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Flohr Wins greater heights in finishing Y2 point a head Hastings Tournament of Dr. Alekhine and Lilienthal. who were tied for second place. Although Flohr For the second consecutive year, Salo and Dr. Alekhine completed their schedule Flohl', young Czechoslovakian master, of games without the loss of a single game won first honors at the Annual Christmas outright. Flohr's margin of victory was Congress held under the auspices of the determined by his total of 5 wins and 4 Hastings and St. LeonBrds Chess Club, draws as compared with 4 wins and 5 in England. draws by Dr. AJekhine. The standing:
Only one year ago, Flohr won this W L 0 T ota ls event by finishing ahead of V. Pire of Flohr ·. , . . . . . , 5 0 4 7 2 Jugoslavia. Lajos Steiner of Hungary and A lekhine .... . 4 0 5 6).1 2J1 Mir Sultan Khan of In dia. World's Lilienthal ...... 5 1 3 6).1 2).1 A lexander ...... 3 2 4 5 4 Champion D r. Alekhine was on tour in Eliskases ...... 2 1 6 5 4 the Orient at the time and could not parti Thomas ...... 2 2 5 i).1 iJ1 cipate. , Menchik ...... 2 5 2 3 6 Tylor ...... 2 5 2 3 6 This year, however. with Dr. Alekhine Michell ...... 1 6 2 2 7 in the lineup. Flohr was extended to Barry ...... 1 6 2 2 7 -+- Manhattan Chess Club Championship The termination of the Championship Altho all three finished the tournament tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club, with the loss of but one game, first pnze shows R. Willman with a high score of was awarded to R. Willman on a per 8-1. closely followed by A. W. Dake centage basis for his additional game with and A. S. Denker with scores of 7-,1 J. Gancher, who subsequently withdrew. each, The score: 2 3 i 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 W L 0 Tot TO THE SUBSCRIBERS, With this issue. I wish to announce my retirement from the Editorial Staff of The Chess Review. After a year at the helm, during which my associates and I did our best, we hope with success. to create a newer. wider interest in chess; and after a number of vicissitudes and a regrettable unevenness of publication. due in large measure to general difficult conditions. I believ\': now that our troubles have been overcome and that the magazine will have clearer sailing henceforth. Under these circumstances r believe I can do more for the game by resuming my active playing career. which pre cludes giving the necessary time and care to the Editorship of a magazine. I could. indeed. leave my name as Editor, and allow the others to carryon the work. but this would scarcely be fair to Mr. Horowitz and the other members of the staff. who in undertaking the responsibility. are entitled to full credit for the further course of The Chess Review. I wish them every success and long life to the magazine. (Signed) I KASHDAN. -+- Illinois Association Parker. Edison CC: G. H. Hanson, to Elect Directors Chess and Bridge Club. The Nominating Committee appointed Outside Cook County. by the President of The Illinois State N. J. L. Pontenstein. Sprig field. Ill. CC; Montgomery Major. Wilmette. Ill. C C. Chess Association. submits the following na mes of Illinois Chess Players. who are Directors for Two Year Term eligible for election as Members of the Inside Cook County, Board of Directors of the Illinois As- Charles Elison, Irving "Y". CC; W. J. ... sociation. Rolfe, Nordic c.c. The result of the election for Directors Outside Cook County. of the Illinois Assciation will be an ~ A. J. Wolke. Decatur c.c.; Glenn H. nounced at the Annual Meeting of the Reiner. Waukegan. Ill.' c.c. State Association to be held on Sunday. Directors for One Year Term 3 P. M .. January 28th. 1934. at the Irving Park Y.M.CA. Building. in Chicago. Ill. Inside Cook COllnty. Ivar E. Nordstrom, Swedish c.c.; Kirk Directors for Three Year Term Holland. Chess & Checker Club. Inside Cook County. Outside Cook County. Charles H. Leech. Oak Park CC. Sam Curtis A. Garner, Springfield, Ill .. c.c.; • uel Factor, Roosevelt CC; W. W. Paul Lieber, Bloomington. Ill., c.c. i TH E CHESS REVIEW N OVEMBER-D ECEMBER, 1933 Botwinnik Ties Flohr Mercantile Library Wins Phila. Team Title The fi nal results of the Floh r ~ Botwi n -nik match have finally reached us and T h,e League Championship T ourna show a score of two w ins for each and ment of the Philadelphia Team T ourna eight drawn games. ment Association, once again resulted in The Arst half of this match of 12 games, a spectacular victory for the Mercantile was played in Moscow, where Flohr won Library. two of the six games. The remaining four The victors concluded a schedule of 46 games were drawn. games with the remarkable score of 44-2. Immediately a ft er, however. the match South Jersey turned in a score of 32}';! - . was continued in Leningrad. where the 6Y2 , followed by North City, 28,!t2-6!;2: last six games of the ma tch resulted in two Masters, 29!;2 -9,!t2; Ridley Pa rk. 24 Y2 - victo ries fo r Botwinnik and four d rawn II}';!; West Phila. 20_17; Northeast. games. 15Yz-27!;2: W orkers. 14.Y2-24.Y2; Penn. In the Game Section of this issue , we 11-20; Camdem. 11.K-28.Y2: Solebury. have annotated several games of this 10-20; Temple. 8- 26; Frankford, 6.Y2 - match, 33.K and D elmont. 6-33. • • • • • • U. S. to Defend World Steckel Wins Again Title in Poland. 1935 W . H . Steckel, Central Pennsylvania champion and editor of the Chess Column Reports issued from the headquarters of the Allentown Morning Call, won fi rst o f the International Chess Federation at place in a special invitation tournament the H ag ue. Holland, announce that the among ten of the strongest players in the next International Team Tournament will Lehigh Valley district. He finished with be held in W arsaw. Poland. in 1935. a score of 16!;2 -1.K, • • • Roy Rockel. well known analyst and Detroit Chess . & Checker member of the Castle Club. turned in a Club Elects Olficers score of 13-5 to win second place. T he standing of the leaders follows: At the a nnual meeting of the Detroit · Stecke l .. .. . ,"', ...... 16!1 1!1 Chess & C hecker Clb b the following weee Rockel ...... 13 5 elected to o Uke: Koch ...... \0 8 L. deBearn. President. Goer!ich ...... 8!1 Bucks ...... 8),1 C. W a lton. 1st. Vice-President. Nl'ster ...... 9 C. Rulhey. 2nd. Vice-PreSident. • • • M. Spivak. Jrd. Vice-President. Arnold S. Denker Wins J. Blac k. 4th Vice-President. Bronx County Championship R. Oma ns . 5th Vice-PreSident. A. H ouse. T reasurer. The fir st tournament for the Chess G . Livingstone, Secretary. C hampionship o f Bronx County was won A . W eiss. Assistant Secreta ry. by Arnold S. Denker, one of the outstand R. C riffen. Li brarian. ing luminaries of the younger generation. The name .of the organization was At the close of this tournament which was changed from the Auto City Chess & held at the Empire City Chess Club, only Checker Club to the Detroit Chess & one point separated the first four co nt e s t ~ • Checker Club. ants. The prize winners include A. S. NOVI ~ MijER"D c cE! M BI!R, 1933 T HE CHESS R E VI EW 5 Denker 9 ,...... 2, E, Schwartz, 8Y2 -2Y2. G . :fhe proposal of H . A. H erisse. Pres. Hellm an and T . McDermott. each 8- 3. of W est Side C hess Club, to form a B P. Ellis and A. Simchow each 7-4. division in the League was voted to be • • • adopted. This should prove a great fac tor Fine Leads in Marshall in encouraging the smaller clubs and the Chess Club Championship medium strength players of the larger W ith but one more round to be played clubs. as well as increasing chess interest. in the Championship Tournament of the Many of the clubs have already signified Marshall Chess Club. Reuben Fine, de their intention of entering a team in the fending champion. is leading a strong fie ld B division. • • • of contestants by a margin of Y2 point. The unusually fine play a nd strong Marshall-Kashdan Match qompetition in this year's tou rnament is T he Championship Match Committee evidenced by the fact that the scores of has been organized. and the main task of the six leading players show a difference raising the necessary purse of $5.000 is of only Y2 point each. At this stage of under way. M r. H arold M . Phillips. who the contest. during the past two years. did so well in behalf of the Folkestone Fine was already assured of first place in Team. was asked to act as Chairman. the tournament. but this year. however. M r. Fritz Brieger will be T reasurer. the outcome will not be decided until the A n account for the match fund has been completion of the final round. T he sta n d~ opened in the Chase N ational Bank with ing of the leaders follows: an initial deposit of $500. representing W L contributions of $250 each from Mr. Phi l ~ R. Pin(' . . . . · ...... 8)/2 lYz A. K('vitz . . · ...... , 2 lips and Mr. Brieger. Contributors may D. Pollilnd . · ...... 7).1 2).1 make checks payabJe to Fritz Brieger. F. R (' in/('Id . 7 3 Treasurer Chess Match, and mail to I ~ . A. Santasi.. r" ...... 7).1 3)/2 Harold M . Phillips. 2 Lafayette S treet . A . S ; mo,,~o n . . . . 7 4 C...... New York City . Co. • !;) ...... 5 5 Halll('r m ('~ h ...... 3)/2 6Y2 As announced by the challenger. I. Chrrrwv ...... 2).1 7Y2 Kashdan. a book of the match will be D\lIl .• t ...... • . . . .• . . 2)/2 7)/2 issued. <:.Ontai ni ng all the games with an~ F r("!"(' ...... 1Y2 8)/2 notations by the participants. biographical Grossman ...... 1)/2 8;1 The pairings for the final round are: notes. and pictures of both Marshall and Fine vs. Dunst. Reinfeld vs. Polland Kashdan. A full list of subscribers and Kevitz vs. Santasiere. Simonson vs. Costa. a n account of the organization of the Hamermmesh vs. Grossman. and C hernev match will also a ppear. This interesting vs . Frere. memento of the event should be in posses • • • sion of all lovers of chess. Autographed M etropolitan Chess League copies will be given to all who subscribe Elects Officers $5 .00 or more to the fund. At a meeting of the Metropolitan Chess Starting about the middle of February. Leag ue of New York City. held January I. Kashdan is leaving for a tour of the 9th at the Marshall Chess C lub. the fo l Eastern and Middle W estern States. with lowing officers were elected: Pres .. Leon~ the object of developing further interest ard B. Meyer: V ice-Pres.. Harry A . in the match. Full details ·o f his route and Herisse: Treasurer. Arthur H ughson: Sec dates will appear in our next i ssu~. Club retary. HOf(lce R. Bigelow. secretaries wishing for information as to 6 THE CHES S R E VI E W NOVEMBER- DECEMBER, 1933 engagements. may write to The C ~ ess Horowit:t Returns Review. , , , from Tour of East Fund for Dr. Emanuel Lasker During the months o f O ctober. Novem ber. and December, I. A. Horowitz, of the The International Chess Federation at Chess R eview. toured the Eastern and The Hague, announces the formation of Middlewestern states on a good~will mis a fund. in tribute to Dr. Emanuel Lasker. sion. where he encountered as many as who is at present residing in H olland. 267 opponents. in thirteen simultaneous December 21th, marked th e 65th anni pe rformances. The score o f his itinerary versary o f the birth o f Dr. Lasker. He and results follow : has earned for himself the admiration of W L D T Olal., the entire chess world during his reign Woonsockel. R. L . . . . 