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Vol. VI Number 14 OfficiCll Publication of jije Unlted States (bess'federation Thursda.y, March 20, 1952 RESHEVSKY LEADS TO - URNEY KOELSCHE WINS IN MINNESOTA Oncc agai n Dr. Gi]cs A. Koe1.5cl1c of Hochester won the Minnesota Sta te Champion ship with Slh·l0l in a 37 player 7 round Swiss, d raw- ing one game with runner-up Curt Br:lsket of Tracy. Braskct was sec- ond with 5'h-1'1J, drawing with Koelsehc, Frank Cabot and Geo. S. Harnes . Third to sixth on SoB points wit h equa.( 5-2 scores were Frank Cabot, Sam ldlckop, Robert OU a nd P . Narveson. Former State Ch:.lmpion G. S. Barnes, showing lack of usual form, was e i g b t h with 4%-21;2 . The championship was played at the Minneapolis Chess & Chccker Cl ub which contributed m u (: h strength to the field in the num- ber of strong playcrs from the club who entered the event. It was con- d ucted by the Minnesota S tat e Chess Association and di rectcd by E. J. l\"1l1le r. . CLAYTON TOPS N. J. COLLEGIATE The first New J et'sey I nkl'col- le giate Championship, sponsored by the St:J.t c Chess Fedcrati(ln w{\s held at Rutgers Univer!)ity . Hobert CI<lyton of IIIontdair Te,\cher!) Col- le ge won the event 3-1, losing one game to runner-up Hobert Cough- lin of Seton Hall. Coughlin wit.h 2-2 l}hlCed second or" SoB points, wbile W<llter Stephen and George Daw- kins, both of Princeton, tied for third, ,lisa with 2-2. The winncr received a trophy, while both winner und runner·up werc awurded USCF memberships; the third plucc winners received book prizes. One USCF member- ship und the book prizes were do- nated by State Champion Ed gar McCormick. MAHER TRIUMPHS IN CHALLENGERS Lawrence Maher of Moline won the Tri- City Ch,IUengers' Tourney with a 5·0 score, entitling him to a ti tle nl'ltch with Tri-City (Daven- port, Moline, Rock Island) Cham- pion Karl Wiegmann. Second on S-B points with 4-1 in the 15 play- er Swiss WDS Russell Schultz of Davenl)ort with one loss to Maher. Henry Jeffrey of Rock Island, al- so with 4-1, was third, losing one game to Schultz . John Warren and Dr. F. D. Wilson tied for fourth on SoB POiJlts with equal 3-2 scores. DuVALL TAKES SO. CHARLESTON Once again Allen T. DuVall of St Albans triumphed in the South Charleston (W. Va ) Open Champ, ionship conduded 'by the Carbide Chess Club . Losing no games, but concedin g draws to runner-up Har- old W. Liggett and Edward M. Foy , DuVull scored 8-1 in the round robin event. Harold Liggett with was second, drawing with DuVuli and losing a game to John F. Hurt. Hurt placed third with 7-2, losing games to DuVull and Willitlm F. Hartling, who placed fourth with 6-3 . Dave Marpies, who began well, had his score cancelled when he was forced to withdraW for a more pressing engageme nt with the U.S. Marine Corps. CHESS COLUMN IN ARGONAUT After G6 years, th e Argonaut, published in San Francisco, has added a chess colu mn, edited by Dr. H. J. Ralston, already the ed itor of the excellent California Chess Reporter: This weekly fent- ure of the Argonaut magazine re- calls the fact that sixty-eight years ago in the issue of Janua ry 5, 1884 of this same Argonaut bega n a chess column edited by J. Fen- nimore Welsh, which was probably the first regula r ches s column on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Welsh was succeeded by .T. E. 'rippett whO conducted the column March ti, llR!6 when the [ cature was di s- continued, to be re vived on Febru- ary 8, 1 952 under the skilled di- n'dion of Dr. Ralston . Contributions in game scores, original problo ms 311d nows items are requested by the editor , who may be addressed: Dr. H. J. Rals- ton, The Argonaut, Market Street. San Francisco, Calif. 102 ENTRIES IN PHILA EVENT The Phibdelphi" Mctrcpolitar. Champinnship tournumcnt, undcr the auspices of the Philadelphia Chess League ilnd direCted by Penna. State Champion William A. Ruth, is currently being played with 102 entrants contending for the title. The preliminaries , in gro\\ps of 6, are being held at the various clubs, to determine those qualified to enter the semi-finals, two from each section. In the semi·finals, the players will be again divided into groups, with only the player with the highest score in each sec- tion entering the finals . A final round robin event will determine the championship. MARCHAND WINS ROCHESTER CITY Victory in the Hochester (N. Y.) City Championship went to CHESS LIF E Gamcs Editor Erich W. M archund with 7·0. Former City Champion Dr. Max J. Herzbei"ger was second with 5·2, losing 0 n e game to Marchand and drawing with Fred Kramer and Thomas R. Noonan. Allan Candee and Fre d Kramer tied for third with 4V 2-21;2 , while Thomas R. Noonan placed fifth with 31h -3'h. SIEMMS LEADS AT TORONTO By besting Frank Anderson and then the hitherto undefeated Z. L. Sarosy, Ross Siemms has taken the lead in the Toronto City tourney with 4lh -lh . The IS-year-old student is followed by Avery and Sarosy with 4-1 each, then Anderson and Lidacis with 3'f.!-1Ih . ELLIS HOLDS LEAD AT NAMPA As the Nampa City Champion- ship draws to a close, A. B. Ellis holds thc lead with 33-1, followed by Jerry Stanke with and John English 28 l h-51h.. Thirteen players are competing in the multi- ple round event. Finish It The Clever Way! Conducted by Edmund Nash Se<Jd .u cOfIlrlbullo ... fa, Ih l. co l umn to Edmund N,..", 1530 'llnh PI""e. S.E•. WI , hlnglon 20. D. c. Y EARS ago when I first player! OVl']" Po>:i linn No. 77 I w:'s rl:17. zl ... r1 nu end. Recen tly I enjoyed discovering th e solution ; th erc is a matC' in foul". . Pos it ion No . 7fl was suumitted by Hugh Underwood of Washington, D.C. !t is C!1 C d r" .. cr:ll positifln:. he sc!ectc t! from th.:) excellent column (l]lpearing every Saturday in the sports section of thc Christian Science Monito!". There is a mate in six (in one variation , a pretty mate in four). For solut ions please turn to page Four. COUTURE THANKS THOSE WHO AIDED William .T. Couture, well -kn own problemist and cOlTcspondcnce chess player. wilOse difficulties with the law have been related, has requested CHESS LIFE to p\lblish upon his behaH the following note of t hanks, since he is at present unable to acknowledge personally his gratitude to each individual: "Chess players and friends: "Many thanks for your kind help in donations for my case; the tria l is se t for March 18th and I hope 1 can prove my innocence here. "1 have names of those who help- ed me, and in all earnest I'll re- you on<.:c I am free Nice to have such real friends. . "Looking at th e dark side of life; if I am given lime, I'll go to prison and try my hardest to bury my sor- rows in chess. I nm 38 ycnrs old, and after serving nine and a half years, my constitution really cannot stand much more. "Thnnk ing Montgomery Major, who was instrumental in my seek- ing aid, and the following: Mr_ H. C.. Leonard, Mr. George Smith, I\Ir. John J. White , Mr. Carl Diesen , Dr. Norman Hornstein, Mr. A. E. Hoerchner, Mr. Waldo Wnters, Mr_ Ben Won g, Mr. Dave Lee, Mr. Ed Ludlow, Mr. Julius and George Partos, Mr. Don Dyal, Mr. Ray Hiscox, Rev. Arthur E. Beck, Dr. II. J. Ralston, Mr. Paul J ames, Mr. J. H. Duitman, Mr. MacAdams, Mr . M. Heinrich, Mr. Charles Caston- quay, Mr. Wm. H. Pico, Mrs. Larry Dyson. Mr. Edgar Holladay, Mr . Fred A Pearson, I am grateful. "Yours chessfully, WM . J. COUTURE" KANSAS U TOPS BIG 7 TOURNEY The Big Seven Conference held its fit'st chess tOllrney at the Uni- versity of Nebraska in Li nc oin. Unfavorable weather cut partici- pation to fOlli' schools. but it was an lldequate beginning with tI,,·o player s each from the fOllr colleges in a round robin event that de· termined the individual and school ti tles. Due to the deadline on Sat· mday , not all games were played, but the did not aHcct the final standings. Kanscs University t.oppcd with 3-0 in matchcs and 8%-Fh in gnmes. Second went to Ncbraska Universi ty with 2-1 nnd BJh -4 'h. Colora(!o University was third with 1-2 and 5 'h-6'h, while Kansas State College scored 0-3 and Ph-9 I h. GEORGI TRIUMPHS IN BIG 7 MEET Scoring for the individual honors, Georgi of Kansas University scorcd 5-0 in the Big Seven Chess Tourney. Seco nd place went to Pupols of Nebraska University with 4%-% while J'.Iarihugh of Kansas scorcd 3'h-l% £01' thi"d and Barglow of Colorado University 3'/:!-2ih for fourth. The winning team was awarded a traveling trophy, while the indi- vidual winner was given a symbolic key as token of victory. WHAT HAS HAPPENED To The 3- YEAR CYCLE PLAN For Th e U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP? See Page Two NAJDORF IN TIE FOR 2ND PLACE Ry dcfeatine Carlos Guimard in the 15th round, Samuel Heshevsky climbed into first place, with 12-3. In the 5th round Resh evsky was upset by Arturito Pomar, and has drawn four games, one with Gligor- ie, anoth er with Toran. Tied for second with 11-3 are Miguel Najdorf, who held the. early l ead, Nicholas Rossolimo, and Svetozar Gligoric. Rossolimo scored a 41h round victory over Naj dort. Close behind these arc Erich Eliskases with 11-4 and U. S. Chtlmpion Larry E vans with 10-4. Evans lost to Res hevsky in the 1st round and Gligoric in the Sth, Lout has p layed stead ily since, upset- ting Dr Edward Lasker in a 102 move battle. Also in the runn i ng is I. A. Horo- witz with 9-4, who suffered only one ou trig ht Res hevsky in the 14th round. Horowitz has dl'aw n Sllmes, one in t he first round agninst Najdorf . So as round 16 begins the pat- tcm follows closely th e prediction of tJSC[> ' Rillin g Statislieian Ken" !leU1 uarKncss. GAMBIT TOPS TORONTO LEAGUE The Gambit Chess Club won the premier of the Toronto Chess Leag ue 4¥.z·11h, losing and drawing with its rival the Ukrain- ian Club in the double round team event. The Estonians and Ukrainians ti ed for first place in the intermeditlte section, while t.he Estonians won the minor sec- tiOIl. In the Toronto City Champion- P. Avery holds the slim lead of 3·0, closcly followed by F. A. Anderson, G. Lorentz and Ross Siemms with 21/2-% each. Lorentz and Siemms drew against each other ill the third round . BASS, PETTIGREW TIE AT VA. UNIV. Walter A. Bass, present Virginia Sta te Champion, and T. Frazer Pet- tigrew, president or Southern In- tercollegi ate Chess Ass'n, each scorcd 71h.-1'1.! to become co-cham· pions of the Un i versity of Vit·gin ia . Bass lost to James Burn aDd drew with T. Y. Mullins, while Pet- tigrew lost to Bass and drew wit h Locke. James Burn, who deleated Bass but lost to Petti grew and Phil Kilvoord, piaced third with 7-2, while Kolvoord was fourth . T. Y. Mullins was fifth with SIh-31h. Bass, Pettigrew, Kolvoord and Mullins composed the team which won last yea r 's Southern Intercollegi- ate Team Championship. COMMITTEE SETS DATES FOR OPEN The local tournament committee- at Tampa has set tcnlatives dates- for the annu;v U.S. Open as July 12-26 at the Floridan Hotel in Tam- pa. It is possible that these dates may be' modified to a shorter span of July 14-25 before they are offi- cially confirmed. Details of this event will be announccd later, but players may well reserve the an- nounced two weeks in J uly for at- tendtlnce tlt the U.S. Open.
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Vol. VI Number 14 OfficiCll Publication of jije Unlted States (bess'federation Thursda.y,
March 20, 1952
RESHEVSKY LEADS TO-URNEY KOELSCHE WINS IN MINNESOTA
Oncc again Dr. Gi]cs A. Koe1.5cl1c of Hochester won the Minnesota Sta te Championship with Slh·l0l in a 37 player 7 round Swiss, d rawing one game with runner-up Curt Br:lsket of Tracy. Braskct was second with 5'h-1'1J, drawing with Koelsehc, Frank Cabot and Geo. S. Harnes. Third to sixth on SoB points with equa.( 5-2 scores were Frank Cabot, Sam ldlckop, Robert OU and P . Narveson. Former State Ch:.lmpion G. S. Barnes, showing lack of usual form, was e i g b t h with 4%-21;2 .
The championship was played at the Minneapolis Chess & Chccker Club which contributed m u (: h strength to the field in the number of strong playcrs from the club who entered the event. It was conducted by the Minnesota S tat e Chess Association and di rectcd by E. J . l\"1l1ler. .
CLAYTON TOPS N. J. COLLEGIATE
The first New J et'sey I nkl'col le giate Championship, sponsored by the St:J.tc Chess Fedcrati(ln w{\s held a t Rutgers Univer!)ity . Hobert CI<lyton of IIIontdair Te,\cher!) College won the event 3-1, losing one game to runner-up Hobert Coughlin of Seton Hall. Coughlin wit.h 2-2 l}hlCed second or" SoB points, wbile W<llter Stephen and George Dawkins, both of Princeton, tied for third, ,lisa with 2-2.
The winncr received a trophy, while both winner und runner·up werc awurded USCF memberships; the third plucc winners received book prizes. One USCF membership und the book prizes were donated by State Champion Ed gar McCormick.
