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Phot ol by A I P uhn for CH ESS RE VI EW Grandmaster Reube n F ine, U g htning Chess King, in festlve mood after retaining his t it le, b randishes t he winner's trophy, The champion's mother ( r ight ) s m iles happi ly,

R1-~ U n EN I"IN'II: again demonstrated that WOIi L ost Drawn Points seeded, and IlI'elimln:u·y play started at he Is AIllCl'icn'g 1'\0. I Ilia fe.' of fallt chess 19 -12 ------10 1 0 10-1 2 p.m. T he tO il three of each I:lCclton qUllll· fled to play for the title in the finals, The when he retained hill tltl e at tile USCF 'II 19 <13 -- -- -_ .. - 0 0 11-0 19-14 ------10 I 0 10- J lIecollli three of each gronp qualified for 4th annllal S peeu ChampiollKhlp Tourna­ 19,15 "9 0 2 10- 1 the Clas!! U tournament, the noxt three rOl' ment at NOlI' Yot'k's Hotel ABlor on JUliO ------Totals 40 2 2 41- 3 Class C and the InH thl'ee for e lliss D, 2Hh. In fl licld of ·IS player'lI. (\lvldo

RESULTS IN OTHER CLASSES

The standillg~ in the Class D. C and D F inals ru'e tabulated below. The winners were awarded medals by USeE-' Vice·Pre;;!· dent L. Waller Stephenll, Diredol" of the T01l1'namont.

CLASS B F INALS 1 A, Kevit7...... 9 -2 2 R. BYI: nc ...... 7Y2·3Y2 3 K Lasker · ...... 7 -4 4 1-1. Seidmftll ...... (; -v- 5-7 A, Bisquiel' ...... 5\-2-5\-2 5-7 K S, Jackson Jr. . . . . 5Y2 -5Y:2 5-7 C, Saxon ...... 5Y2 -5Y2 8-9 Lt. Fenyman ...... 5 -6 8-9 L Rivise ...... -. 5 -6 \ 10 G_ Kl'amel' · ...... 4 -7 11 I. ChcI'nev · ...... 3!-'2- 7Y2 \\ 12 M, Mardel' · ...... 2Y2-SV2

CLASS C FINA LS 1 J. W. Coll ins ...... 10 -1 2 M. Finkelstein .. . , .. 9 -2 3 H. Berliner ...... 8 -3 4 E. Marchand . . . , ... . 6 J-S: -4 Y2 5 R. Friedman .. . ,.. .. 6 -5 6-7 S. Shapiro . . ,., ..... 5 -6 6-7 A. Turner ...... 5 -6 8-9 R. Campbell ...... 1Yz-6Y2 8-9 Mrs. G. K. Gresser .. 4J-S: - 6Y:z 10 C. Rasis ...... 4 -7 11 S. Weinstock ...... 3Y:z -7 Y2 12 A: Rothman ...... 0 -11

1 2 The fightin g fa<::e o f runner -up Geor ge Shainswit, on e of America's great masters. In the backg round is y oungster Elliot Hearst of the 3-4 Marshall Chess Club w ho took down the scores of many ga m es 3-4 for CHESS REVIEW.

The !'UtllleNlj) held F ine to a dmw in an intel'estlng 0111(1 well·played game (pllge 5) but 1111 the other finalists were mowed down by the cli,lInpion. who has made a spccluJty of blindfohl teu·secOIHI chess lind Is able to Il lay with a mazing accuracy. with or wHhout sight of the bOil l·d. P inkus put UII the stiffest O])l)osition to the leader and should have won lli~ game. At one stage, £.'!ne was in iL light spot and unwltllngly changed a move after his hand had quitted the I)iec('. If the ol'iginal move had been allowed to stand he would have been mated. But P inkuS , condoned the offense by COil' tblUing wlthont complaint t o tile rereree, then lost the game. F ine clinche(1 t he tiUe in the seml·fi nal round when he defeatcd Horowitz, as S hain· !

QU EEN'S PAWN GAME I. K ashdan R. F ine White Dlaek 1 P_Q4 Kt- KB3 15 Kt- B3 P-B3 2 Kt- KB3 P_ KKt3 16 P- KR3 Kt- R3 3 P- KKt3 B_ Kt2 17 p,p R,P 4 B_Kt2 0 - 0 B- 0 2 Q_82 5 0 -0 P_Q4 19 8-83 R-B2 6 P_ B4 P-K3 "20 a,a R,B 7 QKt- Q2 P-Kt3 21 Kt_ Kt5 Kt- 84 8 Kt- K 5 B_ Kt2 . 22 Kt- K 6 Q- Q2 9 Q-B2 QKt- Q2 23 Q,Q R,Q 10 P_ 8 4 P-84 K - B2 R_ Kl 11 BPxP KPxP "25 Kt_ KtS KtxKP 12 P-K3 R_81 26 KR- Kl R (2)_K2 13 Q_ R4 KtxKt 27 8-831 P- R3 14 QPxKt Kt_ KtS Resigns

F' Jr~1 a Pawn fo r k , then II Queen rork­ n che~8 t nc tic!:! lesso n In sixteen movell. ENGLI S H OPENI NG O. Mugridge G. Shain,wit White mac k 1 P- QB4 P-K4 9 PxKt 8 - K2 2 Kt- QB3 Kt_K 8 3 10 B-Q3 0_0 3 Kt- B 3 Kt_ B3 11 Q-K4 P- KKt3 4 P- K4 8 _ B4 12 8- R6 R_Kl 5 KtxP KtxKt 13 0-0 P_Q3 b P_Q4 B- Kt5 14 PxP B,P 7 P xKt KtxP 15 Q- B3 Q- R5 8 Q_Q4 KtxKt 16 P_Kt3 Q,a W hite Resigns CHESS REVIEW, J UNE-JULY, 1945 5 E N GL ISH OP E N I NG D. Mugr idge R. Fine White Black 1 P- QB4 Kt- KB3 27 R ( 2) _Q2 R-Q4 2 Kt_ KB3 P_ K Kt3 28 K - B2 Q- K 2 3 Kt- B3 P-Q4 29 Q- K 3 R_ B2 4 p,p K t xP 30 R- Q3 Q- KtS 5 Q_ K t3 Kt_ Kt3 31 Q- Q2 Q_Kt4 6 P- Kt3 B- Kt2 32 R_QB3 R (2)_Q2 7 B-Kt2 0 - 0 33 R- Q3 Q- Kt3 8 0 - 0 P_QB4 34 K - B3 Q- Q1 9 P- Q3 Kt_ B3 35 Q- K 3 P- KKt4 10 B_K3 Kt- QS 36 K - Kt2 R- KB2 11 Q- Ql B- KtS 37 R- KBI Q- R4 12 P- KR 3 BxKt 38 P-R3 R_Ql 13 p,s R- Bl 39 R_QB3 Q_Q4ch 14 P-B4 Q_Q2 40 K_R2 QxQP 15 Kt- K 4 P- B4 41 QxQ A,Q 16 Kt-Kt5 P-K R3 42 R_ KB2 R_ K S 17 Kt_ B 3 Kt_ Q4 43 R- BS R- Q2 18 Kt- K 5 BxKt 44 R (2)_B2 K _ Kt3 19 P,S KtxB 45 K _ Kt2 P_ KR4 20 PxKt Kt_ B3 46 K - B2 P- R5 21 BxKt A,S 47 p , p RI(RP 22 Q- Kt3ch K - Kt2 48 R- B7 R (5)-Q5 23 QR- Q l Q- B2 49 R- B8 R- Q7 ch 24 P- Q4 PxP ' 50 K - K3 25 P x P R_Q l R(2)_Q6 mat e 26 R_ B2 P- K3

Ma x Pavey, champion 0 1' Sco Uand, ealches Horowitz napping w ith a nice combination. The game is from the preliminaries. G RUN F EL D D E F EN SE M. Pavey I. A. H o r o w i t~ 'W h it e Black 1 P-Q4 Kt- KB3 17 RPxK t P_ KR4 2 P_QB4 P_ KKt3 18 P-K 5 P_ K 3 3 Kt_QB3 P_Q4 19 p,p p,p 4 B-B4 B_ Kt2 2Q Kt- K 4 Q- K2 5 P-K3 Kt- B3 21 Q- Q2 QR_Ql 6 Kt_B 3 0 - 0 22 Q- KtS Q-B2 7 R- Bl p,p 23 QxR ! A, Q 8 KBxP Kt_ KR4 24 Kt- KtSch K _ Ktl 9 B- K KtS P_ KR3 25 KtxQ KxKt 10 B-R4 K - R2 26 R- K 2 B_ B4 11 0 - 0 B-B4 27 K- Kt2 P_K Kt4 • P_ K 4 B- Kt5 28 B- K t3 P- KtS Youngster Robert Byrne playing veteran in the Kt_Q5 • "13 P- QS 29 RxPch K- Kt3 C lass B fi nals. T he spectat ors, mostly members of t he Manhattan 14 B-KKt3 KtxKtch 30 P_B4 P- RS Ches s Club, se em to be dar ing L asker t o harm their "young·eyed 15 PxKt B- R6 31 p ,p B-R3 c herubin" ( CHESS REV I EW, F eb ruar y 1945) . 16 R- Kl KtxB 32 B-B2 Resigns

E dward Lask er , who celebrates his siX· A line example of preci se, positional licth b ir t hday t his yeHr but l ooks much chess - at ten se conds a move. you nger , played som e gno'l gam es. Bel ow RUY LOPEZ Is his l oss to Finp, at t he rig ht his w in A. S. Pin k us E . lasker from Pinkus, both froll! the preliminaries. W hite Black N I MZO·I NDIAN DEFENSE 1 P-K4 P_K4 24 R- Q l RxR 2 Kt_ KB3 Kt- QB3 25 QxR KtxP E. L ask er R. F i ne 3 B- KtS P- QR3 26 Q-K2 P- B4 White Black 4 B-R4 Kt_ B3 27 Kt- K 1 Kt- B3 1 P- Q4 Kt- KB3 18 B- K2 P- RS S 0-0 B- K2 28 Kt_Q3 Q- B5 2 P-Q B4 P- K 3 19 P- R6 6 Q- K2 P-QKt4 29 Kt- Bl QxQ 0 - 0 7 B_Kt3 3 Kt- QB3 B- Kt5 20 B_ Rl Kt-R2 0 - 0 30 KtxQ K - B2 8 P- B3 P- Q4 31 K _ Bl P_ Kt4 4 Kt- B3 P- Q4 21 Kt- Kl P-KS p,p 5 P- K 3 P_ B4 22 BxB Q,S 9 P- Q3 32 K_K1 K - K3 10 PxP 33 P- 83 K_Q4 6 P-QR3 BPxP 23 P-K Kt3 Kt_ Kt5 P- R3 7 PxB PxKt 24 Kt-Kt2 Kt-K4 11 R- Ql 8-Q3 34 K - Q2 P- B4 8 K tPx P 25 Kt_ R4 Kt_ Kt4 12 QKt- Q2 Kt- QR4 35 P- QKt3 P- QBS 0 - 0 13 B- 8 2 36 P- QKt4 Kt- R4 9 Kt- Q4 P- K 4 26 QR- Q1 R- Q6 B-K3 14 Kt_ B l Q_ K2 37 K _ K3 Kt- 8 5 10 Kt- Kt3 8-K 3 27 Kt-BS R ( l )-Ql QR_Q1 11 Kt_B 5 Q_ B2 28 Kt_Q4 KtxKt I S Kt- K3 38 KtxKt KtPxKtch 39 K-K2 P_ K S 12 PxP s,p 29 KPxKt Kt_ B6c h 16 B- Q2 Kt- 8 5 KtxKt BxKt 40 P_KR4 K - K 4 13 B- Kt2 P- QKt3 30 K _ Kt2 KtxQP 17 18 Q_ Kl B_ B4 41 K _ B2 P-K6c h 14 Kt- Q3 R_Q l 31 RxR P,A 19 P- KR3 B-Q6 42 K- K 2 K - B3 15 Q- Bl B- BS 32 Q- Q2 Kt- Kt6 20 BxB 16 Q- B2 Kt_ B 3 33 Q-K3 P_Q7 R,S 43 P-Kt4 PxP e.p. 21 B_ K3 KR_Q l 44 KxP P-85ch 17 R_ B l P_QR4 34 QxKtP QxRch 22 RxR A,A 4S K - K 2 K - Kt3 TIMEKEEPER HAROLD F I NK E L STEIN Whit e Resigns 23 BxB Q,S Resigns He rang ihe bell every t en seconds. 6 CHESS REVIE W, J UNE-JULY, 1945 HrouklYII'~ B yrne brothers took the spot· light atnol1/o; the youthful players. Robert placed 8(o('0 1\(1 In the Class 0 finals; Donald qualified for t he bigtinlC c halnJliollship. The latter .\\'on fl'om Sh a in ~w lt in the prelims. aUEEN' S GAMBIT D. Byrne R. Fine Whi te Ulack 1 p . Q4 Kt- KB3 15 0 - 0 B-K2 2 P-Q64 P- K3 . 16 B- K3 0-0 , Kt_K63 P-Q4 17 Kt-Q2 Kt_Q4 4 P-K Kt3 p,p 18 Q- B2 Ktx6 5 Q- R4c h 6 _Q2 19 P)(Kt P_QB4 6 Q)(BP B_B3 20 QR_61 Q- B3 •, I 7 6-Kt2 8-Q4 21 Kt_Kt3 P-85 3 Q-B2 Kt- 83 22 Kt- Q4 Q_ Kt3 9 P-QR3 6)(Kt 23 KR_Q1 8 - B4 • 10 B,B Kt)(P P_ Kt3 B,P .~~ p,p , Q- R4ch P_ Kt4 ".25 R- R1 \ "12 Q- R5 KtxBch 26 Q,P B_B4 • ""-!~ 13 PxKt P-83 27 KbKtP P- R3 , • 14 Q- B3 Q-Q2 28 QR-B1 BxPch White resigns

SLAV DEFENSE G. Shainswit D. 8yrne While llIack 1 P-Q4 P- Q4 25 Kt_B4 K_K1 2 Kt_ K63 Kt_KB3 26 QR-Bl B- KBl 3 P-El4 P- B3 27 P_QR4 Q-QKt3 "4 P- K3 P- K 3 28 8-Kt5ch 8_B3 5 Kt- B3 QKt_Q2 29 Kt_Q5 Q- Kt2 6 B- Q3 p,p 30 BxKt 8xB(Kt4) 7 B)(BP P-QKt4 31 PxB QxKt 8 8 - Q3 P-QR3 32 Bx8 K,B 9 P_K4 P- B4 33 P- Kt6 Q- Kt4 10 P- K 5 p,p 34 R- B8ch K _ K2 11 Kt)(KtP PxKt 35 R_B7ch K-Ql 12 PxKt Q_ Kt3 36 R ( 81 ) _Bl 13 PxP B,P QxP ( Kt3) 14 Q- K 2 P-·Kt5 37 R ( B7 )-B6 QxP 15 0-0 0 - 0 38 R_ B8ch K_K2 16 Q- K 4 P- B4 39 R ( BS) - B7ch 17 QxR Kt- B4 K-K3 18 B_QB4 B_ Kt2 40 P_ B4 Q_B7ch 19 Q)( Rch K,Q 41 K - Rl P- K7 20 Kt_Kt5 P-R3 42 R(87) -B6ch 21 Kt_ R3 Q- B3 K-Q4 P_ K4 22 P-B3 43 R(B6) _ B5ch Youngster Dona ld Byrne (right) playing Reuben F i ne In the P_ K5 K_ K5 23 8- Q2 championship fina ls. After a sple ndid showing in the preliminaries, 24 BxKtP P-K6 Resigns Donald was unable to keep up the pace against the top.notchers, fin ished near the bottom.

