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_V,-oe.lc."X~ICVC,"N"o~':..;.4 ______--,T=uo"odoooYc, _O=ctober 20, 1959 15 Cents BIELICKI OF ARGENTINA SHIPMAN N.J. OPEN CHAMP NEW WORLD JR. CHAMP Walter Shipman of New York City won the State Open Champ.. Conducted by Hthli"8f, I9Z] Carlos Bielicki, nineteen year old ionship held at the Hotel Douglas, FRED M. WREN Y"U$ Argentinian master, scored 81k- Newark, over the Labor Day week· Editor CHESS LIFE 2%, to win the Junior World Chess end. Shipman went undefeated in Championship at Munchenstein, the 7 round Swiss tournament, win· I T 1VA SN'T TilE Switzerland, in a convincing man ning 5 and drawing 2. His score /JEST MOVE ner, two full points above his near of 6·1 was matched by Raymond The position in the diagram at est competitor in the twelve man Weinstein o[ Brooklyn, and Her right was reached after a very field. Tied for second place with bert AVram of Adelphia, Mary exciting game in wh.ich the British 6'h 4 lf.l were Parma (Jugoslavia), land. Tie breaking placed Ship· champion had outplayed Reti al Rumens (England) and Ste£anoU man first, Weinstein second, and most from the start. The latter had (Bulgaria). Tied for 5th to 7th Avram third. just played 41 . BxP, to which places were Clemens (West Ger· Dr. Orest Popovych of Lake· Yales replied 41 ...... • Q·Q3, the many) who handed Bielicki his wood, George Meyer of Washing· losing move, according to grand· sole defea[, Hamann (Denmark) ton, D.C., Brian Owens of Great master annotator Amos Burn. De and Ku ttner (East Germany) each Neck, N.Y., and Leroy Dubeck cide on wh at you, as Black, would with 5¥Z·5'h. Naranja (Philippines) of Maplewood finished in fourth have played. Then turn to page and Tomson (USSR) tied for 8th through seventh places respective 8, col. 1, lor actual game se and 9th with 5·6. Kuijpers (Nether ly, with scores of 5lh-llh each. quence, and Burn's analysis. lands) witb 4¥Z points, Phillips Dr. P opovych, as highest ranking (New Zealand) with 4, and Erny New Jersey player, won the state (Switzerland) with 3, completed the closed title_ The three highest Ji st of finalists who had qualified in scorers receiVed cash prizes of 1000 thrce preliminary sections. 25 na· $93.33 each. Fourth through sev· = NEW tions were represented in the bat· enth place winners collected $18.75 Operation MEMBERS tle for the only world tiUe in chess apiece. which the United States has held Ninety·nine players attended. in more th<:.n twenty yenrs, This was the second largest turn NEW MEMBEHSHIP LI STS-HOW TO USE THEM and which we allowed to go by out in the history of the event. The new September 5 membership lists arc now in distribution. default through financial inability Competent observers, however, Each State Membcl'ship Chairman receives his state list, which he to send a representative. believed that a record was defin· divides into local lists for his Local Membership Chairmen. Each name itely set for the number of rated on the list is, in the eyes of the local chairman, a prospective Member· Features of the tournament were masters compeUng in a s tat e ! ship Comm itteeman. But there is also much other informaticn, impor' the unexpected strength of Ru· championship tournament. Han s tant to the local chairman, coded into the lists. mens, the British junior, and the Kmoch directed the event. The membership lists are made up of the stencils used to address equally u n~xpec t ed low placement (With '~f~,.ne . 10 Ih. possible ruo,J, Chess Lire, so each reader may alsa understand his own stencil, from of the Soviet representative, Tom· son, who is reported to be a prot· Jou,tu n of Ih. flhWU S lisI.J ;71 Ih. the following explanations. Aug. 20, 19'9 ,,,,ing /;11 Grandmaster Kotov. Ihil .~.n l . If "717 olh.r sldl. Queen and that White's Club Team scores: Dade County 31, Gainesville 30Jk , Birmingham second and third mOve can be inter_ changed. 