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SOUl the Marshall and the Manhattan Chess As I have said, I had no idea who Mr. Du_ Clubs in New York ate getting set for their mont was, except that he was a gentleman annual championship tournaments. We hear and very well bred. Imagine my surprise that quite a few "young hopefuls" in the therefore when I received a note from him metropolitan area have started burning the containing the following excellent come_back: midnight oil. Yes, indeed, the chess season Professor View is good at chess, is swinging into full stride again. His king is seldom in distress, When Capablanca moves a pawn, Out demon statistician adds a correction to The sun goes 'round from eve to dawn. the A. V. R. O. Prognostication Table pub lished on Page 216 of the August Chess RevieU'. Profes'sor Vi,ew is not so slow, He knows where every piece must go. Dr. Euwe played two additional games with He hedges castles 'round his king, Salo Flohr in a practice matoh last year, winning With rooks and bishops pilfering! I and drawing 1. But wait, Herr View, the day will come When your opponent won't be dumb, AN ITEM FOR COLLECTORS There'll come a certain game, I ween, Forty four annual volumes of the British When fal l your bishops, rooks and queen. Your king shall lose his kingly pose_ Chess Magazine dating from the very first issue No treason's v ictim, but the foe's!!! in 1881 are available for disposal. The first three volumes are bound in doth and come I later had the privilege of spending an from the Max Judd collection. What is be_ evening or two at his apartment in New York lieved to be the original signature of this and discovered that he was a real poet. He eminent American player graces the flyleaf of showed me an entire book of poetry written Volume 1. Inguiries should be sent to the by ,himself. In other words, I had been 'carry_ offices of the CHESS REVIEW. ing coals to Newcastle' and got back better than I gave. AI[ this thanks to a knowledge of the royal jl:ame which enables one to get TIT FOR TAT acguainted and make friends wherever he goes." Subscriber Max Vieweger submits the foL lowing interesting incident. "A number of years ago I spent my summer vacation in the r. s. TumlNr, donor oj the brilliancy prize in the Delaware Water Gap. Most people find my 1",,1 U. S. Championship Tournament, adllh u Ihat name a bit difficult to pronounce. The Span_ Dr. Emanuel Lasker h"s awarded the prize 10 S(lmmy iards have a saying 'e! nombre es el hombre', R<'.fhelJsky jor his game against SimonJon. a little pun meaning 'the name is the man'. Dr. Laske.. afro pr4iud the Polland-Kupchik /;ame I therefore interpret my own name in this way : (publiJhed in Ihe June, 1938 CHESS REVIEW). He Jtmed. "It would hat'e had il Ilrong claim on 'View_eager', that is to say eager for my Ihe prize bllt jor Black's 42nd mOI'e." fellow_men's views, and I usually chop off the second part altogether, becoming "Mr. View" United States Championship Tournament to all intents and purposes. This is the way May, 1938 r was known at the Hotel Glenwood when QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED chance brought me into contact with a very S. Reshevsky A. C. Simonson fine gentleman named Henry Dumont. I knew White Black nothing about him except that he was married 1 P_Q4 P.Q4 21 B_Kt5 S.K2 and had several children. We spent a lot of 2 P_QB4 P_QB3 22 QR_KB1 B,B time together playing tennis and chess, at both 3 Kt_KB3 Kt_KB3 23 RxB R_K1 of which games I proved to be his superior. 4 Kt-B3 p,p 24 Q_Kt3 P-Kt3 He was more of a golfer than a tennis player, S P·K3 B·B4 25 R(5)_BS R_K2 6 BxP P_K3 26 R(5) _B4 R.Ql and more of an artist than a chess addict. One 7 0_0 QKt-Q2 27 Q_Kt5 Q_Kl day I took a snapshot of him. It came out 8 P_KR3 B-Q3 28 R·R4 Q-Bl rather nicely and I mailed him a print with 9 Q_K2 Kt_K5 29 R(1).B4 R(1}_Q2 the following inscription on the back; 10 Kt_Q2! QKt_B3 30 R_B6 R_K3 11 KKtxKt KtxKt 31 R(4}.B4 Q_R6? Mylord Dumont th's picture shows, 12 B-Q3 KtxKt 32 K·R2! R,R Of golf a thing or two he knows'! 13 PxKt B,B 33 QxR QxRP?? He started out with ninety four 14 QxB 0.0 34 P·Q5!! R_Kt2 And is intent to beat that score, 15 QR_Kt1 Q-K2 35 PxP R_Ktl 16 P_KB4 KR_Q1 36 P-B4 Q_K7 Alack, alas! His skill grows less; 17 P_K4! Q_Q2 37 QxPch K.Rl Wolf Hollow causes him distress, 18 P_K5 B_B1 38 P_B7 R-QB1 To paints and brushes he resorts 19 P_BS p,p 39 Q_B6ch Resigns And there tinds solace for his tortsl 20 RxP P_QKt3 THE HUMAN ELEMENT AT THE A. V. R. O. TOURNAMENT 8)' PAUL H UGO L ITTLIi
Undisturbed by the angry rumblings of European war, peaceful Holland will stage a master's tournament at Amsterdam in Nov. ember. So far as chess is concerned, it will not be just another tournament. It will signify the most important meeting of grandmasters si nce the famous 1896 St'. Petersburg tournament. Three past and present world champions will compete: Alckhinc, Euwc aBd Capabfanca. T he most ardently accla imed young masters will be their rivals: Botw innik, Keres, Rcshev sky. Fine and Flohr. T fue, all of these except Keres met at Not_ tingham two years ago, and the fourth world champion, Lasker, played also. But Notting. ham was a mixed masters' tOurney, and hence may not be regarded as so significant. At the A. V. R. O. tournament, there will not be a weak player. Each of the eight is a grandmaster, worthy of world championship play. The wi nner, if it is not Alekhine, wi ll no doubt recei\'e backi ng for a world title match after the Flohr- Alekhine encounter, which is scheduled for 1939. But because the chess masters arc human DR. A L EXA NDE R ALE KHI N E beings, not scientific mach ines, it is at least T he W orld Cham pion as interesti ng to study them as it is to study their chess careers. smoki ng almost feroc iously, of pacing up and It seems appropriate to begin with Dr. Alek_ down like a caged tiger. If music could ex _ hi ne. In the first place, he has rega ined his press the psyche of Alekh ine, it would be the tit le as world champion after defeating Euwe. music of Tschaikowsky, to whose country he In the second place, he IllS made a chess come belongs. back which cannot fail to del ight every true And what of his chess? Cold figures prove chess enthusiast. that Alekhine has made a comeback. His play Alckhine·s games have never been dull. at Montevideo, Margate and Brighton reveals Despite the modern tendency to ~hort draws in a dominance that was his during the San Remo masterplay, he has scorned the complacency of period of his chess career. His opening play is spirit which motivates the drawing master. His certai n, his middle game