SLAV DEFENSE A s in 19 014 . Fine clinched the title by .J. Moscowitz I. Kashdan defeating Horowitz in the seml·linal round, Whit e Dlack The game drew a lJig crowd. but Horowitz 1 P-Q4 Kt_ KB3 27 K-Kt2 Q-KKt3 \\'II S out of form and d id lIot liut up as 2 P_QB4 P-K3 2S P_ B3 R_K7ch good a fight as lasl yeaI'. 3 Kt_QB3 P_Q4 29 K-R3 RxKtP 4 B _Kt5 QKt_Q2 30 Q-B7 Q- KB3 GRUNFELD DEFENSE, 5 P-K3 P_B3 31 KR-Bl Q-Q3 R. F i ne I. A. Horowitz 6 PxP KPxP 32 QxQ RxQ 7 B_Q3 B_K2 33 R-B1 P-KKt3 White Dlack 34 KR_Ql RxRP S Q-B2 0-0 1 P-Q4 Kt_ KB3 18 P_QKt4 35 R- BSch K_ Kt2 Q-Q1 9 Kt- K2 R-Kl 2 P_QB4 P_ KKt3 19 Kt- QKt5 Kt_B5 10 P_ KR3 Kt-B1 36 R-B7 R- QKt7 PxB­ 37 R_ Kl R-Kt6 3 Kt-QB3 P- Q4 20 BxKt 11 P·-K Kt4 Kt_ K5 4 Q_Kt3 p,p 21 Kt_Q6 Q_ B2 38 K - Kt3 R_ KB3 12 BxB QxB 5 QxBP B- K3 22 KtxB QxKt 13 BxKt PxB 39 R-KB1 P-QR4 6 Q-R4ch P-B3 23 B_R6 Q_B2 14 Kt_Kt3 B-K3 40 P_ Kt5 R_Q3 7 Kt_B3 B_ Kt2 24 P-Q6 Q_Q1 41 R- Kl RxP 15 Kt( Kt3) xP B-Q4 8 P- K4 25 B-Kt5 P-QR3 42 K-Kt4 R-KB4 0-0 16 KtxB ?xKt 9 B-K2 B_B1 26 BxKt P_QKt4 43 P_ B4 R_Kt5 17 Kt-83 QR- B1 10 P_ Kt3 27 Q_B2 Q,B 44 R_ KB1 P_R4ch 0-0 1C Q- Kt3 Q-R5 11 B_ KB4 B _Kt2 28 PxP Q_B3 45 PxP e.p. ch KxP 19 QxQP RxPch 12 KR_Ql QKt_Q2 -29 P- K5 KR_Ql 20 K_B1 R-K2 46 R_ K7 P_ R5 13 QR_ B1 Kt- R4 30 Q- Q2 B-R3 47 R- K8 K_Kt2 21 Q- B3 Kt-K3 14 B_ K3 Q_ K1 31 Q- Q5 QR-81 48 R- QRS P_QKt4 22 R_Q1 R-Q1 1!'i B-QR6 Q-B1 32 QxQ R,Q 49 R-B3 R-KtS 23 P_Q5 Kt_Kt4 16 B-K2 P_K4 33 Kt_Q4 R (3)_B1 50 K-Kt3 R-Kt8ch SPECTATOR JAMES RICARD 24 Q-Kt3 Q_ R3 17 P_Q5 P_QB4 34 P-K6 p,p Youag dlC~~I)layel ' lI enjoyed t he quick 25 P_ KR4 Kt-K5 51 K _B2 R_Kt5 adion of ten sC(: ond pl ay, 26 KbcKt RxKt Resigns 35 KtxKP Re6 igns CHESS HEV1E\\', J UNE-J ULY, 1945 7

- R,tdjof% SO"'OIO Soviet Chess Champi on Mi k hail Botvin nik (left) playing Grandmast er Sal o Flohr in t he ope ning round of the 14th USSR Cha mpions h ip T ourna me nt at Moscow on June 1st . P laye rs' names, in Russian, a ppear on cards in fo reground: Note big boards in backgroun d.

The sensation of the opening round was Botvlnnik's speedy victory Ol'el' Grandmas· tel' Salo Flohr. In a lOll ing position, F lohr BOTVINNIK LEADS sacrificed a piece, which only accelerated , his defeat. This first I·ound knock·out of a dangerous rival serl'ed warning Oil the other competitors tbat Botl'il1l1i]( was in excellent form, In the same l'Olllld, Ruda· USSR TITLE EVENT kovsky was lirst to finish with It victory over Ragozin. Lilienthal lost to Checkhover find Goldberg to Tolush. L.atvian champion ON J UNE 1ST, the October Hall of Mos­ STORY OF THE CONTEST R oblentz and Grandmaster Alexander Ko· cow's House of Trade Unions was packed t OY nlayed to a draw in an exciting game, with chess fails when play started in the by Nikolai Greko.v Grandmasters Smyslov and Dondarevsky opening round or the 14th All- Union Chess adjourned and later drew, Championship Tournament- the most Im­ ( V ia Press WireJess to CHESS REV IEW) In the second I'ound, 1>'i olll' came back pOI"tant anllllU\ sports event in t he Soviet with a smasbing vh;tory ovel' Elias Kan In Union. O n the platform of t he hall, eighteen Moscow, J une 21st: T he fOUr teenth All· 3S moves. The o nly otbel' games finished or the count ry's greatest masters were Union Chess Cham pionship 'I'OUl'lmment, so in tbis round were won by Smyslov, Bron· paired of[ and faced each othel' across the eagerly anticipated by Soviet chess fallS, s tein fi nd Kotov; the losers were R udaki/v· playing tables. Behind the contesta nts, In began in Moscow all June 1s't, T he event sky, Hagozin and Hattner. respectively. full view of the Rudlence, were giant chess· was o riginally SCheduled for May 15th but The third round was featured by Kotov's boards on which the progress of the games was postpOlled until the later date. So far, defeat of Vassily Smysiov and by tbe with· would be reproduced. Tickets to attend the e leven rounds bave been played and USSH dl'awal of Salo Flohr, The latter finished event having been sold out days in advance, Chess Champion Mikbail Botvinnik is lead· ilis game with KonstanUnopolsky but was hundreds of fans milled around the en· ing with a score of 9';6-1%. With eight taken !II and dropped out ot the tourna· trances, waiting for the first results, eager more rounds to go, the tournament wlll be ment. This narrowed the field to eighteen to question those who had been fortunate concluded on J uly 2nd. contestants. However. the original schedule enough to gain admission. T here were nineteen players in the orig· of nineteen rounds was continued, so that inal lineup. Grandmasters Botvinnik, Bon· only sixteen players competed In each Fa vorite to win was reigning champion round. One of the two remaining competl· MlkhaU Botvlnnik- and he d id not dlsal)· darevsky, £"Ioh l' , Kotov, Lilienthal and Smyslov played by Invitation, T he remain· tors had a bye; the other had been sched· point his foll owers. In the fi rst round he liled to play Flohr, knocked out Salo J.'lohr. III s llcceeding Ing thlLteen, who bad qualified from foUl' rounds he defeated two of his strongest op· preliminary tournaments in which sixty Anothe r thr Hi ing spectacle fOI" the audl· pone nts- Smyslov and Boleslavsky. Allow· playe rs took part, were AlatOl'lsev, Do le· enc\) was the fifth round contest between ing only three d raws, the cha mpion forged sla\'sky, Bronstein, Checkl\O vel', Goldberg, Botvlnnik a nd Smyslov. Psychologically, ahead a nd Imced all his competitors. At Kan, Koblentz, Konsta ll tillopolsky, Ragozln, the clla mpion had a big edge over his young the end of the eleventh rOUlid he was sU Ii RattneL', Roma no\'sky, Rudakol'sky and I·h'al. He had scored 3';6 points In the fi rst In fi r3t posit1on, 1';6 pOints a head of his 'I'olush. Veleran Romano\"sky, who tied fo ur rounds alld was In greut form. Smy· closest rival. with Kfln flml Al atol'tsev in the Moscow slol' had dL'opped a point to Kotov, lost an· preliminary section, was first disqualified other balf' point to Bondarel'sky, and had Grekov. Moscow correspondent \lllder the Sonne born·Berger tie·breaking the Black l) ieces against Botvinnik. The HEVIEW, tells tbe story of tbe system, b\lt later admitted to the finals in champion chose the strollg FOllr Knights rounds In the following wire· recognition of his fine showing and long variation of the Sial' Defense, Smyslov service to chess. made a faulty move at an early, stage, tben CHESS REVIEW, J U NE~JULY, 1945 9 , •• .... III • • • , •

played to win lit all C01l18 instend of con- and O!'iginal style, defending with stubborn ABOV E: Grandmasters Vasslly ' Smy.lov o centraUng on defenllC. T he young grand­ tenacity. he has scored 5'h- 3'h to take Jlflh .(Ieft) and Igor Bonda revsky playi ng t heir master ~a cZ' ifked IICVCI'D i l'nwIIs and tllen place In the standings. Last year, Bronstein game in t he first round of the 14th Cham· a piece In an attempt to obtain counter­ defeated Botvlnnlk: this yeal'. he Is one ot pionship at Moscow. The contest ended In chances, bu t Botvln nlk easily \mrrled t he the lucky three who succeeded In snatch· a draw. Smyslov, No.2 player of the USS R, \Im~ou nd attacks nnd won the game. Ing half a point from the leader. lost four ga mes later, is experie ncing the As this Is written, at the e nd of the elev. Seasoned tournament playel' Vladimir first setback of his bri lliant career, enth rou llu, t he standings sllow t hnt there Alatorlsev is holding down sixth placo, by have been many u j)sels and unexpected de­ \'Irtlle of two wins, ono loss a nd soven veIOI)menlS. llotl'l nn lk Is stili out In tront BELOW: Grandmaster Alexander Kotov draws. He is (ollowed by S lll yslov, then • • • but !lome or til e otber ((l\'orlles have slip· Lilienthal. The latter is not playing liP to englneer.lnventor, who is staging a great ped bad ly. I n contm!;l to the unsteady per­ his IIs ual fO l'm, comeback at Moscow. He defeated Smy.lov formance or his CO lll ll9tllors, the champion In the third round, occupied fou rth place Is playing In his usual calm, confident style Vetenlll mastel' Homanovsky, teacher ot after eleven rounds, many o! his present opponents, 1/1 putting and demonstrating most convincingly bls up a good struggle. He has scored 4- 6 and superior chen (Ilmllttcs. He hns already Is in ninth place. His game with Kan Is defeated the stmngest contenders (or tbe one the best played at tbe tournament. tltle-Smyslol' and Bolcslavsky- and has ot not lost a single game. Every game has been a bitter struggle Smyslov wus expected to pace the cham· and there bave been no "'friendly" d!'IJ.ws. pion In the race [or the tltle, but the No.2 Quite a few novelties have been introduced. player ot the USSR has sufrered a serious some- bused on careful analySis and otbors setback. In eleven "O\1nlls he has made only created In the heal of battie, Some of the a fifty pel' cent score and now occupies so,called obsolete openings have been given seventh place! Unable to recovel' from his a new lease on life, parUculady tbe Two early losses to Kotov 1\1\(1 Dotvlnnlk, the Knlgbts Defense. the Petrotr Defense IUIlI youthful contender dl 'ol>ped two mOl'e the Scotch Game. games in the latel' l'Ollll(hl. The last eight rounds wlll undoubtedly The I)rel!ent runner,up Is Isaac Doleslav· be just as exciting and thrllling as the first sky, who finished third in l(I8t year's title eleven. If Dotvinnlk maintaIns hIs present event, Although he lost to Botvlnlllk, the steady pace he will s urely retaIn his title, young Ukrainian champion has outplayed but In t his tournament, featured by III)Sets. such fOI'mldablc opponents as Alexander anything can happen, Kotov and Igor Bonuarevsky. The latter Is in third place, having lost no games but drawn many. Grandmaster Kolov Is sUl.glng a strong U.S.A.·USSR RADIO MATCH comeback. Aner a brilliant start he lost SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER two points In the ninth and tenth rounds to Boleslavsky and Lil Ienthal. Nevertheless, The U.S.A.· USSR Radio Malch (CHESS he has a score o( 7- 4 and occupies tOll rth REVIEW. toby 1945 ) will be beld In Sel)lem· place. Kotov Is a l)l)nl"ently determined to ber. Cabled Moscow on J une 10: ""Ve agree regain the prestige he lost in previouS to suggestion or U. S. Chess Fadel'allon, Hus' tournalllents In which he fini s hed near the sian Wal' ReHef, CH ESS REVIEW, to slate bottom. A gifted engineer and In ventor, he I'lidio match between chess teams ot U.S.A. has lItUe Ume for chess, devotes most ot and ussn for Septembel' 19~ 5 ... , Our his energy to his profession, In tbls tourna· radio engineers taking meIlS\II"eS to estllb· ment, however. he Is mnklng a great etrort IIsh direct radiotelephone communication and seems to have recovered bls torm. with CHESS REVIEW, - I\'an Pnpnnln, A pleasant surprise Is the excellent show· Mikhail BotvJnnJk." Ing or David Bronstein, the youngest COil.' U. S. sponsors bave suggested September lestant. who won the ijtrong Moscow sec· 1st as the stal'Ung dllte, but thIs has not tlon ot tho seml·llnals. Plnylng In a tree yet been agreed I1pon, 10 CHESS REVIEW, J UNE·J ULY, 1945 ~., oorr.(..\f!QK .. s. Tt.A:IIll MOSCOW GAMES ( Ml I ~ ) (~Clt ) V..t!l.l. .!!~a >. r ~ ~ - " . ~ 10 , &..~ QlI· I\L ,. I" ..~ M ,,, VIA RADIOfOTO :'0. ~.~ . ' .... ,•. r..\-; f. ~ . l" qJI:$ 21, :f,.,o::~:) l'3I·n . 4. h t:~· • *" I(t~ :II!, ~ ·n.l The following games are from the early rounds of the 14th USSH ...." ,. 1'~ ,." lIZ. EXCLUSIVE: Chess Cbampionship TOUI'IHlment which began on June 1st and •." '" 1) 1\. ~:' :14 . 1:1:8 was s chedule.1 to finish on J u ly 2nd. The tYpewr itten s cores of these games were trans· '. ''', ,,," ••• I"t& 'II ' lIe :16. U d;l naj, mittel! from Moscow to CHESS HEVIEW by rauio photography. ... !fot(jl t.H:N :!G . , .. ~!:~ ",." 1. \ ~ !~~ ~ tt ·~.t • ~.tI! Ilotvinnlk defeats his chief rIval. The obVIOUS move is 6 . . . B- B4, continuo ,." t ... \l l:. t . .. " QUEEN'S GAMB IT DEC L. INED ing the provocative polley of imitation. But 36. "' . ~ ,." often enough, the symmetry of such posi­ H. 1 , .(j ~ , ~ .l!:~ ( Not es by Fred Reinf eld) 3~ , ,.,. 1I- r::1 tions Is mor·e tantalizing tilan rea\. • M. Botvinnik V. S myslov For example, 6 ... D-B4; 7 P- K3, P-QR3 ... f' ~.H ..., :10. r SI sT1U r III,;, Slav De Fense. 'rhey have been analysed s o 8-K2 exhaustively that their resources for both 7 P- K 3 sides