MAHER TRIUMPHS IN CHALLENGERS
Lawrence Maher of Moline won the Tri-City Ch,IUengers' Tourney with a 5·0 score, entitling him to a ti t le nl'ltch with Tri-City (Davenport, Moline, Rock Island) Champion Karl Wiegmann. Second on S-B points with 4-1 in the 15 player Swiss WDS Russell Schultz of Davenl)ort with one loss to Maher. Henry Jeffrey of Rock Island, also with 4-1, was third, losing one game to Schultz. John Warren and Dr. F. D. Wilson tied for fourth on SoB POiJlts with equal 3-2 scores.
DuVALL TAKES SO. CHARLESTON
Once again Allen T. DuVall of St Albans triumphed in the South Charleston (W. Va ) Open Champ, ionship conduded 'by the Carbide Chess Club. Losing no games, but conceding draws to runner-up Harold W. Liggett and Edward M. Foy, DuVull scored 8-1 in the round robin event. Harold Liggett with 7lh-1If~ was second, drawing with DuVuli and losing a game to John F. Hurt. Hurt placed third with 7-2, losing games to DuVull and Willitlm F. Hartling, who placed fourth with 6-3. Dave Marpies, who began well, had his score cancelled when he was forced to withdraW for a more pressing engagement with the U.S. Marine Corps.
CHESS COLUMN IN ARGONAUT
After G6 years, the Argonaut, published in San Francisco, has added a chess column, edited by Dr. H. J. Ralston, already the editor of the excellent California Chess Reporter: This weekly fenture of the Argonaut magazine recalls the fact that sixty-eight years ago in the issue of January 5, 1884 of this same Argonaut began a chess column edited by J. Fennimore Welsh, which was probably the first regular chess column on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Welsh was succeeded by .T. E. 'rippett whO conducted the column ~ntil March ti, llR!6 when the [cature was d iscontinued, to be revived on February 8, 1952 under the skilled din'dion of Dr. Ralston .
Contributions in game scores, original probloms 311d nows items a re requested by the editor, who may be addressed: Dr. H. J . Ralston, The Argonaut, 54~ Market Street. San Francisco, Calif.
102 ENTRIES IN PHILA EVENT
The Phibdelphi" Mctrcpolitar. Champinnship tournumcnt, undcr the auspices of the Philadelphia Chess League ilnd direCted by Penna. State Champion William A. Ruth, is currently being played with 102 entrants contending for the title.
The preliminaries, in gro\\ps of 6, are being held at the various clubs, to determine those qualified to enter the semi-finals, two from each section . In the semi·finals, the players will be again divided into groups, with only the player with the highest score in each section entering the finals . A final round robin event will determine the championship.
MARCHAND WINS ROCHESTER CITY
Victory in the Hochester (N. Y.) City Championship went to CHESS LIF E Gamcs Editor Erich W. M archund with 7·0. Former City Champion Dr. Max J. Herzbei"ger was second with 5·2, losing 0 n e game to Marchand and drawing with Fred Kramer and Thomas R. Noonan. Allan Candee and Fred Kramer tied for third with 4V2-21;2 , while Thomas R. Noonan placed fifth with 31h -3'h.
SIEMMS LEADS AT TORONTO
By besting Frank Anderson and then the hitherto undefeated Z. L. Sarosy, Ross Siemms has taken the lead in the Toronto City tourney with 4lh -lh . The IS-year-old student is followed by Avery and Sarosy with 4-1 each, then Anderson and Lidacis with 3'f.!-1Ih .
ELLIS HOLDS LEAD AT NAMPA
As the Nampa City Championship draws to a close, A. B. Ellis holds thc lead with 33-1, followed by Jerry Stanke with 31If~-4'h and John English 28 lh-51h.. Thirteen players are competing in the multiple round event.
Finish It The Clever Way! Conducted by Edmund Nash
Se<Jd .u cOfIlrlbullo ... fa, Ih l. column to Edmund N,.." , 1530 'llnh PI""e. S.E •. WI ,hlnglon 20. D. c.
Y EARS ago when I first player! OVl']" Po>:i linn No. 77 I w:'s rl:17.zl ... r1 nu end. Recently I enjoyed discovering the solution ; therc is a matC'
in foul". .
Posit ion No. 7fl was suumitted by Hugh Underwood of Washington, D.C. !t is C!1C d r" .. cr:ll positifln:. he sc!ectc t! from th.:) excellent ch(:,,~ column (l]lpearing every Saturday in the sports section of thc Christian Science Monito!". There is a mate in six (in one variation , a pretty mate in four).
For solut ions please turn to page Four.
COUTURE THANKS THOSE WHO AIDED
William .T. Couture, well-known problemist and cOlTcspondcnce chess player. wilOse difficulties with the law have been related, has requested CHESS LIFE to p\lblish upon his behaH the following note of thanks, since he is at present unable to acknowledge personally his gratitude to each individual:
"Chess players and friends: "Many thanks for your kind help
in donations for my case; the trial is set for March 18th and I hope 1 can prove my innocence here.
"1 have names of those who helped me, and in all earnest I'll reimbur~c you on<.:c I am free Nice to have such real friends. .
"Looking at th e dark side of life; if I am given lime, I'll go to prison and try my hardest to bury my sorrows in chess. I nm 38 ycnrs old, and after serving nine and a half years, my constitution really cannot stand much more.
"Thnnking Montgomery Major, who was instrumental in my seeking aid, and the following: Mr_ H. C .. Leonard, Mr. George Smith, I\Ir. John J. White, Mr. Carl Diesen, Dr. Norman Hornstein, Mr. A. E. Hoerchner, Mr. Waldo Wnters, Mr_ Ben Wong, Mr. Dave Lee, Mr. Ed Ludlow, Mr. Julius and George Partos, Mr. Don Dyal, Mr. Ray Hiscox, Rev. Arthur E. Beck, Dr. II. J. Ralston, Mr. Paul J ames, Mr. J. H. Duitman, Mr. MacAdams, Mr. M. Heinrich, Mr. Charles Castonquay, Mr. Wm. H. Pico, Mrs. Larry Dyson. Mr. Edgar Holladay, Mr. Fred A Pearson, I am grateful.
"Yours chessfully,
WM. J. COUTURE"
KANSAS U TOPS BIG 7 TOURNEY
The Big Seven Conference held its fit'st chess tOllrney at the University of Nebraska in Lincoin. Unfavorable weather cut participation to fOlli' schools. but it was an lldequate beginning with tI,,·o players each from the fOllr colleges in a round robin event that de· termined the individual and school ti tles. Due to the deadline on Sat· mday, not all games were played, but the omis~ions did not aHcct the final standings.
Kanscs University t.oppcd with 3-0 in matchcs and 8%-Fh in gnmes . Second went to Ncbraska Universi ty with 2-1 nnd BJh -4 'h. Colora(!o University was third with 1-2 and 5 'h-6'h, while Kansas State College scored 0-3 and Ph-9 Ih .
GEORGI TRIUMPHS IN BIG 7 MEET
Scoring for the individual honors, Georgi of Kansas University scorcd 5-0 in the Big Seven Chess Tourney. Second place went to Pupols of Nebraska University with 4%-% while J'.Iarihugh of Kansas scorcd 3'h-l% £01' thi"d and Barglow of Colorado University 3'/:!-2ih for fourth.
The winning team was awarded a traveling trophy, while the individual winner was given a symbolic key as token of victory.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED To The
3-YEAR CYCLE PLAN For The
U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP? See Page Two
NAJDORF IN TIE FOR 2ND PLACE
Ry dcfeatine Carlos Guimard in the 15th round, Samuel Heshevsky climbed into first place, with 12-3. In the 5th round Reshevsky was upset by Arturito Pomar, and has drawn fou r games, one with Gligorie, another with Toran.
Tied for second with 11-3 are Miguel Najdorf, who held the. early lead, Nicholas Rossolimo, and Svetozar Gligoric. Rossolimo scored a 41h round victory over Najdort.
Close behind these arc Erich Eliskases with 11-4 and U. S. Chtlmpion Larry Evans with 10-4. Evans lost to Reshevsky in the 1st round and Gligoric in the Sth , Lout has p layed steadily since, upsetting Dr Edward Lasker in a 102 move battle.
Also in the running is I. A. Horowitz with 9-4, who suffered only one outright loss~to Reshevsky in the 14th round. Horowitz has d l'aw n ~ ix Sllmes, one in the first round agninst Najdorf.
So as round 16 begins the pattcm follows closely the prediction of tJSC[>' Rilling Statislieian Ken" !leU1 uarKncss.
GAMBIT TOPS TORONTO LEAGUE
The Gambit Chess Club won the premier ~cction of the Toronto Chess League 4¥.z·11h, losing and drawing with its rival the Ukrainian Ches~ Club in the double round team event. The Estonians and Ukrainians tied for first place in the intermeditlte section, while t.he Estonians won the minor sectiOIl.
In the Toronto City Champion~hip P. Avery holds the slim lead of 3·0, closcly followed by F. A. Anderson, G. Lorentz and Ross Siemms with 21/2-% each. Lorentz and Siemms drew against each other ill the third round.
BASS, PETTIGREW TIE AT VA. UNIV.
Walter A. Bass, present Virginia State Champion, and T. Frazer Pettigrew, president or Southern Intercolleg iate Chess Ass'n, each scorcd 71h.-1'1.! to become co-cham· pions of the University of Vit·gin ia . Bass lost to James Burn aDd drew with T. Y. Mullins, while Pettigrew lost to Bass and drew with Locke. James Burn, who deleated Bass but lost to Pettigrew and Phil Kilvoord, piaced third with 7-2, while Kolvoord was fourth . T. Y. Mullins was fifth with SIh-31h. Bass, Pettigrew, Kolvoord and Mullins composed the team which won last yea r 's Southern Intercollegiate Team Championship.
COMMITTEE SETS DATES FOR OPEN
The local tournament committeeat Tampa has set tcnlatives datesfor the annu;v U.S. Open as July 12-26 at the Floridan Hotel in Tampa. It is possible that these dates may be' modified to a shorter span of July 14-25 before they are officially confirmed. Details of this event will be announccd later, but players may well reserve the announced two weeks in J uly for attendtlnce tlt the U.S. Open.
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REGARDING THE VANISHING U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP
I N.nIls issue we publish a letter by Mr. jack SoudakoU in which he offers several suggestions about planning for the next U. S. Champion
ship Tournament. These suggestions would merit consideration, jf it were not for the fact that a very definite plan for the U. S_ Championship has been evolved and approved by a succession of Boards of Directors, and only awaits the delayed action of the U. S. Championship Tour-nament Committee to become effective. . .
/ It has been so long since this plan of a three-year cycle for the U. S. Championship was announced in CHESS LIFE (April 5, 1950) that chess players may weU be pardoned if they have completely forgotten the details or even the fact that such a. plan was approved by two successive USCF Boards of Directors after its conception and organization by a special committee appointed to present recommendations.
For almost a year the Editor of CHESS LIFE under the constant pressure of letters from chess pla.yers has been reminding both USCF l)resident Harold M. Phillips Dnd Um U. S. Tournament Committee ot the necessity of implementing Ihis plan in the immediatc future, if the scheme of the three·year cycle is to be cHcctively organi1.ed. The Editor has received numerous promises that the first phas~ of the three-year cycle would be announced, but to date these pl'omises have not been fulfilled.
Therefore, it becomes obvious that the danger exists today of the three-year cycle being discarded (for all the fnet that it was decreed specifically by two differcnt USCF Boards o( Directors) on the excuse that time (after these interminablc delays) no longer permits the opera· tion of the cycle. The alternative could be another invitational tournament despite the pledge of all former USCF Orficials that alter t he 1951 U. S. Championship event, no other invitational championship tournament would be held.
If the membership of the Federation desires a fulfillment of the original pledge for a three·year ~ycle [or the U. S. Championshp as specifically ordOlined by the votes of two diffcrent Boards o( Directors, the remedy lies in their hands.
The members can express by letter to USCF President Harold M. Phillips the demand that P resident Phillips fulfill the obligation of hls office in implementing the resolutions of the USCF BOMds of Directors in regard to the three·year cycle of the Championship. The U. S. Tournament Committee, which has now had almost two years in which to s tudy the outline of the plan , can scarcely plead that it has not had sufficient time for consideration; and the Tourna ment Committee would sC!l. rcely re!;ist the wishes of the membership at large, if their wishes were expressed with suUicient firmness and clarity.
U the membership o[ the Federation desires a plan for the Championship in which players must qualify by preliminary events, it is now the opportunity of the membership to make these wishes known by writing to President Phillips demanding no further delay in implementing a plan that should have been set in mot jon a full year ago.
lf the membership is indiffercnt to the issue, it can remain silent. But then it must acccpt with equanimity a ny form of invitational championship event which may bc thrust upon it in the future.
'That the members may know (since they scarcely ca n now be expected to remember), we reprint the more pertinent passages from an article by former USCF President Paul G. GiefS in which the basic ouf... line of the plan is given in detail. This outline appeared in CHESS LIFE on April 5, 1950, and its provlgjons were intended to be placa<! in eUeci in 1951:
The prindpill provis ion of t he new tournilment proc<!'dure Is that "It
~~::ni'.!:;lt~;g e~~hl'tS~(r~a;:a~ :~rft.'1"ca~a~:t:n:~I;a:i~:,~~ ~~I~ ~~::~i~~n ope rate n follows:
1951-Sla l t or Rtglonal Competition, In accordance wilh ru les to be formu lated la ter this 'Ie", th>ere will
::":::l~, 0~r~:'91~~~~ c::':~~:~:~is a~~ II e~e:rli::'~~r orp::'T;f;a·~lo~ha ... ::P~~~ 1952 Candida te,' Tourn. ment.
of y.,
l'S1-Cendide tu' Tourn",ment the USCF, will be open for the fo llow· u:
of those who participated In the 1950' eferred to be low. (Seven to be con~ldered one·thlrd
2. 'All 1'51 s tate or Rqion. 1 Cl\ampions. 3 Five pr",yers to be selected by t he Ch"mpioMhlp Commltlee, to tekt
. care of prominent p l''1eTS who for an'l reason did not parllclpate In the 1950 and l or 1'51 conlests.
