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I' I USCF ,J ,~ i A merica's Chess PeriocLical
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" TELL THEM TO TRY WATER." Organizational Growth By FRED CRAMER, USCF President Many of the most important purposes of USCF are com so lhat those who wish to lend a hand to the advancement mittee missions. These include expansion of chess activity of organized chess, those wbo want to participate in this in the arm ed forces, in COlleges and universities, in indus grand forward march, may volunteer by writing the chair' trial leagues, in medical and penal institutions, among juniors, man directly. Volunteers are most welcome. among women. Committees handle our foreign affairs activi The l ull panoply ol commiHee activity as presenUy or ties, tournament rules, the rating system, and other areas of i on ized is outlined below, showing for each committee its critical interest to or ganized chess, as well as such major mission, its chairman's name and address, and its member organizational purposes as officer nominations and member ship. Each committee chairman will report to the USCF' ship_ Board o[ Directors at the annual meeting next August at Committee activii.y, which onlY a tew short years ago was San Francisco, listing (a) activities during the past year, (b) vi rtually non-existent, has come to Jile and begun to grow, plans for lhe comi ng year, and (c) recommendations, where paralleling the growth in USCF membership, effediveness, appropriate, for aclion by the Board of Directors. and influence in the years since Cleveland. Ma ny committees, however, face treme ndous tasks, some o[ which are genuine Never before has the responsibility undertaken by or· pioneering problems. Volunteer belp is needed, and the names ganized chess been so w mprehensivc, nor the attack upon and addresses of the committee chairmen are li sted below, i t so impressive.
Affill.te St.tus Committe e Cftai r ml n : Jer r y G. Span n, 3011 Paseo, Okla Swiss System Methods CommiHe. Mission: To e"aml ne Into the desln bUlty, ho:na City, Okl ~ h o ma . Minion: To ~ x amln e In to and re«>mmend eIfectlveneu, a nd practicability of the USeF Committeemen : Ed w ~rd Luker, Walter impr ove menU In USC'" Tournament Rules 62 Affiliate r elationship, as outlined In By_Laws ~' rled , Sau l Rubin, Ma urice Ku per, VIolet th r u 75 cover ing pairing, allocaUon of e olor, Artlcl" IX a nd at In possible a l t er natlv c~ to Pavey. nnd tle.breakln l!" In a Swiss Syste.m tolll"Da· or m odUlcation. of that article. Junior Chess Committ•• ment; a nd to recommend optimum and maxi Chal rm. n : S pencer Van Gelder, 2735 Lar MInion: 'l·o expand a nd develop ches.s actlv· mum ratlO$ betwun the n umber of players kin Street, San Francl!ico, California . Ity amonz those under 2l. a nd t he number or rounds In a S1I1ss System Comm lttaaman : Jose Calderon, Henry Gross, Adine ChaI rman: Dr. Eliot Heant, J . l12.5 tourname nt. Gut brle MeCI.ln. Arlington Towers, Arlington, Virginia. Chlir ma" : Ar p;'ld E. Elo, 393S Xorth ~ Committeemen: AI lIaymond, Hob Eastwood. bran tz Dr ive, Br ooklle ld, Wis. Armed F~ r ce s Chess Committee Commltt"men : Dr. Erich ~ , Guth· Minion: To expand and develop cbcu aC Membership Committe . rle McClaIn, Robert East"'ood, Edpr lIcCor. tivity In the armed forces. Mission: To r aise p~ l · tl cl p atlo n in the bene· m lck. Chairman: Col. J ohn o . Ma theson , 151l! nl~ a nd re s pons l biU U e~ Of o,·ganlzed c h e~s Nor t" Highland Street, AI·Ungton, Vlr gtnla. to 6000 mem bers by Au gu~ t , I!HH and to Tn: Deductibility Cou.ulln Commltt.. m an : SFC Roher t A. Kareh , Sid· 10,000 by August, 1963; to develop amont all MIn Ion: T o advise and effect p roredure ney Wallach, Dr, Eliot H eaNl!, T homas F. mer y, members an undeNliandlnt of the Impor tance required ror rccoznltlon by the u _ S. lDurnaI J ~l d or Tllrover, Eugene Ely. of «In stant m emh ership recruiting. R C~' c nll C Ser vice that gUts to esc.- dull be Chair man: Lina Grllrnette, 1$45 N orth tax-dcductlble by th e donors. Coll."e Chess Committee Or~nge Grove Aven ue, Los II ngeles 46, Cali· Chl lrma n: J acques L. Acb, I U East Fourth Mislion: '].'0 expand an d develop cheu acUv. fornla. Street, Cincinnati 2, 01110. ity In tho collegn . nd unlvetsit!e •. Committee men: l:lght Ilegional Ch airmen , Com mltt" m l n : David Hofl'mll!l, Ch. ir mll n : Peter Berlow, 221-19 38 Ha ll, one f or each US C~' R~zlon; ~ St:>.te Chair. Bone, Saul Ilubln. Prince!"n Univers ity, Princeton, New Jersey; 'nen; plu s hundr ed ~ or Loca l Membership CO-Chalnn. n: Mor declill D. T r eblo"', Box 188 Tournament Rules CraLW ..;lIu Chalrmen; names too numeroua to IIs l here; Minion: To examine into and Whitmore Lab, Unlvru-al ty Par k, Penn, vol un te e r ~ alwayl welcome. Comm lttaamen: Frederick H . Kerr, R ll y~ Improveme nts-within the ('1m"' es H ays, W Illiam Fuller, C eor ge Zwelger, ltobln Nomim'tio n s Committ ee Articles 13 th r u 20-111 \:SCF T Ollrllament Ault. iklrl»ra Greenwald, Charln MaeNa Mission : To pruent II> slale of competcnt Rules 8 thru 38. putlcularf,y .so as to clartt)' mana. Eldlll Brose, M I ~ h ael Dutko, Alle n Sle· nomlneell", as oulUn"d In n y.Laws Article procedures and responslbilitl'" for score-keep.. d ie , Dr. Eliot Hea rs L VII, Sectio n 4b. Ing and Uroe keeplng. Ch l lr man: 01·. Erich J.llIrchand, 172 Sevillc Chair man : J lmu She ...... -in, 100 WeSI 55l b Indul t,I., Chess Committe e Drive, Rochester, New York. Slreel, New York 19, N.Y. MllSion: 'l'o e xpand and d e ~'e l o p c hess ac· Committeemen: WI 11! pm Kuenlg, Kenneth Commlttu men: Hans Kmodl. George Kol. tivlty org.nb ed thru places of employment, Grant, Phil S mith, Ell Dickerson. tJ.n<>wskl, II ..c Kashda!l, Saul Rubin. gen erally t ermed In dustdal ch cSll leat uu. Chal rml n : Stanley W. D. K ing, 38 Nurth Public;: Relations CommiHu U . S. Chllmpionship-Rosenwald Prospect Street, Groton, Conn. Miss ion: To enlls:' supp ort for USC~' among Tournament CommiHee public and commer cial \n aUlutJons, and from Mlulon: 1'0 plan, organize, and supervise an Inl tltutions Chess CommiHee the public generally. annual t ou r nament, in conJllDctlo!l with the Mi nion : T o expand a nd develop chess ac· Chai rman: George Ba rnel, 3001 Overlook Rosenwald T ournam(lnt, f or th., cham plon$hlp tlvlty In medical a nd penal Instit ution!. DrIve, MlnncaPQl1 s, !'oIlnll. or the United Statu. Chai rman : Dr. Rnlph H. Kuhns, Su ite 1445·A, Cha irman: Maurice Kasper, 530 Park Ave· The Con r. d Hilton, Chicago 5, m inol• . Rating System Committee nue, New Vork, N. V. Committaame n: Dr, Ernut Zeisler. Minion: To devc lop policy and p r ocedu r c~ CommiH.. m a n: WIlier F'rled, AI Horowlll, ror ra Ung ehes8 players, l u(h as will be most David Hortman, Saul Rubin, Fred Cra me r, Int. rnlltionllf Afhirs Committe e .. dvanlal!"eous to tile 1I8me, the players. and Mi'~ : To develop polley, organ!utlon, Ihe organization. Women's Chen Committee a nd supervIsion ror our par tieipa tlon In In· Chairman : Arpad E. Elo, 3935 North Fie Mis, iOfl : T o ellpand and develop ehelS IC· ternational c bea affairs, all so as to re fl ect bran lz Drivc, Brookrle ld, Wla. tlvlty among womcn. m aximum cr edit upon Anlerica., Am er ican Commifte!men: Cuthrle MeCl ~ l n , Dr. Erich Ch llrm a n: Eva Ar on.<)n. 4O.i8 Ok(lto A v~ n" e. chess. Iln d Amer ican chcss players. Marchand, Joseph Reinhardt. Chicago 34, IlJ lnOI$.
Copyrighl 1961 by th. ~'a mlly Dues for two or more members of CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Fou r weeks notice r e· UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION one family living at th" aame address, Includ· qulred . When ordcrlnz address chanlle, pleas... CHESS LIFE 11 puhllshed monthly by the furnilh addre85 Itcncll ImpreSSion rrom recent United Sta t e~ Che.. Federation. Second c1u~ Inl!" only one subscrip tion to CHESS LIFE, arc pc.tale paid a l Dubuque, Iowll . Issue Or e ....ct r eproduction Includln,. nu m· a t rel"lar rates (ace a bove) plus the following bers a nd ds tes on top line. OFF ICE OF PUBLICAT IO N, rate~ for each additiona l n l em b er~ hl p : One CM" Li fe, &U Bluff S t., Dubuque, Iowa. Year: $t..5O, Two Yean: $4 .75, 'l'hree Ye a Nl: SEND ALL commllnlcatlons 10 FRANk BRADY, U,S, CHE SS FEDERATION, U East fG .75. S ubscrlpUoo rate of CHESS LIFE 10 11th Sf r ..t , New York 3, N, Y. non.members: $4.00 per year. • Make all checkl pa)·able 10: S INGLE COPIES: 400 nch. THE UN ITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION 94 CHESS LIFE • CFl:ESS LIFE • BOTVINNIK 10} • TAlSi - America's Chess Periodical ,'o. u;:a e xvt Number 4 April 20, 1961 As we go to press, Mikhail Tal, the year from Botvinnik, it was Dotvinnik World Champion, is trailing five ]loints who was ill- in addition to having great Editor: Frank R Brady behind his challenger, Mikhail Botvin· emotional upsets due to the death of Associate Editor nik after sixteen games have been com his wife just before the match, which ac Lisa Lane pleted in Variety Theater in Moscow. counts for his "un-Botvinnik-Iike" play Botvinnik needs only 21}l points out of at that lime. PUBLISHED BY It is an exciting match because of the THE UNITED STATES CHESS the scheduled eight games remo:ining FEDERATION Tal must make 6 ~ points out of the re relatively few drawn games but the maining 8 to keep his title. Th:;! re is nn i:andwriting on the wall became appar PRESIDENT question that only a miracle wia allow ent in U:e very early rounds. We show l<'red Cramer Tal to retain the championship and with below t1:e two players walking off their FIDE VICE-PRESIDENT Botvinnik playing as steadily a3 he has tension between moves-both with half Jerry G. Spann shown in the past month, we doubt if an eye on the board, however. The ten SECRETARY such a miracle is possible_ sion present in a world-championship Marshall Rohland match is so great that illness is not only REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS Much comment has been generated understandable but also pre-requisite. NEW ENGLAND WlWam C. Newberry that Tal " is not playing up to form" or The winner is not always the best chess Richard l1rrell Walter Suesman that his recent illness, in addition to a player- but often the player who re EASTERN Allen Kaufman seize of influenza during the match ac mains in the most healthy physical, men David Hoffmann counted for his "spotty" and inconsistent tal and emotional state. The first twelve Walter Shipman play. We must remember, however, that games of the match will be found on MID.ATLANTIC John D. Matheson when he won the championship last the following page. William A. Ruth William S. Byland
SOUTHERN Lanneau ~'oster Robert Eastwood Dr. Norman Hornstein GREAT LAKES Jack O'Kede James Schroeder Thomas A. Jenkins NORTH CENTRAL John Nowak Eva Aronson ~ . -", d .IJ" . , ,,-,,' ,.. ' George S. Blrnes SOUTHWI!STIiRN C. Harold Bone Donald Derlne Juan J. Reid
PACIFIC Henry Cross Harry JWrcx:how Trving RlvLse NATIONAL CHAIRMEN ANO OFFICERS AFFILIATE STATUS-Spencer Van Geld.er ARMEO FORCES CHESS-SFC Robert A. Karch BUSINESS MANAGER-Frank R. Brady COLLEGE CHESS-Peter Berlow INOUSTRIAL CHESS--Stanley W. D. King INSTITUTIONS CHESS-Dr. Ralph Kuhns INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRs-Jerry G. Spann JUNIOR CHESS_Dr. Eliot Hcarst (Acting) MEMBERSHI P- Una GrumeHe NOMINATIONS-Dr. Erich W. Marchand PUBLIC RELATIONS-George S. Barnes RATING STAT1ST1C1AN.-.Joseph F. Reinhardt RATING SYSTEM-Arpad E. Elo SWISS SYSTEM METHOOS-Arpad E. Elo TAX OEOUCTIBILlTY.-.Jacquu L. Aeh TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATOR _ George Kolta now$k.1 TOURNAMENT RULEs-James Sherwin TREASU RE R-llllton Ruskin U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP-Maurice Kasper WOMEN'S CHESS-Eva Aronson CHESS LIFE CONTRIBUTORS Wea"er Adams George KolUnow$ki George Baylor &iwar FIRST GAME THIRD GAME FIFTH GAME NIMZO.!NDIAN DEFENSE NIMIO·INDIAN DEFENSE N IMZD·INOIAN DEFENSE BOTV INNIK TAC BOTVINNIK TAC BOTVINNIK TAC While Slu k Whit. Black Wh it . Rink ,. " ·Q84 lel·1(83 "- B_Kn QIt-Q2 >. P·QB4 Kt·Kal 24. QR. CI QR.Q >. P·QB4 !Ct-KIIl I(· K2 KR·.5 ,. K,.QB3 P·KS BICKt ,. Kt·QBl P.K3 25 . Q.Kt. . ·K ,. Kt-OBl P _K3 ". " -11.3 11.· 1(15 ,. P·Q4 B·KtS ". P-OKt. B'"· B4 ,. P.Q4 B·KtS 26. P· KU Kt·R) ,. P· Q 4 B·KtS ". K,· Bl kll:'01l5 ". 27. Q.R5 ". 1(· 1(2 •• P· I(3 Castl .. ". Kt·leU B-Q'ch •• P·1(3 Cas,I • • Ie'·let •• P· K3 Cn'l .. 41 . R·Q2 •• B.Ql P· Q4 26. 1e · 1( P_Ktl •• B.QS P·Q4 lI. Q. I(2. QK'. K2 •• • ·Q3 P.Q4 42. 1e'·Q4 P. Kt3 •• P·QRS ••• 11. QR-II 11 ·1(5 •• P.QAl ". fl. KI·K] Kt· ln •• P·QR] ". 0 . R-Q KI-Q2 ,. ,.. ,.. , 11. P·Bl Raltch ,. ... ,.. , 30. !Ct.Kt. !CtllKI ,. ... B.Q3 44. Kt·B6ch K·K •• K,..13 !Ct-., 2t. Iblt Ra Re;!. •• KI-. 3 Kt-.' 31 . Pxlef let· B) •• Kt·., KI·. ] 45. R-Q' R •• 7eh •• KI.QKI5 P·K4 30. K.R B.Q4 •• P·QKI4 P-K4 31. K·KI2 B·K2 •• P.Q KI4 P·K4 ... RxR RxRe h ". KlxB Q.K. 31. KI·Q4 P.QB4 10. B·K12 B.KI5 33 . B.Q5 KI·05 I'. B·Kll B·K15 47 . K-B3 11. · 11.7 n . ... OXOeh 32. PxP ... '1. P.OS Kt·K2 34. BxKI ... 11. P x P KlxKP 41. R·K6eh <., n . ... KI·KKi5 33 . KI· Kt5 p·QRJ 12. P.R3 B·02 35. B·B4 P-B4 12. B·K2 Q· K2 49. R·Q6 K·K 13. K·K2 QKlxP 34. Kt.B7 B· BS 13. K!· KKt5 KI·KI3 36. P ·Kts B. B3 13. KI·QKtS KR·Q 50. R·Kkh K·, 14. B.Q5 P·B3 U . KI·KI P·B4 14. KI·K' PxKI 37. P·B4 p.Q' 14. Q·B2 P.QR3 51. K·KI3 RxRP IS. B·K4 B-K3 36. P·KR4 <., IS. pxP <., lI. RxP 15_ Klx B PxKI 52. R· K7 KI·84 I'. KI.Ql ., .. 17. KI--Q4 •••• I ' . Pxll ... :J9 . II x R ....'" 16. Q-Q QR·8 53. RxP KI·K5ch 17. P·R3 KI·1I 3 31. P-KI3 K·K2 17. Cattles Q·1I4 40. P' K5 P· KKI3 17. Caslles KI·K5 54 . K.R2 K'-Q3 II. 11 ·12 39. Klx Pe h K· K3 II. KloOS KI·Kt 41 . R·KR K·KI2 II. KI·Q4 .. , 55 . R.Rk h K·B2 '9. P.QKI3 KR' ...Q ' 40. P-K4 K·K4 '9. 0 ·K14 Q·B7 42. Q·K4 P·Kt3 1'. Qxl Kt·IIJ 56. R·QKII KI·1I5 10. R.Q KI.Q' Bl ack r eslins 20. Q·K2 Q·1I4 Adlourned TO' 10. QR. B P·04 51. R·BI KI.Q7 21. IIxKt R" 11 . Q·KI4 Q.1I7 r esigned wlth'"'o ul 21. 0 .K14 0 ·02 st. P·KI4 11.·11.7 22. Q·K2 Q.1I4 furlher play. 12. QXQ 59. R.QKI. KI·KS 23. P ·K4 Q·Q2 13. 11. ·111 KKI-Cll". 60. RxP Rx Peh SECOND GAME 14. R-CI SEVENTH GAME NIMIO·INDIAN DEFENSE BOTVINNIK WillIe Black 1. P-Q8. KI· KB3 11. IIxP QKt-CI] 2. Kt·QB3 P·K3 n. KI·K!3 CUllu,Q 3. P.Q4 8 ·K15 11. KlxP KR· K 4. P.QIl3 BxKteh 21. K·B2 KlxKleh 5. PxB P.QKtl 21. PxKI P·83 6. P·83 B·R3 23. R·R Q.Kl 7. P.K4 ,... 24. Rx" ... C. BPxP .. , U . QxO , . Kx8 ... 26. R. llleh KI".·KI 10. 8 .K15 P·KR3 27. B·K13 K·Kn 11 . Q· R4t ll P·B3 21. KR·R Il .Q8 12. 8 · 11.4 ... 29. OR. R7t h K-KI3 13. R·K P·KKI4 30. 8xKt P· KIS 14. 11 ·112 Q·K2 31 . a·CM IS. Kt·K, P·Kt4 31. B-8ScIl K•••·KI4 Schac:hmaUI Moskaa 16. Q.lll ... 33. KR· R4 RUIllns "The scor. weighted in h'l'ol" of Botvinnik." 17. P·R4 PxRP 96, CHESS LIFE p 1961 EIGHTH GAME ELEVENTH GAME CARo-KAHN DEFENSE SLAV DEFENSE TAC 8DTVINNIK TAL IIOTVINNIK WhiHt BliCk CHESS SPECIALTIES Whit. alllck 1. p·Q4 I. P. K4 KI·KB3 U . It ·It3 p.B3 210 C.lifornia Street P·QlIl 16. QR• • R·Kt 1. p·Q84 1'·83 24. p·K4 2. P·Q4 17. Kt-Kt3 K·B2 P' Q4 " . RS 3. KI.083 p·Q4 25. K. B2 OR·R San Francisco, Calif. 2. ".KS P·QII4 18. ".85 Q. 81 4. PxP 26. K-le3 KR.QKI 4. PXP ,.·1(3 '>P 19. QKt.Q4 •., 5. KI·83 Kt·Bl 27. QIt·B3 R.QB RECORDS 5. Q-K" K"QII3 10. P· QKI4 PIC",• •,. . 6. 8·B4 B·B4 28. p·KI4 Q-.2 QR·K, " 1(1· 1(8' 21 . Pxl" Q.. 7. p-K3 " · K3 29. " · 1t4 R· B3 7. ' ·QI(U 8.Q2- 22. QxQ h. I. B.OKU B.QKIS 30. " . KltS QR.o8 .. '.K! 23. ,.·QKI4 U(.S •. KtKS , . ' .K3 k,•••·Rl Q· lt4 31 . P·K5 p· Kt3 24. ,.·1('5 •., 10. BxKlch 32. PxPch 10. Ih:KI .. , K>P ... 25. " " 6 11. Cnlles BxKI n . QIt·Bl '>P 11. QKI·Q2 ... .. , 26. R·B:!. a.KI' 12. Px8 OxBp 24 . PxP R·KR 12. " •• 4 ClStl •• 27. R-R ICB.,. 13. 0 ·8 13. Caslle, 1(· 1(1 35. "'·KItl KR· • 21. Ktlt. Itd(! 14. KR·Q Cutle,••• 36. K.o2 B·KI6 14. KR-Q Q. Kt3 2._ KI.o1ch Reslln, 15. P·83 P ·KR3 U . Q-ft' "-Qft, 37. "·R' 8.85 '6. K'xQBp KR.K lI. p·Rl R· R2 BOOKS 17. " -OR4 1e'·01 29. R.QR 11. 8 'Q6 .... The Unknown Tal by V. Z(!mitls. The for. NINTH GAME let' letl CO. B· 1e3 R-OKt2 19. 8·85 B.Q6 41. RxPch K· lell mer La tvlln Junior Champion has ..atherod 20. K'xp RxKt little known gam e I from pUlonal IiNGLISH OPENING 42. KR·1t R·K17ch sou reef, Ihowlng the development of the 2'. 8xKI R· It3 Resigns prescnt World Champion f r om 1951·1956. 98 BOTVINNII( TAC 32. p·ltS Whll. B· B5 paJ/el, atilt co... er, almost 300 dlagrama. Black Limited ed ltlon, going last, 51.50. 1. ,.·QS4 KI·KB3 38. B-K4 KI·B5 2. KI.QS' p·K4 39. K·K Kt _ K~ TWELFTH GAME 3. P.KKU P ·B3 4(1. QR·Q4 R·B' FRENCH DEFENSE 4. Kt·1I3 p·K5 41. KR.03 R·Blch TAC BOTVINNIK S. K"Q4 p.Q4 42. R.Q R· B' White BliCk 6. PXP Q. Ktl 43. p·B4 P' B4 1. p·K4 P·K3 22. " ·K&4 KI·Q3 7. K'.KU '>P ..... BxP KI·B5 1. p·Q4 p·Q4 23. Il·KU 1e1.1($ •. '-1(.2 p.oR4 45. QR.o3 KIt·a7 3. Kt.oB3 8 .K15 24. I(·K R·R3 t . ".03 p.R$ 46. B-Kt4 It ·lt7 4. p·KS P.oB4 25. B·K2 O-K 10. 8 ·1(3 Q·)(U 41. It·KI3 K·K'3 S. p.oR3 BxKlch 26. It'Ol KI-B3 BOARDS n. IU-Q4 p·R' 48. K·B2 K'·Q1 6. pxa Q.B2 27. 