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, HONOR PRIZE PROBLEM • -HARRY BOARDMAN Atlanta, Ga.

WHITE MATES IN FOUR. MOVES

The OFFICIAL -ORGAN of the AMERICAN FEDERATION \

THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH LEADERS OF CHESS IN AMERICA •• BARNlE F. WINKELMAN HOW GAMES ARE LOST IN THE OPENING . • . MASTERS J HAVE MET • • • • • • FRED M, WREN MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS . • . • • • • • ISAAC KASHDAN

APRIL, 1936 MONTHLY 30 cts. ANNUALLY $3.00 (In Canda 3) CIs.) • 'Jhe The United States Championship The firing of the opening guns at the Man. hattan Chess Club, the Marshall Chess Oub, the Empire City Chess QUD, and the Queens REVIEW Chess Club, where the preliminary qualifying rounds are being held, has broug ht home the OFFICIAL O RGAN OF T H E reali zation that It last the United States Cham. AM F. RICA N C HESS FEDERATION pionship Tournament is under way. The long d rawn out negotiations are over. W hile the anention of the chess wo rl d is now focused ISRAEL A. HOROWITZ, Edilor upon the panicipants, those who made [his S. S. COHEN, Ma1/aging EdiJor gigantic event possible, may g racefully retire into the background and view the results of , AJ!ociaJe Editor their labor with pride and satisfaction. BARNIE F. WINKELMAN, Auochrte Editor En P4.JJ4I1t, it IS fitting to pay JUSt tribute to Harold M. Phillips, Chairman of the United WALTER JACOBS. Problem Edi/or States Championship Committee, and his col. BERTRAM KADISH, A,rl Director league Fritz Brieger, Treasurer. These men have given generously and unstintedly of the best that is in them. Their valiant efforts have fin ally borne fruit. When the story of this Vol. IV., No. <1 PNblishtJ AloN/hly Aprll,1936 generation is written, their names will be em. blazoned high on Caissa's roll call of honor. The Uni ted States Championship . 77 In such an undertaking however, it is essen. tial to secure the cooperation of many willing How Games Are Lost in the Opening 80 hands. The members of the committee: S. W . Masters I Have Met • • • 82 Addleman, ; F. C. Beach, Bridgeport; H. R. Bigelow, N ew York City; Dr. B. Bloch, Miniature (;ames • • 83 City; Abraha m H . Cohen, N ew The End G:l.me • • • • • 84 York City; J. E. Dittus, Chicago; Edward B. T he Worl d Oumpionshi p Match 8;; Edwa rds, ; Arpad E. Elo. Mil. waukee; H . E. Heick, Chicago; H. Helms, New News Events • • • • • • 87 York City; S. W . Howland, New York Gty; Leaders of Chess in America 88 E. S. Jackson, Bronxville; D r. Bransford Lewis, St. louis; H . E. McFarland, Junction Gty; A. My ~ t Games of Chess . • 93 G . Melville, Chicago; 1. B. Meye r, N ew York Canadian ~c t ion • • • • 96 City; F. N. Monzert, Brookl yn; Col. Geo rge Problem Depa rt ment P. Northrup, Newark; Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, • • 97 New York Ci ty; Egben Roberrson, Chicago; T. T. Robinson, Ozone Park; Franklin J. San. born, Cambridge; Stanley Stanton, Ridgewood; Pub[ish~d momhly by TtlI': C I{E ~S RF.VIEW, 60·10 Roosevell Avenue:, Woodside, N . Y. Yea rly subscrip­ Elliort E. Stearns, Clevdand; George Sturgis, lion in the United SlalU $3.00. Six momhs $1.75 . ; Dr. A. E. West, Kalamazoo; M. S. Single copy 30 CIS. Elsewhere $ }.~O . Si ngle COp\' Kuhns, Chicago; and other public spirited chess 35 cu. Copyright 1936 by T H8 players have lent their abl e assistance. The "Emeros! as second·cllSS matter March ~, 19;6, at the work of Mr. T. S. Barron in securing the Hotel post office at Flushing, N ew York, under the Act of March ;, lS79." Addidooal emry at Mi ddletown, N. Y. Astor as a site for the final tournament should not be overlooked. Forty.eight experts, recruited from all \',arts of che United States and itS possessions ave CONTRIBUTING EDITORS; gathered in N ew York City to determine who T.AJOS STEINER LESTER W . BRAND among Ihem will win the right to compete with JOHN B. SNI::.,..H LAGJ: IRVING CHER NEV the nine seeded inrernational masters fo r [he JAM ES R. NF.''QMAN F. W . WATSON honor of becoming the champion. They have been divided into four groups as fo llows: 77 78 TH E C H ESS R EV IEW GROUP A (Manhattan Cheal Club) GROUP 0 ( Queena Chen Club) J. Feldman, S. Silberman, O. Tenner, J . Sou­ M. Hanauer, T. Barron. H. Morton, G. O.ter. dakoff, M in A. Raettlg, IA. Cintron, Or. H. man, B. F. Winkelman, D. McClellan, W. M. P. Kli ne, H. Su ..ma n, R. Bornhoh: , S, Fact or, H. Mitchell, E. J . Korpilnty. N. Lea.lng, R. Egan, Fajanl, A. C. Simonian. T. E. Knorr, A. Goldman. GROUP B ( Mar. hall Chell Club) This colorfu l aggregation includes the Cham_ F. Re lnfeld, O. McC ready. A. S. Denker, M. pion of Pueno Rico, the Champion of Penn_ ROlenthal, J. Lil.lilll"d, E. Martinson, W. W . sylvania, the Champion of Illinois, and the Adamll, P. Rathen, J . Balint, A. L. Jonel, T. Stone, J. W. Brunnemer. New England Champion. GROUP C (Empire. City Cheal Club) The top two of each of the lour competing G. Trey.tman, W . H. Steckel, S. Bernlteln, sections will earn a place in the final tourna. M. FI , h. E. S. Jaeklon, S. Karandy. G. Shalnl_ ment which is scheduled co open at the Hotel wit, O. Gro ..miln , J. Rlehman, M. Green, H. Powellon, W. Goldwa ter. Astor on April 2:;.

• A PRI L, 1936 79 The Men Behind the Guns How Games Are Lost In The Opening By LAjOS STEINER

EOITOR'S N OTE: The well_known Hungar.

Zurich, 1935 Fourl:h Game of Match GRUNFELO DEFENSE (Note! b] L1.;os Sl ~inr r) L , Stoln.er H, Grob White Black 1 P.Q4 Kt.KBS 2 P.QB4 P_KKtS 3 Kt-QB3 P.Q4 4 8 _84 , ', .. In the rete-or Euwe-Alekhine match, {he Grunfdd t t • • • • p,p Defen~ was adopted several times, wilh very doubt­ 12 BxP ().O fu l success fOf the second player. Black's di$1dvan­ 13 8 -Q5ch K_R l {a~ consisted of his lack of SpoiIce, and when that 14 Q_B2 P_K4 was laler solved by , •• PxP, While obuined _ 15 PxP p , p suong center, My own iRS(in(:{ for the QP opening 18 B.K3 Q.R4 is nO'l yet quite developed, but 1 am incl ined to favor 17 B.K1.3 Kt.83 the text move over the one chosen b y Dr, Euwe ( 4 Q-Kt~) , As played, the W hite Bishop comm ~n ds :l .Ahhough it would nOt appear so 1t first sight, powerful diagonal, where it cannot be opposed by Black's position is alreadr quite hopeless. There j, Black's King Bis hop, already destined for KKt2. no valid defense 10 the fol owing move. 80 APRIL, 1936 81

