth with 6-4.

Seventh to tenth on SoB points with equal 51h·4lh scor es were D. B. Martin of Fort Worth, Jack Mayer of Louisville, Milt Otteson of St. Paul , and Jim Callis of Wichita.

It was a tournament of tbe real youngsters with Brasket at 19, Siemms and Currie at 16, Burdick 15, Penquite 17 and Oaker 20. Ontario and Quebec. were the Canadian Provinces represented, while California , Indiana , Iowa , Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York. Texas and Wcst Virginia were the Slates.

In the Junior Rapid Transit Curt Bra skct and Robert Currie tied for first place with 41h-Bi each. Alfred Ludwig directed both events.

ROZSA CAPTURES COLORADO OPEN

Fifty players from 16 states porticipated in the 2nd Colorado Open Championship, which was won by Dr. Bela Rozsa of Tuisa , Okla. with 5lh-lh . Second ploec went to Blake Stevcns of Sao Antonio, Tex. with 5-1_

Third to s ixth on Solkoff points with equal 4lh-l'h sCQreS were 1'. D. Smith of Fresno, J ohn Ragan of St. Louis, Eugene Shapiro of New York City, and Mark Eucher of Los Angeles. or the eight players with 4-2, sevcnth place went to Arthur Spiller of Los Angeles and eighth pl ace and the Colorado Stlltc title to Jack Hursch of Denver as ranking Colorado player.

Thi ~ attractive event was s tager! in gala style with a cowgirl atti red Queen of the Den ver Chess Club pouring cold drinks for tile pla yers , courtesy of the director, while cigarettes were furni shed by the Denver Club. Merle Ree~e again directed the event.

STARK TRiUMpHS IN D. C. OPEN

M. S. Stark, former District Champion, won the District or Columbia Open Championship 7 ~-1 Y.t in a 26 player Swiss event, losing no games but drawing with J :Jhn Rice, N. Bakos and M. Wicner. Second ptace with 7-2 went to F. B. C'I rnporn llnes of Manila, P .1. who Jost one game to Stark and drew with Wiener and Bakos. C, D. Mott was third with filf.:-2'h, while fourth to S<. venlil vil .: ... jJ poinls wilh "quai ' t-3 scores were N. Bakos, CHESS CIFE colu mnist Ed mund Nash, and H. E. Cimermanis. A few familiar names Jjke Oscar Shapiro were missing Jrom the list this year, but a few long-missing faces were sel:'n in their stead. CHESS LIFE Problem Editor Vincent L, Eaton was among the latter, showing the hck of practice a long absence !rom tournament chess inevitably creates; Eaton won the District title in his last a ppearance some len years ago.

TRI-CITY CHESS HONORS CONDON

Tri-City Chess Club (Borgcr , Tex.) hcld a 5 round Swiss .Rapid Transit Tourney in honor of Dr. fi'. E. Condon, departing charter member of the club, 'Who h as accepted a position as assis tant professor of chemistry at City College of New York. Dr. Condon was also presented with a chess book a utographed by the club members as a token of their appreciation of thc work he ]lad done to ercate interest in chess in the Tri-City ,l !"ea . In the tourney, Dr. Andries Voet placed first with, 5-0, O. D. ThompSOn was second with 4~1 , and tied for thi rd on SoB points with 4-1 each were Dr. F. E. Condon and A. C. Loyd.

BOHATIR'K LEADS LEUBBERT TOUR'Y

As t.he first Leubbert Invitational Correspondenoo Tourney begins to 3pproach the end, the s tand· ings show Dr. F. Bohatirchuk in the lead willl 13J.i-2 Jh , closely followed by Muir with 13-6, Jones wilh 121h-2 1h , nnd Wcaver Adams with 11-1 . OUler scores are: Mrs. Pialigorsky 10-4, Dr. M. G. Sturm, Hrask and Kujoth 8-4 each, Magee 8·7, Hickman 8·9, Burger GIh·%, Luebbert 5%-lh , Pohle 5lh-l I},;!, UndGrwood 5-8, Ludwig 4 1h·6%, Weiss 4-5, Mann 3-3, Sandrin 3-12, Hartleb 3·18, Howarth 2-19, Mrs. Wigren 1-20, and Smith 0-21.

Position No. 99 By Carl E. Diesen

No. Tonawanda, N. Y. Unpublished

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l '().\·IHon No. 100 By Vincent L. Eaton Silver Spring, Md.

Unpublishcd

White To ,Play And Win! Conducted by waUam Rojam.

Send all contributions for this column to wm~m Rola",. '" CHESS LIFE, 12:1 No. Hu",phray Avenue, Oak Park, illinois.

TH.E first position above is an interesting study in the technique of winning tbe opposition in a semi-locked Pawn ending. Note that the

White King can bold the Jor( indefini tely, but he cannot break thro>ugb the barrier unless the Black King moves firs t.

Our second position represents the casiest of three original studies by problemist Eaton (we will publish the toughies later), in which Knight, Bishop and Pawn skillfully combine w draw against Black Queen :;:1<1 XnigLi.. ••

For sol utiOn! please turn to Page fou r.

US TEAM \ENTERS IN TITLE f iNALS

Although losing 3-1 to the Soviet team in the last qualifying round, the U. S. Team won a place in the fina l title contes t, placing second in Group C. Evans lost his first game in the tourney to Vassily Smyslov, while ·Arthur Bisguier bowed to Bolesla\lsky . On second board Robert Byrne drew with E , Geller and Gcorge Koltanowski in his first 3ppcarance drew with Alexander Kotov . Neither Reshevsky nor Keres played in this cncounter.

In Group A the threc qualifying teams were Argentina witb 25I}JG'h , West Germlluy with 23·9, and Czechoslovakia with 22'1.!-91h. In Group B it is Swedcn wilh 21-7 , Hungary with 201h-7Y.!, and defend ing Champions Yugoslavia with 17YJ-9 l/~. In Group C it is USSR with 23'h-4YJ, USA with 18-]0, rmd F'inlund with 17-11.

STANDI NGS IN INTER, NATIONAL

Qualifying Rounds GROUP A

Agrentlna 25,-6 ;; Cuba W. Germany 2:1-9 Iceland C~eeho'lda 22~·9~ Saar F.nl;land 11\.14 I.ux'hourg Dcnrnurk 15~ · H; ~

GROUP B

14-1S 12~ .19 ~ IOHH 2}· 29 ~

Sweden ~1-7 A u~tria 1l~.16 ~ n"",.(ury 20~·7 ~ Brll~.II ' 1O ~· lfl& YugoSI,lVla' 17!·9 ~ Italy" 9 ~ · 16} E. G'm'my 13 ~ ·14 " Norwny" 5-21 'One adjourned !wml!; " Two lldJourncd games.

ussn USA Finland I:'ruel

GROUP C 23 ~·4 ~ Ilollanri 13H4}

18·10 Poland 1 2.l-15~ 17·1 1 Swtherland 7 ~ ·20~

1 5J, 12 ~ Greece 4~-23!

WASH TRIMMED IN B. COL. MATCH

In the Internativnal Chess Match a t l\ft. Vernon (Wash. ), the Washington team took a real trimming from British Columbia this year, lo~ing 20~-26'h.

In the B SeCtiM Wa shington scored a 9-8 victory, but in the A section lost 18\6-1l1h despite a 4-3 margin on the fir-;t seven boards ,

SEEK TO MATCH RESHEVSKY, KERES

Negotiations for a match between Samuel Reshevsky and Paul Keres, the Estonian player who holds the Soviet Championship, wp.rc init iated by Alexander Bisno, president of the Manhattan Chess Club. Reshevsky has already won sim ilar matches against Miguel Najdorl of Argentina and Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia. Keres expressed willingness to play bnt acceptance of the match depends upon the decision of the chess authorIties in the USSR.