superb, and his end play emanates a surging, restless spirit- an game a model of excellence. His games against emotional tension which seeks fulfillment in the Book, Golombek, and Thomas arc as good, mastery over obstacles. He is a fighter. His certainly, as any he played in Berne 1932 or style is a combination of psychologica l belliger_ London 1932. Ale"khine has mastered his ence and egoisti c assurance. In this he is spir_ nerves, and in so doing has impro\'ed his mas_ imally ak in to Dr. Lasker. who beli eved that tery at chess. the urge to strugsie, to fight was the true T hen Dr. Euwe, the pragmatist, the math_ ethos of chess. ematician whose scientific analyses are some_ And th is nervous tension reveals itself in times blended with the erratic but warmly the mannerisms of the man, in the tremendous human aspects of trial_a nd_error judgment. concentration reflected in his face as he studies Euwe, the sympathetic, the alllalem· d" bea" the board and ·his of pone nt, in the sharp, ex_ who loves chess for its abstract beauty as much citable movements 0 his body; in Ilis habits of as for its qualities of mental and physical com_ twisting a wisp of hair between his fingers, of petition. 231 THE CHESS REVIEW
Euwe has played in the England_Holland Botwinnik is mild_mannered and, as Koltan_ match, the Noordwijk and the Dutch champion owski remarks in his admirable article in the ship tournaments since his match with Alek_ February, 1938 B. C. M., "a charming person_ hine, His games show his genius for attack, ality". And one must agree with Koltanow_ for judgment of a position in its crux of unfold. ski's further remark that "in his style one can ing latent possibihties. They show too, that it see mingled the combinational genius of Lasker reguires great power of concentration co master and the positional tactics of Capablanca". More_ chess and to subordinate it to occupational in_ over, he and Keres, and Reshevsky to a certaiQ terests, as Euwe has done by playin$ in tourna extem, have a will to win which is surpassed ments and matches only during hiS vacations only by that of Alekhine. or leaves of absence from his schoolwork. As for Keres, the chess world owes him a Congenial, generously interested in his fellow hearty vote of thanks for enlivening the game men, Euwe is the level_headed optimist of chess. with attacking openings and extraordinarily Optimist because he can extricate himself from combinative play, a bad position or a bad score not by an over Keres is extremely young, being only twenty_ whelmingly naive belief in his own powers, as three. But his chess, and in fact, all his chess is true of Bogoljubow, but because he can ideas, are extremely mature. He has expressed summon his mind and 'his body to respond to himself intelligently on his feeling for the var_ the will to achieve, ious styles of play in vogue; he defends Fine And then there is Capablanca, whose last and Flohr, although their records speak for great chance this tournament is to reestablish themselves, against the crude censure of third_ with finality his claims co the world champion_ rate kibitzers who accuse these twO of dullness ship. and woodshifting. Keres is quiet and unas_ Capablanca's chess, in his best period, was as suming outwardly; he lets any immodesty he crystal_clear in style and purity as is the music may have be sublimated into brilliant chess. of Bach, Temperamentally, Capablanca has And this is preferable to all the egotistical never had the relentless goadings of a highly polemics ever written by pseudo_masters, such tensioned mind as has Alekhine, Throughout as Gossip and F. K. Young, his career, Capablanca has looked upon his From a deta.iled study of his games, it is chess and founa it good, and has known to his evident that Keres is adapting his style to meet own high standards of satisfaction that it was hypermodern demands; he is becoming more of good. But this same calm assurance has failed a positional player than an out_and_out gam_ him in these past few years. for he has lost biteer as in the days of Warsaw 1935 ~ f'ide that something of his youthful lighting urge, al wonderful game against Winter! Semmcring though it is a subtle something which makes showed that he could adapt himself success_ him no less the great technician that 'he always fully; A. V. R. O. will be a harder test. was. Reshevsky has lived down 11is reputation as He has played in only the Paris tournament, a boy prodigy and has become a grandmaster, in January, this year, His play at Semmering deservedly through hard work. This mention last year indicates that he must make the su of hard work is significant, because it is appar_ preme effort psychologically at the A. V. R. O. ent in everyone of his games, He literally tournament. works hard over every game, and he can defend And next we come to Botwinnik, the stu_ himself with the persistent, long_suffering good dious Russian whose great gifts of intuitive will of a Duras or Treybal. He is a magnifi_ positional and end game judgment have made cent end game player, and his handling of his him, according to many, the logical favorite at Knights particularly reminds one of Alekhine's this tournament. skill with that piece. Botwinnik is a pragmatist like Euwe, but Reshevsky is quiet and studious, In fact, if with greater selflessness. Hence he can avoid the almost crude blunders which Euwc commits he, Keres, and Botwinnik manage to playa hand under the sharp strain of over_the_board play. of bridge with Alekhine, Alekhine will do all He is a pragmatist in that he considers the the talking. Rcshevsky is sure of 'himself, position as it has been affected move by move. but it is a sureness that leaves room for im_ He is a master of the attack, and he can defend provement. He has perfected his style, and courageously, although with a fierce courage even today his truc powers are still latem. It which does not resemble the dogged persistence may be that he will reveal them in the A. V. R. of Reshevsky, for example. O. tournament-if he does, he will win it. OCTO~ " R, 1 938