18 Kt-Kt5 6-64 7 Q_Q3 B_B4! I There 'Wa!! nothing better; 18 ... P-KR3; 19 Kt­ 8 Q.Q1 _ •• _ K6!, BxKt; 20 BxB, K_R2; 21 B·QB5, KR·Kl; 22 . Forced as 8 P-K4 would not do on aCCOunt of ... B-B7, etc. KrxP! 9 KtxKt, Q-Q4!, and the weakness of White's 19 Q_B5! Q.Q1 Bishop at Kt5 is evident. The threat of course is If 19 .. . QxQ; 20 BxQ and the Black Rook ha!! 10 . . . BxKt followed by 11 ... QxB, and re­ no escape: 20 . .. R-Kl; 21 Kt-B7ch, K·Ktl; 22 markably enough this cannot he met. II 10 Kt-QB3, Kt-Q6ch, 01" 20 ... KR·QKtl; 21 B-Q6, etc. BxQ; II KtxQ, BxB; 12 Kt-B7ch, K-Ql; 13 KtxR, 20 Kt.B7ch RxKt BxP, etc. The depth of the combination is o1.HSranding. 21 BxR Kt_Kt5 8 .. _ . . P_Kt5 22 P_KR3 KtxB Every move a hard blow! White cannOt now con­ 23 QxKt P·K5 tinue with 9 BxKt, PxKt!; 10 BxR, PxP, and the 24 QR_Q1 Q.B3 threat of ... O-R4ch wins. 25 B-Q5 P_KKt4 , 9 Kt::R4 • • • • Directed againsl 26 P-KKt4. 9 Kt-Krl is probably a li ttle better, but it cer­ 26 BxKtP R_KB1 tainly doesn't appear inviting. 27 BxP R_K1 9 • . _ • Kt.K5 28 P.B3 B.QB1 10 Kt_KB3 B.Kt2 29 R_B2 Q.K2 11 B.Q2 . - . . 30 KR_Q2 B.K4 If 11 P·K3, Q-R4! 31 R_Q5 BxKtP 11 _ _ . _ Q-R4 32 QxKtP B_B3 12 P.K3 P-B4 33 Q.R5 R.Kt1 13 P.QR3' - . . . 34 R-Q8 P.QR3 White's game is apparently beyond salvation. If 35 RxRch KxR 13 PXP, KtxB; 14 KlxKt, B·Q2! ; elC., and if 13 36 BxPch K.B1 B-K2, PxP; 14 PxP, Kt.QB3, etc. 37 Q_R6ch B-Kt2 13 . _ . _ KtxB 38 Q.Q6 Resigns 14 KtxKt PxQP 15 Q.BS PxKP Moscow, 1936 16 Kt.B4 PXBP¢hl GRUNFELO OEFENSE 17 KxP B_Q5¢h (NoteJ b)' LajOJ Steiner) 18 K.K1 QxKt Zagorjanllklj Bclavcnec 19 QxR 0-0 20 Q-B3 PxP Whire Black 21 RxP Q-Kt5ch 1 P-Q4 Kt-KB3 22 K-Q1 R-Q1 2 P_QB4 P.KKt3 23 Kt_Q2 BxP 3 Kt.QB3 P_Q4 Resigns 4 Q·Kt3 P·B3 In his match with Euwe, Alekhine continued 4 . . . l'xP, sacrificing the center, with the hope of getting a lively game by increasing the mobility of the pieces. The leXlmove insures the center. MANHATTAN 5 B-Kt5 • '. _ • Apparently a good move as Black is forced to give CHESS CLUB up the cen ter, bm actually it is unsound. The way Black takes advantage of the move is instructive. 5 B-B4, 5 P·K3 or 5 Kt·B3 were alternatives. 5 •• _ . PxP 6 QxBP P_Kt41 HOTEL ALAMAC This often misused move, the point of which be· Broadway and 7lst St., New York comes obvious on Black's next play, is well calcu­ lated here. Organized 1877

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(In beginning ,hi! liltle series, let me place ize that I had been taken for a ride. Only one ",yul] on a (ommon plane with the average bit of consolation could be derived from the reader, and assure him that I am not one of the mess of that put_up job: from that day on I American cheJJ masters who contribute 10 fre­ could join a very select few who were entitle'd tt"mtly to hiJ eI1joyment through the coll/lIIllS to say, " 1 played LANDAU and gave him oj THE CHESS REVIEW. To theJe farlored be_ a rook. " ings, who have mel most of the intemational II. masters in dctUal tournament play, my thriIls While living in Holland, my business re_ derived from theu chance meetings 1Imst Jeem quired me to spend two days each week in p"erdc. To me, however, they tn'c the high Antwerp, Belgium. Every Monday morning spots in a chess career which has been limited found me seated in a second class compartment for the 11/osl part 10 skittln pfay.) on the crack flier, ··Etoile du Nord", which I. plies daily between Amsterdam and Paris. My The scene is the Coomans Hotel in Rotter­ regular practice was, after finding my seat, to dam , The cafe of this hotel is famous through. set u the pieces on a small collapsible chess_ out that section of Europe as being a place boar J with men of the peg type. Then 1 would where any chess.loving stranger can get into a retire between the pages of the latest Edgar game within three minutes after he has taken a Wallace thriller, leaving the board in plain seat at one of the many tables there. As the sight on the (wblc. Of course, I made many waiter takes the order, the stranget has only trips during which the plainly exhibited bait to say, ''I'd like to playa game of chess If you attracted nobody. But about half the time some· can find an opponent for me." The waiter does one would saunter down the car. take a look at the rest. the chess set, and, if a player who happened I used to dtop in there several rimes a week to be free from the inhibitions of centuries of to push pawns with some of my Dutch friends, British tradition, would stop, pass the time of and my game had improved to the point that day, and usually wind up by engaging in a these friends were getting rather fed up with game with me. taking continual beatings from an American. On one trip in particular the chess_hoard_bait On the evening in question I entered the cafe attracted the attention of an extremely wcll_ and found one of my friends playing with a dressed gentleman, who asked if I would ca re stranger who was making a miserable exhibi_ to pass the time by playing a game with him. tion of himself as far as his chess game was We drew for pieces, and r won the right to concerned. He had attained a position which play white. was hopeless, and was sacrificing piece after At that particular time the Eutopean chess_ piece in an attempt to make an immortal game public was decidedly Red_conscious, and wher_ out of what was nothing more than a chess ever one went in chess circles he might sec abortion. As my friend applied the inevitable players playing Knight to KB3 on the first move, COllp de grace a few minutes later, he rurned and replying to their opponents' Pawn to Q1 to me and said, "Perhaps you would be so kind with a second move of Pawn to QB4. Some as to playa game with Mr. Smith. He is only of them would, of course, understand the theory a beginner and I gave him knight odds. Per. of this opening; others would play it and hope haps you can give him a rook." fot the best, and then wonder what hit them Knowing that if my friend could win ac about twenty moves later. The point is that knight odds I COllld give the stranger a rook, everyone was playing the Reti_Zukertort JUSt I agreed, and away we went. I have often ~ecause it happened to be fashionable at that wished since that day that I had recorded the time. moves of that game. Never before, nor since, Knowing little a·hour the theory of the open_ in my life have I had a chess game so thor. ing, I liked it just the same, and ·in this game oughly smashed, smothered, and otherwise man_ I began with Knight to KB3. The game went handled. The stranger seemed to get his second according to the book for four moves after wind about the time our game began, and what which our ideas on how the opening should be he did to me was a sin. And not until I finally played seemed to diverge. Very slowly, but very turned my king down in disgust, only to hear surely, he drew me into a variation which I had roars of laughter from my pals (?), did I real_ never heard of, and in which the control of thc S2 ApR.IL , 1936 83 gam~ slipped easily and pa inl ~ssl y from m~ to the elay~r of the black pieces. The sensation Miniature Games was frightening. My opponent was playing an Played at the Bronx C. C. 1935 apparently passive and defensive game, with VI ENNA GAME no threats of attack. Yet with ~v~ry move he I. F lnemJ.n T. Ston e made I could fee l t·h~ inc [ ~asing pressure on While Black my game. He mad~ no attempt to break up 1 P.K4 P_K4 9 Q_K2 9.QB4 my formation, but, what was worse, he mace 2 Kt.QB3 Kt.KB3 10 P-B3 0 -01 me .realize that wirhin a few moves I should 3 P.B4 P.Q4 11 Q-K4 P_B4 4 PxKP KtxP 12 PxP e. p. R_K1 hav~ to break it up myself, and that when 5 KtxKt PxKt 13 P_B7ch! KxP I was fo[c~d to this extreme my game would 6 P_Q4 PxP e. p. 14 Kt.Kt5ch K.Kt1 ? necessarily collapse like a prick~d balloon. 78xP Kt_8S 15 9 _94ch Resign. My few remaining moves were played me. 8 Kt_SS 9 .KKts chanically and I was in Zugzwang. JUSt as I was pondering over whether it would be bettet Correspondence Game 1935 to resign gracefully or to explode with a few TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE spire checks before turning down the king, my O. S. Morrl. Dr. A. S. N.J.I (W .uhi"gIO,,) (Ol!alwmlJ) opponent said, " I propose a ." I looked W hite Black ar hi m in amazement, saying, " BUI you have 1 P· K4 P_K4 11 QxKt SxKt m~ in Zugzwang," H e rose from his seat, 2 Kt_K93 Kt-Q93 12 PxB O,()·O bowed stiffly, and replied, "Apparently. But 3 B_94 Kt-B3 13 9 _B4 R.Q2?? 4 0·0 KtxP 14 RxP Q_B4 anything may happen in a chess game. So if 5 P_Q4 P.Q4 15 R_K8ch R-Q1 you do not obj ec t we will call it remise. Yes? 6 Q_K2 9.KKt5 16 RxRch KxR r must go now. Thank you for the game, si r," 7 PxP QKtxP 17 R.Qlch K.91 And, dropping a card on the table, he walked 8 Kt.SS Ktx9 18 QxP Q_K2 9 KtxKt Q_K2 19 Q.BSeh R ..lgnli back to his own seat in another car. The name 10 R-K l PxKt? on the card was RICHARD RET], R. 1. P. III. right", said my unknown adviser, "Don't reo treat with the bishop." The scene is the Y . M . C. A. in Buffalo, I paused a moment in order [Q classify him. New York. I was playing one board in a thirry You kllO'W a seoond-dass kibitzer can only give game simultaneous exhibition given by one of advice, while one of the first dass is entitled the younger America n chess luminaries. The to move your pieces for you. Since no arm preliminaries were over. Those who were play_ came over my shoulder to demonstrate the Ing, "J4St to say I have played against ...... ," proper finesse with which the pawn should be had been put au[ of their misery, and onl y six pushed, I mentall y classified him as a second_ or seven boards remained in play. rater, and the retreating move of the bishop be_ I had a good game, and the hero of the gan to look better to me. I thought that if a evening was spending quite a little time over second_class kibitzer advised the pawn move his moves against me. Naturally, at this stage there must be something weak about it. Conse. of (he evening, the kibitze rs who were fairly quently, when the master r~ t urned to my board evenly distributed at the beginning of the J retreated with the bishop. My unknown seance wer~ now mote concentrated and were fri~n d uttered a soft groan as I did so, and re_ attacking in force. If one of the few players peated it after the master made his reply and left made a move which had not been analyzed went on his way. and approved by th~ kibitzers' board of strat. "You are v~ry lucky," he said, "Your bishop egy- well, it JUSt wasn'r cricket, and any player move laid you open to a mat~ in six." adopting such a course was raking his fif~ in "Go and tell him about it," I replied. 'Tm his 11amb. busy." And he went away. I finally won rhe One of my bishops was under attack, and my game, and when analyzing it the next day at burning question was whether to protect it by the club I mentioned to some friends what had advancing a pawn to its supporr, or to retreat happened, and set up the position on a board. to a more sheltered position. J considered ir Roy Blade. looked at it a minute and said, " He at length, and finally aecided to push the pawn. was right. A forced mate in six," and demon­ JUSt then I fel t a kibitzer's breath on my neck, strated. I rhen described the well-meaning ad_ and II voice whispered in my ear, "What are viser and asked who he was. I was told. And you going to do?' Without turning, I replied through these columns let m~ render apology that I was going to push the 'pawn. "That's and thanks to EDWARD LASKER. 84 THE CHESS REVIEW If 8 K-Q!; 9 R-KB7 wins, as ... R-K6 wH! not do. If the Rook could here go to K7 or K8, the The End Game game would be drawn, as the position would then be By L KASHDAN of a type much more favorable to the defense. 9 R-K7 K-R1 Severa! readers have commented favorably 10 R-K4 R_Kt2 on our Study No.2, as giving a position which 11 R_R4ch K_Ktl might easily occur over the board, and one in 12 B_Q6ch Resigns (Al which the theory of attack and defense should 2 . . . . R.Kt1 be thoroughly known. 3 R_QR7 K.Ktl With Rook and Bishop against Rook there 4 R.Kt7ch K_R1 5 B·Q6 R_B1ch are more winning positions than with Rook and If 5 . . . R·KI8; 6 R.KtSch, K·R2; 7 R-KRS, R­ Knight, and the player with the lone Rook Kt3; 8 R-Rt wins . . Or 5 ... R-Kt2; 6 R·KISch must be very careful to avoid loss. (of course !l0! 6 RxR, stalemate!), K·R2; 7 R·Kt2, K·RI; 8 R-K2, and mate is forced. STUDY NO.3 6 8_87 R.KKtl Black 7 R_Kt1 R.Kt3ch 8 B_Q6 R-Kt2 9 R_K1 R-K2 The last chance, hoping for RxR. 10 BxR Resigns STUDY NO. 3-a

WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN The above is the typical winning position in (his ending. The W hite King has the direct opposition, and the Bishop holds the important squares, R7 and K7, preventing any chance of escape. The strategy will be to force the Black Rook. to some weaker White square, and then prevent it from interposing 10 avert WH!TE TO PLAY AND WIN the mate. 1 R.K8ch • • • • Solution to Study No.2_a: 1 R_QB7, K.B4: The first step is to get-the Rook to the sevL'flth 2 R_QKt7, Kt.Kt5. 3 R.Kt5ch!, K·S5: 4 R-S5ch, rank. If 1 B-Kt6, R-B2ch! draws. K_Kt6; 5 R_B3ch, K .R5: 6 R.R3ch, K·Kt4; 7 R_ 1 . . . • R_Ql R5ch (not 7 R.QKt3, R.Q7! followed by Kt-Q6, 2 R-K7 R_Q7 (or A) etc.), K.B3; 8 R·B5ch, K-Q3: 9 R_S4, Kt_Q4; 10 The best square for (he Rook. White will force it R.B2 drawS!. If 1 ... K_Kt6; 2 R_KKt7!, R. to either the 8th or 6th ranks. The latter is the QS7; 3 R.Kt7ch, K_B6; 4 R.Kt3ch! and draws. weakest, and Black ~hould avoid it as long as possible. 3 R.KB7 R_Q8 If 3 ... R·QI; 1/ B-K7!, R·Ktl; 5 R-B5 (threat­ en.ing R-QR5)' K-Ktt; 6 B·Q6ch, K-BI; 7 R·QKt5 A Folding wIns. 4 R.QR7 R_QKtB Pocket If 4 ... K-Ktl; , R·R4, R-QB8 (the threat was Chess Set B-Q6ch); 6 R-K4. 5 B_R3! R_Kt6 Made in green The Rook is forced to Ihis square. If 5 . .. K­ KI!; 6 R-K7, K·R!; 7 R-K5, R·Kr2; 8 R·K4! Now cloth with Black mUSI move, and either R-KSch or R·R-ich will black and green mate in several moves. % inch squares. 6 B_Q6 R_B6ch $1.25. 7 B_B5 R.Kt6 8 R.B7ch • • • • The Start of the final maneuver. The lessened scope THE CHESS REVIEW of the Rook on fhe 6th will soon be apparent . Roosevelt Ave., Woodside, N.¥. 8 , , • • K_Ktl APRIL, 1936 85

The World Dr. M. Euwe C"~ Championship Match World Championship Match Twenty·Sixth Game Dr. Euwe ~f his bur. The saffijice of a bishop for three pawns was well planned. The JUNuding pawn advance equally we71 exemud. This game turned (Jut to be the margin of vielo'y. DUTCH DEFENSE Dr. M. Euwe Dr. A. Alekhine White Black 1 P.Q4 P.K3 25 P.K4 p,p 2 P_QB4 P. KB4 26 PxP B·Q5 3 P. KKt3 B.Kt5ch 27 P·KS Q.Kl Dr. A. Alekhine 4 B.Q2 B.K2 28 P.K6 R.KKtl 5 B_Kt2 Kt.KB3 29 Kt.B3 Q.Kt3 5 . . . . B·K2 6 Kt.QB3 0-0 30 R.KKt1! B,R 7 Kt_B3 Kt.KS 31 RxB Q.B3 Avoiding the trappy variation of , ... Kt·B3; 6 8 0.0 P.QKt3 32 Kt.Kt5! R·Kt2 Kt·Kt5, P·KKt3; 7 Q"B3, P·B4; 8 Q·Q5, Q-K2; 9 9 Q.B2 B.Kt2 33 PxKt R,P KtxPch, K·Ql; 10 KIXR, P·Kt3; 11 P·Q3, B.QKt2; 10 Kt.KS KtxKt 34 Q.K3 R_K2 12 P.KR-1, P-KR3, which gives the second player lit 11 BxKt B,B 35 Kt.K6 R·KBt doubtful attack in return for material minus. 12 KxB Q.B1 36 Q·K5 Q,Q 6 Kt.B3 ••.. 13 P·Q5 P·Q3 37 PxQ R.B4 Sharper than 6 QxKP, which latcr would result in 14 Kt·Q3 P·K4 38 R·K1 P.KR3 the loss of a tempo. 15 K.R1 P.83 39 Kt·Q8 R·B7 6 . . . . Kt_B3 16 Q.Kt3 K.Rl 40 P·K6 R·Q7 17 P.B4 P.K5 41 Kt.B6 R·Kl Better than 6 ... 0 ·0 at Ollce, after which White 18 Kt.Kt4 P.B4 42 P·K7 P·Kt4 could work up a lasting attack. e. g. 7 P·Q3, Kt·B3; 19 Kt.B2 Kt.Q2 43 Kt.Q8 K.Kt2 8 Kt·Kt5, P·KR3; 9 P,KR4 (threatening 10 Q.K(6), 20 Kt-K3 B.B3 44 Kt.Kt2 K·B3 Kt·Q5; 10 B·Q5, P.B3; 11 Q-Kt6! BxKt; 12 PxB, 21 KtxP! B,B 45 R.K6ch K.Kt4 PxB; 13 QxKt, KtxPch; 14 K·Ql, KtxR; 15 KtxP! 22 KtxQP Q. Ktl 46 Kt-Q6 R,P 7 KtxP ..•• 23 KtxP B.B3 47 Kt.K4ch Resigns Dr. Tartakower at Carlsbad, 1907, tried to lead 24 Kt.Q2 P.KKt4 ioto the above variation by continuing wi th 7 p.Q.3, but this was refuted by 7 • •. l'-KKt3; 8 Q-Kt4, P·KR4; 9 Q·R3, Kt.£4. 7 • . . . KtxKt 8 QxKt 0-0 World Championship Match 9 Kt.Q5 R.Kl 10 0·0 B.Bl Twenty·Seventh Game 11 Q,B4 P.B3 - GAME 12 Kt·K3 • • • • (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) Now Black's misplaced Kt at Q3 is a continual source of trouble. It daren't move and it can't stay. Dr. A. Alekhine Dr. M. Euwe 12 . • • . Q.R4 White Black 13 P.Q4 Q_R4 1 P·K4 P·K4 2 Kt.QB3 Kt-KB3 The object of this lMt Q maneuver obviously was 3 B.B4 to protect the KBP, but it iocidentally threatens 14 • • • • . . . R·K5 which would fail heretofore because of With the match drawing to a close, and Alekhine BxPch. trai ling by two points, he revives this somewhat 0b­ 14 P.QB3 Kt-K5 solete opening w force the issue. Such taClics adopted 15 P.BS Kt.Kt4 in the earlier stages of the match undoubtedly would have favored the ex.champi on, whose natural ability Not 15 ... B·Q3; 16 QxPcb, QxQ; 17 BxQch, KxB; 18 PxKtch, etc. Or 15 ... Kt·B3; 16 Kt·Kt4! is by far superior to that of h is opponent. 16 P.Q5! •..• 3 . . . . KtxP 4 Q.R5 • • • • Threatening to win the Kt by 17 P·KR4. p,p Not

