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INDEX F EATU RE S Picture Guide t o Chess ...... 19 T ol le s o f a Woodpus her ...... 12 This Mad e Chess H isto r y ...... 10 U. S. Champion s h ip Ga m es .... . 17 CHAMPIONSHIP COSTS .s.hould go to the Championship F und. It N THIS PACE appears a summary of should hc Ilos:oi blc to r a ise a] least $1000 DEPARTME N TS O the report submitted by our editor, in this way. Anno unce the Ma te .... , ...... 23 Kenneth Harkness, as Chairman of the T he gate receipts at the Championship Ch ess Caviar ...... Hi Fin ance Committee of the 6th U. S. itself can also be increased. Last year, Chess Movies ...... 24 lhe nlunber of available scats was so small Gam e of the Month ...... , . 14 Championship Tournament. Garne s fro m Recent Eve nts , .... 26 In some respects, this report should Ih nt it was felt necessary to charge high Postal C h esl ...... 3 t he extremely gratify ing to A ill e c j e ll II :.td'mittunce prices. ?o.luch more income can Reade rs' Games ..... , ...... 37 c!Jcsspluyers lind to organize d chess in he reali zed fru m this source by securing So li taire Chess ...... , ..... ,., .39 this country. It demonstrates, once and for It large r auditorium and charging lower The W orld of Che n . , . , ..... , .. 5 all, that chess players IIrc willing to con· admi ssion prices. tribute towards the cost of national chess Chcss tournaments have lIot yet become competition. so popular that their cost can be met by E OI TOFIS The spirit of coo peration indicated by gat e receipts alone. For some time to l. A. Horowitz Ken ne lh H ~ ,· kne .. the widespread response to our appeals comc. the chcssplay ers of the United ASSOCIAT E E O IT O FI S is particularly encouraging to the editors States must continue to lend their finan: J l1r k Rll'aley I! ~ tte ll and staff of CnESS REVIEW, who devoted cia! ai d. But we can hasten the day when J oh n C. RlIthe r $0 much of their time, without rCC(lmpense, chess com petition will be conducted on a CON T R I BUTI NG EDITORS to the work of arranging, publicizing and self.sustaining basis by presenting our Reuben FIne. Alber r S. Plnk u •. managing the lournamenl. Championships a s public spectacles with J . W. Col Un. There are, however. sOllie lessons to be adequate provision for the entertainment of G e n e .~1 OUlce.: ' 50 Wen 57th S t r"l. learned the fi gures of the linaneial Ihe audiences. Xew York 19. N. Y. Salell I..> e pal·tm en t from (Room 1329) ope n d &ll ), . u ce pl Sun report. In the fin; t place. they show that ...... day •• from 10 II . m . to 6 P. m . 'tol. a Championship Tou rnament. staged as a ,phone : Circle 5·8258. spectator event with big prizes. is an ex· INCOME AND EXPENSES Un. olle lted manu.crlpU and p hoto. g r .~ h. w HI no t b l ~t ur"ed uAle .. .I e. pensive undertaking. 6th U. S. Ch en Championship, Mastus < om ~ ~ " le d by re tU rn POat'g_ . nd .11 lf. Eve ry eHort was made to present the Resuve TOllfliament, Women's Champion. , dd re ..ed env elope. 1946 Championship as a spectacle for the shi. p & Speed Ch ampionship, 1946. CHe: SS HEV I EJW j~ pu b lJ ~ hed " ,onthl), by CH ESS R EVIEW. 250 We., 57th bendit of the chess public. The audience I NCO?o.lE Street ••'1 ew York 19. N . Y. P rinted was seated in a comfortable auditorium, in U.S.A. Enter ed s. Becoml·c l £l ' ~ milt· Contributions ...... $ 8,444.95 followed the moves of the games shown ter lILay 5. au. III th e P O~1 ornee at Tickets Sales ...... 2,614.50 Xew York . N . Y. under tho Act 01 on demonstration boards on the stage and Much 3. ]879. Entr}' fees ...... 260.00 explained by an expcrt announcer. In these and other ways, the tournament was Total Income . . .. $11 ,319.45 conducted in a manner befitting its im· po rtance to American chess. Many of the EXPENSES Prizes ...... $ 4,642.70 sub. crlpl lon Rate.: One yea r 13.75. spectators have been enthusiastic in their t"'O yea n J7 .00 . three )'ell" $lO.M In praise of the arran gements. Players' expenses ...... 225.00 Uj~ l:I. Po. ~ e Unlled S tat u. U . ..l on • . It would be a pity to see this type of Auditorium Rental ...... 3,000.00 CaD&da. l\'ewfou ndhm d . S llOln and Admission Taxes ...... Pan - American coun t ries . El nwhe~: spectacle discontinued. It lends dignity 457.50 11 .• 0 pe r )'ear. and interest to chess competition. For our Operating Sta ff Expenses . . . 578.50 C h ~ n g~ of Address: Four week. ' no· part. we believe that the standards set in Equipment ...... 838.37 !lee requ ired for c hanl-;'c 0 1 II.dd re.•. Ticket printing & sales ... . . Wben orderi,,&: II. Ch .. ,,!:"'! pteue rur· 1946 should be maintained or improved 212.49 ALl b an add""... .tenell I mp~ ..l o n Posters ...... 161.47 Irom the wrapper or II. re<:enl l&Ilue If upon, despite the cost. you can. Addreu chance. ca n not be Although some savin g might be effected Progrs m ...... •.. .. 158.65 made wllhout the old a ddreu .~ " 'ell by holding the tournament in the summer Camps ign for Contributions. 719.76 u the new one. Miscellaneous ...... 100.98 Copyright: CHESS REV IEW III copy· months, when auditoriums a re ava ilable righ ted 19H b ), C H E SS REVlEW at lower rentals. it should be recognized UD der Internatlon",l Cop), rlc b t Con ven that it costs at least $10,000 to stage the Total Expenses . . .. $11 ,095.42 tion. All r ight. a re r e~e rv ed . lndud Lnl: " Balance on 118 nu 224.03 lloft rLs:h t 01 re llroduetlon In wh ole o r U. S. Championship properly. In D&.I In lin)' form. New. pa per eh e .. Rather than attempt to fi nd methods tolurn n. are g ra nt ed per ml .. lo n t o 111 ,319.45 QUQt 8 f rom CHESS REVIEW. but only of lowering the cost, the im portant thing II full credit I. "Iven. Oth er publica . is to concentrate on ways of increasing tiot\8 mun obtllin el'oeclal permlulo n in ""rll!lll;". the income. For example, prelimina ry * To be distributed among U. S. Cham· competition should be organized all over pionship players from outside the Metro· C ~ lSS REVIEW Volumo 15 the United States and entry fees charged ' politan Area as a co nt ri bution towards h teh. I ~] "' u.. ~ .r 3 to these contests. Part of the entry fee their traveling and living expenses. ,HULlfVlfW, MAR'C.Hc,"".'41'-______-"______1'- __ __ Just Published! CHESS REVIEW ANNUAL
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S H OWM ANSHIP • t I TI § SII's: Sirs: • My congratulations to all those, In There is a weakness In chess notation cluding the ladles. who made the Nation· tbat I hope somebody can correct. I rerer al Cha mpionships such a brilliant adminl· to the use or the exclamatlon point (! ) stratlve and organizational s uccess. to Indicate (I ) a bri lliant move, (2) tbe Everything went along with precise. well· best move, or (3) a fo rced move. planned smoothness. The fact t he major When one 18 in the mood for sparkling Ity of the spectators s pent tbelr time In combinations. how disappointing It Is to the Auditorium speaks well, not only seize upon a game bristling wIth ex for Assistant Tournament Director Nat clamation points, only to rind It a dull Halper (who did a grand job). but also haggllngmatch between two pawnbrok· for the system. which gives the s pecta· ers. Can we not In vent some s ymbol, tor an overall plcturs of just wbat Is s uch as an aste risk, to denote the "best" going on. move or the "only" move, and reserl'e tbe It was a thrill to see a ll the Masters excla mation mark strictly to denote wbal In action. Chess will mean more to me it looks like, viz" a surprise, an excl tfng now, for It will be possible to more ac· move! cUrately picture the personalities which I am not one to dIsparage the modern Inspire the games which we :p lay over close game; but neIther do I ahate the !lnd study from the periodicals .. . contempt with which some wrltel'S speak It was a great show and all those who of the "tawdry brllllaocles" of Anderuer. &ls ged It deserve congratulations . . . and Morphy. There Is a time and a plact W. H. BREARLEY, Jil. for everything. In chess, as in li teratUrE 53.75 Philadelphia, Pa. and mU Si c, we select a game accord[nl RADIO CH ESS to our prel'aillng mood. Let us bave I Sirs : notation that wll! permit quick selectiOQ HI S 14TH annual volume of CHESS The letter by Mr. Newcombe in the of the type at game we feel li ke e n joyl n~ T REVIEW Is a treasury of chess In _ I"orum (December. 1946) gave me what at the moment. formation and entertainment. In hand mny be some wild Ideas, but anyway here J. L. SHEETE some c loth binding, It (:o ntains a ll the tlley are; Seattle. \Vub iuues of this magazine published during If a Radio Matcb was made possible t he year 1946. across the ocean, why could n't there be BEEF Stories and pictures from the leading Radio Team Matches right bere In the Sirs; chess centers of the world descr ibe such U. S.? Say, Eas t 1'8 . West and North VII. I'm ente/'Ing my beet right now agalnSI Important events as the USA_USSR Soutb, etc. Maybe even National Tourna· the plan of luulng Postal Ratings Qua r. tea m match In Moscow, the U. S. C hess ments could be arranged to be played by terly Instead o! monthly. Champlo"ship in New York, Internatio nal radio by bavlng a transmitting station With monthly publication, reports lag T ournaments at Hastlngl, L o n do", III each area. It wO\lld solve tbe problem as much all three months behind tb( Prague, Gronlngen. Games from these of trip expenses l or the players. windup or the games. Under the new BYS and other events, selected and annotated I realize. of course, that the main ob· tem the lag may be as much 8S lour 01 by eKperts, show the latest developments jectlon or obstacle I. probabl y the Ques· five montha. Oames will be practlcallJ in practical p lay. tlon of the " tran.II mlttlng slatlons" and anciellt history by tha t lime. The Quarter· Thll volume a lso contalnl 8 " Game since I know nothing about the radio ly system will take the edge ott Intereal of t he Month" features by Reuben F ine, fi eld, my Ideas get stuck there. But may· In Postal Chess. Frankly, I don't tblnk 10 " Readers' Games" departments by be .omeone can otter suggestions. the reduction In servIce is fair to your I. A. H orowitz, 10 "Solitair e C hess" fea. BERNARD MADRID readers. tures, 2 " Picture Guide t o Chess" articles Riverside. Cam. As a newspaper man. I know how IDucb by Kenneth Ha rkness, 2 "Chess Movies" • We await comments from readera of work It takes to tabulate final tlgurel -plul lerlals, articles, edit orials, postal QST.-Ed. on even a single race on election nigh t, chell ga mes and other fascinating ma_ W HODUNIT and r can appreciate the immense eftor! required each month in figuring standinp terial. Sirs ; to put those pages in shape lor publi ca· CHESS RE VI EW ANN UAL, Volume Please Inform Mr. Howard T. Lewis tlon. But I'd rather have 10 ISBues of 14, Is now In stock. Your order will be of Boston tbat the story he mentions In CHESS REVIEW at $3 a year wllb filled by return mall. Tho price Is only Readers' Forum (November, 1946) was postal ratingS every month than 12 luuel $3.75. Ma ll yo ur order "ow. an Inner Sanctum Mystery. brondcnst at $3.76 with ratings given only quarter about a year ago over CBS. A few copie. of Volume 13 (1945) are ly. also available at $5.00 each. All previous O. BENEDETTI T he freezing of ratings is a good idea Naperville, Ill. Annual, are out of pr i"t. and have wondered why you haven't dODi Sirs : It long ago. It will slmpllry ta bulatio n a . . . The story was published in Dlue great deal and 1 think postal players wiU CHESS REVIEW Book magazine within tile past year. prefer It . .. 250 West 57 th S treet, New York 19, N. Y. JAMES H. FRANCE E. A. TALLEY Jamestown, N. Y. Clayton, Mo. z ••• , . ADDRESSE S Sirs: I heH l'lIlr endo rse you r new method of • publish ing nlt[ngs quar'ted y, Rallngs do ohn s no t cllfI, nlrC milch in a. month and this new melilOl[ Rholl id save a few pages in 1ll0~t Issucs, I woulll like to know if Jt Is possible for me to nbtain nunl€S and addresses of Postal Chess players from you", Ire· ceb'eol a 1)0;;leal'(l {rom a Kew York book· slore t hnt sells chess books a lltl tbe only place tht'l)' t'lou ld ha"e obt a lneol my name, I imagine , was from CH I ~SS In : VtE: w. RICHA RD I.. SZARAZ Columbus, Ohio. • CHESS nC;VIEW res\!tlcts the privacy of its reatiers , doe s not release their ad· rlre~sea for commercial purposes. The book store mllY have obt a ined Pos talite Szaraz' a dli r'css from a pluyer In one of Ilis pos lnl ·seclions.- Ed.
TIME Si ra : The fo llo wing appeared In the Decem· be l' 2nd IS~ \1 o of T1ME Milgaz!l\o In the rel'jew or the play "The F atal \Veak· nes~ " : " In fael. the great (but fa r from fatal weakness or t he play Is its untidiness, its insouc!tlnee, its moving less i n 11 straight Hne than li ke a KnIgh t at rhe ss," Apparcntly t here is at leaat Olle chess· pl ayer on Ihe s taff of TIM !~! E l) TOTH Troy, N. Y. • TIME'S staff has many chcssplayers and they subsc ri be to CHESS !lEVIEW . ,\ sun 'C)' b~' TI ME sho wed t hllt 11 % of its nmlier!l play c hess.- Ed.
