IOVEMBER

1945

EORGE KRAMER New York 51,," Cbt JJ Ch,,",piol/ af Agt 16 ( S.. ,.,t J )

• I

I •

35 CENTS

Subscription Rote DNE YEAR $3 READERS' neaders are invited to use these columns for their comments on matters of interest REVIEW FORUM to chesspluyers.

KERES CABLES: VO L. 13, NO.9 November, 1945 from the Pan·American If DOS Congress. Some things seem not , NEW YORK sible. Pilnik, Rosetto and Horo to he stodgy necessarlly, but to HEAHTFELT CONGRATULA· wliz must have played a few have an Innate dignity-and to INDEX TIONS ON THE FIRST POST· good ones. me that has always character· FEATURES WAR ROBERT McCO\ ized chess. But maybe I am 1945 State Championships 3 GREETIKGS TO ALL III Horowitz Tour ______7 Midlothian, carping, here. PLAYERS AND Sirs: ROBERT P. WILSON Alekhine Outpoint ed i n Spain _ 8 Jacksonv!\le 6, Fla. What's Wrong W ith American My husband and I are ama Chess? ______11 • Keres' cable 1s teur chess players; as a matte.~ Sirs: sent to us from Tallin, Estonia, of fact we play the game but . I visited the USA·USSR Blindfold Quickies by Fine ___ 29 and is dated November 10th. radio match for three days and Soviet C ha m pionship Chess __ 30 that's about all. When a friend According to the Soviet news· of ours gave us tickets to the think you did a flne piece o( SERIALS paper "Pravda," Kercs visited USA·USSR chess match we ac~ wot·k. The details were handled Radio Mat ch Reviewed ______12 In August. From the cepted gratefully but not with well- the boards of good sizs­ New Light on the Openings __34 S wed Ish chess magazine too much enthusiasm. I want the photos above them adding DEPARTM E NTS "Tidskrift fol' Schack" we you to know that we have never to the interest- Mr. Lasker's Chess Briefs ______18 learn that Ket'es was In Finland enjoyed a sports match more! I and Mr. RelnCeld's analysis to Chess Movies ______32 in J une 1944, arrived In Stock· wanted to write to you to ex· the audience helped immensely. Ga me of the Month ______28 holm on June 16th of the same press our appreciation or the r was disappointed In the reo Post al Chess ______37 year. In Sweden, Ket'es defeat· event and of your ertorts that suits of course- but perhaps we Problems ______27 ed F. Ekstrom in a six·game played such a large part In Its weren't "match· tight." Readers' Games ______-42 match and took part in the 28th success. Congratulations to you SAMUEL WIDDIFIELD Wi nning Traps ______A1 Congress of the Swedish Chess and the team and to Mr. Reuben Boston, Mass. Federation a~ Lldkoping, June Fine for his amazing exhibition. Sirs: 25th to July 2nd. Keres played I am sure many people more I read in your CHESS RE· EDI TO RS & PU BLI SHERS in the master group against or less in our chess category VIEW for August·September I. A.Horowitz, Kenneth H ar kness seven of Sweden's strongest came away as stimulated and this year, the (ollowlng: EXECU TIV E EDIT OR players, finished second with excited as we. 'Ve shall 1001, "The Soviet·Amerlcan Radio 4%·2%. The tourney was won forward to next year's match. Chess Match of 1945 wl1l go by S. Lundholm of Stockholm To YOllr further success, down In history for various rea· POST A L EDITOR with 5%·1%. Shottly after this (MRS.) MARION MUELLER sons. Most Important: Because Jack Straley Battell eve nt, Keres returned to New York 34 , N. Y. it is the first chess match to be Estonia. No mention is made of Sirs: played by Radio·Telegraphy." ASSOCIAT E E DITORS his having suffered the loss of ... May I congratulate you Please permit me to ask you Reube n F ine, , a leg and this wartime rumor on an excellent coverage of the gentlemen, if this match is the Albert S. PinkU8, J . W. Co llins, was presumably false.-Ed. USA·USSR matcl). Keep up the first played in the world, or I( K ennet h S. H oward excellent photography. You r It is the first played by the M ATCH ISSUE United States. In any case, Sirs: pictures make chess a living For your outstanding joh of game to r",aders miles away. please be informed that the Re· CHESS REVIEW Is pubUshed EDWAllD J . GAUSS public of Panama played two monthly October to ~lay, bi­ reporting the USA·USSR radiO Radio Chess Matches against monthly June to Sept",mber (totnl chess match in your October is· Pittsburgh, Pa. ot ten Issues per year) by CHESS sue I hereby nominate you as the Republic of Colombia in REVIEW, 250 West 67th Street, &Irs: 1945. The first match was won New York 19, N. Y. Entered as my candidates for the 1945 ... May I call your attention by Panama against a Barran· Second C lass matte r May 6, 1944, Pulitzer Prize In Journa\!sm. to the follow{ng facts: (1) On at the post office at New York, quilla team. The second was N. Y., under the Act of March 3, Hearty congratulations. April 17, 1937 the Schenectady wou by Bogota. These two 1879. SAM L. KELLY and the Hartford San Diego, Calif. matches were played through SUBSCRIPT IO N RAT ES Conn. Chess Club played a the Radio Stations HP5B "MJra· One year $3.00, two years $5.50, Sirs: match by radio telegraphy. (2) mal'" of Panama, HJIABB of three year. $7.50 In the United THE AUSTIN CHESS AND On Dec. 10 1938, the Schenec· Barranquilla and Colo m b I a States, U. S. posseSSions , Mexico, CHECKER CLUB OF CHICA· tady Chess Club and the Boston Central ar.d South America. Other Broadcasting of Bogota, Co· countries, Including Canada: $3.50 GO, ILLINOIS WISHES TO City Chess Club played a match lombia ... per year. CONGRATULATE YOU FOR by radio telegraphy. If there is any honor due to CHANGE OF ADDRESS THE BEST ISSUE (OCTOBER C. W . HEWLETT Panama and Colombia for these Four weeks' notice re quired tor 1945) OF CHESS REVIEW Marblehead, Mass. Radlo·Telegraphy mat c h e s, change of addreu. Ple~se give both THAT OUR ORGANIZATION Sirs: please let the chess world know old and new addresses. Change. HAS EVER READ. cannot be made without the old Your October 1945 Issue of It through the pages of your address as well as tile new one. PAUL ADAMS CHESS REVIEW is very Inter· magnificent CHESS REVIEW MAILING DAT ES Sirs: esting. I like particularly your magazine. Lemons, prunes, etc. to you editorial on page one. LUIS FARRUGIA 011 the October Issue of your The play· by· play details of the Panama City, R. P. " llsually excellent magazine. The r",cent matches between the Sirs: USSll·USA games were hardly players representing the United 'fhere Is a point to popular· news, as most of the nationally States and the USSR will be izing chess- by publishing prob· circulated papers (Christlan most exciting to play over - lems, by including articles of Science Monitor, New York and reminiscent or a very at· elementary instructions, by dis· Times, etc.) had already print· tractive match and episode. I cussing points which first·rate ed most or all of them. The do hope that such an affair can players already know. public naturally looks to CHESS be made an annual event. The There Is also a point beyond COPYRIGHT REVIE\V, not for speed, which which popularizing becomes dis· CHESS REV IEW Is copyrlgllt and is imposl:\ible, or quantity of mao -~~~:~::;;'~i~;,i~;',t_e goodof -somethe gusting and beyond which the republication of origInal material appearing In t his magazIne I. terial, which is often (as in this . . . purpose oC a chess magazine Is prolllbIted without wrItten per· issue) boring, but for qua\!ty In It reat not served in any way, beyond mission. Newspaper chess columns the form of intelligent and au· lleed in contemporary life- but which it is cheapened to the are hereby granted perm Inion to thoritatlve annotations. Better I do think that it is being glam· point of disgracing the game quote from CHESS REVIEW, pro· vlded full credit J. given. would have been a few annotat· orized too much In such things and all that it means. ed games from second rate as the photographs from the The October 1945 issue is lull Copyright, 1945, by CHESS tourneys It necessary, or more Hollywood Pan·American Chess of lllustratlons. These lIIustra· R E V IEW, New York, N. Y. CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 1 tIona mllY be dlv!uetl Into three that the "anvil chorus" w!l1 be pi ctures enable me to feel that Klyatskln at Moscow that event_ clAsses: working overtime. In fa ct, I I almos t personally know tbe ful day In 1921 wben they were (II) those which rea II }' Inter­ would 1I0t be sU rprised if the re c hess e xperts. e hx:trlfied to learn of tbe s uc· es t a c hess player. v! 1.. , pp. 11 , were a de ma nd for the equiv­ LAWRE NCE SCHNEIDER ceastul adoptlOI1 of a brand·new lS, 19, 20. 29; (b) those which alent at a " Pea l"! Harbor Inves· Denton Ha rbor. Me. and risky-looking a nawer to 1 might appeal' but which have no ligalion." · . . I s llrely enjoyed tbe last P- K4 by an enterprising grand· particular interest to mogt of l[ this match demonstrated issue of CI·mss HEVIEW. WIth· master against a first·rate op· UB. vit.. pp. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, anything at all It was the fact Oll t. a donbt. It's the most inte r· ponent in a n Internntlonal tour· 22, 23, 2,1. 28. 30, 32. 33; ( c ) thll t we were In poor Chess esting and Importa nt number nament! The resulting nomin· those which ha ve no 1)lace in a shape. We are left with the you've ever publis bed. atl011 by acclamation was both chess magazine, which so com· feeling that, on lIlis OCCAs ion. JOSEPH HA "MOND s pontaneous and deserved; and pletely negate the s pirit of we were outclassed. W e u!led I\ lexleo, D. }-'. In after years the chess world chess thnt the}' s how a s trange-­ the atomiC bomb on the J aps. · .. Allow me to congmtulate was glad to have done this Iy abberrnted Idea of what a but our Hussla n comrades used you on the part Illa yed by honor to a champion whose In, chess magazine s hould conhlln lIoiyinnik with cqual devasta· CHESS In:VIEW in the organi· ge nulty and daring had done so on tbe part of whoe\'er is in tion on us. zation of thIs Intel'estlng match much llollor to It. Understand· charge of making Ull that mag· As ide from this, let me say which mll st have nn excellent ably, a different view may be a1.1I1 e. vl 7. . 1111_ 26. 27. 3 1. 34, 35. thnt. for the lll'St time in n long e ffect on chess eve rywhe re. entertained by Soviet masters Tbe CHESS HEV!E:W Is at time. the a rl'a ngements for the D. M. L E DA IN who can manage to write a rtl· present the mos t Ilopular and matc h we re super d uper a nd a ll .Montreal, Que. cles on the bis tory or chess In bes t magazine In the country. you people who had a hand In · .. N Ot enough interell t and Husain since the dnys at Alex· but I fear flwt It Is not going these arrnnge ments did a swell ~ UPD O! · t - that is the ,'eason fo r nnller n (CHESS REVIEW, to keep Its position as 9uch If job. 0\11' showing against the USSR Jan. 1H5, P. 7) WIthout once the present polici es continue. CLA YTON BLACKBURN I parUClIlnrly blamo 0\11' news· mentioning the name of Alex· You mn), not perceh'e your own Rahway, N. J. paJH! l"s- sollle thing hns got to andel· Alexandrovlcb AJekhine. decadence, but U YOll conscien· SiI's: be done ! lIe re's to ] 00.000 new K. O. MOTT-8MITH tlously compa re tile chea p trlvl· . . . Congrntulntions on your c hess pla yers! New York. N, Y. alia you a!'e now putting out fine October ISBue. It certainly LOWELL W . NORIN • CHESS REVIEW printed the to what you uscd to put out. Wa!! wo!'th waiting for even it 1'Is la kee Day, art icles whIch Mr. Mott·Smltb you wlll see what J mean. A It was sel'e ral wl)ells late. l\ lc Henry, Ill. mentions. because they made chess mnga1.ine Is after all tor A. H. W EISS · . . I s uggest that CHESS Interesting reading. The fact chess . .. Allentown,Pa. HEVIEW get busy a nd 1\ITange that these articles contain de· LT. WALTER UEIDF.N S irs : a coullU·y·wlde tourna ment, lllny­ ba \..'lb le poInts Is one of the Annapolis. Md. I have jus t rece Iv ed the O('to­ ed O\'er the boanl or by ma il. things that mnkes them Inter· SI rs: be r issue of CHESS REVmW with the bes t player!! of eac h estlng- Ed. Wen. the hlg match Is over li nd think It Is very good. You club meeting the masters In a ORGA NIZING A CLU B final chnmplonship. The res ult and we are stl11 ttylng to pun nrc doing It !trent .1 0b For ChMS. Slr ~ : ourselves together out of the GI,AflE!\CE FI.OHA will prove n big surprise to YOIl, It llIay be of interest to YOll mass of ruin and \I'l'ecllage that Daltle Creek 2, MI c h. and I dHrn say thnt a whole new Ihat two months ago I started team might play agains t Husala Is stre wn about In the vicinIty . . . I have 1I0 me ns to n chess club ill thiS city of 35,000 next ti me ; I 'd be willing to bet of the Henry Huds on Hotel on the w;sdom of I bath· with only three known players. Sith S treet. Ing beamy Il:ctures tha t we woul d win. An a rticle o r two In lhe papers, The s hooting mny be over. but Intel'es t ill tho game. \vhy l\ Ot gh'e the amateurs II. I)hoto. the loan of ;1 room a t you ml1.Y rest assured that the I"m wrong. but leCs keep their big chance! ACte l' all, the Yil lCA proved helpful. At shouting has just begun and ImVIEW at the top. YO\lr nne what would the chess world do tho cost at about $6.00 we without u ~ ? No boollll would be ,i a gOi ng affair, with printed. 11M there would be no­ I)laye r!l. 'Va are I bodr to buy them; there would Ladles' Club at SUtemenl ot !he Ownership, M"r.aceme., l, CIr-cuIM lo.,. e ~ <: .• R eq ul ~d be no tourna me nts, as tbe ones membe rs at prese nt, , we ex· by the Acts 0' Co::gren ot Aug ust 24 , 1912, and Man:h 3. IlIll who pay for tbem would n·t be Ilect to bave 20 soon. of CHESS REVI EW, pu b n~ hed mon!hly October 10 Moy. bl-monlhty there; YO U woult! go Ol1 t of The moral of the above I! J\lne to Scptcmloer. business. Let us kee p chess nt 1\cw Yn l·k. ~ . v .. tor (klnl",r 1. 1045. lhnt there are mo]"e players In where It belongs, In th e hands the al'e!'age town than you of the nmateurs, who a re the would think. Any player can or· foundation of a great old ga me. "" More­ g:wlze a club with It J:tUe effort. havln,. I realize tha t this le tter will G. S. PATTON I.. tl' e not be Iwill ted ill CHESS HE· IU chmond, Ind. ;;:;~~ ih;eH I VIE:'V, knowing you have on LADDER SYST EM you r s lart Mr. Horowitz nnd Mr. j"ine, who oC course as Dlastel"s Watkins' will neve !' admit my side or the Issue o[ story ... Ib, KAJ SEIDLER system ·'~;~;1 Laguna Deaeh. Cal. system is s tili used in club. SEES RED In thIs cOll ntry. l..ast year, tor SIrs: eXalll l)le, I saw It npplJed In the Chess ant! politics m a k e Hlchmond, Va., Chess Club. stro.nge bedfellows, as witness PFC JOHN V. HUDOLPH the proposal of certain Soviet l~ol"t D!x, N. J. mas t e r s (CHESS REVIEW, 4·H CHESS lIC<: u rl t)· June·July 19~5, P. 20) thnt the S irs; or bond". defense 1 P- IH. Kt- KD3 be reo I thoug ht you m ig ht be intel"> !la med Cor ned RUSSia In place es tell In the fac t tha t a t our of a W hite Russian. The allegetJ State 4·H Slimme r Ca mp in the justificatIon (or thIs chessle Oc· Tonto Dasln Mountfl.lns, chen tober Hovo lution is not cnlcu· WIlS one ot the ten tlll'c activities. lated to convince Anybot! ~·. Inte!'est fl. t tlret was almoBt Plllsbury dId not originate the nOll·exls tent but several exhlbl, PllIsblll'y Attack in the 's t lo n ga mes ki ndled the interest Gamblt Decli ned, nor S teJ nitz. ot these rural boys a mi girls so the S telnltz DeFense to the Huy m uc h tbnt entry Into the classes Lopez. The Morphy Defense had to be restrIcted. was old when Morphy was born, Approximately forty young· and LaskC\"S Defense to the ste!'s, runging In age from A. HOROWITZ. Ed itn r Evans was played by Labour· tlvelve to seventeen, received Sworn In Rn d sublK rlbcd before me ,his 11(h day of Se ptembe r, 1 ~ 4 5 donnais agaI nst Mac Donnell. BAR ;oi EY SCI-!LA t\O. t\otO!y PubliC. Ki ngs Cn. "·n. 380. neg. No. 3 ~ I· S -6 chess Instruction ror ten daya. Cerl. nJed In 1\ . Y. (;0. No . .•6 4. Reg. No. 316-S·6 How ma ny of the world's c hess O. W. DISHAW COlU mlu lon expires Mar-ch 30, 194$. players had ever heard of M. Tucson, Arll. 2 C HESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 I 1945 STATE CHA PIONSHIPS

State and regional chess tonmnments have the same relation to mastel' Cl1088 as sandlot bnsebllll has to the World Series. It is in these tournaments that young play­ ers provo their skill to n wider pu blic by meeting players outside the purely local spheres of competition. And competition is not only "the li[o of traue"-It Is the l!f e ot chess as well. The vital Importance of this year's etate and regional tourllnments was dramatically highlight ed by the ironic fact that most of these tourneys took place on the Labor Day weekend- at the same time tbat the Amer­ ican team was being given a crushing de­ feat by Its mighty opponent s from t bo USSR. The disastrous reSUlt of t he Radio Match proves conclusively-If proof [s still needed!- the value or state and regional tournaments as a means of bringIng new talents to the natIonal Sllotlight. Luckily, the result of these tournaments Is highly encouraging; In most of t hem, the accent was definitely on youth. E qually heartening was t ho enthusiastic t urnou t with which players responde!\; never ha ve entry lists been so large as t hey were th is year. In most cases, this necessitated the use of the Swiss System, which is lIsed by many chess organi7.Rtions when th ere Is a large entry list and the tournament must be completed In a few days. As most read· ers arc not familiar wit h thQ operation of thiS extremely Ilractleal system, t he ex· planation given In the October 1944 issue of CHESS REVIEW w!ll be useful : First round opponents are chosen by lot; t hen winners Illay winners, losers play lose rs, and those who drew their games are paired, George Kramer ( left) New York State Champion, pla ys a friend ly In subsequent rounds, pairings a re deter· game a t t he Ma nha ttan Chess Ciub with r un ne r_up Robert Byrne. mined by tho players' seores. (Those with Youngsters like t hese, f rom all,s ections of t he country, a re destined the highest scol'es meet each other; players to become Ame ri CiI's maste rs of the near fut ure, in the lower brackets are sImilarly pa[red.) No player [s a ll owed to meet the same op­ NEW YORK QUEE N'S DECLI NED ponent twice. The New York Sta te Championship, play· (i n effect ) ed [n August, had the greatest upset of Its G, Krilmer H, M. Phi llI ps long history when 16-year·old George Whitc Black Kramer of Brooklyn, N. Y. carried off the 1 Kt_ KB3 title from a good field at Saratoga Springs. Kt-KB3 13 KtxKt BxKt 2 P-B4 P- K3 14 PxP Q- Q4 Final SCOl"e~ : W L D Totals 3 P-QKt3 P- B4 15 Kt-1oS 3 Q-Q2 1 G. Kramer ______7 1 1 7'h- l% Kt_ B3 QR_Q1 2 R. Byrne ______5 0 4 7-2 4 B-Kt2 16 P-B5 5 P-K3 P-Q4 17 Kt_ Kt4 Q-Q4 3 A, E, SantasiCl'e __ 5 1 3 6 'h- 2% 6 P-Q4 B_K2 I 4 E . Lasker ______5 2 2 6-3 18 R- B2 KR - K1 "I B-Q3 5 D, Byrne ______3 3 3 4 'h-4lh 0 - 0 19 B-B4 Q-Q2 8 0 - 0 P- QKt3 20 PxP p, p I 6 E. Marchand ____ 3 4 2 4 - 5 9 QKt-Q2 B_ Kt2 21 Kt-K5 Q_Q3 7·8 M. lIcrzbcz'ger __ _ 2 5 2 3 - 6 10 Kt- K5 R-Bl 22 B- R3 Q,B 7-8 H. M, Phillips ___ 2 5 2 3-6 11 P-B4 PxBP 23 BxPc h K-B1 9 Mrs. G. Gresse r __ 1 5 3 2%- 6 1,& 12 QKtxP p , p 24 Q- R5 Resigns 10 H. Evans __ ~ ___ __ O 7 2 1 - 8 Kramer lost on ly one game- to Santasiere. Robert Byrne, who was second, [s 17 years RUY LO P EZ old, aud his brother Donald. who was fifth, G, Kra me r A. E. Santasiere I is I6! Robert carried off first prize [n the Speed Tournament from a field ot 22, with W hite Dlack Donald tying for secon d with KoltanowskL 1 P-K4 P-K4 17 KPxP p,p The Onondaga Cup was won by the Queens 2 Kt- KB3 Kt- QB3 18 R,P P-Q4 County team. 3 B- Kt5 P_QR 3 19 K-R1 B_ B4 Kramer was born on August 15, 1929. He 4 B-R4 Kt-B3 20 R- Q1 p,p is a s ixth term student at Brooklyn T echni­ 5 0 - 0 B_ K2 21 BxP KtxB cal H igh School. Learning the moves at the 6 Q-K2 P_QKt4 22 QxKt R_ K1 age or 11 from his fat her, he played in 7 B-Kt3 0-0 23 Q- B2 Q- B3 interscholnstic tournaments rOl' two years, 8 P-B3 P-Q3 24 P- B4 R-K6 but did not begin to study chess seriollsly 9 P-Q4 B-Kt5 25 Q- BS QR_ K1 CO VER P HOTO until March, 19014 . In the most recent Man· 10 R-Q1 Q-B1 26 R- KB1 P_B3 Chess h istory was made whe n 16 year old hattan Chess Club Championship. b.e tied 11 B- K3 Kt-QR4 27 Px P p,p George Kra mer ran awa y with the New for eighth place in a strong fie ld. 12 B_ B2 Kt_B5 28 P-QR4 QR-K4 York State Championsh ip a he ad of s uch Kramer and both Byrne brothers arc 13 P-QKt3 KtxB 29 Q-Kt4 R-Kt4 seasoned ma sters a s Lasker a nd Santasiere, competing in t he current Manhattall Chess 14 PxKt P-B4 30 PxP Q-Kt2 Kramer's pl ay is si mple, vigorous, to the Club ChampionshIp, and g re at deeds are 15 P_ KR3 BxKt 31 Q_B4c h K- R1 poi nt. -Ruth o,~;~ expected of them , 16 QxB BPxP R elS lgnlS C HESS R EVIEW, N OVEMBER, 1945 S 11 R_B1 Kt- K5 23 P-K4 P_QR3 .' 12 P_KR3 B_B4 24 Q-B2 B-Bl 13 Q-K2 Q_Kt3 25 R_R7 R,R 14 R_B2 P_ KR4 26 RlCR Q-QB4 15 KR- Bl B_B3 27 R_R8 Q-Kt3 Irving Heitner, Pennsylva nia's new 16 Kt-K5 BxKt 28 B-B3 P-K4 17 PxB Q_K3 29 B_Q2 Q-Kt2 Champion, starred for City Col lege 18 BxKt B,B 30 RxB R,R , I in his undergraduate days. Later 19 R- B7 QxKP 31 B-KtS K-Kt2 he represented the Manhattan 20 P-B3 B_B4 32 Q-R4 R-B3 Chess Club. In recent years he has 21 RxKtP P-QS 33 P-B4 P-B3 22 R(1 ) _B7 KR-K1 Resig ns been engaged in war wor k in P hil adelphia, and has not had much t i me for serious chess. In the first Amateur Cha mpionship OHIO Tournament, held In Oecember, ]'.Illton Ellenhy. 22 years old and former 1942, Heitner was in the running IHinols Junio]· Champion, won the Oh io title for first place throughout the t our­ after an exclling rnce with \V_ M. Patrick ney. H e finally woun d up in a of Clevelnlltl. The tournament was held dUr­ ing the Labol' Day weekend. Ellen by, now a triple tie for second with H . r esident of Dayton, finished lied with Pat­ Saperstein and L. Chauvenet at BV.. , rie!! at 6-1. Howevel·, according to the Son­ nebol'll·nergel' system of breaking ties, 3V2 , behind E. S. J ackson Jr. who took f irst place by scoring 9.3, ElIenby's seOl'C was qual itath-ely su perior and he thereforc ~l c (]ulr ed the tllle. Sgt. L. A. Ge!zel· (51h-llh) of nez-ea, recently rc tul'ned from EurOI)e, made a good tblrd. The Scrgeant entered the tournament at the beginning of the 2nd round, and was given Ih point for the Ilr'sl round. He had just ar­ rived rr·om O\'(l rseas, came dlr('ct rrom the trllin to lhe tournament after calling his PENNSYLVANIA ILLINOIS wife on the phone upon arrival. \Vhlle in Europe, the Sergeant played chess with The I llinois State Championship, contest­ In'l nS' Hei lner. 27 years old and fonner :\larshall TilO ami stlltes that THo l )la~'S a City College player, won the seventh an­ ed during the Labor Day weekend, was a good game of chess. Edward Krisch aud nual Pennsylvania State Championship. ['eal struggle between youth a[HI experience_ Larry F riedman, both of Clevelanli, tied for Play took l)iace at the Hotel Sylvania In Lewis J, Isaacs, one or the state's outstand· fourth and ttfth wilh 5·2. Fricdman, now 15, Ph!ladelphia during the l.abor Day week· Ing players foz- many years, tied for Ill'st Is Junior Champion of Clevcland, John Hoy, end and the S\\-iss System was used. 'l'hez·e with young Albert Sandrln, the defending Cleveland Chanlj)lon. got of[ to a di~appolnt­ were 56 entries, with the following top champion, Dy llecislvely defeating Sandl'in Ingly bali start. There were 30 entrie~, and scorers: Irving Heitner (6-1) first; Angelo In the subseQuent playoff, I Sllacs became the Swiss System was used, with excellent di CamHlo and H arry MOn"is (!>Ih-llh) sec­ the new I11inois Champion. The l eading results_ At l he con clusion of the tourna­ ond and third. All of these players went scores: Isaacs ______6 - 1 ment, the Ohio Chess Association was through the tourney without loss or a game. Sandl'in ______6 - I fonned, with the following officers: PresI­ Special prizcs were awarded liS follows: Dahlstrom ______5 %- 1 'h dent, A. It. Phillips, C!~veland: I·'jrst Vice­ Best Played Game: A. Hegan (vs. Hunts­ PI'esident, I." A. Schol!). Akron; Second berger) : second prize: A . Mankin (nl. T. Davidson ______5 - 2 Cohen ______Vice-President. Ja<.:ksoll H, Beyer, Cohlm­ Gutekunst): BI·i1Iiancy Prize: A. Axelrod 5 - 2 Kurss ______bus; Se<.:retllry, J. E. nrown, Cleveland; (VB . W. L, Pritchard), The tOlll'lJa1l1ent was 5 - 2 Poschel ______5 - 2 Treasurer, 1\l, A. Kontosh, Cleveland. 1\1. L . directed by Mllton Finkelstein, and George \Van·en of Cleveland will be chairman of KoUanowskl and Barney Wlnkelmnn udju­ The tOUl'IIaUlent h ad a total or thirty-one the committee In charge of Ohio scbool dlcated unflnlshed games. The Pennsylvania entrants ami was run on the Swiss System, and college activities_ State Chess Federation elected the follow­ NIMZOINDIAN DEFENS E ing officers: William Byland, President; B, P rice Sandr!n Vice-President, E, S, Stevenson; Secretary, A. White mllck \\'alter Hall; TreaSUI'er, Clarence Ziegler. 1 P_Q4 Kt- KB3 22 P-QKt3 KR-Kl This game won the prize for the Best 2 P_QB4 P-K3 23 Q- K l KtxP Played Game. 3 Kt- QB3 B_KtS 24 RxKt BlCRch SICILIAN DEFENSE