P recise play by Smyslov In the 2nd 10 . , . . KtxKt ronnd, Dlack s hould be strlYln g to play hla QKt S ICILIAN DEFENS E to Q05, but this Is not an easy Idea to carry out. T hus If 10" . Kt- QR4 : 11 Q- D2. ( No tet by F red Re lnfeld) Kt- B5?; 12 Kt(-l)- K t5 and Dlack Is faced V. S mytlov I. Ruda koYllky wi th ruinous loss of material. White Black Let us try a di ffe rent way: 10 . . , P- QR3; F rom au overall s trategic poi nt of vIe w 1 P-K4 . , . 11 Q- B2, Kt- QR4. Dut now comes a bomb­ Black's ga me Is quite hopeless, T he K n Ight . s hell : 12 K txP!, PxK t ; 13 B- K t6 regaining In the T wenties nnd early Thirties, 1 Is unassaila ble at Q5, while the Bishop has tbe piece advantageously; tor example 13 no scope to s pea k ot. P- Q4 was the fashionable move; most of ,., Q- B3; 14 Bx Kt, K uP ; 15 K txKt, QxKt; the younger playerfl adollted 1 P- Q4 Inva r· In vie w of the da nge rs wblch will con· 16 D- Q3. Q- Q4 ; 17 B- B3 and Dlack's ce nter tro nt Black afle r the e ventual P- D6, one la bly, while /lO me or tile olde r mas ters s UIl Pawns a re permanellUy weak, Note tha t pllllled their tAi th to 1 P- R4 , In recent ..... ould e xpect him to pla y . .. P- B3, But In in this v8 rla tion, the tl'icky mo ve 14 . . , P­ thnt event, " ' hlte would ..... ork u p II power· yeau, the polmlarity of I P- K4 hu risen Qt ( threa tening iUll ta ut destruc tion with e normously, so tha t young s ta rs like S my· ful a ttack with such moves as Q- R4 Rnd , , . B- DH is satisfa (' tor il y answered by ] 5 R- D3- R3, Black would lack ma neuvering slo l' once mo re /Jpeclall ze In the favorite PxP!. P xP ; 16 D- K t6 or 15 . .. K txP; 16 K tx opening move of Morphy, Ander1l8en and s pace fo r his pieces, and hili Dlllh op .would Kt, 0- B4; 11 K t- K3, be helpless. Tchlgorln ! Had Dlack a voided the hackneyed 7 " , 1 . . . . • P_Q B4 0 - 0 , he would have hnd time to carry out 21 R- B3 K_ R1 He a"olds 1. " P- K 4, doubtless because the maneuver to post his QKt a t QD5, 22 P- B6 , , , , the Rny Lopez; Is s ti li a mean weapon In Under 'lhe ch'cums ta nccs, Dlack s hould Deglnning the tl nal phase. If now 22" , the ha nds of n formldnblo plnyer like ha ve tried 10 , . . P-QR3; 11 Q- D2, B- Q2 Dx!': 23 KtxB, P xKt ; 24 Q- R4 with a Smyslov, fo llowed by " , P- QKt4. fin ish very s imila r to ' that of the text. 12 C HESS REVIEW, J UN E-JULY, 1945 •

22 , , , p,p 0 1' 22 . . . P- Kt3; 23 Q- R4 and Black Is helpless flgflinst the threat of 24 Q-R6, Y ANOSFKY, YERHOFF TIE KIt- Rtl: 25 QxPch! etc. 23 Q- R4 KR_ Kt1 Else H- R3 decides at oncc. CANADIAN CHESS TITLE 24 KtxP R-Kt2 25 R_ Kt3! , . . . A nice point; he threatens 26 ' QxPch!!, RxQ; 27 R- KtS mate! T he 1945 Qanadian Chess Champlonsbip CANADIAN CHAMPI ONSH I P FI NA L Tour nament, held early in June at Sas· ST AN 0 1N GS 25 . . . . BxKt katoon, ended in a tie for first place between Pl;,ye r.~ - \Von Lost Drn. Pta. A dellclol1s variation is 25 . .. B- K2: 26 Able Yanofsky, defending Champion and L A . y ,,"orsky ...... , 0 3 10'h- , ~ RxR, KxR: 27 QxPch!. K xKt (or 27 . .. K­ strong favorite, a nd Frank Yerhoff, Saskat­ ,. F. Yerhorr .•..• . .. , 3 10',1, - , ~ B1; 28 Q- KtS mate); 28 Q- R6 mate. chewan tille hohler. Yerhoff, 26, owes his 3. ,. H. 1301$on · . . . .. , .. , 91h- 2% ,. :-< . Dlvillsk.'" · . . . . . 8 ", 3 9'h- 2'h 26 QxB R_KKt1 de velopment as a strong player ·to chess ; L. .\1. [)"v"l . . . , , , 7'~ _ ~'h · . . 1 1 27 R- Ql P_Q4 by' mail, and has distinguished himself In •• \\t. Hoiow "ch . . . . 3 3 6 - 5 h CHESS REVIEW postal tou rneys. The co­ 3. A. H elm an ...... ".S .3, , - 0 .Justlfled despair. S. L Rauch ...... 3 " .. 5'h- 6'h Champions made the fine score of 10%-1%, 3 3 M. T nylol' · .. . . . 3 3 , 3 28 RxP Resigns comlJrlsing In both cases nine wins, - no W. L. H. N oathy .... , ," 3 :l',,,-.- 81{, H. P. G H,,]c y ...... , , , 2~~ _ 9',1, Blflck playerl lI"it hon t It plan: 'Vblte losses a nd t bree draws. HarTY Belson 0( L. H an ..•...... , , 1 'h-l0'h executed an effective pla n with logical and 'l'OI'onto, one of the Dominion's finest play­ "13. H . ,. H ogle)" · . . . . . , '"H , - H precise moves. ers, paced the tourney until the ninth round, " when h e lost to Yerboff. The last round situation was Darticular'ly excltlng, with his two leading rivals were paired with each Yanofsky, Yerirorr and Belsoll all tied nt other! As expecte(i, Yet'boft won h Is game, while Yanofsky defeated Belson in a very N I MZO_INDI AN DEFENSE 9'h·l'h a t the commencement of play. Yer­ hard game (see belo w). Yanofsky t hus hoff had 11 favored position, being paired ( Notes by I. A. Horowitz) achieved a tic fOJ' fi rst, wh lle Belson dropped with Hegler (last in the score·table) , wh ile to third. Salo F lohr Elias Kan White Black I P-Q4 Kt-KB3 J Kt_QB3 B-Kt5 R UY LOPEZ 15 . . . , Q- K3 2 P_QB4 P-K3 4 Q- B2 Kt_ BS (Notes by F red Relnfeld ) 16 R- K1 Kt-B3 17 Kt- KtS 5 Kt- B3 P_Q4 A. Yanofsky H. Be lson P- K5 ? Wh ite Bl ack An a nti·posltlonal notion wblch leads to The usua l continuation is 5 ... 1'- Q3 witb disaster. The right move seems to be 17 a view to en(orclng an eventual .. , P- K4. 1 P- K 4 P_ K4 4 B-R4 Kt- B 3 2 Kt- K83 Kt_QB3 ... Kt- Q2, intendIng .. . Kt- B4 wI th the Idea 6 P-QR3 BxKtch 10 B- QS 8-Kt2 5 0-0 B_ K2 3 B- Kt5 of event ually occ upyin g QS. 7 QxB K t- K5 11 Q-B2 P- B4 P- QR3 6 Q-K2 . . . . 18 PxP Kt- K4 8 Q- KtJ 0 - 0 12 P-QKt3 R- B3 Nowadays a vet·y fashionable move in the 19 QKt-Q4! , , 9 P-K3 P-QKt3 13 PxP PxP Ruy. The play resulting from 6 R-Kl has . . been analyzed to excess and does not leave 14 B-Kt2 R_ R3 Illuch scope for original piny. Intimidation Is Bl ack's weapun. He defies White to castle K- slde. 6 . . , . P-QKt4 A good a lternative is 6 . . . P - Q3 ; 7 P- B3, 15 R_QB1 R_ B1 17 Q-K2 R-B1 B- Q2; 8 P- Q4, 0 - 0. 16 P-QKt4 Q- K2 1e P- Kt3 Kt-Q1 19 Kt- K 5 P-83 7 B- Kt3 P-Q3 8 P- QR4 Too conser vative. P rimed for attack, B-Kt5 9 P-B3 , , Black should attempt ... I'- K Kt4-B5. . . P reven ting 9 ... Kt- Q5 a n d preparin g fO l' 20 0 - 0 Kt-Q3 P- Q4 in due course. 21 P- K t 5 P-B4 22 Px~ PxP 9 . • . • 0 - 0 10 R_Q1 P-Q4 !? He wants to forestal[ \Vh[te's con tem· platc(\ P-Q'\. 11 PxP . , . . T his gives Black too much freedom. Rein· 19 . . . QxP feld·Reshevsky, Syracuse, 1934, continued Belson harl Intended ]9 ... RxKt, but after with the more solid 11 P- Q3 and White 20 KtxR, Q- Kt3; 21 Kt- B3, P- Kt6: 22 P - R5 soon obtained the be tter ga me. Black's pl'essure gradually peters out. 11 . . . . Kt- QR4! 20 QxQ KtxQ 12 B_ B2 QxP 21 Kt-86! . , . , Black has a fine, free game, but h is KP This powe rful move turns the tide In Is It bIt shaky. White's f~.vor . If now 21 .. . R- K1; 22 D­ 13 P- Q3 P-Kt5 Kt3 and Ulack is soon driven back all along t he lIne. He wants to r ule out the possibility of his QKt being exposed to a ttack througb 21 . . . . R-Q2 i'xP in the event that h is QR leaves the QR 22 B_ K t3 BxKt 23 PxB K t- Kt3 23 RxP ! Kt- B5 tile. However, the text makes Black's P awn 27 Q- R5 RxReh 24 P-K5! QKt_Q4 24 RxKt! P,R 28 QxR K t _ K 3 position even more insecure. 13 .. . Kt- Kt6 : 25 BxPeh K - R1 29 Q-R5 K_Kt1 14 ExKt, QxB : 15 QKt- Q2, Q- Q4 suggests The game Is over. If 24 ... K t- R4; 25 P- 26 R-Q1 R- Q3 30 B-83 R_Q1 Itself here wIth n. promising game for Black. K6 Is decisive. Thel'e [s no good way to re lease th e 14 QKt- Q2 KR_Q1 25 PxKt B,P 32 RxKBP K _ R1 26 R_Q1 Kt_ Kt3 B_B6 pinned Knight. Black now Quickly collapses And here H ... K R- Kl would be in order, 33 P-B4 under the pressure of the Bishops. t'eserving the Q file for the QR 27 RxR KtxR 34 RxBP R-Q1 28 B- K 3 B,P 35 R_ R7 R-Q3 31 Kt-86 BxKt 33 Q-R6 R_Q3 15 P- B4 .. , . 21"1 R- Q1 Kt_K4 36 K _ B1 K_R2 32 PxB P-Kt3 34 B-Kt4 R_Q8cn Since this leaves t he QP horribly weak 30 KtxKt BxKt 37 K-K2 K _Kt3 Th e splle check! Black reSigned before Yanofsky mllst have been very sure of h Im­ 31 R- Q7 P_R3 38 B_B4 K-B3 his 0PIJOnent replie d. self to ventu re on this move. 39 RxRP Resigns CHESS REVIEW , _JUNE_JULY, 1945 13 have been '13 PxP, KtxP; 14 KtxKt, QxKt; J5 P- B4 or 13 Q- B2 or 13 TI- I

THE GHEA'l' Polish master i\Ioishe (Miguel and 13th r espectively. .Tullo TIolbochan to the South Americans) Najdorf has won made the best score for the ArgentInIans his fourteenth first prize by topping a fine after Pilnik, tying the Gel'man master field In the eighth international tournament Michel with 914·6%. Hight at t heir heels, at Mar del Plata, held from March 12th to with 9·6, came ilL Luckis, Lithuanian master 2Stil. Like Hastings, Margate and Ventnor, who has illcrcHsed his playIng skill enOl"' the beautiful Argentine seaside resort has mously in the course of the wartime South beeollle the site of lUI annnal classic to Amcrkan tourneys, and Hector Hossetto, which ehcss fallS look forward eagerly for 22·year old Argentine Chilmpion, Carlos a thrilling struggle. This year's tourney Gulmal'd, former Al'gentine Champion, had was 110 clI:ception, for Najdorf came Ollt only to retire after the ninth round because of half a point ahead of the two masters, Stahl· illn e~s . His remaining six games wen} for· berg and Pilnik,' whose names always feited. Ilppcar in close proximity to his in every South Amet'lcan Tournaments have been store·table ~ notable for the lively brand of chess pro· 13 Q-Kt1! • • • This is Najdor('s fourth victory In the duced, :l.!IrI this year's Mar Del Plata tour· A hIghly intel'estillg continuation. As 14 Mar Del PInta contests, for he took first ney was llU exception. Two of the m ost Q- K ·j would create a very ullcomfortable prize outright ill ]942 and 1943 and tied interesting games, with notes by Fred Rein· situation for DJack, there are only two PHn!k for top honors in the 1944 event. feld, Hre !)1'esented on these pages. moves which dese rve practical con~ldera. Najdol"f has gained immcnse IJresUge from Uon: 13 ... Px!' or 13 ... P- K5. Hegal"(lless of their respe~tive merits, it is clear that his play in South AIllCl'ican tournaments, White stands to g:lin here enolmonsly in a and it is interesting to spcculate on what he QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED psychological senso : either disposition of can accolllillish in large·scale tournaments M. Najdorf R. Sangu inetti the KP leads to n defInitive line or play­ when they are again re8umed on an inter· White Black Black will no longer bo able to retrace his nation,!! basis, His chief rIval, Stahlberg, steps. 1 P- Q4 P-Q4 7 R-B1 P-B3 stated In a recent Interview that Najdorf 2 P-QB4 P- K3 8 B- Q3 p,p Thus, he made his twelHh move with a was of world championship caliber- a nah'e Kt- KB3 9 BxP Kt-Q4 feeling of deep satisfaction at having "fin. compliment from the Swedish master who ,! ~~K~~ 3 B-K2 10 BxB Q,B nlly" solved the I'iddle of this variation. TInt lias finished closely bunched with Najdor! 5 P- K3 QKt-Q2 11 0-0 KtxKt after 13 Q- Ktl! Black is confronted wilh a ill so many tournaments that what Is true 6 Kt-B3 0-0 12 RxKt P_ K4 bn.fI'ling problem, Before making his t hir. of olle player is true of the other! teenth move, he fears that he may make A YHl'ialion as "old as the hills." Appal" the wrong choice; having made his thir· Th e fairly even gradation of scores in the ently ve ry simple, in reality it a bounds in teenth move, he Is likely to be plagued for final standings (below) implies a tense fight finesses. Blank has played c:ollslstently to the J"e~t of the game by the fenr that he all the way. As In other SOllth Americall free himself with ... 1'- K1, and having has made the wrong choIce! achieved this vital strategical objective, he tourneys, Argentino masters made by far s hould now Ih 'e happily ever after. 13 . . . . P_ K5 the best sbowing among the South Ameri· However, tbe mastcrs have devoted a As a matter of fact, It Is difficult to say can players; R. LeteHer (former Chilean great de al of thought to the problem of whether Black's decIsIon Is right or wrong" Champion) and FleurQuill (tormer Ur uguay· how to creute complications in this seem· The lext has the drawback of allowing an Champion) could do no better t han 12th ingly simple position. Among t he attempts W hite to obtain strong Queen·side pressure' l coupled with the 1,1tel' advance of \Vhite's Queen·side Pawns to force the opening of u 8TH INTERNATIONAL llIe in that sec tor, l TIut 13 .. . P x P; 11 PxP \\'ould also have l , ullsatisfactol'y features fot· mack: White would get the K file for his Hooks. and in addition ho woul(\ have attacking prospects • by swingIng hIs QR to the Klng·side . Black's development would proceed on I)rublematical Hnes, while White would have a ll his forces well posted. Standings 14 Kt-Q2 Kt-B3 15 P-QKt4! .... Had \ Vllite played the more natlll'al 13 Q- B2 (instead of 13 Q- Kt1!), the text would have requh'ed additional prepal'ation. 15 . . . . P-QR3 16 KR-B1 B-Kt5 16 ... B- Q2 would have been bellel". The text eventually results In the Dishop's be: iug unable to render any lIserul service to the menaced Queen·slde.

