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MANHATTAN TAKES MET LEAGUE TITLE SucccssfuUy defending its tiUc for the second year in succession MORE PRIZES FOR T HE U.S. J UNIOR the Manhattan Chess Club won the Metropolitan Chess League Cham AS ANNOUNCE!) I.V THE JULY 5 I SSU E OF CHESS LIFE, THE pionship by defeating its perennial rival the Marshall Chess Club by rOU.VGSTEHS WIIO COM PET/'." IN THE U S. JU.VIOR C HAMI'ION a decisive score 6 ~:" ·31h. As usual the competition was hot and heavy SIIII' TillS rEAR WILL ENJOr SOM I~ FINE PHIZES (BOTI/ CASU and both clubs had their best possiblc tearns competing with exception liND nWI'HIES) AND AS WE GO TO NIESS, EDGAR MCCOR of the lower boarus on the Marshall Club. Thc match was conducted at M ICK I-lt\S ANNOUNC£D THAT TilE A.\tERICAN CHESS FOUN the Jl,[ar~hall C.C. and J ack Stuppler and Everett Raffell acted as ref DATION IS DONATI.VG 8100 FOH 2ml PL t\C /~ ,_ AND THE N .j. erees. STAn: CIIESS FF.DEHA1"10N SSO FOR l'IflHD PL.1CE. ('filE \vIN The resuits: N E H WILL IUX EIVE $'200 I' L US '/"liANSPORTATION TO TilE BO ARD MARSHALL MANHATTAN U.S. OPEN, PHO\'/IJED BY /': . FORR), l.,\UCKS). 1. Raymond Weinstein ...... 1 Pal Benko ...... 0 All. TO 13£ It JUNIOH AGAI N! 2. Edmar Mednis ...... 1h Arthur Bisguier ...... 'h: 3. James Sherwin ...... If.z William Lombardy ...... lh LUTES WINS AMATEUR ANNOTATION CONTEST 4. Anthony Saidy ...... 0 Samuel Reshevsky ...... 1 Wendell Lutes of the King's Gambit Chess Club in Elkhart, Indiana 5. Sidney Bernstein ...... 0 Arnold Denker ...... 1 has been declared the win ner of the annotatio n contest announced in the 6. Anthony Santasiere ...... 1 L A. Horowitz ...... 0 April 20 issue of CHESS LIFE. His prcsentation of the Spassky-Bronstein 7. Car! Pilnick ...... 0 .. A. DiCamillio ...... 1 8. Jack Collins ...... 0 Karl Burger ...... 1 game appears elsewhere in this issue. 9. John Westbrock ...... 0 Dr. Graydon Lee Schrieber of Timonium, Maryland was a close Harold_Sussman ...... 1 second, and appears wel1 qualified to take over Mr. Lutes' annotations 10. Stuart Margulies ...... lh George Shainswit ...... % whenever the latter goes on tour with his Indianapolis King's Gambiteers. In third place came W. E. Stevens of Laramie, Wyoming. Honorable 6\1 mention must be made for several olher entries: David R. Stevenson of New Haven, Conn., who submitted the most complete and attractive TOURNAMENT REMINDERS annotation of al1, and who was ruled out as one of the three finalists only because bis game and notes would have laken up nearly an entire, July 29, 30, 3J-CAROLINAS OPEN, Charledon, S.C, (CL·7/ 5/ 60) 1.9.A;'g. S-U. S. JUNIO R, Log Ca bin CC, W. Orange, N.J. (Cl· :-,,'ft:e of CHESS UFE; H. L. Marks, West Virginia, whose comments 5/ 5/ 60) up to and including move 12 were excel1ent, and who then refrained 3o.31-TEXAS J UNIOR, Oall u, Texas (CL-12!20/ 59) [rom comment on the crucial moves which followed one another in quick 30-31_ARKANSAS OPEN, Hot Springs, Ark. (CL-6/ 5/ 60) succession; Ca ptain Edwin F. O'Brien of Springfield, Mi ssouri, and James 31_VALLEY OF THE MOON FESTIVAL, Sonoma, Cali· Rider of Irving, Texas, each of whom questioned White's 15. N-Q6 and fornia (CL-6/ 5/ 60) Black's 15 ...... , N-Bl, but who both got lost in the intricate alternate August 8-19_ U. S. OPEN, St. l ouis, Mi ssouri (CL·5!20/ 60 and variations; and James Yee of Marysville, California. 6/ 5/ 60) And we must not forget the veteran Dr. Theodore Bullockus of 27·28-PAN HA NDLE OPEN, Lubboc k, Tun (12/20/ 59 ) California, now of Lexington, Mass., whose entry was received too late Sept. 3,4, S-SOUTHWEST OP EN, Albuquerque, N.M. (Cl·5/ 5/ 60) to be eligible lor the competition, but whose fine analysis, mentioned elsewhere in this issuc, is causing some well-known professional com mentators considerable concern. To all these, as well as those others PHILADELPHIA QUARTERMASTER DEPOT whose entries have remained unmentioned, our tbanks for having made HOSTS MASTER EMERITUS RUTH this first amateur annotation contest so interesting and so successful. The active chess club of the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, We'll try it again someday soon. U.S. Army. recently enticed US CF Master Emeritus Bill Ruth to attend ::-c-c-=-=-c-c-c-::=-,----,- one of their weekly meetings, where he gave a lecture, and took on all comers in