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Spotlight on Openings ______~ ______50 engaging in our constant sttody in the totype of the above "problem," Its solu­ World of Chess ______35 divine game of chess, tion: 1 PxR(R)! Any 2 0-0·0 mate! was You Too Can Win in the End.game __ 52 Enclosed find and thank you. designed to challenge the Laws of Chess On. Ali(;(;,rrus K.~IIN as then set forth, Hearing that the Laws New York, N. Y. had been revised, we let the position es- EDITOR cape us. I. A. Horowftz Keep up the good work. Your maga­ Scanning the new Laws, however, we EXECUTIVE EDITOR find the idea (in position shuwn above) Jack S lraley BaUeli zine is a treat to read. still challenges the rule-makers, The new CONTRIBUTING EDITORS ~IUIlUA y PROJ t:CTOR t. Chernev, J. W. Collins, T . .A. Dunst, El Paso, Texa$ has not previously been moved! N~r Dr, liT, Euwe, Hans Kmoch, W, Korn, arc any men between the and that Fred Relnfeld, Dr, S. G. Tartakover. Rook. Nor does White's King run into at­ Barnle F. \Vlnkelman Hal'ing received my first copy of your tacks hy anr enemy men. So, assuming CORRESPONDENTS magazine, Cllt:SS REVU: W, I cannot express Alabama E. III. Cockrell. White's King has not been moved, cas­ my delight in di~ covcring wilhin it so California J . B . Gee, Leroy Johnson. Dr. H. tling is possible! Perhaps el'en with Rook Halston. M. J. Royer. many articles of lasting interest. on QN8 or Qll8? Colorado ~1. W. Reese. Although a novice tu the game of Chess. Connecticut Edmund E, Hand. Can that solution actually be l egal? How Delaware R. D. Donaldson. I louk forward with anticipation 10 many Florida Major J. B. Holt, P. C. Knox, Ernest interesting and enjoyable games because wuuld you like to spring the idea un are, G. Wer!.>er, doubtable but unsuspecting opponent in a Geo rgia R. IJ. Froemke. uf the information anti guidance to be Ill ino is Howard J. Bell, J. G. Warren. found in your unique magazine. similar pusition in an important tourna· Indiana D. C. Hills, D. E. Rhead. ment game? Iowa W. G. Vanderburg. SCOTT F. i\hcDo?>ALD Kentucky J , 'V. ~Iayer, 1.S.B. Kansas K. R. MacDonald. Alma, Nova Scotia Maryland Charles Barasch. ON THE COVER Massachusetts Franklin J . Sanborn SIRS!!! The titles on our eOl"er do not read Minnesota W. 'r. C'obb Michigan R. Busksger, J. R. 'Vatson. SIHS~!! I consider myself entirely cog· strictly [l'om left to right. At left is Nebraska E, E. Ellsworth, Jack Spence. nizant of the work., of Samucl Johnson. Lessing J. Hosenwald, the donor of the R. E. Weare. o'ophy (right). And front and center New Hampshire Ralph M . Gerth. Nowhere, I repeat, nowhere does he men· (front of the toul"lIament. center of the New York 'Val tel' Froehlich, , lion chess· playing dogs. H. )1. PhilUps. photo) i ~ Samuel Reshevsky. North Carolina John S. Townsend, W4RIZ. E. !tI. 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Subscription Rates: One year H.75, two will not be returned unless accompanie d by Sa.katchewan Frank Yerhot!'. years $9.00, three years $12,75 in the United return postage and self_addressed en ve lope. , FEBRUARY, 1955 33 White mates in one 2 Black mates in one MOVE AND MATE Optical illusions, quirks We must sadly underrate and finesses figure largely in­ Anderssen today. For he was PLEASANT it is to win a Queen, indeed, even a ; but stl(lden mates_ And many a the pcrpetrator of many a there is nothing to equal the pleasure in chess of effecting master has missed his easy fine of one of an actual mate. For mate is so final, and hence the oppo­ win either by permitting a which this position is merely nent cannot conceivably come up wilh a nasty after.thought. quickie on himself or by Ihe final conclusion. The so· overlooking one for himself. lution, for all its brevity, The mates here are roughly graduated from easy to hard. 5" Here is your eye.opener. nl('l"its study! You'll agree train your balling eye on the first, and rate yourself excel· What is it? "nee you've spotted the lent for 10 correct solutions; good, fo r 8; fair, fOf 6. Solutions on page 63 mate. What is it?

3 White mates in two 4 White mates in two 5 White mates in two , Black mates in two The numher of moves to a Then again, two moves can The literature of chess in­ As a neat finish to a com­ mate is not always any cri· contuin cach its own idea and creases and adds to our store hinalioll, John Hather sprang terion, and this problem is >;0 he twice as hard as a mate of known ideas. Here is a this mate in 1946 wh en an absurdly simple. But warm in one. In a quiek mate, the case in illustration. Say edi tor on the s tafT of CHESS up on it! We mention An· id eas must be related quite "Lasker \'ersus Englund:' lhvll-:w. Even reduced to its dersscn again as he beat W y­ intimately, howe',er, and so and many a player will tell two-move finale, it may serve vill with this; but again, of this problem is no real you the mate here without to give you pause. Observe course, the beauty of his play stllmper either. You can re· even seeing the position. But the lines of force of Black's lay in sctting up this posi. lax on this and still whip you may grope a bit if not piece~, however, and an­ tion. How do you mate'? "fT mate. How? that conversant with it. nounce the mate !

7 Black mates in two 8 White mates in three 9 Black mates in three 10 Black mates in three Here is a line Jlosition with Three-movers can ue hard, "Observe the lines of Simple ideas are the best. which to head a chapter on of course; but sum up what force" is a mighty useful tru­ and here is a very curiously really cute two-movers from you'.'e learned already on ism when looking for quick sim ple idea.. Major J. B. I/olt actual play. As Stahlberg this page-the comment on mates. When they form a pat­ ~cnred with one quite like perceil'ed in 1946, one idea position 3, for example-and tern parallel to a da~~ic like thi~ at Miami. 19-16_ We have here leads beautifully to an­ yott'll find this one to he the Lasker- Englund, for ex­ altered tlIC position simply other, or to two others to be fairly easy_ In fact, there is ample, your clue to the so­ to remove a dual mating line. exacl-both mate. You may a pointed reason, from the lution is fairly trumpewd. But the same moral re­ even stumble once on this earlier comments, why you There is a tricky twist to mains: always check, it may one. But get that mate. should here find the mate. this one. What is it'! be mate! 34 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1955 CHESS Vol. 23, No.2 REVIEW FEBRUARY, 1955

INTERNATIONAL USSR Conquers at Hastings FulfiI!ing pre-tournament expectations, Soviet slars and Vassiiy Smys. loy, 7·'/ caell, outclassed 11 powerful field in the premier tournament of the annual Hastings Congress in England. Keres won 6 games, orew 2 and lost one, to Andrija fuderer of Yugoslavia; Smys!ov was unde­ feated wilh 5 victories and 4 draws. Fu­ derer tied for third place with Laszlo Szabo of Hungary and Ludck Pachman of Czccho-Slovakia, each scoring 5%.3%, fol­ lowed by \Volfgang Un7.ickcr of West Ccrmany with 5-4. Of Great Britain's trio of entries, C. H. O'D. Alexander made lhe best showing IVith an even score. He has the repulation of being a tough man for the Russians to beat; and, in th i ~ tournament, ahhough he lost to Keres, he held Srnyslov to a . The premier reserves tournament of the Congress was won by Istvan Bilek of Hun. gary with 7-2. Sharing ~econd were Ora· goslav Andrich of Yugoslavia and R. J. Vassily Smyslov, once more the Crown Prince of Soviet Ch ess (since he won t he Persit7. of Israd, each 6%-2Y2. Tllc Challengers ' Tournament in 1953 as pictured here, then tied Wor ld ·C ha m pion M. American entry was John I-Judson, cham· Botv innik) has scored a not her first; tied, but w ith no losses, at Ha st ings. pion of Tcxas, who, despite his minus score, was by no means outclassed in this Cubans Conquer fast international company. One uf his Co ntesting an 8 board, double· round victories was against the veteran V. Soul· match in Florida with the Greater Miami tainebcidf of Belgium, with whom he tied , a team from the strong for seventh at 3%.5%. Capahlanca Chess Club of , Cuba, emcrged on the long end of a 10·6 score. USSR in Titoland Gerardo Budowski, playing first hoard for The challenge of a large and formidable Havana, registered two victories, as did entry list in a tournament at Belgrade his teammate, Rafael Baquedano. For \,'as Slleeessfully met by David 13ronstein !l-Iiami, Arne Pederson turned in a brace of the USSR when he captured first prize of wins. with a tally of 13ljz·51j2, representing 8 wins and 11 draws. Close behind were A. Belgians Bow Matanovieh and P . Trlfunovich, both of In a match at Ghent, the Belgians SllC· Yugoslavia, with 13·6 and 12Yz.61j2 respec· Climbed to the Czechs by 2·5. On first tively. Fourth and fifth places were di· board, 1. Pachman of Czechoslovakia vided with 1l%-71h each by B. Ivkuv of drew with O'Kelly de Galway. Yugoslavia and T. Petrosian of the USSR. S. Cligorich, 13. :Milich, V. Pire and 13 . Pan American Chess Club Rabar (all Yugoslavs) and H. P ilnik A meeting of chess enthusiasts from () were among the also·rans. various Latin American countries at the The event was nutewurthy politically in Washington, D. C., rcsidence of Dr. Luis that it was the first time since Tito hroke Quintanilla, .Mexican representative to the with ?rfoscow that USSR players have been Organization of American States, resulted invited and have accepted invitations to in . the founding of what may turn out to PAUL KERES compcte in Yugoslavia. be an outstanding international organiza. He tied Smyslov's score CHESS RE VIEW, FE BR UA RY, 19 55 35 A distingUished participant was Louis Persinger of New York, noted violinist and head of the violin department of the Juilliard School of Music. Another com­ jJetitor, Gordon \Vim·od, was hol der of the record for the most feverish schedule. After completing the fi rSl round of play on New Year's Eve at Decatur, lie rushed home to Springfield to take his wife to the hospital for the birth of a son, and then dashed back, without sleep, to th e tournament scene for the second round. Under the circumstances, his 2·4 score was generally rated as a praiseworthy ef· fort. C. T urner Nearing of the Decatu r Chess Club did llis usual competent job of di· recting. MONTANA The 1954 state championship, a Swiss event hdd at Deer Lodge, was won by DR. BELA ROZSA Gerald J . Moore of Billings on tie-break­ Oklahoma Champioll ing poinb after he and John R. Barto of DA.VID BJlONST£lN Great Falls had made ganlC scores of Previous Crown Prince (or IS it Con­ each. LOCAL EVENTS sort?) of Soviet Chess on ti e-match with 4Yl-% Cali/omia. The Los Angeles city crown Botvinnik, Bronstein won strongly at the NORTH CAROLINA went to Peter flIeyer with a tally of International Tournament at Belgrade. 7%-Y2 . According to the Southan Chess News, Losing only to .Meyer was the runner-up, 16 players callie together at Raleigh to J\Torris Gordon, with 6Yz·P/i!. tion, namely, the Pan American Chess lest the fast time jimit of 30 movcs in 30 In the eighth annual com petition for Club. A tournament has begl!n among minutes. Kit Crittenden, collector of state supremacy ill the San Gabriel Valley the memhership. titles, made off with the 30·30 champion­ Open, conducted by the Pasadena Chess ship hy tallying 4%.% in ,) Swiss rounds. Club, E. n. Adams and Al Larsen, who UNITED STATES Dr. N. !\T. Hornstein, president of the have taken turns win ning the title duri ng ;./orth Carolina Chess Association, took NATIONAL the past several years, shared first wi th second with 4·1, followed by IvaI'S Strals 7-1 cach. Third in the Swiss evcnt was Ed 1 Laurels to Fordham in third place wilh 3klli2- Director of Nilsson, 512.212. the event was Dr. Al Jenkins. Upsetting the dope, 'which had favored Juris Petriceks, 11·2, gained the 1954 11. triumph for the College of the Ci ty of OKLAHOMA Palo Alto Ch e~s Club title in a 14 man New York in National Intercollegiate rOlmd robin. Cl ose chase was given by A fraction of a whisker enabled Dr. League team play, Fordham University Jack Kl iger and Walter Shugert, who tied Bela Roz sa, perennial Oklahoma state (New York) showed its mettlc with a ior second with 10Yl.21h eaek 21·7 victory, 1% points ahead of CCNY titleholder, to retain his honors in a tour­ ney at _\lorman. Keeping pace with Rozsa The Salinas Qualifying Tournament sav; in second place. Coi llmbia Un iv ersity J. Siavich coast to a 6Yz -1h victory. Alan (New York) fini shcd third with 17·11 , all the way was 1. L Richardson, a new· Cl'mer from SOllth Bend, Indiana, who Chappell and Rex Wilcox, each 5·2, tied while the University of _"Iichigan, 15Jj2- for sccond. Eighteen players too k part. 12}2, and the Univcrsity of , drew with the champion in the last stanza Evcnly matched in a return bout, the 14Y2- 13%, placed fourth and fifth respec­ after both had scored 4·0 in previO llS City Terrace Cultural Center Chess Club tively. Other en tries were Swarthmore Swiss rounds. When S.·B . points were and the North American Aviation Chess College (Pa.), the University of Bridge­ computed, Rozsa and Richardson were found to have exactly the same totals, so Club, both of Los Angeles, battled to a port (Conn.) and Pace Co ll ege (New 3-3 stand·ofI. Baraquett and Hubbard York) . that, to resolve the tic, it becamc ncees· sary to look further into the S.·B. totals were WlllntrS for crcc, while Ek and The Rams' boards were manned by An· of opponents of hoth pla ycrs. Ultimately Vatsos accounted for NAA vict ories. Two thony Saidy (6·1), Thomas Hennessy games were drawn. (6.1), William Walker (5-1), William Bozsa squeaked by to be declared first Higler (4.3) and A. Ohadal (O-l) . prize winner. Third in the race was Dr. Florida. The Dade County Individual In­ A. .\'1. de la Torre of Norman with 4·1. ters chola~tic Championship wellt to Mar· ILLINOIS T wenty·seven players attcnded the even t. vin Sills, 17 year old senior of Coral Sponsored by the Decatur Chess Club, Gables High School. He swept a 26 player the fourth annual Illinois Open Tourna­ VIRGINIA Swiss with 6·0, ahead of Blitch Ferrar of ment attracted 30 players from far and For th e third straight year, Herbert South Dade High School. In the Dade wide, including, in addition to the home Avram of Arlington is the state champion. Count)' Interscholastic Team Champion. ~tate, Indiana, Michigan and New York. He gained this distinction in a 28 man ship, the South Dade group shaded Coral The '.':i uner was Albert Weisbord of Chi· Swiss at Roanoke with a score of 6% -Yz, Gables by a half.poinl. cago, K], who netted firs t prize on Swiss con ceding a draw to A. T. Henderson of A match at Fort Lauderdale between totuil;. Runner-up was E. T. Vano of High. Tazewell. Jaek Go dfrey of Roanokc, 51jz· the Broward County Chcss Club and the land, Ind., who also scored 5·1 but fell 1 Yz, was second, whi le li;iilliam Wright of Homestead Youth Centcr was won han_ short of Weisbord's Swiss showing by one Norfolk, 5.2, was third. Nathan Safian, in dily by the former with ' ~Yz·2%. Winners point. Sam Cohen of Chicago placed third eighth place on S.·B. points, topped the for Broward were John W. Harvey, W. H. 1 with 4%-1%. juniors with 4 / 2 .2%. Decker, It E. Buny and J. Greenwood; 36 CHESS REVIEW, FE8RUARY, 195"5 for Homestead they were Bob Eastwood president of the USCF, treasurer of the and Jeremy Jordan. New York State Chess Association, and a Kar!sas. The first title tourney of the powerful player whose exploits in the past recently organized Boeing Chess Club at included winning the championship of the the Boeing Company's plant in Wichita rc· i\-Ia nhattan Chess Club before he decided sulted in a 3·0 slam for 13. i\lartin. A tic (wisely, no doubt) to concentrate on the for second was registered by Floyd Fra­ more lucrative Jlu rsuit of his profes~ion . zier and Robert Ebright, each 2·1, with a Pennsylvauia. A perfect 6·0 score won the one-game play-off going to Frazier. Pi ttsburgh 1954·5 round rohin. Bernard Michigan. Decisive victory b>' 7·3 was Berger and Lester Shapiro, with equal gained by the Kalamazoo Valley Chess scores of 4-2, finished second and third Club over the Hollwar Chess Club of respectively on weighted totals. Grand Rapids. H. H. :\'[cifcrt, H. Kindig, Texas. Going without loss through the .M. Dennis, R. Walsh, G. Otis and E. 1954 Fort Worth Open Tournament, Rob· Vander Roest took the measure of their ert Powelson capll!red first with 9 "ictories Hollway rivals; R. Hanke and O. Jl!l1 g' and 2 draws. C. F reeman, 9.2, was second, wirth turned in triumphs over Kalamazoo. and Louis Dina, 8:yj.2:yj, was third. The Two draws were recorded. field numbered 31 players. New York. In an 18 man Swiss for the IVashington. State champion William Bills, Statea Island Chess Club championship, James i\kCormick and Charles Joachim Kenneth Tomney was first with 7-1. l-tun­ participated in a three· way tie for first in ner·up was Joseph Cotanclo, 6·2. a Seattle Yi\ICA event. Edmar Mednis, R·O, wrapped up the in. A 10 man 30-30 Swiss at the Seattle terscholastic championship of New York Chess Club was won in fine style by Olaf A r.F.KsANOAn i\IATANOVICH City's high schools, ahead of state kingpin Ulvestad, 5·0. Second was Dan Wade, 4·1, Matanovich scorcd a close second at Bel­ William Lo mbardy, 7·1. and third was Russell Ve l lias, 3·2. grade (story, page 35, "USSR in Tiro· Winning 5 games and drawing 3, the Wisconsin. Racine County honors were land," sec also Dr. Euwe's comments on Marshall Chess Ctuh in bagged by Arthur Domsky, 5:yj-l'i2, just Yugoslav strength, "Game of the .Month," downed a visiting team of cadets from 11 half.point in front of Jim Weidner and p. 40). West Point. Marshall winners were W. Andy Mike, who finished second and third Born in 1930, 1\'ratanovich was "one of Lombardy, C. Hillinger, R. Vogel, J. M. respectil'cly on S.·B. computation. th e lll'ight )'Olmg hopes of Yugoslav chess" Calderon and A. ~\furph y. In another In the Racine city rapid transit tourney, at the USA-\'ugoslu,' Radio Match in match, contested at \Vest Point, the !'.-Iar· Rudy Kanz retained his title with a 7·0 1950. Hc won his two games against A. S. shall players won again wh en they mowed sweep. Pinkus. down their opponents by 13·;~. On the !\ fa rshall list of winncrs wCre Will iam Lombardy, Nicholas Bakos, ?lIary Bain, Charles Eastman, Philip Le Cornu, i\Iathew DiLieto, Richard Vogel, J ohn SLUGGING MATCHES IN CHESS Radspinncr, Marlin Nuncz, F red Dorn and John Seltzer. On the Army side, Major J ohn Cockrill and Cud ets H.obert EPIC BATTLES OF Krulz and Paul Greiscn were ~ucces5fu l. Syracuse disposed of Binghamton by 5-3. Rainer Sachs, George Scriahin, J. A. Sud· THE lik, Harold Allen and Arthur Wood st ru ck blows for Syrucusc, whil e Dr. Samuel by R. N. COLES Finkelstein, Lawrence Darling alld Earl llickerson carne through for Binghamton. Dr. l\1ax Euwc, back in the United A magnificent collection of fi fty memorable mas- States for a brief tour, gave a simultane· ter games, in which noted players give of their ous ex hibition at the in New York City on 18 hourds, 6 best in enjoyable cu t-and-thrust encounters. The of which involved consultation by leams of careful annotations to these titanic clashes of chess history make the two. TIlt' former world champion won R book a real primer of opening, middle game and end-game play. These games, drew 8, and lost 2. E. T. McCor· are great fighting games of more than a century of master chess, with mick was one of the victors, and A. Feuer· famous masters struggling to win and equally famolts opponents stein and A. Rudy in consu lta ti on scored the other point. putting up defenses which are courageous, resourceful and tenacious. At the Nell' World Chess Club in New In innumerable instances, the attack is met by sharp counter-attack­ York City, a simu ltaneous blindfold dis­ as well it might be with such immortals as ~ II cDonnell v. Labourdon­ play against 8 OPllOncnts was given hy nais, Anderssen v. MOI-phy, Zukertort v. Steinitz, Pillsbury v. Tchigorin George Koltanow5k i of San Francisco. and such great names as these. The master emerged undefeated, winning 5 games and drawing 3. Successful in 176 pages, 100 diagrams, clothbound $3.00 hreaking even were Dr. Lazar Dubrey, Dr. The world's foremost publisher of books on CHESS Samuel Greenberg and Theodore Gottlieb. Looking keen and fit as ever, H. i\1. Send for free catalogue of chess publications to Phillips of New York City recently cele­ brated bis eightieth birthday. He is ex· DAVID McKAY COMPANY, Inc. 225 Park Avenue, 'New York, N. Y. CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 19S5 37 CANADA LATIN AMERICA Preparation of a Cuba course by the C he~s Federation of Canada, The Capablanca Chess Club in Havana assis ted by Dr. F. Bohatirchuk of Ottawa, was the scene of a to urnament for the is reported by chess journalist l\Ialcolm national elwlllpiunsilip. Dr. .I uan Gon­ Sim. zale:.: was successful with 8\4·2%, followed British Columbia hy Cu bo and Ortega in a tie for second with 8-3 each. The Vancouver city championship was won for the second straight year by Eu­ gene Butkov, who also retains custody of FOREIGN the W. T. l\Ioney trophy. His winning Australia score of 7%-1% shaded that of fit .Jur­ sevskis, ru nner-up with 7-2. A notable victory with a perfect 12-0 Twen ty -t hree of the Vancouver young tally was notched by 22 year old .I. V. fry aged 3 to 13 have been formed into Kellner in the tournament for the cham­ the Wee Wizard Chess Clu b. The director pionship of New South Wales. (The Aus· is Mrs, McLeod, whose 12 year old tralian Chess World, incidentall y, de­ scribes a sweep in a round robin as a daughter is one of the members. l\t "picket fence," an expressive term coined USCF Ex.president Harold Phillips (with Hans Kmoch, standi ng) recently Ontario by the Australian player, F. A. Crowl, in passed his 80th birthdav. With the convincing score of 10%.%, reference to the appearance of an un· Frank R. Anderson seized the Toronto broken row of 1's in a cross-table.) What speed crown, well ahead of E. Krcstini, made Kelln er's feat all the more striking invincible Lajos Steincr. international was t.he presence uf the hitherto all·but- 9·2. mastcr and present Australian titleholder, who was relegated to second place with 11-1. John Purdy 8Y2.372, was third. CHESS TWISTS Anothcr "picket fence" was achieved by Some one was bound to ask us about the In Ihis game, the process is a large part Francis Sulik, 5·0, in the title tournament connection between Samuel Johnson and of the value to be scored. That is, if you of South Australia. Runner-u p was P. our January cover theme. So as soon as cite a Johnson utterance, bald and dry, Kalinovsky, 3%-11/2' Sulik was likewise that issue went tu press, we began a proc­ and then show how you turned it in to a winner of the Adelaide Chess Cl llb title ess of thought which led to a new chess gag, you score fa r more than for just a tourney with an outstanding 8Y2.1h. Until game. That is, it may be new. Who gag in itsclf. But the gag must of course his participation in these events, he had knows? be good in itself. played no serious chess since his days as There was no space in J anuary to extend For lesser crcdit (this "crcdit" is purely a mem ber of the Polish masters' team the Johnson reference. YOll can check on theoretical, unless some one comes up which fin ished second to Germany in the the exact wording, in Boswell's Lile 01 with a well-thought-ollt system of scoring 1939 internati onal team cum petition at Joh nson, for yourself. But Johnson there which we can accept), yo u can "twist" a . is quoted to this effect : It is sufficiently standard gag into a ehcss joke. Thc proc­ France wonderful to note that a dog dances, or ess is easier but may be more rewarding, walks on a tight. rope. It is not necessary or serv e as a warm·up. Tying with Simonuvitch at 7· 1 in a tourncy fo r the "Coupe Russe," Dr. S. Tar. to ask that it do it welL We tried it some years ago, working takover won first on S.·n. tie-breaking The "twist" whereby this didacticism be­ from a collection of Irving Cohb tales. points. comes a "gag," is obvious. Pcrhaps the But we never achi eved any notable re­ Popd defeatcd Mazzoni for the cham· professional humorists have made a for­ sults. For our best efforts ran into pc r­ pionship of Paris. mula of it. (And the pompous senten­ sonalities- which is to be dcplored. tiousness of Johnson's dicta must offer a We took a tale of an in nocent, young Germany fertile field indeed for such twists !) A II of which is not to say that -the originator thin g being introduced to an American The West Ge rman junio r titlc was cred­ of the chess-dog story cribbed it from general who had lost a battle in World ited to Rinder when hc won a play.off by War L "Oh, so you fought at that battle," Johnso n. But it docs suggest that such a 1 \4.% against Klagcs after both had tied she was saying, "Tell mc, general, did process can profitably be em ploycd. for first in the regular tournament with you fight for tlte U. S. or for Germ any?" 9-4 each. That chess-dog story swept across the The "twist" was ahsurdly simple since the East German supremacy was acquired coun try and back again wi thin a ycar, U. S. had just lost the Radio i'lIatch uf by Uhlmann, 13-2, while the East German most unfortunately becoming a checker­ 1945 to the Russian tcam, several of our women's cham pionship was captllred hy dog story in the proccss. Until that dis­ team losing in both rounds. But, when it Ursula Horoldt, 14Yz-l%. gusting change, the publicity for chess was came to pinning the story on a given wonderful, as one columnist after another player, we dropped the project. India "borrowed" the story. In a 29 player Swiss for the i\ ladras So here our process of thought can· With in your own , friendly chess circle, you can, perhaps, employ evcn that story, State Championship, S. Venkatraman tinued: Why not deliberately "coin" some headed the jist with 8Y2·l/2. chess gags, from Johnson or elsewhere, to afte r Bill Doaks has dropped a couple of spread more publicity for chess? It takes games in an inter-club match. But it's Ireland time, of course, and tim e happcns to be best to avoid pcrsonalities. Success in the Irish women's title meet, scarce around these offices. Bul there's a But there you arc : a new chess game. held in Du blin, vms gained by Miss H. F. new chess game fo r you. Take a stab at Give it a try. It may appeal sometime Chater of Belfast. it. Readers' Forum. will welcome any par­ after you've dropped a conple of games K. O'Riordan won the annual Oireachtas ticularly delectable ti tbits. But don't all in a chess match. tournament, restr.icted to Gaelic.spcaking crowd at once ! J. S. B. (and Gaelic score·keeping?) players. 38 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1955 What's HOLDING BACK Annotated by Cologne, 1898 Surprise! As a disci])1 e of Steinitz. Your Game? Schlechter could hardly be expected to give IlP a second fo)' a . c. Schlecht e r w . Stein itz But time is of the essence here. White Black 11 BxB It's the 12 QR-Q1 B_ K2 1 P_K4 P- K4 3 B- B4 N_ B3 13 P-B5! 2 N_QB3 N_QB3 4 P_Q3 N-QR4 This surprising breakthL'ol1gh (almost) NINE BAD MOVES explains everything , 13 . , , . p,p 14 Q-N3! B- Q3 15 QxNP K-K2