FRENCH DEFENSE NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN This encounter shows the effects of L. Friedman E. Somlo nervous tension in the deciding game The Northeastern W isconsin Ope n Tour­ of the West Virginia Championship. In It White Black nament, played in July, ended In a tie at Harold Liggett. the new Champion. defeats 1 P-Q4 P-K3 9 8-Q3 Kt_ Kt3 5%·1% between Mark Surgles of Milwaukee Dr. S. \Ve rthamme r, the defending ChampIon. R_ KI (rlefending champion) anrl Frank Cabot III 2 P-K4 P-Q4 10 P_KR4 ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE 3 Kt_Q B3 B_Kt5 11 P_ R5 Kt-B1 of Sturgeon Bay, Cabot, only 19 , has acquired 4 P- K5 P_QB4 12 P-B3 P-B4 valuable experience in CHESS REVIEW'S H. Liggett S,Werthammer 5 P-QR3 BxKtch 13 PxP e,p. Q,P postal contests, Lew Aye rs of Appleton (an­ \Vhite Black 6 PxB p,p 14 B-KKt5 Q_B2 other postal player!) was third with 4%·2y'! , 1 P-K4 Kt-KB3 23 KtxR R-Q7 7 PxP Kt-K2 15 Kt-K5 Q_ B2 Averill Powe rs, chess editor of the I1Iilwau· 2 P- K5 Kt-Q4 24 8-B1 RxRP 8 Kt-B3 0-0 16 Q-B3 QxPeh kee Journal. placed fourth with the sal1-1o 3 P_QB4 Kt_KtS 25 8xP R_R4 score, Thel'e were 20 entries, Swiss System .;, P-Q4 P-Q3 26 Kt-B7 Kt-Q2 was useo, with all ties broken except the 5 Kt_ KB3 Kt_ BS 27 BxKtch K,B one for first place, 6 QKt-Q2 B-Kt5 28 P-B4 B-84ch 7 B_ K2 PxP 29 K-Rf R_R7 8 PxP Q-Q2 30 P-Kt3 K-K2 WEST VIRGINIA 9 P_QKt3 0-0-0 31 Kt-Kt5 P-KR3 Harold Ligget t of South Charleston is the 10 B-Kt2 P-K3 32 Kt-K4 B-Q5 new West Virginia Champion. The title 11 0-0 B-Kt5 33 B- Q2 P-B4 event, seventh of its kin d. tOok place at the 12 Kt-K4 Q- K2 S4 R-Q1 K_KS Morgan Hotel In Morgantown during the 13 Q-B1 BxKt 35 B-B3 K-B4 Labor Day weekend, There were 18 entries, 14 BxB Kt-Q5 36 BxB P,B and the Swiss System was used. Leading 15 Q-K3? Kt-B7 37 RxP 'K_ Kt5 scores: Harold W. Liggett 5%·%, first; Dr. 16 Q_Kt5 KtxR 38 Kt-Q2 K-R6 Siegfried Wel,thammer of Huntlngdon 17 BxKt QxQ 39 Kt_B1 R-KB7 (19-13 and 1944 Champion) 5-2, second; WH­ 1(: KtxQ R-Q2 40 R-Q1 R-K7 Ham F, Hartling of St. Albans, Dr, Victor 19 8-R5 P-Kt3 41 R- Q2 R- K8 J. Lemke and Willia m Schaeiter of Morgan­ 20 B_Kt4 K- Q1 42 K-Kt1 P-KKt4 43 K_B2 R_K5 K_ Rl town, Frank \Visinskl of Clarksburg all tied 21 B-Kt2 B-K2?? 17 B-Q2!! QxRch? 22 Q_ B7ch 22 Ktx8Pch K_K1 44 R-K2 Resigns 18 K_K2 Q,R 23 BxKt QxKtP fo r third with 4-2. 19 Q-B7ch K_Rl 24 B- Q6 P_ KKt3 20 QxR Kt_Q2 25 P-R6 Resigns 21 B-Kt4 K_ Ktl

SICI LIAN DEFENSE Mi lton Elie nby (left) H. Miller M. Ellenby new Ohio State Cham­ pion and Carl Driscoll White mack (right), both of Dayton. 1 P- K4 P_QB4 17 BxP KR-61 Ellenby's experience as 2 Kt_KB3 P-Q3 18 B-Q5 P_K3 a postal player has 3 Kt_BS Kt-KB3 19 6xB RxB proved va luable In giv_ , 4 P-Q4 PxP 20 Kt-K4 RxP 11, ing him a fine grasp of 5 KtxP P-KKtS 21 P- QKt4 Q- Kt3 opening play. This Is 6 P- KKtS B-Kt2 22 QxQ RxQ readily apparent from 7 B-Kt2 0 - 0 23 P-B4 P_Q4 his games in the Ohio 8 B-KS Kt_ Kt5 24 PxB PxKt Championship. Driscoll, 9 Q-Q2 KtxB 25 R-Q4 P_ K6 not yet 18, scored an 10 QxKt Kt-B3 26 R-Q3 P-K7 upset in the first round 11 KtxKt PxKt 27 R_ KS R-R3 by defeating Weiszman, 12 0-0 R-Ktl 28 R-R1 R-Q7 I a s t year's Northern 13 QR-Ktl Q_ R4 29 K-B2 P_K8(Q)ch Ohio Champion. 14 P_QR3 B-QR3 30 KxQ RxKRP 15 KR-Q1 B_B5 31 R-B3 ? R-R8ch 16 P-K5 BxP Resigns CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 5 were broken, wherever possible, by u sing t he Sonnebol"ll-B erger system); Bela Rozsa of Tulsa 5lh·llh, fourth. A Junior Tourna­ ment with f our entries resulted i n a triple tie (or first among GeOl·ge DI'own of San A ngelo and P. C. Cortez, Jr. of Corpus Chl·istl. both aged 12. and Jimmy Thompson ( 8 yea!"s old !) of Dallas. All ]IIade a score of 2·1. Ther e were fi ve ]IIoney 1)I·izes total ling $1 85.00, supplemented by nve I)rlzes In mer· chandlse. Me\'!s R Sm ith of Houston was elected President of the Tex,HI Chess A ss o· clation; Conrad P. Hoover of COI"j)US Chr isti and N . D. N aman of H ouston w ere chosen as Vlce·Presldents. A n i mportant organiza­ tional advan ce was made with t he formation ot t h e Sou thwestern Chess A ssociation. Its chier obj ective will be helping to f ound stat e associatIon s i n Louisiana, Arkansas. Okl ahoma, New M exico and Arlwna, and ar ranging an annual Invl t.atlon tournament for t he best Sout hweRtern player ~ . The fol· l owing officers w er e elect ed by the South· western Chess A ssociation: President J . C. Thom pson of Dallas; V ice· President , h enry Youngman of Corpus ChrIRt!; Secretary, James Webh, and Treaslll"er, F. H . McKee, both of Dallas_ QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE J . C. ThompSO Il H. Faber W hite Black -,;;;;;;;;;;; spectat or as 1 Kt_ KB3 P- K3 16 QxQch R,Q B,B ',;:h. ;b eg in the 2 P-B4 Kt-KB3 17 Kt-Q4 betwee n i.' ( right) 3 P-KKt3 P- QKt3 1{; KtxR B, R Quonse t Naval Base at t he Ch ampionshi p. 4 B-Kt2 B-Kt2 19 KtxR B,P 5 Kt-B3 B-Kt5 20 Ktx Kt Kt xKt BI SHOP'S OPEN I NG 6 Q- B2 0-0 21 R- K1 B,P NEW ENGLAND 7 P- QR3 BxKt 22 R_K7 Kt- B3 w. A dams R. Mit chell S QxB P- Q3 23 BxKt P,B Wenver Adams of Dedham, Mass., m ad e Whitt! an Impressi ve score In regaining his title Black 90-0 Q-K2 24 RxBP P_Kt4 of New England Champion at A ttleboro, 1 P- K 4 P_K4 12 Q_B4 B- Q3 10 P- QKt4 QKt-Q2 25 RxQRP B-Kt6 Mass., dur ing t he L abor Day weekend. 2 Kt-Q83 Kt-KB3 13 Kt-B3 P-QKt4 11 B_Kt2 Kt- Kl 26 K-B1 P-Q4 Adams w on ever y single game In the pre· 3 B_B4 KtxP 14 QxKKt P,Q 12 P_.Q4 P_KB4 27 R_Q7 P-R3 lImilla!·y and Championship sections, end· 4 Q- R5 Kt_Q3 15 B- Kt5 Q_K2ch 13 Q-K3 Kt( 1)-B3 28 K-K2 K- Bl ing up w it h 5·0 in the title event. A lbel·t 5 B- Kt3 Kt- B3 16 BxQch K,B 14 P_Q5 QR_Kl 29 K_K3 K-Kl M artin, Hhode Island Champion, w as second 6 Kt- Kt5 P_KKt3 17 KtxP B_R3 15 PxP Q, P 30 R- KR7 Resigns with 3·2. T hc Class A section was won by 7 Q-B3 Kt-B4 18 P-QR4 p, p P. Magri of Doston. with 3%·11h . S. Shaw e Q_Q5 Q- B3 19 RxP RxKt QUEEN'S GAMBiT DECLINED 9 KtxPch K-Ql 20 K-Q2 B-Kt2 of Mllfol"(l , Conn., M . R. Paul of Cambridge J . W . Stapp J. W ebb and H . D. Daly o f Doston scored 3·2. S\'cn 10 KtxR Kt (4)-Q5 21 Kt- Kt5 Resigns B rask ot Attleboro w on the Class B section 11 P-Q3 Kt-Kt5 Whit e Black w \th 41h -1h, closel y followed by Sgt . Day of 1 P-Q4 P- Q4 15 B- B2 PxP Manchest er , N . H. (4·2). Car leton Fenl ey ot 2 P-QB4 P- QB3 16 RxP Q-Kt3 Portland won Class C with 31h·1h. The SOUTHWESTERN 3 P- K3 P-K3 17 QR-Ql Kt- Bl t ournament w as run very efficiently by t he J. C. T hompson of DaUas omt!rged the 4 Kt_KB3 Kt- B3 18 P-K5 Kt_Q4 Attlebor o Ch.e ss Club which provided winner of t he Southwestern Open Cham· 5 B- Q3 PxP 19 B-K Kt3 P-B4 $1 70.00 In prize money. plonshl p, held at tile Nueces Hotel In Cor· 6 BxBP B_Q3 20 B-Kt 3 B_B4 "'" Adams can al ways be depended pus Ch ristl dur ing the Labor Day weekend 7 Kt-B3 P-QKt4 21 Ktx Kt Bx Kt pro(luce interesting ches s. A s most and sponsored by the Texas Chess Associ a­ 8 B- Q3 QKt- Q2 22 RxB PxR RE VIEW readers know, A dams tion and Corpus Christ i Chess Cl ub. 9 0-0 P-QR3 23 Bx Pch Kt -K3 The toul"llament attract ed 43 entr ies and 10 P- K4 B-K2 24 Kt-Kt5 QR- Ql ; TI~::~. In the Dlsbop's Opening with w as run on the Swiss Syst em . T he l ending 11 Q-K2 0 - 0 25 BxKtch RxB ~' pieces, and A l bin's Countel· sc ores were: J . C. Thompson 6·1 , first ; J . 12 P_KR3 R_K1 26 Rx Rch QxR Gambit with the Black pieces. H aving de· 13 B-KB4 B- Kt2 27 KtxR Resiglls voted years of research to these lines of W . SLap]) of Dallas, 5'h·llh, second ; W . F. play, h. frequent ly catches unwary oppo· Gladney or Daton Rouge 5~ ·1 1h, thi rd (ties 14 KR-Q1 P-B4 nent s lit Ilttle known variations.

ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT A, C. Martin w. Adams W hite Black Pablo Cortez ( I eft) 1 P_Q4 P- Q4 14 BxKtP R_Kt1 p I a y s L. M. Henry 2 P-QB4 P-K4 15 B-Q5 P_B3 ( right) In t he South. P_Q5 16 B_K4 3 PxKP KtxP wester n Open Cham_ 4 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 17 Q-B2 KtxB pionship, as P a b I 0 5 P-QR3 P-QR4 18 QxB R,P 6 QKt- Q2 B-KKt5 19 QxBP P-Q6 Co rt ez Jr. and J . C. 7 P-R3 BxKt 200-0 p , p Thompson's youngs ters 8 KtxB B- B4 21 KR- K1 Q-Q5 study the position In_ 9 P-KKt3 KKt-K2 22 Q- B2 }hPch t ently. 10 B- Kt2 0-0 23 B_Kt2 Kt- Q6 11 P-Kt3 Kt_Kt3 21, RxP QxRch 12 B-Kt2 KKtxP Resigns 13 KtxKt KtxKt 6 CHESS R EVI EW, NOVEMBER, 1945 TRANSCONTINENTAL TOUR BY HOROWITZ

On J anuary 1st, I. A. Horow!t:!l CHESS REVIEW'S popular editor, begins his ninth transcontinental tOUI' or many of America's outstanding chess clubs. The genernl direc­ tion of Horowlu's tour Is as [ollows: New York, Pblladei phia, Washington, D. C., Pitts­ burgh, Ohio, West Virginia, IndIanapolis, St. Louis, Kansas Ctty, Tulsa, Texas, California, Washington, lIIontana, Salt Lake City. Den­ ver, Omaha, Minneapol!s, Milwaukee, Chi­ cago, Detroit, Duftalo, Hochester, Syracuse, New England etates. Horowitz Is raplUly completing hie schedule and wlll theretot"e welcome inquiries (rom Interested chess clubs. The fee for an appC!LranCe Is $60; this inciu(les a by Horowitz, preceded by it lecture on a no· table master game, carefully explained from the layman's point of view. The follow!ng sprightly game la a good example of the enterprising play with which Horowitz has dellghted thousands of chess fans all over the country. Los Angeles, 1942 ( Notes by 1. A. Horowitz) I. A. Horowitz Ama te ur White Black 1 P-K4 P_K4 2 Kt-QB3 Kt_ KB 3 3 P_B4 P_Q4 4 P- Q3 B- QKtS \Vhite's unusual fourth move, a favorite with Stelnitz, has the merit of being un· familiar to modern players. It Is Ideal for Youngsters a t t he CranwelJ Prepa rat ory Sc hool a t Lenox, Mass., simultaneolls play. as it opens up the game study their opening moves int e ntly to avoid any openi ng tra p on quickly with many opportunitIes for lively t he pa rt of t heir internat iona lly fa mous oppone nt. T he hu ndreds attacking. of exhibitions given by Horowitz have don e muc h to c reate and 5 BPxP Kt-Kt5 maintain chess interest In t his country 6 PxP KtxKP 7 Kt- B3 Q,P 8 B- K2 BxKtch \'ihlte has a hidden resource with 14 expch! Natul"al1y, not 15 ... K- Ktl; 16 D- D4ch! 9 PxB QKt_B3 and 14 . , , Kt xe is forced. Then follows 15 or if 15 ... K- K1; 16 B- R5cb, P-Kt3; 17 10 0 - 0 Q-B4ch Q_K1c h ! and Black is embarrassed for an R- Klch ends matters rapidly, adequate defense. Thus, jf (A) 15 . .. K-Ql; Black goes ·huntlng- always a dan· 16 Q-R4ch (not 16 D- Kt5ch, KtxB with 16 B-Q3c h! KxBI gerous procedure when your game Is unde· ample material fOJ' the Queen), K-Q2; 17 Q­ ve loped. If 16 ... K- R4; 17 B- K3 and the threat Kt4ch (not 17 RxKtch, K- B3! ). K-B3; 18 P­ ot 18 Q- B7ch {ollowed by 19 Q-Q5ch, or 11 P-Q4 Q5ch and Black cannot avoid loss of his 18 Q- B3ch or even the simple 18 P- KR3 12 KtxKt! • • • • Queen for insufficient material. cannot be met. Or (e) 15 .. ,K- Q2; 16 RxKtc h, K-B3; 17 P- Q5c h, KxP (If 17 .. . K- Kt4 : 18 Q- Blch 17 P- R4ch! KxP w!ll win the Queen or mate) : 18 P- B4c h, K­ If 17 .. . K- R4; 18 Q- B3ch, D- KtS (rorced, B3 j 19 RxPch! , KxR; 20 B_B4c h, K_Bl; 21 for It 18 .. , KxP; 19 P- Kt3ch and Black la QxQ with the winning threats ot 22 Q- K5, mated either by 19, .. K- RS; 20 D- Dl mate 22 Q- Q4 or 22 QxP. or 19, .. K- Kt1: 20 Q- B·Jch, K- R4: 21 Q­ Note that in all these variations, Black R4 mate ) ; 19 B- Kt6ch wins the Queen. But avoids moving his K ing to a black square the resulting position would he difficult [or both sides, [n variations where W hite can give a • with hIs QD and win the Black Queen 18 P-Kt3c h ! KxP! advantageously. Forced. It 18, .. K-Kt4; 19 Q- B4ch fol· 13 B- KtS , , . , lowed by 20 Q-R·J mate. Or 18 .. , K- R4; Tile safe and sane way Is 13 R-Ktl, 19 Q- D3ch. B- KtS (It 19 .. . K- R3: 20 Q­ threatening R-Kt3 followed by B-R3 to RIch etc,); 20 Q- Rlch and mate at R4! prevent Black from . A likely con­ 19 Q- B2c h K- KtS tinuation then is ]3 . . , K t- B3; 14 P- Q5, Q­ 20 K_Kt2! 1 QxR Q5ch : 15 QxQ. KtxQ; 16 B- Q3 and Black cnn 12 . • • • Kt:xKt offer little resistnnce against the douhle Other.",lse, 21 Q- Kt3ch and mate tollows. threat of 17 P- B3 and 17 R-Klch. It 12 . •. QxR ; 13 B-QB4! and mack, reo 21 Q-Kt3ch K-R4 markably enough, Is In serious dlfflculUes­ 13 .. .. Kt- B3 22 B-K2ch K- R3 tor example 13, . . QxPc h j 14 QxQ, KtxQj 14 RxP! , ... 23 Q-B4ch K-Kt3 15 BxPc h, K_K2 (if 15 . .. K-BI; 16 D- R3 ch and mate next move. or if IS . . , K- Ql; Beginning a fascinating combinat Ion. It 23 ... P- Kt4?; 21 Q- B6 mate. 16 B-KtS mate); 16 B-R3c h, K- Q1 ; 17 R-Q1 14 " . . KxR 24 B-Q3ch K-R4 and the faUs. But in the above ,·arlation. 13 .. , QxPch If 14 . .. OxPch; 15 QxQ. KtxQ; 16 R­ Abandoned as a . Both players have (after 12 . . . QxH: 13 B- OB4!) appears fool· K7ch, K- Dl: 17 D- QB4! After the text, to be satlstred with the . hardy. Why not 13 , . , KtxKt , , , ? Then, Black's has to run the gauntlet, Luck!ly. White had just enough material I! 14 PxRt , Black can castle and Is safe. But 15 Q_Blch K_Kt3! left at the end to be able to torce a draw ! CHESS R EVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 7 ALEKHINE OUTPOINTED IN SPANISH EVENT

Spanish chess players are no push'Qvers- at least, not for ... KtxP; 10 P- Q4 leads to lively Wins! If 38 Q-Q2. Q- B6! World Champion Alexander Alekhlne. At GIJon, In July, he could complI cations. forces mate. only tie for second with Medina (6'h- 2'h), whlle Rico (8-1) came 10 KtxB QxKt 38 Q-Kt3 R- B6! In first. At SabadeJl, a month later, Alekhine was first with 7%-lJAi 11 8-B2 P-B4 Confiscating \Vhite's Queen, and Vllardebo second (6%- 2%). The games with I1Iedina and Donet 12 P-Q4 Q_B2 were played at Gijon, the game with Valles at Sabadell. for if 39 Q- R4? n - nSch!; 40 13 8_Kt5 Kt_Q2 RxR. Q- Kt7 mate: or 39 Q- Kl. 14 KtxP! KtxKt RxB; 40 Q- K2, R- B5 winning SICILIAN DEFENSE 32 Q-B3! P- K4 Relatively better than 14 .. . easily; or 39 Q-KtS, Q- KB2; 40 A. Medina Dr. A. Ale khlne Else R- R2ch Is devastating. PxKt: 15 P- Q5 with a big plus Q- Bl, Q-B4 and wins. for White. White Black 33 R-R2ch K-Kt2 39 QxB RxQ 15 PxKt p,p 40 8-B5 Q- K5 1 P-K4 P_QB4 34 Q- B3 • • • • 3,1 Q-K3, forcing the honible 16 Q-R5 0_0 41 B-Q7 RxBP 2 Kt-KBl P-Q3 17 P_QKt3 42 B_K6ch K-Kt2 3 P_Q4 p,p reply 34 ... P- KKt4, would have P-B3 18 B_K3 P_B5? 43 R-K81 K-R3 4 KtxP Kt_ KB3 won more easily because of 5 Kt-QB3 P_KKt3 Black's trapped Hook. Poor judgment, giving White Stopping all shenanigans by way of 44 R- B7ch etc. The rest 6 B_K3 B-Kt2 34 . . . . B-KS a terrific Queen-side . P_QR31 IS .. . P - Kt5 is more logical. is for the record: 44 B- B2. QxP ; 7 P_ B3 And now 35 Q-K3! Is correct. The attempt to combine two 19 P- QKt4 Kt-Kt2 45 B- B8, Q- Kt4ch; 46 K- Rl. R­ 35 R-Bl Q-K2 20 P-B4 Q-B2 B8; 47 RxR, Qxnch; 48 K- Kt2, systems of defense with 5 ... p­ Q- Kt7; 49 K- B3, QxP; 50 B­ KKt3 and the text turns out 36 K-Kt2 Q_Q1 21 Q- K2 PxP 37 Q-K3 ...• 22 RxP Q- K2 K3ch. K- Kt2; 51 BxP, P- D6: 52 badly, The Immediate ... Kt-B3 D- Q3, Q- Q3 ; 53 K- K4, Q- B3ch; is preferable, After 37 R(1)-KRl, Q-KKtl "He who has the Bisbops, has (the Dishop cannot retreat); 38 54 K- Q4, P - B7: 55 n - QB1, Q­ 8 Q- Q2 Kt- B3 the future," said the great R8; White resigns. R- R7ch, QxR; 39 RxQch. KxR; Tarrasch. White has a tremend· 9 Kt-Kt3 P_ R3 40 Q- B6 Black can resign. Or 10 P-QA4! Kt_QR4 ous adyantage and can Increase 37 ... Q- Q7ch: 38 Q- B2, QxQch ; it with the logical P -QR4. Not l!k!ng P-R5 with Intoler­ 39 KxQ and the ending is even a ble pressure on the weakened more unfavorable than In t he 23 QR-KB1 R-B2 QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING Black squares of Black's Queen· text. 24 B- Q4 QR_K81 Dr. A. Alekhlne Valles side. 25 Q-R5 Q-Q2 White Black 37 , , . . R-Kt4 26 P-QR4! .... 11 R-RS! B-Q2 38 R(I)-KRI B-Kt1 The right plall. But Wbite 1 P- Q4 Kt- K B3 12 B_K2 QR-B1 39 R-KBI Q-K2 2 P_Q B4 P- K3 13 0 - 0 Kt-B5 40 R-B2 B-K3 fidgets from one wing to the 3 P_ KKt3 P-B4 14 BxKt R,B 41 R-Rl K-Ktl other. 4 P- Q5 P-Q3 This occupation of Qn5 Is gen· 42 R-Q2 K-Kt2 26 .... p,p 5 8 - Kt2 B_K2 erally very strong In the S!cil!an, 43 Q- Q3 Q-B1 27 R-R1 P-R6 6 Kt_Q B3 0-0 but It has little errect here. 44 R_K82 · . , . 28 P-KS P- B4 7 Kt- B3 PxP 15 P_R5! Q_B1 Not 44 Q- QS?, RxPch! and 29 RxRP Q- 83 8 PxP R-Kl 16 Kt-Q4 0 - 0 uraws! Now \Vhite has a simple win· 9 0-0 QKt-Q2 10 P_K4 B_B1 17 Kt(4)_K2 K-R2 44 . . . . Q-K2 ning procedure: 30 8 - R4 . Q- nl; 18 R_B1 B- KS 4S R-Ql R-Kt5 31 n-Ql !, Kt- Ql; 32 B- B5 or 31 l 1R-Kl " ', ... Q- B3; 32 B- B3 etc. Kt-Q2 would bave been 19 Kt-R4 Kt- Q2 46 Q_Q8 · . , . n 20 P-QKt3 ! R-B2 He could force the 30 R_Rl B-Bl more exact, preventing Black's Now White gets in the power· of Queens by doubling Rooks 31 P_Kt4 P-Kt3 following counterplay. As the ful thrust at which he has aimed on the Q ti le and playing Q- 32 Q- R6 Kt-Ql gams goes, Alekhlne gradually with his last six moves. Kn3; this would save the KP. dissipates the opening advan· On 32 ... PxP White presum· tage. 21 P-QB4! P_B4 46 • • . , Q,Q a bly intended 33 P - K6?!, Qx 11 . , , . Q-R4 22 Kt-B4 B_Ktl 47 RxQ R,P P; 34 QR- KBl, Q-K2! and now 12 B-Q2 P-QKt4 23 Kt-Q5 . , , . 48 R-Kt8 K-R3 - what?! 13 P- QR3 Q-Kt3 49 RxP K-Kt4 33 PxP B,P 14 Q-B2 P-QR4 50 R_Kt2 B_84 34 B_R4 Q_Kt2 P-Kt5 51 R- QB7 R_K6 Kt_K3! 15 P-QR4 35 B-B5 16 Kt_QKt5 8-R3 52 K-B2 R-B6 53 RxP P-K5 17 8-KBI Kt-KtS 54 R_ K2 R_B6ch 18 B-QB4 QKt-K4 KtxKt 55 K-Kl RxKKtP 19 KtxKt 20 B_K2 BxKt 56 RxP R,P 21 Px8 P-Kt3 57 K-B2 R-Q6 22 8 - K3 B_Kt2 58 K-K2 R-QR6 23 P_B4 Kt- Q2 59 R-Q4 R-R7eh P_R5 60 K-K3 R-R6ch 24 B-B4 R,R 61 K-Q2 Resigns 25 RxP 26 QxR B,P 27 B_B2 B-B6 28 R_K2 Q-B2 29 P-Kt6 • • • • Dr. A. Alekhlne A. Bonet A sUght flurry which leads to A "corree·house attack": after White Black nothing. 23 ... BxKt: 24 KPxB Black's 1 P-K4 P-K4 29 . . . . Q_Ql game would be strategically 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 30 P_ Kt7 Kt_Kt3 hopeless. 3 B-Kt5 P-QR3 36 8xR11 . . , . 31 Q_Kt5 KtxB 23 ... . PxP? 4 B-R4 Kt-83 Handing OYer t he game. After 32 QxKt Q_Kt3 24 KtxR QxKt 5 Kt-B3 P-QKt4 36 R-B2, KtxB; 37 PxKt White's 33 P-KS p,p 25 PxP Kt-B4 6 8-Kt3 B-K2 Pawns are stronger tha n they 34 BxP Q,P 28 KtxKt PxKt 70-0 P-Q3 look. 35 PxP R,P 8 Kt-Q5 8-K3 27 R-R2 B-K4 36 . . . , KtxR 36 RxR B,R 28 BxRP BxPch 9 P-BS Kt_QR4 37 BxP Q-B2 29 K-R1 B-85 This would have been more Threatens mate. wins mate· 38 QxQ B,Q 30 BxB R,B logical a move earlier, in order rial. 39 K_82 P-B4 31 P-Kt3 R-Kt5 to exchange White's KB. It 9 37 QxKt B-R61 Drawn 8 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEM8:E.'R, 1945 • A RUNAWAY BESTSELLER! Now In its 28th Thousand!

