~bess Ci e Volume II, OffielCll Publication of The Unltecl States (bessfedercltion Number 11

Thursday,

February 5, 1948

Doctor Prescribes Chess As Tonic , ~r· ,.~~ __ .. ",~~~~ CHESS KNOCKS AT HOSPITA.L IF" AMSTERDAM HAS

AND GAINS HEARTY WELOOME ~g~~f~~ELEMl~~~ Herman Kiefer Hospital In Detroit Finds Chess Ideal For Confined Patients

By Oscar Balchum, M D . ~

The royal game of chess has acquired quite a following at Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, T here are about sixty patien ts a t this t uber­culosis hospital who are now pla yiug by the postal method, s ending their moves by mail. Many more are Interested, and are now able f.Q begin to learn the ga me because boards and books have been made available recently. Reverend Otto Turk and the Lutheran Ladies' Mission Society of Det roit la te ly dOllated twelve pocket peg-in chess sets a nd seven chess books. Th e American Legion Veterans Organization gave fifteen chess boards, fourtaen beginners' books., and seven more advan~d chess books. Reverend Pollatz of S1. Phillip's Lut he ran Church donated two chess sets. The Friends of the Wayne County Li ­brary (of which the Herman Kieter Hospital Library is a branch ), through the k ind eflorts of Mr. Walt er Kaiser, have purchased five of 'the larger peg-in chess s ets and loaned 15 hooks for the use of the patients. All of t he above books and boards have been placed in the bospital library and circulate In t he same manner as regula r libra ry books. -

The spread of the game of chess has also been greatly fa cilitated by I KMOCK KNOCKOUT the. interest of one of lhe s~pervis- A S U G Ing llurse~, Miss l\1yrU~ Swanson, T PITT B R H Il..N, She lIas IlltCl'cstCti IUUIlY pa- j tleuts in the g ume, has matched linus l{mock. the able nnnOUltor 1Il(1,vers of Uke ability. and. lu gen- flnd master player who has trans· erai. has seen t!'mt a ll Is running felTed his elless actlvltles from the 8moothly in the "chess wodd" at Continent to Ihe United Slales. is tbe hOllpitnl. 1'hc Imtlcnts gl'cally c1emonstrntlllg In his til"8t tour that apl)reciate the mauy k ind efforts Europe's loss has been AmeriCa's or Mi ss Swanson. gain. At the Downtown YMCA

Although quIte a rew bonr!ls an!l Chess Club at Pittsburgh on Jan· books have recenUy beeu made :mry 15 In Il twe nty·two, l)(lll.!'d s lm· available, more could bo used as it ultaneOIlS, Kmock won seventeen. seems that the !l emand Is always lost one and dl'ew foul' in. the cOUl'se greater Ulan the SUPI) ly. More of winning nmul new friends by his boal'ds and books (or average Dnd able and affable perfol'lnauce. :rhe ndvaucecl 1)layers would be 1ll 0l~ IOS8 was to Alexander Silitzer: the than welcome. Chess instruction draws to 16- year o ld Ric hard Freed. by Illtel'~sted individuals would be land; W. A. Mallory, club [lre!lldent: or STeat advau tu.ge. Many patients JO!leph Firestone; and USCF Vlce­find 11 cUrficult to learll the game P resident \VllIIDlI\ M. Uyland . merely by reading directions. Per­sonal lessons and practice games would be or great help and 1)leaaure to them. A ny Inl.erested clless players who would be able to teach chess please write or phone Miss Helena McCullough, Librarian, Her­llIan Kiefer Hospital, Detrolt %, Michigan, Phone Trinity 2-1540, Ex· tension 180,

Many patients would welcome the opportunity of playing I)ostal' cbess with playerll outside the hospital. Those luterelltotl should call or write the above. . All Inter.hos pltal chess tour na­

ment bas been sta r ted between Her­man 'Klerer l-loSI)ltlll , Detroit, and the Maybury Sanlltorium, North­ville, Michigan. Each hospital has a team of nin l(! players divided Into three groups; one g roup Is eOlllposed of average players, Ilnd the othe r two g roul)S are beginners. Each pallent plays one game with each of the three p layers In the like group o r the ol)poslng teUlll. Moves are carried via hOSI)itlll mail by the regular Inter·hospitnl ambu­lance senlce, The tournament has been in progress for about two months and tho players a ro eo· joying it very lIIuch. Patients with tuberculosis may be hosp itallzed for 8everal years a nd many games can be played before they are ready to go home,

F I"()m time to time neW8 ot the ches8 tourname~t Is printed in t he

( Please t um t o page 3, col, 4)

SVENDSEN WINS CAMPUS TITLE

At ·the Un ivers ity ot Oklull;)mll Dr. Kester Svendsen, secretary of the Oklahoma Chess Assocladull' scored a technical k nockout In besl· ing PI'oressO!' Antonio de In 'I'ol"l'e ou Jan.uary 8 to sccm'e the Campus Champlons blp. The tourna ment was a knockout-lityle meeting with ,twenty-four entrants. including faculty and s tud ents-but the profs showed mere stamina than the stu­dents In las Ung out for the Ilna l ronnd:.~ ________________ _

NEW OFFICERS FOR GARY CHESS

At the annual meeting of tlIe IIA\.ry ( Ind.) Ches!! Clull, H'u rry Salisbury was e lected preSident, Floyd Bolton secretary-treas urer, and Dave Drooks, Indiana State Chstllplon. team C8.lltaln. The club Vlall s to hoM a City Championship tournamellt on Febr uary 6 open to all residents of Gary.

Falling In 8tep with Ibe modern clllphasi!; of youth, the Gary Club Is 'Proud of its own local juniors: Kan Hybarger, 14-year old player: Henry Giertych, 17 years old: and Bill Backemeyer, 16 years old. All three of these ha.ve won most of their match gamCll t n contests wIth outside chess clubs. .

The N ew York Stock Excha nge faces a formIdable array or t.a lent in the lell-man team selected to repl'esent the Amstel'dam ;:;tock Exchange ill the cable match sched­uled for Febru aV 14. For first board Am.sterdam will have the well-known Dutch p layer 1', C. van Scheltillga. Boards two to ten will be in the capable hands {It H . K leefstl'a, U. Crahbeodam, \V. C. A. L. Muller, J. Kempes, J. Ph. Grandma!). C. L. C. Decker, J . J. Van Weering, F. van ~tetten. and Justus Meijer.

The New York team , restricted t o employees a nd members of the Stock Exchange and member firms,

Pilato, Courtft., Lo ul.y;lIft eo"rle'-J .... 'n.1 w ill haV>e the American master A PLEA SANT INTERLUDE Isaac 'Kashda n at board one as

}'uk MO'"!s~. Pr~ljJ~nl 0/ th~ Lou;s~;I1~ e~ss el .. b (I~ft), q .. ~ru:h~s 1M thirst 0/ M<fl'I;n Soulh~rn, PruiJtnl 0/ the So .. tiN: rn e~n A.jj",;"'tooll ( right), whjl~ USeE Pr~siJ, ,,t Elbut A . W"S"u. Jr., smil~s his appro"",l.

team capta in . Other members of the : team will be se~ected from the following: E. Schuyler Jackson, Maurice Wertheim, Howal'd Ham­ersh lag, H. Wallace Cohu, OIare Torrey, Herbert W. Marache, Alex­ander Pinney, Jacques Coe, J~cob Monkes, Dnvld A, MUITay, Sol Ran­holm, A]tred ,K Tonne, Slanlcy Za­lenski, J Of;~!ph O'R'3illy, .l)01)1I1Ij Hart, T. Pal en, al\(t E. Johnson.

THINK BIG! SAYS C; HAS. M. HARDINGE ON MAIL CHESS

Chess by m~ 811 lnternalio­nnl sc.1 le with l~,OOO c hess llillyers cot'l'esJ)Ollrllng ill lIle vis ion of Chnrles 'M. Ha.rdinl::e (The Pnwn ShOI)\ of MhlllOllpoll!<. Minn., U.S. Director of tho In ternational Mail Plnye rs.

The International Mail Plnyers Is HI! informa l orgllnizatiOll. orlg· In a led hy R. J. Smith. Ahby W OO(t. S,P.. 2, London, l;;'llgl:11HI AS n ven· ture in International good will. It coll(!cts 110 fees or dues an d Its sole pnrPOse Is to arrange posta l chess matClles bQtweell players ot val'lous countries.

