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America ~ Chejj 'f/eWJpaper Copyright 1957 by United States Chess Federation Vol. Xl, No. 16 Saturday, April 20, 1957 15 Cents Brasket Celebrates Return Home Conduclnd by ,:P~OJjlio" No. 206 IRWIN SIGMOND By Winning Minnesota State Event END solutions to Position No. U.S. Master Curt Brasket, former U.s. Junior Champion, celebrated S 2D6 to reach Invin Sigmond, his release from the armed forces and return to civilian life by winning 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arlington the 60th annual Minnesota State Championship with a perfect 6-0 score. 7, Va., by May 20, 1957. With your It was on all counts a record event in Minnesota history with a high of solution, plea~e send analysis or 97 pl'ayers competing (38 in the championship and 59 in the minor tour reasons SUPIJOrting your choice of nament). There was also 0 record withdrawal of 15 players from the "Best Move" or moves. minor tournament before its completion. Solution t o Position No. 106 will ap· Second to fourth with 5·1 each were Gerald Ronning of Minneapolis, pear in the June 5, 1957 issue. ' Karim M . Emami, a student at the University of Minneapolis from Iran, NOTE: Do not pIau so/Ulions to /wo and Fred Galvin of st. Paul. Ronning lost a game to .Milton Otteson; p",ilioM on oll~ (Md; be sure 10 jndjC4te Emami a game to Werner C. Schroedm'; and Galvin to Lester T. Knapp. c(Jm!(/ "umber of position being solf'cJ, Fifth to eleventh with equal 4-2 scores were Puerto Rican Champion "nd gi'll the full name and address of Arturo Colon, Victor Contoski, Werner C. Schroeder, Charles Weldon, the so/.,.u to tHsill in proptr crediting of Roger Gl'cason, Roger Seeland, and Petcr Muto. Not one game was ><>/u/ion, drawn by any of the top eleven players. Four former Minn~sota cham pions were in the contest- William Jones, Milton Otteson, William Kai ser, and K. N. Pedersen-and they all scored 3-3. San Fran Earthquake Fails To Daunt Harvey Lundin of Minneapolis won the \l.iinor Tournament 6·0. 115 Players at CFNC Spring Event KE RES VICTOR Second to fifth with 5-1 each were Despite the nerve-racking prelude of San Francisco's recent tremor, IN ARGENTINA Roger Seeland, Gerry Fiechtner, a few days later 115 chess players assembled for the first Spring (jpen Estonian grandmaster Paul Ker· John Hempel, and Andrew Man of tlie Chess Friends of Northern California. The net proceeds of the es tallied 15-2 (13 wins and 4 yak. Sixth to eighth with 4lh-l'h were. Duane Anderson, Bob Frank, tournament went into the "Chess for Youth" fund which is co-sponsoring .dray.os) to win the Mar del Plata the U.S. Junior Championship in San Francisco July 8th to 14th this International Tournament at Bue and Dick Coleston.'t. Lewis George year and for which the Spreckels-Russell Dairy Co. is donating use of directed both events. nos Aires. Argentinian grandmas. The strongest player present at its auditorium. ter Miguel Najdorf finished sec Ben Zeiler of San Francisco won San Francisco, placed third and the tournament was Dr. Max Euwe, ond with 14-3, losing to Oscar Pan in town on business. He was un· the Class A event by besting Rob· fourth. no in the final round after setting ert Dickinson of Redwood City in able to play in the tournament but the pace through most the tour gave a 25-board simultaneous at the final round. Second to fourth nament. Panno and Alexander Ko· with four points each were Mike SMYSLOV HOLDS the St. Paul Chess Club, winning tov shared third with 13-4 each, 22 games, drawing two and losing Bredoff and Dickinson of Redwood LEAD IN MATCH and U.S. master William