by IRVING CHERNEV and

HEN 20 ,000 copies of a chess primer a re sold in The book is designed for people who don't know one the first six months of its publication it 1nW;t be from another. Photographs show what the W good! It must be different.' chessmen look like, how they are set up on the boa rd, AI/. Invitation to Chess was published all April 24th, how each piece moves and captures other pieces. All the 1945. It is now in its 28th thousand, its 31'd printing, and rules of the game al'e explained in full detail and thor­ has broken all sales records for chess books! And the oughly ill ustrated. Several pages are used to clarify some publishers are printing 20,000 mo)'e copies for release of the rules which other text-books dismiss in one next year! sentence. \Vhy has this book sold in such quantities? Why I n the past, has been a stumbling have so mally people told us that they bought this book blod, to those who have attempted to learn ch ess from aftel' looking through all the ot her chess primers in book­ books. In A n I nll-itation to Chess this method of record­ stores'! IJere are a few of the reasons; ing chess moves is introduced gradually and painlessly. An Invitation to Chess is the first primer to teach The reader leal'lls chess notation without cuni;ciouB effort chess by modern, 'visu([l-uid methods. \\lith 40 photo­ on his part. graphs, 468 diagrams and hundreds of practical exam­ After he knows the rul es and can read chess nota­ ples, the rules and basic principles of chess are clarified tion, the learner is given a thorough grounding' in the and made easy to understand. basic principles of chess-The Principle of King Safety, The Principle of Superior Force, The Principle of Mo­ bility. Each of these fundamental principles is explained and illustrated by step-by-step "movies" of actual games. When he unde)·stands the principles of chess, the reader is then ready for the third chapter which explains and illustrates the fundamentals of opening procedUre. Common mistakes in the open ing are outlined, followed by a fu ll ex pl anation of correct opening strategy and " Chess Movie" examples of games. The final chapter deals with the artistry of chess and gives examples of chess combinations. - A n Invitation t() CheBs is a complete, self-teaching guide to the game of chess. The authors lead the reader gently from the very first principles to the point where he can play the game with considerable skill. An Invitation to Chess is a readable book. The writ­ ing style is modern and interesting. Diagrams 0)' photo­ graphs illustrate every position to which reference is made in the text. You can read this book in bed, in the subway, wherevel· you happen to be. You need no chess­ board to follow the text. THESE are just a few of the reasons why A u In'vitation to Chess is breaking all sales records. If you have not yet read it, send for your copy today. Even if you play chess well, you will enjoy it. It will serve as a refresher course in the fundamental principles of the game. And if .you want to cOllvert a friend to the game of chess, no other book will do the job so well. Ou r Book Department maintains a large stock of An In vitation to Chess. Your orders for this book will be fi ll ed by return mail. Mail Your Order to CHESS REVIEW BOOK DEPARTMENT Cat. No. H-S • • • • • 250 WEST 57th ST . NEW YORK 19, N. Y. WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICAN CHESS?

AN EDITORIAL

•

\VHEN the results of the USA- USSR Radio were successful- a lthoug h the harmfu l ten· can obtain diversion and relaxation that he Chess Match, September 1·1, wer e publlshed dencies were there just t he same! It was will not choose chess unless you present It in the newspapers, thousands of American only the struggle with the most formidable to him in a re(llly attractive Ifght. If you chess players, and mallY non-chess phifers pompetitors that highlighted Olll' technical cannot so prese nt it, he will stay away from as well, learned to their astonishment that faults. chess, and the game will never have the the Ame rieall team had been c rushed by the To enSllre a better showing in the next great popular ground swell of enthusIasm one-sided seQre of 15'h-4'h. match, the following suggestions should be which it needs so badly. Many or liS expected the American team considered: To incl'ease the popularity of chess In to win. ·We relied on our four victories in 1. As many team members as possible this country [tnd provide t.he means where· the Internationnl Team Tournaments, on should be seleeted on the basis of the ir by players can rise to the top from all our grandmasters who had finished at the /1ehieve.ment in a qualifying tournament. sections of the country, CHESS REVIEW top OJ" near the top in snch "elite" to\11'­ 2. Thl) members Should act as pal't of proposes the following 4' point progralll : !laments as Nottingham, Semmel'ing-Baden a team; they should study the games of 1. \Ve must find more ways, more effec· and Avl'o. Vi'!) reallzetl that on Ii flfty-board the Soviet masters, become familiar with tive ways to make the United States chess· match \\ie might be swamped by the USSR their styles, their opening preferences, their conscious. Vie must make it eaay and desir· but we felt confident that on ten boards we strong and we ak points. able for more peuple to learn how to play could more than hold 0111' own. 3. Current analyses of the o]lenings chess. Great progl'ess has been made in Some of us, thoroughly familiar with the ~hould be carefully compiled, collated and these respects in the past few years. The chess strength of the redoubtable Hussians, studied to avoid repetitIon of some of the number of chess players in this country is foresaw an American dcfeat. But no one­ debacles in opening play which occllrred In incre[tsing rapidly. We must continue and not even the Sovict masters, by their ad· the recent match, - expand our efforts. We must give chess a mission !- anticlpated so overwhelming a ·1 . All the team me mbers should have the mass base: only then wJll we have that triumph. benefit of participation in at least olle good favorable chess atmosphere whIch automa· What was the cause of this deCeat? "What tournament prior to playing in the match. tically produces great masters, lessons can we learn from it? How can we Playing two hard games after a lengthy lay· 2. An official national ratIng system do better next time ? To answer these off from serious chess is too much of a task, should be established. This wlll tell every questions convincingly, we must face un· cvcn fer the best players. chess player just where he stands among pleasant facts and be resolutely clear about all the players in the country, give him a the causes of Ollr team's downfall, There goal to aim at, make him eager to improve, is one point on which all agree: the Soviet BUT the foregoing reeommendations would In addition, a rating system sharpens the masters played much better chess, and be cures for merely technical shortcomings, competitive spirit by emphasizing the com· hence fully earned their victory. In viev,' of The thin gs that are basically wrong about parative strength of tournaments- In fact, a this painfully obvious fact, any attempt to American chess are organizational, and must rating system creates tournaments! Up to salve o\\r pride with alibis would be s!l1y. be dealt with on the organIzational level. now, 0\11' v,' hole tournament system has A team, 01' a group of grandmasters, cannot s uffered from the fallaey of evaluati)lg tour· Are our playcrs weaker than the ir Soviet exist in a vacuum; it has to have the sup· opponents? A dimeult question, Granted that naments by their fOl'mal titles instead of by port and stimulus of a great chess public the strength of their participants, Oil the hu;t three boards we were definitely behind it, and an efficient, enthuslaslc, outclassed; yet on the first ~even boards, eountry·wide organIzatIon to create interest 3. Our tournament system should be r eo where our selection of players could hardly in chess, to sharpen competition, to give orguni7.ed 011 a much more integrated basis. have been improved upon, we lost by 10-4! every player- even the lowliest- a national H should be possible for a player to pro· The seven Amcriean players managed to rating, to increase the numbe!; of chess gress up the ladder of chess competition, win only tv.ro games outright, out of a total players and thereby produce more chess steadily improving his rating a ll the time as of fourteen games! At this point many a masters, he pl'oceeds from local to state to regional thoughtful reader will draw the logical de· been much better organized to national competition. Clear and definite duction: if Americ(L's best are annlh!lated in in than in the United States, but rules should he drawn up and published such style, doesn't th~t prove that we are there why we should continue so that conditions of play will be uniform clearly inferior to the Hussians? to lag we bend Ollr efforts to im· throughout the cOllntry. ThIs does not mean But this is only part of the picture. Mere proving our chess organization in this COUll, that other types of tourllaments( those held compai'isons alld estimates of ability are try, there Is every likelihood that we will under the Swiss System, for example) will misleading if we omit relevant details. The match or e .... en surpass what has been done be ruled 011t. The time element often makes Soviet m~sters were much better trained, for chess in the . There, mlll· it impossible to run a tournament a long they took the contcst more seriously; as ions learn the game in childhood. \Vhe.n ideal lines. Ilsua!, they studied the openIngs with almost they grow up, they live in a chess atmos· 4. Chess must be decentralized, The fact fantastic concentration and they had a keen phere of tOllrnaments, endless competitions, that a good many tournaments are held in es prit de co r ps. Our pla yers, on the other vast publieity in newspapers, magazines, ra· New York City mal,es it dimcult, if not hand, rarely look at a chess book or board dio broadcasts, leettlres, exhibitions, books impossible, for pl[tyers in other sections of between tourneys; treat opening theory with produced in huge editions. Every club, col· the country to get first-rate practice. One or indifference; rely on the inspiration of the lective, government department, [actory and the most effective means of decentralization moment to save them in any conceivable school has its chess section. The " conver· would be to hold the United States Cham· predicament; and, instead of considering .'lion" to chess on the part of any individual plonsllip and the AmateuI' Championship In themselves as part of a team, look at such is easy, effortless and taken for granted, different clties e,'el-Y year. Another import· a match from an Individual point of view. Tn this conntry, we are still fight ing a ant change would be to stage qualifying Worse yet, many of them were, (md perhaps battle (by now it is a winning battle) to regional tourneys for participation in the still are, afflicted with an overconfidence dispel the once prevalent notion that chess Championship events. until chess groups which Is as ludicrollS as it Is Ulll'easonable, is queer, dull, ohl-fogeyish, Progress is being all over the conniry are willing to shoulder These are grave faults, but there arc made- but much remains to be done, The the responsibllity of fillanclng and manag· weighty extenuating explanations. \Vhatever further popularization of chess in this coun· ing such tournaments, chess wlll never take may have been wrong about the a ttitude of tr}' depends on aggressive publicIzing. Those on a grass·roots character in this country. American players, it is an undisputed faet who want chess to l'emain "dignified" and The criticIsms made here and the sug· that in the past they did score victories a lOOf will gain us neither more adhel'entS gestlons offered are by no means the last consistently, The American appl'oach to nor greater masters. In the United States, word on the subject. Future eelltol'ials w!ll chess worked-it was practical, pragmatic, chess has enormous eompetition from a be· develop these ideas more fully, and the stood the test of keen competition, Let us wildering variety of other sports, games, comments of CHESS HEVIEW readers will be fair to our players: Jet us admit that pastimes and amusements. There are so provide a cross·section of rank·and·file we did not criticize them so long as they many dIfferent ways In which an American opInion. CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 11 RADIO ATCH REVIE

The games of the U.S.A.-U.S.S.R. Radio Malch are re­ 14 . . . . P-KtS 15 Kt-K4 P_ B4 published with annotation.. '? by the American players, The second part oj this set'tes wW aPrJcar next month. 1. MY GAMES WITH BOTVINNIK • by Arnold S. Denker

7 P-K5 P_KR3 8 B-R4 P_Kt4 9 KtxKKtP • • • • Seemingly very powerful. Howev-cr. Bot· By now I realized that my unfortunate villnik Is fully prepared fo r it. eleventh moyo had made things very easy ror Botvlnnlk. Black has freed his game lint! 9 . . . . PxKt has a weli·nigh perfect position- with the 10 BxKtP QKt- Q2 KH file stil1 to be heard (rom! 16 Q_Kt 1 J hat! counted on this move to turn the tide, but J always remained one short. of gaining t.he initiative. 16 . . . . Q- B2 The immediate 16 .. . Q- D3 is not Quite s o good, tor example 17 I'- D3, PxP: I g Ilxl>, Q- B2; l~) 1'- KKt3 and White eall defend himselr for some time to come.

Mikhail Botvinnik Arnold S. Denker • • United Stntcs Champion Arnold S , Dellker was doubly unfortunate in his games with 11 PxKt • • IIl!khail 13otvinnik. The Soviet grandmaster The fIrst step to perOition. There is no not only put lIis encyclopaedic knowledge hurry about this move, s ince the Knight is of the openings to good use: he was in suo pi nned and lost in allY event. perb forlll, winning both games by a series In the 194<1 Soviet Championship, both of smashing, il'fesistible blows. l\Iany ' a Lilienthal and Mikenas played 11 P- KKt3! qualified judge felt that no opponent could against Botvinnik, obtaining all excellent hold llotvillnik at the height of his powers. game. The point is that the of - Ed. \Vhite's KD gives him a very powerful posi· tion on the long diagonal, in view of the QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED earlier weakening of Black's pos ition by A. S . Denker M. Botvinnik ... P-QKt4. 17 Kt-Kt3 ? · . . . White Black [ had looked at both of these games The ratal mistake. 17 P- KKt3 would stm 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 rather superficially and got the impression have held the game together, although 2 P-QB4 P- K3 that Botyinnik's play was far from best. White would have had to weather a very 3 Kt-QB3 P-QB3 Hence I felt that he must have found some strong King·side attack. 4 Kt-B3 Kt-B3 improveme nts and so decided to take the 17 . . . . 5 B-Kt5 . . , , game into channels where we would both 18 BxP be on our own. • • • • This move, obvious ns it mny seem, posed \Vhite cannot allow Black's Pawns to a problem fol' me, I knew that after 5 B­ 11 . . , . B-QKt2 continue their menacing march . But now Kto, Botvinnik would have an oppor-tunlty Now it is toO late for \Vhite to fmnchetto Dotvin nik has the ojJjJorilmity to carry out to playa pet yariatlon with which he is his KD. a powerful attack. thoroughh' fam iliar, havillg devoted a con· 12 B_K2 , , . slderable amount of study to it. 5 P - K3 . 18 . . . . Q-B3! was a s imple and excellent alternative for A deyeloping move, to be sure, but the Natlu'ally llOt 18 ... QxB?; 19 H- B1 wIn· White: but J felt that evading 5 B- Kt5 lJisiJop is much more modestly posted here ning the Queen. would not be in keeping with the spirit of than at Ki2. 19 P-B3 P-Q6! the occasion. Hence I accepted Botvinnik's 12 . . . . Q-Kt3 challenge. Threatening t o win a piece y,;ith 20 ... Q­ Preparing for Queen·side castling. keep· IHch. The opening of the dingonal QD4- S . ... ing the QP under observation a nd a lsO KKt8 Is disastrolls for White. 6 P- K4 . . . lending additional strength to the eventn:~l 20 Q- B1 .... 6 P- K3. P- Kt4 gives Black excellent pros­ thrust of the QBP. White's extra Pawn is pects of retaining the gambit Pawn. The purely academic. J was under no illusions about what was text, on the other' hand. attacks the QBP 13 0-0 0 - 0-0 coming. If 20 D- K3, J3 - B4 wins. and at the same time throatens P- K5. 14 P_QR4 • • • • 20 . . . . B-B4ch! 6 . . . . P- Kt4 If 14 B- B3, Kt- K4 leaving White the 21 K _ Rl • • • • He disregards the coming P- K5-all part cruel chOice between losing his Q.P or part· Or 21 B- K3, P - Q7!; 22 QxP, Kt- K4 win· of his plan. Ing with the valuable KB. nlng n piece. 12 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEIIIBER, 1945 21 . . . . Whit" has a minima l ' advantage by reason velopment rests Oil White. Aftel' the text, of his having the first move. Dotvinnlk wIns in spal"l(ling style. III sneh a stabilized position, the re is less like lihood that either sirle can win. In view of HlY attitnde al the beginning of this game - do or die [or good old eSA- this was (jui te a dam\)er Oll illY enthusiasm. Ilotvinnik's choice of this line of play is a tl'ibme to his subtle u nderstanding of l< \wh [lsyehological fine Jloint~. 4 . . . . PxP • 5 Kt-B3 Kt_B3 This is a kind of Four Knights' Game tranMelTed to the Queen-s ide! 6 B-84 Q-R4 Black's choice here is a hard one: If he plays 6 .. . 1'- K3, he is likely to suITer [rom his Qil's lack of mobllity; but if he 22 Q-B4 . . . . plays 6 , . • B- B 4. the is often ex· [Jose(l to attack! The text is an attempt to If 22 3 - 1301 (or 22 D-J{!{6. P - Q7 ! alHl postpone a decision. 14 B-QKt5! B_Q2 15 Kt_Q2! wins) , H:d'ch!: 23 Kx H, H- Hlch; 24 Kt- H5, The on the QKt really has no theo· • • • • RxKtch: 25 K- Kt3. 1'- IU!! ; 26 D- K3, Qxt': re UcH! basis. as White can defend himself Threatening 16 Kt- B4. What can Black 27 K- il2. 1(- 1(7 with all irresistible attack. against the pill without any tl"ouble. ilut r do about it ? No better is 22 P- U·l. H.xPchl; 23 KxH, was determined to give the game an in­ R- RIch; 2·1 Kt- H5, RxKtch; 25 K- Kt3, Hx l en~sting turn. It often happens that the Beh, etc. elcillent of surprise is enough to justify But the texl is lil{ewise inadeQuatc. The e ven fill untheorctical move. stage is set fOI" Glade 7 P-K3 Kt-K5 22 . . . . RxPch! 8 Q_Kt3 P- K3 I had been sulTel'lng fOl" sevel'al moves in 9 B-Q3 B_ Kt5 anlicipatioll of this stroke. It was a lmost a Continuing to reinforce the pin: all idea relief to see it played! in Illotion (l"emelllbel" Newton's law?) tends (0 I'emilin in motion,

15 . . . . P-QR3 Not 15 . .. 0 - 0-0 ; 16 Kt- il·!, KtxP; 17 KtxQ, KtxQ; 18 13 - R6 mate. O t· else 15 . .. B- K2; 16 Kt- B4, KtxP; 17 IlxBch. Kxll; 18 H- Q1 etc. 16 BxKt B, B 17 Kt-B4 • • • • Simultaneously attacking · Black's Queen and KD, and therefore rO I'dng Black's reply. 23 R_R1 ch KxR 10 QR-81 Ktx Kt 24 Q_R4 RxQch 17 . . . • Q-KB4 25 BxR Q_B5 The altel"llative was 10 .. . P - B4, to r e in· 18B- Q6! .•.. force the aliv1lneed Knight at K5. But this The icing on t he cake. Black wins one of would {; reate a bad hole at Black's K4 and Settles the argume nt. The ['est Is only a the Bishops. At this point I radioed my re­ leave him with a weak KP. matter of time. sIgnation with the following message : 18 . . . . P-K6 "Congratulations. Deautifully played." 11 PxKt B- R6 Blark wants to gain time by tellll'oillg 19 KtxKP QxRch 20 QxQ B,B 011 the Hool{, but the move can easily lead to serious trouble. 21 QxKtP K- Q2 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECL INED 22 Q- Kt3 QR- QKt1 12 QR-Kt 1 P_QKt3? 23 Q- B2 R-Kt4 M. 80tvinnik A. S. Denker Typical of my impetueus mood. Black's 240-0 R-KR4 WhIte Black position is still soli(l. First 12 . .. 0 - 0, fol­ 25 P_KR3 R-Q Kt1 1 P- Q4 P- Q4 lowed possibly by 13 . . . P-QKt3 and sub· 26 P-QB4 P- Kt3 2 Kt- K83 Kt-KB3 seqnent OC C\111atloll of the QB file, was In- 27 Kt-Kt4 R-K B4 dicnted, • 28 Kt-K5ch BxKt For quite it while I favored the T arrasch 13 P_K4! PxP?? 29 PxS RxKP Defense be cHu~ e 01" its lively, open chal"ac· 30 Q- Q2ch Resigns tel". Howeve r. it subsequently u nderwent Bnt here 13 .. , 0 - 0 wns indicated. Then so much detailed analysis that my interest the onus of capltnlizlng on his ('reel" de- For 31 TI- Ql will be decisive . ill it faded. Hence in this game I decided on the Sla,­ De!ense, a solid and S\lbstantial line or play: I wanted to forget any preconceived analyt­ The authoritative notes to the USA-USSR ical notions

First dis!"l!ption: White cannot play his 22 Kt- B2 • • • • QKt out to B3 because of .. . KtxKP. Aiming for K6. On 22 P - Kt5, Kt- Kl 9 Kt_ B2 ... . (threatening . .. KtxKtP) 23 P - R4 is met At this point J must confess thllt an over­ by 23 ... Q- Kt3eh. If then 24 P- B5, PxP; dose 01" simultaneous exhibitions and an 25 HxE, PxEeh; 26 K- Rl, PxKt and we must underdose of serious tOl!mament chess in conclude that (he attack is not worth a the past few years combined to make me piece. overconfident. In such positions It Is essen­ 22 . _ _ . P-Q R4 tial to balance 'Whlte's developmental pos­ An energetic counter-attack. slbilltles against Bl!ICk's interruptions and ollly serious practice against tlrstclass op· 23 B_ K 1 P-R5 position can proville the necessary judg­ 24 Q_K t 4 P-Q K t 4! ment. 9 KtxKt looked very te mpting but He is determined to obtain some real after 9 ... PxKt; 10 P - K5, PxP; 11 BxP, coullterplay against White's Q-slde. It was O- R6 ! Dla<:k seemR to get out. impossible here to foresee whether the sub· 9 • . . • B- K 3 sequent weakening of the Pawns could be tolerated by Black or not; that Doleslavsky I saac Bolesl av sky Reuben F ine 10 Kt- K 3 chose the Ifne anylJow is Indicative of his Since \ Vhite's QKt has to go to R3 any­ style and temperament. In the first game, Boleslavsky defends a how later, I <:ould JURt as well have played desperate position with resoU!'ceful tenac­ 10 QKt- R3 at once; the Kt is uncomfort­ 25 Px P Q- Kt3ch ity. The return encounter sees Fine losing able at K3. 26 B-B2 P_B4 virtually in the opening stage.- Ed. 10 . . . . Kt- K 4 The point. Black regains the Pawn aad KING'S I NDIAN D E FENSE 11 K t_Rl . . - . can apply pressure along the QKt file. R. Fine J. B oles lav sky On 11 Q- D2, or 11 Q-K2, KKt- Kt5 again 27 KR- K 1 KR- Kt1 28 Q_Q2 BxQKtP W hite Black follows, with serious threats all over. With exce llent judgment. On 28 . .. QxP; 1 P_Q4 Kt-K B3 11 . • • . K t(B3)-Kt5 12 K t _Q5 29 E- Bl, Qx]'; 30 J3- E1 is\ extremely dim­ 2 P- QB4 P-Q3 Clllt to meet. To avoid exchanges. On 12 KtxKt, KtxKt; Tho Old Indian, 01' Tchlgol'in Defense, 29 P- Kt5 which Boleslavsky Is quite fond of. 13 H- Ktl, P- KB4 EhICl{'s initiative Is very • • • • strong. Obviously \Vhite's course must be a K· 3 P_ KKtS · . . . 1 2 • . . • side attack. To transform to the regular King's In­ P- Q B3 13 Kt_ B4 B- Bl 29 . . . . dian. 3 Kt- QB3. P - K4; 4 P xP, PxP; 5 QxQ K t xP ch, tried in some Soviet tournaments does The Pawn Is immune because Black's 30 KtxP • • • • not look good. KKt is loose. 30 Kt- Q5 fails against 30 . . , KtxKt; 31 14 B-Q2 QxKtch, Kt- E2: 32 R- K7, E- Kl. From here 3 . . . . P- KKt3 on the game Is full of such lntriguiag com· 4 8- K t2 8-Kt2 \\,hlte maintaIns the better Pawn position binations which fall by one move. 5 P- K4 • • • • but the price is awkward development. 5 K t- KB3, to hold . .. P- K4 off for a few 14 . . . . P- KB4 30 . _ _ . P x Kt moves, may be better. 15 Q- Kt3 Px P 31 Qx Kt B_ K 1 32 P_B4 R- R2 5 . . . . 0 -0 16 BxP K t- B3 6 Kt_ K2 P_ K 4 17 8-Kt2 ... , The sacrifice of the exchange is not ad­ 7 0 -0 · . . . White still has most of the pressure; If v isable. On 32 . _. QxP there would foUow his Knights were better placed, he would 33 BxR, RxB; 3,1 HxP! have a won game. 33 Kt_ K3 B- B2 17 . , . . Q-B2 18 QR- Q 1 • • • • To keep an eye on the QP; 18 QR- Kl was a good alternative. 18 . . . . B-Kt5 19 P-B3 B- B4 20 B- K t4 Kt-B2 Not 20".QR- Ql?; 21 ExP and P -B5 eh.

