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Vt>L VI, N o. 10 Pllhlishtd Mrml"" OCl(~r, ISI:;8

En Passant •

The A. V. R. O. Tournament

M iniature Games

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Theoretical Contributions of the Russi an Championship Preliminaries

A Mathematician G ives An H our to Chess •

Game Studies • •

Women in Chess

My Favorite End·Game Compruitions •

An Unusual Ending

Book Reviews •

Problem Department

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T he first two games of the play.off match be. tween I. Kashdan and I. A. Horowitz to deter. mine who shaH hold the American Chess Feder. at ion t itle for 1938 will be contested at the rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club on Satu rday and Sunday, CXtober 15th and 16th. Ten games will be played. Negotiations are in progress with Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington to schedule some of the games there.

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SOUl the Marshall and the Manhattan Chess Clubs in New York ate getting set for their annual championship tournaments. We hear that quite a few "young hopefuls" in the metropolitan area have started burning the midnight oil. Yes, indeed, the chess season is swinging into full stride again.

Out demon statistician adds a correction to the A. V. R. O. Prognostication Table pub­lished on Page 216 of the August Chess RevieU'. Dr. Euwe played two additional games with Salo Flohr in a practice matoh last year, winning I and drawing 1.

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TIT FOR TAT

Subscriber Max Vieweger submits the foL lowing interesting incident. "A number of years ago I spent my summer vacation in the Delaware Water Gap. Most people find my name a bit difficult to pronounce. The Span_ iards have a saying 'e! nombre es el hombre', a little pun meaning 'the name is the man'. I therefore interpret my own name in this way : 'View_eager', that is to say eager for my fellow_men's views, and I usually chop off the second part altogether, becoming "Mr. View" to all intents and purposes. This is the way r was known at the Hotel Glenwood when chance brought me into contact with a very fine gentleman named Henry Dumont. I knew nothing about him except that he was married and had several children. We spent a lot of time together playing tennis and chess, at both of which games I proved to be his superior. He was more of a golfer than a tennis player, and more of an artist than a chess addict. One day I took a snapshot of him. It came out rather nicely and I mailed him a print with the following inscription on the back;

Mylord Dumont th's picture shows, Of golf a thing or two he knows'! He started out with ninety four And is intent to beat that score,

Alack, alas! His skill grows less; Wolf Hollow causes him distress, To paints and brushes he resorts And there tinds solace for his tortsl

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As I have said, I had no idea who Mr. Du_ mont was, except that he was a gentleman and very well bred. Imagine my surprise therefore when I received a note from him containing the following excellent come_back:

Professor View is good at chess, His king is seldom in distress, When Capablanca moves a pawn, The sun goes 'round from eve to dawn.

Profes'sor Vi,ew is not so slow, He knows where every piece must go. He hedges castles 'round his king, With rooks and bishops pilfering!

But wait, Herr View, the day will come When your opponent won't be dumb, There'll come a certain game, I ween, When fa l l your bishops, rooks and queen. Your king shall lose his kingly pose_ No treason's v ictim, but the foe's!!!

I later had the privilege of spending an evening or two at his apartment in New York and discovered that he was a real poet. He showed me an entire book of poetry written by ,himself. In other words, I had been 'carry_ ing coals to Newcastle' and got back better than I gave. AI[ this thanks to a knowledge of the royal jl:ame which enables one to get acguainted and make friends wherever he goes."

r. s. Tum lNr, donor oj the brilliancy prize in the 1",,1 U. S. Championship Tournament, adllh u Ihat Dr. Emanuel Lasker h"s awarded the prize 10 S(lmmy R<'.fhelJsky jor his game against SimonJon .

Dr. Laske.. afro pr4iud the Polland-Kupchik /;ame (publiJhed in Ihe June, 1938 CHESS REVIEW). He Jtmed. "It would hat'e had il Ilrong claim on Ihe prize bllt jor Black's 42nd mOI'e."

United States Championship Tournament May, 1938

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

S. Reshevsky White

1 P_Q4 2 P_QB4 3 Kt_KB3 4 Kt-B3 S P·K3 6 BxP 7 0_0 8 P_KR3 9 Q_K2

10 Kt_Q2! 11 KKtxKt 12 B-Q3 13 PxKt 14 QxB 15 QR_Kt1 16 P_KB4 17 P_K4! 18 P_K5 19 P_BS 20 RxP

P.Q4 P_QB3

Kt_KB3 p,p B·B4 P_K3

QKt-Q2 B-Q3

Kt_K5 QKt_B3 KtxKt KtxKt

B,B 0.0

Q-K2 KR_Q1

Q_Q2 B_B1 p,p

P_QKt3

A. C. Simonson

Black 21 B_Kt5 22 QR_KB1 23 RxB 24 Q_Kt3 25 R(5)_BS 26 R(5) _B4 27 Q_Kt5 28 R·R4 29 R(1).B4 30 R_B6 31 R(4}.B4 32 K·R2! 33 QxR 34 P·Q5!! 35 PxP 36 P-B4 37 QxPch 38 P_B7 39 Q_B6ch

S.K2 B,B

R_K1 P-Kt3 R_K2 R.Ql Q_Kl Q-Bl

R(1}_Q2 R_K3

Q_R6? R,R

QxRP?? R_Kt2 R_Ktl Q_K7 K.Rl

R-QB1 Resigns

THE HUMAN A. V. R. O.

ELEMENT AT THE TOURNAMENT

8)' PAUL H UGO L ITTLIi

Undisturbed by the angry rumblings of European war, peaceful Holland will stage a master's tournament at Amsterdam in Nov. ember.

So far as chess is concerned, it will not be just another tournament . It will signify the most important meeting of grandmasters since the famous 1896 St'. Petersburg tournament.

Three past and present world champions will compete: Alckhinc, Euwc aBd Capabfanca. T he most ardently accla imed young masters will be their rivals: Botw innik, Keres, Rcshev­sky. Fine and Flohr.

T fue, all of these except Keres met at Not_ t ingham two years ago, and the fourth world champion, Lasker, played also. But Notting. ham was a mixed masters' tOurney, and hence may not be regarded as so sign ificant.

At the A. V. R. O. tournament, there will not be a weak player. Each of the eight is a grandmaster, worthy of world championship play. The wi nner, if it is not Alekh ine, wi ll no doubt recei\'e backi ng for a world title match after the Flohr- Alekhine encounter, which is scheduled for 1939.

But because the chess masters arc human beings, not scientific mach ines, it is at least as interesti ng to study them as it is to study their chess careers.

It seems appropriate to begin with Dr. Alek_ hine. In the first place, he has rega ined his tit le as world champion after defeating Euwe. In the second place, he IllS made a chess come­back wh ich cannot fail to del ight every true chess enthusiast.

Alckh ine·s games have never been dull. Despite the modern tendency to ~hort draws in masterplay, he has scorned the complacency of spirit which motivates the drawing master. His play emanates a surging, restless spirit- an emotional tension which seeks fulfillment in the mastery over obstacles. He is a fighter. His style is a combination of psychologica l belliger_ ence and egoistic assurance. In this he is spir_ imally akin to Dr. Lasker. who believed that the urge to strugsie, to fight was the true ethos of chess.

And th is nervous tension reveals itself in the mannerisms of the man, in the tremendous concentration reflected in his face as he studies the board and ·his of pone nt, in the sharp, ex_ citable movements 0 his body; in Ilis habits of twisting a wisp of hair between his fingers, of

DR. A L EX A NDE R AL E KHI N E T he W orld Cham pion

smoki ng almost feroc iously, of pacing up and down like a caged tiger. If music could ex_ press the psyche of Alekh ine, it would be the music of Tschaikowsky, to whose country he belongs.

And what of his chess? Cold figures prove that Alekhine has made a comeback. His play at Montevideo, Margate and Brighton reveals a dominance that was his during the San Remo period of his chess career. His open ing play is certai n, his middle game superb, and his end game a model of excellence. His games against Book, Golombek, and Thomas arc as good, certainly, as any he played in Berne 1932 or London 1932 . Ale"khine has mastered his nerves, and in so doing has impro\'ed his mas_ tery at chess.

T hen Dr. Euwe, the pragmatist, the math_ ematician whose scientific analyses are some_ times blended with the erratic but warmly human aspects of trial_and_error judgment. Euwe, the sympathetic, the alllalem· d" bea" who loves chess for its abstract beauty as much as for its qualities of mental and physical com_ petition.

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Euwe has played in the England_Holland match, the Noordwijk and the Dutch champion­ship tournaments since his match with Alek_ hine, His games show his genius for attack, for judgment of a position in its crux of unfold. ing latent possibihties. They show too, that it reguires great power of concentration co master chess and to subordinate it to occupational in_ terests, as Euwe has done by playin$ in tourna­ments and matches only during hiS vacations or leaves of absence from his schoolwork.

Congenial, generously interested in his fellow men, Euwe is the level_headed optimist of chess. Optimist because he can extricate himself from a bad position or a bad score not by an over­whelmingly naive belief in his own powers, as is true of Bogoljubow, but because he can summon his mind and 'his body to respond to the will to achieve,

And then there is Capablanca, whose last great chance this tournament is to reestablish with finality his claims co the world champion_ ship.

Capablanca's chess, in his best period, was as crystal_clear in style and purity as is the music of Bach, Temperamentally, Capablanca has never had the relentless goadings of a highly tensioned mind as has Alekhine, Throughout his career, Capablanca has looked upon his chess and founa it good, and has known to his own high standards of satisfaction that it was good. But this same calm assurance has failed him in these past few years. for he has lost something of his youthful lighting urge, al­though it is a subtle something which makes him no less the great technician that 'he always was.

He has played in only the Paris tournament, in January, this year, His play at Semmering last year indicates that he must make the su­preme effort psychologically at the A. V. R. O. tournament.

And next we come to Botwinnik, the stu_ dious Russian whose great gifts of intuitive positional and end game judgment have made him, according to many, the logical favorite at this tournament.

Botwinnik is a pragmatist like Euwe, but with greater selflessness. Hence he can avoid the almost crude blunders which Euwc commits under the sharp strain of over_the_board play. He is a pragmatist in that he considers the position as it has been affected move by move. He is a master of the attack, and he can defend courageously, although with a fierce courage which does not resemble the dogged persistence of Reshevsky, for example.

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Botwinnik is mild_mannered and, as Koltan_ owski remarks in his admirable article in the February, 1938 B. C. M., "a charming person_ ality". And one must agree with Koltanow_ ski's further remark that "in his style one can see mingled the combinational genius of Lasker and the positional tactics of Capablanca". More_ over, he and Keres, and Reshevsky to a certaiQ extem, have a will to win which is surpassed only by that of Alekhine.

As for Keres, the chess world owes him a hearty vote of thanks for enlivening the game with attacking openings and extraordinarily combinative play,

Keres is extremely young, being only twenty_ three. But his chess, and in fact, all his chess ideas, are extremely mature. He has expressed himself intelligently on his feeling for the var_ ious styles of play in vogue; he defends Fine and Flohr, although their records speak for themselves, against the crude censure of third_ rate kibitzers who accuse these twO of dullness and woodshifting. Keres is quiet and unas_ suming outwardly; he lets any immodesty he may have be sublimated into brilliant chess. And this is preferable to all the egotistical polemics ever written by pseudo_masters, such as Gossip and F. K. Young,

From a deta.iled study of his games, it is evident that Keres is adapting his style to meet hypermodern demands; he is becoming more of a positional player than an out_and_out gam_ biteer as in the days of Warsaw 1935~f'ide that wonderful game against Winter! Semmcring showed that he could adapt himself success_ fully; A. V. R. O. will be a harder test.

