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ABRAHAM KUPCHIK I Dean of American Ckessmosters (See Page 133 )

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tally in his home city Budapest. His fuil­ ''"}. INTERNATIONAL ure to comc through was symptomatic of the general letdown of the Hungarian players which gave the Soviet team another A Hot Time in th ~ Old Town rousing victory to udd to its impressive Apparently Soviet chessmasters are just string. a bunch of home boys. Cheered by admir­ ing Russian crowds thronging to sec them Rossolimo Lead s at Southsea perform, eight masters led by Only three of the 28 contestants in the 28.year.old Vassily SmysJov shellacked a Easter Chess F'estivul at Southsea, Eng­ Budapest tCUllI 48;12,15]/2 in the second land, were forcigners but they hogged the half of a tournament·style match last best prizes. The reason: they were the month. They won 39, drew 19, lost only 6. on ly full.fledged musters. French titlist In March this same Icum of Soviet mas· Nicolas Rossolimo was the most efficient. ters had been held to a much closer 38·26 He won eight and drew two in the Swiss victory by the Budapest team (see CHESS system event- the first of its kind in Eng· RI>V IEy.', April 1949). The result, repre· land- to snatch first prize from Ludck senting a "swing" of on ly six points, was a P achman of Czechoslovakia by defeating blow to the enormous prestige of USSR him in their crucial game. Pachman took chess. When the Russians returned home, second place with 8Y:J.l'i2. Third wcnt to they must have resolved to shake off the veteran master Dr. Savielly Tartakover indolent atmosphere of the Danube and with B-2. He drew with both of thc lead· they did- with u vengeance! The total ers but a loss to Scotland's Dr. J. M. score for both parts of the match: Moscow Aitken knocked him ou t of contention. 86%, Budapest 411;2. Aitken was fourth with 7·3 und, as highest LASZLO SZABO Smys]ov, who was second to Botvinnik ranking native player, earned the cham­ His failure was a symptom in the World Championship Tourney last pionship of the Southern Counties Chess year, led the Russian attack with eight Union. straight wins. He received substantial aid The only Hungarian player to come off Pachman Sweeps Arbon Event from V. _Simab-1Jl who won_m._Wew two. well was 20.year.old national -champion Czech master Ludek Pachman found no By comparison, the other Moscow players I'al- Benkoc. His meager score of 3·5 was terrors in the field of a small international looked like pikers. Yuri Auerbach, who the high spot of the Budapest effort. This, tourney at Arbon, Switzerland, recently. like Smyslov and Simagin was unbeaten, coupled with his 4'i2.3'i2 in the first half He won all seven games. Second place and Alexander Kotov, eo­ of the match, gave him the only Hungarian went to Hobert Wade of New Zealand. He champions of the USSR, had 6-2 ; Salo score approaching an even one. The big did almost as wcll as P achmun by winning Flohr anteed up 5%.2%; and Andreas surprise was the collapse of Lasdo Szabo, six of his seven games. The Austrian play­ Lilienthal and Vyacheslav Ragozin runner·up to Bronstein in the Salts­ er Beni finished in third position with chipped in 5·3. Ragozin was the only jobadcn Intcrzonal Tournament. Szabo 4'12. 2Y2. Soviet player to lose two games outright was able to win only one game and draw in the second half of the match. two in J\.Ioscow after having made an even Plan Mexican Tourney Ambitious chess fans in Mexico City are -• planning to hold an international tourna· 0 0 ment J une 6·30 of this year. The list, - -0 0 - 0 which will not exceed fifteen players, ten· BUDAPEST '" M OSCO W - > - 0 0• 0 • 0 > , 0 • .- E • -• 0 0 '" tatively includes Hermall Pilnik of Argen. 0 > 0 - M OSCOW > 0 > 0 0 BUDAPE.ST 0 > 0• 0 • •0 0 •0 - > 0 •0 ., 0 • - 0 • ~ 0 • > 0 • > > tina, Herman Steincr of Los Angeles, Ed· 0 • 0 0 • 0 -•0 1st HALF 0 E •, , HALF ,• E > 0 - • • • • • • <- J • < • '"' • •" • 0 " • ward Lasker of New York and Norman T. L. Szabo ...... , ! 0 ", ! !" ! 0 4 v. Smyslov .. ... , , 1 1 '"1 1 ", , , Whitaker of Shady Side, Md., as well as G. Barcza ...... 0 ! 0 , ! I I , 4 D. Bronst eIn . . . , , ! 1 1 ! 0 , , Mexican Champion J . J. Araiza. The re· K ot ov 1 1 ~ , , , P . Benkoe ...... I ! I ! , I I I 41 A...... , , ! mainder of the list will be filled by Mexi· T. FlorIan ...... I , , ! ! 0 I I 'I A. L111enthal • • • I 0 1 1 1 1 , I , E. Gereben .. .. . , I 0 I , I , I , ,. F loh r ...... , ! 1 1 0 1 , ! can and foreign nationals now in l\fexico. Ragozln , 1 1 1 , D,. Sz l1y ..... I 0 ! I I I 0 I 3 v...... I o 0 I " The last internationul event held in L. T"lpary...... I ! I 0 0 I , , 4 Y. Auerbach .. .. I , 1 1 1 1 , I , Mexico was in 1935 when Reuben Fine, br. A Vajda .. . . I 0 0 0 I , 0 , , v. Simagin .... . , , 1 1 1 1 , , , Arthur Dake and Herman Stein er tied for Total , , , , M o.cow Total • • • 41 51 61 441 4 , 4 B udapest • 3 11 11 11 first with equal scores of I I-I.

130 CHESS REV IEW , MAY , 1949 l'lere his oppositi on was formidable; and announces that he is entering the 1949 {'f;' UNITED STATES Irvi ng Lowens of Walden, New York, Fourth Annual Golden Knights Cham· George Luhovich of Boulder, Colorado, I)ionshi,,! 1944 Postal Chess Champion William R. Jones of Min nea polis, f.·linne­ Marvin Palmer has long worked as sota, Louis Levy (then Coqwral Levy and printer for the Detroit News. His avoca­ Marvin Palmer of Detroi t, :Michigan, now also of the Marshall Chess Club in tions, other than chess, are landscape won C H ESS R.;vu:w's 1944 Postal Cham· New Yo rk) , Alexander Dwye r of Union, gardening and music. His wife a pianist, pionship-tallying 18 straight victories in New Jersey, and Earl HUllul\cI, a wander­ his daughter a violinist share in his de­ three regular rounds of play, ,then a fou r ing minstrel once of Albany. Of nil these, light in music. game sweep in a play-of( for first place. Palmer states, the three " L"s were Il ardest In New York City for a short vacation, to beat: Levy, Lowens and LuOOv ich. Dake First in Northwest Event shortly after sending his fi nal game rCllort, After threc years, averaging a round One o( America's leading players. Marvin Palmer called at the offices of pcr year, Palmer had won aU 18 games Arthur Dake of Portland had an easy lime CHESS Ih:vu;w, late last momh. There he hut then had to mark time till it became in the Northwest Mastcrs-Experts Tour­ was photographed and, most important, clear that others would tie his score And a ney held at Tacoma, Washington . The he received his check fo r $150 liS first play-o rr was arranged. By November 1947, Oregon Stllte Champion made a clean • prIze. Palmer, Fuglie and Hend ricks were at it. sweep of five games to lead Olaf Uivestad Surpassing all records in Postal Chess. By April, 1949, Palmer had won. of Scattle by a fu ll point and a half. Third Palmer bettered even that of John Staffer, * * * * plncc was shared by Charles Joachim of winner of CHESS R EVIE W'S ]943 Victory CHESS R EVIEW gave a brief account of Seattle and Carroll Crain of Tacoma wi th Tournament. Staffer, it may he recalled, Marvin P almer's record, January, 1947, equal scores of 2·3. Joachim is Washing. ha d scored 18 straiglit willS !tnd sim ply but a brief recapitulation seems in order: ton State Champion while Crain ho lds tir e carried off the $100 check for first prize. Marvin Palmer was born near Cedar Tacoma title. George Reddington of Port­ Palmer had a higher reward and a harder Rapids, Iowa, 1897, learned chess from his land fi nished with 1%·3% and Jim job; for, in thi., tou rn ament, two Califor­ father at Tama, Iowa, when about elcven, Schmitt, also of Portland, had 1.4. nians, Chester N. Fuglie of Hivcrside and and won tir e Iowa State Chanrllionship at The Northwest tou rney was spl!nsored Wade A. Hendricks of Alam.::da, also turn· Dc's f,Ioines, Iowa, 1917. by the Tacoma Chess Club and directed ed ill perfect scores for the three regular After serving in World War I and in the II)' Hay Hiscox. Lawrence Taro was rounds. So a playoff was necessary. In the occupation of the Rhineland, Marvin carne referee. final outcome, Palmer won (ou r more home in 1919, won Ihe Missouri Stales Dnkc represented thc United States in games and set a brand new high for the Championship at Sio ux City, 1922. He the Hamilton- Russell Team Tournaments Postal Chess rating system (he already loo k fourth in the Western Champion. of 1931 , 1933 and 1935, amassing 24 wins, had a high o( 1798 in the April ralings, ships (predecessor to the Il resent U. S. 14 d raws, and only 4 losses in these th ree and his latest win makes it 1808) , and " Open") by scoring Abraham Kupchik's events which brought the World Team carried oH the highest l)ri7.e to date fo r only loss at Cedar Point, Ohio, 1925, and Chamllionshill to this country. As a memo chess.by-mail. placed fifth in the Westerns at Ch icago, ber of the U. S. group which Illayed the Chester N. Fuglie leads fo r second 190. Since then he Ir as won the Michigan il ussians in Moscow during 1946 place. He- has one win vs. Hendricks in Slate Championship in '34, '37, '40, '42 (Ulvestad was also on tl rat team), Dake the pl ay-off, one game unfinished. So he and '43---five times! made Iln even score by drawing two games leads for the second prize money of $75 In Postal Chess, Marvin also won third with Andreas lilienthaL Dake is now at. and Hendricks may take thi rd wi th $SO. prize in the 1943 Victory Tournament- tempting to arrange a match with U. S. Other prize. winners were I)reviously an­ no unced: Alvin R. Brauer of Mid land, Mi ch., won the $30 fourth pri1.ei David C. Hecht, then of Albany. New York. the 520 fifth priZCi and Dr. Joscph Platz of New York, the SI5 sixth I)rize . .M ost of the small er cash and hook prizes, too, have already been awurdt::d, though a few are yet tied up Ilen di ng settlement of some late games. Marvin P almer outscored a field of 637! Competitors for the 1944 Postal Chess Cham pionship started in 91 sel)arate pre­ liminary se<:tions of se\'en contestants each. Palmer was the sixth entry in the 33d pre­ liminary round section, started pl ay on March 23. 1944. Of his Oll]lOnents in that round, Pal mer declares that Carl Pilnick (then a lieutenant in the Army Air Force and now a regular on the Marshall Chess Clu b team in New Yo rk City) was by (ar Ihe strongest and as strong as any he mel later in the tournament. By Jsnuary 19, 1945, Pal mer was play­ ing in his semi-final rOlllltl se<:tio n, again 01 seven contestan ts. Hcrc his most diffi­ cu lt opponent, he says, was Hex L Spier of Thompsonville, Connecticut. Uut he su rvived that rOllnd fairly casily, to go P OSTAL CHAM PION P AUIEI\ & P OSTAL EDITOR BATTELL AI Pllhn into the Finals by Scpternher 28, 1945. His success was a precedent

CHESS REVIEW, MAY , 1949 131 Shaw, who is an instructor at Miami the double round event, the first time this University, has doue well in recent tour· feat has been accomplished in a number nament play. He was runner·up in the of years. State Champion Lee Magee was 1948 Florida State Championship and, in a good second with 17·3. T hird place was 1947, tied for fifth place in the U. S. Open taken by David Ackerman, 1502-41;2, while Championship. For h i ~ victory in the J erry Belzer was fou rth with 14Y2-5%. Miami tou rney, he rl!ceived custody of the Others in the event were: J ack Hamlin, Miami Championship Trophy donated by 12-8; Rohert Chizum, 8.12; William Carr the Greater i\1iami Chess Club, s ponsors and Richard Paynter, 7% -12%; William of the event. .. Blanchard, 5%.14%; Donald Madgett, DuVall, Faust Share Honors 3-17; and Jerry Gaer, 1%-18%. Ohman, the 1948 co·champion, did not comyete. The Charleston (W. Va.) City Cham· pionship produced one of the most hotly AROUND THE CHESS CLUBS eon te~t ed tournaments in years wi th Allen DnVall and Edwin Faust coming througll Monhattan C. C. Tops Met League to share top honors with equal scores of A decisive 7%.2% victory over their 9-2. The closeness of the struggle was ap· perennial rivals from the Marshall Chess parent all down the line with Reid Holt, AIlTHUR O A K E Club gave the members of the Manhat· 8%-3;;2, Edward Foy, 8-4, J ohn F. Hurt, Iii. Porllarld, a challenge tan Chess Club first place in the Metro· J r., 7%-3%, and Arthur Maloy, 7-4, close politan Chess League of New York. The behind lhe leaders. T he remaining six new champions powerhoused through Champion Herman Steiner. When the two their schedul e winning all eight matches masters mel in a 1935 match, Oake won by lop.sided scores. The .Marshall group four, drcw one, lost one. had lost one match, to the New York Academy of Chess, prior to entering the Cook Wi ns Iowa Championship final round. Both clubS had mauled the A. B. Cook of Waterloo topp"J a 22. defending titleholders from the Log Cahin Illan field at Des Moines to become Iowa Chess Club, knocking them out of conten· State Champion. He won four games and t ion. drew one in the Swiss system even t. O. J . The pairings fo r the dcci~ivc match : Donath, anotlH; r Waterloo competitor, was Manhattan C. C. Marshall C C. a close second with 4·1. Dr. J ulius Wein· A. Denker ... . 0 A. Santasiere . . I gart, G. D. Johnson, E. F. Lenz and M. I. A. Horowitz. 'l2 L. Evans ..... % Baldwin all had 3%-1% vut, under the H. Pilnik ..... 1 A. Kcvitz ..... 0 tie- breaking rules, they were ranked in r. Kashdan .... 1 M. Green ... .. 0 that order. Johnson, who is a G. L college C. Shainswit .. 1 M. Hanauer ... 0 student at Ames, was the only contestant G. Kramer ... '¥2 H. Seidman ... % to dent Cook's score ; they drew in the A. Bisguier .. . 1 C. Pilnick ... . 0 final round. Other players in the order of A. Kupchik ... % J. Collins . .... % their finish were: John Penquite, Jules M. Pavey .. ... 1 E. Hearst . . . .. 0 Bender, defending titlist A. W. Davis, P hil A. Pinkus .. . . . 1 N. Halper .. .. 0 Gilbertson, and J . H. Jensen. Having the outcome of the champion­ The tourney was under the auspices of ship hinge on the fi nal match between the the Iowa Chess Association and the Des Marshall and Manhattan Cluhs is old Moines Chess Club. Play at the Des A. ll. COOK stuff in the Metropolitan Chess League. Moines n .ICA was directed by Alfred In Des MQines, a dcnt These two organizations include most of Ludwig of Omaha, Nebraska. Muller Washington Speed King players were: William Bartling, 5%.5%; Chet Braga w, 4%.6%; William Truslow, Glen :r..fuller was greased lightning in 4·7; Walt Crede, J r., 2·9; Harry Sweeney, the first annual Washington State Speed 1·10; and Chester Ray, 0-11. Championship; he outpaced thirteen Con­ DuVall and Fau~t will reign as co·cham. testants with an 1]·2 total. Second place pions. They displace Hurt who is a five­ was taken by R. P. Allen, 10-3. Other time winnl!r of this event conducted by the high.scorers were: Shephard, 9Y2·3%; Charleston Chess Club. DuVall. is also Amidon and Finnigan, 9.4; and Ring, Kanawha Vall ey titlist and champion of 802·402. ' the Carbide Chess Club of South Charles· The tournament was sponsored by the ton. It is interesting to note that ueither Seattle Chess Club. Lawrence Taro was DuVall nor Faust is a resident of Charles­ director with J ohn Sego as referee. ton: DuVall lives in St. Albans ; Faust III Montgomery. Shaw Takes Miami Title A score of 9%·3% was just enough to Ludwig Retains Omaha Crown permit Stephen Shaw to edge out Peter Alfred Ludwig not only kept the Omaha Magri by half a point in the Miami City City Championship which he shined with Championship. The two players far out· Howard Ohman last year, but also. he im· stripped the rest of the field. Martin proved his hold 011 the distinction hy win· DOllon, defending titleholder, was in third ning it outright with a spanking 18·2 after place with 7·6. Fourth position was oc· three months of round robin play at the ALFRED L UDWIG cupied hy Clarcnce Kalenian, 61;2·6% . Omaha Chess Club. He was unbeaten in In Omaha, a feat

132 C:HESS REVIEW, MAY , 1949 the country's top ranking masters and they have monopolized the Mct League Championship fo r the past twenty-five years with one notable exception. Last year, with the Manhatfan Club on the side Hn es and the Marshall Club strength split into two tcams, the Log Cabin Club of West Orange sneaked off with the title, rocking the ve ry foundations of metro­ politan chcss. In a sense, this year's match betwecn the Marshall and i\fanhauan Clubs was '; •\, a rubber game in a series dating back to • < , 1931. Du ring this period, each team had , won seven matches and two had been tied • (on three occasions, one or the other of th e two clubs did not compete in the league schedule so no match was held) . The most incredible year was 1938 when the two teams en tered the final • round with clean scores, then battled to an 8·8 deadlock. It was the first time in years that the season had ended in a tie. • And a tie it was for in a play·off match the twu clubs wound up in another 8-8 stand·off! Some of the strongest players in the DONON, McAvoY, SHAW & CHURCH· United States have competed in this long , series and for many years the line.ups of In Miami,, two outstripped the field the clubs have read like the list of com­ petitors in the U. S. Championship. Since chik's international performance came Michigan. The Lansing Chess Club 1944, however, the power of the Manhat· when he was a member of the U. S. group bowed to the Jackson Chess Cl ub by the tan Club has been steadily growing while that WOII the world team title at Warsaw, close score of 5Y2.4%. that of the Marshall Club has been slow· 1935. Kupchik aided tbe U. S. effort with Hans Kmoch met 35 players at the Lan· ly diminishing. When the two teams last 6 wins, 8 draws, no losses ! sing Club. He won 31, drew 2, lost 2. met in 1947, the Jl,lanhattan players Kupchik plays little tournament chess Larry Evans, A. Santas­ slaughtered their rivals 13'%·2% without New Jersey. E. these days. At 57, he says that he finds iere and Herman Hesse are 'among the allowing a draw. This year's result seems the going a li ttle rugged. Yet only three players scheduled to compete in the Log I() show that they still hold the balance years ago he was third in the U. S. Open Cabin Chess Club Championship. of power. at Pittsburgh! Cleariy Abraham Kup­ Nathaniel Cohan is the champion of the * * * * chik, who was playing chess wh en some of Jersey City YMCA Chess Club. the pre~e nt masters were in diapers, can Oldcst and most durable of the masters New York. Miss Edith Wray tallied 12-2 competing in this series is Ahraham Kup­ still take their pants o£.f! 10 capture the championship of the N. Y. chi k, dean of American chessmasters. His California. The La Mesa Chess Club Women's Chess Club. Runner.up was Mrs. career dates back to 1913 when he took beat the San Diego Chess Club by 6%-4Y2 Adele Willard, 10·4. Mi ss Helen Ranletl seventh place in the American National last month. It was the first defeat in flicted Tourney at New York. Since that time, on the San Diego group in several years. he has held the Western Championship The championship of the Long Beach WHERE TO PLAY CHESS (p redecessor of the present U. S. Open Classified advertisIng rate fOr thIs column Chess Club was won by Klasse with 26-4. JOe per word. Display ada $7 per Inch. Tournament), the New York State title, Zes. 25Y2-4"\;2, was close behind him. done splendidly in national and interna­ Dr. W. R. Jepson is the new San Air Conditioned tional events, as well as won the I\Ian· NEW WORLD CHESS AND Joaquin County titlist. He earned the dis­ hattan Club Championship at least ten BRiDGE CLUB, 1M. tinction in an event at the Stockton (So Birnbaum, presIdent) times! YMCA. 252 W. 76th St. (EN 2-044$5), N.V.C. Although his excursions into in terna· Sacramento Champion J. B. Gee gave Chen &. Rubber Bridge: Every afternoon tional chess have been limited, Kupchik from 2 P . M. and evening from 8 P. M. two simultaneous exhibitions recently. At Du pllcate Bridge: Wednesday at noon ; Tues­ has repeatedly demonstrated that he can day and Thursday 8.t 2:30 P . M. and 8:80 the Trona Chess Club, he won 10, drew 2 P. M. Under the penonat direction ot Mr. hold his own in any company. He tied for lost 2. At the San Bernardino YMCA, he AI. WEiSS, Life master and winner of the Vanderbl1t Tl·ophy. fourth and fifth in the Havana Tourney scored 12 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses. The dis· of 1913 behind Marshall, Capablanca and plays were designed to stimulate local in­ Janowski. At Lake Hopatcong, 1923, terest in the game. LOG CABIN CHESS CLUB Kupchik was second to Capablanca and (Founded 1934) Washington, D. C. Harold Burdge is the At the heme 01 E. Forry Laucks, SO ahead of Marshall, Maroczy and Edward Collamore Terrace, West Orange, N_ J. Lasker. In 1925, Kupchik drew a match new champion of the Federal Chess Club. \ with the great Mexican master Carlos His total of 6·1 was a full point bettcr To rre; each player won a single game than that of G. S_ Thomas. Defending title­ while the remaining four were drawn. At holdcr Edmund Nash finished third with Bradley Beach, 1929, Kupchik tied for 4lj2·2%. third and fourth behind Dr. Alekhine and 'Officers of the Great Mi ami Chess Club Lajos Steiner. The high point of Kup. presenting the trophy to the new tWIst.

