Vol. Vll N umber 4 Offjeitll Publication of me Unttecl States (bessTederation Monday;

October 20, 1952

KOlOV LEADS INTERZONAL AN INVESTMENT IN CHESS

L IFE MEMBERSHIP in the USCF is an investment in chess and an investment for chess. It indicates that its proud holder believes in

chess ns a cause worthy of support, not merely in words but also in deeds. For while chess may be a poor man's game in the sense that it does not need or require expensive equipment fm' playing or lavish surroundings to add enjoyment to the game, yet the promotion of or· ganized chess for the general development of the g'lmc ~Iways requires funds. Tournaments cannot be staged without money, teams sent to international matches without funds, collegiate, scholastic and play· ground chess encouraged without the adequate meuns of liupplying ad· vice, instruction and encouragement.

In the past these funds have largely been supplied through the generosity of a few enthusiastic patrons of the game-but no game remains healthy and thriving that must rest on the patronage of a few, however generous and willing these may be. '

Tbe opportunity now arises, and for a short time will exist, for tbe less wealthy but equally enthusiastic believer in chess to invest in chess by becoming a Life Member of the USCF. He need not underwrite the expenses of a team tour in Europe, but may achieve the same end more modesUy by becoming a Lile Member and contributing his part in m<lk­ing chess promotion less dcpendent upon the generosity of a few ....

This investment in cbess is not for an empty title that may carry a cert<lin prestige, but is. more definitely an expression of be­lief in chess and a belief in the program o[ the United States Chess Federation for promoting chcss in tbese United States. Nor is the title empty, for it bears many prcrogatives, including an absence thcre­after of all membership dues and subscription fees to CHESS LIFE, Beyond that, it indicates to the chess playing wo.-}d that the Life Member was willing to back his own judgmcnt in declaring that chess was worthy of SUJlport :md fulfilled :l definite and ere:ltive function in this troubled woJ'ld in which we live.

(R~prilllcJ by r~q'wt from CHESS UFE, NO'1~mbtr 5, 1950.)

FIDE CONGRESS APPROVES LAWS

At long last the question or a new International Chess Code has been settled with . a version, re­vised by a committee or FIDE President Rogard, Del'man, Golom· bek and Wade, receiving final reo vision by the Assembly which adopted the modified text. A per· manent committee, consisting of President Rogard, -Benn<ln, Golom· bek, Wude and Opo~nsky, has becn appointed to consider a\1 dis· putcs thut may arise from inll-r· pretation of the text, publish emcndations as needed, and ap­prove the translaUons into various languag:es fl'om the original t'ren~h text. There remai ns the arduous task of making an official trans· lation into English, belore the new Laws of Chess will he available for use in the USA.

Titles oC International Grand· master were awarded to E. Elis­kases (Argentin<l), E. G e I I e r (USSR) al1d H. Pilnik (Argentina). Titles of Intemational \{astet wcr~ conrerred on O. Pardo (Norway), R. Byrne (USA) J . H. Donner (Hoi· land), M. Chri-~'Jf{l.l (Switrerland), L. Evans (USA), A. Fuderer (Yugo­slavia), O. Klli!:l (Findland). Z. Milev (Bulgaria), K. Ojanen (Fin­Il)n:l), T. Pelrosian (USSR), and II. Porath (Israel).

RCC(\&nlZed a! International Jud­ges W " 1"e Dr. J . Ba;ec ~Yugofilavia), Dr. 0, S. Bcrn!o t ~ ill ~ Frilnce ), P. Biscay (France), R. de Monte Cor· to (Spain), G. Ferrantes (Italy), r::. Heilimo (Finland), M. Kantard· jiev (Belgium), Mme. Ie Bey·TaiUis (France), p , Lihtonen (Finland), J. Louma (Czechoslovakia), E. ~lalclU (Roumania), H. Meek (England), H. Meyer (Switzerland), O. Nedeljko· vic (Yugoslavia), Sid Gcorge Thorn· as (England), and V. Vukovic (Yugoslavia).

Tlle AJbunian Chess Federation was accepted as a new member of F(1)E, and the oHer of the Danish Chess }'oocrution to hold the Junior World Championship in Copenhagen in July, 1953 was· ae­ccpted.

Both Bnl7il and Argbntina 0[' fered to stage the International Team Tournament in 1954, both agreeing to pay aU trnveling costs of the competitors from a port in Europe to South Amcrica and back. After discussion the offer of the Argentina Chess Federation was accepted and the Team Tourna· ment is scbeduled for Buenos AiI'es in M<lrch, 19M.

TUR NER TAKES WASHINGTON OPEN

Don Turner of Portland, Ore. swept to victory in the Washington State Open at ScaUle with 5Y.!·Ml, drawing one game with former SUite Champion l..eonard Sheet<;, Second place in the 16 player Swiss went to Russ Vellias of SeatUe. while third to fifth with equal 4-2 scores on S.B. points werc O.W. Manney, Ivars Dahlberg and Charles Ballantine. VelUas lost his game to Turner.

CANADA EYES RATING SYSTEM Stl~eess oC the USCF National

Rating System has impressed our Northern neighbors who have played in various USC~~ rated events. According to "Canadian Chess Chat" the Chess Federation of Canada has appointed a com· mittee to study the project or a C<l nndian Raling System. Philip G. Haley, King Edward Hotel, Ed· monton, Alberta, bas been ap­pointed chairman.

Po~;t;on No. 91

Euwe vs. Flohr C.1rIbad, 1932

POI;l;"n No. 92

Finish It The Clever Way! Conducted fry Edmund Ntis/'

Send all conlribut ions for this column to Edmund Huh 1530 28th Place S E Washington 20, D. C. " .• ,

BOTH (lOsiti?ns are solved br Yle ~1m~ m9Y~, In P9!}iti9n N9: f}1. l3lac~ I'efilgned llHer Whi te 's firfit move, In the second position:

Hlack reSigned :I{ter White's third move. ~lu,t i ons. to Positions No. 89. and 90 were accidentally omitted from

the IlIeVIOUS ISsue :md 31'e now IlIcluded with solutions to the positions al!'lye. '. ...... __ .--.,. .