KARFF JOINS BAIN AS MOSCOW ENTRY USC l-~ Tcom Manager Alcxander

Bisno has been officially notified by FIDE that a place ba\'i been found in the Womcn's World Cha mpionshi p Tournament at Moscow for Miss N. May Karff, fo rmer U. S. Women's Champion, in addition to the place already reserved for U. S. Wom.en's Champion Mrs. Mary Bain. So the USA will again have two representatives. In the firs t Women's World Championship, won by Mdc. Rudcnko of the USSR, the USA was represented by Miss Karff and Mrs . Gisela Gresser, then U. S. Women's Co-Champions .

Entry in thc Interzona l Tournament at Saltz jobaden remains undetermined, as i t is reported that neither La;rry Evans nor Robert Byrne can play, as originally planned. --- --

RICHARD BOYER On August 21, after a brief iU

ness, Richard Boyer, twenty·year old co-champion of Buffalo, passCll away. BOYN', whose many friends everywhere will be shocked at the suddeness of his passing, hnd just triumphed in the current Buffalo

,tourney, scoriug 8·2 to tic with vcteran Roy Black for the city title,

USSR TRIUMPHS AT HELSINKI

Russia's chess team won the fina l round from Sweden 3-1 and thus coa sted to victory over the battling Argentina tea m. Defcnd· ing champions, the Yugoslavs, placed third, white Czechoslovakia by a 3-1 victory over Wcst Germany slid into fourth, one point abead of the USA, which had a bye for th.:1 final round.

In the non-championship finals Holland scored an impressive victory, with Israel a elose second, followed by East Germany and Poland in a tie for the third spot.

Championship Fln~ls USSR .. .................... ~.M .......... ... ..... _.21·11 Argentina .. ... .. ... .. .... ~M.M ............ ..... _ 19 ~·12 A yugoslav ...... ... . ....... ........... M_ •. 19 · 13 Czechoslovakia .... ........ M ••• 1S -14 U. S. A. • •. ....•.••. MM •. 17 -IS Hungary . .......•...... 16 -16 Sw .... :len _ .•.••.•. M.M.13 -19 W. Germany .......... __ ... M.M ••••••••• __ .10J-21b FInland __ ...... M._MIO _22

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COLLINS TAKES . NEW YORK TITLE

In a Garrison finish Jack ColH~s out-lasted Max Pavey, who led the early rounds, to win the New York State Championship at Cazenovia with 7'1.! .1J,.!j , losing none but draw· ing three. Max Pavey, who won the first four ga mes and drew the {ifth with Collins to lead the first half, placed second in a tie with Anthony E. Santasiere at 6l}~·2\'.1

cacho l-"'ourth place with 6-3 went to Allan Kaufman, while Frank Anderson of Toronto shared firth with Eliot Hearst and defending champion James Sherwin, and Louis Levy at 5%-31f.J each.

The deciding gamc was the 8th round encounter of Collins and Sherwin in which the latter, in time pressure, fell into a trap. Thereafter the victor was hard to overtake.

BANKS IN ROUTE ON SIMUL TOUR

Newell Banks, chcss and checker eXjX'rt, is 011 tour giving simultan· eous exhibitions, leaving Detroit September 8th for lllinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah and Idaho, returning through Wyoming, Kansas and Missouri. Clubs dcsiring to make arrangements for an exhibition rylay write: Newell Banks, 5076 Coplin Ave. , Detroit 13, Mich .

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Vol. VD, Number 1 Friday. September 5, 1952

----SEVEN'S THE MAIN

N umero deus im pare gnudet _ V IRGIL, Eclogae

WITH this issue CHESS LIFE enters into it.s seventh year; and the gods dclight in odd numbers, if we may trust Virgil's tes timony.

Thus the omens are favorable, even as the Homans would bave it, for what promises to be a year of great decision.

For it bccomes increasingly obvious that chess players as a body must make a critical decision--either they will r esolve to support the U . S. Chess Federation for the manifest bencfit of chess in tbe USA, or they will reject the opportunity with fin ality and domination of Americ an cbess activi ty will return to the bands of that small and autocratic group ~~~ _fin§~rs releascd control with utmost reluctance not many years

ago. In maki ng lhe dec iSion, chess players will be well advised In con·

s ider what alterations were made jn the chess panorama C"If the USA by ~e rise of a national democratic chess or ga nization and pondcr on the faint possibili ty of the sur vival of such innovations under the a utocratic management of a select ~up whose primal concern has always beCn the promoting of " master " chess and h as been distinguished at all times fo r its complete indillerence to chess for the average player.

It was the American Chess Federation (a fore-runner of our present F eder ation ) which established the "Open" tournament at Chicago in 1934 despite the protests of a number of reactionaries who clung determinedly to the concept of an invita tional event for a select few. Of the committee who made this progressive break with tradition Albel't Margolis, Samuel F actor and Charles Leceh h ave passed to their reward, while Elber t A. Wagner, Jr. and Lewis J . Isaacs have r etired from active organizational work_ But the concept they establish gr ew until the U. S. Open Tournament seems a fixture in American chess life as a playerS' tourna ment. But, despite its popularity, how long would it las t if the reins fe U in the Hrm hands of those wbo were only intere'Sted in " master" chess?

It was the U_ S. Chess Feder ation which established the concept of open qualification for cntry into the U_ S. Championship Tournament, testing various methods in various years. DiHiculties in arrangement made the 19S1 event nn invita tional affair , but despite deliberate sabotage of the 3-year cycle plan by a group in New York the next U. S_ Championship event will be in some form of open qualification. Yet the sabotage of the 3-ycar cycle plan by a New York group sbould warn the chess player what he must expect if he fa ils to support the Fe-del·alion instead surrenders it baek to the mercies of a chosen few.

It was the U. S. Chess Federation. which through CHESS LIFE, popular ized the Swiss System tour nament, which made it inttl lligible with its own box·scorc table and publisbed articles on the procedure of conducting the Swiss. The autocrats are not interested in the Swiss, foc ·it is primar ily fOl· the Mass of player s and not fOr the few.

Finany. it was the U . S. Chess Federa tion which created the National Rating SYstem over the vociferous opposiUon of many chess autocrats who feared their own standings and that of their favo red proteges might be im pa ired hy a ny system that revealed in cold mathematical t.c.rms the comparative performances of all players in competition. How long would the Ra ting System last a mong the autocrats?

These a re the questions that the average chess player should consider carefully-and baving considered them , join ba nds with his fello w players throughout the land in m aking the U. S. Chess Federation truly representative of cbess in the USA.

This is the year of dccision! Montgomery Ma10r

SOUTHERN CHESS ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP Meridian, 1952

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by Vincent L . Eaton

Address . 11 communications to this column to Vincent L. Eaton, 612 McNalll Road, S live r Spring, Maryland.

Problem No. 360 Problem No. 359 By G_ H_ Drese

1st Pr ize, British Chess Fed. 1931

By Jan Harton g " Wcstern Morning News and Mer

cury," 1925 Black: 11 ",en

Whit ... : 10 men White: 9 men 2q5, lSI.rtsl:i,Pl:fj.~p':P4\fdfB 2k2Plr, 7b, B2S4, IRG. P 5Q;>, 2Pk2pl, pSq,

BlbppS2, Ks4rl White mates in two moves White mates in two mOYeS

Problem No . 361 By Godfrey Heathcote

1st Prize, "Revue d'Echecs" 1904

,-,;;-;"",..--=Black: 1 n'en

For solut io~ to previously published problems, p l.ase turn to page four_

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The U"j,td Statu C~" FtJtrdl ;orl

eke •• on/. .!)n r/ew 'ljort

By Eliot Hemst

T HE Marshall Chess Club was the scene of an important

motion picture prodUction one Tuesday evening recently! It seems that the U.S. State Dept. , preparing a mm to be distributed in Central Europe (particularly Germany and Austria ) on the subject of Greenwich Village's cultural ,aspects, chose the famed chess center as one of that dish ·i et's most important intellectual attractions. And so several movie camer as greeted the entries to the weekly rapid tr ansit tourney that evening-Don_ ald Byrne, J im Sherwin, Walter Shipman, and Herb Seidman arc now not only names in the chess world alone, but also in the life of Greenwich Village! A brilliant (?) bit of acting was put forth by Jerry Donovan and Mrs. Mary Bain, who played the respective parts of a new visitor registering at the club's entrance and a charming membet· wclcoming him . Both have already voiced their intentions to campaign vigorously for the "Oscar" nominations next year!