CHESS REVtEW, MAY , 1949 III was third with 91h·4y:!. The games were played at the Marshall Chess Club. Ohio. Carroll Binsack a massed a s plen. did 13-1 total to win the annual Buckeye Holowach Sweeps Edmonton Event Chess-Nuts Club T ournament at Fremont. Al bc rta P rovincial Champion Walter F ranklin Lenhart won the Junior Tourney Holowach proved that he was the class of while 1\ lrs. C. D_ King took the ladies' the Edmonton Open Championship by trophy_ making a clean sweep of all ten games Pennsylvan ia. A Montgomery County in the 22-player Swiss system event which team downed the Headin g Chess Club 8-5 ended last month. He ha(1 a wide margin in a ma tch at the Readi ng YMCA last ove r the surprise runner·up, Mrs. G. G rant, who scored C. H. Erick· month. 71,.2.2%. son, Edmonton Chess Club titleholder, was Texas. The Waco Ch ess Club won from third with 7·3. P . Genercux, 61,6·3 Y.! , the Gatesville Chess Club 3·1 on the loser's took fourth place whi le P. Connell and V. home ground. Webb were bracketed with 6·4 each. IfTlI. • hingl.mt. Jim Schmitt won the Port­ Others in the tourney were: H. Bergmann, land Chess Clu b title with a spectacular J. Chadwick a nd C. Grant, 5%.4Y2 ; A. 121h-Yz. Cartwright, H. Whitefoot and J. Boychuk, 5·5 ; H. Hegler, E. ?I'leaden a nd A. Shnitka. West Virgillia. The Charleston Chess 41,6.5%; W. Gieshrecht and E. Kaye, 4-6; Club trounced the Carbidc Chess Club of L. Anfindsen, It Lyon and D. Smith, 3Y2- South Charl eston SYz·31,6 early this month. 61f2; C. Smith, 2.8; and S. Smith, 1%­ WALTF.R HOLOWACH Wisconsill. A team captained by Arpad B1,6. A clean sweep . Elo took first place in the Milwaukee The event was s ponsored by the Ed· Munici pal Chess League with 28%·11%. monton Chess Club and directed hy Percy Second place, 23% ·16%, went to the g roup Connell. Play took place at the Recrea· Alberta. The annual match between led by Poul Liebig while the teams cap­ tion Building in Edmonton. Holowach re­ tcams from Ed mon ton and Calgary was as tained by Richard Kujoth, Dr. O. Wehrley ceived custody of the Western Canada close as a missed opportunity with the and H. Schmidt followed in that order. New$ Trophy donatcd by D. J ones. 61f2·5Y2 triumph going to the Calgary group on the strength of an adjudicsted wi n. It is the first time since 1928 when EF $1.50. Defending titlist: Jim Schmitt the series began that Calgary has taken of Portland, Ore. the Birks Trophy emblematic of victory. The event took place at the P helan Hotel June 18·19: SOUTH CAROLINA CA OPEN at Red Deer. CUAMPIO NS Hlp, Cleveland Hotel, Spa rtan­ burg, S. C. SS Tmt. H ighest placed state New Brunswick. J\laurice Fox, former res ident becomes state champion as well. dominion tit list, won 23, drew 2, lost 1 at Defcnding titlist: Harold A. Mouzon, J r. Suint l ohn. At Moncton, he made a clea n of Columbia, S. C. sweep of 16 players. July 2-4: P ORTLAND OI'EN TOURNAMENT, Ontario. T hirteen players are competing Portland CC, Portland, Wash. SS Tml. in the Gambit Cll ess Club championship. EF $2. The current leaders are Frank Anderson, Kei th Hastings and L. H. Neatby. July 2-5: SOUTIlEIlN CA OpF.N CHAM· l'IONSHlp, Roof Garden, Hotel John Mar­ s hall, Richmond, Va. SS Tmt. $$ & COMI NG EVENT S I N T H E U . S. Trophies. Defending titlist: Jerry Sullivan .~f. FOR E I G N AND CANADA Abbr.,vtalionll-SS Tmt: Swtu System Tour­ of Knoxville, Tenn. nament (In 1st round entries paired by ]o t or se]ectl on; In ll\lb ~ eQ u e nt rounds player. July 11·23: 50TH U. S, OPEN CIlAMpION· Argentino. P a ul Michel took first place with similar .. corea paITild) . RR Tmt: Round SHtp, Grand Ballroom, Hotel Fontenelle, in a slllall tourney held at Rosario. He Robin Tournament (each man plays every other ms n). KD Tmt: Knook-Out Tourna· Omaha, Neb. EF $10 plus membership in had 6-2 a head of Miguel Czerniak, O. and ment (I olerl! Or low Icorers el1mlnated). uscr ($3) . 5S Defending tidist: Weave r R, Carcia Vera, bracketed a t 5-3. Arturo n: Caah prIzes. EF': Entry fee, CC: Cheu Adams of Dedham, Mass. Club. CF: Chen Federation. C A : Chen As _ Pomar was fourth with 4%.3% while the e Ll win ncr of recent Mar del Plata event, sociation. Chen League. July 25-30: 4TH U, S. J UNIOR CHAMPION _ For more Information about any tourna­ Hector Rossetto, could only make an even ment. wrIte Tournament EdItor, CHESS SHIP, Forth Worth, Tex, Playing site to be score. REVIEW. 250 \Vell t 51th St .. New York 19, chosen. Open to North Ame rican players New Yo rk. under 21. Defending titl ist : A rthur Bis­ u. S. S. R. V. Chekhover was the best of guier of New York, N. Y. the 19 contestants in the Leningrad Cham· May 21-22: IND IANA CA CUAMPIONS HIP, pionship. He won fi rst place with a score Barnes Hotel, Logansport, Ind. SS Tm\. Aug. 27 - Sept. 5: NEW YORK STATF. of 13·5 without losing a game. Three play. No EF. Open to stute residents. Defend· CA CONGRESS , Recrea tion Bldg., Kodak ers tied for funner-up spot : J. Bondarev· ing titlisl: D. O. Brooks of Cary, I nd. Park, Rochester, N. Y. Details to be an· sky, Vasilev and Zukhovitsky, all with 12·6. nounced. Defending li tlist : Larry Evans May 28· 30: NORTII T EXAS OI'EN CHAM· Bondarevsky, who is a "grandmastcr of of New York, N. Y. pIONSlIll', Fort Worth CC, Fort Worth, the USSR," started poorly, losing four and Tex. 5S Tmt. Ladies' section. Trophies. Sept. 3.5: ILLINOIS STA TE CHAMP ION . a half points in his first seven games, but EF $2.50; . SlIIl', Peoria, Ill. Details to be announced. his superh reeovery earned him the tie May 29.]0: PUG f.T SOUND OPEN TO UR­ Defending titlist : Joseph Shaffer of for second. Defending tith,holder Mark NAlIIENT, YMCA, Everett, Wash. SS Tm!. Chicago, Ill. Taimanov finished eighth with 10·8.

134 CHESS REVIEW, MAY , 1949 A New Book Heads fhe Lisf!

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HOLLAND, 1918 UNITED STATES. 1942 ALLOWING youI' opponent to make a J..,IKE the "straight man" ill n vaudeville ba d m ove 111 t he opening with impunity act. White goes all out to provoke an up; is like letting h im get aWRY with murdal' l'Ol>ri OUI! finis h in wh ich he Is s plattered -wi th you as t he victim! with sacrifices. FRENC H DEFENS E T WO KN I G H TS' DEFE NSE peo: page SO, eolumn 30(n) pee : page 456, column 390) J. Gaaikema J . NiJhoff Lew is E. Dayton White Black White Black 1 P-K4 P_K3 5 Q- N4 P- QB4 1 P- K 4 P- K4 6 B- N3 B- QB4 2 P-Q4 P_Q4 6 B_ KN 5? Q- NS 2 N_ KB3 N-QBS 7 P_Q4 NxQP 3 N-QB3 N_ KB3 7 0-0_ 0 PxP 3 B_84 N_B3 8 N x P Q-B3 W orld CheSlmasters in BATTLE 4 P-K5 KN- Q2 8 RxP NxP? 40_0 NxP 9 exp QxPt ROYAL. One or A merlll a's outstanding 5 R- Kl ? P-Q4 10 K-Rl • • • • masters, I. A. Horowitz, and fame d analyst Hans K moch join forces t o give you a thrllilng round·by·round reo port of a milestone In chess history - the fi rst World Championship Tour· ney. H e re, with enlel-talning, instruc­ tive notes, are all 50 ga mes by W or ld Champion Bot vi nnik, his prom ising young rival Smyslov, U. S. star Resh· evsl(y, the hrJlllant Keres, and former tiOi st E uwe. See tO l" yourself how Bot· vinnlk decisively outscored these great players. The book also contains biographies 9 NxP ! Q-R4 11 B-N5! PxN of t he competitors, pictures, cartoons, 10 . . . . Q-N8t! ! 12 K- B1 Nf7-B6t 10 Q- Q ! QN-B3 12 RxP Q-B2 and-a special t enhlre--a s urvey of 11 KxQ 13 PxN NxP mate 13 R- Q8t Rulgne N- K7t openings trom Anderssen, the first champion. to Botvlnnik. P articula r HOLLAND, 1918 POLAND, 1948 empha s is is p lace d on Innovations In A SOMBER com mentator once l'emarked DEVELOPING pieces means mo re than this tourney. 208 pages. 194 dla· that a K nig ht at K6 Is like a bone in the m ere ly brin ging tbem out . H e re Black 's grams . $3.50 hard ly disagree ; leaves his d efen· th ro at. Dlack can s uch bungling men with no MAIL YOU R ORDE R TO 3. "bone" chok es h i m t o death. s lve p ot ential w h at soever. KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED KING'S GAMBIT DECL I NED CHESS REVIEW PCO : page 121, column 6(a} PCO : page 121 250 West 57th St .• New York 19, N. Y. A. de J ong K. Jacobljlon Grynfeld T liIrnovski White Black Whit e Black 1 P-K4 P_K4 7 P_Q4 P-K4 1 P_K4 P-K4 7 PxP N- Q4 ATTENTIO N, C H E SS PLAYERSI ] p _Q3 2 P- KB4 8 P-Q5 QN-K2 2 P_KB4 B-B4 8 B-KN5 N-K2 Announcing two .!! parkll ng new I 9 ~ 9 3 N_KB3 N- QB3 9 N-N5 P- KR3 3 N_KB3 P- Q3 9 QN- Q2 QN-B3 Ch eS.!l ItCMS just off the press: 4 8-84 B- K 3 10 N_K6 Q- 0 2 4 P_Q4 PxP 100-0 0-0 TIPS FOR CHESS PROGRE SS by J . V. 5 Bx8 pxe 11 BxP! N- N3 S 8_B4 N-K83 11 N .. K4 B-N3 Reinharl. Thi.!! 3" ;It SH leatherettc bound. printed booklet I.!! the a uthor'.!! answer 60-0 PxP 12 Q_RS N_K2 6 P_K 5 PxP 12 B-Q3 8-NS? to the age-old quution " how can I im­ prove m y eh en game'" P rice $t .2!i. Place your order now a nd Join the " Mareh at Ch eu P roare u ." SELECTO 4 C H E SS by J. V. Reinhart. This enamaled finis h Bet or elcvQn printed card~ In mv.n lla e llVQ 10pe with camplnte set of In! t l" lIctiOne la a unique system tor ~e l ec t ing th e !lut fo ur rnove~ from 121 dl!ferent openings. May be u ~e d In tourna ment. le al;ue, cl ub, P08tal, or in ­ divIdua l play. $'.25 ~ r set. Ord er t his innova tion at onee. SPEC I A L OFFER I For .. limited time only the two Items w ill be mailed to any­ One for U .OO. T he author will a utograph the fi.,t 100 eOplCJI filling speclat offer orders. 13 B_N5 ! 13 N-B6t ! PxN Mall your request now w ith mone l' 14 QxR ! 14 BxBP Q- Q2 order or bank cn.s h !er ' ~ check to J . V. Reinhart. P . O. Jlo>.: 865, Peoria 1, Il1!no!B. 15 RxB mate 15 Q-Q2 Resigns

CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1949 135 Wit h at least three threats: 27 ... B:" A Selection of Games from ·· KH, 27 ... B-Q5 ~ , and 27 ... BxP§. White mnst s urre'nder h is extra piece and reo main with two Pawn s behind. The rest is simple. THE MOSCOW 27 B-N3 B-K4 31 N-B2 R-B5 28 QxKP RxBt 32 K-N2 B-Q5 29 K-R1 . QxQt 33 N-Q3 R.e 30 PxQ R-N5 34 P-B3 R-K7t BUDAPEST MATCH Resigns 35 K-Bl is hopeless because of 35 .. . Annotations by Hans Kmoch R-R7.

WHITE handles his Quee n·side malleu· THIS game is notable on at least two Threatening not only 17 ... BxP but vers with great concentration and wins counts. First, it is a truly brilliant bat­ also 17 ... PxP, the latter with the effect a Pawn. Black is equally intent on the tle between two great masters. Second or opening more llnes against White's other side of the board. He wins the and most remarlmble of all, Black seriously weakened King-position. Hen ce King! White's following attempt to keep the achieves his success on the defensive QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED side of an opening which usually gives King·side as closed as possible. PCO: page 180, colum)1 56 White all the dashing attacking chances! 17 P-B5 PxP G. Fuester V. Simagin 18 NPxP . . . . SICILIAN DEFENSE White Black Now White needs only one consolidat­ peo: page 435, column 74 ing move, e.g. 19 N-K3, to obtain a win­ 1 P-Q4 N_KB3 3 P-B4 P-K3 V. Smyslov L. Szabo ning position. 2 N-KB3 P-Q4 4 N_B3 P-B3 5 PxP • • • • White Black By transposing into the Classic Ex­ 1 P- K4 P-QB4 eha nge variation which offers him a 2 N_ QB3 · . . . slight initiative, Whit e avoids many more The Mieses variation, as I like to call complicated lines, first of all the Meran it since it has been favored by Mieses for Defense. about sixty years- so far. 5 . . . . KPxP 2 . . .. N-QB3 48-N2 8-N2 6 Q- B2 • • • • 3 P-KN3 P_KN3 5 KN-K2 . . . . Preventing 6 D-KB4. The alterna· Smysloy apparently does not think of tive 6 B-N5, B-KB4; 7 Q- N3, Q- N3; 8 Ex N- KB3 (which he successfully played N (or g QxQ f irst), QxQ; 9 PxQ, PxB is · against Denker in the U . S. A-U. S. S. H. questionable; as against the weakness al l match 1946) as a substantial improve· his King·side, Black has the Bishops and I· ment. attacking chances on the Queen·side. 18 . . . . KNxP!! 6 . . . . B-K2 5 . . . . P-Q3 7 0-0 KN_K2 An ingenious act of szabotage. White 7 B-N5 0-0 6 P- Q3 P-K3 8 B-Q2 • • • • ! gets ambushed before he can complete Either 7 . .. N-R4, or 7 ... QN-Q2; g Another experiment. White avoids the the deployment of his forces. P-K3, N- R4 is also very good, probably usual B-K3 in order to answer ... N-Q5 eve n safer since it offers Black the pos· with NxN, which would otherwise cost a 19 PxN • • • • slbilit y of castling on the Queen·side (M piece. White must try to retain the Knight a reaction to White's 0 - 0-0). Note that on KN3 in order to prevent .. . N-K7(t), 8 . , , . 0-0 7 ... N-K5? loses a Pawn because of 8 e.g. 19 NxN, BxN; 20 RxB (or 20 PxB, 9 P-KR3 • • • • NxN! etc. Q- R5t; 21 B-R3, P-K5!; 22 B-B4, N­ A few moves later, White plays Q­ K7), RxR; 21 PxR, Q-R5t; 22 B- R3, N­ 8 P-K3 R-K1 QB1. It this move is supposed to have K 7 ; 23 B-Kl, QxQB; 24 Q-K3, P-K5!; This should cause considel"Uble dlffi. any positive effect at all, it should be 25 P-B6, BxP; 26 QxPt, K - N2, anc1 Black culties. The proper line is 8 ... N-K5!; played at this moment when it prevents wins . 9 BxB (9 NxN, PxN or 9 B- KB4, p­ . . . P-KR3. 19 . . . . Q-R5t KB4!), QxB; 10 NxN (otherwise 10 . , . 9 . . . . P_KR3! 11 Q-B1 K-R2 20 B_R3 NxKBP! P - KB4!), PxN; 11 N- Q2, R-KL Less reo 10 K- R2 R-N1 12 P_B4 P-QN4 liable is 8 •.. N-R4 because of 9 P-KR4. This forces the exchange of the pro· 13 P-KN4 P_B4! 9 B-Q3 QN-Q2 tecting Knight for White must also care 10 0-0 .... As usual in the Mieses variation, White for his pinned Bishop (e.g. 21 R-KNl, is playing for an a t tack on the King-side. N- Q5 and Black wins). A correct move, but very dull compared T he text move stops this attack, at least with 10 P-KN4! allowing White to launch 21 NxN for t he moment. RxN! a powerful attack. 22 B-K1 Q-R4 14 N-N3 N-Q5 10 . . . . N_Bl Stronger than 22 . . . QxBt; 23 KxQ, 15 N-Q1? 11 QR-Nl P-QR4 • • • • RxR§; 24 K-R2 (24 K-N2, RxB; 25 Q­ Disastrous complacency. White intends Q2, B- N2t), RxB; 25 Q-Q2, R-B8; 26 Q­ Preventing 12 P-QN4. U sually, Black 16 P-B3 followed by 17 N-K3 or 17 N­ K2, R-B5; 27 N-B2, B-N2 which, how· takes counter-measures on the Queen· ; B2 which would considerably strengthen ever, shonld also win. side only when the threat P - QN5 be­ his attack. However, he overlooks the fol· comes a cnte. The text move is a little lowing brilliant counteraction. 23 RxR B.R more effective. 24 Q_K3 P_K5! Correct Is 15 NPxP first. Being some· 12 KR-B1 . . . Threatening to win instantly by either what premature, this exchange minimizes Not until \Vhite has played P-QN4, can 25 ... B-Q5 or 25 ... B-K4t. There Is no r Whit e's chances for attack, but it has the he possibly know where his Rool\s will defense anymore; 25 B-B3 fails because advanta ge of provi ding security for the stand best; it might be necessary to ex.! King s ince the King Rook Pawn remains of 25 ... B-Q5; 26 QBxB, PxB; 27 Q-N3, change one by playing R- QR1, and US! on KR3. R- Nl. the other either on the Queen Knight fil~ 15 . . . . PxNP! 25 K_ N2 R_N1 ! 16 PxP P-K4! 26 BxBt Q.B t = check; : = dbl. check; § = dis. ch.

136 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1941 0)' On the Queen Bisholl file. So White 7 N- B4 N- G:i4? s hould start with 12 P-QR3. .But this Is basically as wrong as pos· 12 , . , . P-KR3 s ible. Instead of caring (or his develop­ 13 B- KB4 , . . . ment by playing 7 .. . QN-Q2, which alsO" 13 B-R4 Ig better. White IIpeculate ll on prevents 8 QN- K5 because of 8 . . . NxN, a. com bi:nation leading to perpetual check. Black ventures with the only piece he 13· . . . . N _R4 has mobilized. Mistakes of this kin e! are a bout t he worst the defender of a gambit 14 B-K5 B-KN5 can make. . Black avoids the per'petual check, 8 B-Q2 B_K2 which can arise from 14 . .. P- B3 as to1- 9 B- Q3 lowe: 15 B-N6, NxB; 16 QxN, PNB; 17 Nx B- R5t? K P!, N- B3: 18 N- B7, Q-Q2; 19 N"Pt, K­ A move in never·miss-a -<:heck style. Rl; 20 N-B7t etc. For many years Gerebell has 'been known 15 N-Q2 B-Q3 as one or the best lliayers in cbess·m ine!· ed HungfLl"Y, but this time he seems to With 15 ... P- B3 Blacl( CR n obtain the have entirely lost hie hearl . Black should pai r ot Bishope, fo r White has nothi ng sUll play 9 ... N-Q2. better than 16 B- N3; however, a fter 16 10 P- KN3 B-B3 ... NxB; 17 RPxN, the chances are about equal, partly becallse ot the holes o n Another Queer move: the Bishop Should Black's King·side. go to ... K2. However, this hardly mat· ters any more. Having lost a number of 16 BxB QxB moves, Black faces certain disaster. 17 N_R4 • • • • This Is how VASSILY SMYSL OV and 11 Q-K2 P-QR4 17 N-Bl 0 1' 17 I>-K 2 Is m uch safer. his team mates ( K ereli, K otov, Botvin_ 12 P-QR3 "" N_N3 17 . . . . nik, Flohr, et al.) looked to Soviet ear_ P reventing 12 ... N- N5. 18 Q_B5 • • • • tooni.t L. is during t he 1946 U. S. A._ 12 . . . . 0-0 If 18 BxN, PxD. Black, besides threat­ USSR Match in MO lleow. 13 P- KR4! . . ening 19 ... B- D 4, would profit [rom t he . . open King Bishop file tho ugh hardly with W ith the ele menta l")' threat 1" BxPt! decis ive effect. White still II hould play 18 Black therefore clears .. . KB3 Co r the N- Dl. 29 . . . . NlCBP! Knight. 18 . . . . Q-B3 A Ileat conclusion. 13 . , . . 8- K2 19 N-N6 QR-Ql 14 N- N5 N-B3 30 QxN • • • • 15 N- K 5 20 QxRP • • • • . . . . Or 30 K,X N, R- Bst: 31 K - N l (ill K- N2, ~' or the sake or a P a wn, White taBed White has a n easy job. Q-B6t : 82 K - R 2, RxP. etc.) ' R- B6', 32 n - completely to live up to even the most B3, QxP and Black wins. primitive rulee ot development and economy. Scarcely one of bls pieces Is ef· 30 . .. . R- B3 fectlvely posted and. above a ll. not one 31 Q-N1 . . . - stands on the Klng·side where all but one Only 1 QxR can prolong the game (01" of the hostile units are gathered. T his llil rather White's suHerlngs}. a. pitiful situatlon and now Black sta rts 31 . . . . Q-K7t an attack agains t wblch t he re is not 32 K-R1 R- B7 muc b to do. Resign. 20 . . . . N-R5! W hite can prevent immediate mate 21 B_B1 Q-N4 only by giving up his Queen. 22 K_R1 N-B3 Tbreatening 23 ... B-B 4: 24 R- RI, B­ Q6: 25 P-KN3, N- K5 ete. Whlte cannot T IME· WORN rules s uch as " never move a.vold a weakeni ng ot his K lng·side. a piece twice in the opening" and "don't 15.... P_N4 23 P- KN3 N_B6 25 NxN BxN give useless checkll" are dinned in the As good as any move. 15 .. . QxP; 16 B- B3 24 B- N2 Q_R4 26 Q- K1 A- Q3 student'a ear . As he becomes more tremendously strengthens White's attack. If 15 ... QN-Q2, White plays 16 27 K_N 1 • • • • astute. he learns exceptions to this pro· 0 - 0 (or 16 R- KDl) threatening both 17 Or 27 Q-Nl, N- K5 threatening 28 ... cedure. But. if his sophis tication gives way to a wlse·aleck attitude, he Is rlght NxN followed by 18 RxN and 17 N/ K5x a- Ba, which White cannot parry wIth 28 K BP, RxN; 18 QxP, Q- K l ; 19 B-QD4. (A R-Bl because 28 . . . N-Q7. back where he staded. ot Hook at KBI makes the latter alterna· 27 . . . . BxB CARO-KANN DEFEN SE tlve more effective by precluding ... N­ 28 KlCB N-N5 peo: page 25, column 28 Q4.) 29 P_KR3 · . . . V. Smyslov E. Ge reben 16 R- KBI • • • • If 29 P- KR4 or 29 Q- Nl , Black wi ns White Black T hrea tening 17 TIxN which Black can· with 29 . •• R-BS possibly ro llowerl by sO not prevent. . . . Q-B4. 1 P_ K4 P-QB3 2 P-Q4 P- Q4 16 . . . . P- R3 3 P_ KB3 . . . - Or 16 ... P - N3; 17 JlXN, BxR; 18 Nx T he Gambit variation. wh ich can be TIP, KNN; 19 Q-R5t, K-Nl; 20 NxNP, Px treated In many dlUerent ways. T here is N; 21 QxPt, D-KN2; 22 .Q-R7t, K -B2 ; no clear·cut refutation. 23 B- Nfit, K - K 2; 24. B- N5t and White wins easily. 3 . . . . P- K3 5 N- QZ PxP 4 B-K3 PxP 6 KNxP N- B3 17 RxN PxR The blunt acceptance of the gambH, Or 17 ... Bx R; 18 Q- K4 with a defl(JIy though rather unusual, Is basically Hound. a ttack. Of coune, White obtains fi ne chances 18 Q-R5 20 Q-N6t K-R1 ror attack. but It Is unlikely t hat these BPxN/ N5 21 PlCP! BxRP chances should prevail aga inst appro­ 19 QxRP P_KB4 22 K_K2 Q-Q4 priate cOllnte.·play. 23 N-B3 Rnigns

CHUS R£VIEW, MAY , 1949 137 Up-to.date opening analysis by FRED REINFELD by an outstanding authority

CRUCIAL VARIATIONS IN THE SICILIAN DEFENSE: Part 4 Game 1 (Em. Lasker- Capablanca, Moscow, 1936) RACTICAL CHESS OPENINGS by Reuben Fine is the best and most com· 1 P- K4 P-QB4 5 N-QB3 P-Q3 P plete treatise of its kind. It offers thousands of variations to chart the 2 N-KB3 P-K3 6 B- K2 N- B3 student's ,path. With such a tremendous mass of material, however, it is 3 P-Q4 PxP 7 B-K3 B- Q2 4 NxP N- KB3 8 Q':'Q2 understandable that there are occasional errors and omissions. More­ • • • • pca stamps this a s "an inferior con. over, shifts in emphasis and development of new ideas mean that even the tinmttion for White." However. by play. best book needs constant revision. With this in mind, I am examining pco ing 8 0 - 0, P-QR3; 9 P - D4. Q- B 2; 10 Q_ critically. To make this series of immediate use to practical players, I am Kl ! \Vh ite transposes in to the excellent lines of Column 3. treated in the .Ma rch discussing the Sicilian Defense. The first ten columns on this opening issue . in pco (pp. 412.414) deal with the Scheveningen Variation, one of the 8 . . . . P- QR3 two most important lines. 9 P-B4 Q-B2 10 N-N3 . . . . THE fIrst three articles in thIs series THE BASIC POSITION I nexact. 10 P - QR4 or 10 0-0 is better. , '" (CHESS REVIEW, February- April, 1949) 1 0 . • . • P-QN4 12 N-K2? 8-K2 devoted t o the treatment of t he Sicilian 11 B-83 R- QN1, 13 0-0 0 - 0 Defense in Practical Chess Openings 14 N-NS? · . . . dealt with Columns 1 through 5, cover­ Lasker's maneuvers wilh the Knights ing the Schevenlngen Variation. The arti­ are feeble. Howeve l', if 14 l' -N4, P- K4! cles stressed the fact that this line of 14 . . . . P-QR4 ! play calls for shar p tactics and precise timing on the part of both players. T1fit According to PCO, B lack now has a warning must be repeated. clear positional advantage. However, with In Columns 1·2, t he key move of best play ¥"hite can sUll hold the posi· White's play is P-KN4, with the inten· tion. tion of over-running Black's King·side. 15 N-Q4 P_ R5 17 R- 82 N- K1 In Columns 3·4 the key move of White's 16 QR-K1 KR_ 81 18 NxN BxN play is Q-Kl, with a view to Q- N3. 19 P- B5? P- K4! In Columri 5 White plays for an early Position after 9 . .. Q-B2 Tile backward Pawn will be liqnida ted fianchetto of his Queen Bishop, but Black later on. bas ample resources to maintain a level 10 • . . • 0-0 20 N_ R5 Q- N2 25 P-QRS QR-B1 game. B_ N5 In Col umns 6·7 (treated In this issue ) , For 10 ... B- Q2 see Game 5 (Michell­ 21 P-BS 26 B-82 P-Q4! 22 B_ K3 p,p t h e key move is K- Rl, preceded by P - B4 Botvlnnik) ; Game 6 (A. Steiner- Pirc); N-B2! 27 N,P 23 Q-Q1 and generally followed by P - KN 4. Game 7 (.M aroczy-Sae misch); Game 8 R-Q1 28 B'N R,B (Yanofsky- Najdorf); and Game 9 (Michel 24 R-Q2 K-Rl ! 29 Q-N4 B-B4! Columns 6 and 7 - Stahlberg). Not 29 . .. P - N3?; 30 PxP ! ! 1 P_ K4 P_QB4 11 P-KN4! • • • • SO Rj1-Ql BxBt S4 Q-N4 Q-R2t 2 N-KB3 P- K3 For 11 B- K3 see Game 10 (Maroczy­ 31 K,B QR_Q1 35 K-K2 B- B5t 3 P_Q4 p,p Canal) and Game 11 (Steiner- Book) . 32 R,R R,R 36 K_B3 Q-R1t 4 NxP N-KB3 POI' 11 P - QR3 see Gam e 12 (Maroczy- 33 R,R B,R 37 K_ B2 Q-Q1 P-Q3 5 N-QB3 Gilg). And now 38 K-Kl! holds the position. 6 B_K2 N-B3 1~6r 11 N - N3 see Game 13 (Kashdan- 38 Q-BS?? Q-Q8! 46 K_K1 Q- NSt 7 0-0 • • • • Kotov). 39 N- N3 P- R3 ! 47 K- Q2 For 7 B- K3 see Game 1 (Em. Lasker- Q- B7t 11 • • • • B-Q2 40 P-NS p,p 48 K_B1 Capablanca) . Q-BSt For 11 ... K- lll see Ga me 14 (Michel- 41 p,p B,P 49 K- Q2 P,N B_ K2 7 . . . . Najdor!) . 42 N-B1 Q-N8! 50 P- R4 Q-B5t P- QR3 8 K-R.1 F or 11 .. . R- Ql see Game 15 (Hom· 43 P- N4 B- B5 51 K_B2 QxNP 9 P- B4 Q-B2 witz- Che)'ne,') . 44 N-K3 Q-KR8! 52 P-R5 QxPt This gives ns our bas!c position. 12 P-N5 N-K1 45 NxB QxPt 53 K-B1 Q-B7 54 Q-QR3 (See diagram next column) 13 Nj4- K2 R- B1 · . . . 14 P_ KR4 P-N4 If 54 Q- Q2. Q- QB 4! or 54 QxBP, Q- K 8t 10 B_B3 • • • • 15 P- R3 . . . . etc. For 10 B- K3 see Game 3 (Yates­ These are the moves of Game .2 54 .... K-R2 Takacs) . (Maroczy- P irc), ,vhlch pca considers as Resigns For 10 P - B5 see Game 4 ('l'a~·takover ­ Jeaving ¥"hite with a clear positional a d· l~ull n otes t o t his game will be fonnd Raizman ). vantage. in my Immortal Games of Capabla nca.

