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ON~ YEAR $4.75 9 QxP 'r UE average man bas an idea that the 11 NxN Res igns opening is tbe easiest part of a chess game. It's mostl y memory work. Blac l;: does not care to gee any more. T he co n i inuation would be 11 Q x'\" All the good moves ha ve been disco\, 12 B -US. N- Q·I 13 '\"x~ . PxN 1 ~ ]JxP. e n:~d. lind the master knows them by heart. All he need do to s tay out of trouble is exercise a reasonable amount SUC H a n e xpe rieneed n ll1till ier a~ of car'c . There fi re no real complications T a u benhaus gets (,Hre l e s~ with hi ~ so early in "the game. Besides he is pr ob· q ueen. a bly oa thoroughly familial' ground. Paris, lSSS There isn't a chance in the world that SCOTCH OPENI N G he w ill make even tbe slightest mista ke. A s for a ghastly blunder, such as putting F ra ze r T a u benhaus a piece en prise, that would be clearly White Rl iH,: k impossible. Later on, yes, when intricate P-K4 P_ K4 4 N xP Q- R5 {: omb inatiolls bewilder t he mi nd or when 2 N_ K B3 N-QB3 5 N_Q B3 N- B3 time·pressure weakens the spir it. Tben Resigns 3 P_Q4 PxP 6 N- B5 Q-R4 i~ is unders tandable t hflt even a two 7 B- K2 Q- N3 llH)\'e will can be ol'e rlookc d by the mas· INVENTOlt t he Coll e ~y s t e m te l' renowned for his accu rac y in thread· THE of comes a CJ'oppe r in th e ne x t game : ing his way t hrough the most co mpli· ca ted pOSitions. (The kibi tzers standing Buda pest, 1929 around arc the n only tOO anxiollS to poin t N fMZO· IN"DIAN DeFENSE Oll t what he mis sed.) Capabfa nca Colle S tra nge as it may seem tbough, in· W hite Black c red ible blunders have been made by P_Q4 m asters in t he ve ry ear ly stages of serio 1 N_ K B3 6 Q- B2 P - Q4 ous t ournam ent gam es, gallies whlch 2 P -QB4 P- K3 7 N-B3 0-0 were important for t h eir reput;ltio ns and 3 N-QB3 B_N5 8 P-K3 N- QBS eyen ihe ir livelihood. 4 Q_ N3 Bx Nt 9 B_ K2 R- K 1 Here are some e xalllples of what for 5 Q,B N- K5 10 0-0 P-K4 eac h \' ictim must have bee n "my mos t e m barrassing m o ment." S N-KR4 R esi9ns Mont e Carl o, 1902 T CH tGORIN DE F E NSE EV E: N ?lOBE drastic i, lhi~ ~pc " itn e n from an In lerllaliOlla l T""lll T n ll l'll iL !l)enL Ma rshall Tchigorin Whit.e Blac k Folkest one, 1933 1 P_Q4 P-Q4 4 P - Q5 N_R4 BENON I COU NTER·GAr>I BI T 2 P_Q B4 N- Q B3 5 B-B4 B- Q2 H as e nfuss C o m be 3 N_Q B3 p , p 6 P-K4 P-K3 \Vhit e mad; p , p p , p 7 1 P_Q4 P- QB4 3 N- K B3 P- K4 2 P_Q B4 P xP .j. Nx KP
11 p xQP Res igns Afte r ' I QxP 12 8-13 1, White w illS m a ter ia l. T h i ~ is probably t he s hortest ga m e eit h .. I' of tbese maSlen; e ver p laye tl ill a 1 0Il J"lWJ1](,Il t.
EY E:\ the m ure ;;("bOIlCd ("lI npaigllcr. T ar1ako\'er. b ca ught na p ping here. Budapest, 1926 Q U EE N'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED Mattison Tartakover Berne, 1932 4 Q-R .. t W hile Bla ek QUEEN'S GA MB IT DECL IN E D Resigns 1 P - Q4 P- Q4 6 B,P N_KB3 Colin Afe k hine 2 P- QB4 p , p 7 0-0 P _QN4 White B lac k 3 N_QB3 P- KS 8 B- K2 N_ B3 THOUG HT FOR T H E MO NT H 1 P-Q4 N-KBS 5 P xQP N,P 4 P- K3 P-QB4 . , p,p Q_B2 Ali S \l li"~ pla~' at eh e ,, ~ i ~ mor" b",;!i.utt· 2 N_ KB3 P - K3 6 N, N Q, N 5 N_ B3 P - Q RS 10 N_Q4 B,P ful t han t hi;; ~anle ll. and "\"ryt hing that 3 P-B4 P_Q4 7 P-K3 N_ B3 is in it. _ Anonymous. P _B4 8-N5 p ,p , d l.[. dl ~ c k : d iH. N-B3 , j ~ eh. 4 - " 1"""1; : , " CHESS REVIEW 'HI p,eUIAf (HUS MAOAZ'HI Volume ro Number 4 April, 1952
EDITED &, PUBLISHED BY I. A. Horowitz Readers are invited to use these columns for their comments on matters of interest to chessp/oyers. INDEX FEATURES DISCOVERY OF THE AGE! When this, too, pron,s only a dream, his Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik ___ 110 Memories of the Masters ______106 1 have made a ~Ia r tling discovcry a nd interest flags, and he carelessly Ihrows National Chess Ratings ______103 apparenily am the sole pOSSe~tiOr of th i~ away the end-game. Round_robin Tournaments ______103 rcmarkable secret. However, ~ince I am After all, isn't it very illogical to try Stalemate ______104 of a generous naturc. I have decided to to teach someone to defeat an opponent ~ha re this new theory of che~s. who is el'enly matched in everr respect? DEPARTM ENTS Book of the Month ______128 It is illogical, impractical and inappro Suppose that two armed forces, matehed Ch ess Quiz ______t 12 priate to devole as mueh space and energy man for man, gun for gun, plane for Games from Recent Events ______113 to the discus~ion of opening play us does plane, wcre deployed in exactly the same On the Cover __ _ . ______98 CHESS REIIIEW. For some time, I have fash ion and pitted against one a nother. Past Masterpieces ______119 practiced restricted opening play, choos Would the)' del'ote all Iheir energies to Postal Chess ______123 ing certain variations of a well known that phase of the war? They would en Spotlight ______120 opening for Black a nd the obverse of the gage in a cold war, in which psychological Tournament Calendar ______101 factors and not strategic and tactical fac World of Chess ______. ______99 same opening for White. (This is eve)} more restricted-only one opening- and lors dominate. hence more desirable Ihan Ihe syslem ad· Once, and only once, in the }'ears Le EDITOR I'ocated by Reinfdd and Horowitz in How fore I adopted my restrictive system, did I. A. Horowitz to Think Ahead in Che$s.) Such play has I catch an opponent in the early phases of a book trap. T here was his move EXECUTIVE EDITOR cOI\\'inced mc that the attempt to muster itt Jack Straley BattcH thousands of complicated opening varia prillt with a question m(lrk after it! Joy, tions is unnecessary. oh joy! After waiting a few moves, in CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Furthermore, opening play is dllll, ex· great glee, I informed him that he had l. Ch{)rt1{)v, J. W. Collin~, '1'. A. Dunst, Dr. 1>1. Euwe, Hana Klllo<,h. Fred Reinfeld, cept for rank beginners and ranking mas· been caught in a book /[(Ip. He cahnly Dr. S. C. 'rartukover ter~ . l\liddl~ game play is interesting, and replied that he hadn't been aware of the CORRESPONDENTS there has been increasing recognition of fact and continued tlie game to defeat me California Herbert Betker, J. n. Gee, Leroy this in books publish,~d in recent years soundly in a total of twenty moves! (Some Johnson, Dr. H, Ralston, M. J. Royer. and in CUESS RE"I~;II"s excellent features day I mean to write CherneI' about that Colorado M. W. Ik c~e. Connecticut Edmund E. Hand. on Ihe middle game. Hut end-gamc I'aria question mark.) Delaware R. D. Donaldson. lions arc fascinating ! The unfortunate The end-game is the opposite of the Florida 1I1ajor J . n. Holt, n. Klein, E rnest fact is that nobody seem~ to know il ! - openin g. Whereas it is possible to avoid G. 'Verber. GeoriOlia Grady N. Coker, Jr. Psychological reasons fur stressing the the thosuands of varialions in the open Illinois Howard J. Dell. openings and ignoring the end.game are ing, it is impossible to avoid the many Indiana D. C. HUls, D. E. Rhead, W. Roberts. Iowa 'V, G. Vand(ll'burg. lIo t hard to find. Every chess player en variations in the end-game. Every game Kentucky J. 'V, 1Ilayer. gages in a grail-like fantasy at the be has a somewhat different ending, All Kansas K. R. 1I1,.,;Donald, chess players meet all end-game variations Maryland Charles 13ll.l'asch. giuning of each new game in which he Massachusetts F"ankHn J . Sanborn, E. 111. dreams of overpowering his opponent with in actual play; few meet more than a Schultes, 3d, Waldo L. Waters. a few devastating bl"ws. When this fan slllall fraction of the opening lines! What Minnesota W. T. Cobb, Charles M. Hardtnge. MlchliOlan R. Buskager, J. R. "'atson. las), is exploded by dlC natural defensive could he more logical than to concen Nebraska B. E. Ellsworth, A. C. Ludwig, position which exbt ~ in the early phases trate on teaching skill in end.gamc maneu Jack Spence, R. E. "'eare. New Hampshire Alec Sadowsky. of chess, he beCOllH"S discouraged and vers! I am willing to wager my last Pawn New Y,)]'k Walter r~roehllch , Edward Lasker, makcs weak moves which permit his op· that only an infinitesimal fraction of lost H. M. Phillips, Dr. M. Reiss. games occur because of errors in the North Carolina Sum Agnello. poncnt to Legin a middle game anack. North Dakota D. C. lIIacdonald. All Ihis, unless his opponent beeomcs dis· opening and that all gallles arc WOn in Ohio Lawrence C. Jackson, Jr.. Edward F. eouraged first! J\Ion:uH'l', if he docs man· (ile clid. Any tak ers'~ [ Sure, how about Johnson. Pennsylvania '1'homas B. Eckenrode, '1'homus age to survive the shock uf reality and drawn games?-Eo.) Gutekunst, Willlam R. Hamilton, Lee B. gains some advantage over his opponent, The implications for drastic action by Hoover. 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CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1952 97 TWO IDEAL BOOKS BY ings; emphasize endings instead. Instead at the Iwttom of the diagram to corre· CHERNEV AND REINFE LD of devoting full page ads to Reuben Fine\ spond to the reader's position? stll p endo ll ~ I'CO. switch to his even great· I want to play on the winn ing ~ide. not er BCE. (How many readers even know Oil the loser's. what IJCE stands fur ?) WII.I.IAM L. NELSO;\" PAIII. F. Sr;f;Olw Kansas City, i\lo. Atlanta, Ga. • \V e douht that anyone wil l oppose ?h. • Fir~t uf all. we'd li ke to know what w('11 Ndson\ logic in want ing tu play on th t· kll<)wn upening for Black meets both 1 winner's side. And we thank him for the P·K4. and 1 P.(j4 .satisfllc/orily.-Eu. reminders : that readers can note Ih e color of the winner and pIa)' over gaul<' ~ GOOD WORK frum that side; and that Postal Allmlll5 A ftcr rceci\"i ng twelve issues of CUESS can he set up with the playt:r's own color BEI'IEW , I eun truthfully sa)' I was not toward him. These a rc tluite ~ens ib le prac· dis'lIlpointed in one. EI"t~rr article llHlk es tices. i utere~ting reading. I espeeia!ly enjoy the As to setting diagrams variously for Galll c.l· frum Hecen! EF ell ts, annotated or White and fo r Black games. however, that Hans Klnoch. Keep lip the goud work! is another ~tory. The practio;e of setting VICTOI! CONTOSK I White regularly at the oottum is a pub· r-.Iinlleapolis, J\Jinn . lisher's convention. And, us is generally WINN I NG CHESS by Irving Cherney and tme fo r conventions, there ;He sunnd rea· F red Reinfeld. The secret of winning PUB LI SHER' S CONVENT ION sons for this one. Too Illany to relate here. clles;; lies ill propel' use of combinative Wh)" llIUSt a!l ehe% diagrams Ill! printed T o attempt a brief answe r. eO ll.~idcr one play- and here is a book which tells YOll with the Whi te men at the bottolll ( the of the Botl'innik- 13runstdn match games how to recognize the distinctive, basic reader ' ~ jl osition) and tbe Black men at in which each side had a winning game pattern for every type of combination. tll( ~ top ( the opponent's posi tion )? It at some tillle. One reader ",unld be in· You learn when, where and how to com· s( ~ eIllS to me that this constantly one·sid,~d terested in seeing how White cou ld have bine on the chessboard. Getting to the viewing is Hub!e to give readers and stll" very bedrock of winning chess, the WOIl: another, Black. authors illustrate their disCllssion with dents a whi t e·~i ded ~lant un eYer)" game Or o;onsider a player interested in the s!mple, decisive positions from actual whether White wins or loses. Sicilian Defense. He "'oulll p('der tu study play. More t han 600 diagrams make i t [ haye rehelled against this biased po~i. it from the l3Iaek side, ev en if it lost. For easy for you to follow the explanations tiunin g:. When I set up my ehessmo;n and he wou ld gain by pract ie.., in p e ru~ing without using a board and men. The reo prejJ1He to go through a game fn)ln a each move to spot Black's ..,nor- to ~ ense suIt is a chess baal, which is easy to read, book or magazine, the first thing I Ju is White's threats. easy to understand, and one which actu to note the winner, \'?hite ur Black. Then And a defensive·minded player might ally !mpl'OVC5 your game. 213 pages. $2.75 i take the winner's o;olor for Illy own. be interested in studying aliy losing side After all, my primary concern is not wI lY with the same intent. Black moves so·und·su. or why \Vhile does, In short, the publisher e,l!lnot with an y nor how the loser moves. But 1 am vcr)" eerlainty predict whi ch sid e his readers mllch in terested in the moves that the win· may wish to ~tudy. So Khite is as good ncr makes and in knowing how the game us-and more uften better than- Black to is JHlsh ed through from the winner's side. set lI jl as standard. And it i ~ a great con· I don't care whether he is mack or White. venienee fo r puhlislwr and re'lder tu know Skill with either color is a rich advant a !.i;(~ a~ by in3tinct that White 11I0ve~ up the for a eheR~ playe r. But. tu seck that skill page. Captions for \Vhite and Black, by studying exclusively fmm the White moreover. take space fo (' three lines on ~i de is an ullerly fantastic ambition. So each diagram-enough loughly. for an cyery eh(~ s s book ami magazine that I extra game il l olle i~sue "f Cl l r: ~S Hr:nr:w. have ever seen tosses away much of the And reversed diagrams would t: allse mul· help that is offered by employing an ap· tiplied typographical errOrs. proaeh tu the game that is en tirel)' out Finally, the diagrams do nut dictate of order. from whi ch side of th.., buard the game In my CHESS REVI EW Postal AlbullI, I must be ,·iewed. One main jlu rpose of the am jJlaying a six.game tournament. And, diagram is tu alluw a play..,r to follow in each game. I have the mel! tlmt I us,," out an anulytical note on his UWII chess posted at the bottom of the miniature board and yet not have tu play th t: wh ole ehessbuard, for Black as well as White game over in O('der to return to th e posi· T H E F IRESIDE BOOK OF CH E SS by ~Ullles. tion ~l]()"wn. T he diagram is there as a Irving Ch erney and Fred Reinfeld. This After all, how seu~ible would a chess check on the position. On ce Ih e p 98 CHESS REVI[W. APa IL. t952 CHESS Vol. 20, No. 4 REVIEW APRIL, 1952 ~ INTERNATIONAL Twin Stars Dis playing all the Jlu j ~~a n ce of Capn blanca at h i~ best. the two past masters oC Western c!!css. Samuel Rcshevsky of the Un ited SIll Ies a nu !\-J iSlld Najdorr of A rgentina, again jointly demonstrated thei r superiority a\ the international lour !lament held at the Capahlanca Chess Cl ub in Havana, Cuba. II was the third great event in recent yeilrs that saw Ileshcvsky and Najdorf fin ish on top of the heap. In Amsterdam, 1950, Najdorf lI"as fi rst, Rcshcvskr second ; in the New York Wert heim Memo rial Tou rnament of 1951, Reshevsky turned the ta bles; now, in HUI'ana, this ]l air is once more clear of II tough field and is fi ttingly hracketed in a tie for first wi lli 181'2·31,6 each in Ii top rank international tournament. T he winne r of th e coming mutch be· tween these colossi wi ll probably be reo garded as unoffi cial Chil mlli on not only of the Americas but of the entire urea out· side the I ron Curtain. III his climb to the summit at Havall u, Reshevskv lost hut once whe n he slipped in th e fi fth round again st Arturito Pomar of Spain, who. like Sanull)", is a fonner boy prodigy. Najdorf was undefeated, as was Svetozllr G[ igori ch d Yugoslavia, Former U. S. Speed Champion Gonzalez ( left) meets Spa nish Champion Rom a n Toran. winner of thh'd prize with 17·5. It was a fi ne thougll by no nH!il li S tl ll ex pected show· Other good scores were made by \Vhether or nOI this bloodlt:ss .coup af· ing for the Yugoslav ace. Apparently the Nicolas R. osso[imo, B V2·7%; Dr. J uan fected a ny of the Cuban plu)'ers is im· relatively poor showing of Gligorich in Gonule-I; ("'li o turned in the best I)er· IlOssiblc 10 say, b UI the fo reigners cer· the latest Yugoslav chaml)ionshil) WII S a formanee for Ihe Cuban contingent ), tainly took the ne ws with I)hilosophic lapse of no I)articula r significa nce. 13V:J·8ih: 1. A. HOffOwit z. A. P omar and calm. The United Slates titleholder, Lilrry Roman Toran, each 12y:! .9y:! . Both Ros· Shortly bC£..,n:: this, the l\-I exican rep· Evans, also distin guished himseH by fin · s.., limo, one'lime cham pi on of F rance, and resentatives, General Marlllel Soto·Larrea ishing abreast of E rich Eliskases of Horowi tz, former U. S. opcn titl eholder, and Capt. J. J. Araiza, had bcen recalled Argentina. Eva ns lost only three games, were [cading the tou rna ment a t va rious by thcir Government and fo rfcited all including defeats by Rcshevsky a nd stages. J{osso!imo was on top as late as their unpla yed games. T his circulII stance Gligorich in the fi rst and fifth rounds re· the thirteenth round, whi le Horo\"itz, a was a real hreak for those lucky ones sepectively. Thereafter Larf), pulled him· pace·seller in the ea rl ier se ~ s io n s, did not who thus obta ined hOlh un earned poin ts self together a nd won no less than 13 lose until Reshevs ky downed him in the and extra days of rcst. gallles in his drive for a high prize. When fo urteenth. ROlllan T oran, yout hfu l cham· Still another untowa rd incident oc· his final soore of 16·6 ma tched that of pion of S pain, was likewise one of the curred j ust before the seventeenth round. EJiskases, he il ad the satisfaction of ha rdcst playel1i 10 beat ; Pomar, his com· Juan Quesada, fo rmer Cuban charnl)ion, sharing fourth and fifth t)luces with a patriot, who had disappointed on aliter who had given a fa ir accoullt himself in· player whose South American tournament occasions, seemed 0 11 the road to rehubili· c1 ud ing wins from P rins and Gu imard successes stamp as one of lhe most tation. and a draw with Eliskases, suHered a dangerous competitors in in te rnational When the tournament was a bout one· heart a ttnc k frOlll w[l icll lie failed to reo chess. {ou rtll over, revoluti on came to Cuba. cover. W hile this tragedy had a depressing CHESS REVIEW, APRIL , 1952 99 ' REGIONAL U_ S_ Repr esentative We huve word from uscr President Ha ro ld l\L Phillips, who is also Vice·Presi dent of the Fl.!deralioll Illlef/UiliO/!