THE ELEMENTS of CHESS by International Master Hemlan STEINER Ct.E•• Ot

B, Najdorf is the most cblorCul of the In U. S. Open Championship Event Inttmalion<" mode rn Grandmasters. He h ns a MdsUr devastating style agu inst run-of By KENNETH HARKNESS the-mill p layers, but cunnot make LARRY EVANS USCF Raling Staliltician headway against the top ones. Players at the U. S. Open Championship in Milwaukee will have the U, S. Chm Around 194ti, he published an privilege of competing against onc o{ Europe's strongest masters, Cbdmpion article entitled " I Am Going to be Nicholas Rossolimo .0I France, who ret urned to this country recently. U. S. Optn World Champion." We are still The French champion intends to remain in the United States perman Champion, 1911·12 waiting. ently and become a citi1.en. He welcomes the opportunity of meeting Najdorf is nervous and anxious his fellow-members of the USCF at Milwaukee and will milke a deter U. S. Tttml during a tournament. He wiU use Mtmbtr. 19". 1912 mined effort to win the open title. any means at his command to un Rossolimo has a jQOd chance of becomjn~ our 1953 Open Champion. dermine those whom considers MAX EUWE he His current USCt~ "ating is 2605 points, in the Senior Master class. Holllnd his rivals. At Havana in 1952, for As this is wr itten, Larry Evans is t~e only entry with a higher rating. instance, he approached Gligoric NCE-w(jrld-champion Euwe has The U. S. Champion has not been ~n good fo~m lately, m ~de il poor and me during t he r ound and told showing at the Helsinki Olympics, Will have to Impr~ve considerably to O DO chan ce in a tournament us that he had a lost position, a nd of youth and stamina. He is noted m ainta in his sta nding as the No.3 player of the Umted States. On the his opponent had just refused a othcr hand, Rossolimo reached the peak of his .~a reer in J~nu ary of this [or his inexplicable blunders in the draw. H appily, we dashed over to fourth and fifth h ours of play. He year when he won first p"ize at the BeverwIJk International Tourna towers more as a theoretical the table. Crestfallen , we walked ment, Ph points a head of O'Kelly de Galway, Dr. Euwe and other authority today than as a practical away, cursing his stupid opponent famous masters. fo r not having accepted the draw. mcnal"e. At the U_ S. Ope n, Rossolimo (AtlOlh~, player ...ith 16CO raling ...1.0 Of co urse, Najdorf h ad never of will make his fi,'st a ppcaram.-e in i, c"(na~d to compde is Elmtln Z ~ m CONCLUSION: Unrortunatc~, fered one; nor had he a lost posi gtl/i, of SCtltt/€, ,.,hile Ka,hd.zn tlnd Ddke Euwc will be one of the lail-enders. tournaments held in this country, tion. It is also a favorite strategem but your rating statistician has htl"e dirMdy filled Ollt etll ry blank. for with him to take "insurance" kept track of his performances ,.,J..u promiUJ 10' ~ tI ,p«lawla, U. S. MENDEL NAJDORF ~ bets (when he is leading) that he Of>€n-TM Editor') Argenllna abroad sk.ce 1947. H:s imposing wiU not win the tourname nt! He is r ecord is tabulated below: AJDORF is a firecracker. _ . g lad to pay them orr when the Tournament Rank N that exploded on a beach. time come!s! IIllvcrsu"., 1941 (Zonol) .. 7·8 The sand around him consisted of CONCLUSION: No chance. A Hllycr sum, 1947 (lnl'l S"'C. Il) I USCF OPEN has-beens a nd ncar first-raters. He Utlvc l"WLjk. 1948 ...... 3-4 P oi ish player with a Latin tempe!ra Hastings, 1949 1 CHAMPIONSHIP h as constanUy met his Water loo me nt, Nlljdorf will be bogged down Hclddberg, 1949 . 2 in Reshevsky and the Russian s. He around sixth or seventh place in Olden berg, 1949 ...... 34 Milwaukee, Wis. d id, however, beat Botvinnik a t the pr incip le! contenders in the Ven ice, 1949 .... _ ... .•. _. 2 August 10-21, 1953 Groningen in 1946. The story has 15 man even t. it that, d iscover ing h e had the Plilce: Eagle's Club, 2401 West (Thi. i, t he ((md"din8 ..r ti€le in .. ,£~i:~~:~9~~~ . :: =: := :: :: :: :: ::: : :: :=:::~ : :~:::"! Wisconsin Avenue, Milwau White pieces, Najdorf proceeded to urin concnning t ~ p,ineip/c con/cnder. Bcver.. IJ k, 1950 ..... _._ • • %--3 Mar del Plata, HI50 •.