8xp I(lxB 12. Kt.l12 FABR.IC CHESS BOARDS. with protectl ... e .>P 49. It·K3 K'·BS 1. Q·KI" P·B4 2 •• RxKt '>P I,,~ container to hold board and men. 13. II·Q4 B.QKU SO. It ·KI3 K'·Q1 8. 0·K13 KI·1(2 29. R·Q3 R·R2 20". Green and Ivory squares, personal. 14. K')(8 oxK, 51. R·1e3 K·B3 9. OxP R·KI 30. QIl·R3 B. le13 Ized with user's name printed on board 15. 8)(1(1 ... 52. It_K' Kt·Q1 10. OxP ,.. 31. Rxltch KlxR and container; holds club-Size set (not Incl.) '6, Cut Ie. B.K3 53. R·K5 KI.BS 11. K-Q ..., 32. R·R6 KI.B "'.00. 17. R·. )(1.83 54 ••· B5ch K·Ktl 12. Q-ItSch K.• 33. R-RI KI.Ql HOMEMADE LEATHER BOARDS, rich na. 1•. PXP .. , 55. R·K5 K·.3 U . KI-83 QxBp 34. R.KKII B.B2 t ural leather color ror white Squares, beIge ,t. KIIIP .. , 56. B·ltS KIt·a, 14. R·Rl OKt·B3 35. R_K" ' ·K f or dirk ''Iuares. 16". Ues flat. Limp 20. Kt . Q'~h K •• 57. p·R4 1t ·.5 15. R·K'l K·B2 36. R·K7 K·. contllncr. ,1.25 extu. ,9.75. 21. KhcKIP KI·1(4 58. B·B3 KIt·B1 16 . • · KtS 31. Rxp B·82 12. Kt·aS R.oKI " . B·Q$ R· RS 17. 0XR ••• lI. R.KRS K·Kl All item... t!atactlon guarantee~ Or money 23. Kt.R6 • • K'6 60. B·83 QR.R7 II. B·Kt2 QxK.••• 39. B.o3 ~., refunde.d; all item. postpaid; 4'A> 5Iile, tax 24. KtllQ 61 . R·K R-1tS n . "xO Kt·Kt3 40. It· R5 Kt-B3 in Cellromla only. Imported docks and ,.. set also .... all.ble: write for e.lalo•. 25, Kit'" RxKt 61. p·R$ 20. P.Klte KlxKp 41 . R·NS Resigns 26. R· R R.KI1 .... 63. B·KI2 R·. 7 21 . p.RS KI·.2 27. K·. K·Kt2 64. R·O R·R6 2 •. IhP ,... 6S. 8 ·Q5 R·R5 21. 8 · 1(4 ' ·K 66. K·1e R·OS 30. It·It' R·K2 67. 8 ·K12 Kt·KI6 31. 8·85 It . Bl 61. ItxR KlxR 32. "'·R. p·R3 69. 1e·82 Kt·K3 33. "'·R4 R·84 70. B·K4 R·KI7 3.. P.Itl KI·B5 71. It·B5ch K·Kt2 35. 8 '0 3 KI.K4 7'l. R·QS K·1I3 36. 8 ·1(4 K,.BS 73. K.83 Rulgn, 37. B.Q3 KI·K4 TENTH GAME CARO'KANN DEFENSE TAL SOTVINNIK While IIh.ck .. !O.Ie • p.QS3 22. KtltR • • K5 ,. ,... 1'·04 23.".05 '>P ,. p·1e5 . ·B4 24. 8·04 Kt·lIl •• p·KR3 25. K.Q2 K.Q, •• 8 ·Q3 26. lel·., K_1e3 •• p.oB4 21. Kt-K5 Klxp ,. p.QB3 KI.Q83 28. 1'·83 B·R2 •• 8·lt3 p·1e3 29. p.IeU '>P •• a ·1e3 Q·KI3 30. p·R' .. , 10. O·KIJ '>P 31. KI·81ch K·K3 11 . QxO ... 33. KtxRP 1e'·K' 12. PxP Iet. R4 33. Kt·KI4 11-114 13. KI.Q83 p'OKI4 34. Kt·K3 8 .K13 14. 8 ·1e 8 p.K15 35. K'·Kt4 B·84 '5. leI· leiS K •• 36. KI-1e3 8 ·KU I'. IeI·K83 KI·85 31. KI·KI4 K·Q3 ". 8xKI ... 31. KI.K5 8 ·84 18. K'·Q6 8xKI 39. KI·81ch K.Q' n . Pxll 8 · 83 40. Ktxp KI·K2 Botvinnik .t left maklnfil the fil"1i' move in the fint game. Tal's penetr.ting 30. KI· K5 41 . p.B4 ... Kt-Il3 filale is in .ction whit. photographers take photos to be sent to every corner 21. KlxPch K·K 42. KI·83 K", Itesigns of the globe. APRil. 20, 1961 97 MM - More Members, Allen D. Carter, South B,y Chess Club, P<1los Verdes Operation Estate, wr ites: " ... Our 34 member club is 100% . . . USCF. - Thot's All We feel very good about this . .. consider our drive, even A new Membership Drive, whose main recruiting centers though part occurred prior to :M arch 20, in the regional plaque co rn petition. . ." will be chess clubs throughout the nation, started ~1 a r ch 20 and will continue through June 25. Using the slogan AR From Henry Gross, First V.P., Pillcific Region: " . .. The RANGE CLUB TOURNEYS, or ACT for short, directives have 1961 Mechanics Institute Invi tational Tournament started last been sent to the d ubs urging them to hold tournaments in Sunday ... I reCused to play unless it was made a USCF which the "entry fce" is-joining the USCF. rated tournament ... Castle Club Tournament .. . non· rated . .. Next rou nd 1 shall take up the cudgel for making i t It is recommended that the tournaments be 6- round Swiss, rated ..." and either 3O-moves-per-hour or 30·30, as preferred. A merit Col. John D. Millthe$On, First V.P., Mid·Atlantic Region: plaque in recognition of outstanding achievement will be " ... In Richmond . .. April 15 ... Eliot Hearst will give an awarded to that club in each of the eight regions which exhibition to recruit members ... As tournament director recruits the Most Members during the three-month drive. of Arlington C.C. • Va., I will try to gel a tournament or ganized (or our few remaining non-members ..." The ink was barely dry on the club mailing, when we From Max Schlosser, San Bernllrdino C.C ., Cillif.: " . .. heard via the grapevine that several resourceful clubs had We are a charter dub of the USCF ... this event (San Berdoo already booked OUT ACT, or were planning to. Foll owing are Open) ... will be USC F·rated ... Please accept us as par· some chess·spirited excerpts fr om our liles. ticipating ..." Our most provocative correspondent, Jose Calderon, From a letter by Ed O'Connor, President of Southern writes: " .. . Here is my contribution ... The tournament Clllif. H.S. Chess League, whic h was sent to twelve schools held annually (in memory of my father) for the Amateur in the league: " ... The league is holding its annual individual Championship of the Marshall C.C. is scheduled for next tournament ... April 9 and 16, at the Herman Steiner Chess month. Contestants with plus scores will win the right to Clu b ... no entry Ice, but USCF membership will be re- adopt a member. This will .add 1!).20 members. "Why don't you quired . . . organize a nation·wide eompetltion 10 induce every member "In order to enter 11 tournament at any of the 20 or more to surpass my effort under the slogan "Beat Calderon . Cali chess cl ubs in the L. A. area, a player must pay both the Fed· fornia did it. So ca n you." Do yo u know that if all the mem eration membership and thc cntry fee. Why not play in the bers succeeded we would have 100,000 new members? ..." league tournament by just paying the Federation member· Sh i.p.? . . . " My r eply to J ose " ... My next column in Chess Life Thank you, vice· presidents, organizers, league and club will orbit the Beat Calderon program, and let the laurels fall presidents. A swell start Let's keep rolling, friends, and re· where they may ... The knightcap in the program will go member-Beat Calderon, eh? under the heading "The Calderon Derby" . . . May the best Lin' Grumette man win ..." BEAT CALDERON, anyo ne? General Chairman of the Membership Committee A letter to the CHICAGO MASTERS By Eva Aron$On On March 13 an article appeared in the Chicago Tribune quoting me saying that Chicago has no chess masters. Of course I never made such statement. The question the confused reporter asked was whether our city had any GRAND· masters. I am proud of our masters, and in formed hi m we have several in this area. The statement on Tal was likewise correctly given to the journalist, but erroneously printed in the paper; he was also informed that U. S. has a num her oC grandmasters. Cake Eater The Woodbury Championship of 1961 sponsored by the Woodbury Chess Club or New J ersey saw Gearge F. Ca ke the win ner, "as usual," according to arc· I port received recently by Tournament Di rector Lew Wood. In the seven round 22-player Swiss, Cake scored an impres· In the foreground at left is Lisa Lillne, U.S. Women's Champion and Ano sive 61h-Jh, a full point ahead of his ciOlte Editor of CHESS LIFE, plillying ag<1inst U.S. M<1ster Louis Levy of closest r ivals, John Worrall and Lew P<1tter50n, New Jersey. The event was the First New York City 30-30 Chilm· Wood both at 51h·Ph. Don McCarrin, pionship conducted at the Hotel Albert. International Master James T. Sr .. was fourth with 5·2 and Wilbur Sherwin took fint place in the 56 player field with a cle,n score of 5·0. Longacre look fifth prize at 4lh-2lh . Mc Grandma5ter Arthur Bi5guier took second with 4V2-V2. The 30-30 USCF Carrin also took the highest B prize conducted event WillS the first of iI series to be held every month stillrting while J ohn Warren's 4-3 earned the C this Fall, at the Same slte. award. 98 CHESS LIFE placed in that ordcr after ties were broken in the 34 player DEED IN D. C. Swiss. Sponsored by the D.C. Chess League and conducted in Just as the new Presidential administration was getting the Washington Chess Di van , the event was directed by Ever· things running smoothly. the District of Colum bia experienced ett Raffel. The Class A prize wenl to Divan President George a minor upset in chess. U.S. Master Larry Gilden, "the poor Thomas, Class B to R. Burkhardt. and l:nrated to Fred Bind· ma n's Bobby fo'ischer," a resident. ot Takoma Park, Ma ryland, man. look the 1961 D.C. Open amidst one of the strongest fields The Divan and the League are now preparing ror thc ever conducted for this event. Though Gilden certainly was giant Eastern Open to be held at the Mayflower Hotel on not a "dark horse," his placing ahead of Masters Eliot Hearst July 1·2·3-4. It has been reported th at Masters Pal Benko, Ar· and Herbert Avram was not expected and adds stature to his thur Bisg uier and James Sherwin will be competitors. Sherwin :lccomplishment. Gilden scored 61h·!h; ahead of Hearst's 6·1. will be the defending Eastern Open Champion. Below at left Av ram, Gerald Gross and Ri chard HarreJi all scored 5-2 and is a photo of the D.C. Open participants. QUEEN'S GAM81T DECLINED i POMAR O'KELLY Spllin B.191um White Black 1. P. QIsrael Sud, Rex Naylor, Fred recently with a score of 151f.z·31f.z. J ulio Blndman, Raymond Gillies and Carl Gardner. Players not pictured: Vicente Bolbochan, one of Argentina's finest Sanche:.:.Gavito, John DiJoseph, Jr. masters placed second with 13¥.!·5!h . Third pl ace, with a score of 12·7 was J . SICILIAN DEFENSE Pelikan. S. Schweber, E. Reinhardt and AND POMAR TIE GLIGORIC POMAR E. Eliskases placed 4th to 6th respec· International Grandmasters Svetozar Yugoslll"'11 Spllin tively, on tie·breaking points. Ali made While 811ck Gligoric and Arturito Pornal" scored 8~~· a score of ll·S. An interesting game 1. P·K4 P·Q84 1:1. QR.Q Q· R4 21f.z in a fi eld of 12 International players 2. K.·K83 KI.Q83 13. P·84 P·K4 from the tournament: in a tournament held in Torremolinos. 3. P·Q4 ... 14. PliP "p KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE 4. K'xP K'· 83 15. R·8S 8·B4 Spain recently. Playing in the luxurious P .., SCHWEBER NAJDORF Ho tel Pel. Espada, Gligoric went unde· S. QK'. 83 16.. 8 ·82 Q'" While BI"k 6. 8 ·Q84 P .K3 11. R·KB R·Q3 I . P.Q4 K'. K83 32, Kt·R4 K'.Q2 fea ted in eleven games. Pornar however 7. Castln 8·K1 18. K· R ,.. 2. P·QB4 P·KKt3 33. K.Kt3 K· B3 lost one game, winning seven and draw· 8. 8 .K'3 Caslles 19. QlI8 "p 3. I(t·QBl 11.1(+2 34. I(·R4 P· R3 ing three. Grandmaster Miquel Najdorf , . 8 ·K3 Kllckt 10. I(Ix8 KlxK' 4. P·K4 P..Q3 35. P.R3 P· KI4ch 10. 8xKt 11. Rx8P Resigns S. p..... P·B4 36. K. Kt3 P·KR4 fro m Argentina placed third with a 6·5 11. Q.K2 ,8..· 83 ' 6. P-Q5 culles 31. PliPch KliP total. A four.way tie {or fo urth place at 1. KI·83 P.K3 31. 8 · 8 K.·B3 5* ·5% was registered by Eric Eliskases, • • 8 ·K2 PxP 39. KI.83 P·R5ch M. Farre, Roman Toran and Alberto 9. KPliP R·I( 40. K·R3 KI-R4 10. Cutin Kt·KIS 41 , P.R4 Kt·1I5ch O'Kclley. Follow ing arc a selection of 11 . R·K Kt·Q2 42, K·R2 P. Kt3 games: 12. 8-Q3 Kt·8 43, KI-Q K'·R4 KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE ENGLISH OPENING 13. RxR QlIR 44. K'·82 K'· Kt6 FARRE GLiGORIC 14. P. KR3 KI·R3 45. 8 ·K12 KI·K7 SpII" YugoSII .. liI ELISKAS ES PORTISCH 15. P·KKt4 I(lliP 46. Kt.Q3 K'·86 White Blick Argen" nl Hunguy U . PliKI 8l1P 41. K.· K.2 Kt· K5 ,. P -QB4 P. KK'3 15. PxP K'lIP Whit') Bluk 17. Kt.K4 Q.1(2 41. 8 ·8 Kt-Q7 ,. P.KKIJ 8 ·K'1 16. B. 8 Kt.K3 P·QB4 Kt·KB3 I S. QR· KI Q·R3 1'. K·KI2 R· K 49. 8-Q3 P·85 ,. 8·Kn P.Q3 11. P..Q4 K.·1(14 ,.•• K'·Q83 P·K3 16. QxP Q,Q It. R· KI P·84 SO. Kt.Q K·B3 •• P·K3 K •• KB3 lB. Q.Q3 KtllPch ,. 1(.·83 P.Q4 17. KtxQ ,., 20, K'·B2 8 · R4 51 , K·R3 K.K4 •• K'·Kl Caslles 19, 8xKt ,.. •• P·Q4 P· 84 18. 8xP 21 . 8 ·01 8-Q5 52. KxP K.QS •• Caslles P· K4 20, QK8 bP •• PlIQP K'lIP 19. PlI8 8'".R3 22. Q.R 8xl(tch 53. B.B5 K'xP ,. QK'.8 3 ' ·K 21 . Kt·B4 Q·K.4ch •• P. K3 8 ·K1 20. KI·R5 K·B 23. KliB Q.83 54. B·88 P· Kt4 •• ,.. , P· 83 22. Q·K.2 BliPch ,. B·K15ch I(t.B3 21 , KR.Q QR·K' 24. R·I( RxR 55. P· R5 I(IlIP •• P· K4 KI.R3 23. K·Rl Q.K4 •• Kt·K5 Q. KI3 22. RliR 25. QlIR 8xP 56. 8l1P P·KtS 10. P·KR3 K'·82 24. Q.83 B·K6 •• Q.R4 Castles 23. P·KR4 '"K.K 26. Kt-Q B-Q5 51. K·KI4 P· 85 II. P·84 P'QKt4 25. IbB ,.. 10. 8xK' KtxKt 24. R·Q6 B.KI2 21. K'·B3 P·QRl SI. KliP P·KI6 12. P· KKt4 P· KtS 2'. 0 ·K!4 R· K5 11. PxKt ". 25. P·86 B·' 18. K'·K2 B.KI1 59. 8 . 88 P·B6 ll. K'·Kt ,.. 27. K'·Q1 Rxl(, 12. Casll,s 8 ·R3 26. R.Q1 ... 19. B.83 8x8 60. KlliP KxKI 14. 8xP P· KR4 28. RxR KlliR 13. P.Q84 B·B 21, R·K7ch Resigns 30. QlI8 QlIQ 61 . 8 · 85 KI·BS Resigns. 14. B· R3 •• • 31. KIlIQ K·82 R ..llns APRIL 20, 1961 99 I by U. S. Master ELIOT HEARST A TALE OF BROTHERLY LOVE A DEFICIENCY IN THE RULES? The sensation of the 28th lissn Championship was In the last round of the international tournament the play of a young master from the Ukraine. Leonid in Venice, 1950. an amusing incident occurred. Kotov, Stein, who not only placed third among a host of grand the lourmunent winner, narrates thc C\'ents in his book masters, international masters and masters, but also be about the tourney: came one of Russia's fOllr qualifiers into the World in "I arrived for this important game a few minutes terzonal Tournament next year. Stein's score of 12-7 was ahe:Hl of time. I glanced at thl' chessboard and the ar eclipsed only by Pctrosian and Korchnni. and equalled nmgement of the pic(:es and automatically turned the by Geller; snch grandmasters as Smyslov. Spassky, "vcr heads of the knights toward the t.-enter of the board and bach, Taimanov, Bronstein, and Bolcslavsky were left by the wayside as this new Ukrainian terror thrust himself prepared to start pia),. My oPI)onent, Szabados. arrived and after the usual greeting called my attention to the into the international chess picture. Stein was particu fact that the knights were not arranged as they were on larly merciless against the ten grandmasters he fa ced in the tourney since he scoTed 61h-31f.z against them. People the other chcsstables: the offici"ls entrusted with setting up the knights had faccd all their heads toward the si de joked th at Stein was unlucky that there weren't enough of the board. I remember that always. before my gamcs, grandmasters competing! t had readjusted my knights so as to have them "look at" 5alo Flohr, commenting on Stein's play in the Cham the king. Since in the ruk'S of FJ DE there is no para pionship, characterizes the new 26-ycar-old star as "a gr:lph on "the direction of regard of the knights" and player who likes sharp attacks, all sorls of intricate ma sincc this is a matter of habit for each player, we de neuvers, even when it involves saeriricc." Perhaps a new Cided, laughing, to leave my knights as I preferred thcm com petitor for Tal's crown is already on the scone. to be, and to tllrn around thos(' of m)' opponent. After resolvi ng this equestrian question . we began the game." One of the championship games (.'Onsidered of great theoretical interest was the contest between Taimanov EUnOPE-ECHECS puints out that Kotov doesn't and CufeJd, the latter, like Stein, a Ukrainian master and seem to have l'O llsidered a third solution to this delicate one of Stein's best friends. Cufeld's sacrificial attack problem: to make the klli~hb face the enemy! beginning with 15 .... N-Seh in the following game won him great plaudits, but he was quick to give credit for TAL: "ATHLETE" OF THE YEAR the new variation to Stein himself, who had discovered the sacrificial possihility and pOintcd it out 10 his fricnd Readers of the I.al\·ian newspaper "SPORTS" select Gufeld just hefore the game had begun, We wonder ed Mikhail Tal as athll'tl' or the year for 1960. The fol . whether the Ilc\Y variation will he elassifi t.'{i in the future lowing exchange tnok place during an interview with the under Cufeld's name or Stein's. wi nner: Here is the game which up to movc 13 foll()ws vcry Q. Who do yml think is the world's all thne hest well-lmown lines. analyzed and played with great suc athlete? cess by Tnimanov- unlil th is game, that is: A. Evcry bmnch or athletics has its fans. There fore it is difficu lt 10 :wswer such a question. However, Vladimir Kucs' sparkling victories in the Melbourne Olympit.-s have left the grcatl'S t 1. P_Q4, N·KB3; 2. P·QB4, P·KN3; 3. N.QB3, B·N2; 4. P-K4, imprcss ion on me. P·03; 5. N·B3, 0 ·0 ; 6. B.K2, P·K4; 7. 0-0, N·B3: 8, p·QS, N-K2; 9. P·QN4, N·R4; 10. P·N3, P-KB4; 11. N·K NS , N·K B3; 12. P-B3, Q. What was r our first thrill in sports? P·BS; 13. P·NSI? (P-BS m.y b. beNer), PxP; 14. PxP, N-R4; .-\. It defi nitely was not in chess. I remernhcr ,I 15. K-N2, N.BSch,,; 16. PxN, PxP; 17. P-KS, BxP; 18. N(S)- K4, 1Il01lll'lIt when standing ;11 th t: gua l of my 5th N·B4; 19. R·KN1, N·N6; 20. B.Q2, BxN; 21. Bd, NxN; 22. PxN, grade soccer team , J p:lfried an II-meter penalt y O-N4ch (P·B6ch Ii . Iso considered drons); 23, K·B1 , B-R6ch; 24. K·Bl, O-RSch; 25. K·B3, Q-R4ch ; 26. K·B2, Q-RSch; 27. K-B3, shot. P·N4; 28. 