'fo date, a s reported by Mr. Har· dinge. about GOO U. S. playet·s are parUcipatlng In these Informal matches by mall with Iliayers tn every Illaying country except Rus­sia, Total n umber of matches throughoul the world are In the nelJl,'hborhood or ~,OOO bOArds.

Those Interested In Imrtielpatlng' in this Informa l venlm'e in inler· national good will throug h chess llIay contact CharlOls lIf, H:\rdlnge., MinneaJlolts Chess &. Checker Club. 718 Lumher Exchangp.. i\flrmeapoli8 7, Mlnll. ----

KMOCK BESTS CHICAGO GROUP

Playhtg a thirty board simultan­eollS exhibition at the Chess Club of Chicago, Hans Kmock scored twenty-five wins, four draws and one loss. Tbe loss was to Al Poschel , lather of former State Cll1lmpion Pau l Poschel: and the draws were with 14-year old J , Klein. J. Sha.fter, Jolin Anderson, an d GeO!'ge Kaiser,

SAVE THESE DATES! July 5-July 17

For The

49th Annual U, S. Open Tournament

AT BALTIMORE, MD.

Their Need

Our Duty Add to Ihe list Illlhlished in

CIH:SS LWIl! on Ol:tobel' 20th l he lUlmes

B. Koek T,ft,ko •• I''''e 1 BerUn N sa, Germ.ny

I'rledrlch Slemhcll (2)lb) 1(1.1 Heuog-Frledrich Sl, ... e " P'oylnl Scll lMWIO· Holl teln BrlUlh Zone. Germany

OfficlaUng In New York as ref­e l'cell und dlrectOrll w!ll be mem· bel's from the Com merc.ta l Chess League, Including John F. Fowler, Jr. alld Phllill Allen or the Invest· ment Hanken lea m ; and Ne130n HogenaUOI' and William i\larcy of the Central Hanover Bank tetlin.

The (Jut Is recom mended by 01'. Max Euwe, tllC "ceond by Mr. Max Rel,s of the Rochester Chess & Checkel' Club as wOI·thy of our as­sllStauce, Packages ($10,00) may be sent through CARE. 50 Droad Stree t, New York City.

VENTNOR CITY HOLDS ELECTIO N

Let's keep the helping hand ex­tended!

PAUL G. GIERS USCF £;ICI:( uti~t Vi<t-Prtlidenl

T he Venlnor City (N.J.) Chess Club held its annual meeting and elected l. F, Dally Vresldent; George Coke vlce·presldent; and MrJl. W. Angus T horn secretary­treasurer. .

::Directing- .-4 SWLM 5 ourne'f By Gt!1le Collett

( F rom t he Un ited States Chess Fede ra t ion Club Manual )

This ;:- the- suomi <I,UI tone/lld;n, ilrtjt!t 0/ <I ur;ll telli", how tM Swill lysUm OpWUlS and how '0 direct this type 0/ tOllrnilmtn,. TM w,iu, hod 1M htlp ollwo Swiu S"SI~", tXPUIS, J. C. Thomplon and GtoTgt Kolldnowslr.i. ;n prtpdrinB I~ m<lnNsaipl. rrHJo~ director will nnd it desirable to :ll1ow four hours for each game 1. ill Swiss System play and, in no case, less than three hours. Clocks

are highly useful. j( available. Otberwise, some complaint may arise If a fast player finds himself handicapped in reacblng a decision alatnst an unusually slow player. If there are some clocks, tbe director should allot them to tables where he knows a difference In IIpeed ot piny Is likely to cause dissatisfaction.

If clocks are used, each player should be allowed one·half of t be available time. A popular plan 18 to require the player to make 50 moves in what ever lime he Is allowed for the game. I

Propone nts of the plan say 60 moves can be played in 90 minutes if t he time Is used judiciously, They figure an average of one minute a move for the tlrst 10 moves and an average ot two minutes per move fOr the ncxt 50 moves-a total of 90 min­utes, or 1% hours.

Play should end at t he close of the lime period, whether clocks are usel! . or not. If the game Is un· tlnlshed, it 8hould be submitted to adjudlclaUon. All gallles must be com pleted in time for the scores to be used in making drawings fO I' the next round,

Occasionally, expedients are tried' In an effort to obtain what directors consider a more equitable working of the Swiss.

Olle of the most impor tant ot these has to do with adjudica tions, long considered a neceasary e vil. '

( Pl ease turn to page 3, col. 2) •

Gtne Col/tit

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Volume II, Number 11 Thursday, February 6, 194 8 -- • THE REDEEMING DEFECT

O J T ot a cautious curiosity, Ilo t altogether altruistic. CHE SS LIFE has l.sked its read ers to indicate by means of a ques tionnaire pnb­

lisbed in the issue of December 20 tilei r own preferences and desires. The response to tbis appeal has been gra tl rying, for the reader

could well say that it was not his task to teach the edltol' bow to please his fancies. Both in lucidity of statement and number of replies the returns ha\'e been informative and lustructive. A detailed analYSis of these various answers will be the subject of all article in an early issue of CHESS LIFE.

We wish to thank each reader who bas submitted a res pons, and urge the others to submit their own preferences before an analysis is completed. _ While the hasty sum and total of the responses received seems to

Indicate tbat most readers desire little change in CHE SS LIFE beyond greater preference to their own particular Interest in chess, it is . g rati· fying to note that some have found a flaw or two. It was Dlsraeli who said ot Gladstone : "He has not a single redeeming detect". CHESS LrFN fs satIsfied to remnfl1 more [!ulllan Cn Us occusfonal (raHties.

Montgomery Major .---------'-

CHESS INTERLUDE AT LOUISVILLE (Monthly utttr No. 50)

By Elbt:rt A. Wagner. J r. PrtliJt "l, UOIit<ti Std/tS Chtss FtJt ,alioOl

A~ enterprise planned tor one pUl'pose will frequentl y produce Inci­dental values that are fully as rlcb as tbose of the original obJective.

Such has been my experience with the preparation for the qualltying tournament In Area No.4. As tbat Area covel's "the District of Columbia and all the Southern· States South of Pennsylvania and East of the Mississippi", it was bu t logical that the Cbairmanship of the Committee for such Al'en shoulu go to tbe pl'esident or the Soutlun·n Chess Assocla· tion. Mr. Mal'Un Southern of Knoxvltle, Tennessee.

My COI'respolld~nce with MI'. Southern seon revealed tbat there were many cbmmon interests and common prOblems which were shared by the usm~ and the SCA. It Quickly appeared that a closer re lationship between the two organizations could be nlore erfecUvely brought about it MI'. South· ern and I could have a personal discussioll of various matters than if we attempted to go over them by the slower and more cumbersome med ium of writing le tters. We agreed to meet on January 16, and by one of those excellent gitts of fortune Loulsvltte was selected as our meeting place.

In Louisville, Mr. Southern aDd I were received \ most graciously and 1n the best tradition of Soutbern .hospitality. Mr. Merritl Dowden, Chess Editor of the Loulsvllte Courie r-Journal and USCF Director for Kentucky, not only he lped to lIIake us welcome but In active cooperation with Mr. Jack Moyse, President Elbnt A. W'gntr, Jr. (If tIle Loulsville Chess Club, arranged a delightful luncheOn at which we met many chess players and other citizens of Louisville. Among these were Earl Ruby, Sports Editor ot tbe Courler­Journal; Bovard Claylon, cllle! sports announcer, WGRC and W. F. J ohn­son, Promotion Man ot radio station WGRC; W. I!~. Mel·edith. Executive Director ot the Louisville Convention Bureau; William B. Schmitt. Secretary of the Louisville Chess Club and l ec~urer on modern openings; Dr. Max Blum, who distinguished himself by a pretty draw against George I<oltanowski at his exhibition t here In · November ; John C. Ruysenaars, 78 year old chess player, who, although not quite a charter member ot the Louisville Chess Club (organized In 1865) hall been a. faithfu l member s ince 189G; Jackie Mayer, 14, who played in the J unior Championship Tournament at Cleveland last summer.