138 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1949 11 Q-Kl . 10 . . . , 0-0 All the followin9 games · . . 11 B_ KN5 be9in fram the basic dia9ram T he sam e move which was used so e f· • • • • fectlvely In the games of Colu m n 3 (see 11 P- KN4 looks' mOl'e cOll s ls tent. Game 2 • . MU I'ch a rticle) . 11 . , . . N- K4 (Maroezy-Pire, Bad Sliae, 1932) 11 . . . . P- QN4 . T he logica l mo ve. R_B1 10 B- B3 0-0 13 N/ 4-K2 1) . • . 0-0; 12 H- QI. QR- B I; 13 Q­ 12 Q-Kl P- QN4 15 R_Ql B- Q2 14 P_ KR4 P_N4 11 P- KN4! B_Q2 N 3, KH-QI; 14 I'- K5! lead!'. to Yates­ 13 P- QR3 N- B5 16 N_B3 QR- Bl N_ K1 12 P-NS 15 P- R3 • • • • N uegell (see March nrtlc\e ). 14 P- QN3 N_K4 17 N)(N PxN After the text, PCO con~jdel's t hat 12 P_QR3 0-0 14 Q_N3 N_B5 White's posit ion Oil th e Queen Bishop \Vllite has n p.l ear positional fldvfl n tage. 13 R- Ql N-QR4 15 B_Bl KR-Bl rile Is s hot to pieces . He therefore s takes P erhaps this ju!lgment Is 100 IIweeplng, I\'ot 15 , .. P- K 4 ; 16 PxP, P.xP ; 11 B­ e verything o n K lng·slde activity. il6 w ith a winn ing ga me, T he text In· 18 R-B3 KR-Ql 20 R-R3 P- R3! volves t he troublesome thre at , .. NxRP. 19 Q-R4 PxP ! 21 axRP NxP !

15 , • . . N_R4 16 N_N3 • • • • Sllleh llann ( I n t he T ournam ent Book) It 22 B - N S, N- B1t ! a nd Dla ck reo 16 P-N3!! • • • • now prefers 16 P- l'\3 and 17 ll- QN2. A s t h e ta ill s his a d vantage, game goell, White's portentous llrepara­ All Inspir ation! 22 QxB N-B7f 25 K-N2 QxB 16 , . , . NxRP tl on:s come to not hing. 23 K_Nl NxRt 26 RxB RxR 17 P-K5! N_ Kl 16 , , . . N_N2 24 PxN Q-N3t 27 QxR Q- N3t R_K Nl If 17. " QxN ?; HI QxQ, HxQ: 19 PxN 17 • • • • The liquidating process has been very wins a piece! Her e S pie lmann recommonds 17 B- N2, nellt. If now 28 B- N4, RxN ; 29 QxP/B5. P- QR" : 18 Q- Kl . IS N_ K4 P-Q4 RxPt et c, 17 . . . . P_Q R4 ! 20 B_N2 Q-N2 18 .. . P-N5 Is the best chance, It IS 28 K_B1 R>N K-K2 Q-K4t 18 Q- K 1 N-B4 21 N_B2 P_N5 .. N xP ; 19 NxN, (~xN ; 20 U- Q3 with a 29 Q-K8f K-R2 "38 K-Q2 Q-B5t 19 N-Q1 B-QB3 22 PxP PxP treme ll(lous attac k. 30 QxKP RxBP 39 K-Kl QxP Bl ack Iii holding his own. 19 N-B6t K-Rl 31 Q_B4 R_N 7 40 Q-Q5 Q- B2 23 N- Q3 NxN 27 ,&-Q4 PxP 20 Q_R4! NxN 32 Q- B3 R- NSt 41 QxNP Q-B6t 24 Px N P- Q4 l 28411'xP N-Q3 If 20 . ,. PxN ; 21 B- Q3, P - B4 ; 22 QxB 33 B-Ql Q- KBS 42 K-K2 Q- Q5 R_B8 25 B- K 3 R- R1 29 Q- K3 R_Bl allli wins. 34 Q-Q3 43 Q-Q3 QxQt 35 P_QR4 P-N3 44 KxQ R)( Bt 26 RxR QxR 30 R-QBl N-B4! 21 B_Q3l P-N3 23 N_B3 K- N 1 36 PxP PxP Resigns Plrc handles the m iddle gnme In ex· 22 Px N 8 - Bl 24 N_N5 !? .... T his game s b ows the cOllsequences ot ce llent :sty le. Simpler Is 24 DxN ! UxD ; 25 N - N5, p ­ 10 P - B5 i n a vel'Y unfavora ble lig h t. 31 p xN BxBt 38 N)(B P_N6 KIH ; 26 NxDP! (26 P- K N4 a lso does It). 32 K-R2 RxR 39 N )( 8 Q-B7! K xK ; 27 DxPt : and w illS. 33 QxR Q_B3 40 Q-N2 PxN 24 . . . . P- R3 26 PxP BxB Ga me 5 t 34 Q- Q2 B-Q4 41 K-N3 P-R4 25 BxN PxN 27 BxKNP "" (Mlchell_Botvi nnik, H aliti ngs, 1934.5) 35 B)(P KxB 42 Q )( p QxP SjJlI)"1I1ng a draw with 27 R- B 3, P-K4l; 10 8_B3 B- Q2 43 Q)(p 36 P- B6t BxP Q-B6t 28 llxKNP!, PxB; 29 P - B7t. K- B l; 30 Q­ 11 N_N3 . , .. 37 N- R5 t K- Rl Drawn HSt. K - K2: 3 t Q- IlSt. K- Dl; 32 Q­ "11 P-KN4 Is agnln best, fOl' W hite MaroczY'1! ravorite P a wn·slorm ing ad· It8t ele, m ust attack on the K lllg·slde," (PCO) ranee wns cOllllllete !lull here; bu t in a 27 .. . PxB Yet W h ite does not tal'6 too badly w it h Game:! 10, 12 and 15 wo s hall be more 28 R-Q3 R_Bl the dou btless in fe rio r te xt. impres!'.ed by t h is a t tacking method. He s u rv ives a little longe r with 2l:l . , . 11 . , ., R_QBl 13 Q-Kl 0 - 0 QxDP; 29 Q-H6, K - B 2 but after 30 Q­ 12 B_ K3 P_QN4 14 Q-B2 • • • • Game 3 • N7t. K- K1; 31 P - B7t, K-Q1; 32 Q- B6t, Again in exact, 14 Q- N3 being the !I\. (Yat es_Takacs, KeclO k emet, 1927) K - B2 (not 32 . . . B - K2; 33 P - B8[Q]): (l1cated attacking me thod if Wh!te does 10 B_K3 " .. 33 It- li3t and Wllite Wl1l8 t he Queen. not care to play P - N4. E ven with thlslosa 10 P- QR .. lntllSpoRes Into the games 29 P-QN4!! BxP or time (see h is s ixteenth 1lI0ve), W b ile .Maroczy- E uwc, Scbcycnlnj:len, 1923 and 30 R-KR3 Ru igns does not come to grief! Leonhardt- H ilse, Magdeburg• .1 927 ( Col· t'or if 30 . , , K- B 2; 31 QxB l ea ves 14 . • . • R-Nl IImll S) , which w l11 be treated In t he next Blac k defenseless. Anot her example of 15 QR-Ql P-QR4 arUde or thill series . the IIlre llgth o f Q-Kl - N3, Here PCO leave9 oft, c laimIng cleal' po. 10 . , . . B-Q2 s!tional superiorIty ror Dlack. But, as the Game 4 • peo elToneo\lsly gives ]0 . , . 0 - 0 furiher play indicates, a more accu rnte here. 10 , , . D-Q2 was uct\tally played. (T artakover-Raizman, Hastings, appraisal w ould be: equal game, Kmoch (T OUl"nament Uook) prefers 10 1946.1947) 16 Q- N3 P-N5 18 P-K5 N- K 1 . , . 0 - 0, so t hat if 11 D- Ba ror exalllIlle, 10 P_B5 · . . . 17 N_K2 KR_B1 19 N/ 3-Q4 .. , . KxN ; 12 DxN , P - K ·L T his g ives pr etty Allhoug h t h is 1l1 0Ve has prod uced some W hit e has co nside ra b le King·slde pl'es· IPuch tbe s nme k ind o f ga me a s Urtgozln­ fino wins (see for exa m ple Co lu mn 10) , s u re, Koto\' (soe March article), It a r ouses mistrust because It yields con· trol ot White's K 5. t Begin with basie dIagram on page 138. t = check: t = dill. ChL'<: k : ~ = dis. eh. 139 CHU$ REV IEW , MAY, 1949 HAVE YOU READ THESE BOOKS BY REINFELD?

19 .... P- N3 22 N-Q4 Q- R3 If llOW 16 DxN, PxB; 17 B-N2 (17 Qx 20 NxN BxN 23 P-B5 QPxP P, N-Q5! is much in Black's favor), N­ 21 BxB QxB 24 PxNP! RPxP Q5; 18 NxN, BxN; 19 N-Q5, Q- R2! with 25 QxKP Q-Q3 adyantage to Black. Best seems 25. R-B1. Both player 16 B_N2 N-K6 17 KR-B1 Q-R2 are apparently already short of time. 18 P_K5 • • • • .26 QxRP R-B4 Already White is at a loss for a good Not 26 .. . 1{- H1; 27 Q-QN5, RxRp·?; continuation. Black was planning ... K­ 28 N-B5, Q- E 2; 29 R- (.)7 anti wins. K2 followed by doubling Rooks on the WINNING CHESS (written with Irving 27 Q-R4 R-Q4 Queen Bishop file. Cherney). The secret of winning chess 28 P-B4 ... 18 .... N_ B4 22 NxN ?xN lies ill proper use of combinative play­ Something has to be done about the 19 Q-R3 PxP 23 P- B5 B_ B3 and here is a book which tells you how 20 N-K4 K-K2! 24 NxB ?xN to recognize the distinctive, basic Dattern threat of .. . P-K1. Q- N5 21 P-B4 N/3-Q5! 25 BxB RxB for every type of combination. You learn 28.... PxPep 31 N-B3 26 P-QN4 Q-Q2! when, where and how to combine on the 29 PxP R- B1 32 QxQ BxQ chessboard. Getting to the very bedrock 30 P-B4 R- KR4 33 N-N5 P-B3 Black is quite secure as regards his King's position; he is a Pawn ahead; and or winning chess, the authors illustrate And now the simplest course is 34 Nx he has the initiative. their discussion with simple, decisive po­ P, H- K4; 35 N-B4, RxE; 36 N-Q5, B-B4; sitions from actual play, More than 600 If now 27 P - N4, Q-Q4t; 28 K-N1, R­ 37 NxR, BxR; 88 KR-K1 with a draw as KN1; 29 QxP, N-K6 and wins. diagrams make it easy for you to follow t he likely outcome. 27 Q-KB3 P-R5 30 Q- R3 P_ R4! the e'xplanations without using a board 34 N-B3 R_ R4 35 P_B5 RxRP 28 R-K 1 R- Q1 31 R-Q2 ?x? and men. The result is a chess book 36 R- B1 P_K4 which is easy to read, easy to under­ 29 QR-Q1 Q-Q4 32 PxP R-R3 stand, and Olle which actually improves If 36 .. H-H4; 37 N- Q4, p-K4; 38 N­ 33 Q-Q3 . . . , N3, R- HC; 39 R- QN1, N- B2; 40 KR- Bl, your game. 231 pages. $2.75 This cannot be ans wered by 33 .. Q­ N- K 3; 41 H-E1 and Black is in seriou s D3? or 33 . .. Q-B5? because of 34 QxN. RELAX WITH CHESS ... and win in 20 trouble. 33 . . . . R-R7! moves. 75 sprlghtly and exciting games, R_N7 42 RxKP Bx? 37 R-B4 34 K-N1 . . . . won by world famous masters in 20 38 B- N1 K_N 2 43 BxB RxB moves or less, are instructively anno­ 39 R_ R1 K-B2 44 R- R7t R_B2 Not 34 QxNP, P- R6!; 35 K - N1, R- KNl; tated so that the brilliant moves leading 40 R-R7t R-B2 45 RxRt NxR 361UI-K2 (36 P - N3, NxPI), N-R5 wins. to rapid victory are thoroughly explained. 41 R-R6 P- K5 Drawn 34 . . . . R-K~1 The discussion emphasizes the modern Thus we see that despite h is inexact 35 R/1_K2 R/1 _ QR1 ! methods now favored by top-fligb t mas­ play, "'hite bas eamed the verd ict of 36 R_Q82 • • • • ters. 160 pages. 84 diagrams. $2.50 equality at move 14 . If 36 QxNP, H-RSt wins. Or it 36 R-K1, HOW TO PLAY BETTER CHESS. The N- K6 etc. Game 6 * key ideas and methods of planning tbat 36 .... N'-K6 39 P- R3 R-K R1 result in winning chess are clearly pre­ (A. Steiner_Pirc, Ujpest, 1934) 37 R,-B1 R_ KN1 40 Bx? RxR sented. The topics include: middle game 10 B-B3 B-Q2 38 P- N3 ?x? 41 QxR Rx? problems of attack and defense; proper 11KN-K2 .... Resigns use of combinative play; advantageous Here and on the next move , ·White This game proves fairly conclusively exploitation of positional weaknesses; misses t he logical advance P-KN4. For t h at White erred in not playing P - KN4, endgame technique. Particular attention some interesting Jight on this point, see and that PCO's verdict of equality at is given to opening theory, t he author's Game 9 (Michel-Stahlberg). moYe 15 is unacceptable. special field. 136 pages. 143 diagrams. 11 . . . R_QB1 12 P-QN3 P_QN4 $2.50 13 P-QR3 P- KR4! Game 7 * BOTVINNIK THE INVINCIBLE. This peo passes over this extraordinary (M aroczy- Saemisch, Rogaska-Slatl nil. group of 62 wonderful games by Mikhail move without comment. Its function is 1929) Botvinnlk, CHESS CHAMPION OF THE twofold: it restrains P - KN4, and it dove· 10 8- 83 B-Q2 13 P-QR3 0-0 W ORJ~ D, traces the rise of a great mas­ t a ils with a policy of "no casUing"­ 11 N-N3 R_QB1 14 P-KN4 K-R1 ter from his earliest success to the where then will be White's target? 12 B-K3 P_QN4 15 P-N5 N-K1 threshold of the world title. The introduc­ 14 Q-K1 N-KN5! Strange. Najdorf answers P-KN4 with tion to each game and its precise notes This move could have been played eyen . .. K-Rl with the idea of retreating ... combine to give the reader an instructive after 11 P - R3. N- KNl in reply to P - N5. (See Game 8 "behlnd-the-scenes" view of master chess. 15 Q_N3 B_B3! and Game 11.) 220 pages. 190 diagrams. $2.00 A strong move made possible by Il is 16 P- KR4 B- Q1 18 N-Q4 P-K4 Send for complete catalog of books thirteenth move. According to pea, the 17 B-N2 N_ K2 19 N-B3 P-B4! ? position Js equal. Judging fl·om the game Saemisch realizes that he cannot rely MA IL YOUR ORDER TO continuation, Black's position is by far indefinitely on his hedgehog formatlon. the more promising. He therefore sacrifices a Pawn in the CHESS REVIEW hope of exploiting \Vhite's somewhat ex· 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. ~ Beg in with basic diagram on page 138. posed King·side.

140 CHESS REVIEW. MAY. 1949 • 23 .... R_Q1 25 RxR P,R As in the pre vious game, we see that 24 PxP R_ B6! 26 N_B4 Q- K5 P - KN4 does not go well with procrasti­ 27 B_B2 B-QB3! nating voHcy! A well-considered P awn sacrifice: if 28 NxP, R- Q7; 29 R- Kl, Q-B7 etc, Game 10 * 28 R_K1 Q_B7 29 NxP R-Q8 (Maroozy-Canal, Carlsbad, 1929) 30 P_ N5 10 B-B3 0-0 Meeting the threat of ·30 , , , B- KR5! 11 B-K3 R_Ql 30 . , . , RxRt 32 N-B4 BxP For t he stronger move 11 . .. NxN! see 31 BxR Q-B4! 33 B- Q2 . , . , Game 11 (Steiner- Book). If 33 N-Q5, BxN; 34 P xB , B-K6t will1~. 12 Q- Kl! N_QR4 14 B-Bl R-N1 33 . . .. P-R3! 34 P_KR4 BxN 13 R- Q1 N_ B5 15 P- KN4 , ... 20 BPxP QPxP 35 BxB .... A s w e know, Q- N3 is also pla ysble. In 21 NxKP B-K3 Not 35 QxB?, Q-R6 ! This explains this game we h a ve ollr first convincin g More promising than 21 . . . QxN ; 22 Najdorf's 33rd move, example of the power of·the P awn storm .. QxE etc. 35 • • • • Q- NS t 38 B-Q2 Q,P 15 .. ,. P-Q4 22 B- Q4 Q- N1! 23 N-Q3 B-N3 36 K-B2 QxPt 39 B_K3 Q- K5 This tIme t he central a dvance turns 24 N_ K2 37 K_ N1 Q,P 40 B_B2 P- B5 out badly. Maroczy answers with an un- , Resigns Simpler 24 BxE, QxB; 25 Q-K2. The expected move which leaves Black's text should lead to trouble. If 41 B-Kl, P-B6 etc. The weakness of game lifeless, 11 N/3- K2? has been thoronghly d ocu­ 16 PxP! NxQP 18 Q-N3 P-QN4 24 .... R- Ql 25 B_QB3? . . . . mented. 17 NxN PxN 19 Q-N2! 8-N2 20 P-KR4! B-B4 And now 25 BxB, QxB ; 26 Nj2- B4, Px N ot 20 , .. BxP ; 21 P-N5 etc, P; 27 BxP, N-B 4 is correct- although Game 9 '" this variation gives Black positional com­ (Miche l-Stahlberg, Mar del Plata, 1947) 21 P-B3 P-N5 24 P-B5 R_ K1 pensation for the Pawn. 10 B- B3 B-Q2 22 PxP BxNP 25 P-N5 B- B6 23 P- N3! N-N3 26 P-N6! , 25 .... N-Q3 So that if n P- KN4, P-R3; 12 P-N5, . . . 26 P_R5 PxP? PxP; 13 PxP, P - Q4! threaten ing _mate! The way in which Maroczy combines King-side attack with pressure on the Correct is 26 NxP~; 27 B- K5 (27 However, after 11 P - KN·i, P-R3 White isolated P awn is very fine, P-R6, NxB), E-QB2; 28 E xE, QxB; 29 can simply continue his development. N/2-B4, N-N6t; 30 K-Nl, Q-N3t; 31 R­ 11 N- N3 R-QB1 13 P_QR3 0-0 26 . . . . BxN 28 PxP P-B3 n2, N-K5 ! sh ould win for Black. 12 Q- Kl P- QN4 14 B_ K3 . . . . 27 RxB RPxP 29 B_ B4! Q-B4 30 Rj1 _Q1 27 Nj3-B4 B_ B5 30 NxB K-N1 On 14 _P - N 4 Stahlberg pla nned 14 , , . R-K4 28 P-R6 Nj3-B4 31 PxP R-B2 P -N5; 15 PxP. NxQN P ; 16 P - N5, NxBP; Very sad, but he has no time to move 29 Q-Kl BxN 32 B-B6 Q-Q3 17 Q-B2, NxR; 18 PxN, BxP with a fair h is Rook f rom QNl beca use of the t hreat 33 R-Q1 R,B game for Black. Q-N4-R5, 33 ' . . QxR leads to a lost ending, 14 . . . . P_ N5 16 Q- B2 B-B3 31 BxR P,B 34 RxQ Rj3xR 39 Q- B6t K-Nl 15 PxP NxNP 17 N-Q4 , . , . 35 BxP R_Q7 40 NxN RxN 17 N-R5, B-Rl; 18 B- N6, Q-QZ; 19 QR­ 36 N-N3 B_ B7 41 QxN R-B2 Q1, Q-Kl; 20 KR- Kl, ]"- Q2 leaves Black 37 B- Q5t! Rj1xB 4~ Q_K6 K-B1 with t he in itiative. 38 Q-K6t KxP 43 Q- R6t Resigns 17 • . . '. B_ N2 Black organized a skilfu l counter-attack 18 P- N4 . , . , against the menacing Pawns, but then Desperat ely trying t o se ize the initia­ missed his best chance. t ive. But, as in the previous game, Black counters powerfully in the center. Game 8* 18.,., P_Q4! 20BxN P,B (Yanofsky-Najdorf, Barcelona, 1946) 19 P-K5 N-K5! 21 P_R4 Q- Ql ! 10 B_ B3 B_Q2 11 Nj3- K2? . , .. 32 RxP! Q-K2 This move has a plausible motivation If 32 , . , BxR; 33 BxBt. NxB; 34 Qx (P-B3, removing Black's pressure on the Quee n Bishop file). The price is too N t , QxQt; 35 RxQ with an easy endgame win, heavy, however: the Knight on K2 plays a miserable role throughout the rest of 33 RxP!! Q,R the game. 11 P- KN4 is t he move, and Or 33 , . ' QxPt ; 34 K - Nl, Q-KB5; 35 Q-KI- N3 is ,to be considered (after the R/I-Kl~, BxB;36 R-:K 8t etc. preliminary B-K3). 34 BxB Q-KR4 11 , . .. R_QB1 13 P_KN4 K-R1 ! 35 R-Q4 R-K1 12 P-B3 0-0 14 Q_ Kl? • • • • Threatens ... R-KSt ; 37 K- R2, Q­ Out of place here. The logical continu­ K4t winning the Rook. &tio n is 14 P-N5, N- KNl ; 15 B-N4! 22 P-N5? , . , . 36 Q-K4! Q_QN4 38 Q- B3! N,B 14, . .. P-Q4! 16 NxN P,N According to Stahlberg, White's best 37 B- Q5t K-R1 39 RxN! R- K8t 15 P-K5 N- K5! 17 BxN P,B chan ce is 22 Q-R2, RxN!; 23 PxR, N-Q4; Only the exchange of Queens can stave 18 B-K3 • • • • 24 Q-R3, Q- B2--with advantage t o Black off a n Immediate catastrophe. White can win a P awn with 18 N-N3, desvite his mat erial minus, 40 K-N2 Q-K7t 43 R-Q6 R_ Rl but after 18 .. . P - QB4 his position on 22., .. QxN! 41 QxQ RxQt 44 P-N4 K-Nl the long diagon al is very sh aky, Resigns 42 K-B3 R-K1 45 P-R3 Resigns 18 , . .. P_QB4 21 Q-N3 Q-N2! -For aft er 23 ExQ, P - K6§; 24 Q-B 3, Bx In this game White made admirable 19 P-B4 P_B3! 22 P-N3 p,p Qt; 25 RxB, NxP; 26 R - Ql, B-B4! Black use of the Pawn-storming technique. 20 Q-R4 B- Kl 23 K_N1 · . . . wins without much trouble (27 BxB, ' Rx If 23 P xP, R- B6! as in the game, B; 28 R-QBl, RxN!), ·Begin with basic diagram on page 138,