simultaneous exhibition. The photograph below shows Mr. FOUR U.S. GRANDMASTERS NOW PLAYING Ruth at left, playing Mr. Leo Paquin, president of the club. Center left, IN ARGENTINE TOURNAMENT Ll·Col. R. G. D. Buckeridlle. visiting British Liaison Officer; center right, Bobby Fischer, ISamuel Reshevsky, Pal Benko, and Larry Evans Deputy Chicf of Staff for Logistics (U.S. Army) General Anderson. arc now pl ayi ng in an invitational master tournament, sponsored by the Argentine Government-a master tournament in which thirteen of the twenty participants are international grandmasters! They will play for a solid month-June 23 10 July 23. Eight national champions are competing: Fischer. USA : Korchnoi, USSR; Gligoric, Yugoslavia; Pachman, Czechoslovakia; Szabo, Hungary; Wexler. Argentina; Unzicker, West Germany; Uhlmann, East Germany. In addition to these are Reshevsky, Benko, and Evans from the USA; Taimanov. USSR; Ivkov, Yugoslavia; Olafsson, Iceland; R. G. Wade, of N. Zealand and England, and Eliskases, Rosetto, Guimard, Bazan, and Foguelman. all of Argentina.
U. S. Junior Championship U. S. Ope n Championship July 29·August 5 August 8·19 Log Cabin Cheu Club She raton-Jefferson Hotel 30 CoUamore Terrace St. Louis, Mo. West Orange, N.J . For full details concerning these major events in U.S. Ch~ss, see CHESS LIFE, May 5, 1960, concerning the Junior, and May 20, about the Open. And please note that for either ev~n t advance entries should be addressed to Frank Brady, USCF Busineu Manager, 80 East 11th St., New York 3, N.Y., rather than to the playing sites, or to the local promotion committees, as previously announced. r------~sooo -MEMBERS Operation -By July By r eate, Svenwell 1960 --~~~~~~~~~~---~ A New Approach to Chess MlIs~ry, THE "CALIFOR NIA SIMUL"- AND HOlY By Fred Reinfeld. Gar den City, New York: Hanover Hoo.e. 168 pp., S6 dlags, $1.95 IT IS USED TO BUILD MEMBERSHIP The latest de\·ice in do·it·yourself instruction IS move·by·move analysis. :"IS in the Logical Chess of Irving Chernev. Reinfeld's new book From: Harry Boroc how, Southern Ca lifornia Membership Chairman conforms to this type, but with major differences deriving from his To : Fred Cramer, General Membership Chairman method in his earlier text Chess Mastery by Question lind Answer. In Western Chairman Lena Grumetle has coordinated and done the . "th e new a]}proal:h he provides eight games, annotating the moves first work as to organization of the Wednesday evening simuls and lectures wi th qUt'stions and then, repeating the game score with answers. The by masters arid experts at the Herman Steiner Chess Club. Each eight chapters deal in Ihis fashion with the principles of development, Wednesday we pick up two, three, or four for USC F and a like number mobility. attacking undevcloped positions, attacking constricted pOSI· for HSCC-that's over 100 per year! tions, and the like. Each affords opportunities for instructive qUestions The success of these events lies in part III the efficient advance and rlcar appliciltion of principles in the answers. As readers of this planning and promotion. Each event needs a special "come·on," such column will know, the reviewer recommends the use of two boards as the performer's 40th birthday, which would call for 20 boards at with this, or indeed, any kind of chess book: one for the mam line, $2.00. Or the 50th birthday could be used-for 25 boards, 6r ally other the other for variations. And as we knights of the flat hat have known anniversary. (On ly our small HSCC quarters pl'evented me from trying since the time of Socrates, the ability to ask the right questions is the for my 62nd birthday!) Incidentally, call it a birthday even if the actual mark of a great teacher. Reinfeld's questions arc the right ones because day is a few months away. (This is Hollywood showmanship, perfectly they require immediate attention to questions of strategy as well as of legitimate!) tactics, and they enforce the return to principles. This book is aimed The advance announcement, featul'ing the "come·on" and all the at the intermediate player, and except for some introductory matter details, should go out to a good mailing list. !,'riends of the performer, which may be thought unnecessary to one of that level, the book is a roster of the club, and additional names suggested by individuals, will success. form a list