This move took me by surprlse. Black cannot afford to give up the center in this 34 P-B5 · . - - variation unless he can obtain adequate Almost wins. 34 Kt- Q5, KtxKt; 35 BxKt, counterplay against the KP or the QBP. QxP; 36 QxP, Q- B3 is another line where From now on the struggle is between Black escapes by a hair. W hite's attempt to develop normally and There was, however', an alternative which take advantage of his superior Pawn posi­ might have worked out better than the var­ tion, and Black's erro!·ts to maintain enough iation I chose: 31 P- R1 (to prevent.,. p_ tactical t hreats to spoil White's plans. Kt4 after P- B5). If then 34.,. QxP, not 35 16 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 P-B5, Kt-R2, but simply 35 RxP! and Black 45 B-KB4 • • • • Black has freed his game slightly, but the \vill have to fight hard to defend himself. Another crisis In a game of crises. The K t and QR are still badly mIsplaced. But it would require a great deal of pains, t hre at is or course RxB. 17 . . . . P xP taIling analysis to demonstrate a forced 4~ . . . . P-Q6 18 Q- KB2 • • • • win, Ce)'tainly, in time jlressure, the text Simplest and best. looked Just as good; in fact, it does compel Again best. If instead 45, .. R- K2?; 46 Blaelt to rl e t'end perfectly for it long time, B- Kt5, Q- Kl; 47 B- Blith! deddes, while if 18 . . . . Kt- Q3 hilt it so happens that there is a lways one ·J5 . . . H- KKt2; ·16 B- R6, It- Kt o; 47 R­ 19 QBxP Q-Q1 mow) just good enough to hold the game, QKtl, H- Illich; 48 K- Kt2, R- Kt6ch ; 49 K- 20 B-Q4 • • • • 131 , Q- Q13I ; 50 H-Kt7! ll-Kt2! ; 51 Q-n7, T hr eatening B- K 5. 34.,., Kt-R2 Q- llI (extraordinary that Blaek has no 3~ Q_Kt4 P-Kt4 20 . . . . B,B checks); 52 Dxllch. RxB; 53 QxQch, KtxQ; 21 QxB 36 Kt-Q~ Q-Ql 54 H- Kt8 and wins a piece or the exchange, Q- B3 On 36" , QxP; 37 P - H 'I opellS the Kt file with a probable endgame win. The endgame offe rs some hope, although immc(li ately, 46 P- B6 ... it Is theoretically lost. 37 P- R4 E n forced i!quldation. 46 RxB, PxR; 17 22 8-Kt3ch · . . . 38 B- K3 , . . , DxPch, 1l- I<:t2 ; 48 Q- B7, Q- KBl rails b,· N ot 22 QxQ, HxQ; 23 It- In, H- B2 ; 24 To open the K t HIe. On 38 R- Q3, HxP; 39 cause of Black's QP. B- Kt3, K- E1! R- KKt3, D- J{4! is sufficient. 46 . . . . P_Q7 22 . . . . K_ R1 38 . . . . PxP 47 BxP Q,P 23 QxQch R,Q 39 B-R6 BxKt 48 R-QB1 Q- B1 24 R_ K7 R- QBl Forted. 49 QxP • • • • The Pawn itsel! is of little importance, 40 BxBch K_ R1 To threRten Q- R3. Dut the (lefense has bu t the!'e Is no good way to gil'e it up. Here the game was adjourned, Despite hecome easy. 25 R(I)-K1 B-Kt3 exhaustive s tudy, I was u nable to find any 49 . . . . R-QB2! The best drawing chance is an ending Willllillg continllation. 50 R-KKt1 R_ KKt2 with It and 13 Vg. It and B. On 25.,.13- 132 ; 51 RxR . . . 26 BxB, HxB; 27 Hxlt, KtxR; 28 H- K7 , K­ Or 5 1. R- Ktl, Q- BI . Kt 2 ; 29 Kt- IH maintains the Rook on tha Drawn. A fasdnat!ng game. seventh, which Js enough t o win. 26 R(1)-K6 RxR RUY LOPEZ Or 26 . .. H(3)- Bl; 27 R- K 5. I. Boleslavsky R. Fine 27 BxR R-K1 White BlRck If 27 ... R- QKtl; 23 P- QKt3 follows. 1 P_K4 P_ K4 28 RxRch BxR 2 Kt_ KB3 Kt-Q83 29 Kt-R4 · . . . 3 8-Kt~ P-QR3 Fixing t he Q·side Pawns onee and for all. 4 8-R4 P-Q3 IlIacI, has not lllanaged to get a drawable 5 P_B4 B-Q2 e ndgame, and with the bad Pawns on the 6 Kt_ B3 P_ KKt3 (I·s1(\o, the remainder is relatively simple. A risky (Iel'ense, which I adopted chiefly 29 . . . . K-Kt2 becH-use of the score. 30 Kt-B~ P-QR4 7 P-Q4 p,p 31 K-B2 B- B2 41 B-81 . . . 8 KtxP B_ Kt2 Hoping for ... Kt-K5ch : ·32 KtxKt, BxB. Everything else fails by a narrow margin. 9 KtxKt • • • • 32 B,B K,B On .!1 Q- H5. Kt- D3; 42 DxDch. KxD; 43 Q­ \Vith a view to t he subsequent advance 33 P- QKt3 P_ R4 Ki6ch; K- ll1 ! (not -13 . . , K- Hl; ././ D-B7) of the DP. ~ D-K3 is a good alternative. 34 P-Kt3 K-K2 is sllffieient. 41 Q-Kt6 is met by 41 .. . u­ 9 . . . . PxKt? 35 K- K3 Kt_Kt4 Kn, threatening . .. Q-D3. 36 Kt-Kt7 P- B4 Most interesting is 41 H- K6, BxD; 42 R After this Black gets much the worse of (Q l)- I<:I! (not 42 RxB, R- Kt2; 43 R- Kt6, it. 9, .. BxKt was essential, with fail' pros­ A last gasp. HxH; 44 PxR, Q- Kt4 !), but here too, 42 . .. pects, 37 KtxRP K-Q3 R- Ktl; ·1 3 RxB, R- KKt2 ; ·j·1 R- Kt6, Q­ 10 0 - 0 Kt_ K2 38 Kt-84ch K-Q4 Kt4!! Is enough. And in all t hese varia­ 39 K_Q3 Kt-Q3 tions, if Black gets to the endgame unmo· 40 KtxKt • • • • lested, he is two Pawns allefHI and should Surprising b", accurate. win. 40 . • • • PxKt 41 . . . . R-KtS Only. On 41 . .. H-QB7 ; 42 Q- K4 wins at once. 42 Q-R~ B-K4 43 K_R1 • • • . The tempting 43 D- R6 is met by 43 , . . Kl- B3! 43 . . . . R-Q~ Boleslavsky defends superbly.

11 P-B5! • • This seems to win by fOI'ca , and refute Black's opening completely. 11 . . . . Kt_ B1 41 P- QR3 11 .. . P xP; 12 B- K3 is no better. • • 0_0 The sellled move, whIch was radioed 12 B- K3 "open for my inspection." Against a care­ 13 Q- Q2 Q-K2 less continuation such as 41 K- K3, K-133; Desperately trying to get some air. 42 K- B3, P- Q4 Black may very weil draw, 14 QR-Q1 B-K1 but after the texi the Q·side Pawns will be 15 P_B4 P-B4 liquidated and White will win on the Kside. To allow P - B5 would have been suicidal. 41 . . . . Resigns . 16 KPxP KtPxP I hal'e lost sueh games only to the very 44 RxR P,R 17 KR_ K1 · . . . greatest masters. CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 17 •

Concise, condens<'d itollls o( o.;U1Tent news from around the world of chess. Club se('re l;lries and othe!'s arc luvlte rl to send brief stories and llil'l.lIre ij lor publication in this departmont. Address Che ss Driefs l~dit()r, CHgSS HEVIEW, 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y.

• The negotiations ror further matches between the USA and USSR have now Sgt. J ose ph Sa l i nt reached the stage where it has been agreed ]11 principle that an American team wlll (left ), Chess Champion "isit the USSR in ]946, probably in lilte of the American Air August or early September, to plllY a ten· For c e s, India_Surma board match: nnd thilt fI Soviet tellm wll\ The ater, receives t he­ come to the United States in 1947 to pIny n return match. Invitations have been extend· first prize (an ivo ry ed on both sides. ) from Ma j. 1110 s cow's invitation Wail signed by Gen. T. J . Hanley Jr., Nikolai Homanov for the USSR Society for . AAF C o mmander Physical C111tlln ~ aud Sports, and by Mik· han Botvinnik and Vassily Smysloy for the (right) . S/Sgt. John C. Chess Sectlon of the USSR Society for Rather (wearing g lass_ Cultural Ilelatlons with Foreign Countries. es) was run ner_ up. Bal_ If all the J\eces~ary arrangement~ can be int acquired the t itle by concluded, these two matches will be the first pall' of a sCI'les or annual matches be· winning a tournament tween tbe two countries. Succeeding match­ made up of the victors es will be played either by radio or by pel" in AAF base tou rna_ s onal visits of the teams. ments. Plans are being made 10 hllve a chal· lenge CliP p!'epared which will be the em· (I'ho/(> , AAI' India·Bllrma blem of the Soviet·American matches. In '11" ",,, ) this country. lhe matches will continue to be sponsored by Chess Bevie\\', the Ameri­ can Society for Hussian Relief a nd the United States Chess F(HleraUon. snbseQuent Associated P ress re]Jort. the • A ten-honr symposium of che ss events • Paul Ellis became the New U. S. Am· tonrney management !lnds it ne<:e»sary to at Hollywood on Septeillber 23 gave new ateur Champion when he won his adJourfled resc!nll the inVitation. ]lmof of the film <:ap it:t]'~ lasting interest game with defending champion E. S. Jack­ • The Manhattan Chess Club Chnmpion· in the game. Fentllrel:\ of this event were a son Jr. in New York on November 6. After sblp began on November 5 with the fol· speed tournament won by Miss Nanny Hoos an interval of almost ten years in whicll lowing entry list: A. Bisguler, D. Dyrne, with a score of 9-1; two simultaneous exhi­ he played no se!'ious chess, Ellis returned R Byrne, U. S . Champion A. S. Denker, bitions- ono by Han'), !3orochow. who to tournament play In the Amateur com­ J. Fischel', Dr. J. Gonzalez, i\Irs. G. Gres­ scored 13·2, followed by Herman Steiner, petition. A little rusty in the openings, ser, E. S. Jackson Jr., A. Kevitz, G. Kramer, who won all twelve games played; a lecture he finished very strongly with a score of M . Pavey. H. M . Phillips, defending cham­ by H(cuben Fille on the r(ccent USA· USSR 10·1. J ackson pillced second with a score of pion A. S. Pinkus, Dr. J. Plat7., N. Schwartz, Hadlo Mat<:h; Fine's specialty. bllndrold 8lh·2lh. Marcy Hanft, who plays first boanl W. Shipman and O. 'Tenner. 'The players chess III 10 seconds a move. I~ille playe(1 for City College. WfiS third with 8-3. Both aloe experimenting with a novel time·limit, !lve <:onsecllti\'e games, including two wIth Jackson and Hanft. wltb adjourned games 50 moves in 2'A! honrs. as a. means of cut­ Doro<:how, 11\ whl<:h each player won a pending, were in lhe running right Ill) to ting down the number of ndjournments. galliC. the last \·Olilld. YOUllg Donald Byrne produced 1l sensation • A Wisconsin team will fly to Muskegon Twenty-four entrants sought to qualIfy in the fIrst round by winning from Denker. on November J8 to 1)lay n. match wIth Michi­ from the preliminaries In three groups of • Albert S . Pinkus, judge or the special gan ... probably a "first" In chess history. eight players each, beginning October 13. prize ga mes In the last Ventnor tourney, 'rhe BIll\gers al'e confident of victory after The successful pillyers were: P. Ellis (6'h' IHIS announced Ills decisions. The best·play· their resounding defeat of illinoiS In Octo· 'h). A. Bisguiel' (5'h-l'h), L. Schneider and ed game prize went to young Hobert Byrne bel' by the remarkably fine score of 6';6-1';6. N . Schwartz (1-3) from the group at the for his victory over \Veaver Adams. 'The The only player to seore for lllinois was Manhattan Ch('sa Club; C. F. Tears, Jr. brillian<:y prize was awarded to A. K Santa­ State Champion L. J. Isaacs, who defeated (6-1), J . S. Batten and 1. Steln (5-2) and siere for his game against Byrne. Doth Hobert Simpson at Board 1. On the second T. J. Connelly (4·3) at the Marshall Chess games appeared in the August·September board AYerill Powers. one of \\'isconsin's Club; S. Guber and M. Hanft (5·2), L. Wai­ Issue of CHESS HEv'\EW. 'rhe prIzes were finest players. tool( the llleH8lH'e of young ter Stephens (4';6-2'A!) and A. Erdos (3'A!' (!onated by the Franklin Chess Club o[ Albert Sandrin in only 20 moves. In the 3'A!) from Federation HeadqUarters In Philadelphia. .Junior Mat<:h. however. illinois s<:ored an Brooklyn. Connelly withdrew after qualify· equally overwhelmIng "I(~tory by 5'A!-'A!. lng, as did F. D. Ferrandez from the Brook­ • Heubell Fine gave up his government po' Posehel and Tiers, two or ChIcago's most lyn group (4·3) and I.t. B. F. Levene USN. sition in \Vashingtoll last Sel)tembe!' lind is promising younger player~, won their games who had scored 1·1 In the Manhattan group. nOlI' making his home in Los Angeles. He 011 the top bOIl]'(1 5. Still anothe!' outstllnding J ackson, \1'lnner In 1944, was seeded. intends to devote himself wholly to chess chess event in chess·<:on5ciom; .Milwaukee alHl the completion of his university St\1dles. • The entry lists for the Hastings and Lon­ wall the defeat of a \Viseonsiu Stlll.e team don Tournaments are still Incomplete. It • Sol Friedman of Chicago's Austin Chess by i\1i1waukee, 1 'h·l lh. Some fine chess has Is now certain that Heuben Fine will be un­ lind Checker Club became illinoiS Speed been played in these matches, and a selec· able to take l"ut in e ither event. 'World Champion on Odoher 27, Top scores In thIs tion of outstanding games wiil appear In Cbamp!on Ale xander Alekhlne, n ow resld­ event, helll in Chicago, were as follows : S. <: oming issues or CHESS REVIEW. !ng In Spain, was inVited to play in the Friedman l1l,il·'h; A. Sandrln 11-1; B. Gill'­ The M!1waukee City Championship began Londo)) Tournllment, but !tccording to a detz 10·2; E . Kossian 8-4 ; P. Poschel 7-5. on October 22nd. 18 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945

THE CHESSMEN pictured at the left are molded of genuine Tennite - t he finest plastic material obtainable. Sturdy and practical, t hey will stand hard usage. The men are filled to give them weight and solidity, The bases are felted. The design conforms to the Staunton pattern. These beautiful chessmen a re made in two sizes. as described below. STANDARD SIZE: This size is intended for use 011 boards with 1%", 2" or 21,11" squares. In the photo at the left, standard si ze men are shown on a board with 2" squares. This is t he most popular size for home use. King height: 2%./1, Base diameter: 1 5/ 16" . STUDENT SIZE : This size is intended for use on boards with I lj~", 1%" 01' 1%." squu res. Ki ng height: 2%". Base diametel': 1 3/ 16". Both sizes are availabl e in Black and Ivory or Red and IV01'Y as listed below.

FINEST 9UALITY AMERICAN MADE PLASTIC CHESSMEN

STANDARD SIZE SETS: POI' dimenslollS nnd details of those sets. see description above. No. 125 (Blac k & Ivory) or No. 126 med & Ivol'Y): COm l)lete set of stamhu'd size chessmen. fi lled and feltetl , In De Luxe leathorette over wood frame box. Rod WOod diviSions and cloth padded lid. Attractively embOllsed ______$12.50 No. 80 (Black & Ivory) or No. 81 (Hed & Ivory): Complete set o( s tandard s ize ohesl!' men, fi lled and felted. in two eec- No. 125 or No. 126 Standard S ize Set in De Luxe Box lion simulated leather case ____ _ 56.9S • No. 100 (m ack & [vol'y) or No. 101 (Hed & hory): Complete sot of standard s ize ch ess­ No, 70 or No. 71 men. NOT tl1l oll alllI NOT felted, In card· Student Size Set in 2-Sectlon Box board box, with instructions for weighting the mon ___ __ ~ ______53.50

STUDENT SIZE SETS: 1"01' dimensions, sec description at top, No. 70 (Black & Ivory) or No. 71 (ned & Ivory) : COlll))lele Het of student lIize chess· men, IIlled and folted, in two sec- lion simulated loMhcr case __ _ _ 54.95 No. 35 (Black &: Ivory) or No. 36 (Red & IlIo l'Y); Complete set o( student size chess- men, tilled and (Cited, in card· No, 35 or No, 36 NO. 80 or No. 81 board box ______Standard Size Set In 2·Seet lon Box $3.50 Student Size Set in Cardboard Box CHESS BOARDS NEW! COMPACT! 3-FOLD CHESS BOARD

Folding Boa rd 22 1, 222 or 223

LIGHT WEIGHT FOLDING BOARD Walnut Veneer Board 207, 208 or 209 N o. 200-Light weIght folding board. co\,· ered in doth and with doth hinge on Inside. WOOD BOARDS Playing s urface made of durable kraft with green alld buff squares. Closed size : \Valnut veneered boards, %" thick. Beall­ Sl;4 " x 16,%". Playing slll"face 16" x 16" with tifully finished wilh buff s quares imprinted 2" squares ______ON LY $1 by snk-screen process. Dark squares natural walnut. Fine quality. \Vill not warp. Avail- HEAVY WEIGHT FOLDING BOARDS able in the following sizes: These boards are of the finest quality. Co\,· e ring and che~sboa,n l playing surface are [ull No. 207_14" , 14" wi t h 1 Y2" squares-$4 diced grain dotll, Impressed dividing lines No. 208-16" , 16" w ith 1%" squar es---$5 between buff ami black squares. Priced un­ No. 209- 18" , 18" with 2" squares-$6 usually low. Available in the following sizes: No, 221-1%" squares. Closed _size 7 J,4" x 14'h" ______$1.50 INLAID WOOD BOARD No. 222- 1'%1" squares, Closed size Dest quality maple plywood board with 8'4" x 1612" ______$2.00 heavy mahogany aud maple squares. Stained No, 223-2 Ii" squares. Closed size pine dividing SHip separates playing lI lll'­ nj," x 1812" ______$2.50 No. 225-A handy, compact board. When opened up, It measUreS faep from solid mahogany edging. Squares 13Y~"x13Y2" . Playing surface 12y.. "x12Y4" and edging natural wood eolol" ; no stain. DOUBLE WEIGHT FOLDING BOARD w ith f ull lY2" squares, Folds 10 the handy N o, 204--Ext!"(t heavy fo lding board, double carrying size of 6~4" x 6')4#, Made of Beautiful, smooth finIsh. floard rests on 4 hea lly board, Y." thick, with cloth hinges. felt paols, ~" thick. Corners rounded. Over­ weight, v.." thick, Covering and playing sur· • Paper cOile ring. Playing squares printed all size 19" x J9". Thickness: %". Playing face are fu ll (!iced grain doth. Gold [livid· w ith wood grJ ln , brown and bUff. Comes ing lines between black and buff squares, In handy mailing c~r!on, Ship. surface 18" x 18" with 2%" squares. Closed size 10ji" x 20", P laying surface ping wt, 10 oz, ...... $2.50 No. 227: Inlaid Board, 2)4" s quares-$15.00 1S" x J8'h" with 2\{" squares ______$5.00

INLAID

At last ! A real chessplayer's inlaid table and a fine piece of furniture! Simple, modeI'll. design. The chessplayer will llke this table because it is stmdy and practical. His wife will like it because it. is so good-looking. The entire table is made of soliu mahogany. The \\'ood is not stained; it is beautifully finished in its n~tural color (light reddish·brown) . Che ssboartl is made up of heuvy inlaid mnpl" and mahogany squares In th(lil' natural colors. Stained pine dividing strip separates playing surflH:e from reo mainder of table top. Plenty of room for ash·tray, score·sheet, etc. Two drawers [or white and black pieces, felted 011 the inside, with rhromium·plated knobs. Playing surface IS" x 18" with 2~" squares. Table top 30" x 30" x % ". Height: 30",

NOTE:- r .. k" do~~ nol i n~ lud e ~hi"pill~ cha .. ~e~ . Add $~.DO to

No. 150 - In la id Ma hogany and Maple Chess T able ______.. MOROCCO CHESS WALLET

THIS ALL.. LEATHgn CHESS WA LLET is marlc for those who want the best. It has long been recog nized as the most d urable, most convenient of all pocket sets. A limited quantity Is now available • bound In genu ine Morocco with calf.skin . T he use of these fine leathers ntHi the high grade of workmanship make this famous pocket set more handsome and morc durabl e thllll (lve!' before! \Vhen elosc(l, the wallet measures 4 %" x 6%" so that it tall be carried comfortably In the pocket. F lat celluloh1 pieces, white and red, slip casllr into sIo.ts in the chessboard. Slots at top and bottom for captured men. A n ideal Christmas gift which you can scnd anywhere, including QI'cr seas. by first class mail. ShiJ)J)ing weight less than 6 oz. Order now. Quantity limitc(l.

No. 234 _ Morocco Chess Wallet, complet e wi th men, in cardboa rd box - BIG VALUE AT $5. 00 1<'or an additional charge of $ 1 we will stamp initials In gold on the $5 front of the wallet. l:~xtra set of celluloid men - 50 cents. liAR ISTO C RAT" PEG-IN CHESS SET EEZY PLAY A pl"Ilc tical, miniature chess set enclosed - In It sturdy, fabr i<.; ·covered wood box with POCKET CHESS SET relte d lid. H('d ilnd white plastic chess· The most economi cal pocket set ever pro(]uced­ men plug Into holes In the heavy com· and big value fo r the price. PI'actical aud serl'ice· position board. Lid closes w ithout dis· able. Chessboard prinled in green on s mooth tllI'bing the pos ition of pieces on the buff board with heavy cardboard bae l{ing. Chess· board. P laying surface 4" s quare. Malle men printed in 2 in t wo models as li sted below. colors on tong h, • long·lasting ··Press· No. 195 _ Aristocrat Peg·ln board." Playing SUI ', Set. As pietured, with spaces face 5';2 " x 5%". ror I:H ptuJ"ed men. Closed si ze Slots for captu re(l 6\1j" x Hs" x 1" ______$3.50 men. Closed size 1" 6%". No. 196 _ Aristocrat J unlo)" x P eg·l n Set. Same as abol'e. Cat. No. 230 No. 195 Complete with Me n bllt without s paces for cap· tured mcn. Closed s ize ' I % ~ $3.50 x ~ % " x 1 " ______$2.50 SOC PEG·IN SET WITH WOOD SOARD This ·· book·type" peg-in set WALLETS is eOm ]lact and well made. LEATHER CHESS Solid wood board -1%" x These hflndsome. well· made wallels a r e 4 ')~" x %". Plastic cheSl5- full leather, inside and out. P laying men. Cal'dbo

J-n~RE is II Christmas girt package that will bring a lifetime or h appines~ ! A gaily-colored Christmas Dox containing a comple te outfit for playing chess and a self-teaching guide to learn the game! This Christmas Chess Kit makes an ideal prese nt for children OJ' adults, whether or not they know anything about chess. Every­ t h ing they need to ienrn and play the game is in the ki t- a bealltiful set of stall

TOT A L VALUE _____ ~ $10.95

' On r e q" e ~ 1 w e \\'111 ""I*I I' nle !led &. ' VO I'Y chessmen ( C " " 1\0. 81)

Cat. No. 95 - CHRISTMAS C H ESS KIT $9.75

JUNIOR CHESS KIT This new kil eontains a regular s t ude nt-slzc c hcss set and fo lding board in a g ift box - and the enUre kit mcasures only 7 '''; '' x 7't;" x 2 ~ ". The 1lI0st eOIll]Jact illaying outfit on the marllet. Eas y to (:alTY - or to stow aWilY in your s uitca se when traveling. A perfect Christmas g ift for ehihlren or adults. Gift card cnclosed on reque st. Photo at left shows the chessmen and ches sboljnl set up for plilying. The 3'WiIY fo lding board, when aliene d up, mea sures 13 th" x 13'h",

01 complete set of s tudent·size Red & Il'ory plastic ches~men. lil1 ed & feltcd. as liesc ribed on se conrj page of catalog ______• ______$3.50 1 3·way fold iug board ( cat. no. 225) ______$2,50

TOTAL VALUE $6.00 'On r equc Ht We will ~ u\J s litu te Ula ck & J " o ~ :1' ChC"H mcn.

No, 90 - JUN I OR CHESS K I T ______. $5.50 200 MI NIAT U RE D- 1 GAMES OF CHESS-J. Du Mont. S hort, II P !\ r k I I n g gamClI. annotAted. Clallslflefl by openlngs.-$3.

CHES S T HE EA SY WAY F·l _ by Reuben Fine. One of t he best Iwlmerll ever written. Basic principles ot c hess explAin· e d In clenr, enterta ining s tyle. Specifi c r ules on how to play the openings. midgame nnd end· gUllIe. 186 pages- 52.