But despite all the production paraphernalia , the director's in· struction, and various other interruptions, the rapid transit moved along smoothly and rmished no laler than usual. Nothing will keep ~hess players from their games, It a ppears.

The championship prelims at the Marsball are progressing mor e swi(tly now as the summer draws to a co.nelusion, and . the leading scores In the .( sections already started are: J. Richman ( 4-{)), P . Miller (3-0), W. Goldwater (2lh - lf~)\ H . Eckslrom (2·0 ), C. P ilnick (2-0 ), R. Greenbaum ( 2-0) , a nd E. Med· Dis (2-0). A fifth section will be begun shortly, which includes a mong its entry llist two previous finalists. P. Brandts and Mrs. G. K. Gresser .

IN BRIEF: The New York Times recently featu red another illus · trated article on the chess shelter, now almost completed, and to be IlSed for cold weather play in Central P ark. There bas b<!en mOI·e publicity on this new construction than on any other phase of chess life in New York. . Art F eurcstein (5-1) leads the Ma rshall summcr junior tournament . . . Manhatta n C. C. rapids. now divided into A, B, a nd C sections, has a weekly entry a ver aging around for ly, thus bearing out Hans Kmoch's original thought that most players would prefer to play in sections of equal strength , rather thun the more usual single section open to all, weak or strong . . . All (? ) New Yorkers are now leaving for Cazenovia and the New York State Cha mpionship.

:JOl' 5ke 50umament- mi"iei

Septem.bcr 27_28 Washington Stale Open Chilmpion

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:: ~:~rN~W ~~hln~·O.:-:·)D:-C:)···:::::~.:=:=:::::::::=1'1° ~~ Wu ~~ ~ H m m¥ WI5 : ~ : Jg 7. II. E. Clmennanis (Washington, O. C.) ...... _._ .... _._._._ .. W13 L2 D9 W 20 L l W19 L6 WI6 WI1 U-31 23_00 a. A. J. Ga lvlns (Washington, D. C.) ._._. ___ ........ _._ .. _ ..... Ll" W I2 W18 W ill OS W6 0 4 1..2 L l :; ..." 25.00 9. John Itlee ,Brad bury HiS., Md.) .. _ .. ____ ... . W6 01 07 W23 L17 W II 1.5 015 0 10 5.... 24.2:1

10. R. C. Slnlpson (Annapolis, Md.) _ .... ___ ._._ .. LS D13 WI6 1.3 W22 WI4 W 21 L4 D9 5 .... 19.75 11. J os. Callaway (WlShi~n, D. C.) .... U Dl6 L20 L13 W25 W26 V .." W24 Wl9 5 -4 U.50 12. Ka rl A. Baer (Wamlngton, O. C.) . . ...... ...... _._ •..... L21 L8 L6 W26 W20 W23 LIS W22 WIS 5 .. 13.50

l ~: cu~o~le:~r;:a\:I&(~~ff~~~o~· Sa~) ... :::::::::~:::~:~. : :tVs W~l ~ ~211 ~ l\W tl~ ~~ ~~~ :t~t U:gg 15. D. M. Seherter (Wash ington , O. C.) ............... .................. _ ..... L I9 W26 W21 LI 1.3 W24 W12 D9 L6 "!-4! U.50

i~: ~: i) ~~f:~r (~~!~t~~~!ni$~·) Md:i····4=S--(i"9:ooi ;···i·C·C:·L~ . w'ifliee L~~a;:lngt:~ O~~.) 'ttt kloo);w~. M:J:'~el ri~i= (Balt imore, Md _) 4·5 (1 4.00); 20. R. C. Beemon (QUantico. Va.) 3H& (10.25): 21 . M . L.Seldelman (Silver SPrinD. Md.) S-6 (11 .00): 22. Vincent Saporito (Wa, hlngton, D. C.) ),6 (8 .50); 23. OUiard S tokel (Washington, D. C.) 3·6 (6..su); 24. Sam S tone (W u h lnaton, D. C.) 3.(1 (6.50); 25. IN.bel LYJlne (Washing ton, D. C.) 2·7 (S.OO); 26. Maude G. Sewall (Washing · ton, D. C.) ().9 \0.00).

flow fhe Rafinv S~fe,.. Wort. By KENNETH HARKNESS

USCI' Llillg SloImlci.m (Krnnnh H,,,lt.ntll. ,_thor 0/ "All l"yittdion tQ Cool' .. "J .... tbo. 0/ ;'l nril .... ticn. 10 B,id,,:' ;, the j"",nlOT 0/ 1M mtIJlN"''''Ic,,1 rifling S7Jlnn fMioptd by 1M USCF to ,.nk IImv .... " cMsIpl.ytrs. I .. ,hi, K,it" Mr. H .. ,i::nell apt.n .. , t~ muJ..nic, 0/ IIx #7Jtrm.-TIx EJilo1.)

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~ ~=aj:: -~::---:.=~:ii~ ~ rug ~ = ~ •. P . C. LcConll.l •. __ ~ .... 9 ., 21114 2.163 2.l6J 2117 2467 5. Carl Pllnkk _ .. ~_. ___ ._. 1-4 23%% 22<i8 2258 n44 241\ 6. E. T. McCormic k • ___ M .... a -4 %172 2125 2125 2111 22711 7. C • .I. Brasket •.•• M ___ ••• M •• II -41 2049 2140 2HO 2082 2249 8. E liot S. " eant •..•. M__ I ", Z308 Z385 2385 no.t 23'11 9. Dr. A. rotenJ:uln l __ .. _ ........ II -4 :!:J(I5 2305 :!305 2 1.86 235J

~t ~:u-~. ~~~~~~ :::::-~::::::::: n::~ ~m ~~ ~~ i:: ~ 12 .. Robert S. 8rle/:"" r "H_""'" 11.-4~ 2110 20W 2020 2014 21:rJ 13. Ivan Rom. ne nkO 1'-4~ 1917' 2119 2117 2242

1:: y~~. r.~~:i~o ...... H_.H .• :::: H:!& :rJ ~}J~ ~lJ~ ~:: ~ IS. James T. S herwin .. H.H .. " ... 1 -5 D06 2318 2318 2300 2.1l1li 17. Herman Steln<:r .. H_.H .. " .•.• 7 -5 2427 2369 2369 2263 2.34S 18. J . Y. Donovan .•.... 7 _11 2221 2274 2274 2H!I l!:!32 J9. Alfred C. Ludwllt 7 ·S 1981) 196.> 1:.l65 2040 2173 20. Lee '1'. Malt..... 1 ·S 2180 2<154 :!OM 21111 2201 21. M~el Colon 7 ... \ 2272' 21GS J9'16 2059 2.2. Myron Flelsch"1' 7 oS 1974 2051 2051 2037 2 1W 73. William A. B11I$ ...•. H.HH ...... 7 ·S 19211 1898 1898 1875 J!lSII

g: f~ez,.~~':'_::=:===:::: ; ~ ~ ~~ ~~ = ~:~ ~: ~~!..~h ~~!'::. ==:: :t::t ~~ ~J~ ~~1i: = m:~ m. Mrs. G. PIIIU40nky _H.". S'oSi 18411 J813 1813 J94t 19!1l