that gets good results. A typical advance announcement IS one HSCC used May 11 : "Dear Friend: We hereby in· the true professionals in time. But WITH THE CLUBS vite you to attend the "Double· even the lee need not b(> sacri The eighth ~ n"u a l Bankers Athletic The Denver YMCA CC team won the Lc ~g u e Chcss T ou rname nt Dinn<' r was COlorado State C h e & & Asso ciation Header" event at the Herman fic ed : In some iru>lanccs the per held o n April 2H M Ihe Ncw York Steiner Chess Club, rear of 108 [ormcr can be allowed $l.00 a Times Service Dining Itnorn h, New championship by edging out the Boulder N0i1h Formosa, Los Angeles, board, and let the memberships go York City. About seventy attended. CC to take 1st place In the live-team The dinner culminated the aetlviUe5 or league. Denver and Boulder each Clnlsb. Wed. May 18,"1.960 at 8:00 p.m. via club chapter at $4.00. We col· the BAL Ch es ~ Lca!: ue which had been Harry Borochow, US CF Master lect the extra S3.00 from HSCC In co mp<'titlon d uring Ihe winter. F inal cd with 3 wins. no losses. and 1 draw Emeritus, Vice President, and members for USCF membership, standIngs of 11,<, league were as fol· In Ihe team matches. Denver has 19 won Southern California Membership or extra $9.00 for two-year memo lows: games, as compared to Boulder"! 15, and }' irsl Natio nal City Bank ...... 10 • 2 only 3 losses, while Boulder sustained Chairman has thru his tenacity berships, and sometimes sell half Irving Trust Co ...... 9 • 3 6, gave Denver the tie-breakIng p ush and diligency* put California III the participants! Those already a Ch as~ ManhaLLa n !lank ...... 6 j· 5 ] first place, ahead of New York, member of one and not the other Chemlcla Bank New Yo rk Trust to the top. tn third place came the Company ...... 5!. 6, COlorado Springs C. C. w:lth an abso in the membership drive, and we generally Jom the other. Those Bankers Trust Co ...... S ~ · 6 ~ lutely even score--2 wins and 2 losses would like to keep it that way! who want to_ join both can get ~ I o r ga n Guara nty Trust Company 4 • a ~ In matches, and 10 wins and 10 105Sea "Thus, as a wind·up of OP· two exhibitions free. Ban k or Ne w York ...... I ~ ·IO ~ A Irophy waS awarded to the winning and 4 draws In games. The other two ERATION M and in celebration My own pitch IS that anyone t eam b y Cha uncey D. Cemmm of the . teamll, Fort Collins and Pueblo, Clnlshed of Harry's 42nd year m orga· who beats me gets a free USCF lrvl l1.\1 Trust Company. I're.sldellt of the In that order. Fe ature 01 the last-round nized chess in Southern Califor· membership. (We take it out of the Bankers Athilltle League. Prlzu were m.tcb bIltween Denver and Boulder Willi a warded to the IIlayer from each team Al Hulmea' (Denver) 123 mOve win over nia, he will take on 21 players till from those who didn't join.) with the best seasons record. They Kenneth Mundt, a game which took 7'1.1 III simultaneous, at $2.00 per All surplus money goes to the we re : hours. board. However, if II player joins chess club. Where a master is de Joseph Kulpa. Chase Manhattan the USCF, or the HSCC, or wins pendent upon chess for a livin...ll, Ba nk ...... 10- I The Class B Tournament of the Fred Dorn. First National City Golden Gate C.C. (San Francisco) from Harry, the fee will be perhaps he'll play for the surplus !lank ...... 10 ~ · I ~ wa ived. as his fee- there certainly always T ed Lorie, Bankers Trust Com· was compl eted III May, with 14 " Please reserve as soon as pos· is a surplus. New York is ripe for pany ...... n· 2 ~ players competing in a 5 round Peler Andina. Chemical Bank Swiss. Co·champs are Carl Huneke sible, for players are limited to 40 and more board simuls- and it New York Trust Company ...... 8 ~ · 2 ~ 21. Call Mrs. Grumette at OL could bring 1000 new members in· Paul Bordwell. I r ving Trusl Com. and Dan McLeod, each with 4+1. 6·3670. Sincerely yours, Gene Ru· to USCF for the third year. of pany ...... 9 ~. I ~ Irving Frank, with 3lh·Ph, was Jack Rueh, i\\or gan Guaranty thi rd. Another unbroken tic devel bin, President, HSCC." OPERATION M! Trust Compan)' ...... 5 . 2 · Complimentary verbiage is Mrs. Hans Berliner has demonstrated Dolf Gel!)e r. Thc Bank of New oped for 4th·5th places, after Gary Grumelte's, not mine! York ...... 