EPTEMBER 1956
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OLDE R BUT STILL TOUGH
;0 CENTS
liiipf ~ 1! i ate. lE YEAR S5.S0 From the "Amenities and Background of Chess-play" by William Ewart Napier
DR. TARRASCH AT ZENITH
In a review of IJj~ malch game ~ with Steinitz. Dr. Lasker dis~o\'er(ld. in the "grand old man,'" a peculiar gcnius for developing jll~t e llollg-h to withsta n d an attack, bUl baekward slInidenUy to ]Jre serve. from &x(;ha nge. enough piP!"es to insure cOlll111it:ations ' It is my hc! ir·f that Dr. Lasker venetrate!; the ~'ene l of Stcinil7,' SU( ' ce~se5 in thal oose r nlti o!! - and perhaps his (aill1"':l~ . ,,-hkh \".-err' unme rous in tournamenl play. Steini tz <,ould \l" flU hanl { ·O l1n ~f' l p,l. 22 P- N4 P_K N3 31 P- R4 QR_R t " 00 as J say, but not as I do.'" 23 R_B4 8-Q2 32 Rj4-B1 R_N 2 It is iuteresUng that. eai'lier, :;le i l\it~. 24 R_ KN1 K _ R1 33 R_ N2 QR_I{ N 1 had adopted it defi nition of til() diHcr c lI (-e 25 Q_ KN2 P- QR4 34 R-R2 Q-02 between his and the ~l ol'[Jhy SdlOol : til l' 2G B_N1 PxQNP 3~ 8 -Q3 R- Rt older Hystc m was "det'ensi'"c aUa" j;" a;1<1 2;' RPxP R_R5 36 Q_N3 Q-K 2 the nc"".
East Yaphank U n ivers ity Incident __ 272 Ga me of t he Mont h ______264 Ost e nd International ______266 Short H ist o ry of Chess ______270 Why You L ose at C h ess ______276
DEP ARTMEN T S
Announce the Mate! 258 Chess C lub Di rect ory ______263 Chessboard Magic! ______277 Ga mes from Rece nt Events ______278 H ow t o Win I n t he E n d in g ______274 P ost a l Chess ______284 Sol ita ire C hess ______273 Spot light on Openings ______268 Tour nament Calendar ______262 Wor ld of Ch ess 259
E DITOR I . A. HOM,,'ltz E XECU TIVE EDITOR J(L(:K Straley B a.tte ll CON T RIB UT ING E DIT ORS l. Cherney. J. W. COll ins. T. A. Dun$t, Dt·. M. l!:uWIl , Hana Kmoch. \V. Korn. The 06t end Cilslno (ilt left ) . S ee story, p. 266. l~red Relnleld, P. L. Rothenberg. COR RESPO ND ENTS OSTEND TO U R NAME NTS 1906 and 1956 gani~e lht! tournament. Among the Kib· AI~b a m~ E. M. Cockrell. What a n ice chap O 'Kellr is ~' n u can see itzers, there wa" the porl ier of the Casino, C~lIfornla J. B. G ~, Leroy j oh nson. Dr. H. Ralston. M. J. Hoyer. from Ihe fo llowing: when we met after the 72 years old, " 'ho $11 '" me at 1906, being Colorad o AI. 'V. R~e. OSlcnd T ournament in I3 ru;;sds 01\ Ill y way a t that time a bellbo y in the Casino. I am Connec ticut Edmund e. Hand. 10 lIIe: O e l~w a re i\1. R. Paul. hack Paris. he add ressed "Bern· afraid he is alm ost the o nly survivor of DIst. of Columblll M. V. Chur<:hlll. stein, I got the first pri",-e becau<'e you the whole chess crowil al Ostcnd, 1906. F l o rid ~ AlaJor J. B. Holt. P. C. Knolt. Ernest D0l111e r al end of lourna· G. Werber. lieke.-l the tlte ( Hem Dr. Bern.kin lists the principal Geergla It. L. Froemke. ment, I would like to givc you sollie ~ou · participants uf O"lenll. 1906, and states illinois Howa rd J. Ilell. J. O. ' Varren. I'enir. Whal wuuld "i<: .. ~e ~' O \l ?" In d l an ~ D. C. HUls. D. E . Rhead. t hat on ly he, 01l1'a5 a nd Rubinslein have Iowa 'V. O. Vanderburg. "Cive me a f{ ussian book:' Dy the way, survived.- ElJ.] Ken t ucky J. W. Mayer. O' Kell y studies R ussian alld ,< pea ks it KansH5 K. n. J\laoDonald. 011. O. B t;n j,\STt:IN Maryla nd Ch&.rle. Barasch. fl uenlly. Paris, France M a S5~c h useU' I'ranklln J. Sanborn O'Kdly g;Jve me the works "f Ihe g runt! Michigan R Buskager, J. R. \Va tson. MIn n eso t ~ n. C. Gove. Russian poet Len nonlof( (\\'hv i;. ;0 fu r REMI NDED Nebras k ~ 11. E. Ellsworth. J ack Spence, as L b i OI" al.:>o of Irish e Xlraction [ a n i\[any thanks for ynu r rem inde r. I h ll ve R. E. Weare. New Hamplhlre Hnlph ;\1. Gerth. apparent rderence to the liule joke at written 10 Ill y agenls asking Ihem 10 rcnew New York Walter ~roeh llc h. Edward Lasker. 0011 0111 uf page 266---ED.]) and wrote on m y $ \lb ~cr iplion 10 C II ESS R f:\·IF.w for H. M. Phil lip •. dedical ioll: "EII sOII~'ellir \'olre belle North C aroUn~ Dr. S. Noblin. it a de a nother tlt ree ycars. North Dakota D. C. Macdonald. victQir e slIr D Olln er qui 11/ '(( p ertl/is de rem· I shuuld li ke to take th is OjJPortunil )' Ohle Lawrence C. JaCkson. Jr.. Edwa rd F. I,orlrr [e premier prix a OSl elu[e, 1956. Johnson. of thanking ),011 for the very many hours Pennsylvania J. C. Bortner. ' VllIlam R. A. O'Kelly de Gu[,~ur . " of pleas ure and profit that you have af· Hamilton, Lee B. ·Hoaver. T his is a prouf nol <.nly (,f hi s charac· to s ubscribe South Caroli na Prof. L . L. Foster. forded me since I firS I began South Da kota M. ~~ . Anderson. tel', bllt aho uf his moch;st y. to your really excelle nt magllzine. Tennessea Mra. "larlha H a rdt. J . O. Sulli· I am sending two nice photos of the R. D . WOlliVIALD van. Jr. Te xas James A. Creighton, Frank R. Grtl.Ve$. Ostt!nd ClIsino which helpe d much to or· IV orceSler, England Homer H. Hyde. Utah Harold Lundstrom. VIrgl nl ~ Leonard Morgan. CHESS REVIEW III published monthly by Subscription Rates; Onc year $5.50, two West Vi rg inia C. T. Morgan. CH ESS RI:.'VIEW. 250 West 51th Street, years St O.50. th l'f!e years $15.00. world· wlde. Wlsconaln A. E. E lo. R. KuJoth. ~ ew York 19. :.:. Y. P rinted in U. S. A. Re Change of Addr... , Follr weeks' notice re Wyoming E. F. Roh UI'. entered aa second·cla.1[.8 mntter AUS'lIU 7, quired: Please fu rnlah an addreu stencH CA NADA; 1947. at the Post Orrice at New York, :-". Y., impre>I' ion from the wrapper of a recent Al berta Percy Connell. unde r thc Act of ~ Ia rc h 3, 1879. issue. Addreu ehanlres eannot be made with. Man itoba Dr. N. OJvln6ky. General Offices' 2~ O We$t 57th Str<:et. New out the old address" well all the new one. Qu ebec Oalas Baln. York 19. N. 1'. S",lcs Department (Fioam Unsoli cited man Ulcrlpts and phot Qgraph. Suka t chewln Frank YerhOtl'. 1329) open daily 9 to & p. m.-Saturday~ will net be retu rned unless accompanle cl by CUBA: E . Bernt. from 2 to 0 P. m. Telephone: Circle 6-8258. return POtU;e a nd self. addressed envelope. CHESS REV IEW, SEP TEM BER , 1956 257 White to move and mate 2 Black to move and mate OUTMORPHY MORPHY! So here "Uf hytmthetical He who mates hest mate~ in '·;\Im·phy·· has sacked his the shortest number of mOI 'e~ EVER SINC E annotators picked on ;\Ioq)hr (as in problelll Queo: n. He mu st hal'e had a - for one roll gh rille of the 6 below), we've fcl t that anrone-hlll any"" ,:-c,," ld knock sure·fire follow,ul' in mind thu mb. But ou r major rule j ~ oH a snapl)), Ill ate. given seclusio n and tim c clllmgh. Well, whell he did. YOll r job i~ to con found tlttl critics. Let try it here. Y"II should score a clean 100,%-lIut no '"a libis"! ~ i mp l e: just carry oul Ihe no UIIC poin t filii after that Or IJick )'lHlf ke)' shot in 3 minut e~. confirm afterwards, fo r Illan to a fl awless fin ish. there was a better, ~h or t er the usual exce ll ent fur 10, good inr 8 and fai r fpr 6 correct Instructions suy to male. wa y to mate. Reckun in all solutions. Here and elsewhere he sun: possihle muvcs - and, "I So lutions on page 288 yo u mllte best. course, he su rc to mate.
3 White to move and mate 4 Black to move and mate 5 White to move and mate 6 Black to move and mate The "seeing eye" llIay he Here i~ II cri"p and tasty This, too, is neal and Here is one of Ihe sharp the essential that thot'e '\for· problem, ind, : I,.~1. White is crisp; and, we think you'll points madc by Morphy com· I,hy crilics lack. TllO ~c who nOi cl ca rl ~' $<' nHich UI' in agree, no future critics will mentators. Morphy, it secm ~. pick Jl icayundr at Mori'hr'!; material as in ""lIle other be aMe to I, ..int " ut a one· did not play it best. We " flawj" - ret Jlerhaj's would I l r oh l em~ ull th.,. p .. ge. Ye t move ilhorter f i ll i~ h or other doubt thc crit ics cou ld Il aq' never have SI,:en tllc main the .;ccnc ill manifest ly one artistic c mhd l i~lll n c n l. With 1,Iayed it UI' to here. 8m idea themselvcs. But there uf combinatio nal sacrifice. tltis sort "f l'''slli"n. it is now, taking one deel) breath will be 110 such Ill>stmortcms The sac is I)allt; Ihe combo whole hIll; or naught. How and wha t time you need. H'I here if yOl11' "jccing eye" begins to rcbound; anri the d<) you win - which is to forth to co nfound all p o ~ , ~ Il ot~ the muill chance. fin ish is clean. Go to it! say - how do Y"lI mate? sihle critics. How?
7 White to move and mate 8 Black to move and mate 9 White to move and mate 10 Black to mo ve and mate Let's leal'e criticism be· The cril ics'll never get at Here's une "n wh ich those As 8 finis and quietus, we ]'ilid, sha n we? and go for this. It's from a game, yes; crilics may gct u~ . We offer stick in a standard quiz po. our own creath'c artistry. bUI it's a sirict ir might. III' II mate ; !Jul Black has II sition. Don't stol' liS if The problem here is to mate. hal·e·been position. But, number of diffcrent defenses. you've hea rd it before. JII.t It's not reall y hard. Just gh'en the chance, tl,e critics Be su re to accuunt fo r a ll : go ahead and mate. But, a. compound Ihree parts of the mi ght hal'e made hay. For and, .... ho kn,,"·';? ~-o u In a)' a IlOint of art, enjoy the obdous wit h, pe rhaps, two the finish is lI ot obvious and set us up fur a cook. Sure, posi ti on first: Black is so of ingClluity - or i~ it one is subject to quite some reo it's a fine broth of a prob utterly busted - e:o; cc pt that and a half'~ hashing. Try to work out lem. But takc it with a grain he is on the move. Okay now: Solutlont, pllg e 288 a sure mate. of salt , nlllle! work Out the mute.