For !oivtions n lene furn to Page four .

AIRMAN SMITH WINS MAJOR OPEN

J(. R. Smith, formerly of Tcxafi and now in the AAF' in England, won the fl ritisb Major Open 8 1h· llol.t . Second place wenl to S. Milan with 8-2, while tied for third with 71h·2¥.a each were J. B. Goodman, K L. Gardner, and J. Ansell,

Concurrently R G. Wade of New Zcaland won the BriUsh Champ· ionship with 8-3, while six players scored 7-4, with R. F. Boxall and A. Phillips lied for second on 8-B points.

-----ANDERSON TOPS NO DAKOTA MEET

Gordon Anderson, 25 year old war veteran, won the North Da· kota State title in the twelve pluyer Swiss event at Grand Forks by 4lh· lh, drawing his fillal game with defending State Champion Louifi Waag. Second und third on S·B points with equal 4-1 scores were Leonard Gra eb: ~lncl Georgo IT. Hawkes, white W. H. Pico was fourth wilh 3·2 am! former Champ­ion Wagg fifth with 21fJ-2'h. USCF Director D.C. Mucdonald directed the event which was a 100% USCI,' rated tournament.

BAIN, KARFF SET FOR MOSCOW TRIP

Officia t invitation from the sov. iet Chess Federation has been re­ceived for U.S. Women's Champion Mary Bain and former U.s. Wo° men's Champion N. M<lY Karff to partiCipate in the Second Women's World Championship Tournament at Moscow, which begins on October 20th and is conducted undcr the auspices of FIDE. Travel e:xpense~ of the two American rep­resentatives will be borne by the SovIet Chess Federation under the terms of the tournament, but each player will be responsible ror her own incidental expenses.

HYDE PARK CLUB PRINTS COLUMN

In an e£fort t.o publicize chess in the Chicago <lrea and also to pave the way Cor a bonafide chefiS column, the Hyde Park Che~fi Club has been publishing a smull chess column in the Chicago Daily News in the form of II paid advertisement. It wa,~ the Chicago Daily New!! that some thil·ty years ago ran a very well composed chess column 11 5 ,'l re~ular featUre, erlited for a tim~ by Dr. Edward Lasker. Chica~o's more recent. column, the well·edlted fcature by USCF Pafit President Elbert A. Wa~ner, Jr., was short·lived-a casualty to the failure of the Chicago Sun as an independent newspaper.

ROCHESTER YMCA TEACHES CHESS

Among the courses offered in the Fall SeafiOn by the Rochester (N.Y.) YMCA arc two courses on chess, one for beginners and one for advanced players. Both will be t:lUght by CHESS LIFE Games Editor Erich W. Marchand, who conducted similar classes in chec;s in 1951·52. The classes will be held at the Central YMCA on Wednes· day evenings.

BAUER DEFEATS POLIO HANDICAP

Richard Bauer, a polio . victim sinee 1949, became a stude nt or chess a year ago. Now, in his first tournament, he won the B Class event in the ButralQ City Champ­ionship by lln 8-1 score, playing from an iron·lun.::: and followin" tbc game by watching the board in a mirror.

On his 20th birthday, Bauer will receive a visit from Samuel Reshev· sky, who is giving an exhibition in Buffalo, and will play the brave young chess fan a friendly game.

SOVIET PLAYERS STILL TOP FIELD

After fOUl't~n rounds, the S0-viet rcpresentatives still erowd to­gether at the top in the Intel'l'onal event at Saltsjobaden.

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ALMGREN TOPS CALIFORNIA OPEN

Sven Almgren of Los Angeles won the California Open Champ­ionship at Santa Barbara 6-1 in 40 player event, drawing with runner· up Pete Veiitotes and C. M. Capps.

Second to sixth on 8-8 points with equal 5-2 scores were Pete Vellioles, P. D. Smith, Steve Smale, ~arch Eucher, ana M, Gordon,

Almgren, who held the lead steadily from the fo urth round on, clinched the t itle with an early draw in the fill:!l round, but the light {or second place was an ex· citing Hnish with the g:lme he­tween Smith anc! Eueher delaying the awarding of prizes. The final result of a draw gllve second place to Vcl1iotes, who had alrcady drawn with Almgren.

Strength of the event was dis­played by the names of the players who could do no better than sev· enth to twelfth in this strong field.

REIN OUTPLAYS WOODPUSHERS

In the Washington Stute Wood· pushers' Tourney, visitor Sheldon Rein from Minneapoiis outscored the loeal talent with 4-0 for first place. Second place went to Jack NourSe with 3-) . Tied ror third with 3-1 and equal SoB points were Ted Warner, Ken MuUord and Floyd Hebert, while sixth, also with 3-1, was Craig MacPhee in Ule 16 player Swiss event at SeatUe.

BARGIN OFFER! On January 1st, 1953, the fee

for becom ing a Life Member of the USCF will be raised to $100. Until that tim e you can take out a Life Membership for only $SO!

As I Life Member you will be put on the mailing li$t to receive CHESS LIFE and will be entitled to the privileges of USCF memo bership for your entire lifetime. (Howevltr, until the fee Is raised to $100., it will not indude free enrollment in State Association) .

Take advantage of this bar· gain offer now. Mail your check for $50 to:_

KENNETH HARKNESS USCF Business Ma nager 93 Barrow Street, New York 14, N. Y_

Do It Now!

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VoL VII, Number 4 Monday, Octobcr 20, J952

Qu"ndoqu, bo"us dormitat Ho",u"s _ HORACE: De Arte Poetic.

I F , as the Sabine wit suggest, even the worthy Homer sometimes nods, we must perforce forg ive Lhe lapses of those most diligent and yet

unhonored beings-tournament directors. Yet in for giving them and offering an apology for their laggard

ways, we must naLhless rebuke them gently on behalf of the panting contes tants, whose hunger for more National Rating l'oinlli can only be assuaged by the proper submission of detailed reports on the tournaments these same nodding tournament directors conducted.

