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WHITE MATES IN THREE MOVES

THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE AMERICAN FEDERATION NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST STEPS ., POPULAR DEFENSE DOOMED KASHDAN • PURDY • MORTON

SEPTEMBER, 1939 MONTHLY 30 cents ANNUALLY $3.00 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE Vol. VII, No.8 p"blish(d MOlllhly September, 19 ~9 AMEIlICAN CHESS FEDERATION Published monthly by THE , 25 We.st 43 rd St., New York, N. Y. Telephone Wisconsin 7·3742. Domestic subscriptions: One Y~ar $3.00; Two Yeus $5.,0; Five Years $12.,o; SIX .M?nths $1.75. Single copy 30 CIS. Foreign subswpuons: $3.50 per year eXCept U. S. Possessions, Canada, Mex· ico, Central and South America. Single copy 3' cts. Copyright 1939 by THE CHESS REVIEW "Entered as second·class matter January 2', 1937, at REVIEW the post office at New York, N. Y., under the Act ISRAEL A. HOROWliZ, EJilor of March 3, 1879."

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173 174 THE CHESS REVIEW a director of the National Chess Federation. SECTION THREE _ QUALIFICATIONS Soon there will be no American Chess POint totals r. Horowitz, New YOrk City ______4'h- llh Federation - nor will there be a National C. .TaITe. New York City ______41h- llh Che>s Federation! M. GI·een. New York City ______3%- 2% S. Kltces, Montreal, Canada ______3 -3 The terms of a merger have been agreed M. Neckerman, New York City _____ 2lh- 3lh upon; not a .point lingers at issue, and the work S. Broughton, Brooklyn, N. Y. ______llh- 4lh or the past few years, which many times has .T. Fulop, New York City ______1'h- 4lh seemed fore.doomed to failure, has been guided Horowitz maue no effort to exact full pen_ to successful fruition. All that is lacking is alties, takmg three draws, four wins and a the signatures, already promised, of the two certain share of first place in easy stride. Jaffe feaerations' presidents, whereupon from the lost to Kitces, drew quickly with Horowitz, ashes will rise the United States of America but won the rest. The Canadian, Kitces, Ches~ Federation. played well against Horowitz; ·he even beat M. S. Kuhns, octogenarian president of the DOth Jaffe and Green! - and didn't <]ualify!! N. C. F. is to be President Emeritus of the Neckerman and fulop were the stumbling U. S. of A. C. F., while George Sturgis is to blocks. carryon actively as president. SECTION FOUR - QUALIFICATIONS • • * PO int totals A. Pinkus, Brooklyn, N. Y. ______5 -1 THE PRELIMINARY TOURNEY B. Blumin, 'fo1"ol)to, Canada ______41h - 1% A. New SECTION ONE---QUALIFICATIONS Santasiere, York City ______4'h- 1'h w. Suesman, Cranston, R. l. ______3'h- 2lh PoInt tc.tals C. Pilnick, New York City ______2 - 4 S. Reshevsky, New Yc.rk Clty ______5'h- lh T. Connelly, New York City ______1 - 5 O. Ulveslad, Seattle, Wash. ______1Y.a-1lh J. Hltlalgo, Jr., New York City _____ 1h-51h W. Adams, Dedham, Mass. ______4 -2 J. Rauch, Montreal, Canada ______3 -3 Another orchid for the seeding committee 1. Rivise, Brooklyn, N. Y. ______2'h-3lh as Pinkus, Santasiere and Blumin take the top N. Bellome, Waterbury, Conn. ______1 -5 B. Walk, New York City ______%-5% three rungs. Suesman barelv missed the "S. S. Finals"; anything but two losses to Blumin and Rcshevsky, U1vestad and Adams all vindi_ Pinkus might have placed him aboard. cated the judgment of the seeding committee. Reshevsky insured qualnying (if you ever doubted) by beating both U1vestad and THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS Adams. He loaned his Queen to Bellome in Reuben Fine had one tremendous advantage a pretty game, but demanded Bellome's in re_ over other aspirants, and his win of the North turn, a few moves later. Adams lost to 'tJ:oth American Championship was due entirely to Ulvcstad and Reshevsky, but cleaned up agamst this fortuitOlls, but not unique "break" in the field. Only Rauch survived Reshevsky's the schedule. Reuben Fine did not have to wiles - with a headily conducted Sicilian. play Reuben Fine! Everybody else did. If Wolk, it seems, saved ibis strength for his his form and time_gauging were uncertain in eventual conquest of Class A. the preliminaries, his superlative play in the SECTION TWO _ QUALIFICATIONS finals banished all memory of it, for he scored Point lotals the "money games" with sureness and regu­ R. Fine, Forest Hills, L. I. ______4.'h - llh larity. His middle_of-the_road tactics evidenced H. Seidman, Brooklyn, N. Y. ______A - 2 a re"dy willingness to cope with the "pet B. Friend, Brooklyn, N. Y. ______3Y.a - 2'h openings" of his adversaries, all of which he G. Hellman, New York Cily ______3%-2'-h A. Yanofsky, Winnipeg, Canada ___ __3% - 2% left in crumpled heaps along the road to the B. Garftnkel, Butralo, N. Y. ______1'h- 4lh title. Notable wrecks along the way were M. Peckar, Brooklyn, N. Y. ______',2-5"- Adams' favorite Albin Counter, Horowitz and Fine's score might indICate .he qualified the Tarrasch, Inc., an English Opening where easy way, with a mixture of draws and wins. Seidman traded his QBP for the useful QP But his many time_pressure troubles were unavailingly, and UJvestad's elastic Stonewall. nerve.sin,geing. Fine withstood them better Fine also won the title in 1932, 1933, 1935 than the gallery! Unfortunately, a triple tie and shared it with Reshevsky in 1934. for the third qualifyine: post ~lad. to be ~ecided Rcshevsky drew with Fine, but with Pinkus, by a coin toss. Yanofsky dldn t let hiS poor too, which inspired his bemoaning, "Nowa_ showing as a coin_tosser mar his fine triumph davs, it seems, if you draw twice, you can't at chess in the Consolations. win a tournament." Reshevsky's anxiOlls mo_ S E P TEr,ll1ER,1939 I7l

REUBEN F I NE - 1939 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP W I NNER lTIents were an abundant' sunrise.to,sunset ncy play after an absence of many ye ~r s, clockful. Although he was in enou~h "hot Santasie re and $ci

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"ThiJ '[ hold to be the best, althollgh I Q-Kt4, KtxRP wins t he exchange. Or H 21 tllfiJt add, that I am almo]! alone in hofding ExE, QxB; 22 QxP, Kt(Q4)·B3 (not ... Kt­ B5; KtxKt!); followed by 23 ... Kt·Kt51 the opinioll"- scl]J Tarra.rch of thi] openinK. 21 B_R1 Q.B4 Fid(?liJ ad urnam- Horowitz and TarraJrh go Again expending effo rt to get at the K, down together. who, nevertheless, remains safely ensconsed. TARRASCH DEFENSE 22 P-B6 •..• (Notes by L A. Horowitz) T he extra ! White correctly ignores the QF for the third successive time: 22 QxP, R. Fine I. A . Horowitz Kt(Q4)·B6; 23 Q-B4, RxKt! wins. White Black 22.... PxP 1 Kt-KBS P_Q4 2S PxP Kt( K5)_B6 2 P_Q4 P...QB4 To blockade the P with 23 ... Kt·B2 would 3 P_KKtS Kt_KBS be a tacit admission of defeat, at least inso· After 3 ... PxP ; 4 KtxP. P ·K4; 5 Kt-Kt3. far as Black's plans are concerned. Never­ the issue resolves itself into a contest to main­ thele~s , a stouter resistance might have 'been tain the center against direct and wing threats. offered with that move. 4 B_Kt2 P_KS 24 KtxKt KtxKt 5 0_0 Kt·BS 25 Kt_B4 B-Kt5 6 P_B4 B.K2 26 P-KS! • • • • A commentary on the evil of rote! Intent Accurate and delicate calculation which ba­ on the speculative " Tarrasch". BlaCk neglects nishes the last vestige of counter·play on the a line of Illay offering beUer prospects: 6 ... KP. QPxP; 7 Q·R4. B ·QZ; 8 QxBP, Q·Kt3! 26 . • • . P-Kt4 7 PxQP KPxP 2? PxP Kt.Q8 - 8 Kt_B3 0-0 No better is 27 . , . RxRch; 28 RxR, Kt-Qil, 9 PxP P_Q5 for now if 29 p·m. R·QB1; 30 RxKt, PxKt 10 Kt_QR4 B·B4 (if ... BxR; Kt-Q5 wins); 31 P·B3 wins. 11 B_B4 .••. As previously played by Alatort zev·Flne. The I. A. HorowitzC"'~ underlying idea of the move be comes apparent as Ule game progresses. 11 . . . . Kt·K5 12 P_QKt4 B_BS T he game referred to continued 12 ... Kt xKtP; 13 KtxP . B-K t. 3. Black was unable to recover the pawn or obtain sufficient com· Ilensatlon. lS P.Kt5 Kt_K2 14 B·K5 • • • • The point o C White's 11th move. 14 . . . . BxB 15 KtxB Q.Q4 If ] 5 ... Q·B2; not 16 QxP?, KR-Ql nets a piece, 'but 16 KKt·B3 and White maintains his pawn plus. 16 Kt_QS QR_Q1 17 Q_B1 •••• R. Fine Sharper is 17 Q·B2, which threaten:s to gain a piece by ]8 P ·Kt4 and 19 Kt-E4. 28 Q_Q2 RxRch 17 . . . . Q·K3 28 . . PxKt; 29 p·m, R·QB1; 80 RxRch, Releasing the , and exiting from a RxR'• 3i B-Kt7, Q'QKt4; 32 P -B8 (Q) wins, aquare which migh t be better occupied by the 29 QxR PxKt Kt. 30 P_B? R_QB1 18 R_K1 KR_K1 31 B_Kt7 p,p For pressure against \Vhlte's backwa rd KP, 32 RPxP B_B6 This. in a measure, COm\1t!IlSates for Black's 33 BxR Q,B pawn m inus. 34 Q_K7 Resigns 19 Q. Kt2 ...• Thinking to preven t . .. Kt·Q4. 19 . . . . Kt_Q4 For the QF may not be captured: 20 QxP, Kt(Q4)·B6; 21 Q·Kt4, KtxKt; 22 QxKt(R4), Kt·B6, [ollowedby ... KtxKPch, etc. 20 QR_B1 B_R6 Attempting to penetrate the invulnerable K posItion. 20 . . . Kt(Q4)·B6. exerting mOl''' pressure on the KP was in order: 21 KtxKt, KtxKt; 22 Kt·B4, Q·B5. Of c()urse, the QP is .still immune to cap­ ture; 21 QxP, BxB; 22 KxB, Kt(Q4) ·B6; 23 ------_.•..