NEWSPAPERS Sirs: While the USA- USSR ma t c h and t h e U. S, ClralllJ)ionship T ou rnament were in progrcilil I t ried i n vain to ge t som e in formation a bou t t he stand ings and e nd· res ults o f both bmlnbollts In our loca l newspa por'a. TilE COU.EC'I'OU'S PIPE ", How como that we havo to wait for tlli s infol'lllatlon until the chel:\s mn.ga· An t:x lra 11 1"USllre uf priJe " UlOl es with tllP ullilc rsh i p of a ~l n e arrlveij? It would be a good thing Cor chess, and 10hn Surrey (;OI.D f:[" t.am L I'UI.\\ ..... Fur il:;; beauty says what its of Interest to both chesA fa na and the perfu r lllan" I) 1' 1' , ,, ' e ~ .. . Ilt' n > is a p i I)!) o f ullm i~ tak a b lc (Iualit )' public, if nCwspllpers carried reports of ali(I character. these outsta nding events. And wh y not the rad io ? F ree [n.HIl tr ick [cnlures and g :lfl ;;ets, the GOI.nEX HUIU . Could you do something about It? I'IU ...... is llcsigu('d for ,ho;;(: IIH' II \\,11". a il"n' a ll else. \\ • I . 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T he favorite, Dan Yanofsky, proved that he is badly "ovel'-chessed" by tying only for second I1ml third, well below t he leader. The detailed standings In this dO\lble round event: W L O. Bardn n~ - 2lh J . Enevoldsell 6 - 4 D. Yanofsky 6 - , .T. Tot'nernp 5 - 5 B. Nielsen " ', . , . 3'4- 61,2 V. HaSffi\\SSen 2 -8 Contagion The ephlemk of Swiss system events has extended to master chess. A twelve man tournament run along these lines WHS held in Paris last December. Spon sored by the Federation Sportive et Gym nastlque du 'ft'avail, It was the outgrowth or a team competition whleh [ailed due to the non-appearance of several entries. II~", Malo/;,m MASTERS MEET I. A. Horowitz inte rrupted his transcontinental tour long enough ~'rits Van Seters. a comparatively un to pl aya game with Grandmaster Re uben Fine in Los Angeles. known Delgian. emerged the winner with The encounter, which ended in a draw, took place at t he home of AI Sisno shown H. He lost only to C. Kottnauer who watchi ng proceedings while Herman Steiner keeps score. tied with A. O'Kelly with 3'h·l%. Fourth to sixth places were shared by Christof fel. Betbeder and Shernet7.ky, each with 3·2. Prodigal's Return An open tournament run in conjunc· tion with the masters' event had the par· • UNITED STATES Last summer Dan Yanofsky lett Ca n tlcipation of more than 100 players. ada to participat e in the first great, post· NATIONAL EVENTS war tournament at Groningen. Since Holland Aqain then he has played In Holland, Belgium, Horowitz' Travels Switzer1~nd, Spain, England, Denmark The Dutch town of Soellt will be the A transcontinental exhihltion tour re !ccne of an internationa l tournament and Iceland. His s erious clock games quires more than talent and popularity; larly this i\Iay. Dr. Euwe, G. Stoltz, Dr. total s ixty-on e; h is record, a respectable it demands stamina. \Vhen Al Horowitz 37lh·23lh. A major s hare of the minus 3. Tartakovet·, SIr George T homas and set out on his tenth cross·country trip, 11 . Christoffel al'e slat ed to play. points stem from h is S'h-l0'h score at. he knew that the grind of night-after Groningen, a commendable achievement night lectU!"es and simultaneous displays against a field of the world's leading ream Spirit was not the picnic many thoughtless masters. players Imagine. Sandwiching thirty and A match between Belgium and F rance Now, at long last, Yanofsky is return forty board exhibitions In hetween long bas been arranged for J u ly 13 and 11 ing home. After his current simultaneous train hauls, snatching precious rest in this year. tour of Iceland, he intends to visit New hotels are not the most relaxing activo A six man team tournament is planned York on his way bach: to Canada. Trav· ities. Each display is preceded by a lec lor Prague this July. It will be held in ellng with him is R. G. \Vade, ,former ture, often lasting more than an hour, connection with the Czechoslovakian New Zealanrl champion, and participant only then does the actual play begin. Trade Union Olympics. Entries from at Barcelona and the British Champion Many a local champ feels proud that he Belgium, Denmark. F rance, Hungary, ship. They expect to arrive in New York has extended the master untlJ the small Norway and Switzerland are expected. about March 20th. hours of the morning but to the latter " MR .I 5 It la juat anothar headache, another dm!n STATE AND REGIONAL CHESS among the prizewinners. He did not draw on his strength. one ot hi~ eighteen ga mes ! Additional hazards crop up. Trave!!ng Walkaway Another ullllsual result was that 01 north III Callrornla, Horowitz Ilntl his Most players In the Marshall CheS8 Harrold who scored five points against wlte narrowly escllped Injury or death Club ChampionshIp found the goIng very the prize winners bllt could make only when thel!' tru.!n was wrecked near tough. Santaslere, beaten only onCe in one a nd a p.aIr against the rest of the Fresno. Many l)ll.Bsengcrs were k!lled. the U. S. Championship, lost his firs t field! over a h undred were injured but the two games, later d ropped three more...... Horowltzes escllp.ed u ll scathed. This, de· Other contestants had similar e xperl· s pite the tact they wel'e riding in tbe ences. T he cat·and·dog battle tor tavored Rodrigo Flores was born in 19)3 al thirteenth car. position conti nued to the bitter end. Santiago. Chile. He Is a civil engineer The tour Is not u ll rewllrdlng, however. There was no contest for first, howe ver. a nd professor of engineering at the Unl· There are moments of tri um ph. At the Rodrigo F IOI'es of Chile preempted the verslty of Chile. Business has brougbt Washington Chcss Divan. whe re the mas· litle, taking the lead from t he beginning. him to the United States where hI) will ter trounced a picked tcnm of ten In 1\ At the halfway ma rk, little dou bt reo rema in until this summe r. clock exhibition. At Portland, Oregon, mained as to the ultimate wInner. Dy the Flores gave early evidence of hli'! che!lll where three hundred spectators turned sixteenth round he was ma thematically abillty. He learned tbe game at sc,'en out to watch Horowitz lake on thlrty beyond the reach of his closest rival. and at twelve fi nished fourth In the eight hoards, win thlrty·toUl". dmw three The remaining prizes were undeclded Chllean Cbamplonshlp! He first won the and 10sI) oniy one. Here the oldest com· unti! the last round had been played. Chilean tiHe In 1934 and has since held petitor was eighty-nine, the youngest but MUton Hanauer, former club champion, It twice. nine. Everywhere chess players have found his long lay·oU a great handicap. In 1936 he played at Mar del Plata of something to tulk a bout. The great sue· Hanauer, out of tournament play since that year, making an even score ending cess of Horowitz' travels is the personal 1939, drew too ma ny !;nmes, had only an In a tie for seventh and eighth In a six· frlendlinellS Wlilch he extends to all outside chance to win. J ack Col1ln8 as· teen man !leld. T he tollowlng year he classes or pIHyel'S, tile knowledge by sured his position by steady, l' esourcerul made an outstanding triumph a t San which he e nables tbcm to gain some In· play. A hard man to beat at any time. Pablo where he was fi rst with 15·4. He sight Into master' chess. These more than he is at his best In a close ending. got his first taste of International com redeem the drU(l!;ery or sllch an excur· T~a rr y E va ns was the sensation of the petition at Carrasco in 1938 when bE sion. These 1\1'e the things which have tournament . With predictions of his Im finished eighth with an even Hcore fal kept Al Horowitz going his rounds year minent collapse on every side, the in behind Alekhlne's 13-2. after yea.r, which have kept clubs all souciant fourteen-year old walked oft Tbe International Team T ournament over the country Itllklllg him back. with one of the top prizes. He had a . at Duenos Ai res, 1939 gave him a golden chance to tie for second but mutted It opportunity to meet some of the tor Chantjes Made when he blundered away his last round European maste rs. Flores, then national game against Sant.aslere. The la tter champion, represented his couutry on Tbe date ot the U. S. Open to be beld started badly but gained towa rd the e nd. (lrst board. Chile ri nlshed third In tbE at Corpus Christi, Texll..ll hM been Crafty, heads up chess enabled Santa· qualifying round be hind Latvia and Ger changed to Aug us t 11·23. The alteration s iere to capitalize o n many a slip. many, the ultimate winner. Flores tallied was made at the reQuell t or the CorpUII Donovan played spoUy ches8, 80me 3~'11Al and was undefeated. Neither be Christ! Chess Cluh which w ill sponsor brilliant , some indUfere nt. TypIcal was no r his team did particularly well in the the evenL his encounter with Harrold. T he ga me (jnais, however. Chile was lied fOI was s uccessively a win, a loss and fi nally twelfth and thirteenth while Flore! On ttle Raad a d raw as both playe1'8 floundered In the scored 5-8. Considering tha t his com· throes ot last round jitters. F a,lans demo petition Jncluded Capablanca, Kere8, Weaver Adams Joi ned the ranks of onstrated again that bardheaded chess Lundin, Petrovs, Najdor!, CzernIak, hi! the barnstormers by starUng a t ranscon pays at!. He, too, was the grateful recip record Is not discreditable. He drew with tinental exhibition tour last month. He Ient of a tlnal round favor when Rather Capa blanca and Petrovs, beat Czerniak. will give simultaneous dlsplay@ and lec· missed a clear win In Ume pressure. In 1940 he was tied for third and tourtb tures In clube all over the country, Pllnlck had the most unusual score At Santiago. He drew with Gulmard, the , ~ •• ~ ~ MARSHALL CHESS E 0 " 0 , $ ~ -8 • E • ~ • 0 0 0 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ,• ~ ,• 0 , -• ~ ,• , •• -• -,• •0 ,• ~ •• ,• U ~ • , '0• , - • -• NEW YORK, 1946-47 •> 0 ••• - • -0 -• • • Q • - • ~ ~ ~ -~ ~ ~ ~ 0 & ~ U" 6 CHESS REVl~. UAI~H . 194i FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH In the vi t alizing a tmosphere of Fl orida , members of the St. Pet e rsburg Che ss Club find energy for a ma m moth int e r.c lub match. In t he w eekly series the " Dodgers" lead the " Yankees" 154Yz·147Yz_ winner. His appearances became more in Fl ori da. The St. Petersburg Chess Club Minnesota. The state title changed frequent about this time as he chose to has an enviable record for club activity. hands when Dr. G!les Koelsche defeated devote himself to his work and family_ It has over 250 members and Is still George Barnes In a recent match. The He played unsuccessfully at Mar del growing. The current club championship struggle was a close one: Koelsche Plata 19 44, ending up tied for ninth and has attracted thirty·slx entrants. Next winning four, losing two, drawing three. tenth with 6-9. At Vlna d el Mar, the next July the club wil l sponsor the Southern year, he achieved an even score t o share Chess Association tournament which it New J ersey. The Bergen·Passalc Chess sixth place. In this tournament he drew is hoped will be an outstanding event. Club plans a correspondence tournament a prolonged contest with Najdorf. Last confined to residents at the two counties. year at Santiago, Flores was second, half Ill inois. The Chicago Chess and Checker Ernest Tyler Is In charge of the arrange· a point behind Stahlberg with whom he Ciub defeated a team from the Univer· ments. The club's headquarters are In drew. sity of Illinois, 7%·1%. Mrs. E. Aronson the Herman Game Room at Rochelle Although }'lores t ries to play sclentif· won her game for the Chicago side. Park. ically. actuality forces him Into other The club's championshi p began the Play in the North J ersey Champion· channels with the consequence that he first week in February. shill began last month. The top three considers himself a prlmar!1y tacUcal players In this tournament will earn the player. Massachusetts. The City or Boston right to compete for the state title at The most interesting occurrence from Championship was a down the stretch Ventnor City next Labor Day. his point of view was the birth of his race between Milton Kagan and Dr. Seven players are competing. The cur· daughter during the tournament . Inci· Gerald Katz, each of whom had two legs rent leaders are; Homer Jones, 3·0; dentally she was born the day after Mil· on the George Sturgis Cup. They met Franklin Howard. 2·0 ; Stephen Kowalski, ton Hanauer's son. In the last round when Kagan had 14·0 2·1. California. J. Holrlchter Is new cham· and Dr. Katz tralled with 13%·%. With In addition to those Qualifying from pion of the Inglewood Chess Club. He the chips down. Katz came through wltb this event, the state tournament will awept through the field with a score a fine win to take the title. have three entries from South Jersey and or 12·0. n. H. Moss. 10·2. was second and The Newton Chess Nuts bumbled a one from Central Jersey. The remaining A. COlllroe took third with 9·3. team from Brookllne High School by t he place will be filled by the highest rank· Riverside Chess Club won a return IOlls ided score of 4·1 . Their ardor un Ing player, not already qualified, In the match wIth the South Gate Club by dampened, the latter challenged the New· New Jersey Open. The latter will take Ph·3lh. ton group to a return match. place at Ventnor City during July. " • 7 FLEDGLINGS Toronto's Junior Championship had a splendid turnout of young players, Ernest Shulman (extreme right) won the title w ith a nne score of 9-1. T h is event gave youngsters a welcome opportunity to spread their wings. The Log Cabin chess team braved an New York. A HE" team representing Marshall Club and the Toledo Chess Club Icy storm, journeying to Philadelphia to the New J ersey I nter·county League was resulted In the victory of the Detroit face the MercanUle Librat·y team. Their swamped last month in a match at the team. The final standings of the matches reward was a surprising 3·2 victory. Marshall Chess Club. The New Yorkers held in Toledo were; The presence of three competitors In won hands down, 17'h·1'h, without a Detroit 6'h Cleveland 3'h the recent U. S. Championship (DICam!l· loss. Detroit 5'h Toledo 'Ph 10, Hotbman and Kowalski) gave added North Carolina. The Durham C h e s 8 Cleveland 6 Toledo 4, zest to this Interesting match. The ful1 Club In cooperation with the Durham results: The Cleveland Chess Club's Ses· City Recreatlon Department Is giving Log Cabin Mercantile qulcentennlal tournament was won by chess Instruction to interested visitors. S. Kowalski o A. DICamillo 1 D. Salom who defeated J. Chavayda 3·1 W. J. Peters, club champion and prln· F . Howard 1 W. Ruth in the finals. Salam, a newcomer to o cipal instructor, uses giant chessmen on A. Rothman W. Hale Cleveland chess, lost only one game In a large chessboard top table while the D. Cohen 1 S. Skloroff winning the knockout tournament. o spectators look on. D. Danllovltch " S. Wachs " Young People's Library Chess Group The Log Cabin "B" team defeated a Ohio. The Cleveland Scholastic Chess of Cleveland defeated the "Old Timers" strong Elizabeth Club "B" aggregation," League has begun Its Spring matches 13·5 in a ten board match, The old timers 6lh·3lh in an Inter·County Chess League with fourteen high schools participating. represented commercial and other teams match played at the Log Cabin's room. They are divided in four groups accord· from the entire clty. The Chess Club of the Oranges, an ing to their locations. Winners in the Pennsylvania. The Royersford Chess afflllate of the Log Cabin Club, also won three east side sections wlll playoff for Club lost its first match by 5lh·4lh to the from the Ellzabeth Club, 8%·5%. the east side championship and then Brandywine Chess Club of West Chester. The Chess Club of the Orange Is the meet the west·slde winners for the schoo current leader in the Suburban Chess lastIc championship of Greater Cleve· Washington, D. C. Wlllard Mutchler, League of Northern New Jersey. Their land. The elttensive program under the chess editor of the Washington Post team has tallled five straight victories. direction of M. L. Warren also Includes slnce 1923, succumbed to a heart attack Close beillnd are the Elizabeth Club and a junior high school championship. January 7, 1947. Few could equal his the Irvington Polish Club. both defeated A trl·clty match among the Cleve· twenty three years of Journalistic service only once, land Checkmate Club, the De t r 0 I t to chess. '8 CHISS R!VlfW, MARCH , 1941 Based a1/. reliable dala. procured by exhansti'lJe research, lh.i .~ IJ('IV s ('rie.