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Vol. Xl, No. 17 Sunday, May 5, 1957 15 Centa NATIONAL CHESS RATINGS Cond" ..od !Iv Potilwlt No. 2(}7 By KENNETH HARKNESS USCF Rati"g SMillie;",. IRWIN SIGMOND • N Ihis issue we publish the eleventh national chess rating list. The END solutions to Position No. I re(orocd players of master rank competed in rated contests during S 207 to reach Irwin Sigmond. the years 1955 and 1956. Players below master rank look part in rated 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arling· contests fiDished in 1956 only. AU masters who did not compete in 1955 ton 7, Va., by Junc 5, 1957. With or 1956, anti all other players who did' nol enter 1956 rated tournaments your solution, please send analysis or matches, are considcrl!d inactive, and their naml!s are not published. or re .. sons supporting your choice Tournament directors who wish to find the latest ratings of inactive of "Best Move" or moves. . players should ronsult previous lists. Ranking List No. 10 was published Solution to Posillon No. 207 will ~p in thl! issue of May 20, 1956. . p"lr In the June 10. "S1 Issu •. With two exceptions, performances in tournaments ending after NOTE, Do no/ p/"u .olu/ion, /0 /"'0 December 31st, 1956, were not included when computing averages for pOli/;olt, on ont ,,,.d; be , .... /0 ;"dic4lr the current list. (The excelltions: New Orleans Semi·Final Tournament, ~ corral " .. ""ber of potilio" bti"g Jol".d, ending January 4th, and the Inglewood, Cal., Tournament, ending Jan "nd gi~t tht / .. 11 n"mt ""'/ "ddrtJs of uary 2nd.) the ,ol~tr to "stilt in prope. (1edili"8 of Supplementary Lists to Appear ments and matches belonged fOf .. to ,i"". Quarterly the USCF or were required by the In fu ture. it is our intl!ntion to tournamcnt organizers to join tbe FIFTEEN TOP-RANKING FIFTEEN TOP-RANK,ING national Federation. ACTIVE U.S. PLAYERS WOMEN PLAYERS publish supplementary rating lists {1 9SS-S61 (1 9S5-56) at intervals of about three monlhs. Still more unfortUnate Is the Each of these will conlain only the fact that the Class B &: C players. ,. ,... 1. Sonil Gref 1037 ,. .• 1593 2. Nlney II.I>OS .. · 1008 names and ratings of players who who should form the backbone of ,...... 2590 3. Mon. MlY K.rff •...... 21104 competed In contests reported dUro the U.S. Chess Federation. made •• ...... 1533 4. l ucillo KolI" o. . .• . l t14 ing the quarter preceding the clos· the most miserable showing. as in· •• •...•...... ~ ...... 1525 S. GI.. II K. Grener •...... 1913 ...... •...... t468 • . Ire... Vlno• •• ing date of the list. Thus, the first dicated in the following tab.le: •••• 1. M.rth. Ch ue ..""IUD' supplement wit! include players -", .. • • lEvI Aronson 193D . ~ •• ... who took part in tournaments and .c • • ..144' , . Klthryn SI.ler 1145 -.' ••,n .,-. •• 10. J acqu.nn. Pi.tlgorsky matches reported January 1st .•• - ". •• "., · 1112 1 Finish It The Clever Way! Iry Edm"d N~. TO THE MEMBERS P",i/UJR No. 199 P",i/;oll No. 200 OF THE USC F eollego Cioc:altea vs. Unzicker Smyslov vs. Bohinnik This yea r, mOre Ulan any otber. USSR, 1956 Fourth Match Game, 1957 it b Importan' that we send a STU· DENT TEAJ',t mbroad to compete In e~ Ojj oflf. r- r- the WORLD STUDENTS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. Conaucttd by O\.