A fanatical believer in the power of the two ilishops. Steinitz loses no time in exchanging a Knight for a Bishop. But Schledlter calmly realizes the re are com­ pensations for him: a lead in develop· In FRED RWH"ELD'S new hook ($2.50) me nt. and the hulf·open Queen file for Black h M consistently neglecter! his his heavy Ilieces. development and has made weakening Second Book of Chess 5 KN-K2! NxB 8 P-QN3 P-B3 Pawn moves, His King if; t l'allped in vou'll discover what the bad movcs are 6 PxN P-Q3 9 Q- Q3 B-K2 the center. Schlechter rightly judges fmd lcarn how to avoid them. Once vou 7 0-0 B-K3 10 B_ N5 P- KR3? t hat the time haf; come for brusque understand your faults, you'll gct' rid thcm-and will recognize them in Detter is 10 . Q- B2, followed (in the tactics. of event of QR- Ql). by 11 R- Ql or 16 N_ B4!! your advcrsaries. 11 .. . 0 - 0 - 0 . With the feal'some threat of 17 N-N6t, Read this book and study its many ex· It is true that Black can play 16 amples and diagrarns. You'll see why PxX, but, aHer 1, P- K 5, DxKP 18 QxD, it's heen called thc "rnost original book \V hite wins pretty much as he pleases, in years" and why " only about one wit h all the open lines at his disposal. player in 10,000 doesn't need it." Steinitz tric, a diffc)'ent line, but See Ch ess Review, Dec. '54, page 354 Schlechte!' is well prepared. for "Book of the Month" write·up 16 . KR-N1 20 QxKPt K-Q2 T HIRD BOOK OF CHESS-How to 17 N-N6t! K_Q2 21 NxB! QBPxN Play the \\lhitc Pieces (52.50) 18 RxBt! KxR 22 RxPt K_B3 J ust published. Reinfcld shows you how 19 R-Ql t B-Q4 23 N- K7t K_N3 to become aggressive in the openings. FOURTH BOOK OF CHESS-How to Play the Black Pieces (52.50) .f ust published. R einfcld's guide to the Steinitz was the man who ~howed what proper technique 0 11 defense. (lanmge cotl1d be ('lUiSed by inrerior Pawn Your Money Back If Not Satisfied moves. Here he has violated his own precepts a numbeL' of times. By playing 1:------, STERLING PUBLISHING CO .. I NC. ti P - Q3. he t ut down the illobilily of his King Bishop and t hus considerably 1 215 East 37th St., New York 16 I neL1 trnlized the vlllue of the two Blsholls. P leasc send me t hese books, I en· I Again, by playing 8. P-B3 (to pre· I close ehcck. I'cnt an eventual N-Q5), he )'obbed his I copies 1 Queen Pawn of its natural Pawn sL1pport. SECOND BOOK OF CHESS at 52.50 Finally, with ]0 P-KR3? he bas Schlechter hll S enginecred the whole I copies I lost preciOllS time and conclus ively weak· a ttack with heartwarming verve. Noll', T HIRD BOOK OF CHESS at $2.50 ened his position. instead of tailing the Quee n d irect ly, he I 1 So far we have been dwelling on Stein· plays an even stronger move. .... ,' copies itz's shortcomingf;. FL'om this point on, FOURTH BOOK OF CHESS a t $2.50 24 R- Q6t ! Resigns I I we can alllll'eciate the maste!'ly s kill and elegance which Schlechter displays in If 2-1 K- B2, 25 H- KI\'6§ lends to I Name ------1 smashing Blacl(s weakened position . male. Address ------11 BxN 1 Or, if 2·j . K- N4, White mates with I I 25 P- R4t, K- N5 26 N- Q5t, K- R6 27 Town ______State_ check; t dbl. check; § dis. ch, Q- Rl. A magnificent game by Schlechter! L ______~ - ::"'I CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 19$$ 39 An outstanding recent game, annotated by a famous international . by DR.

BRONSTEIN REBURNISHED the dangerous consequences of his unbridled thirst LOOKING over the roster of the Belgrade Tourna- for enterprise, but he also knows that any shortage of ment, 1954, one must be impressed by the num­ against players of international quality can ber of Yugoslav participants, as well as by the partic­ only too speedily lead to simplification and a draw_ ularly fine results achieved by these home-grown He ha s chosen, therefore, a sort of middle course, by players. 'Though a tournament is the medium for which he sidesteps simplifications not in an assertive training a country's players, it is yet difficult to strike but in a reserved way. He has played games a la a balance between the national and the international Steinitz, withdrawing his pieces to the first rank: e.g., interests. The host association prefers to enter as Porreca-Bronstein: I P-K4, P-QB3 2 P-Q4, P-Q4 many of its native contenders as possible_ Yet each 3 N.QB3. PxP 4 NxP. B·B4 5 N·N3. B·N3 6 P.KR4. added lowers the international caliber of the tourna­ P·KR3 7 N·R3. B·R2 8 B.QB4. N·B3 9 N·B4. QN.Q2 ment. Beverwijk and Hastings have commonly set 10 0.0, Q.B2 11 R·Kl, B·N!! 12 N.Q3, P·K3 13 up the 50-50 rule_ Belgrade has actually exceeded B·B4, B.Q3 14 BxB, QxB 15 N.KBS, Q.Bl! A player the 50 percent. of lesser strength could hardly permit such a line-up, Still, Yugoslavia has such extensive reserves that and censure certainly would not be spared on him. that overstepping caused no detriment whatever to the But Bronstein is not so vulnerable; and he did gain international quality of the tournament. Four for­ his objectives; and he thus avoided hackneyed posi­ eign grandmasters were invited, and one sooner pities tions. In games like this, the real test does not come them than anticipates a blood-bath among the Yugo­ utltil later, and then it will be he who deals the first slavs_ Indeed, the newly nominated Hungarian grand­ blow. master Barcza did not even achieve an equal score At Belgrade, Bronstein played other, similar against the Yugoslavs (4Y2 out of ll) nor yet the games and thereby carried out his strategy of a strong Russian, Petrosyan (5 out of ll). Bronstein "Ilexible balance" in a remarkable way. His games obtained a plus score (7 out of ll), but then this is tumed out in consequence somewhat less than spec­ Bronstein, the winner and the hero of the tournament. tacular. But, in tournament play, it is not an un­ Bronstein did not lose a si ngle game-and played common occurrence to see the esthetic sacrificed for this contest in a very special style_ He is aware of results.