17 o 2 18- 1 as world's champiJn for 27 consecutive Boston. Mil" ...... 1 1 o 1 11 ).1 - ).1 years. BinQhamton. N. Y ... . 19 o 1 20_1 Contributions may be sent to Dr. A. S<:ranton . Pa...... 5 o 1 5Y2-).1 Rueb. president of the International Chess Allentown. Pa ...... 11 o o 12 - 0 Federation. The Hague. H olland. , , . Wilkes Barre. PH . ... 10 0 2 11_ 1 Philadelphiil. Pil ... '. .. I ; 0 6 20_3 the passing o f Washington, D. C. ... 16 0 5 18 Y2 - 2Yz Professor Johann N . Berger. ed uca tor. West VirQin ia ...... 19 1 3 20Yz-2).1 C levdand. O hio ... . . 33 5 5 35,!.1-7).1 author and master of chess, who died in Detroit. M il-h...... 11 I 1 II ).1-7).1 the town of his birth. Groz. Austria, on Irving P'l1k . m .( ' ) .. 26 4 4 28- 6 October 17. 1933. at the age of 88. Mi lwfluk ...... Wi ~. ( ' ) .. 20 0 8 24_4 His "Theorie und Praxis des End e ~ Tota] ...... 216 11 40 236-31· spiels" has been recog nized as a classic of ( .) TIl(' tru.... .,('or~ of these two ~xhibit ions h,, ~ h...... n mi slllfwed. The results publis]l('d ,in.' End 4 game .<;Iudies in chess. a pprox i mate . • DON'T FORGET . To Renew Your Subscription To THE CHESS REVIEW GAME STUDIES by Lajos Steiner Budapest, 1932 Eliminates th e threat of Q-R5ch 3nd in turn FOUl'" KNIGHTS thre31ens B-KKtS. Canal Lajos Steiner I 2 ...... P-KB4 White Black 13 B-KKt5 Q-Ktl! I P-K4 P-K4 Not only to parry KI ·QS but a lso havi nll th e 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 dl3110nal QKt to R7 in view. 3 Kt-B3 Kt-B3 14 R-R3 ...... 4 B-Kt5 Kt_Q5 The Rook had to prOlect the BP lor ahH H This was Rubinstein's innovation $Orne twenty Kt-Q5, PxP; 15 QPxP. Ku:KBPch; 16 PxKI. yt'au ago. The idea is to avoid the usual routiQt BxP, the White position is rather weak. moves which Il"avi!' White with the upper hand. I 4 ...... P-KR3 and instl'ad play for a free game even at the ex 15 B-Q2 P-B3 pense o f a Pawn. Rubinstein was quite succts.sful 16 Kt-K2 p,p with this method of play, except in his match with 17 KtxKt ...... BOl101Jubow in 1920. 5 B_R4 ...... A difficult pOSition. and White has to play White had at his disposal varioU$ options. carefully. 17 QPxP wo uld be met by 17 . .. tal 5 KtxKt, PxKt; 6 P-K5, PxKt: 7 PxKt, BxP!; 18 PxB. KtxBPch. OxP (7 ... PxPc;h would be 100 risky. as aher I 7 ...... BxKt 8 BxP, QxP: 9 Cast le s. B·K2; 10 B·B3 While's 18 QPxP P_Q4 auack CQuid ha rdl y be refu.se Antwerpt, 1933 The COIltinu 3 Kt-B3 P_Q4 17 P-R4 Q-K2 4 P_Q4 P-B3 18 QxQBP ...... 5 P-K3 QKt-Q2 Relatively the best would have been 18 P-K4. 6 B-Q3 PxP B-Kti: 19 B-B4, BxB: 20 KtxB. P-QBi: 21 PxP. 7 BxBP P-QKt4 KtxP: 22 Castles. QxP. etc .. and then White would have some fighting chances. 8 B-Kt3 · . . . . . 18 ...... Kt_Kt3 Th, Bishop belougs 00 Q3 where it is more 19 Q-B3 QR-Q centralized. Th, text move permits Black '0 P_K4 had to be hindered. seize the In itiative. 20 Q-Kt3 P-QR4! 8 ...... P-KtS T he winning maneuvre. Black prepares for QKt_Kt . 9 · . . . . 21 P-Bi. P-R5! when he has the following con This unnatural looking move is probably the tinuations in mind: (a) 22 BxRP. KtxB: 23 best, for after 9 Kt_K2. B-Q3: JO Castles. Castles: KtxKt. R·R: 24 P_K4 (P-Ktl BxKtch: 25 RxB. 11 Kt-Kt3. B-Kt2: 12 Q_K2. P-B1. it is difficult Q-KtS: 26 P-K4. KR-B: "27 QxB. R-B8ch. etc .). for White to play P-Ki. which is necessary in BxKtch: 25 KxB. Q-Kt5ch: 26 K-K3 , KR-O. order to give greater mobility to Whlte's forces. etc. (b) 22 KtxP. KtxKt: 23 BxKt. R-B; 24 9 ...... P-K4. BxKtch; 25 KxB, Q-Kt5ch; 26 K-Q (26 K-K3. KR-Q). B-Kt8: 27 R-R. QxKtP. etc. (c) 10 P-QR3 • • • • • • First 10 QKt- Q2 would prove not quite satis 22 B-Q. P-R6: 23 B-K2, PxP: 21 BxB. BxKt: factory. fo r after 10 . . . Kt-Kt3: 11 Q-B2 (11 25 K-K2. BxKt: 26 KxB, Q-Kt5ch: 27 K-K2. Kt-KS. R-B: 12 QKt-Bi. KtxK!: 13 KtxKt. Q_Qi Kt-Ql, etc. with the loss of the Knight Pawn) , R-B: 12 21 B_Q · Kt_BS Kt-Bi, P-B4; 13 B-R4ch, QKt-Q2 the pin of the 22 KtxKt BxKt(BS) Kt. and the greater scope. would leave Black with 23 R-R Q-Kt2 a superior poSition. But White could equalize 24 R_QB ...... simply hy 10 B-62, P-64: ! I P-OKt3. B-Q3: 12 Not 24 B-K2, BxKtch: 25 PxB. Q_Kt7. et<:. B-03. to h~ followed hy QKt-Q2 and B-Kt2. 10 ...... Q-R4 24 ...... B-Q3 11 B-Q2 Kt-KS 25 P-B4 QxQKtP 12 R_ R2 ...... 26 R-B2 Q-R6 If inste Articlc3 pertoining to this department will ~ accorded special attention. A ddn': E. M ARTIN'S recent success at Belson ~Martin Chess Match R • the Winnipeg Congress not only A match of six games is being contested brought back to Toronto the much coveted between J. H . Belson. Toronto champion. title. it also created the necessary jolt to and R. E. M artin, Canadian champion. enliven chess activities in T oronto and Play of the fi rst s:Ja me opened T uesday possibly a tremor to be felt in distant parts evening October 3 1st. at the T oronto of Canada. New clubs afC be ing organ Chess Club a nd resulted in a wi n for ized-clubs at one time disbanded a re fe· M artin. Publ ica tion o f the games will a p ~ organized. C hess lectures fo rm part o f pear in fo llowing issues o f these columns. a weekly routine at the T o ronto C hess Club- a large audience; a mammoth wall board: M r. C. A. Crompton. with pointer Toronto Chess League in hand explains complications met in vac· The annual meeting of the T oronto ious openings- obviously suggests tha t Chess League resulted with the fo llowing somebody must be weeded out of the executives elected for the ensuing year: masses, so that young Martin may be P resident. R. E . Martin; Vice~President. conquered! W ith all this excitement a T . Crossley; Secretary. C. C radock: great amount o f credit is due to Mr. H . Treasurer. C. Lennox. D . R. Swales and W . Jordan. o f Moose Jaw. as reported he H . Storey were appointed Canad ian Chess is undertaking the task of performing a Federation delegates. and Mr. Storey also last r oun d ~ up in the districts of Saskat~ representative of the W estern Chess As ~ chewan. It is predicted a new champion sociation for Canada. will come from the West and in view of this threat a club was organized in N orth R. E. Martin in Simultaneous Play Bay-consult M essrs. Palmer and Alford. In M ontreal there is Fox. Bilimin and An exceptional turn·out greeted our Richard. a dangerous trio in any tour~ new Canadian champion a t his first ap ~ nament. The clubs in W innipeg a re ac ~ pearance in simulta neous play since be live, a nd back in T oronto the Jordan coming holder ~ f the title, The event Chess C lub and Mr. Freedman are ablaze took place a t the Toronto Chess C lub. with acti vity-everybody is confused! All T hursday evening, October 19th. Thirty because a "little giant" young M artin. is players lined up against Martin and a Canada's champion. large audience looked on while the youth ful player made the rounds. The Rnal Correspondence Chess score was nineteen wins, three losses and eig ht draws. The players to score wins The Canadian Chess Cor:espondence against M artin were E . Bou rne. Univer· Association is endeavoring to arrange an sity Chess Club. H . Ridout. Beaches Chess Club and S. Le Riche, T oronto East vs. West competition with six players C hess C lub. Draws were secured by F . on each side. Peterborough and Brant· H olmes. D. H andley. E . Soderwell . A . ford are at the present time engaged in a H. T oveJl, N. Beerman. W . H udson. E. similar match. Rosenthal and T. Daly. NOVEMBIlR~DECEMBER. 1933 T HE CHESS REVIEW 11 Mogle Retains Title 0-0; 8 R~Kl, P-Q3; 9 KtxKtch, BxKt; 10 P~B3 . . Kt-K2; II P-Q4. Kt-Kt3 with equal development, From Winnipeg comes the news that and so terms White's fifth move "colourless." A. Mogle. city champion. retained his title 6 KtxP KtxKt recently in the annual tournament. J. 7 P_Q4 B-Q3 Dreman finished second with A. Atnikov 7 .. . BxP; 8 QxB, Kt-B3; if 9 BxKt. QPxB; third. The event comprised an entry of 10 QxQch. KxQ; 11 B-Kt5, P-R3 and Black would nine players. It is also reported that the at least have more freedom. Manitoba championship tournament is 8 a-a! P-B4 scheduled for January 1934. 9 PxKt BxP 10 B-Kt3 Q-B2 Toronto News 11 P-B4 ...... 11 Kt_Q5 deserved consideration. The most In Toronto. preparations are being made complicated and losing course for Black to take for the the 1934 dty championship which would then be 11 ... BxPch; 12 K-RI. KtxKt: will begin sometime in February. Two 13 QxKt, 0-0: 14 P~Kt3. BxP: 15 PxB. QxP(?): interesting matches in Toronto, recently 16 RxP!. Q-R6ch: 17 K~Ktl, if 17 ... Q-K3{?): 18 Q -Kt5! caused quite a commotion in Canadian 11 ...... BxKt chess circles. In the Crompton-Swales 12 PxB P-B5 match of ten games. the score with seven games played. was three and one-half 13 P-K5 Kt-Ktl points each. The Belson-Martin bout is A retrogressive move: the scare is two wins. two draws and no lo~ses in Martin's favor; there responsible for a great amount of exdte~ is but one other game to conclude the six game ment and confusion. since J. H. Belson. match and Martin is endeavouring to win a piece Toronto champion and a favorite with the under difficult circumstan(.'es when a draw would fans. got off to a bad start in the match make certain the majority of points. If 13 ... of six games. After the fourth fixture. Q-B4ch; 14 K-Rl, Kt-K5: 15 Q-B3. P-Q4: 16 R . E. Martin, Canadian champion. was PxP e.p .. P-B41 IF 14 Q~Q4, QxQch; 15 PxQ, PxB; 16 Pl N IMZOVITC H D EFENSE 21 Q- Q2 Q-B2 Moscow. U. S. S. R. 22 R_BI Q xRch 6th Game of Match 23 QxQ RxQch (Notes by A. S. Denker) 24 BxR ...... S. Flohr M . Botwinnik Now foll ows a very Instructive ending in which White Black the two Bishops dominate the board. Kt_KB3 , I P-Q4 24 ...... K_BI 2 P-Q B4 P-K3 25 K-B2 K_K2 3 Kt-QB3 B- Kt5 26 B- K3 K-QI 1 Q- B2 ...... 27 K-KI K-B2 i Q -Kt3 Is a good altema tive, which may run 28 K-Q2 Kt-B4 as follows : i .. . P-Bi; 5 PxP, Kt-B3: 6 Kt -B3, 29 P- QKt1 QKt- Q2 Kt-K5: 7 8 ·Q2, KlxOSP (7 .. .. KlxS: 8 KtxKt, 30 P- Kt3 Kt_ Kt3 BxP [8 ... Kt~5: 9 Q_R4. BxKt; ' 10 PxB, 31 K - B2 Ke-B3; I J P· K3 and it is dif ficult to discover a QKt- Q2 promising ,ontinuation. in spite of White's tripled 32 P-QR4 Kt- Kt3 Pawns]; 9 Kq Q2 ).Ki. B-K2 ; 10 Castles Q with 33 P- R5 QKt_Q2 advanta ge, as succes.dull y played by Spltimann 34 B-QBI K _QI • at Carlsbad, 1929): 8 0-82, P-Bi!; 9 p ·QRl. 35 B-Kt2 Kt-KI BKKt; 10 BxB. Ca.slles; II P..QKI4, KI ~ K5 ; 12 B-Kt2! and W hile's two Bishops and Black's 36 K - Q2 Kt-B2 weaker P awn forma tion should fa vor W hile. 37 K-K3 K-K2 38 B- KBI K t-Kt4 P_B4 4 ...... 39 P-R. Kt_B2 5 PxP Kt-R3 40 B-KR3 Kt_ KI 6 P- QR3 BxKtch 41 P-B4 ...... 7 QxB Ktx P 8 P_B3 P-Q3 Th~ break. 9 P-K. P-K4 4 I ...... P-B3 Defi nitely leaVing the Q P in a backward 42 B-B5 P-KKt3 posilion. 43 B- KR3 P-R3 10 B- K3 Q-B2 H B-QB K t-Kt2 I I Kt _K2 B- K3 45 PxP Q PxP 12 Q-B2 ...... Not -'15 ... KlxP ; i 6 B-BS! or is BPx P; i 6 Making roo m for the Kn ight's entry to QS K-B3, P-R-'I; -'17 B·R6, Kt-K ; i s B-KISch, via B3. Kt( Q2)-B3 (Forced i8 ... KI (K)-B3; i9 BxK t (Q2 ) !); "' 9 B-B8! 