\r team 15 the strongest ever Frederick H. KeN' • ami th15 would be a fine opportun· Ity to gain the coveted tlUe of WORLD STUDENTS TEAl'oI CHAl'tI. All college clubs and pt ...... , .r. PIONS tor the UNITED STATES of urged 10 send news Items to F reder ick AMERIC .... H. Ken , Nltt. ... y 31.11, !!l ox 211, P. nn· BUT, we cannot send tbls team s ... t"an i. Sllte Uni"enlly. Un,,.. ... It... or six masters to Iceland this J uly. p,rt<. Pennsyl".nl •. unleSS we are ,Illven the neeellf.;ln' llnanetal aSSistance. For this rea EW YORK'S Marshall Chess son I u k each member to con· N Clu\l plays host each• year to trlbJ,tle ONE DOLLAR or MORE so a match betwecn the United States that YOU can make this event pos sibl" tor Amerlca to participate. Military Academy and the United All donations may be 'ent to, States Naval Academy. This year William Lombardy the men of Annapolis won 4'h·3Y.t. '" St udent T nvel ing Fund Navy winners were Midshipmen ,.1 F.ne Street IIronx S9. New Yorio: Pat Greene, Ben Simonton, Per ry Sincerel .... Jackson, and George Blessing. Win WI LL IAM LOM IIAROY OSITION No. 199 occurred in thc Alekhine Memorial Tournament. ners {or West Point · were Cadets P Black cannot take the 'White Quee n because of stalemate; yet Black . Jack Hesse, Dave Rogers, and Walt made one move (bis 95th!) and White resigned. BATCHELDER WINS Brown. Midshipman M. Spillane In playing over the first 17 games of the Botvinnik-Smyslov match drew with Cadet Georg~ Blessing. fot:....the World Chess Championship, I found most pleasing the finish to KENTUCKY OPEN As the Philadelphia CoUeg~ te the. four.th game. A series o( seven forceful moves brought about White's Winiam Batchelder of Blooming Leag ue enters its final round, resIgnatIOn . ton, Ind. ta1lied 4-1 to win the 11- Temple University and the Univer sity of Pennsyl vania lead. Sinee For so lu tions, please tU.-n to page eight play Swiss event at Louisville on SoB points, losing no games but two teams will qualify !:rom this Sind contribut ions for this column to Edmund Nash "'. Washlnlfto.U ... :10. D. C. • .... "'h" .,. • .", drawing with Edwin Cohen and Os league to the finals of the Penn car Maring. Second, also with 4-1, sylvania Intercollegiate League, it was Richard W. Shields of Louis looks like both Temple and Penn ville, who lost one game to Batch will get a crack at the state title. elder. Edwin Cohen was third with In the third round, Temple's four Ben Klotz won the City of Phoe Kazys Merkis of South Boston 31b-llh , losing one game to Maring solid players, Sobel, Weiner, Roth nix tiUe if) a 12-pJayer Swiss spon won the Lithuanian Easter Tour and drawing with Batchelder. warf, and Stevens defeated Haver sored by the Encanto Chess Club of nament sponsored by the So. Bos Fourth and fifth with 3·2 each were ford College 4-0. St. Joseph's Col Phoenix with a score of 4lh-'i, ton Lithuanian Citizen Ass'n Chess Bill Long and George Anderson. lege and Penn State's Ogontz Cen· drawing one game with Starr M: Club with a 5-0 score. Alblnas Sa ter drew 2·2 when Ogontz forleited Cook. Cook placed second on SoB kalas of Woodhaven, N.Y. was sec two boards. St. Joseph's then lost to points, also scoring 4-ih. Third to ond with 4-1. Tied for third with , Penn 3lh·Y.t when S1. J oseph's gave sixth with equal 3·2 scores were 2-3 each were Andrius Keturakis Chess in South New Jersey is up two forfeits. :Mrs. Mable Burlingame, Oscar and Albinas Karosas, both of South thrivi.n g with the addition of two The University of Chicago is tied Groebel, Phillip T. Luks, and Dr. Boston, and Kazys Bobetis of Hyde new clubs, Trenton and Camden, for the lead,in the Greater Chicago Frank Honsik. Park. The Class B event saw a to the South Jersey Chess Ass0- Chess League. Robion Kirby reo first place tie between 12-year-old ciation. Part of the increased ac ports that Chicago is looking for Gediminas Kuodis of Arlington and tivity is attributed to the advent of ward to winning this metropolitan Sau!.ius Vaicaitis of South Boston a weekly chess column iii. the Cam tit~e for the second consecutive HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS at 3-1 each. Olgimantas lvaska of den Courier-Post, conducted by year. I OFFICIALLY RATED South Boston was third with 2-2. Sam Laird, an editorial writer on Congratulations are extended to New Regulations that newspaper. Since the demise William Lombardy for his fifth place finish in the Mar del Plata Ellective March 1. 1955 of the Philadelphia Inquirer cbess column. the Camden chess oolumn lnternational Masters Tournament Tourname... l$, m.tches {1... d l"ldu. 1 in Argentina. He finished behind or te.m; round robin or $wln, . ... USCF Tournament Administrator is the only one in the area. rate.ble when 5POmo~ by U$CF Grandmasters Keres, Najdorf, and .nUlIIItd org.nlz.tions. If pl .... ed George Ko ltanowski appeared upon Panno. It has become clear that the undlr FID E Lews. d lrectld by • a Canadian TV program "Around grandmaster title will soon be his. competent officill, .nd pllyltd .t Our Town" on April 5th while in t ime limit of not more then Set The Vancouver Province photo A team from Norwich University Montreal. Koltanowski gave two si visited the Dartmouth College mO"11 Per hour. multaneous exhibitions at Sir graphically tells the story of two Th•• n nual enamp lonlh lp toum . youngsters who used their ingenu campus for a match. Four under mint of I n UICF Club Ch. pter . nd George Williams College in Mon graduate boards resulted in a 2·2 the . nnu.1 ch lmplonshlp tourna treal, both exceptionally well: at ity to establish a battery.operated ment of .ny USCF . n m.t. WhOM telephone between their neighbor tie. However, Norwich won the B .... L.ws p ro" kle th.t . 11 It . me .... tended. According to ''The Mon· faculty board. bers m ust be USCF memb.rs . 150 treal Chess·Paper" published by ing homes which they use for the .... r. tltd Without <:harp. MacAdam, Moss, and Joyner, the main purpose of telephone chess NO RW ICH DARTMO UTH A ll other e ligible e"entf .re r. tltd P~of. Bickford , M. Bender 0 two events were particularly grati matches. The youngsters are David Sher 0 ... 1... If offfcial report of e".nt Is Fillery and Bill Kowal. Problem o G. Holtermln 1 . ccompanled b... • r.mnhnc. eov_ fying to Montreal chess circles in , M . Glickman 0 er ln S! • r. ting fee of Ite pe r S!em ll bringing out many newcomers who ists Willl'ccognize the name Fillery, ~~o;~:ge R. Morrlson "'" for . 