Fi ne at fi rst seemed destined fo r greater ------fame than Reshevsky. In 1936 he created for himself a reputation that was shared only by Pillsbury and Kashdan and Marshall in their debuts in Europe. Si nce that year, however, hi s chess has become more technical and less emotional, and as a result he has not done what he was expected to do. At Kemeri, for instance, he lost five games in one tournament, a feat that drew more attention than Flolu's losi ng four games at Moscow 1936, Fi ne is genial and industrious. H e resembles Kmoch in this res pect, although he is far more boyish than K moch in his physical emhusiasms. H is industry has made him a feared technician ; in fact, the analogy between him and Grun feld is more than remotely apparent. G runfeld started brilliantly, but devoted so much of his chess ability to analysis per Ie thai he became a drawing master. If Fine can find a little "do.or_die_fo r.dear_o ld.Rutgers" spirit, he may surprise at A. V. R. O. And IlLS lly, Flohr, lhe next challenger for the world's championship, who very nearly missed the A. V. R. O . tournament because of SALO FLOHR the " minor'" difficulty in Cuchoslovakia in The Champion'. next opponent which he might have been Czech. mated. Flohr's stock has gone down in the last two years, although 'his tournament results have certainly been on a par with those of hi s colleagues at the AFTER A GAME OF CHESS A. V . R. O. tourney. Flohr has a habit of Musin.':, reRective o'er the finished game, drawing with the strong and beating the weak, A hard·foll,l;ht cOlll est dO.It' won, mind 'gain~t mind, and rel ies too much on Ilis techniqlle. At How of I, 1 Ih Ollght, in playing dues one find Kemeri, although he tied for first, he made a That magic essence difficult to name, Which yet to feel in Chess is to acclaim. curious- and typical- rewrd. H e drew against Is it those fascinations underlined the first ten and beat the last seven. W ell, By science and romance dose i(}{er(wined there will be no last seven at A . V . R. O. In [hi5 most noble bout of age-old fame? Flohr is nervous yet collected, and he man_ Amid high stra[es:)' akin 10 an. ages to imjm:ss those who see him as being Attack. defense, to win or lose by "mMe", free from a I care. He can alternate a worried Rophy Ranked by cohorts plays i[s part, Symbol of power and grace whale'er ils h ie. frown with a wry smile, and has the power Subtle and glamorous the )!ame of Chess, (O laugh at hi s own misfortunes. He has To which il~ lovers )!ive ·[heir best, no less. something of Polland's temperament in this - FranrrJ Carruth Prifftlfc resped. Hi s only tournament this year has been at Hastings, where he was beaten by Mikenas and fini shed fourth. H owever, he av enged himself on the luckless M ikenas in a match with Play yOll r CHESS at six wins and four draws. It is significant to note, in last month's table in [he Review, that Room 204, Strand Theater Office Build_ he has never won a game from Alekhine. H e ing, 1585 B'way at 47th St., N. Y. City. very likely will vie with Fine in the honors Best, Cleanest. Most . untral Loca of being the d rawing master. tion in City. You Are Welcome. And so eight great masters will meet one Terms Reasonable another in November. Eight masters - and eight men. May the best master- and man F. M . CHAPMAN, Mgr. - w in! 234 TH E C H ESS RE VI E W
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T HEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF T H E It would seem therefol'e that the move 7 Q-B2 RUSSIAN CHAMPIONS HI P PR ELI MIN ARIES is insufficient to obtai n a n opening advantage. T h is innovation was lrled in the games Kopayev S EMI ·FI NALS AT KI EV a nd Panov against J udowitsch and Kotov, re· In the Queen's Gambit, a fiel' the moves : 1 spectively. P.Q4, P.Q4; 2 P.QB4, P, K3 ; 3 Kt.QB3, P.Q B3; 4 Kt,B3, Kt,B3; 5 B,Kt5, QKt,Q2; 6 Q·B2. Au inl. eresting method of play against the Diag ram Colle System was tM ed in ihe game J udowits ch· Belawenetz : 1 P·Q4, Kt·KB3 ; 2 Kt.KB3, P. K3; Kotov 3 P. K3, P.B4; 4 B·Q3, P·QKt3i 5 P·B3, B. R3; 60.0 , Q.B1; 7 P.K4, PxP; 8 PxP, BxBi 9 QxB, Q. R3 . Diagram II F;Be lawenetz
Panov 'I'h e cu stomary continuation fo r Black is 6 ' , , B-K 2, 01' 6 . . . PxP. The fi rst Jlne of play leads to tbe or thodox def ens e in whiCh Wlliie is considered to obta in a slighUy superior posi· ti oll . 'I'he a1t. el' native line is also favorable to J udowitsch White: ·e. g. : 6 . , . PxP; 7 P-K4. P·Kt4; 8 P·K 5,. P·KE3; 9 n ·fi4, p·Kt 4; 10 KtxP ! etc. This sys tem of development simulates the ex· perimen ls of L ajos Steiner in t he Queen's Gam· But in t he above position, Blac], may pany bit. It Is doubtful however, whether the posi· 6 Q-B2 with 6 . .. P·KR3 at on ce. This simple tion a r rived at leads to equalily. WhiLe, of move creates quite a problem for White. Should course, is not compelled to e xchange queens, in he now play 7 B.R4, then (ollows 7 ... PxP; 8 wh ich case , t he end game would ravol' Black to P· K4, P-K Kt4; 9 B. Kt3, P.Kt4, a nd Black main· some .extent. The gam e continued : 10 Q.K3, tains h is Pa wn plus, w ithout a ny pal'U cular dis· Kt. B3 ; 11 B.Q2, B. K2; 12 Kt.B3, P.Q3. While advantage. Or s hould White elect to continue, was now able to bl'j n g his powerful pawn center in this va riation. with 7 BxKt, then Black to a ccount with 13 P·Q5 ! PxP; 14 PxP, followed WOuld be fl'en of any opening difficulties, There by KR·K1. Had Black con tinued in this vari· would follow : 7 " . KtxB ; 8 P.K3, B.K2; 9 B·Q3, 0·0 ; 10 0·0, P-B4, with equality. ation with 13 .. . Kt·QKt5. t hen would foll ow : 14 P xP ! (indecis ive is 14 Q-R·Bl , Kt·Q6; 15 Q. K2, P -K4), P xP; 15 Kt·Q4 with a decide d attack in White's favor. The best then, that can be said for this sys· W ORLD'S tern of defending against the Colle is that Black is enabled to exchange White's powerful King CHESS CHAMPI ONSHIP Bis hop. But this is not enough. The Official AccO/mt by DR. ALEKHINE "NO DR. EUWE Th ~ official aCCO\lnt of t he famous series of t;ames recently concluded between Dr. A. A. Al ekhinc and D r. Max Euwe for the Chess Texa.s Cha.m pi onship Tou·rnament, 1938 Championship of {he world. The complete QUEEN'S GAMB IT DECLI NE D score of every game is given, wi th special annotfLtion s by both D r. Alekhine und Dr. C, Hriss ikopo ul os R, S, Unde rwood Euwe. Thi5 w()f k is of the gremest interes t White Black to eve ry chess player. 1 P.Q4 P.Q4 1. P·KR4 P.B4? 2 P·QB4 P RICE $2.00 POSTPAID P·K3 11 Bx Pch ! K,B 3 Kt.Q B3 Kt·K B3 12 Kt·Kt5ch K.Kt3? B.Kt5 B.K2 13 Q·Q3ch K. R4 David McKay Company •5 P.K3 0-0 1. P.KKt4ch ! K,P WAS! !!NGTON S QUARE Pl lILADF. LP H!A 6 Kt.B3 P.QKt3 15 P.B3ch K·Kt6 Catalof./ll.' of Chess 7 B.Q3 B· Kt2 16 R. R3c h K. Kt7 and Checker Book" p,p Snll Oil l(eqfleJI. 8 PxP 17 Q.B1 mate 9 Bx Kt B, B 236 T HE C HESS REVI E W
In the McCutcheon variation of the F rench In conclus ion , Kopayev's inllovalion agains t Defense. Chistiakov met w i th notable success. Chistiako,"s McCutcheon is worthy of nO H! . owing t o t he desire of h is opponents to over He experimented w ilh 7 BxB, Kt_K5; 8 B_RS whelm t he oPpos itiOn wit h insulli ciCll t force. (t o h in der . .. P·QU·I; followed by . . . Q·R4). For example the game witll Delawenetz con t inued : 1 P.K4, P-K3; 2 P.Q4, P.Q4 ; 3 Kt.QB3, Kt.KB3; 4 B_Kt5, B·Kt5; 5 P·K5, P.KR3; 6 B_ Diagram IV Q2, BxKt; 7 PxB, Kt.K5; 8 Q.Kt4, P.KKt3; 9 6 . Q3 , Ktx8; 10 KxKt, P.QB4; 11 Kt.SS, Kt.SS. Chistiakov Diagram II I ",C;histiakOV