MO DERN CHESS OPEN. F·2 INGS-6th Edition. Re· vised by Reuben F ine. All open· ings tabulated rOl' r endy l·efer· ence. The one book every cheSSI)layor shou ld own. W ith AN I N V I TAT ION "MCO" In YOllr li bl'nI'Y you can H- 5 TO CHESS- by Irving l:heci{ up on yO Ul' opc nl ng play, Chernev & Kennet h H ar~ness . tlnd out whe r e you we nt IITong. By a new visua l·aid mothod of 342 p l\ g e ~ - $2.50. instruction this book makell cheas easy. Hules a nd ballic THE IDEAS BEHIND prlnclllics fully cxplalned. 10 photos! 46,'l diagra ms! A soU· FOUR FAMOUS BOOKS BY R EUBEN FINE (See F1 to F4) F.. 3 THE CHESS OPENINGS t eathlng gulde---$2. -by Reuben Fine. You r ke y to t he o ll ol\lng~. ExplAins the ob­ MY BEST GAMES OF jectives and recollllllclllis the THE ENJOYMENT OF A·l CH ESS, Vol. 1, 1908-1923 best lines o f 1)lay. 2.10 Imges H- 8 CHESS PROB LEM S _ -by Dr. . --$2. by Kenneth Howard. A beauti· 1 0 0 e ntert a ining, Instructive ful book. beautifully written. 200 fine proble ms.-$3.00. g ames, fully annota ted by the BASIC CHESS E NDIN GS world cl lflmpiol\~O N L Y $1.89. F.. 4 - by Reuben F ine. All e ndings classlflod and explaIned. HOW TO S OL V E MY BEST GAMES OF "~o r study, consultatio n a nd ret· H.. 9 CH ESS PROBLEMS-by A- 2 CHESS, Vol. 2, 1924-1937 e rence. 573 pages. 610 diagrams. Kenneth Howard. Just publish· _by Dr. Alexander Alekhine. -$3.50. ed! ,,'u li expla nation of solving 120 ga mes played at t he he ight te chnique wi th exa mples $2.50, of the champio n's career. Com· plete. instructive annotations to CH ESS FOR F UN & the mo\'es~$3.50. L·l CHESS FOR BLOOD_ Edward Lasker. Gives you an A PRIMER OF CHESS Insigbt Into the workings ot A C·l -J. R. Capablanca. Ex· chessma ster's mind. Entertaining, cellent for Inex perie nced play· instl'uctive. Illustratell.-$2.50. el'S who want to Improve. 28 1 pages.- $2.50.

CH ESS FUNDAMEN· TALS J. R. Capa­ C·2bla nea. Bas ic s trate gy and taco 11 cs. 14 of Capablanca's own games !1lustrate text. 246 1)1). F'ormer ly $3.-NOW $1.69.

THE NEXT MOVE IS C- 3 ... -E. G. R. Cording­ ley. New ! 250 fascinating posl· tlons to test your skill. Solu· lions at back- $1.50.

CH ESSBOARD MAGIC ! CHES S MA RCHES ON ! C- 5 by Irving Chernev. A col· F- 5 _ by Reuben Fine. Just lectlon of 160 a mazing endgame I)u bllshed ! Contains 52 games compositio ns. Complete solution by world's leA d ing mltsters from u nder each diagram.---$2.50. 19011 to 1944 . All games t hor· oughly annotated lind illustrated CU R I OU S CIH E S S with 230 d lagrams-$2.50. C- 6 FACTS_by I rving Chernev. Be lieve·it·or-not items FIFTY GREAT GAMES MODERN CHESS about chess and its players, A G·l OF MOD ER N CHESS­ L·2 STRATEGY-by Edward 6·I·page book le t.- 75c. H. Golombek. A tine collection Lasker. J ust published! A new, or ga mes by mode r n mastel'B , expanded edit ion ot a famous CHESS CLASSICS DE brlerly annotatecl.---$1.50. text. Completely re·written and C• 12 LUXE-Th re e volumes re\'lsed, 43 8 pages-$3. of the Chess Classics Sel'l es CHESS AND IT S STARS (Golden Treasury of Chess, 1m· H- 2 - by Brian Harley. A ll LAS K E R 'S CH ESS mortal Ga mes of Capablall ca, amus ing, e ntert a ining boo k L·6 PRIMER _ by Emanuel ,\'Iy I~Jf ty Yc ars of Chcss) In De about c heas mast e rs nnd t heir Lasker. Element ary text rOI' be· Luxe bind ing, boxed.~$12.50. gamos.-$2. ginners, just rCllrlntod.-$1.50. COMMON S EN S E IN CAM BR IDGE SPRINGS MODERN CHESS - B. L-7 CHESS _ Em anuel R-4 TOURNAMENT _ Fred W- 6 F. Winkelman. An out· Lasker. Good Insl rucUon by Reinfe ld. All 1.20 games of this line of tbe development of (m'wer cllawjllon.- SO<:. Amerlcnn classic, fully a nno· c hess theory with e xamples lind t ated. Pllper co ver-$1. fa llious games. Clot h bolllld. 233 C H ESS STEP BY STEP pages. B IG VALUE AT $1. M- 1 _ F. J . Marsha ll. Good CHE SS FOR AMA _ inst ruction (o r beginners. 306 R·5 TE U RS _ F. Re infe ld. TH E LAWS OF C H ESS. pages.-$1.7S. Den is with everyday pro ble m s W.. 9 O fficial rules. compiled of ordillary players. Now again by the International Chess F ed· In s tock.-$1.50. eration.- 25c. C H ESS QUES TIONS THE . I MMORT AL W-ll A NSWERED - R. W . R-6 GAMES OF CAPABLAN_ Bo n ham &. R. D. W ormald. Just CA- by F red Reinfeld. A c la ssic~ recel \'ed fl'om Englnnd . Anllwers 113 masterpieces by the great to questio ns explain o penings Citj)abl,uH':t. t horoughly anno· /tod .endings. 137·page booklet tated. Also contains biography - 75t. of the late world champion'l; (;(lreer.- Clot h $3, De Luxe edi· GEMS OF T H E CHESS­ t lon $ 5. W- 12 BOAR D _ P. W e nman. Anothel' collectioll of s uperb CHESS Q U IZ -by F red games. Paper- $1.50. R.. 11 Re infeld. t\ew! 300 d ia­ gramm ed positions. in 15 groups H OW T O P LAY CHESS of 20, to t f)~t your 811111. SolU­ Z·2 ENDINGS -E. A. ZnOI· tions lifter e ach Quiz.- 12. ko·Borovsky. A comprel\enslve book of Instruction explaIning all I)hases or endgame play In (ull detail. Dig t ype lind clenr d iagru 111 .- $3. 95.

100 C HESS GE MS - MY FIFTY Y EARS OF W• 2 P. W enm a n. Outs tand ing M- 3 CHESS _ by F ra n k J. collection of brllllullt games. Ma rshall. A magnificent co llec· C loth bound.-$1.7S. tlon of HO bd li lant games by I the late U. S. Chaml)lon. Filled 100 REMARKABL E E ND_ with amazing combinilt ionil and - IN GS- P. Wenm a: n. Win· slashing attacks. ]<"ul1y anno· W 4 ning combinations fl'om actual tated.- C loth $3, De L uxe edition gamell.- $1 .2S. $5. INST RUCTIVE PO S I. TH E GOLDEN TRE A S· M.. 5 T IONS FROM MASTER W- 5 URY OF C H ESS-by F. CHESS-J. Mieles. 125 \1nu8ual J. W e llmuth a nd the e di tor s of positio ns from Il cl\1al play. Heal CHESS REVIEW. Compcndlum chess delicacles.- O N L Y $1 . of 510 of the best games by wOl'hl's greatellt mllsters from MITCHELL'S G U IDE 1<185 to 19·12 1 Drm!allc!es gnlorc ! M.. 7 TO T HE GAME OF S parkllng brevltles. Outstanding CHESS _ Re vised by Edwa rd prize·wlnnel's. A complete c hess Laske r. Complete rules, instruc· library in ono volumo.- C loth $3, De Luxe Edit ion, $S. tions. sample gallies. proble m s, MA STERS OF THE International code-SOc. R-l0 CHESS BOARD - by S ee W ·5 Ri chard Re tl. One of the biggest AMON G THE S E vnlues In chess, this 436-page LIMI T ED EDITIONS MATES by Chlelaman. P-l book, with big clcar type and gu s. A collcet lon of amu ll ing diagrams, describes the tec h· Fine cxulll ll ics or oook cruftmun­ chess s tories . Illustrated. Pape r nlque of t he great masters from s hip. High c ~t quality ot III'IJer lind SOc. Board 8Q.c hindi"l:". Printeu In ooili Q n~ OIl 150 A mlerssen 10 Alekhille.- O NLY to l~O copies. CHESS MADE EASY_ $3. TH E TWO MOVE CHESS P-2 by Purdy a nd Koahnitlky. 0-1 PROBLEM IN T HE SOVI ET Good explanation of r ules nnd THE GAM E OF CHESS UN ION. !l color><-$4. principles. 30-page boo klet.-25c. 1-1 _ by Dr. S . Tar rasch Com l)rehens ivc Ins1l"lldio n on a ll 0-2 A C ENT URY OF TWO· KERES' BEST GAMES MOVERS. A mal'nlflc"nt c<>J­ Ilhasps of ches!!. We highly Icclion.-$7.50. R-l OF C HESS-F. Re infe ld recom mend t his book fo r s tu· w ith preface by Ke res. Hc\'cnls dents. U3 pn/:es. 3,10 diagrams 0 -3 A SK E TCH BO O K OF the technique of tbls brl\liftnt _ $3.50. AM ERICA N PROBLEM · young grandmaster. Exciting ATlSTS. 2 v ol~, 00:<<:01-$7.50. games. (ully annotated.--$3. CHESS S T U DIES-A.A. 0.4 F. GAMAGE, ART IST IN Troi tzk y. A few copies C H E S S PROBLEMS. In CHESS MASTERY BY 1-4 left of this famous book. no w out 2 ~olors -$5. QUESTIO N &. ANSWER of prinl. ContaIns 360 end·game R·2_F. Re infeld. Not es 10 master A CHESS S ILH OUETTE composIt ions by this grea t Rus­ 0 .5 games Question the ~tlHlent on 100 J)roblc",~ by Rev. Gllberl ~hll\ composer. S olution under Do l)1)., - ". purpose of moves. Answers at ea<.:h dio!;"r aphy. -$12.50. STAMPING OUTFIT GAME SCORE PAD \Villl t h is co n venient ru bber-st amping outfit YOIl ca n FOI' recording I reconl in teresting cheas pos ition s tha t come ull in YOllr " ... ,. ." games. Can be used with (liagr arn pad or gnme score scores of games '[ - - - 1 book listed below. Outfit !nclulies comple te set of 12 - pla yed at hom e - rubber stam ps (K, Q. It, D, K t & P f Ol' each color) -- lind 2 ink pads ( red and black), Made i n t ll"O sizes as 01' at cl ubs, lis ted and pict ured below. 100 sh eets , 6" No. 307-Chess Type St amping Outfit for use w ith diagr ams 2%" square ______. $2.50 x 11" , ruled No. 30 S-Chess Type St amping Outfit f or for 60 moves. Il se wit h diagl"arns -J %" sq uare ______$2.50 Pr i n te d o n bond paper. Type ~ \\!JI I j~.5b ~ C a rdbo a r d No. 307 bll ek. DIAGRAM PAD ~1J.. ~i ,"0 din); l' "0. No. 308 No, Pad ...... 50c P el' doz. - ,5 '" ' '1£1 t:i .It ~ ~ GAME SCORE BOOK No. 30 2-Keep a r-ccord of YOU l' games in tllis l)oc ket -s i1. c score book. Best quali ty loose-te af binde r with 50 score s heets, rul e r! for 60 moves and with diagram blank on back of each s heet. Size : ,I " x 61.4 " ____ _$1.5 0 100 re fill she ets ______3 5c

CHESS BUTTON No. 400-Solid s t e rling silver, sol d p l at c d. ' -i!lnd·enamelled bl ack and white sq uares. SC1"CWS This a lbum, orig ina lly desig ned in buttonhole. EverT chessplayer sbou ld wear otle ______$ 1.25 CHESS ALBUM for postal chess find fu lly de- scribed on Pnge 36, is extl'eme l}' usefUl to all che ss ])Iaye rs, YOli ..• "Y-.'." - .•' can play over the moves of a game on Oll e hoard, go through t he '" F/••• , variations on anot her board ; in t hi s way you IW I'cr lose t racl, of 7••••• r! the act ual game score, No. 302 ::::: ~:.. ..,:". ~:J. N o, 275- Chess Album , comple te with s ix boards, six sets of chess· No. 400 men , six score cards wit h corne r m Oll nt s, twelve $1 .25 extra s core cants ______$1.75

CHESS R I NGS '0 9• CH ESS REVI EW ( W e pay post a ge or shlppln j charge5 I It you enc lose re m itta nce w t h o r der. I 250 West 57th Street On charge Or C.O. D. o rd e r s, you pay I New York 19, N. Y. s h ipping cost. ) I I enclose $------. Please shi p items with catalog numbers I hav e I l isted below. I E I'eo-y dw ~~ playe ,' ~ "o" l d ------I h ave on,~ of l " c~ e h " nd80"",, I ------r inl':s, T he chessboard 1~ ha nd -el1 a m ell ed i n black and I ------I white. ------N o. 4 1 o-- Cho~s ring in$ I I ~ olld ~I c r li nl': silver .. ,. 10 N o. 41 1-C I ",s~ r i ng i l1 $35 10 karul .,Old ... , ...... SH I P T O I I ------Th e ~ e "ou'c in ~i z e s 8. 9 and 10. In o rdc rin):" . ~r>ec ;r y t h c size ,,","lIod. T o get t he I ADDRESS ------I righ t s i?c. w rap a piece of .,Iring ,, "o'l11d tl nger a nd ______ZON E ______ST A T E ______""'''HII''" ICII):"t h against linc I C ITY I ;\ t "Igh t. 1- _ ------~ THE TWO-MOVE - PART 5 This series explaIns the mechanIcs ol two-move cllesl problems. Renders wm find t his i nstructlon extremely belplnl in solving two­ movers, Illustrative problem s nre w ldely·know lI compositions, in· d uding many prize winners. A Series by KENNETH S. HOWARD

RODLEM 33 illustrates a. "hnlf-ba ttery." 111 No. 35 one mnsked battel'Y i s already lerveni ng men may be W hite and Dlack- or P Unlike a n ordinary there are arranged to operate It Black plays 1 ... K ­ or Ute sarno color. Any key that sets u p a two White men between the Black K I ng B 5, when Whlte mates by 2 H- K 4. H ere battery by bringing the rear ])iecc Into po­ and W hite Rook. Yet it the Black Queen. the fi t'ing p iece gives a direct check, while sltioll Is an nmbushing move. an er t he keymove has been made, captures t he real" piece pillS the Black Paw n. In this T he I"clllnl nlllg f O Ul' problems Illustrate either Pawn, the other one call mate by parUcl1 \ru' problem the keymove sets up a typOS of ambushes ihat do not involve bat· promoting to a piece, sillce the Queen will second masked battery. A masked battery Is teries. I n No, 37 White moves a piece onto be pinned by the White Hook. likew ise set up by the key of No. 36, and a line wi th II Blnck man. so that If lhe latter Whol'c there is both a White and a Black Il ma te is threillelled i ll which Dlnck's moves off the \lIIe the \Vhite piece can mate mall on It line between a long-range White Klllg's Pawn Is pinned. If the PilII'll moves by passing ovor the sqlwre on which the pi ece-Queen, Rook or Dlshop--and tho there Is a batter y mal e by double ch eck, Dlack man stood. 'r he same t )'])O of ambush Black King, it is a . masked, or mixed, bat­ T he key of No. 36 illust rates another is ShOWll morc dr amatical l y In No. 38. tery. In No. 34 the key sets up 8\loh a bat· mechanism frequently employed by prob· In No. 39 t he W hite ambushi nJ;" piece p ins tery. 1C the Black Queen moves orr the lemilllsYl . which is technical ly termed an a Dlack () lece w hen another Blnck piece battery Hne to dereat the threatened mate, aUlbush, I II all ambusb 11 long·range W h ite moves ort the line or amhllsh, As shown In the firi ng piece of the hattery either cap­ pIece l akes a pos W on 0 11 a. line behind No. 40, an ambush need not be direct ed lm'es the Queen or otherwise prevents her other men, so tlmt its a t tacl,ing or guard· toward tho mack King himse lf, b ut may be return to Kt5, and Black Is mated by dIs­ In g powe r will become effective when Inter­ made fot" tho purpose of guarding a square covered chock from \Vhlto's King's Rook, ve ning lIIen move off the l ine. Such In· next to the Ulnck King.

IN ALL CASES WHITE PLAYS FIRST AND MATES WITH HIS SECOND MOVE. SOLUTIONS ON PAGE 41

33, Kenneth S. Howa.rd_ 1933 3S. Gi lbe rt Oo bb. -1907 36, Godfrey Heathcote-1904

H alf-Datlery Masked B attery Masked Batteries Masked Batte t-y ; Ambush

. 37. Arthur F. Ma.cke nzl e_189S 39. Ala. in White_ 1920 4{), Will ia m A. Shinkman_ 1877 "---

Ambush A m bush Ambush Ambush

CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 27 Grandmaster Heuben F ine, Associate E:di tor of CHESS HEVIEW and dlstingul8hec! author of famous te;..: tbooks on chess. has a brilliant record i n Internal lo!!ul chess conlllclition and is considerell one of the o\H!tltlllllinJ; eon tenllers for the worlll cham"ionslii" til le. In t his popular dellarlmellt, he explains and annotates in full detail are· cently 1)layed master game. An ex· L REUBEN FINE elusive C 1II ~SS ItEVJE:W featurc. DY

IDEAS AND TECHNIQUE 13 . . . . Kt_Q R4 om' game P(, 1"hn)l.~ follnwing Alexandm· , N this month White's play is consistent, lucid, Kere!'., Hfll!Ungs lD37·3S. I forceful 11 11111\ 1 r·epl)' Is 13 ... Kt-Ql. with tho Idea of build· ;1tH] either too timid or loa violent. Why'! Both sides have Ing IIjJ nn Iml>l'e~nable K ·s ldc cle~\!' all-embracing plans. But Whil e knows how to calTy defeulle wlUr ... I\l- Kl, ... p­ KKt3, . . . ]>- 1033, ... Kt- KI\t2 his out. while Blac\( docs not. and ... 1'<1- 02, E~llel"l e rH ; e ha~ Ideas in chess nrc simply t he positions of the fu t ure. ~hOW1 ' 1h:11 White (·annot brenl( 1hr"ngh ~ ndl a rOl"lnfltlon: he To have a good id c,' is to visualize a good position. ,·alllHlI O)len !lny lines in a nOI"' But of COUl'se it is not enough to have ideas; every Illal mnnnCl", aud sacr·l ft eeR gen· erally fall. Bnt Bluck Is com· player has dozen,; during lIny onlinal'Y game. The ideas {lelled to lilt back and do noth· which count t\I'C those that C:'lll be can-ied out. ing fur l!u.l relit of the gamc­ lilH only real II'lnnillg chance Is Kmoch tells the amusing story of a post-mortem analy­ an ol'er·lmpetuoull attack by sis he Ollce heard by the Belgian master, Sapira. Sapira White, Adamll Is telllllcmmen· tally unsuited for ",ueh a pailS' got to an endga me with a Quccn l1nd two Hooks ahead. 1,,(, defenl!e, nnd prefc!"!1 i nlltead "Was that your game this aftcl'Ilooll?" asked I

The June-July i88tH! of CHTI:SS Hl~VIEW the initiat ive. ,"Vhite's beM cu u r ~e is 9 p ­ '1'0 offe r an eXdl!lllg'e by 1-1 . .. B- Q2 presented an eye-witness account of the Q5. Q- Kt3: 10 tl- Bl. In this W;l,y he gets would relieve \-"'hile's dHficuHies somewhal. fourteenth USSR Championship Tourna­ the QUet'll home amI ), eeps t he position 15 PxP K_ Kt2 ment by MoseD\\" correspondent Nikola i closed. ><0 that his lag in development will Grekov. The detailed II corc table, g iven be­ not be too dange rOIlS. Mailing way fol' hh; K IL (It is true, lhat at the momcnl the Hook cannot go to K1 low. reinforees the impression of an over­ 9 P-B3? . . whel1l1ing victOI'Y by Botvillnlk. The fine . . because the squnl'e is eomman(]e(] by showing made by 1301eslavsky in this exact· NOle that by advancing oa c h Of his Bl's White's Bishop.) While dare not try to es­ ing competition provos that his victory over one square, WhitE' has deprived hi s Knights cape by .16 0 - 0 - 0, ror afte r ]6". n-B~ He ubcn Fine ill Ole nadio Match was no or tll€ir be ~t posts : KB3 :1tHI QU3. there is a de yas taling Hook eheck on the acc ident. 9 . . . Q-Kt 3 QB file. Two more Sllcdnwlls of [}lay !"I"om the Onch! Bla('k cQntinues develop with 16 Kt-K2 fOllneenth Championship are given on these gHin of timc, " 'White has caught lip in de velopment, but puges. The games are characteris tic of So­ his poSilion is disorganiy.p(i and he cannQt viet tOll!'nnment play : they are by no meall~ 10 Q_Q2 p,p ge l. hi~ King into safety. pet'fed" but t hey fIrc sharply eon tested. As 11 p , p P-K4! YOIl play over thes e games, YOIl can sell se Breaking \II) White's IlrolHI cent..,r. how t he victOl' strives for a conclusion Black's object here is to open up the blaclt· which is both Forcible and e legant. sQI,ared diagon,)1 from mack's QR2 to his T he annotat ions a re by Fred Re infe ld. KKt8. In this way, he exploits the weaken· ing of the diagonal by White's ,I P- KB:,! QUEEN'S P AWN OPENI NG and makes it dillicult (or ',\'hite to castle. A. Kot ov I, Boleslavsky 12 Kt- QR3? , . . . White Black A Knight is almost nlways placed badly 1 P_Q4 at the side or the bonnl, and this is no ex­ Kt- KB3 ception. 12 P - Q5 (closing the position) is , , . 2 B- KtS . better than the text. An I1IHlsual move which gives mack an fl:lSY gnme. In addition t o the move actually 12 . . . , P- Q4! selected, he can play 2. " P- Q,J or 2". p­ Dlatk I'easons lhls way; if \~,rhite ' s K ing Q3 Ot' 2 , . , P- KKt3 with a satisfactory ('an be kopt in the center, (hen tho logical gnme, As a rule, it is better to defer the de­ PI'oc()

While \Vhite has no minor pieces devel· __;_,;"drOT)I)ed out after tlll'ee games score, comprising a win oped , Dlack has both Knights out and seizes :a Kan and losses to Botvinnik J was cn!lcelled. 30 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 This is r efuted brillianlly, but what call 10 8-K Kt5 t.he I< RP. fOj'cing ",,'h ile to (10 likewise in If he do? 18 K- Bl, B- B4 with int olerable PXP , QKtxP leaves Dlack with n. ~ati;; · order to jJreserye his miserable QE. Bnt pressnre, fol' example 19 Kt- K t3, B- Q2 factory game and nothing to fea r. oncc W'hitp-'s KllP adyunces,it will become lht'eatening 20", KtxBP! weak and exposed t.o attn.clc 10 . . . . 0-K2 18 . . . . B_R6 ! 11 P-Q5 R-01 20 0-81 Kt_R2! Very prelly. It is clea\' that 19 PxB? loses 12 0-K2 P_KR3! Intending 21 ... P-KR·l (the immediate th e Queen; bllt 19 P - B4 is also insufficient; 13 B- R4 . . . . 20 ... P - KRl is answered by 21 Q- Kt5) and 19 . . , BxP; 20 PxKt, Kt- K5 followed by . . . 13 B- K3 wus pl'eferuble, a lthough 13 . . . also preparing to post this Knight very BxR. Note tha t if J9 KR-Ktl?, K txPcll; 20 Kt- B4 would give Black a fine game. slrongly at Kt4, PxKt, QxH mate! 13 . . . . Kt-B1 21 R-03 • • • • 19 K_Bl KtxBP! 14 QR- Q1 Kt-Kt3 \Vith a view to gllanling his BP and 15 8-KKt3 Kt-R4! (loubllng Hooks on the Q fil e in the hope of distracting Black's attention from the King· side. '\1i-"hite's plan atta ins fnlition with the exchange of all the Rooks later on, bnt Black's pressure is by no means minimized. 21 . . . . P_KR4 22 P_KR3 Kt- Kt4 23 K- Kt2 P- R5 24 B-R2 .... Homa novsky has carried out the first part of his plan with faultless precision. White's QB is bmied alive and h is l'awns on KB3 and 1(1\3 a re critically weak, 'rhe next step for Black is to strengthe n his grip on the position. 24 . . . . 0-83 25 KR-01 K- R2 20 Q _84 - . . . . He does not fear 26 RxB?? because of 20 Q-B3 would lead to the k ind of rO \lgh The initiative is now in Black's hands. 26 ... QxPch ; 27 I<-Bl, QxRPch and mate ant! t umble scrimmage at which the Soviet in t wo more moves! mastel'S are experts, Doleslaysky gives this HiH ehief threat is to post a }{niglit at KDS, neat variation: 20 Q- B3, It-K6! ; 21 D- Q3 with a pressure on 'White's game that wjJJ 26 0-K3 B- B2 (if 21 ll- Q3, BxPch; 22 KxB, RxKtch), R­ soon become intolerable. N ow 27 R,n wan really threatened, Qm; 22 Kt- QB'l, QRxKt!; 23 QxR, Kt­ 16 0-B2 • • • • 27 R,R R,R Kt5!; 21 PxB, RxKt or 24 Kt- Q4, R- K8ch!; In order to make room at K2 for his QI{t, 28 RxR Q,R 2.5 RxR, Kt- Q7eh followe(l by 26 . . . I{txQ. disputing the occnp11tio n of his K B4 by the 29 OxP · . . . 20 . . . . Kt_ Kt5 ! Black Knights, If ins tead 29 P - E 4, PxP; 30 BxP, KtxBcb; This is the finishi ng touch, 16 . . . . . B- KKt5! 31 KtxKt, Q- Q3 forcing White to give up a Pawn with 30 P-K5, 21 QxKt(3) Kt-K6ch ViTell played. T he troublesome pin gives 22 K- K1 B,P V.'llite the irritating choice between 17 B ­ 29 . . . . B- Kt3 23 Q_B2 B,R K2, Which prevents the doubling of White's 'Vitll White's Queen exiled, interesting 24 R-Q3 Q-Kt5ch K BPs, but allows . . . Kt- B5 with powerful threats arise. F or example: 30 Q- Kt7, Ktx 25 R-Q2 QR_B1 erred- or 17 Kt- K2, which prevents the in· EP! ; 31 BxBP (if 31 KxKt, Q- B3ch wins), It 26 . . . K txE; 26 Q- Q4eh regains the v a ~ion by the Knight but permits the doub· Q- Kt.1cb; 32 KxKt, Q- B3cb; 33 E- B4, KtxB piece. ling of the KBPs, willi a crippling bind on etc. (34 QxB?, K t- Q4chl., 26 B_Kt3 B,P White's game, 30 Q-R3 Q- Q2! 27 BxB KtxB 17 PxP · . . . 31 Kt-Kt1 0-Q7! 28 Q-Q4ch Q,Q A hint of \Vhite's in te ntions, The open· 32 Kt-K2 Q- K8 29 RxQ Kt-83 ing of the dia gonal indicates t hat the KE 33 8-Kt1 · . . . Resigns will remain on QD4 , 17 . . . . p,p 18 Kt-K2 8xKt 19 Px8 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED • • • • I. Kan P. Romanovsky ,\Vhite Black 1 Kt- KB3 P- 04 2 P-Q4 Kt_KB3 3 P-B4 P-K3 4 Kt-B3 P-B3 5 P-K3 OKt- Q2 6 B-03 , B-Q3 An oleHashioned con ti nuation such as one might expect fl'Olll the (lean of Soviet ehess.