11 lI'mes actuall ... p l.... 1td I... the had not previously participated in for David's father is a well·known · Klntll~ " H. Forbes 'h contu t . (I... ! . Swll' one·h , lf the local ehess events. The exhibitions Canad ian problem composer and " nllmber of pla .... r. tim .. the num. also the chess editor of the Daily • b.,- of rounds rep reun" totll were widely publicized in the local I MPOR~ANT lI.mel pl.yed if no bres or for f . jt ~) chess columns of William Oaker i.n Province. ANNOUNCEMENT NO't .&.. JOe #lfftin, Itt P" X_t the Star and Dudley LeDain in the il eol/Tattl lrom .. /I plrttrl, ..,/,t,M, Gazette. South Jerse... Chess Leagu.: Atlantic Any chess club, group, or Cily \\1th I c.teh SCOTCHESS LIFE or the U.S. Junior Champion sharod fourth with 3-6, ~nd Mlllvllle 1958 OOidal rating fo rms should wa~ sixth with (1.8. Leading Individual ship for should write im • PRINTING FUND be Meured in adVlnc;e Irom:_ seorers werf! Samllel ClIplan of Mar· mediately to: Previously acknowledi'lld ...... 5568.16 gate and Robert Montalue 01 Ml. MontgOmery MajOf' Ed Godbold ...... _...... _ I!I.OO Ephr aim ,,·\th 6'h-3'h each, wblle L. GEURGE KOLTANOWSKI l1J No. Humphr9V Avenue J.mn E. Warren ._... __ ...... _... 10.00 SlreiUeld Or Hammonton .nd W. Arcb. 200 Alh. mbra Street, Apt. 9 Playcl'lI at Connecticut er of Haddonfield t.aIlied 6-4 each. A San Francisco 23, C. Iif. Oale Park. IIllnoJ. State Tournament ...... _. .. 10.00 USCF League Affiliate. Dt> ItOt .,.,iI, 'Cl OlIN, USCI Anonymou, ...... _...... 5.00 South Jeney Chess LUIIUI: In the A t the annual meeting of the of/id4iJs for 117m ,«M, for" ... Sander Davidson ...... 5.00 B Division Cllmden t.IlUled a 6·1 mal MASTERS 2399 EXPERTS AND CLASSES A, B & C Elfpms: 2000 to 2199 pO;'l ls Clars A: 1800 10 1999 elm B .. 160 0 /0 /799 Cf - <- Cilbe, J . L. (Atlanlll, GI.) .. Caell., G . {N. Wildwood, M.J .I Cafarelli, N. (Westfie ld, N .J.) Cain , D. A. (Bvfield , Man.1 Cain, R. F . I C~1r Rapldl, la.1 Caine, W. H . (Antwllrp, 0.) .•.. Caka, E. (Cle"eland) . •. Cake, G. F . (Hl4cfonUe ld, N.J .) Cilke, R. (Eldora, N.J .I ...... IPleue turn to PIV- 5, col. 1) • Vol. Xl, Number 17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (fbm tife May 5, 1957 17. P·R$ KI·R4 l1. KI·K2 K·Ktl 20th by 1'KE UNI'l ED STATES CHXSS KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE T9 . P·R6 P·KI3 33. K·B2 K·BI Me o : page n. column " September S. 1946, at the post oU iee I'. 0 ·0 K· Rl 34. K· Kl KI·1I2 1879. Glme Nine 10. QR·Kt1 KI·Kt1 3S. P·KU K·K1 MAJOR W o rld C hlmpions h ip Match U. B.g2 KI.q83 36. K·QI K", KI.Qt 37. K·B2 P·KI4 Kenneth M osco w , 1957 " 12. KI·K2 White Black 13. KR·81 KI·B2 38. K· KI 3 P·R3 M. BOT VI NNIK V. SMYSLDV 24. Q·R4 RxRch 39. P· R4 K·8 2 25. RxR R·81 40. PxP 1. p · Q B ~ KI·KB3 21. KI ·Sl ,.. 26. P·K81 RxRch 41. B·Q2 K·KU 2. KI·QB1 P·KKtl 22. P xP Kf.l13 21. 8 xR Q.K2 42. K· Rl K·Kt2'" 1. P·KKtl B·Kt2 23. QR·ST Q·A4 28. QxO KlxQ ~l. K.Kt1 K. IU 4. 8·Kt2 0 ·0 24. KI· KI S B·B1 U. KI·B ~ KI .QI 44. K·II.3 KI/ 2oO I S. P·Q4 PoOl 25. BxB 10. P· KI4 ,.. 45. 8· KI KI·K2 to. KI·83 P·1I 3 26. RxP KI·K'"I5 31. PxP Kln·BJ 46. KI·QBI Drawn To Checkmork Or Not To Checkmork 1. 0.0 8 ·8 4 17. P· KR4 P·KR3 Dear Mr. Harkn"SIJ, 8. Kt.I(R4 8 ·K3 11. KI ·B1 K-R2 f. p.Q$ Px P QR.BI Re .