30, Mobile 22, Atlanta 22, New Orleans 22, Jackson, Miss., 18, :Memphis As to the former potnt, thf the pOSition, tbls IS a mOre Junior Team scores: Gainesville 29lf.l , Mobile 22, Birmingham 8¥i, seriOUS maiter. Ths"arH y Ih", best contlnuatl0ll-or Richard Moran of J amaica, New Is It merely the sta ndardized one? Second- Lucy Schroeder, Colum· The Black QN may M ft more valuable Yor k, won the annual "Heart of piece In t hl 5 openln, t han White's America" in Kansas Cit)', Missouri, bus. K."< . (which Is usually tiled away at in September. Airman Mor an ar· Highest Class A Player-Jerry Wh l te' ~ QN3 square In other varia. Fink. tlons of the Slclllan wher e White tries rived on weekend furlough from P-KB4). Wichita Falls, Texas, to wi n six Highest Class B Player_Allan t . 0 · 0 ·0 ...... straight games. He forfeited 7th Frost, Columbus. 41f.t poi nts. Another worthwhile consideration Is simply 9. R.Q! round to arrive back on air base Highcst Unrated player- Lester t ...... N.QN3 before furlough expired. Thus Mor· Brand, Cincinnati. 41h points. The logical rollOw,up \0 hla 8...... , an scored 6-1 and won 1st prize of 1959 Ohio J r. Chess Championship QN.Q2. Sl oo. 10. N·Nl After 6. .. __. ., BxP. Seven Round Swiss System T he con ti nua tion In 1 9~3 ..• Today, Tournament was held at Down· Winner- Michael DiLiIlo, Cleve current t heor y favou t he While KN In t hla position. Marshall In hb town YMCA . 404 E. 10th Street, in ..., malning at Q4 In Ihe Y u gos l ~v At· book: My Fifty Yu r$ of ChUI, P p. land. 6-1. Won from Wenney, tack. 23$.239. gIves the followl n;: analysis: the Youth Center. There were 32 Presser, Opalek, Underhill, Berry; 10...... I: 7. P·Bl , B.B4; Ilr 7 ...... • B·Q3; entrants in the 7 round Swiss. 19 drew with Thomson and Town· II. P·KN4 8. N·R3. QN.B3; 9. B·B4. Q·KSc h; 10. USCF memberships we re collected. 12. S·Rt...... B-K2, KN.B3; 11 . N.QNS, B·N ; 12. R·R4, send . Q·B4; l l . B-Rl, with a aood g.me Three players tied at 5lh·llh: Serond- Thomas WOlney, Par· t or White. Here. tt 12 ...... , Q.N8; 11. Dan Allen, Bob BeitJing and Ger· P.Q4 wlnsl; 8. N·R3. P·K 5: 9. QN·N 5. aid Banker. All three Ji ve in Great rna. 5·2. Wo n from Presser, Thorn· K.Q; (apparently best); 10. KN-Q ~ , QN. son, Underhill, Berry, Townsend: Bl; 11 . Q·R4, N·B3; 12. B·R3 and White er Kansas City. Allen and Beitling lost to DiLillo and Opalek. ean castle on t h~ Q.slde with a good tied for 2nd and 3rd. This tie was game. unbreaka ble by any point system. Third-David Presser, Cleve· n: 7. B·R.1. N·QB3: (tf 7 ...... BxB; land. 5·2. Won from Opalek, Thorn· 8. R or NxB); a. BxB, NxB; 9. N·QB3, Banker placed 4th. J ack Hardy of Q.B4; 10. B·N5ch. N·B3 ; 11. R·RS, P·KB3; Ki rkwood, Mo., placed 5th with son, Under hill, Berry. Townsend. 12. Q·R. N·R2; 13. N.R4, QxP; I ~. P ·Q3! 4 ~ · 2 1h and high S.B. points form a nd the Blaek Queen Is In dan ger or the 41k group. being captured. RANKIS 19S9 NEW YORK 7. N·R] N· KB3 Prize mo ney of $50 for 2nd, $25 Here, MarshaWs analysis eonslde rt: STATE CHAMP 7 ...... , P·K5; with the followIng con· for 3rd, $15 for 4th was di vided tlnuaUon: 8. N·QN5, K.Q; 9. KN·Q4 , QN. equall y between Allen, Beitling August Ra nkis of the Bronx won B3; 10. P·QB4, Q-Q2; 11 . B.N2, N.B3; and Ban ker. fiv e and drew four games for a l2. Q.R4, B.B4; 13. N.N3. P.QN3; H . NxB, PxN; 15. B·K2 or 15. B-B3 and Dan Allen lost to Moran, drew 7.2 score in the New York , State WhIte t h rn tens to castle with good Beitling. Bob Beitling lost to J ack Chess Association Congress at p rOOJPed s. (However. In a ll fairness, It Hardy. drew Allen. Gerald Banker Schenectady, N. Y. Dr. MiIt.on should be rememb<'red t hat Ma rsh all's 12 ...... _ 8 .Rsq lt analysIs here quot«l. was publb hed In had no losses. but three draws vs. Finkelstein of Lo ng Island City An astonish ing conce ptton, apparently 1942.) Ha rt. Hu rlbent, and Pranter. wo n six drew two, and lost one, original with Simagln, a nd quite a • . N·NS 0 ·01 also sco'ring 7·2, but Rankis took Jolt to Panov . .. Ifter all. does not And Black shows he has something J ohn A. Pranler of University White have his " Inltl. tlv,," to d e· ne w up hb sleeve: (It had better be City. Mo., scored 41f.t ·21f.t to win the State title by one half of a f" nd? good In vie w of 9. N·B7 and 10. N",R) Class A prize of $10.00. tie-b reaking point, 26.5 to 26. Dr. 13. 