. 19S1--U.S. Ch"mplonshlp These four groups of qualifl. d p layeu will have the right to pu1icl·
p .te In the championship fln",15: 1. The toP one·third of the 1'SO Champions hip p"rticipants. (S .... n to be
comid.rCld one·thlrd of twont'l.' 2. T he current Open Champion a nd the winner5 of the two preced ing
U.S. Optn Ch"mpionshlp Tournaments, if nol a lready ont lt1ld to par· t lcipate under othe r provisions.
3. Two ptaye. s to be selected b'l the Chilmplonu,lp Committe". 4. As man'l of the top group of the 1952 C.ndldll tu' Tourne'l u there
, . will be additional places avillab le to b ring the totai numb.r· of fln" lIs ls "'P to twent'l p la yers.
..... _. 11 is Onl'l a$ a nK.na r., and on·tlme ellpetii.nt that the 1950 U.S. Chemplonshlp will be held on a n 'nvltellon.1 besis. Whal is more important Is thlt "Ie will now have a new long.range system of national toumement competition which t .kes into . ccount the inlerests of the master5, the '1oun Sl<l r I.Ient, a nd the ch.ss ple'le~ of the netion .. t large.
So it was planned; but whether the dream becomes reality depends upon the wishes of the members of the Federation and their ability to overcome the obstructionism that has so far rendered this progressive concept futile.
by Vincent L. Eaton
Address all communications to this column to Vincent L. Eaton, 612 McNeill Road, Silve r Spring, Mary lBnd.
Problem No . 3J5 By Richard Kujoth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin First Publication
Pr,x,lnn No. 317 By A . Ellerman
First PriU!, Alge meen Hanaelblad 1916
"Iilek: ~ men
White: 10 men IKG. 21"5, IQ181p2, 3n~,
R2SkSpl, Jrp3, blr2qPI, bHG White m~tes in t wo moves
Probl~m No. 316 By B. J. de C. Andrade
First Prb.e, Stratford Express 1945
Problem No. 318 By J. Hartong
The Problemist December, 1932 BI.uk: "men
While' 10 men liMIt!. II. ! P :!S.'!. lPiipT'B,
IIUbk2, 8, 51· 2, 4Kl White matu In three moves
For solutions to previously published problems, p lease tur;a to page six.
PAN·AMERICAN CHESS CONGRESS, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, JULY 28·AUGUST 12, 1945. Edited by J ilek Spence. Published by tile Ne· braska Chess Association. Vol. IV, American Tournament Series. Mimeographed. Pp. ix, 43. Order from Jack Spence, 208 South 25th Street, Om",ha, Neb. ; $2.00.
THE tournament book of the HoJlywood Pan·Ameriean is a welcome addition to Editor Spence's valuable scries. Reshevsky (winner). Fine,
Horowitz, Kashdan, Steiner, Adams, and Seidman were the United States players, with Pilnik, Rossetto, Araiza, Cruz, Broderman, and Camarena (the back·marker) supplying the international competition. A few game scol'es were lost, but 39 of the 78 played a re annotated and all that were available are here. Annotations by several of America's leading masters, including Fine and Reshevsky, complete a critical apparatus that offers indexes, round·by-round reports, biographical data, and an introduction. The volume fills a real need, for only n dozen or 'so ga mes were reported in th~ m agaz ines.
The mimcographing it. good, wHh few misprints and fairly clear and sharp inking. In many ways this il; the best of the four tournament books issued by Mr. Spence, who now has his eye on the 1946 and 1951 U. S. Championships, as well a some older events like New York 1931 and Bradley Beach 1929. The specim~n Quoted Js described in the notes as one of the best games in the tournament.
Albin Counter Gembit. White: H. ROil. Ito, Adems. 1. P.o4, P.Q4 2. N·K B3, N.oBl; 3. P.B4, P·K4; 4. QPxP, .oR4; 6. P.KN3, B.K3; 7. Q.Q3, B.QB4; L 8-N2, KN·K· II). RK N. QlIB; 11 . 0.0, 0 ·0 ; 12. QN.Q2, KR.QI; 13. QR·QI 15. N·K1, Q.Q2; 16. N.Q3, 8-B4; 17. Q-B4, B.K2; I .. Bx N, P 20. P·R4, R. R3; 21. I(·R2,. R.QN3; 22. R.Q N1, kR·NI; 23. Q.Q2, .N4; 25. R. B2, Q.N3; 16. Px P Q.R4ch, 27 k Nt. Q R6ch; 28, K xP; 29. P.QN~, R· I(R3; 30. N.R4, B.I(S; 31. p B3, QlIPch; n . N N2. R.R1; 33. "'.K1, K.N2!; 34. P.Kl, , R / 1.KR1; 35. K.1l1, P.Q4; 34. NlIP, QlIPch; 37. 1(·1(1, R·RI me te.
If the iturf( lIl Iort lS hjmstlI 10 ... am ille ail 'lions that smil<, hOll>ever absu,J lhly mtry 'ook at Ii"l JI,/allct , he is 0,. tht .11'1 to ~cDmi"g II l>!aJttr ol tactics.
_PURDY
" et. .. , JJ/e !)n new Yo,.£
By Eliol H~arsr
M ILTON Hanauer, retiring cha'!lpion of the. Marshall C.
C. who dId not compete in this year's chan:apionship tourney, re~ently p~ovlded a most entertain_ mg evenmg at the club when he ( ~) ~onducted a chess quiz, (2) d~trIbuted this year's tournament prIzes and then (3) took on 21 o~~~ents in a simulta.neous ex. hlbltIon. Quite a lot of work for one chcssmaster !
The qu iz itself was based on Han. auer's fine win over Bernstein in the. last U: S_ Championships; at va~lOus POints in the replay ~ of thIS game, play was interrupted a~d q~estions llsked by Hanauer With different points awarded for
. "good, belter, and bcst" movcs suggested as an~wcrs. Art Damon, ex·member of the SYI'acusc U. ~hess team, proved his .superiority m. the contest, emerging a clear winner by four points over his nearest competitor; a well.known chess text was his award. Then Hanauer introduced the 1951.1952 pri7.e-winners and presented the cash awards due them- I. E. Hcarst, 2. J . Sherwin, :1 & 4. J . Collins and J. Donovan, 5. B. Hill, 6 & 7. F. Howard and A. Santasicre. In addition Marshall t03st. master Louis Wolff had additional r ewards for the first two namedblue ties decorated with small lions, symbolic of their Columbia University status! The exhibition fo1Jowed and, despite the usual strong compelition in such events at the Marshall, Hanauer finished with 16 wins, 2 losses, and 3 draWs~a fine score.
The New York Herald Tribune a few weeks ago printed a.. small article on page one describing the "urging of Soviet chess leaders to eliminate the capitalistic names' king and 'queen' - and replace them by more ',socialistic' titles like 'sfukhanovite', the Soviet term for high·produetion worker." T hi s story was of course of interest to all N. Y. chessplayers, and it is not uncommon to hear "Mate to the Stakhanovite" nr "Vive Ie stnkhanovite" shouted derisively in local chess circles now! Dr . Buschke has pointed out to me however. that there is not even a "queen" in the Russian chess vocabulary, their equivalent for our queen being a male (fert'). So perhaps the news report was a bit unreliable!?
Dr. Buschke also includcd in bis letter a few more facts about 3-dimensional chess which may be of interest to our readers. Not 01 new Invcntion at all, he says; in 1907o8 °a Hamburg doctor, Ferdi· nand Maack. wrote books about his dcvelopment of this compli. cated vllriant of chess and issued several numbers of a special maga· zine on "Raumschach" as he called it. Dr. Buschke isn't certain as to whether there is still a "Raum· schach Movemenl" in Germany today, but he mentions that a French book published last year by Boyer on variations of chess includes Maack's invention in addition to several other forms of chess in three or even four dimensions. The late renowned problemist Dawson actually composed five "Raumschach" problems for his "Caissa's Fairy Tales." Even the "Chess Amateur'" for 1925-7 has many articles on Space Chess. Thanks to Dr. Buschke for uncovering this data; it clears up many points about the vague origin of this complex o((spring of the Royal Game. . IN BRIEF: In the current club
championship of the London Terrace C. C., defending champ Dr. R. C. Slater leads with 501 while H. :M. Phillips 3·1, Marcel Duchamp and Howard Grossman 2Jh-21h are still in the running. A consolation tourney is also being played. . The Manhattan C. Championship has not progressed much since our last writing; Kram· er, 10"lh ·lh , is well on his way to
(Pluse turn to p"'ge 5, col. 2)
Another Caesar Crosses the Rubicon By Wi lliam Rojam
W HEN in December 5th issue. we presented the novel Rubicon Variation of the Evans Gambit as exemplified in the correspondence
game. Dr. M. G. Sturm vs. Lee Magee. we did not anticipate seeing another example of this exciting variation in such a short· space of time. However , in the most recent issue of the Nirgendwo Pattmache n, we discovered the brilliant victory of Dr. Caesar Dummkopf over ProL Etienne Chateaurien at the scxtangular tourney at Bad-Bedurfen. Because of the spectacular finish-a s triking example of Philidor's Legacy. this game was Olwarded a special prize by Herr Dr. Sarg, who remarked wittily (I translate freely): " A plennig for your thought."
EVANS GAMBIT- RUBI CON VARI ATION
Albrecht Pluken Gedenkturn ier B"d·Bedurfen, 1952
White llIaek C. OUMMKOPF E. CHATEAU RIEN 1. P·K4 P-1(4 7. 0·0 8 ·1(13 2. KI.Ka] Kt-Oa3 I. Px P P o03 3. 8·84 8 · B4 ,. kt· B3 KI-R4 4. PoO;(t4 tixP 10. B.KKtS Q-Q2 S. P· B3 B·R4 11. 8 ·KtS P. Bl 6. P.Q4 pJrp 1l. P-OS This is LI.e nubleon Va ,·I:ltlon. 12. P"B 13. p " p
Alf~' IJ ........• P:rP
'CC71,"'-O'C'HATEACU7RC'i'C"-.~-.".,
Here In Ihe ,:ame Stunn-MII)!;ee. there ' followed 1:1._ ••.• _ .• P·D3; , .. R_R! eh, K-
g~515Ch~·~:H~-Q:j. 1~:-U:-m~{t·:U~c~~ lively ;came ensued (CRESS LIP),!, December 5, 19511. U •. _..... Q"P? 14. R·KI ch K·81 IS. Kt" P Q·Kll 16. B·M Kt·M 11. KI-KS Kt"KI U. 8"Kt Q.-QI 19. B-Q4, ch 8 ·K2 20. Q·K2 8 ·Kl 21., PoOS e ,,8 22. P"B Q"K P
23. Q-02 Q·Q2 24_ KbB RoOl 25_ Q RoO l Kt-Bl 26. Q·Kt 4 K·I(II 27. Kt·BS! Q"R 21. Kt_K7 ch k ·Bl a. KI·1(16 ch
K·K II 30. Q-B8 ch R" Q 31. Kt ·1(7 mal •.
usc.:J. ofl/e memter.
S lNCE Our last report in these pages, we wish to welcome the
following Dew UFE MEa.lBERS of the United States Chess Federation:
:Jt.e Jailzer fi ... fiil ::ba'l Fn;w. fhi Edilo,'l Mtt;1 Y<lg
Dear Mr. Major, Rega rding Mr. Kmoch's letter to
Chess Lire ill the }-~cbrunry 5 ~~~~- in -;hichhe (1) levels broudsides and epithets at me; (2) quest.~ns my motivation in criticising h is official acts in connection with lte selection of pl.3yers for the U. S. Championship Tournament; (3) fanc ies himsell Olccused of bribery ; and fina lly (4) pleads mi~. taken idenlity.
(1) I will disregard the b.-oad· sidcs and epithets. However I would like to point out that in my letter lo him of October 20, 1951 which l'tir. Kmoch described as "arrogant" I wrote: " I am not interested in acri monious personal controversy, but [ am interested in correcting a bad si tuation." That statement sliU holds.
(2) As for my motivation : T he record will bear me out that 1 have not asked lor allY personal consideration beyond what I have earned through my tournament record, as reflected in my USCl'~ ,·;lUng. What I object to is an iIIdefined system of selection, which y:,sually . disregarded the only
, established objective ranking, and in effect made it expedient to kowtow lo an individual as a prerequisite 10 a tournOlment invitation.
(3) The suggestion that I might have considered MI". Kmoch g uil ty of bribery is patently false, a nd I daresay he never s hould have raised the issue.
(4) The plea or ntistOlken iden· tity does not seem to hold waler either , for Mr. Kmoch appears to be t he key man of American chess. He has been identified as VicePresident of the USCF, Tournament Director, and Secretary of the Tournament Committee. He was the spokesma n for the Fedet·a· tion's apologia entitled "U. S. Chess Championship Tournament," which appea t'ed in Chess Lire in J anuary 5, 19.')2.
To proceed to something eOIlstructive: I r espectfully s uggest consideration of the foUowing five point d raft proposal to serve as the framework for the conduct o( f u t u r e national championship tournaments. I believe it is the next step called ror in the evolution of a true merit syste m in American chess.
(1) Selection of eligibles: (41) Ule top players in the past championship, not to exceed in number olle ihiNi or the contestants in the new tournament; (b) the highest I'anking players in the lotcst published USCF Rating Sca le
(2) Canvassing for availability! (n) all eligibles to be canvassed for availability by mail three months prior to the tournament; (b) eligibles to be required to reply within two weeks; (c) responsibility of keeping the tournament committee informed of the correct address and telephone number to rest witil eligibles.
