DECEMBER 1963

60 CENTS

!t ··Io.\criptlo" Rote .f YEAR S',50 1 White to move a nd w in 2 Blaek to move and WI n Giving up a P[\ \\"II tor an In this Ilosition. White's BON NOEL, MATES . especially one on one piece up. Cor a. . the oPllOnent's . Is no t and i t m ight be he expects Well.. we can't win all the time. But, for this . new exactly unheard or in the to \\'01'1.:: something out b), Christm as, our wish for each of you is Happy Chess royal game of chess. To COil ­ giving liP his for two and a maximum number of males. There are a few vert the file luto a win on more pieces, and slIbsequent the other hand call be a counter chances, At any rate. in this quiz; but the main point is to select 10 cor­ bit difficult. But then the YOII call do better t.han that recl solutions for a n excellent score; 8 for a good dlfflcult you do Inst antly. rOt· Black. Careful now: one; and 6 for fair. Solutions on page 374. Yes? work alit a sure win.

3 W hit e to move and wI n 4 Blaek t o move and Win 5 Whit e to move and wi n 6 Black to move and win White's position here Is Here White has Pawns up For a. truly bOil :\"OE'1. yon I·'or Yuletide dleel', there merally problematical - a but it "el'~' cramped son of should have lh i~ 11{l~I U OIl 1~ nothing so ("Qlldut"in' a s Pawn down. the K ing In the posltloll. As a pleasulll son come UII in an RC llt;11 game. having YOut· 0;1110nelll';:; King opeil and a mean on the of a Christmas [)astime. we We extend the wfl ]"nH'~ t 1'\lId tlll(ler fire and in thl.' opell. advanced add up to set you to finding out just s incere st wishes that r ou YOUI'S is a l!ttle discommod­ some apparent difficulties In how to force a sure win. Of do. Agfljn~t that hUI'Vr and ed here, too. Dllt you are on ihe normal nUl ot things. course, there is a neat trick desirable event. bowe\"er . the move. and that's a lways So look fo!' abnormal reme­ or two involved - or there'd sel yourself (lawn r:ow to

7 White to move and wi" 8 Black to move and Win 9 White to move ilnd win 10 White to move a nd w in In lMe position. unlike E"en for Xmas. lIot e,'ery­ Here. too, you \:all pro­ In llOpe of a While Xmas. most quiz set ups. you are a thing Is plum duff. and here t'eed tamely and j ll!!t Slla ll we gh'e an extra \\' hit!: I)o;:;i· Pawn ahead. On the other the oppo!;.ition has a. Pawn liP a PawlI. Rnd thltl might tion thi;; time. And an 11\ . hand. YOIl could be In dire UI) and rou 1111.1"0 doubled be quite enough to win. In teresting one. we t rust. It trouble. Black bas II wee Pawns. Probably. I. . QxQf faN. the propel" way to will look~ grim for \\'hit" at tlte threat of .. . P- ,K5. lind 1 alul 2 . . . !\:xP wOI equa1)1.e i~ Ilot too vi,;i blr betler. Illomt'llt. Hut \\"e "xp"n you'll RxH. we tell rou. Is no Ot· C\'cn r;iI'e an edge. BUI But it gil'e~ real chances ror rlll(1 the proper " ... ,. to tllrn proper way to I;liul;h the that's no fighting spirit, we a (lukk finis h and definitely the table.,. Do ..'0 . a nd a(" win ... all right then, how ~Il.y flel·celr. There is a nifty a better game thl\l\ 1 NxPt. Ce pt our llest wi~ h(>s for a do you? way to will. Spot it! \\"ork it out! H appy Nell" Yt'ar : CHESS REVIEW ' HI ",efUIU CHISS MAOA""' Volume 31 Number 12 December 1963 EDITED &. PUBLISHED BY r. A. Horowitz QU 1,z.'""SO LUT ION S As to giving sources, we don't; for, Did someone slip up on the Chess Quiz man)' times, they would b e "clues" to in the November issue? The solution 10 some readers, and many po~ i t io ns are Table of Contents No. 10 is given as 1 .. . R- N7 which docs "converted" to eliminate snags, obscurer indeed win in all varialions but not so variants and uncertain wins, etc. - ED. Annual Index ...... 382 cleanly and decisively as the following: LISTON vs. JOHNSON? Magic! ...... • ...... 363 1 ... NxPt 2 NxN, Q- Bst 3 K-:\I3, Chess C lu b Directory ...... 354 B- Rst 4 KxB, QxNt and males next The long- awaited Piatigorsky tourna­ Exploring the Evergreen ...... 361 move. White's replies appear forced on ment is over. I have played over most of the games and a most dreary and boring Finishing Touch ...... 370 each move and there is no arguing with a set they turned out to he. Most of them Game of the Month ...... 364 mate. I imagine a number of your readers . . . . . consisting of an endless series of aimless Games from Recent Events ...... 372 will pick up this one. I was very glad of your decision to re­ moves. It is the fashion to sneer at the Postal Chess ...... 377 sume printing the solutions in the same old masters; but, if these eight a re rep­ 2nd Women's Olympiade ...... 366 issue as the Quiz. Deferring the solu­ resentative of the best modern masters, Solitaire Chess •. . .. . •• . . .• ...... 360 well !! The majority of the masters tions no doubt kept liS solvers a bit more Spotlight on Openings ...... 368 honest but it took a way much of the fun. playing during t he period 1900·1930 Tournament Cale ndar ...... 359 By the lime the next issue came out the would have made shor t work of them; World of Chess • • • . . •...... 355 position had become cloudy in our minds. and, when I think what Morphy, Steinitz And everyone enjoys a bit of larceny once and Blackburne would have done to them, in a whil e ! I am glad to turn to my collection of these old masters' games. In my opinion, EXECUTIVE EDITOR THO.\IAS J. SUJ.L1VA:'i Jack Straley BaU"n Long island City, N. Y . the book of the Piatigor~ky tournament CONTRIBUTI NG EDITORS is not worth printing. A. B. Blsguier. I . Chernev, J. W. Collins. • Mr. Sullivan's solution is neater than H. WALTERS T . A. Dunst. Dr. M. Euwe, Hans Kmoch. Long Beach, Cali/. IV. Korn. Fred Reinfeld. Dr. P. Tritunovich. that given, securing a Pawn and piece Staff Photographer R. Echeverria. wilh no chance for White to counter sig. • In ou r opinion. some if not many of the CORRESPONDENTS nificantly, b ut 2 NxN allowing the mate games of the Piatigorsky tournament were Alabama E. M. Cockrell. is not forced. 1\lost of the quiz positions Alaska S. H. O·Neili. outstanding. But then one man's meed California Dr. H. Ralston, M. J . Rore!". come from actual play; and, as here, fol­ may be another's poison.- ED. Colorado J. J . Reid. lowing the pl ayers can lead to our over­ District of Columbia R. S. Cantwell. looking a shrewder line on oceilsion.-Eo. SUGGESTION Florida R. C. Eastwood. Georgia Braswell Deen. A suggestion for a little more interest· Idaho R. S. Vandenberg. DEFERRED SOLUTIO NS ing CHESS R EVIEW might be to list all the Il linois J. G. \Varren. grandmasters, senior masters and masters Indiana D. C. Hllis, D. E. Ghead. No, I like the solutions dderred : we Iowa .T. ),1. Osness. have more time to sludy these po~ ition s in the United States, and their rating. Kansas K. R. :'\lacDonald. BnuCE SAMUELSON Louisiana A. L. McAuley. and we are not tempted to look at the Maine L. Eldridge. solulion if the position is too tough. I Sherman Oaks, Calif. Maryland Chal'les Barasch. sincerely believe it is better this way - • We have done so on many occasions­ Massachusetts R. B. Goodspeed. Michigan R. Buskager. one thing you could add is the source and received no kudos therefor-Ed. Minnesotn R. C. Gove. where these endings are coming from. Mississippi E . A. Durning. Missouri E. A. Talley. ABEL BO)IBEI(AULT Nebraska B. E. Ellsworth. Jack Spence. Pittsburgh, Pa. Nevada R. L. Wheeler. New Hampshire Ralph M. Ge!"th. New Yo r k Edward Lasl(e!". H . 1\1. Phlll!ps. • We swilched back to solutions in the North CarOlina Dr. S. Noblin. same is~ ue: reader opinions quantitatively No,·th Dakota D. C. "faodonald. Ohio R. B. Hayes. J. R. 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INTERNATIONAL

European Zone 1 Svetozar Cligorich of Yugoslavia, wit h­ out loss lOf a game, won the European Zone 1 tournament at Enschede, Holland. 12V;l·3%. He therehy qualifies to the In­ terzonal TO Urn(llllcnl in Holland next J une, along with Klaus Darga of West Germany and I.. Lengyel of H ungary who tied for ~ccund at 12.4. We expect It) cover the affair ill deta il on a report by Dr. T rlfUlwvich.

South American Zonal Hector Husscllo of Argen~ina won the South American Z"nal \OU[llalllcnL held in Fortaleza, Brazil, wit h 12-.1. A. Fogue). 'Ian, also of Argentina, wa~ secund. 11.4, And three tied for t hi rd with l(l1/?"41;2 : '\iau)"o !\llhuycdc of 13ra~i L O. Quinones Winners of the W omen's Olympiade (see page 366): t he Soviet t eam of Kira of Peru and S. Schw..,her of .-\ rgenlina. Zvorik ina (left), Tatjana Zatulovska, women's world champio n Nona Gaprindash. As three qualify. there will be a piaroff vi ii and team captain gra ndmaster Alexander Kons tant inopolski. by these three to sett le th ird place. T his IllayolT par(lllds Ihal bel ween Re~he,· . ~ky, Evans und Addi~on to break the tie Heart of America INTERSTATE ill the U. S. Chumpionship which \\'(lci "llr The H~art of America Open, pluyed on own zona l q ualification tournamtnl. Swiss lines, was credited to J ohn V. Students in Close Battle Hagan "I ~:ast. SI. Lo uis, 1Ilinois. He was A match between Lehigh University Historic First undL'pllted first with 6·1 , followed by Bill ( Pennsylvania) and Georgetown Univer. For the first time in the history of the Keuny and Paul Taylor, each 5%-1%. ~ity (Washington, D. C.), resulted in a Glom ey Cup leam com pet ilion, an Irish Seell e of the lou rn ey was Kansas Cily, 3·3 stand·off. Harvey Goldrich and Her­ teum defeated England a nd brought about l\li~~ouri. mann Baader were win ners for Lehigh, a triple tic ill matches between them· a nd Alex .Matolcsy and Conrad Kowalski Rocky Mountain Open ~eored full points for Georgetown. Two sdves, England ;lIld Scotland. I n game \Vi lh a clear first of 6y:!-"y!, James point~, England finished first, with Scot· gamcs were d rawn. Lazos of Los Angeles, California, mas· land as runncr·up. tered a record field of 77 in the Rocky DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA i\fountai n Open held in P hoenix, Arizona, The A rlington Chess Club, District UNITED STATES S c ()r e~ of 6·1 were made by .lack 1.. champions, roundly defeated all I Bi'."! Gib~ " 11 of Phoenix und Alan T roy of Los tcam by 51'2.11'2 whe n Irwin Sigmond, Angeles, Ivho placed second and third re· .fun Galvins, George Hardmun und Ernest REGIONAL spectively 011 lie· breaking points. .Knapp each came through with a victory, while three of their tealll·mates broke Victory to Yano '"The Persona.lity or Che~s" by 1. A. even. E. VmlO won firsl witl l a score of 5·0 in Hor ::)\dl~ and P . L . l{othenberg wag r e ­ "iewed in last month's issue, but w e the Indiana, Ohio and .Michigan Region 5 r egre t. lhat the name of t he l·e"ie,,"e !". FLORIDA Tournument. Seven of the 47 entries fin. A ,·thm· B. Bis!;,u ier, was omitlcd, Grand­ Frank Rose was unequaled fi rst with maste r Bis!>uier. with eharaeler i ~t i c ished wit h 4·1. Since their tie-breaking 5Yz-1Y~ in the 34 player Opcn Division of ,:,·~ c iou~ness. sa~'s: "Thc belmed "CCOJ; ' ~ cores had not been det.ermi ned at press nilion offers me th" OPpo,'WnHy to COn_ the Florida championship, He was fol. time, their names can be listed only in firm lll~' e xtraordinarily high "cgllrd fo,· lowed by Sam Greenbaum, Donald Conner, 'TIl

C H ~S S REVI EW , DECEMBE R, 1963 355 GEORGIA ._--- - Albert C. RudlllHlII [If of East Point. ---- Georgia. hct:u mc ~talc champion wit h a

score of 5.1. un cncllluiJcrcci by rilC need • for lie.breaking. i\"Iclliull 'nr als broke a .-,. 41/2,1 % lie and gnve second and th ird - prizes respectively [0 Dave Trnes(leI and - D. Farshtchi. T he j unior title went to Mi ke Da y, Hobert Bronnr of i\'incoli. president of Ihe Georgia Stale Che:s .-'. 5' - 5ocialion, earned Ihe first "l\lan (,If Ihe --- Year" award as Ihe individ uol who hnd done mosl I ... promote chess in Ihe stil le d uring: the IIDst ycar. LOUISIANA In the annu al 22 player Lou isian a Open, Dick Schultz , 5V:!' Y2_was a clear first and A. L. McAuley, 5.1, a cl eor second. John Robinson Ilnd Wyall Jones, each 4.2, lin· ished third and fourth on tie·hrcu k. HAWAII At Honolulu, Ih e Hawaii Champion. \ , ship TournamClll was 11' 0 11 handily by J. Kangleon. 6Yz- Y:!. HorSI SpueJbeck and lack S. Semuru plllced second nnd thi l"(1.

Swan's Island, Ma ine's future chess masters: Cathy Witted, age 8 (left), Elof Morphy Memorial Golden Knight!> Bernstorff, inst ruct or, and Da nny Witted, age 11. Several children on t h e island have learned c hess; t he W itted, a re fore most of the group. T hree playe u , each making a c1 eah sweep of Ilrelims, semi· finals and finlils encounter;; in the 1957·8 Golden Knights, MICHIGAN WASHINGTON a re now lied fo r first place a nd wi ll play T hc J\·lichigan Oven was bagged by M. T he Washington Wood pushers' Tourna­ off the tie in a small round robin tourna· Wictli:l1baum of Detroit wit h ()'1 and thc ment. ,," ended by ?7 players, saw Seoll ment tu seille who gel! the 5250 firsl best IlICtlian showing. Dr. Pitul Posellel Lockhart and Willy Brandal ri l)ish 0 1 prize, the 8100 sccnnll I'ri1..c a nd the 880 a nd Hichartl Verber. also (). l each, camC Inp wilh 4-0 each, the nod for first going Ihird prir.e. in second a mi third rcs l)ecth'ely on tie· II) Lockhart on a narro"' Sol korr lIa , is. Alphabeticall >· listed, Ihe tllree nre Il. brcaking points. SC\'cllt y·eight pla>·ers WEST VIRGINIA E. A. Doe of Calgar>·, Alberla, Canada. look l)o rl. a nd Liouei D. Joyne.· of Chomcder, Q ue. In Ihe 31 player compe tilion for the bee, Canada, a nd Dane Smit h of J\l inne· OREGON stale tille, John O. Downes of New l\"la r· apoli s, Minnesota. The first and lust, In the 40 player Oregon Open, held at tin sl'illc tallied 5% .y:! to emerge on top though pl,stulit es of long standing, are Portland, 1. Dalbergs was s ucces~f ul with of the heap. Hunner.up was Edward !'II. newcomers t" this high echelon. Lione l !l clear first of 6 Y2-~~' followed b)" J ohn Foy and third wa s Dr. S. Werthammer. B. Joyner has figu red in top place in the Bell, SYz·l% . .\'ext, with 5·2 each, II'CI·C Golden Knighl$ bdorc this /lnd has al~n J. McCormick, G. Kern , F. Neu ]cton, W. LOCAL EVENTS been Canlldian Chess Champion. Kiplinger, P. Hickey and H. Gates. C(llijurlliri. Santa Monica was the scene The l\'Jor phy Melliurial, so named as it of Ihe importa nt Pacific Soulhwest Opcn, began on Ihe hundredth annil'e rsary of PENNSYLVANIA the top three fin ishcrs of which qualified P aul '\"ior]lh y'~ winning thc S. Cham. Only fifleen years old, Jeffrey Harris U. for the Southe rn California Championship. pionship, was the elcl'enth in the series captured the , tatc crown wit h the out­ Outright winner wus Larry Evans, 51h ·Y2, of Goldcn Kni ghls POSlal Chess Chom· standing tally of 6Y2'¥:!' half a Iwint £otJ owed by I. Ba rlai, \'i/. Addi",un and H. pionshillS' In all, 1288 eontender$ filled a head of runner-up Hobert Sobel. Harris Currie, cach 5.1. 184 Ilrelimina ry round sccli(>II S. T hose is the yo ungest player c,'cr to hold the T he Hernan! Oak l\-Iem ori ol Tuurna· who scored II lotal of four ga me points or Pennsy lva nia championship. mcnt a t the City Terrace Chess Club in morc in the prelims qualifi \.'(\ to the Semi· First·round results of team pia)· in the Los Angeles went 10 D. Conwit with the fi nals; a nd thusc who seored fonr then: Suuth Central Cll ess League wcre as fol. fine SCore of (). L S. Yarmak a mi J. Lazos, to the Finals. luws: Heading 3%, Cmnberlllnd Vallcy eacll 5 I;!.I' I ¥:!, were secol)d and th ird n:· In the fi nal d istrihution uf I)rizes, SCo res 2¥:!; Harrisburg 5%, York :lf2. LancaSi cr s pectively 0 11 tie.breaking to la J~. are tallied al un e Iwint I)cr wi n in thc hall a byc. ] n the Westcheste r Chess Cluu Cham­ prelims; per win in the Semi ·finak 2.2 pionshi p, H. Larsen demollstra lctl his vir. a nd 4.5 ller wi ll in Ihe Finals. 0 11 this TENNESSEE tuosity with a 5Y2 -'12 showing, ahead of basis, the three named scored <1 6.2 I)oints. O f the four contestants II'Ito soored 5·1 J. Huffm an, 5·1, and W. l\ lai llanl, 'P ;.I Yz. B. Batson 1)laced fourth to ([ualify for Ihe in lite Tennessee Open, Hobert Covcyou of S65 prile with 44.6. E. W. Uu erger and Ouk Hidgc WOI, out on tie.breaking points, COlllleclicut. S uprem3 c ~' at the Hartford Leon StolzcnllCrger ti ed at 44.0 a nd must while Lee Hyder, C. R. Wallace and Dal'id Chess Club was gained by David Lces of playoff for fifth and sixth Iidzes, $50 lJurrb placed second, third and fo urt h Springfield, i\"iassachllsells, wilh u score and 540. Othe r prize winncrs a rc listed respectively on the same L a s i ~ . There of 8Y2·1lh. Runner-up was Dr. J oseph on page 377. were 35 pla)"ers. PlaIT., 8·2. 356 CH ESS REVIEW , DE CEM BER, 1963 LOllisiana. The No w Orleans champion. he swept five rounds, followed by George ship was annel\:ed by John C. Beck with Kellner, Frank Lach, Richard Noel and • a 5·0 sweep. The Catholic Chess Club Thomas Womey, '1·1 each. sponsored the 12 man Swiss even!. The Helms Memorial Tournament in 'faryiand. Pal Benko swept sil\: rounds in Cleveland was credited to Thomas Wozncr with a 7·0 sh Ulou t, scores of 5-2 were Ihe Baltimore Open. followed by Henry W. Steinbach and Charles Weldon, each posted by J. Cohn, A. Nasvytis, F. Luch and G. Kromp. 5·}. Steinbach was second Oil Swiss points. At the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Fifty.nine player~ pal"licipated. Peter Gould placed first wit l: 7·1, while I, .... t, • .• Millllesota. The Region Six Champion. Robert Bailey and Richard ?'-!oran tallied '-- 5hip Tournament, to which the Mimle­ 6·2 each. - apolis Y!'.!CA played host, was won by Charles Weldon. Oklahoma. A double round mateh between the Un iversit r of Oklahoma Chess Club New Hampshire. Winner of the Philli ps and the Tulsa Chess Club el"cnlllated in Exeter Academy Opcn was Paul Magricl a triumph fOT the former by 6·4 . .Members of New York, 7·1. Mike Fain, 61h-l%, of the winning team were Robert !'IIoo]"e. was second. Keith Carson, D. Ballard, Robert Gow New Jersey. The Jersey City YMCA de­ and Kennet h Short. molished the Plainfield Chess Club with The University of Oklahoma Chess Cluh a score of 5%-21/2 thanks to victories by Championship was won by .Moore, 4·0. :'If. Connelly , D. Kaplan, M. Trott, J. Oregoll. The Dalles Open, largest tour. / Grefe and H. Faivus. Two Plainfield nament in the history of the state with a CRUISE MASTER wins were turned in by S. Gisler and 50 player entry list, was won by .lames V. j',"lad~en, alHt a was registered McCormick, 'Ph·%. Ivan Dalbergs and Grandmaste r Samuel Reshevsky em_ between Diskin of Jersey City and C. Dunca n Suttles, 4-1 each, were second and barks on the TSS Olympia, January 6, A. Boczar. third respectively on Solkoff totals. Nel\:l, t964, for Sunland Cruises (Suite 1764, Time & Life Bldg., Rockefeller Center, .\'ew York. In tho 33 plarol' Interboro at 3%.Ph, were Fred "\Vuntseh"k, Ger . New York, N. Y. 10020: T el. LT.1 .6230). Labor Day Open, sponsored by thc Inter· hard Neufahrt and Bill Kiplinger, whose The cruise tours t he sunny Caribbean boro Chess Club, top honors were gained Solkoff reckonin g gave them fourth, fifth with chess lectures, exhibitions and by a trio composed of Harry Dayson,

CHESS REVIEW, DECEM IIER, 196~ 3S7 Giuseppi Baggi, "the man who makes anything out of anything," original can be had for $40. T he other set in wire sculpture (we ran a story on him, page 66, March, 1961) has offered us is of opposing African tribes: 32 figures, each d ifferent: one pict ures of two of his original chess sets. The upper set side is in silver paint, other in gold: sets can be had for (White men to the left) is cast in metal; copies molded from $150: address Baggi at Hotel Stanford, 43 W. 32 St. NYC.