Reshevsky has lived down 11is reputation as a boy prodigy and has become a grandmaster, deservedly through hard work. This mention of hard work is significant, because it is appar_ ent in everyone of his games, He literally works hard over every game, and he can defend himself with the persistent, long_suffering good will of a Duras or Treybal. He is a magnifi_ cent end game player, and his handling of his Knights particularly reminds one of Alekhine's skill with that piece.

Reshevsky is quiet and studious, In fact, if he, Keres, and Botwinnik manage to playa hand of bridge with Alekhine, Alekhine will do all the talking. Rcshevsky is sure of 'himself, but it is a sureness that leaves room for im_ provement. He has perfected his style, and even today his truc powers are still latem. It may be that he will reveal them in the A. V. R. O. tournament-if he does, he will win it.

OCTO~ " R, 1 938

Fi ne at fi rst seemed destined fo r greater fam e than Reshevsky. In 1936 he created for himself a reputat ion that was shared only by Pillsbury and Kashdan and Marshall in their debuts in Europe. Si nce that year, however, his chess has become more technical and less emotional, and as a result he has not done what he was expected to do. At Kemeri, for instance, he lost five games in one tournament, a feat that drew more attention than Flolu's losi ng four games at Moscow 1936,

Fi ne is gen ial and industrious. H e resembles Kmoch in this respect, although he is far more boyish than K moch in his physical emhusiasms. H is industry has made him a feared techn ician ; in fact, the analogy between him and Grun feld is more than remotely apparent. G runfeld started brilliant ly, but devoted so much of his chess ability to ana lysis per Ie thai he became a drawing master. If Fine can find a little "do.or_die_for.dear_o ld.Rutgers" spirit, he may surprise at A. V. R. O.

And IlLS lly, Flohr, lhe next challenger for the world's championship, who very nearly missed the A. V. R. O . tournament because of the " minor '" d ifficulty in Cuchoslovakia in which he might have been Czech. mated. Flohr's stock has gone down in the last two years, although 'his tournament resul ts have certain ly been on a par wi th those of hi s colleagues at the A. V. R. O. tourney. Flohr has a habit of drawing with the strong and beating the weak, and rel ies too much on Ilis techn iqlle. At Kemeri, although he tied for first, he made a curious- and typical- rewrd. H e drew against the first ten and beat the last seven. W ell, there will be no last seven at A . V . R. O.

Flohr is nervous yet collected, and he man_ ages to imjm:ss those who see him as being free from a I care. He can alternate a worried frown with a wry smile, and has the power (O laugh at his own misfortunes. He has something of Polland's temperament in this resped.

Hi s only tournament this year has been at Hastings, where he was beaten by Mikenas and fini shed fourth. H owever, he avenged himself on the luckless M ikenas in a match with six wins and four draws. It is significant to note, in last month's table in [he Review, that he has never won a game from Alekhine. H e very likely will vie with Fine in the honors of being the d rawing master.

And so eight great masters will meet one another in November. Eight masters - and eight men. May the best master- and man - w in!

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11iniature (JaD1es (T bis !.,IIIJe 1l'0// /he brillim/f )' priu ill {be Con.

Soldlion TO/lnUl/mm l (// 80s101l . Up /0 'he 71h 111(1)1' it is the same t/J the Po /fd/ld .M orTOn gallic publhhed 1".11 lIIonth ( which 11'0 11 the bw·played g"me priu in the Maslns' Tournam ent). A/te'­the 7/h move il iJ like nothing ftle ,' seen on land or ua.)

A. C. F. C<lngre>ss Boston, J uly, 1938

Consolation Masters ENGLISH OPENING

D. MacMu r ray W. W. Adams W h it e Black

1 P.QB4 P.K4 13 KR.K!l QxP 2 Kt.Q B3 P_KB4 14 R_KBl Q.R7 3 Kt ·B3 Kt_QBS 15 RxPl PxKt 4 P_Q4 P.K5 16 PxP Kt·K 2 5 Kt.Q2 B_Kt 5 17 Q_KB 1!! KtxR 6 Kt. Q5 BxKtch 18 QxKt Q.Q3 7 BxB! ? KtxP 19 K_B2 Q_R7 8 B. B3 Kt.K3 2C RKl R·B1 9 P.K3 P_KR4 21 QxPch K.K2

10 B.K2 Q.Kt4 22 PxKt P_Q3 11 P_K R4 1 QxKtP 23 Q.Kt5ch K,P 12 K_Q2 ! P.QB3 24 K.Ktl Resigns

A VERY NEAT F i N i SH Germ an Cham pionship Tourn ament

Ju ly, 1938 FRENCH DEFENSE

8. Koch W hite

1 P·K4

E . Nowarr a

2 P_Q4 3 P_K5 4 P_QB3 5 K t .83 6 8 _Q3 7 Px P 8 0-0 9 P_QKt4

10 8 _K 84

P_K3 P_Q4

P.QB4 K t_Q83

Q_Kt3 B_Q2 B,P P-83 B_K2 p,p

Black 11 Ktx P 12 BxKt 13 Kt-Q2 14 Kt.B3 15 PxP 16 R· Kt1 17 Kt_Kt 5 18 R.Kt2 19 B·Q4 !

",;E~. Nowa rra

B. Koc h

20 BxKKtP ! RxR If 20 . . . P xD; 21 Q­

Ktl!

21 Q_R 5! 22 BxK P 23 QxPch

KtxKt Kt_B3

0 ·0 P·QR4

R,P Q_R2

P. KKt3 Rx P ? P.Kt3

P·K4 R,P

Resigns

TH E C H ESS RE VI E W

De nmark-Apr il , 1938 QUE EN'S PAWN OP E N ING

Th. H aahr \\lh ite

1 P_Q4 2 Kt.KB3 3 PxP 4 P· B4

P_Q4 P-QB4

P_K3 BxP

L. Laursen Bl ack

5 P_K3 Kt_KB3 6 Kt· B3 Kt.B3 7 Q.B2 0·0 8 B.Q2 PxP?

W h ite h as played the oPeiling too pas sively. Her e Black sh ould seize the init iat ive- with 8 P-Q5 !

9 BxP Kt_QKt5? A waste of t ime.

P -QKt 3 follow ed by Developm-ent with 9 ...

. B-KtZ is preremble. 10 Q_Kt1 P_QKt3 13 QxKt 8.Kt2 11 P_QR3 Kt·B3 14 B.B3 R_K 1 12 Kt. K4 KtxKt? 15 R·Q1 Q_B2

Better was 12 .. . 16 Kt_Kt5 P-Kt3 B·K 2. 17 KtxRP! Kt·Q5

Of conrse the W h ite K t could not be tak en. Th er e would h av.e followed 18 Q-R4ch , etc, 18 Kt· B6ch K.B l 22 Kt.Q7chl Resig n-s 19 Q-R4 B xKtP Q·R8ch followed by 20 PxKt BxR B-B6 mate cann ot be 21 PxB KR_Q l avoided:

A LIV E LY DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS Mio higan State Tou rnam ent, 1937

FRENCH D EFE N SE ( Alekhi ne-Chatard Attac k )

A. H , Pa lmi

1 P·K4 2 P_Q4

While T . W e'scott

Black 14 PxKt 15 KtxQP! !

3 Kt.QB3 4 B·Kt5

P. K 3 P· Q4

Kt_KB3 B_K2

KKt_Q2 P· KB3

PxKt dis eh

5 P.K5 6 P·KR4 ? B·Q3 1 8 Q.R5ch 9 PxP

PxB ? K·B l B,P

Q_K2 K -Kt l P.KR3 Kt_KB31

16 R_K3 17 Kt_B4 18 P·B3 19 KtxB !

K·K2 K _83 Kt_Q8! Qx Peh Q_8 ?

20

B.K3 Q_Kt5eh

Qx KtP QxRch

QxR Pe h 21 22 23

R·R2 Q-R5 K _Rl

10 R.R3! 11 R.B3eh 12 Kt.R3 13 B.Kt6!

24 Resigns

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OCT O BER , 1 938

T HE ORETICAL CONTRIB UTIONS OF T H E RUSSIAN CHAMPIO NS HI P PR ELI MIN ARIES

S EMI ·FI NALS AT KI EV

In the Queen's Gambit, a fi el' t he moves : 1 P.Q4, P.Q4; 2 P.QB4, P, K3 ; 3 Kt.QB3, P.Q B3; 4 Kt ,B3, Kt ,B3; 5 B,Kt5, QKt,Q2; 6 Q·B2.

Diag ram

Kotov

Panov

'I'h e cu stomary continuation fo r Black is 6 ' , , B-K 2, 01' 6 . . . PxP. The fi r st Jlne of play leads to tbe or thodox def ens e in whiCh Wlliie is considered to obta in a slighUy super ior posi· ti oll . 'I'he a1t.el'native line is also favorable to White: ·e. g. : 6 . , . PxP; 7 P-K4. P ·Kt4; 8 P ·K 5,. P ·KE3; 9 n ·fi 4, p·Kt 4; 10 KtxP ! etc.

But in t he above position , Blac], may pany 6 Q-B2 with 6 . .. P·KR3 at on ce. This simple move creates qui t e a problem for White. Should he now play 7 B.R4, then (ollows 7 ... PxP ; 8 P· K4, P-K Kt4 ; 9 B. Kt3, P. Kt4, a nd Black main· tains h is Pa wn plus, w ithout a ny pal'Ucular dis· advantage. Or s hould White elect to continue, in this va riation. wi th 7 BxKt , th en Black WOuld be fl' en of any opening difficulties, There would follow : 7 " . Kt xB ; 8 P.K3, B.K2; 9 B·Q3, 0·0 ; 10 0·0, P-B4, with equality.

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It would seem therefol'e tha t the move 7 Q-B2 is insu fficient to obtai n a n opening advantage. T h is innovation was lrled in the games Kopayev a nd Panov against J u dowitsch and Kotov, re· spectively .

Au inl.er esting method of play against the Colle System was tMed in ihe game J udowits ch· Belawenet z : 1 P·Q4, Kt·KB3 ; 2 Kt.KB3, P. K3; 3 P. K3, P.B4; 4 B·Q3, P·QKt3i 5 P·B3, B. R3; 60.0 , Q.B1; 7 P.K4, PxP ; 8 Px P, BxBi 9 QxB, Q. R3.

Diagram II

F;Be lawenetz

J udow itsch

This sys t em of development simulates th e ex· perimen ls of L ajos Steiner in t he Queen's Gam· bit. It Is doubtful however, whet her t he posi· tion a r rived at leads to equalily. WhiLe, of course, is not compelled to e xchange queens, in wh ich case , t he end game would ravol' Black to some .extent. The gam e continued : 10 Q.K3, Kt. B3 ; 11 B.Q2, B. K2; 12 Kt .B3, P.Q3. While was now able to bl'jn g his powerful pawn center to a ccount with 13 P·Q5 ! PxP ; 14 Px P, followed by KR·K 1. Had Black con tinued in this vari· ation with 13 .. . Kt·QKt5. t hen would foll ow : 14 P xP ! (indecis ive is 14 Q-R·Bl , Kt·Q6; 15 Q. K2, P -K4), P xP; 15 Kt·Q4 wi th a decide d attack in White 's favor.

