HONOR PRIZE PROBLEM THOMAS S. McKENNA

Lima, Ohio

M-ATE IN FOUR MOVES

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THE DALLAS TOURNAMENT New York State Championship

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World Championship Run Around

By FRED REINFELD Chess players will be delighted to hear that

Dr. Alekhine's whereabouts have now been ascertained, for the New York TimeJ reports that he recently communicated with J. R. Capa. blanca regarding the world championship title. It almost sounds like the piping times of peace, however, to learn that a new act, no more entertaining than the previous ones, is being added to the already interminable ballet of match negotiations.

On August 4 the TillleJ headlined: "CAPABLANCA HERE READY FOR

MATCH Cuhan Chess Star Would Play for Title, hut Lacks Word on Fate of Alekhine."

On September 8, the headlines had changed to:

"ALEKHINE IS SAFE; PROPOSES MATCH Chess Champion in Marseilles, Seeks a Pass·

port to Cuba to Negotiate Terms CAPABLANCA IS DOUBTFUL

Says On ly Clubs in Argentine Are Interested in Backing Contest for the Title."

The August 4 item strewed buttercups all over the possibility of a match, as for example: ''The Cuban master is still hopeful that, when. ever Dr. Alekhine is available and amenable to a match, the committee of the Argentine Chess Federation will continue the negotiations for . an encounter between these two experts whICh were begun in Buenos Aires immediately after the close of the international meeting." . But the real c~ux of the matter is expressed tn a stray sentence from the September 8 ac_ count: "They were both in Buenos Aires for the international meeting, but left there without an understanding." Etc., etc., etc., etc,

One other aspect of the situation is worth noting: according to a T ;meJ interview, Capa. blanca stated that "aside from himself" the most suitable candidates for a Championship Match were Paul Keres and Mikhail Botvinnik. Having read t.his sort of thing more than once, I cannot aVOId the suspicion that these two players are hvored because of their geographi_ cal unavailability. There is of course not the sli$~test que.stion as to their preeminence and ~bdlty, but It has beco~e quite the vogue to Ignore ReJheVJky and Fllle ostentatiously when. ever World Championship possibilities are being discussed.

This snootiness baffles the writer, because Res.hevsky and Fine have very definitely held theIr own, to say the least, in the three great tournaments of recent years (Nottingham, Sem. mering and Avro). Don't these ladJ even de_ JeJ'1,'e to be IIrwtioned?.I What goes on?

P. S. With European chess blacked out for the duration, and with a superb array of such masters as Capablanca, Dr. lasker, Marshall, Reshevsky, Fine, Horowitz and Kashdan -(to mention no others) on hand, we have the mak. ings of a magnificent master tourney right in our own country. How about it, che!! patrons al/d fans?.'

Slaflghter.' Kemeri.Riga 19S9

INDIAN DEFENSE M. Feigin S. Szabo

White BlaCk 1 P.Q4 Kt·KBS 13 R.Q1 2 P.QB4 P·KKtS 14 P·Q5 S Kt.QB3 P.Q4 15 Q·K4 4 Kt.B3 B. Kt2 16 KtxP 5 Q.Kt3 PxP 17 Kt.KtS 6 QxBP 0·0 18 B.BS 7 P·K4 P.BS 19 Q.KR4 8 B·K2 P.KtS 20 KtxRP 9 Q.QS Kt-R4 21 KtxKt

10 0·0 Kt.Q2 22 B·Kt5 11 P_K5 Kt-Ktl 23 BxP 12 P.KR3 B.R1

Kt. Kt2 B. Kt2

p,p Kt.K3 Q.Q2 R_Qt

Kt.Bl Kt.B3 RxKt Q.K3

Resigns

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Chess at Dallas By GEORGE STURGIS

The 1940 Open Tournament of the United States Chess Federation has just been held at Dallas, Texas. The games wcrc played in the beautiful Adolphus Hotel which placed at our disposal for the TOllrnament a large room on the 21st fl oor, .high above the city. From the windows we enjoyed a magnificent view of the city of Dallas and the surround ing country, and contrary to the pessimism of many of my frie nds who predicted nothing but suffocating heat in Dallas in August, 1 .found the climate truly delightful- warm but not humid and with fresh breezes which kept the air circulating most of the time.

Twenty_seven players entered the tourna. ment. Ten states and Canada were represented . Under the able directi on of Messrs. T hompson and McKee of the local committee every detai l was handled to the satisfaction of everybody. Upon M r. McKee devolved the duties of toUT. nament di rector as M e T hompson, Chairman of the local comm ittee and one of the strongest players in the south, had elected to compete in the tournament.

Three sections were formed of ni ne players in each section. Reuben Fine, famous inter_ nationalist, was seeded in one section; H erman Steiner of Los Angeles in another ; and W eaver Adams of Dedham in the third. Two games were scheduled each day, afternoon and eve· ning. Adjourned games were completed on the next fo llowing morning.

During the course of the tournament many srl('ndid games were played. In the prelimi . naries Thompson, Roddy, and flo each suc· cceded in drawing their games with Fine who did not actually lose a game during the tour. nament. The first th ree players .from each section qualifIed for the [lOal round in the Masters' Division; the second th ree for the Consolation Masters; and the last three for the Class A. Those who qualified for the final round in the Masters' class were Fine, Steiner, Adams, Marchand, Thompson , Kendall , O h. man, Burdge, and flo. W eaver Adams, W . M. P. Mitchell and I represented New England . Mitchell and I both gualified for the Consola. tion Masters Final, but both of us fin ished rather down in the final standing in that class_

The tournament was won by Fine with a perfect score of B.O with Steiner finishing in second place in spite of the fact that he dropped three of his first four ,games! Adams and Marchand shared third.fourth place, and Thompson, Kendall, Ohman, flo and Burdge

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WEAVER ADAMS

followed. T he games of Adams were fol. lowed with particular interest by many, since he is the welLknown author of "White to Play and W in"' and the spectators were curious to see if his theories would work against strong competition. Curiously enough , in the final round of play, Adams won all his games with the blark pieces and failed to win a single game with wh ite, al though he succeeded with white in drawing aga in~t Elo. How do you account fo r that, W eaver?

'rbe Prot 'fl'bi<il Two BiJbop,i S IC IL IAN D EFENSE

A. E lo A. Roddy White Bl a Ck

1 P· K4 P .QB4 22 Kt· K2 Q. R5 2 Kt. KB3 Kt .QB3 23 P· Kt 3 Q. R3 3 P.Q4 p,p 24 R·QBl R,R 4 KtxP Kt . B3 25 KtxR B. B6 5 Kt.QB3 P. Q3 26 R· Bl B. R6 6 B. K2 P· KKt3 27 R· B2 B· Kt7 7 0 ·0 B. Kt 2 28 Kt-K2 Q. K6 8 Kt·Kt3 0 .0 29 Kt. Ktl Q, R 9 P. B3 B. K3 30 KtxB Q.Q5

10 Kt·Q5 R. B1 31 Q. K2 B. R6 11 P·QB4 P·QKt4 32 B. B4 P. K3 12 KtxKtc h BxKt 33 Kt.B4 K. Kt2 13 p , p Q. Kt3c h 34 K· Kt2 P . Kt4 14 K·Al Kt. Kt5 35 BxP R· B6 15 B.Q2 Kt· B7 36 Kt· A5c h K. Kt3 16 A· Kt l Kt· K6 37 B· B5ch KxK t 17 BxK t Q,B 38 P. B4c h K. A3 18 Kt. B1 A· B2 39 PxPch K· Kt2 19 R· Kl Q. Ktl 40 Q. A5 R. B7ch 2Q P.QKt3 KR· Bl 41 K. R3 K· Bl 21 B.Q3 Q. B7 Resi g n-s

OCTOBER, 1940

A curious situation developed in one of the games in which one player announced a mate in three, forgot to push his clock, his time ran out, and his opponent claimed the game on time forfeiture! Shortly thereafter the players agreed upon a draw. But this agreement was subsequently nullified by the tournament di_ rector because the game was of vital conse. quence to a third player. The final decision of the referee urheld the claim to time .for_ feiture in spite 0 the announced mate in three. Moral: better complete your move in time even though you have mate on the move.

Following the tournament a delightful ban_ quet was held at the Y.M.CA., a truly pleasant ending to the first Open Tournament held under the new banner of the United States Chess Federation.

A Bitler Battle All The Way . BISHOP'S OPENING

W. W. Adams W. N. Kendall White Black

1 P·K4 P_K4 27 KtxBP R.R 2 B.B4 B·B4 28 Kt.R5ch K·Kt3 3 Kt.QB3 Kt·KB3 29 PxR KxKt 4 P.Q3 p.QS SO P.KR4 P·KR3 5 P.B4 B.KKt5 31 P.B P.P 6 Kt.BS Kt.B3 32 K.B3 R.Q2 7 Kt·QR4 B.Kt3 33 K.K3 R.K2 8 P.KRS BxKt 34 P.Q4 PxPch 9 QxB Kt-QR4 35 KxP K.Kt5

10 PxP P.P 36 R.K5 R.R 11 B·Kt5 Q.Q3 37 KxR KxP 12 0·0·0 Q·B3 38 K_B5 P.Kt5 13 KA.B1 KtxB 39 P-K5 K.B6 14 PxKt 0-0 40 P.K6 P.Kt6 15 Kt_BS B.Q5 41 P·K7 P·Kt7 16 BxKt OxB 42 P.K8(Q) P.Kt8(Q) 17 QxQ P.O 43 Q.K4ch K.B7 18 Kt·Q5 P_B3 44 Q.Q4ch K.Kt7 19 KtxPch K-Kt2 45 QxQch K.Q 20 A.Q3 QR.Q1 46 K.K5 K-B7 21 P_B5 B.P 47 K·Q6 K·K7 22 Kt.Q7 B·K6ch 48 K.B7 K.Q7 23 K.Q1 KR·K1 49 KxP K·B7 24 K·K2 B·Kt4 50 KxBP K.P 25 R.B5 P.B3 51 P·R4 K·B6 26 P·KKtS R.K2 Drawn

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED A. Elo

White 1 P·Q4 2 P.QB4 3 Kt.QB3 4 B·Kt5 5 P.KS 6 PxP 7 B.Q3 8 Q.B2 9 0·0·0

10 KKt.K2 11 Kt-Kt3 12 P_KR4

P.Q4 P·K3

Kt.KB3 QKt.Q2

p.B3 KPxP B.K2 0-0

R_Kl Kt.Bl B-K3

P·QRS

H. Burdge Black

13 Kt·B5 14 BxB 15 B.Q3 16 R·RS 17 PxP 18 BxKt 19 Kt.K4 20 P.R5 21 Kt·Q6 22 PxKtP 23 B.B4

BxKt P.KKt3

Kt.K3 . P·B4 P_Q5 B.B

B.Kt2 P·B4 R·K2

RPxP Resigns

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SECTION I Player W' L

W. W . Adams, Dedhams, Mass ..... 7 _1 E. W . Marchand, Clayton, Mo ....... 7 _I W. N. Kendall, San Antonio .... . .. 6Yz-l Yz Daniel Mayers, Tucson, Ariz ........ 5 .3 George Sturgis, Boston, Mass, .... .. 4Y2.3Y2 Walter F. Brown, Houston .. , ..... . 2Y2.5Y2 C B. Cook, Fort Worth . , ... . ..... 1 Y2 .6Yl Albert Meyer, Dallas .. . ..... . .. .. . 1 .7 Robert Potter, Edinburg, Texas .. ...... 1 ~7

SECTION II Reuben Fine, New york .......... . 6Yz-1Yz J . C. Thompson, Dallas .. . . . .. . . . . 6Yl-1Yl Arpad E. Elo, Milwaukee .......... 6 .2 Albert Roddy, Jr., Tulsa . .. . ..... . . 5 -3 Joseph Rauch, Montreal ...... . .. .. 4Y2.3Yz Edgar Hartsfield, Dallas .. .... .... . 4Yz-3Yl Kirk D. Holland, Fort Worth . . .. . . 1Y2-6Yl R. S. Underwood, Lubbock ......... 1 Yz-6Yl R. D. Allentharp, Austin . . ........ 0 .8