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Lllck it wore valuable than a License to 32 K_Kt2 P.QIS 37 QxP R.R6 33 PxP B,P 38 P_R S axP ? Steal. 34 K-R3 R.B6 39 0_B5 9.Q5?? QUEEN'S PAWN GAME 35 Q.Kt7 K.Kt3 40 QxR B_R2 S. Re-s hevsky W. W. Adams 36 P_R5 R,P 41 Q-Q3 Resigns White lll(lck 1 P.Q4 P.Q4 12 P.QB3 B.KKl3 2 Kt_K83 Kt_QB3 13 P. K4 P. Kt4 PerJetJe/ ~III (eJ perJiJlel}ce I/lul perJPicacily 3 8 . 84 B-B4 14 B.82 P.Kt5 preJelllly pI()JI(((! PillkllJ profil. pxBP 4 P_K J P-K3 15 KR.Ql SI C ILIAN DEF ENSE 5 B.QKtS 8 -Q3 16 PxBP P-R5 6 Kt.K5 Kt_K2 17 Kt_B4 Q.82 A . S. Pinkus M. Green 7 0 .0 0-0 18 Kt-Kt2 B_R6 White Blaek 8 Kt·Q2 KtxKt 19 QR_Ktl KR. Ktf 1 P_K4 P_QB4 31 R.B3 BxP 9 Px Kt 8 .84 20 KtxP B,P 2 Kt.KB3 P.K 3 32 R-B8ch RxR 10 Q·K2 P.QBJ 21 BxB RxKt 3 P.Q4 p,p 33 RxRch K_ Kt2 11 8.R4 P·QR4 4 KtxP Kt. KB3 34 B)(P B_Q2 5 Kt-QBJ P.Q3 35 R_B4 R·Q3 w. W. Adam$ ":"' 6 B. KKt5 P.QR3 36 B·B8 8.83 7 8_K2 B. K2 37 K_B2 K.B3 8 Q.Q2 Q.B2 38 K_K3 K_K4 9 P_QR4 P·QKt3 39 R_Kt4 P·B4 10 0-0 B_Kt2 40 PxP PxP 11 P_B 3 QKt.Q2 41 B.R6 B·K5 12 K_Rl 0·0 42 P.B3 P. B5eh 13 KR_ Q1 KR.Ql 43 K.K2 8_Q4 14 Q_K1 Kt.Bl 44 K .B2 B_K5 15 B_KB1 P.KR3 45 B_K2 8 .Q4 16 B-K3 P.Q4 46 R_Kt5 K.83 17 PxP KtxP 47 B_B3 B-B5 18 KtxKt R )( Kt 48 R_Kt4 P·Kt4 19 Q_B2 A ·KA4 49 P_Kt3 B·Q6 20 P_B4 B·RS 50 RxPch K_K4 21 Q_K2 P. Kt3 51 R·QKt4 R. KB3 22 K_Kt1 P. K4 52 K·K3 B·B8 23 PxP Qx KP 53 B-K2 BxB S. Reshevsky 24 P-KKt4 B. Kt4 54 KxB R-QKt3 25 BxB R,B 55 P.B4 K·Q5 22 8xPc h K,B 27 Q_Kt1 QxRc h ! ! 26 QxQ R,Q 56 RxP R·K3ch 23 Q-e 2c h R.KS 28 QxQ R, B 21 R_R3 Kt.K 3 57 K_B2 R.B3ch 24 Rx R Q,R 29 P.Kt J R_BS 28 KtxKt R)(Kt 58 K_Kt3 R.K t3ch 25 P-BS Q.R2ch 3G Q.Kt3 B.B4 29 R..Q1 8 ·8 3 Resign. 26 K. Rl Q.RS! 31 P.QR4 Kt_B4 30 R_B7 R. B3

NORTH AMER ICAN > ~ WOMEN'S •~ 0 CHAMPIONSH IP ~ , ~ 8 -• 0 0 • 1939_ 1940 ;;" " 0 - ~ 0 • ~ ~ - " 0: C ~ - S "

The Women's Championshi p, splendidly against the cham pion, Miss Karff. fought as it was, failed to yiel d a clear verdict. Departure of Miss Karff for the Women's A triple tie was brought about between Miss Championship Tournament, which will be run Kartf, defending champion, Mrs. Bain and Dr. Weissenstein, when Mrs. McCready, -playi n/!: concurrently wi th the International Team in excellent style, emerged with a draw {rom Malclles at Buenos Aires, necessitated post. a smelling, double-session, last round battle ponement of the play.off's until fall. 178 THE CHESS REVIEW

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A dev4stating holt irom fhe blfle dhtllrbs 15 . . . . s,s Ihe peacef"l .evm/ide. 16 Kt(K2)xB • • • • 'fhere . is no particular benefit to be derived RETI.ZUKERTORT OPENING from the open file with 16 RxB. (Notes by 1. A. Horowitz) 16 • • . . Kt(R5)xBP I. A. Horowitz S. Reshevllky 17 P_KR3 BxKt Whlte Black 11 ... B·Q2 (threatening 13 ... B-R5; 19 1 Kt. KB3 Kt-KB3 P-Kt3. KtxKtP!) leaves White w ith a problem 2 P.QB4 P_KKt3 of defense. A fter 18 Q-K2, P-K4; 19 Kt·D2, 3 P-KKt3 B.Kt2 D-Kt4; 20 Q-K3, Kt-R5! White cannot avoid 4 B-Kt2 0·0 the loss of material. 5 0-0 P.Q4 After , White achieves equality. Playable alterna,Uve rormations were 5 ... 18 KtxB Q_Kt4 P-Q3 to be followed by the eventual ... P-K4, 19 Kt-Q4 Q_Kt3 or the symmetrical ... P-QB4. 20 Q_K2 KR_Q1 The text move .steet'S the futUre course of 21 P.K5! Kt-Kt51 the game into truly hypermodern channels: it provokes the advance or the center pawns, Initiating interesting complications. with the object of subjectlng them to attack. 22 P-R3 Kt(Kt5).Q6 6 PxP KtxP 23 P_QKt4 Kt.R5! ! 7 P.Q4 Kt-R3 If instead 23 .. RxKt; 24 PxKt and Black 8 P.K4 ..•. is tied up. Inveigled! The defense of the center pawns 24 RxKt will .!:IOOll prove a SOlll'ce of annoyance. · -. . Not 24 QxKt, Kt-Kt7; 25 Q-Q2, KtxR ; 26 S . . . . Kt_KtS RxKt. R-Q2 (or ... R·B2) aad White Is help­ 9 Kt.B3 .... lessly pinned. 9 P-KR3 (to hinder the development of lhe QB) would be met by 9 ... P·QB4; 10 P·Q5, 24 . . . . R,R P·K3, when Black's position would be prefer­ 25 RxR • • • • ablt':. Or 25 QR-Ql. Kt·B6; 9 . . . . B_Kt5 25 . . . . 10 B_K3 Q_Q2 26 R.Kl • • • • ]0 ... Kl·B5; 11 Q-Kt3, KtxB; 12 PxKt, Not 26 R-Ql, KI-BS! leaves Black with the advantage or the two bishops, ·but with a cr·amped Q side. 26 . . . . P. Kt3 11 Kt-K2 .... Allowing White an opportunlty. 26 ... Kt- To permit the Q freedom of action, which at U6 w~s indicated. present is limited to guarding the QP. The 27 Q_R6? • • • • re-treat Indicates that Black is gaining ground. 2; P-K6 woultl have tul"tled the tide 111 11 . . • . QR_B1 While's favor: e.g., 27 ... P·B4; 28 Q-Kt5, Now however, 11 .. . Kt-BS to be followed threatening Q-Q7, against whIch tllel·e Is no by ... KtxB and .. . P ·QB4 seems to be valhl defense. Or 27 ... Q·B3; 28 B·Q5! more forceful. Black has lillie trouble de- Be ~t for Black WOUld be 27 ... R·B1, in fendmg the QKtP. whkh case the least tha:.t would accrue to 12 Q.B2 P_QB4! White would ;be an isolated and weak KP In 13 PxP Kt_R5 the adversary's rankS. 14 KR.Ql Q_Kl 27 . . . . R_B7 15 B.Q4 • • • • 28 R.KBI Kt-B6 The exchange of bishops or the advance of 29 QxRP?? • • • • the KP wl11 relieve the pressure on the di­ 29 \3·B3 would sUIl hold Ihe position. Now agonal. comes a catastrophe. S E P TE MB ER, 1939 179