The best t h en, that can be said for this sys· tern of defending against the Colle is t hat Black is enabled to exchange White's power ful King Bis hop. But this is not enough.

Texa.s Cha.m pi onsh ip Tou·rna ment , 1938 QUEEN'S GAMB IT DECLI NE D

C, Hr iss ikopo ul os R, S, Unde rwood White Black

1 P.Q4 P.Q4 1. P·KR4 P.B4? 2 P·QB4 P·K3 11 Bx Pch ! K,B 3 Kt.Q B3 Kt·K B3 12 Kt·Kt5ch K.Kt3? • B.Kt5 B.K2 13 Q·Q3ch K. R4 5 P.K3 0-0 1. P.KKt4ch ! K,P 6 Kt.B3 P.QKt3 15 P.B3ch K·Kt6 7 B.Q3 B· Kt2 16 R.R3c h K.Kt7 8 PxP p, p 17 Q.B1 mate 9 Bx Kt B, B

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In the McCutcheon variat ion of th e F rench Defense. Chistiakov met w i th nota ble success. owing t o t he desire of h is opponents to over­whelm t he oPpos itiOn wi t h in sulli ciCll t force. For exa mple the game wit ll Delawenetz con­t inued : 1 P.K4, P-K3; 2 P.Q4, P.Q4 ; 3 Kt. QB3, Kt.KB3; 4 B_Kt5, B·Kt5; 5 P·K5, P.KR3; 6 B_ Q2, BxKt; 7 PxB, Kt.K5; 8 Q.Kt4, P.KKt3; 9 6 . Q3, Ktx8; 10 KxKt, P.QB4 ; 11 Kt.SS, Kt.SS.

Diagram II I

",C;h istiakOV

Belawenetz

H er e Wh ite probed t h e pos~ib ili ti ('s of the unusual 12 KR_QKt1. T he undel'l y i ng i dea o f the mo" c is to deter COlluter play o n th e Qu een's wing. and continue at a leism'e ly pace \0 atta ck on the K s ide. 'rIle movo was rou nd wanting as it did not succeed in its objectives. m ack's counter wa s n ot deterred t o a ny extent. a nd W hite 's rOO k WOuld have served better at KR1. in a g ener al mobilization at lha t e nd . T he game eontlnued : 12 .. . Q_B2; 13 Q.R4, B_Q2 ; 14 Q. B6, R.KKtl; 15 P;KR4 (wi thout lhe ba ck­ing or Ih e Rook. the sling is tHkpn out or lhe advance). R·QB 1; 16 P-R5, PxP; 17 QxRP, PxP; 18 PxP, KtxQP; and m a ck has brOke n t hrough . (T he comple t e score o( t his game appeared in the Aug ust. ]938 Chess Rev iew. -Ed.)

Slight ly di ff.erent. but a lso t ermi na ting in a fi asco were the exploits or R ovner again s t Chistiaiwv's :/IIcCut cheo n. T her e fol lowe d a ft e r the posi tion in Diagram HI : 12 Q-B4, Q.R4; 13 P_KR4, P_B5; 14 B. K2, P_QKt4; 15 Q_B6, R.KKtl; 16 P-R5, P·KtS. Blacl,' s ~ l tlack proved to be s upe r ior. H owevel·. instead of 16 P·KR5. ' Vhita s hould have mad e t he precauti onary move p. QR3. In t hat eve nt. t he bat tl e would have been d ra wn out along sha r p lin es. w ith the r e­s ul t in doubt.

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In conclus ion , Kopayev's inllovalion agains t Ch is tiako,"s McCutcheon is worthy of nO H!. He experim ented w ilh 7 BxB, Kt_K5; 8 B_RS ( t o h in der . .. P·QU·I; followed b y . . . Q·R 4).

Diagram IV

Chistiakov

Kopayev

There foll owed : 8 .. . P.QKt3 ; 9 B.Kt4, p. QB4; 10 B_R3. In the following gam e Rlack ca n· tinued wi t h 8 .. . 0 ·0, a nd W hite t h en obt ai n· ed a promis ing game by 9 K t· K2 with the t h l'ea t of 10 P-KBS. (What. H anything. is wrong wi t h t he s imple 8 . . . Kt·Q U3 ? -f<id.)

( T o b l! ( ''JI/ l i llll l!d )

A QUEEN MANEUVER

"Sometimes it pays to use the thi rd rank as a thoroug hfare." From the Fr<llik/ill C. C TOII/'lhl /lJe!lt (Philmlelpbitl) .

T here 1 .... 2 K_B1 3 K.Ktl 4 R_B1

Black to Move

B. F. Winke lman;,,~

Wm . C. C lay

followed: Q.KR3

Q.QR3ch Q.K7

R.R8ch

5 KxR QxRch 6 Kt-Kt1 R. Bl 7 Q.B3 and Black

won the ending.

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'-o~r"JJ 01 I ~f I) . l . Navy

ARTHUR W . DAKE WITH MEMBERS OF THE U . S. NAVY CHESS TEAM No, this is not a scene from "Pinafore" or from "The Pirates of Pen>:ance", This photo.

graph was taken on the U. S. S. Indi anapolis during Fleet W eek at Port land, Oregon (July 22.31, 1938) . Standing (left to right) are : A . I. Husted, W . F. Freeman, Li eut. W . A . H ickey, Arthu r W . Dake, Ensig n R. Gray, W. T . Ammons, J . W . Moor e and G, A, Krompotich .

Dake acted as Master of Ceremonies in contests between the Navy Chess Team and the teams of the Portland C. C. and the Multnomah Ath letic Club. He was the guest of honor at dinners given by the officers of t he U. S. S. I nd ianapolis on July 28 and by the Ch ief Petty Officers on July 31. On both occas ions he gave s imu ltaneous exhibitions and p layed a " umber of gam es blindfold.

A STRONG F I NIS H Texas Championship Tournament

"""C. P. There fol lowed:

1 , . . . Kt.Q4! 2 QR.R2 PxKP 3 QPxP PxPch 4 RxP Kt·KS 5 Q-Q3 B.Q5! S R·B3 P·QB5 ? Q. K2 R. Kt8!

8 R·Q2 9 KxKt

10 K . Kt2 11 R{2) ·Q3 12 PxP 13 K·R2

Resigns

KtxBch RxKtch

P· BS P.B?

R.Kt8ch P.Kt4

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A Mathematician Gives An Hour To Chess

8] DONALD M AcMURRAY

From now on OUf cheS5 masters may rest easy concerning a problem which, according to Professor Marsron Morse of Princeton, has been disturbing them for years. Among the papers presented at the recent meeting of the American Mathematical Society (of which the awe_stricken Nelli Yor.e Times comments, .. the views expressed were far too involved fo r any but the best mathematical minds'· ) was one by Professor Morse entitled .. A Solu. tion of the Problem of Inlinite P lay in OlC5S" , The paper claims that by repeating various series or moves, but not consecutively, a game might be prolonged ad infinitum.

It is hardly necessary to draw to the at tention of any chess player the fact that it is immaterial under the ru les of chess, whether repetitions of a :posit ion occur successively or penodically, or that any three such repetitio ns whenever occurring suffice (0 make the game a d raw. It is apparent that Professor Mo rse is simply not familia r w ith the rules o f chess. This, however, the worthy professor cheerfu lly admits. " I regard it as a useless loss o f t ime" , the indefatigable New Y ork Time! quotes him as saying . And by the way, if playing chess is time_wasting, it is difficult to say under what classification of double_distilled t ime_wasting should be put the activity o f Professor Morse in making mathematical abstractions of the possibili ties o f chess.

The c ircumstances unde r which the atten tion o f P rofessor Morse was called to this problem are worthy o f note. W hile he was lectu ring in Ge rmany last summer, three faculty members of the U niversi ty of Muenste r told h im that they had been working on the p roblem of infinite chess play fo r a long t ime, but could not solve it . " With the aid of dynamic sym_ bolism" Professor Morse, no doubt emulating their T euto nic tho roughness, supplied the solu­tion in one hour. I suppose it is not lair to d raw any concl usi ons about the worth of the current fl ood o f t ranscenden tal mathematics f rom th is one incompetent and un learned e ffo rt. Yet mig ht it not be that all the th ickness of g reat mathemat ical tomes is not to be measured in inches?

H o w long can a chess game last u nder the ru les? A canvass o f the staff of Tihe Chen Review has revealed that no one is familia r with dynamic symbol ism, so I am compelled to attack this p roblem with a li tt le stat ic

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arithmetic: As every beginner knows, (or should), If no man be taken, nor p awn ad. vanced, nor c hockmate given within any period o f )0 moves the game is a d raw. The g u:at_ est possible number o f captures in a game is 30. T heoretically, the g reatest possible number of pawn advances in a game would be 6 fo r e~ch pawn, or 96 altogether. T hat would give a total of 126 captu res and advances. The longest possible game, then, could stretch for 4912 moves between each 2 of these cap_ tures o r advances and could thus go on for 126 x 49Y2, o r 6 237 moves. This figu re will be conside rably d iminished by the fact that some of the caplures must be pawn cap_ tu res, so that the pa wns may get ou t of each other's way. Just how many o f these dup lica. t ions of capture and pawn advance there need be, I leave to the proolemists, w hom 1 consi der wasters of time.

And 50, having cast the weight o f Infinity from our shoulders, ( for the time being, at any rate) let us, like Swinburne be thankful

" That even the weariest r iver W inds somewhe re sa fe to sea ."

(A n outstandint, t,lImt /111/ oj comp/itdlions. B/llt! mighl easily have gone 41lrll)" despile his mau,ial JlIper;O,;I}, but h, plays Ihe t ndint. WiTh ronJllmalt dill.)

A. C. F. Congresa

Bo,ton, Ju ly, 1938

KI N G'S I NDIAN DEFENSE

H. Morton W hite

I. Kash da n Black

1 P_Q4 2 P_QB4 3 Kt-Q B3 4 Kt_B3 5 P·K3 6 Q_ Kt3 7 B_Q2 8 PxP 9 R_B1

10 Kt_K 5 11 B_K2 12 0 -0 13 KR_Ql 14 B_Kl IS KtxKt 16 Kt_Q3 17 Kt_ BS 18 R·B2 19 B_Q Kt4 20 B-Kl 21 Kt· R4 22 R_B3 23 Kt_Kt6 24 P_QR4! 25 RxP 26 BxKtP 27 BxP 28 QxPch

Kt-K B3 P-KKt3

P_Q4 B_KU

0 ·0 P.K3

Kt_B3 P. P

Kt_K2 P.B3

Kt_B4 Kt_Q3

KKt·K5 R_K1

KtxKt Kt-Q3 P_B4! Q.K2

P_QR4! P-B 5 B_B4

P_QKt4 ! Kt_BS! !

Ktx Kt BPx P

PxPc h Kt·Q2 Q-B2

29 QxQc h 30 R_B7 31 B-R4 32 BxB 33 R_K Bl 34 R_Klch 35 R_BSch 36 R· K7 37 K _B2 38 K_Kt3 39 K.R4 40 RxR 41 R_R6 42 K. K t5 43 P-R3 44 RxR P 45 B.K8 46 K_R6 47 R_R6c h 48 R_Kt6 49 P-RS 50 K_R7 51 P_Q Kt3 52 K_Kt8 53 P·R6 54 P.R7

Resig ns

K.Q KR_Ql

8..3 K • •

K-K2 K.Q3 K.Q4 P_R4

R_KB1 KR_Q1

R·K1 R. R

R-KSc h R. P

Kt-B4 K_K3

Kt_K5ch K_B3

Kt_Q3 P-RS! R_Q4!

