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I. News repor ts on I)I'onli llenl tOUl'lIamen ll. matche s, e lc., with as many recorded games a nti [Je rso nal s lall ts on the e Xile I'll:! Its possi ble.

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NE YORK STATE FINE WINS STATE TITLE

• RESHEVSKY, KAS HDAN , D ENKER

IN TRIPLE TIE FOR SECOND

By KENNETH HARKNESS

The ]94J Congress of the New York Stale Chess Associ ation, held in the Student Unioll Building on the campus of Colgate University, H

H:-Willmlt n , A.

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FI N E I N GREAT F ORM • By win nin" flr !>t prize in s\lch a strong

tournament. without losing a sinl':le game, Reuben F ine ugsi n demonstrated that he Is lu fighting t l'im, read y to ma ke a deter mined erro rt to de t hrone Reshe vsky as U. S. Cha m-pion in the National Tourn ament next year. So far, the U, S. Title has eluded him but It the resulh lit Hamilton are any Indication of what is in store (or us, we may have a new champion next year. (The issue may even be decided before t hen as Fine Is t ry ing to a rrange a mat ch with Resllevsk y to be played t his winter.)

Outsta nd ing ItS the Game of the Mont h was the excit ing duel between t hese t wo arch· rivflls when lhey llIe t flCI'OSS the board at Hamilton. F'lne tells the story of this thrill· ing encounte r on I'alie :1 77 or this Issue. Con-tent to SII1it the point, Fine offere d Res hevsky a draw before making his 29th. move but the orrer was refused. After 40 moves had been com pleted. Ii.oshovsk y stud ied t ho com plicated position for 35 minutes before ma king his !>ealed move. As a result, the grown-up boy prodigy gal Into time trouble In t he la ler st ages, missed what Fine calls II- "simple win" (!) an(1 the game end ed in it draw. (For your hom e,wol'k, cover up the t ext un cler the diagram on Page 179 aud see If you can f1gut'e out that slm ille win !)

Fine was held to a draw by Dellkel' and Kashda n , a lSO gave a draw to Dr. Cr uz In the fin al rOUlld when no other player had a chance t o t ie his score. The new Sta te Champion won all his other games, ended with a score of 8-2, a full point fthE!fl.d of hi s closest rival s.

LA OY L UCK DESERTS RESHEV SKY The U, S. Champion found the going rough

at Hamil ton, He came through without losing a game bu l W(iS not playing UI) to his usual form. He WOII only four games, drew s ix.

Indicative was h is ga me aga inst Hewlett. AlthouglJ a I)rom ising young I)!ayer, lhe up-statel' is not qui te In the same clltss as Grand :\f as ter Reshev~ky. Kevertheless, the Harvard student olltlliny ed tile champion In t.he early ~ tages. W011 It pawn . could IUlI'e drawn. I[owe"er, Hes hev sky's greater expel'lence and his uncanny facu lt y o f finding the best moves

(Conti nued on Page l H )

N E W YO RK STAT E CH A MPI ONSH IP T OUR NAM EN T_ , --;-_;c-_ _

Players

HAMILTON RESULTS Experb' T ournament

\V L D Total

Sven Almgren, N. Y. C. __ ___ 7 1 A. Yanofsky. Winnipeg. :\I an. __ 1 1 DI'. Bruno Schmid t. Detl'oiL __ 7 2 Dr. M. H erzberger, Rochester_5 2 DanIel Mayer s, Tu cson, Ariz. __ ', 4 M rs. Mary Buln. N . Y. C. _____ 3 5 L. R. ChauvcnCl, Esmont, Va._3 5 Rogel' j ohnson. Mereel" Pa. __ 3 6 Mrs. Gisela Gresser, N. Y. C. __ 2 6 I •. Wallet' Stel)hens, N. Y. C. __ O 9

Ctass A T ournament

1 1

7'h-l "h 7\f.r:-l'h

O • ., , ' . 2 6 ·3 I 4 ',4 ·4% t 3',4·5% 1 3 ',HPA! o 3 ·6 1 2 ',i·6 'h o 0 ·9

W L J) Total

Frank Valvo, Albany ____ ____ 8 1 J ulius Parlos, Corona, L. I. __ 7 2 Paul Rosenzweig, N. Y. C. ____ 7 2 Steven SIIlIW, Ca~tlle __ ___ ___ 7 3 IJen McGreudy, N. Y. C. __ ___ 5 .\ W. 1\1, P. M itchell , Boston ____ 4 5 J ohn T. West brock, N. Y. C. __ l ., Arthur Fox, Albany __ _____ __ 2 6 Stephen Os1ey, Little ~'alls __ 2 6 D. F rnnehi Searle , Rome __ ___ 2 6 J. W. Barnhart. Bronxville ___ 1 7

Clan B T ournament

1 8~-1 ~ 1 7~-21h 1 71h-21h o 7 -3 1 5~ ·'1 1h ] "' lh-5lh 6 31h·6 1h 2 3 ·7 2 3 -7 2 3 ·1 2 2 ·8

W L D Total

Freueriek Ekst rom, N. Y. C, __ 7 ] I 1~ · 11h Louis Persinger. N. Y. C. __ __ 7 1 1 7 1,1, ·1\h Mrs . N. Roos, N. Y. C. __ : ____ 4 2 3 5\h ·31h W . Ji'roehllch, Syracuse ______ 4 3 2 6 ·4 It P. Orand, Ca1.enovln ____ __ _ 3 "' 2 "' ·5 Mrs. C. Nye, Syracuse ______ "' 5 0 4 ·5 P. A. l'ertzolT. N. Y. C. _______ 3 ,I 2 4 ·5 Geo. i\l\mdt, Hamilton _. __ ___ 3 6 0 3 -6 T hos. P. Miller , Avon __ __ ____ 1 5 3 2Y.z ·6~ Geo. A. Donohue. Hastings __ 2 7 0 2 ·7

Clan C T ou rnament

W L J) Total

Sid ney, nOlls. Brookvllle __ ____ 8 0 ] 8% · ~ George Cheney. Sy racuse __ __ 6 2 1 61h·2 ',i Henr y Greenfield. N. Y. C. ___ 6 3 0 6 ·3 Maurice Wertheim, N. Y. C. __ 5 2 2 G -3 F. Klngsl;lud·Smlth, N. Bruns-

wIck ____________ __ ____ 5 3 1 Slulley Axlnn, Jamaica ____ __ 3 3 3 Geo. Estabrooks, Hamllton ___ 3 6 0 J acob Zweig, N. Y. C. _______ 3 6 0 V. I~. J ohnson. Me rcer, Pa .• ___ 2 7 0 Mrs. B. Sch m id t , DelroiL _____ O 9 0

5 1h·3 'h 4).la ·41h 3 ., 3 . , 2 ., o .,

COUNTY TEAM CHAM PIO NSHIP

The county team contest. Class A. WRS won by a team (rom the Woodside Chess Club, re-presenting Queens County. Awarded custody of the Genesee Cu p for 1941, t he vic torious tea m Incluued B. Altman, Julius PartoS. David R. Glauatone, M rs. Mary Bal n and T. T . Robin-son. T he team from Madison County won the Class D secllon.

REUBEN FINE Ne w York Sta t e Champion, 1941

The smiling 27-year-old Internationalist add!! one more triumph to his Impressive and grow. Ing lis t or successe s. Here is his IImll1.ing record' Hastings. ]936 ___________________ ___ 151 P rlr.e Zandvoort. Holland, 1936 ___________ lst Prize Nottingham. 1936 ___ T led (or 3rd, 4th and 6th

wllh Reshevsky and E.'uwe Amsterdarn. 1936 ___________________ l8t Prize S toc kholm. 1937 __________ __________ l8l Prize Moscow. 193i ___________ • __________ 181 Pr17.e Leningrad. 1937 _. ____ •• ___ ___ __ __ __ ls t 1'1·I1.e Margate, 1937 _________ ._T led for 1st and 2nd

with PaUl Keres Ostend. 1937 ___________ 'I'icd for 1st, 2nd and

31'l1 wIth Keres lind Gmb Semme)'ing-Baden, 1937 ______ __ ____ 2nd Prize Amsterdam, AVRO "'ourney, 1938

Tied for llI t and 2nd wilh Keres

FIne al so won the U. S. Chess Fedoration (formerly Wes te rn Chess Ass'n) tourneys In 1932, '33, '34 (tied ) .- '35. '39, ' ·10 and '41. was second to Reshevsky In U. S. Cha mpionship Toumeys o f 1938 and 1940.