~ fC(flll/"(~s outstanding put'lIls in chess h.is (ory. TIll' .~to l)' o/the fa mOils !lU(,OI IW(OIt CIU'sslJl(lrer',~ rlplJIII at Vii' IIn", 1770. 1/If1,~ I(lld last I/I.ollili. THIS CHESS HISTO 2. The Secret of the Automaton By KENNETH HARKNESS and JACK STRALEY BATTELL , 1_"(JI.-;IIIt ./"'1'1' ;'I/U lIlt· illl..,;ur ul I/u: I/II/1m'"I<>" IlIIill by Freil"'rr /'011 U fldmil ~. 11 111 1'0' .; i l ~ long life ( 1770.1851 ) I'VII ,,,I it. ··lh"u.o;al1.b "f intlh·j, lual" I' III'C seell TIll" II/{IY"" hid himself by Iyillg /111/ K ,·ml,,·I"'II· ~ i\ ul"mal"11 Che"-~ I,l a)" 'r il~ J"·,.r,,n""" lT 11'11" "",,1,1 1"'1,· 1.,,,.1 Jlu huglh I",;';"d II,.. ./1'111 ... ·,. 1111.1 II"'/"r ,is, D ..... a ~ ,· _~lIi l oil,·< 1 Iwl" ... 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I. ow,·r lefl: secOlld 1789, just a fe w ycars after the T urk began //()$itioll, Idlell fill frolll doors were opw. L(Wier rigllt: supposed fou rth posi. hi s publie ellrr.;c r ! T ile t xplanlltiu!I a p· lifll1, bill Ihis WIIS incorrl'cl. Illustraliolts are frnm article by Willis. ~art:d in 0 houk by Frcihcrr Joseph Friederich von Hacknit1.. entitltd Ueber Jtn ScllIlI;:Iupi.. ler lit's ill'rr1', VOl! Kem· pdt'11 /Hill fll'ul'11 !VflcllbildulI!;. l,ejpdg plana tion <)f tlu: imllOrtllnt CoJl1tro li ing P ari~ian autl lflr. inti lI'ith a better rv. Mnd Drl·sdcll. 1789. m ech a ll i~ m had heen public ized, Fortu· ception, and was in sume measure bv. nately, h i .~ honk was I'hhe r misun ti e N'tfHlIl Tim Ilulhnr huil t an A utomaton of his liev ..."( 1 to be the true solution of the wun. ,,1' not believed! ~ WI1, ]Jatl eTn!:d after the original Turk, de r. until the inVen t01' put an end to the In EIlj:(lund and AIlH:ri cu. the erit.ics in (J iscu8sion by suffering a close cxaminll ! W !S L RlV I HY~M AR CH . _I ·''-41'-______11 • M.IVIIEN 1, Halifax Championship, 1941 2. EHEC1'S II F "'I' ll UIt 1\ )\ M~ N'I' ALEKHINE DEFENSE Wren Mayfield COli tinning the .~ ene:; which wa.':>' introduced Last W'hile Black , P_K4 N- KB3 mOlliJl. - in lh~ F (~ brl/.a.r)' i.~MU: 2 P_K5 N-Q4 3 P_QB4 N_N3 gf't a ll he ever IUle\\' about ,.. hess. I f hifl V I ~ : HY sl/OJ"l s fan is fa mllla!' Il' ilh the 4 P-Q4 P- Q3 annual epidemic of "World Series first game is against iJ mas ter , the Ull All a<':l'ol'ding to the little ville book. f;' e ve r" which attaci(s a dozen or nUot l' c irul slanginG]' may bring him to hi~ E 5 B_Q3 . . . more of the best baseball lllayer;; in t he He nseH e nough to permit him to !llay the world Olleil October. 'fhe pre ssure of b c ~t chess of which h e is t:llpablc for the Hel'e goe!' the book ont the window. the hysterical, cheering, booing [alls l'Cl< t of the tournam e nt. On t he otllel' 5 , , , . p,p the knowledge that a single misplay. or hUlul, it may cause him to blow II]) eom- 6 p"p QN-Q2? a Ume ly hit or a sparklitlg bit of de 1) IQtely ilnd to Hwe "r of]' tournaments fo]' 7 P_ K6 N_B3?? fensl l'c Via)' may mean thousands o[ dol evel'. Throwing the gamf) away, 7", N - K4 lars to each Iliayer: all these things If his fi]'st gamc, hOll'c vm', ifl aga inst would have held the K UP aud made the create an at11lo~ll h e r e whit-h <\fred!! all another wOOlII)lJshcr, we ird things call rol1owlng continnation iml)OSslble . lllilye r!:l to lIome degree. The oUlrichler all,l llHllally do happen. Pawn~ nnd picces who has )lever muffed I~ fly drops an Ilre frecly sacrificed to bring off a com· easy one; the shortf;t.op who has corne bination wJ)ich just fails to clkk. A valu· through a hundred galll()!j with only five ahle llie('c i~ lert " en prise" for several elTor;; makes three cosUy en'ors in onc llloves , UJl!w e n by eith{)l' playe r, A forced game; the leaguc-leatling ballcr goes hit mate Is overlooked. He has It \\'on game lesll; and !lOTllC obllcure s u bs tlUllc lil'h'e>; but he 101i,()fI. H e i~ ready to res ign- but in the tylnl': rlln. runs wild on t he bases hiS opponent m akes a milltake- and he find !lteals home to win the deciding II'ln~. He wa~les time on e laborate de game ;Ind the Series. f e u~i\' e moves to forestall a threatened [ll eh ess. we have "Tournament 1;'evol'." alla(; k of which his OP I)onent never When the ~trongost play o l'~ of city, slato thought, Ami nsually the game Is a bat or nation gather for a championship tle roynl In which the ' playe l's remind • to\lI'nament, anything can happen. T h e m e of H legendary American footbH Il 8 P"Peh K,P gnme in which the only ball w as punc, s trongest playol' usually wIn;;, but he 9 B-N6ch p," ([1I·ed. The players and ,'eferee went into orten loses a game to one of the weak 10 QxQ Resigns est In the 10Ul'mnllellt. Put it down to " Ion!!: conference t rying 1O decide what e xhaustion, nntier·eslim,]tion of all op· t o do. One burly linesman, with a b rok· e n no~e, it ~plit lip but the joy of battle pone nt or just [)Inin, undeflned "TOllrna GA:-< hear ~ ome or YOll ~aying that. ment Fevel'''- it does happe n with too in his eyes, spoke ufl. "TO hell with the I although this might well happen in a mm:h regularily to be laugh ed off as ball," he ~i , MA 194 6 a.a p.a 7 Q-N5e h QN_Q2 12 P.P a.p »tarted looking over the possibl1!tles of 7 N_ N5 P - KR3 ? a B_N5 0 _ 0 13 QxP ? KR-Nl 22 ... Q- K2ch. Suddenly I noticeil that 9 P.P P- QR3' 14 Q-K4 NxNeh my time lI"al' ge tting short an(1 I de 10 a.N Q.a 15 NPxN ? 8_84 c ided to make the Queen check and Q- Nl N-K4 16 Q-Q5 B-QN3 ? 1hink it o\'e l' 8 NxP Q_Q2 9 Q_RSch Res igns Since the game look only ] 7 minutes - 4 mll\lIte~ on my dock and 13 on his - we got ont to I~enway Park in time to watch the He ll Sox play. It was hot in Boston thal day- 92 in the shade- and my opponent vcry l1J)propri;it.ely quoted tbe old cliche. "It's not the heat- it's the stupidity," EST the reader get the idea that this J enUt'C collec tion is made UI) of such Ifluke wills on my part. I will now give him a picture or the other s i(i e of the ledger. The following game was also played in the Uoston Tournament: and I (,;\Il't even blalll(' 1he helit for whld. happened. for. to dnLe. J hn,Ye never been able to !"ind out what ([hi happe n. It·s one of the sCI" ! ~ w i est gamcs l evel' rlay· ed . After 13 moves I \\"a~ two Pawlls down. with compensation only in super Ior de\'elopmcnt. O n the 20th move I had "Now I have (.he 1)Osition which all the 1naste1"8 at recovere(1 m~ ' Pawns by fo rce and had II position which any dub could win. the tournament 8((id lin one could lose." CI"en against a. maste r. Hnd I been play· ing against a master, he would have re signed. [JUT the old wood pusher's slogan. "A guy is never licked until he is matfHI,"' 26 K- Bl B-86 28 RxP R.a must ha\'e been running through my op 27 R_Q7 R_QBl 29 RxB R_ B7 ponent.'~ minll. and he vlayed o n. Hi~ 30 R- QN3 . - . . fa ith in the frailties of his opponent was rewa rder!. 1 made the mOl HOW IS A GAME WON? Bllt this is not the strongest. Instead 6 B- Q2 and if 6 ... BxBciJ; 7 QxB! fol· HERE is much truth in the remark that lowed by N- B3 to play for P- K4 ls best :tnd has usually e11(led to White's ad· T most- chess players play chess because vnntnge. they can find somebody whom they can 6 . . . . N-K5 beat. Masters and grandmasters are no tJlack must control the K5 square, but exception. Because winning is so pleasant thIs does not do the trick and has there people are always read:\-' to tell you how fore a lwnys been considered poor. 6 ... they lost but can rarely explain how they 0 - 0 followed by ... P - Q4 and . . . P- BI i~ best and sufficient. won. Many follow Bogolyubov's well 7 0-0 . . known principle: "When I'm White I win because I'm White; when 1'm Black I win because I'm Bogolyubov." But to make progress a player must ask himself why he won as well as why he lost. Did he win because the other fellow' made a slight error in the opening and he play GRANDMASTER REUBEN FINE ed perfect chess all the rest of the way? That. of course, is the most flattering. Or did he win because the oppo nent made a horrible mistake in a won position? That is much less flat tering. Or does he find Tartakower's aphorism justified, that the win ner in a game of chess is the one who makes the next to the last blunder'l \Vhite now has various threats, s nch The question of how a game is won is particularly relevant for the us N - N3, followed by P- B5, which in· proper evaluation of the opening. That incidentally is the reason why duce Dlack to give up his strong center position. the more expert the' players the more impoltant the game is for opening 7 . . . . theory. If few or no mistakes are made later, the result must have been 8 BxN BxB due to the opening. 9 Qx B 0-0 Denker's opening in the following game is very simBat· to that in Calla blanca once played 9 ... P- Q3 his game against Szabo at Groningen Jast year. That ended 'in a brilliant (against Rcti at Kissingen in 1928) here ;llld 111so got an inferior game. victory for him. But why did he win? One has the impression that he . N-B3 did not ask why, and merely assumed that it must have been because of 10 Q-B2 Black can no longel' stop the \Vhlte superior play aftel' a better opening. That that was not the reason be Pawn avalanche, 1'01' if 10 ... P - Kll4; 11 comes abundantly clear when he adopts the variation again: Horowitz P- Q5!, PxP; 12 N- Q4 with advantage. gets a paralyzing bind in only sixteen moves. 11 Q R-Q1 P-Q3 1l . . . P - Q4; 12 PxP, PxP; 13 H-lll leaves Black too weak along the QB file. U . S. Championship 1946 '['he alternative 3 ... P-Q4 is also good 12 P-Q5! .... QUEE N'S INDI AN DEFENSE here. for if White tries to transpose .to the regulat· Queen's Gambit with 4 B I. A. Horowitz A. S. Denker N5, Black may try among other things White Black the enterprIsIng Vienna Variation, 4 ... B- N5ch: 5 N-B3, PxP. 1 P-Q4 N_KB3 2 P_QB4 P-K3 4 P-KN3 B-N2 3 N_ KB3 • • • • 5 B_N2 B_N5ch Usually played to avoId the Nlm zo This Is generally considered inferior Indian. 3 N- QB3, B- N5. From it purely to 5 ... B- K2, whIch equalizes. 5 ... P theoretical point of view, however, this il·t is refutect by 6 P- Q5, PxP: 7 N-R4. move is inrerior to 3 N- QB3 becanse It bllt 5 .. . Q- B l , to prepare ... P- B·I, is exerts less pressure on the center. good enough fot· equalit.y. 3 . . . . P_QN3 6 QN_Q2 • • • • 14 Choosing t h e proper moment, toe jf 25, R_ Rl Q_ 81 On 29 . .. R- QBl; 30 N-B5 , B :x N ; jl now 12 ... N- Nl? ; 13 PxP, PxP; 14 N- 26 K-R2 R-N3 hB wins, toe it 31 .. . P- QB3; 22 R- N4 N5! flud wins - R typical U"RV in the 27 N_Q4 N_Nl is decisive. Queen's In(\ian. 28 R_QBl , , . . 30 Q,P R-N2 12 . . . . 31 Q- 83 N-Q2 H might ha\'e been beller n ot to ex ehange Pawlls. but Dlrtck's gnille remains cramped. 13 PxP N-N5 14 Q- 84 P- QR4 15 P-QR3 N- R3 16 P- QN4! . . . . White has strengthened his position considerably. He has two possible plans, one to concentra t. e on the QNP with Horowitz can now win as he chooses; U- 131, Q- R3- R5 (or H-lU-It5) , the ot h er he dlOoses the Ql.lickest. t o play for a King-sJde attack with p .. KN4, N - B5, H - K Nl, etc. Of t hese two 32 QxB! R,Q the se eond ItIJIlears mOilt. promising, but 33 RxRch N-Bl mncl(s defense, whil e OREsive, is still If 33 . . . K- R2; 34 D- K'leh leads t o far from hopeless. mate. 28 . . . . Q_R3?? Afler only sixteen moves Black has 34 N-K6! P- N3 it strategically lost game. His QUP is It is not enough to have It lost game, 35 RxNch K_R2 it back ward I'awn on an open file, a nd both on e m ust alRo lose it. 28 .. . N-R3 WftS 36 R(B4)xPch R,R eall ed ror, his Dishop and his Knight are held b ack 37 RxRch K-R1 by it. \OV hlte has the Pawn center, which 29 P-N4! , . . . 38 B_ K4! Q-RS le aves mac], witho11t any cOlllltcr·attf1.ck . 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Early in his mack has mor'e dat'ing than good sense career, Dr. Lasker loses his shortesl ill. t rying the odd Polish Defense against tournament game. Caro points the err'or a grftntlmaster·. Undismayed, Dr. E uwe of 8 .. . Jt-R2 most succinctly. conjures liP a cllte finish. QUEEN'S GAMB IT DECLINED POLISH DEFE NSE H . Caro Dr. E. Lasker Dr. M. Euwe G, Abrahams White Black \Vhiw Black 1 N-KBS P_Q4 6 N-BS P- KS 1 P- Q4 P-QN4 7 Q-NS! N-QBS 2 P_Q4 B- B4 7 B_ B4 P-QRS 2 P- K4 B_N2 8 p,p N,P S P- B4 P_QBS 8 N-QR4! R_ R2 ? , P-KBS P- QRS 9 Q,B R-N1 4 Q_ NS Q-B1 9 N- N6 Q- Q1 4 P_QB4 PxP 10 Ql(RP R-A1 5 PxP p,p 10 BxN Q,N 5 BxP P-KS 11 B-N5ch K-K2 11 Q- R4ch K- K2 6 N-BS P-Q4? 12 P- Q6ch! Resigns SPIRAL-BOUND SCORE BOOK Keep It record of your games in this handy, spiral· bound score book. P ages Cor the scores of 50 games. Each page ruled • for up t.o 70 moves with big d iagram blank for position after 40th move. Heavy cardboard covers. Coat pocket size: 5" x 8". NO . S04-Chessp!ayer's Scorebook .... 50c 12 R-B1 ! P-N4 No. S04A-Box containing 5 Scorebooks 1S N-K5 ! N- RS No matter how Black plays. \\'hite at speci",! quantity price ...... $2.00 14 N-B8ch ResillnS w ill escape with a piece ahead. MOSCOW. 1944 HELSINKI, 1946 Defending his city title, Smyslov makes On first board of a recent Sweden-F' ln mince meat of mack's antiquaterl riefenRe. land match, Black misses tile threat In White's 4 N- B 4 Is an. improve ment on the 10 It- QBl. then d igs his own grave more customary 4 P - Q4. deeper by regaining the lost Pawn. GRECO COUNTER GAMBIT QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED V . $myslov Kamyshov F. Ekstrom E. Book White Black White mack 1 P_ K4 P-K4 8 B,B P-Q4 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 8 B_ N3 0 - 0 2 N- KBS P-KB4 9 N-K5 Q-B4 2 P-QB4 P-QBS 9 B_QS P_QRS , N,P Q- BS 10 PxP Ql(Pch 3 N-KB3 N- BS 10 R- QB1 P_QN4? 4 N_ B4! p,p 11 B-K2 N-KBS 4 p ,p PxP 11 NxQP P,N 5 N-BS Q-NS 12 0 -0 P_BS 5 N_B3 N-BS 12 R,N B,B 6 P-QS! B-N5 13 B- R5ch K-B1 6 B- B4 P_ KS 13 RPl(B Q_ R4ch NEW TRAVELLING SET 7 B_Q2 B,N 14 R- K1 Q- RS 7 P- K3 B-QS 14 N- Q2 Ql(P ? No. 197-Standard Travel1!ng Set, as pIc· tured. Closed sIze 8JA!" x 8%" x BfI". Heavy composItion chess hoard. Complete with men in canlboard box ...... $2.00 No. 198-De Luxe Travelllng Set. Same pieces and same si ze board, but comes in sturdy wood box with spaces for cap· tu red men. Leatherette covered. Chess· board a lso made of wood. Closed size 8~" x 10~ " x 1%". Complete with men ...... $5.00 Order by Catalog Number from 15 B- N6! N-R3 15 RxN ! P,R CHESS REVIEW 16 Q-K2 B- RS 16 Bl(Pch K_ N2 250 W. 57TH ST. NEW YORK 19, N. Y. 17 N-BS Resigns 17 Q-R5 Resjg ns • 16 ..... __ . -._- --._---- CHESS REV IEW,--MARCtl ,.1947 u. S. ONSHIP Chess Hevieu) presents the Last 0/ a series devoted to the l1tost Capturing would mean mate in two by 29 Q- H6ch and 30 QxN, If 28 ... K interesting games 0/ the United States Chess Championship. Nl; 29 N- H6ch al so mates in two moves. 