SECfION III Herman Steiner, Los Angeles . . ..... 7 .1 Harold Burdge, Ventnor City, N. J ... 6 .2 Howard E. Ohman, Omaha, Neb .... 5Y2.2Yz J. W . Stapp, Dallas ...... , ..... . . . 5Y2.2Y2 c. W. Hrissikopoulos, Corpus Christi. 4 .4 Bela Rosza, Waco ... .... . .. .... , . 3 .5 W. M. P. Mitchell, Brookline, Mass .. . 2Y2.5Y2 Edwin 1. Sanger, Dallas ......... .. 1Y2-6h A. D. McNabb, Dallas . . . ......... l -7

CONSOLATION TOURNAMENT Player W L

J. Rauch, Montreal ............... 5 .2 Edgar Hartsfield, Dallas . . ........ .4Y2-2Y2 Chas. HrissikopouIos, Corpus Christi..4 _2 Daniel Mayers, Tucson . . . ...... .. 4 .3 Albert Roddy, Jr., Tulsa .. . ........ 4 .3 Bela Rozsa, Waco .. . .. . ........ . . 3 -4 George Sturgis, Boston ... . ........ 3 -4 W. M. P. Mitchell, Brookline, Mass . .. h.6Y2

CLASS A TOURNAMENT . •

Player . W L A. D. McNabb, DalJas ..... .... ... 7 .0 Kirk D. Holland, Fort Worth . .. .. . . 6 .1 R. S. Underwood, Lubbock .... ... .4 .3 R. B. Potter, Edinburg . . ... ..... . .4 -3 Edwin Sanger, DalJas . . . . .. ....... 3 _4 C. B. Cook, Fort Worth ... .. . . .... 2 -5 R. n. Allentharp, Austin ........ . . 1 .6 Albert Meyer, DaJlas ... . ........ .. 0 .7

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A. C. F. TOURNAMENT-FINALS

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Roddy cOllertd himself" with glory with the fol/owing stnJa#onal draw agaimt Fille:

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

26 .... 27 K.B3 28 QxReh 29 QxB 30 B·B4

QxPeh RxKt R·B2

K.Kt2 R·B3

--.3

A. Roddy White

t P_Q4 Kt .K93 P_K3 P.Q4

a.K .. p .B4

Kl_SS

R. Fine Black

13 P_K R4 P. Kt5 QKtxKt

KtxQB I(t.84

Drawn. A very cre ditable game by White. who was not afra id 10 " mix i V' with hi s 'or· mldable opponent.

2 P_QB4 3 Kt.KB3 4 Kt.S3 5 Q-Kt3 6 8.l(t5 7 QP"P 8 P-K3 9 B_R4

10 B_Kt3 11 9 . K 2 12 QR_Sl

0 .0 P. KR3

P-KKt4 Kt.K5 Q.93

P.KR4

Fine

14 Kt-Q4 15 QxB 16 PxKK t 17 PxP 18 R_Kt1 19 KtxP 20 Q_K B4 21 Kt-K7eh 22 B-03eh 23 K_Q2

KtxKtP p,p

QxRP 8 .K3 K.R2 P. B4

QR.Kl

How is White to 81l lvage the errant Knight? He hit !! on the combination of It lifetime :

24 R.K RH II 25 R ICKt 26 Q.Kt5

KtxR Q,R

The point. White's mating threat force s the draw.

Sixt} mol'tS dr~ 111" tIloNgh!

QUEEN'C GAMBiT DECLINED

H. Steiner B. Rosza White Black

1 P·Q4 P.Q4 32 P,Q R,P 2 Kt·KB3 P.KS " p , p KR_QB2 3 P_B4 Kt.KBS 34 P.BS Kt·R4 4 Kt.B3 P·BS 3~ Rx R R,R 5 B.KtS B_K2 36 B_QS R·Q3 6 P.KS P_KR3 37 B.K4 R_Q7 7 B.R4 0.0 38 R.QB l K.K2 8 Q-B2 QKt_Q2 39 P.Kt5 Kt.B5 9 P_Q RS P_QKt3 40 P·R4 Kt.K3

10 R.Q1 B_Kt2 41 R·R1 Kt_B4 11 B.Q3 R.B1 42 R.R7ch R.Q2 12 0·0 P. B4 43 Rx Rch K,R 13 BPxP KtxP 44 B·B6ch K.Q3 14 BxB Qd 45 K_Kt2 Kt-K3 15 KtxKt BxKt 46 K.KtS Kt.Q5 16 Q-K2 P.B~ 47 B.K8 K.K2 17 8 · Kt1 P.B6 48 B.Kt6 KtxKtP 18 KR·K1 BxKt 49 K.B4 Kt.Q3 19 PxB p,p 50 K.K5 P·Kt4 20 QxP P_B4 51 K_QS P·Kt5 21 K.Rl Kt.BS 52 8.82 Kt. B2 22 R·Kt1 R.Q82 53 P·B4 Kt-Ql 23 R·Kt2 Q.QS 54 K·K5 Kt.B3ch 24 Q"R.Kt1 KR.B2 55 K·Q5 Kt.R4 25 R·Kt6 K.Bl 5& K.B5 P_Kt6 26 B.R2 Q-B3 57 B.K4 P.Kt7 27 Q.Kt4eh KR.K2 58 K·Kt4 Kt.B3eh 28 P·K4 p,p 59 K·B3 K.Q3 29 P.Q5 PxQP 60 KxP Drawn 30 PxP P.QR4 Black can win with 31 PxP P,Q 60 ... Kt·Q5 etc.

O CT OBER , 1 9 4 0

Things I Never Knew 8)' FRED RElN~' &L1)

We chess players are often saddened by the scant attention given to chess; we are alwars hoping that the game ~'e. love so m~eh WIll be given favorahle publLelty ~f t~e kl?d that appeared in a re<ent ch~ss. art JC le In LIfe (see 1'ht ChtJJ UI IIIIW, Apfll Issue, P. 49) . The few items 00 chess that do appear, however, are usually characterized by such corny humor and such preposterous attempts at ridicule that one must desperately conclude that no publi_ city at all is preferable.

These melancholy thoughts were induced by reading an article on the recent American Championship Tournament in Tbe N ew Y orker of June 15 . T he author is one Robert Lewis Taylor, whom T I)f! Nelli Y ork" describes (with unnecessarily brutal ·frankness) as A Reporter at Large. Mr. Taylor's ! tyle i,s compounded of breathless inanities smothered in I'ixillated whimsy. What matter_oUaet detail. he pre· sents is vitiated by a s lick and phooy Innocence which forever seems to be saying, " Terribly quaint, my deah!" One's irrit~tion is in~rea5ed by the numerous errors whldi , are hberally strewn over every page. Presumably it is a sign of sophistication to hash up even the simplest ~t of facts, and s~ch elementary a~_ curacy as mi~ht be found 10 the Penmanship lesson of a 1 A class. is beyond the powers of A Reporter at Large.

Mr. Robert Lewis Taylor begins wjth an inaccurate description of the merging of the two former federations. He then telh us of Mr, Stephens' fondness fo r saying "Gadzook.s," - not important, of course, hut also not t rue. But perhaps M r. Robert Lewis T aylor can hear what ordinary mortals miss; perhaps he can even hear grass g row.

He then learns from Mr. Stephens that a Grand Master " is a master who has either won, placed or showed in a major tournament or been ~amed a Grand Master by Czar Nicolas II of Russia. The Cur, it seems, was a rather arbitrary chess fan who enjoyed watch_ ing matches, and when . he saw a player .he liked the looks of, he Just sl apped the utle on him:'

It is difficult to see why Mr. Robert Lewis 1 aylor di<ln ' t supplement this double talk (which obviously doeso·' stem from Mr. Ste_ phens) with the story of The Three Bears. As everyone knows, there was a Papa Bear, a Mama Bear, and a Baby Bear, and .none of them, to my knowledge, ever established a criterion for defining the term Grand M aster. Perhaps Mr. Robert Lewis Taylor will even

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tell us how Grand Masters were determined before the birth and after the death of Czar N icholas II!

According to Mr. T aylor, "most of the players looked to be in their thirties-thin, nervous, bespe'Ctacled men witli .tense fac~s and quick hands." The concoction of th~s cliche didn 't require a t rip to the Astor; It could have been written in the office of The N,1l' Y orker without the bother of actually observin!,: chess masters. " When play started, the Masters bent forward , llaced t~eir heads in their hands, and stare gloomily at the boards in {rant of them." Later, Mr. Taylor found them " muttering, and looking at the ceiling beseechi~gly:' More .cliches . ,

Now he beginS seeing thlOgS, again; Resh_ evsky " drumming irri tably on his knee with a captured Pawn." An imag inat ive tOU(~ worthy of Shakespeare! Another vision ; " Resh. evsky picked up his Rook, blew on it, and shoved it across the board." Shame on you, Mr. Taylor! Don't you know that blowing 00 pieces is forbidden by the International Chess Code?! Sec Rule 297, Parag raph III a 6, And " just before live o'clock ~he word got around that Reshevsky had 'lost the tempo':'

Me. T aylor 's descript ion of the Fine_Resh_ evsky game, and his anal ysis of the imaginary motivations which he att ributes to their pur_ ported actions, form ~ delightful eh.apter in the history of make_believe. let me (If! were Mr. Robert lewis Taylor, I'd refer to myself only as " we" and " us"-known as the pixil_ laled " we" ) give you the most delicious sample: " Noticing an abnormal fixity in the stare of several persons who were leaning over the rope, I hunted up the gi rl who had told me about the women players and asked her if it meant anything. 'Oh, yes,' she said, 'Some of the more rabid rooters look at their favorite' s opponent and try to beat him by telepathy. They concentrate on a bad move and try to think him into making if :' Think of the brain that could hatch an idea like that! It reminds me of the man who suggested putting cats on torpedoes in order to steer them ac­curately!

Gadzooks! Mar.hall C, C. Intra.Club Match 1940

ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE T, Angel Dr, A. BUlchke

W hite Black 1 P.K4 Kt.KB3 9 B.QB4 2 P.K5 Kt_Q4 10 QxB 3 Kt_KB3 P_Q3 11 Kt.S3 4 P_Q4 S.Kt5 · 12 Kt.Q5 5 B.K2 P.QB4 13 QxKt! 6 0.0 Q-Kt3 ? 14 KtxPch 7 KPxP KPxP 15 B-R6 mate 8 R-K1 B_K2

SxKt Kt_KS3

Kt_SS Q.Q1 P,Q

K.B1

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More Games From The Championship

The driving force of Black's logiwliy built up phalanx on the King_side ultimately de­(ides the issue.

DUTCH DEFENSE (In effect)

(Notes by S. N. Bernstein) O. Polland S. N. Bern'steln

White Black 1 P_Q4 Kt_KBS 2 P_QB4 P_K3 3 Kt_KBS B_Kt5ch 4 B_Q2 Q_K2 5 P-QR3 ••..

Losing a tempo, since Black would eventu­ally exchange anyway, 5 Kt-B3, BxKt etc. gives Black a favorable form of the Dutch De­fense. On the other hand, the best square for his QKt is QB3, l)ence White rejects the line 5 P-KKt3, ExBch! {) QxB, Kt-K5; 7 Q-82, Q­Kt5ch! leaving White with an unpromising posi­tion (8 QRt-Q2, KtxKt; 9 KtxKt, Kt-E3 etc.).

5 • . . • BxBch 9 B_Kt2 P_Q3 6 QxB Kt_KS 10 Kt_S3 KtxKt 7 Q_B2 P_KB4 11 QxKt Kt_Q2 8P_KKt3 0·0

11 ... Kt-E3 allows 12 P-Q5, after which 12 ... PxP gives White pressure on the QB file, while 12 , , , Kt·Ql; 13 PxP gives White 's B a strong diagonal.

12 0-0 13 PxP 14 QR.Ql 15- P_QKt4 16 Kt_Kl

P.K4 p,p

R.K1 Kt.B3 R-Kt1

An important move, since an attempt or ' White's Kt to reaCh QB6 will simply be met by .. , P-QKt3,

17 Kt_Q3 18 Kt_B4 19 P _BS

P . K5 P·B3

P·KKt4! Quite logical. Dlack's whole ~etup is

on the chances (or a K side attack. 20 R_Q6 K_B2

Not 20 .. , R -BJ; 21 Q-B4ch, K-Rl; KS, ·R·Ktl; 23 KR·Ql etc.