CH!SS ,REVIEW, MAY, 1949 141 ------~. ------Game 11 • T he maneuver undel·taken with his King P- Q4! (the ad vance of lhe...... Queeu Pawn (L, Steiner--Book, Sa lt.joblil den, 1948) Knig ht is of 110 gl'cat value: this piece (:nn be recom mended In stich siluations moves several times a nd is then Inglori­ 10 B_B3 0-0 when. it does not lead to an i~oJ ated ously e xchanged. Pawn) , 11 B- K 3 ' , , , 14 N- N3 B- N2 1 S • , • , QA-B1 If 11 N/ 3- i{2 (we hnve 1!.lre/l.c1y seen 15 B_N2 14 Q_B2 this Inferior move In Yanofsky-NajdorO, QR-Q1 , , , . R- Ql !; 12 P- QN3 (or 12 P- B1, N- K 4!), A belter idea is pel'haps ... P- N5 (IIII l.oss of tlme, a s usual. He pre vents ... N-K 4!; 13 PxN, PxP; 14 P- B3, PxN ; In Mlchel-S tahlbel'g, Game 9 ), N-QR ~ - f or j us t one move, 'M ore logical 15 PXP, P-K 4!; 16 P- Q5, B-Q2; 17 N- N3, 16 P-N5 P-Q4 (as wc have seen In the Ma rch article) Is H- Ql . with Q-N3 in view. QR-D1 and Blac k bas the bette r game Making the same mis take as In (L, S t e i ner-Da r c~a , Ca rlsbad, ] 948). Maroczy- Cannl (Ga me 10), a nd sub­ 14 , . , , N-Q2 11 . . . . NxN ! mitting to the same refut.'\Uon as In that 15 QR- Ql N-R4 An improvemeot 0 11 Black's play in ga me. A waiting policy Is now best. ai, Game 10, w he re 11 ... It- Ql WIl8 adopted. thoug h White's Pawns do indeed look me nacing, 12 QxN P-K4! 14 P_QR3 B-Q2! T he reader will find it extremely In, 13 Q- Q2 P-QN4 15 P_B5 P_QA4 s tructive to s tudy the effect of P- The point of his previous move. Q4 in these games. T roubled by the thought that he has for­ 17 PxP ! N_N3 19 N x N! Ce ited the Inltlat.l"e, White mlslRkenly 18 P-B5! NxP 2Q P-B6 , . , . tries aggressive lRctics. Marocz)' has achieved his object: 16 P-KN4 P-N5 18 N_NS Q_N 2 Black's King is permanently exposed to 17 N-K2 B-B3 19 Q_N2 P_Q4! a Uacll , and his forces a re pOorly placed Perfect, ThIs move complete ly dIs­ for defensive action. credits White's ope ning plu,)" , Note t hat Black's moves 17-19 have the fallacy in common of clea l'l ng the rOlld AccOl'dlng to peo, this position is even. ( 01' the advance of White's K ing Bishop ,Ju dging from the further course of the P nwn ! ]) \ay and from I-Qat peo rightly recommends 11 P- K N4 . 34 Q-Q1 Q-a, 36 N-Bl B-Q3 Resign. 11 . . . . P- QN4 35 N_K2 Q-B7 37 Q-K2?? . , . . An exceptionally Instructive game. T he 12 B-K3 B- N2 Appa l'ently he has nothing be tter tha n possibilities resulUng from . ' . P- K4 are 3i N- Q3, Q- RS; 3S Q- KNI, B-N6 with a among Blac k's most "aluable resoUl'ces Blac k ca n always get t his aggl'essh'e Ve l'Y uneom rol'table I)osition ror W hite. in this va ria tion. tl el'elopme nt (instead of . .. D-Q2) whe n­ ever Whi te premat.urely plays N-N3, T he te xt is wo rse yet. 13 Q-K1 . , , , 37 , , " Q_B5! 38 QxPt K-Bl Game 12 ' As we shall see, the Q- K I-N3 maneu­ Resi gns ( Maroc:y-Gi lg, Carlsbad, 1929 ) ver is too s low, and the text Is chleny White 's d ifti cu l tie~ arpse from his 10 B_B3 0-0 12 N/ 4-K2 P- QN4 jllayed for the possibillty 13 ... N-QR 4??; t empO l"i~ jng in the opening. He rejected 11 P- QA3 A-N1 13 P_KN4 N- Q2 14 NxN, QxN; 15 P- K5! winning 11 piece. P- KN4 as well as Q- IO-N3 and was thus Now tha t White has Indicated his in· After 13 P- KN4, however, Black gets left wlthont a plan. tentions ot Pawn-st.ormlng, Black ought an excellent ga me with 13 . , . P-N5; 14 to prepare a long-range deCenalve p o l lc ~ '_ N- K2, N- QR4; 15 NxN, QxN ; 16 N-N3, - Beg in with basic diagram on page 138.

142 CHESS RlVIEW, MAY , 1949 Game 14 * I( 38 . . ,Q:.:Q ?; 39 R- K St gJves 15 BPxP BPxP 19 R_ K1 N-82 ( M ic he l-Najdorf, Buenos Aires, 1943) \V hite a draw by perpetual che e l!:. 16 PxP P- K4 20 B_ N4 B,B N-Q3 21 Q xB N_B5 10 B_ B3 0-0 12 P- NS N- KN 1! 39 K_R3 QxQ 40 R- KSt K-R2 17 Nj4-K2 18 N_N3 B-R6 11 P- K N4! K- R1! 13 B-K3 B- Q2 Resigns 22 N- BS B- 8 1 23 P-N6 ! , , , , 14 N- N3 , , , , In v ie ll" or \Vh ite's m il;t a ke in playing j" ol'cing open t he King Knight file. PCO gin : s thi ~ mO l'e a Q. ues tion marie I),: l'- N G? t he olltcome of t h is game ean· p,p Q_8 S · which i", !l o s ~ ihly t oo g() \'ere a judgment; not be co nsidere(( a r eflecti on on t he 23 .... 25 N_ N3 " 'hite get", an f'x .;ell ent g ame sub· me r it,; or the P awn storm a t taclc 24 QxP Nj5-Q3 26 P-RS , , , , seqnently . 'T' h re1tte!lS H- R4 followe d by H- R4. 14 . , . . Q R- B1 15 R_ KN 1 P_ N4 Game IS * 26 . . , , Q- KR5 16 P-Q R3 . , . . (H orow itz_Chernev, 27 R- R4 Q-R6? It is ,-, ul"ioll s tha t Fine gives t h is move - U, S, Champions h ip, 1944) 27 . .. Q- R2 p rolongs t he str uggle . a Q1.1e s tion m nrl, in C hess Ma rches On 10 B_B3 0 - 0 12 P-N5 N-K l 28 R- KN4 QR- B1 (where h e has ann otated this game itl 11 P_K N4! R- Q1 13 P-Q R4 N_R4 29 N-RS N-K1 great de tail). but. passes it by wilholJt 14 P- B5! , , , . If 29. , . Q- B6t; 30 K - Nl, N - K1; 31 N ­ comment in PCO. K,j and win s , True. the move creates a t a r get for l3lack to a im at ( . .. P- N 5) ; bu t White's 30 Q_ BS! , , , , desir e to maintain his Knight a t QB3 Thr eatens 3t ltxPt . seems reasona ble c no ngh. 30 , , , , K_ Rl 33 N- 86§ Nj2- R3 16 " . , , R_Nl 31 R_ K3 Nj1-Q3 34 BxN N, B 17 R- N3 P- B3 32 RxQ NxQ 35 RxN t Resig ns Black mus t ohta in ~om e ('ou n tel'attack The P awn storm a ttack has been car· befor e \\-'h ito proceeds ",ith R- R 3, R- N 2 ried out faultlessly. and Q- H5. Conclusion : The Fawn s tonn a ttack reo qu ires t h e most careful kind of defense on mack's part . On t he ot her hand, White "an not a fford inexact play, and K- llJ 131;((: k is in s erious trouble. H e dare !lot oft en amount s t o no more than was te of p\ayl 4 . . . P - K1? because of 15 N- Qr, . time. \Ve may ther efore s um up by s aying But men. nwhile \Vhit e t h r eatens 15 1'xP, that Q- I0 - N3 (as in the ",l arch article Pxl'; Hi D- Nl with a winning g ame. devot ed t o Column 3) Is \ Vhlte's s trong· 14 , . . . P_Q4 es t and most logical course . A p ropitiatory s:1.c r ifice w b ich is not Part Fille of this serie s on the Slcll ;an quite llde QtlRt e . Defen se w; 1I a ppear In the June Issue,

l S P-N6? , . . , jRainit " H54 modling h is own a ttack, F ille re.; om· ~OHANH GUTENBERG mends 1 ~ PxP, DxP ; J9 Q- Q2 a n d 20 R/I- K Nl wi t h a promisillg ga.m e. PREPA~ES TO PRINT FIRST BOOt(, F~M 18 , , . , P-R3 20 PxP N,P 19 R-R3 P- N5 21 Q-Q2 P_ B4! MOVAB~a ""'Po.. 22 PxP P xP

Muc h ~tron ge l' is 22 .. , P - K 4! (Fine) with complications l hat fa ,"or Black. 23 N- Q4 B- KB3 24 Nj3-K2 , . . , N OlI" \ Vhite's game a gain takes a turn for thc wor se . 21 N - q ,,1 is better (Fine) . 24 , . . , N-K2 2S P_B3 NjS-Q4

26 Rx QRP , , , " F ine p re fe rs 26 B- 1l 2, P- Q R1 ; 27 P- N3 ! 26 , , . . Nx 8 28 Q_Q2 N,P 27 Qx N KR- Kl ! 29 N_ B6 ? . . . , Afte r t his VV' hite's g rune soon becomes Il il tenable. IlflttfH' 29 P-N4 U;'i ne) , 29 , .. , R- R1! 32 K- N2 Q-N3 30 Rx R RxR 33 B-QS R- NS 31 Nj 6-Q4 R-R8t 34 P_ N4 Q- R3! It" now 35 K-D2 ?, tJxN j" ! 01' 35 H-K3, O\ xPt: 35 P-NS Bx P 36 NxB Q,N Threatens . ' . QxNt ! 37 R-K3 R_ N7 38 QxR ?! . , , , CHass Healizillg t h a t if 38 It- K8 "t, Qx R; 39 Qx H, QxNt! BIB~E INSTEAD - 38 .. .. N-RSt!

CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 19'1 9 143 Thi5 1 No. 26: THE OLD MASTER KB3. White G ElA MAROCZY, 79·year-old H ungarian , scored 83; 4 Maroczy doubly protected many a tournament first in his time. Chiefly acclaimed for his and evolve a F our ens to gain material with 7 endgame skill, handling of the Frcnch and Sicilian, and rare Knights or Double BxN, QPxB; 8 NxP. The Ruy Lopez, as is sometimes simplest way to meet this defensive genius, he could also att ack violently, ns in this game called. The pattern is sym­ threat is to play 6 . . . P­ against 1-1. E. Bird (Black ) from thc 1899 Lond cm Chess Con. metrical, therefore theory Q3. That holds the Pawn and gress. Follow the diagrams from holds Ihal the debut is nat­ develops the Queen Bishop_ left to right across both pages. By Jack W. Collins urally drawish. Two birds, one stone.

Positum alter 16 B-R2, 18 .. . Ox 7 Q-K2? ; 17 PXP. Tile ,. the second exchange of Ihe game j umps h is Knight to a f., White is being transacted. It is spot with the an If a lage: pressure on clear that White is becoming threat of 19 NxQt and wins. pieee bothers you, take it off. Knight and King disagreeable. H e now men­ Bird is practically forced to That is wh at the diagram ideally placed King aces HI PxN, his King Rook take it off be<;ause it bears on catches Bl ack in the act of and Queen Bishop, and the and Queen Bishop exert too many vital squares near doiug. The presence of the semi-o pen King Bishop and heavy pressure, and his his King. Black is unablc to White Knight is intolenble. King Knight files. The latter Queen is free to join in the hit hack; he is (00 busy par_ 50 Bird swaps his Bishop for serve as highways to the fray. rying blows. it. fortress of the enemy King.

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29 ... • , one. Black causes one a material N4! ; gets the tem porary satisfac­ Black to disappear and sense. only a P awn Q6. Black's game tion of obtaining a Bishop he threatens the Black Queen down, as he has a Knight and ther deterioration. He must and a Pawn for his Rook. On with the same fate. It is in­ a Pawn for a Rook. But he­ now lose the exchange, as the 29 ... Q-Ql, die most feasi­ ~truct i ve to see how Maroczy cause of his weak Queen-side White Queen Bi shop "goes ble alternative, 30 BxR fol. keeps the attack rolling. First Pawns and the vulnerabjlity through" the QlI ~n to the lows and Black is no bettcr he hit the King P awn, then of Ilis KB2 square. his same Black Rook (K BI), and his off lhan he is after the text the King Bishop P awn, the is positionally and strategi· P awns are hadly scrambled. move. It was poison A or Queen. the Queen Knight cally lost. Maroczy shows What is Black's best move? poison B. Pawn, Rook, and Queen. how.

144 CHESS REVtEW, MA Y, 1949 ,Position aft er 6 ... R­ Position after 8 PxB, PositiON after 9 ... p­ Position after 13 , 3 Kl ?; 7 !'-K R3, BxN. 4 N-QR4; 9 B-R4. Bird 5 B3; 10 1'-B4, P-QN3; P-Q3; 14 B-N3, P­ The diagram illustrates Black deliberately decentralizes his 11 B- N2, Q-82; 12 N-R4, QR4?; 15 P-R3, N- B4. Bird exchanging hill King Bishop Queen Knight. He wants to N-N2. Maroezy is set for 13 threatens to exchange his for the White Queen Knight, play .. . P -QB3 before mov· P - B4, the typical positional Queen Knight for one of the relinquishing the minor ex­ ing the Queen Pawn. He is hreak ·in such situations_ It powerful White Bishops. change. At the moment it is in no immediate danger, but opens Ihe King Bishop fil e White cannot avoid it, for a small thing, bu t later on his maneuvers are awkward, and allows White to build up a ft er 16 B-R2, N-R5 ! CII II the absence of the Il rciate is time-wasting_ He must not pressu re on the enemy King's follow. The Englishman neg· keenly felt by the second­ be surprised if White takes stronghold. This is stock but lects this move and pays tile player. advantage of it. ,ood. piper.

Positioll alter 20 .. . Position after 22 QR­ Position after 25 B­ Position after 26 11 R-K3j 21 Q- N3, KN­ 12 Kill, R- N3?; 23 Bx 13 B7, N-K3. Bird has 85!! Very pretty and Q2. Now Black has his King P I, Q- K2; 24 Q-B2!, R­ nothing that is really con· far.sighted. Maroczy ignores Pawn adequately protected, KBJ. By out playing his op­ structive. He has no cenler, the attack on his Queen Bish· th ree times, with Queen , ponent with II subtle counter­ his picces arc bunched 10- op and suddenly brings his King Rook. and King altack on the Queen and II gether, and serious counter­ K ing Bishop 10 life. The Knight. But his last move mating threat, involving the attack is oul of the queslion. point is that if 26 ... Nl:B; with the Knight cxposes sacrifice of a piece, Maroca.y Therefore he is reduced 10 27 RxP! , Rl:R ; 28 BxR t, K­ KB2, always a tender spot, won a Pawn and appreciably ineffectual vas.ses., threats HI ; 29 BxR. PxB ; 30 PXP and White may be expected increased his chances. 25 _ .. like 26 ... NxB and 26 ... and the passed Pawn will to put pressure on it. NxB loses after 26 RxN! QxP. cost Black a Knight.

Rx K­ fall s. away the Knight keeps the The threat 33 RxRt, N/ 2x P awns that i the Dark White Queen of( its KB5, Ri 34 QxNt. QxQ; 35 RxQt, Monarch and looks around where it wants to go, but this or 37 KxR ; (the Knight is pinned) for the coup de grace. II feeble defensive gesture mates) 38 36 BxN winning a piece. H could come suddenly with a proves to bc unavailing_ i mates in Iwo 32 ... RxR; 33 QxRt, K­ Queen or Rook blow at KN7 White now has a Iittl!> three moves. neat game, with its Rl j 34 BxN again wins a or KR7. But, at the moment, move exchanging combina­ share of brilliance, showing Knight. Black will withdraw Bird menaces 34 ... NxR, tion which wins in short that II. great player can play his Ro ok but lose anyway. as his Knight is not pinned. order. any kind of chess.

CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1949 145 Game$ plcl)'ed by reader$, annotated by one of America's leading masters. by I. A. HOROWITZ

. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS However, White's slight lead III develop­ ment plus his command of somewhat PROBLEMISTS have a word for it. Terms and th emes describe every more terrain in the center offset the de· conceivable combination. The picturesque "Piccaninny," for instance, flciency. symbolizes a task by a heroic Black Pawn; the "Indian" conceals an am­ 7 . . . . B_ K2 bush; the garrulous mouthful, "double line clearance with Plachulta in­ 8 N-B3 P- QR3 Preparatory to the eventual advance of terference," covers a multitude of machination. Somewhere in England, the Queen Knight PawlI and the ultimate there is a classified dil'ectory of problems, exhibiting all the known prob­ fianchetto of the Queen Bishop. lem ideas. 9 0-0 0-0 11 Q-K2 P-QN4 Practical players, however, are more or less at a loss to key their com­ 10 R_B1 QN-Q2 12 B-N$ B-N2 hinations with colorful classifications. Some authors have established a 13 KR_Q1 • • • • legend of their own. But they have failed to agree on terminology. True enough, practical players attach small significance to what they consider extraneous nonsense; checkmate is checkmate in any language, no matter what it is called. There is, however, much to be said in favor of establishing a universal legend for over-the-board combinations. In the game below, for instance, the crushing "combino" is hackneyed, trite, time-worn and weather-beat­ en. It was played by Alekhine with embellishments a zillion times, and it is the slock in trade of every self-styled master. Now, if it were called " Trojan Horse," or something more forceful: like "Patzer's Persuader," it would ring a familiar and lusty note and the defender would be warned Each side has nearly reached Its max· whenever it was about to occur. That is what the learner needs- bigger imum development. Now constructive planning is called for. and better lusty notes. Black's position suffers from two de­ ficiencies: (1) the advanced Queen· CARO-KANN DEFENSE QB3 is ctouble-edged: it enables White to side Pawns are inherently weak. (2) PCO: page 22, column 20 play for an eventual King·slde attack Blac)(s Queen lacks a good square: without any chronic weakness in his C. Scaravel!a S. Kirschstein \'V"hite's Queen Hook preempts the Pawn position; and it grants Black an squares on the Queen Bishop lile and Vi'hite Black opportunity to institute what is known QN3 is unsavory for other reasons. 1 P_ K4 P-QB3 as the "minority attack" on the White's handicap is the isolated Queen The Caro-Kann. one·tlme favorite o[ Queen's wing. By a propitious advance Pawn. Capablallca and Flohr. Blad!: contem­ of Queen·side Pawns, Black can provol!:e White's plan is to capitalize 011 his bet­ plates the defense of the center via the weaknesses in White's left wing. ter development and command of terrain, Queen Bishop Pawn, with a view to 4 . . . . N_ KB3 possibly by instituting a King-side as· creating an unbalanced Pawn formation. 5 N-QB3 P-K3 sault. Black's plan is to swap . pieces Symmetrical Pawn formations tend to- Thus locking in Black's Queen Bishop. favorably. The less wood, the Jess attack· wardlS a draw. However, If 5 ... B-B4, Black's Queen ing chances. 2 P_Q4 P_Q4 Knight Pawn sets up as a target, which 1$ . . . . R_K1 p,p 3 PxP can be reached by 6 Q- N3. Its defense Black has been eyeing .. Q-N3. It Now Black is minus the Queen Bishop would be difficult, since the advance ... would not do because of the obstreperous Pawn: \\' hite is minus the King Pawn. P-QN3 creates some weaknesses on the reply P-Q5, taking advantage of Black's white squares, which may be exploited. 4 P_QB4! ... . unguarded Bishop at K2. He therefOre de­ 6 B-N5 PxP fends the Bishop. The variation known as the Panov- Bot· Omitting the exchange grants White A better plan is 13 .. . N-N3. intending vinnik AttaclL White's purpose is to put the opportunity to advance P- B5 and set to consolldate with .. . QN-Q4. enough pressure on Black's center to The text move· unD rotects the King compel Black to exchange Pawns and up a dangerously mobile Ql1een-side Pawn majority. Bishop Pawn. Immediately, this assumes consequently further White's develop­ significance. ment. ' 7 BxP . . . . The text is aggressive and risks the After which. the Pawns are more or 14 N_K5 P-N5? disadvantages of an isolated Pawn. As less again in balance. save that \Vhite is Overlooking tbe tbreat. 11 . . . N- Bl against this, the positional move 4 P- saddled with an isolated Queen Pawn. holds everything intact.

146 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, lH9 overhe ad on the initial error is beginning to monnt. 10 Q-RS K- B2 11 N_QBS Q-N4 ? Black has forgotten that there are other pieces on the bOl'll'd, besides t he King a nd Queen. 11 ... N- B3 is impera· t ive for d evelopment a n d for It further retreat for the Bla ell King. 12 N- N 5t K-N3

15 NxBP! . . . . A standard (:ombi nation in t his type of position, obviously u nk nown to Black .

15 . . . . KxN --.~.--~----- There is 11 0 H(lequnte reply. If 15 6 P- K S Q- NS ? Q- N3; 16 N- H4 is good enough. Now This, however, is te mpting the f ate s. Bl ack'g monarch f uns the gantlet. Having ga iue d a min ute material advan­ 16 QxPt . K _ N 3 19 B- B2t K- K 3 ta ge, Bl aclt shou ld h a steu to consolida te. 17 Q-B7t ! K.B 20 R- Kl t K - Q3 6 . , . Q- Q1 is th e move. The text move Qx Pt K _ 84 21 Q- NSt K _ 8 3 l B p rojects a target f 01' White to shoot at. 22 R- KSt R esig ns 7 B- QS . . . , 1S P_ Q R4! SINCE t he earlie st da ys of chess, grea t He s h oots. • • • [('u eb el'S have lI'ame d against develop­ 7 • • . • P- B4? Thre<'lt ening 14 ing the Quee n too e arly. Despite t hese Having s a id A, he s hou ld say B. \Vllile U7 ma te. gri m admoniti ons. die-hard pla yers con­ 7 . . . QxP is un in viting, it is compara tive­ lS . . . . P- R4 tinue to v iolnte t his f UJldamental rule­ ly better than th e text. J\'ow mack's K ing 14 Q-BS • • • • and the mortality rate is te n ifie. In t his becomes the target. Threatening, a mong othe rs, ] 5 N- KB7 game , ret ribution h a s a h umorous over· tone: after flounderin g on the King-side S PxP ep QxBP winning a Rook. wit h h is Qne en, B l a ~ k has to ramble 9 N-K5 K _Q l 14 . . , , Q- BS arol1l HI the Queen·side with h is K ing! To forestall 10 Q- R5t, followed by N­ 15 N-B4t Resigns B 7t ( 01" N-N6tJ winning a Rook. Tile QUEEN PAW N GAM E At least a Rook goes by the wa yshle. peo : page 294, column l B1 (d) J. Moyse M. Southern Wh ite mack 1 P- Q4 N - KB3 Two great books by Reuben Fine .. . 2 N- KBS P- K 3 S B_N 5 • • • • As a general rU le. Knights should be WORLD'S A CHESSBOARD .. . developed be[ol"e B ishops. The reas on for a collection of fifty superb games played between 194"4, and thi s is that it is a s imple matter to de· the present time by the world's leading masters, In this sequel termine t he apllroximately best square for the Kn ight wh ich has a lim ited choice to Chess Marches On!, Reuben Fine gives you a penetrating of movement ; whel'ea s i t is difficult to insight into the play of grandmasters such as Botvinnik, Resh­ determine t hr best s quare for t h e Bish· evsky, Najdorf and Smyslov. Here are 323 pages packed op which h ns a w ide choice of m ove men t . In tile text position, the Bis hop mov e with entertaining and instructive material; 34-3 diagrams. $5. is inferior on anot he r g roun d. It leaves the Queen !{ n lgh t P awn unprotected. While It is not clear, <'l S ye t, how this PRACTICAL CHESS • • figure s ill the pla y, t he idea clarifies it· the most complete and up·to·the·minute treatise of its kind. selr as t h e play prog ress es. The author gives you the benefi t of his extensive practical 3 . . . . P- B4 ! experience in his evaluation of every opening. The hook con· Hitting t he ce n te r a nd gaining a ccess ta ins 1240 columns of variations, thousands of analytical to the Qucc n l{nig h t Pawn by m a king possible th" move . .. Q- t"{ 3. footnotes plus 196 diagrams illustrating basic positions, 4 P_ K4 P-KR3 No other book can answer more of your questions In a match game Ste iner- Fin e, Fin e Il bout openings, A "must" for practical players. $7.50 continn ed with 1 .. . Q- R 4t and later re­ For complete catalog of distinguished McKay books by Fine, treated . . . Q- t"{ :i. In a n other game, Fine TarJ ' ascl~, Lasker, Znosko.Borovsky, Chem ev, Mason, Mieses, Reinjeld, al so p l~ . y e d !.I] e 18xt m ove. Dr:nkr:r, Reshevsky, Golombek and many other noted authorities, write : 5 BxN ~'or ce d . Othe rwil;e. if 5 B- R1 , P - K N4; 6 B- N3 , 1\'x l' a nd White is 01J t a P a wn. The No.1 Publisher of Chess Books 5 . . . . QxB Thus, Bla ek ha s gained ~ B ishop ror DAVID McKAY COMPANY a Knight. ------Washington Square Philadelphia 6, Pa. t::::: chock : f ::::: db!. ehed': § = dis. ell.