4~· 2, Counsil and Henry King had each that this type of exhibition can Frank Brady, Business Manager of Surely masters elsewhere in the succeed outside of Cali fornia, and scored 3-2. Lowell Tullis d-irected the Unlt e (/ States Chcss Federation was the event , which is reported to country can assist III this sort of I understand that his shows have the feat ured speake r. Ills suhJect was exhibition, for the good of chess been very important in the terrific " The United StD l es Chess Federation." have been the first USCF·rated The e"cning concluded with th" an· event of this kind in the San Fran· promotion, even if they sacrifice membership record set by Colo· mwl rapid t r ansit Chess Tournament In a fee- for any advancement m rado. But let's ~ee this in more WhIch 62 participated. T he " 'Inne n cisco area. rive new members were chess will certainly seep down to places. many more places! were: added to USCF rolls. First, P et"r A ndlna of ChemIcal Bank New York Trust Co. Ir------The Austin CC (Chicago) recently The l1 ew Central YMCA C.C. (Chi. Second, Michael Shannon. Morgan LASKER V$ PILLSBURY tOOk 1I 13·board match from the Chi· c ~ go . Ill.) rece nlly lost two close t eam Cua r ~ nly Trust Co"'pany Edited by matches. The strong Oa k Park team cago Industrial League All Slars. win Third. Alexander Farago. J.·irst Na. won by a , 7·6 score, while the Knig hts tlonal City Bnnk Oll ie A. Brandreth • ning 7 ~· 5 'h . AusUn winners were Jim CC team won 8·6. No quarter was given All 14 of the great fighting Warren, John Nowak, Ed Buerger, Paul or a s k ~d. as only 2 draws In Z7 games • • • Shnmokln IP3.) d efeats Sunbury in games contested between them. AdatlU, Frank Haubold, Walt Alberts, wo uld Indle a t ~. Winne rs fo r Oak Pnrk were Ko bllsh. He"'~og. Barnes, Brolkskl, two el ,e~ s lea m matches. ,\ team of four Very copious annotations by and Bob Stein. All 51"-T winners were Adams, Neilson, nnd ;'IlaJor, whne Ccn· woodp"shers f ro:!] Shamokin won their Tarrasch, Marco. Lasker, Pills· Lazanvl<;h (of the League's 2nd place tral Y scored with wins by Rosen. n "st " enl ure In chess flstlcoffs by de· feJllng a g~ me t cam fro m Sun bury at bury. Steinitz, Maso n, a.o. Match Motorola team) Vlkrlkas and Pulo (or Wheeler. Tyler, Mue nch, ptacek, and Christensen. ln the match wllh the Sunhury 2" lu U . A return malch In and tournament records, biog· the League's champion Western Elec Knights, Ro.en, Ptacek. Christensen. Shamokin on April 3 resulted In a raphies, etc. Spiral bound. tric team) Mcj.r and McCluskey (of the Salatorlus a nd KlIsmmer WOn for Cen. triumphant score of 5 to 2 f or the Send remittance of S3.50 with 1st National Team). tra!. with Wheeler and BlkuUs drawing S h nmoklu te am In a seven hoard team their games with Adams and Dudek. ma tch. Shnmo kll1 and Sunbury learn order to Wlnnlnll Knights were Voltz. Meyer, captai ns: lie,'. G. C. lllngnman and Dale A. Brandreth Vandertuln, nuttny. McGrcgor. Kray. F rank Ka rnlol. WANTED 1 Cherry Lane nak, and Caspar. . / . . Miquon, Pennsylvania THE CHESS ARCHIVES, by Dr. The Vass.Barden C.C. of Raleigh, (" hess Ins truction is glveu b y mem. Coming Ma y 20: N.C. has found Its 19&0 champlons_ bCl"s of the Shamokin Chess Club In M. EUWE in English. Describe three o f th("m. David Steele (16). Dr. Ihc Public Library each Wednesday "MONTEV IDEO , 1938" condition and state price asked A. M. J enkins, and Dr. N. M. Hornstein. e,·enlng. A group of Iwenty players are A limited edition tournament to each of whom scored 4·1 In the round sha rpening thclr chess wlls. Plans call book of a previously unpub· Stanley E. Kaimowih: robin finnl • . wlll share the 1960 title . ror competitio n On a greater seale In lished Alekmne - tourney 120 Another youthful flnallst. Doug Moretz. Ihe fal! season. 841 Elm St. 16, placed 4th with 2·3. John Speights . games, spiral bound. Price: Cll mden 2, New Jersey 16, and Ed Blanchard tied {or the eel· Wt dn a da y. Page 2 $3.00 lar spot with %-4 'h. The e,"ent was ------' directed by co-champ Dr, Jenkins. J"ly 10 , 1960 l ~------itations which grow, like cancers, ~------~ and laughed at the mind! To win or out of self·love. That is what I lose meant nothing compared to CHESS-AN ESSAY mean when I say that Dr. Tarrasch by U.S. Master Anthony E. Santasiere was bankrupt spiritually. And yet, the love 'and the fight. He did win, Part lV he was a profound student of our and he did lose-losses that hurt beloved