Twice to Sqllare! /-lis neck in (/ Jl Oose does there lea/"ll the jo),s­ Of weighing his body's avoirdupois! S. Reshevsky A. E. Santasiere W hite Black 1 P_Q 4 P_Q4 19 Kt_K4 Q_K2 2 P_QB4 P_QB3 20 KtxB Qx Kt 3 Kt.KB3 Kt.KB3 21 R-R3 QR. K1 4 Kt_B3 p,p 22 Kt-K5 8 -R2 5 P_QR4 B_B4 23 R-KKt3 K. R1 6 P_K3 P_K3 24 BxKt BPxB 7 BxP B_QKtS 25 BxP R. K 2 B 0 · 0 0.0 26 B_Q2 KtxKt 9 Q_K2 B_KtS 27 PxKt Q_Kt3 10 P_KR3 B_KR4 28 B_K3 Q.R4 11 R_Q1 QKt-Q2 29 R_Q4 R_B4 I. A. H orowitz 12 P.K4 Q_K2 30 R.R4 Q_B2 29 • • . RxP! 13 P- K5 Kt_Q4 31 Q·Kt4 K_Kt1 30 Q.R8ch .... 14 Kt-K4 P.KR3 32 B-Kt5 QR.B2 15 Kt_Kt3 B_Kt3 33 B. B6 P. R3 !I' 30 RxR, Kt-K7ch; 31 K-Bl, Q-Q8 mate. 16 Kt-K1 P_B3 34 P-R5 Q.Q2 For all Intents and purposes, the game is over. 17 PxP Q,P 35 R.R6 K.R1 30 . . . . K_Kt2 18 Kt-Q3 B.Q3 36 Q_K t 6 Resi gns 31 K_R 1 Kt_K7 32 K_R2 RxR 33 BxR Q_Kt8 mate "Slolle /II(/I/S do 11 01 tI prison lIIake" - blll they help (/ fot. Exemplary IcchJJiqlle ill hand/hlg a Q QU EEN' S GAMBIT DECLIN E D Pa wn majorily. Fille's odd pall'lI rolls aloJlg, (Stonewall Va riation) growillg like a Sl/ oUJ batt. R. Fine O. Ulvestad ENGLISH OPEN I NG W hit e Bl ack H . Seidman R. Fine 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 22 Kt.K2 White Blac], PxQP 2 P_QB4 P_QB3 23 K txP QPxP 1 P.QB4 Kt_KB3 20 P.K4 B_QB3 3 Kt-KB3 P_K3 24 PxP Kt-K4 2 Kt-QB3 P-B4 21 RxR R,R 4 P. K3 B.Q3 25 B_Kt5 P-B5 3 Kt-B3 P-Q4 22 R.Q1 P_B5ch 5 B. Q3 P_KB4 26 R(R2) _B2 B_K3 4 PxP KtxP 23 K_B1 p,p 6 0 -0 Q_B3 27 R. B 5 Kt...Q2 5 P-Q4 P_K3 24 PxP RxRc h 7 Kt.B3 Kt_KR3 28 P-K5 R_Kt3 6 P-K3 B.K2 25 QxR 8_84 8 P-QKt3 0 ·0 29 Ktx B RxKt 7 B_K2 0-0 26 B.B3 P_QR4 9 B_Kt2 Kt-Q2 30 BxKt K,. 8 0-0 P-QKt3 27 Q-Q3 P_R3 10 Q_B1 Q· K2 31 Kt.B4 P_QKt3 9 Q-KtS B-Kt2 28 K·K1 P_Kt5 11 P_QR4 R_B3 32 R.Q1 ch K·K2 10 R·Q1 Kt-Q2 29 B-Kt2 B_KtB 12 B_ R3 Kt·B2 33 R ( B5 ) .Q5 R_R2 11 Kt_K5 QKtxKt 30 P.R3 P_R5 13 B x B QxB 34 R-Q8 R_82 12 PxKt Q_B2 31 PxP BxRP 14 Q-R3 QxQ 35 R_Kt8 R(82) _83 13 KtxKt BxKt 32 K_Q2 K_R2 15 RxQ P_QR4 36 R.Kt7ch R_B2 14 Q-B3 KR_Q1 33 P-Kt4 Q_B7 16 R_B1 K.B1 37 R·Kt8 R(8 2) _B3 15 P.QKt3 R_Q2 34 B_R 1 Q_R 7 17 R_R 2 K .K2 38 R.Q5 Kt_B2 16 B_Kt2 QR_Q1 35 B-Q4 S,S 18 Kt_Q2 Kt_Q3 39 R_Q6 K_82 17 Q_B2 Q_Kt2 36 QxB B_Kt4 19 P-B3 Kt.K1 40 R_Kt7 K _K2 18 P-B3 P-QKt4 37 Q.K3 P_Kt6 20 P_K4 P_K4 41 P_R4 K . K1 19 QR_B1 Q-KtS Resigns 21 BPxP KPxP 42 RxKt Resigns

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Sleillitz' lamolls proverb cOllies Il"IIe. "Stall, Free· for-all, bllt BIl/IlI;n paYJ . slafl, and stall some more. Your opponent QUEEN'S GAMBIT D ECLI N ED 'viii' be Jllre tOf et tin idea. It 'vill' be JIIre M. Green B. Blumin 10 be rotten, an you ' f/ill vin'." W hite Black QU EEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 1 P.Q4 Kt·KB3 15 BxP P_KKt3 2 P.QB4 P·K3 16 Kt.B3 Q_K2 Seidman Hellman H. G. 3 Kt.QB3 P.Q4 17 P. K R4 B_KKt5 Whit e ' Black 4 B. Kt5 QKt.Q2 18 P. R3 QR_Q1 1 P-Q4 P_Q4 10 KPxP BxKtch 5 P. K3 P. B3 19 K.Q2 P.QB4 2 Kt-KB3 Kt_KBS 11 R,B 0·0 6 PxP KPxP 20 Kt.Q5 Q. K3 3 P_QB4 P_K3 12 B_K2 p,p 7 B.Q3 Q. Kt3 21 Kt ·B6ch K_R1 4 Kt_B3 8·Kt5 13 B,P R_Ql 8 Q.B2 B·Q3 22 P·R5 PxQP 5 B-Kt5 P_B4 14 R_Q3 P_R3 9 K Kt·K2 Q·B2 23 PxKtP PxPch 6 R.Bl Kt_B3 15 0·0 P_QKt4 10 P.KR3 0 ·0 24 K·B1 P·K R4 7 P_K3 P_KRS 16 8_R2 Kt.K2 11 P·KKt4 R_K1 25 KtxP R.QB1 8 BxKt Q,B 17 Kt. K5 B_Kt2 12 BxKt KtxB 26 P· Kt7c h K.Kt1 9 P-QR3 PxQP 18 R_K1 QR-S1 13 P· KtS Kt ·K5 27 B.R7 mate 14 KtxKt PxKt G. He llman 0-0 ·0 indicated a K side tIJJtlUi ! , whicb did not mate rialize until late in the game- Ioo , foO lafe. SICI LIAN D EFENSE G. He llman A. E. Santas iere White Black 1 P·K4 P.QB4 20 K·Kt1 Q.Kt3 2 Kt.KB3 P_Q3 21 Q.Q3 Q. K3 3 P.QB4 P·K4 22 Kt_Kt3 KR·Q1 4 Kt.BS P·B4 23 Kt.R5 P-Q5 5 P.Q3 KKt·B3 24 KR. K1 P.K5 6 B.K2 B.K2 25 Q· R3 P. QR3 7 Kt.Q5 KtxKt 26 Kt. B6 R·Q3 8 BPxKt 0·0 27 P. B3 R·K1 9 B·Q2 Kt .Q2 28 P· K Kt4 P. Kt3 10 Q. B2 Kt_BS 29 PxBP KtPxP 11 0·0·0 P_QKt4 30 BP x P BPxP 19 KtxBP R_Bl 22 RxB QxKtP 12 P·KR3 P. QB5 31 QxP P.Q6 20 Rx? QxKt 23 R_Q2 R_BS 13 QPxP KtxP 32 Q.R3 K.R1 21 RxKt QxB Resigns 14 KR.B1 B.Kt 2 33 Q.Kt4 R.Q2 15 PxP B,P 34 R·K3 B_Kt4 16 B_QB4 B,B 35 R. Kt3 Q.B3 The filteeJ1-}'ear-old wizard of Winnipeg 17 QxBch P.Q4 36 Q_B5 P.K6 18 Q.K2 KtxB 37 RxB P.K7 does hill/Jelf proud. 19 KtxKt B·B3 38 KR. Kt1 . . . . SICILIAN DEFENSE W,hite overstepped t he time limit. R. F ine A. Yanofsky W hite Black Plirely /lositional, wilh all occasional fill