Pcnnsyhania. Scoring 6.0, Ihe Pawn. Brazil At the £> (d g: nton Congress, P. H. Clarke pushers conl'incingly pocketed th e Greal­ H. Cama!"a , 12·3, wa ~ front·runncr in WilS first with 6·1. P. N. Wallis, 5%-1 7'2 ef Reading Chess Club Team League the national championshil) held at Recife, placed second . , title. Personnel of the Pawn pushers in­ followed by A. Hocha and ]\1. Altha)"ede, 13 . H. Wood topped the Northern Open eluded i\lichael Yatron, Frederick S. cach 1l % ·3 V~. Challlpiunship ill Whitby with a 7% .2lj2 TOllTIsend, William S. Harris, H. Hohert tally. H. Golomhek, 8.3, was runner-up. Barrelt, Bernard Dell, Donald Oslrowski Venezue la The Elevcnth Annual Chess Festi val and Edward BarC7.. There was a tic for the Venel,uelan O pen we nl 10 O. M. Hindle of Norwich, A match between lhe Ht:d Rose Chess championship when Alberto Caro and Englund , foll owed by a vi s it ing Gcrman, D. ]\ Tohrlok. and W. Ritson Morry of Club ..,£ 1.an caster and the Great er Read· Geher Villaroel each won eight games Birmingham, England. , ing Chess Club wa ~ won d cc i ~ iv e [y bv the and drew four. Tie-brcaking mcthods gave the titlc to Caro. Third, fourth and former with an 8·4 showing. France fifth IHize winners were, respectivel y, '''inner of the 48 player Gateway Open Manuel Belmonte, i\'!anuel Lozada and The defending Paris titleholder Bon1\ e. at Pittsburgh was Ivan Theodorovich of Pablo Alars. These fi vc top players will vi]!e kept hi s honors wilh a 8·3 score. Toronto, 5-0. Also with 5·0 was William compose the team scheduled to take part Frederick Bronleben, 4;·1, won the sec· Martz, who was relegated to second 1)[ace in the Sceond Caribbean Tealll Tourna· ond uscr Haling Tournament to be held on a slim median basis. Dr. Erich Mar· ment in Caraca;; in lVIay, 1964, and in the in this counlry. chand, i\Iarlin S. Lubell and Alex Spitzer, World Team Tournamcnt. 4- 1 each, finished third, fourlh and fifth Ire la nd rcspectively on tie· breaking points. The Irish Championship Tournament, a gala Swiss cI'ent including fh'e former In a clash between a Sh91ll0kin and a FOREIGN champions of Ireland, was won hI' '\'i '. Sunbury team, the outcome was a ;)·3 lie. Au stria Heidenfeid. 6% -1 % . Runnerup was J. Victors for Shamokin we re Edward Beck· Dr. Schwarbach, 8·3, captured the Aus­ Sadlier, 6·2. er, Bruce Shoemaker and Ely ?Ioskoll'itz; trian championship ahead of Auer, those for Sunbury were Paul Fegley, G. C. 7.y~-31h. Scotland Bingaman and James Landau. i\L Fallone, 6lh -%, took lhc Sco lli ~ h England chUlllpionship ahead of K. 13 . .\l cA ll)ine, In the Briti$h title tournament, J. Pen­ 6·1. The cvcnl was a 16 pla )"e r Swiss. LATIN AMERICA rose was again successful with an 8V2' 2% tally. He is now only olle victory CANADA Argentina away frolll Atkins' record of se\'en con­ At Buenos Aires, Oscar Panno won a secutive championships. Followin g Pen­ Quebec tourney onc full point ahead of Raul rose was runner-up J. Littlewood, 8·3. Leslie Witt became champion of the Cruz. Third and fourth were shared by and third prize winner M. J. Franklin, province wi th a score of 5·1, fo llowed by Raul Sanguinetti and A. Esposito. 7%.3%. There wefe 28 players. Hirsch, 'Ph ·IY2. There were 22 pl ayers. 358 CHESS REV IEW, DEC EM BER, 1963 Oh io - December 27 to 28 moves/ 2 hours, restricted to under 21 ; Ohio High School Championship at EF $2 plus USCF & TCA dues: litle re· YMCA, 80 W. Center St., Akron, Ohio : strieted to T~xas residents: trophies; in· 4 man team lournament : 7 matches : IF quiries to B. G. Dudley, 1013 E. 23 Stl'ect, S15 per team (511 if recvd. by Dec. 16 Bryan, Texas. with full names, addresses all players, name, address of H igh School and team Iowa _ Janu a ry 11 to 12 captain designated; otherwise register by Ist AWl/wi Iowa North Cen/ftll Team & 12:30 PM, EST, Dec. 27 at YMCA): Iro· fndi,;idual TOIZrt/ament at Sherat mH\'lonl­ phy & titlo for Ist team, also books, sets, rose Hntel, 223 Third SI. SE, Cedar Rap­ boards & clocks for prizes: rooms at Y id~, Iowa: 5 Hd SS Tmt, EF $6 pIllS user S2 /niglit if reserved now: bring regula. dues : Team section, 4 man tcams with I tion Staunton sets, boards (not red & aItp.rnale, but write for details on classes. black) and clocks: inquiries and advance S$, time nf registry and playin g rate: EFs to H, Lowery, 1814 Liberty Dr., Individual section, 30 mOI'cs/ hour, then COM I NG EVENTS IN T HE U. S. A kron, Ohio. 5 mo,'es/ IO minutes, reg i ~ler 11 ,1)1: SS AND CANAD A guaranteed 80% of IFs to top :20%, or Abbrevlatlons-5S T mt: Swiss System Tour­ Pe nnsylvania _ December 28 to 29 mnre : Il

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SCA LE: 75·100-Excelient; 55-74-Su per ior; 40-54-Good; 25-39_Fair NOTES TO THf: G,,~u: (a) Witlt White's Knighl di slodged and Black's " Position after 22 .. K-Nl King apparently secure, Black seems to have solved the problem of defense. (b) Beginning a forceful conccntration against the enemy King. (c) The position is breached. Not 21 ... P-N3 22 PxP as thcn thc White Qucen is trained on target. (d) Preparing an unusual incursion. MA IL YOUR O RDER TO (e) Not 25 ... PxP 26 B-R7t ctc. (£) The position is won. But this breakthrough CHESS REVIEW is beautiful. 134 West 72d Str eet, New Yo rk 23, N. Y. t _ ; : - double ch"ck; § = dl~. check 360 CH ESS REVIEW. DECEM8ER, 1963 EXPLORING THE "EVERGREEN" Bv CHRISTOPHER BECKER given position, where there is something • to be done. no matter how difficult and I·econdite the Idea, !\Ir, S. will detect It Christopher Columbus, journeying from court to court in search of lIlId CatTY Ollt the COlubirmtion in as a patron, carried with him a wonderful chart proving clearly that from finished a style as any great player that ever lil'ed, but he will have lIO agency Portugal west to India was only three thousand miles. And, sure enough, in bringing about the position." And he sailed about that far and found the Indians. Staunton's analysis of the "El'ergreen" Chess too had its Columbus, its great genius at reaching the East position (reprinted in his Chess Praxis) is one of his masterpieces, Look. fOl' by sailing west. And had his chart. instllnce, lit a part of the fi ne detail need· Strictly as a preface, it is necessary to give the game, A. Anderssen Y. ed to show t hat his "fifth mode," 19 . _ , J. Dufresne, Berlin, 1853, an Evans which started with 1 P- K4., Q- R6, lell(ls to a win~fot' Staunton: 19 . . . Q- H6 20 TI-KBl, K-Ql (he P- K4 2 N- KB3, N-QB3 3 B- B4, B-B4 4 P- QN4, B,P 5 P- B3, B-R4 shows that 20 .. . QxN loses the Queen 6 P- Q4, PxP 7 0- 0, P- Q6 8 Q- N3, Q-B3 9 P- K5, Q-N3 10 R- Kl, in five after 21 RxNt, while 20 . , . P- Q3 KN-K2 1] B- R3, P-N4 12 QxP, R- QNl ]3 Q-R4, B-N3 14 QN- Q2, loses the Queen or allows mate in seven at most) 21 DxNt, }';:- Kl (here the main B- N2 15 N-K4, Q-B4 16 UxQP, Q- R4 17 N- B6t, PxN 18 PxP, R- NL line is 21 . .. NxB, wHh five sl':parate Vo lumes oC analysis have been devoted to these moves-more than there branches n move later) 22 B- B5§, K-Q1 23 Q-K4. Q- N5 (here the main line is is space for in lhis article-but the mere moves are given here for the 23. , , P - Q3) 24 QxQ, RxQ 25 B- B8(!), benefit of those few who may ilot be familiar with them. H- Nl 26 D-N7, B- R4 ("r can find no Here, however, we reach Anderssen's charlo better move") 27 N - N5, BxP 28 NxPt, K- TIl 29 R- IG, B- N5 30 B- B4, "and White must win," "From the note appended to the 18th moves in the September number," he And Staunton took these incredible began. "el'eryone of course expected (0 labors of mapmaking npon himself in s ee it cleal·ly demonst rated that "White ol'der to prove that- Anderssen could not have performed them in Ule course by his nineteenth move could win the of the game! Today's masters take a game. not against weak 01' bad 1)lay, but less e),:alted view or the relation of analy­ in defiance of the best possible defense. sis to play. ·'Variations are interesting." Instead of this we leam only that Black wL'ites David Bronstein, "if they reveal made a bad move, which " ' hite took ad­ the beauty o( chess; they are u!Oeless if vantage of. and delil'ered a very brilliant they go beyond what a human being can and ingenious .... From calculate ol'er the board; they at'e harm· MI'. Anderssen's ntter silence wHh re­ spect to any other mode of operations, ful if thought to be a SUbstitute for the study and elucidation of those positions it may be assllmed that the greater part ""White to move and win," he called it In which the Olltcome of the struggle de­ of the following variations were unseen when it was first pnblished in his Berlin pe nds on intuition, on fantasy, on tal­ by him. and that tho~e which he did see Schachzeitung, in September of 1852, He ent." he analyzed but imperfectly. After a ;ave his readers ~l whole month to re­ In any case, Staunton's claims were trace the route he had travelled in min­ long and careful examination of the game soon fo rgo tten. Comments on the game ntes. FOL' this had been l!is pm;ition. from 'WhIte's nineteenth 1I101-e, I find became a swe!ling chorus of praise. At eighteen moves out of harbor on that that Black has five different modes of play. each one better calculated to pro· Anderssen's death in 1879, his conqueror man·made sea, the Evans Gambit, racing Steinitz refelTed to it as a sprig of ever­ fot· land in friendly rivalry with the cap· tract or preserve the game than the green in the German master's laurels, tain of the Blacl;: men, Jean Dufre~lle. mo"e actually made. These are and thus gave It its name, Dufresne en­ In October the readers d iS("Ol"ered his first. 19 ... N-Kl: second, 19 ... P --Q3; shrined it in his famOIlS manual two "Passage to India": third, 19 , . ,B- B4; fourth, 19, . _ RxPt; and fifth, 19 . . _ Q- R6. r sbaH proceed years later, offering no improvement on 19 QR-Ql! QxN 21 QxPt K >Q to consider the consequences o( each of his own play at the critical jUl!cture. 20 RxNt NxR 22 8_85* K-K1 t.hese moves, and if my calculations are Even a s late as 1896, , 23 B- Q7t correct. I shall I>rOI'e p€-l"hapi; to the sur­ who was late r to rip Anderssen's play And Anderssen announced mate on the prise and gratification of the players apart, spoke of the "E'lergreen" in his moye with 24 BxN, themselvflS, that in every case "White ob· Common Sense in Chess a5 "one of the This was the " F,v ergl·een" combina· tains a winning game." finest games on record," and of the tion. one of the greatest discoveries ever Staunton's description of the new move In QR- Ql as "one of the most sub. made over the chessboard. world he had discovered ran Oil page tie and profound, . _ on record," TIut was it India? Was the (;ombina­ after page of his Chess Playe r's Chroni_ Ironically enough, it was the new Uon sound? ", - and though he ol'erlooked the World Champion's unqualified praise of • • • only really good move for Black, one al. the game lhat led to its re·al)praisal. The new combination soon found its most monrns for that age of discovery, Las ker published it again in his Chess Amerigo Vespucc!. when chess was played by heroes and Fortnightly with the caSllal remark, at did not insist that analyzed by gods. Pet'haps he did not l he nineteenth move, that the famous it be named after him, but then he had look too hanl for a sal'ing mOl'e for position contained ol'er sixty variations, already given his name to the chess­ Black; after all, his l)Urpose was to all won for White. A little later, the men themselves. At any rale, he made demonstrate, not how wI·ong was Adolf word got aronnd that Tchigorin had it clear that Anderssen could not have Auderssen, but how right was Howard planned at one time to publish an analy­ had the slightest. Idea of what he was Stauntoll. sis showing that Dufresne could still doing, since he gave no variations with There is no denying that Staunton's have saved the game at the nineteenth the final moves. "Why, the man was a analysis is formidable indeed, Morphy move. This clash of a ssertions led the mere sailor with no lmcwledge of cosmo­ summ"ld up the man's abilities as a map· German master Lipke to make a thor­ gra phy! maker in his famous estimate: "In a oughgoing analysis which he published CHESS REVJ[W, DECEM BER, 1963 361 ill the Deutsche Schachzeitung ill 1898. his twenty·first move, Lipke sees a P- N3. RxPt 2J RPxP, QxPch 22 K- RI. Lipke began, mOllestly enough, with draw : 21 , , , KxTI! 22 N- K5t , K-B1 (on DxP 23 R-K2, mack comes \IP wit h 2:\ the admission that Dufres ne's 19 , . ' 22 , ' , K - KL 23 BxPt wins) 23 NxR. , , . N- Q5 ! This move seems to win in a QxN was the move anyone would have :1\- Q., 2" Q- Ql . N-Ql 25 H- K5. BxPt 26 hurry : 1) 2·1 Hx D, 1\"xN 25 Rx:\', Q- R5t most likely made over the hoard, He K- R1, N- B5 with sufficient counterat· 26 K- N1. Bx8 2i It- K3, Q- N5t 28 K- B2, then went on to examine alternatives : tacle Q- B5t 29 K- K2, D-B6t . winning the and, like S taunton bt! fol'e him, he con· And so Lipke logically concludes that Queen, 01' 2) 24 QxRP , Q- R6t 25 N - R2, cluded that all the obvious attacking 19 . , . R- N5, while not leading to a i\xR 26 QxRt . N- Bl -- White '~ King mores favored Wliite. The n he unveiled forced d raw ror Black, nevertheless is dead. Bla c l(, ~ secret wea pon, "[l peculia I', fal' gives him very good chances for a drall' This anah's is vindica t es Antl el' ssen's from obvious mo\"e"'- 19 , . . R-N5! in all lines. judgment a nd his taste in choosing the • • • move 19 QR- Ql (lea ving the carlier Staunton had shown that Anderssen moves out of the ques tion, a s we have had not reached tile Indies: Lipke bee n doing all along) . And what of Du· doubt ed t he very existence of a "Pas· f!'esne's seamanship? Could mack have sage to India," But no one had yet called saved himself from shipwreck with Lip· Anderssen's seamans hip ill question. ke's 19 , , . R-N5? Readers of the Manual of Chess wi11 Not if he rollowed the course set by kn ow that tllis task was Ilndertaken by Lipke, Hoppe and Reckner turned up SUI'· Emanuel Lasker - - the same Lasl{el' who, pl'is ing and effective moves [01' White in thirty years earlier. had praised Anders· both of Lipl{e's "d nlwing" val'iatilmH, sen's 19 QR- Ql as "one of the most subtle Thus, in J~ ipke 's line (A), starting from and profound moves on record," Now, our second diagram, after 20 P - B'1. R-85. with his own experience in mind, he White now has the weird move 21 D- N6 ! ! Position afte,' 19 QR·Q1, R·N5! wrote: "A bl"illiant combination bewitches Now the Blac k King has an escape men to sllch an extent that they willingly hatch at KNl , a nd so the famous Queen believe falsehoods, T hen criticism, whIch is out of t he question. W hite in the long run comes as irresistibly as mus t t here fore spend a. move defending death, has to voice its unbiassed judge· his Queen.· ment." It' White moves the Queen, he loses In his Manual, Lasker not only gives ground, 20 Q- B2 is answered by , , , Lipke's move as the l'efutation of Anders· Q- I{li ! now much stronger; while, if sen's : he adds that -White could hal'e won White offers an of Queens wi th easily with 19 B- K4! 20 Q- N5, Black has 20 . , , RxPt 21 KxR, Q- N 5t 22 K- B1, QxN - - and, if now 23 B- QD5, P - QH3 24 Q- 8 'I, White gets into t['ouble after 24 , , , N- l{·J. White WillS out : W hite, then, muSl interpose, Four l) 21 . " QxB 22 HxKt, K- Dl 23 moves do t his sensibly : 20 R- K '1. 20 R/ i xQP§, K - }n 24 R- Kit. K-Dl B- K ,I, 20 P - B4, an(l 20 B- IH, The first 25 RxQBP §, K- N1 26 RxB; trades off a key pi ece ; the second once 2) 21.. Q- N5 22 B - R5! Q-·D·j 23 lllUl'B allows 20 , ' , Q- RG! with the ~ e q\l e l 8xN; 21 1'- i\3! N- K ,I 22 NxN, OxPt 23 KxB 3) 21 , ' BxPt 22 K-Ul, Q- N5 23 (i[ 23 K- R1, RxE 24 R xR, Q-84), QxRPt lhl'\t, NxR 24 BxP t, KxB 25 N- 2,1 K - K3, HxBt "and wins," sa ys I~ illl( e , K5t. We hal'e then only t wo serious a ltel'll, Lasker gives three variations: K B 5, QxBP, h e Ciln now ge t a strong Q- R 3 22 B-KB5 (it: 22 BxN, NxB 23 (A) 19 ' , , P - Q4 20 BxP , QxB 21 a ttac k wit h 23 Hxl'! Rxi\t, K-Bl 2" P-85, B- B3 and draws), QR- QI and wins; Lipke's line (U) has fared no better. Qxl3P 23 ExPt, K - Bl 24 BxN, Bxl3 25 (B) .1 9 , , , Q-R6 20 P- N3, HxPt 21 Ue ginning from our second diag ram. af· 13xi\ t. QxB 26 QxB, Q- 83 and. thoug h RPx?, QxPt 22 K- TI l, BxP 23 R­ te l' 20 B- B-I, Q- K I3 4 21 Rx!'! KxR ! 22 N ­ lllack is a PaKn down , L ipke gil'es him K2 and wins : K5t, K-BI 23 l'\ xH, N-Q·j 24 Q-QI. N- QI, a draw wi th best play, (C) 19 , , ' R- N 5 20 Q- B2 with little White can Ollen fire on the QUf'en : 25 (13) 20 8 - 0.J: can also b e hall died by trouble in winning, B- Q3! If no\\' 25 , , , Q- Q2. White wins m ~ lck , L ipke thinl,:s , H e giv e ~ 20 . ' , So the c hessboard was nat after all, with 26 N- K5; and. if 25 . , . Q- B5 , t hen Q- KD4 a s the answer. Now, j[ 21 RxNf. and Anderssen had been sailing in circles . with 26 R-K,!' NxQ8P 2i HxQ, ","xQ 28 ."xR 22 RxP, Black mates in ten U), Ah. well: man should not tempt the god~ B- B5t, beginning wi t h 22 Rx!'t, White's best i;s of chess by seeking the unknown depths And so the tll'in cont inents lod ugly tho s ur]Jris ing 21 RxP ! which wins after of the chessboard, drawn in by Lipl;:e have tul'lled Ollt not 21 , . , t lxR 22 RxNt. NxR 23 BxPt , KxB • • to be there, 24 N- K 5t, KxP 25 NxQt, K - B·! 26 Q- N5'r, • But reports of his disappeal'anCe were But, if Blat k tal;:es Hook with King on • • • exaggerated! Uut we s till cannot be certain t hat 20 Neither l ~ i pke's analyses, nor Laske["s P- B·j and 20 8 - B4 (see se cond diagram) • S tl 'c ~ s i ng again tha t li terally volumes or have stood the test of subsequent criU· lead to the Indies, For. aFter eithe r move. "n "I I ' sl~ h,,," e been de" oted to this gume. cism; and Neishtadt. in his Chess Before White must still fa ce the dread sea·mon· we ~ u ).().( e _~l II" " Ihe ,'eatlc" leSl Ihis s t ~>t e · Steinitz, summarizes the slatc of analytic nlenl, He w ill Ih e"ehy ),(o ,~ it i on " "d, as .\f,'. opinion a s of 1962 and pronOllnces An· Ollt Leviathan with a hool{~ W e Illust J3ec kor m e ntion~, the ,IMe nsive s tre ng th of derssen's combination still seaworthy, \J'y ; for, aftel' 20 0 - B4, RxPj' 21 K- Rl, Lipke's 1 ~ , . , Just try 20 T{):::-.I t n·x;; ! Here are his findings, ba sed largely on B1 ~l ck plays 21 , , . RxPt 22 :l\"xl{, N­ and ~" c h va,'lalllS ,,~ 20. ,K· QI 2t Ih:i>t, K·Bt 22 H. · QSf, XxR ~.1 Q · Q7 t . KxQ 2·1 the lI'o!'k oC the German analysts Hoppe Q5~! with at t he very B · H,;l w ith mal c t o follow 01' 20 ' . , NxR and Heckne r, le ast; and. after 20 P - B4 , RxPt 2 L K- R l, 21 QxPt , KxQ 22 B · X:,; . K ·BI 23 R.Q8t , Firs t, Lasker's rel'ommendalion of 19 he plays 21 . ' , N- K4 , threatening , J"d{ ~ _ I PxX , al so Wi lh mate to follo w, B-KA cannot be supported by his analy· RxPt on the lllOI'e, So tile Hook IllUst be JlJ ac k can p 'lfl ou t with a win but findin ~ hOll" ca n be in st l' u c t i"e ~ -Ed , Sis. After his line (E) 19 B- K4, Q-R6 20 takell at once.

