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Conduct6d by Position No. 199 CHICAGO INS IRWIN SIGMOND END solution to Position No, S 199 lo reach Irwin Sigmond, COLLEGIATE • 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arling­ ton 7, Va., by February 5, 1957. With your solution, please send City College of New York Second, analysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Best Move '.:. or moves. Defending Champ Fordham Third Solution to Position No. 199 will ap- pear In the February 20, 1957 issue. By FREDERICK H. KERR NOTE: Do nol pl<1u so/nlions to two College Lif~ Edito. poSilio"5 on OfJ e cd.td; be S(l,e to judicate The University of Chicago won the 1956 United States Intercollegiate crnrut numb., of p(Jsit;on bdnK saiYed, Team Championship with a score of 221h-5¥.! . Second with 21¥.!-61h was "nd give the full "am. ""d "dJrtss of City Col"Jege of New York. Fordham University, the defending champion, Ih. so/"n to (tssist in prop.r "editing af took third honors with 19-9. 50/uliotl. Fourteen colleges and universities entered teams in this tournament, which was held at the Franklin-Mercantile Chess Club in Philadelphia. May Peace Come to AII--The Message The following schools entered teams: Case Institute of Technology, Uni· versity of Chicago, City College of New York, Columbia University, Ford­ ham University, Harvard University, Muhlenberg College, Ohio State From FIDE President Folke Rogard University, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania State University Ogontz Center, University of Pittsburgh, We publish herewith the text (in translation by the Editor) of an St. Joseph's College, and Temple University. The event was the twenty­ Open New Year Message from FIDE President Falke Rogard, addressed sixth annual championship of the Intercollegiate Chess League of Amer­ to all affiliated units of the World Chess Federation: ica. Attilio DiCamillo, a USCF master, acted as tournament director. - The winning Chicago team con­ FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL DES ECHECS INTERCOLLEGIATE stockholm, Decemher, 1956 sisted of Mitchell Sweig, Robion TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Dear Friend~: Kirby, Leonard Frankenstein, and Games MlIItches I send to you my best wishes for the year 1957. Michael Robinson. 1. Chicago ....•...... ••...... ••.22&- Sil 6 -1 Durin!;! Ih" years In the course of which We have collaborated, our friend· 2, C.C.N.Y...... 211- Si 6 ·1 ship has only grown and affirmed itself, and we have been proud of having At the end of the first round 3. Fordham ...... 19 _ 9 S -2 erected together an international federation in which the members have worked, the battle shaped up as one be­ 4. Hal'Vard ...... 16 _12 3 -4 in harmony and With a reciprocal respect, for the good of all. tween four teams. Chicago defeat­ 5. Pennsylvania ...... •.••.. 15 -13 4 "" But today we have a heart heavy with pain and full of pity for all people ed Muhlenberg 4-0; Fordham scored 6. Columbia ...... 15 -13 31-3li who, innocent, have suffered in consequence of measures that one can only ex· 7. Penn Stale ...... 14~-13i1 311·3i1 plain as being the consequences of fear and misunderstanding Which, unfor. over Ohio State 40; Harvard took 8. Ohio State ...... 13~_14~ 4 "" tunately exlsh stlll despite the desire for peace that animates aU men. St. Joseph's 3% -Jh; and CCNY de· 9. Temple ...... •...... 13/;.1411 3li.-3l; May the New Year change Ih" evil Into !;!ood of a kind thai the way will open feated Penn State 3%-1h. 10. Cau Tech ...... •...... 13~-14li 3 -4 to iI collaboration In spirit and In truth for Ihe best exploitation of the world: 11. OgontJ: Center ...... 9i1.18l 3 -4 a fertile world which In the fine days of amity can ov"rflow for all men but Chicago kept the lead in the sec­ 12. St. Joseph's .•...... •.... n-20il 2i1-411 which in the shadows of enmity yields only a poor stalk of grain. ond round by taking a match from 13. Muhlenberg ...... •. 7 -21 2 -5 We hope that We will find ourselves at Vienna animated with our traditional PelYnsylvania 3Ih-lh;. Fordham had 14. Pittsburgh ...... •...... 7 _21 0 _7 friendship and that at this time reflection and good will will give to the great and the .mall peoples of the world a new hope that the generations to come can a difficult time in turning back live without fear_with the respect of all for the good rights of all. Harvard 2% -Fh . CCNY walked last board. Chicago defeated Ford­ FOLKE ROGARD, President over the Ogontz Center 3'"h-lh. ham 3 ~ 1 as Saidy and Sweig drew. World Chess Federation The new champions lost the lead Harvard moved up to third position by losing to CCNY 2"12-1% . In that when they handed Columbia a 4-0 match, Sweig lost to Arthur Feuer· defeat. WEBERG TAKES JORGENSON WINS stein on first board. Fordham de­ Chicago Regains Lead WICHITA OPEN SO. JERSEY OPEN feated Columbia 31f.z-lh to tako the Chicago regained the lead by Carl Weberg of Salina scored 5-1 Tom Jorgenson of Wildwood lead. Temple threatened to knock defeating Ohio State 4-0. CCNY de­ to win the 7th annual Wichita Open tallied 4Jh -"If.! to win the South Harvard from the running but the feated Harvard 3-1 and fell one­ at Wichita, Kans., drawing with Jersey Open Championship at Ham­ Crimson won 3-1. half point behind the midwestern­ runner-up Dale Ruth and A. R. Self monton, N.J., drawing with runner­ CCNY Takes Lead ers. Shelby Lyman drew with Wil· in .the final round. Second and up Ed Carlson of Woodbury. Carl­ The fourth round saw CCNY take liam Lombardy on first board. third, also with 5-1 scores. were son also drew with John Hilde. the lead by beating Fordham 3-I. Feuerstein defeated Malcolm Wie­ Dale Ruth of Mid-West City, Okla., brand for a score of 4-1. G. Krauhs On first board Arthur Feuerstein ner on second. Fordham remained not{!d as among the most promising was third with 31h -11h, while of City College defeated Anthony in contention hy scoring 40 over of midwest young players, and fourth and fifth in the 15-player Saidy, the Fordham master. Chi­ Temple. former Kansas Champion A. R. Self event with 3·2 each were John cago regained second place wben In the final round CCNY defeat­ of Newton. Ruth drew with Weberg Hildebrand and Frank Brown. Wil­ they defeated Harvard 2%-Fh. ed Case Tech 3% -%. Fordham de­ and Henry B. Berg; Self with liam O'Donnell of Camden won -the Mitchell Sweig and Shelby Lyman feated Pennsylvania 3·1 to place Weberg and Bert Brice·Nash. Class B priZe with 2Jh - 21h score drew at the top board. third. Harvard was relegated to Fred Swan of Midwest City, Okla. and John Yehl of Hammonton the USCF Master William Lombardy fourth place by Ohio State, who was fourth with 4%· 1 Jh, losing a Class C prize with 2% - 2% also. was added to the CCNY team f01" beat them 21h-1lh . Chicago took game to Kenneth Weberg and The event was directed by Inter­ the last three rounds. Pennsyl­ four points from Ogontz Center to drawing with Robert Hart. Fifth national Master Gi!orge K(lltanow­ vania held City College to 2'"h clinch the championship. to eighth with 4-2 scores in the 30- ski and was cosponsored by the points in the fiftn round. Robert Chicago is the first school out­ player Swiss were Dick Thompson, USCF and the South Jersey Chess Cantor drew with Feuerstein at side New York City to win this Lynn Hershey, Robert V. Lee· Ass'n. This tournament was the the top board. Lombardy and Jo­ tiUe since 1921. That year the wright, and Roy N. Meister. The first in a series which will be co­ seph Tamargo won for CCNY on Massachusetts Institute of Technol­ event was sponsored by the Wich­ sponsored by the USCF in collab­ second and third, but Edward Ho­ ogy won. To Chicago goes the Har­ ita YMCA Chess Club and directed oration with various local chess lodny was defeated by Larry Din­ old M. Phillips tropby. by K. R. MacDonald. organizations. nerstein of Pennsylvania on the (Please turn to page 3, col. 3) Finish It The Clever Way! by Edmun4 N IISh MARSHALL TOPS LONDON CENTER N o. 191 Po, i/;o" No. 192 By a sco re of 26lh - 17lh the P~chma n Tolush YS. Kholmov USSR, 1956 Marshall Chess Club of New York ~.~1955 tallied a victory over the National Chess Ce nt re of London in a two­ C~ .,JI.. /flJ 6,. rou nd correspondence chess match Frederick H. Kerr on 22 bouds. Each player con· ducted two games, one with Black All college clubs . nd pia.... " I,. and one with White, and all moves urged 10 send n.ws lIems I~ F ..... rlck were sent via air-mail. J ohn W. H. Ke ••, Nlttany 32·13, lIox 2n, ',,"1'1. sylvan;a SIal , Unl.... nlty, Unlv'fllty ColJ ins captained the victorious P.rI<, Ponnsyl vanl• . Marshall team and Edgar Brown was captain for the National Chess HE University of Pit tsburgh Cenler , T Chess Club eleded George Kau fman won I WO games by for· Svar anowic president. With the as· feit on boar d seven and DeLeito ' sistance of graduate student Ger­ lost both games by forfeit on board ald Orner, he has mapped out an 13. Double draws were adjudicated active program of activities for on board 1 and board 10 for Bis­ the panther chess bugs. The Pitt gulcr and Dunst. Sibbett won his group began their activities with second game by forfeit and Cal· a simultaneous by USCF Expert N Position No. 191 , Black missed a quick win in two moves. deron received a win and drew William Byland. Byland was able to win 13 games while losing only I In Position No. 192, which occurred in the 23rd USSR Champion· upon adjudication. ship, Tolush repor tedly Ulo ught about an hour and offered his opponent Ma rl ha ll C.C. Natlenal C.C, 3. Donald Averback, Nestor Kohut, a draw which was accepted. White can win a decisive material advan· 1, A . Bls!lulcr ,-b J. Fuller ,-. and George Svaranowic defeated 2. E. B08l'lt 1·1 M . Franklin ., the Pennsylvania State Chess Feci· tage with a seven·move combination. 3. J. Collins H P. H. Clarke 4. C. Pllnlek 1·1 F. P. rr .,.-. eration prexy. A team {rom West For solutions, please turn to page eight 5. Lombard y I)..() W . Veitch I _I Virginia University then visited 6. Camp'm 'nea } . ~ G. Wheatcroft H Pitt fo r a match. The result was Send e ll contributions for Ihls " olumn to Edmund Nash, 1530 281h Pllee, S,I!. 1. A. Klufman 1·1 D. Mackay ., Wash in g ton 20. D. C. a 4·0 sweep for the Pittsburgh 8. N. Halp.r ().O E. Brown I -I 9. If. Helml IH Noel..Johnson l-I men. 10. T. Dunst i ' ~ M. S lot .-. PITr WEST Vl1I.GIN IA II. G. G ~ esse r I.e H. F elce '-I N . Ko hut 1 T . Bake r t 12. Perslneer O- ~ R. S tevenson H L. Henr y 1 C. Lancaster 0 13. M. De Lelto 0-0 J . GUchrlst I-I T . Kent I F . Adams 0 Yale IN" ... Hllven ) Chess Club : F inals OhiO Siale Unive rsit y Che", Club: 14. M. Fleische r l'b T . Casswell ... V. R.h:zo I K. Hltfleld 0 o r Ihe club cbllJD plon.mlp sa'" J u llu ~ Tim Anderson tallied 6..(l t o win Ihe 1~ , D. S ibbett l·t Eo Coad.P ryo r .. The Williams College Chess Club Spellman IICO re 5-0 to win Ih e 6- player 0 .5.U. Cbamplonsh ip. Mark Hopkins, a 16. K. S later t-I T . P ruchn'eki round robin. Ear] R. Munu was .sec­ .. championship went to N. Van Dev· g r ad uale studeot, W8Ji seeoDd with :1- 1, 17. J . Battell 1-1 J . Doulton .. sen and R. C. Schneider. Both play· o lld with -t.!, whUe Richard J. Plock a 10$S t o Fidlow. Third and r ~ u rlh with 18. J . Calderon i·l H . Ennla Wall third with 3·1, Imne to both . 'h-I "" were Daniel Fldlow a nd P rof. M . Wylie .. 19. Eckstrom I.e ., ers fi nished the tournament with Spellman and Muni E. John R. Power W. lter Melden ; both lost to And enon 2<1. w. S later 1-1 Or . A. Tho rley .. scores of 4lh -Ph. a nd Robert C. Baker « o red i -31 each and drew wit h e ach other. F ifth to 21. P . Dr Iver 1-0 A . Sl:Imm wltz ., At West Point the Highland for a tie l or l o urth , nint h with 4·2 each Were J o hn Brown . 22. n. Rucke r t l-l Elliot-Fletcher .. Herman Ste Iner (LoS An"lles) Cl! e$5 James Cline , Dr. LeonaNl Eimer, Phil Park Chess Club of Brooklyn de­ ROlhman, and Nelson Slagle . - Club: Sam ~ lIcr I.a.ll led ..1 to win feated the Cadet Chess Club of t he clu b Exper ts event In a i5-pl lyer ". the United States Mili tary Acad· round robin, ID5tnlr no games but draw. PERMANENT COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS Ing wltb GO('hler and HulnaeeJ. Tied emy by a score of 6·3. 1 Wa s h l n ll t~n Me ws for second with 3i ·li each WeNt Ceor e e Nltw' York 3, N. y , T.I: ."ekrn.n 3-7303 Congratulations are extended to Goehle r and Frank Hut naiel, while N' w York, o.el mber lfS6 Eliot Hearst, the USCF vice.presi­ J"acqueline P latlgorsky WIS lourth with Dllr Frie nd.: dent for college chess. He received 2·3. A USCF Club Affiliate. We ar e proud to ann~une. a new Chess eve nt, the first ~f Its kInd In Amerl- his Ph.D. in psychology from Co­ can Ch ItS. history-the lumhia Universily hefore being in­ NATIONAL CHl!SS FESTIVAL ducted into t he Army. Readers HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS org;>nlzed under the auspices of the Unll. d St. t lS Chen Federation, by auth~rlty of the Tournament Administrat o r, Mr. Geor,e Ko lt a n~w , k l. may be interested to hear that OFFICIALLY RATED The sole objective of the National Chll' Fu tlv. 1 IS t o stlmul. ta Interest In Charles Witte, Columbia'S star New Regulations the Ro y. 1 Game thr~ugh the public curiosity It will arousa .nd th. publicity It Is player, has married Eliot's sister, cert. in to evoke. Marlys. "College Chess Life" sends Effective March 1. 1955 No fees a re required; no prizes . re offered. Th, slogan Is " Chess for Fun Tournam , nll, m.'cl'l.. (l ndlvldu.1 aeron the Nation". Our goal Is t ~ muster • minImu m of 5000 boards. C~nte"ants the very best wishes to the new or t.am; round rollIn or Swl.. ) InI Ire paired according to age g roups. couple. ratubl. wl'll n ,ponlO rl d by USCF It is self.evident that the succus ~f th. N l tI ~na l Chen Festlv. 