Reshet'sky playJ the opening a hit inac_ We akening the Pawns, but the game quickly CUMtely; Pinkus findJ a neat combination to simDlifies. obtain the adlltmtage, but he mif]f:.r the 25 . . . . P,B "clincher" mid the ending is quite peaceful. 25 Kt·K5 Kt·Q5 27 Kt·B7ch • • • • But not 27 Q-K4? {or QxKt! wins. (Not es by J. Kashdan) 27 . . . . K·Kt1 35 RxP R,P 28 KtxQ KtxQch 36 P_Kt4 P_Kt4 A. s. Pinkus s. Reshevsky 29 K_B1 KtxB 37 R·KKt6 K_R2 White Black 30 RxKt R-Q 1 38 R·Q6 P_Kt3 1 P_K4 P_K4 5 R_K1 P·QKt4 31 Kt-K4 R-Q5 39 R·Kt6 K.Kt2 2 Kt.KB3 Kt_QB3 7 B_Kt3 P·Q3 32 P_B3 Kt·B5 40 R-Q6 K_B2 3 B.Kt5 P_QR3 8 P_B3 Kt.QR4 33 P_Kt3 Kt·Q7ch Draw 4 B.R4 Kt_B3 9 B_B2 B·Kt5 34 KtxKt RxKt 5 00 B-K2 The t ried and true 9 ... P·B4; 10 P-Q4, Q·B2 is hackneyed but quite strong. The text The biter bitl g ives up the center too readlly. SI CILIAN D E F E NSE 10 P_Q4 w. w. Adams O. Ulvestad 11 PxP White Bla ck 12 P_KR3 P. K4 P_QB4 13 P_K5! 1 13 BxKtch P,B · . . . 2 Kt-K63 Kt·KB3 14 Q-QR4 Q. K3ch Opening t he line for the "Ruy Lopez EishoD", 3 P.K5 Kt_Q4 15 B.K3 BxKtP which in ot he r variations can hardly budge 4 Kt-B3 Kt_B2 16 R_QKt1 B_B6ch l'l' omhis pos t. 5 P_Q4 p,p 17 K·K2 0·0 13 . . . . Kt_Kl 17 Kt-K4 Kt-K3 5 Q,P Kt.B3 18 Kt_Kt5 Q_B1 14 Kt_B3 p,p 18 R_Q1 Q_B2 7 Q_K4 P-KKt3 19 P_Kt4 BxPch 15 PxP P.QB3 19 Kt.Q6 KR_Ql 8 P_KR4 B·Kt2 20 P_B3 B_B4 16 Q_K2 Kt_B2 9 P-R5 P_Q4 21 KtxRP R-Q1 Probably overlooking the fi ne sacl'ifi ce which 10 PxP ep Q,P 22 QR.Ktl Q-K3 Pinkus is prepa ring. 19 ... B-Kt3 was well­ 11 Kt_QKt5 KtxKt 23 Kt_K t 5 R·Q7ch nigh essentiaL 12 BxKt B·B4 Resigns

Energetic and efficient execution. N I MZOWITSCH DEFENSE B. Blumin G. Hellman White Black 1 P_Q4 P.Q4 15 KtxPch K·B1 2 P.QB4 P. K3 16 KtxR KxKt 3 Kt.QB3 Kt-KB3 17 Q.R5 Kt.Q2 4 B·Kt5 B.Kt5 18 QxRPch K.Bl 5 P-K3 P-B4 19 QR_Bl Kt_B3 6 Kt·B3 Q-R4 20 Q-R6ch K_K2 7 BxKt BxKtch 21 P-K4 P_Kt4 8 PxB P,B 22 Q_Kt5 B_Kt2 9 Kt_Q2 PxBP 23 P-K5 R_KKt1 10 BxP R_Kt1 24 PxKtch K_B1 11 0 _0 p,p 25 Q_R6ch K.Kl 12 Kt_K4 Q· K4 26 BxPch K_Q1 13 B·Q3 PxBP 27 Q_Kt7 A. S. Pinkus Q-B4ch 14 P.B4 Q.B2 28 R_B2 Resigns 20 BxPch! K_R 1 Accepting the pr oHer woul d have been dis­ aS tl'OU S, viz., 20 ... KxE; 21 Kt-Kt5ch, ExKt; 22 QxBch, B·R3; 23 BxE, PxB; 24 KtxEP Collection of with a winning attack, CHESS STUDIES 21 B.K4 • • • • By A. A. TROITZKY J[ 21 Kt·Kt5, not BxQ?? 22 QKt xP ma te , but 21 . . . KtxKt; 22 QxB, KtxB ; 23 K txP ch, K­ With a supplement on the theory of the K t1 and Bla ck is well oft Best was 21 B·B5. end_game of two knights against pawns. If t hen 21 .. , BxQKt; 22 P xB. RxP; 23 RxR, Translated by A. D. Pritzson. RxR; 24 K t-K5 !, BxQ ; 25 KtxP ch, K-Kt1 ; 26 KlxQ with a good Pawn plus. PRICE $3.00 21 . . . . BxQKt 22 PxB RxP David McKay Company 23 RxR QxR WASHINGTON SQUARB PHILADBLPHIA 24 P_KKt4 B_Kt3 Chess and Chu ker CataJogu ~ S ~ nt on RequesJ 25 BxB • • • • J 82 THE CHESS REVIEW

Open h,les are open tanes through which PUERTO RICO White brillgs home the game. A [our·man match between Ponce and Caguas at Puerto Rico on July 30th produced GRUNFELD DEFENSE some excellent chess and a 3-1 victory for I. A. Horowitz M. Green Ponce. White Black Ponce Caguas Gotay ______1 P.Q4 e,p e," Sitiriche ______0 1 Kt· KBS 20 Salicl'up ______1 P_QB4 P_KKtS K_R1 Sarriego ______0 2 21 BxRch Santiago ______1 Ramirez ______0 3 P_KKt3 B·Kt2 22 Q_KS Q.B2 Borras ______0 Dies ______1 4 B_Kt2 P.Q4 23 R_QB1 R_KB1 5 Kt_KB3 0·0 24 B_K6 Q_Kt2 6 0·0 p,p 25 P-Q5 P_QR5 3 1 7 Kt_RS P_B6 26 P-Q6 p,p The following sparkling coup won a point 8 PxP P_B4 27 BxQP R_K1 for the Ponce champion, Pedro A. Gotay in 9 Kt.B4 Kt_B3 28 R· B7 Q,e his game against Jaime Sitiriche. Sitiriche won 10 KKt.K5 KtxKt 29 BxQ e,g 11 KtxKt p,p 30 Q.Q4 P_R4 tne Puerto Rican Elimination Tournament, held 12 PxP Kt.Q2 31 Q·Q5 R¥1 to select players for the Buenos Aires Inter_ 13 P·B4 R_Kt1 32 Q_B6 R_QB1 national Team Matches. 14 R_Kt1 KtxKt 33 QxB e,a 15 BPxKt P_QKt4 34 QxRP R_K2 16 B_QRS P_QR4 35 QxP e,p 17 B_B5 B_QR3 36 P·K4 P_Kt4 18 Q.Kt3 P·Kt5 S7 P_QR4 Resigns 19 B_Q5 R_B1