362 CHESS REVIEW, DEC EMBER, 196~ Alas! !\'one of our MercaLors and Ve~· 27 K- K2. QxR mate), Q-R8t 27 K-K2, puccis give us any instructions on how RxRt 28 K-Q3, Q-K5 mate. to slay this monster. and I have search· H 25 Ox:-"' . OxH. If 2.~ B- Bl, BxR 26 ed fOI' him in "ain on theil' maps, But DxD, Q- lHij" 27 K - K2, .K - N3. play 20 P-B-I or 20 A-B~, and suddeuly On 25 11-02. Blacl, has 25 ... N-B~, he rears his head from the sea: tlll'eatening ... N- K·I- N5. If White an· (A) l~rom the second diagt'am: 20 swers 26 B-Q3. Black gets a pel'peuwl P - B·I, RxPt 21 KxR, Q- Ni:>t 22 K- Bl (22 check; 26 . .. Q- R6-;- 27 K-K2, Q- R-It K- R1 leads to mate in th ree). Q- R6t 23 28 K-Bl-for, if 28 P-B3, QxRPt 29 K­ K-K2, B-R4, we arrive lit this position: Ql (29 K- B1. K-K6 mate), R-N8t SO li­ BI. RxDt 31 RxR. Q-Q7 mate. * • ~ Perhaps we ought to give up t he at· tempt to' establish the claims of the "Evergreen" to be a certified brilliancy in the traditional classic ~ense. The more variations we discover, the more ovide nt it becomes that Anderssen could not possibly have calculated all the pos. sible consequences of his nineteenth move. (Nor did he ever make this claim.) -What we are really establishing - - awl this is more impot'tftnt thhll the Now, on 24 R-KN1, mack has 24 .. . "canonicity" of a single bl"il!iancy-b No.1 Q- K3t 25 K- Bl, Q- R6t 26 H- N2, K- Q5 that the reSO\lI'CeS of the position are in H. Mattison and, then if 27 NxN, QxRt 28 K- K2, Q­ practice inexlJaustibJe; that it is a po· Wh ite t o move and win N5t 29 K- K3 (if 29 P- B3, QxN 30 DxN, f'ition in which know·how, courage, "'sea· B- N3 and 31 .. . D-D4), D- N3 with 11 JlHIllS]1ip," are at a premium b(:('ltuse a tenable game. as on 30 P- D::; Dlaek has final knowledge is impossible. 30 ... A- D3 followed by . ' ,N- Q ·l t. If Thus. in one very important s(;nse the here White plays 27 QxD, Black goes "Evergreen" is strikingly modern. David ahead wHit 27 ... BxN 28 QxHP, QxHj" Dronstein has written of the new trend 29 K- Kl, Q- R8t 30 B- Bl, N/ 5- U3 and in chess exemplified, ill Russia. by Tahl 31 ... BxR. <'Ind Spassky, as being essentially are· Blaek's task is easiet· ii' While does turn to an old style of play at a highe l' not move the to K;.;l. e . g. 24 Ex!'. level of technique: "Characteristic of this new t rend ... N-Q5t 25 NxN, Q- IUt 26 P- B3, QxRP'1 with pel'pelllai check, After 2,1 D- Bl is the attempt at any cost to carry r.he (trying for B- KS), the pJar is much the struggle Ollt of the logical stRge and into :5 ame. with perpetual check ensuing. the (:ombinational-or, to speak more Gredan gift. If 2-t B-K4, Bxlt and 25 . .. N- N3- precisely. the calculative-stage. The material aspect of the matter- a Pawn White has simply given back the l~x· up, down - is not of pat·· No. 2 Composer (?) ~ hange. On most other moyes, 24 . .. White to move and win .\'- Q5 will give perpetual check; if White ti~nlar importance here. Proof of the llses his 24th mOYfl to prepare the cap· correctness of a combination in all vHri· lUre of the Knight with another piece alions is absolutely unnecessary. On (24 8 - K2 or 2·1 P-B5), Blacl, gets the the contrary, in the majority of cases [lerpetual check with 2·1 .. . N- Q5"j" and it tul'ns Ollt that the defense might have 25 ... QxNt. been successful, if a series of 'only' Black muM play more energetically moyes had been found. But here the still to set up a position with drawing of the new t rend counts on chances after 20 B - B4. which clears the himself, on his phep.omenal ability to Queen file: calculate an innumel'able multitude of (B) From the second diagl'am: 20 D- long and complicaled variations." 84, RxPt 21 KxH, Q- N5t 22 K - l3l, B­ Andel'ssen might not Imve been happy RS (22 . , . Q-R6t 23 K- K2, Q-N7 now to see tliese words applied to tIle "Eyer, fails against 24 H- (3) 23 QxD (or 23 green" position. In his day, there was N-Q2, Q-B5 llnd then, if 24 H- K2. QxRP, only one nandard by which to m easur e The not so useless Bishop. or if 2·1 N-KJ. ExP), QxN 2·1 R- Q2 (if excellence in clless : t he classic standard of the perfect bdlliancy. Today, if we 24 RxNt, NxR followed by 25 .. No, 3 M. p, Dimentberg QxP/ 3), B- K6 produces ihe following po· wish to charHcterize h is genius, we may White to move and win sition: think his ability to create positions out of which only he could find his way, every bit as remarkable as the actual brilliancies he added to the treasury of ('hess. It is less important that he was looldng for India than that he discovered Amel'ica . " 'e may choose, th en, to honor him, like Columbus. "fol' doing something that he ne\'el' intended to do. and never knew that he had done. Yet we are right in so honoring l1im , becanse no other sailor had the persislence, the knowledge, and the sheer guts to sail thousands of miles into the unknown ocean until he found land."* Classical domination. If now 25 RxB, l3lacl, mates with 2~ • Samuel Eliot Morison in Christopher R-N8t 26 R-K1 (if 26 It- QJ. Q- R8t Columbus, Mariner.- C. B, Solution$ on page 373. CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER , 1963 363 An outstanding recent game, annotated by DR. MAX EUWE by a former Worfd Champion, -

SPARTAKIADE .12 ... B- I<2 13 BxB, NxB 14 N- QI is no better for Blaclc Regional Teams Tournament in Soviet Union 13 QR-B1 . . World Champion Tigran Petrosyan has remained exceptionally active since winning the World Championship from Mikhail Botvitlnik this year, No sooner had the "Elite Tournament" (the Piatigorsky Cup to urna­ ment of grandmasters) in Los Angeles fini shed than lie ret urned to parLi­ cipate in the "Spal'takiade," In that event of course he had to meet some of the top-most Soviet players; and, naturally, his encounter with Mikhail TahI, a former World Champion, was anticipated wi Lh utmost interest. Tigl'an Petrosyan won that important game in admirable style, In the opening, he succeeded in surprising Tahl with a Ilew variation and th ereby obtained a clear advantage, Thereafter, he contrived with 13 . . , , B-R2 many fine strategical and taclicalmoves to reduce material to an advan­ It is important to note here that the tageous endgame, Tahll'esigned after fifty moves, resource IS . .. BxPt Is not effective here. After 14 RxB, PxD 15 i'\xP! White TAR RASCH DEFENSE 7 P-Q4 B-K2 wins a Pawn. (15 . . . QxK? IG llxPj- or (By ) S N- B3 0 - 0 J5 , , . RxR 16 QxPt etc.) , :-'-01' is 13 . , . BxRP 1-1 DxP good for nJad, . T, Petrosyan M, Tahl Black's text is probabLy best. 8 . . . Wilite Black Nx:-" 9 PxN, 0 - 0 10 P - K-l seems advan- 14 B-B4 B- K3 15 N- K1 R_ Kl 1 P-QIit4 N-KB3 tag-eOllS for White. Perhaps, here, 15 . , . R-Bl ought w 2 P-KN3 P-K3 9 NxN be considered. The opening start6 as though for a 10 PxP 16 N- Q3 Q-K2 Heti- Catalan type of system, or el'en II Siciliatl Rel'et'sed. 3 B-N2 P-B4 4 N- KB3 P-Q4 H ere -1 ... N- B3 is possible. But it is a rail'ly well known fact that Tah] likes to play the Tarrasch Defense. So Petrosyan llIay well have expected this last move of Black's, 5 0-0 , , . .

No\\' the typical problem of the Tar­ Now. though White has the botwl' rlI sch presents itself: can Black slIpport game, his ad"1lntages Cflnllot o,, ~ ilr be his isolani and also attain free mobility l'ext mol'!? aClltalir L'e· le tin reCOI:lme nded 12 Q- B2: aYler 12 quiretl deep and ,I CCLlnlle calcul;lIion. BxPt , however, that move appears to 17 . . . . PxP hal'e no advnntages whatsoever. Tahl 18 NxP played 12 N- H3 whereupon mack could , , , , 5 , , . , N_ B3 havCl maintained equilibrium with J2 19 R-B7 ! On theory, after 5 , , . P-Q5 6 P-Q3 BxN J3 BxB, H- Kl. T his tactical in terpolation is the main point. and 7 P - K4, White has the advantage. 11 , , , . P-QR4 (See di:tgr:tm. Lop of n ~xt column) 6 PxP NxP 12 S- N5! , . . , 6 . .. PxP 7 P-Q4 leads into the clas· Much strongeL' than Tahl's 12 N- N5. 19 . . . . Q- Q1 sic variations of the Turl'Usch Defense. 12 , . , ' P- B3 t eh~k: t = db!. check: § = dIs. eh. 364 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER , 1963 28 B_K4! • • • • This we ll· played move is the culmina­ YOU ARE IN tion of Petros yan's combination. Now Black mllst lose m aterial. ZUGZWANGt 28 . . . . 8_B2 ••• if you do not know the give. This move was c riticized in the Spar­ takiade bulletin, probably unjustly. It and·take of .... What, for example, is the value i~ said that Black ough t to play 28 ... BxP 29 R- Ql. ExB! 30 QxQ. RxQ 31 of center control? Or how weak RxR. K - B2 an{] draw the game. Instead is an .ft. ' or a of 29 R- Ql . however, much s tronger is 29 BxPt, K- Bl 31) R-Q1! It is doubtful doubled after this' continuation that Black can Pawn 1 ? How Position afte" 19 R.·B?! d raw. 2!) ... P-R3 is not good either as 29 B- R7t (ollowed by 30 Q- N6 gil'es strong is an Knight 2fJ Now mack treads into the main varia­ 'White a tremendous aUac!!: (e.g. 29 . . . tion of White's combination. K-Rl :10 Q-N6, B-R6 31 QxRP!). or a salient Probably. 19 ... Q~ B.t is strongel': 29 BxPt K-N2 reverse salient e.g. 20 P xN. QxP 21 BxP. Q~N4! (an tici­ 30 B-K4 Q-B4 pating such threats as 22 BxBt, RxB 23 After 30 . . . BxP 31 R- Ql, the end­ Or the more than thirty char­ Q~Q7 a nd 22 RxQNP and game Is lost [or Black acteristic features of Pawn and 1) 22 ExP, QR~Q1 12 B- B6? BxP t 31 R_N1 R_Q2 P ieee structures? gives mack the ; 32 Q-KB3 B_N3 . . . if you are constantly in a 2) 22 B-B3! QR-QI 23 Q-N1 lets Black cannot per'mit 33 Q- B5. muddle as to what to do, and White re tain the advantage. 33 BxB K," your play is planless, pointless­ 20 PxN P_KN4 34 Q-Q3t K-N2 plain shiftless. It is not impossible that Tahi ove !"­ 35 R- N5 Q-K2 Then you need POINT COUNT iool, s the fact that he cannot reply to CHESS by I. A. Horowitz and White's lJ ext move ( 21 Q-Q3) with 21 Geoffrey Mott - Smith. These ... B- D2. Nonetheless, he has nothing two champions have collaborated much better here. Artel' 20 ... P-QN~ to bring you an entirely new, 2l R- l'\7 or 20 .. . [{- Nt 21 R- B2, R- R1 simple approach to the ever·re· 22 R- Q2, Black must soon lose a Pawn. curring problems of chess strate· 21 Q_Q3 .... gy. They have defined. described and appraised via a POINT COUNT all the effective. stra­ tegic ideas of the great mastera. When you have read this book. you will no longer treat an bo· Kol\' White has a chieved a n endgam e lated Pawn t merely as an in which he must win in the long run. unimportant detail or hanging Not only does he possess a Pawn plus, Pawns it with a bored bll t Black has no cou nter cllll nces. :a "let 'em hang." You will see 36 Q- 85 R-Q3 43 PxPt K.P these lIS plans, plans to inflict 37 K_N2 Q-Q2 44 K_K3 K_B3 weaknesses on your opponent 38 QxQt RxQ 45 K_ B4 K-K3 and to avoid for yourself. Simi_ 21 . . . . R-K2 39 K- 83 R-K2 46 P-83 K-B3 larly, you will see all structures 21 ... B- B2 fails because of 22 RxB! 40 R- N6 P-84 47 R_N5 K_K3 as plans, and KxR 23 QxRPt, K- E1 24 E- B7! Q- K2 41 P-Q6 R-Q2 48 Rx8P K,P you, ),ourself. will 25 Q- H6 t! (not 25 Q- R8t, K - B2 26 42 P-R4 K_B3 49 P_N4 K-B3 be able to evaluate them. You BxPt? K- Na t afle )' which Black wins ), 50 R_88 P-N4 will learn when to accept weak­ Q-N2 26 B- Q6t etc. Black resigned without further piay. nesses. when not to. 22 RxR Q,R In short. by counting the pluil 23 8_K3 P-Q5 and minus points involved in On 23 ... ExB 24 QxD, R-Ql 25 R - Q1. every move, you will become an followe d by 26 Q-Q4, White has good expert trader, an expert chess atta cking chances ; likewise on 24 ... player. And you can see how R-Kl 25 R-Q1. the masters have done 80 in 24 8xQP R_Q1 26 PxB Q,P many, complete, illustrative 25 P-K3 Bx8 27 P_Q5 Q-Q3 games. Your move is to get your copy of Point Count Chess, today. 340 pages ...... $4.95 1. Zug;tWang (German, compul­ ~Ion to move) the situation of a player whose moves aN! sO re­ stricted that any move he chooses will Impair his defe nse serlou~ly or fatally. U other useful chess terms, from "advanced group" to "Zwischen· %UII" are defined a.nd described In I,i , thiS work. OROER FROM "I'd say, jf he got both your Rooks in CHESS REVIEW a Knight , your best move would be 134 We.t 72nd St., N.Y. 23, N.Y. to smack him right in the mouth." CiHSS REVIEW, DECEMBER. 1963 365 PRIZE E NDING 2nd WOMEN'S OLYMPIADE The \\'In Is very dlffleult. bil l l.. "\nil Han d~ ur c n Sandagdcrl: 6 Hungary 9Y2 17 nearly upset Ing Vera ~~edeljk ovich o f 7 H ol land 8 15 Yugoslavia alid I-Iuiganc Zanzijhu ~ ti had 8 Poland 7 15 \'Vorld Champion Nona Gaprinda;0. 51 K - BS N-R4 55 K-N4 . . . , ing a better score in malch point s. Worn. Some participants apJlcun.. .:! in new rir('s;;. I:s ing ,I Sl)ecies , \I'hite en's teams have but three members, two es evcry day, As for their hair·dos, the or COllllletitors must hu,'c s pent a lot of su"ceeds I" fo rcIng ba ck I hc ad ,'el'se regulars and a substitute. The winning King, team secures temporary possession of the mOlle)" for the IlOl·tanl At the previons COIllI)etit ion, the SO"iet tember 21 to October 10 at Split, YUt;o. 1"01' inwrovlng the pos ition of While's sia\'ia. It was soon apparent thllt the 1,lu)'er;s regularly took lunch one hOllr be_ I\night. fore 1) lay, T hey explained that reviving , $oviet UniOIl alld Yugoslavia ,,'ere the N_K7 61 K _ B4 N_B3 f.lree then came in the lust hours o( Illay 58 " " leading tealll :> : they buuled Ivr (frst all 59 N_N7 N-N6 62 K _NS N-A2t the way and :> plit their match points. when mo~t needed, T!.i ~ lime, however, 60 N_ B5 N _ KS K_N6 N-B1t :\. second flight whkh COlll jlelclJ for high they ate ahout three hours bC£OJe. When "6. K_B7 N-Q2 pIlIecs was composed of Ea ~ 1 Germanr. asked, they replied it hi;l d JlCen estab· It may be well to note Iha' 6,1 . , . Roumania, Bulgaria, Ihe Unit ed States, lished 8c ientificully that the previ Oli S prae, 1\- 06 is met simply by 6~ KxX. K- Na , Poland, Hollllnd and Mongolia. East Ger­ tice wa s bad for the health, \.• - N'-l · (an",'" '" l'\,x. N' , -, I' - H'" or " many secured third place tllree rounds Nona Gaprintiashvili h,ld the hest indi, " , K- R·\ 67 K- 136. 1\: - :\5 68 K- X6. before the end of the OJympiadc. Ho\! ­ vidual score at first hoard, 1l"V:! points 65 P-RS N-KSt 67 K_N5 K_B6 mania, expected to compete for first, dis­ out o E 12. Nedeljkovieh won a ll 12 at 66 K - B6 N- N5t 68 N _ R3! , , .. appointed apparentl)' bccau ~e it s team second board. Edit h Bil ek won th e bril_ The same llllln eun,\' as before bill no\\' came dircct from a tournamcnt in Poland liancy prize for her game with WuJtrand wIth th e PUI,'n IHh'

The team from Yugos!avla: (left to right) Milunka LazMevich and "Sest Team" (Petar): Marie Mildeline Cauquilllnd Anne Marie Renoy . IIng V era N etletjkovich and K atarina Jovanovich (and Capt, Marich) Chevrier of Monaco: PetM saY5 SO tOld dnpile the ir low 113 me score 366 CH£SS REVIEW. DECEMBER. 1963 "Most elegant team" (Pptar) : Mrs. a nd Mr. Gresser a nd Mrs. 8 a in Scene a t the playing ha ll of the to urna ment a t Hotel Ma r jan

70 K- B6 K_ N 5 77 K_N7 N_ N4 15 NxBP ! K, N 24 K- R1 R-B7 71 P_ R6 N- N4 78 N- B6 t K_ R5 16 BxN B,B 25 P_N4 N_ R3 72 K_ N6 N_ K3 79 N_ K4! N- K3 t 17 RxPt B_N2 26 P _KR3 RxBP 73 N-K3t K_ R5 80 K_ N8 N_ B5 18 BxPt ! K_Nl 27 N_ B3 p,p 74 K-B6 N_ B1 81 P _ R7 N_ N3 19 RxBt O'R 28 NxP R_B5 75 K_B7 K_ R4 82 K_ N2 K_ R4 20 BxR N-K2 29 Q_R4 P_ K4 76 N- N4 ! N_ R2 8 3 N- B6t ReSi9nS 21 B_ R5 N_B4 30 Q- Q8t K_ R2 F Ol·. afte l' 83 .. . K-N·] 8 ~ N- Q5! Blac k 22 Q- K1 NPxP 31 P - N5 N_B4 is a t a loss for moves : 8·] . . . K - B ·] 85 23 NPxP R-N7 32 P-N6t Resigns N- K7t or 84 ... K- R·' 85 N- BH . and the Pa 11'11 wlll q ucen. K ING'S DEF ENSE Gresser Gaprinda shvili Q U E E N P AW N GAM E United S tates Soviet Union Bil ek Nowarra , 27 .. • • NxP! Hungary E as t Germany P-K4 P- QB3 4 N-B3 P-Q3 ,,, 2 N-KB3 P- KN3 P -QN4 finely conduc ted a nd nlr eady won , P_Q4 P- Q4 8 QN- Q2 R- K 1 5 B-K3 " P _Q4 B- Q3 N- Q2 gamc. pre tty and s llirite tl finis h . 2 N_ KB3 N- KB3 9 N_ K5 Q_ B2 3 B-N2 6 7 Q-Q2 28" N_ B1 . . • • 3 B-B4 P -K3 10 P_ B4 R_ N l · . . . lb, 4 P-K3 P- B4 11 0 - 0 P_QN4 A d ubious m o \'c. 7 0 - 0 1, COl·rect. 7 After 28 PxN, Rxll! 29 HxH. ExP, Pawn queen. 5 P- B3 N-B3 12 B_ R4 B- K2 P- Q5 is silarp. Black Queen Knight will 6 B_Q3 B-Q3 13 R- B3 P-N5 28. • • • N_N6! 30 K,N P-N7 7 • • • N-N3 9 P_ KR3 0- 0 • 29 B-82 N,N Resig ns 7 B_ N3 0 - 0 14 R-R3 P-N3 8 Q-K2 N_ B3 10 0 - 0 Q- B2 a ssel·ted writer 11 QR_Q 1 • • • • S omeone o nce 10 t he t hat wome n's c hess is very wea k, d e· T oo routine. .11 P- QRI is conect. cla ring a s proof that nobby F ischer said 11 . . . . P-N5 14 B- 82 P- QR4 he can gil'e Knig ht odds t o the women's 12 N_Nl P-B4 15 R_B1 B_QR3 champion. T he writer d oes n't IUlO W t hat 13 P-B3 P - B5 16 N/ 1_Q2 KR. Bl FIscher said a nything o f t he sort but is 17 N_ R2 · . . • ~u r e no one can g ive Knig h t o dds to A s will be se en. 17 H- N5 ;, be tte r. Nona Gapr indashvili. * 17 . . . . P - N6 22 QxQ R,Q • S Olll e )" e (l" ~ "go 11. )JOa ",",,~l l\ e " n ide did 18 P x P p,p 23 P- B3 P- R5

Camera catches a heated d iscussion twi xt Arln e li ese 8 rarld ler. Friedl USSR Capt. KOrl sta ntirlopolsky is glum arid M ~rich la ughS at pros_ Rinder, Mariarl ne Kulke of West Germa ny arid Gisela Gresser pects of their teams: P etar sa ys situa ti orl was qu ite contrary at finis h CH U S REVI EW , DEC{MRE R, 1963 367 Up-to-dme opening analysis by DR. MAX EUWE by an outstanding authority_ Former World Champion

RUY LOPEZ: the Marshall Gambit fell:;e, Oll the other hand, typifies the real gambit style. Whi te remains his Pawn down th ough he 1!et.s all kinds There are dirferent kinds of garnbits. We have to of com pensation. distingui sh first a real gambit from a nominal one. The latter, like th e Queen's Gambit, is p roperly spea kin g The same may be sa id of tbe Marsha ll COli lit er Gam­ no gambit at all; but the King's is it real gambit. In bit against th e Huy Lopez. It was (;otl~ id e l" cd refuted real gambit s, however, we also must make some di:;­ somc len yea rs ago but has come into the pidlll"e again tinction in rega rd to th e consequences of the sacrifice. and doubtless will many times in the flit lire. The In at least eighty per cent of the usual va ri ations of great Frank Marshall, its in ven tor, h, put into his gambil.