game; he was a great deeply, but could not dim the teacher, evcn though his theories ~~--~~~~~------~We will start with Rubinstein- became husband. father and grand. sunshine. His material success was were dogmatic. not outstanding; but his spiritual because I have finished a close father all in one stroke. It is per examination of one hundred of haps no accident that the two Now Capablanca! the great Capa· success was magnificent. America his games-Rubinstein, the great opening variations which bear his bl anca (how well he knew it!), the and the whole world respects the Akiba Rubins\cin---one of the idols name (the exchange variation in perfect machine. the fiery tempera· memory of Frank J. Marshall, and of my youth. And I was sadly the Ruy Lopez and Lasker's De lllen t with (especially in his young· er days) the cold, selfish heart, the yields to him the love he gave. disillusioned. rense in the Queen's Gambit De- (Editorial comment: Marshall fans Here was a master who, I had elined) both involve an unusually incredible, insane conceit-Capa· blanca. will be glad to learn that author been made to understand, had been carly exchange oC queens; that is, San(asiere, in a future instalment the equal of Lasker, a giant of the to l"larily the situation he gets rid And yet, there is more to be said, of this ESSAY, has several inter of women." ~hess world, a personality to be for this was a magnifcent personal esting and original reminiscent approached with awe. Only, it But despite the fact that Lasker ity. The spiritual world was never anecdotes dealing with Marshall. seemed, the lack of opportunity was a thinking matcrialist. it was to Capablanea's taste, but he al The current instalment, and the had cheated him of the world's mostly becausc he was a great ways had at his command simple, next few to follow, in which the championship. Now I know better. figh tcr that he was enahled to forceful ideas-and youthful. too! author gives his opinion of the Rubinstein. at his best, woUld rcach the material heights, and to Alas! that even he is among the merits and failings of several of never have conquered Lasker. stay there for so long. Nonethclcss, dead! Only to have been in his the greatest masters in chess his He was definitely smaller in he was fearless. Though wit hout preesnce was to have known the tory, contains some of the material stature-not as a strategist or tacti fear. still he hated to lose: he ap· vibrant, joyous quality of all that referred to in the italicized intro cian, for in these technical fields proached real risk with profound is eternally young, to have known duction in the issue of April 20, he was at least Lasker's equal. Nor distaste. His mind (will ) so over· an atmosphere charged with elec· 1960. If any reader believes that was he inferior as a dreamer; he shadowed his heart that he could tricity. to have suffered a stimula one of his heroes is being treated was, in truth. thc grcater artisl. never "let go" spiritua,lly: he could tion too penetrating to be earthly. too roughly, or that another chess But it was as a fi ghtcr that he never accept loss with a smile; he We salute the great Capablanca! great is being given too much could not equal Lasker. To ever so could never put beauty first. and But as he grew older, he deteri praise-let him remember that it's small a degree, Rubinstein pos the point second. His wonderful orated sadly. The degenerate trend Santa&ere writing, and that he'd sessed the fear which Lasker knew mind saw to it thal material suc was morc spiritual in nature, than be pleased to receive your com not. cess should be his. physical. I really believe he was ments at 620 Trinity Ave., New York 55, N.Y.) Lasker embraced life, plunged Not so with Nimzovitsch or Heti insane- i. e" incapable of recogniz into it boldly; Rubinstein was (passionate [or new roads of beau ing an equal competitor-including ~And now the greatest genius somewhat not so strong, so pas· ty). not so with Ma rshalJ or Spiel of course Alekhine in his prime, the chess world has ever known sionate. man (with joy in the attack), not and Botvinnik in his youth. There Alekhine. It is unfortunate that I never was, and there never will be should write about him now ratber No matter from what angle we so with l\1icscs. Tschigorin, Duras, Tar lakower (dclightfully insane). an egotist quite so extreme as than