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Vol. V N umber 22 Official Publication of me Unltecl States (bessfederatlon Friday,

July 20, 19,')1

98 PLAYERS AT FORT WORTH! Position N o, 61

E. Nash vs. M. Fleischer Asheville, N.C., 1l}51

Position No , 62 D. Manteifel vs. K. Presnyakev

U , S, S. R., 1951

Finish It The Clever Way! Con.ducted by Edmund Nash

Send a ll contribution. for thl . column to Edmund N:uh, 153n 2Sth Place. $.E •. W •• Mngto" 20. O. c.

N POSITION No. 61 there is an instr uctive mate in four moves. Black has 'j llst played BPxKP, hoping to win a pawn by thrcatening

!9 ~f!ptb!r~ th~ Whi t~ Kni.ght on R4. Th e same was plalcd in 1he Open 'I'Olt rll :mlC li t of the Southern Ch<'ss Assocl ntlon, hcld In ,hl ly.

i n Position Nu. 62, Blac1< resigned HrtCr- Whltc's second movc. ln thc resulting position. llIost (J[ us wou ld h llve sti ll played on ,'to be shown ." . .

CORRECTION: In the diagram of Positi()n No. 60, the White Bishop on Kfl shou ld h ave been on KBB as indicated in the Forsyth nota tion to that d iagram.

For solutions, please turn to page four.

BRIEGER TOPS NO. TEXAS OPEN

With 4% -% scorc in the 20 play· e r 5 round Swiss North Texas open Championship at Dallas Rob c rt Briege l' of Houston topped the field, drawing one game with Be.rt Brice· Nash of Medora, Kans . Bill Eills, also of Houston, was second on S-B poinLs with a 4·1 score, while Kenneth n. SmiLh of Dallas was thir d, a lso with 41. Bills lost his game to Smith, while Smith yielded a point to Brieger.

F ourth ~md fifth respectively with equal 3lh-llh stOres were Bob Temple o[ Dallas and W . T, Strange, also of Dallas. Sixth to ninth on S-B points with 3-2 each were Gene Burns of Waco, St.anley' C. Smith nnd C. F. Teats, Jr. of Dallas, and A. G. Miller of F t. Worth. It was a notable hct tha t S II c h well·kn own southwestern players a~ G ilbcrt, Brice-Nash, Stapp and Dr . Rozsa fa iled to score lml0llg t11(~ (h'st n ine.

INGLE TAKES WYOM ING TITLE

Recovering from an auto acci· dent which interrupted the fin al rounds of the recent Wyoming State Ch,]mpionship, Chester I ngle of Ther mopolis completed a two game match with Arch Bl iss of Douglas to win the Wyoming title 2·0 with Bliss p lacing second.

CHESS ON AIR AT BUENOS AIRES

Government radio station LR A of Buenos Aires, Argentina s ince l\Iarch has broadcast programs "Club de Ajedrez" a t 11:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, 6:15 and 3:30 p.m . on Saturdays with games, problems and theory. These chess programs ]lave been well received by the public.

FREDERIC WINS COLUMBUS TITLE

Myron Frederic, twice Ohio J un· ior Ch ampion, won lhe Columbus and Ce ntra l Ohio Championship at Columbus with 10-1 in a 12 play· er round r obin. Frederic, a student at Ohi o State , lost one game to Bernard Kaplan, a former New Yorker now with the Physics Dcpt. of OSU, Kaplan placed sec· ond with 9%· l lh, d rawing with \Yalter Mann, J er ome Cox, and Ben Sanderson . Third place wenl to former Ohio Stat e Champion ' \lalter Mann with 9·2, whilc Robcrt Nimitz and Henry Schuel' tied for fourth with 6-5 each.

The event was largely an OSU 11ffair with the fo Uowing 0 h i 0

S'a.te playcrs entered: Fredcriek, Kaplan. Nimitz, Loening, T insley, Seabrook, and Sanderson. An added note of interest was the sixth ])Iace t ie between Kurt- Loening 'md Marion Tinsley wi th 5 1h !)l,~ each. Tinsley, a no ted checker champion, was p'iaying in his first chess tournament.

CRITTENDEN TOPS IN NO. CAROLINA

Kit Crittenden of R aleigh won the North Carolina State t itle in a 32 ,player 5 .round Swiss event at Smithfield with 5·0 score. Second to fo urth on S·B points wit h equal 4·\ scores wcre H. M . Woods of Black Mountain, W. J . Peters of Dur ham and David S. Evans of Raleigh . Woods los t his game to Crittenden, Peters 10 J. L. Weininger, and Evans to Woods.

Fifth to eighth on S·B poin ts with 3 lh ·1 Ih each were J . L. Weininger of Chapel Hill, L. H. Wallace of Smithfield, Chns. Mangum of Chapel Hill, an d S. A. Ag. ne llo of Durham.

ADAMS TRIUMPHS AT LOG CABIN

Weaver W. Adams, perennial New England Champion, of Ded· ham, Mass. won the 1951 Class "A" Championship Tournament of the Log Cabin Chess Club of West Orangc, N. J. Eliot Hearst , 1950 New York State Champion and CHESS LIFE columnist, held the lead for six rounds until he was defeated in round 7 by 1948 U.S. Open Champion Adams, who' took the lead and maintained it there· after. Adams scored 7-3, while Eliot Hearst took second place with 6lh -3lh .

Third and fourth respectively on S·B points with equal 6·4 scores wcre Dr. Ariel Mengarini of New York Cit.y, a formcr D. S. Ama· teur Champion, and Edgar McCor· mick of East Orange, N. J. Fifth place on S·B points went to Homer W. Jones, Jr. of Westfield, N. J. , the Log Cabin Blindfold Champion , with 5%-4]f~, whilc Karl BlJl'ger of Brooklyn, N. Y. was sixth, also wit h :lIh4'h .

WAAG T~UMPHS IN NO. D .. KOTA·

Louis Waag of Pe te rsburg won the Nor th Dakola Champio nship with 5·0 in the 5 round 10 play· er Swiss cve nt at Grand F orks. Second to fifth on 5-B points wilh equa l 3·2 scores were W. H . Pico of Cavalie r , defending cha mpion Dr. R. St. Clair of Northwood, Ronald McKee of Tappen, and Leona rd Gr actz of Hansboro.

This year's Swiss event repre· ~ented a change from thc f ormer plan of several round-robin events with the scor es cumulated and · added to thc scores in the final round robin championship event.

GODBOLD TAKES ST. LOU IS OPEN

F.dmund Godbold with 51h·l -j6 won thc St. Louis Open Champion· I< hip of the St. Louis Chess League in an 8 player round robin even t, dn:nving one gamo with runner·up ,John Oakley, and losing a ga me to James Todd. Oakley scores 4lh-2% fo r secolld, losing games to Todd and David EdWards. Paul Sticks and ,James Todd tied for third with 4·3 each.

The St. Louis Chess League is 110W conducting a Gambit Tourna· ment, sponsored by Fred R Nau· man of Kirkwood, in which play· ers are assigned their open· jng moves by lot.

IVKOV TRIUMPHS IN WORLD JUNIOR

Bora Ivkov of Yugoslavia won the first J unior World Champion. ship title 9'h-1lh withou t loss in il 11 round Swiss at Bir mingham, England. Second placc went to Ma lt'Olm Barkcr of Birmingham with 8-3, while Raoul Cruz of Argentina was third with 7-4. Cana· d ian rcpresenlath-e Lionel Joyner of Montreal p laced sevcnth with 5-6. The USA was not represen ted in this F IDE sponsored event, and the turnout was rather d isappointing as a number of countries had no representative .

52nd OPEN SECOND LAlRGEST . INUSCf TOURNAMENT HISTORY Two Former Open Champions Vie With U. S. Junior Title-holder

Second only to the 1950 U.S. Open Championship at Detroit in size, the 1951 U.S. Open event is second .to none in thrills and excitement as the players contest the opening rounds at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth. Former U.S. Open Champions Isaac Kashdan (1946) and Albert N. Sandrin (1949) head an impressive list of players including U.S. ,Junior Champion James Cross, Larry Evans, former U.S. Lightning Champion Dr. Juan Gonzales, (now in Havana, Cuba), anu a host of ~Jast and present State Champion s such as William l\~. Byland, Adolph F~nk, Eliot S. Hearst, Lewis J. Isaacs, Raymond J . Martm, Edgar T .. McCormlck, Ar thur R. Spiller, Carl Weberg, George Ea~t.man, Alfred Ludwig, ~e Magee, and Nor man T. Whitaker.

