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Subscription Rate NE YEAR 54.75 96xN B,B 20 N_ R4 P- N6 10 N-QS N, N 21 N_ B3 BxPt 11 B,N P_ QB3 22 K_ Rl QR-KN1 12 P-B3 B-P 2 23 N_ N1 B- N5 13 B-N3 Q_B3 24 B_B3 K- K2 14 P-K R3 P- K R4 2S QR-Q1 P- KB4 l S Q- K2 P_ KN4 26 p , p BxBP 16 8-01 B- K3 27 R_Q2 P_Q4 17 Q- Q2 P_ NS 28 P-N3 B_NS 18 Q- NS K-K2 ! 29 P-B4 R- KBl 19 OxQt K, Q 30 P-QR4 KR-Nl 31 P,B The thre a t was 31 nxB ! "GIVE ME A KNIGHT!" A LITT LE·KNOWN GAME by the Pride 31 RPxP 33 N-R3 R_K Rl HIS is the cry of a chessplayel' whose of Kentucky: 32 Bx NP R,B 34 R_ K2 TPawn has reached the eighth rank, TWO K NIG HTS' DEFE NS E and is ready for promotion. But this is Robbins S howa lter a cry that is rarely heard. Only once in 1 P- K4 P-K4 10 N-K5 Q- Q5 a m illion games does it happen that pro 2 8- B4 N_ KB3 11 N-N4 B CHAHOUS EK has two of tbese extra ordina r y Knight promotions to h is credit. H is game against l~ erenczy has the ad 29 QxN J 31 P_B8(N) t K - R1 ditional distinction of ha ving been lllayed 30 PxP:j: 32 R- N8 mate blindfold- at Miskolcz, 189i. RUY LO P EZ THOUG HT FOR TH E MONT H 6 P-N7§ K_ K2 Ferenczy Charousek Proper ly taught, a student ~an leaf!! 7 Q- KSt K_ B2 1 P-K4 P_ K4 5 P_Q3 B_ B4 mOl'e in a few bour H. t han h e would ti ml 8 PxR(N) m ate! 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 6 N_B3 P- Q3 out in ten yeal'H of unt utored trial and P-QR3 7 0 - 0 B- K N5 3 8 - N5 error. - E d. La~kel" check ; ~ _ ubI, check; § _ dis, eh. 4 B_ B4 N-B3 8 B-K3 N-Q5 CHESS REVIEW tHE P,""It' (HUS MAGAZINE Volume 21 Number 1 EDITED &. PUBLISHED BY I. A. Horowitz INDEX FEATURES 1952 in Revi ew ______2 ITH this i~ sue, CHESS REVIEW 1937 Alekhine 8, Fine 7V2 at Hastings .... A Cat May Look at a King ______9 U. S. rdains \Vorld Team Championship The Middle Game in Chess ______14 W reaches ils majority~twe!lty-one A Subtle Trap ______32 years. It is fitting on such an occasion to at Stockholm .... Keres 9, Fine 8 al Scm· contemplate Ihe past and speculalc upon mering .... Alekhine regains crown. 1938 DEPARTMENTS Book of the Month ______32 Ihe future, particularly eyeing the role Reshevsky first at Hastings .... I{eshe\'sky Chess Caviar ______11 which we have played and will play in the wins U. S. Championship .... Kashdan- Chess Movies ______18 charmed circle of the dcvutees o f the Horowit7. ,'i·5 .. •. Denker first at New York Game of the Month ____ _ ~ ______12 magic ~quares . Slate .... Fine, Keres split first at AVRO. Games from R ecent Events ______19 Primarily, the function of a c h es~ maga· And so on. Our present readers, how· Golden Age of Chess ______16 zine is repurtorial~aecurately to record ever, arc more familiar wilh the events of On the Cover ______5 the succeeding years. Past Masterpieces ______26 the passing events. Loth great and small. Postal Chess ______27 No less significant in the field of chess, N the field of promotion, CUI::SS REVIEW, Solitaire Chess ______23 however, is the acti,"e encouragement and I too, has played its part. To popularize Spotlight on Openings ______24 promotion of these selfsame c'·ents. On ehess for the rank and file and to prose· Tournament Calendar ______8 hOlh of these fronts, with mode~t pride, lyte new devotees has heen its basic aim. World of Chess ______5 we feel Ihat we have made a contrihution. By publishing news and tales in attractive N the pages of CHESS R~:vl!':W' From its format, hy slanting annotated games and EDITOR I inception to date, is depicted the pan· analyses to the layman and by direct ad L A. Horowil7. oramic ehess scene for the past Iwenty vertising, it has hrought ches~ to the gen· EXECUTIVE ED ITOR years, artfully. pictorially and accurately. eral puhlic. Jaek Straky Eallell The rise and Fa ll , the hopes and aspira. CIII':SS Hr:VIEW has labored, moreover, CONTRIBUTING EOITORS tions of the giants of chessdolll are aU in other ways to serve this end. About I. Chel'llev. J, '\'. Collins. T. A. Dunst, then:: 1934, it inaugurated a ehess program on Dr. ~r. Buwe. Huns Kmoch. !;"'ed Heinfeld. Dr. S. Q. 'ra,·tukover, B CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 195'3 1 World Champion Mikhail Bot\"innik, Vas ~i l y Sm)'~ l o\' and Gideon Stahlberg, 11·6 1952 IN REVIEW (a ll of Russia exce pt St1Ihlherg); HIO OF. J ANEtnO, Brazil, won by Hector by JACK STRALEY BATTELL I{osseno of Argent ina, 13·2, ahead of Erich Eliskases of Argentiua and Dr. P . CHESS ill 1952 had it,:; full share of major att ractions both at hOllle ill T rif unovich of Yugoslavia, 12 lh-2 Y2 ; the United Stales and abroad. The highlights of these are briefly B ~.I.(;nA D E. Yugos!:lI" ia, won by I'!erman Pilnik of Argent ina, J 3 y~.5 lh, ahead of summarized all th e following pugcs, together wilh lists of all forei gn A. Fuderer and Boris .!\ li lich of Yugo champions and U. S. regional and slate cham pions as were published slavia, 12lh·6!f2. for 1952. Somewhat s(IJder events in 1952 were N other international tournaments. the -y..'NTERNAT'ONAL the deaths of grandmaster Ewfim D. I following took fi rst places : B o ~ol)" u bo\" who twice met grandmaster Dr. M. Euwe of Holland ,II Gothenherg, HI EF among the 1952 chess cloenls on Alekhine in matches for the World Cham· Sweden; H. Pilnik of Argentina at Vi enna, C.A til e internatiunal scene were the Inter pionshiJf and former champion of the Austria; Dr. M. Vidmar, Sr., of Yugosla national Team Tournarncnt held in im· llrit bh Empire. William E. Napit:r. via at Basle, Switzerland; \Vol£gang medial": succession to tlte Olympics at Unzicker of West Germany at Lucerne, Helsinki. Finland. and the In tcrwnal International Tournaments Sw itzerland; Erich Eliskases of Argentina Tournament , at Saltsjochadcn. Sweden, to at Punte del Este, Uruguay; qualifr further contenders for the 1953 HE major, international tournaments S. Gligorieh of Yugoslavia at I'Tolly World Championship Challengers' Tour T in 1952 were the foll owing : wood, California; David Bronstein and nament. \\!ith these, also, may be men· HASTI NGS Cl!I!lsnus TO UIlN AMf:NT, l\Iark Taimanov of Soviet Russia at Live r tioned the Women's World Champion. England, 1951-2, won by Svetozar Gl igo· pool, England : Carlos Guimard of Argen. ship Challengers' Tournament-for in all rich of Yugosla"ia, 7Yz-Pk ahead of D. A. tina an d i\Iigucl Colon of Puerto Rico at three So"iet Hussia pn:dorninated. Yanofsky of Canada, 6·3, and Lvthar San J uan, Puerto Rico ; A. Medina of In the Team Tournament, Russia won, Schmid of \V est Germany. 5Vz·3Y:!; SJlaill at Lisbo n, Portugal; but by a sca nt er margin than expected, HAVANA, Cuba. won by Mi guel Najdorf of D. A. Yanofsky of Ca nada at Southsea. 21-11, to the top leading teams : Argentina, Argentina and Samuel Reshe\'sky, l8y:!· England : S. En gels of Brazil and Brasla" 19 Vz·1 2lh; Yugoslavia (the previous team 3Y2 , ahead of S. Gligorich of Yugoslavia, Habar of Yugoslavia at Sao P aulo, Brazil : champivn ) 19.13; Czeclw-Slovakia, 18·14, 17-5, and Erich Eliskases of Argentina D. A. Yanofsky of Canada at the Word and thc Uni ted States 17-15, in a nine· and Larry Evans of the USA . 16·6; Wh itsun Cong ress, Englund ; Balanel of nation fina ls of a 25 nation ficld. Bu'.:nWIJ K. Holland, wo n by Dr. Max Houmania and Z. Milev of Bu lgaria at At Saltsjocbadcn, Russia filled the five Euwe of Holland, 7% -1 Yz. ahead of Miedz)"sdroje, Poland: E. Lundin of qualifying places with all its representa· Albcric O'Ktlly de Galway of Belgium, Sweden at Zurich, Switzerland; ti ves in a ficld of twenty·one (no other 5%.3%, and L. Hellstab of West Germany T. Schuster of West Germany lit Sahu· country had more than ono representa· and D. A. Yanofsky of Canada, 5·4; maggiore, Italy; E. J iminez of Cuha at tive-except tw o for Hungary): A. Kotov, )\-J"AR DEI. PLATA. Argentina, won by J ulio a second Havana tourney; Hector R" ;;~etlo 16Y2-3 lh; T. Petros ian and i\f. Taimanoy Bolbochan and l-[ector R0 5~ Ctt o of Arge n of Argentina at Barcelona, Spain ; A. l3lh·6Y2: Y. Geller 13-7 and J. Aver. tin a, ll Y2· .jy~, ahead of Cudlar Gacharna Medina of Spain at Tarragona, Spain: bach 12Y2,7Y2 (the latter qualified from of Coloulbia ;Hld Dr. P t:tal' Trifulw\"i ch of J. H. Donner of Holl and and Burdell, equal scores but scant S.·B. margin ahead Yu goshn'ia, 11·6: Sanz and Toran of Spain at Berga, Spain: of Gid eon Stahlberg of Sweden , Laszlo !\-[,IIWCZY .!\IDIOR1AL, Budapest, Hun_ and Sgt. Kennelh H. Sm ith, USAF, of Szabu of Hungary and Svetoza r Gligorich gary, won by Paul Keres of Soviet HU 5s ia, Dallas, Texas, at the British Major Open of Yugoslavia) . !2lh. 2 CHESS REVtEW, JANU ARY . 1953 International Team Matches HE principal, truly international team T matches of 1952 were, aside from the International Team Tournament: West Germany tied Holland, 10-10; Hol land defeated South Africa by radio, 4-2; Finland outscored Great Britain, 2.1; West Germany 12Yz, Switzerland 7%; Canada trimmed the USA in matches between Toronto and Buffalo, Winnipeg and Jl.Hnneapolis, Hamilton and Niagara Falls. Bri tish Columbia and Washington and Alberta and Montana; Holland 13%, Great Britain 6%; Yugo. slavia 16%, Belgium 4Y2; West Germany 12, Yugoslavia 8; Poland led in a three· way team tourney with 14Y2.5% to Hun· gary 9-11 and East Germany 6Yz-13Y2 ; Denmark 12, Norway 8; Italy 10, Switzerland 10; Holland 16, Norway 4; Holland 11, Denmark 9; and Sweden 11 %, Holland B'i2; Austria 13, Italy 7. International Dual Matches N individual matches, international Gligorich (left) versus Reshevsky in match at the Manhattan Chess Club. I masters and grandmasters clashed as follows: Samuel Reshevsky of the USA set up a ship; Curl Brasket of Tracy, Minnesota, Eric "Open ." Kit Criltenden of Ihe Uni claim to a sort of unofficial match cham· won the U. S. Junior Championship; versity of North Carolina won the South pion of the non·Soviet chess world by (\e. James T. Sherwi n u{ Columbia Un iv er~ity ern Intercollegiate Championship. Ton r feating Miguel Najdorf of Argentina, won the U. S. Intercollegiate Champion. Archipoff of Ohio and Dr. S. Wertham 11-7, and Svetozar Gligorich of Yugo· ship; and Richard L. Aik in of South mer of Wtst Virgini a tied for first in the slavia, 5%.4%. Bend, Indiana, and Robert G. Konkel of Tri-Statt (Ohio, P ennsylvania and West In other matches, Herman Pilnik of San F ranciseo, California, tied for first in Virginia) Tournamen t. And, in a play·off Argentina tied Ewfim D. Bogolyubov of the Finals of the 1946 Postal Chess Cham· of a 4-way tie in the 1951 State Champion West Germany, 3·3; Nicolas Rossolimo pionship, conducted by CII );SS R£I'll:: w, shil), John Hurt of Charleston, West Vi r of France scored lYz, Arthur Bisguier of from an original field of 1456 cntrants. ginia, won Ihe W. V. Co.Champs Tourney. the USA Yz ; Dr. Max Euwe of Holland 1, Curt Brasket al so won the Trans-i\"fi ssis· Worthy of special mention as major Gideon Stahlberg of Sweden 1; and sippi Tournament. Karl J . Stahre won th e ranking under USCF ratin gs, th e Man H. Pilnik of Argentina 5, Boris Milich of Del·i\far-Va (Delaware, MaJyland and Vir· hallan Chess Club C haillpioll~hip and the Yugoslavia 3. ginia) Tournamenl. Lee :Magee won the Marslwll Chess Club Championship (both Wichita, Kansas, "Open." Chester T. 1951·2 ) were won by George Kramer and >o'\. UNITED STATES Fell of Buffalo, New York, won the Lake Eliot Hearst, respectively. HE major United States event for 1952 Twas the annual "Open" Cham pion ship, won by U. S. Champion Larry Evans of New York city, 10·2, ahead of Arturo Pomar of Spain, 9%·212, and Donald J3yrne of Brooklyn, New York and Philip LeCornu of Dctroit, Michigan and lat· terly of New York city, 9-3 (the S.-B. tie· break gave Byrne third place). In another championship affair, how· ever, Larry Evans defeated former U. S. Champion Herman Steiner of Los Angeles, California, 10·4, clinching the match so early that the full schedule was aban· doned. Evaos and Donald Byrne sllared tlu; U. S. Speed Championship. In other U. S. tournaments, Marvin Rogan of Rochester, New Yo rk, won the Southern "Open"; Herman Steiner of Los Angeles, California won the South·West "Open"; Lee T. Magee of Omaha, Nebraska, won the Mid-West "Open"; Walter Suesman of P rovidenee, Rhode Steiner (left) plays one game of champion ship match with Evans at the Reno, Island won the New England Champion- Nevada, Ch ess Cll.lb as John Harrah, who sponsored the event, looks on. CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 19S3 3 State Champions for 1952 G.UlFOR NlA , SI'en Ahngrent of Santa Barbara; co.champion s:!: H enry Gross of San Francisco and Irving Ri"ise of Los Angeles; COLOlt,\I)O, Dr. Bela ]{ozsat of Tnlsa, Oklahom'l; CONN f:CT!CliT, Edmund E. Hand§ of West Haven ; DISTRI CT OF COl.tJ.\IllIA. !lIartin G. Stark § of BClhe5da, !I'/ar)'land; FLO Illll,\, Nestor Hernandez§ of Tampa; Prof. E. R. Wicher § of Atlanra; Tr.u"ol~. Kimball Ned vedt of Glencoe; I NI)IA NA, Em il Bersbach* of Sedalia; IowiI., John P cnquitd of Des :i1;To ines: KANSAS . J im Calli ~* of Wichita; LO urS l":"A. 10hn A. Hudson§ of Penn· syh-ania (working in state); i\ L~ SS A C !l U' SETTS. Sol Rubinow§ o r B0510n; MI CHIG AN, George Eastman~ 4 CHESS REVtEW , JANUARY, t9S~ CHESS Vol. 21, No.1 REVIEW JANUARY. 1953 ~INTERNATIONAL Spanish Conquests Some weeks aller reclIptliring the Span. ish championship, A. ~r ed ina , apparently inspired hy this national success, went on to win an internat ional round robin at '1'arl"(l g1)1111, Spain. \\'hile H. Hn~sello IJf Arg~ : nlina tied the S paniard '~ 10·2 score, first prize was prc.cmpted by i\ledina on the SO l1nci lorn. Bergcr tic.bn;aking system. Dr. J. Gonzal ez of Cuba. 9y:!.2~ . finished third. ,tnd H. Toran, 9·3. placed fourth . At Berga. SrJain. another inte rnational event result ed in a l[ uadrnple tic for fir.ol with 8·::\ each 1l llWllg 1)<)11110;1' "f Holland and three Spani ards, 80nlcll, Sallz and Tor'lll. ~ UNITED STATES REGIONAL Tri·State Tiff [11 a closely cont ested round rob in for th e Trj·51111 c Championship of Ohio. Penn· sylvarlia and West Virginia, T , Archipoff, Pha/OJ b} Ntd G~ld"h",;d' Ohio titleholder. and 5, Werthammer, West Virginiu kingpin, tied fur first with ON THE COVER e1\use- if fOl" no other reuson- he was formerly Commis~ioner of the i\" ew York 3Vz· l Vz c,lch, D, Hamburger. a Pennsyl. During the eelebmtioll of the 75th an State Boxing A~sociation . He had addi vania rcpresentali" e. was third mnn. ni versary or the -'Ianhatlan Chess Club. tional illterest in both lJyrne and Hesh· Player City and State Score Samuel Heshel·~I(:· (right) ami his man· e\"Sky. also, for he was a member of the T. Archipoff __ Toledo, O hio _____ 3Y2"Y2 agel'. Alexande r Bisnn, :'!I,lnha!{an Clnb l", S. Olympics Committee- while they Werthammcr Huntington, W. Va 3Y2"Y2 P r esident. l'eeeil'e,\ a cable from -'liguel played on the U. S, team a t Helsinl(i. D, Hamburger Pittsburgh, Pa. __ 3 .2 Na.jdorf of Argentina . N1ljdorf oft"e rs a I(obert !)yrne figu red prominently ill D, McClellan _Jeannette, Pa. ___ 2Y2·2Y2 return·match to be played in Buenos the elld)" events or the annil'ersnry cele· R. McCready _C leve land, Ohio __ 2V2·2Y2 Aires. brations hefore returning to his graduate R. T . Nee l __ _ Huntington, W.Va.O ·5 The challenge ;II"I"ived against a gala work at Indiana Univers ity. In aver;.' The T r i-Stute J uniur titl e was annexed background- fol' the -'lanhattan Che~s strong rapid transit tOllrnament, lIe Club of Xe \\" York City ,,"us celebrating by Haruld 'Vhite of •.