8-B1 , P·NSch; 29. K-K2, P-B6c.h; 30. K·Q3, P·N6; 31 . Q. What do you not like about your particular sport? Bxa , Qd; 32. 0-02, O-NS; 33. O-B2, P·N7; 34. QR-K1 , QR·K1 ; 3S. K·B2, R·BS; 36. K·N3, R(S)x P; 37_ RxR, RxR; 38. QxRP, :\. Th:lt, at timos, chess has tn be played 100 much. O-N3; 39. 0-82, O-NS; 40. O-R7, R·Kt; 41. B·K l, O-KS; 42. 8-B2, How(!\'cr, I also would not like it if I were pre· O-Q6ch; 43. K·N4, Q-Q7ch; 44. K-N3, P·N3; 45. Resigns. ven ted fr01l1 playing chess for two dap. 100 CHESS LIFE Q. What do yOu like to do most in your spate time? controlling each square on which a piece stands. Only A. To buy tickets for basketball games, to buy tickets twa readers, Dob Gauntt of College Park, Md., and Jim for s()(.'Cc r games, to buy tickets for good plays Bolton of New Haven, Conn., pointed out possible solu and movies. In short- to lmy tickets. tions to the problem when it is interpreted in this way: Q \Vha! would you like to read ahout in our news K on QB3, Q on KB6, R's on KRl and QR8, N's on K4 paper next year? and Q5, and R's on QB6 and KB3. Other solutions are A. I shall be a bit impolite. Even though "SPORT" "reflections" of this one. The reader will notice that even covers chess well, I hope that C\,('11 more space this "solution" is a hit dubiolls, since the bishops are of is devot£ ..d to chessl" the same colorl Jim Bolton goes on to point out that virtually the MANY THREATS, BUT same problem was first posed in Kling's "CHESS EU CLIO" (London 1849) and is viewed as insoluble, un NO EXECUTION! less hishops of the same color are employed. Mr. Bolton In the February issue of CHESS LIFE we chal. notes another surprising turn : the board could be com lenged our rcaders to solve a problem posed by Mr. Sid plctely "commanded" by the same pieces if it had one ney Rubin, namely, to create 11 "position of maximum more square (e.g., KR9 )--65 squares instead of 64. We development" in which all the pieces of one color (two leavc it to our readers to puzzle this one out. rooks, two hishops, two knights, a qm!c ll and a king) Correct solutions to Mr. Hubin's original problem control every square on an otherwise empty board. Many were re<.'civcd from: Peter Webster, Andrew Kraus, J. readers responded to tIlt! challenge and as a result we Christiansen, R. W. Wilson, John Ragan, Jim Fisher, can draw somc fin al concl usions abont the solubility of l)ierre Leclerc, Ronald Kettener, Ralph Hall, Ivan Sarar, the problem. Dave Wolford, Andrew Lockett, Jr., Jack Strong, Lewis The difficulty of the problem hinges on whether or Kellert, Charles Brumfiel, James Sutton, Donald Gold not a pi ece occupying it square "controls" that square. man, Mike Day, Paul Narveson, David Mitchell and From Hubin's original contribution it is clear that he Jack Norris. considered occupation of iI square to qualify also as con ~h. Brumfiel poses a new problem: put the same trol of that square. If this coI1d ition is accepted, there eight pieces on the board so that they control the least are numerous solutions to the problem-as our readers number of squares. To clarify the problem, your rc were very quick to demonstrate! porter adds the provision that occupation of a sqllare However, if "occupation" does not qualify as "con does not count as control of that square. trol," then the pro bicill becomes e.'lC tremely difficult. It (Thanks arc due to Dr. Richard Cantwell, George is then net.:essary for every piece to be protected by at Serbinoff and Edmar Mcdnis for assistance in the trans least one other piece, that is. to have sOllle other piece lation of material for this column.) Hunt Tops Salt Lake Stanley Hunt is the new Salt Lake City I Champion. Scoring 51k ·1'-h in a 12 player, seven round Swiss, he won five games, drew one and lost one to take clear first. Tied at 5-2 were Farrell L. Clark, Dick lIeilbut and Gaston Chappuis-who were awarded the 2nd, Jrd and 4th place prizes in that order, after ties had been broken by S·B points. James Fischer scored 4-3 and took 5th. Always an interesting and hard·fought tourna. ment, the contest was sponsored by the YMCA Chess Club of Salt Lake City and directed by Farrell L Clark who, as men. tioned above, took second place in the event. THE CHESS PSYCHOLOGIST WORLD CH"'MPION r AL In the .bov. photo Princeton University is eng.l~d in ill five board m.lch with Pennsyl .... ni. St.te Uni .... rsity. the only college in the United St.,., that hn elevaled chess to II v.rsity st.tus. A " first" was scored in using demonstr.tion bo.rds--th, flrd time such visual ilids hiIVe been ul.d in • college chess mltch. Over 200 spectators were attr,cted to the event which took pl.e, on the lovely umpus of PSU. In the foreground .t left, pl.ying first bo.rd for Princeton is Peter Barlow, president of the Inlercollqi.t. Chen Lugu, of Americ. dr.wing PSU', Richard Sommerville. Penn St.t. placed with swept the remaining four bouds to I.k. the match with an impr.ni .... 4-1. Chicogo 1~ , W. wonder if their vlrsity .t,lus h.d .nylhlng to do with their fine pl.y? APRIL 20, 1961 101 • by Dr. REUBEN FINE International Grandmaster 1 was born in New York in 1914, learned the moves it is not. In Holland, where everybody plays chess, only one when about eight. Chess did not become important until my really great chen master bas been produced. And in America, Last u~rm ill high school, in 1929. After that I became active where so few play, so many have been produced. In Russia at it. Throughout college I spent mucb of my spare time chess is the national sport. I once gave an exhibition at a playing; and though I hate to admit it because it wlll proba. Moscow University, where literally half the student body at bly cut down the sale of my books, I never read a book until tended . .. A cbess tournament in HollYWood in 1945, just I was already. mas\er. In college I to improve before thc war ended. Lots of movie stars came to kibitz. and, by the time I was a senior, the United Marlene Dietrich came with her entourage and asked us bow States team which went to Folkcstonc. a years after we could play chess when men were dying. Linda Darnell, that chess occupied all my time. In 1936 I went to Europe the most beautllul woman I've ever seen, stayed through the and toured it for about two years. My major success came last two days, and helped Gregory &aloft distribute the prizes. at the AVRO tournament in Holland in 1938, where I tied Her h.usbanu plll)'CU ll,i! sOllie gamc.ll, anC! hac his own version for first prize with Keres and bad the pleasure of beating of the rules. When I beat him with the usual rules, he com Alckhine twice. After 1941 there was less and less time for plained, "If you play my way, I can beat you." The movie chess. DurIng the wlr I was busy in Washington. Afterwards stars were so famous and so insecure . .. Capa fighting his I took my Ph.D. In psychology, and became a psychoanalyst. battle with Alekhine to the bitter end. In 1937 he showed And now for some free associations ... Alekhine was my me some of the correspondencc with Alekbine about the world first ch ~ss hero. In my formative years-1930, 1931-he scored championship match and asked me to support some of his his most tremendous successes, at San Remo. 1930 and Bled, claims . . . A ehcss tournament at Semmering, the famous 1931. The next year] met him at Pasadena; he was still very mountain resort near Vienna; it was out of season and there impressive, though his chess bad become a little shaky. I were more players than spectators ... Keres, the innocent; managed to draw with him in a hard-fougbt game ... Several once we went to a night club, he left, said he was going to years later stories of his goings..on began. to circulate . . . viSlt l1Ie 'Zoo the next a .ay ... stories about the old days; Drinking ... Wife-beating ... He was supposed to have writ how Tchlgorin aceept.ed the invitation to Cambridge Springs ten two letters, ' one to the Russians edollina the Communisl in 1904 only on condition that women be available in the system, the other to the Germans praising the Naz.i system, town ... meD\ories of my first days at the Marshall Chess and put them in the wrong envelopes. Apocryphal or sym· Club. Frank Marshall with his Windsor tie, always willing to bolic? ... A greal chess genius, but a sick man ... Emanuel anal,Y%c any position. Most chess masters do not like to play Lasker, the calmest chess master I ever met. I never heard chess in thcir spare time, but Frank was an exception . . . him utter an aniry word, or make a really unkind remark. Gruenfeld with his fan18 Sl!c knowledge of the openings; he Devoid of alibis; when I beat him at Nottingham in 1936 all must have known everything by heart ... curious coinci· he said to me was, "Young man, you play well." I wrote a dences-the other day at a high school reunion dinner I met book about .him in collaboration with Reinfeld; the old man a fellow alumnus, now a physician, who had done an autopsy was so free of egotism he would not even talk about it ... on Capablanca. The impression of his brain was that it was Masters I have read about and later met ... Tartakower, at larger than average ana Dad more convolutions ... Flohr Folkestone i~ 1933. He no sooner met me than he said, onee told me in 1932 that a brain research institute in Ham ''Young man, give me a penny for a stamp. You Americans burg had offered bim 300 marks for tbe right to examine are all rich. We Europeans are till poor." Tartakower and his brain afler he dicd ... Jews in chess; why are so many Yales Yates and Tartakower- they were the backbone o( chess masters Jewish? Concert violinists too ..• People I every tournament. Tartakower was brilliant, but too cynicaL have met through chess; chess players are a kind of interna Had he written less and studied more he might have hit the tional brotherhood, an indepcndent society ... Once I saw a top ... Spielmann turned out to be a frightened old man chess master become so absorbed in his game that one of whose brililance came out only in chess ... Political squab the spectators burned a hole in his pants and he did not bles among the chess masters, which in those times were no even notice it . . . Few games absorb people as completely laughing matter ... In Nazi Germany a famous grandmaster as chess; that is the reason for its universal appeal ... Euwe tried to force his journalistic rivals into concentration camps Alekhine match in 1937, where I was Euwe's second. I anal· to get their columns away ... The Indian Sultan Khan. In yzed adjourned games; everybody knew it, but nobody was 1933 his Maharajah invited the American team, then in Lon supposed to S:lY so. I aiw~ys t.ad the impression that Euwe don, for an evening; when we came in the Maharajah said: remained unnaturally calm during games; better Like Alek " It is an honor (or you to he here; ordinarilpU converse hine, to be continually jumping up and down . _ : my second only with my greyhounds." Sultan Khan, the great chess try on the American team, at Warsaw, in 1935. They put master, waited on table. The "Sultan" was just a first name, me on first board and everybody commented on the foolish and he was really a serf to the Maharajah . . . Monterey in ness of the Americans putting a twcnty.year-old at top board. 19M; two games with Torre. He warned me to stay away Keres and I battled out a battle royal there, that year two from women because they cost too much money. Poor Cades unknowns, two years later two vcry·well-knowns ... Andre - he could still play good chess in spite of his sickness ... Steiner who came to Kerneri in 1937 chaperoned by his fatber Eminent psychoanalysts wlth whom I've played chess; even who was stili bossing him around like a schoolboy' a comicai their personalities came out over the chessboard. One kept sight ... and many other memories better left u~said even on saying to me a£ler every move, "What is your diagnosis?" in free association ... maybe at some future time it dan all ... ,,,Cpuntries. . where chess is popular, and countries where come out... From THE WORLD'S GREAT CHESS GAMES, rJittJ by Reubtn F'nt. Conright 19J1 b)' Rt"btn Fir- e. Rtp',nlr • CHESS LIFE Annotated by U. S. Master JOHN W. COLLINS Rating Improyement Tourney Some better is 15. BxN, PxB; 16. B·Nl . usually plays P·QR3 in similar situa New York, 1960 IS...... Q·N5ch tions. BENONI DEFENSE ...... 9. P·N5 N·K2 Meo 9: ,. 230, c. 24 If 16. Q·Q2 or B-Q2, QxP/ N7. 10. N·Q2 '"M''' A. Spiller E. Vano 16...... Q-84ch White begins to give Black a free hand Whit. Black 17. K·Bl ...... on the k·side. 10. B-K3 is called for 1. p.Q4 N·KB3 4. p·QS PxP more now than It was four moves ago. P·K3 S. NxP? ...... If 17. Q·K3 or B·K3, P-Q5 wins. 10...... Q.Q2 2. P·QB4 17...... P..QS 3. N·QB3 P·B4 11. Q·N3? ...... This trek to the Q·side is bad. Correct Out of the book into the fire. Standard is 11. R·Kl and 12. N-Bl. is 5. PxP, P-Q3; 6. P-K4. 11 ...... 0 ·0 13. KR-Kl N.N3 N·B3 S...... 12. B·R3 P·R3 14. P·Q4 ...... 6. B·NS •••••••• White must draw on the services of Better is 6. N·KB3. B·K2 the KB. 6...... 14...... KR·Kl Menacing 7 ...... , NxN; 8. PxN (8. BxB, As White does not really threaten to N/ 4xB wins) BxB; 9. PxN, Q·R4 ch and win the exchange (15. PXP, N(N3)xP; mate next. 16. NxN, PxN; 17. BxR. QxN; 18. B·R3, 7. NxB QxN BxP Chi 19. K·BI, BxR). 14 ...... QR- White's win of the minor exchange has Q1 is playable too. put him behind in development. IS. 8 ·Q3? ...... 8. Q..Q2 0 ·0 White should consolidate with 15. P.Q5 9. P·B3? ...... (making certain the K-file is closed), 16. There is no time for this build-up o( PO$i lion afte r 17 ...... , P-Q5 B-KB1. and 17. P·B4. The text·move a pawn·center. Development (9. N·B3) Thrcatening both 18...... , QxB and loses. is ncccssary. 18 ...... , P·Q6. 1S ...... N·BS 9...... R·KI 18. 8xN Px. 16. Q·B2 ...... 10. P-K4 P·N4! 19. Q·Q2 8·Q2 If 16. R·K3. BxN; 17. NxB. NxB; 18. In order to get in ...... , P-Q4. Any 20. P·KN4 ...... RxN, PxP; 19. PXP, NxP wins for Black. opening of the position is bound to 20. P·QR4 resists more, but after P·Q6 Or if 16. B-KBl, BxN; 17. PxB, PxP help Black. 21. B·Ql, p.B4 Black must win. wms. 11 . PxP N·QS 20...... BxQNP 16...... NlI: NPI 12. B·Q3 ...... Threatening 21...... P-B6 cb . An instructive break·through. If 12. N·K2. P·Q4 or NxP. 21 . K·N2 KR'QI 17. KlI: N ...... 12...... P·Q4 22. KR·Kl P·86 If, say, 17. KR·N l . then BxN; 18. NxB. 13. N·K2 NxN 23. Q·Bl ...... Q·N5 and Black wins easily. 14. QxN? ...... 17...... BxNch jl,lore prudent is 14. BxN. PxP; 15. 0-0, If 23. PxP, PXP; 24. Q·Bl, R-Q7ch; 25. 18. Kd ...... K·R3, Q-B7 wins. P"xP; 16. BxP. After 18. NxB, Q·N5 chi 19. KBI . QxN. 14...... P·8S White Resigns. Black wins a piece with Black has won a Pawn and soon wins 15. 8·82 •• ••• ••• 23 ...... p.Q6. mo re . 18...... Q-N5 ch 19. K·K3 N·Q4 chi 20. PxN PxP chi A CHECK FINISHES IT 4...... 8·B4 5. 0·0 P·Q3 Jack Witeczek of Lorain makes a prc· 6. P·B3 B·KNS liminary sacrifice in order to explode ROS$olimo·Donner, Bcverwijk, 1953, con· an annihilating discovered check com· tinued 6...... , B-N3; 7. P-QR4. P.QR3; bination. 8. N·R3. 0·0; 9. B-82, B·R2; 10. N·B2. Ohio Chompionship B.K3; 11. P-R3, BxB; 12. RxB, P·Q4j 13. Columbus, 1960 Q·K2, PxP; 14. PxP, Q·K2 with even GIUOCO PIANO chances. Meo 9, p. la, c. 15 7. P·N4 •...... J . Harkins J . WiteC:lek Simple is 7. B-K3, B·N3 (or 7 ...... , White Black BxB; 8. PxB and White's semi·open KB 1. P·K4 P·K4 3. B·84 N·B3 file compensates for the doubled KPs) 2. N·KB3 N·QBJ 4. P·Q3 ...... 8. QN-Q2. White plays the P iano. 4. p.Q4 gives 7...... B·N3 the Max Lange Attack and 4. N·N5 the 8. P..QR4 P·QR4 And it is a pleasing, somewhat rare Two Knights' Defense. To meet the threat of 9. P·R5, Black discovered check mate! APRIL 20, ISS I 103 KEY GAME I was surprised to see so strong a mas· 30. R-Q1 BxP 36. RxP K·Q2 ter as Rankis make a move like this. 31. bPch K·BI 37. P·QR4 N·NI A favorite opening line and his oppo The Knight remains out of play for 32. RxB BxN 38. P-R5 N·K2 nent's decenlraHung fourteenth move virtually the entire aamc. He should 33. RdP P·Q5 39. P·R6 N·B3 spell victory (or Professor Hays in onc have played either N·Q5 (to which I 34. RxB PxR 40. K-K3 ...... of the key games in the tournament. would have replied with 15. Q.B2) or 35. R.QBI K·K2 New York State Championship N-N2, with the idea of 15 ...... , P·KR'. To avoid 40. R·R3, N·R2 j 41. R-N3, K·Bl; Cazenovia, 1960 15. P-R3 B·R3 42. R·N7, N·B3; 43. RxP, N-K4 ch. SICILIAN DEFENSE 16. Q·Q2 QxQ 40...... p.B4 Nolitl by R. W . HIYs 17. NxQ R-N4 41 . R.R3 N·R2 R. W. Hays A. E. Rl nkil He wo uld do better to abandon the 42. R·N3 K·B3 White Blick Pawn. On 17 ...... , P·BS, there {allows If 42 ...... , N-B3 or Bl; 43. P·R7. I. P-K4 P·QB4 18. BxB, K or RxB; 19. QPxP, PXPj 20. 43. R·N7 N·B1 47. RxP K·N2 2. N·Qa3 N·QB3 N-BS. 44. RxP K·N3 48. RxP K·B2 3. p.B4 ...... 18. P-B4 R·R4 45. R-N7 PxP 49. K-B4 K_Q2 I have had a great deal of success with Exchanging Pawns first also leads to 46. PxP KxP 50. K·B5 N·Q3ch this line. A. E. Santasicre sometimes a lost game. If 00 ...... • N-K2 chi 51. RxN ch, KxN ; plays it. 19. BxP RxB 52. K·N6. 