Vo1. v. vVednesday, Number 20 O!fj clnl Publicati on of me UnIted States (bess feclerati on June 20, 1951 STAGE SET FOR JUNIORS! Po,;t;on No. 59 i. Por;t;on No. 60 PHILAllELPHIA LAYS PLA:NS Bronstein V5. Botvinnik O. Ostrum vs. H. Burdge SUCHOBECK WINS 22nd Match Game Atlantic City, 1923 FOR GALA JUNIOR TOURNEY PUDGET SOUND Alex Suchobeek, recent Ukrain­ Mix Chess And Educational Values ian arrival, won the 1951 Puget Sound Open Championship 6·0 in a At Franklin Institute Meeting 19 player 6 round Swiss. Second A rare oppor tunity for fun, chess and a liberal education on the place went to Carl Enz with 5-1, side beckons U. S. junior players in the forthcoming U. S. Junior Champ­ losing his only game to Suchoberk. ionship at Philadelphia, J uly 23-28 The site of the tournament is the Cheevers and Turner tied for famous Franklin Institute, justly noted fo r its "Science is Fun" ap­ fourth with equal 4-2 scores, proach to learning. It.s muscum, devoted to .scicntifie exhibitions whcrc Cheev('rs losing games to Slieho­ the visitor does all the experimenting him.scU by pushing buttons, beck and Ballantine while Turner pulling levers and turning knobs, was not designed originally just for lost to Em and Cheevers. Fifth juniors but is the sort o[ place few alert and curious young chess players place on S-B points went to Wash­ could pass by. Inexpensive and convenient housing for the players will ington Champion Charles Ballan­ be provided by the YMCA, three blocks from Franklin Institute, while tine with 3Jh ·2% . The tournament players can obtain inexpensive meals at the Franklin Institute cafeteria was held at the Seattle Chess without leaving the building. Club. ___ _ ~ __ The Junior Chamber of Com­ merce of Philadelphia, which is RESHEVSKY LEADS SUESMAN TOPS sponsoring the tournament in eo­ IN WERTHEIM IN RHODE ISLAND Finish It The Clever Way! operation with 'the Philadelphia Chess Association, has provided As we go to press Samuel Resh­ Walter Suesman, chess editor of Conducted by Ed1ntind Nash prizes (or some 25 places in ad evsky leads the Wer thcim Mem· Providence Journal, again won the Send all contribu t ion. for t his co lumn to Edmund H•• h, 153D 28th PI • ••, S.E.. orial Tourney in New York at the Rhode Island State Championship W8.hln gton 20, O. c. dition to some special prizes. It has also made plans to enterta in e nd o( S rounds by 51h ·l lj~ , draw­ :6y a score of 7-0 in an 8 player N both positions above the same type of piece uecides the game in all the entl·.mts at a night basd)ull ing with Dr. Fine in a very unevent­ round robin event. Albert C. Mar­ I one move. In Position No. 59, Bronstein's move appeal'S to have g;une and has made arrangement fu l game. Mendel Najdorf held sec­ t in placed second with 5%-1%, and stunned Botvinnik, for he made one more move beCol'e resigning. Note ond 5-2, while Dr. Euwe and Larry for i! IU!ng\.l~~ at the close of the Carl L. Grosstuth was third with thal White'S Queen is unproleel('(i. wid. th is wi ft llrollslein look the tournament. Evans were tied 5·3· 4-3. lead in the match. He needed only to draw ttie last two games to become 8th Round St.ndi"gl In the B, Division the title went Reshevsky .. ~H' Horowlb M .... 3&-11 W(l{J ~ Ch:om pj(ll\. Howel(er, he l,os t the 23rd game and dl-ew the 24th; ~o Historic and interesting sites NaJdorr .. ".... :; ,2 O' Kelb' .. _...... 3 ·5 . to Daniel A. Pollen, 16 year old ,abound In Phih'S€:phia, and be­ Eu ... c , ...... _ .. $·3 ' :l\:r.ml:r M ...M._ 2 -( thl: match ended in a draw, . student at MUSCH Brown, while UIC tween rounds the junior players E"anl ...... :; -l Blslfulcr __ ._. 2 -$ By rne ...... _ 4 ~-3~ Gulmard '.M_'. 2 ·5 High School Championship went to In Positron 'No. 50, Harold Burdge-now of Tampa, Florida-also can visit the line Public Library, stunned his opponenl who resigned without making any further moves. ~'I nc ...... _ 4 -4 Shlllnswlt .... a-51 Joseph S. Wholey, Jr., 16 year old the noted Aquarium, Betsy Ross's student at LaSalle Academy. For solutions, please turn to Page four. house, r-.dga r Allen Poe's residence, Franklin's grave, Independence ELIZABETH LEADS Hall, the Ar t Museum, the U.s NO JERSEY TEAMS NEW PUBLICATION Koelsche Wins Trans-Mississippi, Mint, and many olher places of As rcsult of recent matches Eliz­ great interest, while Fairmont Park abeth Chess leads the North Jer­ BY CALIF. ASS'N Sandrin Second In 27th Annual Event and other attractive gardens and sey League with 5* ;-1,2, closely The untimely demise of Chess parks arc never far away. The followed by Plainlield Cbess wHit Digest left a void in California Dr. Giles A. Koelsehc of Rochester, Minn., former Minnesota Slate more venturesome will find Valley 5-1. Orange is thivd with 4* ·1112, c h e s s publications which the Champion, won the 27th annual Trans·Mississippi Open Chess Tourna­ Forge an attractive sidc,-irip for while Irvington.Polish holds fourtli Northern California Chess Assn, ment at Davenport, Ia. with a score of 51At -1At , when he defeated Alfred its historic and scenic interest. with 3'h-2'h. has tened to fill with the California C_ Ludwig oC Omaha, Neb., national CCLA correspondence chess Cham­ There are no entry fees to the Chess Reporter. edited by Dr. H. pion and Omaha city tillist, in the final round of the tourney in the J . Ralston, 184 Edgewood Ave" Chamber of Commerce auditorium. Dr. Koelsehe's final victol'y came U.S. Junior Championship this year and the only requirement 'is ELMAN CAPTURES San Francisco 17, Calif, Volume I, with the modem variation of the Sicilian Defense when Ludwig took number 1, June, 1951 is an attrac­ the play out of the book lines with' 6. 8 -K2. Dr. Ludwig's draw wns with membership in U.e USCF. Space in ST. JOHN TITLE Franklin Institute will accomodale tive multigraph or planograph bul­ former Wisconsin Champion Mark Surgies in the third round. Maurice Elman, New Brunswick Ictin of 12 pages wilh CatiIornia ovcr 125 player'S, and the local Champion, won the St, John City Angelo Sandrin, brother of eommittec confidently expect from chess news and the first twelve former U.S. Opcn Champion Albert, Championship at the Admiral Beat games of the World Champion' UNDERWOOD TOPS advance inqueries that this will be ty Hotel in a 5 round Swiss with of Ch icago, Ill, took seeond prize the largest and best attended in ship Title Match, This well,edited with the Sl.'Ore of 5-1. Sandrin lost IN MASS STATE 5-0, Tied for second were John new publication is $1.00 per year the series of noteworthy U.S Lederer and George Doyle with one game to Mark Euchel' and did Ervin Undcrwood with 41At- l lh, Junior Championships. and promises to be worth it to not meet Dr, Koelsche. Third won the Massachusetts State Cham­ 4 Y.z-Y.z each. For fourth place H. L. anyone interested in the chess ac· place wcnt to A. C. Block of Chi­ pionship at Boston in a 12 player McAlary, Tom Hammett, R. G, Yeo­ tivities or the West Coast Sub­ cago, while fou rth was Mark 6 round Swiss event, losing one PRINS WINS MEET; mans and L. W, Bagnell held a scriptions may be sent to Dr. Ral· Euchcr o( Detroit, Mich., captain game to Fred Keller and draWing four-way tie at 3·2 each, ston. of the University of Michigan with Harlow Daly. Second place STEINER TIE 2ND chess team, Tied for fifth were went to Charles Heising with 4-2, Lodewijk Prins of Amsterdam Frank Cabot 3rd of Chatfield, losing to Underwood. and Kazys with J21At -41h, won the Madrid In· Revised Plan For U. S. Championship Minn., and Karl Wiegmann of Rock Skema. Third to sixth on S-B ternational Tourney. U. S. Cham­ Island, 111." the Quad-C ity Cham· pOints with equal 31At -21At scores pion Herman Steiner, Dr. O. S pion, were F'r1!d Kellcr, Kazys Skema, Bernstein of l'ariS, and Herman Provides Opportunity For More Players • Pilnik or Buenos Aires tied for The tournament was sponsored Harlow Daly and Kazys Merkis. A final ~vision.of .plans for the U.S. Championship Tournament in second with 1 tlh-51,~ each, In the In the B Class Championship New .C!ty, begl!llll,ng July will permit more playe" to con­ by the Tri-City Chess and Checker 12th round Steiner broke Prins' Yor~ ~th, Club, 322 1At Harrison, Davenport, lirst place went to Stanley Ciog t~s l by dlyldln ~ the InVited parllCl~an ts into four preliminary sections. with 5 1At -¥.! in the 16 player 6 winning streak by defeating the Eaeh secf:ion playa roll:nd and the three ranking players of Ia. 39 players competed in the two­ Dutch master. w~ J1 ro~m , day event, for one of the largest round Swiss. Second to fifth with each secllon will compete In a fmal round robin tournament to de­ L elldln9 Seorerl turn-outs ever had by this im­ equal 4-2 scores on 5-B points were t ~r~ine the U. S ..Cham~ io nship title. Prize awards have been sel pro. Medley, Young, Travers and CaUa­ L. Prins .. .. 