7 0-0 • • • • Poor Bishop! The invasion of the Bla ck Too slow. Any hope of obtaining an open· QUeen has been beautifully managed, and jng advanta ge must come from the imme· the fi nal phase is at hanel. dinte 7 P- K4: 7 ... P:xDP; S ExP, P - K4; 9 33 . . . . KtxRP PxP, QKtxP; 10 KtxKt, BxKt; n QxQch, 34 KxKt 0-B8ch KxQ; 12 BxP, BxKtch; 13 P xE, KtxP; 14 In this position, the t wo Bishops are nol 35 K_ R2 8xP! 0·0 and '\Vhite'~ t wo Bishops can beeome up to their pro',e!'bial streng th. White's QB • ve ry strong; or 7 .. , PxKP; 8 Ktx1', Ktx is fenced in, and wome yet, can n ever be Not 35 ... 1'- R6; 36 Kt- D·t! (Romanov- Kt; 9 DxKt, E - Kl5ell ; 10 B-Q2, BxBch; n br01.lght into active play. To a student, it sky) . QxD and \Vhite's game is nppreciably freel'. \vill be abS01'bing to see how Romanovsky 36 P-B4 · . (a past master in the art of sl!:i llful maneu· 7 . .. . 0-0 If 36 BxB, QXBch; 37 K- R3 {or 37 K- Rl, Yering with the Knight) will exploit h is P- H6) , Kt- B5ch fo rces mate, 8 P- K4 PxBP advantage. 9 8xP P- K4 36 . . . . KtxP Now this move equaJizes readily; Black 19 . . . . Kt_B3! 37 Q-KB3 B_ Kt6ch! has a perfectly good game. An exeellent move. The idea is to advance White resigns. H ighly interesting play. CHESS REVIE\V. NOVEMBER. 1945 31 i position about Position after 3 P xP, PxP; 1 after 1 P-K4, P- QB3; 2 p_ 2 4 P- QB4, Kt_QB3; 5 Kt­ Q4, P-Q4. C7.erniuk i s making KB3, B-Kt5. Black (!clnys bring· No. 13: EL GRAN CUBANO Capa. p1ny against one of his ing out his KKt in order to Jose It. CapaiJlanca learned io play at the age of fO \1)', won the pet openings - the Cnro·Kallll aUad, White's QP. Capablanca's CuiJan t.ill e whell he was 12, was a full-fledged master at 20, and Defense. Black's first move frtll~ (hiI'd ,tnd fOllrth moves comprise \Vorld Ch;,mpiOll at 33. Here is one of Capa's lflst great games, to strike a t Uw center and help t he aggressive Pallov - Uot· in which he hnd the \Vhite pieces agninst Czernink of PalesUne del'elopnwnt . but it makes it vinnik Attack. \Vhite mllst be in the 13l1enos Aires Team 'rom'name]}t of 1939. It is full of fight difficult ror While to laullch 1m careful not to lose his initiatiye and has a striking finish. Follow the dia· attack. -and his Queen's Pawn ! grams from left to right. acrOSR both pages. By Jack W. Collins

PxB, Qx after 15, .. Position after 18 .. , QxP; the B-R3, B- B7! There White 10 19 KKtxR. Now C7.el'lliuk exchange a a nothing dry about this pOsition! and Hook. Poss· has thrce Pawns for a Bishop, p.".;,;;,~ do\\"n. NOli", ho\\"evel', he Whitc's Quecn is en p!'ise, and this when two of t hem COIl!lccted and threatens 16 U- Kt2 wi nning the 80 are Black's Queen, Hook, and with 13 . . , passed, and is attacking Wbite's Queen. Has Black swallowed Bishop! Black's Hi ... HxP! wns 1lI0ve (IS KKt twice. On the othel' hand, the bflit (i.e. the Rook), is the it clovor strol,e, for if 16 B­ co U 1 d 1m has not ca s tled, it is hard Queen trapped, and the game Kt2 '? HxP!; 17 QxR, QxRoh!; wrong with to set his Q- side in motion, over? Or has Czemiak some· 18 KxQ, K txQ. Or 16 KixR, Ktx :18 1 Q-Q2, Qx and he must cope with yery t hing up his sleeve? K\.: 17 Q- B4, QxKt.! Kt.!; 20 etc. adive \Vhite forces.

Position after 25 Kt-K3, I after Position afte r 30 . .. 15 Kt-K3. White has bee 11 16 Q-R6; 27 R-Q3. C:-'PRblanca 28 , 8 31 Q_ K2, P-B3. \Vith cha sed from KU5, bllt he now finds the best moves consistent ­ Q-R8; 30 EI scnor Capa· UP on the thir d rank" Black is threatens to take an eve n ly. 26 H- QKtl, Q- n5ch; 27 K ­ blnnca J moves to gain exp08e d to a clleck 011 his 2nd stronger po~t at Q5. Uy with· Kt2, QxUch ! ; 28 KxQ. K t-Q5ch; time 011 dock. In other ranI!. But 31 . .. P- D:l was nec­ drawing to his K3, Black llils 29 K- Kt3, KtxQ: 30 KtxKt. R- words he says : "El trempo os essary as '\ihite \\"a~ (hreaten­ made . . , Q- I35ch n possibility. 131; 31 Kt- K3. P - Kt3; would oro." Now Czerniak mllSt. be on ing 32 H-Ql, Q- 1\6; 33 QxPch. and has Pllt the Knight one havc sent the gallle into an guard against 3l Q- R6, P- U3: Anyone can iwe that White has jump away from Q5. Czerniak ending. As played, a p~'etly win (31 ... H- Ql?: 32 Kt- B6ch) 32 the edge, but who sees that it tries hard, bllt n piece is a is scored in the llIi\l(lle·game. Kt- K7ch! will be all over in 5 moves? piece, 32 CHESS REVIEW, l'fOVEMBER, 1945 P osit ion afte r 6 PxP, . I Position after 13 ... B)(P !? 3 7 B_K2, P _K3 ; 8 0 - 0 , 4 10 P_ KR3, B-R4; 11 , 13 P_ Kt4 ! 6 And ne ither does Black put 8 3; 9 Kt_BJ . Black's Queen is R_Q1. Black Is sUII i nten t last Pawn pus hes mus t sa fe ty firs l T he sac riftce or the t hreale ned . Capa put h is fingel' \\'I unlng t he QP. But i t would h ave surpri sed Czernla l{, and B i B II 0 p, which e ventually III on the error In Czerniak's have bee n wiser to pla y . . . ll- the critics who co ntended Capa compensa ted for w it h th ree strategy by R second Pawn ex­ 1(2 a nd .. . 0 - 0 . Still wha t has played d ry, u n lmA.gl nntlve chess. Pa wns, tu rns out none too well, cha nge, holding back h is QK t BllWk to fear ? H e leads in de­ He has thrown caution to tbe bu t it lea ds to such interesting until he had castled, l~ nd finally velopm ent, has given W hite wlmls nnd has d is rupted both play that Black Cfln ha rdly he by tem poing on t he Q\lCe n with structural wealm esses, and is wings whlle doing It. bla med for tryi ng It. the Kni ght. me nacing a P awn.

Posit ion afte r . .. ; 11 2Q KtxK t , 0 -0 ; 21 P-KKt 3. Black just White's last move pl'otects the have Impl"Oved t he positio ns has just not, or ca n not. let the "Wh ite K night and gels the Rook in to t hei r Knigh t a nd Bis ho p, re o K ((lgll t J Knight be. A nd s o, at the cost the game. Black CQu id not play s pectlvely. L ike t he v.,' II j t e d oing he or a weakness in his K- posltlon. 20 .. . QxKt?; (insteAd of 20 .. . Knight, the Black one is on a he d rIves it away again. But 0 - 0 ) because of 21 H-Ql, Q­ dominating square, but, a ga in KB4 and .C" , :;;. ,,~ Capabla nca's ga me gets better is not II. ~ l ;~;~~f;; " K4; (as gooll as any) 22 Q­ ltke the 'White one, it cannot had been e 11s KBS all the tIme. His Rook Is BSch, K- K 2: 23 QxR, QxD: 24 rem A.in there ; it must go oye r (' 0\11 (1 hflve ga lloped to K 2. at t ra ct ed by Q7 and his Knight Q-Q8 mate. to KD5. by Q5.

Posit ion a fte r 33 . .• Q-Kt7; Position after 34 . . . K t-Q5; P osition a fter 35 ... 19 OR3; 20 34 K t - B 3 ! Capa blanca's 21 35 R_QKt1. White is men­ 22 36 B_K4 !, Resig ns. Black's Queen i nto an unten­ thlrty·fou rth move is m a n y acing 36 RxQ In the fl bove dla­ dido! Capablanca hus w;~; • able s ituation. T he two Black sided. It makes 35 R-Q'Tch, 35 g rum. Whe re can the QUe4!n web around the Dlack Qneen. passed Pawns, once a long­ R- QKtl, 35 B- Q5 feasible. U go? Only to R6 or B7. On 35 It ca.n only be freed by 36 ... lerm end·gume t hNllLt, h ave Czernia l;; defends with H . . . P­ . . . Q- R6: 36 HxPch, ll-D2: 37 Kt- B6ch : (widely k nown as a proved t.o be a dlsappoJntment. QKB; 35 R- Q7 ch, R- B2 ; 36 Rx RxHch, KxR; 38 D- Q5ch, K­ s pIte check ) 37 BxKt, R- Ql: 32 Q- K3 threatened to win one Reb, KxR ; 37 B- Q5, K- K 2; 38 K 2; 39 P-K t5 wins. So Blacl, (else agai n 38 B-K4!) 88 Rx or both or them with 38 R-R3, Q-R7ch wins. Or If 34 ... li­ selects the other squa re and P ch, K-Rl; which leads to mate Q- Kt7; 34 RxP . m ; 85 B-Q5, R-K2; 36 R­ the end Is s udden. after 39 Q- R7. QKtl wins. CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 33 NEW LIGHT ON THE OPENINGS

K t3; 11 P - 1(t3, P~Q 1 ; 12 BPxP, P xP; 13 P-K5, K t- lGi with a v ery complicated game, by Alexander Kotov not unfnvorable for Blnck. and Mikhail Yudovic:h PART FIVE (Conclusion)

In this series, the most importa,nt opening innovations played at the t hirteenth USSR C}w,mpionshi p Tour­ 'i1a-m cnt, Moscow ,1944, have been outlined and explained b,Y (1JJ O 0/ the leading younger Soviet masters.

GRUNFELD DEFENSE 8 P- K3 Kt-B3 (Concluded) F lohr M i kenas 1 P_Q4 Kt - KBS 9 . . Kt- KtS 2 P_QB4 P- KKt3 10 B-KtS P- B3 3 Kt-QBS P- G4 11 B-B1 P-KB4 4 Kt- 83 B_ Kt 2 11 .. . K t- R 3 followed by . . . Kt- B2 ,nd 5 Q_R4ch . . . . the e ve ntual advnnce of the KEP, is th' A sly move. The idea of this cbecl;: is to Qnieter a lte rnative. gain predominance in the cent Cl' at tile ex­ 12 B-Kt S Q_K1 pense of a lost tompo. 13 Q Px P QPx P 14 PxP p,p 15 R_ K1 P_ K5 16 Kt-K R4 · , . . Konstant lnOI)olsky hns poin ted out that Dlacl, can n ow obtain a promising game w ith 16 . . . Kt- B4, for exa mple 17 P- B3, Kt­ This position h as been analyzed very e x· K4 ; I S hP, K t(K4)- Q6; 19 R- K2, P - B5. ha ustively and its merits have been the • ¥ • • • s ubject of lively deba te. Lilienthal Khavin The simplest h er e Is 9 K t- KKt5 (weak 1 P_Q4 Kt-KB3 is 9 Q- R4 , Kt- K5! ; 10 B- K2, BxKteh; 11 2 P_Q B4 P_Q3 Px J3 , PxP with advanta ge to Bla ck , a s In 3 Kt- QB3 P- K4 Rag o:.; in-Botvinnik, Match , 1940), Q- R4; 10 4 P_ K 4 p,p K txB, PxKt ; 11 Q- R4, QxP ; 12 Q-Kt5, 5 QxP K t-B 3 QxQ ; 12 P x Q with even chances . 6 Q-Q2 9 Kt- Q4 is an in teresting alternat ive. • • • • Ji'lohr's r ecommendation . Black 's s implest 9 B_ K2 . ... 5 . . . . B_Q2 ('ourse Is to fianchetto his KB. Flohr-Tolush contl nued 5 .. . P- B3; 6 PxP, Ve re ssov ch ooses a di fferen.t move. 6 . . . . Kt- K4 KtxP; 7 P- K1, Kt- K t 3; S Q- B2, B- K t5 ; 9 9 . . . . Q- R4 7 P-QKt 3 . ... K t-K 5, B- K3 ; lO B- K3 with t he bette)' 10 0 - 0 p,p game for While. 11 K t _ K K t 5 Q R- Q1 Q, Q 6 Q_Kt3 12 Q_R4 13 KtxQ B-Q2 7 QxBP • • • • 14 BxP P- K4 But not 7 QxKtP, K t - B 3 with advantage H . . . Kt- QR4 is inferior beca use of 15 to Black. B- B7! 7 . . . . 0 - 0 8 P- K3 P-B3 15 B- K K t 3 K t-Q R4 16 B- K t 3 KtxB 'fhis unf ortunate m ove, pla.yed under last 17 PxK t Kt-Q4 round tension , lea ds to di ffi culties ror Black. P robably best is 8 .. . D- K 3, intell(ling Black ha s adequa te compen sation for the . . . P - QB4 in due cOIll·se . In any event, t he P a wn in h is two Bis hops and a ctive dispo· positions arising f rom 5 Q- IHch a re velT sition of his p ieces . important a nd he nce or cO llsidel'nble in· terest to devotees of t hc dcfens e. • • • • • KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE A d ifficult opening for both pla ye rs- this A once fas hi ona ble var iation whi ch used conclusion was again rein fo rced by the ex· 7 . . . . P- B3 to be a favorite wit h Botvinnill, Heshevsky a mples in this ton rnament. and Euwe, fl ashed lilw a meteol: through In the Kan·Khavin g a me of the Omsk t he exciting game be tween Ve ressov a nd Kot ov Bronstein Semi· F inals. Dla ck played the t ricky 7 . . . . Boleslavsky : 1 P_Q4 K t _ KB3 P- Q4!? I ~ ai1illg to fathom the s it uation, Kan played 8 KPxP, n - QKt5 ; 9 B- Kt2, a nd an('"!" Veressov Boleslavsky 2 P_Q B4 P_ Q3 3 Kt- QB3 P-K4 \) .. . 0 - 0 found himself in a diffi cult situa­ Kt_ KB3 1 P- Q4 4 Kt- B3 Q K t-Q2 tion. The right wa y was 8 KtxP! and if 8 2 P- QB4 P_ K K t3 ... K t xKP; 9 Q- B4. P - Q4 5 P-KKt3 P- KKt3 3 Kt- QB3 6 B- Kt2 B-K t2 8 B_ K t2 B_ K2 4 B_ B4 B-Kt2 7 0 - 0 0 - 0 9 B_ K 2 0 - 0 5 Kt-B3 0 - 0 8 P_ K 4 P_ B3 10 K t - B 3 P- Q R3 Stronge r is 5 . .. P- D4; 6 QPxP, Q-H4. 9 B- K 3 . 11 0 - 0 P- Q K t4 • . . . 6 R_ B1 P- B4 This move is fashionable n owadays, bu t 12 B-R3 • • • • 7 QP xP B_ K 3! it is a lso dictated by pr a ctical consider­ White unquestionably has the better A fine lIIove dis covered by Botvinnlk. ations. Thus if 9 P-KR3, P xP; 10 KtxP , Kt- game. 34 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEM BER, 1945 PLAY POSTAL CHESS!

O NE OF. thE: best ways to improve your chess skill ENTER CLASS TOURNEY NOW ~and to have a swell time doing it- is to play chess by Start playing chess by mail now! Enter one of the mail. If you have not yet taken part in CHESS RIWIEW'S 7-man sections of our 1945 Class Tournament, now in Postal Tournaments you are missing a lot of fun and progress. You will be assigned to a section with six other valuable experience. There are hundreds of readers players about equal to yourself in playing sb·ength. You anxious to meet you by mail, willing to match their abil­ stand a good chance of winning a prize, too ! Credits of ity at chess with yours. No matter what your playing $4, $2 and $1 are awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3d place strength may be-weak or stl-ong-there are CHESS RE­ winners in each section. You can use these credits to pur­ VIEW players who will team up with .'lOll on even terms chase chess books 01' equipment, and give you keen competition. If you have not played in our tourneys before, please You need no experience to play postal chess. There specify in which class you would like to start. We recom­ is nothing mysterious or difficult about it. It is played in mend Class A for unusually st rong players, Class B for exactly the same way as ovel·-the-board chess, except that above average players, Class C for average players, Class you send your moves on postcards, as pictured above. D for beginners only. Complete instructions are sent to all new players. The entry fee is only $1. You may enter as many sections as you please at $1 each. Mail entry coupon YOUR NAME AND RAT ING PUBLISHED below, or a copy of it, to CHESS REVIEW, Postal Chess As a postal player yOll will be issued a numbered Department, 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N, Y. rating. Eventually, this rating will depict YOU!' chess abil­ ity compared with other players. We keep track of your MAIL THIS ENTRY COUPON NOW wins, draws and losses, adjusting your rating accord­ ------, r C~ S-;- R~ I ~ , - --- D Check here [f you are ord ering Postal Ch u s I ingly. Rating changes are published in each issue. Twice I Postal Chess Dept. Kit on opposite side of 250 W. 57th St., New York 19, N. Y. this cou!'on . a •veal' we list the names of all our postal players with their current ratings. I I enclose $ ______. Enter my name in ______I ( how many?) sections of your 1945 Postal Chess Tournament. You can playas many games as you like. A single The amount enclosed covers the entry fee of $1 per section. I I want to start i n C lass ______. I entry into a CHESS REVIEW Postal Tournament entitles you to play in a section with six other players. You play I NAM E ______I White against three of youI' opponents, Black against the I ADD R ESS ______. ______I other three-and you play all six games simUltaneously. If you want to play more than six games you can enter CITY ______ST A TE ______IL ______.JI other sections. CONTENTS OF POSTAL KIT The Items In CHESS HEVIE:\V'S Postal Che811 K it are described and Illustrated below. You can llUrehase nny o( these sel'arately at lillY time.

r VERYTHlNG you Ileed to play chess by mail is included I:: in the complete Postal Chess Kit produced by CHESS POSTAL CHESS RECORDER M REVIEW for t he convenience of postal players. The kit You can keel) track of the are remm'able. When a game positions. move by Illo,'e, in all Is nnlshed, remo,'e the old score contains equipment and stationery especiall y designed six games of your sec lion with " anl and insert a new one! for the purpose. These aids to Postal Chess will keep the aill of the gl x miniature Album contains six posi t ion chess se ts In this convenient l'ccol'ders (7'h" x 51hW) and your records straight lew d help you to avoid the mistakes illbl1l11 - the greatest aid to board covel'. held t ogethel' w ith that lose games. Postal Chess ever invented ! 1,Instic bin d e l'. :-.Iilkes recon]·kcelling easy and 1l1"ln ted on smoot h. huff board, The items in the kit a re fully described and pictured ellmi natc s Inlstakcs. Currcnt wilh hea,'y cardboard backing. Ilosition of each game Is before CheHsmen printed In twO colors on the next column. There is a Postal Chess Recorder you at all times, and tbe u p·to­ on tough, long·lastllll> " Press­ Album to keep track of the moves and current positions date score o( the game faces board." in all six games of your section, 12 extra Score Cards for the actual position. Score cards No. 275-l'ostal ChclIs Heconlel' Albu m, complete use with the album, 100 Move-Mailing Postal Cards for \\"I th six sets of chessmcn and six score cards with sending moves to your opponents, a Chess Type Stamp­ CO l' ncr mounts ______•• ______$1.75 ing Outfit for printing positions on the mailing cards, a 6 EXTRA SETS OF M EN _50c 12 EXTRA SCORE CARDS_ 25c (All .. bove Included In Post~1 Chell Kit. e Kcepl 6 eKtra .ell of men.) Game Score Pad of 100 sheets, and complete instructions on how to play chess by mail. • STAMPING OUTFIT Bought sep

~ • , , POSTAL CARDS. 'I'hls special IKlstcanJ makes it easy to send 1Il0,'ell to )'our' opponents and l\\'ol<1s mistakes. Address and diagram blank on one side: ruled box for writlen rO)COl"(1 of current and p re" iol1s mo,'e on other side. Also space for co mments. -...... No. 351-Dox of 300 :\I ove· •c :\I ailing Post al Cfu'ds ____ $2. 11:-:... · " ---- I M A I L T HIS ( P ostal Kit contains 100 cards) • ••••• C 0 U p 0 N "I :-: I POltal Chen Dept., I •... •....• •• 250 Wut 51t h Street, • - -=-- I New Yor k 19, N. Y. . , _ order K it and I .•. I hc PO ll I a I I enclose $5. Please s e nd me a Com- ("lass 'I·ou r",.· nil in both I plete Postal Chess Kit by return mail. I of cou l)Qn. , • GAME SCORE PAD • Use this convenient pad for su bm itting I NAME • scores of games to be adjudicated or pub· I •, Iished-or to record and kecp the scores o( CHESS • JI: ADDRESS ______, IlOstal or club gnmes. ] 00 sheets. 6" ll". I I REVIEW , I'u led (or 60 moves. Printed on bond paper. , Cardboard back. I CITY ______. ST ATE ______I 2SO W . 57TH ST .• , ~ No. 3OS- Game Score Pad ______•• ____50c l. ______.J NEW YORK 19. N. Y. (As supplied with Postal Chell KIt.) In thIs department we rO llon the aCtn'lUes or CHESS nEVIEW'S Postal Chess Illayers. Hero you will lind selected games played by mall belwccu members of thIs lal'ge group of renders, results of Lourncys now in progl'esS, namcs' of prize·winner6. currenl l'atinKd or players. pOl'lrailS and biographical sketches. announce­ mentK of Ilew tournaments. JACK STRALEY BA TTELL, Postal Che•• Edi.or

