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BH!LL!ANCIES JUH flowed from Blae l, ' burne's mind in his dlspla~' s of blindfohl 1'HIS i" the hril liancy which outshine,;; all ib chess, From an abundance of gems, it rival,;; and does so without appealing to thc is easy 1. 0 select a few Sllarl,lers, bllt sensatiollal. There are llO flamboyant Queen which ~h i lle s the brightest of all? Cl'iti"" are practicnlly ~greed that hi~ or Rook sacl'ifiees, no Hashy, 110 startling moves. game against Ballard is the finest effort The game just move:- along with easy grace and of hi8 career in the field of blindfold simple elegance, 1t finishes with a suhtle coup p);ly- a masieq)ieee nny way you look a t it ! de repos, the quietest little move ever seen on a Lotldon, 1871 ehessboard! Nimzovich threat.ens nothing, not SCOTCH GAMBIT even a Pawn, and yet his opponent (bres not J , H, 81ackburne Dr. Ball ard stir King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight or White Black Pawn ! , P-I<4 P_ K4 S 8_N3 P- Q3 2 N-K83 N_QB3 9 P_KR3 N_N-I This is the Immortal Zugzwang Game! 3 P-Q4 p,p 10 P_ KB4 P-Q6§ It was played at Copenhagen Jll 192:3 again,;;t 4 8 - Q84 8 - 84 11 K_ R2 N- KB3 Irving C hern ev 5 N_NS N_R3 12 Q-Q1 N/4-N5t a worthy and veteran opponent. 6 Q_RS Q_ K2 13 PxN NxPt QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE Cenainly, it looks a ttraet.!'ie, as 20 7 0 - 0 N- K4 14 K_N3 P_KR4 F. Sae m isch A. Nimzovich N-D3 CO~l S it piece by 21 P- K5 and 20 Blacl;: threatens 15 P- H5r 16 K - B3 P- N3 21 P;.;QP, P;.;P 22 BxPt loses (01' 16 N - B7t) . N-Hi matI', White Black K-R3, the E;';change, 15 P _B5 8 _ K6 P-Q4 N- KB3 6 N-B3 0-0 20 .... BPxP! 16 8xPt K_ B1 2 P_Q84 P-K3 7 0-0 P _Q4 21 QxN R,P 17 QxN! 3 N_KB3 P- QN3 8 N_ K5 P_ 83 4 P_KN3 8 - N2 9 p,p 8PxP Matel'jally, Nimzovirh hil~ on l ~' tll"O Hemarka'ble in vicw of til., circulll 5 B_N2 8_K2 10 B_B4 P-QR3! Pawns [Or hi s pieee: bilt h:s nooi, hns stllllee s: Bla('kburne II";lS playing t l'll Ii grip on the "e,-emh rank. his othe r g;ltlleS at OIlCI', blindl'old: mack prelJares fOl'" ,P-QN~, followed HooI, will COllie in on t he op .. n Bishop br ' N- US, ' , , N- QIH and , N-B5 17 PxQ 21 N_ B4 Q tile
ED ITOR I. A. Hor owitz
E X E CUTIV E E DITOR Jack Straley BaneH
CONTRI B UTING EDITORS I. Chel"llev. J. \V. Collins, T . A. Dunst. D,·. M. Eu,,"e. Hans Kmoeh. \V. Ko,.". I"red ReinfeId, Dr. S . G. 'I'al"lnkoyco·. Bltrnie 10'. Wlnl{clml,n
CORRES PONDENTS ,bama E. /1[. Cockrell. 'llornia Herbert H~tker . J . 13. Gee, Leroy , ohnson. D r . H . Ral~ton. M. ,J. R oyer. Former World Champion, D r . M ax Euwe of H olland, lost t o Vass il y Smyslov of the Colorado M . W. Ree~(l. Soviet Union in th e third rou n d of the World Challengers' Tourna m ent . Connecticut Edmund E. Hand. Oelaware It. D. Donaldson. Dist. of Columbia R. Chau,·cnet. winn e r qualifies 10 the next Challengers' Florida :'I1" j o1" J. 13 . HOlt, P . C. Knox, Ernest G. ,Veruel·. td}. 'HTERHA nOHAL Tournament (or to the next Interzonal Georgia GI'ady N. Coker, Jr., A. F. Downey. Tournament, if Smysl ov should Jose to Illinois Howard J . Bell, J. G. Warren. I HST among the major chess events Botvinnik and then pre·empt the place Indiana D. C. Hills, D . E . Rhcad. Iowa W. G. Vanderuurg. F. for 1953 was the tournament of chal· in the ChalJen g~r s' Tournament). Fifth Kentucky J. \V. Mayer. itngers for the World Championship, held place was taken by Tigran P e t ros yan of Kansas K. R. ;"lacDonald. Maryland Charles Barasch. at Neuhautien and Zurich. Swit~er1and. at Russ ia, witb 15·13; and Yeiim Geller Massachusetts Franklin J . Sanborn. at rcputcd cost of 100,000 francs to thc (Russia) and '\"figuel Najdorf (Argen. Minnesot a \V. T. Cobb. tina) tied for sixth at 14%.13 1 Michigan R. Euskager, J. R. Watson. Swiss Chess Federation. /z. Nebraska 13. E. Ells worth. A. C. Ludwig. Fifteen of the highest ranking grand· Jack Sponce. R. E. Weare. masters of ANOTHER i\IAJ OR EVENT was the reo New Hampsnlre Alec Sadowsky. the world competed, and Vas· New York \\'alter l'·,·oehlich. b:dward Las ke ". ~iiy Sm),sio\' of Russia, scoring 18·10. won turn match between Reshevsky and Naj. H. ::\1. Phillips. the right to play the Championship ~'Ja t ch do rf, held at Buenos Aires, for I.he "Cham· North Caroli na Sam Agnello. Nortn Dakota D. C . j),lacdonald. with Mikhail Botvinnik in 1954. Tied for pionship of the West." Reshevsky repeated Ohio Lawrence C. Jackson. J", Edward F. second were Samuel H es h el's k~' of the his victory of 1952 almost as convincingly Johnson. Pennsylvania T homas 13. Bckenrode, Thomas United States, who had led and tied for as he clinched the match with one game to GU lekullst, 'WilIiam R. Humil(on, Lee ll. the lead for more than half th e tourna· go. though the linal score was 91/2.8%. Hoover. ment, and two other Russians. David The International Chess Federati on South Carolina Prof. L. L . Foster. South Dakota M . F . Anderson. Bronstein and Paul Kerb. at 16·12. Ther rezoned the chess world for its cham· Tenneuee Mrs. ;" Iartha Hardt. J. G. Sulli will playoff the tie in 1954: for the pionship program and limited the next ,'an, Jr. Texas James A. Creil,;"hton, Frank R. G,·aves. Homer H. Hyde. CHESS R EVIEW is publish ed monthly by State~. u. ::. . Possession~. Canada. Xe\\'· uuh Ha"old Lundstrom. e'BBS", HEVtEW. 2~O Wesl 5;th SHeet. foundland, Spain and Pan- American coun Vi'llinla Dr. R. M. Baine. :\·cw York 19, X . Y. Printed in U.S.A. Re tries. Elsewhere: $5.50 per year. wa,hing t on Dan 'Vade. entored as ~e~ ond - cl"ss maller AugUst 7. West Virgi nia Edward /1[. FOY. I'H. at t he Post Offi ~e at New Yo,K 1\. Y.. Wisconsin A. E. Elo. R. Kujoth. m,de" 1- h e A~l of )!ar ~ h 3. 18;9. ",,",yoml ng E. F. Rohlf!. General OHices: 2[;0 Wes t 51th Street. }o;ew Notice of Errafa ADA: "-o"k 19. N. Y . Sales Department (Room 1329) open dally 9 to G P. m.-Salurdays from Correct fo llowing: Page 18, col. 2: 21 A1Mrta Percy Connell. QBx B?? and 27 BxR, Kx B D r awn; p. 21 , Manitoba Dr. N . ))ivlnsky. 2 to Ij p.m. 'l'elephone: Circle 6-8258. col. 3: 9 .. pxP; p. 22. col. t: 13 N-K2 Quebec Osias Bain. Subscription Rates: One ~·ear $4.;;, lWO s..skatchewan Frank Ycrhoff. yen,.~ $9.00. three yeurs $12. 1.> in the United and 31 •• . B- B4t·
CHESS REVtE W , JANUARY, 19 H Challengers' Tournament to seven en trants, six Irom the Interzonal Tourna ment of 1955, plus either Smyslov if he is defeated by World Champion Botvinnik in 1954 or the winner of the triple play off between Broll stein , Keres and Resh evsky (see above) . In the zon ing, Russ ia remains a zone in itself with 4, eandidates to go into the Interzonal ; the United States likewise but with 2 candidates. In all, there will be 20 candidates, or in certain circumstances, 22. C. J. S. Purdy of Australia and O. Sarapuu of New Zealand battled to a tic in a match for the Champi onship of Aus· tralasia. In the junior world of chess, James T. Sherwin represented til e United States in the World Junior Cham pionship which was won by Oscar Panno of Argen tina, displacing Boris Jvkov of Yugoslavia. In correspondence chess, C . .I . S. P urdy of Australia won the World Champion. sh ip, the first held by the International Correspondence Chess Association . Peron himself officially greeted the contenders for "The Ci;;;;;O:",~T,; Some chess uddi ties of the year were in A rge ntina. Here he is, ftanked by Reshevsky (2d from left) and " I ~"d;;" the fli ght from under the Iron Curtain Reshevsky's manager and co-sponsor of the Mat ch, ftanks 1\ IJY Cen ek Kottnaucr, a prominent inter national chessmaster of Czecho-Slov akia, ahead of Neddjkovich of Yugo~lavia and a new flurry of articles on mechanical (3d) Stoeckel of Austria; Bev crwijk ,e.g.. UNITED STATES chess· players inspired by Dr. Norbert (Holland), Nicolas Rossolimo of France Wiener's remarks, a splurge of chess rd · first ahead of AIGeric O'Kelly dc Galway HE ma!or c ~l .ess e\" ent in. t~ e , .Unite~ erences in "science-fiction" literature and of Belgium and (tied for 3d) Dr. Max T. States III 1903 wa s the U. ~. 'Open AP newsman William N. Oatis's tribute Euwe of Holland, Roman Toran of Spain Championship. It set new rec" rci s with to chess for saving his sani ty during his and 1. H. Donner and Haje Kramer of a S1500 first prize and 182 entrants. imprisonment in C:>:echo·Slovakia. Holland; M (J.r del Plata (Arge ntina) Do nald Byrne of Broo kly n. a Yale grad. Chess books brought out approximatcIy Svctozar Gligorich of Yugoslavia was first uate now doing ]l ost .grad work at .\lichi· within 1953 were : The Human Side of to beat out i\liguel Najdor! in thi s hi s gan, won by beating O\lt :'Ifax Pa l'e y, ( Ches.~ by Fred Reinfeld, reviewin g the own backyard tournament; (3d & 4.th) of Brooklyn. in the last round. The Ie",,",,, personali ties and contributions to chess Julio Bolbochan of AI'gent ina and Dr. ing scorers were : B~Tne 10 1 ~ . 2 1 ~. Pavey theory of the world champions; The Mid· Petar Trifunov ich of Yugoslavia; Bach· 10·3, and, ti ed at 91. ~·31~ hut separated di e Game in Chess by Dr. Reuben Fine, arest (Roumania) won by Alexander C. on S.-B. poin H. :'\ic ola~ R 0~~,' l illlo (for another treatise cumplementing his Prac Tolush of Russia, ahead of (2d) Tigran lIleriy of Pari ;; . Franct'. but 11'))" of New tical Chess Openings and Basic Chess P ct rosyan and (3rd ) Vassily Smyslov, bot h York ), James T. Sherwin (:'\ e", York), I. Endings; John and the Chcssm~n by Dr. of Russia; Milan Chess Club, Ant hony E. A. Horowit z (i\(' w York ) . FrJnk .