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There followed : 8 .. . P.QKt3; 9 B.Kt4, p. Belawenetz QB4; 10 B_R3. In the following game Rl ack ca n· tinued wit h 8 .. . 0 ·0, a nd W hite t h en obt ai n· H er e White probed t h e p os~ ib ili ti (' s of the ed a promis ing game by 9 K t· K2 with the t h l'ea t unusual 12 KR_QKt1. T he undel'l yi ng i dea o f of 10 P-KBS. (What. H anything. is wrong wit h the mo" c is to deter COlluter play on th e Qu een's t he s imple 8 . . . Kt·Q U3 ? -f A BOll nd V olllllle of THE CHESS REVIEW Mtlkes a H , , • r • \ • • • • • • • • '-o~r" J J 01 I ~f I) . l . Navy ARTHUR W . DAKE WITH MEMBERS OF THE U . S. NAVY CHESS TEAM No, this is not a scene from "Pinafore" or from "The Pirates of Pen>:ance", This photo. graph was taken on the U. S. S. Indianapolis during Fleet W eek at Portland, Oregon (July 22.31, 1938) . Standing (left to right) are : A . I. Husted, W . F. Freeman, Lieut. W . A . H ickey, Arthu r W . Dake, Ensign R. Gray, W. T . Ammons, J . W . Moor e and G, A, Krompotich. Dake acted as Master of Ceremonies in contests between the Navy Chess Team and the teams of the Portland C. C. and the Multnomah Athletic Club. He was the guest of honor at dinners given by the officers of t h e U. S. S. I ndianapolis on July 28 and by the Chief Petty Officers on July 31. On both occasions he gave s imu ltaneous exhibitions and played a " umber of games blindfold. A STRONG F I NISH Texas Championship Tournament There fol lowed: """C. P. 1 , . . . Kt.Q4! 8 R·Q2 KtxBch 2 QR. R2 PxKP 9 KxKt RxKtch 3 QPxP PxPch 10 K . Kt2 P· BS 4 RxP Kt·KS 11 R{2)·Q3 P. B? 5 Q-Q3 B.Q5! 12 PxP R. Kt8ch S R·B3 P·QB5 13 K·R2 P. Kt4 ? Q. K2 R. Kt8! Resi gns Chessplayers desiring to turn their l ib. raries into cash are requested to get in touch with us, We will be glad t o ap. praise any library an d make a cash offer for i t in Whole or i n part, Address: THE CHESS REVIEW, 55 W. 42nd St., New York, N. y, 238 T H e C H ESS R EV I E W A Mathematician Gives An arithmetic: As every beginner knows, (or should), If no man be taken, nor p awn ad. Hour To Chess vanced, nor chockmate given within any period of )0 moves the game is a draw. The g u:at_ 8] DONALD M AcMURR AY est possible number of captures in a game is From now on OUf cheS5 masters may rest 30. T heoretically, the greatest possible number easy concerning a problem which, acco rding to of pawn advances in a game would be 6 for Professor Marsron Morse of Princeton, has e~ch pawn, or 96 altogether. T hat would been disturbing them for years. Among the give a total of 126 captures and advances. papers presented at the recent meeting of The longest possible game, then, could stretch the American Mathematical Society (of which for 4912 moves between each 2 of these cap_ the awe_stricken Nelli Yor.e Times comments, tures o r advances and could thus go on for .. the views expressed were far too involved 126 x 49Y2, or 6 237 moves. This figu re fo r any but the best mathematical minds'·) will be considerably diminished by the fact was one by Professor Morse entitled .. A Solu. that some of the caplures must be pawn cap_ tion of the Problem of Inlinite Play in OlC5S" , tu res, so that the pawns may get out of each The paper claims that by re peating various other's way. Just how many of these dup lica. series or moves, but not consecutively, a game tions of capture and pawn advance there need might be prolonged ad infinitum. be, I leave to the proolemists, w hom 1 consi der wasters of time. It is hardly necessary to draw to the at tention of an y chess playe r the fact that it is immaterial And 50, having cast the weight of Infinity under the rules of chess, whether repetitions from our shoulders, (for the time being, at of a :position occur successively or penodicall y, any rate) let us, like Swinburne be thankful or that any three such repetitions whenever " That even the weariest r iver W inds somewhe re sa fe to sea ." occurring suffice (0 make the game a d raw. It is apparent that Professor Morse is simply not familiar w ith the rules of chess. This, however, the worthy professor cheerfull y admits. (An outstandint, t,lImt /111/ oj comp/itdlions. B/llt! " I regard it as a useless loss of time" , the mighl easily ha ve gone 41lrll)" despile his mau,ial indefatigable New Y ork Time! quotes him as JlIper;O,;I}, but h, plays Ihe t ndint. WiTh ronJllmalt dill.) saying . And by the way, if playi ng chess is time_wasting, it is difficult to say under what A. C. F. Congresa classification of double_distilled time_wasting Bo,ton, July, 1938 should be put the activity of Professor Morse KI N G'S I NDIAN DEFENSE in making mathematical abstractions of the H. Morton I. Kashdan possibili ties of chess. W hite Black The circumstances under which the attention 1 P_Q4 Kt-K B3 29 QxQ ch K.Q of Professor Morse was called to this problem 2 P_QB4 P-KKt3 30 R_B7 KR_Ql 3 Kt-QB3 P_Q4 are worthy of note. W hile he was lecturing 31 B-R4 8..3 4 Kt_B3 B_KU 32 BxB K • • in Germany last summer, three faculty members 5 P·K3 0 ·0 33 R_K Bl K-K2 of the U niversity of Muenster told him that 6 Q_ Kt3 P.K3 34 R_Klch K.Q3 they had been working on the problem of 7 B_Q2 Kt_B3 35 R_BSch K .Q4 8 PxP P. P P_R4 infinite chess play fo r a long time, but could 36 R· K7 9 R_B1 Kt_K2 37 K _B2 R_KB1 not solve it. " With the aid of dynamic sym_ 10 Kt_K 5 P.B3 38 K_Kt3 KR _Q1 bolism" Professor Morse, no doubt emulating 11 B_K2 Kt_B4 39 K.R4 R·K1 their T eutonic thoroughness, supplied the solu 12 0 -0 Kt_Q3 40 RxR R. R 13 KR_Ql KKt·K5 41 R_R6 tion in one hour. I suppose it is not lair R-KSc h 14 B_Kl R_K1 42 K.K t5 R. P to d raw any concl usi ons about the worth of IS KtxKt KtxKt 43 P-R3 Kt- B4 the current fl ood of transcendental mathematics 16 Kt_Q3 Kt-Q3 44 RxR P K_K3 from this one incompetent and unlearned effort. 17 Kt_ BS P_B4! 45 B.K8 Kt_K5ch 18 R·B2 Q.K2 46 K_R6 K_ B3 Yet mig ht it not be that all the thickness of 19 B_Q Kt4 P_QR 4! 47 R_R6ch Kt_Q3 g reat mathematical tomes is not to be measured 20 B-Kl P-B 5 48 R_Kt6 P-RS! in inches? 21 Kt· R4 B_B4 49 P-RS R_Q 4! 22 R_B3 P_QKt4 ! 50 K_ R7 B_Q6 H ow long can a chess game last u nder the 23 Kt_Kt6 Kt_BS! ! 