12H} Liado ...... 10 ·7 portant event. Players from eight H. Siemer .. ll ~·S! R. Toran _.. 9~.7~ vl~lO n a lly for a first prw: of $1,000.00; a seeond prize of $750.00 third States: Iowa, IllinoiS, Michigan, han. '6ernllteln 1I 11·5~ H. Grab _.... 9-7 pri ze o[ $600.00; (ourth pm~ ?f $$:4~.OO; fifth prize o( $350.00 and sixth 11 . PLlnik .... 1I~ -~~ A. Medina . 9_7 Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Okla­ E. Cllnal .... )0 ·1 pl ~C(! prize of $200.00. In addition, It 13 hoped to arrange for point money homa and Wisconsin made th is a HOLMES TAKES prizes. truly trans·M i ss i ss ~ppi cvcnt. Invited to participate in this SO DAKOTA MEET SAN FRANCISCO event arc: Reuben Fine, Samuel Rcshevsky, Arthur Dake, I. A. Horo­ SEA'hu LEADS Bryant W. Holmes gained the BESTS EAST BAY witz, I. A. Kashdan, Lllrry Evans, PUDGE;r LEAGUE HOLMES TAKES South Dakota title in a 9 player In a 31 board match at the Herbert Seidman, ~ta x Pavey, PIERCE COUNTY 5 round Swiss at Sioux Falls by vir­ Mechanics Institute, the San Fran­ George Shainswit, Arnold S. Den­ Seattle Chess Club wilh six vic­ tue of SoB poilits with a 4-1 score, cisco chess team defeated the East ker, Albert l'inkus, Arthur Bis­ tories has a virtual cinch on the Vernon Holmes won the Pierce lo~i n g one game to Wilmer R. Sim­ Bay team by 19*-11 %. East Dai' guier, George Kramer, Donald 1951 Puget Sound League title. County Championship held at Ta­ mons. Norris i". Anderson was was composed o[ players from San Byrne, Weaver W. Adams, Robert YMCA is second with SlAt match coma (Wash.) with a 9-0 score, Sec­ second, also with 4-1, losing his Byrne, A. dicamillo, Edward Las­ ond place went to Sehulycr Ferris liame to Holmes. Simmons was Jose, Sacramento, Modesto, Stock Points and the University of Wash· ton and Pittsburg in addition to ker, Anthony Santasiere, Albert N. with n!t·lih, while 11 teen-age Lnt· third and Clifton R. Stearns fourth Sandrin, Milton Hanauer, and de­ ington third wilh 5 match points vian newcomer Ikars Cakarnis with equal 3-2 scores. 1950 Champi­ other East Bay groups, includ,ing fending U.S. Champion Herman as the league swings into itS final placed third with 6 h. -21At. on Don Emigh did not compete. ' Oakland. Steiner. reunds. and fascism, however different in their ideologies, in p.·adicc become identical-there was little to ehoose between the Italy of Mussolini and the USSR oC Stalin except in the matter of a few bigh·sounding phrases. Cl.ejj ollie Is our barned reader by any cbance a communist? For to proper com­ ~bess . £ife mu nists all opponents arc f asc i sl~, whatevcr their actual political beliefs. -.9n new '/jort Apparently not, for the next damfool rc mark is: "Remind. us also By Eliot H eant Pull[;$heci twice .. mQnth on ,h. 5th ,.nd 20,h by that you mean t.h e Christian God, as any Buddhist, etc. would not like TH~ UNIT~D STAT~S CH~SS Fml:RATION to be told not to believe in GOD." Naturall y. the writer referred in his editorial to the :Diety undcr His Christian Titlc as well as under His HE MllTl hattan Chess Club's In­ Rnt....t u ...,....,. cI,. maUft Sept..... botr &. l!)t" at u.., post oNict- It Dubu'lw:!, ''''"'' the T ternational Tourney is now the under t he AI:~ of lIa..... 0, 187D. Moslem Name without imputing that Diety under any name what­ ever was any Jess God. The! eon text of the original statement should be focus of attention for all New York Sabscription-$Z.OO pee year; Single copies lOe ,3d! plain enough. Even the atheist's Law of Universal Necessity represents chess fans, and this major event God, although the atheist may be pained at tbis interpretation. has aroused interest in !be royal Addtus ,II sub.criptions 10:- 845 Bluff Strut OR 3119 Washington Ave. game even from the non-playing Glenn E. Hartleb. Man. Stc'y Dubuque, Iowa Er;~ Pennsylvania Then, fi nall y, our bewildered reader adds impudence to ignorance Make aU checb pa yable to: THE UNIlc:O ST ATES CHESS FEDERATION public. "The New York Times" in askina the id iotic question : "Who told you to do all this?" The writer featured an editorial on the open­ Address all communiutions Editorial 123 Nordl H umpbrey A ~ enu e is a man of strong opinions vehemently expressed, as all readers should ing day of the contest, welcominl on editorial m .~ t ers '0:- Office': O~k Park, TIl inou know by this time; and men with strong personal opinions never write the competitors and designating EtliloT """ Bilfil'ltss M_g ~r what they are told to ~ r i te ! They write what they believe. the tourney as the championship of MQNT GOM,ERY MAJOR the "free" chess players of the We have been requested by one hot-headed group to advocate the 'World . Lowell Thomas, too, in his C01'lt,iblllifl, Edit"" boiling in oil of all chess players who do not contribute to racial Dr. A. Buschke Eliot Hearst Vincent L. Eaton l:adio newscast that evening gave cquality in chess; another bigoted faction demands Vociferously that a prominent place to a report 01 GuUherme Groesser Erich W. Marchand Edmund Nash we remain completely silence upon the subject of racial equality and the encounte r. So the competition Fred Reinfeld Willlam Rojam Dr. Kester Svendsen toler ance. Both groups have voiced dire threats if we fa iJed to promote has ereated a mild furor in Ne\'! their proclaimed policies. Actually, we have not considered the clamor York at least! Address .n communiut io ns to the United States Chess Federiltion from either side. We have no intention of demanding boiling o il , and (except those rega rding CHESS LIFE) to USCF Secretary Phil J. Miry, still less intention of remaining silent. Only one thing is certain: that Since the lour foreign masters 2011 Clrew Towe r, Clnd nnl tl 2, Ohio. USCF Membership Dues-$3.00. we shall write what we believe, unmoved by threats and not diverted - Najdorf, Euwe, 'O'Kelly, and by cajoiorles. We trust that our baffled reader understands this much Guimard - are infrequent visitors Vol. V, Number 20 Wednesday, J une 20, 1951 of what we have' written. to United States chess circles, it would perhaps be of interest to Montgome-ry Major our readers to note somethlnl about each of ' them, their person· EXCESSES IN HYPERBOLE alities rather than their tour· N the last issue of CHESS UFE we quoted the seurdlous remarks of nament records. So here goes . I an anonymous critic; amo\'lg them was the phrase "Moptgomery m ate :Jl.e Subtle Wa~ ! Miguel Najdorf, one of the pre­ Major's semi-monthly Red-Baiting editorial." Since one of the basic tourney favorites, seems to be im· principles of DialC4:!tic Ma terialism coincides with Hitler's own precept by Vincent L. Eaton bued with an overwhelming pas­ that any lie will be believed if it is big enough and is repeated often sion fo r chess. When he is not enough, we feel it to be wise to state and prove t hat this particular Ad dRU ' U communlc.aUon. 10 Ihl, col umn to VI"""ni L. E.ion, ru MeN.1II Roaer. playing, he is analyzing, blitzing, anonymous critic is a liar by intention. As a matter of fact, most 511 ••< IIp ••n g, Moryland. or studying chess; any position is anonymous critics are liars, for that is the reason wh y they choose to be of interest to him; no mat ter tbe Problu" No. Z59 P r"bl~", No. 260 nameless. players or situation. During his ' CHESS LIFE publishcd its first editorial criticism of the over­ By the