•.....•. _... . _...... 8 kee, Wis_ give odds on the game. in tM WorlJ Ch ..mp ionlhip' C ..ndidtll d Venice, 1950 3 Eligibility: Open to any chess Boastful, conniving, a l') d lovable, T Oll rTlOscar Panno of Argentina, an 18 year ol d player from Buenos Aires, Gljon , 1951 3 USCF dues. gained the World Jun ior Championsh ip on S-B points with 5 *-1%, while H avan a, 1952 ..•_ .... _• •.••... _..... _ .. _ .....•.•.. _.. 6 Entries Close: Entries must be Klaus Darga of West Germany placed .second, also with 5lh-Ph_ De Beverwijk, 19:;.3 _.... _.• _.... __ .. _ ... _ ... _ .... _ ... I postmarked not later than fending W orld Champion Borislav Ivkov was third, tied In games with Augu.s t 3 , 1953 and ~hou1d Fridrik Qlafsson of Iceland with 3 1,2-312. James T. Sherwin of the USA U.S. CANDIDATES be sent to the treasurer, Dr. Dieter Keller of Switzerland, Jonathan Penrose of England and Bent O.M.J. Wehrley, 506 Tower Larsen of DeDl n.a rk ended in a four-way tie of 21,2 -4 1,2 for fifth place. SET FOR SEPT Bldg., Milwaukee, Wis. he left his Queen en prise. Iv koy The U.S. Championship Candi Entry' Fee: $15.00 including the Sherwin, who seemed , below played very well "'nd ",ggressively; dates Tournament, announced in rating fee of the USCF. form in the finals, salvaged the tie he los t only to Panna who has 8",1_ last issue, will be held in the .Tef Priles: Guaranteed first prize for fifth by defeating former bochan a long to h e lp him with ad journments; the old Grossmelster ferson BaH Room of the Adelphi of $1500.00; total pri1.e fund champion Ivkov in t he final round wved two nearly hotHle ss games for Hotel, 13th and Chestnut Streets, in excess of' $4000.00. after losing to Darga in the semi h im with problem dra~ 20 mOveS Philadelphia from September 11 to deep. In the 1"'5t round of the orhe r Tourname nt: 12 or 14 round final encounter. In the prelimin 20 inclusive according to William Swiss, depending on number inaries Sherwin was undefeated section Ivkoy played Ol",fsson. T hey both had 6 points and were sure of A. Ruth, chess editor of the Phila of entrants. with three wins and six draws. qual1fying. N",tuully, we all figured delJ,>hia Inquirer, in cbarge of local Lodging: For lodging or botel On a quick draw, but Ivkov 8 S usual arrangements. reservations, specify require Writing from Copenbagen at the fighting like a madman won a beau_ Hotel r ooms m ay be obtained end of t he preliminaries, Sherwin tiful but drawn-out ending. Visito1"5 ments and mark % Tourna a t the tourname nt thus far Ire from $6.00 for a single room to ment Director Ernest Olfe, commented about t he event and Stahlberg, W i d e and Nedellekovitch $12.50 per day for a deluxe twin his fellow p layers as follows: to write it up, Rogard to give 3841 W. s t. Paul Ave_, Mil s p .. e ches, e'c.. bedded room, and reservations waukee 8, Wis_ I made the finals a nd am very should be m ade at least one week Clocks: Players are asked to glad. A few pOints of human inter_ About my own g ames, it must be in advance. Entry fee wi11 be bring chess clocks, but mech est a bout the tournament. Larson said they were hard fought except $25.00 and entry restricted to ove rstepped the time limit in a for the Grandmaster d r ",ws wRh anical ones only. drawn Rook ending against Scar_ O", r!jJa and Pe'Hose. I couldn't seem players with a USCF rating oI Pl ayer Registration: At the fe lll. Penrose a lmost d idn't make to win with White though it w"'sn't Expert or bette r . Hotel Wisconsin, No. Third the finalS; he pl",yed t e rribly and In N!11I"f necessary a nyw"'y some Of Contributions to the e xpe'hses of and Wisconsin Ave_, on Mon the last round he was p",lred with the time, but with 81uk I hfide plans to enter another re Street, New York City (Room ion A I'pad E. Elo scored an 8--1 New Jersey, John