\." ')11 Lake, Ohio, placed !irst in the finals-defeating his its seventy-fifth anni"er!;:lry in a \'·eek· wi th 1l 6·0 slam in a dou],le round robin. brother Donald in t he last rOllnd- 1lheao long program of chess e l'elllS of one In second place with 3Vz·2Y:! was \V illiam of snch stalwarts H~ "lax Pavey, Abra· sort and another . ham KIIJ1 Chik. James T. She rwin alHl I. Kiraly of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In the pictul'e abol'e. the doings for A. HOI'owit? who fin ished in r.he onl,,1" Thirty.two players attended the open the fit'st n ight- or part of them- are named. event of the Td·Stute congress, Here the s hown. As club offiCials :'Ilorris Ste in· Samuel !leshe'·sl,;.' ga,'e an e xhibition successful contestant was L Lipkin g of berg (left) and AI Bisno (next) look 011 . on one of the early nights or the festiv· Cleveland. Ohio. whose 4·1 tally and su· t\\"o odd yet all'O appropriate couples ities: he played Ii,'e games blindfoldel\ perior S.· B. showing in a Swiss tourney meet. Former heavy·weight boxing and at rapid transit pace one afwr the enabled him to out~t rip R. Kause of Cleve· Champ Gene Tunney takes on rot'mer other. winning fOllr, against M. I3oysan, U. S. Chess Champ Samuel Reshel'sky land, Ohio. and p. Hoth of Pillshurgh. Louis Lel':-. Lomburdi Hnd ,,!ilton Pinlms, (right) at the lutter's own game. (No and losing to Irving Heitner. In rapili Pennsylv a nia. T he;; c two aho made a 4·] offi cial r esult \\"a~ reported.) Anli an old transit but not blindfolded, he (irew \\"ith gamc score but finished second and third Yale blne. Eddie Eagin meets a younger 'Va1ter Sh ipman and Abe Turner, \\"on respectivel y on S.·B. points. Equal galliC Yale gra(l. Itobert Byrne. Eagill came from DI'. Ari'll ?ll engarini. Jack :'!los· (Continued, page 6) with Tunney whom we knows well be· kowitz and :'Ilax Pavey. CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 195"3 5 Hultgren , Godfrey LU tl (md Melv in Clud· stone. Afterward he played tape record· ings of in terviews at Helsinki with Golom· hek. Pilnik, lIisno. Stahlbe rg. Bisgll ie r. J( eshevsky. Byrne anti EI'ans. Another advenl ure in Ihe husy chess ca· reer of Koltanowski occurred when Radio Station KPFA·FM in H er kele~ ' broadca31 a chess game hetwo:."<:: n Ihe cha mpion of the Pau l !\£orphy Chess Club in llerkelf!Y and the champi on of tir e Stauntun Group in Oukl and. Koh auowski 'g role was to offer a runn in g Cllll1m cntary d e~ i g n ed only for the ea r ~ of th e ([( [(li ence and unheard hr the players- a radio chess fi rst in Am erica . .-\. recent tl rTh-al in Cam " rina is I. Konig of Lo ndon. chess master. anlhur, engineer. aeeountan l and li nguist. Konig. who will make his home in 1.05 An geles. will add materiall r 10 Ihe chess strength airead )' built up in Ih e \V esi- what wit h St ei ner. Kashrl an, Oake. Zemgalis and lJ ll'cstad forUl ing a n ucl e ll .~ of international master strength. Kan sas. Outscnring !l strun g li el{1 "f 27 ri" als, Lee Magee of Omaha, Ncln aska. M. J . Kaspe r, Ma nha ttan C. C. di rector, watchu close ly to see that Donald Byrne registered 5!h· Yt in 11 Swiss l ou rne~' 10 (right ) does n't swindle his daughter, Loi . Anne, in c lub's a n nive rsary. win the T hird Annual Wich ila YMCA O llen Championsil ip. Second 10 fOll rlh on lolals of 31h.lIh wc re made by S. ""achs LOCAL EVENTS S.·U. {loin ts. wit h 5·} each, were the fol· lowing in the order name 6 C HESS REVllW_ JANUARY , t 9 53 to be bi ghly successful pioneering efforts. Clifford Cain baggt:J tbe teen-age tit le, with second place in the 6 player tou rney going t" Juhn O'Keefe. III the junior com· petition. r e~tr i cte{1 t" ch ildren under twelve. 7 year old Tommy Could gained top hOJlor~ owr four otlier )"uung~ter 5. T his prod igy hails f!"Om the ebt:ss.play. ing fnntily of liart and Peggy Could, so, despite llis tender )'ears, hi s victory Wl!~ perhnps (lnly natural. Secnnd place in lhe junior affair went to Alhert Pariseau. All con testanls in both events were award, ~d prizes. Michigan. Unddeated in lhe first lap of the C {~ nlra l ~ I ichigan Chess League. th e Lansin g Che.% Clnh. wilh 19 game poinl s out of 30 and a lIIatch ~c()re of 2Y:!-Vz. wound up firm lr in the lead pending Ihe outcome of the next and last lap. Grand Rapids, with 16Y:J . 13V~ in games and I Vz- l y:! in matches, was runner-up; Kala· lllazoo Valiey. 15·15 and lY2-1V~. fini shed tbird; and BailIe Creek, 912·20 1,12 and %~2Vz, was low learn on the totem pnl e. Wi nner of the ClIdC!. tourney will qunli. fy for the slate· wide team championship finals. Jr/ o,/d lFid~ PhMOJ Dr. E. K. Greenbank of Indianapolis deserves t itle of baby_sitti ng chess champ as he New Jersey. Unceremoniollsly brushin:; feeds and puts to steep his son, T homas, whi le winni ng at Indiana H obby Show. aside its opposition, the Sweeney High School uf Bayonne made it three straight in the annllal rivlary of the Interschol First among chess org(lllizations to tnke seems to IJe the Qneen City Chess Cluh astic Chess League of H udson Coullty a simple but effective slep for the ac· of Bllffnlo. T his nl ert grOIlI) is listing its commodntion of 1raveling chessplayers and thereby secured permnnent possession name in telephone directories under of the Paul Hclhig Trophy. This lat e~ t exploit involved a match score of 6-0 and n game score of 26·4. Second was the A GREAT BOOK by a GREAT TEACHER Demarest High School of Hoboken, 3·3 and 16 1h ·13Y:J; third, the Weehawken High School, I ljz.,P/z and 9·21 ; and fourth. th e i\remorinl High School of \Vest CHESS SECRETS New York, lY2-4% and BVz-21l/:<. C. Pm'malee, 6-0, topped a powerful 7 man round robin to capture the champion. by EDWARD LASKER ship finJls of the Ornllgc Chess Club, ahead of E{lgar T. ~IcCf)rlllick, 5·l. Two mutch victorie~ over Elizabeth nnd PluinfieJd were cl'edi ted to the Orange INthis mellow volume of memoirs, Lasker Chess Club by 4·3 and 5%.21,12 respec· describes his seven distinct and distinguish tively. Against Elizaheth. lhe Orange win· ed chess ca reers in Berlin, Paris, London, ners were j\IcCormick. FeniehcJI and Edi· son: against Plainfield Ih ey werc Parma Chicago and New York and in European and lee, McCormick. \ViJn er. Brown and American international tournaments, There is Kusnets kow. For Elizabeth. a lon e win was salvaged by Wolfson; and, for Plain· a wealth of fascinating detail about Emanuel fi eld , a hrace of [Jo int s was rescued by Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Nimzovich and many other great players Jackson (md DuJicai. of past and present. Interspersed among the anecdotes and recollections Nell) York. Dr. ~Iax HC!"7.herger retained Ili s championship of the Rochester Chess are 75 instructive games annotated with Lasker's customary penetration and Checke r Clnb by drawing a 2 game and clarity. Delightfully illustrated with more than 20 drawings of play.off with Dr. Erich nIarchund. Both players had previously tied for first in famous masters. the cluh's championship tournament. 464 pages, 216 diagrams $5.00 A demonstration of rare courage and the role that chess can play in lightening a load wa s given by young Richard Bauer The world's foremost publisher of books on CHESS when hc won the B event of the Buffalo City Championship- while playing from Send for free catalogue of chess publications to an iron lu ng! He was stricken with polio in 1949. DAV m McKAY COMPANY, Inc., 225 Park Avenue , New York, N. Y. CHESS REV IEW, JA NUARY , 1953 7 "Chess Club, Queen City." Visiting play ers and the Queen City Club should both 4'}. CANADA .i:.>.. FOR E IG N benefit from this intelligent bit of chess promotion. Maritimes England Fielding the strongest team in English Oregon. Every now and then Arthur Dake D. I. D. Rozman of the Charlottetown school history, an Oxford University emerges from semi·retirement to serve Chess Club, 4%-1;2, carried off individ ual group, headed by D. A. Yanofsky, sehed notice that he still packs about as solid honors in a 10 man Swiss for the cham· the National Club Championship by down a punch as ever. Playing simultaneously pionship of the Maritimes. O. M. Mac· ing the Lud Eagle defenders in the finals against a capable field of 13 hoards at Connel of the Bluenose Chess Club in with a score of 4·2. the Portland Chess Club, Arthur sum· Halifax, 3'%.]%, was second because of marily disposed of 12 of them and lost a better S.-B. than O. P. Doucet of the South Africa ?lJoncton Chess Club, also 3%-1%. only to E. G. Short, club champion. Scoring 11-3, W. Grivainis won a round Pennsylvania. In the opening intra-city Quebec robin for the championship of the Cape match of the Philadelphia Chess Asso The provincial speed title went to Max Town Chess Club. Runner-up was E. ciation, the Franklin Chess Club defeated Guzc of Montreal, 7-1, when he lost only Bergendorff, 10·4. the Germantown "Y" by 3·2. A. DiCamillo once in 8 Swiss rounds to the runner-up, and N. Ruth were winn ers for Franklin; A. Garelick. Guze also holds the Montreal Spain Mrs. Selensky came through for German lightning honors. The national championship was reo gained by A. Medina at Gijon. town. The r~ ~ult was much closer than had been expected in view of the great strength of the Franklin line-up, which @. lATIN AMERICA included three former state champions. Brazil Wisconsin. Rudy Kunz, Racine city cham Senor Flavio de Carvalho won the pion, added to his honors when he topped Championship of Bra;(il, I point ahead a 25 man, 6 round Swiss for the Racine of Eugenio German and Luciano Belem. county title. Next, in the following order, were Art Domsky, R. E. Rigg, E. l\hck, Chile H. C. Zierke, Dan Anderson, John Abt, Rodri go Flores, well remembered here E. W. Poetsehke and Walter Teubner. from his winning the !'I-Iarshall C. C. Winner of a Ruy Lopez meet in Mil Championship in 1947, has retained the waukee was M. Rohland. John Grkavac Championship of Chile by scoring 5-2 followed in second place, and Heyman (3 draws) in ten games with former placed third. Champion Rene LeteHer. A Lecture Course in the COMING EVENTS IN THE U. S. Abbrevlations-SS Tmt: Swiss System Tour nament (in 1st round entries paired by lot or selection; in subsequent rounds pl ayers ELEMENTS OF CHESS with similar scOres paired). RR Tmt: Round Robln Toornament (each man plays e\'ery othilr man). KO Tmt: Knock_out Tourna ment (losers or low scorers eliminated). n : Cnsh prl:oes. EF: Entry fee. CC: Chess STRATEGY AND TACTICS Club. CF: Chess Federation. CA: Chess As socintlon. CL: C'he~s League. by J. A. HOROWITZ Feb. 12 & 13: North Dakota State Three time U. S. Ope n Champion Championship at YMCA, Grand Forks, North Dakota; 5 rd. SS Tmt; open to all; EF $2.50; trophies: write to D. C. You can play chess easily and Macdonald, L. B. 603 Grand Forks, confidently under the persona! North Dakota. guiding tutelage of a noted au thority. Ideas behind the open_ Feb. 14 & 15: Puget Sound Open at ings, middle game motifs and tile Seattle Chess Club: 6 rd. SS Tmt; endgame t echnique, explained EF $2; starts 10 AM; open to all: write clearly and simply, slanted for to O. W. LaFreniere, 2807 West Yakima the layman. Examples from ac_ Av., Yakima, Washington. tual play will be illustrated on a large demonstration board. Feb. 21: 41st Annual Washington's Only prerequisite is a knowledge Birthday Tournament of S. W. Nebraska Fifteen sessions. Thurs_ of the rules of the game. and N. W. Kansas; starts 10 AM in the days, 8:30 - 10:10 pm. QUestion and answer period of new fireho use in Stamford, Nebraska; No Course starts Feb. 19 EF, no prizes; open to all: write to R. E. NEW LOW RATES each session will clarify your in_ $27.00, Incl. regIstration dividual problems. Weare, Stamford, Nebraska. March 28 & 29: Washington State Junior Championship, open to all under 21: 6 rd. 5S Tmt; EF 81; starts 10 AM at Seattle Chess Club: write to O. W. new s c h 0 0 I ~~~ ::~~~ LaFreniere, 2807 W. Yakima Av., Yakima, 66 WEST 12 STREET, NEW YORK 11, N. Y_ • ORegon 5-2700 Wasbington. 8 CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 the finest on reco!"(I, a source of peren· A CAT MAY LOOK AT A KING! nial instruction to the student and a pleasure to the connoisseur. But, as eight years elapsed without a single hit, extra. base or otherwise, olT Capa By K. O. Mott-Smith blanca.'s delivery, and 1-0 victories be came increasingly the order of the day, Interlude Iy analyzed, are merely differences In the customers began to get a little rest· degree." It took an Alekhine to demon less. Then along came a batter who In the last issue. it was shown that could connect with any kind of a pitch. the counters to Lasker's play for unbal stl"ate such '"inaccuracies" were suscep· tlble of such astonishing eXllloitation. Where Capablanca used a slight posl· anced positions brought on a trend to tional advantage to produce a Winning (2) Much sharper combination play_ absolutely sound and dullish chess. ending, Alekhine used it to detonate a So why the ehange to the modern, ex The combination is the chessic home th!'iIlillg mid-game combination. citing style? 1 lIsked, run. While the air-tight pitchers' duel Before Alekhine's time, for Instance, I think that the answel' lies In the may have its fascination, too, the pros· mating cowbinations had been character characteristics of the Dian who was Utl Ilect of seeing the hattel' knock one out islically inaugurated by heavy concen disputed King of the chess \\'01'1<1 fl'om of the park Is what llacks the grand· t!"alions or forces against the adverse 1928 to 1935. stands. King 01' by the weakening of certain Steinitz, "the Austrian MOl"llhy," fe ll squares on which his Majesty leaned for 2 Alekhine under the Influence or the '"English" support. But, in Alekhine's games v. Alekhine's style was charnctel'izctl by school of pOsitional play aud bega:1 Bogolyubov ('"Best Games, 1908-1923," two qualities which, to me, differentiate preaching, though not always practiSing, No. 55), Stark (No.56), SelesnieU (No. the game of totlay from that of for ty the doctrine of the gradual accumulatlOll 63), Hubinstein (No. SO), Davidson or fifty years ago. of smail advantages. In the London '1'our ("Best Games, J924 ·1937," No. 10) and (1) Much sharper opening play, nament of 1883, the slyles of the various Stoltz and Amatem' (No. 113), we see What has happened to Ihe comfortable competitors exhibited some s trlking con· mating combinations touched off by philosophy of six developing moves, fol trasts. Zukertol"t, the gl'eat combination nothing more than the temporary luring lowed by c(Lstllng lind then taking n player, rode roughshod over his rivals, a way of a couple or hostile pieces fl'om look around? Nowadays, the fight fOl' and his gllme V. Dlackburne Hill ranks the vicinity of their King and without the initiative begins at Move 1, as typi as one of the most brilliant on record. flny preliminary weakening of the sllr· fied by the defense beal'ing the name But the form displayed by some of the rounding squares. And, in his famous of the man who waged 11 grealez' varlety other competitors moved the editor of game with Hetl at Baden·Baden, 1925, of ingenious and entez'prislng fights for the tonrnament book to comment: "Eng· we behold a whole series of combina· the initiative than anyone befol'e him, lisch, Mason, :Mackenzie and \Vinawez' tional firewol'ks ignited by nothing more \Vitness his olTered sacrifice of a whole adopted ;:he approved tacUcs of modern dangerous· look ing than the exchange of piece on the sixth move of a World Tournament plar '. which can be com a pail' or King Rook Pawns. Let us play Championship game: Alekhine v. Euwe- Il1Ired only to two men standing up to over the moves, with only such com 1 P-Q~, P- Q4 2 p- Qm, P-QB3 3 N-QB3, figh t determined not to hit one another." ments as are germane to the subject of PxP 4 P- K·!, P- K4 5 N-B3, PxP 6 BxP~!? \V lnawel"S game \" . N01\ has rightly been this essay. This was only the most spectaclllfl!' of nominated by Cherne\' in his entez'taln the innovations with which it was his iug '"Chess Corner" (November, 1951) as Baden_Baden, 1925 wont to set the chess world by the ears, the dullest game ill history, though only to pass on to otliez' innovations long actually it was not DlIICh worse than Aeti Alekhine before the analysts had C1IUght up with some of the others produced by ~Iessrs. White Black the first. Englisch et al. The trouble with these 1 P-KN3 P-K4 Witness again his famous sez'ies of gentlemen was not that they didn't want 2 N-KB3 P-K5 opening moves Y. Rubinstein at The to tight but that they didn't know how. Hague, 1921, and v. Wol! at Pistyan, The '"Modern School" had taught them 1922: how to avoid succumbing to a Morphy Alekhine v. j{ublnstein-l P- Q·\, P-Q4 combination but nOl how to accumulate 2 N-KB3, P-K3 3 P-B4, P-QR3 ,! p enough positional potential to start a QB5, N- QBa 5 B- D4, KN-K2 6 N- B3, combination on their own account. N-N3 7 B- K3, P-N3 8 PxP, PxP 9 p This deficiency was remedied by Tar KR", B-Q3 10 P-H5, KN-K2 11 P-R6, rasch, whose sound and effective posi P-N3]2 B-N5, 0 - 0 13 B- B6; tional IH'inciples gave a great impetus Alekhine v. WoU-1 P-Q4, P- Q4 2 to combination play and vastly improved N-KB3, P- QU·! 