SPECIAL. CL.ASS RESUL. TS

In the evening gI"OUP, WlIliam Cogswell, o( Hamilton, and Gel"lllu King, of Onolda, both scored 2- 1: whllo Donal!.! Nyc, of Syracuse, and C. W. Young, or Hamilton, tlnlsheu on the losing end w ith ,\-2.

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RESH EVSKY and his ch arm ing bride. H e mad e a $33 move.

in tlmc·prCSsure ovcnlOwcrcd h is Op\IOnent and Hewlett lost tllO galllo.

Re5hevsky's provel'bial good luck deserted h im . Ovcl'lookhlg the win against F lue COlt him a Ilrobable tie for fi rst vlace. An jJ]. advised ItUelll \)t to win the brilliancy i)rl.w then cost 111m seCOlld 1)l nce. drOI)ped 11 lin to It triple lie wit h Denker and Kaslni l1 11.

Going Inlo Ihe last round wi th no chancc to tic Flnc's score, Reshc\'Sky was almost ccrtal n of 2nd pri7,c. His final gamc was with Harohl I~\'anf

Dr. Bl'uno Schmidt a1ln08t ran away with the E:..:pel·ts' Section, looked as though he were going to fi nIsh wi th a pel'fect score. He was finally t hrown fOr two l osses by Almgren and Yanofsky,

Mrs, M ary Baln lelt for Florida soon after the tourne), to Join her husband- may be out o f tou rnament chess for some time,

Every ti me we caught sight of Southern Champion Chauvenet he was eIther standing on n chait· 01' k neeli ng on the floor t aking candid shots of the I)layers. Some of the resu l ts appear 0 11 these pages.

Mrs. Gresser, just back f l'om Porto R ico, had a bad col d, felt m iserable. Must have affected her play. She call do better.

Director Stephens can play better chess than t he r ow of goose·eggs denotes. You can't play and direct a tour namen t at the same tJme.

Julius Pal'tos showed great sport!lmanshlp. He had a good chance or winning t he Class A tournament or dividing first prjze. I n one game he got Into a bad ])ositlon but his opponent put a Rook en prise. Partos said "{ don't want to win tha t way; 1 ofter you a draw." He needed the money too- hitch-hiked up to Hamilton from N ew York ,

Sidney Ross 1I'0n th e CIMS C Tourney with the fine score or 8%-':4, Hi s f ellow·members of the Queens Chess Club are afraid they'll never be abl e to hoid him down now.

Veteran George Cheney, who came In second, w as the oldest playel' at Hamilton.

Manhattan Clu b President MauI'ice Wert· hei m made a good shOwing in his first tour-nament. .

MANY DI STINGUI SHED GUESTS

The whole town was taken ovel' by the vis iting chess enthusiasts. MallY of the ll lay· ern wel'e accompanied by t hei r wives, relati ves and friends. Reshevsky's ch1l.rmlng you ng bride was t hel'e, seemed to enjoy her fi rst big chess tournament, M rs. K ing enterta ined the chess· players' wives at an afternoon tea,

VelenUl F rank J . Marshall and Mrs. Mars hall SI)Cnt t he week a t H am!lton. Mar shall w,,,',, offiCial "\'isi tl ng mnstel'," had a playing bridge with Fl' i t1. Drieger REVIE W 'S E ditor t. A, Horowitz. was chairman o f the Association's fiuance mittee, he lped a grellt deal In raising the necessary fumls.

Attractive MRS. CARL NYE of Syracuse, She played In C lan B.

FRANK J. MARSHALL at H amilton. He was Vis iti ng Maste r.

Many

CHESS QUI Z (Answers on P,!ge 179)

Q1. Complete the following Masters names: (a ) S iegbert ~ _____ __ ; (b l Aklba. ______ ____ ; (e) Jacques _____ ' ____ ; (d) Jackson W. _____ .

Q2. Check the best reason why P -K4 is a good opening move : (a) It relerules the Queen and Bishop _______ ; (b) It leads to brilliant games ____________ _ : (e) The pawn guards two central points where

opposing pieces cannot be posted __ ______ .

Q3. Check the best reason for avoiding au isol ated pawn: Ca) It spoils the appeal'ance of the board ____ : (b) There are no pawns on ei ther sjde to

protect it and pieces bave to be used _____ ; (e) An opposing piece can be p laced in front

or the pawn from where it cannot be driven away ______ ____ _____ ______ ______ .

'Wh i te to Pl ay

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- By IRVING CHERNEV Q4. Check the best reason for avojding

pawn-hunting in tile opening: (a) The books say it is bad _________ ______ : (b) Development must be completed firsL __ _ ; (e ) A pawn more or less i s unimpor tant _____ : (d) It might be It trap ____ __ _______ ________ .

Q5. Name the openings which begin 1 P-EA, P-K4; 2 Kt·KES and theu continue: (a) 2 . .. K t -KE3 _________ _____________ __ _ : (b) 2 . .. P-Q3 __________ __ __ __ ____ ______ _ : (e) 2 . .. P-K B 4 ___ __ _________ ____ ____ __ __ ';

Q6. Write down the opening moves of (a) The Scot ch Gambit ____________ __ __ __ _ (b) Evans' Gambit ______ ___________ ______ _ (e ) 'rile Goring Gambit __________ ________ _ ,

Q7. In the positions below, from actual games, t he first move made was a complete surprise. Can you fin u the first move?

• White to Play

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White to Play ~

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The Game of the Month By REUBEN FINE

E,ICh lIIomh Grand MaSIn Fini! expla;,u and alil/O/ain a rerell/I),-

/'[tlFd gtllll e fomidered of grca/C$l (urrenl in/ere" /0 CHESS REVIEW'S

.,,,de'!_ The Game of Ihl! Month for fhi! ;JJ/iC WIU pit/Jed til the

1941 New Y ork SIt/ie Clun COllgreSJ al Halllii/on .

, Drawn games are usually looked down upon

by the chess public. The common att itude is that if anything is worth wh ile it must have resulted in a clear_cut decision. This point of view compels editors to omit the scores of many really valuable games. And yet it is nothing but a prejudice nurtured by a long trad ition. For since chess exerls the attrac_ tion it docs largely because it is such an ab_ sorbing right, we should judge games not by the outcome or by the superficial briJlianq, but h), the "blood, sweat and tears" that went into it. Some games have become famow; hecause one side handled hi s part ~o abomin. ably, wh ile some of the most hard.fought and fascinating games on record have remained obscure simply because botb sides played well and a draw resulted.

If any apology is needed for choosing the present specimen as the game of the month, what I have said above rna)' be considered one. Both of us made mistakes, but chess without mistakes is unthinkable. What reall), counts is that both players battled courageousl), to the best of their abil ity and produced lots of meat for analysts and lovers of the game to chew and digest.

NtMZOtNDtAN DEFENSE S, Reshevsky

WhIte 1 P.Q4 2 P.QB4 3 Kt_QB3 4 P·K3

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R, Fi ne Black

Kt_KB3 P.K 3

S·Kt5 P_Q4

Alw;o' l': cO!lg[(!ered oest. out in the light of til\! prcsent cncountcr this opinion may llilve to be revised.

5 P.QR 3! . . . . First played in the memorable Botv[unik-

Capablancn game a t the AVRO Tournament, ]n~. The idea of the move i~ tY]lically mod-ern: to trans]lose into a favorable variation which cou](l not be reached In any normal manner. The line White is anxious to obtain is a branch of the Samlsch attack, which begins with ,I P-QR3 ( thus one move earlier), 8xKICh; ;) Px\3. If mack now continues wilh 5 ... p.Q,1, we have the text position, but he

has a far belter reply in 5 . . . P·Q84!, for if then 6 p·K3, Q·R4!; 7 8 ·Q2, Kt·K5 with at least equalily.