1 P-K4 P-K4 5 0-0 B_ K2 The sequels are: 13 . . . . N-N5 2 N-KB3 N -QB3 6 R_K1 P_QN4 .1) 1~ PxB, Q- K l 19 Il- Q2 . BxPt 20 14 P-KR3 Q- R5 3 B- N5 P-QR3 7 8 - N3 0 - 0 K - IU, N- K ~ 21 Q-B3. B- Q3 22 B-.KIH. 15 Q-B3 · . . . 4 B- R4 N- B3 8 P-B3 P_Q4! N - N"·I with a strong ilt!.a("];: for mac1,: Nat.urally. 15 PxN. Q- H7 t ]6 l{- B] , The Marshall Counter Gambit 2) 18 13- Q2. Q- Kl 19 D- Ql. Il- K8·1 20 Q-H8t 17 K-K2, BxP, iH bad 1"01" White. N- lt3. B- B5! with acti\'e play for Bla<: k: And 15 B-K3, B- H.7"f 9 p,p • • • 16 K 131. B-85! 3) 18 8 - ,,",5. Q-K1 19 N- H3 R-Ki 20 also appears prOlnising fOI" Illiick. Ii is clear n P- Q3 costs a tempo and Q-B l. D-H6 2J P).:B. BxPt 22 K - Ri , gives White no chance for initiative. N- RI. etc . These are ali flne \'arhllions; but While can safely play 13 P- B3 (sec s mall diagram). For 13 . . . Q- Q6 is met by 1-1 PxB. B- B-It 15 H-·K3. and it seems that White can hold hiH own: 15 . N -Q~ 16 N-R3. l\· ).: R 17 PxN, BxN 18 1>x8, R- IO 19 P - K4! 9 . . . . 10 NxP 11 RxN

15 . . . . H ere Blacl, disposes of a very sharp The crucial point of this vHrintion. continuation. 9 . . . P-K5. Wllich we'll 16 B-Q2 • • • • discuss slIperricially (as White can meet Xot 16 Qx::-\". B-H7t! Ii K- Bl. 13 -:\"1). it one way or another). 16 . . . . B,P 10 N- N5, Black answers wit h 10 . .. 8 - KN5: e.g., 11 Q- 82 (or 11 P - 83, PxP This is Black's best play and the only 12 PxP, l'\xP! 13 NxRP, 8 - Q3!). N- K-l ehance for justifying the gambit. After ] 2 NxKP. NxN 13 QxN, B- Q3 14 P-Q4. eit.her H ... B- KN5 17 Qx,,", or 16 ... P- KB·I 15 Q-82, N- B6t with a sU'ong NxPt 17 P).:N, BxP 18 R- K4 01" 16 . attack. B-~2 17 QxB. Q-N6 18 Q- B3, B1ack's at· Hence there rollows : 10 PxN, PxN ] I tack fails. QxP, B- KN5 12 Q- N3. R- Kl (here 12 The Older Line 17 PxB · ...... B-Q3 13 Q- R4, R- Kl 14 P-B3! is Again not 17 (lxN'. B- Hit 18 K-8J . advantageolls for White). 11 • . . • N- B3 8 - :\"6 followed by 19 . . B- :\" 5. Russian analysis This was the usual continuation in the 17 • . . • NxPt by L. Radtsyenko early years of this gambit. 18 K - B1 N-N4 19 BxN Q,B gh'es: 13 P- Q·1. B­ 12 P_Q4 B-Q3 Q3 14 RxRt, QxR I;} 13 R_ K1 . . . . Here the silUation is not c lear. Ii. Q- K3. QxP 16 P-B3. 13 R- K2 deserves consideration as 13 may be that \Yhite stands beller. but R-Kl 17 Q-B2 (so . :-.i - R4 14 Q-Q3, Q- R5 15 P - :'>i3. Q-RIj Black has all kind,; of challce~ the far as recommended 16 8-Q5 favors \Vhite. But SokoJski's typical outcome of this gambit. by Panov), R-K2! 14 ... Q-B3 seems to be better. t = check; t = dbl. check; ~ = dis. ch. 368 CHESS REV IEW, DECEMBER, 1963 The Newel' Line 17 K-Q2, P- KB4 gets "White in trouble According to analySis, this complicated as 18 P - B4, PxP costs at least a Pawn position must lead to a draw: 29 B- B7, (Continue from n ext to last d iagram) with White's Queeu unprotc·eted. In QxN! 30 QPxQ, NxQ 31. B- D4, RxRP: 11 . . . . P_Q83 Tahl-Trapl (at a simultaneous in P rague 32 RxN, RxP. This is known as the most promising 1961), 17 BxP, P - KB4 18 Q- Bl, Q- H4 19 Sub·variation I I. eonlinuation of the Mar~hall Gambit. P- KB4, QR-Kl 20 N-Q2, K-·N2 21 BxN, (Continue from la.t diag ram) 12 P_Q4 8-Q3 PxD gave Blaek ample for 13 R-K 1 .... his Pawns. 18 Bx N . . . . 1:: R- K2 has its adherents but may 17 . . Q_ R4 "White can postpone thi~ exchange fOI' run into next note on move JS. 18 N- Q2 P_KB4 a few moves. 13 . . . . Q-RS Black hag no other pl'ospeets; but, 18 . . . . P,B 20 Q- B1 Q- R4 1!J P-KB~, 14 P-N3 Q- R6 with Variation A is reached. 19 P_R4 P- B4" 21 P-KB4 Rj1 - K1 15 8 - K3 · . . . So far, this variation consists of well Now Black gets better chances for at· known moves. tack on IS R-K4 (this may follow from Variation C 13 H-K2. too). P .. N4! 16 N- Q2. P-KB·j (Continue from next to I~"t d iag ram) 17 R- K3. P- B5 18 PxP. Q-R3 19 ~' -K l . 16 . . . , QR-K1 PxP 20 R- Kl. B- B2 or on 15 Q- Q3. ThiS is the modern line and. in eon· B-KB4 16 Q- Bl, Q- R4. nection with Black's next move. a vel'y 8 - K N 5 15 . . . . promising attempt to strenglhen lhe al· 16 Q-Q3 · . . . tack. 17 N- Q2 R-K3 H e re is the point: Bluck prepares to double on the King fil e and also to at· tack Wllite's Kingside by .. . R- n3.

22 B- B21 . . . , Here , however , is Ollr variant, a move of Boleslavsky's. At first sight, it doesn't make a good impression. But. actually, it seems to oUel' the only way fOI' \Vhite to establish any tangible ad· I'antage. At any rate, White need not fear the penetration of a hostile Rook. Variation A 22 . . . . R_ K7 16 . . . . P_ KB4 23 Q_ N2! Q- 62 This is the former "regular" line. Black cannot afford to permit White's 17 P- K B4! P- N4 Queen to infiltrate. S u b.var iation I. After 17 ... K - Rl 18 Bx1\", PxB ] 9 24 PxP N- Q2. White wins at his ease. 18 P- R4 P_KB4 25 N- B1 18 Q- B1 Q-R4 The value of Blaek's last mOI'c is un· White stands better : e.g. 25 ... P - R3 19 N-Q2 QR_ K1 del"lined: White is practically fOl' eed to 26 P - H3 , U- IH 27 RxH, RxR 28 P - l\"4! re·act with P-]{B~ thus wenl;ening his In ... K- Rl 20 BxN. PxB 21 PxP, P -n:5 PxP 29 PxP. B- N3 30 P - BS, D-R2 31 K3 and making Black 's doubling Rooks looks dangerolls for White bllt is re· R-RSt, U-Bl 32 ="- K3, RxNP 33 NxP, Illore effective. futed by 22 BxP. R- B4 23 Q-N2. BxD 21 and White ought to win. PxD. RxP 25 QxP. 19 Q-B1 20 Q-N2 Px P 23 BxP 8 - K6t 19 P- KB4 at once is not so good: In Summary 21 BxNt K_ R1 24 K _ R1 8 -R6 . . KR- Kl 20 PxP, BxP! wilh a strong Only in a very few lines of this eom· 22 BxPj4 BxB 25 Q_ K2 B_N 5 ,:t.tael, for Black (21 PxB, R- N3;). plica ted Marshall Counter Gambit will 26 BxR 19 . . . . Q-R4 White be able to withstand the s torm 19 .. . P-DS leads to nothing after 20 and maintain chances for a small advan· IJxP, BxB 21 QxQ, BxQ 2Z RxR, BxN 23 tage. RxP etc. 20 P- KB4 Rj1-K1 21 PxP D r. Max Euwe's This is a fine sacrifice; but, pe rh~p s, 21 nx~ leading to Sub· variation II. is better. CHESS 21 . . . . R, B ~AR CHIVE S 22 RxR R, R 23 PxR P 8_N1 A loose leaf encycloped ia of current and practice of all chess openings Not 23 . . . R-Ki 2·j QxH! BxQ 25 • • • P-R7. Complete information inc!, a sample copy White has a winning game. and f irst issu e may be obtained from 24 P-R7 B,P OUr U.S. Representative 25 R xB Q_K1 Wm. J, B ul t Variation B Now, on 25 H- Ki. White has a (The Detroit ~ew" Chess Ed!tor) strong attack after 26 R- RSt. K-B2 27 8136 Green(awn - DETROIT 4, Mich. (Continue from next to last diagram) Accompany your request with 25c in coin P - R4, RxN 28 Q-R6. for postage and handling. 16 . . . . P-N4 26 R- R1 R- K7 Sy subscribing now you can stili rece iv e This is a supposedly sharper line. 27 N-84 K - 81 all issues of the English language version from 1/1/53. 17 Q-81! • • • • 28 N-K5 N-K6 CHESS REVI EW, D£CEMBER, 1961 369 By WALTER KORN

Chess Synonym s and Antonyms Paris in 1933 with a line from the 1925 e(lition of his Di e Hypermode rne Schach_ The astonishing chess pa ra ll el:-;, which we eXN 2 Q-R5 N-KB3 9 QPxN NxPt 3 QxKPt B-K2 10 K-Q1 N,R 4 B-K2 N-B3 11 N-B3 P- Q4 5 Q- N3 N,P 12 B-N5 B,B 6 QxNP B_ B3 13 N,B B_ K3 7 Q_ R6 N_Q5 14 NxB P,N 15 Q-N7! Resigns Black's method of play is not a "co­ existence" but rather a "contra·exlst­ ence." This is not a triple reoccur· I'ence of t he same pos ition (in which a draw can be claimed). It is 1, 27 fold giant wheel of a mutually Interlocking 1 _ , . , P_ N4 l'epetition : i[ employed for the purpose PxPt? 4 R- KB2 of a "grandmaster draw," it would cer­ 2 RxPt K-R2 5 R_B4! P-K6 P_ K5 tainly be difficult to prOI'e or preve nt. 3 R-K2 6 RxR P,R 7 RxP White won; but, it may be said, only "Measure for Measure" hecause Black's natm'a l but Inaccurate (Wm. Shakespeare) maneuvers permitted the exchange of The aspects or psychology also gov­ Roolls. erned the rollowing two games. Richter looked up the game SCOl'e and, At Mal' del Plal a 1949, the young and a few weeks later, played the same talented Pornar came lIP agains t the "Advise and Consent" game against the Baltic master Petrov formidable Eliskases after having drop­ (Allen Dl'Ul'Y) at Bud Hal'zburg. '1' 0 Petrov's dismay, ped four OJ' five points and invented a Not always, though, are these repeti­ Richter made his moves with utmost desperate plan to rattle hi~ opponem tions without apparent cansal connec­ speed, and Hichter was lucky enough to who had chosen an opening which lends tion. There can be strategical or psy­ have Petrov repeat Gilg's moves. At the itself to symm etry. "Vhile Eliskases chological purpose in the perpetuation of diagram position, however, Petrol' smell­ moves; and, in openings, there exist pondered and 1.1s ed up time, Pomar simply and rflpidly copied his moves. ed the rat, took time out and continued theses on such, In fact, they are the differently. inspiration of the reversed openings, RETI OPENING 1 , . • _ P- N4! This columnist once explained the Eliskases Pornar 2 PxP R- KB5 ! "fallacy of \Vhite's advantage" in such 3 K- N3 R-QR5! openings as lend themselves to true sym­ 1 N-KB3 N- KB3 7 QN- Q2 QN- Q2 After this waiting move, Richter us ed metrical reflections by Black, Interna­ 2 P-KN3 P- K N3 8 N- 64 N- B4 3 B-N2 B-N2 N_K3 liP all his accumulated time trying, in tional grandmaster Larry Evans, now 9 N-K3 4 0-0 P_63 I'ain, to find a win. His "duplicity" closely co-operating- with the columnist 0-0 10 P-B3 5 P_Q3 P-Q3 K_ Rl K_ R1 did not pay in this instance; the game in the coming revision of Modern Chess 11 6 P- K4 P- K4 N_ N1 became a dra\\'. Openings, has a chapter on the theol'y 12 N- Nl of symmetrical positions in his New 13 N-K2 . - , . Not always are psychological tactics Ideas in Chess in which he demonstrates so subtle. Often they are brutal, play­ several games with "symmetrical" open­ ing factors extra neous to chess. In the ings almost to the twentieth move. Mar del Plata 19<19 , LUckis, playing Ros­ A species both absurd and hilarious is setto, continually placed his pieces near passed on to us by Chernev and Reinfeld the edge of the square and then adjusted in The Fireside Book of Chess. The re­ t hem with a "j'adoube" a n umber of spective names of t he German players time s before he was due to move. Ros­ are identical with their colors! The setto ll ecame terribly annoyed-- hut won moves co-incide, and the finish Is equan­ tile game. imity and full parity. (What else to ex­ Similal' resources are not alien to in­ pect from the French Exchange Varia­ domitable and volatile Miguel Najdorf. tion ?) In another South American contest and FRENCH DEFENSE against Stahlberg, he J,ept ciraling and Nuernberg 1883, 5th Round Until now. Black had merely I'epeated posting ilimself bellind Stahlberg's chair, Herr Weiss Herr Schwartz to lull White into security or eise viewing the position from the other's White Black mystify and 11pset him. Now he chose rear, knowing him to be "allergic" to a different move and suddenly aSFumed that. Stahlberg asked the mnpll-e to 1 P-K4 P-K3 14 BxN N,B the initiative_ tell "thi s individual that his place is in 2 P-Q4 P_Q4 15 N_ R4 RxRt front of the bOllrd"'-something difficult 3 PxP p,p 16 RxR R_K1 13 . . , , P-KB4! 19 Q_ R5 P_84§ p,p fOI' the umpire to enfol'ce. -'1- N- K B3 N-KB3 17 RxRt N,R 14 PxP 20 K_N1 R_ B3 5 B-Q3 B_Q3 18 N_ B5 B-61 15 P-KB4 N- K2 21 N/KxP N,N p,p 6 0 - 0 0-0 19 Q-K2 N-Q3 16 B-R3 22 BxN R-R3 p,p 7 B_ KN5 B-KN5 20 NxN Q,N 17 P-N3 23 Q-K2 B-Q5t! ! British Chess Mallazine (1262 Annual! N_ N3 8 P-B3 P- B3 21 Q-K8 Q_K2 18 B_N2 24 PxB NxQP 3i2 PM;es + 15 page index. Red cloth 9 QN- Q2 QN-Q2 22 QxQ BxQ 25 Q- KB2! Q-R5 bi ndinA"_ GOld- blocked spine, Contains 10 Q-B2 Q_ B2 23 B_ B5 B_N4 Pomal' obtained a strong f4ttilck thus, ave,' 200 games, Co\'ers nli important events. An absolute bargain' 11 KR- K1 KR- K1 24 B_ B8 B-68 but ultimately drew. Send $3 (bills) + 10c (stamps) to 12 P- KR3 B,N 25 B,P B,P Against Czerniak, Pomal' did not "dup­ The British Chess Magazine Ltd. 13 N,B P_ KR3 26 B,P Sx·p licat e" but did utilize the "Blitz tempo" 20 Chestnut Road, \Ve. • ! Norwood 27 B,P B,P method - but without success, LONDON. S .E . 23. England

CHESS REVlfW, DECEMBER, 1963 371 Entertaining and i'nstructive games by HANS KMOCH annotated by a famous analyst.

P- B3 12 P - QR4. P- Q., 13 KPxP, P xP KING'S I N DIAN DEF ENSE ~INTER.NATIONAI. gives mack a good game (H P-D5, Wolfgang Uhlmann Victor Korchnoy N- I35). 1 1 . _ _ _ East Ge rma ny Sov ie t Union P- B3 13 PxP RP x P CUBA 1963 White Blac l;; 12 0 _0 P- QN4! 14 P-QR3 . . . , Havana International 1 P_QB4 N_K B3 14 P-I3'l Is met by 14 . . . K/4- N5; but 2 N_QB3 P-KN3 When Loss of Time Counts Double H P-QN3. t hough far from ideal, gives 3 P_ K 4 , In a sharp position, any loss of time better chances than the iext. . . - By choosing this sequence. "'hite is particularly l·isky. White runs into 14 . , . . P-Q4 16 NxN ducl,s the Gruenfeld Defense (3 P- Q4 , trouble early here on that account. 15 Px P NxP 17 Q- Q2 1'- Q·I) . The choice is a matH' )' of taste. 18 B x N K I NG'S INDI AN DEFEN SE 3 . . , . P- Q3 6 B- K3 P- K4 This doubled Pawn is strong as it clln A. O' Ke ll y Yefim Ge ll er 4 P_Q4 B- N2 7 P- Q5 N -R4 not be attacl,ed so easily as 'White's 5 P-B3 0-0 8 Q_Q2 P_KB4 Be lgium Soviet Un io n Queen Knigh t Pawn. T here is thc l't! l'Y illtel'eslin): and dif· 'Yhit.e Black 19 QR_Q1 R_N1 ficult !lossibiJity he!'\; of S ... Q-H5t 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 4 P-K4 0-0 20 P_QR4 . . . ~ 1'- 1\:\'3. l"XP 10 Q-U2. ;';xil II QxQ, 2 P_QB4 P_ KN3 5 B-K3 P-Q3 White alms to meet 20 ... P-QIl·\ 3 N-QB3 B_ N2 6 P_ B 3 N-B3 :\'xB gi\'ing Dlack almost ful! compensa· with 21 K - N5. lion for his Queen materially, nnd :Jaa ck­ 7 KN- K 2 • • • • 20 .. , , R- K1 inJ;' (;hances besidcs, Apparl'"llt ly, ho\\'· The text is better in re·action to ... Now Ul~lck threatens 21 " P - QB4: el'CI', both !llnyel's know t uat thi~ line, P- KI. Here 7 Q- Q2 is most consis tent. e.g. 22 N- N5. QxQ 23 I3xQ, BxP. for one realSon 01' another, actllally fa ,·ors 7 , , • . P- QR3 21 B- B2 8-B4! \\·hite. 8 N -B1 , . . . Now the th!'ellt is 22 . .. B- Q6. 9 0-0-0 N_Q2 8 Q- Q2 is still preferable. White is 10 B-Q3 N/2_B3 wasting time with his King KniJ;:"h t. 22 N xB Black's proper choice is difficult to 8 . . . . P-K4 l"OW I3 lack wins as the Queen Knight Pawn cannot adequlltely be protected. decide here, 'fhe text places the 9 N- N3 . - . . KnightlS lleC Ulial'ly. Best might be the Now he concedes Blar.k effecth'e COUll­ lSome"'hat ol{Hashioned 10. . P- D5 11 ter play in the centel·. 9 P - Q5. t hough B- KI32, B- D3. offering little promise, is best : 1) 9 . . . 11 PxP p,p N-K2 )0 P- B5! with a good game; 2) 12 KN_K2 P-Q R3 9 ... N- Q5! 10 N/I-K2! with approxi· 13 P_ K R3! , , . . ma t e equality ( note that 10 BxN, PxIl gives mack superior chances : 11 QxP, This strong move poses quite a prob­ NxKP! or 11 N/3- K2, N ··R4 !) . lem with lhe threat of H P-KN·1. 9 . . . . PxP ! 13 , . . , P- B5 10 NxP N- K4 Black concedes K·l to \Vhite's control This Knight is wen placed for now which is more significant than the bllck· as P- B4 to dislodge It seriously weal{­ ward nes s of the King Knight Pawn. But ens White's center. And Biuck thl·eat· 13 . . . B- Q2 H P - KN4, P - K5 15 PxKP, ens to act energetically with 11 .. . P- B3 23 B-Q4 , . , , Px."lP 16 I'xP, BxP 17 QH-Nl offers and . . . P-QN4 and/or _ . . P- Q4. Now White loses a t ler,st the Ex· White a very strong Ilttack. t;\mnge. 2::; H- :'

25 BxB fails against 25 . .. QxR! F'er a c til'(~ countc rpl a~·. Blac k needs .. P- B4 Qr . , . 1'-:\'-1. but t he latter c o~ts a Pawn and the text promotes Even the Mighty! White's head WHY in the cenler. So a Tournament winner Korchnoy suHel's passivc attitude seems hetter: e.g ... , a setback in this game. Aiming

CHESS REVIEW, DECE MBER, 1963 373 White has a slight edge: his Uishops 7 0 - 0 P-QR3! have a future in view o( the ullsym· t\ot 7 ... PxP S Xx P I .!, ?\ / 3xl'~ 9 meu'ical PawJl formation. R - Kl. ':-' - :\3 10 ","xQP, P- QH3 II HxPt! 16 . . . . P-Q5 Pxll. 12 NxP with White winning: (Hom· 13bck is acting to prevent 17 P- K-I, but l~nenko - Bael" page 2,15. CHESS HEVIEW. unnecessnrily. HE' has better in 16 . . . 1955). 13 - Q3: e.g . 17 P - KI. PxP 18 Px1'. 0-0- 0 8 BxN p,S 10 QxP P-QB4 or IS 13xl'. 1\: - 132. -9 N-Q2 p,p 11 Q-KN4 B-N2 17 K_B2 P_QN4 Black has the edge as s\ate(1 above. 18 KR_QBl N_B4 12 P-83 Q-B2 14 KR_QB1 P_N4 TIlaclCs last move loses time. 13 B-B4 P_R3 15 B_N3 6-N2 19 P- N4 N-Q2 16 P_KR4 .... OtlH~I' Knight moves permit 20 IhP ! 20 P-QR4!! . . . . White ought to play 16 H- Kl indirectly protec ting his Kiag Pawn: e.g. 16 . , . Here is the ingenio\\s bl'eakthl'ol1gh. Solutions to CHESS QUIZ 0;xP? 17 1'\xN, 13x~ 18 BxE. Qx13 10 N -- Q·[ It offers exce ll e nt chances. Some 0f ilS No.1-White wins with 1 Q-R5 and 1 and 20 1'\x1'! winning. possible consequences al'e not vel')' dear. P - N3 2 QxN and mate next; 01' 1 ... Q - though. 16 . . . . 19 NxP K-Q2 1332 NxRP (2 ... KxN 3 13- N5; or 2. , , 17 PxP 20 6-N3 P-B3 20 .... Q- K2 3 13x1\'. etc.); or 1 ... Q-K2 2 18 BxQ 21 N-R3 P-K4 1\'xRP. KR-Kl 3 13x1\'; or I ... Q-K1 2 Still more complicated are tile (:on· Blac k has made snbslantial headway; NxRP. Kx!'\ 3 13xN. !Ind 3 . .. 1'-83 4 sequences of 20 . HxQHP 21 HxH. the situation is ideal 1'01' the '1'\\,,) QxPt. PxQ 5 BxH mate or 3 . ' 1'- 133 . PxH 22 1'- N5. PxP 23 H- 138t, K - K2 (not Bishops. 13-N5§. 23 ... K- n2 2·\ B- Q5t! ). Then White's 22 P-B3 No.2 Black wins by 1 ... HxP and 2 best seems 10 be 24 13xP. one point being • • • • Px13, Q- 136t 3 K - H2. 13-Q3 (·1 Qx13, Q­ lhat 2·1 , .• HxP loses a l)iece to 2;:; \\'hite plays for complications, the best Bit! 5 .l{- Rl. QxHt etc,); or 2 Q-R2. 13 -8-11 (25 ... K-B2?? 26 B- Q5 mate) . he Clln do. QxRt; 01' 2 13-Bl. Q- N8 mate; 01' 2 (1 - 21 P-N5! PxP 22 .... N-K6 K2, 13xPt and;:: ... B-Q3t etc. 22 KR-QN1! .... Blacl( accepts the challelige rather No.3-White wins w!th 1 N- HM. PxN (or This mOI-'e is [KIn of the point; othe l' than proceed Call1io\ls l ~· with 22 . . . 1 ... K-IU 2 N- 137t ,\ud 3 NxQ) 2 Q- NH. con tin nations are 1':)1 ' less effectivo. ::\-R3. K-132 3 Q- N7t, Kxl'< ~ P-I35t. K- K4 ::> 22 .... R_B1 23 B_ B2 B-R3 25 PxQP Q- NSt etc. 23 RxNP R_B7 24 P-KB4 P-Q5 26 RxP No.4 Blnck wins by 1 ... 0 - 0-0 (1 ... 24 RxNP • • • • 27 Nj3xN it-Ql will do) 2 !'\- Q.j (else 2 .•. !\'xKP The point develops: on 2·1 . . . RxB. ;\late is threatened. mate 01' •.. Nxl3 !> mate), NxKPt ;:: White has tim" for 25 HxP ! (more con· 28 K-B1 R-R8t QxN. ExP mate; or 2 QxN. HxQt 3 N- Q-L vincin); than 25 n-136}. 29 N_N 1 B_ B6! 13xP mate; or 2 Q- Q.I, NxBPt etc. 24 .... P-R6 27 R_R4 K-K2 30 PxP p,p No.5 White wins with 1 QxPt, !\xQ (l 25 B-N4 S,S 28 Rj1xP R,R The sit nalion is f'x t remelr t e n~e in ... K-Ql 2 N-l<:6t. l'xN 3 13- N6 mate) 2 P_R7 26 RxB 29 RxR . . . . thal Ulacl('s King is exposed a s well as 13xNt. K- Q1 3 N- K6t, PxN ·1 B- N6 mate. The cOlllplications are ovor. White \\·hitc·s. nut the Two ni~hop s . the No.6 Blnck wins by 1 ... 1'- Q·I 2 !'\xI' has an extra Pawn and onght to win in and generally superior (2 13xP. B- E·l t is decisive flS is 2 N­ the long run. though his technical job is mobility are factors decis il'ely (a,·ol'ing K4, PxB) , 13-13·lt 3 X- KS. Q- Eti .\ Q-B2. Ilol easy. Blac k. BxN or evell .\ . . . QxN etc. 29 • • • • R-Q1 37 B-84 K-Q3 31 R_ K1 K_ Q3 33 R-KB5 B-K4 No.7 \Vhite wins with 1 BxP-i·. 1\:x13 (on 30 R- R5 38 K_B2 N-B1 R-K2 32 R_ R5 P-K5 34 B-B5t • • • • 1 ... K away. White retains two Pawns 31 R-R7t R-Q2 39 R_R4 K-K4 White tries vainly to break the grip safely and can win llIore) 2 :"\x1',! ami 32 R-R5 N_ K3 40 B_N8! R-K1 of the position by some ex(·hanges . 2 ... KxH 3 Q- H5t. K- i'\l ·1 Q - B~L K-H2 33 K_N3 P_N4 41 R-R7! R,S 5 K - Q2 and 6 R- H1'j'; OJ' 2 . .. PxN 3 34 PxP N,P 42 RxN K_B5 34 . . . . Q- H5t . K- ll3 4 QxPt, K-N3 5 QxBt and 35 P_R4 N-K3 43 R_Q7 K,P 35 RxB . . . . malC in two or .\ .. K- B2 5 QxEj' and 36 B-Q6 N-B2 44 RxQPt K-R6 After 35 HxTIt, White runs into a lacJ( mate next. .1-1 , •• K- RI is 11 littlc better. o( playable mO\'es: 35 ... K - Q5 36 No.8 Black wins by 1 . . . NxP 2 H-131 t 45 P-R5 P-N4 47 R-KB4 R_R3 R-KN5, P- KO 37 H- N3. H- K Dl. The sae l'ifice of the Exchange juS!.. barely (0), 2 QxQ, N-Bi male 01' 2 P - QH3, Kx':-' t 45 PxP c.p. RxP 48 K_B3 R-N3 and mate next), N-B7t 3 RxNt, 13xR 4 p- 49 P_Q4 Resigns fails. 1(3 (or .] QxQ. H-Q8 mate), HxQ 5 NxR, 35 . . . . P,R ft- Ql etc. 36 RxBt K-Q5 No.9 White wins with 1 13-Q6 with the TI1e Two Bishops and the Center No\\' Black wins by (orce. threat of 2 >ixl' mate. and 1 ... 1'- :\'3 2 :\'- Q.\ ! N/3-13·1 (01' 2 ... PxN 3 ExP mate) in t!lis game. White's \'ariaUon is un· sound but not dil'ect])' refutahle. It of· 3 NxB (if 3 .. . NxK, -\ B- HO mate); or 1 ... N/2- B-I 2 NxPt. K- Q2 3 ll- N5 (ers Blacl, supel'ior chances. thunks to matc: or 1 . .. N- 13J likewise; or 1 ... his 'I'wo Bishops and stl'Ongel' cente!'. QH- N l 2 NxPt for a Pawn pIns and a Black succeeds With these, grcnl com· strong initiative (2 K-Ql 3 ExN, plications notwithstanding. 1'xU 4 N-B6'). FRENCH DEFENSE No. 10 White wins by 1 E- N5·i-. E-Q2 R. Ault George Kramer (1 .. . N - Q2 is alsO met by 2 NxP: e.g. 'Vhite Black 2 . , . R- KNI 3 Q- R5. and Blacl";; Queen has no escape) 2 NxP! PxN (01' 2 , .. 1 P-K4 P-K3 4 P-K5 KN_Q2 2 P-Q4 P_Q4 H- KNI 3 Q-H5; or 2 ... NxQ 3 NxP 5 N-B3 P-QB4 3 N_QB3 N-KB3 6 B-QN5 mate) 3 Q- R5t, I>- N3 ·1 QxilP1 find ·1 • • • ... HxQ 5 H- 13S mate, or -1 .•. H- Bl 5 This line is tricky but basically un­ 37 R-K1 Hx/l mate, 01' 'I , .. N-B4 5 QxP mate, sound. 37 H- KK5 is no bC'tter. bel;a use of 3i etc. 6 . . • • N_QB3 . . K-K6: e.g, 1) 38 H- :\3, R-KI31 win,