Penquite of Des cognized tournament at some dis K60l) since July 19th, undergoing victory at Hawthorne Glcn to win Moines, Edmund Godbold of St. tance involvi ng unusual tr:lvel ex· an operation 00 the 21st. The the Milwil ukee COlillty Champion, -- !A")uis, Ji ~ Callis and l ..con~rd pensc will, in the opinion of the doctors speak hopefully uf his con· ship, drawin" with runner-up t'rankcnstem of Kunsas City, cxecutive board of the New Jersey dition, acC()rding to Mrs. Phillips, Averill Powcrs and Rozkalns. Pow Jackie Mayer of Louisville, Charles State Chess FederaLi on promote who is in constant attendance. Me. ers, chess editor of the MHwaukee ' Henin of Boston, Doyle Satterlee chess in the United States. The Phillips sends his greeUngs to all Journal, was second with 71h -I1h, ' of Elmhurst, Paul Poschel of Chi· award, which must be used only his chess fdends, regrettinit his drawing with Elo, Mark Surgies, cago, Leonard Youens of Houston. fOr the purpose for which it is inability to be with them in Mil· and Garner. In third John Grkavac Inquiries have comc also from made, is open to any entrant, wa u k (.~ , but expressing the hope scored 7-2, while Inbusch and Michel Giroux of Quebec, Walter wherever resident. that he may bc able to aUend the Marshall Rohland were fourth and Otteson of Mil waukee, Dennis busincss meeting. (ifth respectively with 61h-21h in Sims of Camden, and Rodney tbe 56 player Swiss event. Rippel of Moberly, indicating a JUNIOR RESERVE strOll" advance regist.ralion fo r According to the report of KUJOT~ the classic JuniOr event. journalist Hermann Helms in the TO SCAFARELLI RETAINS Brooklyn Eagle, the U. S. Open in The World Junior Consolation WISCONSIN TITLE event, for those who failed to Milwaukee will lure ma ny talented Rie~ard Kujoth, 21 year old stars from Brooklyn, Manhattan qualify for the Championship Wisconsin expert, won tbe 20th and environs. These include J ames rinals, went to Francisco Scafarelli annual Wisconsin State Champion T. Sherwin (who will arrive from of Italy with 5-2. Second place re ship held at Fond du Lac. It was HAV E YO UR TO UR NAMENTS Copenhagen in time to compete), mains undecided, as entering the Kujoth's second consecutive win of OFFI CIALLY RAT EDI Max Pavey, Jeremiah F . Donovan , linal round the leadcrs are: Miguel lhe State title and the fifth time! Farre (S pain), Raphael (fsrael), Ask your Club secretary or Larry l'..'vans , 1 A. Horowitz, Alex he has held it. The event drew 60 Fritz Roessct (Holland) with 4-3 tou.rnament director to write ander Kcviu, Eliot Hearst, Arthur entries and was sponsored oy the lor official rating forms to re B. Bisguier, Dr. Ariel Mengarini, each; and Ross Siemms (Canada) Wisconsin Chess Ass'n in coopera with 31h ·3lf.t. port the rcsults of your nc:, Golec lost to Fcdan and drew witb James Weidner, Hugh MacLean, 123 No, Humph rey AY enue Stein; while Turiansky drew with Dr. Lieberman, Ralph Abrams, Oak Park, Illinois In an eight player round robin Fedan and lost to Stein. A. Kauf Frank Cabot, Dan Clark and Dr. Do not write to other USC F at Yakima (Wash), William B. man and Uinus Aronson scored L . C. Young. offici6l1 for tll&6 rating forrru. Hoge scored 7-0 to win the Eastern 4-2 for fmh, while Mrs. Aronso:'!, The 1954 tournament was Washington District Open Champ sole woman contender, scored 3-3. awarded to Appleton. Frank Stokes ionshitl. O. W. LaFreniere was of Waterloo was reelected presi second with 5lf.t -l 'h in an event P.no I W n h .) CIMs, Club avenged an dent of the Wisconsin Chess Ass'n IVtJ"C'JI/.y, P. ge 2 which had reprensentatives from .... rller del.... t by besUna the Yakl~ Gbess tilt Chess Club team 12'h·7Vo in a double nod W. R. Wettstein of Appleton August 1, 1913 Spokane, Pasco and Yakima. round ma~h. vice-president. WtJ",:sJ..,., P.-ge 3 q.