8",R Qx8 . •• andltb! Edwa rd C. Burgess of North Kan· Finkelstein placed second. Dr. 14. N·Q4 8·B5 t . N·B7 Q..Q B4 Philip Schlesinger of Glen Falls, 15. P·NS t(N ·Q2 10. Nx R P·K5! sas City, Mo., won Class B prize of U . 8 ·R3 P·K3 Crushln,! $10.00 wi th 4·3 score. handed Dr. Finkelstein his only 17. K ·N N·t(4 11. N·N P·K6 ! loss in the last r ound (thus de· 18. P·B4 N·B'I Thb " P a wn·storm" Is unique ! Paul Custer of Independence, priving his Glen Falls colleague. Anot her OHIcrlrt«: Although t he ted 12. BPxP QxK Pch Mo., won Class C prize of $10.00 seems a bit too " rich" , t he BIlek 13. B·K2 N·K5 of the State Title) while compiling attack hu rtles through at a break·neck One blow a rter another; Blaek's game with 4-3 score. a 6¥l. ·3¥.t score wh ich was good pace. Here Is lIn('-elc.ra ne(' In a ver y 1! overwh elming. All entrants received book prize. for third place. Frank Valvo of eleg.nt f orm. 14. N·R3 19. NxN 8 x N I ... Tournament was sponsored by Guilderland Center was fourth 15. R·B BxNP A Uttle flne"se. 16. P·QB3 YMCA Chess Cl ub of Kansas City, with 6·3. Tied with 5lh·3*, and 20 . Px8 P.Q4 16...... B,1(21 placing 5th, 6th, and 7th r espec, Opening the diagonal for the alack Mo. The tournament director; Lou Queen; t he Ihreat IS a quick ...... , (Su diagram lO p n~"t CO/limn ) Graham. tively on tie·breaking, were for· Q·R6; with knockout. mer state champion Tony San· 11. g·B N· R5 tasiere, Michael Valvo. and Mark 22 . PxP BxRPchl TOURNAMENT REMINDERS So that If 23. }(xB, NxPch ; 24. K·N3, Rosenbloom. Topping a three-way Q·B4 and wins. Oct . 31·Nov. I - Indiana Open, Central YMCA, Indianapolis. (CL-9{ 20J59) tie for 8th-10th places with 5-4, 23. K·R Q·84 Nov. 7-8 - Cenlral WashIngton Opl n, 6 r d Swiss, not USCF rated, YMCA,• was CHESS LIFE correspondent 24. Px P Nx P! Dr. Erich Marchand. closely fol 25. R·Q4 BxKP Yakima, Wash.; 50 moves 2 hrs; ent ry re e~ 3 S(' nlor s, $2 Juniors; 2'. Bx8 ,.. guara nteed prize&-Ist $50 and t rophy. 2nd $35. 3rd $20. Junior lowed by J oseph Rosenstein and 27. R·QR4 Dr. Bruno Schmidt. ... p ri~e and trophy, and prizes tor high est scor ing In CII " A, B, C, 28 . P·84 29. K·Rl Q•·N••S and unrated. For d etails w rite : Ric J erome, 1508 W. Ya kima Ave., 10. R·K .... Yaki ma, Washlnltlon. 31. RxKP N.84o;h T IlUJ"" l1. Ru lgns Nov. 26-27·2S-29-Flrst No rthwestern Sl . t., Open, Hotel n ore D(:e, Mluoula . Mon· For Black Mates In two mov ... • tana (CL- IO!5/ S!J) «1)ess tife Oc'ok, ZII, 19'9 Vol. XIV, Number 4

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TAUTVAISAS REGAINS gress, played September 5, 6, 7, Association at Ann Arbor in Sep· Hornstein of Southport by one CHICAGO CHAMPIONSHIP 1959 at the Daniel Boone Hotel, tember, and emerged with a score and a half Solkoff p('inls to win P. Tautvaisas, 1956 Champion Charleston, W. Va., on his aggres of 6·1, and with the 1959 Michigan the annual North Carolina closed of Chicago, and a charter-member sive style of play by annexing the Open Title. A total of 76 players Championship Tournament. Draw· of Chicago's "Terrible T's" (Taut 1959 West Virginia Championship competed. The event was directed ing their individual encounter. vaisas. Tums, nnd Turiansky), without even a drew, with a &0 by E. A. Dickerson. these two scored 5lh·1f.z to lead scored 7·1 (six wins and two draws) score. Wren was generally