29 Q-R6ch K-N1 30 N xBch QxN 31 Q_R8ch K-B2 Whirlw ind A bitter l)!l\ . T he obstreperous Pawn must not be taken : 19 .. . NxP ( ... QxQP; 32 RxBch , . . . Black's flaccid opening p lay is severely B - N3); 20B- B2!, P- K N3 ( ... N- D3; DxN The Hook comee In for the kill. punished in this game. His energetic op wins); B- N3!, B - K3; 22 Q- K4, D- B2; ponent generates an attack of whirl wind 21 32 . . . . N-B3 23 N- K5, NxN; 24 QxN(K5) winning. If violence which is admimble for Its sus 33 Bx Pch ! · . , . tained hl'miance, The series of sacrifices 22 ... N- Ql In this variation, 23 QR- Ql, N- QD2; 24 RxN wins h andily, After 19 initiated by Kramer's twenty-fifth move N- Ql; 20 P- Q6, t he hapless Bishop is is one of the bright passages In the re lost. cent U. S. Championship. RET! O PEN I NG 20 B- B2 Q- N4 21 Q_Q4 Q-B4 ( N ot es b y J ohn Ra ther) 22 Q- Q2 K-R1 G, Kramer G. Drexel 23 QR_Q1 N_ R3 White Black 24 N-K5 B-N4 1 N-KB3 P_Q4 3 P- K3 P-QB4 25 N- B5! · . . , 2 P- B4 P_Q5 4 P-QN4 Px KP The recommended Hlle is ... P- B3! and if 5 PxBP, P-K4, Black establishes a strong bind in the center. As played, the opening resembles a Blumenfeld Counter The last sacrifice and most essentfal. Gambit for White. 33 RxNch tails because or 33 . .. QxR! S BPx P PxP 8 B- N2 P_K 3 33 .... K,S 6 B- K2 N- KB3 9 P_Q4 B-K2 34 Q-R6c h K-B2 7 0-0 N_B3 10 QN- Q2 N_ N5 35 RxNch K_K 1 The beginning of a time· wasting man· 36 RxRch K-Q2 euver dcslgncd, appar ently, to rorestall 37 Q-K6ch · , . . the advance of White's formidable cen· Cautious to the end. The eager 37 H.x ter. In reality it creates weaknesses R? Is rudel y rebuffed by Q-K8 mate. which make Black an easy victim. His 37 .. . , QxQ game is dlfCIcult in any case but .. . 0-0 With Itll of bls pieces admirably post· 38 PxQch · , , . in preparation for defense on the King· ed, White launches a full scale ortensive; side seems more rational. material sacrifice is no concel'n, The twel fth consecutive check and, 11 Q_N3 P_B4 altbough by only a Pawn, fatal enough 12 P_ K4 ! . . . . 25 . .. . .,R to end the game. 26 Q-N5! . N- R4 White's break has 1I0t been prevented 38 .... K,P and his opponent's Pawn stZ'ucture Is After 26 ... N- Kl, the attack proceeds 39 Rx R Resi gns sadly emasculated. as In t h e game. 26 . .. P-KN3 allows the 12 . . . . p,p immediat e debacle by 27 NxPch, PxN; 13 NxP 0 - 0 28 Q- RSch and 29 Q- N7 mate. Walls of Jericho 14 Q- Q3 N- B3 Hoping for the best, Black sets u p 15 N- N 3 Q_N3 a defensive Pawn·wall. White finds a 16 K- R1 Q- R4 loop·hole and proves tbe barrier a really Black's problems are already acute. H e flimsy structure. The break·t hrougb on seeks to stop 17 N-N5 by tbls awkward move thirteen Is a model of Its kind. It expedient. is Ilke tbe trumpet call which brings the walls tumblfng down. 17 B- Q1 ! • • • • Tho Bishops future lies on the QN l - F R E NCH DEF E NSE KH7 diagonal. G. Kramer A. Rothman B- Q2 17 . . . . White Black 18 P- Q5! p,p 19 p,p N- N1 1 P-Q4 P- K 3 15 N- KB4 N-B2 2 P_K4 P- Q4 16 QxP N-B1 3 N- Q2 N_KB3 17 N- B3 Q_Q2 27 N- N6c h ! • • • • 4 P_K 5 KN-Q2 18 B-Q2 0 - 0 - 0 Heroic play. The mundane 27 QxN 5 B- Q3 P-QB4 19 QR-B1 K- Nl loses after 27 ... B.xPch; 28 KxD, Qx 6 P-QB3 P-QN3 20 R- QB2 P-R4 nch, etc. 7 N-K2 B-R3 21 R (1)- B1 R- B1 8 Bx B N,. 22 P- Q R3 K-N2 27 .. .. P,N 9 0 - 0 B_K2 23 N- Q3 N_R2 28 BxPch ! • • • • 10 P- KB4 p , p 24 N- B4 N- B1 11 PxP P- KN3 25 K- R1 B-Q1 The obvious Q- H6ch leads to nothi ng 12 P_K N4 P_ K R4 26 N_Q3 B- K2 for Dlack has adequate defense and a 13 P-B5! PxNP 27 B- N5 N_R2 Rook plus. 14 Px KP p,p 28 BxB .,. 28 . , . . K_R2 29 QxNP KR-N1 ? ...... 19 P- B4! P_QR4 22 PxP P,B 20 RxR KxR 23 PxB P-KB4 21 R_K lch B-K3 24 P- K7 Resigns •, Out on a Limb f 'lghU ng t o cOllntel··acl White's bind o n the Queen·slde , H on)witz gets his Knig h t Ollt on a li mb. Uln ':stad's f inal 1Il1lneuver neatly lIaws it of r. GRU NFELD DEFENSE 0, utvestad I. HOl'owlu While Black 30 RxNc h 1 P- Q4 N - KB3 11 Q-N3 p,p 2 P- QB4 P-KNl 12 NxP R-Nl Will o' the Wisp 3 N-KB3 B_N2 13 P-QR4 N_ B4 White pushes h is a d vantage wit h la ud· 4 P- K N3 0 - 0 14 Q- R3 P-N3 able concent ration. In t he end. howevel". 5 B- N2 P-Q4 15 P-QN4 N-K3 he mu!) l a dmit to pursui ng a will o' the 6 PxP N,P 16 B- B3 Q-R6 70-0 wI SI). N-R3 17 N-B6 R- N2 8 N _B 3 P- QB4 18 QR-Bl B-B3 RUV LOPEZ 9 N,N Q,N 19 P-R5 N_ N4 A. Rothman A , Plnk;us 10 B- K 3 Q- R4 20 B-N2 Q-R4 Wllite Ulack 1 P_ K4 P_K4 13 QNxN Q_Q2 P M Photo hy 1" 9 I.i,b Q,N 2 N- KB3 N- QBl 14 NxN FLORIDA'S DREXEL 3 B_ N5 P- Q R3 KR-Nl 15 B- K 3 A moment of grOT)" .. . 4 B- R4 N-Bl 16 P_ KB4 El_KB4 5 0-0 N,p 17 QR- Ql B- K 5 6 P_Q4 P_QN4 18 P- B5 P-B3 7 B_N3 P-Q4 19 N- Q4 Q_ Kl 8 PxP B-K3 20 N _ K6 R_N2 9 P- B 3 8 - K 2 21 B_Q4 Q_B2 10 Q N-Q2 N- 84 22 R_B4 P_B4 11 Q- K 2 0 - 0 23 PxP P,B 12 N-Q4 N,B 24 PxB P-Q6 21 P- R6 R_ B2 26 Q-K3 Q,Q 22 N - Q4 N-R6ch 27 BxQ B-K3 23 K-Rl R,R 28 B-N7 R- Ql 2. R,R B,N 29 K _ N2 R- Q3 B,B Q,P 30 B-B8 Resigns 25 N ( 5) xRP ! R,N 30 R-Kl R,P " 26 RxP ! Q,N 31 R,R N,R Biff.Bang! 27 QxRch N,Q 32 R,P N-K 5 Black's thoughts ar e on an ending but 28 PxQ R- B l 33 B,N N-N2 29 P_ B4 B- B 6 34 R_ R6c h White hilS mo re lively ideas , His tactlcs like letll iil attack or a polished Re.ign. are the boxer. Kick Back NIMZOINDtAN DEF ENSE 25 RxP BxR 29 R- K4 R- Nl Steiner's care less opcnlng pla y ki ck.'! (by transposition) 26 QxB RxP 30 RxR Q,R bac k on him this time. Drexel seizes his I. H orowitz A. Pinkus 27 N_ N5 Q_Kl 31 N_B7ch K _ Nl chance to upset his famou s riva l. White Black 28 QxPch K_Rl Drawn QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING 1 P-Q4 N- KB3 1 ; PxQP Q,P 32 N- R6ch, K- IU ; 33 N- D7ch dJ'U \\"~. G. D rexel H. St einer 2 P-QB4 P- K3 12 0-0 p,p Whit e Dlaek 3 N-KB3 P- Q4 13 N,P B,B 4 N_ B3 B-N5 14 QxB QN-Q2 Taking Hi s Time 1 P-Q4 N- KB3 10 P,N P_KN4 5 P- K3 0-0 15 B-N2 KR- B l 2 N_ KB3 P_ K3 11 B_ N3 P- Q4 Black lacks cou lltm· measm'QS In t h is 6 P-Q R3 BxNch 16 KR_Ql Q_ BS 3 B-N5 P- KR3 12 p,p p,p game so White t nkes h is tlme build ing 7 P,B P- B4 17 Q-B3 ! N- K4 up t be o nslaught. At the judicioU8 mo· B_R4 P_B4 B-N5 P-R3 8 PxQP KPxP 18 Q-N3 N-Q6 ment he does 80me hCHI'Y blast ing t o •5 P- B3 p,p ,. B xNch P,B " 9 B - K 2 P- QN3 19 N - B 5 N-R4 blitz hili oppone nt o ff thc board, 6 p,p Q- R4ch 15 0 - 0 B_KN2 10 P-B4 B-R3 20 Q-N5 . , . . FRENCH D E F E N S E 7 N-B3 N-Q' 16 B-Q6 K - Q 2 8 Q_N3 N - QB3 17 B_N4 Q- B2 S. Rubinow G. D rexel 9 P-K4 N,N 18 KR- K l R_Kl While Black 1 P-K4 P- K 3 13 Q- R3 N_K2 2 P-Q4 P_Q4 1. R- K NI B- Q2 3 N-QBl N- KB3 15 P_KN4 B- B 3 4 P-K5 KN-Q2 16 PxP N,P 5 P_ B4 P- QB4 17 N_NS P_KN3 6 PxP N_QB3 18 N- B2 B- Q4 7 P-QR3 B,P 19 P-N4 B-N3 8 Q-N4 0-0 20 N-N4 R_K2 9 N_B3 P- Q5 21 0-0-0 K - R 1 10 N_Ql R_ Kl 22 N-R6 Q- Q2 11 B-Q3 N- 81 23 N- N4 Q- Ql 20 . . , , R_B4 12 B-Q2 P- B4 2' N- B6 R-Bl 21 B,P Resigns 18 MAReI-! . 1 9 4' ------ In this viaunl-ahl courae for beginners t h e winning tact ics or t he middle ga me are class1f!ed, explained and !!1u$trated by KENNETH HARKNESS with pk tul'es, diagrams and examples, 'PAWN FORKS N TH E middle game, Pawns a re used mainly for de ferl.':.ive purposes. T hey se rve as g ll a rds for the I more powerful p ieces, bloek lin es of att ack, pro teet th e King from harm. The Pawns forlll it ba rricade of defpnsp to keep out the opponent's att ack ing men. Th e P aw n ~ a re tIr e front li ne troops o f chess. T he Pawn is a lso ll sed to control or defend impor tant squa res. So long as a Pa wn is eOll lroll ing a square, the player can usc the sq ua re fo r his own pi eces, bu t the opponent cannot do so. To 11 li mited pxtent, th e Pawn is a lso used as 11 un it of a ttack. As a rule, th e re if; only o ne way to answe r ,111 attack by a Pawn on a mino r o r ma jor The White Pawn is fo rking Knight and Rook. It is piece - th e th reatened pic('e m ust move. Consequent. /l Inck's m.ove bllt he must lose a. piece. ly, lI re Pa wn call effective ly d islodge an enemy unit from a "trong post. As attackin g units, Pawns can al so close in on Bishops or Kn ight ", a nd trflp these PAWN FORK COMBINATIONS pieees, th e r e b ~' wi nning mate rial. ALTII O U(; 1I opportuni ti e" to win mater ial with Pawn When a Paw II th rea tens 1\\'0 p ieces sinw.ltalleolls!y, Fo rk" do not occur freq uently, the a lert player should Ihe douhl e att aek is called a Pawn Fork. In mOi"i t look fo r chances to play com binations of this type. ra ;; e ~ , th e a ttack wins one of the thrcatened un its. The o pe1"< rt ions are more limited in s«ope IJut follow A typical Pawn Fork is il\ustrHted in th e photog raph the sallle patte rn s as th e methods used to produce on this page. 1'\\'0 more exa mples a re p;iven in the fork;; hy the m inor or majo r picces. An exam ple of tl iagra l11 i"i below. creatill f! a ta rget is given below. Olher combina tional methods a re described on the fo ll owi ng pages. by Unguarded P awn: F or k b y Guar ded P awn: The Two Knights are fork ed by Wh iw P : ~ wn, gllarded by a t o play and Position afte r 1 N xB, a Whit;) Pawn. It is Hlack·1I Hook. is rOl 'kin g nishop and win a piece. In this 1B RxN; 2 P_ B4. Now mo\'e bm he loses a piece. Knight, winning a piece. example \Vhite creates a ta r t he mack Hook allli Knight ,,'ot (> (hal (he forki ng Paw n If the Bis hop takes t h e get f OI" a P awn fork by sub· are forked by t he unguarded need 11 01 be gnarded w hen Pawn , the \ Vhite Hook r eo s titution. T he Uiack B i shop Pawn and Whit e wins fl il a tl a( · k ~ Hooks or K n igh ts. '"'tjltures. A Pawn must al so & Knig h t (·an be for ked. b UI piece. T he \' nlnerable Hook provided no ot her piece cn n he g uarded whe n ehe(:king t he forking Pawn woul d b f' t arget wa s created by tbe Cll ptnrE' the PHII" Il . t he K or at tack Ing the Q. ,·aptul"ed by t he nishop. ~ lIb s t i tll t i o n met hod. 19 Creatin White P lay ,,' White to Play 2A W in. ' I 'hl~ cmling is Pch, RxR; 2 P-84ch. 1A Win a Pawn, The first P·h~, R-B~,· 2 P-P.~ 'l'h, won for Whito if he Cllll ex· The Pawn F'o l'!' l"e \: oy c\"~ t he move I~ I DxPch, creating Pawn attack on Black's change thl' !{ookll and set "ael'lrketl Book and n ow a t al"l;et f Ol' e ithcr a Qu een Knight gains t he necessnry UI) a p a~lI e d Pawn on the "Vblle hall an easy wi n. The l~ork or a Puwn f.'ork If tempo to enabl e th e Pawn Queen·shle. Doth gO,l!S can la l'geL for the fork was 1 , .. l{xB; t hen 2 Q- :"\I3ch to reach t he (orki ng square. be reachcd hy playing a ('rea ted by t he lIlibstitution reco'-erK tlle B ishop. So Now if 2 .. . N- K 1; 3 P- K6 Pawll I ~o r k (:om bination. method. Ulack II la ys I ... HxD. (lioe pboto o n Page 19) . P lay and after 1 Q Dy making a K7c h, KxN ; 2 p Will a With QxQ, PxQ. T o tempol"UI'y Si lCl"lfice, White N4ch. In response to the fOil!' passed Pawns f or a moet Dlack's thn~ at White can force Wack's King to check, Black \\'1IS forced to l{nlght, Hiacl( hilS a ccrtaln cxchang-c (\ Queens. but new occupy a s quaro 0 11 which l:npll1l'e t h e N with his King, win. His first move is J ." Ihe Pawn wins the Knight It becomes 11 tal'gel for a Noll' \.h e ,,'bite Pawn forks I>- Q 5, threatening 2 .. , Qx lIll'l t he gam e is soon orer. Pawn FOl'k,, A check com· KIn)::, ,1\0 Queen and Blnck Qch: 3 KxQ, P - Q6ch fork· lC 3 N - N ·j or 3 NxP, P- Q7ch pels the l'ellJ)()n ~e. l o~es hh Queen. inA' l{ & N. forks K & H. to Play and after 1 ... A- '0' P osition after 1 _ .. p _ Win a P iece. Black's Q4 j B_B4, P_QN4. W in a Piece. N ote 38 KN4; 2 B_N3, P-N5; first move is 1 ... R-Q4, To save h is Queen "Vhite that While's QN at Q2 is 3 P- QA3, Px N. W hite at· threa.ton ing to win W hite's must !lluy 3 QxRP a lld t he pInned a nd cannot move. t 20 rHUS REVIEW MUCK I on Occ uPyin9 t he Forkin9 Square STRATEGICAL PAWN FORKS IN S Ol\f I ~ Pall' lI F ork comb l n11t1ons, the object of the play is A PAW K FOJlK Is freqnently used ns 11 strntegica.1 device t o mak(' II I)Ossibl e fo r the Pall'lI to occupy the (orking to set " 1) the conditio ns for a.ll othe r tactical threat. The sqllal'(l, T ho Pa wlI may be I n It po !O iliotl to reach I he square, fork is SIH;I'jficll1 l in these (;ases. The Paw n attncks two but cannut mOl'e beC.llUSe it Is blocked by an enemy u nit. The enem y units hilt It Is Ilnguartic(1. If It Is capw l'cd, a tllrgct eXfllllJ)les br io\\' show hoI\' sn ch all enemy u n il 01111 be dis ill crOHiClI for some othe r t hl·cat. l ~ xample I bclow showa thla lodged by IILtac k or ca]ltllrc, O (; "a ~ ionally, th e f or k ing square tY Pe of Pawn Ii'ork, is Ol,,'\\pleri by the pl ayer' ~ 011'11 l11«n, hut lIu c h po ~ ltlons occur In some Ol)cnlngs, Pawn Vorks arc nse r! for positional infrNlllf'll t ly allil no e x a mpl e~ White t o P lay and Position after 1 P_ Wh ite t o P lay and Position after lA W in it Rook, Dlack's 1B Bach, PxP ; 2 P-K7. 1A Win a Piece. 'Vlllte K5, BxP; 2 NxB. two Hoo l(l! al'e in a position T he Black Pnwn has been cnll take adva ntage of tbe W h i le's fIrst mOve for ked LO br ror1( cd by a Pawn, but d islodgcrl und t ho fOl'k win 5 position o f Black's King and 11IsIIOI) and K njght . B ul nOw the fOl'k ing IIQllare Is ocou· l ' Hook. :"Io le t hill, i r mack Queen to force the win o( If 2 .. . Q)< N; 3 R- I The Posi t ion after 4 NxP, W in a P iece. PxR ch ; IlOl ~~;~ after 4 .. . Nx Win a P iece. Q-R5;" 2 QxQ, posiUon ill P ; 5 NxN, P- Q4, Sl m· Bi s.l!oP and j( nigflt a re t nI" P_K4. Blsbop lind K night Ol)enlng m oves 1 ilar to t he pre vious exam ple, &el~ for II Pa w n F ork bill 11re forked anti W hite w ins J{ ·I : 2 N-lm3. K - QB3: with colors re\"ersed. T he die fork ing R'llm rc is occu· a p iece. Kole tha t '''hi t e's U~ , 1\: - 03 : ~ N- B3? White's 1'11\\" 11 ~'ork l"CCOI'el'S the pied by l hr Black Queen. 11 first mOl'e se t Ul) a guard last 1Il0ve il; in ferior as sacdflced piece lind Dlack an be dislodgc,\. fOl' lhe forkIng ' ~ a ll' l1 . mack no\\' gai ns OOll trol. has control of the center. ,tHE'S RE VlfW MARCH 1941 EXAMPLES OF PAWN FORK COMBINATIO.NS T ilE SIX eXiun pl es 011 thi s page show va rious types of Pa wl\ Fork combina tions. As explained 0 11 the previous pages, the forks a rc produced Ly creating ta rgets, mak ing tempo-gallllng threats with th e Pa wn to enable it to reach the forki ng squa re, or by d is lod ging enemy h lo ~ks . Example::; Sand 6 a re posi· Li ollal combinations. W hit e t o Play and P os ition afte r 4A Win a Piece. W hite's NxB ; 2 P-B7chi T he !'i rs!. move is 1 P- D6! nlack Pawn F o rk regains one lo~e~ (jl1kkly if he a n swcrH pipee, t hen a Queen F'ork I . , , PxP 0 1" 1 . .. NxP . R ut willS anolh»I' anPI' 2 ... K w hat happp ns if he plays lJl ; 3 PxN (Q) ph. KxQ: 4 1 . .. N x13? Q ~B8ch . K~ Q2: 5 Q- B5':h. Position after 1 . •• P W i n. I n the previous 18 N3; 2 Q- R4, BxPch ! ; play. Black ha~ given up 3 KxB, P _N4ch. Now \Vhite lllfiterh\l t o ga in this posi loses hiH Queen. Note how tton. Now he plays !l tar U1a('k' ~ 1st nnd 2n d moves ge t-creali"g ('ombination to fO I'c'NI t hc I~ ing nnrl Qneen prod uce a w innin g Pawn to be(' ome t argcts. T·'ork. Wh it e t o Play. 