3 P-B4, BPxP .\ PxP N Ihe quality Of tournaments, commencing KB3 5 Nxl', P-QH3 6 P-K4, NxKP 7 with Hastings, 1S95. Some of Tarrusch's Q-R4t, B- Q2 8 Q-N3, N- B4 9 Q- K3, P most celebrated games feature Ihe grad· KN3 10 N-KB3, Q- B2 11 Q-B3, H-KN1 12 ual accumulation of enormous pOSitional B-K3, P- N3 13 QN-Q2, B-N2 14 B-Q4, advant;lge. leaving the enemy trussed The fight ror the lnitiative starts at BxB 15 QxB. hand and foot and the easy, though UlI once; and Alekhine characteristically This blithe, but eminently successful, willing, victim of the inel'itable com accepts Hetl's challenge to play against disregard for the liCceptell principle that bination. his own defense with a move down- a no piece should be moved twice until With further refinement of position trait symptomatic of his z'estless genius the comilletion of one's development so play, howevez', the accumUlation of such for eXlllOl'ing all phases of an opening, impressed his contemporaries as to lead lal'ge ad\'antages became increas ingly 3 N_Q4 P-Q4 11 Q_B4 QNxQP sonle to theorize about the emergence dHlIcult. Ilubinstein and Capablanca did 4 P-Q3 PxP 12 QN_N3 P-B3 or a new school of piay, wherein the not allow themselves to be so trussed 5 QxP N-KB3 13 0-0 A_K1 completion of one's own development Is liP nor, In general, did they seek to apply 6 B_N2 B-N5t 14 KA-Q1 B-N5 of lesser importance than the impeding such methods to their victims. They 7 B_Q2 BxBt 15 A-Q2 Q-B1 of the adversary's. Alekhine explained, were satisfied with a small positional 8 Nx8 0-0 16 N_QB5 B_R6 bowever, that he was not founding a new plus which could be tl"llnslated, not Into 9 P-QB4 N-R3 17 8_B3 B-N5 school but mel"ely exploiting opening in· a combination, but inlO a. winning end 10 PxP N-QN5 18 8-N2 B-A6 accuracies In a logical manner, This reo game, distemible as such, indeed, only 19 8-B3 B-N5 minds one of the rema!'k of Justice to pl"llctised eyes like theirs. RUbinstein's Holmes that "All differences, when nice· Rook and Pawn endings are, Ilel'hallS, t c h"ck; i dh1. d":ck; § dis. ch, CHESS REVlfW, JANUARY, 19S3 9 If 41 R- K3 01' H R-KD2, then H NxDt ·]2 RxN, B- Q4 wins a piece! Note that the combination was suc· cessful, not by reason of any large posi· tional plus enjoyed by mack, but by t'eason of tbe aecidental configuration of Ihe \\' hite men. resulting from some peJ"fectly sound positional m,meuvers many moves before. This game. more than any other, is to me the spiritual ancestor of present·day chess. Grandmasters of today are not What nbout the princil)le that it takes ordinarily permitted by their fellows to a positional advantage to produce a com· acquire large positional advantages or bination? Here mack has the worst of even permanent posseSS ion of Important lhe position as he himself recognizes by squares. Position play has become more offering to draw by repetition of moves. Jluid than in the days of Tarrascb and [ In fact, accol'ding to Hans Kmocb and Lasker. A plus Oil sQllare A alld a minus Fred Reinfeld. "Onlr a Draw." lIP. 360·1. on square B may soon become meta CHESS HEVIEW. December. 1951. Alek· morphosed, under tactical pressures, into hille clamored fOr a draw hel"(~.-Ed. } a minus on SQuat'e A and a plus on square B. BI'illiant combinations have to 20 B-Rl P_KR4 23 P_R4 p,p be and are impl'ovised out of temporary 21 P- QN4 P_QR3 24 RPxP Q_B2 control o[ a square 01' two plus, perhaps, 22 R-QBl P-R5 25 P- N5 RPxP a vulnel'able, though momentary, pattern 26 PxP of the adverse men. PosiUonal advan· tages at'e ft'equently the result of com· binations, actual or potential, rather than the cause. Forty or fifty years ago, It used to be said that the soul of the mid·game Black has to fish or cut bait: either was the end·game. Today, I think it more capture the White Rook at QBS and lose lleal'ly true that the soul of the mid· his own, or save his own Hook and allow game is the combination. This movement White to save his. Dut Alekhine comes has been all fOI' the benefit of the game; ulI with something new in the fie ld of and, while many mastel's may have COli' taClie~. tributed to it, Alekhine was its spear head. Compare this situation witb tbat at Postlude move 19. How much of it positional ad Some yeat·s ago, Frank J. Marshall vantage has Ale khine accumulated in the compiled a collection of the favorite meantime? His Queen'si(le is actually in games of the leading masters, selected worse shape than be[ol'e; and, though by themselves. he has succeeded in opening the King Marshall selected his win v. Bogolyu· Hook file. he has no Hook ~tvailable to bol', New YOl'k, 192.1. The famiUal' at occupy that file. True, White's King tack along the QNI- KH7 diagonal, but Knight Pawn is now guarded only once with some spectacular embel1!shments: instead of twi ce. Dut what kind o[ a the offered sacrifice of both Rooks and weakness is that? the Queen, and an announced mate in 26 .... R-K6!! 31 . . .. N-K5! five. Yes. our beloved Fmnk must have enjoyed that game! Alekhinc sacrifices, not ~t Hook. but Now 32 PxR, N/ 5xH, leaves the first Rubinstein selected his win v. Lasker, wbat looks like a vital te mpo; fOI", while Rook Still attacked by tbe first Knight the Rook plainly cannot be tal,en, yet but with the adverse Knight also undel' St. Petersburg, 1909. A spirited opening; \Vhite, one should suppose, can easily attack. Sucb problem-like dynamics are a kaleidoscopic mid·game, with Lasker, for ollce, outplayed ; and Hubinstein's palTY the threat of 27 • HxPt, leaving nU'e in actual play; but ~omj)are Aiel;:· patent, un iron·fisted Rook and Pawn the Rook out on a limb. Although Alek· hine's IS. NxP I' . Hubinslein at Sem· ending-all this in ~O moves! hine did not hal'e to foresee the actual mel'ing, 1926 ("Dest Games, 192'[-\937"), sequel to this spectacular move, he did featuring a somewhat similar stratagem. Capablanca selected his exhibition game V. Dernstein, MOSCOII', 1914. Ortbo· have to foresee that it would disorganize 32 R- B4 NxBP "'hite's force;;, put an abrupt end to his 33 B_N2 B-K3 dox Queen's Gambit Derense by Capa; Queen·Side attack anti, against his best Dishops, Knights. several Pawns and a Now com!)s a forced combination ten pair of Rooks swalliled off with dispatch reply (27 O- D3), leave Dlack with a mOI'es deep; fOl ' unless Alekhine had marked positional a(h-antage. After and precision. Nothing seemed to be hap· foreseen the final position at this point, pening except that Capa had lost a Pawn. Reti's a c t\l~1i reply, howel'€I', Alekhine the entire series of intenening moves gets beUer than a positional advantage. Then, flick! One adrOit Queen move, and would have been Iloilltiess. Compare his Dernstein collapsed. That was the flick 27 N-B3 PxP 29 QxP QxQ ten move blindfold cOlubinalion I'. of the sword o( the fabu lous e XCl cutioner, 28 QxP N_B6 30 NxQ NxPt Schwartz ("'Dest Games, lD2·!·1937," who would tben bid his victims to cough, 31 K-R2 No. IDS) also featUring a sel'ies of ex which they would do, only to have their Dy a dexterous series of attacking changes, the point of which is nOt reo heads drop off. No wonder his opponents moves, Alel,hine has managed to main· vealed until the final move. suffered from "Capablanca fright"! tain his Rook on J{6 at its dangerOI1S 34 R/4-B2 N-N5t 38 K-R3 N-K 6§ Against Lasker, they at least knew when post; but now, s urely, it looks as if 35 K-R3 N- K4§ 39 K- R2 N,R they were in trouble. 36 K-R2 Rx N 40 BxR N-Q5 Lasker selected his win v. P!I\sbury, eh"ck; dh!. cheek; } dis. eh. 37 RxN N-N5t Resigns St. PetersbUrg, 1895·6. Aftel' Pillsbury 10 CHESS RE VIE W, JANUARY, 1953 had left his King's Bishop roosting at home for 17 nloves Laskel' sacrificed a Rook for a specuiative attack, which could have resul ted in a draw'" but which actually resulted In a [ol'ced mate, Doubtless, thIs game gave Lasker great satisfaction, consIdering that he had previously encountered P!llsbury three times i n this same tour nament, losing twice am! dL'awing once; but his selec BUDAPEST, 1896 HASTINGS, 1951 · 52 tion of it reminds one of the Gomezes A charming old·fashioned skittles game Harely has 11 gambit been repulsed so and Fellers of baseball, who never tal k which features a s\llH'·of·the-moment brutal ly! abou t t heir stl-ike·out victims but about Queen sacl'ifice! their one home run. Lasker, the great SICI LIAN DEF E NSE strategist and end-game artist, wanted VIEN NA GAME A, R. B. Thomas L, Schmid to be known as a combination player, G. Maroczy s. Jacoby Whito too. 'Well, his life work was not chess White Black 1 P_ K4 P- QB4 7 P-Q4 B_B4 but ipathematics; and, had he not been 1 P-K4 P_K4 6 P- Q3 2 P- QN4 p,p 8 N_R3 P- K3 J~asker , he would doubtless have wished 0 - 0 2 N_QB3 7 P_B5 3 N_KB3 P_Q4 9 B-NSt QN-B3 to be Einstein. B- B4 N- K N5 3 P-B4 P-Q3 8 Q-K2 P_ K N3 4 p, p N- K B3 10 P-B3 P-QR3 Alekhine selected the above game with 4 N-B3 N_QB3 9 P- KR3 N-Q5 5 P- QR3 N,P 11 B_K2 N-Q4 RetL Starting l ife as a combination play 5 B-N5 N_B3 10 PxN! 6 p,p N,P 12 Q- N3? NxBP ! er pure and simple, he took some bad beatings from those two past-masters of Black must have gloated and then suc· position and end·game play, Rubinstein cumbed to a double tal,e. \Vhite relies and Capablanca, and thereUllolI settled on the open King Rook fi le. down to add those weapons to his arsenal. Ultimatel y, he became a master of all phases of the game, but the com· bination remained his first love and his primary offensive weapon. Toward the close of his career, he seemed to revert to the methods o[ his youth, as If he found pOSition play increasingly labor!· OilS and i r ksome. After al1, had he not launched one of the most o(m lent com· binations in chess history Oil no more or comse, if 13 QxN, ll- QN5 wins the than a positional shoe st!'lng? Perhaps, White Queen. in those late!' days, he was subcon· 13 QxN P N-R4 sciousl y trying to duplicate his jmmortal 10 , , .. N,Q 15 N- KN5 14 Q_N2 QR_N l game agai nst Reti at Baden·Baden! Q-B3 11 K,N p,p 16 NxRP Q_N2 Resigns 12 NPxP P- QB3 17 B-NS! Q,N White cannOl avoil) frightful Joss or 'The slate""mt th;'t Ihis game cou ld have 13 B-QB4 P- Q4 18 R,Q K,R material. ended in " d,.,,,,· is p"edicale" \lI)On the 14 B_N3 R-K l 19 B_BS! Resigns roliowing an"I)' $ I~: Mate soon follows. Arter nlaek'~ 2Hh move the l)Osltion WLlS : HAVANA, 1952 Lasker This Is what lllljljlens when a ml1!;ter BRUSSELS, 1951 has an ofr·day. Black castles into iL CARO,KANN DE F E NSE K ING'S INDIA N DEFENS E S. Gligorich R. Toran R, L emaire A, Thibaut 'Vhite Black White B lack 1 P-K4 P-QB3 7 B-QB4 N-R3? 1 P- Q4 N-K B3 8 P- KR4! N-Q2 2 N_QB3 P- Q4 8 N_K5 P- K3 2 N- KB3 P-KN3 9 P- R5 N- B3 3 N- B3 p,p 9 Q-B3 N-B4 3 B_N 5 N-K5 10 p,p 8-84 4 NxP N-Q2 10 P-B3 B_N2 4 B-84 8_N2 11 Px RPt K_Rl 5 P_Q4 QN_B3? 11 8- KNS! 0 - 0 5 QN_Q2 N,N 12 BxBt K,B S N-B5 P-KN3 12 N-K4! P- KR4 6 QxN P-Q3 13 Q- N5t B- N3 7 B-KRS 0-0 14 N_R4 Q_K l Pi llsbury Pillsbury played 2" Q·H5 "nd lost. A!(ainst the stro"~(lI ·· looklng move. ~:"; Q·K2. !{(!jll reid "nd Fine in "Dr. Lask,>,· '" Ches~ CLu'eCL"" g iv(l the (ollowl"l; "s yielding Black " !(ood win"ing eh:mccs": 2~ . .. R·llSt 26 n~R n~Pt 2"1 RxB. QxQ 28 R · K?\1. Q·KB7 29 nf·I· Q t . P-Q;:'. -'(lIch strong'lr. howe,·C\". Iha" 28 R·K~I? is 28 nfl-QI, wilh Ih'l li ke lY conlluuaUon or 28 Q"P 2~ H/I-Q2. ,",ow th" Queen Pawn (ails, ""d th'l IWO Hooks 'IL'e "tronger than the Quc"n. 1:1,,,; k's ,,"II',. PLLwn 1)"1r,,, just aooul cnou!:"h to "'''ke up Ihe dllTc r"nce. 13 P_KN4! Ce r ta i nl~' , m"ck's winn inl-; ch"nccs ""e nil. Seldom. indeed, did lA.gk",· lake " "eh \VhiLe wins a Iliece; fOI', if 13 .. . PxP, g reat riskS for sO dl1biol1s CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 11 An outstanding recent game, annotated by a famous international Grandma ster. by DR. MAX EUWE FOUR GAMES WITH P.Q5 NoT ON L Y TI'IE OPENI!\ GS, bUI certa in middle gaille motifs as well, iHlVC their ups and downs in popula r fa vor. Why? Pa rtly for a ll sorts of rcasons of a technical nature, pil l'tl)' hecallse of pred ilections 0 11 the pari of the great mastcrs. When Bot villllik is known to £.1"01' a cer tain varia tion of the Nilllzo·!ndian, it becomes more popular; 1\'!Jell Resh evsky ami Najdod allow themselvcs to be saddled with an isolntcd Queen Pawn, the react ion is that such a weak P1I\\'11 lIlust have its cOtnpensations. It is qui te an arl lo determine h OI\" Ihe '\itock-Ill ilrket" value differs frolll Ihc objective valu('''----usSl!Illilig that th ere is such a thing as objective val ue_ The re ilre players who ha ve done wcll with White aga inst the King's Indian for years : th is despite Ihe fact Ih H ere nt'e lhe fOllt" gnmes which make SZiilbo_Ke res: IlP I' materln!: Oil I P- Q-I. N- KIl3 2 P- QB l. 1'- 1\3 ~ N Stahlberg-Subo: QB3. B- N5 4 P- K3, P-Q·I 5 p- QHa. B- K2 6 N- 133. 0 - 0 7 Il- Q3. P- QN3 ,>: 0 - 0. 1' 1 N- KD3. N- l Reshevsky-Stah Iberg: Thc giltll 8 Is g iven in the following text. Co mpHI'C the poslttOIl aUer Wh lle'~ 19th move wilh those in the pt'ccedillg diagrams. ;:\ote the diffcrence belwce n the Pawn [orillations in the Ih'st t WO game~ alld the last two. In the first I WO. \\'hite has Pa.wns at his QB~ aml Q·I s qllare ~. so __ _ that nne!' P- Q5 hIs Queen Pawn Is t _ dl~"k: t ::::: cl io }. ch..,,,k: = di~. <'I.. still sU PPol'ted b)' its (,:olleag\1c. In the 12 tHUS REVIEW, JANUARY. 19B third and fourth games, the Queen 16 B_R2! KPxP is even more repulsi ve : 20 BxP, Pawn does the job all by itself. In each BxB 21 QxB, N-l31 22 Q-N7, Q- R4 23 case, however, the m(tin motlf is the N-N6. opening of diagonals and file!! in order to 20 QPxP N,P nctivate the pieces on those lines. In 21 Q- K3 Q-R4 Szabo- Keres, it is a case of giving the 22 BxN Bishops more scope; in the other games, !