17 P- QR4 ! • • • • This is the strategy which has been em· ployed so successf\llly by Flohr, rteshevsky and other modern masters. After a further advance of White 's PawlIs, Dlack will eventually be left with a yulnerable Pawn 011 the Queen·side. 17 . , . . QR_Q1 14 CHESS REVIEW, JUNE ~ .JULY, 1945 lllack's defense is wenk, Playing a /look unsatisfaetot'y aspects, but It takes a g ood to the QU file 1I'0ul(\ hnve offered better playel' to demonstrate its weak points. chance s, 3 Kt_QB3 B- Kt2 18 P-R3 B_ R4? Nowadays 3 .. , P - Q4 is t he preferred Ami here J~ " , U- 13J was preferable, move or most of the great masters. But Anel' the ulll'urtunate text, the Bishop is the text is part of Najrlorr's plan. out of play for the remainder 01' the game, 4 P- K 4 P- Q3 19 P- K t5 RPxP The slmiliest way to obtain an e;.;cellent 20 PxP P_ B4 game fOL" White Is to continue 5 P- KKt3, If he waits for White to captnre first he 0 - 0; 6 B-Kt2, QKt- Q2; 7 KKt- K2, P- K4; will be left with a weak QBi' or QKtP, 8 0 - 0 . In this variation, White has all the 21 K t- K t3! PxP play and a lasting Illltlf\tive: he can con· tinue with P- Q5 followed by P - D'l, Ol' he He has no choice: if 21", P- QKt3; 22 can let the center remain In a 1l11Jd s tate Pxl>, I'xP; 23 Klxl'!, (~xKt?; 2~ BxPch and wins, and fianchetto his QB. Black's position looks good enough for the moment, but he has 22 K txP , , , , a setup which is rather barren or long· term 9 , . , , P_Q K t4 ! ! possiblilUes. In the master practice of the last twcnty·tlve years, the results have For If 10 KtxP. KtxKP!; 11 BxKt, H- K1 consistently favored White. ~or 10 13x1'. KtxKP!: 11 KtxKt, Q- IHeh; 12 Kt- B3, llxKlch; 13 P;.;B, QxD. In either 5 P- B4?! , . . . event. llIaek l'f) cover's the piece advantage· ously, 10 P- K S , , , . \\'hite has the (,011 rage of h is convictions! However, this iHll'ance, lhough logical, is faulty, as will be seen. 10 . . . . PxP 11 PxP Kt_ KtS Not 11 . . . KtxP?; 12 I3- K4, K txKt: 13 Q;.;Q. HxQ : 14 PxKt( of course, .H BxR? wOlild be answered b}' .. . [{- QSch etc.), with a decisive material gain fOl' White. White has achieved his strategical aims: 12 B-Kt5 he will Jlave control of the QU file, he wm The eXl;hitllge of Dlack's QKtl' f01" the soon be able to attack the QKtP, his Knight White K I) (12 BxQKtP, l- B5, Bl?: 23 i1xPch), If 22" , Kt- Q4; 23 UxJ

TRIAL BY CLOCK More enterprising than the alternative 10 Q- Q3 , 0 - 0 ; 11 QKt- Q2, P- D4; ]2 PxP e.p., Ktx o evaluate a new vf\l"iation cOlTect l~ ' is an extremely P(ll3); 13 Kt- Kt5, on which diflicult task for a chess mastel'. We a ll know that L ajos Steiner has p roposed t he T i1lgeniolls drawing line 13 .. . theoretical analysis can go a long way, :vet no matter j{t- K4!; 14 Q- K t3, Q- Q3; 15 how much we analyze the feeling always I"cmnins that It- K I (or 15 K txB, QxKt; 16 something may have been overlooked. So despite all the R-KI, Kt(ll3)- Kt5; 17 , Kt- K4, Kt- D5! ! IIml O1a<:k wins), fix excitement, the nervousness and the inevitable miscalcu­ P<:h!!; J6 QxO, Kt(K4)- Kt5; lations of a tournament game, it (plu s the post-mortem) 1 j Q- R4, Q- Kt3ch: 18 K-lU, will almost certainly be a morc reli able meaSU1"e of the Kt- D7<:h; and neither side has lillie lo win. merits of It move than ally a prim"; analysis. 10 . . . . 0 - 0 Ploe-analysis is less useful than it might be because 11 B-B2 . . , . the final results may be inconclusive, despite all the time The re Is no cogent reason why White should p revent the spent on it; because much of such analysis is based on sacrifice; on 11 Q- K2, KtxKt : rathel" impractical "geHeraJ principles"; and because 12 J3 xKt. IJ - Kt5 Black h:l8 :I I· some positions arc so involved that even the most detailed ready achieved equality. analysis is indecisive. So we always come b~ck to the court of last resort- trinl by clock, a test of two first­ Grandmaster Reuben Fi ne class masters under to urnament conditions. Of the many open ing ideas which have appeared in due to the congestion of his pieces , It has been snggested the war years, the Dilworth variation in the Ruy Lopez that he should tl'y lo relieve is one of the most interesting and-if sound- impol-tant. h imself at the expense of a First suggested by the English amatelll' Dil worth in Pawn with elther 13 Kt- Ol or 13 Kt- Kt3 .However, the extra 1942, it has since been considered at great length by Rit­ Pawll s eellls to be enough to SO li Morry, Pinkus, Purdy and others. There hns been give Dl :wk a satlsfa.<:tory game, on ly one tournament test, and that was in conclusive. e;g., .1 3 cKt:-1I1, OxHch : .1-1 ~xD' 1 1 xl, .I.) h.-Ktl , B- KI,S, 16 B­ Despite all the work done, no final decision can be reach­ Kt3, Kt- KZ: 11 B- Kt5, P-B3; ed without further trials by clock, although the burden of 18 Kt- K3, 13xKt; In PxB, K-Rl, proof is on Bl ack to prove t he SOll ndness of the sacrifice· with somewhat beller pros· 11 . . . . KtxKBP I1 pe<:ts, or 13 K t- Kt3, BxHch: 14 The game in which the variation was {h'st tried: This is the Dilworth varia· KxB, PxP: .15 K - I

LATE FLASH! Mikhail Botvinnik, 3·1, r e- in the 7th ILIllIUILI inyitlLtion event at VelltnoL' ker did 110t compete in the Speed Toumey taine d h is title as chcss City, N, .T., conduded on July 9th. New bCPiLu se he was g-iving an exhlhitlon at the I;halllpion of the USSIt when he finishcd in York's Sanlasiere placed second. 11. S. Ama­ Sl"arSllale Golf Club on June 2,1 ..... Indiana first place at the I; oncl usion of the 14th teur Champion E. S. Jackson Jr. and Phila· defeated Illinois in a team matcJI at Logans· USSlt Championshil) 'I'OUl'I\ament on July delphia's BernaI'll Keltz tied ror third and port on .June 17 . . ... Germantown Yl\ICA 2nd at Moscow. Dotvinnik lost no games, fourth. (Full details, pictnres and games teams captUred both d!vlsions of the second allowed only four dr<1ws, ended with a scor'es In the next issue,-Ed,) half of Philadelphia's Industrial League score of 15-2. a clcar three points ahead chnmplonship ... .. In a three·game playoff for the 1945 title of the Germantown YMCA of his closest rival. Hunne r-up was Ukrain­ • ,Vashing-ton's Fedel'al Chess Clnb is so ian Champion Isaac Doleslavsky, 25, who Club. E. Arkless troul1eed C. Bheams 2·1. keenly intereste d in the forthcoming Soviet· · ... . The seventh annual tournament of tire scored 12·(; and was given title of Grarul· Ameripan radio match that the member's master. Third prize went to youngster' David ]'elLl1sylvania Chess li'ederation is sche(]uled are attempting to obtain sponsorship of a for September ]·3 at the Hotel Sylvania. Bronste in. Fourth, fifth and sixth shared by plan to u'ansmit the moves from the New Bondarel'sky, Kotol' and KonstantinopolHky. I'hii;ulelphia .. . .. The J945 Alba ny CC title York 111aying room to an auditorium in Smy~lov finighed tenth. (These final rcs ults WilH won by A. Bngel, former CCNY player \Va~hillg ton s o that an audience there can received via Press Wirelcss from our eorres· follow the match on exhibition boards. · .... Toront o's Spring Chcss Fe stival on pomlent in Moscow as we go to press, Mor'e ]\]ay 1,~ altrncted a big audielLCe, Featured details in the next issue. l<~ or story of early simultaneolls exhlb!tions by 'V. Kenyon, rounds, see page 9.- Ed.J • From hare and there· we learll that .. ... C. A. Crompton, S. W. Stock, J, S. Morrison • S. 'r, Shan) won the ]945 Chrllllpionship of and A. Aver)" a three·game simultaneollS Philadelphia's Fr'anklln Chess Club, with ,liSI)la), by H. Belson amI exhibitions of • Dr. Max Euwe of HollarHI has sU1"vl\'ed D. F , Winkelman as runneNrp, followed by the Nazi occupation and Is in good health. C. F. Bauder third 'and Isaac Ash Fourth", progressive rapid transit chess by H. Hidout al,conling to a letter /'eceived by Heuben , . Phlladelphia defeated Queens !n a team iLiHI S. E. Gale . ... . The challll/ionship of li'ine from the former \\'01'](1 champion, l~\lwe match ,lt Lakewood, N. J . on May 27 ... To ronto's West l ~ ]nd CC went to \V. Kenyon would like to visit Ure United Statcs and .. A TOllrist~' Chess Congress will be staged · .. , , Nineteen plnyerll took part in a. double­ J:"ive an e xhibition tOllr'. He repo,'ts that lit Hillc rest Lodge, Hall'S Lake, Ont., Aug­ roulld tourney for the ehalllpionlihip of Mo· Paul Keres is in Swede n, Alekhine still in ust J3·19. the winner of each six·man section bile , Ala., won by 1.t. Frank FelTymun with Spain. to receive a free week's holiday; others to 3·1·2 .. , .. On May 231"(1, Heuben F! ne lectured Imy only Sl8 [01' food and 10,lging; for at the 'Vashington Chess Divan on hiS detailS, write George Coyue , H 8 Willard • Outstaruling slimmer' event of 1945 is the Hnssian trill in 1937, demonstrating his Ave., Tor·onto ..... tlre 1945 New England victories over J,ilienthal, Bondarel'llky and Pan American Chess Congress, to be helel Championship will be at the EllIS' Andi· at the Hollywood Athletic Club, Los An· toriulll. Attle boro, Mass., August 31 to nudo .... . The Association of geles, from July 29th to August J2th (not September' 3; flle e ntries with John Sten· Chess Clubs Is planning a course of chess Pasadena, as elTol1eol1sly reported last berg, cal'C l'lastimold Inc., Gl Union Street, InstL'tlCtion for "Clress for the 'Vounded" month). The cooperfltion of movie producel's Attleboro .. ... V, S. Champion Arnold Den- volunteers, and SUlrS (see front cover and Cl1t on this IJage) means that the Congress will rece ive wide publicity. 'rhe partlt;iIHltioll of chess stars of the first magnitlHle will also Insllre Chessplaying m 0 vie its SIl{"(,e8!1. U. S. masters Hel1ben Fine, 1. A. stars (see front cover) Horowitz. Isaac Ka~hrlnn, Albert S. Pinkus, will aid and sponsor Edward Lasker aud Pfe, Herbert Seidman the forthcoming Pan have agreed to play in the main tOUr/lll111ellt, American Chess Con­ provided they are able 10 obtain tmn.'\J)orta­ gress at Los An geles. tion to the 'Vest Coast. From other coun· Charles Boyer and tr'ies, the following players nave accel/ted Humphrey Bogart, pic. i!wltaUol1s: H ector Hossetto and Jacobo tured at the right with Bolbo~han of Argentina; Dr. Walter O. Cru?, chessmaster Her man mId J. Souza Mendes of Brazil; Julio Salas Steiner are both keen antI i\lariano CaUlio of Chile; Alfredo Ii'. chessplayers and are Ollvero of Uruguay; Major J. J, Araiza and helping to publicize the ,Joaquin Camerena of Mexico; Dr. Alfredo Congress, Bogart, who Broder'mann of Cuba; Abe Yanofsky of is a Director of the Canada, In addition to the big tonrnament, U . S. Chess Federation there will be contests [OL' ladies, amatenrs, aod of the California collegiate and high school teams, milital'Y S tat e Chess Associa­ teams, An credit to chessmaster H erman tion, w i ll ac t as Master Steiner, the California State Chess Assoc· of Ceremonies. Boyer lation, the Los Angeles Times and Holly· and other famous stars wood's movie iwlustry for sponsoring this will attend and open IrlstOI'y·making event. the daily rounds of the mas t e r t ournament, Other stars will p lay • Weaver W. Adams of Boston sl;ored his in the "living ch ess firs t success in a masters' tournament, out· game." side or Kew England, when he finished flr'st I'halo b) P,1I Ciar/: , IF a'"'' 8.01, 18 CHESS REVIEW, J UNE- JULY, 1945 ES FRO RECENT EVENTS }<'rom the 1945 Indiana Cham pionshIp, The Mar del Plata, 1945 defonding Champion displays good tech­ QUEEN'S PAWN GAME n ique In It nicely played Rook alld Pawll H. Rossetto M. luckis endIng. White Black GRUNFELO DEFENSE 1 P-Q4 Kt-KB3 14 Kt_Kt3 P- K5 Van Benten B. C. J e nkines J. 2 Kt- KB3 P-QKt3 15 B_K2 p,p While Black 3 P-K3 8-Kt2 16 BxP 8 - B4 1 P-Q4 Kt-KBS 21 P-Q R4 P_Q R4 4 B-Q3 P-B4. 17 R_B1 R- B1 2 P-QB4 P_KKt3 22 P_ KR4? P_ R4 5 QKt-Q2 P-K3 18 B_ Kt4 B,B 3 Kt_QB3 P_Q4 23 P_ Kt3 8 _ 81 60-0 B_K2 19 QxB R,R 4 PxP KtxP 24 8-81 R- Kt6 7 P_QKt3 0-0 20 RxA Kt-B3 5 P-K4 KtxKt 25 K_B2 B_ Kt5 8 B-Kt2 P-Q4 21 B_K6ch K_R1 6 PxKt B_ Kt2 26 R-R2 8 _86 9 Kt_K5 QKt-Q2 22 Q-KS P_Q5 7 P_ KB4 P-QB4 27 a-K3 R-KtS 10 P_KB4 Kt·-K5 23 PxP R-K1 8 Kt-8S B_ Kt5 28 B- Q2 BxB 11 P-84 P- B3 24 Kt_B5 B-Q4 9 B_ K2 BxKt 29 RxB RxRP 12 BPxP PxKt 25 KtxP KxKt 10 BxB p,p 30 K-K3 R-Kt5 13 KtxKt P (3)xP 26 R-B7ch Resigns 24 Q_K5? Q-KtS 34 B-K4 K-Q3 11 P-K5 Kt-8S 31 R-QB2 R-Kt6ch 25 P_Kt3 Q,B 35 K-Q3 P-B4 12 BxKtch P,B 32 K-B2 P-R5 26 QxQch K,Q 36 B-B3 P-K4 13 PxP 0-0 33 R-B8ch K-Kt2 27 PxB P_83 ! 37 8-R5 Kt-Q4 14 0-0 R-Ktl 34 R_Q RS P-R6 28 P-BS P- Kt4 38 B-K8 K-B2 15 B- K3? Q-Q4 35 K-Kt2 R_Kt7ch 29 B-Q3 Kt_B2 39 Kt_Q7 Kt-Kt5ch 16 Q_S3? R_Kt7 36 K_R3 P_ R7 30 Kt-Kt8 P- KR3 40 K_B3 KtxBP 17 QxQ? P,Q 37 R-R7 K- Bl 31 K_B1 K-B2 41 Kt-BS Kt_Q5 13 R-82 KR-Ktl If White marks time, 32 K- K2 K-K2 42 Kt-Kt8 K_Q1 19 RxR R,R Black brings h i s K to 33 P-B6 B_B1 Draw agreed 20 K-81 P- K3 QKtl, then to QKtS.