lat. Alain White By the late All in White Cricket & f'ootball Field, 1906 games he is anything but calm aggressive chess policy of the Soviet Union in the issue of Novembet· 1st Prize, 1918 and serene, and between moves he 5, 1949 in an article entitled "More In Sorrow Than In Anger." Since r~;;~~;,!;;~M,mlt"II) almost r uns around the playing that date, including the issue of June 5, 1951, CHESS q FE has had arena, talking to the othe r com­ occasion to refer directl y or indirectly to Soviet Chess policies in only pelilol's or gla nci rt g at the other eleven out of forty-four edilorials. Upon thirty-three occasions, we had chess str uggles. Najdorf has a much more important subjects to discuss. We havc never Crcsscd by his amazingly quick IN THINE HEART insight in chess analysis over the bOllrd. Pel'haps, II C(lrrclatiotl lex· HAfo'i"LED reader, who would merit more respect ~f he had signed ists between this intuitive feeling A his name, p roclaim~ himself bewildered by the editorial in the end his dexterity at blindfold May issue of CHESS LIFE. We thought our ideas therein were ex· chess. pressed with surricient clarity, but will endeavor to rendur them in even more simple speech. Dr. Max Euwe, in contrast, i~ rather a quiet, shy person, whu Since the USA rcpl'esents a blending of many races, it is obviously rarely leaves his chair wh ile the invidious to single out anyone rncc fo r specific notice, and such game Is in progreflS. He sits at ' pl'acticc can only be justified by the cxpediency of the situation. In the the table, his ha nds folded in front USA race becomcs unimportant and should be at all times submerged of him, and a cup of tea is oHen ill the much more important concept of nationality. It is not, from an P,obl,m No. 161 P,obl,n, No. 261 witbin easy reach. In time pres­ Ame rican point of view, important that a man be of Irish or Jewish 8.y the I, t. Alain White 8, Ewhen Onyschuk sure, however, Euwe is almost an· racc; it Is important that he is and considers himseU an American. Toronto, C. nl da other person - his hands cannot The Iuture o[ the USA is best assured when its citizens forget all the Good Companions, 1920 In Memoriam: Alain White remain stationary, and one senses Bl ack: 13 men traditional, antagonisms of races, inberited {rom Europe, and remembcr BI ~ck: 7 m. n his great nervousness wllen the only that they are Amerieans. lime control approaches. Ellwe, , tall and comparatively thin, with CHESS LIFE would not, except in this one instanCe! of presenting a ruddy complexion, seems an an example, refer to onc of Amcrica's ranking grandmaster~ as Jewishi "outdoor" man with charaeteris the (act that he happens to be Hebrew botl:). by race and religion is tics unlike the wan appearance of quitc unimportant (SIlVC to himself) comparcd to the fact that he is an most chessmasters. A merican. He may lie rightfully proud (and should llu) of his great historic heritage as a dcscendant of a most productive and intellectual O'Kell y de Gulway would be im· people (for no one should deny any man the right 01 racial pride); but pressive in any gathering. With hi3 the future or the nation Is best served when such racial instincu:; are excellent taste in clothes he is the made subservient to a greater pride in being simply an American. }kau Brummel of Ul is tourney. A Cuban "cigarola" is usually in his Therefore, when CHESS LIFE In the ru ture refers to members of hllnd (or mouth!), and he appear~ the negro race as such, it is nol in the sense of denying them the full to take great pleasure in his ri ght to be considered merely as Americans, but as a mntter of un­ sm()kes (more so than Reshevsky, fortunate expepieney in t he eduealion or those bigots who have yct to anyway, who takes a few pufls and learn that the negro as an individua l must and will eventuall y .·eceive then throws his cigarette away]). While: It men W hi,.: 7 ,n e n The (\uorescent lighting at the his due recognition as a chess player. IkS5, 11'6, IKprrppp. Ipp4r, PIPIP;~~?~;',4~: ~~tf~P&~'iltlSMarshall Chess Club in New York INCE our last report in these be paired in the first round, and that to me is inadvisable. If the long be remembered for such September 22 to Ocl.ober 7. Mrs S pages, we wish to welcome the director selects his opponents, he can avoid such early pairings. Some polished gems. as his ~ ..... enty.rou.r Gresser, Miss f:.arff. Mrs. Mary follOwing new Life Members of the players may complain that their first-round opponent is too strong move masterPiece agalDst Tschl' Bain Dr. Helen Weissenstein Miss United States Chess Association. or too weak. However, all players should have complete confidence in gorin in the Vienna King's Gambit Edith L. Weart and Mrs. Katherine J ;omu B. Gibson. Jr. the absolute fairness and impartiality of the director, who disregards Tournament of 1903. Slater are listed among the entries T.mp;o, Fl •• personalities completely. (A tournament with an unfair or partial di· for this event. Ch~ocer C. King rector probably does more harm than good to the game.) I favor the MIKELAIT WINS Fremont, Ohio latter metlJod for first·round pairings. Of course, this should be d.is· Edgar T . McCormick cussed at a meeting before first·round pairings are made, and a vote DELMARY A EVENT BARRY GOLD WINS East Or . nll, N. J. laken to determine what lhe majort~·t~y-...':p:,ef~,:,,:.,--______H. O. Mikelait of Salisbury won H;orold M. Phillips In the second and succeeding the Delmarya Ch;Jmpionship. which LAKE CO EVENT New York, N . Y . players are also paired against each includes Eastern Shore of Mary· The !irst Lake County and.) In rounds equal·score players are other, but the 3·1 players all have He rm.n Stein" land, Virgin ia, and lower Delaware, terscholastic Championship, spon Los Angelu, C.llf. paired with each other, colors are stronger opposition, thcoretically 10 sored by the Gary Chess Club, re­ alternated whenever possible, and at least. A number of 3-1 players in a player round at Salisbury, Don;old Burdick players from the same club or city ltld. with a 9-0 score. Dr. A. W. sulted in a 4-0 victory for Barry Huntlnston, W. VI. lose and a number of 2-2 players Morris, also of Salisbury, placed Gold of Witt High school, Gary are not paired with each other. win. These are now all tied at 3-2. Mrs. T urner Nelrln" These players may have to meet sccond wilh 714·11£, losing to Mike­ Second to ruth on S·B points with Dec.. tur, ilL For round 6, the director accom· equal 3-1 scores were Philip Bryan eventually, but it is best not to pair plishes more by pairing winners lait and dnawing with I. R. Aslop them in early rounds. or Delmar, Del. Third place with of Lew Wallace school, Jim Long against losers than by an indis· of Emersoo, Thomas Bolton of In all rounds nfter Round 1, the crinlinate pairing, observing color 7·2 wcnt to K. J. Siahre, losing to N. Y. CHESS LIFE leaders are paired with eacll other Mikela!t and Morris. Roosevelt and Donald Miller of (Continued from Pagl 2, Col. 5) only. A mathematician who docs Horace Mann. 17 players {rom 8 first, and $0 on down to the bot­ not know the difference between a schools participated in the 4 round field hy a full point ( 2lh·~) at tom. If a group contains an odd K and a P can 'sec that advantage. tbe end of three rounds. Features number, the odd man is paired with RUDICH WINS Swiss e\'ent. The team prize was If this procedure is adopted a weak· won by the Roosevelt High of EaSt of the opening play were Euwe's an opponent one·half point lower. er player may actually be tied with AT CHARLESTON victory over Fine, Evans' draw If an odd number are in thc tourna­ Chkago whose four players com a stronger player for two or three Bcn Rud ich, frequent runner-up bined a total of 17Jf.z points. Ho­ with Najdorf, Bisguier's victory ment, the lowest player receives a rounds, hut the weaker player can· ill previous events, won the 1951 over Evans, and Reshevsky's wins bye, worth one·h:lIf point; but in bart High placed second with 15 not possibly pass the stronger Charleston (S.C.) City Champion­ points. over Bisguier