Sharp opening ptay nets R. a pawlI pills position. BIRO'S OPENING H. Seidman S. Reshevsky White Black 1 P_KB4 P_Q4 18 RxB P_KS 2 P_KS P_KKt3 19 R-Q3 Q·QKt4 3 Kt·KB3 B·Kt2 20 P_QR4 Q· KtS 4 P_B4 Kt_KB3 21 Q_K 1 KR_Q1 5 Kt_B3 0·0 22 R_RS R-Q4 6 P_QKt3 P_B4 23 R(RS).B3 QR.Q1 7 P_Q4? Kt.K5! 24 Q.K2 R.Q7 8 B·Kt2 Q. R4 25 Q_B4 Q_Q5 White has been busily bent upon r educing 9 R. B1 B. Kt5 26 Q·Kt5 Q_Q4 Black's Q side to smithereens. Gotay now 10 B·K2 PxQP 27 Q.Kt4 R_QB1 rings Black's death·knell with a catastrophlc 11 KtxP a,a 28 K_Kt1 P_KtS " finisher." 12 Q,a Kt_QB3 29 P_R3 R(B) . B7 29 . . . . R_R7!! 13 p,p QKtxKt 30 R(BS)_B2 e,e 30 KxR .... 14 PxKt KtxKt 31 RxR Q.Q8ch Whit. e decides that the unpleasant breath 15 BxKt QxQP S2 R·B1 Q.K7 of this unwelcome visitor Into the face of his 16 0·0 BxPch Resigl1's King is eve n less desirable than the odor of 17 K_R1 a,a his dead body. 30 .... QxBP! And Black wound up matters quickly with 31 Q.K7 R_R1ch Tleo charter membefJ of the AI. A. S. A. 32 Q-R4 RxQch (Mlitual Admiration Society oj America.) 33 PxR P_Kt6ch S4 K_R1 QxKt NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE p,p S. Reshevsky R. Fine 35 PxP 36 R_R3 B_B1 White Black 37 R(R3) _R1 B.R6! 1 P.Q4 Kt.KBS 14 R.Bl B·Q1 38 R·Kt1 Q_KB7 2 P_QB4 P-KS 15 B.Q2 B-KtS 39 QR_QB1 P_B4 3 Kt.QBS B·Kt5 16 Q_K2 B.Q2 Resigns 4 P_K3 P_Q4 17 Q_K5 Q,Q 5 Kt· BS P.B4 18 KtxQ KR.Q1 The club operated by Ned Goldschmidt in 6 B_QS 0·0 19 B·KKt5 Kt_B3 Great Nor thern Hotel last season has reopened 7 0-0 PxBP 20 KtxB RxKt as the New York Chess Club. Originally in 8 BxP Kt.BS 21 BxKt p,a LOll don Tel'l'ace. the club has been in exist­ 9 P.QRS B_R4 22 P.Q5 p,p ence five years. T.he new quarteps comprise 10 Kt_K2 PxP 23 B.Q3 R· K2 two .spacious playing l'ooms and sitting room, 11 Kt(K2)xP KtxKt 24 KR_Q1 R·K4 handsomely furnished with antiques, and are 12 PxKt Q_Q3 25 P·K KtS K·Kt2 located in The Rembrandt next to Carnegie 13 B·KKt5 Kt.Q4 26 K.Kt2 R_Q1 Hall. The club is popular with average 27 R_B2 Draw players. Visitors aTe always welcome. POPULAR Q. G. D. VARIATION DOOMED!

Chess player s of the devote Levenfisch defeated Riumin in the Moscow mu ch time and energy to the study and de­ International Tournament in 19 36 by playing velopment of opening theory. Research In he re Hi Kt-Kt5 ! a n d then, in answer to 16 t his field is conduct ed in t he USSR not only ... Q-B5; sacrific ing his K night by capt uring by m as t el'!!;, but al so by m ally young players t he Pawn on KB7. who h ave achieved a high quality of pe r­ Dr. Alek hine recommends in this position for ma nce. (arter 16 Kt·Kt5l t he m ove 16 . .. B-Kt5, T he present arlicle depicts two opening w ith the ide a of transferring t he t o continuations Ot considerable theoretical ill­ Kt3 for t he defense of the K side. terest, which have been contributed for our Two fi r st cat egory players ot Voronezh, readers by the prominent Russian master, Mik­ Kopayev and Cb istiakov, ba ve suggested in hail Yuuov ich . reply to 16 B·Kt5 a n intel'esting attack of a combinative Character. The a ttack begins • • • witll17 R·KKt3! Considerable attention is aroused in connec­ T he following v ariations are possible : tion w ith one of tbe well-known var iations of (Al 17 • • • • B_R4 the Orthodox Delense to tbe Queen's Gambit 18 R-K R3 B_Kt3 which results after the following introductory 19 QxB ! ! , , moves. • • 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 9 BxBP Kt_Q4 Black , P.Q B4 P.K3 10 B,B Q,B 3 Kt.QB3 Kt.KBS 11 0·0 K txKt 4 8_Kt 5 B_K2 12 Rx K t P_ K 4 5 P_K 3 0·0 and ;r 6 Kt- BS Q K t_Q2 13 Q. 8 2 p,p 7 R_ B1 P.B3 14 PxP K t_ B3 8 B-Q3 p,p 15 R_K1 Q_Q3 T h , foll owing position i , the reupon r e aChed. Black

Wbite 19 . . . . R PxQ 20 BxPch! R,B 21 R_R 8c h! K,R 22 K t x Rch K_Kt1 23 KtxQ • • • • and ,,,'hite has excellent pr oSllects of victory. ( E) 17 B_R4 18 R_KR3 P.KR3 White 19 R,B PxKt

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20 RxP QxP 9 BxKt ! . . 21 R_Ql Q_B5 The following position has been r eache d. rr 21 .. ,Q-K5; 22 QxQ. KlxQ ; 23 R-K5, Kt-B3 ; 2·t R-K7 with advanlage to White. .",~ Black 22 Q.Kt6 Kt.Kl And a fter 23 B-Kt3 White remain.'; wit h a very strong attack, ( 0 ) It Bla ck reject!; 17 ... E-R4 and play s, for example, 17.... Q_Q2 t hen White achieves the advantage ·by means of 18 R_K5 • • • • for if n ow Black proceeds 18 . . . . P_KR3 Sad al'e the conseque nces of 18 ... QR·Ql which succumbs to 19 P-KR3, QxP ; 20 K txDP, RxKt ; 21 R-Q3 etc. 19 Q_Kt6! B.R4 Again st 19 .. . QxQP ; would follow 20 BxP White ell and 21 Kt-BS. A r eal t easer! Assume Black a ccep ls the Which gives us the f ollow ing situation, and challenge. an other opp ortunity for a crushing Queen sacrifi ce. 9 . . , , BxKtch 10 PxB QxPc h ~~ Black 11 K . B11 • • • • Not 11 Q·Q2 because of t he exchange o( Queens. Paradoxically. acceptance or t he op· por tunit y to gain two rooks would only im· molate White upon t he alt ar of anot h er " immor tal" game. The text yields White a powerful aUack, e.g ., 1 1 • . . • QxBch 12 K·Ktl White is .safe-but Black is menaced by 13 R·BI , and even if 12 ... 0 ·0; a dange rous a ttack aga inst Black's K Is initiated by 13 Q·Kt 4. S !mag in 's discovery wa s used with cru shing e ffect In the game be tween Kotov !Uld Yudo· vich (see The Chess Review- J u ne, 1939) in t he eleve nt h ioul'llament [or th e c ham pi onshi~ Whit e or t he USSR in L eningrad t h is year. It appe ars that Black must refrain fr om Here it is: playing il .. . Q·R4 au d inst ead. continue h is 20 QxKt !! PxQ development with 8 ... QKt·Q2. Only after 21 Kt_K4ch K_R l 9 0 ·0 , BxKt ; 10 P xB, is it possible to resor t 22 RxB . ... to t. he sally of 10 . , . Q·R4. for W hite Carl Only a r esigna tion will avoid mate ! no longer disrupt Bla ck's position on the The foregoing analysis casts a dark !Shadow K s ide. of doubt Ullon t.he validity of AJekhine's move 0'1' 16 , .. B·Kt5, Which is aft er all, probably ARGEN T I NE T EAM TOURNAM E NT insufficien t to a chie ve equality in t his vari· ation. The entries of some forty countries Jor the A sparkling continuation has been worked International Team Championships were reo out in the Vienna Variatlon of the Queen's ceived at Buenos Aires by the Argentine Chess Gambit by Sim agin o( Moscow. The usual introduct ory m oves fol1 ow : Federation. However, there were some can· 1 P.Q4 P.Q4 4 B·KtS B.Kt5ch celations wJ,ere co untries were unable to ad just 2 P.QB4 P·K3 S Kt·B3 p,p themselves to the month·s postponement en· 3 Kt·KB3 Kt·KB3 6 P·K4 P.B4 forced by finan cial difficul ties. The S. S. Now White reje cts t h e doubtful complica· Piriapolis left Antwerp July 29th with many tiOll S that a r ise after 7 P·KS. PxP ; and con· tinues his normal development, of the European teams, and the Canadian team 7 BxP PxP sailed on the S. S. Argentine from New York, 8 KtxP Q.R4 July 28th. It appears that abo ut thirty coun_ This characteristic deployment concord·s tries will enter the fray, with the two out. with theoretical r equisites, but is unexpect edly confr onte d by a defiant and t antalizing reo standing absentees being the United States and joinder. Russia, SEPTEMBER , 1939 185 Would You Have Seen It? Prague, 1916 By IRVING 'CHERNEV 1932 Amateur ~

Goldsehmied 1 Q_RBeh K_B2 2 Kt-K5eh K_K2 S. Nadel 3 QxPch B,Q 4 R_B7eh K _Q3 1 Kt. Kt6eh RPxKt 5 Kt_Kt5 K -Q4 2 Kt_Q5eh PxKt 6 P_B4ch K-K5 3 Q_K5 mate 7 R_K1 mate Odds Game, 1865 Brunn, 1931 Van Per Meden",:~ ,...,,~schmitt