\fore Ol' less forced on both sides. tt is WhIte's hea vy pieces that benefi t. 22 . . . . BxN Helsinki, 1952 23 PxB B_B3 NIMZO·INDIAN DEFENSE The alternative, 23 PxB 24 QxPt, S. Reshevsky G. Stahlbe rg K-N2 25 R- Q7, is quite hopeless (or Black-not that the text move \s much United States Sweden better, White Black 24 BxPt K,e 26 RxRt e,R 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 4 P-K3 P-B4 Black has a difficult game, as he must 2,5 R- Q7t R-K2 27 R_ Kl B_B3 2 P-QB4 P-K3 5 B- Q3 P_Q4 always be on the lookout fo r P-QS- an 28 Q-K6t K_N2 3 N_QB3 B_N5 6 N_B3 N_B3 advance whIch allows a favorable ex· At the end of a series of practically 7 0-0 0-0 pansion fOr \Vhite's forces, mack must fo rced moves, Black is as good as lost. The "Normal Position" or the Nimzo· always seek to control his Q·I square and \Vh ite has any number of winning con· Indian. have " N- Q4 i n reserve-all this in tinuations; [or example: 29 N-N6, H-Ql order to guard against P-Q5, 30 N-Q7. Note that the move, P-QH3, comes in 29 R_Ql handy for White, as the maneuver. N-QNS-Q4 is ruled out, Also good enough, Now what is Black to do? It seems 29 R_Ql logical to conti nue 16 ., N- Q4, Then, 30 R-Q7t R,R if 17 NxN, BxB IS NxB, the sacrificial 31 QxRt K-N1 tum of 18 , QxN 19 N-B7, NxP gets Black nowhe re after 20 Q-Bl, N-K7t 21 K-Rl, N- BS 22 P-B3, To recapitulate: after 16 , , . N-Q~ 17 NxN, BxB 18 NxB, PxN UI P- KR4, Black's game il; inferior, Hence he con· eludes that 16 , , . N-Q4 is best avoided. S P- QR3 BPxP 16 . . . . P-N5 From games like this one we come to No impl'ovement on the alternative the conclusion that 8 , B-R4 is pref· just discussed: Black weakens his QN3 emble, square and yields up control of his QB4 9 KPxP p,p square as well to the enemy, \Vhat this 10 BxP B_K2 sIgnifies wJll become clear from the note A position from the Queen's Gambit to Black's 19th, Accepted, with a difference: White is a 17 N-QR4 N-Q2 32 B-R6? tempo 01' two to the good, 18 B-KB4 N-R2 After this, m ack gets a posItion of sorts. Mo re energetic seems 32 B-K3, 11 Q-Q3 P_QR3 Another unfortunate choice, Black is PxP 33 PxP, N-N1 34 N-BS and now 34 12 B- R2 P-QN4 restless I1lHle]' the Damoe)es threat of P-Q5 and hence deliberately provokes , , , Q-Ql is inferior because of 3S Q-K6t the move ! and 36 QxRP, This, howeve r, is much inrerior to 18 32 .... Q_Q1 " , Q-RI and]9 , , , QR-Ql, 33 Q-K6t K_Rl 19 P-Q5! 34 PxP? White opens up the position with de· The immediate moblllzation of the cisive advantage-his pieces being so Knight is preferable; for example: 34 N much mO!'e acth'e than his opponent's, n5, PxP 35 PxP, N-N~ (if 35 . , . Q- K2, 36 QxP) 36 N-I{.I, and Black cannot last much longer, 34 N-N4 35 N-B5 N-Q5 36 Q_K4?? Even now White can still wi n with 36 13 8-N1 Q- K3, 1\'-B4 3i Q-Q2-or 36 QxRP, NxP t White proceeds in the most sys· 3i K-N2, N-H5t 38 K-R3, tematic (ashion, He anticipates playIng 36 . . . . N_B4! P-Q5 soonet' 0 1' late]', but he is well aware that the advance wjl\ be more With the double threat of 37 , , . NxB powerful after he has weakened Black's a nd 37 Q- Q8t 38 K-N2, N-HSt-in both cases with ratal consequences for King·side, The imme dI ate 13 P-Q5 leads White, to nothing: 13 ,PxP 14 NxQP, NxN 37 B-Q2 Qx B 40 K-N2 Q-N4t 15 BxN, B-K3!--or 15 QxN, QxQ 16 BxQ, 19 N-KB1 B- N2, 38 K_N2 Q-N4t 41 K_B1 Q- BSt By playing, , , P-NS eat'lIel', Black has 39 K_Bl Q-B8t Resigns 13 , , . . B_N2 deprived hImself of the useful counter, If 42 K- N2, N-n5t, etc, 14 B-N5 P-N3 .. N-B4, and he must now take the 15 R_ Ql R-K1 consequences, P laying the la ]t.(>,' part of the gilme In On IS , , , N-Q·t, White gains time The text is played to guard Black's l~''J'itlc time,pr e~s\lre, neithe,' s id o h"d kept seo"e. Resh evsk y c!"imed the position had with 16 B- R6. Hence the preparatory King Pawn. The sequel is not inviting been t hrice re]>(la INi. "'hen his daim wa s text, after which 16 ' . , N-Q4 is excellent. for him, but the aftermath of 19 ruled out, he resig n(!d,-Ed. CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 13 THE MIDDLE GAME IN CHESS REUBEN FINE's latest work, The Middle Game in Chess, published in one of the two fundamental tangible advantages-material gain or King at· by the David McKay Company, New York, $7.50, fills the hiatus tuck. between his other two treatises on the game, Practical Chess Openings and Combinations are what chiefly dis· Basic Chess Endings. Like these, The Middle Game in Chess is valuable tinguish chess fl'om other games and put it in a class by itself. They represent mainly as a compilation, classification and organization of its sub;ect. It what Reti called "the triumph of mind definitel)' improves lipon the other two in that typographically it is a over matter." They are unexpected, be· milch better made book, and so it is much easier to read. (Incidentally, gin surprisingly, often consist of u series of pointless moves or even mistakes. of course, we have to alter the type and page format in the following ex They are literally the joining up of cerpts to conform to Ollr regular style.) moves to form one whole and reach one objective. They are the poetry of the As the value of Fine's work lies so largely in its clas.~ification and chessboard, and their sheer beauty often organization of its diffuse and varied topics, it is difJiwlt to do justice to blinds us to the merits of position play, it in. presenting necessarilr short extracts, Consequently, we are giving which is the prose. here: (1) the introductorr and the next chapter to suggest how Fine ap· At first sight combinations strike us as a bolt from the blue. The amateur proaches the suhject and how thoroughfr he discusses the elements; and looks at the games of the master, and (2) dn excerpt from one of the later chapters to show how he uses anna· says in awe and wonderment, "How did tated games to exemplify the broader themes of mid·game play, he see it?" Yet combinations are based on only two simple principles. If the The prospective reader may obtain a fair idea of the whole book King is not Involved, all combinations by relating these excerpts to the table of contents: A Few Ideas; The Ele. are based on a double attack, If the King ments of Combinations; The Mating Attack; The Combinative Art; How is involved, the combination has a mating threat as the pivot. to Analyze a Position; Material Advantage; Compensating for a Material It Is clear that each piece will be able Disadvantage; Superior Pawn Structure; Command of Space; The Attack to build up double attacks in ways pecu· agal'nst the King ; The Art of Defense; Equal Positions; Continuing the liar to its moves, Analysis shows how· ever that there are five basic types of Opening; aTld Entering the End Came.-En. !Iouble attack: 1. Fcrk of two undefended units, or I. A Few Ideas tacUcs is 99 per cent of the game. So the first portion of this book is devoted two nnits of higher value-this is a HE APPROACH to the middle game to developing the principles of combina· power which all pieces possess. T is through the analysis of the posi· tion play. 2. Check and capture an undefended tions that occur. Unlike the opening. Combinations are generally made for ]Iiece or one of highel' value-all pieces "theoretical" variations are of little but the King. value; unlike the end game, precisely the purpose of winning material. Theo· retically, with other things equal, any 3. Pin an undefended piece or one of analyzed positions are not repeated over higher vulue--Bishop, Rook, and QUeen. und ovel' again. In the midt1le game our material advantage is enough to win. main concern must be with the ideas The strength of a player may in fact be 4. Capture and threaten mate-Rook that are used to ,111derstand what goes gauged by the amount of material he and Queen USUally, though in rare cases needs to force a win. FOl' a master a this is possible with any piece. 00. Pawn is usually sufficient. For the aver· Force (or material), mobility, and 5. Capture or advance-the Pawn. age playel' of club strength it would be King safety are the three basic pl·inci· a Knight, in all probability. Let llS examine these combinative pIes of chess. Mobility can be fUrther 'Wben there is no material advantage possibillties in greater detail for e'ach subdivided Into Pawn strllcture (or individual piece. Pawn mobility) and general fl'eedom of or deCisive maUng attack, we are in the realm of position play, Obviously, the the pieces. Add to these the tactical [Ir'e give just one section on these pos. situation at any moment (combinations), goals of position play must be either the gain of material 01' the bllllding up ot a sibilities-to illilstrate Fine's method of and we have a complete ontline for the presentation.- ED.} analysis of any position. decisive att.lck. Its principles are really much simpler than most textbooks have However, not al( of these elements are 3, THE BISHOP made out; as we shall see, it revolves of equal importance. First place must of For the Bishop we have three types of course be given to the position of the around the evaluation of a position, and the means of exploiting a superior posi· combination-the fork, check and cap King. When it is endangered, nothIng ture, and pin. else counts. Hence we must devote a lion. The natnre of position play may !:\pecial chapter to the l'arious possi· be paraphrased as the art of winning a In Diagram H we see 11 common in· bilities of attack against the King, i.e., won game, or from the defender's point stance of a fork. mating attacks. of view, drawing a lost game. Of course, in practice, we are often uncertain about St!\], even in mating attacks the fac whether a position is 'clearly won; we tor of crUCial impOl'tance is the com· speak of snperior and InferiOl' positions. bination. In the last analysis every game These Questions will occupy Us in the of chess is decided tactically. The rea· second portion of this book. son why a strong player can give a weaker a handicap is that he "sees" more, I.e, he is mOI'e alive to the com binations inherent in the position. Among II. The Elements of Combinations players of equal strength, it is always CO~IBINATroN Is a series of moves, the last blUnder, and the ability to see it, Aall more or less forced, and fre· that determines who will win. At every quently involving a material sacrifice, level of chess sklll, including world designed to effect some radical change championship class, It is stlll true that in the position. This change wlll result CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 19~~ The two KnIghts cannot detend one an White now threaten8 to win a Pawn other, and one Is lost_ Note that It the wi th 21 Q-R4, and Black Is helpless Blac k K nIght were at QN2 rather than agains t this threat. a t QB3, Black could hold the position wHh ... N/K5-Q3. Thint Stage: Break.Through 20 • . . • N-N1 An eX'ample of check·capture combina Also inadequate was Black's only other lion Is thhl In Diagram 15. try 20 .' P- B3 21 NxP! PxN 22 BxN, BxB 23 QxPt, K- Rl 24 P-N5 (not 24 P- K4, Q-Q5t, and Black mates), BxP (If 24 .. 8-N2. 25 P-K4, Q- Q5t 26 K-Bl, and 27 R- R3 t Is decis ive) 25 Q R5t and 26 QxB. 12 ... . P-QN3? 21 R-B7 8-R1 which met with a model refutation. On the tempting 21 ... R-BI, White also wins a Pa.wn wIth 22 NxBP, QxR First Stalle : Restraint 23 QxQ, RxQ 24 N-R6t, K- N2 25 RxRt 13 Q- B2 and 26 RxE. Threatening to win a. Pawn with B-Q3 Fourth Stage: De struction a.nd D- K4, and thereby Corclng Bklck 22 RJ: RP Into a more cramped position. Check and Cilpture 13 P_QB4 After the win of this Pawn the reo malnder is not dlmcult. The conclusion 14 p)(p N,P was: Arter the King moves, White replies 15 P- QN4 N- R3 BxR, winning the exchange. 22 N_ B3 24 RJ:R R, R The fact this move Is forced is the 23 RJ:B N,N 25 B_K2 Q_Q7 Ingenious point to Capablanca's brilliant 26 QJ: Q In Diagram 16 we see the pin at work. restraining combi nation, tor the task of getting the Blac k K night back into the The s implest; I! Instead 26 PxN, QxPt game will be a permanent headache. On and 27 ... R-Q7 can make life difficult. the a lternative )5 . N- Q2, 16 B-Q3, 26 . . . . R xQ 28 K-Bl N-Q2 P- KR3 11 R-B7 is too hard for Black 27 R- BSt K-N2 29 R-QS to meet. ForcIng the exch"a.nge or the remaining 16 P-QR3 B_N2 pieces. 29 K-B3 Second Stage: Weakening 30 B_ N5 R-Q4 The only real weaknesses in Blac k's po· 31 P"-QR4 RxB sltlon are the poorly placed Knight at Desperation: If 3t ... K-K2, 32 RxNt, QR3 and White's possession of the open RxR 33 BxR, KxB 34 K- K2 with an ele· QB file: both of these a re purely tern· mentary win. POrary. White must torce Curther weak 32 PJ:R K- K2 35 K-K2 P-B4 nesses. 33 R_QBS P-K4 36 K-Q2 K- B2 17 B_Q3 34 R-B6 P-K5 37 K-B3 Resigns The Black KnIght at QB2 Is s hieldi ng If we re-examine these examples to the Rook, and cannot be defended. Black Prevents QR- BI and weakens the see what they show about the Ideal must lose at least the excha nge. K-slde. 17 .. _. P-N3 procedure involved, several comments 18 R-B1 . become apparent about each slep: 1. Restraint. In this stage the task AgaIn ... QR-BI Is stopped because Is twofold- to ILvo ld exchanges and to IX. Command of Space White gets R, N, and B Cor the Q: 18 prevent liberating Pawn moves . . . . QR-Bl 19 RxR, RxR 20 QxRt, BxQ 2. W eakening. Generally a weakness ler outlining the procedure for ex 21 RxBt, K-N2 22 BxN, and should win. Is forced by some tadica! threat. In a , g an opponent's cramped position, 18 . . . . QR- Q1 great many cases a desperate defender eO. Q\V5 it, step by slep in four iII us· Intending . .. N- Nl and If then R-D7, voluntarily submits to weaknesses to dve games. T his is the fourth.-ED.J R-Q2. This calls for restraining action. ease his position somewhat. 3. Break.through. The method here In· Game 15 19 N_K5 "olves openinll linea, However, this mus1 Budapest, 1928 Meanwhile also threatening to win the not be done indiscrImInately, because In exchange with DxN and N- D6. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECL.INED some cases the open Unes may he to 19 . . . . Q- Q3 the defender's advantfLge. The line open. Capablanca H. Steiner The tempting 19 Q- N 4 is also met ma.y lead to either the gain of materIal White Black by P- B4. or an attack agaInst the King. 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 7 R_B1 P-B3 20 P_ B4 t. De.struction. This stage goes hand 2 P_QB4 P-K3 8 B-Q3 P, P In hand with the precedIng olle. Orten 3 N-QB3 P-Q4 9 B)(P N-Q4 at the crucial s tage there are several 4 B_N5 QN-Q2 10 BJ: B Q,. posslb!llties that must be carefully 5 P- K3 B-K2 11 0-0 N,N weighed. 6 N_B3 0-0 12 RJ:N [The chapter continu.es to discuss &ev· This whole opening Is an excellent era! other kinds 0/ Command of Space. illustration of the princIples of restraint In 440 pages, mid'gome themes are illus and liberation in a cramped position. traud br 378 diagrams, with dUcussion.s W hite's seventh move, 7 R- Bl, e.g., is continued there/rom, and by 36 complete, s trongest because it prevents the freeing annotated 80mes like that just given. P-QB4. Black can now equalize theo - Eo. J retically with 12 . . . P- K4. Instead he played: t check: t db1. check; I di s. ch. CHUS RrVlfW, IANUARY, 1953 15 From the "Amenities and Background of Chess-play" by William Ewart Napier CONTINUING a serial begun in Ollr last issue, we present here excerpts 13 ... , NxN!? 25 AxPt K-B3 14 .,Q N-K6t 26 R-B7t K_N3 from Napier's Amenities which stress earlier aspects oJ international 15 K_K1 K,. 27 R_QN7 Nj7xB chess.play~the hackground, as it were, 10 Napier's Goldell Age. The 16 Q-Q3 R-Q1 28 PxN R,P 17 R-Q2 N-B3 29 Q-N1 B_N3 type is styled 10 conform to CHESS HEVIEW's fOI'IllHt.~ED. 18 P-QN3 B-QR4 30 K-B3 A-B6 19 P-QR3 QR- B1 31 Q_R2 N-B5§ R-Nl P- QN4! 