:: ~:P~r1~~~':: ::==::::: :t~l ~ = = = :rn 31. KaIael Cinlron H.H __ .H. 8'..s~ 1iB3 1983 1983 1971 2013 :51. Michael Yat.ron H ___ " 8~-S' 2:072 20'12 2072 1931 1911

~ ~ut"::.:~eiH==::: ~!~l m ::. ~ . ~= ~= :. ~~b:J C~ ~00d-=::= :tU ~ mg ~ ~:; ;:~ :11. Dr. G. A. Koebeha H_H •. 8 "" !205 2183 2183 20M 2:084 38. Walter Grombac:be r _H •• 8 .fi 1879 1895 1895 2O:i:a 2052 39. Adolph J. Flak .H.H __ H ... 6 "" 723S 2235 2235 2025 2OZ5

~: ~~~ ~. s~':,1t~r .. ::=~:: : : m: ~g~ illi ~ = 42. Lewis J. Isaaea .. H.H ... _." .. 8 .fI Master Emeritus. R.;r,tlnJ',5 withheld 43. Artbur Carylc H ....... H.H_.H.H S .... 1966 1822 i~ = ~~ ::: ~~. :'~C;;";;dH'::-.::::::: ~t:: %{I38 1997 1!I9'1 1972 1930 4(;. Jamu Eo Barry .... H_._ ...... 5t.f1l l;~r :~~ ~ ~Jf :i ~~~.?t.O~=~e;H::=::::: ~i::r ri85 1794 1'194 1944 1902 49. J. T. W~stbroc:k ..... H __ ••• ~. ~t~i 2116 ~. i~ ~~ It: ~: ~ar~' ~';!r;.:e~H:::=~~::::: 5106! iiM 1&47 1947 1921 I~ 51. Bruce J. Sldey .H .... H.H._ ..... . t.. 1706 1706 1106 17011 1615 53. M. R. Rohland ....... ___ ." .... • l.a~ :z(I'13 2099 :.!099 189'J 18011 54. E. J. Van Sweden . ___ .... .. 5 -7 2140 201.2 2012 1931 IMII 55. Chari"" P. Gray ...... 5 ·7 1899 1899 1899 2040 19047 56. W.O. Drexle r .• . ... 5 ·7 1809 1892 1809 57. F red W. Borges ..... H··H ....... 5 -1 1655 I~~. }~g :~ :~ ~. far::clr.tl~hhelmer _ ....... : 1 17ill 170S 1705 1873 I7'JO

'611: Edwin rrF.~~t·:::::::=::::: S:7 1872 1!12 1,,1!'2 ,'.~ I,',"" 61. Cbesler A. Lyon "i 1 ~ 1671 1"". ... .... 61. J ack Shaw _..... 4 .n 1797 1797 1797 17906 lG7I 41. AfUiur ~Miif/'iiiu ... 4 .1& 11161 1001 IfNil I!lJti 1IU1 64. K P. Lcb7.cllern ....... ... 4!·H 1733 1733 17ll 18111 1762 65. A. L. Drown ......................... "PI 1,>92 1117 ISU

i1: ~~~Sl{;a~i~~·l.~~~:~:::= : ~~~ ~~~: 1m ~ ~i 6!'. S • • -OIT)' , .. ucF. ... ' ...... H_. 4 ·8 i7G2 1761 1761 1810 1643

;~: ';'[~n~~t':; W!b:~:e~H::::~::::: ~1~~ 'i54~ mr \~ l3~ ~~ 11. J a m es R. ClblOn, J r . . H. __ 1~.a ) 16til 1S9! 1m 11411 1475 73. B. F. Roberson _ ......... - 26 .a~ 'iijM lrJ :~ ggJ :m ~:: ~~nkp!tn~~a~~.:.=::== : 6 ::~ .,.......... H, .... _ 1294 1644 1294 76. Jame. A . Creighton __ I oS 16411 1702 1502 • Provisional Uatlnp repr_nllnc pcrfOrma.ncc In one tourn:unent. TIle table above IIlOw$ Ilow pcrJarnl(/l1I;e ratifll:$ were issucd Jor l/ic U. S. Ope" Clwmpioruhi" . Tllc coilllntI.J of !lllura ure t.rpiailled ill IIw texl.

B. Rating Swiss System Tourna ments (continued)

I h the seventh article of this series we started a description of the various steps that are taken to rate a Swiss System tournament,

using the U. S. Open of 1952 as an example. In the present article we continue the explanation.

4. The fourth step of the process is to issue perform ance ratings to the players with provisional ratings. This is done <IS a separatt> operation 50 that we may correct the work-sheet rati ng.~ of these playcrs before tackling the fully.rated contestants.

When a player has nevcr before competed in a ra ted ('vent wc have to aeccpt his performance as the only available indication of his ability; but we can do something about correcting a possible error in the figure used to represent tlle strcngth of a player who has competed in onc prev ious tournament. What we do is to avcrage his provisional rating and his performance rating, then substitule this new figure in the column of work·sheet ratings. We use this corrected rating when finding the competitive averages of his opponcnts.

We start with the provisionally- sheet ratings to the other players rated player who made the low- in this grouP. working up to Jvan est score and work upward. For Romanenko whose provisional ratexample, to rate the players of this ing of 1977 under-va lues his abili· type in the U. S. Open we begin ty. This player made a plus score with W. F. B. Clevenger (No. 70) of 7lh-4~"" against fa irly strong opwho has a provisional rating of ponents, his competition a verage 1716. In the usual way, we write being 2117 points. Roma'!lenko down this pla'Yer's r ating of 1716 earns a performance r ating oC 2242 points and the ratings of his eleven and his work-sheet rating is coropponcnts. The median value of rected to 2110 points - the average 1835 is Clevenger's competitive av- of his prO\'isiona l rating of 1977 and erege. From this figure we deduct his performance rating of 2242. 227 poi nts for the player's 22.7 5. As the Hnal step, we issue per cent minus score in a contest performa nce ratings to the fullyof eleven rounds. producing a per- rated contestants in the tourna· formance roting of 1608. We in· me nt. As a result of the work done sert this figure in the colum n re- up to this point we now have a ser ved for the performance ratings column of work-sheet ratings that of all contestants. Then we a-ver- is more accurate than our original age his provisional rating of 1716 list. (The final List is column 2 of and his performance rating of 1608 the work-sheet ratings in the table and get the figure 1662. This balf- above.) We have done all that we way value is taken to represent possibly can to make sure that the Clevenger's cur rent strength mOI'e performances of the players with accuraUy tha'!l his solitary provis- establish!d ratings will not be dis· ional rating of 1716. The latter is torted by mistakes in the ratings crossed out in the column of work- of their lcss experenced opponents. sheet r atings and the average J662 The ratmgs are calculated in the is substituted. same way as for all other players.

In the same way, we issue per- It docs not matler where we be. formanee ratings and new work· gin but we usually start at the top

\

Onti~Jio,u ..J)n 'p,aclical C~eJJ Opslfillf}:J"

By E. J. MARCHISOTTi Buenor Aires, Argentina

W E will point out below some lines of play omitted in " Practical Chess Openings", the great book of chess openings by Reuben Fine,

ALEKH1NE'S DEFENSE: After I _P-K4, Kt-KB3; 2. p .K5, Kt-Q4; 3. P·B4, Kt-Ktl; 4. P-BS, Kt-Q4; 5. Kt-QBl, KtxKt; 6. QPxKt, P-Q3 Fine indicates now 7. BPxP (p.3, e. 10). We consider superior the continuation 7_ Q-KtJl. In the game, Kramstov-Waxberg. Saratov 1938, there fonowed 7 .........• PxKP (better is 7 ... ~ ...... Kt-Bl) ; 8. B-KKlS!, Q-Q2 (if 8. ........• P-B3 ; 9, B-QB4! or if 8, ........ , B-K3?; 9. QxP, Kt-Q2 ; ]0 . o.o-tl or if 9 ......... , B-Q4; 10. B-KlS ch, etc.); 9. R-Ql, Q·B4 ; 10. B-8<l. Kl-Q2; u . Kl·B3 with a better game for White .