-'..nder Helen Wcissenstein, a child's book de· Santasiere of New York and .T . Primavera ~OJl (Toronto. Canada) . Eli ot Hearst signed to awaken genuine chess interest; of Italy tied; Fluminellse Football Club (N ew York ) and James Cro~ s (Glendale, Championship Chess and Chrckcrs for (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), won by Svetozar California) . All by (champions) Larry Evans and Tom Gligoric h, ahead of (tied for 2d) Dr. In a challen:!: e1"S ' tournam ent at Phil Wiswell with instructions and analyzed Petar Trifunovich and (German) L. adelphia, ~ b: qual ifi ed for the C. S. Cham pion ship to he held in 195·1: .-\rtlilir B. games; The Chess !Uind by Gerald Abra· Engels; Goteborg (Sweden) won by Eero 13isguier of S ew Yo rk. 8;:! . 1~:!; Hans hams, a psychologist's study of what Book of Finland; Caracas (Venewela) Berliner of \\iash ington. D. c. . 7~~ . 2% : makes chessplayers tick; Ho w t() Improve won by L. Sanchez of Col umb ia; Sun Jose your Chess: Second Steps by I. A. Horo· Karl Burger of Brookh'n , :'\ew York. 71, ~ . (Costa Rica) EI Salvador 1I"0n the Cen · wit7- and Fred Heinfcld, instruction for 2:1::; Ati llio Di Camillo of Philaddphiil tral American Team Tournument; Chel average chess players ; and The First 6 Y2·3 Y:: ; Paul Brandts of :'\ew York 6 - ~ ; Book 0; Chess by Joseph Leeming, a bril· tenham (England) won by J. H. Donner and Sa ul Wach" of Philadelphia 5 1 :! .. 1%. liantly illustrated child's book on che ~ s; of Holland, ahead of the former Czech (The flr;; t f,,'(, in the "Open "" mentioned and My Best Games oj Chess, 1905·1930, Cenek Kotlnauer and (3d) D. Andieh of abo\'C al ~o qual ified .l Dr. S. G. Tartakover, traIlS. and edited Yugoslavia and (4th) R. Persitz uf Israel; In national ratings. puhlbhed in mid by H. Golombek, a fin e games collection. Sun Benedetto (Italy) tied by Kottnauer I ear, ]{ e&he\'~ k y alone ranked a" 3 grand. and Robatsch ; Esbjerg (Norway) won by master at 2751. Senior ma"te r ~ were : Dr. Fridrik Olafsso!1 of Iceland; Opulija I{euhen Fine 2676. La rr'Y Elans 2660, Int ernat ional Tou rnaments Robert Ihrne 1601. George !Va rner 2564, (known also as Abbazia, "ugosla l' ia ) won N other major, international tourna· I. !\. H" rH wilZ 25-l.5. :\ m old ~. Denker br Alexander Matanovich of Yu goslavia, I ments, the followi ng results obtained: 2538 and :'Il ax Pa'ey 1502. ahead of A. Fuderer and (3d ) Boris Hastings Christmas Tournament, 1952·3, In rating, Jlubli~ hed at ~' e-ar 's L'Wi Dan Yanofsky of Canada, Antonia fI-I edi na Rabar also of Yugoslavia; Venice (Italy) R e~ h n' :;k ) ' ~t(jod at 2739. Srnior mast of Spain and Jonathan Pe)lro~e of Eng. won by Esteban Canal of P eru, ahead of were : I{ "bert 13~'rn e 260 1. Georte hnlJllcT land tied for first; Vielma Tournament, A. Castaldi of Italy and (3d) Lothar 2:iM. ])"nald Byrne 25+-1 . .-\ moId Denker Arthur B. Bisguier of New York first, Selunid of West Germany. 2538 and :'\ ieoias Rossolimo 2513_
2 CH[5S REV tfW, ).AHIJA.RY. 1954 U. S. Open at Milwaukee: part of the 182 contende rs. U. S. Open: Editor I. A. Horowib: (center) took part.
In Jnnior chess, Saul Yarmak of Pas· FLOIlI!)"' : Nestor B. l{crnandez § of \'i/ ASli INGTO N: Jim Schmitt 'f uf Purl· ,aie won the championship. i\Iiss N ?lIay Tampa ; GEOIlCIA: R. W. William~ ~ of land, Oregon; .I. L. Sheets t of Seattle; Karff (formerly of Boslon, now of New Macoll ; TnAHO : O. W. i\Ianney t of Scat· \VEST VIllGni IA: Dr. Siegfricd Werth am Yo rk ) won the Women's Championship tle, Wa~ h ingto n ; LaVe r! Kimpton ,x, of mer ~ of Huntington; Wl~ C O ''' S IN: Richa rd overlaking and passing fonller chanlJlion. Filer; I LLINNOIS: Puvilas T alltvai~a~ / of Kujoth § of :Milv,aukee; WYO~\lNG: Vic .\Irs. Cisella K. Cresser, in the last round Chicago; I NllI ANA: Huge r Ol'en ~ of Staliek ~ of Douglas. 10 take her sixth title. Albert Weissman Muncie; IOWA; Jolrrr Penquile t of Des of the Bronx, New York, and New York l'I'ioi nes; L'niversity won th e Intercollegia te Cham KA NSAS : Dnt ilriec·i\"ash § of Medora; pionship. And, in correspondcnce chess, LOU l ~IANA : Ed Bursotiio ~ o£ New Or· ~ FOREIGN James Terry Sherwin of New York won leans; !I'IASSACHLJSE [T~: Dr. Julian Kcil· the 4th Annual Colden Knights Postal son t of Brooklyn. N. Y. and M. r. '1'.; ATIONA L and Provincial Champions, Chess Championship with a c1ci!n scure. Karl Bu rger t of Brooklyn; MIOIIGAN: Noutside the U.s.A . in 1953, 'we re: Aus In uther U. S. tournamcnts, ColumLia Leon StoheldJerg ~ of Detroit; .'dI.\"NE~O· TIlI ,I; Lokv ellc; AUST R,ILlA : La jos Steiner: ! Tniversity won th e Intercollegiate Team T... : \'i/. E. Kaiser ~ of 51. Paul; BAHAMAS : C. R. Nicole; BET.G IU~ l : Alberic urnament Ly a wide nl1ngin . Carl Pil· MONBN ... : 1. Van Teylingen § of Creat O'Kelly de Galway; BH,\llL: S. Flavio de ,1lck and Anthony E. Sanlasiere tied fo r Falls ; NEVAllA: Maurice Gedance t of Carvalho; C\NAI)A(and Dominions) : Frank the championship of the J\]arshall Chess Las Vegas; NEW HA,\IPSH IHE: Roberl Hux: P. Anderson of Toronto and Dan A. Yanof· CluL . '\[ax Pavey won that of the .\'[aullat· ~ of University 01 New HamIJ~hire; .\if;W ~ky of Winnipeg tied; ALIlEllTA: Raletich; Ian e.C. Isaac KashdaTI won 18Y::. JERSEY; Franklin S. Howard ~ of Easl M .... Nl'I"OI)A : Dr. ~ . .l. Divinsky o£ Winni· % in the Hollywood Invitational Tourna· Orange; NEW YOHK : Hans llerli ner "r' of peg; ONTAlllO: Paul Vaitonis 01 Hamil· ment. Constantin c Rasis won the South. Washington, D. C. und Ihe ( New York) ton; QUEBEC: Marcel Dion of !\Iontreal; ern Chess Association cllampiollship. Marshall Chess Cluh; CU llA : Dr. Rosendo Homero; CnCIfO· Povilas Tautvaisas of Chicago won the NOHTH CAROLIN A: \Villiam E. Chapmun SLOVAKIA: Dr. M. Filip; DE N,,"IAHK ; Eigil Trans.i\Iississippi Tournamc!lt. Kit Crit· t of York. Pa .. und Duke Un iv ersity: Pcdersen ; DO""U NIC.... N HEPIIIlLlC : Dr. AI· tenden of Ralcigh, North Carolina, won Norman T. \Vhil.uk er t of Shady~ide. IJ el·to i\Talagon; EA ST GEH'I.H'Y; H. the Carolinas Championship. Jamcs ilol Maryland; NoH'1'I\ DAKoB : Stanley S. Fuchs; FINLANn: K. Ojanen; F'II ,INO: : Dr. ton of New Havpn, Connecticut, won the Johnson ~ of Grand Forks; 01110: Tuny S. C. Tart.akovcr ; CHEAT BHIB!)''-: Dan A. ~ e w England Cham pionship. Lee T. Arehipoff § of Toledc; OKI.AHOATA: Dr. Yanufsky of Canada; GIIU:O:: Caitanaros ; '\[agee of Omaha, Nebraska, wun the !did· Delu Hozsa § of Tulsa; OnEGO N: Arthur HOLLAN]): Dr. i\Iax Enwc; HUl\CAIIY: West "Open." Rohert Steinmeyer of St. Dake t of Portland: La~zlo Szabo; TCt::LAND: F.-idrik Olafsson; Louis, Missouri, gained the Southwest PEN;>OSYLVANIA: HoLert D. Sobel ~ of inr.I.A Nn: E. N. Mulcahy; ISII,It:L: Porath: "Open" title at Houston, Texas. Lee. T. Philadelphia; SO UTII CA llOLIN,\; Hea B. ITALY: A. Caslaldi; LIIH:IltA; Cuenilicr -'fagee copped another title in the Wichita Haye~ ~ (formerly of Sa ~ katchl'W'an) of flTajchrowicz; .MEXICO; CoL J . .1. Araiza; ·'Open." And Walter .\Iann of Columbus, Greenville; SO uT H DAKOT,\: John Pen· NEW ZEALAND: O. Sarapuu; NOI\WAY: Ohio, carried off the Tri·State (Ohio, quite T of Des :Moincs, Iowa ; Bryant W. Ola£ Harda; PAKISTAX : Mohammend .i\li; Pennsylvania and \Vest Virginia) Cham Holmes * of Sioux Falls; TENNEssn:: J. POLAN D: ('52 play·off won by Sliwa from pionship. G. SulIil'an .t of Knuxville; Penquile I: i\Iakarczyk) K. Hol uj; RJtOI)~SI ,I : f..J. 'rEX,IS: John Hudson § of Ellington Air Pines; Rus~I "; Mikhail Botl'innik won play·off of '52 tie with Mark l'aillW1l0V; State Champions for 1953 Force Base and Pennsylvania; UTAH : Pili! Neff t of La5 Vegas, Nevada, and SCOT I.ANn: (\'l. A. Fairhurst won '52tillc) § C.Ult"OIWIA; Herman Steiner of l os Irvin M. Taylor 7:. of Salt Li!ke City for J. M.Aitken; SOU TH AFH ICA : .I. E. Eriksen: Angeles: COI.ORAno: Jack L. Hnr5eh / of 1952; Trvin M. Tador t for 1953; Vm SI'AIN : Ruman Torall; SWED EN : (Costa ~ DeTIl'er ; CONi\ECTKVr : James Dolton (;["IA: Herbert A\'flllll ~ of Arlington; Stoltz won '52 play.off from Kinmark), f ~ew Haven ; DELAWARE; (by play·off Z. N il s~on and Stoltz tied; SW ITZElltAxn: ;:Dm '52 : ?It W. Hope and M. R. Paul t lI'inne r 01 opelL lou"lle.,·, t 81
CHESS REVIEW. JANUARY, 1954 3 CHESS Vol. 11, No.1 REVIEW JANUARY. 1954