32 K-N4 A-KNI 23 P_R4 .,N 27 Q-B3 N,. 20 3. Labourdonnais and MacDonnell 21 33 RxB P,R 24 N,. R-R4 28 P_Q5 NxQP .'P .,N 22 P,. N_Q5 34 K_A4 K_B3 IN THE Si\IALL CITY where I lived P-R5 R,. 29 KR-Nl N-B6t 23 8 _B4 NxPt 35 Q-K2 R_N3 many years ago, a cub reporter was told 26 R,R N_B5 30 K-Rl to try his band at headline writIng. " 24 K_B2 NxAj7 36 Q-R5 N-K6 If 30 K-D2. QxR and 31 , . . N-KSt. StromboH had erupted. He produced: And Black wins. "Belches Forth Great Streams of Molten Lava!" GIUOCO PIANO Fustian as this may be if applied to Labourdonnais MacDonnell the puny thunders of the chess board, White it always comes into my mind when, Dlack once a year, I play through the eighty 1 P-K4 P-K4 7 P- Q5 N-K4 odd games that Labounlonnais had wi th 2 N_KB3 N_QB3 8 N,N P,N his great rival, the Irishman, :MacDonnel1. 3 B-84 B-B4 g N_B3 N_B3 It is often overlooked that the latter 4 P-QB3 P-Q3 10 B-KN5 0-0 came fl'om Del fast and that he went 5 P-Q4 p,p 11 Q-B3 Q_Q3 there when the sixth and unfinished 6 p,p B_N3 12 BxN Q,. match with the Frenchman was iater 13 QxQ P,Q rupted. The score fa\'ol'ed ?IacDonnel\, 5 to 41 30 .... .,p 35 QxR N,Q As a founda tion, i\IOI'phy recommended 31 RxPt K-R1 36 R- R7 t K-Nl the play of these pioneers for the stu· 32 Q-N3 B_N3! 37 PxPt K,R dious, and I think his advice would be 33 P-xB Q-KSt! 38 P-B8(Q) N-B7 the same today. 34 RxQ RxRt mate Even in !'IIol'phy's day. the second game given below was hai led as the "Immortal fiftieth game," although it QUEEN'S GAMBIT had been contested less than twenty Labourdonnais MacDonnell years before. Napoleon i\Inrache, i n a White book printed In 1866, so described it. Dlack 1 P_Q4 {All the games given here were played P-Q4 7 N_B3 Q-K2 2 P-QB4 p,p 8 B-KN5 BxPt! in London, 183.I.-Ed.] 14 P- KN4! K-N2 23 P-B4 PxBP 3 P- K4 P_K4 9 K-Bl B-N3 15 N_K2 R-R1 24 QR_Nl K_B1 4 P-Q5 P_KB4 10 Q-K2 P-B5 BISHOP'S OPENING 16 R_KNI K-B1 25 R_N6 P-B6 5 N-QB3 N-KB3 11 R- Ql B_N5 Labourdonnais 17 R-N2 K_K2 26 PxP B-K4 MacDonnell 6 BxP B_84 12 P-Q6! p,p 18 0-0-0 P-KR4 27 P-Q6! p,p White Black 13 N-Q5 19 P~N5 P-KB4 28 R-NSt R,R 1 P-K4 P-K4 12 N- Q2 Q-K2 20 N_B3 B- B4 29 RxRt K_K2 2 B-B4 B-B4 13 0-0-0 P-B4 21 P-N6 B_Q3 30 N-Q5t K-Q2 N_KB3 14 K_N1 p,p 3 Q-K2 22 NPxP K,P 31 B-N5 mate 4 P-Q3 N_B3 15 PxP P-QR4 5 P-QB3 N-K2 16 KN-B3 B_Q2 6 P-B4 p,p 17 P-KN4 P-R3 BISHOP'S OPEN I NG 7 P-Q4 B-N3 18 QR-N1 P-R5 MacDonnell Labourdonnais 8 Q8xP P-Q3 19 P-N5 p,p White Dlack 9 B-Q3 N-N3 20 BxP P- R6 1 P_ K4 P-K4 5 0-0 B-N3 10 B_K3 21 P-N3 B_B3 0-0 2 B_B4 B- B4 6 P-Q4 N-KB3 11 P-KR3 R-K1 22 R_N4 B_R4 3 P-QB3 Q-K2 7 N-R3 B_N5 4 N_KB3 P-Q3 8 N_B2 QN-Q2 1 cheek; t d bl. check; § dis. ch. 9 Q-Q3 16 CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 35 PxN BxB 39 QxNP 8-B7 l1e invented that considerable blessi ng, 36 P_B6 B- R5 40 B- B8 § 8- N3 the common t·ocking chair! Perhaps 37 P_B7 R-Kl 41 BxP Q- Q2 chess di(l that among other l1elpful 3S Q_Bl QxP 42 B_Q6 P- Q5 things! ) lS.f3-alld the halldsome and engaging St. Amant reigns over ch ess at the Regence. He was as much an idol socially as at chess·play, a tri\lmphant person ality. He had no fear except-bllt let Delannoy tell the story, quoted freely out of Bre"tano's Ch ess Month ly: '·On ly Olle thing troubled him, and tbat WliS an \lm brel1a tap on the window 9 .• .. P-Q4! ? 23 P- B4 QR_K l pane o( t he Regellce by Madame SL 10 PxQP P- K 5 24 P_B5 6 -Ql Amant. his energetic and somewhat 11 Q_Q2! P,N 25 P_Q6 P_B5 despoUc lady. This trifling signal \\,11ll sucb an order dared no t disobey, 12 R- K ! N_ K5 26 ?_N4 KR_B! liS he on pain of losing h is beef tea, liS also 13 Q- B4 P-K B4 27 R_B! P_KR4 wifely smiles and domestic felicities. P-N4! 28 N_R3 6 _ 83 43 Q-B4 Q_81 He wo\.\\d instantly close his snuff·box, I'e· 3 N-K4 29 B- N2 P_N5 44 QxP 0- 93 P- 83 30 N_B4 P_B6 45 Q-R7 and wins flign his gflme, go thl·ollgh chairs and ~ ~ ;-,5.t tables like an eel; forget to pay; forget, ' N/4xP 31 N- K5t B,N P,B 32 ? x B P_ R5 which WftS It Crime, to salute the pretty 1 D ~ v e lopm e nt vs. Material mistl·ess of the elltabllshment, an ci scurry "1 rB3 2 N/N5-B3 33 QR- Q! P- 87f1 home, out of brettth." 20 QxPt Q-Q2 34 K- Rl P-R6 NO WONDER )1orphy was thrlllcd by May had his hero complete the 21 QxQt K,Q 35 R_Q 3 R_KNI the g ames t hese giants playe(l ! Phl! 22 pxN NxKP 36 P_N 5 P- N6 bu~ln ess in hand. 37 Px? MUZI O GAMBIT In the sltme year, IS·13, Staunt on, of MacDonnel l Labourdonnals London, beat thIs irresolute Adonis of Paris, a hIstoric match. Staunton' up. White Black In set all I" ran ch Idea of propriety by play· 1 P- K4 P- K4 3 N- K83 P- K N4 Jng with his coat oU- a shirt·sleeve vic· 2 P_K84 p,p 4 8 - 84 P_N5 tory! 5 N- B3! A nd now graciOlls reader , look critl. This continu ation ;, k nown Mac· cally at this l elTi tic battle, and wonder Donnell's A ttack. " with me what would have happened to t he Hl'lton j( Amant also had been 5 P, N 10 P- Q4 Qx? t St. bachelol· and h ad taken off his coat 6 0-0 P-QB3 11 B-K3 Q- N2 a 7 Qx P Q-B3 12 exep N_B3 ~o o! This Is t he f amous t h irteenth game: 8 P-K5 Q , P 13 N_K4 B-K2 11\ w hich the longest time t he Frellch m aR ter IIsed on any move, Staunton said, 9 BxPf ! K,B 14 B-N5 R- N1 \\"1\8 ten m i nutes at 2 ~ 8 -86. 37.... RxP !! QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED M nch beller t han 37 ... N"Pt II"h lcll St. Amant Staunton would have been all ~ \\"e\"ed by 38 RxN, WhIte B lad;: RxR 39 RxP. 1 P_Q4 P_ K3 11 8 - N2 p,p 38 R-Q4 R/l_KNl 46 R-B' t K_N4 2 P- QB4 P- Q4 12 p,p B- Q3 39 P-K6f K-Ql 47 ? - R4f K_N5 3 P- K3 N-K B3 13 R_ K1 P-KR3 40 Rj4-Q17 P- R7 48 B-B3t R,B 4 N- Q83 P- B4 14 R-QB1 R_B 1 41 P-K7f K_Q2 49 RxR K,R 5 N- B3 N-83 15 R-B2 R_B2 42 P-B6t pxP 50 P_Q7 R- Q3 6 P-QR3 8-K2 16 R/2_K2 Q-Bl 43 PxPt K xP 51 K- N2 R,P 7 B-Q3 0 _0 17 P-R3 N-Ql 44 P-K8 (Q}f RxQ 52 R- Bl t K_Q6 8 0 - 0 P-QN3 18 Q- Q2 P-R3 45 KxP R- K 3 53 K- Bl K_ K6 9 P-QN3 8_N2 19 P-QN4 N- K 3 .i:.i,lJ.! Black WOll. 15 Q-R5f Q- N3 17 QR_Kl t Kx N 10 PxQP KPxP 20 8_85 N-K5 16 N-Q6t K_K3 18 8_B4 mate 21 N,N P,N SICILIAN DEFE NSE ri1at Donnell L abourdonna is 4. Hard Boiled versus Soft White Black 1 P-K4 P- QB4 18 N_N5 B,N PHIL MAY once pellned a ca rtoon ot 2 P- K B4 P- K3 19 Bxe O-Q2 the seamy side of London Ji(e. 1t was 3 N_KB3 P_Q4 20 P- KA4 P_N5 night; and otherwille I remem ber a sbawl 4 P-K5 N-OS3 21 K- R2 p,p wilh a lJale, wretch ed woman w rapped 5 P-61 P- S3 22 Px? P_R5 III It. She was urging a. tillS)" Lardy hus· 6 N-R3 N_R3 23 P-R5 B- K 5 band at an ale·house doonnty to please 7 N-62 6_K2 24 P- R6 P- N3 come on home. A nd, ,,·ith all dvJl[ty, In 8 P_Q4 0-0 25 8- 8 6 QR _NI a voice compounded of gi n and tog, he 9 B-Q3 P- B5 26 8 -N7 Q_K2 said: ·'Mal·ia, I'll do all)·thi ng i n f eason , 10 B-K2 8 _Q2 27 K_N3 R,R bu t I will not go home." P_R6 Noll' come o\'er the ChalLnel. 11 0-0 P- QN4 28 AxR 22 P_Q5 P,N 12 N-K3 P- R4 29 R- 8 6 N_R4 It is li;H in Pal"is, al the h lslod(: Cafe wrote favorably 13 K- Rl p,p 30 8 - Ql N_N6 {ie la Regence, even then fabulou sly rich Staunton aftel"\vnn\s 22 ... B- D5 14 BPxP N_84 31 Q_KB2 N_BS In t.raditlons of intellectual aristocracy, of 15 P_KN4 N,N 32 B_R4 N_Q6 including 0111' Benjamin Franklin. (Per· 23 Rx N! Q-Ql 25 RxB K_N2 16 6xN B- Kl 33 Q- 81 P_N4 haps it was there, sitting In tile unhappy 24 B- B6! PxB 26 RxQ R,R 17 Q- Q2 B-N3 34 6 _B2 N_B4 austerities of F r ench cafe benches, that 27 8-K4 and wins CH US REV IEW, JANUARY, 195 3 17 With her last llIove, Black has alreadv de· 1 White subscribes to the 2 )l arted from the' pre· TIMED TO A TEMPO! unusual. The move is solid ferred "book" lines. 4 ... B1- J\'IA VUE Kipli ng WM right. Women dlcssplayers arc not helll enough bul very seldom seen N5 seems api, since Whire in high repute. hTcmlleramentall y IIn fit ," say somc, "Call't - virtually lIe,'er in tourna· sets "I) II Colle or a sort of ment play (d. I'CO: Imge keell their heads in a crisis." But, lor cool m.~ in the d utch. Stonewall with her Qil" 237. column 12; MCO: II. Bisho l) active outsi4e ' , consider th is game 'twixt 'Irs. Kathryn Slater (White) and 202, col. 8). Black replies "'IIII- whereas now ~' ; lIfrs. Gisela K. Gresser, !'.larshall C. C. COnl;olatioil r oumu· corrc<:t ly with 3 ... P-134, opposi tc number is i · j reeL men!. 1952·3. A Queen's Pawn Opening. it begins: 1 P-Q·1. and Ihe play continues with There f()lIows 5 B-Q3:... .. ~'3 P- Q4 2 N- KB3, N- KB3 3 13-84 (seo.; diagram 1). 1- P-K3, P-K3. G P - B3, B-K2. ' White's StO IH:wa ll dcsign Is White planning to Some weakening of her Is that Pawn advance an 3 is no,,' UI) lla rcnt, and thc 4 castle QUl!cn·sidl!? At 5 King.!ide is inevitable ; 6 effective spear.head or Black proSllccts seelll quitc any rate, her lines of force so Black clecls to drive the an und isciplined sortie? In passive. White de\'elop;; wi lh bea r d..,wn on Black's King. Queen wi th 9 ... r-KN3. tiny case, Black now ha;\ a 7 QN-Q2; and, though a and 5<) Black ret reats wit h An.l, after 10 Q-R3, she weakness at which to strik e. Kin g-s illc a!lack is dearly 8 . X-KI. Her mo,·c is swal~ s off the atlaeking force and both sides I) ress fearless· indicatcII , Bl ack caslles illlo ~ t Ollt enough (ld ensiveiy Illtl with lO . . NxN and con· J). on to their separate at the perilous area. And .so a mite !nO pa~~il"<:. So \Vhite solidDtee: 11 Px N, N- N2. tacks: 13 ... B-QB3 14 Q White resolutely advances strik e!! Oll t holdly with 9 Whel'cupvn White brings up R6, P-Q5. Here indeed'is a with 8 N-K5, Il La th e Stone Q- HS. Mute is now threat III.:r re se rve~: 12 1\-B3, B- Q2 critical Jlvsition! Can \~; hi t e wall. cner!. 13 P-KN4. meet it? White's Knight is now 5 18 tHUS REVIEW, /ANUARY. 19S3 Entertaining and instructive games by HANS KMOCH annotated by a famous expert. PxP 12 B-K2, BxP 13 R- KNl, Q-Q4 14 this stage of the game, however. 'Vhite o INTERNATIONAL B- N4; (2) 8 Q-Q·1 9 B-In, P-KS can hardly be supposed to have reason 10 N-N5, Q-N2 11 B-£3, P-QB3 12 0-0. able compensation for the two Pawns FINLAND, 1952 which he sacrificed. 15 . , .. RPxP 17 Q-K2 N-R3 Team Championship Finals 16 RxR S,R 18 B_B4 A Steini+Z-like Performance White acts to prevent 18 N-B2 Robert Byrne scored his most sensa after which White now obtains excellent tional success at the Olympics by de chances with 19 BxN. QxB 20 B- R3 and, feating the man who had I'ecently proved e.g., 20 P - N3 21 B-K6t, K-N2 22 himself equal to the World Champion. Q- R2_ The game is outstanding for its Steinitz 18 P-N3 like defensive play. 19 N_Q2 P-R4 QUEEN'S GAMBIT 20 P-R4 B- QN2 Pco: p_ 161, c. 17(c); MCO: p. 152, c. 1'(a) Black prepares for. Q-Ql as, other- D_ Bronstein R. Byrne wise, White has 21 NxP, PxN 22 QxBPt and 23 QxN. Soviet Russia United States 9 P_K6! 21 K-R2 K_N2 23 B- R3 Q-Ql White Black The only good move_ If Black is al 22 R-QR1 K-R2 24 N_K4 B-R3! lowed to get in 9 ... P- KS, he obtains 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 3 N_KB3 N-KB3 Black has flually developed this Bish 2 P-QB4 PxP 4 N-B3 a perfectly sOllnd position in addition to his strong. extra Pawn. op \;-ithollt moving his King Pawn. Thus, A fair, though unusual, move. he has avoided creating a hole at his Q3. 9 •. P-KB3! 4 . __ . P-QR3 25 BxB KxB 5 P-K4?! A bold, most unusual reply to "White's A dubious gambit with which the Rus typical sacriflce. The point is that Black sians have been eXDerimenting lately. will inevitably win tbe King Pawn and No good is 5 P - K3, for it leads to a then emerge with an unbroken Pawn fine game for Black after 5 P-QN4 chain on the King-side much better fitted for defense thsn the broken Pawns after 6 P-QR~, P-N5 7 N-R2, P-K3 8 BxP, B-N2 (cf. peo: page 2M, column 134 9 . .. PxKP. or Meo: p. 195, col. 17). The boldness of the text lies in the Here, after. P-QR3 instead of loss of time in which Black must P - QB3, Black is considerably better off undergo. since he can play .. P- QB4 without 10 P- N3 preparation). The first fruit of Black's boldness. The only steady continuation is 5 P Bronstein fails to find his best continu QR~, P-K3 6 P- K3, P-B4 7 BxP, lead· ation although he tOQk a long time to ing to peo: page ] 58, column 10 or answer_ Apparently, he had never con 26 N-B5 MeO: p. 151, col. 7. The White P-QR4, sidered 9. _ P-KB3 a playable pos White is in despair. Thanks to Black's if played ahead of . P-QN4, may offer siblllty! His best line is 10 B- K2! Q-Q4 ingenious squirming, there are no targets little promise but Is not exactly weak in 11 0-0. QxKP 12 R-K1, or 12 N-R4 for attack; yet he must attack before this case. as suggested by Al Horowitz. White's Black completes his development. Hence 5 P_ QN4 attack is very strong but it remains to this move, by which White. at the ex 6 P-K5 N-Q4 be seen If it is conclusive. Robert him pense of a serious weakening of his 7 P_QR4 self considers Black's position defensi Pawn formation, tries to maintain the Much stronger than 7 N-N5 which ble against any onslaught. initiative. He seeks to control the Queen Bogolyubov tried unsuccessfully against 10 Q_Q4 Rook file and the Queen file, in addition Alekhine. 11 B- KN2 QxPt to the King file. B_K3 7 . _ NxN 12 26 NxN 31 Q-K3 B- B2 8 PxN B_N2 The main drawback of White's line is 27 PxN Q-B2 32 R- QRl R_Q1 Black's last is the natural defense to that bis Queen Bisbop, which in mauy 28 Q-Q2t K_ N2 33 R_R6 B-Q4! the threat o[ 9 PxP. White, indeed, ob variations has flo bright future on QR3, 29 R-Ql B-Bl 34 BxB tains a strong attack now; but, afte,· 8 has to go to KS where it lacks scope 30 B_N2 B-K3 35 Q-K6 R_ K4! . P-QB3 or 8. Q- Q4, his chances and. far worse than that, is a roadblock Not 35 . RxP because of 36 R-RS ! are even better: e.g., (1) 8 . P-QB3 [or its own King Rook which is ob Black now wins easily. ,"iOliSly destinerl to occupy the King fi le. 9 PxP, BPxP 10 N- N5 (threatening both 36 Q-R3 11 Q- B3 and 11 NxBP), B- N2 11 P-K6. 12 _ , . . P- B3 14 R-Kl K - B2 The end-game, arter 36 QxQBP, QxQ 13 0-0 Q_Bl 15 PxP peo refe,'enccs are to location of iiI,,,, open 37 RxQ, K-B2, is also hopeless fOI' White. ings ill Practical Chess Openings; MCO, in This liquidation on the Queen-side has Mode rn Chess Open ings, 8th edit.ion. been strongly criticized by Rossolimo. At t _ check; ~ _ db!. qheck; § _ dis. ch. CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 19 36 .. . . R.P 40 R_ KS Q_Q2 Rooks on the seventh: e .g. , 26 , . . R- QN4 34 K-Q2 P-B6t 37 R/l-Q3 37 R- R8 R- B4 41 R-QRS R-Q6 27 Qlt- QI! R-KBI 28 R-QB7, It-DZ 29 35 K-B2 P- KN3 R/ 2_QB2 38 Q_ Bl Q_N2 42 Q-Kl R-Q4 H-Q8t, R- Bl 30 R/8-Q7 ; 36 P-N4 K-K3 38 P_B4 R_Q4 39 R-QS Re$ign$ ( 2) 21 P- Q5 is a lso g ood for W h ite, " ' bite's las t Is a stro:lg move anti 11 1:;: 0 who e rn e l'ges with a defin ite advantage a traJ)-to wblch Black s uccumbs (or II agr.lnst a ny defe nse : ( a) 21 . ' PxP 22 quic ker loss. SWEDEN. 19S2 QxQPt a nd 23 Q:.:NP; (b) 21 . . P- KB4 38 .. . . R_ B5 22 QxBP, P:.:P 23 R-B7 ; ( c ) 21 . • . P Interzonal Tournament 39 R- Q7! Resigns QB·I 22 Q-QB4! (d ) 21 , , , N- Nl 22 N Saltsjoebaden n,l. PxP (22 . , . P - KB,J 23 Q-D4!) 23 There Is no defe ns e against the threat The Power of the Open File NxP, Q- KB2 24 N-N4! of 40 R/ 3-Q6 mnte, The following game seems dmwlsh 21 Px P NxP 23 Q_Q AxQ until Dlack (alte rs and con cedes White 22 NxN QxN 24 A-Q7 the contl'oJ or the only open file, From White has obtained cont rol of the only SWEDEN. 