1 w1ll depend - --- afflllal ad ol"ll inill i io nl, If p layed I.r,ely, if n ~ t w " ~ lI y, up ~ n . , dent support and .ct lv. collibontlon by Ch~u under FIDE Laws, dlrl ct. d by I O,ganiu t ion s acroSs the nation . F ~ r this r.uon, wa of the C. nt ..1 Orgl n l%",g BERLINER WINS comp. l, n' officIal, I nd pllYld a' Com mittee req uest you r suppo rt . nd coll . bar . t l ~n by I$k lng you t~ conltitut. tim. lim ll of no. mort 'l'I. n 30 yo ut s.lvas into a Dist.lct Organ i. ing Commltt•• fOr the ar.. now under your EASTERN STATES mfl... , ..... r hlur. lu,lsdlctlon. Hans Berliner of Washington, Thl Innual ~ l mp l oM h l p tou,n. PI.y ca n begin, itt you. conveni. n, ., .ny d .y . ft. r J . nul ry 1st, 1t57. For mel'll of In USCP Club Cl'l apler l Ad D.C. scored 6-1 (two draws) to win the tIme being the . e is no dead·line t o meet. since IOma dl st rlct ~ w1ll be abl. to tIM .nnu.1 ch.mplonsh lp loum. o r§ani •• mar. rapid ly than others. How.v.r, " dead .Un. w1ll h . .... to be determined the semi·annual Eastern States m.nt of 11'1'1' USCI' I lflll", whOM . 1 a I.te r date. which we .... ill do a lte r co nsullatlo n with y~u . _ ...· L.ws p ..... ld. that . 11 I" m. _ Open Championship. Second to bers must b. USCI' m , mbe ...110 Basic rules and q u a lifi c at i~ n s . ~ a ttached har. te, but It Is our desire that filth with 5 Jh -Vh eath were Bobby .r. ral, d without char, a. each Oistrlct Interp,e t rule s . nd qU llificatlo ns at their d l " r e tl~n so . s to belll­ F ischer, Nicholas Rossotimo, Ar­ t. t e t he t ask of o r ganlrlng . nd to add su ch g round rul" s 1$ they 11'1 1 '1' d u m proper All other el1 ,ibl ....a nt. ar. 'Ited thur Feuerstein, and William Lorn· onl... If officl.1 . e po, t of .venl II In thll i. best judgment in ont.r to Si mpllfy tl'l a t lik of lup. ".I...... a«omp.nled 110... • rem ltt.nc. cov· W hile the Ce ntra l OrganizIng C~mmitt •• h IS no wish t o Intruda, It wish.s bardy. Sixth to tenth with 5-2 ,.In, 1 nllnll fN of JOc p. r lI.ml to make clur thai it is . Iw.ys will ing t o h , lp. Under ths he ading, It takes the scores were Ralph HurtUen, Saul II b."t ... ~ f info rming you of the st. ps It h IS t. k, n t~ b. of help to your C~m­ for III lI.mes u t u ...... play.d In th. Wanetick, C. Molt, H. Avram, and contest. (In • Swlls onl ·half th. mittee, since It believes Ih"t yo u are we ll advised to sImilarly o rganlt e your own numbe r of pl'Yln t Im .. Ihl num· f unctio n ftc tlvites. H. Jones. Eleventh to fourteen In b.. of rounds .. preunt, t olll No. 1. II has o rganized a Centra l Tou.nament Commltt.. whose twin task Is the 56·player Swiss with 4Jh ·21h g.m.. pl.yl'd If no by.. or forf.ltl .) to lId and encourage the Dsltrict T ourname nt CommlttelS u well I ' to resolve proble ms which f.11 unde r Its luris.di ct ion. each we re R, McComas, G. N ott thot 10< Rel;IlS 1ft 'tT ga",a No.2. 11 has organized a Central Statistical Bureau whIch w1ll r eceive and O'Rour ke, and CHESS LIFE con· j~

Bobby Fischer's talents somewhat exces­ Article 13 sive, sbould consider tbe following Recording of Games askcd us to cbange the description to read as follows: results: in a field or eleven strong L In the course of play, each play· U. THE K N IGHT ROGER TRIUMPHS players. including S. Cbampion er is required to record the game The Knight's move is composed IN MIAMI VALLEY Arthur Bisguier, William Lom­ (his own moves and those of his of two different steps: first, it bardy, Carl Pilnick, and other mas­ opponent), move after move, as makes one step oC one single Oren Rogers of Muncic, Ind., ters, Kid Fischer scored 10-0, a clearly and legibly as possible, on squ are along the rank or lile, and scored 3% -%, drawing with run· clean sweep at tbe Manhattan the score sbeet prescribed for the then, still moving away from the ner·up Tbomas Brown in the last Rapids! . . . Tbe Marshall Chess contest. square of departure. one step oC round, to win the Miami Valley Club bas concluded its postal 2. li, extremely pressed for time, one single square on a diagonal. Open Championship at Xenia, O. match with the London National a player finds it obviously impos­ Second and third wi th 3-1 eacb Chess Center. The NeW" Yorkers sible to meet the requirements of Fin iil l Approva l Awaits Revision we re Thomas Brown of 'WAFB, won 261h - 17 1,2 under the direction section No.1 above, he must check To receive final approval. the reo 0., and Harold Snyder oC Colum· of their capable captain, Jack Col­ on his score sheet the number of vis ion of Article 13 and the new bus, O. Fourtb and fifth in the lins . .. Fordham and C.C.N.Y. plan moves made. As soon as his time Article 17A must also be included l4-player Swiss with 2Y.! • 11k each to send te'ams to Philadelpbia for trouhle is over, he must complete in our version of the Laws. The were Oliver Taylor of Springfield, the Intercollegiate Team Cham­ immediately his record of the translations that appear abOve have O. and W. D. Pittenger of Dayton, pionship. As in the past, there can game by recording the omitted been submitted to the FIDE for O. Dr. Harvey B. McClellan direct­ be no substantual cash awards, moves. However, he will not have this purpose. ed the event, sponsored by the and, witb so much homework as· the right to claim a draw, on the FIDE is also checking to make Greco Chess Cl ub of Xenia. signed over tbe Christmas vaca· basis of Article 12(3), if the moves sure that tbe purely lingUistic tion, many of our best local col· in question were not reC()rded in changes in the original Laws (pub· legiate masters will be unable to conformity with tbe stipulations lisbed in Frencb), as presented by participate. One wbo loves chess of section No. 1 above. Ihe French Federation in 1954, • and knows these boys is torn be­ New Article Added have no bearing on tbe American EASTWOOD TOPS tween a feeling of pity that they The General Assembly also text. In our opinion, they do not. cannot participate, and a sense of adopted a new Article 17A to When FIDE has given its fi nal fLA. GOLD COAST gratification for their wisdom in settle some of the confusion caused approval, tbe entire Laws, with all Robert C. Eastwood or Home­ putting scbool work first. It is not by various interpretations of Arti· supplements and recent changes, stead tallied 5/h · lk to win tbe often that a student can be tops cle 12(2) permitting a draw by wUJ be published by the USCF in Florida Gold Coast Championship in chess and scholarship as well, • agreement, and Article 12(3) on pamphlet form. Tbey will also be at FI. Lauderdale, drawing with and if one is to be postponed, t ben the subject of draws by repetition. published in the second edition of runner·up Cbarles Wisch in the it should be chess. Tbe new article, as translated by "The Ol£icial Blue Book and En. semi·final round. Second and tbird Your reporter was severely criti­ the writer, reads as follows: cyclopedia of Cbess". with 5-1 scores were Charles Wisch cized for praising tbe direetion of • Article 17A USCF Tourname nt Rules Affected of Miami, Miami Club Cbampion, tbe Rosenwald Tournament wben and Marvin Sills of Miami, Florida The Drewn Giilme The new changes in