~e/l. ing (faille AuguJJ J, 191) s., W ilfiam Rojam BI/ E. J. MarchisQtti Wl.at~ :ll.. HESS pops up unexpec edly in the press these days - its Jastest NEW LIFE FOR THE TARRASCH C conquest of an odd corner was thc "Advice to the Lovelorn" DEFENSE IN THE QUEEN'S section. We quote from the column of Molly MayCield of the Rocky B..t mov.? Mountain News of Denver: PAWN GAME s., G"U~ Gromn O.er Mrs. ~yfl e ld : I .m .- brld. of only four weeki end e ".ry unhil'py on •• Apparently the chus world was Posit"," No. 112 My huJbend who uud 10 be so l ender end 10"ln, . nd gllllnl no longe. hypnotised by the game Najdorf 10"" me, Or If ... does he c ••I.-lnly d Oftn 't lIet Ilk. it. He cSoftn' l e"ltn Michel, Alar del Plata, 1943 into klu mit ltOOd-bye When he lei"" for work. It seem l lik. III h. think. IIbou! II ch.u .nd more ch.n. suggesting positional advantage Oh I kn.w ... Wilt II chen fin when I mlrrl. d him, bul t didn' l for White alter 1. P-Q4, P-Q4; 2. rull •• h. would .... r be 11k. 1hll . It'l beelul. there is sOme sort of chess P.QB4, P-K3; 3. Kt·QB3, P-Q B4; som.thlng, tournllment I IUIttS you'd ny, comin9 up lind he's p lllnning 4. BPxP, KPxP; 5. Kt-KB3, Kt·QB3; to .nler It, 10 h. Ihlnkt end dr.. m . nothing but chen.. I don', plly ch.1I my.. " , .nd I cln't underll.nd how Inybody Ind 6. P-KKl3, Kt-B3 ; 7 .B-Kt2, B·K2; • speelilly I brldltfroom of fo,,, w ..ks could IIlIow himself to become SO 8. 0·0, 0 ·0 ; 9. B-K15, B·R3; 10 . Ibsorb. d In II mere glme. Wh. t would you do In my plice? R·BI, etc. A ChltSs Brid.-Wldow The question caught Mrs. Mayfield olf balance (chess doesn't usually fi gure in the lovelorn col umns), so she CVienna 1915. quately b y 2. Kt·"KB3 (not by 2. PIKt), 10. T. Marksnn ...... W 20 1..17 L28 W32 W21 1..14 Dl9 3~·3i 10.25 and If 2 ...... , KtxKt; 3. "XXt, Q·R5; 4. 19. F. Simpson ...... LI4 W30 L3 W26 L I I W31 DIR 3 ! ·3 ~ 9.25 After 9. B·Kt5, B-K3; 10. PxP, R·Kt3, Kt"RP, K·Kt2! and Blnck escapes. 20. Paul Barton ...... L I6 W34 W 21 L2 028 LI6 W29 3 ~ ·n 0. 7 ~ BxP; 11. · R-Bl, B-K2! ; 12. I{t-Q4, Correct solutions are acknowled ged 21. Wm. Rucker 3-4 (10.00); 22. W. de Va Un ger, Jr. 3-4 (750); 23. L. L. Foster 3-4 P·KR3! and if 13. KtxB, PxKt; 14. received from; J . E. lIany (Ann Arhor), (7_00); 24. Virg il Smith 3·4 (7.00): 25. Denson ~'oglo 3·4 (7.00); 26. Mrs. Kama Martin B-Q2, P-K4, or if 13. B-K3, Kt G. F. Chase (Buffalo), W. J. Couture 3-4 (5.00): 27. Ulck Catne 3-4 (3.00): 211. C. W lngurd 2!·4& (7.75); 29. T. E . Dantzler (Charleston), J. D. Define (FlorrI5llnt, 2!·4i (5.25); 30. Carl BItzer 2 ~ -4i (5 .25); 31. A. Atkin son 2·5 (4 .50); 32. Mrs. B. KK t5! ! (Schubert·Schlechter, Vien Mo.), R. J . G8g non (Kingsley), D. Ham. ~ompton 2-5 (3.00); 33. Wm. P llrdue 2·5 (2.00); 34. Julian Gayden 2·5 (1.00); ~5 . Wiley na 1915). burger (pittsburgh), J. Kaufman (Los Ellis 1-6 (0.00): 36. Dr. A. F. m ate{nno 0·' (0.00). Angeles), E. J. Korpanty (Bellov]ew), J . Dr. Ol.'ltefano forfelled a ll 6e~", n g ames. If White plays 9. PxP, BxP!, and MelnIck (Portland), E. Nuh (W uhlng. now; a)· 10. B-Kt5, B·K2!; 11 . R-Bl, ton), Geo. Payne (W ebster Gro~es), N. NORTH TEXAS OPEN CHAMPIONSHip B-K3; 12. Kt-Q4, P-KR3! arriving Reider (San Franelso::o), 1. Schwartz Dalla$, (Durand), H. C. Underwood (WashIng. 1953 by transposition at the game Schu ton), D A. Walsdori (New Or laanl), l. c. F. Tens, Jr. (Dalla,) ...... WIl W3 W4 0 2 W6 W7 W5 WID 7&_ II 34.2.5 bcrt-Schlecter, noted above; b) W. B. 'Wllson (Amhcr$tburg), R. W. 2. R. Brl"ger (H ou~ ton ) ...• _•..• .. 03 W7 011 DI WID W3 W4 W9 6)-11 30.50 W LUemann m (Brooklyn), N. P. Wilting 3. J . A. HUYugoslavia) .... :J'h.3'h Sur~tt1ry 93 Barrow 51 .... ' SOUTH FLOR IDA OPEN 4. Frldrlk Olah son (t E'eland) ...... :J'h.3'h New York 14, N.Y, Miami, 1953 5. Jume, " . Sherwin (USN ...... 21f.o-4!f. Vir(' PUfidtntl 1. August C. Ottcn (Miami) ...... W ~ W6 DJ W4 D2 4 -1 17.00 II. Sent Larson (Demnark) ...... 2'12-4'12 2. August SWirl: (Miami) ...... W4 Wl1 W9 DJ DI 4·1 15.00 7. Diet er Kelle.· (Swlhorland) ...... 2'12-4'1\1 Wm. M. Byland M. Flnkel"lln 3. Chas. A. Shaw (Coral Gables) ...... WI6 W7 Dl D2 W5 4 ·1 14.00 R. Jo;>nuthan Penrose (England) .... 