(lic des Eelwes (FIDE) in char~e of Zone No. 'i. that 11<: has designated !\Irs. !\Iar)" Baill of Nell" ':{ork City as the U_ S. woman player to take part in the Women's World Clte,> Championship Tournament in the USSR. Oct ober 20th to November 20lh of thi s year. i\frs. Ma ry Bain won the U. S. Women's Champion thi s ye ar and so is the logical player to designate. In default of any Zone Tournament (supposed to have been held a year ago), moreover. the Vic e·Pre~ i dent in charge of the Zone is assigned by til(' FIDE with the duty of appointing the Zonal representative. EI:!ikases (left) defends agai nst f ormer Yugoslav Champion Svetozar Gligorich. Chess Wags On For the first time ill the hi~tor y of the en'ecl on the cuncluding days o[ the tour· BasIc, Switzerl and. commemorating the Big Seven Tournament (an annual com· namcnt, it seemed tu lend fut'c e to the late Dr. Erwin Voellmy. benefactor of petition of students from seven large mid international chess. Dr. Vidmar. the old· practical adagc that there is alwars time western I!ni~·er s itie s) . chess was included to resign-one's opponent may literally cst player, tallied 5~~-1 %. ahead of Dr. in a prugram wh ich previously had been drop dead before the nece~~it)' arises of Euwe, 5·2, and Schmid. 4Y:;·2Y2. Te5eh· restricted to bridge and table tenni s. ~eore turning down une's King! ner. new German champion. could Twn clH:: ~ S players [rom each "f four F INAL STANDI NGS only 4·3. selioob cng,lged in a round rolJ in for the \\'. L. \V. L . Euwe Excels team champion ship. The winner was Kan Najdo"r . . . . lS~ I C U;"'''l" 100 CHESS REVI EW , APRt L. 195Z a total of 12Y2 points. representing 11 A crcditahle showing in a 6·mall, dou· wins and 3 draws. Thus he topped Byrne's ble·round muteh was made by a Natchi· show in g by a ful! point and beca me the toches squad against a more experienced new !\bnhattan Club champion in as ex· Shreveport group. Harris. Dupree and traordinary a demonstration of power as Jones of Shreveport scored a pair of vic· has e\'er served to win that famous title. tories apiece to account for the lion's Third in the final standing was former share of their team's 7%.4Y2 success. On U. S. elw mpion Arnold Denker, 1OY2.3Y2. Board 1. Black of Natchitoches came He was lIlways formidabl e. but his 10."5 to through with tll'O big points for his side. Byrne and too many draws spoiled his chances for fir~1. Max Paver. 9Y:!·4Y:!, was Jlf(/~S(/cllusetIS. Deerfield Academy notch· fou rth, J. i\loskowitz , 8!f2·5Y2. placed fifth ed a 7Y2.2Y2 win over Deerfield High and Dr. Harold Susman, 8·6. finished sixth. School. Dain. Foster. Donnelly, Evans, A remarkable feature of the event was Geratd Post (teft) v. William Kiraly Bodkin. l\lason and i\ lerritt contrihuted the 8LOOO Imrse, distribnted over six -for story, see Connecticut be low. one Iloint each In the Academy's total; prizes. It was by far the most handsome G'rybke and Wilson struck blows for DBS. sum ever played for in this type of weekly Illinois. Complete mastery in an 8·man. Winner ,,{ the Deerfield High School club e CHESS REVtEW. APRI L. 19S2 101 second by 5·4. Not a single draw was Utah. The Salt Lake City annual cham· registered in all 20 games. Durham vic· pionship has been won by Gaston Chap. tors in the closely contested second match puis ill a five· round Swiss System. He were William Chapman. William Crowder, won from Alex Rizos, Charles ~Ielzlaar. .r. i\T. Scales, H. Raymond Weeks and Wil· Irvin Taylor and Farrell L. Clark- with liam Sarles. For Raleigh the scorers wcre one draw in the third round. with Sam Kit Crittenden, D. lvanovitch, 1. Dobkin Teitelbaum. Versatile, Chappui s had just and W. C. Adickes. won the Utah State handball doubles A match between the University of championship the week before. No rth Carolina and Duke University was Second place was won by Taylor. and won by the first·named with a 3·1 score third by Clark, tho ugh the two tied in thanks to the effort s of Kit Cri ttenden, game points. l.ast year's champio n. Phil David Evans and D. A. Kahn. Duke was Neff had moved to San Francisco. saved from a shutout by Marcelo Molina FI NAL STANDINGS y Vedia. Games S . • B . Gaston Chappu i." . . .. A~· ~ 12.5 Irv in \\'. Taylor 3H~ ~. 7,; Ohio. The Ohio State Chess Club downed , Fa.rrell L. Clark ...... 1~·H ~. j" the Columbus "Y" Cl ub by 3·2. Mciden, ., S3m Teitelt>3um ...... :l . ~ S.II _2 Alexander and Hawthorne were Ohio B ruce P31mer . • ...... •. 3 Ii.;; I rvin W. T aylor and Gaston Chappuis Gleb Kashin ...... 3 ., ,.. .;; State winners, wh ile Mann and Loening -for story, see Utah at right. ," A llan Mulaik .2~ _ 2~ ,\.20 delivered for Columbus. 8 Alex Rizos ...... 2~-2 ' 3 To , Ted Pathakis . . . 2 · 3 :JO <0 lIIayor Boyd en ...... 2 ., ~.5 Pennsylvania. The new ho lder of the Results o( so me recen t matches : "Y" n Charles Metzlaa r . . .. H - 3~ ,1. 0 speed title of . the Mercantile Library Chess Club of York 4%, Gettysburg Col· n \Villia m 'Vebhert ...... 1~ · 3! 3,0 lIlax :Mcl~arlane . .. H-3~ 2. 0 Chess Associat ion in Philadelphia is Saul lege V2 ; "Y" Chess Club of York 5, '" Cabrial Ahlander . . .. . 1 -., D.·' Sa in t ?lTary's College 1; Downtown "Y" Wachs, national junior cha!lIpion. His "Virginia . Scoring 7%.1% each, Walter Chess Club (Pittsburgh) 7. Log Cabin 6% .% score in the final s was a full poinl A. Bass, state champion, and T. F. Petti· betler than that of his closest rival. Sohel. Chess Club (New .J ersey) 1. In the last· grew, head of the Soulhern Intcrcnllegiate A 14·man, 5·round Swiss for' premier named set·to, only Weaver Adams could Chess Association, shared fir~1 and ~ee · make an impression. All his teammates honors in the Yale and Towne Chess Cl ub ond plact's in a IO· man round Tobin for (Philadelphia) went to Morton Rappa. went down in defeat before D. Hamburg. the championship of the Uni" ersi l" nf er, P. L. Dietz, W ..M. Byland, D. Spiro, port, 4Yz.Yz. Otto Nietzschmann, 4·1, camc Virginia. Third man in the race was Jim R. W. Wilson, 1. Stargle and It Taylor. in second. Burn, 7·2; fou rth was Phil Kol\'oord, 6·3; and fifth was Terry 1[ullins. 51/~.31h. IVashington. 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Jack Kagetsl! became til le holder of the Uni· Drexel Hill, Penna. versity of Toronto. 102 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL. 1952 After taking fir~t place in one of the two major s e ction~ of th e Toronto Che~~ NATIONAL CHESS RATINGS I. eague, the Gambit Chess Cluh sue· cmniled tu Hart Huu~ c . the other major section vietor. hy I Y3-1V3 . Thu s Hart THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION has published its fo urth I-louse t(J(Jk hi ghest honors in League cnm· sCllli -annuallisting of Nationa l Chess Ratings. 'I'll is one includes ra t in g ~ , petition. for chess even ts th rough Decembe r 31, 1951 . The ra tings are basically for ! Three in tercullegiat e match e ~ were also Federalion members or those who pay th e raling fee per half-year. But annexed by I-Iarl Housc. !\"i ci\laster Uni. sac versity lost hy 2 Y3·5 Y~: l\'lcGi li University as ratings for all players from Master up are published, together with all by 3Y2 ·4Y2: and the U n i l't~ r~ity of i\·lon· Canadian and fo reign players who competed in tournaments in the United Ireal. by 1 Y2 ·6 Y~. States during 1950 and 1951, we reproduce lh ose li s-tings here as of inter Quebec est to all chess fa ns. These ratings are based 011 an elaborate and, we think, An impre~sivc 8·0 slam won thc Uni. fa il' system devised by Kenneth Harkness_ The syslem has been explained 'Tfsity of i\lont real titl e fo r Jacques in detail previou~ l y . It represenls a painstaking amou nt of work and a Hebert ahead of C. 5 1. Arnaud . 7· 1. and tremendous ....ervice to the U. S, chess- players, R. Courtemanche, 6·2. THE v~riO\1S brackets in the rating: list GRANDMASTE R are : Grandmaster 2700 points and up; (Brooklyn, ~, Y.) 2734 Senior Master 2500 to 2699 points; Mas· ~ LATIN AMERICA SEN JOR MASTERS ter 2300 to 2499; Expert 2100 to 2299; D,'. Heu lH)n I·'jno (:-:1'''" York. _\'. Y.) 2676 Argentina Class A 1900 to 2099; Class B 1700 to I .", " '~' Ev"".< (':-'e\l' Yor1<. N. Y . ) 2660 1899; ClaH C 1500 to 1699; and Class D r. A, Horowitr. (X",,, yo,·k. N . Y .) 2.';15 It was Najdorf all the way in the na· A,·\ I,,,,· \\'. D"k" (Pol'llnnd, O,·e.) 2,;10 below 1500 points. tional championship. He dndked np 13% ,\l'n(>I,1 ". De n] CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1952 103 STALEMATE By I. A. HOROWITZ INGPIN of problemists, wily Sam Loyd, confounded the addicts many Now, Instead of playing the li ne which I( I had intended, which was full of trials a time and oft in the silly night. Out of his rambunctious repertoire and tribUlations-but a certain win, thus: comes one quaint item in which White and Black co-operate from the ini Horowitz Denker tial position of the game to reach a stalemate in ten moves! White Black With malice aforethought (and ahindthought)-with typical Loyd 42 P-R3 K_N1 52 K-R7 K-B3 ian legerdemain-he gives the solution as though annotating an actual 43 P-R4 K_B1 53 K-NS K-N4 game-between Patzer and Duffer. The moves are: 1 P-K3, P-QR42 Q 44 P-R5 K_N1 54 K_B7 K-B5 45 P-N4 K-B1 55 K_ K6 K,P R5, R·R3 3 QxQRP. P·R4. 4 QxBP. QR.R3 5 P·KR4. P·B3 6 QxPt. 46 P_N5 p,p 56 K,P K_B5 K·B2 7 QxNP. Q.Q6 8 QxN. Q.R2 9 QxB, K·N3 10 Q-K6,tale 47 K,P K- B2 57 KxP P_K5 48 K_B5 K_K2 58 P-Q6 P-K6 mate! 49 K-N6 K-B1 59 P_Q7 P-K7 50 P-R6 p,p 60 P_Q8(Q) 51 K,P K_B2 P- KS(Q) 61 Q-B6t Denker (Hypothetic Position 1) I varied. I adopted Denker's plan. The tempta And here's the twist. On the tenth move, Duffer is stalemated. The tion to avoid a Qneen ending and a pos fact hasn't percolated, however. Intently, he seeks a move. Soon his time sible perpetual check was too great. The game continued: runs out, the flag on his clock falls--- 42 P-R4 K-N1 44 K_R7 K-B2 Question: Is Duffer forfeited? 43 P-N4 K_B1 45 K-R8 ERHAPS he is. Perhaps he isn't. The As this seemed to clinch my case, I Denker P question Is purely academic. reiterated my demand that he give up Not so academic, however, is the ques· the ghost. But he parried by indicating tion of stalemate in over-the· board play. that the game was important and that Stalemate represents a full half-point of anything could happen in a game of blood, sweat and tears, of low, sly cun· chess. There was no gainsaying this ning. Consider our first episode. logic. The scene was Philadelphia, 1936: the The game was resumed the following tournament, the U. S. Open. The race day. This was the position: for first prize was close. In the semi-final round, I was leading U. S. OPEN, 1936 by half a point, and I was paired with my nearest rival, Arnold Denker, with A. S. Denker whom I was rooming at the time. The game waxed exciting. About mid Horowitl': way, however, Denker inadvertently yielded a Pawn and, from then on, his All the aforementioned mov es were position rapidly deteriorated. At adjourn given by Denker and all seemed well. ment, he was moving on sheer momen_ But was it? tum. Suddenly the idea dawned. Maybe I was In conversation that night, I outlined leading headlong into a stalemate. ""\Vhy, an ironclad win, and, in the Interest of the conniving schemer," I mumbled Ull' conserving time and energy, I mildly der my breath. "I have been duped," ' He suggested that Denker resign. He agreed can continue with 45 .. . K-::>13 46 K-N8, that he ought to resign, and, in fact, P-R4 47 P-N5 stalemate!! pOinted out another clear·cut way to bring the game to a conclusion. I, A, Horowitz t _ check; ~ _ db!. c heck; § _ d is. ch. 104 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 19S1 Denker OSTENDE,1905 Now everybody knows that lightning C. Schlechter doesn't strike twice in the same place. But M/·s. P. doesn't agree with this point of view. Be that as it may, these facts tonch upon my game with Pavey. I must con fess, I was outplayed. I had banked on a crushing attack along a prospective open Rook file. But I discovered only too late that I was going to get the sway of the full breeze on the open fi le-and nothing more. In the meantime, my position had deteriorate(\ and, In chess vernacular, I was busted. This was our position: Horowitz (Hypothetic Position 2) M. Tchigorin U. S. CHAMPIONSHJP, 1951 M. Pavey 1 then reaJized that I need not play 47 1 •.. Q-B2t P -N5, bllt that I could win by Ii hair with 2 Q-N6t 47 PxPt. What a relief. Then another line occurred to me. He The temptation to exchange Queens might continue with 45 . K-N3 46 K could not be resisted. N8, K-B3, and, if I continued: 47 K- B8, 2 .... K- R1! then 47 P-N4 48 P-R5, stalemate!! Draw If Denker FOl', 3 QxQ, stalemate. And, if 3 K RG, Q-Blt leads to a draw by repetition ~~ of position. HIRTY SEVE~ YEARS LATER, the T mighty Reshevsky falls a victim of I. A. Horowitz the same theme. Earlier, I had thought of a possible U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP, 1942 perpetual check and even had yisions of S. Reshevsky a stalemate. These were so obviously reo futed, however, I put them from my mind. Now, there was hardly even the ghost of a chance of any kind an(\ I thought of r esigning. '}'o resign or not to Horowitz resign, that was the Question. I decided (Hypothetic Position 3) to play on for a fe\"\' moves. After all, Denker did have a genel'OUS Undouhtedly, the specter of a perpet· nature. He allowed me two grandiose ual must have haunted the subconscious ways of doing myself In. Even here, I of Pavey. For, when he saw an easy way luckily found that there was a saving to swap Queens and bring home his clause. I need not continue with 47 K-B8, material advantage, he seized the oppor but I could play 47 K-R7 and win. tunity. After these uncomfortable moments, 1 .• •• QxBt C, P ilni ck the game continued, much to my sur· Q.Q R- R6 prise, with 45 .•. K- Bl. Q-KB2 Draw It was about over. The finish was: For, if 1 ... QxQ, stalemate. Now, there are many ways of resign 46 P-N5 P_N3 48 PxP K-B2 ing a game. Some do it with a word, 47 K _ R7 PxP 49 K-R6 Resigns some with a gesture. The Milquetoast And Horowitz and Denker lived hap· N almost every instance, there is a says "1 resign"; the prima donna sweeps pily ever after. I story behind the ~talemate. Take the the men from the board. The gentleman case of my game with Max Pavey in the topples his King. last U . S. Championship Tournament. I lifted the King. TALEMATE is by no nieans a rarity These [acts, bearing on the game, pre· Expecting me to resign, Pavey prof· S• in master play. It happens to the best fered his hand, observing the usual of them. ceded the denouement. First, I ought to mention that the charming lIirs. Payey amenitie~. How drawing master,* Carl Schlechter, accompanied Max to all of his games. But I played: gained his reputation is a moot question. While she knows nearly nothing abont 3 K-R4 The following position, however, may the play of chess, she evidently inspires shed some l!ght on the subject. him to great heights or brings him luck. Just witness his tremendous scores. * The title of "drawing master" still During one of the early rounds, Pavey clings to t he memOl'y of Carl Schlechter ha(\ Hanauer on the rocks and slipped. -although, in a sense, he did the utmost He permitted a perpetual check. Now, to live it down. everyho(\y knows that one full point is Leading the great Dr. Emanuel Lasker bettel' than one·half point. But nobody by a full point in a World Championship knows this better than Mrs. P, who im. Match, Schlechter needed only to draw mediately explainecl the mathematics of in the last game. the situation to Max. Later, curiously By living up to his title of Drawing enough, the same situation obtained in Master, he could have escaped fl'om it the game, Payey-Seldman. Once again, to ihat of World Champion. Bllt he chose Pavey had victory in his grasp- and once to play to win-and lost. again he permitted a perpetual check. Curtain CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1952 105 MEMORIES OF THE MASTERS by Bruce Hayden LIKE the scientist who knows of the theoret- 7 B-N2 B- N2 16 P-KN4 KN- B3 8 0_0 0 - 0 17 P- B4 P- K3 ical existence of an unknown ingredient 9 B_B4 P_ KR3 18 N_B3 p,p but canBot discover its .connula, so I knew 10 Q-Q2 K_ R2 19 BPxP P_QN4 11 P-K4 N_R4 20 P_K5 P_N5 that somewhere there was a Rubinstein mas 12 B-K3 N-Q2 21 N-Q1 N_K5 terpiece hidden away. But I could not track it 13 Q R-K1 R- QN1 22 Q-Q3 P-B4 dowll. 