Incidentally, Reshevsky almost never pl'e-lJares openings- this game is a rare exception.

5,, : . BxKtch 6 PxB P_B4 7 PxQP KPxP 8 B·Q3 0 .0 9 Kt-K2 P.QKt3 !

To exchange \Vhl te's 10 0·0 11 BxB

dangerous KB. B.R3 KtxB

So far as In the Botvinnik·Capablanea game. The Russian gl'alHlmaster now tried 12 B·Kt2, which Is not as good as the mOl'e chosen because it gives Black the option Of getting hi ~ Kt to Qn5 via QKtl , QB3 and QR1,

12 Q_Q3 ! Q.Bl 12 . . , P·D5 would lock the Q·slde and

de prive Black of any real counter·chances there (\Vhito [s going t o a dvance in the cen· tcr), while 12 . , . Kt·D2 would be met by 13 PxP! , PxP; 14 P·Q8·1, PxP; 15 QxDP, Q·Q4; ]6 QxQ lI"ith the better ending for White (Fine·Stelner, Dallas, 19,,0).

13 B·Kt2 PxP I Jrad counted o n the opening of t1~e QB

file to give me adequate eounterplay, but this hope proved illusory. Consequently tho Col d· blooded 13 , , . P-B5; 14 Q·D2, R-Kl linn if 15 Kt-Kt3, Kt-K5! was preferablO.

14 BPxP 15 KR.Bl!

Kt·B2 , , . ,

l,ooks illogical. but is really a s ubtle mao neu"m' designed to get the Dlaek pieces away from theIr best s quares. On 15 P·B3 at once, Black can reply 15 . . . R-K1: 16 Kt·Kt3, Q·R3; ..t. 17 Q·Q2. Kt·K t4 ; ]8 QR·KI, Kt-Q3, when th,." adl'ance P·K ,j ha s been prel'ented and Dlack can get his Kt to the strong square QBi>.

15 ".. Q_Q2 16 P.B3 KR_Kl 17 Kt.Kt3 Kt_K3

Preventing" J8 P·K4, but only for the time being, Soon er or later the Pawn will go ,forward and mack will have to look fot' com· pensation on the Q·side, •

18 R_K1 Not 18 P -K4?, Px P ;

the Pawn. 18 . . . . 19 QR.Q1

, , . . 19 PxP. Kt-D·I, winning

QR·Bt . , , .

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FinA.lly threa.tening the bl'ellk In the ceutez', On the immed iate 19 P-K4?, PxP; 20 PxP, Kt-B4; 21 Q-KB3, Kt-RS is vel'y s tro llg,

19 .•. _ Q-R5 So that If 20 P -K4 at once, 20 ... Q-B7_

securing threats on the seven th ra nk, 20 R.Q2 Q_BS 21 Q.Kt1 Q-Kt67

I was stli! under the impression that the counler-actlon a long the QB fi le was ndeQuate. S ince It Is not, I should have t ried 21 , _ . KR-Ql , when i t 1s s till quite difficult tor W hite to advance his KP favorably.

22 Kt·BS 23 P.K4

R_B2 KR-QB1

This Wall the position r ha d In mind, but White has much the be t ier of it.

24 R-03 Q_R5 Not 24 ... Q-B7 ? because of 25 QxQ, RxQ;

26 Kt-K7ch and 27 K txR. 25 P_K5 26 Kt-K3 27 R.Q2

'1'0 llrevent 28 Q-R2. 28 R.Q3

T o ga.in time. 28 , . . . 29 R.Q2

29 • . . . ,

Kt-K 1 Q.Kt4 Q-Kt6

• • • •

Q.Kt4 • • • •

Q_R4

I did not repeat Il)oves bere because 1 was afraid of the attack begillning with 30 Q·B5. After 2:9 , .. . . Q·Kt6; 30 Q-DS Black must resort to a sacri fice on the Q-slde. H owever, wi th exact play, Black could probably have held t he game, so thai there was no good j ustlnc~ltlou for t he Inferior text, T hus: 29 • > • Q·Kl6; SO Q-B5, P -Kt3; 31 Q-Kt4, n ·B7! ; 32 Rl'n, Rxn.; 33 Ktxn, QxKt; 34 D·Rl, Q-Q7; :55 }t.KBl. Q·Koch: 36 K-Rl, Q·Q6; 37 R · KKU, QxRP and Blaek'$ two connect ed passed Pa.wns a.re a sel'lous,threaL

30 Q.Qf Q.Kt4 3 f P.Kt3 P.Kt3

Now t his defense, although i t wea.kells Dlack, is rOt'ced l)ecause o f the threat ot P-B1, p·Kn~ and P·BS, which w ould have left m e without any cou nterchances at all.

. 32 P_B4 3S Q.B3 34 P_K t4 3~ Px P

P·B4 R.Q1

Kt{K1 ) .Kt2 Kt{Kt2)x P

After this Black is virtually compelled to

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give up the exchange, but If 35 ' . .. PxP; 36 KRl, K·Rl; 37 R·j{Ktl , his pie~s are badly tied up.

36 37 38

Kt·Kt4 Kt.B6eh R.QBf

R_B2 K_R 1 RxKt

At the time 1 was under -tl),e impression that tlie strongly posted Kt's would hold everY' th ing, but agalu I w·a& somewhat too optimistic. ,However, tllere seems to be nothing bette r than g iving liP the exchange: White is t hreat-ening R·KKt2 followed by RxP! at an ap-llropriate momen t.

39 PxR ' R_KBf

R(B8)·B7 wins B1acl,'s Que.en. 47 . . . ,

48 B.Q6 dfs ch?

K·Kt1

• • • •

Overlooking a simple win (an interesting counterpart to our game in the last U. S. Championship). 'rhe correct continuation was 48 QxP!!! IJ' then either -18 •.. KtxQ 01' 48 ... QxQ, 49 B·RS dis cll leads to mate., On 'IS ... Kt·Q3; 49 DxKt dis ch, K ·KtZ; 50 B·E8ch! is the simplest, while on 48 ... KOUZ; 49 QxQ, RxQ; 50 BxKt dis ch, KxE; 51 R(Bl)·B7 leads to an ending which is Quite easily won.

48 . . . . 49 B·K5

Kt.K1 • • •

LoOkS strong, but the Bishop is soon ex· changed.

49 . . . . Kt·K2 50 R·R8 • • • •

On 50 R(B8)·B2, QxP is hard to counter. 50 . . . . Kt.BJ

Reshevsky only had about four minutes for the last ten moves.

51 P·RS KtxB 52 QPxB QxQRP

Now Black has enough p,ieces to be able to draw.

threats with his

53 R(B1).BS 53 ... RxP; 54 RxKtch,

R·B1 K-KtZ; 55

. does not suffice. 54 P.K6 55 P.K7 56 Q.QS

Threatening 57 R·Kt4cll, etc.

57 R.B2

• • •

K.Kt2 R.P

R·B4! Q·R8ch; >58

Q·RS

Q·K2

K·Kt2,

57 ... Q·R8ch; 58 K·rtZ, Q·Klch; 59 Q·Kt3, . QxKP wouJ(l actually have given Black" ex·

cellent winning chances. 58 R·K2 59 R_Kt2 60 KxR 61 QxQP

Drawn

R.Kt4ch RxRch QxKP • • • •

Both sides must be content with a draw. On 61 ... Q·l{7ch; 6Z K·Kt3? Kt·B3; 63 rtxPCll, K·R3; 64 Q·B3, Kt·R4ch; 65 K·Kt4, Q·K3ch leads to mate, but 62 K·Ktl (instead of 62 K·Kt3) compels Black to take the draw by 62 ... Q·K8ch; 63 K ·KtZ, Q·K7ch etc.

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acceptedcomparatlve values are: QUeen, 10; Rook, 5; Bishop or Knight, .3; Pawn 1. Some authorities rate the Bishop at 314 or 3% .