\rUChl 13 of lhe Laws ot Chess, I bell.. " .. thai the wbole conception of ~now. U. P-KI4 10. P xP B.Q1 Ing a player In tIme trouble to mnke check marks ln~lcati of fu lly recorded mOVeS 30. RxR ... 11 (for ~n tndclcrmLnate number of mo "c ~ ) Is wholly u"sound. 11. 8·K3 KI·Rl 31. KlxQP PxKt I sU PPO:W It Ii nalure to r~cJ sorry tor a man In time trouble and to v.1sh 11. B·Q4 Q· II.4 32. QxPch K· RI NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE to be Jellleo! ~.· tth him. But nothing ean be gained by makin2 a vague Urnlt In 13. R·KI KI ·B4 33. Q·Q1 R·B6 MCO: pAge 110, column 4' stead of a defmlte one. It recordIng Ihe moves is required (;'5 It must bel. then 14. P·K4 KI·RS 34. Q·QS eh K." G a m e Fifteen the Unu.' limit "vttl'mU), InclUdes thinking and recording. Is it not clear that to IS. KhtKI QxKI 35. Q.Q1ch K·Rl World Championshi p Match give n player In time h"Ollblu the right to 5"·,, 30 seconds by making check "marks 16. P·KIl Q·R6 36. Q.Q8eh K· R2 for tile last tour movcs. Is nacl ly till urn. as to gIve Illm an extra 30 seconds 17. p·B4 B· KI4 37. Q·K7eh K·Rl Mos cow, 1957 and require Ilhn 10 WI'Jto tile score. la. P·KS KI·Q) 38. Q.K$eh K·R2 White D1ac.lt or course you lire rtgllt tn s~ylng It Is necessary to specify the number nf If. P·K6 8 x Bch 3' . Q· K7c h K·Rl M. BOTVINNIK V. SMYSLOV mnves a playel' may , Indicate by Check m:u;ks. But no matte r whe lher this III de. 20. QxB Q·B4 ~O. Q. KSeh K·R2 I. P·QB4 KI· KB l 18. B·R3 KI·B3 termlned to be three. rlve. or ten. the principle remains that to allow a 'nan In Drown 1. KI·QBl P·K3 1'. KR·Ql P.Q R3 .Ume trouble to save hAlf u minute, .or n minute I, prccl~ c ly eq uIvalent to giving 3. P·Q4 B·KIS 20. KI·B] KI.QKU -him a little extra time becau$O li e Is In tlme trOUble. Seen thIs way the whole 4. P·K3 P·QKI3 11 . Q·KI] P·QR4 ·conceptlon beeomea nn Bbsu r(llty. I! It It rclt too har sh to compel a player In time S. Kt·K2 B·R3 22. KI·KIS P·R3 trouble to "ecord hi' lut elllll 1110VQS then gh'c nch player 61 minu tes to make 6. P·QR) BxKlch 23. B· Kt2 QR· BI his 20 moves to allow ro r thb. Tho poInt Is to allow a player to save time comes SICILIAN DEFENSE 1. KlxB p·Q4 14. P·83 >to t he same thln,l as IIlv] nll him exira time. .. • MCO: pall e 298 9. P.QKtl 0 ·0 25. P xP KI'"· R" ,. 8 ·K2 PXP' 2&. B·K81 Q· KI4 E. T . DA NA Game Twe lve Lo~ Allo ~, Cali/. 10. PxP KI·83 27. B· U KI·85 World Chl mpionship Match II. PoOR~ Q.Q2 28. K·Rl p · R~ Eaitorial coononWI; Til .. logo'. Mr. Dtll"fJ r~m"rkJ cannol b~ aeniea bill m,. 0/ Mosco w, 1957 12. KI·KIS KR·QI 19. BlI Kt iOtl!m4tti~, tI... sil w4l io" ;s not 0"", lor local auis;on. Sf) 10 "8 a. Ihe FIDE L _0_ .. •... !.i;., Tex.) Fuchs, Fugate, Fullem, Fuller, Fundenburg, Funston, G. ( ) .. _- .-- page 6, col. .\" "Jory, Pilge 6 Cfl)eS5 rife M"1 J, I'nl WIs" I I I I PII.) -,- IfIU, D. (P.tton, Cal.! 1650' Iqrll, L. {O.k',nd. Cal.l 17f,' Hdulan, 11: . • • (Chiugo) ,,,. Inbusch, F. Jr. rMilwauk"", 'ngle, N. (Cochysvllla, Md.) 1500'"77 Inn;s. A. S. (AlbI1querqu". N.M., 1783 lrel.nd, I!. E. (Omaha, Neb.) 1951 Irvin., W . (Rochester, N .Y ,) 1600 ' ' . .... es, S. R. (Phoe nix, Arll.' 1825 ' shkan, J , F. . (hlrfield, Ct.1 17U I' H', H . (CI.vel_nd) 1$50' I I - (ft)ess I:ife Su"JJ"j, Page 7 May', 19 n , N.Y.) Cal.