Two hours of earnes t discussion with those enthusiastic people, all Interested in the promotion of chess, firmly convinced Mr. Soutbern and me that here is one of the most promising cities in the en Ure country tor the growth ot the game. They want to be hosts to the U, S. Open Tournament at the earliest date and can be counted upon to give that event a tremendous boost when the time comes.

Although Mr. Soutbern and I enjoyed to the fu llest extent tbe friendly reception which was accorded to us by the people in Louisville, tbe day was by no means one of a ll play and no work. We spent sev· eral hours In discussion ot long range plans tor tbe promotion of chess and methods whereby the USFC and the SCA can coordlnaJe their ef­forts, as well as the solution of problems more Immediately a t band. Such as the qualifying tournament In AI'ea No.4.

Which was the subject that s tarted us of! In the first place.

jSJrotlenw 0/ Ct..jj "il/e Edited by Dr. P. G. Keettey

Addra ... rr commu~lcoUo~. for t his co lu mn to Dr. P. G. Kee .... .,. 123 Eh l 71h St.. New· po rt, Ky .• " "ciooino ", If.add_,ed • • tamped onyclo,,", If reply I. req ..... ted .

A rew weeks befot'e taking o\'er th e Problem editorship of CHESS LIFE r composed an original sound two-move direct mate problem along

task lines conceiv~d hy me. This composition has not been published and I do 1I0t choose to exhibit it at present as 1 believe some composers 31'e excellent "copy ca l!1." As the lask is rather well defined a lld somewhat limited as to the pieces to be employed in its accompUshment, more originali ty in versions may be anticipated i f an example is not given. Composers are thus placed strictly "on their own" to tind the mechanism they desire to employ in producing problems along the lines impos,ed by the task.

Here is the task (simple though it may be) which J hOPe will prove attractive to all who are interested in the art of problem construction.

CHESS LIFE TASK COMPOSING Co.MPETITlON

Compose a sound direct mate two-move problem, free of duals in main variations, the key of wbich s imultaneousiy unpins two black pawns, pe"rm ltting eac h unpinned pawn two distinct moves with separate and distinct white mating moves. .

Composers may submit entries, not to exceed two, up to June 10, 1948 to Problem Editor, CHESS LIFE,123 East 7th Street, Newport, Ky .. who will act as judge of the cpntest and award tlIe COlll lJOSer of the best version with a free }-ear's subscription to CHESS LIFE. Since the task condit ions are very rest rictiv(l, it is anticipated that similar versions may be submitted. Should this occur, ·-the priZe will be awarded the composer whose entry antedates the ·others.

By

8. IKrm1. tT'lklbiR.

WII( le m.1et (n two mOVH While males

Problem No. 13 above Is a. pl'oblem dream H not a "dream of a prob· lem". composed by ye P. E. sans voir, whilo tossing in bed and unable to s leop. Instead ot reeortlng to ' (counting sbeep", he lulled h~msol! to rest evoJvlug the above Deca.let. Decalet Is the llame b1ven to problems utilizing 10 I.lie<:es, no more, no less.

Problem No. 14 , a delightful composition and the fh'st outside original contr ibution to the problem department of CHESS T~n~E. Is the work of Edgar Holladay, Pl'oblem EdUor of The Cleveland Chess Bulletin. In the past few years Mr. Holladay has composed lIlallY excellent prob· lems, which ba.\'e gained for him deserved l'ecognlUon of his composing ability. J feel sure you will find Pl'oblem No. 14 a l)leasing and lluzzl in g creation. Thank you, Mr. Hollad ay.

Solutlons:_ Tlte keymo.·e 01 Probl~", No. \I I~: 1. Q.KRI. Till. type of ltOIIltlOh I. refer ..... 1 to ~,

a" Inc&tnplcl<l blO<lk . The by .10 of Ule waller type .ince it II""" nol .... ke :10 lh ..... t. The prdUr .. t ..... II.l1,m occur .... h"n 1. _ , K)(Kt ~lI; 2. Q.B5 mli<'. Tht lnll~ \8 kilo ... " .... CfOIIII..,hecl< ~nd tlLN~ I, a lrll>le btuk Vi" of Q. II ... d P. II 1. _ ..... II Iny; !.. Q. B~. If 1. ___ , Kt ~n1; !. Q.B6. " 1. _._ , Q·K6 cll 01" 1(1; 1. Ih:Q. If 1. __ ., Q:dt: 2. Q.lQ.

The keymQV~ or Problem ,,"0. 10 I.: 1. B·K4 willi UI~al 10 m~to by !. Q;cP . .A I(!.~n . rol.1 IilC!riliee of 'be .... hil e n I_ otftro(l. lIlack', dcfe_ 1tg.1 .... the thl'Cll-t a re the <.'al>ture of the B hy K. T', Q, eilher It and eillier Kt The r~I'·e ,ua~ are: 2. R-D'; 2.Q·Qt!i 1. R_Il!; !. n · lIl: 1. Kt·!C;; !.. "1·K6; g. H(R'3).Q3. n .. Ii 11)..,,,,lId kq. excellent ..... ich· and lIOme bc.uUful matH.. •

Oorrcct oolutionl 10 I'mlol"" .. !'In. D alld 10 are • ..,Imo .... ledged rtUh"<.'d tmm: ./om("l iJ:oHou (Kew fbwh, C<im •. ); Peter "orr, .... 1I0]]way (Grand liapidll, Mi~b.): ~;dpr Holl.· <lay (Cb .. lo1.!~vllle. ~'a . ): K. H. l!{>1Ijalllin {(''1evClahd, 0.): II. Groe"dykc, N. " .bor, t:. 0..1 ... (OIhdm'~II, 0.) : J~~k Spence (Om:1ohl); Mro. WllIl"", Ward (.-;"'<1 .. 11 .. , Yo. ). C<irrecl oolulll", 10 I'robl~ .. " :-10 . 10 e.,ne from J. Il. HOlt (Sa.I'Q(IU. rll.). lIclated oolulious 10 rro~lenuo No.1 and S ,,'1!I'fI meell't(l from ltola"d Pur!8c." (WoonllQt)ket, R. I. ). Incorrect

II(tlutio". lo 1' roblema I'll.>. \I IUld fO "·~T~ 1'I!C<'I~ed fronl Jhro ld VI .. AI~lIer (Compton. o..lil.) alld D. C. AI~cl)on. ld (Ol'llnd ~'o.b" 1>'0. nak.); while an inCOrT~1 ""llIlion 10 l'rattle"" N .... II "mne fmm J . U. 1I0lt (Soruotu, 1.'1 ... )