14 N-,KR4 QN-B3 23 P-K6 Q-R4 15 P-KR3 N-N1 24 p,p p,p The clue lay in the 1907 Yearbook 25 N- R4! B_R3 where a d iagram was given of th e young Akiba's brilliant sacrificial fin ish against But'll in the Ostend Tournament. It bore aU the signs of having been a Queen's Gambit in which White allows his Queen Pawn to be come isolated for the sake of an attack and in which fo llows the characteristic sacrifice of a BRUCE HAYDEN Kn ight on Black's KB2. Lasker had brought off the same idea against Maroczy at Paris in 1900 after a dour battle. And Botvitltlik scored wi lh it a lso in a game against Batuyev in 1931 and later in his short brilliancy against Vidmar at the great Nottingham Tournament in 1936, Her e it seems that Alekhine has planned to win a Pawn by 26 NxP, fol· lowed (if, ,RxN) by QxN.~ Now, how· UPPOSING the unknown Rubinstein 13 8 - Q4 ever, his Queen is attacked and, when it Sgame was a lso a Queen's, I wanted If 13 QxP, 14 ll-N5, followed by moves, Black has calculated on picking to see how the simple, elegant style QR- Ql, exerts enormous pressure. up the exchange by BxR first, with of the great chess purist compared to 14 NxB QNxN 19 BxN BxPt time to defend against White's threats. these other two titans, And, when theo· 15 B-N5 R-B1 20 K-R1 Q_B1 "Got him!" cries F letcher to the on· retician Imre Koenig was tracing the 16 BxN 21 R-KB1 R-B7 lookers, who thereupon uescend like evolution of chess technique in his reo 17 NxBP 22 QR- B1 R,R wolves and wait for Alekhine to turn up. cent booll, From Morphy to Botvinni k, 18 QxP 23 RxR Resigns Yes, \Vhite has to move the QUeen all he spent a great deal of research on the [·j ght. Lo(:k of hair leans over the board growth ot the Queen's and was eager and plays 26 QxN!! also to trace the score of this u nknown CALL me senile if you like; but, if I nstant e lectrifi cation of Fletcher, the game, 'Ve both tried but without success, * there was a match between the old-timers board and the onlookers! T hen Eureka ! in t heir prime and the current chess "It is mate jn six if the Queen is cap· I'm looking thl'ougll some old clippings gods, my money woulu be on the oldsters. tur ed," says Alekhine, almost mourn· in a newspaper library. One flutters to The sweepin g maneuvers of Laskcr, fully (i.e. 26 . .. PxQ 27 BxPt, K- Rl 28 the floor and, as I s toop to pick it liP, the claSSic elegance of Hubinstein, the N- N6t, K- R2 29 NxRt, K- IU 30 N- N6t, there is the lost score staring at me invincible logic of Capablan~a and t he K- H2 31 N-K5~, K- Rl 32 N - B7 mate). from the bacJ. of the tattered slip of electric combinations ot' Alekhine. "'Tch. A child could have seen it," newsprint. Anu how Alekhine could electrify 'em says Fle tcher. Ostend, 1907 - board, opponent and onlookers, all in A door is heard to slam. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLI NED one go ! "Don't forget the Queen sacrifice," nuds It was way back in the 1920's when Rubinstein Burn Alekhine to the Times correspondent as Alekhine played what has become known White Black he passes on to another board. p,p as the "Gottim" game. 1 P-Q4 P- Q4 7 0 -0 The scene is a s imultaneous at the 2 N-KB3 N_KB3 8 B,P P-B4 Gambit Chess Rooms, London, and the STOHIES, rumors, conJectures have 3 P_ B4 P_K3 9 Q- K2 N- N3 ~ great master with the piercing blU e eyes attributed hypnotic lllJwerS as oue of t h~ 4 N_ B3 N-Q2 10 B-N3 p,p and the overhanging lock of hair is faced weapons by which Alekhine conjUred up 5 P-K3 B-K2 11 p,p B-Q2 by one Fletcher, 11 strong player who his combinations and overcame his op 6 B-K2 0-0 12 R_ K1 B- B3 knows all the wr!nkles o[ the then so· ponents so brilliant ly. Perhaps the fol· 13 N_K5 called Hypermoderns. lowing stOtT, told to me by a man who They were the boys who played "Comc was present at the scene of the crime, on" chess. They let yon form a strong may reveal the origin of the yarns. center, then they attacked it with Of all his brilliant games, Alekhine fianchettoeu Bishops. It was all very h i m~eJr has stated that he considers his scientific indeedy, but it didn't always games against Bogolyubov, Hastings, work- as YOll will see. 1922, anrl HeU, Baden·Baden. 1!J 25, as ENGLISH OPENING his most bt·illiant. Ale khine Fletcher Ret! it was who was '"hypnotized." The Wbite Black game opened thus (see next page): 1 N-KB3 N_ KB3 4 P_Q5 N_Q N1 P_Q3 • \Ye prefer to thlnt, Alckhine planned: 26 2 P-B4 P- B4 5 N_B3 BxN', PxB 27 QxPt, K·RI 28 N-NGt . K-R2 3 P-Q4 N-B3 6 P-K N3 P-KN3 29 NxRf, K·la 30 Q-R7 mateo-Ed. 106 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1952 Baden_Baden, 1925 orr, Bu t Reti was no Blackburne . So he Old timers say thut the silence was played 19 B-Rl , and Alekhlue replied so great that It could he heard two miles IRREGULAR with 19, . P-KR4 nnd II'on briJli:lIltly away! R. Reti A. Alekhine on t he Ki ng·side. H u ck l esb \ll~· got 11 11 and took down b[s W h ite Black After the game, someoll e came u p a nd hat aud coat a lld Was bustling off out a sked Ret! wh)' even then he bad not agnln, snying something about it having 1 P_KN3 P_K4 10 Px P N-QN5 FOI'(:ell the draw. been a han\ game and It had made him 2 N-KB3 P-K5 11 Q-B4 QNxQP "Why," he said, "did you let Alekhine late, when hi s pals-now in awe at his 3 N_Q4 P- Q4 12 N/2-N3 P-B3 hypnotize you?" achlel'ement and secretly Ill'oud of It 4 P-Q3 P.P 13 0 - 0 R- K1 L,uR ker is generally c redited with RlOpped him at the door. N_K B3 14 K R_Ql B-N5 5 Qx P psycholog ical chess, but it is interesting "Do you k now Who thnt Is whom you 6 B-N2 B-N5t 15 R-Q2 Q_Bl to recall that, after his match with Capa· have just beaten?" they ;Iskeli. Bx 6 t 16 N_QB5 B-R6 7 B-Q2 blanca, Alekbine cla[metl that he had "Never met blm bero,'e," , ~plied H uck, 8 NxB 0-0 17 B- 83 B-N5 o"erJ)()wered tbe Cuban " psycholog· "Nice Cellow, good IIl;lyer-hope to meet N_R3 9 P- QB4 18 6 -N2 B-R6 \(:ally." him again." 19 8-63 B-N5 Then they said It. "That iii Frank :\l al·s hall, the Anl erlcan Champion." <11 AMONG THE GREA'!' MASTERS " All, ah," went Hucklesbury, "you fel, who have made tbemsell'es po pu lar be· lows are a lways trying to kid me on. I cause at their pe l'sonal characte rs are can't gin') Marsh all Pawn and move, but Marsha ll, Blackbu rne and Euwe. I can gll'e it to an)' of YOII fe llows a nd Euwe beeause he Is a sllort a nd a t:l ke you r money," gentleman- he tl ld n't allemllt to side· And, acconHng to "Uss Price who ran step a '~lllrn matc h with Alekbine fo,· the Gambit for 50 years, Hucklesbur y the World Champiollshljl. Dlackbul'IIe for nel·el' would believe that it was tile h!s rollicking sen se of fun. And "larJ;hall s reat Franll Mal'Simll whom he had fo[' hl ~ chal'm and Dlodest y, beaten. it wall an early incident In Marshall' s c:u'eer which endeared him to B riti~ J I 1,layers. • A GHEAT PLACE for c hess cha l ~ T he psychological baule hits stalt ed l3efore World Wal' I , a II[ayel' at t he acte!'s still is t he Gambit, after a ll t hese [rom the second move. First, ReH plays Gambit Chess [tooms would take on any· years. I "emembe ,· benel·olen tly cO;lch lng Alekhlne's own (Iefense agninst him in bo(ly and gil'e bim Pawn and move for a little, blue·eyed, a l)IIle·checkcti girl on r eyerse. Then, with the n!!lhop check half a c rown, the mystedes of tile Evans Gambit thel'e on move 6, Alekhine tries a t!'aP, hoping Ills name was Hllcklesbm'y, a s ho\'t. some years ngo, while waiting fo\' a White wlll Illay i P- D3- whereupon he 1'011 li d, jolh', bouncy, I!lIle ma n who I!ijed nlpld transit lournnnient to start. will retreat, . B-K Z, without loss of to via}, a strong, quick g;lIlle, and there Came aliI' turn to play in the I'apld, tempo and leave tbe Pawn obstructing were few who coultl beat him, a nd s he bounced me nil over the boa I'd White's pieces. )'JHrshall, the br llli:lIlt, young, Amerl· with an opening which even now I don't Dut, as 11 I·esult, Alekhlne has the CHn Chamillon, had a l' rh'etl in London, (ully unders tantl. worst or It. Now he wants Rett to play anti a Illot w:ts batched to catch "Huck" The little latl y was Ela[ne Saunders B- Rl so t hat he call start an attack by - as he was called by his friends. who Wall the British \Vomen's Champion, . P- K1H. But Reti isn't having any of So they waited around In the lunch· ship before she had left school ! thaI nnd is bent on ffJjJetltion. Alekh ine hom', lind Huck tlllly bustled in and u t Another youthful chess warrior was a want!! !I win a!! a di re necessity. Reti tered the well known formula: "Pawn tiny chap who could barely see ol'er tbe WO[l't vary the moves, and Alekhine dare ;L!Id move fo r halt a crown. Which oC you botln\. When asked, he lis ped tbat b ls not. What now? boys WillitS to lose his mOney?" name was "Arfur Grim rs" and he was According to my eyewitness, Alekh ine With careful casualness, t he gl~at aged eight. 1'0 see h im take games ( 1'0 111 s hufTIed 11 11 t he pieces and declared the Frallk was brough t forwltHI. " Here's a n old ha nds at lIghtning chess was the joy game;l tI"aw by repetition of mo\·es! Americ:1II visitOi· who would like a game, of the onlook('rs. Now net! knew and Alekhlne must Huck," they said, DUL another little cball whom f (onnd have known that, [or It game to be " All right, sil·," relllled Huc k. " I give there could really play, I wa s entranced drawn the pos ition must have OCCUlTed l'awn and mOl'e fo r half H crown.'· liS I wat<: hed h im peering over the bonrd three times with the claimant to move. lind mowing down some of the best and At t his, the gaHery objecteo, What T hlls wus too much for Hell, who was most experienced wltb a fllll(\ or brlgbt a ;\ ma ll staunch to princ iples whether they a bout trying game lerel. they suggested - ll11ed with longing to see H uek well Id eas. were cliessic or otherwise. Chocola te was ,'atlonetl In those tlays, a nd tru ly slaugbtered. Notwithstanding that he had inyitetl a nd I bad jnst collected my monthly a l the draw, he objected and objecter;! em· At this, Frank took a hand. " I never location. With that a~ hait, I made my· phaUclllly. Whereupon, of course, an re(uRe the offer oC 01h18," he said. "The ~elf known, and we Rettle(1 down to play. argument IItu'ed up which wa~ tmly Con gentleman can ahrayij reconsider hili S ure enough, If I Ruggested that he tinental In Its wordiness and hand wav off cr arter the fir st game." could have made better mores, he would ing. S ly smllcs all around, and the game \lolnt out re a~ons why they weren't bet, Uillmately, lhe tournament directo!' IItarted. ter. )'leanwhlle my chocolate and my was called In, tbe pieces were set u p, Well, :\la , ~ hal1 soon got the attack, I)ieces were rapitll)' disallilearing unUI I t he scol'e gone through carefully, the anll 1)001' Hucklesbu l'Y was labor ing had Iitlle lert or either. moves l-e played, a nd Rell, the Champion h C;I\'II)' o n the deCens h 'e. But he held on But this was tenlfic. E\'en the c h ild of Principle, was found to be right. lenaclously as the game, which had prodigy Capablanca never playetl this Bul the result was mote than thal. It Htnrtetl with quick mOI·eij, slowed down HO!·t of thess at thut age or size. He['e had placed Reti in the positloll of being La n stubbom stl'uggle, with a bit of cllre(ul coaching-wns the t he chnmpion of the continuance of the \0'01' once the shock tnctlc~ of the great ruture \Vorlel Champion. game, H e had been placed In a psych 108 CHESS REVIEW, APRtL, 1952 T AB L E 1_19 or 20 P layers PAIRING TABLES Rd. Pair ings for from 3 to 20 Pla yers 1 1 :20 2:19 3:18 4 :11 5:16 6 : 15 1 :14 8 ;13 9:12 10: 11 TABLE A TABLE B 20; 11 12:10 13:9 14 :8 15:1 16:6 17:5 18:4 19:3 1 :2 2 3 or 4 Pl ayer. 5 or 6 P layers 3 2:20 3:1 4:19 5:18 6 :11 1; 16 8:15 9; 14 10:13 11: 12 Rd. P a iring. Rd. Pairings 20:12 13;11 14:10 15:9 16 :8 17:1 18:6 19:5 1 :4 2;3 • 1 , :6 2:5 3:4 , 3:20 4:2 5:1 6:19 7:18 8 :11 9:16 10: 15 11 :14 12:13 1 1 :4 2:3 2 6:4 5:3 1 :2 , 20:13 14: 12 15: 11 16:10 11:9 18:8 19:1 1 :6 2:5 3:4 3 2:6 3: 1 4:5 7 4:20 5:3 6 :2 1:1 8: 19 9: 18 10: 17 11 : 16 12:15 13: 14 2 4:3 1 :2 6:5 1 :4 2:3 8 20:14 15:13 16 :12 11: 11 18: 10 19:9 1 :18 2:1 3:6 4:5 • 3 2:4 3: 1 , 3:6 4:2 5:1 9 5:20 6:4 1:3 8:2 9:3 10: 19 11: 18 12; 11 13:16 14: 15 10 20:15 16:14 17: 13 18:12 19 : 11 1 : 10 2:9 3:8 4:1 5 : 6 6:20 1:5 8:4 9 :3 10:2 11 : 1 12:19 13: 18 14 : 11 15:16 TABLE C-1 or 8 Player. "12 20:16 17:15 18:14 19 : 13 1 :12 2 :1 1 3: 10 4 :9 5:8 6:1 Rd. Pairings 13 7:20 8 :6 9:5 10:4 11 :3 12:2 13:1 14:19 15: 18 16 :11 1 1:8 2:1 3:6 4:5 ,. 20:17 18: 16 19; 15 1: 14 2:13 3:12 4:11 5:10 6 : 9 7 :8 2 8:5 6 :4 1:3 1 :2 15 8:20 9 :7 10 :6 11: 5 12:4 13:3 14 :2 15:1 16:19 17:18 3 2:8 3: 1 4:7 5:6 19: 11 1: 16 2: 15 3: 14 4: 13 5 :1 2 6: 11 1:10 16 20:18 8:9 8:6 1:5 1:4 2:3 17 9:20 10:8 11: 7 12:6 13:5 14:4 15:3 16:2 11: 1 18:19 •, 3:8 4:2 5; 1 6:7 18 20:19 1 :18 2 : 17 3:16 4: 15 5: 14 6 :13 7: 12 8:11 9: 10 , 8:7 1 :6 2:5 3:4 19 10:20 11: 19 12:8 13:7 14 :6 15:5 16:4 17:3 18:2 19 :1 7 4:8 5:3 6:2 1: 1 TABLE F-13 or 14 Player. TABLE E_ l1 o r 12 Players T ABLE D-9 or 10 Player. Rd. Pairings Rd. Pair ings Rd. Pair ings 1 1 : 14 2:13 3:12 4; 11 5: 10 6 :9 1:8 1 1 :12 2; 11 3:10 4:9 5:8 6 :1 1 1 : 102;93:84:7 5:6 2 14 :8 9 :1 10:6 11 :5 12:4 13:3 1 :2 2 12:7 8 :6 9:5 10 :4 11 :3 1 :2 2 10:6 7:5 8:4 9:3 1 :2 3 2 : 14 3: 1 4: 13 5: 12 6: 11 7:10 8:9 3 2: 12 3:1 4: 11 5:10 6:9 7:8 3 2: 10 3: 1 4:9 5:8 6:7 • 14 : 9 10:8 11 : 7 12:6 13:5 1 :4 2:3 • 12:8 9:7 10:6 11:5 1 :4 2:3 , 3:14 4 :2 5: 1 6:13 7: 12 8: 11 9:10 , 3: 12 4:2 5: 1 6: 11 7:10 8:9 • 10:7 8:6 9:5 1:4 2:3 , 14:1011:9 12:8 13:7 1 :6 2 :5 3:4 , 12:9 10:8 11:7 1:6 2:5 3:4 , 3: 104:25:1 6:9 1:8 7: 1 9 :12 10:11 7 4: 12 7 4: 14 5:3 6:2 8:13 5:3 6 :2 1 :1 8:11 9: 10 10:8 9:1 1:6 2:5 3:4 8 14:11 12:1 013:9 1:8 2:7 3:6 4:5 8 12:10 11:9 1 :8 2:1 3;6 4:5 • 7 4: 105:3 6:2 7: 1 8:9 9 5:14 6:4 7:3 8:2 9: 1 10:13 11 : 12 9 5:12 6:4 1:3 8:2 9: 1 10: 11 10 14: 12 13:11 1 : 10 2:9 3:8 4:7 5:6 10 12: II 1 :10 2:9 3:8 4:7 5:6 8 10 :9 1:82:73:64:5 6: 14 7:5 8 :4 9:3 10:2 11: I 12:13 11 6: 12 7:5 8:4 9:3 10:2 11: 1 9 5 :106:41:38:29:1 12" 14:13 1 :12 2:11 3:10 4;9 5 : 8 6:1 13 1: 14 8:6 9:5 10 :4 11: 3 12:2 13 :1 T ABLE H - 17 or 18 Players Rd. Pairings TABLE G-15 or 16 Player. 1 1: 18 2:11 3: 16 4: 15 5: 14 6: 13 7:12 8: 11 9: 10 Rd. Pairings -2 18: 10 11 :9 12:8 13:7 14:6 15:5 16:4 17 :3 1:2 1 1 :16 2: 15 3:14 4 :13 5:12 6: 11 1 :10 8:9 3 2: 18 3:1 4:11 5:16 6:15 7:14 8:13 9 :12 10:1 1 2 16 :9 10:8 11 :1 12:6 13:5 14:4 15:3 1 :2 • 18: 11 12: 10 13:9 14:8 15:7 16:6 17:5 1 :4 2:3 3 2:16 3:1 4:15 5:14 6: 13 1: 12 8:1 1 9: 10 , 3: 18 4:2 5: 1 6: 11 7 : 16 8 : 15 9:1410:13 11: 12 • 16: 10 11 :9 12:8 13:7 14 :6 15:5 1 :4 2:3 , 18:12 13 : 11 14:10 15:9 16:8 11:7 1 :6 2:5 3:4 , 3: 16 4:2 5: 1 6: 15 7: 14 8 :13 9: 12 10: I 1 7 4:18 5 :3 6:2 1: 1 8:11 9: 16 10: 15 11:14 12: 13 , 16 : 11 12: 10 13:9 14:8 15 :1 1:6 2 :5 3:4 8 18: 13 14: 12 15: 11 16:1011 :9 1 :8 2:7 3:6 4:5 7 4:16 5:3 6:2 7: 1 8:15 9 :1 4 10:13 11: 12 , 5 :18 6:4 1 :3 8:2 9: 1 10 :7 11 : 16 12:15 13:14 8 16 :1213: 11 14: 10 15:9 1:8 2:7 3:6 4:5 10 18:14 15: 13 16:12 17: I 1 1: 10 2 : 9 3:8 4:1 5:6 9 5:16 6 :4 1:3 8:2 9:1 10:15 11:1412:13 11 6:18 1:5 8:4 9:3 10 :2 11 : 1 12:1 7 13: 16 14:15 10 16:13 14:1215:11 1 :10 2:9 3:8 4:7 5:6 12 18: 15 16: 14 11:13 1 :12 2: 11 3:10 4 :9 5:8 6:1 11 6:16 1:5 8:4 9 :3 10 :2 11 : 1 12 :1 513:14 13 1 :18 8:6 9:5 10:4 , 1:3 12:2 13:1 14:17 15:16 12 16 : 14 15:13 1: 12 2 : 11 3 : 10 4 :9 5 : 8 6:1 18: 16 17:15 1:14 2: 13 3 : 12 4:11 5 : 10 6:9 7:8 13 1: 16 8:6 9:5 10:4 11 :3 12:2 13: I 14: 15 15" 8 : 18 9 : 7 10:6 11 :5 12;4 13:3 14:2 15: 1 16 :17 ,. 16: 15 1 :1 4 2:13 3: 12 4:1' 5:10 6:9 7:8 18: 17 1: 16 2:15 3:14 4: 13 5:12 6:11 1:10 8:9 15 8: 16 9 :1 10:6 II :5 12:4 13:3 14:2 15: 1 "17 9: 18 10:8 11 :7 12:6 13 :5 14:4 15:3 16:2 17: 1 CHUS R.lVllW , AP Ril, 1952 10'1 CHESS FROM MORPHY TO BOTVINNIK no t unduly weakened Black's King posi· by Imre Koenig tion and furthermore he has no minor pieces left on the King's s ide with which l'" presenting these "Reviews by Excerpt8," we aim for a duel accom- he can attack. plishment. First, of COltrse, we aim to give .wme items of interest in 11 ... . B,N themselves to all chess-players; some interesting bits of chess history, it 12 PxB P_Q4! may be, or chess anecdotes, or, as here, a couple of really ontstaluling Blackburne knows how to make use of chess games, the centralized pieces. 13 QR-Q1 KPxP 16 P-K5 P- B5 Second, we try to give the reader some conception oj the book from 14 BxB K,B 17 K_R1 Q_Bl which the excerpts have been taken. If we can impart its flavor, well and 15 BPxP P-B4! 18 B,N P,B good- even though, as one reader has written us, the flavor doesn't agree. 19 K- N2 with him. We have performed some service toward letting the reader The 'alternative was 19 R ... KNl, Q ... R6 20 Q... K2, R-B4 21 R ... N2, R-R4 with the judge if he wants that book or not. threat of N-B4-R5. In presenting excerpts, however, from Imre Koenig's Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik, there is grave da.nger that we rna)' miss the flavor. For the book is a thorough a.nd connected stud)" a.nd excerpts from it must fail to impart an)' true sense of the whole. The reader must understand, there/ore, that this book, subtitled: A Century of Chess Evolution, traces the historical development of certain openings: the Ruy Lopez, the Queen's Gambit, the English Opening and the King's Gambit. There a.re six chapters on the Ruy Lopez alone, five on the Queen's Gambit, two on the English and four on the King's Gambit, Our excerpts are selected to give some picture 0/ Chapter V 0/ the RIt)' Lopez-and hence by analog), of the other chapter8 of the book. The subject is the Sleinitz Defense Deferred, covered br thirteen games (we 19. N-B4! A fine, and by no means obvious, Pawn take YOlt through the first seven) each settling some critical point in the sacrifice. evolution of the variation.