INTERNATIONAL Problem Composers' Day The Onesimus Chess Chlb of notter-dam, Holland, will mark its 25th anniversary (Novomber 24, 1954) by a composing tournament. Three prizes in the form of medals will be awarded fo r the best direct mate two·mov ers exh ibiting "threat co r· rection." There arc further technical re· quirements; so we suggest that those in· terested gct in touch with J. J. "an Sin t· truyen, J erusalemstraal 14, Hollerdam, Holland. Tourney ent ri es are due on or before July 31 st, 1954. Women's Set-to The women's Yugoslav cham pionship, open to wom en of all countries, was won handily by Vera Nedcljkovieh of Yugo. slavia. Second was Benini of Ital)'. :Miss N. May Karff, who recently regained her United States ero wn as reported elsewhere in this issue, made an even ~core. At Monte Carlo This famous gambling resort was the scene of a tournament for club teams from Austria, France, It aly and ?lIonaco. of Columbia, at 51h·n-S. Weiss man topped Victory went to the Au ~ t!'ian ( I nn~bruck) in S.·8. points us bolstcred notably b~' his ALEKSANDAII l\t"'TANOV]l:H players. personal victories over llisgui er and his NYU mate, Allen Kaufman. fro ll! wh om Miniature Match Ace Performance he won in 65 moves in the last round . Winning 9 games, drawing 8 and losing J. Bolbochan, who wa s .M. Najdorf's Bisguier, who placed a ~ official runner· nUllC, AlexanJ~r :Matanovich of Yugo second in the recently concluded chal· up, won the specd championship after a slavia mastered a st rong internation 4 CHESS REVtEW. IANUARY. 195'1 In these tense circumstances, Mrs. V. J. Burdick of Chicago, Miss Lucille Cresser" missed SC I'eral good chances, Kellner and Mark Eucher of Detroit, while her opponent, playing coolly under ?llichigan. and E. J . Kent of Bayside. fire, bid ed her opportunity and finally Nell' York. And, in the Finals, he won broke through in the end·game. By thus again from Eucher (who'd qualified from relegating Mrs. Gresser to second place, a different Semi·finals scction, also) and i\Jiss Karff won her sixth national cham from l'IIrs. Etoilc Frank of Chicago, Dr. lonship and the Edith L Weart perma H. Y. Sigler of Galveston, Texas, John "ent trophy. Miss Karff and Mrs. Gresser F. Heckman, Jr. of Hartford, Connecticut, are both New Yorkers. William L. Prosser of Berkelcy, Califor· In third place, considerably behind the nia, and James T . Lynch of Catasauqua, leaders, was Mrs. Rosalie de Serrano. Pcnnsyh'ania. 5%-2%, formerly woman champion of Costa Ri ca. Other plus scores were made NORTH CAROLINA hy ~Iisses Kate and Wally Henschel, who The North Carolirra Open Tou rnament tallied 4V:!.3% each, Next were i\Iiss Adele at Wi lmington was credited to Norman S. Raettig and Mrs. Henrietta Rogers with T. Whitaker of Shadyside. Slaryland. eqll:ll scores of 2V:!.5%, followed by )Irs. when he clra lked up a 5-0 shutout. Next )L Babakin. 2·6, and )Trs. !If:u:;aret Story, were Prof. Lanncau Foster of Columbia, 0·8. The Manhattan, j\Iarshall and Lon South Carol in a, and Rupert Worthington d0n Terrace Chess Clubs in New York of Wilm ington, North Carolina, with City prodded playing quarters. equal scores of 3%-1%, second place Unfortunately the event was held at a going to Foster on Swiss·Solkoff points. WALTF.Tl KOR;o; time of year when sel'eral strong players I am a new facc and name in CIlF.SS found th emselves too busy to compete. 11n'IEw; (I new face, hut" name wh ich This was notably true of !lIrs. Mary Bain, UTAH to most of you signifies that of th e editor ex.champion , who was unablc to defend Notching a pcrfcct 6·0 ~eorc, Irvin W. of Modem Chess Openings; and I have her title because of the seaSOlia l pressure Taylor, former presillent of th e Salt Lake heen commissioned to IlIrn the Spotlight of professional duties. Others who were Cit!· Chcss Cl ub, won an opcn 16·man on Op <:lIings (page 11 ) . conspicuous by their absencc were ?'Irs. Slatc tournament. Phil Neff of Las Vegas, I will fairly and objectively attend to Eva Aronson (current open charnpion ), ~evada , 1952 winner, was runner-up the X.far treatment of openings, may the 'frs. Kathryn Slatcr, Mrs. 1.. Cnrmette, with ' ~Y:J-l%. Third and fourth went to Rocntgen tnhe prot rude from "M.C.O." i\liss 1.. Kell ner. 1\lrs. \'1'. \\i. Owen s, :!\Ir~ . \Villiarn Taher of Ren ... . Nevada, and or "P.C.O." or "Archi vcs" or elsewhere, )[ary D. Sclensky and Mrs. C. Piftligor. Gaston Chappuis of Salt I.ake City re or preferably be a correspondent's pcr· sky. most of whom participated in the ~pectivclr , each scoring 4·2 hut Taber sonal observation. The ambitious reader tournament of 1951. !;"ain ing better S.·B. total~ . therefore is welcome to communicate any nseful e{)nlribution to thc everchanging ,Iden Knighter WASHINGTON flux of opening mystery and discover)'. He James Terry Sherwin who has laurels J. L. Sheets registered hi s ninth state will find a forum here at suitablc time. enough to his name: U. S. Intercollp.giate triumjlh with a eomincing 7%.%. Only \ reanwhile I will not wa it in the hack· Champion in 1952, Champion of New the tail·ender, John DeWit t, succeeded in ground. I wou ld be failing my audience! York State in 1951 and forrn<:r captain holding Sheets to a draw. Second place J will be as articulate as I can, trying to and ace player for Columbia University, in the round robin was t"ken by Victor do the busting ".irregardless" and with· wins the 4th Annual Colden Knights Pupols, 6-2, and third w"s won by Charles out getting "dchunked" mysclf. The pur Postal Championship, begun in 1949, Joachim, 4%.3%. Elrnars Zerngalis was pose of thc Spotlight is not criticism per (Sce COllcr Picture) not on hand to defend his title. se hut summary, information and guidance ACIlI1l11y , the tournament is far from to provide a springboard whence thc stu fini shed as ye t, with sel'eral Finals sec LOCAL EVENTS dent m,,~" proceed further.-W. K. ti ons yet to complete play, hut no other C(llijorni(l. First place in the Palo Alto compctitor can now cqual Sherwin's per· Chess Clu b championship was annexed by fec t score. So he wins the Grund First Jack Kliger, formerly of the Marshall Prize of 5250, with 46.2 weighted points, Clress Clull of New York. Kliger steam· representing straight wins in 6 prcliminary roJlered the OPllosition with a scorc of round garnes, 6 semi-final round games 15%.1 %, but the struggle for the next and 6 more in th':! Finals. four placcs was so keen tha t only % point The Postal Championship, as conducted separated each notch. Players finishing by CHESS REVI EW, attracted 875 en tr ant~ second to fifth were as follows : C. from all parts of the continental United Petriceks, 13·4; L. )Ioses, 12%.4%; E. States and Canada. In the preliminary T. Dana, 12.5; W. SlllIgert, IPh-5%. round, Sherwin encountcrcd and won froll] Dana won from, and Albert Guthrie drew those in i\Iid·Atlantic states : Philip 8. with, the ncw champion. Driver of Rid Icy Park, Perlllsylvania, In the annual Beverly Hills Chess Club Rosewood and White Ho tly chess pieces Harry Silver of Flushing, New York, title event, the ~ uceessful competitor was of simptified form and greater co ntrast. Edgar V. Trull of Rome, New York, \Vi l· Vincent rotre, Jr. He tallied 7¥2.I%, just This handsome set is distinctly easier liam Sollfrer of Bronx, New York, C. C. ahead of John Burton and Eric Johanson, to play with. Beautiful natural finish, ' T'! aring of Demarest, New Jcrsey, and each 7·3. weighted and fetted. $34.50 in felt- tined ':. Dewey of Philadelphia. In the Semi· A match between the Hollywood Chess birch bOX. Descri ptive fotder sent on nn-als. he won from Sil ver again (he'd Croup and the Lincoln Park Chess Club request. ERNEST WRIGHT, Box 141, Belmont qualified from a different prelim scction) , of Long Beach was won decisively by the 78, Mass. from S. B. Skelton of Arlington, Virginia, former with a score of 7% ,2 ~~ . 'Vinners CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1954 5 f(Jr Holh'wooo \\"ere S. i\lazner, R. Jacobs. man each di\'ided a point. while Jerome I.. W()f~nwff. P. Meyer and J. R. Lazos. Pasquarelli, con8uiting with 1\[. Milchell, Five Long Beach pla)'ers d rew, account· li kewise achievw a draw. ing for their club's 2¥.! I)o in ts. In anolher cl ub enCounler. Sanla Nortll Carolil!(l. The latest city In experi. Mun ica Bay downed Va n Nuys lit Ihe tunc ment wilh 30·30 chl'Ss was !\5heville. of 61A-31jz. wh ere an 8 man S wi ss at that t ~lI1 po w~ hagged by Bill Adickes. 3%_%. In secor Di!trir;t of Columbia. Russell Chauvencl place was Hea B. Ha yes wit h 3-1 and II: and Don 6 CHESS REVIEW. JANUARY. 1954 FOREIGN The picturesquely named "Battle of Britain" tourn ament was won by C. 1. Australia Martin. E. C. Hughes wus the runner-Ill'. The three junio r charn l ) i on ~ hi]) cl asses According 10 the B,it;:lh Clles:l Maga. "f New South "-ales were all wnn hy zille, \foq)hy 's celebra ted brillianc}· I)erfect scorcs. The under 18 grolll' was against the Duke of Brunswick and Count ",nil hr John Purdy. Jr. wi th 8·0; the h ouanl h:u been translal(:,1 into an ice under 16 by F. Fl aton' wit h 11.0; awl ballet called "Sinba,1 the Sailor on lee." the under 14 by Frank Pace)' wit h 9·0. Tn the tourney for the S),d!H:y Uni· Greece vcrsity tit le, J. G. Stocks won with 5-y:! .1 %. For thCl third straight time, the national title went to GailllnarO$, 11%.2%. Belgium As usual, the ehampion8 hip 1) £ this Israel country went to Al beric O'Kelly ,I e Gal· P orath is the new national king pi n, fol. wa)'. He scored 8-1. fo ll ow ed by 1950 lowed by Kniager and Dobkin in a tic ehall1pio n, Hobert Lemoire. 