Besides Evans and Hearst, New York is ably represented by such players as Jeremiah Donovan, Harry Fajans and John T. Westbrock, while Chicago · also sent Angelo Sandrin, the former Open Champion's brother. Cunnda sends Howard Ridout of Toronto, and Cuba is repre. sented by Dr. Gon7.ales and Jose R. Florido.

Round 6 Standings

F.. McCo rmick 6-(1 Larry Evans 5 ·1 R. J. Martin 5·1 A. N. 50nd ,' ln 5·1 N. T. Whitil~a ~l It. S. l.I rlcl/u ' · 4~ . '~ K S. 1I .",,·~1 4 ;\· 1 ~ r. [{nRhtlan 4 ~· l b A. Llcpn!cks 4-H b A. R. SI'Ule r 4~.l~ J. Cross 4·1 Or. J. Gonzales 4·1 Win. mils .·z

B. Brice·Nash W . M. Byland J . F. Dono .... an G. Eastman 11. F;lj.In.'i 1\ • • r. ,·'Ink I.. J. I~n"c~

, Representatives from 21 Sta tes ,

I thc Dist rict of Columbia, Canada

4·1 and Cuba make the tournament ti very divcrsif ied, with players from 1·2 Massachusetts, Maine, Flor ida meet. 1J ing opponcnts {l'om (hc West 4·2 Coast and Tcxos.

K. It. J ones 11. K ;\l.ver~ . 1. P. QuIllen H. fildo u t C. Sharp K. R. Smith

~:~ The fi rst two rounds saw no 4-2 great upsets, os the orig ina l pair . g i ng.<; did not bring outstanding 4·2 p layers into conflic t on the whole.

BABCOCK WINS PEORIA OPEN

Victory in the annua l Peor ia (III.) Open Champions hip, held a t Ihe YMCA, went to Glen E. Bab· cock with A. R. Har twig second and Dean Lyba rger t hird in the 14 player Swiss. In the medai ist d ivi· sian ,J, Anderson was first with R. Pocklinglon, Geo. TrW, D. Rotman and Don Darnell all tied for sec· ond in the 12 player event. R. Pople won the youth d ivison with D. HOwerton second and Melvin Wood third in the 11 player tour· ney.

L1EP NIEKS TOPS · LINCOLN EVENT

Alexander Licpnieks, a recent arrival from Latvia v ia Germany, won thc Lincoln (Neb.) City Championship with l Olh·lh. The victor, who lear ned chcss a t the age of 12 in Siberia wherc his falher was an engineer, was secre· tary of lhe Latvian Chess Assn in pre-$ovie t days and won several events in Northwest Germany before com ing to the U SA.

Second place . went to 16·year old student Victor Pupols with an 8 1h_2¥.!, while Wladimir Rajnoha, a for mer Czech player, placed third with 7·4 in the 12 player round robin . A B Class event of 16 pJay· ers was won by J ulian Sobslevskis with K. Opps second ; and the stu· dent group of 14 pluyers saw Joe Warncr the victor wit h Jim Elling· ton second.

OMAHA DOWNS LINCOLN TEAM

Omaha bested Lincoln 5-4 in a fune board interci ty match. 0 n boa rd one Lincoln Champion A. I.iepnie ks defeated Nebraska Sta te Champion Lee Magce, while on board t wo A. C. Ludwig of Omaha bes ted Vietor Pupols, promising University of Nebraska player, al· so a refugce fro m Latvia .

But in round two the interest quicked as U.S. J un ior Champion .Jamcs Cross bested Nebraska Cham· pion Magee, for mel" Michigan Champion George Eas tman d owned the Chicogo vetera n mas le r Lewis Isaacs, while J . Weslbrock d rew with fo rmer Calilornia Champion A . .J. Fi nk.

Round three ended with .Tere· miah Donovan, Larry Evans, Isaac Kashdan, Albert Sandrin and N . T. Whitakel' holding pcrfect 3·0 scores. James <;;ross, George East· man, Dr. ,Ju an Gonzales, Eliot i-Tem'st, Ray ,1. Martill, Edmar Med n.i s, .James P. Quillen had 2-0 score~ with ()ne adjourned game each . while Will iam Byland, Harr y Fajans', Kenneth R. .Tones, Arthur R. Spi ll cr , Jo hn T. West brock had 2% ·¥.! . Edgar McCormick with 1·0 and two adjourned games a lso might j oin the leadcrs.

ROSEN CAPTURES ST. LOU IS SPEED

Paul Rosen annexed lhe St. Louis Speed ti tle by winn ing his ~ection 5-0 and defeat ing Hal' I' y Lew, winner of the other section, in a f inal encounter. Lew was sec· ond, winning his section in triumphant style with 5·0. Third place went to Lewis Haller who placed ~ ccond with 4-1 in his section and defcated Charles M. Bur ton, while Burton was fourth, winnin g his section 4·1. There wcre two 6 man round robin p reliminary sections .

TIE FOR FIRST IN L. A. COUNTY

The Los Angelcs County Team Tournament e nded in a 41h·1h tie between Hollywood Chess Club and Ihe perennial champions, Santa Monica Chess.cluh. Unde r the rules a tie.breaking match m ust be hcld. Los Angeles Chess Club was undefeated, bu t d rew with H ollywood, Santa Monica and Cosmo. Other clubs in the League are Long Beach , Los F eliz and UCLA.

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Vol. V, Number 22 Friday, July 20, 1951

NEW RATING SYSTEM IDEA

O NE REVISION ' in thA National Rating System was adopted a' the annual mt!eting or the Hoard of Directors at t~ort Worth-namely.

the institution of rating fces for non·members. The semi·annual list of Rated Players, as of July 31st, 1951, will

contain only the nilmes of members of the United States Chess FederaUon, as hilS been OI nnounced. This restriction witi reduce the number of names listed, ilnd many of our reade l'S will be shocked to Hnd that their own names arc 110 longer included.

But, beeinning with the tournaments played from St!ptembcr J, 1951 the USCF will accept a SOc rating fee (rom non·members to in· clude their names in the next published ril ling list. There will be 110

charge to USCF members, who will I>c rated without cost. But non· members will be expected to pay the 50c rating fcc in ol'der to see tbeir nilmes incl uded in the published listings.

Jl is suggested, as a maller of convenience, that OIt each tournilment. after September 1, 1951 the tOUl'namenl officials collect this SOc rali ng fee from those players who m'e not members of the Federation and who wish to be rated. The tournament officials can then fo rward the collected fees in one lump sum to CHESS LIFE at the same lime they send in the official l'cl>orl or the totll'lIamcnt. This /IIe thod of handling will prevent conlusion and duplication of effort. But any player who wishC!s may send in his SOc fce direct to CHESS LIFE, even alter the toul'Oa· ment has hecn played ;'lIId the resuUs published. "0 10llg as his fcc. arrives before the date for publishing the current National Ratings.

Let us repeat (or the sake oC clarity thal such rating fees are Itt be paid by tbo5C players who arc nol members of the United States Chess Federation. Further detilils will be published in the next issue.

MOlilgomeIY Major

ZO SPEELT BOTWINNI KI By Hllns Mulle r . 'S.·Gravenshllge: G. B. n n Geo r Zonen's Uitgeversmlllltschappij n. v. 376 pp., 9 iIIus., 116 dlags. ,

T HE hundred Jlames in this richly annotated collection are its chief but no means its only attraction. As in the Austrian original,

there are some highly detailed indexes and tables, a long inlroduction on how to play the openings, On the values and powers of the pieces, and on typical combinations, and a concluding list of pl'aelical maxims. The biography and match and tournament record of tbe world cltampion ilre o( course Included. The book is thus, as its subtitle suggests, a chess manual for everybody, partieuJarly since the author seizes every chance to confirm in his annotlltiol1S the general principles previously set fortb .