As the roll·call of the Labor Day events is read. and checked, we fill d the usual absentees fai ling to answer to the summons. The list is shorter than in the past, but even if only one tournament report wcre missing-that one rcport would be too mallY, for its absencc de­p:'iv(' 1'; a number of players of ratings points earned honeslly aJ)ti diligently through the agony that only tournaml.'lIt players can suller in lhe cause of chess.

As we scan the list, we find the followi ng delinquents: California State Open Ch ampionship, Virginia State Championship, New Jersey Open Championship, South Carolina Open Championship, and Colorado Opcn Championship. These are but five laggard from a list of s ixteen tournaments, of which Ule other e leven have filed prompt reports. The increase in pl"omptness and in number of repolts filed is cn­couraging, showing indeed lhat Tournament Directors are becoming aware of lheir responsibility to the p layers in the matter of ratings. But even five absentee reports are fi ve too many_ We suggest that players in these unreported events bend their efforts to seeing that reports are filed before December 31st closes the Ciling date for events in the latter haU of 1952.

Montgomery Major

By Kula S'l'~"ds~n

SIMPLE CHESS. 3rd and final edition, By Weaver W, Adams, Dedham, Mass. $1.00. LOG CABIN CHESS CLUB 1951 TOURNAMENT. Edited by A. N, Tow· sen. Gamecraft Company, Box 242, GPO, N. Y. $1.00.

THEORY AND PRACTICE?

THESE two photo-offset pieces arrived coincidentally, for the author of Simple Chess is the winner of the 1951 Log Cabin ch ampionship.

Everybody knows Adams's theory that White should win, with best play on both sides; and not a few famous mastel's have yielded to the author if not to his idea. This final revision of h is suggested lines oilen, 91 columns of analysis (64 for White, 27 for Black), many of them altered from the earlier recommendations_ It is a li ttle strange to f ind 2. Kt­KB3 marked 'I in the Lopez, or 1. P-Q4? in the Queen's Gambit. But within the competence of the reviewer, the lines played over look good indeed. His opponents, however, have been gratefu l for Simp le Chess beuuse Adams apparently plays his recommendations on pl"inciple. Thc English (who praised him as perhaps the most pleasant American master to visit their shores) walloped the daylights out of him, puUy because, as one of them said, they simply prepared against Adams's published analysis.

The Log Cabiners fared otherwise. Mengarini, McCormick, Hearst, and Burger, among others of the 11 in the Hl51 tourney, saw Adams to the top with a score of 7-3. Besides all available A section games, the book includes a selection from previous tournaments and matches and a history of the club under the aegis of E. Forry Laucks. The notation is Continental, with fi gures of the pieces instead of symbols. Photographs and drawings by Ted Miller enliven the text, which carries light an­n otations. 'fhe whole performance is one of the best jobs of inexpensive publication this reviewer h as seen.

THE BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE . Volume LXXI, January· December 1951. London : Isaac Pitman and Sons. 352 pages, numerous diagrams a nd photogra phs_

T HE bound·volume bargain counter is still open. Today's feature of­fers 266 games, 158 problems, 65 end ings, not to mcntion analytical

a r ticles like Marchisotti 's " Innovations .in the Openings during 1949,"

complete game scores of the Hastings and Staunton tournaments (the latter carried in the index but omitted from the review copy) , and other chess s"lldli s. Subscribers to the venerable BCM can attest its coverage of English events; and for Ellgiish-speaking players it is one of the two best sourccs for Continental games a nd news. Golombek, formerly British cha mpion, conducts the games depar tment; T. R. D3.wson, surely t!le world's foremost problem editor, handled the problems until his retirement (February issue); his successor, S. Sedg­wick, continues in the Dawson tr3.dition; Richard Guy m3.nages the endings. News, obituaries, and brief book reviews (27 of these) appear in each issue. Fourteen pages of index (games, openings matches and tournaments, etc.) enhance greally the use and pleasure of the book.

by Vincent L. Eaton

Address .11 communications t o this column to Vincent L. Eaton, 612 McNel11 Road, Silver Spring, Maryland. ,

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CQ,dempo,a,'J , Ame"ican Compo!Je' J - - 2 ,

KENNETH S. HOWARD

K ENNETH S. ' Howard requireS no introduction to anyone who has been fo llowing American chess problem columns for any length

of time. Not only has he been a composer for nearly hali a century, but he has heen prominent as cditor, tourney judge, and author of books on problem composition and solving.

Born on April 12, 1882, in LeRoy, New York, he is a graduate of the University of Rochester and has spent a large part of his life in advertising and sales promotional wor k. Quoting from Alain White's account of him in A Sketchbook of American Chess Problematists (Starn, ford, 1942), he " has made upwards of a thousand p roblems, and an in­teresting thing about them is that in many one fe els something of the advertising spiri t. Howard is, indeed, in the best sense, a promoter of problems . .. His themes are prescnted with the erisplless of a s logan, and insensibly one finds in his attractive positions the lure to follow his leadership and explore more deeply the products o[ his skill." The four problems below, wh ich have been specially selccted by Mr. Howard, bear out these remarks.

Among his many activities, he has served as problem editor of t he America n Chess Bulletin (1935-1949), performed similar fUllctions for Chess Review, and has been the author of two expository books on the problem art, The Enjoyment of Chess Problems OJhiJadc!phia, 1943, 19.,)7) ~nd Ho~ to Solve Chess Problem~ (Philadelphia. 1945). Still very active III the field at the age of 70, he IS now completing the manuscript of a new book on two-movers.

"The

Problem No. 371 By Kenne~h S. Howard Western Morni~g News and

Prob/~", No. 37] By Kennplh S. How.rd

"Grand Rapids Hcrald," 1933

Bl.ck: 11 men

Problem No. 372

Bulletin,"

Prob/~m No. J74 By Kenneth S. Howard

V., "Bt' iUsh Chess Magazine," 1944

For solutions to pre viously published proble ms, plea5e tUrn to page four.