6·3. fo r second and third. Czecho-Slovakia Poland The national titiehoilicr. Fi lill, wnn a Scoring 12.2, K. Holuj ,,"Oil the Polish dnuhlc round robin co nT esTed by Th e first title, well ahead of H. SZllawsh 10-4. si;l: players of the latest C7.cchoslol'ak chnmpionship. r ili]! !lOsed out l'aehillan Switzerland by lh point, their respecti ve SCO l"e$ being Results of simuitanenus exhibitions by l\{,o.ncF.T. OWl' 7Y2-2YZ and 7·3. The victor then engaged four of the grundmllstcrs who took part CtWlIlflilJ1l IJj P,ovince of Qu ebec in ant! won another tournament with 10-3, in the recently concluded world cham· Il hcad lIf Fichtl and Zila. eaeh 9·4. pionship challengers' tournament were as follows: Reshel'sky in Zurich won 32, showi ng of 7 wi ns and 2 draw3. A g()od Great Britain drew 7, lost I ; Keres in Lucerne won 28, Recond was Nic\wlas Kampars, 7%.1V::. As a result of a 2·0 decision in (I play· urew 2; K OIOv in R CHESS REVtEW, IANUARY, 1954 7 from a short stroll through the playing CHESS PERSONALITIES enclosure. Opocensky did not sit down but stood leaning over his chair, studying And Observations on the Scene the rather complicated position Oil the board. Like many other chessplarers, he of the Challengers' Tournament of 1953 is unable to stand still and was uncon· sciously swaying back and forth. Nim. 7.Ov ieh caught the motion out of th e co· by George Koltanowsky. Haie Kramer and Fred M. Wren ner of his eye, and it bothered him. Finally, his nerves cracked, and he sn ap· CHESS REVIEW herewith continues the series, begun on page 321, Novem ped at Opoeensky, "Go away, or stop sway· ber issue, by the above trio of observers. More will follow in February. ing your silly stomach over the hoard and give a man a chance to think." Opocensky went away-and the two men DADDY! Koltanowski recalls that in 1924, in his never spoke to each ot her again! A stranger getting his first glimpse of first international tournarntmt at .Merano, He thinks that the winner of the tour· the tournament wonders who the pudgy he forced a draw through move repetition nament will come from the trio, Smyslov, well·dressed man is who constantl), wan in his game against Opocensky. The lat· Reshevsky, Bronstein. He likes and is ders up and down through the rope· ter was furious, for George had a Pawn popular with all the Hussian players enclosed playing area, slopping occasion. plus, and Opoeensky thought that such an and frequently says when referring to ally hesjd~ a table to cast an interested ad"antage carried with it the moral ob· them as a group, "Meine kinder spiden glance at the players, the game position, ligation to play for a win. He lectured gu.t." He was particularly proud when the clocks. He mov<~s on, holding his George at len gth on ethics and integrity Bronstein, in his first round game with ever-present, pencil-thin cheroot either be :n chess play, and called him everything Taimanov, played 5 .. P.QN4; for this tween tight lips or at th e same level be· but a gentleman for forcing a draw when move in this position was apparently tween thumb and forefinger like a dart he had a probable win . The next time first played by Opocensky against Alek with which he threatens to impale the they met in tournament play in England hine ill a game played many years ago. players at the next table. He moves like more than ten years later, the boy from Like many other admirers of the Soviet a half·awakened sleepwalker, with hi s Belgium had more experience and self· way of life he wears an English Burheny right eye apparently closed ti ghtly, and c'mfidenee. He won from Opocensky. topcoat, a silk scarf from France, and with a gleam in the left one which has The loser's only comment was, "You carries a fine ])igskin hriefcase made in been described in such varied terms as should have won that game in ~Ierano , West Germany. He. says he 11<1$ finer "Puckish," "kindly," "shrewd" and "devil· too." food in hometown Prague than he can ish." He exchanges a smile and a nod with Nimzovich wrecked a beautiful fri end· find in Switzerland- nn item of informa· another occupant of the enclosure, he ship by making wlrat Opocensky thought tion which would Ilrohahly be of great looks at one of the large wall·boards and was an insulting remark in th e i'I'farienbad interest to those hungr)' millions who have with freezing scorn directs the attention tournament of 19.35. In their game with been risking life and livertl' tn pick... o! the attendant to the fact that the pos· each other, Nimzovich was pondering over a four·dollar food parcel in \V est B,. ition set up there does not correspond to his next move when Opocensky returned lin. the one on the board over which the play. ers are concentrating. The correction is made, and the man and the cheroot move on. This is KAREL OPOCENSKY, the 62 year old Czech international master, four times champion of his country, veteran of over one hundred tournaments, one of the world's leading chess journalists, and designated by the International Chess Federation as the Tournament Director of this most important event. His appear. ance, that of a successful proletarian or capitalistic business man, and hi s sandy, greying hair, give yOll no idea that he carries in his mind the memories of forty years of active competition in master chess. But he does, and over a glass of wine he will gladly reminisce in eight Of ten different languages of his savage battles over the board with all of the chess Titans of this century. And out of these thousands of master games, of which one is he proudest? One that he lost in the Buenos Aires Team Tourna· ment in 1939. Why? Because hi s op· Keres ponent, after winning by a fluke said, "You outplayed me from the start, and you would have beatcn any other player The "unidentified bystander" chatti ng with Keres (p. 323, November) turns out. " reported by Fred Wren and atso Watter Korn, to be Karel Opocensky himsetf. As in the world." Who was this modest op· Wren says, he does chat pt easantly wit h Keres and likety enough with David ponent? Capablanca! Bronstein (to his left), too. 8 CHESS REVIEW . IANUARY. 1954 Opocensky recently left the dinner table the signs of a razor.sharp intelligcnce Tournament Director. 'Where can I find saying, "~Iust leave now. Bronstein wants Which, in his play, is integrated with a a good movie?' 'HoII" about the "Return to talk to me al on L~not even another high degree of artistic imagination. of Don Camillo"?' asked th~ director, Russian player there. I have known him "Aside from Reshevsky, Bronstein was jokingly. 'Nothing doing,' grinned Bron· si nce he was a baby. He likes me ve ry the only participant in the big hattie wh o stein, 'I prefer the title, "Women whom much. All the Russian players consider brought no second with him. Lilienthal ?l-Jen do not fI-larry." , me as a 'Father'. But Bronstein show ~ told us that Bronstein's wilfulness hlld "He was the only RU8sian player who reat promise and power." always caused difficulty between him and arrived in Switzerland with a camera. Is this the tip·off on the ultimate win. his seconds. This happened in Budapest When the news and other photographers ner? Could be. Imagine the outcry in and also in his championship match with were getting pictures of the contestants, Brooklyn if a guy assigned as a World Botvinnik. Thus it happened that, for this you wo uld always find Bronstein with his Series umpire went into secret conferenee tournament, no Russian grandmaster or camera, taking advantage of the profes. with Allie Reynolds and was on such master could be found WllO was both qual. sionals' floodlights (no flash photos were good terms with all the Yankees that thev ified and willing to act as Bronstein's permitted) to get candid snapshots of his all called him "Pop"! . second. fellow players. By this activity, he gained "In more than a few of his games, tlie nickname of the Flying Reporter. Bronstein took up to 15 minutes in decid· "The wilfulness mentioned ahove was BRONSTEIN ing on hi s first move. War of nerves? In displayed on one occasion when, on a day It is a well known fact that some of the his last· round game with Gligorich, how. on which he was not scheduled to play, most interesting and enlightening infor· cver, his first move was long delayed for he appeared to check on the progress of matio~ about our basel)all heroes has another reason-he wanted to see how the the games which were being played. A come from the umpires whose X.ray vision Najdorf-Keres game was developing be· photographer asked if he would pose for can be trusted to disclose the feet of clay fore deciding on his own course of a picture. Bronstein brushed him off wilh action.fi so often hidden by spiked shoes. This a curt refusal and entered the playing en angle came to the writer's mind when he "The following episode illustrates closure. A few minutes later, Herr Nagler. found himself stumped by lack of ma· Bronstein's serious approach to the game the Swiss Tournament Director. interceded terial on Bronstein. in general. The publishers of a newsp:lper for the photographer. Bronstein agreed. Bronstein always looked friendly when asked if Bronstein would annotate a cer· ~miling and gracious and as if entirely not engaged in play-talking and laugh. lain game played in the tournament, The unaware that he had ever refused. ing with the elite of the chess world. 'But grandmaster agreed to do 50. But, at the try to get near him for a few words! If tournament's end, they had received "Many players seem til get red and he saw you coming, he would slide away nothing from him, and they asked when hot as they get into difficulties in a game. into the safety of the spaces reserved for the promised annotation would be forth· Bronstein reacts in the opposite manner players. If you got close to him, unnoticed, coming. He answered the editor, almost he seems to get cold. It was amusing to one of two things would happen. If you angrily: 'Do you expect me to comment sec him in a game with Keres. He had made a comment on anything, he would on the game without further study? Many ordered a glass of tea, and he sat there stare through you and move away wilh· times, I analyze a game for months, seek· for a long time, holding the hot glass in hoth hands, exactly as if he had just I replying. If you asked for anything. ing and finding new variations. When I would give a flat refnsal, sometimes, have had time to analyze this game to come indoors from Arctic teillperature5 we thought, without having the least idea the extent that I am sure that I under· outside and was trying to thaw himself of what he had refused to give or (Io or stand the reason which each player had out." sar. The end of the tournament was for everr move, then-and then unly So end Crisovan's impressions of Bron· reached, therefore, without anything ex· will I write the annotation whieh I have ~t ein-w ilh a note ' staling that he hO(1O;'s