con· M. Zweig of Chicago took second a field of 28. Dr. A. M. Jenkins to win the Greater Chicago City sidered the "unofficial West Vir place with 51h-l1h , nosing out G. of Raleigh. with 5-1 , fini shed Chess Championship tournament ginia Champion" in the early '305 Martin of Ypsilanti. and K. Ned· third. for 195f.!. The foJlowing players before the first state champion ved of Racine, Wisconsin, each of Olivcr Hutnf r of Wilmington, placed as listed Bishop; Cl ub. scoring 9-2 in a twelve·man rado State Chess Association and Secretary-Treasurer - Charles T. round robin. ahead of several for· thc USCF. In the latter case none heJd at Boulder. Colorado on Sep· Morgan . mer champions. from whose num of the money went to Hans. On tember 5, 6 and 7. • ber only two", William Bvland. ann 20 boards Hans won 15, drew 4 Fiye tied for second place with George Baylor. were able to dent and lost 1. Ten players paid $2 5-2 scores and finished in the fol his otherwise perfect score. each which went to Hans, the lowi ng order after applying the Baylor took · second placc with other 10 joined the USCF. Of this median tic breaking system: Ru $50, $10 went to the Colorado State " IF YOU MUST 8·3. compiled by winni n ~ seven. dolf Potters, Dr. George Pipiringos PLAY CHESS!" and drawine: two. while losin!!" two. Chess Association, and the remain· (1958 Champion), Charles Haas, der to the USCF. Former U.S. Champion Arnold te Glenn Waltz and Henry Luther. Dennis Naylin and Robert Shean . Denker wrote a book with this title, Martin Lubeli was third with 7·4. At the Annual Meeting of the showing how it should be done. Annrcw Schoene (who has since Colorado State Chess Association Former World Checker Champion, won the Virltinia State Champion· held bC!tween rounds of the tourna and master chess player, Newell ship) took fourth place with 61h · The San Antonio (Texas) Chess ment officers elected to serve for Banks, is presenting a different ex 4Jh. Bill Bvland, Fren Foreman. Club Tournament was played J uly the coming year were: J. J. Reid, position of the same theme-in ef and J. Glenn Waltz share an un 18 and 19 at the Gunter Hotel, Colorado Springs, President; Ben feel, " if you must play chess, why broken tie {or fifth place with 6-5. drawing the largest number of con Kriegh, Boulder, Vice·President; not play with beautiful de luxe the only other ptus scores. testants ever participating in the and AI Hulmes, Denver , Secretary equipment?" His idea is that with In the Class B tournament. a annual e.vent . Blake Stevens, J r., Treasurer. exquisite pieces on a beautiful in six·player round robin. Elwood the new City Chess Champ. won laid table, the game wiU become Armstron !!" placed first by the sim first place closely followed by the more attr active to all. As a praeti· ple expedient of winnin!! everv 1958 City Chess Champ, J . Bob cal demonstration of his theory, he game he played. Earl Clary Jr . Payne. Jr., who finished second, ROZSA WINS OKLA. OPEN is establishing in St. Petersburg, came seccnd. winning four. and and Henry Davis, the 1959 J unior The veteran USCF worker, Bela Florida, a chess and checker club losing only to Armstron c:. Richllrd Champion of San Antonio, won Rozsa. won six in a row to take which he hopes will become known Hollenbaugh was third with an third place. the 1959 Oklahoma Championship as the largest and fi nest equipped even score of 2% -2!h. Clif J!!,well won first place in the played at Tulsa over the Labor club of its kind in America. He "B" group, and Carlos Mangus won Day weekend. A. C. Anderson won invites alJ 1960 Florida tourists first in Class "C". five and lost to Rezsa for the 5-1 to come in and look it over any The tournament was directed by score which gave him 2nd place. time after Feb. 1, 1960. Similar KENNETH SMITIf WINS Leo Warshaw and Frank Massoth, D. Higginbotham, with 4·2 topped wor k is going