The games range from Dolvinnik's historic win from capablanca in a simultnneous exhibition in 1925 to his deleat of Rcshevsky in the 1948 tournament. Among them are samples of Botvinnik's playas black and then as white against Alekhine, Bogoijuboff, Bondarevski, Denker. Keres, Lilienthal, Rauser, Riumin, Smyslov, Stoll., and Tartakower. All the famous games are here, and some which have not appeared in book form in English. Each game has ;Ii diagram ilnd extensive notes un· hampeloed by heavy theoretical variations but not negicetiul of alternate lines. Hans Muller is well·known to Continentill players ilS a writer and analyst. The Dutch language is not too hard for one wbo knows a lillie German, and the games alone are worth the price. These aUord no difficulty, the notlltion being the same as the German, except Cor P (paard) instead of S (Springer). Euwe says in a forwilrd to this Dutch translation that It combines the talenls oC Botvinnik, a great player. and Muller , a great theoretician. Muller compares the sacrifice in the appended game, Botvinnik·natujev, Leningrad 1931, to those o( Morphy. I havc not scen this fine partie in recent English-language surveys of the world champion's play.

White: 8ot ~lnnlk, B' ack: lI. t ulev. I . d:l:-d4( d7.d5: 2. c1-c4, .'-e6; 3. Pbl-c3, PgI.": •• Lcl ·gS. U k'; S . ., .. 3. 0 .0: , . Pg ·fl, PbS-d1: 1. Lf1-d3, dSlIc';.1. Ldlllc4. c1-cS: t. 0 .0 , cSl(d'; 10. ehd4, Pd1·"'; 11. LC4.b3bt'bi-d5: 12. Pf3·e5, Pf6-CI1; :::f3~9~:~.;df.~~~;e '~H~l!~~'r!te P:l~~'Je~sb.~~~t l;., b!·.n ; 1~:ni,:~-c~enL:f~~~; Jr. ook dGGr s lerke ..,.Iers te lkens weer gemlakl word I"): 11. PeSllf7l, Tfbf7; 'f. ~::!t: I~~~f~i'w':t :~J~er~l"IC~~~'~ctl~"~~f~~7: P4s','d~:H!!", P~:::9..,Le":.···; 23.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Gra nd Forks, 1951 .

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t ~~~~ M~';.-:u ""ar::I~~::~~ w. ~10 'f1 w., g ~ u:: 6. W.ldem.ar Hehmann (Grand Forb) '"" (5.(10); 1. LlOyd Kramer (Whhek) ~ (4.00); s. R. L. AdunJ (Cavalier) 1-4 (UO); 9. Ole Hyklen (GraCton) 1-4 (1.00); 10. D.n CampbeU 1-4 (1.00).

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Probltm No. 267 By E. Shllhllf (Te l·Aviv, Pil iesti ne) a nd J .J .P.A. Seilberger (The Hague,

Nethe r lands) Entry in CHESS LIFE

Composing Tourney BI.ck, 8 men

Problem No. 269 By Colin Vaugh lln

-.. Sheffield, Eng land Entry in ,CHESS LIFE

ComposIng Tourney BI3Ck: 9 men

Solutions to p reviously publis hed

Problem No. 268 By F. Bennett

Kin, Kin Queenslllnd,

Austr. ti ll Bntry in CHESS LIFE

Composine Tourney Bh,,;:k: 1 men

Proble ... No. 270 By Elliott E. Sleuns

C leveland. Ohio Unpublished

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:]!.e JaUzer JJa6 JJ~ 'JJa'l From the Editor's M"il B"8

Dear Sir: At the risk 01 being editorially

crucified as unintelligent, and a Soviet sympathber, I wish to add my name to those who are protest· ing your pitifully inadequate cover·

ers whom I have talked to are OIl· most unanimous In lhelr criticism of your policy.

NEIL T. AUSTIN Sacramento, Callrornia

oge or the recent World's Cham· SI, .. ",dy t llouj(h, edilor;"/ opi"ioll, tOil. plonsbip match . (~rnilll lhe polilit,,/ .~~tct, ollhe rea'"

I believe that the purpose of World Ch.""pio",hip M .. 'ch pI...," "0 ClTESS LIFE Is to give newS o( p.rt in ,he I .. i/u,e '" j(iw ;t mort p"b. chess events, bill I found that the /ici'y. Thert is ~jtJ~rttl., IOm( (ort/,,';'11 only way to keep posted on the cur- ill the ,.,in4, 0/ ,.,,,,,., It.Mtrl rcs"rd;"S renUy most important chess event the prim..,.., !,"rpole 0/ CHESS UFF.. was to read the New York Ti mes .. hi,h is .,",,11., to Up'lt eMil «,;,,;,., in the City library. irt the USA . Co,,:r"Jt 0/ lorti,,, ,hell

We may decry the cIrcumstanecs J,., bet" felt to the chell m~ti"es, ,or under which Bronstein was qual. it i, r.,her oIwio .. , tIMt CHESS LIFE iJied as Challenger, but that does Joel riot h.we IP.U to rtpor, IMth forti." not change the Cact that a match ... tJ USA chell lie .. , ntJequ.'tl.,. The ex_ between two of the World's great· aptioll to. ,bit ,t>feurl lult if • lorti~" est players is news and should be to",,,.mell' j" .. hieh pl.,,-et/ from lhe reported. USA .re p.,t;ti,."i,,!. Thei, fUrl ;11 •

As Editor or CHESS LlFE, you lorei,II '~""'I"tllt .,,,,1(,, it cMn _s are entitled to express your views 0/ the USA . Whn 'PMt pi,."i" CHF.$S editorially. However, I do not be· UFE Joel JI'm '""" i~e rtlll/tl 01 ;",po.,.".J lieve that journalistic tradition will lorti,,, (wilts, b", Jot, 40t ,.rrJ " rllll· condone your withholding news be· .. j", (Omment ... ,y. ·rhe Worll Cn...mJ>;'". cause of thoso views. Thilt is the ship Millch lit/lUll,., ""' mell,iontd mott tradition of the controlled press, o/ttn tJ...JI i, u,u,,1 CHESS UFE policy not of the free press. jll r</'Ilrti"l forti, ,, e'tnt, in which .. 0

I also know playen who were U. S. pf...,er p.tr,iciPtJW. We subsu;bt not interested in the outcome, but tho,oughl., to Mr. AU1/i,,', btfiel lb., they were those who are not in· """ ,hou" no/ be ,upprw" /or politi· terested in the outcome of any c,,/ rt"'O"', but rtl"u '0 butJge Irom chess event. I can say with eer· our polK, 01 ~in"! /i", tmph"sis to talnly that those interested play· ~t"t, .. iIM" ,he USA .-The EJitor.

COlUMBUS AND CENTRAL OHIO CHAMPIONSHIP Columbus, 1951

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T bree of the foreign competi· tors in the recently com·

pleted Wertheim Memorial Tournament remained in toWD for a few weeks after the tourney's CODclusion, and thus they were able to participate in several exhibi· tions ilrranged for tbem by the local clubs. Each or these exhibi· tions was of unusual interest, and it is disappointing that space will permit only a brief description of each.

Almost immediately after the in· terniltionill contest closed, O'Kelly o( Belgium and Guimard of Ar. geniin .. teamcd up to give a tan· dem simultaneous at the Marshall Chess Club. As the exhibitors in such performances make alternate moves, usually humorous situations develop; e. g., one player moves a piece to a certilin square and on the next move the other player moves it back to its previous posi. tion ul>on the supposition that bis original plan is better! A few simi· Inr t'ireumsl;:tnces oceured, but for the most part O'Kelly and Guimilrd nlanaged their striltegy with admirable coordinalion. This exhibition WilS all the mOI'e unique by the participation of several individuills famous outside the chess world; ]\fitzi Mayfair, the dancing slar, ilnd her pl·odueer. JlUsband, Charles Henderson, play. cd against the masters, ill; did Bar· on W. Von Zt..'tftwilz. one of the all· time bridge "gt·eat.,,". O'Kelly and Guimal'd WOn 20 o( the 24 games l'Ontestcd, drew 2 (with Delicto and Lubell), and lost 2 (to l\fonsky and Johnson). The· sportsmanlike attitude and genial nature of the two masters won them many new rriends ilnd assured the success of the evening's festivities.