and Guimard. Naj· no case does anybody receive more player. With indiscriminate pair­ ship l().O in tlJe 6 player double­ ----,- dorf, O'Kclly, and Horowitz have than one bye. ing he can, and tbat in part ac­ round event. Second place went to orawn each of their first tJ:i.ree At no time docs an opponent counts for the inequities of the tile late W.L. W. Weston 6%-3%, CANADA SETS games in this eleven round round· play another whom he has already Swiss System. The Swiss is not per­ while William I. Holt placed third robin affair. Final results in the met in a previous round, even fect and nothing can take the place with 6-4. TITLE DATES next issue of CHESS LIFE. though their scores are equal at of a Round Robin, but with a keen Harold A. Mouzon •.Tr. holder of The Chess Federation of Canada the time. This could be waived by director much of tlJese inequities the title from 1943 to 1950, did not through its publication Canldlan the director, with the consent or can be eliminated. dc[end his title, being a law stu· Chess Chat has announced the CHARLESTON IS.C.I CiTY the two players, if a tic for [irst tient at Tulane University in New canadia n Championship Tournn CHAMPIONSHI P place were to be broken in the h1st Orleans. The tournament was held ment, to be held at Vancouver un Charleston, 1951 round. Under no other circum· der lhe 1;ponsorship of the British Uell Rudich _10-0 R.F . Brand _51 ..0 PENN U RETAINS at the Charleston YMCA Chess IV. I •. Weston 6 -4 Mr$. nfllP8r_ l -t stances would the same two op· Club. Columbia Chess Fwt"..r:l\ion from IV. f. flolt ...... 6" -4 Den Yarn _ ... 1 ., ponenls meet II sC I,.'(lnd limc. PHILA TITLE August 26 to Septcmber 1. 1051 All players receive I point for - ---- Winner or the title will automatic­ The powerful University of Penn· W. VA. TECH DRAWS TORONTO CITY a win or lorleit, one-half point for slyvania chcss tea m retained the ally qualify lor participation in the a draw or a bye, and 0 for a loss. championship of tile Philadelphia IN RADIO MATCH Inter·Zonal Tournament ot FmE CHAMPIONSHI P If a player withdraws during lhe City League by scoring 14 con­ which will designate thc entrants Toronto, 1951 tournament, his score stands as is, West Virainia's first shorl-w a v c F. Anderson.... ·1 I. Suit ._--.11·11 secutive victories. Members of thE' radio match resulted in a 2-2 draw into the next World Championship but he is not paired from then on. Candidates Tournament. r . Ave17 .... _u·n Z. L. Saroay _1 -3 victorious team were Rubinson, between Wcst Virginia Tech at N. Kuttlt ...... 2'-1~ E. T. Jewltt _ 11411 A few exceptions should be not­ Hudson, Gartenhaus, Stiefel, Co:· ed in pairing players with equal Montgomery nnd llarshali College ter and Finkelstein. Second place at Hnntin&ton. Charles Morgan and OPEN TOURNAMENT scores. U one color predominates went to the North City Bishops SHAW TRIUMPHS in one group, the opposite usually Ben Hope scored [or Marshall INFORMATION with 11%-2%, while Franklin Chess while Edwin Faust and Oliver IN MIAMI GAMBIT predominates in the group one­ placed third with 8-6. Pllce: Hotel Texas, Fort Worth, half point lower; and the director H.o.yn es turned in victories for By 21ft·I lI.! in the playoff against Texas. at his discretion may pair anum· At the annual banquet of the Tech. Dr. Asn Adkins and George Clarence Kalenian, Stephen Shaw Time: July 9-21, 1951. ber of opponents with one·half Philadelphia City League, Inter· BeckelL h.lDdled the radio end at University of Miami professor, won Accomodations: Write E. A. Bol­ point difference in score. This, of collegiate League and Interscholas· lIuntinMto n, ·while M . J. Propps the 1951 Miami Gambit Tour liger, 202 Farm" Home Bldg., course, should be explained at a tic League the following awards and Kpth Chambers were the radio nament. Fort Worth for reservations; meeting before the tournament were made: To University 01 technicians at Montgomery. In the two-section round robin Hotel Texas single rooms starts, and the direetor given per· Pennslyvania team the McDonald preliminaries, Shaw won his sec $3.50 and up; double rooms mission by the majority to go one· &; Campbell Award with individual DURHAM CAPTURES tion with 9·1, lOSing one gamt; to $5.50 and up; other hotels half point oll in ordcr to obviate awards to each of the nine team N. B. Church who placed second also available. a color jam. Color jams, once members; also to the University N.C. TEAM MATCH with nlh·Ph. In the other section Registrltions: At Hotel Texas started, have the nasty habit 01 of Pennsylvania team the Evening DUl'ham Chcss Club topped the Kalenian won 7·1, losina- one gam", 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mo nday, getting worse as the tournament Bulletin Award for the inlel'· North Carolina Ches.<; Assn. tcam to Peter Magri who placed seconJ July 9; first round of play progresses. Where the equal-score collegiate championship; 10 Joh~ tourn;lInent at Greensboro YMCA, with 6-2. 11 players participated in 7:30 p.m. Write Col. D. F. pairing is given the top priority, a Hudson, Capta in of the Penn team directcd by Dr. G. C. Harwell. The the double round event. Walker, Box 3125 Poly Sta· player, Instead of receiving 6 white the Charles H. Smolens Award as Durham team of 0 1'. A. G. Ash· tion, Forth Worth fOI' registra· and 6 black in a 12-round event, Individual intercollegiate chant brook, W. J . Peters, Dr. G. C. lIar: BAY AREA TITLE tion by mail. may be off as far as 8-4 or 4-8. pion; to West Philadelphia High well, S. A. Agnello, nnd Joe Wein­ Entry fee : $10.00 plus USCF If players prefer playing against School the Samuel N. Gerson inger scored 8-4 in games and 21·1 TO CASTLE CHESS membership dues for players equal·score opponents wherever Award for thc intercholasUc team in matches,. drawing with the not holding 19M membership championship; to Robert Sobel the IIi the San Francisco Bay Area feasible, with little or no consldera· Greensboro "A" team. Second place Chess League, the Castle Chess cards. tion given to color, well and good. Charles S. Promislo Award for the went to the Raleigh Chess Club Women's Open Tournlment: For individual intercholastic Cham· Club won the A Division title by But if players prefer Instead, when­ team hcaded by Kit Crittenden defeating Oakland Chess Club in a details or registration write ever possible, alternating colors, pionship; to Howard Kalodner of while the two Greensboro teams Maxine Cutlip, Wewoka, Okla. West Philadelphia High the Carl tie-breaking match. Castle scored they should readUy consent to giv­ were ·third and rourth . The second 3Y.r·l,i, Oakland 2l,i-l%, Russian Clocb 4r~ IIJI SC(lrc~, $0 b,in! ,.011' ing the director a haU.point mar· E. Brahin Award as the most val· Greensboro team substituted for OW>! clock. i/ po"ibk uable and consistcnt worker in the Chess Club 1·2 and University of gin on which to work. The whole Charloltee ..... hich at the last minute eaHrornia 0-3. Wade Hendricks of thing in a nutshell is-How much Interscholastic Chess League; and could not attend. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP to the five members of the West. Castle Chess made the best indio attention should the director de­ vidual score wilh a perfect 4-{) INFORMATION vote to color? Phila. High School team the Mer­ Place: l''ranklin Institute, Phila· cantile Library C h e s s Assn count. Palo Alto Chess won the In a tournament all players may ISCA EXP ERIMENT B Division title with 6·1 for thc delphia, Pennsylvania. be regarded as theoretically tied Awards. Presentation of awards Time: July 23·28, 1951. was followed by a five board blind· IN MEMBER DRIVE second successive year, with Bar with each other at the beginning ton and the Russian Chess tied Entry fee : No entry fee but fold simultaneous exhibition by The Illinois Sta le Chcss AAAn. has of play, and, as they arc screened for second. Wallace Hm of Palo players must hold 1951 uscr Sol Rubinow of the University of experimented with a novel form round by round, the stronger play­ Alto and Robert Currie 01 Barton membership card or pay cur­ Pennsylvnia team who won three of membership drive which is proV'­ ers naturally forge toward the top, won top honors with the best in rent USCF dues. ond lost two. ing very successful. Various strong the average are clustered in tho dividual scores 01 5..Q each. Inquiries: Address all inquiries center, and the weaker drift to- chess players bave donated their to Art Nickel, 7408 Belden ward tho bottom. The maximum services for simultaneous exhibi­ Street, Philadelphia 11, Pa. possible screening can be achieved NEWBURYPORT TOP tions, and the playing Ice for' these CHESS THRIVES Contributions: Donations to In any round by having the direc­ IN NORTH SHORE exhibitions is the annual dues to prir.e fund may be sent to tor, wherever possible, pair win· the ISCA. In this painless manner AT NAPEMING D. A. Giangiulio, Treas. PhUa. ners against losers within a given The Newburyport (Mass.) Chess. mllny new members have been add· }1~ollowing its original plan an­ Chess Assn., 48 E. Marshall group_ This can be illustrated at Club won the North Shore League ed to the ISCA membership rolls. nounced some time ago, the Duluth Road, Landowne, Pa. any stage but nowhere more clear­ title by a comfortable lead with Winners at these simultaneous ex· Chess and Checker Club has institu­ Clodl Qrr JlifI ICQrcr, so brin, 10 11' ly than in tlJe following: Suppose 29lfl points. Second place went to hibitions get their dues refunded ted chess activities at the Napem o.n doc/c if possibl~. after four rounds of playa num· the Haverhill Chess Club with 24 and frce membership. ing Sanatorium. The Club now pro­ ber of strong players have 3-1, and pOinls, while Dover Chess Club To promote chess in DUnois the poses to devote six weekly meet­ a number of others who are dis­ scored 9ih and the former cham­ lSCA now publishes a monthly ings with such of the patients as tinctly weaker bave- 2-2. In the next pions, Portsmouth (N.H.) Chess chess bulletin ''Ka.stles'', edited by can attend to a study of the basie COMING SOON round the 3-1 players are paired Club finished with 9 points in last former U. S. Open Champion AI· rules of e h e s s and primary against each other and the 2·2 place. bert Sandrin. principles of play. A New Reinfeld Series 27th TRANS-MISSI SSIPPI CHAMPIONSHIP PUGET SOUND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Dave nport, 1951 Seattl., 1951 1. Dr. G. Koelsche (Roche$ter. Minn.) _ W9 wa D12 WI$ WS W7 5!· ~ 19.75 I . Suchobeek __ .... ___._ .... _ W2 Wll WI W3 WG W$ 6 -4 2. Anlielo Sandrln (Chicago. III.) .... _._ W31 W17 1.4 W31 W tS WS 5~· ~ 19.7$ Wn!"tul.,., }"nt 2", 1951 3. A . C. Block (Chicago, Ill) __...• _._._ WU "S 07 WI9 WU 1>44 4Hi 16.00 i g~~~1 _-_-_-..:: ...... ___ ...... __ ~;e ~\~ ~~ \n 'U ~~O ~:~ 10.00 4. Ma rk Eueher ,Detroit. Mich.) _...... _ w23 W36 Wll La w20 03 -I}-ll l ... lIS 4. Turner .. __._ .. __ ._._.__ .... __ WI7 WIO 1.36 WI& 1.2 WI4 4 -2 10.00 5. FlOlnk Cabot III (Chatfield, Minn.) _ W30 03 019 OU WIG WI3 -lJ-I i 14.00 S. Balla nUne ______WI D9 W7 1.2 W3 LI 3a·ll} 12.00 6. K. II. Wiegmann (Jlock Idand. 111. ) _ 07 LI6 WZI WU WI5 W12 4l-l, 14.00 6. o. MUITR)' __.. ___.___ L$ WU WIll WI I 1..1 D7 3~.2' 10..7S 7. A. C. Lud~ (Omaha, Neb.) _ .... _ D6 W21 D3 Wi WI7 Ll 4·2 14.$0 7. C. J~ehlm __. _____.. ___ DtI W19 U W IO D9 D6 n·21 11.00 :=Jo,. :JI.. 8. Dan Cl..1.rke (Raelne. Wi$._1 __ . __ W39 WIO W31 W... 1.1 1.2 4·2 11.$0 I. Wade . ______...... _. __... __ D7 DIS 1.2 OU Wll WII 31-21 9.00 9. S. Wlnekatis (Ch>cago, III.) __.•. __ 1. 1 W3$ W14 L7 W22 WIt ... -2 11.00 9. t:lI; Worest Park, 111.) .•.• __ W35 1.2 W23 WID L7 LII 3 -3 8.50 Open to aU; CCLA membership lB. Henry Jeffrey mock Island, 111. ) .. ___ LIIl W2lI W2().-ge i\fprUn50n (Chesterton) _...... WI9 1.2 WI3 W I:; Wll 4 ·1 1S.5fI · 25. W. lter Crombacker (Chlca!:"n. 111.1 2 ~-3~ (7. 1$); 26. Or. A. E. Crew IM.rlun, 4. Alrred O. Cruen (Indl.napolls) ._ ...... __ bye LI WID WI!> 1'15 4·1 12..50 advaDce to following r OUDd with­ 5. Oonald O. BrOOM (South B!!nd) ...... W IO W16 01 W7 L4 U·I& 14.50 out charge; entries accepted from l~·! ,,~~~.~o~LU; ~.) ~!~r· ti~~; W~.lnSI';Je{\~:a~u:O ~el:~0~t,-3ia~~·W3~·S~:;; n:w~~~~ 6. }'red G. Flaudlng IPorUlnd) _. __...... W I ~ Dil W15 I'" WU 3Ht 12.25 May 1 to July 31; entry fee $1.50 W .... re n (Rock lsl" nd, Ill.) 2 ~· 3 ~ ( 2.7~ ): 31. M. Ma therly (IJ.ettenMilwaukee. 1951 18. JC$se II. Home (Lynn) 2·3 ' .... 00); 19. Samuel V. n 81arcom (MuO$ler) 2·3 13.(0); I. Enos Wkhcr (M .. diSOn) .... __...... \V9 W38 WI2 02 WI" Wl4 WI 6!· I 29.50 20. Mar1.ln OYliard (No. Uberty) 1-4 (I.(0); 21. Bruce S. Gowen (Gary) 1-4 (1.00); 22. City 19. Iowa. 2. Arpad ~:Io (Milwaukee) .. _____.... W$5 W~l WI9 0 1 WJ3 04 WIO 6 -1 24.50 Paul l\Iar1.inak (E.. Chlca,o) 1-4 (1 .00); 23. Donald Miller (Cary) 1-4 (1.00). J,,/y 1.4 3. Muk Surgics (Milwaukee) _. __...... W39 DIS D4 W5 012 WI6 WIJ 5~-li 23.00 A. O. Gruen ... on the playoU to a:aln the Indiana State TItle. 4. Averil Powers (MiI... aukeel ___ .... W5O W0I3 03 WI5 016 1)2 WI2 $~'H 20.00 Southern A ssociatio n Cha mpions hip 5. K. !tunkel (Wausau) _...... _._._._._W6 Wl6 L14 L3 W21 W3l W19 $ _2 19.00 A s h eville, No. C ll rolina 6. Dr. L. C. \,oung rliadiSl)n) _ .. _1..5 W42 W;l.8 W9 W27 W8 Ll 5 -2 18.00 '7. M. RohLand (M il ..... uk.,e) __.. W4? LI2 W31 W20 La \\I3S WIS 5 -2 17.00 Open to aU; held at the Langren; 8. J . F ..... hlngbauer. Jr. (MUW.) __.... OU WOO 043 W36 W7 1.6 W#I 5 -2 16.75 registralion 10 a.m. Sunday, July 9. "'"r1.ln Ptacek (Mil"'a"keel ___ .... Lt W32 W508 UI W24 W'U WI5 5 -2 16.50 10. Rkhard Kujolh (Milwaukee) ...... W508 W45 W¥3 WI4 LI WI9 L 2 5·2 15.50 1; annual SCA dues $2.00; eDtry 11. Yrank Inbusch (Milwaukee) _...... L29 W50I W52 L33 W15 W43 W'r1 $·2 13.$0 fcc $3JXI; G. S. Thomas tourna­ IZ- ilalph Abrams (Milwa ukee) .__ .... W57 \\,7 LI W21 03 WI3 1.4 4 ~ -2l 11.00 13. ~'ritz Rathmann (Milwaukee) ...... W53 Will W34 DI6 L2 LI2 W30 4 ~ ·2~ 14.50 ment director; for details write: 14. HUgh Gaul>er (L3.Cro~) __._ ... W31 W41 W5 1.10 WI7 Ll 1.3 4 -3 15.50 Wi.lliam C. Adickes, Jr., 68 Linden 15. John Grakovae (Milwaukee) _ ...... W40 D3 Wt:; L4 0:)3 WI7 1.3 4 ·3 15.25 16. P. ThorbJornsen (Wlnler) _ ...... W~l DI7 W33 013 Dol 1.:1 02111 4 ·3 14.00 Ave., Asheville, N. C. 17. nan C lark (Racine) ...... ___...... 0 2:2 Dl6 W4:; W23 1.14 LI5 W38 4 -3 13.75 July 1 .. 18. AI Groves (MII ... aukee) ...... __ ...... W27 LI3 L38 W48 W23 W3-I L7 4·3 13..50 19. E. E. RlJlIi (Racine) ._ .... _... _ ..... _.... W42 W30 L2 W3lI W:U LID U 4 -3 12.75 Southe rn Che n A ssn . Cha mpion· 211. Roger 7.obel (MadL 4 ·3 11.73 Held at Hotel Floridan; business 23. Gerald Rulz (Milwauk<..'(!l ___.... W3S W29 1.10 1.17 LlS W49 W34 4 -3 11.50 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHI P meeting at 10:00 a. m. July 1; U. Y. C. Stokes (Waterloo) .. _ .. __...... O%:i 022 W29 L34 1.9 W:l6 W39 4 -3 11.50 S ioull F alls, 1951 Swiss event; lor details write: J. 25. Hugh MacLean (St urgeon l$;Iy) .... 024 wn LI5 W30 v:!:t L20 W4I 4 -3 11.00 I. Bryant W. Holmes (Sioux Fall.t) .. __ ._._ WS W7 W2 W... 1.3 ... ·1 9.00 26. Mel,,;n s..mb (!':Iroy) .... _. __...... L43 WS5 L'Z$ 013 W48 W4I DI6 "·3 9.00 2. Norris Y. Ander50n tHapid CIl)') ._._... _ W9 W5 L I W3 W7 4 ·1 7.00 S. ( Milwa" I<~) W5~ W39 4 B. Holt, Long Beach vi, Sarasota, 27. Or. KitWey ...... LIS W56 Wi' 1.6 1..11 -3 8.00 3. Wilmer II . Simmon~ (SIGUl< Clly) _.... _.. U WI W6 L2 W1 3·2 6.00 28. O. Frandsco ( Milw a uk~) _._._.L36 L56 t.37 bye W40 W$1 W43 4 -4 7.60 4. CUrton II. Stearnl (Rapid Cit y) ._ ...... W7 . U; . WS LI WI 3·2 4.00 fl•. :l9. D. A rJ,::;onian llt.~elne) ... ____... Wll 1..'Z3 1.24 1.4.4 un W~5 W46 3~-3 ~ 10.50 .AUt-lilt 2:1.27 30. Merl in M05CT (Delavan) ____...... W37 1. 19 022 L25 W ... :; W31 Ll3 3 ~-n 10.00 7~· A~.:~~I .J ·D~t~TU;St:;x ~~f~)'"L (~·rdt:);6·8.G~:'"t ~. ~~::kslJe~prB~!~~n~j 31. Art DQJn" ky (Racine) ...... _._ ...... 