} PII.) R.I.) Ind.) Cill.) ... . , Ga.l Va.) Tex.) _c_ La BeU~ , R. IS'anley. N.Y.) Labowih, . G. (Kil ns. CIty. Mo.) La~mers . J . 1>. (H ale) Park, Mich.) LaF'I',,)ere, O. (SuHre. Wash.) LaGr~nge, J. (Davenport. la.) Lahde, P. (F t . Knox, Ky.) Like, C. ( Ro ~hester. N.Y.) Lake, R. G. (Toledo. 0.) Limb, L. H. (Knoxville. Tenn.) L 1Imon, R. (Berkeley, CaL) lllnam, W. E. [Berkeley, CaL) Landu. G. ( B~lt l more ) landfair, W. (Oakland. Ca'.) Landis, C. B. (Milwaukee) Lancfolt. R. (Wauwatou, Wis.) Lane, R. W. (S. Glastonbury, Ct.) _ lane, T. (Xenia, 0.) Lang, C. W. (Roehester, N.Y.) lang. E. B. Jr. IRoehes'!". N .Y .) I lanqley, R. (Millville, N.-J.) lankhorsl. J . (Exeter, N. H.) lapiken, P. (Los Angeles). t. col. Pluek, M. (Chingo) Sunaa'], Page 8 Pucci3reUi, Mrs. IN. 8ergenl PUll, T . J. ( B ~ ltim o re ) IH", 5, 19'7 p ", rver, E. (Phlladelphl.) P up " ls, V. (Tacoma, Wash., P",rm aliS, A. (8rooklvn, N .Y .) Md.) Pur~; s. J . (No. Hl ven, Ct ,) Pusecke r, J . L. (Columbus, 0., P u tsche, T. R. (W. H').IfOf'd , Ct., ~. P u llm.. " , S. D. (Bost on ) y., P y le, J . B. ( EYlMV;UI, Ind.) - • PI.) P,.) Ma05.) R. I.) ., 0., N.Y.) , M o.) 00.., - p P ,ddriCk/ R. (J.mlt,I,,"'n, N.Y.) p ,fnuti. f, V . (S.n Francisco) " .I\1ash, M. (8,ookl,n, N.Y., Page, Min H. (Lo s Angel.-s) P,ge, O. (Roc" .st!!., N.Y. ) " Plll n'." J . F . (HubbiHd, 0.) "lor, J . (O" roll) P. m. D. H. (Darlln, Conn.) Fl•. ) Palmu, J. M. (Rl ch mQ nd, Va.) p.lmer, M . (Detroit) • fOb 5 ~ 'If" S""'''' p-•• • \1.1 eS L t: Mtl)' J, 1917 .. .. . ..' ...... , ' .., - , • - GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS ,111nolated by Chess Master ,10HN W, COLL INS 10. PxKt. Qx R; II. B-R3 and While'. lau::;hter. the annotato r now p re8enl$ yo .., 10 USCF MEMBERS: ' Submit btst gameJ fo, this dtp"rtmtnt JOHN W. attack 15 IrrnlSlible) with Whltc fo r b is readers Wllh his Theory of T c m po COLLINS. 91 LtnOI( Road, B'(IOItI.,n 26, N. Y. Spaa bdng limiud, M,. Col'i,.. . -ill cholcc dIU, to Ihc B-p3lr In an o~n Sacrifice!! Thl$ Th!>o.,,' s l ~lc" that when ,dtcl tht "'Ott in/tu sti"g .nd iR u,.. rri~ t for p"b1ieuion. U"ltts ot~ .~ J(;:l~d nol~ J position. one player h as. "'asted Ibree movcs, /0 g ..mt , "'t by Mr. Collin,. 8. KI·83 KhP 9. 8xPch his OPl>onent s ho uld saerlriCt·t "g"iJl1I ill. P·84 P·83 13. Q; KI4 Kt·Q5 asmHch as it "woll'es nlso glvlng Ul' the anothel'. Allhough unacquainted wtth the Ki'Is', I"di,,'" D.I."u, obtains Iht 21. Q·K1 QR·Ql 24 . KI·K2 Q·KIS K'. my precioue Theory. Prof. Harwell soon pul(,,,blt middlcg"",c, aud fi"irhe5 22. Kt·B2 KI·K3 2S. KtxKt 9. KxB 11 . QxBch KxKt proceeds to put It to praellce. 25. P·KI3·? KtxK! eh; 26. QxKt, KI.M; 10. Kt·KSch K·K3 · 12. 0 ·0 P·KKt4 14. R·K2 Q.Q3 11. PxKt QxP slro"~(.,. lllves Ulack the allack. t)r Q.B3; 13. Rxl'!. or 12 ...... , Q.Kt4; 15. Q· Kl tet·QBS ? 18. RxP KING!S INDIAN DEFENSE 15. Qx8Pch! 13. Q-K2 recOvers the ptecc. 16. KI·BS! Kt)(Kt ll. R·KI This ROOk on 't he seventh rank Is a MCO: PIIg.e 90, ~o l u m n 53 \9 :BI 26. K· KIl , - [\'o t U. Kt·M ? ·~ Kt-Kt5; 27. K.KU, QxP T hreatenlnr 14. RxKl ch, KxR; I~. Q. veritable Molokh. T.rt.kover Memo n.1 Tournllment eh; 211. K.IlI. Q.B5; 2'3. K·KtI , QxKI eh; K6 m alc. 18. KI·K4 Detroit, 1956 ""d Black mat.. s In Ih...,c. U . . ' . R·tel 18. P·KR41 Kt·k4 It Is sad to note that mack's bcst move White BlaCk 26. P"K! 14. P·Q3 K·B3 19. Q·BSch K·KtI here II B·KtS, as the Rooks musl be K. SI(IiiMA M. SWEIG 11. Q·8S Q·81 IS . PxKt Kt· Bl 20. PxP Kt.Ktl connected Immc'dlatcly. ' Of COUf'iC, 28. Q"P R·QR1 ? 