2'h-41-'.z Pittsburgh, Pa. Naw York, N.Y. 4. Peter Mag ri (Miami) ...... L2 WJ2 Wil LI W9 l ·2 14.50 J. B. Ge-e Han. Kmoch 5. Chas. Wisch (Miami) ...... •.. Ll WI6 WID W6 L3 3 -2 13.!;O Sacramento, CI I. New York, N.Y. 6. G. B. FIShback (Orl~ndn) ...... WI2 LI W8 ' 1...5 W13 3 ·2 13.00 Phil C. Knox of DeLand, Fla. E. T_ McCormick Phil J . Mery _ 7. MurrlY Cohen (Miami) ...... W14 L3 Wl3 LIO WIl 3 ·2 10.50 with 12-2 is le;\ding in the 12 East Orange, N.J. Clnclnn.II, O. 8. A. P ederson (M I ~ml) ...... L9 W14 LIi . WI3 WI0 3.1. 10.00 player double round Asheville Geo. E_ Roose"elt Ha rmen SI.ln., 9. Carlton Murst (Coral Gables) ...... W8 0 10 L2 W14 L4 2 ~ -2 1 13.50 New York, N.Y. Los A nlllelel, C.I. 10. David Shubok (MI.nl!) ...... WI ~ D9 l.oS W7 L8 2~·2~ 11.50 (N.C.) City Championship, while Or. Bel. Rona Edward I. Tr.. nd II. John E. Fuln!) (Miami Bea"ll) 2-3 (11.00): 12. Dr. Chas Rosenfe]d (Miami, 2.3 Dr. Osc:lr Kanner and Maj. G.B.I> . T u l ~, Ok!.. De lrolt, MIc h. (8.00): 13. ArmJilro n£" Ch inn (Coral Gables) 1-4 (1200); 14. David Bl'Qdsky (Miami) Terry I'emain in close contention POlt 1-4 (10.50); 15. Edg ar Uarllng (MiamI) 1-4 (7.50); 16. Ernest Scheu p leln MiamI) O-s Pltlidtnfl (...... _J. # wilh 8~-21h each, (ollowed by Dt·. Paul G. Giltn E. A. W egner, Jr. Solkoff points u,,--d. Brodsky wlhtdrew aft.o:: r Courlh round. and Scheupleln Paul J acobs and Ray C. Ellis with Syruuse, N.Y. ChlClll'O, III. after fourth round an e r rorfeitln. to Wlsl:h. lIarling. a nd Rosenfeld. 6·2 each. A typical comment comes from the New YOI'k Post editorial page: CHESS PLAYERS OF THE SOVIET, I YOU GOT COLO FEET? Vol. VII, Number 23 Wednesday, August 5, 1953 We're broken up ove r the refun l of the SOviet che" team to com. over here lind play Ihelr milch .g.lnst our side. Published twice. • month on the. ' th and 20th by A numln9 tha t Mosco..... '. slt-do ..... n . thlefe, didn't I II turn out to 1a Berll men (next I tOil , Lubl. nka Prllon), ..... e .re not Imprened by their THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION rea$Ons for Cilncelling th' lr trip. Ente.~ .. .econd elUl matter September 5, 1946, at the post office at Du. First thlY uid they wouldn't come because their visu confined them buque. lo.a. UDder tho act of March 9. 1879. to New York City; they wlnted to 110 oul Ind do tb4..lr re laliling at the Gl, n Cove estate whe re Ilred Russl.n UN people recou9 theIr strength. Then POSTMASTER: Plene return undelive , " bl. copies ..... ith Form 3S7f to Kenneth Harkness. USCF eUlinn, Mllnagu. 93 Burow Street. He ..... York 14, H. Y. the Stlte Dept_ uld the vis.s would be altered but Ihe Soviets. mISter of the ",Ik II welt II the checkmlte, WOUldn't be .pp'a~. HoW-ya gonnl m.intaln Internatlonll chesl a mity ..... hen they let th.t Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR way? IVln, II's your .... ove. usa Memberahlp Dues. laclud lnJ' aubscl1ptlon to CHESS LlFE, e nrollment In In more measured tones and greater digni ty other represenlatives State Chess ASSOclaUon (if State Qr member's resIdence lias aD A$$O(:latlon af. of the American press have spoken in a similar vein. It remained, fllla t<:

USCF M EMBERS: S.. blff;' ,01IT bm ,.lfftl lor ,his Jf'ptntrtftnl '0 JOHN W. 27. P •• ' R(1 )· Kl • . IUS Rxa .... nd Black rea1gned after makln. hll u • • . Kt7 SliP , • • a ·Kta Resigns COLUNS, 91 ~n.o;r; RO