12 ...... C astles 13 Kt- B3 KR_ BI 46 K-B3 P-R4 14 B-K2 P-QR3 47 B- K3 K-Q3 15 R- QBI Q Kt-Q2 48 B_R6 Kt-KI 16 Q - Q2 Q-Ktl 49 P-Kt4 P xPch 17 Kt-Q5 BxK t 50 BxP Kt- B2 18 BPxB RxRch 51 B-K3 Kt_Kt4 19 QxR Q-QI 52 K - K2 Kt- B2 • 20 Castles R- BI 53 K- Q3 P-B4 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER. 1933 THE CHESS REVIEW 13 Rather than to await a slow but certain death FOl"ced. for if 6 ... P-K3; 7 PxP, PxP; 8 BxKt, by K-B4 and B-B5ch. Black forces matters by QxB: 9 KtxP, QxP; 10 QxQ. KtxQ; 11 Castles, sacrificing a Pawn in the hope of obtaining a Kt-K3; 12 B-KtSch, etc. draw. but he overlooks the strength of the KRP. 7 P-Q5 Kt_K4 54 PxP PxP 8 Q-Q4 Kt-Q6ch 55 BxP KtxP 9 BxKt PxB 56 B_Q2 Kt(Q2)_B3 10 Kt-KB3 ...... 57 K-B4 K-B3 In the first DUTCH DEPENSE . , 25 R-KB2 P-R5 Leningrad, U. S. S. R. 26 B-B3 ...... 10th Game of Match T his lo ses quickly, but the pOSition was al ready (N otes by A. S. Denker) bad. 26 ...... PxKt S. Flohr M. Botwinnik 27 BxQ PxRch White Black 28 K~Kt2 KtxB I P_Q4 P- K3 29 P-KR3 Kt __ KB3 2 P-QB4 P_KB4 30 KxP Kt--K5ch 3 P-KK,3 Kt-KB3 Resigns. 4 B-Kt2 B-K2 For il 31 K-Kt2, SxPch ! and Black wi ll bring 5 Kt_QB3 P_Q1 his Rooks into the ~ame with telling effect. Re viving the "Stonewalr' variation, the object • • • of which is 10 dominate White's K KtxP; 18 Kt-K4, Kt-Q2). B-Kt2, Black's position 5 B_Kt2 P-QB3 is still tenable. 6 P-QR4 B-Kt5ch 16 QR-Q B_Kt2 7 E-Q2 Q_R4 17 Kt-B3 Q-K2 8 Kt_R3 P-B6 P_B3 18 P __ KKt4 9 PxP BxP This only s'erves to aggravate Black's weak 10 Kt-B4 King side position. Instead 18 .. . B-Q2. followed Q-Kt5 by QR-Q and B-B3, would still permit Black to 11 Castles QxKt offer some resistance. But this was not necessary. After the simple 1'9 PxBP BxP 11 .. . BxB: 12 KKtxB, KKt-B3; followed by 20 BxB QxB Castles. Black, with a Pawn ahead. had nothing to fear. 21 Kt-K5 Kt-Q2 12 R-BI ...... 22 P-Kt5 Q_Kt2 With a Pawn behind, White seeks to compliCate 23 Q-Kt3 ...... at all cost hoping to catch his opponent napping Permitting Black to double his King Pawns. for on the defense. an "dvanced po~t at KB6. 12 ...... Kt-Kt3 23 ...... KtxKt Not satisfied with only one Pawn Black at Practically forced . The cramped position tempts to bite off too much, before he is developed, not allow Black much leeway. and gets indigestion, Aga in 12 ' " KKt-B3 was 24 PxKt B--Q2 indicated. , 25 R-B6 QR-Q 13 BxB QxRP 26 B_K2 B-B 14 P-Q5! ...... 27 QR_KB R_B This move shatters the Black position in such 27 . .. P-Q5: 28 PxP. PxP: would leave Black a manner that White will recover one of his two with a weak QP and also a Queen side Pawn Pawns immediately and the other perforce later. minority, whereas 28 ... RxP: 29 Q-B2, R-Q2; 14 .... ., QxQ 30 QxP. leaves little hope for Black. 15 KRxQ P-B3 28 PxP PxP Relatively better would he J5 , . , Kt-KB3 with 29 P-K6 Q-K2 the idea of giving back the two Pawns if necessary. 30 B_Kt4 Q_Kt2 Apparently Black is laboring under the misappre_ 31 Q-K5 KR_K hension that he still has a winning position. 32 Q_ Kt3 R_ K2 16 PxBP PxP 33 R-B7 Resigns. 17 Kt-Q4 Kt-K2 For a fter 33 ... RxR: 34 PxRch, K-R : 35 Q-B7. 18 KtxBP B_Kt2 there is no defense . 19 B-R5 P-Ki • • • , Although still a Pawn ahead, Black appears QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED to be without resources, After the exchange of Manhattan Chess Club Championship the minor pieces, White will always manage to place a Rook on the seventh rank with disastrous New York. December. 1933 consequences, (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) 20 KtxKt BxB R. Willman O. Tenner 21 KxB KxKt White Black 22 R __ B7ch K-K3 I P-Q4 P_Q4 Obviously 22 ,,' K-B: 23 BxKt, PxB; 24- 2 P-QB4 P-K3 KR-07 would be unpleasant, 3 Kt-KB3 Kt-Q2 23 RxKtP Kt..-B5 4 P-KKt3 ...... 24 B-B3 P-QR4 If White chooses to fian chetto his Bishop, he 25 P-K4 Kt-Q3 may do so only after the QBP is either protected After 25 . . , # P-R5: 26 B_Kt4, threatening mate, or exchanged. After the text move Black can would be difficult to parry successfully, safely capture and maintain the Gambit Pawn. 26 P-B3 KR_QB 4...... PxP 27 R-Q3 R-B4 16 THE CHESS REVIEW NOVEMBI'.R~DECEMBER. 1933 Black's play is not very sharp. Afte r 27 ... Correctly timl'd and taklnt;! advantage 01 Black'J'I R-B5. the threat of advancing Ihe pa~d QRP inn act handl ing 01 the openi ng moves. would still make mauers difllcult. • • I 0 ...... B-KKt5 R_QKtl 28 RxP Relative ly better would be 10 ... PxP; I ' PxP. 29 R_ QR7 • • • • • • KlxP; 12 BxP. R-KKt ; 13 B-Kt2 (nol BxP, Thl' menace 01 the QRP i~ now gone. Q-B3!), Q-K2. 29 ...... R-Kt6 11 PxP P-K4 30 R-R6! ...... Sacriflein !l a Pawn In order to avoid the vari The key of White's last few moves. Otherwise ation I I ... PxP; 12 R-Kleh, B-K2; 13 Q-K2. he would be In difficulties. Now it is just a matter Certainly this may be the be tter of two evils, but 01 time. the position does not appear quile promising. 30 • • • • • • R(Bi)xB 31 R(Q3),Ktch K- K2 12 P-KR3 BxKt 32 R- K6ch K_Q2 13 QxB Castles 33 RxBP R-Kt4 Ii Kt_Q2 Kt-Kt3 3i R- R7oh Resigns. R_ KI * • • . 15 Kt-B4 16 KR - KI QKtxP RETI'S OPENING • 17 KtxP Q-Ri Manhattan Chess Club Championship New York. December. 1933 With a Pawn behind and an infHior position, (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) it is difflcult to Rnd a Oood c onli ~·lUation. Never A. W . Dake D. McMurray theless, QR-BI seems 10 offer greater resi.,tance. 18 P-R3 Q-Kti White Black I Kt-KB3 Kt-KB3 19 P-Qi QR-BI 2 P- QBi P-QB3 20 B-KBI Q-R1 3 P- KKt3 P_Qi Black's last few Queen moves have served only i P_QKt3 B-Bi to lose tim e. 5 B_QKt2 P-K3 21 B-Bi B-Ktl 6 B- Kt2 QKt_Q2 22 R-K2 P-R3 7 Castles P-KR3 23 QR-K I Q-QI To prepare for KI-KRt when the B will be able 2i Q-B5 P-QKti to retrcat to R2 . But th is precaution was not , .. necessary jU$1 yet. In fact It was important to 25 KtxP! ... play 7 ... B·Q3 at once, followed i mm~ l ate l y The coup de grace. Tht' rt' is no dt'ft' n.w. by 8 ... Castles In order to avoid thr unfavorable 25 ...... RxR complications, which actually occurred in thr • gamr. After 7 ... B-03; 8 Kt -KRi. B-KKt5 : 25 KxKt would b< met by RxR! 9 P-KR3, B-R4 : 10 P-KKt4 . KtxP! 26 RxR KxKt 8 P- Q3 B-Q3 27 BxKtch K- BI Fail!n~ to play B-03 on the last move, It would The point! The Bis hop cannot be captured be- now be better to pla y B-K2 and be content with cause of th~ l 00.!~ Rook ilt 81 . a Q side Pawn advance-( P-QR4-S). in order to 28 B-K6 R-B2 weaken White's Q side Pawns. 29 P-Q5 B-R2 9 p,p BPxP 30 K-Kt2 B-Bi If 9 . .. KPxP: 10 P-K4, PxP (P-KS wu threat ened ); II PxP. KtxP; 12 Kt-R4 and there b no 31 R_B2 B-Q3 dtlense. Or even 10 . .. B-KKtS; 11 ~x P . PxP: 32 RxR B,R 12 R-Kch, B-K2 ; 13 Q-K2, and Bl CARO~ KANN DEFENSE Position after 18 . .. P-Kt3 Vienna, November, 1933. B. H ONLlNGER (Notes by A. Becker) R. Spielmann B. Honlinger White I Black I P-K4 P-QB3 2 P_Q4 P_Q4 3 PxP PxP 4 P-QB4 Kt-KB3 5 Kt-QB3 P-K3 The main variation of th is opening is better ill ustrated in the game Bccker-Podhorzer, which ran as foll ows: ·· 5 .. . Kt-QB3: 6 Kt_B3, B ~K t 5: 7 PxP, KKtxP: 8 B-QKt5 , R- B!: 9 P-KR3, BxKt: 10 Q xB, P-K3: 11 Castles, P-QR3; 12 KtxKt, QxKt; 13 QxQ, PxQ; 14 B-R4, B-K2; 15 B-K3, The exposed position of 81DCk 's King ' and his Castles: 16 QR-B, P-B'I, with an even game, . backwards Q side development leDds 'Black to try 6 Kt--B3 PxP to ease the tension by the exchang e of Queens. 7 BxP ...... But W hi te is equal to the emergency and 'gives his oppone nt no quarte r. This exchange leads to a position ~ im i l a r to 23 Q-Kt3 P- QKt4 the one resulting from the Queen's Gambit cepted, ' 24 R- Q6 Q-K5 7 .. .. ,' B-K2 · 25 Q-QB3! K_K2 8 Castles Castles A.fter .. . B-Kt2; 26 P-B3 followed by R-Q7ch wi ns th e B. 9 B_ B4 P- QR3 26 Q-RS P--'Kt4 This enta ils great diffl'culties. Better would be 27 P-B3 Q_Kt3 the maneuver QKt-Q2-Kt3-Q4. , Or Q-K6ch: K-R and the KRP cannot be saved. 10 P----Q5! PxP 28 R- Q8 ! ...... 11 KtxP KtxKt Pretty and decisive. If 28 . . . KtxR: 29 12 BxKKt Kt-Q2 QxKtc h. K-B 2: 30 Q-Q5ch regaining th e R. 13 Q_B2 Q-R4 28 ...... Q-B7 More logical appear~ 13 Kt-B3: 14 B-QKt3, 29 R_ K8ch K-B2 B-KKt5. 30 Q-KtSch K_B3 14 B-QKt3 Kt-B4 31 R-KI Q-B3 IS QR- K' 32 Q- R8ch K _ B2 Not with the KR for afte ,· 15 ' " KtxB, W hite Not K_Kt3 : 33 R-Kt8ch! also after 32 . . ', K_B4: is prepared to capture the B at K2. 33 P-Kt4ch, etc. IS ...... Q-Q' 33 Q-KtSch K_B3 .Del aying th e developmen t of the backwards Q 34 P ____ KR4 ! side. Instead B-K3 was indicated. The co up de grace. White now threaten's 35 16 R-QI Q-Kt3 R (KI)xKtch, BxR :36 QxPch, K-B2: 37 R-K7c h. 17 B-Kt5 ! BxB etc. 34 ...... Forced, for after 17 . . . B-03, 18 B-K3; the • After PxP the w in should be morediffl cult, .but threat of RxB, followed by capturing the Kt, can the resul t would be the same, not adequately be met, 18 KtxB P--Kt3 35 P-R5 Q-B7 22 KR_ Q I RxB Resigns. For Black observed that he is mate in three KxKt 19 BxPch! moves. 20 KtxR Kt-K3 (Translated from the W iener Shach 21 R-Q5 Q,B3 Zeitung) 18 THE C H E'SS REVI EW N OVE MBER-DECEMBER, 1933 K ING' S GAM BIT work up an attack on the Kt fi le. Instead P_KRJ Philadelphia; November. 1933. to be followed by P- KKti would offer beller (Notes by I. A Horowitz. ) chances. 13 ...... BxKt . • Messrs. Sharp I. A. H orowitz 14 PxB Kt-KR' 15 Q-Kt4 · . . . . . and Winkelman If Q- B5 ~' th en P-KK t3; 16 QxQP. KtxP; with White Black the superior' end _g ame. 1 P- K4 P_ K4 15 ...... P- KKt3 2 P- KB4 · . . . . . 16 R-KKt K - R Reviving the old "fashioned King's Gambit, 17 Kt ~ K2 · . . . . . which seldom is used in master pla y. The reason Prepariog to consolidate the position with P-B3. for W hife's choice is quile an intereslin{l one. 17 ...... Q-B3 BOgo!juooW, in an analysis o f the ope ning. con P-B3 wo uld 1I0W be met by R_K6 winninO at dudes that Black gets the superior position,' but least a P. in a sma ll footno te in Grifflth and W hite, T :lr 18 K_ Bi ...... takower c1£l ims to have refuted . Bogo! jubow's an Again trying for P-B3. alysis. White sleeted the opening based on T ar !akower's refutation. 18 ...... Kt- Kt5 19 B-Kt5 2 ...... P-xP , 3 B- B4 Kt-KB3 S H ARP (, WINKELMAN After .3 ... Q-RS ch; 4 K-B, the Q will be driven back by KI-KB3 and W hite will more than make up in ti me, in exchange f OT the right of cll.!ltlin g. 4 Kt- QB3 · . . . . . If instead P-K5 , then P..Qi would leave Black with a favorable position. 4 ...... P-B3 5 Q- B3 P_Q4 6 PxP B-Q3 7 P_Q4 · . . .. . Bu t here Is the p • NOVEMBEJI_DecI!MBI!R, 1933 TH E CHESS REVIEW 19 VIENNA GAMBIT 14 K.-B3 P-B3 Manhattan Chess C lub C hampionship I S P-Q5 KtxQP New York. December. 1933 If instead I 5 . : . PxP; 16 KIxQP, BxP; 17 (Notes by I. A. H orowitz) KtxB wins a pie<:e. O. Tenner E. Schwartz 16 KtxKt PxKt 17 QxP White Black QxQ I P_K4 P_K. 18 BxQ P-B4 2 Kt- QB3 Kt-KB3 19 Castles P-QR. The only way to bring om the pieces. 3 P-B4 P-Q4 . 20 P-KKt4! ...... 4 P-Q3 A powerful move. fo rcing an immediate entry This movt. which is new 10 the younger gen into the oppwing c The old line 5 Q~R4(;h, Kt-B3; 6 P~K3, 8-Q2: 27 B-B6, 0~B3; 28 KtxKt, RPxKt: 29 RxPch l 7 Q_Kt3, continued with R-B with pressure on the and wins) ; 25 QxP, 0-QB3; 26 P-K6! wi th a OB. Ille would yield White a good game. The winning attack. text avoids any prepared analysis. 