ENGUSR OPENING: After 1. P-QB4; P-K4 ; 2. Kt-QB3, Kt-KBl; 3. Kt-B3, Kt-B3; 4. P.Q4. PXP; 5. KtxP , B-KtS; 6. B-Kts, O.o; 7. R-Bl, in piace of 7 .........• R·K1 (p. 41, c. 1) .a notable improvement is 7 •........• p .Q41. In the game, S.amari.an-Dr. Balogh, Brasov 1947, thcre followed 8. Kl"<Kt (if 8. PxP, QxP; 9. BxKt, PxB with advantage to Black), PxKt ; 9. P -QR3. (iJ 9. BxKt, QxB; 10. PXP, PxP; 11. QxP, B-K3 etc.), B·K2; 10. P-RS, B·K3; 11. PXP. PxP; 12. B-K2, P-B4; 13. 0-0 , Q-R4; 14. Q·R4, QxQ; 15. KtxQ, QR·Kt!; 16. B·KB4, R-KtS! with a better game for Black.

KING'S GAMBIT: After 1. P -K4, P·K4; 2. P -KB4, PxP; 3. Kt-KB3, P.KKt4 ; 4. B-B4, B-Kt2; 5. 0·0, P-Q3 ; 6. P.Q4, P -KR3; 7. P-83, Kt.K2 ; 8. P·KKt3 Fine suggests S ......... , Kt·Ktl ·or S .........• P-Kts (p. 119, n. (0 . but beUer is 8 ......... , B· R6! In the cor respondence game. Marchisolti-Dr. Dieguez 1943, there followed 9. R-KI (if 9. R·B2, PxP!), PxP; 10. PxP. Kt·Q83 and White's compensation for the material sacriril.:ed is insuUicient.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (fAR RASCH DEFENSE) : After 1. r-Q4, P·Q4; 2. r-QB4, P-K3; 3. Kt-QB3, P-QB4; 4. BPxP, KPxP; 5 . Kt-B3 Kt-QB3; 6. P-KKtJ, P-B5; 7. P-X4, PXP; 8. Kt-KK5 the book ind icaws now 8 ...... : .. , QxP or 8 .........• KtxP (p. 192. c. 99), preferable is8 ........• B-K2 !. In the game, Opocensky·Stoltz, Bad Nahueim 1935, there followed 9. BxP, BxKt ; 10. Q.R5, P-Kt3; 11. QxB , Kt·B3 ; 12. 0.0 (if 12. P-Q5,. P-KR3! ; 13. Q-IO, Kt-Kt5; 14. B·Kts ch, B-Q2; 15. Q-K2, 0-0 wilh equallly, Cortlever-Stolz. Bevenvijk 1946). 0-0 with even game.

SLAV DEFENSE: After 1. P-Q4. P -Q4.j 2. P-QB4, P-QB3; 3. PxP. PxP; 4. Kt·Q83, lCt-KB3 ; 5. Kt-B3, Kt·B3; 6. B-B4. B·B4; 7. P-Kl , Q.KtJ; 8. Q·K13, QxQ; 9. PxQ, R-Bl; 10. Kt-K5, P-QRl j 11. KtxKt. RxKt: 12. P-QKt4 Fine follows th~ path indicated by Purdy 12 . ........ , P-QKt4 and d~s not. consider 12 . .. ...... , P-K4! played by Dr. Troianescu against Dr. TrICunovle a t Belgrade 1946. There followed 13. PxP (CC 13. p oRts, RxKt ; 14. PxR, PxB; 15. P xRP, PxRP , ele.). BxP; 14. B·QKts (if 14H PxKt, RxKt; 15. PxR, BxP ch, etc.). P xB; 15. PxB (iC 15. R-RS ch. K-Q2!j 16. RxR, Kt·K5 and wins). 0-0 with good counter·play for Black.

ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT: After 1. P-Q4, P-Q4; 2. P-QB4. P.K4 ; 3. QPxP, P-Q5; 4. Kt-KB3, KtQB3; 5. QKt·Q2, B-KKt5; S P·KR3, BxKt ; 7. KtxD the book ind icates 7 .......... B·B4 ( p. 221, (d» . but bettcr is 7 ......... , B-KtS chI. In Ihe correspondence game, Toth Vince-Dr. Balogh 19-13-44. ~e~c _followed 8. B-Q2, Q-K2 (Krenosz's brillia nt innovation); 9. P- It3~ , I!XIJ Ch i 10. QxlJ. 0·0·0; I L 0 -0·0, KLxP; 12. KtxKl, Q~K·t;· Ii -I''-K·:i,: I ·QB4: 14 . Pxl', nxp; 15. B-Q3, K l-K2; 16. K it-K I , Q-Q3 with cllen chances.

QUEEN'S PAWN GAME (WAGNER'S GAMBIT) ; After 1. P-Q4, Kl-KB~; 2 .. K~-KB3 , P-lO; 3. B·Kl5. P-B4; 4. P·K4, P·KR3(?) ; 5. BxKt, QxB Fme mdlcate.tl now 6. Kt-B3 (p. 294, c. 181, n. (d», but clearly su-perior is the continuation 6. P·KS! and if 6 . ........ , Q_QI (or if G .... , ... .. Q-K13. then 7. B-Q3!, QxP; 8. R-KtI, Q-R6; 9. PxP, Kt· lll; 10. Kt-S3!, KtxP; 11. R-Kt3, Q·R4 ; 12. Kt-K2 with a better game for White, Wagner. Schoenmann, match 1928); ~.P.Q5! . PXP j 8. QxP, B-K2; 9. Kt.BJ. O.o ; 10. 0.0.0. Kt-B3 ; ll; B-134 With clearly superiorly for Wbite correspon . dence game, Nutt·Jenkins, 1945. •

of the list .and work down . ~us, we start With Larry Evans. wmner of the open title. Larry's worksheet rating of 2650 points and the ratings of his twelve opponents produce a median value of Z254 as his competition average. (This is not as high as it should be and indicates that the rating system could be used to advantage when pai ring contesta nts. I.arry did not play against two of the masters i ll the tournament - Hearst and Men· garini. Note that Sherwin, in 16th place, met the strongest competi. tion.) To Larry's competition aver::.ge of 2254 we add 333 points for hi! 33.3 per cent plus score in <I

12-round c.'Ootest, producing a performance ra ting of 2587 points.

Aftcr the r emaining contestants have been ruted we transfer the ratings of all pl3yers to t he card index, making out new eards for those with no previous records _ aad the job is done.

In the lable that heads thi5 article we present the statistic5 of the U. S. Open. The first column after the net scores shows the last a verage ratings of players with established rceords. The preliminary and final work-sheet ratings are shown in the next two columns. Under the hcading "work-sheet" column 1 is our original list with provisional ratings marked with an asterik and blnnk spaces for the unrated players. H is (rom this list that we find the median value of 1980 for the entire tournament. Here you can also see the effect oC bringing a fully·rated player's rating up to date by including his performances in recent tournaments . Column 2 is tbe final work· sheet 1st used to ·find the rompeti. lion averages of the players with esh:-blished records, This column includes the perfor mances or un·

rated players and the correetcd work-sbeet ratings pI contestants who have competed in one previous tournament. The two remaining columns in the table show the compctilion averages and performance ratings of all players.