HERE. in fact. is the only game won by The adl'antage of this move is tha t the potential at K6 becomes Bronstein in h is erstwhile style. Black. having forestalled the doubling on portentous (e.g.. 7 P- K3 8 0 - 0, Q­ his KB3. can now deploy in varying dl· B2? 9 BxKP!-Keres-Sajtar, , SICiliAN DEFENSE rections (7. P - K3. 7 . P - KN3 or 1954). If Black first re·inforces the vul· Najdorf Variation even 7. P-N4). The (\i~advantage . nerable spot by . . N- N3, t hen this however. is that "White. due to the lifting D. Bronstein A. Milich KnIght wlll have little activity as demo of the pressure against his Q·I. can now onstrated in a number of games. Black White develop fl'eely and to the purpose. 7 • . . . P-R3 1 P_K4 P-QB4 4 NxP N-KB3 --Putting the Question" to the nishop. 2 N_KB3 P-Q3 5 N-QB3 P-QR3 8 BxN 3 P-Q4 6 B-N5 9 Q-K2 White's Jast move is the usual re­ The critical moment has arrived. Black action, nowadays, to the Najdorf Varia· must choose between ... P-K3, . . P-K4 tion. For the real objective ( .. ". P - K4) and . .. P- KN3. is forcefully opposed. After 6 P - K4 7 BxN, QxB 8 N-Q5 OJ' 7 .. . PxB 8 N-B5. 9 . . . . P_K4 White stands very well positionally. Fur­ Not the ,,'isest choice. The solider and t her. after 6 P-K3. a sort of re·in· best reply is 9 ... P - K3. SOO l1 to be fOl­ forced Richter system emerges (7 Q-B3 lowed by ... P-QN4 and ... B- N2. As a and 8 0-0-0). And it will be found that result. a type of the B- QB4 variation the text mOl'e does. in fact. pose prob· emerges (1 P-K4, P-QB4 2 N- KB3, N­ lems for Black. QB3 3 P-Q4, PxP 4 NxP, N-B3 S 1\'- B3, 7 B-QB4 6 .... QN-Q2 P-Q3 6 B-QB4. P- K3) in which Black Int roduced by Keres. If Black now con­ has fluctuating chances: e.g .. the effect t _ check; 1 dbl. check; § db ....h. tinues as In the Schevenlngen Variation, of ... P-Q4 with a on that Bishop. 40 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1955 20 QR_B1 22 R_ Q2 Q-N1 21 Q-Q3 K_N1 23 P- KR4! PLASTIC CHESSMEN

Following a fe,,- iJl"epll.l·atory mOI'es . White now cnts the GOI'uian knot. Hi ~ plan is to follow up with P-N'I- N 5. 23 . . . . P-KR4 THESE Plastic Chesswen are made or durable Tenite and molded In lhe basic A d elaying action but no real preven· Staunton pattern. Sturdy and practical, tion of W h ite's p ian. tiley are made in fOUl' sizes: Tournament 24 Q-K2 Size witil 5N King, for use on 2'h or 2%,N On . i\IAx EU WE Now P- N·J can no longer be prevented. squares; Standard Size in de luxe chest Form er World Champion 24 R_B4 and Standard Size in 2-section case wilh 25 P_N4 p,p 2,*" King, for use on 1% to 2lh" squ'ares; 26 PxP P-N3 Student Size with 2%N King, fO!' use on l 'h to 1%" squares. All sizes are weighted \Vith the text move. the disadvantage lies D1~l(, k plans for K - N2 and 11- KI(1. ho ping thereby 10 hold his own. and felted, available in Blacl( & Ivory and in the impossibility 01" effecting .. . 1'- Q·1 Red & Ivory. (See Sludent Size above.) at all. Any purely passive altitutle must le ad to a de bacle . No. 70-Student Size ______$ 4.50 10 N-B3 B_K2 12 0-0 0-0 27 P-RS K-N2 No. 71-Same but in Red &. Ivory_$ 4.50 11 R-Q1 Q_B2 13 B-N3 B-Q2 No. 80-Standard Size ______$ 6.50 28 R-KRI Q-Bl mack HilUS (0]' . 0 - 03 and a line,ull No. 81-Same but in Red &. Ivory_$ 6.50 Black get s in n as While'!, from. P- QN·I and . Q-N2 by which No. 125-Standard, De Luxe ChesL$10.00 Knig ht Pawn b menaced. he may yet r ealize .. . P- Q·1. No. 126-Same but in Red &. Ivory_$tO.OO 29 K_N3 R_R1 No. 11 0-Tourname nt Size ______$19.50 30 P-R6t! No. 111-Same but in Red &. Ivory $19.50 White has accurately dete1"luin ed that this dosing of the Hook file will not s top his atLa(; k. The decis ion now come ~ on the King I3i ~ hop fi le. in conjunc tion with which the 'White Hook Pawn 1!; an important trump. 30 .. K-Bl 31 Q-B3 R-R2 32 R-B2 K-K1 32. P- N·] is better. 33 P-N5 ! 14 N_KR4! White ailO] s to bring his Knight to KB5 a s soon as Bla (d;:' s Queen I3i shop 1ll0VtlS. The r e the I\nigh t s tandS H I'o ngly PO SLC(l. not only for an el'c ntl1al King·side at· tack. but likewise vc ry suitably for any baltle over White' ~ Q5 as the Knight reauil~' rea ches K3. THESE standard weight folding boards are of excellent quality, about thick. 14 B_N5 %" Outside covering and playing surface Black abando ll s his plan. J.! ll- K3 are black, dice·grain clolh. Impressed at once is betJ.er, howe ver, as W h ile';; dividing linE'S between burr and black next can nowise be r eg:uded as a loss squares. Embossed covers. of t empo. No. 221_1%" squares ______$1.75 B_K3 The deciSive combination. 15 P-B3 No. 222-1%" squares ~~ ______$2.00 33 N-R4t 16 P-N3 K_ R2 No_ 223-2Ys" squares ______$3.00 17 N_N2 B- R6 34 RxN EXTRA heavy folding board, de luxe Blad( will not le t t he Knight proceed An obvious sham sac rifice. While 1)res· quality, double-wei gilt 14 " thick. to K3, a ce ntral and powel"ful post. e ntly obtains considerable mate ria] ill relul"ll rOt· the . No, 204--2~" squares ______$7.50 18 KR-Kl BxN P,R 19 KxB P-QN4 3' Send for complete catalog of equipment 20 P-QR3 35 BxPt K-Ql 36 P-N6 The pos itio n is ,'eIT clear. Blac k's dmnce of . .. P- Q ·J has pas sed. Hence he All very simple. MA IL YOUR ORDER TO is unable to del)loy his [ol"(~ es comfort · 36 RxP 39 BxQ R-N3t ably. He C~ln only bide White's coming 37 P-N7 K-B2 40 K-R2 R,. CHESS REVIEW unde]·lal,ings. 38 P-N8{Q) QxQt 41 Q-B7 Resigns 250 W est 57th Street, New York 19, N, Y.

CHESS REVItW, FEBRUARY, 1955 41 THE LESSING J. ROSENWALD TROPHY TOURNAMENT

HEN the first half of the Rosenwald journment without further play. He reo SELECTED GAMES WTrophy Totll"llamcnt ended at the venged his first half loss (still adjourned Annotated by Hans Kmoch ]llanhattan Chess Club, the scene switch­ when our January issue went to press) to ed to the ;\larshall Chess Club, Each con· Byrne, drew twice with Bisguier and, Victory Beyond Victory tender was then to play each otile!' with though he lost t() Reshcvsky l/z.ll/z, he III this last round game, Reshevsky colors ]'cversed from the fil'sl half. can force a draw by repetition of moves. Reshevsky had a commanding lead; but swept his games with Sherwin and Kramer. The draw is all he needs to secure a well with one game standing adjourned for deserved first prize. It is fmther indio some time, the rest of tlle picture was Bisguier was the sensation of the second cated by his being a full Rook down. But half, with a 41/z·ljz near·sweep. Of course, unclear. Still, Sherwin was at least tied no. So exaet is his calculation, so strong for second at 3-2; Evans and Byrne were his brilliant win over Reshevsky topped his self·c()nfidence that he prefers to play somewhere,after (in a tie at 2'-,2-2% each his performance (only he and Byrne brokc on. demonstmting the win. A fine extra when their was resolved); evcn with the grandmaster). But his poor performance. and Disguier and Kramer trailed. Some­ start held him to third place in the final Loser Kramer once again pays toll for thing jj]{C that order seemed probable. standing. his urge to tl'eat llsual lines in some TilE SECOND HALF of the Rosenwald Tour­ 's win in the late ad· unusual way. nament had some surprise switches from journed game with Evans scored him the first (recounted p. 3, January). It 21/2.21/z in the first half. His second half KI N G'S INDIAN DEFENSE goes to show that, tempting though they was very nearly identical. Again, he held G. Kramer S. Reshevsky may be, IJredietions based on half of a Reshcvsky to a draw. A shade the worse White Black tournament cannot be reliable. off throughout as Black, nonetheless he 1 P-Q4 N_KB3 7 KN-K2 QN_Q2 Taking the contestants in the order of never gave ground. But, while he avenged 2 P-QB4 P_KN3 8 0-0 P-B3 their finish, Heshe\'sky let down some· his losses to Sherwin and Kramer, he lev. 3 N-QB3 B-N2 9 P_KR3 p,p R_Kl what. From his 41/z·ljz near·sweep, he elled ofT to an all·equality by losses to 4 P_ KN3 0-0 10 N,P 11 R-K1 P_QR4 dropped to a 3·2 score. What was said Evans and Bisguier in this second round. 58-N2 P-Q3 6 P-K4 P-K4 12 R-Nt after the first half still holds, however; With steadier practice, however, he wouJd Here one expects 12 B- K3. but "White (or, while it JIIay be commendable to likely have done much better. His loss to has an idea. It is an unusual one for this Bisguier typifies his "bad breaks." With "pour it on," it is almost inevitable, es· line and eventually fails to work. pecially for a "money" player to let down beautiful forcing play throughout, Byrne 12. . . . N_B4 threw away a win at the very end. (Bis· when leading the field. Evans remarks on 13 P-N3 KN_Q2 his page that the tournament proves He· guier deserves the credit for putting up 14 P-R3 shevsky is not in a class by himself. We the best defense after his position became This is it: White wants to dislodge hold quite the opposite view. Reshevsky's bad. See page 44.) Black's Knight with P-QN4. first half, plus the fact that his lead was Sherwin, the surprise of the first half, 14 . . . • P_B4! never jeopardized thereafter, fully sub· wilted badly in the second. Alekhine's reo stantiates h is international grandmas. proof for those who mishandle their time A counter·measure which must have tel' rating. Morc will appear in the an· control secms merited. tome as a most unpleasant surprise to \Vhlte. notations of the games; but, excepting for Kramer still suffered from lack of stiff Bisguier's brilliant win, Reshevsky held competition and, says Evans. from ignor. 15 P- QN4 the edge in almost all his second half ance of the latest opening wrinkles. 15 PxP loses a piece to 14 RxRt. games and held likewise a commanding In all, however, the Rosenwald Tourna· 15 . . . . PxNP lead in tournament score. ment seems well justified. Our younger 16 RPxP NxP Evans improved notably, from an even masters can use the sharpening of compe· Clearly. this Knight is far from dis· score in the first half, to a 4-1 second tition with a grandmaster. Our other lodged. half (2 draws). His draw with Reshe\'· players of distinction ought now to benefit 17 NxN PxN sky was a real deadlock, agreed to at ad· likewise, both young ones and old. 18 RxP

THE LESSING J. ROSENWALD TOURNAMENT Round 6 Opening Moves Round 9 Sherwin o Reshevsky 1 King's Indian Def. 48 Reshevsky 1(, Byrne 'h King's Indian Def. 31 Evans 1/2 Bisguier 1/2 Reti Opening 42 Evans 1 Sherwin 0 Reti Opening 35 Byrne 1 Kramer 0 Gruenfeld Defense 33 Kramer 0 Bisguier 1 38 Round 7 Round 10 Reshevsky 1(, Evans 1(, King's Indian Def. 40 Kramer 0 Reshevsky 1 King's Indian Def. 41 Bisguier 1 Byrne 0 Gruenfeld Defense 41 Byrne 0 Evans 1 Nimzo-Indian Def. 47 Kramer 1 Sherwin 0 King's Indian Def. 41 Sherwin 0 Bisguier 1 Reti Opening 39 Round 8 Final Standings Bisguier 1 Reshevsky 0 King's Indian Def. 44 Samuel Reshevsky 7%-21/2 Donald Byrne 5 ·5 Evans 1 Kramer 0 Slav Defense 54 Larry Evans 61/2-3 1/2 James T. Sherwin 3 ·7 Byrne 1 Sherwin 0 King's Indian Def. 64 6-4 George Kramer 2 .a 42 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 19S5 Eve n belLe r for Bla ck is 18 B xP, N- N3, with thre"t of 19 , .. J>- Q.f. 18 . . . . R:IIR 19 B:IIR N-N3 Ula<:k lias mudl the be lter of it. HI ~ pieces are SU1Jerior in activity, and he t h rea tens to win a l'aw n. 20 P_N5 On 20 1l- 1C\"2. lJIack has his choice of 20 XxI': e.g .. 21 ;";xP, PxX 22 Ux P. 13 -K3 and, still bette r, 20 , . Q- B3. fol· lowe d by , , . NxP. 20 P-B4 21 N-B3 Q_K 2! 22 N-NS White is hard pressed to al'o id los ing a Pawn. 22 Q- Q3 is no good because of 22 B- K3! (22 UxP 23 ~-N5!) 23 .'<- Q2, DxllP. 22 , , , , P-R3! DI;\,,; k forces the issue, Noll' \Vhite can e l'e n 11'\n a Pawn. but at too high a m·ice. 23 B-Q5t N:IIB 24 Q:IIN t K-Rl 25 N-B7t 0 1' White loses his [took Pawll. 25 K ._ R2 26 N:IIQP Now comes lhe point! At th e tournament banquet ( lef t to right), James T. Sherwin. Arthur B. B isguier , 26 Q-K8t Samuel Reshevsky, Al Bisno. President of th e Manhattan C, C., Larry Evans and 27 K_N2 R-R7 Donald Byrne, M issing from the picture is tournament contender George Kramer. 28 Q:IIP \Vhite has nothIng be tte r, 28 Q-U3 or 28 Q- Dj is worse, allowing the same com· 32 R-N2 Wac k's is a sa l isfa ctolT li ne. ) Iore binatio n a Pall-n worse off. And 28 B- K3 As good a s a ny mOl·e. <:o mfortable. hoW el'c l', is Ihe sywllletrical fails a gainst 2S . .. QxB. development with 5 P- Q3. 32 B-B4t 28 R:IIPt! ! 6 QN-Q2 P-B4 8 R-K 1 N_B3 33 K-B3 Q- Q8t 29 QxR BxPt 7 P-K4 P- K 3 9 PxP N:II? 30 K - B3 34 R- K2 Q-R8t! 9 .' PxP looks Illore natural. but then We 11ibitzers all saw thIs combination Strongcl' than t he immediate 34 QxO. Whit e oblains SOUle initiative wi t h e ithe r and we r e convinced (at least most of li S ) IU P- Q·l, PxP 11 t-:- t-:3 or with 10 :-<- .'<3. 35 Q-N2 QxB t hat Il eshevsky wonld now mke lhe dra\\" 10 N- B4 Q_B2 with 30 . B-.'<5 t 31 K- N2, D- R6t, etc. This way. Bla ~' k ha s secured a winning He re and on IJl atk's next t nrn. hi s ad"anlage ill llHH e rial while s till holding mOl'es are qnestio nable. It is more nr­ the initiath'e. gent to mobili7.e hi s Quee n Bi shop with 36 R- K7 Q-R6t 38 R-K7 Q-Q8t somcthing like 10 1'- 1'13 11 KN- K5. 37 R_ K3 Q_B8 39 K _ B2 13 - :\,2 12 P-QIl·\, :-

30 .. , , Q-Q8t! A Weakened Trio But Il e;; he \" s ky ne ve l" a gr ees to a draw At a time when Blac k faces trouble if he call win. Ve ry right he is in this in lmy event. he r educes tlt t:! ]Jrotection (: a se, for the repetition of moyes wouhl of his Kin~ Ui sllop Pawl) beyond the hal'e lc ft this prelly game a mere tOI'SO. breaking Ilo !nt. White lakes a(II'antage It is note wort hy that he doesn't el'e n with a neat little combinatioll of a type bother to gain time on his clock with 30 which fre C[ll emly works a g ai n~ t Ihe .. B- X5t 31 1\: - ;";2, B - H6t 32 K-B3, and weake ned trio of Pawns a t K3, K ll2 alUl only t il e n 32 ... Q-QS t . K!\3. A first round game. 31 K - K4 KING'S INDIAN REVERSED Othe rwise , Whit e loses his Queen: e.g .. S, Resh evsky J. T. Sherwi n 12 P-N3 a K- D·1. Q- :-i5t 32 K - K3, 0 - 051' White mack Now 12 . . . N- Q5 offers betle!" chances; 31 . , , QxN for. if .13 Kx:\', I'x:-i 1-1 13-X5. Black has N_KB3 N-KB3 3 B-N2 B-~~2 The point of Dlack's combina tion is 2 P- KN3 P-KN3 4 0 - 0 0 - 0 t he c hoke of H P- 133 a mi 14 R­ t hat he I:an affol'd t his "quiet"' mo\'~. 5 P-Q3 P_Q4 BI. After the lattc l\ J 5 UxX. PxO is White 's King is now too eXllosed; the troublesome for W h ite as he lacks good main t hreat is 32 , .. O- D.Jt. t - check; t _ -lbl, check; § dis. eh. squares for Ili s m inor pieces,