3...... P.Q3 If 19 ...... • BxB Ch i 20. NxB. RxN; 21. 51 . RxN ch Kd 4. N·B3 P·KN3 P·N4. 52. K· B6 Resignl S. SoNS 8oN2 20. P·N4 R, P A satisfying game to win [rom such a 5...... , B-Q2 is much better . The dou 21 . PxR strong player. bled Pawns that White can now create •••••••• are weaker than they appear at first Now I expected to win easily, but Ran glance. kis found the way to get the most play Submit your best games for this de out of his lost position. The rest of 6. BxNch PxB 8. P.Q3 R·N! partment to John W. Collins, 521 East 7. 0 -0 P-Kl 9. Q-K2 ...... the game, on my sipe, consists of at· tempts to find the simplest winning 14th Street, New York 9, N.Y. Mr. Col· Not 9. P-K5 right away, since Black can lins will select the most interesting and answer with PXP; 10. PxP, BxP ; 11. NxB, line. 21...... BxNP instructive for publication. Q-Q5 ch. 22. QR·NI BxN 9...... N·K2 U 22...... , B-K2 or R4; 23. R·N8 ch, 10. P·KS P-Q4 Usually, when the Sicilian is played B·Ql ; 24. N-BS, BxPj 25. NxB. PxN; 26. PERSONAL SERVICE against me, there are two things I am R-Ql. The Edilor 01 thi. Deportment, a afraid of: the Rook on the open QB 23. R·N8ch K-K2 25. R·N1 B·N4 lormer N.", Ya ri State Champion, file, and the fianchettoed KB. In this 24. RxR BxQBP 26. R·R8 ...... and Co·a . ,.Inr 01 "Modern Chess line Black does not have the first, and U 26. RxP, Black plays N·Nl and K-Bl, Openlnqs," 9th Edition, ",ill play you the second is powerless because blocked. and the Rook is locked in. a correspondence qome a nd qive I can therefore proceed to attack his weak point, the Pawn at QB4. 26...... BxP 2B. K.N2 B·R3 critical comments on evelY move for 11 . P.QN3 N·B4 13. B·R3 Q·R4 27. N·B3 B·K6ch 29. K·B3 B·Q5 a $15 lee. 12. N·QR4 B·B1 14. P·KN4 N·R3? It 29 ...... , 8 -B4 or N3; 30. N-R4. L Texas Downs San Antonio USCF In Germany A surprisingly strong team from the University o[ Texas upset the host team USCF Expert Pete Leuthold swept the of the San Antonio Chess Club in a ten·board match on Sunday, March 12th. The field with a perfect SC(lre ! H..i s only issue was in doubt until C(lmplelion of the final two games, in which collegians Eric serious rival was the former all·Europe Bone and Tommy Smith scored a win ·and a draw respeetively against Blake Stevens Labor Service Champion Mykola Korot and Morley Pastinsky. This gave the UT lads a well-deserved 511l ·4!J.z victory. On schenko. Their game in the fourth round first board, Steven J ones of UT and Henry Davis of San Antonio achieved a hard furnished a fine example of sacrificial fought draw. play and was deservedly the center of SOlrd University of TeX I S San Antonio Chess Club interest and attention. The prize money 1. Steven Jones 1-1 Henry Divis was divided 70·30, $20.79 going to the , Er ic Bone 1-0 Bll ke Stevens winner and $8.91 to the runner·up. ,- Tommy Smith 1-1 Morley Pntinsky 4_ John Steele 1-0 Mlj. E. B. Edmondson An innovation was the granting of a half·point bye to late comers who (or S_ Sobby Thomp~n 1-0 Dell Cel.ni 6. Herml n Ca betlo 1-0 Frank Manoth one reason or another could not play 7_ Ralph Holmel 0-1 Henry Dove the (irst round. One of these players for· feited to Leuthold when he failed to B Tommy He intschel H Mike Brame Suddy Selrd 0-1 Joel Quinones appear on Saturday morning for the 10.-. William Urban 0-1 W. N. Wells third round. Sinee he had not yet paid his USCfo~ membership fee, his games 5}-41 had to be voided and thus Leuthold gut an unwanted "bye." Seattleites scored 3-2. They were James Seven new members (J oy mailed his New State r-.kCormick, John Braley and Richard application in (larlier for the express Schultz. An invitational event, 12 of the purpose of entering this event) joined Champion strongest players in Washington com· the USCF as a result of this tournament. Victors P upals of Seattle is the new peted adding to the prestige of Pupols' thereby getting "over the hump" of the Washington State Champion. Though he win . The next large event to be played $5.00 annual membership requiremenl. tied with Arthur Wang of For t Lewis, in Washington will be the Puget Sound Next time, they will have some tourna· Washington in game points (4-1) he was Open on May 20th to 21st, according to a half of a Solkoff point ahead of him Fred M. Howard, the Tournament Direc· ment experience and will need to pay and hence was awarded the title. Three tor. only the entrance fee. 104 CHESS LIFE END-GAME • • Ie Edited By LISA LANE A m.,t.rpl.c. of flnnse by • IIttl,-known When Is a pin e pin? This .tudy by Rinck Is A brilliant IlJus'rlllon of the "u' ot IlIcrltice" British compon., D. Joseph. , bellutlful illustration of when It 1$ not. by K"kovln. Who IlIYs there II no hUmor In ch"$I? 1. ".RI=Q ...... 1. P.N'ch ...... Guarding Black'. queening square. But Black Lunng the King to the third rank. 1...... , 1. P·84ch ••• ••• •• has atilcr Iden on this subject. K·NI 10lel to 2. R.R8ch. Black has but two moves. On 1...... , K.Bol; 1...... • P-R'= QI I, ...... K., 2. N·Q4eh wins the Rook. Ingenious! 2. QxQ Is stalemale. 2. R·R' •••••• •• 1...... K·Q" 2. Q.N...... The counter.pln! The only move, for If 2. Q·K8, Q·N2 threaten· A ""crlnee which cannot be refused-. Ing mate and If 2. Q.B8, Q.R6!; 3. Q·N8, Q·Q3 2. . .•..•.. ch winning the NP. 3. N·84ch K.K.••• 2. •...... Q.R11 ... R.Ql • ••••• •• 3. Q·K. Q.R51 'rh~alenlng 6. R-Q5 mate. There Is only one Black nEuses to die without a fight. move to stop this. 4. Q.K5ch !C· RI ...... P •• 3 I. Q· R'1 ...... 5. R.Q5chl ••• ••••• And 511comb Black must, for he cannot pre A terrific surprise! vent a dl.scoveted checkmate by the White S...... , King, nor can he continue to chaUenge Queen . , "'·Q3chl ... w ith Queen, lInee this lime the upture would 1. P·.41 be with cb~k. Mate. An exquisite mlnlatur. by HeY'eke. demon. A good motto for Rooks Is: "United they ,Int.s the g.ntle art of sp.rrlng. Whlt"s s.and; dlvid.d .hey fall!' Kuparyen', pratty object Is to Int,rrupt the control of KIU by study neefly demonstratn the point. the Breck alahop. Another utlltlc ,ru.lon by Rinck. 1. N. Ke ...... 1. a . R71 Posing the double thr eat of 2. N·N7ch fol· Best. lowed by 3. B.KB5 mate, or foversing the 2. K,"" a.a6 T. !I.KN7 K·.7 moves with the same result. 3. K.B2 a .RI 11 1...... , R·R7 or R6; 2. R·Nlch followed by 1...... K ·N3 How Is White to prevent P ·K5? 3. R·QRl wins. 2. P·RSch 4. B.Q41 BxB 2. III.N2ch ... K·N' KxP would allow the aforementioned Forced. If 4...... , PxB; 5. K·Q3 end the dlei' 3. R-QR21 ...... tion . (mal 15 closed. A subtle lacnrlce. 3. P·Bkh 5. K.Q3 •..•.•.• 3. •. ...•.. ... p.",.. .""... ~ ... With a tempo. Now P-K5ch fails l,"lnst hB. ... 4. P-R? ...... Intending 5. B:o:R male. S...... 8-"'7 And lhe pewn cannot be stopped. If, however, ...... •.... lII·a4 6. K·K4 •...... on 1. R.KN7 Bleck plays R-KB, there {ollows 5. . · 8Sch Whl!.e'l minion Is accomplished end the pawn 2. R-Nl, a marntf\cent example of comblna· •. " ... 7111 Either Rook Mov•••.. queens. tlve cheu. 1. PxR mete. APRll. 20, 1961 105 VtlhJ ON CHESS by International Grandmaster LARRY EVANS As predicted in our previous article on the Buenos Aires tournament, Fischer's apparent loss of form was only temporary. His marvellous score on first board at the Leipzig olympics was the mainstay of the American team. And at tbis time of writing (after three rounds) he appearS in serious contention for the U.S. national title-once more. The following game shows Fischer (llmost at his bes t. H e besets his talented opponent with many obstacles in the theoretically important Winawcr Variation of the French Defense. Weinstein, however, is equal to the tas k. He hangs on for dear Ufc. snatches a Pawn and even beats back Fischer's attack. Finally in time pressure Weinstein obligingly SUc<::umbs. It is apparent that Fischer went wrong somewhere in the mi ddle game-or else White gets "ery littlc out of the opening, which is hard to believe. This game raises more questions than it answcrs, so the verdict on this variation will have to be delayed. FRENCH DEFENSE anal for White's QB. Black's game is experience with it and Black's best move U.S. Championship, 1960-61 cramped; however, If he can keep the has not been determined. Fischer Weinstein game closed and solve the problem of Fischer·Uhlmann, Buenos Aires, 1960, White Black his "problem child" (his QB) then a pro· continued: 13 ...... , N·N3; 14. B·Q6, QN· tracted struggle with good endgame pros· K2; 15. N·R4, QR·KI; 16. NxN, PxN; 17. 1. P·K4 P.K3 2. P·Q4 P·Q4 pects is in order. In other words, if PxP, PxP; 18. P·R3, N·B4; 19. B-R2, with Wh ite does not capitalize on his initia· a big advantage for White, although 3. N·QB3 ...... tive with sharp middle game tactics he It is characteristic of Fischer's sharp Fischer later blundered and lost. 13. has not much to look forward to. opening play that he does not evade any ...... , P·KR4, to secure an outpost for 7...... QN·B3 theoretical problems by compromising the Knight on KB4, seems logical. But moves, such as 3. N·Q2 in this position. 8. N·B3 Q.R4 Black has an opportunity to transpose 9. Q·Q2 ...... into this with the game, and it never In chess there is no compromise, one must pursue the thorny path of truth. Consislenl White refrains from 9. B·Q2, seems particularly appealing. Black has two main problems: (1) redeploying his Mu ch of Fischer's success is due to his P·BS beBishop; (2) relieving the cramp. willingness to fight. B.Q2 3, ...... B·NS 9...... 14. KR·KI ...... 4. P· KS N·K2 10. B·Q3 P·B5 White delays P·N4 as long as possible. This is a refinement over the immediate Necessary, sooner or later. After 10. 14...... B·Kl 4 ...... , p.QB4; which leads to compli· ...... , PXP; 11. PXP, QxQ+; 12. KxQ Black's game is not easy. After 14 ...... , cations after 5. P·QR3, BxN+; 6. PxB, Wh ite has undoubled his Pawns-this P·KR4; Hi. B·KBI (follo ..... ed by P·N3 and N·K2; 7. Q·N4, N·B4; 8. B·Q3, P·KR4; 9. coupled with his centralized Ki ng and B·R3), White has all the play. 14 ...... , two Bishops give him a decided plus in PXP; 15. PXP, P·KR4 is not appealing be· Q.R3! (instead oC Q·B4 , Q·RS) as in the prototype Evans·Rubinow, U.S. Champ., the ending. cause Black is weak on all his dar!: 11. B·K2 0·0·0 squares. 1948. 12. B·R3 P·B3 IS. P.N4 ...... The point of the text is that :"i. Q·N4 can be met by 0·0; and if 6. B·RB?, N·B4. Of course not 12 ...... , QxRP??; 13. 0 ·0 , White's hand has been fo!'ced. He wo uld 5. P.QR3 BxN + Q·N4; 14. KR·NI, Q·R4: 15. BxN wins. prefer to avoid this weakening ' move, 6. PxB p.QB4 Black's position is solid and the text but Black has set a rather ingeniOUS trap 7. P.QR4 ...... inaugurates his only hope of counter· against IS. B-KBI, B·R4!; 16. PxP, PxP; play. 17. RxP?, Bx:i; 18. PxB, N(3)xP! and 13. 0 ·0 N·B4 WillS. 15...... KN·K2 16. B·KBI B.Q2 Again a theoretical position has been reached. Black has made no headway apart from forcing a dubious weakness of White's K·side. 17. B·R3 P·KR3 Distasteful, but apparently for ~d (to prevent P·NS). 18. B·Q6 QR·Bl 19. QR·NI R·B2 Black still cannot feed on the poisoned ,::-: Pawn: 19 ...... , QxRP ??; 20. R·Rl, Q. N4; 21. KR·N1 winning the Queen. This position is the typical result of the 20. PxP PxP difficult Winawer Variation. The two 1£ 13 ...... PxP; 14. NxP with a plus On 20 ...... , RxP; 21. N· KS is powerfu l. Bishops are White's compensatjon Cor his (...... , NxN?; 15. BxN wins). This posi. 21. B·N3 N·N3 disjoined Pawn·structure. Experience tion is critical for the entire Winawer 22. R·NS Q·R3 has shown that QR3 is an excellent diag· Variation, but there is little tournament On 22 ...... , QxP Fischer probably in· 106 CHESS LIFE tended 23. R(5)·Nl , Q.R3; 24. R-Rl, N· R4; 25. Q·Bl, P·N3; 26. Q·R3 threatening Q·Q6. 23. KR·N1 P·N3 24. Q·B1 QxP Played not so much to win a Pawn, but rather to forestall Q·R3·Q6. 25. R(5)·N2 Q·R6 The threat was R·RI , wjnning the Queen. 26. Q·K3 K·N2 .;;; : Black has dcfended beautifully. White has sacrificed a Pawn to obtain the sem blance of an attack, but his tacti ~ s have !leen without teeth. 27. N·R4 NxN 28. BxN •••••••• ONLY • Including Federal Tax Position after 28. SxN Black's position is quitc healthy, al· though (in apparent time·pressure) he At last! A thoroughly dependable chess clock with famous Swiss makes a blunder on his next move which mechanical movements- at a price you can afford to pay! Light. loses outright. A promising continuation is 28 ...... , P·KR4 (if 29. PxP?, RxP; 30. compact, easy to carry around to tournaments. Overall size: 5 5/16" BxP, R·K2 wins a piece); 29. P·N5, PxP and there is no reason why Black should x4" x 21/ 4". Dial diameter: 1 3/4". Tiltec). at slight angle for eas lose. 28...... P·K4?? ier reading of time during play. Equipped with red flags to indi A stroke of luck for Fischer. cate expiration of each hour. Big red "tickers" to show which 29. PxP PxP 30. RxP + ...... clock is running. Push·buttons on top start one clock, stop the A bolt from the blue. Weinstein prob· ably kicked himself for making it pos· other. Nickelled winders and time-setters permanently attached at sible. 30...... K·R1 back; no separate keys neeued. Beautifully constructed by expert 30 ...... , PxR; 31. QxP+ . K·any; 32. Q. Swiss clockmakers. Imported for USCF exclusively by RFD Dis N7 male. 31. R(6)· N5 B·K3 tributors. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back! Note that 32. B·N3 P·K5? 32 ...... , Q·Q3 still holds oul a slim hope price of only $20.90 includes 10 % Federal tax. No discounts. o( survival. 33. QxRP Black resigns II 33 ...... , RxQ ; 34. R·N8+, NxR; 35. RxN mate. U. S. Chess Federation, 80 East 11th St., New York 3, N. Y. A pleasing and important theoretical game, unfortunately botched by Black in apparent time·pressure. A Collector's Item! SUBSCRIBE TO • • • The book of the 4th Condidotes To .... r. noment won by Tal with every gome f .... 'ly annotated by Gligoric and Rogo Canadian Ct.... Ct.al zin. Over 300 pages attroctively bo .... nd Official publication of the Chess federation ot Canada containing diogroms, caricot .... res, f .... n Published monthly. Photos. games, news, stimulatinq articles by la::nous poge portraits of every player and n .... - Masters. $4.50 per year .50 per copy. Write to the editors: mera .... s photos, commentaries and in· dices. In German. Only a limited Prols. N. Divinsky and E. Macskasy n .... mber ovailable. Dept. of Mathematics $4.00 fa usa Members University of British Columbia U.S. CHESS FEDERATION VANCOUVER 8, CANADA •• 80 East 11th St., New York 3, N.Y . .~ Ill; .:. lI EF Ii I APRIL 20. '1961 107 USCF RATING SUPPLEMENT No.6-April 1961 By JOSEPH F. REINHARDT USCF Rating Statistician Events Rated For This Supplement: NATIONAL-Intercollegiate Team Championship, Princeton, South Jersey Chess League Team Matches (reported late) N.J. Dec. 1960 Independent Chess Club Championship, 1960 (reported United States Championship, New York, Dec. 196O.Jan. late) 1961 South Jersey Amateur Open- Camden-Nov. 1960 FOREIGN-USCF European Rating Tournament, Munich, Ger· Independent Chess Club Summcr Tournament many-Jan. 1961 Independent Chess Club Ch.ristmas Open-Dec. 1960 USCF European Rating Tournament, Kalse1'$lautern Essex Open-East Orange-Jan. 1961 Mar. 1961 Independent Chess Club Spring Rating Tournament-Mar. ALASKA-Anchorage Chess Club Tournament-Nov.·Dec. 1960 1961 Fur Rendevoul Tournament-Feb. 1961 NEW MEXICO-Ne-.y Mexico Open- Los Alamos-Nov. 1960 Alaska Open, Fairbanks March 1961 NEW YORK- Rochester Chess and Checker Club Champion. Greller Fairbanks Chess Club Tournament ship-Nov. 1960 RaUng Improvement Tournament USCF Rating Tournament-Dec. 1960 ARIZONA_Phoenix Chess CLub Rating Tournament-Nov. 1960 USCF Rating Tournamenl---Jan. 1961 6th Annual Arizona Open- Nov. 1960 Marshall Chess Club Consolation Tournament-1960-61 Phoenix Chess Club Championship-Nov. 19aO·Feb. 1961 USCF Rating Tournament-Feb. 1961 Phoenix Rating Tournament-Feb. 1961 Marshall Chess Club Thursday Night Tournament Phoenix Rating Tournament- Mar. 1961 USCF Rating Tournament-March 1961 Match: Morgan·Christman N.Y. Estonian Chess Club Championship-Dec. 1960-Mar. CALIFORNIA-San Diego City and County Championships- 1961 AUiAkt. 1960 USCF Rating Tournament-April 1961 China Lake Open-Nov. 1960 Palo Alto Open-Nov. 1960 NORTH CAROLINA-North Carolina-80uth Carolina Match-: East Side Open-Los Angeles-Nov.·Dec. 19S{) Jan. 1961 Santa Monica Open-Oct.-Dcc. 1960 North Carolina Open 196O--- ...... ...... ••••• • ...... ••••• .. ... ...... MASTER EMERITUS WhOakar. NOrman T. EXPERTS AND CLASSES A, B AND C Explrt: Class A: Clns B: Clns C: APRn. 20, '96' '09 PoHu, Kul ...... 1611· POHIIr{ R. 8 •...... 2012 Powel h DIn .. " .... 1101' P riltUC: • Thol• .... I ..l P ...... " , E • ....•. 112"· Priddy, Lyle .... .•.. 1750 .. ,ieb" Siom _. __ ."U ".iui, R • ... __ ..... _1105· p.Hehe l, G . 1' ..... 1114 Ptoledo., M...... lUS Pruner, El rl _.. ..20U· Puckett, R. B . .... 146'· Putnlm, B. C • .... 