the Laws, it included a double·forfeit. The particularly tbe revised Article 13, Junior Champion. Fourth and fifth facts of tbe case remain unclear, 1. The offer of a draw under tbe will necessitate corresponding in the 35-player Swiss with 4'h ­ and it is still being discussed. It is provisions of Article 12(2) can be changes in tbe USCF Tournament Ilh each wcre Aristides Aguero. said that each member of the tour­ made by a player before or after Rules. Flo rid a State Champion, and nament commiltu who voted to he has made bis move on the George Propp, West Palm Beach uphold the double-forfeit did so board, but in the second case only Unfortunately, as in so many other cases, the new Article 13 is Champion. Sixth to tenth with 4-2 for a diClerent reason. It is clear wben his clock is running. eacb w~re Jacob Fischheimer, War. that the tournament d ire c to r 2. IT a player claims a draw under much too vague and indefinite. One day, we hope that FIDE will give ren Teltelman, Rudolph Eckbardt, double-forfeited tbe two players in­ the provisions of Article 12(3), bis Ernest :Mezey, and Fred Borges. volved because he bonestly be­ clock must continue to run until explicit rules whicb can be en· forced by a Director, and will spe· In placing second Wisch drew lieved neither had lived up to his tbe Director has verified the legiti· obligations-the ability to prove be macy of the claim. cify the penalties to be incurred with Eastwood and J ohn Harvey. for infractions. In the meantime wbile Sills drew wltb Aguero and bad made the required number of If the claim is found to be cor· Reidar Zeiffert. Aguero lost a game moves in time. · rect, the game will be declared the units of FIDE must interpret drawn, even if tbe claimant, in the the Laws to the best of their to .Eastwood and drew wi th Sills, Witb his limited knowledge of interval, has overstepped the time ability. while Propp lost to Eastwood and the facts of the case, it is dilficult limit. The crucial question, which has drew with Eckhardt. The event was Cor your reporter to say anything IT the claim is found to be in· never really been defined by the directed by Robert C. Eastwood more than this: most players, in­ correct, the game will continue, FIDE, is wbether or not a player and sponsored by the Florida cluding myseU, seem to be opposed unless the claimant bas, in the in· should be penalized for not keep. Chcss League. to the idea of a double forfeit as terval, overstepped the .time limit ing score, and if so, how this being illogical and (lut of line with in which case tbe game will be de: should be done. The new Article , tbe basic concepts of the game. c1ared lost by the claimant. 13 legalizes checkmarks but does not say bow many should be per· 'Edltorllli Not ~: The FIDE Laws of USCF Trol nslation mitted. Nor does it specify whelher rules, a state of utter confusion Chess (Offldal American Translation Liilws Approved provide: 1) Artkle 13; Recording of Of or not tbe opponent of a player exists. Eacb tournament. or eacb Gamel: In the course of play, each With a very slight modification who is cbecking his scoresheet Director, interprets the vague player Is required to re<:ord the move. of wording, tbe Official American should be time·forfeited on the FIDE Laws in a different way. (Please turn to ~ ge 7, col. 2) Translation of tbe Laws of Chess basis of checkmarks. • • However, the USCF Tournament cOPYright 1954 by tbe U. S. Chess In the present USCF Tourna. Rules must now be changed be­ I r Federation, was approved by the ment Rules, an attempt is made to cause tbe FIDE Laws legalize FIDE Congress. , give definite regulations on the checkmarks. The whole subject is ".00 ~,,,, The modification concerns tbe subject of time-forfeits and its rela. being studied. In a future article oNler .lIlus ,.. description oC the Knight's move tionsbip to keeping score. These we will announce tbe changes that dack.. n~n ,. .. (Article 6). Apparently tbe FIDE check rules may not be perfect. but at are adopted. In the meantime, we , • M Malluflclurlng Co. did not understand .the meaning of least they give tbe Director a pr~ recommend -that the present USeF Box 1" P. O. TIII..,n, N. Y. the word "contiguous" and bas cedure to folJow. Without such Tournament Rules be followed. 0 ... 1/."", -(" Vol. XI, Number 9 January 5, 1957

Editor: 1l0NTGOMERY llAJOR Dear llr. Major: POSTMASTIII: Pl..... ",Ivrn vn""nr.bl. copl.. wIth Form un to K.nneth Herkn .... USCF 8ulln... Menalir. 10 E", 11th Str.. t . N.w York 3. N. Y. We. the undcr.lll:ned, wl$h to brine to th(' aU('ntlon of the USC.' Ind o! Indly ldual p laycrs the followIng unpl('lIsa nt occurrences a t the Mldwnt Open Tour nament In Lincoln, Ncb. At the close o! registration on T hu rsd ay. Noy. n . It " 'a' found that II ptayeU By had e ntered. Th(' rcupon I n a nnou ncement " ' U made tha t the SPOn!lOrI would not award the Ilullrantf:ed p rlnl . nd that 1'13)'e" h3yln ll a ny objection . hould M ontgomery Major "withdraw". 8001(' of uS had come f rom as lar u St. Louis a nd I><=nver , drl,'ln, SOl) n,Un or more over Icy roadl . In the In" ounceme nts for this tourname nt a !tn t p rize ol S l ~ and .... cond prize of $100 hid I)(,e n gu aranteed . The 10t",1 prize fund waS Ind icated. " con· What ;s Honor? A Word. talnlng :a minimum of 5500. We now weN! told Ihal nrtt prl", would be $60, aceond S3:i plu l • aea" " rh,g of othe r prlJel hrlnglng the total to $14(1. $010 less th.n h ad I GUA RA N TEE: JP U_ 10 , ...J tlltllc( .-ilh 'UPU( (0 ( .. (0 "('.1((, (1.( pu/o,mtl"(c b""n collecte d In entry lees. In othe r ,,"ordi', :I n oul-o f·lown pl:lyer s pendln, or 2 dllYs on the road a nd 4 :,\ Llncoln I nd los Ing lit leut one dllY lrom hlJ work, 0/ • IC /I,tl l .(/, (u .) IINtI it .,"",11 be J .. [ y ctlTT ieJ 0,,1. hlld to come In l l r5\ to Just n'eet his expenscs. Our feellnll' upon hea rt n, this announce ment need h ardly ~ deKrll)(,d. Len OXFORD UNIVEIISAL DICTIONARY with the eholct! of lacing Ihe lon" bleak trek home or I taylng, we deddec1 to stay. Howeve r the u nde rslgned. players decided to Uflle the tournament Cral bave any meaning unless the meaning of these terms is strial.ly enforced. hemorrhage about three years ago) curtailed his activity. It was in 1922 To permit any tournament management to use these terms laxly without that he first won recognition as a master in the Chicago Masters' Tour· fuUilIing the obligations assumed by use of these terms is to permit nament which included Marshall, Torre, and Kashdan. In recent years chess players to be lured by false promises and irresponsible claims. his ability waS recognized by the Federation in nominating bim a Master CHESS LIFE will never lend its name intcntionally to the support of Emeritus. Many will lament his passing, for he was one of the few re· such questionable practices. What is honor? A word. But it is a word maining links the present held to a glorious past epoch of American that men must keep it man is to retain conridence in man. chess.