On June 23. Reuben Fine gave a si mul· taneOIlS exhlbltlon at t he M arshall Chess Club, winding up with the score of 20 wins, 2 losses and 3 draws. As a curtain raiser to the e):hlbl tion. he played two games blindfold at the rate or 'ten If 26 . .. R- K2; 27 Q-Kt5ch , K - B1; 28 ~imultalle ollsly see onds a move. Here are the games. played QxKt p.h etc. If 26 . , . K- Rl; 27 H- B8! Q­ with all of Fine·s famOliS sk!11 In this novel H.xHch, QxR; QxKt mate. If K2; 28 29 26 form or competition: .. , K - H3; 27 Q- Kt5 mat e. If 26 ... K - B l; 27 H- fi7ch etc. CARO·KANN DEFENSE R. Fi ne M. Finkelstein White Black 1 P_ K4 P-QB3 15 Kt- K5 P_B4 The retul'n match bet ween teams rep· 2 P- Q4 P_Q4 16 PxP p,p 3 Kt- QB3 p,p 17 P_B4 P- Kt3 33 P- Kt4 R- Kt6ch 50 K-B3 R-K6ch resenting Illinois and ·Wisconsln played In 4 KtxP Kt- Q2 18 Kt-Kt4 KtxKt 39 K-Kt2 p,p K_B4 P-K4ch May at the Viking Athletic Club III Chicago, 51 5 Kt-KB3 KKt- B3 19 QxKt Q_B3 40 RxP R-KB6 52 K-Kt4 K- Kt2 ended In victory for the former by u. score 6 B-Q3 KbKt 20 P- B5 p,p 41 R_R4 R,P 53 R_ K6 P-Q6 of 7·2, 7 BxKt Kt-B3 21 B,P QR-Q1 42 K- Kt3 R-K5 54 P_R5 PxPch I11lnols WIsconsin 8 B-Q3 P-K3 22 B-B2 Q-B1 43 K-B2 K_Kt2 55 KxP P- K5 1. A. Sandrln ___ % A. Powers ___ __ % 90_0 B-K2 23 Q-Kt3 KR_K1 44 K_Kt3 K-R3 ' 56 K-Kt5 R-K7 2. S. Factor __ __ 0 h R. Ayers ___ _ 1 10 Q-K2 24 Q-KS 45 A-R7 AxQP 57 K_B5 P_Q7 0 - 0 P- B3 3. I ~ . J. Isaacs __ % R. C. Silullson __ 'h 11 P-B4 P-QKt3 25 RxP RxRch 46 AxP R_K5 58 R- K7ch K- B1 .1. A. Mal'golls __ 1 A. Surg les ______0 12 B- Q2 B-Kt2 26 BxR B,R 47 R- B6 R,P 59 R_Q7 P- K6 5. .T . \vinter __ __ 1 G, Tufts ______0 13 QR- Q1 R_B1 27 QxB 48 KxP R_ K5ch 60 K_B4 R_ K8 Q- Q2 6. M. Cohen __ __ 1 W. Banerdt __ __ _ 0 14 B-B3 Q- B2 28 Q- R8 ch K-B2 49 K- Kt3 P_Q5 Resigns 7. E. Stauffer __ _ 1 H. Svance ______0 29 QxPch Resigns S. M. Kasslan ___ 1 n. Loewy ______0 P. Dobies ______0 9. S. N eugebauer -1 - The following game was awarded the 7 2 prIze for the Best Played Game in the J945 NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE Wiscon sin derived some consolatlon from District of Columbia Championship. Reuben R. Fine P. Robey defeating llIinole 4·3 In the Junior Class Fine was the judge and 1. S. Turover the Match. W hite Black donor. 1 P_Q4 Kt-KB3 18 P-B3 Kt-Q3 BUDAPEST DEFENSE QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECI...INED 2 P-QB4 P-K3 19 B-Kt4 P- QR4 B_Kt5 H. Burdge E. Nash A. Powers A. Sandrin 3 Kt- QB3 20 KtxKP PxKt 4 Q_Kt3 Q_Q2 Black P- B4 21 BxKt White White Black Kt_B3 5 PxP 22 P-QKt4 • Q-K1 1 P-Q4 Kt_KB3 12 KtxKt BxKt 1 P_Q4 P-Q4 13 P-QKt3 P_QKt3 6 Kt_B3 Kt_K 5 23 Q_Kt3 P-R5 2 P-QB4 P- K4 13 B_Kt5! P- KB3 2 P_QB4 P-QB3 14 B-Kt2 B_Kt2 7 B_Q2 KtxQ8P 24 Q- K3 Q-B2 3 PxP Kt-K5 14 B-B1 P-B4 3 Kt-QB3 Kt-B3 15 PxP Q,P 8 Q-B2 . P-B4 25 QxKtP B_R1 4 Kt_Q2 Kt-B4 15 P-KR4 B-K3 4 Kt-B3 P-K3 16 QR-Q1 QR_Q1 9 P-QR3 BxKt 26 P-KtS KR_K 1 5 KKt-B3 Kt-B3 16 B-Kt5 Q_Q2 5 P-K3 QKt-Q2 17 Kt-K5 R,R 10 BxB 0-0 27 Q-R7 Q_B3 6 P-KKt3 .Q-K2 17 Kt-B6ch BxKt 6 B-Q3 B-K2 18 RxR R- Q1 11 P-KKt3 P-QKt3 28 Q-Q4 Q-B2 7 B-Kt2 P-KKt3 18 8xB KR_B1 70-0 0-0 19 RxRch B,R 12 B-Kt2 B-Kt2 29 B-Kt4 Kt-Kt3 8 Kt-QKt1! KtxP 19 B_Kt5 B,P 8 P-K4 PxKP 20 Q- Q3 B-K2 13 0 - 0 R_Bf 30 P- BS B-Q4 9 0 - 0 P_Q3 20 Q- Q4 Q- K3? 9 KtxP KtxKt 21 Kt- Q7 Q-KR4 14 KR_Q1 Q_B2 31 P- B6 B-Kt6 10 Kt_B3 B_Kt2 21 KR- Bl B- R3 10 BxKt Kt- B3 22 Q- Kt3 Kt- K1 15 QR- BI Kt- K5 32 A-Q2 P_K4 11 Kt- Q5 Q-Q1 22 ~-Q 5 Q_Q2 11 B-B2 Q-B2 23 BxKtP B_R5 16 B_K1 If; Kt-K2 33 Q_Q7 Q- B3 23 RxKt! Resigns 12 Q-K2 P_B4 Now 2·1 Q- Kt8! wIns. 17. Kt- Q4 P- QR3 34 P_Kt 6 Res igns CHESS REVIEW, JUNE-JULY, 1945 19 N w LIGHT ON THE OPENINGS In the McCutcheon Variation, a valuable improvement was discove red in \Vhite's by Alexander Kotov play: Boleslavsky lis itsyn 1 P_K4 P- K3 and Mikhail Yudovic:h 2 P- Q4 P- Q4 3 Kt_QB3 Kt_KB3 PART THREE 4 B- Kt5 B- Kt5 5 P- K5 P_ KR 3 6 B-- Q2 Bx Kt In this series, the most important opening innovatiom 7 Px B Kt- KS played a.t the thirteenth USSR Championship Tour­ 8 Q-Kt4 P- KK t3 nament, Moscow 1944, are outlined and explained by two 9 9_Bl! • • • • of the leculing younger Soviet masters. Both over-the­ Not new, but ver y logical. board and postal players will find this series interesting 9 . . . • P-QB4 and imtructive. Part 4 wIll appear in the next issue. 9 ... KtxQBP ; 10 Kt- B3, P - QB4: 11 PxP is promising for \Vhite. as his Bishops have great striking power. Yet this is the only chance Black has for equality. Instead, FRENCH DEFENSE 13 Kt- B4 KtxKt Llsitsyn relies on standard analysis, which 14 Qx Kt Kt-K2 proves inadequ ate. - ThIs opening is now the subject of violent 15 P-R4 B, P controversy which atl"ects its most basic 16 P- R5 Q-Kt4 ! 10 B- Q3 assnmptions. Some players, among them 11 Kt_ K2! Smyslov, hold ·the view that the French Black has a dangerous Initiative on the 12 0-0 Defense cannot provIde Black wIth a satis­ Queen- side. 13 BxKt factory solutlon to h Is opening tasks. Bot· (I<' or full score and notes, see CHESS vlnnik, on the other hand, often plays thts REVIEW, June-July, 1914, P. 16.) defense, even on the most crucial occasions. For this reason their individual game was unusually absorbing. Lilientha l Ragozi n 1 P-K4 P- K3 Smyslov Bot v innik 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 1 P_ K4 P- K3 S Kt_QB3 B-Kt5 2 P- Q4 P- Q4 4 P- KS P-QB4 3 Kt- QB3 B-Kt5 5 P- QRS BxKtch 4 P- K5 P-QB4 6 P x B Kt_ K2 5 P-QR3 , Bx Ktch 7 Kt- B3 B_Q2 6 PxB Kt_K2 8 P- QR4 Q_R4 7 P_QR4 . . . . 9 B- Q2 P- B5 When his opponents omit this move. Bot­ 10 P_Kt3! • • • • vinnik genet'ally blockades the Queen's wing This move had been tested previously with . . , Q- R4 - 5 or ... B- Q2- R5. in a number of games in the match-tolH'na­ 7 . . . • QKt- B3 ment for the absolute USSH Championship in 1941. 8 Kt-B3 Q-R4 Tile textbooks claim that after 14 QxKP, 9 B-Q2 The fianchetto of White's RB according to • • • • Nimzovitch, is undoubtedly the best means Kt- B3; 15 B-B4, Kt-K2! Black has an easy After 9 Q- Q2 Black, If he wishes, can of attacking the hase of Black's Pawn chain, game. Boleslavsky's next move gives the simplify with 9 . .. D- Q2; J O B- R3, PxP; 11 the KP. ' . game a wholly differe nt turn, however. PxP, QxQch ; 12 KxQ, Kt- D4 with a p robable 10 . . . _ B_ B3 - 14 Kt-Kt3! ' draw (Kan-Botvinnik, Sverdlovsk, 1943). · . . - 11 B-R3 Kt_Q2 This virtually cripples Black's resistance. 9 . . . . P- B5 12 0 - 0 Kt- QKt3 The Kuight heads for the wflak hla~k 13 Kt_ R4 Kt xP squares RB6 and Q6 via K4, with decisive Hisky. effec t. 14 P- B4 · . . - 14 . . . . Kt- B3 Very str ong, as will be seen. 15 KtxP KtxP 16 Q- Kt3 14 .. _ . P-KKt3 · . - - Black SOOIl succumbed to' a deadly attack. (Fot· full score and notes, see CHESS REVIEW, Jalluary 1945, P . 8)