(TM.t i.t lIte ei~ltt" oJ a s(lriQ oJ article.t IJY Mr. Ifarkltcu. 'file 11111,11 will aflpcnr ill tim next ;s.s1lC of CH ESS LIFE.-T/16 E(Utor.)

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Srptrmbtr 19·0 ctokr U 19th Annual Boston Championships

Boston, Mus. At. Huntington Ave. YMCA, 316

Huntington Ave.. Boston 15; 6 rou.nd Swiss " AI> Class, 6 round SWlSS "n" Class, and Junior Tourney ; played on succeeding: Friday evenings; open to Metrepolitan Boston residents including students aHending schools in area; challcnge trophies and money prizcs in each class; Entry fcc for Class "A" $5.00, lor Class " B" $3.00, for ,Tunior cntry free to players under 19 (held Octobel' 12 at .9:00 a.m.); for entry or details, wrlte: George H. Hopwood, 40 Em erson Road, Watertown 42, ~ass.

October lJ . 12,18, 19 Lake Erie Cha mpionship

Buffa lo. N.Y. AI QUeen City Chess Club; s ix

round Swiss; open to all; prizes; entry fcc $3.00; entries to be in by October 10; play begins 10:00 a .m,; 50 moves in 2 hours; Cor details write : Norman Wilder, 217 Elmwood Ave .• Buffalo 22, N.Y.

I~ use F Rlted E".nl

P- • Fridmj. September 5, 1952

.Af.thin.~ Gar!" Ch~~ Career

Additional Data B, A_ BuS(hk~

V. AlEKHINE IN SOVIET-LAND

A LEKHlNE, s ince his third prize in the "Grandmaster Tourna

ment" oC S1. Petersburg ]941 COll-5idc.red a "Grandmaster," was of course expected to win, and actually won without a loss, the "Chess Olympics" iii Moscow, 1920.

However, looking over the list of participa nts, which in addition to himself included only 3 otber " ma6-Icrs" (Levenfi sh. I. Rabinovich and A. Rabinovich), his result in this tournament (9 wins and 6 draws) is not particularly convincing. The chess world got used to expecting considerably more formidable reo su1ts from him later, and that he himself was not saUsHed with his achievements can probably be in· ferred from the fact that he included only one of the games played on this occasion in his " BesL Games"". In addition to this game. we know altogether four other games he played in this tournament, viz .• the 3 published in " Schachlcben in Sowjet - Russland." of which we also own the manuscripts (two draws with LevC!nfish and llyin . Zhenevsky, and one win against Grigoriev), as well as his win against ·;Pavtov • Pianov (Game no. 52 in Li~ tok Sbakhmatnogo Kruzhka Petrogubkommuny 1921 no. 21).

About the quality of hiS other 10 gMUCS in th is tourna ment, we have only indirect ways of formlng a judt;:mcni_ :i"hcl'e is, in tile first pl lice. the almosl conlempot;.ary gencral review, probably by S . . t;>. Vainshtein, in no. 3 (May 8, 1921l) or "Listok Shakbmatnogo KruzhRa Pctrogubkommuny" stating clearly;

. . . It h u 10 be noted tnal t n. m.jorlty of the participant. afte r the long inte r ru ption (IK., b y war . nd r .volu t toa) c:ou ld not d ... top ttl a ir fi ghting qu.lI_ tie. on th. chM$ field of bl H" in full m.a$ur •• No ~ubl, for In$',nCe, A lekhlne p layed below his re.1 Itrvniltlt--tle made 'h. firs' p lac:e w,th 9r.al atfori I nd not wi thout Fortuna'. allktanea. On the oln.r hand.

Lavenfilh, who played ltettar than all others. occupi~d o nl , Ihlrd plac., dUe to the flct tha i In In. very beginn ing of thl lournamanl, wlten he WI , not y.' In form, he drew I nd I",. Slva,,1 g.mH a llhoU9" he hac! a lread y a tt .lned ,omp letely wo n PClslt ;.ons . .. Un .. ~tedly wall pllyflf Rom.nonley ••.

No doubt this almost contempor&t"y view i!i somewhat nenrer the truth, as regards' Alekhine's games. tha n Levcnfish's short re mark :

Alalehlna was then a lread y a lirstoe l", .nndmuler. His vic, tory in the Olymple$ wal; e n_ 'Irely con vincing. tShl khmaty v SSSR 1950, no. 10, p.glt :t901

and lhe reason for Levenfish 'S statement might be his wish to find an excuse for not having been able to beat Alekhine in their individual game ("'J'his interesting drawn garne WlS my last encounter with Alekhine. "" ibidem). although

Alltleh ln", position hung lite ral , Iy on a hl lr . Bu' t her l n. , howed hi. high class (L,ven' fish, Ib ldem ).

This game. which we will reproduce with Levenfish 's as well as Alekhine's own notes, was also one of the two from the Olympics which Bogoljubow included in his "Selected Games ... played between 1919 and 1925" ( in Russian. Leningrad-

f~o~c~r~' J~9~~9~~21:3~f Phi!5~:K~:S~ sische Schachparticn aus modernen Zeiten." Berlin· Leipzig. 1926 ( in German), no. 17. p. 36; providing it both times with the concluding re mark "an instructive game which was played without reproach by both parties." · Zublrev. In "Shllkllmaty V S5.<;R" 19'1 DO. 3. P. 7S ("25 Yean," in Rusaian) ItlTOnlOll$1y .tates that, in addition to the: four J'eCo,nued mUlct'S ,",Iekhlne wvenll.h, J. atld A. Rablnovl.ch, there

fs=:t!~ry I~ay~~~e~e ws::eon!e~ Iy only 16 players 3.lto:etller, the four

Pleas~ turn to page 4, col. 5

Friday, !ir.plembcr 5, 1952 50urnamenl ollie Cond.cud b, Erich W. Marchand

192 Seville Drive Rochester 17, N. Y.

CARO-KANN DEFENSE u. S. Open Chlr.1 pionship

T ampa , 1952 Nol& by AnlhollY e. Santaricrc

White m.;oek E. McCORMICK A. SANTASIERE 1. p ·K4 p-Q81 S. K'-Q81 p .Kl 1. p ·Q4 P-Q4 6. K'·lIl 8·K1 3. PxP PxP 1. 8 ·B4 0.0 4. " -Q1I4 KI·KII3 I. P·BS .. _. '!"hls (perha pi pre.:eded by R·Bl) I. considel'l.'tl Whit<;l'. shal'l>f!St conlinU., tlon. AI the c:uUrH of this game ~hOWI, Wack nct.-d not rur It.

~orn:";;rIY I U';~Slo pIa,. he re 8. _ ... M, P-QKI.3 which II quite I!ood. But the te'" wllh Its follow ·up Is my prescnl.d a,. Iml)l"Ovement.

liet:::ll.<J 9. i<txKt, p,cKt; 10. Kt·KS,

p·m. • • M'_ " p·B4 n. R·B1 B.Bl 10. 0.0 QKf.lIl The point of Black's syStem is now clear. By putun, Whit,,·s 9P undu rl~~v""'a.~.P::.~t~.1s QBP on dan/:e r . 12, 8 .Ks 8)(8 14. B·KIS __ . 13. Pxll Kh:QB p lib only chanee for counter.pla,..