(3) Invitations: (a) to be based according to ranking from among el igibles Who indicated availability; (b) invitations to be extended by mail two months prior to the tournament; (c) acceptances to be wquired within two weeks.
(4) Substitutions : ( a ) to be based according to ranking from among remaining eligibles who indicated availa bility; ( b) invitations to be extended one month prior to the tournament; ( c) acceptances to ~ required within two weeks; (c) l:lst minute s ubstitutions , if necess~ry. to be made according to ranking aHer a diligent effort has been made to contact eligibles who have previously indicated availability.
(5) Rating system: Thcre should be a continuous effort to improve a nd refine the Rating System which will be the cornerstone of tile system and which will serve as an instrument for measuring the skill and relative performance of all rated American chess players.
JACK SOUDAKOFF New York, N.Y.
Dcar Sir; QUltc a sane, progressive edi
tor ial in your issue of February 20th-"Spcaking of Intolerance." It is soundly democratic, the use of the small " d " being intentional.
Congratulations. LEONAD FONDlLLER New York City, N.Y.
]uI-, J~ Southern Chess Ass'n
Championship Meridian. Miss.
Open event; Swiss tourney; prizes; ot Great Southern Hntel under a uspices of Meridian C h e s s Club; details later. ,
ADVENTURES IN COMPOSITION, by Comins Mansfield. new re vi5ed edition, 2tlO diagr-ms, with a foreword by AI.in White; $2.50.
FASCINATION OF CHESS PROBLEMS (1m a anne des 5c:hae:hproblamel, by Dr. E ric Ze ple .. , Southampton, and Dr. Ado Kraemer, Wun· burg. published by WaUer de Gruyte r & Co., 222 d iag ra ms, in Germen, with .. foreword in English, avai';Jble shortly; $2.00. 'T"flE FIRST book, which is now available to the public, since the lirst ~ !dilion was stridly limited and priced at $10, is in the great English composer and two-move specialist's own inimitable clear style, introducing the solver and even player into the wonderful oC the actual problem making. Not only arc there valuable hints on how to go about attacking the solution of a problem, but also what the idea of problem composers is, and bow they go about putting it 00 the chess board. Certainly this is an eye-opener to the bit-aDd-miss solver, as well as to the budding composer, by one of the world's leading authorities.
The second book contains a selection of the best problems or two lire-long friends, whom fate hod parted, and who are today acknowledged leaders of the strategic and logical school of problem thougbt. Their em inence is emphasized by the amazing technical skill to master the most difficult ideas in lovely open and simple form. Their idea in putt ing together this collection, which contains many famous prize-winning positions, was lo avoid theoretic discussion, which fatigues many problem fricnds, and rather emphasize the beauty and artistry of these compositions. No knowledge of German is required for this book. which is dedicated lo the memory oC our own beloved Alain White, since the English Coreword gives thc reader su{ficien t insight into the general contents.
Both books are available from the reviewer at 41-26 73rd Street, Jackson Heights, New York; but there is a little wait for the latter one.
IlRIC M. IJASSBERC
CHESS CURING 1947-1949 (In Russian), Collection edited by V_ V. Ragozin, Moscow, 1951. 459 pages, half cloth; $5.00. May be orde red from A. BU5chke. 80 EA5t 11th Street, New York 3. N. Y.
T HOSE who are familiar with the Russian Chess Yearbooks (Ezhegodniki) which were published [or 1932-1935 and for 1936, will be de
lighled. to know that th.is valuable series now seems to find a continuation. The present volume, in accordance with its title, covers the chess events inside and outside o[ Soviet Russia. in the years 1947-1949; the very fact that this period includes the year 1948 when Bot-' vinnik b.-ought the Chess Championship of the World to Russia by winning the Match-Tournament. Hague-Moscow (of which, incidentally, an "authentic" Russian book copiously annolated by Paul Keres. $5.00, was reccntly reccived in this country), was of course almost enough justification fo r the renewal qf the series of " yeaa-books."
In fact, the very first pages are devoted to a re print of Botvinnik's ar ticles on this Match-Tournament, which were originally p ubl ished in Ule Russian illustrated magazine " Ogonyok," and in abbl"eviated translation in "Moscow News" and Purdy's "Chcss World;" the pas;;g-~~'-;;;itted lro-m- the Englis h vers ion and including also the e lJlsode relaling to what Bolvinnik considers "misconduct" on Res hevsky's part during a critical g3me, arc all reestablished.
There follows a section of weU annotated games (altogether 131 , of which the first 103, including 8 from the 1948 World Championship, are games in which Russian playcrs participated). a historical and analytical section, including an article by Rokhlin on "Chigorin in our time.!!," an article, p. 2!)() 310, by Kan about tho Sicilian. a long article by Keres, p. 310--336. on the difficult endgame Q and P against Q, and an article by Ragozin on different ques t ions of opening t heory. On Pages 355-398 we find a remarkable article by Korolkov on Soviet endgame composition, foUowed, on p. 398417, by a richly illustrated article by Baturin on a "New Theme in the Two:Mover." The rest of the book is devoted to a report on Problem Compositions in 1947-1949, a statistica l "supplements" and indices.
The book is printed on surprisingly good while paper, and even the "language barrier" should not scare pcople away from it; the algcbraic notation, in whieh the book of course is printed. can really be- mastered easily.
:Jor ' :Jt.e MttT(h I.ju/y Jl
CCLA Special Tournament Corresponde nce Chen
Open to all ; CCLA membership not required; 3 round co rrespondence tourney wi th top players in each section advancing without further fees into ncxt round ; entry fee per section $ 1.50; p layer may enter as many sections o( Rd 1 as he wishes, but no player can win more than one prizc o r advance to more than one [inal section ; entries accepted up to April 31; cash prizes beginning with $100.00 for winner, $75.00 [or second while 6th through 50th place WiD $3.00 cash or $5.00 in credits toward book or equ ipment purchases; lor detai ls or entry write; Dick R!lCs, CCLA Secretary, 2826 Correctionville Road, Sioux City 5, Iowa; Inak~ dlt'(;ks V1:lyublc 10 Correspondence Chess LeOlgUC o f America.
M a,ch 29.JO Washington State Junior
Championship Seatt le. Wash.
Open to juniors; Swiss event; begins 9 ;00 a.m. at Assembly Hotel, Seattle; e n try fee $1.00 (50c to WCF members); for details write: Tourna ment D ir e c tor Charles Joachim, 2712 Fir St., Seattle 22, Wash.
A. DUSC HK E
Ap,iI4~
North Carolina Championsh ip Durham, N.C.
Open to No. Car. players only; a t Lion's Club Hut. Guess Road ; G rollnd Swiss ; begins at 7 :00 p.m. Friday April 4; prizes; membership in NCCA required; a r n ted tournament; for details. write: S. A. Agnello. 911 Burch Ave., Dur~ ham, N.C .• tourn ament director.
May 17·18 Indiana Sta te Cha mpionship
Logansport, Ind. Begins at Barnes Hotel. Logan
spor t at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, .May 11; five round Swiss; open to all Indiana residents including students attending Indiana schools; first 'place t ies decided in round robin , otherwise SoB tic-breaking; for details write: D. E. Rhead, 2715 Green St.. Gary, Ind.
]"'it IJ-/1 North Carolina Open Championship
Wilmington. N.C . Open to all , out-of-state players
inv ited ; at Community Center; be· giLs 1:00 p.m. Friday June 13 ; G round Swiss; prizes; membersh ip in NCCA required ; a rated tournament ; for delails, write: Mr. Harris, Director, Department of Recreation, Wilmington. N.C.
SAVE THESE DATES-July 12-26
G1)ess Cit' Thu,sdtIY, M,",h 20. 1952
-Af.U,_ine ~ Gar/v Chedd Career
Additional D.lta B, A. BUIChk~
V. ALEKHINE IN SOVIET-LAND
T HJS ml:lch howevcr is certain ; AlekhlDe was around in the
Moscow Club before the Chess Oly~piCS, hc certainly had opportumtlcs to get acquinted with t~ose .01 his oppo'nents who res~ded In Moscow, so his not parhCltlar/y convinCing s uccess in the Ch~ss Olympics cau hardly be exphulled by lack of practice
In fact. he (and his MosCow opIXlnents) we"e g iven another ierious opportunity to train for the Chess OlYmpics, although this is nowhere. giv'en as the purpose of the seflous _ games under match conditions which were arranged for Alekhine in the summer of ~920. About these games we read III "K Novoi Armii" no. 10-11 of August 20, 1920;
In Addition to the aforement_ Ioned e"ents (K. sever;>1 finl c.te!j/O!y lou",.mt!ftts. m;otc,," Grl9o"ev.N. M. P;ovJov Zub'~v-L iubimov, etc.) the' Chess Section ;ornnged ;0 se,ies Of ser ious . games of ttte strongest ~UKoV'h chass pl;oyen . gllind flrst-clilSs m;oeslro' A_ A. Alell:. hlne. So f;or the result is 4 ~~l:!ns:n~ril~i~:z~~:~::;'J Gri"j (N. M. P.vlov), 2 (G~lI:o'" a-;d Gd!j/Orlev).
and again in "K Novoi Armll" no 16 of September 22, 1920: .
The contest of the "first-class mll~lro" A-ndr A. Alell:h lnt ;ogll ,n51 th. strongest Musco. vlte ~hess pillyers 15 finished. The 'onl l resUl1 is: h. 6 (1 each ;ogilinst Grekov. Zubarev Grr. lorl.v, "avlov. and 2 ! wIns .galnSI lIyln.Zhenevsky); -2 (;os-Inst N. P .. vlov and ZublIrev), 2 (with Grekov and Grl-9Orlev).
Th is tallies with Pavlov-Pianov's recent fl.!port ("Shakbmat)' v SSS~" 1951, no. 7, p. 217, which is pOSSibly based 00 UK Novoi ~rmii ") that Alek hine, after the Simultaneous exhibition of May 1920 with the result of 33 wins 5 d raws, no losses, "played t~o games each with Moscow chess players of category 'A.' Aleksandr Aleksandrovich made 2 points against lI~in-Zhcnevsky. 1% points ~ach agamst Grekov and Gregorle~. and finished the encounters WlUt Zubarev a nd with mysclf with the score of 1:1. O[ all these games I can g ive only the scores of my own; the scores of Ute other games have not heen preserved."
Before we rcpl"Odue~ these two ga mes now fortunate ly come to 1i ~ht, aftcr more than 3Q.years, it m.lght not be amiss to give PavlovPlanov also the word in referen('p. to Alekhinc's chess activities in Moscow in 1919 and 192{) ("Shak. hmilty v SSSR." I.c.p. 216):
. In the fi ll (sc. of 191,) the f,rs l M 0 Sea w Championship after Ihe ,evolution wilS ;o rrlln~. In whkh .. Iso A. A. Alekh,ne, who hild lust Arrived in Moscow, took p .. rt hen de concours.. In the course of m;ony yeilrs. from the school bench on, I w;os destin" to be ;0 wit. ness of the chessie g,owth of lhe future Champion of the World_ And I _uld like 10 paint out in particula r his unrestrained love for lhe g • ..,e of ch4ss - As a member of the Moscow Club. A. A. Alekhine took incessantly part in ;o il its ..,.asures. pl .. yed In serious lind li!IiJh! tournaml!nts. not even ,. fu slrog 10 meet even the weak_ est .. maleurs - With the brill_ iancy so typical for him. A. A. AlekhirM! absolved the f irst Mooeow Ch"mpion3hiP. winning all g .. m.s. 8ecause Alckhine played hOTS de concours lhe till" of champion of the' capllal was . warded N. I. Grekov. Ihe second prize winner."
RUY LOPEZ Moscow. 1920
(So .. ,«: "Shakhmtlly .. SSS!?" 19)1, 110. 7, 1>. 217)
White Black N. PAVLOV_PIANOV A. A_ ALEKHINE 1. P-K4 P·K4 9. P·K<14 Q.Q5 eh 2. Kt·KB3 KI.QB3 10. K-RI QRoOI 3. B-kt5 P ·B4 II. Kto02 Qo04 4. POO3 Kt ·B3 12. QKt- B3 B-B4 5. p"p B·K2 13. Q·Kl R(( QI .. KI 6. B"KI QPx B 14. Q·Kt3 R.k3 7. Ktx P 8 xP 15. B.Q2 Kt-R4 8. 0-0 0-0 16. Q·kl B.KKI5
U, S, OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AT TAMPA I A bl"'lIl<-, which loses the game. (Plelo5e turn to page 6, col 3)
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Th"'JJ;ry, Mdrch 20, 1952
Gise la K. Gresse r ...• ~ 75.00 Belle Evans .... _._ ...... _._ ...... _._ •. ~ .•• _ 35.00 London T e rrace Ch ess C lub 33.00 E. M. Dimmock _ ._. __ ...• _._ •..• ~._ 15.00
:J/'e YitUzel' .JJu. J/;. 'J)U',l ey. Quotas should be set Cor all states - conSidering members, clubs, ctc. The USCF directors for each st2te then should go to work!!!, and show the necessary lea'dership and raise the money. Monthly repOrts fro m lb.e treasur· er and secrelary should keep the officers informed on the progress. In those sta tes where no progress is noted after due warning, ncw di· rectors should replace the honor· <lry directors. The nalianal d il'Cctors shou ld be given a sound fiscaJ policy as a plan to put in e{{ect in their states and then they can be leadel's or chess not "figure·
J. J . Robinson ._ ._ .. _~ ••.• _ ••• _._._ 1.5.00 I . Turovo r _ .... _._ ..• _ .• _ .••. __ ._ ..... _ 25.00 From ti,e Edilor's Mail Bag
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS
AND DISBURSEMENTS U.s. WOMEN'S CHAMF'IONSHI P
TOURNAMENT NEW YORK CI TY, N.Y.