A day later the Manhattan Cbess CJub had another "triple.hender" (as it did last year), celebrilling (1) tourney (2) the i\1an.haUan team's victory in Ncw York's Met. League (3) Art Bisgueir's Jast few days in civili.:m status bcCore his army induction. The prizes in the international tournament were dist~ibuted by Alexander Bisno, prCSJdent of the club, and many kind words Were said about the players and organizers of the strug. gle. A star·sapphire ring was pre. sented to Sidney Kcnton for his monumental efforts in making the tourney a success, financiillly and otherwise, and everyone agreed that the award was well deserved. But an evening of speeches, no matter how remarkably interesting and distinguished, is hardly exciting to a chess player! So a sixteen·man rapid was begun, in· eluding many of the Wertheim competitors :md members of Man· haUan's winning leilgue team. The winners of this Swiss system (six rounds) speed tourney were Naj· dor! (6-0), Turner (4~·1*, undefeated), Guimard (4-2), the Byrne brothers and Shainswit (3*·2*). Other well·known players such llS Hisiuier, Evans and Denker were bracketed close behind these winn@rs. Refreshments were served aCterwards, and skittles play (be· tween masters!) lasted into the hours of the morning.

A week later Najdor( gave one of his awe·inspiring blindfold exhibitions, this lime on ten bo3rds, at the l'olanhaUan Chess Club. Such seances lliways astound the spectators, and despite some little hesitancy on Najdorf's part, due perbaps to the fact that he had not played blindfold lor several yean, the performance created great Interest. An amusing incident occurred when Donald Byrne sat down to take one of It he boards against the Grandmaster; Najdorf objected, saying, "It would be hard enough to beat Byrne in a regular tournament game, let alone bUnd· fold." So Byrne dropped out and

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C!.e,J. Jo, ::J!.. :1;,.1 B ... in... man By Fred Rein/tid

All r ights rese .... ed by O ... ld Ml;1< • ., Comp.n,. Inte rnationa l Co py_ r ight, 1147. No PI" of t his _rticle m ay be reprodu ced in 41ft ., form with . out wr itten " nnlulon from the publlsMB.

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

dealing with almost every conceivable aspect of the game. Yet these books have neglected wbat is after aU the primary object of a game of chess: the actual process of checkmating your opponent's King. The purpose of this book is to instruct you, the reader. in all the many ways of achieving checkmate.

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U. S. OPEN CHAM PIONSHIP PLAYERS Samuel Baron

fil'OOkl YIl. N.Y. Willi~m A. Bill" }Joll~l"n, T,·x"" J ~ mc" A. Dlood . ,~.'A',',',l,WUftW, J[iU,'. Eugene BolIlg.r I",,,·. W"r th, 'I'''I

Curt J. Bruk.t Tracy. MI"".

Bert Brice·N~.h ~1~·.lo"" , K:o.n • .

Rob<ert S. Brieger 1Io uston. Tu.

ClOne C. Burn" nelton. ,'e I.

Wm. M. Bylllnd NtUObur'l'!:h. PI\..

Dr. A. E. C.rot ~n An.::c lo. TeI

Oilberto Cerda Del 1U0. T elL

CI.renee Cleere Fort Worth, '1''':%

Alfr.d P . Colu El PlUM'>. T e X.

W . Cohenour . Fort Worth. T o'X

Ha l Colllni JI'ort 'Yorth , To:

J.mn Creighton Corrm. ChrlRti,

T .L J .. m .. Cro .. (';I~n~11l1 e. Calif.

Joe A. CUI"'m"n Fort'Vorth. T ex

Ma xin, Cutlip WewokA. OklA.

H.arlow B. Da ly . I'tIlMon. M"R~.

Vic Dolishi t . ,,· ..... t 'Yorth T eJr

J. F'. Don o ... "n S,..,..,kly ... N.T.

Oeorl1. E .. atman T>etrt'llf. Mleh.

Duey Elmln. F ort "·orU,. Tex

Oeorge Elklnl Fort 'Yorth. TCll

L.arry EYanl N"I\' "",·k. N. \'.

Hllrry FIIJllnl NeW Yurk, N. Y.

Adolph Fink ,~NN ~" nUN,}~'O

\ ·" IIf. E. W. FOl i eI'

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F'ra nll Fl . Gr ... es VGrt Wolrth. T.,x

Chari .. P. Gray l'ort llll..ol1. " .... Glen E. Gullett . Vort Wolrth. TOI

Rich.rd H.rr.U Io'o rt WGrth, T ex

GI," E. Hertllb t:rl~, Pa.

Eliot S. H .. rst fl."c w York. N. r.

Major J . B. Holt

L~w~~*il~~:-I ChICACO. III.

W, H . J an ..

T~~?YJe~:f,;1 HunU",.:1.on

Wood, MIch. Cat"',rl ne Jonll Columl.,"!!. Ohio

Kenneth R. JonU ChICII~O, m.

IIUc K .. hd~n T" ju .,.m, Calif.

J. 6. K n. ulr, Jr . r.'ort Worth, Tilt

E . Forry Lauck. WMtOranl'e,

N.J. Aln: Llepnlell. 1.ln(,.'Oln , Nebr .

Allred Ludwig Omnhn. N,br.

L.ee Magee 0"",10;0, NeilI'.

St nnley M,vkland N,'w AU"",,· .......

D. B. M,1 rt,n ~"II/'l n'yl'/II. '}'f,'X

Rllymon" Martin .i.IU ' " "'""".:,,. l·".n.

Ed",ar Medni . New York. N. :t.

A. G. Miller Vorl Worth, Tex

Hugh E. My"r. Oe.:at"r, 111.

Edg"r T . McCor_ mick .l-!ut 0 ...... 11&0.

N. J. H. R. Mc David

lo'art " 'ortb . Tell: Ger" ld L. OllOn Yart Worth, Tu

Cecil P.rkin Yo rt " Torth. Te.z

Robert B. Pothr D,.llaa. TeL

Jamu P_ Qu illen SantA .. .,tonlca,

cam. J . H. Reagan Fort 'Vorth, T~lt

D. n R"dwine Fort Worth, '1'e ..

C. A. Renton Fort Worth, Tex

Howard Ridout 'foronto. Cnnada

~~::':i:,r,R~'r~. Jehn Paul Ryan Fort W()rth, Tex

AllHrt N. Sa ndrln Chlcllgo, 111.

Anllelo Sand.in ChlcBJ;'O. III.

Edward B. Schick Fort Worth. Tex

Wm. A. Scott Atlanta. Ga..

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Me lyin Semb W lno n". Minn.

Ch.1rlel Sharp s.:" , ·.~I>oru, ."".

Jac k Sh a w ,~il/li ll jl'!!, N. ,1I.

Jnm u T. Sherwlrl Nu w , ',,,·k. N. Y .

Kanneth n. Sn,llh 1)'111:» •• Tex. A~thur R. Spiller

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"ex. Lloyd A. Swanlon "'urt \Vr,l'lh, Tex

Richard T a millow l~olrt Worth, Tox

C. F . Tears. Jr. Dalla.. 'Tex.

A. E. Unruh }-'ort Worth. Tu

M. C. V. nfl .. t lo'ort Wolrth. 'rex

Raymond VOllmsr l:>l. l.oull. :\10.

Col. D. F. Watker I~ort Worth. TO';

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W"ldo L. Wlt",S Headlna:, "' ....

Mr •. E. Wallon Ii'ort Worth. Tlx

C"rl Weberg SAJlna, Kana.

Ken nl th W eberg Salln.l, Kl\na.

M.lcolm W iener . 'Va..shlngton. nc

John Wutbrocll Urooklyn. N. Y.

Norma n T . Whlt_ Iker Shad,...ld •. ::l.ft1 .

Roy E. White Fort 'Yorth. Tex

Wm. O. Winlt on 'Vaco. T" • .