19 a.K3 P.Kt3 21 R_R B-Kt2 43 PxPch K_P 20 QR_Q1 B.Kt2 22 Kt-SS BxKt 44 K.B3 8.B8 21 QxQ . . ". . 23 R_S Q-03 45 Kt.K1 K.Q4 With the attack weathered, White (oums on his 24 P_QR4 P-P 46 Kt.B2 K .B4 superior endgame position. 25 Kt_B4 0_85 47 Kt.Q4 B. R6 26 Q.K3 Q.Kt5 48 Kt.K2 B.Kt7 21 • • • • RPxQ 27 P.B3 Q_KtS Bx? QR.B1 49 KtxP 22 KR.K1 28 Kt.Q6 8_04 50 Kt.Q3ch K.Kt4 23 K.B2 8-84 29 Q.B3 K.R2 51 Kt.K 5 B.R4 To simplify by exchanging . 2; . .. B-B; was an 30 Q.82 52 Kt. 84 B. Kt5 alternative. 31 R_. K.Kt3.-. 53 Kt-Q6ch K_B4 24 BxB BxKt 32 R_BS R_R 54 Kt_S7 P_KR4 No< 24 .. . KtxB; 25 KI·K7ch. 33 KtxR K-B3 55 Kt.KS 8.84 34 K.B2 P_Kt4 56 Kt.B4 B.K5 25 BxB KtxB B_B3 R_R 35 Kt_KtS 57 Kt.Q2 B.Kt7 26 RxRc h 36 Kt.B4 K .K2 P.R4 27 P_QKt4! Kt.KS 58 K-Q4 37 Kt. K3 K.Q3 59 Kt·B4 K_KS If 27 ... Kr·R5; B-Kt" KtxP: 19 RxP, etc. 38 K. K2 P.B4 60 Kt·Q6ch K.Q4 28 BxKt QPxB 39 P·KKt3 B.Kt4c h 61 Kt·K8 K.B4 29 R.Q7 " R.QB1 40 K.Q2 P·BS 62 Kt.B6 B.B6 30 RxRP R_P 41 PxP P_P 63 P.Kt3 Drawn 31 R.R8ch K.R2 42 Kt·Kt2 ' P.K4 32 P.QR4 R·Kt6 B . .. R·B 7ch at oncc offered better chances. 33 P·KtS P.Kt 4 World Cha mpionship Match ,~~w, 33 . . R·K17ch W hi u~ wins by Twenty.Ninth Game the Q side. c. g. 34 K·K3, 36 K·Q4, RxP ; 37 P.Kt6. "T/)e)" ,/),dl //01 pass!" For t/)e serond Sflcccssivc 39 RxP with the threat of gam e A fekhille {lI/ds himielf a pallm ahead in an m ding but ,mabie 10 (on ve,t it into a will. Enwe 34 K·K2 P.K4 slands his groulld as pnyieldi"g as the dikes of hiJ 3S K·Q2 P.B3 "afive Hofland. N ot n . . . K·Kt3; 36 R·R6 threatening to cap· ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE ture the P with check. Dr. A. Alekh lne Dr . M. Euwe 36 K.B2 R.KtS White Black 37 K·B3 R.Q5 1 P·K4 Kt.KB3 27 R.Q4 R·B4 If 37 . . . R·Kt8, W hile at!acks the QKIP, which 2 P.KS Kt.Q4 28 K.B2 P.QB3 mus t fal l. 3 P.Q4 P·Q3 29 P·QR4 R.R2 38 R.RS K·Kt3 4 P.QB4 Kt.Kt3 30 R·Kt4 P.QKt4 39 RxP RxP S Kt.KB3 B.KtS 31 PxP P-P 40 R.R6! R.QS 6 B.K2 P-P 32 K.B3 R ( R2 )·B2 7 P.BS P. KS 33 R.Kt3 K· B1 Here the game was adjourned . Eu we pointed out 8 PxKt PxKt 34 P.Kt4 K.K2 that after 41 P.KI6, R·Q8; 42 K·B4, K·B2: 43 K· B~, 9 BxP S_S 3S P.8S P_P K.K2; 44 P·Kt7, R·QKtB; 45 K·B6 wins nnd resigned. 10 Qx B RPxP 36 PxP P.BS 11 QxKt P Kt.Q2 37 K·B4 PxPch 12 B.B4 P.K4 38 RxPc h R_R 13 BxP Ktx B 39 KxR R.84ch 14 PxKt B.KtSch 40 K·K4 K.B3 1S Kt.B3 BxKtch 41 R.R3 R.BSch World Championship Match 16 PxB 0-0 42 K·Q3 R.KRS Twenty_Eighth Game 17 0·0 Q.K2 43 R.Kt3 K_P 18 KR. K1 Q.B4 44 RXPch K.K3 "So ne,", and yet so far." A ta'lIa/izing game. A 19 R.K3 R.R6 4S P_B4 RxPch pawn ahead, a game behind, three games to go . . . 20 Q.B3 R.K1 46 K·Q4 K-OS Alekhine's disappointment can be imagined. EUlVe's 21 P.R3 R.R4 47 R.Kt6c h K.B2 staiw'"t deftrtse canno: pass unmentioned. 22 R·Q1 Q. K2 48 R.KB6 R.R4 23 Q·QB6 R·B4 49 K.83 K.Kt2 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLI N ED 24 Q·Q7 P.Kt3 SO K.Kt4 K·B2 Dr. M. Euwe Dr. A. Alekh ine 2S P.KB4 R·BS Drawn W hite Bl ack 26 QxQ R_. 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 11 B.Q3 P.R3 2 P.QB4 P·K3 12 P.K4 KtxP 3 Kt.QB3 P_Q4 13 Bx Kt S_S 4 B. Kt5 B.K2 14 BxP R.R2 DON'T FORGET TO S P-K3 QKt.Q2 15 0·0 Kt.Kt3 6 Kt.B3 0 .0 16 Kt.K4 B.K2 RENEW YOUR 7 R·B 1 P.B3 17 Kt.KS R.B2 8 B·Q3 P.KR3 18 Q.Q3 Kt·BS SUBSCRIPTION! 9 B.R4 PxP 19 Ktx Kt R_S 10 BxP P.QKt4 20 Kt.KS R_R APRIL, 1936 87