OCT. 20- NOV. 4, 1951 RECEIPTS:
Entry fces from cont.sI:.nn .... .. _$ SO.GO Co"t~ibulion5 (Ust of ilonors beLow) ...... _ "'.75
$719.75
DISBURSEMENTS: PrlZl~$ (Mrs Bam, Mrs Gresse r
and MISS KarffJ _ ... ,,~. _ ....... _ .. $300.00 Point Monev (dis tdbulod to all
conles'anls) .......... _._ ... _ •..••• _ 213.78 Tu .. e ling Exponses Allotment
to Miss Keli M r. Mrl. Roes, M rs. Owe nl and Mrs. P latLgor-
B:~:J ch-;'-;;;es .... ......... _ ................ :::: 1~:= St.tionary, multlgraphing. po_~ t.
t ~Sle and miscellaneous c"· penoes ... , .... _... ....................... ........ S8.S3
Hoovonlud lettors from N .Y. Mail Co. , .. ...... . _ ........ ".. 11.S3
MiKollnne ous " "pe nses ....... ..... 17.58 To Mrs. E. L. Russe ll (fo r tak·
ing tournament contribUtions lit Mars hllll O;:he$s CtubJ_ .... __ 5.00
To MrS. Cllro llna Mars'u,1I for pili cards (lnd charts ._._........... 7.00
For engravln!) winne r's nllme on trophy _._.... 2.33
$119.75 CONTluaUTIONS TO THE TOURNAMENT FUND Anonymous ......••....•••.••......•. _ •.....• _.$111.15 E. Forry Laucks ..... ... _ .......•••.. ...•• _ 100.00 Mn. Gr~gor P iat igo rsky _._._ ... _ 75.00
M .... Ju l ius Kahn 25.00 A. F. Henderson .....•. _. 25-00 Leonard B. Meyer 25.00 O. M. J. Wehr ley 25.00 A r pad E. Elo ........ 25.00 Harold M. Phillips 25.00 Dr. J . MelniCk 15.00 Elbert A. Wagner, Jr. 25 .00 M. L. Stephens 20.00 Jillcque$ Co. ....••.•••...... _ 10.00 Louis J. Wolf .. _ ..... _._ 20.00 George L. Payne ......... _ lJ.OO Or. I . Farber . _____ ..•. _._ 15.00 Vincent C. Vasce 15.00 Hanl Kmoch ..• . ..•• _. lJ.OO He rman He lms ... ......••.• 11.00 Margare t G. Stephe ns 10.00 W. Slater ........... ........ ..•..••.. 10.00 Dudley F. Sicher . 10.00 N. Cllry Hllyward 10.00 R. E. Brigham ._. 10.00 B. Simon ....... ............•. _ .•.••.... _ 10.00 Ratael Cintron ~ 10.00 Allan H. ( and.. 10.00
10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
Milo D. W e b st e r ..... .... ...... ............ __ 10.00 A. Karchmer ....... _.. 10.00 Dr. Edward Kupk e 10.00 James R. Cole 10.00 F. S. Stokes ..... __ 10.00 Leon G ladstone 7.00
T~ fo{/o.,;ng made con/ ,ib"/ io,,s ;" , h~ "mo,,'" 0/ $5.00 et«h: D. R. Ordway, Edwolrd I . Tr.~nd, I . S. Kahn. Marce l tlo Hoffer, Mrs. Turne r N le5 BITIISCh, Albert W . Fox on Epste~n, Fra nk R. G r A. Ho ld~n, Geoffr P. Mltch~ lI ,
Dcar Mr . Major: Sportsmanship requires that if
one attacks an adversary he must allow him thc chance to defend himself. And since in your edi· torial oC Feb. 20th , wriling o{ ra· cial discrimination in the Chicago Chess and Checker Club, you reo {erred caustically to me and Mr. Raymond McGill, we assume you will be l air enough to present our refutation in your columns.
The first question at issue is whether any chess club bas thc right to exclude Negroes. As we stated before : "Any cluh hns the sovereign right to determine quali· fications of its members, but if it lists 'while only' among them, it is acting in defiance of the basic lcnelS of American democracy and chess ethics, and . the leaders oC American chess are obliged to try to renson with them and pre.. vnil upon them to see the ir e rror."
Ale)(iilnder Bisno ................ __ ._ .... _ SO.Of·
, fOlIul J . , Montgomery Mlljor,
B. F. Lev~n~. Jr., Edwin W. Asmiilnn, James H. Creighten, Averill Powen,. R. W . Hirsch, Dr. J. Gennert, James A. Ackroyd , John L. Ha rringto n , S. L. Trvmbull, Donald G. Weston, Reginald G. Sloane, O. M. Houghton, Boyls ton Chess Club, An· ..,onymous.
We submit, Mr. Major, that you as an American chess leader huve evaded your mOl·a! responsibility so to reason with them. On the contrary, confrontcd with the ugly bets of diseriminntion in the Cbi~ cago Club (which you only partially revealed, omitting that McGill was told " it would require six months to review his application,") you levcle d your chief attack at us. Abdicating your obligation to try to persuade them to sec their error, your advice instcad provided them with a brief to defend themselves, which can only have the eUed of encouraging discrimination elsewhcre.
London T~.race Chess Club _ •• _ 31.00 Mrs. Willi.Iom Grener _ .. . :_. __ .. 1.5.00 Mrt. 8 11' 1111 Evans 25.00 Louis Plnln!iler ••....... _............... 15.00 Mrs. Margare t G. Sle phans . 10.00 Loui~ J. Wolff 10.00 I. S. Turover 10.00 Le wis J. 15ailc5 ........ _... 10.00 Mrs. Fritz Brieger ..• 10.00 J IIC qUel Coe 10.00 Mr. lind Mrs. Waite . Powell .... _ •• 10.00 T~ follow;ug "u,de cM/rib",;o"s in
I~ " ,"o!ml 0/ $'.00 e...:h: Dr. Edward Lilsker, Judge Dudley F. $ichU, M ..... J iilmes Cobb, B. S. L itch· f ie ld, Leonard B. Meyer, A lbe r t W. Fox, He rmann He lmn" Mrs. Carl Nye, A. T. Henderson, Georgll T . Henderson, S. Tevilewlf'l, P au l Sachs, R. O. Simon, M". Raphile l McCre lldy, Allan H. Can· d IN'. Mi5s C:,,"a Y. F ... w"s, DII~ Bra,,·
H!~ilr:,·t~~;nk cr~a .~~·~t1. KJer~.n':::o r:~ L. Nute, H ans Kmoch, E. Dimock, Mu. E. L. Russel l.
T he followillg made contribufionJ in J},e "mM",t d $1.00 ta<h: S. G. Euler, Irv ing Che r n.w, E r nst L. Boehm, Mn. T urne r Heiil r ing . .... .. ... _._. J. B. Gibson, J r . ..... _ ... _ ..... ___ .. .. ... ..... 1..50
The following made contributionJ in Ihe amou,,1 oj $2.iJ9 e.",h. Rcv. George L Pa ine, D. W . Ho u ght on, A . Bomberault, O r. J . Meinick. F rilnk Huf nagel, Marce l Duch"m ps, J05eph AshIer, G. A. Fa irciDth.
T he fo llowing m,"/e uml,ibuliont in (he "mMmt of $I .O() each: Dr . B. P. Wahl, J ohn WillhJmme r. C. L. Budd, T homas W. McVe igh, H. KiiIf· fenberg"', Henry Youngman, Parker T . Jones, P e t e r Husby, Maier J . B. HolI, George R. T riilve r. R. S. Unde rwood, Richard Michell.
EDITH l W EART Contribulion Chtlirman,
Wom en'l TOllrnanunt Commjll~e
CONDENSED STATEM ENT OF RECEIPTS
A ND DISBURSEM ENTS U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP
TOURNAMENT NEW YORK CITY, N.Y
JULY 28-AUGUST JI, 1951 RECEIPTS, Contributions (L ist of 00no r3 be-
low) .... .......... ____ ... .... ....... . ...... ....... . ~,299.SO Admissio ns {including 'ax l ........ _ 665.10 Raffle, SilVer Tea Set (Dona t ion
anonymous) _ ..... .... ... __ ..... ........ ...... ... 46.00 ' Sa le of Chessmen (twe lve 5elsl .. _ 90.00 Sale of Clocks {eleven, On .. m iss.
rngl .... .... _ .. ... ...... ...... ..... ..... .... 150.00
$5,"150.60 DISBURSEMENTS: To Hans Kmoch, Oir"",'or'. f ee __ $5OO.oo To Ha ns Kmotch, disbu rsement.. 25.00 To Ho'e l Empire, rent ... _____ . . .. ..... 440.00 To Ho te l Empire, iilccomodations
fo r J im Cross ..... _ .. _ ..•.. 35.00 For 12 Chess Clocks __ .... ... 216.00 Fo r 12 sets of Chessmen 100.00 Tele phone (long distiilnce) .... ...... _ 30.15 Recond itioning T ea Se t ..... ... ........ _ 9.00 U.S. Government Tax o n Admis·
s io ns .... _. __ ............ ..... ... ........... .... ......... 110.85 To Chess Review (Score sheet s,
18.0S .... 181.18 103.45
,000." 750.00
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. 450.00 350.00
Ber n-100.011
11111.00
~.224.68 SURPLUS o n hand .... ........ .... , ... ....... , 25.92
CONTRI8UTlONS T O
Ernes t L. Boeh m . 6..00 G. F. Tur echeck ........ ..•.......••.•.. .....• _.. 4.00
Thr lo/lo"'in.~ ",,,de co"/ribulio~J i~ /~ ,"",orml 0/ $3.00 e"rh: W. S. Richter, G. Ee ngelh.,dt, Hlrry Kaff e ..,berge r, Mr. a nd Mrs. Bartlett GOUld, Vieto r J. Va n Lint, J . Ash l" r.
~~~~ DRo~ : h:;r::~d. ~':it ~: :.nk~r!:d:~: Ing Chef"'e v, Louis Lee. W. A. Hemillon ................................ _ 2.50 T~ fQllowi~g ''''Ide (o"tribul iorl1 in
/hr "mor",' of $1.00 r.1ch: M.ior J. II. Hoff, S. 8ru", Fran k Hor. nllge l. Jr., Alfred LudWig, W ll ll a .., P liilmpi n , Dr . Leonard P. Wahl. E. C. Jo hnson, P arke r I . J o nes, Arthur L. Bolden , J oe Faber. F rank L. Fetzer, Jo h n L. lIillC h, C. L. Bud d, Or. G. Cres. we ll Bu r ns. Dr. Wiil ld"mar G. Gichter, R. S. Underwood, J oseph G latt, L. C. Oreher, S. K. B loc"m~l1.
T he fo //owing made <o"trihulio"s it: 'he amounl oj $1.00 ctlch: Th!,mn ~. !Y'cVelgh, Na t han Kiilla t sk y, Ne r! P. W ltt ,ng, Ed ward A. Howe, Gus· tave L. Drexel, O. W. Ma n n"y, Richll rd Mic he ll, Leon Sfolzenb.v.-g. D. H. DII· Costiil, E. W. Marchllnd. W illiam R. J o nes, Annonymous.
And you completely avoided reCerence 10 the chief issue, Which the Metro and Cosmo clubs ex· plicitly defined: that discrimina· tion 10 the C~CagO Club, "o'j'ly gl'OUP Ollen d:lIly whe re players can mcct continuously strong com· petition, constitutes denial to Ne· gro youth of the chief avenue to chess develupment in Amel·ica's second largest city." Complacency in your editorial chair cannot wave that aside, which is as much a blow to American chcss as to Chicago's Ncgro youth.
HAROLD M. PHILLIPS Conlrii>u.tion Chair",,,,, for u.s.
Champion5hip Tournament Commit/a
Your smug advit-e to Mr. McGill not to "thrust" himself in where h is company is not wanted (the Chicago Club membership has not been polled on that; only an arbi·
M INNESOTA STATE tHAMPIONSH IP Minneapolis. 1952
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NEW JERSEY INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMP IONSHIP New Brunswick, 1952
1. Robert Cliily ton (Montclair Stale Teacllers) 2. Rotrert Coughlin (Seton .Ibn) 3. Walter Stephan (Princeton) 4. George Dawkins (Princeton) 5. Gerald R.o..«en (P rinceton)
, , , , , , x , , , , ROCHESTER (N.Y.) CITY CHAMP IONSH IP
Rochester, 1952 I. I<:rich W. Man:han d x 1 2. Max S . Herzberger 0 x !: ~~':tn ~raa':::~ ..... ...... .. ....... -.. . g ~ 6 ~: ir~?I~!~ \~. N~~:~s ........... .... . _--. g 6 o,~ 0 7. H arold Hug hert 0 0 0 x 8. Edward P a rks - 0 0 0 0 0 0 x
SOUTH CHARLESTON (W. VA. ) OPEN CHAMF'I ONSHIP South Charleston, 1951·52
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T H E TOURNAM5NT FU ND George E. Roosevel t Lessing J . Rosenw~ld Alexande r B,sno _
.....•. $950.00 7. 0
..... _ '50.00 I 8. Bruce Marp les 0
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...... 550.011 9. Dave Gorls .... _ ..... 0 Cec il e 8. Wertholim ..... _ 400.00 10. Robert ScbmiUberger. (I , , , , , " " , ~ , , .
trary officer balTed bim) entirely overlooks his RIGHT TO ACCESS to the main channel of chess devel~ opment in his city. Your referral of him to a minor club, which m~ts but one night a week when he is oCten out oC the city working, asks bim to sUlTender his right to maximtlm, effective chess devel· opment.
Racial equality is not '~inevitable in time" liS you state, unless by protest and insistence we make it so. That is why Negro youth today intend to " thrust" themselves into any association where their in· slinet tells them they have a right to go, and not wait hundreds of years for the Firs t Class Citizen· ship which is their birthright. By thus 3eti ng they will do more to educate bigots in a week than spinel?ss com promising coulp ac· compllsh a long span or yea rs.