258 CHESS REVtEW, SEPTEMBER, t 9~6 CHESS Vol. 24, No.9 REVIEW SEPTEMBER, 1956
Chess Dynamo O'Kelly de G,dwuy of Belgium, pcr haps Ihe world's most active player, chalked up another triumph at OstenJ whe n he emerged undefeated from a round robin with five win s and I \Vo draws. Runner.up was Holland's J. H. Donner, 5%.1%. whose Joss to Dr. Ossip Bern stein of France in the last round cost him at least a lie for first. Coupled in third and fourth places were Dr. Leh· mann of Germany a nd H. Golombek of England, 4%.212 euch, with Lehman n standing beucr on tic·breaking points. (See story on page 266.) Laurels to Italian In a chess festival at Cardone, Italy, the Italian, Napolitano, and the Yugoslav, Bozich, took fi rst and second respectively on S.-B. totals after each had scored .J.1 in games. Canal (Peru) and Obson Reshevsky (left) in Game 2 vs. Lombardy. The game was played in a hot spell such that hardy kibitzer H en ry E. Eckstrom had to rest at times. See games, page 260. (Sweden) tallied 3%.1V:! each. Yugoslav Communique UNITED STATES New York ; in the tent h, hc (kkated Rob· A tourney at Palanka, Yugoslavia, went crt H. Steinmcycr of St. Louis ; and, in the joint ly to Dr. Bel)' of Hungary and Karak. NATIONAL elel'enth, he took a dnm· with J alllt:s T. lajieh of Yugoslavia, each lO~.21h. Dr. Older but still Tough Sherwin of New '( ork on Ihe cllll sideration P. Trifunovich of Yugoslavia, 8V:!.4Yz, that he then stood to win the tunrnament. In April. 19·19, we run the coyer picture finished third. The story of that consideration and of of Arlhur Bi ;: guier with th e story that he the twelfth rou nd adds to the li st of con· Palm to Pilnik "mar be yuuug hut he certain))· is tough. troversial USCF last rounds. The pairings After a bad start in the Manl'attan Che .~3 At the Edgar Colle Club in Erusseb, throughout 11 rounds had been made on H. Pilnik, Jleripatetic Argentine grand. Club Championship, the teen·agcd U. S. lhe so·ealled Median ~y s tem on which Bis· master, won a small tOll mel' with 2V:!.%. Juniur titlelwlder showed amaziug: stamina guitr could predict hi s la ~ t ruund oppo in recoverin g to retain his Cl!dl title with nent. He states he agreed to the draw Moral Victory 8·2." with Sherwin on that expectation; hut, Despite the presence in the line.up of Today, "lder and much thinner. Bi ~ gu i er when the pairings wel·e posted .) minutes h kol', T rifunovich. .Matanovich and is still t"u~h. In the uscr ··Open" at hefure play in the 121h round, he found Karaklajieh, a Belgrade team could do no Oklahoma Cil)". he started wcll with two the i\Iedian system had not been followed. better than tie a nl(lteh with Sofia, Bul· win s (one agaiust the redouhtablc, oft· His protest rejected, Bi ~ gui e r considered garia. The result of the double round en· times Ok lahoma Champion, Dr. Bela act uallr withdrawing but finally, rather co unter was 10.10, an excel lent result for Roz ~ a ) . But he lost jnglori O I1 ~ J) ' to Daniel than sacrifice e,'erl'thin g, he offered his th e underdog Bulgarians. A. Fisehhcimer of Chicago in the third opponent, Edmar .Mednis of New York, round. And, as it goes in Swi ss Sl's tems a draw on the first move by way of further Drop in English Stock with ]urge numbers of contestants. he was protest. They did draw in ten moves. The twenticth annual mateh between promptly plungcd into the ruck. And we Amsterdam Bourse and the London others took the lead. and the headlines. Curiously, even with th"l draw, Bisguier Stock Exchange wa s bagged by the Displayin g some of that Bisgllier slam ina, won first place, with a elear ma rgin in Dutchmen with 10Y::·5V::. however, he fought back wilh a steady tie·breaking points over Sherwin who made sllccession 'I f d ean wins (only Attilio Di an equal 91h·2Yz game points by defeating Camillo of Philadelphia succeeded in Edgar T. l\IcCormick in the last round. So drawing a gam e with him) till he finally Bisguier is today both the regular USCF engaged those leaders again. In the ninth Champion and the uscr "Open" Cham· round, he defeated Anthony F. Said)' of pion. :HESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1 9~6 259 Trainin9 Match Mr. A. Bisno reports that the Ru ss ia n ~ ha\'e definitely accepted terms of match betwcen Samuel Reshc\'$k)' and David Bronstein. It is to be in December, and the Bussians express irott'rest in having Re tihevskr compete in the Alekhine TOll1'll1l' ment. in Moscow, between the Inte rna· tional Team Tournament and the Match. In a sharpening session, the American Chess Foundation pitted young Bill Lom bardy again st Reshcysky. and they have had five draws, as we go to I)ress.
Game 1 was conceded 10 be 11 draw by Reshevsky aUer adjoUl·nment. though he was II Pawn ahead. Played August 9th and called drawn Au ~"st 15th. it was the !I\OH e);;clUng by far of the first three gllmes of the set of si);;. SICI LIAN DEFENSE W illi am Lombardy Sam ue l Reshevsky White Dlacl. P-K4 P- QB4 22 P-N5 PxKP DR. H. SLUTZ 2 N_KBS P-QS 23 PxKP Q_K6 HAAAY F AJANS Champion of the 1st Silverstar cruise S P_Q4 PxP 24 PxN OxP The "Chess Aho i" Ch ampion of c ruise 2 and President of Cincinnati Chess Club 4 NxP N_KBS 25 KR_ R4 B-N5 a nd ex-star of the NYU Chess T ea m S N-QBS P-KNS 26 0-0- 0 A- KS 6 B-KS 8_N2 27 N-NS Q-BSt The three S's who hUll struggled so long 7 P- BS 0-0 28 R_Q2 OxO RUY LOP EZ in tht: lead dispersed somewhat by the end: 8 Q-Q2 N_BS 29 RxO R_RS Lomba rdy Reshevsky Sherwin placed second on the tie·hreak; 9 B_QB4 N_QR4 30 Rj2-A2 R_Ql 'Vhile Blatk Steinmeyer secured a clear third at 9·3, 10 B-NS B-Q2 31 R-Q2 R-R8t P-K4 P-K4 21 R- Q4 QR _Bl defeating J. Theodorovitch of Toronto in 11 B-R6 R_B1 32 K-B2 B-Q8t 2 N- KB 3 N_QB3 22 QR-Ql A-B3 the last round; but Saidy slipped into the 12 P-K R4 BxB 33 RxB R/1 x R S B- N5 P-QRS 23 Q- QS R- Ql first of the large tie· b rackets so common 1S QxB P-K4 34 N-K2 P-K5 4 B_ R4 N-BS 24 P-QB4 Q-B2 14 Nj4-K2 P-QN4 R- Ba in a Swiss system a t 8l/2.3'i2 along with Di 35 R-R3 5 P_Q4 PxP 25 P-B4 P-B3 15 P-R5 NxB 36 R-KS RxP Camillo, Mednis, S. Popel (of Detroit ) 6 0 _ 0 B-K2 26 P_QN3 B-B2 16 RPxN P-N5 37 RxP PxP A_K 1 and Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn- who sets 7 P-K5 N-K5 27 P-KA3 17 N-Q5 N xN 38 PxP KxP 8 Nl
.~ u pre maey Hosen],lool\l Irollhr Jor tire Philadelphia _\,·If· j a .lry. Co.champions of the Wood· Joun,l Dr. H"dney Bai ne rC jJ ca till;! as :'Il is· area ehanlpi"n; hip j,y orR' match I'"inl bury Cltf'ss Club are \'\·illiam E. Archer ~ L." i pjJ i champion. Hi ~ ~c " rc wai; an out· " I'e r Ila'·erf"rd. with ~ w~rll,nl"r e a nd ami Stanley !'o J. Fra .• ie r. F.ach ;; cored . ~ : ~ :' Ianding 6 ~'2 .1~. wcll a head of L. 1'. Vi llal",,·a ai , ,, e"ll!p"tin~. Cro u-der. Z. T. :'I 1.· Kili ney an.1 T ed C"x. points out o f 6. ahead of (;,·"rlle Cake in B"h ~ rt I.. C. B"rnholz rdained his each 5·2. who fini~hcd in the order men · thinl plaee wit h 4·2. dlUll!l'i"Il_
CH ESS R[V t ~W , 5EPTE MB ER, 1956 261 Virginia. The Charlottesl'ille Raling Tour IT·isconsin. The biggest :\merican chess nament finished with Terence Y. Mullins meet on record is under way in Milwau· as city champion. He scored 4%.%, draw kee. sponsored by the Milwaukee JouTnal ing with Prof. S. V. :\IcCasland, wh u and the city's Department of Municipal placed sccond with 3~~. 1 Y; . Dr. Frank Recreation. It is the 17th Annual AIl.City Daniel came th ird at 3·2. Junior Chess Tournamen t, in which ahout The annual city championship of Rich· 3.000 boys and girls up to 18 are entered mond City was won by Rohert Feeney, 6·0, in the preliminaries. According to the but not the title. as he Jives 40 mil es .lJilwallkee jOllfnal. it has been estimated away (at Chilesburg). So Daniel Fidlow Ihat ovcr 40.000 young peoille have play. retaincd title and tr"phy. winning on ed in this unique event during the pasl S.-B. points over William Wirth who had 16 \"(~ a rs. the same 4·2 in game points. :\Iiss Berlie Lec Wicker (18 years) won Ihc "Wood pusher's" class tournel' wilh 5·1 and su CANADA [Icrior S.-B. points ol'er Carl Sloan who Alberta COMING EVENT5 IN THE U. 5. m(ui e an identical game score. AND CANADA L. Moser. on the staff oi the Uni\·ersit)· Hubert Bonwell of Roanoke won the Abbreviations-55 Tmt: S .... lss System Tour of Alberta, is the new provincial cham· nament (In 1st round entries paired by lot V.P.I. chess tournament, ahead of Arthur pion. or ~electlon; In subsequent rounda players Old of Tidewater, in an eliminati on af· with similar scores paired). RR Tmt: Round Robin ToornRment (each man playa every fair of nearly 150 players. British Columbia other man). KO Tmt: Knock-out Tourna For the third straight time, Walter ment (loBers or low scoren eliminated). IT' asil;ngton. The championship of Sea ttle n: Cas h prizes. EF: Entry tee. CC: Chen as wd l as that of the Inland Empire and Jursevkis won the British Columbia tit It'. Clob. CF: Cheu Federation. CA: Cheu As Easlern Washington Open came int o Ih e His current winning score was 6%-Y2. sociation. CL: CheBa League. p" s~ess i on of Viktors Pupols with scores A retired Burnaby watchmaker ha, of ·1Y; .1 1/2 and 5·1 respectively. In each lJU iit a rapid transit chess clock out of Indiana-Oetober 13-4 casco Pupols' victory was obtained through assorted odds lind ends. It is a precision 3d Annual Fort Wayne Open Tourna· tic.brea king points against riva ls who timepiece whicb can be set to chime for ment at YMCA, Ft. Wayne: 5 rd 55 Tmt equaicil hi s game score. In Seattle, the periods from five seconds to sel'eral min· (3 rd, Oct. 13, 2 Oct. 14) at 45 mOI'es runner·up was Dr. A. A. Murray of Ray. utes. The craftsman is Joshua Heath per 11.6 hours: EF S5: SS 50%, 30% and mond. Washington; and, in Spokane. he !\fayer, 88, who has been playing che;;;; 20% of fund of 60% total EFs, plus a was Cornelius Gordon. sincc he was 14 years old and still pushes brilliancy prize. Bring chess equipment. At Tacoma, Vernon Holmes was succe~s a wicked Pawn. For details, write to D. C. Jones, 3424 ful in the club round robin with the con· The .Hail Bag, a publication of the N. Washington Rd., Ft. Wayne 6, Indiana. vincing score of 12112.1/2. Outstrip[lerl wcre postal workers of various cities in British For hotel reservations, Mr. Hal'el, Y:\ICA , Hultman and Carlson in II tie for sec"nd Columbia, features a regular chess column 226 E. Washington Road. aI9%-3%. de\'oted to chess problems. The Walla Walla Chess Club took a Ontario New York-Oetober 20-21 double· round contest from the Spokane In the final for the Hamilton Chess "Lake Eric 'Ollen' Championship" at the Chess Club b)' 6.4, as Ray Kronl]uist starred for Walla Walla with a double Club title, Myer Harris, the club's pre::· Hotel Buffalo, Washington and Swan 5t, iden!. was successiul with 4-1. J. Plewe::. Buffalo, N. Y.: 5 rd S5 Tmt: 50 mOI"es in victory. All his teammates split their points. 31/3-1112, was runner·up. 2 hr: EF 87 (S5 for Juniors): 88 ht $75, 2d 825 & trophies. incl. one for high, The Highline High School was no match Quebec ior the West Seattle Chess Club in a set·to est ranking Junior: for details, write tn The Premier Reservcs of the .Montreal that saw the students blanked by 0·10. William Ru ~c h. 482 Lisbon Avenue, Chess League went to Karl Kristemen. The high.riding West Seatlle team mem· Buffalo, New York. recently from Denmark, with a 4·1 talk bers were Ben Weischer, Max r-.lage. Kil· :"Ieil McEachern was second, and qual i. lian Seekamp, Fred M. Howard and Gene British Columbia_October 26_7 fies, along with Kristensen, fo r next years Vukonich. city championship. The Premier Resen'e ~ British Columbia High School Cham. If/cst. Virginia. In a match hetwee n are fed by the Major Reserves and the pionship at Qualicum Beach: 6 rd 55 Charleston and Huntington, featuring the laller in turn by the Minor Reserve s. Re Tmt: EF SI: trophies for 1st and 2d: participation of West Virginia's fi ve co· ce nt :\Jajor victor was G. Van Dom p for details, write to Paul Smith, Parh champions, Charleston conquered by 6·4. ~ daar , a newcomer from Holland, whilt ville, B.C. thus taking the rival city's measure for the Minor event was won by Da\" id Ihe second consecutive time. William Hart· Aboody, only 13 years of age. Wisconsin-November 23.25 li ng, William Cuthbert, G. Hobday, Wal· At the Club du i'tIat for blind player" 3d Annual "Nnrth Central Open Tour ter Crede and Walter Privette won for 1. 1\1. Lehel, 5Y2.Y2, won the championship nament" at Schroeder Hotel. Milwaukee, Charleston, while Donald Burdick, Rudd far ahead of his closest rivals, J. Cimoll Wisconsi n: 7 rd 55 Tmt: 45 mov es in 2 T. Neel and Jack Abraham scored full and R. Fallot, each 2Y2.3%. Cimon is hours; 2S mph afterwards : EF 87 for points for Huntington. Two draws were quoted as saying that about a dozen chell user. members; 88 for non-members: SS recorded. books and a chess magazine are available total prize fund S500 guaranteed; lst in Braille. prize S200 guaranteed; for fu rlher de_ Final standings in the Class "A" tea lll tails, write to Arpad E. Elo. 3935 North championship of the Montreal Che:;.s Fiebrantz Drive, i\lilwaukee 10, Wisconsin. League saw the En Possant Chess Cl ub. represented hy i\L Fox, M. Guzc, A. Gar ~ lick, J. Gersho, C. Podlone and M. Husi d. For benefit of our readers, these ttems are printed If reported by authorized offi_ in top position by a one· point margill cials at least two months in advance. over the second.place Royals.