on at the University PANHANDLE OPEN and it was sponsored by the San Bob Latta, with the same score, of Detroit, where he has estab Antonio Chess Club which has over for 3rd place, on tie-breaking, lished a chess and checker school, Kenneth Smith won fiv e in a 100 active members. Chess meet Latta placing 4th. Sandor David and where every Monday night is row to take 1st place in the P an ings are held every Thursday eve son and Jack Gibson placed 5th "open chess night" which the pub· handle Open. played in Amarillo, ning at the Lions Recreation Hall, and 6th respectively after their lic is cordially invited to attend. Texas. in late August. The f ollow~ 2800 Broadway. 31h:·2lh tie had been broken. Tulsa He believes that this is developing in!! players, each of whom scored The results or the South J ersey players monopolized the top into the finest equipped college 4-1, p laced 2nd-5 th in the 34player Chess Auociatlon elecUons were u berths, with four of the first five chess and checker club in the coun event. which was directed by follows. P !"1ls\('lent- Lew Wood, Wood· places going to them. Possibly five, try, saying that the enthusiasm bury; Vice President-Paul TalU)er, since Bob Latta's place of resi George Kollanowski: Terry Mill Moorestown; Tr.. asurer-8lanley Kal· among students. and faculty at the burn. David Beckledorff. D. Under malvltz. Camden; secretary-Alan Spiel· dence was not reported to CHESS University is wonderful to behold . wood. and Jack Shaw. man, Atlantic City. LIFE. The event was directed by Dl"op in any Monday night before R. Killough of Russell, Kansas. The following clubs will enter teams J ohn I. Blair of Tulsa, and seven he leaves for F lorida on Jan. I, In the South Jersey Chess League: took the prize for the highest Moorestown, Woodbury, Camden, At· of the twenty contestants became 1960, and see for yourself. scoring jUnior . Illfltlc City, Wildwood. Ancora. new USCF members_ GAMES BY USCF MEMB Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS

USCF MEMBERS, Sub"'it yo~. 60$/ g"''' ~ s f". Ihi1 JtP4TI"'~"1 I" JOHN W No defense 13 avaIlable. U 21...... , e.O,LUNS, SI"Y"' S ~"1 To,.", HI E wins /",,,trd, M r, Co/li,,, . ·il/ ,d u/ /hf mOf! jltter.,t' ltl ,n,tI in!; 24. P-K5! Or 23 ...... , BxP?? Yugoslavia in September, Grand 24. B>. 1l ch K·81 1. 8·N3 B·B4 6. B·K2 1.1· 83 9. P·B4 0.0 $. 0 ·0 P-QS 7. 0·0 P·QR~ 10. I(.Rl I . P-Q4 N·KB3 , . P-QR4 QN.Q2 If 23...... , B.K2; 24. I>K5, Q.R.2; 25. R.Q7 wins. ,. N·Bl R.QNI U 10. P·K5, N·K1 followed by ...... ~ p.:Q'S': 2. P-QB4 P·K 3 10. RPxP II.P:o:P 10. II·NS __ ._. 10 •.... _.. P.CU ~. N·K8] P-Qt 11 . RICR Q:o:R 24. BxP ch i Kx8 25. R:o: II _. . _ And now White start. t o eJl:plolt the A standard position of the S<:hevenln&:e 4. P.IC] PICP I t. N.83 poNS Na .. t he threats of 26. Q.K7 eh and 'rI. holes In Black's "open" game!- Variation (a Cavorlte of Benko) hu bee II 5. BICP P·B4 13. N-QNS Q.NI 10• . __ ... P·KRS reaChed. II 6. 0·0 P-QR3 It. B·Q2 B.1(2 R·Q7 cb win the Queen and/ o r male. 25 • •.•. _.. R·QI 11. B:o:N O:o:B 11 . S·B3 7. Q·K2 P·QN4 15. P IC P B IC P 12. N·OS Q·QI ... , It 25 ...... , Q·KI or R·KI 26. R·Q7 ch 12. Q·Kl QR·Bl 8. B·N] B·N] 16. N / S·Q4 Drawn 13. N·KI ...... wins. 13. R·QI This move begtn~ a fo" ... move sortie ...... 26. Q.K7ch K·NI 13. P·QIW first, control~ the iul0 the Black queen·alde camp. q·3Ide. 21. R·B7 13 . .... __ P-QNt JUNIORS MARCHING ... 13• •.... _. p·Rl 14. P·KN4 Forced. 14. N..Q3 .·R2 This Is the typical violent ·;i.~mpt to Whether it is Cuba, Texas, or 28. QICQ ICR-Q81 1$. P·8] 0.0 2'. 0..Q7I -~.~. smash the S<:hevenlngen whleh S(I often elsewhere. the Juniors are on the 16. P·QR4! • rebounds. Black's position ill cr amped A1$O forced! Thla Inauauratn the queen.side attaek not weak, has latent power, and Is not march . Edward Heras and Billy 29...... R·81 ch 33. R-Q7 .R·B' ch enhanced by Black's whlte-squa r e e1l5Uy smaShed. A calmer continuation Patterson are two such moving 30. R·Ql R/ I ·Q81 34. K·R2 BXP weaknesses on this side. (14. P.QR3 and IS. Q.N3) Is preferable. along. 