CHESS REVIEW, FEB RUA RY , 1955 43 \Vh ite's Is a rat her poor re·action to tlie­ t hreat of R N-QR4. Actually, that is only a toy threat. ' Vhite emerges with a fine game after 8 R-Bl, N-QR4 9 Q- R4, NxP]O BxN, PxB 11 QxBP. 8 p , p 9 B- K2 N- K2 10 0 - 0 P-B3 Now Biack has a fine game as the half· open King fil e offers him chances on t he King·side. White has little chance of ef· fective action on t he Quee n·side with his Cueen Bishop locked In. 11 N- K5 N_B4 12 N- R4 12 K R- QI, followed possibly by N- Q3. B- K1 and B- Bl looks more reasonable. But White has a daring plan in mind. 12 N-K5 13 B- Kl R- Kl 14 P- B3 "\Vhite thinks he can drive back the Black Knights, the n play for an attack on tlte King·s ide h imself. 14 Nj5- Q3 15 P-N4 P_B3! ! 16 PxN White's plan is completely refuted, and The Tour nament Sponsors (left to r ight) Jose M. Calderon, Maurice J . Kasper, he canllot retreat his Knight as his King Lessing J . Rosenwald and AI Bisno hear from Edward Lasker, President of the Pawn is loose. Marsha ll Chess Club a t the post.tourname nt festivit ies at t he Park Sheraton. P,N Bisguier is visible at ext reme right, as is the Rosenwald Tourname nt Trophy. "17 PxKP Bx KP 18 PxP B-R6! The preceding liquidation has weak· ened both King positions. Black can, 13 P- B3 P_ KR3 White's move is the most convincing however, strike flt'st since h is pieces are rest pretty much Blacl,'s unnecessarily weakening move continuation. The much better centralized. speaks fOr itself. causes real tl'ouble. InsteB Rook Pawn by 13 . .. P-QIH. 20 BxB 22 QxR R- Kl 19 P xPt loses to 19 . KxP 20 B-Q3t, 14 KN_ K5 NxN 23 R- R4! K - Rl 22 R-B2, Q- N4t 23 K - Rl, H- KNI and to 22 B- B3, Q-N4t 23 K- 132, Q- N7t 15 NxN T he threat is 24 R- B4t, K-Nl 25 Q­ 24 K - Kl, P- Q5! "\Vhite threatens 16 P-QB4 : so Black K6t and 26 R-B7, winning a piece. Black 19. no longer has time for P-QR'1. delays it for the moment only: see R-K3! \-\l hlte's 25th move whereby t he idea is 15 •..• B-N2 Far stronger than 19 PxP. Black 16 P-R5! N_ K2 renewed. tht'eatens HxPt and Q- N4. 23 P_KN4 K-N1 Black's last is a blu nder which de· 26 R-'B3t 20 Px P t K,P 24 QR- K4 p,p 27 Q- Q7 cides the game. His position already is R-KB1 21 B-Q3t 25 KR - K3! Q- N3 28 R,N R, R bnd, however, because of the stt'ong "\Vith this move, White a lso prepares 29 RxBt Resigns threat of 17 P-Ro (17 B- QBl 18 P­ for 22 P - B4, thus preventing Black's im· QB4 or 17 .. B- QI33 18 NxI3, QxN 19 mediate occupation of the King Knight P - QB4) . His best, therefore, is 16 tile wi th Queen and nook. PxP and that leaves him with many Fickle Fortune weak spots. Black makes t wo very fine combina· tions, e iiher sllfli clent to win 'a har d game; but he s ubsequently throws away h is advantage and e ve n loses the game on two errors. While contributes to t he issue by metlione Illay at tbe begin· ning anti very skillful defense in the middle game. GRUENFE LD DEF ENSE A. B. Bisguier D. Byrne \Vhite Black 1 P-Q4 N- KB3 4 P-K3 8 - N2 2 P- QB4 P-KN3 5 N- B3 0 - 0 21 N_ K5!! 3 N- QB3 P-Q4 6 Q- N3 P-K3 A brilliant decision. With this sacri· 17 NxBP! 6 P- B3 leads to a variation of the fice, Blac], wins the t ime for posting two Slav nefense named aftet· Sch lechter One of t hose violent breakthroughs to heavy pieces on the open Knight file. which t he weak Pawn trio, as mentioned, (from h is m atch with Lasker, 1910) is frequently exposed in t he middle game. t hough Gunsberg and Alapin played it 22 BxNt 17 KxN long before. The best White can do. 22 PxN fails 18 QxPt K-B1 7 B-Q2 N~B3 against 22 Q- N4t a nd 23 . . . R- N3 19 B_B4! 8 PxP or 23 . . . R - K N1. 44 CHESS REVI EW, FE BRUARY, 1955 22 .. . . P,B 24 K-R1 Q-KN1! 23 P-B4 R- N3t 25 8-N4 8-83 Not now 25 . . B-N7t because of 26 RxB, RxR 27 QxQt, followed by 28 PxB. 26 Q_B2 Now 26 ... B-N7t must be prevented: 26 QxQt? QRxQ is impossible for White. 26 . . . . B-R5 ST, GEORGE AND MERRIE ENGLAND THE DRAGON VARIATION is sure death to the timid. To the coura­ geous, it is a welcome challenge. Here English amateur, F. W. Allen (White) extracts its fangs and clobbers the poor dragon (R. Brown) in the Surrey Championship of 1954. Thf; game begins with 1 P.K4, P-QB4 2 N-KB3, N,QB'j 3 P-Q4, PxP 4 NxP, N-B3 5 N-QB3, Cover the scoring table at line indicated. Set up position, make Black's 5th move (exposing table just enough to read it). Guess White's move, then expose next line. Score par if your move agrees; if not, zero, Make move given, opponent's reply. Guess White's next, and so on to 27 P-B5! the end.

A tricky defense. After 27 R-Q2, R-Kl, COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TJME Black wins easily, thanks to t he threat of ... B- N5- B6t. WhIte Par Black Your Selection Your 27 . . . . R-N4 Played Score Played for White's move Score Black misses the point. Correct is 27 5 . .• P-Q3 .. R-N5 with a winning advantage (28 6 P- B3 (a) ______5 6 .... P_KN3 R-B4, RxR or 28 R- K2, Q-N4 or 28 7 B- K3 ______3 7 .... B_N2 R-Q2, R--Ql). 8 Q-Q2 ______2 8 .... 0-0 28 R-B4! R-N5 9 0 - 0-0 ______3 9 _ N-Q2 (b) Black must lose this tempo to save his 10 P_KN4 ______4 10 . _. Nj2-K4 11 B_K2 ______.. 2 Bishop. He cannot play 28 ... B-N7t be­ 11 N-R4 12 P-N3 ______3 cause of 29 QxB! RxQ 30 RxBt, K-N2 31 12 .. _ QN-B3 (c) KxR: White gets too much for his 13 P-KR4 ______5 13 . .. Q_R4 14 P-R5 ______4 Queen. 14 .... B_Q2 15 PxP ______2 29 P- B6 R,R 15 .... BPxP (d) 16 P- B4! ______5 16 ... _ NxP 30 PxR R-K1 17 B-B4t ______5 17 _ ... K-R1* Thinking he can still play for a win, 18 RxPt!! (e) ___ .. ______8 18 . KxR Black runs into disastel·. He ought to 19 R-R1t ______7 19 .... N-R3 play for a draw with 30 BxP 31 20 P-B5 ______6 20 _ .. _ P_KN4 21 BxP ______3 QxPt, Q-N3. 21 .. _.R- B3 8xR ______.. ______31 B-K7! 22 3 22 .... PxB 23 NxN ______3 Now the tables have turned. White 23 .... PxN 24 Q_N2! (f) ______5 24 .... P-Q4 threatens to win a piece by 32 P-B7. 25 Q-N6t ______3 25 .... K-R1 31 . __ . Q-N3 26 RxNt ______4 26 ____ 8xR 27 QxBt ______3 Again, Black misses the point, bnt he 27 .... K-N1 lacks an adequate defense, anyhow_ 28 NxP ______6 28 .. _ , PxN 29 BxPt ______4 29 QxB 32 P-B7! QxP 37 R_K1 R-Q6 30 PxQ ______2 33 BxB Q-R4 38 Q-K2 K-N3 Resigns 34 B_N3 Q-B6t 39 NxP BxN 35 K_N1 R-Q1 40 QxBt QxQ Total Score ______100 Your Percentage 36 N_B3 B-B4 41 RxQ Resigns SCALE: 75_100-Excellent; 55-74-Superior; 4()"54-Good; 25-39- Fair

Footnotes NOTES TO THE G AME The first half standings remained ob­ (a) With. castles long, known 20 years ago scure, because of that adjourned game, as the Intercollegiate Attack, this system is for some days. Properly speaking, how­ now in vogue with the masters. ever, it is only propel' to set them up (h) The question mark move, seemingly correctly, once mentioned: sound hut unsuccessful in practical play. 9 Reshevsky 4Y2- Y2 Evans ... NxN 10 BxN, Q·R4 11 K-Nl, P-K4, fol­ Sherwin 3.2 Bisguier lowed hy 12 ... B-K3 is the book continu­ D. Byrne 2Y2.2Y2 Kramer ation. White won 15-10; make something of that! There were only 5 draws; "fight­ (c) This "provoke and retreat" strategy fails ing chess"? There were 9 King's Indians! here. Even ~o, 12 .. _ B.Q2 13 P-KR4 gives More than twice the Gruenfelds (4), White a strong initiative. three times the Nlmzo-Indlans and ReUs. (d ) 15 ... RPxP, and a prayer! The King's won 3, drew 2, lost 4. But the Gruenfeld lost 1-3; the Nimzo tied llh-l% (e) A stock sacrifice, dangerous for both. as did the Ret!. King Pawns were rare! (f) Now there's no defense. A great game_ CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1955 45 ODDS and EVANS K ramer by LARRY EVANS Former U,S, Chess Champion The Rosenwald Tournament, 1954 TH IS was the strongest to urnament held in America since the Wertheim Memorial in 1951. Its purpose simply was to provide our top.f1ight masters with suitable competition to prepare them for international contests. Evans The games themselves displayed a fine brand of figh ti ng chess. The W hite to Move 30 move minimum eli mi nated the "Grand master Draw." The tim e limit, R-N3! QxQ 40 moves in 2lj2 hours, approximates that adopted on the continent. 2 NxQ And B lack's King Bishop Pawn musl Reshevsky swept the 1st round 4112.312 but could muster only 3-2 fall. against stiffer in th e 2d round . Bisgu ier, after a weak start, Reshevsky tumed in a spectacular 4.1/2 out of 5, including a brilliant victory over Reshevsky! Byrne played good chess but was the victi m of "bad breaks." Sherwin's inability to cope with the clock once more manifes-ted itself. One spectator referred to hi s snail's pace as a "suicide complex." Kramer was clearly out of practice and pa infully unfamiliar with the newest opening wrinkles. This toomament proves that the gap between Heshevsky and th e younger players is constantly nal't'owing. Experience saved him from the wolves. He may be the best player in the country; hut he is certainly not, as his backers would like to believe, " in a class by hi mself." This nation can look forward to a crop of international masters and grandmasters with in th e next five years if qua lity tournaments like the Rosenwa ld, with Kramer Black to Move sufficient prizes and incentives, are contested period ically. 1 ... RxPt! 3 K_B3 Q- Qat! 2 QxR BxPt 4 K-K4 SOi\IE HIGHLIGHTS of the tOllrnament. The Rosenwald Trophy Tournament set_ Or 4 Q- K2, B- N5t, and Black wins. Sherwin up at t he Marshall Chess Club, New York. 4. . . . QxN! The wallboards at the far end of the And White Is helpless against room carried the play for spectators who B - B4t and other threats. lined the side wal ls and other e nd.

Bisguier Black to Move Sherwin cOllsumed almost all hoUl· and finally decided thn.t. 8 . .. P - Q4 9 B- KB4, N- R3 JO N_::"\13, Q- N3 1) P x P, ExP 12 NxB, QxN 13 B- Q6 was not to his liking. Hence he embn.rked on a speCUlative which took the spectators and. Jlresumably, his opponent complete· ly by surprise. 1 P_QR3?!! 3 N- Q6t BxN 2 N-B4 QxN! 4 BxQ PxB 5 B)lN PxB And the Black proved unassail· able. \Vhite, u nable to fulfill his attack, fi nally succumbed to the power of the lhree pieces. t - check; :t _ db]. check; § _ dis. ch. 46 CH£SS REVIEW, FEBR UARY , 1955 THE UNESCO TOURNAMENT At Montevideo, Uruguay, 1954 By Dr. Ossip Bernstein

The other players were: Najdorf, rep· resenting Argentina; Trompovski and Car­ va lho from Brazil; Salas·Romo and Letc· lier from Chile; Cantero and Salomon from Paraguay; and eight Uruguayan masters : Champion Bauza, former Cham­ pion Estrada and Olivera, Alvarez. Kalk­ stein, Coral, Munoz and Linskens. The tournament became a race between LeteHer and Najdorf. LeteHer's play was very daring and successful. He won from Najdorf by a risky sacrifice of a Rook, took the lead. Then he lost to Carvalho, and Najdorf forged ahead, followed by Toran and myself. Winning from Naj. dor! and Hoerberg in the last rounds, I achieved a tie for second with Najdorf at 14 points, behind Letelicr (14Yz). Toran came fourth (13112 ), Trompovski and Car­ valho tied for fifth (11) and Salas·Romo was seventh (BYz).

BEING so near to Buenos Aires, I dc­ l\IICUEL NAJDORF cided to visit there. At the Club Ar­ Accumulates Rookings DR. OS511' BERNSTEIN gentino de Ajedrez, J was invited to Aewmu.tates More Memories lccture on chess. Fortunately, I was ablc to ~peak Spanish fluently, I lecturcd on "Memories of an Old Grandmaster." What a tremendous is going EARLY in November (1954), Mr. Marcel on in Buenos Aires. Besides the club Berman, president of the French Chess mcntioned, which occupies its own house Federation, telephoned me from Rouen, of five stories, there are several othcr inquiring if I would like to participate clubs, sevcral coffec-houses where chess in a tournament in Montevideo. is played day and night, and Najdorf's " Let me think it over a few days," Chess Academy, which he managcs suc­ I replied. "No, no, no. There is no cessfully. Polish master Frijdmann can· thinking over. The tournament starts on ducts a chcssroom in the Coffee House, the 14th. You must leave on the 11th, Rex, where chess is played on 200 boards. 9 N-B4 N-R4 and your answer must be ready by 10- As almost only "blitz" is played, you 10 Q- B2 11 R-K1 )norrow morning," he stated fi rmly, have the impression whcn you gct in, of This was rather exciting. I had never machine·gun fire. Here White prepares for D-KDl and been to South America. and to see this eventually P- KN3 to deny Black the post part of the new world was my dream. But KING'S I NDIAN DEFE NSE at his KB5 fOI" his Knight. to play under entirely new climatic and 0,. Bernstein M. Najdorf 11 . . . . N-K3 12 B_K3! B-K2 human conditions at 72, without any ,,-ihite mack preparation was a hit frightening, Black's King Bishop has no futUre at 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 4 P_K4 P-K4 N2: e.g., 12 .. B- N2 13 QR- Q1 , 0 - 0 14 Nevertheless, I accepted and took the 2 P-QB4 P_Q3 5 N_B3 P- KN3 plane, via flIadrid, on the 11th. In Madrid, P- B5, with strong pressure fo!' 'White on 3 N_QB3 QN-Q2 6 p,p the Queen·side, possibly in conjunction a reporter for Informaciones (how he dis· White's intention is to prevent Black, with R- Q6 . covered I was there, I do not know) in· at a later move, from capturing . PxP 13 QR_Q1 0-0 tercepted me. He published our inter· and thus extending the scope of his King 14 8 _K B1 viel" under the captio n: "An Audience Dishop which will be posted at his KN2. \Vhite readies for mack's inlended with the Grandfather of Chess." After 6 PxP 8 0-0 Q_B2 on the King·slde: e.g., 14 motor troublc, Spanish Champion Toran, 7 B_K2 P- B3 9 P_KR3 P- KB-j 15 PxP, PxP 16 B- R6, and Swedish Champion Hoerberg and mrself White here anticipates a st!'uggle for ,Vhite enjoys a simultaneous attac1, on arrived by plane, tired and sleepy at the of Black's Q5, which is mack's Hook and on his King Pawn. 2 A. M . on the 18th. bound to ensue. Hence, he prevents any 14 N/4-N2 The tournament, arranged in honor of such maneuver as N-B4, B-KN5 15 P_R3 and . .. N-K3. Now Black's Queen Unesco, had already begun. As the man_ To advance his King Bishop Pawn. agement knew, however, that we were ar­ Bishop can play no such part in the maneuver. mack has had to desert the strong post riving, we were pe rmitted to make up a at KU1 with his Knight. Now White un· dertakes a demonstl'ation on his left round, and everything was under control. t cheek; * _ dbi. check; ~ _ -dis. ch. CHESS REVtEW, FEBR UARY, 1 9~5 47 Montevideo, Uruguay, 1954: Standing ( left t o right): Silva, Alvarez, Estrada, Gulla (management ), Coral, Ml.lnoz-lzcua; Dr. Insari (management), Olivera, NaJdo rf, Barreira (Sec., Sittinl;l: Letelie r, Bauza, Ho erberg, Cantero, Trompovskl, Uruguayan Chess F ed.), Dr. Salomon, Ke rre ra (manage me nt), Salas·Romo, Dr. Bernstein, To ran and Carvalho. Kalkst ei n and Linske ns were a bsent. wing, t he correct counte r to Black's In· 16 P- QN4 P-B5 Black's last move was fo rced; ot hel" dicated plan. The seemingly insigniri· 17 B-B1 6- 6 3 w ise. he must 8uccumb to 25 Q- N6. w ith cant 15 p- Ra is the prelude. Dlack must reinfo rce hi!! King Pawn threat of mate: e.g., 25 Q- ;;-':6, B- B4 26 before pUl"sui ug his Klng·slde o bjecUve!!. Q--H6t. B-H2 2i D-Q3 and fini s. 18 P-B5 P_KN4 25 RxP P-B6 19 B-B4 K- R1 25 .. DxR courts disaster' 26 Ox l3. White was threatening 20 :\'- Q5 (e.g .. R- Kl 2i Q- N6. RxRt 28 K- R2, and Dla ck 20 ... PxN? 21 PxP, N nny 22 P-Q6§), cannot escape ulRte. find Black has avoided the threat. The 26 QR_K4 tactica l possibility is thus IIverted, bu t 26 R- Q5 !s nl so good. the ~ tnlteglc me nace r emal n ~ implicit In 26 .... Q_ B4 the po~ltlon . 20 B-N2 P_KR4

T H IS POSITION occUlTed in t he fourth ]·ound. Dlack III to move. How does he save the Blahol) Pawn? See page ,19. Dr. Bernste in