~62 CHESS REVtEW, SEPHMBER, t9S' Ch essmaster r. A. H orowitz has made al. most an annual rit e of his simultaneous exhi bitions at Dee rfield Academy and is repeatedly re.invlted. F or his continental tour, see page 271 .
LATIN AMERICA Argent ina Tying for first in thc traditio nal Mar del Pla ia Tournamclll ,,'ere Julio Bol· bachan and Miguel Na;dorf wit h equal ;;cores of 12Y2.3V:!. Next, willi II·S each. we re E. Eliskascs and Sanguinetti. T hc galhering this year was attended ex· clusil'clr by South Americans. FOREIGN England A strong showin g was made hy C. Kottnauer, 4 %'Y2, in lhe Ilford Premier To urnament. Two poinl s behind in the ro und robin were A. Phillips, P. H. Cla rke and R. C. Wade. The Counties Champ ionship WIIS credit · ed to M i ddle~ex when the latter downed Warwickshi re in the fintll by 16·8. In the National Club Knockout Cham· pionship. Ilford was viC IOri OUS by 4-2 in WHERE TO PLAY CHESS tbe final against Manchester. Cam bridge University retained the California Ne w York British Un ivenities' Championship by PACI F I C PALISADES CHESS CLUB BROOK LYN C H ESS CLUB edging Queens University (Belfast) with 601 Latilnel' Hoad 80 Lafayette A "enue a 4Y2.3Y2 score. Pacific Palisades. Californl;l Brookl),n, ~ell' York Telephone: GL-·1·5161 Telephone: CJ·3·i687 Holland Two smaU three·round tourneys saw Florida MANH ATT AN CHESS CLUB Bruyn and Van den Tol successful, each 100 Central Park South with a 2%-% tally. MANATEE COUNT RY CHESS CLUB New York 19. New York ( Bradenton, Florida) Telephone: CO·5·8i38 Hong Kong P.O. Box ,6. Cortez. Flol·ida. c/ o of J~. M. Malcolm: BI·adenton 9·2·191 MARSHAL L CHESS CLUB A match in this British crown colony 23 West 10 Street between the R.A.F. an d th e Army WIIS Illinois New York, New '1'01'11 won by th e former with 6·4. Telephone: GH·7·3 716 IRV ING PARK YMCA CHESS CLUB Ireland 4251 Irving PaL'k Road T IM E S C H E SS CENT ER Easy victory by 4Yz·l% over the Cal· Chleago, Illinois HI West 42 Street New York. New York way Chess Club enabled Eoghan Huadh Mossachusetts Chess Club of Dublin 1.0 regain the All · W E ST CHESTER BRONX CHESS CLUB Ireland Club Cbampionshill Ihey held in HIXON CHESS CLUB 22401 Westchester Avenue 1954. Ho tel Hixon Dronx 62, New Yorl, North Attleboro Telephone: T A·3·06 07 Massachusetts Chess in Novel Vein VORKTOWN CHESS C LUB In Ihe June issue of Playboy magazine, New Jersey Yorktown Helght s .~. Y. Telephone: cbess is given the "plush Playboy treat· EI'enlng. Yorktown Heights 2-456 4, mellt" in a nine pagc spread which chess L OG CABI N C HESS CLUB DilY, Yorkto\I' n Heights 2-4153. ( F ounded 1934) col um ni st Walt Crede ca lls "alarmingly At the home of E. Forry Laucks different." In addit ion to uniq uely ar_ 30 Collamore Terrace Ohio tistic illustrations, the chess material in. West Orange. Xew Jerser eludes " Last Gambit" (a short story by CINCINNAT I CHESS CLUB Chamnions of the X. Y. ""let" League. 1209 Mel'cantile Lib. Bldg, 41-1 Walnut Lor ing D. Mandel ) and pertinent data by 19~8. Organi~ed and founded Xor lh Jer$e)' CheM League and Inter·chelU L eague. Stl·eet. Cinci nnati, Ohio: Phone N. Gabor, REVIEW'S A . First CHESS editor, 1. Horowitz. to help in large sca le inter's l nle m a tchcs. Woodburn 1-6480. First to fly
RUSSIA vs YUGOSLAVIA that. on this occasion, the Russ ians achi eved their Team Match, Belgrade, 1956 victory in the «fifth hour." The apportionment of time is, besides a question of The two strongest chess count ries in the world routine, also a malleI' of insight into th e complicated have taken each other's measure in a co ntest which character of the chess gam e. One must realize that lasted abo ut two weeks. Twelve grandmaster;;- were of every position, however sim ple, can suddenly present the party, five from the Yugoslav side. Thc best rc problems which cannot lJ e solved within a short span sults were obtained by Smyslov and Geller (5 lh out of of tim e. If things are left to coast along to the la st 8) who ev idently continu e to carryon thei r rivalry minute, then gross blllnd ers hecome unavoidable. It from the Challengers Tournament. Gl igorich and Auer is true that certain players, especia ll y the younger, a l'f~ bach scored 5 out of 8: lVfatanovich, I301es la vsky and so mil itant that they often hit the nail on the head even Korchnoi 4V:! out of 8. Keres and Tnimanov, finally, und er the stress of ti me pressure. Hence, such play had to content themselvei;' with 4 ou t of 7, and Pel ers may 1I0t shrink from th e spectre of time trouble. rosyan and Karaklaj ich with 4 out of 8. But they also, on occasions, have to pay the piper, as The contest was spread o"er 8 rounds, with the ind eed in the Amsterdam Challengers Tou rnament. USSR drawing two Hnd win ning the resi. Three times The percentage of draws conformed to that of th e Yugoslavia lost by the dose margin of 3~ to 4Y2 and last Challengers Tonrnu lll en t: an ample 6070 . It is not th ree ti mes decisively with 2V:! to 5V:!. The tota l too hi gh for a congregation almost exclusively of score, 38 to 26, on the one hand, confirms the suprem grandmasters. Six players remained undefeated: Smys. acy of Russian chess, on lh e other, shows thal Yugo JOY, Gligorich, iVlatanovich, Auerbach, Boleslavsky and slavia is on th e right road. The Yugoslav team scored Sima gin (the la tter played on ly two games). Di sre· gard ing the games \rhieh incurred an untimely ending about 40% and performed better th an the Argentinian owing to gross blundering, th ere still rem ain a suhsta n. or the Un ited States teams. For all that, luck in general tial \lu mber of fine games. It must be stated that the favored the USSR. A nu mber of times, the Yugoslav majority of the drawn games exhibited the " pador. masters (and grandmasters) threw away a fuH point draw"* character, running to from 20 to 30 moves. on elementary blunders. Time press ure was the great But often the win was hard fought for and th en proved spoiler, an d it is definitely no exaggeration to say out of reH ch for either side. ONE of the best games. in r egard to T his position has a lready occurred a build up and development. is the follow· llumb~r of Urnes in t he 1953 Challenger ~ ing drawn game between KOl'chnoi and Tour nament at Zurich and. each time. .\[atanovh::h. It contains a beal1 ti Ful com· has re sulted in disadvantage to White bination which, though overlooked. a tas. It is surprising, therefore. that \Vhite nonethetess lends the game a t rue cachet. lets himself in for it again - and again NIMZO_tNDIAN DEFENSE without success. V. Korchnoi A. Matanovich 13 NxP White Black In Taimanoy-Euwe. Zurich, 1953, t he weak 13 P- Q5 gave Black an early, de· 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 4 P-K3 0_0 eisil'e adVantage with 13 . N- K2 1-1 2 P- QB4 P-K3 5 B-Q3 P_B4 P-B·J. DxN 15 PxB, Q- Q2! 3 N_QB3 B-N5 6 N-B3 P_Q4 7 0 _ 0 N_B3 13 A famitiar offshoot of the variation. The normal position of this opening 14 PxN 11 B-R2 which. In less than ten years of prac 15 B-N1 tical ptay. has already been examined White's Bishop avoids the indirect at· tack by the Queen; but the pr efer en ce The nature of this ··ma tch'· is somewhat uo from every angle. !nm!lin r here, having s ome e lements of a S P-QR3 S,N nowadays is the more centralizing 11 ro'''''l- '-obin tOllrnCl,mcnt. "'ith S on " lcnm. 9 PxB QPxP B-Q3. ~"ch playrr meets all 8 011 the OP)Xlsin ~ H,nm. once each. It s eem.~ 10 be called a 10 BxP Q-B2 11 •• . P-K4 Sl\'e,li~h team match in Eu rope. 11 could he 12 Q-B2 B-N5 cnll~d a round-robin team match. graphi • Curious ly . the Dutch reverses Ou r term. cally bu t "ather cumbersomely. \Ve 5 Ugge~ : "grandmaster draw:· infO thi.~ ··parlor_ that. in this country at least. it be cnll0:l draw:' - Ed. t _ check: • _ dbl. check: i _ dis. ch. " Yil'l:inia Reel.-Ed.
~64 CHESS REVIEW. SEPTEMBER, 19~6 Again, the sharpest and strongest. 21 Black cannot avert the loss o[ a Pawn P:..:N is refuted by 21 . B:..:R 22 P:..:D, (29 ... P-QIH 30 Q-;\'5) and so advances /I-Kilt 23 K-N2 (or K- B2J, R/l- Q8! his passed Pawn [01" a try at liquidating 21 R_B1 B-K5 the entire Queen-side. 30 P-R3 Q-B4 32 Q-Q4 P-B7 Ju~t by mane\lI'et'ing, Black dis l' UI)(~ White's whole attaek. 31 QxP P-B6 33 R-B1 P-R4 34 Q-Q2 R-B1 22 Q-N3 All according to plan. White l"1\n now make heauway only by surrendering h is Queen Rook Pawn in e:..:ch~lIlge for Black's passed Pawn, 35 P-QR4 Q-K5 38 RxP Q-N3t 36 P-R5 Q-R5 39 K-R2 R,R Already, with his last move, White's 37 P-R6 QxRP 40 QxR build-up is virtually condemned, H e has It is only by e:..:ception that the Queen taken 3 moves to align Queen and e nd-game of four Pawns against three Bishop all one diagonal, and he could offers any winning chances. have taken 2_ It surely Is not worth a tempo to have the Queen in front, ;\101'1" 40 P-N3 P-N4 PxPt over (ami probably this is the most im 41 Q-K4 Q-B2 "54 K,P K_R3 portant objection to this system), 'W hite's 42 Q-RSt K_N2 55 K_R3 Q- QNS Queen Rook is no\\' completely out of play, 43 Q-R6 Q-B6 56 Q-K3 Q-BSt Black to Play and Win 44 Q-B6t K_N1 57 K_N3 K-N2 15 .. _ _ KR- K1 45 Q-N5 Q-K6 58 Q-B2 Q-QNS 16 P-K4 In lhl~ position, Blark has a beau 46 Q_N3 Q- K5 59 P_B5 Q-Q6t This center advance ought to produ-ce ti[u! and decisive continuation at his 47 Q- KB3 Q-KS 60 Q-B3 Q-Q5 good attacking chances fol' White, ex disposal: 22 B:..:P ! 23 K:..:I3 (23 Px:N, 48 Q- KN3 Q-K5 61 P-B6t K-R2 cept that Black has aU his pieces ready B:..:H 2·1 KxlJ, Q-B6t, etC',). Q-K7t! 49 P- R4 K_N2 62 Q-K2 Q-N8t a t hand, The sequels are : 1) ~4 K-N3, N-R4t 50 Q- KB3 Q-K8 63 K-B3 Q-R8t 25 K- I{·1, Q:..:Pi 26 K-N~ , Q-N6t 27 K:..:N, 16 . , .. QR-Q1 51 P-N3 K-N1 64 K-N4 Q-NBt 2) 17 P-B3 P - X3 ';' 28 K- R6, Q-R5 mate: 24 R-D2, 52 K-R3 K-N2 65 K-B4 Q-Q5t Q- N5t and 25 H-Q8t: 3) 2·\ K-Nl, Drawn 17 P-KB4 is also possible; but, after R-Q7!! (a I'el'y fiae illustratiOIl of ob 17 _, Q-R4, Black eventually Pl'OlitS structlon: note that, on 24 . N- N5 at from such possibilities as B-K7 ai' lHH:e. White has 25 Q- B2 al"ailable) 25 even, _ , D-Q8, 8:..:1{. ):i- X5 26 R- B3 (the only mOl'e to TRAVELING CHESS SET 17 .. __ B-K3 delay the mate), QxR 2, D-KI (27 In Geller-Kotol' (Zurich, 1953), 17 Q- B7"( and 28. ,Q:..:P mate was threat B-Q2 18 B-N2, 8 -B3 ]9 8-R2, N- R4 20 ened). N- K6, with an ullparriable mate QR-Ql, N-B5 gave Black the advantage. at 118 at' Ni. The text move is perhaps even stronger 22 , ... Q- N5? as Black can use his Bishop [01' attack Too bad [01' the game that ill::wk does ing pmposes via his B5. not avail himself of his brilliant oppor 18 P-KB4 tunity. Now White stands better just as White's course is dictated even though soon as I3lal"k's strong Bishop is to dis it leaus to nothing, appeal', 18 Q_R4 23 BxB 19 P-K5 24 QxP