WITHDRAWALS NEW POSTA LITES When a plarer has a lost game a ud con· c edc~ it. he resigns. \Vhen he concedes rOI' such reasons as Illness 01' lack of time, he withdraws. On word or n wHhdrflwa1. we score all unfinished games ns forfeited to opponents in accord with 1'\lle S, l'el)O rt the withdrawal in Positll Mortelll!!. These wins count f\illy toward prize!! and toward qualificatlon!! In the championship type toul'Ilaments. A 1)lay­ er who is saUsrled with a win by forfei t need not report, If he knows others ha\'o done so. He may knoll'. either from hiS cor· respondence wllh others or from notice In the Postal Mortems. I! a player thinks he deser\'es rating credit, he should submit the score or the game so far as played (a diagram Is helpfu l but not sufficient In ItselO. with a request for adjudication. He II hOliid do 110. evcn If Ihe withdrawing opponent wrote "re!!lgm;" to him, as mallY players have been In con· sistent In using "resigns" and "withdl·i111'8." If adjudlc ~ ltlon provcs he had a win, we score (ull nlUng credIt under rule 13. An "earned draw" (o\'er 20 moves or by per· POSTALMIGHTIES! petual check. etc.) gives rating credit fo r MARK FAIR tbe draw. 1)luS the win by forfeit. But In AUQrdil1g 10 H o)'/~ DO case do 11'0 allow a deduction In rating for allY winner by (OI· (elt. Mark Fail' is construction engineer for the Northwestern Dell Tele l) hone Com pany In Omaha, Nebrnska. Subjeet to call from TOURNAMENT NOTES Section Players Prize Score any pUI·t of Nebraska and South Dakotu, he ~ 3-C~5 R . F"rflsworth ...... Isl ~ '6 - '.<" 43-C97 D. Millon ...... 3·~ 3\t-2~ has managed till now to carry on his pos. In Ihe 19')3 Victory TOUl'nament, W. O. p,.t, !. Sh~,plro .. • .•... 3-4 3\l:-2~ tal chess by hal'lng cards forwardcd from Look and W . H. Smith IHlI'e quail fled tor H-eS C. 1\'. FugUe ...... 1_1 5 -, home. Du t a post·war SIHlrt In construction tbe flnals. pre. R. Podolak ... .. •. 1-2 5 - , J. H. I3ro\\'r, ...... 3d 4'h'P,!, is noll' forcing him to (trop postal chess. New finaUsts In the 19H Postal Cham· H -C7 I •. I~. Cunnjn",h um •.... 2<1 , -, tempornrlly, we hope. H·CI4 H. A. "lHehell ...... ht 5 -. pionshlp are Lt. W. i\lelden, C. T. i\l cGl n· L Lowen$ .•.....•..•.... 2<1 5 -, Mark entered all the CHESS HEVIEW ley, C. N. FugUe, R I. SpIer. W. F . Gray. A. K,m •..... 1-2 , -, Cunningham, J . Hudson, C. lIl. Lunde, H. M. O. Jackson ...... 3d 1944 and ] 945 tourneys. He has two boys, E. H·CH M. Herzberger ...... 3-4 . -, Goodman, K W. lIart, C. French. 3'h; -2'h 6 and 8, who already know the moves, may In the 19'15 ""irst Annual Golden KnIghts O. W . Strahan ...... 3-4 3'n,·2'h soon be pOHta l champion candidates them· H -C85 n. Bornholz ..••... .•.•. lIIt 5 -. Postal Challlpionship Tournament, semHlnll1 H-eS6 A. D. Burkett .•.•...•. 1· 3 4'h·1¥.. sel\'es. 45-Ks 5 h;ls been fi lled by Lt. S. E pstein, S. H . Gould ...... 1-3 4\t·1'I.: Mark first learned chess when 11 yellr6 H. Tuttle ...... 1-3 4'1.:-1'h E. Dayton, A. Dwyer, R Spier, R. W. WIl· 44-Cl04 R Brunet ...... •..... 1-2 5¥,,· 'h old. He and his father learned It together Bon and A. \Voodson. i"lve more seml-{Inals .r. Fauch e r, Jr ...•..... 1-2 5'4' '6 from Hoyle's "Dook of Game6." He plRye d are under way with: 45-Ks 6: L. Vlchulea, 41·C113 H. Arnowltz ...... 2<1 5 -, occllslonally while in school In Omaha and lJ. PoT!~ ..•...... • ... 3d , -, J. AltllSky, Dr. n. V. Daker, G. Larson. H -C1I7 K. Ouchl .•...•...... •.. h t 5 - , at the University or Nebraska and during J. Lltlie. J. I,anges, Pvt. I. Shaplra ; 45- Ks H. Berliner ... •.• ...... • 2-3 4'6-1'1.: thl'ee ycars he worked In Denver Falls. 7: Dr. H. Young, W. Hook, A. Kaplan, E. K Dlnckwood ...... •. 2-3 ~ 'h-1'h Pennsylvania. Dut he first became seriously Jones, Dr. D. Rozsa, E. Serfozo, G. E. Smith: 44-C157 D. PolI~ •.•.....•.•... . . I.t 5 -, Interested In 1!H3 when he saw a copy of H-CS J . Croe~ ...... ht 5',1". '.~ ~5-Ks 8: A. E. I •. Dr. Levine, W. ?lillieI', H-C33 .J. Robbln~ ...... I.t 5 -. CHESS REVIEW and took up postal chess. Kahn, Sgt. J . Day. A. S. Johnson, E. Hum· H·CG9 H . J. H"K"n ...... 1111 5 -. He Is a QueCn Pawn fan. thinks White me\. B. Sandcrs; Ks 9: W. E. Grossmnn, gains a n overpowering attack Ir Black D. Moore, F. RIchmond. A. P. Dalley, G. ADDRESSES make6 only a weak move or two. He be· Douglass, R. McGee, C. F. Wright; Ks 10: Ue ves s lso that postal ches6 together with Dr. A. Kahn, D. J . i\l cWllllams, J . W. Barn· are vital! So pleR6e always gIve your cros6board play la Ideal for learning the hart, G. Benedetti, Sgt. H. Loeb, H. W. return address on each card to any oppo­ gsme. Willert and D. Levin. T. A. Dunst and H. A. nent or to the postal chess editor. A1 60, HI6 hobble6, besides ches", are photog' Southard ha va QualIfIed tor the next 6eetlon pleaso be sure to call attcntlon to any raphy and golf. His plcturo WIlS taken with to be formed. change In your addreS6. his own eQu ipment. CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 87 QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE POSTAL GAMES An i nteresting Idea in t he Ulvestad V Il !·i· (by transposltlon) ation. yields amazing mate! OF THE MONTH C. Harness T. Peisach S. A. Colli ns J, Huszar White Black W h ite Black Posta l play er s are invi t ed t o su bmit their 1 P-QB4 Kt_KB3 12 Kt-83 R- K1 best gam es for this department. To be con­ 1 P- K4 P- K4 4 Kt-Kt5 P-Q4 2 Kt- K B3 Kt-KB3 5 PxP P_QKt4 2 Kt- KB3 P- QKt3 13 Kt_KKt51 Kt_B1 si dered, the moves of each gam e must be 3 P- Q4 P-K3 14 R- Q1 Q_K2 wr itten on a st a ndard score s heet, or typd 3 8 _B4 Kt- B3 6 B- Bl P-KR3 7 KtxP !? 4 Kt- B3 B_Kt2 15 B-Q2 P-KR3 on a si ng le shee t of paper, and clear ly • • • • 5 P- K 3 P-Q4 16 Kt_B3 Kt_K3 Pi nkus pl'e rel's White, after 7 Kt- KD3, marked "for publica t ion." 6 Kt-KS 8-K2 17 Kt-KR4 Kt-KtS DxP REVIE\V, Jan .. 1944 ) ; P- K5: 8 (CHES S 7 PxP PxP 18 Kt-B5 Q- B2 but this t ry forces Black t o original eHorl­ 8 B- Q3 0 - 0 19 Kt-Kt3 Kt-Kt4 and a brilliancy ! A correct and mas t erly combi nation based 9 0-0 P- B4 20 QR- B1 P-Q5! on t he hel plessness or a naked K ing, 7 . . . . QxP ! 10 PxP BxP 21 Kt-Kt5 PxP! 8 KtxR P-Kt5! T. A. Dunst H . T . Abel 11 Q_B2 QKt_Q2 22 KtxQ7 Kt_R6eh ! A w !1 d gambit In which Dlack Is det er· B lack m ates in t hree. White Blael, m i ncd t o choke \Vhite t o deat h. 1 P_QB4 P- K4 12 P-QS Kt_Ktl 9 B-K2 Kt- QS RUY LOPEZ 2 Kt- QB3 Kt_Q BS 13 P_ KKt4 B-~ 2 10 P- Q3? . ... 3 P _ KKt3 8 _B4 14 P- Kt5 p,p Paste this in y our adllentla to "Modern 4 8-Kt2 Kt-8S 15 KtxKtP B-KKt3 10 0 - 0 seem s White's bes t . Dad is 10 D­ Chess Openings." P- K 5! P- D3, PxD ; 12 PxK t, Q- K 5ch ; 5 Kt- B3 P- QR3? 16 K - R2 P_ K 5 DS, 11 C. Sca ravella J. Gurley 17 8 - Kt2 QKt_Q2 13 K - 13 l, PxPch ! 60- 0 P- Q3 White Blac" 7 P- K 3 0-0 18 R-KKtt Q- I\2 10 . . . . QxKtP 13 B_K3 B_K2 8 P-Q4 8-R2 19 QKtxP ! KtxKt 11 R-81 B_Kt5 14 R_Ktl QxRP 1 P-K4 P-K4 50- 0 P-QKt4 2 Kt_KB3 Kt_QB3 9 P-KR3 P-R3? 20 BxKt B,B 12 P-KB3 B_R4 1S BxKt? 6 B-Kt3 B-K2 • • • • 3 B_KtS 10 P-Kt3 8-KB4 21 KtxB QxKt P- QR3 7 Q-K2 0-0 T his ('x change merel y ulldermines \VhJt e's 4 B- R4 Kt-83 8 P-QR4 11 8 - R31 R_Kl 22 BxP ! . . . . jlo.;iUon. Thc pl u nder ing raid which follows • • • • This maneuver is lIl·advlsed . cHect ('omcs to 11 sudden halt . . . . Its is apparent after move 13. 1S . . . . PxB 17 R-Kt8ch ? K- Q2 HI Rx P Kt_Q4! 18 R- Kt7 8 . . . . R-Kt1 11 PxP KtxP · . . . 9 PxP PxP 12 KtxP Kt-B5 . . . . when W h it e rea1!zes 18 nxn woul d 10 P- B3 P- Q4! 13 Q-K4 . KtxKt al l ow Black t o mate! 18 . . . . R_KKtl ! 21 K_Q2 Q_8 Sch 19 Rx Bch K,R 22 K_Kl Kt-K6 20 6-Bl Q_Kt6ch 23 Q-Q2 Q-Kt6eh Resigns Decause, i f 2·1 Q- B2, K txPch; 25 K - K 2, BxPch; 26 QxD, Q- K 8 mate.

RUY LOPEZ R. Encinas E. Glaesser Whi te Black Black's posiUon Is hopele ss. Tbe mally Spark ling play III which varl~ltion s I)Oss ible are best t ypified by the \Vhite offcrs all save his K ing. follow i ng line: Z2 .•• P- KB3: 23 DxPch , 1 P- K4 P-K4 S P_ 6 3 B-R4 K - Dl (if ... K - DZ: 24 Q- 1l5c h ! with m ate 2 Kt- KB3 Kt-QB3 6 P- Q4 p,p In two); 2·1 It- KtSc h ! K - BZ (If ... KxR : 25 3 B_Kt5 P_QR3 7 0-0 p,p Q- Ktlch wilh m ate In two); 25 Q- R5ch, 4 B_R4 8 - KtS 8 PxP · . . . W hite's game Is inf erior because of t he w ith mate In two. K night takes is more logi cal thr eat of ... B- Kt2. H ere P- Q4 (good In t he 22 . . . . Kt_Bl 8 . . . . KKt_K2 I'egular line) allow s 14 • .. KtxP! with a 23 B-B6ch Re si gns 9 R-K1 P_QKt4 fine game [or Black . Yet w it hout 1'- Q4 \Vh lt e has no game. B ecause, If 24 . . . KHor Q)- Kt3, 25 Q- R5! I nferio!', ns it d r ivcs the BIshop to n beUer Squar e. 14 QxKt(B4) 6-Q3! WILD BULL DEFENSE 10 B- Kt3 B-Kt2 16 Kt- B3 QR-Q1 ? 14 ... K t- Q6 would be sufficient , with a permanent bind. Black reservetl option on "A little nonsense now find then 11 B_Kt2 Kt_Kt3 17 Kt-QS Q_B4 it , h ow~vc r , bidding for di rect mnt e. On Is relished by t he best of men." 12 P_K5 Q-K2 18 QR_ B1 Q_R4 13 B-R3 P_Kt5 19 KtKt5 ! B,R ] 5 P- Q~, Black willS with K t·K t5 : otller· Lt. N. Halper A. W eiss 14 B_Kt2 0-0 20 Q-RS P-R3 wise h e still has ... Kt- Q6, If no better. Black W hite I S PxP 21 QxKt ! • • • • 1S Q-K4 B- Kt2 18 P-R3 B_B1 1 P-K4 Kt_KR3 12 B- Kt6 Q_Ktl :\I ate i n two would follow 21 . . . PxQ. 16 Q_B5 Kt- B6ch ! 19 Q_K4 Q_Kt4ch 2 P- QB4 P_QB4 13 Kt- B7ch K-Bl 17 PxKt Q-R5 20 K_ R1 BxP 21 . . . . BxPch! 3 Kt_KB3 P-KKt3 14 PxP Kt- Ql Resigns 4 P-Q4 PxP 15 Q_Kt3 B-Kl A pretty t fr In an ugly situation. T he threat of 21 ... Q- R4 Is decisive. 5 KtxP Kt-B3 16 P-QR4 B_B2 23 K-R1 PxKt 6 Kt-QB3 B-Kt2 17 B_B4 P-B4 24 Kt_B6eh K_Rl 7 B_K3 P- Q3 18 P-R5 B,B 25 Q-R7 m ate 8 P-KR3 P-B3 19 QxB B,P 9 B_K2 B-Q2 20 R-QR2 B_B3 KING'S GAMBIT POSTAL MORTEMS 10 Kt(4)-Kt5 P- R3 21 0 _0 K-Kt2 6 through Sep. 11 Kt_Q5 ! PxKt 22 R-Bl P-BS In short at once, give full 23 Q-QS Kt(3)-B2 L . H erman Lt. P. Wyman White reports It 23 .. . K t (l )- D2; 24 K t - K 6cb, K - KU ; White Black Sectlon numuers for Ih e j:"lIme I'(lports below 25 R(2)- D2 and While wins (threat R- BSJ. IIrc in boldface type. Sym bol f dcsh::n ates II 1 P_K4 P- K4 7 Q- Q3 8 - Q3 w in hy forfeil ; II by forf()\t and adJudlcatlon. 24 KtxR Kt- K4 2 P-KB4 p,p 8 P-84 0-0 If 24 . . . QxKt, 25 R(2)- B2 ! 3 P-Q4 Q- RSeh 9 Kt- 6 3 R-K1ch 1943 CLASS T OURNAMENT (Key: 43.C) 4 K- K2 P_Q4 10 K- Q2? Q_B7eh 42 : H udson 1. Yznaga O. 55: Coo pe r IJ.. . Farns­ 25 Kt_B7 Kt- Q2 wonh 'h. 97: Milton 1. Lunde O. 26 R(2)-B2 Resigns 5 PxP 8-KtSc h 11 Kt-K2 R-K6! 6 Kt-B3 Kt_KB3 12 Q_B2 6 - KtSch 1943 VI CTORY TOURN AMENT ( Key : 43 . V) Because tbe Queen is t h reatened. If 26 114 : Cutlch I , Salgado O. l iS : Luho.hez wllh· .. . K txB, White has PxK t with R- R2 and Resigns dru ws. 123 : Look I, .Ar ndt O. 124: Spiegel bows R- RS to follow. For. after 13 K - Ql, RxKt (B 6) ! ! (Continued p.40) 38 CHESS REVIEW, N OVEMBER, 1945 to Kltgorc. W . Smith. 125 : Weiss 1, Rudolph 0: Shapiro bow s 10 Wo l!, t ics Ayers, 202: Bo rk er 1. ,\-laenlccr 0: Deyer I,i , Gl!ber ~ . 203: Cha rl es I, .\ ra r~ haod O. 204 : Stalrer I. Kautma " O. 20$ : Z ieli nski 10».11 Ca ll1llan, bows to Ka Usch. ~ 0 5 : B r nndSlrom I. Ayer" O. 201 : S crivener , Aye r., B a r ker , Brlcc-Na.IJh to p Linder : S a nd r l.. on. Ser'''e ne. 'I. . 208: Kle in withdraw n. 1944 C L ASS T O,U, R NAME N T ( K ey: 44.C,)

1945 GOLDEN K N I GHTS C H A M P IONSHIP ( Key: 45. K) , ,. "",. 3 : . '-'-~ j;

FINA L S ( K ey: « ·Pt) 1: Pla tz I. Shotwell O. C L ASS T O U R N A MEN T ( K ey: 45. C) I. T h umC8 O. 2: L u msden I. Mo<' n .." 1,, boWs to Pendleton . l ops Plrozynk ort. tin "nd lnll, bow. 10 Sch 'lI uc h. 5: tori H ... mon. hows to B nr nhl."r : M !\ T C H GA ME.S Fry 0: J u ngw irth 1. W ells G. 6: Gon . 4S M) Gage loee to Newmnn: Stevens 1. 2 : Th omae 1, CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 " 39 C F O 738 ...... 536 · .... ' 806m POSTAL RATING 'I SS RaG • &34 '" E ...... ROO • 48%'" ...... 8H ADJUSTMENTS '"s., P •.•. . 722 '" ...... 74 1 '" Ratings t hrough September 7, As tcl'!8ke • • . • . • 8;;2 '" Ind icate rating a djustments pending on re­ '" · .... . ' '"826 ; '" • 6 L~ poI-ted rell\llt s wilh tcn lal!\'e]y rated ])Iaye rs. R .. 818 . • '"~ 4(l '" ll l li ... \\' .. 100 n UI CL ASS A we. · . . . . j~G ~ - IO . • ,192 I.. • .. . 712 ~~o ~ j(l " ... " I ~ _... ~3 0 . _. 312 l' .... W . '"~38 • 481 · . . . . . 866 • '"SOG J J r . . 7S S DH.S34 '030" ''OG" 70 1 '"OS, ,\ .....•• ."8G8 .. . . ' SS t · .... ' 604 · . . . • . . 852 !.. ".... 71 8 ·W . . . • ~ 7 0 .... . 8H . . . . gH ...... 612 ~ • 804 • .. . , 7 ~o · .... ' 606 * n l It J .. ' 6 ~ O '"9N H J 73 2 IJ B . ' t;80 o J . * 852 · ...• ' &3 ~ D .. ' 826 • 57(1 • '/'10'" ... 108 ... • , .. , . 818 • 624 '" ...... ' S2i\ '" '"i34 ... • '"878 E . ... • 698 ..'II ',i: ,:': ,'" ... .••.. , " 878210 '" ...... '638" · . . .. 752 '" ...... 638 ' '"7a ...... 5] 0 · . .. .. ' 7 2~ 9-10 ... 818 · _. . .. 862 '"916 B ... ~,! o • '"G3G · . .• . ' 834 _. . .. ' 700 .. . 38'"2 ...... ,...... • 818 ,'".. • 936 '" • 754 '" .. , · . . • . 898 . • 30S'" E . • 822 • '"no .... 708'" • 550 • ••• . ' 'O( .... 738 , ...... 348 :.:: ... • 914 i · ... . ' 848 ..... 834 ... , . '"684 • . • . • . 874 .... . 8G2 ..... 560 ...... 1 0G W .• ' 458 an • . • . . .. 858 A ... 664 · . . . • • . '"736 768 N . ... 816 ." A ...... '"780 '50 C W . . . .. 932 P Sr .. 832 .. . . . '"608 \,' H ... . • '"SSt B . . ... • 724 D .. • 570 R 730 • 7G8 n' \:; w. 752 '" "'"m . D ... · . . . . 818 J 616 '" o 590 '"8·10 ..... 784 • 826 '" ... • .. 718 ." .. , · 296 . _. . . . · 811 , .80"' A '"676 Cdr J . , '",. 0 . ; .. .•• 812 ...'" ~ . ' '" '" , 7~ O J.J '"634 '" .. _. 424 • . • .. ".82·. '" L ... , 6]8 ... . • 788 '" GO, ~ ...• 85% I .. '"926 · . . . . 192 '" '"m •. ," 122 ... . '"632 '" ~ [ . ... 880 G . · '"GSO '"n ' '" ,"~." :::' 750 '"~~~ '",SO '" • '"786 .... 87(1 ...'" . ' 91 6 OS, . . • 7'"8~ .... 85(1 ,1< ... SOO 80' .. . 806 • 896 '" B .. • 194 ..... 3~4 '" A. 82S .... 848 ".. ... S.. S02 ...... 856 " ... , ... • 736 ~~: '50 ...... 7~6 '" P B . ' 816 '" ...... '" ...... ' 158 '" , ...... 738 '" ..... '" V J 7!)() UJ • '830" '"n" C J . . n8 ... J . '"812 · •. ... ' 762 C . . . 8U ."... · . . . • .. 850 • • ~. " ; A 842 J.' '"890 L ' 'l'. ' '"806 · . . . .• S52 .:: ' m'" CLASS B P 758'" • '"752 .... 490 ...... 660 '",,. • 864'" '" E. 560 • 848 • ••• ••• ' 844 '" ~~~~ .•... ' 84S ...... 87G '"no ...m P .... S ~ O • 678 I ... . H2 ." .. · 588 '"a, ...... · 866 .• 82 6 .... 1>68 m ...... 8'0 '" .... _. 594 , 8G' '" Sr... 662 •• '"8M '38 ..... ~6 . •• . ••••• ' 8&4 ... 1'"8 6 .. • • •• &40 G .. • . ..• SU '",38 ...... 272 R •. •. • 7S0 .... . 858 C LASS 0 ... L •....•• 826 • 8U Al bright J M .... • 6n L .. 650 Lunde A ...... 888 Arnold CD, . . .. • 478 . ... • . . " 660 Lunde X J ...... ' 850 ...... '"858 AVll.n. H L .... 646 GB ... 608 40 C HESS R EVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS The solutions to problems on page 27 [U'e given below. In all cases the fmal move is mate. No. 33. Key: 1 R- QKtS, threat 2 . . . R-K5 ch; 2 D- Q4 . If 1 . . . K ­ P- D8(Kt) . If 1 ... QxK P; 2 P­ KS: 2 Q- Hl. E8(Rt). If 1 .. . QxBP; 2 P- K8 (Q). If 1 . . . Q- B3, Q- B4 or Qx No. 37. Key: 1 B- R4, waiting. QP ; 2 P- K8(Q), If 1 ... KxP; 2 If 1 ... P- Kt5; 2 E- B6. If 1 .. . P- llS(Q). If 1 . .. Kt- Ql; 2 PxKt PxB; 2 RxP. If 1 . .. P- Q7; 2 (Q). If 1 .. . Kt- B1; 2 UxKt B - D2. If 1 ... P- B ·j; 2 R- K 5. If (Kt7). 1 . .. Kt(RZ) moves ; 2 KtxP. If 1 ... Kt- KS; 2 P- I33. HI ... Kt- No. 34. Key : 1 Kt-B4, threat 2 B5; 2 Kt- Kt3. If 1 ... K t(Kt7) Kt(B5)- K6. If 1 . . . Qx R(l31); 2 else; 2 R- Kl. Kt(D4)- K6. If 1 . .. Q- Ktl or Did Gautier have these quick wins in the Caro·Kann in mind Kt2 ; 2 Kt- K t6. If 1 . .. Q- Kt7 No. 38. Key: 1 R-K8, threat 2 K t- K3. If 1 . . . RxKt ; 2 HxH. If when h e ~aid, "Brevity llever fatigues; t herefore, brevity is always ch ; 2 KtxQ. If 1 ... Q- R6 ch; 2 :t wekome g ll est"? KtxQ. rr 1 .. . QxKt; 2 RxQ. If .1 • •• fixR; 2 Kt-Q6. If ] ... Kx by IRVING CHERNEV I ... R - QS; 2 Q- K4. Kt; 2 (.;)- K4. No. 39. Key : 1 Q_ R1, waiting. Trap No. S5 You a re W h ite Or 8 D- KKt5. HxP; 9 RxR, No. SS. Key: 1 R-KtS, waiting. If 1 ... QxQ ch; 2 P- D3. If 1 .. . PxR, nnd the Pnwn becomes a If 1 . . . K - B5; 2 R- K4. If 1 . .. Black worries about a minor Q-Kt7 ch; 2 D- D3. If l ... Q weakness- nn ­ Queen. White's 8 B- K5 is In· I'- DS ; 2 R- Kt4. Ifl ... B moves; tended t o stop the threat. else; 2 QxD. If 1 . .. D- K t 7 IIll(1 stumbles into a pitfall 2 R- Kt4. If 1 . .. Kt moves ; 2 Q­ ch; 2 P- D3. If 1 . . . BxB; 2 QxQ. Kt4. It 1 ... P - Q7; 2 Q- Ktl. which costs him the exchange. 8 . . . . RxP! White Black NO. 40. Key : 1 B- R4, waiting. Let's do it, anyway! No. SS. Key: 1 Q_RS , threat 2 If 1 ... P - Q3; 2 Kt(Kt5)- D7. If 1 P- K4 P- QBS 2 P-Q4 P- Q4 9 RxR Q-R4ch R- Q1. If 1 .. . P queens ; 2 R-D3. 1 ... P- 133; 2 Kt(Q5)- D7. If 1 .. . 10 P-BS QxBc h ! If 1 . .. R- QKt2 ch; 2 B- Kt6. If P - B-t; 2 Q- Kt8. If I . .. P- KS ; 2 S Kt- QBS P x P 1 .. . P - Q4 dis eh; 2 D- BS. If 1 QxKP. If l . . . KxKt; 2 B- Kt3. 4 KtxP B-B4 The point, as the text books 5 Kt_KtS B- KtS say. S Kt - B3 P- KS 11 P xQ 7 P- KR4 P-KRS 8 Kt-K5 • • • • Black gets a new Queen, and wins. DISTI PROBLEM BOOKS Threatening 9 KtxD, w h ich after 9 ... PxKt would leave by KENNETH S. HOWARD Black with an isolated King Pawn. Internationally famous composer and problem nuthority 8 . . . . Q-BS? T rap No. S7 You a re White In order to recapture with t he E ven normal developIng moves Queen. T hese beautiful books, beauti· must be timed correctly, as fully written, explain the prob· Black learns t o his sorrow. Icm composer's art in simple, a r rives with Ught· dear terms. The various IJrob· ning rapidity In this delightful lem themes are set forth care· miniature. fully and lucidly. 1 P-K4 P-QBS 2 P- Q4 P- Q4 HOW TO SOLVE CHESS P RO B· S B-QS LEM S - just published! 124 Kt-B3 choice l))"oblems. Cloth, 171 pages This cannot be good, as the -$2.50. Knight is Im mediately given a T H E ENJOY ME NT OF C H ESS "kick." PROBLEM S. A book that lives up t o its title. Cloth, 222 pages. $3. \ Ve have on hand a small stock of some of t he most at· trnctive titles in Alain C. White's 9 B-KKt5! fnmOIlS Christmas series of prob· • • • • lem books. 'rhese volu mes, in W he re (lid that come from? mint condition, have been out of 9 . . . . P,B print for m(lny years. As stock 10 PxP Q,P is low, please list sec 0 n d 11 RxR a nd W h ite w ins choices.

3 copies or ALPINE C HESS T rap No. S6 You a re Black 3 copies of MORE WHITE ROOKS . Carls won this in 1914, and 5 copies of ASYMMETRY fifteen years Inter Torre (whose 2 copies of VALVES AN D BI -V ALV ES first n(lme is Carlos) dupUcated 4 P- K5 Kt( BS)-Q2 3 copies of C HANG ING FAS HIO NS the winning method, in a n ott· 5 P- K6 ! p,p hand game. 4 copies of AN EN GLIS H BOHEMI A N White Black T he lesser evIl would be S • .. 1 copy of PROBLEM S BY MY FRIE NDS Kt- B3; 6 PxPch, and Black for. Each volume ______$2.50 1 P-K4 P-QBS 2 P-Q4 P- Q4 fe its his right to CasUe; but that 3 Kt- Q BS p,p would be Infinitely less painful 4 KtxP Kt- BS than the cat astrophe which now 5 Kt-KtS P-KR4 follows. Order from CHESS REVIEW Book De pt. 6 B_ K Kt5 P_ R5 6 Q-R5ch P-Kt3 7 Bx Kt ? PxKt 7 QxPch ! PxQ 2S0 WEST 57th STREET _ NEW YORK 19, N. Y. 8 B- K5 • • • • 8 BxP mate CHESS REVIEW, N OVE MBER, 1945 41 In l h ls depart ment we publl8h games played by readers, with l u· stnT ct h'c anllotlltions. Any !;ubscribel' is welcome t o 11 8e t his sen ice fn:re 01 c h; ~ rge, Sllbmil you r games to Headers' G:, mes :':Ii 'o ~. CIIESS HEVIEW. I A HOROWITZ _30 \\'. ~.lf__ t h St., N. Y. 19, N. Y. b y. .