~~inl:' to ~i.~:n the P for a Isst inl: Initiative. With 14 .......... Q-KU, lie could '-etaln the P. WhIte .o:hould not then

fb~ li.· ~~P, .r4~!~ ; ::: ~~.i.~h.I>xKJ; ~;~·~t5~I~~~. b;!K~h;;B~6~~ (idea I'·QKt4). 15. 8xKI Px B I I. K,xBp 16. Kl x KI epx Kt n. Q-Q4 17. Kt-Q4 8-Q1

f,~ ~~.~Ulllht~~t4 ~. °Q~:4 was R~~~ ~ft~al~lt.bu~~~~ ~~~lew~K~~ 2~I::k~S favor without the cn ... ung heatla.;:he •. 21. p ·R4 __ 'M' McCormkk linda a n extraordinary zoe. 30Uree which o.:omes very nea r to win, nlng the game. 21. __ .. QxRP n kl·Klo.:h Ie·Rl

~ft ~~lrf ;":V~M!,f K:z:t~;p:' ~t~~ ~4. Kt·SS dls.cb.. ctc. n. Q.k14

:::c ~ not ~:,8._._ .. , PlI:R; 1.9. KtxPc:h, wl..o.nlnR the Q. l£ Black now pl.y. pu-

~e~::'o~I~,!;u~~~ lfo~OS:o~~~" m'!~ leml Is even. n cn"" the text ,Uowin, a lI<.!Cond &aerifio.:e may be hi' bert

~:.a~p ~~r SK'b:I:al. 10. KI-Q6 (. h PxKI Not 20 ......... , K·KU (or HI or KU); 21.

~1~gX:'~~ ; 2~ . .f:XP'23~cQ.R1<h ~it~~~h ehec~White'" winmn, ehanc" drill al .... y. EYidentl,. Wh tle hOlled to eaplta ll!.c on the exp<,.od Dlack K Out he I>roves to be quite der .. nslble. More I'rornl51ng I~ 23. QxQch, etc. rern&ln·

~3~ ~_~ e he'KtK1 16. K·Kt! P)lP 24. Kxa OxP 21. RPxP R·KI U."'" Q.KSch io;ven In the endj:ame d evelopment .. lmportant. U n. _ . QxKP; :tI. O)lKt

;rA.~·1 QxPQxKp 30. QxP Q-K$ 2t. B)lK, R)lB 11. QxQ .M.MM • ' oreed be<:eulC or the Ihreat of st .

3:C:: .. ~·R2. RxQ 32. K.Kt2 .. M .... Uememberlng the baSic rule ol end· ,ame play: t he K must be broul:'ht In to

;~.tI~_pa.rtl~l~a~~~n, 13~:' ~~~:rd. P-Q1 ll.. p· B4 K·lCl 11. R-QI R-oS 34. K·Bl P-Q4 19. P· BS (h K.a2 15. K·KI4 P.QS 40. K·R' RxKIP 36. K.KI5 P.Q' R and P end~ are onen \-ery dlffl. cult 116 atlee:led by the 170 pa,e. devoted to tho.:m In FIne 's BQIc: ChI" Endlllla. 'rhe lext 'nove (made . 1 the tune control) appears to throw awa,. a c lear tempo <lnd the reby poS$lbly • win.

~!~~, ~.ri5·· ··;;'a\':;'\~iS:l·il:tp4rok:~: R.K~ lind Ola('k tan slmllly march In hla RP) RxP; -12. K·1U (If 42. ll-Q7eh,

RETI OPENING ~~;~2: 4i···· ·K . II~:~t1~~:I~~~lnN.~t~~~ u. S. Ope n Championship KxP; ~5. R·Q:; ell. K·Q5 ami wlnt), RoK5

Tampa, 1952 l~i:!.i~ 4~~oK~ktt~d ~~e e:~~~e s~~rrf;~ NnIC$ b" Erich lV. Mflrchalld breached U In the ,ame but wlthr

White Black muck to move Inilead of White. D. BYRNE A. POMAR 41 . Rxp RxP 44. R·RI~h IC .KI1 1. Kt.KeJ P-QB4 2. p·ICKtl _MM 42. K.Kls R.1C5 .45. R-Q KI7 P. KtS With 2. P·K4 WhIte can tron.spo$C into 41. IIl.KIIl2 P·KI4 "'. R-QR1 Dnwn

~e .. ~~.~.lHan K~~~lj~' 6. KI.K U P-QR4 ~I~. ~.~~ 'ji':~7cb~he~ur47~:l<lK~~::: ~: :'I~~ P'.r:~ ~ ~~R4 :.~~ niK:" ~. ~~~, ~ji1~;.;t IrKKR'i e!In~; s. B·KH: e ' K12 50. R·R1ch. 1(.Kl1; 51. p .lnctl.. Ho .... ever

~~rc ~t ~n~~~I~~bl!:~eore::~.: f~u~·.7."""i{:~::K~k~h1!:. ~I~o e~~.ttcr So lutions: M. te the Subtle Wayl

IId~r«t ~~ \~~~.~~!ek.J4, ~~~~,:i: It: J~~ ~?: f f fl :gh~·~i,~~. K-Qa. etc., ~nr No. 352 (Slocehl): 1. R-K t7: "The 'Sloeehl Theme.' 'rh ree lli:1Ck leU.block.

r:;'.'~-ft~~:kl~,~:jl. ';}t~. d~'i.!4f.v~.~~eft r.a~~a~r 1?1~~6!le!:nT:~~re~:~, dOU~~' ~rs'~r'~kg~: J.-ls Ri~?~r:~~~.~~~~II~~nL I~~~er:. h~ Bishop .nd acme

B-.Jf°2. ~Jr~far~~!.~.l·R:S:;\.th~:~j if r.:~~~~t 1;.. ':<~!"1:~'. ~; »:84 %. K·M. I' 1 ......... , BxR or R·IM; 2. K.R6. 1I 1. M ....... 11-KI.6; 2:. K·U7. If L ...... M '

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Heart,. con,ll:ralulaUon. lo ltichllnl Michell, who top~ the Ladder and win. ~~: c~~i:~n!!J~'h ~1~~feJ.rl:or;nfor s t~e'f:~~l et':: I~ue~: Schw;orn as lIe bellini

FRENCH DEFENSE Luebbert Invilational Tourn ey

Corresponden(:e, 1951-52 NoIQ by Dr. ,.,. C. SllIml

Wblte Black DIt. M. G. STURM M. W. LUS8ERT. JR. 1. p·K4 P· K3 s . KI ·Ka3 Q·KIl 1. P-04 P-04 , . 8 · K2 PxP 1. P·K5 P·OR4 1 . P)lP KKI·K11 4. p-QB3 KI·QBl

~~te~.o~e 7 ·_:~.::··,t&"Ek'2:~hJ~~al~B~~~ on Black's 6th, has ~n ilOllulartacd by Crab. who may hsve intrOduced II lor the sake of variety, .lIlayinr:: <l, h e docs Innumer;oblc .,,,,,tal !,.'3mes with subscrlben, of a ll slrenst~, ta hls Cheu column. It leaves Blick with very llUIc

","r:~R;f cr,r,>.'"04 11. P.KKI4 • . KI·B2 B-K2 11. KlxKI . 10. R-Qkll P.oR4 U . B·Kl

After 1'1. H·K3 LUEeBERT

SICILIAN DEFEN SE Colorado Open Championship

De n ver, 1952 Noles IJY Erkl! \Y. ilfurchCIIKl

White mack A. LUDWIG E. SHA plAO 1. P·1C 4 P-QS4 4. Kl xP Kt.Kel 2. Kt.KB3 P.Ql 5. Kt-QSl P.KKtl 1. P-Q4 Pxp , . p.Kel _ In cortjuueUon WIt h O..().O a nd P .I<KIA this e"n be rather danil'eroull ror 01aclr

::r!'f:~e;n!t=&~::~~~:~I'6.d~~~ alter which Ihe natural move B-KU

~~':'p~ ~~.~ I~k~;i"li~'p~~ 8. Pxl' , Kt·KtS (or II. ._._, I<Kt-Q2; 9. r·K6! or fl . .. M._ .• KI.-Q4; 9. U·Kt~ eh, JJ.. Q2; 10. Kt"Kt); 9. B-KtS c h, B-Q2 (or e ......... , K.Bl ; 10. KI.-K6 eh, I>"Kt; 11. QzQ c hI; 10. QxKt. ,. M...... B.KI1 t. P. KKI4 Kt.K4 1. B·l(l 0.0 10. P. KR4 B.o2 •. 0 ·Q1 Kt-Q83

tie 1~~::r::a~lrUI~orK:::I~~ J~ne~Y~~ __ .• P.KR4 1.I In order and will proYidI

rr;~.':ca:Je dr~~~lve r~b~I~~e.. __ _ A delicate situation. 12.. 0-0·0 flnt would bave the "dvanlage oC preve nting 12 .......... Q·Kt3. 12. .... .... Q-Kt3 n. 0-0.0 M_ •••

Leu /: 00<1 L\ U. fun, Qzr or even 13. ....... .. QxKI; 14. QxQ, Ktxr ch; l!i. K.