374 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER. 1963 ning by threat of 39 ... RxNt 40 KxR. 23 B-N2 R-R7 Bisguier usually plays this move. He K- K7 or 40 RxR, H-BJ; 2) 38 R-KSt. Now Black is thl'eatening 24 ... Q- Rl likes to be sharp himself. B ut Fischer K-B5 winning by the double threat of followed by 25 . . . RxBt or 25 . . is prepared. 39 . .. KxR and 39 . .. R- KNl; 3) 38 It-R8t. 4 N_N5 P-Q4 7 PxP p,p R-N7, R- KBI winning as by 39 R- K7t. 5 PxP N-QR4 8 B_ K2 P-KR3 K- B5 40 K-B2, R- R7t 11 K-Bl, RxP, 24 K_ B1 Q-R1 25 N- N1 Q-R4 6 B- N5f P-B3 9 N-KR3 , . . . 37 . . . . R-KN1 26 N-B3 R-K R1! Another snr prise. This odd·looking 38 K- B2 R-N7t move was recommended by Steinitz who Resigns Once again, Black threatens 27 ... RxB after which 28 KxR walks into mate introduced it, but 1H1sllccessfully, in a in two and 28 QxH loses the Queen to telegraph match against Tehigorin in MICHIGAN 1963 29 .. . N-K6t and 30 . . . B- R6. 1891, Michigan State Open \\lhite is )ropelessly lost. No oue eyer agreed with Steinitz on this move, so far as this annotator Typical Attack Exemplified kn(lws, except Salo Landau of Holland. The King Bishop's fianchetto, if com· He claimed the val'iati