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Q1. (a) Tarrasch; (b) Rublnstein;'

Condensed from the book of the same title. to be published

in January by Horowitz and Harkness. New York. this serial tells the

life story of Frank J. Marshall. beloved Mae!?tro of American

Chess. Thomas Emery co-operated with Marshall in producing the

book.

The serial is in seven parts .aJ)d will appear monthy in CHESS

REVIEW. This is the first time that a chess book has been re-

leased in serial form. prior to publication. •

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By FRANK J. ARSHALL Unite d States Chess Champion. 1909-1936 '

A reccnt story in LIFE magazine described me as a "preoccupied old gentleman who looks like a Sha"kesperean actor, smokes strong ciga rs incessantly and takes a chess board to bed with him $0 he ca n record any plays he may think .. "P .

Privately, I resent being called an "old gen. tleman", After aU, I am only 64 and my friends tell me that I have never really grown up. And the chess board J take to bed with me is just one of those little pocket boards. You can never tell when you will get a good idea [or a move. I remember once, in Prlguc ... but I will get to that la ter.

Am I preoccupied? I supposc so. And what am I preoccupied about? Why, chess, of course. My entire life has been dc\'oted to chess. I have been playing it for o\'er fifty years. I started when I was ten years old and I am still going strong. In all thar time I don·t believe a day has gone by that I have not played at least one game of chess- and I still enjoy chess, for its own sake, as much as I ever did. Such is the fascination of the roya! game . with it s end l e.~s va riety and limi tless possibiL ities.

My chess career has been rich with exper_ iences, some amusing, ~others tragic, all of them interesting. Chess has taken me to the far corners of the earlh, has brought me some fame and a little {orhme, although not too much of the latter. In my travels I have met thousands of people and made many lasting friendshi ps. Chess has richl y repaid me in the rea l things of life, the sharing of colorful ex_ periences with my wife and 50n, the uco.'ot ion anJ lo)'alty of old fri end5, the ,l

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without losing a game, but I still get a kick out of seeing a combination work out in a fr iendly game,

It was my lather who nrst taught me to play chess. He was of English birth and my mother of Scotch. lrish descent. I was born on August l Oth, 1877, at Eighth A venue and 50th Street, New York City. When I was eight )'ca rs old, my family mo\'ed to Montreal. We lived there for eleven years.

In our home in Montreal, my father played chess in the evening with his friends. One night, he asked me if I would like to play him a game.

It would be romantic to say that I won the first game of chess I eYer played but it JUSt wouldn' t be true. As a matter of fact, my father W3S a fairly good player and it was quite a long time before I was able to win a game from him. My early games were just like any other games between a beginner and an experienced player. Chess instinct in itsel f was not sufficient when pitted against exper_ ience. 1 still had to learn a great deal about the tactics of the game.

My father and I played together two or three times a week and my game gradually improved. In 5ix months we were on about equal terms. With in :I. rear, I was able to give him a Rook.

As I look back to those early days, I realize that the hours I spent with my father over the chess board devefoped strong bonds of com_ panionship and affection between us, a rela_ tionship which lasted until the day of his death .

When I ' was about 11 years old, my father realized that I possessed unusual aptitude for the game and decided that I must have stronger competition than he was able to give me. He introduced. me to the players at rhe Hope Coffee House, in Montreal. Stiffer opposition again develOped my game and berore very long I was able to easily beat the coffee house players.

I then joined the Montreal Chess Club and developed into a strong club player. I spent most of my spare time at the dub. If I wasn't playing with another member, I was studying master games. My favorite "author" was Paul Morphy. His brilliant games inspired me. I used to play them over and over again.

One of my greatest th rills was to play against world_famous chess masters who visited the dub from time to time and gave simultaneous exhibitions. I particularly remember the time when William Steinitz, then champion of the world, visi ted the club. It was in 1893 and I was sixteen }'cars old .

1 can see Steinitz now as he appeared to me then- a short, heavy_set, bearded man with a

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-large head. He limped as he walked round . the tables. Near-sighted, he leaned over each board and peered at the pieces. Each time he came to my board he gave me an encouraging smile. -

I tried hard to win my game against St'eihitz but I was too inexperienced. However, my ef_ fofts apparently impressed him. After the ex_ hibition was over he complimented me on my game and predicted a great future fo r me. Needless to say, I was tremendously Rattered.

Here is the game I played with Steinitz in that simultaneous exhibition nearly 50 years ago. It is my first recorded game.

Game No, 1 S imultaneous E~h lblUon by William Stelnltz,

World's Chess Champion, at the Montreal Chess Club, Nov. 13, 1893

FRENCH DEFENSE Stelnlh

White 1 P_K4 2 P_Q4

Marshall mack

P_K3 P_Q4

The standard Ol)enlng moves of the French De fense. I wa s usually more aggressive than this. However, I broke loose later, as you wlll

3 Kt_Q2 Kt_K2

us ually played 3 P-K5 aDd today 3 llroba bly the mos t popular thi rd

move While. My own repl y wall poor_ Black should play ... P-QD4 .

4 B_Q3 QKt_B3

Another poor move. Agnln Black should have played P·QD4. Tho text-move blocks tho QB pawn and limits the scope of the Queen. MOI'es llk e th is are responsible for losing games.

5 P-QB3 Kt.Kt3 By no means t he best. 5.,. P-K4 is much

better. Then, I f 6 PxKP. KtxP th reatening the Bishop; or If 6 QxQP, K lxP obtains more free-dom. If 6 Kt-D3, PxQP ; 7 DPxP (7 PxKP, KtxP) , PxP and at least Black does not lose a pawn.

6 Kt_Kt3 7 Q_K2 8 Kt.B3

P_K4 B_K3

B_Q3 7

With this move I tl'hHI to lay a trap for Steinltz and started an entirely unsound com-bination. 8 ... B·K2 Is better but I didn't realtze that my attack was unsound and made the text·move willi the delibe rate in tention of sacrtflcing a piece !

9 PxQP BxP 10 PxP 0-011

By east ltng at t h is poin t , Dlaek must lose a piece. J cou ld have avoided this by playing 10 .. . BxKKt. Then, If 11 KtPxB, B-K2. I had 110 such IntentionS. When I castled I hoped tha t Stelnih would play 11 PxB, w hereu pon' would launch a n attack w ith II _ .. R-Kl ; 12 H-K3. Kt-U5. 'fhls aUnck might have justified the sacrlflce of a piece.

11 BxKt ! . . - .

Steinll.z smlled fL little at my Inexperience as he upset all my plfLllS with this move, wlllnlllg a piece ontrlght and skll,rully avoiding my a t-tnck.

11 . . . . R_K1 I coutlnued hopefully with my attack, but

White's 11th move had already demolished It 12 S-B2 KtxP 13 Ktx K t RxKt 14 B_K 3 Q_R~ !

Apparently I was trying to put over ODe of those "swindles" fo r which I later became ramous ! If White makes the mistake of cast-ling on the King's s ide he wll\ be mated. Thus, if 15 0-0, RxB; 16 PxR, QxPch ; 17 K·D2, B-Kt6 mate.

.",;M a r"S ha ll

15 0·0-0 • • • • I am afraid S telnil.z saw that one ! He

castled on the Queen's sid;:! a nd avoided the swindle,

15 . . . • Undaunted, I t ransferred

other s ide or the board. 16 K.Kt1 17 P_KB4

Q_QR5 my attack to the

QR_Q1 - . , -

This simp-ie but strong move CorcM me to declare my IntentiOns beCore I was ready,

17 •. . , B_B5 18 Q_BS R_QR4

Offering the exchange. I didn't think he would take my Rook with his Knight, 'but he did!

19 KtxR 20 K.B1 21 B_Ktl

QxPch Q_RBch

QxKt

Black has nothing bette!'. His various at-tacks have all been sk!lfuUy parried Rnd his last attempt has fa iled, leaving him a Rook down. Now It Is just a maUer Of time. A few more moves and White must win.

22 Q.K4 B_R7 2S QxPch K_B1 24 R_Q4 P_QB3 25 KR·Q1 Q.B2 26 Q_R8ch Resigns

My inexperience made me too Impetuous in this game, I am afraid I must have "under-es timated' my opponent" !