MOSCOW DEFENSE The defense 1 P- K4, Kt- KB3 was invented and first employed In tournament games by the Moscow player M. Klyatskin in 1920. Since then t his ope ning has frequently appeared In Moscow tournaments; Moscow masters contributed their share to the de­ 1. Position after 9 ... P- B5. velopmeut of thIs opening. Therefore we consider it appropriate to name it the 10 Kt-KtS , . . . "Moscow Defense." In our opinion, this maneuver Is not best. We feel certain t)1at our American friends More energetic Is 10 Kt- R4, In order to will understand the sentiments of Soviet proceed with a Pawn orfenslve by means of chess players on this point. We urge them to study the history of this defensive system, P- B4- 5 after 11 P - Kt3 and 12 B-R3 (as In and give it Ii name which is in accord with the next example). In the game t here 15 P-BS!! KPxP followed : 16 p_ Kt4! the place of Its invention and initial • • • • theoretical and practical development - in 10 . . . . P-KR3 White has a very promising game. (For preference to the name of the player who 11 Kt- RS Kt- KtS full score and notes, see CHESS HEVIEW, took It abroad In "ready-made" form and 12 Q-B3 B_Q2 June-July, ]944, P . 6) was, Incidentally, the first to employ it In 20 CHESS REVIEW, J UNE-JULY, 1945 an International tournament (Budapest, 8 P- R3! , , . , White threatens QxP as well as the power· 1921) . Stronger than 8 P - KKt3, Kt- QD3; 9 B­ ful thrllst P - Q5. Mikenns plays this defense In a masterly QKt5, Q- Q2; 10 Q- K4, B- D4 and Black has 7 P I( B P-QKt4 way that has bl'ought him some enviable a good game (Rubinstein - Spielmann, 8 B-K2 P._ Q B4 successes. Take his game with Boleslavsky, Moscow. 1925). in which the latter proceeded along the The Ukrainian Champion simply Intends This defensive system will have to be lines oC a well-known game Tartakover­ to play P- B4 without allowing . .. Kt--Kt5 tested In practical play. 'l'akacs, Budapest, 1926: in reply. 8 0leslavsky Mikena s s . . . . K t - QB3? 1 P- K 4 Kt-KB3 2 P-K 5 K t-Q4 A milltake. Correct was S ... Kt- Q2; 9 Alatortsev often plays a variation which 3 P_Q4 P_Q3 P- B4, Kt- K2. Is a "hybrid" of the Queen's Gambit Accept· 4 Kt_ K B3 B_ Kt5 9 B-QKt5 Q-Q2 ed and the Slav Defense. 5 8 _ K 2 Kt- QB3 10 P-B4 KKt-K2? 6 0-0 P_ K 3 Tolus h A latortsev Kt_ Kt3 St ill another mistake, leading t o qnick 7 P-B4 a 1 P_Q4 P-Q4 p l(p p ,p C rout. P-QB4 B_ K 2 2 P-QB3 9 P- QKt3 It is true that Black also has a poor game 3 Kt-KB3 Kt_B3 10 Kt-8 3 8 - B 3 after 10 ... Kt- Kt3; 11 0 - 0, 0 - 0 - 0 (W hite 4 Kt_ B3 p , p threatened R- Q1); 12 B- K t 5 and W h ite In the 'l'artakover- Takacs game, the 5 P-Q R4 P- K 3 continuation was 10 ... 0 - 0; 11 B- K3, p ­ wins a Pawn. 6 P-K3 . . . . Q4; 12 P- D5, Kt-Q2; 13 H-KU, P - QR3; 14 11 0 - 0 R-Q1 P- Kt4 with serious pressure on the Queen­ 12 K t _B 3 P-QR3 Had White played 6 P- K4, we would have side. Mikenas continues oin far more ago 13 R- Q1 . .. been entirely Justified in examining this gressi ve vein. Black's position is very bad. method of defenSe undE:H' the section de· 11 8-K 3 P_Q4 vot ed to the Slav Defense. 12 P- B 5 Kt_Q2 6 . . . . P- B4 13 R-81 0 - 0 7 BxP Kt_B 3 14 P-QR3 . . . . 8 0 -0 B_K2 (j)UEEN'S GAMBIT 9 Q- K2 . . . . This defense was frequently played by Flohr, who has always been fond of' it. Play­ ing it as skillfully as he does, he had no trouble equalizing. Here is an interesting sample: A lat ortsev Floh r 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 2 P- QB4 p , p 3 Kt- KB3 P- QR3 4 P- K 3 B- K t5 5 BxP P-K3

14 . . . . K txBP! 7. Position after 9 Q-K2. T his equalizes in short order. The move had to be calculated very exactly. 9 . . . . 0-0 15 Px K t Q BI(Kt 16 BxB P_QS Very prudent. After 9 ... PxP the result· 17 BxKt PxK B ing complIcations create II. difficult situation 18 B- Q2 PxKt for Black, for example; 19 BI(P Bx 8 I 10 KtxP, KtxKt; 11 PxKt, 0-0 (11 . .. 2V RI(B Q- Q4 QxP; 12 Kt- Kt5 gives White a very strong 21 QxQ KPxQ attack); 12 R- Ql etc. With a drn wish ending. n 10 R- Ql, P-K4 ; 11 PxP, PxP ; 12 KtxP, KtxKt; 13 B- Kt5ch! (In the general run of positions where the gambit Is accepted Boles lavsky Khavin Black's Qnp has usually been advanced on~ 1 P- K4 K t-KB3 6. Position after 5 .. . P- K3. square, making this check impossible; so 2 P- K 5 Kt- Q4 that White must play 13 Q- K5, Q- Q3 with 6 P_Q5 3 P-Q4 P-Q3 . . . . equallty), 'K- Bl; 14 Q-K5 and White bas 4 K t-K83 B- K t5 Alatol"tsev has played this move suc­ the initiative. S P-KR3 BxKt cessfully on a number of occasions, but in 10 PxP s,p 6 Qx B p , p this case l<~ l ohr shows how harmless it is. 11 R_ Q1 7 PxP P- K 3 Nor does White achieve anything by 6 Q- B2 12 Kt- QKt5 P - KH3, B- H4; 7 Kt- B3, Kt- KBS (Mak· Q- K2 agonov- Flohr) . Black has a satisfactory game. 6 . . . . PxP ! (to be continued) 7 BxQP Q-K2 8 Q- Kt3 • • • • If 8 BxKtP 'I?; Q- Kt5ch win s. 8 . . . . Q- KtSc h CHESS BUTTON With complete equality. ; If White is to make any headway In this Solid sterling silver, gold­ .~~('~.;. -. variation (see Diagram 61, he must try a plated. H and-enamelled black P/.'. , ,.. ~ sharper continuation : and white sqnares. ScrewB In •••••••..... buttonhole. Every chessplayer "...... 6 Q_ K t3 ..' ~ Bx Kt ~... .. should wear one. ..• . Better than 6 . .. Kt- QBa, wh ich is an· swered advantageously by 7 B- Q2! (not 7 No. 40O-Chess Button ______$1.25 5. Position after 7 . . . P - K3. QxP? Kt- QR4; 8 Q- K4, B- KB4 !) and C hess Revi ew , 250 W. 57th St., N . V.19, N. Y. CHESS REVIEW, J UNE-JULY, 1945 21 THE TWO-MOVE CHESS PROBLEM- PART 4 This series explains the mechanics of two·nlOve chess problems. Readers w!ll find this instruction extremely helpful in solving two­ movers. Illustmtive problems are widely-known compositions, in­ cluding many prize wInners. Solutions on the following page. A Series by KENNETH S. HOWARD

REQUENTLY, two or more batteries aimed at the King, and he has been mated at the same time gunl"(ls nrc openod on two F (see May, 19·15 CHESS REVIEW) are by a eheck discovered from the rear piece squares adjacent to thc Black King. This utilized in a problem, as in No. 25, which of the bflttery,.or by a double check. Such problem has also another indirect battery, has two Hook batteries. In the initial posi· lml.terieli are termed '·direct battet·ies." In a direct battery, and a Bia(:k royal battery. tion neither battery is aimed at the Blacl{ mally instances, however, tbe battery is TllC mate tln·eatened in No. 31, after the King, but after the key move the King may aimeli at 1. square adjacent to the one on key move is mnde, is by a double check. The step into the line of fire of one battery 01· which thc Black King stands. In such cases mating piece ahm ollp.ns lines of guard on the other. Note that when the mack King the King is cheeked by tbe front man of the two squares adjacent to the mack King. mOI'es off the rank, he discovers check from battery, which at the same time opens a This type is termed it eOnlplex battery. line of guard on a square next to the King. t.he Diacl( HOOk . Finally, in problem 32. thcro al·e examples No. 26 has both a vertical and a latoral Thus in No. 29, if the Black King captures of a direct diagonal Knight battery, a lateral Knight battery. Either of these is some· the Knight 011 his Rook's square, \Vhite Rool;: battery, a complex battery, and a times termerl an "orthogonal" battery to dis­ mates by 2 U- QB8; the Rook checking the I{ing lllredly, whlle the White Bishop Black royal b:tttery. If Black plays 1 . .. Kt­ tinguish it from a battery along a diagonal. B4, \Vhite mates by 2 PxKt; mate being After tile keymove in No. 2C, the King may gnarrls Blaek's Hook's second. This problem diseovet·ed [rom the· queen, while each haH 1\\10 indirect battp.ry matp.s, and three move in front of a (lingonal battery. There . \~'htte Rook gUilr(!s the square Oil which are two rliagonaJ Knight bn.tteries in No. 27, dircd ones. its fellow stands. Similnrly, if 1 ... Q- K4, and also a Black Hook battenT • No. 28 has In No. 30 i he keymove sets up a double White again mates from tile complex bat· one Knight and one !took bnttcry. indirect baitery. :Mate is then threatened tery by 2 PxQ. 'file battcries so faT considered have been by a direct check from the tiring piece, and

ILLUSTRATIVE PROBLEMS: IN ALL CASES WHITE PLAYS FIRST AND MATES WITH HIS SECOND MOVE

25. Charles G. Watney_1920 26. J_ A. Schiffmann_1930 27. Gerald F. A nderson- 1917 28. A rnalda Ellerman_1917

Two Rool, Batteries; Two Orthogonal and one Two Diagonal Knight Batteries; One Rook and one mack Hoyal Battery Diagonal Knight Batteries Blacl, Hook Battery Knight Battery • 29.' F rederick Ga mage- 1941 30. Kenneth S. H oward- 1932 31. Henry W . Barry-1901 32. Kenneth S. Howard-1932

Indireet Rook Batteries Indirect Batteries; Complex Battery Complex Battery; Biael, Hoyal Battery Black Royal Battery 22 CHESS REVIEW, J UNE-JULY, 1945 SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS The solu tion!> to problems on page 22 (opposite ) a rc given below. III all cases the final move iij mate. Where the mates are from b'attel'ies they fire

No. 26. Key: 1 B-KaJ threat 2 No. 30. Key: 1 Kt- B6, threat 2 Kt- K3 (direct). If 1 ... P- B 5 : 2 Kt- Q7 (indirect). If I ... B- Kt5: Kt- KU (Il!rect). H I". ](- 135: 2 K lxKP (illdil·ect) . If 1 .. . 1\:- B3 Hcsearch wor·k Is lahorious, but the occasl.onal discovery .of little 2 KtxKP (complex). If 1 .. , K ­ dis ch : 2 O- Q5 (double). HI ... a Q6; 2 K t(K4)- D3 (complex). If K - Q5 dis eh; 2 B- Kt5 (complex). known masterpiece makes It worth while. 'fhe game below Is an 1 ... QxB or QB1; 2 Kt- Kt5 No. 31. Key: 1 Q-Kt4, threat 2 eXfunple, taken from the pages of an old Russian magazine. inclden· (comple,x) . Kt- Q4 (complex) . If I . .. K - Q2: tally, the final position is a good b NG · 2 K txKtP ( co.mplex) . If ] ... K ­ illustrat ion of a sacrificial Rook fOl·k. Y IRVI CHERNEV No. 27. Key: 1 R- Kt5, threat Z Q4 : 2 Kt- KtS (complex) . J( 1 ... l eningrad, 1932 wins the Queen): 21 BxB, Ktx Kt(K6)- DS (direct), If 1. ,. Rx K - Kt4: 2 Kt- B7 (ind irect). B (Ol" 21 .. . Hxll; 22 HxR, Ktx QP dis eh; 2 K t- BZ (direct). If GRUN FElD DEFENSE No. 32. Key: 1 P_Kt6, t ht·eat 2 v. Ragozin P. Ro manovsky H; 23 QxI3ch !. KxQ lind the 1 ... I{xUP (lis ch ; 2 Kt(Q3) - B5 , Knigh t fork at Q7 deeldes) : 22 (dircct) . If 1 .. . U- K5 dis ch: Kt- K tS (direct). If 1 ... Q- K-I Wlrile Black K t- Q7 . RxKt ( f OI'CC(1. as 22 ... 2 Kt- Q·J (double) . IC 1 .. . I{ else eh : 2 PxQ (coUlplex). Ir ] : .. K x H(K5) (lis eh : 2 P- Q5 (com­ 1 P- Q4 Kt-KB3 Q- H2 l oses by 23 Kt- D6cb.): 23 dis ell: 2 Kt(K6)- B5 (dll·eet). 2 P-QB4 P-KKt3 HxKt, Q- Q3 (if 23 ... H- Q3; 2·1 I( 1 . . . PxKt; 2 QxKP. If 1 ... plex). If 1 .. . Kt- 04: · 2 PxKt (complex). If 1 .. . KxH(D5) di s 3 Kt_QB3 P-Q4 P- K 4 threatening either 25 P­ K - K5; 2 Kt(Q3)- B5 (double) . 4 Kt- B3 B_ Kt2 K5, or 25 B-RS wins); 24 QxQ, No. 28. Key: 1 Q-B6, threat 2 eh; 2 K t - K 5 (double). If 1 ... It- 0 4 ch: 2 Kt- Kt5 (direct) . 5 Q-Kt3 P_B3 HxQ; 25 DxP (tlll"eaten!llg 26 Q-KS. If 1 ... R- Kt7 ch; 2 Kt­ 6 P-K3 0-0 B- Iock et-~ i~ c IOOlse -h)" f book. J\ C~1 KI·"r!<) hlndcr Wllh 50 SCO I·C sh ects (3 '1.." x WINNING CHESS TRAPS • by Irving Cherney 6\4") rulcd (or GO mOl'"CS. I)i").:","",,, lor"nk Olil buck of ea ch s h"cl. A model"tllzed C Ol1 eeti o",,~ ;;, trllps in tile chess openings ]{cilll J;hee l.s-75c f)<)r 100. used today! Eaeh tmp ( 'I ~:,~ wltil opening moves. diagram No. 302-8cOl"e hook with .,0 s h cct~-$ 1.5O of position when rt It , concluding moves to cbeck· mate OJ" I H 1 announced for Spring de- livery, delayed publication. Wlll CHESS REVIEW be on publication. ______$2.50 EQUIPM ENT DEPARTM ENT CHESS R EVtEW, Book Oept., 250 W. 57th St., New York 19, N. Y. 250 W . 57 th St., New York 19, N. Y. , CHESS REVIEW, J UNE-JULY, 1945 23 III this department we report the activities of CHESS HEVI1~W'S P ostal Chess playeL's. H e n~ yuu will find selected games plnyed by mall between members of this large group of L·eaders. results of tourneys now in progl·e::;s. names or prize·winners. current ratings o f" l)layel"s. pol"traits and biographical ,;ketches, announce· ments or new tOllrnaments. JACK STRALEY BATIELL, Postal Chess Ed;'or