Steinitz 'r.he following combination was t he result of M i kenas a rook odds ga me originally credited to Mor· 1 Q.Kt6 ! Kt.B3 phy, but claimed by Steinit z/ the title to which 2 RxB KRxR he substantiated. 3 Kt_B5 Q_B1 1 Q_K5 B_Kt2 4 KtxPch K_R1 2 Q-Q5ch Q.K3 5 KtxPeh K_Kt1 3 Q. KKt5 Q_KR3 6 Kt. K5eh K_R1 4 Q_Q8ch 8·B1 7 Q_Kt5 Q.84 5 Q.K8 8 Q-R4ch Kt_R2 Bla ck is defenseless. 9 Kt.Kt6 mate

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It is therefore well to get each piece out in FIRST STEPS one move, so that you (an clear the back line B1 c. J. S. PURDY in :ts few moves as possible. It is practicall y ( JUally /;1IUJ Champion of tffaJra/;a) never good to move a pi«e twice, unless to I. THE OPENINGS save it from capture. When bringing each piece out, try to put it on the square on which We have learned that many readers-es. the piC(:e itself is likely to be most effective, pecially members of newly formed chess clubs and will impede the rest of your army least. - would wekome morc elementary fare than The Bishops are the pieces which require we usua ll y give. most thought, because tliey have more choice Hcnce our new series, "'First Steps." As than Knights; Knights should generally come far as possible, each month's article will be out before Bishops, simply because it is easier complete in itself. We begin with the open. to de<;ide early whic h are their best squares. ings. This is not the logical subject with T he usual order is, hrst a K night, then the which to begin, b ut it is what beginners al ways KB, then the other Kt; then K.side castling, seem to be most worried about. Our remarks or the other B, or the Q, according to circum. wi ll be usefu l to average players as well. stances. We will assume that readers a~ familiar THE CENTER with chess notation. Those who afC not, can doubtless obtain the needed information. There is a SC(ond aim in the openmgs; to N otice should be given to the following get a good share of the center squares. signs and their meanings. The cenfer iJ tremendously important, es. ! - Dest pe(ialIy the four squares in the very center !! - Best and ve["y fine (oJ" ~ pe c la c ulI\ L' ) of the board. The two middle squares on each 1 - Infez'lor Bishop file are also valuable, i.e., QB4, QB ~ , 11 -A bad blunder !! -Doubtrul KB4, KB ~ . There is g reat virtue in moving ! ! ! -Brlllilult , but doubt ful a center paw n (KP or QP) two squares, for ??!-Qulte unsound, but dashing it commands one of the enemy's center squares, O PENING P LAY ; I N TR.ODUCTORY and his adjoining Bishop. fi le square, too. Also, T he first thing to do is to lock up any book by clearing the s

"T' WERE BETTER TO HAV E PLAY ED AND LOST ••" ... YEA! MUCH SETTER ! 188 T HIl C HE SS REVI EW

U. S, CORRESPON OENCE CHAM PIONSH IP Cross Country T he sevenlh Gnnd National Tournament for UTAH TITLE TOURNEYS the correspolllience championship of the T he 1939 championship or Salt Lake CIl)' l:nited States will be conducted by the CO l" has been won by R ichards Durham , who ouA:· respondence Chess League of America starting sCOl-ed len competitors in a close r ace. Only this mon th. The toUI'lla.ment Is open t o all a hair-point behind Durham's fi ne score or 9- ) chess players, and Is r u n on' ;n four rounds. were Irvin W. T aylor alld Dale L. Morglm. Preliminary Qnall ryi ng Sections a nd slale each wlth IPh- lIh . championships are decided In the ftrsl t wo Defending champions seem to be &.n ybody's rounds, with the All·East and All-West titles prey when the Snit Lake title quest Is on­ leading to a fOlll'l ll l'ound )llay-off fOI' the na­ not one having been able to re peat Ill, the past tional title. InrOl'mll.li On may he obtained fl'om fi ve years. All five chamvions have competed Walter F , James, SeCI'elary·Tournament Direc· i n all tlve tournaments----and five dlftel'ent tor of the C, C. L. A. at 211 E. l\Iain Stl'ee1, champions have been cz'owned ! Fourth and Cherokee, [OWl!.. fi fth pl aces this year went to L. N. P age an d - - -- H. A. DIttman. CHARL.E S F. ELiSON • • • Charles F. Elison, prominent ill Dille L . )101'1;11. 11, secretal'Y or the Utah Chess cheMs circles and fOr many years Oll e or t he Fe deration. was eligible for the Ogde n clly city·s leading e xpe r ts, d Ie d August 4th after chamilionell i!) In which he also played while an illness of severAl months, competing at Salt Lake City. Morgan won twelve $ltra,lghl games to clinch the title In SOUTHER N CONCLAVE decisive style. Ra), Kooyman. de Cencllug cham· The Southem Chess Association Champion­ pion, was the r unner-up. ship hehl July ]-5 at Atlanta, Georgia has • • • been won by the Ml nm l ))each collegian, The Utah Chess Fedemtion Congress oceUl'S Gust.av u s Litlman. Littma tl , who last year at Salt Lake City over ,the Labor Day HoI!­ Will> runner-UI) in h is first attempt to take the days, Illay in three sections being carded Cor t itle, topved the three other finallsts, W. N. September 2, 3, and 4. Woodbury, 1939 winner. Walt e l' Mllir, strong up-state New Yo rker, and t he genial W. M. P. Mitche ll, w ho is likely to appear on the JERSEY CITY TITL E scene at a ny tourney, even j{ it occurs In Norman Malzbel'g l'etaineu h is J en;e), Cily Eu rope. CheS!! Cl ub ChampIons hip lhis yeal" , by win­ Championship Tou rney n ing t he J939 clu b lOu r nament wh ich COli­ Prelim inary _ Section I cluded lael month, Ma.lzberg out-l'an F, Poza­ Point to ta l ~ r ek In a neck·and·n eck home·stretch fi nish, W. Muir, Schenectady, N. Y. ______7%- 1 i,i a fter Poz lI.l'ek had amassed 9'h points In hIs W. N. WoodbUl'y, Birmlngllllm, Ala. __6% - 2 'h first ten games, }'l alzberg's victory marke d J. R. Jackson, AtlantA., Ga. ______4i,i - 4'A. hi s fourth club r,hnm plonship triumph In five G. W. Sweet, ~ , ChaltflnOOg'II, Tenn. ___ 4i,i-4 'A. years. Pen .\l itchell, AtlAnt fl, GIl. ______4%-4'A. Leading scores were: A, 'I'. Henderson, Ly nchburg, Va, ____4 %- 1 'A. Poin l lotlt l~ J. n, Holt, J ack son, MIss. ______4 -5 Norman Ma.lzberg ______12 - 3 J . E. Woody, St. Louis, Mo. • _ ~ ______3 - 6 Frank Pozarek ______11 -4 H. G. Tyer, AndOve r, Mass. ______3 - 6 Joseph Poza.rek ______I Olh- 4 ~ R. H . W illiams, Mt1.con , Ga. ______3 -6 M . Lut wlnnlak ______10~__4i,i Chilmpionlhip T our ney Preliminary - Section II 1939 J erler City Chess Club Champion' hip P oin t totals G. Littman, Miami n each, F la. ______~ 8 - 1 QUEEN'S PAWN GAME W. M. P. MltcMIL ))oston, Mass. ___ _7 - 2 N. Ma lz berg D. Cohe n H. M . Woods, J r., Vlrgin!1l Beach ___ ~6 ih - 2Ih White Dlack W. W . Gibbs, Stau nton, VII.. ______6 -3 A. Sweets, ChattAnooga., 'renn, ______5 -4 1 P_QB4 P_K3 18 P·KR4 p , p W. Surgles, August a, Gfl. ~ ______5 -4 P.QB4 p,p Q.B2 2 P.Q4 19 J. Taylor, Chattanooga, Tenn. ______3% -5* 3 P.Q5 Kt. KB3 2