Albert Wueltln ll Irort Wolrth. To,,"

NORTH CAROliNA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Smithfield, 1951

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: 1 17.50 ,. w. J . Peten (Durham) . ___ . ...J.,5 W23 W16 WI& WIO ~ ·1 12.00 ~_ DaYId S. t:yau (ltaH!l,h) __ H ... __ Wta L1 W24 Wl9 W' .. _I 12.00 5. J. 1.. Welnln,er (Cha~1 Hili) __ WI WI" W9 l-2 D& 1)-1& 16.50 6. L. H. Wall;oee ISmlttllleld) __ ._W12 L8 W20 wle OS Il·ll 13.50 7. Cha", Menl:um (Chapecl Hili) _.H .. _ W30 W!I DS" LI Wl6 'HI IS.OO •. S. A. Agnello (Durham) ____ Dill WI' D1 017 WIS IH} 12.:10 9. Dr. II . M. lI\Omstein (ClIve lli"tterll') WI7 WS L5 WI2 1,,4 , ·2 111.50

10. A. nenl')' Oaede (CharloUe) _,.._W22 W2IS LI W I .. 1.3 :I ,2 15.00 11. T. &.. Meken. (Charlotte) ___ . __ W20 LI LI2 W2J Wig S ·2 14.on 12. E. SolkolH (Kalcl,h) H,._.,..,._,._.,. --LG W22 WI I 1.9 W21 :I -2 13.50 U. Dr. A. C. Aehbrook (lhlrhlm) .H ......... (.1 LI7 Wr'I W25 W26 3 ·2 11.50 101. Dr. C. C. II l rweli tOurhlm) ___ ... _ .. L1 W'I WlO Ll0 W17 , -2 9.50 IS. J . E. Oneno, Jr. (Uurham) .,..,. .......... LIS LIII W2:2 W26 W20 , -2 11.:10 16. J. UObkln (lIslelt:h) _ .... _.. .. ...... 08 W I5 W29 L3 L7 2~.2~ 15.00 17. Dr. V. Plkncr (R" I" It:h) ...... ...... __ ...... _ .. 1.9 WI3 W21 Ull LI4 U-2~ 1".50 18. R. C. Beeman (Wllmln¥ton) 2·3 1111.00); 19. W. H. Go.::bcrt (Dnrham) 2.3

~'~koo~; ~i J6r~IV." YA~R;!~\~~~n 2-(1n\Wh~~ld~I .:!.-; U(II~~OO~ '~3. S~.""~~ ri~~'::)(1.!m:~ field) 2-3 no. OIl); 24. Jack Wardllw (Raleigh) 2-3 (9.00); 25. R. D. Worthinjl'ton (Wllmln,ton) :!.-, (1.00); 211. J . Urowne r.: .. l ns (SL I'Il"b) 1-'1 (13.00): '1:1. R. C. Hnrts

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WeiJiIhted point.. . "'own ..... "Solkof'" ,nodlfleatlon ur SoB .ystem.

PHILADELPHIA CITY CHESS LEAGUE Philadelphia, 1950·51

Matches Cllmel l. Unlvenlty 0' Penneyl ... nla __ H' __ '~ 14 -0 69 .15 :z. North City Bleho.". _~ ___ . ___ ~ _. _ 1I1·2} 110 ·24 a. Franklin Cheu Club _ .. ___ . ___ . ____ . _ __ ~. __ . S -4 471-361 ... Nolrth City Kn1l:htl __ . ___ ._. ___ ..• ___ __ . _ _ 61-71 S6'~S~

:: ~~~~!~t!'::a .. eY'l~he.-C·iii·b-_=:::==:==:==::_.::== ~ ~ . ;: ::i 7. C"ntnl Y Cheu Club __ .. _____ . __ • __ • __ 5 ... :M -so 8. Drexel Chu. Club __ ... ~. ___ .~ __ .• __ . ___ ~.~ _ __ 1 -41 1'-:M~

D~e1 Ch_ played onJ,y in second b"lf, repiaelng Stetaon Hilt Co. el\clS team.

LOG CABIN HOLDS 'RATED' SPEED

In tbe first reported use of the National Rating System, the Log Cabin Chess Club held a Rapid Transit Tournament at West Orange, N. J., limited to players holding " 8" classification in the USCF rating systcm. William Thompson of Paterson, N. J. won the event 5-0, while Peter Kromeyer of Bethlehem, Pa. was sec· ond with 4-1 and Henry Holbrook of Irvington, N. J. third with 3-2 in the 6 player round robin event.

Chess Life In N. Y. (Continued from Page 2 , ColI. 5 )

spent the rest of the evening giving l'ook odds in rapid games against some of the club's weaker players! Najdorf scored 4 wins, 4 draws, and 2 losses (to .MoscowHz lind Klugman) in tbis "sans voir" display which hlslt."<l. five and one balf hours. In one game he missed a male in two, only to a nnounce mate in fivc on the next move! Ot.'CasionalJy the Argentinian called off the POSitiOns ill rapid fasbion, and sometimes be even critici.zed bis opponent's moves with suggestions as to a better move! Wben it was over, NajdorC expressed his intention oC aUcmpt.ing to bet a new blindfold record of 50 simultaneous J:amcs when his 2O-game mateh with Rcshevstty is concluded JD .ucccmbcr. NajdorC himself holds Ule IU'esent world's record with 4tl!

IN BRIEF; A Greater New York " 8 " League has been formed, comprlSing eight clubs in and around mctropolltan New York. This new leasue hupes to sel the sanction of Ihe regular Aiel. League officials and continue as an integral IWI'l ul 1lla1 orglUJilaton. At its iil'st lJaUtluel ilod meeLin~ at the Log t,;:t lJin t,;hess (.'Iub, K ,lo'orry Laucks walri clected p rcsidcnt, Hen· I'y ~plUnel' ~ccl'elaI'Y, lmd Julius Partus toul'llamClll dit·celol·. Com· lH!liliuli Will ~tal'l in :)cplCmbcL· ... Marshall Chess Club prelims start-cd recenUy to determine qualifiers ror club's annual ehaOlpiulls hillS ... Edward I~ker scored 15 wins, 2 losscs, anu :'. dl'lIwS in a Marshall Chess Club exhibition recenUy .... Nlljdorf beat Simonson in a special tournament game at the Man· h3ttan Chess Club just before the WCI'theim tourney opened. .. Now th;lt all tbe backlog o[ news is " down on paper", your reporter can feel (rec to leave [or Fort Worth and the U. S. Open. Will resume in Augulrit 20th issue.

Are You A M~mber? I. Your Friend A M~mber?

SET DATE, SITE FOR U, S. TITLE

The USCF Tournament Commit. tee bas announced that the definite date for the beginning of the U.S. Championship tournamcnt will be July 28th, and that play will be hcld in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Empire, Broadway at 63rd Street (Lincoln Square) in New York City. The Tournament Committee in charge of arrangements Cor this event consists of George E. Roosevelt, chairman, 11 a n S Kmoch, secretary, and Alexander Bisno, Hermann Helms, J. A. Horowitz, a nd Mrs_ Maurice Wertheim.

Further contributions to t h e prize lund wilJ be welcomed, and checks should be made pay3ble to " USCF Tournament Committee" and sent care of Harold M, P hil: lips, USCF President, 258 BroadW;ly, New York 7, N.Y,

MINNESOTA WINS MANITOBA MATCH

In the annual l'IUnnesota·Manitoba team match at Detroit Lakes, a 27 man team from Minnesota scored a 14lh-121k victory over Manitoba. At bo::ard one former Canadian Champion Abe Yanofsky dcleated Minnesota State Champion George S. Barnes; and as the rinal st.'Ore shows, it was a mattcr of touch and gO at most of t he boards in the exciting and close match .

BOROCHOW TAKES CALIF. SPEED

The California Speed title went to Harry BOl'ochow oC Los Angcles wilh 10-1 in a 30 player event in S.m Luis Obispo prelimin3ry to the .. nDual North and South team mi.lch. Prelilllin ary sections wcre WOIl by Ilorochow ~lIld 'f1',lVers tied ill 11· 1, .Iitll Schmitt 8·1, .tIld R. 'l'renuerlh 7 ~~- 1 Ifl. lnlhe linals Boroehow seotCd 2-tl, SchmiU 1-1 and 'rravcrs lJ.:'., while Trenberth did not (,'Ompete.