TOURNAMENT NOTES 12th Annual Championship 59_ Nf 20; J. F. Healy 37.3; L. R. KIaI' PI"091"ess Reports fOI" In the 1958·9 Golden KnIghts, Finals 35.65; F. Smidchens 30.8; n. R. Larsen Golden Kni9hts C hompionship Section 58-Nf 25 has completed p l ~y , and 30.1; A. B. Kahn 25 .0; C. Barasch 22.65; the contestants therein s core tIle Fol1ow­ and J. N. Henriksen 20.5. 11 th Annual Championship ing weighted point totals: Meanwhile, we still await Qualifiers The 1957 Golden Knights comes to a J . F. Shaw 38.6; C. G. Gibbs 36.1~: from Sallie Semi-finals sections into the finish as finals section 57·Nf 27 is closed N. M. Hardy 31.9; P . Roth 29.65 ; F. E. F inals. out, with a three· way tie between R. E. Olmstead 24 .55; and D. Shook and L. F. A. Doe, L. B. .Toyner and D. Smith all of Vichules withdrew. 14th Annual Championship whom made pe rfect tallies in Prelims. .Merging these scores with those pre­ In the ]960·1 Golden Knights, Finals Semi-finals and Finals of the tourna­ vIously published (November), we have section 60-Nf 5 has completed play. and ment. They will play orr the tie. As the foll owing as prospective cash pl'ize the Contestants therein score the foll ow· shown below B. Batson is fourth; E . 1V. winners : ing. weighted point totals: Buerger and L . Stolzenl)erg tie for fifth C. S. Rubis 44.1; G. Gnade 35.15; E. P RESENT LEADERS· (they also will playoff); H. Avram is L. Walrath 3'1.0; W. Bland 29 .95; J. U ­ J E Egner . .. , .46.2 G B Thornton .. 35 .6 s eventh; C. W. Bitzer is eighth; 1. G. B Pehnec ...... ~6.2 R H Al)rums . .. 3.>.11 mal"zi 28.85; J. C. Robinson 20.5; and White. ninth. and D. Thompson tenth. L Stolzenbe"ger 46 .2 G W Hardman .35.0 M. Lane 17.05. 'fhe remaining sixty·five win $5 prizes. A 'Val tel'S ...... 45.7 J Opalek ...... 35 .0 Meanwhile, the following have Quali· S Yarmak ...... 45.1 L B Johnson •.. 34 . Hi to fled for assignment to the F inals: W. G. But all please write promptly co)"­ J N" Schmitt . . .44. 6 D D Taylor .. .. 34. 15 roborate YOUl' weighted point totals and F Bohatirchuk . ~3 . 95 G Buckendorf .. 3·1.0:; Blat!, F. R. Stauffer. .T. Hartigan, R. Ban­ also to give your CUl'l'ent mailing ad· F Nusser ...... • 43.5 R Villanueva . .. 34.05 ville and F . J . Valvo. dresses so we can mail checks without L B Joyner . •. .. 42.9 V J BurdICk . . . 33 .3.'; H:!If Avram . . . . 41.7 J B Hartlgan .. 33.5 ~oncern over having letters returned. J A Curdo . . . •.. 41.1 J 0 Sullivan ... 33.4 15th Annual Championship A 'Veissman .. . H.7 V R J abloko\\" .. 32 .15 In the 1961·2 Golden Knights. the fol­ F I N A L STAN DI N GS T El Halse ... . . 41 .4 W Bland ...... 32.7 lowing have Qualified for assignment to REA Doe . ••. t6.2 R G B rown .. . . 3G.n J ":>1 Buck ...... 41.2 G A Hunnex .. . 3~.~ L B Joyner •••. 4(;.: B L Crowder . . 36.3 H DerrlnJl" ...... 40. 6 1'[ Ladacki .. . . . 32.30. the F inals: R. Sonshine, A. C. Suykel'. D Smith ...... 46.2 L R Johnson .. . S6.3 L Jensen ...... 40.6 i'i ~I Ha r(I .,· .. . :ll . ~ E. :i\Iaier. B. E. Goldstein. W. W. Fuchs, B Bahon ...... H.6 P Cleghorn . . .. . 36.2 P Schlesinger . • 39.6 ,v W Fuchs . . • . 3 1. 8 A. P. Butler, G. Cal"lsoa, H. A. Jania, E 'Y Buerger • . H.O L D :Martln . . .. 36.1;; P Hildebrandt . . 39A5 G J :Maucr .. ... 31.8 D. D. Thll rman, J . D. Moore. M. B. L Stolzenber g . . H.O G Buckendorr . . ~G. l J A Ilyln ...... 39.l5 1>1 A Milas . .. . . 31.75 H Avram .••.•. 43.95 D Ruth ...... 35.6 R J Kneeream •. 39.1 J D l\Ioore . . ' .. 31.75 Keady, E. S. Jacob. W. G. Chase. R. C. C W B itzer • . .. 42.95 ]If L Perea .. . . . 35 .5;) R A Brown .... 39.0;; 'Y Junge ...... 31. 7 Slater. H . E. Smith and H. Freeman. I G White ...... 42.85 J 'Veinlnger .. . 35.i5 F. D iedrich •. . • . 39. 05 R '" Golla . . . .. 31.3 i\Ieanwhile, the following have quali­ D Thompson . . . 42.5 L E Kilmer .... 39.0 R R Coveyou . .. 35. 1 R S\\'arbrick . ' .31-2 fied for the Semi-fi n als: W . W. Bu­ G Russanow . . .. H .35 G Helmberg •.•. 35.0 J P Seibert . . • . 38 .85 J Mc':','eese .. . .. 30.8 J J Adams • . .. 41.9 E A Smith ... . 34.9.; D Kendall .. .. • 38 .65 D >,{ Price . .... 30.65 chanan, R. E . McCune. J. M. O·Brien. A N Mease .. .• H.8S H C Haskell . . . 3·1.6" J F Shaw ...... 38.(; J Stock ...... 30.65 A. L. Bowen. J . Limarzi, O. Johnson. W Raudenbush .41.75 F Parham . . . .. 34.S W El Stevens ... 38.5 H E Eckstrom .30.55 F. Ie Bradford, H . P<1.teman, J . R. Rob­ H H Jones ..... 41 .7 o Shack ...... 34.5 I~ Dreibergs •••. 38.4 V Slligussaar . . . 30.55 R J Kneeream . 41.7 S Yarmak •.. .. 34.45 1" D Dulicai •.. 38.35 R R Coveyoll • . 30.5 erts. W. Bellamy, F. ·Walsh . .T. J. Allen, I Zalys ...... 41.7 I Schwarto; . . .. 34.25 B Wisegarver . • 31.~ F H Sharpell .. 30.5 J . S. Hillman, J. F. Shaw and R. R. L Dreiberg ~ •. . . 40.7 A :\1 ichaelson . . 3·1, 1 W L Eastman .. 31.2 D Sciarret ta . . . 30.05 Coveyoll. J A Curdo . .. .. 40.6 H E Smith .... 34.0~ ~[ Blumenthal •• 36.75 R ' Y Emke ... . . 30.0 W Muir ...... -lD .G W Newberry . . . 34 .0 A F N!kitin .. . . 36.75 P Roth ...... 29.65 K 0 Mott-Smith 40.6 A Schoene . . ••. 34.0 S Simon ...... 36.75 D Howard ..... 29 .55 16th Annual Championship R Kochals . . .•. 40.1 J N Buck ...... 33.85 G R Payne • . . . . 36.2 11' H Kif! ...... 29.55 In the 1963 Championship, the follow. R E Glen .....• 39.8 L E KUmer . . . 33 .85 C G Gibbs ...... 36.15 J R Ka.1isch . . . 29.S M Lane ...... 39.65 S Lens ...... 32 .9 G Katz ...... 35 .6 M Solomon . ... 29 .5 ing have qualified for assignment to the F Weissberg .... 39 .5 MAron ...... 32.8 A Linder ...... 29 .05 Semi·fin als: W . Bland, P . Graves. C. N . ~I Blumenthal .. 39 .2 T 'V Cusick . . . . 32.S Kirks, H . O'':''leill, G. E. Thompson, A. W. E Osbun .. . •. .. 39.1 r Rothman .... . 32.25 13th Annual Championship Wlssig. P. A. McGettigan. H. D . Stepu­ B For~b e rg • . .• 38.95 R W Golla • •.• . 31.8 El Godbold ••.•. 38.5 J D Repp ... . • . 31.8 In the 1959-60 Golden Knights, we have tat, C. )lorman, C. A. Russell, G. R. A W Jackson .. 38 .5 M Heinrich ... . 31.75 final, weighted point totals for three sec­ Johnson. J . P. Beckett. J . D. Moore, T. L . J McElroy •.•. • 38 .5 N H Stein ..... 31.75 tions in th e Finals: Cunningham. J. M. DiJoseph. G. O. Grant, S Taylor .•. . . o 38.' .J Christman .. . 31.7 59_Nf 14: B. Crowder H .7 ; S. G. Priebe A. L. Meyers, E. M. Kelly, W. E . Young, A L McAUley .. . 37.75 C !II Crenshaw .3!.7 J Shaw Van • .. . 37.15 H A Leonard .. 31.65 36.9; E. Polgar 32.8: C. B. Gish 30.0 ; E . J. McLaughlin. A. L. Meyers. A. J F Shaw . . . " .37,4S )o[ W Herrick .. 31.3 A. S. Walloch 29.5; \"'. C. Sigerson 20.5; Keiser, E . F. Martin, S. E. Bender, R. R. L R lIIcLelian .. 37.25 J McNeese ..... 31.3 and W. Pressnal withdrew: Larsen. J. J. Weitthoff, D. Tholllpson. P Sherr .. •.• . • . 37.25 M L Davis .... 31.25 H B Daly ...... 31.15 59.N f 16: R. Verbe r 40.75; G. Wood J . A. Wennerstrom, G. W. Sullinger, R 34.1; H. B. Daly 29.05; F. D. Lynch 28.55; Thomas. E. H . Lewis, D. Kucera. R. V. Finals 57-Nf 27 finished with the fol· j'd. J . Lawrence 28.35; W. H . Tallmadge Cook and J. Tabler. lowing weighted point totals:· 23.35; and F . K Brown 15 .05; As or the end of October, 157 sections J . F. Shaw 37.45; R. G. Brown 36.9; have been assigned, with perhaps ten W. W. Foss 30.6.'5; M. E. Gibson 25.65; "Veigbted point totals are based on the more to be assigned on receipt of last H. A. Randlett 25.15; R. F. Richter 21.8; following scale: 1-0 points pel' win In the prelims: 2.2 In seml-ftnals; and 4.5 in Hnals. minute entries during November. 157 a nd E. L. Seybold 17.3. Draws count hai r these values. sections represents 1099 entrants to date. CHESS REVi EW, DEC EM BER, 1963 377 O l d ~. 1·13 CO"cyou t o p ~ AII M. 351 GoerlnQ: Ubertl twice. l iS Cot\ln/(haln win" t·.,·o fro m POSTAL MORTEMS down"" Leach. 357 C ha ...... WUI "tOp Slumpf. Brauc her a nd from Opreall : Brnnc hc t· be 81 ~ 358 Uu ffal ~no hesls Ado r j.u. n. 3G2 )[o rrow Op~"n. 11 9 T •• b]er 1 0 p ~ Size mo re. 120 Game Report. Received lOP" J on e ~ t w ice . 369 Clark c ll p ~ S/< E lIwl tlJl res ig ns a ll ",Ime.: Loh ... 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T o urneys 400 _ 450; 404 McGr eeuer)" I rips rr om Cha rles. 1.1 9 lJrown l o~cs t \\"o t o !lOlh Please notl: 'Vlnnel " '(and those with the 'l'rclllhl,,}'. 41] ' I " I~her bes t .. V""ke h ut bows C a~~nl"n au' Iwhlo ll as SOOI) as rellult [s conrlrmed by opponent. CO""OC llon: Ams tcrda m WOIl from ~llrkll. ~ lG down ShCllrmun: . I e ~ ~ e n jolt.~ nuhi" t,,·lcc. The oppOnent may re port also to ensure hl~ l)e V" "lt do,,"u~ Shepa,.d; KIt!!e II' I.hdnlwll. 1·1 3 Rodt "Chl n 10p ~ Dnlr)"mple twi cc. IH record a nd r ating gOl,,!;, through but mUM ·119 J)lshnl. Harring ton t ie t w ice. 420 Hllm_ Sndlh to p~ \\'oO0 "'8 Game reports atnt In time for re<:elpt by ~ eJ.:e" s plils \WO with La" lll fi nd l)Ow ~ 10 10 Ade rholdt but b U ll B<»< ~. ].~ ~ G r u.~ ~", a n d a te~ bf! g iven a bove s hould printed belo w. J ucklo w ~ k )': ,i ra ... " , 158 1.,e \"oy tOIll< ~ I oore Iwlcc. IGO them . look u nder your sec tion n umber . ril'l't "' l c Do"~ a1 w it hd raw n, H 3 (lollJl wtlle r top.'l An",,"te nbel"ller I>,' :> t" \\'e l:" ne r . It I F au" ..1 0 _ b y the ke y unrol>O"I,,1 to d ille f rom ' 1-(: I""COI o"e t o Gi ~ h and t ,,·o 10 Olde nl.ourg. I f> " I.lil ''''0: Leitl ner helft8 \\' iII i ~ 1011 1 1o(1\\"8 3H t o 3j 3, ,.t" rH,d in Qelo her. I ~GI. Be A k ~, S uy ker l ie I ,,'icc, I i ,\ nll" ~ t e llberl:"e r and 10 ,.\._hle,·, 19~ Ch:U)'pion "il' ~ Xcl""". IllS '"'u~ to re oott nllY ~m e" uOI ~·et .... llO r led Co tolnl;ham Cell I"', oor . IS CU ll6 to ~ I O l o ~ e s G ra" eM felll t 'clnSle ln: G,·,," e". ]-",·I"",o ln from Pee e mb er' ~ lfl rl ed loun,m ne " ", B] _C two to L loyd nnd o ne t o W il)ller . U S ene)' w hi p W nnokSII. 203 B ulli. nl. ,.'ho.."k lip., 21 0 ( .ll to ~ 5 5 a nd ,;e t rel>O" I" he .... hefon! elld b e "l~ P ln o a nd He w itt o nce ClIeh n nd MOi lley Tipto n w lth.h·uWII. 211 )lollch''''6h wi,, ~ fl"Om o f >''':l.r. t w ice. 21 K irk "' i t hd n\ w~. t! Smltlt lOPS Clta.-;e . ~ lG P(IIU1UII bests Saklll. tiT :\ 1 : l rQ lIe ~' Tourneys 1 . 4S5 : 3H :\1;\11 \1" . 1' hom : '~ M . :\Iockbee I wice. Z3 Ah"Ord, ~I ce l\ lit. til down:> ,\ n(,ltr ~ , m t y\\tr l()\):\ \' \t\ ~ . m ~r; Coha\l, Dowel\\ ai. 'H t ~\ I1 ('\ { ay 1! a! ",i I'll F I·ee U,lln. So.'la lie. 21 A d a~ ho k do"' n ~ Cath_ Slallknecht " I I>~ F l"tlnd . ~ · IV Ge,.,,,n,, 10P8 Hogn n a nd with J..,o ni" : Hogan. Lon!;" 2. d f. ere. ~ s S mith 10H e~ lWo 10 Glbllo ne lUld \\" It h­ lI nd t iell Smith . 2H Sta ll!<.'." S 10 p ~ :-:.c l" og · S'IS Albr echt, U lrc\ o~lI. tl nd 1 0 ~eH ler Started I" 1962 (Key: 62·CI lJecemUor · .ta r t ed toUl" na m c n'" GI - P I I ~ to hea l" Jleal: ~ tc n l:"p. I "toj). • Os te rn. a nn . 51 12 6 Ilnd K" et ~ l lO r l ~ he t·c hdol"C cnd of )·enr. Notin: ' Ve , hllll be c1os i n~ lI..'I d Oll!JIIl·fo r , !.;n r roll to p ~ Sch wa r tz t wice. ~ ~ Ba u ma n Tourneys 1 · 126: n ) Joc Xc ili (i f w ith w ith felt ed It!! c a m cII In the U62 C I«" B T our­ "IlI)H Kline. 56 lhlleng er 1 1O\\" ~ to 'Voe l­ l l c Hale a nd S t "o ll g : Xi e h ol~ df w It h ""n le llt $ti1l \""'c f!O r ted a ~ their clo~ ! n lO fl n,.,.e r tlnd s plit~ IWO w ith ~!I", e k . 58 Sa un­ Harper a nd S l l"tlll g . 101 H\I"i" ~ Iein df w;lh d atc~ com e up: " CllOrt" On J.:"mes 3111rl cd h i (l c r" d o wn ~ Vogel. .';~ Hn rpe r o utoolntH Orl~"k "nd )I e lclll(; )!('tcalf 'If with O ri""k JOl1uo r)' G2-C I 1<;0 40 mU,.! be reported In PO ~I, ~2 Stc"",, rt " top ~ (: !~h ; Coroor"n and P eC k . ]Q2 Be ll d( with ElIi ~ a nd 101'0 $ to CaprlUa and top~ G I ~h . G ~ Ferra.ro \.!me to r each h (j "e l.leforc the end of Ja ll u , .Meacham. 125 .\l o n !s w h ip." Wallace . ary. BeItel' ye t "eport them Ihis m o nlhi r c ll~ I"e tzer. 6·1 )lcBride tO j)~ l ~o uh M e twice. Tourneys 1 . 279: 10 flrown, I~c y nold ... llc. r, 5 Amdan ! (ell. " an 7.i1e . ""I. Tuggle llc l wlce. Z3! Buffai"no tOI .... 75 Lohmlan top" Thomas and lie. Purke r . 7' T ouroeys 1 ,109: 4 Schwa r tz. Y"rge l. H Ol"bn no ,,"s k! IJc " t~ Lod roto. 57 2G5 G"cenwoocl bolll.'l HurSI twice a nd CoII! ­ 03 ~ [ c Do nongh dow"", Strong. 04 Bra un h,!lt~ l["I'1I1\ tops Cumeron. 62 C"rr nip ~ O· ;\·cill . .. rs once . 206 C"lh~, ,. ~ t OllS PII 'T. 1fi8 Ga.llu ­ 1·luo biICh. 96 P ule rmo lose.. o nce to Schc pe r 66 13l ewa ld hM I ~ l~ l · fl m c r . 70 )l{-)i ~ \OP ~ her Wi t hd r a wn, 2;1 T ewksbllry wh l p ~ 'Vcr · ,,,,d t wice each to Cohen a nd 1·'ee: F ee 10$oS Gal~urt. 75 Co rractlo ll : ']"il)\OIl WO Il f .. o m nCr. 27 3 Cnrr . DoWIl S d erea t C hl1ppell. 275 t o Co he n a.nd t!e ~ Sche pe,·. 07 P ipher de­ T"ka la. 78 Halt t ops ( f) Ha )'(! ~I.'m ,, ". ;~ Allen. '\I!lle r ~p ll t t wo: Hochm a ll t op ~ re at ~ Hodgi n. HIO Mogllm tops H a mric u nd Xelherton 11 11>11 Cohen. ' 1 ])lIl)e"",OI1 ,1 o,,",, ~ l{o bley tw lea. l a ) F ried ma n. ]01 S w"rl worth to])a Tll bler Arnow. Ald r ic h anti £allOn : ;': chl;h~i"!; I l e ~ T Oll rneys 280 . 3911 : !86 S he ldon w in" (1"(1111 t ,,·ke. I O ~ T ay lOr bes . ~ (;rowle)·. 105 Re;n_ lJIonca".!I011 tlntl 10 ..... £;• .<{)" . n I{"del 1"'8" 1 ,'on H"l"e1. t S6 Boss be" ls Fro" l . .!86 h: r'\1I" bold l bows on~ 10 S later a nd t wiCe to L ,·nch. ~~ ,\ aroe tlO\\'I1~ I"r" cdm,m: Be n · t o ps U f) $ mlnglc r, 2S9 Andenon downs Cacor e s.. 106 Cnpron lOpS (2{) R a thm n nn. nington lOP' I"le m h .g . ~~ ('a r r . H eInrich Bur ke t wice. t ~ O P ertle r ips RoberL" ! 99 101 S kolle toP8 U O Olsen. 108 Ne] ,,'o rth lie, l toO XlIl'>!On "II>/< ~[e~ r e"u. 106 J a nclll lOllll Leanlck t w ice . 30;; L«n t u nd a n l will S from and tOP S (to Ho)'alt )', 316 Will t o p" li nd J ewell and loses to Holen. IU S<:h e per tops ~" )' w lthdrll. wl1 . ties Hose and t Ol)l B riggs twice. 3 2~ TWlllle n p,·:I7.a k u nd ties Zana.th: Zanath win s (rom Tourneys 110· 127. 11 0 ,\ k~. xo,.. · ; ~ lic. besa Bod d a ert . 330 Kolt on defeats Lolz. 335 Sch e per a nd Prazak. 115 Cooler bests Bau­ 114 V erg,,!"a. d own~ Fra llk ; !{aehlin lOPS Andenon downs Sava r y and Ryan. 3S7 Sm ith ham. 11 6 Sa n01", MOLennan t op P ederse n; Lozn no. 11 5 R UrCl' tops (fl G reenla\\'. lOpS p&ter.&otl -Sm yth. 341 Lancu.'l le r LoiH.1I )[cLennun downs Sall or. 117 Sherman tops )\cCormack li e~ l ~ r...o " "1")'. 120 T,ll'nel' tOPi'" 378 CHUS REVIEW, DECEMBER . 1963 Sirola and Pteitfe r. 122 Ka rd l feU!!- Fish. cher IM!JI UI S mJdche ns. 66 S tor m. Uook hen t 1%3 Lauritzen. O'Hearn tie. 125 Keller Gray . &7 Heath. Crounse rill Rohertson. t 9 CHESS BY MAIL ' stops S te wal-d. 126 BenneH bes tll Bend ix; De \ " Ind t. Gil he rt tie; Hll nne x. Nevel'S Ue . correction; Halli.well not withdrawn. was 70 ltol~r>ro " a nd T",u peri withd ra wn. 72 If you have not played in o ur t ourne ys ill. 12i Volkman tops P lemel; !..e\·h,e down!!­ BaIl\"lIle 1Jc><1" Bta ke a nd f;hmke. 75 f 'arkas befor e, plea.e s pec ify in w hich e lan yo u \'on Saleskl. withdrawn. it> T bomJ)$OIl. \',,1\'0 mas ter would like to st a r t. We recomme nd :'Iloks. is l'<'Ck. Betll" . Fle ming :Iud S<: ]f Started in 1963 (Key: 6).. ,) "n,ite Smith; Self nest.:< Ic;eUis. Cla.s A fo r unus ua ll y stro ng player s,. C lass B for above a ve ra g e p laye r s, Clas s T ourneys 1 ·34: 1 O'Don nell Will" from FINALS (60· Nf) C for about a verage p layer s and Class Borke r. 2 Alinlmd t rip" T rotzuk. 3 Bnron, Sections 1· 25: 2 KeUn er top" Kendall . i\la1"OOtle tie. 4 De Cost defmll,. Hedrick. 3 O' Oounell downs l ill ir. ~ Kown'''kl tOPll o for belo w a verage. If you have p layed, 6 Jroire!O. Kling beil whip "\VII$On; Cl"flmpton Sehllste r. ~ 1Iland. Limani tie: Rubis rips please state your pr obable rat ing. tops Carl"on. 8 Ha rnach ha lts Momtth. 9 Robinson. 6 Lhnarilii wilhd ra w ... 7 Mann Mail prope r e ntry co u pon below, or Diner,,!ein s !Op ~ CaNer!. 10 :Y.(II)·s bests jolts JOJ!e ph. :I Goichberg best.. Wood but copy o f it, t o C HESS REV IEW, 134 West E ncinas. I ' Beek tOPl! ( t) Bnrher. 12 OOW8 to Punkle; " 'agner "' h i p ~ COWw : Gran t stol'" StefanI. 13 Morr l" downs Punkle. \\:ood lie. 10 Bergen I;>ow,; to A" ram 72d Str eet , New York, N. Y . 10023. Smelser. H Aks ties H llrd a nd r.i ll ~· ; WiI· !.lnt be 'l t~ 8 \)'s; Rer...,,, withdl"a \\' ''. II Rvse '" li ams tops ( 0 Hur(!.. 15 Schlelchcr a nd zweig t ie~ Ch r ist man ""d lop" C;, rr ;l nd CLASS TOURNAMENT O'Hearn halt Ra hey; Be!t, Smel$Cr tie. 18 Hemphill. 12 Perea downs Dunkl«. 13 TJ ut · Sta rt playing c hess by mail NOW! Herpm:lIm halts HOglund. 21 Jone" jolts Ie ,.. Cohen tie. H Yerhoff Hlo]> ~ ,\ddels 1on. Gelin. 22 Greenberg. BrM " be$t Cllrr. 23 16 DonMo ti f!S Rouhik and Wills ; Di J oseph Enter one of the 4 man gro u ps . Chick beu ts 'l'hom~ bllt bow!!- to ~ to ry. 2·\ downs f{ oubik. 17 F erher [ell.. Ca rl son. 18 You will be a ssigned to a sect ion with Kolin \\';n~ from EnJi::elha ullt. ~ 7 Selarl·ell,.. Crown t o p~ Tho ms. 19 \ Visegn l'ver " " d B lfl i~ (f ) 3 othe r pla yers about equa l to yo urself ties Huhert a nd tOil S I\l!I lc r. 28 I·' rll nk beat Il ir.~ t e ". SO -Abrams. G iI)l)s halt Heidel; lrlp~ tops Cha.s ( f) L;, throp. 11i) ~lc · pub li s hed in C HESS REV IEW as w e ll as To urneys 35. 64: 36 " ' ier'lch and :'Ilolin& Cline to]>$ Crensha.w. 133 ThoI"lHOl> tops Aro. you r postal e helS rating. whip \Vol low lcz; H II>&: hl'l h nl U :'IlollnR. 37 142 CI"rk clips \"oJ t ow i c~. 1.t3 H!lr r l~ wIth· The e ntry f ee is o nly $1,50, You may Lar~ e n bests Schmitt; Tipton withdra ws. d ra wn. I·IG O'Brien bests Poll l: Orla ndo 38 39 Fr& nk ~ \\'11\$ e nte r as many sect io ns as you p lease at Cohen. Wheeler tie. ,,·Ithdrawn. 1 ~9 Se\,el'ance jol l/!. Joll n$On , from Ash. ~ () McLeod beals 13ull H . 42 150 Bowe n, Limarzl besl Bogan. 153 John· $1.50 each. S e nd cou pon be low. CrOUCh. OrbanOIl'.skl a nd Malone jolt JOne'l; >!O n down" Buc ke ndo rf. 157 H"ad(O"d win'l S tyeu slops Sampson. 43 :'IOIl tO ps (~ ) from :-'{cllllU rf( a nd La Pave. 159 \ Vcibel Ba r ber. H Lewis tops Slephens Mnd (t) r.------,CHESS REVIEW Chef/t whips :'Ik Gtt l n ne.~s . 162 Ealon '.OllS Ashley. 0 if a new· Bmwn. -IS Lucas besls Voke r. ~G Klein. IG ~ 81)'ke r lrl)):,: Trott. 167 "({«lly. Well. 134 W . 72d St.. romer /(J POJ/a/ ClHss I C\[alkln bellt Bm"'n ; Perdue downs Helper. mnn tie: H ale withdraw". 168 I{os," r ips I New Vork, N . Y . 49 T ripp Wi thdrawn. 50 Call1c r wins trom Kelly. HI AleSSi bows to J aaska bill i"oe>l U Grel. 118 Ileh rens and Vel'lr:"! m heal H aimes. 56 Frumkin nips :'Ilacl!'arlalld and Postal Chen CLASS Tournaments. The )O" U8. 179 Schaa f downs l leyer. lSI KinK I a mount enclosed covers the entry fee of Natale. 51 Cotter toP' Bratz and tle!!- D)·ba. withd rawn. I S ~ :'IlcAJli ster t O I ).~ Den ll j ~ lo n : a9 P arha n} Ou tpolnl$ MacLeod. GO Barke r $ 1.50 per section. Kindly start/continue I Crowder crack.. Ronan. 183 A rm"e>' def<-"ll IS I h trlke out one) me In CI;oss ...... replaces Zimmer. 6! Culltlm tops Ma r tin. Dcmetrick. 189 Bra nlb"" n bea~s B.uhmd; 63 Well man wh ips Spohr. 64 May spills Ge ntry wllhd rnws. 193 Kle tilng 101»1 \'(;n INAM E ...... Spohr ; Gwynn a nd Orbanowsk l bests Bnt· H agel. 195 Peka rske halts Han.. eu. 19S \ \'at· I W". SOn whips L;lIlsing. I ADDRESS ...... I T our neys 65 • 90: 65 Aks wins from MarU n. Sect ions 200 · 244: 202 Caputo wins from 6& Rlckle.ss wlthdraw!!-. 67 Goff wllhd"w!. OPI). 203 1o~alre >! fells Lee. 20-\ :'I[illnJt\ n elT____Y ...... ____.. ... STATE ...... :.J. 79 Chasc replace. Xagle. 7S Nagle re pl aces r ips Ro 'l~ . 214 Ak royd be s t ~ Geer. 21 G Chase. SO Lamb replaces Barker. L Graber bows to Freeman but b f ~t~ Gilbert· «011 and Hun ter. 219 'Vc~ t broo k h!;,~I." Hall ey. ~21 :'.Iuda hMts Barher. 222 D\l!'ke. House PRIZE TOURNAMENT GOLDEN KNIGHTS li e. 223 Bilman besls Garnet. ~ 2 - 1 l~ cl J "my Sta rt p laying Chess by mail NOW ! P rogren ive Qualifieation Championships nillS Chase " nd Nolan. Z25 \V al~ h whips YOun g. 228 Hawksworth halts Politer. 233 Enter one o f the 7 man g ro u ps. 11th Annual ChamplonshJp-1957-8 S~c ord a nd Cole whip Walk"r. n·! ,\!1 e n Yo u w ill be assigned t o a s ectio n with downs I\-Io rga. n; Peterson 1 0p ~ HoUma n: F INALS ( Key: 57·Nf) ~ Ix othe r players about equal t o yo ur· Mowrey withd raws. 235 Gnzln b e~ t ~ Ka,<;an; Sections 1 . 28: 27 (final res ults and round· Hillman lops Arnow a nd Shaw and ties self in playing ski ll. You play White closing adjudicatiOns) Gibson ties With I''oss ~r\\rp h y . 239 Moycr a nd CO\'CYvtl ~t op Stu· .. g .. ln$t t hree of your o ppo ne nts, Black a nd with Shaw; Sha w \\'ins (a) fl'om Brown: Chell: .Moyer to ps Brown. 2 ~ 0 P ec ic O\.lt · a gainst the o the r three-and you play Brown win>! (a) from Ra ndle n. pOints Hcrbst. 242 Eingleins bow~ t<) I-:oz · .. II s ix g .. mes s imultaneously. nmn but besUl :'Ila)·o. 243 .\Iont:>)( tl e lo"ea 12th Annual Championship 1958a9 10 Mo rton but tops Le.. nlek. 2-14 Uea1l)' tops You sta nd a g ood c hance of winning F IN ALS (Key: 58.Nf ) (I) Ncal; Moore withd rawn. a prize. t oo! Credits of $6.00 and $3.00 Sect ions 1 · 29 : 25 H a rdy Win s from Ol m. S EMI . F INA LS ( Key: 61. Nt ) are awarded t o 1st a nd 2d place Winners in ea c h sect io n. Credits m a y be used t o 8tead. 28 ScherU bests Secord; Anthony. Se~ t lo n $ 1 ·29: 5 F enler fell S Reynolds. Shaw lie. 29 Cra btree 10>l e~ 10 Davh! a nd lj Sonshlne tops (a) Sleep. n ';;t:haffel. purcha s e chess books o r equipment. Alexa nder a nd lies Crenshaw; Da vis a nd " ' alloeh lie: Kogan tOI»! Avra m. III ;'Ilaier The entry fee is o nly $2.75, You m a y Crenshaw best Bue hhol:!:. wins from Lucas. 12 Fuchs {ells Lalt .:e; e n te r as m any sect Ions as you please at Drel\J.ergs drubs M,hley. 13 Challlimey. L<:-~· 13th Annual Championship 1959-60 le r tie. 14 Tra \' is Irips Bancroft. 16 $2,75 ea c h. Send coupon be low. SEMI . FINALS (Key: 59· Ns) Brewer beau \l'a rd but ho"'s to SmlricllCns; '''$ord whipS Shullis. 11 Lundh downs Ve n. 1------I Sections 1 · 7!1; Res ul Ui s till d ue from it, esaar. 18 Bllrasch hesls Slrah", ;} ; HUlle r CHESS REVIEW 0 CherI: if a n~w- 78 a nd 79; gel them In as soon as 1)000'Ill.>le. beat.:< Windom. 19 :'IIyer. Westbrook lie. 20 134 W. 72d St" (omer to POI/a/ Ch&n I F INALS ( Key: 59. Nf) Rleh downs P yoo. 21 Carlw n be.~!~ I..a ne; I ' ~ew York, N . Y. Sections 1 - 30: 16 Vt"fber a nd L )'nch \';In :'olyer beats Ba uer. 2! Hu bbard h'lit;; ('I\rr. {rom Wood. n Gisl!. Vorpugel tie. 2(; Klar. 23 1o'ox fe ll s Zolle r" and Deines: Ld n wcl)cr whips MonllOn. 25 T huMna n tOJ»< In,,ia but I 'I''''' en",IOSe $...... Enter my name in 1 Smidc he ns tie. U l3lanksteln IS tO,", 1..a llR m (how mllny !) sections of you ~ loses to .\ Ia r lca; Jania a nd :'IIOO I ~ (I(I\\, n ...... a nd Hornstein. 26 Verber. 13rlgh"lll defeal Marica ; Gi ra rd wJthd rawOl . 2G Voker besls I Post Al Cheu PRIZl!: TOl.l rnllments. The I .Ma rks; Sha w toP/! Morn. 21 Mc Ke llilile with· VOa Zalesk i. 27 Keady downs Cor,,,,",, IJ. 28 II mOl.l nt enclosed covers t he entry fee of drawn. $2.75 per section, Kindly start/cont inue Burley b e.\ll~ Ogni; Albert,., .\Ionson lie; I I Westwlck whips :'IIonBOn a ",1 Al1 ,.,., n s. 29 (str ik. Ol.lt one) me in Clan ...... 14th Annual Championship 1960 .. 1 Bender beats Anderson. I NAME ···· .. ·· · ··· · · ·· · ·· ····· · · · · ·· .. SEMI ·FINALS (60. N.) Sections 30. 49 : 30 Sullinger \\" l"~ from ···I Sections 1.80: Zl Blau beaU Britton. ~ 2 CrO!!b le. 31 T hurmll n. Gibson outpoint Par. ADDRESS ...... I Wood. Blais nip NelSOn . t7 Curdy tieR Cove. rish. 32 G r aet~ bests Cody but bows tv Ho­ YOU a nd loses to Roth. 51 FasolJ no !Juts ward ; Condon downs Ward; Cody, Frey t ie; CiTy ...... ST ATE ...... Brant. 58 Sta utfe r s tOPIi L idetone. 65 l3ou· correction; Frey won from Kapla.:l. 33 Bour· 1_____ --_-_1