1500· Putsche, T . R •.... !nl Putl, Ron 0 ...... 15.5· PYI, Frink W •...... 1121 .. .,ne, Jlck ...... 1.. '· QuInones, J , $ ..... 1110 Llhde, Pat.r ...... 1795 Lllclk, Thol. .. .• 2014 Like, Robt. G •.. 1150 110 CHESS LIFE Bills, Bone and Breiger Three players ticd for tbe San Ja cinto Open Championship beld in Houa ton, Texas recently with scores of 4-1. After lie·breaking, however, William A. Bills took first, Eric Bone second and Robert Brieger third. A five round 18 player Swiss, the event was sponsored by the Houston Chess Club and directed by Rhodes Cook. Cook awarded the fol· lowing additional prizes: 4th, George Smith, 5th, Ed Edmondson. It is inter csting to note that the Houston Chess Club's large membership enables the club to have aIr conditioned quarters, kitchen and dining facilities and has active parlicipalion 6 days a week. The club sponsors seven major tournaments a year. The team match scheduled for June to be held in New York City between the Soviet Union and the United States has been temporarily postponed. In a cable received by FIDE Vice-President Jerry Spann, the Director of The All · Sports Seetion of the USSR, V. Postni· kov, stated: "THANKS FOR YOUR KIND INVITATION OF SOVIET CHESS TEAM TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR MATCH WITH USA TEAM STOP EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE HELD JUNE. 18--JULY 4 WITH PARTICIPA TION OF SOVIET BEST PLAYERS THEREFORE NO POSSffiILITY TO OR· GANIZE USA-USSR MATCH ON DATES SUGGESTED BY YOU STOP PLEASE GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS AS TO lATER DATES FOR MATCH THIS YEAR STOP BEST WISHES. The International Affairs Committee of the USCF-ACF is now considering tbe possibilities of conducting tbis event in November. THEY'RE MAD! Skoff Rompers Jerry Spann, E. Forry Laucks and Paul Ligtvoet are crazy-like foxes! In an effort to help build USCF member At Gompers ship, these three USCF·ites have pledged The championship of the Gompe:1'$ $100.00 for travelling expenses to the Park Chess Cluh of DIinois ended with US Open in San Francisco tbis sum Frank Skoff, James Warren, and Peter mer to the player who sends in the Wolf in a 3-way lie at 9·3. Dr. Masloviu most USCF memberships beCore August (8-4) and Eva Aronson (7lh-4Jh ) took 1st, 1961. The following conditions are 4th and 5th places. Thirteen players in efied: competed in this USCF-rated tournament. 1. That the player actually come to Al Parker grabbed the B Tournament San Francisco to collect his prize. laurels, a double·round robin, against 7 other players with a 11-3 score. James 2. That each membership sent into BUrton and Irene McCloud lied for sec USCF be marked "Open Prize." . ond with 10-4. In the C Tournament James Scherer 3. That each membership sent in is easily ran away with the honors with a for the full amount of $5.00 (or 71f.z -1f.z score in a double-round robin more) and that no discounts are against 4 others. Helen Hendricks aDd to be deducted, Greg Stayart lied for secood with Iden 4. That memberships will be counted tical scores of 5-3. only that do not come as a direct Tentative plans have been drawn by result of tournaments but from di Gompers to hold a state championship re.;:t solicitation. tournament there next October. It will Ulrich, CI.re ... _. 1111 be played on successive week-ends, the Underhill, R. __ _1712 Start sending them in and win $100.00! dates yet to be worked oul APRIL 20, 196 1 III NEW EVENT The 37th (!) Annual Western Massa· chusetts and Connecticut Valley Chess Championship held in Springfield, Mass., recently attracted 34 strong players for a six round Swiss and John R. Du Charme, Jr., took the event with a con vincing 51h-¥.!_ David M. Lees was clear second with 5-1 and a three way tie for third to fifth place was broken in the following order: Nicholas Raymond, third, Pierre LeClerc. fourth, and Dr. Anatal Petruchow, fifth_ They all had scores of 41h-l%. The 1st Class B player was Floyd R. Frazier and the Top C award went to Cecila A. Rock (a poten tial Lisa Lane?). Herb Waldman and R. D. Bilodeau WOn the 2nd and 3rd Class B prizes respectively, while Loran E. Lomansky and James Manuel took the 2nd and 3rd Class C trophies. Spon sored by the Western Massachusetts and Connecticut Valiey Chess Association, at the Springfield YMCA, the two day event was directed by Mr. Vernon Hume and Mrs. Nancy Waldman. Grandmaster William Lombardy giving a simultaneous exhibition at the Pitts· burgh Chess Club. In the foreground is Eugene Myers. The four main organiz· ers of the match look on. They are (left to right) Martin Lubell, George Bay lor, Bill Byland and Bob Bornholz. Out of 43 games, Lombardy won 38 and drew S! A BOOM IN TENNESSEE SIMULTANEOUS DEBT OF HONOR There is a chess boom in the State Major E. B. Edmondson, President of The USCF owes a printing bill of Tennessee. Sparked by the state as the Texas Chess Association, gave a of $2803.63, inherited by The sociation, the Nashville Chess Club and Simultaneous Exhibition at the Service Peter P. Lahde, president of the former Club, James Connally Air Force Base Spann and Cramer Administra organization, activities and interest have (near Waco, Texas) on Sunday, March tions from the dismal past been growing in leaps and bounds. In 26th. Purpose of the exhibition was the recent Nashville Invitational, 18 play to focus local attention on the newly which must be forgotten. ers competed and 8 new USCF mem formed Base Chess Club. Playing against bers were enrolled. Albert Bowen won ten opponents, Major Edmondson scored four games, lost none and drew one to nine wins and gave up one draw to To raise this sum and dis take firs~ place ahead of Larry Mayhew, Lt. Linley E. Padgett. charge a debt of honor is not Harry Hairfield, Don DuPlantier and Peter ulhde who placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th MERKIS SCORES WELL difficult. A sixty cent contri and 5th respectively. No cash prizes Kazys Merkis, of South Boston, Mass., bution from each USCF mem were offered and yet the tournament the U.S. representative on board three was one of the strongest ever held in in the Nth World Team Corrcspondence ber would suffice. Give more Nashville. The State of Tennessee, by Championship, has recently concluded if you can. the way, has had one of the largest all of his games and is the high scorer percentage increases of USCF member· for the United States. Merkis defeated ship of practically any state of the his opponents from Canada, Spain, Yugo Send check or money order to union, furthering the principle that as slavia and West Ger many. He drew with U.S. CHESS FEDERATION, 80 USCF grows so does activity and Argentina and lost only one game- to strength within any local area. Australia. He remains as high scorer on East 11th Street, New York 3, board three of his group of seven teams. The final standings: N. Y. SIMPLE CHESS K. Merkis-U.S.A...... 4%-lVz I. Maricic-Yugoslavia ...... 2%.1% All contributions will be grate 1958 EDITION (2 games in progress) fully acknowledge in CL. with A. Marcussi-Argentina ...... l -2 (3 games in progress) · Additions and Corrections P. Cherts-Spain ...... 2 -2 Thank you! (2 games in progress) SEND $1.00 H. Fabricius-W. Germany.... 3 -3 Jose M. Calderon to F. SchuII-Canada ...... 21f2.3% R. Laughton-Austria ...... l1f2·3V2 Director WEAVER W. ADAMS (l game in progress) "Operation Dead Horse" 247 N. 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WU L4 W'-4 W52 W14 Dn W21 51"! JOB. Grlesme yer, W ...... L3 LB5 L12 La9 WI" Ll06 W113' 2 ·5 9. Prune r, E ...... W112. D53 D37 W59 012 m. D3 5-2 ,ot. Jat hans, W ...... " ...... L42 1.86 L40 WI'5 LB' 1.95 DI" H·5 ~ 10. Loftsson, L ...... W66 WS6 W3t Ll WI' D" DI' 5 ·2 "0. Chamness, H ...... L::19 1.44 WIll L74 1.93 D99 Ll0' 1 ~ .5 1 11 . Smith, P. D, ...... W58 05' D25 W69 W60 D, 010 5-2 1',. Morh, D ...... ,. .... ,.L34 Wl0' L38 L66 LI02 Ll03 0109 , ~ . 5 ~ 11. W il cox, R ...... W93 W23 W26 L5 Of Dn W69 5-2 "2. Keesey, H ...... 1.9 Ll1 W114 084 H 'S ~ 13. Kal1"h, J ...... "" ... W46 Ll WS8 W48 L6 woo W3::1 5 ·2 113. Freed, Mrs. H • ...... L4' W67 L63 LSI 1.86 US L'OS' 1 " 14. Svalbe,g, C ...... ,W91 W7t WS2 L3 La woo WU 5 ·2 114. Torrance, Mrs. E . ... . L68 LB2 L112 WT'6 L'04 L9S Ll06'" 15. M.tl ner, S ...... WU 02S 04. LI6 W44 w., W3B 5 ·2 115. Winston, W ...... " ...... ,L56 La' L75 Ll09 W'17 LB4 Wl071 " 16. Mue ll e r, E. H • ...... W64 W69 L61 WIS LIO W.. 033 5 ·2 , 16. Thompson, L ...... 1.60 LS8 L98 L114 L'OB 1.97 W1171" 11. Schmitt, J ...... W92 1.39 W82 04. W70 W26 S ·2 117. Rogosin, P • ...... " ...... L63 lIye ' Lll0 L47 L'IS LS7 Lt16' -6 18. aersbach, E •...... ,. .W47 W36 LI L25 W61 D" W35 5·2 "Underlined Scares Ind!(lt•• forfeit. I • • Hultgren, N...... ,WIOO L33 WI8 W71 L21 W" WS2 5 ·2 ·'G.mes forfeited. 20. Weinberger, T ...... W14 W29 L4 1.60 wn W .. W34 5 ·2 21. W~ng , A • ...... W.5 W27 WSI L4 WI. D" LI 41-21 Valley Open, Harling~n, Tex.-Feb. 1961 22. Freeman, R ...... 02 W76 W53 W61 W 33 L7 41-2 ~ Players , , , Store 23. Weinbaum, S ...... W61 L12 W92 W43 W34 "D. L4 4Hl • 24. Martin, R • ...... W44 L41 WM W56 W37 025 4P1 , . Edmondson, M. r. E. S ...... W6 D' w, w, 3 ~ · ~ 25. Raymond, A ...... W97 OIS 011 Wl1 L32 "W .. 024 4Hl 2. Cacere5, A ...... Wl1 D. w" w.· 31· 1 26. Coles, A. P. III •...... W.. WM L 12 031 WS3 w.. L17 4pl 3. Gana, C. E...... W9 W" w. ,., 4. Slaughter, O. P ...... D5 W, 21·11 27. Hyder, L ...... W72 L21 Wl05 L. W46 Dn W51 4H ~ w"" ,., 28. Lux. T ...... WI04 OM WS7 L2 W61 W56 41·21 S. Daniels, R...... 04 D. W. " ,., 29. Hufnagel, F • ...... W110 L2t WU I.U W41 "Dn W4. 41·21 6. Swaim, R. E ...... L 1 Bye' "wn 30. Lovelen, R ...... DH W78 1.2 OS1 040 w.. W70 4}-21 7. Ostrum, A ...... 1.10 U W. Bye· ,., I . Karslen, E. A...... By.· W." , ., 31. Rosenbaum, H...... WI~ L3 1.4' 079 W73 w" W50 41-21 ". 32. Barry, J ...... W4& W63 1.5 m9 WU L13 4 -3 9. Mowry, K. C...... L3 D, " W" H ·2 l 10. Phillips, J...... W7 U" , 33, Almg~n, S ...... W94 W19 W45 07 1.22 "Dn L16 4 ·3 ,.,. 34. EdelsMin, H...... W111 1.24 W79 WU 1.23 w" 1.20 403 11. Taylor, J ...... L2 "Bye" " 35. 1I:4bold, W...... L 1 We. W73 W63 D50 L'I 403 " " U . Sutherland, O • ...... Wet L18 W42 W29 051 D" L14 4 oJ Sixty-Fourth Annual Minnesota State Chess 37. Wilkerson, M • ...... 0103 W96 Of W54 U4 CO.D" W63 4-3 31. Ba nder, O ...... 1.6 W40 Wll1 026 W69 L15 4-3 Tournament-February 1961-Majar 39. Kaklml, B ...... 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L32 W97 W31 L13 05S '" W6S 4 ·3 9. Rein, S. M ...... 030 W32 W55 D17 W22 D'8 014 5·2 49. Blatkstone, J ...... W" 0" 01S 017 W55 D" L29 31-31 '0. GlelSon, R ...... W19 D25 W83 013 W33 L2 W29 5 -2 50. MarkU$, W • ...... Ll02 W75 WII W44 035 " L31 31-31 11. Grant, K ...... W53 W4' wal L2 1.3 W36 W37 5 -2 51. Hanke n, J ...... W40 W, L21 W55 036 '" 1.27 31·31 '2. Contoskl, V ...... WSB L17 W54 W3. W42 Ll W25 5 -2 52. Leiber, F ...... Wf8 W42 L14 LS WS8 ".D" L 10 31-31 '3. Tlen, G. O •...... ,...... ".",W56 Wto 042 0'0 WSI 1.6 W4' 5 ·2 53. Burke, F • ...... W7' O. L22 wao L2' W" L45 31·31 14. Cohen, R. A ...... 083 W89 W43 D42 07 W27 09 5 ·2 54. Gross, or. B...... 1.61 WI" WU L37 L43 W76 3Pl 15. Gove, R. C • ...... " ...W76 LF55 W$1 W35 DS W20 01 5 ·2 55. Sedlack, C ...... W75 Wl02 L7 LSI 048 D" W7' 31·31 16. Aarhus, O ...... " .. L52 W66 W77 W51 W74 L4 W38 5 ·2 56. Metl, F ...... W1T5 L'O W" L24 071 W"'" L2I 31·31 17. Koe l$the, G. A . ... " ...... ,W57 W'2 04 D9 L'B D26 W42 4!.::1 ! n. Benge, O . .. ,...... ,.083 W42 L28 030 L4, w" 051 31·3l '1. Young, J . H ...... W45 on W66 020 W17 D9 L3 4 \.2 \ 58. Lea, J ...... Ll' Wll' LI3 W113 LS2 W" DS7 31·31 '9. Balnr, M. O •...... " .. . ".LIO wtl W45 D27 W44 07 D21 4 1 · 2 ~ 59. Bagley, R ...... WI07 Oll 043 1.9 1.62 D" WH' 31.3; ::10. Fllipovlch, R . ... " ...... W18 043 W68 0'. 01 L'S W40 4 ~ .2 1 60. Lien, E ...... Wll' L7 W41 W20 LI' CO, L46 3-4 2'. Fruchtman, H ...... ,. . L90 W46 1.3 Wl1 W6' W35 01' 4 k · 2 ~ '1. Bullwlnkel, H ...... W54 04. W16 L22 UI DO> L42 3-4 22. Cramer, F ...... W6S W14 L1 W30 U 042 W44 4 k· 2 ~ '2. Hollinsworth, W •...... 076 LS7 094 Wt6 W59 U. L44 3 ·4 n . Oilliard, H. V ...... W72 0'1 L24 W67 W47 L5 W43 4 ~ ·2 ! n . Cuneo, R ...... W117 L3:l WI'3 L35 1.20 W" L37 3 ·4 24. Shethlman, J • ...... 063 W76 W23 L4 027 W33 L5 4 _3 64. Ralnlekl, V ...... L16 wtl L8 W,05 W76 U, L47 3-4 25. Elmquist, R ...... W80 010 D21 0S2 D31 W63 L12 4 ·3 65. Hnard, F ...... L79 I.U wt3 wtl OU D" 1.41 3 ·4 26. Fenner, C ...... W85 Ll W29 L5 W13 017 037 403 .... Huneke, C...... L 10 W73 LS6 W111 D6S Doo L40 3-4 27. SMvens, G ...... t.4 W77 W36 019 D24 L1 4 W65 4·3 U . Nielsen, N ...... 1.23 L113 WI06 W94 Ll1 CO, W78 3·4 21. WaUnskl, W. W ...... W ... 1.34 D25 W43 OSS W54 L7 403 ... RasmusMfl, G ...... WI14 LS WI02 LI1 W78 UI 3-4 29• . GOlUm, Or. E •...... 1.' wn L26 W92· W39 W52 LIO 4 ·3 69. Standen, L ...... WIOI Ll' 0.5 W90 UI '" Ll2 2}-4} 30. McGuigan, R. A . •.•..... D9 031 W78 L22 031 D50 W55 4 -3 10. Sac:a, M • ...... LlO 091 WI7 ms" Ll7 '" L30 21-41 31 . Hammond, R. P •...... wt4 W35 1.1 034 025 L38 W5T ,, -3 71. Forrest, K...... 1.53 W1I2 wn L l' D56 ". 1.55 21-41 32. Nelson, M. B • ...... 066 1.9 W75 053 W46 W34 Lll 4 ·3 72. Castle, R ...... 1.27 I.U WI08 WII 1.42 '" 075 21-41 33. Proe<:hel, G...... W62 WF63 1.1 W57 L 10 1.24 WS4 4-3 73. Rovozln, O...... 8 y.· LU LU WIOI 1.3, '" D14 2 ~ -4 1 34. Narveson, L. P ...... WU W21 LU 031 052 L32 W62 4..s 74 . Sleep, F ...... " ...... 1.20 Wl0.4 1.6 W110 U5 ".co. 073 21-41 3S. Walgren, G ...... W67 1.31 WM L15 WS3 L21 WF524 03 75. Baldinger, R...... L55 L50 W115 WI1. 1.3. co, 012 21-41 :u.. Taylor, E. N ...... WU L2 1.27 W5. W68 Lll W53 4 _3 71.. Cotten, O ...... 062 L22 W'D3 071 1.64 Dn 1.54 2 H ;\ 37. Klotl, B. P ...... D68 030 L13 W'" 0 45 W47 D26 4·3 77. Freed, J ...... W87 L45 L71 Wl04 L47 D" 1.59· 21.41 38. Brodersen, B. F ...... W75 Lal 067 W74 D30 W31 L'6 4 ·3 7'. Smyth, F ...... 043 L30 WIOO D76 L" 1.67 ::1 ·5 39. KUrI, F. G ...... wa6 L4 We4 LI2 L2. W51 WSI 4_3 '" 40. Hempel, E. S ...... W79 L7 WS6 LF W72 W55 L20 4 ·3 "RESERVES" , , , , 5 6 1 Store 41 . Andrews, O. F ...... W77 La W64 WF81 LF WS8 L'3 4·3 79. Farly, G ...... WU L14 L34 D" WI4 W90 083 403 42. Weaver, N. F ...... W70 W61 013 014 LI2 052 L17 3 \.3 \ 80. Hoppe, R...... " ...... WI0 021 L44 WU 088 0'3 4 03 43. Smith, K. I ...... W60 020 LI4 L28 W49 W68 L23 3 ~ · 3 1 I'. KOCSIS, Z . .. . " ...... " ...... L3' w,n LSO ",'" Wlot W92 wee 4 03 44. Ademl, E. L • •...... " ...... W81 LS D53 W4. L'. W4S L22 3 \·3 \ 12. MCCullough, R ...... LU W114L17 W96 W'04 W91 4 03 45. Riley, A. R ...... " ...... L18 WI7 L,9 W60 D37 L44 W71 3 \ . 3 ~ B3. Leidner, M...... D57 L2 D.1 '"Db DIS Wl0::1 D79 n ·31 46. Reynolds, W . L • ...... L1 L21 W79 WI' L32 W60 D50 3J·3l 114 CHESS LIFE 47. Grlbovlky. V •.... " ...... ".L.I 075 W.2 W56 L23 L23 W14 3*-3 ~ Westchester Open, California-Feb. 1961 ... W.,n.r. K. W ...... LS4 U3 L12 W79 056 W61 W61 3 j, . 3 ~ 4•• Kotrl~h. M . F ...... WII Lll 074 L44 L43 W10.... W66 3 j,·3j, (Moin Sedion) 50. 10...... ''1'. Z ...... L .. 3 LF OH W15 WFI3 030 D46 314' 51. Kllv •• P ...... L. Wl1 LIS L16 WF.7W13 L31 , . PI.y.n 1 , , 5 , Score 52. Smith, O...... _WI. W54 L1 025 0 34 LU LI'35 ,.. I. W.'nber,. r, T ...... W21 W" D' • W. W3 5 ·1 53. C ... rr.lI. J . R ...... Lll W4a D44 032 L35 W6I LU ,.. 2. Simon, L...... W37 DH DO< 54. Evld.n. 5. J ...... W4! L52 L 12 W16 W57 L28 LU ,.. wn" W21 W9 5 ·1 3. EVlnl, L ...... _._.W27 wn Of Ll 4" 1i 55. Konopllv, N . .... " ...... 0" WFI5 L9 W13 021 L4~ LlD W" w. , . 4. KOoV,CI, Z ...... __ .... __ W33 wn W7 Wll 41'\& S6. Pott.r, K. H ...... L13 WU L40 L41 04' 014 W77 5. Hlnk.n. J ...... W42 •• 51. Kn. "". L. T ...... _.... LI1 WU W5' L33 U4 LJ9 WlI ,.. W" .n" W15 wla 41·1j, " '- IUvlll, I. .. ___ .... __ ...... W31 "w. 010 012 4-2 51. Stu".,. J . F . _...... L 11 WFII wn~ W'I L13 UI Ll' ,.. D' D' 7. G",ver, K . .... * ...... ~ ...... _W,. W" D' D" L4 W11 4·2 5'. JOou" L. G ...... L'I W" L57 LU W67 Ul WM , . • • KIIII', J ...... _... _._._ ...... W31 WO. Ll 010 4·2 .0. Wright, M . E. __ ._. __ L43 LS. WI7 L45 WI4 LU W1S W'" , . 9. GrOll, R . . _._...... ~_ ...... ~ . W'" WOO DO D3 L2 4·2 61 . Jonn ...n . S. S. __ ...... WS. L42 W69 LU L21 wn L4' W" , . 10. Rubin. E ...... * .. Wlt '" D6 O' 4 ·2 42. PI,r, H. W ...... _...... _.. Lll U1 wn WU L63 WS9 L34 D" D' ,. n . TrOoY, A. ._ ... _...... _...... *.WI3 W" WO, W17 U 4·2 63. ~y.r, T. S ...... 024 LF13 Oil WM W42 L25 LF ,. 12. J.cobi, R ...... * ...... _.WlI WOO W" .... O'Sh..... hn u1Y. L . .... L.S W 70 L41 U ' LF56 WI4 W7' " W16 D6 4 ·1 , . 13. Y.rm.k. S ...... _...... *Lll w« •• 014 WH 4·2 L57 LU W77 WFII8 W16 L11 D" W" '5. AII.n, R. E ...... Lt2 , . 