The POSTAl, !I10HTEl\IS are presented notation or in the record o[ the I)o~ition. ill a rel'ised form tllis month , The change Such may be in an erroneous acluwwledg­ saves liS sp,we which is L'ea lly nce,led ill lllellt of tile previo us move (:tS in Case the present Impel' ShOl't,lge, For, with an History Ko . .I), ill an ambiguity between a Inereused IItllnber or game I'ellor ts comillg written move and the same move fl» in· in, we 'have had to pm;tpolle tlle ir date of l"ompt ly as the only fair to L"ll le for a I'etl'ac tion of the printer's deadline permits, move. Yet you can find repor ts of yOll!' games T o be entirely fair, however. we must go just a~ easily, Siml)ly locate the 101U'llll' one stell flu"thel". me nL by its title, then tind the nu mber of 1';n'oI'S In notation amJ in rel·Ql·d·keeping yonI' ~ection. ginm ill boldface type, al'e not to be condoned. After a ll . postal t hess Is by its nature a contest in acc uracy MORE V ICT ORY F I NALISTS both in chess and in record·l({)eping. The The seermll section in the J943 Victory psychologicul blunders that OC(' llr over the 'J' 0\1L'IlHrn e nt I~inalg ill now finished. High· board often have no more to do with the scorer In this g roup is :-1, 1" , Kewbery with scientific logie of chess Own do these nota· 5 1.6 game I)oints in the !l 1'M 2 I'onnds, 41.6 tional slips. And the player who misw!'ites in the fllml for a total weighted scol'e of his postal chess moves or loses track of 37.85. 'fhe others' totals are: O. H. Keiser, his 1)0Sitioll is definitely at fault. He spoils 33.4: 1)1". H. C. Slater, 33: J. \V . Bamhart, the interest 111 the game by confUSing It 2SA5; P. It Enstman, 22.9; i\1. Shapiro, and delaying it. Olle cOI"reSI)Otulence chess 18.9 and O. U!J'stcln. lS.i. association allows retractlon of a ll mis· T hese results leave M. Palmel' (.H) and written Illoves regardless of :Oty proof of 1'. P ilar ('10.6) stili leading In s tanding but the player's original intention or of whet her m OI'e N. Newbe ry ahead of Dr. G. Koelsche the move is legal, illegHI Ot· ambiguous. Dut (36,l) . O. Kelsel' aud Dr. H. S later pass it l)enalizes the third such mistake by an S. J . Hankin (30.6). automatic fOL-[eit of the game. Such a rule Those finalists who~e weighted t otals are would make life easier for your Postal given are asked to check them carefully, Editot·, for, once it wet'e established, it ('eport any appare n t error at once. \Veight­ would eliminate all discussions and UllCer­ ROY E. F ARNSWORT H cd sconlS are (\ cte rffiined on a basis or 1 tainties ! But it seems to wor k unfairly Loses finge r tip, gains ebess against one party jll some Instances, against pt. per win in the JOl t round, 2.2 pt. ill the \Ve have heal'101l't bury them away In the middle of terval when the l) ressut"e of wartime woz'k and in this ca~e is a clear indication to the a letter! De Sllr e to gi\'e s ect ion n um ber allowed him no slJat"e time to visit clubs. referee (or to any fairminded opponent, for a nd the full names of both players (If you For a postal eml)loyee to turn to postal that matter) of the player's intention. It ,lolI't know your opponenCs Ilrst name, at ches" seems quite a mattei' of cour~e. But was written, 1ll0reOvel'. before White could least give his initials). Only White reports Hoy says Ite learLlf'd of it .j years ago with know of his error and be tI-ying to excuse dl'a\I's; only the winner reports wins. And quite it thrill. And he mUH have! I"or since it. please report withdrawals as such - they the ll. he has 1)laYf'

Posta l p la yers are invit ed t o su bm it their BY MAIL! best ga mes for t h is de pa rtme nt. T o be con· si dered, the moves of each game must be One of the best ways to Improve you r w r itte n o n a standard score sheet, or type d chess skill - and to have a swell time doing on a single 's heet of pape r, and clea r ly it-is t o play chess by mail. If you have marked " for publication." not yet taken part in our Postal Tourna­ ments you are mISS ing a lot of fu n a nd val. uable experience. T here are hu ndreds of QU E EN'S GAMBI,T D ECL I NED CHESS R EVIEW readers anxious to meet A double sacrlfice Is a snbtle and sur­ you by mail , w illing to match their a bil ity prising weapon; for few players will con­ White could offer the trap: 20 Q- Dl, at chess with yours. No matter what your· shIer a sacri fice the lJ urpose of w h ich I!! QxD?'! : 21 Q- Bkh with IiI mothered mate playi ng strength may be-weak or st ron9- to g ive away It second vleee. In t his 19.J.1 to follow . But he has a SOll n(\CI' pl;HI. t he re a re CHESS R EVIEW players who will t eam up w ith you on even t erms and Class n gallic, White brilliantly demon­ 20 R_ Q2 Q_ B4 strates a fata l lack of development In h is give you a good game. 21 Kt _Q7! .. . . OIII)Onent's i\eemingly solid posit ion . You need no experience t o play post a l A. E. Farnsworth J. W. Hilde bra nd, Jr. White drives thp Dlacl, Queen from the chess. There is nothing mysterious or dif­ pr otection of its K ing Bishop. 21 ... DxKt; Black ficu lt about it. It is played in e xactly the Whit e 22 \lxD is obvious ly bad for Black. same way a s over-t he.board chess except 1 P- Q4 P-Q4 9 Q_B2 P _ KKt3 ? 21 '. • . • Q_ Kt4 that you send your moves on post car ds. 2 P- QB4 P-K3 10 P_ KR3 Q_B2 22 QxB ! R.Q Complete rules and Instructions are mailed 3 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 11 B- R6 R- Kl 23 RxR P-KKt 3?? t o each new player. 4 B_Kt 5 12 P- KKt4 8-61 8 - K2 Postal c hess players are is sued numbered 5 P- K3 QKt- Q2 13 P-Kt5 a.a \Vhitc nnnounces mate in 3, starti ng with II - Kt7ch. Dlack's 23(\ is a blunder: but ratings. Eventua ll y, this rating will depict 6 Kt- 63 0 - 0 14 PxB K-Rl K t _ R4 White has a win with correct p lay : e.g. 23 your c hess ability, compar ed with ot her 7 PxP P.P 15 P-KR4 playe rs. We keep track of your w ins, draws B B_Q3 P-B3 16 0 - 0 - 0 Q_R4 ? ... lJxKt; 24 \lxPch. K- Dl : 25 R(2)xB. 0 - I( U4 : 26 ll- Q4! (or 26 ... Q- KtSch win s D) and losses, adjust ing your rat ing according. 17 Kt-KKtS R- K 2 and Black cannot prevent a loss by Rxll.P Iy. Rating cha nges are published each with !til threat of mate. month. An exceptional game which would honor even a Class A Tournament! \Vhite's flne CLASS TOURNEY NOW OPEN combination adually begins wit h ] 8 QR­ Start playing chess by mail NOW! Ent er Ql . }'or White offe r s t he Qur with that ol,e of t he 7-m .. n groups of our 1945 Class move as a Ill'st step in preparation for sac­ Tourname nt, now in progress. You will be rificing h is Queen! assigned to a s ection with six other playe rs about equal to youl'$e lf in playing skill. You play White against three of your oppo. nents, Black against t he othe r t hree- a nd you play all six games simultaneously. DUTCH DEFENSE You s tand a good chance of wInn ing a Here we have anothel' Queen SlIcrifice­ pri>: e, too! Cr edits of $4, $2 an.d $1 are hut unintentional! - from the semi·finals awar ded t o the 1st, 2nd a nd Srd place win. of the HI·I·I Postal Chamllionship. ners in each section. T hese c redits may be used t o pu rc has e chess books cr equip­ H. T. Abe l A. W . Marsch ner ment. 18 KtxPch! RxKt W hite mack If ycu ha ve net played In our tou rneys 19 BxP p.a 1 P- Q4 P-KS 5 Kt- KBS 0-0 before, please speci fy In whiCh class you 20 Qx P R_B3 2 P- QB4 P-KB4 6 Kt- BS P_Q4 wou ld li ke t o st art. We rec om me nd Class mack has no adequate ctefense, but 3 P- KKt3 Kt _ KB3 7 PxP KtxP A for unusually strong players, Class B fe r W'hite's t'e!>ly to t.his line is exemplary. 4 B- Kt2 B- K2 8 0 - 0 P- BS above average playe rs, Class C fo r average 9 P-QR3 . . players and Cla ss 0 for beginne rs only. 21 QxKt Q- Q l 23 R- Kt7 R- 84 . If you e nter Cla ss B, C, or D, you will be 22 QR_ Ktl K t- Bl 24 Q- Kt4 B- K3 There seems little point to t his move. assigned to a section and receive playing 25 R- R7ch ! Re signs 9 . . . , Kt- Q2 inst ructions w ithin a few days. Class A 10 R_ K1 Q-R4? sections take longe r to form. Ol a c k ignores the threat In W h ite's last The entry fee Is only $1. Yo u may e nter mOI'e ... as many sectio ns as you please at $1 each. Mail entry coupon below, or a copy of it, 11 P- K4 ! KtxKt to CHESS REVIEW, 250 West 57th Street, RUY LOPEZ 12 PxKt QxBP? New York 19, N. Y . A QUeen sacrHlce fr'om a 1944 Class C .. . and snatches at a PYITh!c victory. It Tournament section. comes to mind t hat Reuben Fine once took a (translated) QKt P with h is Queen. MAIL THIS ENTRY COUPON W. J . Wilderm ann H. P. Posert 1S B-Q2 Q_ Kt7 r------l W hite BlaCk CHESS REV IEW DChtd htrt i/ , C~ Her Majest): has no other choice! Postal Chess Dept. ~rt ",dtri"l POl/at I 1 P_K4 P- K 4 7 BxKt QPxB I 250 W. 57th St.. Chm Kil en OPPO ,;1t 2 Kt-KBS Kt-QBS 8 P-Q4 Kt_ KS 14 PxP Ne w York 19, N. Y. 'idt of ,hi, cOllpon. 3 B- KtS P-QR3 9 P xP Kt_Q5 15 B- RSJ . , . . I I enclose $...... Enter my name In I 4 8-R4 Kt- B3 10 KtxK t QxKt \Vhite aims at more th[ln the Pawn...... (how many?) secllons of your 1945 .5 0-0 KtxP 11 P_ K R3 B_ K2 15 . . , . R- Bl I Posta l . The amount I 6 Q-K2 Kt- B4 12 Kt_Q2 . . . . enclosed co ve rs the entry fe e of $1 pe r The game has followed a suggestion by If 15 ... HxKt, White ma y force a dear I sect ion. I wa nt to sta rt In Cl ass ...... I T a rtakower (Ll. Car tier) in MeO. wi n by 16 Qx H, QxD; 17 Dxl'ch, K- Rl; 18 Q- D7 , Kt- U3; 19 UxB, RxB ; 20 HxU. 12 . . . . 0-0 16 B- Kt2 P-B3 I NAME ...... I 13 K- Rl Q-Q4 17 KR- Kl Pxp· 16 BxPch Resigns 14 Kt-B 3 B_KB4 18 QR_ Ql Q_ B4 mack's strongest mO\'e ; for, If 16 . . . K­ ADDR ESS ...... 15 P_QKt3 K R-Kl 19 KtxP QxQBP IU, 17 B- Kt3 traps Black's Queen. I I CITY ...... STATE ...... CHESS R EVIEW, J UNE-JULY, 1945 25 L ----- ____ -1 POSTAL MORTEMS Foog o 1. Doolle O. 138: F . Proctor l. Jetor 0; Hoi'll" U. 67: LiP uma 1, P re . Sdl\w l le O. 75 : I" . .Ill. Gl nesse. l\ Hu~h O. 139: CompllO l rl p" 1,lebo •• A nd o r SO ll 1, Dris ~ oll O. 81: Ced u rbolm r e pl aces \'lunder; D ougla u l o p ~ Compi1.0 , H . Holbr ook. 'I'utlle. Ga m e ru ult. r ecei ved April I! t hrough May 12. 140: Adj. J. \ Vi ll ln ms 1, Wys trltoh O. 141: F'ry 1. R eport", win ,,~ ~oon ,,~ COll Or.tIled loy ( 1)1)(11 '("'1. Leavons 0 ; fe. ROOKe r . IJo w ~ to Rothch il d, tOI)8 1945 GOLOEN He ~ lI r c to .... !vc f u ll namu lint! uet lcn numb"r. ~' .y, ties ' Mulliga n ;' M u lligan I . SCovlllo O. 1(4: Wh ite r cport~ dmwn "amce. G. Ande r son IJow ~ to llcll t ~. L. K nowles; C. Section n umbeu tor I'olll e r CPO r l ~ Klven below A ndcr ~ on 1, Be litz 0; F'ry I , Cor(:n 0 ; H. liru"et a rc In uoldra ce type. I . .l(nowlel! O. 145: A. E . O rlld~e ). J o hnston O. 146 ; !'olode n wl1hd ra w ~ ; 148: N. L unde I, H . R llo), 1M2 CL ASS TOURNAMENT ( K ey: 42-C) 0: 'rhom s l. ''ly man U. 149 : LeglR r O\l I ~ S hOI·t. W ll yne, D. Ho pki,·k. 152: Gould 1. Poh l 0; W hit­ 29: H . Van P nltcn I. D r . H. Sch wort z O. t em o r e I , Capur so O. 1!'.3: n elwe ll er I, P o h l O. 154 : Van Os t en I , L It zel 0; C, McGee I, McClllin 19H C LASS TO U R N A M ENT ( K ey: 4]·C) O. 1~ : F. Moore 1, P o lllon 0; Gell del l)(lw. to Connell, beat>< lIerdiU!. 156: H ealwolo r(!1I1f;n~ 42 : H ud90n I. !"ook8on 0: ·r nhnu.d ~o wllhd rllwn, t o M. O. Jackson, d owns It. Davl". 151 : 1>011.'1 44: Pelou ze ',I" C. Moore ~. 69 : A. 'Tur)\cr I, bows 1.0 Mieb .. love. 101'" Kool)m"n; n. :-\. m e~ 0; H ~ ndd e k~ rOU l S A m d o n, Jumc~, 43. M 10: Zuns 'A. , H. Goo11 R D. Gil1;Je ri " "0 hy "IIJ. Uhe r ll. '/9: H. 1'l l)(:noo 'rho final l'o'lII d o f the 19-11 !'osl,,1 C h n m plo,,· I. "S he l·",:.n 0; G. Blizard 1>1I1: "re coml",l l,,!:" In "eetio n · I ~- P I I : Dr . J . 1. Moose O. 82: H ummel halt"" Wllkorr. Soot ,,· I'h. l ". S .•1 . H''''k ln. J . G .. rnel. ' V. 8chmld . ">a n. 83 : 'Vn.l t h er 1. Locho ,," O. 84: S hedr . B. I{o""". ,,,,(1 O. N led~~. !IIeun· 1J ..... "s; L idd e ll I. H. Baker 0: 11 1110011e )' w it h­ while lhl'C(! ne,,' sem i- li nlL'" havc begun: H- P 8 d raw... . 85: R . D. Gilbert. F ra n k rill Hile y; 28 w ith 1>. Hech t. ~'. S hedd. I). P r\l th ~ r O. K Gottfr ied bo,,"" t o Gendel, 1I ~"" ~"'unk. U: B u n­ S m ll h . J. 1.l t lle, C. It. Wilson nnd It. lJ. Glibe rt ; d ic k. Ashle),. 1. 13o w",an rou t J. Allu~k)'. 87: I' ~ 29 wit h .r. O' Keefe. C. Czerma k. J. H. Ouchl I. Bur nard O. 88: Plcn1)' ' " H!Jh. J. COlic),; Norrl.... K . Ouch!. J . lily, R. E vans "n