Two days later, I got my name ir:t the papers for the first time-and what a thri ll that was! Under a portrait of a very solemn and self. conscious young man, seated beside :'l chess board, the following item apl>eared in "I.e Monde m,ntre" of Nov. 1 ; 'th, 1893.

" This portrait Is of a youug chess player whose reputation Is grOwing dally ,among our amateurs.

"This fut ure champion, Fra nk J . Marahall, is the son of A I l'red Marshall of this city and :is 16 years old. ' Despite his youth, he has proved t hat he is the equal ot our best local players.

"He belongs to the Montrtnl Chess Club and the members of th \s. club cons ider him a very s trong adversary. His game combines .·apldity a nd originali ty. By inClination he always pre-

- fers the attA.ck to the defense. "On Monday evening, in a serIes or simul·

taneous games agaInst 16 opponents by Mr. Steinitz, the cham"plon of the world, young Marshall played· one .of the boardl!, His or-iginal and strong defense M used the Master to say that he had never met an amateur or his age who had given htm so much trouble, Mr. Steinitz predic ted a brilUant futut'e for him If 116 continues to play chess."

If I continued to play chess? Nothing could have stopped me. There was nothing else I wanted to do. Chess began to absorb my whole life. My head was full of it from morning to night. Gradually, it crowded out every other interest. I knew that J was going to devote my whole life to chess.

Shortly after the Steini tz exhibition, the American champion H. N. Pillsbury C

CHESS BRIEFS CONCIS E - CURRENT CONDENSED

W or l d Ch O\mpion ALEKHI N E m ade a sur-prise appearance at an Internat iona l Tou I'ua-menl held las t month at :\Iunlch, Ger many. He flew (rom Portugal to take part. Final results are not In but according to lates t reports, S\\'ed!~h maf;t e r G. 81'01,1'1. is lead-ing with J2 poi nts! Alekh ine Is lied wi t h Sweden's K 1,UNDIN with l O'h point s , foi · lowe\l by DOGO LJunOW with 9',6 points.

Milt on K aga n, or Brookline. Mass .• 1s now Chess Cham lllOIl or New E ngla nd. T ied with A. C. Ma rtin, of ]' .,ovldence, n . I., nt the eud of the Champlonshlll Tourney held In Boston over lIle Labor Day week end, Kagan won the 6·game play·off with I~ score o{ 4~-3~. The new champion is II student Itt the State Agricultural at Amherst, Mass .

Sponsored by George Sturgi~, the annual City of Boston Championsh ip Tournament til scheduled to begin October 15th.

Anthony ('.lonnlo is t he winner or this year's annual Wells Memol'ial Chess Club round-robin tourner.

Samuel Res he \'lIky, at present residing In 80stou, Is now a member of t he Boy lston Chess Club with Ilerdquar ters at the Y.M .C. Union.

T he Cham pion. hi p of Canada Is being de· cided as this illsue .J::"oes to pres~. Sponsored by the ManitobA. Chess Associa!lon and the Canadian CheSIl }"'ederalion. the Dominion Chawplonsh l]) 'l'olll"namcnt is being held at Winnipeg Octoher 1·1·21. Prizes amounting to $265 w!11 be awarded. Among the prominent players taking l)Rrt are A. Yanofsky ot Winni-peg. Yerhoff of Regina. Jordon or Moose J a w. Therien or Quebec Cily, Brunet o t Ottawa. Representallves Crom Ilractically eve .·y prov-Ince In Camldll will IJartlclpate.

Cheas-mlnded \V luui lleg Is making every every e ftort to ]Iromote t he s uccess at t his Dia mond Ju bilee TOllmey. Wlnnl lJeg's Mayor Is the i'lltl"on; t he City Cou nCil Is tenderl llg a reception and banquet. Results next month.

Over 200 c heu .players attended the omclal house·wllrmlng ]larty of the i\ la nhattnll Chess Club at Its new quar ters. 100 Centl'a! Park South, on October 8 th. T he feature attnlc· lion Wi'l l< a rnpirl .tranl

READERS' GA ES REVIEWED BY THE U V lEW

Last month, in Ollf LETTERS co lumn, we promised (0 begin an Amateur Games Depart-ment and invited readers to send in theit gamc~ for publ ication. The first two received afC g iven on these pages, wilh instructive com _ ment by the edito ri al staff.

GAME NO. 1 L. A. KE) I P~' sends u s the following game

I)\a yed In the T iler Chess Club Tou r nament a t Bloom field. N. J. H e writes :

"He re is a game wit h a lot or 'rau lts . Iml"lic-u larl ), by W h ite i n not seeing t he net fixed for hi s Quee n. I was r a t her plea sed a bout winnin,g it as J w as somewhat out of jJractice anti Wulff Wit S not."

QUEEN 'S GAMBIT DeCLI N ED M. A. W olff

W h ite , P.Q4 2 P.QB4

L. A. Kempf Black

P.Q4 Kt.KB3

The Il l"oblem on t he second mo,'e Is whether \0 surrender the centet' by . . . " x i> or to de· fend it I>r . . . P· K3 or . .. p·QII3. Black se· lee t s a th ird method, no t r eal izing what it ell-tails.

3 Kt.QB3 · , , . If you can gaIn lhe ce nter and t.ime as well .

the move wh ich satis fie s t h e~e con uitions s houlu I>e II good one. 'fherefo)'e , Wh it e s hOUld play 3 PxP ! and if 3 . . . Qx P , ., Kt-Qll3, or i f 3 . , , KtxP, ·1 P-K!. In t he laller ca se .[ , . . Kt·Kt 5 is not playable a s 5 Q·Rl ch fol1oweu I>y P-Q5 Wi llS a Iliece,

3 . . , . P-K3 4 P· K3 · . - .

The old-fash ioned class Ical formation For White. A.c:a inst th is . , , P-Q B4 e qualizes, W hite Ci ln have no good re as on 1'0 1' p re ferri ng t he Bisholl locked in to the a ggressive 0 -Kt5.

4 . . . , B.Kt5 5 B_Q2 , . , ,

W hIte ~t jJJ had an opportunity t o t rans pose the game into a good li ne . Compa re this posi-tion with t.he Reshevs ky- Fine game iu the Game of t he ;\ Iont h Uella rt me nl.

5 . , , , 6 Kt.B3 7 P·QR3 8 B>

B5, A~ soon as he cun get, , , P-QKt3 in, he will at least ach ieve e quali ty .

24 P_QR4 Q_Kl 25 R. B3 R(K2)_QB2 26 R-Kl P·B4

Uluck hus alreac!y decided his break is to come on tho Q·side so ho can afford to prevent a IJO~~ible White break through,

27 Kt·B3 Q_B l? 28 Kt_Q2 ... ,

2R n xl

How To Study By MATTHEW GREEN

Last month's article by J. W. DeArman showed us that playing over recorded games can be quite pleasurable. His essay, however, glossed over the point that learning by such a method would be sub_conscious and mOfe or less haphazard. If you prefer to improve your game by conscious effort the fo llowing method is suggested.

First you must have some paper, torn into strips. Then seat yourself in front of the Black pieces. Now why the Black pieces? In tournament play more [han 60 per cent of the games are won with White and there are some very strong players who are so unhappy with the Black forces that they are psycho_ logically beaten before they begin a game. This pathetic predilection was brought about by unfortunate methods of study. These play_ ers are largely responsible for the erroneous belief that Black must playa passive wait_for_a_ mistake game.

You will find, by playing Black at the be_ ginning of your studies, that defensive master play is an active, aggressive business of plan_ ning the counter_attack. Should Black be on the losing side, you will tend to notice and be more critical of the loser's plans.

I do not recommend this as a permanent feature of your study but only as a method for avoiding the prevalent distaste for Black. Eventually, as you improve, you will find that color is an irrelevant consideration. The side you then place before you will be determined by your current interest in this or that vari. ation.

Now let us say you have before you some game without annotations. These are, of course, harder to study. On the other hand, you have more to gain from them because you have to do your own thinking.