Another poinl! The USCF has committed itse lI not to recognize fo r national rating any tournament where r acial discrimination occurs. We trust that your editorial was not antiCipating possible incidents at the forthcomi ng U. S. Open at Tampa, and hence attempting to preparc a retreat from that es· sential commitment.
CHARLES EDWARD GRAY Pres iden t Los Angeles County Chess League
Lil:r moll self-appo;nlrd mUJioll<tritJ who dirut thi. minions from a dUlanu, Mr. Gray ;s inauur4lt in hiJ slatcmrnt conurni,,1t" ItY<Tal mdttcrl: 1) Sincr Mr. Georg t uighto". prom;ncnl negro "t· lornt:'}' of Chit"80, is a mt",brr of l~ Ch;e4so Chm & Ch«l:r:r Club (or was " mrmbn whrn lI'e c"lIed on thr dub in Frbm".-,), M,. 'Gra""f hal no posit;Yt g,ollnds fo r assuming 1""1 Mr. M(Gi/I'J rruption waf baltd upon tht faa that h~ . ",as " negro Or that th~ dub's policy it dcfj" itd" "whitt o"ly". 2) Mr. GT41 mak~s an unwarr"nt~d pruumption in st.iting flally that "the Chicago Club membt n hip has nol b~en polled on Ihat; only an arbitrary offiur barrtd him". II is rorrtd that Mr. McGill was toU thai h~ must filr an applitl1tion by "" o/licial of the club; it i5 also I,ut , al· though Mr. Gray Jo~s not k noll' ii; that lI'hen t~ qUe/lion was rdised in the CHESS LIFE editorial, thr Chicago Che5l & Chuker Club YOld 0" th~ malle' and the Ju;sion · of the membership was to uphalJ tht IltlnJ taken by tht official.
A < the Fed~ralion hal upon ""mcrOul otca<ioll1 in CHESS LIFE staled thai racial discri",inat;"" ",ill nol be tolerated in I1n1 USeF eyent, lI'e can onl1 all,i. bute Ihe re",arks in Mr. Gray'l IMI paragraph tIS ;ndictlli"e 0/ his inability 10 ,,,,dnsta,,d the prinlnl "Wo,d.
Whilr wr must commend Mr. G,t!Y's ~e"', wr ",ust suggest that it migbt br Jiruled more p,ofitably i" combatting /o<:a/ j"l%ana. W~ m<:gul lhat Iht young /apalleu war "Yt:tcrl1n who wal de"i.,d a home in a LOI A ngr b suburb Ihrough rtl<lttl disn imination of his po· tential neighbor< might pro"e "'I ad",i,l1blt Jubject /o r a crusade by th~ Los A"geirl Cou~ty Chess Lea8uc.- The Edito,.
Dear Sir : Mr. William Wilcock made a
statement that should be continued to its logical conclusion. A budget should be p .... cpared to cover the contempl<l led expenditures for the year 1952 for all activities. A fi· nance committee should study all pwposals to raise necessary mono
ill,;ads·'. The responsibility Cor leadership
lies direeUy with the officers and directors of the USCF _ you don't ask the soldiel'S to deyise the grand s trategy, that is the generals' jail .
ARTHUR NICKEL Philadelphia. Penn.
Dear Mr. Major: One thought for your considcra·
tion. It appears to be a rather diC~ Cieult matter for a visitor or a newly arrived resident in a city with n chcss club to make con· tact with the club, even if the person involved has varied chess contacts and the club involved has a permanent clubroom.
To cite some examples known to me: In BuUalo one would have to look under " Q" to find the Queen City Chess Club listing in the phone book. In Philadelphia it would be " F" Cor Ute F ranklin Chess Club. In San Francisco ' it would be "M" Cor the Mechanics Institute Chess Club. The same sit· uation prevails in New York City of course.
In cities like Niagara Falls, N.Y. or Madison, Wis. Cor example, where there is no full time clubroom, there is no phone listing whatever. If it is difficult for an active chess player to make such contact, how unlikely · it is that people who play chess. but are not members oC any club will learn of a club 's existence.
The situation is made worse by the (in my opinion) fact Uld the number of chess columns in news· papers has bcen decreasing.
So the suggestion is made l1lat CHESS LIFE might sponsor a pro· posal to encourage every chess club, or clubs, to insert under the word CHESS a telephone listing either in the classified section or in the alphabetic section so that in every city a standard procedure would be available to make contact with organized · chcss in that city. The number listed could be that oC the club if it had a phone, or of some active member.
CARL E. DIESEN North Tonawanda, N.Y.
A " n:cd/~"I sU88rslion, "Wort fry 0/ II,,, consid~ ... J;on 0/ < .... ~r:r Ch~H d"b. Eu .. rh~ Editor, lI'ilh ttl( hit lilt> and cOt,'a~ll, /,,,ds it d;ffi~ull IOm~ ti", .. 10 co,,/dct dubl i" dista,,1 cities. H ow m,,~I, mor~ diffi. ""It il n"'5t be fo , the _;:Mg" pl"J'-:~!~ Thr Edilor. .":),
SoJut ions:_ Finish It the Clever Way!
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ll; 4. Q-R5 male); 3. Q-RS eb, -R7 cb, K -IU; 5. B-Kt6 ell, K·
mate.
BOOST AME RI CAN CHESS! By Joini ng the U,S.C.F.
MERCHANT ILE LI BRARY CHESS ASSOCIATION SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
Philadelph ia. 1952 ~: ~~~rs .. :··········· ····· ····· ······-- .... ....... .. ;c: 3. Shuffcr :·.:·:.::-.-.-.:·:.: ·:.:~.:·:::.::.:·:.:·.:·.O 0 4. Bolden .. __ ............. ..... ...... .. 0 0 5. :R1oITis ......................... ___ ..... .. _ ........... _ .. 0 1 6. Jo·ried .. .... . .. .. ....... 0 0 7. S klaroff ............. 0 0 8. Jgnatin ........... ....... _ ... 0 0
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TR I-CiTY .CHALLENGERS' TOU RNAMENT Davenport, 1952
1. Lawfenee Mubcr (Moline, lll.l W9 W7 W6 W2 W4 5--{1. 15.00 2. Russell Schultz (Davenport, Ia.) W14 W3 W4 Ll W7 4,1 1I.00 3. Hcm"), J"ffrey (Rock L~land , IlL) . W13 L2 W I4 Wa \\0'11 4·1 8.00 4. John Warren (Rock Is land, Ill. ) .... .. . WI2 WIO L2 W6 L l 3-2 7.00
~: R.'".\~: ~;,J~~~~ 8?::!~~;~: :~:~ . ~~5 \~ 'rF t! ~~1 ~:~ ~:~ 7. Clyde H. Gray (D&venp"rt. 1".) . WIG Ll Wll WIO L2 3·2 4.00 8. L. to:. Lindb lad" (Moline, I lL) ............... _... La L9 W I G W l ol WIO 3-2 3.00
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CHALLENGE TO CHESS PLAYERS I N RECENT YEARS we have had a great many fine books on chess,
dealing with almost every conceIvable aspect of the game. Yet these books have neglected what is after aU the priplary object of a game of chess: the actual process of checkmat ing your opponent's King. The purpose of this book is to instruct you, the reader, in all the many ways of achieving checkmate.
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(T~,t ptu i, ion, <I.t reproduceJ by ~'mislio" from " C&.IIn18C Te> CM Hpl"1e,{" by F,ed Rein /tid, , .. bfi,1KJ by D""i,j McK.,., Com","y. For It compldc Jf,,,iprin c4i<l[DSIU 0/ ot~, line boob isnmi by rhi' l i,m, .. rite: D<tYiJ M(K"., CO",pon7, Dept. CL .. 221 P".k An ....... N .. w Yo.k 17, N. Y .)
Reporter's Tricks Fail Against Champ
- - A Reminiscence of U. S. Open at Omaha By JOHN KOFFEND
Rtp,i .. t t d ',Q", II, .. ja"" .. ry· f' tb ruary I fJ12 iml<' 01 1/'.· N cb"" "- ,, Ch~J1 /J"I. ld i", which cop ... J ;1 I, om tht Omah. 11"./7 "t .. s,.",..., 110'7, .... II .. " In 1949 .. boul Iht U . S . Opt .. Ch.Jmpiomh.p '" Om."". Rtpo,t .. , K"I1 .. "d's b/ilht .. ,tid .. OJ .. ",luI .. /tt. ",,,aing tht canatJetn"i"g ",po.,S 0/ U>"' t ",po.urs.- T lu £di/o,. I
Y OU don't have to be bright to play ches.... ~ Why, Tuesday I played two close games with the uational junior
I:hampion and 1'111 no brighter th an you arc. By close games. of course, [ mean that the a ir-conditioning wasn't
working and my opponent and I weren't s iUing very far apart. Wben the photographer and I dropped in on the visiting ches:
players at the FQnteneUe Hotel, you could scarcely tell thcm from ordinary mcn. They're all here to beat eac h other in the United States Chess lo'ederation's liItic th annual open tournament.
The hubbub in the Embassy Room was like a convention hubbu anywherc. Thcn suddenly. s ilence reU. The play had begun. You could cut the concentration like cheese.
I sat down at a board with Art Bisguier , 19, an accounting sludent fro m tbe Bronx. Art has been playing chess 10 years. Besides being national junior champion, h e wears the Manh attan Chess Club crown.
My chess achievements, on the other hand, arc somewhat less d azzling: I once played a 5·year-o}d gen ius who b lindfolded himseU and conquel'crl me in seven moves.
"Show no mere), ," 1 warned Art, who also swims.
In an clectric s tillness, jarred only by contemptuous coughs from experts who gathered to walch, I began chas ing Art's chessmen over Ule squarcs. That was my strategy. I had other t ricks.
[ blew cigaret smoke into his face. I interrupted constantly with small talk to shatter his chess aplomb. I elbowed a (ew conquered p ieccs back into play.
And aCter 17 moves, I graciously gave up.
Wc played once more because, as I told ATt, that first win might have been a fl uke. Sometimes the best men bow in de feat.
Art beat me again. I would have suggested another
match. but Art moved olf to whet h is sk ill against the tactics of a keen cr enemy. Like the 70 other entrants, he 's got 12 tourney games to play before Juiy 23.
"Anybody else care to risk his c~wn ?" I sa id. But nobody cared.
. BIG SEVEN CHESS TOURNEY. Lincoln, 19S2
I. Kann5 Unlvcnl\y ..... _._3-0 2. Nebraska Unlven;lty ._ ... _.2·' 3. Colora<1o Unlvenlty .... __ 1·2 4. Kansas Stil t.: College .... 0-3
8'1.t·l'h 6 \1.1--4\1.1 5'1.t.f;1-'! 1\1.1-9"..
N. Y. CHESS LIFE (Continued from page 2, col. S)
the title with Byrne, 111,2 -2* . Denker, 6% ·21j~, and Pavey, 7-3, the other leaders . ... Talmudical Academy won the N. Y. Interscholastic Championship with a 6-0 reeol'd, defeating Bklyn. Tech . (5-1) in the fina l round by 3·2 ..... A victory by Irving Bizar over Anthony Saidy in the last round of the Marshall J unior Championshi p gave the former this year's tiUe with a score of 7-1, as Saidy finished second with 6 1f.: -Ph . It will be remembered that Bizar finished second in the U. S. Junior Tourney a t Philadelphia last summer. . P vt. Art Bisguier spent three weeks in N. Y. before departing fOr overseas duty in Eur-01>0. So, European chcssmaslers are given fair warning! . The "sophisticated" New Yorker magazine for March I, 1952 devoted a long article to a description of a visit to the Manhattan C. C. tour· ney. including several amusing sketebes of what goes on every Sunday at that uptown club. Some well-known habitues of the Manhattan come iI!. for satirization. hQwever! ? .. . . C,olumbia defeated Army 8·0 a t the Marshall C. C.
.. , l . .. ,. .. 7. ..
BIG SEVEN TOURNAMENT Individua l Scores
Lincoln, 1952 .. .. ~.5 -0 ....... 4'1. ~i-
• .. . 3 \1.1·1\1.1 . ....... 3 \1.1·21,i
.... . 2 --4
:::1' 1 .. ..... ~fI.-5!-i
By Kester Svendsen
SCHACHMATT. By Kurt Richter. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter & Co. Pp. 95, hundrlfds of diags. "T"ilis is a nothcr of " Veit's Little Chessbooks," a series edited by ~ Berlin chcssmasler Richter. Though not so extens ive as some others
in the series ( Richter's~ Kur:rgeschichten urn Schachf iguren is his best), it certainly fulliUs its promise to train the eye for mating attacks. The examples are all f rom actual games or {rom game·situation problems and endings. Firs t the mating positions onc must visualize. then the exa mples; in secUon two a re m ates in the firs t twelve moves: Pillsbury 's famous mate·in· the·corner played in 1900, the disputed Ale-khine-Tenner of Cologne 1911 (Tenner says, I think. that he won this · ). Morphy-Conway, New York 185!). In scction three, opportunities in the middle game; in section lour, the end-game; section five, 30 " puzzles" - game situations on which the reader can try his new knowledge. Section six deals with the chess problem: definition. examples , explanations, aU bearing on the central the me of the mating attack or the shortest W<lY to mate. Richter's techniques are much like those of Reinfeld and Chernev--diagrams from actual ga mes illustrating practical themcs, presented in an easy familial' s tye-and his books have the fu rthel' advantage of drawing most of their examples from games which do not a ppca r in English or Amorican periodicals.
"'Ac(oldi"8 to R<infcld III " 'J'ht U"k. now" AltkM"t" p. 93·9J, th .. ,ul .. ,,1 8"", t .... I a dTa..----T ht £ ,/,10', -
Minneapolis Chess & Checker , Cl ub cha mpionship ovent was won . by Robert Ott in u 21 player round robin with 17·3, los ing games to K. N. P edersen, Svcn Gngstrom and Richard Severson. Minnesota State Champion Dr. Giles A. Koelschc placed second with 16'I.J -3lh, los ing ga mes to E ngstrom, Ott and L. P. Narveson , while d t'awing with r~. T . Knapp. Third p lace went to Wm. E . Kaiser with 15-5 with losses to Koeische, Ott. Victor Conto· ski, Frank Cabot III, a nd W. T. Cobb.