14. Smltt!. P . . _. __ ...... _.010 " DO< 013 017 IP, 66. L .... '-. R. C ...... Dll L16 Ll, OU W7' D71 L4' 2 ~ -4 ~ 15. Sholomson, S...... W2t DO U.S. Master Steien A. Popel won the Past Editor of CHESS LIFE, Fred M. school and Nicholas Rossolimo, Interna· 1961 Motor City Invitational in Detroit Wren, is now a columnist for the Calais tional Grandmaster. Their Amsterdam recently wi th the convincing score of Advertiser in Moline. Some of his high· opponents are three young students 6*-lh . Iy Interesting and amul lng articles will Hans Louring, Hans Ree and Tim Krabbe. appear shortly in CHESS LIFE. The cabled·move match is being played The Gompers Plrk Chess Club won in commemoration of an exhibition at Its third c .. Ds.cu.iy. metch for the ••• _ Our late and beloved Master, Max the Stedelyk Museum in Amsterdam, $On by d.'•• 'in" the Evanston Tum by Pavey, has been honored with a scholar· "Motion In Art," • scor. of 10Th-6l/:t. Thlrty·four pl.YI,.. ship dedicated to his memory called .,.rtidp.,H, "The Max Pavey Memorial Award" to Actor Richard Boone: Paladin of the go to the City College or New York, as " Have Gun Will Travel" television A '19 year.old grandmother, Mrs. an aid to deserving students or high series, is a ehessplayer. Recently chat· Arthur Blencoe, who teaches chess from scholastic standing in chemistry. Max lenged to a thess mOltth by USCF·ite hre wheelchair to the children in tbe died three years ago as a result of radio Norbert Matthew. of Beech Grove, 'ndl· neighborhood, wrote the following poem: ation during the course or his work. The ana, however, Mr. Boone declined the THE ROYAL GAME award was dedicated "in memory of Max Invitation: "Much as I would enjoy en· Pav!'!y " io whom refinement of intelleet, The chessmen stand expectantly in rows gaging you In a game of postal chess, I wa rmth of SJlirit and nobility of char· fear that It would be impossible at this Black faces White, with No Man's Land acter were fused in harmonious blend." between. time. My many commitments here In Hollywood, I. ave me with little time A touch of hand- a pawn to battle goes The Morningside Height. Chess Club To clear a path for Bishop and for Queen. that I un eall my own. Therefore, I hIS moved to new quarters at 76 Morn. simply couldn't undertake the game. Valorous deeds, deep plots of darkest hue Ingllde Drive, New York City. Thanks for ..king me, anyway. Best, Brave sacrifice to save beleagurcd King. RICHARD BOONE." Now he recedes, a Knight comes leap. M.rs. Jacqueline Piatigorsky, wife of ing tbru the world renowned cellist, Gr!'!gor Piati· The North West Chess Club at 2067 Al most we hear his noble challenge ring! gorsky, was elected President of the Miner st., Desplaines, m inais, offers a Bishop and Rook by small Pawns held Herman Steiner Cbess Club in Los An· geles recently. Mrs. Piatigorsky has been standing invitation to members of aU af· at bay fil iated clubs to be their guests for an one of the country's leading women One s t ~a lth y move destroys keen stra· players. eveni ng of chess. Other clubs interested tegy. in having matches showd write to Arn· Our quiet nook encompasses a fray old S. Rose, Secretary, 8301 Harding Ave., or clashing warriors jousting soundlessly. In Verdugo Hills, CaUfornia, there is Skokie, minois. an organization called the "Smokeless Until at last, the King stands worn and Chess Club"-membershlp open to any. spent one who I. in-terested in chess and who One of the most active chess clubs in No place of safety for his noble head. will agree not to smoke during ..nions . the entire South Is the Huntsville Ch ..s All help is past. Mid murmurs of assent In existence now for over .1x' years, club Club in Huntsville, Alab.ma. Club Prni. Checkmate is called. Our game of chess president E. A. Schreck reports that dent aarney Roberts is the sparkplug is dead. membership is boomlngl behind it- "We have received e.cellent lupport from the newspapers and tele· Dayton def.. ted Cincinnati in a match vision here our firlt tournament had recently to a leore of 111f2·9%. Daniel Fisehheimer of Chicago scored 43 players entered; a healthy beginning 25 points from 31 players in a simul· for a new club, wouldn't you say?" W. An astute article, over five ycars in taneous exhibition at the Chicago Chess sure would Mr. Roberts-k"p up the the writing, has recently come from the Club recently, despite the fa ct that he good workl pen ot Martins Pagasts entitled "The was suCCering from a severe cold during the exhibition. Weighted Scores in Chess Tournaments," Chess author Irving Chernev and his which thoroughly discusses the present wi fe are spending four weeks in Europe method of tie·breaking systems and of· Tradition was broken after 44 years -they wilt vis it London and Paris. fers some interesting counter·sugges· recently for the New School for Social tions. A copy will be sent to anyone Research in New York City. The New interested by sending twenty·five cents School, naver before compeUng in any A new paper boud with adhe5ive (to cover printing and stationery costs) field against another colle,., university b.ckH pieces has been inventH by Ray and a seU·addressed envelope to Mr. Mar· or institution of higher 'earning decided Kooyman for use in Post.1 Chen. Quite tins Pagasts, 64- 10 Madison St., Brook· recently to " break the ice" and fielded handy and attrective, Mr. Kooyman will lyn 27, N.Y. a chen team against the Intercollegiate give e fr" board to the first 50 CHESS Team Champions, Columbia University. LIFE r ..ders that request one If they T'he USCF Businell Office was called The New Sehool team con.ilted of such will: 1) Send a self·addressed long en· upon reuntly to supply" chess set for names as James Sherwin, Lisa lane, velope and 2) promise to comment on the CBS·TV program "Eyewitness to Hil' Charlel Hanin and Frank Brady. Though what they lik. or don't like about it. tory"-the director of the show iIIuI' the match ended in a victory for Colu"", Write to Ray Kooyman, n5 Ninth Av• ., trated the L.al situation by shifting bi., some fine gamft rnulted including Salt Lake City 3, Utah. Pawns .nd Kings about a giant ch.... an interesting win by New Schooler lane boud. over Columbia Lion Robin Autt. USCF Vice· President David Hofrma nn won the championship of the Lo ndon Arizo na Slale Champion Charles Mor· A chess ga me has been in progress Terrace Chess Club in New York. His ga n won 16, lost 2 and drew one in a for over three weeks between Amster· son Asa took second place. The London simultaneous exhibition in Phoenix. Sta· dam, Holland and New York City. The Terrace Club, by the way, is the only tion KOO L-TV carried the event and a New York contestants are Marcel Du· chess club In thc world that meets in great amount of inlerest was generated. champ, renowned artist of the "Cubist" a penthouse. 116 CHESS LIFE Popular singer and aspiring actor Bob· talented, energetic, lovely and charming cently. Located at 80 East 11th St. in by Darin is a chessplayer. He advocates lady as Mrs. Grumette as its Member· downtown New York City, the USCF t.he promotion of chess among teenagers ship Chairman. headquarters is housed in a building that as an excellent way of channeling aggres· was formerly the Hotel Sl. Denis. Over sions and of curbing delinquency. Indications arc now poinling to the 100 years ago, Morphy stayed at the St. possibility of the state of Wisconsin pro Denis while playing in the 1st Ameri Frances Parkinson Keyes' novel "The ducing its first home-grown Master play can Chess Congress. The actual offices Chess Players" is under negotiation as a er. CHESS LIFE predicts that Charles of USCF are the same rooms that Morphy possible motion picture. Dealing with Weldon, of Milwaukee, will be the first stayed in while in ~ew York City! the life and love of Paul Morphy, there such named- in the near luture. is speeulation that Bobby Fischer may The Phoenix Chess Club Championship play the role of Morphy in the movie. One of the most interesting of the was won by Charles Morgan, obviously "little chess magazines" is the CHESS the strongest pllyer in the state of Ari· PRESS, officii I publication of the Wash zona, with an amazing score of 11-0. USCF Membership Chairman, Lina ington Chess Divan, now under the edi· Grumette, is doing a fabulous and ener· torshlp of talented Drew Downey of Ar· getic job in attempting to build USCF. lington, Virginia. Six issues for $2.50 can One of her more ambitious plans is ACT, be had by sending name and address to or in other words, ARRANGE CLUB 2445 15th St., Washington 9, D.C. Issues TOURNEYS, in which she is attempting contain gimes, photos, news, etc. to interest dubs in conducting 30-30 tOUrnAments with the only stipulation An interesting and ironic sidelight has that every participant be a USCF memo been brought to the attention of the ber. USCF is fortunate to have such a USCF Business and Editorial Office re- AROUND THE WORLD A report from FIDE states that the A 1i1-year·old schoolboy, named Gheo· Yugoslnian Chess Federation has asked rghiu hiS won the Roumanian Champion for a prolongation of the term granted ship with a score of 12V1-3'h:, &head of to it for eXAmination of its possibilities the top Roumanian pllyers. of orgAnizing the Women's Candidates' TournAment ttlis Fall. Grandmaster Kotov of the Soviet Union has composed a seri,pt for a film that International organizer Pierre Dierman is currently being shot in a Moscow film died in Belgium recently. In addition studio. The subject deals with great Rus to being honorary President of the Bel· sian chessplayers and Boris Livanov of gian Chess Fedt!ration, Monsieur Dier· the Moscow Arts Theatre is playing the man was a FIDE Vice-President. Folke role of Alekhine. Rogard, president of FIDE has proposed that in homage of his great work in the Almost 3000 new chessplayers loined serviee of FIDE, the challenge prize for the German Chess Federation in 1960. the World Championship be given the That brings their increase from 39,587 name of "Coupe Berman-Dierman." to 42.soo members! Any comments? The last tournament of collective farm· From the Hungarian publication " MA· ers in the Soviet Union drew roughly GYAR SAKKELET" we see that Ameri 300,000 entries, while over 700,000 play· cans are not the only people that arc ers in all categories took part in a tour· "statistical minded." FOr instance, we nament held recently in honor of the learn that from 16 team tournaments of famous Russion teacher, Tchigorin. the nations of the world, 14 were official chess olympics and two, Budapest 1926 and Munich 1936 were " non.official" The match between Manual Aaron of India and C. J. S. Purdy of Australia took competitions. The Hungarian national place in Madras and was won by Aaron team earned a total of 650% wins against with a score of 3-0. Aaron now quali 349lh losses. 1000 games played in all! fies to play in the 1961 Intenonal and was awarded the title of International U.S. Expert Jan Pamiljens reminisces ltaster, the first Indian ever to achieve about the International Tournlment held that title. in Kemeri in 1937 and remembert that of the 18 participants, the three of small. est stature, Flohr, Petrov and n.eshevsky Runiln Grandmaster Grigori Leven. With the permission of the Editors of tied for first place with eqUAl scores fish died recently in Moscow at the age "SCHACHMATUlA MOSKVA" we pub of 12 points out of a possible 17. of 72. Among his many achievements, lish the photo above of Grandmaster Yuri Levinf!'" drew a match with Botvinnik Auerbach on a television program ex in 1937. plaining the moves of the 8th game of The chess federations of Cyprus, Thai the World Championship match between land and Hong Kong have sumitted ap Tal and Botvinnik. plications to FIDE for affiliation. An International Tournament is being organized to be held in Moscow this A South African Open Championship July. Bobby Fischer has received an in The 1961 Intenonal Championship will is being organized with a possible 600 vitation but "doubts" whether he will be held in Holhtnd. Dates and exact site pounds in prizes. Two foreign Misters play. have not been announced AS yet. will be invited to compete. APRIL 20, 1961 117 the nearby Canyon County club. USCF Is Idaho Winner The agreement with those playing was that anyone who beat Krauss would get his $4.00 back and anyone drawing him The cscr was the principal winner in a simultaneous would get $2.00 back. The Boise club was to stand behind the match played March 8 at lhe Boise, Idaho YMCA chess club· expense. Of the three games not won by Krauss, one draw rooms. George Krauss, Jr., newly crowned Idaho state cham· was with a previous member so only $6.00 was returned to the pion and uscr Expert, took on all comers in an exhibition players for the other draw and the win. A total of eight new designed to increase Idaho's uscr membership. Out of 15 members were signed up to the uscr (plus one renewal) and games played, Krauss won 12, drew two and lost one. Oppo· it only cost the local club $6.00. Had a modest entry fee to nents included two city champions ilnd two past state cham- the previous members been charged, the club would have pions. Dick Vandenburg, L'SCF Director & membership chair- broken about even. man for Idaho, organized the event. Thus, from the results of this one Cunction, Idaho's user Each participant who was not a uscr member put up membership was increased 50%!- from 16 to 24. Idaho offi· $4.00 to play and this guaranteed him a year's membership. daIs hope this arUcle can be used as a basis for other states Those who were already members played Cree but club mem- to tryout a similar program aimed at increasing USCF mem- bers agreed that another time members should put up a token bership. The only thing to remember: Be sure the man you fee such as SOc to help defray expenses. The club forfeited its pick to play the simultaneous is good enough to beat most of $1.00 commission out of the usual $5.00 entry fee in order to his opponents and enough of a user booster to be willing to attract more entrants. Players came from the~B§'§iS~'~C§lU§b~'~n~d...... ~p§l§'§Y~f§'§':n~'§t§h~in~g~'...... = ...... ::; SEND US NAMES In order to continue to build user into a truly effective and national or ganization, we need many, many more members and quickly! Send us one or a hundred names of chessplayers that you know are not USCF members and who you think should be or would be if ap proached. We will send them (at no ob ligation of course, to. either you or the prospects) sample copies of CHESS LIFE in addition to full details on the privi leges and benefits of membership. Do it now-a simple post card will do. uscr, 80 East 11th St.. New York 3, N.Y. ALASKANS The unlucky number of 13 players proved to be not so unlucky for Robert Moore of Anchorage; he won the 1961 Alaska Open Championship from a field Windsor Castle Chessmen of 13 without the loss of a single game. A six-round Swiss sponsored by the Solid plastic. Authentic Staunton design. King height Greater Fairbanks Chess Club the tour about 4". Felts cemented permanently with plastic glue. nament was directed by Thomas Roman ello. He awarded the second place Loaded sets have big lead weights moulded into bases. award to Peter Longley with a 5·1 score Unloaded sets much heavier than "weighted" chessmen and broke a two-way tie at 3% -2% for made with plastic shells. Used at leading clubs. 3rd and 4th places between Oskar Weber and Fred Haller, the third place trophy going to the former. John Moore, Uni· No. 27 (Black & Ivory) or No. 28 (Red & Ivory): Felted versity of Alaska student and no rela but unloaded set in leatherette-covered case, as illustrated. $1 0.50 tion to the champion, was declared Special bargain! $15.00 less 30% to USCF members...... the Alaska Junior Champion on the (In dozen lots, without cases, $7.50 per set) basis of tie·breaking points after his play·off game with Fritz Jones of Eielson High School resulted in a draw. Both No. 21 (Black & Ivory) or No. 22 (Red & Ivory): Felted and players had 3-3 scores. heavily loaded set in leatherette-covered case, as shown: $16.95 $20.00 less 15% to USCF members ...... (In dozen lots, without cases, $12.75 per set) NEW BOOK No. 23 (Black & Ivory) Or No. 24 (Red & Ivory); .Felted and heavily SELECTED CHESS ENDINGS loaded set in leatherette-covered de luxe case with A MINE OF INSTRUCTION FOR individual felt·lined divisions for aU pieces (not shown). $19.75 IMPROVING YOUR GAME $25.00 less 21% to USCF members...... 320 Pages, 365 Endings, Mail your order now to 375 Diagrams $3.60 (reduced price to U.S.C.F membeN) includes postage United States Chess Federation N. T. Whittaker and G. E, Hartleb 80 East 11th Street, New York 3, N. Y. 3237 M St. N.W., Washington 7, D.C. 118 CHESS LIFE • • , 1961 ourna en e u e Special Section UNITED STATES OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AUGUST 14-26 Sheraton-Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Calif. The chess tournament of a lifetime ... in beoutiful Son Francisco. See Fi sherman's Wharf, the Coble cors, the Barbory C60st and the Beatniks. Lowest summer temperature of any United Stotes City ... bring top coots a nd dinner jackets. Chessployers will receive speciol rates at the world-fa mous Sheraton-Paloce Hotel if reservat ions ore mode in advance. Boot trips around the Boy and mony other excursions available for ployers and visitors. WHO CAN PLAY: Open to all chessplayers who ore or who become USCF members. TYPE OF TOURNAMENT: 12 round Swiss System conducted under USCF Tournament Rules with Harkness pairings. TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: International Master George Koltonowski. RATED BY USCF: Performance of all players will be rated by USCF. Unrated players will be given a na tional ranking. Rated players have the opportunity to improve their standings. PRIZES: Under the new USCF regulations only a guaranteed minimum prize fund may be announced. )st ...... $1000.00 . 