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Always sacrifice the oppon­ 6 . . . _ Kt_QB3 w hi ch fails if playe d at once ent's pieces is sound advice. 7 B_QKtS . - - - because of. _. Q- K2, pinning the But after pez'l1sing the following This is White's lntend(l(l im­ Knight. 11 . _ . . Q- 8 3 offhand game, piayc(i ill St. prol'elnent Oil book. He pins the LOllis. we believe it could be opposing Knights to relie ve the Panying the th1'oll1. But now modiflcd to almost always. preHsure on his KP. Bla(;k's Queen is awkwardly FRENCH DEFENSE 7 _ . _ _ PxP ? posted. P_R3? P. G. Mow O. Ehlers A natura\. yet strategically 12 0 - 0 - 0 White Black incorrect in that it enables an· His best (:hance is to alleviate the (;ollstriction by concentrat- 1 P_ K 4 P_K3 other White piece to malw head· way ill the direction of the ing Oil developme nt. 12 .. . B- K2 The F'rem,h Defense. It close I31ack forces. The simple 7 .. _ (II ' 12 ... 13- Kt5 is in order. positional struggle. with overall P- Qit3 is conect. It practically 13 B_ Kt5 Q- K4 emphasis generally J)luced on comllels the swap of Bishop for 14 P_B4 Q-Q3 winning of stl'ategic squares and Knight. 'I'hen. with two Bishops, Allowing a (leel) penetration terrain rather than material. IL an open QKt ftle and a stl'ong pleases the opening ]llodder with tempo. However, on other eentel', B lal:k's long term pros­ moves, Black's position leaves Chessmaster I. A. Horowitz who welcomes aggression by his pects are far superior. opponent. particularly of the milch to de desired. impetuous vUl'icty which often 8 KKtxP Kt(3)xP 21 QxReh K_B2 boomemngs. j"alling in line with White 's Has the thought occUl'red to 2 P-Q4 P_Q4 I)lan which is tu open ncw lines Ulack that he might resign? Or for his well situated pieces even 3 Kt-QB3 Kt_ KB3 docs \Vhlte demand uncondition­ at the expense of fl Pawn. Tech­ Here Dlack provokes the op· al SU I'render?! nically, \Vllite obtains sufllclent K_K t3 poncnt Into the push P- K5. FOI' compensation fol' his Pawn. Dut 22 Q- K5ch he expects to suhJcet the ad­ even more importnnt is the 23 Q- Q6ch K- R2 vanced post and its props to 24 RxQP Q- B8ch psychological aspect. As [I, rule methodical attack. 25 R-Q1 Q-B7 players who regulurly emil loy 26 Kt-Q4 4 P- K5 !? • • • • t he French Defense have devel­ . . . - Obliging. The fact is, an ad­ oped a complex for slow but Not that it matters lIluch, for vanced post does exercise a sure progress. They are not White can win in at least a (:ramplng effect on the opposi­ equipped for a rapid change of (lozen. ways, but the immediate tion_ But it requires mainten­ pace which the text entails . thl'eat is 27 HxKt, BxR; 28 Q­ ance and support. And that is In nny ovent, however, Black's J35 ch, K- Ktl: 29 Kt- B6ch, win­ the bone of contention_ Can It task is not an easy one. For ning the Queen . 26 _ _ . . be successfully maintained with­ instanee. If 8 __ . Q- D2; fI 0 - 0 15 Kt_B5! QxKtP out undue expenditure of time and White threatens to crash - - - - 27 RxP T he only way \\'hite can - - . . and efror t? through with tIle sncriflce ]0 The player of tile W hite fOrces 4 _ _ _ KtxKP. brenk down B lack's Pawn barri­ KKt- Q2 el' is by sncrifice; and h is ex­ explains that he was not Inter­ 5 Q_Kt4 Incidentally, if 8 . __ Kt(2)xP; ested In tl'adlng a dead Dishop - - - - cellent developmcnt justifies 9 Q- Kt3, B- Q2; 10 BxKt, KtxB; an(l a stalled horse fOI' It llve Initiating the Gledhill Attack_ 11 Kt(4)- Kt5, R- Dl; 12 D- B4, this llle~lIls . White plans to tie mack's KB Hook. A liberty that can be with a Ilowerful position. 15 ... _ Q_ Kt3 to the defense of the KKtP and taken only in s uch positions! consequently to humpe r his fm·· 9 Q- Kt3 Kt_ Kt3 If 15 ... PxKt; Hi Kit- Klch, 27 _ . _ _ Kt_ Kt3 ther development. Just about [ol'ced, ns 9 . .. U­ fo ll owed by 17 I(txP is su/llcient. 28 Kt- B6ch Resigns 16 KtxP! _ . _ . 5 _ . . . P_QB4 Q3 leaves the KKtP e n prise '1'00 late! COl1uter'strol!C, designed lo and 9. _. Kt- B3, intending to re­ The final decisive thrust. remove the support of the ad- turn the Pawn. ends in disaster 16 .. _ . PxKt{Q4) vanced post. after 10 K txKt, PxKt; 11 BxP. The Rook is lost! He has no ehoice ; he must The following game was sent 6 Kt-B3 accept. to CHESS HEV\E:W by pre. . . - - 10 P-KR4! The book continuation of the - - . - 17 KR- K1ch B- K2 Le~1ie H. Weaks, who writes, Gledhill Is 6 Kt- Kt5, to establish To drive the Knight whe re it 18 6xB "While in gngland. I had the a n e ven more advanced post at crowds the nhwk forces. 0lll)()rtunity or playing at Llld­ 10 __ . _ P- KR4 lH KtxB polishes Black off eagle, T he Gmllbit and the Ox­ Q6 and disrupt Black's interior sooner, but the POSition is so ( : omll1\lnicution~ in this manner: This weakens t he K - s ide posi­ fonl Chess Clull. But I'm sun good that 'Vhite can afford to curious to know how wen I 6 ... PxP; 7 Kt- K B3, Kt- QB3; tion. Bul the ro is no good a lter­ relax. Bes ides, White l1Iost like- 8 K t- QGch, UxKt; fI QxP, BxP: native. For Jnstance if 10 _ .. p ­ play; consequently I am s ubmit­ 1>, enjoys a sentimental attach­ ting this game to learn how wen ' 10 KtxB. Q- B3: II QxQ, K txQ: K 'I; 11 I.;;txP, and Black is up mellt fo r Ilis valiant steed. 12 I3- QKt5, B- Q2; 13 K t - ll3, against it [01' a good follow-up. It was played and to have some Kt- K5; with a plus for Black 1& . _ . . KtxB ,Ioubtful points clarified. Your ns White's udvance d posts have 11 B- K3! . . _ . 19 RxKtch K_Q1 assistanr:e would bo appreciated, been blasted to kingdom come. To exploit the newly cr eated 20 QxP QxB for to some of us here in Gel'­ But White has his own Ideas weakness In Black's pOSiti on . Obvious ly, if 20 ... R- Bl; 21 UlallY now, chess has become on the subject. 'Vhite now threatens 12 l(txKP, BxKt wins outright. absorbing e nte rtainm e nt." CHESS R EVIEW, J UNE-JUL Y, 1945 29 QUE EN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (liagonal o]Jen for the fl(ln c hetto· L. H. W ea ks W. Moorfield e li l\lsliop is an niterlllltive. White iliaci, 8 KtxKt pxKt 9 Kt_ B3 0-0 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 10 B- Q3 Q_ Kt5c h 2 P- QB4 P- K3 3 Kt- QB3 Kt- KB3 "Thls i s lii~r;()n ce l"ting . I 4 B_ Kt5 B_K2 should have played 10 P- Qfl.3". 5 P_ K3 Hay ~ Weaks . [':vhlently. he ,Ioesn't relish the exchange of Customary at thiS point Is .'i Queens. FOl" undoubtedly. he is Kt- D3. The text move is more ~ Iaborating a mental " ·side as· flexlhle In that it allows for a ~ ault that will sweep eyery· different pattern. I,'or instance, (hing In Its path. Alns, he ill after 5 .. . 0 - 0, White may play bt'ought to ellrth. 6 PxP. PxP: 7 B-Q3 and follow \ Veaks should entertain no up with I! the Pa\I'n The fir st SlrateglclIl blunlier. s tructtlre. whith White is ahle With Queens off til(! bOard anli to exploit. the chances of a surjlrlse mating 6 PxP • • • • ngly e ntrenched All you need to play Solitaire Chess (an indoor sport tor chess· 22 Kt-83 P_B4 K night and grenter mobility pla yers originated by CHESS llEVIEWj Is a pocket chess set, or 23 Kt_Kt5 · . ' , still give him all the play. Not your regular board and pieces. With the aid ot the scoring table Groping vaguely to produce one of Black's me n, Including below, you can enjoy a ll the thrills or playing a game a gains t an something out of thin air, fo r the K ing, can do anything use· unseen opponen t - an oppone nt who will m ake s trong moves, ror the position Is no longer clear, ful. he Ie a maste r ot the ga me, However, you will also have an uns,een cut. If 23 PxP, KtxP A.nll W hite 38 K- B3 B-;-K 3 partner - anothe r che8smaster - who will correct your mistakes! is left with ma rket] weak nesses 39 R- QRl B-Q2 'fa play the gnme, cover the scoring table with a slip or paper in his QHP A.m\ KP, 23 K t- K5 Is 40 K- Kt4 · . . , at the li ne Indicated. Make all opening moves on your board up to correct here, but aftel' the ox· 'fo defend the KtP so as not and including the nut Black move in the table, Study the position changeof Knights the position to lIQuhlato all the Q·slde and wrlte down your choice for White's next move. Then expose should res ol ve Itself to a (lmw, P awns by P- R5. However, 40 the next line In the table and aee the move your partner actually 23 , , , , R_Kl P- H5 would still grant White made wIth White, Score par If you picked this move; If not, acore 23", Kt- Dl is l1.11o ther way, wi n ning c hances a s his Rook ~ero, Make the COI'fect White move, and Black's reply, and again mUllt eventually connect with select the next move. Continue In this manner, one Une at a time, 24 K- B2 P- K R3 some of mack's weak Pawns. to the end at the ga me. 25 Kt- B3 Kt- B31 40 .. , . B- B1 (You have White. YOUI' consulta tion partner Is Grandmaste r Black hends [ 01' K5, In doi ng 41 P- R5 R- Kt2 Pa ul K e res. Your o pponent Is Gl'andmaster Sammy Ueshevsky. so, he "un protects" his QU P lind 42 PxP PxP gIves W hite an oPpol'tunlty to Ga me Wli S played at Stockholm , 1937.) OCCll llY W hite's K 5. 25 ... K- B2 OPENING MOVES: 1 P- K·I, P- K4; 2 Kt-KB3, Kt-QD3; 3 [s correct. D- Kt5, P- QR3; 'I D- U4, Kt- D3; 5 0 - 0 , B- K 2; 6 Il- Kl, P- QK{4; 7 B- Kt3, P- Q3; 8 P- 133. Now conti nue w ith moves be low. 26 P_R3 · . , . Defending nga[nst the t hrent W h it e p" Black Your Se lection Your 26 ... of Kt- Kt5ch when White 's Played Score Played f or White's move Score K P goes. Better Is 26 l'x P, pOI'· force est.1. bllshlng a dangel'ous, 8 . . . Kt- QR4 mohlle. Q- s lde Pawn majority. COVER MOVES BELOW. EXPOSE ONE t.I N E A.T A TI M E 26 , , , . P_B5 9 B- B2 ______2 9 . P- B4 27 B-Ktl QR_K2 28 Kt-KS K-Kt2 10 P_Q4 ______2 10 Q-B2 29 P_Kt4 1 .. , . 11 P- QR4 ______4 11 . P-Kt5 A deci sive brea k. tl'll.cenble to 12 BPKP ______2 12 PxKtP Black.'s shlfl of his KnIght from 13 P-R3 ______2 Q2 to Ea. ' 13 0-0 14 QKt_Q2 ______2 29 , , , . Kt-KSeh 14 • B-K3 43 K-B3 · , . . 15 Kt-Bl ______2 ----- Hela Uv ely better Is 29 ,. , B­ 15 KR-Bl ------m so that U 30 PxP, BxP ami More a ccurate Is 43 R- RS, If 16 Kt_K3 ______3 then 43 ... R- QB2; 44 K- B3. B­ 16 P_Kt3 Black Is In a positi on to trade 17 P-QKt3 ______3 Dls hops a nd occu py K 5 with his Q2; 45 R- KtS, BxP; 46 RxP, B­ Kt_R4 Knight , Howeve r, A. fte l' 29 .. , K t; 47 H- Q6 llml all of Black's lS B_Kt2 ______2 8-B3 Pa wns "18 ------B-Bl, White conti nues to build al'e targets, 19 QR-Bl ______2 ----- 43 . . , . 19 P.P ------up with 30 H- Ktl after which B-Q2 20 KtxP ______2 mack is hard up fo r a good 44 KtxB · . , . 20 Q-Q2 ------21 R-Ktl ______4 ----- defense, FO I' now It 44 K- Kt4, R- B2 21 • R-B4 and WhIte's King or Rook Is 30 BxKt · , . . 22 Kt(4)-B5 ______10 22 BxKt ----- Bishops are s li g htly more lied down to gua rd Bla ck's 23 PxB ______2 passell P a wn. W hite's winning 23 B.B ------.- valuable than K nights. Hut th is 24 RxB ______2 ----- is the exception to the rule. FOI' c hances have dw indled. 24 R-Kl ------Black's Blshop Is stationed be· 44 . , , . RxKt 25 B-Q3 ______3 Q- B3 ----- hind a n Im mobile P awn ba rrie r 45 R- R6 R-Kt2 26 Q-Kt4 ______4 46 K-Q2 ... , "26 Q_Kt 3 In contrRst to the dominating 27 QR_K2 ______5 1I01lition of the White K nig ht. ?Iol'e fo rceful Is 46 R- R8, fol· 27 QR_K4 2S PxP ______2 30 . . . . BPxB lowed by R- Q8. 28 B PxP 29 BxKtP ______10 31 P-Kt S , . .• 46 . .. . K-B2 29 PxB 47 R-R8 , , Faulty timing. 31 K- K t3, fo l· . . 30 QKPch ______2 30 K-Rl lowed by the advance P- H~ -5 Now necessa ry to prevent .. . 31 Kt-B5 ______10 31 ... R ( 1)-K3 and If necessary P-QIH s hould K-K3-B~, e tc. ------32 QxKtch ______2 clear all avenues o f a llpronch 47 , , . , R-Q2 32 , . .. K-Ktl to Black's K ing and saddle 48 R-QKtS R-Q3 33 Q_Kt5e h ______2 33 . K-Bl Black with n number ot easy 49 K_B3 K-K2 34 Q_Kt7eh ______2 ----- targets. 34 K-Kl 50 R_ KtS K-B2 35 KtxPch ______12 31 . , . , p, p 51 R-Kt8 K_K3 Resigns ----- 32 PxP R-Blch 52 R-KBS K_K2 T otal Score __ 100 Your percentage ______33 K-K2 · . , . Drawn CHESS R EVIEW, JUNE-JULY, 1945 31