23 Q-R3 Kt_ B3 5. . . !. • •• P-B3. . Forced, for if 23",. Kt..Q2; 24 PxP,QxKtP ; But this foll ow-up does not seem to' be in the 25 QxKt, , QcK5ch: 26 K~Kt, QxKt1; 27 QXPch, same spirit as Black's last move. 5 . , . OKt-02, K ~ R; 28 Q-B8ch, etc, and P -B4, or P~B4 at once, was more energetic. 24 B_B6 Kt_ R4 6 Q __ Kt3! BxKtch 25 PxP ' RPxP 7 PxB QKt_Q2 8PxP ."' .. N. GROSSMAN In order to avoid the exchange of Queens. which would be necessary after 8 8-03, PxP: 9 ExP, Kt~Kt3; 10 8-Q3, Q-Q4. 8 ...... BPxP Generally it is ' wise to capture with the , BP when the open Bishop file can be seized or chal lenged quickly, or when it is necessary to avoid a break at White's QKt5. But il). the present posi tion, when the prospect of occupying the Bishop file, if not remote, is at least not 'threatening, and White's Pawn formation is such that a break at QKt5 is impossible, 8 KPxP, freeing the QB, seems preferable, B_Q3 Castles 9 R. FINE 10 Kt-K2 ...... White is preparing the advance of his KP, 26 Kt __ B4! 10 ...... Q_R4 KtxB 27 KtxKtP! K_Kt2 Stronger is 10 . . . P..QKt3; 11 Castles, B~Kt2; 11 P~B3 , P~K4. After the Queen move, if Black Or 27 . . . PxKt; 28 RxKt, K_Kt2; 29 RxPch! plays P~K4, White can ruin his Pawn position with a forced mate in at most five moves. by BxKt. 28 R ...... KKt!!! PxKt 11 P_B3 P_QKt3 29 RxPch!!! KxR 12 Castles B'--1:I3 30 Q- K6 1 ...... 13 Q_B2 BxB An extraordinary position. Black is a Rook 14 QxB KR-B and two Knights ahead, but has nothing morc IS B-R4 P_QKt4 than a difficult draw, Time pressure accounts for 16 P-K4 ...... the blunder on Black's next move, Spat, aber doch! 30 ...... KtxP? 16 ...... R-BS Correct was 30 , . , Kt-K41; R~Ktch, K-R3!; 32 Here,' and in the 'next few moves Black plays QxKt, R ~KKt (or A ; 33 , Q~K3ch , K~R2; 34 too' passively. 16 .. . ' P~Kt5, to open the QB KxQ; 37 RxR, RxBP; 38 R-Kt8, with a drawn file is the proper plan, , ending, 17 P.-KS . Kt-K A, 32 ... R-B2; 33 Q-Kt5ch, K-R2: 34 Q-R4ch, 18 P ~ B4 P_Kt3 Kt~R4 { 35 QxKtch, Q~R3 ; 36 Q-B5ch, K~R; 37 i 9P:c. Kt4 Q-- Kt3 Q~K5ch, R~Kt2; 38 RxR. QxR: 39 Q~R5ch with a draw by perpetual check, for if K ~ Kt, QxPch 20 K_R Kt-Kt2 followed by QxR. 21" P~B5! KPxP 31 R ...... KKtch K _ R3 22 'PxP KtxKP 32 Q-K3ch K-R2 22 ... KtxBP would lead' to, 'an immediate cata5troph~. 23 RxKt, PxR; 24 Kt-B4! K~R (or 33 Q_K7ch K-R3 24 . . . Kt~B; 25 R-Ktch, Kt~Kt3; '26 QxP, RxP; 34 Q-Kt7ch Resigns. NOVE MBER · DeCE MBER; 1933 THE CHESS REVIE'W 2J ENGLISH OPENING Belter is 22 QxR. RxO; 23 PxB. hut the game Marsha ll Chess Club Championship i ~ in any case h~less . New York. December. 1933. 22 ...... PxP! (Notes by R . Pine) 238-Q3 P-K5 A. Kevili. R. Fine 21 KtxP KR-Kt 25 QxRch RxQ White Black 26 KtxB KtxKt 1 P-QB4 Kt-KB3 27 B-Kt Q_R4 2 Kt_QB3 P-K3 28 P-Kt3 Kt-B3 3 P_K4 P_Q4 Resigns. 4 P-K5 P-Q5 • • • 5 PxKt PxKt KING'S I NDIAN DEPENSE 6 KtPxP Q,BP 7 P_Q4 P-QKt3 Aachen. 1933. (Notes by F. Reinfeld) 7 . . . P-B .. is sufRcient to equa l! ~.. . The lu t move seems to qive Black the better chances. E. BogoJjubow L. Rellslab 8 Kt_B3 B-Kt2 White Black 9 B_K2 P-KR3 1 P-Q4 Kt-KB3 In the g.lIne Flohr-Kashdan. Folkestone. 1933. 2 Kt-KB3 P-KKt3 Black played 9 ... Kt-Q2 and Ihe game continued 3 Kt-B3 ...... 10 Caslin. B·Q3; II B·Kt5. Q ~ B4 ; 12 Q-Ri with Possibly in order 10 avoid the Grunfeld De th e be tter gam e. fe.nse- after 3 P·B4. B-Kt2; i Kt· B3. P-Qi, etc. 10 Castles B-Q3 3 ...... P-Q4 I I Q7'R4ch ...... To prevent P·QBi. for Black's repl)' is Virtua ll y In order to prevenl P· K.. . he ·relinquishes com. forn-d. mand of Ihe Black sq uares. More in accordance II ...... B-B3 with Ihe splrll of the Ilanchetto ~velopmenl Rem! 3 ... P-Ql. for example i P·Ki, B-Kt2 : S P-KR3. 12 Q-B2 Castles Castles; 6 B·KBi, QKt·Q2; 7 Q_Q2. P_B": 8 P·Q5 13 B-K3 Kt-Q2 and Black should conlinue ... R-K with a satls. 14 QR-Q QR_Q faclory position (Ed. Lasker_Maroczy. New York. 15 Kt-Q2 ...... 1924). Thre;ltenl nQ 16 P-B". 4 B-B4 B_Kt2 I 5 ...... P-K4 5 P-K3 Castles 16 P-Q5 B_Kt2 6 Kt-QKt5 ...... 17 Q-R4 Q-:Kt3!! A harmleS5 diversion which leads to DOt hing An unupected sacrifice. which gives Black the definite. A more plaUSible continuation Is: in itiativt. The alternative 17 ... P.QRi: 18 I. 6 P-KR) , P_Bi ; 7 PllP! Q·R"; 8 Kt-Q2. Kt·K4. Q ·K2 ) 19 KtxB. QxKt; 20 R-Kt. i~ In QxBP; 9 Kt-KI3. Q-Kt3; to B-K5!. P-K3; I I Whitt's favor. KI·KtS. Kt-K: 12 BxB. Kcx8; 13 P-KR .. ! (Capa. 18 Q,P B-B blanca-Yates. New York. 192i).' 6 , ..... Kt-R3 19 ~t-Kt3? ...... 7 B-K2 B-Kt5 A bl,,"licr which lo ~ c~ ilt once. Either 19 Q-Ri or 19 P·B5 was nt!<:tssary. 8 Kt-B3 Kt-Ktl 19 ...... Kt-B3 Perhaps hoping thac White is willing to draw by 8 Kt-QKIS. Kt -R3: 9 KI-Bl, Kt-Kt l; 10 KI_ 20 K-R ...... QKcS. Kt-R3, elC?! If 20 P·BS. 8-R6: 21 B-B3. ·R-R : 22 Q-Kt 7. 9 P':'KR3 B-Bi KR -Kt: 23 Q-86. B-Q2. Alter the lext move the Queen is liktwise lost. A wa~ te of lime. Why pla y 7 ... B-KIS if he 20 ...... B-Q2 does nOI want 10 exchange the Bi~hop 1 And If he wishes to rNreat. it is foolish to invite Whlte's 21 P-B5 R-R obvious reply. 22 Q-Kt7? ...... 10 P-KKt4 ...... 22 T H E C H E SS R EV I EW NOVEM BE R ~DECEM BI! R. 1933 Bogoljubow has gai n~ d two full tempi for the This loses quickly, but the posllion WilS al .... ady lormatlon o f a K side attack, which he proceeds untenable. to ex~cu!e with his usual vigor, 34 RxBP QxP I 0 ...... B_BI 35 R- B7 P-QR4 I I P_Kt5 Kt- KI 36 R- R P- R5 11 . .. Kt-R'I would have led to interesting com T oo late. plications ofter 12 Kt-K5 or pe rh aps 12 S-R2!? 37 RxBch! KxR BIRP; 13 Kt-R4 . etc. 38 Q - K5 Intending I; ... KkB3 with ... KtxKtP to him as a "very great master, whose tacti follow. cal play is unrivalled in Russia. His style 15 P-R3 Kt-B3 • is characterized by colossal energy and pa 16 Kt--' Kt5 · . .. . . tience, and in theoretical knowledge (es 16 R-KKtl (to stop Black"s next move) would pecially as regards the openings) he is be answered by ... P-R4! considered inferior to none of the great 16 ...... Kt-R4! analysts of Western Europe, At the same 17 KtxQP Kt-Kt6ch time it must be borne in mind that his ex 18 K.-Q2 KtxR traordinary success is due-not so much to 19 BxKt Q-R3 book-knowledge, as to his ingenious and 20 KtxB QRxKt imaginative play." 21 KtxKP B-B3 22 Kt_Q7 Q,P DUTCl-I DEFENSE All RUSSian Tournament; 1927. 23 KtxBch · .. . . . White's game could hardly lx- any worse after E. Rabinowitsch M. Botwinnik 23 KtxR. Q-R7ch: 24 K-Q3. et<;. White Black 1 P-Q4 P-Kl 23 ...... RxKt P-QB4 24 K-Q3 Q-R7 1- P-KB4 3 P-KKt3 Kt-KB3 25 B-Q2 P-QKt4! 4 B-Kt2 Tht' quickest way to win. B-Kl 26 PxP The dispo:;ition of this B depends on· whether P-B5ch Black is to advance the OP one square or two. 27 K_B3 Kt-B4 lf he intends .,' P-Q3, it would be better to <;let Threatening 28 ... Kt-Kt6: 29 R-Kt, R-KR3, rid of the B by ... B~Kt5ch with a further gain in materiaL 5 Kt_QB3 Castles 28 K-Kt4 Kt-Kt6 6 Kt-B3 P-Q4 29 B-B3 · . . . . . 7 Castles P-B3 ReSigning would he somewhat strongo;-r. On 7 . . . PxP White regains thl" Pawn with ad 29 ...... P_R4ch! vantage by 8 Kt-K5. in any event the capture of 30 K-R4 Q-KB7 the BP would be pointless. for the main object of 31 QxKt ...... the Stonewall formation is to preserve a powerful Desperation; if 31 BxR, Q-KI3: 32 B-Qi. KtxB center. and White must give up thl' Queen just the same. 8 Q-B2 Q-K 31 ...... P,Q 9 B-B4 ...... 32 BxR R,...... B5ch This move seems Ollt of place. Why not P-Kt3, 33 KxKtP Q-B7oh B-KI2. Kt·K5, P-B3, P-K4. etc. 34 K-R2 PxB 9 .. . .. , Q-R4 Resigns. 10 QR-Q ...... This move likewise seems An en('rgNic ;lIld wel!-playt'd gAme on Richtrr's superfluous. part. 10 ...... QKt-Q2 • • • 11 P-Kt3 ...... White fears . . , PxP; 12 Kt-Q2. Kt-Kt3. (From Chess Tactics and Strategy, by 11 ...... Kt-KS Reinfeld and Chernev.) 12 Kt_K5 Kt-Kt4!? An original move which forestalls P-B3 and M. Botwinnik threatens to remove one of White's Bishops - by Although this youthful master (born . .. Kt-R6ch, 1910) is considered the strongest player 13 P-KR4? ...... in Russia, his games are little known out This compromises White's K side. Black's "threat" was purely psychological. for after 13 side of his native land. Kostich speaks of P~B3!. Kt-R6ch; 14 BxKt. QxB; 15 P-K4 While THE CHESS R E VI EW N OVE MBER_DECEMBER. 1933 . would dearly have a good gflme. the Stonewall tranSpOlleS into the same vllrlatlon). R- B6: 26 Variil tion of the Dut<::h De fense being .su ffi ciently K-Q2. B-KS4! and wins. weak to allow Whit(' the luxury of II few inac_ 21 ...... RxB! curate or second-best movts. 22 PxR Q - Kt6! 13 ...... Kt- K5! W ith th!' following threaU: Black I 22 . .. B- Bi II 22 . _. P-K6 III 22 B-R6ch IV 22 KPx P V 22 R_KB Clearly the attack is overwhelming. 23 KtxKP ...... Or 23 PxKP. B..QB'I ; 2'1 P-K3, Q -B6ch: 25 K-K, QxKRch: 25 K-Q2, Q-R7ch. etc. 23 ...... P"Kt 24 R"B ...... Hoping for 24 .. . P-K6: 25 RxPchl 24 ...... B- B4 White 25 P- K3 QxPch 14 B_ B3 ...... 26 Q-B2 • • • • • • White is already In di fficulties: he cannot play On 26 K_Kt Black plays . . . BxPch: 27 K-R2. 14 KtxKKt. BPxKt: 15 P- B3 because o f 15 .. . B-B7 coming out a whole Rook ahead nfte r 28 RxB!: 16 PxR. P-K6!: 17 0-Q3 ( 17 B-R3? R-KKt, BxRch; 29 KxB. Q-Kt5ch. Kt-B3! ). BxP; 18 QxP. B-Kt6!; 19 Kt-Kt4. Kt-B3! and wim ( L·&hiquier) . A likely continuation 26 ...... QxRch would be 20 R-B2 ( the a ltemntive is 20 KtxKtch, 27 K-K2 Q - R6! PxKt; 21 R-B2, Q -R7ch: 22 K-B, P-K4!: 23 BPxP, 28 P-B5 28 ...... B-R6 and wins), P_K4 !! : 21 QxP, BxKt ; 22 PxB, 28 Rx P, R..Q. cte. Q-R7ch; 23 K-B. R-K: 24 Q -B5 (forced). BxR ; 25 KxB. Kt-K5ch winning the Q ueen. Q - Kt5ch 1'1 ...... Q _ K 29 K-Q2 R-KB 15 KtxQKt ...... 30 P-K6 QxBP 31 QxQ RxQ It is dear thaI W hite hilS lost the th read of the and wins. game. 15 ...... BxKt • •• 16 K_Kt2 B- Kt5! The following games were played in the Another psychological move which lead$ White H astings Christmas T ournament. 1933. to compromise his positi on ~tlll furt her. E. Eliskases S. Flohr 17 BxKt? , . ... . White Black Correct Wl1S \7 Kt -K t! 17 ...... BPxB · I Kt-KB3 P- Q4 18 R_KR Q_R4 2 P-Q4 Kt_ KB3 3 P-B4 PxP 19 P-B3? Q_Kt3! 4 P-K3 P- B4 111rea!en; ng ... PxPch. n~ we ll ,, ~ ... RxB. White's re ply ' is forced. 5 B"P P-K3 6 Castles Kt- B3 20 K-B P_ K4! • 7 Q-K2 P- QR3 The point of this appeau after Black's 22nd mov!'. 8 R-QI P- QKt4 2 1 QPxP ...... 9 B-Q3 P- B5 If 21 BxP. KPxP: 22 QxO. PxPch: 23 KxP. 10 B-B2 Kt- QKt5 PxQ: 21 R..QB. B-Kt5ch: 25 K- K (K-K3 or K..Q3 I I P-K4 KtxB NOVEMBER~DeCE MBER , 1933 THE CHESS REVIEW 25 . 