You have played over the first six or seven moves. At this point examine the position and decide whose game you would rather have. It doesn't particularly matter which side you choose, but having made your decision, stick to it. For instance, if the game is between Keres and Capablanca, decide that you will become Keres' partner in a consultation game with the former world champion - or the other way round if you prefer. If you choose Keres, cover up his next move with a slip of paper and imagine that Keres asks you the standard question: "What do you suggest we play now?"

Recorded Games After some 'study, write your move down.

Give not only your move but the plausible responses to it, adding as much analysis as you think is necessary to substantiate it and convince your partner.

Now you are ready to ask Keres what he would play. If his response coincides with yours, you will undoubtedly be pleased. If this happens move after move, you are wasting your time with Keres' games; he should be playing over yours. But often his move will surprise, puzzle or disappoint you. Where the move is a surprise, see wherein his move is superior to yours. If you cannot detect the reason, save that slip of paper. Where the move is- obscure, write down a specific question aimed at dearing up the move in your mind. Do the same for the moves you con. sider unsatisfactory and disappointing.

During the foregoing process, repeated for each move of the game, adhere rigidly to the score. If you were actually playing a consul-tation game with Keres, you would not be allowed to shift the pieces as an aid to your th inking. Similarly, in this part of your studies, you must practice mental shifting of the pieces. It the game you are studying has notes, disregard them in this first reading.

When you have finished the game, play it over again and this time move -the pieces about as much as you like. Play your varia_ tions, check your suggestions. Test the ac_ curacy and the reasons for your questions.

What have you accomplished so far? In comparing your ideas with those of the mas_ ter who played the game you have given your own suggestions an acid test. You have re-jected many false, perhaps silly notions. You have gained a few new ones, good ones . You have done some creative thinking.

You may still have a stack of questions that remain unanswered after you have gone over the notes. These questions can only be an_ swered by consulting a stronger player. Where this is impossible, there are a number of an_ notators who would be glad to give you such a service through the mails.

When all your questions have been answered, play the game over again. A good game can be played and replayed like a record in your music library for there are as many varied styles of chess games as there are composers of music.

If you put this conscious effort into the study of recorded games your playing Strength wil! improve by leaps and bounds.

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Games from Hamilton Tourney Comments by MATTHEW GREEN

Game No. 1 Won by Fine

T hiS variutlon of the S icilian has had Its ups and downs. In ":\Iodern Chess Ol}(!nings" Fine cla ims that "Z . .. P· K3 Is gl'lulually falling into disc retll l." Nc\'c rthelcss, he has played this line several time s s ince 1939 nntl has tlone more Ihall any other maste r to establish Its merits .

SICILIAN OeFENSE • Willman

White 1 P.K4 P.Q B4 2 Kt.KB3 P-KS 3 P.B4 Kt.QB3 4 KI. B3 Kt_QS 5 P.Q3 Kt_K2 6 8-K3 Kt ( K2 )·B3 7 P-KKt3 P_KKt3 8 8 -Kt2 B_Kt2 9 Q·Q2 0 -0

10 P_KR4 P.KR4 11 B.Kt5 P-B3 12 8 .64 P-Q3 13 KtxKt PxKt 14 Kt_K2 P.K4 15 B_R6 P . B4 1 16 PxP Bw.P 17 B_Q5eh K. R2 18 BKB KxB 19 P. B3 Q. R4 ! 2Q P. R3 QxQeh 21 K)(Q K t. K2 !

Fine Black

22 8 .K4 axB 23 BPxB R_B6 24 QR_KKtl QR.KBl 25 P.KKt4 R-K6 26 R_R2 K-R3 27 PxP KxP 28 Kt.Kt3c h K ·R3 29 P.R5 P· KKt4 30 Kt.R1 R ( K6) ·B6 31 R ( R2).Kt2 R· KKt1 32 Kt.B2 KxP 33 Kt.Kt4 Kt.Kt3 34 A.A2ch Kt·A5 35 Kt.B2 A ( Kt1 ).KBl 36 Kt-A1 A(B1).B5 37 Kt.Kt3ch K.Kt3 38 Kt.K2 A·B7 39 AxA

White ol'e rs lepped ti me limit.

Unti l 1936, White's Sl'd move was consid· ered a refutation of the Schlh'enl ngcll Defense . I n that year, David Polland dlscol'ered t hat after 4 Kt·BS, Kt·nS ; 5 p .Q.1, PxP ; 6 KtxP , n · Kt5; 7 p·B3?, Black could pilly 0 ,0 and P·Q4 ! with an o l' erwhelmlng game. Artcr 4 P·Q4 , PXP ; 5 KtxP, Q·R5! also g h'cs Blac k the be tter or it.

Fine's 4th move alms at avoiding t he pos· sible gambit line 4. , , , Kt·J)S: 5 P·Q4, PxP; 6 KtxP, D·Kt5: 7 KtxKt (or Hanaue r's move 7 Kt·Kt5), KtPxK t : 8 P·K6 or B·QS.

The Neophl te might as k If " , , , Kt·Q5 does not violate fun dame ntal precepts by nlol' lng the same plcce t wice. III t his case, othe r con· sldel'fl-lions are much mOre Important. Fi rst. While's ·3 P·QD·I is not II. developing move, Second, It Is noll' concede d that P·Q4 fO I' Wh ite Is more Important than the .\Iaroczy- 'I'arla· kower Itlea of PI'eventlng Bln ck's P·Q4, Finnlly this is a close gamc whcre ,u;aln of space often justifies a tem l){)nll')' loss or time, The move is best a s it pl'events W hite's P·Q4 and be· cause W hite w!ll find this Kt at Q5 oppressive· ly annoying.

W hite's nh Is just II. relnt a nd weakens his own K·s lde. Ordinarily, Blac k's Kt at Q5 could be dis lodged by p ·Qn3 but here this is Impossible.

Black sees weaknesses at W h ite's Q3 and QD3 (mol'e 19). Aided b)' the Olle n KB file

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and the D on KB~ , he Iliays for t he excllll.11ge of Queens wi th the knowle dge that material is to be gained soon.

Black 's 21s t thl'(late ns KtxD. subseque ntly win Ding the Q P by D·n l , P·Kt3, B·Kt2. This threat forces the White D to K4 and the con· trol of the K D file pro\'es decisive.

White ol'erstelilled the lime lim it but has li tt le reason to prolong the agol1)', A s lm ille but maste r ly game,

Game No, 2 W on by Fine F ine c rea te s some new material ror the nh

edition of "i\lO!Ie rn Cheu Openings " with h is 9th move. White's plan was R-Kl, P.K4 with t he threat of KPxP or P ·K5. Salltaslere tells us that Ret! played 9 QKt·Q2 but that 9 KI·BS proved to bo suverlor, Aga!nst 9 QKt·Q2. Fine's move would have bee n pointless because after 9 . . . PxP?, 10 P·K4·K5 winll a piece, Actually, White's Kt on Q133 cou ld have been utilized late l' (21st move) but the 1)0sl t lo ll Is still ravol'able to Black, W h ite's 10t h Is weak· ening as it pel'mlts "'Inc to block the Q tile with effectil' ely posted Kts.

' Vhite's 2ht loses at lea s t the exchange, Kt·QR4 should be I)layed bu t after 21 , . , P·QKt4; 22 I'xP, PxP: 23 Kt·D3, Kt·D4 ; 24 Kt-Q5, Q·Q3: 25 R·K3, Kt(D4) ·K3 ; n hlck 's po-si tion Is llrosaic b ut powel'(l1l. The fin is h Is IlreUr, winn ing II. ]Iiece.

RETI OPENING Santasiere

While 1 Kt.KB3 2 P.KKt3 3 B,Kt2 4 P·B4 5 P.Kt3 6 B.Kt2 7 0·0 8 P·Q3 9 Kt.B3

10 P.K4? 11 QPxP 12 Q.B2 13 P.KR3 14 BxB 15 QR.Q1 16 Q.Bt

P-Q4 Kt·KB3

8·B4 p .B3 p .K 3 8.Q3 0 -0

Q. K2 P,P

B.KKt5 P. K4

P.QR4 BxKt! Kt. A3

KA.Q1 Kt.B4

Fine Black

17 R.Q2 18 K.K t2 19 KR.Q1 20 R·Q3 21 Kt.K2? 22 R. K 3 23 RxKt 24 R(B3 )·Q3 25 RxR 26 P.84 27 QxP 28 R.KB3 29 Q.Q2 30 K. B1 31 QxKt

Aesig"s

Kt·K3 Kt·Q5 B.Kt5 Kt.Q2 Kt.B4 KtxB

KtxKP R,R B.84 p,p

Kt.B7 Kt.Q6 !