~HESS REVIEW, DECEMBIR, 1961 379 nias, Butler tie. 34 Slavich bests Bustin; Gabrielson. 66 :/IIartin and Even top Loeffler. R. 'v. Bu.ysdorfer 5-10; R. M . B Urlingame Cotter tops (f) Bergen. 35 Slat.er, Revern 1i8 Reynoilis rips Daniels and Regan; Au­ 1088: B. W. Cohen 1100: W. S. Cooper 644; and Lundstrom down Graham; Alexander drain halts Hayes. 69 Bender best~ l~armer E. D. Goldwasser 510; C. K ~J a ) · o 766; Jl.1. defeats Rete. 36 Secord. B ergon jolt .)ami_ and Johnson. ~lichaelson 1140; B. Paul 1308; and F. Trask Mn; Dudek tops (f) Larson. 37 Deitrich Sections 71} · 84: 70 Browne halts Hali: 1558. trips Solomon. 38 Capillon bests O·Donnell ;"\iantell bests Short~ but bows to Larsen: but bows to Steven" . 39 Ho;;clu" d beats Stevcnson stops Lar~en. 71 :lJoorhcud hall~ ParMns but bows to Smith; Smith smites Herring and Simmon~. 72 \Venner~trom P arsons: Dean downs ~[artin. ·11 :I."roth ,,-hips Partlow; \Veitthof[ and Thompson top POSTALM IGHTlES! halts Hull; Freeman. Kaiser tie: Dunlap Sidr~'s; Madison withdraws. 73 Shattuck ti e.' Prize Tournaments downs Frank. ·1 2 De Vault defe"-ts I·altH­ Sullinger and lOps ),Ianin and Hasbrouclc son; Stephan ."tops Aro and De ·Vault. 43 These postaliles have won prizes in the Rich rips Ha~I)I"onck and )Iartin. 74 Cham­ 1%1. 1962 and 19G3 Prize Tournaments. Tanerl tops Ashley. H Glass bests IJock, pion ties Young and losc~ to Fearey. 7.'i F owkes ; Fowkes fells Kelly. 45 Berl·es with­ Reeder and Saral· beat Goldben;c; Sara]" Tourney PI~y e rs Place Score drawn. 47 Tuttle. Palci"-uskas top Yok"r. ~pJlls Spe~~ard. 76 Abrams downs Doren; Gl·P 95 0 ,V 1\othnagle ...... ] s t ~·1 4S ZieglH withdrawn. 'Vendling whips \Voelfin;;er. 77 Thomas tops J A ~JfLcX e ill • ...... 2-:; :l -.~ Sections S() - 84: 50 Butland wins from Rauch and Gutyahr. 7S Thompson halts J '\fcHafe ...... •.. . . . 1-:1 :, - 3 Hubbard. 51 Eastman bests Sprag-ue. 54 Hendricks; Chak dow,,,; DeKoven. 79 Good G2.P 4 I Schwartz ...... I-'t 5 -t SwHt tops Ashley.. ;5 Burdick down~ ),Iiller. ties Lewis and tops Jackson; Lewis fells I,' Aks ...... 2-5 3~-2~ 57 Cipes. Lee defeat De Ko"en; Clpes, Fer­ Fuchs; Beres bests Jacksoll but bows to F Ashle)" ...... 2_5 3!. - 2~ ber tie. 58 Van Brunt ties Ashl"y alLd wps F uchs. 80 "'eldon whips Lund; Bigler tops L BO I·ker ...... 2·;; 3~ - 2.1 .Mooney. 60 Crenshaw rips Reedor. 63 Dra­ (0 Rushing. 81 Cook jolts Jenns and Ku­ R Verga ,·.'], ...... 2·5 3~-n mante downs Heich. 64 Byers. Naff nip :/IIc_ cera. 82 Ashley. Hatch lie: Eestelllnd with­ 9 D ),[ Scoll ...... 2nd .j~ -H GUlnness; Gault bow.~ to Crossno hut bests d,·awn. 83 Nu;;ue and :-.real nip NO"le. 84 24 R Enei"a.' ...... 1-3 5-1 Nothnagle. 65 Markiewic~ bests O')'falley; Lukowsl{i wins from Scharrel. T l~ Halse ...... 1- 3 ;) - 1 Nerf beat s Rusclo. til Scheffer toOlS Schwartz Sections as _ 11l9: 85 E viMtl ties Netter and :M Kic inick ...... 1_3 ,;-1 and :/IIcl\fahon. 67 Von Hagel halts J{erlick. tops Baylor; Paterson nips 1\etter. S6 Olsen 62 H Carr ...... 2nd 4~-1~ 68 Bancroft beats ·Woodruff. 7Q llauch b~sts halts Huber. 81 Braunstein. Hall tie. 88 115 W H Rufcr ...... 1st G-O Schu.ller. 71 Sanderson downs Limbeck. 72 Audrain beats Genz. S, Holden halts Gehr­ B L I ~ riedman ...... 2nd 4~-l!! Pollier withdraws. 74 Pittenge'· tops Toller. inger. 91 l~arrar tops (f) Lynch; "\Va Uen ­ 63 - P 11 \V S 13,·o,,"nc ...... lst .'i~, ~ FINA LS (Key : 61_Nf) barger withdraws. 9·1 O"Relliy defeats Van J Barber ...... 2nd .I!; - lj de Carr. 95 Crosbie ties Nasko and loses 2t \V S Jones . . Isl ii~- ~ Sections 1 _ 6; 1 Kat" bests Donins but ]XlWS to Ranis. 91i Boehrer withdrawn. 97 1\ester, 29 R L O~'ler ...... bt G-O to Hosenbergcr. 2 Daly downs Bland. 3 Sears Noble a nd Schimel win f,·om Lightner; Dei_ 33 E T Willmon ...... I ~I 6-0 tops Klimer. trIch downs 0.'oble. 98 Mac1\eil withdraws. 99 Tarter loses to Eads and ties Harvey. 16th Annual Championship-1963 100 Simcoe bests Martin: PolJier hests Mon ­ Class Tournaments Sections 1 _ 24: 1 Mueller wins [rom Sul­ charsh but bows to ~Jartin. Hikade and These pOstalites hu"e wOn Or tied for first linger; Hubbard bows to StrehlOW but b ests Simcoe; ),[oncharsh tops Brailsford. 101 :Ola}" in 1%1. 1%2 and 1%3 Class TO"!"Ilaments. Lanam; Lanam stops Strehlow. 2 Doren llowns Frank; Van '1"Ielen tops Owen. 102 Tourney P layers Place Score downs Ta.berskl; Jlland stops Guber, Ste­ Heermn,n withdraws. 103 'Veitthoff tops (f) Jl.farteney. IO ! Eucher whips 'Vhlttemore. 61 - C 341l V Vallee ...... 1 ~ t 5 - I vens. 3 Pascucci tops Laralaitis. 4 Calhoun B Grossman ...... 1_l H bests Lellher; Graves tops King. Lenher 107 .\loore downs Freeman. lOS Schlleslng 319 .T T( MacDonald .. . . 1.'t ~ - 1 and ties VOn Hagel. 5 Alden downs Steele, tops Freedman. 109 Roberts rips Barney. '" 352 J C Thy~ell ...... I ~t 3 -3 Sections 110 - 157; III Feldstein. Mantell tie. ., -0 Voss and Eberstein. 7 Giroux ties MUIlSOn B A Frn nkl ...... l ,~ ·1 • ~ and tops Chick; Jl.lunMn bows to Metzler. 9 112 Ware whiPS Arlas-Limonta. 117 Jami_ ",'v F r~ Harri~ ...... l - ~ , ., LYnch defeats ·Wood. 10 Bonn tops Algase son replaces 'I'ipton. 119 Nathan replaces 355 K E Heppner ...... ]-~ H and ties Dube; Thor sen beats Aig-ase and Brailsford. 2·1 Kegan defeats Moore. 137 .J P )'facGrad)' .. . . .1·2 Cole replaces Brailsford. 140 lott replaces 1 - 2 bows to "\Vright. 13 Kirks tOps King and 356 D )'Iuliins ...... 1- 2 ·1 -2 Par rish. 14 "\Ve~tbrook. Adcock and Picker­ Brailsford. G Troumk ...... I - ~ 4 - :l ing whip Pollier; O·Nelil bows to Thompson SEM I_FINALS (Key; 63 · NS) 357 EO Anders ...... t - 2 H but bests Pickering. 15 Jamison jolts Keller; Sections 1 - 10: 1 Kilmer wins from \\'oods. ),[ A Poliuto ...... 1- ·' 3 -3 Remer rips \Voodbury and Keller. 16 Lehner 358 JI.( Well ...... ht whips ·Worthley. 17 Angstenberger, Sidrys Gauson and Hoza; corrections: Donato WOn 5~ - II from Ro~a; and Colllns WOn from 'Voods. 2 36.. G Harrison ...... l.'t ·!~-1~ lie. 19 Steputat tops Berthoud and ({) 369 G A Coole)" ...... ht .j _2 Sag-hatl; Jl.lcGettigan bests Berthoud and Berg- replaces Nerr. A Jl.lassalln ...... I~t , ., Steput at. 20 Norman nips Pollier. 21 Rus­ 371 H Lo ...... Ist 5 - 1 ~ell hnlts Heyworth. 24 Julson. Slade and "'" 312 "\V 0 D, · e~ser...... l.,t 5 -1 Deines down Stormo. NEW POSTALITES 62-C 2,1 L Filppu ...... l st 5 - 1 Sections 25 - 49: 25 De Koven wins from R E Brol'"!' ...... lst The followIng new postal chess players 4H~ Schwartz. "ill) Miller, Thompson tie. 28 Pav­ V .J Alessi ...... 1 st H itt bes ts Becker and Johuson; Johnson jolts began in October with these !·atings; C Cottingham ...... lst 5 -1 Connelly a nd Steel. 29 Beckett tops Tomas CLASS A at 1300: K. C. Bishop. W. S. Brent L HOI)el'ts ...... lst H and Slade. 30 Adorjan tops FIeld and ({) and G. C. Dibert; J Ca'·,· ...... lst G -0 Shah"de; Fields fells Kirchuer. 31 ),[oore CLASS B at t2oo; J . Bennburger. L. M. P Logan ...... 1- 2 5 _1 downs Mackin; CUnningham. Richards tie. Bergum. '1'. E. Cauthorn. T. De ),Iarinis. E R Ta)·lor ...... 1-2 5 -1 32 Bart tops (f) Page. 35 Gotham bests R. S. Hampton. D. L. Boby. H. ROMnberg, 316 R J.' Will ...... 1st 511- II Dean but bows to Giles. 36 Foster, Rathvon D. Saccuzzo, H. L . Shannon al)d J. R . Sul_ 32! \\. R Jackson ...... 1st 5;1- & down Gordon: Nagle lie$ Rathvon but loses livan; 367 C Fir. • t ...... 1st H to Foster and Roche. 37 DiJoseph defeats CLASS C at 900; n. S. Abraham, A . .T. 378 l~ A Keelley ...... 1~t H Gray and l\fontaglle; Hurd. Hendry hult 379 R A Pruitt ...... 1-2 , ., Allen, R. Al\"ir, )'L Ander~on . F. Eartho_ Gray; HendQ' downs Mulliken. 30 Jl.icNally R E Strelecky ...... 1_2 ~ -I nips Aks. 40 Beard bests Brownell. H Aks lomey, .T. Blank. F.:. R. Erace, R \V. Borke. ,",'. Call, R. S. CarrOll. G. Coulton, D. Daw_ \\' H \\'allnce ...... lst H beats Mahrt. ·12 Hayes halts Belt; Dube de­ j) H ~!orrls ...... 1st , son. J. Rickmeyer, O. L. Evans. n. Gibello. ., ' feats Moran .•5 Bartlett. Kelly and Blach­ '":196 G Winston ...... 1st H mau best ),tonlag-ue. 46 Jl.fantell tops Herbst; J. P . Gray, n. ),1. Groh . •r. F. Heinrich, l ~. '"" L. Holloway. R. E . johnson. G. A. Kamm. ~ 02 B .T Rohinson ...... Ist. 5~ - II Mantell. Grant jolt Johnson. 47 Meyer~ G ,\1 Story ...... 1st B. Kelley, Mrs. C. Laird, "\\'. Lamb. ~l rs. 105 H ties \Voodworth and tops Lawson .•8 Kelley HtJ R D e Vault .•...... 1st H axes Everett; Ferber fells Montague. 49 E. Langdon, R. M. Londry, R. A. !.\fahon. X. A . Jl.Iahdavi. R. :Mapes, J. J . .lrlcCalln, H-I .\( Harris .•...... 1st H Young downs Olsen; Stevens tops (a) Erick_ 00' .., _1 T . o. :/IlcCormick. C. T. ),fcDowell, L . )'ic­ ,., \\' P J ackson ...... lst son. .jS g Clure. R. J. McConnell. L . Metz. G. R. H Pederscn ...... J st H Sections 50 · 69: 50 Carr bests BostWick; Moody, E. Moorin. P . Novotny. K. R. OCh ­ 4·12 X Pendleton ...... 1st 5 -1 J.(l.ckola tops (f) Kelly. 52 J ohnson jolts man, G. Petit. 1-'. T . Pyle. G. C. Belft, F . "3·C 1 B r Robbins ...... ISt H Devereaux. 53 Smelser ·b eats Bair. 54 Gow Hoche, J. J. Scully, J. K. Shafer. S . Smith. o B Steinuach ...... 1st H defeats ;"\fontague and Van de Carr. 55 Pu!"!" T. Smith, J. ,stevens. J. H. "\Vilklnson. J . R Gish . .•... • ...... lst 5~, II bests Boroviak; Boroviak and Boldt beat 'Vong and N . Zacks; " J C Seney ...... Is t H E Barrios ...... 1st Ballenger. 57 Gerner loses t o Melis but tOp~ CLASS D at 600: C. E. Becker. L . L. Emll­ " , -" Goodale. 58 Harnach downs Duncombe. 59 "22 J Smitb ••• ...... 1st 6 -0 don. B. D. Condon. P. G. Daltiden. R. P. K G Fetzer ...... I St Longstreth bows to Gales but best~ Sul­ Falat, E. L. FrIedberg. ),[rs. ),L L. Ham, g-lil livan; Sullivau loses to Quiring but tops e' C Cottiugham ...... l~t H A. N. Janer, R. Lanning, ),-1. E . LeWis, K. Roubik; Graves rips Roublk. 1)0 McLaughlin downs ),-[oore and Coss; Story stops Coss. Neill, G. E. Peterson, J. IT. Schmidt, M . '" Schrepel, C. Shander. L. Smith. K. 61 Bachman, Chace tie; Bachman. Crocker R. beat MontagUe. 62 Meyers whiDS ,Vallace; Tomazic. J . D. TYMn and J. Van Cinderen. \Vojtowicz ties Meyers and loses to Tay­ lor; Malu.gon tops Hendricks and ties RETURN POSTS :Meyers. 63 Berres withdrawn. 64 Keiser Tbe following Old-timers returned during downs Anderson. 65 Van Burik tops (a) October at their former ra.tings: 380 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1963 MCO 9 prefers 10 P- KR3. 10 .. , , P-Q5 11 P-KR3 BxN II .. . B- RI is preferable. 12 Qx8 N-QR4 16 NxP N,N Our Postal players 13 B-B2 P-B4 17 PxN R_N2 are invited t o sub­ 14 N-Q2 R-Nt 18 P-KN3 Q_Q2 mit their BEST 15 P-B4 PxP 19 K -R2 R_Q1 games f or 19 . . . KR- Nl i~ better here. department. moves of 20 Q_K2 P_ R3 25 R_KN1 R/2-Q2 game must 21 P_B4 B-Q3 26 8 -Q2 K -R2 written on a stand_ 22 P-N3 Q-B2 27 R-N2 R-KN1 ard score shee t , 30. . . . P-K5! 23 P-B5 B-K2 28 P- KN4 P_ N4 24 Q-Q3 Q_Q3 29 P_ R3 . . , or typed on Breakthrough ! . single sheet With the Two Dishop~, 'White ought to 31 NxP N,N paper, and mark_ open lines, with 29 PxP e.p.t. 32 BxN RxB! ed "for publica_ 29 . . . . P_KR4 This saCI·mce activates the Queen tion"-- 30 P-N4 P-R5 Bishop. Blacl;: locks the Klngside. White's only 33 PxR BxNP chance nOlI" ought [0 be on the Queen. 34 Q_ N2 R- N3! Annotated by JOHN W. COLLINS side. Surprisingly, Black need noi avoid 31 Rj2_N1 R_QN2 33 B_R4 sll'apping Queens. N-Q2 Maneuver and Sacrifice 32 QR_ N1 Q_B2 34 P-N5 p,p 35 K-R1 Blacl, maneuvers steadfastly [or a 01' 3·\ . .. p-n4 35 P-~6! NxP 36 BxP! mack wins on 35 QxQ. BxQ~ 36 K - BZ, Kingside attack and wins with a some­ 35 BxP R-QR1 H- N7t etc. as 36 K - R1, B- N7t 37 K-Nl, what unu~ual sacrifice of the Exchange. 36 P-R4 , . , , 13 - D4t 38 R-B2, B- R6§ leads to mate. NIMZO_I NDIAN DEFENSE A passed P awn is a passed Pawn, but 35 .. , . Q-Q6 this one is dif(icult to advance. Mca 9: page 279 : column 74(m) 36 Q-B2 B-KR6 36 . . . . N-N1 Dr. G. Katz I. Zalys 37 BxP • • • • 37 KR_QB1 N-S3 'White Black Black wins on 37 R- KNl, R xUt 38 38 SxN , , . . N_KB3 P_B4 lbR. QxP, 39 R- N2. B-Ql3·L 1 P-Q4 4 P-K3 Else 38 '. N- It-! or ... N- N5 is 2 P_QB4 P-K3 5 B-Q3 0-0 37 . . . . B-QB4 good. 3 N_QB3 B- N5 6 N_B3 . . . , 38 B-N3 • • • • 38 • • Q,B 42 R-N5 P-B3 6 P-Q4 ! 6 .. Or N- K2, or N- D3 7 Q­ What else? Black \dns on 38 Q- B3, 39 RxR Q,R 43 K-N2 R-R3 P- Q3 8 P-K4. 39 B2. 0 - 0, QxQr HxQ, B- N7 mate; or 38 R- K3. 40 R_QN1 Q-B3 44 K-B3 Q_ Rl 6 . . . . P-QN3 B/ 4xU; or 38 B- K3. QxP, . 41 P- R5 S-Q1 45 Q-R3 B_ N3 Considering the PawlI formation. this 38 , . . . BxQ 40 R/2-K2 R-KB3 On ·15. . 8 - 1\:2. White has 46 Q- N3. fianchetto is logical. 6 ... P- Q4 7 0 - 0 , 39 RxB QxBP 41 B-B2 Q-Q6 46 Q-R4 , . Resigns . . N- B3 Is the NOI'mal Variation. Noll' ·17 Hxll is a threat. On 42 U-I\3 (else 42 ... Q- l36j) , lllack 7 0 - 0 B-N2 46 , . . . K - R3 8 N-QR4! . ... wins easily enough with ·12 . . . Q- D7. T he threat is 9 P- QR3, TI-R4 10 R- Nl. 46 ... K- N1 Is n safer answel'. 47 Q-R1 8 . . . . PxP 10 P xP N-K5 A Tragic Loss • • • • 9 P-QR3 B-K2 11 P-QN3 P-Q4 Blacl;: defends stoutly against every­ Pacbman offers 11 ... P - B4 12 D- N2, thing for forty-six moves, then misjudges N- R3! with equal chances. an astute Queen withdrHwal which in­ 12 B-N2 N-Q2 vo lves a pin and a double attack. 13 N-Q2 B_Q3 14 Q_ K2 ... 1<1 QN- TI3 is shrewder tempo play. Mea 9, page 45: co lumn 103(j) 14 . . . . NxN 18 P-B3 Q-K2 R. Verber Col. F. D. Lynch 15 QxN PxP 19 Q-K2 QR-K1 1 P_ K 4 P-K4 5 0-0 B-K2 16 PxP P-K4! 20 N-83 P-QR3 2 N- KB3 N-QB3 6 Q-K2 P-QN4 17 P-Q5 P_84 21 P-QR4 N_ B4 3 B_N5 P-QR3 7 B_N3 0 - 0 22 8_B2 B_B1 4 B-R4 N- B3 8 P- B3 P_Q4 and More solid is 8 . P- Q3 9 P-Q4, B- Black has a dynamic center all 47 . . . . Q_Q1 his pieces trained on the Kingside. N5 10 R--Ql, PxP 11 PxP, P-Q4. 23 QR-K1 B_Q2 9 P-Q3 ... . Black overlooks a threat and loses. Correct is -17 ... K- N2. 24 B_81 Q-R5 9 PxP, NxP 10 NxP gives Black good This incursion nlll'lures the attack and counterplay; 10 .. . NxN 11 QxN, B- N2 47 Q-K1! • • • • also forestalls 25 P- D'1. 12 P- Q4, P-QRI , 01 ' ]0 . .. N- BD. ·19 PxD and ·In QxPt are threatened. 25 B-K3 R_ B3 9 . . . . 8-K N5 48 . . . . BxP 26 B_B2 • • • 10 R- Q1 .... On ·18 ... D- H2. White wins with 4n White does better with 26 Q- D2, Q- Q;.;1't, K- N2 50 Q - R~. R4 27 P - B4, R-R3 28 P- R3. PERSONAL SERVICE 49 BxB Q_Q3 26 . . . . Q-R4 The Editor ot this department, a tormer 50 R-N7! Resigns 27 P-N3 R-R3 ~[arshall Che~s Club. New York State and 28 B_K3 P-B5 U. S. Correspondence Champion. and Co-re­ White wins nt least the Exchange be· viser or Modern Chess Open In gs, 9th ed .. Black forces a fatal wealmess. will pl"y you a correspondence s-sme and cause or the beautiful threat of 51 QxPt!! give critlc/l.\ comments on every move for PxQ 52 D- Q2 mate. 29 P- N4 Q-R6 ,. $l5.00 fee. Write to John W. Colllns. S:ll 30 B_Q2 . ' . , Ea.st H StNlf'lt. New York 9, New York. t :::: check; : :::: db!. check; § :::: dis. ch. CH ESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 19~3 381 Annual Index to MEMORIALS W.W. Ad ... m • ...... •.. . .•....•. .. , ...... 39 Ossip Bernstein ...... • ...... 37. 10·1 CHESS EVIEW Herm ... nn He lms . " ...... , ...... 33 W. M. Parke r Mitchell ...... 1 VOL. 31, No.1 to 12 JANUARY t o DECEMBER, 1963 Gost ... St oltz ...... •. . ..•.....•. .. • ...... 296. 337 PAGES 1 to 384" SERIALS ARTICLES Beginning on Page " lmmort ... 1 Postmortem" (by Christopher Decker) .. . . !H. 193 Piatigorlky Cup Tourn... me nt ...... 253. 285 Beverwijk (by Dr. P . Trlfunovlch) ...... ,.106 United St ... tes Championship ...... 60. 72. 75. 121 Chess Club in the Suburbs (by L. M . Cotlin ) ...... 25 ; USSR Che .. Champion , hlp (by Vassily Pano\') ...... 46. 109 Child's His tory of Chen (by Chr istophe r Decker) ...... 289 World Cha mpion,hlp ...... 97, 156, 169, 1 9 ~ , 201, 232 Cyclic Chcn (by Jac k S tra ley Ba tte ll) ...... 212 Do It Yourself Chen Set • ...... 100 STORY European Zone 2 T ournament (by Dr. P . T I'ifunovlch ) .... 308 Ex ploring t he Eve rgreen (by Christophe r Becker) ...... 361 T he Most Important Game (by Ptldro Saavedro) ...... 200 Fischer Takes Fifth T itle ( by J . S . Battell & A. Rudy) .... 60 Forsyth Notation ...... 297 BUrger \' Guber U8. The " Immortal" Postmorte m (by Christopher Beckel") ... . 94 INDEX OF PLAYERS Butc her v Fardon 311. The New W orld Champion (by Ja(;)( Straley nattell) ...... 19<1 Adams y McCormick. Sues· Byrne. D. v Gragger. TrapJ On the Eve of the World T itle M... teh ...... 97 mall 39. 146. Pilnik at BeverwiJk (by H. P!1nil() ...... 1aS Addison y HesilevBky 61, Be l'. Byrne, R. \' KI'eidruan 29. Gil. Second Capablane ... Memori al (by Dr. P. 'f1'lfunol'leh) ... . 350 line r i3, Blsgulel' 122 , Stein· gorleh 317. Benko 3~3. Was· 2nd Wome n's Olympiade (by DI·. 1'. Trlfunovich) ...... 366 m eyer 123, Resilel'Bky 147. german 373. The T ah! Mystery (by S. F lohr) ...... 13·1 Alapin v Nlmzovlch 321. Tale of Two Opens ...... 226 Al bin v Berns te in H . There's Always ... Ki lljoy! (by D. Hayden) ...... 318 Ale khine v Bogolyubo \" 30 7. Capablanca \' ":"Iendoza,'· Botvln nik 200. Time Pressure ...... 244 Alster " Tra pl 2601 . T ournament a t S ... r ... jevo (b), 0 1'. 1'. TI'lfunovieh) ...... 177 AmateUr (see Anonymous ). Ch ... nteux v Engelmann 333. Ch1lrousek \. Las ker " . Tournament in B ... d Li ebenstei n (by 01'. P. TrifunOl'ich) .. HO Anderssen v 1{le~el"it1.ky 9~. Trifu novieh Victor (In North Centml Open) ...... 7 Dufre sne 361. Cheron y PI"Z epiorka 333. " USA" P ilgrim"' lIe (by Dr. P . Trlfunovlch ) ...... -12 Anonymou. (a lso AmateUl" Ciocalte ... v F'ische r 2,. J ansa 140. Victor y by Margin of One Point ( by Va sslly Panov) ...... 18 N . N. etc.) v Levitt 16. Mal'. Cochrane \' i\I ohes -<:hundl'r World Championship Program ...... 299 shall ~ 5. Ha m lls ch 332. Soler. Dle r 333, Derrickson 352. 333. T a rtakol'er 370. Colle v Enw!.' 15. Yatl'.\' 360. DEPARTMENTS Coughlin \' SteillDll'yer 2 ~2 . ArnlUlm v Skold 34 ~. Announce the Mate! (Qui.: ) ...... 33 Aronin ,. Tahi -Ii. Crepeau)!; \" Lazard 3,0. Book of t he Mont h (Dook rev I'!\\' by A. B. Dl sguie r ) ...... 335 Atkins v Rubins tein 256. Cruz v Sangulne Ui 2H . Cucullu \' Lockett 21. Chess Caviar (Game bre\'itlcs . .. . ~ , n . 225, 262. 311, 321. 331 Au lt \' Kramer 374. Czerni ... k v POI·tisch 334 . Chess Biscuits ( by A. B . Bisgulel') ...... 75 Averb ... kh y TII.imano\' 19. Chessboa rd Magie! (End·game problems ) 41 , 124. 267. 302, 363 Czerniecki \' Bi sguiel· 34 3. Chess Quiz ...... 1. 65, 97, 129. 161, 193, 225, 257, 289, 321 , 353 Bader v Zeh rreld 321. Chess T r aps (Opening tl'll\ls) ...... 271. 319, 331 Bannik v Kholmov 110. D... rgl; v Dueck stein 2~ 2 . Cover Stories ...... 7, 60, 1i8. 11).1. 131, 156, ]63, 195. 25 4. 285. BarcZOil v Tahi 8. D1IY v Stel'enson 71. 292, 350 Derrickson \. Amatc\lI' 352. Barker " PetUngell 333. Finishing T OUC h (br Waite I' Kom) ...... 10, 44 , 80, 142. 174. De Vere I' DIn.! 333. Becker I' Hayes 153. 205, 235. 266, 305, 332, 370 De Vri es \. Oudheusen 333. Bedwell I' Eldredge 11 7. Game of the Month (by Dr. !II . guwe ) .... 8. 40, 154 , 264. 298. Donner \' !llatanovich. Parma Benko y Rossolimo 121, Kel'es 334. 36·1 253. Reshevsky 265. Peu·os· 108. O'Kelly 145. Games from Recent Events (Annotated by Hans Kmoell) 26.91. yan 286. Najdorr 288, Panno Ore ibergs \' Verbe!" 375. .1 26, 1-15. 182, 221. 2-12, 269. 316. 338. 372 Dubeck v McKelvie 24 3. 3~0. Byme 343, Rildalkov 38·1. How to Win in the Ending (by DI·. M. Euwe) ...... 11-1. 208 Dubois v Stelnltz 333. Berliner I' Addison 73, Ste in. Postal Chesli (Cbess·by·mail dept.) ...... 20 , 51, 82, 116. 149. meyer 74. Resbel'sky 123. Du eckstein v Darga 2·!2. 187, 2]6. M 5, 277, 312, 345. 377 i'.Iednis 125, F ll cher 318. Dufresne y AndelTsen 36t. Postal Games ( Annotated by J ohn W. Coll!ns) .. 21, 11 7. 153, Bern.tei n v Albin H . Duncan v HOI'owitz 352. 192, 217, 284. 3-L9. 381 Ouras \. Hamm 80. Best I' Rewer 192. Post ... 1 Chess R ... t ings ... . 1962: 55.86: mld·year 1963: 2~9. 277 Bier v Amateur 333. Problemart (Problems ) ...... 2. 66. 189, 214, 237. 3~0 Bile k \' Now8.rrn 367 . Eaton y Henr y 17. Re ... ders' For um (Leite rs) ...... 1. 65, 129, 161, 289, 353 Bird I' S telnll.%, Dc Ve r e 333. Ec hev ... rria v Ola fsson 26. Readers' Games ( Alll\otate(\ by I. A. Horowitz) ...... Hi Bisguier \' S herwin i 5, Fisch· El ikaecs v Pomar 3il. Solitaire Chess ( QuiZ) ...... 15, 77, U S, 155, 186, 256, 265. e r 16, Addison 122, Cze rn iecki Eldredge v Bedwell 117. 307. 3:!6, 360 34 3, Fischer 315. Engelmann v Chanten); 333. Spotlig ht on Openings (by Dr. M. E\l we) ...... 13. 48, 78. 112, Boey v Keres 146. Engels v Gilg 371. 138. 180. 210, 238, 27 4, 301, 329. 368 Bogolyubov v Alekhine 30i . Euwe v Colle 15. Wher e to Play Chess (Chess club d irectol"}') ...... 25, 50, 96, Botllr v Brychta 11. Evans, C. v S UUQIl 223. 98, 160. 192. 22 ~ , 2a6, 276, 290, 352, 35~ Botvinnik v Uh lmann 28, P e t· Ev;a.ns, L. v S tein meyer . 3, World of Chess (Chess news collated by T. A. Dun st ) .. 3, 35, rQsyan 156, 157, 159, 160, 169. Spassky 93. 67. 99, 131. 163.195,227, 259,291, 323.355 170, 171, 112. 113, Capablanca Excell \' Excell 318. 200, Petrosyan 201, 202, 203. 20~, 232, 233, 234, 256. F;a. irbanks v Hildebrandt 153. • All number referlncn refer 10 page numbers: monthly Issues end Bowlin v Greesebaum 17. Fardon v Dutcher 311. with fOllowing num ber" Jan. 32. Feb. 64, March 96, April 128. Brasket " Verber 128. Fauque v Monosson 332. M;l y 160, June 192, July 224, Aug. 2 ~ . Sept. 288. Oct. 320, Nov. 352. Hems ... ppearing on covers when Indel(ed are lilted with number Bronstein v Korclmoy 18 . Feuerstein y R udy 262, of facing page (counting such, totlll pagel run to more than 384) Brycht ... \' Botur 71. Turim 269, KI'umer 373. 382 CHESS REVI£W, DECEMBER , 1963 Fichtl " Pachmall 225. Kirby v Verber 184. O'Kelly v Olafsson 26, Don· 256. Gllgorich, Benko 28\1, Fidlow " !lloore 217. Knorre v Tchlgorin 352. ner 145, Rarnlre2 262. Geller Gllgorlch 338. Talll 364. Gei­ Finn \' Nugeut 370. Korehnoy v Bronstein 18, Sa­ 372. le t' 376. Fische r v Hobatsch. Clo<:al. von ·16. Tahl 109, Uhlmann Olafsson \' O'Kelly, Echevnr. P etrov v Richter 371. tea 2., Gligorich 30. Hesh· 372. ria 26. Resh evsky 3·11. Pettinge ll v Barker 333. ensky 63, MedulS 72. BllIg uler Korelov " Stein 262. Oudheusen v De \'t'les 333. P h illips \' SaulSOIl 333. 76. Unzicker 92. Sher wi n 121. Koshnitzky v Purdy 223. P ietzsch v Petrosyan 126. , Berlinet· 31S. BllIl>ule r 375. Kotov v Littlewood 154. Pachman v S2:a bo 30, Flchlle P ilnik v S tah lbet'g 107, Ivkov Fuchs \' Gips li s 140, Polusny· Kotz v Tahl 271. 225. 136. e vsky HI. Kramer, G. \' Feuerstein 373. Padevski v Ollgoricil 92. Polugayevsky v Flichs 141 . Ault 374. PanllO v Najdor! 25 ~ , Gil· Pomar v Elis kases 371. Gaprindashvili \. Or'esser 367, Krilmer, H. ,. Morlock 332. gorlc h 288. Heshevllky 316. Portisch v Najdorl 127, Ghe­ Ge ll er \' Soos. i\.Iata no"lclt 9 1, KrilmSlov v Waxberg 45. Keres 338. Ben ko 340. orghlu 298, LaJ"l;en 309, Czer· O'Kelly 372. Pe lrosYll1i 376. Kreidman v Byrne 29. Parma \' I)()nner 108, vall den nlak 334. Gheorghiu \- Portlsch 298. Krogius v S te in 262. Berg 225, Nern et 21 3, Przepiorka " Cberon 333. Seimeann 332. Kulmala v Lehtonen 333. Pe nrose v L ittlewood 32. Purdy v Kosh n it~ky 223. Gh it eseu " T Rill 316. Pctrosyan v P le lzsch 126, Rada ikov v Benko 384, Gil g " E ngols 3ii Laraen v Robatsch, Portisch Bot vln ll ik 156, 157, 159, 160, Ra mirez v O'Kelly 262. Gips lis \. Fuchs H O. 309. MineI' 310. 169, 170, 171, 172, ] 73, 201, Reeders v Nauta 370. Gligorich v Fischel' 30, Pad. Lasker v Cha ronsek 77, Jan­ 202, 203. 2 0 ~, 232, :l33. 23-1. Reis v Tlngirides 217. e "slt! 92. Shamko"l<:h ]7 ~, owski 265. Petrosyall 286, Panna 288, Lazard v Crepeaux 370. Byrne 31i, Petrosynn 338. Lehtonen v Kuhnala 333. Queen's Gambit GOdbold y Hornstein 117. Levine v Zonles :no INDEX OF OPENINGS Accepted 30, 48. 73. 157, Godfrey Y Tegel 3·19. Levitt v N. N. 16. So me opel/illgs ""I)' 0((1/1' I/!Id ~ r Grabill" i\lugridge 352, Littlewood y Penrose 32, 160. 169, 171, 203, 210, mo,.t t hilll Ollt' !tOiOI/, '")' 4 ,/lid J Gragge r " Byrne 28, Kolov 154, Tan 221. 23·1. 244, 256, 274. 336, Declined 123. 126. 127, Greesebaum v J~el'itt 17. Lockett v Cucullu 21. Gresser v Ga[Jrlndash v!1! 367. Lombardy v Lyman 31, DOUBLE. KING PAWN 145. 172. 173 , 192. 201. 1 P_K4, P_K4 Guber " BIlI'gel' 148. Hearst 222, Sandrin 342. 1 217, 232. 256, 28 4. 296. Gudmundsson v Jonsson 225. Lutz v Sprecher 81. Bishop Opening 352 318.337,364 Lyman v Lowbardy 31. Evans Gambit 3~. 36 1 26. H. Lynch v Vet'ber 381. ·1 288, 333 HaJibaue r " :i\Ia ndel 332. 34, <14, 71 , 333. Queen Pawn Game 307 Hamisch \' Wolf 332. 37. Hamlisch \' Amaleur 332. Mandel v H allbauer 332. Irregular Opening 37 1 SINGLE QUEEN PAWN v Mante ll \' Robinson 349. Hamm Dura!! 80. King's Ga mbit ~5. 77, !I ·I, Hamman \' Uh!manll 310. Marthall v Amateur 45, Nim­ 4 1 P-Q4; no 1 ... P- Q4 zo\'lc h 326. 126, 221, 223, 296. 351 Be noni Counter Gambit 109. Harrison \' Kahil 4. MalIC Lange A Haek Martinowski " Janovich 371, :no H I, 136, 25 ~ . 255, 270, Harrow \' Zuckerma n 184. Philidor Defen se 333 Hartlaub \' 7Ileyer 333. Martinsen v Jensen 352. 288. 326 Matanovich v Geller 91, Don­ Ruy Lopez 17, 18, 27, 3 1. Dutc h Oefense 34, 110, 171. Hayes v Beeker 153. 75, 76. !II , 117, ] 78, 182, Hearst v Lombardy 222, ner 108. 242, 310 186, 225, 2G5. U6, 3H;, Outeh Reversed He lms " Rosenbaum, Te n­ McCormick \' Adams 39. 38. 320, 321. 332, 333. 3·19. Iridian Systems ner, S myth 34.. McKelvie v Dubeck 243. Mednls v ~'iscber 12, Resbev­ 3G8, 38 1 Benoni 109, I ll, 254, Hemphill Y Yer horr 192. 71, 83·1 Henry v E aton 17. sky 12·1. Derllner 125. 255, 270, 288, 326 Two Kn ights Def. 271. 37G Budapest Defense 45 Herold v Ruger 71. " Mendoza" v Capablanca 200. 39, 338, 370 Gruenfeld 92. ]24, 159, Herzog v Jacques 332, Meyer v Hartlaub 333. Hildebrandt v FlIlrhanlls 153. Minev v Uhlmann 140, Lar· 202, 286, 307 sen 310. SINGLE KING PAWN King's Indian 18, 29, 43, H issa v Saboya 185. Mohel_chunder Cochrane 1 P- K4; no 1 .. P_K4 4(;, 64, 91, 93, 124, 125, Hodakowsky v Schnster 71, v 2 154, 169, 178, 183, 185, Hornstein v Goubold 117. 333. Al ekhine Defense 15, 262. 262, 269. 316, 317, 329, Horowitz v DuncRll 352. Mohrlok (01' Morlock) v Tahl 311 182, Kramer 332. Caro-Kann Defense 39, Sl, 338, 34.0, 341, 343, 372 Monosson v Fanque 332. 108, 311, 332, 34D Nimzo_lndian 73, 78, l OS, IIjagujev v Vannerstrom 321. Moore v Fldlow 217. Ce nter Counler Defense 27. 156, 200, 309, 360. 381 Ivkov v Pllnlk 136, T!'lfU!\o· Morlock (see MohrlokJ. Quee.n's Indian 28, ,10, ~'i ch 178, Velllerlnen 309. Mugridge v Grabill 352. French Defente 8. 13. '"21. 12 1, 140, 157, 180, 201, 72, 107, 140, 152, 217. 204. 233, 253, 31 0, 338, Jacques \' H erzog 332. Najdorf v Unzicker 40, Spas­ 297, 310, 319, il31. 332, 339,360 Janovich \' J anowski, Mar· sky 126, Portisch 127, Panno 3~3, 371. 373. 374, 376 Queen Pawn Game 43, 71, tinowski 371. 25~, Sanguinetti 270, Benko Irregular Opening 80 2·12 Janowski' v Ta l·hl.ko\·er 11 5, 288, Resh evsky 339. KeviU Defente 146 Stonewall Rever$ed 384 Lask er 265, J a no\'lc h 371. Na uta v Reeders 370. King's Fianchetto Oel. 376 Jansa \' Ciocaitea 141. Nekratov v Sosin 3ll. Nimzovich De fe nse 33S OTHER OPENINGS Januschpolsky \' RO\'ne r ... . Neme t v Parma M3. Pirc Defense 3 ~ 9 5 No 1 P_K4, nor 1 P-04 Je nsen \' Mar tln$Cll 352. Nezhmetdinov v Tringov 182. S ic ilian Oefen se 4, 16. )7, Bird Ope nirlg 117 Johne r v Tarlakover 311 . NillIon " S toltz 336. 21, 28, 30, 32. 4i, 63, 92, 122 Jonsson v Gttdmtt ud sson 225, Nimzovich v Roselll 155, Ala­ 11 2, 12], 141. 148, 182, Engliah Ope ning 123, 13'3, pin 3Zl, Marshall 326. ] 8 ~ , 185, 192, 222. 223, 141 , H6, 147, 159, 169, Kahn " Harrison 1. N, N. (see Anonymous). 225, 238, 2 ~ 3, 26 ~ , 271, 256, 262, 340 Katz v Zalys 381. Nowarra v Bilek 367. 28~, 298, 301, 309, 311, From Gambit 333 Ker es v Boey 146, Benko 253, Nugent v Finn 370. 321, 38 1. 342, 375 Hrornadka System 153 Panllo 338, Reshevs.k y 3~0. NUller v Suyker 284. Tchigorin Defe nse 14 6 King's Indian Reve rsed 373 Kholmov v Dannlk no, Tall l Nimzovich Attack 155 185. Ofstad v 'rrirunovich, Uhl­ DOUBLE QUEEN PAWN Ret; Opening 115, 371 Kieseritzky v Anderssen 94. m nnn 310. 3 1 P_Q4, P_Q4 Sicilian Reversed 146. 147. Kilmark v Uhlmann 3.10. OJanen v Krogius 331. Colle Opening 15, 30J 169, 262, 340 CHESS REVIEW, OECEM8!R, 1963 383 Remer v Dest. Schwartz v Weiss 371. Suesman v Adam s 39 . Uhlmann " Eotl' jnnik 28. Reshevsky \' Fischer 6~, Seimeanu v Gheorghlu 332. Sutton v Evans 223. MlncI' 1·10, Kilmark, Ofstad. Addison 64, Berliner 123. Shamkovich ,. Gligorich 178. Suyker " Nusser 284. Hamman 310. Korchnoy 372. ?Iednls. S te inmeyer ] 2·1. Sherwin ,. Fischer 121 . S:u.bo " Paehmau 30. Unteczek \. T rifullo\'kh ·13. Addison H 7, Denko 255, Pan­ Skold v Arns tam 344. Unzicke r \' ~ajdo r f ·IU. F isch. no 316. Najllorr 333, Keres S iavich v Veli E-saar 284. Tahl I ' Dal'CzlI. S. l'a imano\'. e r 92. Aronln H, Korchnoy 109. 3~O , Olarsson 3U . Smyth V He lms 34. Valvo " T rjrull ovich ·13. Zaltsev 111, Mohl'lok 182, Richter v Strllsdas 45, Pelrov Sohm;lI'1n v Teschnel' 332. Van den Berg \. Parma 225. Kholmov 185, Kotz 271, Gbl. 371. Soler v Amateur 333, Vannerst rom \' IIja gujel' 321. tescn 316, Trlfnnovich 351, Robatlch v Fischer 27, Lar· SOO$ v Ge ller 91, Velasco v Zonner 352 . Petrosyfln 364. sen 309, Sosin v Nekrnsov 311. Venesaar v Siavich 2S·1, Taimanov v Averba kh 19. Robinson v ManteU 349 . Spassky, v Evans 73, Najdor f Verber v Dn,sket 128, Kirby Talll ,17. Rose ll i v Nlm:llovlch 155. 126, St ei n 262. IS·I, Dl'elbel'gs 3 'j~ , Lynch Tan v Littlewood 221. Rosenbaum \' H elms 34. Spie lmann ,- Stolh>; 297: 3S1. Tartakover v Janowski 115, Rotlsolimo v Benko 121. Spreche r v Lutz 81. Vesterine n v Ivkol' 309. Stahlberg \. Pllnlk 107. Stoltz 296, Johner 311, Anon. Rovner v Januschpolsky 4. Waue r man I' Dyrne 313. Rubinstein v Atkins 256. Stein v Korelo\' 262, Spassky ymous 370, T chlgor in v K norre 352. Waxber g v Kramsto,' ,15. Rudy v Feuerstein 262. 262. Weiss v Schwlll'l.7. 3.1. Ruger \' H e l'oid 71. Steiner v Ruwald 3U. T egel v Godfrey 3 ~ 9. TeiChmann v Schlechter 186. W inke lmann v S te inme lz Ruwald \' S te iner 31 L Stein itz v Bird. Dubois 333. 262. St einmetz v Winkelmann T enner v He lms 3 ~ . Sa boya v Hissa IS5. T eschner ,. Sohmann 332. Wolf I ' Hamisch 332. 262. Saemisch v Stoltz 296. Thomas " Sapil'a 311. Yates v Colle 360. Steinmeyer v Evans 73. Bel" Sandrin " Lombardy 342. Tingir ldea \' Rels 217. Yerhoff I' Hemphill ]92. liner H, Addison 123, Resh· Sanguinetti v Cruz 2014, Naj­ Trapl " DY)'ne 146, Alstel' Zaitsev I' Tahl 111. dor( 270, evsky 12-1, Coughlin 242. 26·1. Zaly. " Katz 3St. Sapira v Thomns 311. Stevenson " Day 7l. Trifunovich " Valvo. Un tec' Ze hrfeld v Bader 321. Saulson v Phillips 333. Stoltz: v Tartllkovel', Saem­ zek 43. Jvkov 178, Ofstad 310, Zimmerman y Stoltz 337. Savon v I{orchnoy 46. Isch 296, Spielmann 297. Nils­ Tahl 351. Zollner v Velasco 352 . Schlechter v Teichman 186. son 336. Zimmerman 337. T ringov v Nezhmetdino,' 182. Zonie. v Levine 21. Schutlter v Hodllkowsky 71. St rasdas v Rlehlel' 45. Turlm v Feuerstein 269. Zuckerman v Harrow ]8 ~ .