B_Q6 R_R4c h

K_K2 KtxB

B_K5 !

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Game Studies " WHIT!! TO PUY AND W IN" is Ihe lille 01 a

""mlMel elJiltil ,,1/(1 pub/ilbed hy IFI t (Wtf W. A d"ml rheu rhtlN/piou 01 MtlJStlrh1l1tllJ, The 111m

"nd SNlnl"'Ut 0111,1' hrorhll re, is Iht, m"OI/."IIII, Ihal While altt~ the 1II01't' I P·K4 Oblluns a u /ded ad· I'dnlag e, one IIIb;rb if proped), nllrsed alOllg IIIUJ/ ,el/lll in "'(millal Ili(/or), lor Ihe {irJl pla),er, T o Ihh prQPolil ;QII i.< Ihe ellorl Qf Adallll drdirated,

II !!.Ot'l Wilholll M)'ilig Ih," Ihe IhMr)' QI the game would be (Q lllpleltl), f t' ,'Qlllfimlizt'd if ,his rQlllelltion wele rOUl'rI,

P"rlir,dlfl'/), 10 BI"rk'J Jl'lrlllt 1 ... P·K4 (whi(h A dlflllJ (oNlilil'tJ 6rJI) i J /he grMur pari 01 fh l' pall/phl/'l de/lOled. Then 1/'1 hite lollowl ,vilb 2 B· 84-111/1/' 1I/;'1I!

Thai I ltrh a eOIf/ell/ioltl JI/b;e(l Jholilti be broltght /0 light and diJu l1Jea, TFI, M, p, 111;/(hell, 01 81'001· lilfe. Mau" tl/Tdlfgea tI ,horl mdlrh bnwtelf Adalas Iflfd J, A. H Q,QwilZ ,

Below iJ Ih , 1(!u , lh gallle of /he mulrh,

KING'S BISHO PS GAME (Noles by L A.

W, W, Adams White

Horowitz) l. A. Horowitl

mack 1 P . K4 P.K4 2 6 .64 Kt. K63 3 P.Q3 , . , ,

3 Kt·QB3 permits 3 ' , . Ktx P! alld 3 P ·Q4 leads to a w ild antI wooly game. more 01' less a gamble, and not In t he s pirit o( White's pIlUlS.

3 . . . . p.QB3 Nol 3 .. , P'Q'!' TheHl would foll ow 4 P xP,

KlxP; Kt·KB3. Kt·QD3; 60·0, continued w ith 7 R· IO a nt! J!l"essul'e on the KP.

4 Kt. KB3 , , . ,

In line with the hyper·modern school of thought-pel'mil, provoke 01" en tice the opposi· tion to build up a. cen\.el', with it view to sub· seque ntly destroy ing i t by attack,

4 , • , , P.Q4 5 PxP . . , ,

If 5 B·Kt3, t hen 5 ... B·Ki5eh, a kin to the position reached in the game. Dut nOl 5 . . . P xP, hoping fOl' 6 KtxP, Q·R4ch, wln n lllg 1\ K t, for then White wou ld con ti nue with 6 Kl·Kt5r

IS • , • • 6 6 .Kt3 . , , .

Retrentlng but ·exert ing IHeSSll!'e on t he QP. 6 B·Kt5ch, B· Q2; 7 RxRch , QKtxD 1I'0uid on ly asslsl Bl ack in del'elol)ing.

6 , , . . B.KtiSeh! A pointed move ! Wh ite had plan ned a. cas ual

development In which his QD pins the D1A.ck KKt and his QKl aUacks Black's Q P via B3. This would prove a n noying 10 t he second player. The texlmove a ntic ipates li nd I"dute!S t ho plan.

1 P. B3 , , , . Depriving his QKt from the square U3, but

then 7 8 ·Q2 permils simplification by exchange (when the pin at KtG wou!(1 be obviated), 7 Q Kt·Q2 Is cl'anJ]ling, and 7 K·Hl Is out of t he question ,

7 . ' , , B.Q3 8 6 ,Kt5 B.K3

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9 P.Q4 ! , . , . Impor tanl a t once. Othel'wise, afier Black

pla ys Kl·QB3, White's P·Q·I is Inell'ective as It can be mel by ... P· K5, when the K t will have no Ilmst at K5,

9 . , , . 10 Kt. KS 11 KtxKt

P· K5 KI·B3 • • • •

11 P-KB4 would leave mack with a pro· tecled l)assed pawn, and mIght also l{lad to interesting cOlllplicatlOll s nnel' It . , . P·KR3; 12 B-R4, P·KKl4 ; ]3 PxP, DxKl; H PxB, Kt­KKt5.

11 , , , , PxKt 12 P·63 , , , ,

12 0·0 firsl, and pe l'halls later P·D3 wou ld be more exact, A fle l' t he text Black is a ble to obtain a pow-erful position.

12 , . . . 13 B. KR4 14 B. KB2

P.KRS P,Kt4 Q.B2 ?

Thinking to rOl'ce a weakening wi th P ·KRS or P·KKt3. Out B1flCk undel'cstlmntes the fo rce or th e uuforeseen reply, Simpler fi ll!1 s tronger would l.J.e 101 , , . PxP ; 15 QxP, Kt·K5; followed by ... P· ((D,I!

15 Kt·Q2 ! BxP He who say'l "n" must sny hb". ('l'his maxim

is not to be l"Ccommended) , 16 PxP B.K t5 17 Q.B2 B.B5

Un rortunate but ll'u\l! Black ha d -hope:d to undertake a morc aggressive policy begi nning with 17 . . , PxP. Apparen tly thcn, the seis. SOl'S grip of hi s two bishops could be main. tained. But this would (ai l owing to It subtle defensive sortie . -e, g, 17 . .. PxP; ]S KtxP, Kt-KRl (threa teni ng to casUe followed by R. Kl); J9 P·KKt3! fln d Blncl! l'em/lins helpless aga.inst the thl"(lRt of 20 RxB. 01" If n move 20 RxKL (allowed by 21 Kt,B6chl

18 P. KiS 0.0.0

I, A. Horowitz

19 0·0 , , , , The Kt dare not bc caplured: 19 PxKt, QR­

Kleh; 2D K·m, n'K7 ; 21 fi..Ql, B·R6; 22 OxO, Q-Kt6 and wale cannot be avoided.

19 , , , , P. KR4! 7 More 01' less compelled , Dlack did not enjoy

the prospects or bl!at!ug a I'etreat witb , , . Kt.

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Q2 nor with t he though t Of parting- wi t h his B by ... D~Kt. In the latlc r e vent. White commands a strong COUrl ter with the CI' cntual P·QB·I. The le xt hazards a P OIlSI,luglH, the consequences of which are (lifilcu1t \0 calculat e.

20 QR. Kl .. . . Safe, but pI:rhal)S i t we n) bette r to acce p t

the offer , and Chance the olltcome. 2(1 PxKt. p .JU): 21 QR· Kl, P· H6: 22 R·1(7. Q·Q3- and the devil t ak e t he hi ndmos t. Afle r Ill(! game bot h sides maue a SIlI)CI'f1 ciaJ C)iflminalion o f the possi b ili ti es of the pos ition, a nd came to no definite conclu sion.

20 . • . • BxKt Not parlicu];II')Y cold feel. 20 .. P-R !> might

still have been ventured. Bu t Black had COIl­sumed about all hour on his IlI'cvion!; move and had little tim e for exact cill culation.

21 Q)[6 Kt_K 5 22 Q·Q3 P_R5 23 B_Ql B_K3 24 B_B3 KtxB 25 RxKt K_Kt1

Unnecessary. but fearrul les t a IlrOjlitiolls cheek filay upset Hny ul\dN'taking. IlarUcularly when short of time.

26 Q. K3 27 B.Ql 28 R.B6 29 R. R6

QR_Ktl P.Kt5 P·Kt6 · . . .

Playing to e xchange o ne of Ihe I·ooks . ga in entrance with lh e Q. a nd Illck up the advanced s t rar Pawns.

29 .... 30 P-Kt4

Q. Kt3 · . . .

T he weak ening of Whll e 's Q s ide Pawns plays a n IU1ll0r tant par t in the fmul' e turn of tbe game. Pc rhallS 30 D-K t3 ,It once was better.

30 . . . T he lS eHl ed move.

31 RxR 32 B_Kt3

Q. R3!

• • • •

That this 13 s hould b e condemned to guard· ing a P is to be protested. But 32 P-R4 leaves marked weaknesses in the rank~ of the Q side Pawns. which woultl hn ve a te lling effect in a possible It and II e ndgam e.

32 . . . . P .R6! Forcefully storming and

33 QxP 34 KxP

exposing the P.P

King.

Not 34 QxP, Q·Q6 defense.

and the re Is no a dequate

34 ... . 35 Q.B4

Q.Bl · . . .

I t is difficul t to say wha t is the best course for ,Vhite to purs ue. lliack t hreatened t o pin the Q with .. . H·Ktl and al so 10 gain enU'anec with . . . R ·RG. P(: t ' h"JI~ Ih(l rc was no Hde· quate defen se.

3S . . . . R. R4 To pre vo:>n t the While King rrom crossing

via B2 to th e Q ~ hle. wher e he mar find a haven.

36 B·B2 . .. Still intent Oil ero~sillg. and gUar(l!ng against

the pin . . . R ·B4 .

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36 . . . . Q_Rl ! Among other things. ~ lill prevcnting tlte cxl t

of the 1{l ng becausc or t he threa t ... R·R7. 37 R_K3 R.R 5

F orcing t he Q to e vacuate 38 Q· Kt3 rails becausc o f 38

the square R2. It ·K t5. Whitc

Is defini t ely lost. 38 Q.B6 . . .

A las t anll forlorn hOlle. in Ih e natu re of a trail.

38 . . . . 39 K_BI

R· R7c h Q.Ktl

And no t 39 ... Q~Q; 40 PxQ. RxB; 41 fuB! 40 Q.B4 And resigns

· . . . For he sees mate cannot be Ilvolded. (The Jrore 0/ Ihis fitllll e is wrirle/l from memory.

"nd complete accuracy ill the se'IU(/II ce oj "IOWJ is lIot xuarllllln d.)

A hitherto unpubli .~l l ed game won by Arnold S, Denker, winner of this year's N ew York State title. The dash ing devil_may.care atti. tude of youth is dearly exem. plified in this br illiant )'oung New Yorker. T he attack is both his strength and hi s weakness. H e can handle ARNOLO S. DENKER an attack with a fert ility of idcas and a richncss of imag ination that are rare, Ycr frecluently he tries to attack where defense is necessary or where rhe posi_ tion docs not warmnt aggressive tact ics. De_ spite this temperamental weakness, Denker is a player of the greatest promise; he has brilliant victories to his c redit over almost every promi­nent AmeriGln master.

Syracuse International Tourna ment, 1934 DUTCH DEFENSE

(Notes by A. S. Denker ) A. S. Den ke r

White I P.Q4 2 P·K4 3 P_KB3

An in teres li ng Pawn to be quite sound.