Southern Championship F inals _ July 1939 MARSHALL PLAYS 63rd ROUND! SLAV DEFENSE Popular Frank J. Marshall, Uniter States W. N. W oodbury W . Muir Chess Champion Emeritus, celebrated his sixty_ White Black 1 p .Q4 P-Q4 25 Kt. B1 a,p second birthday August 10th. On T uesday of 2 Kt.KB3 Kt.KBS 26 P x B KbQP the same week an e i ght~ n board intra.duD 3 p.B4 P. BS 27 Q. Q3 KtxR match was staged, the two teams ~i ng cap_ 4 P.Kl P.K Kll 28 R x Kt R,R tai ned by Marshall and Prince Obolensky. 5 KLB3 B. Kt2 29 KtxR Q_B7 TIle 6 P.QKtl B.Kt$ 30 Q.Q4 Q,Q Prince picked only four losers, and led his 7 B.Q3 QKt.Q2 31 KbQ R.K8 team to a 12.6 win. 8 B· Kt2 P·K4 32 K. Kt1 KtxP Line.up of the teams: 9 B. K2 p. K5 33 B.B3 R·Q8 10 Kt.Q2 34 K. B2 R·Q6 Obolensky'a Team Mar.hall'. Team "a H. Helms ______~ 11 QxB 0 -0 35 B. Kt2 Kt. K3 Prince Obolensky % A. Glass ______0 l<~ .J. I 12 PxP p,p 36 KbKt PxKt Marshall _____ K.S. 1 A.C. Cus ______(I 13 0 ·0 P.QR3 37 P.R5 R, P Howard _____ p,p 38 B. Q4 K· B2 C. Ruberl ______'h L .J. WOitr ______% 14 P. B3 D. Hallman ______0 R.K 1 39 B. Kt6 K·K2 B. Forsberg ______1 Hi PxP S. 1 16 QR.K1 Kt. R4 40 Kt.Q2 R·Kt7 Zeitlin ______L. Persinger __• __ 0 K. BReI' ______1 17 Q.Kt2 Kt.Kt3 41 K. K3 K·Q3 01'. A. Buschke ___ 0 F .M. Slmouus ____ 1 H.A. 'l'l'autman __ 0 18 R·K2 R.QB1 42 B.Q4 R·R7 F . Sarti ______0 S. Riegel ______1 19 K·R1 R. B3 43 B. Kt6 P·K4 20 P.QR4 R(B3)_K3 44 Kt. B3 P·Q5eh D.W . McReauy __ _ 1 Dr. Weisaensteln _ (I F. King ______,_'10 W. Puetter _. ____ 'AI 21 Q.B2 Kt. B1 45 K. Q3 K·Q4 E . Metllyn ______0 22 P.B4 Kt·Q3 46 Kt.Q2 P· K5eh Mrs. E. Hanison _ 1 G. l1'oerster ______1 S. OeOrgaros __ __ 0 23 Q.B3 Kt·B4 47 Resigns R . l'~cheverrla. 1 D.S. Rodey ______IJ 24 R ( B)·K1 Q.R5 ___ 1. Bookman ______0 'l'.A. DUust ______:.. R. M. MASSACHUSETTS OUTING Varnum __ __ 'h Z.L. Hoover __ ._. 'h A.O. Nic kstadt ___ 1 J .D. Kelley ______0 The annual outing or Ihe )lassachuseUs E. Mole ______0 F. Ranuall ______1 Sta le Chess Association attracted over olle hu ndred chess players, 'lh!!lr wives and fI'lends Total ______. ___ 12 Total ______-6 to the Dee l'field acauemy grountl s J uly 231'd. A thirty·three board team matCh between the J.;ast and West or Mnssachusetts failed ,to go West by a score or 22-11. Charles S. J acobs HUDSON RIVER RI VAL S o f Boston gave a ten· board simultaneous ex· So keen is the I'iva!ry between Schenectady hibl Llon, winning seven, losing two, and draw· anti Albany that when these two cities can· ing one. Refreshments, croquet, Krlegspiel fron t each other, "down by the river" in a and four·hantled chess proved to be the extra· cheas match, the heraltls au mmOll Into actlou curricular attractions-ali contl'lbutlng to a an a rray o f talent that is tl l'aWI) tl'om the far gala day, due to the etrora or Frank Boyden, cornel'S of lhe earth. Headmaster or Dee rfield ncatl emy, Major Walter Muir, just back (rom Atlanta, whel"6 Haroltl Flower, presltlent of the \Vestel'n Mw;s. he took a crack at t.he Southern title, led the Chess League, and many offi cers or the associ· Schenectatl y team o( ten. Mu ir's elght·sta.le atioll Rntl local leaders thl'oughout the state. journey to the scene of the match at Albany was no stroll through the ll ark, but was a mere hop, skip and a Jump compared to that of -: GUcher's :- his opponent, Max Pavey. Pavey Is In t h od U. S. for the summer, havi ng Just returnctl POSITION-RECORDERS from Scotlanu where he won the Scottish Na· F or The Ultimate In tion;~l championship. Schenectatly tied the match at 5-5 despite CORRESPONDENCE CHESS the fact that the Albany aggregation was reo Cru tut Aid Vet T o Errorlell Cheu By Mall inforced by strong former New YOrk City e x· S ["-",I,, I Ket- (\CQl'"lnlOd ottor (or fl. limited perts whose business !lOW places them jn the l ime only. Callital District chess activities. Samp le~ oC Ollr com L,lete OXlllipm"nt: The line·up: Largo 8% X 11 Inch Pos i- Schenectady Albany tion· Itccordcr. enly 1 Muir ___ . ____ 0 M. Pavey ______1 "F .. ll StJt (;" l1" lold Men. v.'. &OI·e·r.Olll mn ~h(lc t ~. 25c 2 F . Stevens ______0 I. Heitner ______1 ).oose·)cM c h,\rte. p r . p ~ld 3 C. Hewlett, Sr. __ 1 A. Engel ______0 P Olltl\l~ - OlflJ\' rll.ms. 4 T . Bel'l'y ______% H. Sager ------_Ih (Po ~ H ion-nccordc r ~, only; flv!: for $1.00; 5 W. Kehoe ______0 A. Fox ______1 l w .. lv .. fO I· $2.00).) 6 P. Guckemus ____ Y.! F . Collins ______~ Ask ' or o ... r Corn pl u e PriCe Lis l a nd C"talogue of Cheu Suppllu, BOo ks 7 C. Hewlett, J r. __ 1 J . Hoose ______• 0 8 B. Smith ______1 M. Schwal'lz • • • _ 0 COLLINGWOOD SALES CO. 9 F.. Hugo ______1 M. 0 11l1 ern1\110111.1 D I ~ l r lhlllor~ S hapiro __ . __ 149 Collingwood Ave., R oom 7 10 :\f . Smith ______0 J. Gancher ______1 De troIt , MIc h. 5 5 190 T HE C H ESS R E VI E W