Questions and Answers Que.y: Whot ronnfdlOIl do tl~ leue .. and nu""' ... I. be~ath the (11111'"""'" of probkllll ll"~e ..·il.h lhe I'rottleme or their oolu l lm,.? Answer, The letu .... and nUlner~l~ ....... Iow ,"" dia,:-ro"", 3rt! Illnel), ~ O'llorlhand """"t'UI) of th" ],tOIIition of the I)I~..,. Oil tlte dlagranl. Thl. method ""~8 orij:"h",led by ,. ""'0 113",ood )'(OI'I)'Uoe Ind the nofalion boNn ht. ".mc. \'ou ...,ad the ftOlltllon Oil the dia;:-rtlD by "",di"k the Icuen lind numcrall. Tile IlllVI.:"'~U(ln 01 the IU"uood t~ " follow.: White VilX'Cl ne rep"re«ated hy C.pltal letten, m..,k 1,1e<:8 by sm&1J letl e ... blink Or eml,f), 'f .... ~ loJ " umo.nl.. A """,ml. II \lied to 1ep""'le the roWI. J>o lacintr the dlaJ:"tlru, Oo:!(III .... ith Ih, uppe r ro ..... t the left and .... Id .e .... completing the· Ii IIIJ"II'fll, lhen relum to Ihe IC<l<md UI'll<:r ro .... and _pin read I..,,,,,",. elc. Continue Imtil yOll h~HI read the enUre S ro ...... 'or uamplc. ""1'1 __ ,he notation I. as lollowo: k'1sl(2, pbpKI, S. 1b8. ~KtU3, 8, 8, ((/. While rna!.'. \" tw" mO"M. 'rhi. mea" •. rndlng lOp II"e fmm UPI"!r Icf~ I"",d co .. "". Hoe", t. Q

~~~,k .. ~hi~,..']"s t::,p~rJ~:'~~~:d r::"X:I :1·W~I!"~c:!:~""~J'·tl~~I~a 2 '::;~;~~ oq~r:'" b~j,~b'l':~: pletCil lhe reading ol tll l tOJ"l row. The lIOllI.llon t~lng kqW, 'he ""hlma mUki the "",I of Iht ro"'. Ttl\: notallon for the Zlld upper lin" ill 111)1>1\4, me~"I ... a blad' J"I&,.,n, the .. next. hiatt bishop, "u' 0 black 1 ..... ". nut I while King, OIl'" 4 ~",pty oqnM(S. The IIOtatill" for the 3rt! upJlI!r m .. io 8. Th .. InCOln. aU I(]UQ\ft aerO. Ihie row am '''cant. The notl tion for tbe Uh UPI .... """ i . 4hS, me.nlne , empty "Ilia_ then 0 bl,...,k bWooI) and 3 ~"'l'tY .. uam. The no!.;llion for Ihe t:>th upper ro .... 31\t8S, ","ninc S f1n~y 1Il".r~ ~ white Knight, a wldle Bimol> ~",I :I empty .. u~ ...... 'fhe notation lor tile 4th and ?tl> TO"·' i. 8. 11, ",o:onlnJ: I II "'tWlr ... are bl. nk. Next on tile row i"""cdillel)' be{,,~ l'ou, Ihe not . tion III \fI, mea"l"tr lh~..., 10 a .... hlle Queen on th~ I",o.·er leftl ..... d corner I lld ll<rn 7 vacant lI'Iua ..... Now. lIter .eadi"k U'lt, If you I\>~ In pl~~ing the ",·bile and bllCk pieft' .. on Ihe wanl o«onll~ to Ih~ nOUlUon Id.·~", yuu will find a IImple b"t inlereol.lntr t""''''~ by the ClUllS LI Fl; "roblem Editor which may "ro.-e of IIOlne al<! to YQul\lf COInpDllC .. I.t teu,ptirl,

It Americanism Is victorious In chess, It will a lso be !l0 In life. For In the Idea or chess and the development ot the chess mind we have a pictu re ot the Intellectual struggle of mankind.

Richard Reti

Ct..jj "il/e ..!In n.w ?jork

By Milton Finkelstein

T OURNAMENT NOTES: Gustat Gustafson, ex-champion or the

West Side YMCA and the old Swed­ish Chess Club, now leads In the an_ nua l cluh champlonshil) of the BI'QoklYn Chess Club. Close behind him a re Jack W. Collins and new­comer Moe Osher. , Osher, a one­time team·mate ot mine in high school days, is my ehoice to cap­tu re the title.

At the Marshall Cbess Club, with 3 rounds c[ play remairting. a scramble fol' the title will result ill a will for Herbert Seidman, Loury Evans, Tony Sautasiere or Carl P ilnick. Pilnick. by the way, Is also competing: for the Manhat· tan Chess Cluh Utle, where he a nd Columbia College's " tal ter Ship­man started with strong wins-­Shipman's against the mighty Alex.an-der Revl tz!

This promises to he New York's most ,ac tiv-e chess season to da te, with the various c lub tournam ents under way and the Metropolltan Chess League and the National Cbamplonship zonal preliminaries to begin sbol·Uy. !'.ioall"NhiIe. Sam· uel Reshevsky continues his train­ing for the World Championship Tournament by Irequent visits to New YQrk for analysis. consulta­tion and study wiih the cream of th is city's talent. It there's a line or an idea available, Sa mmy will have dug it up by the time he leaves '.Q t· Europe. As a wind-up of bis ·prepa ra tious. Reseysky is to conduct a series of exhibition g:lllles with Horowitz, Denker, Kashdan and several other top­f1igbt masters.

The New York StOck Exchange, lod by Kashdan on i.kJal·d One, will play the Amsterdam Slock Ex· change 011 I<'eb. 2-\. The DutCh. much more avid r chess rans, are picked by this columnist to win by a landslide!

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Jor :Jhe :};,urnament- minded

Note : Entra nce fees to the U. S, Champlooshlp Preliminary Area Tourn aments a re uniformly $5.00 in every Area T ouroame nt to USCF members . .. (Non-members may par­ticipate by incl uding $1.00 fo r USCF dues with their regular entry fee.)

F~bruary 21·2J Area 5 U, S. Preliminaries

Fort Worth, Texas Will be played u.t Westbl'Ook

Hotel; write to ~Tank R. Graves, 202 li~rm .and Home B1d~., Ninth a nd Houston., FOI·t WOI·tll 2, Texas.

February 21-24 Area 3 U. S. Preliminaries

Ch icago, IlII n.ols Will be played at Chess Club a t

Chicago, 185 West Madison Sl, Chicago, TlI. Write Earl W, David­son. 44 E. Ch1cago Ave., Chicago, IlL for details.

Februdry 21-28 Area 4 U. S •. Preli minaries John soo City, Tennessee

Will be played at John Sevier Hotel In Johnson City, Tenn. Write Martin Southern, 201 Healty Bldg., Knoxville, Tenn, for details.

F(bTuoJr, 21.22 Mi no esota State Championship

Minneapo lis , Minnesota Will be played In the Minne­

apolis Chess and Che<:ker Club, Lumber Exchange Bldg., Minne­apolis. For details write to Carl E. Dlesen, 3332 Seoond Avenue So., Minneapolis 8, Minn.

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C~e •• :Jor :1~e :hred r/J"'ine.. man By Fr~d R~in'tlJ

To Be Or Not To Be ... Crusty old W ilhelm Stelmeu lived in an era when attacking play was

all the rage. Yet he had a fanatical faltll In the efficacy of the defense. As- he grew older, his stubborn a tti tude coet him many an Irl-etrievable point; but he never [IInched (rom s ubjecting himself to tasks which would have terrified lener--or la:r. lcr-meD..

CENTER GAME Nuremberg, 1896

\\'lo;t~ Blaek S. WINA,WER W. STEtN ITZ

1 p.1« P·K' 2 P_Q4 P~P

3 Ox.P _H'_'

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THE BIG SNOW DISRUPTS CHESS