3 .. .. 4 Kt .Q2

A. W. Dake Rlack

P. KB4 P.P

• • • •

sacl'lHce which 1 belicve

P_K3 · . . .

Not ·1 K t· B3. B· Kt i) . Thc (ext forecs mack t o make a deci s ion con cerning the center.

4 . .. . . PxP Or 4 ... 1>-1( 6: 5 Kt ·l\ t3. K t·KB3: 6 13x P + .

5 KKtxP Kt . KB3 6 B·Q3 P. B4

Not good: 6 ... ll ·K2 followed by .. , 0.0 seems to be Black's bes t continuation but in

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aor ca se Wh ite gets a good attack f ot' his Pawn,

7 0 ·0 p,p 8 Kt_KtS P-Q4 9 Ktx RP . , ' ,

A. w. Dake

A, S, Denke r

9 . B_Q3 Or ch;e 9 . KtxKt ; 10 Q-RiSch, K-Q2; 11

DxK t. (a ) 11 .. . Q-Kl; 12 QxQch, KxQ; ] 3 D-

K Wcll, K·Q2; 14 R·B7ch , K-Q3 or 14 . .. K-B3; 15 Ki·B3+); J5 Kt-BS , Kt-B3 (15 .. . P-KI; 16 KtxKP";' Kx Kt; 17 B-B4ch and mate next move); 16 B-IHch , K-D4 (not 16 . .. P ·K4 ; 17 Kt xK P foll owed by RK ) ; 17 p oDS ! +

(b) 11 ... Kt·D3 ; 12 U-U7ch, K·Q3;13 K t­B3, Q·Kt; J 4 D·B4Ch. K·B4 (14 . . , P·K4; 15 KtxKP, KtxKt ; Hi R -K a n d wins ) ; IS Kt-Q2! R x B; 16 Kt·Kt3ch, J{-Kt5 ( lO ... K-Kt3 ; 17 B-n7ch, K· lt3; I B Q·K 2ch, P ·Kl4; ]9 P-QR4 and wi ns); 17 Q-K2, QxR ; 18 P·QR4! and Black cannot stop mate.

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10 Kt_Kt3 Q_B2 Ki xKi is st ill not playable, as W h ite recover his P awn wiih a winning a ttack,

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11 P.KR3 12 B_KtS

Kt_B3 B_K2

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'l'llere is n ot hing else. If 12 . .. Ktx Kt; 13 Q-R5ch, K·Q2; 14 R-B7cb, Kt·K2; 15 B· K t5ch, K-Qt ; 16 QxKt! a nd wins.

13 Kt xKtch PxKt 14 BxP RxP ?! l S Q.Kt4 Q_R7ch 16 K-B2 RxB

R-R3 would have Deen better 'but insuf­ficient., e. g. 16 . .. R-R 3; 17 BxB, KtxB; 18 R-R, Qx lt ; 19 R xQ, RxR ; 20 D·Kt5eh, K-Q1 ; 21 Q-D4! 17 Q.Kt6ch K-Q2 21 BxB Kt xB 18 PxR P_Kt3 22 Q·R7 R-KKt1 19 QR_K1 Q _Q3 23 R_B7 R.Kt6 20 K_Kt1 B.R3 24 KtxP BxP

If 24 . . Q-B4; 25 RxKt.ch, QxR; 26 QxQch. K xQ ; 27 Kt·135ch!

25 Q. R4 R.Kt3 26 R·QB1 K.K1

F orced ; the thl'eat was RxKtch, winnin g the Q.

27 RxKtc h! Q,R 28 Q. R8ch K.B2 29 Kt_B3 · . . ,

Sim ple r than 29 K t·B6, Rx l'ch; 30 29 . . , . Q·Q3 30 Kt_ KSch K.K2 31 R_B8 Res ig ns

N. Y. State Cham pions hip Augus t , 1938

GRUNFELD DEF EN SE (Notes by A. E. Santasiere)

K·R1 !

J. W. Coll in's A. E. Santasiere White 1 P·Q4 2 P_QB4 3 Kt_QB3 4 B_B4 5 Q.Kt 3

5 P ·K3 is preferable. 5 • . . . 6 QxP 7 Kt.B3 8 Q_R 4

Blac k Kt.KB3 P_KKt 3

P.Q4 B.Kt2 · . . ,

p,p P-B3 B·K3

· . . , Both 8 Q·Q3 and 8 Q-Kt4 lmve been tried an d

found wan ting"; again st the la tter move .. P·QKl4 int!'orluces unpleasa n t com j)li cations.

8 . . . . Kt.Q4 9 KtxKt · . . ,

A hettel' line is 9 B·K5, Dx13 ; 10 K lxD . Kt· Q2; 11 KtxKi, QxKt; 12 P-K4, KtxKt; 13 i'xKt w ith an ev.ell game.

If 9 . . 10 P-K3 11 B_K2 12 0·0

9 . . . . BxKt QxKt; 10 DxKt wins a Pawn.

Kt_Q2 13 QR_Bl 0 ·0 14 Q_RS

P_QB4 15 B.B7

Kt.Kt3 p ,p

• • • • T his move will pl'esently in volve him in di ffi ·

cullies: goorl al ternatives were P·Kt3 or B-KS. 15 .. ,. Q.Q2 16 PxP KR_B 1 17 Kt .KS BxKt

S implest; Black r emains with a stron g initia­tive aud as the continuation pr ov{)s must emerge with m aterial advantage.

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18 B,B P_B3 23 B.Kt3 B_K5 19 B.KB4 Q_RS 24 R_Q2 KtxBch 20 QxQ KtxQ 25 RxKt B-Q6 21 P·QKt3 Kt·B6 26 R,P B,R 22 R_B2 P_KKt4 27 K,B . . . .

The endgame is not without difficulties; the first step is to elim inaw White's passed Pawn.

27 . . . • R_Ql 28 RxKtP Rx? 29 a_Kta P.QR4 30P·QR3 .. . .

R-QKt5 was the t hreat. 30 . . . . 31 P. KtS

R.Q7 . . . .

A decision he will soon regret , but ,he mllst provide some ou tlet for the King before he has both Rooks on his hands. P-KKt4 was perhaps better.

31 . . . . 32 PxP 33 R-Kt3 34 8-B7

P-R5 R,P

K_B2 R_R?

Alr eady pl'eparing a mating n et. RS is now avallable (or this rook and Q8 for the other.

35 B-Q6 R_Q5 36 B_85 R.Q8ch 37 K-Kt2 P-KtS

A lowly Pawn tak€s up a post of vantage and the enemy is doomed. 38 P·RS P_R4 39 PxP PxP 40 R.Kt4 P_B4 41 R_Kt7ch K. KS 42 R_Kt6ch K_Q2

43 R.Kt4 44 R·Q4 45 B.Kt4 46 R·Q6ch

Resicns

K_B3 R_QB8

R(7)_R8 K·B2

My opponent is Amerhd, latest addilion to the master ciaH, among whom there iJ 5urflJ not onc morc courageOUJ or enthll;itlJtic. Tho ught emeily handicapped physicaily, he htl' proven himself a dan _ geroltJ and resourceful fighter over the chessboard, {md an allogether lovable and cheerf,,1 penonalily away from il.

BATTLE OF ANALYSTS Over_the_board champimu are uldom willing to

takr on acknowledged {orreJpondenC(! ,,-acks at Jheir own game and rilk Iheir reputation, for the Jake of a lot of hard work. IntffeJting, rherefore, is the following I!ruggh in the current correspondence rhampionship oj Auslralia. Pllrdy being Ihe nalionai over-tbe-hoard champion) and Hallmaml the champiml of the AUJtra/itin CorreJpond'mre CheJ! League, which ha.f OliN 200 members.

1 2 3 4

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLI NED (Notes by C. J. S. Purdy)

F. M. Haliman n C. J. S . Purdy White Black

P.Q4 P·Q4 5 P_K3 B_K2 P.QB4 P-K3 6 Kt_B3 0-0 Kt_QB3 Kt· KB3 7 R-B1 P-QR3 B·Kt5 QKt. Q2

Aft€r Alekhine in his Ca pablanca match. Subsequently disc redited becausp of 8 P xP followed by Q-side Dush, but T artakower pub­lished analysis in "EI Ajedrez Espanol" (now defunct th rough Franco)" showing chances for Black with a dare-devil pawn storm on the K-side. I w1UJ.ted to try this , out. Hallmann piped another tune, adequately coped with by some analysis of Halberstadt's.

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8 P·B5, 9 P-QKt4

10 P-Kt5

P-B3 P.QR4

• • • •

New, I think; the prese nt game discredits it, but by dint of blood and sweat.

10 . . . . P·K4 11 Kt·Q2 .. . .

])Pep idea, for Q-R1 aud Kt-Kt3 on BlaCk's weak QRP.

11 . . . . R·K1 12 B.K2 Kt.B1! 13 Q-R4 KPxP

Slightly sad necessity: 13 ... Kt-K3?; 14 BxKt, BxB; 15 PxBP, PxQP; 16 KtxP!!

14 KPxP Kt·KS 15 B_K3! BxP!

Wet t owels [ rom now on! 16 PxP! 17 PxB 18 QxBP 19 Q-Q6

PxP! -P·Q5 B_Q2! · . . .

If 19 Q-Kt6, Q·K2!; mack.

and all roads favour

19 . .. . 20 PxP 21 Kt(B3).K4

P,B R-QB1 · . . .

Must hang on to h is passed P unless he is prepared to struggle mis erably for a draw.

21 . . . . KtxKt 22 KtxKt Q. R5ch 23 Kt·Kt3 Q-Kt41

F. M. Hal l mann

Despite all his care, White hacl missed this startling sacrifice. If 24 QxB, QR-Ql ; 25 Q hops, QxP ; and W,h ite's centrally exposed K and disconne cted ROOks o tter Black more than compensation [or the piece.

24 O·O! 25 K-R1 26 B_B4

QxPch B.B3

• • • •

Plausible B-R6 answerable by a nother BishoD sacrifioe, 26 ... Bxpch!; 27 KxB, Q'R-Ql; or 26 .. . R·B2" a lso with 'advantage. White has no safe good line, and rightly gives up h is Queen for wood and chances.

26 . . . . 27 Kt-B5

KR·Q1 · . . .

Anoth er way was 27 QR-Kl, Q-QB6; 28 BxKt (Q·K7?, R-BZ) , RxQ, etc. But not 27 Q·K7?, I3xPch! , etc.

O C T OBER,

27 28 KxB 29 R·B3 30 KtxR

1 93 8

BxPch Q.K5eh

R,Q Q.Kt3ch!

Got the Queen, but now comes the hal'deal parU If White's King were not expos-ed. Dlack would have to fight to draw, and as it is th el'e Is just one good move oneh time, to win.

31 K.B2! RxP ! Means coughi ng up the exchunge ir wanted,

but 31 ... R·D2 gIve!; a sloppy game. w It h Rook a fee blc blockadel' o( a nasty IJa!!sed P.

32 KtxP R·B2 ! Whnt! Won't either .. n·ll·j or . .. R·R4

woi'l! ? No. 33 Kt.Q6! . . . .

If 33 K l·K5, Q·1\3 !; 3·\ nxKICh (R·Q KlJ, P·KH!), QxD; 35 Itx lt, Q·Kt3ch (how the ex· I)Osed King tells!).