Lorn· City, and Henry King of San Fran only one. Dr. Euwe was not the With fourteen games completed, bardy was fifth with 11112-5% (9 only player giving a simultaneous. cisco. Fifth to eighth were Steve Vassily Smyslov retains a 7%-6%. wins, 3 losses, and 5 draws). Four player, Roger Sceiand, Duane Joplin of Oakland, Monsur Sacs of lead over World Champion :r.lik Anderson, James Seifert, and Bill Sacramento, W. Stevens of San Final Standings hail Botvinnik in the World Title Walinski, entered both the major Fran, and Ronald Tllacker of Ber Match at Moscow. The 8th game Keres IS _ 2- Rossetto , - 9 keley. and minor tournaments, thus giv was won by Smyslov, the 9th, 10th, Najd(}rf 14 _ 3 Esposito n- 9. ing two·board simultaneous exhibi In the Class B event victory Kotov 13 - " Albert 8-11 ;md 11th games were drawn. Panno 13 _ " Adler SHU tions with docks in every round. went to Dan McLeod of San Bruno Smyslov won the 12th for a 7-5 LombardY 11)· 5.1 Behr ensen 5Hl! Seifert started this fad last year. who nosed out Lou Osternig of I'ead, but Botvinnik rallied to win Sanguinetti IO~- 6~ Jncutto 5Hl} This year Seeland did best of the Oakland in the final game. Leonard the 13th. The 14th game was a CUI'Uar 8.1- 8~ Wexler 5HH four, placing second in the minor Hill of Mountain View was second, Casas 8 - 9 Aguado " -13 draw. Ellskasl's 8 _ 9 Mangini " _13 and tenth in the major event. He W. Joplin of Oakland was third. was also the only player to best Colonel Lawrence Fuller of Palo Dr. Euwe in the simultaneous. Alto won the Class C event, with Wright Tallies 5-0 At Kansas City The Minnesota State Chess As Stan Shapiro of Oakland and David • sociation elected the following of· Krause of Palo Alto second and ficers: Sheldon Rein, president; third. Fuller won a special trophy, To Win Amateur Heart-ol-Nation Open Robert C. Gove, 1st vice-president; donated by A. Radinsky of Stock Dr. L. T. Knapp, 2nd vice-presi ton for the shortest game in the The USCF co·sponsored Heart of America Amateur Open at the dent; Fred Galvin, 840 Algonquin tournament. Kansas City YMCA Chess Club was won by. James M. Wright of Kansas Ave., St. Paul 6, Minn., secretary; A special tourney for juniors City with a perfect 5·0 scorc. Jack Simmonds, also of Kansas City, was William E. Kaiser, treasurer; Al under 14 years was won by Allen second with 4-1, losing one game to A. D. Walter. Third to fifth with den Riley, William R. Jones, Curt Haley, 12, of Nevada City. Janet 3!h-lY.: each in the 5 round Swiss event were Gerald M. Banker, A. J. Brasket, K. N. Pedersen, and Som Pattullo, youngest player in the Thompson, and Jack Hardy. Sixth to eleventh with 3·2 each were Jack ller Sorensen, directors. tourney at 9, placed second. Ivan Spence, Leslie G. Rathbun, Jay Martinson, Don Seifert, Arthur Saffron, Vegary and Mike Cooper, both o[ and A. D. Walter. Trophy and gold medal went to lar vote in recognition of the fact winner Wright, while gold medals he continued to play in the tour U. S. JUNIOR and third werc awarded Simmonds narllent in spite of not feeling well. 58TH U. S. OPEN and Banker. 1st and 2nd Class B International Master George Kol· CHAMPIONSHIP gold medals went to Thompson tanowski directed the event, spon· CHAMPIONSHIP July 8-14, 1957 and Rathbun, while the CIass C sored by the Kansas City YMCA medal went to W .. E. Ward who Chess Club in association with the August 5-17, 1957 scored 2Jf-2Jf for 12th place. A USCF in ,a program to provide San Francisco, Calif. special medal was given to ll-year more "amateur" tournaments for Cleveland, Ohio old Howard Killough, Jr. by popu- under-master·c1ass players. TO THE MEMBERS ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL OF THE USCF Colleg• This year, more thll n Iny other, Mastering the End Game it's Important that we !lend. STU· DENT TEAM abroad to compete In C!.... ofl/. By WALTER KORN, Editor of MCO the WORLD STUDENTS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. C oniwdtJ by Our team II the s tron&e5.'