Position No. J Posilion No. 4 By Alex Is Trolts ky By K. A. L.eonld Kubbel C/l)es5 Cite Page 3

Thll,SJ.ry, Ftb,uary " 1948

.!)t ~ -A Que.lion Advice to the Chess-lorn on

History, lAws, Personal Ethics

Question: What is nn "outside passed pawu"'? lu.$l wlllit du_ the word -"outside" reter to? Outside of what?

}. ASHUR Pblladelphia, Pa.

The loss of time this entails has .conslgned tile o pe ujng to the same «:ategory as the IcLhyosaurus.

Playing schedules of Ihe Norlh Shore (Massachusettll) CheslI Lea· gue lillve lJeen dl aorg:mlzed by tho big snowstOI'ms ot the last few weeks, bul .at t.he haUwa y mark We Newburyport Chess Clul) l eads the Loague with ... >lcore or 14-4

White To Play And Draw!

Answer : Outside passed p awn Is a term usually used when each player has one o r more passed pawns lu (In endgame. The term "outl!lde" refen to the pawn most distant from the center or the board ( usually a. RP, KtP, or I)Osslbly BP) an1:l therefore the mosl difficult tor 1ft! opposing K or minor p[ece to stop without yielding up control of ,the ga.me In the center of the board. Ther'e­tore, an outside passed paWD us· ually w:ins, either by queening or by luring tbe defending K from the center ot the board, so that ::1 decillion Dlay be reached in the center wbJle the K Is stopping the outside passed pawn. A simple example is:

) "H~" Kt-OB) • Q_K) Kt II) 5 Kl·Q8) 8·Kt5 . 6 B-02 0·0 1 0·0·0 R·Kl S 8.Q84!1 B~Kt

Stein itz goes for the prof!e-red Pawn althougb he knows that he 'will l\ave a difficult time.

, Bx8 Kt~P

But uot Rx.P?; I 10 BxKt and w1I1 S·

10 Q·84 Kt_B} 11 Kt·B} p·o} 12 Kt-KIS 8_K} U II-Qj P·KR)

QUi~~K~~!ght: his material Infel" iority forbids retreat. Yet Black must play wilh grcat care, In view of the menaciug way that the hos­tile pieces glare at his King.

14 __ KI..Q4 Aftel'14 Px.Kt!; 15 PxP Black

would be lost: take this brilliant possibility: 16 Kt-Q4: 16 R·R8cb!. KxR ; 17 Q·R4ch, K-Ktl: 18 BxP!. KxB: 19 Q-R6ch. K-Ktl: 20 R·Rl and mate is unavoidable.

IS 8·R1 eM This Inge nious move torces

Black'S reply, for U 15 K-BI; 16 ]'txBch. RxI<t; 17 RxKl wins.

IS _ K·Rl Black seems to be in the clear,

a.s he is about to remo"e White's mighty QB. Wlnawer selzos bis oilly chance.

l' RaKI! B~R 11 B·K4 _ TllI'eatens 18 l{txPch!, BxKt; 19

QxPch and mate next move! 11 _ P·8)? Fatigue. He should have broken

the attack with 17 ... UxB!; 18 KtxR, Kt·K4 etc.

]S B~B BPxKt 19 P~P Kt·K4 20 RxP mata was tbreatened.

(19 ...... QxP?? cannot be played!) 20 P·KUi! - Rllllln. He bas no detense against the

cOlniug %] RxPc h! The operatlon was II. great success, but the patient died. Stelnltz appraised the at­tack correctly, but he lost all tho same. -----ROCHESTER CLUB TAKES REVENGE

On January 11 t ile Rochester Chess aud Checker Club (N.Y.) bad Its revenge against t.he vlslUug Buffalo Chess Club by winning an e leven board ffil1tch by the soore of 8·3.

Roch .. tor Chell Buffalo CM ••

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Boost A mc";~.m Cht/s!

JOiN THE USC{

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1l .... "rbI11 _____ .. ____ ._. __ ~ __ 11·7 I,,.n,, _____ ~ ___ .• ~_______ 9-8

LaW'Nlce .. ~.~ .. _~ .. _.. . .......•..• 7·11

NI\JIOIGon ~!lld tllnt victory wnlJ on th e !;Ide of tho higge8t bntterlel: but the endgame composers do not believe In such pessimistic truisms. In Posltloll No.3 White yields Dot to the counsel of dispal r bllt calls upon a gallant Knight. In Position No.4 'Vllite scorns tbe mating power at Blsh(lp alld Knight.

Sal.m _ .. ~" .. ~._.~~_ ........ HN •••••• ~ •• _. ______ ••••• 7·1) Solutions wlll be published In March St" Issue.

DIRECTING A SWISS TOURNEY (Co ntinued from Page 1, Col. 1)

"Where It Is Dossible to allow ~ime tor adjourned gamCK to be Dlayed ott. lhe dh'ector may m ake a "tentative adjud ication", enter the "probable­result" tentatively on the scol'e-eaI'd, a nd ulle this as basis ot the next­round drawings. Adjourned games should he played ott at tbe first op­portun.lty and the scores corre.cted. 'U necessary, as soon as possible.

All adjourned games sllould be played ofT 111"1 01' to tbe beginning of the (lllal round. Flnal-roulld gamcs shou ld be let run until they are fin­Ished. If clocks are used; otherwise, a liberal time allowance should be made, In order to make this round conform to earlier ones. If adjourn· ments are permltted( tile regulatlous .coverlng thenl should be a. part of tbe tournament rules.

One rlirer-tnr seed" pla yer" , rOQllirlng "IOtrnn!:" 011e8 In meet each olher i n the first round, nnd thereaflel' lets the Swlu System operate normally. He believes this allows the equivalent of 9,n extra round without actually playing It. In auother meet. a dlrectol' separated weak a nd s t rong playcrs Into two gl'OUPS, thel1 'IInde two rou nds ot drnvdngs of weak playel'S against s tl'ong ?efol'e nllowll1g the Swiss to opcmte.

Da.nger of both these meLhods Is tlll~t f!OI11e sUl?posed ly weak players tU1"1I out to be exCel)tionally at)·ong. nnd that the seeding crenles UII­IntentIonal InjustJces.

In another meel. n director used fOllr rounds of Swiss to Illck rour top contestants. who then 1)lnyed n fi na l round robin. This made II. seven­round meet, with the premium on play In the final round. In suc h play, the Swiss :'ICOre5 may be carried over Into .the final round, or may be discarded. though any such arrangement should be announced In the tournament rules.

Most directors prefer to s tick to the s t raigbt Swiss but experimenta­tion continues and important modifications may one day result.

The Swiss System has faults. Ties are- inescapable. 11 13 players meet in a five-round tournament, .there are onl y 11 possible IIcores: (0, 'h, 1. 4. -t1h. 5), so that at least three of the players must e nd In ties. In most cases. more tha n half tbe entrants will be tied for their positions.

Ob"lously. all these ties cannot be broken by play-offs. Another apparently ineradicable disadvantage of the Swiss is that