Empire State News News Events The team representing the Brooklyn Edison New England Notes Company won the championship of the Com. mercial Oless League of New York City. The Massachusetts State Chess Ass'n has Twenty players were entered in the Women's taken the lead in anempts to form a New Eng. Tourney held under the auspices of the Mar. land Chess Ass'n. At its annual meeting on shal1 Oless Oub. They were divided into two Washington's Binhday at rhe Boston City Club, sections of 10 each and the foUowing qualified the Executive Committee (consisting of repre. for the finals: Mrs. Adele Rivero, Mrs. Raphael sentatives from all Massachusetts clubs) was E. ' McCready and Mrs. William Slater from authorized, by unanimous vote, to take the Section A-Mrs. Mary Bain, Miss Edith Weare, necessary preliminary steps to accomplish this and Miss Helen White from Section B. aim and to report the results at the semi.annual The Niagara Falls C. C. played a return meeting and outing of the M. S. C. A. to be march with the German C. C. of Buffalo at held on a week.end in June (probably at Bed. Buffalo and reversed the result of their first ford, Mass.). Clubs in Connecticut, Rhode meeting by winning 8 to 6. Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine G. Shainswit won the championship tourney interested in this movement should get in of the Empire City C. C. (New York). The touch with Mr. Franklin J. Sanborn, Secretary, leading scotes: G. Shainswit 7%.lYz, J. Mos. Massachusetts State Chess Ass' n, Boston City kowitz 6Y2.2Y2, H. Fajans and S. Goodman Club, Boston, Mass. 5Y2.3Y2 . Of the 18 entries in the Championship Div. ision of the M. S. C. A. tourney the folfowing Middle West News have qualified for the finals: Adams, Morton, The Detroit O le5S Club defeated a picked Sandberg, Marchand and Palmer. team composed of players from the Midland, Harvard teams carried off top honors in both Saginaw and Flint Chess Clubs on February 23 divisions of the Metropolitan Chess League of by the score of l1Yz.7Yz . The match was held Boston. . It Flint, Mich. In an inter.city chess match Cleveland de. feated Akron at the rooms of the Cuyahoga World Championship Match C. C. (Cleveland) 10· 3. Thirtieth Game John O. Hoy won the Cleveland city title for 1936, just nosing out Elliort E. Stearns for the "Th~ King is dead! Long lillt! the King !" IUek· hine, joued /0 play lor a win, strivel jor (omplha· honor. tiom to 1/0 avail. Two parvnl behind the eliding if The Nonhern Ohio State Championship 1011, and Euwt'J magnanimous offer of a draw iJ a Tourney was scheduled to begin March 25 at filling (OIldusion /0 an eventjul maJ(b. the Cuyahoga C. C. The winner will meet the QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED winner of the Southern Ohio Tourney for the State Tide now held by Dr. P. G. Keeney of Dr. M. Euwe Dr. A. Alekhlne Cincinnati. White Black 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 21 KtxP KxKt 2 P.QB4 PxP 22 Q·B4ch P.K3 New Jersey Chatter 3 Kt-KB3 Kt·Q2! ? 23 P.B3 Q-R4 The second annual championship tourney of 4 Q.R4 P.QB3 24 B-K3 R.KKt1 5 QxP(84) KKt.B3 25 R·B2 B.B3 the Bergen County Chess Association is sche. 6 P.KKt3 P.KKt3 26 QR·KB1 Kt·R5 duled to begin on April 4th. 7 Kt.B3 B.Kt2 27 QxPch! KxQ The inter.club tourney of the North Jersey 8 B.Kt2 0-0 28 Kt.B4ch K.B2 Chess Ass'n finds the Elizabeth C. C. in the 9 0·0 Q.R4 29 KtxQ B·K2 10 P.K4 Q.R4 30 K·R2 Kt.Kt3 lead 4 matches to 0, with the Ridgewood C. C. 11 Q.Q3 Kt.Kt3 31 R.QKt2 QR.QB1 and Jersey City C. C. tied for second and third 12 Kt..K2 R.Q1 32 P.84 Kt.B1 3 matches to 1. The Newark Rice C. C. which 13 P.QR4 QKt.Q2 33 P·85 8·Kt4 won the inter_club tide so many years in suc­ 14 P.QKt4 P.KKt4? 34 BxB RxB 15 KtxP Kt.K4 35 Kt.B4 Kt.R2 cession that the other clubs practically conceded 16 Q.B2 Kt·Kt3 36 Kt.K6 R.R4ch them a vested interest in the championship is 17 P.R3! P_KR3 37 K.Kt2 Kt·B3 strangely enough in fourth/lace with an even 18 8.83 Kt-Kt5 38 K.B3 R.KKt1 score of 2 matches won an 2 lost. 19 PxKt BxKtP 39 Kt.B4 KR.Kt4 20 BxB OxB 40 R.KKt1 Drawn (Cominued on Page 91) Leaders of Chess in America B, BARNIE F. WINKEL MAN