WASH INGTON STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Seattle, 1952

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111.50); 12. Ken Mulford (Seattle) 2-4 (11.50)1' 13. William tloRe (Yakima) 2-4 11.(0); 14. Ted D.vldsen (Sea ttle) 2-4 (13.00; 15. Rod Dimon (Seattle) Il-4i 14.(0); 16. Ken Borski (Seattlel ~·5J (11.00).

eke •• ott. .!In r/ew York

B Eliot Hf'lJrst

L AST Murch the New York chess world gave a WDrm greeting

to Nicholas Rossolimo, French champion and master, and happily viewed his emigration to the U.S as an important factor in our fu­ture chess str:.ength. Bul now such hopes will not be fulfilled , for the friendly ex·Parisian , discouraged hy personal misfortune (both his parents, Greellwich Villagers since the 1920's, have passed away since his arrival) and by the diUiculties here supporting his family for the most parl as a chess profeSSional, is Jeu ving for his European home­land shortly.

Rossolimo really made a great hit with the N. Y. chess fans both by his genial attitude and his will­ingness to play with almost anyone. Many arc the chess acquaintances of ours who have told us of their games with hiin ; -it seemed that all one had to do was to be present at the New York Academy of Chess on a Satunlay night and a game with the Frenchman was no trouhle at all to arrange! J ust rccently Manhattan C.C. members were en­tertained by an eight-board clock simultaneous exhibition by Rosso­lino-an evcning which served a double function of a farewell party and a display of chess ability. The Frenchman performed admir­ably, winning seven and dropping only one-to former U.S. Women's Champion, ?o.I rs. G. K. Gresser. P er­haps tha t night was the occasion of Rossolimo's last major chess event in the U.S. for many years to come; at any rate, "Fr ance's regain is our loss."

IN BRIEF: Qualifiers from the prelims to the Maroha Jl C,C. finam include J . Hichman, E, Mendis, P. Miller, M. DeLieto, P. Brandts; the five others, sO li undecided, will probably be H. Eckstrom, - e. Pil­nick, J. Foster, A. Kaufman, and either C. Hillinger or J. T. Wcst· brock. These ten join the seeded players in the fina ls due to begin shortly; it is doubtful if last year's champion, E. Hear st, will be able to defend the title due to pressure of hi<; college work ..... _ Arthur Feurstein (8'1.1-1'1.1) leads Harold Feldhcim (7lt,;?;·2'h) with one round to go in the Marshall C.C. Junior Tourney . Brooklyn C.C. has inaugurated a cumula tive rapid transit tourney where SCores carry over from week to week and per· iodIe prizes a re awarded. More about this unique event later

.. Mrs. Mary Eain left by plane for Moscow Sunday, October 12, to compete in the World Wo­men's Championship. Mrs. Ba in, present U.S . Women's titleholder will be joined by Miss N. May KarlC there and both these Amcr­icans arc well prepared to make a valiant attempt to s tem the Hussian tide!

BUFFALO CLUB LISTS PHONE

Acting on the suggestion of mem­ber Carl E. Diesen (whose letter on Ihe subjec t was pUblished in CHESS LIFE), the Queen City Chess Club of Buffa lo has made it easy Cor viSiting chess players to find it by listing the club phone \lS "Chess Club, Queen City" in the alphabetical section of the tele· phone directory and again under clubs in the c1assifcd d ireclory as "Chess Club, Queen City". The cost of the listings aggregated $1.10 in all. Other clubs might note.

RATING FEES Effective Janua ry 1. 1953, the

charge for publication of the semi-annual rating of players who are not members of the USCF will be $1.00 for ellch semi·lInnu.1 listing. '

C/'e.. :Jor :J/'e :1red Bu.ine.. rf/an By Fr~J R~in/~lJ

All ,Igh t s r"erYed by O.vld McKay Company, In'un.flon.1 Copy. r ight, 1t41. No P. rt of 'hili .rtlcle may bl r eproduced In any for m wi t h­out written parmlilion from thto p ublb,,-rs.

'CHALLENGE TO CHESS PLAYERS I N RECENT YEARS we have hud a great many fine books on chess,

dealing with almost every conceivable aspect o{ the game. Yet these books have neglected what is alter all the primary object 01 a iamc or chess: the actual process of checkmating your opponent's IGng. The purpose oC this book is to instruct you, the reader, in all the many ways of achieving checkmate.

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(;lev@land C h e s s Association .,lceted F.. Mchwnld president. H. Wiese f irst vice-presidenl, J. 1.. PUIJo\ second vice-pres ident, H. Miller trCD'IUrer, and Nnrda Troy secretary. The new editor of the Cleveland Chess Bulletin is John Sl'Ianur, who has conducted the problem feature lor- many months. Subscriptions to the Cleveland Bulle tin , one 01 the best local chcss publiealions is $2 and may be scnt to Joseph Bakies, SllS Coluburn Ave., Cleveland 9, Ohio.

Ge rm il nlown YMCA ( Phi lildel­ph iil) Chess Club bested the Lan­co s t.er Red Roses 5-4 in a hard­lought battle at Lancaster. R. Sobel, Mrs. Selensky, G. Rnich, L. Divnc and P. Snyder scored fo r Germantown while D. Kemble, T . Eckenrode, M. Fuhrmun , and J . Subc tallied (or the Red Roses ..

Austin Cheu & Checker Club fChkltQol cJect('fi Ed. Buerger president, Fred Haubold viee·pres­ident in charge of chcss, Dr. A.J Hunter vice-president in charge of checkers, Charles Brokaski trcas­urer, and Chas. Filipek secretary. The club meets at Austin Town Hall , Lake and Scntral Ave. , on Mondays and Thursduys at 8 p.m.