-ED. 20 QxP Q_Q1 22 Q-N4 P-KR4! 21 K-R1 N_R5 23 Q-N1 N,P The Steinitz Defense Deferred Blaekburne's Tl'eatment 24 Q-N3 Q_Q2 THIS most modern defense was played In the following interesting game, Takes control of the important N5 during the nineteenth century; fo r in Dlackburne, a player of individual out· square. stance. we know an example of its adop lool{, adopting the defense for the fil's t tion by LouIs Paulsen in 1871. However, time, demonstrates his sound apprecia' 25 N-B2 P- R5 since his mode of treatment was quite tion of its prinCiples. 26 Q-N2 different from present-day methods, we Game 12 It is interesting to see how Black has begin our study with a game played by Match, 1877 succeeded in controlling all the important Blackburne in 1877. In whIch we see our squares, thus restricting the movements G. H. Mackenzie J. H. Blackburne modern strategIcal Ideas beginning to of the White Queen. assume a definite shape. ''''hite Black 26 . . . . R_B5 28 Q-N3 QR_KB1 At a later date. Steinit:l; himself revived 1 P-K4 P_ K4 4 B_R4 P-Q3 27 N-K3 P-R6 29 R-Q3 P_B4! this defense (which came to be known 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 5 P-B3 B-Q2 as the 'Steinitz Defense Preceded') when, 3 B-N5 P-QR3 6 0-0 P-KN3 acording to his contemporaries, he had 7 P_Q4 B_N2 become disillusioned in his old defense. Black has now reached the ideal posI He vIgorously denied this, saying, 'Some tion in this variation. It is certain that critics remarked that I had lost faith in this was not deliberately planned, never my usual favorite, 3 .. . P. ...Q3; but it will theless it is remarkable thnt Blackburne be seen the same idea is carried out after treats it quite in the modern spirit. the move (3 ... P ... QR3) which secures a 8 B_K3 KN-K2 draw at least against the most formid· 9 Q-Q2 able attack which, according to the t.heory and practice of flrst·class masters. The usual move played today is 9 PxP White has at his disposaL' Stein!tz adop· with the idea of bringing the Queen ted it consistently during the Hastings Bishop to Ba. Tournament of 1895, and a t last it seemed 9.... 0-0 as if he had achieved his objective of 10 B_R6 B-N5 After Black has reduced White to pas· sivlty on the King's s ide, he breaks up maintaining the center, albeit at the ex· Dlack avoids the trap! If (a) 10 the center. If, instead of 29 ... P ... I34, 29 pense of a cramped position. NxP 11 PxN, BxKB ] 2 BxB. KxB 13 PxP. . . . RxP 30 RxR, NxR. then 31 N- N4! The ultimate judgment on the Steinltz PxP 14 NxP, regaining the Pawn with the would follow with the threat of QxRP, Defense Deferred has yet to be given, bettel' position; (b) 10 . . NxP 11 PxN also Q... R4! 0)' 29 . .. NxQP 30 R-KNl. but we can say in general that Black can BxQB 12 QxB, BxB 13 N-N5 wins. maintain the center, and, if he shOUld 30 R_ B1 11 N-R3 have to give it uP. he can do so safely in Not 30 PxP. P-Q5. with the threat of the knowledge that he can secure a free Contemporary critics here recom . Q-Q4 or . . . R-N5. development for his pieces. mended 11 BxB, KxB 12 N... Kl, wIth at tacking chances for White, but this W.... PxP Bell Publishing Co. 202 pages shows that they misjudged the position. 31 P-K6 QxP 107 games $4.00 By exchangin~ .tJ:1e Bishops, White has 32 R'xPt 110 CHESS REVIEW, APRil, 1952 The last, desperate attempt, If now 3~ 5 . , .. B-Q2 7 P-Q4 B-N2 , , QH- ll2, 33 QxR. 6 P-Q63 P-KN3 G PxP TIle Biggest Borgain 32 .. " KR_B2 8 B- KN5 \\'oul(1 only help Dlaek after in Chess Literature! 33 N_B1 Q_K7 S ..• P-133 9 B- K3. N-R3. followed by . , , Resigns N- D2. and the Knight has reaChed its That this game hag arou!led no partic' ideal post in this variation (Bogolyu CHESS REVIEW ular interest is e vident by its omissioll bov-Alekhine, 1929 lIfateh. 22d game). from Blackburne'S best gnmes. whereas. e PxP! ANNUAL with today'g knowledge. we CIlllllOt help S NxP gives \Vhite more chances Volume 19 admit'ing holl' well Blackbul'lle mastered after 9 NxN, PxN 10 P-KD4, BxB 11 Qx all elements of the game. when we con, Bt, Q- Q2 12 QxQt. KxQ 13 PxP, K-K3 LL twelve issnes of CIlf:SS REVIEW girler that it was played in 18Si when the H B-84. R-KDl 15 N-Q2, BxP 16 N-N3, A published during 1951 have been gtrategic implicationg were not fully ap· DxB 17 HxB, P-N3 IS P- QI{4 (Fine handsomely bound in cloth to make preciated. It is true Black achieved thig Alellhine, AVRO. 1938). this j umbo,sized 384,pl us page book. ideal formation as the result of \\'hite's 9 B-K3 N_B3! In it arc 295 games selected by experts indifferent handling of the opening. of which 195 are fully annotaled by Nevertheless, once mack had attained a firm hold on the center. he proved that masters- all profusely illustrated with he was able to carry Ol1t a combined at, 'l75 diagrams, They nre drawn largely tack In the center and on the King's side. from the most important chcss events It is sllrprising that this contest lI'as dis, of the past year, notably the World missed ag just a good attacking game Championship :Match, the USA Cham, without regal'd to the genesis of the at, pionship Tournament, sneh outstand, tack. ing international tournaments as Am, sterdam (1950) and the Wertheim With the basis of modem play for Memorial, New York, 19.'>1, and many Black established in. the Blackburne treat, national and state championships. ment, lmT/~ Koenig gives thl! ga me, Teich, In addition, the volume contains arti, mann-Schlechter, Monte Carlo, 1902. It cles on historical and modern chess shows Black'~ play to establish a strollg, The most importallt move in this vari, subjccts and game annotations by hold in the center-and that White call, ation; the Knight goes to B3 instead of Cherney, Collins, Euwc, Horowitz, not force a simple Steinit: if Black ill, to K2, as in the previoug game. Kmoch. Reinfeld, Tartakol'er and tends 10 play the "Deferred." 10 QN-Q2 Q-K2 other chess masters. Theil follows Romanovskr- Capablanca, 11 P-QN4 There arc rafts of special features: Moscow, 1935. in which IVhite tries vaillly This maneuver \\'as considered too chess quizzes, cartoons, anecdotes and to m.angle Black's King,side development; arbitrary, but it is difficnlt to see what photog;raphs galore, in addition to in, and Stoltz- Alekhine, Bled, 1931, with othel' plan White can conceive. structive lessons for improving your a vain attempt at simplification to render 11 ... , P-QN3 13 B-N3 P-QR4 chess play. lJIack's variatioll useless as an aggressive 12 P-KR3 0 _0 14 P_N5 Volumes on hand: weapon; alld Yates- Bogolyubov, San A better alternative is 14 P- QR3 to Volume 15 _ for 1947 _ $5.00 ReII/O, 1930, 10 prove that White callnot, maintain the tension on Ihe Queen's si(le. Volume 16 - for 1948 - $5.00 Even then, White has little chance to im, contrary to popular notion at the time, Volume 18 - for 1950 _ $6,00 prove hig position. whereas Black can lorce IJ. draw by a Pawn sacrifice. play 1·1 N-KRI-B5 with advantage. Volume 19 - for 1951 - $6.00 H(wing knocked 00 these White tries, 14 N_Ql 17 8 - Q5 QR_Q1 Order Your Copy Now! Koenig then gives a solid allempt on the 15 P-Q R4 N_N2 18 N-B4 P-R3 part 01 White to set up a strong positiol! 16 B_N5 N-B4 19 BxN BxB CHESS REVIEW by 5 P,QB3 in the modern style. The game 20 Q_ B1 250 West 57th St. is Marco-Steinitz, Hastings, 1895, in White plays for a trap. 20 Q- B2 still New York 19, N. Y. which Steinitz holds the center bllt fails gives him a playable game: 20 , D-N2 10 obtain /I good position. 21 N-K3, B- K3 22 BxB. PxB! The seventh game on the Steinit: De, 20 , , . , K_N2 lerred, given below, establishes the mod, ELECTRIC CHESS CLOCK Not 20 ,. N- N6? 21 QxP. NxR 22 Qx em pal/ern fnr the variation.-Eu. NPt with draw. r ------.---- -.-- Alekhine's Continuation 21 Q-K3 NxRP! Forty,two years later. Alekhine was The decisive combination, quite in faced with the same problem that Stein, Alekhine's siyle : a seemingly sound posi, tion is quiekly broken up. .. @.@ itz failed to solve. And hig continuation , _... is it good answer to those c ritics who 22 RxN BxP 25 KR-Q1 R-QI have condemned Steinitz for his unfruit· 23 QR-R1 RxB 26 Q_K4 B- N6 ..... -.--.~.---.--.---- ._. ful endeavors. 24 PxR BxN 27 R-Q2 Q_ B4 28 NxP7 Game 18 Sturdy and indispensable for match and Margate, 1937 An oversight, bUt. White's position is tournament chess, this clock set runs naturally hopeless. on standard, sixty'cycle, alternating cur, E, G, Sergeant A. Ale khine 28 QxBP! rent, with sweep,second hands guarantee, White Black Resigns Ing spl!t·second accuracy to obviate dis, 3 B_N5 P-QR3 1 P-K4 P-K4 White has tbree pieces attacked. putes over tIme infraction. The base Is 4 B_R4 P-Q3 2 N_KB3 N-QB3 Alekhine's handling of the game is cer, 14" long, 3lh" wide; the frame, 5lh" high, 5 0-0 tainly convincing, He does not attempt 13" long. Catalogue No. 999. $19.50 plus More exact is 5 P-B3. since tbe text the impossible. but exploits in full tbe Federal Tax: total $23.40. move allows Black to exchange the King potentialities of the opening. CHESS REVIEW Bishop with [first P-N4- Ed.] 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. N-QR4. t ::: Ch Cl k: ~ = dol. check: dis. ch. CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 19~2 111 BLACK TO MOVE B1.ACK 1'0 MOVE 91 Hcre is a simple funn 92 Here is a discovered DISCOVERED ATTACKS of the discovery. White has attaek. a cheek and a what Quiz No.1 0 In an inverted sort of way, the discovered at over·extended himself and left have YOll. The answer is you tack is merely our old friend, the double attack. But the in two of his pieces vulnerable have a Pawn! White's Bish· version itself makes it trickier. So, with checks, mate threats to simultaneous attack. Truc. OJ! on B5 i~ unguarded. It the usual form of a fo rking is the " I uo~e" piece that so and what have YUll thrown in, you must sharpen your eye by double attack by one Black often- warns us to look for practice to be able to sec the discovered attack even when it piece is not available. But cumbinations. In one varia· is possible un the mov e! A couple here must first be set up, mack's resource is simple. tion. too, that White has not too! Score excellent for 10 solutions; 8 good; 6 fair. Surely, you see it? castled is important. See it? WHITE TO MOVE \VHlTf: TO MOVE B1.ACK TO ~\On: BLACK TO MO\E 93 White's. Knight is 94 Black's position looks 95 There is a loosencss 96 The power of Black's under attack, and most play· solid, and White's Knight is in White's castled posi· fianchettoed Bishop in the crs would be content to save pinncd at KS. Yet there are tion which breeds the sus· Dragon Variat ion of the the Knight. But counter-at· possi!Jilities of exploiting picion that it must he vulner· Sicilian Defense is prover· tack is often the best de the hidden weakness in the able. It is- -to a discovered bial. In this position, it is fense, and here the discov Black camp. The first move altaek. But it is only fair to indced formidable, For, jf ered attack initiates a win is the key-and, not until explain that the attack you look for a latent diseov· ning line of play. The com· the denouement, is it appar· whieh is "discovered" is a ered attack by that Bishop, plexities are well wurth the ent that that move is a dis· threat of mate. With this you will perceive that you effort. How do YOII win? covered a!lack! eluc--what do you do? can win a piece. \VHln: TO ;\IOV': \'\iIlITE TO MOVE Wl!ln: TO MO\'F. \'\'llln; TO ~1O\"t: 97 The ahove position is 98 In the a!Jove position. 99 \Vhen thc discol'el'c(1 100 l3Iack·s concentration a typical one for the Queen's White has already sacrificed attack is reall\' subtle, the of forces on the Qucen.~idc Indian Defense--and t),pical the exchange, but the fur· winning plan takes on prob· gives \Vhite a chance t() hit also for illustration of the ther progress of his attack lem·like beauty. So here. at Black's unprotected King discovered a!lack. Fianchet· i~ now impeded by the pin White has a fearsome array -and Queen. What is the toed ' Bishops oppose each on his Knight on Q4. None· of power with his Rooks on decisive move that ensures other on the long diagonal, theless he has a winning plan the open King Knight file. . the win? but White's is protected and - and a pretty one. It con· Your key move unleashes Black's unguarded. How do tinues with a discovered at· the Rooks with mating ef· you win the exchange? t(lck. Do you see it? feet. What is it? Solutions, page 126 112 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1952. Entertaining and instructive games by HANS KMOCH annotated by a famous expert. so gradually. as Black rails to gain any 27 P- Q5! L}·INTERNATIONAL conntel'-play . A lIUl'prising turn. White suddenly A fail' degree of eoullter·play, it seems. rortes the move which he had heen care· i~ obtainahle at this moment with 16 fully preventing, CUBA. 1952 ll- K3, threatening both 17 , , . llxP and Capablanca Memorial Tournament 17 , P - QD4 18 PxP, QR- Dl. For ex· 27 .. .. P- B4 Ace Controls Space ample, (1) 17 QxP, Q- H6! (2) 17 P-QIU. The only way to saVe the Pawn. Yet, P-QIl4 IS PxP. N- N6! (3) 17 Q-N2, N- in making the move for which he ha s A clean. very fine job is t u rned in by 1\'2! 18 ll--R6, D- Q4 ; UJ 170-0, P - QD4 been str iving. Black fails to get the relief r~eshevsky in the forrowing game. He l~ PxP, QR- Bl 19 Q- 1l3 , RxP 20 Rxll. IlInt he hlld ill m;lld, s ;ll"e lIe e",,,,o/. mastel'fully goes Oil to increase his jnj· Qxl{ 21 QxQ, PxQ, and Black's i ~olated swap off White's Queen Pawn anymore. tial supel'iol'ity in (:ontrolled space and (~neen Dif 43 . .. . mack's last loses by fOJ'te. lllat k is 10Ht anyhow. however: e.g., ·13 , P-B5 H I'- N5, P- KH4 ·15 R-QRS and (1) 45 . RxP 46 Q- NS, threatening mllte at KRS! (2) 45. ,R-Nl 46 HxP, QxR ·17 QxR, R-N2 48 R- K8 , threatening 16 , . , . P-QB3 ·19 Q- US or 48 . _ . Q- KB2 ·19 Q- NS , R-Nl 50 RxH, QxR 51 Q- B7t, etc, (3) ,15 , Black's game mHY be difficu lt but cer P-N4 46 P-N3! P- N5 47 H- K4; (.1) 45 tainly is not hopeless, But it does become P- B6 ·16 QxP, RxP 47 H/1-KS, R-QSt 48 ----~~~~~~ K- R2, Q- B2t 49 P- N3! ! 'f :::: check; * _ dhl. chec k : ~ _ dj ~ . eh. CHE SS REVIEW , APR IL , 1952 113 44 Q-N8! P_ KN4 Why t his provocation? Simply 9 0 - 0 19 K-R1 Q-Q2 is prefe rabh::. Now 1~ ... PxP 20 NxNP. PxP 21 QxP. 9. . . . 0-0 Q-NS 22 N-B6, followed possibly by 23 10 Q-Q2 P-QN4 favors White. There is no better answer. 20 P-N3 KR_Q1 10 , . . . N-N5 21 R-Q4 p,p 22 PxP Q_R2 45 P-B4!! Reshevsky has played the entire game with nnsnl'passable accuracy. Now he finishes it elegantly with this killer. The great importance of thIs move is illustrated by 45 R/I-K6. R-Q8t 46 K-R2. 11 0-0 Q-B2t after which Blacl, emerges with a There is nothing better. winning advantage in the end-game. 23 RxNP! 11 B- Q4 seems more enterprising but Now White threatens not only 46 R/l causes major dimculties because of 11 A little combination which secures K6 bnt also 46 R-R8t or even 46 P-B5. .. B-RS! 12 P-B4, P-K4. This Is an good chances for a draw since Black is There is no defense. important point of Black's innovation. left without a Pawn on the Qu een·side. p,p 45 The mere exchange of the Bishop with 11 23 , . . . QxP 46 R/1-K6 QxR/3 P- K4 12 B-K3, NxD 13 QxN leads 23 ... QxQ? 24 HxR favors White: e.g., 47 RxQ Resigns to a game with even chances. ( 1) 24. . BxN? 25 RxRt, B-BJ 26 BxB! 11 N,B K- N2 27 RxPt; (2) 24 ... RxR! 25 NxQ, CUBA, 1952 12 QxN B_K3 BxKP 26 B-Q5! 13 N-Q5 P- QR4! Capablanca Memorial Tournament 24 RxR Blacl, prepares to increase the activity Rehabilitation This may not necessarily lose, but it of his pieces, pnrticulal"ly the BIshops, Former (not to say- customary) U. S. manifestly makes mattel's more (liill· by exchanging off one or two Pa WIlS on Champion Reshevsky meets his successor cult for White than they are after 24 the Queen·side. in the very first round, plays as if grimly R-QR4! e.g., (1) 24 QxP 25 QxQ, Hx It, instead, 13. BxP 14 QR-Nl, the determIned to prove that he is still t he Q 26 NxP (26. . Bx?? 27 N-B6!) or ( 2) advantage of t he open lines becomes strongest player of this country, regard· 24 .' Q-N7 25 NxP, RxP 26 Q-N5. transferred to White. less of titles. Larry Evans has t he worst The text move lea yes \Vhite without of it almost from the very beginning. 