cept biographical material on one of the prurllised you.' to see them in print and that the readers to urnament's brightest stars. Although "Bronstein apparently had a sweet of CHESS REVIEW will find them intere~t· hracketed with Reshevsky and Keres in tooth. Like the Olher Russian players, he ing. Ye Olde Woodpusher ho[!e ~ so, tllll! a tie for second place, he seemed to have had copious supplies of Russian chocolate, 11 firmer claim to the second spot than but he used to suppllOment this with Swiss MOYED-AND SECONDED either of thlOm. on his two wins versus chocolates bought locally. He was gener· Reshevsky and his Ph--% score over Keres. nus with his sweets, continually pressing To a person unfamiliar with the intri· It was then that we happened to think them upon his fellow competitors and upon cacies of' modern chess matches and of the umpires or, as they are called in the tournamcnt officials. During the course tournaments, the news that each principal chess, tournament directors, who had heen of every game, he would order and devuur competitor is llsuallr equiPI}Cu with a in personal contact with all the players several ham or Swiss cheese sandwiches, ~e('. ond is likely to COllle as d hit of a e\'ery day for two mOJ1ths. A telephone washed down with tea. surpnse. He is likely to do a mental call was made to Alex Crigovan, at hi s "The minute his game was over, his flash·hack to his youthful l'xcursions intu home in Lucerne. The prohlem was ex· seriolls expression and mood disappeared romantic literature in which a second was plained to him, and the young Swiss ma~· 10 be replaced by an almost childlike llsually the trusted friend of the principal ter said: "Surely. I can give you a few playfulness. One night, he asked the who stood near him with dr,lwn sword. petites histoires about Bronstein." A few or pistol, to make sure that 0,11' hero days later, they arrived in the mail, and ~WOcdp~5her's Note: Bronstein. Ke,',~~ an CHESS REVtEW, JANUARY, t954 9 chess ! What do they do ? [w:rything, pal, wh ile the lau er swims, plays tennis II iend appears and tOS3es the program on outside of moving the Il ieces in the big or reads whodunits ill the restful almos· the lable in front of the owner ; A enters games. Ilhere of his home or hO lel. At tll ese tile foye r aga in, on his wny back to the AhhoUl l1 this pbase of chess activit y is mt.'Ct ings, such trh'ia as playing locale, game; · the autograph hound heads him not new, it has been on a public and time limits, local ground fu les, press con· (.I! again and again presents lhe program highly organized basis only during the lacls, finances, officials and a thousand for signature; A scribbles again; A offers past twenty years. In an article in Chess other details are discussed and dehated II draw upon his nex t move; Black ac· written in 1937 while the Euwe-Alekhine th ro ll ~ h to the decision static. The second Ctl l'ts; and the game is ove r. 50. will match wu being played, i'lr. B. H. Wood must watch every game being pia red in of it? So, a i UY gets two autograpln wrote, "Reuben Fine, Euwe's 'second,' the tournament , on the 100 1. 0111 for some from the same player inside of two min· went down with appendicitis after the tact ical innovation on the part of any of nles. A little teamwork and invcstiglti on second game. To many it C~lIn e as a sur· the players which may necessitate II showed that the tirsl autograph was a prise to Jearn that seconds had quite change in the strategic or tactical plans message-"Shall 1 accept a draw?" The onerous duties, such as rcpresenting their which have been lined up for the principal. second one was probably nn authentic man on commiUees and assisting him in Hc must above all walch the game in "utograph, written while the player was the preparation of openin g novelties and which his principal is playi ng. He usually l'c;:cii ng his instruetioll s to grab the draw thc anuiysis of adjourned gam~s. Th ese carries the game move by move on a small while he could have it. And this arlvice hut twO daties are new de{XlftaTes, alld pocket board, and he must mentally an· II;:d come from the player's !Ceond, open to much criticism." The underscoring alyze each mO\'e 8 5 it is made, just 8S his tl,rough this devious dev ice. of the last sentence is provided by the princi pal is doing in the Iliaying enclos· The second's most im l'Ortant func tion, writer of this article to show that the most ure. The second is not lK' rm ittoo 10 com· hI the opinion of most J11ayer ~, [5 the important, and commonly accepted func· municate with his principal while pl ay unalysis of adjourned game s. After ad· tion of the 1953 second, was an innovation is going on; hut it is known by everyone j{;urnment at 10 P . M. the player is free in 1937, even to a tournament veteran and ami admitted by most players and their to do anything he wants to. He can go to chess.journalist like Mr. Wood. seconds, that telepathy is unusually suc· the hotel and go to sleep-he can go to But, yo u ask, wh y don't you tell us what cessful in a chess lournament area and one of the few hot night.spots of Zurieh a !iCCOnd does for his principal? Before that the mental praye rs and e)[ horiatiolls he can drh'e filty 1IIi1 ~ to a gambling the tournament or match bcgills, the of the second are somehow Ilicked up by ca~ino in Germany. The second, however, second, who is usually of masto!r or grand. the I) rineipal without too much trouble. has to go to work on the game and on master "rcngth, goes over all the games Of course, there are some who are un· the adjourned posi tion. He can draw which have been played recently by thc kind enough to suggest thaL telepathy ei th er from his own grandmaster memo ry, player or players who will be meeting doesn't have anything to do with it and IIr he can di g out all the books and dia· his princi pal in the forthcoming event. that a system of direct signals is employed iFams which he can fi nd. He has to find , He dilests everything which the prospec· between pla~'er and seeonrl. Koltanowski if possible, a way for his principal to win tive opponent or opponenl5 have written rt."Ca lls that in his salad days as an inter· a ...·o n game, or to draw an even gallic or or sa id which ma y have a bearing on national team tournament )Ilayer one we ll · 10 save a lost one. He hns 10 fig'.I re out their "rateg), or taclics. In other words, qualified kibitzer, when touching his right e\'t:ry possible variation which may b~ he Scouls each opponent for his llrincipal, car with right forefinger, was advising a adopted by either player wh 10 CHU5 RlVJEW. IANUARY. 19H Up-to-date opening analysis by WALTER KORN by an outstanding authority EMPHASIS ON THE INDIAN DEFENSES Admittedly better was 10 R_B1 0-0 SPECULATING on what is most po~ular today, ~here can be no d~ubt 11 P-R5 P-QB4 that the deepest well of latest opemng usage sprmgs from the kaleIdo 12 PxBP scopic Indian systems. Turning to the superlative event of the recent Variation 3 Challengers' Tournament in Switzerland, the statistics show that out of (ReSLlme from diagram) 5 B_B4 NxN 8 P-K3 0-0 a total of 420 games played, 170 belonged to the Queen's Pawn Games. 6 PxN B-N2 9 N_B3 P-N3 The prejudice about Black's disadvantage also was shattered, with both 7 Q-N3 P-QB3 10 P-QR4 B_QR3 colors showing an equal number of wins. Hence it is up to White to 11 P-R5! deliver new attacking weapons, up to Black to think up new counter·meas In these, White has fail' prOspects. ures, and it better be within the framework of the Indian Defenses! Let's fOCLlS our attention on one aspect ill the development of the LOOKING fOr the same rare sOltie in the King's Indian, we pI'esent a specimen Queen Pawn games. During the latter part of the last century, the dread 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 ed debut, which cramped Black's game completely, was the Orthodox 2 P_QB4 P-KN3 Queen', Gambit, I P,Q4, P,Q4 2 P,QB4, P,K3 3 N,QIl3, N,KB3 4 B,NS, 3 N_QB3 B-N2 This was the "aggressive" development, giving White a persistent edge, 4 B-N5 *~ before the adequate Slav and Semi-Slav defenses were evolved by Black. What is then the present position of the equivalent move in the Indian defenses? In short, what about- - B-KNS in the Indian Defenses STARTING conservatively, wilh the line Variation in the Gruenfeld Defe nse : 5 NxN P,N 8 0-0-0 N_B3 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 6 Q-Q2 P-QB4 9 P-Q5 N_K4 2 P_QB4 P_KN3 7 P-K3 B-N2 10 P-B3! 3 N-QB3 P_Q4 White has potential threats of P-Q6 and P-QN,I, Thb; line tries to improve on the [here isn't much to commend in the be. Here again, the Bishop's sally can be game, Bogolyubov- Szabo, Kerneri, 1939, lated thl'us t , ,I N-B3, B- N2 and now ~ , defen'ed till after 4 N-8S, 0 - 0. A game, which went S P- Q5, Q- :\3 9 0 - 0-0, N-R3 B-:\5, N- K5 6 PxP, :-"' xB! But Kan-J'llil{enas, Riga, 1952, went: 5 D 10 P-BS, 1'1- 1'15, The transposition, 8 0- 4 B_N5 N5, P-j\:It3 6 B- Rl, P-QS 7 P- K3, QN 0-0, avoids t'his continuation as 8 . ' ,N Q2 8 Q-1l2, P-B3, showing equilibrium confronts us with a mOl'e* II'hich, al· B39 P-Q5, N-K4 transposes into our main which was only disturbed by 9 R-Ql, though not new, is rarely played and line, whereas 9 " N-N5 provoltes 10 P-KN4? ) 0 B-N3, N-R,' 11 D-K2, NxB allows White three alternatives, Eac'h of P- QR3, ami, after S . , , Q- NS, the intent 12 RPxN, P- KB4? to \Vhite's ad'r'(lIltage. them, as shown by the German players, seems to be D PxP, Q- 82 10 P-U3, Drs. Duenilflupt and i\Ieyer, <;ontains a The Ach!lles' heel of the variation is 4 . . P-B4 7 N-B3 QN_Q2 nOl'el twist after found in mack's illlpml'ement: 7 5 P-K3 Q-R4 8 B_K2 P-QR3 6 Q-Q2! P-Q3 9 0-0 Q-B2 4" N-K5 P- KRS: S D-B4, B-~2 9 0-0- 0, PxP! 10 PxP, N- llS 11 1'- Q5, N-K~! after 10 QR-B1 P-N3 which mack has all the game, The thalwes are equal in this position f('orn the Israilovich-Reichel' match, Bucharest, 1952, and further research is Variation 2 promising. (ResLlm e from diagram) 5 PxP! NxB If 5 ., NxN, 6 PxN Qxl' 7 Q-Q2, THE RELATED LINE in the Tthigorin B-N2 8 1'- D3, Indian would be ... 