Also rail : - 33 K t·KtS, 33 Kt·QS, 33 Kl·RS. 33 . . . . P.R4! 34 K·B 1 ....

H 3·\ UxKtch, etc., Q wins against. the ltoOI( s (it'~ a long story).

The best chance wus 3'1 n ·B5!, but Hallmnnn gllve his OPI)Onent credit fO J' see ing the beautl· rul ((, 0 .. viz., 34 , .. R·Q2; 35 R·KKll. Q·R3: 36 Kt· K4, Jt·Q7ch !; 37 K· B3. R'Q6chl! (the H.ook sUIl benrs II e llarmed life); 3S K· K I2, It' Q5! and wins.

34 . . . . K.R2! 35 B-A3 RxRc h 36 K·B2 R.B7ch . 37 K·B1 RxQRP 38 BxQch KxB

'\.'1Ie I'l:lturn o [ the Queen makes the win Ju~ l ~lm!)le technique. The res t was: - 39 K.Kt1, P.QR 5; 40 Kt · B4, Kt.Q5 ; 4 1 R.K 3, K· B4 ; 42 Kt. Kt6, P.Kt4; 43 P. R3, P.R6 ; 44 Kt.Q5, Kt. Kt4 !: 45 Kt.K7c h, K. B3; 46 Kt .Q5ch, K. B2 ; 41 R·BSch, K·K3; 48 White res igns.

H ·IS Kt·B3, KtxKt : ,19 JtxKt. P· Kl5; alld the BlaCk Killg ad l'auces undcr cover of the Kllighl's pawn.

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( H ow 10 /I/i/itt SIII<I// pOlilio",,/ mlv'lN/agel.)

European Correspondence Chen Olym pics 1937·1938

QUEEN 'S GAMB IT DECLINED (Notes by Hans Mull er)

Hans Mull er Mikl os Szigeti (Vielllu,) (lluuallcst)

White m ack 1 p.Q4 P.Q4 , p,p p,p 2 P ·QB4 P·K3 6 P.K3 8·K2 3 Kt.QB3 Kt.KB3 7 Q.B2 P·B3 4 B·Kt5 QKt.Q2 8 B· Q3 0 ·0

T he normal formation of the "O rthodox Ex· c hange Val'lnUon" I s now reach~d . Whitl:l hilS the ' choice or continuing with 0 KKt· K2 or K t·B3, followed by castles Q al ](\ a. frontal K side Pawn advan«l against tho adverse K; o r ensUes K with the well k nown minority Pllw n IId v!UleC (P·QKt4·5) in view ; or castles Q wi th the thought o f positionally explOiting the a dvantage or the half ollen QD fi le. The importanoo or the game prmnplS the leader or the white fOI'ces to lJUrsu~ thl:! las t course. 9 ' Kt. B3 R. K1 13 R.QBl Kt(3).Q2

10 0·0·0 Kt·B1 14 BxB QxB 11 P.KR3 B·K3 15 KR.Q1 P.QR3 12 K·Ktl R· B1

Weakens l he black squares an t.! lends pOint to the even tua l break, P·QKt4·5, i/1 wh ich event Wh ite will be enabled to fOl'Ce upon tbe Q R fi le.

16 Kt.QR4 R.82 17 Kt.SS KtxKt 18 PxKt! ....

With Ult) thoughl that a Kt j)luc(~ d on Q4 is or !,;Tenlc l' vRlue than the !)l'c~aUl'e exerted on the hair opon QB fil e.

18 . . . . Q.B3 19 Q.B3 QxQ 20 RxQ B.81 21 Kt.Q4 P.KKt3

A u unavoidable wcak ness, wllle ll lessens the scope o f W hile's QB and pl'eVelils the Whi te Kt from (:ntC!'llIg on KB5.

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22 K_B2 • • • •

An original plan! Aft€l' the anticipated ex­change of Kts, White intends to march his K ing to QKt6, f!'Om which vantage .point, a Pawn a ssault (P-QR4 - P -QKt1-5) is effective.

22 . . . . Kt . K3 23 K.KtS K_Si!

Black anticipates the White plan, and quickly marches h is King to the fescue Q[ the threat· ened squares.

24 K·R4 K.K2 25 8-81 K-Q1 26 K·R5 Kt· B1

To be able to drive the White King from QKt6 by ... Kt-Q2ch. But in this case Black is unable to exchange Kts, and the commanding Kt at Q4 decides the game in White's favor.

27 P_QKt4 QR_K2 28 P_QR4 K -B2 29 P·Kt5 RPxP 30 PxP B_K3 31 P· Kt6ch! . .. .

The beginning of a systematic plan to en­snare the Black King. White is now in a position to operate from either wing. On the K side, he has a possible break P-KR4-5, and on the Queen side" he may gain control o f the ODen QR file. F or Black, a Dol icy of pass ive resis t ance i s indicated. 31 . . . . K-Q2 35 R(Q1).Q2 Kt_Q2 32 K_Kt4 R_R1 36 R_R2 RxR 33 R_B2 R(K2) . K1 37 RxR K_Ktl 34 B-Q3 K_B1 38 Kt_Kt3 , , .

White has again made some progress. H e is now in command of the open fil e , and s t ill has chances for a break through on the KR file, 38 , , . . Kt_K4 42 B·Q3 B.Kt1 39 B·K2 P_B3 43 P_R4 Kt-K3 40 K.B3 Kt_B2 44 P_R5 P.Q5ch 41 R_R4! Kt.Q1

This plausible attemDt at freedom fails to take int o considerat ion a subtle bit of count er­play.

45 PxQP , . , .

H. Mull e r

45 . . . . PxP 45 .. . Kt-B5 comes into consideration here.

But it fails after 46 B-134, BxB; 47 KxB, R-K7, R-Rl (threatening R-Rl) , Here also the con­tinuation in this v ariation 47 , .. PxP is met by 48 R-R7, Kt·Q4; 49 Kt-R5, . R-K2; 50 RxPch! RxR; 51 KtxPch, K moves;- 52 KxKt.

THE C HESS R E VIEW •

46 P·Q5! • • • Th, beginning of the end.

46 . . . . p,p 49 B_Q7 R·Q1 47 B.Kt5 R.QBl 50 P·BS p,p 48 K_Kt4 P·Q5 51 B,P Kt_B2

T o stave off the mate. 52 R·R71 Resigns

Women • m Chess We were sorry not til have been able co report

the A. C. F. women's tourrflliirrent- a hospital doesn't seem to be conducive to l iterary endeavor. Now thm the fractured shoulder is mended and we are back on {he job, we are unable to remember the lirtle ~necdotes we once though t would interest you. We haven't f"rgotrer), however, that hoth Miss Wray and Mi ss Karff left their king's pawns enpriJq when we play~d Kt-KB3 in answer to P-K4. Yes, we took rhe gdts I

The aUlomohil", accident which occurred on our w~y home from BOSlOn isn 't a th ing we are likely 10 forget, but we all feel very lucky 10 have escaped wirh our live5. Mrs. Mary Bain, the most se riously injured, is expected 10 make a good recovery, though broken vertebrae arc slower to h e~l than other bones, and she will have to rem~in in a cast unti l Dectmber. Fortunately, she -is not confined to bcd, out cnn walk a few steps about rhe house. Correspondence chess is her current diversion. Mrs. R~pheal Mc. Cready did not Jlave any serious injuries, but she sufftred from shock (o a grea.cer extent than rhe rest of us.

Whi le we were in Boston, we wok a little jaunt up ro L~wrence to tn lk about feminine chess activiries over the local rad io station. G eorge Demars, the secreru)' of the Greate r Lawrence Chess Club, told us th~t he knew of al least fifty women chess players in thnl dis rr ict. This seems incredible, for we don'r know of more lhan that many in the metropolitan New York area.

JUSt before we went to Boston, we had a nice visit in New York with M rs. Gustav Hauschild, president of the Queens Women's Chess Club of Cleveland. She IOld us h ow they built up their c1ub------by welcoming all women who wall( to learn how to play, and assigning members to teach them th e elements of the game. Her plan certainly works, ~nd is rewmmended to orher clubs who want to incre~se their membersh ip.

Miss N. May Karff has been successful in per· suading {.he exclusive Commonwe~lth Chess Club (>f B()~t()n to (}pen ·i(s doors to women. So far as we know, this is (he only Boston Club in which women are weoJcmne. Miss Korff hopes to build up ~ large group of women players, and plans to coach beginners. An effort worthy of the woman champion.

ENGLAND-----Miss M . Mu.sgave of Hasting, woh the women 's championship {hi~ ~ummer by a margin of 11/2 points. ,Mrs. F. F. T hompson of G lasgow was se(ond and Miss R, M. D ew of Plymomrl, the de­fend ing champion, was thi rd. The newspnpcr report is mat at adjournment Mrs. Thompson was per­suaded by kibitzers to give Miss Dew a draw in what was subsequently found w be a "book" win. \X'\e intend tora·ke t his lesson v~ ry much to heart.

-E.L.W.

OCTOBER, [ 938

My Favorite End.Game Compositions By IRVING CHERNEV

B/«ck i.< ,,/fOtN,d 10 IIMke Iwo Q"'flIJ, bill olle Ir (apllm:';, "nd the olher is g;/'fll Ihe choic<: of befnK re/IJO/i<:t! frolll Ih~ bO(l1·d or rtlcjll~ 11'0111 Kt5 10 Q8 'lilt! b"d: (lgain ",ilh /h~ Bishop t.iXf!,i1lf!, ,<lte,. her.

1

(lfYhile' l I UO/lt! mONt is " hom'),!) 8y KO ROLK OV

(W llite to play and draw )

Kt. K t3 P.Q6 7 8 ·85 2 B-Kt5 ! P,S 8 5 .82 3 K·R6 P.88(Q) 9 8_B5 4 KtxQ P_Q7 10 8_Q7ch 5 Kt .Kt3 P.Q8(Q) 11 Kt_B5c h 6 B.B2 Q. Kt5

Q-Q8 Q. K t5 Q.QR5

K,S

A,wrb<'l' b,wuij,,1 jilli.,/;! AI Ib~ 41b "If"'f, IF'j);I<: mll.<1 1/01 p/«)' 4 KI-KI5cb Oil <l((OIIllI 0/ -1 _ .. K ­

K2, 5 KI-QB7, B·K6cb. 7'h~ 6/h 11111" ,(; iJ «Iso prell] . 11 illJ/e"d 6 BxP,

B·Q5, 7 K/ .KS.", Kt-Ql t!rmm.

By GERB ER

(\Vllite to play and win)

1 Kt.B3c h 2 Kt.Kt5ch 3 Ktx Bch 4 Kt.R8! 5 K t ·B6ch

K_ K 5 K·K4 K ·K3 K .Q2 K _B2

6 B_RG 7 Ktx Pc h 8 Kt. K Kt6 9 P.K4ch

10 B_Kt7 mat e

B_Q5 K_Q3

Kx K t K, P

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A N UN COM M ON L Y I NTEREST[NG ENDIN G

Few would appreciate the heroic efforts of Santasiere to vanguish Kashdan in the last American Chess Federation Tournament. The diagrammed position was reached after one hundred and twenty moves had been made, over twelve hours of play consumed, and five adjollrnment~ had been recorded. The player of the White forces obtained a ~Iight grip in the opening ~tages of play, nursed it along, until he was fina lly able to translate it into the advantage of a Pawn . But was that suf_ ficient to win? That was the guestion.