'I'he Position after 1 P-B4, 5A 13la(,k pim'cs are awk · PxQP; 2 P-K5. T he wnnil y pln ced ami White Pawn Fork win~ no m atE~ril\ \ "an ga in a positional ",dvall but arter 2 ... n ~ K D I (not tage by playing n Pawn ~ . .. PxN: 3 KxBch): 3 Px I,' orl, combination, tl is lodg· ~, PxN: 4 Q- K2ch, K ~ Ql. ing- ;l, ll e n emy block. lJJnck'~ 1l0~. itlol) is bad. P lay Wi n a P ie ce. Black K6; 2 R_ K1, PxP. ea n wile advantage of t he R isholl and !too k ;H'C rorked nwkward po s Jtion of and \Vhitc w i n~ a Iliece, Whi(,,'~ pieces a n d t.he pill R],]('k ' s fi rst Pawn m ovc Il ed QP to thr l'aten, then gainCI\ ti m e by thr ea tening playa winning Pawn F ork . _, . " " - K-i . White to Play. In thIs 6A posit ion. t he cc nt c r is P , PxN ; 2 T h ~ hlr)("l:ed aml it. is rlifficnlt. t o fork re covers t he sacrificell ~f'f' ho\\" \Vhite can m ilke p iece. After 2 .. , E xP; 3 (.,'x pI'Ogl' () ~S . B ut " positional 13, mater ial is even but Pa wn Fori, solves the White has gained com mand JJI"oblem. of the open Qtleen·file. QUEEN FORKS J" o r the bellefit of new I'eader~, the fO\l1' ~eclionfl of this Picture Guide t o Chess (J CHESS REVI EW. MARCH, 1941 mates mates i two : Black is behind In de PurdOll1lbly excited by Ht;HE AilE ten posItIOns from actual games in which velo pment but h is King huvl llg Hll ch an ove r whelm· seems safe enough. Thc ing pOSi tio n against a gl'and· mate Cll n be announced i ll the number of moves spec Whlt.c Pawn at KD6 Is vl n· master . White m issed a ified. Study each diagram for not more than three di ctlve, however. WIth It lllate. The s trength of the the Wack King i ~ rudely Bishop at QN2 is a valu· minu tes, ulen write down yOul' solution in !.he space unsell l ed at once. a ble lesson. provided. The correcl a n ~Me rs will he found on 1 ______._ ------ 2 ______mate 2 ______~ mate Page 38. w ?hj,:; mates i two: mates mate s i two: three : Dlllck'!; last move ... p game Is extremely Although a piece be· 'rills positiOll hilS the KB4 l lf c l(~ the While Queen eomplex. mac k's pieces ,u'e hln<1, mllck has developed charm of an ending by and mennces fur ther dlllll' cram ped Rnd the varlRUons eounte rplay and has eq\li· Rincl{ 01' 'l'roitz];y, Dlack age by P- B5. W ho would seem countless. But a li ttle valont materi al In Pawns. carries alit his theme with tblnk that Olack's King III thought reveals a simple His hopes of a tnvol'n ble a m inimum of ma terial but tbe rea ll y vul nerable targel conclUS ion, Cllttlng all red ending are blasted by an a mnxllllilm of effect. here~ tape. u bl'upt sU l'pl'ise, 1 ______1 . . . . • L .... ______1 ______2 ______------_ .. _- w ------2______mate 2 ______m ate 3______mate mates i n three: Black mates In t hree: S lack mates In t hree: White mates in Since Wack's Queen Is 8 The vital sQuares on the 9 \\IllitC'S King Is tight· The attack against the r1 IlmnstJ'etreat ... o J' approf\(;h to tho W 11 I t e Iy boxed In by pieces · his BJRck King s eems to 1Inve It? The hidden threat KIng are all guarded, How own a nd his oppone nt's. The run down and, apparently, tile King Hook tile 1)I'Qo can the reluctant mo narch cOIIgestloll is sllch thnt It the second pl ayer stands the entertaining lin· be brought from his snllg seems quite a problem to better, \','h lt e demonstrates to this question. retreat? rench him. It can be cl one. the tertlllty of chess. 1 ______~ ___ _ , . . 1 . . , 1 . . • • , ------. 2 __. ___ ._. ___ .2 ______. _ ------~- ______mate 3______m ate 3______mate 3 ______mate F · ·_ ~ ~W ''' .' '' <- ' '''' _''''' _' _ ~ '~' ______position Position from 1 P- K4, P-K4; 2 P 84; 3 N- KB3. Hromadka KB4. Hubinstein, "lhe Spin rejects the accepted version No. 18: RUBINSTEIN RECKONING o%a or chess," opens with the or the gambit, and the Falk· King's Gambit. Perhaps, like beer Counter Gambit, and Akiba Rubinstein is a lYl aMer 's mastel', There is a mathe Charou sek before him, he puts his trust in the King's matleal certainty nrlll an artistic integrity abollt his play that believes its wild opening Gambit Declined. S pielma nn, guarantees respect. No moye is "goo,1 enough" for him, it awl middle·game e ventually of lhe older generation, and must be the best on the board, Playing Whit e against K. It;ad to an ending - in which I-iromadka, at' lVlahrisch-Ostrau, 1923, his deadly accul'ilcy de Hesllevsky, of the new, a lso cides. Follow ,liagrams from TJhase of the game he has believe this is a sound line left to right aerDS~ both pages. By Jock W. Collins no veer. for l3lack. Posit ion after 10 ... Px Position after 14 ... 0- Position afte r 10 PxP! With P; 11 K-Ql, P-B3: 12 9 0-0: 15 NxN. Black had BxN; 16 P- B3. H aYing . .. NxPch ; 10 K-Ql, NxH; P-QR4!, R-KN 1?: 13 R-B1, t o escape from the center gotten. rid of the Black Black gains the exchange, P-KR3; 14 N-K2. Rubinstein with his King Hn(1 felt the Kn ight at Q4 , Whit e 1s now but then follows 11 QxP, R a n d Hromsdka spar for posi· ,;afest refuge was on the driving off the Bishop, Both KB1; 12 Px1>, PxP; 1313- tion. White has protecte d Queen-side. VI'hite has just Kings are somewhat eli:' KN5, D- K2; 11 R- Bl, and his Bishop Pawn, prevented captured a Knight, the nat· posed, the W hite one in line V,'hiie has a won game. As ... P- QN4, taken the King ural followup or his 14th with the Black nook, and this is an old opening trap, Bishop file, and offered an move. R ubinstein's game lhe Blaek one subject to at Hromadk a 1000WS It and exchange of Knigbts, 12". does not look impressive, tad, from White's Queen goes 011 developing. N- KTl4 was better. but he soon attacks, Rook Pawn a nd Queen Rook. , Position after 24 RxP! Position after 24, .. Position after 25 ... B-N1; 23 P_KN3!, Yes, a Pawn capture 17 Q-Q3; 25 Q_N 6!! 8 R-Q2; 26 8_85!! An· NxRP. Hroma dka stopped and a counter·attack on the Very beautiful and the point other hammer·blow. If 26 . . . the mate with his Bishop. l3laek Queen. Now if 24 .. . of much that has gone be· Q- B2; 27 QxQ, HxQ; 28 Rli: Rubinstein gave up his Rook NxQ; 25 RxQ, R{Nl)-Dl ror'e, It is clear why \Vhite R, BxR; 29 DxR wins. And Pawn in order to drive the (BxR \\la8 threatened); 26 wished his Rook at B7 - to if 26 .. . Pxq ; 27 PxPch, 13- Knight from 134 and thereby R-·KBl, N-U6; 27 RxR, Rx try to mate al QN7 with the H2; 28 RxBch, K-N1.; 29 Ex open the King Bishop file. H; 28 B- B5, White's two text, If 25 ... P xQ; 26 P xP Qch, Ux13; 30 R(J3) xPch, IC Must White now move his Bishops and imminent win ch, B-H2; 27'RxBch, K -Nl ; D1; 31 B- R6, any; 32 R-RS Queen, or is there some of a Pawn assure a fairly 28 R(J3)xPch, K- B1; 29 B mate. Now Black must make thing better? easy win in the ending. R6 is decisiye at once. a troublesome choice. • 0 • Posit ion afte r 3 . .. P 3 Q3; 4 N- B3, N- K B3j 5 B_ KN 5?; 7 P- K R3. Now II:\vlnl{ said 6 N_Q 5. In t he s ituation B- B4, N- B3. White has Uw Blac k. mUllt pnrt with his .. . n- J\ N ~, Hromadka eon· l)ict\1red a bove, Black Is better Pawll·celllel·. an ago Queen Rlsholl. wea kening IIlstelltly !SII YlS B w ith the threntcnlng both 9 .. . NxQch gl'eSlli ve King Ol shop. ami hlm \lclr on the ligh t s quare!:, text. A s compensation for ,\11\\ 9 ... 1\xPc h. W hit e chances of IItlack on t he or admit h ill last move was not havlnl!.' his Ris hop, Black would lOse dme (not to men· scmi·open K ing Bishop fi le . wrong. Modm'n theory, d uly will no w be a ble to put a UOI) face) with 9 Q-Ql, so Dlac k's King Bis hop bite!: appl'CclaUve of the two K night on Qn. Rubinstein he II1I1St (in(\ a t a rget In into hil< .opponent's position Dishops, holdll that 6 . . _B heads for an ancient varia· Alaek's camp and attack It. preventing him from Clti';t· K3f Is co n'ed and yielrls a tion, wherein White offers mther t han meekly defend ling. sntiHfa(,LOry game. l. hp px('hl\nge. and rcllnqulsh th e iJ)itiati\·c. B- N3j 17 P- R5. Now 8_82; 18 B-K3, K K_ R1; 20 R-B3, N- B5; A l8 PxD i~ threatened anct N1; 19 K_ B2. \Vlt h I S .. . Q4; 21 8 _N 1, The plot thick· Qucell, backed lip by a Blsh· so H romadkn must again re K -Nl mack guarded hil': anI! li nd the play deepens. (1), hus enlled man~' a game treal with his 131shop. By Rook P a wn and menace d ]9 m ack might well have sub· Ht 117, and thHt 1I0W 1m· si m l)le thl'eatll, such as ]6 ... Nx K P. 'rhc diagra m stltuted 19 ... ~2 and 20 pends. fly offering hi ll P- D3, 1i P- R5, lind his next a bove 1I 0W s hows Whit e has . , , P 11 3 fOl' the moves KnJp: ht at Q1. which oerel' Dlov e , R u binstein s teadily a powm'fu! setup. H is t wo {'hosen, 20 R- D3 threa tenell White could not have RC' im proves h ill pOllltioil. sets B lshoJ)s exert telling pres· 21 Q-0 2 winning one of the t'e l)ted without losing, Black the ~tage fOl' a fn m oull surc nnd he can start al) at· Hook Pawll H by 2Z D xQRP hill; it strongly posted in Queen 8",·l'Iflf'e. ta('\{ on eltlH))' ~hle . 01' ~~ Dxl{ H P ! White territorY . a fte r 27 , . . RxR j 27 BxQ. T he R_ 87ch. This is not R! Dest! On Ole ob· NxQ; 29 8_B5 !, second·player had only a jl1st lL SI/ite cbeck, {or Black vious and natur al 28 K- N3?, signs. Continuing his dead choice of \:lv ils and so elec· has nothing bet ter, e xcept Black ohtains l'cal drawhll!.' I'eckonlng to the end, White ted to avo id a maling va ri· possibly resigns. If 27 .. . P x ('hnnces with 28 ... Dxll; 29 wins t.h e Knight instead or ation and go In tor a sim· Q; then 28 P xPch. B- R2; 29 Q- K3 (t he Q ueeu bas 110 only t he exchange with 29 pl ifying, U una ppetizing . RxB mate follows. All of ot her (light s quare), KR-Bl . RxR, BxB. F or after 29 ... continuation. l' h e ,v hit e which makes It the more 1118 pieces would be better It- Q I (for the Rook was en King B ish op seems Idle, but Hll1'J)) CHESS R£V I EW, MA RCH , 1947 25 SCOTCH GAME ~;lf. INTEIlNATIONAL Dr. S. Tarlakover C. Alexilnder Whlt(l Dla('k I P_ K 4 P-K4 I. N_B3 K N_B3 HASTINGS. 1946-1947 2 N _ KB 3 N - QB3 15 N (3)-04 P- Q4 Om ission 3 P_Q4 p,p 16 N, N N,N N,P B- B4 17 Q_N 4 N-K4 Confl'ontNl with t he ~'OU I' Knight;;' •5 B- K3 Q-B3 18 Q-N3 N_B5 Game, Black ens in l!lilyl n g the Melge r P_QB3 KN_ K2 19 R_B7 R- Q2 defellllll by rote. H f! ml~~eH the " i.l("nif· •7 N- B 2 P-Q3 20 RxR K,R ie,!ll<;e of Whit{l's par-crully Illllitting B 8 N_Q2 B- K 3 21 p,p P,P KN5 njl;allH; l whkh till) luborious ~e · 9 8 - K 2 0-0-0 22 Q_N4eh K _Ql quenc'c Q- KZ, N- Ql- K:l ill (teslgnel\ to 10 0-0 B,B 23 Q-04! P-B3 hit. Alc:rwlIlier turn>! this mi uu te Cl' l'o r 11 P , B Q-R' 24 QxRP K_B2 21 P_N4 BxN ! 29 K_B 2 to c)[,'cllen t at count. 12 8 -N4 N-K4 25 R_ KBt Q_ N3 22 P , B Q-N4 30 QR_KNI FOUR KNIGHTS' GA ME 13 8 x Beh P,B 26 N_N4 R- Rl! ? 23 R_ N3 N,B Q C. Alexilnder G. Abrahams 27 Q,R NxKP 2. P , N P-B5 31 P- Q4 25 R- N2 B_Q2 32 R-N4 B,N Whl1 ll Blil('k 26 N-B3 Q- N 3 33 Q,B R,P P- K4 P- K4 11 P-N4 B_ N3 1 27 P- N 5 B-B3 34 P_ KR4 R_Q7eh N_ KBl N_QB3 12 B_N5 P- KR3 2 2B p , p QxRP 35 K - K l Q-R2! N_ B3 13 8 - KR4 B_ R2 3 N- B3 Resigns 4 8 _NS 8-NS 14 P_Q5 N-Ql 5 0-0 0 - 0 15 P-N5! p , p , P- Q3 B,N 16 B,P P- R3 7 P,B Q_ K 2 17 8 _Q3 Q-Q2 BARCELONA. 1946 B R- Kl P-Q3 18 B xN PxB 9 P_Q4 B-N5 19 K - R2 P- KB4 Latin Temperame nt 10 P- KR3 B- R4 20 R_Nlc h K-Rl Antonio i\ledin:! hU iI :! strong ladlelll ben t. Perhaps hi" vO IHllle Spanish blood makes him delll .. e (Iu lc k. IlO inled action, In Ihls j!;:a llle he C(' I't!l inly get~ i t. li b. 28 Nx Pc h !! P ,N p.l.Hlions OI)I)onent l< e lM III) a paM~i"(' (1('· P_N3 29 Q- RSeh r ... nse which :>'1... Una',. J" \IIieJ' thr us tll 30 R_ B7ch ! Resign s llt'net t'ate with [mlllwcllole 10f;i <:. FRENC H DE FENSE Shre wd A. Medina R. Lloren. fo'Ot'ly yf'at'H of lournamenl ('hess have Whit;> 131 !l<'k 11 0t .lilU med Tartak ol ' er'~ 10l'e of till' blMl'I'e, H e knowil it" vH lue in con fouml· 1 P_K4 P-Kl 10 Q_K 2 0-0 Ing weHker Oll llOnentl:! , He re he employ" 2 P- Q4 P_Q4 11 0 - 0 - 0 B- K2 3, ' , N- K 113. it s uggestion of t he RUsSia n 3 N-QB3 N-KB3 12 P-KR4 P-QBl? analyst A latol'lilev. U. kinl{ the alIening 4 B_N5 p,p 13 N (4) -N5 p,p P_KB3 26 P_KB4 P_ K 5 21 ant o f !'outl ne channell!, Aitken over'coll' , N,P B_ K2 P_KR3 N_R4 27 P)(N Q,P 22 N-B2 fiolenUy lrics to IIttack. JUS t \\'hat Tar· B,N B,B 14 B_ R7eh K - Rl 28 QR_ KB t 23 Q- RS N-N4 Utkol'et' I 26 • CHESS RE VIE W, MAR CH. 1947 ------18 , ' , , K-N1 22 N_NS PxBP The pyrotechnics touched orf by 14 19 B-N6 Q-RS 23 Q_ B2! P,N N- N5 require calcu l ~tlo n of ntmost ac 20 P-QN 3 Q- R4 24 PxN P KR_Q 1 f'nnwy. T he position re pay s study . 21 P_QB4 P- N4 2S 8-B7ch QUEEN' S GAMBI T DECL INED Resigns L. Szabo A. Kotov White m ack Inexorable 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 , B_N2 0-0 P_ K 3 B_ K2 p,p An outstanding ehar aderistil; or th e 2 P- QB4 10 P_Q4 B,P Q_ K 2 grandmaster Is t he relentless way In 3 N- KB3 11 N_B3 P_B4 P_Q R3 \\'h lch lie d l'i ve!! home h i A advnntage, 4 12 0 - 0 P_ K 3 ::-< a,jdol'f gives a snmple of his t.e chniq\\ c. 5 N - B3 13 Q- B2 B-B2 6 P- QR3 B- K2 14 N- N 5! BxPch ? QUEEN' S GAMBIT DECLI NED 7 PxBP B,P 15 K _ R1 P_R3 30 RxPch! K,R M. Najdorf M. Alba reda 8 P-QN4 B- N 3 16 N- QS! . , , , 31 QxR R- KB4 iVh ite mac k 32 Q_ RSch Resig ns 1 P_Q4 P- K 3 P_ B4 PxPe.p, [ f :12. , . It- DS: 33 Q- K 3ch. K ··Q3: :H 2 P_Q B4 N- KB3 "15 B,P N-N5 Q- K7(·h. K - Q 'I: :l;; Q- K;; mate, 3 N-QB3 P_Q4 16 N-B 1 N- N3 4 N_ B3 QN- Q2 17 P_K4 Q_ N4 5 P-K3 ' P-B3 18 P_ K 5 B- N5 6 Q_ B2 B-Q3 19 N- K4 Q_Q1 Frantic Q_K2 B_B1 7 P- QN3 20 B-B3 StolU gel>; fr;1I1tic when ll i ~ tl11 een· 8 B- K2 0 - 0 21 N_ Q6 B,N side beco mes ("I"alllpe(l. He attempts a , 0 _0 p,p 22 P,B N-B3 violent countel'·tlu'ust. '·1 ... l'- QB·!, but P_K4 Q,R 10 P x P 23 R,R only j!"fllS into m ore trouble. 11 B-N 2 R_ K1 24 R_ K 1 Q_Q1 12 KR_ K 1 P- K 5 25 P- BS B_ K3 CATA L AN SYSTEM N_Bl Q- Q2 13 I\I - Q2 26 Q- N 2 C. Kottnauer G. St oltz 16 • • PxQN 23 BxRch K,B 17 SxN 24 QR_ B 1 Whl(.e W h i te B- B4 N-B3 18 QxB P- KN 3 25 KR- Q1 K-K3 1 P- QB4 P-K3 12 Q- N1 Q_ B1 Qx Pch! P,Q 26 R- B5 R_ R1c h 2 P_KN3 P_Q4 13 P- QR3 N- R3 20" BxPch R-S2 27 K - N3 R_R4 3 B- N2 N-KB3 14 P- QN4 P-B41? 21 B,Q P,N 28 R {I )-Q5 R_ R 1 4 P_Q4 B_ K2 15 Q P xP p,p 22 K,B N,B 28 R,P Resigns 5 N_ KB3 0 - 0 16 P_N5! N- B2 6 0-0 P-QN3 17 B_ B4 P-QR3 7 PxP N,P 18 P- N6 N_N4 Revival S P_ K4 N_ KB3 19 NxN P xN Bolesl avskY'8 efforts hal'e been largely 9 N _ B3 B_ N 2 20 QxP ·S 1:13 responsible f01" the revival of the Old 10 Q- B2 N- B3 21 Q-B1! Q-N2 Indian. a v ariation in which he is par · titul arly adl·oit. This gam e is IHu'pl"fsing 11 R- Q1 N_QNS 22 N_ K 5! B_ RS for the speed with whi<;h he takes the 23 KR-N1 NxP ? 