1 P-Q4 N_KB3 5 B-N5 6 P-KR4 N_K5! P-B3 7 NxN Q,P 2 P-QB4 P-Q3 6 Q-B2 Q-R4 3 N-QB3 P-K4 B-R4 8 N-QB3 Q-QR4 7 B-K2 4 N_B3 QN-Q2 P- K3 9 P-K3 B-N2 8 0-0 The game, Canal- Gligorich, Dubroy· •• MCO: p, 92, note (a), _ Addelldum to Modern Chess Openings, Sth nik, 1950, continued: 10 B-B4, P---QB4 11 edition. ''''!;'' SS, colllllm 4·1. Q- B3, and Black subsequently won, "·MCO: p, 97, col, Sl. CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1954 11 whereafter 9 B-Q3 may follow as In 9 BxN, BxNt 10 PXB, QxPt 11 K---'Bl, [erring to it as an Alek'hine recommenda· Keres- Tolush, USSR Championship, QxBt 12 K-Nl, with a losing game fOI" tion, witnollt fUrther analysis-certainly 1950. Black if he plays 12 . N-Q2. Yet, a lead worth (ollowing up! Not so good despite previous belief that 1.2. . 0-0 Is 9 P':'K3, N-B3 10 B- K2, P-B5, with a 13 Q-N4 is completely won for White, fine game for Black (Pirc- Ragosin, AND, in the Queen's Indian, it is that line ended In a draw after 13 P Saltsjoebaden, 19'18). 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 KN3 14 Q-B-t, N- Q2 la P-K5, NxB 16 9 . . . . N_B3 2 P_QB4 P-K3 PxN, K-Rl 17 R-QBl , 1'-K4 18 Q-R6, Playable is 9 BANt! 10 QxB, QxO· 3 N-KB3 P-QN3 QxRt 19 QxQ, PxN 20 P-KH4, B-'D4 11 PxQ, N-Q2 12 R-Ql, NxP 13 HxT. 4 B-N5 (Trlfull'ovich-Gligorich, Mar del Plata, P-QN3. 1953). Therefol'e, a deviation employed by Perfillev ill 19a2 becomes interesting: 10 P- K3 9 0-0, QxB 10 Q-R4t, N-B3 11 NxN, Possibly preCerable is 10 P-QR3, BxNt BAN 12 N- K5.*, K-Bl 13 Q-R3t! after 11 PxB after which White may find It which White ha~ some pressure. less hazardous to maintain tohe Pawn As to White's text,S B-N5, Practical plus. Chess Openings calls it weak, citing a 10, . .. 0-0 13 QxB p,p . , P-B3 6 PxP, KPxP 7 Q-N3, B-K2, 11 B_N5 P-Q5 14 R-QN1 P,B etc. page 187, note (g). 6 PxP, however, 12 BxN P,N 15 QxP Q-N3 obviously plays into Black's hands. 5 .. , 16 0-0 B_R6 P-B3 is a loss of tempo as this Pawn is supposed to be pushed to B4, and, therefore, 6 P- K3 is taIled for. And finally, even as cited, the maneuver of MCO now continues (p. 122, col, 2S): B- NS lInel B-K2 is a loss of 4 . , . B- N2 5 P-K3, P-KR3 6 B-R4, D t empo, too. N5)' 7 N-B3, ending with a siight pre 5 , .. , P-KR3 ponderance for Black. Dut Gereben 6 BxN! Q,B points to 7 KN-Q2! 0-0 S P-QR3, D- K2 9 QN-D3, P-B4! with equality, MOST INTERESTING is the fashion in which we can encounter the same theme in the Nimzo_lndian Defense. Here Black Probably the critical position in this may be baited into val'iations of the line. White can play either 17 N-Rl, Queen's Gambit eminently suitable for Q-N4 18 Q-N4, B-N5 (or QR-Ql at White, once}--or IS Q- Q4, QR-Q1 19 Q- I 12 CHESS REVIEW. IANUARY, 1954 6 N_B3 P-B4 7 P-Q5 Q-R4 Hel'e he came u p with his excellent key- move, , , 8 N-Q2! . , , and got a good gallle with , , 8 , , . . P-QR3 10 'P- QR4 QN- Q2 9 N-B4 Q-B2 11 B_K2 N-N3 12 N_K3! A BERNSTEIN BULLDOZER THE OTHER defensive attempt i n the NOW reaching nearly three score years and ten, renowned grandmaster, Pirc Defense is Dr. Oss ip Bernstein still wields a wicked wallop over the chessboard. In (R esume from last diagram) the old days, the bigger they ca me, the harder they fell before his aggres· 4, , ' . QN-Q2 5 P-B4 P- B3 sive tactics. In this game at St. Petersburg, 1909, Zllosko·Borovski Here Chess Archives takes it fol' (Black) is at th e recei ving end of the bulldoze r. The opening, a French granted that the move, 6 P-K5 is forced, Defense, hegins with 1 P.K4, P·K3 2 P.Q4, P.Q4 3 N.QB3, N·KB3 4 because of the thl'eat of 6 . , , Q- H·J , and, f rom t here, goes on 6 • N - Q4 7 B·NS. S·NS S PxP. NxN, PxN 8 N - 83, Q- N3 with a good Covel' the scoring table at the line indicated. Set up th e position game ' for mack, This analysis, by the and make Black's fifth move (exposing table just enough to J'ead it). war, makes no mention of the better 8 Guess White's next move, then expose the next line. Score par if your Q- K2, Q-N3 9 0 - 0 - 0, 8-N2, Ii really seems, however, that \Vhite move agrees; if not, score zero. Make the move given and opponent's gets a Pl'essure[nl game in the following. reply. Then guess White's next move. Continue thu s to end of game. 6 N-B3 Q-R4 COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW, EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME 7 N-Q2 Also 7 Q- Q2, P-KR3 S B -R ~, B-N2- White Po. Black Your Selection Your or 7 Q- Q2, P- N,J 8 B-Q3, P- N5 9 N-Ql, Played Score Played for White's move Score P-B4 10 P-Q5, N- N3 11 N- K3, B-Q2 12 5 .. , , QxP 0-0, sholl' White's R-Bt 13 P- QH3 6 BxN ______• ______4 6 , .. Bx Nt straiegems to advantnge. 7 PxB ______2 7 . PxB 7 .. , , 8-N2 8 N-B3 ______3 8 . P-N3 If 7 . . , P- N-I, W'hite has 8 N-N3, Q 9 P-N3 ______4 9 . B-N2 :'\"3 9 8-Q3 01' 9 P-K5. 10 B_N2 ______3 10 , Q-KR4 8 N_B4 Q-B2 11 0-0 ______3 11".,N-Q2 9 P-K5 PxP 12 Q-K2 ______3 12 , , , . R-QB1 Or 9 .. . N- Q4 10 NxN, PxN 11 Px P: 13 Q-K3 ______4 13 .... P-Q84 10 QPxP 14 N-R4 ______4 14 , . .. BxB 15 NxB ______4 And " ' hite hns favorable prospects. 15 .... PxP 16 PxP ______. ______3 16 , ... 0-0 17 Q-K4 ______3 17 .... R_B2 N OW casting a glance back at a close ly 18 N-B4 ______3 18 , ... Q_N5 relatel\ position In t he King's Indian 19 P-KB3 (a) ______5 19 , ... Q-N4 again, we discover an original possibn· 20 R_B2 ______4 20 , . , , R-Q1 Ity.***** 21 P-KR4 ______5 21 . , , , Q-R3 1 P_Q4 N_KB3 3 N-Q83 8-N2 22 P-N4l ______6 22 .. , . QxP 2 P-Q84 P-KN3 4 P-K4 P-Q3 23 R-R2 ______5 23 . , ' . Q_N4 ( b ) * 5 B-N5 24 NxP! ______8 24 . , . , PxN 25 QxKPt ______5 25 K-Rl 26 Q_K7 ______5 26 , . .. Q_N 1 27 RxPt (c) ______6 27 , ... QxR 28 QxRt ______4 28 .. . . N-B1 29 QxNt ______2 29 Q_N1 30 QxPt ______2 Resigns Total Score ______100 Your percentage ______ SCALE: 75.100-Excellent; 55_74-Superior; 40-54-Good; 25.39-Fai r NOTES TO Til t: GAME: * P Q,~itiQIl after 23 .. , Q. !V1j. The Bishop advance is Hpparently (a ) Hen, Bernstein begins a sortic to cir· quite playable even here with the plausi· Cllmscribc Znosko's Queen or to dr i\'e it 10 ble courses of 5 . QN- Q2 6 P-B3, p ignominy. K4 7 P-Q5 and o f ;; . P- B-I 6 P-Q5 ( 1) ) If B1u("k ven tures with 23. . Q-N6t. ( 6 PxP. Q-H~ ! ) , 0 - 0 7 P-B4: the simple reply. 2 ' ~ K.RI, leaves the Queen in a net. For an introduction to the authol'. the .·eader is referred to the " World of (el And here Bernstein reduces C\'errthing Chess" pag e 5, to skin and bones, for an casy win. ..... Addendum to MeO: P. 92, col. 61. t == e h c ~k: t == dhL ~ heck; § = dis. check CHESS REVIEW , IANUARY, 1954 13 White has sacrificed the Exchange to tear a hole in the mack King- side. THE LITTLE MAN Again, the play is crisp, and instructive, too, in showing how to attack a weak e ned King-side with minai' pieces and WHO WAS THERE Queen. 1 B- B6 ! by BRUCE HAYDEN 2 P-K 5! Black was forced to iH~Ce ]lt the Bishop of course. Now \\'hite threatens not only find him around the clubs and the QxRP mate but a lso PxO. The Bishop y ou will has been decoyed to its KE3 ~o that its chess centers of the big cities. More so, fall leaves a mate threat at N7 which in these days of troubles growing bigger in ( ~ annot be stopped. (Blacl( can only pro long his agony: e.g" 2 . NxB 3 PxB, a world growing smaller. He is a .l iule, ex N-B7t 4 K- Nl, N- R6t 5 K- OI . Q- B5t 4 citable mall, maybe, speaking his own brand N- Q2.) of colorful, exc itable English. He has lived in many count ries and seen much of the THIS CO~IPOSI TI ON gave the cnlookers troubles of the wo rld before reaching his some trouble, but we solved it ill tbe p resent \>toppin g place. But, wherever he end, has been, and whatever he has been through, he has rema ined a lover of the beautiful III chess, and he has rarely mi ssed a chance of watching the lead ing in ternationa l masters or BRUCE HAYOEN to collect anecdotes and reminiscences of the great and th e unknown, as you will discover if you sit down and talk to him over the chessboard. He is the eternal, international refugee and the eternal, international ki bitzer. know such a little man and, whenever I I have a spare hour, I head fot, where White t o Move and W in he is watching and wait for the game to It has a neat twist. finish, I know that, if I take him over to a spare boanl, he will sit !lawn and spill 1 B-Q5t! Kx B over it a series of composed studies and Naturn lly, Black must capture. If i' game'endings and pro'blems from a host stead, 1, ,K- B2 2 BxO. P :-:P, (h r eat c ~ of positions which he has carefully re' ing to queen after 3 , .. P- K ·I, \Vhite hns cOl'ded in a little notebook in h is inside just time for the saving 3 n -~' 2 . pocket, 2 PxP P·_N7 Sometimes, after he has taken out his 3 P_K8(N)! spec'tacles and adjusted them, he will And 110\1' \\' hite wins : for. whether leave the notebooJe awhile and carefully [liack promotes to a Qu een 01 ' not, he set up an ending which he won in some W hite to Move and Win (; ,lnll ot prevent ~ P- D-I mate. game recently, By this time, a small groUI) o[ those who know what is to BJiICk is a Pawn dowll, and his posi, tion al)])earS to be hanging, wit h a piece come will be waiting around the board, H8HE is a gem. The little man will go through the about to go. But it is " 'hite who is going 10 hang ! The end is crisp.