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to abandon this idea because of 10 P ­ 22 N-Q6 , , . , 'I/;!?- INTERNATIONAL QR3, B- Q2; 11 Q- Ql!, N-B3; 12 D-K3!!, "'.'ith most of his pieces paralyzed BxP; 13 R- R2, B- N2; 14 R-Q2! which White has a bad game. 22 N- B5t loses a fa Val's "\Vhite ,decisively. piece: 22 _ .. DxN; 23 QxB, NxB etc, Fine, MATCH,1949 10 Q_R4 Q-N3! therefore, could not afford to bother THE climax of the Fine-Najdorf match about possible holes in the brilliant com­ came in the seventh game when both bination which he prepares with the masters missed winning chances, After text, a routine draw in the eighth game, the 22 . " , R_B1 match ended in 11 4-4 deadlock. 23 N/2-K4?! NxB? NEO_GRUENFELD DEFENSE It looks as if 23., , Qxll must fail on 21 BxP followed by 25 N- B6t, Yet, it wins peo: page 277, column 134 because of 24.,. Q- N7!!; 25 N-B6t, Bx R. F ine M. Najdorf N; 26 QxB, N --B3!. The fact that Black's White Black Queen has a protected square from which to guard the crucial diagonal is decisive. 1 N-KB3 N-KB3 3 P-Q4 8-N2 Najdort, somewhat intimidated and in 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 4 P-KN3 0-0 time pressure, misses this nuance. Now P_Q4 5 8-N2 the initiative passes to White. The Neo-G ruenfeld Defen se: , . . P-Q-l 11 QN_Q2 Q- N5 ! 24 QRxN Q_N7 26 K-Rl QR- Q1 is played before N-QD3. Another varia· This is hig-hly embarrassing for White 25 R_B7 B_ K3 27 P-B4 N-Q6 tI on of the same system is this: 1 P-Q1, who lfl.cks an easy continuation of the at· 28 P_ B5 B-Q4 N-KB3; 2 P-QD4, P-KN3; 3 P-KN3, D­ tack as well as a safe retreat. Black has Also playable is 28 ... PxP in view of N2; 4 B-N2, P-Q4; 5 PxP, NxP; 6 P-K4, the better game. N - N5; 7 P- Q5 (Rublnstein- Retl, Sem­ 29 NxP/5, BxN; 30 RxB, N- K8; .31 R­ 11 ... P -KR3 ? is Ol'l'oneous because of B2, NxB! The text move, threatening 29 mering, J926- probabJy the inaugural 12 N- B4! Najctorf gives these variations: game of this system- continued with 7 ... RxN, is more pretentious. It leads, 12 . . . Q-KB3; 13 BxP, QxQ ; 14 NxQ, Bx after Fine's SUrprising answer, to the P-QR3, KN-B3; 8 P -Q5 White standing B; 15 BxN, or 12 ... Q-N5; 13 DxP, BxB; slightly better) 7 ... 0-0; 8 N-K2, P­ fiercest local engagement at the entire 14 QxB, QxN; 15 N-K5, Q-Q5; 16 QH­ QD3; 9 P-QR3, KN-R3; 10 0-0, P-K3; ma.tch. Ql, QxN; 17 RxN, Q-B2; 18 R-Bl etc, 11 QN- B3, KPxP; 12 PxP, PxP; 13 Nx 29 NxBP!! , , , , P, N-BS; 11 KN-ES, N-B2 with about 12P-K4 "., Another brilliant combination, this equal chances (Najctorf- Fine, 6th match Having crossed the llubicon, Hellben time a perfect one, It is not decisive but game) , sticks to marching on. The alternatives Najdorf, fearful it might be, quickly of­ 6 PxP N,P 12 QxQ, NxQ or 12 N-B4, N-N3 or 12 Q­ fered a draw which Fine promptly re­ 7 0-0 P_QB4 QB4, R- Ql are, in a way, also very risky fused. Black's next Is obviously forced. 8 PxP . , , , since they offer toll without counter­ 29 .... BxN/2 chances. There is no slIch t h ing as a theory of 30 P-B6 P-KN4 this opening, and it is more or less guess­ 12 . , , , N_B3 30 . , ,B-R1? loses because of 31 QxP ing where to dig for gold, However, th~ 13 P-QR3 Q- RS threatening 32 N-N5. p ­ 14 P_QN4 N-Q6! divining rod points to the center . 8 31 Q-N4 N-K4 K4, N-KB3; 9 P-K5, N-Q4; 10 PxP offers Capturing the Pawn would yield White 32 Q_B5 B- R1 White a satisfactory game, ·with some a really strong game: 14." QNxP; 15 Nx chances for more. The earliest example N, NxN; 16 D-R6, N-B3 ; 17 N-N5 etc. of this l!ue (Alekhine- Mikenas, Kemeri, 15 P-K5 N- N5 1937) shows White facing some difficul­ 15 QxKP R-Kl ties after 10 ... N- RS; 11 P - QRS, NxP; 17 Q-R4 N/6xKP 12 P-QN4, N- K3, But White has better: Threatening 18 .. , B- BS; 19 N - N5, P­ 11 Q-K2! This is the r eason why Najdorf KRS as well as 18 ... NxNt; 19 BxN, Bx continued vs. Denker (Manhattan TOUr­ R. 18 NxN fails on 18". B-B3, White's ney, 1948-9) with 10,., N- QB3; White game is listing badly. answered 11 N-R3, and th€ interesting struggle led to an ending with even 18 N-N5! . . , . chances. The only chance. • Fine has quiet different intentions: he 18 , , , , P-KR3 figures on launching an attack on the 19 N/5- K4 Q_B7! King-side, but this plan fails. N ot 19 . .. N-B6t? because of 20 BxN, 33 NxP! , . . , 8 . .. , N-R3 DxR ; 21 BxN with material advantage. ' A fUrther breaching of the Black 9 Q- R4 NxP 20 P_RS N-Q6 King's defenses is strictly necessary. Najdorf remarl;:ed later he would have 21 R_ N1 N/5_K4 preferred cutting off White's Queen from 33"" PxN the King-side with 9 ... KN- N5 but had 33 . .. B-N3 looks strong in view of

148 CHESS REVIEW, MAY , 19"9 34 Q-K6t, N-B2 01' 34 P-B7t, HxP (35 9 . . . . N-K1 22 . . . . N-B4 QxBt, NxQ: .36 NxH, Q-Q7!). Howevel', 10 P_KR3 • • • • 23 B-KB4? · . . . White can force a perpetual check as Of course not 10 PxN'!? because of 10 Since the Queen Bishop lacks a good follows: 34 B-Q5t!!, RxB ; 35 P - D7t!, . . BxNt and mate. flQuare anyhow, there is little sense in RxP (35 ... NxP?; 36 QxBt, Q-N2; 37 10 . . . . N-K4 losing time by moving it bac\( and forth , QxQt, DxQ: 38 N-K6!! a nd White wins); 11 Q-N3 8 - 61 "Vhite should try to obtnin active coun­ 36 Q-B8t, K- N2; 37 N- K6t, K-R2; 3);; terplay with 24 N-N5, e.g. 24 ... B- Q4 12 B_ K2 • • • • N-B8t, A more enterprising line is 12 P - B4, (24. _ . NxE; 25 NxB!); 25 I1- E3, NxB: 26 QxN, BxNP; 27 H- N1, 13- Q5; 28 Q-B4. 34 QxPt B-N3 N- Q2; 13 B- K3, 35 P-B7t! K- N2 Najdorf plays this part of the game 12 . . . . P-QB3 nervously, failing to meet the emergency He cannot tal{e the Pawn. The only 13 0-0 · . . . possibil!ty of doing it is 35 . .. NxP but, by any major decision. Ragozin, on the Still White should try 13 P-B1 , N- Q2; then, \Vhite remains with some winning other hand ,shows all h is cleverness for 14 13- K3 (14 PxP, PxP Is questionable chances due to ample compensation f{H' handling intricate flituations. since Bhtck may obtain a favorable coun­ a piece: 36 QxBt, Q-N2: 37 QxQt (37 Q­ 23 • • • • B_Q4 27 K-R2 P_KR3 terplay based on the open Qlwen Knight K6, Q-K4), BxQ; 38 HxP etc. 24 B_B4 a.a 28 R-B1 R- Q2 file). 25 R.a P- K4 36 Q-BSt · , . . 29 B-K3 P- K5 13 . . . . 26 B_N5 Apparently In g reat time pressure, R-Q8t 30 N-K1 • • • • 14 NxQP • • • • White misses the propel' line as shown A poor place [01' the Knight, however, After 14 PxP, N-Q3, White has a dull by Al Horowit~: 36 QxH, ltxP (36 .. , it is necessal'y to prevent 30 . . . H- Q6. position since his Isolated Queen Pawn is RxQ?; 37 P- TIS [QJ mate); 37 Q- B6t, White has a very bad game. /'irmly stopped. T he text move, however, K-H2; 38 RxRt, Bxlt (3S , . . NxR; 39 30 . . . . QR- Q1 concecles Black's (..Iueen Knight a (ine Q- K7); 39 B--IHt, B- N 3; 40 BxBt, Nx 31 B_B5 B-K4t retreat square, B; 41 QxQ, BxQ; 42 It- B7t, K-Nl; 43 32 P-KN3 .... RxP, BxP; 41 P - N 5 and \Vhite should 14 . . . . N-Q93! 15 N_KB3 N-Q3 32 K-Nl, H-Q7 Jeads also to a winning win, Of course, there a r e other Ilues but attflck for mack, e.g. 33 R- B2?, RxR; ot" 16 R_Ql • • • • all seem to favor White. ~3 N-B2?, RxN; or 33 It- Nl, H- K7 36 . . , . K-R3 Au indirect protection of the King threatening H ... H/I- Q7. K- N2 Pawn: after 16 . . . NxP; 17 N-l1tit, Nx 37 Q-R4t 32 . . . . R- Q7 Drawn N; 18 HxQ, RxH; 19 B-QB'I! the game, a lthough materially abou t equal, stands Conclusive, because of the double Notes by Hans Kmoch a little belter for "\Vhite since he has the lhreat 33 .. . BxQNP and 33 · . . BxPt. initiative. 33 R- B2 BxPt SALTSJOBADEN, 1948 16 . . . . B_K3 34 K_N2 · . . . IN THE battle between two pieces anti A trap: after M . . . BxP; 35 BxE, p _ a Queen, the latter is usually favored, K6; 36 Q- B3! , Px13 ; 37 HxH, Black can­ Still, when th at powerful piece fltandfl not play 37 ... PxN(Q)?? because of 38 immobile fol' 24 moves, the outcome iH RxRt, while 37 ... PxN(N)t ; 38 K-Bl, likely to tlpset the odds. RxR; 39 QxR, N- B6 leads to the unique GRUENFELD DEFENSE ending of Que{m against tIH'ee Knights peo: page 287, column 164(k) and t wo Pawns t he result of which Is dlf. M. Najdorf V. Ragozin ficult to predict. White Black 34 . . .. B-K4! 36 NxR R- Q8t 1 P_Q4 N - KB3 4 N-B3 B-N2 35 K-Bl RxR 37 K-K2 • • • • 2 P_QB4 P-KN3 ~ Q-N3 PxP 37 K- N2 allows 37 . , . N-H5 mate, and 3 N-QB3 P-Q4 6 QxBP 0-0 37 N- K l is h opeless because of 37 . . . 7 P-K4 .... It- N8, e.g. 3H Q- R4, U- Q5 ; 39 B- H3, N­ R5; 40 Q-TIZ , N - B6!; 11 QxH, N-Q7t. The ordinary line. Fine tried 7 P- KN3 17 Q- R3? · . . vs. Pllnik, Manhattan Tourney, and vs . '.rhl'eatening 18 NxPt etc. and main. 37 . . .. R-QNS 39 K-Ql R-N8t Najdorf, 5th match game, This is safer tainlng the indirect protection of the 38 P- N4 R-N7 40 K-Q2 ... . but unpretentious. King Pawn. However, this protection is P laying the King back to K2, where it 7 . • . . B-N5 now insufficient since the initiative final_ Is less exposed to checI{, is comparatively For the in teresting alternative 7 ... ly goes to Black. Correct is 17 Q-Q3, alflo better, N- R3, see Kramer-Najdorf, CHESS RE­ threatening 18 NxPt (wh1eh maclc can 4Q • • • . 6_B3 42 Q-R4 N-B6t parry by 17 .. _ R- D1!, e.g. J8 NxPt, Nx VIEW: February 19 ·19, p. 41. 41 BxP N-K4 43 K - K2 N-N8t 8 N_ KN5 • • • • N; 19 QxN, QxQ; 20 RxQ, R- D7; 21 11- Q'!, BxNP! ). This new move seems to offer appro­ pt'iate possibilities. White not only avoids 17 . . . . NxP! the doubling of his King Bishop Pawn 18 N-B6t NxN but also retains his King Knight \vhieh 19 RxQ KRxR is destined to render good service in t h e With adequate compem;fttion for the center. Queen, Bh.l.ci{ now has it sligllt advantage In. the \Vorld Championflhip T ourna· owing to his fluperior development. ment, Botvinnil(, Keres and Euwe all con_ 20 B-Q2 N-K5 tinued with R 13- K3. 21 B-K3 N-Q3! N_B3 8 . . . . 22 R- QB1? • • • • 8 •. , P- KR3; 9 P-KR3 leads to a fine This preventfl 22 ... N- 115 bnt in" game for White, e.g. 9 .•. PxN; 10 Px ereases the errect of 22 ... N- B·1. In­ E, NxNP; 11 P- B3, N- E 1l3; 12 BxP 0)" 9 IIteacl, White should agree to the ex­ ... B-13I ; 10 N- 1l3. change of h is King Bishop by playing 22 Actually, the game was adjourned but 9 P-Q5 • • • • It- K 1, II'hich g ives him a rather' difficult \Vhite did not resume play since he can­ He cannot play 9 ll- E3? because of 9 but tenable game, e.g. 22 . .. N- D5; 23 Dx not escape annihilation. This is a pos· .. P - KB3!; 10 P-ER3, PxN!; 11 PxB, N, BxB: 2-1 P- QN3, B- Q4; 25 N-H2, Qn­ sible continuation: H K- Q2, N-B6t; 45 NxNP, which nets Black a Pawn in a BI; 26 Q- R4 or 22 ... N-D-t; n D- (mr, K-K2, N- Q3! (threatening 46 ... P­ good position. N/4- Q5; 24 NxN, NxN; 25 B- Ql!, QN4! ; n Q- H6 , N- B5 when White can

CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1949 149 par ry 48 . .. N- NX mate only by sacri· 21 P- KR3 • • • • 17 B-K3 Q R-Q1 20 Q- R4 N_ K R4 ficing the Queen) ; 46 Q- Q7. N-N8t ; 47 18 Q- N3 P-Q5 21 PxP Px P K- K3 (other wise 47 . . . N- B5 mate). 19 B- Q2 P-N3 22 RxRt RxR H-Q8 ~ (threat ening 48 . . . It- Qat and 23 R- Q B1 Bx N mate in two); 4g N-Q4, H-Q6t; 49K- D4 , N-K7 i" ~ ; 50 NxK, R-BSt; 51 K-N4, p- n4 mate. _ Notes by Ha ns Kmoch

BEVERWIJK, 1949 G ROT ESQUERIES are Tartakover's stock·in·trade and he delig hts in t hem fo r t heir own sake. So it is hardly s ur · pr ising that, after ten moves, this Sicilian Defense looks for all t h e wor ld like a 21 . . . . Rx8 ! Ruy Lopez! But the old maslel' does nol Black shr ewdly sees t h at if he t ries for let his tast e for tile bizane k eep h im mor e, he will get less. FOI' example : 21 from business and hc proceeds to dispose . .. P- R3; 22 BxN, PxB; 23 RxRt, QxH. ; 24 N- K7t Resig ns of h is r ival wilh lllo,]el exactitude. 24 P-K5, K-Q·1; 25 N j 5- K4. Or 21 . .. P ­ Thus Blacl(s wealmess on the back S ICI LI A N DEFE NS E H3 ; 22 BxN, ltxHt ; 23 RxR, PxD; 24 P ­ rank is cleverly eXllloited. If 24 . . . HxN; peo:. page 432, colu m n 70(q) K5 /tnd in either case the complications 25 Q- m"i', D- Nl ; 26 QxBt, NxQ; 27 H­ K. Bergsma Dr. S. Tartakover give WhIte chances. Ust followe d by mate. W hite Black 22 RxR P- R3 1 P_ i<".4 P- QB4 6 Q_K2 P- K4 T h us Bla ck wins a secon d piece fOl" t h e PENNSYLVANIA n ook and is ma t erial ahead. 2 N- KB3 P-Q3 7 0 - 0 P-QN4 'l'HE bright spots in this game are a 3 B- N5t N_Q2 8 B_ B2 B- N2 23 Nx P Kx N 2S N- K3 B_ N2 Hool, sacrifice a nd a "QUiet" move with 4 P-B3 P-QR3 9 P_Q4 B-K2 24 N_B1 K-N2 26 QR_Q l R_ KBl t.h \lllderous overtones. N_ B3 R- Q1 Q-B2 5 B-R4 10 27 N- N4 B- B1 Downt own YMCA, P it tsburgh E xcellt for t he Black Knight a t Q2, Vi'hite threatens 2S NxN followed by BIRD'S OPEN ING every piece is placed as it woul(\ be in ~9 H- Q7, winning t h e Quee n if 28 . . the Tchigorin variation of the l{uy HxN. 0 1" regaining a piece if 28 . . . KxN PCO: page 9, col umn 3(g) Lopez ! (l.e., 28 NxN, KxN; 29 R- Q7, Q- N 3; 30 D. Spiro A. Spitze r 11 PxKP PxP P- KN3. and B la ck is in t r ouble) . \-Vhite Black The diffe r ence of the one piece is im· 28 Nx N Rx N 30 P- N4 B_ N3 1 P_ KB4 P-Q4 12 P- QN3 8-N2 portant. Black has all e dge because, after 29 Q- N3 Q-B2 31 P-QR4 • • • • 2 N-KB3 P-QB4 13 B_N2 0-0 ... P -·B5. his Knigh t can go to . .. QU·\ A feeble demonstration. Notice how in· 3 P-K3 N-QB3 14 8 _ KS Q-Q1 without loss of time. effectu al White's B ishop is walled In be · 4 B_NS B- NS 15 N_Q2 N-Q2 12 QN- Q2 P-BS hind its own Pawn s. S Bx Nt P,B 16 B,B K,B 13 N_ Bl N- B4 31 . . . . K- R2 6 0-0 P-K3 17 P-K4 R_Q N1 7 Q-K1 B,N 18 Q-K3 R_N4 In t he Ruy Lopez, this K n ight floull' A precaution : Black does llOt want his 8 RxB N_B3 19 QR- K B1 R, P deI'S around. H e re it take s up It fine post, Itook pi nned after N- R4 and 9 P- Q3 Q-N3 20 R-R3 P- B4 putting pr essU!'e Oil \Vhite's King Pawn QxK P. A mast er anticipates things like 10 P- Q R4 P-N3 21 N_ B3 P-Q5 a nd t h e weak squar e . .. Q6. that . 11 P- R5 Q-N1 22 Q-K1 P-K R3 14 N- N3 0-0 32 P- R5 N_ R4 34 K- R1 B-K6 Fending off t he threat of 23 N- N5 1S N-R4 KR- Q1 33 Q x KP BxPt 3S P-N4 B8 R- t II'hich is decisive arter 22 ... P- fl.1; 23 16 B-NS . . Res igns . . N-N5, R-K1 ; 2·1 P xP, etc. But the text W h ite cannot plant his K n ight at KE5 Mate is forced: 36 K-H.2, B- N 8t; 37 move has lis own s hort comings. without losing a Pawn : 16 N/4- D5. H..x K - Rl, Q- B6t; 38 R- N2, QxPt; 39 H-l{2 Rt; or 16 RxH.t, HxH; 17 N/1- D5, N/4xP ; (01" 39 Q- R2, N- N6t; 40 RxN , QxQ ma t e), 18 NxN , BxN; ]9 BxH, I\xB; 20 Q- N4, B- K 6§; 40 RxR, QxR mate. . B-Bl and Bind! keeps the material. 16 . , . . P-N3 17 N- B3 N-K3 • UNITED STATES 18 B-Q2 B-B4 T he real"l"angement of Black's p ie ces CONNECTICUT h as enhanced their effIciency. Now he SIMUL TANE OUS play confronts the is llrepar ed to attack. master with the ardu ous task of being 19 N- N5 N- BS alert in not one, but scores of games. 20 Q- B3 . . . . That It can be done is shown by t h e Capturing the Knight allows a sllb~e· barbed move which winds u p th is game. Quellt attack on the King Pawn by WHY Simu ltaneous Exh ibitio n, Ha rtford 23 RxP!! • • • • of t he open K ing file. FRENCH DE F EN S E W h itc l"ise~ to the occasion brililalltly. B-QB1 20 . . . . P CO : page 89, column 54(j) This suel'lflce depending as it does on T h is move t h r eatell~ 21 ... B- KN5 Will· I. A. Horow itz Kochman t h e next move is by no meallS obvious. ning tlle Queen and thus forces W h ite to White Black 23 . . . . KxR block h is Knight 's flight squar e. It does Dia d, no good not to accellt the 1 P- K4 P- K3 P-QB4 p,p 9 offer sin ce 2·\ N- N5 wins anyway. 2 P- Q4 P- Q4 10 P-B5 Q- K3t Anderson I N L AID VENEER CHESS­ 3 N- Q2 P_QB4 11 N-K2 B-82 24 N_NS R_ B3 BOARDS combine the u"tis l"Y of ehcss 4 Q P x P B, P 12 Nj 3-Q4 Q-NS The "'ealme ss of Black's . .. K3 is ap­ with fine craft~man~h i p und p"oud pos' 5 N_N3 B_N3 13 0-0 0 - 0 parent (24 .. . K- N2?; 25 NxPt) a nd session. narc woods in natural finish. p,p For data write; Gil!.>e,·l F. Anders on. Hox 6 N- K B3 14 N-KN3 Q-N3 there is no good defens e to 25 Q- R4t. 488. \"arroad. :\linnesotH. 7 B-NS t B_Q2 15 N/4-B5 R-K1 If 24 . . . N - D3 ; 25 Q- R4t, N - 1\.<1; 26 N ­ 8 BxBt Q,B 16 R-K1 N-B3 B7t! wins the Blacll: Queen.