!~;:~~,: Frederick H. Kerr A most difficult Ending on the Board and this would be a rlne ~! UCKIT..Y enough, there usually is a chance to look up the " book" , All play. rs art> after adjournment to study positions as of the kind shown in dia L Hurged'o. Ker., ~:;;;1~~.:~':;~IO In,I'raderlck Pftllt- gram no. 40. The more important it therefore becomeli to have the "book" sylvlnla Unlvanlt-, straight and we therefore correct a statement in BeE'", p. 564-it applies thl. team Pa.k, Pennsylvania. this JulJ>, be to positions that are most intricate and errors are bound to made are IllIen U1 e necessary ONGRATULATIQNS to both galore by composers, analysts and readers. assista nce. For U11.s rea son I uk eacb member to con_ C the host, Gannon, and the 180Ds, Guretzky·Cornitz, with the tribute ONE DOLLAR or MORE sO winner, Buffalo, for the success of thst YOU elin m.ke thb event pos the First Annual Gannon Invita· generalizing statement that Black sible CQr America to participate. to play loses, White to play can All donations may be Rnt to: tional Tournament. Details appear only draw. Thc explanation is too WIIIl.m Lomblrdy in the news section of this issue. long to be reproduced here and % Student Trall.llng. Fund The new Dartmouth College "I l'.iI. Strlat Chess Club defeated Deerfield the rcader should look it ·up in S roll)' ", New York BCE, but the statement is wrong Sincerely, Academy by a 6-2 score. Then the Indians crossed over into Vermont as White.· also wins if on the move, WILLIAM LOMBAADY e.g.: 1. Q.R3 ch, K_Q7; 2. Q·BS, p. for a match with the Rutland Chess Q6; 3. K·B4, R-K7; 4. Q·84, R·K8; Robert G. Kusswurm of Chicago Club. Rutland won the eight-board, 5. Q-N4 ch, K.K7; 6. Q·NS WInS. asks if any USCF member is the double·round match 10·6. In order to cooperate with the organization Some sub-variations are: 4. . pel'son referred to in this article, ..... , of R·Kl; 5. Q-N5. R-K3; 6. Q-R5 and quotes from the Chicago Daily the new club, the Baker Library ch, K-K7; 7. Q-R2 ch; or 5. ... . , Tribune of March 17th this bit of Dartmouth College is holding an R-QRl (o r 5. , R-KBI ch); 6. [rom the advice column conducted exhibit of a private collection of unusual chess sets. . K-K4; or 5. , R-QBl, 6. K-K4, R- by Adaline Starr: 7. K-Q
he ..., a r ~th er Ilml>le one, II neede d to TACTICS FOR turn the trlck. ltD. _ R .. B 21 , Q·Q$ch 22 . P.Kt .. . _ Kt(l l.Ql I T her e wu p Ilttle tnop' :no Kh:ltch ?, By U. S. Expert DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND Q!lKt; 23, QlIQ (no l 2.3. J'xKI, QxQ), KtxQ. :md Slack has 2 pl",,<,. ror a R. White C'Oul d ha ve pla)"ed 22. 0-0 re· con'ring his pIece later. Howe,'u , the leII_mo" " alonl to e nd the ,arne In the grand n"nne r. nerlfielnll bot h H'S for I. Kt·Kt, and a later p. a mating attack. ~n~.. Bu l any posillonal pl:oy. 22. Q.Bkh 23. 8.Q1 I lpot the hole creat· White will natunlly Answers to Readers' Questions tbenl'. Jlo"·eve r. he D. R. McConkie, Birmingham, Michigan, asks about the Queen's Gam d1"'ln .lOn on the other bit Accepted Variation 1. P·Q4, P·Q4; 2. P-QB4, PXP: 3. Kt- K83, Kt-KB 3; 12. P.KKt4 4. P-K3, P-R3; 5. BxP, P·B4: 6. 0 -0 , P-QR3: 7. Q·K2, P·QK t4; 8. B- Kt3. Whltc th rcatened 12. BxKt, PxO; 13. The book prerers 8. 