If, in~telld, 26. . PxP 27 BxB, QxP 28 BxNt, KxB 29 R- K7 t, Black Is soon 21 N-Q5 ! mated. Or, in this Hlle, 2i ThB 28 The fi rst of a se l'jes of s ac rlnces and Q- B3, QxP 29 fl - K8t, NxR 30 RxNt. K-N2 . nlllnellvers woic11 will leave the Ulack 31 QxQ. BxQ 32 HxH. a nd White WillS . pos ition in sllambles. T he Knight, in­ 27 P-N4 PxP cidentally, lII ust be taken; other wise, 28 PxP Q-Nl Blac k's K ing Pawn goes presently. and On 28 Q- Q2. \vhite wins after 29 lI"ith It the backbone or his gn me. K-R2. followed by 30 R- KRl. A nd, on 28 21 PxN 23 Nx N P.N Q- H2. White wins handily with 29 Dr. Salomon 22 PxP N-Q5 24 P-Q6 Q- Q2 BxB, RxB 30 n··K St. 48 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1955 29 R-K8 The eulminating saeritke. 29 . . . . B-B4 On 29 ... QxQ, there follows 30 RxR t, K - R2 31 B-::-i8t. K -N3 32 UxB mate. Or 31 . K-IU 32 B-N3§, anu White reeovers his Queen. Or 31 .. , K-R3 32 RxBt. and White wIns easily enough. On other moves, \Vhite also wins: e.g" 29 , QxR (else 30 QxQ) 30 UxQ. RxR 31 Q-N6 . 1849 Breslau. 1880 threatens mate again. as was indicated A lively battle in which White misses This game ends with "a bit of Morphy." earlier. on note to Black's 24tll move. the saving move 14 B-B7t!! CARO.KANN DEFENSE 30 RxQR RxR GRECO COUNTER Dr. S. Tarrasch T. von Scheve Or 30 .. BxQ 31 RxRt wlth conse· H. E. Bird S, F. Smith quences like those indicated In previous White Black White Black note, 1 P-K4 P-QB3 8 QxB Q-N3 1 P_K4 P-K4 S PxP Q_K2 31 PxB Q-R4 33 B-KB1 Q,P 2 P_Q4 P-Q4 9 0-0 QxNP 2 N-KB3 P-KB4 6 N_NS N-KR3 32 R_K4 Q-R6 34 R-R4t 3 PxP p,p 10 N-Q2 NxP? 3 B-84 Q_B3 7 0-0 N-B3 4 B-Q3 N-QB3 11 Q_B4 N-K3 The quickest way to win. 4 P-Q4 BPxP 8 NxRP!? 5 B-K3 N-B3 12 Q-R4t N-Q2 34 . . . . PxR 36 BxBt K-N1 So that. If 8 RxN? 9 Q-R5t wins. 35 QxQ NxQ 37 P-Q7 Resigns 6 N-KB3 B_N S 13 QR-N1 Q-B6 7 P-KR3 B,N 14 RxP N-B2 I was awarded the brIllIancy prize by the Uruguayan government for this ef· fort.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Reni L et elier M. Najdorf White Dlack 1 P_Q4 N- KB3 9 KN-K2 P-QR3 2 P_QB4 P-KN3 10 P_KN4 QR-N1 3 N_QB3 B_N2 11 N_N3 P-KR4 4 P-K4 P_Q3 12 P-N5 N-R2 5 P- B3 QN_Q2 13 P_KR4 P-B3 8 .... Q,P 12 N-R4 6 B_K3 P-K4 14 Q-N2 p,p N-B6t 9 NxB N-KN5! 13 NxN NxRP 7 Q-Q2 P-QB3 15 PxP P-N4 15 B-Q4! Q,N 17 QxNt!! R,Q 10 P-KN3 N-Q5? 14 N-R4?? N-B6t 8 P-Q5 P-B4 16 PxP p,p 16 R,N R-Q1 18 R-BSt R-Q1 11 N-N6 Q-KR4 15 K-R1 Q-N5 19 B-N5 mate Resigns Amsterdam Team Tournament. 1954 This merry little scherzo is an en· Amsterdam Team Tournament,1954 cydopedia of tactics, Rarely has negleeted development led to such swift disaster. SICILIAN DEFENSE P. Keres J. Sajtar KING'S DEFENSE White Black P. H. Clarke J. Jerolim 1 P-K4 P-QB4 S N-QB3 P-QR3 White Black 2 N-KB3 P_Q3 6 B-KN5 QN-Q2 1 P-K4 P-Q3 8 QxQt K,Q 3 P-Q4 p,p 7 B-QB4 P-K3 2 P_Q4 P_ KN3 9 B-NSt K_K1 4 NxP N-KB3 8 0-0 Q- B2 3 N-QB3 B_N2 10 N-QS NxNt 4 P_B4 N-Q2 11 PxN K-Q2 17 RxP 5 N_B3 P-K4 120-0-0 K_B3 Very daring and not correct. 6 BPxP p,p 13 N-N4t K_N3 17 . . . . PxR 7 p,p N,P 14 R-Q5 Resigns 18 N_B5 0 - 0 VI , , • K-Bl is bettel', 19 P-N6 KN-B3 26 B-K6t K-R1 20 Q-NS P-B5 27 0-0-0 R-K1 21 NxQP P-N5 28 B-B7 R-K2 22 QN_NS P- B6 29 R_R1 N_N1 23 PxP PxP 30 RxPt B_R3 24 B_R3 N-N3 31 P-N7t K-R2 25 NxB NxN 32 Q-N6 mate

9 BxKP!! PxB 15 N-N6 Q-B3 Answer to Position. page 48 10 NxP Q-B5 16 NxR B-K2 11 N-Q5! K-B2 17 P-QR4! P-N3 1 .. P_QN4 12 BxN KxN 18 Q-Q5t K_Q2 2 QxBP R_Q3! 13 B-B3 N-B3 19 R-R3! B-Q1 For, if 14 . P-QB3, 15 B-Q8 mate! Resigns 14 BxN PxB 20 NxPt! Resigns Black wins a pleee (e,g.. 3 N any, R- For. if 20 ... BxN, 21 Q-B7t wins the offered to give the odds Q8t and 4 • QxQ), ThIs maneuver I Rook; while, if 20 QxN 21 Q-B5t, of Pawn and move to any playel' in the have never seen before, K-B2 22 R- B3t, White wins, world! No one accepted!! t check; :I: db!. check; § dIs. ch, Chernev's Curious Chess Facts CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY. 1955 49 Up -to-date opening analysis by WALTER KORN by an outstanding authority

Parl2. One nourishing meat /0/' the master, alld so /01' others, is a. survey 0/ recent ideas as tried in to urnament openings. Here is SIIch a survey from the principal U, S, chess events 0/ 1954 (continued / rom p , 14, Jan. ) , Neither we Tl or the editor of Modern Chess Openings guarantee more than their lI ewn e,~s . But study (not memorization) of them. , indeed if only in ouempt to refute them, is certain to be a. worthwhiLe e,'wrcrse. - ED.

Dutch Defense lliaek'8 la s t was questioned beta use In t he USC I-' Championship. Pil n lel, us of 9 I'x1'. B-~ 5t 10 B- Q2, Qx P 11 DxU, m ack. came to t he fo llowing po!;i l lon. Q- K5; 12 B- K2. Qx B 13 Q- Q6. N- B3 1·1 8 - 83 with a win for '''hl1O. ac'c;oJ'( li nJ; 1 N_KBS P_Q-1- 5 P- B4 N_ BS [0 N' imzo" ich-MCO; p. 35. col. 23 (1 ), 2 P-Q4 P_QBS 6 QN- Q2 B-Q3 3 P_K N S P- K 3 7 P-NS Q N-Q2 9 PxP N-B3! 4 B-N2 P- KB4 8 B_ N 2 0-0 1-'lehwher t nr ned the table In his faVOr, 9 0 - 0 (·ontlnuing 10 :\'- K2, B- :\'5; 11 ll- Q2, N"P Allowing rOl' co nsiderable l ranspo!;j· ]2 ~x~, Qx~ 13 DxB. Q-J\:5t. lioll. we have a l

Sicilian Defense- o r late, this opening has pl"Ovlded the richest IHu'vest. In the breakdown or the different variations, we s ha ll follow the page sequence of MeO. On the Dragon Variation, we have two characteristic specimens w ith the latest "do" a nd "don't." BronsteIn- Denker and Geller- HorOwitZ, rounds 2 and S In the 11 Q- B4 U.S.A.- U.S ,S. R. Match, both followed 11 B-B3 Black's s ubsequent attack gaills In· column 29 In MeO, The text move WKS followed by 11 creasing mome ntum aUer thls move; but P-QB4 68- K3 B_N2 Q- B2 12 K-Rl. B-KS 13 B-K3, KR- Ql H 1 P-K4 White walks ... dangerous path. des(llte P-Q3 7 P-B3 0-0 Q- Bl , B- B5 15 R-Ql , QR- Bl 16 N-Q2, 2 N-KB3 his two Pawns plus , after 11 Q-KBS. As 3 P_Q4 P.P 8 Q-Q2 N_B3 B- RS 17 :s'- BI. N-Q2 with pe rfectly le­ indicatio ns, coll s lde l' : 4 NxP N- KB3 9 0-0-0 N.N gitimate games fOI' both s ide. 5 N- QB3 P_ KN3 10 Bx N B-K3 Other \Vhite choice!! are: (1) 11 . , . It- DI 12 N-QBS, 0 - 0 13 (1) 11 P-B5, P-Q4 12 PxQP, N/SxP IS P -Q3, N- K l 14 N /5- K 4, P-B4 15 N-NS, :-"xN, NxN 14 B-Q3, Q- B2 I S Q- N4, B-Q2 B-QB3 Or 12 P- Q3, RxP 13 N- QBS, N-N5! with eQ ual chances; (For 12 0 - 0, see following note 3.) (2) 11 8-KS, B- K3 12 K- lU, R- Bl 13 (2) 11 . , , P- KR3 12 N- K4, N- Q4 13 P- B5, 8 xN or 12 P-N4 , PxP ,13 Dx P, P­ 0 - 0 , 0-0 14 P - Q3 (14 QN- B3, N- N5), Q4 or 12 N- Q2, PxP IS GxP, R- Dl, B-QB3 15 Q- K2, P- B4. The Na jdorf- Opocenllky Def ense (M e O ; (3) 11 .. , O- O! 12 O- O? R- Bl 13 P­ col. 110, note (n) a ppeared In the U, S. Q3. B- BS 14 Q- NS, B-QS. T im ing seems "Ope n," in both Rossolimo- H ears t and i mportant: t OI" he re 12 P-Q3! R- Bl 13 Hearst-E vans. Q-N3 prevents Black from getting a 1 P- K4 P- QB4 5 N_QB3 P-QR3 strong a tta ck, 2 N_KB3 P-Q3 6 P-B4 Q-B2 11 0 -0 14 Q-N5 R_B4 3 P_Q4 PxP 1 B-Q3 P_ K4 12 QN_B3 B- KB4 15 Q- N3 P-KR3 4 NxP N_K"B3 8 N-KB3 P-QN4 13 P- Q3 R_Bl 16 N/ 5-K4 N.N t = check: ~ = db!. check; § Ii!s. ch, 9 Q-K2 17 NxN B- K3 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1955 51 YOU TOO CAN WIN IN THE END-GAME! By FRED REINFELD

THE BOOKS tell us that ·winning with a piece ahead is "a matter of t hem into an optimum position in which any change is for the worse. technique." Some of us know from rueful experience that that simple (2) White must play his King to a phrase covers a multitude of sins of omission and commISSIOn. ce ntralized position (say K5, Q5 or QB4) where it can put added pressure on T AKE the following "easy" position: 2 .... K-Q6 Black's game. 3 K_K7 K-Q7 (3) White's Pawns seem insignificant 4 K-Q6 at pre'sent, yet White must avoid ex· changing them; for, without them, h e cannot possibly win. (4) Another reason why White must avoid Pawn exchanges is that his whole play is oriented about winning Black's Pawns; exchanges contradict this policy.

You look at this position and conclude: "Piece ahead- nothing to it." T hat was the l'onciusion arrived at by The crucial position. There are t wo the vlayer wh o had \Vhlte, and h ere is main variations: w hat happened: (1) 1 K-K7?? K-N5 4 . • . . P-R4 2 K-Q6 P-R4! 5 K-B5! It Black can exchange his Pawn for T he plausible 5 K-B6? only draws : 5 1 R-Q3 the White Pawn, the game is drawn. . . P-R5! 6 K- N5, K-B8, etc. Taking an . 3 K-Q5 P-R5! 5 P_R5 7 K-R3! K-N8 1 , , .. P-QR4 Black threatens 4 . P-R6 after 6 K-N4 K_B8 8 N-N3!! PxN 2 K-N2 which White can avoid the draw only by 9 KxP losing with 5 P- N3??? P-R7, etc. And White wins easily. The King is headed for the center. 2 . . . . K-N2 4 N_B4 (2) 3 K- B3 K-B3 Looks fine, for it stops .. . P-R6. And 4. . . . K-B8 after 4. . K-N6 5 K-B5, i t is only a 5 P-N4! K-N7 Black follows suit; he tries to hold as matter of time until White wins t he Black much ground as possible . This w ins the Knight, but White is P awn. But- again headed for a won King and P awn 4 P-KR4 4 • . . . K-N4! ending. In order to penetrate further with K­ Black h as the opposition, and t he mis· However, a finesse is required. If now B4, followed-after pro"iding for his erable Knight cannot gain a move! 6 K-B5? K-B6, the ending ~ s drawn after Bishop-by R-Q6t. and K-K5. 5 K-Q4 K-N5 7 N- B2 (what else?) , KxN 8 K-N6, K- B6 4. . . . R-N3 6 K-Q3 K-N6 9 K- R5, K-N6. 4 P-N4 weakens the K ing Bishop Believe i t or not, W h ite cannot win! 6 K-B6! K-B6 Pawn; the why and wh erefore wlll be His Knight cannot budge from QB4, and If 6. . KxN 7 K- N6, K-N7 8 KxP, set for th later. Th e text guards the third his King is needed to protect the K night. K-N6 9 P- N5, t he Pawn queens. r ank. Truly an "embarrassing moment"! 7 K- B5! 5 B_ B2 Now go back to the original diagram White dallies with the idea of a frontal and see how the problem could nave A study in correct timing. Black's King must give way. attack on the Queen Bishop Pawn by been $olve d. R-B3. But this pla n pr oves impracticable. 1 N-N3!! K_B5 7 K-N7 9 N-B2! KxN 8 K- N6 K-B6 10 KxP 5 . . . . K_K4 1 Stronger than K-N5 which is Black threatens 6 ... P-QB5. If White a nswered the same way. White wins. This study in subtle timing seems almost like a composed tries 7 R- B3, then K- Q5. 2 N-R1!! ending. 6 B_N3 K-B3 The idea behind this fantastic move is 7 8-B4 thl;, : Black has to lose a lot of t ime at­ Now the Bishop is self·supporting and tacking the Knight. This procedure gives POSITIONS like this one are rather com­ White's Rook becomes active. the White King time to get into the mon in over·t he·board play. Black has game effectively. 7 . . . . P_ R3 three Pawns (two of them passed) for 8 K-K3 (Not e still another virtue of the t he piece, yet he ,s hould lose in the long Knigh t's snail-lil,e retreat: had Black run. Here are the outstanding featu res Not 8 K-B4? P-N4t. Exchange of played 1 .. K-X5 then, after 2 N- R l ~ ! of the winning process: Pawns is to be avoided. P- R4 3 K-K7, P- R5 4 K--Q6, P-R6? 8,. P_N4 (1) Whit e mu st make t he weight of his Whit e wins with 5 N- B2t, K-N6 6 PxP, extra piece tell; he must place his pieces Inevitable. It for example 8 .. R-B3. KxN' 7 P-R4, etc.!) to the best advant age, menace the hostile White has 9 R- Q7 with such unpleasant , - check; * _ dbl. check; § _ dis. eh. Pawns, provoke their advance, force threats as R- QR7. 52 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1955 moving the Rooks and playing about ten If White tries 17 R-QN7, then 17 ... moves for both sides.) R- QBl wins the wretched Bishop Pawn. The fact that White cannot exchange On other moves of 'White's Rook along Rooks gives Black's fOI'ces great power; the seventh rank, Black still wins the for It means that Black can consistently Pawn with .. R-Nlt. improve the position of his pieces by 17 .... K- Q6 constantly offeri!Jg an exchange of Rooks. 18 R- B5 R-N1t White will always have to withdraw; Still another point of 16 ... R-Kl!! and, in this way, Black can steadily \Vhite's King ean no longer protect the carry out a policy of penetration. (One Bishop Pawn. caution to be observed is of course that Black mltst not allow of 19 K_R4 B- K5 his Queen Pawn.) 20 R_ B7 K-B7 21 R-B6 B-Q6 9 P-R5!! Now what is to be the object of Black's attack? Clearly, White's Bishop Pawn. 21 . P-Q5 also wins, but Black pre· The key to the ending. Black's King The best way to attack it will be to place fers the "theoretical" move. Rook Pawn is now the decisive weak· Black's Rook on the seventh rank and 22 R- B5 B-B5 ness. The Queen Bishop Pawn, the King his Bishop at K5 or KB4. This procedure 23 K-R5 K,P Bishop Pawn, and the King Rook Pawn will reduce White's Rook to complete 24 P-R4 R- R1t can now be attacked alternately as well passivity on the Queen Bishop file. Black as simultaneously. And White resigns! Even those read· can then advance his King with decisive ers who may have a distaste for end­ 9 . . . . R-B3 11 R_ KR7 K-K4 effect. 10 R.LQ7 R-N3 12 R-K7t K_Q3 game play will be fascinated by Black's This then is how Black appraises the accurate and luminous play! Or 12 . K-B3 13 ·R-QB7, and White ending. And it all comes to pass in the wins. fullness of time! 13 R- K6t K....,B2 1 R_K5 14 R_K5! 2 R-R8 K-B4 14 R- N6 also wins; but the text is 3 R-QB8 The Biggest Bargain more "theoretical" as a path is created White hampers Black by pinning his In Chess Literature! for White's King. Bishop; Black at once removes this an- 14 . . . . P-B5t noyance. 15 K_ K4 R-QB3 S R_K1! 5 R_KR7 B-N4 CHESS REVIEW Or 15 K-B3 16 R-K6t , K- B2 17 4 R-B7 K-Q3 6 K-B3 R-N6! followed by K-Q5, and White White mnst try to prevent.. K-Q5 ANNUAL wins. after Black's King gets to QB4. 16 R-K7t K- Q1 6 . . . . B-R5 Volume 22 If 16 ... K-N3 17 R-KN7, followed by The plan of attack begins to unfold. LL twelve issues of CHESS RBVIEW R-N6 and K-Q5. The text loses even Black threatens ... R-Blt . more Quickly. A published during 1954 have been 7 R-R2 R-K5 9 R-R2 R-K6t handsomely bound in cloth to make 17 R-KN7 R-Q3 19 B_Q5 P-B6 8 R-N2 K-B4 10 K-N2 B-N4! 18 K-K5 R-Q5 20 K-Q6 K-B1 this jumbo-sized 384-plus page book. Black aims to take the seventh rank. In it are over 300 games selected by 21 R_ N8 ma.te Hb constriction plan is making progress. experts, profusely illustrated with over 11 R_R8 R_K7 13 K_ N3 B-B5t 500 diagrams and annotated by mas­ 12 R-B8t K_Q5 14 K- N2 B- Q6! HEHE, although White has only one ters. They are largely drawn from the Now the Pawn is attacked twice; but most important chess events of the past Pawn for the piece, the position seems more important is the fact that at KB4 year, notably the World Championship far more difficult to win. the Bishop will be performing still an· Match, the team match with the Soviet other function. Union, the USCF Championship and 15 K-N3 B_B4 16 R-B7 R_ K1! ! Open and the Pan-American Tourna· ment and other outstanding tourna­ This retreat is the \\'Inning move! Its ments and matches as well as indi­ significance, as will be seen, is that it forces an advantageons entry for Black's vidual games of special merit. King. The volnme also contains rafts of special features, quizzes, photos and anecdotes. You can learn from instruc· tive lessons, be entertained by absorb­ ing tales and historical articles by the £inest staff of annotators and inter­ nationally famous chess writers extant. Although Black's procedure Is highly Other Volumes on hand: systematic, the ending is anything bnt dry. The first thing we notice about the Volume 15 - for 1947 - $5.00 ending Is its inordinate difficulty ; but Volume 16 - for 1948 - $5.00 Black's play Is so clear and logical that Volume 18 - for 1950 - $6.00 Volume 19 _ for 1951 _ $6.00 he makes the play seem easy! Vo lume 20 _ for 1952 - $6.00 Black begins with the basic Idea that Volume 21 _ for 1953 _ $6.00 his opponent can never allow an ex· change of Rooks; for, once that happens, 17 P-B3f White's King will be helpless against the Just the move that White has been Order Your Copy Now! Black King and Bishop and will sooner trying to avoid, but now he "must bite or later have to lose both Pawns by into the sour apple." CHESS REVIEW Zug%wang. (The inexperienced player Black was threatening to force the 250 WEST 57th ST. who is not certain about this statement, exchange of Rooks with .. R-QBl NEW YORK 19, N. Y. may easily verify it for himself by reo (hence 15 ... B-B4 and 16 ... R-Kl!! J. CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 195"5" 53 Entertahlillg alld illstructive games annotated by a famous expert. by HANS KMOCH