A. E. Sant asiere

Superficially, the win appears obvious. The black king is constricted and fa r enough away from his pawn to give the impression that he will play no fu rther part in t he proceedings.

But a close exami nation of the position dis_ closes tl](~ difficulties. In order for Wh ite to make progress, 11e must necessari ly attack the lone black Pawn twice. In doing this, he will free the black King, who will at once attack the advanced white Pawn, and follow up with a dash to the vulnerable side of the board. The guestion then arises, will the black mon_ arch arrive in time?

The play: 1 K ·K 7 2 K _B6

P_B4 B.R6! !

White thl'eatened I3-Kt2 followed by l{-Kt5 in eonjullction with B-K4. In this manner he would be ena'bled to place a double attack on the black Pawn without freeing tile black King at once. [n a position or th i ~ type, the difference of a tempo, may mean the difference between drawing ancl winning the gume. Black natu rally antiei[late~ White's plan.

3 K.K 5 •..•

On the decision as to the dest inat ion of the White monarch depended the final outcome of the game. Why not K -KtS, or Kt6? Let us probe into some of the possibili ties after 3 K_ Kt5 .

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Diag ram I I

Santasiere V~. Kashdan

Position if 3 K. Kt 5 had been pl a yed.

Black has nothing better than to t em DO with his k ing , 3 . .. K.B1 i 4 B_K6ch, K_Kt2 : 5 Bx P , B.Kt7; 6 B.Q3, B. R6 ! (had White chosen t he other diagonal fo r his Bishop, 6 B-K 6, then Black wo uld r eply w ith 6 . . . B-K5. Black of course, must make every eff ort to prevent the advance or t he BP); 7 B_K2, KxP ; 8 B. Kt4, B. B8; 9 P_B5, K.B4 : 10 P_B6, B_BS; 11 K·Kt6, K_Q3; 12 K_Kt7, K.K4!; 13 B.R5, K.85! !; 14 B.B7, B. K7: 15 B_Kt3, B_R4; 16 8.B2 ( threatening B-Kt6 wh ich would win), K.Kt4 ! !! a nd draws. m».ck's last m ove ex­plains the purpose o( h is King tour. He must arrive on a square w hich would pr event Whi t e from opposing llishops, which would in tur n drive t he Black Bi shop off the import ant di· agonal Kl to R4 .

But why 3 K.K5? What IS the advantage of that move over K.Kt5?

3 . . . . 4 B·K6ch 5 BxFl 6 B.K6 ! t

K·B1 K ·Kt2

B·B8 B·QS?

Black's last discl oses the ]}ul'pose of .V,hite·s King move, as will be seen from t he concluding play. Howev-er, Black was lost in any even t. e. g , 6 ... KxFl; 7 FI.B5, B.Q6 (or A); 8 P·B6, B. Kt3 ; 9 K ·Q6 t, B.R4 (as good as any ) ; 10 K .K 7, K.B4; 11 B.B7, B.K7; 12 B· K t6, B.B5 ; 13 8 .B5, K.Q5; 14 B.K6 a nd wins. H ad t he Black King r eache d K 4, Black would have drawn.

( A ) 7 .•• K.B2; 8 FI.B6, K .Q1; 9 B·B?! B.Q6; 10 K.B4, K.Q2, 11 K .Kt5, K.Q3; 12 K.R6, K.K4; 13 K .Kt7, B.Kt4 ; 14 B.Kt3, B.K1; 15 8·B2 and Black is one t empo shy against the t hreat of 16 B·Kt6.

7 K .Q4! Resigns F OI' now White protects his K tF wi th K ·Ba.

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The Texas Oless Associat ion held its annual champ· ionship tournament at Waco, Texas from September 3 (0 5. Pla)'ers from all parts of the state parti· cipmed and the lina l rcwit was a well earned triumph for J. C. T hompson, who JUSt nosed out W. N. Kendall by half a point.

At the annual business meeting of the Association, N . D. Naman of HO\lston was elected Pres ident, succeeding Ben R. l\-(iJam, J. P. Bell of Ft. Worth became Vice· President, and J. C. T hompson of Dallas was electcd Honorarv President as :1 token of ap· pJ"tciution for his v~ l ucd efforts in behalf of the rex~s Oless Associalion. It was voted to oh old the next tournament in Houston on Labor Day, 1939.

T EXAS CHAMP IONSH[ FI F INALS

]. C. Thom pson (Da//a/ ) . . . . . . . . .. . ... . 7 -2 W. N . Kendall (San Amonio) .. .. . . . . . . 6Y2~2 1/2 J. C. Murphy (San Amon/o ) ........... . 5Y2-3% G. A. Anderson (Fl . WOf/h ) . . . .. . . .. . . 5 - 4 C. W. Hrissikopo\l los (CorpliS ChriJli ) . . . . 5 - 4 J. W . Stapp (Did laJ ) . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . 5 - 4 C. Vil larea l (San Anlonio) . . . . . . .. . .. . 4!/2- 4Y2 J. P. Bell (Fl . H7r)1",h ) . .... .. .... .. ... 3 -6 F. H . McKee (DrdIIlJ ) . . . . . ... .. . . .. . . 3 -6 R. S. Underwood (Lubl;ock ) .... . . . . .. Y2- S%

T exas Cha m pionshi p T ourn ament , 1938

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

J. C. Thom pson White

1 FI.Q4 Kt.KB3 2 P·QB4 FI.B3 3 Kt· KB3 FI.Q4 4 K t ·B3 FlxFl 5 FI.QR4 B·B4 6 Kt. K 5 P·K3 7 FI·B3 6.Q K t5 8 8.Kt5 FI.KR3 9 B.R4 Q.R4

10 R·B1 K t·Q4

F. H . McKee Black

11 Ktx P (B4) 12 FlxKt 13 K.B2 14 FI·K4 15 R.QKt1 16 Flx P 17 K t.K5! ? 18 FI. Kt6! 19 QxB ! ! 20 B.Kt5ch

K txKt BxFlch Q.Kt5

FI·QKt4 Q.B1 B· R2

FI.QB4? BxPc h

P<Q Resigns

Book Reviews THE RETURN OF ALEKHINE

By C. J. S. PURDY Price $ .75 As a player, Purdy's reputation is already

wei ] known. As an analyst, he is the equal of ReinfeJd; as a writer, he ·has a delightfully provocative style and a flair fo r psychological delvings into the raiSOIl d'ctrc of a chess game.

All of which makes the publication of a book by h im a real event. His " How Euwe Won" set new high standards fo r annotation' and economy. Now " T he Return of Alek­bine" appears, to surpass even that book.

Never before has the chess player been of. fe red so much for seventy. five cents . 1lhe book, over eighty 'pages, is a marvel in typographical and literary excellence. It comprises a review of the masters' careers, a supe~b essay on the open ings, and a section, "The Ideals of Annota_ tion" which reveals the method of the careful

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annotator, giving an admirable insight into the motivation that causes an analyst to mark! or ? after a move.

Purdy gives several lines of play that were ovcrlooked in (he notes of other famous experts. The thirteenth game is thoroughly rcvicwc<l, and othcr cri tical games and thei r subsc{]uent positions are dea lt with irreproachably.

T here arc plenty of diagrams to enable the casual readcr to gC( thc gist of tIle game wi thout too mueh trouble, a feature which shou ld pleasc thc "hit and run" pla}'er.

It is to be hoped that Purdy will ha\'e the opportunit y to pit his powers againsr the best in master compct ilion. Lajos Stei ner has alread}' paid high tribute to Purdy, the man and the master. And th is superb book shows that Steiner was not mistaken.

- Pall! H llgo Lillfe ----

TWO QUEEN S MADE HIM CARELESS Utah State Championship, 1938

KING'S PAWN OPE N ING ( Nlm1.owitsch

O. W . Manney W hite

1 P. K4 2 Kt.KS3 3 P.Q4 4 P_K 5 5 Kt. S 3 6 P_KR4 ! 7 B.Q3 8 P.R5 9 P-R6

10 B_KKt5 11 P-A 3 12 PxS 13 B.B6 14 Kt.Kt5 15 Q.Q2 16 P.KKt4 17 KtxAP 18 P x P 19 S xKt

Kt.QB3 P_K 3 P.Q4

KKt· K2 Kt·Kt3 1

B.Kt5 S.Q2

KKt_K 2 P. KKt3

Kt·R4 BxKtch

P_QB4 KR.Ktl

Q.B2 Kt· S4 Kt_K 2

p,p Kt·S5

D efense) I. W. Tayl or

Black 20 Kt.Kt5 KR.Sl 21 P.R7 B .Kt4 22 P-R8 ( Q ) K _Q2 23 Q.R 3 KR·B1 24 O.O.O ? B.R5! 25 Q ( 3) ·K3 ?? Q.R7

(White should have played 25 Ox KU) 26 Q (2) .QS3 RxQ 27 QxR R.QB1 28 R·R3 SxP! 29 K _Q2 RxQ 30 RxR BxAch 31 KxS Q. Kt8eh 32 K .Q2 Q_Kt7ch 33 K .Q3 QxB P 34 SxKt KxB 35 A. S7ch K _Kl

Resig n&

CHE SS A LA VALLEE

The imitation of an American radio chess announccr on onc of t-he Rudy Vallee programs never deviated from the standard formula. Stock Jok~ No. 123, 4%, 789 : "W hosis is about to move! He's reachi ng for a pawn. No, folks, irs a fal se alarm. Hc's on ly scratch. ing his nose. Now he's concentraci n.t:; a.t:;ain. H is eyes arc still glued on that QKtP. He's reaching for it again. Wi ll he do it? Shucks! He's only scratching his nose allain. Well, anyway, one more scratch and hc's oul, t " e C. ..

Some of Oll r readers may get a chuck le out of thi s. Others may wax indignant over tIle "slur"' on tIle roya l gamc. Our own fee ling

is that this is one more proof of the popularity of chess. Otllerwisc, no hookup would waste fivc minutes of lime on it.

MASSACHUSETTS CHESS

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• growing national valuable

George Sturges. who was eleeted \)I'esldenl of the American Ghe!;S }o~edel'a tlon at its annuat meeting In Boston In Jul y. has )'elll'ed as presIdent of th et i\l assa.chu.~etts Stal e A sSoc la· tlon. leaviu.c; a vacancy which will be difficult to fill as Mr. SturgclI was one o[ the most enthusiastic SU 1I l)01·tcrs or tho State body.

The Old Colony L eague. compl'lslng seven cilies and tow ns south Of BOstOn. already has begun its annual series of learn matches. The North Shore League and the Boston :l l etro· IlolUan will get under way ShOI·Uy.

Joseph L . Strick land hils been el ected secre· l al'y or the Boston League succeeding Charles C. Lee who is r eUring after serving In that capacity the past t wenty·four years.

The Gity oI" Boston CllflmllloTlship (oumey is SChed uled 10 SLurt Ocl. 18th with Harlow B. Dedy> W. :\1. P . i\1!lehc\l anti George Sturges as mam1.l:-hlg cOlll mlltee.