8 -Q3. The question is whether, after say 8. , PxP; KIxll. ll. Kt)! 8 KlxK I 14. 8·K' -. 9. PxP, Black should play 9. , B·Rt2 as if White had played 8. B·Q3. White', plan II to play B.Q'. Kt·B4 an d Answer: There is little doubt that 9. , B·Kt2 is good in either case. Kt·Kt6. But he lUI 1\ ehaneo to do This is the ntltural development for the B in this variation, and there thl$ wi th out lou 01 time, I.e., by drl". In ll B1~ c k· . Kt Into limbO. s~e ms to be no reason for not playing the n there at once. particularly 14. . KI·Ktl since 9. , ' . QKt·Q2 might be answered by lO. P.Q5. On 14 ...... , l(l·R5 Whit" can pl ay the Alex Dunne, Sayre. Pennsylvania, asks about the following game li tronll ~n d ltmplc 15. 0.0 or Invite ~Oml'lIeat1o n l wit h 15. P·Kt3. I(t·BGeh Geller.Petrosian, Challengers' Tournament. 1956: 1. P·Q4, Kt·KB 3; 2. (I"'obnbl y dublo u.); 16. K·UZ. P.KS; 17. P-Q B4. P·K3, 3. Kt·QB3; B·KtS: 4. P·K3. P·Q4; 5. KI·B3. 0 ·0; 6. B·Q3. l'xP. P.Q6 and Ihen not 18. KxKt. Kt . P·B4: 7. 0 ·0 , Kt·8J: 8. P·QR3, BxKt; 9. Pxll, Q·B2 : lO. Q·B2, Kt-QR4 ; Q5eh wlntllng the Q. 11. PxQP. P·B5; 12. B·K2. He wonders what is wrong wi th 12. PX.KP, U . 8.Q5 Kt·K2 An (I"enlght permItting a disrupti ng PxB; 13. PxPch and 14. QxP. cheek. Seltcr WlO. 15...... , R-Q I bu t Answer : White would be giving up a B for 3 Pawns. This is materiaJ ly n o ~ 15...... 0-0.0 ; 18. K t · B~ . Rx8! about even. But in practice one usually gives up a piece fo r 3 Pawns 17. Kt·Kt6ch. 16. B·87,h K.Ql 17. KI·84 KI.Bl Now While has • forced n.. te . onl.y if the resulting positional situation will be decidedly f avora~ l e. To keep White" Kt out of the hol e 21. . CXR ch 24. K·kl C_R ThIS w~ul d not be the case here since White would be very weak on cnI' ated It mtWe II. Black" poslnon Or !S. .... _ .• K· KI : 26. p.Q7eh, K·Kl; the While squares. Furthermore a B should usually be considered more il very awkwud. and soon he mu si lOM' 27. P-Q!I(Q ) male. Or 15•• ~ ...... K.91: 211. ma terial II a ~ . ult. valuable than a Kt. One would more willingly give a Kt for 3 Pawns P·Q1ch. K.Kt1 ; 27. P-QI(Q)eh. K·lt2: 11. 8.Q5 KI·84 10. 8xKI P n. Q.R8ch! K·l(t3 (or n . .. ~ ..... KxQ; 29. than a B. 19. kl·ltS Q"·KtI Kt·R5ch. etc.); 29. p·nSCh. ete. Thll Ii Iyplcal o( how • positional ad· 25. KlxRch 1C.Q2 2'. Kt·8Sch 2. Some Wrinkles in the Reti 1. KI ·1( 83 P.Q4 3. P.84 ".Qs untage II uluall y conve rled Into mao Or 26 ...... K.QI; 27. Q·RI mate. Th e Idu Will to foll ow with 3 ...... terial. A com hln llllon of .ome kind, 27. P.Q1ch Rulgn, The " hypermodern" style intro P·KB3 and 4...... P·K4 forming a duced by Richard Reti and others ph alamt of P.wns In Ihe ec nler wh lcb around fifty years ago can hardly Is VUy dl rrt C'U U for White to under. mine. Thll variation was th ou«ht for THE KIBITZER HAS HIS DAY be considered modern now since it a Ume to ' PC'II the doom or the ReU , (Continued from Page 4, col. 2) has been incorporated Into the but th ~ ferUle minds or Alekhlne IlfI d standard positional thinking oi others dov!Hd "'Iys of dlsruptlnr SUSlg.ltion to Tournament Di y.ctors Bl i ck's center bororo It can become most masters for I long Ume. firml y ellabll. hed or else pronUn, near M r . Major The hypermodern idea consists from mack'. weak whlto $qua nl' l be. Hope you ean prtnt thlJ (COmplete crou-tallie Of l'IIU,sourt Open) In CIIfSS LIFE. It not, a copy haa \)e_ " nt to eacb of the 34 COnteltlln" . In the event of holding back the center Pawns, fore he can protect th em. The eur nl' nt puctlee .galnst Tarraaeh', Deleose CHESS LIFE doe. not print these cross tables (I.e. of le&$er tou rnamenlli. why controlling the center