CASTLE BESTS SANTA MONICA

In a match within a match, the Castle Chess Club, champions oC the Bay Are3 of California whitewashed the perennial Los Angeles County Champions, Santa Monica Chess Club, in the North vs_ South California team match. Scoring victories for Castle were HGross, N. Falconer, W. MeClain, W. P. Barlow, W. Hendricks and R. Hultgren against respectively R. Martin, A. Spiller, W_ Steckel, n. Solana, G. Stevens and H. Abel.

Solutions:- Mate- the Subtle Way l No. 259 (White): I. U-QUI. NO. :tOO (White): I. It·QKt·l. No. 26J (White): I . P·KfA. No. 261 (OnySChuk): I . Kt-R7, threlt: 2. P-Q7. U 1. .. M .... ' n·n:;: 2. P ·K7. U

I . ...... M' K-1t6 ; :&. 1'-87. H I . _ , R·R1; 2.. P.Kt7.

NORTH TEXAS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Oo1 l1as, 1951

I . Rolbert Brle,er (Houston) .. ~ .... _ _ Oll WI9 WS W1 W' 4}- ~ 11.1:> 2. Wit Will (HOUlton) . ____ ~ .... ~_WU WU W6 1.3 W!! .. ·1 9.50 1. K. n. SmIth (OIUN) __ ..... _ WI9 WIS Wit W2 Ll 4 ·1 1.00 4. Ilob Temple m.llu) _ .. __ . __ WIS Lit WIG U6 WII "·U 1.00 5. W. T. Strlnee (Dallas) ____ _ Wll D7 Ll WI? WIS "-1 6 7.00 L C"n. Bum. (Waco) .. ~ __ ~ __ Wt2 W9 Ltl D4 01 3 ·2 ' .75 7. Stanley C. Smllh (Dallas) ____ WI D5 W17 Ll 1.16 a ·2 7.25 L C. F. Tea .... Jr. (I)a llas) _ .. __ L7 WIO LIS WIS WI" , -2 7.00 9. A. C. ),tiller (n .. Wolrth) __ ... __ WI? L6 W12 Wt5 La S·2 5.00

10. Joe Gilbert (1l.1 .... ) _____ .--L14 1.1 wla WI' W17 S ·2 2.00 11. Uerl Brice-Nash (Toledolra, Kans.) _ 0 1 L2. WI9 Wit 1.4 21-21 ".2:S I:&. J . M_ Moulden 10al1as) ___ 1.& WI' 1.9 DU W2G 21·21 US l:t. W. H. Stapp (T.hoka) .. _,. .... ---1.5 LI7 W2:0 012 WII 21·21 1.25

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NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Manchest~r, 1951

1. JAmel Dny (Milford) ... __ .. H_ ...... ___ _ . ... _._._W8 W2 \V!I W3 ~ -0 9.00 2. Almon Kelly {IIudson} _ .. __ ... _ .... _ _ ...... _._Byo LI W7 W5 3 ·1 3.50 ,. Robert Hux (Dover) .... _. __ ........ ~M ............ ~_ D1 W4 WII LI 21·11 4.25 4 Alell SAdowsky (Portsmouth) .... ___ ._ ....... _.LII 1.3 wa W1 2 ·2 '.00 5 Fred Ellehrich (Manchester) _ ....... _ .......... __ W9 W6 I.1 1.2 2 ·2 1.:10 8. F rank Oppo (Mench""t"r) n·n ('.7S); 7. l\Dlph Gerth ~Portlm\Outb) ".2, ~2lI16.Ji). Harold Morse (Manchester) 11·21 (1 .25); ,. Jerry Su1 1,,"n (Portsmou th)

ST. LOUIS OPEN TOURNAMENT St . Loui s,

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Addifio~1 Data B, A. BUf(hlc~

Y. ALEKHINE IN SOYIET. LAND

T· he years 1918 and 1919 arc prob. ably the most mysterious por.

tlOn of Alekhine's life in general and chess activities in particular. Could it be th.,t forced inactivity m.:lde it practically impossible to Alekhlne to participate in chess events now becoming more freq uent in Soviet Russia? There is no reference to Alekhine's chess activities during th.:lt period in lIyin-Zhenevsky's booklet "Memoirs of a So\'iet Master," and his in. vil.:ltion to, and eventual participation in, the "Chess Olympics" of 1920 - now considered the First Soviet Chess Championship Tour. nament - is completely unexplained. Where did he suddenly come from, where had he been all tbal time?

It seems there is something true in the rumors which had spread throughout Western Europe and which associated him with poUticol 3etivities, culminating in the story (Tijdschrift van den Neder_ ];'In<ischcn Schaakbond, 1920, p. 174) that Alekhine had been h3nged by the Bolsheviks. We do not Ulink Alekhine himsell liked to t31k about this period of his life. There arc still friends of his alive thoug h, who could possibly tell more, but at least one of them infOl'Dled us that, not having seen Alekhinc himself at lhat timc and h:1Ving knowledge of his activities only from olhel's, he docs not want large publicity given to them. So 311 we can say 3bout this period of Alekhinc's life, has to be baseLl on the little indications we can cull from his own writings.

So much, we believe, can be said with ., high degree of certainty: Alekhinc spent the latter part of 1918 and a good part of 1919 in Odessa. The game against Gonssiorovski which is published in "My Best Games, 1908-1923", p. 124, is dated "Odessa, December 1918" and another game against VerJinsky, hidden (why?) on p . 126 of "My Best G3mes" is " played at Odessa in 1918" ("Best Games," p. 126), "played in Odessa, end of 1918" (Rabinovich in "Shakhmatnyi Listok Krasnoi Gazcty" of Dec. 6, 1922), and, even more precisely, p13yed in " Odessa, November 1918" (Alekhine, "Schachlcben In Sowjet.-Russland", game section p. 5, and also in tbe manuscript of the game, now in our personal collection).

But, as we have seen before, "f3cts" in Alekhine's life lend to turn into mysteries. Just recenUy, in connection with the report on Vcrlinsky's death, the Russian magazine "Shakhmaty v sssa" of J anuary 1951, p. 26, published a little article by Verlinsky on his "Encounters with the World Cbampions", and here we find, of aU thing, the following; " In 1912" (sic),. _ .he "visited Odessa .. . I recalled particularly his gamc with GonssiorovSki, which Alekhine pl"yed blindfold, and won by 3 brilliant combination with a queen's sacrifice."

Now, of course, this migbt be a slip of memory on Verlinsky's part, and while he m3y be correct in recalli ng an Alekhine visit to Odes· sa in 1912, the game with Gons· siorovski might stin belong to a later visit in 1918. However, wh3t explanation do we have for Alek· hioe's hiding the very exciting game with Verlinsky in a note to another game while he extolled its mertis in the original manuscript and its lirst publication in "Schachlebc:n in Sowjecl-Russland," called his own r eply to the opponent's "stunning" de(ense "problem.like,"

( P I.ase tum to p a ge 4 , col. 5 )

Qbess tift F,;(/8" Ju ly 20, J9Jt

::]0' Jl.e Joumamenl- minJeJ

A"~1'J'1 21-27 Colorado State Cha mpionship

De nver. Colo. Open to aU players; State and

Open titles; cntry fee $5.00; held on Denver University campus; for details, write: Merl W. Heese, 1740 Glenarm Place, Denver 2, Colo.

A ",,,st z,.s~pl(mln, J New York State Cha mpionship

Syracuse, N. Y. Open to alii Stale Championship

entry fee $10.00, 9 rd Swiss; Experts entry fee $5.00, Swiss or round robin ; accomodations at University $15 .. 00 {or 10 nights; players must become NYSCA members; entry to events must be mailed to Harold M. P hill ips, 258' Broadway, NYC. by August 22 in· cluding cntry fcc; Gcncssee and Susquehanna team matches; for details write: John C. Cummings, 208 W. Beard Ave .• Syracuse 5, N.Y.