21 Q.B4¢h 22 Kt.R3

K.Kt2 · , , .

based

There is nothing in 22 RxKt, KxR etc. 22, .. , P·KR3 23 KR_Q1 B_K3 24 Q.Q4 B.Kt6!

A valuable "intermezzo." White is now re­luctant to play 25 R-Q2, not only because or a IJossible , , , P-K6 later on. but also because by leaving the first rank unguarded, he will be forced to exchange Qs after ... Q-Ki (it Dlack so desires i ) .

25 R_QB1 B. Q4 26 Q.K3 Q.K4

Realh:ing that White is only bluffing in his threat to sacrifice a piece.

27 R.Q1 Not e the time gained by 24 ,

27 . . . . 29 P_B4

DO

· . . , · . B-Kt6. R.K2

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Absolutely forced, to meet the threat 28 ... Kt·Kl, since White cannot afford 28 R-Q·j (so as to answer 28 ... Kt·Kl with 29 P-B4) , Kt­Kt5! 29 Q·B3 (29 Q-Q2, P-K6; 30 PxP, BxB; 31 KxB, KtxPch etc.), P-B5 ! with a murderous attack.

28 . , , . PxP e.p, 32 R.B3 B_Kt4 29 QxQ RxQ 33 Kt. B2 P_Kt5 30 BxP B_Kt6 34 B_Kt2 RxP 31 R.Q3 B_B5 -35 P_R3 P_KR4!

35 ... QR-Kl WflS good enough (threat; 36 . . , R-K8ch followed by 37 ... R(1)-K7, like· wise doubling Rs on the 7th l'ank; but Black was intrigued by the idea of somehow opening up the KR file t Ol' a matIng attack.

36 P_QR4 37 R_R3 38 RxP

38 . . . .

Polla.nd

6,P B-Kt4 , . . ,

P·R5! The winning move. If 39 BxP, BxB; 40 RxB,

PxKtP; 41 Kt-Rl, PxP! 42 KtxP, R-Kt7ch; 43 K·Rl, RxKt; 44 R-B7ch, K-Kt3; 45 QRxP, RxR; 46 RxR, Kt·Kt5 and 47 ... P·R7.

Or 39 Kt-Rl, P-B5! etc. Finally if 39 Kt-Q3, PxKtP; -10 R-Rl , BxKt; 41 RxB, p ·B5 etc.

39 RPxP RPxP 42 B_B1 P.B5 40 Kt.Q3 BxKt 43 R_KB3 Kt_Q4 41 RxB R·K8ch 44 R_R2 QR·K1

While resigns. An o(]d ;position; there is no defense to the lIneat (among othel's) 01: 45, .. R(1) ·K6!

If 45 K-Kt2, KB3 (01' ·15 ... Kt-K6ch; ,16 K-Ktl, P-Kt7) and White is paralyzed: 46 B-Q3, Kt·K6ch; 47 K·R3, R ·Rt mate.

ShainJwit comments: II During the recellt Championship T oflrnmnml, the greatest buga_ boo" as far as 1 was concerned, was the time. clock. WilneSJ the effects of the time element ill m)' games with Fine and Reshevskyll In the foLlowing game I sol1!(!d that perplexing prob_

OCTOBER, 1940

lem by tbe tmly beall/iful idea of repetitioll of 1II0IJes, thlls gaining rita! .reconds."

INDIAN DEFENSE (Notes by G. Shainswit)

G. Sha ln swit P. Wofiston White Black

1 P.QB4 Kt-KB3 5 B_Kt2 0_0 2 Kt .KB3 P.KKt3 6 0·0 P.Q4 3 P-Q4 B_Kt2 7 Q.Kt3 QKt·Q2 4 P-KKt3 P_B3 8 PxP .. .. This exchange gives White a sli~ht positional

edge. 8 . . . . 9 Kt·B3

Not a good Idea.

p,p Q_R4

10 B_Q2 R·Ql 13 Q_Kt4 Q_Kt3 11 Kt·QKt5 Q_Kt3 14 Q_R4 Q_R3 12 Q_R4 Q_R3 15 Q.Kt3 .. . .

Repetition t he First: see the introductory comment. Of course It is important not to repeat the same position three times, or the wary opponent would claim the draw.

15 . . . . Q_Kt3 16 B-B4 R_B1 17 Kt.B7 QxQ 18 PxQ R_Kt l 19 Kt_Kt5! ...

.Repetition t he Second(!) and "obviously" superior to the immediate RxP. 19 . . . . R_Rl 22 KR·R1 20 Kt·B7 R_Kt1 23 Kt_K5! 21 RxP P-Kt3 24 RxR

25 Kt. B6! • • • •

R_Kt2 R,R P_K3

VI'hite's pieces infi lt rate on all weak points. 25 . . . . K_R 1

To save t he exchange. 26 B.Q6

Forced. 27 Kt_K7

R_KKtl

R·B1 Now comes Repetition the Third!

28 Kt_B6 R_Kt1 32 P_KKt4 29 Kt_K7 R_Bl 33 B_Bl 30 P_K 3 P_R3 34 B·Kt5 31 P. B3 Kt_R4 35 8 . B6

KKt·B3 Kt_R2

KKt-B3 . . . .

Removing the meallS 35 . . . .

of escape for Black's B. K_R2

36 A·R8 • • • • Under the time lfmlt- anu by vIrtue of the

new technique with four m inutes to spare!! Black resigns.

Final Position :

~~W01iston

W bite's Kin/!. is sllloked ONt of bis SICILIAN DEFENSE

lair.

w. Adams D. Polland White Black

1 P_K4 P_QB4 20 P_Kt5 B_R8 2 Kt-KB3 P_Q3 21 K_Kt l PxKt 3 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 22 K,B p,p 4 Kt·B3 p,p 23 R_QKtl p,p 5 KtxP P_K Kt3 24 R,P Q·R2eh 6 B-K2 B_Kt2 25 K·Kt2 Kt·K4 7 B·K3 Kt_B3 26 Q_Kt4 Kt_B5eh 8 Q.Q2 Kt_KKt5 27 K_B 1 K_B2 9 8xKt B,B 28 Q_B3 Kt-K4

10 P· B3 B_K3 29 Q.K3 Q·R8eh 11 KtxB PxKt 30 R_Kt1 RxPeh 12 B_R6 B_B3 31 K,R R_Bl eh 13 Kt_K2 R_QBl 32 K_Q2 Q.R7eh 14 0-0·0 Kt-K4 33 K_K1 QxReh 15 P_QKt3 P·QKt4 34 K_B2 R.B7eh 16 Kt.Q4 Q_Q2 35 K. Kt3 O'R 17 P_KKt4 Kt-B3 36 Q.B4eh K_K1 18 KtxKtP Q·Kt2 Resig ns 19 P_QR4 P-R3

A gmelfing war of nerves which had a vital bea611g Oil the final distribution of prize!.

RUY LOPEZ (Notes by Fred Reinfeld)

I. Kashdan S. Reshevs ky White Black

1 P_K4 P_K4 5 0·0 B_K2 2 Kt-KB3 Kt_QB3 6 Q_K2 P_QKt4 3 B-Kt5 P.QR 3 7 B-Kt3 P_Q3 4 B·R4 Kt_B3 8 P-QR4 B_Kt5

As in his game vs. P inkus, (New York 1939 -but not quite th, same position), th is de· velopment later leads to difficulties for Resh-evsky.

9 P.B3 0 .0 19 Kt_B5 Kt. Kt2 10 P-R3 B_R4 7! 20 RxR ' ,- R,R 11 P-Q3 Kt-R4 21 KtxBch QxKt 12 B_B2 P_B4 22 Kt-R4 Kt.B4 13 PxP p,p 23 Kt_B5 BxKt 14 P.KKt4 B.Kt3 24 KPxB P_K5 15 QKt_Q2 Q_B2 25 R·Q1 R_K1 16 Kt_R4 P_Q4 26 R-Q4 P_R3 17 QKt_B3 p,p 27 B.K3 Kt-Q6 18 PxP P·B5 28 BxKt BPxB

Kashdan has . characteristically lliayed fo r the Es, but the Kt was too str ong. He is replaced by a venomous passed P whiCh must always be watched. \Vhite now wins the weak QK tP, but Reshevsky resourcefully creates coun terplay by removIng \Vhite 's B, thus mak­ing the QP more potent than ever. ~ Q.qr' Kf-(J"Z :N J5'"_S"6 30 K-Kt2 Kt_Kt3 35 QxP 31 Q-Kt3 Kt-B5 36 Q-R5 32 QxP KlxBeh 37 BPxR 33 PxKt P_R4 38 Q-Q8eh

39 P_Kt5 P_B4!

~,~ R_Ql R,R

Q-Kt2 K-Kt2

The play now becomes very delicate and tricky. If in r eply 40 Q·B6ch, K-Ktt; 41 QxP? P ·Q7: 42 Q.B1, QxP and wins.

4{} K_B2 41 K_Kt3 42 K·B2

QxPeh Q-Kt2 K_R2

Black's difllculty is that a per petual check is unavoidable; but t his seemingly barren po. sition still has IlOss!bllities.

152

43 P.R4! 44 PxP 45 K_K2

P·B5! P_Q7 P_K6

46 Q_B6 47 Q_Q8ch 48 Q_B6

K.Kt1 K.R2

Q.B2! The crisis: Black seems to be able to con­

tinue guarding against a Ilerpetuai check with . . . Q-B5cb, which will also produce a new Queen. How is White to save himself?

Kashdan

49 P-Kt6ch! 50 P-R5

Another drawing method was 50 P-Q5! Q­B5oh; 51 KxP, P-Q8(Q); 52 Q-K7ch and the vel'petuai check is unavoldable,neither Black Q being of any use!! Or if 50 ... Q-B5ch; 51 KxP, QxP; 52 Q-K7ch and draws, for if 52 . . . K-RS; 53 Q-Kt5ch etc.

50 • • • • Q.B5ch 51 KxP P_Q8(Q) 52 Q_K7ch K_R3 53 Q_KtSch K_Kt2 54 QxPch?? ....

A fatal blunder brought on by fatigue and time pressure. The drawing line was 54 Q. K7ch, Q-B2; 55 P-R6eh, K-KU; 56 P-R7ch! etc.

54. . . . K.Bl 55 Q·Q6ch K_K1

White resigns. A heartbreaking finish for him, but the game is a good example of Resh­evsky's superb fighting Qualities. Those extra half'points win tournaments!

One of the beJt gameJ of the tOIlI'lMlllellt.

Black wins a Pawn by a neat combination, and makes his materia! adl!ct1llage tell by mMIIJ of forceful and exact endgame ptay.

BISHOP'S OPENING

A. Kupchik

Whit e 1 P_K4 2 B_B4 S P-Q3 4 Kt-KB3 5 PxP 6 B_KtS 7 0-0 8 R_Kl

P-K4 Kt_KBS

P_B3 P_Q4 PxP

Kt_B3 B_KS Q_B2

A. C. S i monson

Black 9 Kt-B3

10 Kt-KKt5 11 KtxB 12 Q_K2 13 Kt-Q1 14 QxP 15 RxQ 16 R_K1

P_QR3 B_QB4 PxKt

0-0 Kt.Q5!

OxO Kt_Kt5 . . . .