6th ...... $ 75.00 2nd ...... 500.00 7th .. .,...... 50.00 3rd ...... 300.00 8th ...... 40.00 4th ...... 200.00 9th ...... 35.00 5th ...... 100.00 10th ...... 25.00 11th to 2Oth ...... _...... $lS.00 .ach TIES FOR CASH PRIZES: No player will be entitled to more than one cosh prize. If there are ties for two or more places for which cosh prizes ore to be awarded, the sum of the prizes for these places will be divided equally among the tied players. TIES BROKEN FOR OTHER PURPOSES: Except for distribution of cosh prizes all ties will be broken as pro vided in USCF Tournament Rules TIME LIMIT AND ADJOURNMENTS: For each player, time limit of 50 moves in first 2Y2 hours, plus 20 moves for eoch additional hour. Except as specified below for the 12th (final) round, games will be ad journed after fi ve hours of play. All adjourned games to be played to a finish during the course of the tournament. ENTRY FEE: $20.00 to USCF members. Non-members must pay $5.00 additional USCF dues. EQUIPMENT: Chess sets and boards will be provided. Players are urged to bring clocks. ' SCHEDULE OF PLAY: (subject to revision if entry exceeds 200). 1st Round Monday, August 1...... 7 PM 7th Round Monday ...... 7 PM 2nd " _ Tu.sday ...... 7 PM 8th" - Tu.sday ...... , ...... 7 PM 3rd " _WednMchlY ...... 1 PM 9th" _Wedn.sday ...... 1 PM ..th " _ Thurlday ...... 7 PM 10th ., -Thursday ...... 7 PM Sth " _Friday ...... 7 PM 11th" -Friday ...... ,7 PM 6th " - Sunday, August 20 ...... 7 PM 12th" -Saturd.y, August 26 ...... 1 PM HOW TO ENTER: Entries will be accepted at the Sheraton-Palace starting 2 PM, Sunday. August 13th and ending 1 PM Monday, August 14th. Mailed entries should be postmarked not later than August 7, 1961. Ma iled entries should be sent to: US Chess Federation, 80 East 11th St., New York 3, N. Y. u.s. WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP The entry fee and other rules and conditions 'ore the same as in the U.S. Open. Title of U.S. Women's Open Champion is given to highest ranking woman in the U.S. Open. 1st PI.c...... $250.00 plus .ngr.ved trophy 2nd PI.c...... 7S.00 plus _"SIr.ved trophy 3rd PI.c...... SO.OO plus en,fllved trophy U.S. SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP Open contest for the Speed Chor:np;o~sh!p of the United Stotes will be hel~ on Saturday, August 19th start ing at 1 PM until concluded. Time limit: 10 seconds per move. Cosh pnzes-Entry fee: $5.00. ADVANCE PLAYERS MEETING A meeting of the players will be held at 3 PM, Monday, August 14th, at whi ch time the tournament direc tor will explain the rules and regulations of the tourna ment. USCF ANNUAL MEETING The annual membership meeting of the U.S. Chess Federation will be held Thursday, August 17 at 1 PM. The USCF Directors meeting wi ll be held Friday, August 18th at 1 PM. Other committee meetings and spe cial meetings will be announced. 120 CHESS LIFE STATES JULY 14-15-16, 1961 Sir Walter Hatel, Raleigh, H.C. TEAM ELIGIBILITY, Open to any teom in the United States that is or becomes affi li ated with the U.S. Chess Federation as an authorized chapter. Teams from cities, stotes, boroughs, regions, ossociations and chess clubs are eligible to ploy. Groups of ployers formed into a team expressly to compete in the Team Champion ship ore eligible to play jf they become affiliated with USCF. TEAM PERSONNEL: Every team will have a minimum of four players and a maximum of two alternates. Team captain moy be ployer, alternate or non-player. Every team (including captoin and olternates) must be or become on individual member of USCF. TYPE OF TEAM MATCH: Six round Swiss system conducted on four boards for each team. 50 moves in two hours with adjudi cations after four hours of play. Title and prizes awarded to team with largest number of team match points. Ties will be broken by total number of game points. One round ployed Friday evening, three on Saturday, two on Sunday. PRIZES AND AWARDS: Winning team is awarded title of U.S. Team Champions and receives permanent trophy for its possession plus possession of Team Championship trophy for one year. Every member of the winning team will re ceive a special engraved trophy. Trophies also awarded to 2nd and 3rd place teams. Medals awarded to highest 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th board scorers in team match. ENTRY FEE: $20.00 per teom plus $10.00 Affiliation fee to non-affiliated teams. Individual team members who are not members of USCF must pay $5.00 USCF annual dues. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: Excellent hotel accommodations are available at the Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, N.C., from $6.00 up for room and both. The Sir Wolter Hotel is Raleigh's finest and largest hotel and is fully air-conditioned. Make your reservations now. HOW TO ENTER: Entries will be accepted at the Sir Walter Hotel from 3 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. on July 14th. First round begins at 8:00 P.M. sharp. Paid advanced entries and inquiries should be sent to: U5CF, 80 East 11th St., New York 3, N.Y. DIRECTOR: Frank R. Brady. $500.00 IN CASH PRIZES WINNING TEAM $150.00 Second Place ...... $100.00 Fifth Place ...... $ 35.00 Third Place...... 80.00 Sixth Place...... 20.00 Fourth Place...... 50.00 Seventh Place...... 15.00 Highest scoring 1st board ployer...... $25.00 Highest scoring 3rd board player ...... $10.00 Highest scoring 2nd board player ...... 15.00 Highest scoring 4th board player ...... 10.00 APRIL 20. 1961 I2l FIRST STATES EXPERTS diLido Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla. JULY 6-7-8, 1961 TYPE OF EVENT The u.S. Experts Championship, 0 sensational new 6 round tournoment lor a ll ployers eltCept moslers. A big prile bonon'lo is being offered to a ll from e.perts to Class C ployers who attend Ike three doy session at the high closs oir-conditioned oceonfronl dilido HOlel in downtown Miami Beach. The event is similor to the highly reoorded U. S. Amoteur. except that in the new Experts 0 sior'MHcant forward step is toic.erl in providing booming cosh pril.t'S to richly endow lhe lop tolents com peting. The two evel'l's now beautifully balance the notional program, one offering amateur owords. and the other establish ing significont fjnonciol ossistance for those seeking to reach the rich rewords of mosier chess. In this event a ....ards will go to ployers at all levels of ability; (II leost three prizes are planned for the highest scorers in each 100 point roling gl'OlJp from 1900', to 1600's, in odditlon to the huge owo rds to the top winners. PRIZES AND AWARDS First prize, volued 01 $250, includes 0 big trophy, $200 cash, free entry to the 1961 U. S. Open, title of U. S. E)(perts Cham pion, and a USCF Moster Rating. Score of 5-1, at least $50; score of 4 Ji2-1 Y2, at leost $25; d(lsirable awards also to eoc::h player scoring 4-2 and 3Y2-2Y:z, amount depends of course upon the number of entrants. Prize of ot least $25 cosh, on in scribed book, ond 0 title to the highest in (loch 100 point roting group: 1999-00, U. S. E)(per ts AA Closs Champion; 1899-00 A Closs, 1799-00 B Closs, ond 1699 and under Middle B Closs; olso to Ladies Chompion ond to Junior Chqmpion. Awords also to 2nd and 3rd in eoch cotegory. Cosh prizes diVided on 0 game score basis. Winners will hove choice of trophy, dock, set, books, or cosh up to omount of prize. Souvenir to each and every entrant. TEAM PRIZES Stote Teom of Five, and City Team of Four, a wards assuredly will be offered; e)(oct amount is nal available a t this time, e)(cept lhat it will be at leosl 0 'ree entry 10 Ihe U. S. Teom Championship on lhe following w«kend, ond on inscribed book to eoch member of lhe winning leoms; awords to 2nd ond 3rd leoms 0$ well. ENTRY FEE $15, but $3 less is under 21 yeors on July I; all ployers must be or become members of the USCF, dues may be poid at registration lime. U. S. FUTURE EXPERTS An unrated el< lro event will be held for fomily members or others not rate U. S. EXPERTS SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP An e)(tro event 01 2 p.m . )uly 5, the doy between events of the big doubleheader, for those wha are interested. OPULENT HDTEL ACCOMMODATIONS You've dreomed about hotels like this, now ottend ond reoliIe those dreams. Vocation In posh surroundings ot slortling once in-o-lifetime bargoin prices. The dilido hos established speciol convention rates for the Southern and U. S. E)(perts week long doubleheader that will Sl,lrprise ond delight you: $6 single, $8 for twin bed room for two lonly $4 each), $11 for three. The plush oceanfront dilido at Lincol n Road and Collins Avenue, in the heart of the world's vocation resort capitol, Miami Beach, offers oceon swimming, two swimming PDQls, cobonos; night club, bor, dining room, coffee shop; ond every possible service, in cluding even babysitlers~ This is the perfect vocolion spot for the entire fomily. IT is close to all the enlertoinment sites, stores, odvontages, and is locoted at the oceon end of the renowned Lincoln Rood shopping pIOIO. This isn't merely 0 chess tourno ment, or two consecutive events, it's a full delightful vacotion. BIG DOUBLEHEADE R By attending the Sol,lt hern that storts Soturday, July 1, players can toke a crock 01 tw o consecvtive big money events at Ihe some site and reolly enjoy 0 full week ot it. The U. S. E)(perts ends on Sotvrdoy, July 8. All Sundoy is left for the return home. With pion coach roles so low, trovel costs are min imol, ond most convenienl. Pion your vocation for July 1-8 at Miami Beoch. Chess for Dod, 0 IU)(l,I rious oceonlront vocot:on for Mom a nd the kids, even special limited roting events for the children, or lhe regl,l lo r pieasures 01 lhe world's top rewrt. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION Ployers attending the Western Open who arrive lale will be permitted to make up Iheir lirsl round betw«n rounds on Ihe scc· ond day. Also a sk USC F President Fred Cromer about the spccio[ free entries to the U. S. hperts. HOW TO ENTER Register in odvonce by writing USCF Vice-Presid(lnt Bob Ea stwood, 304 S. Krome Ave., Homestead, Flo.; or in person 01 the holel beginning on July I, and I,Intil 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Jl,lly 6 . SCHEDULE Two rounds per day 01 11 O. m. ond 7 p.m., July 6-7-8, e)((ept slightly earlier on the lost doy. Bolhing beouty contest at holel 01 2 p.m., Jl,lly 8. Please bring clocks ond sets. 122 CHESS LIFE STATES MAY 26, 27, 2B, 1961 Asbury Park, New Jersey FOR SEA, SUN, FUN AND CHESS! TYPE OF TOURNAMENT: Six round Swiss system conducted under USCF tournament rules. Ties broken by Median System. Time timit: 50 moves in two houl"$ . Unfinished gomes adjudicated ofler four hours of play. WHO CAN PLAY: Open to all chessployers except rated Moste rs, who Ofe or who become U5CF members. ENTRY FEE: $10.00 to USCF members. Non-members must pay $5.00 additional USCF dues. AWARDS: Winner is recognized a s U.S. Amateur Champion and receives handsome engraved trophy emblematic of title. Woman with highest score wins womon's title and trophy. Engroved trophies olso awarded to 2nd ond 3rd place winners. lsi and 2nd Closs A, Bond C ploycl"$. All trophy winners plus lap two unrated ployers, awarded chess books as prizes. SPECIAL EVENT: MASTER'S TOURNAMENT-by popular demand a separate tournO me r'l t wil l be held open only to players with 2200 points or'ld above. Entry fee: $10.00. Number of rounds, time limit and prizes deper'ldent an number of entries. HOW TO ENTER: Entries will be accepted at the Monterey Holel on Friday, May 26th from 4 to 8:30 PM. Fi rst round begins 8:45. lost round er'lds about 7 PM, Sl,mday, May 28th. DIRECTOR: FRANK R. BRADY. ACCOMMODATIONS: Single room with running water @ $6.00. Double room with rUr'lning water @ $8.00. Single room with private bath @ $8.00. Double room with private both @ $10.00. The above prices are for players and guests of the U.s. Amateur Chess Championship only. Make your reservations well in ad· vance (preferably with a cosh deposi t) and mention "chess tournament." ENTRIES IN ADVANCE: Send entries in advance to U.S. Chess Federation, 80 Ea st 11th St., New York 3, N.Y. THE STATES • JULY 31st to AUGUST 5th Dayton, Ohio TOURNAMENT SITE: Biltmore Hotel, 210 North Main St., Daytor'l , Ohio. WHO CAN PLAY: Open to all chess players who are under 21 yeors of age on July 3), )961. No er'llry fee required- forfeit fee of $2.00 mU$t be posted and will be refunded at the completi on of all games. USCF membership is required, and can be purchased durin g registration. AWARDS: Winner is recogn i~e d as the U. S. Jr. Champion and receives on engraved trophy. Other pri~e s to be or'lr'l ounced. TYPE OF TOURNAMENT: 9 round Swiss System COndUCTed under USCF Tournament Rules. Time limit: 50 moves in 2Y~ hours and 20 moves per hour Ihereofter. DIRECTOR: James Schroeder, USCF Vice-President, and member of the Board of Di rectors of the DAYTON CHESS CLUB. ACCOMMODATIONS: Special sleepir'lg accommodati or'l s will be available lor those players thot request them first. The fully air-conditioned Biltmore Hotel offers low tournament rOles to juniors for single, double, and triple rooms. Make your reservations eorly. For more information write John Jones, 5763 Tombcrg St., Doytor'l 24, Ohio . • HOW TO ENTER: Entries will be accepted in the lobby of the Biltmore Hate! from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., .July 31st, 1961. Advance entries and request for accommodations should be addressed to John Jones. (See above address.! MISCELLANY: First round ...... 12 noon, 31 July 1961 lasl round ...... 9:00 a.m., 5 August 1961 Planned tour to the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and other activities. SPONSORS: U. S. CHESS FEDERATION AND THE DAYTON CHESS CLUB. APRIL 20, 1961 123 JULY 1-2-3-4 diLido Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla. Officiol title competition fo r USCF Region IV ond 40lh annual championship of the Southern Chess Association at the luxurious oceanfront diL.ld o HOlei, Lincoln Rd. ond Collins Ave., in the heorl of t he world's vocation resort copitol, Miami Beoch, Fla. This is part of (I fa bulous big money doubleheader thot indudes the U. S. Experts Chompionsl-lip at the some site July 6·7·8. A $150 first prite in one, foll owed by 0 $250 first prite in the other plus (I staggering li st of prizes to eoch ployer with (I plus score, wi ll Qive che ss enthusiasts terrific opportunitin to gorner probably the lorge st amount of prizes ever offered in (I spectacular one week progra m. Anyone who con', pay for his expenus with these fabulous prizes probably is having t oo m uch fun with 011 the voca · tion lures and varieTies of entertainment available. CHOICE OF EVENTS. For the Southern, there's 0 choice of three 7 round tournoments; Open Championship; Southern AmoteYr Championship. limited 10 those with a USCF raling of 1899 01" lower or unrated ploye~ ; ond the Southern Reserve Cham pion$hip, on unroted event fOf" tMe estimoted 10 be 1699 or lower, ond 101" children of vocotoining families who wish to keep them b16y bot not hove Ihem ploy in a rater event. Also extro speed event immediote ly following the bothing beauty contest on July 1. SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP. First prize valued 01 $1 50 , includes lorge trophy, $100 cosh, free entry to defend !itle in 1962, and free entry 10 U. S. Experts thot fo ll ows after a one day rest . Score of 6· 1, at least $50; score of 5\1i· l \Ii, ot least $35; desirable prizes 0 150 to eoch with 0 score of 5-2, 4);2-2%, a nd 4-3, the exoct amount depends of course upon receipts. Prile of a t least $25 cosh ond free entry t o defend title in 1962, t o each of fo ll owing: AA "Closs Champi on (hi ghest scorer rated 1999·00), A C loss Champion (hi ghest score r rated 1899 or lower), Junio r Chempion (under 2 1 yea rs old on July I ), ond to Southern Regional Championship SOUTHERN AMATEUR. Fi rst pri ze, volued ot $70, includes large trophy, $25 toword expenses, free MIry to U. S. Experts thot follows after a one day rest, free Mtry to 1962 Southern, and title 01 Southe .... Amoteur Champion. Additional desirable prizes to eoch player with a score of 4-3 or higher. Free entry to 1962 Southern, inscribed book, plus other awards to each of following: Southern Ladles Champion, 8 Closs Champion (highest scorer roted 1799-00> , Middle B Closs Champion (highest