150 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1949 25 Q-R4t K- N2 CORRECTION 26 NxPt • • • • ~ FOREIGN EVERY annotator lives in fear of seeing An echo of the variation mentioned in his errors imprisoned in print. The late the preceding note. BELGIUM world champion Dr. Alekhlne once 26 . . . . RxN 30 R-R3 RxPt AT LEAST once a year someone turns wound up a variation calculated to win 27 QxQ N_N3 31 K-N3 R_ KB3 up with an example of the two Bishops' for Black with ... N-B7!! The only 28 R-B3 R- R8t 32 R-R8 R_B2 sacrifice immortalized in such games as trouble is that White's reply wins off· 29 K-B2 R- R7 33 P-K5 Resigns Lasker-Bauer (Amsterdam 1889), Nimw­ hand! \Vith this notable precedent, let vich- '1'arrasch (St. Petersburg 1914) and 118 proceed. The diagram shows the key position PUERTO RICO Alekhine-Drewitt (Portsmouth 1923 ). Here is the 1949 version. in a game between D. Ackerman and W. WHITE sheds Pawns with the abandon CalT, Omalla City Tournament, given on of a nineteenth century gambiteer and he Brussels Interclub Match pa-ge 114 of the April issue. succeeds for the same reason : his op­ CARO- KANN DEFENSE ponent misses the correct defense. PCO: page 22, column 20 Ciock Game Exh ibition, San Juan V. Smoliar A. Buchet SICILIAN DEFENSE White Black PCO; page 437, column 76 1 P- K4 P- QB3 80-0 Q_B2 F. Benitez Dc. M. Euwe 2 P-Q4 P- Q4 9 N-K5 P- QR3 p,p 10 B-B4 B-Q3 White Black 3 PxP . 4 P-QB4 P-K3 11 R- B1 ! D-D 1 P_ K4 P-QB4 9 Q_B2 N- QB3 5 N- KB3 N-KB3 12 B-Q3 N-B3 2 P~QN4 p,p 10 N-KB3 B_N5 6 N_B3 p,p 13 N-K4 KNxN 3 P-Q4 P-Q4 11 8-B4 BxBt 7 BxP B_ K2 14 BxN B,N 4 p,p Q,P 12 Nj4xB N,P 15 BxB Q-N3 5 P-QB4 PxP ep 13 Q-N2 NxNt 6 NxP Q_QR4 14 PxN Q_KN 4 Now the stage is set for the famous 7 B-Q2 P_K3 15 B-N5t K-B1 sacrifice. Let's relax and enjoy it. Some lurking premonition prompted 8 N-K4 Q_Q4 16 N-K4 Q_ K2 the annotator to Query: "Has White 17 R-Q1 P_QR3? blundered"? His suspicions thus allay· Black has Pawns to burn but his posi­ ed, he tripped (and the word is used tion is difficul,t t o defend. For example, advisedly) merrily on to show White the plausible 17 ... N-B3 is met by 18 winning brilliantly with 18 RxP!, N-B3; NxN and if 18 . . . QxN; 19 QxQ, PxQ; 19 Q-N5! and Black resigns. 20 R- Q8t, K-N2; 21 It-NI t and White The issue was scarcely in print when collects the King Rook t o begin with. Argentine Chessmaster Herman Pilnik Or, after 18 NxN, if Black plays 18 telephoned (not from Buenos Aires, but ... PxN; 19 Q-Q2! and White threatens from New Yorl, City where he was stay· both 20 Q-It6t and 20 Q-Q8t. The only ing) to say t hat, after 18 RxP, QxB!! defense is 19 ... P-KR4 but White still shatters White's dreams. wins a piece with 20 R-KNl, R- R2; 21 Other readers were quicl, to agree and Q-Q8t, QxQ; 22 HxQt, K- K2; 2,3 R/I-N8 16 BxPt! K,B 19 Q- N5t K-R2 so your editor'S head is covered with and the ending is easily won for White. 17 Q-R5t K-N1 20 R- B3 P-K4 ashes. Why didn't we heed our own ad­ However, there is a defense: 17 . . . 18 8xP! KxB 21 R_ N3 B-N5 vil;e: "Such a game as this repays care· P-B4! After this move, White's attack 22 RxB Resigns ful study ... "? is stalled and the materiaJ advantage will tell in Black's favor. The text move, 17 ... P- QR3, seems Solutions to 7. (Michel-Ro.lsetto, Buenos Aires, 1942) to initiate the same process of driving ANNOUNCE THE MATE The might-have-been is 1 Q-R6t, RxQ; 2 back White's pieces. Actually the move BxR"t, K anywherc; 3 B- B3 mate. Black enables White to win offhand. (S(le ill.liile front cover) avoided this stifling tomb but lost anyway. 1. (l1eiden/eld-AlcBride, South A/rican 3. (Elstnei-Sleneberg, Berlin, 1947) Championship, 1947) Did you overstep the Why capture the piece wh en 1 Q-N4! time limit, or did YOIl see that 1 R-R3t, K-Nl; 2 N- K7 does the trick? . leaves Black helpless. If 1 . . . RxB; 2 Qx R t and mato the next move. Otherwise, 2. (Norman-Hansen-Finkelstein, COPeil' White threatens 2 QxP mate. hagen, 1917) Black found this one as 9. (!leinonen-Gau//in, Team Match, Fin­ funny as a crazy crib. 1 Q ~N6t, QxQ; 2 1947) White makes no cxcuses for PxQt, K- Nl; 3 B- K5 mate. iand, his conduct. Indeed, he sacrifices still 3. (Rossolimo-TartaJrovtr, Match, 1948 ) another piect: with 1 N- K6t!, PxN (or 1 Just push away: 1 ... P- R8(Q)t; 2 Rx ... K- Nl; 2 BxN§ and matc the next Q, P-B6T; 3 K-Hl, RxR mate. move); 2 B- RM !, K- B2; 3 Q- N7t, K­ 4. (Macil.nik-Voronkot·, Moscow, 1949) K l ; 4 B- N6 mate. 18 Q- R3!! • • • • The act of generosity is 1 Q- H.4t allowing 10. (P. Schmidt-Dr. Schmidt, Heidel· Wonderful! White threatens 19 R-Q8 (and forcing) 1 ... RxQ. The act of greed mate. If 18 ... QxQ ; 19 R- Q8t, K- K2; berg, 1946) This long-winded mate be­ is 2 P- B8(Q) maLe. The poor Bishop at 20 R-K8 mate! gins with 1 Q- R6t!!, KxQ (or 1 ... K­ K3 is pinned! 18. .... P_KN3 Rl; 2 PxP with a quick mate); 2 PxP§, 5. (Dr. Rey-N. N., Spain, 1942) Two As goo(l as anything. If 18 ... P-B3 ; K- N4', 3 R-R5tl. " KxR' 4 P-B4§ , NxB 19 R- Q8t, K-D2; 20 B- K8t, QxB (or 20 moves arc sufficient: 1 R-N7t, BxR; 2 N­ (Black can delay matters two moves with . .. K-BI; 21 B- N6 mate); 21 N-Q6t and K7 and the anonymous dub bites the dust. 4 ... Q- B6t; 5 BxQt, NxB; 6 N- B6t, White wins in a walk. 6. (Posch-iJorrer, Vienna, 1948) Wbite K-R3; 7 R- Rlt. N- R5; etc.); 5 N-B6t, 19 R- Q8t Resigns doesn't exchange his Queen; he sacrifices K-R3; 6 R-Rlt. K-N2; 7 N-K3t!, Rx For if 19 . .. K-N2; 20 RxNt knocks tlle it! 1 QxPt !, KxQ; 2 R- N5 mate. A double N; 8 RxPt, K -B3; 9 RxP mate. A fabu­ prop from under the Black Queen. check is a nasty thing. lous crcation.-J. R.

CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1949 151 PLASTIC CHESSMEN

WORLD CHESSMA5TERS IN BATTLE t11r11st.and·parry of tactical dress, and ex· NOYAL by I. A . Huruwitz & HailS Kmoch. actin g technique. 208 pages. 1')4 diagrams. f/lustralCd. New IV orld Cltessmu.sl/~rs in Batlle Royal York: Chess Review. sa .50 tell~ the story of this gala event and the amazing triumph of i\"iikhail Rotvinnik. La~l year chcss fans the world over Ba~ed on the series whieh ran in CHESS witnessed a spectacular event. unique in I:n'IEW, this book represents a definitive the long history of the game. Five grand. enlargment of those articles. All fifty masters, rated as the best in the world, games from the tourney have been ex· gathered al The Hague in the Netherlands haustively analyzed by Hans Kmoch and to battle for the highest honor which can T. A. Horowitz so that you can easily THESE Plastic Chessmen are made of come to any chessplarer: the title of chess understand these superlative games. There durable 'l'elilte and molded in the basic champion of the world. The unu~ual fea· are numerous diagrams to jl iLlstrate criti· Staunton pattern. Sturdy and pradlcai, ture of this long·awaited event was that, cal posilions and just glancing through they are made in three sizes : Tourna­ for the first time, the title was to be de· ment Size with G" King, intended for use thc book thc casual reader can get a liber· eided by tournamcnt, rather than match, al education in tactics by studying them. on boards wilh 214 " to 2'1.." squares; play. Prior to the death of Dr. Alexandcr Standard Size (2,*" Klng) for use on fncidentallr, all readers ·of che~s book.~ boards w Ith 1*" to 2%" squill'''';; Stu. Alekhine in 1946, the world championship would be wcll advised to employ this was regarded as the personal possession dent Size (2%" King) is for use on painles~ method of sharpening their taco boards with 1 'h" to 1'*" squares. All of the titleholdcr and it was put on the tical eyes. sizes are weighted and felted, available block only when conditions pleased him. Each lap and eaeh rOUJld of tire tour· ill Black & Ivory and ned & Ivory, Each Thus some of the most gifted masters Iley is prefaced br an eye·wit.ness account Bet comes in a two-section, Jeathel'ette who ever lived never got a chance at the of the proceedings which give you the feci· case with snap fastener. (see Standard championship. The tourney which began ing that you were present at this historical Size ahove). at The Hague and ended in Moscow was momcllt. Humorous anecdotl's show you No. 70~Student Size ______$ 4.50 thc first departure from this feudalistic the human side of this IHlrmldly wl'igirty No. aO-Standard Size ______$ 6.50 system and it was greeted with resounding business of struggling for a title. Photo· No. 110-Tournament Size ______$25.00 approval. 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HIGH SCHOOL HERO EVERYBODY can recall the exploits of hi s high school athletic career: when he doubled with the bases loaded; raced the length of the grid­ iron for a vital touchdown; or sank the winning basket. The youth of a chessmaster is no less spectacular. P laying White, YOLI can sha re a moment of glory with ARNOLD DEN KER as he runs rings a ro und H. FElT in the 1929 New York Interscholastic TOllrnament. The open ing is the Dutch Defense and Whitt" meets it positionall y. Cover the scoring table at the line indicated. Taking the name of the opening ·as a cl ue, ma ke the fi rst move on your board. Expose the next line and sec what your pa rtner actually played. Score par if you picked this move; if not, score zero. Make th e proper move and you I.' opponent's IF YOU MUST PLAY CHESS by Arnold reply, then select the next move. Continue thus to the end of the game. Denker, A fOl'mer U, S. Champion pre. COVER MOVES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME. sents 55 of his most delightful games, an. White Par Black Your Selection Your lIotuted in gay, breezy s tyle. You can en· Played Score P layed for White's move Score joy t h is book all s heer ru n, or use it 10. 1 P_Q4 ______1 1 . • • P-KB4 ~ h , U' pell your tactical eye. 190 pages. 201 ------dingramll . $2.00 2 N-KB3 ______1 2 . . . P-K3 ------3 P_KN3 ______1 3 . . . P-QN31 For the Beginner 4 B-N2 ______1 4 · · • · B-N2 ------.---- CHESS THE EASY WAY by Reuben 5 0-0 ______1 5 • • · N_KB3 F ine, Thill n ovel prellentation give! es. 6 P-B4 ______2 ~e l1ti!11 r ules and prlnclples of immense 6 • • • B_ K2 ------7 N-B3 ___ _~ ______2 \'/tlue to the begInner, You will find tbem 7 · · • • P-Q3 ------8 P-Q5! ______6 easy to learn, easy to re member, easy to • P-K4 ------apply, And there are scorell of prac tical 9 N_KN5! ______6 • • • • B- QBl ------proble ms e ll a bllng the s tudent to tellt 10 P_K4! ______6 • ------10 • • • 0-0 (III) his own progt'ess. Whlle In tended prima. 11 P-B4 ______3 rlly fOl' the n ovice, the book serves HS 11 • KPxP 12 BxP ______3 p,p ------a concise review fo r s t ronger lllA.yers, 12 • · • 13 QNxP ______4 ._------181i pages. 229 dlllgl'ams . $2,00 13 • • • • NxN • 14 BxN !! ______12 ------14 · · • .,N ------For the Improving Player 15 Q-RS ______3 15 .. . . RxB! ( b ) ------RESHEVSKY ON CHESS, In a highly In· 16 QxPt ______3 16 . .. K_B2 17 B-NSt ______4 ------structlve a nalysis of hilS own 110 beat 17 .... K_B3 glimes, Grandmaster Samuel Resh evaky, 18 RxR t!! ______10 ------18 .... BxR ------._------rive times U . S, Cheell Champion, tells 19 Q-R4t ! ______6 19 .... B_ N4 CXLWtly what he thinks a bout when study· 20 Q-K4! ______6 ------20 . .. B- K6t ------Ing a positIon- and shows how he tlnds 21 K-Rl ______3 21 . . . B_ R6 ------the best moves. The knowledge yoU gain 22 R- Bl t! ______6 22 . .. K_N4 (c) ------from this book will enable you to play 23 B- R7 l! ______10 Resign. ( d) II tronger c hess, winning c hesll! 272 page8, ------336 d iagra ms. $5.00 Tobl Score ______100 Your percentage ______SCALE: 75.100-Excellent; 60-74-Superlor; 45-59--Good; 3044-Fair. For the Postal Player PRACTICAL CHESS OPENINGS, Grand· NOTES TO T H ~: GAME (d) He is helpless agninsl problem. li ke master Reuben lo'ine has blended tried· (Co nd en ~ed from 1/ Yon Milst l h reals of Q- R1 matl) and Q- N6 mate, and·teste d variations of the past with up· Play Chess by Arnold Denker) to-the·minute lines of modern play to produce his own guide to chess openings, (a) Bl ack cannol re il ly 10 .. , P-KR 3~ Poslion. after 13 ... jlixN Clas8ified a lphabe tically, each opening beca use o r 11 N- K6, Bx N; 12 PxB, PxP: covers the ma in line In detall with dla · 13 NxP threate ning 14 NxNt and 15 Q­ grams to illustrate basic positions, 1,2.0 R5t with mate in the o Hi ns. columns of varlaUons plus t housands of (b) The best chance. If 15 , . , P- KR3; footnotes, all evaluated for your guidance, 16 BxO, QxB; 17 RxR t, KxH ; 18 R-Blt. ,167 pages. 196 diagrams'. $7.50 K-K2 ; 19 Q- B7t and ma l e ~, Or IS. , . )3- KR 3; 16 BxB. rxB ; 17 QxP . RxRt; 18 Send for complete catalog of book •. RxR. Q- K2; 19 R- B8t! mlHell next move. Or 15 ... BxB ; 16 QxPt, K- H2 ; 17 Rx MAIL YOUR ORDER TO Bt wins, (c) For if 22 . .. BxR ; 23 Q- ll5t , K­ CHESS REVIEW K2 ; 24 Q- B7 mate! 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y.

CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1949 153 Activities of CHESS REVIEW Postal Chess JACK STRALEY BATTELL players: 1I.,me reports &, rJtlngs, nJmes Of PO$ta l Chen Ed itor new players, prize_winners, selected games, DAVID ROSKI N D, Jr. p l ~yer "profiles" &, editorial comment. Aut. Editor

In a letter to the Readas' ForulII but wl'a! is meant by the 72 l10ur limit. Yet more appropl'iale 10 this d'·parlmenl, evell ~", it may he hard fo,' the recipient, George Tufts of P ort.land. Oregon. writes; who ha~ lrft 110111(' hefore the fir~1 mail is "ConfU.'3 ion exists about. 'recei pt of a delivered. to know if the eard in hi~ mai! ­ Jllove,' among jllayers not familiar with tlle lwx at ni~ht arrived, A '\I or PM! international code. According to that. a Finally. -,"Ir. Tufts' concluding argument luove is dispatclled wl,en ",ailed to t.l'e III'" Ilr rn/llc1io (ut IIb.lllrrlll/lt has point, but it ponent's listed address and ' 5 received is nnt. cnncl usi,·" in it ~elf. The point is that when delivered there. no player may irre~p(ln s ibly leave home "Thus, if a card arrive~ I'',-iday, A~l, 110 " wlu'" Ill.' k ""w~ postal e h e~s moves are 72 hours start al once. Omitting Sunday. due to arrive. Ik i~ respomihle for arc· the outsidc limit for getting a reply into ply to anv such. within 72 hoUl"s of dc­ Ihemail is Tue~day, Aj\-!. !iveIT, lmle~s he has s"rved notice in ad· "Some players might claim they were tAU/D' nf hi~ "time oul" under Bule 1l. oul of town nver tIle weekend, reccived the Yet a pllly ... r IIllly have to make 11 totall), card ~Ionday and arc beyond reproach if unexpected bnsiness trip without time to they dah ~ as of Thursday a reply that i ~ ~i\'L: slleh notke in advance. Technically. postmarked FI'iday- a full week aft er the he m l!~ t vi"late H"I(" 11. But we are apt move reacllCd their appoint{~ d plaee. to Ildm it. this as a "vnlid reason for delay" "But. hy extending Illat basis. they as in the la~t p1lra:;!laph o( Uule 12- 'n ig ht take witlwllt lpriorl noti(:" a :l if his I·,>eord i... othf" 'wi~e go"d. montll vaciltion whirJl , even to them, mll~t C:"I1~"'1I1f:lltly , a~ ~ tated before, consider­ s{:em ab~urd. " ablc fl exibility is necessary in the Po ~ t aI JACK W. COLLINS Mr. Tufts' rderence is to Part III (on Che~s r ll le~. So our fin a! crit( ~rion in judg· correspondence ehess) of the International ing tim!' eO lllplnints is tl ,e guod reco rd of l\'ew Postal ChC.H Annotator Chess Code as jJublished in the 19:19 Year· the dcfl'ndmlt in a tim e eom l1lainl. The We are pleased to announce that Jack book of the U. S. Chess Federation. COllies n ~ ally t.ardy player eom-icts himself. Some W. Collins, Ollr former Postal Chess of t.l,at bOlok are no longer readily avail· charges can be and naturally are proved Editor, will annotate posta]ites' games. ahle. So we refer po."tnlites (by Ru le 1 on tile spot. Others cannot he ~ I Jll t a His qual ifications are excellent. His pre· of the RlJies and RegtJ!alions for Postal repetition even of unprovabl<: eOffiplaints vious "d iI Olrsl'ip a~ide, he has contributed C/Ir.ls) to tilt: I.aws of Chess, a Cll rrent is in itself wei:rht of evidenee. annotations and analyses to all the lead· publication which gives only the laws for }\(:llIallv, we expect good sportman~hip ing U. S. chess publications. He has been chess in general nnd without. refert'nce to of Jlo~talite s and, wit.h ve ry few except ions, secrelary of the Hawthorne Chess Club, dlt'ss-h;'·maiL The pOlstal a~l'ecl s <'Ire nnw our expectat.ion s arc realized. Further we of the Brooklyn Chess League (where he ~el forth by ou r own stated regulations. j udge that po s talit.e~ en ter play, expecting led the Hawthorne C. C. to champion. In fonnulating our OWil l"llles, moreover. play. l·[ ... nce it i~ not our aim 10 close nll t ~hip), of the (N. Y.) :\Ietrojlo!itan Chess we have found it advisable to ,1I 10w fOlr games on technicalities. hilt rather tn en· League and nf the Brooklyn Ches3 Club. lllO re flexibility than was offered in the (:nurage play to a finish. Over the hoard, Ja.ck has performed International Code. So, hdef!y, when a player b prO/led to nol ably in many tournaments including Fir~1. we cannot insist that a move is Iw late once, he is warned hy us. Ofte n a the 1939 Yentnor Cil y Tnvitation Tourna· received ""hen delivered at the opponent's warning suffic es entirely by calling at­ nH:nt and the 1938 U. S. "Open." His latest li.lud address. For t'xample, the opponent tentiOll to unread or lIlisuntle,·stood ruJe~. ac eomplishmpnt~ arc: 3d place in thr. might have moved after applying for a sec­ I f he i.;; late, pnlV<:d so. again after th" 1946·7 i'l1a rshall C. C. Championship. ht tion hut before receiving assignment to warning. lie is forfeit.ed _ .. and out. If he in the two ~ucce e d i ng 13r(}okJyn c:. C play. \Jt.'e might have restated that rule to i ~ e1eared of a cllar!

154 CHESS REVtEW, MAY, 1949 Se ctio ns 51_75 : 54 A m nr ell. B u ll is tie. 55 POSTAL MORTEMS .J a n s ki jolts Bar t<:r: B olto n bests g oss. ~j Game re ports received H Mn b le n hal l s TIlo mpson . [,8 H a "ris wins from S im pson, ( !).) Schcffer. 61 Nichols nick s February 28 to March 31 ~. T aylo l', l«,s h. ,,2 C leavelan t l"On l,;". 6G Smil h (lown s P os l . G8 Am erell t ~ rn o f Ih c8C t w o exam) ]c,,: bcsts 1',., 1,., .... 0 . i O Grn.v es tops T hro o p. 71 46.C 466 P aul Morph y 1 A. B. Mee k O. C .. u mpack ,·r, .\liIl O' tic . 72 Pellkh l OPS (a) Oa.:hen. 7.! Sdlick ~hav es H o lm. H o!,,, boom. 4S · C 466 A. H a lprin I H. N . P ill s bur y ~ . bows to ) Iille,·; BW'k , H olm tie. LAST Only the winne r repon s (or only " ' hil e if S ec tions 76-100: 77 Hall h ftlt .' B .. it~c h : H all, g-a u w I ~ drawn) hU L r {) l>()r t a t OllCC ! A I~() L' nd er hill, Beyer best X a n e. 7S Bla ckwood. " ,,-nI C w i ""er (or \Vhi tc) fi r st ; and US c a sli p I.e,"}, wh ip \ Vij; I·CIl . 79 Gelb n ro ~ t c" " d is ideal for H i~ c. K II "'e ,· top." .'lldrich_Ar"cs. 81 S t Ol'l roen s t. op ~ If you r eported 10 )' each US wHhln Uw J'a(:knl·d . 87 D o clli n!:" tlo e ~ for Lunca u. (a) above (b 1. c ~. lo ok for yOU," r e port In (j,js Cor d o n . h "w~ to n aws , t le~ d e Plan q"c ; CHANCE i~ .' '' (). L oca te you r I'(I,mc r Cl>O r l bolow, b y Ri sen bC~h n alcs. S9 >':i"k er d o wn g Dom mie. the "key" ( a s 46_C lnd;,-aUng Class 'r ou,.­ 90 Case las() s t o ' \·iencck . t ics K o hnc. 91 Uur­ ncy I>c;: un In 1' ~ 6) and t h o section lHllnbcl" Ie ~' how ~ t o li01 I1\)as . t op ~ or "I·IlC'·. n B oss. (466) I n text follow;ng the " k ll ion b y A li g u st 1 s t. J tI!W 30, 1949. To t:ompe te, your ent r y Sect io ns 1_350: 70 W cJ llcr wlthd .. awn. H nf( 127 l\Ic.llu ntl" l o ),s K ind ig . J2S ll"ni<:s , C utlip t ie ; Shaw I l c st~ Cul.l ip. Du nk". 132 (inll dowll s win e (f) f ro nl Goltlle b ; Aikman wilhdr>\w n . m u~t h e mail ed o n Of h efore tllat d u t e . I·;ngel ha rdt. 131 ] ~ v" "s h u ll s ll 11 ffma n. 13G 131 Pl"ta withd .. awn , loscs (a) t o YO ll ng. Sheld o n d own~ Mcl(ac ; B ea" OW8 t o Suv erkru \.>\'>C , PRIZES FOR EVERY80DY S tone. H3 J·'i sch ur f e ll ~ P e]()rMn . ,\lason. H5 be sts Wol fe. 25·1 Mc lin fells Pox. 2~5 J ohn ­ Bar ker h e~ l ~ S heldon. 'Villi ~. " ' illhei.,,; S eventy .fil'e cus h p rizes, a m ounting 10 son lOp s ( f) Ruba~hkin. 291 " 'atkins whi ps lI·i llis. Sheldon wh i" W il lhci m. ] ·16 Gra e ff Ha lliwell . 30 6 Garver d owns ' Ye rnill". 31 0 do wn., " .. ''''I'''' .... 147 J("" e m c l' lops " ' Ilson. a InIal of SIOOO.OO wi ll be uwarded 10 t he Gordon hes ts Sa daws l