27 P-Q5 ! B,P 32 R- K4 Q_R3 i n itiativ() a n oJ gener ates a powerful at 28 BxN P ,B 33 P_Q7 Q-B1 tack ag-ain"t. Lundin's K i ng. I t is i nstf UC 29 QxBP 6,B 34 N- N3 P- N3 til'e to note the deVasta ting effect of the 30 PxB Q_Q1 3S N-R5 p,p nlaek King's flishop a rtel' Whlte's t rappy 31 Q-BS Q_ RS 36 Q- B6 Resigns bn t ill·a(j l·i"ed 14th move. K I NG' S I NDIAN DEFENSE E, L u ndin I. Boleslav sky PRAGUE, 1946 W hite Black Unorthodox 1 P-Q4 N- KB3 11 B_ N5 P- KR3 2 P- QB4 P- Q3 12 B_ B4 Q- N3 Yugosl avia:s D r. T r ifu llovich thl'i ves 3 N_QB3 P-K4 13 N - R4 Q-R4 on unorthodox positions. He likes to put 4 N _B3 QN- Q2 14 P- QN4 Q-Q1 obst a c l e~ in his opponen ts' path ear ly in 5 P_ K 4 P- KN 3 15 N- QB3 N-K4 the game. Orten. as i n thi s inHance, they 6 B- K2 B_ N2 16 P-B3 P- Q R4 ! lail to overcome th elll. 24 Q_ B4 ! P- B4 30 P-R5! B_Q4 7 0-0 0 - 0 17 P-N 5 N_R4 R_ K l QUEEN' S PAWN OPENING 25 QxPc h K-Rl 31 B,N B,B 8 R-Kl 18 BxN B,B 9 B- B1 p,p 19 Q_ R5 Trifunov ich C. Gui mard 26 N _ B7ch R,N 32 P- R6 Q-B3 Q- Q2 0,. P. N,P 27 QxR R- KB1 33 P-N7 QBxR 10 P- B3 20 P- N3 . , , , Whi te m ack 28 Q- B4 B- QB3 34 R,B Q-K5 1 N_ K B3 N-KB 3 15 Q-RS N,B 29 P- QR4 B_B 3 35 P_ NS{ Q ) 2 P-Q4 P- K3 16 P,N P- KR3 Resigns 3 B-N5 P- B4 17 KR_K1 R-QB1 4 N-B3 Q-N3 18 P- Q4! R- Q1 5 P-K3 P-Q4 19 QR- Q1 R-Q4 6 R_QN1 N-B3 20 Q- B3 R- Nt GRONINGEN, 1946 7 PxP B,P 21 R-QS1 Q_Q2 S B_Q3 B_Q2 22 N xPch B,N Sauce for the Gander 9 0-0 B- K 2 23 QxB R- N3 T he Sovi et master s ar o celebrated for 10 P_K4 p,p 24 Q-RSch K-K 2 their str iking' nnd original play but they 11 N,P N_QNS 2S Q-QN S! K _ B3 do not have a <'Ol'ner on thp mal'ket as 12 N- K 5 B- B3 26 R_B7 Q- N4 some people m i stakenl y bel ieve. I n this 13 B,N P ,B 27 Q_ RSch R-N2 sparkling gam e. Szabo gives his Russian 14 N,B Q,N 28 QxPch R- N3 rival a b r utal g oing over, (lem onstratlng 20 .... NxP ! 22 B_N2 B_ RS 29 Q_R8ch R-N2 t hat Hungarians, too, enll be brillinllt. 21 PxN QxPc h Resigns CH F ~~ IH VIFUI t.AARCH.1 941 27 NEW YORK {iifi.. UNITED STATES Unusual COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT, 1946 I"lores' sa cr ifi ce is a n u 1\ usual one: gi vi ng up the Queen t o ohtain a won Jum ping-off Place e n(ling by superiority of mated al. The re UI:l('k ' ~ deeT) probi ng w i th h is tJ ueen is a fille point of judgm e nt involved for Hook Pawn seeTll >! har d l y to t h e poi nt White thought that in t rap ping his I' i v ar ~ in the e a rly stages of the ga me . He Queen h e had the best of matte r~, 1"l ores makes it the j u mping-of[ place for s om e had see n a little furthe r. subtle mane uve ri ng and e VP Jl l nrtlly a won e nding. Mar sh all C l ub Cham pionship, 1946 KI NG'S INDIAN D E FENSE S IC IL I A N DEFEN SE 1 6 . . , . Q_ N 1 31 K - Ql R- QBl M . F inkelstein R. Flores w . S hi pman s . Wei n st ei n 17 Q- K 2ch K _ B l 32 N_ 8 3 R_ 8 7 White Black (Colu m bia) ( N.Y.U.) Q- N S Q- N6 33 B- KN 3 R- B5 W hite mack " QxPeh K - N 1 34 Q-R3 RxKN 1 P-K 4 P_QB4 14 N_N4 R-K1 R_ K 1 1 P- Q4 N- KB3 15 N-S2 N_N S! 20" N- N1 eh 35 pxR Q-Q5eh 2 N- KB3 P-Q3 15 N- K 3 K _ R1 21 K _ N5 B_ R3e h 36 K _ B1 .2 P- Q B4 P- Q3 16 B- Q2 N_Q5 Q- K6eh 3 P- QN4 p,p 16 R- K l B-K 3 3 N-KB3 QN- Q2 17 P- R3 N,N 22 K _ B 5 N_Q2eh 37 K _ N l Qx Reh 4 P-Q4 N- KB3 17 Q- B 3 Q- Q3 23 K _Q4 38 N_Q l 4 P_KN J P- KNJ 18 QxN ( 2) N-K4 P- R3 N- B4 5 B- Q3 P- KN 3 18 QR- Q1 P-84 24 B_K3 K _ R2 39 B-B2 Q- N 7 5 B_N2 B_ N2 19 N-Q5 B-K3 6 B- N2 B_ N 2 19 N (2)-B1 25 B- QB2 40 BxPc h K - N 2 6 0-0 0 - 0 20 QR- Ql P-QB3 7 QN- Q2 0 - 0 P-QN4 P _ K4 K R-KBI 41 B x N Q_Q7 7 N_ BJ 21 N_ K 3 P_QN4 8 0-0 N-R4 20 N_ N 3 P- QR4 8 P- N3 R_ Kl 22 PxP p ,p 26 R_ KNl Q-N3 42 B- BBch K- RI 43 B_N7eh 9 P- K5 N_ B5 21 P- QR4 PxPe.p. 9 P- K 4 p,p 23 N - Q5 B,N 27 B- B4 Q- B3ch K,B 10 PxP p,p 22 B xRP Q,B 10 NxP N- B4 24 PxB R_ Q BI 28 K - K 3 P_N4 44 Q- K 7ch K -N l K_ R1 11 B_ B4 Q_ N5 11 R-K l P-QR4 25 Q- NJ N_B 5 29 B-Q6 KR- K 1ch 45 B-K6e h P- Q4 23 QxN N_ B 3 12 B_N 2 P_ R5! 26 RxRch Q,R 30 K - Q2 R_ K7eh 46 Q_ B8ch 12 B-N3 24 N- K 2 QR-Q1 13 P- QN4 P- R6 27 R- Kl Q_Ql Resigns 13 N _ K 5 P-B3 25 P- QB3 14 B- QSl N- K3 28 B- Q S l B_N 7 It is d ifficult to s ee whe !'e B lack could have improved hi s pla y. The White King was a s slippe ry a s all eel, avoict ing C"le ry t hreat. • MASSACHUSETTS Development Counts Eag-er to ct e prive \\'hite of thE' tWO J3i~hops . Black put s h is Knight en ]lrise. be lieving that it can tl ot bE' ca ptured . Kagall jllliges rightly, however. that his sll perlo l' de velopme nt m eans more t han 25 . . . . QxB ! 34 NxR B_ N4ch tlw IORR of the exchange , 29 8-81 Q-BS 35 R- Q B1 R,R 26 R_ R1 Q_N7 35 K - K 1 N- B 7ch 30 Bx N R, B 36 QxR Q- K 5ch Bost on City Champi on shi p, 1947 27 K - B 1 P- N 5 36 K_Q2 N,N 31 B- R6 R- Bl 37 K - R2 Q-K7 E NGL IS H OPENING 2B K R_N1 p,p 37 PxN S,N 32 Q- K 3 B- K 4 38 K _ N 1 Q,P 29 RxQ P'R 38 Q- B7 B- B 5 P_ N4 M. K a gan Watts 33 K_N2 39 B- R6 Q- R8 30 R- N 1 R- Q N 1 39 QxP B_ K4 34 Bx? Q_B4 Resi gns White mack 31 N_ B 3 N,P 40 Q_ R4 R- K 2 1 P- QB4 N-KB3 6 N PxP Q,P 32 N-R4 8-Q2 41 Q-R5 K - N 2 2 N_Q B3 P_ K 3 7 P_Q4 P_ B4 33 RxP R,R 42 Q- Q8 8 - B3 3 P- K 4 P- Q4 8 N- B3 P- KR3 Resigns On e That Got AwaV 4 P-K5 P_Q5 9 Q- N 3 N_Q 2 nevlaying t.his game is like listeninG 5 PxN P,N 10 B- Q3 p,p to the dream of a rar ebi t fie nd. Bisguier 11 P x P N- B4 rl lsdains t he wi n of a Pa w n , prefe rring Caught Napping to drive his opponen t.'s K ing t o t he mid· Yo ung, e nt htlSla stic players Ii ),e Larry die of the bO ilnl. The pos it ion of t he l';van8 keep ahrea st of t he ne we st open· harassccl lllonan:h at Q ll6 a(te!' 16 m ove s looks like II m ispr'int . 'J'hese horrors. ing inn ovations. H er e he eatche s Chilean m a ster Flores napping with a R us sia n notwi ths tandi ng. Whit e s l1rvi \' e~ and s uggest ion. The lattel' t r ips u[ move 10. w ins the game. The eorrection continuation is ] 0 .. . Q QU E EN' S GA MBIT Nl ! (see l{othman·Sa,ntasiel'e, CHESS H . Ber nstei n A. Bisgu ie r HE VIEW, Fe bruary 19.J7. p. 11). It takes s harJ) m oves t o crush B lack so abjectly ( R ut gers) ( C.C .N.Y.) and Evans is a t hIs best. W hi te Black G RUNFELD D EF ENSE 1 P_Q4 P- Q4 9 N-R4 BxPch! ? 2 P- Q B4 p,p 10 K xB NxPch L. Eva n s R. Flores 3 N-Q B3 P- K 4 11 K-K3 Q_ R5 12 PxN ! Q,R 1B N_ K 5 R_ B2 White Black 4 P_Q5 N-K 83 12 N_KB3 Q- B 7eh 13 0 _0 Q-B3 19 Q-N3 0-0 1 P- Q4 N_KB3 5 Q- R4ch B_Q2 5 P-K 4 B_QB4 13 KxN P_ B4eh 14 Q-N5eh 8-Q2 20 Q- Q3 P_ B4 6 P- KR 3 P-B3 14 KxP N_Q2eh 15 QxP R- B1 21 B_ B3 R_ B2 2 P-Q B4 P-KN3 6 Q-N3 N_B3 7 BxP P_QN4 15 K - Q6 Q _N 6ch 16 B-K4 B,P 22 NxR K,N 3 N_QB3 P_Q4 7 P-K3 N- QR4 B B- N3 P_ N 5 16 KxP 17 R_Q 1 Q_Q1 23 B- B4 Resigns 4 B- B4 8-N2 8 Q_ N4 N xP 28 CHESS R£V IEW. MARC H. 1947 9 BxN P,B 16 P,B Q- B3 PENNSYLVANIA 10 QxNP R-QN1 1 17 P_K4 N_R4 11 QxRP R,P 18 N_Q5 K- Rl Prophylactic N,B 12 N-B3 B_ B3 19 Q xP P revention, the y say, 18 better than 13 B,P Q- Bl 2Q RPx N R_Kl cure. \Vhlte evidently appreclates the 14 B_N3 0-0 21 Q xP B,P wisdom of this old saw fur he Is th e sou l 15 0-0 B,N 22 N_K7! . . . . of caution. He p lans 11 s lmll ilfying co m· blnaUon to a chie \'e 11 won end ing but he sh rewdly forsees d ifficu lties. T he out· come is his praisewol'thy 20 P- K JH ! with· out w h ich h is e ffor ts wou ld fa il misera bly, If, instea d , 20 RxD, QxH ; 21 B- N4, Black would have . . . Q- N 4, a resolll'ce wh ich would be rrigh tening . H a vi ng anticipa ted R,B Q,R 26 N'N P,N t he Ill, Byland ca lmly wards It ort and "22 B- N4 Q- N3 2T R_B8 R, R I'eaps his I'e wanl. 23 B, R R,B 28 P-Q8(Q )c h Metropolitan Championship, 2' P_QT! R-Q, Q-Kl 25 N_Q5 Q-K3 29 QxQch Res igns Pittsburgh, 1946 ALEKHI NE'S DEFENSE W. By land W. Mallory 22 . . . , Q- RS 26 R- Q7 Q,R .. \,-" LATIN AMERICA 23 QR- Q1 B_N2 27 QxQ KR_QNl White Black 24 K-N2 B_R3 28 R-KRI RxPch , P- K4 N-KB3 0 - 0 N_N5 ARGENTINE CHAMPIONSHIP 25 NxPch p,N K, R R_N 7ch 29 2 P-K5 N-Q4 "12 R_ Bl P- B4 1946 30 K- Nl Realgns 3 P- QB4 N_N3 13 P-QR3 N_B3? P- Q4 P- Q3 14 P-Q5 p ,p Lucky Bre a k • p,p p,p 5 P-B4 15 N- Q5 Julio IJo lbochau, like many another OHIO 6 BPxP N- B3 16 B,N P , B young Argen tin e llia ye r, got a lu cky 7 B_ K3 B- B4 17 Q,P R_B l bl'cak w he n so ma ny EUI"Ollean mas tel'S P_K3 Tough Guy N-QB3 18 P-Q6 B_N4 were s tranded In South America on the • N_ B3 Junior Cha m pion Friedman Is n t ough 9 B-K2 19 N, B Q,N outbz'en k of \Vll f ld W a r H. DUr ing h is man in a t eam matc h. He has the abll!ty 10 B- K2 0-0 20 P-K R4! Q_ N3 fOl' mnUve Ileriod, he faced the rigorous to ra ke in points Cor his side willi the S tudy of the d iagl'ammed position reo (; olll peUUon o f t ournament·wise ma sters cool efficiency o( a :\Ionte Ca rlo c ro upier. veal!! that W h ite can now reallite tho like NaJdo l'!. Sta h lber g and others. Now Again st Dla c k's T wo K night s ' Defense, m lvanlage of hi, Pawn 1)11 111 by sllile rla· J u lio haM (;ome of age a n d Is champion he is jll s t as UghHlsted, He holds t he l ive combinaUona l play. or A rgentina, a master in h is ow n right. proffered Pllwn a nd then wl ucl s u p wit h a nOIll'is h of K ll ight Jockeying. T eam Match, Clevela nd, 1946 T WO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE Three Great New Books .... l. Fr iedman M. 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Ltlsker, l nosko· IJorOlisky, Chernell. lI1ason, Mieses, Reinld d, Denker, R eshclJsky, Golombek allll lllllny olll('r /lot ed allthorities, u:ri/(': The No. , Publisher of Chess Books DAVID McKAY COMPANY 33 N- B5! B- Q l 36 NxP ch K_Bl 34 NxNP B- N3 37 N- Q7ch Washingtan Square Philadelphia 6, Pa. 35 N-K6ch K_Nl Retlgn. CHESS REV IEW. MARCH. 1947 29 N I MZOIN D IA N D EFENS E MEXICO 27 P-84 . . , . Black t h reatened 27 ... HxP! J. Bolboehan o. Garibaldi One of the Boys 27 . . . . Px P e.p, White Black F erri? is champion of .i\lexico City and 28 Q- K l , . , , 1 P- Q4 N- KB3 14 R- N 1 P-QR3 jJresulllably a strong player. N onetheless 2 P- Q B4 P-K3 15 B xB QRxB in t h is game, one of tillrty odd played 3 N_QB3 B_N5 16 P-QR4 N- QR4 simultaneOtlSl y, Horowit 7- tr'eats him as 4 P- K 3 0 - 0 17 P- K 4 R- Kl one of the boys. 5 B-Q3 P_Q4 18 P- Q5 N- N6 M exi co C ity, 1947 6 P- QR3 BxNeh 19 N- N3 P- K N 3 7 P,B p , p 20 B- R6 N_Q2 CARO- KANN DEFENSE B,P P_B4 21 Q_ K 2 N- N3 8 I. Horow itz Ferriz 9 N- K2 Q-B2 22 Q- N4 Q-Q2 10 B-Q3 P_ K 4 23 Q_ R4 Q-Q3 White Black 11 0 - 0 R- Q l 24 P- B4 N- Q2 1 P-K 4 P-QB3 14 Q-B3 0-0 12 Q- B2 P-B5 25 P_B5 P_ B3 2 N- QB3 P- Q4 15 B_N 5 N_Q4 13 B_ B5 N_ B3 26 p,p p,p 3 N- B 3 p,p 16 P- KN 3 P- QN4 4 N,P B- N 5 17 8-Q3 KR-Bl 5 P_ KR3 B_ R4 18 QR_ K l P_QR4 28 . . . . P-B7ch! 6 N_ N3 B,N 19 R_ K 4 P- N3 29 Q,P ' , 7 Q, B N_B3 20 P_K R4 B-K2 . . 8 B_B4 P_ K3 21 K R- K l P_ QB4 The problem-l ike blocking motif can· 9 P- B3 QN- Q2 22 p,p Q,P not be adequntely m et. If 29 RxP, BxP 10 P- Q4 B- Q3 23 B,S Q,B is (:J" ushing. 1 1 0 - 0 Q_ B2 24 R- K S Q_N2 29 , . , . RxP ! 12 N- K 4 N,N 25 P- RS K-N2 30 QxR B,P 13 Q,N N-B3 26 p,p RPxP Res igns There i~ nothing better'. If 31 Q- K2, B - BSch; 32 K- BJ , BxP g:l i ns ample m a t er ial. I~ven. more elegant is 3.1 Q- H3, Qx Pch ; :12 1( - 81; Hx1J ! ; 33 R( l)-Ql , R- B8! 27 N_ B5 ! Q_ B4eh 29 Q_ N4 N ( 6)_N4 34 H xH, il- Q6ch ! ; 35 K - N 2, QxRch; 36 28 B- K 3 Q- Bl 30 QxPeh K _ Rl KxB, QxH w inni ng the endgume. 31 R- B3 Resigns SWEDEN Copycat Thor's Hammer Imitation is the sincerest form of flat Norse legend tells of Thor's fearsom e tery bul GramaJo's use of not~inn i k's hnmmer and Its m l r'aculous powers, Lund· favorite line Is hanlly eOIllpl iIllentary. in must have a similar weapon to judge He falls far short of success us P llnik front his bludgeoning attack. 27 RxP ! p,p 31 Q_K5ch K _ N l methodically cuts him to r ibbons. 28 RxP R-R3 32 BxQN P R- Bl Stockholm C h r istmas Tour ney , 1946 FRENCH DEF ENSE 29 RxR Q,R 33 B- B4ch SI C i liAN D EFENSE 30 QxN Q- N3 Resigns H. Pi ln ik H. Gra m ajo K. Skold E. Lundin White mack W hite Black 1 P-K4 P- K 3 15 P- N4 R-QBl 1 P-K4 P- QB4 14 R_Q2 p,p P_Q4 P_ Q4 P_ KR4 R_ KRI 2 16 2 N_ KB3 N-QB3 15 BxBP N- K4 3 N- QB3 B- N 5 17 R- R3 K - B1 fOREIGN 3 P- Q4 p,p 16 K _ Rl N-Kl N_N l 41... 4 P-KS P-QB4 18 8 -N5 4 N, P N- B3 17 N- Q4 Q_QB4 K_ N 2 5 P- QR3 BxNc h 19 KR-QB3 5 N_QB3 P-Q3 18 B-K3 Q- R4 P,B 6 N - K2 20 P- B 3 R- Kl FRANCE 6 B- K2 P_ KN3 19 N_N3 Q-B2 p,p B-81 7 Q-N4 21 R-N 1 7 0 - 0 B- N2 20 R_ B2 P-N3 8 pxP K_B2 P_B3 Q- B2 22 Savoir Faire 8 N-N3 0 _0 21 B_Q4 QR- B l Q,P Px Pch N,P 9 B-Q2 23 9 B- K 3 B-K3 22 B_ K2 P- Q4 ! 10 N_ K 2 Q N_ B3 N_ B4 KR_B l Combi nation p lay i s an a r t tl H ficnit to 24 10 P- B4 Q- B l 23 p ,p B,P R_ K N I lIla8!er. l" rHilce's !lew d WIllpion Rai 7. mUJl 11 QxNP 25 B- N S N-R2 1 1 P_KR3 R- Q l 24 NxB R,N B,N P ,B shows he knows how In a SC i ntillating 12 Q- R6 B- Q2 26 12 8 _ B3 B_B5 25 Q-KBI N_Q3 13 R_81 N_Q3 N,B mann et'. Q- N 3 27 13 R- B2 P- K4 26 B_ R6 N- K S! 14 QxQ RPxQ 28 P,N B- R3 French Champions hip, Bordeaux, 1946 N I MZOINDIAN DEFENSE A. Gibaud M. Ra izman \-Vhite Bla",k 1 P- Q4 N-KB3 14 N- K 4 N_N5! 2 P- Q84 P- K 3 15 N - N 3 P_K R4 3 N- QB3 B- NS 16 8 - K 2 B- Q2 4 Q- B 2 P- Q4 17 S,N P,B 5 P-K 3 0 - 0 18 B- Q2 B- B3 6 N_B3 P_ B4 19 QR_ B l B_ R2 , QPxP N- B3 20 KR- Ql QR- B1 8 B- Q3 B, P 21 B_B3 Q_ KN4 9 P- QR3 p,p 22 R-Q2 P- B4 10 B xP P-QR3 23 N_ K 2 B_N l 27 K_Nl N,R 31 Q- Q3 Q- R7c h 29 N_K S B_ N4 32 R-R3 B_ N4 11 0 _0 Q_B2 24 N _Q4 B_ KS 28 B,R N-K5 32 K - B l Q- Rl ch 30 P_R4 B,P 33 R ( 3)xP 12 B-Q3 N-K 4 25 Q-Ql R-KB3 29 B- R 6 RxB! 33 K -K2 QxPch 31 R- N 7ch K - Nl Resigns 13 NxN QxN 26 P- KN 3 R-R3 30 NxR N- NS! Resigns 30 CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1947 • Actlvltl.,. of C H ESS REVIEW P oUal Che .. playe r.: game reportl &, ratlngl, namn of JACK STR.ALEY BATTELL new pl.yerl, prl~ •. wlnnerl • .elected g.m .., player "pro"I.,." &. edito r ia l comment. Postol Chess Editor NEXT MONTH we list r atings for the NEW POSTA LITES M. a. Brown, J. BUrkow/!lky, P. O. Burlcw. 2d quarter o( 1947. So we give the P. E. nuyer><, J . Carrrey. L. A. Carmen. 1'he rollowing ne'" player><. cntCI'hllt P 0311\1 process of figuring ralings, ask poslIIlltes 'I'. P . Coo'belL K ,\ . Co~ ma nl c. n. EArn e~l. C hcn bctween Oeceml.>cr 16 nnd Jnnunry 15. Dr. G. K1~ln"u' •.1 . R . P",ton. E. D. Ething_ to save it for future use. *tarl with t hese r atl nK~: CLASS A ill 1202: ton. a. I·'crber. J . F llICh, K F'uch8. D. G. O. G. Holt, A. C. Ml\rgoll,. A. O. PHtt. Grnl.w... ·. B. GreUer. P. J. H awkins. C. Hen . By the tnbla be low, we find rating L. Tan'arkln; CLASS B al 1100: O. D. Blue. der$On. C. O. Howurd. ~tr". G. A. Johnll(>n. changes. Col. I llata the difference he L. Urum, C. L . Budd. A. K Burritt. W. Lt. Col. I::. W ..r O"e~. Mary E. Koel ~c he. Cochrane, S. J . Da vle~. A. A. 1;1~che r. K. tween (two) player's' quarterly ratlngs. H. L.cvin. W ..J. i.ewi8. R. Lindsay. M I~s H Mehcr. Dr. E . Kupka. M. I,\lnd. 1'. "I".., Iris Lindsley. N. M. 1\I....,leoo. J. I\lartIn. Col. 2 s hows the cillinge i f the wInner K"y. K. Mel1"OY. M . L. Mllc hOIi. Jt. ~lInl>. . W . I" ..\h lrt\J,. C1Dl. R. H. I\1~ y . W. Mayo. had the higher mUng: col. 3, If he WIHI O. Shoultz. O. S il l. F. I. Smith. MI"~. M,ulde Roy D . .