This peg-in traveling set has a playing board aJl of S" square! Plastic men,-%" high, plug into plywood board which Is encased in a leatherette cover: The De Luxe model (also has compartments at each end for captured men). Standard model is in pasteboard cover (has no compartments). De Luxe In photo. Already, \\Ihlte's attack Ilas reached 25 B-K3! Order by catalogue number: its climax. A[tel' 25 QxP. Black still retains good No. 197-Standard model ______$1.25 19 .. , . B-B5! chalices, by 25 . _ . N-K7t 26 K-Rl, Q- R5, No. 199-De Luxe model ______$5.00 threatening 27 . , _ N-N6t. 'But t his tll'ist An exceptionally strong move, whereby has been rendered harmless as White has Black combines attack and defense in B- B2 at the critical moment. excellent fashion. Capturing on £6 is Send for complete not possible because of 20 .. BxR 21 25 . , , , N-Q4 catalogue of chess supplies KxB, R-Q8t 22 K- B2, Q-R5t 23 P-N3 26 QR-K1 (23 K-B3, R-BSt and mate next). Qx:RPt Not 26 IhP, NxP! 24 K- B3, R-BSt 25 K-N4, P-RH, etc. 26 .... N,B 2S R-B3 RxRt MAIL YOUR ORDER TO 20 R-B3 27 RxN R- QS 29 RxR CHESS REVIEW On 20 R-Kl, D-Q6 comes In strongiy. I3lack's attack has spent Hself, 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. 20. . . . B-Q4! 29 . _ P_B5 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 195"6 265 THE OSTEND INTERNATIONAL, 1956 A Fiftieth Anniversary for Dr. O. Bernstein By ALBERIC O'KELLY DE GALWAY
Of the 36 partici pants in the O$le nd T"urnament of 1906 only Ihree ilre ~1i11 '1Iive. Curiously enongh. a ll Ihrec were jUlrn in Ihe autumn of IBB2. T hey afC Bcrn~lein and Akiba RulJin ;;lcin (ill lint,;. ~ e l,,) and O. Duras (in Prague). Another ~torv which Bernslein IHlrrates fro llL 1906 - it shoK~ lite wilty tum of Illu ~I<'r5 in thc old day; - eon(;cl'llS his i!:lIlW ui!ainst '\mos Burn. a very g"ud frielld. Afler 8 Ill o\'e~. they had a simpl i. fied IH ,_-;i liun. and Bunl proposcd a druw. Jl e rrl.~ tcin refused and ;<)011 regretted il: f"r Bnrn hcgan to play ,eIT strungly. On Ih e 261h move. Bern~lt'in's posiliun W:lS c"mplclely desperalc. :'\:""" it was hi~ lurn I" pr " P" ~<': a draw ; hut. of cour."c. Burn rcfll . Disillu~ion! White dare not 16 QxP bee:i\llse of 16 . N-B4, thl'eatening R- IU which wins the Queen. The Queen retreats (~oon), having lost vll luable l ime. 16 P-R3 N-B4 17 Q-82 B-Q2 View of Casino (far left): see Be rnste in's remarks on page 257. 18 S-QS1 While provides more space for his 31 P-KS R_K7 34 PxP P.P Donner Queen. He has no time to develop in 32 R_KB1 P-Q7 35 P-QR4 N-K7t ,-iew of the threat, P-QN·I, followed 33 6-B3 R_K8 Resigns hr ., PxP and e,-entually B-H5. A ('lil;<; O'Kelly Bernstein The gaille was adjourne(l ill this posi· tion, with Dr. Bernstein sealing the move, '12 P- H5. He told me tl\(lt he 19 P-QN3 would will the game. I was rather skep· 20 QPxP tical, lind DOllller was e:onfident in his After 20 NPxP, B- R5 and 2l ... H-Nl , material adl'anlage. 42 P- R5 R-R3 While's game is also hO]leless. Grob 43 K_R4 N.P 20 Q-R4t! WhiW's Ian lllove was 35 Q- B:l . Here mill·k falls into a well hidden Dlael;: sets up a t empo gain for his next 35 NxB 37 QxQ R-Q7 trap. mOI-e: 21 P-QN4 only sets up more 36 R-Q8t RxR 38 P-R6 ..eaknesses after the reply, 21 . ' . Q-R5. Correct lIla" Ill:"lY be 13 . K- B4 44 "VlJit e ' ~ I'awn seems very dangerous; Il- Kl , K- n~ .][i N- K5, with the lhreat of 21 Q-Q2 Q-N3 but his I~ing iH in a. mating net. 46 N-Qi allil ·!7 N-N8, and pos"lbly win· 22 P-QN4 N-RS ning chances [or \Vhite. 38 N-Q5 White simply could not I(eep the 39 K_B3 It is peculiar thnt White was so Sllre Knight out. of winning the game: the future j ustified 23 N_K2 On 39 Jt - 131. mack ha~ 39 Jl.x:Nt his intuition. But, objeetil'ely speaking, 40 HxH, ltXI{7 H K-IU (not -II K- Nl, it is 100 lHu ch to say that White wins . and noll' he must give Ull something D- X 7.,. alul .1\ .•. N-?\6 nww), H-Rit (rom the diagTilmmeti position, to get his King into safety. 42 K-~l. H- Q7 ·13 K-lH, H- ilit ·1·1 K-Ql. 44 R-KN1 23 R.P 0-X6. and Black Wins. This i!lli et mo\e ,,-ins a tempo and 24 0-0 KR-B1 39 . , , P_QB4 25 N-B4 R-B7 hence the Queen Bishop Pawn. This win· Thi~ I()oli~ like a. problem move. On ning move e:ilme [0 Dr. Bernstein when What follows is only an execution. 40 Pxp, ['- X5t ·1 L KxP, l\- U3t! or -11 he awoke t hat morning. 26 N-Q5 XxI', X - N ·' mate. ,",or does ·10 Q-N8t 44 P-R3 Dlm'k noll' wins eomfortabl~' as there change llIiltt c r ~ . 45 N_Q4 K_B3 .-ill be nothing left to obstruct his 40 P-R7 46 R-QB1 Resigns passed Pawn. That dilngerolls Pawn goe~ on; but Indeed, aftel' ·17 NxP, followed by P 11 NxQ R.B 29 RxR N- B6 \Vhite is maled in fonr IllO\' ef< : ·1 0 :\r5, there is no defense. 28 NxB RxQR 30 R-Kl P_Q6 IlxN-, ·11 K- Q3, ll- B5t 42 K- K3, H.-B6t :Fol" this nice ending, a special prize Elacl;: threatens 31 D- Q5 . ·1 3 K-1l4, RxP mate. was awarded to the Willner. CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1956 267 Up-to.date opemng analysis by WALTER KORN by an outstanding authority. THE ANTI-SICILIAN PORCUPINE '\1~Curlllio:k of Log Cabin vs. llatlell of '\lal'~hall): S Q- Q2. B- K3 9 NxD, PxX THE YUGOSLAV VARIATION - Part One 10 B- QfJ.l. Q- Bl 11 0 - 0 (\-Vhite departs here from the I1 sual O~O-O apparentlr From the last issues of th is publication, OLlr readers will remember the better to altaek on the Queen·side if the deliberation concerning the "hedgehog" formation in the Saemisch DIad: e a~t les there while still having Variation against the King's Indian Defcnse, with P-KH3. The King's SOIll(: Pl'E'Sl\UI'e Oil the King·s ide despit ~ the text). N - K·l 12 B-X5t, N/3-Q2 13 Indian, we may note, has been a most popular defense against the Queen fl-Kft6, 0-0: (There is no better move: Pawn opening. In a curiolls parallel, the same strategy appears strong so the ' ·po~lp one menr· did not \\'oJ'k but and difficult to meet when used against the Sicilian, which is cnrrently :';till remains ,\- di~tinct a ttempt.) 8 Q-Q2 considered Black's most prOllllSl!lg defense against the King Pawn openmg. Since the last edition of Modern Chess Opc·nings, this line has heen widely investigated, und the ninth edition of MeO will bear witness to its increased import Variation 2 (Resume from I ~.t diagn,m) 8 .. P-QR3 The "sub-I";lriant" illustrated by this Sub·variant A position has been so thoroughly jnl'es, 9 N_N3 P_QR4 ligated that a diagram i ~ a must. And. indeed. we break off he r e For fh'e sub· nlar-k ha~ (wo more ;,:ood weapons in (I) 9 B- Q2 ]0 0 - 0 - 0. P- QRA II sub , \'arialll~. P - Qll-l. N- Q:"<5 12 N- (} ·L H- BI amI (2) Sub·sub_variant 1 ~! . B- K3 10 N- Q5. P-QJ1·1 11 P- QR·!, 9 P- Q4! ? Ux:\' 12 P xB. N-QN5 13 P- qU·L N- Q2 10 NxN P,N (with equality - Pachmi\n). 11 PxP Sub·variant A 10 N-QR4 P-Q4!? 11 0-0-0 Here the push 11 P-K5 is not so in· 9 N/4-K2 QN-Q2 13 P-KR4 QR-B1 cisive a s on the 9th IIIOI'e in Variation 1. 10 N-64 P-QN4 14 P-N5 KN-Q2 An enlel'lu'bing attempl is 11 N- N6. 11 pxP 11 P-KN4 N-K4 15 P-R5 N-N3! H - N~ 12 PxP. N-QN5 13 p- Qn·l. JJ- B·\ J.I 12 NxP NxN 12 B-K2 8-N2 16 BxN/6 QxB! :\'- Q.;. :--; - !\5 ?! E~trill - Frietlstein. 13 QxN Q-B2! t;SSH. ID ·H. K i ri II O\'- j{ mla kOI'sky, KharkOI', 1936. It1(-olTect. yet deceitrul is 13 R-Nl As I1s\Hll in t his opening, Black has good 11 .... B_K3 whereupon While coulllel'S with H P 12 B_N6 prospects on the Queen·side, White on QN3 ! Q- D2 15 Q- B5. Q- :".'2 16 QxHP, the King·side. <1ud both players keep OIIC might argue for 12 ;\' / 3 - U~. Q-m 17 Qx\{, B-B4 18 QxHt, DxQ 19 B- ready to jump. 12 Q-Q3 1H with a winning advantage for White Sub.variant B 13 K- Nl Q-K4! (Havillsky- Trnpall. Kl'asnodal", 1952). It l'allo\' - I ~ ~1 ri would be Blac k's HII'll, howe\'el·. after 14 (Resume from last diagr~m) n, Zonal Toul·t1alllent. USSH. I~)'!~. P-fl3'? Q- B2 15 Q- 1l5. Q- N2 16 Q-R3, 9 0 - 0 - 0 P-QN4 B-B·j 1i B- QW;. Q- B2 18 P- KN·I, It:.;:P Too sloll' i~ 9 B- Q2 10 P- KN-l, 19 KxR. It- Nli 20 K- BI. ExP! Sub·variant B P-Q);·\ 11 P- N5. N- IH 12 N- Q5! (Bron· 14 Q-B5 He in). (Resume from la~t di~9ram) Also possible is 1-1 Qx\{, 8 - D·' 15 9 P_KN4 QxRt. KxQ Hi H-Q2 as White secures Tit(' :\"cbrasl,an Ludwig's move which, overwhelming compensation for his in our opinion. is ;net only. but quire Queen. satisfactorily. by , ' . . B-K3. 14 . Q-N2 Insunieiem b 9 :\" - K ~ 10 P-KIH. 15 Q-R3 B_B4 B- Q2 II I'- H5. J1 - Bl 12 l)-l\ltG. 11-:\"3 13 16 B-QR6! 0-0 -0. as in the parent game . Llidwig Shapiro. Colorado "Open." 1!! !', 2. Sub·SlIb·variant 2 In John W. Collins' opinion, not easy (Resume from last di~g r am) to el'aluat{) is t he {ollowing main line 9 B_Q2 13 B,N 8,B N,N Q,Q whicll l e al' e ~ Ulack with a ~trong Queen· 10 P-KN4 14 N- Q5 side aIU\l'k hilt While wilh the better 11 B,N Q- R4 15 NxSt P,N ending afte r s implification has taken 12 K-N1 R-K l 16 R,Q 10 B-R6 plaee. With a good game for White-Eeni Schneid .. ]'. Amstenlam. J95·1, Here another try is 10 P- QR3. U-N2 11 P-K:\,·I, "'- B3 12 P- KIH. P - KRI 13 PxP. Sub·sub·variant 3 S xRI' 1-1 R- :\,I , K- H2 15 K- Nl. Q- Bl 16 9 . . P-QR3 11 P-KN4 P_QN4 S -Q::; (Kmoch prefers 16 );xN). NxN Ii 10 P_K R4 N_K4 12 P-R5 Ib;;\'. Bx", I S BxB, B- R7t: ant! Black 8alaneJ- Hadules cu. Houm<1nia, 1955. flowJy gained the upper hand - L~lpiken Black followed up wilh the unnece ssary Reshen; J,y. USC J·' "Open." 1955 (fOI' full sacrifice. 12 . . . Nxll1' 13 ;\'xN. BxP 14 p.me. ~ee paj!:e 311. CHESS REVIEW, B- K2. 1'- :\5 15 N - Q~ hilt did win after October. 1955) . an exciting game. \0 • • • . B-N2 15 Q-N5 N-QB3 1 BxB K,8 16 N-Q5 P- K3 Sub.sub·variants 4 and 5 (9 , :--"xN and J2 P_K5 N-Kl 17 N/Q-K7t N,N 9 B-K3 re~pectively) h<1ve bee n most 13 P-KR4 P-KR4 18 NxNt K- N2 widely used and warrant speciai inves· " N-B5t! K-N1 19 B-Q3 R-Rl tigation, which will be gi~'en in OUI' next 20 installment. 01[$$ REVIEW, SEPTE MBER, 1956 269 A SHORT HISTORY OF CHESS By Henry A. Davidson, M. D. Chapter 8. Checkmate and Stalemate II{' ""II Ihe gamc h'~e au sc Bl ack's nexl m"IC incI'itably re~u lt ell i" his losing hi. Del,ciopm cllt oj Cbeck (lml Checkmtll e. cenlurie.;;, slalemate n ... rt"ly C;UI"''i1 th~· king. When Ihc ki ng bcc~ lIl\ e immune from \'3 1l tu re (eighth or ninth eelllury), the ~ r Ul krn II la rer,; Stalcmate. The s ta l U ~ " f stalemale lI'a:< not stahilil.M unt il Ihe nineleenth cen· tury. Prior t" Ihat time, stalemate mi gln be anyth ing {nun u half.\,ictory for tI,c " ""inning" " layer to a h,]] \'iclory for tlw "losing" ])/ayer. J u ~ til i Cllt io n lor gi\'ing ViC lof\' to the " I o~ in~·· ])Iaycr was as fol· lows: it is illegal I" Illo"e inlo check. When r"u ]lUI your opponent into a po. 5itioll wlwre no legal mOI'c is 1 )V~$ib l c. yo u stall Ihe game, making it a Icgal nonen· tity. This is a ~ort of " foul," and yo ur Another unidentified set from C HER~ [{EVIEW files. Apparently Asiatic penalty is the forfei t of the gamc. In (note elephants, howdah), yet the set has cUl'ious "aJpen-men" \vruch France during the twelfth and thirteenth may perhaps be Nepalese. Cf. photos, July, p. 208-9, Aug. p. 237. 270 CHESS REVIEW, SE PTE MBER, 19S6 In italy, how ever, from the very begin ning, In cvery part 01 Enrope, IIlolemflte Im8 ishell" but uf "am hushed" - a nd 50 the !)