16. 8 .Kt2 1 Q·K1 11. QR·QI QR·Q I Black' s best sUIl gives WhIte a tre· 1. kt·k8l K'·K83 ThIs move lose~ the Q·ft1 c. a P ...... ". 17. fi'·84ch K·82 22. R.Q3 ... " ... mendous advanta(e. 2. P·84 P·KKll and the Ilnnle. Coneel Is 28 ...... p. Settlnl up 3·36 whleh at Ihls point I'. RxBchl .. ... 3. Kt·Bl 8 ·Ktl Q1l4; and It 15 still R game. could ~ iinswe l'ed by RxR with com· Black ' settlc, tor a Klnl'i Indian Dtl· 29. RxP I'lk~ 1I0nB. fesne. It 3 ...... , P-Q4 ? 'angllnl rOt a 22 . ", . p.B3 Gnlnftld Delense) 4. PxPl KtJ !.Q: 8. KtxP. KtxP; 9. KtxP ch, K·K2; 10 . . KtxR, KtxKt; 11. KtxP ch, PxKt; 12. B·KIS ch, K.B2; 13. B·Q3, Kt·R5; de:ser"e consideration. 6. 8·B4 ._.' .. This move, which is dul,,,,ed to pre vent .~ ... ,., P.K4; and t hus pnctically ...,lute Ihe King's Indian, h" been neglected. but warrants In vestigation. An .11.ernatlve Is 6. p .KR3! P·K4; 7. _P-Q5, 1'.Klt3: (beU"r Is 7 ...... , Kt-R4!) 8. B·I<3, K·R2; 9. P·KKt4. Kt.KlI: 111. Q.Q2, PIKt3: 11. 0-0·0, Kt-R3; 12. B-K2, Kt-84: 13. P·KR4, Kt.K.2; 14. QR,-Ktl, I'. KxR R·RI ; I~. p ·Kt4, with a dLllt!nct advan· Black'S o nly chance is Once the . "crlrlc!! tagl! to Willie. 30. R·QS! KI·KtS; 31. QxP. KtxR; 32. Imperallve that the , . .... _... P·8 l? BxKt, KR.Qt : 33. R.Qt , QltltP. Q-K.5 29. RxR ler developm.. nt The m 05t v tcorous reaeUon I, 5. _.. _.. . 30. Q·K851 K'.K3 24. P·'S3 Q·Klleh :HI . Q-86ch widely as poaslble. Kt-B3! 7. Q.Q2. B-KtS: 6. P.Q5, P-K4;' 9. If 30. * ..* "'. QxJ> chi 31. K·81, and Black 25. P ·85 , Q·82 31. P ·KS 211. __ __ .__ PICKt 22. 8 ·K3 PxKt, P"U; 10. PXP, R.KU; 11. ~P, cannOI detcnd agaInst both 32. R-Q7 ch 76. SxR ... 31. P·K6 21. QxPch K·KtI fUP; with attacltlng chances lor a nnd 32. Q·Kt6 ch. . 27. Q.K6ch K·Bl 33. pxQ This Is a much bt!Uer mO,' 1! P awn. l1. R·Q6 71. KR·Ql ... B·KR6. • 1. Q·Q2 KKt.Q2? 31. KR .Ql Still the Kt can't mo\·c. 22...... Q·B3 27. RxBch K.Ql Black should aVOid exchl ngtnl hb KB Threate ntn: 33. R·Q7, I\.KZ; 34. R;tR, 23. 8.Q41 K· 81 18. QxRch K·B1 by 7 ...... , R..x.1. QxR; 35. Q.KU\ ch, and wins. 74. Q·Kt7eh K· Kl 1'. Q.BYch k ·Ql • • 8 · R6 P ·K4 32. R·K2 75. R·Klch 8 ·K3 30. B·86ch! K· BI 9. 8xB KxB 33. kt-tCt4 R·RS 26. 8 ·J(U!I QxB 31. R· K8 eh Resl,ns 10. 0 ·0.0 ...... There Is no derensc. I! 33 ...... R.h.III; BRILLIANCY , - With mllck's KB gone hi. kln,'s field 301. P·KS. UPXP; 35. Q:!o:Q ch, Rl xQ; 36. Is weake ned and White sets about tak· KtxKP , R·53; 31. R-Q7. RxR; 38.• RxR Prof. Gto,g't Ha... dl 0/ Dot"'t Uniyu· GUEST ANNOTATORS Ing advantage of It by "cutUnc oppo ch, K.Ktl; 39. PltP, KtxP; 40. R"P. willS. sily is a sp«i4/isl in the Colic Sytttm. • 34. P·K5 PxKP Norma", M. Hornstein, M.D. "tte" and advancing his klnr·-slde rh. (a/l(r opening 011(" p,o"idel If bril· Arle t Mlngulnt, M.D. P awns. Tbe text move threatens 11. Or 34 ...... PxBP; 35. PxP ch, R.RI; 36. I'xP, PXP; 11. Ktxl', too. Kt·KS, nnd White w!ns. li""t ta,l., "lIde/( 10, Whilt. Tht !Qllo.,.,ing 10. . 35. QxKPch K· 81 ""in 0,,(1 Ih( Minntsola Champion is BeUel' Is 10 ...... , Q.K2. !r 35 ...... ". I(·nz: 36. KI·B6ch. 1\·l\t2: 31. b r ~ "lht "ki"g alld Ihe most bril/i"nI ¥idory 11. PxP _... Kt.Q~ eh. !