1939 A, C. F. Finals Breezy Brevities DEFENSE By H AROLD M ORTON B, Blumin O. Ulvestad W hite BlaC k W . P. Sockman, H Y P D individual cham. 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 pion, won the following merry battle from a 2 P.QB4 P· K4 Meuopolitan chess concessionaire. 3 PxP Kt.Kt!5 4 P.K4 KtxKP A non.Metropolitan visitor has promised to 5 P.B4 Kt.Kt3 append a few unsupervised notes, but explains 5 .. , KKJt·B3 Is positiona lly pre fe l'able, he can work better at home, where "straw aside from saving wear an d teal' on his mind fo r ( hewi n' .. is wit-hin ready reach. wi th eternal worry about an eventua l P,B5, Not es by (Never mind the name. I don' t want 6 Kt.KB3 B.Kt5ch to get prominen t. as no perfesslonal nater, Rightly rejecting 6 , , , B·B4because of 7 but I k now my oni oll s ,.- a nd Slats Rick s, who P·B5 (remember t he sermon ?) . Kt·R5? ; S Kt, ain't worth a scratch at. hayin', but was slick Kt5 !, Q·K2 ; 9 Q·Kt 4 and Black, all t he wrOJlp; enough to be cha mp of Skylar k County back In road, is irke d by a. toll·collector. ] 903 has showed me a hatrul or sly trick s.) 7 Kt.S3 Q.K2 A Concessionaire W. P. Sockman 8 S.Q3 Kt.A3 White Black Distinctly better would be 8 . , , DxKtch; 9 PxB, P·Q3; 10 0·0, 0 ·0, 1 P-K4 • • • • Just regular sturt so fal', 9 0·0 BxKt 10 PxS P.Q3 1 .... P.K450_0 P-Q3 2 Kt_KB3 Kt-QB3 6 R_K 1 B·KKt!5 The real s in is in permitting the beast 3 8_84 8.84 7 8.K2 , . . . t o g raze a.t R3, w hen 10 Kt·B4 would have 4 Kt_B3 Kt.B3 gotte u some m uc h needed work out of him, Ain't f001ln' t his s lickel' 1I0ne- t he boys 11 P. K5! • • • • dow:! a t t he g rain store a lwa ys ge ts Into Now White ploughs Black's po sition for h im trouble w ith the dern Dl s hop pins. and lie -into a. crlss·cross of pic turesque. but painful calculates to stop the nonsense, [ UITOWS , 7 , . . • P.KR4 11 • • . . p,p 8 P·Q3 Q.Q2 12 P.B!5! 9 Kt. KKt5 0.0.0 • • • • 10 P.KA3 A.A3 Vis itors come a t 8wkwa l'(l moments. Tllis fe ller don't k now notllin', A bishop 12 . . , . Q.B4ch is wc r t h plum neal' t wice as much as a llawll. 13 K. A l Kt·K2 11 PxB Px P 14 Kt·Kt5 B.Q2 12 KtxP QxKt Good moves are lacking, Amidst t he fur· 13 BxR Q.R4 r ow ~, Black fin ds ,he cannot even plant his T hese college boys a in 't so sma r t. He didn 't feet. Now he Is hit by everything but the eve:l see t ile pawn could 'take the bishop as time-clock, easy aJS pie , 15 P·B6 PxP 14 BxP BxPc h 16 Kt.K4! Q.B3 115 KxB Q.R5ch 17 KtxPch K.Q1 16 K.K3 Q.Kt4eh 18 B·K4 Q.Q3 17 K·B2 P·Kt6ch 19 B·R3 Resign-s 18 K·Kt1 , .. , M y gosh, if he'd e ve r gOlle to B3 lIe'd a been ma t ed by Q·Kt5ch, Just dum b luck, 1939 A. C. F. Preliminar-ies ey and El Buttocks tded to figger this lIere position out 'til mllk ln' time, good and careful. Th e ,shortest game or the t OUl'llame nt, The score was 43 wins fOI' Cy, who ,had Black, SICILIAN DEFENSE and 37 for E I, but EJ ' s been t witched plen t y wit h his l'heumatl:l;' a n e! Cy'S got bifocals, so M. Peckar A. Fine you ran'l tell much, W hite Black 18 . . , , Q.A5 1 P·K4 P.QB4 6 QKt.B3 KtxB 19 B.B3 Kt-Q5 2 Kt.K2 P.K3 7 KtxKt Kt-B3 He mig ht a s well g ive UP , 'cause wit h a 3 P.KKt3 P.Q4 8 P.QB3? P.B4 rook and piece just I)\all) chuc ked away, what 4 B·Kt2 p,p Resigns cha nce has he got? 5 BxP Kt.KB3 20 Kt-K2 KtxBch 21 PxKt • • • • Shucks! Why don't he gO a fter a counter· City Chess Club Member; "Why don't atta.c:k? you wipe the mud off your shoes before you 21 , . . . Q.R7ch come into this O less Club?" 22 K·B1 Q.B7 mate Ain't t h is ,the jack'llot! Just as I figgered Visiting Chess Player from the Tennessee all the way. Hills: "What shoes?" SEPTEMBER, 1939 191 Book Reviews Szabo match, Paris 1939, Birmingham 1939, and Amsterdam 1939 tourneys. In all, a year's MODERN CHESS OPENINGS issue of the Archives will ipresent some fifteen fUJliJed by Reuben Fille $2.50 hundred games, problems, end_games and A boon to posterity, and a monument to the articles. Alekhine, Tartakower, Reshevsky, past, the new edition wields a weight of Euwe and Fine annotate. auth~rity unequalled by any past work on the The price may seem high for a chess publi_ openings. cation, but actually the subscriber only pays It is more complete than ever, more modern about one_half cent a game for eminently fine and more dependable-withal, much easier to chess reporting. To pay for the book of each use because the potential prospects of every tournament presented in full by the Archives, column of analysis and example of master would cost at least double the subscription opening play have been kindly appraised. In_ pncc. accuracies of -past play 'have been laid bare; Cbess Archives offers in subsequent issues improved lines of play have given new life the complete score of the 1939 U. S. S. 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Correspondence players, tournament and match players can not afford to concede any INFORMAL LADDER opponent odds of the knowledge it contains. (Maximum score for Nos. 1357·1374: 52) "UH. B. Daly 802, 44; E. J. Korpanty 694, 46; ·W. Patz 736, -; ."1. & M. Hochber-g CHESS ARCHIVES 674,46; "I. Rlvfse 662, 46; ."G. Plowman 660, 46; "'A. Sheftel 673, -; F. Sprenger 631, 42; By REUBEN FINE $8.00 PER YEAR W. O. Jens 592, 28; T. McKenna 537, 36; W. Chess enthusiasts need no longer mourn the Keysor 484, _; l. Burn 472, -j K. Lay 448, death of L'Echiquier. In its 'place is a new -; "J. Hannus 4", 20; "·P. L. Rothenberg 365, 46; Dr. M. Herzberger 387, _; B. M. publication of greater significance to the chess Marshall 352, -; G. Fairley 272, 49; .~1. world as a whole ... CheJJ Archives. Burstein 260, 49; J. M. Dennison 229, 31; A. This venture, published by Reuben Fine's Tauber 213, 49; u~Dr. G. Dobbs 122, 49; A. A. father_in. law, is a tremendous undertaking. It J. Grant 152, 15; A. 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The first issue contains all scores of the AVRO 1938 tourney, 1939 Russian train_ REMEMBER ing tourney, and Hastings 1938-39 tourney­ a total of two hundred and fifty_four games. TO RENEW The second issue has two tllUndred and seven_ teen games, comprising al! scores of the recent YOUR E1iskases_Bogoljubov match, 1939 Margate SUBSCRIPTION tourney, and 1939 Kemeri_Riga tourney, as well as attractive selections from the Landau_ Problem Department By VINCENT 1. EATON Add.en all

Original Section

N o. 14 11 No. 1414 N o. 1417 DR. G. DOBBS D R. P. G. KEENEY A.J.FINK Carr ollton, Ga. B ell evue, Ky. Sa n Francisco, Calif.

NO. 1412 No. 14 15 N o. 1418 RIVISE DR.G. DOBBS GEOFFREY MOTT. SM ITH 1. N ew York, N. Y. Carroll ton, Ga. New York, N . Y. (A First Attempt)

~

Male in 2 Mate in 3

No. HJ.3 No. 141 6 No. 1419 DR. P. G. KEENEY GEOFFREY MOT T ·SM ITH F. W. WATSON Bellevue, Ky. New York, N. Y. Toronto, Canada.

~

Male in 2 Mate in 2 Mate in 4

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Original Section (cont'd) Fifth Internatienal Miniature Teurney

No. H20 No. 1423 No. 1-126 R. J. BERMUDEZ K. N I ELSEN FRED SPRENGER TampicO', MexicO' Hamar, Ncrway New Yerk, N. Y. Prize, Three_Meve Seotien Second Hcncrable MentiO'n Seccnd Hcnerable Menticn

Ma.te in 3 Mate in .j

No. 1.121 No. 1424 NO'. H27 DR. M.VYORDMANN EDUARD AF HALLSTROM FRED SPRENGER Dortmund, Germany F irst HO'norable M entiO'n, Kuu-sane, F i nland New Yerk, N. Y. ex aequO' Prize, Feur_Meve Secticn Prize, Indian Seoticn

Mate in -I

NO'. 1422 No. 1425 No. 1421; MAXWELL BUKOFZER DR. G. DOBBS DR. M.VYORDMANN Bellaire, N. Y. F irst HO'ncrable Mentien, Carrellten, Ga. Dortmund, Germany ex aequO' First Henerable Mentien First Henorable Mentien

Mate in 3 Mate in 4

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Quoted Section Problems by Burney M. Marshall

No . .1<129 No. 1432 NO. H35 New Orleans "States" New Orleans Times·Democrat; "Brisbane Courier" No. 2182 Brisbane, South Australia June 18, 1899 No. 1935 - November 6, 1910 February, 1920

Mate in 2 Mate in 2 Mate in 2

No. 1430 No. 1433 No. Hall American Chess Bulletin, St. Louis Globe.Democrat; Cincinnati Enquirer; No. 1183 No. 371 _ August, 1908 No. 702 _ November 19, 1911 March 7, 1937

Male in 2 Mate in 2 Male in. 2

NO . 1431 No. 1<134 No. 1437 St. LouiS' Globe·Democrat; Philadelphia Public.Ledger Atlanta Journal; No. 574 No. 560 _ June 26, 1910 No. 386 - December 2, 1917 February 3, 1939

Mate in 2 Mate in. 2 Mate in. 2

These Problems are not Scored in the Ladder Competition 196 THE CHESS REVIEW

3. Two-movers of any type. Prizes $4, pair of two- move "HI'latoh," $3, and $1. Judge: Kenneth S. Howard. No. IJ65 C.rhrce points) 4. Three-movers of any type. Prbes $4, $3, lind $2. Judge: V. L. Eaton. The cOll>l.ests are open to all composers reo No. 1266 po l nt~ ) siding In N01'ill America. Entries should be sellt i O the problem editoz's of the C. C. L. A. Bulletin, Messrs. I. and M. Hochbez'g, 2~6 East 174th Street, t he Dronx, New York City, who reserve the right to print all problems sub­ mitted in that publication. Be sure ,to send your contl'ibutions before Dec. 31st next. • • • • For this month's Quoted Section, Mr. Burney Marshall has kindly sent us a selection of his No. 1367 Dohbs: 1 Rhl (Th" ee paints) besi work. Mr. Marshall was born in 1886 2 Sh2 2 Kh2 and be,l!;Rn solving problems at the precocious pseudo-Indian M(l "etllth ­ age or ' eight. hiS ftrst composilion was pub­ Intllan lS a r e Impure . but liahed in Nov. 1897, and was so well received s t r a t egy a re vt!ry utlructlv{l vote- R lv ise. that others soon followed. His composing ac· No. 13GS Kt!t!ncy: 1 (T hree tivity spaM a 1)eriod or more ,than fOrty years, n,,? during which he has p I'oduced more than five hundred problems, ML·. Mars hall is a two-move speclallst. He likes complex play. unusual key moves, novel vlLriatlOns. Often he builds a problem around No. 1369 olle hlghlY'strateglc line, such as the pin-unpin elfect of No. 10135. But he has tdIe knack of introducing dch subsidiary play. and a Mar­ NO. 1370 fin .. s hall problem is generally lull of variations (No. 1431, rOl' example). H is llkJug for un­ No. 1~71 usulll e n:ects often shows ltsel( In his key­ moves, such as that of No. 1430, It ramous IJ!'ob l ~m in its day, and In the very recent No. 1437, From the early half-pinnel', No. 1429. to play. blL t a the model'll Gavl'llow, No. 1436. Ml'. Marshall No. 1372 (Fi ve POlnt8) demonstrates his continual interest in popular Poc3 • .Px.P; 4 complex themes.

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