· moves of 'his brilliancy; 'but, alas! I'll the end of it, someone \l'j]] gent Jy suggest 1 R,P a better defensive move fat'ther back, 2 QxR Q- K8t Yes, there always seems to be a flaw 3 Q-N 1 B-N2t in his cOlllbination. Again, it was not Quite sound, but the idea was good as IN ANOTHER ENDING, Whi,e Wi1l5, we all 'are quick to agr ee. His face falls a little but some day, perhaps, he will prodUce himself a gem to add to h is collection. And he feels for h is note book and stat·ts setting up another posi, tion. A FEW DAYS AGO, I wandered in and White to Move and W in spent oae of these sessions with the True, Blacl, is a Kn igh t li p fot" tll"O liWe man, and he really exceiled h im Pawns, and, (rile too. if \\'hit e a(] I'ances self. his passed Pawn a t one- e , Bla cl, e- an stop The first position which lle put up it with 1 . NxPt. followed b)· :: was the finale of a Ruy Lopez. N-Q3 (on 3 D:-:X, KxO. l3la r k' ~ King ('Illl Don't ask him who the players were, eapture \Vh ite·s a(]nllcecl Pa wn) . or who are the authors of his composi, White to Move and W in 1 P-Q4t! K_K3 tions. He doesn't record t hat. To him Black's King lllUst be ,l ble to protect H is the play that matters. • Of COlll·SO. 1 R·KS also wins for the defending Knight whe n j[ arrives at Hlack iJut hardly so crisply uftcr ~ RxN. t check; : db\. check; _ dis. ch. RxQt ~ HxR, etc.- S, H . his Q3, 14 CHESS RE VI EW, JANUARY, 195i 2 P-Q5t K-K4 fl. number of strong players tl"ied 2 NxQ 1 , ..• P-KN4 3 P-N6! NxPt and. after 2 PxB, struggled vuinly But my little pal turned up; 4 K-R4! to find a way to win the drawn Pawn 2 8-K3! P-R3 White's King h(IS a pm't to play, too. ending. The Black Rook is well and truly 4. , , , N-Q3 2 . . . . K_R1 "angled and anchored" to tile file. 2 5 BxN KxB 01' 2 K- N2? 3 N- B5t, and White R-N2 allows mate by 3 B-B2. 6 K-N5!! does win artel' picking off the Queen. 3 R-K6 P-R4 A lovely blocl.ading move with the 3 8-Q6! 4 R-KR6 ,ast piece gone! The sockdolager move alJ right. Now And ""hite wins, 6 N_K2 the Black Qneen is threatened by the A better defense appeared to lie in 7 P-N7! N-B3 Wllite Bishop and, if she captures it, 1 , ... R-B1 0)' 7 , , , K- B2 8 P-Q6t and one of the she goes lost to the Knight by the check But my little pal had: Pawns will Queen, on Di. H she floats around to k eep an eye on the Bishop mate on K5, she still 2 B-85 R-B2 S PxN K_82 is lost to the Knight check when she 3 B-K7t 9 PxP captures the Bishop. After which "White wins the Exchange And one Pawn lUust queen, and starts picking up Pawns. (The pretty 3 R-K7 works all l"ight if Black obliging· HERE i~ a lUate in foul', The key move A Jo'EW WEEKS before this chess ses· I)" replies 3 .. RxR; for 4 BxRt, is diflicult-bllt easy when yon have sion. I had been playing Quick games for P- KN4 5 B-B5 forces mate. But Black fOUJl(1 the right idea, If you can't find stakes with a regular opponent, a Jively, could play. say, 3 .. R-BS, and there mate ia fou!', then' look for mate in five, binllike little man with a Quick brilliant is still a lot of play lett.) This ' is dimcult but easier, Anyway, it strle. I t hanked him for all this. The little will give yon the idea, We had contm'd and I'econtra'd the mall made me feel good. Solutions at end of article lital,es so often that, as one humorist I hope that it will not be long now rem(lrl((Hl, whatever the result of the before he produces that endlllg of his game, the stakes had risen liO high that own. So that, after we have failed to olle of us was doomed to walk home, un· detect any flaw, he can proudly add it less the winner gave the othel' a lift in to his collection. his cau! As 1 was the last to redouble, r had to will. A draw was eQuj"alent to a loss Solutions to Problem as I shOUld then have to forfeit the stake 1. Mate in five runs: 1 K.el, P·NG 2 B.KB3 money. (or e·K4 or B.Q5), P.R8(Q)t 3 BxQ, P·R7 4 K.N2, P·N3 (or P.N4) 5 K away, dis· cov ers mate, 2, Therefore the mate In four runS: 1 K.Ql! P·NG 2 e.Q2! Px8 3" p·K4, P.N3 (or P.N4) 4 P·KS, discovers mate, White to Move and Mate in 4 'fHE NEXT STUDY contains a psycho, CHESSBOARDS logical twist. You play t he logical first move to win, but then to win ;.-on do not play the logical continuation, White to Move This was the finish. 1 B-N6 Threatening mate by B-QSt , etc, 1 K-N2 would win t he Exchange but, after 2 B- B2t, RxD 3 KxH, Black would picl, Ull the King Roolt Pawn. Against the tempting mate·on·the·move threat of 1 B- K3, my wily opponent was THESE standard weight folding boards I'early with the defensive trail of 1 are of excellent quality, about ~" thick. White to Move and Win P-\l3; for, if 2 DxP, there follows 2 Outside covering and playing surface it- BIt 3 K -Nl, R-BS, and Black has are black, dice'grain cloth. Impressed This one is a tease, tilrned the tables. 1 R_KN3 dividing lines between burr and black Still intent on his defensive idea, squares. Embossed covers. "'hat's this? Such obdous moves as B1ac l;: now played: No. 221_1%" squares ______$1.75 pinning and winning the Queen are 1 .... P-R3? No, 222_1%" squares ______$2,00 never the key moves in the best of com' And White mentioned tile mate by 2 No, 223-2ys" squares ______$3.00 positions. Il- KR5t , PxR 3 D-QSt, R- D3 " BxR As well as threatening, if the Black EXTRA heavy folding board, de luxe mate. Quallty, double-weight "A" thick. King moves, 2 RxQ, followed by 3 BxP, To the delight of tbe kibitzers and my 'White's key move also threatens 2 Nx No. 204-2!,4" squares ______$7,50 own, as t he mazuma chinked aCI'oss the Bt. 1 watched many strong players try bOHn!. Send for complete catalog of equipment a lot or fancy checks, starting with 1 Well, it seems that, after we left, my R-KSt only to give up. little pal set up the position and went 1 . . . . QxR to wOI'k on it, and he was all set and MAIL YOUR ORDER TO 2 NxBt! ready for me at this session. 'We don't capture the Queen after play· It had seemed that Black bad a likely CHESS REVIEW ing to win it?! This is the tWISt. Again, defense with 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1954 15 END-GAME OF THE MONTH by DR. MAX EUWE THE THEMES W ITH the commendable practice of givin g th e whole game, that is, the moves leading li p to the end-game as well as the critical :study of the end-game itself, Dr. Euwe has dropped the introductory renlitrks llsuall y given heretofore. It seems to LI S, however, if only for convenience of those readers who ma y retu rn later in research for end-game themes, th at it is wel l worth while to have some characterizati on of the end-game study as an introduc tion. In thi s light, we suggest th at the rcader look fo r the following th emes : a genera l dehil it alion- \Vhitc creates positional weaknesses ill the enemy camp; the fa med "mysterious Hook moves"- Euwe does hand· somely ill fathoming the mysteries fot' th is game at least; and , in contra dist inction to portune time.-ED. Bl ac k' ~ weakening move is more sel·i· Oil S than is apparent for the moment and, END·GAME 5 in fact. IHYS the grollnd \\" OI'k for hi~ de· feat. Why llot 28 N- Q3? White. if 1953 Chal lengers' Tournament That White nel'el"t heles.~ gains the ad· asked, lI"ould a nswer that 29 P- K·I could va n tage stems mainly from the [act t hat at Zurich, Switzerlan d then fo llow with great fo r ce. although Dl ack does not merely stril'e to a vert it is not cl eat" how \Vhile would the QU EEN'S GAMBIT DECLI NED disarll'antage but attempts even to fore. coJltilll1 e after 29 . . . H- Kl. Orthodox Defense S( ,\"ll the I'CIT appearance of disadvan· 29 R_KR4 P-R3 Miguel Najdorf Gideon Stahlberg tage as well. \V-hat ;s meant by lhis ~talement shal l soon be(:ome eleal·. Again. II minor but, fOJ" White 's Il1l)"' Argentina Sweden 23 R- KN1 N_K1 poses. very ac~onlmo d atill g lI"eftkelling. White Black Why not 23. P - KN3? Supposedly 30 R_ R5! 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 120_0 p,p becallse Dla(:k fears 2·( X- lUi, althoug h 2 P-QB4 P-K3 13 a,p Nj2_N 3 2·t N- Q3. followed by 25 K- N2. 3 N-QB3 P_Q4 14 B-N3 B-N5 then makes Black's position completely 4 B_ N5 B-K2 15 N- N3 B,N ~a f e. Bln ck wishes, howel'c)·. to a chieve 5 P-K 3 QN-Q2 16 PxB Q- B3 the draw wilhom rais ing ('omp\i"cation~, 6 N_B3 0-0 17 QxQ N,a and he thus asks p el ' hfljJ~ fo r too IIlnch. 7 R_Bl P- B3 18 N_85 QR-Q1 24 R_ N4! 8 8_Q3 p,p 19 KR-Q1 N- 81 9 B,P N-Q4 20 K -81 KR_Kl \Vllite tal, cs the fonrth r,1nk to make 10 B,B a,B 21 K-K2 K-81 fnll use of the Rook's 'capacity fo r action 11 N_K4 P_K4 22 R,R R,R on the flflnl,s, frequently i\ v{' r y impor· lillll factor in Hook end·games. 24 N_ K2 25 NxN K,N 26 R-K4t K-81 HHYing accomplishe 16 CHESS REVIEW. JANUARY. 1954 P-QN3? 39 B-Q5! White's King now threatens to pene· "34 P_B5! " ' hile has succeeded in ()reventing his trate and so tOI'Ces Bla'ck's Rook to Bishop [rom being cut off, by circum· a'bandon the Rook's tile (as Black's King navigating the reach of the Black Pawn is.committed to holding the King Knight phalanx. Pawn). 