COMEDY OF ERRORS Of count! 2!iI. __• QxP would have SUBMISSION ZlIosfto.Bo ,owsl::, IfIi.ht borrow mo been met by mate In 3 (If White &JIW Robltrt BTOtgU 01 HOlIsto.. . TItX«" slolb. It!). mmls in lhis ~« IfI ~ 10' « .MUJ Ittli/;'" H . • ·8.ch __ _ OUTLINE IfI ;tS 1M Jollow;n, to .. ,. &.rJ Jo .. ,ht 01 his m ...... ,J "H ow NOl 10 PlI, CMII." Correct here I. 30. R:rP sin« 30. __, p","" pI,." " Itn'o'il~ ","u,tio n (1, K, g«mt ., his bu, oj 19B. A .. J ,h.. s t Olfl QUEEN 'S GAMBIT DECLINED RxR would be followed by a 'oreed K2 in 1M R"bjnlt(;n), 1"C1;/ic~f tI P.W", pliff wilh 0101, ,tqloltJt in ,IK !"nt 20 th mate. ucltru 1M Enlla ccnlrr, tlnd li","l, .,;nl MCO: paSle 115, column 21 . 30. _._. B-K3 32. IIII P? i,,.It. Internationlll Tellm Mlltch 31. BXBCh QXB .ith " PflIIU·P." " , TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE StrllSsbourg, 1953 This .hould l:all. NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE MCO: page 302,. column II (J:CI Now b, Dr. Erich W. M.,c&mJ 32. _...... 0,,11 34. P..Q7 R_KKtI" Mea: p.ge lOt. coh,lmn 41 33. Q.B7eh K-Rl Texts Championship White Black Met. Masten Invitational 3()...30 San Antonio, 1953 C. ANGLESI H. GROSS Cor..-.ct was 34 . •_ ...... R-Ql u d with care Tourney (St ranbourg) (San Francisco) Black wlU win. The te;r;t-mol'l permit. White BLIck 3 (II New York, 1953 1. P·O. p .Q... P-K3 P·83 White a ma te tn he see. It), be,ln ROBERT BRIEGER C_ F. TEARS, JR. White Blick 2. P·QB. P· K3 S. P·QR4 nln, with SS. QxR ch. 1. P_K4 P. K4 2. B.84 Kt·.) R.slgnsl? M. PAVEY HEARST 3. Kt-083 Kt·K83 .. 2. Kt.KB3 Kt.oB3 4. p.Q. ~_ . ~. He doc.n'tl A remarJr.t\ble IInl ~ b, add inc I. P.Q4 Kt.Ka, 4- P-K3 0 ·0 An unu.ual move ~ nd not burin, di· 4. Xt-KtS, wblch p racUcalb' foren Black another p.,e to volumlnOU' .nnol. of 2. ...QU P.K3 5, Kt. Kl p.q. to $Deri!lce hll QP. 1I eon.ldue.: are theoretically weak. but. KtxKP! With U_ Kt·KI., Q·KU; 1$. P-R!, P 4. B·Kn B-Kn .. B·Kl KI-oS eontrollIng eenlt:r ..:)uares and provld 11. KtxB PxKt 12. RxP Q-K ••t R.; 16. Kt-R2, White could prevent tM Necessary to prevent 9. P-Q-l. Inc open Q and' KB n le., have certain A newer, more compell.ina move. tha.. lOllS o( a pown, thou,h admittedly hl& 9_ Q-Q2 P.ol advanta,es. 12. __, B-K2; or 12. _ .• B-Q3. A ,GOd . Itemallve ls 9. __ _ , KKl-Bl. I • . QR-Ql __•. poeltlon would not be a hoppy o .. e 13. Q-K2 P-o" The Ia Preparatory for 11. B-RG. White has the better eentcr a Dd de Black', Idea is to put pressure on KB1. t ut·move played with tho hopC 10. QR.Bl _ .... or getting a chance to play p ·IM with velopme nt and DlaCk ..... a Pawn. But the Ilmple, tI,ht.n l ted. u. Preparatory for 11. n ·RG. I •• ___ 8-B2 1'- Q.KKU P·KRl B-Q3; 11 better. tbe XP protected. 10. _..... Q.R4? Ia. __.. KbKt 19. RxP P· K. 15. Q· B51 Q·K2 17. Q-R4 Kt·R2? 14. PxP 8-84 Betler Is 10 ...... _.. R-Xl; 11 . B-M, B-Rl. One really must develop. So: 11 . . _._, 15. P"Kt BxP 20. 0 -8S B· R' Capturln,. the QP Is more prudent. 16. BXB Rx 8 21 . R-B2 Q.KU 11. KtIIKti PxKt 12. Kt.o5! B·K3; a nd til. .. _.. ..• QR-QI. Bring ing the 15. 8 ·KtS QR-BI I" B-R4 P·KR. (to 17. Q-04 R·Kt4 2:2. 8 ·BI p.oS? XKt Into the game via R2 Jo'latbush 16. R· K81 Kt.o5 19. R-K7 n. P_B4 PxP e.p. _ via the Ilronx) is too .. low a nd pasalve. 11. KtxKt B"Kt Black decides to be ,cnerou.. and re 11. QxQ Rx Q 10. R-Q2 White be!:lns to , et play- pressure on turn the extra pawn. n ._.. , P-KS I'. P· Ba Kt·1I1 the Q.8P a nd KKLP a nd ebancu to would allow Block to enjoy hi. utra P atie ntly strengthening the position and force an endln. with Q·K6ch. pawn In peace. awalUn, the break. hctlcal or .trate, l· 19. _. ... _ P-KKt4 10. B· Kt3 R.Rl't 23. PxP P-KS n.Pxp 8 -K3 cal, whleh I. l ure to come. Indirectly prote<:U .., the BP, lor If 21. 10. __ ..•• OKt..Q2? 24. p·QS Px P 2'- R.o1 R_KI BxP, RxR; 22- QxR, R-BL But W, bad. mack wanla to relieve some of the prC5- Th~ appears to be no way A mUl t Is 20. ____ • B-KU...... aure by eXehan,ln, KB ror Q8, but QP. 21. R·K' ch K.o3 the B-Q2; 27. QxRP B·Kt5? botb 20 ...___ , and 20. _.. _.. • P·Bl; Not 21. RxR'!!; 22. QxR mate. It Is fir more prudent to re.aln the are preferable. 22. RIIR Q"R U. o-K41 pawn by 'D. __. , RxQP. 27 ..___ • BxP; 11. Kt·Qa 8 · KU 2l. KlxB P.oKt4? 28. R;r;B, RxR; 29. B-IU 11, howe ve r, very 22. KI·BS 8"Beh dubious. Arter this, White has a clear ... In. Back 28. R· KI P. Kt3 29. p.o' to the old stand, 23 . . _ .. _. Xt-QKt3; is correct. 24. P·K5 8 · Kll 15. Kt·BS! __ ._ :nnt thl. ItH move, thcn the win of the Pown. n . ._ ..... U. KI"QKIP 27. 