University of North Cllrollna bested Duke Unive rsi ty 3·1 in 11 match at the Durham Chess Club with Kit Crittenden. David Evans Ilnd D. A . K .. hn scoring for No. C:tr .. wh ile Ma rcelo Molina y Vedia sa l· vaged the poillt ror Duke .
Univers ity of Toronto title went to Jack Kagetsu who defeated H. Allto 3·1 in a playoff m atch for the title after they had tied in the regu· lar tournament. S. Blum won the Hart House speed championship, scoring 4·1.
Rose Avenue Community Center (Toronto' ) saw J ack Despard score 2If~ ·2Ih in a rive board blindfold simultaneous. Winners aga inst the bli ndfold player were Ken Rob in· son and John Rick, while Noel Black drew.
Cleveland Chess Ass'n sponsored a 52·board s imultaneous at the Cen· tral YMCA by Sa muel Reshevsky, a nd the rormer U .S. Champion scored 4t wins. one lose and 4 draws in tbe impress ive 7 hour ex· hihition. Ohio State Champion HlIr· !lId Miller scot'ed the win , w h i I (' Mrs. Mina Schwartz. JOe Chava y· dOl , ZoUan Pauer . and .J. Stan.iskis obtained the draws.
York Y Chess Club (Pa.) scored a 5'h·l lh victory over the Gettysbu.·g College team with Guthridge , Grenda , Avila, Legore, and R. Myers tallying the points fo r York. while Sechrist saved the point for Gettysburg. Bortner ror York drew with Hildebrand.
Red Rose Chess Club ( Lanc~ ster, Pa .) scored a victory in the " War of the Roses" by besting York Y 5·2. For the Red Roses Kemble, Shields, E ckenrode, Huss and Mill· er scored victories, while Brown and Bortner tallied rOI' York Y.
Queen City (Buffalo) Chess Club saw Reshevsky win 31 games and draw 3 in a simultaneous exhibition at the club. Those who drew with the grandmaster were Roy Black, Vernon Gable. and Dr. S. Robert FrueeUa.
Gary (I nd. ) Chess Club bes ted South Bend Chess Club 11·6 with Isailovich, Rear ick, Bakos, MartinSOil, Salisbury, _Kosiba, Cox, Bolton, Mailrath and I\:littcr scoring for Gary, whi.le Brooks, Braits, Hatfield, Aikin, Aggard scored for South Bend. For Gary, Merita and Gold drew with Rague and Hoslett.
Gary (Ind.) Chess Club is s till in the throes of a two-year old nine man team match by mail with an Auckland, New Zealand team.
Rochester (N.Y.) Chess Club played host to Reshevsky. who performed with his usual skill , winning 29 and d rawing two in less than 3 hours of play . CHESS LrFE Games EdilOr Erich W. Marchand is givin~ a series of lessons on chess at the Central YMCA in an 8 week course.
Queen CIty (BuH .. lo) Chess Club elected Roy T. Black president, Norman Wilder, Jr. vice-preSident, George Chase treasurer. Carl E . Diesen secretary. Elected directors were Richard E. Boyer. Alfred A. Allison, .James .1 . Barrett, Dr. S. R. Frucella and Paul E . Greenough.
Gil ry (Ind.) Chen Club at its " nnual bus iness mecting elected Harry Salisbury president, Floyd B. Bolton secretar y· treasurer. and George Martinson team captain. P lans were laid for the second allnual Interscholastic C h e s s Tourney for Lake County, as well as for the annual Gary City Championship.
Tri-City (Davenport) Chess Club capitUla ted to lIIinois State Champ· ion Kimba U Nedved, wbo won all 13 boards in a s imullancous ex· h ibition . Nedved accompanied his exhibition with an halI·hour lect· ure on the latest opening theory. The 'I'M·City Cluh plans matches in March and April with Rockford and Pcor ia and in addition is already laying pl3ns for a bigger and be t t e r Trans-Mississippi Tournamcnt on .Iunc 7 and 8.
Tacoma Y M C A Chess Club (Wash.) took over the lead in the Puget Sound l .eaguc by besting Ki tsap 7 1,6·21f~ and Amidon's 5%:· 4'h . Tacoma now Icads 5·1 in matches wi lh n go rue score or 34 %·25 lh .
Universi ty of Washington Chess Clu b found Olaf Ulvestad too tough in 0 s im ultaneous exhibition in wh ich the West Coast master won ?:T , lost 2, and drew 3. Glenn MuUer and Gordon Halloway scored t he win~, while the draws wen t to Ted WarneI' , Max Bader and Jorgen Bader. The last is an 8th grader at Nathan Eckstein Junior High.
Seattle (Wash.) Chess Club reelected T. H. Davidsen as presi· deot, Fred N . Burgess vice-presi· dent, Clarence Bush nell secretary· treasurer and Glenn Muller direclor. In addition Leonard Sheets was elected d irector.
West Sei!lttle (Wash) Chess Club elected Max W. Mage president. P lnns lor a cl ub championship event a re under woy.
Portland (Ore.) Chess Cl ub e lectcd J ack J anacek president, Deane Moore vice·prcsident, E. G. Short seeretary·treasurer, and Don· aid Tomer tourna mellt director.
Hart House (Toronto) Chess Club scored in three intercollegiate matches, besting McMaster Univcrsity 5% ·2*, McGill University 4%·3%, and University of Montreal 6 lh ·l lh .
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Thu.sJ..." Mlmh 20 , 1911
W!.at6 :J/'e B,,&t move? D'} Guilkrme: proeue:r
Send solutions to Position No. 90 to the Editor, CHESS LIFE by April 20,- 1952. '
Solution to Position No. 87 Our .o!.ven d id
K·.K'2; 7. p." P·Rt7.
lit least . RxP,
( .R4; 7. Q7, K·K2 ·K2; ~. l-'·K t6, , •
[Seq). Q·ua ell. 9. K·Kt7 K·R7, Ql<Q ch and Wins. '
SOIVeN! were teonl.ted by the ~oJlJlJon 0/ 1. 1>-11$ ImmedJ.
attempt doe~ not succeed, p layed !. Kt ·K2! and If :I. ..... . ·KtII, P·Kts; 4. PxP c h , KxP' t.Kt2 ch; 6. K·K5! a n d BlaCk
to hold a draw; While on 2. K·KU!, K·K2; 3. K·M!
again step car-erully to hold
SOLVERS LADDER
(Onl7 those .. ho h<tY~ s .. b",iunl solu. l ions in l<fIt </ ..... ,~. 0' pusent q .... ,/u ";rt iIK/ .. ded.) W~ B. W ilSon 13 M. F. Mueller 10lh
t tom~~ 3O~ ~: g~e~UPPCI 18 w. J . Couture Z8 J. Kaurman 8\-11. 1':. ·Mueller J. Skorf 8 ,'.i J . nmeher J. Morgan 8 ?II • P. \Vlttln~ F. J. Sanborn 7\1! C. Jo.'chlm Dr .. J. Melnick ;; E G. 6 J. M. 8 Dr. I. 4 D. P . 4 1\. F . 4 M . ~'. 4 H . n erwood JL KUl'r!!k 3 Dr. A Caba C: J. CI<!ve 2v.t K. Ga ull J . D u nphy 2'1.t E. Nash R. J. Bauer 2 J. Wclnlnj;!er W. H. Janles I Y. Og a nellOV A. Kaufman I If. Melrert K. Lay I
The grand International Tournamen t at Havana, Cuba as ·par t of the cclebra tion 01 the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Repub. lic or Cuba began auspiciously with an aug mented list of 23 contestants. '1lU! USA is represented by Champ.. ion Larry Evans, Grand master Samuel Rcshevsky, Former U. S Champion Herman Steiner, Dr. Ed: ward Lnsker, and Editor I . A. Hor· owitz. France is represented by Nicolas Rossalimo who plans to make his home in t he USA after the event, adding another Intcl" national Master to the growi ng list of chess masters from Europe.
. Oth~r contcstants includ e p layers from Argen tina, Mexico, Spa in ,
' Holland. Yugoslavia, and e ight from Cuba. --
Say '(ou Saw It in CHESS LIF E
p,.- 6 4l)ess tift Th"" Jay, M""h 20, 19JZ Journanunl oflle Condllcl~d b.,
Erich W. MdTchdnd 192 Seville Drive
Rochester 17, N. Y.
RUY LOPEZ Marshall Chess Club
Championship New York, 1952
Noles b, Eliot Htnsl White
E. HEAItST Bla.ek
J. SHERWIN I. P·K4 p· . 4 4. B·R4 P·Q3 2. Kt·1( 8) Kt -Q83 S. p.B4 3. B--KtS P.oRl The D •• us VIU"l"t1on. s. .._.... 8-Ql 6. P-Q4 NeeeSlSary to prevent Kt-Q5. 6 •...... _ Kh'P ,. QxP 1. KtxKt Pxl(t 10. Kt·B3 I . BxB (h QxB 11. P·K R3 Not. ll. ll·Kt5 bcce .. llse of Q·K t.5.
Kt·83 8·K1
II . ..... _. 0-0 12. B-KtS R·KI 12 .... ...• Kt"KP alm<)st works, but 13. KtxKt. u"n; 14. KL'I::a, Q" K2 eh; 15. Q. K3! is the rcluL:lUon--aI80 mack ean t r y l:s. ....••.• p ·D4!!t with inlet"stlng com· plications. 13. 0-0 P·Kt4? A definite mls .... ke. Better WM 13 P·KR3 or Q.R·QKU. 14. P·KSI _ ....
::x~~"T7:' ~~'45 1~1~~~g Kt~~; e~~ha~:~ as the lIttm:kcd n "'list go to KI or K3. 14 . .... __ Kt·R4 If H .... _ .. , p .B4; 15. Q-QI! is eve n stronger. IS. BXB QXB U 1:>._ .....• n ,,8; 16. PxP, PxP; 17. Q.Q.'i! forks Kt and R. 16. PxQP __ .. H
On 16. R·KKt4, QP~P holdS ~ verythlng. 16. PxQP
A/ttr
HE,lI,AS-': On 16_ ...... , QxP. s imply 17. Q~Q fol. lowed by the win of the QKtP insures tho wi ... 11. QR·Ql .... _ .
r,~r~,,:,~u;:I~~I:ii. K~~p~IQ~k l~';';Q':~~ :I~ 1)3 (not P·QII". Kt·U5 wlnnlnj:( the Q), Kt-IJ.~ ; 20. I'·KK L1. KtxP ch; 'll. K·}\t2. Q.Ij4: t2:. Q .Q5!. Kt' llS eh; 23. PxRt, Q.Rt5 c h; 24. R·RI. n·n~!! with a pro· ~~.l~. _ ~~rPd.,ab!?K. On 17._ .•.• P~I'; _ 18. Kt·Q5, Q-Kt4.; 19. Q.Kt4t Is very lIt ron,. 18. QxQ PxQ 19. P. 8S _ ..... ThQ Q·skle n.ajorlty Sb(»lld now Win. But h(l1"'C time p n!aun! litam! 19 •.....• H Kt·8S 20. KR·KI To j.revenl Kt-K$-Q~. 20 ....... H P·Kts 23. R.K4 P-QA4 21. Kt·R4 QR·B1 24. R-ClB4 Kt.K1 eh 22. A.Q1 P. 83 25. K·81? ....... . K·R2 avoids later eompli\:ations and fthould win easily. 2$. ........ Kt·QS 27. Kt·Q5 26. KI. Kt6 R. 8) A "ehe;apo": the usual time ilressure idea to; to thrf!at~l\ a pll!Ce or a fork. 21 ...... H. K· 81 29. Kt·Kt6 p ·Ktll U. R·A1 A.QI 30. ItxRP ...... :.
~~~,er R'?q,b,!:~~ ~. 3OK.&2~3h.~k~f ll: Kt-R4 t 30 ..... _.. Px P 32. K·K2 31. Rx P Kt.Kt6
~r;tt::a:!~rn~V~~~~e ~n~2. t:;'~?' Kt-32 ..... _.. Rx P 34. A·R1 R.Ktl? U. AXR KtxA KI.-KtG Is a better lI r ll""ln, chance. 35. P·Kt4 RxKt 36. PxKt R.8:! 3(L. .....• R-B7 ch; 37. K-Q3 t '''ln5 as the KAT' cannot be I~k~. 37. R· R5 K·)(2 40. R·A' e h K-Q2 38. K·Q3 K·K3 . 1. K-Q5 n . K·B4 R. 82 The e ndKame 15 hOI.(!less for Black. 41. ........ K· K2 44. R·Kt7 K.Ql :1 ::~6 :'ic~: 45. K.Q6 Resigns
lOIN THE USCF United passed pawns are a lot
stronger than a lone passed pawn. Join the USCF and lCet unity in American chess.