14 P-QB3 R-N1 any counter· play. 15 QR-Q1 For a long time, Evans bravely resists 24 R,R 27 Q_KR4 R-N8 in an up·hill struggle with little chances There seems to be a better idea in 15 25 NxP R,P 28 Q-B6t B-N2 fOl' equality but fair chances for a draw. N-N6, followed by P - Q114, P-N3, QR-BI 26 Q-Q4 B-KB1 29 Q-B3 RxRt Bnt. after the forces have been consider and P-QB4, the more so since the Knight 30 QxR B,P ably reduced. Reshevsky finally succeeds remains unassailable for a long time. 15 in launching a winning attack. . .. P-R5! however, thwarts that plan. In this simplified situation. Black's White falls into trouble because of a the immediate point being that 16 NxP? extra Pawn and two Bishops might have provocative move in the opening. In the P-QN4! traps the Knight. no significance at ail, were it not for his middle game, he recovers almost com attacking chances thanks to the presence 15 . . .. P-QN4 17 PxP PxP of the Queens. pletely but then fails to seize upon his 16 P-KB4 P-N5 18 P-K5 best chance. Hence, he faces trouble in 31 N_B6 B- B6 36 N- Q5 B_Q5 the end-game, falters again and loses. \Vllite conducts a reasonably promising 32 P-R3 K- N2 37 P- R4 Q_KB counter·action designed to \\-eaken the SICILIAN DEFENSE 33 Q-B3 B_B3 38 N_ B4 B_NBj" opposing Pawn front with 19 PxP-after 34 K-R2 B_B5 39 K_ R3? B_N4 PCO: page 431, column 63 which 19 . QxP loses the Queen (20 35 N-N4 Q-Q7 4Q Q_Q5 Q_KI! L. Evans S. Reshevsky N- B6t) though hardly t he game. Black thl'eateuH to enforce a seriOlls Black 18. K-R1 White we akening of \Vhite's position with 41 . , . 1 P-K4 P-QB4 4 NxP N-KB3 B-Q2t 42 P-N4, p-n4. In this, it Is im· 2 N_KB3 P_Q3 5 N_QB3 P-KN3 portant to note that neither 43 NxPt nor 3 P-Q4 p,p 6 P_KN3 the immediate 41 N- R5t would lead to White omits 6 P-B4, which most ex· perpetual check. perts consider best, and chooses a quiet· er line instead. Of course, there is noth· ing wrong with that, 6 . . . . N_B3 7 B-N2 NxN An innovation-which may lead to the conclusion that, in this variation, White's best reaction to . N-QB3 is N-N3. 8 QxN B-N2 . Black herewit h discollrages 9 B-KS Now Black can answer 19 PxP, QxP becau~e of 9 0-0 after which the without loss of hIs Queen. threat of 10 . . N-N5 is hard to meet. Besides, Black threatens 19 ... PxP 20 NxNP, PXP 21 PxP (21 QxP?? Q- N3t), 9 B-K3 Q- N3, winning at least a Pawn. Hence, t _ check: t _ db!. c heck; § _ dis. ch. White's next move. 41 P-N4 114 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1952 This move is hopeless. 9 B-R2 White has a losing position, With 27 Hopeless, also, is 41 B-B3 (as a prep The text move learls to a good game NxBP, however, he can resist longer, aration for 42 K-N2) because of 41 [or Black. Instead White can take a draw The main reason is that 27 _ R-Q6 28 B-BBt e,g., (1) 42 D-N2, Q-Blt 43 P-N4, as follows: 9 NxP, NxN 10 BxN, NxP 11 Q-B4, QxQBP? loses to 29 Q- N8t, follow_ Q-B6t winning; or (2) 42 N-N2, P-R4! BxB, R- Kl! (the first point of Black's ed by 80 N-K5(t)_ Hence Black must with threat of 43 _ Q-Blt 44 P-N4, combination) 12 NxN, RxNt 13 B-K2, permit isolation of his Queen-side Pawns Q-B2! QxQt 14 HxQ, KxB- and now 15 R-Q8 after wbich he may have some technicai White's position is very criticaL With is rendered ineffective by 15 , .. RxBt! difficulties: 27 . , . PxN 28 RxB, R-Q8t 41 N-Q3! however, which threatens 42 16 KxR, B-N5t 17 PxB, RxR. 29 R-Kl (29 N- K l , QxQBP!), RxRt 30 Q-K5t, he has a chance to survive, NxR, QxQBP. 9 .. ,_ N_KR4 41 , .. _ P- R4! 10 B-N5 B_Q2 27 .. , Q-B4 Conclusive. Black threatens 42 , Q- 11 0_0 Now Black's job is easy. K6t 43 Q-B3, PxPt 44 KxP, B-Q2t 45 The consequences of 11 BxN, BxB 12 28 P-N5 RPxP K-N3, Q-KSt 46 Q-B2, QxQ mate, NxP, BxN 13 BxB, R-Kl are uncomfort 29 PxP 42 NxPt able for White. This combination, aiming for a perpet 11 , , _ . R-K1 ual check, fails in the !lame way as it 12 N-B4 P-QR3! would have earlier. Black times this mo\'e when tbe fol 42 B-B3, however, loses to 42 _ , _ B lowing exchange is forced . He treats tbe B8t and so does 42 PxP to 42 , .. B- Q2t, game with classic accuracy and apparent 42 . . . . PxN 44 Q-R6t K-K2 simpllclty, progressing imperceptibly. 43 Q-N5t K-B1 45 QxP 13 BxN BxB 01' 45 Q-N5t, P-B3! 45 Q-QN1! 48 P-N5 Q-R7t 46 Q-N5t P- B3 49 K- N4 B- K7t 47 Q-N7t K-K3 50 B- B3 Q-N7t Resigns 29 , , .. B-Q4 ! Otherwise, mate in two follows, Black wins a piece, 30 N_K3 ARGENTINA, 1951 The alternatives are: (1) 80 Q-Q8, Zonal Tournament at Mar del Plata QxQ 31 NxQ, BxN 32 KxB, RxN; (2) 30 Q-K3, BxN 31 KxB, N- Q4; (3) 30 Q Moral Victory RNa, BxN 31 KxB, N- R4. Erich Eliskases of Brazil (he is report 30 . , . . QxN edly applying for Argentine citizenship) Resigns and J u lio Bolbochan of Argentina tied 14 Nj3xP for first in the South American Zonal Apparently, White does better to pro Tournament, well ahead of the fleld_ Eli~ tect bis King Pawn by 14 Q-B2-tbus BRITISH COMMONWEALTH kases lost two games, Julio none, and, threatening Black's King Pawn next. TOURNAMENT in their individual encounter, Eliskases Black can, however, frustrate that ef strove for a win although he held no ini fort in a subtle way: 14 Q-B2, P-B4 15 Oxford. England. 1951 tiative after the opening, In doing so, PxP, BxN 16 PxB, Q-N4t 17 K-Rl, QxP Old Problem 18 QxQ, PxQ 19 R-KNI (Wbite seems to he was virtually playing for a loss-so For decades, It was usual to treat the have the edge, but the opposite Is true), Bolbochan eventualJy emerged as the French Defense with 3 ' .. N-KB3, but K-B2! 20 R-N5, B-n3! i-and White bas moral winner of the tournament. it is not so today_ The main reason to retreat his Rook or lose the exchauge: KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE probably is that no clear way to equality 21 RxN? K-N3!-or 21 RxP, K-N3! 22 bas been found for Black in the variation E, Eliskases Julio Bolbochan N- K3, N- N2 23 R-NIt, K- B2 (L. Marini tbat is adopted In the following game. White in EI Ajedre:z: Argentino). Black Heidenfeld's deviation from the book 1 N-KB3 N-KB3 4 QN-Q2 0-0 14 B,P Jines fails to solve the old problem. 2 P-Q4 P-KN3 5 P-K4 P-Q3 15 R_K1 B-Q4 3 B-B4 B-N2 6 P-KR3 N-B3 16 P-KN4 FRENCH DEFENSE PCO: page 74, column 7 7 P-B3 Realizing he has been outplayed, White ·White's last move marks what r call seeks counter-chances in complications. G_ Berriman W. Heldenfeld the King's Indian Knight Game, a sys 16 N-B3 18 Q-B3 P-B3 Australia South Africa tem usual some thirty years ago, in 17 N-K3 B-K3 19 QR-Q1 Q-R4 White Black which White omits P-QB4. As it is not 20 P-N5 1 P-K4 P-K3 4 B-KN5 B-K2 very effective, it is rarely adopted today. There is no good way to save the 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 5 P-K5 KN-Q2 PCO does not mention It. Queen Rook Pawn, 20 P- R3 fails against 3 N-QB3 N-KB3 6 BxB Q,B 7 P-K4! 20 . , . B-N6. 7 P-B4 0-0 8 PxP p,p 20 , ... N-R4! The normal continuation. To keep the With the threat o( 21 _ BxN, Black K ing III the center or head for .. . 0-0-0 is ready besides to meet 21 N/3-N4 with is safer, thougb White st!U maintains 21 QxP 22 N-R6t, BxN 23 PxB, as some Initlatve (cf, PCO: page 74, his safely posted Knight covers KN2 and ~olllmn 9). KB3. 8 N-B3 P-KB3 21 P-N4 QxRP Unusual and inferio!' to 8 , ' . P-QB4 22 P_B4 P- B3! which is more urgent. Black radically eliminates any danger 9 PxP Q,P on the King-side. 9 NxP offers a chance to trans- 23 PxP NxP 25 R-Q4 QR_Q1 pose into one of tbe book lines. The text 24 N-N2 Q_B7 26 RxR R,R increases Black's difficulties, 27 B-B4 10 P-KN3 P-B4 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 19S2 115 11 Q_Q2 N- B3 ,\nalysts of the past considered it harm· After 41 . . . B-Bl, Blac1t may be able 12 0-0-0 R- N1 le;;s. PCO does not ment ion it. to hold his own--fol', if 42 RxBt . KxR Dlack hopes, in I'ain, to obtain conntel" 4. N.P 13 N- Q1 P_84 -13 Pxp. he can avert the s laughter of all phy by .. . P-QN·1. 5 Q-K2 Q_K2 14 N-K5 Q-R3 his Pawns by 43 . , • R- R5, 13 B-R3 Q-R3 6 N_K3 P_QB3 15 K_N1 N_B3 14 8-N2 P- QN3 7 P-Q3 N_B3 16 N. N Q.N , N- Q2 P_Q4 17 Q- B3 8_N5 Or t.I , P-Ql\'·j 15 PxP, NxP !6 KH- N_83 P_ KN3 KR_K1 10, also with a great adl'antage for 9 18 Q- N3 10 B-Q2 8_N2 19 P- KB3 B_K3 White. 11 0-0-0 0 - 0 20 B-K2 P_Q5 15 KR- I{l 8_N2 12 R- K1 Q- Q3. 21 P-KB4 B_Q4 16 PxP N.P Dlac!;: has the edge. Re now starts, 16 PxP lo~es to 17 l\'xP, PxN 18 hGwever, '0 play fo, difficult compllca· QxPt, R-n2 19 N-N5, N-Q1 20 NxR! tions. 21 .. . N- Q4 is preferable. 17 N-KN5 Q-83 22 P- KR4! Black overlooks the threat. He must At long last, here is some action on play 17 . QR-Q1, rollowed possibly by \Vhite's part. He obtains fine chances for 18 .. , B- B1. attack if the Knight Pawn is taken; 22 42 R-K1!! Resig ns , BxNP 23 KR- Nl, B-Q-I 24 P-B5, fol· Black just loses his shirt, to put it lowed by P- H5. m ildly . 22 Q- K3 23 P-N3 .;~~ FOR E I G N RUSSIA 1951 Championship A New Idea Fails White tests a new idea in the following gamc. Its value depends largely on whether he can advance his King Bishop U: NxKP! Pawn with impunity. White omits that " ,I hite blasts the center and dec ides advance and remains with a cramped, the battle. vulnerable King·s ide. He runs into 18 N.N 24 N_N5 R-R1 trouble there berore his slow action on K_Rl the Queen·side becomes effective. 19 R. N Q.R 25 Q- K6t 23 , .. , QxB! ? 2() 8xP N-Q1 26 Q-K7 B_86 Black turns in a fine performance, top, 21 8xQt N• • 27 R-Q7 R- KN1 A strong and yet somewhat dubious ped amusingly when he refuses to cap· 22 Q- Q6 N- B4 28 N-Q6 P-R3 continuation. Dlack obtains sufficient ture a Rook on the Queen-side. Instead, 23 P-QN4 N-R3 29 N-B7t K_R2 compensation for the Queen in addition he trHps the other Rook on the King 30 Q-K5 Resigns to chances for attllck. But, with no im· side, then wins without taking that one, mediate developments in sight. the issue either. is uncertain. KING'S INDI AN DEFE NSE SWITZERLAND 24 RxQ R. R PCO: page 275, colu mn 128 25 B_8 1 Rx NP Match. 1951 S, F lohr L. Arc nin Ye Olde Optimiste Black permits \Vhite's Queen to be· White Black come rather active. Better is 25 , , . N-R4 In a match of six games, last Novem· 1 P-Q4 N_KB3 48_N2 0-0 26 Q- N4 , HxNP 27 Q-Q7, B- QB3 28 Q-B7, bel', Bogolyubov needed only a draw in 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 !) N_QB3 P_Q3 R-K7. the last to secure victory. It was ex· 3 P_ KN3 8 _N2 6 P- K3 26 Q-K1 R_ K1 28 R- N1 B-83 pected, accordingly , that P il nik would Here iH the new idea. New, that is to 27 Q- R5 R/7-K7 29 P-B5! play e nterpr isingly, Bogolynbov strive for say, liS an attempted remedy against the safety. Instead, the opposite OCCUlT"!\' \Vhite wisely hastens to weaken the King's Indian. It has been used against Bogolyuhov chose Petroff's Derense Black King.side rather than to snatch the Dut(;h Oefense-repeatedly in the which normally leads to nnything but Pawns. Botvinnil;:- Bronstein match. drawish positions, and Pilnik started to 29 .... N_Q4 31 P-R5 P_ N3 'White omits the usual P- K 4 in or der defend himselt' anxiously long before 30 PxP RPxP 32 Q-RS to reduce tbe activity of Black's fianchet· he had a ny reason for it. 32 QxRP?? R-Rl! traps the Queen. lOe!1 Bishop. He should, however. have a As a result, Black obtained the edge. plan ready against P-K4- 5 which he could easily have dmwn the gllme. But 32 R/7-K3 must expect. Bogolyuho" is still Bogolyubov. Striving 33 P xP P. P P-K4 8 0 - 0 P_ K5 for a win, he sacrificed his Queen. This 34 P- R3 N_B2 6 .... 7 KN-K2 Q_ K2 9 P-KR3 was safe enough, indeed, but he failed Black might better Slr!I'e to consol· then to master the fo llowing compllca· idate with 34 .. . R/I- K2. The position CH lls for P-B3 or P- B4. But Floh r chooses to pr ocrastinate as tion. Finally, a surprising stroke routed 35 QxRP him. has been hi!; wont for years. I~ol'ced, since 35 Q- B4 fails against 35 9 . , , . P-K R4! PETROF F'S DEFENSE , .. B-N~ . Preventing 10 P- KN4- which would H, Pi lnik E. Bogolyubov 35 , N-Q4 enable White to 1l!'Oceed effectively with Arge ntina Germany Black now threatens 36 R- Rl 11 N-:-:I3 l\!ld 12 P-B3. White Black aga:n. As the Queen escapes, however, 10 N-B4 P-B3 1 P-K4 P- K4 3 NxP P-Q3 Black has only wasted a Pawn. 11 P-QN4 QN_Q2 2 N-K83 N_K8 3 4 N-84 3S Q- RS K_ 8 2 39 Q_B4 R-K3 12 Q_ K2 An old move which has very rarely 37 Q- R7t R/3- K2 40 R- 81t K_K1 White omits the seemingly more log. been played. Recently, some interest in 3S Q-RS R-QR1 41 P-N4! P xP ical 12 Q- B2, as It is important to pre· it has arisen- in Yugoslav chess circles. A curious blunder which loses, vent 12 P-KN4 by controlling KR5, 116 CHESS REV IEW. APRIL, 1952 12. . . . R_K1 But Black wants the other Hook which 19 8xB! 13 B-R3 he has lured into an unfavorable posit;on. Holding an extra Pawn. White may 13 8-N2 or 13 P-N5 Is better. 34 R-R4 Q-B2t 36 B_N4 B- N4 win anyhow even if he proceeds mechan· 13 . . . . P-R3 35 KxP B_ R3! 37 B-Kl K_N2! ically with J9 KH-K2. He then loses the initiative, however, so his task becomes Black prevents 14 P-NS. Now he doesn't take the other Hook either. He is playing for mate. laborious. Keres' line is stronger by far. 14 B-N2 N_N3 16 P-QR4 P_Q4 38 R_R5 Q-Q2! 19 . . . . BxR 15 P_ B5 QN- Q2! 17 P-N5 P_R5! On 19 .. . RxB 20 R-K5. White has his 18 B-R3 He threatens to win a full Rook with 39 NxH. The major p':Jint. howe\·er. Pawn and the initiative. too. White threatens to obtain good is that mack wins the Knight Pawn and 20 BxPt K,B counter· play with 19 QNxQP. NxN 20 so puts an end to \Vh:te's J·esistance. 21 Q- Q4t R-B3 NxN. PxN 21 P-B6. 39 K-A2 NxPt 22 RxB 18 N-Bl 20 QR_ Nl P-N4 Resigns Now \Vhlte has two Pawns for the ex. 19 PxBP PxBP 21 N-R5 P_N5! chunge. and his initiative has grown to 22 NxNt Q,N a powerful attacl.. Hi~ task has become RUSSIA CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1952 117 Black's last loses as does 18 ... BxQ 9 NxN B-K3 The new Soviet Women's Champion, 19 RxQ. young Madame Zvorikina, lost only two 18 '. Q-B3 is necessary to thwal·t games, to :i\lesdames Bikova and Ruden, White's following combination. The ko. In the following game, she treats tbe weakness of Black's King·side, after 19 l>'rench accol'ding to the latest fashion QxQ, PxQ, is compensated fOI' by the but loses the thread and becomes sewed vulnerability of Wbite's Queen Pawn. up. White plays the entire game "ery well. FRENCH DEFENSE PCO: page 89, column 55 L. Rudenko K. Zvorikina White Black 1 P-Q4 P-K3 3 N-Q2 N_Q B3 2 P-K4 P_Q4 4 KN_ B3 N_R3 10 NJ4-N5 Let no one look upon this last move This move, good against 8 .... Q-QR.J. with Polite disdain. It is a recognized causes trouble here. variation. Correct is 10 B-N5! with these pas· 5 P_B3 P-B3 8 R- K1 0-0 sibllities: 6 B-Q3 N-B2 9 Q-K2 B-Q3 (1) 10 ... P-KR3? 11 B- B6, Q-R4 12 19 RxB! 70-0 B-K2 10 N-B1 N-N1 NxP, NxN 13 QxN, PxB 14 NxPt, and But Black's last leads to a very cramp· A flne, conclusive combination, not White wins (Crefeld C. C. vs. Wese1 C. particularly deep but very charming. ed position. C., played by mall, 1860)-or 12 . PxB Instead, Black ought to force the issue 19 . . . . PxR 13 NxPt, K-K2 14 P-QN4! NxP 15 NxB, in the center, with 10 ... P-B4. Then, Or 19 ... NxR 20 RxN! PxR 21 BxPt, KxN/B3 16 Q-Q4t, K-N3 17 QxR, NxBP if 11 P-K5, the position remains closed, K-Rl 22 N-N5, P-KN3 23 Q-B6t, Q- N2 18 NxBt, RxN 19 QxR, NxKR 20 Q-N8t, while 11 PxP, PxP offers Black's pieces 24 N-B7t, K- Nl 25 NxR§, and White K- B3 21 Q-Q8t, K-N2 22 Q-Ql, Resfgn~ some satisfactory activity- particularly remains with two pieces and a Pawn (Rossolimo-Prins, Bilboa, 1951 ); since 12 N-K5 is prevented for the time against a Rook. (2) 10 ... B-QN5 11 NxP, with equal!ty being. - or 11 P- B3, PxP 12 PxP, B-R4, sup' 20 RxP! K-R1 posedly with advantage fo r Black. 11 P-K5! 21 N_N5 R,P Since this advance does not close 10. , " 0-0-0 12 RxP B-Q3 Hopeless-as is 21 ... R-Q2 22 R-K3. the position, it is very strong. 11 NxB PxN 13 Q-K2 To slow down White's attack, 21 .. 11 . . . . PxP R-Q4 is necessary, though that, too, is The threat of 12 BxPt is hard to Or 11 .. B- K2 12 PxP! and, if 12 " insufficient in the long run. meet. 'Nhite faces great trouble also after 13 P -KR3, P,-Q6 14 PxP, N- Q5! PxP, 13 N- N3 threatens N-R5- B4 . 22 N-B7t K-N1 12 PxP B-K2 15 N-N3 B- K1 23 N-QS!! 13. . . . P_Q6! 13 B-KB4 P-B4 16 P_ B4! P- Q5 White threatens mate-and 23 R- Starting a winning attack. The Pawn 14 QR-Q1 B-Q2 17 P-N4 Q8t fails against 24 R-Kl§, R-Q-I 25 R is immune: 14 PxP, N- Q51 01' 14 QxP, White's last is stronger than 17 Q-K4, KS. The fight is over. TIxPt! P- KN3 18 QxQNP, after which Black 23 NxR 14 Q-K4 N_Q5!! gets counter·chances with 18 D-QB3. 24 BxNt Resigns 15 RxB Now, or cOUl'se, 17 . P-QN3 is met \Vhi te is lost. He must SlllTender the by IS Q-K4! exchange because the Knight is immune, ISRAEL 17 ... , N-B3 19 B-Q2 R-N1 too, and remains so after Black's next 18 P-N5 N-R4 20 P_ KR4! P-QN3 1951 Championship move. 20 DxRP loses a piece because of Sil)n of Life 15 •• , . R,R 19 K-R1 Q-R6 21 Q- K4. The following nice little game is not 16 B-K3 NxNt 20 R_ KN1 PxP 21 Q_K4 P-N3 just a game to this annotator but the 17 PxN R-K1 21 RxR PxR 22 Q_N4 K_ R1 18 Q-KB4 R-N3 22 Q_B4 P_ QN4!! sign of l!fe of a colleague whom he last t Or 22 .. . Q-Q2 23 Resigns P- R5. White has a saw some t wenty years ago. winning attack, anyhow. Eduar!l. Glass was one of the best play, For the Queen cannot guard against 23 P-R5 R-N1 29 RxB ers in Vienna until HItler came. Then he both 23 . Q- B8 mate and also 23 R-N2 24 p,p p,p 30 P-K6 K_R1 went into a concentratioa camp, made P- B8{QJt, followed by 24 .. R- K8t. his escape to Shanghai and finally found 25 Q-R3t K_N2 31 QR-K2 R-R2 his way to Israel. 