USC:" Mambe:;'nhal' 0,,", IDelud.lJl.a" &\lJ)tCrlJ:IUon t.o Cb6u We. loml4DlluJ publl· CHANG! OF ADDRESS: Four wooD' DOUce ftqw.red. Wbeu ord.r\nf CND'. c*U- 01 nat! eh_ nUD,. and .11 otbtr pdvUecfll:: pl_ f\lJ'l\l5h &II addrea .teneU ImpreaSon from recent l8aIM or .~ lip ... ONI YIAII: f5,.U TWO YIAIIS: " .50 THllil YIAIlS: $Il..SO LI,I: ,100M duetlOD., lDclutlln, numbers: III.d d.IN on top Unt. SUSTAINING: ,10.00 ta.com.. L~ Mombenhlp .ft.r 10 p.,m.nbl S.nd m,mbershl., dv" (or ...,bscrtptlon" .nd cMnt" of .cId,.. to KINNITH Harkn.". lu.ln"s Manallar, 10 East 11th Str.. t. N.w York " N. Y. Sand Toum.m,nt ratln, reports (with f_, If .nyl end .11 communkatloft. ,.. ..rdln, CHISS LIFE editorial rn ...... to MONTGOMIIlY MAJOR. Idltor, 111 North Hum.,hnly Aven",•• Oak P.rk, III.

Malta all dim ..., hi•• : niB UNrTBD STA'I1iS CHBSS fBDIItATION the ofl\c1al chess magnlnes o( the The FIDE Congress -- Moscow, 1956 FIDE }·cderaUQDs. Tbe number of , <:op ies $Cnt out by Qne Federation to P.ge 5 thc others should be dependent on 19J7 A Summary of the Congress Minutes the size of Ihe orean a od Ihe frequen. el' Qf PUbUutlon. Independent maga, zmes !ho\lld be lov!ted to Join the e x, Submitted by MAX PAVEY change Scheme. C hd ir"'~JJ. useF TIIUmiJljonal Aff~i r s C()m",i lt ~e RUU:S OF THE GAM E: FQl\owlng pmpusals frum the Dutch and the Aus­ ORGANIZATION: II Zonc£: trian Fcdel'atlons, the AISCmbly de. I. West European-JI.!arcel EHman, 64, Rue Verte, Houen, F,'ancc. clded to apply to the Rules of the eke.. ofl/e (Belgium, Fran~. Great Britain, Ireland, ltal ~-, Lultembourg, PO,II'ga!, Game the following modifications: a) Sco!!and, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland). The text of ArtiCle 13 was clartned By WiUa White Oweru 2. Central European_A,1 l1maku nnas, !II lkonkatu IS, lIelslnkl, Finland. with a special clause for cases of e". (Austria, Den nlark, Eastern Gennanl'. Finland, Ic<.'land, Norway, Swe. t reme thlle·pn'$Su re. a nd b) After Ar_ Addre.. II• ..,. Item. and III"V'rt.. den, Western Ger many). ticle 17 there was Inserted a new Arti. Oil Wo",. n' . Che.. hi M rs. Willa wtI .... Hel 'mllno"~ C~ech<»lovalUlI. 0..,,,111, 124 3. Eulern E,:,ropean-Jar()51av Sajtar, 45, Pral:Ul', cle I7A C Onl~lnlng regula lions for the Sovth PoInt Dr..... , .to'""' (Albama, B u1 1:4rla, Czech<>slovalda, Eg),l>t, Greece, Hungary, Yugo. procedure of QUering or claiming a Lake, Ohle. 5lavia, Poland. Roumanta). draw whcn the game Is being plnyed GLOWING tribute to H e r man 4. U.S.S.R.-Vlatchellav Itagozln, No v oslobod~kaJa Ulits .. 54/56 KvarUra 23 wi th a clock. Mr. Harkne .~ Is preparln ll" Moscow 69, USSR. an Enl/Ilsh tcxt fQr these new regula. A St einel' written by M rs. J ac­ 5. U.S.A.- }'rank R. Graves, 202 Farm &" Home mdg., FOI"t Worth, Tex., USA. !ions which will appear wi th explona_ que line PiaUgorsky is t h e feature G. Canadlan- Bel"nnd Freedman, 12 JonJan SI., 1'01'onlo, Canada. tory text In an early Issue 01 CHESS a rticle in cur rent Herm a n Ste i­ 7. Central American and Caribbean_Dr. M. ACOS\lO Sih'a, Avenlda Norte LU-'E. the 6 No. 71, Caracas, Venuuela. n er Chess G r o up News. A m a n who AMER ICAN T RANS L A T I ON OF (Co lumbia, Cost Rlea, Cuba, Mexko, Puerto Rico. Sah'ador, Venezuela). is so a live in people's h ear ts, is 8. Soulh Amerlcan-(;eneral Edmundo da Cunha. Rua Sa",e :w (A ndaral). LA WS OF CHESS: The U.S. Ch~ Fed. RIo de Janairo, Brazil. era lion's t rans l ~tlon o[ tbe Laws of n OI really gone f r o m this wortd. (ArgenlLna, BoliVia. Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, U",I!UDy). Chess was apprQved with some slla:ht T he H .S. Gro t,/ p News, in Cidently, 9. Aslatlc----Dr. NaHail Zapler, 4'1, Hamell"in l.m SI., Bovls Bldg Haifa isreel modi ricl.Uon,. is edited by Mrs. Lena Grumette. (~ u str ali a, Indln, Indonesia, Iran, I~l"ac l , Lebanon, M~ngolln: Phlllp: GENTLEM.EN'S CANDIDATES' TOUR­ pmes) . NAM£NTS: ~'rom 1959 onwards this W omen 's c h ess activity in Cali­ Mr. Jakse was appoInted to Ihe Centrltl C(llllllllttee of FIDE (lie Is from LO\lJ"namClll will be played wtlh 7 pu. f orma seems to b e settin g a fast Yuto~lavla). ticipants and quad",ple round•. 5 will pace for the rest o f the n ation . come f"oln Ihe preceding Interzonal F INANCIAL QUESTIONS: ~'rom nl)W Playing lor the 1956 California on oaeh t-ederation $hould I.ay its lini: costs (" om the USA border 10 Ihe tournament; the other 2 pilUS will contrlbulions (or the current ri nandal tournalllcnt place and h:1ck ... iII com. be ruled a«ordlng to the p rize Il$t 01 State Women's Championship are: year by November 1St, at Ihe latest. priore "" 'cn persons Instead of e lgbt. th.e candidates' tournament p recedlne, Jacquelin e P iat igorsky, Lena Grum­ WIth the exception tbat p riority for The contribution for ~y 1, 19S6 10 Should this Invi tation not be confirmed Goldie one or Ihem will be gh'en to a player eUe, Erus, Henrietta Page, April 30, 1957 is to ~ paid ~ I o r e No­ the of Eistern Germ3"'; t'ed~ratlo n whQ has In the meantime become ex. Lee Ralston and E s telle W agn e r o f vembe . 