18 QR-Ql p,p ,"",eat. The Bishop is immune. as mate '~).INTERNA nONAL 19 PxP B-R5! in two ,follows its capture. 20 P-KN3 25 NxP HOLLAND. 1954 \Vhlte weakens his King-side, but he \Vhite hopes to escape with the loss of mU~l in ()reparation fOI' KR- Kl . International Team Tournament the Exchange only. He has no tlll'eat of 20 .. , . B_ B3 :!!i )i-B6t (2!i Bx)i 27 HxQ, R- KSt Cross-fire Works 21 B-N1 and mate next). So Black has time for White concedes the t\\·o Bishops, then A naive mo\·e. The Bishop stands another contribution, commits It number of inaccuracies owing well on QNl onl~; if ·White can operate 25 ... R-K7! ! to which t he 13ishofJs become very active. with las ling threats along the diagonal 26 N-B6t K-R1! Helped by a Hook. they bring White's to K'jn, i. e., if a ... P - KN3 fails against ?\ot 26 .. BxN? 27 Hxlt! King into a deatll), eross-fire. T he finish some ~acrifice. Many players play 13 - QNl 27 NxQ BxRt is very brilliant. ilHli~ ~rimilla lely whenevel' the OPllOI·tu· 28 K-R1 B-Q5!! !lily I"i~es . Resigns QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Here White's Ri~hop goes out of action. mack's last move is very fine. The p. Nielsen D,. M . Oren Corred is 21 KR-Kl. followed by 13-131. I3isho[J. still immune. gnani8 against Denmark Israel Even so, Black has the edge: his Queen 29 Q-D3t, while 29 . U- N7 mate is White Black Pawn is easier to pI'oted and is less im, thl'eateneu or 29 R- N1, D-N7t and mate portant, besides, than White's. And, if P_Q4 N-KB3 B_R4 QN_Q2 in two. 1 6 both Queen Pawns by any chance disap­ 2 P-QB4 P- K3 7 N- B3 0 -0 peal'. Black's Bishops grow that much N-QB3 P_Q4 8 p,p p,p 3 strOllgN·. HOLLAND. 1954 4 B_N5 B-K2 9 Q_B2 R_K1 5 P-K3 P-KR3 10 B_Q3 P-B3 21 , ... Q-Q2 International Team Tournament 11 B- N3 22 Q-B2? P_KN3 Double Interest \Vhite's last is playable, and continua· Herewith, \Vhite's "attacl;:" has endelL The following game is interesting hoth tions leading, one way or another, to the He now face8 the problem of how to re, for the opening and for the end·game. It swap of ·White's Queen Bishop for vive his Bishop. casts some light on the Slav Accepted, Black's King Knight have been tried 23 Q-N3 and it illustrates some circumstances successfully. Dut, by and large, they No good either. Most urgent, instead, which make the control of an open file promise little as Black can r ely on serv­ is 23 Q- B2, which gives extra PI'oteetion deciSive in a Rook end·game. The notes ices or his unopposed. good King Bishop. to the Queen Pawn and so serves as a are partly according to the winner, n 0-0 is steadier. Also, 11 P-KR3, preparalion for B- Q3-Dl. It also antlcl­ which requires 11 N-R-t or White ])ates 23 ... B.JH6, which can then be SLAV DEFENSE achieves 12 0 - N3, N-'R4 13 B-R2 suc' answered with 2·1 K R-Kl. Gideon Stahlberg Lude k Pachman cessfully. 23 . , . , B_ R6! Sweden C2:echo-Slovakia N-R4 11 The beginning of a hrilliant finish. White Black 12 B-K5 Nj4-B3 24 R-B2 1 P- Q4 P-Q4 7 BxP B-QN5 12 Nx13 13 PxN causes trouble as 2 P_QB4 P-QB3 80-0 QN-Q2 2·] KR-Kl fail s against 24 .. BxPt. the remaining Black Knight is awllward· 3 N_KB3 N_B3 9 Q_K2 0-0 In~llllkient, too, is 24 NxP because of 24 Iy phwed, On 13 D-N3, mack intends 13 4 N_B3 p,p 10 P_K4 B-N3 D- N2, witll the added threat of 25 N-RI again. 5 P-QR4 B_B4 11 B-Q3 P-KR3 B-K3. Nor does 24 QxQP help be· 13 0 -0 6 P-K3 P-K3 12 B-KB4! eau~e or 25 Q-K2 with a winning at­ White avoids that repetition of moves. tack: e.g., (1) 25 KR-Kl, QxHt 26 HxQ, White's last is h is best chance to re­ 13 • . . . NxB 15 NxN BxN RxRt 27 K-B2, R-DSt 2S K- K2, R- Ql ; tain some initiative. 12 n - Ql, Q-K2 14 NxN N-N5! 16 P-B3 (2) 25 R- B2, Q-KSt 26 R- D1! Q-K6t! leads to equality: e.g., (1) 13 B- KB4, 27 It-D2, R-Ql. N- It4 14 B- K3, l' -K'~! (2) 13 P- K5, N- Q4 White aims ror 17 QR-K1 and, in good (eL Reshevsky- Smyslov, 1954 USA­ time, P-K,I. A plan in the Botvinnlk IJSSR match, gil'en in note to Evans­ style, but Botvinnik would never can, Rossolimo, page 277. CHESS REVIEW, sider it unde!' these circumstances. Bladl September, 195·]). has the two Bishops and, thanks to the 12 ... , Q-K2 previous exc hange of twO minol' pieces, 13 N-R2 B-QR4 e nougll freedom of movement to meet stich a plan effe~tive ly . Dlack's last is better tllan 13 ... N-R4 14 B-K3, B-R4 J 5 P-QN4, 13-B2 16 P-K5, ln~ t(lad, the minority attack, to be started with J6 QR-Nl. is indicated. In P-KB4 after which Dlacl,'8 position i~ this, the chances are about even. more cramped and diflicnlt (Stahlberg­ Smyslov, 1954 Sweden- USSR match). 16 .... B- K3 14 P-QN4 B-Q1 17 Q-B2 P_QB4! Black thus thwarts \Vhite's plan. 14 .. . BxNP? 15 NxB, QxN 16 KH-N1, Q-K2 (16 . . Q-B6?? 17 B-Q2!) 17 RxP t check; f _ db!. check; § _ dls. eh. 24 .... BxP! offers White a great advantage. 54 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1955 15 QR-N1 26 . R-B1, however, is also playable. "Weak, acc:ording to Pachman who sug­ After 27 PxP, QxP! 28 QxQ, RxQ. gests 15 N-KG! anel· which Black mllst Pitc hman thinks 29 P-N5 wins. But it choose between the risky 15 NxN Hi can be met more than sufficiently with PxN. N-Q2 17 B-N3. B-B2 18 P-B'j and 29, . R-B5 30 KR-Q1, K- N3! e.g., 31 the passive 15 , B- R2 16 N-B4, N- Kl. K- Dl. K-ll4 32 K-K2, P-B3! fOJ'c!ng 33 At any J'ale, 'Vhhe holds the initiative PxP (33 P-B'I loses to 33 ' PxP 3.J in these lines. BPxP, K- K5 01· 3·1 QPxP, P-N.J), Aftel· 15 R_B1 ! 33 I'xP, Blach;'s problems, including his 16 N-K5 B_R2 s tale·mated Rook, are easlly solved (33 17 N-B4 B- B2! . PxP with ... P-K4 to follow in good time). Thanlu to White's 15th move, Blaci, 27 PxP R,P now has this defense which is more 28 Q_R5 active than 17 ... N-Kl. R-B3 The Chess Review Attarl!:. See Kash· 29 QxQ 18 BxB RxB dan-Gligorich, page 181, CHESS RE· 19 N-B3 H White',s Queen retreats, Black pro' VIEW, June, 1952. ceeds victoriously with 29 ., H- B5. 9 .. , . P_QN4 19 P-K5, BxB 20 QxB, N-Q4 21 N- Q2 29 , .. , RxQ leads to equality (Pachman ), But 21 This wing gambit, which offers l·eason· 30 R_R1 N-Q6 is a little stronger. able chances in similar Ilositions is en· 19 , ' , , N-N3 30 KR- QB1, KR-Bl 31 11-B5 loses to til·ely insufficient in thiS Ilarticulal· in· 20 NxN 31 . , . P- QN3. The main point is that, slance. after 32 R- N5. R-B8! 33 RxR, HxRt 3·1 mack must proceed with 9 ,P-N3 is [Il"eferable, though it offers 20 N- K5 K-N2. H- B3, it i~ White's Hook \\'hich is 10 P-Q::\·L PxP 11 PxP, N-N2, followed only abom equal chances after 20 ' now stale-mated a nd must stand till by P-QR~ to secure his QB4 for his R-Ql. White's attacking chances com­ Blar.:k's King picks it off. pieces. The result is a pensate fOl" the vulnerability of his Queen 30 R-B5 fOl" each side. Blade's Pawn on QN3 is Pawn (Pachman). 31 KR-Q1 KR-B1 weaker, though, than 'Vhite's on QB4. 20 .. , . PxN White has the edge. 21 P-K5 31 HxNP 32 QR-Nt RxR 33 RxR, H- Bl H RxP, R-B5 also wins. But the 10 PxP P_Q R3 This advance, ill·timed, ruins Whlte's play h; smoother this way. 11 P-QN4 N_N2 position. 32 KR-N1 11 BPxP loses to 12 HPxP, N-N2 21 N_Q4 13 PxP. Desperation, On 32 QR- N1. Dlack wins 21 BxB? loses to 22 PxN! easily by marching his I{ing to the 12 PxRP R,P 22 BxBt KxB Queen·side, preferably to QN,!. 13 B-N2 B-Q2 23 NxN 14 N-QB3 32 •.. , RxQP 34 P-N5 R-K5 Apparently, White intended 23 N-J{.j 33 R-R7 R-N1 35 R_QB1 P-Q5 White has a well developed game with but only now sees his Queen Knight 36 R_Q1 a j)oweJ'ful extra Pawn, Nor does he Pawn is loose. Even so, 23 N-K4 is the sutfeJ' from ally pressure against his 36 Jt- B7, P-Q6 is no better. FOJ'ced to best he can do under the circumstances, Queen·side as is I1sually the case in act against the Queen Pawn, White loses He has slight fo)" the tilis wing gambit. his King and Queen Knight Pawns. Pawn after 23 " NxP 24 R-N3. The rest of the game is, therefore, 36 , . . . RxP 41 R-R4 K-N3 23 . ' , , BPxN of little interest. 37 RxQP RxP 42 P-R4 P_N5 N_B3 Now Dlac], has the decisive positional 38 R_Q7 P-KN4 43 R-R7 R-N7 14 PxP 2S Nj1-K3 15 PxP R-N3 26 R-B2 B-RS advantage of controlling the only open 39 K_N2 P-R4 44 R_ K7 R-N4 16 N- R2 Q-B2 file. He threatens both 24. . R-B5 and 40 R_B7 K-N2 Resigns 27 R-B3 B-N4 24 . KH- QBl. 17 Q_ N1 R-R1 28 B-B3 R-N1 \Vhite resigns rathe.· than resume the 18 R_B1 Q-Q1 29 Q-B2 B-Q2 24 Q-N5 R_B3 hopeless struggle after adjollrnment. 25 P-N3 19 N-B4 QR_ R3 30 K_N2 P-R4 20 N-B3 RxR 31 P-R3 K_ N2 P-H5 Here 25 makes no essential dif· 21 BxR N-K1 32 Q-Q3 K-N1 ference, HOLLAND, 1954 22 B-N2 R-B1 33 Q-Q4 N_K1 25 .... Q-B2 23 N-Q1 BxB 34 P-N4 p,p 26 P-R5 International Team Tournament 24 QxB B-N4 35 PxP N_B3 White's last seems harmless, for Black The Chess Review Attack 36 R_B1 is not forced to play 26 ... PxP. Yet A side·line of the King's Indian, char· For the moment, White threatens to there is a serious threat. acterized by Dlack's P-QB4 and N-QR4, win on the King·side with 37 R-KRI and has been tried repeatedly in recent tour· P - KN5, nament play. White has invariably 36 , . . . N_R2 countel··acted, not very successfully, by 37 N-Q2 tal,ing meaSUl·es against Blacl,'S P-QN4, Now ""'hlte threatens to start a win· Another system of counter·action was ning attack either on the King·side with sugge3ted in this column some time ago. 38 N-l(.1 or on the Queen·side with 38 In the following game, the Chess Heview Q-R7. As Blad, next guards hk; King· Attack works pel·rectly. side, the latter attack gets the green light. KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE 37 Q-KB1 D,. M,. Euwe 38 Q-R7! Q-Q1 Holland West Ge rmany 39 R-B6! White mack For, after 39 , BxR 40 PxB, Black's 26 .... K-N1 1 N_KB3 N-KB3 5 0-0 P-Q3 Knight has no move. 2 P_B4 P_KN3 6 P-Q4 N_B3 Black sees the threat. It is the pos· 39 N_N4 3 P-KN3 7 P-Q5 N_QR4 sible stale·mating of his Rook (27 PxP B-N2 40 R-N6 Q_B2 8 KN-Q2 RxP 28 Q-Q3t, K-Nl 29 P-N5) which 4 B-N2 0-0 P-B4 41 Nj2-B4 Resigns could easny cause trouble and justifies SO far, mack's system. The threat of 42 N-R5, followed pos· the t ext move, 9 P-QR3! sibly by 43 N-B6, is iITemediable.

CHESS REVIEW, fEBRUARY, 1955 55 SWEDEN. 1954 16 0-0, PxN 17 QR-Ql does not with a somewhat awkward position of· Sweden vs. U.S.S.R; Match work; for Black has the convenient de· Black's Knights. They ought to stand fense of 17 . B-B4t, followed by either on KBS and (.:)2, with . 0-0, or Refutation Refuted 0 - 0. on QDS and K2, with '. 0-0-0. 'Tis dangerous to rely on analysis and 16 B-R3 10 B-KN5 examples when complicated variations or 17 N-Q6t White threatens to weaken the OPPos· syst.ems are involved. Nimzovich and 11 K-B2 loses to 17 ... R-QB1. ing Pawn formation with 11 DxN. Reli, for instance, had some bitter ex­ 17 •... BxN 10 . . . . Q-Q2 periC:lCe3 that way against Marshall 18 BxB R-QB1 who5e plain commOll sense more than Provoking 11 BxN. Black rightly spec­ once destroyed their refined calculations. Black llas a winning advautage. ulates that, after 11 .. PxB and 12 Something sfmllal' happens here. White 19 R-QB1 0 - 0-0, he has strong attacking chances relies on his knowledge; for he is re­ Now \Vhite loses quickly. To resist on the King·sIde. And yet he is wrong, ported to have taken only three minutes longer, he must play 19 QxQNP. as will be seen. COl"\"ect is 10, 0-0. for his first 14 moves. A rew minutes 19 .... R_ B5 21 B_ K7 KR-QB1 11 QN-Q2! 0-0-0 later, he resigns. 200-0 K-Q2 22 R_ B2 RxP! ~2 Q-R4 A neat finish. White threatens 13 B-N5, followed pos· SICILIAN DEFENSE 23 QxR sib!y by 14 -"'- K5, The weakness of the Z. Nilsson Yefim Geller mack set·up now apDears. With Black's Or 23 RxR, Q-N8t. Sweden Bishop on Q3 and his King Knight on 23 . • . . QxRt! White Black K2, he'd have the perfect continuation in Resigns 12 . P- B3. As it is, he faces trouble. • P-QB4 1 P-K4 4 NxP N-B3 Because of mate in two. His next few moves must be understood 2 N-KB3 N-QBS 5 N-QBS P-Q3 as a violent attempt to avel·t the danger. 3 P_Q4 PxP 6 B_KN5 P-K3 7 NxN 12 . . .. P-KR3 The genuine Richter Variation (usually ENGLAND. 1954 12 . P-QRS allows White the choice confused with the far mOl'e usual Rauser Hastings Christmas Tournament between the steady 13 P-QN·! and thc somewhat dubious 13 ExP. Variation; 7 Q-Q2). Recalcitrant Victim 13 B-R4 7 .... PxN P-KN4 Britain's C. H. O'D. Alexander has de· 14 B_ N3 8 P-K5 Q-R4! BxN feated many a leading grandmaster. In 15 NxB P- N5 This move takes the sting out of the this game, he seems to be determined, Richter Attack. No perfect continuation Blaek seems to thInk that 16 N-K5 too much so, one should say, to collect. leads to a tenable end·game for him. [or White has been round so far. the scalp of Keres, too. The prospec· 16 N_ K5!! 9 B-N5 tive victim, however, is recalcitrant. A A wild attempt to get something out of flash of brilliancy, and victory suddenly This move is good for one reason, ex· it. All book, so far. is his. cellent fo)" another. 9 PxB PETROFF DEFENSE 16 . . . . NxN 10 PxN P-N5 Paul Keres C. H. 0'0. Alexander Now White can simply play 17 QxQt, 11 N-K4 obtaining a decisive adVantage for the Soviet Union Gt. Britain 11 Q-B3, Q-K4t also favors Black (as end·game, after 17 .. QNxQ 18 RxB as White pointed out by Lundin 20 years ago). Black well as 17 .. KNxQ 18 PxN, followed 1 P-K4 P-K4 5 P-Q4 P-Q4 11 Q-K4 by 19 B-B5 and P-K6. But there is bet· 2 N_KB3 N-KB3 6 B-Q3 B-K2 12 P- B3 P-Q4 ter. 3 NxP P-Q3 7 0-0 N_QB3 13 Q-Q2 P_KR3 4 N-KB3 8 R-K1 B-KN5 Not 13 . PxN because of 14 0-0-0: (9 P-B3 e.g., 14 ... Q-Q4 15 PxNP, BxP 16 Q-B4. White's chances of obtaIning an open· 14 B- R4 Ing advantage are very sllght in t his line. White, moving so quickly, here expects Giving firm pl'otection to his Queen 14 ... QxNP 15 0-0, P-N4 16 B-B2 Pawn is the best he can do, with a powerful attack (White won in the game, Troianescu-Szlly, Budapest, 1952).