(len considered n dr"w, AI Ihe che .. cl ub players could nut accept stalemate as a which met at P anloe'~, un nlu~."allo " h'" king is in "mate" when he is ambushed, victory for anyuoo.r. Ther argued Ihal, I"ken place :lnd he "-hOle ktng "'". st" IC at a 1055 or "abandoned" tu his fate. (T he nU" ed w,,~ dcel ...·,! ,h .. "i,'w.: on whn, n\l' since no legal mo"e was possi ble, Ihe Iho.;I,., It i" impo>,<;hlc to If!~ co\'(~ r, II Is word. " matc." meaning "companion" h il S game Sim l)l y slopped. Consequentl y, in ",ll"CI";\"{' of Ihe " fliTi' of c h \!J<~ Ih'" he who an entirely ,l iHerenl origin, coming fTom medic\'al Europe. fou r d ifferenl Sialemate """not litO" \! hilO kin" "ho",t! ){RI n "Ictory: the Anglo·Salon gemaka.) {h"t th(! 1')"H'r w;,ho", m",,"~ of ACOnl:' 10 rules were simultaneoLl sly in effecL and "n~' ''''IIl"er ;~ for~oo{h '0 I ~ l)ro"O n t;6:;. l .... mhc Wrote; ""\\,h"n the king has Lectures and Simultaneous Performances mnn he can pin)'. I~ not in che<: k. yet I ~ hloc ked up Ihut hc C"" not mo\'e wl,hout For Jan uary a nd February 1956 For furt he r in formation, booking, in..: Into check, .h1 8 Is c''''ed a llale",,,le But write NOW for good write to I. A, Horowitz, 250 W. I)lH. In Ihl, c". e, Ihe king who I" 5t/llC' ~,cd wln5 Ihe lI"n'c."-H .A . D, and ti mely booking 57 $ t ., Ncw Yo rk 19, N. Y. GlESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1956 271 EAST YAPHANK UNIVERSITY INCIDENT By GEORGE KOLTANOWSKI I still don't understand it. It all hap "How about playing a game of chess Th ~ Colle proper! Let's see what it pened so last that I'm still wondering if with OUI' Betsy?" was what awoke me will do against my next move? it wasn't one of those "mirage" things. from my reverie. Dr. Yerdle had asked 3 .. , . P-QB4 To be beaten so qUickly - the Radiation me the qnestion cheel·fully. I jumped Bingo - that fast Bet;;y answered with must llave been responsible - well, almost a mile high. something uncanny must have been In "Wbat's that?" I shouted. "The rna· 4 P-QB3 volved - or why didn't I Illay 10 chine does play chess?" He,'k, I thought to myself, the person PxP? "Our Betsy plays anYthing we show who ~ ho\\'ed Betsy the best line of con· Before I ra\'e 011, let's start from the her!" was the answer. tinuation had not l'ead Ale:.:andel"s arti beginning. My friend, Dr. Mathews Rob "OK," I continued quick ly. "Let's start cle III BCM l'ecentIy, wherein he says that ertson, before leaving San Francisco, had a game right IIOW." P- Q n3 is the losing move for White. given me a standing Invitation to come I couldn't contain myself. I had to The game {'ontinued with to Yaphank University* for a chess s how. see Betsy in action. If these average 4 P-K3 6 QN-Q2 QN-Q2 so, when I went hack East recently, r players were the influence in the play 5 B-Q3 B-Q3 7 0-0 P-K4 notified Mathews that I would be down ing Hl'ength of Betsy, (lien the machine 8 P-K4 to see him. And an evening was arranged had no earthly chanCe to beat me at all. That lasL nlOVe jolted me a little, but at the nerve center of Peaceful Atomic But that was not Important. Could Betsy then I l'ecognlzed the pattern. The rna· Use - Yaphank University. ,Great minds actual!y play? - make decIsions for it chine was not actually doing anything In many diversj[jed fields were here self? - make combinations? I was burn· of its own. It was just making the Colle working for a better' and more useful ing vdth curiosity. Aftel' a few mimltes, moves. Wonder If it would have played world, which seemed an eternity to me, Mathews otherwise if I Iwd applied a King's Indian Dr, Robertson met me at the staUon came back with a set and board. Dr. Defense? and drove me to the Campns where he Yel'dlc pul!ed colors. 1 received the 011. well. let's rontil1lle naturally showed all that a visltor would Black pieces. He went to the machine 8 .. BPxP be allowed to see, Radiation is con and Jlressed some buttons, and voila - 9 BPxP 0 - 0 t rolled, and the machines involved in all mO\'e one was called out by Dr. Yenlle, 10 PxP the scientific research are just fantastic, who read from a small slip of tape He warned me that some people suf which Betsy produced magically. fered vague hallucinations after contact Betsy played Witll some of the machines, As I'm a 1 P- Q4 layman, I took in the sights with great I nodded aPllt'oval of the choice pleasure, but also with a cel'tain amount Ilroving that 1 P-Q·l [5 the best mO \'e for of reserve. The truth of the matter is White. I answered immediately with I don't understand much about It all. Last but not least, I was taken to see 1 . . . . P-Q4 Dr. Yerdle and found him to be in con which was relayed to Betsy - who start_ trol of the Integral Electronic Computor. ed flirting with me, by winking all O\'er (The Brain.) Quite sensational. Those the place. Then I heard Dr. Yerdle's electric bulbs, winking and twinkling at "Betsy plays you, right, left, top, right, bottom, left 2 N_KB3" - and click, out comes the answer. Betsy isn't going to play the Colle 10 .... NxP I gazed at It with awe and open mouth, Opening, is she? I thought to myself. As soon as I made my last move, I ('If only I had a machine like that, that Why not, isn't it what I play all the could play CHESS - no more wOl'k - felt l!\(e I(icking myself. 10 .. . PxP had time? And, if it's good for me - oh been intended. I now watched all of no more blindfold - no more losses - well, let's see. hire large halls in every city - play lletsy ' ~ little llghts, It took three sec· 2 . . N-KB3 one-play all - thousands of spectators OIlC!S to answel' my mistake with - money, money, mazuma - heck. it Betsy replied, quickly. 11 N_B4 just COUldn't be!) 3 P-K3 TInT - my Bishop must move. The Swedish magazine Tidskl'ift for Schack of May·June, One is the Satul'dny EYening Po~t panel which we r an, p. 36, 1956, has an article on Chess Automata which, whether February, 1953. Another is this with the title; Matt i tre rerlous or humorour, is accompanied by humorous cartoons. drag (Mate in three moves). 272 eHUS REVIEW, SEPnMBER, 1956 11 . . . . B-B2 12 PxP So Betsy has a Pawn; so what? 12. . . . N-B4 13 N-N5 NxB 14 QxN NO MERE AUTOMATONS THESE! Here Dr. IVlax Euwe (\\ihite) bUllles the mighty Akiba Rubinstein to a brilliant triumph at Mahri,,;ch-OstrClu, 1923, beginning \vith 1 N- KB3, P-Q4 2 P-Q4, N-KB3 3 P-K3, P- K3 1, B-Q3, P-B4 5 P-QN3, N-B3 60- 0, B- Q3 7 B- '<2, 0-0 8 P-QR3, Coyer scoring table a,,; indicated. Set up position, make Black's move (exposing tahle just enough to read it). Guess White's 7th moye, then expose it. Score par if your move agrees; zero, if not. Make moves ac 14 .... P-KN3 tuaJly given, opponent\ reply. Then guess 'White's next, and so on. Don't know if Betsy would have seen the mate with Q-R7, if I had played COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW . EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME . " P-KR3; but couldn't take the chance. I wasn't too happy with my position by White p" Black Your Selection Your now - and cold sweat was running down Played Score Played for White's move Score my spine. 8 P-QN3 15 R-Ql 9 N_K5 ______2 9 B-N2 Detsy, Betsy, that's not ladylike, is 10 N-Q2 ___ • ______2 10 Q-K2 it now, wanting a piece of mine? 11 P-KB4 ______4 11 KR-Q1 12 R-B3 ______4 15 .. , . N-K2 12 N_ K5! 13 R-R3 (a) ______4 P-B4 15. . B-K3 was better, but I didn't 13 14 BxN ______4 14 QPxB want any weak Pawns. 15 Q-R5 ______4 15 BxN (b) 16 Q-KB3 16 QxPt ______3 16 K_ B2 Betsy, you're a devil. 17 BPxB (c) ______2 17 R_ Rl 18 QxR ______2 16 .... Q-K1 18 R,Q 17 N-K4 Q-B3 19 RxR ______2 19 S-R3 20 N_Bl ______2 20 Q-Q2? (d) ~Iust avoid N-B6t. 21 R_Q1! ______5 21 NxKP 18 B- R6 22 P-Q5! ______5 22 N_N5 Combination - and even I can see it. 23 PxPt ______4 23 Q,P If 1S QxN/B5, 19 N- B6, and I lose 24 R/S-Q8 ______4 24 B-N4 25 P-B4 ______2 ;, he Rook. So let·s first play 25 B-Kl 18 . , , R-Ql 26 R/1 - Q5 ______4 26 P-B5! 27 P-R3 ______4 19 N/B4-Q6 27 p,p 28 N-N3 ______4 Wish Betsy would blow a couple of 28 P-K7 29 NxP ______2 29 N-K6 gaskets and a few extra tubes. She 30 R-N5 ______4 threatens N-B6t and 'NxBP mate. 30 P- N3 31 N_ B4'! ______7 31 Q-K2 ~ 19 . . . . BxN 32 RxNP ______4 32 N-B4 (e) Right then It seemed to me that the 33 R-B6t ______4 33 , K-Nl "" hole machine which housed Betsy 34 RxBt ______4 34 Q,R seemed to Jlght up. The noise was ter· 35 RxN ______4 35 P-K6 ri fic; at least, It was to my nervous ears. 36 R- N5t ______2 36 K- R2 20 Q-KB6 37 R-R5t ______2 37 Resigns (f) And, no matter what, mate ill three mo\'es is unavoidable, Total Score ______100 Your Percentage ______I was stunned. But not for long, I could have gone over and kissed Betsy - but it all happened so fast tha't I am SCALE: 75-100-Excellent; 55_74--Superior; 40-54--Good; 25-39-Falr stilI wondering if it wasn't that darn Radiation that had something to do with my 10th move. And, as I write this, I'm l\ OTES TO TH.: GA)lE '~ PQsiaon ajrrr 31 . , , Q-K2 ..- onderlng if my mind isn't playing me a) On ]3 Ql\xi\', Px:N U BxP, NxN 15 BxPt, some trick. Did Betsy actually beat me K-BL Black takes the lead. or was I still dreaming about a game I h) Not 15 . , P- N3 16 l\xNP. Nor 15 . , ' had won the night before in my eight· P-KH3 16 1\ xN. BxN 17 P xP, with strong ga me, blindfold exhibition at the Man· pre s ~lIre against Black's KN2, hattan 'Chess Club in New York? c) :--.lo t 17 Q-R5t as White is out a piece T hat darned Radiation - ! afte r 17. 1'-.\'3. d) Better is 20 8xN, followed by 21 ·Brookhaven Laboratories on Long Is . Q-!\'4. land: nearest village. East Yaphank. So, e) If 32 . , . QxR. White has a (/uick mate! a mong scientists, Brookhaven is known f) For White easily forces a win after 37 as East Yaphank University. - G.K. , K- :Nl 38 R- R8t and 39 RxQ, CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1956 273 By I. A. HOROWITZ ROOK versus BISHOP There is a va st difiercnce, according to the tahle of relutive va lues, between a Rook und n Bishop_ A Rook is the C An illusion points a rule White Wins The rollowing position appears to he a win, It is. howel·el'. only a d raw, T he general plan is to force Ihe Olshop to a poor square, f!'Om whit'h ]Joint It can be a llacked with fatal reSUlts. 1 R_QB6 B-Ql A poor SQllare Is Blaclt's 85. Then 2 It-D·I, ll-K6 3 R- RH, ll- R3 ,I H t empos on the file, K- Rl 5 RxB mate. 2 R-Q6 B_82 White W ins 2 , , , 8-N-t will not do because 0( T h is I,osition is a set ti l). 3 R- QS, Black thell cannot defend llgnlnst the threat of R- RSf; for. aftel' 1 A- A2t B- R5 3 ,. K-R3, -t H- HSt wins, the Di~hol) 2 A-AI Resigns ~erving as a block. Nol' Is 2. lJ- H·j 0111(-]( the Bishop. must lIbandon gootl because of the r eply. 3 H- Q5. at· White draws ta~king the Bishop. follOWed by 4 H- H."t. A more practical test winning. Nor is 2 B-R:5 good be' Black Threate nS I B-8 St, which One of the s tandard winning positions enllse of 3 R-Q4. a ttacking the DiSholl, will keel' White from ma intailllng t he follow6, Here tbe Black King is in a I f t hen 3 ... B-N-t, 4 R-QS, as pl'evio\lll' OllllosiliolL For , if 2 K-BS, J{-R2. mating net. ~o matter how t he Bishop Iy. wi ns. Or, ir 3 . .. 