1, 1956 to Folk" Rogard, FIDE...... llJ ha"e a prtorlty for oreanlzlna: tills champion of thc world Or to a playe, Los Angeles; Sonja Gra f S teven son ZONAL TOliRNAMENTS, 1957: Vice­ tou,·namcnt In 1953 or 1959. who hn played a dra ..... n match with of Sprin gs, President o[ each zono II to Qrganlze LAOU-:S' WORLD TEAM CHAM_ the champlQn of Ihe world, Tho nUm. Palm Olga Higgins and both a Gentleman's and a Ladies' Zon· PIONSIUP. 1957: Each team will con· ber of partlclpan\.s from any Fedara. Lilly Millo n of Santa Barbara , and al Tournament In 1957. (ThiS me llllll si.t of 2 playus. The nrH tournament lion "'J!! !xl restl"icted to 4. In quite Clara Hurt o f Orinda. Mr. Graves, who is Vice.Presldent of will l)fObably be orli\anl7.ed In the Neth· exceptional eases, thc President CAn FIDE tor USA Zone Is 10 organize erland$ In 19H. submit tn thc QUalifica tions Commlt_ This is a very strong tourna­ t heS'la; 1st Secretlry_ Dr. L. matcb "'m be postponed for a period dies ..... 111 hl"e to play only 16 ,ames lou rnament, Undner. Buda",,!t; 2nd Secretary_Dr. n l)t exceeding 6 months; If th c player and tbat atler 1959 a n ex-chlmplQn GENTLEMEN'S WORLD CIIAMPION­ G. Po~, Budapest; Member$-V. L. has not rccovered by then the mltch wUI h nt! no rlgM 10 a revenee match. SHIP, 1957: The ma tch ~ t ween Bot_ Eaton, 612 MCNeill Rd, Silver Spring, ..ill then be played belwe~n two per_ ZONAL TOURNAMENTS: Zone I will vinlk and Smyslov will be playeU at Md., USA: H. Golombek, Albur)" Cre. sons who will be substituted .«Ord­ be he ld In Ireland lo 1957 (SpaiD la MoscoW, starting on Jl.lareh Sth, 1957. scenl, Cha.lfont St. Giles, Bucksl, Ellg­ Ing 10 the ~bove ruin. U tile World alternate). Zone 2 will be hetd by Dutch LAD IES' WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, land; G. V. Jensch, Uederbachatrasse Ch ampIon loses his title either In a Federation. Zone 3 will be orianlzed by 1956: Mn. RubtsQva has won the wQrld !l5. Frnnkfurt·H~hst, West Germany; mnteh Qr because of duly a.Uuted Ill. BulgarIan Federation. nes., he wll! be entitled to play a re­ ehllmplon title. In confol'mlty with G. Leon_Ma.rlln, 12 Rue CombQn, Paris INTERZONAL TOURNAMENT, 19$8: certain tran.ltion rules. Mra. 8ykova I. Fronee: Alol.~ Nagler, Rlctentr8S"e venge match again st the new World Ch ampion al 3 date 10 be flxed by the (Gentlemen)_ Yugoslavia tnwards the will be entitled to ch;,Jlenge Mr.. Rubt. 33, Zurich, Switzerland: V. Pachmann, cnd of Autusl. 1958. $Ov. ror a revenge match to be played PI'ague: and one member to be pro­ FIDE President. If the Ex-Chlmplon before 1&59. posed by Dutch Federation. makes use Qf thl$ right bU I tr never­ LADIES' CANDIDATES' TOURNA. A title of Interna tional J udee rQr theless no revenge match Is brought MENT, 19S8:_No Invitation f or tills WOR LD JUNIOR CHAAlPIONSHlP, tournament. 1951: This tournamen t will ~ played Chess CompOSItion was Instllull!sltion for which medals and a (ull account of theM!, I must confine WORLD STUDENTS' CHAMPION_ diplomas wlll be bestowed by f'IDE. my.eit to thc following statement : Tn nament In caM the first off. r fer or· SHIP, 1957: Will be h eld MONUMENT TO ALEKlllNE: Only 20 certain cases one Qf the playere will be ganlu lian of Chess Olympics 195' Iceland, sIartin g on J uly considered to h ave lost the revenge could not bt confirmed. This priority Federations have contr ibuted. There was grantod. IIvlna' eO$~s are calculated Is a deficit Qf nearly 10,000 Swiss malch wltholtt play; consequently. the funes. All Federations t hat have for_ .other one will be World Champion. fr. WORLD J UNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. eachlor uch [noration 4 how~vcr. no deCision has been .rr!vCd 1957: . AppcII to Federations ttl tlve ;@~~:~::~~; £otten Ie glvv their contributions, preliminary InronnatiQn IS soon as please send them twith a minimum at In thl, ..... ay .nd If the match can­ not be fixed to start on Feb",al')' 1st possible 10 the Canadian Feder.tlon amount o( 100 S"iss francs for each or the third year after the preced ing a hout the ir Intention reli\.rdInK parUcl­ Federation) to Ibe FIDE: Bureau . Candldat .... ·s Tournament a t the latest. pa tion. Kungstradgardsgat.n 16, Stockbolm, as tbe reven/l"e match must be IUspended GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR STU- soon as ponlble. In vie ..' of the Imminence of the next DENT CHAMP IONSHIP TOTJRNA· DONATION FROi'o! ISRAEL: Lord. Candidates' Tournament. In this lat­ MENTS were mOdllied: MaYQr of Haifa had o!1ere

Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS

VSCF MEMBERS; Sub"'il )IOU I bw ,mru 10. Ihi, Jtptt.fmml to }OHN W. This Is the p OSition which Black en· COLLINS. 91 L.FlliI" Rod , B.".,lt/7t1 16, N. Y. SP1" tIK 19. Q·B2 nlore spacc ; 3) A strong pused pawn; 8"1>1 (. And, quiu fxmibl" it "If0 10Jf Now the fl aw In IS ...... • P-Q-i; I.! apo 4) The BlaCk Klnl: can mor e readily puenl. lh~ U. S. Op~" litlt /nc,,,,1t ht t ytn· (l nler the pia),. 17. .... R..Q 3 24. Kt·Q2 K.81 (ua li." lird "t 9Y.·1YI .,ilh Bilgui(r for It 19 •...... , 6"R; 2(1, B"P, Q-K2; ZI. The be,lnnln, of the wlnnln, maneu· f ;n( ""d u "c nt the Immediate en· SICILIAN DEFENSE If 21 •...... , P ..6E'; 22. R: ••••••• R·Ql; 29, B-86, winsl 29. Kt..Q6! Rllbar.JanoliCv!c, !.Ielgrade, 19M. QxB; IS. R·R4 IGc Uer·N3.jdorf. C 'ndl. Q"Q, Kt"Q; 30. P..QKH, wins. 14. KtxP KtxKt 16. P·K4! Kt.Q411 dates Tourname nt, 19S3) and Wblte has 21 . K"':II QxKt 30. K·RI Kt·K3 IS. PIIKt Q"P 17. B-Q 21 K!