17 B-B5!! A c!mrming combination which, at the worst, also leads to an end-game, but a still better one than that resulting from 17 QxQt. 17 .... OxB 18 RxN Q-Q6 9 .... N_B3 Here Blac!!: overlooks another tactical MOl'e in the style of the Petroff is 9 twist and loses more Quickly than neces' . P-B4. Very difficult complications. 14 .... P-N4! sary. His best defense, comparatively however, may foliow; e.g., 10 Q- B2, 0-0 speaking, is 18 ... Q-Q2 19 QxP, Q-Q3 20 This simple move destroys White's ex· (10 ,. BxN 11 PxB favors White) 11 R- K3, 'Q-R3 21 QxQ, PxQ 22 RxB, R-Q2. pectations. He cannot now play 15 B-B2 N-K5 00 KN-Q2, NxKBP! 11 KxN, B­ But it would only prolong his suffering. because of 15 ... PxN. R5t 12 P-KN3, P-B5! most likely wins 19 RxB R-Q2 21 QxQ PxQ 15 B-N3 QxNP for Black), NxN 12 PxN, B-B4 13 B-K3, 20 R-K3! Q-R3 22 B-K5! Resigns 16 R-Q1 ExB 14 RxB, with White for cllOice. The text move leads to the Exchange For 22 .. R-Q3 is forced, and that is t _ eheck; * _ dbl. check; § _ db. eh. Variation of the French Detense but too sad. 56 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1955 ENGLAND, 1954 Keres improl'es on ?Iarshall's play. (He got in the-still satisfactory- moves, ' . A SUPERB GIFT Ho stings Christmas Tournament !{- Kl and .. . Q-B2.) A DHfieult Opening Problem 13 P-R5 N_ K4 14 N-N6 T he deployment wh ich White chooses in this game r equires the u se of his King­ W hite ought to proceed w ith H Nx:-,', side Pawn majority. His King Pawn. how­ Dx),i 15 U- T'(6 . kee!) i;)l; the chances in the I ever, SOOIl becomes backlyard becanse of bala nce. Hi~ atte mpt he;'e to get mor e hi s fil il ll r e to dedse a suitable plan. out of it gets hi m into ~er i olls t r ouble. Therearter, his game ine vita bl y deteri· 14 N_ B2 orates. 15 P- B4? N- N5 T he fi rst phase of t he game offers a 16 N_84 R- K1 diffi cult opening pl'oblem. T he value of Bl ack has Obtained the lead. He a cts White's P- Q5 is doubt ful. with the t hreat of ,. U- Q5t, kee ping \V h i t e'~ Eing Pa,,- n backward. BENONI COUNTER GAMBIT TH E MIKA DO, t he finest peg_in set (by t r ansposition) 17 N-K4 N-N4! avai lable, made of smoot hly fin ished J. H. Donne r Pa ul Keres A fine square for t h is Knight. Tsuge wood in a handsome Staunton Holla nd Sovi et Un ion 18 P- R3 B_ B4! c herr y pattern ( King he ight 1"), is a s u­ perb g ift for a real chess friend, It is en­ Whi te Black Black still prevents P- K ·I, wh ich is possible after 18 N-I33 19 NxN t. hanced by a handmade two-tone leather 1 P_Q4 N_ KB3 3 P_K N3 P-'B4 board and an unfolding case attractive ly 2 P-Q,B4 P- K3 4 P- Q5 19 P xN covered in rayon velvet. \Vhl te's choice leads to a shnrp fight. T he alternntil'es al so fa l'or Black : When opened (see small photo), the 4 N- KU3 is less committing. e.g,. 19 N / KxP, N"x>i 20 PxN. QUxP or h inges s lide the t op underneath t o be· 4 _ .. 19 N - X 5. I3- Q5t. come t he supporting base (as In top 5 PxP 19 8xN 23 B-Q2 P-R3 photo) . Closed s ite is 71/g " by 5Vs " by 20 P-K3 P-B4 24 QR-Q1 QR- K1 1%", Playing boa rd Is 4 Y2" square. 21 8xB RxB 25 PxP Q

~" UNITED STATES 13 Q- K2 P-B5 Eastern States "Open" To save his Queen Pawn, with N- N3, Failure in the Opening NEW JERSEY, 1954 Black must save his Queen Bishop Pawn first. Better, however, is 13 . PxP: There is little experience on the rare Eastern States "Open" e. g., 14 KPxP, N--N3 15 N-B3, Q-K2; or system of attack sllccessfully adopted Remarkable Pendant 14 N-B3, Q-Ql 15 KPxP, N-N3 16 P-K6, by White in the following game. The Q-K2! After the text move, the Queen This game is remarkable as a pendant system may not be particularly strong, Blshop Pawn soon becomes untenable. but a proper system of counter· play has to the Fellel'steiu-Mal'chand game (see page 25, CHESS REVIEW, January). 14 B_B2 N-N3 yet to be worked out. Black a ttords to There is the same rare combination 15 P_K4! abandon his center only, it seems, if he which, this time, however, works out sat· 16 BxP succeeds therewith in exchanging two isfactorily. Thereafter the game takes a Now White threatens to win that 01' three minor pieces, and the right ones twisting course. First, Black commits Pawn with 17 N-Q5, NxN 18 BxN. at that. Otherwise, he must hold his center and strive for an attack on an Inaccuracy and gets into trouble. 16 .... Q-K2 Then White falls into a trap and loses. White's, by means at . P-KB3. A witty reply. It does not save the On "these considerations, Black loses STONEWALL ATTACK Pawn but sets a trap. this game owing to a failure in the N. T. Whitaker opening. Washington, D. C. Shadyside, Md. CARO_KANN DEFENSE White Black A. B. Bisguier A. E. Santasiere 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 5 N-Q2 P-KN3 White Black 2 P-K3 P-QB4 6 B-Q3 8-N2 1 P_K4 P- QB3 3 P_ K5 B_B4 3 P-QB3 7 Q-83 P-QR3 N-Q2 2 P_Q4 P_Q4 4 P_QB4 4 P-KB4 KN-B3 8 P_KN4 P_ K3 Black'" Queen Pawn needs added pro­ This little known system of attack was tection in view of 9 P - N5, inaugurated by the late J\lax Blumlch of Leipsig some flfteen years ago. He moved 9 N-K2 P-QB'I at varions points, sometimes only 'White cuts the communication between after .. N-KB3 and B-K2 and 0-0, avoid· his Queen and King Bishop, giving Black ing thereby the sacrifice of the Queen the opportunity for the following com· 17 N-Q5? nook Pawn. bination. A safer continuation is 9 Q-N2, 'Vhite falls into it. Instead, he can 4 .. P- K3 followed by KN-B3. (After 9 N-R3, the and ought to take the Pawn directly with combination still works.) Unquestionably, a sound move. Whether 17 NxBP. 4 . BxN 5 RxB, Q-R4t 6 B-Q2, QxP Is 17 .... N.N also sound remains to be seen. 18 BxN BxP! 5 N-QB3 N-Q2 The point. After 19 PxB, Q-B4t, Black 6 N-B3 favorably recovers his piece. ALso, he now threatens to win White's Queen with 19 .. BxRPt or 19 . BxQPt. For the latter reason, 19 BxPt, RxB also favors Black: e. g., 20 RxR? BxQPt or 20 PxB, Q-B4t, with gain of material. 19 K_ R1 The best White can do. 19 . . . . Q-Q2! 20 PxB 9 .... P-K4! White's game is untenable; for, with The combination starts. It is promis' his King Pawn gone, his King Is too ing but not necessarily advantageous. vulnerable. For instance, 20 BxP/4, 10 BPxP B-B2 21 N-B3, P-QN4 22 B-N3, B-N2, 6 . . . . PxP Better than 10 QPxP as the open and Black has a winning attack. Bishop file enables White to castle with 20 QxBt All the games 1 have seen played in the threat of Qx!' mate. 21 N-B3 B_B4 this variation have in common that 22 B-B4 Black hurried to post a Knight on Q4, 10. NxNP and finally lost. Black's main point. 11 QxN fails \\-'hite's last is no ovel'sight, just des· pair. He can play neither 22 R-Ql, Of course, it is tempting to pre·empt against 11 ... NxP (12 QxB, to get three that fine square and leave 'Vhite with a pieces for Queen, NxB with check!) . because of 22 QxRt, nor 22 R-Kl, becallse of 22 B-Q6 23 Q-N2, B-K5 bacl!:ward Queen Pawn, the more so since 11 0-0 24 R-Bl, NxKP. Black's King Knight needs a place to go. Here, however, the text move serves Best. The consequences of 11 QxQP, 22 ... . B-Q6 White better than Black. For Black's NxPj6 are unclear. 23 Q- N2 11 . 0-0 good square, White gets two (QB4 and After 23 Q-Q2, Q-B3 ! or 23 Q-Q1, K4). and tli(' bacl!:wa rdness of his Queen Not 11 QNxP because of 12 PxN, Q-K5! Black still wins the Exchange. Pawn cannot count in the near future. NxPj4 13 Q-B4 after which Black can· 23 BxR 27 K-N27 N-Q6 To soll'e his problem of moblllzation, not take the Bishop. 24 RxB Q- Q6 28 B- R6 NxRt Black must play G. . B-KN5! with the 12 N-KB4 25 R-K1 Q-B4 29 QxN KR_K1 little threat of 7 BxN 8 QxB, PxP 9 12 QxN is still bad. White gets three 26 Q-N3 N-B7t Resigns BxP, N-K3. T hen \-Vhite must acquiesce pieces for his Queen, indeed, but loses either in the exchange of his good Bishop It's a safe bet today that your car-fare, too many Pawns after 12 . NxP 13 and abandon all hope for an advantage QxB, RxQ 14 PxN, Q-N4t. bus·fare, trolley.fare, or what have you, (10 Q-Q3, NxB) or in tlle sacrifice of With the text move, White threatens has gone from 5c to ISc. his Qneen Pawn for bleak compensation both 13 QxN and 13 P-KR3, followed by But a $4.75 suhscription to CHESS RE· (10 B-N3, QxP). Besides, 6 . B-KN5! the capture of the Queen Pawn. VIEW still costs less than 10c a week! is good preparation for both 7 . P-B3 58 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1955" and 7 , , , N- K2, followed by 8 , , , N-KB4 and Vl'obably , . . P-BS later. As for the be~t reply to 6 . B- KN5! that is a problem for White: (1) 7 maalerpiecea P-KR3, BxN! (2) 7 B- Q3, PxP! or . , . 8x:\! (3) 7 D-K2, Bx:\! or ... PxP! and (-I) 7 U-KS is dubious because of 7,., P-B3! while (5) 7 PxP, BPxP! offers about e\'en chances. 7 BxP N-K2 9 Q- K2 B-K2 8 0-0 N-Q4 10 N-K4 P-KR3 MORPHY AND NIMZOVICH! Could it ment. He has more pieces in play and, 11 B-Q2 P-QR4 possibly be that this pair had anything what is even more important, they are in common? Nowadays, every moderate· more aggressively posted. Blad, has a difficult position. Suffer­ Iy strong player is thoroughly fam!liar 10 B_N5 ing from lack of space, he has little with t.he need for restraining the passed chance to get in with impunity one of Pawn's lust to expand-one of those vital the two moves which give more freedom: themes at which Kimzovlch bammered , P-U3 or P- QB4. For the time away so emphatica!ly. In ?Iorphy's day, being, his best Is 11 ,. 0 - 0 and then however, the possession of such esoteric either make waiting moves or take a I;: nowledge was definitely one of the ha!l· chance on , .. P-D3. mat'ks or a master. 12 QR-Bl Nj2-N3 13 B- Q3 P_ R5 Casual Game, New York, 1857 "14 P-QR3 P_N4 BENONI COUNTER GAMBIT Here DIad, destroys his already bad (in effect) position. He nOlI' has weaknesses every- P. Morphy A, B. Meek where. 14 0-0 Is necessary. 'Vllite Dlacl, 15 KR-Q1 N_KB5 1 P- K4 P-K3 Now he adds a weak Pawn to the weal, 2 P-Q4 P-QB4 10 . , . , B_K2 spots, 2 P-Q4, leading to the French De· What else? On 10 , , . P- QRl, White 16 BxN fense, is customary nowadays. The text has two good alternatives: 11 DxNt, KxB 17 N-B5 B,B resulls in a somewhat cramped pOSition 120-0, B-K2 13 P- Q6! which wins or 11 18 RxB Q_ B2 whkh requires judicious handling by DxN, QxB 12 QxQ, PxQ 13 DxNt, KxB After 18 , .. DxN 19 PxB, :-<- Q4, White Blad;:. 1-1 0-0, with a strategically won game has sel'eral winning lines. attack Oil the 3 P- Q5 P- K4 because of Black's nasty weakness 011 the Queen Hook Pawn being one, anchoring King Bishop file. The modern player prefers 3 PxP On 10 . P-KH3. 11 B- KIH leaves all his Knight on Q6, another. ·1 I'xP. l'-QS, followed by .. P-KNS ... 19 N-Q2 B_N4 of Black's [Jroblems unsolved. and here, D-N2 and . . , N-K2. toO, White has a second ehoice : I I DxN, Dlack tries to prevent 20 N/2-K1, 4 P-KB4! QxD 12 QxQ (12 Q- N·l is also very 20 Nj2-K4! P-BS Tt'ue to his style, Morphy opens up 8trong), PxQ 13 0-0. etc. 21 RxP 0-0-0 the poSitiOll. 11 P-QS! 21 .. ExR loses the Queen! 22 N-Q6t Black's last loses a piece but he is and 22 K-·BI 23 KxPt 01' 22 K­ beyond good and eviL If 11. . B- B1. K2 23 RxPt or 22 . .. K-Q1 23 N/5xNPt. White wins a Queen: 12 N ..Q5. Q-HAt 13 22 R-Q1 R-R2 D-Q2! Q-Q1 14 N-B7t. 23 Q-B2 R- N2 12 O-O-O! Resigns 24 N-QSt RxN Neither 12. . Q -K2 nol' 12 Q-B2 At this time, the loss of the Exchange nor a retreat of the Disholl al'ails. "'hite is a minor evil. has a crushing answet' beginning with 13 25 PxR Q,P llxKX in each case. 26 NxRP N-Q4 27 Q-QB5 B-B5 I am a fairly good wood pusher, but J am a far better PHOTO 4 P-Ql FINISHER. This move turns out badly, yet ·1 If you own a camera and would like to PxP only develops White's game, obtain the best from your 5 N-KB3 B_ N5 negatives There is nothing better than 5 PxP. Unattractive as that move is, the composed, straightened, shaded, etc., text is e\'en worse. send them to me for processinCj. 6 PxP I will a lso give you constructive criticism White obtains a s trong , and advice. I own the oldest Finegrain and the two Bishop .~ as well. Laboratory in the United States, S , • , , B,N Eastern Film Laboratory. 28 RxB!! inexaet. Blacl!: can gain a move. In and r can give good service to my chess A beautiful coup de grace. {'omparison to the actual continuation, by confreres in their photo problems. 28 QxQ 6 .. . PxP 7 P-KR3. DxN, etc. Send for price list and Or 28 , . . QxR 29 Q-B8t. 7 QxB p,p mailing baCjs. 29 PxQ P_N4 8 B-N5f N-Q2 29 , , . NxTl: fails against a mate in 9 N- B3 N-Bl RAOUL ECHEVERRIA four! Again. we have an instance of Morphy's PRATTSVILLE, NEW YORK 30 N- NSt Resigns recognition of the value of rapId develop- CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 195"5 59 ACUyltl .. of CHESS REVIEW Po.UlI Chen plllYe.rs: game. ... port. &. ratln g •• n ame. 0' JACK STRALEY BATTELl new players. prlze·wlnners .•e leeted gam ... tourney Instructions &. editorial comment. Postal Chess Editor