8xB 12. _...... Kt·lIl? Somewhat .tronger is 12 ...... Q·Ql; 13. KtxKt ch, QxKt. Black spent a large amount of time on his move a nd left htmseU utUe time to cope with the . ubtletles of Ihe d lIfleult ending which now enl'Ues. U . Kt·K1ch! K ·R1 15. B-02 Kt·1Il 1 •• OxQ KtllQ 1'- Ktx.Kt PxKI Black 18 now 5addled with doubled QPs and an Isolated QRP. 11•• · Kt4 P.QB4 I •. P·KI3 R-Kn U. 8 .RS R.QKtl 20. P_K B4 R·K'" A trlplC attack whiCh wlnl another An Inferior move whleh permits White', Pawn and pretty much put. the '.lime strong reply. P referablc Is 20. on lee. P-K. 23...... O·KRt 26. B-KS Q_Kl 21. P:qKt., B.oR3? 24. Q"P B· Kt3 27. R-Kl PERSONAL SERVICE U'I'I. ware of White'" threat. Manda tory 2S. Q·OS ch K -BI Is 21. __., P·K4. White ha ~ j u. t eentraHzed powerfully TIK EJuo, 01 this Dltpntmmt rill n. P·Ksl __ and t hreatens to win a third Pawn with "lq )'0" • ,tmlf' b, m«iI, Rlrnlffmt on Foreln.. a passed QBP whlcb, In eo.... 28. Q.R8 ch, K-Q3; Ii. QxQ ell.. KxQ: 30_ BxP ch. Itu,.., m,",~, ""J 7_ .. lboro..,h 10" Junction with tlM' two Blshops and tbe , we open QXt flle, specls casy victory. K"Kt 21. _._ R_Kl 2&. Q-Rlet. ~._ g.rmf' ...... I's;s. Fa $ID. n . ___ PxKP 24. PXP R·Bl 31 . P-Bs KfxP Two Pawnl ahead, Wblte loclcally . nd M •. Col/illl .,,;n «bo _noutf' ttn7 Ollit :n. Px8P PXP Stron,er than the immedia te 32_ P x eold·bloodedly rorces a n eu\Jy won Lolln, qukkly, but there is no really Kt ch. e ndlng. Such an option II o ne or the 0170.. , ,«mltr /0 •• Jtt oJ I' . valid defen!le. SUIi. U. __ , P.K. would :no __ KI-o' :11_ RxR K•• dividend. from wlnnln, maternl In the put up more redstance. 33. PxKtch K ·K2 3L 8-87 KtxP openlng or mkl·..... me. 15. p •• , 8·Kt. 16_ R·Kt1I 8 ·RS 3&. R.8 7c:h K.q, 39. P_KI..Q 2 .. _,_ K-Ql 30. K-81 U 215. __. , BIP; 27. BxB, RxB; 28. ft 35. R-01ch K_•• to. BxR p••• ... 29. Q " Qch RxQ X" ch, ... Ins the Btshop. 31_ P·K1 • .q, 41_ BxP Black wu threatenInll: 30. _~ . ~. 30•. _.M. a·KIII 34. R·Kl c; h K·82 31 . P-Q,4 P." 35. P.P .,P 32. a-QI K.Kl 3'. B·Bl .... GUEST ANNOTATORS 31. B·l(t1 R·cn 31. p-Qa3 Eric;h W. Marc;hllnd Or 31. R·KS w roree ;I Iwap or R OOks, Herbert Seldmlln or 31. P·KR3 to rutraln tbe XlP. 31•. M.M.. a·B4 39. P·KKtl p·a 5 A bad move, but Il un-lei' ,ood trap. by Vincent L. E"",. 31, a .K2 P. Kt$ 40. I(· Kt2 One of the but aerenSt.'~ to the Cluoco White m.kel U too dlfflc:ult ror him· II 3. _...... B·84; 4. P·1J3. Q·K1, lieU. Simp le .nd ,ood Is 40. Px P. 4. Klx P" __ _ Acid ..... ell COo""n unlcetl~ 1 '00 "'It cOolumn to VlnHnt L Ellton" '12 McNeill 40 • ... M.M P·Rk"l 42. R-QU A loser. White can J:et the better came ~. SlI... r Sprlne. Maryland. 41. 1(·81 a· .. with 4. KlxKt ()r 4. P·Q3. Be$t t. u .. B·KI, to tree the Rook. 4. Q.Kt41 42. 8 l1 aPI .M._ A win ner. Conl,m'pora,.~ Am'"'ican CompO~l!"j - 8 81aek doe. not know whcn he u beaten I 5. KtxllP M ...... 41. P. 8 R.8 45. IlX P R·Bk h If S. BliP ch, K·K2; wlnL lI ud If 5 . ; FREDERICK GAMAGE ..... a-Q1c;h I(·Kt3 .... K·K2 a ·KRt Kt·KI4, P-Q4; wllU. Or '6...... , R·ij7 chi 47. x·xl, R·B6 eh; 5...... QlI P REDERICK GAMAGE, who is generally acknowledged to be the 48. X·Q2, R·86; 49 . X·K1. FustelL F greatest American composer of two·movers, was born in West 47. a-Q7I R·a t '- R·Bl _.. _ borough, Mass., on November 21, 1882, and has been a New Englander I( 4? M ... _ , UlIP; 4!. R..QI! R·Kt?; 49. R· Or 6. KtxR, QxKP eh; 1. B·Ia. (1. K·Bl, KRI I K·B4; (If 49 ...... , P·R7 ; SO. K·BI, QxR; male) KtxP chi; 6. R·llI. QxR mute. most of his life. His active composing career falls mainly into two win!) 50. P·R4 lind wins. 6...... QxK Pch 7. 