Stptrmba I-J Pennsylviln ie Stde Championship

Allentown, P;;a. Detai ls later; Speed evcnt will

be played evening of August 31; for details write: Thomas Gutekunst , 1463 So. JefIerson St., Allcntown, Pa.

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Californ ia Open Championship Santa Cruz. Calif.

Will be held at Riverside Hotel; preliminary meeting of players August 3 1 in evening; entry fee $5.00; Swiss event; tournament di· rector George Koltnnowskl; bring !'.f!t!'. and cloc:k.~; for or.tails. write MI' . Jensen, 202 Nngtec St., Santa Cruz.

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The Carolina Chen Chl mpionship Columbil, S. C.

Open to playcrs of North and South Carolina only and jointly sponsored by NCCA and SCCA; play starts 1 :00 p.m. September 1 at Wade Ha mpton Hotel; entry f '!e ~2.00; largc permanent t rophy. plus individual trophics; :; or 0 round Swiss; for details write; Robert F. Brand, M-Sl, Old Citadel, Charleston 29, S. C.

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Florida Stlte Chl mpionship Miami, Floridl.

Play at Hotel Plaza; sponsored by Greater Miami Chcss Club; prizes- $60.00 trophy, $30.00 trophy and two chess clocks; advance entries include Kaleniun, Shaw, Magri, Chur ch and Hernandez; for dctails write; N. B. Church, 38 N. W. 79t.!1 Stree t, Miami, F la.

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Opcn to al1 Louis iana and Mississillpi playcrs; G round Swiss; hcld a 1 Washington-Youree Ho t c I, Shreveport; for details, write: A. Wyatt Jones, Box 202, Shreveport, ....

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Erich W. MllrcM"d 192 Seville Drive

Roche, ter 17, N. Y.

RETI OPENING Milrshilll Sextilngular Tournilment

New York, 1951 N.,tt'l b, Erich IV. Mllrd"",J

White Black A. C_ SIMONSON A. e. SANTASle RE 1_ Kt·KB1 . __ Tbls I>< often caned :111 "elast ic" move sir>e:", Black can the~by w:!lt 10 see w1\"t Whltc will do. 1. _._ .. _ KI_KB3 2. p ·B4 p-KKt1 AI,.., po!<5lble ts 2. .._ •... , P-QB3, which could le3d to a Slav Defense by 3. PQI. PQI; or 10 .. 'true ReU Op.nln" by 3. P.KK13, :J>.Q4_ 3. Kt-B3 ...•.... J[ 5. f'-Q4, Black can cho05e the Gruen. feld (3. . ....... , P·Q4J or the Klng's In· dian (3. . ....•.. , B-KtZ). The line chosen Is essentially a v~r;:lllo n Of the forme r . 3. •....... P ·Q4 t . 0 ·0 0 -0 4. PxP Klxp 9. Q. Kt3 Kt-B1 5. P-K4 KtxKt 10. P .Q3 p-Ktl 6. KtPxKt P-084 11. B·K3 B·Kt5 1. B· K2 B-Kn Deli be rately intendl:l~ to give u p the B for the Kl a fter blocking t he cen te r with P ·K4 _ 1\ j:(ood a lternatlv., Is Il .

,2:' Q:Q~l2_ JtP _li4 BX1~:'P~.t~4!, 'kt.;:R4 13. P·KR1 B.xKt 17. Q-B2 Q.KJ 14. Bx B 0 ·K1 18. K·II:2 Kt_B3 15. B·K2 QR_QI 19. p ·K B4 p -B4

~~:~nfS t~:r:~n';;;: ,;t~rb:O~a!~ac.~n~ 20. V· HS by White would be very strong. 20. P-Q41 •..... _. Th" Idea of course ~8 ZOo BPxP; 21. PXP, P"P"".' ; 22.. 8-B4. 20. "~ •. ~ P" Bp 11. Rx p Q-K2 ~i'lp~ks"-'-- ' »a~1 22.. p ·QS, etc_

21. 8 -KtS _._ .. __ H 23_ R- Rl. BxB; 24_ Rx U. PxP; 2!i. P XP. KbQP; 26. Q·1J4 ch. KI.-K3. While IherefOl'e tkcldcs 10 sacrifice lhe exc hang e_ 21_ .. _ .. _._ A·BI Much ""fer than 23 ... _._._, BxR; :M. PXU after .... hlch White 's practicill ehances are u:ccllcn l becam;e or loll Itron« co,nlcr p~WDS and the powerful .us for usc against the ClCpOscd Blae.ll K_ 24_ II:· B3 BxB 26_ p"p Kt·R4 25_ II:xB Px P After 26 . .. _ .. _, KbQP: 7:1_ "6-84 ch. l(. R I (not "no .•..• Kt.K3~; !lI R.QG. p _ QKt.4!;.. 29. RxKt, FJxB; 30_ QxR); 211. RxKl. P·QKt4 mac!. l"Cgalns ioU! ptece with sorn" fij:(Ming char>e:es. Putun. t he KI out 01 IO<:tlun may bt! the decisive error In thl ~ crltlca' sta::e u1 the ,amc. 27. Q-K2 p -B5 %9. p _K6 Ax P 21. PxP Q -A5 30. A-KBI _ .. __ ._. White must be ve ' ·,. cautious since his K2 Is dangervu~l.v cxposed. JO. .•.•...• RxR 31_ Qxll: R·81 31. ........• Q~QP wouW appear l>eUer IIllnce RI ;.ck then threate.,.; .sevcral cheek •• F'or c .. ample 31. _ .... _ .. • Q><Qi'; 32. Q-n7 ch, X·}Il: 3~_ P.K7, R_B7 ch (not 3a. . .. . _ ... • Qxlt ; ~4. Q-BB eh); 34_ K·itt. 11 -8 ./1 eh;

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S,·pl~m~. 1_1 Virgi nia Open championship

Lynchberg, Virginia Open to out-of·state players; cn·

try fee $4.00 for championship Swiss event, $3.00 for round robin cvents; registration at Virginian Hotcl. Lynchburg 10 a_ m_ to 1 p. m_ Saturday, Sept. l j championship will be 7 round Swiss with cash prizes lor first four placcs and ranking Virginian player; 1s t prize $ 100_00 with other prizes donated by Local Retail Merchants and Lynchburg Chess Club; scp ar<ltc prizes for first to third in ench round r oNn event lor p layers not wishing to enter championsh ip; trophy to rank ing Virginian player as State Champion; for details write: G. W. Armstrong, Box 113, Amherts, Va. This is a USCF rated tournament.

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South Carolina Open Championship Georgetown, S. C.

Play bcgins 1;00 p_m. Novcmber 10 at Prince George Hotel; open to all chcss players; cntry fce $2.00; trophies; 5 or 6 round Swiss; for dctail.<! write: Robert F . Brand, AI·3l, Old Citadel, Charles ton 29, S.C.

35. K .Kt::, II .KI"'h!; 36. K · Ill! (if 36. K-B2. Q.Q7ch; l7. U-K2. Q_Kllch; 28. K·B3, Q.KtII ch; 39_ Q-HS cil). Bul If White gels .... f . ty thus tar. he finds that BlaCk'. att ack ha. pete red ou t. There are, however, numerous otner variation$. 32. A_Ill II:xA:13_ Oxll: Q .K2 Now l.!I. • •.• _ .•. , QxQP i$ impossible becausc of male In two. 14.. Q-QS Kt-Kt2 37. B-84 Kt-Q3 35. Q_KS Kt -Q3 lI. B-f(t3 Kt·B4 36. B-QJ Kt· K1 39_ K·RI ___ • Preparh'i: a cl~vcr tlnlsh. lJ,lack is lost. 39. ____ k t-Q3 The comlnl eun.blnation cannot be avoided by 39. . ... _~., Kt-K!; 40. P-QS, Kt Kl lor B4); 41_ P _QiI 40_ QxK t l Aeslgn s While cu" ld "tot p lay thu at move 38 ~au"" fjlae:t wo uld recapture w ith c heck. Now It oW •..•.•... , Q"Q; 4.\. P·K7 ch,

1;.KJrif1:~·l t P.i:~~~) :~mfrt~b; ~l~;~Jub~ WhitOl and Slubbo,...1y eontuted by mack.