before the last war. Then, consider Lasker-Dr. Emanuel Las Capablanca. His self·love was so almost without exception, chess ker, world's champion for almost Pillsbury, Janowski (the fierce art isO- and of co urse. Alekhine! All extraordinary as to become a tWng lovers respected and admired his thirty years-we must respect and of wonder, of charm; even before great talent, his creations. But now admire him. Only Alekhine, in my these contemporaries of Lasker were, in my opinion in one very he died, he was a legend. certain alleged writings of Alek opinion. reached greater heights. • • hine have caused unhealthy emo But Lasker was without doubt the Important respect, greater than And yet, how much more noble Lasker. With them the heart was is true humility, true love, true tions to dominate the thinking of outstanding player of his gcnera some chess players. Hatred, if it tion. On a background of profound loving enough to put aside the greatness! We have only to think of grosser material considerations, to Franz Schubert or Abraham lin· could, would darken even ever knowledge he built magnificent edi· lasting beauty. So that, before I fices with psychology and courage. rise somewhat beyond vanity. coin or Albert Einstein to know the genius of Capablanca jn its own discuss Alekhine, I must plead with Evcn as an almost old man, he Only a lover can ignore loss, can you to realize that beauty (genius) remained a formidable competitor. afford to experiment, to dream! unique lack of light. As a chess mastcr he was an ultra-materialist, is eternal, while hatred is only In his prime, he was without a Only a lover can find his reward very temporary and fundamentally peer. and even by such standards over· out.side of material success. In the false. But to have said this for Lasker last analysis. only a lover, even rated. He stimulated the world of -(and less, in all justice, one may though he suffer terribly, enjoys chess. and {most unfortunate re The world is stiU rich with intol not say}-does not mean that we life. And when we look up to the sult) actually inspired a whole erance, and quick with persecu must ignore the weaknesses of his stars. we shall surely see how the generation of masters to imitate tions. Even with the best of in personality. We are seeking the lov er ~ outshine all the rest. This his cold, efficient, technical style tentions, we are none of us quite truth: therefore we must look be· they have earned; they have de· (for instance, Kashdan - "der equal to the great courage needed low the surface. scrved. kleine Capablanca"). It was Capa to accept the "Sermon On The blanca who was mostly responsible Mount" into our hearts, and into Lasker was not a poet- he was Lasker was not a lover; still less so werc Dr. Tarraseh and Capa· for the so·called "grandmaster our daily living. not a lover. Chess inevitably be draw", the natural result of scien came for him a necessary medium blanca. Especially for chess, any theory tific " perfection" divorced from of racial superiority is so much of expression: but it expresscd It is revealing that I dOl:!,'t think emotion, "will·to-win" or creative mostly his mind, his will, not his nonsense,-and more so when con of writing "Tarrasch"; I must write power. Finally it wa.s CapabIanca centrated on the followers of a heart. If he really loved anyone or "Dr. Tarrasch". To that extent did anything, it was himself. This was who stated in public print that the religion. At that time I had to ex he impress the world - even a game of chess. if not dead, had at his great weakness. And that is press myself as follows: "Steinitz, wol'1d that knew him not personally least reached the end of the road; Reti, Spielman, Nimzovitsch - to why, for instance, I would place -with his not genius. but God·like and he advocated changes in the Nimzovitsch or Marshall or Alke mention only a few of the great genius. We wcre simply not in his rulcs or even pieces! spiritual Jewish chess masters - hine above Lasker in that immortal category. not fit to breathe the air firmamcnt of Spirit. Lasker was Capablanca stimulated, darkly were all bold, passionate experi he did. Dr. Tarrasch was a supreme menters, ardent with an urge to essentially a matcrialist. He was a ego tist. a sclf·made Prussion God. inspired the world of chess, but he cold thinker. He was not so much a loved it not: he