8·K1 periods: from 1901, when he produced his first problem, until 1914. .... a -Q a 7 And now _.... _ Or 48. R-Q3. when he retircd from chess; and from 1937, whcn he began again with 7. " rcnewed interest, until 1945, since when (except for a few compositions) 4" .... _. . .a t 49. R·a 4 K· 84 Kt·86 mll tel Il 49. "M._' Rd'; SO. a.p ch lI od 51, R· Smothered. An old Che!lSDut, publiShed hc has largely withdrawn from the problem field. KR4, wins, al lonl ago a, 1910 (and probably s o. a ·84 eh K·Kt4 51. R·Kt4 a _P? muc h much curlier) In E. A. Crel,'s Although the work of h is later period is best-known to present-day l 'hrowJn, IIwllY IIny and aU drawi.ng "One Hu ndred Pitfalls On The ChC$S' readers, one will find problems of equal mastery among his earlier chancel, 51...... R·lta!; causa the most board." Ou t it stili workl! trouble. compositions. To them belong No. 438, willl its subtle and startling Sl. a ' Kt1I _ second-move play. , and No. 435, t he first example of what has been Preflllln, an ex to the Black Rook. named the " Gamage Themc"- interference on a pinned Black piece 52. .... _ K·84 N. Y. CHESS LIFE which is unpinned on White's second move. No. 436 Is one of thc best If 52. _'''_' R·Kt1; 51. R·KRI! P ·R7; 54. (Continued from page 5, col. 4) K.BI, wins. of his 60 lirst-prize-winners, while 437 illustrates his characteristic two U . P·R4 a ·KtT 54. a·KIUI K· 1( 5 amazing; on the day the Russians move style. which blends artistry, striking effects, complex play, and Or 54 ...... M. K·K4; SS. K'X3! x .Q.3; 56. first announced their dissatisfac careful attention to detail. P·RS, K.ru; &'7. p.nG. K·KtJ; sa. K·lUr, nxl'ch; 59. KxP. P·R7; 60. K·R3. KxP; tion with Glen Cove residence limi· An evcn hundred of Mr. Gamage's best compositions were publishcd 61. RxP. 1b:1I; (Ie 6 1. "M,_' R-B8; 62.. R · taHons and stopped in Paris, three in Alain White's F. G ~ m~g e: An Artist in Chess Problems, issued by the QKt2, Wln.t) 62. KxR. X.KU 6l. K·R3. of New York's top dailies (the Overbrook Press o[ Stamford, Conn .• in 1941. Mr. Gamage is also co K·W; &4. K·Kl4. K·Q3; 6-5. K·DS, K·K2, Times, Trib and WT&S) featured 66. K·Kt6, K·Bl; 67 . P·Kt4. X ·XU; 68. author (with Alain White, Comins Mansfield, and Vincent L. Eaton) of P·KtS, K·Rt; 69. K·B?, ;and White wins. the story on page one and not .3 A Ce ntury of T WOo·Movers, also published by the same press in 1941. Bu t he $hould not Slice It thls thin! single paper passed over the in· Now recuperating £rom a serious illness, he h as our best wishes 55. P·RS P·R7 57. P·R7 Resigns cident without editorial or feature 5'. P·R6I R·Kta for a spC'ajans 4.(); IV; No. 86 in Gamage's Book, "American Chess Bulletin" Blllck's best righting chlDCe IS 8. _,_, Bakos 6·0, Wcstbrock 5'f.l-Ih. 1941 1906 QxP; 9. Q·Kt3! Kt.-KB3; 10. QxKtP. R· KU; II. QxBp. Kt.B3; with a sc ramble dlrncult to &$SCSI. 9. p·Kn QxQP 10. Kt·KtSI Q· K4c;h ."W' If 10 ••_ ...... Q-QI; u . B-KB4, Kl· QR3; LATE FLASH: Additional U. S. 11. R-QI, Q-K2; 13. Q-,W. lJ.Q2; 14. BxP, wins lor White. Junior Championship entries in· 11 . III .K3 .... M_ c1ude a ·year old Larry Rcmlinger Il. 8·K2, threlltenln, 12. KU4. Is 'he (protege of Herman Steiner) of most 101lCIIl. 11. _._ P-Q Rl Long Beach, Viktor Pupols of Lin And 11. ~ ... _. p.B3; is answered by 12. coln, Juris Jurcvics of Dallas, D. ().().O, too. U 11 ....._. QxQKtP; 11. B-Qt, B. Martin of Fort Worth, Shane QxBP; 11. B-Q3, wins. 11. 0 ·0-01 _._. O'Neill of Dallas, Harrow of Ja This unpin. the QB and menaces 13. maica, H. A. White of Avon Lake, B·K84. Q moves: 14. XtxPch. and McCormick of Seattle. 12...... K. 1II2 Advance entry list as of July Or 11...... , PxKt; 13. B-Q4. Q.K5; 14. 30 numbers 24 players. a larger QxQ. PxQ; 15. 8l!Hl Z9·-Septemb~, 7 Valley Chess Club. 360 Main St., New York State Chess Congress Hackensack, N: .T. LOG CABI N "A" CHAMPIONSH I P Cozenovia, N.Y. 100% USCF rated event. Opeo; Championship and Ex Orange, 1953 perts tmts, also Susquehanna Team Seplembn 4-7 '- A. DiCamillo (Philadelphia) ...... x I , , , ,., New England Championship 2. K . Burger (Brooklyn) ...... ~ ...... 0 , , ,• , , •, , 6& -2~ matches, open to team of five from , , _Boston, Mass. 3. E. T . McCormick (E . Orange) , x , , , , .., 4. F. (E. 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