Downtown Y Chess Club (Pitts­burgh) elected Bill Wallory presi­dcnt, David Hamburger (irst vice­president, Glen Waltz second vice­president, Bill Hamilton treasurer, and Bill Byland secretary. Bernard Berger become editor of the club publi cation "En Passnnt."

Rochester (N.Y.) Chess Club Championship ended in a 6 ~- 1 ~.a tIe betwccn dc(endlng club cham· pion Dr. Max Herzberger and Ro­chester city chumpion Erich :Mar· chand. The two contenders drew their encounter and plan a four­,!lAme pIAYO{(. Third Tl!tU!(! went to Vince nt Weig with 5-2, while Allan Candee wa s fo urth with 3 'h.-31f~.

Alexandri;s ( L;s. ) outpointed Nat­chi toches 8-4 with Glenn Headrick, Phi.1 Hernandez and Clyde Calvert gCfl ring double victories for Alex­:l.ndri a, while Dale Headrick and Howard Alexander tallied once each. For Na tchitoches R. B. Wil­liams scored twice, while E ugene Watson and Carroll Fernbaugh salvaged single points.

Dear :Mr. Eaton I wish to t'mnk you lor laking

thc time to scnd me a postcard about your very t:mtalizing prob­le m. It was pointed out to me even bc(ore that it will not do to play G. P -Kt8(Q), since Black gets an easy draw. I tried making it a Bishop, but in the end I can be two pawns ahead, but even then without a ny win which I can make out, the situation rcminding m e of a story I read in CHESS.

The Bishop of London and the Bishop of Zanzibar were to address a missionDry meeting in London. The sexton prepa red for a small audicnce and was much surprised when a large crowd came. He for­got that thc meeting would be a great draw because of bishops of opposite colors.

Well, I shall await the solution with intcrest, and I congratulatc you on a most interesting bra in­twister . I UL/US S. WEI NGART, M.D.

Des Moine5, Iowa

Dear Mr. Major: Under the present method of

breaking tics in tournaments, it seems rather unfair to the man who has had un opponent drop out before the end.

Normally, J beJieve, for lie-break­ing purposes a player totals the plus scores of all his opponents i1 he beats them, and adds one-half their scores if he draws with them. Ohvlously, if one of his opponents drops oul, there are several points lbat he does not get. For example,

O',pen City fBuffillol Chltn Club suffered an 8Y.a-2\1i defeat in a match with the Toronlo Chess Club. Scoring for Qllcen City were G. 1t13uer. V. Gllble wh ile G. Chase drew. Points for Toronto were wnn bv F . Anderson, R . . Siemms, N. Lidaeis, M. Glassberg, J. Despard, C. Crompton. N . Kaldveer. H. Her­bst while M. Kuttis had the draw.

A .. t .. ., ~oUOf! (La.) Chltll Club bested New Orleans 9*·5", in a recent encounter. Abbott and Small scored a double win for Baton Rouge while Claitor, Dornier, Pat­rick, Van Valkenburg, Hunter tallied single victories, and Lee R

draw. For New Orleans Wills scored 1 ~, whilo dl Paula, Mc­Auley, Roscher and Fitzgerald salvaged single points.

Hyde Park (Chicago) Chess Club introduced the Llltvian ex­pert Eric Gulmanis to Chicago in u simUltaneous exhibition in which Gutmanis won 7, drew 2 and lost 5 gamcs. Winning against the Latvian expert werc Arthur Levh, . Hugh Wheeler, Benjamin Green­stein, Richard Gr.ccnbaum , Robert Bishop. Draws were obtaincd by Barry Herzllcrg a nd At. A. Fisher.

Racine (Wil.) Chess Club scored a surprise draw at Waukegan a .£:"ainst the supposedly stronger Waukegan (III. ) Chess Club. For Racine, Art Domsky, H. C. Zierke, E. H. Poetschke and Walter Teub­ner tallied the points, whUe Chick Hunt, Hans Josephsen, J oe Joseph­Ren and Bev Butts scored for Wau­kegan. Da n Clark of Racine split the point with Joo Henderson.

Allenlown YMCA Chess Club defeated Gcrmantown (Phil adel­phia) YMCA Chess Club 7'h·4\.i at the J ewish Community Center in Allentown. Scor ing for Allenlown WCI'C Zicgler, Young, I_ynch, Mack, Rockel and Gcbhard while Gute­kllnst, Sherr and I?aus t drew. l~or Germantown Ark less, Mrs. Selen­sky, Smith won their games, while Lubar, Long and Guilio drew.

Lithuanian Chess Club (So. Bos­Ion ) defcated Fort Devers (Mass.) Army chess tea m 3~-H~ in a friendly m atch. Winning fo r the Lithuania ns were A. Keturakis, J. Star inskas, and P. Konlautas, while Sgt. Jack Cooncy slavagcd

in the 1951 New Eng1and Opcn, Weav('r Adams tied with Walter Suesman. Adams beat two mell who dropped out. Under tile usual way of breaking ties, S~esman had the tic-break dccided in his favor. His opponents played mute ga mes .:-.nd he got more points.

I suggest a slight change in the method of breaking lies which wiU not affect the present scoring mel­hod if aU games are p layed, and which only need be used in the cnnt all ga mes are not played. The only diIfcrcnee will be a fairer SCvTe for the man who has had un ~pponent drop out.

Slated s imply, it amounts to this; To break a tic, obtain a player's total points as usual , but then divide by thlt numbe r of games played by his opponests.

Thus we obtain a score bascd on the number of ga mes played ra­ther thun based on the number of (opponents. The fai rness of this bas­is of figuring is imm ediately evi­dent, especially to the man who has seen his opponents drop out oC a tournament.

I don't know if this is unything new or not, but if it is of any hE'lp to the long-suffer ing tourna­ment dircctor, then he'') welcome to it.