RET! OPENING Marshall Chen Club
Championship New York, 1951
Notts by E. W. Mnc&nJ nul Eliot H enst
White B"'" C. PILNICK I . Kt·K83 P.o4
E. HEARST 3. P·KJ
2. p.o8-4 Px P 3. Q.A4 eh is also perfectly l!3tisfaetory. 3. ."..... Kt·Q83 5. !(f· B3 8·K1 4. 8xP P·K4
::--"'pl~3 is b~;tpr ~J: 0-0 1. PxP 8 ·8 3 13. 8.03 8. p .QS Kt·K4 14. Kt·K4 9 . Kt"Kt 8xKt 15. 8·K3 10. Q.K2 Q·K1 16. Bx8 11 . B·KtSeh K· BI
P-QR3 B", 8 · 84 8xKt Kt·B3
Of course not H._ .... , BxP ch; 17. KxB, QxB ; lB. R·U5 eh. winning the Q. 11. 8.B3 P·KR 4 20. K·BI Px8 1IL KR.K1 Kt·KtS 11. P· K1(13 Q..Q3 19. 8 xKI 8~P eh 12. Q. 84? Z2. QxP, Qx" ; 23. Q·K4! wins (H). 22. ........ Q.KKt3 25. P.o6 Px P 23. Q.Kt4ch K·KtI 26. QA.o1 A·K3 24. QxKIP R·KI
~r~.r81\~·····K:R~·R4·2'. Q.o3 P·84 2a. QxRP R(l ).KI 30. P·R4? . :roo 11·81. Q·R4: 31. n ·K3 wln~ un. 30. ........ Q·R4 33. Q-QS A·K4 31. K.K2 BxP 34. Q·Kt2 P·Kt6ch 32. R.KRI 8·RS 35. Q· 83 P·B5
Afl~' 35. , P.85 HEAAST
QxR 39. QxR QxR Rx8 ch 40. Q.Q3 eh RxP eh
p rObably d r3ws (11). K·R l 4S. Q.Kt4 eh K· B3
Q' Kkh ~6. Q ' R~ ~h " ·B ~ P.KI7 47. Q·R$ e h K·K tI
43. Q-Qa ... h K·R2 4a. QKKtS Q.QS eh 44. Q.R4 ch K. Kt) 1tMIgns Not I'erfect . hilt, a very t'xcltlng I(an"" In which thno 1'~II'e p lay,·,1 a maJ .. r role.
RETI OPENING Yugoslavia Championship
1951 N¢o by J. E. Hrnt'.,lh
Whli.e (Hack GLIGORIC KOSTICK 1. KI·K83 P·K84 Ther(! lire ;, number of conlln"I>Uon. here. Howcver, since 1. . _ _ , p.Q. I~ such ~ s trong reply. B lack s h(>ulll not vary. ' 2. P·K4 .. _H
Also 1-000 IS 2. 1>·KKt3, P.QKI.3 (o r 2. ....... 1 ·K3; 3. R.Kt2, Kt·J{U3; ~Q3().0,
~:~.: ~r9i~' ~Cj(Rfu, ~~w:. r Jl.iu~; P.K.; 10. U·K6 ch. R.RI· II. QKP with White IIl1thtly bellcr~ !. n ·Kt'l. B·Kt2;
~4~?'~XP~t-7~~;t-Jts, :~tt3k~~: 0-0; 9. QKbtP. RlxRI; 10. KbtKl, Kt-Bl; 11. Il-Q2. White IInihtly better. Euwt· Tartako,""er, KI SSlngen, 1m. 2. . ... _.. hP 4. P.o) P.K6 3. Kt·KI$ Kt·KBl S. BxP P·K4
~:~tt~ a~';'-i;;$t ~~~~an7\~ai~~"':la~ h~~. T~.k7t;rO~~0'8C;~!e·n~i~4·l·~ixl!; KtxKt; 10. Q·ru ch, P ·Kt3; 11. QJ:P eh, KxQ; 13. Kt·B3 Hnd Wlllt., holdl •
:~IIf~~Q:d.l::e. p.K$ 7, P.K831 ....... . This allJ:Tesslve move glvc-s t h., j:(ame \ a "St"unton Gall.bit Cumplex" slmUar
~~r~~~:u~~~~~~cn~en~~'hJ~:;~93~~ 7. ........ ,"XP 11 . P·KR3 8. R4 t. QxP P.o4 12. 0 ·0 Q.K2
;0. g:~~ 8'~~J~ _~I~) .... -~ To htl. lt the Black Kt IToIll playln&, KI.-
~ .... _.. P-83 16. 8 xB Qx8 14. QR· Kl 0.0 17. KtxRP R·82 1$. 8 .KB4 Q.Q2 17 ....... H. KlxKt; 18. DxKt eh . KxB; 1'. Qdt. etc.
Solutions: Mate the Subtle W .yl
BlaJ:0X~:h{~UChner) : 1. R-Rll with ~auttful pl;l» arte r the lour mOVC$ oC tlIo
UluD~Ow~e(S;~ft~W ~,,~~~s'n[~J~~~nJ' :~ah:,~~~~~!.o~e~~o~~~Ck King lind un· No. 309 (Ha_lIuhl): 1. Q.Kt., 8lvln' WhIte a eholc., 01 threats (2. Q.:<:P or
k~i;t~~S~t~ta~d P~~t~~~:. k~~~1~t~ ~~Q5~y the complex variations 1. _.
No. 310 (Juehll): t . K.R71. threat: 2. R·BS. 1. ....... .. RxK t; 2. R·QS. 1. _ RxB; 2. K·Kt6t One oC tba ,real Ihree-mOVerl of ail ti me.
SOLVERS' LADDER. (Tll'O poi .. ts /0' tato-ml1f'trs; four pOi .. 11 /0 ' th.rc-ml1f't.J. Exl", ruJi, /0' (Orrict
cl.iml 01 "coolu." i.t .• 'l'aliJ solulionl .. ot i"ttnJeJ by tht compok'l. This 1,,1/1 eO~1 100ut;0"s 10' p,oblrml in tht FdmUl'7 20 ;'lIlt 'rtui'l'tJ up 10 tht time at .. 1I' .... t 10 p,tJJ, on MII,ch 10. Solu/;on, 'UbltQlltnti1 r«tinJ 1I'i11 h, a,JiltJ on /h.nat L4t/J .. r.)
Rev. G Chldley NO n. O'Neil 230 R. Mle!le ll 220 G. Murtaugh 220 J. Eo Lucas 206 NIChola. Voe 202 l'!. Onyx hllk 200 101. A . Michaels 1M H. K. Tonllk 186 Dr . E. X .... ner 172
J . H. France 140 Y. Ogancsov 13(; J oe POUy 126 G. Smith 126 P. Hunsicker lIa J . BQlton llG J . Ks u(man 100 E. Narroway 11)4 n . M. Colliua 86 E. Weather!.Ord 72
8: 1.\~efia;{er ~ L. M. Rrow n 54 Dr. J . l."'rmlln 50 Kenneth Lay SO C. J . Koch 48 lr~ln&' Blur 41-J. Dunnhv. J r. 40 C. B Collins 38 C. W. Cox 32
I. L1tchtcnsteln 26 Otto L. Neal 24 Eo J . Korpanty 20 B. M. Mtl.nb lll 14 A. L. Welsb 10 It. A. Skeris a V. Contoskl !
l? Q·A4 A·R] 20. Qx8 Resigns "Chis game rrum We Yugoslav Champ· kinship shows t he pres"nt Chlll"!"O" dc· f eatlng a champion of some 3(1 years ago. Boris KOiSUeh dates :"rom World War i . lind ~pent some timc In Ncw York abou t 30 years ago.
PHILIDOR DEFENSE Mercantile Library A~s'n
Championship Philadelphia, 1951 ·52
NOlts by Ro/mt Sobd White Black
R. SOBEL W. A. RUTH 1. P· K4 P· K4 3. 8·U Kt.ol 2. Kt·KB3 P-Q3 4. P-Q4 P·KR3? The .,nl)' p la),able move is p .QIJ.3 though the text h..as been recommended by several masters. 5. PXP! ..... _ .• l·h., beginnIng ot a grand sacrificial contlnuation. If White had !,Iayoo Ill' steud 5. O.o·! , mack would play Q·B3 Coll.,wed by P·KKt-I. w ith ""cellent at· tacking ch..ances. S. ........ PxP 7. Kl x P eh K·83 6. 8xP eh KxB
~~~~~'t~;;:~k n(~l>:r~ ,.el~he b::~~r ;~!\a~~:~ In this posit/un. or course BI;,~k ',. I~st was C.,rccd. 1 ... _ .. __ • K·KJ?? is answered by mule in 5 starting with Q·Q5 eh; and 7 .... _, K·!(2 is answe ......... by Kt· KUi eh. IL Kt·Q3)! .. 1-.. Perhap-," Ihe books .only ~..,nsi<lcTf!d 8.
~~"'q"~?::h. 9·K::K~;K ~ 1 .d~.:t~·' e~'K~: K2~: 12. Kt·II:I, K·1J2! Ihough even thl~ 1I""lIlon I" ""lren,dy t/irrh:«1l II> eval· " ate. IL ........ KXKt II. hanl d('dslo". but what I~ mack to lIO! Ir 11.. ___ • n ·;(t.;;?; :I. Q.Qo: ''I decisive
~~KtP :h~~:"~f' o~t;~.~_.ehi,. :t3~~. IJ: Q~ Mlfaln dl'C ldeS (9 ....... k.K2; 10. K t-Kt6 ch . .,~). , . Q.QS eh K·B312. B·B4 eh K.8 ) 10. Q·8 $ en K·K'1 13. Q·1(6 eh 8.Q3 11. Kt·QS eh K-Q3
A/te. 11..-. B·QJ
14. P.QR4? ....... . nut he ro White falters in spite of three. fourths oC an hour ~pent on the .nov\'. Tbe only eorr~t and Winning eontin· uaUon was: I~. Kt-Kl4 ch , K·Kt3 (I . ........ ,
~2~14Ji.~~R~~~b;Ki~~· Q~W ::~ ~tf(:-lh/~g.KK~t4e~h, ~~ttl: ~. ~:~ mtl.te); IS. Bx8!, QKI.-U3 (or KI.-K4; 16. O"P eili. K" O; 17. Kt·QS eh. QxKt,
'~~:fi IJ~ 8-~~~bt'U'xn~ 1~~e:~~3 ~g~ ~XKt! (elSt! mllte In 2); la. Q·KS c.h. Q. ~; 19. P~Q and While has Q and 2 Ps pluS a l i rong "ttack lor 3 plec.f!II; snd
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sbould win with case. However, due to the m;.gnitude of this variation, it 1& h..anily surprising that both p lllYc.rs missed it during the game. 14 . . _._.. KI·K4? Missing his only chalice. Thc Only move
P.Q~~;"·i6. PK~~~l5.1r·~~ P~E~t3~~ (suggested by Bill Rutb) ; 17. KlxP ch, K·Kt4 and stran gely enough Whit""l littack runs dry and White is lost! 15. Kt·Kt4 e h K·KIJ 19. P·B. ch KxKt 16. P·RS ch K·Kt4 20. B·B) eh K.Kt6 17. Q·Q5eh p.B4 21. R·R3 ehResigns 11. 8 xKt Kt·83 . J ust in time to avoid Q·QI 'llllte. This eamO! must have reminded my opponent of the many times in which he has played on the opposite 5lde of thO! board in s im1l3r e ne<>unters.
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Luebbert Invitat ional Tourney Corresponden ce _Chess, 1951 ·52
Notf:s by Dr. M. G. S".,m While
G. HARTLEB I. p.Q4 Kt·KB3 2. p.QB4 P·KKt3 3. KI·QB3 B·KI2
Uiack OR. M. G . STU RM
4. P·K4 P·Q3 S. Kt ·8l QKt-Q1?
Better 5. _ ...... , 0-0. 6. P·KR3? ....... . White can g ain the a dv3nlage here by 6. P·KS!, PxP; 7. PxP, Kt·Kt.5; 8. P .K6, or 6 ... .... . , Kt·KKtl; 7. B·B4. PxP; 8. PXP, Kt· lJ4; 9. QxQ ch, K><Q; 10. 0·0-0 eh (Pachmann).
~: a::'K":! 8. KtxP 9 . B·Q3 10. 0 ·0 11. QxKt 12. QR·K I 13. Q·K2
P·K4
'" 0 ·0 Kt·K4 Kt~B Kt·Q2 Kt·K4
B·K3 10.
BARTLEB
Q.RS KI·B3
Slal'Un!; n 53>erlflcilll "omblnallon. with ~e%~~lle dl;-::tn or .,rror, lead ing to 21. P~P B·QSll 23. RxR RxR 22. Q-Q3! P~P Not 23. __ • 8x1t? 24. Q.Qij ch. 24. Qx8 P B--KS 25. Q.o7 R·K811 Slron,er than 23 .. _ _ • Q·Kt3; 26. Kt-Kl. 26 Kt·Q4 Rx P! 21. Kt·K61 ....... . II. powerful move. bul It une uard. the White KRP. 27. •...... Rx81! 28. RxR __ .. _ Not ZII. KxR~, Q.Q7 ch. I( U. Q·K8 eh. R·Dlt; 29. KtJcR all(] Dlilck draws by 29 ........ . Q-KS e h Or H·Q5.,h. 28. ....... . Q. OI eh ~O. R·82 27. R·B' Q.K6 eh
~o~t .. ~:. K.RJ:J. 3,xRP a:~,1!~d b,;a~~,,". t ion
Alekhine's Career (Continued from page 3, eol 5)
Black I hould h ave acquleled In 101111, the exehance, bee;" ...... If the It retreat.l on lhe K·IU., White wlnl a piece by
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(Sou,c~: "Shahkmat1 .. SSSR" 1951 no. 7, p. 217)
While Black A. A. ALEKHINE N. PAVLOV.PIANOV I. P-Q4 P-Q4 11. KlxQ8P 2. P-QB4 P.o83 QKI-Q2 3. Kt.o83 Kt· B3 12. QKt-Q2 P.B4 4. Kt· B3 PxP 13. KI·KS B~8 5. P·K3 P·QKt4 14. QX8 Q.8 2 6. P-QA4 P·KtS lS. KI (Q2).84 7. Kt·QKtl B·R3 QA.81 8. B·K2 P·K3 16. P.QKt3 P~P 9 . Kt·K5 B·K2 17. Pxp Kt. Kt]
~~e O!rr eet m~;~ wa.~8.1::~~._, K~~t:tt~ I'. QR·B1 KR·QI?
A/te. 19 . .... . . , KR.Ql? PAVLOV· PIANOV
26.. Q· Kt4 27. Q R-Ql 28. B~Kt 27. Kt.K~ "'.Ill" 30. P.kt] & Black soon resigned.
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