THE CHESS REVIEW

~~Slmonson

Ku:pChi k

16 • • • • RxP! 32 P_KKt3 P_KKt4 17 KtxR KtxB 33 R_R8 Kt·BS 18 RPxKt BxKtoh 34 P.QKt4 P_K5 19 K _B1 BxR 35 B·B2 P-K6 20 KxB KtxP 36 B_K1 R_R2 21 R_R4 R_KBl 37 R_Q8 Kt_Q2 22 K.K2 P_KR4 38 K_B3 P_R5 23 B.KS Kt_Kt5 39 PxP PxP 24 B_Ktl P_K4 40 K_Kt2 P-R6ch 25 R.R5 R_Ql 41 K_R2 K_B5 26 R-B5 R_Q2 42 P_B5 K.B6 27 P-Kt4 K -B2 43 P_Kt5 Kt_K4 28 P-Kt5 PxP 44 R_B8ch K.K7 29 RxKtP K-K3 45 B_Kt3 Kt_B6ch 30 P_B4 P-Q5 46 K_Rl R_Kt2 31 R_R5 K_B4 Resigns

INDIAN DEFENSE F. Reinfeld S. Reshevsky

White Black 1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 20 BxP KtxP 2 P_QB4 P.KKt3 21 BxKtP! Q_K2 S Kt-QBS P.Q4 22 B_K4 R_Q7 4 Kt.B3 B_Kt2 " R.B2 KR_Ql , B.B4 P-B3 24 KR_QBl KtxB 6 P-K3 0-0 25 QxKt Q_B3 7 B·Q3 PxP 26 Q.B3 OxO 8 BxBP QKt.Q2 27 PxQ RxR 9 0 -0 Kt. Kt3 28 RxR R-Q6

10 B_QKtS KKt_Q4 29 K_Kt2 R_R6 11 B_K5 KtxKt 30 P_R4 R_R5 12 PxKt B.Kt5 31 K_Kt3 R_R3 13 Bx. Kx. 32 P_B4 PxPch 14 P-KR3 BxKt 33 KxP R-R50h 15 QxB Q_B2 34 P_K4 R-R4 16 P-B4 Kt-Q2 35 P_B3 K_B3 17 P_B5 QR-Q1 36 R-B6oh K·Kt2 18 QR_Bl P_K4 37 R_B2 K_83 19 P_Q5?! PxP Drawn

PHILADELPHIA AMATEUR CHESS TOURNAMENT

By a half-point advantage, Milton S. Logan nosed out Don Wilsher for the championship of the sevent.h annual PhiladelphIa Amateur Chess Tournament. Third place was won by Dale Schrader, who held a score of three wins and two losses. '.: .. \

Games were IllaYffiid , at the International In· stitute, and the tOlirnament was directed by " Irving GOldstein.

The Case of the King's Shadow By L. R. C H AUVl:N IIT

I knew 1 was going to do something dumb that night, and as I stared moodily at the White QRP fi nd his surp lus K night, I rea lized [ had mOfe than lived up to expectations. W ell, it was getting too Late to go to a movie and I hadn't anythi ng better to do that evening, so I played R_B7. Jf onlyK.N' shou ld become possible, I might-but now he answers with R.K5, eh. Oh, oh. If I retreat, the QRP wins easily, so I might as well play K.N5 anyway. I do. He continues with R.N ,ch, and there goes a rook. And yet- hmm ? I confound the expert kibitzers by continuing K.R6, rather than resign. N-K5 dis. eh., he replic.-s t riumphantly, leaning back in hi s chair to en joy a well.earned win . I gloomily cap_ ture the pawn. W ith no hesitat ion he slaughters my tru5ty rook, and now surely I am sunk. But I quickly play P.R 3, and he does not refuse to collect my KNP's scalp . Hah! I think, this looks better, and hastily I move p.R4. Now if on ly he concentrates on th inking about his en prise K night, and does not notice that ~AH! He plays N ·KS! And now as 1 reo spond with R.B~ch, an expression of chagrin drives the triumph from his face. H e is sold! He i.'I swindled! His king has acqu ired a loyal shadow, which will dog his foo tsteps wher. ever he goes, and there is no escape. The game's a model draw, for after the most plaus. ible at tempt, 1 K.Q~, R.Q~ch ; 2 K. B6, R. B~

ch ; 3 K.Q7, R.B2ch; 4: K.K6, R.K 2ch ; ~ K. B~, R.B2ch; 6 R.B6, Black: continues merely RxRch! and Wh ite cannot avoid a draw, since after K.K 4, R. B~ch ! either draws immediately o r wins the last White pawn, and, of <:ourse, thanks to the White Knight, K xR at once draws! Ah, chess is a wonderful game~and so I go home happy!

DOES TH E CA P F IT?!

" I watched a game of chess in a Belfast Club the other night, and was interested in, and somewhat amused by, the behaviour of the players. T heir opening moves were accom. panied by bantering remarks, but soon, as the issue was joined, their faces became set and grim, and stol id silence was maintained to the end. One p layer initiated a sharp attack which promised well. The react ion of his opponent to th is, as he made the answering moves whidl he hoped would ward off looming disaster, was to shuffle about in his chair as if in acute d is_ comfort. His hands made strange &>estures. Well.groomed hair became rather disheveled. A pire from a rocket was h astily returned thereafter a brie but dazed inspection. In. stead a handkerchief was brought forth to mop a. fevered brow. l egs were crossed and un. crossed, and occasionally a tentative linger was nervously th rust between collar and th roat as though strangulation was imminent. Mean. while, the attacking pl ayer's behaviour took the milder form of gently patting the back of h is head with the palm of one hand and tapping the table with the fingertips of the· other. When his attack seemed assured of success he sat back in his chair, looking like a crusader in it just cause. His opponent, faced with mate on the move, looked at the board in utter dejection. He ~ad apparently reached the nadir of despair, and It would almost have been fitting if a black cap or a coffi n had made a mag ical appearance. At last he reluctantly resigned, then remarked that he thought he shou ld have won! The winner, with feigned magnanimity, and with a trace of pity in his voice, said that he him_ self had had al[ the luck!"

- "Roamer" In tbe Bt lfasl New/letter.

W AR ENDS A C HESS MATCH

A. J. SO\lwelne sends us a Clipping from "'I'he New York T imes" with the above heading. It tells of the untimely conclusion of the great. est correspondence malch that has ever been held: '·T he EUropean war has put an e nd to the American-Brilisn chess match by mall. S_ B. Sch inneer of Williamsv ille, nl., one of the American team membe rs, said today that the ma tch, which was begun ' two yeal·S ago with players reporting their moves by mail had been forfeited by lhe British because ;t the wa r. T he match was to have bee n completed In 1912. Arthur Lind of Cheyenne was Amer­Ican team cap tain."

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Harold M. Phillips By 1. A. HOROWITZ

It's a long time between tournamenh, 311 years in fact, in the case of Harold M. Phillips, well known New York attorney and President of the Manhattan Chess Club of which he became a member in 1899 and continued as such without interruption to the prescnt day. In 1902 he played for, and won, the Champion. ship of the club against a sterling field in _ cluding such stars as Eugene Delmar, Major Hanham, ). Halpern, Gustave Koehler, D. G. Baird, I. W. Baird, and Louis Schmidt .

Business and social duties allowed him little time for chess play in the intervening years. He did take part, however, in the Metropolitan Chess League matches, and in the annual series of club matches between the Manhattan Chess Club and Philadelphia, and in the Cable Matches against Berlin and Buenos Aires.

This year Mr. Phillips cast aside temporarily the sterner calls of duty, figurat ively took off his coat, and was once again in the thick of the fray for the club title. His play today is as rich in ideas as ever. He produced some fine specimens of chess, as will be seen in the appended examples. He scored seven points defeating Boris Blumin erstwhile champion of Canada, and Oscar Tenner, among others.

Mr. Phillips has always been identified as a patron and promoter of chess activities. As chairman of the International Team Tourna_ ment Committees, he organized and sent abroad three United States World's Championship teams. He was mainly instrumental in getting under way the present system of tournaments for the American Che~., Championship; he was the chairman of the committee that organized the first such tournament in 1936.

Manhattan C. C. Championsh ip 1939-1940 RUY LOPEZ

O. Tenner White

1 P_K4 2 Kt_KB3 3 B·Kt5 4 B_R4 5 0 -0 6 P-Q4 7 B_Kt3 8 PxP I) P-B3

10 QKt.Q2 11 QxKt 12 B_B2 13 Q_B4 14 Q.Kt3 15 PxP e.p. 16 R·K1 17 B_K3 18 P_QR4 19 PxP

P_K4 Kt_QB3 P_QRS Kt_B3 Ktx p

P-QKt4 P.Q4 B·K3 B_K2

KtxKt Kt.QR4

P_QB4 0 -0

P.B4 .,p Q_Q2

QR_B1 Kt_B5

PxP

H . M. Phillips Black

20 R_R6 21 BxB 22 B_B1 23 RxRch 24 P·R3 25 B_K3 26 PxKt 27 PxP 28 B·84 29 P_Kt3 30 B_Q2 31 R_B6 32 Q_R4 33 R_B5 34 QxQ 35 R.B8ch 36 R_B7ch

Resigns

R,R Kt_K4

KtxKtch P_Q5 p,p

P.Q6 R.Q1

P_Kt5 B_B6 Q_Q4 Q.Q5 R,Q

K_B2 K -K 3

THE CHESS REVIEW

HAROLD M. PHILLIPS

Manhattan Chess Club Champion6hip 1939-40

RUY LOPEZ

H . M. Phillips

White

1 P·K4 2 Kt·K B3 3 B·Kt5 4 B·R4 5 P-Q3 6 P-8 3 7 0-0 8 B_B2 9 R_K 1

10 QKt_Q2 11 P.Q4 12 PxP 13 P.KR3 14 P·KKt4 15 Kt·B1 16 Kt·Kt3 17 PxP 18 Kt·R4 19 KKt·85 20 B.Kt5 21 KtxBch 22 B·Kt3 23 Q.B3 24 P·K5 25 PxP 26 B.Q5 27 P· K6 28 BxP 29 BxKt 30 Kt.B5 31 Px8 32 Q-R 5 33 R·K3 34 B-Kt2 35 Q_Kt5

P·K4 Kt.QB3 P.QR3 K t·B3 P-Q3 B.K2

P·QKt4 0 -0

B.Q2 Kt·K1

p,p B·Kt5 B·R4

B·Kt3 P_KR4

p,p Kt·B3 B·R2 R·K1

Kt.Q2 KtxKt

K_8 1 B.Kt3

p,p Kt_Q84

R·Kt1 P.K B3 K _Kt1 QxQ8 BxKt

R_K81 R·83 R.Q1

QR. KB 1 Kt·R5

8. Blumin

Black

36 P_Kt3 Kt.Kt3 37 R_Q1 P.B4 38 B_B3 Kt.B1 39 R·K5 R.R3 40 QxQ KtxQ 41 R.Q7 KtxP 42 B·Q5 R.Kt3ch 43 K.B1 K ·R2 44 P·K7 KtxP 45 R (7)xKt K·R3 46 B.K4 R.Q3 47 RxBP R.Q7 48 P.B3 P·Kt3 49 P.R4 PxP 50 PxP R.QR7 51 P.R5 R·R5 52 R_86 K .R4 53 R.R7ch K . Kt4 54 R.B5ch K.85 55 K·B2 R.R7ch 56 B·B2 R_64 57 R·R4ch K _Kt4 58 R·Kt4ch K.R3 59 R·B6 K_Kt2 60 R(Kt4)xPch K _B2 61 R·R6 K·Kt2 62 R{R6).Q6 K ·81 63 K·Kt3 R·B2 64 R·B8ch K _K2 65 RxP R.Kt2ch 66 K·84 R.B2ch 67 B.B5 R.Q7 68 R.R7ch K ·B3 69 RxRch KxR 70 P.R6 Resigns

The New York State Tournament By ROBnRT F. BR"ND

The annual meeting of the N ew York State Ches~ Association was held at Colgate Uni _ versity, Hamilton, from August 17 to 24. Forty­four entrants participated in the individu al championship tourneys while foursomes from (1\'(' counties sou,ght the custody of the Genesee Cup.

Robert Willman won the New York State championship, leading one of the strongest fields which has '('ver competed for the honor. One point behind and tied for s«ond and third places were Anthony Santasiere and Jack Soudakoff, Fourth place went to D r. W alter Cruz, champion of Brazil in 1940 and 1938, who is now on leave in this country doing medica l research work in a Rochester hosp ita l.

W illman thus gai ns custody for the com ing year of the BinJ;hamton Chess Clu b sil lier trophy, which was awarded last yea r to A~nold Denker. T his is Willman's nrst win of the New York State championship. The t rophy hecomes the permanent possession of the first man to win it th ree times. Denker and Isaac Kashdan halle each won it twice, yet neithcr playcr was on hand this year to get in the fin al leg.