ERVIN E. UNDERWOOD Cambridge, Massachusetts

Dear Sir ; In regard to Mr. SolkoU's letter

in a recent issue, it seems to be quite obvious that losses, as well

«bess Clfe Page :I

Wl.al ~ :J/'e Be.l move? By Guj/bnm~ GrMSSU

POlition Nfl. 10)

Scnd solutions to Position No. 103 to the Editor, CHESS ill'E, by November 20, 1952.

Solutions to Position No. 100 This poSition yie lds to seve ral ker

moves, btlt the n~est Is the .urprbe a troke of I. It·KIII pl~ by Oobl .. :t:;r:: p~~~~.inJt!:k .:::~,!-~kla~ _ •..•. 1 R·KI ; 2. UxP! nd BI.ck rftl~ed. ~~nl~U:.IY Q.~ ~h, "iC:KU~X4~; B-2R7 ~~ a~':I m a t e to lollow.

However, tbe

the point for Fort Dcvers. On first" boards Kazys Merkis drew with Cpt D. Hurst.

Germantown YMCA (Philadel_ phia) Chess Club saw former lllin­ois Cham pion J. Shaffer score 11 wins and 2 draws in a 5imultaneous exhibit ion at the Germantown club.

From the Editor's Mail BaB

as wins and draws, should be eval­uated in a tie breaking system. A player should receive more cl-edit (or less penalty) for losing to a high scoring opponent than for lo-!ing to a lail-ender.

Until recenUy I was not ac­quainted with the Solkoff System, but, realizing the shortcom ings of the SoB System, we have used a similar system for the last three years in order to break Swi5s Sys­tem ties in the Sacni.-mento City Championship. This entailed ad­ding plus scores for wins, together with one-half the net scores Cor draws, and subtracting UTe minus SCflres for losscs.

That this is an intermediate step in the derivation of the Solkoff System can be shown mathematic­ally. Both systcms wiU rate the players in the same order, antI will differ from eacb other by a term which depends on the number of rounds played and is thereCore constant for uny one tournament.

Both arc more fair than the classical SoB System, but the Sol­koff System is easicr to apply. and has the advantage of not resulting in minus scores for the lower half p layers. Neither will break ties in a round robin, but the toss of a Cflin is as fair as any ther e.

I join Mr . SolkoU in the recom­mendation of his system .

NEIL T. AUSTIN Sacramento, California

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((bess Cif, Mondtty. Octobn lO, 1952 Journamenf cIJ/e Conducl~d by

Erich W. Marchand 192 Seville Drivel

Rochester 17, N. Y.

INTER NAT IONAL TEAM MATCHES

Helsinki, 1952 USCF Team Record

Preliminaries Round Ont

Helland U,. I. van Schcltlnga II Reshevs.kY 2. P rins • Evan s 3. Donner , Byrne 4. Cortlever • Bisguicr

" RO'UnJ Two u,. Israel

1. Reslle" "ky Czerniak 2. Evans Oren 3. Bry ne Poratb 4. Bisguier Mandelbaum

• Round Three Finland U,.

I. Book Rcshevsky 2. OJ ,, ,,,,n t;vans 3. KaUa Byrne 4. Fred BLsguier

" Round Four U,. Swi tzerland .. Heshev~ky Grob ,. Evans Morel ,. Byrne Uachmann •. Bisguicr Hhend

Round Fjyt Greece U,.

"

• • • , "

1. Gaitanaros 0 Reshev!iky .... _ .. __ 1 2. Mast,ehiadis 0 Evans ._.. . ..... _._._1 3. Anag no8tou 0 B y rne _._ ....... _._ ... 1 4. Zografak is 0 Blsguier •..... .. _._ .1

Round Sj" U,. I. Rcshevsky 2. Eva ns 3. Byrne 4. Blsgnier

Round Sn-en USSR

I. Smyslov 2. Geller 3. Boles)"vskl 4. Kot oy

Poland Tarnowski Plater Sliwa Gry nfeld

USA E vans Byrn"e Blsguier Koltanowskl ,

Championship Finals Round On~

U>A I. Resbevsky 2.. !Cvans 3. Byrne 4. llis""uier

A r9C nlina

r:~lg:!~an Eliskases Pilnlk

II Round Two

USSR I . K~n..'IS Z. 1;" lyslOv 3. Bronstein 4. Geller

Round Thlu U,.

I. Evan, 2.. Byrne 3. BI$l;:ul<,:r <II. s..: rlln~r

Round FOllr Yugos lav ia

t ¥;~f~~ivle 3. Plre 4. :taIllie

ROllnd Pi," us.

I. Reshevsky 2. Jo;vn ns 3. Byrne 4. Hisgule r

Round Six W. Carmany

I. Teschne r 2. Sch mid 3. Lanse 4. Rcllslllb

ROllnd STnn us.

I. neshev$ky 2. Evans

~: gr:~eler

t o •

,

USA n esh ovsky .:v;l/l",

g r:;n;ler

Cla~hoslovakla Paeh man S;ajt Dr Kotlnauer Zlta

USA Resh eV¥ky • :vans Byrne 81$;\ller

Fin land Book OJanen Salo }'red

US. Ites hevsky Evans llyrne Bl5;u ler

Swaden o SI..~hlbet1r o Slull>: 1 Skold 6 Johan.uon

" "

ROllnd Eight Hungary

1. Szabo 2. Barcza 3. Szlly 4. Florian

USA neshevsky Byrne B .... guier Koltanowskl

Individual Records Prelim. Fina ls To tal

~: ~:~vskY _ .•........ 5 -1 4 l -2 l :t~ 3. Byrne ·· .. :::: ::5<11~22 ~ 6:-i~ 1l}~~ 4. ll\sguler .. . __ .. ........ _ .. 4 -3 3 -5 7-8 5. Kolt anowsk l ... ...... ~ . ~ lo- 1 1-1 6. Berliner t - ~ l- 6

19·9 17-15 36-24

QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED International Team Torunament

Helsinki, 1952 Not~s by John E. H owarth

White Black D. BRONSTE IN

(USSR) 1. P·Q4 P.o4 3.