31. P·KRl R/ 8.B2 35. 0·B6 ch 16...... N·K2 14...... NxN 32. Q.K6 ch IC· RI Resigns . 11. N (3)-N41 ...... IS. 8xN P. K4l SICILIAN DEFENSE Thrulcnlng t.o win the exchange. 16. P·NS SICILIAN DEFENSE 17 • ._ ..... NICN M CO p. t. 174 W ith the KNP doubly attaek.";d: this ill 9: 116. MCO 9: p. IJ1 II. 8:o:N ._- 1959 Texas Junior Still t hrea te nl.n g the e:o:ehaD.ge, al.$o for ced. If 16. PltP? PXP; 17. P·NS, PXB' U. S. Junior 18. PxN, BxP and Slack wins materia!: White Black the QRP. 18 • ..••.... Q·N4 16...... PxB W. Patterson T. Cunningham Omaha. 1959 17. P:o:N PxN A desperate eCiort .1o create counler. I . P·K4 White Blick measures, but White has the most White Is no wene off aIter 17. P' OS4 BxP; 18. N·QS, Q·QI (18. __ .... , Q;P:;:; 2. P'04 ...... D. JORDAN E. HERAS effective reply up his .Ieeve . 19. NxB eb, PxN 20. R·NIch, K-Rl 2i' White ncrirlces a P llwn for q u ick (U. S. A.) (Cubl) It. N·B6 8·NS Q·R4 and White males); 19. Q-Q2. • development lind IIttacklog chanee. 20. Q. BlI I . P·1C4 P-Q&4 4. NxP N·B3 I •. 1'ICB KR.ICI wllh t h", n"n lsh Gamblt.like S iclilan Center Gambit. 2. N·KB3 N-Q83 5. N-QB3 P·Q3 19. OICP QxQ 3. P'04 PXP 6. B·QNS The exchange of Queens cannot be 2...... PICP 3. P.QB] PXP Like this move, 6. N·m, 6. KN·K2, aVOide d; e.g., 19 ...... , Q·N3; 20. Q.Q4. 6. P·KN3, and 6. B-KS. are seldom Seen. 20. PICO R:o:KP More cautious Is l ...... P·Q4. 6...... B..Q2 11. P·84 0 ·0 21 . RICP RXBP 4. NxP N..Q83 22. RICP _ ._ 5. N·B] p .Q] 7. B·K3 P-Qlt3 12. B·Q4 P.QN4 A promlslnlt' pr egram of development is e. NICN BICN 13. P-QR3 8·N2 r.:;" Is nothing better. If 22. R-B2, 5...... • KN·K2. 6 ...... •• B-B4. 7...... • t . B-Q3 P · K~ 14. N·R" ~_._. . and 1I 22. R/ I-QI, !UB; 23. RxB, 10. Q.K2 8·1C2 RllR; N. RzR, K.SI. -K N.K2. and 8 . .. _. .•.• 0 ·0. 6. B·QB4 P·K] Why decenirallle? WhIte sh ould com· 22...... B ' B~ plete h ls development with 14. 0 .0 and Black provides against :!S. R·R?, and 7. 0·0 B·K2 IS. QR·Kl. also develops the possibility of 23. I Or 7 ...... N.B~ l' a. Q·K2. P.QR~: 9. R.OI. RxB; 24. RxR. BxP...... " Q·B2: 10. ».B4. N ·K4: II. B..QNl. B·K2 : 14...... Q·1I2 17. RICP P-Q4 15. 0 ·0 P·K4 18. P·K5 KR·Kll 23. K ·NI?? 12. OR·BI, with a slight advantage 10 White. U . B·83 hP Tt. R/ 4-81 ...... e. 0-1(2 P-QRl Not 19. PzN1? 8-841 Dnd Black wins t he Queen. t . R·QI Tt_ ... __ ThTf'''I ~ "lI'8lnst the QP are en .... ndeTf'd. QR-Ql t...... O-B2 20. B·Q4? .....•.• In. B·B4 N·B3 If 21. P·B31 RK.P ! 11 . OR.81 Q·N1? 21 ...... QxB" 22. K·Rl n~n .... r l llrh on thp. QB (Ile. but It Is .... n"t ImmlnRnl. "" BI~ ~ k OU lt'ht t o castle ll. P·KS? and plav 12 . ...__ _• R·QI. Clvlng t he KP loses. Best ill 23. QR.Kl . And t his eompletely halta Black's at· tack by the fo rced exchange of quee.... 11. P·KS 23 • ..... _. ... 24. P-QN4 ". 20. __ ._. R·N2 13. N xP .. .•.... ,.. 25. PxQ R:o:NP 21. Q:o:O P:o:Q ThrMtenlng 1~ . N·N8. 22. NICB RxN 13...... N!lN 16. 8 .K5 0·11:1 • 23. P:o:P ....•.•. 14. BICN Q-R2 17. 8 ·Q4 Q·NI (See diagram. top ne:\.t column) This i. the succeuful completion of 15. B·04 Q.Nl lB. N·K4 White s ttack. netting a vital pawn 'No d nw! ThrealenlnJl!" 26 ...... , R·N4 ch and mite and control of the quten rook file. 1~ ...... !>..QN4 In thrne. Blick 11000 hIlS a four P awn Tt. B·N3 N:o:N? lead and willi R"olng aWlY. (Continued on page 7, rol. 1) Black ..111 he under h .....,. fire n o matter 26. N·N4 Rx8P 31. 11;·1(3 how hp nlays. hu l 19 ...... B·N2 offers 27. P·56 axp::I2. R-QI It·RI". m a r .. chancfI of survival. 28 . NICB RICN 33. P·R3 ... , 29. QR·KI R.86 34. R·K2 Qbess rife T",'"" p,.- • 20. OICN II·N2 Oclobn 211, 19'9 21 . 0·1.14 11..03 30. 8·1.11 P.q6 Reslgnl '"'' Are You .. Member? OlIess Cifr T"" d." p,,. 