8-N6,·1 R-QS. B- H5 lIelleE'. White checkll. squirms, mack will lose, S R-H6, and W hite w Ins. 1 R- R2t 8-R2 3 R_Q7 B-N S Draw t - ch eck: t dbl. Check: § dis. eh. 274 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEM BER, 19S6 There is 110 way, with correct play, or 7 .. B-Q6 8 K-K5§ or 8 K-K3§, re of making progress. A Rook tempo spectively. Or 7. B-K7 8 R-N2, fol only produces a stalemate. lowed by 9 R- R2t. etc. Or 7 .. iB-BS The rule is that the game is a draw if 8 R-Nl, B-N7 9 R-:\8, K-R4 10 R-R8t, the inferior King is cornered where the K-N3 11 R- NSt and the Bishop falls. Bishop controls the double cornel' and It is to be noted tllRt, with 7 B-B8, the Bishop is able to interpose, or drive the position is nearly the same one as the opposing King away. in the diagram. The main difference is White's Rook on the Knight file and able to play to N8; 111lereas, ill tIle dia The real test grammed position, when Black's Bishop is forced to Black's N7, \"hire is unable Where the Kings are in secure oppo to continue with R-RS. for thal square sition, which rannot be distnrbed by a is controlled by the Bishop. Bishop check (as in the previous posi 1 K-B5 4 R-N3t tion), the result is almost always a win. Threatening mate. This brings the Kings baek into oppo Precision technique, however, is required. 1 ...• K-R3 sition or creates a po~ition similar to our second diagram. There is no Bishop check to break the opposition, and 1. K-R5 loses to 4 K-R7 2 R- B4t. If 4 .. K-·H5, 5 R-Nl, B-R6 6 R-KRl, 2 K-B6 etc. Taking the opposition and threatening 5 K- B3 B-K7t to win as in the first example. A spite checll, of no avail. 2 .. ' . K- R4 6 K_B2 Resigns Breaking the opposition. The sequel is as In example 2, P. 274. K_R3 No matter where the wicked Bishop may 3 R-B5t flee, the ,""hite Rook pUrslteth. Forced. for, after 3 K-R5, 4 R-B-H wins the BIshop. 4 R-B4 Resigns White wins Exception. aqain! The check at R4 is fatal. With Black to move, the game is a There is no rUle whirh will cover all draw. 1 " K-R4 or 1. . K..,R6 is good positions. Here, for example, the Kings enough. But White is on the move. are not in opposition. H 'White takes the Final test 1 R_R1 8-N7 opposition with 1 K-NG, Black breaks it Often, In a Rook and Bishop ending, with 1 K-Bl. Yet. because of the the win is there. But, as Tarrasch If 1 B- R6 2 R-Rl, Black must geometric limitations of the Bishop and has said. "You must see it." To see it, abandon his Bishop. the board. "'hite wins. of co,n'se, presupposes that you have a At N7, the Bishop creates a situation fundamental idea of what is involved. on which White must capitalize. 2 R-R5 An important move. This restrains the movement of the Black King. 'For if now 2 K-R6 3 R-R5 is mate, the Bishop serving as a block. Hence, the Bishop must move, and there is a way of eXDloiting each one of its moves, 2 .... B-88 The Bishop returns. On other tries, Black also loses: e.g., 2 ..• B-R8 3 R-R3 (preventing a King move), B...;N7 4 R 1 R-Q4! KN3, and the Bishop must fall in a few Black is in zugzwang. If he did not White wins moves. To continue: 4 ... B-Q4 5 R-N5, have to move, he could draw. But he 1 R-B3 B-B3 6 R-N6, B-Kl 7 R-R6t, B-R4 8 must move. Threatening mate. Rook tempos on the file, King moves 1 . . . B_B8 9 RxB, etc. 1 , ... B-Q2 White is able to trap the 'BishoD no Clearly 1 . . K-Bl allows mate on the 2 R- KN3! matter where it goes. For a good exer· move. 1 K-Rl or 1 K-R2 allows Th", star move. Observe th, various 2 R-R4t, winning the Bishop. Bishop to cise, try the alternate possibilities until moves at Blacl(s command. 1. . B-:~11 you have full command of wha't is in· any other sQuare allows an immediate loses the Bishop to a check. Other Yolved. capture of the Bishop or the gain of the Bishop moves leave the Bishop subj'ect Bishop in a move. 3 R-KN5! to capture, except 2 B-B4. 2 K-N6! This is a key Dlay. It permits Black 2 .. , . K-R2 momentarily to break the opposition. Threatening mate, and there is no If 2 .. B-B4 3 R-N8t, K-R2 4 R-N5, valid escape. 3 , . . K-R6 and \¥hite wins the Bishop. 2 .... Resigns Again, there are Bishop moves which 3 R_N5 After 2 K-Bl, 3 H-B4t WillS the create problems. There are, however, Threatening mate. Bishop. Since the Bishop cannot break soluiions to them. For instance, 3 .. 3 .. , , K-R3 B-R6 is met by 4. R-N8, and the check the opposition by a check, Black resigns. To break the opposition. at R8 is fatal. Or 3 ... B-Q6 .\ R-N3, B-B5 5 R-QB3, 4 K-B6 Resigns B-N'I (Black tries to keep off a poor And aqain! Tal;:ing the opposition and reaching the square which will permit a lateral attack The unhappy situation of the Black standard position. Black may not break and a later threat of mate) 6 R-N3, B-B5 Bishop here, too, is enough for Black's the opposition by 4 . K-R2 on account 7 R-N4. The Bishop is lost; 7. . B-Q4 downfall. of 5 R-N7t, winning the Bishop. CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1956 275 WHY YOU LOSE AT CHESS By FRED REINFELD As the Publishers Put it: Our own Limited Impressions: This book is unlike any Chess book ever written. lL Yctlltlother book by Beinfeld? rmwy will say, And II makes no attempt to improve your technical skill. It negative tille, we said, in horror. Is Rei nfeld so simply points Ollt wh y, usi ng the skill YO li now pos wr iUen out as to come 10 th is? But, no, on an ad, sess, you lose games you need not lose. It sllggest3 mittedly hrief glimpse. we find the master hand at you play, not perfect Chess, but winning Chess. wri ting chess books hI! "; hecome even more masterful! You elln lake the ]luhlisher$' word. if Ale khl ne Tlds is a real Alekhlne combination, you will (w()'ve nOl read enough of Ihe of the k ind that the chess world came book as yet), that this uook's uniqut: trtter to e xpect from him. approach is psychological a no hdps you Afler a lengthy Atudy of the jloaltion, Alapin beat ~ cI'est fa l1 en retreat with ana!yu yo ur attitude toward [he game. 3 Q- 8 1. lL may do that and all else to impw\'e Now let us see what would have hap· YOU T game as claimed in the publisher;;. ' I)ened if he had won a piece as planned. blurb. 3 QxN? NxBPt We can Sill'. though, [hat the chapter heads. lind sub· heads, giv e n fnirly tan· This is t he consequence of White's talizing scheme of a psycho-analytical weakening of his po~lt!on. lcst , and jluiOs ihle CU Te. "You lose be· 4 K-B2 QxQ cause" ... "you have no i{ic« whal ki nd of 5 RxQ N xR player you are" ... "yoll play open ings Alapin Now Kxt\' will nOl do, so \Vhite t r ies blindly" ... "llla y the board not the man" 10 trap the K night White to play _ Carlsbad, 1911 " you're easily bored" ,. " lazy" 6 R-Q2 P-N3 So White proceeds with a forced com· "~Iubborn. " 7 R-K2 RxB ! blnaflon that he is ~onflrlent will achieve But whul H'ally impresses IlS is t he his objective. If now 8 HxH, NxP, the Knight es· rcmlll'kable excellence d the chess sluff capes, leaving Dilte l, t ll'O Pawns ahead, 1 P-KN4?! in the book , Ihe illustrative gems that Thl!! }'awn thrust serious ly weakens 8 K x R R-K lt 10 K-B3 RxR back each Iloint. Judge fo r yo urself! White's castled position. It is there 9 K-Q2 N-B 6f 11 NxR P_QB4 An d we give from a ehurter which im· tore a move that no Illayel' of master And Black ,,-Ins the ending. presseJ us least: " You lose because you lIu'ength would make lightly. Neverthe· can'l see one muve ahead ." Part 2: less, Alapin does make It because lle eX pel'ts to gain a comllens~ ting ad\'an· The prevlOllS e.~a mple started from a Beware the forced move lage, middle-game pOeiUon. In practice, the What Is his reasoning? opening is an even I'leher source of ob, The more ingenious n comblllRtion is. He sees that, ![ Dlack's attacked Dishop 1' loU!; ami ror~ moves. Here Is a good the mOl'e pleaS\lre It g ives us. PerhRps l'et rents, h e can play KxB, t hus acll iev· ex;tnijlle, in ~ Ich White is in for a there Is a sense of power Involved in Ing his objecth'e (t\\'o Bishops against s hilUerlng sUI'llrise. co nstruct ing a. whole series of forced \\\'0 Kll!ghls). Capabla nca moves that our opponent Is powerless On the other hand, Ir Dlack tries to lo al ter. avoid this line by playing 1 Dx D, But-as you've seen- these forced I'al'i Ul en White replies 2 QxD, thereby WIn· ations can be dangerOIl S If you don't nlnJ\' a piece, constantly bear in milld that they can im!lgine Alapln's astonishment when easily topple Ol' e,·, You need a sense of young Alekhine plays the "impossible." pI'oportlon, a constant, watchrul aware· 1 __ • , Bx B !! ness that your opponent has something 2 QxB to say about these moves. The following example from Alekhine's How can Black possibly avoid the loss youthful pe l'iod is fascinating In a psy of It piece! chological sense. A yenr 01' two later Alekhlne was to be a world·ramous mas· tel', Dllt at the time this game was played he was only a promising youngster. T a rtakover In this game A lekh lne's opponent ap· parently approached h is task In a con· B lack t o play _ N ew York, 1924 descending frame of mind, E\'entually '''hlte t hreatens to win a piece with the llos hion of the rirsl diagram was 13~:>.'. lt~n 2 Q- IIH, reacher\. Diarl;: ran defend the threat easily \Vhite has two Bishops against Bishop 1'I101l gh by ('astllng, but he prefe"S what and Knight, which i~ generally consld· Cil])a "-a~ rond of calling une petit e er'ed a pos itional advantage, However, combinaison. (In plain American, a liWe be wRnls to force the excbange of his gln1ll1\('k,) remaInIng K night for Blac k's remain ing Bishop. T his, h e reasons I-ather a radem· But Alapin's astonis h ment turns to chao 1 P x P ! ican y, wm give h im two Bishops against gl-!n when his apparently green a d ver A subtle defense, t hough it looks like two Kn ights - a n over whelming advan· sary continues. a pure o l· e rsight. Tal'takover goes bllthe· tage, 2 , ' , . N-K4! ly ailea (l with h is "forced" win of a piece, 276 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER , 1956 2 BxN N- Q4! 