The County T eam Contest was d ivided into two sections this year, a Class A section and a Class B section. Only those counties r('pre. sentcd in Class A played for the state count y. team championshi p, while Class B was for

T he Class A contest, and with it possession for one year of the Gene~e sillier trophy, was won by Onondaga County (Syracuse Chess Club). Onondaga also won the cup in 1938, 1935, 1934, 1915 and 19 14.

Robert Willman was born in New York City in 1908. A resident of that city all hi s

".:;c(Qnd teams" and for any other learns not C. H AROLD KI NG considered st rong enough to enter in Class A . Pres ident o f the N. Y. State Chess Association

NEW YORK STATE

CHAMPIONSH IP

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life, he makes his living as a claim agent. He has carne<1 two college degrees, an A.B. from the City College of New York and an A.M. from Columbia University. A memocr of the Manhattan Chess Club, he tied (or first pla,c in the dub championshi p in 1932 with Abra . ham Kupchik, losing in the playoff. In J 933 Willman won the Manhattan Club champion. ship outright. Also in 1933 he played a match with A. C. Simonson and won b)' a score of :iy'! to 4Y2 . In the 1939 N. Y. State Assn. championship, he tied for 6th, 7th and 81h places with K. O. MotLSmith and Joscph Platz.

At the annual meeting of the N .Y.S.C. the fo llowing officers were elected for the com ing rear: Presidenl, C. Harold King of Hamilton; Vice_Presidents, Robert F. Brand of Cazenovia, Lynn Bryant of Binghamton and Paul Giers of Syracuse; and Secretary.Treasurer, George H. Wi lson of Union .

The 72.yea r_old veteran, Dr. Emanuel Las. ker, graced the Congress with a simultaneolJ~ exhibition against 20 boards on the eveni n,£ of Aug. 23, winning 18 and drawing 2. The tou rnament was under the able management of L. Walter Stephens of New York.

COUNTY TEAM SCORES CLASS A (COIIIII)' lemll rb<llupiollJbip) Poill /J Onondaga (Syracuse) ......... D - 1 Broome (Binghamton) ........ 7J,'2- 8Vz Monroe (Rochester ) ....... . ... 6Vz - 9Vz Schenectady . . ........... . .... 6Y2- 9Vz Dutchess (Poughkeepsie ) . .. . . . 4Y2- l l Vz CLASS II (jor Jecolld Itams) Poillls Madison (Cazenovia, Hami lton

and Sherrill ) ..... . . .. . . . 7Vz - 4Y2 Monroe (Rochester) . ....... . .. . 7- ~ Broome (Binghamton) . . .. . . . . 6Vz - !i Vz Onondaga (Syracusc ) .... . .... 3 - 9

CLASS A TOURNAMENT 1..2. Mrs. Mary Bain (N.Y.C.) .... . 4lh-2Vz 1._2. Clarence W. Hewlett, Jr.,

(Schenectady) . ........ . . 4Vz·2Ya 3.-4. Arthur Fox (Albany) .... ... . . 4 ·3 3..4. D. Francis Searle (Rome) .. . . . . 4 ·3

~. Clarence W. Hewlett, Sr., (Schenectady) ........... 3Y2 .3Yz

6._8. Mrs. Gisela Gresser (N.Y.C.) .. 27'2.4Yz 6.·8. John W. Barnhart (N.Y.C.) ... 27'2-47'2 6 .. 8. Max Herzberger (Rochester) ... 2Yz .4 'l2

CLASS B. TOURNAMENT 1 .• 2. Stephen Osley (Little Falls) ... . 6Y2 -2 Y2 1.. 2. Frank Valvo (Albany) ........ 6Y2-2Y2 3.-5. Frederick Ekstrom (Brooklyn) . . 5 'l2.3'l2

T H ll CHESS REVIEW

Doughty W arrior: LASKER

3.-5. Charles Helms (Brooklyn ) .... . 5Y2-3Vz 3.-5. Stever. Shaw (Hamilton) .. . ... 5Yz .3Y2

6. Robert B. Brand (Cazcnovia ) . .. 4 . 5 7. Charles A. Gr;\\'cs (Nelson) . . .. 3Yz.5 Yz

8 .·9. Walter Froehlich (Syracusc) . . .. 3 _6 8.-9. George 1-1undt (Hamilton) . . . . 3 .6

10. Mrs. Ethel Harrison (NY.C.) . . . 2 . 7

CLASS C TOURNAMENT I. Ralph B. Marshall (Perry ) . .... .. 6 _I 2.. Louis Persinger ( N.V.C. ) . . . .... . 5 _2 3. A. Bertram Davis (Oneonta) .... . -1Y2.2Yz 4. Frank Baldwin (Brooklyn ) ....... 4 -3 5. George A. Donohue (Hastings.

on_ Hudson ) .. . . ... . .. . . ... 3Y2.3'l2 6. Richard DowninJt (Syracusc) ... .. 2'l2 .4 V2 7. Samuel Abbuhl (Cazcno\,ia ) . .. . . 1 YZ-!i YZ 8. Francis Kingsland_Smith (New

Brunswick, N. J.) . ... . .. . .. l ·6

AMATEUR TOU RNAMENT I. Hermann Helms (N.V.C. ) ... . . 5 .0 2. George Wilson (Union) .. . ... . 2Yz-2Y2

3.·5. C. Harold King (Hamilton) ... . 2 -3 3.·5. Gerald Shaffer (Canastota ) .. . . 2 .3 3.·5. Allen Will iams (Canastota) .... 2 .3

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INDIAN DEFENSE ( Noles by A. E. Sa nla" ie"e)

B. Blumin A. E. Santasiere W h ite Black 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 2 P.QB4 P·KKt3 3 Kt-QB 3 P·Q4 4 Q.Kt3 .. ..

Premallll'e, In Illy oplnton. 4 . . . . p,p

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5 QxBP B_K3 6 Q_R4ch , , , ,

Q'Kt5ch is usually played, After 6 ' . . Kt· ns; 7 Kt·BS, Kt-Q4; 8 QxKtP; 9 KKt·Kt5 or 6 Kt-B3, Kt-Q4; 7 P·K4! P·QR3! Black stands well.

6 . , . . Q_Q2

More effective i, • . . P ·BS followed by , . , P-QKt4 etc.

7 QxQch QKtxQ 8 P_K4 Kt_Kt3 9 B·KB4 p_B3

10 Kt·B3 • •

With passive oppositioll , White w!il soon com plete his development and sit snugly . be· hind his strong center, T hel'efore Black strives to upset White's plans by immediate, if un· conventional, counterplay,

10 . . . . 11 B·K5 12 B·B7 13 B_K2 14 BxKt

Now, at least, he has 2 Bs, 15 p_QKt3

Kt.R4 p_B3 B·R3

Kt_KBS B,B

, . . . To forestall the annoying . .. Kt-B5; but the

prophylaxis is worse than the consequence of invasion, for now Black has the target for attack.

15 . . , . 16 0·0

, 17 QR-Q1

K_B2 KR.Q1

• • • •

Unsuspecting~else he woul d have played KR·Q1. But, as the text indicates, Blumln Is Intent on his own plans, Which include a for­ward thrust with the KBP, Actually, the idea proves too slow, as Black's attack gathers momentum quickly.

17 . , • . 18 Kt_K1 19 p.B4 2Q p·B5

The only alternative was bad hOle at his QB4.

20 ... , 21 KPxP 22 KtxB 23 R_B3

P_QR4! B_B2 P-R5 · , . .

P-QKt4- leavlng a

Ktpxp B_Q4

KtxKt · , . .

stm u nde l' the delUsion that he has the inltl· ative, I expected B-B4, and intended the reply . .. P·Kt4.

23 .... 24 PxP 25 R_B2

Threatening B-RSch. 25 . , . . 26 B_B4?

p,p R·R7 · , . .

K_Kt2 ...

A blunder-but the position was certainly beyond redemption,

26 , . . . BxPch 27 K_B1 Kt_K6 mate

These upstate tournaments are nightmares - only fanatiCS should attempt them! On the day followi ng this game, for Instance, my worthy opponent played a four hour game In the morning, eighteen rounds of a rapid tranSit tournament in the afternoon (finishing second), and a four hour game at night!

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Incidentally, I won every game when I had black. Perhaps I should begin to play blackly with white!

Black "PUIS bis oppollent's positional plalls fery cleverly,

INDIAN DEFENSE (Notes by J. Soudakott)

0, Ulvestad J, Soudakoff White

1 p.Q4 2 Kt·KB3 3 p_KKt3 4 B_Kt2 S Kt_R3

Black Kt_KB3 p_KKt3

B·Kt2 0-0

• • • •

One or those depaltures from the conven­tional ror which Ulvestad is well·known; it is instructive to watch the movements of this Kt.

5 . . . . p_Q4 6 0_0 P_B4 7 p_B3 Kt_B3 8 Kt.B2 Kt_KS 9 B.K3 PxP

10 QKtxp P_K4 11 Kt_Kt3 ..•.

White has succeeded in provoking Black's center Ps, which he ,hopes will Drove weak.

11 , , . . Kt_R4 Better was the developing move ... B-K3.

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· As played, Black loses valuable time and suc­ceeds merely in exchanging a p iece.

12 KtxKt QxKt 13 Kt.Q2 KtxKt 14 QxKt B_K3 15 B-R6 KR.Q1

More accurate was .. . BxD. 16 BxB 17 KR_Q1 18 Q_K3 19 R.Q2

K,B R.Q2 Q. B2

P-QR3 To release the QR.

2D P_KB4 · - . . More

creates pressure OIl Black's KP, but the move some weaknesses in White's position. 20 . . . . 21 QR_Q1 22 P. KR3

P. B3 QR_Q t

· . - . This turns out to be bad.

22.... 8_82 23 P_R3 P_Q5 24 PxQP PxQP

The QP is immune from capture. If 25 RxP, Q-Kt3 wins (but not 25 . .. Q-B4; 26 Q-QB3 nor 25 ... RxR; 26 RxR. Q·Kt 3; 27 R-K4).

25 Q-Q3 B.B5 '26 ·Q. Ktl ... .

If 26 Q-B2, P-Q6 ; 27 PxP, Q-Kt3ch; 28 K-R2, B-Kt6 winning the exchange.

26 .... . 27 K.R2 28 B-B3 29 R. Kl 30 Q.B1

Q_Kt3 R_K2

R (1 )_Kl R_K6 Q.K3

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With the double threat o f . . . RxB and P-Q6.

31 P. B5 p,p 32 B_R5 R_K2 33 A,P B,P 34 R_KR4 Q.K4 35 A,B RxRch

'rhe obvious .. QxPch would have won a~ well.

36 BxR QxBch 37 K_Kt1 Q.B6

W hite resigns. I[ 38 Q-R6ch. simply ... K-Ktl. If 38 Q·B3, Q·Q8ch. If 38 R-KB4, QxPch; 39 K ·BI, Qxpch; 40 KKtl {or 40 K-B2, Q-R7chl, R·K7; 41 Q·B7ch, K·Kt3 etc.

By the way, 37 ... R-Q2 was even s impler and more conclusive.

Fine position play is topped off with a neat finisb.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (Notes by Fred Reinfeld)

Dr. W. Cruz M. D. Hago White Black

1 P_Q4 P_Q4 4 Kt_B3 p,p 2 P_QB4 P-K3 5 P_K3 P_QKt4 3 Kt_QB3 P-QB3 6 P_QR4 B_Kt5 Since White regain~ lhe gambit P in short

ol'der, it would doubt.less be better to 1J1ay 6 ... P-Kt5; 7 Kt-R2, Kt-KBS; 8 BxP, B·Kt2 followe d in due course by . .. P-B4 e tc.

7 B_Q2 Kt-B3 The once populal' vat'latlon 7 _ . ' . P-QR4;

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8 Px P, BxKt; 9 BxB, PxP; 10 P·QKt3, n·Kt2; 11 PxP , P·Kt5 is effectively avoided by 10 p. Q5! giving White a beautirul game.