7 Is Your Friend a Member? Octob to Mayer 's 28. 8 · N1 RxHP 24. Nineteen year old Carnegie 29. SKR Tech student Schoene is, there· 30. Ih;P! ....." " .. The point of the enUre combination. fore, the new Vi rginia State T he t hr eat of winning his bishop by Champion with Mayer about as 31. R·llS preve nts Bl~ c k'5 p.wn re· close a second as could be imag captu re. ined. Schoene won six, losing to 30...... 8 . K3 the defend ing champion, C H E S S And now, refer to tile notc ~ ft er Whi t e'~ 26. P ·N3. If this h ad not been UFE correspondent Irwin Sig played fl"t, and White', QN pawn mond, who finished in third place we"" litill on QN2, both attacked with a 5lh ·I1fl score. Maye r also pawns could not now he defended! I T. 11..11.3 1 1(· 1(2 won six, and lost only to Schoene. 32. 1(·82 P·NS Sigmond won live, losing only to 33. I(.I(J P.:P Mayer, but conceding a draw to 34. PxP P·N4 Ernest Knapp. 35. K·Q3 P·84 P,obltm No. lf1n P,obiem N o. Ion Black b strugg!!n, to create a king. After tyi ng Sigmond in game By Petko A. Petkow By Leopold Swedowski $I de pa wn st ruct ur e with I>OHlbllLtlu score, Richard Callaghan placed o f gettIng • p aued pawn, bUI In ,·aln. Tolbuchin, Bulgaria Ostrolenka, Poland 34. 1( ·83 P ·8$ 4th on tie·breaking. Callagban for Chess Life Orl,lnal (or CMu Life 37. KR·QRI 8·R6 we nt through the tournament un· --:- 38. R·K N I K ·83 defeated, the only player to do 39. R·R' 8·K3 so, winnmg four and drawing 40. R·R' R·R3 41. K ·N2 K·H 3 three. Peter Henderson took 5th 42. R·K8 ...... place with a 5-2 score, winning AltempUn ll' to win anot h(! r pawn by fi ve, and losing only to Sclloene 10&lnll t he exc hanll'e, bu t ereallng I and Sigmond. pa""ed klng>rook pll wn. Bl llC k, In see k· inll' to prevc nt lhl5, IOJU t he second Players scoring 41,2 -21,2 placed pawn a nyhow. 6th·lO th as listed; S. Matthews, 42...... 8 ·82 43. R· 1(7 8 ·HI J r., J. T. Campbell, David Shook, 44. P·R4 I(·B3 R. A. Chermside, Jr.; Josef Ul 45. R· B7 8·K3 mann . . Eight others scored 4-3, 46. RxP ,., 47. R·R5 placing I lth·18th on tie-breaking, .... " " as listed : Charles Rider , Robert T hr ea tening mate. H 47. ." ..... , 48. R(B7).KR7! Vassar, Col. J ohn Matheson, Nor 47...... R·KHI man Cantor , Jesse Burke, Irving 48. R·R6 ch R·Nl 49. RxRch YaHa, Larry Efird, and Jam e s 50. R·B6 8'"·R6 Stowe. The tournament was di 51. Rx Pch K·82 rected by William Plampin of 52. R· Q3 Resigns Alexandria. SOLUTIONS TO " MATE THE SUBTLE WAY" A total of 48 players partici NO. 1017 Nl gy: Key 1. N·R4, t hreat 2. R.B3. L ...... , R.K4 , 2. p . Q~ ; I ..... ,,". RATINGS SUPPLEMENT B.K4, 2. N·DS; I...... R-K3. 2. Q·N3; 1...... B·K3, Z. P·DS. Mut ual Une·lnt er- pated, which is a record high for ference. Of R and B on a " critical square" (81's K3 a nd K4) C r lms haw Theme The first supplementary rating the event which traditionally takes doubled) NO. l Ol l 8 arclay: Tr ies I . N-Q4·QxNch? 1. B.KB3.Q.KS? Key I. B-K etc. list proved to be a harder and place over Labor Day weekend. NO. 10lt Novls: S ct: 1. _...... , QxR, Q·K3; I. .... _.. . Q-as, z.. PxP. Kcy I. KxP. T h reat slowe r task than had been expect· This year it was held at Ike South 2. QxP. I...... , QxRc h ! 2.. QxQ; I . _...... , Q·85ch! 2. R:rQ; and 4 ot he r Yarlatiolls. No. 1020 Saltbarg.er: set play a fter I ...... _., BxP, 2. N.BJ (not to a6!) T ry: 1. K-B2, ed, with over 100 tournaments, Gate Motel in Arlington. t hr eat 2. QllPCh e lc. Now If: 1. .... _. .• BxP,' 2. N.Q3 etc. Bul I ...... , p xn·Q? S olullon : some of them big ones like the The members voted. to accept L K·R4, and If I . .. ~._. , Brl'. 