\t CI·ch"nl. K ~ r uellzer. K. I. Aly",·. M. Stephens. Lt. B. O. W euvc r. G. Wln(l_ lower; col. -I, If they drew (then lower G. ~'I t~c hk e. ~ !. I·'. P c rkln~. BarlJ",'" Phll holz; C LASS C at 850: H . W. AIII~o" . .I. R. rated player gains). IIns. J . T. Planj ~. ,\. Polomski. P ..\L Power. ,\1I180n. L. Arden. R. H e ~lor. N. M. BrIskin. !'Ilu. A. U. Prut!. J. S. n"c . A. lUtwHnson. Hev. A. R Buhrm!tn. M. UurnIH"". T. '1'. ~-:mlly S"II11Y. t.:. J. Samuels. ;\1. Sharer. G. Col. 1 Col. 2 Col. 3 Col. 4 C"vlll1ll/(h. D. Clllla, H . H. Crumer, A. O. Shea. H. D. 8 he l(lon. W. [~. SJ>ooner. R. Cronlnger, I~. P. Ear l. O. ,\I. grpcnatein . 50 50 StaKG". W. J. Steinman. L. S. 1'aylor. Mary o o C. B. F'elerbcrg, O. "'80 hlowl t1, H. ,.'. F'III L. Terrlh!)",r. ~r. G. UllrJ.::h. Mr~. J. C. 20 -18 52 2 /!Iell, ~ r" rgerel P a rd, S. l''rnzh.;r. H. 'V. Oayer. ,,',,1\'0. L . WnUckl. N. A. Woodford a nd C'apt. Hev. B. H u.dlow. L . Han~en, ;\ l rI!I. Hender , 1.. A. 7.o1l", '~. 40 46 $On. J . E . Hodge, Clara C. Hun. R. Jack 60 H " 6 lion. E. C. J onc~. R E. Knthe rm(ln. C. Kiehl. ." 58 8 J. Lnzar. A. B. Montal(uc. B. Northru l>. FORMER POSTALITES 80 " 1'011"$. EIltelle P eeblcs, J. Pr(ltt. P. Hemu8. 100 40 60 10 R M. Ri \·esl. Sally R05en. H. I •. Shephard. 1'he rollOwlnl(" former 1l"os t "lIle~ resUltl 120 38 62 12 Ir. Silver. D. A. St reeter, W. H. Su\·erkrubbe. with their latcllt r nUnll"B for this quarter: I). J. Th o""'8. Patrlel .. Tol",,,,,. F!. TOlh. 140 3lj 64 14 Goldlo I~rll~. ~78: H. }O-:. Graham. 1064; E. H. 'I'uret"ky. Mis" A. Va.ldutrf. E. Volet. Jon<)~. 1270; W. C. Ka minsky. 626; K 'r. 160 34 66 16 I;;dwl"" M. ·W atson. m. H. 'Vayne . \V. 'Veil. McCormick. 12~2: \V•. 1. I'>ucker. 742: \V. \V. 180 32 18 M. Zehner; CLASS D at 600; .I'>Ir 8. K. A . P rice . 248; J. P. Quillen. l06~: C. Rhoades. "ndenon. O. BnnerMt. D. 1". Belin. Jenn 798: T. J. WahiH. 798; aud O. B. Wunder. 200 30 "70 20 W. Bowley. C. S. Broderic k. H. J. Brown. ,150. OeM WI8hell for Happy Chess to All! 220 28 72 22 240 26 74 24 260 24 76 26 280 22 78 28 300 20 .. 30 320 I' 32 340 16 "84 34 360 14 86 36 88 38 380 12 • ( 400 10 90 40 420 8 42 440 , "94 44 J 460 4 96 46 480 2 98 48 500 o 100 50 Tbu8, If playc l" A .-a tel! at 1080 In J an uary bents player U r ated at 1000, A galna. D loses 42 l)ol ntll. aa ahown In col. 2, level with the 80 pt. d!fferell ce In col. 1. It D wins, he earns. A losea 58 pts. a they draw. B gains. A loses 8 points. Such changes Ht'e credited Ot· debited T wo Posta lite. of Nallhua, New Hampshire. meet over the board. to ell.cb. player's account and all su ch are totaled algebmlcally- I"o t· his new RA l.PH A. KEl.l.Y C HARLES W i LLIAMS quatterly mUng. Hnlph was injured In II fire in 1938 and FOI'mer New HampshIre State Champion. Any player. thel·efore. may calculate has been tillable to walk since. Undaunt· Charles Williams pla ys Ralph at least his new Qual·terly mting: listing a ll his ed. however, be bas built Ill) lin active once a week. aids hIs study of the game. ,arne resulu published d u ring t be quar, buslnell8 In typing. stenograpby and He played ngulnst Sam Heshevsky (when ler. finding t he c hange from e a ch, tota l· mlmeograpblng. H is hobbies a l'e music SamlUY was a "child wonder") and both Ing lhese changes In a ny order and ltnd c hess. In h is t wo years Ilt cbess. he ,Jolle Capablancu and Dr. Emanuel Lasker. adding the tota l to his previous quarter' hilS wisely cO ll centrnled o n King Pawn He won II gallle, l1 a ll)h I'epor ts, In a 1908 ly rating. Monthly lists of new post alit es openings, learned the lundamentnls of IntercollegIate cable match with Eng· and fomler ones returned indicate their open play before Ihose of close. positional land. durIng wh!ch he consumed ten quarterly I·at!ngs. play. hours and twenty·flve cigars. CHES 5 RlVIl W , MARCH . 1947 31 POSTAL GAME Now, if either K night talws the Pawn, 16 .. ,I'- QR3 ,,"i ns a piece. POSTAL MORTEMS OF THE MONTH 16 KR_Q l KA-Ql 18 NxB (5) Bx B 17 N - K4 B-B3 19 P-QN4 ..• Game reports received Postal players a re In vited t o submit their O il 19 KxB, RxN(B 4) and Dl ack's December 16 to Janua ry 15 BEST games for this department. T o be !look>! eall double on Queett We too consi dered, the mOllos of each game must 'Iulckly. mack h as excb.lInged the "'two H CATALA N SYSTEM 19 ~ 4 POSTA L CHAMPIONSHIP T. A. D u n st E. Dayt on 44 · P C 82 Ilud"on I HUm",,,1 O. White 13li u:k S E MI _F INALS ( Key: 44.Ps.) 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 3 P-B4 P- K3 2 N- K 83 N-KB3 4 P_KN 3 p,p ,\" " Il"lifi""Ii')I\~ to the fin" l~ are oow 5 Q- R4ch 8-Q2 0\"('1"-<1'101. 1'>("')10 1; ,,1 qualifl" ,. s .9.r .. h ,"'<;"' il" " " 'i" ('~ I ~01\0''' '1(1;< il . 226 ~k li " h Nab,,) D. 228 TTllI lt._ \Vhite Ci\nnot h old lhl ~ Paw il !:.o ut call 1) "a1\t! wlthdruw,;, 230 ~\l o rl' c ll 1 F: iohh orn O. dio:.:t ate t h e play b e tter: e.g., 8 .. , Q- D2 23 1 '1',.,,\1 I I<,,!. •. 0, 233 n,. e a,.lc ~· 1" Hein wald ". 254 1';~:1\\"nrl~ J Tru ll O. 257 Casey l l"ran h C. . . N-R3'! 9 1'- 131;! thrcllt.enlng I'xll Wttll u: j" 'ONQ ,' I .u p~ C ,,~,'y . hows to r-·r a n kR . 263 check) ; 9 TI- N2 (9 1)-QX 4 rn ll s nru)J" ... Faced with slow but sure losa, Whit e 'l"1'ull 'I. C,lO' Y 'k . 266 Spo",' 1 L ask or O. 276 P-QR4, etc.) , DxP; 10 K - Q4 (ehl\! ... Bx tries a connter ·colllplicatioH. 1(""<1,,.11 .. ips $ 1" ,,,(,,1<1. V"I.'05, Thomas, tie~ OdCBk~' , 277 n" te~ 1 Slorc ~ O. 2&0 Widziszcw Peh wins W hit e's Qlloen) alld, If . .. n - 26. Q- B3 ~ki II " H ('ohan, \.00"," to Ash. 283 Holwa}' Noell; 11 N-n3 with thrflilt on both thl' l']v ading the trap, by thrent or lIl1tte. 1011$ d e I" Cnn' I'" (0. \\'yllor. 285 .r"cob! 1 Queen Rook and Q ueen K nigh t PUWII. C"IK),,,, O. 286 { 'oIT",-.Uon : H ays ',~ PjaU 27 N - B4 R- B 3 ~o,'",ky ',;,. 287 f'tauffc,' tics Sch lauch, bows S . . . . N - A3 '" Gondlcrow. 288 \\'"cmig tO IlS Hnmph ...::y. S t ill avoiding swind les. i'Oow 28 N- Q3 9 B- Q 2 .". \vUOlO". 289 Honwr[. Ro"",, h"lt MilicI'. 292 falls, too, by 28 . .. HxN OJ' ... Q - N2. [j"Ylfu<1yr 1 .'\')I'ton O. 294 Norm:'Lll 1 \Vylicr O. No real punch but White .. cems to 28 RxR QltR have none. N- J< ;5 w i ns the "two DiSho l)S" 1945 GO L DEN KN IGHTS CHAMPIONSHI P 29 R-KNI P ltN h u t a t 11 ruinou s (;olltln ti llle . ( K e y: 45. K ) Hlllck won in IIhort oJ·der. Dy F ine's 9 . . . . R- BI II Q- Q 3 N- Q N S! ,\~ '1 " "IHlc"tiu",. to the "emi- Cinals ate criterion (see page H ), a. mos t fl a t tering 10 0 - 0 p," 12 B xN S,S uow ove ,·-(tu" . 11(I1"tllial (]Hal;fier s are her~ g a me for the Willner. "'lIh r" 32 CHn~ REVIEW, MARCH. H47 I)h ,I ,, ~ . bow, to Ye a"'. 137 \VeIl.Nl 1 BerNl' 120 CalrMI 1 Aikman O. 121 Ney tOP3 'J. 13\! C\mnlugh a m wlthdraw ~. 140 Cunnlng ~ TeVlr.a r. bow~ 10 -'Ielz. lfiddle ton, Met... hll.m I J ," ,o l", 0; I.lehow .... lt hdraw'. 144 Schick oou PIMa.. 124 Eichhorn t op>< ~""y . Cunni.u:hn ", wl1hdraw ~; ,\Iar(>lo::. % Riley Y.,. Ford. ILell F'ra nk; Vlelh wlthd rs w,,- 10'5 YCHESS ISO W ilde r I Hochr;e h lh.l n. 15.2 1·llI. rrl" I ' Varren ripe H ush . P altlZlo. 12tl lluckendorl C1ark O. 1" Barnard 1 Holt O. I Arend l O. 127 Konkel I Wylle r O. 130 Gombrul I 'Vhlston 0; Dickson down, S EMI _FINALS ( Key ' 4,5. Ks) I r VERYTHI NG you need to play chess by m a il is in I:: el uded in the complete Post.:'\l Chess Kit produced by CHESS REVIEW for t he convenience of postal play POSTAL CHESS RECORDER ALBUM . You ('nn kCC I) track o f the pos itions, move by move. in all ers. The kit contains eq ui pment and stationery espe SIX games or Y0 \11' sect ion with the illtl of s ix miniat ure chess cially designed f Ol' the purpose. These a id s to Postal sets In tlll~ ("oJlve nlent a lbum- t he greiltest aid to Postal Che ss (!\,cr In vent MOVE-MAILING ...ss ...0"" OS"\' ~L cl-l POSTAL CARDS- I> ----=-__----== ....-:;:. This ~ p ec la l poStcHl'rI nlHk e~ .~.--::' -;:...~ ~''- ' -..' -- .. .- ~'. \ ------..- it ea sy t o s e lld moves to YOll r -"" '.,,' _ ";' oppom:l1lt8 and avoids mis takes. Add n~HII li nd dl!Lgm111 blank o n ono sld(); rulel! bux \'t ~ -.~-- ror w ritten l'cco 1"( 1 of Cll rrellt ~ - and pn:lI'iOIlS n)(lve 0 11 othe l' ii!"~~ s idc. Also s pli ce for com· _ 'AL c~u . G ..... , ments. --.-- . No. 351_ Box o f 300 J\l o l'e· 0 Mailing I)ollta l Ca nis __ $2. '. ( P ost al Kit c ontains 100 :~:::: Card.) MAIL THIS r ~ ••••• r C:::S-;-R:IE: - -- -- 1 1 COUPON -~=.~~. I Postal C hess Dept., I - 250 W est 57th Stree t , • - I New York 19, N. Y . I T o o r der K it and • e nte r t he P o.UI •• I enclose $5. P le;ue send me a Com. C hess Cla ss T o u r· • I • - GAME SCORE PAD plet e P ost al C hess Kit by return mail. nament. fill I n • I bo th . Id es of cou · •. • I pon. •• , Usc t hIs con ven ic nt pa d for s ubmitting • •• S(:OI'OS o f games t o be adjudIcated or pub I N AM E ______•• ______• • , , lI !; hed- or to record and kee p the s c or e~ • or postal or clu b games . 100 sheets , 6" A DD R ESS ______I ~< I ; x ll~ , ruled Cor 60 move s. Printed on bond papOl", Cardboard bilck . I CITV ______S TATE ______I No, 30S- Game Score Pad ______50e L ______J (A s supplied with Postal Chess Ki t ,) 34 CHESS REV IEW , MARCH, 1947 POSTAL MORTEMS l>o w~ 10 ' I' url~, h ""I~ ,\ ,,, I"'"MH'. H nn~ .. n . Killinge r; 1l ""~"11 >-j,.I,I" Iv And()uon. KIl- Un ger, d"fco(~ n"Lu!,:," , 238 P C" ... ·., If Nixon 0 ; G" I" ~ l ol'~ I" ud"r. l'"" ..... c. 24 1 llcn~. C r n\Vrol~1 1",,,1 Ikllll<'ll: n.",,, I,, wlUI .tl"'l-Wtl. 242 lI olh rO/lk I I::nt·' O. 244 IIQuch (! r 1 W!liinm" 0: 1-:1" r I C \l11) O. 246 P arr lap.. Ke n ned)', ho w l< In "Ioor". 247 .Inrohs , l~iPum" 0: Booher w ll h (l r nwu. 248 I '~" n I H lI wn (, : ~''''''''''(,1' Wll l " h ''' w~ , 249 l ,(>ell"h . .\I .. h l tI.·f. ·II ' t :,-I"dl"". ~ , I'cloe r 10,,,, :>:01'- 10"11:. ""nk h", 2'52 \ \ '" k h , 1 ·1" h l~" 'c. 8.:,<101'( ,,"i, h d mw. 2S3 So; h uln: w ilh(II, .",•. 2$4 T .. ~· · lor I O I' ~ I'"h,,,·, lIi l k "'";I ," h : ,·'lxl,,1' with dTn"''' r... ~ (' " (:o j 10 l'n b s l . 2 ~ J::ngcn 1 ~ l cCn " g he)' 0: """ ' - ~'<' llo ,, : .lnT\-'" 1 K ennry O. 256 C I'~~ ]lO I HlI:< \,) nllm O. 257 Almq uist q "cl~d "~'hIH. Go rtl ... n. 2.58 :'Ilorrll' . K e nt w hip Will i ftm~; I~ .. nl do"'n" .\Ill,·hell. Cuth ber l . ~on. 2.59 Koliu wl1 h dmwn. 26 1 He rJ:'lnnn If.:. D"r...::r;n ,.~. 263 Ye ll tOl1~ Holbrook. Cro~8. 264 e lll·t;e wlthdmw~; WJlso n tups :.teln u l ~. how~ tn M ,,~lp)·; ,\Ihm 1 MCI\uiu ..h O. :265 Stan t" y . l ~p,-, l' $top K unkle. :2 66 Gntea 1 W"tt~ldn 0; Ko ll "r ~ dO " n s 0~1 " ~ . hows 10 'I'u f ls ; I':rbcck 1 Il nn"en O. 267 j''rnnk Il OWH 10 Compi!o, l op~ \V, ,r~~; Hll!ll j1h rel' yle ld~ 10 B o ys, b e~l~ I"rnn k , Complto, 268 :;nylcB 1 Boeh m :'" 0, 269 P iper I!U"13 n,·" ,\ lcy , 1Jo w~ 10 1" ls l,,;.r; G,. ",linic,' 1 1,leln 0, 271 JO I\ C~ I Sl cin tx:r.<:' O. 272 I 'dlllu,' " c~Il!:II~ 10 F I~ h e r, w il hdr"w .~ . 273 F r~' , F r"',k ha ll Humphrey; Weike l I ]·'rnll k O. 275 S j) a rk ~ ~10 1' ~ W I) II 'lein, bo ws 10 H m ' l;'e r. 276 Mnft\ers, 1"erllKler fell I"ord. 277 Lee 1 l.nnge 0, 278 JOIIC,. I Slrlckl'llld 0; W eln~leln t ,\ntram O. 279 Gilber t 10. K uhlm,'" 0, 280 Hobln$on toils \\'ernig, bo"'o 10 S ,,,,, r l. 282 p, S ",llh t() I '~ C. Smilh. "'il hd r' ~ w~; p "la"zo, Hletz t op C. Smith. 283 M()O rll ] Kllrl~ O. 285 RolMn ben>: rill.'< 1[,,1';1 0'0111, P"" h"le: Pcnhnt(l I Con nor O. 286 Ilntell b(l"t .. C>:e r mnk, bows t o Stopl'''l. 288 l':.v .. nd~ " n t I.e"nd; 0: H llln r lch I 'I'ruh)- 0, 289 Onn\) ro' k ",llh\l rll-"''': n"rlUl1 • delw"" Ii]l]""". ~" ' (·k('l. :29 1 Kilmer I Nord I>l u", 0; )/;;"",an toP~ C ""rl('ld, oOW" I" Harri ... 293 ll0'0ntlh'y I BUI.llI"el II; Scott I • :;: el~ o" O. 294 I~ncl l ) If C:leewn 0, 295 Dun. lap dow" .. \·o" rl" ",r. \\,1,,~l ow . m Sch mld l _. I )': 1",ldou 0. 297 ~1<:\' elll'O" I W"ldne r 6: I " ~ cla n de .. I Gor.to n 0, 298 t 1; n r lk ~(l n t()tW " It'$ nol. m.y fault yon were mated on the fiflh II/o /Je, KlImo:r, Ho l ~lro m , \.>ow s to )lIkel; Latelne r ~---- I S<::h wartz u. 299 lIurr 1 Moore I); Lon!\, I Cle\'engtr O. 301 !.lninl wlthd nl,,'n: S h ll r to.l!' 1 H yser O. 302 II Ulul,h r,;,)' I H en rlk"en O. 26 B rearley l a Reynold ... O. 27 H u m m el. Wl n 1.o"IlI!, 97 !; h " m ~ k y l. ~ ~'elton ' " . 9'9 Hingler ... Iow whip \\'ad ell; \ Verne r bo\\'~ 10 HUll" "(lI, \\'lthd""", ~, Io.~ e~ (al 10 )\cCalli!$ler. 100 Vln · 303 H "n I 0 11" O. 3 ~ Fixler withdra ws . "e~t ~ Vu re, 28 Cy.ermak I H u nt O. 29 Collln~ ~O" AikIn ',. ; I-[illabr"nd w ithdrnws. 101 306 \ \'e r n"r I Hunt I); ,\l(Irlc h . ,\ m"a ( I ow"~ >,y I (,"h l~holm 0, 31 Cowe, H rnu tl do\\' n Corty. Whit low 1 Al>~I"'- "1l £I ; ",.,.rcetlon: Hel l 1 1.()C kfor t. He berlll1).:'. 309 Ol lk ~ wlthdrnw". 32 Ho l "'e~ 1 Arme n trout O. 33 St e c k ~1 \ H~t \ u"trem:: O. 102 F reedm"n I Ha ll O. 103 I,",e~ (a) to E,.. terl1ne O. 310 Jeter I UOlly kc r 0; I - l" nkin ~ I Hcm ler O. 34 C" ll! n~ "lICIl" \\'111 8. NI1,mnl l ~' lOP Mo , ·ri~ . 105 Sa rgen t bow. ~ : Mu r rny I \\'nd c 0, 312 ~(lwl~ry w lth Mc ""ln).:'ct'. Il e~ K"hn ; Ro","" r;l'~ Sclf. to Oloeron. h~RtR F fLh~ t ', Padu;' 10 6 Gen rl ra w~. 313 lIl ill eli I Uldrlck, 0, 311 Knsh ln Untl<),·wood. 35 Gr" y d o wns ,\ Il e n, l" ord, 1 Murray 0, 318 ,\T I1 llet\ (IOWnK S hapll'o, :'111'" " ,'It I W .. lI ~. 107 ' \" " I\ ~O " t ic8 A l mqu l~ t . \ VP t'n i).:' 1 For d ~. 37 'Vlleox !'ill" Hlch s . tlc~ l Ot>" T"y lOI'. And"r~o n; '!'" y lo ,' l i e~ r"i e lding , r,,),. 319 j)"llkel't 1 I"ord 0, 320 Amerell 1 K e n t. 39 JI,l [l rks 1 Rrock clbank O. 41 Mll c, how" 10 A " ( I H ~ () n; Alm'l'';81 1 i\n d c r ~ on O. Wjoj~.I~y.e w s kl w ll h dra"' ~ : Chodl O. 323 Mtll ,Ul tOil.' \ ~' i1 kin , Eru nct. 43 i':r, I· i" c n c,' S<;h w"rt.>: 1 Hu h,-r O. 324 ProuJunsky w ith . 103 \' orre l> o w ~ 10 "me n".".. \ie ~ Nam 80n ; ~to ,, ~ Bencdict, D" nn. l)owS to Ln cey, 44 ,\l llc" h c "t~ r':dm"nd son , 1' ''l':lie, 110 Fuller draws, l o ~c~ (n) 10 W I, yne, 325 So mm er~ g\'a n~ I Peel,les O. 45 Coek rell I Vnt" l rmll rk ,,·Il hd r a w s. 326 C h od l 1 H"'.cn O. 3Z9 ,Ju rck I Cn~e O. 111 1.",·('n 1."" "' l lh d r""'~, l o" e~ ( a ) O. 46 B (l d e r t ~ chc r 'h Jon e~ ",.. 47 W est b rook If Lc\'lnc O. 330 Vlckcr)' I Vauchll ict O. 332 ,,' l-h ll'V lll' ; KN't' l OllS ~ c " I ~ , B urnha m : Seals 1 H (l nk r n.~ I). 48 P eebles l~ \Vell:-h l '1.: . 50 t 1 ':k~l"Ol " O. 112 W ill ~ 1 '-",w ls O. 113 F o wlcr, Bi rn baum 1 )<'~I" P01lllOl\, SI!l~, ..\lI ll n ; Sf}('llr P ierce If H Qr e n O. 52 r erry 1 'l'hOl'nhlll O. lI ohMn down S"""e k ; Erl u nftn 1 ~!o rr!s 0; I Po illon. 333 Fix l"r wi\hdrn"',,; SUfo zO 1 53 R ich mond I :'110 " 1'''' ' 0; Smllh "'U hdr"",,,. ,\ lel"II1 \\'llh(h ·a",". 114 Hid'"rd wll hd r a w n. ); adeau 0, 335 Sleh" H I(;k e~' "'H hd r ..."'. 341 55 Brlce_ ~ ,,~ h 1 ilrll1lOw 0; B ahn w hhdrawn. 