S PxP BxKt 9 BxB PxP

10 P.QKt3 0-0 11 PxP PxP 12 BxP Q.B2

There is not much point to t his. as it is clear t he Q cannot remain indefinitely on the open file. \Vllite now devotes his energies to pla cing his pieces to goo(1 advantage and setting up a strong center- made possible by Black' s early surrender of the center . White's Bs are also bound to put a word in later on. 13 Q_Kt3 Kt.B3 16 Q_R3 Q_Q1 14 0_0 B_Q2 17 Kt_Q2 Q_K2 15 KR.Bl KR_Kt1 18 QxQ KtxQ

If Black expected to improve his prospects with t he exchauge of Qs, he Is soon disillu· sioned. The combiuation of White's Bs and strong cente)' soon proves very trou blesome.

F utile.

19 P_K4 K. B1 20 P.B3 B·Kt4

21 B.Kt3 22 B. Kt4 23 Kt.84 24 Kt.R5!

R_B1 P.QR3

QR.Ktl • • • •

A fine move which requires careful calcu· la tion.

24 . . . RxRch? Su icidal. ... j{. j(] I! houhl have been played.

23 RxR 8_Q2 26 B.Q6! R.Kt4

26 . . . R·B1 il! met by 27 RxRch, BxR; 28 B·R4! Kt.·Kt1 (29 .. . D-Q2 ? loses a piece after 29 BxB, KtxB; 30 Kl·B6); 29 B·B6 fOllowed by B·Kt 7 ano:] the QRP soon goes lost.

Strangely enough. the exchange is lost by force after the text!

Cruz

27 B· R4! K·K1 \\'hite's Bs are all ovel' the place. and Black

must surrender to ihe inevitabl e. as the fo l· lowing proves:

I 27 .. . RxKt; 211 BxB, P ·Kt4 (if 28 . KtxB?? 29 R·BS mate); 29 R-B7 followed by B·B6 aUd P·Q5 with a winning game.

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II 27 ... R·j(t 7; 28 BxB and Black cannot recapture.

III 27 .. . R·Kt3; 28 B-B5, R·Kt7 or 28 ... R·Kt1; 29 DxD. KtxD; 30 BxKtch, KxB; 31 Kt·B6ch); 29 BxB, KtxB; 29 B·m:, R·Ktl rorced ; 30 BxKtch aud wins.

28 8xR 29 R·B7 30 B·B5 31 Kt_Kt 7

s,s Kt (3 )_Kt1

P-B3 8·06

Or 31 . . . K ·B2; 32 Kt·Q6ch and wins. 32 Kt·Q6ch Resig ns

If 32 ... K-Ql ; 33 B·j{t6 etC.

Deciding galile ill tbe last WIII/df RUY LOPEZ

R. W ill man J. Soudakoff White Black

1 P_K4 P- K4 22 KR.KB 1 P·B3 2 Kt.K83 Kt·QB3 23 K. K3 P-Q84 3 8·Kt5 P.QR3 24 R.B2 R-Q3 4 BxKt QPx8 25 R.KKt1 R(3)_K3 5 Kt_B3 B_KKt5 26 P_8S R(3)_K2 6 P_KR3 8xKt 27 P. KKt4 p,p 7 Qx8 8·84 28 R,P R_KR1 8 P.Q3 Kt_K2 29 R (2)_Kt2 _ R·R2 9 Q.Kt3 Kt_Kt3 30 K_83 K-Q3

10 P·KR4 P_KR4 31 K_K3 R_Q2 / 1 11 Kt_01 Q.Q2 32 R_R2 -'--R_B2-" 12 8.Kt5 B_K2 33 P_R5 K_K2 13 Kt·K3 0·0.0 3. R_Kt6 K.Q2 14 Kt.85 S,S 35 K. B3 K-K2 15 Qx8 Kt·85 36 K.Kt4 R-R3 16 P_KKt3 Kt-K3 37 R_Kt2 R_R2 17 Q.K7 Kt-Q5 38 P-R6 K-B1 18 QxQch R,. 39 K·R5 K-Kt1 19 KtxKt RxKt 40 R.R2 K-81 20 K_K2 K.Q2 41 K·Kt4 K-Kt1 21 P_KB4 R·K1 42 K·83 • • • •

Soudakoff

Willman

42. . . . K_B1? LIIUed by the interminable groupings and

regrouping\;, Black falls in to a lost game. Simply .. . R-Rl·R2 etc., was in order.

43 PxPch! R(R2)xP 44 R_R8ch K_K2 45 R(S)_R6! . . . .

Black is in Zugzwa.ng! He cannot move his K, ano:] R moves are likewise out (45 ... R· R2; 46 RxP). Pawn moves by Black WOuld of course only postpone the evil hour.

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45 . . . . 46 PxR 47 K-Kt4 48 K_R5 49 K_Kt5

If 49 ... P-B5; 50 R-R7 wins.

R,R R_Kt2 K_K3 P.B4

Resigns

After winning the exchange by means of a clever finesse Oll the fortieth move, Santa­siere found himself confronted with a blocked position which seemed impassable. Finally, after eight hours of play, he undertook the break-through - but, as Soudakarf's fiendish counterplay proves, it was still too soon!!

Santasiere

79 P_Kt4? A mistake, but surely

79 . . . .

. . . . a very plausible

P_Kt4i one.

The moment Black has been praying for. 80 BPxP PxP

Black's cooped-up pieces suddenly come to life, and are all the more violent for the l'e­pression they have been subjected to in the previous play. If now 81 BxP, ExB; 82 RxB, Q-B8 and wins.

81 R_R1 Kt_Q6

Threatening mate on the move. 82 Q-B6 Q_K1 i

Still maint aining the attack, what with the threatened. , . R-B2 followed by a Queen 11"­

rUIltion beginning with .. , Q-QBI-B4ch,

83 P_Kt6 , , , ,

"That'll keeIl you busy, my boy!" Bul it doesn't.

83 _ , , _ Kt_K4! 84 P_Kt7 R_B2 85 Q_KtS Q_QB1!

Calmly lighting a Murad. If the queens, he mates in a few moves.

86 R(4)_R2 Likewise.

87 R_Q2 88 KxP 89 BxKt

QxP!

Q_B6ch Kt_B6!

R,B

Pawn

What a man! If now 90 R-Ki, Q-B5ch: 91 R-Q., Q-B7ch etc.

THE CHESS REV/BW

90 R(1)_R2 B_B4ch!

White resigns, [01' if 91 QxB, Q-K6 male. A tough break for Santasiel'e. but the handy way in which Soudakoff smOked out White's smug King merits high praise. -F_R.

DrawiJh varia/iollS dOIl't aiwa)'J lead 10 <I

draw. FRENCH DEFENSE

O. Ulvestad White

1 P_K4 P_K3 P-Q4 p,p

2 P_Q4 3 PxP 4 B_K3 S Kt-QB3 6 B-Q3 7 QxB 8 KKt_K2 9 Kt_Kt3

10 RPxB 11 P-B3 12 0-0-0 13 R_R6 14 P-KKt4 15 K_Kt1 16 B_Q2 17 QR_R1 18 Kt-K2 19 KR_R3 20 B_Kt4

B_KB4 P_QB3

B,B B_QS

Kt.Q2 BxKt?

KKt_B3 P_KKt3?

Q_R4 0-0-0

QR_K1 R_K3 Q-Q1

Kt_B1 Kt_Kt1

R_K1 P_KR3

M, D, Hago

BlaCk 21 B_Q2 22 Kt_B1 23 Q-B5ch 24 BxP 25 PxQ 26 P_KKt4 27 B_Q2 28 Kt_Q3 29 Kt_B4 30 B_Kt4 31 BxR 32 K_B1 33 Kt_K6 34 KtxKt 35 K_Q2 36 RxP 37 RxKt 38 R-R7ch 39 RxR 40 P-B3

Q_K2 P_KKt4

Q·K3 Q,Q K_Q2 P_B3 R_K2

P_Kt3 K_K1

KR_R2 ",B

Kt_R2 Kt-Kt4"- ­BPxKt

K_B2 KtxR P_B4 K_B3 K,R

Resigns

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H. M. Phillips A. E. Santasiere White Black

1 P_K4 P.QB4 16 P_QR4 P_R4 2 Kt.KB3 P_Q3 17 KR_Q1 P-R5 3 P_Q4 p,p 18 B_B3 P·B4 4 KtxP Kt_KB3 19 P-B4 Kt(4)_Kt5 5 B-Q3 Kt_B3 20 P_B5 P_K5 , P-QB3 P·K4 21 B_Kt2 R_Q6 7 Kt_Kt3 P_Q4 22 R.R3 K R_Q1 a PxP Q,P 23 R.QB1 RxKt(7) 9 0 -0 B_K3 24 KtxR RxKt

10 B·K2 R.Q1 25 p,p Kt_Q5 11 B_K Kt5 B.K2 26 P_Kt7 Kt_K7ch 12 QxQ KtxQ 27 K_R1 Kt.R3 13 BxB K,B 28 R_QKt1 B-Q4 14 P.Kt3 P_QKt3 Resigns 15 QKt_Q2 P_QR4

Bolt !!'OlII the blue.' QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING

A. E. Sal'ltasiere

1 P-Q4 2 P-K3

White

3 Kt_KB3 4 B_Q3 5 P.B3 6 Kt.K5 7 P_KB4 a Kt-Q2 9 0·0

Kt_KBS P.Q4 P_KS P_B4

Kt_B3 B.Q3 B.Q2 Q_K2

P_QRS

E. S. Jac~sol'l

Black 10 QKt_B3 11 B_Q2 12 B_K1 13 B.R4 14 Q_K2 15 PxP 16 KtxB 17 Kt_Kt6!

P_R3 P_QKt4 Kt_QR4

Q-B1 B_B3 BxKt Kt-Q2

Resigns

PENN STATE TOURNEY

The Second Annual Congress of the Penn_ sylvania State Chess Federation was held in the sumptuous quarters of the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh over the Labor Day week_ end. Main event on the program was the tournament for the State title, which attracted sixteen entrants from almost as many sectors of the Keystone State.

With three days allotted for play, the en_ trants were divided into two sections for a round_robin, with leaders in each group to pl ayoff for the championship. In Section 1, William Steckel of Allentown, former title_ holder, had things all his own way, drawing with Johnson of Pittsburgh, and winning every other game. The runner.up was Liggett of Washington, Pa., 4Y2-2Y2, and third and fourth prizes, at 3Y2-3Y2, were shared by Johnson and McCready of Pittsburgh.

In Section II, the struggle for supremacy was much more exciting. L W. Gardner, now leading chessist of Pittsburgh, equalled Steckel's score of 6Y2-Y2, his draw being against Anton Linder of Erie. But right on his heels, with the issue undecided until the final round, was Firestone of Pittsburgh, who lost only to Gardner in the decisive game of the section, and wound up with 6_1. Bolden

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of Philadelphia was third, 4Y:z -2Y2, and A. N. Towsen of Harrisburg fourth, with 4_3.

Other scores were; Section I

Wilkinson, Philadelphia, 3-4; Erdeky and Stevenson, 2Y:z-4Y2; Seiter, 2_5.

Section 11 Linder, 3Y2-3Y2; Larsen, 2-5; Beck, 1_6;

Dolde, Y2-6Y:z. Thus it was Steckel vs. Gardner, one game

to a finish , with the title at stake. After a quiet enough beginning, in the exchange vari_ ation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, the game took a sudden turn when Gardner sacri_ ficed a Knight at his 26th turn. He obtained three Pawns for the piece, but might have encountered much more resistance except fo r an error by Steckel (29 Kt_K5?), which lost quickly. 29 RxR was correct at that point.

Gardner, former North Carolina champion, participated for the first time in this event. He wil l undoubtedly be heard from frequently in Pennsylvania chess.

The Tournament Director was I. A. Horo_ witz of the CbeJJ Review, especially invited from New York fo r the task. He found every_ thing so ably arranged that his duties were but slightly more arduous than those of the many interested spectators at the event. Horowitz opened the proceedings with a stimulating lec_ ture on chess.