2. N·B6 elc. Cooked by 1. N·K! and / or I. N·K4. US Open-and necessitating a lot No rfolk's invitation for the 1960 of work at a time when Frank tournament, and elected Claude Brady is exceptionall y busy in his Bloodgood m, President, Charles Quite naturally, he does not wish to devote the time and work and capacity as USCF Business Man· W. Ri der, Seeretary·Treasurer, and money wh.ich he regularly has devoted to the ('{l lumn if his free·will ager. Look for it in Nov. 20 CHESS David Shook, Tournament Direc contribution to the advancement of the art of chess is neither wanted LIFE. tor. nor appred nted by USCF members. And now a word of cheer to those devoted problem fa ns who reali ze that they are probably in a minority as co mpared with over·thc--board fans and tournament players among A FEW FACTS ABOUT THE "MATE THE SUBTLE WAY" VOTE the USCF membership, and who, being in a minority, fear that a natural The request co ntained in the September 20 issue of CHESS LIFE maj ority vote against the continuance of the column might cause its for your votes to decide the future of this column has given rise to a disappearance from the pages 01 CHESS LIFE, without any regard to lew misconceptions and many doubts in the minds of the members minority rights and wishes. Nothing of the sort wiil happen. The results who have responded so far. ~ t ' s settle a fe w oC these points. of the vote will be turned over to President Jerry Spann and his USCF The Editor of CHESS LIFE has nothing but respect and admiration executive, from whom your editor will await instruc tions before making for Mr. Gabor and his column. The Editor realizes perhaps better than any changes, even though there should be a majority vote for change of any kind . Incidentally, the polls will close on this vote on November most of th~ USCF members the high esteem which is accorded Mr. Gabor and his col umn in EUl'o pean chess centres, for during his years I- so if you have not voted, please do so. If you can't find the coupon, outside the United States, yo ur editor has been a member of several just send along a postcard to Frank Brady-in order that your name clubs, and bas visited many others, and in mos t of them "Mate The may be checked against the membership· files in his office- indicating Subtle Way" was conspicuously in evidence. The .suggestion that few if your preference for one of the three suggestions outlined on the ref any USCF members were interested in this column, and that a vote erendum ballot: 1. That the column appear only once a mo nth; 2. That open only to members would demonstrate this fact , was not made by the column be discontinued entirely; 3. That the column be continued your editor- it was made by other USCF officials who were honestly "as is" twice a mo nth. and sincerely concerned with the improvement of the paper. The item IneidentaJly, Mr. Gabor is now confined to his home foU owlng a in the September 20 issue, and the request for the vote, were printed period of hospitalization. Why not drop him a card or letter to show not onl y with the knowledge and consent of Mr. Gabor- he insisted him t hat you appreciate his labors to bring you enjoyment? His address that they be printed, and agreed to abide by the r esults of tbe vote. appears above in the heading of his column. Page 8 GOLDEN HEART OF ALASKA Ot play. as, to take the Class B award FOUR OUT OF THE EIGHT SCH EDUl.ED TOURN AMEN TS THAT I Entry fee Is $5.50 plus 30c USCF rat· home with him. Stallings' CHOOSE. I ENCLOS E $15.00. 6* Ing fee. Non·members of the USCF pa y points topped SeiCert's score by a an additional fee of $5 .00. Prizes for NAME ...... lop A, B, C and Juniors; ensh or tropby, full point. Congratulations to Jim· AD UR ESS ...... 8S deslr('d . Pre·regl slration before No my Stallings, a nd to CHESS LIFE ve mber 23 rales a $ 1.50 dlscoll nt. Bring contributor Bill Slater whose story CITY ...... ZONE...... STATE ...... own se lS and cloc ks. AddreS!l adv ance entri es and Inquiries to Jerry Hanken, on page 7 of the Se pt. 5 issue cor ------~- 209 W. McMill an St., Cl neinnati 19, OhIo. rectly reported the Class B results.