12 QxKt B-Kt2 17 Kt-B3 QR- KI 13 P_Q5 P.P 18 B-Q2 P-QR1 11 Kt-B3 B-K2 19 QR-BI Q-Q2 15 P.P Q_B2 20 Q-R1 Q-K2 16 R-Q1 Castles 21 Q,Q R,Q 17 B-Kt5 Kt-KI 22P-QKt1 P-R5 18 R-KI P-B3 23 B-QKt5 P-B3 19 B-B1 B-Q3 2-4 KBxP P-KKt1 20 Kt-K2 Q-Q2 21 B.B KtxB 25 P-Kt5 KR_KI 22 Kt_B1 KR-KI 26 B-Kt4 R-Q2 23 R-K6 R_K2 27 PxP B,P 24 R-QI QR-KI 28 KR_KI RxRch 25 P-KR1 Q-B2 29 RxR P-Kt5 26 Kt_Q4 B_BI 30 Kt-K5 R-Kt2 • 27 RxR R.R 31 B-B2 Kt-Kt-4 28 Kt(Q1)-K6 Q-Kt3 32 KtxP BxPch 29 P-R5 P-R3 33 K-RI Kt_K5 30 R-KI Kt-B2 3-4 KtxPch K-R2 31 R-K3 Q-Q3 35 Kt-B5 Resigns. • • • Kt_K1 32 Q-Kt6 Lilienthal Miss Menchik 33 Q-B5 BxKt White Black 31 KtxB Q,P I P-Q4 Kt-KB3 35 Resigns. • • • • • • 2 P-QB1 • • • P-K3 Tylor Milner,.Barry 3 Kt-QB3 P-Q1 White • Black 4 B-Kt5 QKt-Q2 I P_Q4 Kt_KB3 5 PxP . p,p 2 Kt-KB3 P-K3 6 P-K3 B-K2 3 QKt-Q2 P-Q1 7 B-Q3 Castles 1 P-K3 P-QKt3 8 Q-B2 P-B4 5 Kt-K5 B-Kt2 9 KKt-K2 P-QR3 6 B-Kt5ch P-B3 10 B_B5 R-KI 7 B-Q3 QKt_Q2 11 Castles P-QKt31 8 P-KB4 Q-B2 12 PxP p,p 9 Castles P-KR3 J3 QR_QI Q-R4 10 Q-B3 KtxKt 11 KtxP KKtxKt II BPxKt Kt-R2 15 BxPch K-RI 12 Q-B2 P-KKt3 16 RxKt Kt-Kt3 13 P-K1 B-Kt2 17 R-K5 P-B3 11 PxP KPxP 18 BxP PxB 15 P-B4 Castles 19 R-R5 B-Kt5 16' PxP P.P 20 B-Kt8ch Resigns. •• END GAME ANALYSIS by I. A. Horowitz Black White This position. ,which appeared in the German "HAND~ BUCH," came about as the result of a problem by Calvi, who was o f the opinion that it was a draw. Later analysis disclosed that White, with pi'Oper play, had a difficult and pretty win at . his command against any defense. • 1 K-Kt5 B-Kt8 with the advance of the Pawn to R7, and K-R6, 2 K-R6 K-Kt wins. Or 7 . . . K-B; 8 R-Kt5 (threatening 3 R-R8ch ·K_B2 K-Kt4), B-K7ch; 9 K-Kt6. K-Kt; 10 R-Q5, wins. 4 R-R B-Q6 8 R-Kt3 K_B3 Not 8 . ,. B-K5; '9 K_KtS, K-Kt2; 10 K-B4ch! 5 R-KKt . ' . ' . . . White aims to force the Black King onto the or 8 " ; 8-84 : 9 R-K83! KB file, cross over with his own King to the KB 9 R-Kt5 ...... fi le, and advil nce hi s Pawn to easy victory. T he Again threatening K-KI4. Black King ma y be permitted to get back to the 9 ...... B-Q8oh KR fHe only when the Bishop is driven off the diagonal KR2-QKt8. 10 K_R6 K_B2 5 ...... B-B7 The threat was Rook attacks Bishop followed 6 P-KR4 B-Q6 by the eventual R_KB file. driving the Black King 7 K-R5! B_ B7 towards the center. If 7 ... B_K7ch; 8 K_Kt5. K_Kt2 ; 9 R-Kt3!! 11 R--Ktlch K-B (this and the following moves prevent the Bishop from regaining the important diagonal KR2-QKt8). 12 K ...... Kt6 B-Q8; 10 R-QB3 followed by R-B7ch. toge ther and wins. It is interesting to note that in the original position. should the pawn be placed at KR5. the game would result in a draw.- DISCOVERED! SOME PERSONAL OPINIONS By Irving Chernev IrvinQ Cherney. co-author-with Fred Reinfeld, of the most recent addition to chess classics, "Chess StrateQY and Tattics," is certainly',establishinQ himself as the "Be lieve It or Not. Ripley" of chess. We wonder how many of ' our readers would be interested in the facts on which these opinions are based. HE most bizarre player that ever lived move: was move No. 36 R~Q5. in the T is Nirnzovitch . . . The perfect game is game between Alekhine and Tartakower, Reti-Kostics, Teplitz, 1922.' .. The most V ienna, 1922... Pillsbury was the first important .game, Pillsbury-Tarrasch. Hast player to demonstrate . the amazing ings, 1895. " The greatest exponent of strength of a Knight well-supported at Queen endings is Maroczy ... The most' K5 ... . Grunfe,ld probably knows more exhaustive-and exhausting_annotator is about th~ ' openings than any other living Tartakower. .. The laziest. Lasker and player... Perhaps the- most , overrated Teichmann. .. The most artistic Rook player was Morphy... The most under~ endings are found in Rubinstein's games. -. rated pla.yer was Teichmann... Probably The most interesting . matches were Alek~ the poorest players of -end:"games, con ~ hine~Bogoljubow. 1929, Tarrasch~Schlech siclering their remarkable , co~binative ter. 1911, and Capablanca~Euwe, 1931. .. powers, were Labourdonnai~ and, McDon~ The most interesting combinative game nell. .. The most brilliant player that ever was Alekhine~Cohn. Stockholm, 1912 ... lived is undoubtedly Alekhine... He is The best tournament was Carlsbad. 191 1. also the greatest blind~fold player. .. The The poorest. San Sebastiiin. 19 11. '.' The greatest simultaneous player is ' Capa three best books on the game 'are Alek~ blanca. .. He is probably still. the best hine's "My Best Games of Chess." Nim~ ' rapid-transit player... Tchigorin was zovitch's "My System." and modesty for probably the greatest gambit player. .. bids my mentioning the third... The The greatest " natural" player \vas Zuke r ~ worst books are any of Franklin K. tort. .. He won the London Tournament Young's treatises, . . The coolest player of 1883 by a margin of 4~ points from under fire is Kashdan... The hardest his nearest competitor. who was: merely fighter was Lasker. .. The finest English Steinitz. champion of the world. player was Atkins... The perfect an~ The perfect ches.s player would have not<;ltors are Alekhine. Marco. and Grun~ these ten attributes: feld... The game most interestingly an~ .' 1 The, patience of Steiiiitz. notated is Bernstein-Nimzovitch. Sf: Pe 2 The accuracy ofCapablanca. tersburg, 1'914. by Marco in the W -iener 3 The brilliancy of Alekhine~ Schachzeitung. .. The most uilexpe,cted 4 The 'attacking skill of Spielmann. move ever played was probably played, ? The defensive genius of Maroczy: in a game between Lewi t zky~Ma r shal1, 6 The ' combinative skill of Anderssen. • Breslau, 1912. .. The most quiet finishing 7 The end~game technique of Lasker. move was Black's 25th in the game 8 The "Will to win" of Bogoljubow. played between Samisch-Nimzovitch. Co~ 9 The imagination of Reti. pen hagen, 1923... The most brilliant 10 The confidence of Tchigorin. THEORETICAL SURVEY By Hans Kmoch Indian Defense KKt-K2!. Kt-K5; 5 P-Q3. Kt-B4; 6 T ought to be well known that the Kt-KB3, Kt-B3: 7 P-QKt4!. KtxKtP; 8 I Grunfeld variation of the King's In QKtxP, White certainly has the better dian Defense 1 P-Q4. Kt-KB3; 2 P-QB4. game. If 7 ... Kt'-K3; 8 B-Kt2, P-B3; P-KKt3; 3 Kt-QB3, P-Q4. has been prac 9 P-Kt5! (not 9 PxP, KPxP; 10 P-Kt5, tically smashed as a result of a match B-Kt5chl), KtxP; 10 QKtxP. with ad game between Lundin and Spielmann. The vantage. It follows that 2 .. . P-Q4 is idea of the Grunfeld defense is to play questionable. Black's best move is prob P~Q4 just at · the moment that White ably 2 .. . P -K4. leading to the Vienna threatens ,to command the center by P~K4. game. in which the second player has ex That need not necessarily occur on the cellent prospects. Less clear than 2 ... third move; for instance 3 Kt~KB3, B~Kt2 P-K4 is 2 ... P-K3. after which might may precede. and if then 4 Kt ~ QB3, Black follow 3 P-K5, Kt-Q4: Kt-KB3; 4 B-Kt5. QKt-Q2; 5 Kt-B3. French Defense P-B3; 6 PxP. KPxP; 7 P-K3. B-K2; 8 The variation 1 P-K4, P-K3; 2 P-04, B-Q3. Kt-K5; 9 BxB. QxB; 10 Q-B2. P-Q4; 3 Kt-QB3. Kt-KB3; 4 B-Kt5. PxP; P-KB4: 11 Castles. Castles: 12 QR-Kl, 5 BxKt has been frequently played in the R-B3; 13 P-KKt3. P-KKt4; 14 K-Kt2. last few years. yet it is hardly favorable R-R3; 15 Kt-KKtl . Q-B2; 16 P-B3. Q-R4! for White. and surely should not be and Black obtained an irresistible attack. sought by him. In the continuation. 5 ... which he executed brilliantly. PxB; 6 KtxP, P-KB4: 7 Kt-QB3,B-Kt2: White, therefore, never arrived at a 8 Kt-B3. P-B4; 9 PxP. Q-R4·; 10 Q-Q2. position to enable him to carry out his Castles: II Kt-OKt5. QxQch: 12 KtxQ?, original idea. Where were the mistakes? Kt-R3: 13 P-B3. KtxP: 14 Kt-Kt3. KtxKt? He shoulud not allow Black to gain the (Dr. Alekhine_Dr. Tartakower, Vienna, square K5. and to solidify his position 1922). White obtains chances on the Q with P-KB4. By that means Black ob side. However. should Black. instead of tained a favorable Stonewall 'position, and the last move, play 14 .. . Kt-KS! White because of the exchange 6 PxP. KPxP. would have to play carefully to avoid a Black's center became secure and also disadvantage. At any rate, White has the rendered White's Kt-K5 impossible. inferior development, and the opponent is White would have done better with 10 in possession of two Bishops. Altho by BxKt instead of Q-B2. but even that no means a loss for White, Stahlberg's would not have been sufficient to continue analysis of this position has shown that with the basic idea of P-QKt4 and Kt5. the fifth move is weak. and should not be The principal mistake was g B-03. In played as readily as heretofore. It will stead. 8 Q-B2 was in order. for then 8 ... be necessary. therefore" to And other Kt-K5 wonld lose a Pawn by the simple methods of play against the Lasker and 9 KtxKt. After 8 ... Castles. would fol Rubinstein continuation of 4 ... PxP. low 9 B-Q3 and Castles. 'with the threat Perhaps the apparently premature advance of P-QKt4. etc. 3 P-KS, in light of this. may come into From the above game we have learned favor. that in order to play the San Remo system successfully, it is necessary to make early preparations and bear in mind. the desired position. PxP should he played before QR-BI. because the QR in this system belongs on the OKt file. and therefore the previous OR-B! serves no purpose. Further. the early playinq of Black's Kt-K5 can. and should be. prevented. failing which the whole idea must be THE FREEMAN PRESS abandoned. Printers 6 Publishers It is not my purpose with these sug 0/ gestions. to recommend the San Remo Chess Literature System. It has. however. proved itself in practice. and very frequently meets with success. It has been effective lately by 203 EAST 12TH STREET the elimination of the superfluous OR-Bl. NEW YORK. N. Y. and ought. with exact handling. to offer GRamercy 7 ~ 9S17 even better chances. , MISTAKES OF THE MASTERS by Lester W, Brand ______- ~- - 0= -- - ~------=-______=____~ PI STYAN, 1912 TEICHMANN I , , p, . White :to play and w'" , . . Black thinks'; " A s 'soon as that fell,ow and White discovered to his dismay that moves his rook I'm going to play B~Kt if he now tried to save his queen Black followed by BxPch. winning the qu~en. would play PxKt with a terrific attack. providing he insists on taking my bishop. "Guess I'll have to be content with a I can't see how he 's going to stop me-h om piece ·ahead." · thought White as he moved winning back that piece I sacrificed . · no matter what he does." . 3 QKt-Q2 ...... White ruminates: " Aha! He ·wants to The game continued: win my Queen. does ~e? 1 B_Kt5 3 ...... BxPch R,Q Now if that son ~ of - a.gun moves Q-Q2. 4 KxB I'll sock him by playirig R·K7 If he moves 5 Ktx R R- Q his Queen anywhere else I can safely 6 ,P-QB3 P-B4 move my rook.-"· . 7 KtxKP BxKt 8 'Kf- K6 R- QB It doesn't take Black long to get the 9 :RxP B- Q4 point. After a few uneasy moments and 10 'K:"'Kt3 BxQKtP some: heavy thought he calmy plays. I ...... Px R the gam~ was eventually drawn. "Well. well!" jubilates White, grabbing Black':s first idea. however. tha t White off the Black· queen,. " if that fellow was could n<;>t move his rook in the diagram as smart as he is game. he'd be the world '~ position :without losing a piece was slightly champion by now." erroneo~s. . White should have played 2 BxQ ...... 1 R~K6 t for if now BxKt then 2 RxKB! Black calmly played" In this case White would have a winning 2 ...... QRxB material advantage. 32 THE C HESS REVIEW N OVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1933 NUREMBURG, 1905 I '" BxR? Be Uer was QxKP as the terrible threat TARRASCH of Q -Kt6 foll owed by Kt-Kt5 cannot be prevented withou t great material loss. 2 KtxB RxKt? 