WALTER PENN SH IPLEY rounded our a distinguished record in his own In a recene letter to the President of the profession. International Chess Federation, Jose R. Capa. A Philadelphia lawyer, first and foremost he blanca suggested that aU matters relating to title is sti ll an aCtive pracrieioner at the bar and a matches be placed in rhe hands of a comminee recognized expert in the law o f deced:nts' es. of " three well.known first class amateurs". ta t~. long a member of the firm of Mo rris. These, he added, should include Sir George S~ l pley and Vaux,* which numbered among its Thomas. Walter Penn Shipley and d ehet Dr. chent.s many o f. the lea ~i ng banking and in. A. Rud> or H. Strick Van Linscooren. dustrlal compa.Rl es of h iS city, he is in dai ly The apparent intent 01 the ex.cham pion co attendance at hiS offices, and it is a rare calendar of the Orphans' Court thac not find him designate the, ou~sran ding representative of the does present. chess fraternity In England America and the But even in his professional work he has Co?cinent, m~~ r serve to r~ind us of the prc. emmenc posl!10n of our own Mr. Shipley not been permitted to remain entirely aloof an;ong those who have fostered rhe game in fro ~ chess. W ithin the last few years as thIS country. On June 20th he will celebrate " f ~le nd of the court" he presented a careful his 76th birthday, and his "relafi ve" inactivity bnef upon the educational value of chess to suppo~ t the legacies given by the will of Harris in the caus~ of chess ,during the pasc few years, makes pertlnenc a bnef resume of his long de­ J. Chdron to two of the leading chess clubs votion to chess that goes back over half a cen_ of ehe .city. tu ry. In fact if we keep in mind the diverse It is no: our ~ntent to re.view the long career and manifold contributtons he has' made to of Mr. Shipley Ifl the service of chess. A bio_ every phase of chess activities, as player, pat_ graphical sketch in .the B,ijiJh Cheu Magaz.ine ron, promoter, author, cohlmnist, and not least, of January, 1907, gives many detniis of interest as fnend and trusted advisor of masters and en­ to those who would gauge his strength as a thusiasts, it is doubtful if the entire history of player: He was three times champion o f Penn. rhe game offers a parallel. sylvama, and on several occasions he won the We have indeed long lim of masters­ title of his city and of the Franklin Chess Club national, imernational and g rand- my riads of He played with outstanding success in ehe tour: fans, and h.appily a generous quora of patrons. neys of ~e New York State Chess Association. 8m exceedingly rare are the qualities of mind In face In four of these events coveri ng 1886 and hean t~ at unite a chess talent of the hig h­ 1.892, 1894 and 1896, he scored 2 firsu, on~ est o rder wuh a love of the game that subordin_ (Ie for li.~ t and o ne. second, playing in all, 28 ates personal ambition to the broader interes ts games W i t hout a smgle loss against leading of the chess world. players of New York and Philadelphia. Rarer still are an added fine discrimination Ardent chess fans who have heard the si ren an innate recognition of values that has placed ~ll to baeti.e will appreciate ch at early in his fmc emphasis upon "first things", a warm and Ide Mr. ShIpley had co make a grave choice sym~a~hetic person.aliey that has g iven full re_ between the I~re of new chess triumphs and rh e cognltJon to the high merits of fellow experts demands of hiS own profession. W itn the intui. . . . Hence his career is R balanced study that ti~e, judgment that is the keynote of his person_ offers food for thought for chess devotees even altey, he early sensed the ultima thule of as his games merit the careful sc rutiny of our amateur achievement and the higber claim of younger masters. the law. At no point has he overstepped the . Mr. Shipley has love.d chess intensely but bounds of a disciplined ambition . Wisely. H e has emphaSll.ed not only its com­ It !s idle to spec~late upon what higher rank petitive, but its social and cultural aspeccs. In he might have attained as a chess artist had he addition to laurels gained in march and tour_ devoted all his energies to the game. As it nament and the deep satisfaCtion of a native talent d~elope~ to the hig hest excellence, chess *M,. ~I orri! ,tti"J Irom fiu firm 10 heiSd the GirllTJ has ennched hiS hours o f leisure has won for TrN ~f Company, (rhi! 1' ar ulebraling ill I OOth him I ~gions of friends t hrougno~ t the world anmller'IIT1 ) and lar" 10 become Board ChAi,man 01 rhe Pe'''lS,llIania RailroiSd. II is rharao"isli( has made his nam~ a househofd word whereve; o! AIr. Shipl'l that the (on/illllit] ollh", auoda. chess players gather, and in passing, has I,ons haJ n"," bee. 6,0Ie• . 88 WALTER PENN SHIPLEY APRIL, 1936 89 was his detachment .from the fierce strivIngs Congress in New York, (1889) where he had of the professional masters placed him in a tied Tschigorin for first place. Additional position to render a unique service to the game. victories were chalked up by Shipley against Mr. Shipley .became a patron of the game­ Lee, Bird, Albin, Taubenhaus and Lipschutz. not a 1frecenas in a narrow sense--but an Franklin Chess Club admirer of the great masters with a real under_ Philadelphia _ June, 1889 scanding of chess genius and a dt!ep apprecia_ SCOTCH OPENING tion of the difficulties of chess as a profession. W. P. Shipley Max Weiss In "Chess in Philadelphia", whose tide page White Black reads: "A brief history of the game in Phila_ 1 P_K4 P-K4 2 Kt_KBS Kt_QBS delphia ... by Gustavus C. Reichhelm, assisted 3 P-Q4 PxP by Walter Penn Shipley", we find the thorough 4 KtxP Kt_BS scholarship and careful analysis that character_ 5 KtxKt KtPxKt 6 B_Q3 P-Q4 ize his games and his work. Here we can 7 P_K5 Kt_KtS uncover but few of his own games that were 8 0·0 B_QB4 played in the '90s, and none of his later and 9 B-KB4 P_Kt4 best period. There is, however, the score of 10 B_Q2 KtxKP an early game played by him in 1883 in a 11 Q-R5 P_KR3 Steinitz in the International Chess Magazine (Jul[, simultaneous exhibition given by Steinitz. Even 1889) states that with this natural move Black sea s at that time complete mastery of the opening his fate. Also that curious as it may seem 11 ... which was to feature his style for many years, B-K2 is the only move to save the game. Mr. Ship­ is in evidence. And from a Germantown paper ley, however, pointed out at the time that the text move is the best if properly followed up. of 1884 we note: "Dr. Zukertoft played 12 12 R_K1 B_QS simultaneous games at chess against members Imtead Bla<;k should play 12 ... Q·K2, and if of the Germantown Club last evening, winning 13 Bxp. Kt-B6ch wins, and if 13 Kl-B3, B-KKt~ 10 and losing 2, one to Mr. W. P. Shipley of wins. 13 P_B4! B_KS the Germantown Chess Club." 14 PxKt B.QB4ch Thereafter he became a leading spirit of the 15 K_R1 Q_Q2 notable group that made up the Franklin Chess 16 B.P B_B7 17 R_K2 B-Kt5 Club in the nineties. Outstanding masters were 18 P_K6! B.Q invited to the city-5teinitz, lasker, Pillsbury, 19 PxQch K.P Marshall, Capablanca. The growing strength Aod While mates in two. of the Franklin coterie made them formidable adversaries not only in simultaneous exhibitions With Pillsbury he played many games, the but in single matches played with the clock. final score being about 2_1 in favor of the On his first visit to America, when Dr. Lasker , and this is an excellent gauge of was sweeping all before him, one of the ·fe.w Shipley's powers in those years. victories registered against him was obtained But to the masters who visited the city Mr. by Shipley in an individual encounter. In 1889 Shipley was more than a strong opponent. To he scored set games against J. Gunsberg and many of these men he became mentor and Max: Weiss, both of these masters being at advisor, a trusted friend in hours of trial. His that time at the height of their powers. In innate sportSmanship created an implicit faith fact Weiss had arrived in the city fresh from in his judgment and the most obdurate of his great success in the 6th American Chess artistic temperaments became strangely tractable under the spell of his broad sympathy and unbiased verdicts. Steinitz and LaSKer might differ with him upon mooted questions involv_ u. S. CHAMPIONSHIP ing their "amour pro pre", but nothing could TOURNAMENT sever the artistic bonds that made them kin with this great lover of chess. His own good offices helped to untangle many of the snarls Season Tickets Five Dollars into which a fiery mood and a sharp pen plunged Steinitz, and aided not a little in . Buy YOUR TICKET Now FROM removing the obstacles to a title match between Lasker and Capablanca. THE CHESS REVIEW Mr. Shipley served as Treasurer of the 60_10 ROQsevelt Ave., lasker_Marshall Match, and as Referee in the Woodside, N. Y. Marshall-Capablanca and lasker_Capablanca Matches. He has acted as President of the 90 THE CHESS REVIEW with his typical vigor he set about improving the time thus lying heavily upon him by pro_ moting a correspondence tourney. In the course of this match he announced a mate in 22 moves establishing a record for a form of mate much in' vogue at the time. Much of his real services to chess must remain untold. However, it would be improper to pass over all such phases of his aaivities with. Out placing on record his own part in the crit_ ical chapters of the life of Harry Pillsbury, America's most tragic chess genius. Now these facts can and should be noted. It is chess history that Me. Shipley's efforts aided in launching Pillsbury upon his profes_ sional career, and that he took the initiative in securing his participation at Hastings. As yet unknown-because his own reticence on these points has sealed the book- is his devotion to the young grandmaster in his last clouded years. In those dark hours when medical skill had to be invoked, when fateful decisions had to be made, be it said for the eternal credit of Walter Shipley, that his long professional ex_ Club -Argentino de AJedrez perience, his knowledge and his resources were CARO_KANN DEFENSE W. P. Shipley J. T. Lynch placed unreservedly at the service of his friend White Black ... and not until Pillsbury was finally laid 1 P.K4 P-QB3 to rest was his task at end ... 2 P.Q4 P.Q4 3 Kt.QB3 PxP_ Nor even then . . . for these many years his 4 KtxP Kt.S3 own column in the Philadelphia lnquirer­ 5 KtxKtch KtPxKt chess fare that has nurtured a whole generation 6 B_KB4 8_84 of players and problem lovers- has been con­ 7 P.QB3 Kt.Q2 8 B.Q3 BxB ducted and the proceeds devoted to furthering 9 QxB P_K4 a chess project equally dear to him. 10 PxP PxP His interest in the game remains as keen as l' B_Kt3 Q.R4 ever, though he is no longer able to play ser_ 12 0.0·0 0-0-0 13 K.Kt1 P-S3 ious chess. His own views upon the place of 14 Q.B51 Q.RS chess in the life of the community can be gath_ 15 Kt·K2 P.KR4 ered from the following summary of the Chilton 16 P-KR3 P.R5 case previously referred to . 17 B-R2 Q-QS5 18 R_Q2 •••• "An interesting question was decided by Judge No! 18 R.Q' , R·R4! LamoreHe of the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia 18 . . . . B.R3 on the interpretation of a clause in the will of 19 R-QS • • • • rhe late Harris J. Chillon of Philadelphia. Now it can be played. "Chilton bequeathed to the Franklin Chess 19 . . . . Q.B2 Club a perpetual annuity of One Hundred and 20 KR.Q1 KR.Kt1 Twenty·five Dollars, the money to be used in 21 P.KKt4! R-Kt4 holding annual chess lOurnaments by the above 22 Q.K4 P_KB4? mentioned Club. 23 Q.R4 p,p '"The question before the Court was whether 24 QxRP KR.Kt1 an annuity for the purpose mentioned violated 25 Q_RBch K.B2 the law against perpetuities or came under the 26 BxPch KtxB cl ause of the Act of 1885, providing that no 27 RxR Resigns disposition of property made for aoy religious, ('\mrimble, literary or scientific use or a cause that rromotes rhe well doing and well being of Mr. Shipley has held the title of Correspon. socia men shall fall as being given in perpetuity. dence Champion of the U nired States. He has "Walter Penn Shipley, President of the Frank­ organized many such tournaments, the first hav_ lin Chess Club, in his brief filed with the Court argued that chess was not merely a game but a ing its origin in a . knee.~p injury t,hat he sus­ literary, artistic and scientific slUdy that has been tained while playmg wcket. ThIS ~onfined enjoyed and given pleasure and instruction (0 him to his bed over an extended penod, and millions of the world's citizens. APR I L, 1 936 91