1 R_QR3!!? The sllrpri8e! And there are still more So that, if 1 QxQ'! ~ H-R6 mate. surprises as the full meaning of this A terrifying reali?atioll ill a ra(Jid·transit move dawns on Tanako"er. game: Looking tile ~ituation over calmly, Blaek should be able to realize what the POSilioll ealls for is 1 ::-;;-Q2! block ing tile eombined aetion of White's Hooks. InHead, 'Blaek ~hooses the obyious way of gual"(ling again~t R-Rtit 1 • K - N3?? Obvious? It loses by ro'·ce. \\ihite's winning method j ~ so unbe· liel'ably subtle that even a playel' with plenty of time at his disposal might SIlC' cumb to his brillianr trap. What is the warning that t he Jlo~ition shrieks to lllack's unexpected Knight move pro Rlack? It is \Vhit""~ exclusive control tects his exposed Bishop and in addition of the s eventh rank. (Hence the recom· thl'eatens . N-K6t, winning \-Vh ite's mendation of 1. X- Q2! to bloekade Queen. the rank). Thus \Vhite once more learns the age· old, hitter lesson: Don't emhark on an No.1 \Vhite wins By Gorgiev attack when yonr own King is vulnerable. There is still another finesse involved. Tanakoyer m~ly have thought that he could now play 3 B-8·j, so that, if 3 . XxB? 4 Q-IHt still leaves White with a piece to the good. But, 011 3 B-84, mack has 3 . Q-B3' ! threatening not only 4 QxBt but also ., N-K6t because of the pin on the \Vhite Bishop. So \Vhite's forced variation was not forcet! at all, and he has nothing bettel' than a crestfallen King move. 2 Q-Q6t!! 3 K-B2 R.S Unbelievable. but there it is. 4 BxP 0_0 H Z QxQ, 3 It/ i-Ri and Blaek Try for Zugzwang! Black has come out of the opening cannot defend him~elf against tile corn· with a far superior position. ing H/3-illi mate! No, 2 Vi'hite wins By Liburkin 2 . . R_ B3 Another obvious defense and It The flaw in tile previoUS, forced yari· won·t do. ation. though very pretty, was one that any first·elllss player s hould have fore 3 Q-B5t! ! R.Q 5 R-R6t Q-N3 K _ B3 seen. III t he following example, Black's 4 NPxRt 6 RxQ mate lapse seems alm ost excusable, even P erhaps as you play over these telling though he 108es with a piece ahead. But examples you're reminded of games in then the game was played in a rapid· which yon pursued the same will·o'·the· transit tOlll"llament, where anything can wisp. In the formation of far· reaching happen. plans, you overlook the simple one· move Petrosyan tactical llOssibilities that are l he very heart of Chess. By rnissing t hese rela· tively simple moves, you're condemning YO\ll'8elf to repeated disa[lpointment. This is a hard fault to eliminate. It Fas('inating imbroglio. would be dishonest of me to lell you that it's ea8Y to over~ome. No.3 White dl'aWS By Sachodjakin So. when you't'e on the [lOillt of play· ing an " obl'ious" or "'forced" move, make sure it's the best mOI'e. As Tarrasch \1se d to say, "' Yo u must see it !" The qneer, consol!ng [laradox is that, when you COlleentrate on finding the strongest mOI'e in any given position, you automatically develop the power to plan and Cllrry Ollt long·range combina· Schmid lions. Wh ite to play - Stockholm, 1952 rt's all very well t o walk with YOUI" \Vhite, II piece down, lias some vague head in t he clouds. Quite enjoyable, too. attacking possibilities, as Black's King But you won't enjoy it for long if in the looks sOl1le\\'hat inseeure. He has an process yO \\ trip ovel' a rock ant! break inspiration: leaving his Queen en prise, your neck. Insufficient rna terial! he works U{l a mating threat. Never forget this: The most important move in any game of Chess is always t check; :): db!. cheek; § dis. eh. the ve ry next move. Solutions on page 287, CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1956 277 Entertaining and instructive games annotated by a famous expert. by HANS KMOCH s ide and also greatly reduces W hite's 20 N- K5 t2J. INTERNATIONAL cl!arwes fol' a King-s ide attack. 21 R- Q7 12 R- B1 HOLLAND. 1956 NOli" Black threatens to win a Pawn. Challengers' Tournament 13 P-Q5 Two Masterpieces in One On 13 R-QBl. Bl atk jJroreelis as in the gam e. with 13 .. . Q-H~: Black performs a masterpiece in prov ing the weakness of 'White's indisso luble 13 ••.. Q- R5! doubled Pawn. Later , \Vhile gets a dan Another fine move: l1Iack is lH"epared gerOIlS attack at the expense of the Ex to llIeet 1-1 Q- R5 (1~ QxQ') and J -\ change. And then I3lack performs an· P- K5 (].I BxP ! ). Caution is neees- other' masterpiece in vlctorionsly repu ls· ~al'y . Observe how tlw apparently con ing the attack, sistent 13 N-Q3 permits White 11 U'enl€lHlons attack. 1-1 P-K5, KNxP 15 NIMZO. INDIA N D E FENSE Q- I1S, P- N3 16 C)- Ho, P- B-l (15 lIJost lil,ely, lhis last move is not an Yefim Geller Vassily Smyslov NxU'!': 17 N- H5!!) 17 B·-N5. enol' but the beginning of a ~ombina 14 0-0 N-Q3 Soviet Union Soviet Unio n li oll designed for attacking chanees at White Fllack Only nOlI' does it pay Black that he tile expense of the Ex~hange . l~or the 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 6 P- K3 P_QN3 has I'eserl'ed this square fo r the Knight. end·game artel' 21 NxN, PxN 22 QxQ 2 P-QB4 P-K3 7 N- K2 N_ B3 15 QR-Q1 o[['ers While bU1 little chance for a 3 N-QB3 B-N5 8 N-N3 0-0 I ndil'ed protection for the Queen Bish draw, panitlrlarly against Smyslov's 4 P_QR3 BxNt 9 B-Q3 B_R3 op Pawn in as much as Wbite's aUack fabulous dexterity at endings. Black has 5 p,s P- B4 10 P- K4 ing chances prevail after 15 DxP 16 tbis choice : 1) 22 nxQ 23 R-Q;, H-KDZ Klt-Ql . B-B3 with progress as A new twist in this inexha ll~ ti bl y ram· P- D·I (10 PxP 17 BxB!) as well as 2-1 ified system, Geller, characteristically, after 15 . KNxBP 16 D-B1 (Hi slll'ed as \~'hite musl evacuate the sel" rank : 2) R-Q7, R tries to make it 11 gambit. The sacrifice PxP 17 P-K5!l, eath 22 PxQ 23 KB2 24 KR-Q1. B- B3 with the same r e of the Queen Pawn, one way or another, 15 P- B4! has been tried before, but never ill ex· sult under improved circumstances as But thiH move brings \Vhite into a posi· actly this position. nlarl;;'s King has more freedom. tional predicament. Black threatens to 21 Q-83! win with either 16. . P-B5 or . P xKP. Will! more tln'eats than just 22 . . . QxH 16 PxKP (e.g.. 22 Kl1-Ql? NxQBP with thr'eat oC N,.itller 16 P- K 5, KNxP nor 16 P-B~, male at KN7). White's next l~ forced. PxKP 17 NxP, NxN 18 BxN, DxP offers 22 RxB QxR White ~llly chances; so he must perrorce 23 NxP exchange though it quickens the a('tivitr H e.'e Black's masterpiece of defense of B lark's pieces. begins. \Vhite has a Pawn [or the Ex· 16 QPxP ('hange, his Bishops get scope and Black ' ~ 17 PxP p,p King-s ide is weakened. So it takes pa r· 18 Q-83 ll\:ulal"ly fine play to pl'ove Black still All attempt to lure mack from his path ha~ tile advantage. of iron steadiness. 23 QR-Kl 18 , . B-N2 24 Q-N4 K - R1 10 N-K1 SpOiling that attempt. After 18 25 N- N3 'fhe IIsnal (and best) re·action '10 the P-D5? 19 Q- Q5t, N-B2 20 N- B5, Ula("k \Yhiw clears the diagonal of the King advance of White's King Pawn, After I II loses his King Bi~ho]l Pawn, or eyell hiH Uishop aud also Imrries the thl'eat of . , . PxP 11 PxP, NxQP 12 P -K5, N- Kl, Queen (20 Q-N-l 21 P- KR'I, Q- N5 22 25 , , . QNxP. White obtains a strong attack w ith 13 P- B3, Q-R-l 23 N- K7tl. 25 Q- N4 (not 13 BxPt, KxB 14 QxN a~ 1-\ 19 Q_ B4 Q-B3! 26 RPxN Q-KB2"," , R- Bl favors Black). Black abides his time fo r 11 l'avornbl f! 27 Q-R4 P- KR3 11 B_K3 N-R4! liquidation. Cashing the Pawn a t t hb From here on, Black must watch OU \ A remarkable move, mack does n't pro· moment is a phony ~nccess: 19 QxQ for n pos sible ilxHP 01' P- N,I-5. A Rook teet his threatened Pawll with 11 20 BxQ, NxP (either Knight) 21 Dx:\j', and two Bishops are stronger than two P-Q3, as invariably done in such cases, XxB 22 R- Q7 , and \Vhite ha s suiTIcient Hooks and a Knight, Tarrasch nsed w but resorts to counter·aUack, with CO ll connier·play (22 ,. H-KB2 23 HxH, Kx]{ claim. And here \Vhite has a n extra siderable advantages, as will be seen, 2-1 NxP). I'~l'\ - n, too. His Shat tered Q\leen-side is 12 Q_ K2 20 8 - N1 a gral'e handicap, t hough. After 12 PxP, I3lack obtains t he edge White hopes for Z{) .• , KNxP 21 B-I\2 28 B_Q3 Q-83 30 B-K2 Q-B4 with either 12 , , , NxP 01' 12 , . , BxP. H e or 21) • QNxP 21 NxP either of whieh 29 Q- R5 R_Q1 31 Q-R4 Q-B3 profits from the opening of the Queen· gives appropriate counter·play. 32 Q-R5 N-B3 ! 27B CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1956 The Knight arrives just in time to stop HOLLAND. 1956 13 15 B_B3 N,B White's King,side activity, 14 NxN 16 QxB Q-N4! In ternational at Beverwijk 33 P- N4 Q-B2 170- 0 B- Q2 34 Q- R4 N_K2 Ro essel on an Open File Along with t he threat of 13 B-:-.'-1. 35 Q-R3 Trying !O get something ont or all un, this mo'-e brings the llisholJ (Iukkly and 35 P- N5 only helps Black : 35 , , , N-B~ PI 'Oll li ); in g" '"1niation. " ' hi le .~oo n f'lll s effe'---Uve ly into a(,tion. 36 (-,l - R3, :">x D 3, Px:">, Q-N3 - or 37 into trouble . His position is ;llrcady 18 P- B4 Q_B4 QxN, Q-D5, "I'ilj ('al when he mal, e~ t he decisive 19 R_ B2 6-B3 35 , , N_ N3 mistake or gntbbi ng- H Pawn. t hereby 20 BxP 36 Q_ R2 N_B5! opening: a i(Ook [ile ag-a inst hi ~ King. White's position is bad, and it is G)"al)(!nl<\~te)' :''1 atano,-kh pl'Obnbly "'as A new t urning point is reached, mack dubious whether he ('an hold hi~ own in un aware of' the fa n tha!. an open tile is definite!y out of dangel' and resnmes the lo ng run. Yet 20 rt-Kl or 20 N-N6 ~olllet im e~ "an be used \'ery we ll en! )) hi s own aLtack_ offer s scme ehan('es rOI' s\1n'ival. by a "Hoe s~elH ( in German. ·· Knight"). 37 B_B3 20 R- KN1 S ICILIAN DEFENSE 21 B-K5 B,B At long lasL , the moment ha s (:ome to 22 PxB Q_ R6! capture t hi~ Pawn without ('oneeding A. Matanovich F. Roessel \\ ' hih~ any compensat ion! Yugoslavia Ho lland Ob\'iously . \Vhite expeeterl only 22 QxP, The text move i8 det'i~iI'e , 38 P-N5 R- Q3! 40 PxP RxP White Black 23 Q- B2 39 R_ B1 R_N3! 41 Q-N3 1 P-K4 P-QB4 3 P-K5 N-Q4 T he aHad( with the Knight Pawn has 2 N_ KB3 N_KB3 4 P- Q4 Nor is 23 Q- KD 1 any better : e.g., 23 l{-Ql 2·1 N- D3. H- Q5 25 :"> - K2, R boomel·a llged. :">0,," l3laek. it seems. hB "'hite's i~ a steady ('olllinuation but chances on the King'side - and Smys, 'lanlly offering 6 N_QB3 7 Q_ K4 KN_ K2! Nnw B la ~ k threatens to alla ~ k White's Eing PawlJ with both KlJight~ and the 41 . , Q- K5!! Queen - lln eomfOI·table, to say the least, fOI' White. A beautiful decision, The Queen is immune (.1 2 BxQ, N- Kit 43 K- El. NxQt 8 B- Q2 H K-KI (else mate). H- H8t ·15 K-Q2, A nece~ ;; ary . emergency meas ure. The :-:xDtJ. nUL t he move is not merely vlay, seemingly natural S 1'-Q:-:3. N- N3 9 a ble. It is also very po\\"el'ful as lllaek D- N2 is bad becanse of ~ B- N5t! now threatens to win with ·12 .. Q- H2!! follO\r ed poss ibly by 10 (i- H·I. :-:ote. too, that after ·12 D- lU. Q- R2 ~3 8 .. N_ N3 P- D3, H.-ItSt. H K- n2 s till rails llgainst 9 N-B3 P-QR3 14 ,.\1-Q6t, Hence, \Vhlte Hlllst resort 25. BxP! Not 9 Q- D2 because of to ~-Q:">5 , to the e nsuing liquidation. though into a A powe rful finish. bopeless e nd,game . Q- Nl 11 IJ- n:::, P- QR3 12 N- Q6t. BxN 13 Pxl3. threatening both 1-1 BxP and 26 RxB RxR t 28 QxR QxQt 42 QxN 14 P- D5. 27 QxR R-KN5 Resigns 43 BxQ R,B 44 R_K1 R-QR5! 10 N-QR4 \-Vhite's 110sition is Qu ite hopeless as he loses his King Pawn and then has \Vhite i~ in :rouble. His cOllllla rnt i\'ely Black avoids 41 R-Bl 45 It-IO t o <:olll bat ('onneded, passed Pawns. after which he must use both his Hooks best ('llan<: e is 10 0 - 0 - 0 , Q-ll2 11 H-KI. c efeusi"ely, Precarious as this lille may be . the text move is ,,"Ol·se. ~5 R- KSt K-R2 47 P-N4 WES T GERMANY, 1956 -«i B- K4t P- N3 48 R_K6 10 , . P- Q4! 