by pieces in to the Re ll Invol ves eontlnulng. not ur,e the T.D.', to make It a practtee to forward ru uJlI to each partle\pant? the ear ly stages hoping later to 1. P·Kl P-Q84 J . DONALD DIi FIN Ii undermine the opponent's Pawn (For 3...... Kt·Q B3 see thls column. Flo riwlIlt, Me. ~ f lr e h 20) ccnter with devastating effect. It EJ;t l) , i~1 (omment: CHESS LIFE ""I lempora.i/y Jimmlinlld " .. b/illtin, 1"11 4. P·QK t41 PxK P ...... is exempli[jed by the Reti Opening S. SPxP PxP rrollo/able' 0/ all rhus r."e"it. exec"t USCF national I (W rn ~ m l nl , . IVt rcco." mc"J, as weB as Alckhine's Defense, 1. White will got a tine free game In d ud. ho.,tytr, th ~ t Or" s,,(ecllor (,.,hilt I.uh anJ ,mJilil/ .. rioncJ,) ,tnlme IJu p.actice, lor In.o: II sirong center and an ope n KB P·K4, Kt·KB3. and the King's In· file for his P. He Can pro ba bly no t t roll tabl" ,e" .lunl bGlir drcu Jala, Jelplle the lab6r i" YG!t eJ in pu"a,;", lJum dian Defense, 1. P·Q4, Kt·KB3; quIte regain hl $ P b>' Q.INch. For In. /0' p .. blir USCF MEMBERS: Submit you, btst g4Jl1u fo, this dep4Ttmmt to JOHN W. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH COLLINS 91 Le,JOx Road Brooklrn 26. N. Y. Spa~e b~i"g limited, Mr. Collins ,..;11 Itltel Ih ~ ';' 011 ;IIlerUling ;"d i"strucJife for pr LI__ .....:3.:..:.:1._.1_;",.._. m..;.._I._II..--.:.3._.t_It._w.----!"'I:....! ___I No. 751 Gam~g ... : 1. Kt·K8. thr.... t Z. Kt·B7. No. 758 Gamage: 1. K·R. waiting. U 1 ...... , 1l-1U, 2. BxReh! etc; If 1...... P-Ra queen, 2. B.B5 etc.; U 1...... , P·R8 Special Low Hote l RIles: The Monterey Hotel offers excellent accommoda. knight, 2. Kt(n4)-B3 etc. Nota how the pawn.promotlons paralyze the bl r ook. tlons at spcclal reduced rain for thIs 10llrnllment. Minimum Is $4.00 per dllY per person In ~ouble rOOm. f'or Information and rese~vatlons, pleue write to After 2 ...... , KIP. 3. K t-Q mate. The 2 varIations a fter the other pawn·move. are the Mo nlerey Hotel, Asbury Park, N. J. obvioul. TOUANAMENT DETA ILS IN A NUTSHELL WHO CAN PLAY: Open 10 all eben- 100% RATED: PerfonnancC$ rated. by YMCA (Salt La ke City) Chen Club: players exeepl rated mastef$, Entranu thc USCI-'. You can oblaln a national Sam Teitelbaum, Salt Lake City CO· N. Y. CHESS LIFE must be or become USCI' members. rating or Improve your presenl rank Champion, won Ihe club Utle abo with (Continued from page 3, col. 4) AWARDS: Winner rccognlled as by playing In Ihl5 event. a 17.3 &core. Second and thIre:! with United States Amateur CheiS Champ- EQUIPMENT: If pOssible, plellie brlni 16'h.;J'h eaeh were Richard Hcllbut. Ion and ;ets special tropby. Woman your own chess set Ilnd chess clock. remarkable because he is con with highest score wins title ot Wom Utah State champ, and Stanley Hunt, an Amateur Chess Champion of the ENTAY FI!E: $5.00 to USCI' members. SLC's lightning champ. F(lurth and fltth pletcly without vision .. . Th U. S. lind ;e15 trophy. Aho trophlC$ Non·members mu~t ]lay additional with 16--4 wore Richard Owen and Gu· unpredictable Florcncio Campe for Class A and Class B entrants with ",5.00 USCF dlleS. ton Chappuis. Farrell Clsrk, SLC co hlihest Kores. No cash prlles. Strictly champ, was sixth with 15'h""". Future mones, late of lJoth the 1'IIanhatta1 amateur event. HOW TO ENTER: Entries wlil be a.,. eepled at the Monterey Hotels. Asbury of the tourney was tbe play of l&-year and Marsball C.C., captured fourth TYPIi- OF TOURNEY: S I:o:.round Swiss Park, N. J. on Friday, June ?th from old Richard Owen who drew wltb place in the Me lbourne Olympic unde r USCF tournament rules. Bark· 5 to ?:ao p.m. Play starts at 8 p.m. Teitelbaum and Heil but ..