'HESS REVIEW, MAY, 1949 155 Ion do\\"n ~ C rowde r . 20fi ~\larsh tops Gage; y ield s to G ra", ff, Per kins ; Gr"erf. P erkius top M~('ork k. d owns Marsh. Ua,,"e . 207 Fisher Dutton ; P erkins bo~tg G mdf. 307 Hobson I, ,, ~I ~ ~:i llJ c ' · g" . 2 0 ~ (; r o~ s "r iJows t o lI-1 c G l n ni~. l OP" P~ o l )lo S; Kaplan s c r".cks lehapi n ; "F:ush ov " reO'n " ~ 10jJH And e r son, :11 0 H o o lih,,,, halts Hilliard; I,;"rr. 21n J;: " ,'("h . C u rb,·I L lJ e~1 Ikard. 21 1 Cr"i~ to))S .faele" li n ~ yie l d~ to K elly, bes t..' I"i)"('­ 1(0", ,,,,1"1,, ' ''. I(, 'p ~ , 'l., I)ow~ 1.0 Taft . 214 Ilru n · mnn. 314 Smilh top ~ Mo se r; Vod"on downs "l"'. CO " Hei on l i0. 21~ Li ~ h t~n Rl. e il1, Lue,," \\'a1.~on; ~O " '-"" I i o ,,: :-;". ill, b e ~l s \V"l ~ o n . ~H i l op (:" II [,·i ,·(I . 21" H" Io p!" h ~ IL" E llis. 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Joh,, · judieated or published, complete instruc· L O e l'. Gnlllde Bought separately, the eontents would lid{;; \ ~' i cksma" , 265 \Vam s l ~ y dow,, ~ halt Hoe rchor; Crnnde tops Luloj n ~r. 354 amount to $5.75. The complete kit cOsts O), la n do. Lillin~ ; l,il!i"g ; )]'~s1.",r" M illmn n , 26fi l ,emt )"<1 le vels i-'inkel"tein, L "c.!e,.. 355 T !' ull only $5.00. To order, just mail the coupon I.ovnl l levels ~ I o sc r. Keit.h; naljay besl.s trips Gottfrie d . :l:;il l:itd n horg- heRts D e ..... Lov ell, Hall lJ,,,,h. 267 Shaw bows (0 11\(-· Se",,,nld; To~nni ~ s l ops D ~ rr. 357 lIl0zley below. t\n indl. LO p s ,\len l'."den. H icks. 268 l"rndgen ha lts lIuff: .la ffray, i'l c hu[I.,." Quell Kerse y, riowns l-:h r",a " , ,n:l Applega te, '\'00<1 f ~l l :;G8 Luciuni down~ Caldwell , G ucnth er; Bat· I"".v. 27·1 Colli n., quolls L "iwoko; .\-rcK(!~ stO))S "ow~ h e~I..' Go ,-fy; C h" .. e fell.. F e nn. 3fi9 S tone. lIaud ~ k halt. " .'::lc h w"ig. 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I fun n o ld. 370 He~k e rt halts Le\ Vonhy; b o w ~ 1.0 Yo" n g. 285 H u rley halts Gill i88. 2S6 A tlid:;hes h n lt.' \Vil., on. 37~ Powell CHESS REVIEW TO enter Postal I t o Smil h , 290 Damn downs Dorfman, 291 Gil­ t ops Pack. 380 Pompe r downs 'Vc,,,"crling. Postal Che .. Dept. Chess Tournament, hert son. I"id low rip l{ose n ston : Hess hults .1 8.1 Lane. lIlitchell stop Slr ee l ~ r: Laoe b ests I 250 Wut 57th St., .ee other s ide of 'T" ll ~ y . Fidlow. 292 Hopki"k hailS G "ub l), Helz: IM~"o. Mjt~h ~ ll t.ie. :l Si Li~I )~ )"I1l.'1.n b ow" New York 19, N. Y. this coupon. Han ~ o)] . I)OWS t o lIIcManu"; lI-lul'tin downs 10 Haye " , 101'~ Kisch. 3Sfi n"ddy. S ( e inm~n I D owe ll. ~ n B e y e r bests Ros s, Hodges ; Hoss SIO)) )'·or(\. ~ S li Fixl e )" fix es lVilaon. 387 Gorn · I I e nc lose $5. Ple ase send me a Complete rips Hodge~. 29 4 Gross, ~1" ll i";"l lie. 29.) )r,,~ ­ ha.". H e nin h a lt. Smit h_ 388 Heekman h est ~ I Postal Chess Kit by return mall. I grOv e d owns D uruklis. T w igg, b ows (0 Wort· 11 ",(lbo)">:;. :19 0 H nll withdraws. 392 Clnrk man; How" ,·" hnlts 'I'wigg ; 'Vorl ",a)! , Zuy c lo ut s Smith. 393 Buld w in best s 'l",-,uhert. 3% Un. 2n b hrnoun, Norberg nip Cher ry. 2~9 I ~ i .< c n lmlls H e nrlk~"n , :197 S\lmn ~ r, LuiJ in, I NAME ...... I Luv~ ll l ~ v ~l ~ Lnigh t on. S lewart, :tr ~ Ginni~; I':pst d n stoP I " nn~h ~ r ; l:iurnne r- h (! ~ts l1~r~ . g"o(i ",'son d owns _\I ~Ginni" , 300 S ~ hwei~. :In Duha r o v. 1.<"'''''0 top Poe'T. 399 Si ll whi p, I 1Il u sgrove. G il b ert s t op Stewa rt ; Musgrove Wnbor. 100 K in).:' t ops Ka lthoff; Koffman I ADDRESS ...... 1"' ~ lS G il be,·t. hall 8 Holb,·o(>l<. Secti o n s 301 · 325 : 303 X iehols nip s ' Vnrren. Sections 401·425: 403 ~Ic G i'l!oi". Kr ~ sb e ,.~, I bows to K lnnsen. Drozt; Drozt bow~ (0 Good mun. Hnd loy (l own Fanohor. 101 Holt, CITY . •.•.•.• . •. . . •.• . • . STATE ...... I B n lCckn er, ties K laasen. 304 L ic hten~t e i" H er,'y Ilest P o r ter; M eHn le halt ~ Be'TY. 40., '------J ."I O)) ~ ~fnr" h ~ l l. :W;; A))ostolico down~ Ilutton. l ' ar.'ons. Daraklis. Hocrch~r top Gage. 406 156 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1949 t01 Car j)l) nter "anQuis hcs Vert. 208 !John Ca~ k ey oo"t.. M ~ Ko,, (O . 408 Stolmr- Uab.sek 3d Anual Chompionship-1947-8 bollC!lt.>I Allen. K aiser, ClfI.,·k ; K a l ~er (Inells m"" toJ)l!l F'ton(Oh~r, (f) Sl d l ~ r . 410 Upholt PREL IM I NARY ROUND ( Key: 47 -N J Clark . h,.its C'lmp!Jeli. 412 Gard iner toPB Schrader; AI II. check-up. Wto ,,,·c ,,~klnlo; l>rolo;rcu Wclnln!;"er nlpy ""cum a",,. ~ 13 Huber halh rO j)Orts 011 "II unflnl$hCd prcllm )('''''CS. Do SEMI ·F" INALS (Key: 47 _N.) ·l-(H) nnl ~~. 41·1 Hllkevltch h alh Friedman, try 10 ~ 1 )C(j tl Ihes" s .. ,ne.. ! Section . 1· 1$: I . 'aud,er toP~ 801",10 •• (ll ) Goodmun; Crowtlcr tOJ)l!l C hrL~ tcnBen; Good­ All c la.ln G a ctio n . we nrc noW Il n nouncln.,. Gordon . 2 H"t\·cy hlliU COWAn. 3 Welnholtz ",a u w i,,,. ( 0 from Retoton. HG WlIll llms t(.J tho>< ~ who ~c 1...,1:"" III Octo be,' 1917. lOp" ~,,"nu'·o( : k . bows 10 (:11,1>11; Glb... " hall" quCIl , Kurlz. H 7 F'togan rell. Sidler, H08Cn­ ga"'"" \hat ""Y u"finished b)' O<: t . 3d. 19 19. mugt Ha IT iJ •. S S lol,..., n loe ril 8 1 ( 1 )~ O\lchl. ~,.",zel: wald: K leloe tO PH Sidle". 420 Goldl!<: hmldl t>C s ub milled fOI' adJudlcallon "I Ih at time. Hodll0. O \l chl. A~h l ey h n ll ~l c II~, d: !':!sen, iJCSIH Wcs t l>l"ook. ·121 " ' nuon withdraws; Section. 1_100: 1 Wobb halt~ 1I0):l\n. 7 "Y': ~!lII ~r h ll HOdgc. G Unde rwood wh ;p~ Doug· Schl'noJc" lOPS K'Ipl,,,,. nlllS Sfige. 17 Co m$lock ha!t* H" !I~on. IS laM, Dw)"cr. HOl!cnblul11; Ala':" l, H OlIC n blum SeUlon , 426_4S9: 426 W ilson wit hdraw". Stl,.."nso)II HI OI»' Scha!(llcr . 22 7.w"rllng besl" d own Dwyer . 7 1"1>01111"10" tO I'" L u p rechl. U 7 I ~ ucher bow. 10 Smith. tops BAbcock ; :;tcn bcr )(. 26 Gra)' lie, 8tra lll1n. rilN! Roz.u; 8 C I!tteUIl cll l)8 Congdon, H )l.r rj~ . , K r ugloff ['"n,,181011 loe~h JJa.b<".ock. ·132 Wo.l ~ on w lth ­ (In,y, Ro~~" rout Mn r ~hall. 31 HUdol p h rlJ)~. lies H ..wlcy , H orn~tei n. top~ Fra nk: Hosen·. dmWH. 03 L:\y rips O'HeIllY. 436 Lawrenc" 811 ""1". :12 :trlcKinney !Jesl~ UIlbcock. 3G b(ll";; I 'e~h:n ~ 10 ,\.Iorriaaey. Hom slel" , with­ 10P~ ({) Cmmel·. 437 l':dnllmtlHon oe8te 13an­ W n ldrep hl,ltB Hun. 31 Schoenberg bCAt~ d ...,w~. 10 Marlil' oo81S BeaCh. 11 J)uyton croft: Wuton wllhdrawn. ·IS8 w n,,?n wlth­ :'fe ,,,II .. ~ on. 38 7. ln~. ;'Iorris(lll" wlll".Ir" w,,; d ow"~ MI1l"rd: WiI/K)n wh lllJl "'ust. 12 Ray­ dr"w;l. H9 L"rzelere wllllll rllws. 44 .. HOlmer Dixon win, ( a\ rrom Morr;'octIC. ~ O Lowe''', mond. 8111, I~O " f rl l) K lOI>c r : Sill, O"')'er h,,11 ripJl; Aston. HG l'l uber h nlt. Goldbergcr . 451 101''' Powe'·. u ).'ol"rl~tte wllhd,..,"'·n. ~3 H a h n : Jo:,.,, "~ '"0"1>< Ra)'",o nd; K orf q"ell~ Partoll repl" ccs K il zer. 4r.Z r""kel~lelll 810ps Schwciger downs Con. H Cltu·k. 1~ I"r tj~ . Sill. 13 Tho"'''8 top ~ BClkcr. H .\lc AUlcy loCHIS Gillen. 4&3 :'Ilino r wins (0 from Jnmeson . 18 l':ddlnj;lon !Je~I " McC",u;;llcy: $I,""X whlt ­ .\l OY~C; Bet ker heals 1·'leldlng. t.oll'~ 10 ·155 flu m e! wlthdrnwn. 457 Po ly huUs Hlng"r. drllws. :.3 1)111101> down~ W,,"dcrman. ~6 .\fartln. I ~ ~;dd!ll).:ton downs L auter. ~ ..s Bcrcs r lJ)ll B urn$l eln; I'clly 10 .... ,'crhor!, hnlU CarrOll. 63 Clcnd"nln ell'''' Sections 16·70; 16 He lm. P o ml""r tie; OcI~ehl"J;d. 1." ,·ln". 73 \\')'","n whl))" W yll"r. 8 ~ En)(cI · O rlvcr clil'" Cl"'·enger. 17 8 hllek 101'" Co ~~. hardl, G ant lie. l)S MO ~k; 1l be"I! Brlckcr. 88 18 M"'.r~ hatl8 Jh']8trom: Croy crneks Hn n- Started in 1949 (Koy: 49-CJ \'"'' Dell ell ,low" .. I ,\,"e~ . 90 'V" \I011 w,,1I 0 1'~ 8cn. 19 lteil\lI"'th ,. e slg,,~ (0 all : Pohle tops I'dlon. 91 l:ich 'njll lOI!~ Klin Q. 98 I; ulkw b Co.l~ Shant~ . 20 8t~rn stops Sinkel: I"",.locr fells Sectlon$ 1·52: 9 lI1 eulnl( er overcomcs A~I" porr , Crnll;. 99 l'adlasky "jPij NII~ bnum. D.,.,III".... 21 RI~cho ft !Juts HIl,·,·ls. 23 I"tank Schmidt. 10 Kumro r ips H()Ji;cns ton. 16 K aplan Sectio n' 101 . 17!): 103 I)"",m"nll rlll~ lIo l,;n­ fells I'·oc/o[c; L"wlll 101'" A nlllrllick. U I .(!onani down ~ I.und. 18 Lundholm lu. II/I Simmon!!. ~on. 110 Shnck . S IC,'e nson IIC. 112 Hurdlc k \0 1'" G rlcdc,·. 26 :' I ~ .), . CaU"",,,y nlll '''" ~ !J unm. 3S M llnm I"IQnd r e- I, ,, ~I~ .J""". Il G ,\Jo,·t: lJt,a'" BOilY. IU Q II" 111 - t7 L e k o,,"~ kl d owlI~ Dllln",r. 28 P Ori',," t.o.:~ts 1'1"" e ~ O·Gor",,,". 42 ).!iIl .. I· I"'pl"",,~ H offman. Jlle, qllnll& Scrutchln. 120 Alt<)r. lIock wd l tIc; Bloom(I <) ld . ~1 Iscnbcrg , :-<00:1(' 1'(0 1'. K u hn be.. ! 13 :- ~ Hluckbllrn. 32 piMCC>I Ad"m>l. I ~ Darlinll "ej)I,,,:c~ .I o hn ~t on . h" lt~ ~1"n h " lI . 12 1 Wym"" w h ill" !JOlln.eo. KralllH " r" ek~ .\larlin. j3 I..:ih n" r 101"" It" -'[0 ' 1< 11 ~ I O I )S 8 1. C lair. 132 P erson wlll,­ ' n ,o rodd~~on ; "'Iekllma,, wh l[>~ HOllj;h: Bemz . h ·a w~. U9 Got h am. \1111\ l ic. 14~ Br-umc .· 1944 POSTAL CHAMPIONSHIP bC~I~ HO\l ].:"h. Cowan. 1-1 1""" " .... ;I~ Fr~ ltall" ""lIS H al"her. Kunkle, I>ow~ 10 " 1:1,,(;rn(l)". "1.01l~ 8(11\)00. 60 Sh"ntz I 'epl!le~~ Splelh<;"J':"er ; Progreulve quallf ica l lon c hampionsh ip I.e l.y~ Luc ..~ ""I,la c,," l'absi . G8 1'1"1 I l'oplJ\ces ~a t'oth e l'~: A '·'H.U wlthd .. a wn. 15 u Smith tcp~ .\l ulI.rth, t.o.:~l~ BellHl cjn. I$G H cynol d~ Jle~ Skar stcn. .w. P ' 12 : I)u"owitz d ow"" 'l' h ump~o, ,- ]4 4th Annual Chompionship-p-1949 ~IO "S S l ...... ·k.'r. la8 V.:IIl~. l...croy " " " ' n GOl"­ ,'I p H"lIu.... '. Ho~~' . P i .. "·.·. dOl '; 11;,r1>.d 1... ",1 ." C!tl ,." cros ~. 1[,9 I ;:k~t,.om. PRELIM INARY ROUN O (Key: 49 · N) HOHe nwnld Ilc. 161 l{0y nold~ 10 ]>" Glror,j. seellnn. 1·70: 2 .1.l el"rltt be.. 11I Nor"" .. g. GOLDEN KNIGHTS I)OWH 10 SU· ... ·k H . 1 6 ~ "lonchal · ~I,. Il"Yll old s l ie; U .... o con d owI\I' H\ John 801l . I tt ~"\ l llcr " r'crrl ne h,,1t ~ H"n /K)n . 8 Kellnc l' q u c l l~ Progressive Qua lif ical lon c hamplon.h ips (e ll~ 1I 01>I$OI] 1'<)I ,laceB Pi perno. 36 VII8$lIak"" rCI 'lnc e~ Culd welL ~7 AI a c heck· up belore rlual "lOlling lIc tion (ord clip" Gl",·k. 180 An t uno.-Ich h .... ~t" Scml>. I~l U Smith tO I'" K S milh. 183 ~ l encnrh'l I..cW]M r ,·ph,,,,,,, Bilileks. 50 GlaeB~e r I"I(O }o'lImlH !;",""es, wc nrc ,,,.kh,!;" "Hlor ll< \\'eIOion. 6·1 Duncn n replacc~ Hoffn ..", . on II", nro].:"1"C"" of th"~ "" Slul,.,,". Ve,·""n. 190 ),1 0 110>' h n lls Jiurrb. :'lcG u lre; H a rriM h ]", Uro wn, la l.:r, offid ,,1 ""Uee. Tho: (01l0wll111 new p]ayc r ~, cUle";,,!;" i>O>Il,,1 Sect ions 1·24: 10 G ra)', K,,>·" l ie. U _'i<' l';:ee ~ IuG "lre. 191 :']UI·K" " . J ,,,,j,,da l",g( B,·own. C helR ( I'om February 28 10 .\larch 31. s l art l>e81' ik'(;kc '·I. 19 Banner 101l~ ~.loll , ·e n. n 19~ H i<: h t .... '· l"i 1>:S Coon. 195 Hlnkley holt. \\"i lh Ih c~" h' ltl,,1 r(l.lings; Sand!"!n loow ~ 10 Pelo utC, 1"J!t ~ HOndcrson. Hold.:". :-; ",llh. 197 Ycrhoff t O Jl~ P I"t\. 1 9~ Clan A at 1300: R. CU "'!''' a noJ G. A. \1""ron " "~ I~ KlI chl ll ~kY ; Oonxnll down~ H'UlIl ~X : K ing. 199 Souder withd raw n; Seh·"gl:"l t0110l Cia .. B a l 1200: J . 13 . p"yno: 2d Annuol Championship-p _1946 (t) :'oli ll 'lr; n..rth" oolltB McCoy. ZOO "'Imme,·­ Cia .. C at 900: T . JJa.lI. C. H. !k,," eH, D. SEM I· F I NAL S ( K ey: 46·N ..) nnln tO\l1l ,\II.<:e,·ln(). t.ow" 10 :'Iu ndl. 201 n C- 1'. DIH .' her, 1,-. Ch erry. Ii:. A. Cowlo. Dr. S . C . 1.,,,,].:"l>lIn. P rkc tIe. 2Q2 8 C(lkJlmp Jnlh Cllr­ 1)J\u].;" he'·ly. I~. Dunlap, A. A. Elnoyer, ,,". H. AI il. check· u p (Jefor" final c l"~ I"1i a~ti "!l l",ntC!" .. I oh"~o n , Andcraon. 20.11'ankBtrn. lOll" l ;a"oy~r, G. A. F lIJ rclo th, H. N . }''\l.rnham, G. on Ihl~ I·o)un C r klns. C. n ybcrg. c.iloll. I-;. T . Saylor, J . J. Schwan, E. Shay, J. A. Seetlens 1. 82: 4·1 B " 1"I" ' !~ t ie" H nu ~ k, lOllS SIn)'l hc. I·'. SOly, X. H . SWII."80n, Jr., R. J . PIerce. ~ S Hobert r ll)~ n c)· noloJ~. 50 Louden Thurner. \V. H . Wcngrnt. D. A. Wcnzcl, Dr. bella Butterwor i h. al RIU'ri ha lts Ha nllen. $~ P . W h ittlesey. T. P . 'VlIeox a nd D. A. W il~ ~"' en cl,. SI"ufr~ r Ii... G~ :' Iorrl~o n t ops lIalllJl;; Crom.,lIn. 71 Gerth \\" hi ll~ Wilco x; Aloorla Clan D al 600: J. AlI"n, C. 8. Anthony. >l"lIh,II"I,,," I1 . 7:1 n "~i( ~"fcl(1 bow" to \\' ursl. '1' . .T. Hernl, n"dt, E. H. 13 ude nba<:h, l~. C leve­ be8IA JJ\lckcIld o l·r. H J eHrey jolt~ Wholc)". la nd. n. K Our la nd . Sylv(u E . Garlnnd, H. Joh,,~on . 7,. ' 1" I"II.U111 11'11'-" ' Vallnn. 7G Com­ O. Jlowllrd . n. J . G row, E. Hack er. D r. J. 'lock 00.. 1~ liell, bows to lloscnhaliUl. Sclr. C. H(l.ye.. , S. H eY8er . A. W. ]·Iilt. 13. C. 18 H"rl"l" .. t",Pl! Sl.Jlll rf.,I·. 79 H ,,!"le y 10""8 10 H Uj;; h .on, H . K . .J e nsen, n. W . K c nny, ~ I . 1\no,.r, h"l\ij H ennl nj:"H. SO Shaver stOI>~ .\lcAAlnJ':"er, T. J . O·Brlcn. Dr. J. D. Five,', H:u~hc~, Lnkna. , ( 0 Snydn,·. 81 H",.,.III halts :.r. C. HedforoJ, R. Schwcltzer, Mrs . V . A . Ord. S2 K,, ~ hlll !"ips Ik.\"no l<1 s; Underwood Sl"b~y a nd \V. J. Vas8,,1I0. topa. ,',m Brunt. FORMER POSTALITES FINA L S (Key: 4-6-Nt) Sections 1·29: ~ Olin. ,\ Imqllisl dd,,('t John ­ 'I'he !ollowlng post alltC8 s lnrt an.:w with .on. 7 Vld~ d ow ,,~ \V !llll\~~. 8 SJ\lld"ln IO p ~ "Mlt,!;"~ f,'om of old: John Brown 861, H. B . TRye". Oooron. 9 Clark \"loUl~ 1'o1l\lo;el); Clark. L e& lcr 1208, A . ll. McVICAr 642. S/Sgt. E. H . ~"\t.I:Il(l reI! "'I"r ke. 11 Ji r enr1 (ly !JCI'I~ Bottorf. :-';yal mill 850. L. K. Parker 808, E. It. l ' h lJ1iJIII It B~ckwllh 1"''' I ~ Pelo'·lIon. 13 Bowen, Rozsa. 630. n. I':. Schooler 1034. K A . Sehrocr. J r. rip Crom"lin: Howon oosts Kilgore. 15 1226 and 1.. Sweet 1376. \'rOI Il OY I1lps Br:. Bk . l G G"ble downij R h cad. :\·",·"". l1 y. w., l 'e<:o "I!"u ~ Im'm er Jlo~la lil e" IS Whd~r . DuVall whip Kunkle. 19 Under­ al t\,,,h' ]>,.,,\"Ioull ,·atlng~. If some time ha:! ",00<1. CO""e r ~c t>Cs t B utlcr worth. 22 Pelsach el"l'~ "' I . howC"cr , a nd t hey Ihcn .pocUy a to!>' Ul:geU. 29 8 .. "lIer !lOn rel.laeCli Tom ­ dif(c r .:"l clau. We 811l r t Ih,,11\ o\" er all Ne w wrelk. P o.taUt cs.