115 ~ I n).;:etkurlh 1 S iftuffer O. 116 L eon nrd \\'clch wit hdraw"; G nrdlner 1 Car mine O. 56 P eebl('s I Doyle O. 57 R elll"ger 1 ,\nd",', "II''' ~ ... ",.j"l:. )Iell.'e. 120 Schaffer I ,Vlnsor 142 Hansen I H nhn O. 344 ) Iulll/:""" t EIII~ O. ~o" O. 58 i"hcrm a n 1 I''ra nk O. 59 i':n~· d e , · 1): \ \ ' i!co:.; I lJoIl 0: OSlerm "n h alts H" lIck . 145 Sch ultx \\'lt hd , ·n.w~. 346 Lanl;e I ·l)'nd a.le s t o ps ~ ef r , Landis; H,misler w it hdr " w~ , 62 \\'11"0)(. 122 )':h " "'l1~ 'Oll~ )Ia,.. .." (a) , O'Con- Lee 1 S l i\ "' l'~ 0, 350 K o. hn I P e t>c r O. e; .Jeter I Stoddard 0; Grant 1 Moy 0, 66 110, .. 123 I ~ n !(el hnrdt d o"' n ~ :'Ilogen sert, Dis. 3&1 Le"k " whhil1'llw~. lo~es In) to Hot h I':\'tln~ 1 \ \'nl kcr O. 67 "' In ll~ ..d I P e lton O. II',,"d, II,'~ H"r r l~; B " r r ls I .\I()f;'enMn O. child. 362 .\I~ . tc "'lthdrnws. 371 M(!l.ghe r 68 Olin 1 Weikel O. 69 :'Itoorn I I · t a rrl ~ 0: 125 &\nlacrO\!e wilhd rawB. 126 Wotfe 10. .,lt h d r"w ~ , I""e~ l a ) to Moore, 375 Wlllc h Herke rt IJ.cs t s F o ege, Moore. 70 R U8lI 1 Harr/I'o" O. 127 Hoglund ~,. FOelton 'h: M il If .,i,hdm\\·". 380 i)w),(! r H urero O. 392 s..ll:"luJo 0; W yller t Abendrolh 0, 71 I-Iorne r, ler 1 Cullett O. 128 Vin lKln t ies Carron, bows Pooley ",H hdn. w", 393 LI":u" repll'lees C un ttod.l{cN< halt Jone, ; Oransleln, H orne r tOl> t o i..acey, 129 ,\I linger I"rel' \,.. 131 P olk . ftingil;1m. 406 Burko U B:tla 0, 4 13 Schick 'h Kur tz. 72 1';';ldy I W yller O. 73 ~1 "ge (! how" I - h~bc r feld down Oldham; Ite,'d " 'Ithll t'll"'n ; ",place" I.l nd ~l"y. 430 T r edway r e p ll'leell 10 Moorc, ties 'r'urpin. 74 Ostermsn I Hobin , "orre<'llon; lIa herteld v.. P olk 'h. 133 Jen Howar d. won O. n Grimn dow11 s :'Il owry, 1)I" k llOn; ,,I n)( 8 In S"'"rdson O. 135 Lllknfeld I Graf W llkoff I ~ I owry O. 78 PaCk ard, Louden 0; Woltll 11\ Bernic k (I. 136 Hogon 1 lIl eU n 1946 GOL DEN KN IG HTS C H A MPIO NSHIP !<101' Smith. 79 1II0r r i~o n top~ ' Vyller, bow~ o. 138 I3('ck nmn be~ls P arker, \ Valla ee, 139 ( K ey : 46, N ) to K ey~. 80 HellX'r" 1;1 Brown 0, 81 Wood I (';lfte boW8 t o Bosenl)nllm, t Ol»l Do.ra !:''''!!._ \ V" r w ic k O. 83 S peo. r t ies n.wlu", 1.>0wII 10 " "Ih . 140 1.I1lko 1 Ba ~ .. O. 14 1 Be r ry 1 C ha b r s ) Cla rk ~; U U"' I,h r(!y ¥.t. 8 S t e ffe n I T r eh"~ C: " Jewski: ~ 1 "d i60n , Swnn~o u d o w n "/(lVlear . '). 143 P eter son I GOlh~ rn O. 145 R eynold s .; FO\!ge I F ur'nan (I. 10 'l'ho m oll I~ ~lll r p h )' 85 S<::hllc k ~ tlESS REVIEW, MARC:H, 1947 35 \Vlldt wins from Baker. Yavorsky: Cunnlnll' .j5-.CI50 P. L. Dletz ...... ht , -. TOURNAMENT NOTES h am withdraws. 158 Cunlllnl\"ham wlthd,·aw~. Sgt.K.E.McKenzlc .2nd 4'h-l'h lo sc~ (a) to Clark. 160 Wildt ] Scott (}; 45-C15C i'II. r·'. Vosloh ...... 3,·d 3'h- 2'h 1943 Victory T o urnament \VI~ eJ.:a rv e , · rips Rohln~on . Seou. 161 :'\ e l~ on . ·15-CI69 1W. C. C . Darling ... 1_2 , -, 5 _ 1 L cd::::c,·woo(l. ~kGI,, ' c ~' moh J)u, .,.~ 11. 162 G. It. :'Ila"<]u""dt ... 1- 2 The table below lists the top scores .j - 2 S"nd c r~on 1 A"nol THE ISOLANI SICILIA N DEFENSE J. Moyse L. M . Elkin EXT books are delightfully unclear about the T isolated Pawn, or isolani as Nimzovich White Black Ili cknamed it. 1l is strong; it is weak; it is 1 P- K 4 P- Q B4 The Sicllian, '"fightingest" of the de· ;tatic; it is fleet. That's more rhyme than rea lenses again!!t the iniUal moye. 1 P- K4 . ;on ; so confusion reigns supreme. During the ojlening play of the uaual lines. Black concedes the center in reo In this tantalizing dil emma, the doleful duf turn for which he gets play on the open fer shifts for himself. Beset by vague fears. Queen illshop file. he avoids the isolani like a plague. 2 N- KB3 N_QB3 Yet it is all as simple as ABC. Structurally. Pcrmitting the so call ed Hichter At· ;he isolated Pawn is weak. When attacked, it tack. Since the Richter prevents the I. A. HOROWITZ DragO!l Variation, which many authorl· I'equires the protection of a major piece a ties believe to be Black's best course, It llseless waste of force. All other considerations being equal, the isolani may be better to play 2 ... P -Q3. should be avoided. As often as not, however, the isolani controls im 3 P-Q4 PxP 4 NxP N-B3 portant squares 01' retains other val uable features. These balance the 5 N-QB3 .... ;cale. 5 NxN. NPxN; 6 l'- K5 is defeated by But the scale will not remain in balance. In the long run, the innate ... Q-1l4ch. winning the King Pawn. defect of the Pawn will crystallize. Good strategy and tactics, there 5 . . . . P- Q3 fore, demand that its virtues be glorified in the "short run," before But 5 . .. P - KN3, to fianchetto the King Uishop. will not do 011 a ccount of the endgame is reached. 6 NxN. NPxN; 7 P - K5. compelling the All well and good. But how is t he learner to appraise the advantages? abject r etreat of the Knight. That is really the poi nt. Unfortunately, the answer does not lie in a 6 B-KN5 . . . . maxim. The instructions, necessary to cover any given case, must be The dreaded RicJlter Attack. T he pur· pose of the move is manifold. Mainly, precise and tactical, so much so they requi re the "divine efflatus." Or, however, it Is designed to prevent Black as Nimzovieh has said, one must deliberately incur an isolani, time and from continuing with ... P- KN3 and the time again, in order to learn its strengths and weaknesses. development of the Bfshop at N 2 (the Dragon Variation). So many a chess master is still haunted by the specter of the isolani. 6 . . . . P-K3 Yet all is not lost. Some redeeming feature may effect a rescue from . Obviously, jf 6 ... 1'- KN3; 7 ExN, Px this phalitom. An isolani that reaches the eighth rank, for instance, 1J, Black suffers a backward, Isolated enjoys the same privileges as any other Pawn! Queen P11wn which is nil easy target. in this connection, the isolani has scored many notable triumphs. Once in a cable match between the United States and Great Britain, all depended on an isolani. The score was tied, with one game left-John Bany of New England versus his British opponent-and Barry had an isolani. The Boston audience did not understand much about chess; but it was told that, if Bany's Pawn reached the eighth rank, the game and the match would be won. England would lose! As Barry's isolani marched down the ranks, it was cheered on by the crowd, square by square, with all the rising fervot' attendant on a Boston College football tea m completing first downs. The isolani reached the eighth rank for the deciding point and all pandemonium broke loose. Barry was borne As a. r esult of the opening, White com· about the room on the shoulders of the multitude, like a football hero ma.nd!! greater t e rrain. In turn, this who has scored the winning touchdown. grants him an ease of moveme nt. Com pare the Bishops. 'Whlte's are mobile. The meek shall inherit the earth! mack's are confined. Against this, Black CHESS REVIEW. MARCH. 1947 37 enjoys the open Queen Bishop file and calculated attack and defense rests wit! retains an extra center Pawn (l{ing and Black. Queen Pawns vs. 'White's King PUWIl) . 16 . . . . R-KBl In the long l'\ltl. Black hopes to neutral· No need to take the cornered Knight. ille White 's advantages and augme nt his own. 17 R_QNl Q-B4! ! In uddition, llll alert second player m a y seize the opportunity, which often pre· sents itse\[, to wrest the cenLel·. For in· stance, the Russian Grandmaste r, Bole· slavsky, has successfully tried in similar positions 6 ... P- K4. Superficially, such a move is to be conuemned. For Diad has what appears to be ,t chronic, back· ward Queen Pawn. Yet closer scrutiny 1 1 . . . , P-Q4 reveals that often as not Dlac k can en u ... Q- K4 is still good: (le,g .. 12 Q-K2, force an eve ntnal . .. P- Q4 and wrest the B-N2 ann Wbite's position falls apart. center by foree. Not, however, 11 ... Q- K4; 12 Q- K2, 7 NxN · . . . P- Q4"?, though the line is \vorth study. 13 O- O- O! is tbe answer. 1"01', after 13 ... Prelude to an aggressive ~ort! () . QxN; 14 QxQ, PxQ, White threatens 18 B-K3 . . , . "'bere a re a number of alte rnatil'es at Rook and umte by 15 PxP! And, after 13 The best try fs 18 P - KB4. Arter .. . Hx this point. ':\10I'e usual is 7 Q- Q2, follow . . . PxN ; 14 Q- Q2, B- Q3; 15 PxP, R 19 Dxl{, B- B6cb; 20 Q- Q2 (20 B- Q2?1 ed by 0 - 0 - 0 nnd an adl'ance of the King P: KNl ; 16 QxB. White has a winning posi· Q- K6 mato!)' Q- Q5; 21 K- Ql, DxQ; 22 side Pawns against the Blaek Killg'S posi· tion, as .. , Qxlleb; 17 K-Nl le ave s Black flxIJ, QxN; 23 IJxP, White remains with tion. This line of play genernlly hangs no defense against 18 Q- B6ch. two ' nooks fOl" the Queen. Though bis in the balance, as Dlack ins titutes a coun· , King position is precarious, he might te r attack a gainst the White King. Then 12 PxP squil'ln out with ll. draw. it is a moot question of whose attack will 13 N-Q6ch · ' , . 18 . . . . B-BSch succeed, Judging by the reeorcied games, At first glnnce, this 'H)em~ to be co)" Resigns howeve r. White 8eemH to be favol·ed. rect, for it drives Black's King Into the 7 . . . . open. Yet most of "'hite's difficulties 8 P_K5 · . . . stem from this move. 13 N- D6ch gr'ants White the edge. For', if ... BxN: 11 Bx SOLUTIONS TO ~~ ollow through of the pre vious idea. Ll. White's Bishop penetrates on com· ANNOUNCE THE MATE Otherwise Oinek obtains t he s uperior filR1H\ing diagonals, whereas Black's is position after ... P - K4, by virtue of his relegated to inactivity. Moreoyer, Dlack's (Sfte Page 23) extra ce nter P awn and command of the Pawn positfon is a distinct Ifabllity. open Queen Knight file , 1. (ita thor·Narasimhar:har, Bangalore. 13 . . . . K_Q2! 1945) The Pawn exerts its force and Black is curiously mated by 1 P-B7ch, Oddly enough, initiuting an attack! K- K2; 2 B_N5 mate. 14 NxP • • • • 2. (Landau·Flohr, Boul'!lemouth, 1939) Under tbe impression this matm'ial The Dutch master jllaycd 1 RxNch over· gain is a natUral result or his forceful looking 1 R_R7ch, KxB; 2 R_R8 mate. play. Little does he I"eulh:e II'hat is in 3. (l~ a jan s·Holmes, Corre spondence, store. White is sucked iuto the whirl· 1946) Black's security Is short·lived: pool of a strategic pJau anel he must 1 QxPch, PxQ; 2 B-R6 mate. whirl 4. (Hult.ylkstrom, Sweden, 1942) The 14 . . . . B_QR3! complicate d position is resolved by the clear cu t 1 QxNch, RxQ; 2 RxP mate. 5. (Kroglus·Nilsson, Helsinl,l, 1946) 8 . . . . Q-R4 1 QxPch (the s urprise), KxQ; 2 R-R5 According to ex·world ehalllpiOJl, Euwe, mate. The pin is Illost helpCul. 8 ... PxP; 9 Q- B3, B-Q2; 10 0 - 0 - 0, B 6. (Nielsen·Nilsson, Copenhagen, 1946) K2; 11 BxN, PxB ; 12 Q- N3 leads to The nice cooperation of mack's mating equll.lity, Dut 8 ... PxP; 9 Q- D3, D- K2 forces is revealed by 1 ..• B_B8ch; 2 K gives interesting possibilities: c.g" 10 Qx Rl, NxPch; 3 K-N1, R-N7 mate. Pch, B- Q2; 11 Q-R6, 0-0. Now. if 12 0 - 0 - 0, whic h seems to be the ielea, 12 . . . 7. (Mrs. Gresser-Hichman, 1I a r s It a II N-Q4! 13 DxB, QxB! 14 NxN, PxN; 15 Ciless Club Ch ampionship, 1946) The RxP, \Vhite has won a. Pawn but his King ROok file is a potent weapon. 1 ... QxPch; 2 KxQ, PXNch; 3 K_N2, R_R7 King is subject to a. wi thering attack along the ope n Queen Knigbt an d Queen mate. Bishop file s. Noll' White's King is the target! 8. (Morris·Arkless, Germantown, 1946) The White King is lured forwarded by While it is prudent to place reliance OJ! 15 NxR · . . . the opinion of uuthority, it Is well to re· 1 ••. RxPch; 2 KxR (so the Queen can member that such opinion is not the last As good as allY. White cannot afford check), Q-N5ch; 3 K-R2, Q-R5ch mate. to suffer the abuse of his pOSition with· word! 9. (Finkelstein·Kramer, U. S, Open, out mater'la] compensation. 9 B-N5 • • • 1946) The Kinl'j is not so difflcult to 15 . . . . BxP! I'each: 1 .•• R-Q8ch Of you know how); For, ane)' 9 PxN, QxB is good. 16 B_Q2? · . , . 2 BxR, B-Q6ch; 3 B_K2, BxB mate. P,B 9 . . . . \",hite's tasl~ is difficult but tbis has· 10. (Derllstein·Kotoy, Grouingen, 1946) P_N5 10 PxN tens tbe end. Probably, best is 16 Q Dr. Bernstein discovers a mate whiclt 11 N-K4 • • • R5, fo\" real and psychological reasons. resembles a composed problem, 1 P_ Euwe gives 11 Q-B3, Q- K4ch, with a White's threatened checks may easlly lead 85ch, PXPj 2 QxPcn, PxQj 3 R (QR)-NS plus tor Black. to perpetual and the onus of a caretully mate. 38 All you need tQ pl llY Solitaire C h es ~ (an with a sli p of paper at the line Indicated. Indoor ~POrl for cheas-pill yera orl!l'ln ated by Make all opening mov e ~ On you r board u p C HESS R EVI E W ) Is a lK>C ke l c h e~s s el. Qt to and i ncluding l he !l. r.st lJIac k m ove in the )'our relrular board a nd piece .. W ith t he a id ta ble. S tudy th e POJIlllo n ", nd "'rUe dow n of the ~o r lnll" table below. YOU can en joy a ll your choice fat '\'hlte·. nex t m ove. Then the th rill. of playing n gnme agaln.t a n u n e xpose the next line In Ih e ta ble a nd s ee l he seen o PPOne nt_n oppone n t w h o w ill m a ke move your partner a ctua lly m a do w ith \Vhlte. ptrong move • • for he Is a mn ~ tcr of th e Score par If you picked tills m ove ; If not. ; ame. H owever. YOU w!1i a ls o hnve a n u n .scor e zero. Ma k e tho correct \Vhite m ove. seen pa rtner - another ch Cnm ll.ller _ who a nd DhlCk's r eply, a nd aga in select t he next will <"!o rrecI your mIM"k ,, ~. m ove . Continue In th is m a nn or. On e li ne at II. T Q play the g a m e . COVer the scoring ta b le time, to l he e nd o f th e l'li m e. fur America's Most Critical Now see Itow many Iloil\ts you can score. Y o u may conside r a tota l point SCOl"(! or 81·100 .excellent, 61·80 superio r, 46-60 good, and 35"1(; ra lr. ror the present ga me. I'ipe Smokers ... Th is scale va ries (rom g ame to g a me . de pe nd ing on l he q ualit y ot the pla y. Naturally , a d ifficult gallle receives II more len ient r ating l im n a n e as y one . ( You have \\'hlte . VOl1r consultatlon partner Is I"ranch Che ssmaster P. Saint·Amant. A New Tobacco Yo ur OJ)1I0nent is British Chell s lU aster H. Staunt on. Game wa s playe d a t Paris, 18 43 .) OPENING MOVES : 1 P_Q4, P- K 3; 2 P_QB4, P_Q4 ; S P_ K 3, N- KB3; 4 N_QBS, P- B4 ; 5 N-B3, N_B3; 6 P- QRS, B_K2; 7 B- QS, 0-0 ; 8 0 - 0, Now {' ont!ullc with moves from be low. COV ER MOV E S I N T A B L E B E L OW. E XPOSE ON E LIN E AT A TI M E the Old World! Whit e Po, B lack Your Select ion Your Played Score Playe d f o r Wh ite', m o ve Scor e m' ALL T II [ TOII ACCOS lor which the mi Jdlr 8 P- QNS ------~~ a s t is famous, thcre a r.., two wh icll ur,· 9 P- Q N3 ______2 9 B- N2 ------. h eld in highest Cijl ...i: 1I 1 by experts the world 10 BPxP ______4 10 KPxP ------,w,:r. One i8 the mil d. full·bodied leuf ------;.:row n in the liltle S)'rian luwn of Latakia. 11 B- N2 ______S 11 P. 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