1952 then on, it is If. mode l example of the open 1I. 1e. It is interestIng to obsel've Inten:onal Tournament great s ign ificance of s uch a n advantage, how this advan tage g radually becomes Saltsjoebaden W ith no ot hel'S a ssets at his dis posa l, declsll'e. and on ly ltooks left, White wi ns in· 24 .... R_Nl A Positional Sacrifice structlvely, 2-1 .. , R-QN4 25 QR- fl l, P-KN3 26 This ga me s bows the former U. S. Cha mplon's c uunlll g in halldling tbe NIMZOVICH'S ATTACK n - D1. P- QR4 2i QR- Qi, F- 1t5 Is ins ur· Stonewall DeCe ll se fO I' whicb he bas a p CO: p, 3n, eol. 41; MCO: p. 217, col. 25 II.c lent in view of 28 p-n~! (28 RxBP , E. Eli,kiue, L. Pachma n Pxl'! leads to a draw), PxF 29 PxP, after J)I-edilecUon. In the last stage of the opening, he offe rs 11 positional sacrifice Argentina Czecho.Slovakia which Black must protect his King Di shop Pawll, losing his Queen Knight of 11. Pawn which gains him a lasting White Dlack Pawn. initiative and eventunlly (] rlves White to 1 N-KB3 P_Q4 6 P- K3 B-Q3 an llI·calculateo coullte r'flction, 25 QA-Ql K_Bl 2 P-QNS B_N5 7 B- K2 Q- K2 On White's pa rt. he U'eats t he opening 26 K-Bl A_K2 3 B-N2 N_Q2 S N- K5 B.R in routine fftS h\on wi t hout looking fo r 4 P-Q4 P_KS 9 QxB 0 .. 0 Or els e White proceeds with 27 H-B7 finesses, Had he prepared for a possible 5 QN_Q2 KN _ B3 10 0-0 B-R6 a nd 28 Qn-Q7. com bination-which, by the way, is char· T he pos ilion Is rather dull and even. 27 P-QN4 K_Kl ac tel'is lic fo r certain va riants of the S tonewa ll- he coukl ha ve prevented Appal'e ntly, Dlack Is playing (or a d ra w, Dlac k's last is not best. Instea d, 27 Black's sa c rifi ce and maintained tbe In· . QR- RI, inte nding 28 , . RxH 29 11 BxB Q.s itiative for hlmseU, 12 NxN N. N HxR, R- K2, offers c hances for recovel'y. 13 P-QB4 P.P 28 Rj 7-Q4 P-B3 QUEEN'S GAM BIT DECLINED p~ge MCO: pa.ge 24 Giving up the center at this moment 29 K-K2 P- QR4 pco: 238; is unneCeSllnl'Y, but Dlack can afford to Noll' Black mal,es an IllIpntlent move H. Golombek H, Ste ine r do it. A~ an ullernatlve, 13 . N- D3, and makes mattei'S wors e, He wishes to Great Britain United States foll owed possibly by H, P- B4, looks bring his Queen Rook Into pla y but ougb. t W hite Black H-Bl-B2, most natural. to do s o by , .. 1 P-Q4 P_Q4 4 N-KB3 B-Q3 14 NxP Q_K2 17 QR- Bl N- N3 30 P-N5! 2 P- QB4 P-K3 5 QN-Q2 P-KB4 N_Q2 15 Q-B3 P-QB3 18 N_K5 The mlilority a ttack sel'ves well evell 3 P_ KN3 P- QB3 6 B-N2 N-Q2 16 KR-Ql KR_Ql 19 N-Q3 P- K4 In thiS simple position. 1t Increases tar 7 0-0 Q-B 3 Black's last Is a n e r ror with serIous gets fO l' attack: e.g .. 30 .. PxP 3t The S tonewall is an open ing s ystem pos ltlo llal cOlise quences. He has ha d It H- Q5. with conside rably dl C(erent variations. s ligh tly inCe rior ga me, yet s hould ha\'e This game has tra ns posed Into one more been able to ho ld his own without real like that a rising from the Dutch Defense trouble. The thing to do is-to do no· ( PCO: page 299; MCO : page 24). thing, jll'oceeding patiently as with 19 . QR- Bl. 20 Q-K4! W ith this pin, White obtains a di g· tinct a dvantage. 3D .. , . P- QB4 30 R- DJ 31 R-QIH nl !>o fa vors White though Dlack lIlay get some coun· te r·play. 8 P_N3 31 R-Q5 A_Bl A ]'outlne mO l'e, without though t for 32 P-B3 K_B2 particular possibilities. 33 P-K4 P- B5 Such a partlcular possibility is a com· H White is a llowed to bring h ili K ing binatlon typical against t he constellation 20 ...• R_ Kl to QD4, he must win, t ha nkll to h is or Q on KB3 a nd D on Q3 in the Slone· 20 . . . l>- ll3 hilS some practical merll King-s ide majority and IWeS!lll re a gainst wall. W hite ollg h t to play S R- Kl which ill making ma tte rs more complicated, bUl t he m ack Queen K night Pawn, t he ad rermes 8 .' ~-K 2: e .g .• 9 P-K~ ! ! i t Isn 't s ufficient either: vance of which to QN3 becomes In;w:tr.· (either) P xP 10 RxP!! PxR 11 NxP, (1) 21 P- B4, R-Kl 22 QPxP, PxP 23 ble, Hence the te xt move, But l hat m ust followed by 12 NxBt, I n this, White has PxP, NxP 2,1 NxN, QxN 25 QxQ, RxQ 26 be earmarked a s [Ie sperate, however, as a Pawn for the exchange and a tine at· R-Q7, and White has the edge, as he Black's Queen Bishop P awn Is now serio tacking position, with the two Bishops can not be prevented from doubUng ou~ly In~ ak, to boot. And, If Black refuses to take tbe 20 eHUS klVIEW, JANUARY. 19SJ Rook, White has open Hnes for an excel 32 . , , . P- R4! Dlack errs in v iole ntly opening lines lent game. T he winning idea. B lack Is a ble to li se wi th no forces available to use them, thereby spoillng his position beyond re Aner 8 R-Kl, Black ca n better play his majority 0 11 the Queen·side wi thout 8 , , . N-Jt 3. Bu t then he cannot proceed danger to his King-whereas \Vh ite can· pair. with .. P - KR4 and will ba ve to fig ht nOL 12 O-O-O ! for equality, instead of seit lng the ini 33 Q- B2 P- N5 35 P-QR3 B-Q5 Begin ning with this move, W ilite tatlve [I S he does aftet' the text. 34 B- N2 B- N4 36 Q- Q2 B-Q3 quickly obtains 11 powerful attack. 8 N_K2 3/ Px P PxP 12 N_K R4 14 N_Q5 Q_Q1 8 _N2 P_KR4 9 13 B_ K4! P_KN3 15 B- QN2 P- B6 10 P- K3 Ol uck has three major advantages: II1'eSS Ure on the Klng·slde, a dangerous It is hard to fi nd a n e trectiYe move 1)8 86ed Pawn on the Queen-side and t wo aga inst the Impe nding .. P-R5 which m igbty Bisho ps. es tablishes a s trong Initiative CO l' Black. 10 P-K R4 Is me t by 10, ,P-B5. And 38 Q- N2 Q-R3 41 Q-N2 P- N 6 10 R- K l has no longer tbe full eHect of 39 Q- KB2 R_R1 42 B_B1 R- B1 thl'eat!ng 11 P- K4, as above, after 10 40 R_Kl R_KBl 43 Q_KB2 R_5 7 . . N- KN3. Resig ns 10 ' . ' , P- R5! Black has thre e mu rderous threats: H . . HxQ , H P- N7 and H BxN. This P a wn sacrifice Is p referable to 10 . , . N-KN3 as 11 P-K R ~ brings Black's action to a standstill. 11 NxP P_K N4 SWEDEN. 1952 12 N/ 4-B3 P_N 5 Inte rzonal Tourname nt 16 N( 2-B4 13 N- R4 Saltsjoe baden While is tlri ving for n perfectly SO\\I\ U 13 N- K l is very dangero\1 s: e.g., 13 First Brillioncy Prize saCI·iJlce. As [or 1111 alternative, he clln . Q-H3 14 P-KR4. DxP! 15 PxB. QxPt Obtllill a decislve a d van tage with 16 \Ve have seen ~pec u lath' e sacrifices 16 K- R2, N-KN3 17 N-DZ, NxP! 18 NxQ, N/Z- B3, after which Black's King BIshop N-B6 mate. Of course, tbls mate Is not incurred jnst for t he sake of secu ring PaWll m ust soon fa ll. fo rced ; bu t it illustra tes the weakness an attack. Du t s uch incalcula hle sacl·l· 16 . . . . B-N4 N_N2 of 14 P- K R 4. Instead, the refore, White tl.ces consist usually of a Pil II' ll and only 18 Qx P must tl'y H P-K R3, PxRP 15 B-B3 a nd occasio nally of a rull [Iiece. Ra re, indeed, 17 BxNP ! P x B 19 P- K R4 BxNt sUl\ b u to face a strong attack. are example s of any heavier in vestment. mack's last Is necessary to p revent 20 P- K N .! 13 . ' . ' Q- R3 So the follow ing game is really excep which follows aite r' 19 , . B- K 2 tiona l. }" Ol' 'VhHe is left, lifter two sac· 0 1' 1 9 • .. B-E a, Threate ning 14 . . N- KN3, l' itl.ce s, with only the exchange for the 20 PxB! 14 R- K l N- B3 11 B_QR3 B_B2 Queen, and no decision In sigh t. Yet his T he poin t or WitHe's combination. H e 15 N-Bl B- Q2 18 Q- B2 N- N3 attack becomes Irresistible, and he wi ns. Ollens the King K I\lght fi le and makes 16 Q- B1 R-R2 19 N xN Q,N Smnll wonder that Stoltt was awarded 20 P_B4 a later P - Q5 more eftectlve since Black's the II l'st Brillia ncy P rite for this victory. . .. N-K4 is lhen prevented. A furthe r Opening lines on the Klng·side fa vors E NGLI SH OPENI N G advantage is White's contl'ol or KBG LlS Black. Yet omitting this ad vance a lso has 20 NxD, Q- B3! favol's Black. Its dra wback as Black can then m ake peo: page 45, colu mn 16 ( 11. ) 8_B4 headway with . N- K 6-N4-B6t. G. Stoltz H . Ste iner 20 21 Q- RS t B- R2 Sw eden 20 , , .. PxPe.p. 23 R- B1 B-K 1 Un ited States 22 N_K3! 21 Bx P 0-0-0 24 P- QN4 N- K 5 White Black !\ow White prevents 22 , . . N -B4 with 22 R- K 2 QR- R1 25 P_N5 1 P- QB4 P-K4 3 P_K N3 P_KB4 th reat also or 23 P- Q5(§). W hite mus t undertake a coun te r·actlon 2 N-QB3 P-Q3 4 B- N 2 N- KB3 22 R_B3 - but Ihls Is ill-calculated, Instead, 25 5 P- Q4 ~3 Q- N5 R- N3 B- QN2. fo llowed by P-QR,! Is Indica ted This position ca n also arise from the and offers fa ll' chances. Dutch Defense, though only a long the 25 PxN P 27 BxN BPxB unus\l CH ESS REVI EW , JANUARY , 1953 Zl 24 RxQ K-K3. So White's last is good enough. If Black tries to exchange his inactive 25 RPxR Yet his will is even easlel' anel' 3~ H Bishop by IS . B-84, he loses two For the moment, White has only the Q7t! K- KJ 35 l{xQ, KxR 36 R-B7i. K-Kl pieces for a Hook: 19 N-N7t, K- Q2 20 exchange fOl" his Queen; but his attack 37 R-R7 as then Black cannot avoid the N/3-B5t. K- KI 21 N- Q6t, K- DJ 22 RxN. is tremendous. exchange of the Rooks. KxR 23 NxBt. 25 .... N- K2 19 R-R3 B_B4 20 R-N3 BxN After 25 ... K-Nl 26 PxN, PxP. White SWEDEN. 1952 recovers anot her piece with 27 P-N6! Black scores seemingly an illll)Ortant. DxP 28 QR- Nt and ernel'ges with a win· Interzonal Tournament· partial Sllccess as his position Is substan nlng attack. Saltsjoebaden tially impl'oved after 21 NxD, P-QB~. 26 N-N4! The Art of Blockading The main point of White's Queen sac Black enters upon a vfu'iation which rifice. The threat of 27 N-B6 is terrible. requires meticulous handling because of the isolation of his Queen Pawn. He fails in accuracy. however, as early as his fifth mo\'e, ali(I his troubles start. White seizes the Initiative and with sublime skHl gradually paralyzes Black's entire Queen·side. thus pel'forming a mastel" piece in the art of blockading. FRENCH DEFENSE PCO: page 89, col. 52; MCO: p. 62, col.8S L. Subo G. Barcza 21 N-N7t! Hungary Hungary With this fine, intermediate move, WhitiS B1acl, WhIte maintains his adVantage in full 26 .... Q-QB1 1 P_K4 P_K3 3 N-Q2 P-QB4 . keeping his QD5 firmly under control. Black's last loses by fOrce. Instead, 2 P_Q4 P-Q4 4 KPxP 21 . . . . K_Q2 For some time. ·1 KN- B3 has been con he must play 28 ... Q-Kl. Then White 21. . RxN 22 IhR, White then wins a maintains his IL'emendOIlS attack; but sidered best In view of ·1. N-QD3 5 piece. emerging an exchange ahead. lhe issue is lIot so clear: e.g. KPxP, KPxP 6 B-QN5_ Botl"innik's 4 ••• 22 KxB N-Bl 25 R-KB3 K-Q3 26 Q-Kl 27 N-B6, Q-N3 28 RxDt. P- QR3! however, renders 4 KN-B3 harm QxR 29 NxQ, KxN 30 P-N6t, NxP 31 less. 23 K-Q4 K-B2 26 Rjl-K3 R-B1 24 N-85 R-Ql 27 R-QN3 P_B3 R-Iht, K- Nl 32 R-Nl, K-B2 33 BxN, 4 .... KPxP 28 AjB-K3 R_K2 NxP!! and Black, after having surrelld Botvinnik always plays this move, but ereLI all bis extra material, wins. A little trap: 29 HxR, NxR 30 NxP, Stahlberg, another leading eXllert on the R-QRI 31 N-D5? N-D4t , and Black wins Or 27 R-RS, Q-N3 28 RxQ, BxQ 29 French Defense, prefers 4 ... QxP in a piece. N- D6, N/N2-B4! and White has nothing order to avoid the isolation of his Queen better than to take a third Pawn for his Paw]). 29 R-N8! piece minus by 30 N- KS§, K-Nl 31 5 B-N5t N-QB3? Threatening 30 RxR, KxR 31 R- N7t NxDP. with an easy win. 26 ... K- Nl, on the other hand, seems Conect Is 5. B-Q2, although even belter than the text; yet, after 27 N-B6t, then Black's isolated Queen Pawn mllY 29 . . . . RxR K- B2 28 NxD, White';; altack is apparent· cause him trouble (cf. Games 3 & 15 of 30 PxR Iy irresistible: e.g., the Botvinnik- Bronstein match- po 13S, Now White threatens 31 R- N7 as well 28 .. N/N2-D4 29 P-N6t! NxNP 30 i\Iay, and p_ 238, August, 1951, CHESS as 31 NxP. HEVIEW). But tbe root of Black's N-N5t, K-NI 31 QH-Nl; 30. . . . R-Kl 01' 28 NjK2-D·1 29 P-N6i! KxP tl'ouble in this game is hel'e: he keeps The only move. If now 31 NxP, Black 30 N- N5, threatening 31 QR-NI; his Queen Bishop instead of his more gains sOllie cO llntet··play by 31 ... It- Kat_ 01' 28 ... Q- Q2 29 " - N6t! NxNP 30 versatile Queen Knight. N - N5t, K - Nl 31 H- R7. 6 Q-K2t Q_K2 27 P_N6!! QxN Not 6 ... B-K2 or 6 . KK-K2 be· cause of 7 PxP. If 6 ... B-1\:3 7 KN-B3, 01' 27 ... NxNP 28 N- D6, N-Dl 29 QR Black lacks a continuation whiCh guards Nl, Q-D~ 30 NxB, and White wins. appropl'jately against both 8 N-N5 and 28 RxBt K_Nl 31 R_Kl QxNP S PxP. 29 RxNt K-Bl 32 Rj1xNt K-Ql 7 PxP QxQt 9 N-QN3 B_N3 30 R-B7t K-Kl 33 B_B6! QxB 8 NxQ BxP 10 P-QR4! KN-K2 34 RxQ Forfe its iO P- QR4 is a bettet· try. For one thing, Black can then keep his King Bishop for the time being. For anothel·. the black squares on Ilis Queen-side are not so weak as they now become. 11 P_R5! 8-B2 31 P-QN3! 12 B_KB4 BxB Since none of Black's pieces can move, 13 NxB P-QR3 mainly in view of 32 NxP(t), White can play for zugzwang. Black concedes a hole on his QN3; but 14 P-R6 lIlust be prevented. 31 . . . . P-B4 14 BxNt PxB Black is in 1l dilemma. He must either 15 N-85 move a piece, which is fatal, or advance ancl fatally weaken his King-side Pawns. The blockade or Black's Queen·slde starts. 32 P-QN4 P-N4 Here Black exceeded the time limit. 33 P-B3 P-B5 He is lost, anyhow, in view of 34. ... 15 K-Ql 17 KR-Kl K_Q3 KxR 35 R-K6t, K-D2 36 K-Q2, R-Rl 37 16 K-Q2 K-B2 18 Nj4-Q3 R-R2 check; * dbl. check; § _ di s. ch. 22 CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 Or 33 .. . P-R4 H P- N3 and, e.g., 34 P-N5 35 R- N7, H- K2 36 HxR, NxR 37 NxP, and While wills . 34 P-K4 ! Threalening 35 P-K;,t. 34 .... 35 R-N7! The poinl of While's preceding move. 35 NxPt, K-B2 i ~ less eHe<:live. 35 . . . . R_K2 37 NxPt K-B4 A TWOFOLD CASE OF JEKYLL AND HYDE 36 NxPt _ K_K3 38 RxR NxR 39 N_K4! WHO would believe that the staid Ru y could resemble a scrambled The Knight returns to cash in Oil t he gambit in only ten moves? And who produces th is interesting switch? Queen Rook Pawn. The struggle is over. None other than "drawing master" Carl Schlechter (\Vhile) versus S. H. 39 . . N-Q4 42 N_B5 P-B6 Wolf in th e Vienna TOllrnamenl of 191"1. The ga me begins with 1 P-K4, 40 N_B5 N-K6 43 P-R6! P-B7 41 NxP NxP 44 N_K4! P_B8(Q) P-K42 N-KB3, N-QB3 3 B-N5, P-QR3 4 Il-H4, N-B3 5 0-0_ 45 N-N3t Resigns Cover the scoring table at the line indicated. Set up the position and make Black's fifth move (exposing the table just enough to read it) . Guess White's next mo"e, then expose the next line. Score par if your {f!f.. FOREIGN move agrees; i f not, score zero. Make th e move given and opponent's reply. Then gu ess White's next move, Continue so to end of game. ITALY Ferrara, 1952 Gas There Was COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME The following game is reminiscent of White Par Black Your Selection Your the motorist who struck a match to see Played Score P layed for White's move Score if there was gas in his tank. Dlaclt lights N,P the match when he starls ac tion on the 5 -- heavily guarded diagona l leading to the 6 P- Q4 ______3 6 ... P-QN4 heart of the position, 7 B-N3 ______2 7 , , ' P-Q4 8 P- QR4 ______5 QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE 8 , , . NxQP 9 NxN ______3 PCO: p. 260, cot. 81; MCO: p.117, col. 5 9 -- - PxN ~ Porreca Del Vecchio 10 N_B3 ______8 10 , ' , , P,N 11 BxP ______6 White Blacl;: 11 R_QN1 12 B- B6 t(a) ______6 1 N-KB3 N_KB3 5 P-B4 B-K2 12 , , B-Q2 2 P-KN3 P_QN3 6 P-Q4 0_0 13 BxN ______4 13 , , B- Q3 3 B_ N2 B_N2 7 N_B3 N_K5 14 Q-R5 ______7 14 . , .. NPxP (b) 4 0 _0 8 Q-Q3 NxN P-K3 15 R-K1 ______5 15 . , . K-B1 9 QxN Q-B1 16 PxP ______4 R-N4 A goml alternative (PCO gives 9 17 B_Q5 ______6 ,,- B-K5, 9 ... P- Q3 and 9, . . P-KB·I; MCO 17 B-K1 gives all four and also 9 .. . 1'-QB·I) . 18 P-QB4 ______5 ,,- R_ QN1 10 P-N3 P_Q3 19 B-K3 6 19 P-R3 11 B_N2 N_Q2 20 P-B5 ______5 20 . B_K2 12 KR-Q1 P-K4 21 Q- B3 ______6 21 B_ KB3 A harmless lrap-dangerous only fOl' 22 QR-Q1 ______6 22 .... Q-B1 Black himself. 