·K2 a slll;ht advanlal:e. 28. Q,B5 R-Ql 31. Q·K2 P·R4 If 17 ..... _.. • KI'SS; III. B·BI, Q·Kt4; I'. 8. B·KJ , . ., ..• 29. QxP Q.Ktlch K·RI! and alack II in tr(luble. Or 8. 0·0, QKt..Q2; 9. P..Q.R4. Q·BZ; 10. Or 31. ___ 0>" , KI-Q5; 32.. Q.K3, and win• . II. P·KB4 Q·B2 20. P-QR4 P·QR' Q-Q3. P-QKtJ; II. Q.Kt3, B-Kt.1; 11. n . R.Ql RxRch 35. 8·84 KI-Q5 19. B·1I4 B·Q2 21. Q·Rl B·Kl U-Q3, 0-0; 13. LI·Ra, Kt.-R4; 14. Q.B3, ». QxR P·R5 3'. P·R5 P· R' Now. Wbite bottles alack up en t ho Kl/4- 63; IS. B-KJ, KR·KI ; H5. KR..Q l, 34. P-QKt3 Q.K6 31. PIIPI P· Kt3 Q-sldc and tbe White Blshopl give h1m B-KB I (Matanovkh·8ertok, Yugoslav If 37 ...... KlxBP; 38. Q Q8 ch, K·Hl; a sharp attack. Belter Is the specu)•• Chaml>lonshIP. )9SS) " 'Ith equality. 39, Q-Q3 ch, 'lxQ; 40. BxQ ch, P.Kt3; tI~e 21, ._ .. _., B>l.. Meo: pilge 207 of K·Kr.. 11 11. P·QR4! P.QKI3 Canadian Open Championship 40. P·Kt6 8xP B·Rkh DUTCH DEFENSE 12. R·B21 ...... Montreal, 1956 41. KI·83(11 12. Q.Q2, 8·](12; leads Into the Sheher. RXKtch Meo; pagl 11, column 19 bakho v-Sp~lsky game. Postlna: the KR Nol~. by U, S. Mdlt., Willi"", L"",b",d" Lexington Chlmpion$hip White Black li t Q2, the Ide a behind thlil tert move. Lexington, 1956 is o l"l glna! and logicaL V. ZIZYS W . LOMBARDY 12. B'Kf2 14. R·Q2 I . P-Q4 Kt.KB3 3. Kt·KB3 P·84 Not~f by U. S. Expnl }tl., KtxP because center fluid by avoldlnl exchange" 01 11. P·QR3 or 11. Kt·K4) and White has ruched J' :l lL"ns In this NOnl\al Variation. P..QR4 and P·QB3 seems t he best plan. an Inferior position In the T.lTasch TO. 8ltP Q·81 II. 8 .Q3 13. R·BI P·QKtl 14. P·B3 Defense because of the unforhmaldy It b probably harder for Black to passlye posillon of his IOU. But stU! equallte aj:llnlt lhll move than alter the line chosen Is not as good a5 thO! the alternatives, P·QR4, Q.K2, R·Kl. or ahoye·mentloned. B·R2...... , 10. P·Q5 II. P'K4 Q\)ess I:ite the edge. Temporarlly cramping Whlte's ga!I'. ~ . Not 0 ...... , P·QKt3; 12. P·K4! KtxKt 11. B· Ktl P·K4 13. Q·B2 12. Q·B2 R.QI PRINTING FUND 17. PxKt Kt'B3 11. P·QR3 P·QR4 Euwe uld In Chess Archives two }'ears To erasa thl d.flc)t accumulatld 18. P.QB41 •••••••• White prevcnts B·KB4 but his Whole ago that 12 ...... , R·QI Is best; but from 19" to 1952 In publl.h!ng Black evidently figured th!.ll move w .. conception has been faulty from move because ot 13. P·R3! thb jlLdcnent Is CHESS LIFE, prior to tha adoption Imposs ible. 10. He mlght have trled another Idea: probably hlLlly. Either 12 ...... , R·KI of the Ha.knell PI.n, which I, pay. the maneuver K1--KB3·Kl·P·K4·K!-Q2-Kt.­ or Q.K2 (both thrutenlng P·K5, Which lng current obllgilions. PERSONAL SERVICe Q3 and prepare the break P.B4. R·QI do-n not do) are sufficient to­ Liquidation of thll debt Is elMn· Tht Ed;/or of thi, Dt;.rrtJflftl/ will 13...... B·KKt5 14. R·Kl BxKPI equalb.e after compllcaled play. as tIll to pllce tha USCF upon a f irm Immediately refuting White's plan. In p/try "ou .. gtdtt .." " .... Forced, else Black remains a pawn to the "main II nc", II not as slrong as KENNETH HARKNESS the Ifood. USCF lIu"nus Mln.,er of )1<"" gaFllts lor tt ,~ "f $1. 13. P·R3!- a!lhough C;Ug-o-rlc has played 15...... P.Q6 10. Ox BP 13. R.K I as re« nl as this year. For. 80 East 11th St. New York 3, N.Y. I'. Q.8 3 Pll8 21 , 811Q thoron,h analyll$ Of 13. p·w and of Ma.lr.t .sit cIKclu M461t 10: Sa/Imlay. 11. QXKP R·K1 22. 8-B3 13. R.KI, _ opltnlng notes by Leon· I •• Kt'K4 BaPI 23. axB ard Barden In the 1951 Candidates' Unittd Sltdtl CIK" Fdn4lil.>n ([~eS5 rifp }".. Ua." 1. n. KbKtch PaKt Tour ney Book of Che», p. 301. It may be helpful to have P.KKt4 In reserve. N. Y. CHESS LIFE 14. P·R3 16. Q.B2 B· Kt3 (Continued from page 3, col. 4) 15. Q-Q2 K· R2 17. Q· K2 Kt.R4 This adventure ignores the debUltated of his game In a clear and legible man· condition of Black's Q,side. ner on a pr('scrlbed score sheet. 2) Ar· 18. P·QKf4 tiele 17; L(1sS of the Gam ... : A game Is Ktl2-B3 lost by a player: 1. Who has not com· by Nwhola.s Gabor P·QR4 is still the best palliative. [lleted the prescribed number of moves 19. P·B S In the time speclflcd . . . 4. Wh o, during the game, refuses to comply wi th these laws of chess. Comment: If All comm unlutlO l"ls concernIng thls problam-eolumn, IrlC ludlno solutio .... . , both players had failed to record their well n orlgln.1 composlt ionl for ,1ubllutlon (two- and th .....mo v.r dl .... ct m . ... grunes In {uil and the timc·lImlt had from composers anyWh .... lhould be "nl to NIcholas O.bor, Hotel Ke",,..,... I.!rf , pas;;.ed for the completion or a specl· Clnclnn. tl 6, Ohio. fied number of moves, the tournament director "annot be eriticlzed {or Inter· P,oblem Nfl. 741 Probl~m No. 742 prcting tlie above m ie" as demanding a double·forfelt. however unsatlsfa,," By P. C. Asbury-Smith By Elliott E. Stear ns to,.y such II procednre may be. FIDE London, England Cleveland, Ohio - has recently recognJzed that Article Original for Chess Life Original for Chess Life 13 Is not completely satisfactory and has revised Its provisions to accept check·marks In lIcu of recorded moves in periods of great time-pressure-but this new provision was not In force at thi' tournament In question. BOOST AMERICAN CHESSl By Joining the U.S.C. F.