the draw will sometimes give a player relatively weaker opponen ts through most of the tourney. allowing him a higher score than he would normally havll merited. But Championships are not won thus and any player who comes through a Swiss meet with a title may r~el he has acquire" It honestly and honorably.

As long as tournalnents Involving more than elgl1t players must be played off in three days or less, tbe Swiss System, despite its weak­nesses, remalnll the best method of piny.

Best preparation fo r a director' Is to sit In, either liS assistant or observer, on a Swiss meet being bandIed by an expert. H thlll Is not I!osslble, the would-be director may be able to persuade members o[ his club to let him manage a Swiss for them. Such an event can be held over a week-end. or In the course of II aeries of club meetings though, In the latter case, absences may Introduce unusu al complications.

Alternately, a nyone wishing to direct a Swiss meet but having no opportunity to observe a real tourna.ment. may get at least theorltlcal knowledge ot how one works by cond ucting an Imaginary tourney.

He needs only to equip himself with a pen or pencil, a pair of dice, and a. suitable number of Index card s (say 13, Hi or 17-an odd number . in order to allow study of the problem of the odd man.) The "director" then makes up the cards as if for a regular tournsment , entering on them the names of imaglnery players. ,

He shuffles the ca rds and draws them Into pairs. assigning oppon. ents and colors for the first round. Give white men to the player firs t drawn io the pair. The dice are then rolled once ror each game. A s ingle die is preferable. Roll for White player: If be gets a. 5 or 5. he wins; a 3 or -t. he draws or a 1 or %, he loses. (In a strong moot. about a third of the games are drawn. the proportion used here).

The' score I~ fntered on the cards after ench game (each roll a t the die). At the end of the round. sort the cards into winners, drawers. and losers. and make pairings for the next round. Proceed similarly tllrough each round of the tournament.

This' should familiarize you with the principal n\echanleal problems of Swiss procedure. Other questions which arise will be those met In ordinary tournaments, with which you likely are a lready familiar.

KING'S MEN B~ST EDISON CHESS

The visiting team of the King's Meu Chess Club (Detroit) downed the :Eidlson Chess & Checker Club in a match played at tbe Edison Co. Service Bldg_ on J,a01lary 9 by

a score of G y.-4 y.. Kine'. Men Che ..

!'Ichm\,lt __ •. _ .. * 1 Wel~ ____ •• 1 !'Icheeht!1" ___ . J P.ekh,dt ___ 1I J e~k\ne ____ • 0 Rnnan ____ , a.b.i1 ____ ._ 0 Rollin. ____ 0 Wolf" ____ 1 n..njomla ___ HM 0 Zol~m~" __ • ,

Ed lton Cit .... O'Keefe ___ "~_. n RoI>.rte •. * __ ._.. il UI.nchtol"d __ , fU"",k ______ J

>- ----, ,.,.,'" ---, Thom .. __ * 1 01 ____ _ ,,- ---BUmll ___ _

B"......,latff __

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HOSPITAL CHESS (Continued frdm Page 1, Col. 4) Fluo ~o"cope, a twolvo-pngo h oopi tn.\ IllOntb ly wh iCh Is published by and fOI' the patients of the above men. tioned hospitals. For the past five mOilths arUcles dealing with postal chess, chess openings, essny.s on chess, and other Items of Interest to chess fans ha.ve appeared in this paper. most of them written by the patients. Now, however. we have exhausted OUI' "talent". A rticles On tbe open ing", m id game nud eud game. chess IIrolJloms, a s well as othel' (aeets of chess would lJe wel­coniC nnd grcatly uppreciated . They may be sellt to The }~d i tor, The Fluoroscope, Maybury Sanatorium, Northville, Michigan.

Til e game of chess has greatly 11""11,,,,1 lh" 1",(h", l" I" """" .... , ... It dlnlrts thOlr minds from Woir I)ersoltal wor'rios and has helped fill with Iloslth'e I)leasure the grent number of hours ot leisu re time which they all have. In addition., it acquaints them with a hobbyanil pastime from wblch they will be able to derive much pleasure after they are well and have been dis­·cha rged from tile hospital. Ji':lnaily, it brings together people ot similar interests, and lasting friendships are formed.

Here the Wl,lte KKtP is an out­sitle passed pawn . If Dlack plays 1 . .... , K·KUj 2. K-Qi, K·83 ( It 2 . .•. .... , KxP; 3. K-Q5 wins eas· Ily); 3. K·B4, K·B2; -t. K·K5, K-K2; 5. P-Kt5: 'K-B2; G. K·QG wins. ----

A good friend tells you where a. bargain can be found. Be a good frleud and tell your friends a.bout CHESS LIFE.

7~e Reader ~ Road :10 C~e •• By 101m D. Frellch

CHAL.LENGE TO C HESS PLAYERS by Fred Rel nfeld; McKay ($2.00)

T ired of ordinary Chess books? Like to try something with a problem touch, but not in the classical line (It ollr own Dr. Keeny? 'Veil, your

book is here and as usua l, written by USCl~'s l~red Reln!eld and publis hed by McKay. les "Challenge to Chesslliayers" and is certainly thaL As a continuation of his "Learn·Sy·Doillg" technique, Reinfeld has focused attention on mate Itself, something otten surprisingly, Ignored in master books that advocate resigning on the loss of a pawn, rather than finishing the game for tun In t rue amateur style. The "Cballenge" con· tains 300 diagrammed positions take n from actual play wllich breaks into: (1), 36 pretty "mate on the move" problems to train your eye for quick thrusts; (2), 156 combinative two-movers selected to teach theme .and Idea. execution; and (3) 10'8 masterful three-moyerS, baled la rgely all attack with the queen and, as t be autllor points out, "truly compli· cated; a real challenge. The conceptions in many cases are rather subtle for there are misleading lines 1I0t quite good enough." Allot which teaches, . tbe cultivation or attacking s kill . Lots or fun, either Joh" D. F,r1lch as study or relaxation.

SALINAS DRAWS WITH FRESNO

In a five-board match on Jan· uary 11 tile Salinas (Ca.ur.) Chess Club " lsltoo l<"resno and played to a d raw. match with Harl's Cateteric. I!LS the (Irena.

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kllna. C ..... Dr. D. )( Vallg ~*1 O. D. Oak ... __ • F. U. CIa'" ___ 0 \'. W. I'ope __ , nr. v. J . S,.... _ I

fOallnu _ ., Say You Saw It In CHESS L.IFE.

"e H E 5 5" Mo"thly Maga.rno Ibr Enthu.INb

SUttnfl-Caldflllld England

me.no EVERYTHING for CHESS!