Games from Recen t Events, annotated by Blac k alm!i to frustra te Ihe enemy effort at III)eedy del'elopmenl, Hans Km och (contin ued from page 376) 16 PxK P .. . CALIFORNIA 1963 rule. If the recapture cl'entes a K3 and 'Whlte bhmders sel'lollsl}', 16 B - ~1 and South California Open K5 doubleton. a s it u SlIally does, QPxN 16 8-B2 are just as bad because of 16 sel'ves better. Here, however, the dif­ .. . KPxP 17 DPxP? P - B6! Collapse of a Stonewall ference Is insignificant: Black gets t he 16 D- K2 Iii correct, ofrcrini" chances Tile Stonewall Is a very steady forma· better game anyhow. partly because Blnck's Dishop Pawn is tion as 110 lines can quickly be opened 12 . . . . P_ B3 vulnerable. I'[ence 16 ... KPxl' I; KPxP, against It tile Stonewall player, how· P-Q6 18 U- US follows: bill. (,,\'E'll tllen. it. 13 KPx P • • • • el'er, fnils In allY way to keep l he pos l, IS ... Q-D·lt fa ,'ors BI: I(~ k (l!;! K- Rl , Wit hout his Queen on N3. Wll ite can· tion closed In the early s tages, he can ~xP 20 QxDl>, QxQ 21 ~xQ. 13- 1;: 3: 01' 19 not now hold his Pawn on K5. run in la d isa ster a s is strikingly dem­ Q-Q·I, QxQt 20 p)(Q, N-~5 21 XxP. BxPt onstrated In the following gamelet by 13 . . . . N xP 22 K - Rl. P- QN,Ij . 14 Q_R4 toumament winner Benko. • • • • ' 6 . . ' , N - N5 The Queen must get out frOlll under 17 RxA t B,R ST ONEWALL R E VERSED DUTCH IiI'e of the enemy Queen Dis/lop. It is 18 B- Nl . . . . Radai kov Pal BenkO now Oil its normal square but at the cost The lIIl1hop hn~ 110 playable lIIol'e. White Black or an extra t empo (Q -B3-H3 -n~ rather 1a , , , . Q- B4t thnn Q- KI-R4) . 1 P_Q4 N- K B3 5 P- KB4 Q N- Q2 19 K_B1 , . . . P_ KN 3 , K N_ B3 P-B4 2 P- K 3 14 . . . . P_ K4 Thill mOl'e if< obviously force!! , P_Q4 3 B- Q3 7 P- B3 0-0 Dlack lias Obtained the Initiative. 4 N_Q2 B_N 2 80-0 N - K1 19 . , . , N-K6t 15 P_ K4 20 K _ K2 P-Q5! Black alms at action in the center. • • • • 21 N_B3 . . . . possibly w!tll ... P- D3 and ... P -K4 or. Tills tbrust Is risky a n d yet th e best if 9 N-K5. by ... NxN and. , . P - B3. Tile chance a s W h it e m us t speed up the mo­ O r ZI PxP, QxQP 22 Q-N3, 0 - \\'5t 23 latte r t)'I)e of action is ('lassie anll bilization of his forces. P inn ing by 15 K- K l. IJ - X5. aud Black wins. usually vE-ry eCfecUve ill t h is line. Q- N3 is ineffective: e .g. 15 ... D-K3 16 21 . • , • P-Q6t PxKP, N- R4! or 16 QxKP, QxQ 17 PxQ, N,P 9 N-K5 .... 22 K_Q2 ~-N5!). Rulgns White does better with 9 Q-Kl: e.g. 15 . . . . P_B5 9 . l'- DS 10 Q- R·I, Q-B2 11 P -B5. White 10f!.ef!. the Queen 01' j~ mated. 9 . . . . Q_ B2 10 Q-B3 P-K3 11 Q_ R3 ...• Now White ought to play 11 Q- N3 to meet 11 . ' . NxN 12 QPxN, P- B3 with 13 N- B3. p)(p 14 P)(P. Io~or then W h ite hail: some attncking chances as fail' compell· sa l ion (or lIis weakened Pawn s u ·uc tu l'e. 11 . . . . NxN 12 BPxN . , . . Which Pawn ought to recapture is a freQuenl question In this opening. As a 384 CH ESS REVIEW, DECEMBER . 1963 CHESS REVIEW's (1964) Sixth ,United States Open POSTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The Seventeenth Annua l Golden Knight s . 1'HE current edition of the Golden Knights tournament is now under wa y, and ent ries are accepta ble until November 30, 1964. It is con­ du eled under CHESS REVIE\V's Rules and Regulations for Postal Chess, VERYTHI NG Y OU N EED to play EchelrS by mail is included in the com· as ma iled with assignments, and with the special rules given below. plete Postal C hess Kit produced by In effect, the Golden Kn ights is an "open" tournament, without reo CHESS REVI EW fo r the co nvenie nce of postal players. The kit contains equ ip­ ga rd to our rating classes so far as the entry goes. The ratings are calculat­ ment and s tationery especially designed ed, however, quite as usual. We "rate" all games in CHESS REVIEW tour­ for the purpose. 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