-bUe defeat Tourney. Campo, who specializes in neu palrinis. Time limit; IiO moves In sharp. Last round ends about 8:30 p.m. log Hunt and Clark. The tournament 2 houn. Unfinished e-amCi adjudicated Sunday, June 9th. artcr 4 hours. nes broken by Median dedded tenm POsltl(lns ror Interclub his own brand of "psychological" System. DIrector: Kennetb HarkneSS". competition. chess will probably be long re MAIL YOUR ENTRY NOWI Plttsbur9 (Calif.) Chen Club: With memlJered by Ibe Aussies. He' cer 6'h·1\.1t SCOl'e W. Whisler won thc tainly has not been forgotten here. It will Msls! the mllnllgement to let the tournament started on time and provide current elub chllmplonshlp, 1000Inil one for your comrort If you will mal your entry NOW 10 the address below: game to R. Tremberth and d rawing UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION with L. Talcott. L. Turner was second 10 Ent 11th Street New YOrk :3, N. Y. with 6-2, L. Talcott tbird wltb S\olI·2'A1, Satl<.J"" P_g. 7 and S. Poulsen fourth with $-3 In the (fbessl:ife nine player round robin. - April 20. 1!n7 M..., 11·11 5""" J"", P age 8 2nd Annua l Midwest '''- p,,1 10, 19j7 :Journamonl oil/. Inte r-University Tea m T our n ame nt Chir:lgo, III. '>--L u_. :J. SInd to CHESS LIF I! . 113 No, Humphr.y A ....., O. k Pa rk. III. for appllce· lIon fOl'm for a nnouncing tournamant In t hl, co)",mn. Open to teams-of,four compo lied of graduate ."d/o' underg.aduale stu· dents u! any coUege Or university; at Unln. olnuwise ,plelflad•• 11 tournamantl annou nced In thll column ara 100% Ida Noyes !laU. 1212 E. 59th Street USCF r.t.d, Rat ing fees. If aoy, ara IMlucled In .pe-clfl.d ant Ty fee; no additional ~U nlv. o! ChIcago campus), Chlcalo; 6 Position No. 203 ntlnl fM fo r non·memb.rs USCF. rd S,,·155. ~ 5 move. In 2 hrs.; entry Uotvln nlk.K .... es, Moscow 1952 fee: 54 per peuon ($16 per team); ,11uar· In this pusltlon, Keres w;oJ pre pared April 16·Z8 M., of·j anleed minimum 151 prize S60, abo In rn«!t I. 11·KJt3 with I...... P,KB4; Paul Morphy O pen T o urname nt Indiana State Cha mpions hip prizes for 2nd and 3rd (all but ex· fur If Ihen Z. Prl'... p .. QxN! and Black p .. nses Into prlu fund); 1St rtI begll\5 Spri n g Hill (Mobile ), Ala. Logan s port, Ind. w l n~. noWlnnlk. how.. \' .. ,·. land most of 9 a.m. Sat. May 11th. adjudlut10n our lol"ertl found Ihe be~t n",v.. , 1. Open; at Ilbraoy of St. Joseph'. Col· R. e5 trl c t~d to State resldenta and ouL. after 4 hn. Of plsy; room. for r.\. , N.BS! Now !...... PxN allows a qukk klc, Sp.lnl Hill; 6·rd SwIU; regiatra o!-.tate memb .. rs of a .eeol nll:ed in_ Sat. and/ or Sun. nights may be re_ lll~ l c hy 2. Il·N3eh and 3. Q·1l6. White lion: II B.m. April 26th: Rds l ind 2 diana Ches$ Club; at ~ Baone l 1I0tel, served through Hoblon Kirby; reglstra. also ha ~ .. qllld, wIn aCter l...... • H Friday, rds 3 and 4 Saturday, rda Sand Logansport starUng at 1:311 p,m. Sat tlon by mall postmarked no Ister than (1\2).1>:''1: 2. N·R6ch, K.R5q: 3. Q.ngch. 6 Sunday: dedlcaUon of Morphy plaque urday, May 4; 8-rd Swiss, S-B Ue-break. May 8th (make checks payable to Ro N.N2: ~. NxPeh. Ker... trIed \...... • on Salurday, AprU 27th; entry fee: 101'; prlzea of $2:1, SIS, and '10 for 1s t blon KIrby); bring at least two chess HIS""l.Ksq; bUI Buivlnolk contlnu .. d 51!) (wi th $5 returnable on completion three ptace. are contemplated with • sets and all av.llable docks; for de 2. N·Rlkh Istronger Ihan 2. Kd tch), K· of sehedule), fo. juniors born aft... p roblble brillIancy prize fo r • nOD· tails Or res:I5tllltlon, "'rll,,: Rohlon Klr. IUq; 3. Q.B6, N-N2; 4. H(B3)· R.Bsq: 5. April 26, 19311 $8 (wllh $!i retu rnable): prize·wlnner; entry fee: $3: DO adYlIDce by. 5639 So. Unh'enlty, Chicago 31, NxP, n ·K3: 6. Q-N5, N·84; 7. N.R6, prius: 1St prize $75, 2nd $50, rd $15, registration necessary; brin, boards, m. Q.N1: 8. P·KN4, and Kern rellgncd 4th $IS, ~th ,10 with JunIor prl~e. of sels•• nd clocks II possible: for turlh~r 100% USCF utl d e ... e nt. thc hOpelU5 struggl... S20 and 110; sponsored by Lo, Cabin details. write: O. E. Rhead. 