R.K1 KtxB Q.K5

Game No.3 W on by Reshevsky An a,l:".e:res~i\'e l)lnyer, Denkm' re l'e ls in

flas hy, s]Jec u!atil'e play. Against Re$hel's ky, however, he shuns a ll comp1icntions and steers ror a "clear" game where he can hold the draw.

During the exchanges , beginn ing with mO\'e 20, Heshe\'sky is calm and aler t In tenlfic ti me. pres sure, Jus t a s t he las t Illeee Is to be s wapped o ff, to result (as Denker hopes) in a drawn Q and P end ing, Res he l'sk y JUJU IIS In w ilh 29 . . . Q·KI5 tilreuten ing mute, Til ls h,

parried, but Reshevsky wJns the QKtP and the game with h is 31st move.

Moves 24 to 40 were made in 21h minutes, in· eluding interruptions!

GRUNFELD DEFENSE Denker White

1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 2 Kt_KBS P_KKt3 3 P_QB4 B_Kt2 4 Kt-B3 P.Q4 5 Q_Kt3 P.B3 6 P_KS 0_0 7 B_Q2 PxP 8 BxP QKt_Q2 9 0·0 Kt_KtS

10 B_K2 B_B4 11 P.QR4 P.QR4 12 Kt.K5 a·KS 1S Q.B2 Kt(Kt3)·Q4 14 KtxKt- BxKt 15 KR-Q l Q.B2 16 B.QBS P.B4 17 PxP QxP 18 Kt.Q3 Q.B2 19 Kt-B4 B.B3 20 BxKt BxB 21 Kt·Q5 Q.K4 22 KtxBch QxKt 23 R.Q4 KR.Ql 24 QR.Q1 P.K4 25 RxAch RxR 26 Q.QB5 RxRch 27 BxR Q.Q1

Game No.4

Reshevsky Black

28 B·Kt3 29 B·Q5? 30 P_B3 31 BxB 32 K_B2 33 K·KtS 34 QxBP 35" P-KR4 36 K.R3 37 P_Kt4 38 PxP 39 Q.B5 40 QxPch 41 P.R5 42 PxPc h 43 Q.R5 44 K.R4 45 K·Kt5 46 K.R4 47 Q.B7ch 48 Q·Q6 49 K· RS 50 K. R4 51 P.Kt5ch 52 Q.Q1

Resign-s

Q.Kt4 Q.Kt5 QxRP

Q.RSch QxPch

p,s K.Kt2

P.R4 Q.Ktl

PxPch Q.Kt6

P. R5 K_R2

Q.Kt2 p,p

Q·B6ch Q. B7ch QxPch

P·R6 K·R3

Q.KSch Q.B6ch

P·R7 K.R2

P.RS(Q)

Won by ResheV'sky Evans piays a listiess, jnferlor opening, soon

finds himself reduced to the roie of specta.tor, watching the U. S. Champion hack awa.y at his posi tion .

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Reshevsky

White 1 P·Q4 2 P.QB4 3 Kt.KB3 4 Kt.B3 5 PxP 6 P.KKt3 7 B.Kt2 8 0·0 9 R.K1

10 P.K4 11 PxKt 12 R.Ktl 13 P·B4 14 R.Kt3 15 P.K5 16 B.Kt2 17 Kt.Q2 18 Kt.K4 19 R.Q3 20 Q.R4 21 R(Q3)·Ql 22 P.QR3 23 Q.Kt3 24 R.K2 25 R(K2) .Q2 26 Q_K3 27 Q.Kt3 28 Kt.B3

P.Q4 P.QB3

Kt.KB3 8.84 KtxP P·K3

Kt·Q2 B.K2

P.KR3 KtxKt

B·R2 P.QKt3

0 -0 Kt-B3 Kt.K l Kt.B2 Q_Q2

QR.Q1 Q.Bl

Kt-R3 R.Q2

KR.Q1 Kt-B2 B.Bl 8·K2 Q.R3 Q.Bl

Kt..R3

Evans Black

29 Kt·K2 B-Kt4? 30 P_B4 31 Q.KB3 32 Kt.B3 33 B.KB1 34 K.R1! 35 P·Q5! 36 PxP 37 KtxP 38 P.B5 39 P·Kt4 40 B.Kt5 41 P-K6 42 PxP 43 BxR 44 R.KB2 45 R.K2 46 QxRch? 47 P_K7 48 RxB 49 RxKtP 50 R.Kt7ch 51 RxKtch 52 R.Kt7ch 53 R_Kt8ch 54 R.Kt7ch 55 R·Kt8ch 56 R_Kt7ch

(

B.K2 Kt·Ktl

Q-R3 Q·B1 K.R1

BPxP p,p

B.QB4 R·K1 ?

B·Bl Q.Kt2

p,p R(Q2).K2

R,S B.QB4 R.KB1

S,Q s,p

Q. B3 Q.B7 !

Q,S K.Kt2 K.R1

K.Kt2 K.R l

K.Kt2 Drawn

I t took until the 35th move to prepare the break through. Material js won (move 40) and the c]lampion .is JlOme.

But wait! Resllevsky; wants to win the brilliaucy prize so he "sacs" the Q (16th move) for two pieces. At the last moment Evans comes to li fe with 49 Q·B7, exposing the error in ,"Vhite's combination and Reshevsky has to go all out to draw!

Game NO.5 Won by Kashdan Kashdan \mrlertakes as fe w risl(s as pos·

sible. A fo r thright and accurate player, he tries to avoid complications. He gets a Q side majority of Pawns and wins with them. San claims fatig ue in this last game of the tour-nament, indicated by his 14th' move. Dlack would have done better with 9 ... PxP; gaining compeusalion with the open R file.

ENGLISH OP E NING Kashdan White

1 P.QB4 2 P.1

Game No, 6 W on by Oenker

Denker, ardenl chaml)ion of the SlcHlan De· fe nse, aCCel)ts a nd defeats t he much fea red Richter Attack (White's D·KKt 5 and 0 ·0 ·0 , aimed at dou bling m a ck's KDP a nd a v igorous attack through the Q HIe o r on the weakened K side ), Seid man walts for t he proper m o-ment to play Ih:Kt wi th the plan outlined above. It 9 S xKt, SxS!: 10 QxP, Q·IH!: with R sharp counter attack. This Is not poss ibl e on Black's 14th move amI the doubled pawns are forced.

SIC IL IAN DEFENSE Sei dma n Den ker

White mack

1 P. K4 P. QB4 17 P.Kt 5 P. R5 2 Kt· KB3 Kt-QB3 18 Kt.Q4 KtxKt 3 P-Q4 P.P 19 KtxKt P· K4 4 KtxP Kt·KB3 20 QR.Kt1 P· B4 ! 5 Kt.Q B3 P.Q3 21 PxK P QPxP 6 B. KKt5 P.K3 22 KtxP P· Kt6 7 Q.Q2 B·K2 23 P:o:P P.P 8 0 ·0 ·0 0-0 24 P. B3 B. B4 9 P· B4 P.Q R3 25 P. Kt6 RP:o:P

10 B· K2 B.Q2 26 Q· R6 BxKt 11 Kt· Kt3 R·Bl 27 PxB Q.Q6 12 8·83 R· B2 28 RxPch P.R 13 P· Kt4 P. Kt4 29 QxPch R. Kt2 14 Bx Kt P.B 30 Q.K 6ch R(BI ). B2 15 P·K R4 P· Kt5 Resigns 16 Kt.K2 P.Q R4

Dlack's ffl. r·slghted 12t h move kill s an nt· tacks, S uCh fl. move is a product of much experimentation with th is li ne a nd not just a s pont.'1neous Idea. White could ll!l ve taken some pNlcautlon s on the Q s ide but prefers to s take all on the aunck. 20 K t PxP would have been a Hule better. Denke r 's 20 , , , P ·B4 , sacriflclng a P, cleverly keeps the fil e close(]. Se!(]mall gets desperate as his Itt · tack l)etel'9 ou t and strives to COllcOCt som e· thing- but the l'e 's nothing len.