loved only Capa beauty, disdaining personal mater He was the worst kind of a mater ial gain as the more important creator, as a most expert and quick ialist- talented, yes-a great mind, blanca. And the world will under solver of a long series of problems stand and remember--or forget. motivating force. Chess will always yes-knowledge. yes-a great mas be indebted to their original aDd ;~~~~hh~~::oa~c~s ;~~o\~ra c~~~~~~: ter. of course: But he was bankrupt To follow with Marshall is to brilliant creations." And so, I simp spiritually. He had no understand· compare night with day. Marshall ly cannot understand why Alek able solution, the goal. Dr. Reuben in g of the word "humility", and no Jived always with love. He knew Fine was a profound student of hine, as reported, wanted to think concern for the word "love". And wcll how to accept- nay, welcome otherwise. The facts are not known, Lasker's style, a-nd I quote from an there is no doubt that a mind lack -danger. And therefore, he was opinion wberein he does not ignore He claimed a defense, but died be ing such a foundation must face often intimate with material loss. fore he could present it. sex: the crises with little of the strength Always he loved the game more "The search for clarity would for that can be drawn only from the than Marshall, more even than his (Continued-CoL 1, Page 7) Lasker be specifically tied up with deep wells of "faith". And the ac team or country. This is the love the wish to deny or 'regulate' his complishments of such a mind can that surpasses all loves. In the sexual impulses. We may recall his never touch infinity, must always world of chess, Marshall advanced statement that when he married he know tbe cold and even cruel lim- with the heart; almost he despised Vo l. XIV. Number 22 6. B-Q.B4 . 0 ·0 ; 7. 0·0. QN·Q2; 8. p "MQgnificent!" SQys Kmoch Q.i, N.N3; 9. B·N3. B·KNS • MCO IIh . ) J uly 20. 1960 0-0; 7. 0 ·0 . QN·Q2; II. P-Q4. N·Na; 9. " Brilliant!" Says Borden N·K5. QNx!'; 10. NxN. NxN=. (Aue r· "Mistake!" Says Bullockus Publl,b4ld tWl(:e a mOll th on '7be 5tb and 10th by un: UNITED STATES CHESS bach.nuras. Abhazla 19 12.) Is a mul e FEDERATION. ED te.ed u se.;:ond clus n'atter Seplember 5. 1946. at the pOl l office point. B' OilS/ d 11- Bf
USC, M.mbershlp Du.. Ineludln! subSCription to Cheu Ufe. p~rlodlcal p ub., CHANG!! 0' .... DDRESS: F our weeD' notice requir ed. Whe n orde rln lli c ~:"~ caUon of naUon al ebeu r aUnt. an aU olher p rivileges: p l ~ aI . fur nl.b .11 add",,, .ten ell Impression from reee nt Issue or eJ< ad P dueUon Includlnt number. .nd d. t.,.. on top Une . ONE YEAR: $5.00 TWO Y~AR.S: $9.50 THREE YE.... RS : $11.50 LIPE: ,100.00 SUSTAINING: 10 s end m ~ mbe""'lP dUll, Alhlcrlptlon" toumlm.nt repOrh for ntlng, ntlng :::.: and chanlll of .ddr... to FRANK SRADY, Bu.ln... Mln.ger, 80 Ent \lth, ,.~ York 3, N. Y. Send anly .... WI lt4Im, and com .... u"leat.on. ,. CH!!SS Llf'~ oMI.torllt matt." to 'R..D M.. WRIiN, .dltor. Go.... House, P.rr" Mlln •• M+• .u dp L, ,.,.... ID' THB UNI11D STA.'!~BS~ a-mss FBDERATION MIDWOOD HIGH WINS N.Y. INTERSCHOLASTIC LARRY EVANS ON CHESS LEAGUE TITLE After a series of Saturday morn· By Interruztional Grandmaster LARRY EVANS ing matches, held at Larry Evans' Chess SLudio in Manhattan, Mid wood High emerged victor with 23lh (of 32); 2nd anti 3rd, Jamaica MY MOST BRILLIANT GAME RANDOLPH OPEN HONORS and Stuyvesant, each with 201h; To the average player, bedazzled by brilliancies, positional chess 4th, Lincoln, 20 1.-2: 5th, Brooklyn seems dull, He does not reali ze that the essence of modern chess is TO PAYNE, STEEN Tech. 18% ; 6th, Morris, 15; 7th, freedom from gross error. The player on defense generaUy sees bril Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, Far Rockaway, 13; 8th, School of liancies long before they are hatched. Most of the action takes place was lhe site of the First Annual Industrial Art, 12; 9th, Fort Ham in the notes and in the mi nds of the players rather than over-the-board. Randolph Open Chess Tournament. ilton, 11; 10th, Haaren, 7%. The Winning sacrifices are impossible unless an error has been made a 5-round Swiss played June 3rd first four players on the first four somewhere along the way. Every so often, however, a brilliant win through 5th. Twenty·five players teams received book prizes, do comes along where the annotator fails