eHUS REVIEW , MAY , 1949 157 TOURNAMENT NOTES 3d Annua l Ch il mplonshlp- 1947_S to give full information. The om itted in­ fo rmatio lJ , as ill R- KBI when both a Ki ng 1944 Postal Championship The fo llowing have quautled tor the Finals; D. Eisen, E. E. Underwood, A. Rook lind 8. Queen Rook can go to KBI, !lbrvln Pa lmer of Detroit haa won t ho D_ Gibbs, n. D. Rosen, ll. D. Thompson, lea"cs tbe written move as amhiguous in 1944 POll inl Chess Championsh ip. H I" I.. Stotzenberg. E . DaYton and J . A. that one of two possihle moves is indicll ted fi nal ga m e report, arrived LOO late to I"aucher. (someti mes even more possibilit ies exist) make the Mtty " Postal Mortems," but it Qualifiers for t be Semi·ri nals are: n. hut still binds the sender to a partiall y g ives him " clean score in the ·1 ga me ;\t oran, E. H. Morgan, \V. Martin. C. P. de!lcrilJo::d move. In Ihe instance mentioned, playoer wUII ChestlH' N. !<'ugUe and Wade Omy, C. M . Harris, J. A . Mell et·, Lt. Col. he must play II Hook to KB I , lind the Hendricks. 1<'or fuller accoUll t, lice the I ~ . l"uller. J. E, Carothers, H. O. MadIson. sole problem involved is to effect a clari· "Wol'llI of Chess" In this issue. J. Kraemer, n. Menca!'!nl, 11. Clendenin, \Ve sUli llwa lt a few results Crom R. Deacon, C. M. Lydy, E. L. C. Hinkley. fieation of which Rook he had intended & F inals BC\)t!OIlS 12, 13 11 t o sottle the D. Frank, H. H. La~h\1!", p, S. Reynolds, to move. final prlr.e sta ndings In t he J944 tour­ It Strecker. v,r. Knox. Dr. D. Rozsa, D. I·Jcre the ambiguity arbes from a di~. ll:t!llOn l. We aak U1C players in volved to W . Johnson. A. ;\Ioskln, D. H. Butler, F. ere]laney existing ,between the record of try to rush their games. V.'e shall ad­ M. Brallner, "'Y. E . Du nn, E. \Ve ld ler, T. the moves of the game lind the pnsition lIS judicate a ll games unfinisheu by t ho Wyman, Jr., J . \'1. Sbavet·. H. E. Gothanl, shown by the sender's uiagram. The am­ [Irst of August, bn t really expect to see .J. E. Giles and J. W . Harvey. Jr. all games fi n ishe d by actual play before biguity to be clarified may exist only on the Ill st mov e, or it may Ilertain to II mis­ tbe n. THE RULES AT WORK Meanwh ile the \lst of cu rrent leadenl take in recording of sollie mo .... es earlier. remains the stlme as given i n 0 11 1' last HEN and as space Il,ermits, we at· The diagram mlly merely show what musl Issue-with one correction in that F. A. W tempt to explain the Ru lcs and Rcg. b", II different last mo,'e from that written Sorenson prccedc$ Dr. R. E. Barl,cr. ulations for J>osta l Chcss. J\Jt:lI llwhile out by the sender; or it may show a pi <;.'co:: postulites are welcomc to ask about any (or even pieces) misplaced according to Golden Kni9hts Championships ]loi nts that Illay seem un clear to them. more thall Olltl Illove back in the records. 1s t A nnual C h ampio nship_1945 Consult the aetnal flllc.! as YOII fcad Tn tbc former case, where it is only the lilt! commelilarieJ 01. them below. Jatest move apparently in disagreement ~' inals section 18 is now finis hed, with these weighted ]loint totals' : RIlle 5 (COllt .) The Ili st pnrugraph is : wilh the diagram. the eorreetion may ~ R. H . Beckert 3S.4 . L. T . "'{agee 36.9. P. " If a Illa),er subm itll II clO::ll r diagram of effected quile as outlined in the preced. Price 33.8, Dr. C. C. Torrance 3l.8, S. C. his position with a move, it shsll be a ing lIart of Rule 5. The recei.... er of Ihe Marshall 23.4 a nd P . H. Seal'S 11.3. O. A. pa ri of the record of that move. Hence mo .... c and (liagnllll which disagree should Steven wl thd,·ew. any ( ~ rro r of recording thus rcvealed first write- before continuing the game-­ \V ith llI/tuy Finals sections yet to reo siwu ld be reported and corn:cted as for to state the disagreement and to Illik that port a ll games, we IlI'eSent the current lUI ul11 higuitr occurring on that move." the sender mske clear which move (i.e., publ!slt 10t.'l.1, lea(!ers (we weighted This paragraph represents part of II the one written or the one shown on the scores whtl1l whole secti on~-not indivld­ cvmplcte changc from 0 11 1' rules ..,f 1948. diagram) he had intenued to make. ualll- finlsh) . ,\ [ that ti me, we ruled lin ce rtain con­ In tbis case, 100, the se nder is stil l PRES E N T LEADERS tingencies by refcrenee to statements thllt bound in part to whllt he has offered. He C 1-' Hchborg ... 46.2 J H _\101'1'1 8 ... . 3G.0 had been published in C !J ESS Hr.vlt: w can mak ~ either the move shown on his H Seidman . " . ~ 5.7 DI' A Pol"ch~k .S5,\) lind that supplemented the Hules and Heg· diagram or that wrillen out. But he clln· o Jungwirth ... 13.~5 Lue;U.:: Kellner , 3 ~ .65 E F'U ndcll ..... ~ 2. 9 'V R Jone~ . .. JU' ulations for P os tal Chess. In ol'erhauling not dream lip a totall y new mo .... e. H F a)"IU! .•.•.• 42.S5 G 11 La.r~o" ... 34. 45 our Rules this year, ..... e strove first to in­ In the other case, however, that in wh ich G ilcnede lti ... 41.7 U Nieder ...... 33.' 5 R A :>.Ionroc ... 41.25 P Price ...... 33.8 corporate al1 rules into one bod y_ (It was the uiagram reveals a mistake in record­ EJ Dayton ...... ~0.7 Z K ogan _ ..... 33.0 hardly satisfactory tn rder !lOlitalites, say, ing nloro:: than one move earlier, the ]l rob. C Scarave l1a . . . 32.S '1' A Duns t .... . 40.6 to the issue of June, in whicll the lem i ~ more complicated. Here, too, the L Sw.::.:: t ..•.... 40.2 1 S ig m ond ..... 32.11 1946, Or S L.::w l ~ .... 39.65 1-'J Valvo . , . .. ,32.75 subjeet under ruling hu d heen explained reeeiver should report back, before con· O Byrne ...... a9 ,r, Dr C To,.,."n~" .31,~ cn itnrially. Few had copi es tha t far back ; tinuing the game. He should ask the C N l''uRlle ." .39.15 G I" BrownIng .31.25 V Perla ...... 39,45 J Hasenoehrl .. 31.1 some had entered P os tal Ch ess since that scmler to check hi s records and he should E r Cohen .... 39,0 H _\Iadoan . _ .. 30.S timt:.) state what piece or pieces are misplaced C Merritt ...... 39 ,0 .1 !\loy"" , ...... 30,S Sccllnd, we rev ised our j!vlicy of deal­ according to hiij own (prechecked ) rec­ It K llec kcl·t ... ~8.4 eM Larson .... ~0,0 5 H W \"-il.on .. ,37.9 Dr T R Noonan 30,65 ing with mistakes in recording nwves and ord. Whcn the error (or errors) is clari. J A 11yln ...... 37.S;; C Mct7...... 30.6 of ..... rit ing them in notational fo rm. There fied and the records are co rrected to mu· A Sandrin .. .. . J7 .35 D C Hecht . . ... 30.55 L T Mag ee ..... J(>.!I Dr B Ro~s" .... 30.5 is lill ie point, and less space for it, here tual agreement, then the game is to pro­ M C Jackso n . .. 35.25 W T Cobb ... . 29." in relating how we uscd 10 deal with such ceed, but with that last (ambiguous) move D P olls ...... 35.05 o Ostrum ...... 29." PM Jackson .. ,35.0 U A Levin ..... 29.0 problems. What we do WIIS in part dis­ tn be made over again as a free option in EJ H Mueller ... 35.0 P R Eastma n .. 28.9 clIs,,;o:xl last issue (p. 128) in relation to the li ght of Ihtl correeleu position. 2d A nnual Champi onship-1946 Ru le 4. We cannot exempt a mall from (One of the mall y, compliested possi. the con,,;e fj llcnces of his mi srecording or !Jililie~ is lhat the originlll sender of the As Il. result of ga me~ reported for the miSll olatio n ~inlJJly becll use he claims he di~put cd muve pl us diagram had the cor· May "Postal Mortems," two players have Quallfieli for the Finals: B. S. Sandel'so n mude such a mistake nor even btcause his rect H!cord nnd his diagram served to and J . W. J effrey. llWl'e is manifestly a "cry bad one. But, show the receivcr that his recorded posi· We ul'ge all selllj.finalists. with un· ill ~el'era l other ways, we arc trring to les· tion was wrong. In such case, thst last fi nished games, to try to conclude them sen the chances of sti ch ll1i~tnkes costing move wa~ not ambiguous after all, and as promptly aM possible consistent with ll im the game. This paragraph uf Rule 5, th e sender of the diagram did a sen ice good play. By October 3d. all gallles Il ot now under uiscussion , ill one such. for his opponent. Then the sender's move then fi ntMhed must be sent in for adjudi· (Another is the new trelllment for illegal just natnrally slanus li S made, but at least cation. nr "impossihle" moves in Rule 6.) the d iagram has led to a mut ual agreement .,., Ie " am b""IgUl ty re £erre d'" to III t I e ast as to the position and prevenls II worse • PteW«! eh"ek YQ\lr w':: ight<,d point 101,, 111- paragralll i of J{ lI lc 5 is of a ,lifferent sort state of t:onfu sion later.) ,,~ SOQ" all- YOU lie.:: lhem publ i~h cd . ·,·h.::y a rQ dCle..,,,lned on the b:l Sig of 1.0 po lnt8 from tllat in the precedi ng I,(l rt of the This Ilrocoourc of allowing II free ro" elLC h will In the prQllminar y ro u n"; 2.2 I{ule. There the :unbiguitr arose from optioll un the last move only leaves much for en.ch In the semi_finals; and 4.5 III th .. finalB; wit h dra w "" counting half. flli1ure hr t. he player making thc move 10 he desil·ed . We cannot allow replay, 158 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1949 however, of moves mllde previousl y. Or Rule 6 We have made this I{ul,: ~ Ol!l e· the way wuuld Le upen tu virtuully indis· what Jllore lenient, also, Ihan i !~ l:quivlI' criminale claims for rc pluying stJries of lent in the 1948 version of Ihe Hul es and losing moves. So there is no help for it. Regu]utiolls fo r Postal Chess. TI I!'I'e we lt is unfortunale; for, after a game ha,. triel] to conform as closely a~ jlossihlc run on for even a COU II[C of movcs with with the touclHnove rule of Ol'cr·lhe· one player " bl ind" as 10 Ihe lruc Ilosi tion, buard play, Ae tuall r , J immy J ell ki n ~ all· he hils usuall y put a piece ell wi$(:. vances Ille Iheory that, whcn a player What then is the IJU q lusc ,,{ this jlart sends a l e~a l move, he musl 8imp1), be of Hule S'! helJ to it ( a~ he is under Hil le 4 ) , but First. it d Ol.:s lake care reasvna bly well thllt, when he sends an iII cg(11 move, il of Ihe insl ance in .... llieh Ihe error in Ihe is alm"st always liS Ihe result of II mig. records has ocenrrell only "n Ihe lasl notation or a lIl isrccord{.'(/ pnsilion. T here POSTALMIGHTIES! RIo,·e. By Ihe regular resorl II) Ihe rest is Il uite a 101 10 this poinl oJ f "ie"" S", as The folloll'lng I'OSlalltell have 1I'0n pr l~~ of Rule 5. Ihe error can he Gurrectell. we ha"e accCllled Ihe idea of u confli cling In C I"' $~ 'i'()urnc)'S a s a result or "lIm e .$ reo • !lort ed I·'d, ...",ry ~S Ihroug h March 31 . wilhoul Ilrcjudice to the game. d i a~ram accompanying a move hcing nn T o ur n ey Player. P la ce s~o~ in dicilliun of misrcconling:, Wt: arc nud· Second. si nce the preceding i,. so, any ~7 · C 74l I{~ : A Doc ...... 1·2 , -, one cau guard himsdf agltiu,. t clerical ding also 10 the id ea Ilmt an ill egal mnve It 1·'llrn~wort h ...... 1·2 H Chll. ... H e udi" r son ....• .. 30.1 41·1. mistakes, by using diagrllm~ on every is some indicatiull of misreconlillg, too. oJ1 ·(;13 1 W W Young ...... Jd { · 2 move., CUll seqllently, we allow a free option 0 11 H · C2t 2 H G(Jold ...... 2·4 H W Jt H ibberd ...... 2·4 Actually. Illis is no ul,~u I Ulcly fuol.prwf the re play of an i ll egal (or "impossibl e" ) H J G W ill iams ...... 2·1 notational errors either. Thcre'll bc no for it- if onl y to be sure Ihal the rccords 17·C~'i U I'; Watkins ..•...... 2(1 , -, I . n " IIIW,,1I ...... 30.1 ·1 -2 fo ol.proof system till we IIrc all cured, of the game nre cu rrec1eil - hu t he 1hc li .j7 · C30G It H J(""scen ...... 3u 3 ·3 and permanenlly, of humun fo ll y. A[so, it eall ma k,· any legal mo"e he c1lO" ~es in its ·lj·C3 IG W M"ehnn ...... lst 5-> W It ).!c\'ay ...... 2·3 is u laborious s}'~ l em, und somc say even place. In ot her wonh, Ih ere i~ II" j ill' "~ ·21 J Morl'i~ ...... 2·3 41·2i Ihut the diagrums arc Ihemscl" e~ a suuree medinte penaity, (The re j ~ un ullimat r. ~1· C323 '1' W Wec ...... 20.1 4i1·1i J J !t. nJdel ...... 3d of furd":r e rrnr~ . pcna[ty under .H ull.' 7. It is des igned ill '1 ·2 H ·C32 ~ J C N",lham ...... lst 6 · 0 So lar as we can see, however, Ihe diu· Ihis s"rt of instance tu prt:vent "btallin!;" J S~hmitt ...... 20.1 5-> ~ram is a very fa ir c1 leek agaiusl notn· or nlher devious tricks thut might I'mploy .(7·C356 S Junl ...... 2·3 H·li l ' Klcbe J r .. , ...... 2·3 41·1j ti onal errors. Whcn one writes 31 H- QS, illegal mu,'es Jeliberalely.) 0I7 ·C3S6 II I" Uro",,,ing .. ,., .... Ist the mO\'e alltl Ihc sInge of the game is S p.ecial nole i ~ made IIJU I Ihe '''HJ''lInc.·· ~1 ·C3 91 1")'1 Branne r .. , .•.... 1·2 H'" W Ol.pcl ...... 1·2 H such that he may easily mistaking Q5 n1enl of cherk count8 for 1' ''~ l al C lle$~. be H P ,'" yI Ol' Jr ...... 3d 4HI fo r K5 mul IlU lling his Un~ l k Ctl IJrisc 10 a It is a feature common I" almost all ~; ·C393 It I.lrucc ...... I.$t 0-> Pawn al his opponent's K3. Or he Ili a)' duo:s.'\, u)·.mail rules, in dir... et e"lI tra{liG1 ioJ1 G ~eub er ger ...... !d 4j - 11 S F eldman •.•.•.•••.. 3 ..1 3j - 2 ~ miswritc a 8- B6 for the B- H3 thaI he to all " v... r·the·bnard ru les. Ah$Cnce of ~I G H elpern ...... 3 ·~ 3i ·2~ lru ly meanli. Hut, when he ~ I s these check uls" eoun ls, anJ for Ihe same rca· .17 -C399 It W CalrncrO&l! ...... 1-2 5-> o W 1,'lynn ...... 1· 2 5 -, pi{.'Ct!S man ually in Illace un Il is diagrllm, sun: an fealures of /lolatiuJI and ('{.'Curd· U Col J ~ P eale ...... 3d '-' he exercises II Jirect check ugainst h i~ no· ing arc vital in I'oslal pia),. 1j ,C404 H U W J n ~o r ...... I.11t 51· i .J r·: f\'lehol8 ...... 2d 10 !ICC The olher ~ jlCeia l note IIndcr Hulc 6 is 41·11 tal ion a n ~ 1 he ouglll therehy to cor· I:: Volet ...... 30.1 3i1·Zi recl il. And. at the ,'cry worst under Ihe thut on e raSl..'(1 or written ol'cr m· j\·es. H , C439 1': J i{outJedge ...... 1st Irorkings of this Rule, hi s diagram can· A pla)'e!' whoJ crases or wrilc~ "vcr an)' Ho u Skinner ...... 2d '"4Hi H ,C 4 ~8 1. IAII)sle), ...... • . 1-2 51- i nn t hurl. For instance, if he writes the postal m ..... : lI~lIalir docs 80 a!! u last sec· .\! W Luebbe rt ...... 1·2 51- i " lOVC correctl}' but places it incorrectly ond in spira1i oll. Too of len. hi.~ move is ~ 7·C~~1 L W eak .ll . • ...... 18t H I"~: Vandemark ...... 2d H on hig Jiagr:ul\, there is yel the same call a i'""r olle; a ll d. even !Hure uflen, he rOI" ~ 7 ·C 47~ I' Klebe Jr ...... I~t r. -1 for a C'I1Teetioll of th e am biguity uefore gets tn change his own record of the rt H Cunningham . .... 2-~ 4I·l~ (1. I r ~ ''''! !J.C h ...... 2· :1 41-1& the game cll n continue. move. Consequently, his u(JjJnn e n l. '~ ue· 47 'C1 ~1 It U Potter ...... Ist 61 - i As 10 Ihe lauor involved- I hat is up to knnw ledj!lIIent and reply ca ll l""k for an V,' C Q Darling ...... 2d H H ,Cl J A HOWtOn ...... lst the player. Some enjoy u ~ ing .Iiugrams for Ih e world li ke a trumped lip ,kvi c~\ fnr a 5i- II 48·C5 It 1.:: Tl. eij le,' ...... 1st Sj·1 their own sake, Others can avoill such cr· snide w i n - I h i~ , of course, if he has fo r· 4S ·C t ~ ,\l Dlnmond .. , ...... t-2 H·li ro rs in notation by ordinary care anJ 1.10 gotten thnt he made Ihe ch.wge at the o .\1 Holo ...... 1-2 (l'lI! .18·CI!; n O"ell ...... 18t <-0 nol need to safeguard Ihel\lsc!vts by using lasl minulc, "8·C I7 It W Gordon ...... 2d 5-> diagrams. Our pe rsonal preference is to Naturall)" in such a case, the re is a fine ~ 8·C26 R C h:W"enel ...... 1st 5-> offer Ollponent a diagram every so muddlc. r\o nelltral party Gou i,1 ,.ay ti d · N B ond ...... 20.1 4 i -II \1)(' ·18·(.'17 HE Ueyer , ...... l8t Si- i often ( u~ u a ll y every temh move, bUI Ihe inildy wi ... ,lid the ,~ra s i n g " r wrilin g ~8·Cj8 ~ Bond ...... Ist , -, 4g· C8·\ C I': Stortl'De" •...... I s t ac tual numhe r oJ f m.w e!! can vary to ~ u i t over. 51> a fa ir decision IS al m"st i mpo ~· 51- I A S 1>enl"lon ...... 2<1 5 _I any Illayer !! o .... n IlI sle) and reques t a si ble, ~ 8 - C9 1 K L:l1nbert . " ...... 18t , -, st alement if lhe II000 iliHn agn.'t:8 wil h Ihe Qur I,ol icy, theref.. re. IS I.. /'I ·g.lrd any 48-C95 J H 'l'homl)8()n .... , ... 1.. 1 51- i .J Krne!;'cr ...... ~ d (i-II Ol' llOnen l\ or not. e rasure or wriling ov er of a ""'''e as reno 48· C99 C ~ l cI.(l\lghlJn ...... M 41·1 11 As we ha,'e saill before, lhe matter of de rill g Ihe n","c illegal. ,\s timl ml!rdy 48,C106 \),. W S C hal)!n ...... • . 2(\ , -, S J H"'\lzingcr ...... 2<1 5 -I "eell ing eorreel f{.'Conls is s<. peculiarly Galls f"r an"ther mo,'e in ih I' lacl', tl lere 48·C II G'\ Stuhl ...... , .... 1.. 1 ~i- I ,·ital to I>"stal Chess thnt l'''lue li se of is li n great harm Jone to anyone, al1ll all ,.g·CI2:i I ~ F lIaw"" ...... ".181 48-CI!W C \\' S heldon .•.• , •.... 1111 5 -I di agram ~ i ~ cerlil inly called fut. Since argumell t is avoilled. '" 4 8·C l fj ~ I' ('lIlano .• .•.....•.... 20.1 5 -, that is S Il, we attempl to r{.'Cog ll i'l.e that lliole, however, the receiver JlHI., t clIl1 .8·C l~9 It L llanw n .' ...... 1111 0-0 usc legally by tile last Ilarllgrll l'h "f nnle fo r Ihe IC gli! relJlueement at IIIJC() (lr he 48·CI12 W Soli frey ...... 2d 5 -I 48·CI74 J) Lerman ...... 161 0-0 5. The Iliagram t.h ll t accompani(ls a move ~ uuj ec t tu accusation oJf J cl ayinl; the ~8 · C I 8 t .1 Ii Klllr ...... lst H is truly II part of Ihe record of Ih~ 1 1 move. game. (lie "ught also t oJ k C~' I' tl ... ('lIrtl G t:: "Iorrls ...... 20.1 5-> 48·(:202 S G " o~~" r ...... •. 2d (I-II And the Ilill ye r who offer;; II .liagram as in his r .. c"f(I~ . ) And the sender fnll.~ il ub· 48·(:217 J;' W MC).l!1nus ...... ISI , -, a check for his "'ppouent d ese n' e~ some j"et 110 Rule 7 if he Jl ersi~ts in ~e n { lin~ ·15·C222 J K ()()ne ...... 1st , -, return for his labor. Any cleur diagram erase.1 moves or "ther fa ult ily written 4S· C nS S J lIulllzlnger ...... 18t 51· II ·tS·(;231 ~ Norberg • .. .•...... Ist <-0 shou lt.J bc checked; errors reported. (Jne s. .\8-C2·10 g L Swnrd son ...... •.. I.')t <-0

CHESS R~VIEW , MAY , 1949 159 Grasping the initiative. There is no defense . If 30 Q-Q1, then 30 . . . Q- H.7t 31 K-K1, B- K4, followed by 12 N_B5 • • • • POSTAL GAMES 32 ... 0-N6t, wins. And, if 30_ K-Kl, then White is too optimistic. His game is from CHESS REVIEW tourneys a lready compr·o mised a nd he should play 30 . . . Q-N6t 31 R-B2, 0-K1 (me nacing with great caution. 12 P-QN3, 13 R- IO 32 ... Q- N8t and 33 . . . E- N6tl cl!nclles and 14 B- N2 comprise a feasible series of the point. onno~a ted by developing moves. Alert, aggressive piay throughout by the new 1911 Postal Chess Champion. JACK W. COlliNS 12 . . . . B-KB1 13 P- K N4 ? An Eleven Move Thriller Championship Play~off Atl unjustifie d. a tta cking move which only weal,ens the K ing-side and allows A profound move in a Class C Tourney. Our annotator has selected this game Black to crash through in that sector as t ypical of the 1st p lace play-orr ill RUY LO PEZ la ter Oll. the 191.-1 Postal Chess Championship. It p. Negron; J . Brosheer has both verve and subtlety, a vel'y un­ 13 . . . . P-N3 15 B-Q2 N- B3 C. usual combillatJoll, indeed. 14 N-N3 B- N2 16 Px P? . . . . White Black In witness : Palmer's 10th move seems Surrendering vital, cen ter squares. 1 P-K4 P- K4 to wnste a Bishop on a bloeked diagonaL Better is]6 QN- K2. 2 N-K B3 N-QB3 nut his 16th, e vide ntly prepbulletl, is a 16 . . . . P_Q5 ! 3 B-N5 N_ B3 txP??, QxJ>t will'ith multiple tln·eats. 13 P - K N ,j is 9 B-Q3 R-K1 "oming h ome to roost. Black hus one or two weak SQ mtres on 21 B_Nl NxNP! the Queen-side bnt is [t·ee from any prob­ 22 P xN · . . . lems in developing. 22 N xP is refuted by . .. PxP! B-N2 10 0 - 0 22 . . . . Bx N 23 B_ R2 R-KBl 10 NxP l • • • • Defensive moves are neeessary e ven in A clever sacr ifice, deeper than it looks aUacklng situations. at first glance. On 10 . _ . BxB? 11 N- N4, 24 R_ Kl Q- N2 W hit e gets Queen and Pawn for Rook Putting telling pressure on the QR1- nnll Bishop. DJa ck's hest is 10 .. . PxN! KR8 diago nal. Both 25 . . QxP and 25 11 Ib:P, BxE 12 RxQt, BxR (12 ... Kx . . . B- B6 are menaced. H? 13 Q-Klt, K- Q2 and W h ite wins with 14 QxN) 13 Q-Kl, N-B5 (13 . . . P- QN3 25 P- N4 B- B6 14 E - E4, K-Q2 15 BxBP! KR- Kl 16 E­ 26 Q-N3 Q- K5 N3! and \-V h ite should wIn) 14 P-QN3, T he beginning of the end. The idea is N-Q3 15 P- QB4, B- Q2 16 E-B4 and 27 ... QxNl't 28 K-B2, Q- N7 m ate. \Vhit e, with the attack and a virtual 27 P- R3 Q- K4 Pawn plus, should eventually win. 11 P_ B3 • • • • 10 _ . . . 0 -0- 0 Threatening 28 ... Q- N 6t. • Preferable seems 11 P - N4, to deter 11 NxB Resigns 28 K-B2 B_K5 Black's ne:Ji::t move and t o exet·t pressu re On 11 . . . Q- R5 (else the Queen goes) on the left flank w ith ]2 B- N2 and 13 T h reatening 29 . . . Q- R7t. 12 NxB, KRxN 13 P -QN 4, P-QR3 14 B­ R-Bl. 29 R_Bl P-Q6 El, P-QN4 15 PxN. White emerges with 1 1 • . . . P- B4 ! Resigns two more pieces than Black.

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