We'll hunt out .A1."Y 00_ book fOO" :ron, new or old.

We'll make or ' ''1'1'1,. or ~alr "ny oort o! dI_ lilt ill w~ bon{>, 1""'1 or plutle.

Jlllt ref.,.. allY clt_ dillicult,- to ~e are at ,..,... IIIrrlce f

CHESS - Sutton-Coldlitld, En&land AD....-IeuI n.m_ ~

1~ Strathmoor Aye.. Ddmlt 27, ~.

([bess Cife ' Page"

T huwid'Y. Ftb ,U<I" 5, 1948

CENTER COUNTER GAMBIT S imu ltaneous Exh ibi t ion

Lo u l .... ill e, 1948 Notts by Dr. Ma Blulft from 1M

L..ouind/t COII,K, ·jouuwl Wilile 1Ibd<

G. KOLTANOWSKL DR. M. BLUM 1. P -K4 P-Q4 L p"p It t·ltS) II", ......... 1 _"'-~""" Mr.! .. ! . " 1,1><1';

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I . •. __ S.8 ch. 16. R(l )-Kl P ·KB)

I:: ~~~) Qo~ ~~: ~ ::~~5 Q~:~:~ n. IK R·IU P-Q r( t) 1'. P ·KKtJ R"~( 12. B'05 B'I<t2 20. R.R R·B2 n . Q· K4 P~B 2.1. R·K& ell. A·O I 14. ,,~O • K I~Q 22. R·K1 R·02 IS. H.Kt OR.~BI Or . .... "

KI NG'S INDIAN DEFE NSE Ma nh atta n Chen Club

Champions h ip Prel imin a ri es, 1947 NQltl h, J~clt SQud"/(QR

Whll~ blatk K. FORSTER J. SO UO"KOFF 1. p.~ Kt ·K01 1. 8·1<12 0·0 2. p 'Oa. P·KKU '- 0-0 PxP 1. 1<1-0 0) P'03 ,. KlltP R·Kl 4. P _K4 OKI.Ql 10. R-Kl KI.Q.4 50 KI·B) p·K4 11. P·K!) '- .. . I<KO B· loll!

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Fo . lle r

36. R·KI6 c h. )8 . t( . FI} O_BP 31. R_R OoA .CII . A.-I on.

BLUMENFELD COUNTER GAMBIT

T enn essee Va ll cy Open Chatta nooga, 1947·

NQln by M",lin SQ llth"n Whll~ BlaCI<

H . L. MARKS M. SOUTHERN ] . p .Q4 KI·KB3 1. P-QB4 p .QB4 2. KI·KBl P-IO 4. P-0 5 0 ·B2

~ . . .. 1 ' .QK t~ I, "00" ... " .) b~rO!. S. KI_B) p'OR) 7. PxP 1'_1' 6. P·K4 1 p·O)

T .. p""'ent K t-Q6. 5. B·1(2 B·K2 12. OA-Ql p.oK!) , . 0 ·0 0..0 ll. KA·Kl B-KI2

10. 8·K15 KI·8l U . B-Q)?

~ ° -:r... leg.y In A:!!.... ltl~ .. g m ack t<> take eonl rol of C<'nl ~r. 14. _H.. KI-OS U. Kt-K2 p·K4 1>. KlxKI Px Kt , 11. P·B3 R· KBI lIl""k I"'Kill' I ... ,..,·,n .... h all lot. II •• IS. B·!n K·RI J".tiil"hlo prec""IKm.

~~l 0;2.3 1"OKtJRb!:,,,,,, 20~r BU~~k·. 1'-QK"t4':

~: te';:';m K~:8i ~~: ::~:5 ~:,m 22 . SxS QxB a. Kt·KI3 KI_R) 23 . KI·S S O' S) 28 . P.QR) 0 ·S 5

~4· ,'~;,~~rou. ':u'~\o ~,~::~~ 'th l. ;0;;'. tlon . 21.1.. . • ... ........ Q .U2 To tl,,"al~" Kt·02 ~. KI-K2 Q.B1 To lor .. tall Kid'

31. Kt.RI KI_B4 32. P-OKt4 In uttcr <>~Hvlon t o hI, ,l:&,, ~e •. 12. _._ Kb KP )5. PxKt PxP n. O-Kt2 KI·B' 36. QxP 9-K141

~i~~· efl<cll~elll:no" gh, ~ u t I like P·KS ~I"' •. n . 0 _p (0 6)

1- :Journa m e'ni cll/e Ctmdulttl b7

Erich W. MQrC'hand

De pt. of MathematIc­Un lvera lty of Roeh,.lel', Roehe. ter 3, New York

J. B. (lea A. Y. H'-II Or. J . P il i. Fro.<! RoI"f.Jd

An nota tor s RI chard Harrell Ed ... . J. KorlW( ly G. E. PI""

QUEEN'S PAWN GAM E Ne w York, 1917

NQ!ts by Eml Rtin/tld Wh ile mad:

EO. LAS KE R J. AYA LA I . p.~ p .Q.t 2. P_K) P-IO

Thl, l ... d. to an " M·f •• hl<med Iype of fitl.loe In "'hich WI,;", can work up a II.em" .t· Uck . .. " ,.., elaotic i~ 2. __ u·rn ." 2. _N

P'QIH ot' !. _ Kt·KBS. 3. KI·02 KI-KBJ ,. P·KB4 8 ·K2 4. B·O} P_B4 1. Kt ·R) p-OKI) S. P_QB3 QKI.Q2 5. 0..0 • B·KI2

The \>to< .. ~...,Iopment '" thi. B under ~ d...,.. ............ _ ... 01 .1 ... ~ 11' ...... ~"" .. tcr t.v Wllite'. Inlended P·K •. ,. 9-B) Q·B2 ] 0. KI·B2 B-Ql

IJiIld< 10 ,..,I_~ to .,..tk!, for he 1 ... 0 .... t hat _ 0 ·0 ... m ~ ...... _1 by P.KKI., . "d _ 0-0·0 by ' · -QRt . ll. P·K4! Bxp ] 1la.1. n,e """""" """...., ..... Il _ Ol'xl'; 12. KuP, KtxKt; 13.. lIiKt, BEB; It. Qdl, 0 ·0 1M Bto.cl<·. game IA qu; ..... tlolactory. 12. p ·KS! B_Kt i.l. B_B KI·KKU In return fnr the ... <:tili""" P, White hQ 0b­ta in.,.! • laotl ..... attack. 14. KI-K4! KlxPl

Alur

R~IDI.i'rly I"",,: i l H. __ I'~Kt ?; 15. Q:< P eb. K.QI ; 1(1. R·Kt&eh .h.tterlng lU Ori<'1 p OllI· lio" . 15. PxKI PxKt 11. Ox8 R' OI U . 8 _P BxB , 17. H •• HH 0 ·0 ·0: 18. R·Kt5 would a' ... 1"","e 1:~~~:~(t~ In a p':'k73 in..,.,,, ... Wote.

"" u,gly "'('ak""i,,~ mo~e. h"t II 18. M"H_

OxP; 19. B·Rt, Q·1:I3; 2O.lI-D7 wi"" the e~· <'hiln,," . 19. 8·KtS R·02 . 20 . OR'OI ! ..• H.' Of OOU~. White profit. by the fact that ho ~" S "0 extra R in play . 20. Rx R 22. Q·R4 Oil! Q.S ) 21 . RoR KI_K2 Th ore wno no defena" . If 22 ...... \(1· 118 : z,q, QxKt ch i wi n., if 22. K·IH; 2.'1. Tl ·Rn c~ forceo mote 23 . R-OS ch ROIl on .

"he Q I. l(11ll. A' d.el",,~abl~ l i,,;.,I<.

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE u. s. Opcn Champ ionship

Corpus C h ris ti , 1947 Nott/ b,. Ed"''''4 J. KQ't"'nly

Wh lt.o Dlmc:k L . I!VAN~ A. COL ON

1. p-~ KI-K B3 4. P_K) P' OKU 2. P-Q B4 P-K3 5. 8_0 3 B_Kt2 1. KI-OB) B_K I5 6. P·B) P _K4

lIlack i"~i l"" romplicationa by Ihi . .. """".J m~. T he main idea i. 10 h"",k "I' While'. ~o l ..... but It . 1.., ha~ Ihe m .... I:I,,"" of ~ 1("1.". If 1. 1'_1'. Kt.-Kt;; 10 '''''''I't",..,. UUI 11 Whi te ",,,,ti nu,", · ... ieh S. I'da lIIoek p lay. lor I.h~ KR with 8. _ H • • ' Rd' wit h Q·85 01· ,.,..,., in n ...... for .n ~lt.ck on Ih~ K.

Whit<! might try S. I' · U~. IH·KP (nol ~. H" __ • Rd'; 9. QxKl l ; 9. " _Kl, 0.<1' ; 10. O·KU. R. R; 11. Qo IHI'. R·IlI ; 12. P·K~ "11th Ihe iotcnl.ion of trappin,:: the m oel< QTl . ~ow llhck·. ch""k "itll 0 i. l""rrl,,,1 by O· Kt3. In ony u"" ~ lively !'lame ,,alt., pl..:o~

with Wh ite fl"~i"" it ""'.y di l'llcu lt. II nol h"lIO""lble. t<> win the R . li e refu... to I~~P II,,, d,anC<'.

7. KKI·K2 PxP 9. 0·0 p .Q4 ~. P~P 0-0 10. 0-K15 .. HH ..

Tld o m,ke. a powe1fu) pi" . "e'." dIfficult to r"!lW"C without wp.kelll n!l" Ih .. K ]><»< llIon. 10. ....... P. P If 10 .........• Q.·QS ; 12. UxKt. Q:<Kt; 18. KbQP 11. BxP ....... . M thl . point White ', p'..,lt ion i. ,uye"oT In .plle of the l.olate<l QP. He ha • • m uch wIder ch"lce 01 mo,''''' and t il e KB ~"I"eo R commandi!! !!" IIQU'",. n. ...... .. OKt.Q2 12. P-OR3 ....... .

F..ldellily played to ".'c~"anl the K "'l. lOT the 8. otllo,wi.., the Kt ..-ould remain ri"nt:d for oom~ ti me. U . HM •• H B·K2 n,i. II I. 01 '''' .. BI .... he,.., . nd en ly .n 01>· }ect 01 ut.ck · throu,::h th" K_l'Ilc . lJ(: Ue' wao 13. _ .. _. B·Q3 or B"KI and d lO1""'" 01 • '''-n ...... n''. " I.,.,." 13. R· K1 P·KAl Kot nnlr uICI_. hu t <I.n~ro"".

to ~Idod"e