scorer rated 1699 or lower), and Unroted Ployers Champion . Prizes also to 2nd ond third highest in eoch cotegory. Choice of trophy, clock, set, books or travel expenses for eoch winner up to limit of prize of course. Souvenir to eoch and every entrant. USCF rated event. EUg ibility: limited to USCF members roted 1899 or lowe r or unrated by USCF, dues moy be pcl id at registrotion; eoch must become a member of the SCA, dues only $2 per family. Entry fees: $8, but only $6 if stay at diLido Hotel, junio rs $2 less . • SOUTHERN RESERVE. First p ri ze, lorge trophy, inscribed book, free entry to U. S. Fut ure Experts that fo llows on J uly 6, a nd free entry to 1962 Southern. Other deslroble owords TO each ployer with s.core of 4-3 or beller, to C Clan Chompion ( 1599 or lowe r) to New Players Champion (no roting l, a nd 2nd and 3 rd in each ca tegory. Not a USCF rated event; those in this class who desire a USCF rating should enter the Amateur. El igibi lity: each m16t become a member of the SCA, dues only $2 per fomily. Entry fee: $4, juniors $2. SOUTHERN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: determined by weig hled scores in above tournaments. Stat e Teom of Five Cham pion: state poneniOn for one year of a new Iroveling plaque, plus on in s.c ribed baok and free 1962 SCA dues to each of 5 win ning players; a lso pri zes to 2nd and 3rd teems; (Florida is required to split into two teams, N. Flo. ond S. Fla ., becouse of location of event this year.l City Club Team of Four Champion: dub possession lor one year of a new traveling plaque , plus on inscribed book and free SCA dues for 1962 to each of 4 winning players; also prizes to 2nd and 3rd teoms. Southern Fa mily Team Champion, inscri bed book and free 1962 SCA dues; also owa rds for 2nd and 3rd . REGISTRATION: In a dvance by moil to SCA Sec'y Bo b Ea stwood, 3 04 S. Krome Ave., Homesteod, Flo.; or in person on evening of June 30, or from I I a .m. to 7 :30 p.m., July I , at diLido Hote l. Schedule: July I , business meeting 11 a .m., bothing beauty contest 2 p.m., fo llowed by speed event; first round at 7: 45 p.m. Two rounds per day lor the next three doys, a t 11 a .m. and 7 p .m. SCA Election on July 3 at 6 :45 p.m. SUPER· BARGAINS AT HOTEL. T he deluxe a ir-cond itioned ocea n front d iLido HOTel ha s set fantasticolly low specia l con vention roles for top QlJO lil y rooms for the ScYthern ond U. S. Ex perts chess prog rams: only $6 sin gle, $ 8 for twin bed room for two (only $4 each) or $ 11 for three. M odif ied American Food Plan 0 150 avoiloble. To get these speciol ra tes, mention you are attend ing the chess convention when registe ring. The hotel not only has ocean swimming, but also two swimming pools ; dining room, coffee shop, bar, night club; and every conceivable service, including even bobysi"er,! It is located at the oceon cnd 01 Ihe fabulous, Un coin Rood shopping plaza, is near movies, Slores, and all major facililles. This is a perfect vocation spot for thc whole family. The Southern progrom storts on a Saturday, and the U. S. Experts ends on a Soturdoy, allowing all Sundoy for a return home. Plane coach ra tes are now so low one con fly at m inimum cost and maximum convenience. Plan your vocotion for July 1-8 at Miami Beach. USCF REGION IV MEETING. USCF ht Vice-President and SCA President L. L. Foster will preside ot the officia l onnlJOl members hip ond directors meetings of the SC A and USCF Region IV. Ea ch ca ndidate fo r USCF Regionol V ice· President is scheduled to be present for interviews. Eoch Region IV Di rector is kindly urged to a tllm d, and not cost his USCF ballot unT il he has a chonce 10 meet the condidotes in person ond hea r their respective qua lifica tions. SCA annua l elect ions a lso scheduled. Full org aniza tiona l sessions to make Region IV lhe best organized in the n otion a re planned . All sta te officials are kindly urged to attend . CLOCKS .nd SETS. Pl eose bring them, they'll be needed. 124 CHESS LIFE THE EASTERN OPEN JULY 1-2-3-4 - WASHINGTON, D.C. TOURNAMENT SITE: The notionally famous Mayftower Hotel, Connecticut Avenue ond DeSaies $t., Washington, D.C . • WHO CAN PLAY: Open to 011 chessployers who ore or who become USCF members. No rating or residence resTrictions. Pre vious winner: 1960--Jomes T. Sherwin. TITLES AND TROPHIES: Winner is recognized 05 the Eastern Open Champion and receives 0 handsome engraved trophy. Woman with highest score receives woman's title and trophy. Trophi es to 2nd and 3rd ploce winners in addition to Top A, B (lnd C ployers. Special book prizes to Top 11'1'0 unra ted ployers. TYPE OF TOURNEY: 8 Round Swiss system (2 founds per day), 50 ffiOYes in two hours, odjudicolions ofter 4 hours of ploy. Ties broken by Median System. • • $750.00 IN PRIZES Winner: $300.00 2nd: $200.00 lrd: $100.00 4th: $50.00 Special cash pri zes for Top Woman, Top Junior a nd A, Band C players to be announced. DIRECTOR: Frank R. Brody. ENTRY FEE : SIO.OO to USCF members. Non-members must pay $5.00 oddilionol USCF dues. HOW TO ENTER: Entries will be occepted from 10 AM to 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time in the Grond Ballroom of the May flower Hotel. First round will start at 1 PM sharp. Entries in advance shauld be sent to USCF, 80 East I l1h St., New York 3, N.Y. THE WESTERN OPEN JUNE 30 - JULY 1-2-3-4 Milwaukee, Wisconsin TOURNAMENT SITE: Skyroom, Parkin ton House. Corner Plankin ton and Mkhigan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. WHO CAN PLAY: Open to all chessployers who are or who become USCF members. TYPE OF TOURNAMENT: 9 Round Swiss. Harkness pairing system. 50 moves in 2 Yl hours. 20 moves per hour thereafter. All games played to a conclusion. SCHEDULE: 1st ro und storts 8 PM, June 30th. 2 rounds each on July I, 2, 3 and 4. ENTRY FEE: $ 12.50. $9.50 for players under 18 years. All players must be or bKome USC F members. HOW TO ENTER: Send entries to Pearle Mann, 12 18 Railway Exchange Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. La te entries accepted by phone, in pers-on or by wire at Hotel until 7 PM, June 30th. ACCOMMODATIONS: A block of rooms are available ot the Plonkinton House ot reduced prices. Pl ayers competing in the toumoment are urged to make reservations at the Hotel - located at 609 North Plankil"lton Avenue. DIRECTOR: Ernest clfe assisted by Miss Pearle MOl"ln . SPONSORS: Milwaukee Chess Association. PRIZES: Guannteed Pri:u: Fund ...... $l300.00 l st...... $l50.00 2nd ...... $200.00 lrd...... $l00.00 All players scorirog more thon 5112 poil"lts will shore in the merit prize fund at $30.00 for each full point and $ 15.00 for each half-point. SPECIAL AWARDS: The! highest womel"l's player will be declared "Western Open Womel"l's Champion." The highest player ul"lder 18 will be de clared "Westem Open Juni or Champion." Trophy awards wHi be presented to the highest closs A, Bond C players. All trophies will be emblematic of the tille and commensurate with Western Open prestig e. APRn. 20, 1961 125 GREATER EW YORK MAY 12-13-14 - POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. TOURNAMENT SITE : The luxurious IBM Country Club, South Road (on Route 9), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. WHO CAN PLAY: Open to a ll chessployers who are or' who become USCF members. No ra ting or resi- dence' restrictions. Previous wi nners: 1895-Horold M . Phillips 195~W illjom l ombardy 1959- Pol Benko 1960- Wolter Shipman TITLES AND TROPHIES: Winner is recognized as Open Chess Champion of Greater New York and re ceives handsome engraved trophy. Woman with highest score wins woman's title and trophy. Trophies to 2nd and 3rd place winners, Top expert, Top A, Band C ployers. Top two unrated ployers receive chess books as prizes. TYPE OF TOURNEY : Six-round Swiss system conducted under USCF Tournament Rules. Ties broken un der Med ian system. Time li mit: 50 moves in two hours and 25 moves per hour thereafter in 1st, 4th and 6th rounds. Gomes adjudicated after 4 hours of play in 2nd, 3rd and 5th rounds. DIRECTOR : Frank R. Brady. ENTRY fEE: $10.00 to USC F members. Non-members must pay additional $5.00 USCF dues. HOW TO ENTER: Entries will be accepted from 6 to 8:30 PM at the tournament site on May 12 or in advance by mail to US Chess Federation, 80 East 11th St., New York 3, N. Y. SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION fROM NEW YORK CITY: A special chartered bus (limi ted to 45 players) wil l leave 80 East 11th St. (corner of Broadway) at 6 PM on Friday. May 12th to arrive at the Tourna ment site at 7:30. Reservations must be mode by calling GR 5-2360 or writing to USCF no later than Monday, May 8th. Bus leaves Poughkeepsie, Sunday evening, May 12th at 7 PM, arriving in N. Y. at 8:30 PM. Round trip fore: $3.50 per pe rson. Make you r reservations early! $500.00 IN PRIZES WINNER, $150.00 Second Ploce ...... $100.00 Sixth Place ...... $ 20.00 Third Place...... 80.00 Top Expe rt...... 35.00 Fourth Place ...... 50.00 Top A Player...... 20.00 Fifth Place...... 35.00 Top B Player...... 10.00 ACCOMMODATIONS: Hotel and Motel rooms available at the fo ll ow ing. Make your reservations early! DORCHESTER ARMS South Rood Prices include breakfast Poughkeepsie, N.Y. $ 9.00 single 12.00 doub le POUGHKEEPSIE MOTOR HOTEL South Rood $ 8 .50 single Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 14.00 double 2.50 extra cots KINGS COURT HOTEL 40 Connon Street $6.00 and $7.00 single Poughkeepsie, N.Y. $8.00, $9.00 ond $10.00 double POUGHKEEPSIE INN , 23 Cannan St . RQCHAMBEAU MOTEL, South Rood NELSON HOUSE, 28 Mo,ket St. DUTCHESS MOTEL, South Rood 126 CHESS LIFE THE STATE CONGRESS JULY 22nd to JULY 30th, 1961 Cazenovia, N.Y. TOURNAMENT SITE: Cozenovio Junior Conege, Cazenovia, N.Y. WHO CAN PLAY: Open to all chessployers who ore or who become USCF members ond NYSCA members. TYPE OF TOURNAMENT: 9 round Swi ss SySTem conducted under USCF Tournament Rules. T ime limit: 45 moves in 2Y2 hours. Adjourned gomes will be played at 18 moves per hour thereafter. TITLES AND TROPHIES: Winner is recognized as New York Stole Crn:.mpion and nos nome engraved on championship trophy, The Paul Morg on trophy is clso awarded to the upstaTe player having the hi ghest score in addition to the title of Upstate Champion. DIRECTOR: Fronk R. Brody, ENTRY FEE: $10.00 to USCF and NYSCA members. Non-members must poy $.04 .00 USCF dues and $2.00 NYSCA dues. HOW TO ENTER: Entries will be accepted 01 Cazenovia College after 3 PM an Saturday, July 22, up 10 6 PM. First round be gins 7:00 PM, July 22nd. ACCOMMODATIONS: Excellent rooms are available at the College at about $2.50 per night. (S1.00 for linen). Reservations should be sent 10 Dr. Edward Epp, 165 East 351h 51., New York, N.Y. PRIZES: First ...... $200.00 Third ...... $ 50.00 Second ...... 100.00 Fourth ...... 25.00 Prize money will be increased and point money awarded proportiona tely to the tournament income. SPECIAL EVENTS: SaTurday, July 29th ...... 1: 30 PM, Genesee Team Cup matckes. 6 :30 PM, Annual BanQUet. Sunday, July 3011'1 ...... : ...... 12 Noor'I- Awarding of prizes. INQUIRIES AND ENTRIES IN ADVANCE : Mr. Ha rold M. Ph illips 258 Broadway New York, N.Y. THE NEW STATE A JUNE 17-18 Geneva, New York TOURNAMENT SITE: Hobart College (5herill Halil. South Main St., Geneva, N. Y. WHO CAN PLAY: Open to all chessplayers excepl USCF rated Masiers who are or who become USCF members and NYSCA members. TYPE OF TOURNAMENT: Five ro und Swiss-system. 50 moves in 2 hours. Adjudications after 4 hours of ploy. Ties broken by Median System. PRIZES: Winner Is recogniud as the New York State Amoteur Champion OI'Id receives handsome engraved trophy. Trophies 0150 awarded to 2nd and Jrd ploce winner and speciol awards to Top A, B, C a nd unrated ployers. ENTRY FEE: $4.00 to USCF a nd NYSCA members. NOI'I-members must pay $4.00 USCF dues and $2.00 NVSCA dues. HOW TO ENTER: Entries will be occepted up to 10 AM on June 17th 01 She.ill Hall in Hobarl College or in advonce by mail to U.S. Che50s Feder ation, 80 East 11th St., New York 3, N.V. DIRECTOR: Fronk R. Brady. ACCOMMODATIONS: At Sherlll HolI - $2.50 per person per night whelher single or double occupancy. Many motels, hotels and tourist homes within walking distance. Write to Robert La BeHe, R.D. '2, Stanley, New Yorl<. for reservations and information. HOW TO GET THERE: Cor - New York State Thruway, Genevo Exit 42. Other Highways - East ond W.st. U.S. Route 20 ond N.Y.S. 5 - North a nd South, N.Y.S. 14 a nd 96A. Railroads - N .Y. Centra l to Syracuse or Roc:hester, then Greyhound bus to Genevo. Buses - Greyhound from Rochester, Syroc:use and Ithoco. SPONSORS: New York Stole Chess AnociatiOf'l and U.S. Chess Federation. APRIL 20, 1961 127 TOURNAMENT LIFE M.y '·7 Jun•• to July 13 Jun. 13-14-2.5 3rd SAN BERNARDINO OPEN LAS VEGAS SUMMER TOURNAMENT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN 6 rd. Swiss. $5.00 entry. $50 1st, $30 6 rd. Swiss. Trophy and book prizes. 6 rd. Swiss. $10.50 entry fcc. Trophies 2nd, $20 3td plus 6 other prires. At $2.00 entry. At Dula Recreation Center, and 1st prize guarantee of $225. At Jos Norton Air Force Base Library. San . Bonanza and Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las lyn Hall, Lincoln and Wilshire Blvd., Bernardino, Calif. Write to Dr. Max Vegas, Nevada. Write to Arthur Gamlln, Santa Monica, Calif. Write to Herbert Schlosser, 382 E. Sonora, San Bernardino, See'y., Las Vegas Chess Club, 611 North T. Abel, 126 Bicknell Avenue, Santa Cali!. Mai n St., Las Vegas, Nevada. Monica, Calilornia. May D-ll June ,.'1-11 J"'y 1.1 CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND CORAL GABLES CITY CHAMPIONSHIP 6 rd. Swiss. $100 minimum prizes plus BAYOU CITY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP trophies, books, memberships, etc. $4.00 5 or 6 rd. Swiss dependent on number 5 roo Swiss. $4.00 entry. Trophies. At entry. At Coral Gables Youth Center, or entrants. $5.00 entry. lst prize $50 VFW Hall, 10 Pleasant St. , Fitchburg, 400 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, Fla. guar anteed plus 2nd 20% of entry, 3r<\ Mass. Write to G. Poladian, Burnap St., Write to Murray G. Cohen, 1M Almeria 10 % of entry, 4th $10. Other trophies Fitchburg, Mass. Ave., Coral Gables, Fla. awarded. At the Houston Chess Club, 1913 West McKinney, Houston 19, Texas. M.y 21·,.·29.30 Jun. 10-n Write to Rhodes Cook at club address. 4th ANNUAL GREAT LAKES OPEN OKLAHOMA CITY OPEN 5 rd. Swiss. Trophies awarded. $3.00 7 rd. Swiss. $1000 in prizes. 1st, $300; entry. Free entry to jUniors under 17. 2nd, $200; 3rd, $100. Write to Charles At Central YMCA, 125 NW Fifth St., Tournament or •• nbers wishing .I n· Brokaski, 3222 Sunnyside, Brookfield, Ill. Oklahoma City, Okla. Write to Charles nounc: ment of USCF rolted , .... nl. Ames, 2344 Belleview Drive, Oklahoma Ihould m.lee . ppllntlon .t lell' she May 24-27-11 City 12, Oklahoma. wuk. before the publlntlon d.te of CHE&:S liFE. Spe<:I., forms for re PHOENIX IMPROVEMENT TOURNAMENT Jun. 1.11 qUHting S\leh .nnounnments moly be SOUTH DAKOTA CHAMPIONSHIP obt.lnllO only from U.S. Chess F.-er. · 5 rd. Swiss. Book prizes. $1.00 entry. lion, to E. 11th St., Hlw York 3, H.Y. At Phoenix Adult Center, 1100 West 6 rd. Swiss. 1st prize half of total entry Washington, Phoenix, Ariz. Write to WiI· fee and name on travelling trophy. 2nd, Iiam Fox, 6316 N. 31st Drive, Phoenix, 1J4 entry fees. 3rd, % entry fees. At Montana·Dakota Utility Hospitality Room, Arizona. 7th aDd Kansas Sts., Rapid City, South Dakota. Entry fee $5.00. $1.00 to Juniors JUST PUBLISHED! Mly 21·21 under 14. Write to Stanley M. Brown· 3rd USCF PACIFIC NORTHWEST hill, 414 7th SL, Rapid Cily, S. D. 1 9 6 0 OPEN British Chess Magazine 5 rd. Swiss. $150 guaranteed prizes. June 1.. " $4.00 entry. At Erb Memorial Student CAROLINAS OPEN Bound Volume Union, University of Oregon, Eugene, 6 rd. Swiss. $100 1st prize and other I Oregon. Write to Clark R. Harmon, 67 cash prizes. Entry fee $5.00 plus $2.00 Alpha Hall, University or Oregon, Eu NCCA or SCCA dues ($1.00 junior). At gene, Oregon. USC Building, southport, N. C. Write to Mrs. Gilliam Hornstein, Southport, N. C. June 1).24-15 of gimes, USCF EUROPEAN RATING NEW JERSEY STATE JUNIOR photos, erossllbles, TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP news coverage, problems, Inllysis. only 6 rd. Swiss. Cash prizes dependent on 5 or 6 rd. Swiss dependent on number entry fees; will be divided 70·30 between of entrants. $2.00 plus NJSCF dues or $3.00 winner and runner·up. $3.00 entry. At $1.00. At the Penn·Atlantic Hotel, South Vogelweh Service Club, Kaiserslautern, Carolina and Atlantic Aves.. Atlantic u. S. CHESS FEDERATION Germany. Write (via Air Mail) to Robt. City, N. J. Trophies and other prizes 80 East 11th St. A. Karch, Box 92, APO lOB , New York, awarded. Write to E. F. Daigle, 224 N. New York 3, N. Y. N. Y. Rosborough Ave., Ventnor, N. J . POSTMASTER: PI ..M return und.UVlnbie eopl•• to: U. S. CHISS FIOIRAT'ON. 8D Ellt '1th Str•• t , NIW York 3, N. Y R.turn Po..... Ou.rlntud.