1.14 W48 L7 WU 0.. L30 W4.5 3 ~· 3 ~ 9.25 2-3 (I.OO); I. Ed ... ln L. Johnson (Crubard) 2-3 (1.00). C olorado State Cha mpion s hip 12. Thon,as 'I'erry (Mihnukeei _ ...... L3-I 18 US W54 u29 W47 WH 3, -31 11.7::> Denver. Colo. 33. L.. Gal!:"als (Waokesha) 3-4 (12.00); :).t. J . lIazelbauer IGreen Ray) 3·4 (11.50); Open to all players; State and ~5 . t:. Rl)zkaln$ fWauk""ha) 3-1 (9.511); :16. John Obcrr.: (lbel .. ,,) 3-<1 (9.00); 37. J . PACIFIC COAST INVITATIONAL Karoluk (Milwaukee) 3-4 (11.00); 311. K~nnelh Lay (Rlp<,m ) 3·4 (7.00); 39. Clinton Open titles; entry fee $5.00; held OeSolo (Coira") 3-4 (7.00); 40. Robert Peterson (MHwDukC'C) 3-<1 (6.00); -11. Carl S.. Francisco, 1951 on Denver University Campus; lor J eber (Sheboygan) 3·4 ($.00); 42. JU Jnc¥ ~·OrC l ell (Mllw.ukee) 3-4 (UM)); 43. Adan, I. A. W . Duke (Portland) ...... _ .. __ .... x , , , , S1-11 Silk! (Creen Bay) 2~- I.lelon) 2A-4~ (5.00); 411. Loul. (hnban! (Mllwauk<..'C) 2,-4, (4.00); 4. ClI"era ll C.pps (Olkls nd) ...... __ ...... 0 0 ,• I , 31-31 49. Juhn IIIlly (MII"';,nk<..>e) :&-$ 15.OO)i 50. A.L. Prindle IChll'p ______W7 WI 01 L2 L&. WIO 31-21 sets and clocks; for details, write S. DQnald Mile. (HOCky Riv~ r) ._WI7 l,s W1I 1 W2S W7 W9 5 -I IS-SO 31,SI t." Mr. Jensen, 202 Nai1ee St., Santa 4. AlJflrdaJ Nasvytifl (C leVeland) ._Wi WIS VI WIO Wl2 1.2 4H~ 11.1$ 31-21 8.1S $. wwrence Lipkin!!: fT.. Cleve.) _.W'2I W3 WS 1.1 1.& WI5 4 ·2 13.so ;: ~~s.u. W.tr:ltch-ci'r==== ~ ~t Mt t10 m ~~ , ., ,... Crut. I . Thomas t:1l1$Qn (I..,kewood) ___ W22 WI4 WIO 1.% W5 LI ... ·2 IS.OO ...... 7. S I.nle)' wurus (EueUd) __ ._._UO wa WI7 WI4 1.3 Wli ... ·2 1".00 :: ~!:~ro'!:e~~~, ·::===.==- ~r I IW~ L"t.,6 Lhl W~: Li- H . Stpu".b.. , '.J .... •. R.lph Lewl¥ (A~·on wke) _._ ... _ 021 WU IA W211 Will lJlI 4·2 8.SO I". },'red Mulloney ._.. __... __ L2 WI1 U W7 LS L5 H The C a rolina Chen Champions h i p 11. Waldo Waters ._ ... __... _... _ l..8 LIO L7 W9 WIS L3 ... It. JO$eph Gilchrist (Cle"eLand) ... _. ..lA WSI W23 WI3 W21 1.3 4·S 8.00 ,. ...0 Columbia, S . C . 10. Robert McCreac1Y (wkewood) __ WI' WI1 IA IA W:!I 0 12 n ·21 10.25 12. J ohn White __. ____._.__ 04 U W9 1.3 1)-41 3.7$ II. Gc.ne Cobn (Cle"ehlnd) _...... _._.W!7 1.1:> WIS L12 WU 01 3; - 2~ 10.00 Open to players of North and 12. Ronald itosen (Cle"eland Uls) _ L14 WI9 W30 Wll LA 010 31·2} 9.25 South Carolina only Olnd jointly 13. Adam z.ac:hlin Jr. (Oevelandl .... _W32 1.2 020 L9 W 24 W21 31-2' 5.%5 sponsored by NCCA and SCCA; 14. Vincent Sprag"., (C leveland) ._._.W12 U; WII L1 LII WH 3 -3 9.00 1$. Julius Goodman ( C I ~"eland ) ...... _ W24 lA LII WIS WI7 L5 3 -3 S.OO play starts 1:00 p.m. September 1 II. Or. I. Halperin (E. Ch~"e land) .. _.. LZ3 W2S D28 022 1..8 W24 3·3 6.00 at Wade Hampton Hotel; entry f'.lc 17. Frank V"ql". (Cle"eland) ...... _.. _1.3 W22 1.7 WaD LI5 W26 S ·3 !i.:!oO II. Puu! Sl'eho (Cle"el."d) ...... _LI W27 LI4 LI5 Wt9 W23 3 ·3 5.00 $2.00; large permanent trophy, plus 19. Pcler Chaunt (Cle",,1,1nd) ...... LIO LU wal W~ WZl 1.7 S·3 3.00 individual trophies; 5 or 6 round ~: ~!o~~~Ii~r:; .,: ~},~""lc~dJe l!~~I~ qi~l; (!~OO~ : ·~ ~d A~rJ: ::::==:====.-_-:-_==:. __g A & : ~ , , ll. Rober1. Schwam _. ___. _____0 0 " 0 0 " II 0 0 0 JI . 31-l"~ S.C. Nycren wllhdrew ar~r IS ,am"•• nd JohnMln ann 7 ,ames.. ST LOUIS DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP St_ Louis, 19S1 (fI)ess I:ife It. II. Ste-Iam e),,,,r H. A. Lew 5 ~ -3 ) 7-1 Ray Vollmar n·S~ W..,f""J",.. }o... , 20, I 'JH C. M. Durto" lit-:lt Or. n. J . Cook :1.7 L. w. H. ller 61.·11. C. II. lIamann 1.fI E. J. Ro~lIC h 6-3 Math Iwtb 1..& W. R . Ncwberry .3 Wt.al~ :ll.e CENTRAL CALIFORNIA LEAGUE Fin illl Standings, 1951 B.-I move? !IIIatchH Games By Gujl~~ Grouln Sin "0li0 Cbess Club ~ ...... S-o 4!i·ll Stockton Chess Club ...... 5·1 31 -r! Sauamcmto Cbess Club .. 3-3 1& ·26 Mod~t<'l Ch"," Club ...... 2-4 22·Xl O.kdale Chcn Club .. _...... ~·51 18-40 Pltbburgh Chess Club ...... }~, 1I ~-381 SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE HOWARD CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP MONTREAL CiTY Final ,... d dffis;"e ,ound i" .,hi,h Vi,!!;"j• ..,rs htld to Uft 10 ,i,hl, LUtien Page, thall,nger. Afb~tl S'tJ". 101l."'t'J' CHAMPIONSHIP Montreal, 1951 "i,ettor, WiIIUm C. COII.''''', d .. b chaml'ion, ...J Ftlut P""I• • tie b, Ric/mumJ. F..o .. S t.",t,. in fo"'s'Ot,,,J ,,,e Vi,,cirti.> 1t.I. Celtlet' ~ .. l U·l' £. Phan ... uf _7 7 L.. "<'Iynce _.. 11 -S Baikovlu __ 51 al I'I..,e'l, left to n,hl, Tom Peuisu", T. Y. M .. lli"l .mJ ,lullnl,a. I" t~ toll.' ...",'''' Will...... Co",u,e sueu"f.. Il, I. Zalya; ._... _10 -4 Wreschn ... r •.5t.- al A. G ...... Uck .. 10 -4 A. Gr.nt _ f t.- 91 Phil KoIyoo.J; St""dj". i" I~ 1-1eg,o,,,,d is V;'';"i.> Bon" Jeferule' his titft a"J ,clai"eJ pt>

C;l.e Reader ~ Roa.J :lo Ct.e66 Re& Cai&&ae By KutrT S"rnJsrn By Guilhenne Groeue.- Chess Watches have certain advantages over the usual chess clock :r:r~' Jf:,lif't;l;, 3~~~kl~ CHESS SECRETS. By Edward Lasker. New York: David McKay. Pp. in the convenience with which they may be transported in a coat pockeL BliCk to play Seen at various USCI" Tournaments in ever growing q uantities, they Send solutions to Position No. xvi, 4'28, numerous diagrams; iIIus. by Kenneth Stubbs. $5 73 to the Editor, CHESS LIFE, by seem to be very popular with the playcrs. An added advantage is the hess Secrets combincs autobiography and instruction . in 51 delighUul, fact that they retail at somewhat cheaper prices than the various July 20, 1951. strikingly original fashion. In telling the story of he; fifty years of Solution to Position No. 70 C Ame rican·made ches..~ clocks now on the market. Due to shorlages in As ,",vual solvers remcmbered, thb tournament chess, Dr. Laskcr weaves into the narrath'e both the person­ materials the supply of such chess watches at any given time is some­ beauUIul ... x.lIlple or the "indian" alities o( his great antagonists and the principles of ~ood play. Game th... me In actual play OCCUlTed in tbe what limited so interested readers are advised to contact the manufac­ gam... Splelmann·T.rraseh, Sliln Sebast· by game he reveals informally what he learned about strategy and t urer before the slimmer tournament season begins. $20.62 with all ian. 1912. Tarrasch with Black pl. yed tactics as he moved from his boyhood encounters with Schottlaender and fo'ederaJ Taxes paid is the current price which material shortages may 1. B·BS! and Splclm"nn prompUy re­ signed. For It 2. K.Kt,( P·KtJ; 3. Q·Rf, Pillsbury to Mar del Plata 1949. Here are heavily annotated games with later ill cre a~e. For further information contact The Hillwks Company, BxP .,hl; f. KxU, P·K. ch il> nd Black Alekhine, Capablanca, Nlmzovitch, Emanuel Lasker, Rubinstein, Teich­ 143 New Str O!e t, Lancaster, Pennill. wlD.5 handily. 1£ 1. o.Kl, DxP ch; U. man, Janowski, Rcshevsky, Maroczy, and BogoIyubov, to melllion only a K.KtI, B·Kt6! wlnnlnc th... Q or mattm,:; and It 2. K.KU, B-Koi ch! ; :J. K·R2. Bd' few. Eleven games from the hair-raising 1923 match with Marshall ap­ chi 4. B-KU, lVR3 mate. pear with full notes and sidelights. In aiL, seventy-seven games from the A number of solvcrs .... el'C t ... mpted by the attractlv ... move of 1. __• B-Ql, period 1900-1949 offer insights into the author's chess education and .... hlch at flnt clanc... )oaks a. "Erectl...... entertainment for the rcader. For Dr. Lasker docs not limit himself to but it il nsw ... red by 1. n-K31 'then 11 Louisville (Ky.) Ch... n C I u b Picc.dill Y (Willernie, M in n.) 2._._, R.KS; J. PXP! with tIlr.. t or per­ only his own won games. He learned from losing; and his losses to pclual check.. R·IUI c.h; 3. K·Kt.:I. I{·KUI RoUcvi, Kevitz, Fine . and others an' I)art or the I)ictu rc. Similarly. he downed Hanover College al Madi­ Chess Club eked out a 3-2 victory chi 4. K·D1, R·B? ch: So. K-BI! aud Black re-tens ehessically some or the gilll11 encounlers of Hubinstein and SOil. Ind. by a 9-3 s(.'Orc, but 110t over the rot inneapolis Chcss Club has a very difficult win (lC hI! can win without ;1 struggle. BllCkeRleyer of wit h U. S. Smith ..J. Dclehanlr lmg at all). On 1. ~ .... P·Kt3; 3. Q.R4, P·Kl4: Capablanca, Bel' nstein ::and Schlccter. and so on. :I. Q . n ~ lIJ1ilft till! \I\Fe.t ar pcFII .. tu.1 lllmovcr drew with (orme r Ken· A. L. Johnson scoring lor Pie· .,heck I" ve ry diUlcu Jt to meUe, {or 11 Edward l..asker lHls held the championship o( live of the world's ll.:c ky Champion It W. Shields on cadilly white Wm. Kaiscr and Herb 4_ .. _, n·Ra ch: 5. K_Kt3 , il-Kt8ch; 6. chess capitals: ~rlin , Paris, London. Chicago, and New YO I'k, In the uoard one while AI Kamradt of Allers gained the ')linneapolis ~~:\::'~'r..c'k ~J'~.!;.N;Kf~d S;. ~~~ course o( his career, he has gleaned many an interesting chess ex­ Hanover bested Chess editor Mer­ points. ...,fugl!. perie nce. He tells o( J anowski's fondness lor the green tables, or his rill Dowden on board two. l..oui,,;­ K;}.' rtrft~~ ~~Kt4; s3.1l 7;~iea~s"to p~ long-suffering sponsor Nardus, of his almost incredible vanity. After ville victors were Dr. Clell Fowler, Grand R"pids (Mich.) Chess Club d r;o~ by perpetu~ l check; but 'l'alTlI.5Ch lOlling the first three gllmes of his mateh with ~;m alluel Lasker, .Ian­ Alfred Nevy, Thomas Washington, scored a 6Yl-5% victory over Lans­ found a .... In ror Black by a. better mov .... Co rrl!ct S<'Ilutlon.