23 P-B6 ______6 23. -- - B-K2 13 PxP 24 B-R7 ______7 Resigns (c) Now Black loses hy t"on:e. To hold the Pawn, 13. . NxP i~ necessary, and Total Score ______100 Your pe rcentage ______Black wins a. piece on 13 NxP 1-1 N:xN, PxN 15 QxP? B-KB3. SCALE: 75-100-Exce rtent; 55-74-Superior; 40-54-Good; 25-39-Falr. Non:;; TO Tilt: GAI>U: (u) Also good is 12 BxPt, K-K2 13 B-QS, D-1\2 1·1 DxN, QxQ 15 RxQ, BxD 16 R- KI, «Position after 9 . PxT''[ Pxt' 17 RxBt , K-B2 18 BxP. PxP 19 B-KS (crcJit yOllr SCOtT by six points if YOll ~ uw this-also 3 for any good 6th mOl'e ) . (b) Thin-iceua thuugh ucllcr is H P N3 15 Q- R6, B- KBI 16 Q-K3. B-K2 17 QxP, 0-0 18 B-R6, B-KB3, followed ur 19 . , . R- Kl. 14 . , , P-R3. howel'er, will nol Jo uccausc 14 RxN! Q,R 16 BxB QxB of 15 R-Kl, 0 - 0 16 BxP, PxB 17 QxHP, 15 NxP Q-B1 17 N-N6! Resigns P-KB']' If! B- Q.') t. Black's only conceivable move is 17 (c) The most elegant finish is 2'], ... B- Q3 . B-E3, but there follOWS : 18 N- K1t! 25 B- K6, Q- Ql 26 BxR. QxB 27 RxB, PxR K- Rl 19 QxE! PxQ 20 ExP mate. 28 B-Q7. CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 19S3 23 Up-la-date opening analysis by FRED REINFELD by an outstanding authority F EW VAR IATIONS in the openings have been as intensively analyzed as the Merall Defense in the Queen's Gambit Decl ined. T his line gets its name {rolll an encounter between Gruenfel The variation at(lrt!! a s follows: 'l'he New Zealand mallter Wade has 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 5 N_B3 QN-Q2 m(lde all extremely Interesting t:O ll tribu· 10 N- K2? 2 P-QB4 P_QB3 6 B-Q3 p , p tlon to the t heol'Y of t h i!! derense with 'fbis was t he W h ite·s game against the 3 N- KB3 III_B3 7 BxBP P_Q III4 t he s U\"IJI" ising 1II0\·e :· new mo\·e; he relicts feebly. 4 P- K 3 P_K 3 8 B-Q3 8 . . .. B-1II 2! Howevcr, Dlnc k has noth ing to felll" [rom 10 P- K 5. I'x:\' U PAN, E PAI' 12 PxP. BxP 13 BxP, P-QB4~-o1" J2 PxR(Q) wi t h a wild game. L ik ewi ~ e after 10 N -QIt·J, ]>-8·1! 11 P-K5, N··Q·I 12 I'AP, Q-Il-l! 1 ~ 0-0, D B3! 1-1 P-QK3, BxN 15 PxD, N- D6, Black has s plendid prospects. Somewhat better for White in t his second \" ariation is 13 0 - Q2. NxB i'. 10 P- B4 12 0 - 0 R- Bl 11 P- K5 N- Q4 13 PxP B, P 14 N- 1II3 Q- N3 Dlack has a good game and can siml)l y The Idea behind S. . B-:\'2! Is to pia), 14 ... Il- K2 and 15 0-0. TIle play . .. P- N5 , d riving off W hite's Queen teAt is mot'e CO lll I)1tcateu. At first sIght , D!tlck 's position ill any· K n igh t II tHl gaining time fOr.. P- B 4. t hing btl t a tt!"Act\ve. He has surrender eel Thus Diad, spares a tem po by dispen sing 15 Q- K 2 B_ K2 17 9-Q2 N- B4! the center to White, who is all set to with the li se less move, S . .. I'-UH3, a nd 16 N-K4 P_KR3 18 B- N5t K_Bl play 1'-1\-1 with 1111 overwhelming game. r eil ladng i t wi th the lI ~cfll l Il e l" eloping Again, DlH ck chooses t he mOst com So it l oo l ( ~ a K If Dlack will get ·'run o\" er" move, 8 .•. E - ","Z. plicated II" II Y, !.J ut th e position allows by P- K4- K5. H ere are th ree games with t he n ew o ( such Il cvll\tJons. Dut this \s not aU: Black 's Queen·gide move. llla <: k h as been lj\1I;<:e~~ r I1 1 III a ll 19 NxN R, N 21 B-K3 P a wn position Is sadly disorder ed. His three, but S D- N2! is not t hat good. 20 B-Q3 P- N3 22 Px N ? Queen BI~hol) Pawn is back ward on an It does not give Black II won gume, not 22 QxN Is the only chance, though open 11Ie-;l serioll s defed. Black must even the better game. But whal we c OI n fi nd a wa y to udvullce t his p ,)wn-and B1at:k's two Bis hops t hen offe.· h im good say for t he more is t ha t It gin~lI Black Il rosjJect$. In t he hOIl·e of nUat: k ing on soon. good righ ting chan<:es. It ;ti;w sa\'es T he 1I11 uai wn), to handle this variatio n the K ing Ui s holl file, \\'hite I'ui lts h is Black the tro uble of s tudying ;11111 me mor· Pa\\·11 fo rmat Ion. has been IH·elly weU standardized In izing long <:o m pl icated \'lI rialion!<. J.' jnal· K- N2 N-Q4 this way; S ... P - Q R3 (preparation fOr ly, it frees Dlack f rom tIle \langer of 22 24 9 -B4 ad v all ~l n g Pawn) 23 ·R-B2 the Queen Bishop 9 p bei ng e xposed to a su rprisc mOl'e that A- B2! 25 Q-N4 B,N K 4, P- B·j 10 P- K 5, PA P 11 NxNP , l'xN may s )lell di saster (0). him. 12 PxN, Q- N3-ol" 11 N xP 12 N xN, PxN. In either ~ase, t he play i ~ intricate Ga me 1 and quite dangel·o ll s (or Black. Ve nice, 1950 'fh u~ the question arises: can Dlack M. Castillo R. G. Wade vary rrom III Is .. ~t anda r d " line in some way Iha t is IIOt dls,)dl'antagcollS for h im ? W hite Ul ack 1 P_Q4 N- KB3 5 P- K3 QN-Q2 Returning to the Basic Position. we h ·y 2 P- QB4 P- K 3 6 B- Q3 p , p 8 ... P-QH3 9 P- K4, P-B 4 ]0 P- K 5. 3 III-KB3 p -Q4 7 BxBP P-QN4 N-Q4. B ut \V h ite this wo n't do : II lm ply 4 N-B3 P- B3 8 B-Q3 B- N2! PxP, B1u ~k pla ys 11 NAN. PxN 12 Jeaving 9 P- K4 P-N5 with th e !1l~ lI nb (I! s advantage or an iso- lated Queen Pnwn. "Arro,·d;"1: 1<> Meo, Iluge IS1. Ed. 24 CH US REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 26 PxB Game 3 PLASTIC CHESSMEN 0)' 26 QxD, QxQ 27 PxQ, R- Ql, a nc] Amsterdam, 1950 White is sunil. C. Kottnauer J. H. Don ner 26 , . . . R-Q1 28 RxR R-Q2 White. Black 27 R-B4 RxP! Resigns 1 P- QB4 P-K3 5 N_B3 QN-Q2 Black regains the Hook with an easy 2 N_QB3 P_Q4 6 B-Q3 p,p win, 3 P_Q4 P-QB3 7 BxBP P-QN4 4 P-K3 N-B3 8 B-Q3 B-N2 Game 2 9 Q- K2 Budapest, 1951 An i nter e ~ti n g alternative. Black can, Korody P. Be nko if he wishes, proceed from here as in \Vhite Black Game 2: n P-:-.i5 10 N- IH, P- B4 11 1 P-Q4 P_ Q4 5 P- K3 QN-Q2 NxNt, PxN. 2 P-QB4 P-QB3 6 B- Q3 p,p 9 P-QR3 3 N-KB3 N-B3 7 BxBP P-QN4 10 P- K4 P-B4 8 B-Q3 8-N2 4 N-B3 P-K3 Black realizes that \Vhite has nothing P-N5 9 0 - 0 to gain from 11 P- K5, N- Q·1. White So far as in lhe previous game; Dlack thel'efore embarks on a gambit. THESE Plastic Chessmen are made of can also play it safe with 9 l'- QRS 11 P-Q5!? P- B5 durable Tenite and molded in the basic and, if 10 Q-K2, P-B4, Or 10 P-K4, P- B4 12 B_B2 PxP Staunton pattern. Sturdy and practical, J1 P-K5 N-Q-\ and now 12 NxN can be 13 P-K5! they are mnde in four sizes: Tournament answere~! by 12 . , . DxN! - another mel'it Size with 5" King, for use on 2% or 2~" of S . . B- N2! White sees that 13 l'xP ~ , Q-K2 leaves squares : Standard SiZe i n de luxe chest him wilh i t feeble Queen Pawn. 10 N-K4 and Standard Size in 2·section case. with Definitely an improvement Oll 10 14 N-K5! 2* " King, fo r u se on 1 * to 2~" squares; N- K2? Offel·jng back ibe Pawn ; for, after 14 Student Si;te with 2%" King, fo r use on NxN. PxN 15 BxP. BxB ]6 QxB, B- N5t I 1h to 1%" SQlInres. All sizes are weighted 10 P-B4 17 B--Q2. 13xDt I S NxB. 0 - 0. Black has and felted, available in Black & Ivory and Heekoning on 11 NxP, NxN 12 PxN, a splendid game. Red & Ivory, (See Student Size above,) ExP 13 Q- R4t, K-K2 after which Dlack 14 0 -0 N/2-B4 16 PxN Q-B2 No. 70-Student Si;te ______$ 4.50 i~ safe enough. 15 R- Q1 NxN 17 B_B4? No. 71_Same but in Red & lvory_$ 4.50 No. SO-Standard S];te ______$ 6.50 11 NxNt PxN! The logical cont in uation is 17 P- QR4! Black sees thflt, aHer 11 NxN? 12 and, if 17 . NxP 18 BxN, PxB 19 RxP. No. 81-Same but In Red & Ivory_$ 6,50 B- N5t, N-Q2 13 N- K5, D- Bl 14 Q- TI3, he White has fine play for his sacrificed No. 125-Standard, De Luxe ChesL$10,OO \jan resign! Pawn. A tiifliclilt games for both sides No, 126-Same but in Red & Ivory_$10.00 No, 110-Tournament Size ______$25.00 Q-N3 12 Q-K2 17 .•• , N-K3 20 P- QR4? P-N5 No. 111-Same but in Red & Ivory $25.00 13 P-QR3? 18 B_KN3? P-N3 21 PxP BxP White is playing w ith ti r e; he does 19 Q-K3 0 _0 _0 22 N- Q4? B_ B4 not realize the attacking possibilities in Black hajj an easy game. His King is Biack\: open King Knight file combined quite safe. CHESSBOARDS with pressure a long the long dlngonal. 23 NxN P,N 25 Q_ B1 P-Q5 13 PxP, BxP 14 P- K4 is much safer. 24 Q- K2 Q-B3 26 QR_B1 P-Q6 13 . , B-Q3! 15 P xP KR_ N1 ! 27 B_ N3 14 RPxP PxQP 16 P-N5 White courteollsly permits Ulack to Here Hi D-K4 is urgcntly necessary. ('onclude with a nice combination. 16, QxQP!! THESE standard weight folding boards al'e of excellent quality, about 14" thick, Outside covering and playing surface are black. dice·grain cloth. Impressed divIding lines between buff and black 27 29 R- B1 Q-B7! squares, Embossed covers. 28 RxB Now White is in the soup: fo r, if Resigns No, 221-1%" squares ______$1.75 17 NxQ. RxPt 18 K-Rl, RxP:J: 19 K-Nl, Conclusion No. 222_1%" squares ______$2,00 R-R8 mate! No. 223-2Vs" squares ______. $3,00 On 17 P-KN3, Q-Q-I 18 K-N2, N- K4, I think these games pro\'e the case EXTRA heavy folding board, de luxe White is lost. [01' 8 B- N 2. In each case. White could have played better; but Black Quality, double-weIght ~" thick. Equally diS~lstr o us is 17 R- Ql , RxPt ! No. 204-2!4" squares ______$7.5 0 18 KxR, Q-N5t , e tc. has no ~'eason to fear the better moves. Ami meanwhile he has avoided some 17 P-R3 N-K4 ! very trying complications. Se nd for complete catalog of equipment, 18 NxQ RxPt R- R7:J:!! 19 K-R1 Actually and c! e~ ))it c Mea, Pinkus plays Resigns Ih;'< line rc- ~ lI ll "· I .'" ,,~ !i:kstrom published MAIL YOUR ORDER TO '''''' ' .'"~ i s (oil it in ,;\\"eden a fen' " ea,·s ago. J[ 20 KxR, N-N5:J: 21 K- NI, B- H7 mate ! And Abo Turn e,·. who collect ed Flohr·s ;;a Il1 CB, relrorts that Flohr used the lin e con· CHESS REVIEW _ check : t _ db!. check; § _ dis. ch. ~ i dG '· >l.b l y longc!· "go.-Ed. 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 25 HAVE YOU READ THESE BOOKS BY REINFELD? Annotated by FRED REINFELD "M), Kill2 Likei 10 Go Fo r.1 Walk/" A NUMBER of wri ter,,;, parti cularly Reti, have pictured crusty old Wilhelm Steinitz as a rigorous, ,<,ystematic chess th inker. He was that - at times. He was a lso an opinionated, irascible man who sluck to his views despite all evidellce to the contrary. To mix a metaphor, Steitlitz was foxy as well as pigheaded. He knew how to provoke his opponents, one of his fa vorite methods being to maneuver his Ki ng in the midd le oJ the board. Dangerolls? That never bothered Steinitz! Baden_Bade n, 1870 A plausible continuation here is 25 . STE INITZ GAMBIT P-N·j 26 P - H6, P- N3 27 P - llit . K-N2 28 WINNING CHESS by trving Cherney a nd peo: page 466, col. 29; MCO: p. 310, co l. 13 P- R8(Q)t, RxQ 29 HxR, KxU 30 NxBPt, Fred Reinfcld. The secret of w inning ](- 1\'2 31 N-K8, Q-R1 (forced. by gnm!) W. Steinitz L. Paulsen chess lies in proper use of combinative 32 Q-B3, nnd it's all over. play-and here is a book which tells you White Black how to recognize the dlstlncth'e, basic , P-K4 P-K4 5 K-K2 P-Q3 pattern for every type of combin ation. 2 N-QB3 N_QB3 6 N-B3 B_N5 You learn when, where and how to com· 3 P_ B4 p , p 7 B,P 0-0-0 bine on the chessboard. Getting to the 4 P-Q4 Q- R5 t 8 K_K3 ! very bedrock of winning chess, the This las t, amazing move threatens to authors illustrate the!r discussion with win a piece by 9 NxQ. Dlack is so pl·C· simple, decisive posit!ons from actual OCCUpied with his "attack'· that he for· play. More t han 600 diagrams make it gets a bout \Vhite·s magnifi cent Pawn easy for you to follow the explanations center and excellent de velopment. without using a board and men. The re sult is a chess book which is easy to read, easy to understand, and one which actu ally improves your game. 213 pages. $2.75 25 P_KB4 BOTvr NNIK T H E INV INC IBLE. This 26 RPxP! group of 62 wonderful games by Mikhail "l/Vhi to threatens clevastation, begin· Botvlnnik, CHESS CHAMPION OF THE ning Wi th 27 R- USt! The opening of the WOULD, traces the rise of a great mas Queen Hook file spells disas ter for Black. ter from his earliest success to the 26 QBPxP threshold of the world tlUe. The Introduc 27 Nx P tion to each game and its precise notes combine to give the readel' an instructive Another way. and a Quicker one, is 27 "behind·the·scenes" view of master chess. Q- B3 !, with the brutal menace of 28 NxP. 220 pages. 190 diagrams. $2.00 If Black tries 27 . H-D1 (in reilly to 8 .... Q-R4 K- K3 Q-R5 27 Q- D3), then 28 Q- R3 pulverizes him. HOW TO PLAY BETTER CHESS. The 9 8-K2 Q- R4 " P-QN4 P-KN4 27 . . . . N- K2 key ideas and methods of planning that P-QR3! B,N 14 8-N3 Q-R3 " After 27 . ]( ~B2 28 Q-D3t! Dlack is 15 P_N5 QN-K2 result in winnin g chess are clearly p re " KxB ! Q-R4t mated in sho l· t o]"(lel·. sented. The topics include : middle game R-K81 " 28 PxP problems of attack and defense ; proper \Vhite's snugly situat"e d King is in n o The threats never Jet up. \Vhite's idea use of combinative play; advantageous danger at all and i~ now prepared for ex ploitation of positional weaknesses; a rtificial castling . The Dlack KiJlg. on the is now 29 Q- B3, N- B3 30 R-U8t, K-B2 endgame technique. Particular attention otber hand. is soon to be the target of 31 N"- Q5i, K-Q2 32 P - B6*, winning is given to opening theory, the author's a vicious attack. Black's Queen. special field. 136 pages. 113 diagrams. 15 N-K B3 19 Q_Q2 P_ KR3 28. Q-B2 $2.50 N_ B3 17 K-B2 N-N3 20 P-QR4 R_N 1 29 P-B5! 18 K_ N1 Q_N2 Black avoids disaster in the form of TARRASCH'S BEST GAMES OF CH ESS. 21 P-N6 !! 29 QxP 30 Q- B3, N- B3 31 U- HSt, ThIs Is a superb collection of 183 mem This unexpected move. the beginn ing K-B2 32 N-Q5 male ! But he only suc· orable masterpieces by a gr eat teacher of a smashing attack, is the prel\l de to ceeds in meeting disaster In another who was also one of the outstanding an even mor e unexpected mo,·e. form! grandmasters. You will learn quickly RP xP 23 B-N4t K-N1 P,Q from the enchanting blend of lucid plan Q,R Q_N2 30 P- B4 N-R2 33 N,P "22 RxN! 24 N-Q5 31 Q_ R2 ning, rigorous logic and faultless execu 25 P_R5 N-N4 34 Q-R7t K-82 tion in Tarrasch's games which are 32 N-Q5 Q,N 35 R-B1t N-B3 models for the aspiring student. 400 With his SUrprise sacrlficc of the ex· 36 RxN mate change, Steinitz has gained time to plant pages. 189 diagrams. $3.75 Whit"'s relentless attack has proved his Knight powel·fully at the Q5 square. the soundness of his ingenious 21st and His rorces now cooperate efficiently in 22nd moves. The whole game is charac MAIL YOUR ORDER TO hU nting down the Black King to llis teristic of the Steinitzian technique of doom, Black has no r eally good defense "undermine, divide, i~o l ate and destroy." CHESS REVIEW because or the jigsaw jumble of his 250 West 57th Street. New York 19. N. Y. pieces. .j _ check; f _ dbl. check; § _ dis. eh. 26 CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 Actlvltln Of CHESS REV IEW POlta l Chess player,: Game r e po rts &. r,u ln;I, names of JACK STRALEY BATTELL new playerl, prlze,wlnne r l, selected lIa mu. tourney In, tructians &. edltorl"l commen t. Postal Chess Editor [ t ! ~ important. moreover, to g il'e t he SI·PI24 R G S"vngo...... I"r ·1 ·2 POSTAL SCRIPTS dala In the or(ler ind knted. We have so ,~ I· P I 26 Dr "\\" S C h" l,h, . 1. • 1 5 ·1 .'i 1.PI 21 T~ G Cr"j~ ...... 1~1 many reports \0 score eat'h day (hal ;'\I· 1'133.J P B urg ...... 1'" ~~.... ~ Reportl n9 Game Re sults any Irregularity in a rel)or t throws us H· P1 I ~ :lTo zl(>y .. . I ·~ ~ -I P lease give your game rellOI'I!:) jnst ilS off su-Id e and may produce ,III error In \\" G S<-hr()(1l" r .. I · ~ ~ ·1 5Z ·P15 .J "· e l ss "'~ln .,.,., ... , ., descr ibed each issue, u nde r " Pos ta l ou r I'ecol"ll s. " 'e hn\'e to li se mass PI·O· 1", )Jortems." a t lhe head of /t il t he game M· P ~3 .\ G Clark .. 1'" , ., dlll·tlon methods. 5~- P 29 ,\ D Glhl", ...... I ~t , ., resuUs columns. The for'm Is designed S~- t>30 A :'I l i"kln ... l s l I ~! nally and for the fll\ me l·eason. give 5 · 1 both to give yon an easy. s imple means ,2-1'40 L Gr"f ...... ls1 YOlll' l'OPO l' t separale from nny otlle1' COl'· of rellorllng an d to enable ns to score ;;~·J>liii I~ KO"ncy .. ... 