26 QxP N_N4 32 P-K7 Q-B2 27 NxN a,N 33 Q- N5 N-N2 TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE RUSSIA, 1951 28 Q-N4 a,a 34 Q-B6t Rj2_N2 peo: page 452, column 25 (p) Women's Championship Braun E. Glass The Captains and the Kinl)s Depart White Black Champions all over the world suffered 1 P-K4 P-K4 5 0-0 N,P setbacks in national contests last year. 2 N_ KB3 N-QB3 6 R-K1 P-Q4 In this country, :i\irs. Gresser and Miss 3 8_B4 N-B3 7 BxP Q,a Kal'ff were dethroaed-as was Resh' p,p 4 P-Q4 8 N_B3 Q_KR4 evsky. The same happened to Botvinnik There are five moves which Black is in Russia, Gligorich in Yugoslavia and supposed to have here: 8. Q-QR~ Szabo in Hungal·Y. But the series start.ed, (pel'Cect): 8 ... Q-B5 (vel'y bad); 8 . it seems, at the USSR 'Vornen's Cham, Q-KB4 (bad): 8 .' Q- Ql 01' 8 ... Q pionship hl Kiev whel'e among eighteen KR4 (playable). participants, the defending Champion, Players wIlo wish to try either or the Madame Bikova, was held to eighth last two should know that they have not place and the World Champion, Madame 35 R_K4! P-KN4 been tested as thoroughly as 8. . Q Rudenko, had to tie fOl' tenth to twelfth 36 R-R4t ! P,R QR4. places. 37 Q-R6t Resigns 118 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 19S2. 17 .... B,B Annotated by FRED REINFELD ART OR SCIENCE? WHAT chessplayer has not participated in the perennial argument about the nature of chess? For centuries, endless controversy has raged about the question: is chess an art or a science? Leihniz dismissed it with the curt remark that "Chess is too hard to be a game, too inexact to he a science." Shaw sneered that chess is "a foolish expedient for Evaluating this position, our first con making idle people believe that they are doing something very clever, cIusion Is that Black has nothing to fear. when they are only wasting their time." Such comments are of little An exchange of Rooks is in the offing, value, for the only information they give us is that their authors fumed and Black's Bishop seems superior to t he White Knight in mobility. Ali the at their own execrable chess.playing. more astonishing, therefore. is the way There are those who have linked ches-s with music and poetry, citing that White conclUdes tbe game in half the creative imagination and feeling for beauty which must form part of a dozen crushing strokes. What follows, is one of the most re the chess expert's equipment. On the other hand, the "scientific" school markable examples of "infiltration" In claims a purely technical and logical approach to the riddle: they demon· the history of chess! strate "conclusively" that, in spite of its bewi ldering complexity and reo 18 Q-KN4! sistance to rules, chess is subject to exact analysis, that the calculation in· Pretty. but apparently inconclusive if Black declines the gift. volved in master play is akin to mathematical and scientific reasoning. 18 . . . . Q- N4 'Both camps have part of the truth. The great master relies on cal· 19 Q-QB4!! culation and induction. But he also has the gift of intuitive insight. But this is colossal impudence! Does He is anxiolls to create, to give pleasure to himself and to his audience, White think that, by putting his Queen en prise to two enemy pieces, he can the chess world. He dreams of dazzling brilliancies, immortal master cajole Black into capturing? pieces. Sometimes the dream comes true, and a game is produced which 19 .... Q-Q2 delights everyone who has the good fOltune to play it over. Black is miserable. He must continue Such a game is the one that follows. But, by a delicious stroke of to guard his Rook at Kl. If White lacked irony, it is not the master, but the lowly amateur, who produces the gem! imagInation, he could now draw with 20 Q-KN4, Q-N4 21 Q-QB4, etc. But now Thus we see once more that the magic of chess lies above all in this ele comes the cream of the jest. ment: no matter how many games are played, how many variations ana lyzed to death, there is always room for surprise, always scope for genius. New Orleans, 1920 10 PxB 0-0 PHILIDOR'S DEFENSE 11 B_N5 P- B3 Black seeks ft'eedom. peo: page 137, column 9 (m) 12 P- B4 p,p E. Z. Adams C. Torre 13 PxP P_QR4 White Black A weakening and superfluous move 1 P-K4 P_K4 which we do not expect from a master 2 N-KB3 P_Q3 of Torre's strength. The idea behind the Torre loved open positions; hence his move is to permit Dlack to bring his adoption of this cramped defense comes Knight to QB4 without its being dis as a surprise. lodged by a later advance of White's 20 Q_B7!! Queen Knight Pawn. 3 P_Q4 PxP 5 B- QN5 B-Q2 Verf importunate. White's delightful Such an elaborate maneuver, however, 4 QxP N_QB3 6 BxN BxB plan is at last becoming clear. is appropriate only in "closed" positions. 6 . .. PxB is a worthwhile alternative, The proper course is B . R-K1 or 13 20 .... Q-N4 for It guards Black's Q4 against invasion ... P - KR3 (the latter move gives Black's f!1 P_QR4!! and opens tho:! Qneen Knight file. King a "loophole"). The decisive finesse, 7 N-B3 N-B3 14 KR-K1 R-K1 21 .... QxRP 8 0 - 0 B-K2 15 R_K2 QR-Bl The only move. 9 N-Q5 16 QR_K1 22 R_ K4! White loses no time in seizing the at· White rightly ignore s the Queen Bish tack. op file and continues to pile up on the Now White offers the Rook, seemingly absent·mlnded about bis Queen! If 22 ... 9 .... B,N King file. He threatens 17 BxN, PxB 18 Q-N4t, K-B1 (lS .. . K- Rl allows 19 RxR, 23 QxRt forces mate, while, if 22 Torre does not relish 9 . 0-0 10 ... QxR 23 RxQ, Black is helpless! NxBt , QxN 11 B-N5. after which Black's RxB!) 19 N-R4, and Black can resign. 22. . . . Q-N4 Pawn position will be broken uP. 16 . . . . Q-Q2 23 QxNP!! Resigns The alternative, 9 ... NxN ]0 PxN, is Virtually forced, not attractive because Black must lose Black's Queen no longer has room to 17 BxN a tempo with his threatened Bishop. guard the King Rook. If only all instruc· \Vhite exchanges anyway. What can be tive chess material were as rollicking as t _ check; f _ db!, check; _ dis. ch. his intention? this game! CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1952 119 Up-EO·date opening analysis by FRED REINFELD by an outstanding authority MUZIO: PONIARD OR BLUDGEON? As thal even man' dec,1.(lent model·lI. Nimzovlch, pointed out, 23 N-N5~ is a Part 2 quicker win. FOR DECADES, the story of the Muzio was grab, grab, grab- fol. 23 .... Q-B3 25 Q-N5t K-B2 24 N_B4§ K_Q1 26 N_K5 Q- Kl lowed by eheck, check, mate. Then, with improved defensive technique If 26 Q-Kl. 27 RxPt , K-N3 2l! H- making its appearance in the Sixties and Seventies, the Muzio and all its EW K - B2 29 B--Q6t~ K-N3 30 B -NS~ ! sisters and its cousins and its aunts began to lose their glamour. The 27 RxPt artful interpolation of ... P.Q4, either hefore or after the acceptance of And, If now 27 ••. B-Q2 28 RxBt . K-Bl, 29 B-Q6! is dedslve. \~lhite' s piece sacrifice, gained important time for Black's development; 27 . . . . K-N1 29 QxQt NxQ and, in the Muzio, development is half the hattIe so far as the defense is 28 R-B6! QxN lO B-Q6 mate concerned. Very artistic play! On the other hand, ... P.Q4 gives White a second Pawn for his piece, with the possibility that he may achieve some further material gain in Game 9 prosecuting his attack. So the Muzio is by no means a sure thing for THE INTERESTINP FEATURE of this Black. Even the great Tchigol'in had to find that out, and we find games game is that Black's dosing of (he center in which the "moderns" look as' inane as the old masters. [ails to stem t he attack. Postal Game, 1899 With all this, the reader must not get the idea that the Muzio has tumed E. A. Znosko.Borovsky B. Malyutin up even so much as once ill forly years in tournament play. But we have White Black an adequate supply of Muzios from the gambit tournaments of Vienna, 1 P-K4 P-K4 4 B-B4 P-N5 1903, ,md Ahhazia, 1912. The Muzios frolll these tournaments, interest· 2 P-KB4 p,p 5 0-0 P,N ing a., they are, remind me of a potato l'Hce. Each player wrangles with 3 N-KB3 P-KN4 6 QxP Q_B3 7 P-B3 his time clock, leafs through the Halldhuch, tries to remember a three· 'White foresees Black's counte r·sacri· months old analysis and what Maroczy showed him the other day at lunch fice and allows fa]' it. - ,,,and also m11kes moves occasionally. But the games are pretty enter 7 . . . . N-Bl 9 PxN QxPt taining at that. 8 P- Q4! NxP 10 K-R1 Q,B 11 BxP P-Q3 11 B-N2 (development) ought to Game 8 This last move took the White A1I!es be tried. AS THE ONLY MUZIO quoted in PCO, 55 minutes to find. 12 N-R3 Q-K3 this game rates close attention. Saemisch 18. B-N2 13 P_ K5! P-Q4 says that as it "decadent" modern playel" Black is not afraid of 19 QxBP, BxP! Black stops the opeaing of the King it cost him much effort to tnrn his mind 20 Q-K6t. K-B2 21 N-K8t . K-Ql 22 file. But the plaUSible text move is not 10 the realm of the 1Iuz[0! BxNt. KxN - 01' 22 Q-Q6t . B- Q2 23 RxN. the answer. Hannover, 1926 NxR 2·[ QxNt . K-Bl, etc. 14 N_N5! K-Q1 16 P-K6! F. Sae misch & Co. Guenter & Co. With two pieces down. WhitE' has to 15 N-Q4! Q-Q2 17 B-K5 Wilito Black think of something good. 1 P-K4 P-K4 6 QxP Q-Bl 2 P_KB4 p,p 7 P-K5 Q,P 3 N-KBl P_ KN4 8 P-Ql B_Rl 4 B_B4 P_N5 9 N-B3 N_K2 50-0 P,N 10 B_Q2 P-QBl The theoreticai move ;, sml 10 QN- B3 (PCO, page 115. column 14). 11 QR_K1 Q-B4t 13 Q-R5 Q-Q3 12 K_R1 P_Q4 14 BxQP! P,B 15 N- N5! ! White'" last is more forcing than the old lllove, 15 NxP. which leads to a game which is unclear as to material as well Black mllst lose a Rook. as li as t o po~ition. 19 Q-N4t! K_B2 21 RxB! N,R B- N2 is answered by IS NxPt . Note the 15 . Q-QN3 17 N-Q6t K_Q2 20 QxPI! B-K4 22 QxN N-Nl perfect Nimzovich centl'aJization atHl 16 B_N4! QN-B3 18 B-Rl!! 23 Q-N3 blockade ill a Muzio! 120 CHESS R!VlfW, APRIL, 1952 17 ...• B-Q3 19 Q-N4! Q-K1 gives White approximate material equal 31 N-Q6t K_B3 18 BxR P..,.B4 20 N-N5! ity, but only at the cost of enhancing 32 R-K4 N_B4! Now Black caves in quickly. Black's counter·chances. 20 .... B-K2 23 QxRP P-N3 15 QxP B-N2 21 Q-N3! Q,N 24 B-B6 B,B With a l!ttle threat of R-Rl. 22 QxNt Q-K1 25 RxB Resigns 16 R_B7 QR-KB1 To tbis, there is ao better answer Game 10 than 17 RxR, RxR 18 B-K3. 17 B_K3 Q,B ~lAN BITES DOG! Black received a bri! l!ancy prize for this one. 18 RxB Vienna, 1903 J. Mieses G. Marco White Black 1 P-K4 P-K4 50-0 P-Q4 2 P-KB4 p,p , B,P P,N Kow the extra. piece tells cl'uelly 3 N-KB3 P-KN4 7 Q,P P-QB3 against White. If 33 RxP? K-N4 etc. 4 B_B4 P-N5 8 Q,P N_B3 33 N-B7 N_N6! 37 R-N3 NxP! 9 B-N3 34 RxPt K-N2 38 R-QB3 RxR The last move is surprisingly tame fOl' 35 R-S3 N-K7t 39 PxR N/7-K6 Mieses. The best attacking chance is 9 36 K-R1 N,P Resigns BxKBPt. Tbe repulse or the attack is instruc· 9 Q-Q5t! 12 B-Q2 QN-Q2 live-and a refreshing novelty! 10 K-R1 B-K2 13 B-B3 Q-N3 11 P-Q3 B-K3 14 Q-R6 KR-N1! 18. R_KR1! 19 RxNt K_Q1 Game 13 20 Q_N7 QR_N1 THE PLAYER wbo won two brilliant The point of Bla(Ks combination. If Muzios in this tournament later became now 21 Q- U7 01' 21 Q-Bo. RxPt and mate the high priest or Hypermodernism! follows. Abbazia, 1912 21 RxNP R,Q R. Ret] S. von Freymann 22 RxR Q-R3 White Black Resigns 1 P-K4 P-K4 6 PxP P,N Rarely does one see the attack beaten 2 P-KB4 p,p 7 QxP B-Q3 off in the l\Iuzio in such snnppy style. 3 N-KB3 P-KN4 8 P-Q4 N-K2 4 B_B4 P-N5 9 BxP B,B Game 12 5 0-0 P-Q4 10 QxB 0-0 EVEN HERE, wbere the Queens are ex· 'White has two Pawns for the piece The crucial position. If 15 RxB. Pxll changed on the 18tb move, White still and fair chances against Black's exposed 16 BxN, NxB! (not 16 ... R-N3 17 Qx1') makes Black's life miserable. King. The position is similar to that of 17 RxN, QxP, Black wins. Schlechter-Marco, Game 12, except that Vienna, 1903 Wbite has a Pawn at Q4 instead of at 15 BxN R_N3 18 Q-R6 N-N5 C. Schlechter G. Marco Q3. 16 QxP NxB 19 Q_B4 B-Q3! Whito Black 17 Q-RBt R_Nl 20 Q-Q2 11 N_B3 N_N3 14 N-K4 P-KB4 P_K4 P_Q4 12 Q-K3 K-N2 15 N_N3 N-N3 If 20 QxB, N-B7t leads to mate. 1 P-K4 50-0 2 P-KB4 p,p 6 PxP P,N 13 QR_K1 N-Q2 16 N- R5t K-R1 20... NxP 3 N-KB3 P-KN4 7 QxP B-Q3 17 Q-R6 KR-N1 21 R-B6 N_BB! ! 4 B-B4 P_N5 8 P-Q3 N-K2 Resign!> Black's last Is a honer on which Ret! Black concentrates on development Immediately pounces. Necessary is 17 Too many threats! Such snappy play and getting his King into safety. .. R- B2 and, if 18 B - N3, Q-Bl-al· against the gambit is l"Rre Indeed. 9 BxP BxB 13 N-K4 K-N2 thougb Black's game remains difficult. 10 QxB 0-0 14 QR-Kl P-KR3 Game 11 11 N-B3 N-N3 15 Q-B2 P-KS4 BLACK connter·attacks neatly with pow· 12 Q-N3 N-Q2 16 N-N3 QN-K4 erf ul tlming. Black's King Is reasonahly safe, and Abbazia, 1912 he is gradunlly consolidnting his position. O. Duras A. Flamberg 17 Q-Q4 Q-Q3 19 QxQ RPxQ 18 P-KR4 Q-N3 20 B-N3 N-N5 Wbite Black 1 P-K4 P-K4 , B,P P-QB3 Black is still under pressure, but hIs material advantage will soon hegin to 2 P-KB4 p,p 7 B-N3 P,N tell. 3 N_KB3 P_KN4 8 Q,P B_K3 4 B_B4 P_N5 9 B,B Q-Q5t 21 P-R5 N-R5 25 P-Q6§ K-B3 5 0-0 P-Q4 10 K_R1 P,B 22 R-K7t R-B2 26 PxP R_QB1 Black's defensive system is better tban 23 RxRt K,R 27 P-Q4 K-N4 18 P-Q6!! it lool{s. His development will be unex· 24 R_B4 B-Q2 28 R_B1 R,P pectedly ral)ld. Marco was pressed for time here· A very beautiful move. If 18. . NxB, abouts, else he would bave played tbe 19 R- K7!! and Black must give up the 11 QxP N_K2 13 N-B3 KR_N1 simpler 28 ... NxP! Queen. If 18 QxP or 18 ... PxP, 19 12 P-Q3 N-R3 14 Q-B7t K_Q2 P_B5 BxR wins. The Black King is secure. and his 29 R-Kl pieces have come out with astonishing 30 N-K4t K-B4 18 •. , Q-Bl rapidity. Tbe following Pawn capture And here 30 . KxP is best. But now 19 R_K8!! Resigns Marco is out of the time pressure and For, if 19. QxR, 20 N-B6! wins the ~ _ chec k: t _ db!. check: § _ dis. ch. finishes off neatly. Queen! CHESS REVIEW. APRIL, 1951 121 Game 14 Rathel' than exchange Or retreat, White Game 16 now offers a second pieee. MAROCZY was a gl'eat defensive player, HERE is a wonderfully contested game. but Marshall was uever impressed by 8 N_Q5!? P- QB3 with masterly attack and defense. This reputations. Black's collapse is indicative MOI'e reasonable is ~ _ B-N2. fol- is the most interesting IIIuzio l,nown of t he intimidating effects of the l'IIuzio. lowed by 9 ... N-QB3. HIl!! perhaps then to me . . . . Q- Q2 and. 0-0-0. Dill Tchlgorin Vienna, 1'103 Vienna, 1897 prefers to gobble. F. J. Marshall a. Maroczy R. Charousek & A_ Halprin &. 9 0-0 PxN 11 BxP B-N3 White Dlack H. Faehndrich G. Marco 10 PxP B-B4. , 12 B-N5t N_Q2 1 P-K4 P-K4 4 B-84 P-N5 White Blac l, 2 P-KB4 p,p 5 N_B3 P,N P_Q4! 3 N-KB3 P_ KN 4 6 QxP P-Q4! 1 P- K4 P-K4 6 Q,P p,p 7 NxP P_ QB3 2 P-KB4 7 N,P N_QB3! 3 N-KB3 P-KN4 8 0- 0 B-Q3 Slow, tImid ami [utile. Better 7 4 B_ B4 P-N5 9 P_Q4! N,P N-QB3 01" 7 ... B- K3. 5 N_ B3 PxN 10 Q-RS B-K3! 8 NxP Q-B3 Note how rapidly Bla<>k is developing 9 P_B3 B_R3 his force~. Note a lso, however, 10 . N Again, he has better defenses in 9 KB311 NxNt QxN 12 P-K5! Is not good Q- R5t or 9 . . B-K3. for Blaek. 10 P-Q4 N_K2 11 BxP BxB 11 0-0 12 NxB! BxB! Black Is starved for a good move. If 12 N- KB3 13 NxB! NxQ 1·1 Take 11 . .. N- Q2 12 N-R5 ! QxQ 13 1\xQ. The consequences of EIlack's greedy NxQ, Black loses a Knight wh:chel'er BxB 14 N- N7t K- Ql Hi BxP! N- Bl 16 captures are about to become gruesomely way he recaptures! 01', if t3 NxN, RxB. and White will win. npparent. By playing 13 KR-K1t! Whit.e 14 Q- K5, regaining the piece. 11 . . • . 0 - 0 can now obtain a winning attack. 13 Q-K5t K_B1! 15 RxB Q-B3 Now comes a neat Marshall coup. 13 QR- K1t? B_K2 14 QxR BxR 16 QxP 14 BxP White has only two Pawng for t he mack call save himself nOli" with J.l piece, but the pressure on the King Q- N3! ] 5 Q-QR3: QxPt 16 K- Rl, Bishop file continues to be menacing. B-K5! (Had White played 13 KH-Klt!, he could continue the variation with 17 QR- Ql-with a winning game!) 14 .... K_B1? Now Bl;!(:k mu~t lm;e Hfter all, as i\laroczy demonstrates. 15 RxB! N,R 16 R_Kl Q-R4 If Hi N-Kl, l"i Q- B6. with a win- ning attack. 12 N-Q5! N,N 17 BxNt K_N2 N_B1 01' 12 .. . QxQ 13 NxNt. 18 Q-K2 13 QxQ NxQ 15 BxR KxB 16 QxN! 18 K-B2 N,R 14 BxB QN-Q2 16 P_K5 Re$ig ns 17 RxQ N-K7t 19 P_KR4! R_Q1 After 16 .. . N-Q·l 17 BxN, PxB IS P 20 Q-BS N-K3 K6. White wins easily. Black has beaten off the attack, and now it is up to White to find something Game 15 to h old the game. THIS FASCINATING GAME has flo num 21 K-K3 P-N3 24 Q-N4 R-KB8 ! ber of piquant features. We see Mal"l)czy, 22 P-K N4 R-Q8 25 P-R5 N-B3 the arch-conser vative, sacrifice a piece. 23 P-N5 N-K2 26 Q_ N3 R- B5 then another, and by that time it's be White takes his best chance no\\" come a habit. Such is the influence of the leadIng into a very difficult end·game. Muzio! On the other hand. we see 27 QxR! NxQ 30 P-K5 P-QB3 Tchigorin, then t he world's greatest ex Black is a whole Rook aheHd, and as 28 KxN K-N2! 31 K-K4 P-QB4 pel"t on the King's Gambit, playing like 29 P-B3! N-K2 32 P_ K6! PxP a child, grabbing, grabbing-like those t.h e annotators love to say, can "face Rook-odds amateurs whom he used to the future with confidencE'." But now Now ,",'hite has only a Pawn fOI' the demolish so neatly_ And so, although comes another Maroczy sllrprise: Knight, but the maIn thing i6 that he Tchigorin won the tournament, he had 19 B- B6t! K_N1 21 BxR P-B3 has two connected llassed Pawns. the F irst Bdlliancy Prize scored to hip, 20 Q-K5 P-KR3 22 Q-K7 KxB 33 K-K5 N-Q4 36 P-N6t K-K2 discredit! Black surrenders to the ineVitable: for, 34 P-B4! N-K6! 