51 P_Q Kt3 R_R4ch rules? A canvass of the staff of Tihe Chen 24 P_QR 4! KtxKt 52 K_ Kt8 K_ K2 Review has revealed that no one is familiar 25 RxP BPx P 53 P·R6 KtxB 26 BxKtP PxPch 54 P.R7 B_K5 ! with dynamic symbolism, so I am compelled 27 BxP Kt·Q2 Resig ns to attack this problem with a li ttle static 28 QxPch Q-B2 OC'J'OBHH , 19 38 239 9 P.Q4 ! , . , . Game Studies Importanl a t once. Othel'wise, afier Black pla ys Kl·QB3, White's P·Q·I is Inell'ective as It " WHIT!! TO PUY AND W IN" is Ihe lille 01 a can be mel by ... P· K5, when the K t will ""mlMel elJiltil ,,1/(1 pub/ilbed hy IFI t (Wtf W. have no Ilms t at K5, A d"ml rheu rhtlN/piou 01 MtlJ Stlrh1l1tllJ, The 111m "nd SNlnl"'Ut 0111,1' hrorhllre, is Iht, m"OI/."IIII, Ihal 9 . , , . P· K5 10 While al t t~ the 1II 01't' I P·K4 Oblluns a u /ded ad· Kt. KS KI·B3 I'dnlag e, one IIIb;rb if proped), nllrsed alOllg IIIUJ/ 11 KtxKt • • • • ,el/lll in "'(millal Ili(/or), lor Ihe {irJl pla),er, T o 11 P-KB4 would leave mack with a pro· Ihh prQPolil;QII i.< Ihe ellorl Qf Adallll drdirated, tecled l)assed pawn, and mIght also l{lad to II !!.Ot'l Wilholll M)'ilig Ih," Ihe IhMr)' QI the game interesting cOlllplicatlOlls nnel' It . , . P·KR3; would be (Q lllpleltl), f t','Qlllfimlizt'd if ,his rQlllelltion 12 B-R4, P·KKl4 ; ]3 PxP, DxKl; H PxB, Kt wele rOUl'rI, KKt5. P"rlir,dlfl'/), 10 BI"rk'J Jl'lrlllt 1 ... P·K4 (whi(h 11 , , , , PxKt A dlflllJ (oNlilil'tJ 6rJI) i J /he grMur pari 01 fhl' 12 P·63 , , , , pall/phl/'l de/lOled. Then 1/'1 hite lollowl ,vilb 2 B· 12 0·0 firsl, and pe l'halls later P·D3 wou ld 84-111/1/' 1I/;'1I! be more exact, Aflel' the text Black is a ble to Thai I ltrh a eOIf/ell/ioltl JI/b;e(l Jholilti be broltght obtain a pow-erful position. /0 light and diJul1Jea, TFI, M, p, 111;/(hell, 01 81'001· 12 , . . . P.KRS lilfe. Mau" tl/Tdlfgea tI ,horl mdlrh bnwtelf Adalas 13 B. KR4 P,Kt4 Iflfd J, A. H Q,QwilZ, 14 B. KB2 Q.B2 ? Below iJ Ih, 1(!u ,lh gallle of /he mulrh, Thinking to rOl'ce a weakening with P·KRS or P·KKt3. Ou t B1flCk undel'cstlmntes the KING'S BISHOP S GAME fo rce or th e uuforeseen reply, Simpler fi ll!1 (Noles by L A. Horowitz) s tronger would l.J.e 101 , , . PxP ; 15 QxP, Kt·K5; W, W, Adams l. A. Horowitl followed by ... P· ((D,I! White mack 15 Kt·Q2! BxP 1 P. K4 P.K4 He who say'l "n" must sny hb". ('l'his maxim 2 6 .64 Kt. K63 is not to be l"Ccommended) , 3 P.Q3 , . , , 16 PxP B.K t5 3 Kt·QB3 permits 3 ' , . KtxP! alld 3 P·Q4 17 Q.B2 B.B5 leads to a wild antI wooly game. more 01' less a gamble, and not In the s pirit o( White's pIlUl S. Unro rtunate but ll'u\l! Black had -hope:d to undertake a morc aggressive policy begi nning 3 . . . . p.QB3 with 17 . . , PxP. Apparently thcn, the seis. Nol 3 .. , P'Q'!' TheHl would foll ow 4 P xP, SOl'S grip of hi s two bishops could be main. KlxP; Kt·KB3. Kt·QD3; 60·0, continued with tained. But this would (ail owing to It subtle 7 R·IO a nt! J!l"essul'e on the KP. defensive sortie. -e, g, 17 . .. PxP; ]S KtxP, 4 Kt. KB3 , , . , Kt-KRl (threateni ng to casUe followed by R. Kl); J9 P·KKt3! fln d Blncl! l'em/lins helpless In line with the hyper·modern school of aga.inst the thl"(lRt of 20 RxB. 01" If n move 20 thought-pel'mil, provoke 01" entice the opposi· RxKL (allowed by 21 Kt,B6chl tion to build up a. cen\.el', with it view to sub· seque ntly destroy ing i t by attack, 18 P. KiS 0.0.0 4 , • , , P.Q4 I, A. Horowitz 5 PxP . . , , If 5 B·Kt3, then 5 ... B·Ki5eh, a kin to the position reached in the game. Dut nOl 5 . . . P xP, hoping fOl' 6 KtxP, Q·R4ch, wln nlllg 1\ K t, for then White wou ld conti nue with 6 Kl·Kt5r IS • , • • 6 6 .Kt3 . , , . Retrentlng but ·exerting IHe SS ll!'e on t he QP. 6 B·Kt5ch, B· Q2; 7 RxRch, QKtxD 1I' 0uid only asslsl Bl ack in del'elol)ing. 6 , , . . B.KtiSeh! A pointed move ! White had planned a. cas ual development In which his QD pins the D1A.ck KKt and his QKl aUacks Black's Q P via B3. This would prove a nnoying 10 the second player. The texlmove a nticipates li nd I"dute!S t ho plan. 1 P. B3 , , , . Depriving his QKt from the square U3, but 19 0·0 , , , , then 7 8·Q2 permils simplification by exchange The Kt dare not bc caplured: 19 PxKt, QR (when the pin at KtG wou!(1 be obviated), 7 Q Kleh; 2D K·m, n'K7 ; 21 fi..Ql, B·R6; 22 OxO, Kt·Q2 Is cl'anJ]ling, and 7 K·Hl Is out of the question, Q-Kt6 and wale cannot be avoided. 19 , , , , P.KR4! 7 7 . ' , , B.Q3 8 6,Kt5 B.K3 More 01' less compelled, Dlack did not enjoy the prospects or bl! at!ug a I'etreat witb , , . Kt. 240 T HE CHESS REVIEW Q2 nor with t he thought Of parting- wit h his 36 . . . . Q_Rl ! B by ... D~Kt. In the latlc r e vent. White Among other things. ~ lill prevcnting tlte cxlt commands a strong COUrl ter with the CI' cntual of the 1{lng becausc or t he threa t ... R·R7. P·QB·I. The le xt hazards a P OIl SI,luglH, the 37 R_K3 R.R 5 consequences of which are (lifilcu1t \0 calculat e. 20 QR. Kl .. . . F orcing t he Q to e vacuate the square R2. 38 Q· Kt3 rails becausc o f 38 It·K t5. Whitc Safe, but pI:rhal)S it we n) bette r to acce pt Is definit ely lost. the offer , and Chance the olltcome. 2(1 PxKt. 38 Q.B6 p .JU): 21 QR· Kl, P· H6: 22 R·1(7. Q·Q3- and the . . . devil t ake t he hi ndmos t. Afle r Ill(! game bot h A las t anll forlorn hOlle. in Ihe natu re of a sides maue a SIlI)CI'f1 ciaJ C)iflminalion o f the trail. possibilities of the position, a nd came to no 38 . . . . R· R7c h definite conclusion. 39 K_BI Q. Ktl 20 . • . • BxKt And not 39 ... Q~Q; 40 PxQ. RxB; 41 fuB! Not parlicu];II')Y cold feel. 20 .. P-R !> might 40 Q.B4 · . . . still have been ventured. But Black had COIl And resigns sumed about all hour on his IlI'cvion!; move For he sees mate cannot be Ilvolded. and had little time for exact cill culation. (The Jrore 0/ Ihis fitllll e is wrirle/l from memory. 21 Q)[6 Kt_K 5 "nd complete accuracy ill the se'IU(/II ce oj "IOWJ is 22 Q·Q3 P_R5 lIot xuarllllln d.) 23 B_Ql B_K3 24 B_B3 KtxB A hitherto unpubli .~l l ed game won by Arnold 25 RxKt K_Kt1 S, Denker, winner of this year's N ew York Unnecessary. but fearrul lest a IlrOjlitiolls cheek filay upset Hny ul\dN'taking. IlarUcularly State title. The dashing devil_may.care atti. when short of time. tude of youth 26 Q. K3 QR_Ktl is dearly exem. 27 B.Ql P.Kt5 plified in thi s 28 R.B6 P·Kt6 brilliant )'oung 29 R. R6 · . . . New Yorker. Playing to e xchange o ne of Ihe I·ooks . gain T he attack is entrance with lhe Q. a nd Illck up the advanced st rar Pawns. both his 29 .... Q. Kt3 strength and 30 P-Kt4 · . . . hi s weakness. T he weakening of Whlle's Q s ide Pawns H e can handle ARNOLO S. DENKER plays a n IU1ll0rtant part in the fmul'e turn of an attack with tbe game. Pc rhallS 30 D-K t3 ,It once was a fertility of idcas and a richncss of imag ination better. that are rare, Ycr frecluently he tries to attack . . Q. R3! 