'Now Q -K3 woull have won. If 3 R-Q1. RxKt; 4: RxR K t-Kt5 or if 3 P-K4. Kt Kt5. White mu st now sacrifice the ex chaoge as 'Q - K2 or B3 ace refuted by RxKt. As played the game was drawn by per petual check. six moves later.. • • • MARSHALL BRESLAU, 1889 Black to play and win T ARRASCH Another game in the Tar rasch ~ Marshall match. T arrasch hastily played BxR. Marshall played so well thereafter that in the end game the German had to fight to . get a draw. The win: 1 .... , Q -Q3; 2 K.R2. BxKt; 3 Q xB ( if PxB then QxR and R.K7ch), PxP; '1: BxP, R-B; 5 BxR, KxB! White is helpless. N UREMBURG, 1905 B URN T ARRASCH White to play and win Burn played R ~ B51 , resigning on his 65th move. He missed the following ununsual and brilliant opportunity: I KR_Q, Q-K3 (0' I '" Q-B4, 2 BxKt. RxRch; 3 RxR. KtxB; 4 R-Q 8ch. KtxR. and 5 Q - K8 mate) ; 2 BxKt, KtxB; 3 QxKt!! White remains a piece ahead. MARSHALL , Black to play and wm NOVE!MBER~DE!cE!MBER. 1933 THE CHESS REVIEW 33 CABLE MATCH, 1903 A NEW Sl~Rn~s OF ATKINS CHESS HANDBOOKS 60 CENTS EACH • This long awaited collection of chess handbooks has just come off the press. The beginner will find them a source of valuable instruction in both the openings as well as the endings, while the morc CX ~ perienced player will find them interesting and entertaining. They have been printed in n handy pocko.'t MARSHALL Size edition with an (lttractive hard paper binding. ThiS position recently appeared in the -~,- Christian Science Monitor under the cap_ How to Play Chess tion "White to play and win." The By Cunnington editor could hardly be blamed as the posi_ tion appears in various Sources, including Chess Lessons'" for Beginners Mieses, Schachmeisterpartien, Vol. III, By Cunnington without any indication being given that -"',- Marshall's combination was not a winning Chess Openings for Beginners but a drawing one. By Cunnington -~- The game: 1 KtxQP!. RxR; 2 RxR. Lessons in Pawn Play QxR; 3 KtxBch. K_B2 (or K~R. Q-K7); By Cunnington 4 Q-Q6, KxKt, S B-KSoh, K_B4, 6 P-B3, -~, Resigns. If S ... K-B2; 6 Q-Q7, K-B: Chessmen in Action 7 B-Q6ch, K-Kt; 8 QxKPch, etc. Looks By Turnbull as if Black is a dead bird. -~- Black's fourth move, however. seems to Chess Traps and Stratagems be a bad mistake. Instead of 4 ... KxKt By Cunnington he can draw with 4 .. . Q-B8ch: 5 K_R2. -~- Q-B4: 6 Kt-K4, Q-Q: 7 KtxKtPch, QxKt: Chess Endings for Beginners 8 Q-Q7ch, K-B3: 9 QxR. QxPch. Drawn. By BI"kc To be sure White can play 6 KtxRP -~ instead of 6 Kt-K4 but after QxQ; 7 BxQ, Half-Hours with Murphy By Cunnington R-KKt! Black has good chances, although the game seems a draw with best play on to Order from both sides. After 8 B-KS (best) Black replies with P-Kts, 9 K-Kt3. B~Q6: 10 THE CHESS INSTITU'n; Kt-B6, R-Kt4, 11 B-Kt2, B_K7, 203 EAST 12TH STREET This is the first time, as far as we know, NEW YORK. N. Y. that Marshall's right to win this game has GRAMERCY 7-9517 been questioned, THRILLS OF CHESS HISTORY By Irving Cherney HE chess world has always looked in the flfth round. Both played cautiollsly T forward with great interest and ex as neither cared to risk lOSing and perhaps citement to encounters between its Grand not qualifying for the flnals. The result Masters. especially so when the circum was a draw. Again they met in the flnals stances were sllch that one or perhaps in the thirteenth round and again the re both of the players had to win the game sult was a draw. They faced each other at any cost. It was with a genuine thrill for the third time, in the eighteenth round. that the public learned that Dr. Lasker and and this time it war-; all-important for Capablanca were to meet in tournament Lasker to win if he wanted to obtain flrst play. Both had hosts of admirers. each prize. There were only three rounds to confident that their idol was invincible. go and their scores were equal. but Ca To appreciate the importance of such a pablanca had already had his bye. Honor meetin9 between two such giants one must demanded that he win this game if only review their past accomplishments. to show the world that he could beat this young upstart. The year is 1914. and Dr. Lasker had been World's Champion twenty ye'ars. The Score of this memorable and re He had beaten Steinitz for the title in markable game follows: 1894 and had defended it against Steinitz in a return match in 1897. and had re St. Petersburg. 1914 pulsed the efforts of Marshall. Janowsky. E. Lasker J. R. Capablanca Tarrasch and Schlechter. all losing except Schlechter who had the enviable distinc White Black tion of drawing a ten game match. Aside 1 P-K4 P-K4 from his great strength as a match player. 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-OB3 the Doctor was equally to be feared as a 3 B-Kt5 P-OR3 tournament player. 4 BxKt QPxB 5 P-04 PxP Comparatively. Capablanca's accom 6 Ox)' OxO plishments were few. These feats, how 7 KtxQ B-03 ever were gigantic in character. In 1909. 8 Kt-OB3 Kt-K2 he had challenged the formidable master. 90-0 0-0 Frank J. Marshall to a match and had 10 P-B4 R-K beaten him by a one-sided score. Two 11 Kt-Kt3 P-B3 years later at San Sebastiim. in his Rrst 12 P-B5 ...... tournament against the great players of Europe. he took first prize from a power This move requires great pOSlILon judnment. While it restrains the free depJoym('nt of the ful fleld including Rubinstein. Schlechter. BJ"ck Knight and Queen Bishop "nd <.:reates an Nimzovitch. Tarrasch. Marshall. Vidmar. outpost for a piec(' at K6 it niv('s up the square Spielmann. Teichmann. etc. K5 and rendcr.~ the- Kinq Pawn backward and weak. At the historic city of SI. Petersburg 12 · ...... (as it was then called) in 1914. these two 13 B--B4 met for the fhst time in serious combat, 14 BxB • NOVEMIIEII- DECE::M8ER. 1933 THE C H ESS R EVIEW 35 Perhaps Ihis undoubling of his pawns was un 31 PxP RPxP t'Xpt'(:IC "A study 01 these games is lightened by Ih ~ " A volun\(' IhM is unique in chcss literature- • • painstakinR annotations couched for the most part Ihe editors uSfd ra re- judgment in the games .11,' · in incisive lilnguilge that goes deep to the root lecred - . the gumes. a rc chess gems. spurk lin g of eiK h problem presented. Introductory remarks, in their a pP"al a nd vivid wilh Ii\(' varied strall'IIY criticill and informative, preface each game o r o f the wo rl d ' ~ grea lu l masters. - - Study of the chapte-r. A pilrtial list of subjects de-alt with conlcots will improve olle's st;mdard of plll Y in includes ' Defending Gambits: 'The Two Bishops: both attack and dcf c n~ . . - It is a volumt that ' Brilliancy- Pri:r.e: ' Weak Squal'('S: ' Pawn Sac- gl'('ally cnriches chess lile' allll'('." riRces: 'The Center: ' Premature Attack: 'Logic C iocinnBti E nquirf'( in Chess: 'The Good O ld Days: 'The Younger -+- G eneration: and 50 on. .. A ll in all . the- book is " A ca refull y w rlllt'n. well -edited. and comp"tent entitled to Its place on the modern shelf of cheu addition to ehe.'\~ li terature." volumes. Need we add that in these liltter days Christilln Sdcnct Monitor of depression. Raming youth, lind -hypermodern -+- chess. it is fully worth the 1>1.50 it c 0 5 t~1 " "A nOlable contribution to c h ('s~ lit('r by I. Kashdan ~ . ------=------. ------.. HE most romantic chess knig ht o f all experience in the S t. Petersburg quad T time. our own Paul Morphy, was rangular tournament of 1896. They played never the American Chess Champion two matches. Pillsbury winning the first merely because there was no such tit le by 10 to 8 and the second. much more de at the time . After his ma rvelously tri umph cisively by 7-3. Coupled with further tour ant, gallant and all-too-short career, there nament successes. Pillsbury's position in was no question of his supremacy. When American chess became so outstanding he retired. he offered the odds of Pawn that it would have been temerity for any and M ove to anyone in the world, and one else to seek a match with hi m. The could An d no takers! But never having result was that until his' early· and un been th e. Champion, Morphy docs not con fortunate death in 1906. he was never cern us here. and thus we must rule out on challenged fo r the title. a technica lit y probably the greatest chess A ft er this tragic demise. the question geniu ~ this country has ever produced. arose as to how to All the vacancy in the As near ly as we c a n determine by por American Championship. The natural ing throug h the records. the first recog thought was to hold a tournament among nized American Chess Champion was So l ~ the best players. Outstanding among them omon Lipschuetz. by virtue o f his victory was our present title-holder. Frank J. in the Sixth American Chess Congress in Marshall. who had recently gained a 1889. The organizers of this event had splendid victory in the Cambridge Springs announced that the winner could bear the Tournament. However. there were enough tille. a nd had made every e Hort to include other contestants so that the matter could the strongest players in the country in the fairly be settled by some round-robin play. entry list. Once won. the title was to he The W estern C hess Association and the defended in match play, the C hampion Brooklyn C hess C lub both circulated ap agreeing to accept all rea~onable chal peals to chess player... and clubs to fo rfllu lenges at proper intervals. late rules for the championship contests. PursuClnt to this. J. W. Showalter won and also to raise a reasonable prize for the the title by beClling Lipschuetz. A furlher initial tournament. series o f matches helped to maintain in A hitch arose, however. in the absence t e ~es t. and tstablish the C hampionship as of Marshall. who was scoring another a defi nite honor and assel 10 the holder. major success in Nuremberg. a nd soon In 1897. S howa lter lost the title 10 challenged Dr. Lasker for the World's Harry Nelson P illsbury. who had already Championship. This put a ll diSC USSion of started his sensational career. with a grand the American title in the background. and triumph at Hasting s in 1895. and further little was heard of it for a while. It was NOVRM8!;R-OI!CKMBER, 1933 THE C HE SS REVIEW 37 taken for granted that Marshall was the him is virtually Champion. The trouble outstanding American representative in with this view is that championships are the chess arena. and he was, indeed, often technicalities and cannot be decided 'vir referred to as the American Champion. tually." Marshall was never the technical But there were technical obstacles to this champion, and therefore Capablanca can assumption. which led to considerable de not become champion by beating him."' bate in 1909. " Lipschutez ~ as victor in the Sixth Ame The year before. Marshall had played itan Chess Congress, was recognized as a match with J. R. Capablanca. who was the champion, as it was agreed beforehand just coming forward in the chess world. that the winner should be champion and The latter won by the dedsive score of accept challenges as such. Showalter chal 8- J, He immediately claimed the Ameri lenged Lipschuetz and heat him . Hodges can Championship. To this. Marshall then challenged Showalter and won. countered that Capablan<:a was not an Showalter subsequently challenged his American citizen and could have no right conqueror to another match, but Hodges to the title, and further asserted that he let the title go by default." (Marshall) was "still the National Cham- "Pillsbury then challenged