".20. KtxKt BxP loses NATIONAL CHESS 23. KllR Q.KBI 24. B-B 5 P·Kt4 FESTIVAL 25. BllB WHAT IS THE NATIONAL R-1l1 should have been philosophically preferred. CHESS FESTIVA L? 28. B· R3 P·K R4 30. R·B7 R. Kl It is a continuous match play, 29. B· B5c h K· R3 31. P· KR4 Re si gns Just In time! If PXP; 32. Q-K3 male. a cr oss the nation of Veterans vs. U Kt_Kt5; 32. R_R7 mate. If R·KZ; 32. Teenagers and Seniors vs. Jim· PXP eh wins. If Q-Ktl; 32. Q.K3, R· iors. KB I (else 33. R·B7!); 33. QxP ch, QxQ: A Teenager is any boy or girl Problem No. 743 P,oblem No. 744 34. PxQ ch, KxP; 35. R·Kt7 ch, K-R3; By Robert TuyHel.,,; By J. A. Schiffmann 36. R·KtS eh, K·R2 ; 37. RxKt dls.eh. and who on Jan. 1st 1957 has not wins. yet reached the age of 20. Vancouver, Canada Falkirk Herald Tourney A J u nior is a man or woman Original for Chess Life 1930 GUEST ANNOTATORS who on J a nuary 1st, 1957 is at WlIliilm Lombardy least 20 but under 35 years of Jackie Mayer age. Philip D. Smith A Senior is a man or woman who on January ht, 1957 is al least 35 but u nde r 50 years of FIDE CONGRESS age . (Continued from page 5, col. 4) A Vete r an-any, person 50 tlon must be undertaken by a national ye ars or more. FederatIon affiliated with FIDE In col· laboratlon with the I.U .S. and not by WHO MAY PLAY? a committee Or group of students. Any resid ent of the United GENTLEMEN'S CHESS OLYMPICS: States may play one game. Further offers for organIzation were presented, by Eastern Germany for the WHAT ARE THE RULES OF Olympics of 1960 ami hy Czechoslovakia PLAY? for those of 1962. U.S.C.F. tournament rules will LADlES' CHESS OLYMPrCS: Every apply. third yea,', startIng In 1957. Ladies' team will consist of only 2 players Color is to be decided by lot Black I and the rate of play for lad!es will be or draw, at the option of the to mate. 45 moves (instead of 40) In 2'h bours. Local Tournament Director. ODAY'S colUmn is still in our experimental pattern. No. 741 came As soon as experience has heen gained, endeavors sho uld be made for increas­ The use of clocks is optional T too late for our contest. No. 742 bas points which indicate real talent ing numher of playel's to 4. A prelim. al the discretion of the Local of its composer, a well known practical chessplayer of Ohio. No. 743 has lnary orrer for the organization of Tournament Dire ctor, but some very subtle plays. No. 744 continues our helpmate adventure. It the competition in 19S7 was presented where docks a r e used, the rate by the Du teh Federation; It wU! have is a work of a master problematist and the strategy shows that often the to be confirmed before December 31, of pl ay is 40 moves in the first seemingly least "helpful" moves help the most. 1956. two hours and 20 moves an hour INTERNATIONAL TITLES : were thereafter. awarded as follows: International Grandmaster: Alberlc HOW ARE- DISPUTES O'Kelly de Galway (Belgium); VIctor SETTLED? m:::-:-:-at:::-.i::-I..-:S,-:-":::-tl::-t.-:W:-",..:.....!-:-:--::-:::' Kortchnol (USSR). IL-::-::::-::--:-S,-:::J._":-I"'::::",:::-. International Masters: Wolfgang Uhl. The Local Tournament Direc­ No. 729 Fleck, Key I. P-Kts Knight! Tbreat 2. QKKp. The composer facetiously m~nn (Eastern Germany): Pablo l\llchel tor's decisions a re final. If a eaUs the idea "White Fleck Theme". His name, so weU known In the prohlem (Argentina); Miklos Bely (Hungary); world, means "Spot". All the thematic defences create a white spot. Henco: contest ant wishes t o appeal fr om "White Spot." No. 730 Kun: key 1. BxRtp, threat' 2. Kt..B6. No. 731 Kor ponay: key GyorllY Szllagyi (Hungary); Fridrlk a decis ion affecting the result, Ol~fsson (Iceland); Josef Rejfir (Czecho. 1. KtxKp threat 2. Kt·Q6. Removal of BI-Kt constitutes the chief defence, aUow. slovakIa). he must submit his appeal to Ing 2. Kt·Q5 with 2 cor rections. Frlne"e: 1. •..••..• , Q.Q6, 2. QxP. No. 732 Szoghy: key Internatlonal Judges: Hans-Josef Fass. the District Authority, under L PXP threat 2. KtxRp. The "Cross-valve theme." Lasker (USA); Osmo KaUa (Finland); rules which will be promulgat­ Zblgnlow Mmer (Poland); Leon Radzl. kowskl (poland); Wlktor Witkowski ed by it. There is no higher !Poland); Marian Wrobel (poland); Nico­ tribunal. las FoUno (Rollmanla); UlrIch Lanhaus (ftoumania); Nina Hruskova·Belska WHEN DOES MATCH PLAY NATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL bander (Eastern Germany); "Edward BEGIN? (Continued from page 2, col. 3) (Czechoslovakia); Arnost Polsl (Czecho­ The two match plays s hould, flcult, the Distric t Tournament Committees will endeavor to supply suitable op_ slovakia); Lev GB rkunov (USSR): nJa wherever possi ble, start concur­ ponents. Kan (USSR) ; Jakov Rohlin (USSR); Int er·D istrict rIvalry for the mustering of the hig hest number of boardS wilt Tam~l'a Stranstroem (USSR). re ntly any d ay afte r J anuary be encouraged and a District Championship tWe will be conferred. 1st, 1957. Match play can con. The modest gOil l of SOOO boards Is easily attained, In bct many t imes that Cosmopol1 tan (Los Angeles) Chess tinue u ntil all pe r sons wishing number should not be difficult to reach. The formula for success Is simple: Cl ub: Tom .Cragg won th" club tourna. to participate had a chance t o Organize your di strict thoroughly--Get as much publicity as possible at the local me"t with g'n-¥.., drawing with FIsher. level-Keep the Centra l Office properly posted on your plans and activities. McRae was second with '·2, and Fisher play, A d ead-line will be an. It Is our earnest hope that you will agree to organlle your Di strict- the chess third with 6-3. while Gray was fourth nounced when it is practical to area under you r ju rlsdlctlon_;llld that you will submit to us the nameS of the with 5'h -J'h In the 10.player event. do so. members of your Committee and the regional limits of the District you intend t o organize. OTHER CONDITIONS: No Ohio Stilt.. Un ive rsity Ch ess Club: Trusting to hear from you, promptly, we remain Ft. Wayne Open Champion Jim Schroe_ p layer sha ll be required to pay SIncerely yours, der of COlumbus gave a simUltaneous a n entr ance fee. Club, or other NATIONAL CHE SS FESTIVAL exhibition at the O.S .U., winning eight, affiliation, as a r equ irement for losIng one to Tim Andersoh, and draw. Ing three-with PrOf. W. Melden, A. participation is not necessary. ([bess rife S",",d", P,g- 7 Kahn, and J. Shlhan. ]anl/.t,.,. 5, 1957 St1lurJ; 2. KtxKt, Qx Kt ; 3. K-BI, R.R8 ch; 4. K-K2, Q·RS, and won In seven California Championship CHESS OPENINGS MASTER GAMES more moves. Oakland, Calif. Position No. 192: 1. B.Q2, Kt(7)xBP; P RACT ICAL CHESS OPENINGS by ALE KHINE'S BEST GA MES 1938-45 Open, but membership In CF NC r e­ Reuben Flnl . 467 !lOg... $5.30 by AlOXlnder. 120 liP. $2.41 2. .BxKt, KtxP (If Rx Kt; 3. B-B4 wins quired; at Central Y, 2101 Telegr aph exchange); 3. R-Q.B4, K t-Q8 eh; 4. K_B2, Ave., Oakland; 5 rd or more Swiss In IDE AS BEHIND CHESS OP ENIN GS by 500 MASTER GAMES OF CHESS by Reuben Fine. 240 paae •• 53.40 Torlak owe, & DuMont. 128 PP. $S.50 R·Ql ; 5. B·K2, KtxP; S. 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