2715 Green Other I,·t .. s al Whll .. '. rl rst mOve are Che., Club National ACflllatu; hcld duro St., Gary, Ind. TD EmIl Bersb.ch, J " "~ 28-30 nut cou,·jncing. I. Q-H6 can be met Ing "Old Home Week" end "Alumni i OO% US CF ra lad event. Carolinas Open Champions hip wIth l...... , P_KH4; and even 1...... , Game" al St. JU5eph's: bring ,ets, Green s boro, No. Car. K".P i; ~rm~ playahle. 1. Q·1l6 can be bua,·d•• nd cloc:ks, U poulble. Ju!, 4-7 met by I...... , N.N2; and attaIn I ...... , 100% USCF . .. ted event. Open; Municipal Oftlce Bid", NxP seems pla)abl ... too. A better Iry N ew W est. rn Open Ch ampions hip . t M ilwa uke e , W is, Gr.. e nsboro: 6 rd Swiss: register : 12:)(1 Is I. I\-B6, ,,",1\2; 2. Q-RS, but no'" BI:lck April 27·18 p.m., JUM 28: entry fee: 55 . nd $2 can ans""er 2 ...... Q-N5, I. HIBSQrBsq Iowa St .. te Ch .. m p io nlhip Open; . t Vene tillD Room, Astor Ho NCCA or SCCA dues; 1st prize 1100 and stops I ...... , P-KB4; bul allows Black tel, 924 E. J u neau Ave.; SPOIlIOred by tropby; Worneo'.. Junior. aDd other a ehulee of tlef.. ns.. s by L ...... N.N2; Cedar Rapid s, la. MlIwaukl~ Chess FoundlUon and Mil cesh prl~es: ror detills. write: Norman I...... • Q·R5: o~ 1...... , Q-Q sq. Finally. Hntrlclcd to Iowa resIdents; at waukee Municipal Chess Assn.: Ion! M. Hornstein, M.D .• Soulbport. N,C. I. R·l!Jl ...ems 10 accoml>llsh nolhlng Stlf,nlon.Montrose Hutel. Cedi. Rap· Swiss, Ml mOVe5 In 2'h hrs.: entry fee: 100% USC F ra ted .vent. after I...... RxH; 2. NxJt, Il·Ksq. ids; 5 rd Swls.; regIstration c!nses 1 $10 tor USC F members, $11 for non· solllthms Deknowlcdgcd p.m. April 27 and )Jlay bellln$ 1:30 p.m.; members; pllY bei:lns 1:00 p.m. CST !rom: Adams, AntellU J r.'. Cl1t,·y fcc: $5 (,,'lIh $2 return.ble on 12 p.m. DST). July 4, last ruund 2:00 Hobin Gerald M. D. Blu· conlpll!tlon of ~heduk ) ; trophlca lu p.nl. OST. July 7; 1st prize flOO, 2nd Car· lSI a nd 2nd place winners; also J unior $200, 3rd 'lOll, llso S400 to be .warded 19S7 USCF , Carl Cham I)I ons hlp oven to IU"'1 residents on eame and tle·breaklng poInts with RATING LIST 17 )·en. old and unde. wllh 'I entry guaranlH d minimum prize fund of f .... : brIne clocks. set5 and boards If $1.000; TO Ernest aile; for de laUs, w ill a ppear in the possible; for further d .. talls, wrlte: Don. .... rlte Miss Pearle Mann, IZI8 RaUwly M ..y 5, 1957 is sue aId Dero, 2027 Beav.. r Ave., Cedar Hap· Ellehange Blds:., MII .... aukee 2. Wb, Ids, II. I llO% USC!" rated event. , 100% USCF rl ted event. April 17·18 W est e rn .Mus achuset ts Ch .. m p ions h ip G reen field, Man. • Reatrlcted to residents of Wutern pontlon by a score o:;';~~;;;;;"';; M&5Aehusetts; beld at lb. YMCA, 451 CHESS CLOC ·WELCOME TO NEW SOLVERS Main St., G ...... nfleld, by Conn. Valley and Wesl Mass. Chess Alln.; 6 rd Swl5s, 2-5 mov.. , per hour: entry fee: $4; trophIes only Cor lSt, 2nd & 3rd In Clus A, B, & C; victor is We$tern M.s-- l oachusetts Champion; TO Vernon 3 0ltrnamenl ollie Hume; for detaUs, .... rlt.: Ve rnoD Hume, 19 Sehoul, Shelb\lrDe Falls, ONLY Mau. At", J.j 100% U$C F ra led event, W iS c.o n sin St a te Cha mpion s hip April 27-18 & M., 4·1 La Crosse, W is, Restricted to stste resldenUJ and out M oITyl and Open Ch .. mpionl hlp ot·state members of state eheu elubs; Baltimore, Md. at Stod!lard Hotel, LaCro!le; 7 rd Open: It Maryland Chen Clull, 1216 Swi SS; entry f .... ; $5 with $3 tor Jun St. Paul St.. Baltimore: 6 r d SW118, Including lo~!; t.rophlcs for first 6 posltloDJI. best 5 movcs In 2 hrs., 4 hr. playln, . es- junIor and best ..... omen'. score: ..... Inner s lons; entry t .. e $7 inciudinM 12 retu rn WisconsIn State Champion; TO Ernest able depOsIt: eash Iwald.....