"In closing hi.~ brief, he qUOte-s middle of January after six months of steady in consultation. Chess interest is very high III play. The method used in conduCtin g this Spain and he was recei ved with enthusiasm gigantic chess carnival is well worth srudying. everywhere. He states in EI Ajedrez Efpa/IOI Local tournaments were held all ovec the that Spanish players arc improving rapidly and country in factories, plants, pits, railways, state expects {hat in five years' time rhey will pm farms, etc. The winners qualified to participate forth a telm capable of competing successfully in the district tournament of their union. 'rhe for the Hami ]wn.Russeli Trophy in the Inter. winners of these district cournaments conducted national Team Tournaments. by 110 trade unions were distributed into six The following game played by Carablanca groups playing in six diffe rent cities: Lenin. on his tout was one of ten, played slmultan. g rad, Minsk. Kharkolf, Baku, Voronezh, and eously ar Barcelona with docks at a rime limit Sverdlovsk. These six tourneys were regarded of 30 moves per hou r. as the semi.finals and the winners went inro a final round robin to decide the trade union Barcelona· December 14, 1935 championship. CARO·KANN D EFENSE The leadmg scores: G . Lizitzin and V. (Naw by / . It Capablanca ) Checkover 12 prs. each, Konsrantinopolsky and J. R. Capa bl anca Ribera A. Lilicnrhal 11 Yz prs. each, BeJavenetz II pts., White Black 1 P.K4 P.QB3 Sokohky and Judovirch 10Yl prs. each. 2 Kt.QB3 P-Q4 An inte resting observation is the fa Ct that the 3 Kt·B3 Px P leading maS(ers had to fight their way imo the T his move appears in ferior 10 3 .. . Kt·KB}. The fi nals through the elimination process despite Cam-Kant> Defense is h.ucd on Bbck·s Queen Bishop their acknowledged standing. Ihe only excep. coming 01.11. and any ma nC1lvcr which holds Ihe tions were A. Lil ienthal and Miss O lga Rulx. B is h~ in vio l3 t~ Ihe Cund l mtnlal principle of {his :;ova, (the best Russian woman player) , who O~llln g. received personal invitations to compete in the 4 KtxP Kt ·Q2 finals. For the benefit of the curious, Miss The Bishop could hlVC been developed now III accordance with the idea of {his opening, but it Rubtsova finished 19th in the field of 20. would ha\"c to ~ cxchan.l:ed for one of the Knights A big international tournament is scheduled wi[h a loss of time for Black. This, howe\"cr, may still for the month of May in Moscow. The rarti. be preferable to [he tex[ move which keeps i{ locked d pation of Capablanca, Lasker, Lilientha and in for some time. Frohr is assured. 5 P.'l4 KKt .B3 In a recent match of 12 games A. Lilienthal 6 Kt..Kt3 P·K3 7 B.'l3 B·K 2 and V. Alawrzew broke aU[ even 6 points each. 8 0-0 0-0 Alatorzew assumed an earl y lead and Li lienthal 9 Q.K2 P_B4 had to win the 11th and 12th games to tie the 10 R.Q1 Q.B2 match. 11 B.KKtS P.QKt 3 An error which COSts Bla ck the Same. Probably Black should ha\"e pbyed . .. P-KR, to d riv~ th~ Osrende International Tourney White Bishop and f ree the Knight on B}. An international masters tourney will be held 12 P.Q51 Ktx P in Ostende, Belgium, from Aptil 26th to May 13 BxB Ktx B 4th. Invitations have been extended to Dr. 14 Bx Pch! KxB Tartakower, Sir G. Thomas, G. Stahlberg, E. 15 Kt.Kt 5c h K.Kt1 Lundin, H . Grab, B. Reilly, G. Koltanowski, 16 RxKt!! Qx R A. Landau. V. Soultanbeieff and D r. R. Rey. 'n le alternal;ve . . . BxR would not be: beuer. 16 . .. BxR; 17 Q·R~ . KR .. K l; 18 QxPch, K·RI : 19 Ardid. R·K I and Bb.ck has 00 defense against While's num· erous Ih rCll IS. Margate Easter Congress 17 Q.R5 R.Q1 This annual event will be held at Margate, 18 QxPch K .R1 England from April 15th to 23rd. Entries will 19 P.KR4 Q.K1 20 Kt.R5! Q.B1 be J. R. Carablanca, G. Stahlberg, E. Lundin, 21 Kt·B6!! Kt.Kt1 Sir G. Thomas, B. Reilly, T. H. Tylo r, E. G. 22 'l.R5ch Re&igns Sergeanc, Miss V. Menchik, W. A. Fairhurst There is no defense [0 {he threat of 23 Q·Kt6. and . Transl,.ted from Ef Aiedrez Espana/. My Best Games of Chess By I. KASHDAN

. The first chance for American playerS' to Marshall captained the team, with A. W. Dake, show what they could do in the international I. Horowitz, H. Steiner and myself completing chess arena came in the Team Tournaments, the line_up. We had to face much stronger starting at The Hague in 1928, Of course, opposition than heretofore, as the prestige of Americans had been in European tournaments tllese rournaments had grown, and the greatest before. Morphy, Pillsbury, Marshall, and masters were representing their countries on the others had won their share of honors, and cle_ various teams. We proved equal to the occa_ • monstrated our ability to equal or beat the best. sion, and took the first honors after a very But these wefe in the main solo performances, close struggle. and the impression was widespread abroad that This seemed quite an upSet, as on the whole there was little real chess played in this country. we had the youngest, and perhaps the most At The Hague the American team was M. untried team of all those present. Our Euro_ Hanauer, E. Tholfsen, S. Factor, H. Steiner and pean friends freely predicted that it would myself. Considering our inexperience we did never happen again. But having broken the extremely well, finishing second among seven­ ice, we wete all the more eager to repeat the teen countries, pebind a strong Hungarian performance. And at Folkestone in 1933; and team. At in 1930 we participated Warsaw in 1935, we succeeded, each time after again, but this time only took sixth place. We stirring battles with the leading rivals. Now were handicapped by having only four men in_ American chess is established on a sound basis, stead of the usual five, allowing of no rest and there is no longer any question of our posi_ through substitutions. tion as one of the leading nations in the mas_ Then came the Tournament in 1931. t ~ry of the game. This time a real effort was made to fiet out the The following three games are taken from Strongest array of players available. Frank the first three of these tournaments.

The Hague, 1928 KKt_B:> was preferable, and Black might then con­ CARO.KANN DEFENSE tinue with ... Q-B2 and . .. 0-0·0. (Not e> by /. Kashdan) l D Kt.Kt5! .... I. Kashdan A. Taube ./I.fJking it difficult for Black to castle, for if now J() . .. 0 ·0; II KtxKP!, PxKt; 12 QxPch wins. White Black Kt-B3 1 P.K4 P_QB3 10 . . . . Kt(Kt3)_K4 Kt(K2)·Q4 2 P_Q4 P-Q4 11 12 P_KB4 0-0 3 Kt.QB3 PxP 4 KtxP B_B4 The threat was 13 KtxBch, QxKt; 14 P·B5 . But The advantage of the Caro-Kann over the French 12 . .. B·K2 s.hould have been played as a defen· SIVe measure. Defense or other close openings is that this Bishop can be easily deve loped. On the other hand, Black 13 KtxB QxKt has no .good way to challenge the center with either 14 BxB RPxB .. . P-K4 or . . . P·QB4, and White maintains the 15 B_Q2 .... fref:t game. Instead of the text, ... Kt·B3 is play­ Now the White Kt is splendidly placed, and White able, and leads to interesting games. JS rcady to prepare for a direct attack on the K sid e. 5 Kt-Kt3 8-Kt3 15 . . . . QR_Q1 6 Kt-B3 Kt_Q2 16 QR·Q1 • • • • To prevent Kt·K5 fo!lowed by KtxB, although that The center must be securely held Wore any ad· would hardly be good for W hite as long as Black vance. has not castled, an d would present Black with the 16 . . . . Q_B2 oren KR fil e. 17 P.B4 Kt_K2 7 B-Q3 P_K3 17 ... Kt,Kn; I f! B·B3, QKt·Q2; would have 8 0·0 B_Q3 "ffct ~ d more security against the coming threat on 9 Q.K2 • • • • KR 7 by defending the other Kt. 9 R-Kt might have been more acrurate to avoid 18 B.B3 R·Q2 the loss of a move on the exchange of Bishops. But 19 Q.K3 Q·Kt3 I was playing for the eventual P·KB4, when the Rook 20 Q_R3 Kt_B4 would be needed on KBt. Believing he would force White to retreat to de­ 9 . . . . Kt.K2 fend the QP. But White's reply comes as a forceful If 9 . .. KKt-B3; 10 Kt-B5 forces the exchange surprise. There was already no way to prevent the of Bishop for Knight. But 9 ... ·BxB; 10 QxB, opening of the Bishop's diagonal. 93 94 THE CHESS REVIEW