30 . where defense is necessary or where rhe posi_ T he lS eHl ed move. tion docs not warmnt aggress ive tactics. De_ 31 RxR spite this temperamental weakness, Denker is 32 B_Kt3 • • • • That this 13 s hould be condemned to guard· a pla yer of the greatest promise; he has brilliant ing a P is to be protested. But 32 P-R4 leaves victories to his credit over almost every promi marked weaknesses in the rank~ of the Q side nent AmeriGln master. Pawns. which woultl hn ve a telling effect in a possible It and II e ndgame. Syracuse International Tournament, 1934 32 . . . . P.R6! DUTCH DEFENSE Forcefully storming and exposing the King. (Notes by A. S. Denker ) 33 QxP P.P 34 KxP A. S. Denker A. W. Dake Not 34 QxP, Q·Q6 and the re Is no a dequate White Rlack defense. I P.Q4 P. KB4 2 P·K4 P.P 34 ... . Q.Bl 3 P_KB3 35 Q.B4 . . . • • • • · An in teres ling Pawn sacl'lHce which 1 belicve I t is difficul t to say wha t is the best course to be quite sound. for ,Vhite to purs ue. lliack t hreatened t o pin the Q with .. . H·Ktl and also 10 gain enU'anec 3 .. .. P_K3 4 Kt.Q2 with . . . R·RG. P (: t ' h"JI ~ Ih(l rc was no Hd e· · . . . quate defense. Not ·1 K t· B3. B· Kt i) . Thc (ext forecs mack 3S . . . . R. R4 t o make a decis ion concerning the center. To pre vo:>n t the While King rrom crossing 4 . .. . . PxP via B2 to the Q ~ hle. wher e he mar find a Or 4 ... 1>-1( 6: 5 Kt·l\t3. K t·KB3: 6 13x P + . haven. 5 KKtxP Kt. KB3 36 B·B2 . .. 6 B·Q3 P. B4 Still intent Oil e ro~sillg. and gUar(l!ng against Not good: 6 ... ll·K2 followed by .. , 0.0 the pin . . . R·B4 . seems to be Black's best continuation but in OCTOBER, 19 3 8 241 aor ca se White gets a good attack f ot' his 11 P.KR3 Kt_B3 Pawn, 12 B_ KtS B_K2 7 0 ·0 p,p 'l'llere is n ot hing else. If 12 . .. KtxKt; 8 Kt_KtS P- Q4 13 Q-R5ch, K·Q2; 14 R-B7cb, Kt·K2; 15 B· 9 Ktx RP . , ' , K t5ch, K-Qt ; 16 QxKt! a nd wins. A. w. Dake 13 Kt xKtch PxKt 14 BxP RxP ?! l S Q.Kt4 Q_R7ch 16 K-B 2 RxB R-R3 would have Deen better 'but insuf ficient., e. g. 16 . .. R-R 3; 17 BxB, KtxB; 18 R-R, Qx lt; 19 R xQ, RxR; 20 D·Kt5eh, K-Q1 ; 21 Q-D 4! 17 Q.Kt6ch K-Q2 21 BxB Kt xB 18 PxR P_Kt3 22 Q·R7 R-KKt1 19 QR_ K1 Q _Q3 23 R_B7 R.Kt6 20 K_Kt1 B.R3 24 KtxP BxP If 24 . . Q- B4; 25 RxKt.ch, QxR; 26 QxQch. K xQ ; 27 Kt·135ch! 25 Q. R4 R.Kt3 26 R·QB1 K.K1 F orced ; the thl'eat was RxKtch, winnin g the Q. A, S, Denker 27 RxKtc h! Q,R 28 Q.R8ch K.B2 B_Q3 9 . 29 Kt_B3 · . . , Or ch;e 9 . KtxKt ; 10 Q-RiSc h, K- Q2; 11 Sim pler than 29 K t·B6, Rxl'ch; 30 K· R1 ! DxKt. (a ) 11 .. . Q-Kl; 12 QxQch, KxQ; ] 3 D- 29 . . , . Q·Q3 30 Kt_ KSch K.K2 K Wc ll, K·Q2; 14 R·B7ch , K-Q3 or 14 . .. K-B3; R_B8 15 Ki·B3+); J5 Kt-BS , Kt-B3 (15 .. . P-KI; 31 Res ig ns 16 KtxKP";' Kx Kt; 17 B-B4ch and mate next move); 16 B-IHch , K-D4 (not 16 . .. P ·K4 ; 17 N. Y. State Championship Kt xK P followed by RK) ; 17 p oDS ! + August, 1938 (b) 11 ... Kt·D3 ; 12 U-U7ch, K·Q3;13 K t B3, Q·Kt; J 4 D·B4Ch. K·B4 (14 . . , P·K4; 15 GR UNFELD D EFEN SE KtxKP, KtxKt ; Hi R -K a n d wins ) ; IS Kt-Q2! (Notes by A. E. Santasiere) R x B; 16 Kt·Kt3ch, J{-Kt5 ( lO ... K-Kt3 ; 17 J. W. Coll in's A. E. Santasiere B-n7ch, K·lt3; I B Q·K 2ch, P ·Kl4; ]9 P-QR4 White Black and wi ns); 17 Q-K2, QxR ; 18 P·QR4! and Black cannot stop mate. 1 P·Q4 Kt.KB3 2 P_QB4 P_KKt 3 10 Kt_Kt3 Q_B2 3 Kt_QB3 P.Q4 . . . Ki xKi is still not playable, as W h ite 4 B_B4 B.Kt2 would recover his P awn wiih a winning a ttack, 5 Q.Kt 3 · . . , 5 P ·K3 is preferable. 5 • . . . p,p 6 QxP P-B3 C HESS BOOK ENDS 7 Kt.B3 B·K3 8 Q_R 4 · . . , Metal Type Both 8 Q·Q3 and 8 Q-Kt4 lmve been tried an d found wanting"; again st the latter move .. Made of B r1$>, Poli,hed. Bottom, P·QKl4 int!'orluces unpleasa n t com j)li cations. F.he,!. $3.00 pcr 8 . . . . Kt.Q4 9 KtxKt · . . , "'. A hettel' line is 9 B·K5, Dx13 ; 10 K lxD. Kt· • Q2; 11 KtxKi, QxKt; 12 P-K4, KtxKt; 13 i'xKt w ith an ev.ell game. Wood Type 9 . . . . BxKt D . r k M.hog. • n y, Bottom, If 9 . . QxKt; 10 DxKt wins a Pawn. Felted. $ ~.oo P" 10 P-K3 Kt_Q2 13 QR_Bl Kt.Kt3 <01 . 11 B_K 2 0 ·0 14 Q_RS p,p 12 0·0 P_QB4 15 B.B7 • • • • T his move will pl'esently in volve him in diffi · • cullies: goorl alternatives were P·Kt3 or B-KS. ORDER FROM 15 .. ,. Q.Q2 16 PxP KR_B 1 THE CHESS REVIEW 17 Kt.KS BxKt Simplest; Black r emains with a strong initia S5 W. 42 St., New York, N. Y. tive aud as the continuation pr ov{)s must emerge with m aterial advantage. 242 THE CHESS REVIEW 18 B,B P_B3 23 B.Kt3 B_K5 8 P·B5, P-B3 19 B.KB4 Q_RS 24 R_Q2 KtxBch 9 P-QKt4 P.QR4 20 QxQ KtxQ 25 RxKt B-Q6 10 P-Kt5 • • • • 21 P·QKt3 Kt·B6 26 R,P B,R New, I think; the prese nt game discredits 22 R_B2 P_KKt4 27 K,B . . . . it, but by dint of blood and sweat. The endgame is not without difficulties; the 10 . . . . P·K4 first step is to eliminaw White's passed Pawn. 11 Kt·Q2 .. . . 27 . . . • R_Ql ])Pep idea, for Q-R1 aud Kt-Kt3 on BlaCk's 28 RxKtP Rx? weak QRP. 29 a_Kta P.QR4 11 . . . . R·K1 30P·QR3 .. . . 12 B.K2 Kt.B1! R-QKt5 was the t hreat. 13 Q-R4 KPxP 30 . . . . R.Q7 Slightly sad necessity: 13 ... Kt-K3?; 14 31 P. KtS . . . . BxKt, BxB; 15 PxBP, PxQP; 16 KtxP!! A decision he will soon regret, but ,he mllst 14 KPxP Kt·KS provide some ou tlet for the King before he has 15 B_K3! BxP! both Rooks on his hands. P-KKt4 was perhaps Wet t owels [rom now on! better. P-R5 16 PxP! PxP! 31 . . . . -P·Q5 32 PxP R,P 17 PxB 33 R-Kt3 K_B2 18 QxBP B_Q2! 34 8-B7 R_R? 19 Q-Q6 · . . . Alr eady pl'eparing a mating n et. RS is now If 19 Q-Kt6, Q·K2!; and all roads favour avallable (or this rook and Q8 for the other. mack. 35 B-Q6 R_Q5 19 . .. . P,B 36 B_85 R.Q8ch 20 PxP R-QB1 21 Kt(B3).K4 37 K-Kt2 P-KtS · . . . Must hang on to h is passed P unless he is A lowly Pawn tak€s up a post of vantage and prepared to struggle mis erably for a draw. the enemy is doomed. 21 . . . . KtxKt 38 P·RS P_R4 43 R.Kt4 K_B3 R_QB8 22 KtxKt Q. R5ch 39 PxP PxP 44 R·Q4 23 Kt·Kt3 Q-Kt41 40 R.Kt4 P_B4 45 B.Kt4 R(7)_R8 41 R_Kt7ch K. KS 46 R·Q6ch K·B2 42 R_Kt6ch K_Q2 Resicns My opponent is Amerhd, latest addilion to the master ciaH , amo ng whom there iJ 5urflJ not onc morc courageOUJ or enthll;itlJtic. Thought emeily handicapped physicaily, he htl' proven himself a dan _ geroltJ and resourceful fighter over the chessboard, {md an allogether lovable and cheerf,,1 penonalily away from il. BATTLE OF ANALYSTS Over_the_board champimu are uldom willing to takr on acknowledged {orreJpondenC(! ,,-acks at Jheir own game and rilk Iheir reputation, for the Jake of a lot of hard work. IntffeJting, rherefore, is the following I!ruggh in the current correspondence rhampionship oj Auslralia. Pllrdy being Ihe nalionai over-tbe-hoard champion) and Hallmaml the champiml of the AUJtra/itin CorreJpond'mre CheJ! League, which F. M. Hall mann ha.f OliN 200 members. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLI NED Despite all his care, White hacl missed this startling sacrifice. If 24 QxB, QR-Ql ; 25 Q (Notes by C. J. S. Purdy) hops, QxP ; and W,h ite's centrally exposed K F. M. Haliman n C. J. S. Purdy and disconne cted ROOks otter Black more than White Black compensation [or the piece. 1 P.Q4 P·Q4 5 P_K3 B_K2 24 O·O! QxPch 2 P.QB4 P-K3 6 Kt_B3 0-0 25 K-R1 B.B3 3 Kt_QB3 Kt· KB3 7 R-B1 P-QR3 26 B_B4 • • • • 4 B·Kt5 QKt.Q2 Plausible B-R6 answerable by a nother BishoD Aft€r Alekhine in his Ca pablanca match. sacrifioe, 26 ... Bxpch!; 27 KxB, Q'R-Ql; or Subsequently discredited becausp of 8 P xP 26 .. . R·B2" also with 'advantage. White has followed by Q-side Dush, but T artakower pub no safe good line, and rightly gives up h is lished analysis in "EI Ajedrez Espanol" (now Queen for wood and chances. defunct through Franco)" showing chances for 26 . . . . KR·Q1 Black with a dare-devil pawn storm on the 27 Kt-B5 · . . . K-side. I w1UJ.ted to try this , out. Hallmann Another way was 27 QR-Kl, Q-QB6; 28 BxKt piped another tune, adequately coped with by (Q·K7?, R-BZ) , RxQ, etc. But not 27 Q·K7?, some analysis of Halberstadt's. I3xPch! , etc. O C T OBER, 1 93 8 243 ( H ow 10 /I/i/itt SIII DRUEKE'S DELUXE CHESSBOARDS No. Size Squares Price 254 25" x25 1t 2W' $20.00 154 2Oltx2Q" 2" 11.00 165 25"x25/t 2V2" 10.00 164 23"x23" 2Y4" 9.00 163 21"x21 " 2" 6.50 162 18"x18" 1%" 5.50 161 15"x15" 1%" 4.50 Nos. 161 to .165 a. re inlaid boards wi t h Wal· nut and Mal)le squares, ·Walnut Bord.er and Back, Shaped Edges, Lacquer fi nIsh. Nos. 154 and 254 are made or the fi nest. ve nears with Walnut Burl and Cal'pll.lhlll.n Elm Burl squares, Rosewood Border aIHI \V alnut BaCk. TMy nra shap.ed and finIshed with a I'Ubbed lacq ue r finish. ORDERS FILLED BY THE C HE SS R EVIE W. 55 W. 42"d St,eet, New Yo,k, N. Y. 244 THE C HESS R E VIEW • 22 K_B2 • • • • 46 P·Q5! • • • An original plan! Aft€l' the anticipated ex Th, beginning of the end. change of Kts, White intends to march his King 46 . . . . p,p 49 B_Q7 R·Q1 to QKt6, f!'Om which vantage .point, a Pawn 47 B.Kt5 R.QBl 50 P·BS p,p a ssault (P-QR4 - P -QKt1-5) is effective. 48 K_Kt4 P·Q5 51 B,P Kt_B2 22 . . . . Kt. K3 T o stave off the mate. 23 K.KtS K_Si! 52 R·R71 Resigns Black anticipates the White plan, and quickly marches h is King to the fescue Q[ the threat· ened squares. 24 K·R4 K.K2 • 25 8-81 K-Q1 Women m Chess 26 K·R5 Kt· B1 To be able to drive the White King from We were sorry not til have been able co report QKt6 by ... Kt-Q2ch. But in this case Black the A. C. F. women's tourrflliirrent- a hospital doesn't is unable to exchange Kts, and the commanding seem to be conducive to literary endeavor. Now thm Kt at Q4 decides the game in White's favor. the fractured shoulder is mended and we are back 27 P_QKt4 QR_K2 on {he job, we are unable to remember the lirtle 28 P_QR4 K -B2 ~necdotes we once thought would interest you. We 29 P·Kt5 RPxP haven't f"rgotrer), howeve r, that hoth Miss Wray 30 PxP B_K3 and Mi ss Karff left their king's pawns enpriJq 31 P· Kt6ch! . .. . when we play ~d Kt-KB3 in answer to P-K4. Yes, we took rhe gdts I The beginning of a systematic plan to en snare the Black King. White is now in a The aUl omohil", accident which occurred on our position to operate from either wing. On the w~y home from BOSlOn isn't a thing we are likely K side, he has a possible break P-KR4-5, and 10 forget, but we all feel very lucky 10 have escaped on the Queen side" he may gain control o f the wirh our live5. Mrs. Mary Bain, the most seriously ODen QR file. F or Black, a Dol icy of pass ive injured, is expected 10 make a good recovery, though resist ance i s indicated. broken vertebrae arc slower to h e ~l than other bones, 31 . . . . K-Q2 35 R(Q1).Q2 Kt_Q2 and she will have to r e m~in in a cast until Dectmber. 32 K_Kt4 R_R1 36 R_R2 RxR Fortunately, she -is not confined to bcd, out cnn 33 R_B2 R(K2). K1 37 RxR K_Ktl walk a few steps about rhe house. Correspondence 34 B-Q3 K_B1 38 Kt_Kt3 , , . ch ess is her current diversion. Mrs. R~phea l Mc. White has again made some progress. H e Cready did not Jlav e any serious injuries, but she is now in command of the open fil e , and st ill sufftred from shock (o a grea.cer extent than rhe has chances for a break through on the KR file, rest of us. 38 , , . . Kt_K4 42 B·Q3 B.Kt1 While we were in Boston, we wok a little jaunt 39 B·K2 P_B3 43 P_R4 Kt-K3 up ro L~wrenc e to tn lk about feminine chess activiries 40 K.B3 Kt_B2 44 P_R5 P.Q5ch over the local rad io station. G eorge Demars, the 41 R_R4! Kt.Q1 secreru)' of the Greater Lawrence Ch ess Club, told This plausible attemDt at freedom fails to us th~t he knew of al least fifty women chess players take int o considerat ion a subtle bit of count er in thnl disrr ict. This seems incredible, for we don'r play. know of more lhan that many in the metropolitan 45 PxQP , . , . New York area. JUSt before we went to Boston, we had a nice visit in New York with M rs. Gustav Hauschild, presi dent of the Queens Women's Chess Club of Cleveland. She IOld us h ow they built up their c1ub------by welcoming all women who wall( to learn how to play, and assigning members to teach them th e elements of the game. Her plan certainly works, ~nd is rewmmended to orher clubs who want to in c re ~se their membership. Miss N. May Karff has been successful in per· suading {.h e exclusive Commonwe~lth Chess Club (>f B()~t()n to (}p en ·i(s doors to women. So far as we know, this is (he only Boston Club in which women are weoJcmne. Miss Korff hopes to build up ~ large group of women players, and plans to coach beginners. An effort worthy of the woman champion. EN GLAND-----Miss M . Mu.sgave of Hasting, woh H. Mull e r the women's championship {hi~ ~ ummer by a margin of 11/2 points. ,Mrs. F. F. Thompson of G lasgow was 45 . . . . PxP se(ond and Miss R, M. Dew of Plymomrl, the de 45 .. . Kt-B5 comes into consideration here. fend ing champion, was third. The newspnpcr report But it fails after 46 B-134, BxB; 47 KxB, R-K7, is mat at adjournment Mrs. Thompson was per R-Rl (threatening R-Rl) , Here also the con suaded by kibitzers to give Miss Dew a draw in tinuation in this v ariation 47 , .. PxP is met what was subsequently found w be a "book" win. by 48 R-R7, Kt·Q4; 49 Kt-R5,. R-K2; 50 RxPch! \X'\e intend tora·ke t his lesson v~ r y much to heart. RxR; 51 KtxPch, K moves;- 52 KxKt. -E.L.W. OCTOBER, [ 938 245 My Favorite End.Game A N UNCOM M ON L Y I NTEREST[NG ENDING Few would appreciate the heroic efforts of Compositions Santasiere to vanguish Kashdan in the last American Chess Federation Tournament. The By IRVING CHERNEV diagrammed position was reached after one B/«ck i.