to perceive where the loser made participated in the event, wh ich nated by the Optimists Club of an outright blunder. Such a game is this- played when I was fifteen was divided into Open Champion Brooklyn, an organization which years old. Wi th the bravado of youth, and no r eputaUon to preserve, ship and Reserve Sections. also furnished two qualified rep 1 was eager to fl irt with danger (in the form of a zero). The result is resentatives each week to help the a series of gorgeous sacrifices and stunning preparatory moves. The Open Championship Trophy old maestro Milton Hanauer in A gorgeous preparatory move WhLCh was we ll earned by John Bob his direction and administration OPENING: FRENCH DEFENSE clears the first rank. Payne of San Antonio, who scored of the various matches. Milton Marshall Chess Club Cha mpionshi p '-;,- three wins and two draws. The de says, "Also give credit to our gra Finals, 1947 cisive game was his fourth round cious hosts, Larry Evans and Ar Larry Eva ns Carl Pilnick win over Blake Stevens of San nold Rothman." At the final ccre White Bla ck Antonio. Morley Pastinsky, Henry monies the USCF came into the 1. P·K4 P·K3 Davis, and Blake Stevens tied for 2. P·Q4 P·Q4 picture as ten USCF memberships 3. N.QB3 N·KB3 second through fourth places with were presented by our New York 4. B·NS B-K2 3% -1% tallies. The second place office, to the individual high scor S. BxN ...... trophy was awarded to Pastinsky ers of the ten teams. Receiving It is not customnry to vo~ntarily gi"c on Median tie·breaking points. Lt. up the 2 Bishops, but I choo~e tilLS these prizes were: Robert Bruch, little-known variation because my George Kawas of Lackland Air Morris HS; Kenneth Collins, Stuy stnndlng In the tournament forced me For ce Base came in 5th and took vesant HS; Stephen Gruen, Jamai- to play fOf n win at all cost. home a trophy as highest placing S. . ... _.. . BxB ca HS; Lawrence Stoller, A. Lin 6. B_K2 military finisher. coln HS; Walter Strach, School of 7. 0 -01 Industrial Art; Alan Forster, Haar· --;- In the Reserve Section, top hon· ors went to Morris Steen of San en HS; Martin Harswick, Fort Ham· , Antonio. Steen scored four wins ilton HS; Arnold Guardagnini, (Posit ion afte r 22. N-B3!!) and one draw. Henry Dove and Brooklyn Tech; Roy Ve!.shin, Far 22...... • p "p Mike Brame tied for second and Rockaway HS; Victor Schoenbach, Now the defense 22...... , R-84 Calls third with 41. Henry took the sec· Midwood HS. after 23. B> useE M EMBERS: Submit ,"ou, bm l"m~ 1 fQ, Ihi, dt parlmtnl /0 JOH N W. HJ3.Q4 R·081 . COLLlNS, Sru ),Ym ml To",,,, J2 1 Etlll 14/1. 51., N tT>' Y o.'\: 9, N. Y. Sp~c" bti", "20. 0 _N2 R·B4 KR·BI R·84 lim;ted. Mr. C,:,IIi", ",ill ulut the mOSI ;,,It' (lli,,g "nd ; 1I f / ,uaju public"/;o ,, . I". n.". ,., 0 ·8 3 U"ltlJ Ollu,,,,jSt staled nolts 10 8"rnu ,lrt l". Mr. Col/i" •. SUII maintaining tho pawn ., QN4. Sh~ r ",i" ". N·B4 8 ·B3 nlARSHALL ". R·B5 ...... CO·CHAMPIONS Now. • t riple a!laek tho OP. 24 • . __. .. " R·OI J ames T. Sherwin of New York, 0 _81 ...... a lawyer, and Raymond A. Wein "25 ...... R·03 stein of Brooklyn, a psychology ,. HxQNP ...... major at Brooklyn College, are co White regains the pawn ... hlch he gam. champions of the Marshall Chess billed 8 mo ves nl:O • . . pluS nn excel lent posltlon. U interest. W tinsttin Club. Each scored 12* -1112 in the 26...... N Position afte r 41 ...... , K·B2 club's major tournament. Neither 21. RxB R· B3 lost a game, they drew with each 2B. Q·N2 Q·0 3 An end g:une has arisen which Is just other, Sherwin drew with West· An alter nativc was 28 . .... ,. ..• QxQ; 29. 1\ matte r of t echnique- but Is stili RxQ. R.B8ch; 30. B·BI, R·B3. d lfficu!!! ! unblushingly cunless that brock, Weinstein with Harris, and 29. NxPI Resigns ! con~u lt ed m any ex per ts on this cnd both drew with Collins. A former If (a ) 29 ...... , NxN, SO. BxNch win· game t o mnke doubly sure of the point. New Yor k State Champion, and Ihe exchange or (b) Z9 ...... N- One Mars h~ lI master SUlleested an in· 30. with the t hr eat of 31. t e restlng winning method, namely: third pri ze wi nner in-the 1957 and . If _ ...... N.K4 ; K-K3·Q2-1l3·N4.R5. It llIack hIlS pro 1958 U. S. Championship, this is ; 31. QAN tected h Is Q P by P·1l3, Ihe n K·NS wlnl. mal e. If If by IJ.K3. the n P ·1l6 ... Ins. If by 8-B3, the fi rst time J immy has won his i<;