-40'Io . SO,", Olfe: for det.alli!, write: Hu.h Gauper, Federal Tat: 20',\, 1 ~ to fInt four places; Mary 626 Pine Sireet, La Crosse. W\.t. land State and Women's tlUe restrict· 100% USCF rated .....nt . ed to hleh est ranld.ne Md. pl.yen; ep trle. a c~p ted until 1.2 noon, Ap ril 27: May 4·~ TO WWI sm C. Koenig; brine chessmen South T e x a s Cha m pions h ip and c1ocke; for det.. lIs, write: Wil Corpus Christ i, T ex. liam C. Koenl" BI0 Braulde Rd, Bal· ..,. _ i$;"~.C'" Sponsor\!d by thl! Buccaneer Festival tlmore 29 , Md, Commlulon and th .. South Texas Chess 100% US CF rated nent. Ass'n ; open; at Nue ..... Hotel; 5 rd , At las t! A thoroughly dependable chess clock with famous SwIU, :500 nlOV"S In 2 hours; starts Sat_ Ap,ii17, 28, 30 Swiss mechanical movements-at a pril::e you can afford to pay! urday at 11:30 a.m.; cesh prize ••nd t ro & M..., 1, 4, j , 7 Light, compact, easy to carry around to tournaments. Overall phies for champion, best junior a nd best ..... omen; .mlr)" fee: $3 fOr STC,\ CI ..... la nd Open Cha mpio,uhip size; 55/16" x 4" x 2114". Dial diameter; 1 3/4". Tilted at me mbers. $1 addltlonal for non·mem· Cleveland, Ohio slight angle for easier reading of time during play, Equipped bt>rs: all hotels wUl be tull: make reS· Open: .1 Cleveland Chell Center , with red flags tr" :.i]dicate expiration of each hour, Big red el"Vatlonl .. arly; r". details. wrlle: 1610 Euclid Ave.: 7 .d Swi.u, COOIl5 Henry Youngmao, P.O. Box 8«. Coopus System. Solkoff tle-breaklnl, 40 moves "tickers" to show which clock is running. Push-buttons on top ChrIstl, 1·ex. In 2 hrs, no adjudicatlun5; play hellns start ono clock, stop the other. Nickelled winders and tim& 1011% USC F u ted ev.nt. 3 p.m, on Sats. & Suns" 7:30 p.m. on Tues. &. Tlmr!.; entry fee: $3 for setters ~rmanentIy attached at back; no separate keys needed, M<1] 30, hmt 1·1 usc r memberl, $4 for non·members, Beautifully constructed by ~ rt Swiss cloclcmakers, Im Al b uquerque Open Cha mpions h ip $1 for aeholasUc playen: winner of ported for USCF exclusively by RFD Distributors. Satis Albuqu erque. N.M. Open plays 19506 City Champion for Open; at Rllton Hotel, Albuquerque, tlUe. hls:hest r. nklng junior win. Jun· faction guaranteed or your money backl Note that price of 7 rd SWisl, 45 move! 1st two hours 10. Utle: 1st pme S2S and custody of trophy. 2nd $20, 3n! SIS, 4th $10, 5th only $17.95 includes 10% Federal tax. No discounts. and 2~ moves pe r hr there.fter: starts 8:30 I.m. to mIdnIght Thursdsy, May $5, J r. lit $10 and trophy. 2nd ,S.; TO , 30: I p.m. to 11 p.m, June 1; B B.m. to Howard Corfman. Mail your order to 6 p.m., June 2: Harkne$8 paIring sys- 100% IJSCF rated event. tern; entry fee: $3 with no exlr.,; prizes UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION Include 2 cups and 3 medii. for ,en· I"n~ 7-9 lors. ~up . nd hook for juniors and oth U . S. A m ateur Championshi p 80 EAST 1 TTH ST. NEW YORK 3, NEW YORK er Items; fo r details: write W. A. Muff, 2717 Espanola, N.£.. Albuquerque, N.M. A sbu ry P a r k, N .J . I ~ USC F rated . .... nt. S... special announcement on patti 7