R. BYRNE (USA )

Kt.KBl Kt·KB3 1.. P·QB4 P xP Here 3. .. ...... • B-Kt5 is weak after 4. Kt-K5, B·R4; a. Kt-QB3, p·KJ; 6 . P -KKt4, B-&t3; 7. P ·RK.1, P-KB:l; H. Q-R4 ch, P-

~ih 9~d~;~r;g:.x~t; ~Oih~":1.'!~' AI~k: h lne-Gruenfel tl. Semmering, 192G. An· other eonl!nua tion which is qualified as serviceable here (since aafter t he text White can play 4. Q·R4 e h where Black uHua ]]y has trouble In equalizing) is J ......... , P·QilJ. 4. Kt·B3 ._ ..... Another conrse is 4. P -lO. P-K3; 5. BxP, P -B4; 6. 0--0 and nOW 6. .. .... .. p. QR3 where the no r mal harmony i s not disturbed. The text is not a bad move; however lhe immediate regain of the P repr esents tile require ments of "per . foction." 4. ...... .. P..QR3 S. P·K4? . ___ ._. Black will now try to hold on to t he P with 5 •........• P-QRt-t. Hence it w ould have been beUer for White to ha ,'e played 5. P.QIl4 followed by P·K3. 5. . .. _ .. __ P·QKt4 Natura lly .

~:w:-~~ves t~!4:1.c! 7U ~~~:~. Kt-KC{ P-B3; 8. Q-ll3, Q.Q2; 9. KtxKt. pxKt: 10. Q·R3. Kt-B3; 11. lJ-K3, Kt·Ql; 12. B-K2, then 12.. .. .... . , Q.B4t becau.'lC I White plays 13. QxP?, he loses h Is Q by 13 . ..... ... • B-KI.2 (Alekhlne ). 7 •..... . __ KlxK t 9. P-K6? P·K83 I. PxKt B-Kt2 10. P·Ktl . __ ..... Bronstein. who tied Botvlnnik in t heir world championship match two years ago. Is finding it dI fficult to provide a "creative-relation" bet ween bis moves. JD, , .. , .• "' Q-Q4 While Ily rne c njuya the "upre lnlley of relllUonslllpt 11. B· I<Kt2 Qx PCh U. 8 ·1<3 P·83 If 12 .. _ ......• Q-81 right oway. 13. P 'Q!i wOlild follo\v. 13. 0-0 Q·81 15. PxP RP xP 14. R·!( l 1<·81 A n'<luctlon of fo~~ I~ welcom«l.. 16. RxR 8 xR n . a ·84 17. Q.K"l Kt·R3 lIe loteod~ t o k~p the Kt from B2, tlue to Ill. HxKI, Qx.U; 20. Q·Kt eh 11 •... ___ P·Kt3 P l3yefil or Uyroo" caliber h llve the ski ll to discern 5\l<:h <;lXPL'CtaUon ~. 19. Kt-Ql P· IN 20. P ·R4 8..QKtl Black Is Intent U(><ln gelling nil!; B Intn play. 11 . K·R2 K_Ktl 25. Bx 8 21. R.oR l K·R2 16. KI·8 5 13. B· R3 Q.QI 17. PxKt 24. Kt·K4 B-R3 23. Q..Ql ~h Of coune U 23. I\·R7, n ·QR I . 18. K·Kt1 29. R.Ql

A/It' B.B I

K .. KlxKI

Q·62

Solutions: Mate the Subtle W,yl No. 363 (H o llada),): 1. 8-81 • . The try of 1. 1t·U5 is defe3t()d by I. __ ....• RxB.

No. 364. (Ho ll3day): 1. K t.-B8. "Nice lndced" - Rcv. Chldley.

No. 3(;.0; (Hollod oy): I. KtxP. "Qui to II {ellt, li nd not eu)' to ~ll'o"-Rev. Chid ley. " B<:autl ful oomposltlon"- M. A. Mleh~ds.

II 1 ~~: ... ~R~\~~~I~~d7)Q.k7 1~:."1r1l:~:'.~~ ... ~· nl(\~~t ~. ~Kj";;ii: ~~I)i~: .. ~:. Yi~r.~~; 2. Q·K I <;l h. Th\l. try l. Q-K3 Is d oCeated by 1 . •......• R-Rl eh.

SOLVERS' LADDER

(Two /><lin's for ' wO· ... '"I:: .I; lour (1o;" 's /0' ,I,.rc·movtrs; addi,;"nal CTtdil '0. corrtcl t/aiml 0/ "cookl," i.t., loflltions 001 in/tnt/cd by Iht ct>mpottrl. Tbi, /all, rfWtrs I(>/"Iionl It> probl~J in Ihr Srplembt. 20 umr rcui"tJ 'liP 10 Ihe limt wr .. tnl 10 prr". On Ocl obrr 11. Namel of ,oWrrs wholt Icoru in(/"dr thr Stpl~mbrr 20 ro/ulw", tnT indicatcd .. j,h an 4sterick.)

°Dr. Kassn e r 342

:~ic~~a,:hy!, ~~ OM. M ichaelS 3M n . K. Tonak 266 O. l\l urtau.!:h 260 J . E. Luea" 2$2 "P. lIunslcker 24S J . II. ~'ranee 2211 · R. M. Collins 21 4 "J. Ka ufman 210

"E. W ealh'!on'l 210 C. J . Kocl' 180 oW. Couture 110 Y. Oa:.lneSOV 110 E. I< Oll)anty 148 Kenneth Lay 140 "F. A. Hollway 132 E . NarTOw~ 1:12 "Steve Myzel 130 J . B. Grkavac 122 "Rev. Chid ley 110

G. 111. Bonker 102 'C. B . Collins 96 Dr. J . Erman 9Z "Hl'lno Kurn,k 86 D. W . Ar ev. Jr. 80 'J. B. MulHa:an n "Ronald O'N",II '70 C. Simmer 6ft B. M. Marshall 110 'Or. Schwartz ~ R. A. HL-d geock 46