~ are ac;knowliO'd.l:ed flw~ki ~1l; fI 10 F.fl ward: "You I' namesake pl;lYS s,uch stupid chess that 1 Oilld J illle t Levy. ing Chess Club afte r threc carlicr recelv"d from : J. A. &lker (Mankato), simply cannot look at the board while he is thinking."! The readel' finds defeats. For Grand Rapids J. Was­ S. Baron (B rooldyn), J. E. "Barry (D<.~ trolt). Marvin Bender tMech:mlc$burg), Lansing (Mich.) C h e 5 s Club A,' I similar ancedotcs about Teichmann, Bernstein, Gunsberg, and Schlecter. serman, Medendorp, O. Jung- R. Chauv ... nel (W. Hyattsville). A. A. bits of chess lore that enliven the games and dramatize the players. Not avenged a February defcat that wirth, O. Anda and R. Modica scor­ Fagan (Montr ... al), J. F auch... r (New the least of thcse is Lasker's account of his engagemcnts with Reshevsky broke a two year string of vic­ ed the wins, while for Lansing the ~!~tu!;),J · ~.uSSK~~~:!""()6.«fe.~~~hl~ as a boy wonder; one exhibilion game, one tournamcnt game, both won tories by besting Battle C I' e e k victors were D. Reynolds, Barwick, Knuppel (N... w York). E. J. Karpanty Chess Club 9--6 Lansing victors Johnson, and Vandenburg. North­ (Woodsld ... ), M. A. Michael (Wcttmount). by the a uthor. H. R. Melt... rt CKala.ma;wo). E. F. Muller were W. Morris, E. Barwick, V. am, Leininger and Mor ris of Lans­ (Flint), E. Nash (WashlDClon), n. c. The game annotations are designed (or the player who has learned VandenbUrg, J. Kinton, H. Day, ing drew respectively with E. J. Under wood (Wadlington), J. L . W ... lnln- . the moves but not the principles of che.s.s. No long sub-::;ub-sub-variatiolls, H. Leonard, M. Loslk and. F. Kutt, Van Sweden, R. Uhlman and G . . r~~m~~r:l ~ l p:'flWitu?,ig ts;'l:m),W~~kif. no high·level assumptions, no pompus explanations. As Rein(eld would whHe E. Northam on board one Knoll. Wilson (Amherslimrg). say, he does not lose to a man over the board nnd give him a whaling drew with C. Hjerpe and L. Zai­ in the notes. Many or these games arc not commonly available elsewhere. kowski drew with L. Amour. Bat­ University of Washington Chess Saginlllw Vlll iley (Mich.) Chess lea­ One beauty, which I have not seen r eprinted, is the win from Duehrssen, tle Creek winners were R. Buskag­ Club Championship went to Jerry gue elected John Reddy of Flint Berlin 1908, given here without the notes as a sample of what this grand I:r (who won against two oppon­ Shain for the sccond time with president, Ch arles Starnes of Mid­ book offers. ents), J. Sherman, R. Key. and Dr. 32%-Ph. Second place went to land vice-president, John Lapin of Vanden Dale. former Puget Sound Open Cham­ Bay City secretary, and Don Urqu­ Cent er GiI>me. White : R. Dueh rnen . BlAC k: Edwud Lask" r. 1. P_K4, P.K4; pion James Amidon with 311,2-21,2. 2. P.Qf, PxP: 3. QxP, N.QI'I~ : • • Q. Kl. N _B~: 5. N.Qal••. K11; £. B·Q1, P Q 41; 7. PxP, hardt of S"ginaw treasurer. H x P: .. NxN, QxN: ,. N.B3, B·NS: 10. P·B4, Q.KU: 11. B-K2, O·GoO!: 11. 0-0·0, Decatur (III.) Chess Club lost 1n third was the (ormer Univer­ KR-Kl; 13. P-KRl. BxN; 14. BxB. Q·N3: 15. KR·Kl, N.QS; 16. B·K4, Q.QRJ; 11. K·Nl, a match 8%·Ph to a composite sity ch ampion Kenneth Mulford , Tri-City (Da v ... nport) Chess Club QxBP; 11. R·QBI, Q.Nf; 19. B.QBJ, B-B4; 20. Q·Nl. B.Q3; :.11. Q xP??, Rx81: 22. RxR, witnessed thc triumph of former Q·Q6ch; 23. K.Rl, N_B7c h: 24. W hite , ... s igns, as mat ... in thr"e mov ",S Is forc ... d, St. Louis (Mo.) team drawn from while Washington State Champion 2f. K-Nl, N-R6 dbl. c.h: 25. K_Rl, Q-Nllch; 26. RxQ, H ·7 male _ several St. Louis clubs. Victors for Charles Ballantine placed fourth. U. S. Open Champion Albert Sand­ St. Louis were R. H. Steinmeyer, rin in a 7 board blindfold simul­ 1.. W. Haller, E. J. Roesch, H. A. Louisville Chess Club found tancous exhibition. Sandrin lost Lew, Uvan Handy, R. Vollmar, O. Newell Bnnks almost unbeatable in one game to John' Warren o( Rock A. Ehlers. and Mrs. R. Williams. a recent mixed chess and checker Island, club president, and drew G Lattcr sulvuged the point for simultaneous. At chess D. 1.. wiih Willis. V:mdcrburg of Shcll Witherspoon gained the only vict­ Rock, president of Iowa State Howard (R.I.) Chess Club scored TuJs<1 (O kla.) Chess Club Cham­ Decatur, and Dr. M. Schlosser of Decatur drew with John Lips. ory while n. W. Shields held a chess Federation, winning the 171h- IO'h . victory over the visit­ pionship went to Dr. Bela Rozsa draw. At checkers Banks yielded ing Deep River (Conn.) Chess Club. other fi ve games. Sandrin also lost with 8lh-llh in an 11 player rount.! Newburyport (Mass_) C h e 5 s draws to 1'. E. Flolmes, E. Morri­ ..n exbibition game to Karl weig­ Couture, Burns. Asile, Iovino and robin. Dr. Rozsa lost to Read and Club's speed championship went son, O. Davis and E. Giancola. Moison scored double wins for man of Rock Island - a game drew with J . Virgin. Second place to C. Waterman who scored 7% which featUred a running commen­ Howard, while 1tlassey and Page went to Blair with 7lh-21i%, while ill an 8 player event. Nearest riv­ University of PennsyIVillni,ll . re­ score I Ih each. LeDuc scored a with one game yet to play Read peated their first round triumph tary by both contestants upon the also were G. Herndon in second strategy of the 2ame. victory and Howarth ., rlraw in M'Ored 61".2 11:0 for a certain third plac/;: tic with B Gould at 41h each . oycr North City Bishop" 4'h.-l'k single games. while Lupo. P a u I :md possible tic for second. The to clineb mathematically their sec­ Chicopee (Mass_) . Chen Club Waterman's one draw was witn scored a 6-2 victory over Green­ ~nd McKenna split even. W. Cou­ Class B tournament was won by Bartlett Gould. ond straight Philadelphia Chess ture was elected 'president, F. Pa ... , Rothchild with 6'h-l% in a 9 play­ League title. For Penn. Rubinow, field in the West. Mass. & Conn. team captain, L. Page tournament er round robin. with J ohnson sec­ Charleston (W. Va.) High School Hudson and Gartenhaus drew re­ League while its second team con­ director, A. Starr club reporter. ond with 6-2, while Lumsden plac­ Chess Club played a 44 draw with spectively with H. Morris, Hick­ ceded a 2-4 loss to the South Had­ and E. LeDue seeretary of the ed third with 5%-2%. Rothchild the South Charlcston High School man and Koppany on the first ley High School. Victors over Howard Chess Club. lost one game to Johnson a n !'I Chess Club with George Keller, three boards, while teammates Greenfield were Gleason, Atkinson, drew with Lumsden. Dave Bowen, Charles Dobbs and Stiefel. Cotter and Finkelstein scor­ P. Melras, Beaulieu, and McCon­ Franklin (Phil;>dclphio) C h c s s Rolx!rt Morris scoring for Charles­ ed victories over Badgett, Huth brey. Branconner and A. Boutin Club saw W. A. Ruth and n. Mor­ Gambit (Toronto) Chess C I u b ton, while Bruce Marples, James and R. Nickel. held hard-fought draws with green ris share first place in the club scol'ed a victory over the Queen Spence, WiUiam Painter and Joe filed players Dr. M. B. Low and championship with 4lh·l \h each; City (Bullalo) Chess Club by a Lechiara won for South Charles­ Lansing {Mich.