Showalter plan• ,•• and won. Pillsbury was the champion of At this point, Walter Penn Shipley. the United States at the time of his death. President of the Franklin Chess Club. and the title must have reverted to Show took up the discussion, Mr. Shipley alter if there is any champion now. If was exceptionally qualjfied to ,speak on there is no champion, it would seem that this subject. He was one of the strongest the title could be decided only by a con American players. knew intimately every gress or general tournament. It obviously American master. and his long connection cannot be decided by any two players in the chess journalistic field had made agreeing between themselves to play for him thoroughly familiar with every aspect something neither one of them possesses." of American chess. This, by the way. is The upshot of the debate was that equally true to-day. as Mr. Shipley still Marshall soustht out Showalter, who had edits a chess column in the Philadelphia more or less retired from the chess arena. "Enquirer" and has never lost a particle and was living quietly in Lexington. Ky .. of his interest in the game. We quote and challenged hi m for the title . The from articles appearing in his colum ns: match was arranged after some negotia " If there is any Chess Champion of th e tion. and took place late in 1909. The United States, Jackson W . Showalter of terms were for the best score in fifteen Kentucky is the holder of the title. Since games. and for stakes of $500 a side. he won it he has never declined any chal. Marshall won by 7-2 and 3 draws. He lenge. and until he does so. neither Mar. has held the title ever since. with no fur shalL Capablanca, nor any other player ther cloud marring his enjoyment of th e has a valid claim to the title. It is self. championship laurels. It is worthy of evident that no one who is not either a note that the arrangement concerning the native or naturalized citizen of the United stakes was conSidered normal. haVing pre States can be considered." veailed in a number of previous matches. "It may be said that this is merely a tech It was taken for granted that the champion nicality. that Marshall was generally re must obtain exactly the 'same backing as cognized as the strongest player in Amer the challenger. failing which the former ica. and that Capablanca having defeated was bound to relinquish the title. This 38 THE CHESS REVIEW NOVEMBEII-DECEMBER, 1933 led to no practical difficulty, as the cham shall~Lasker match, were too difficult for pion would hardly lack for backers. and prospective challengers to meet. We hope a worthy challenger was bound to attract all this is at an end. At the present time sufficient converts to his support. America has a number of young masters, Since 1919 only one match has taken who are sure to create stimulating com~ place fo r the championship, against Ed petition for years to come. As to the ward Lasker in 1923. After a stirring conditions, several suggestions have been contest which reflected great credit on made which are worth careful considera~ both parties. Marshall won by the close tion, An important one is to have the margin of 5 to 4. Conditions had changed championship decided by a tournament materially since the Showalter encounter, each year, instead of match play. This a purse of $5,000 being required in place is the plan followed, and successfully. in of the modest stakes of the earlier days. England. France, Germany, Russia. and Marshall has been by no means idle most other foreign countries. In my opin in all these years. He has splendidly up ion a match is a better test between two held our chess prestige, participating in players, but a tournament is more easily practically every important tournament. arranged, and could be made a yearly Still the fact remains that as far as active event much more readily than a match. interest in championship competition is This question I believe should be settled concerned. it has been a dull stretch. It would be difficult to explain this. Per ~ by the chess public. It is the chess lover. haps there was a lack of worthy contend~ after all, ,who supports the championship ers for the honor. Perhaps the present contests. and it is his opinion. properly terms, based on the precedent of the Mar~ expressed. that should prevaiL BOOK REVIEW CHESS STRATEGY AND TACTICS by F. Reinleld and I. Chernev The above is the title of a new work on maticism. To the serious student it will chess by two of our contributing editors. prove an indispensable manual. to the These two have combined their talents to amateur a revelation of chessic ideas and advantage in producing this volume of to the expert a treasure trove of chess master games excellently selected and gems. Even the dilettante may enjoy it. well annetated. In addition to illustrating as it abounds in subtle "digs" at the great the styles of the leading masters past and and the near~great. The novelty of hav~ present, the book is notable for its com ~ ing the notes in lighter type than the pilation of the various themes occurring games. for easier reference, is to be com~ in master~play. These themes are ex~ mended. The book meets a long' felt pounded admirably and elucidated care~ want and merits a place on every book flilly with a ~mlmum of pedagogic dog~ shelf . / N OVEMBIlR-DECI!M8I!R, 1933 THE C H ESS REVIEW 3 No. 97 No. 100 S . J. BENJAMIN F. A HILL NHW YORK, N. Y. W IlITI; B"AII LAKe, M INN. I mates i two moves No. 98 No. 10 1 E. BOSWELL A. N. LEBEOEFF LANCASTl!ll, ENGI.ANll LBl\'INGUAll, U.S.S.R. ( , , mates in two move~ No. 99 No. 102 KONRAD ERLIN CHAS. C. WENZL V II!NNA, A USTRIA IRVINGTO N, N. ). (ORIGIN AL) ( White mates in two moves Ill Btc~ in two moves 40 TH E C H ESS REVIEW N OVEMB llR_DIlCE!-! BER, 1933 No. 103 No. 106 H. BURKE V INCENT L. EAT ON A LGOMA, , WIS. BOSTON, M Ass. White mates in three move~ White mates' in three mbves No. 104 No. 107 R. CHENEY EDWARD HAENDIGES R OCHllSl'IlR, N , Y . BUFFALO, N . Y . White mates ' in three moves No. 105 No. 108 DR. GILBERT DOBBS W. JACOBS C ARROLLTON. Gil, N r:: w YORK , N. Y. ! White mates in three moves I, NOVl'.MBER~Df.Cr.I>HIBR , 1933 THE CHESS REVIEW No. 109 No. 112 HUGO LEGLER J. FISCHL OAKI.AND. CALIFORNIA ERFURT, GERMANY White mates in two moves ma tes f moves No. 110 No. 113 H. C. MOWRY R. SVOBODA MAWr-N, MA SS. PRAGUE, CZECIIOSI.OVAKI,\ (ORIGINAL) (ORIGINAl.) White mates in thn.·~ moves in two move~ No. III No. Iii A. C. SIMONSON DR. G. ERDOS N!\w YORK, N. Y. VIENN;\, AUSi RIA ( ORIGIN"!.) I • White mates in three moves moves PROBLEM REVIEW By Otto Wurzburg Solutions to problems, contributions. Bnd all correspondence relating to this department should be ad dressed to Mr. Otto WUfzburg, 712 Atwood Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Our Problems this Mon~h - D. Morris. Remarkable in conception and ex ecutian._D. C. M cClelland. No. 97. A loyal solver is trying his No. 76. · N. Gabor. 1 R-Q5. hand at composition. Welcome. Very neat.-W . Van Winkle. Nice play al 101. Introducing this famous composer though obvious key._S. J. Benjamin. Very well executed.-S. J. Benjamin. Obvious key piece. to our solvers. but the right spot is not so obvious._F. Vail. 102. Mr. Wenzl makes his bow. Extremely pretty. especially the cross-check var_ 106. . An unusual complete black POSI ialion._ D. Morris. Neat and pointed._D. C. tion with unexpected developments. McClelland. 109. Suggested by our problem 33 No. 77. Unsolvable. The composer's March issue by S. Boras. key 1 Kt-R3. is defeated by B_R6! 110. The first offering to our solvers No. 78. G. Dobbs. 1 R-R4. from a coming composer from the Bay K_ B7 2 R_R2ch K_Kt6 2 Q_Ktl ch State. P _ B7 2 QxPch 112-13-14. A trio of sel-mates from the P_Kt6 2 R_Rl or Continent. Q_QI We are in receipt of a letter form Dr. Solutions M. Niemeijer. who cites an anticipation by W e are in receipt of solutions minus his countryman Dr. 1. N . de long, pub the name of the solver. The return ad lished in Tydschrift Van den Neder. Sch. dress on the envelope is given as 67 Haw ~ Bund. April. 1906. thorne St" Brooklyn. N. Y. Will the Unfortunately the dual play after solver kindly send in his name so that P-Kt6 destroys the echo play. Anticipa proper credit may be awarded. tions are unavoidable and especially in few No. 73. E. Boswell. 1 Kt-Kt4. piece problems they are ail ever present Filll' piny produced by the double Grunsh J. Benjamin. A. daring King who bravely txposes S. U N MSACH hiuueif to the enemy._L. Halpe rn. A rtal masttr ~ pieee.- E. McCal"l hy. Very ingenious and a fine tribute.- D. Morris. For strategy this excels any probltlll In September issue. W orthy of a pril:e._D. C.' McClelland. No 80. K. Erlin. 1 B-R6. Threat 2 B_Bi ch K-B6 2 B_Kt2ch It is Quite remarkable how the four minor pieces protect each other.-S. J. Benjamin. A little 'ilem. _ L. Halpern. Nice quiet play and mates pretty. - O. C. McClelland. No. 81 W . Jacobs. I B-Q5. R_ Q6 ' 2 P_Kt8 • (Q )ch Mate in three P_ Bi 2 Q -B3! ThiS caused me a Jot of trouble._G. W . Har- An original problem recently contrib 9re!lves. Very fine and catchy. splendid key. uted to "II Problema." The key is good W . Van Winkle. Good Queen sacrifice, otherwise and the theme variations interesting. only falr._N. Malzberg. Interesting key. - S. J. Benjamin. Found this the hardest of tht lot.-L. I R_QKt6 Thre!lf 2 R-KKt6 Halpern. A fine catch in main play._I. Piasetzky. PxR 2 R-B3 Another fine problem._E. McCarthy. Very dif P-B3 K_137 ficult and a fi ne Q ueen 5acriflce.-D. Morris. Bloc k P _ Q3 2 K_Q7 variation interesling._D. C. McClelland. P_K3 2 K_ K7 No. 82 . M. Bukofzer. Solved In Ihree moves by I KlxQP. PxB; 2 • Kt-Kt3. No. 83. D. C. McClelland. I Kt-K5. K-Kt2; 2 KI _ Q7. P moves; 3 PxP. K-Ktl ; 2 B_R6, P moves; 3 Kt_B6. Fine and difflcult._ W. Van Winkle. Nice pl ay with such IIll1a ll Whitt force.-N. Malzberg . Ex ~ celle nt timing of movl's._S. J. Benjamin. Ke y . suggested. otherwise very prl'tly._ L. Halpern. Catchy. Kt-B6 very good try._A. Szabo. Very neat variety.-E. McCarthy. Mo ~t complicated for such Hght force.-F. Vail. Don't Forget No. 84. P. L. Rothenberg. I Castles ch. R-Q8; 2 Q-KI, R-B8; 3 Q-Ql. RxQ; 4 R-Kl. To Renew Your Subscription R-B8; 5 R-Ql. P-B8(Q or R) ; 2 R-Ql. QxRch; .1 Q ~ KI. 0 -B8; i Q.QI. to P-B8(Kt); 2 Kt~B3. K~B7 ; 3 Kt-K1ch, K ~ Kt8; 4 R~KR5 . P-Kt4; 5 R-Rl. P-Kt3; 6 K! -Kl. THE CHESS REVIEW P-B8(B) ; 2 Kt-K6, K-B7 ; 3 QxBch. K·Q7; 4 Q_Kt2c h. BxQ; 5 RxBch, K-B6: 6 R_Bl ch. Masterpiece of the C. R. published 10 dale. I don't know where to put the exdamation points. A tm,gnlflcent and very difficult masterpiece worthy of Shlnkman or Hume._D. C. McClelland. Mr. Rothenbt' fg Is to be congratulated In stumping so many of our solvl'rs. The majority do not attempt to solvt' the sui mates but mo.~ t of those who did try we're' \1nsucces~f\1L PROBLEM SOLVING CONTEST Prev, Score 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 Total Kleiman, M. H. · . . , ...... , . 186 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 • 6 222 McC"rthy, E. · ...... 214 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 21' Vail. F...... , . , " . . . 