V. Con toskl 4.2 A. L . W elSh 38 W . H. J am",. 36 E. W. Huer.!:c r 30 ·W. L Lourie 30 E. Schl'r 30 II. O. ~bdlll(ln 211 R. ?olleh ell 20 T . Seide l 16 R. A . Skeri.!l 14

Exchanges arc what he w ants; the soon­e r the forces are reduced, the quicker the end. 30. B·KI2 B-K3 33. R·R6 31. Q-KJ B_M: 34. BxB 32. R·QRl R-Ql The beginning of t he end . U. Q.K6 R,K4 40. R·KI 36. Q_Rl Rxf> -t •• K-QR8 31. R·R8 R·84 42. 0 ·K1 38. Q·Bl Q·l<tl Resigns 39. R..Q 8 R-04

BIR O'S OPENING

.... R"

Q"" R .. ' R..Q4

International Team Tournament Hels inki, 1952

Note$ by Hush Myell White

V. PIRC (Yugo. lav; a ) 1. P·K84 P-Q4

R.

The principle openln.!: strategy of White in !lim's Opening is to set up an ab­sotu te control of h is K5 square. The m ost direct counter t o this (and perhaps Blaek's easiest road to equali t y) Is t o p lay a King's Indian ~'onnation by Kt · liB.1. P -Q3, P-KKt3. B-Ktz and either P-1l4 and Kt-1!.3 or QKt-Q2 and either p-K4 or P -B4. This met hod Is sound but not ag g r essive so Black generally get.~ good w in ning ehan~es only when W hite over reaches htm""l! In attack . 2. Kt·KB3 Kt·KB3 A d efense of uncerta in stre ngth tried r ocent ly Is P.KKt3. B-Kt2. and Kt·KR3. 3. P-K3 .... _ .. The Ozols system P -KKt:!. B-Kt 2, and P-QB4 Is a good alternative. Thf' Lat· v ia n-Australian master KarJis Ozols o f­t en plays this system hoth with Wbite and Black. 3 ...... ,.. P·KK t 3 4. P -QKt3 .. _ .... A Queen's fianc hetto is usua ily not a s t rong r eply to II Kln g 's fian~hetto. W hite would have better chances by playing a Stonewall wit h p -Q4, P -Q83, and B·K2. 4. _ .... ,_. B-Kt2 5. B_Kt1 0-0 6. B·K2 P·8 4 7. 0 ·0 P·K t 3 Discourag ing p ·K4. n. Q_K2 Kt.Kt!

8. KI·K5 9 . P·03 10. B·KB-] 11. Kt-Q2

B-Kll Kt-B 3 Q·81

QR-Ql

P ·K4 Is ]>reventf'd. P erhaps -Wh ite should now play 13. KlxR t. B"Kt: 14. BxB. KtxB. hut his position wo uld be d,,';nlte1y Inferior. F o r e"am p le. If 15. P-K4? Kt-K3t; 16. P .Kt.1. Kt·Q5; 17 . Q-QI. KtxB eh and Wblte must lose a P. 13. P ·Q4 ....... . 'rbis illustrates the fall"cy of Whlte"s opening system. His QRP wlll become weak. his Qll's diagona l Is block ,"d. and h is QKt Is not ae t"· e. At the p r f'sen t time, P icc is a fundamentally stron):!e r p layer than Byrne . but It would t a ke an Alekhine to hold his own artf'r this k ind of opening . 13. .. ..... . Pxf> lB.. 0 ·82 P-B3 14, PxP Kt-Q3 19. Kt ·Q-l Q·K81 15. P .83 P·K3 20. P·B4 PxP 16. KR·Kl ICR·KI 21. 8xB Ox B 17. QR·81 Kt .R4 n. Px P R·QBl A lthough "hang ing pawns " a l"(' oft~:n s trong. In thIs CDse the pr=~ure 'In t hem I~ lIu<:h Illltl tncy ore nulla we"" . 13. P.QI'I$ Kt.Rl ". Q·Bl Q·Ql 1.4. B-B3 I< I·B3 17. Q·K3 ICI(81)-0 1 1$. KI.Kt3 P· B4 28. P.QS1! .. _ .. _ VIr<: p refers et>ntpllcatloru;: to J><I.sslvely waItIng fur hlB 1'05illr", I" dl~l n telfrat e. '-8. .. _.... OxP 31. IC t ·KI4 Q.Q3 ~9. 8xB • KxB 31.. Q-B3 eh K' Ktl 3'). P xP P xP 33. KR·Ol QxP White h3ll los t two P 5 In very clever fash ion. lie may h ave had Ihe r o rl o,"" hnl>e Ihat mllck wou ld donate Ihtl Ex· c hange with ~:I ... _ ....• Q"J(t'. Pin:: now (lisl.lays some more or h .... Ingenuity but t t> no avall .

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38. Q.Kta I(t·B2 43. Kt..Q4 P· K4 mack', powerful K'6ide p , make the win a IlIaller or good o ld "technique." 4~. Kt·Kts !t·R4 51. PxP PXP 45. P.QR4 K· BI 52. K·Q4 K· 83 46. 1(·82 K·l(l 53. R·Q8T K·Q2 47. K·K2 Kt ·Q3 54. R·KI R·R4 48. KI·83 I K.Ol 5S. R·Kl 1(·83 49. R-QKtI K.B2 S6. R-KB2 R.QB4 SO. K-Q3 P ·BS 57. R-QR2 ' •.... _. N atura lly 57. RxP lose' a p l(!(!(l t o R-meh. 57. ........ P· B6 59. It·KB1 KI·B4ch S8. !t·Rl P·B7 6D. K-Q3 And now l or ~ ne~ 1 w lnd·\II!. 60. ........ !txKtch 64. P_R4 KI·KIS

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Black A.KAUFMAN

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)3. K·R I QxP~h 41. Q·Rlch K·K6 34. K·Ktl Q.KtSch 35. K·Rl Q·R5ch 36.. K·KtI QxR

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