{.Ktl; 38. KtxRch. Ind wins. WORLD MATCH ThIS exehange frees BlaCk'. cr amped 36. Q·RBch Q·Kti ill leul .,<,," N rar1h C",olina Opt". (Continu.d from page 4, col. 4) " poa!UQn. 11. K·Ktl, 11. IJ.K2, and 11. 31. A·Q8 ~hl Resign. COLLE SYSTEM 27. RxR KtxR 42. 8·K11 P· te5 P ·KR4. maintain the tension. For Ir 37 ...... , KtxR; 38. lUKt cn, R· MCO: pagl 201 , column 4 28. P·QR4 Q.K3 4l. B"P QxP n . PxP K I; :v.I. RxR eh. wins the Qucen. North Carolina Open 19. PxP PICP 44. B-QSch Kt)(B 12. 8·K2 K'·84 - Wilmington, 1956 30. P·R4 1(. t(t2 45. QxKtch K·B1 Arter 12 ...... , Q·B5; 13. QlI;Q. PxQ; 14. 31. P·R5 P·Kt4 46. K·Kt2 Q.81 R-Q6. the cndlng dlstl~Uy l avors NOlu by Nor man M. Hom,"'"_ MD. 31. B·81 Kt·KI2 47. P· KtI Q.K7 White. White mack 33. K'·K3 Kt.Q3 48. K·Kt3 Q.B7 13. P~ KR4 .. ... MENGARINI'S MOVE A MINUTE DR. G. HARWELL DANE SMITH 34. K'·B5eh Kt~Kt 49. K·83. Q.B6 ll. Q-Q6, QxQ; 14. RxQ, \s at least as ,. I(t.K83 I(t· KB3 3. P·K3 8 · Kt2 Dr. M("8.a,i"i ont Iht /i,tl 'to l5. PxKt Q-Q4 SO. K·Kt2 Q.B7 promistng a way to handle the position. "'''1 0/ 1. P·Q4 P.kKt3 4 II·Q3 P.Q4 U. 8·K4 Q . ~3 51. Q·RBch K·B2 n . 8 .KU ad~oCalt nlO~t " m'-'''.: 17 ...... , :k:t·K3. KING'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED 6. 0 ·0 QKt·Q2 Herman Sttln. r (Los Anl.ln) Ch". '1. Kt-R3 P· KKt4 MCO: page 137, column I Tbls move II mltch strong"r here than Club: Auatln GBtes tallied 8'1.1·"" t o win n. " 'KKt3 3rd Log Cabin 50-50 Tourney II Black hlld already plilyed P·B4. the club Clul A·1 event , drawlD( one ~am e with Ciare mrlch, Tied for see More 10llcal h 19. Kt·KKtI. QR.QI; 20. West Orange, 1957 White now p!'Oceeds to set up a very KKt·K2. stronll cenler pawn formation. ond In l he 10-player round rObin at ,,- Q. K1 Noles by 1. P·S4 6:3 eaeh were Chades King and Clare U. S. M .. lta Arid M SEA, SUN, FUN - AND CHESS! For a gay and clelig1itfut weekend at the seashore, • 'b I"place ~~ . to KB&: Hme plan now to attend the UNITED STATES AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP E present above four top prize-winners of the recently concluded W 1955·56 International Composing Contest of the "Sao Paulo Chess to be held at the famofls Club", Brazil. The contest was a very pretentious affair, attracting a MONTEREY HOTEL, on the ocean front at ASBURY PARK, total of as many as 729 compositions from 25 countries; 23 two-mover, 164 three-mover, 111 longer direct mate, 176 helpmate, and 75 endgame N. J., ooer the weekend of June 7th, 8th and 9th entries. (Your editor was given "2nd Commended" place in the 3-mover other enter· section, but was amongst thOse "also run" in the other sections.) eoffee shop, The coming "Solvers' Ladder" will give credit-points for solving barber,,, helpmates, as promised. Future solutions of helpmates will grant 4 points per problem. ,0, ,he • TOURNAMENT DETAILS IN A NUTSHELL LI-::-c:::-:_s,:-:-ot"-:-I'-:-'on_,--:-m-:-":::-I._I_,",-:-S,-:-"-:-tl:-!.-:-W-:-"'I:-,-:-' :::-:-:-::=1 WHO CAN PLAY: Open to all chess- 100% RATED: Performances rated by players ""cept rated masters. Entrants the USCF. You can obtain a national No. 70$' Jacohs: Intention 1. B-QB Sq. waiting! Cooked by 1. 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