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So White has 1Itt10 choke. 11. _.M. R)(KII 14. PxR

Alter 1-1. PxH SHAplgO

~!.!;",r!:~t"w~ki4~ ~'x'Trl ~iI~· 'g~·tn~~:d tha i 3lmO~t Invarla llly if) the Oragun Or Ihe "maderu" variations or Ihe Sidliil n, Black's KB Is the corne.n.tone oC hU counter·a ttack. 14. ..... _ R·B1 Unfortunately lliaek lalb to apprec:iate his cha ncel which, .u SO oftcn In the Sleili:ln, mlU"t be very Ibarp. lie should pla)l 14. '''M_, Ktx!ll' l: 15. KtxKt. KtxKP; I&. Q-KJ (not 16. Q·U~, UxBP), afte r

th~ic~:Je!~t~ ~:.~~ .• aK'!"l!"""nhra~. a~I __ ~.~ Kt·B1 or 16. ......... BxP shuuld /:Ive Black a playable g.une. 15. BxB KxB n . R~Kt PxR ". PxP 8PxP 20. KI.K, IC .B2 11. Q·Rkh K·KtI 21. Ql(p{R7)ch II. p·l(ts Kt·ICR4 Resign.

FRENCH DEFE NSE Corres~ndenee Game

1952 NotCl by O. A,.

White O. A. LESTER 1. P-K4 p· Kl 1. 2. P.o4 P-Q4

Lena m~k

L. IVOK K'.oa3 B-KIS

Cecil Purdy, thl ,\ustralian ellamplon and editor of one of t he world ', nnut chess periodicals. "CheQ World," hu rotCentJy been tryln, to r:lvh'e the Rob-insteln l! ne (3 ......... , PXP) with the al,*d

it lh" ~~c~~~n~~a~O~llI\.veM'g~ln~ an impartant ne Wwupan In his con. ~tant stru,gle for «iualizlltion. 4. P·K5 p-oB4 ,. p"B 5. P-QRl IbKICh

p.8S

1'9 my ~ , wattt1c~1 t'rI"()F: WI/Ita /Ceb I n c normou. IImo"DI of play on the black sqUllre.. Ivok dltreN, how.

~re~~~~.b~I"'p~fnJh~~eth~~t:~~ or the While K8 balance Il lac.k'i black square weakncuea. 7. Q·Kt4 K.BI I. P·kR4 .M.MM 8. P.QR4 11 more euet •• IDCe Black could _11' minimize h1$ trOUbles with the familiar Q·R4·Rj 'nlMuver. I • . M.M_ Kf-QBl 10. B· Rl K.Kn? t . P-QR4 KKt·1C2 ltlluillf hi. IUt eh.lnce to g iVe bis KR a taste of f rcah IIlr. 10. "M_, P.KR4 sum. almolt obll,a lory. 11. p'KR51 ._ .. M. PermanenUy par-aly%lflJl: the Bbck KR lind threatenln /: Ihe nasty p.m. It . .. _ p·KR' 11. Kt·B3 KI.B4 Turns CKlt to he I w • • le of time, but It is .lready dlrlleult to fin~ good movcs Cor 8l1ck. The P·"rabblng u:pedltlon 12. M_ , Q.R4; 13. K-Q2, QxP comes to ,-rtet al ler 14.. B)lKI !, QxR; 15. nm, R·W ; 16. B-Ql! 13. Q·S4 Q·R4 14. K-Q'.I B-Q2

m~ ~~dnenh~~~t'~~,11:~ I~~~_.~~ Cx~ ~~Q:;iK~f;Krt2h.ltti;I~X:;~; <fg~;p~~ and I~ere I. no lonler . n)l doubt as to

j51.lup.!fft~ th~~f.'J2o \~~ ~!'Re:jng. Aller l6. n·na

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~It~h~ Cf:l:r~1t h~ ~=edat noKf''to ltay and .s.eoe tbe run. 11. KR·KKt1

K·K11I? ~Boot, IIIIdd lo, t o horse, ;ond away" What a moment ro r ){o~loni CaSSidy! I I. p ·K'S PxP 19. KlxP KI-QI Oam It! Why not 19 .. M,_", Kt-B4 a;o I cool dscml the gallery into ecstasi(!$

~h !!~~!~~~II~l.~~~,Pkx~tJIt;l·m= In two): 2Z. lb:Kt. I'xU; 23. P·K6, lixP; 24. Q-Q6 lints. 20. ktxBPI KlxKI 21 . Rx P KI .84 U he'd rather. he can lose by 21. M __ , Jt.KBl~ 22. &Kt, K.xB; 21. Q.B6 ch, K·

~;B~KtBxP. ha 24. R.KI Q.KIl 21. P·K' 8xKP There must be doo:ens of WIYI for Wblte to win. but Black wlnb to be lUre that White knows that! 25. Q.A4 ResiSl" 1 He knows one of them!

Alekhine's Career (Continued from page 3, col. 5 )

...... tenr and P. Rom<lnovsky. GrIJ:"orlev, tbe prublembt A. Kub!leJ, U1umenleld, Uanlu$hCvsky, J~In'Zbent."VIlty. Zubarev t~~lo:'P:!:' d:i:.t"ev~~ov, Mund.

~~~e19;'1~,l!' ~~h ~tR~:t:::~ The German ml.llllSCrlpt ot tbe game, in our persona l collleCtion. concludes with Alckhlne'. IIOtl: "T hL" game. which wu docl.ive for the first prlu, Is m,. best. a.;:hlevemenl tn Ihls tournament" and the edllor of "Shakhmaty" 1924.

:~.!~ (1~~~V) "~~ea"sc~~ reJa~~~ht~'! wtlh Ale khlne's note., evcn. cLalmed that It must be C<)n$ldercd "'tbe belit CIme In t he tournament." Nonethe~, and lor rclllOns unkno1¥n to us, Alc.k. hlne did not Include It In "Schach lebcn in SowJ-ct·RualaDd," althouJ:h the manu. script In our po$$Cl5s\on Is l'lrt or tbe manuscrIpt lor thls Cennan booldeL

Fl int (Mich.) Chess Group saw LaVerne Morgan capture the 1952 club championship with 15·1 in a nine player double round robin event, drawing twice wiU! Edward Mulle r . Preston Higley was sec·. ond with 11·5, losing twice to Mor. gan and onee each to Edward Muller and John Davis. Jobn R!'!!~l pJ",g tbira wi!ll 19~;

Ingelwood (Cl lif. 1 Chess Club 's championship went to Hans Zander with 12..,·2.., in 16 player round robin. Zander lost to John Mettler and drew with Charles Kodil, Tom Goebel and Neal Mor. rison. Abe Freeman was second wIth 12·3, while John Metzler placed third wUh 11-4 on S·B points . George Laudenbaeh, Charles Kodil and George Junod with 1]·4 each were fourth to sixth.

Solutions: White to Play and Win

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