49 K_ N2 11 P xP e.p. Mot.:h ot Homburg Or ·19 ]'-N5. /l-1t5 50 ExPt. K- N2 51 11 UPx!'. PxP also favors Dla<:k sinee In Kere s' True Style it [oreel< 12 Q-K2 (12 Q- K3'! I'- QN·] 13 B-B~ (to pre vent 51 . H- N5t). H-KB5! Blae!;, h,ls a slightly inferiol' position "'-il3. P- Q5 1·1 Q- K4. il- :">2 1~ N- Nl, :a nd Blaek wi ns (52 H- D6. H./ti- KB6} . and seel(s relief by exehanging off Q- Q2 fan)r!; Black sUlI more), ':9 .. " P_Q N4 52 BxPt K-N2 \-Vhite 's Knight. He does it the wrong 30 P- B3 P- N5 53 K_ N3 R-Q5! 11 BxP WIlY. though. letting th e Knight eseape 51 P- N5 R_R5! 54 B_ K8 12 P- B5 at the expe llse 01' a Pawn. or so it seems. Or 5~ ll- Hi>. ]{-Q2! preventing filly Elllergcney l'ontinued. \Vh ite ereates For, when Dlack fails to realir.e t he im· perpetual, the I'os~ibility of X- N6. His Queen Knight munity of that Pawn. he s lle~ulllbs to a 54 P_ N6 is Oll!, of a ction, while, after 12 N- D3 , brilliant att;lck in the true Hyle of K ere~. P- D I. Dhl\' k's King,side majority ad, 55 P- N6 R-Q1! RUY LOPEZ 56 R-K7t ,'anees too quickly. Pau l Keres Wolfgang Unzicker And even while mailing this move, 12 B- B2 Soviet Union W est Germany Wh ite exceeded the time limit. He has 13 B-QB4 ::1 0 chance. thongh, as 56 1\: - 133 57 Or 13 B- 1l3, 0 - 0 14 B- D·I. P- D·i 15 Whit e mack P-N7, as a last try. fails against 57 . , . Q- K2, K- In also with a superior game 1 P_K4 P- K4 3 B_N5 N- B3 axil. for Black. 2 N_KB3 N-QB3 4 0 - 0 Nx P (HESS REV IEW, SEPTEMBER, 1956 279 Variations sometimes died simply of The King Bishop Pawn i~ IIndefellOl 14 P-K4 Q- B4 old age just as lleople do. This olle did able (21 R-KBI 22 B- Q·I, It- B2 23 15 N-N3 so about hair a century IIgo. It has Bxl': ). A fair move. UlIl 15 :"\ -~5! howel'er. a! aeyer been refuted. though, 22 RxP R_B2 ; 15 NxQBP! A beautiful, decisive breakthrough. 15 , ... Q,N 15 N-N5 The first of a series of wasteful moves 38 .... N_N6! which soon pul Black in the lead_ White A lI ent conclusion. Black recovers the ought to seek chances on the King Knight EX('han,::-e at least (with 39 .' N-KS) file and its environs (KB5 and KR6 are and with his attack undiminished. important squares: the first to be denied -White's reply leads only to mate. to Black; the latter for a some time 39 PxN R-R8t timely P - R6. So White's Knight is much 40 K-N2 R_K8! 282 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1956 41 P- N4 QxPt 9 . P- R3 A l l' e aeh e rOll~ s hot. aimed at "'hite's 41 Q- HSt: and mate in two. An emergency measure. Lacking the nnproleded King Knight. Black wins 42 K- R2 R-K6 {'hall('e for acth'e counter· play in the two pieceR for a Hool;:. 43 K-R1 Q- R6t (' ente r. Black is gOing to depend 011 Resigns P-Q;\·!. which under {he circumstances is of Iii t ie promise, though. 10 B- Q3 Somewhat co·operath-e. ilUleed. 'White ~ FOREIGN obtains a strong attacl, in this way, but the immediate 10 P- K;j is s till stronger ISRAEL, 1956 as iJ forces the retreat of the Knight National Championship (with 01' without the intel'l)Qlation of PxP). \Vhite then has a lremendous Six Discoveries and No Hit attack with plenty of choke. He ought Hn.ving castled pl'ematul'ely. Black is 10 win. One possible continuation is 10 quickly exposed to an ilTesistible llttaclc N- KNI 11 P- KIU: P- Q.\"-I after But, when While fails to support his al· whkh at least four powerfu l lin e ~ al'e at tack by opening a fi le fOr his Hooi.s. thf! White's {lisposal : 12 O-Q3, 12 N- N5t. 20 NxR tables turn. DIack httndily launches it l~ P-K6 and 121-'- 1{5 . So as to obs('ure the situation as counter -attack, emerging with the win 10 , , P- QN4 m il ch as pORsible. The eOllsequences of ning advantage of tWO pieces for 11 Itook. 11 P- K5 P_N5! 20 ExBl', NxD ! 0 1' 20 B - K4, P- B6! are The turn is apparently caused by a more convenient to Blad\. Now Black has thi~ comparatively psyehological reason. \Vhite plHys for a good r e joinder that at least saves his 20 22 NxR P xR (Q)t pOSition in which he ('an give a dis N,B l{night from retreating_ nut he is not 21 NxN/ 7 23 RxQ covered check in six different ways. He happy yet. 24 QxN Q_ B2 must have thought that llt least olle of 12 N-K 2 The point of the liquidation. Th, t hem will be a hit. But they all be Knight is trappe d. trayed him. Also 12 N- J{4 Is strong. but not 12 p,p l'xN, l'x.\", which leads to a good game 25 P-Q5 YUGOS LAV DEFENSE for Dial'i;:. 26 Q-K2 P-K4! J . Dobkin Moshe Czer niak 12 , .. , N-Q4 l~ine play is still required to keep t h e White Dlad{ 13 P-K6! advantage. After 26 . , , QxN 27 QxKP, \Vhite has s t rong counter·chances. 1 P- K4 P-Q3 3 N- QB3 P-KN3 Exper!ly. White s hakes mack's King 2 P_Q4 N- KB3 4 N_B3 B_N2 position. The simple 13 P -KH4! serves 27 N xP Q-N3 5 B-KN5 jUst as well. though . Hetrapping the Knight. White's last move represents a non· 13 . PxP 28 NxP QxN commital and yet reasonably promising 14 N- R4? 29 A-Q3 way to handle this opening, But th is move is a grave aberration White is all right from the ma terial 5 , . , . P- K R3 from the right path. owing to which point of view, but Black's attacking 6 B-K3 0 - 0 White's attack lo ~es its impetus. chances are superior. The Bishops are A seriou s e r rorr after which Black Instead. the natural thing to do is to too powerful. Hence the text move; will be uJlable to mal,e an appropriate combine the attack on the King Knight White wants to bring h is Rook into ac· stand in the center with ... P- I\>l or P a wn with t he threat to open the King tion 0 1' lJlay the end·game. P- QB4. Rook file_ T hus 14 P - KR1! threatening 29 B- R3 :-,ror Is preparation wlth 6 . ,QN- Q2 15 P-R5, not to mention 15 X-N5t. Then 30 Q- Q2 Q,Q satIsfactory because of 7 Q-Q2, after Dia cl;:'s position is undefendable. 31 RxQ whleh Black has difficulty castling. 14 R-B3 Now 'White has reached the end-game, A line of some mer it, though hardly 15 NxP P- B4! but llis prospects are still gloomy. F or trustworthy, is 6 P - B4 7 PxP, Q- R4, his Ilook is out of action a gain, a nd the main point being that. after 8 N- Q2, At the most improbable mOment. Black starts to hit back. He right ly sees t ha t Black Quid!!y gets a n adl'anced passed Black can create obscure complications Pawn which , su pported by the Bishops, with S . .. N-N5. none of the discovered che cks can do him any harm. and he threatens 16 becomes too strong. Black's best is 6 . N - N5! which has 31 P_Q5 34 K_Bl a number of little poinnts: e ,g .. 7 B- Bl, P - B5. B- K4 32 P_ K B3 P_Q4 P-Kl 8 P-KR3, l'xP! 9 );xP. Q-B3! with Taking the Knight loses: 15 \{xN? 35 K- Q1 P-K6 H; P- KR4 : (16 ,P- KR4 Ii P-KN4!) . 33 K_ N1 P-K 5 36 P- KB4 a satisfa ctory game. BxP! 16 N-B4§ FOl" 37 7 P- KR3 QN-Q2 after RxP, the King Pawn As there is no cOllvincing way to pro· queens. After 36 . PxR 37 PxB, the The more desirable 7 P-B·J 8 PxP, win is more difficult. if at all possible. Q- R·l fans against 9 N-Q2! a s 9 ceed with the attack, 'White settles for winning the Exchange, but this plan 37 R- Q3 B x R 39 K- K 2 K-N2 :\ -~' 5 is no longer available while, after 38 PxB B-Q3 40 P-QR4 B- N5 9 .. ' PxP 10 N - N3. White just keeps his fails. too. Resigns extra P awn. 16. K -Rl 17 N- A5 8 Q-Q2 Q-R4 ! By this attad, on the Rook Pawn, Ob\'iously. mack cannot save h is Rook \\'hite gains the t empo for making his (17 \{-B2) with impunity. But re- center unassailable thus promoting it taliaH! he can. into a powerful asset. 18 K-Nl 8 . . K_ A2 Nor can White afford to abandon h is 9 0 _0 _0 Queen Rook PawJI (18 XxR. QxP 19 Establishing a camouflaged pin along Q- K1. Ex.\" 20 QBxP. P - B5). And this the Queen file. \Vhite prevents 9 i~ the end of his dl'ive to win the Ex· P-RI 01' 9 ' . P - K ·I, at the same time change. threatening 10 P- K5. White has a suo 18. R-Nl perior game. Threatening 19 . . , N-B6t. t check;:j: dbl. chock; § dIs. ch. 19 K-Rl P-65! CHESS REVIEW, SE PTEMBER, 1956 283 A(:tivltles ot CHESS REVI EW Postal Chess players: game report s &. ratings, names of JACK STRALEY BATTELL new players, prize-winners, selected games, Postal Chess Editor tourney Instructions &. editorial comment . TOURNAMENT NOTES POSTALM IGHTIES! Progress Reports for The followin1' postalites won p)'ize ~ ]), 1!)~>-I nnet I!)~) ;) Prize TOllrnamenls a s a ,. ~ Golden Kn ights Tournaments .' lI lt of "",.,.,·n! Postal Mortems. 6th Annual Championsh ip-l!151 Tourney P layers P lace Scort .'; ·1 .';:1 :'Hanley .1st ; - No Finals section has completed piny ." , " I'; LaiHC .2n<1 4~-1 1 recently. But hel'e is the list to date .'io S Bj" e ,,"~j" · .1- 2 ; -, of the prospective prize winners in the " " H P)"edif:"~l' .. 1_2 ; -, 1951 Golden Knights. As Finnls see T" F Burns ...... 1-S ; ., P Graham 1- 3 .; - tions complete play, we add the names " , ," H While .I-S .; - , and weighted, point seores* from each B Haimes ...... 1-2 ; -, till we have 75 listed, tllel'eafter insert " L Kro •.el .. .. . 1-2 ;; - , onl;' the higher Heores which make the C Plora .. .lst ,;~ - j ",j" B Ca.-ison · .2nd ; -, grade. CO G" \'an DeeHo .1st , -" 85 G Bnrl ...... 1st 5~- ; PRESE NT LEADERS D Krueger ...... 1st 5~- ; , H Slaffer · .~G.2 F ., Yerhoff .30.5 @ " A lIla.to.hies ...... 2nd H-li D,· G Katz .... 43.5 G E Hartleb ... . 30.-15 Gonzalez .... 13.5 D Thompson .. . 30.0 " ])O._talir.e .• ,,"Oil "B Owens .. ·13.45 )I.[ Ribowski . . .. 29.55 ' r h~ followi "l( 0> lied ,,' R Powelson . . .. ·12.35 , Yartnak ... . . 29 .5 8th Annual Championship-1954 fi"HI ., , Illnn rl,,~s 'rou""nment 19,',·; 19o,";'" c,u'renl 0' , A IIyin ...... 41.8 , I..Melner .... 29 .05 As a result of c11lTenl Postal Mort ems, m' as result ,,' Postal Mortem •. D, , Farber .. . . 41.75 L :-;aikowski 29 .05 the following qualify for assignment to Tourney Playe rs Place Score W H Mills ... 41.2 ,,' D Lrnch .... 28.4 ,'d-C 11;·1 rr A TIme · .1 s t -, P Full um L H Sarett the F inals: D. H. Potls, r. \V. Allen, J. .. 40.75 ... 28.·1 I Go Gold~iPin ...... I st -, G Aguilern .40.7 N HOI'nstein .27.8 Nordin, R. G. Wright, E. R. Leary, D. N. .... 172 "T H Ynt~8 ... 1~t -, R Kingman · .40.7 C J Gihhs ...... 27.S '\ldntlll"ff. T. \V. ClltRhaJl, H. T . Heeve, ,,, Dr G H PelTine ...... lst , S Greenberg rr L Smilh .27.3 · .40.15 \V. A. Scott and J. B. Tangeman. 201 'V C 'Vinh ...... 1~l , -" W J Bryan ... ns E Dayton .27.1 219 D Sherman · . Ist ; H M Also, A. Goldberg Qualifies for the 5.- "\Vallgren .3Vi 0 'l'homas .26.75 219 ., C TIagcweli ...... ht .I~ - q L Kimpton ... 39.0 D 111 Gault .26.1 Semi-finals; but we stilI lack enOllgh ~~1 n 10: Diener 1-2 -, M A Rauch . ... 38.5 P Eash ...... 21:.0.> to [ill a 7 man section there. El iz Fltnkha"ser ...... l-~ .; -, p Johnson .. 3G.75 F Parham ..... 25.1 0.'; - (' :JR H Hoeh l ...... 1st W G Harrison Arendl . . . . 35.3 .. .. 25.0 ~ ~ H" Schmill...... 1st , -, B Oakes KrHzschmar " G ... . . 34.5 "K 25.0 9t h An n u lSS REVIEW, S EP TEMB~R, 1956 ------287 ley bMts Lavik. 52 Be",ler. SI[lg-man tie. Gr05S. Taylor. 134 Bowman lJests Hansen. 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