m .ck IuI",'1 man,. 1<)"'_ fot' \I,e Q. Bot Ih!. one ..... made 10 or<k-r. 22. Kt·K4t _ Ariln~ .. 11.0 ..... , ..,.noIi..,<I. !!. B·1tS eh. b"; !S. KhB. D.IIS; ~. Q·K! followed b, A· I( ."" Ihe ,.. ... e ho:lon:tJ 10 WillIe.. :12. _ B-BS D. 0 ·R4? R·KKU 0 .... exn almoot f ..... tho: '''OW'' 01 !>ope for ~k:t<>,,. that BlACk lhell enjo.~". 24. Q-Kt4 _ Thll aOO hll Jll'e~\Quo. , .... "" 1"* ,,,Ieidal. With .11 fotl. ploee. e<m~el1l'ln« on h i' 1C hli Q 11:,,", ftddlh'l 0" the t,j·oIde, Ilr, lar a",OJ' I.nm hom~. 24. __ 8 _KI 25. Q.K7 __ T v<> I.\e 10"1" • ...,. oHa.k. II that 10 hi. h""". 8<·llc' wa. 25. R:rU. Q.I(RII: i!&. P·KKU. Q.np: 27. lI~R. Q.R: 28. 1' ·KRa. Q·K t6 ch: 2Il. K· lll. Q. ltr ch: 1lO. K·l>2 and hope to j!:<!t • d .. w. Jlut I.he Wbite Q Ind R I re "lit nf Il lny ond 1>1'00,,,.<:11 ore very dim \". <1f'(!(1. 2S. ~H_~ Ro P ch . 26. K-Bl _ II 2(1. K~R 110 ...... I. miC e 10 ibree' !(i. KxR. Q.Kl lj rio: 21. I'·UI. Q. III' i'l>: 28. I\.KI1, 9·1117 1)191", :;". ........ n,np 28. RxU n_RB ok. 21. O·KI c~ K·KI2 T h,·,,' I. ",n ! ~ in Ihree ,..,ttlt~. ..H .. , Q·l\fl ph; 20. ,,· 1(1 . 1I · II S d, : SO. 1\ ft"y. <1·117

'29. I';(. K2 RoR '1 . RxD O·KI1 ch. )t). O·QII 0·R6 R .. lg n. Fo. lI,c R ",.\.eOI ~"'n~II"~l.y .

SICILIAN DEFENSE u. s. Opcn Cha m pions h ip

Con)lls Chris tl , 1947 N Qtts by Dr. Btla Ro{sa

Whlle mad:. M. ALEMAN ". SANORIN. JR.

1. P .K4 P-OB-4 4. Klx P Kt_Bl 2. KI·KB) KI-Q8 ) 5. KI·QB) P-IO ,. p.~ PxP 6. B·K) MH_

en .... ".1 .,,,1 QI """hllul ",' "c1 Anho"j::h. II ..... ~ ")'Y"" \)y KUl"'hllr,~"ne. mI.-!. Cham· I.Ionthl.,. lillO. I)· K2 1~ ".:cter "'llh an u r'y

°"6? 'H"_ B·KIS 9. P·KS P-OS 7. 8'0) 1'-04 10. P.KI PxKI S. KbKI . P.KI 11. P-OKI) O~P

lIlArk t.. •• I' pI" . hul If Whit<) "lay. oor· rl'Ctly I<<It for IO"i. lII~ck "";0 h • • to wotch !l,"t ,,"('ak Q·,tde !t",etllre. 12. 0 ·0 0 ·0 ll . Q_KIH HH'"

Whll .. "" ~ tl, ~ 1>0<\1. 1'.0.113 10 the mu'·". II now u·n Ut lll.<:k , __ .. 1'i_ by Q.m; th'~:!I,, " i"l1 m"!~. II I' .QHS. U·K2; H . 8 · Q.II r!"""'~"" thQ I' wilh .m c~~", ll""t fl"''' '' ~. If 1' .(.)118. 11 ·03; U. Ibl' er. K"-" ill ".,Itc of !h~ O. 01 OI'I",. lt n ~ .... Ior Wlnt.c has good wlt",j,,!\' cha n'-""l. ll. ........ 0 -K2 14. B.KKI5 . • .... ... . Wall" 01 !hno! A ,,,,11 <" ".,,,t lnu"tlO" wou ld l~' (l. K~ . ,111 U, ....... lc" l"!I" Iht !U~te g",t cap · tu rl,,!!" that QRl'. H . .... N.. P-B3 11. 0·QB4 IS. Q·K4 p ·KI) 18. KR·KI 1'. B-KR' R-Ol

K_B2

AIm 18. KR-Kl

"'SM"" II'hlle . 1I 0uld 1I~ ! ,hat lIl' before It. I. to{) late. UII,\oubl e< lly he d id not a"tlclpate fl\n~"·. " "~t mo,'C 18. ........ R.Q4! t:_<:<!ll e n~1 II WhIte WR~I. the cxchang~ . I!l .~k will Ill! lel t wllh two l\.s ~nd t he .. tra I' wll.h a I loc P . truclure. 19. OR·Ol B·KI! 21 . B_B4 K-Kt2 20. 0 ·B3 OR-Ol 22. Bo A •. _.,_ White h •• "ot ."J' IJOOd ,,'''ve. 10 h~ deeld ... tn take the UCh.11I:C. TIIi. _ mS fatal u Ih""c ('I will II<! 1~.t1hk 22. _"_ 8PoB 26. Q·Q1 0 ·0 ) 23. 0 .Rl p ·K4 2"/ . P·0 3 Q_R) 24. B_R6 ell. K·KU n. OxQ 25. 0 ·10 p . Q'5

)'~..,.,,;ll

2S. __ 0_0 30. p _p 2'J. p.Q.4 R·Kl ]1. K·RI

,-, ", ...... iliacI< no .... 10 atrobK tI .. t Wblt. cannot ' ''''''e . nythlng without ,..tU,,& at­tacbd b, Ih ..... So Willie ..... tb tiDot. lL _ K_B2 32. P-QR) B-Q) BI~"" <:I'"lot; take tbc r beca...., 01' R · IU I .. · in:ll' '" p"""'. 33. p .R) R-IO "- B·Bl KB·Kt2 34. B·Kl5 B·K81 31. OR.KI B-KI2 }5. R·K4 P·Rl l&. K·Ktl _ W"il~ deew..o to rire up a It for _ of 11..- Itrong B. but It 10 too la te. 3S. __ B_R U. K·K2 R·B) " . R_8 K·K2 42. P-Q R4 K-Q4 40. K-6 Z K-Q) 4' . R_KI4 __ '!'he White K eilullOt ",~ " protect Ihe R On .""",me of R·Ht. 43. _H.. P· KS U. R·B4 P·KI4 45. R.A SK R 4li. B·R) B·K4

47. B·B5 48. P_KKI4 49. PKp 50. B-R)

R.,l onl

P·KR4 .-. B·85

p.Q$ eh.

f or &1. I'd', P·D7 and Whll o ... ould 1!I>'e t.o gl,.., up the II for Ihe '1""",,1"1;" 1..:. " ""ell "Iar~>(] game by mack.

FRENCH DEPENSE City Cha m p ions h ip T ou r na mcnt

Sa crame nto, 1947 No/~J b.y Erirb W. M~,('h.,,"

Wh ile Ulack N. T. AUSTIN M. O. MEYER 1. P_K4 P·IO 2. P_Q4 P_Q4

l . Kt'02 1'_1'

CUf,t " mary hcrn I. S. _H_. I"QUI, Ii'lvInll' Ulack an ill(llated I' In ret"' n 10. an "0, .Icyclopmcnt. TIle 1_lt~ln oltt-r Ihe leo l c.n alll(l be """,hed 'n t hol norm.1 Jl'rcrH:h: !;d~:·~4, I'·KS: t. 1' . 1,11 , 1,.Qt ; , $. I(HlOS.

4. KbP Kt'02 '- B. KK tS 8 ·K2 5. Kt·KB1 KKI-B1 1. B·O) _ 7. I( t.>:K t 10 .. ..,ally plaw to •• • old the Ii.,., .. h,.., llIack no.. ...",..11 10 win 0 I'. 1. _ Kb Kt ,. B_O Ko.O ·L 0 _8 Ko.P 10. 8_P Kb P! TI,;" i ... h, 7. B-QS .... ,,_nd. n . B-K4 Kt-Bl n. R.KI p_QKO 12. R-QKIl KbB U . KI-Q2 Kt_IU ~ ... ~tte. tba .. a. _ Xtd\. TIle win io b, no rneana ruy ...,.:....., 01' the Ro 01 "I'i_It" oolon. 15. KI·Bl B.KU 1'- K-Q2 _ Thllr . ""uld ha~ """n Irled t ..... mO\"ft ...... 1I~r. No .. mack cllm!nal ... the opl)<Mlt... col".-.,d Do and 1001.1 ... a Whit, I' ..... tll.

M.- P~B Q~~:II 11. II ·Qf Whit~ 1(Iv,," ."'. y I IC, "fIO or two h~"",h<>II,",. l8. II·K 1.3 ii oo".""t. IS. hh.... K' 0 2 lJ. B-KS H_

Perbapa be 1",,1. th> ~ thl, ~'l!lIt" a w ... k· n..... Actually 19, .M ••••• 1' ·f1.8 t~ 0 ~IUo"-

0 •• B.la Ro .. a J. Soudakoff

.11, I""OP<"t OIove fot' alack si n.,.. It bol~ · """'t .... 1 the iliad< "1"._ and 10 Moo ..... Ihe actloa of Wh itc·. U. 1'. _ 1'-83 22. R·KI4 20. B_KtJ R·BS D. R~R 21. P-QR) KR-QBl 24. 8·B2

K...,. ~R

R~' K .... a _0<1 i ' raill and 8lacl< .,." win without an, l rouble . 25. R·KKU p _KIJ :N;. R.QRI R~Bp U . B_KIJ R·M 211. B·KIlI p .QR)

29. B_R7 30. R·OKU ) 1. K-Q3

A/u. JI . ........ , Kt.B6

K·82 R·B]

KI·B6

TI,I. w"" oIo,,·ly. UlloCk <>Otlld win :a pIece b.~ lfI. __ • K· KI!; S2. 1'·84. Kt-K2. 32. B_P oh. Ax8 }6. P -B4 P_84 )). R_R KoR 31. K-IO P·RS "" . 101 '(1 ,. .1(1')1. K· II) P-Kt5 c II . )50 K-o) P·KR4)9. K-B2 If 311. I\ ·Bi, 1'.Kl.n; fII. PxI'. p .RG; G. K.BS. B"t afl.fot 39. _, X.WI; fII. p.RII, i'.R. ; U. X·X!, P-KU; 4t. PxP, PI P; 43-K.IU, p.\I5 ; ••. X·Ktt. K.Q3 : 45. X-lIS, p ·Xt; 0lil. p.Q;~ g ·B.; .? K·XIt. (,.K5, etc:. )t. __ P-8 5 O . K· KU 40. K· KI2 P·R' ch . .... p _p 41 . K·B2 K·B) 45. K·Rl 42. P·R4 p·R4 45. K· KU

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