< ,,/fOtN,d 10 IIMke Iwo Q"'flIJ, bill olle hundred and twenty moves had been made, Ir (apllm:';, "nd the olher is g;/'fll Ihe choic<: of over twelve hours of play consumed, and five befnK re/IJO/i<:t! frolll Ih~ bO(l1·d or rtlcjll~ 11'0111 Kt5 adjollrnment~ had been recorded. The player 10 Q8 'lilt! b"d: (lgain ",ilh /h~ Bishop t.iXf!,i1lf!, , (Wllite to play and draw) 1 Kt.K t3 P.Q6 7 8 · 85 Q-Q8 2 B-Kt5 ! P,S 8 5 . 82 Q. K t5 3 K·R6 P.88(Q) 9 8_B5 Q.QR5 A. E. Sant asiere 4 KtxQ P_Q7 10 8_Q7ch K,S 5 K t .Kt3 P.Q8(Q) 11 Kt_B 5c h Superficially, the win appears obvious. The 6 B.B2 Q. Kt5 black king is constricted and far enough away from his pawn to give the impression that he A,wrb<'l' b,wuij,,1 jilli.,/;! AI Ib~ 41b "If"'f, IF'j);I<: will play no fu rther part in t he proceedings. mll.<1 1/01 p/«)' 4 KI-KI5cb Oil THEME PAL.'ESTRA fenses of the black knights which form inter_ fel"en(e~ preventing check. V uious types of pinning strategy are shown in Nos. 1141, 11 42 and 1143. No. 1142 is dedicated to the editor for NOTES AND NEWS which many thanks. It exhibits four self_pin. Dr. G. Dobbs wins the Honor P rize with ning defenses. his delightful four mover, No. 1076 showing a nov,e l eeho, a nd receives our s incere felicita No. 1143 by Bill Beers is similar and shows tions on this n ew triumph. two self_pinning defenses, but with the im_ Ladder Pri ze is won by Gil bert Plowman, portant difference that Black defends by pinning whose name was inadvel'tently omitted from the threat piece whereas in No. 1142 Black the September Ladder. This Is ).1r. P lowman's defends by capture. thir d ascent. \ V€ wish him continued success. Interesting in view of the recent f:tl passant pawn capture studies in The Americ an Chess INFORMAL LADDER Bulletin Problem Department is No. 1144 by c~G . Plowman 872, 48; J. Hannus 729, 75; Bill Beers. Nos. 1166 and 1167 are selections I. Genud 725,_ ; H. Stenzel 651 , 44: ~ 1. Kashdan 641, _: H . Medler 583, _: "up. Rothenberg from these studies illustrating in three_move 568, 57: ~ 1. Burstein 541, _: Bourne Sm ith form certain thematic ideas involving the en 536, _ : Bill Beers 439, _ : Dr. P. G. Keeney PdfJdllf capture. 431, 62: *~* M. Gonzalez 428, 57; OW. Patz 376, 27; W. O. J ens 363, -; E. Ko rpanty 355, 45: Nos. 1145, 1146 and 1147 are minor_piece J. Schmidt 302, _ ; K . Stubbs 278, _: W. problems in which clever mating nets yield Keysor 277, _ : H. Hausner 264, _ ; I. Bu rn 263, bou'luets of p retty mates. 21: K. Lay 244, -: L. Greene 239, _; ~n Dr. Nos. 1151-1157 are entries in the 1937-38 G. Do bbs 241, 78; Dr. M. Herzberger 236, _; J. Rehr 233, 16: CA. Sheftel 202, 53; W. Jacobs International Miniature Tourney. 164, _ ; A .. Grant 152, _; B. M. Marshall 142, In No. 1159, the Goethart mate is quadruply _ ; cC . Miller 140, 41; A. Saxer 133, _; L. demonstrated. The characteristic of the Goet Eisner 129, -: W. Neuert 126, _; Nels Nelson 'hart is a b lack self_interference which allows 73, _; c " ~H . B. Daly 70, 78; M. Gershenson 66, -; ~ I. Rivise 63, 20; G. N. Cheney 60, O· an unpin of the interfered_with pie<:c on the A. Palwick 56, -: T. F. McKenna 44, 51; H'. mate. T.hus in No. 1159 1 ... Bc4 inter_ Sussman 44, -: B. Wisegarver 41, _; G. feres with the black rook on c3, permitting F. Todd 38, -; O. Wurzbu rg 34, - ; R. Du nbar Qb8, a Goethart mate. 29, - : W. Van Win kle 27, _: W . Tow le 22, -; K. S. Howard 17, _ ; P. Papp 16, _: C. No. 1160 is a triple Rupp. T he theme, Parmelee 9, _: J. Cohen 6, _; F. Sp'renger which is now commonly accepted under this _ , 84. name, consists of a key move simultaneously pinning a black and white piece; Black's de_ SOL UTIONS fence simultaneously unpins these pieces, allow No, lOS7 1• .1' 13 m B eers I S(l2 ing mate by the unpinned white piece. P retty Pawn one-t wo._ l>". ;;prenJ;er. ~o . lU ~S iJy Bill !leers Nos. 1161 and 1162 both present an inter_ 1 1~c7 esting idea. The key move unpins a white ,\ntkipnl ed : Dr. n. I)" I> I>~ , C . r . L . A . lnG. ~" . 1(. ~ 9 I> y .r. He",eg piece but pins another, Black re_pins the 1 PIJ6 Nea t. iJut hul f - pin not. complc t c ,- Dr. U. unpinned piece but in so doing unpins the Do hhs. pinned white piece which gives mate. "0, 1 0 ~O b;.· B. ,\1, Mrt r~h"l1 1 s",r ([3) No. 1163 elegantly blends the Rupp with Co n taining si""ling switch Imck.- l'. 1{(Jth ent",rg. another idea in which Black's defense causes No. l O ~1 1• .1' C. K A(lnm~ X(J ~ol"l i on "~ lll 'i ni mi. :'l.h()H I< I l 'e ",al e an interference enabling White to mate in the i n :l.-K... y 1 Tl Original Section No. 1H1 No. 1144 No. 1147 DR. GILBERT DOBBS BILL BEERS DR. GILBERT DOBBS Carrollton, Ga. Willmar, Minn. Carrollton, Ga. Mine J!) 2 Mate m 2 MiHC in 3 No. 11<12 No. 114~ No. 1148 1. &. M. HOCHBERG PERCY BOWATER OR. G. ERDOS Bronx, N. Y. ~san Marino, Calif. Vienna, Au-stria Milte ;n 2 Matt io 3 No. 11<13 No. 1146 No. 1149 BILL BEERS PERCY BOWATER DR. G. ERDOS Willmar, Minn. San Marino, Calif. Vienna, Austria i"""'" Mate in 2 Mate in 3 Mate ;0 ') SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 10, 1938 250 THE CHESS REVIEW Original Section (cont'd) No. 1I)() No. l I S) N o. 11% E. ZEPLER J . F. TRACY R. E. McGEE Chelmsford, England Otltario, Calif. Hamilton, Ontario (Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty._ 1938)(Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty.- 1938) Mate 11l 3 /II[;ac: in -1 No. 1151 No. 1154 No. 1157 HEINZ SRIXI HANS LANGE J. F. TRACY Vienna, Austria Neuss am Rhein, Germany Ontario, Calif. (Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty._1938){Entry4th Inter. Min. Ty._1938)(Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty.- 1938) Mate III 3 :l\Iate JIl 3 Mate ill <\ No. 1152 No. 11 55 No. 1158 FRED SPRENGER FULVIO GIANINI G. GOLLER New York City Zurich, Switzerland (Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty._1938) (Entry 4th Inter. Min. Ty.-1938) Pasing ob. Bayern, Germany Male in :; Male in 3 Self-mate in 12 SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 10, 1938 OCTOBER , 1938 211 Quoted Section No. 109 No. 11 62 No. 1165 G. LATZEL L. SCHOR Wiener Schachzeitung 1 Pro Magyar Sak. E. SALARDINI May~1934 _1928 1 Pr., L'Echiquier_1935 Mate 10 2 Mate in 2 Mate m 2 N o. 1160 No. 1163 No. 1166 G. LEGENTIL J. NEUMANN VINCENT L. EATON Club des Masques Rev. Rom. de Sah Amer. Chess Bulletin Jan.-1 935 -1934 Jul., Aug.-1938 Mate i ll 2 Matt m 2 Mate ill 3 No. 1161 No. 1164 No. 1167 M. WROBEL KENNETH S. HOWARD 1 Pro ex_aequo H. COMMANDEUR Amer. 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