37 K_ B4 N_B4 Vienna, 1903 after 22 . _ . B- B2 23 H- K3. N- N3 2~ 35 P-N3 K-B2 38 K_NS N-Q5l G. Maroczy M. Tchigorin R-KN3, KxB 25 QxB, White must win. The final phase is worthy of the most <>ureful study. Both sides plumb the White Black 23 QxPt K-N1 24 R-K7 Resigns resources of the position to the utmost. P_K4 B_B4 P-N5 1 P-K4 4 39 P-R3 P-R3 44 P-N7t K_N1 2 P_KB4 p,p P,N From this game, i\Iaroczy, the great 5 N-B3 40 P-N4 P-R4! 45 K_ N6 P_K4 3 N-KB3 P_KN4 G Q,P P-Q3 master of defense, learne (l how easy it Is to sacl-ince piece an el' piece : while 41 PxRP p,p 46 P- R6 N-R5t f,'or 6 ... P-Q4, see Marshall-- Maroc;.:y, Tchigorin, the great master of attack. 42 P-R4 N-B6t 47 K-B6 N-B6! Game 14. learned how inviting it i~ to accept one 43 K_R6 K_B1 Drawn 7 P-Q4 B_K3 sacl'ifice after another! A great fight! 122 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 195: Ac t ivi t ies of CHESS REVI EW Postal Chess players: game reports &. ratings, n~mes of JACK STRALEY BA TTELL new players, prize·wlnners, selectee! games, tourney Instructions &. ee!l t orial comment. Posto' Chess Editor TOURNAMENT NOTES Next month, we shall list t hese fi nalists, to the Semi-finals: C. Henderson, T . J. pal·t ieularly the highest ranking 3\6 Baxter. 1. Lateinel', F. B. Levi, M. Progress Reports for point-winners. Scholtz, W. G. Simmons, B. D. Thompson, Golden Knights Tournaments Meanwhile, with the Finals now all in K . Kretzchmar, O. Thomas, W. T . B u r play, we publ ish the list of those now kett. I. Rothman. D. H. ErkileUan. W. A. 2nd A nnual Champions h ip-1 946 leading In weighted point scores in those NOl"ln, H . L. Smith. V. E . Kelly and J . W . 'We are calling in for adjudication the Finals sections alr eady finished.· O'Reilly. three games remaining unreport ed in the PRESENT LEA DERS 1946 Golden Knights. By the time these All T ourneyS are adjudicated, the weighted point totals D,· S Lewi • . .. 45.7 EEUnderwood 34.9.1 A D Glbb ~ ... 43.9.> L KIlmer ...... 3 ~ . 65 All Postal Chess games should be play· for those three sections are calculated H M St evenson ,12,45 C Weberg . . . 3·1.5[, ed withIn the time limIts. the Golden and the list oC leading scores then filled 13 Albert .42.35 Dr I Farber . . 3·\.15 Knights e specially so. Insist on oppo in, we shall have the final list of cash Dr H l. F't'~it"g 41.95 R D Brucc ... 31.0 B H!ll .41 .7 H B Daly .33.9 nents replying on time. giving dates both prize winners to publlsh. G I!: Hartleb . . . 41 .35 P Johnson . . 33.9 of receipt of your move and of posting Meanwhile the leading candidates for R H Olin . . 40 .85 J W Harvey . . 33.55 of theirs. If they don't. l'eport! the cash prizes are: .r H Staffer ... 39.6 R E KnIght . . 33.S N H Hornstein 39.5 .r A Faucher .. 33 . ~ PRESENT LEAD ERS o Shack ...... 3~.6 Col L J Fuller .33.05 R L Aiken .45.7 W G Leonard .37.25 .r A Ilyln .. ... 37 .95 R E Pohle . . . . 32.75 POSTALMIGHTIES! R G Konkel .. Ari.7 ) [ C Jackson .. 36.7 R E )lll.rtlu ... 31.2 P i\[ LoZano .. 32.4 C N Puglie .. . . 4;; .2 A L .'.lcAuley .36.S .:'I[ L .:'Illtchell .36.65 C Henderson .31.8 Prize Winners A B .:'\[adrid ... ~5 . 2 E: B )Ianderson 36.25 DrS Greonber!;" 36.2 Dwyer ..... 31.75 ;\[ R Paul .... 36.1 Dr H i\[ Coss .31.2 The following- POstalites have won prizes F W Plant . . . . H .G G Benedetti ... 36.1 in 1949. 1950 and 1951 Prize Tou rneys as G Zaharakis . . H.G II Bo ~s .. . 36.1 l'IHWlcksman 35.3 LtFR Staulfer 30.S A F Maurer .. . 30.5 a result of games reported 1t1 Ihe current R E :Martin . . 43.95 Dr G Wheeler 36.1 Postal Mor tems. C F Rehberg . .4~ , 9:; l ~ E Johnstone 35.75 The total number of cash prize-winners Tourney Players Al ' Sandrin Jr . ~3 . 95 P '.fraum ..... 35.7 Place Score P L Dietz .. . . "13,0 A G Peebles . . 35.25 will be 75 of course. and we have more ~9-P~2 p C OU . . . lst 5 -. 1 B Fleischer A2.8u \V H Lacey .35.2 weighted point totals on record. But, a~ V T rull ...... 2-3 4&-111 B Hill ...... ~1.8 u L Ledgerwood .35. 15 experience has shown, the lowest cash ," L \Velnlngel" .2-3 H -I' Rev J Mundt . . 35.0 50-P39 , Glatt . .. . 1st 5~ _ R P Smith . . .. H .85 prize winner will h ave more than 30 In I H Berliner .. 41.8 E F Haendige5 34.55 50 -PH E Ser(ozo ...... lst 5~- I Dr J Platz ... ~O.8 H '" Jones . . . . 34.55 weighted point tot als . 50-P66 H A DIttmann ...... 1st ~~_l' E J Becker .. 40.6 T Pelsach . . . . 34.55 As Finals section s finish, we shall add • N Cowan ...... 2nd , -, W H "'!iller . .. 40.1 C I~ Thomas . . . 34.5 the leading weigh ted point scorers to the liO-P69 C G Swaney . . . .. lst , -0 L H Holway . . 39.75 \V H 'Valts ... 34.5 fiO-Pi5 E N Kntght . ... . lSI 51- I EEUnderwood 39.15 C F Ferry .... 34.45 a bove table. 50 -P103 H .:'Ifeifert .. . .. Ist , -0 J P 1"aber . . 39.55 W J Baron ... . 3~ . 05 G Babcock . . . 2nd 5 R H Olin ... 39.55 V Gable ...... 34.05 4t h Annual Champions hi p_1949 50-F 109 R Emke · .lst 5 -. L A H G -. C Olmstead .39.55 Clark .34.0 AS a result of current Postal Mortems, 51 -P3 Rothenberg .lst 'i- R Kujoth .39.5 It H Clarvoe .. 34.0 Finals section, 49·Nf I, has com plet ed 51 -P4 W R Cuthbert . .. 1st 'i- • P S Leinweber 38.95 l~ It Hayes ... 33.95 • .:'I[al Harris ... 38.65 P Yerhoff .33.95 play, and the contestants t herein score Cert ificate Winners N Nelson . 3S.5 o Oberon .. . . . 38.85 t he following, weighted point totals:· A D Gibbs . . . . 38.45 Dr A S N"al . . 33.65 I. Sigmond 43.95; Dr. I. Farber 35.65; Tho following postalltes have qualified f01" E Hummel .... 38.4 for Greenspan . . 33.55 Victory Certificates in 1949. 1950 and 1951 H A Rousseau .38.35 W G Leonard .33.4 B. Kozma 35 .0 ; W . Muir 34.95; R. E. Class Tourneys as a result of games re Dr B Ro~sa .. . 38 .Z5 E D Wallace .. 33.4 Schooler 23.7; H. B. Daly 23.25 ; and ported in the current Pestal Mortemt. a Vrotney .. 38.0 A H DuVall .. 33.05 G W . Buckendorf 17.8. Tourney Players Place Score S Lem: . .... 37.9 L Gladstone ... 33.0 49·Cl05 P Fisher .. 2-.1 , T H Banks . . .. 39.85 J C ?Ionk .. ... 33.0 As a result of current Posta l Mortems, -, D W Johnson · .2-~ 3 -, G A Battle .... 37.85 ~['Vicksman . . 32.85 also, H. H. H yde has qualified for assIgn 50-C33 DA Bauter ...... 1-2 A G Clark .. . 37045 G Bottor! . . . . . 32.75 .. .. 5 ment to the Finals . But we still do not 0 W Dishaw .. . .. 1-2 5 -. L R Ayers .. . 37.35 H F CHESS REVIE W, APRIL , 1952 123 ~ [cCl \ln g . 10 ~!u]"ph y bows t o Ogilvie, be ~t~ bl1ch e l', tle~ H cnl,, : J:-: rdOB tops H aas, t Ies POSTAL MORTEMS F itzpat rick. 11 Jo!"!;ensen , K r ucke tie. U Haye.il; H BYes halls HIWI. 114 D lIrha m downs Game reports receIved Hem·y. Holl tie . H Georgi t o"," ( f) S iller . Cal'l er. W ildman: Bu.'!. W il dma n bwt Car 17 Mowry rips Ro,se. 18 Hoellln to"," (0 ler ; Bus. Wlld mnn l ie. 115 Coghill h ,\1U during February, 1951 Pateuon. Ui E riksen l OPS (a) Cutforth. 26 Clngo ld . LeWorl h.v. 7..681 halts H ili; Davll downs ClISe. 27 Hal To r eport )'ou, re" u ll ~ a ll ),on nefll. g i\'e ... Tourneys 11 6·173, 11 7 S ",ITks def eat ~ Thor_ lett r lT>t1 fl" ger . 28 W eare. '''Inston tie : Dun_ sectio n number. fun na m es of both player.ll 'tell son, H m s o n. l iS McConbrey. \' I cln ll ~ eombe 10"" T ar'o r . 30 Clevenger cJiIJa Del rIp Hie. 119 Tremear Irl])s Plco. 120 !'"'r lbo u rg a nd the Ou tcome of the Ma m e--but, [or CIa" " Hourgo. 32 nagna t o. H ou k lie; Pellch downs and P r ize Tourncyl'l In 4- mnn sec tio n" , ~tat e "'hl"" Whela n. I!I Caldwell bes l s ~lll nm. .1. 1.11 0 If It b IIrs! or second game to have Dal)', 36 Cooley, WI ~ n O m, LittleJohn, King !JOW$ to Riehlc. 123 Held r ips :\lHam; BeliCh mol) Hans en: King , (0 Littlejohn t o p been On l~ h c d with that $Il. rnc ollllOuent. withdraws. 12·1 1"1'ltll kel toses to Knhn. b e~u The roliowlng examples show how to give Golden . 38 Brya nt, Land r um w h ip \Ve be'·. E r dos. 126 Sclnl'retln, Sc hneider, Marsh 40 L ynch li cks R ace. r unlts with minimum errol' l ror yOll and w hip W ills, 12 7 'r lgerls top" Abra h nm. 128 maximum clar ity [or pf"(Iper rI.'COrdl ng: T ourneys 41_65: H SChwerner o vercom es H arr ison bow ~ 1.0 Gi ll . bests Berg; Gm belt, 52·C 464, Paul Mor-phy 1 A. 8, Mnk 0 ( 151) Mugnu s. H Ga r rison , R ou tie; Glu s ma n to pa Berg. 131 Mil"," hall' H o mes. 133 Timmer 52_P 401: A. H a lprin I H . N, Pillsbury } (2 ) Carter . !tOI!Jl; Ca r l er. Hicks lie. 43 Coupal lOPS L.'\dd; B.'\ ker. C herme rda tic. 135 Cer 52_NI 13 : F . J. Ma rsh a ll 1 H . E . Atkins 0, t ies Forgach. bows to Gon1alez. 44 Gibe mean conks I_'\ckey. S m ith. 136 ' Yat,on In Ihue, Ihe y ea r (52), th e type tourney hults Hog);,. ~ 5 E llis deleUs B ro" 'n. H Ne .. - downs ~ ", lIes. 141 Keith conks De C r acker , (Ch, u , P r ize, Golden K nlG'htl "i n nis) and mll n tops Nauman . n E r iksen dO"'ns Dob bo\\"s t o Spr inger , U S H orowit z h alts B rown. t h e lec\!on n umbers a ppear In Ihe initial bini, 1i('8 Dcer. 50 W eber b ests Reid. boWl IU S uppinger. H n\lull ng, De )!a rco belt key. A nd, for C lass and P rize \Oll l'ney " . the 10 Cotton. 5. Orzano lops (a l Pravis t. S3 Be l~. H 8 GllIs ma n bea" \ Velss brod. H 9 Ar !lrsl 0 1' sc<:ond game b Indicated In thc Strom lo ~e s 10 Ley, bests Oekley; Ley lick s rowood tops Enochson. 152 MUam, ~I e t z., final I ml"(! nlh e~ i ll , Please g ive Irame repert" lluuel! , 54 I~enned)- conk R )Ietz. 5!i Pelriceks Willis , KcItI"·. I~ l~cnhe" g mob W orlhma n , s eparate from any o ther corre8[}O ndcnce, do wn ~ AI 124 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 19S2 downs Duval; Reardan to p ~ Ehlert. 94 :Mc p la~· . size np gam e~ Ihat are nmnin" too Clallan tops 'Villin ms twice: Cintron bests s lowly, try to u rge opponents (politely) to Boys twice. 9G Barry b ell. (~ McLaughlln. stK'ed up. PLAY CHESS Tourneys 101_149 : 105 Rubenstein rlc(aats Sections l _5{l : 2 Meiden. Van Brunt tic. ~ rll.ne '· I1. P owell. l09 ~r,,),O halts Heit. 110 ·1 Lyn ~ h li cks Stauffer. G Al ger lOps COW"" . Zaa~ llck~ Loomis. 112 ROberts tops Babcock 7 Bruce bests Lewis. 8 Lateiner fells Fcld twice. 115 Al hrechl haits HoITman. l lG Ln mo.". 11 Silve,· thumps Thordsen. 13 Le" 1 l)etsk)' Ik l< s Mattern. liS Gn,ce doreals BY MAIL! .-illS Reily. 16 Corda down~ Porter. 18 Po ut~ma. 122 Hausn()l' halt~ ?t!athew ~ . 124 O·!\el ll }' . !\I"nsell drop Drivel". 22 lHatzke. Savage l"'~ts n ryant. 133 ls,""c withrlr"w ~ . ta) 'VaISo!l tOll I~arnh"m . 24 'Va lsdol"f stops ~t"~e' · . 2~ ~" " OSy h"lt~ Hammeh. 26 Bul One of the b e st ways to improve your loekus, HO""steln tie. ~8 Hod"e bows to chess skill_and to have a fine time GOLDEN KNIGHTS NO"in, bests IIlandigo. 3u Scholt.z beats Busic. doing it_ is to play chess by mail. If you 32 Capillon tops ~Iat? . 33 Smith smites Progressive qualification tournaments have not yet take n part in our Postal PHlers on. 35 Shaw 10]>S (a) Nunnally: Baker Tournaments you are missing a lot of wi thdraws. 36 Cleveland. Harrah tic; Fid fun and valuable experience. There are 2nd Annual Championship--l 946 low withdl·a ws. 37 Appelman halts Huffm"n. FINALS (Key: 46_Nfj 38 F'aher bows to \YallJ.:ren. best!! Hoffm"n. hundreds of CHESS REVIEW r eaders e ager to meet you by mail, willing to SectIons 1·32 : No "cports reeeh·ed. \Yc are 40 Crowde,' jolts John~ o n. Chayt. 41 Madison match the ir skill at chess with yours. calling in ,,11 u n llnl~h e d ga'ncs fo " adjudica hests Buckendo,· f. 42 Chemerda wullops "'al tion. lick. ~3 Huffman. Al ge" halt .\Iatzke: Smith No matter your playing strength-weak tops J ewett, lIes Algca. 4~ Oulles tOllS (n) or strong-the re are CHESS REVIEW Glaesse,·. 4;; Harris ri p~ Raymond. 46 Ouehl 3rd Annual Championship--1947·a players who will oppose you on even I>ests Brow". ~ 7 Brotz routs Hodkin. ·18 terms and give you a good game. SEMI_FINALS (Key: 47-Ns) Greene bows to Stark, ties Trull; Holmes halts :l lani". ·19 Lewis licks Hall: Burkett You need no experie nce to play Postal Sections 1·84: 72 Hinkley. L~'dy dr. dips Cle'· ~ n !:"e , ·. 50 Simmons ties JA,precht, Chess. The re is nothing mysterious o r FINALS ( Key: 47_Nf) tops Canter: Kramel' e l"llcks Lu precht, Sim difficult about it. It is p layed th-e same Sections 1·31: 17 Valvo downs Doe. 20 mons. way as over_the_board che ss--except that Hodursl,i lIe~ PetCl"son. tops McIntm·(r. 22 Sections 51-_75: 51 Ske ma halts Har,·is. lies you send your moves on post cards_ Com_ Deacon. F" e nch lie. 23 Gardner defea ts Whitney: Ha "" is, W eil tie. 52 Beach with plete rules and instructions are maile d to J)ouglas~. 24 Zoudlik tops Coppi ng. 25 Doe d ,·"w8. ,;J Eliason. O'Conlleli overcome each new player. (Ioes fOl' 'I' ug-g-le. D",.. 26 Hist tops ( f) Cln,·k. Cooley. 5·1 Henderson lor.~ Hodg-c. 55 Thomas Postal Chess players are issued num_ bows to naxler. besls Rid er, ties Carlyle. 28 Capllon tells I·'owlcr. Pclsn.ch; H"rv"y bered ratings. Eventually, your rating wi II halt P" iSlleh. 29 Lane licks Pelton; Mencal"lni ;;6 Aguile,·n.. Blasius down Doe illng: Gault !Jests n1lUding . felis ~' elnson . 57 Madison !Jows to Erkiletlan. depict your chess ability, compared with bests \\'arner. 60 I' r et,,~ chm"r besls Poole, other players', We k eep track of your ilfat"ke: Hedgcock downs Draughon. 61 St"f wins, draws and losses, adjusting your 4th Annual Championship--1949 fer stops Mann. 63 eral" tops Ga"duer; Fried rating accordingly. Rating changes are SEMI_FINALS (Key: 49-Ns) m,,,, withdraws. loses (aj to Cowan. 6·1 \VII_ publishe d e ach quarter-year. Sections 1_47 : 26 F"ld lo w. Lllteiner ti" . 33 son whips Ve.<: uilla. 6;; Hofe bows to '''arren. Harris halts SOkoler. 42 F'nglic hits Hu,.sch. !Jests Faube,·. 66 Kell.,· bests (n) Van de " t5 Jones withd,."ws. 46 Blackbu rn bests Lip: Kelly. ThompMn lap .\Iessier. 67 13akcr: Uender, Xelaon nip Baxter. 47 Hyde 'W right ri ps Gino\,;: F 'lr!Jer. Stephens stop PRIZE TOURNEY OPEN overcomeS Boll ow,,",. a nd MacGrady; Szczud Ul"ostowskl. 68 BJnu h lasts Wood. 72 Con Start playing che ss by mall NOW! lik withd,.aws. way conk s FI ·~'. 73 H t1lldley withdraws. loses Ente r one of the 4-man groups of our (a) to Ra uch; Bowen healS StrIckland. 75 Prize Tourneys. FINALS (Key: 49_Nf) Zoudlik. Johns on joll Petrleeks. You will b e assigned to a section with Sect ions 1-15 : 1 Schooler downs Daly. 2 SectIons 76_85: 76 Crenshaw halt.s HilL 77 Slaffer ~1.0 PS Clark. 5 Slater defeats Sweets. Greenbank bows to Willl:uns, bests Hodge; 3 other players about equal to yourself ti Hanso" bows 10 J)"Iy' t ies O "o ~s : Simpson ~ml t h smit e~ Piotrowski; Wiencek tops W il_ in playing skill. You play both White hest~ Gross. 9 K rugloft defeats Norin. 10 liams. 78 Leona ,",ls ]jeks IIIe ssier. Hazlllt. and Black against the other three, You Sherwin licks Lynch. 11 I·'uglie fells Fra zI er; ties '\fills: )1i!1 s halts Hazlitt. 79 Fenner. play all six game s simultaneously, two 13i,.s t.en bests \Vood. Fullum fell Lenz. ~O Gotlfrey withdraws, games on one set of postcards. loses (a) to J ohnson. 81 Monl"oe bows (0 You stand a good chance of winnin[] Powelson. Thompson. best.~ Baxter: Baxler 5th Annual Championship-1950 loses to Thompson. tops Hogaboom. 82 a prize , too! Credits of five dollars are PRELIMINARY ROUND (Key: 5O.N) Riorda " withdrawn. 83 J)arlller loses to Ger awarded to the winners in e ach section. Notice : Unfinish ed first ronnd g-ames which s teln. lies 'rhies; .i\!cFn ,·l and withdraws. 8~ These credits may be use d to purchase have run eighteen months a re really over Hunsen h,,\ts Zieten. lJuckendo,·f. 85 Shuw chess books or equipment. due. If you lJUve any s uch. r"port s tate of lJe~ts Zeller. Browne; \Vyma n whips \Vildt. If you have not played In our tourneys p"og ress In them to Postal Chess Editor. SEMI· F INALS (Key, 51.Nsj b efore, ple ase specify in which class you then try \0 flni sh them promplly. Otherwise. would like to start. W e recommend Class they may have to be fi nish ed by process ot Sections 1·11: I Wildt bests Bnrber. bows A for unusually strong players, Class B :odjudkation. \0 Bruce. ~ Harrison halts nreitenfeld. 5 Sections 1_112; 3" SOUCy bests Schow. 81 Saren Jolt ~ J oseph. 8 Wilson whips Barbco-. for above average p layers, Class C for Alden downs ~rcG"vock . S9 Alden lOps Poft. average p layers and Class D for below 96 " 'ysowskl bests (a) \Voold,·idge. 105 Hall. ave rage. If you have playe d, please state Stokes down Dick son: Thoma s tops Hall. III Postal Mor t e m Date_lines your latest published rating. .\[cFarland withdraws. The entry fee is only $2. You may en \Vhen your game report arrives here . SEMI_FINALS ( Key, 5O_Ns) ter as many sections as you please at $2 w e are e ng a ged in scoring those which Sections 1_41 : 7 Miles s mites SmIth. 8 e ach. Mail e ntry coupon below, or copy Smith defeats Coss. 10 Schoolu tops Van anived a bout Olle month earlier. Hence of it, to CHESS REVIEW, 250 West 57th Brunt; Suyker, Shaw rip Hosenwald. 11 yours is fil e d b y the date o[ its receipt, Street, Ne w York 19, N. Y. .fohnson, lly;n rout Raymond. 13 Hufrman t h e n is scored and ruled when we come h alts Booher. 14 Staffer. Thompson s top Schwartz. 16 Gray bests Eisen. 17 Crittenden to that filing date so t hat it can be ra t ed PLEASE STATE YOUR CLASS withdra ws. IS P rossar, Knox best Kohne. 19 in its due order. L ieberman . .\felnturff tie. 20 '\[ae! ean downs is q uite a rush to get all reports IIfcCurdy. 21 :Mall fells Fake. 24 Wargo. It MAIL THIS ENTRY COUPON Arnold. Ueflne. Semb mob ,Vorthman : pre pal'ed In time [or Postal Morte ms to Arnold !Je~ts Semb. bows to HOlik. 