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QUEEN'S GAMBIT DeCLINED w_ H . Steckel L. W . Gardner

White Black 1 P_Q4 Kt.KB3 5 p,p p,p 2 P·QB4 P _K3 6 P·KS 8·K2 3 Kt.QB3 P.Q4 7 B_QS P_B3 4 B-Kt5 QKt-Q2 8 Q.62 0-0

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9 Kt_SS R_Kl 21 e,B RPxB 10 Kt_K5 Kt_B l 22 Kt ·Q3 QR_K 1

" 0-0 Kt_Kt5 23 R_K2 Q.84 12 e ,e Q,e 24 R.Ql Kt.Q2 13 KtxKt BxKt 25 K.K t2 Kt_SS 14 QR_Kl QR.Ql 26 P.KKt4 KtxP

" K_Rl Q.R5 27 P xKt QxPch

" P-B3 8_R4 2e K_Sl R,P 17 P·K Kt3 Q.R6 29 Kt.K 5 QxRch 18 '1.82 R.K2 30 Q,Q R,Q 19 Kt_K2 Q.Q2 31 K,R P-83 20 Kt_B4 B_Kt3 Resigns

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lI/os1 illlNI/Slillg gallle lor Ibe spcc/alor.!. INDIAN DEFENSE

O. Ulvestad H. Morris White

1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 2 Kt.KB3 P.QKt3 3 P_K Kt3 B.Kt2 4 B·Kt2 P.B4 5 B·B4 P.Q3 6 P.B3 P.Kt3 7 0·0 QKt_Q2 S Q-Kt3 P_KR3 9 QKt.Q2 B.Kt2

10 KR-K1 P_KKt4 11 BxKtP PxB 12 KtxP P.Q4 13 P·K4 P.B5 14 Q_B2 . B.KR3 15 P·KR4 BxKt 16 PxB KtxP

Black 17 KtxKt 18 BxP 19 R_K3 20 P_B4 21 ·Q_Kt2 22 BxBch 23 QxQch 24 RxP 25 K _Kt2 26 RxKtch 27 RxBP 28 P_Kt6 29 K _B3 30 P.Kt7 31 P_B5 32 K _B4

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37 K _Kt6 38 RxR 39 P·B7 40 PxR(Q) 41 R.KB3 42 K.Kt5

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R·R8ch R,R

K _B3 R,P

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Fo,' .. ny who have been so unrort unate ti S t o miss the precedi ng hlstnllments of :II ... A lai n W h ite'!! article. I s hould nplai n that the !ni· tial!! " U:' " :\1 :' and " W " !l bove II problem i n­dicatl' t hat i t Is an ex am ple lIelect ed for publ ica tion by F. Gamage, Com i ns Mansneld , or Mr. W h ite, relljlecti ve ly. Nos. 1663· ]674 are ori~ inals ror' the " Rel'le w"; lind t heile, w ith Nos. 1675·16):(1, make up t h ill month'l< quota fo r t he So l "er ~ ' Lllddel'.

SIXTY TWO· MOVERS OF THE PAST SIXTY Y EAR S

By Alain C. White In Ihe l!1 :.l 0·~ proble ms or t he Intricate "com­

lJe II~atillg" I'Ily l!' Of strategy have become in­creaSIII,i:!Y llUm el'OUS and lntel"e~tln a:. Flaws in purity ul' motives llRve been eliminated and new thflmatic advances have been inll'oduced, Of Hpuclal depth ill'e t.hu comhhmt!ons In Nos. 1 6S1-16~9, In clu~ !\'e. My only )'e/:')'el is that moru examplf<s could not be filled Into our hriuf selection. The sll'a tegy o r th e!!e probhml!1 is 110t I"ull y uudel"s tood In some 1> iace.;, notably in Ihe t;nited States, and they dese l'l'e ca reful study. It I" not ]IOHslble to IIlIalY1.e t hem all, but No, 16.~6 furnl ~ h e~ II speehil ly goat! ex­ample to l<tudy, and it s fi ne play atones rOI" the ul1ha]>I>Y key (I Pxl') . Th l!! key lno'o­duce!! two t hrea ts, 2 DeS an d t P1l1. To defea t bOlh of these Blac k moves h is K nl ,:::h ts, In t his pm blem !here Is no con li ngent threat , as in N o_ 1622, anti Black must move carefully t o tl e feat the original t h realS, playi ng either I ___ 8e3 0" 1 ... 81'3. T hllse moves tle feat the threat 2 HcS by " hual n,:; orr t he W h ile Bls hol)S, antl they tlefeat t he thre ll l 2 Pe 7 by Ollen lng the tle feus l,'e li ne" of the Black Hooks_ bu t the>;e de­fen"I \"(' ",su ll s of AlaCk '" mOI'" s II"~ canlpe n­s att'd h~' till' ro ew OI'I 'Ortu nitiell thf>r Itt t he Slune t ime Ilr('~(' n t 10 Wh ite, The inte "f .. .. f' Iu:e o f the Ala ck Kn il(h tl< with lhe 1) lll n ln),: aClion o f the Rlack Q uee n frees the W h ile K nl.e:ht and aI ­lowil hi m t.O threaten two new mate~, at e4, !I l1d f5, these mat es to becom e e rrective In t um when B1ack'~ ~ua .. d u pon each 01" the two SIlUllre" by the Bl ack Rooks Is !lhut off. Thus, in each of the two thematic 1'1Il'latlol1l;, two lines al-(, dfect ed in a m:wn er adVantageous to Black and two o thel"S in It mallnel' ad vanta­/:,('ous to White. and the whol p !lel 1'01'th with a simplicity of execulion whi ch I!.l"Oll>les a deep sense of diann.

Among t he ll ne , o]lenin~ It ul! llne-clos lng mo­tives, wh ich th e com[)o!\e .. ~ or the 19:\0's have ba lancpd ~o cleverly one agl\ llI~t another , t he possible ob~tr\lction by Ulac k OJ" by W hi te o f the Whit e 1IIIPII of ,ll;uard o r II ttl!.ck ha~ In I,articular been u~el l LO prOduce ne w com llenMating errect~. Som c or the results a chieved hnve exce lled by thc del)lh o r their thOught, at a cost In 1I00r econ­om y wh ic h someti mes a pp('l11'~ 10 be some­what h l~ h ; others happily ha l'e on.lYcome all obs tacles ami CIII )lil'ated the soh'e r b)' the k extraor.llna ry el:lt' lI), ; ... ,1 ella rm. Note, fOl' example , h ... \\, Black-s 1)lns by the Queen in 2\:0_ 1 6li ~ , 1 ___ Q b7 a utl I . _ . Qd7 , J:u ltle W hite 's

choice o f Kn iJ(h t mates; or IIl{a lli how the u n­pinned Wh ite Dishol) in No. 1687 must c hoose his mm'es acco,'tl lng to the WilY in wh ich t he Bla ck Knig hts errect t he uU lll ns; 0" fi nally how t he Black Knight determ ines the mate by the Wh ite K ing ba ttery In No. 16RliI by shu lling orr the Whlt.e g uard a fter 1 ... Sc6 a nd 1 , , , Sr.!.

The "e would seem to be no end to the way in which the c hoice o r re lAted moves CAli be guided by the intr icate give-and-tAke e le ments o f the defens h 'e ami mating mOI'es, nnd du al a \'oidance becomes one of the great moUves in the IWO'1lI0I'en; of the 1930's, Itls qu ite ImilOS' s ible even 10 touch upOn all these dlfTel'ent em­bodiment~ of compensa tlug s trategy, One or the most pleasing involves t he alIen ing and c losing of White lines of guard by the While mlltlng move, as illustrated In No. 1683, II' White ~hou ld play I Sb·l-d5ch in the Initilt l pO!!i ! ion, the W hite guard of the Pe4 from t.he DaR would be shut ofT, while a ncw guard f)-Om the )ta '! was being opened u p. So far ther e Is n eutrnll~allon of errOl't, but. at the same time the gunnl by the Ra5 of the PeS would a lso have bee n shut orr. Or if White s hould u 'y playi ng I Sc7,d5 ch. Ihere would be neutrallza llon of the guard ol' er the PeS, but II shutOff of the gllard of t he P e -l . 1\ I ~ only a ft er Black's selr-blocklng de fenses tha t these neut ra liz ing moves fi nally become converted in to errecllve mates.

In review ing the c ha nges that ha.ve taken I)lace in the two-move pl'oblemll or th@ past si xty yea rs very li t lle has been salol IIbout the mer it or key-moves_ antl yet It Is often t he key that makes 01' breaks the uilimate des­tiny of a Ilroble m. Compose l"ll beCOme 110 In ter­mued in the subs ta nce or the ir t he mes lhat the key-mo\'e s; receives less atte ntio n thall m ight be eX I)Cctetl, antl If a "' the m atic ke y" Is rountl , one thn Ollens one Of the I)rl nc il)a! lines Or ac ti oll o r Ihe like, li ttle thought is given to the que~t ion whether the key Is ac t ua ll y ~I good one, II} the present selection 8tl'e~8 hflJ; been laid in most cases Oil the key as well ~ t S Il J!OIl t he aftel'p lay. Soml' keys havll III'oved good bllcausll thpy have to be ])Icke cl onl wi th care from a number of Appare ntly eqUAll y vl!.1id tries, as in Nos . 1675-1678; some beel\U~e they consist of s uch unexpected wlth<!l"awnit" of a majOl' piece, as in Nos . 1629 and 1 6~6 : som e becau!';e t hey 1)l"ovlde the muck K ing with one or mOl'e fllghts, a s In Nos. 1630 and 16tH; some for a stl'lklng Unpin, as In No, 167D; alld sOllie because the y surrendet' an nlllHl renl the matic I,os ition , as wlien In No, 1680 tlte \-V hite Queen m oves out o f an nl>l,arent line of hair-p in.

(To be concluded ) • • • • •

A CHALLENGE TO COM POS ERS E, 'el"}' now find t hen your Ed itor IlIkes It few

hou rs off f rom his other IIrduou!l du ties :lIId ti nkers w ith the C heume n_ t l-y inl:" to m a ke Ul) a Ilroblem on ,I task that the book!! Sft)· Is t heoretically iml)osslble_ H e Invn .. iably fa ils, but s ometi mes t he pleas ure that co mes f rom

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setting Chess pLeces in motion Is compensation (or the mental contor tions he bas to go through to keep t hem from bumping Into one another. Thill Is a. brief note on such a [allure, offered in the hope that ot her composers may ge t ~ome run out or trying to break through the same stone wall.

The Grimshaw theme derives Its name from the author or the first known versIon- a rough three-mover-published In 1850. Its Ideal e x­pression Is In two-move form. Briefly, It con· sists of "mutual Interference" by Black vleces that have different motions geometrically. The following Is a. simple example:

(By G. Guidelll, Third Prize, Good Com­panions, Feb., 1916) arktS, bI pS, 8, SRR1 , 4k2p, 6pl , KQ4rq, 38828 . Mate In t wo by 1 RU . Here t he "Grimshaw" occurs a fte r the de·

fe nl$@s I ... Bd4 a nd 1 ... Rd4 . By t he II rst move, the Bla ck Bishop Interfel"es wi t h t he Black RdS. allowing 2 Qc2 mate , and by 1 ... Rd1 t hle Rook in turn interferes wi th the Bishop, eo that 2 QeZ mate can be played. It will be observed that t he defense 1 .. " B rZ must be classed as I\.ll "interference" on ly, not as part ol' a Grimshaw, because there 11\ no I;!omplementary Interference of the Bishop by the RgZ. In other words, the interrerence Is not " mut ual ,"

Grlmshaws a re most frequently illus t rated wi t h a Black P awn tha t is placed on the second rank. as In the following :

(By H . Weenl nk , Good Com panions, Dec .. 1917 ) b2K4 , 2p5, .3k4, l Q6, 5P2, I D6, 8, II. Mate In two by I Qc., w it h Grimshaw varl· atlons afte r 1 . .. Bc6 a n d 1 , .. Pc6, Actually, of cour se. the Black Pawn In Buch

cases 18 equivalent of a BlaCk Rook with abo breviated motion.

"Double" GrlmshawB, with tw o sets of mu· tual Interferences, Rre not uncom mon, This Is an example with a single pall' of Black pieces:

( By P.