1-2 5""' _I re$pon,lcnce. The design of the I'epol't~: .J E La;" ,., ... 1·2 ,; - 1 the res\111!! on the I'UI1, so to speak. 52·C 466 P a ul Morphy 1 A. B. Meek 0 (1$1) 52-1'61 A J Le i,,11 1..1 ., The fo llowing is all thnt I~ neerlerl fit~ n tHly on a post('ard which is eallY 52· 1'1;2 y H ~h,u cr!l ...... 1·2 " _1 H H T rol tl .1 ·2 5 _ I for a full, 1l 1H1erst a IHI abie report : for YOIl to send. And the cllrd is n l ~ o (1) The tour ney number Which is easy ror liS to fi le. If YO\1 have oth er cor· C e rtificate W i nner s relll)ondence, )'OU can slide the n1J]ort iu coded to direct liS (0 t he exact reco rd The following l >O>!I"lIle~ " " I'e qw,IHlcd for !S heet; (2) the names o r the players; (3) on a sepamte s lip o f paper. \' !ctor ~' Cel'lillcate. ,,, 19[,0. 1951 "nd I n! lhe result; IIn(1 ( ~ ) whether It ill the If not, the wlJOle letter is likely to Clnu 'l'oumers I\~ n ' ·"~\ll r of ",,,,,e 5 rellorlcd <; ",.,.ent Po. tal Mortem •• CC "lillcales /lro to go to some other department and lie 'n firlll or second game be reported in orr ~c nt whPll lo",'''''' r 1I," ~ " c~ as Ihe)' CCI,IIII" either It Clalls or a Prize event. thel'e until that business Is fi nished-and 1\ 101" 'nnmenl e ro ~~· t l\ hl c . (1) The IOll l'lley uumber co\'ers a the scol'e just possibly may be mislaid T ourney Players Place SCQre multit ude of details, but all YOII need do il!ld never he recorded, 5O.C38 K R ""enSlon ...... 2· 3 ,I -2 P G W ill ey .•• ...... 2_3 ~ -2 i ~ to COI)Y It care fully from your assign· r.O · CS9 B Le Slargc ...... 2·3 ,I -2 ment s heet. (Du t it Is wise t o note it POSTALMIGHTIES! C :'Ilall ...... ~ - 3 , ·2 down in the first place o n your record al-CS R LaI",luy .•.•. ,. . 1· 3 5 - I ii -I I of each ganle. Then. if YO\1 mislay the Prize Winners H .\kClnng .. .. 1·3 P DRager ...... 1·3 .0; ·1 tourney illlsignment , you huve the num· '1'h(. follow; l1!:" PO~\all\e~ h H.\·c Won »rlz c~ ;)I-CI;, R K W flkofr ... Is\ 5i· ~ bel' at hand, when you r ellort the result In Inr,u. 19;)1 nIHI 1~.j2 Prl1.C TOlu'n<'Y8 ".~ " S EngslrollO ... Znd fi · 1 , ·"~ ,,I L of I:" HmcR "CIl CHESS REV l tw, JANUARY, 1953 27 I"or o dJ udi e "l i on ~ gl\'c (I) full record o f T o u r n ey s 131,180: 13 1 Que rcau w ith draw n, POSTAL MORTEMS Ih 28 CHESS REV IEW, JANUA RY, 19 5) For ar1j \l dit" l io"~ ;;ive (I ) full recm·,1 or GOLDEN KNIGHTS Ihe nlO '·e~ ""'de to datc: ( 2) dia!'"r"", of the Progressive qualifica t ion championships posilion '·'·"ched : (:l) 8tntc",ent of ho w yuu PLAY CHESS 1"·OlJose to wi" 0'· dmw (if ;·ou have ~Ilf fieienl "':lterlal "d,·nll tn!'"e fo,· " eiea,· ,,·in. 2nd Annual Championship-1946 j usl s t"te Ihnl in item :l ). If you cannot 5th Place P I~ y-off hope 10 win 0,. ,1I·a w on adjudicalion. Ihe n I·'. \\.. Plant ·If. G. ;-;a ]""·,,k is O. BY MAIL! kindly nolify yo" '· oppon~'" , hat you r e8ig u. Ih"s ~a '·iu!> ll~ ,,11 ~o m e wo,·k. 3rd Annual Chompionship-1947-S Tourneys 1_149: S '\·cal CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 29 SEMI.FINALS (Key' 51.Ns) 4th Annual Championsh ip_1949 Section s 1·29, 1 ?l IcNeese n,ps " 'lIfit. As a result o[ current Postal Mortems, Henriksen (ieS BJ"ci te nfel d. lO l'~ BaJ"ber: " 'holey Iwsh [In ,·be,·. 3 PUlsche. I3 n 'an top Finals section, 49·Nf ~, has completed ~ra li. ,! Birste n. R"ys rip II"in: Jutkson play, and the conte~ta n ts thel"ein seore withdrawn: n ll)"S downs Condon. 5 Van s the [allowing, weighted points:· withd l' Uws . C Lynch li cks OU<'11i. S P,nham. C. KugelIllas~ ~ 1.75 : Wisegarver WiSeg" n 'c,' lie. 9 ~I'-"'~ell )""Slers Blab'. 10 B. D. S haw ha lls Ho;:l u"'l. l. SChw!"·lZ. 12 H ick· 3D.75; C. iilel'filt 33.5 ; J . Shaw 27 .9; R. man, Holmes (le. 13 ~larschnH iJ ests BaxlGr. I'. B iehter 24 .0 ; and H. E cheverria amI .Johnson. 1,1 SE;,f[e,' slops Bosik, T,·ull. 15 D. F id lo\\' withdl·ew. Kaufman t ops ThO'\lp~o" : LedgerWOOd with. dra.ws. 16 L evi licks Sc holt ~, Lateine": Lutei· As a result o[ ~UlTen t Postal Mortems, ner. Scholtz sink Simmons. 17 Thomas nips also, G , S. Thomas has qualified [or the '\odn, Erkileti"n; 1~'·kl l etial1. Kl"et~sehmar Finals. \Ve aJ'e far shol·t o[ having a r- VERYTHING YOU NEED to play iJe sl Burl 30 CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 material. Proba'bly, 15 N-B3 16 Q Black's last is very good. It amounts B4, B-Q3 is best, but it fails ultimately to a refutation of White's opening POSTAL GAMES against 17 P-K4, ~trategy. from CHESS REVIEW tOLlrl1eys 10 Q_R5 White dreams of 11 BxPt K- Rl 12 B annotated by N6§ K- Nl 13 Q- R7 ma te ; but his move is pl·emature. 10 PxP seems best. JACK W. COLLINS 10. P_B4 11 NxBP Out of the Books White does not lose material on this \Vhenever a player departs from the deal (a Bishop and Knight for a Rook norm and strikes out on his own, the and t wo Pawns), but he makes the fu nda· chances are excellent that the game will mental mistake of undertaking extensive be interesting. This one is, and White's operations before he is castled and ade· pIa}' is sharp in this short game. quately developed. 11., • . RxN ENGLISH OPENING 16 B_Q2 B-K2 12 BxR P,B pea: p. Meo: p. 31, col. 1 41, col. 1 ; 13 QxP P-Q3! K. Skema Dr. M. J. Smith On 16 BxBt, 17 RxB, P -QB3 1$ P -K4 wins. Black gains more time by attacking the White Black Queen and King P awn. 17 B_R5! Resigns 1 P- QB4 P-K4 3 N-B3 N-B3 14 Q- B2 p,p If 17 .. . N- NS, ]$ BxN wins a piece. 2 N_QB3 N-KS3 4 P- Q4 p,p 15 BxP B-N5t If 17 . N-B3, 1$ Q-K5! B-Q3 19 RxD 5 NxP N_K4 16 K-B1 wins the Queen. And, if 17 .' P - QN3, An original move which While refutes 18 QxN, QxQ 19 HxQt wins a piece. White's last move is hopeless, 16 B-B3 QuIte neatly. Standard a l'e 5. . B-N5 defends best; but Black must be pre· and 5 .. . B-B4. sumed the winner in the long run, any· A Model of Tacties way. White's opening strategy is sharply debated by Blac)" and a tine, theoretical discussIon is promised. But, when White overreaches prematurely, Black perceives and executes perfectly a consistent series of tactlcal coups . SICILIAN DEFENSE pco: p. 430, col. 59 ; MCO: p. 290, col. 127 R. V. Schoenborn P. F. Secord White Black 1 P- K4 P-QB4 2 N_KB3 N- KB3 6 8_B4! The Nirnzovlch Variation, which Black, he s ays, " favors in Postal Chess because The rest is a neat exercise in tactics. Right to the poInt. it is little analyzed." 6 ... N,P 16 N-B3 3 P- K5 17 B_N2 Now Black either fails to see what B-KB4! he is letting himself in for, 01' refuses Or 3 N-B3. 18 Q-B1 to admit 5 . N- Kl was wrong. Best 3 .. , , N-Q4 or course not 18 QxB??? Q-Q$ mate, is 6 ... N - N3. Nor 1$ Q-K2?? B- Q6! 7 KN-N5 P-Q3 18 . Q-Q6t 19 K_N1 R-K1 The Queen Bishop Pawn musl be held. I[ 7 NxP? 8 Q- N3, threatening both Black threatens 20 ... R-K$t , winning 9 QxN and 9 NxPt, wins at least a the Queen. Knight. 20 N- B3 8 Q_R4 ! Knights ought to be developed much Again exploiting the adventurous sooner . Black Queen Knight. A double check 20. N-Q5 and 9 QxN are menaced. Winning a piece by threats of 21 8 N_N3 10 NxBt QxN BxN and 22 N-K7t. 9 NxQPt K_K2 11 Q- Q4 21 P_KR3 B,N 23 Q- B1 B- B5t v.-'hi te's last three moves have netted 22 K-R2 B_Q7 24 P-N3 4 P-B4 him a winning posit ion. If 24 K-Nl, again N-K7t wins the A promising pOSitional continuation Queen, 11 .... Q-Q2 for White is: 4 N- B3, NxN 5 QPxN, P-Q4 12 Q-K3t K-Q1 24 .... BxPt! 6 PxPe.p., QxP 7 QxQ, P xQ $ B- KB-l ! 25 PxB R- K7t The QUeen Bishop P awll is lost on P - Q4 9 0 - 0 - 0, B-K3 10 B-N5t, N-B3 Resigns 12 ... Q- K3. 11 KR- K l. Barely in time, as Black mates in two, 13 R_Ql QN-Q4 4., .. N-B2 at most. Bet ter is 13 . .. D-Q3. 5 P-QN3 14 NxN N,N Book and better is 5 P- Q4, With a Our Postal players are invited to submit 15 Q_Q4 B-N5t Pawn at K5, the Queen Bishop is not the ir BEST games for t h is department. so effective at QN2. If 15 P-QB3, 16 P-K4, B- N5t 17 To be considered, the moves of each B-Q2, BxBt 18 QxB, N-N3 19 Q- B2 wins 5 P-K3 7 P-Q4 p,p game must be written on a standard 6 B-N2 B-K2 8 NxP 0 - 0 score sheet, or typed on a single s heet of t _ check ; t _ db1. check; § _ dis. ch. 9 B-Q3 P- B3! paper, and marked "for publication," CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1953 31 Kow the firewo)"l, s begill. for l-asker I'il'es up hi ~ Queen in OI'der to obtain lasting pressure. The hammer·lil,e qual ity of hi s remaining mOI'el\ is ve )"y im· jll·cssive. THE HUMAiV SIDE OF CHESS uy Fred the diagrams- all th e~e featnres IHl \'e been Reiu/drl. 302 lJ({ges . 60 diagrams. Pelle· carefull)' designed to prod uce a hook grini & Cudahy, -,,"'e/l) York, 1952. $3.75. that chessplayeTs will be proud to own or present as a gifl. HIS BOOK, so far as I know, is the Tu give an idca of tll c l'xeitin~ quality T fi rst to be devoteli to the lives and of these games. ( am quoting two of thcm achievements of th e World Cll1lmpions in -unfortunately without the untes. The the fir$t eenllll)' of title play: Adolf first wa s played by Morphy. a ~ one of six Andersse n, Paul .\Iorphy, Wilhelm Stein· blindfold games. The second wa s won by ilz, Emanuel Lasker. Jose Raoul Capa. Emanuel Lasker when he was 66. The first 35 N_K4 QxK P !! 43 Q-N4 Nj4xBt Q,N game, played in New Orleans in 1858, is 36 N-B6t 44 PxN N-K7t blanca. Al exander Alekhi nc and Max 37 Rx Q Nx Rj3 45 K_R2 N-B5§ Euwe. in piquant contrast to the secund , played 38 R-B1 N- K5! 46 K_Rl Rj7-Q5 The Human Sidc oj Chess is a very in Zurich in 1934. 39 B- K2 N- Q5! 47 Q-K7 K-N2 ! 40 B- B3 Nx BP ! 48 Q_B7 Rj1_Q4 ! novel uook and a much-needed one. We T WO KN IG HT'S DEFENSE know a great deal about the games of 41 Q_B4 N-Q6! 49 R-Kl R-KN4! p, Morphy Amateur the \Vorld Champions- Alekhine's My 42 R_B1 N_K4! 50 QxQBP R- Ql! Best Camcs oj Chess is the most famous White mack Resigns of such books. But, jf wc want to know 1 P- K4 P- K4 6 PxP NxP? neinfelll co mments: '"Lasker was the N- QB3 B_ K2 only man in the history of the game who some thing about the men behind tbe 2 N- KB 3 7 0-0 3 B_B4 N_B3 , NxBP! K, N was able to play such magnificent chess games- and who docsn't ?-we are up 4 P_Q4 p ,p 9 Q-B3t K_ K3 in advanced old age. This game was against a wall of blank silence. Or we 5 N-N5 P- Q4 ! 10 N- B3! played only it year before Euwe won the werc, until Reinfeld's book came along. World ChampionshI p." -Po L. This uook satisfi es oll r curiosit), in manr respects. Why did Anderssen fa il so miser· A SUBTLE TRAP ably against j\Iorphy? Why did Morphy The Bolesla\'sky - Bi~~lJier game, page give up chess when he was acknowledged 368 in our December i~sue, contains a as the world's greatest player? How did ~ hrewd little trap worthy of an clabora Steinitz sueeecd in holding his title fo r 28 tion after the ~ t~ ' l e of Gerald Abrams in years? What was Ihe secret of Lasker's The Ch ess Mi/ld, an unll~ u a!ly interesling success? Why did Capablanea fa de almost book also Jl ublished by Pellegrini & as swiftly as he had risen to world fame? Cudahy, at S4. What was the essence of Alekh ine's Black's last move wa s virtually [orced genius? Was Euwe's defeat of Alekhine maki ng the trap more all uring: a fl uke? These and many equally fasci · natin g questions are answered with a 10 P, N 15 R-Klt K- Q5 wealth of interesting detail in Reinfeld's 11 R- Klt N_K4 16 B,N R-Kl book. 12 B-B4 B-83 17 Q-Q3t K_ B4 13 BxN B,B 18 P-N4t! K, P Aside from the int rinsic attraction of 14 RxBt! K,R 19 Q-Q4t K_R4 the subject, The HU/l/all Side of Che.H l"I[orvhy announced mate in fOIlI' : makes delightful reading because of the 20 QxPt K_R5 22 Q- R3t K- N3 distinguished style of the writing. Before 21 Q-N3t K_R4 23 R_Nl mate I had seen the hook , I was int rigued by the Ne w }' ork Times comment that this QU EEN'S GAMB IT DECli NE D is "the best book ever written on the 0 " M, Euwe 0" E, Lasker royal game." Having read the hook, I feel White Blae), that th is high praise is well deserved. 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 18 KR-QI B-Q2 Supposing Whi te a firM grade duffer, I~einfeld has captured the grandeur as 2 P_QB4 P-K3 19 P- K5 N- KI! he might Jlresllmably not see even 1 QxP. well as the traged y of chess as no else did 3 N- QB3 N_ KB3 20 B-Nl P- N3 As a second grader, he Illay see it ; and, before him. 4 B_N5 QN-Q2 21 Q- K4 B_R5! B_Q2 us 11 third grader, he may also see a mate One of the most no tab le features of the 5 P- K3 P- 83 22 P-QN 3 6 N-B3 B-K2 23 P-QR4 N_Q4 next. The trap is ba ited. hook i~ the 65 page section devoted to 7 Q-B2 0 -0 24 B-Q3 QR-B1 Let's graduate him from duffe r grades. characteristic ga m e ~ of these great mas· 8 P-QR3 R_KI 25 8-B4 B_B 3! He then sees 2 . }{- KN1! and looks 110 ters. Stunning games in thernseh'es, they 9 R- Bl p,p 26 Nx8 PxN! fu rther, eschewing the pi n. becomc doubly enjoyable with the illumi· 10 B,P N_Q4 27 R-Q3 N-N5! If White is 11 much higher class player, nating notes that, as always throughout 11 B, B Q,B 28 R- KB3 R- B2! however, he looks further and pe r ecive~: this book, describe the master hehi nd the 12 N-K4 ! Nj4-83 29 P_ R4 Rj2_Q2 1 Qx P, R-KNI 2 R- Q8! Here is the pin llloves. 13 N- N3 P-B4 30 P_R5 Q_ N4! ner pinned; and , as White may think, the 14 0- 0 p , p R_K1 The publishers arc to he cungratulated 31 R- Q5! trupper trapped- by a cross· pin. N,P N_N3 on a very fin e piece of book-making which 15 32 PxP! RPxP! 16 B- R2 R-N1 33 Q- K2 R-Q7! Why nut? Well, the nex t higher class is in keeping with the contents. The 17 P- K4 R-Q1! 34 Q-B1? N- B7! I)larer goes yet a move fu rther and sees jacket, thc appearance of the printed page, the heautiful and winning in 3 Q-N8§! the type size, the layout of the games, , - check; , - db]. cheCk ; , - d is. co, A double.cross.pin! - J. S. B. 32 CHESS REV IEW, JANUARY, 1953 CHESS RE VIEW'S SE VENTH ANNUAL FIRST PRIZE . . $250.00 Second Prize $100 Sixth Prize $40 Third Prize $80 Seventh Prize $30 Fourth Prize $65 Eighth Prize $15 Fifth Prize $50 Ninth Prize $10 Tenth Prize $15 65 Prizes - Eleventh to Seventy-fifth $5.00 each CONSOLATION PRIZES FOR OTHERS ! SEVENTY. FrVE CASH PRIZES, amounting OPEN TO ALL CLASSES OF PLAYERS to a total of :;1 1000.00, will be awarded Even if you've never played in a competitive event to the seventy·fiv e players who fini sh before, you may turn out to be Gol den Knights cham \\- ith the highest scores in the Se\:enth pion or a leading pl'ize-winnel'-a nd , ,l t least, you'll Annual Golden Knights Postal Cham have lots of fun , For all cl asses of postal players pionship, 110\\" running'! compete together in this "open" Postal Chess event, Beginners are welcome, If you've just started to PRIZES FOR EVERYBODY play chess, b~' all means enter, There is no bettcr WHY of improving your skill. But that isn't all! Every contestant C(\Il wi n a prize of some kind! You C,lll tra in your sights on that big $250.00 first prize, or one of the other 74 MAIL YOUR ENTRY NOW C and win certainly. quick ly. e xcit ingly READ 1"he Art of SACRI FI CE in CHESS "Tacliu," !mld 1\ famous chessmaster, "Is 99% of L:bess." Jt fo llows tbM tbe most effective way to increase your ]I]aying strengtb Is to master the uwtici.l aspcf: t of chess. DUl lhen!'!'! 11 knack to plJ:l.y lng sacl· it ke~ and combinat ions[ A few o( u s are born with this knack, bUl most of Us bave to acquire it. There is no surer or easicl' or mote enjoyable way LO acquire thj~ \"ital ches!:! s klll than by studying Hudolr Spielmann'lI lLuth ol'ltaUvc WOdi Oil the " a r t of snc)"jtlcc In ~he5~ . " The bas h,: idea e:qloubded III S pie lma nn's classic Is th a t )' ou COiIn win games by g i ving up mate rial! 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