214 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 214 McClelland. D. c. ,,0 ,, " . " " 179 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 • 6 212 Jacobs, w. · ...... 186 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 209 Berliner, H . M...... "" . . . . . - 185 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 • 0 209 Braverman, s. · . . . . , ...... 182 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 209 Ludlow, o. H. " . . . . , ...... 182 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 3 4 0 209 Greenwald, I. · ...... 185 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 209 Benjamin, " . . . - . . . . . 158 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 185 s. J. · . - . • Ches ~ , A...... 158 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 18 1 Daum, J. H. · ...... , . . . , ...... 175 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 175 Malz;berg, N. · , . . . . . , ...... 146 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 170 Nash. E. A. · ...... 138 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 165 Thorne, E. H. · . . " " ...... 135 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 • 0 162 Hixon, R. H ...... , . 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 Szab'o, Alex . · ...... , ...... 132 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 156 V" Winkle, w. . , ...... 120 2 2 2 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 • 0 144 Foote, B. A...... , 105 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 132 Piasetzky, I. · . . - . . ' ...... 101 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 0 13 1 Tanassy, L. · ...... 95 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 • 6 128 P artos, G. · ...... - ..... , 98 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 • 0 125 Boswell, E. · . .. , ...... 101 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 4 0 119 Riggtn, C. w...... 95 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 119 H asenoehrl, J. · . , , , . . .. , ...... 95 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 0 0 4 0 116 Halpern, L. · . . . . , . . , ...... 92 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 116 Seidl, A...... 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 Fortin, A. C. · ...... " 79 2 2 2 2 00 3 3 3 3 • 0 103 Rothenberg. P. L ...... 64 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 6 97 Thrall, R. · ...... 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 •0 0 95 Clinton High . . .. , ...... 64 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 91 Dc. Paster, B...... -- .. .. . 66 2 2 2 2 0 0 3 3 3 3 4 0 90 Bastine A. J. , . , ...... 62 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 3 4 0 89 Mo r r i ~ , D. · ...... 61 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 • 0 85 Hargreaves, G. H...... ' . ' . . 59 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 83 Tudor, w. B...... 57 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 72 Nelson, N ...... " . " . .. . . 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 Burke. Harvey ' · . . . , ...... 32 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 56 Hampton, L. D...... " .. ' . 34 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 4 0 53 Berry, G. F. · ...... , . 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 Allured, K. B. · ...... 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Young, Earl F. · ...... 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Gardner, F. · ...... 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Hannan, J...... , ... . , .. .. 16 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Flynn, J...... - . , , 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 0 3 4 0 22 Thelin, s. H. · ...... 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Evan~, F...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 A number of corrections have been made in scores due to failure to give proper credits in September issue. ANNUAL IN DE X ~ ..---- - ~-----.,,--- - - tKEY T O INDEX._ The month d('signal('s Iht' Games ;$Sue in which it appears. The numeral fo llowing the month designalf'S the page). A L>\TO~ZEfI' vs. Botwinnik, Mar. 13; v ~ . Goldberg, Apr. 17. ALEKHINE, 011: . ALEX>\N[)llR Openings vs. W . Winter. Jan. J J: vs. Sulta n Khan, Jun. 13. vs. Salo Flohr. Jan. 14: vs. Isaac Kashdan, Apr. Alekhlne"s Defense. Jan. 6. Feb. 13, Apr. 18. 7; vs. I. S. Turover and W. K. Wimsatt. Sept. BlumAeld Counter Gambit. June 13. II; vs. Rey Kjarlk C. C .. Oct. 6: and R. Wahr. Budapest Ddense. April 19. burg vs. Phillips and Knshda n, Oct. 12. Cambridge S prings Defense. April 7. A L EX>\ NDER Cara-Kann. Jan. II , ' an. 13, f eb. 11. Apr. 16. vs. Suhan Khan, Feb. 12. Ju ne 14. &pI. II. Dec. 13. Dec. 17. B>\RN S, G. S. Center Counter Gambit. April 1'1. vs. O . A. Holt, Apr. 18. BECKER, PROP. Colic System . Jan. 5, Jan. ]i, A. Dutch Defense. May 16. June 15. Dcl.:. 1'1 . De c, 23. vs. E. Eliskases. May 12 : vs. B. Honlinger, Sept. 7. BECKHARDT, N . English Opening. Feb. 16, May 12, Sept. 12, Sept. 13. Oct. IS. Dec. 21. vs. A. C. Simonson. June [2. BEIINDTSSON, K. French Defense. Fcb. 17. Mar. 15. MilT. 20. vs. R. Spi~lman. May 12. June 12. Sept. 14. Oct. 15. Bf:RNSTE1N, DR. S. Hanham Defen$C . Ma rch 7. vs. Delannoy. June 13. Indian Defense. F('b. 12, Feb. I i . Mar. 17, B LUMIN, B. Ap.-. 16. Apr. 17, May 18. vs. R. E. Martin, O ct. 15. Irreljular Openings. M ar. 6, Mar. 8. June 17. BoGoLJUBQW. E. D. June 18. vs. Dr. M. Vidmar, hili. [5: vs. Spielm"n, Jl1n . King's Gl1mblt. DI'(. 18. [6: vs. SpielmM, JM. 16: vs. F. Saemisch, Sept. Ki ng's Indiall . June 9, O ct. 13. 17: vs. P. S. Leonhnrdt, Sept. 18. Nimzovltch Defense. Feb. 5, Feb. 16, Ma r. Ii, BoRNHOI. Z, ROIlliHT ~p!. 10, De c. 12. v s. E. Schwartz:. F~b . i 5. Queen's Gambit Acccpted. Jan. 17, May II. BoT WINNIK vs. Alaton d F. Mar. 13: vs. TchechovH, MiH . Queen's Gambit Declined. J DE NI\I:~. A RNOW S. KASIWAN, ISAAC vs. D. MacMurray. Feb. 15: vs. E. Schwartz, vs. Herman Steiner, Jan. 5; vs. Dr. M. Euwe. Mar. 18 ; vs. B. Sif£, Apr. 20: vs. Reuben Fine. Jan. 6; vs. Dr. A. Alekhine, Apr. 7; vs. Charles June 9: vs. R. W illman. Sept. 16; vs. E. Sch Jaffe, Apr. 14: vs. Repben Fine. Ma y 10; and wartz, Dec. 14. Phillips vs. A. Alekhine and R. Wharburg. EK ~ TR O M Oct. 12. vs. P re d Reinfeld, Mar. 19. KEvITZ, A. E USKAS!.lS, E. vs. A. C. Simonson, Feb. 16 ; vs. R. Fine. Vii. R. Spielman, Feb. 18; vs. Prof. A Becker. Dec. 21. • May 12: vs. B. Honlinger. May 13: vs. · Lajos KMOC H , H. Steiner, June 17. vs. S. Rubin ~ t e i n . June 11. EUWI!, D R. MAX KUPCHIK, A. vs. I. Kashdan, Jan. 5; vs. S. Flohr. Jan. 17; vs. vs. O. Tenner. Feb. 13: vs. R. W !llman, Mar 12; S. Floh r, Jan. 18; vs. Spielmann. Jan. 18; vs. S. vs. R. Willman. Mar 12. Flohr, Peb. 17: vs. J. W esterma n, May 19. LEVENSTEr'N, R. . F INE, REUBEN ·vs. R. Smirka. Feb. 16; vs. R. Fine, June 10. vs. H. D. Cutle r, Apr. 21; vs. I. Kashdan, May 10; Arnold Denker, June 9; vs. R. u venstein. L EVIN. J. vs. H . Morton, Mar. 15. June 10 : vs. A. W. OakI'. Sept. 10: vs. A. W. Oake. Sept. 12; vs. A. W. OakI', Sept. 13; vs. L ILIENTHAL, A. A. W . OakI', Oct. 13: vs. S. Re she vsky, O ct, Jot; vs. L. Na gy, May 18. vs. N. Grossman, Dec. 19: vs. A. Kevitz, Dec. 21. LUNDIN, F. F lOHR, SAW vs. R. Spielmann, Apr. 16. vs. G. A. Thomas, Jan. 12: vs. Dr. O. Naegeli, Jan. 12: vs. A. Alekhine. Jan. 14: vs. M. Euwe, MACM URRAY. D . vs. R. Willman, Feb. 14: vs. A. Denker, Feb. Jan. 17: vs. M . Euwe. Jan. 18: vs. Thomas, F eb. 15 : vs. A. W. OakI'. Dec. 16. 5: vs. L, Steiner. Feb. II: vs. M. Euwe, Feb.1 7; vs. Engel. Ma r. 16; vs. H. Grab. Ma y 17; F. MARTON, R. E. Lustig. Sept. 6: vs. M. Botwinnik. Dec. 12; vs. vs. B. Blumin. Oct. 15. M. Botwinnik, Dec. 13; vs. M. Botwinnik, Dec. 14. MORTO N. H. vs. J. Levin, Mar. 15. GROB. H . vs. Salo Flohr. May 17. N AEGELI . OR. O. vs. S. F lohr, Jan. 12; vs. S. RosseIli, June 16. G R O~ MA N . N. vs. Reube n Fine. Dec. 19. NAGY . L. vs. A. Lilienthal. May 18. HASSIALIS. M . 'I . PHILLI PS, H. M. vs. Rohert W ill man. June 12. vs. Major Hanham, Ma r. 7; and I. Kashdan vs. H O NLlr>:(;i::R . B. Dr. A. Alt'khine and R. Wahrburg. Oct. 12. vs. E . E Hskases, Mav 13 ; vs. F. Choun, June PINKUS, A. S. 15; vs. A. Becker. Sept. 7; vs. R. Spielmann. vs. J. Mathias, Ma r. 20. Dec. 17. PIRC, V. HOIIO WITZ, Is ~ A J::L A. vs. T. H. Tylor. Feb. 12: vs. Sultan Khan, Mar. S. vs. A . W. Dak!', Apr. 13; vs. A . W . OakI', Apr. 13; vs. Chas. Bourbeau, Apr. 19; vs. A. R EINFELD. FRJ::D. W . Dake, May 16 ; vs. E. A. Santasiere. May vs. Ekstrum. Mar. 19; vs. I. A. ,Horowitz. June S. 16; vs. Fred Reinfeld. June 8; vs. S . T . Sharp RES IIINsKY. S A MUJ::L and B. W inkelman, Dec. 18. vs. Reuben Fine, O ct. 14. JAC KSON. E . S. RICHTER, K . vs. Robert Willman, Sept. 15 . vs. F. Saemisch, Sept. IS; vs. F. Saemisch, De. 22. JAFFE. C. Rosse!li. S. vs. J. Kashdan, Apr. 14. vs. O . Naegeli, June 16. • NOVIlMB i! R, DI!C IlMBIlR, 1933 THE C H ESS REVI EW RUBI NSTEIN. S. STI'JNliR, LAJ OS vs. H . Kmoch. 'une Ii. vs. Salo flohr. Feb. 1 I; E. E liskase:s, Jun ... 17: vs. E. Canal, June 18: VS. E. Canal. Oct. 17. RUTH. W . A. V ~ . A. Sandber'ij , Mar. IS. S TO LCE NBERG, L. VS. A. W . Dake. Oct. IS. SAEMISC H, F. vI. E. Bo'ijolJubow, Sept. 17; vs. K. Richtt'r, STOLTZ, G. Sept. 18; VS. K. Richter, Dec. 22. vs. R. Spielmann, Mar. 6. SANTASI!!:R!! , E. A. SULTAN K H AN. MI R. vI. I. A. Horowitz, May 16. vs. A. Alekhine. Jan. 13 : vs. V. Pir" Mar. 8. SCHWARTZ. E. T AR RA SCH . DR. S . VI. R. Bornhol:;. Feb. 15; VI. A. Denker. Ma r. vI. Amateur. Feb. 8. 18; V$. Sil verma n. , une 11 ; VI. A. Denke r. Dec. Ii; vs. O . T enner. Dee. 19. TENSER. OscAR . VS. A.: JWpchik. Feb. 13; VS. E . S. ' aebon. Feb. SH ARP . S. T. and Winkelman. VS. I. A. Horowlt:;, Ii: VI. R. Willman, Dec. IS: E . Schwartz, Dec. 18. Dec. 19. SIMONSON, A. C. THOMAS, SIR. G. A. VS . A. Kevlt:, Peb. 16 : vs. N. Beckhardt. June 12. vs. Salo Flohr, Jan. 12: vs. S. Flohr. Feb. S. • SIFF, 8. TYLO R, T. H. VS. A. Denker. Apr. 20. VI. V. Pirt . Feb. 12: vs. W . Winter, Oct. 16. S:o.URKA, P. V IDMAR VI. R. Ltvenstein. feb. 16. vs. E. 8ogoljubow. Jan. IS. SPIIlLM ANN , R. W ILLMAN. ROBT. vs. E. So'iJoljubow, ,an. 16; VI. E. Boooljubow. V! . O. MacMurray. feb. Ii : VI. A . Kupchik. Jan. 16: VI. Dr. M . Euwe. Jan. 18: vI. Eliskases, Mar. 12 : vs. A. Kupchtk, Mar. 12: V~. A. W . Feb. 18: V$. G. Stoltz, Mar. 6: VI. G. Stahlber'ij , Dake. June 11 : V~. M . D. Hassialis, Jun e 12 : VS. Apr. IS; V$. E. Lundin, Apr. 16: VI. K. Berndts E . S. Jachon. Sept. 15: VI . Arnold S. Denker, son, May 12: V! . 8. Honlinger, Dec. 17. Sept. 16: V$. O . Tennt'r, Dec. IS. . STAH LBERG, G. WIN " ELMA N , B. a nd S. T. SHAIIP VR. R. Spielmann, Apr. 15 . VI. 1. A. HorowItz, 1)(:c. 18. STEINER. H ER MAN WINTER. W . vs. I. Kashdan. Jan. S. VI. A. Alekhirn'. Jail. II. • • • BOUND COPIES OF THE CHESS REVIEW ----- • A limited number of bound copies, containing the ten 1933 issues of T he Chess Review will soon be: available. These volumes can be obtained for $2.50 each. Sub scribers will receive a reduction of 10 cents from this price. for every issue they return to us in good condition. 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