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THE LEADING MO News • Pictures. Games. Problems LE T TER S CHESS H E O I O N 'T N O TIC E Sirs: REVIEW Your last issuc sure i ~ a honey. You cel" tainly gave it a necessary "hypo:' Vol. IX. No.9. November, 19~1 When 1. \Irimflrily a proble m soll'er. didn't OFFICIAL QHGAN OF THE noLlee that problems had bcen omitted from U. S. CHESS FEDERATION the issue until I read your explanation. It s urely is something. EDITOR I. A. HorOll'lU , particularly liked. auoJ herein I feel you M ANAGING EDITOR K enneth Hrtrkness are rendering an invaluable service to your DEPARTillENT EDlTOl{S readers, your annotations of the amateur Reuben Fi ne- Game or the iI! onth games for ""pushel's" like myself. It's all right Vincent L. Eaton- Problem Department to <lllnotate the expert's game, hut since the I rving Cherney- CheSS Qu[:\ majority of your readers are, I think, far from F red Reillfeld -Head el'~' Games Re viewed expert, why ignore the amateur's game? So PHOTOGRAPH1<;R- Haoul Echeverria in that respect you are on t.he right track. Also your neWH e ventH are limely, inierestillg, Publi shed monthly Octobe r to May. bl·monthly informative. JUll e to September. by CHESS REVIEW, 250 Irving Cherne v cuntinues to be a vital COil, W est 57th Stree t. Ne w York. N. Y. Telephone tributor. CIrcle 6-8 258. So a ll ill rtll, [ l;hould Hay your magrtl'.ine Subscri ptio ns : One year $3.00; Two yeal's should continue to pro~Jler. $5.50 : Five years $12.50 in the United States. II-1URRY GIn~EN U. S. Possessions. Canada, !\'lcl(ico. Cent ral New York, N. Y. and South America. Other countries $3.50 per Many favorable commcnts have been re_ year. He·entered as second class matter July ceived on the new Readers' Games Department, 26 , 19010. at the post ofl\ce ilt Kew York, N. V. under the Act of iI1urch 3, IS79. started in the October issue. It will be co n tinued, probably en larged. Beginn ing with the present issuc, noted commentator FRED REiNFELD will handle this department for CHESS REVIEW. Subscribers may send in thei r games for annotations. There is no charge for STAY-PUT this service.- Ed. T HE OCTOBER ISS U E POCKET Sirs: Let the Problems fall whe re they may. This SET is the best CHESS REVI EW of all time. Full of lively lllld helpful thj ll g ~ , and Chessically De mocratic. Congratulations. DANA BRANNAN N. Y. T ime 8, New York. Our thanks to veteran newspaperman Dana Brannan, good friend and staunch lover of chess.- Ed. MO RE LIKES AND D IS LIKES Sirs: I wouloJ like to put In illY t wo bits about Illy likes and oJlsllkes. [ enjoy the 10Ul'name nt game s anoJ rspOi"tS I'ery much. [ woul oJ like to see IllOI'e fully An inge nious :tro d Intensely pr~c t l c ~1 new annotated and analyze oJ games, such as F lue type of pocket c hess set. T he pieces sta r:d does with the Game of the Month. I would up and fa il down by t hemselves ;1S you o pen !ike to see articles on sllch IOlli cs as the or close t he boa rd . Slots at t he side lor Theory of Position Play. The ~liddle Game, ca pt u red m en. C losed slz.e 4Y2"' x 6~~H . The Choice of Strategical I.ines of Play, etc. [ am not interested in problems, cross-wonl CAT. NO. 233-La test M odel , Stay. puzzles, or the Quiz - primarily because I put P ocket Chess Set, w ith z ipper $2 00 l allener, complete w ith men and never have time to look at them. eigh t extra paw ns for playing chec kers. iltOJt'l'ON JACOnS Kansas City, ."110. CHESS EQUIPMENT CO. We are increasing the number of annotated 250 W EST 57th S T ., N E W YORK , N. Y. games, beli evi ng th is is what our readers wa nt. - Ed. 193 OR. TREVBAL. REPORTED EXECUTED According to CHARLES CROMPTON. chell!! columnist o f the Toronto Star, DR. 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