Or 7 , .. KtxB; 8 KtxKt, P-B4; 9 P-K3, BxP with a good game. 8 Q_B2 0-0 1 did not know it at ~he time, but this proved to have been a new move. The usual play was 8 ... P-B4, in order, Mter .sxKt; · to play ... Kt-K5 very soon. 9 P-K4 •••• Stahlberg realized that I had avoided the "book" line, and thought this would take advantage of it. However, the KP proved to be a weakness. CorreCt was 9 P-QR;" B"Kt; 10 BxB, P-B4; 11 P-QKt4!, · Kt·K5; 12 B-Kt2. The scope of the QB, and Black's backward QP would give White t·he advantage. 9 , , . . Q_BS! An unusual looking move, as the Queen is gener­ ally developed on the other wing, or at K2. But here there is a threat, by ... B"Kt, foIlowed by , .. I. Kashdan Q.Kt3, which will require careful defense by White. 10 0_0.0 P_QKtS 21 P.B5 Q·Kt4 -Black can not yet win the Pawn. If 10 ... Bx 22 P·Q5! , .•• Kt; II BxB, Q-B'ch; 12 Kt-Q2!, QxBP?; 13 P­ Now there is no good answer to the threat of BxKt. QKt4, Kt-R3 ; 14 P·Ktj win.l. The text, besides de_ • 22 • . . • QxPch vel oping th e . QB, prepares for the retreat ... Kt­ 23 K_R1 Kt.R4 Kt2 in this variation, thus again threatening the Pawn. Losing a piece, but if 23 ... Kt-R,; 24 BxKt, 11 B_Q3 P_QR4 PxB; 25 Kt.K4! wins. Or 23 ... KR·Ql; 24 Bx 12 K_Kt1 ... , Kt, P"B; 25 Q·R7ch, K-BI; 26 PxP! and Black is An amusing possibility here is 12 P-QR3, P-R5!; los(. B 24 P_KKt4 R,P PxB??, Kt"KtP; 14 Q-Ktl, Kt-Kt6 mate! 25 PxKt(R4) p,p 12 .. , . Q_KtS 26 QxP Kt_R3 Attacking the KtP, which White cannot afford to 27 BxP! . . .. . give uP. and also visualizing the coming advance by By fa r the strongest continuation, as it at once dis­ , .. ·P-Q4, after .. , B-R3 has been played, ruptS the whole King's position. 13 KR_Kt1 B.RS 27 . . . . KxB 14 B_KS .... If 27 " .. RxR; 28 RxR, KxB; 29 KtxKPch wins Forcing an exchange of pieces in an attempt to re­ (he Queen. lieve th e pressure. The threat was ... P-Q4! win­ 28 R.KKtl Resigns ning at least a Pawn. 14 , . , . KtxB As there is no defense to all the threats of discov­ 15 QxKt BxKt ered check. 16 PxB P·Q4!

Hamburg, 1930 N1MZOW1TSCH DEFENSE (Naif! by I. Kashdan) G. Stahl berg r. Kashdan White Black 1 P_Q4 Kt.KB3 2 P_QB4 P.K3 3 Kt.QB3 B.Kt5 One of Nimzowitsch's favorites. The idea is either to double White's Pawns, or gain a stronghold with the Kt at K5, which can be supported by , , , P­ KB4, and the fianchetto of the QB, 4 Q_KtS , . ' , P er hap~ the strongest reply, as it gains time, and prepares, if , , . B;:cKt, to play QxB. Other moves which have t=n tried here are 4 Q-B2, P_Q4!, or 4 P-K3, P-QKt,: 5 Kt-K2, followed oy P-QR3, or the G, Stahlberg simple 4 B-Q2, 4 . , , , P-B4 Apparently simplifying, and leading to no lmme­ 5 PxP Kt_BS diate gain of material, but Black obtains a strong 6 Kt-B3 Kt_K5 attack, even without the Queens, and W.hite's Pawns More consistent with Black's original plan than 6 are still definitely weak after the e;:cchange . . . . SxP, but the lalter would be just as effective. 17 KPxP QxQch Black's gain of. time wit·h the text is more apparent 18 RxQ BxP than real. 19 R_Q2 BxQP 7 B-Q2 KtxQBP 20BxP ._ •• APRIL , 1936 " 9'

Opening a file whkh becomes very useful to Black, Forcing the exchange of Queens which temporarily bur he must make the capture if he is to have any relieves the pressure. chance of equalizing. 10 QxQch K,Q 20 . . . • KR.Kt1 11 B.K3 P·QKt4 21 R.Kt2 P.R5 12 0 .0·0 P.Q3 Threatening 22 ... P·R6; 23 R·Kt5, B-B5 win- 13 B·K2 Kt.B3 ning. But not 21 ...' BxKt ; 22 PxB, Kt·K4; 23 14 P·B3 . , , , B-Q4! and Black has nothing definite. Protecting the Pawn against the threat of ... p. 22 B_B7 .• • • Kt~. White can afford to consolidatel:iefore pro· Trying to exchange one Rook, bill it results in a los~ cceding with the attack. of time. Still, the re is hardly a good move left. If 14 . . . . B.Kt2 22 K-Rl, P-R6; 2;' QR·Ktl, B-K5; 24 R-Kt3, B-B7; 15 R·Q2 KR·QBl 2~ R·Kt5, R - R .~; 26 R-QBl, B·Q6 wins. Or 22 P­ L055 of time, as this Rook will be needed at Q l , QR3, BxKt; 2." PxB, Kt·K4; 24 B·Q4, Kt·B5!; 25 but there is no thing constructive for Black to under· RxRch (not 25 RxPch, K·Bl; 26 RxRch, RxRch; 27 take. K·Bl, P-K4 wins a piece), RxRch; 26 K·R2, P·K4; 16 KR.Q1 Kt.K1 with a wi nning endgame. 17 B.KB4 R.Q1 22 . . . . R.QB1 Forced. If .. . Kt·K4 ?; 18 BxKt, PxB; 19 R· 23 B.B4 Kt.R4 Q7ch wins, or 17 . .' . P·K4; 18 Kt·Q5Ch, K·BI ; 19 Now there is no good ddel1se fot" the BP. If 24 B:K3, and Black's weak nesses al'e still more pro· B·K5, P·B3; 25 B·Q4, P·K4; etc. If 21 B·Q2, Kt· nounced. B5 wins at least the exchange. Or 24' R·B2, B·KS! 18 P.QKt3 , . , , wins. - To gain ground and place the King on a better 24R.QBl " .• square before the break through by P·QR4, Seemingly overcoming all the difficulry, b\tl now 18 . . . . QR.B1 comes the surprising point, which allows Black to 19 K.Kt2 Kt.Kt1 wind up with a pretty finish. With rhe hope of doubling the Rooks on the QB 24 , . . . B. K5ch ~le fo r somc counter play, but ·he is allowed no time 25 K_Rl Kt·Kt6ch!! for this. Resigns :::0 P.QR4! . , .• for if 26 PxKt, PxPch; followed by mate. And 26 RxKt would leave White with a hopeless ending. . The correCt idea. Whether Black exchanges Pawns or plays .. . P.Kt5, he !\lUSt open new lines on the Q side for White's pieces, and leave his Pawns more Prague, 1931 vulnerable. 20 . . . . P·Kt5 SICILIAN DEFENSE 21 Kt.R2 Kt.QB3 ( N ole$ by t. Ka$hdan) 22 B·Kt5ch ••.• r. Kashdan Dr, M, Vidmar The Bishop is going to K3, but the {ext forces a W hit e Black slight additional weakness of the Black Pawns. 1 P. K4 P.QB4 22 . . . . P.B3 2 Kt.KB3 Kt.QB3 23 B·K3 Kt.B2 3 P.Q4 PxP 24 B.Kt6! , ..• 4 KtxP Kt.B3 A remarkable position. Black is in a practically complete "zugzwang", There is not a move with Better than 4 . . . p·Q3, wben 5 P.QB4!, Kt·B3; any piece whICh does nOt lose at least a Pawn. 6 Kt·QB;' would give White a stronger hold on the center and a definite advantage. Or. M. Vidma.r 5 Kt.QB3 P.K3 = But here, . . p·Q3 was in order, to be followed by either . . . 'P·K3 or ... P·KKt3. The {eXt plans .. _ P-Q4, which, however, Black can rarely play with safety in this opening. 6 KKt·Kt5 P.QR37 Forcing White's best move and leav ing Black with a very restriGted game. There is already only a choice of evils. If 6 . . . P.Q4?; 7 PxP, PxP; 8 KtxQP!, KtxKt; 9 QxKt, QxQ; 10 Kt·B7ch, with a Pawn ahead. Or 6 .. . B·Kt5; 7 P·QR3 (but not 7 Kt·Q6ch, K·K2 ! with a good game), BxKtch; Ktx8; with advantage for White. Relatively best was 6 ... p·Q3; 7 B - KB~ , P·K4; 8 B·Kt5, P·QR3; 9 BxKt, PxB; 10 Kt-R.~ , P·Kt4; 11 Kt·Q~, when the weakness of Black's pawns will tell against him. 7 Kt-Q6ch BxKt 8 QxB Q·K2 L Ka.shdan 9B.KB4 ., •. 24. ,. . R.Q2 White now has the twO Bishops and a consider· What is Bl ack to do ? If 24 .. , B·Rt; 2, BxKt, ably freer position, with Black's backward QP as Rl