POSTAL SCRIPTS TOURNAMENT NOTES POSTAL RATINGS Progress Reports fo r T he pu blicatio n of t he Pos tal Chess POSTALMIGHTIES! Golden Knights Tournaments Hating!! normally come ~ In the j-'cbnlal'Y iss\,e. 'Ve list the year-end re8111ts a s Prize Winners 4th Annual Charnpion.hlp--1949 received In December. rate the latest The following POIItallles have won pri ~ No more Finals sectiolls have com­ and prepal'e Ihe who le list during J anu­ in 1'51. 1952. U 59 nnd 1'~4 Pri''! Tourney", at·y. The n, wllh luck, we publis h them as IL rSoC 466: P ;lu l M or p!>)' 1 A. e . M eek 0 (lit ) 10 Hende rson, lies \Vil d man. 12 Ed"'~ rd a fun and valuable expe rience. There a re 55·P 401: A. H ;1 lprln VJ H . N. PIII, bur y Yl (2) whi,,,, ""'are. IS Brown ole[eal! P lOCk. 15 COlt 55_Nf 13 : F . J . Mar, hall I H. E . Atki n. o . hundred l of CHESS REV IEW readers: conks 8emb. 17 ))uy kers lies. then 10 1)$ eager to m eet you by mail, w illing to In t hese. the year ( 55). tho t y pe tourne)' Ya.t.es. 21 Furrance loses to Kennison. With­ (Class. P rIze. Go.oJ .. n K nIgh t. I"\ne[,) a nd d raw"". 22 ' Vilkerson whlllS Llssauer; Sarda. m a tc h the ir Ikill at c hess with youra.. {he sec lio n numl)E! U appear In t he Initial withdrawn. 2~ ",,' iIl iams stoPll Stephens. 28 No matter your playing strength-weak key. A nd. for Clas. a nd P r ize 1011t"" e)' • . t h e Jacoooen tops Comroe (f). Stephcnl!. 30 or . tro ng- the re a re CHESS RE VIEW liMIt Or IIf!cond s ame 18 IndlclHed In t he Grouman lJes ts Zeidler. 31 Reynolds tleB playe .. who w ill oppose you on e ve n tina! par"ntheseJ. P lease give game ~po r ts Thomasson. downs Doekes; Doek"I! b lusts ter m s and give you a good game. sepa rate from any other correspondence, Diuius. 35 Caeos"a bows to Gage. bests You need no experie nce to play Po.tal as they m ust be nIc e! 10. A postcard is ideal ;\l",.k; H ea ley halts ;\Ia t·k. 43 DoUso". ="I ara­ C hels. The re Is nothing mysterious or for size ..... sy to send. ton s plil t wo. 45 Ba ncroft be~t8 Abra m son. dlffieUlt about it. It Is played the same T ou rneY$ 61.120: 61 GI\l espl (! ov(!rcomca Please note: ",Vhmera (and those with the w ay al over.the·board chess-e)(cept that While Piece. in clUe of dl'll\\'S ) muet report Gol!l inger. 62 Xorden nips Blll ma n. 0:; Chap­ y ou , e nd you r moves on post cards. Com. as soon IU result is conlt"med I>y opponent. n'a n chops Vi c inu ~ . 67 Agne w s w at~ SWfl rt. The ol'ponent may report II lso to ens uro his worth. 69 Haynes r ip ~ E 'II;,e l (2). Ra.tTa lo _ plete rules ~nd Instructions are mailed to record and rating goIng Ilu'o ugh but must ,,[eh . 75 Bokma bests Liston tw l ~ e . 83 Blnd­ ea c h new player. then state clea rly that he wu t he loser (or man bea ls \Yhlte. 85 Bergamo ~ W(t,\8 Swa rt­ P o.tal Ches a players a re issued num_ played Black in cu e of a dra w). wol'th. 89 Bass tops (la) Khautln, 90 Rubin bered rating •. Eventually, your rating will Game n, porls se nl In time for receipt by I'Ips Smith. 93 Meye,' Uck ,~ Lewis ; Tool' lOP _ depict your chess abil ity, compared with Sherwin. )royer. , . Seyl; olrl beats Voll mer . da t .. s gh'en aoove should be printed below. othe r player. '. We keep track of you r And pl a yers who so reported ahould check n Oso(sky tops Sales (2) . S ~ h n el d c r : Natha n to sce that they a te so publl!hed. T o s pOt lops. the" ties Osofsky; Sch neider sIn ks Sa.lea w in" dra ws ", nd lossea, adjusting your the m. look under your "ection number . tltst twice. 100 BragG' withdrawn. t OI Abramson rating a cco rdingly. R~ting chang8l! ",roO by the key (e.g.. 55- C indlca\in&' Cl aSS! ~pHlS two with . tiel E II1 ! . loses 10 publi shed seml.~nnua lJ y. T ourney begun In U 55) end by number Oucrmann; B lock d efeats E llis. 102 Austln ( 466) &' lve n In text below the key. t OIlS Meakin twice. 103 Prior SIOPl! Miller. StuTley. 104 Sle " en ~ withdraws. l OG Xikfl Symbol f Indicates a win by forfeit With ­ nl1>'l Horton. 110 'Varner whips Sh ugart. 116 CLASS TOURNEY OPEN out ra ting credil; a shows a rating credit Oeder beats Baild on. bowa to £1 I1B. adJudication : df maru a doubla-forfelt. Sta rt playing chess by mall NOW! T ourneys 121·170: 121 ;\fahler wit hdraws. Ente r o ne o f t he 4 man g ro ups of our I N ' Vade withd rawn. 125 Stratton wins from Class T o urney • . CLASS TOURNAMENTS Evan .. ( 2), Browder, (1a ) E llis. 128 Terrotl Yo u w ill be ass ig ned to section with Tourneys II raded by ra ting cla n n whips '''' hittier. 1 2~ Chil ds 10les to Lewl". a licks .\ Il nzes. 1 3~ Jacobsen defeaUi Ya te •. 3 o the r playe rs about equal to yourlelf U) Doe; Hal"u witholrawn. 137 Rowa wlth_ In playing .klll. You play both W h ite Started in 1952 (Key: 52·C) olraw;;. 139 Doc withdraws. H 7 ('latt tOpa a nd Black against the other three. You Notice: ",Vhole of U S! C I ~aa TouMlument* llcAninch; Coulter withdrawn. 148 Rubi n play all s l)( ga m es s imultaneo usly, t w o ha ve passed the t"·o year oller ·due date tops. then t i e~ )roorhead; Arneson. Moo r. ga m es on o ne set of postcards. head split two. 14 ~ Le wl.. IIcu Widen. 151 now. \Vith these rellOrtll. received In DeCenl­ Vour ga me f e.ults will be recorded and be r. 19;;4. we ure clo~ing the I.oook$ on these Rubin roull ;\lord son. Ii;~ Holmes halta tour neys. double·for feilin .. lIueh samell a~ a,'e Plotz. 153 ;\finzes m"uls Shlelda. 15~ Ter­ p u bll ~h e d in CHESS REVIEW as well as stili unreported. fll nccer, L'mda ta l> P d ce. 157 Locke licks yo ur po~ t a l chess rating. The Class Tourneys 1·362: 2C9 W'eaks tops Ashk,;y W hittier. 1~ ~ AugsIJerger. Suchobeck . pllt. T ourn eys pr ov ide your best meana for twice. 312 Raina rips Wyller. I GO Fde!! Wise. 161 i\(a)'er maills Dowell. It>:; De Car· loses (al to White. 128 HOlfe halts B urns. re nt pos ition. Score-eards a re removable. vnlho "'Ithd .... "'" . 175 H ooper haiti S hore. 117 132 K""hlu lOJlII 'I11Ies. W hen a game i, fi nis hed, remove the old Stephens. S uyker tle. 118 "'amolar l bo"'s 10 SEMI · F JNAL S ( Key : 52.N .. ) ca rd ilIIn d in,er t a new on e. 12 ext r a score Lodato. beSls Young; Lot' "to splits with cards a r e i nc lUded in the kit. Youn;:. Ucks Z a lewski. Section, 1· 34: J Dill)'. L )· neh tie•• \\'I$e­ garver tops (f) Cowa n. 7 Dimond downs Schwurt z. 8 Llyln, Xorth a", tic. 9 :"IIlIch dl, The kit a lso contains 100 Move·Mailing Started in 1954 (Key: 54-P ) R a nkel tie; SC 111l1iU besl$ P rosser . 12 Bar n_ Post CardS for s ending moves to your T o ur neys 1·30: 1 Charllnn n withdraw". 2 hi. cr tops (f) Kline. 1-1 Teogarden dow ns oppone nts, a Chess Type Stamping Out fi t P r est on tops Kahn . t lea i)p"nccr. ·1 S hepard Sc ha~ h te r . 16 E. g,nlth bMts Suppinger, for printing pos itions on t he mailing fo il s r a la r dea". 5 ~ li ller t o\l.~ (f) D ial; K ey · bows to \Ve ille l. 18 ' Veil toP" ( f) Morning­ cards, a Game Score Pad of 100 sheets s mith wIthd raw n. 6 B ums , Rlll m! tie. ~ star. 19 Smith smllH Gillow. 20 Skema whip.(! for submitting sc.ores of games to be ad. ~rCUI'S m auls Goltig-ell. I I Fnrrnncc los o~ to WaJla ce. 2~ Leigh licks ~ ! cCaushey. 2 ~ judicated or published, complete ins truc_ " IOwler . withd raws; "'erner withdrawn. 13 Simms chops Rndu'll!xo. Ch"ppuis . !5 Orn. ~lci" halts Harri!. 2G Sch'''ltt lo~ es t o \VII· ti ons on how to play c hess by mail and J uo:ovsen. Thompson Ue. 1-1 S<: hwn r l~ bests ZuroWski: L ubell IIck ~ Oelbard. 15 ROKera bUr, Iiek " 'Vcndt. 30 Doellltllr do wns P a rrish. the Otticlil l Ru les .of Posta l Chess. rips P ie rson. 16 Levenson licks Orbanowsk i. 31 Paul conks Koolstra. 32 Frillins l OPS III 1:.."'u,lace. K inJ: conk Len hart; K l ns downs Utler. U Koonnn t o ps ( f) Bohe". Saves You Money Yodice. 2 1 Kerr nips 008n"lI. 2Z Dlshaw. Section s 15.58: 35 T als n ips Nearing. 36 H ummell hall Cohen. 23 Long lic k' Neville. Ga. rner bea ts S~odd8 rd . bows t o J o hnlesu Lawhon: lioward li ck, Day, loses S ection s t_lI: t Okly downs Smoro n: Muir to l...a whon: Law hon derent 9 Downs. Dny. H mauls K e llner . 2 Xoriham n l p~ J ohn ~o n. Conw lly whips \ Yalt. 48 %"bll1 beal $ Bohuc, 1------1 bow s 10 Green. ·j 9 Spencer apllls r"l'auee. 50 8th Annual Champianship-1954 CHESS REV IEW T o enter PO lta.1 Conway co nks Fra n ce . Congleton; ~ !Il le r I PRELIMIN ARV RO UND (Key; 54. N) P Oltal C he .. De pt. Chess T ourna m ent, wlthdt·awn. I 250 W e.t &71h S t., .ee other l ide gf T ourns n 51 . 100: 51 Hriltingham resigns Secti on. 1·3g: 4 Eade ~ mauls Miskln. 7 to Be<: ker, w ithdraws . 52 'l'ym~ tCp!l \\'ur l, Folsom. ,,'elss tie. S Haye ~ hults W illiams . I New Yor k ,t, N. V. this coupon. I 11 PaUl pounds Merkel; Richter bows to Mit­ i\ro: K ay·Cle men l~ . W ittmann: Mal'l'ke t ies I encl",e ". P lule send m e a Cam p lete I W ittmann . t o IlS T ym ee. 54 Ilrlltln&' h8m w ith · chell. lJeslS Alberts . 12 ,\l1e" conk s C'ove· P utal Chen Kit by return m all. ows to Lclnlm;er, 39 Young, Brigham !.>ows to sent having to plod through Class C com· win such a "Wall" game, Gardner. 45 HalO£! top3 (f) ,Johnson. 47 Don. petition; and Class D players can become \Ve simply cannot adjudicate for draws. nelly dow"s Hnll. 4S Shaw tops Brinkerhoff; mighty discouraged by successive losses 'Vi11son withdrawn. 50 "fcEain conks Yas· The claimant already has a win in the colt, Collins. 51 Allusky, Kuglln. Wise whip with no let·up in Class B tOlll"neys, For tournament; the rating credit on a draw "'[ayberry: Kornhauser, Kuglin tic: Altusky those who want to test their wings in is usually negligible; and a true draw is tops ,Vise. ,,2 T homas withdrawn. 53 Brown rarified atmosphere, there is always Olll' tOpS (a) Hiddle: Dawson defeats :'1cGan>ck. virtually unadjudicable or demonstrable. 54 Page pounds 'Vaterman: Middlebrook "open" tournament, the Golden Knights. mauls P,'ewltt, in which those after high prizes must Sections 55·69: 55 Zawacki bests Brattin, "eliminate" the aDPOsition. But. except NEW POSTA LITES bows to Bane; Levine lieks Zawacki. Brattin for an occasional fling of that sort, near· The following neW po ~ tn l players started ~G Fenne" loses to G,·eene. Staffer, licks ly all players want the shan) sort of I)la~' d""ing December. 1954, with these Rhoads. 57 Prosser bows to Collins. Schmitt, competition which "class" matchings ol· initial ratings; bests Hallett. 58 Heugcock halts Strelzofl. fer. The ratings ensure just that. Class A at 1300: J, B. Dennis. F. PelUSO, Collins; Evison conks Kelt 59 Moore mauls S. Stern, H. Tejada and A. '''allach; :\Iurphy. GO Caspcrit ... rips Rhoads. 61 Eik­ As to tbe various sorts of defaults. Clan B at 1200: J. Coulter, D. E. Plener, rem "buts Arndt; Schmitt nips Nelson. 62 ratings do not apDly (with one exception K ... ou!>h conks Hodes ; Aston. Heckman tie. D. G. FUrr and :\1. J. Meyer; 63 Smith loscs to :\lurras, licks Britting_ to be mentioned). Penalties on ratings Class C at 900; J. H. Aicher, ,T. T. Arm­ ham, 65 Klcln~chmidt clips Lewis; 'Vilder have been suggested for fOf·feits and strong. E. Bowers, N. ]0'. B"ooks, 'V. T. withdra.wn: correction; Spry topped (f) Hay­ other occaSions. But the only effect is C'hUd, D. R. Coleman. 'V. S. Crowe, Mrs. ward. not Hammond. 66 ""Vendt whips Giles. D. Davis, H. Edberg, 'V. J. Essex, D. e7 HollandC,', J·Ohnson tie; Ford withdraws, to advance the winner, perhaps unjustly. Frosch, P. E. Hull, N. ]'1. .Jones, D. W. Kill­ loses (alto Cunningham. 68 Hankin halts For the loser. eSDecially if he has with· meyer, E. J. Koval. D. S. :\Iala med, F. Man­ CO"dts, O'Reilly; Cordts, 'Vhite tie; Cogges­ drawn, has quit and has wilHul1y dis· del, S, "fonaca, H. 1. JI.lu ssle!'. E. Olson, F. hall rip~ O'Reilly, Cournoyer: Cournoyer carded all interest In tile outcome, O'Neill, K. E. Pearson, 10'. C. Price, M. E. loses to O'Reilly, licks White. 69 Wilson, Quinn, H. Reissman, R. Hegnlel·, L. N. Cleveland clip Mcl;·arland; Struck whips whether it be the iournament score 01' Robison, Lt. 'V. ,Yo Rohrer. R Rowe. S. 'Vilson. the rating. Such a penalty just does not Sawyt::r, D. Schneider, H. Seaman, R. Seiler, reach him: and it is trining in compari· CaPt. J. D. Stevens, R. T•• Vaux, E. D. Sections 70·84: '10 'Wood wallops Stolar­ 'Vade. L. F. "\\'agn(lr, V. Walls, L, S. " ' ard, ~k y. jl Doorcnbos be~ ts Britain, "Iayreis; son to what he has forfeited; the chance H. A. "·endel, J. "'enne"strom and N. "'lid; Farber, Suchobeck Lie. 72 Termnger trips to win the tOIll'nament, to win that game Kahn. 73 (:rownfield fells Edwards, Hildum; Class D at 600: M. H. Arnold, R. L. Diehling bows to Hildum, b"'ats DaVis; Davi" and others, to pleasures of play. in effect. Beightol, Linda. Beltzcr, R. B. Benjamin, downs Hildum. H Buck bests Roch ... ; correc­ his whole entry fee. p , D. Bethke, E. Bleich, R. T. Brewer, J. R. Cahaney, H . Coster, J. Degnan, D. '1'. tion; Buck Won f!"Om Hammer, nOL Haines. Now there is, of course, one type of 75 :'

Winning Complex White comes out of the opening with the better center, pick s up the minor exchange and crashes through on the dark squares. 18 R-B2 SLAV DEFENSE 19 B-KN5 P-B3 Rev. A. C. Suyker H. H. Jones, Jr. If HI ... Q-Kl , 20 B- B6! wins. White Black 20 PxP Q_ K1 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 If 20 ... Q-B2, 21 N-Q6 wins the 9 N-K6 2 P-QB4 P-QBS Queen. Relatively best is 20 .. NxKBP N-QS! 10 Q-K2 3 N- KBS P- KS 21 NxNt, R.xN, ceding the Exchange. But, 11 Q- RS as Rev. Suyil:er writes, "Black wants to The commonest move for Black here If 11 QxN? N-B7t wins the Queen. is 3 . . . N-E3. save both the cabbage and the goat." 11 .... Nj6-B7t 4 Q-B2! PxP 21 N-Q6 Q-N1 23 Q-K4 P-KRS 12 K-Q2 Q-B3 22 P-B7t K-N2 24 B-QS! Resigns A Catalan is erected with 4 N-B3 if Black t hreatens 13 . . Q-B5t 14 K-Ql, 5 P-KNS. A good thought is 4 . p - For, 24 R-Rl, White has 25 P-B8(Q)t, KxQ 26 Q-B3t and mate in QxBt. KN3. two. 13 N-B3 Q-BSt 5 QxBP N-BS 14 K-Q1 B-N5! 6 P-KNS QN-Q2 Resigns Our Postal players are invited to submit 7 B-B4 their BEST games for this depilrtment. On 15 Q-N5 or 15 Q-R4, Black leaves More precise is 7 B-N2. the White Queen hanging in mid'air with To be considered, the moves of each game must be written on a standard 15 ... BxNt. 7 N-NS 8 Q-B2 B-N5t score sheet, or typed on iI single sheet of t _ check; : _ dbl. check; § _ dis. ch. 9 B_Q2 paper, and marked "for publication." 64 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1955 HOW TO YOU R OPPONENTS AT CHESS

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