} Chess Club, play· Davenporton boards 1 and 2. Sole Ruth lost to Morris and drew with 10-7 score with Frank R. Ander­ ton. A previous match resulted in a ing its first match in the new victor (or Greenfield was Johnson. Sharp, while Morris lost to Ark­ son besting Fell o[ Queen City on 3-3 draw. YMCA quarters, scored its third Sprinr.field (Mass.) Chen Club less and drew with Sharp. S. r. b;)a rd one while n. Black of Queen victory over Grand Rapids 7\h·4%. saw Bob Merideth o( HarUord. Sharp ..... as 3rd with 4-2 and C. City turned the tables on board S<1cram ... nto (Calif.) Chen Clu b For Lansing Bogue, Vandenburg Conn. win its annual Washington F. Bauder 4th with 3-3. In the two by dcfeating Z. L. Sarosy. S e'aer WtJn~u/q, J.. nt 10, 1951 cll/e Erich W. Marchand . Rochester 17, N. Y. E. J. KO'PaJlty J. E. Howanll J. Lapin J. "ar~ A bit unusual in thl5 variation. Or. J. Plat. F. ' ltelnf.ld EDITOR, ANALYST I . .. ~_ P-QK.4 10. P-QRl B·Kn !~.21I iK:i·; PU~; B~it .Kf~: ~t~.~s ~ ~~ (lo'iii,y mov:x~. Kr~~.'·::~6! "'w'ld' Or. B. Rona A. E. SanUsl..... •. 0-0 QKt-Q2 n . P· K83 .. ~~~ giv/! Uiaek a POW.,..flll alt.ack. J . Soud.koff CAUGHT NAPPING P.K84 I~ moee aggn-s.s;ve n ormnlly but ~e~3:. ~~~e B~!~~~~n~t\o~I f~~I~' &~:~ 10. •~ •.• ~ Q-IlS! h ero the KP must be defended. White's Q-Q4 can Ix: answe""" by B-K4. Refusln:- th" . 20) 12. Q-Kl 0-0 16. Kft-QI Kft.ol U. It·Kn B-Q2 2'- Q-K I3 K· Rl Tbe lext UU5f!$ conslder;oblo dUflcul­ game with K. Nedved (April 13. Q·KI) K·Rl 11. ..-Kft4 14. R·ltl Kt·K5 27. A(2}-ft2 Q-1I1 U"" (or White. the anlJotator missed the point oC 14. Q ft-QI Qft·81 White ... .,. lhrcateniq to will a P by 21 . P·KKtl __ bis strategy, for il 13. B-KJ as Bolh sklell a..., fully mobilized and the PxP. Now 21. PxP can be an$wered by A&::ain fo~ed because of the Ihreat or fi«wor1la begin. 28 _ . RPx.P. ". __ P-83. suggested in the notes, then 13 ..., 11. . ~_ P-Q4 1f. K,.o41 21. K.-O] Qft·Kn 21. _.~ Q· It, U. Q-KIII Kt-QRS ch; 14. 1>-QB3, KtxKtp; 15. II. P)lP ' BxQP Black... ~ame I! under l)reuuI'C. Yet it 22. 8--B4 K·KI2 Alt" ", __ .~ •. seelDil wront: to allow White to pene­ Avoidi", lllaek'l; lnap : 23. XtxJ(lP?, Q-Q2. SxBP ; 16. QxB, Kl·B6 ch, fol­ trate Ihe QR rile and lI""i n the seveeth RPsKt; 24. BXH. R.Rl (Editor). lowed by QxQ and an easy win. rank. 23. _..... Q-ft4 24. P.-Qft41 29. "XP RPxP 31. Kt·KS 8--KI Both\ editor Marchand and annota· 30. ft _1l7 It·K1 32. P·K'41 A/Itt 24. P·QR4! tor Korpanty concede the correct· ness oC this analysis, which was overlooked at the time the annota­ tions were compiles, and' thank M r. Poschel for the correction. Reader David Hamburger also caught the error and made similar suggestions to those of PoscheL I TCHIGORIN'S DEFENSE Montreal-Ott"WII·Toronto Match 'fhe re are muny chukes but thtl seem, the least li kely to win games o r In­ Kingston, 1951 fluence Slemms, who cntshes throui"il t" Dr. F. Bol..li.chulc eonrt(lenUy. Kt·B4. m il:;ht be the best BIocl< of .. U. (D. M. LeDain In Montreal IlOHATlftCHUK Gazetle). (OftIWI) 22. ftxP ft·1(1 21. QxP Q-Q6 4. ~x~ 8xKI U. Kt·B' Q-R5 29. Q·B4 Kt.B4 5. KnollB QlIP 24. K'x P ch K·AI ]0. RxB IlxR , . .... K3 P· K3 ~~K~d~g{n;rl~~eis·"C''''' ' ,"" .,"< 25. KhB PxKt 31. B-Q4 Q-oK" pllyed but In m y OV(lr th(l b08rt1. 26. K·KH It· KKII :n. Q·81kh Iteslglls 19. " .. _ KtxP ch 21. K)lQ 27. Il"P QxP 10. K-82 QxQ eh n ft)lKt A very Important move as will be 5\'!e n to open the Woodebopping foe an ending 8RONSTEIN later. ~~!daf.an;:pr!~DTa~~~~ ~ n;;~~r::.t~ ~;:~:~~~l:~~::~ ~";:.:;t, ne"er quite arriv~s. 24. _... " -KI4? World Cbamploll!hip TournameDL J oy­ u. Pxft KI·I(S eh 31. P.KI5 Il-OBI An execlJent stroke ~ on Whlte'!; Safer and better Is 24. _ . PxP. n"-f ~V"-fed to win the m;otch ),·21_ U . K·ft3 KtxR n. Kt·81 ~peT~r :o:.~"'~I:""! . B~'it!,.ex= 25. 8-K3 8xKI 2'. .... 8 -1t' (The Editor) 25. 8 xKI BxQAP 33. P-IU It"'.-R' A daring movil' ",hich showa BIack'A 26. 8-Q3 P·leK'3 3<1. K. KI4 P-KS weak~n s the ilUPi>Ort of Black'i Kt, and gre;ot desire to ",h. althouth It neaely 27. 8·KK15 R-Itl 8 ·81 a lso open. the K8 me. n. B·K1 ch n. _ hP " an· 21. B·\U ct. K·Ktl "-- K·ft4 BK" ~~edth:ln~;:;ebyZll27.-s:Q4~.Ql n . KI·Kt3 a-03 m.o. If Bla<:k attempts -.0 win a P, he Is met 'Z7. Q-QI 8 ·Kts 21. Q-Q41 _ ...... 3D. P·KK'4 P·K4 w ith the (ollowtng Un~: l2 ._~ . llxKt; A strong move 'which takes Ihe Inltla· .. tive. (Continued from page 2, ~d Pru~ckPifl,e~i ~'g~ ~; .. ~~: :;:,~ 2L '"'.... B·86 30. Q-Q7 eh K. ft3 34. Q-Kt2. Q-B3; 35. 8Ji:KI, PxJl; 16. B-lll. It. P·K' ch P·83 DUTCH DEFENSE 33. axKt px8 14. 8· 1l4 .~._. Not 30 . .... ~~ . K-Ktl?; 31. Q-B7 ch. K·Rl; World Championship Match No need to .top rur K KUKIP. The l!. QxBP e h, Q-Ktl; 33. llxJ> eh follow' think CRESS LIFE measures up to 22nd Game, Moscow, 1951 attlek 111 overwhelmln~. ed b}' PxP ;and Wblte wins. 34. _ ~ ftllKt "-- A·Kal Q_KtI ' 31. Q-K87 QXQ its name. 35 . ..xiI. 8 xK P NO /tS t" E.ich W. MtfTclunJ 31. .... ~~ , Q·1t6?? allow, m3Ie by 32- Dr. Buschke's series oC Alek.hine White Blnck ~.n~ ~nd' ~:QilrJrc:'· ~I, ,:x':" .. ~ h4 ·J:; QxBPeh, K·R4; :1:1. Q.xP. is certainly notable - obviously, it D. BftONSTEIN M. BOTVINNIK :n. PxQ K-Kt2 37. 1l·Kt3, Bxlli l'xB, and White'$ d an· Necell/l .-1.. 1<. Had llinck played 1 ..•. ~ , ~, ..... ". P-QR4 3S, R·Bl1 p .KLl4. White could IHlv(l played tho 31...... 8·K12 31. QKQ ch RU l9ns 34. ft ·R4 KlIP pion (very late when It came to Ul llek'~ movol IIvuldt'il nlllt(l bul 105el P·QK14! would allow Whili! lerlou. ~pce\J1aUv c 2.. I'·K1 (the SIaunton Cam· his H. A beau tifu l gllme by Bronstein. 35. laying the title on the line against hit). wlnnla,/:" c h ;anee~ after 35. _~ •.•• R·QI; 36. Imilln/:" him one ilame ahead in the 3. " ·KKtl K'·K83 S. K'.o83 0-0 B·Q4, P:tJ>; 3'1. \txP. a deserving chaUenger). What a 4. 8-K12 B-K.2._ P.K3 ".04 match. with two ,ames left t o go! 3S.. __ P_ftS! chess player Alekhine was - and There II an old rule In the Duteh ~ Thl, ro~el Ihe dra,... lenH. If Ihe White KKt ,oa to 83, 36. 1t ·87 ch K·K) 41 . K-81 K.o4 what a louse! BlICk play", p-Qt. rr the KKt go... to 37. P.K" " -R' 4:t. K·KI tt ·Kt7 R3, BlICk play!; P.Ql. But White h.u RUY LOPEZ 31. "xP RxP 43. 1t·ItS eh I( ·K' I hope that you can persuade delayed Ihe KKt move and, in fael, West VirginiA Championship 39. ft·ft7 ftllP 44. It·ftl ft -K1 ch Dr. Buscbke to engage in further haa • thlNl allernatlve ,nyway. Beckley, 1950 ~ . R·ltl R·Kt'· 4S. K.81 Dra wn 7. KK'·K2 P·B1 research for your publication. If U 7 _., PltP; L Q·R4 recovers the P, Noltf by D,. S. W ttth"mmtf I rllm anyone oC your subscribers ever lnereuca his control 01 the eentar wants some hard-to-get matter, Dr. fBu.ck has tben OIle less P covering VirS;n;" CMII Auoci.uio,. Bulld;n. SICILIAN DEFENSE White's K4 SQuare). White Blaek Fif$t Match G.me Buschke is the maD who'll find it, I. P.KIl Kt·KS t. 0-() _ C. MOItGAN DR.. S. Wl!ftTHAMMEft whether publishell in English, Rtu<­ DemolUtratinc the Rlperlority of White" I . ' _K4 ' -K4 4. 8 ·1l 4 Kt·83 Montreal, 1951 2. KI·K83 KI-081 S. D-O B·K2 While sian, Turkish, Brooklynese or an­ than KRJ), Black \'J:.1::F. ~t ~l~~~~r J. 8 ·KIS P-Qft3 .. Q·K2 ~_~ ft. SIEMMS L. JOYNER cient Babylonian • or even if nol t. __ 1<1.01 10. II-Kt2 _ The WOlTall AtUek. which is highly (Toronto) (Montrnl) At first glance thi. (the B(Kt2) " hope. recommended hy Re, hanky. 1. P·K4 P.o84 n . P •• 4 Kt· 85 published and merely written on an 2. P-Q4 old napkin. GftOS8EftG '- ..... ~. P-QKI4 •. ..· 83 P.o. .,. 13. Bx Kt QII 8 Now Nemesis bei"ln! to work. Whito', ~ii8r e~~~~u~lybYpl::ep_~ ' o~u~.:~~ 7. 8· K13 D-O 3. KI·K8] Kt-QS' 14. ".o1t4 It-QI tr~e hll game. and the n White" QB A varlaUon of the Mars hall Attack. 4. I< ..P Kt·81 15. p. ftS a·Q2 IRWIN STEIG eenter Is easily broken by this and the p.QJ next move or Bla..:k. will come "' life. 9. "liP KtxP 10. K'IIP KllIKt 5. Kt.-Q83 16. P-8S Qft·81 Norwald, Conn. 10. _ QKf.83 11. Q·Q3 P·I