1898) Q1 , ~~~::f!;~:: KtR4K·11:;,U ,h. I Bn, " ReS a nd 1 ... B o r ReS. Two separate pairs can also be used , as In:

(By Dr, E. Palkosk a, Fi rs t P rIze, Good Compa.n lons, March, 1914) 31"b3, 2Kt5, I PRpp3, KtK6, 3kpS, BRpSQ1, 8, b 1"6. Mate in two by 1 Bcl , w ith thematic varIat Ions a fter I , , . D or Rb2 and I . , . B 01' Rd 7, A different arrangement of the same task

Is shown [n las t month's N o. 1643; a nd In Schlttman's beautiful No. 1659.

To those In terested in carrying things to extremes, the Que@tion may occur : Is a com· plete "tr[ple" Grimshaw poss[ble In a n o l't ho­dox two-mover? So far as I have been a ble to de te rmIne. no e xam ple has ye t been pro· duced. Yet t he fact t ha t many doubllngs o f the theme manage to achieve much add [tlonal byplay and some Of them do not even use all ot t he major W hit e and Black pieces leads one to hope that some lIettlng can be evolved whIch will use this potential force to create Il thIrd pall' or mutua l Interference variation s.

Should an yone mRnage a complete trll)lillg of the theme, he would e ither have to use a

THE CHESS R EVIEW

s ingle Black Rook a nd Bishop, or two Rooks a nd t wo Bishops. (Obv loualy he could not use three sepa rate pai rs or pIeces, because this would bring in promoted men ).

W ith a s ingle set o r theme pieces, fi ve va r i· a.tlon s InvolvIng mu t ual In te l"ference ha ve bee n achieved in:

(By J, Hartong, F ourth prize, Good Com· panions, March, (91 9) 2Kt5, Qlpr4, 2R5, rlb2kpl. RBG, 2p 2P2. B6Q, 3Kt2ktK. Mate In two by 1 BxP, with thematic play by 1 . .. B or Rd4, I , . . D Or Rd6 , and 1 ... Be7. H somehow a fi nal Interference of the Bisllol)

by 1 .• . Re7 cou ld be attai ned, this would be a complete t riple Gl"I m s haw. Bu t th is does not s eem possI ble. a lld Ha l·tong's eHOI'( must I'ema in (in Alain Wh ite's words) " a brilllani attempt."

W ith two pa irs of thelll@ pieces, the c leverest attem pt at a multiple Grimshaw seems to have been the ramou» "Or,v;an Pipes" mechanIsm, ol'\ginated by Sam L-oyd, A classic example Is:

(By Otto WUl'zbul",v;, American Chess Magazine, 1898) 2bnbBl, 1Kt, 2Q5, lpR5, lplk2pl , 4plKt1. 4K2B, 8. Mate In two by 1 Rcl . He re' the i3lack Roo ks and Bishops inter·

ter e mutUhlly wllh one anot her on fOUf dlr· ferent squares-d1, u6, e 7, and e6. By verbal de fi nition. t his ca n be called a "quad ru ple" Grimshaw ; bu t a ct ually the re are only rour d is t inct mlL tes, a nd the net e ffect is the pro· d uc tion o f interreNlnCeS on only fou r lines of 8ct ion--c8·r5, d8-<15, e8·e4, and f8·e5. COlllle· quell tly the problem would ordinarily be cla ssl· fled as a double GrImshaw, despite the recUl'· rence Qr the t heme InterferenceS. A pure mul · tiple A:;. l'imshaw, If [t can be completely achieved , will have three or more sets of dis· t inct mutual interl'erences leading each to distinct mates.

[ now offer my small contribuUon: a sug· gestion ro r t l'lpllllg the the me by havIng one pa ir of Blal;!k pieces perform a double Gr im· s haw, and a not her pa ir execute a s ingle set o f mutual interfere nces Independently in anothel' sector of the board :

( By V. L . E .. original) 2 bR4, Zrl p l P l , pl Ktpktp2, Sk l p2, lp4Pl, l r5Kt. l ktQb3P , 4RBBK. Mate In two by 1 P·g8 (Q or B), w ith thematic variations arter 1 ... B or Rc3, 1 . . . B 01' Re3. and 1 ... B or Rd7. P Urists w ill point out that the pl'oblem Is

technically " cooke d" because the key Pawn can beconle elther a Queen or a Bishop, but a more serious derect Is the fac t t hat a pro­moted White piece (created by the first move ) [s required to se t UI) the variation 1 . .. Rd1 , In t he brie f time I ha ve been wOI'k lng on the task , I have nol been able to ovel'Come th is diffi culty ; bul In No. 1 66~ I present t he same matrix, wit h a double Gr imshaw as the base. a nd with two Interfere nces by a Black Knight occu rring ind ependently in a nother part of the board, without the use of a promoted piece. Can some ingeniOUS composer fill ish the Job properly ? Or can the tri l)le Grimshaw be done In some other way? T he question Is still open , gentlemen.

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O CT() 6 H R , 19 4 0

No. 1663

CQvl /l'il t on, K y .

E OWARO L. DEISS

Mate In Z

No. 1664

V . L . E ATON

W a , hingto n, D. C.

No. J 665

NICHOLAS GABOR

C inc in nati , Ohio

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Original Section

No. 1666

F. GAMAGE

B r oc ktQn, M ass.

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No. 1667

B. M . MAR SH ALL

S hr eveport , La.

Mate In 2

No. 1668

GE OFFR EY MOTT·SMITH

N, w Y ork, N. Y.

Mate ill 2

No. 1669

F R ED SPRE N GER

New Y ork, N. Y.

Ma.te III 2

No. 1670 M . E DELSTEIN

Somerv ille , Ma-ss.

16,

I n Memoriam: John F . Ba r ry

Ma te in 3

No. 1671

H. C. MOWRY

Ma lden, Mass.

Mate jn 3

SO LU T ION S TO T HE SE P RO BLEMS ARE DUE NOVEMBE R 1 ~t h, 1940

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No. 167Z H . C. MOWRY

Malden, Mass.

No. 167 3 F R E D SPRENGE R

New Y01'k, N. Y.

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TH E C HE SS REVI EW

Original Section <Cont'd )

No. 1675 (G) E. G. SC HO LL ER

FIJ'st PL'ize, Brisbane Courier. 1928.

No. 1676 (G) v. L. EAT ON

F h 's t PI'\~6, Clevelan d· Ci ncinnati Solv ing Match, 1934.

Mate In 2

No. 1677 ( M) A. E LLE R MAN

Drlstol Times and Mirror, 1928 .

Mate in 2

No. 1678 (G) A. MA R l

F it's t PJ"j~e. B r istol Times and Mirror, 1931),

N o: 1679 , (G, W ) F. GAMAG E

Honorable Mention, Nor t h Amer ican TOllme y, 1938.

Mate In 2

No. ] 680 (W) B. P IMEN OFF and E. UM NO FF

First Prfze. ",,festel'll Morning News, 1930.

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OC T08ER, 19 4 0

No. 1681 (W) K.A. K . L ARSEN

First Prize, Tijdschrift v. ll . N. Schaakbond. 193 0.

No. 1682 (0) S. S. LEWMANN

Jo'lrst P rize, Magyar Sakkvllag, 1936.

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Mate In 2

NO. 1683 (0) M . M . BARULI N

First P rize, n Problema, 1933.

Mate III 2

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Quoted Section

No. 1684. (G)

M, J. ADAB ASC H EFF

Second Prize, "64," 1934.

N o. 1685 (G, W)

M . SEG ER S

Jo'i rst P rize, Munkasakk, 1934.

No. 1686 (W ) DR. G. P AROS

First Prize, Magyar Sakkvllag, J9 35.

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No. 1687 (M) O. STOCCHI

(Circa 1935) .

No. 1688 (W) S. JO NNSON

Fil"S t Prize, Var t H e m, 1938.

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No. 1689 (0) R. BUC H NER Fil"$t Prize, De

Maasbode, 1938.

Mate in 2

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SOLUTIONS (Maximum score for N os. 1618-1635 : 36 Two

poin ts for correct SOI UtiOIl to each problem. ) No. 1618 : 1 Qa7. No. 1619: 1 Sb7. No. 1620:

.1 Bh3. No. 1621 : 1 R f5. No. 1622 : 1 Rh7. No. 1623: 1 R e2-c2. No. 1624 : 1 QhS. No. 1625: 1 ReI ·c7. No. 1626: 1 Ke5. No. 1627: 1 Sd4. No. 1628 : J Rg7·g5. No. 1629: 1 Rh4. No. 1630 : 1 Kd 6. No. 1631: 1 De4. No. ]632 : 1 Se4. No. 1633 : I I3c7. No. ]634: 1 BaG. No. 1635 : 1 Qe7.

Solvers ha.ve been unan im ous in praise of i'lr. ' Vhite 's articles. lita ny intere st ing com­ments have been reeei ved , and it' s pace per­mits we shall publrsh some ot' them in our next issue.

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Congratulations to Tom IIIcKenna . whose m i niature f our mover (N o. 1614) was judged the best l ong·range p roblem of the quar te r , and to \V. Patz, w ho tops t he Lad tler th is mon th.

PHiLIP WOLISTON

TH E C H llS S REVI E W

VENTNOR CITY 1940 Here if tbe recipiell! oj Ibe bu t !" a)·ed gaJll e

prize . KING'S GAM BIT DECLINED ( in effect )

P. Woliston M. H a naue r W hite Black

1 P.K4 P. K4 18 B.Q2 2 B·B4 Kt. KB3 19 QR.Ql 3 p·Q3 B.B4 20 B. K3 4 Kt.QB3 Kt. B3 21 QR.Kl 5 P·B4 P·Q3 22 B.R6 6 Kt.B3 0·0 23 R·K2 7 Kt.QR4 B·Kt5 24 QR.KB2 8 KtxB PxKt 25 R.K2 9 P.KR3 BxKt 26 P. R3

10 QxB Kt·Q5 27 QR. KB2 11 Q. B2 P.QKt4 28 P·KR4 12 PxP KtxKP 29 B.K3 13 PxKt PxB 30 B.R6 14 0.0 Q.K2 31 B.K3 15 P. BS Kt.KS 32 P·QKt4 16 Q.K2 Q.R5 33 RPxP 17 QxP Q.Kt6 34 QxP

35 R. B3 36 RxP 37 QxKt 38 QxQ 39 B·Kt5 40 BxR 41 R·Rl 42 R.R3 43 K·B2 44 K.KS 45 R·R5ch 46 K.Q4 47 R.Q5 48 P·B4 49 R·QR5 50 K.B5

"",~H a n a ue r

Woliston

Q,P R,R

Q.K2 R,Q

R( l) .Kl R,B

R.QB2 K·B2 K·K3 K·K4 K.K3

R.Q2ch R.KB2

R·B7 R.Q7ch

R,P

51 RxP 52 R. R7 53 K.B6 54 R.Q7 55 R.Q5ch 56 R.Ql 57 P.Kt 5 58 R·KRl 59 P·Kt6 60 P·Kt7 61 K·B7 62 P.Kt8(Q) 63 KxR 64 P.K5 65 RxP

QR.Ql QxKP P. QB3 P.Kt3

KR.Kl R.Q2

Kt.Ql Kt. K3

KR·Ql R·Kl

R(1).K2 R·K1

R (1).K2 R·K1 p,p

Q.Kt6 R( 1).Q1

P·R4 R.Kt4ch

K.K4 P·R5 K.BS P.R6 P·R7

R.Kt7 R.Kt7 K.Kt6 P. Kt4

R,Q P·Kt5 K·B5

Resig ns

Played by Correspondence, 1940 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

Amateur \\Thi te

1 P.Q4 2 Kt.KB3 3 P.KS 4 B.Q3 5 P.B4 6 Kt. BS

P.Q4 P.K3 B·Q3

P·KB4 P.B3

Kt.B3

Miss E. Saunders Black

7 0 .0 8 B·Q2 9 R.Bl

10 Kt·Kl 11 P.B3?

Resign-s

Kt.KS Kt.Q2

P.KKt4 P· Kt5

BxPch!