One o f the things lhul llIake Hinck's Q4 . ano ther al Black 's eithel' of the P IlWI18. Moreovel'. chess players ten r their hlli r is QIH . These Paw ns will control arlel' t he l'Cca J)tllrc, White's K4 t he frequent difficulty of OX 1)loll· important cent ral sqmwes. If anti Q8·1, both excellent posts Ing a clenr ndvantage, Thus, In these Pawns ca n be sidetl'acked f or 'Whit e's forces, ar e fore\'cl' the follow i ng gallic. Dlack seems in some way, White will gain gone, Al)d to boot . Black's QU to pl ay faulUessly i n playing for control of t he center. And t hat enjoys a\l\led scope. 14 p- l·a3 is the w in of Whlte's QDP. Yet . Is Whit e's aim. He is Pl'epari ng Ind l<;atell. had White found the I'ight way f or P-QKt4, to batter dowu 14 . • . . P, Q at move '10. j ustice lulght not Bla ck's QUI' when It arrives at 15 P_Kt3 P_KR3 have trium phed! Qll4. 16 Kt ( 5) - S 3 K Kt_K 2 2 . . , . P-Q4 In line [ot' , . K t- B1- K6. FRENC H D E F ENSE 3 P-K 5 P_QB4 17 B- K K t 2 R- K 3ch 4 P_QKt4 18 K-B2 K t_B4 E. W. Marchand A. C. Char les A cconling t o plan. 19 B- R3 • • • • White Dlack 4 . . . , P- Q5 To fO r es tall • • • K t- K 6. 1 P-K4 P- K 3 n u t thIs Cl'osses Whit e. H e 20. . , . Kt ( 3) _ K2 2 P-QR3 !1 • • • • had expected a ... PxP; 6 PxP, So that in thc event ot the ex· UxP ; 7 P-QB3. D moves ; 8 P­ Chessmaster I. A. Horowitz A Ilovelty which violates ev· change DxK t, another Knight with power f ul center ery Ol)enlng pl'inCII)le, yet de· Q" a at wl1l head for K G, It the expense of a Paw n. Now In· 2S K t -Kt 3 K txP t horough a ])pralsnl be. 20 Kt- K 5 R_ KB3 mands a stead, his devious s trategy has A l long last, retribution for fore it call be l ightly cast 2 1 R-R2 · . . dsldo enabled Dlack to forU fy a . t he opening Sins. :I S meaningless and insipid. T his is an example of wha t ce nter sal ient, 26 B_Q2 Kt-B4 Nim:w"lch descrlhes as "O\ ' C I'· 5 P x P Q-Q4 protection:' W hite's QBP Is not 27 P-R3 Kt-Q3 'l'hel'c i8 no rush to r ecapt ure yet ntLncked. Dllt Wblte defends 28 R -QB1 Rx P at once. llIack first OCCI1 I)ies a It in tho hOJ)Q that Black w ill 29 R x R K txR domi nant position with his not n llack t hat w h ich i8 fll ready 30 KtxP Rx R Queen. defended. 31 Bx R K t ( 6) _ Kt4 6 Q_ K2 · . . 2 1 . . . . Kt_ K 6 Afte r the general l iquidation . Ulack still remains with a. 22 B- Q7 . , W hlte's aw kwal'd development · . Pawn plus. Bll t because Dlack 's 18 a condemnation ot his open· To transfer the Bishop t o K t 3 extra Pawn i s don bled, the tech· Ing play. \'Ia H4 u nless Dhtclt exchange8. ni cal obstacles to victo!'y ar e 6 . . . . Kt_QB3 many. T his evokes t he t hought 7 P_ K B4 B,P that while may 8 Kt_ KB3 KKt- K 2 act ually be an asset in t he mid· 9 P-Q3 0-0 game when they control hnpor· 10 QKt_Q2 P_ B3 tant squal'es. they l ose much ot T o smash \ Vhite's center and their for ce i n an endgame. ope n new lines. Nonetheless, an extra Paw n is 11 PxP R,P an asset, whether dou bled or not. The prope r proceduro when 12 Q- K4 · . , . confronted by an ullusual move Challengi ng the dom i nating 32 B-K3 Kt-QB2 is to determine Its mollve-as post or the ad vel'se Queen. 33 P_ B5 K-B2 t hat has a vital bearing on w hat 34 B- B4 Kt( 2) _ Kt4 is to follow. W hat, If nny, Is 12 . . . . B-Kt3 3j Ktx Kt K txKt 'fhe chronic defect in W hite's the m otive h ere? At tll'St. !l 36 B-K 5 • • • • appea r 6 that W hit e Is tryIng to structul'e (as a I'esul t of h ie • faulty opening) is the backward W hite's K -slde major ity coun- throw a wa y tile r1 rst move. terba lances Black's pl us. T here are playenl who pl'c(el' QDP. Black's last clea rs t he 36 . . . . K t- R2 the defense. T hat may be t he open D file for haure Ol)el'alions 22 , .. , B,B 37 B-Q4 Kt_ B1 moti"e. Possi bly, W hi l e seeks against this l arget. 13 K t. K l 5 T he alle l' llalh'e Z2 .. • P- IH ·I 39 K - K3 P-QKt4 psychological dividends. Fo,' to · . . . 39 P_K t4 K l_K2 m lher most li kely ncl s a Pawn : e.g .. the unin i tiated. White's last He s hould consolida te 40 P-R4? . . , . seems to register contempt. to than eX I)a11l1. ] 3 Kt- D4, followed 23 K- D3. PxP: 24 I'.xP, D·D2 ; expl'Css t he att itude "(lnythi ng by say 14 D-K2 and castles is a and the 1( 8 1' w Hl (all. 0 1' 23 I mpetuolls and costing the is good against YOu. " S uch aC' good order of moves. 8xU, HxU ; 2·1 1{t- Q7, R(3)- D3 game. \V hi tc sho\ll d se t u p a tioll often dcmomliU!s a sensi· flnd the Qnp falls. Dut D1 lwk ba l'l'icade with 40 8 - K 5. follow· 13 , , . . K t-Kt3 cd by P-Q4 and then make for tive adversary. 14 QxQ . .. , p refel'S to Il lay for the Qnp w ithout opening up the K - slde. the Queen side with bis K ing. But perha ps the move I!J not W h ite Is bitten by the bogey 23 K txB R_ B3 T he following move shatters so "dumb" as It looks, W hite of the doubled Pawns, He does h is K-slde struct u!'e. has played against the J<'rench not correctly appraise the ef· 24 K t xB PxKt Defense bef ore. He thel'efore fect of the trade. True. mack If 2·1 .. . RxKt ; 25 Kt-83 and 40 .... P- R4 ! may I'e aso n a b l y antiCipate remain s with doubled Pawns. Dlaclt's QP Is doomed: e.g., 25 .. . 41 K - B4 , . , ' Black's Pa w n patteI'll. I n (l f ew often a sel'ious weakn ess. But Kt- D3; 26 KtxP, K t xKt; 27 N ow W h ite's K ing Is deflec ted 1lI0 VCS, there w!ll be a P awn at t here is no way to approach KxKt. from the Q~side. 42 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1945 41 • . , • p,p E xposing the weakness of gives Black a definite edge. F or 5 B-Kt5! , , , , 42 KxP Kt-B3 B l ack's thIrd, Now the QP and he regains the Pa wn with over· Here the best refutation of 43 B- Kt2 Kt-KtS QKtP are simul taneously attack­ whelming threats. the gambit Is Its refusa1. An In­ Heslgns ,d, 6 , , , , KtxP? structive point: !nstead of hunt­ The r est Is p urely n mopping 5 , , , , Kt-QB3 T aboo! 6",P- K 3 refutes ing stray Pawns, " ' h ite con· up campaign, There would fol · ' Vhite's premature Incursion . F or tinues his development. Dut tilis is what Black had l ow 44 P-Q·1. Kt-Q6; 45 D-Rl , instance, if 7 Q:.: P, R- Dl; 8 Kt­ 5 , , , , PxBP 1 relied on. He de fends b}' tac­ P-Kt 5; 46 K-B3, P-Kt6; 57 K ­ Q83, K txP. and the thl'eat of tical counterthreats, Not good, HelHUvely better is K 3, P- Kt7 and wins- the para­ ... Kt- D7cb is u ncomfortabl e, to 5 . . , KP:.:P; 6 P:.:QP, P- IU(3. say the least. Or if, after doxlca.l triumph of the doubled 6., . 6 Kt-B3 8-Kt2 Pawn! ! P- K3; 1 Kt- QD3, Kt:.:P gai ns 7 P- K4 , , , , White's Queen (8 Q- 1Hch, P­ Kt1; 9 Kt:.:P, Kt- D7 eh), The unhn ppy consequences of , mHck';; fifth movc are now be· 7 Q_R4c h Q_Q2 T he miniature below Is l oaded coming apparent. His Pawn w it h dynamite, T he final blast ltelatively best Is 7", K t- B3 position is irremediably ruined, fells the Black Queen, when after 8 P- K4 ' Vhite r etains w hich in turn makes his develop· But Black deserved no better a superior devclopment. \ Vith ment a very awkward process. fate, He experImented w it h a tho text move, Black outCOll\' 7 , . , , P-KR3 tl'lcky defense, His opponent bines himself, 8 B- R4 P-Kt4 ? obligi ngly ( 01' otherwise) made S QxKt P- K3 T his further weakening or a fatal grab and Black was 9 P_K4! B-Kt3 Dlaclt's Pawn position Is a serl· t ot ally u npr epared. 10 B_QKtS! , , , , ous and in fact Irreparable m is· QUEEN'S GAMBIT No, no, not the Bishop, Black take. Black can no longer castle Z, Kogan Jacobs is after tbe Knight. safely on t he K lng·slde nor will W hite Black 1 0 , . , , Q,B his Kiug be secure In the center. 1 P_Q4 11 Kt_B7c h Resigns P-Q4 6 KtxP , , , , 9 B- Kt3 Q-R4 2 P- QB4 P-QB3 10 B_K5! , , , , Prematur e, P-K3 par rIes The . Black de· G ThiS powcrful move i s Black's counter and still maIn­ th, fends hIs cent er Pawn wit hout punishment for 8 . . . P- K t 4? tains the attad; on bot h Pawns. m ack unnecessarily advances shutting In his QD and, i n some T ile position seethes with Pawns and creates weaknesses 10 , , , . B-K2 contingencies, is prepared t o on botil w ings, He fails to bring 11 BxP P- Q3 ca ptu re and maintain the Gam­ su btlet ies of i ncalculable con­ sequences. For instance, If 6 his KIng to safety, White ex· 12 BxKt BxB bit Pawn . plolts these f!dUngs by forceful QxKtP, K t xP, Black's threat at 13 P-K5! , , , , 3 Kt-QB3 B_B4 B7 appears deadly. Yet 7 K t xP tactics followed by some neat Very well played, The tern· It 3 .. , PxP, W hite easlly re­ gives rise to l1all' raIsing posi­ sacrificial play. porary sacrifice of a Pawn Is covers the Pawn after 4 P-K 3, tions. For' after 7". K t - B7ch; B L UMENFEL D amply repaid by the Increased P- QKt4 ; 5 P"':QR4. After 3", 8 K - Ql, K txH, White may follow COUNTER-GAMBIT scope or White's pieces. K t - B3; 4 Kt- D3, P- K3; 5 D-K t5, up with 9 QxR and 10 Kt- B7ch, C, F, T ears, Jr, F, Crofut 13 , , , . QPxP Black ca n accept and hold the recovering the Queen, or' he may 14 0-0 PxP Gambit Pawn (See Denker·Dot­ play P- K4 wit h a powerful (N.V.Clty) (Santa Marla, Calit) 9 Not an attractil'e continuatlon, vinn ik , USA·USSn Hadia "latch), assaul t against lhe Black King. 'Vh ite Black but Black has little choice in B lack's last Is u nusual, and T he r amifications resulting from view of the threats of PxP, K t­ dangerous for the reason that the Hne beginning with 6 QxKtP 1 P- QB4 P-QB4 J{.I and R- KL it l eaves the QKtP ungnarded, r equi re a year and a Monday Cor 2 Kt_KB3 Kt-KB3 3 P- Q4 P_ K3 15 8xP Kt-B3 4 PxP PxP correct jUdgment, 16 Kt-K4 B-K2 5 Q-Kt3 , , , , 6 QxQP, QxQ; 7 KtxQ, 0-0 - 0 ... PxP Is probably better but in any event Black's position would not be attractive. General­ ly speaking, the player of the mack pieces has little to gain from symmetrical pOSitions as ilis opponent can usually main· CHESS REVIEW tain a slight but appreciable i nitiative, 4 P_Q5 P_QKt4 FOR 1944 The thematIc move of t hIs de­ fense. At fh'st sight the move is bewi\del'ing since ' V hlle can The latest bound volu me of CH ESS REVIEW contaIns play 5 QP:.:P, DPx!'; 6 PxP, win­ all ten issues publlshed du ring 1944 - the first complete ning a Pawn withont any apl)ar­ year In our new f ormat . Now In stock, this big "olume Is cnt danger. However', experience handsomely bound In llnen-graln cloth, has shown that after Black's reo W ith p ictures, games and exclusive stories, the book ply 6 . .. P- Q'I, Black's strong center for mation and excellent Includes the records of such Importan t events as the U, S. 17 Bx Pch ! , " facillties for development give Chess Championsh ip T ournament, the 13th USSR Champion­ This begins t he final attack, ship Tou rnament, t he U, S. Open and U. S, Speed Ch am pIon­ hIm quite a bit of for the Pawn, 17 , , , , KxB ships, t he U. S. A mat eur Championshi p, the Ventnor Ci ty 18 Q-Kt3ch P-B5 and M ar del Plata Tournaments, 19 QxB Kt-Q5 T he volume al so cont ains part s 9 t o 16 o f " L et 's P lay What to do? If 19", Q- Kt3, 4 Chess" by Chernev & Harkness, parts to 13 ot " T he Two 20 Q:.:Kt! Or It 19 . . ~ elther R­ Knights' Defense" by Pin kus, par'ts 5 and 6 of "The Gr'eat QBI; 20 Kt- Q6ch. Masterpieces of Ch ess" by Fine. A special fea ture Is the Fl'ank J, MarShall memorial i ssue ( December 19H) w i th t be 20 KtxKt PxKt life and games or the g reat American champi on. 21 Kt- Q6ch K_B3 If . . . K - K3; KH- Kl ch wins, In additlon t here are nine Game of the Month features hy Heuben Fine, ten "Solitai re Chess", Thrillers, T raps and 22 Q- B3c h K_K3 Fantasies by lI'vlng Ch ernev, Headers' Games reviewed by 23 KtxP Q_KB4 Horowitz, a book·full of chess problems, t he scores or 230 24 KR- K1 ch K-B3 games! ! 25 Q-B6c h K_B2 All bound volumes for previous years are now out or 26 Rx6ch !! . , , , prInt. Quantity or 1944 volumes Is definit ely l imit ed. A vo id ·W lndlng up the game neatly. dIsappointment by ordering now, The price Is $5. Add ress 26 , , , , KxR CHESS HEVIEW, 250 West 57t h Street, New York 19, N, y, 27 R- K lch K_B2 1945 43 28 Q_Kt7ch K_Kt3 5 . . . . P- K 3 29 Kt-K5ch Resigns 6 Kt-K5 • • • • An Impressive example of how It is generally ]l001' Il0Ji CY to to r efute all Inferior ollenlng. mol'c the sanle piece twicc dUr' Ing the Ol)enl ng st ages. nlld tbis move is 110 exception. True, \VhHe has a subtle I'CSOUI'ce \\'hlt e neglec ts his de"elopment, moves the same j)lece twice. later 011. but thiS doca not al t cr the principle. plays Ollt his Queen early and endangers his K ing. Het l"lbution 6 .... B_Kt5 f ollows Quickly ! 7 P- B4? · . . . QU EEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED A move which deserves to lose, as [t t akell no account of R. D. Grande F. C. March the followi ng (almost!) murder· White Black ous re]lly. The developing move 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 0- Q3 was In onler. 2 P- QB4 P-QB3 3 K t-KB3 Kt_B3 All )'O U nt(:o 10 lila)' Soil la i,·" <; hC8S ( nn In<1 oo,· sport for cht llll · phlyers o,.iJd nllted by C l-n;:SS REVn :W) I ~ ,~ I>o<:k(li d \ C ~ 8 RC I. or )"our rcgul" ,. bo::r d a nd )lice"'lI. W il h I he aid Of tile s<:ol"l"" IItbi(: below. you ("un enjoy u ll Ihc th r lll~ of l ' I :t~' i" " a ,,'''lie a gains t '''' unscen opponent - an OlJllonclIl t w ho w ill "'nke ~\ ro n g m o'·cs . for' IIIl I~ a "'''/lt cr Of Ihc gli mll . Howeve r. )"011 will " b o 1I''''1l an u nSeC n I'flrt ner - another c hess ­ ",a Slcr _ who w ill ,'mTeel )"o" r mis t"kcs! T o ])l of 11:l. llCr at the line 1,)Oie" ICd . ,\Ia kc all opc nl ng movcs on ~' our boa rd up to a nd including thc Ors l B!,w k m o\"c [n the tabl e. S tudy the ]>Osition and wri lC down YOU" c hoicc for Whll':"8 next m ol'c. Then C:"I1(1$(: thc next line in th e lnble li nd s ec the m OVC your partnc r tl ell>ally m ndc with ,vha c. Score ]lilt· I f )'ou l)[c kcd th is m o,'C; If no t. 8eo,·c ~ c ro . :'olaku the correct \Yhilc movc . (Iud Tl l a c k' ~ reply, a nd (lgnin sulut! th e nux ! mol'u. Coutlnue In t h l~ ",n nnc r, oue linc n t " ll me . to the cnd o f thc " nnw.

Now see h ow many points you can sc ore. You may consider 7 . . . . Kt_K5\ a total point score of 81-100 excellent, 61 ·80 superior, 46·60 good, Doubly aUacking the K night and 30-45 fall', for the IIl'esellt game. This scalc varies from game 4 P-K3 . . and threatening 8 . .. Q- RSch. to game, depending Oil the quality of the j)lay. Naturally. a A ftel" this White can ea cape only difticult game r eceives a more lenicnt rating than an easy game. Protecting the Gambit Pawll. by a m iracle! Here howevel', While could af· (You have White. Your consullaUon llartner [s Chess Immortal ford to Ignore lis def ense fOl" a a Q-Kt 3! 1 • • • • Paul Morphy. Your opponent [s J. \V. Schulten. Game was played move or so, devell)p with 4 Kt­ This looks lIk ~ a , but at N ew York, 1857. ) DS and stili be In position to re· It is feasible witll COl"rect play. covel' a Pawn In t he el'ent of Its OPEN I NG MOVES: 1 P- K ·I, P- K4: 2 Kt- KDS, Kt- QBS: 3 D- D4, capture. E.g., 4 Kt- DS, PxP; 5 a . . . . Q_A5ch B- 8 ·1; 4 P- QKt-I. DxP; 5 P- 03, 0 - B4: Ii 0 - 0, P- Q3: 7 P- Q4, P- KS, P- QKt·l : 6 P- QH·I, and PxP ; 8 PxP. Now conUnue wit h moves below. there is no way to malntaiu t he Pawn pillS: 6 . . . P- QR3: 7 PxP, W hite p" Black Your Selec tion You r DPxP: 8 KtxP, and Black's TIP Pl ayed Scor e P layed f or White's move Score Is pinned, or 6 .. . Q- K t 3: 1 PxP, a .... B-Kt3 PxP; 8 P- QK t 3 and Black must return the Pawn and remain COVE R MOV ES BELOW . EX PO SE ON E LINE AT A TIME. with an Infer !ol' po sition. 9 Kt- B3 ______2 9 •• B-KtS ------~ ----* The point for the learner to 10 B- QK t 5 ______6 Bx Kt bear In mind Is that there is - - - - - . - ~ ~ -- . - .. --- no guiding principl e governing 11 Px B ______2 "11 K- B1 ----- the Pnwn capture which det er· 12 B-K3 __ • ______2 ------12 QKt _K2 ------" -*-- mines whether 01' IIOt the Pa wn 13 K- R1 ____ • ___ __ 4 cnn be hel d. Often. the Pawn 13 P- QB3 . - - -- -.- -.~ ~ - -~-- - can be hel d nt the eXllense of 14 B-R4 ______2 14 P_Q4 ------._-- _._ -- spa ce and time and these con· 15 R-Q Kt1 ______. _ 2 15 R- QKt 1 slderatlons lUust be nppraised -.. ------careful!}'. 16 Q-Q3 ______p _ 2 16 B- B2 17 R-Ktl ______4 4 • . . . B_B4 The "mlracle" would consi st 17 Kt- Kt3 in t he defense 9 P- K t 3! KtxP: 1a P- K 5 _ ~ ______4 18 Q- R5 .~.~ - The cal'ly development of 10 Kt- DS with vel'y complicated .------~ . -~- 19 B-KKt5 ____ ~ __ 5 the Qn In the Qu e en's po ssibilities. J.'0l" Black's KD Is 19 • • Q- A6 ------~- Gambit al ways Creates problems ----- en prise and If It moves the 20 Kt- K2 _ ~ ______3 20 P- B3 -*------for the second playcr. For the QKtP hangs. The following 21 Kt -B4 __ __ P _ __ _ S Ktx Kt Dishop unguards the QKtP 21 - - -- -~---~--~ ----. move Is suicidal. , which bec omes a target. 22 Bx Kt ~~ ______1 9 K_K 2? · . . . 22 P_K K t4 -.. -----.. ------1 23 Q-R3c h _ ~M _ _ ___ S Kt_B3 .... N ow the King flnda himself In a 23 • • K- K1 _. ------Very t mne. Deltel' Is 5 PxP, t h e crossflro ot the enemy 24 RxQKtP ~ ______7 24 R. R ------::::: I PxP: 6 Q- KtS, attack i ng the pieces, with ea sily foreseen re· 25 BxPeh ______3 adverse QKtP. Then Black's sults. 25 K-B2 ---_ .. ----_.- po slUolI Is dlf(lcult and It may 26 BxPch •• ______3 26 K- KtS ------. ..--- 9 . . . . Bx Kt 27 Q-Ba ______a well be that therc is nothing 10 Px B Q-B7ch 27 Q-Q2 ------_._- _.. _. -++ better than 6 . . . D- Dl cost· 11 K-Q1 Kt- Q2! 28 BxR _. ______2 28 B-Q1 ing Black a fu ll move. Any 29 Px P ______S B.P other move for Black would Decisive, for If J 2 KtxKt, D­ 29 l eave a weakness In Its wake. Kt5ch mntell : while It 11 Kt­ 30 B-K4ch ~ ~ ______3 30 K_R4 ---- _• . +----- D3. D- Kt5 decides. 31 B_K 3 _. ______2 P-KR3 ~- For Instance, after 6 . .. Q- K t 3. 31 -- .- -- .- ---~- -. . the resu\lant open QR file (after 12 Q_Kt2 Ktx Kt 32 R_Kt3 ~ __ •• __ __ 5 32 • B- Kt2 -.------tho exchange 7 QxQ) barely 13 BPx Kt KtxPch .. 33 Q_B7ch • __ ~ __ __12 Resigns compensates for the doubled 14 QxKt B-Kt Sc h You r Percent age _ ~ . __ •• ______~. Pawns. 15 B-K2 Q x B mate T ot al Score ___ 100 44 CHESS REVIEW. NOVEMBER, 1945 •

IN THIS fascinating new book, the "belicvc"ic-or-nor" man of the chess world presents a collection o f (he most beautiful endings ever composed ! These delightful compositions are d escribed by the book's title - sheer magic on the chessboard! You will be showing these astonishing positions and their thrilling solutions

(0 your fri ends for years to come! N ever before has onc book contained so much beauty, originality and entertainment ! This book not only has a happy ending - it has 160 of them! One co each page, with the solLuion right underneath. If yo u want to make a chessplayer happy for Christmas, g ive him a copy of "Chessboard Magic!" The price of the book is only $2.50. Mail yo uc order now to CHE?S REVIEW, Book Department, 250 W est 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. •

L abou rd on na Is IJartial List Landau oj masters Lange Ed. L uker IV/lOse gam es Em. L uker (lrc recorcie(l Lewituky Lilienthal in litis Boo "': Lipschuetz Lopez Adams Loyd Alapin MacDonnell Alekhlne Mackenzie A lexander Marco Albin Maroczy Allgaier Marshall Ander... en Malon Atkins Mieses Bardeleben Mikenu B arnes Milner. Barr y Barry Morphy B ecker Mugridge Bernstein Najdorf Bilguer Napier Bird Nimzovich Blackburne Paulsen B ogolyubov Pet roff Botvinnlk Philidor Breyer Pillsbury Burn Pil ni k Canal PinkuS Capablanca PiN:: Caro Polerio Charousek Przepiorka Cherney Rabinovich Cochrane Ragosln Colle Reinfeld Dake Reshevsky Damiano Reti D enker Rubinstein Dufresne Sae misch Duras St. Amant Dus·Chot im i r skl Sa lwe Schiffer. Eliskues Schlechter Euwe Seidman Evans Shipley Falkbeer Showalter Fine Spielman Flohr Stahlberg F" St au nton Greco H. Steiner Grunfeld L. Steiner Gunsberg Steinitz Stoltz Hanauer Su ltan Khan H arrwltz Tarrasch Hel ms Tart akowcr Hodges Tchigorin H orowitz T eichmann Horwitz Thomas H owell Tol.toi H romadka Tor re U lvcstad II j i n.G ene vsk y V idmar Janowski WeilS Johner CHESS Winawer K uhdan Wolf Keres REVIEW Yanofsky KieseriUky Yates KoHsch Znosko-Borov Zukertort K oltanowski Zukertort .---eFrom= A to Z Adams to