26 go to press, So we d o them fi r st and r ------, Lilpreeht tops P ool e. 27 " 'ilbur whips Brant draw up the Usts In Tournament Note s CHESS REVIEW Check here If fe rger; E>lstman s inks Secord: Bevier bests o and Postalmighties! afterwards. And, Post ~ 1 Chess Dept. you are ordering )[elton. 2S Call iS conks Bellaire. Proper. 30 I Chess Kit on oppo I LudwIg l!'!ps 'l'l"n.be,·t: F aber. Richter tie. finally, while these a re being print ed, We 250 W. 57th St., site sIde of ihis 31 Yann ll!( dOWll~ Dmug-hon. 32 Blackshear, m a il o ff the notices on prize awards, I New York 19, N. y, coupon. I Cotter tic: Huff""", hal ts " ' es tlJrook, 3~ ql1alificalion~ to later tourneys in the I enclose $ ...... ••• Enter my name In .-\~\On. Bayes tie; Capillon tops Aston, ...... ( how many?) section. of your Hayes. 35 T homa s nips Newberry. 37 'Vals Golden Knig hts, etc. I Po.tal Chen Prize Tournaments, The I CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1952 125 POSTAL CHESS RATINGS In shor t, the rati ag basis for each Next month is the regular date for t be playel' changes each time h is rat ing next pu bli cation of Postal Chess ratiags. changes. T h is process makes ca lculat· It is the first listing under which t he ing I'atings somewhat harder, but, as we present system of ratings will show ef· hal'e explained pl'el'iously, it makes the feet. A n umber of postalites have Indi· ratings mlt cil more aCCUl"ate. cated t hat they do not undet's tand how t hat system works. So. before it appears, NEW POSTALITES we offer t he following e xplana t ions. l\"c wcomer 6 ~ h Ol1ld ~tat e the ir "class" (0" T he s ame Rating Chart (see below) c xpel"lencc whc"cby we tHay Jlld"e thei,· clas s) on a l'p tylng for cntr y to P ostal Che ss is used. In it, column 1 represents t he toul·namcnts . If not. a ssig nment is dela yed r- V ERY THING YOU NEED to play differen ce in ratings o f two players. till w e ean establish t hcir cla s s . t: ches s by mall is Included In the com Column 2 shows how much the winner T hu follow in!;" play m's , s tarting in Pos tal plet e Postal Chess Kit produced by Chess durin!;" I·'ell!"u" ry. commence with CHESS REVIEW f or the convenience of is to gain if he had the higher rating. theso initial ratings: post al pl ayers. The k it cont a in s equip_ The loser d rops by tha t same fi gur e. In Ctan A at 1300: S. K , Btackmon. J . H . ment and statione ry es pecially designed column 3. we have the amou nt or change Dl' ·inc ) Tl . S. R. Owens a nd .\f. Vog el ; for the purpose. T h ese a ids to Posta l if th e 'Iowe r·rated player w ins. And Ctass B a t 1200: 1. \Y. Allen , .r. H. Bloomer, :\oL Dele""", J . H . Halsey, \\'. B. I sakson. Chess will keep you r records str ai ght, column 4 gives the change In case of a K. Jakst,,". C. C. "feDanlel, A. )o[eng"lis, J. help yo u to avoid mistakes, give you the draw : the h igher·rated player loses, the H. Moseman, J. P . Scelsi a nd \V. J. f ull est enjoyment a nd benefit from your lower gains. \Vol{ram; ga mes by mail. C tass C at 900 : Cmdr. J . Alley. G. A. Bea n, The way in which the current system R . I>f. Ca tlar;' K )or. Cockrell. J , D. Crowley, Contents of Kit varies from that used la st year is as H. Docksc'·. H. t"a hnline, R. H. Fahnllne. P . follows. Forme rly. we rated from what R . l"is hcr. \V. E. l ~ ilz ge ,....ld . D. S. l~ re e man, One of the most important Items in E. Goodson. H. R. G reen . \ V. Hanshaw, Mrs. t he kit is the Posta l Chess Recorder Al both players had when the game began: .r. L. I-l e d>"l<:l<. R W. Hed rick. H . C. H e )"!"in g- . bum _ the greatest a id t o posta l chess now we rate f!'om what they have when D,·. A. I". Hughes. R. \\'. Keatcn. R. A . Kelly. ever invented. T he si x miniat u re c hess the ga me report Is scored. F. L . K elsey. B . Knig ht. R. La)Iontag n e, R. G. Larson. J . J. Lyolls . R. Phillips . P . Push sets in this album enable you to keep It may be best to illustrate by some track of the positions, move by move, ldnenko ..r. Sears, A. Shatlir o. D. Shapiro, hypothetical cases. Let \1 S suppose that in a ll s ix games of your section. On the Pfc. C. R. Smith. J. D. Su[lon. S / Sgl. \Y. J . Terrott. V. Thurmal" J. G. T UOllO. J . K . score_cards, s upplied w ith the album, you A with 1300 has just II'o n from B at 1390. The li tet'al differ en ce is 90- and to get Upchurch, G. 'Veithonen and C. J . Zeid ler: record the moves of t he ga mes. The up Class 0 at 600: P. B. Adams, R. H. Beck. to.date score of each ga me faces the cur· the nearest 20 , we customarily take t hat \\' . G. B,·own . .I . R. Chapman. P . Donopria. rent position. Score.cards a r e remova b le. which gives the greater change. (T his L. 'Y. Ewen. T . C . Yleming . E. Gtlbert. S. Whe n a ga me is fin ished, re move t he old favors the lower-r ated playet·: but he Glucksman, J. \V. G r een. J . E . H a lsey, F r ieda Hal1schn"ll. Cnt. R. K. H edl. J . S. card and Inse rt a new on e. 12 extra s core can ~tand t hat slight break.) So her e ca rds are included in t he kit. HooJ}{lr. W. Hllbba rd , R. Kilian, J. Kolesar, the difference is 100. A a s the lower thus J. C. ) [aclnlyr <.!. P. J . ) Iarchisello, R . A. wins 60 pO ints, B Ioses 60. )kClary. H . )JcCutlol1g h. H . E. ) [uecke. The kit a lso contains 100 Move· Maillng z. Oser. D . P c, le "~ e n, J . Poe. J. B. Smith, Post Cards for s ending moves to you r Now A has 1360. but, a week la ter. we H. J. SZO ~ I"k. IV. 1'. Thorpe. J. X , Uberti. opponents, a Chess Type Stamping Outfi t find him losing to C wbo has 13 12. Ie C W. y"" Dra"t and H. \Vil son. for pri nting positions on the mailing had 1310, the difference would coun t as cards, a Ga me Score Pad of 100 s heets 60. but here t he nearest 20 is definitely for submitting scores of games to be ad· RETURN POSTS ~O . NOlI' A loses 5·' points and his rating judicated or publ ished, complete in struc Old · time r;; who r eturn to Postal Chess t ions on how to play chess by mall and becomes 1306. Then he wins from a play· may reques t ll eW "«ting s if they feel that t he Offic ial Rul es of Postal Chess. er a t SOO, gains nothing. a nd draws \vit h their fOJ 'm e r o nes no long el' repres en t their one at 1320. On the laHt, his 1306 nets present n b l1! tlcs. Otherwise, a s for the fol · towing who resta,·ted [>os tal Illay d uring Saves You Money him 2 points in colu mn .j and raises him [,'ebrua r y, they rCs mu" wtth those ratings at to l 30S . which they left: Boug ht s e parate ly, the contents would M. L . B aldwin IJ.lO. B . F . Broder sen 1484. amou nt to $6.00. T he comple te kit costs A . S. Keller 732, H . E . Rau 1152 and J . A . only $5.00. T o order, Just mail t he coupon \ Va ll ck i 1002. be loW. RATING CHART Col. Col. , Col. , Col. 4 SOLUTIONS " ..'" '" ," t o CH ESS QUIZ o n pa ge 11 2 '"<0 .. " 91 Black wins l ~ piece by 1 N- B2. "50 ,• 92 Black wins a Pawn by 1 . . . NxP ! '"SO " 8 a nd , if 2 BxD, N-Q6t . " " 93 White forces the win of material by '"" ,.'" '" '" 1 P-Q6! 1""10 -36 " "H " 94 White wins at least a piece by t he "" " " " discovered llttack in 1 NxU! '" " "" " 95 Black wins by 1 HxKP! and. if 2 '"" '" '"72 '" QxR, Q- U6t and mate next move, r------, ''" " " 96 Blac k wins a piece by 1 . NxN; fo t". CH ESS REVI E W To enter Postal "" Post a l Chess Dept. Chess Tou r nam en t, I " " " !f 2 QxN? N- x5t wins the Queen. I 250 W est 57th St . , see othe r s ide of "" " "72 " 97 W hite wins the exchange by I N- N5 t h is cou pon. SO SO New Yor k 19, N . Y. "" " " and threats of 2 BxB and 2 QxP mate. I , I "" 82 '" enclose $5. Pleau send me a Co mplete ''"... " " 98 White wins with 1 NxN!-if 1 Postal Chua Kit by retu rn m all . I I 88" "H " "88 QxQ 2 NxNt, K- Rl 3 N- D7 ma te. .." 99 W hite wins with the inter ference NA ME ...... I <0""" "W " move, 1 N-BS! HI . . . QxQ, 2 R- NS I 8 82 ., "" , '" '" mate-or 1 . . RxN o r . • , QxN 2 R- NSt I A D DRESS ...... I ...... forces mate. • .. 100 White wins by 1 Q- N·! threatening Destroyin9 the Guard! 14 .. .. K-Bl White t o play a nd win If 1·1 ... 1<- HI, White has the pleasant c hoice of 15 NxP t to win the Queen 01' 15 Q- H5 to play (or mate! If H .. . KxU. W h ite can win wllh 15 Q-HSt, K-N I Hi Qx l't, K-R2 17 Qx N. 15 N-N6t ! ! P,N 16 BxB mate Whirlwind Attac.k 11 P-B4 EVANS GA MBIT P inkus gives 11 1>-Q4. Is this a n im · provement ? peo : page ~3 , ," olumn 9 (h) B-Q3 C. V. Wilson G. E. Barber 11. Normally, we destl'O), n guard in orde l' White Black Bl;lck f!liters a t o nce, losing precious to pIck up guarded mAterial and so mAY time with this piece and losing a ls o the 1 P_ K4 P_K4 3 B_B4 B_B4 sacrifice, say, a Pawn 10 win back a inte nt or P inkus' analyS\lI. T he moral 2 N_KB3 N-QB3 4 P_QN4 Knight. seems to he that varlety ~om e t!mes reo The 0111. aggressive Evans Gambit. D. L. Bryant scores convincingly here pays. 4 Bx P III destroying a gunrd, not so lllllCI.i to More in li ne with P inkus' defense is 1) lck u p material u to Infiltrate and 11 .. N- D2. T herearte r , 12 P-Q.J., K - B 2 The EI'a ns Gamb it Declined H demolish h is opponent's position : traIlS I)OSeS to Pinkus' li ne (13 BPxP, K ll- N3) j)ositionally favors White. 32 B-R6t KltB 34 QltP P_R4 Nl-or 13 ... K-KI - H 0 - 0 , B- K3 15 5 P-B3 B_R4 33 QxBt K-N4 35 N_B4 Resigns Q- B3, Q- 1I5 wilh phIS for Black) . Or 12 SO\1 nller than 5 . B- 84. QxPt, K- 132 moves BlacH's King toward AS 35 :-"xN 36 QxNt is mate, p,p securlty. 6 P-Q4 Bhll'k's position !s hnp e h" s ~ , KN_ K2 Remembering alw;IYs thnt Wack is a 7 0 - 0 piece nhend, the key to Plnkns' line Is The Normal Pos ition (7 13-N3) ill Our P ostal players are Invited to submit to secu re the I)iece and then withdraw be ll e\'ed to be most precise. The text is. their BEST garnet for t h is de partment. the K ing to s helter. 1Icl:ol"lli l1g 10 F in (>. " U good a lternath'e:' To be considered, the moves of each 12 PltP B-82 140-0 N_B2?? 8 N_N5 game must be written on a standard 13 P_Q4 B-N3 15 Q-B5t Resigns A new move-mOre nmbltlous than t he seore s heet, or typed on a sing le sheet of As m At e fo llows. S PxP In PCO. pape r, and marked "for publication." CHESS REVI!W, AP.RIL, 1951 127 PLASTIC ONE HUNDRED SELECTED GAMES were ruined hy obvious blunders." The re by M. i\1. llotvinnik. 272 pages. 220 dia sult of this UHlich was 5·5, with three grams. Bell Publishing Company, Drexel draws. This was a magnificent achieve Hill, 195 1. $4.00. lllent on the part of the older master, who was sp()tting his great oppoJlent the 'HlS b 11 valuable collection of the handicap of twenty years or so, It would 1. finest games played IJY the present therefore have been sporhrnanlikc-and \Vorld Champion from 1926 to 1946. The true--to say, "My opponent was in fine opposition is high.clas,. and there are form, and I admired his achievcment." THESE P lastic Chessmen are maue of games with Alekhine (two ) . Bogolyubov, Botvinnik's lapse is particularly notice, durable Tenite and molded in the basic Boleslavsky (five), Bondarevsky, Capa able because his usual tone, as has been Staunton pattern. Sturdy and practical, blanca (two), Denker (two), Euwe, observed, is notably self,critical. they are made ill fnur sizes: Tournament Flohr (four), Keres. Kotov, Levenfish Throughollt, Botvinnik gives thc aspir SI;r;e with 5" K ing, for use on 2% or 2~" t two), Lilienthal (fou r), i\lakogonov, ing stud ent many valuable hints about squares; Standard Size in de luxe chest Resheysky, Smyslov (four), Spielmann, how t() train for a serious con test and and Standard Size in 2-section case, with Steiner, St()lt~ (two), Tartakover (two), how t() remedy one's faults, Th ere is a 2%" King, for use on 1 % to 2*" squares; Student Size with 2·}s " King, for use on Tolush (three ), Vidmar (tW()). fascinating essay on "The Rus~ian and Ph to 1 %" squares. All sizes are weighted The range 01 ()penings is also appeal, Soviet School of Chess" which makes and felted, available in Black & Ivory und ing to the chess student. including as it very rewarding reading, if one ha~ tIlt: Red & Ivory. (See Student Size above.) does 15 examples of the French Defense, patience to discard the occasional hymns No. 70-Stude nt Size ______~ _____ $ 4.50 7 examples of the Gruenfdd Defense, 4 of Soviet sdf·praise and self-glorification, No. 71-Same but in Red &. Ivory_$ 4.50 cxamples of the Kin g'~ Indian Dcfense, 11 What Botvinnik has to say ahout Tchigorin No. SO-Standard Size ______$ 6.50 examples of the Nimzo·llldian Defense, and Alekhine is illuminating and ex traor, No. 81_Same but in Red &. Ivory_$ 6.50 20 examples of the Queen's Gambit De dinarily readable, aside from the Soviet No. 125_Standard, De Luxe ChesL$10.00 clined, 6 examples of the Queen's Indian salcs talk, No. 126-Same but in Red &. Ivory_$10.00 In the course of this discussion, Bot, No. 11 0-Tournament Size ~ ______$25.oo Defense, 6 examples of thc Huy Lopez No. 111_Same but in Red &. Ivory $25.00 and 6 examples of the Sicilian Defen~e, vinnik writcs that there are timcs when the relative valucs of the pieces no longer The games th emsehe.~ arc on the high level one expccts from a \\i"rld Champion. apply, "times when, fo r instance, a Queen I CHESSBOARDS There is an interesting div ersity of ma' is weaker than a Pawn." terial, ranging from Lrilliancip;; to arduous "The player's greatest art consists in end'games. All the fine~~ es of the mod exploring the possibilities of hringing the ern master's art are brought uut yery game to a posltion in which the normal relative values cease to operate. clearly and instr ue t ive l~·. What makes the no te." particularly usc' "One cannot arrive at such a critical ful is the attitude of snkt ohjeetivity. position by way of simple, superficial Botvinnik ncver hesitates to criticize his moves. The road lies through sacrifice, own mistakes. Frequently, he pauses to and, on the olher hand, the return to give thc reader a gencral idea of what normal relations also lies through sac has happened and a brief summary of rifice. Frequently both roads, outward what mar be expected, and return, arc united in a singlc move, Hcre is an cxample from a game with and then we have a one-move combination. Romanovsky, after Black's 19th move: "Alekhine had an extraordinary, pene trating insight into sacrifices which lead "It is useful now to make certain deduc forcedly to such situations, to positions in THESE standard weight folding boards tions with regard to the opcning system which the normal relations no longer ap are of excellent quality. about lh" thick. White has choscn. White's hasic idea (the ply; and he saw them in ~talltaneouslr . " Outside covering and playing surface break-through at Q4 and K1l4) has nol are black. dice·grain cloth. Impressed been realizcd. In the fut ure, also, 'White Such commenB establish B()!\"innik as dividing lines between buff and black a man with a pl"tJfound intellectual grasp squares. Embossed covers. is continually forced to pursue waiting tactics, of the game asidc from his notable play No. 221 _ 1%" squares ______$1.75 ing skill. This is a fine book with out Black has the initiath·e. but it is not No. 222-1¥a" squares ______$2.00 standing games and annotations of a high No. 223-2ys" squares ______$3.00 easy for him to find a souud plan." order. As to the Soviet sales talk, our EXTRA heavy folding board, de luxe Even able annotators often neglect to advice is: en joy the chess, skip the quality, double-weight ';4" thick. give thc reader such summarized explana, p()litics. -Po L. No. 204-2!4" squares ______$6.50 tions of the trend of a whole gamc. As a rule Botvinnik is extremely self Send for complete catalog of equipment. critical. This is a valuable trait in a chessplayer, and quite rarc. There are times, however, when his objectivity de, MAl L YOU R ORDER TO serts him, as when he dismisses his 1938 CHESS REVIEW match with Lcvenfish with the words, "I 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. was in poor form, and somc of the games 128 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1952 __ Do you win your rightful share of games? __ Do you know the secret of successful opening play? __ After you 've developed your pieces, can you think ahead according to a scientific battle plan? __ Can you work out an attack easily, soundly, logically, from the first step to the final mate? If y~ur answer ;s "no" to any of these questions, then this book ;s for you! . lIOtvTo I T would t:tkc you a lifetillle trying 10 catch li p wil h the Think Ahead thousands of trick), o pening \'arialions. NO\f YOII CUI I SlOp \\'orrying ;i1XHIl t hese p itfalls. International master I. A. 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Ihe sta ndard moves but also becomes fa m iliar w ith Never before in the history of t he game has it been t h e r c;noning behi nd th ese m oyes and ca n apply so important to know why some opening m ove:; a r c il i n h is o wn games. good, why others arc bad. E ac h opening d i scussion Is suppl emen ted by iI In this book, a not ed au lhadt)' presents a lucid, mOdel illustrat ive g ame in "chen movie" sty l e- so step.by_ste p ana lys is of popular ope ning li nes. He profusely diag r amed tha t i t ca n b e p l"yed over w i th. upl"i" s the g rand under l y in g $lr;lIegy o f t hese ou t USI n g bo.. r d ilnd pieces !