Game No.7 W on by Willman

QUEEN 'S GAMBIT DEC LINED Will man Shainswlt

White Bl ack

1 P.Q4 Kt. KB3 22 R.B R. R 2 P.Q B4 P. K3 23 B.P KR.QRI 3 P. KKt3 P.Q4 24 B:o:R ( R8) R.B 4 B. Kt2 P. B4 25 P.QR4 P.P 5 P:o:QP Ktx P 26 PxP R. R4 6 Kt. KB3 Kt-QB3 27 K· Kt2 K. K3 7 0·0 Kt·Kt3 28 K·B3 K. B4 8 B.Kt5 P·B3 29 P· K4ch K. Kt4 9 B.K 3 P.P 30 R. R2 K. R4

10 KtxP KbKt 31 P. R3 K. Kt4 11 Q:o:Kt Q.Q 32 K·K3 P.R4 12 BxQ B·Q3 33 R. R3 P.B4 13 Kt· BS P· K4 34 P· R4ch K. B3 14 Kt· Kt5 8 · Kt1 35 P :o: P K.P 15 B. K3 P.QR3 36 P· B3 P.Kt 4 16 8:o:Kt P:o:Kt 37 P:o:P K. P 17 KR·81 B.QS 38 K·Q3 P. R5 18 P·K3 K. K2 39 PxPch K·B5 19 B.87 R. R5 40 K. B4 P. K5 2() P. Kt3 R. R3 ? 4 1 P.P K.P 21_ BxBch K.B 42 K_Kt4 Ruigns

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ALEKH INE'S DEF E NSE

Cruz Seidman

\Vh iLe RIack 1 P_K4 Kt_KB3 23 0-0 p,p 2 P_KS Kt.Q4 24 B_B4 R_Q3 3 P.Q B4 Kt_Kt3 25 p,p KtxP 4 P.Q4 P_Q3 26 BxPch K_Kt2 5 Kt_KB3 P·Kt3 27 RxKt RxKt , B_K 3 B.Kt2 28 R_B7 RxRch 7 p,p BPxP 29 K,R B_Q3 8 B_K2 Kt_B3 30 R,P R. KB 1 9 Q_Q2 B_KtS 31 K.Kt1 B_B4

10 P_QKtS 0-0 32 R_R4 BxPch 1 1 Kt.B3 P_K4 33 K.Bi RxBch 12 PxP? p,p 34 K_K2 B_Kt8 13 QxQ QRxQ 35 P.KR3 R_B7ch 14 R_QB1 Kt_QS 36 K.K1 RxKtP 15 KtxKt PxKt 37 K_B 1 R.Kt6 16 BxB P,B 3B R_K4 B_B4 17 PxP R-Q6 39 P_KR4 P_KR4 18 Kt_Q1 KR.Q1 40 P_QR4 R.Kt5 19 R_B2 B·B 1 41 R,R P,R 20 P-B5 Kt_Q2 42 P_R5 K_R3 21 B_K 2 R_Q4 Res igns 22 P_QKt4 P_Kt3!

Ga me No. 10 Won by Reshevsky

Not a fir st ra te ga m e , it is of in te res t be· cause prevailing opinion cla ims Re shevsky lost. One comme ntator guardedly states t hat H ew· lett, with one pawn plus and a tenable po· s itio n, had a splen did chan ce bnt m isse d h is opportun ity. 'Ne have discovereu no such opport unit ies, F or the P lost (unwill ingly, it is true ) Ulack has t wO Bishops a nd a bind on the K fi le , 26 Q-R2, has been suggested by a nother cri tic, who seems to sense t hat White has his troubles , This m ight possibly draw ; but afte r 26 , , ' QxQ ; 27 RxQ, B·K3 ; 28 R xP , (28 R·Q2, E-E5; a nd Bla ck keeps u p t he pressure) 28 ... RxP ; and W hite, though holding on , s t ill has to fi ght ha rd to gain e quality. A game in t he old Laske r style.

SICILIAN DEFENSE

Hewlett Reshe vsky

W hite B lac k 1 P. K4 P_QB4 21 Q.KB2 Kt.K3 2 Kt_QB3 Kt_QB3 22 B_Q5 R_Bl 3 P_KKt3 P_KKt3 23 P.QKt4 Q.Q3 4 B_Kt2 B_Kt2 24 BxKtch Q,B 5 KKt.K2 P-K3 25 BxP R(KB1 ).Q1 6 P. Q3 K Kt-K2 26 P_Q4 B.QB3 7 B.K3 Kt_Q5 27 P_KR4 R_K l 8 Q_Q2 0-0 28 R,P R_Rl ! 9 0-0 P-Q3 29 K_R2 R,R

10 P_KB4 Q_R4 30 B,R R_R1 11 Kt· B1 B.Q2 31 Kt_K3 R,B 12 Kt_Q5 Kt(K2)-B3 32 P-Q5 B,P 13 Kt·B3 P_QKt4 33 KtxB R_Q2 14 Kt_Kt3 Q. Kt3 34 Kt.K3 B,P 15 Kt.Q1 KtxKt 35 R.Q1 R,R 16 RPxKt P-B4 36 KtxR B,P 17 PxP KPxP 37 Q.QKt2 Q_B5 18 P_QKt4 QR. K1 38 Kt·K3 Q. B6 19 PxP p,p 39 Q_R2ch K_Kt2 20 P-B3 Kt_Q 1 40 Q_K2 Q_Q7

Res igns

Hew lett Wins Brilliancy Prize

As we go to press, we learn that the prize fo r the most brill iant game at Hamilton has been awarded to Clarence E. Hewlett, Jr. for his effort against Harold Evans. Judges H. M. Phillips, Frank J. Marshall and 1. A. Horowitz were uoanimous in their selection of this game, reminiscent of the famous comest between Lasker and Bauer. An unimaginative, routine defense meets swift ~mnishment from an array of batteries centered on one target-the oppos_ ing King.

DUTCH DEFENSE

Notes by J. A. Hor owitz

Evans Whi t e 1 P. Q4 2 P-K3 3 B.Q3 4 Kt_KB3 5 P·B4 6 0·0 7 QKt. Q2 8 Q·B2 9 P.QKt3

Hew lett, J r. Black

P_K3 P.KB4

Kt.KB3 P-QKt3

B. Kt2 B.Q3 0-0

Kt_B3 · . . .

9 P·QR3 t o maintain the K B was jmpol"t an t as Black now obtains absolute control of the K5 square .

9 . . . . 10 Q.Ktl 11 QxKt 12 B-Kt2 13 QR_B1

Oblivious of im pending m easures we r e imperative. lative ly best.

13 . . . 14 Q-B3

Not 14 Q·K2, ExPoh !

14 . . . . 15 P.KR3 16 P_B5 17 PxB 18 K·R2

Kt.QKt5 KtxB Q_K1 Q.R4 · . . .

disaster. Counter 13 Kt-K5 Was reo

B_K5 · . . .

Kt-Kt5 R_B3 !

R-Kt3 ! ! Kt-K4!! !

· . , . If 18 KtxB, K txKtch; 19 K·R l , PxKt; 20

QxP, Q· Kt 5 ! and the r e is n o defense against the th reat ened . .. R-R3 and . , . RxPch etc.

18 . . . . 19 PxKt

Resigns

KtxKtch R_R3

The prize for the best played game went to Santasiere for his game with Shainswit. This will be published next month.

PROBL E M DEPARTMENT P rf' ssure ·o( o t her work has made it impos '

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CORRESPONDENCE TOURNAMENT Mrs. Dorot hY S. ;\I uil' in Section Z and l.ouis

P. Vichuicil In Sectio n 12 look like almost certa in ..... inners.