L eft t o right: Ralph 1-1 . Row $e, Joh n MaeLane and John H . Barry

(I'o~ ol/a K~rn is Ol/I(ombil/~J. K.,il,1 IU~"J Ihe Idbln h, ehdra(ff riJlie Kun JI}k)

Played in E,thonia, 1938 CAAO KANN DEFENSE

P. Keres White

M. Kalla

1 P_K4 2 P.Q4 3 PxP 4 P_QB4 5 QKt_B 3 6 Kt.S3 7 S·Q3 8 0·0 9 BxP

10 Q_K2 11 B_Kt3 12 S.Kt5 13 QR.Ql 14 Kt_K 5 15 P·B4 16 PxKt 17 BxB

P_QB3 P.Q4 p , p

KKt_B 3 P.K 3 S.K 2 0 -0 p , p

P.QR3 P.Q Kt4

S.Kt2 QKt.Q2 Kt.Kt3

QKt·Q4 KtxKt Kt.K5

Q,B

Dlack 18 P-B5 !? 19 Q.Kt4 20 QxP 21 KtxP 22 K ·Rl 23 K x B 24 Q.K4 25 Kt-R6ch 26 K t·B7c h 27 QxQ 28 K .Kt3 29 RxR 30 R.K7 31 P_Q5 32 P.Q6 33 R. K6

Resigns

KtxP PxP! KtxR

Q-K6eh ! BxPc h!

QxB! Q.Q4 ! K ·Rl RxKt

Kt_K6eh KtxQ Kt. S6 KtxP

K .Ktl R_Ql K .B2

Problem Department By R. CHENEY

AdJreJJ alf (orrnpondence rela/inK /0 Ihh Jepaflmenl to R. Cheney, 1339 Earl Ave., Rochester. N. Y.

THEME PAL.'ESTRA V uious types of pinning strategy are shown

in Nos. 1141, 1142 and 1143. No. 1142 is dedicated to the editor for

which many thanks. It exhibits four self_pin. ning defenses.

No. 1143 by Bill Beers is similar and shows two self_pinning defenses, but with the im_ portant difference that Black defends by pinning the threat piece whereas in No. 1142 Black defends by capture.

Interesting in view of the recent f:tl passant pawn capture studies in The American Chess Bulletin Problem Department is No. 1144 by Bill Beers. Nos. 1166 and 1167 are selections from these studies illustrating in three_move form certain thematic ideas involving the en PdfJdllf capture.

Nos. 1145, 1146 and 1147 are minor_piece problems in which clever mating nets yield bou'luets of p retty mates.

Nos. 1151-1157 are entries in the 1937-38 International Miniature Tourney.

In No. 1159, the Goethart mate is quadrup ly demonstrated. The characteristic of the Goet­'hart is a b lack self_interference which allows an unpin of the interfered_with pie<:c on the mate. T.hus in No. 1159 1 ... Bc4 inter_ feres with the black rook on c3, permitting Qb8, a Goethart mate.

No. 1160 is a triple Rupp. T he theme, which is now commonly accepted under this name, consists of a key move simultaneously pinning a black and white piece; Black's de_ fence simultaneously unpins these pieces, allow­ing mate by the unpinned white piece.

Nos. 1161 and 1162 both present an inter_ esting idea. The key move unpins a white piece but pins another, Black re_pins the unpinned piece but in so doing unpins the pinned white piece which gives mate.

No. 1163 elegantly blends the Rupp with another idea in which Black's defense causes an interference enabling White to mate in the line of pin.

No. 1164 blends the Rupp with the Cross_ Check.

No. 116~ shows double interferences with Goethart mates .

.No. 1166 presents a distinct theme quite aSide from the en pa.fJallt feature, White's continuations being conditioned by the de_

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fenses of the black knights which form inter_ fel"en(e~ preventing check.

NOTES AND NEWS Dr. G. Dobbs wins the Ho nor P rize with

his delightful four mover, No. 1076 showi ng a nov,e l eeho, a nd receives our s incere felicita­tions on this n ew triumph.

Ladder Pri ze is won by Gil be rt P lowman, whose name was inadve l'tently omitted from the September Ladder. This Is ).1r. P lowman's thi r d ascent. \ V€ wish him continued success.

INFORMAL LADDER c~G . Plowman 872, 48; J. Hannus 729, 75;

I. Genud 725,_ ; H. Stenzel 651 , 44: ~ 1. Kashdan 641, _: H . Medler 583, _: "u p. Rothenberg 568, 57: ~ 1. Burstein 541, _: Bourne Sm ith 536, _ : Bill Beers 439, _ : Dr. P. G. Keeney 431, 62: *~* M. Gonzal ez 428, 57; OW. Patz 376, 27; W. O. J ens 363, -; E. Ko rpanty 355, 45: J. Schmidt 302, _ ; K . Stubbs 278, _: W. Keysor 277, _ : H. Hausner 264, _ ; I. Bu rn 263, 21: K. Lay 244, -: L. Greene 239, _; ~n Dr.

G. Do bbs 241, 78; Dr. M. Herzberg er 236, _; J. Rehr 233, 16: CA. Sheftel 202, 53; W. Jacobs 164, _ ; A .. Grant 152, _; B. M. Marshall 142, _ ; cC . Miller 140, 41; A. Saxer 133, _; L. E isner 129, -: W. Neu ert 126, _; Nels Nelson 73, _; c " ~H . B. Daly 70, 78; M. Gershe nson 66, -; ~ I. Rivise 63, 20; G. N. Cheney 60, O· A. Palw ick 56, -: T. F. McKenna 44, 51; H'. Sussman 44, -: B. Wisegarver 41, _; G. F. Todd 38, -; O. Wurzbu rg 34, - ; R. Du nbar 29, - : W. Van Wi n kle 27, _: W . Tow le 22, -; K. S. Howard 17, _ ; P. Papp 16, _: C. Parmel ee 9, _: J. Cohen 6, _; F. Sp'renger _ , 84.

SO L UTI ONS No, lOS7 1 • .1' 13m B eers

I S(l2 P re tty Pawn one-t wo._ l>". ;;prenJ;er.

~o. lU ~S iJy Bill !leers 1 1~c7 ,\ntki pnl ed : Dr. n. I)" I> I>~ , C . r . L . A . lnG.

~". 1(.~ 9 I> y .r. He",eg 1 PIJ 6 Nea t. iJut hul f - pin not. complc t c ,- Dr. U. Dohhs.

"0, 1 0 ~O b;.· B. ,\1 , Mrt r~h"l1 1 s ",r ([3 ) Co n taining si""ling switch Imc k. - l'. 1{(Jth­ent",rg.

No. l O ~1 1 • .1' C. K A(lnm~ X(J ~ol"l i on "~ lll 'i ni mi. :'l.h()H I<I l ' e ",al e i n :l.-K ... y 1 Tl<l 2.

,",0. I on by 1'. Bowat p. r t S(I ,j K etG ~ H f l ch 1 .....• 21{(lS En PaH.<n nl nml ... iN H pl"'t~HI\I '"""I)l'i He,­Dr. G, DolJbs.

~o. 1093 l,y r . Howate!" 1 Sb7 SxS 2 Bf3rh I . . . SxP 2 sxr '1'hr~_" nk ... "'nl e ~. F. Sp, 'ell l<" l",

No, 109-1 by S , Co~likyan l n l " "I\(",: 1 Q d Kd7 2 EbS

1 . . ,Bb~ 2 HxTlrh I ... SxTl 2 Qe7"h

Cooked hy: I Dh5

OcrOBER, 1938

No. 1H1 DR. GILBERT DOBBS

Carrollton, Ga.

Mine J!) 2

No. 11<12 1. &. M. HOCHBERG

Bronx, N. Y.

Milte ;n 2

No. 11<13 BILL BEERS

Willmar, Minn.

Mate in 2

Original Section

No. 1144

BILL BEERS Willmar, Minn.

Mate m 2

No. 114~

PERCY BOWATER

~san Marino, Calif.

No. 1146

PERCY BOWATER San Marino, Calif.

i"""'"

Mate in 3

No. 1147

DR. GILBERT DOBBS Carrollton, Ga.

MiHC in 3

No. 1148

OR. G. ERDOS Vienna, Au-stria

Matt io 3

No. 1149

DR. G. ERDOS Vienna, Austria

Mate ;0 ')

SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 10, 1938

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No. 1I)()

R. E. McGEE

Hamilton, Ontario

Mate 11l 3

No. 1151 HEINZ SRIXI

THE CHESS REVIEW

Original Section (cont'd)

No. l I S) N o. 11% E. ZEPLER J . F. TRACY

Chelmsford, Engla nd Otltario, Calif. (Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty._ 1938)(Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty.- 1938)

/II[;ac: in -1

No. 1154 HANS LANGE

No. 1157 J. F. TRACY

Vienna, Austria Neuss am Rhein, Germany Ontario, Calif. (Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty._1938){Entry4th Inter. Min. Ty._1938)(Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty.- 1938)

Mate III 3 :l\Iate JIl 3 Mate ill <\

No. 1152 No. 11 55 No. 1158 FRED SPRENGER FULVIO GIANINI

New York City Zurich, Switzerland G. GOLLER

(Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty._1938) (Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty.-1938) Pasing ob. Bayern, Germany

Male in :; Male in 3 Self-mate in 12

SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 10, 1938

OCTOBER , 1938

No. 109 G. LATZE L

Wien er Schachze itung May~1934

Mate 10 2

N o. 1160 G. LEGENTIL

Club des Masques Jan.-1 935

Mate i ll 2

No. 1161 M. WROBEL

1 Pro ex_aequo POland_Hungary_1935

Mate in 2

Quoted Section

No. 11 62 L. SCHOR

1 Pro Magyar Sak. _1928

Mate in 2

No. 1163 J. NEUMANN

Rev. Rom. de Sah -1934

Matt m 2

No. 1164

H. COMMANDEUR L' Ech iquier- 1938

Mate in 2

No. 1165

E. SALARDINI 1 Pr., L'Echiquier_1935

Mate m 2

No. 1166 VINCENT L. EATON Amer. Chess Bullet in

Jul., Aug.-1938

Mate ill 3

No. 1167 KENNETH S. HOWARD

Amer. Chess Bull etin Jul., Aug.- 1938

Mate in 3

SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 10, 1938

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No. Jon

No. 1099

~o. 11 00

No . 11 ()1

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No. 1106

No. 1107 1

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No. 1 113 1

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FRENCH DEFEN S E

(Al ekhine·Chatfl r d At t ack)

M. Yatron D. Hecht W hite Black

1 P-K4 P.K3 17 Kt.K t 5ch K .Q2 2 P.Q4 P·Q4 18 RxKt Q. B1 3 Kt·QB3 Kt·KB3 19 RxPch K·B3 4 B.Kt5 B·K2 20 Q, Q R,Q 5 P.K5 KKt.Q2 21 RxQP P.R3 6 P.KR4 P.QR3 22 Kt. B3 B·K3 7 Q.Kt4 P·KB4 23 B·B4 B,B e Q. R5ch P.KKt3 24 Rx Bch K.Kt3 9 Q.R6 K.B2 25 Kt .K5 QR.Q1

10 Kt.R3 P.QB4 26 R·Q1 RxRc h 11 O·O·O ! p , p 27 K,R R·Q1 ch 12 KtxP ! PxKt 28 K.K2 R.Q4 13 P.K 6ch K,P 29 Kt.B7 Kt.Kt1 14 R·K1ch Kt_K4 30 R.B8 Kt.K2 15 Q.Kt7 QKt-B3 31 R·K8 Res igns 16 Bx B KtxB