WhIte

SLAV OEFENSf. Sill th Mil ich Game

Chicago, 1951 NoJm by John Lap;"

Black P . POSCHEl K. NEDVED I. P-Q( Kt_ KB 3 3. p-B4 P·B1 2. Kt -Klll p -Q4 Atteon~tlnll" to steer the iame Into tan' mar line. ot the QUOle n 's Gamblt_ l ........ .• 1'_1'14 lind 3 • ... . ...• 8-84 are abo \>Oulble and morc enterprisIng. 4. p -Kl p-K3 ' . p-QKtl 5_ Kt·1I3 QKt-Q2 P05Chel'. 1\nU-MerM_ };verybody wlnu to lI:et Inlo thc ac t of Inventing I. IYStern to avoid 6. 8-Q3, p)lp; 7. Dxllp, P-QKt4; t. B-Q3, P -Q1l3, etc. L ._.__ B· Kt5 t_ B·K2 BxK t 7. B-Q2 0..0 8. _ •....• • R.KI : 9. 0.0, P ·K4! Why shoutd Black exchange hi" 8 fo r a KI a nd alloW the White QD to get out o f hl~ awkward spot? ,_ Bx B KI· KS 10_ 0·B2 Kt)l8? With this n10VC Black luses a tempo. 10 ......... • P-K64 15 ea llcol tor, lralUlpo5-Ing Into a nuteh Defensc. . 11. Q-.Kt p ·KB4 Il. Q R-OI 12. 0 -0 Q-K2 Since Whlto elnnot SOOn hope to open this tile for the n, 13. QR-Bt I.s more ""nslble. 13. .......• Kt· B3 14. K t-KS ._._ .. In t h is domlnaUng I'osltlon, t he Kt Cllnnot be Ittaeklld. bv a P_ Idea l. 14_ ........ B-Q2 II. Kl xKI Q x Kt 15_ P ·B3 B_KI 19. p-QKt4 1'-8 5 16. P-BS 8_R4 20. PxP AxP 17. Q-B2 Kt -Q2 21. P-Ktl R·B3 A clear und~restlmate of White', posl. tlon. 'l'he R should gO back t o the £tnt r~nk. 22. p -B4 Bx8

~~~~.ISlr~.t'rl;"lt:~t~d 'nnd ~fg'i"!t S lb:;~ tor be exchanged_ :u. Q xB P ·QR4 29. A· Kt1 P-AS 24. p-QAl p _KKI3 30. R(1 ). KII RPxP 25. KA -K I p ·R4 31. RPx p PxP 26. A-Ktl P x P 32. AaP R. A! 27. I'll I' Q-Q82 33. A-Kt6 Q-Q2 2L p.KtS K_Kt2 34. Q.KSI Threatenln. Q·Kta. 14_ •.... .•. Q-III 36. A {6~Ktl U. p -Kt4 K·82 Aesign.

White

Alllr J6. R(Ii./-Ko NEOVE D

ctc.

SICILIAN DEFENSE North City vS. Log Cabin

Philadelphia, 1951 NoIrl b, jOJ.-ph Coller

While Black H. JONES H. MORRIS {Log Cabl") [North City) I. p ·K4 p ·QB( 4. Ktxp Kt_KB3 2. KI-KBl KI-QBl S. Kt-QBl P-Q3 3. p-Q4 P)lP 6. p·KR3 ___ .. _ Weav ..... Adlltn~' rt'('ommended c,-,"\lnua· tion_ 1\ rerincmcn t On t his 5Y5tC'" Is (;_ P.KFl3 .Ince the K Il!"' i$ headed for p l".-.,. distant In .. ny evcnt.

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6 •... _.. .. p-KKtl 7. B_Kl a · Kn

10. BxKt 11 . P·K Bl

L Q-Q2 0..0 12. p -QA3? t . 0-0..0 Ktx KI

8 -Kl Q.A4

BeUer Is 12. K_KU! with the th~lIl 13. Kt-Q:;, QxQ; I ~. Klxfoeh, etc. White's move (P .Qft3) lula the Iddltlonal dl$o advant~e or ""ttln~ up Il tlr,et a t which Black can lraln h .. slcht .. 12. _.__ KA-Qlll 14. p .KR4 p-Q Kt 41 13. p·KKt4 QA-KtI IS. p . A5 _~ .•.• 15_ KtxP?, RxKt Is to 81IW:k'. Idvant.age. ~~: Kt-=-KII PQ':'~ 17. QAplI P .... ~_ J.,o""s outriJrht but Ihc more logical 17. KRPlII' also lea.ds to I quick deml.$C after 17 . ... _._. R-KtII l; lR. P)lRI',.h (P>rRP ch, KRI r). K·Bi ; 19. B-Q3, PxRP and Black's throats "f bot h 20. .. ..•... , P.U7 or ..... _ .. , Qxll cannot both be met. In addition Black has an overwhelming li tlack In any case. 11 • . it;;'~igns B-R3 1!

DUTCH DEFENSE World Championship Match

12th Game, Moscow, 1951 White

O. BRO NSTEIN 1. P-Q4 P·K3 l. P-QB4 p-K B4 3. P-K3 Kt·KB3 4. Kt-QBl p ·Q4 5. Kt-Rl P· B3 ,_ B_Q2 B-Q3 7. Q_B2 0-0 IJ. 0 ·0 ·0 Q-K1 , _ P·B3 Px P 10_ p·K4 PilI' 11. Ktx P P-QKt4 12. Ktll8 O IlKt 13. P-B4 te t · A3 14. B-K2 p .B4 15. B-KB3 It· Ktl 16. B-B3 Kt-Q KtS 11. PxP ICtxp ch II. K·Kt1 Klx B ch 19. QlIKt Q xQBp 20_ K It·1(1 P-KR3

Solutions: J:o~inis h It the Clevcr Wlty!

Posi tion No. 51: I. It_R7 ch. K-RI; 2. KI.- KWch!, K.~U ; :I. Ktxltch, .. nd 4. q. 117 onalc_

P"",Ulon No. 0)2: I. P ·KI3!. PlI:P; 2-Pd', Ucslj:(n ... If 2. ___ .• K.1I4 ; 3_ Q-R7 ch, Q·It~ {I f 3. __ .• K-Kt5; 4. R-K2 rh. KxKtP; 5_ Q.Jl2 .n.lltel; 4. Q-R5 cb. q. Kt4; 5. Q-ft3. lind G. Q><Q mite. H 2. ___ • Q-It3 eh; 3. K·Kt2 !1Ilt.! llIack m"It 10k 0111 least .. Ulshu9.

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Wl.al~ Jl.e t!.5."t move?

By G"il~ GrOeJsn

POJ;fiotl No_ 7J ;-;~-

Send solutions to Position No. 75 to the Editor , CHESS LIFE, by August 20, 1951.

Solution to Position No. 72 1'hts POliition ,"ctuaUy can be won by

While In lICevra l way", but t he nca t and conciu.'livc rneU>()t.\ was demonstrat-

~ ~he}'u8~iltn ~~t~~torln:::.~o~::' 1949 when Fuller Simply played I. 8-QB4 lind De r by pro'n ptly resign .... a lthough '"Yhltc now had three pieces eo prise.

~~Q8 ~h,l . Kiit:' ~~s~i'B1 ~~~. 'ti~t~ t ij"i""C'n! P~~tit ~: .~~.~ B~R3; ~:Q&~B~' t~: lo .... ed by 4. n><KP eh. ot course I :itQ"i; ~-.I\~t';K~: answered by Z. B.Fl1ch;

Not Quite u prdty, but we wlll accept It U li n .nswer, 1& the bru ta l 1. QxB,

~~;K'/"~tJi; ';'natet"Y,; t_J;6fitkt~: 3. R-Q7. KtlIR; 4. IJ.Q84 Kt-K IS' ~/ ~e~7 ch, K-Q l; G_R_Q l Ch, Kt.-Q2; 7: a:

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Alekhine's Career (Continued f rom page 3, co l. 5)

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