44 . , . . R-QB2 45 R_QB1! Yet another finesse: White threatens to win a Pawn by 46 P- N3, 45 .... N-N2 Black's only means of defense (if 46 P-N3? N- B4! with threat of ... NxPf). But now mack's pieces are standing somewbat unhappily in each otbers' way. 46 R-QR1! White has squelched the maneuver. -, At last the objective! Wbite's Rook N-K3- B4. has enlarged his Bishop's has lIsed three moves in going from QBl scope and restrained Black's King·side to QRI (R-KNI-QB1-QRl); but, unde]' Pawns, paniculal'iy crippling the King 39 , ... P-B5 the changed conditions, its occupation of the Rook file is now much more effec· Knight Pawn (The effect o[ Black's 29th This adl'ance has the disadvaatage of tive than. say, on the preceding move; move becomes observable here). jlermitting an eventual K-Q4 by White; for Black cannot prevent 47 R-RSt, Besides, it should be noted that the so it is easily condemned. The difficulty, genel'al rule for contest or Dishap "s. however, is that, by omitting . p ...J BE~ 46 N-B4 Knight: the Pawns of the Bishop's side Black dooms himself to complete in, 47 R-R8t K-K2 should stand on squares of the color op· actil'ity, equally fatal in an end·game of 48 P-K5 posite to the Bishop's, does not hold good lhis type. White poses the clendly tbreat of 49 in the present instance. Let us visllalize a situation in whiclh R-KN8. 34 . . . . P_B4 Black "passes" here (i.e, skips his tul'll 48 N-N6 t Black proceeds to his Queen-side ad to move) and then \V'hite continues 49 K-B3 vance. He must ])\It bis Pawn (H'eponder with P-K4- K5, followed by K-K3-K·1, allce on tllat side to nse, or he loses White then stands prepared for B- K6 through sheer passivity. Also, he aims and K-Q5. and the latter King invasion to hamper White's Bishop. II'ill prove much more rllsastrous than 35 P-B4 that via Q4. Thus. it follows thal Black, at least, In preparation for P-K4- K5 at the must try to prevent P~K5: e.g., 39 ... appol'tune moment. N-Q3 40 P-K~, R-Bl 41 K ~K3. R-'B2 42 35 R_B3 D- K6, N-B2 (to prevent 43 P-K5): but, 36 P-QR4 nfter 43 R-Ql, W'hite easily makes head· White obviously intends to open the way, while Black is tied hand and foot. t.!ueen Rook's file at the convenient op· Fl'om ali this. It is evident that Black's pOI·tllllity, in case Black goes through advance, 39 P-D5. must be looked with his plans fOI' ... P-QN~ and upon as a necessary evil. P-B5, 40 P-K4 N-Q3 In this position, Black has two ways 36 , , P-QN4 41 PxP of defending: 49. R- B4 and 49 , 37 B-B2! N-B8. Let us examine the first, which The rigbt moment fOl' exchanging. is seemingly particularly strong as it at· mack threatened P-N5 el'entually. tacks both Bishop and King Pawn. and it is impo]'tant for White to keep the It is neve]·theless IIl~umclent: (l) 49 Queen Hook file open. R- B4 50 R-R7t, K-Bl 51 R-Q7- 41 .. , PxP or 50 K-Kl 5'1 B- B7t. K-'Bl S,2 P 42 K-K3 R-R2 K6; (2) 50 " K-Ql 51 B-K4, PxP 52 Here Black occupies the critical Queen RxP. N-Q5 53 P- B6! N- K3 54 B-'B5! and Rook file, but this will not be for long. White wins (54 .. N-B1 55 R-NS, Now follows one of those typical round· K-Kl 56 B-N6t. etc.). about maneuvers which have o~currerl so 49 , ... N_B8 frequently in this end·game. This actual continuation offers less 43 R-KN1 resistance than the one set forth above. 50 R_KN8 N-K7t 51 K_Q2 N,P Up to this point, both sides have 52 RxPt K-Q1 treated this end·game with m0re Jntui· 53 PxP! tion than exactitude, but now a new The Bishop is "taboo"-53 Nx'B is phase is ushel'ed in, in which precise rollowed by 5~ R-N8t and 55 P-B7. calculation will play the main ]'ole. 53 R-Q2 With White's last move, 38 B-K4 is 54 RxRt KxR threatened, winning a Pawn. The plausi· 55 B-BSt Resigns ble parry, 37. . P- B5, does not sufllce because of 38 B-K4, R-B4? 39 P-N4! Even at the very end, a pithy nnish. or 38 R-Q3 (or. R- N3) 39 P- N3, The Bishop cannot be taken, for "then PxRP 40 RxP, etc, White's Bishop Pawn promotes; and so, 37 .. , , N-K1 by his text move, White wins the Queen White forces Black's King to retreat: side Pawns, too. Clearly forced, e.g., ·13 , , . N-Kl? 44 B-'B6, 38 B_K4 R-B2 43 ... , K-B1 One of the best played end·games of Not 38. . R-Bl because of 39 B-N7. 44 K-Q4! the Challengers' Tournament. CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1954 17 Entertaining and instructive games annotated by a famous expert. by HANS KMOCH 15 BxQP 6_83 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ·,j.INTERNA TlONAl 15 . 0 - 0 fails against 16 Q-Pt . 1953 Challegers' Tournament 16 N-N5 N_Q1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 17 P_QB4 8-B3 End of Line Challengers' Tournament 18 N-K4 B-N2 The line which T a imanol' adopted s o 19 6-N2 0 - 0 successfully as ' Vhite against BI'onstein Zurich. Switzerland What clse ? Blacl;: has been complete' (page 119. CHESS HEVlEW, April, l D53) ly outplayed. ha s since been trie(\, time a nd again. It Most Sensational Game has led, howevcl', to failure a fte r failure: This game from Round 19 is the most 20 N-B6t BxN?? the lllore recent exalllple ill t his colullln sensational of the Challengers' Tourney. A severe elI se of chess blindness . True, was Beni-Euwe (page 278, September, }'Or one thing , Sammy has never before Black's positlon offers n o hope after 20 ]953). been so QUirkly and thoroughly Ollt K-H1. White then ha s the choIce Hen~e Dlack's victory i n the following played. For another--well, see fOl' between 21 p-n'l and 21 I'-K·1. Yet 20 game, though brilliant. comes as n nat yours elf. . . . K- Rt is the only mOI·e. UJ'al res ult. Achieved agains t Tnimanol' QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED himself, it may be conside red as clOSing Lasl!lo Sl!abo Samuel Reshevsky tbe case on this line, with the conclusion: Dlack fOI' choice. And. indeed, a fte r t his Hungary Un ited States game whicb was played in Round ,!, 'Vhlte Blac(;; Taimanov's line d isappeared from the 1 P-Q4 N-Ke3 4 N-B3 P-B4 l'e pel'tOI'Y of the contenders in the tour 2 P-QB4 P-K3 5 PxQP N,P nament. 3 N_KB3 P_Q4 6 P-K3 N_QB3 7 B-Q3 KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE This exchange is inferior to 7 _ .. B-K2. Mark Taimanov Miguel Najdorf 8 PxN B_K2 Soviet Un ion Argentin 9 Q-B2! \Vhi te Blac" Very strong. "'hile forces a weaken· 1 P- Q4 ing of Black's K!ng·side which is rather N-KB3 7 0-0 N-B3 21 BxB?? 2 P-QB4 8 P_Q5 se rIous inasmuch flS neither player has P-KN3 N-K2 A s till more se vere rase of chess blind· 3 N-QB3 9 N_K1 N_Q2 castled yet. B-N2 ness : White, too, oveI'looks the mate in 4 P-K4 P-Q3 10 B_K3 P_KB4 9 . . . . P_ KN3 tWO, starting wi t h 21 Qxl't . (One does 5 N-B3 0-0 11 P-B3 P_B5 9 P- KR3 is the lesser evil. not ol'erlook slI ch things so easily in a 6 B-K2 P- K4 12 B-B2 P_KN4 10 P_KR4! winning position as in a los ing one!) . 13 N-Q3 N-KB3 ThreatenIng 11 P-R5 (note that, after It is reported that Szabo almost fainted For ]3 R- B3 . see Reni-EuII"e, 10 0 - 0, 0 - 0, White does not have this when s hown afterwards what he had cited abol'e. The text seems even attack). missed.· stronger. 10 .... P_KR4 21 ... a,a 14 P- B5 N_N3 22 PxB Q-Q3 Necessal·Y. Black must, however, now 15 R-B1 R-B2 watch very carefully the potent ial sac· Black now even wins a Pawn but still 16 R-B2 riflce, BxKNP. faces some trouble. 16 Q-N3, P-N5 also fa vors lJIack 11 R-QN1 R-QN1 23 Q_BS Q,P E ll ska ses-Gligorir h. lI[ar de l P lata, 12 B_K4! Q_B2 24 KR_Q1 Q-B4 In S3) . 8-B1 Here. indeed, 12 B-Q2 permits the 24 ... QxHP is too dangeroll s as White 16 17 PxP p,p sacrifice: 13 Ex1' ! PxB 14 QxPt, K-'Bl maintains a powerfnl attack aHer (e.g.) 18 Q-Q2 P-N5 15 P - K4, etc. 25 R- IU , Q-K3 26 a - K5, H- Rl 27 R- Q6, Q- K2 2S QR- Ql. 19 KR_B1 P-N6! 13 0-0 25 P-K4! Q-K3 An excellent barga in. Black obta ins White still can castle, while Black plenty of open line ~ and ;< IrOllj! s q uare~ cannot for the time being. The e vil con· 25 . .. QxKP is bad because of 26 ,a- HS after which 26 ... N-K3 fails ngaim;t fOI' as little as one Pawn. sequences of lllacl!'s 7th and 9th moves 20 PxP p,p appear more clearly with eve ry turn to 27 R-Kl, followed by 2S llxN and 29 Q-N7 mate. 21 exp N_R4 play. 22 B- R2 B_ K2 e-Q2 26 B_N7! P-N3! 13 .. . Blacl;: threatens 23 1.\- :\" ·) 14 P_Q5 Black's move is his best cham:c. 23 N-N1 Again, a veI'y powerful move . After 26 .. . H-Kl 27 B- flS, 1'-83 28 ExP, Black remains with a precarious ly weak 14 PxP ened King pos ition. Szaho a lso e xplni , , ~ ,l t lL ;" . ,," I ' "",,, 1m· pos sihle 10 concel",· of It e, I"" ', k r o '·'·r look. 14 N- Q1 is no good beca use of ] 5· 27 Drawn KxB ing a. 'J " k k ma le. h" h l'H.,<·:I 18 CHESS REVIEW. JANUARY . I954 But White (H'epUres to answer with 2~ plenty of time, the rapid player- no 13 ... RxB! (This wOI'ks only because tbe mutter how good he may be in that Blael,'s last move is neithel' necessary Knight protects White's Queen: e,g" 2-1 f'al)aclty-is undoubtedly handicapped. nor in any way promising, Black creates , BxQ 25 RxQt. RxH 26 NxB.) And. handicapped in that way, Hesh· a - position which favors 'Vhlte's two 23 , , , , B-Q2 cvsky is reported to llave been rather mshOI).~ hecause of the asymmetric Frequently ill this tournament-which In· Pa\\'n formation. Henewing the threat of (2·1) ,B- dicates he might lla\'e dOlle still hettel' Instead, ]3 , .. QPxP offers Black a J{N~, had he been In better shape. Heady position witll oniy minor tl'ouble 24 Q-Kl B-KN4 In the following game, the progl'essive 2:i N-Q2 B-K6t ahead: e,g" (1) 14 HxN"? QxR 15 N-K5, Ume reconj as given by Sehaeh Echo Q-K2, and White lacks a convincing con· The outcome or it all, howevel', is that gives a good picture of Heshevsky's tlnuation; (2) 14 N-K5, DxD IS NxN? Black infiltrates. trouble. Froll1 the beginning. he falls BxR, and Black has the advantage (e.g., Q-N4 perilous ly hehind the required average 26 K-Rl 16 NxH, BxP 01' 16 NxNt, QxN- but not 27 B-B1 QR_KBI of 16 moves pel' hour, while his oppo· 16. PxN 17 R-Qi!!); (3) 14 N- K5, n~nt does hetter than average. Small 28 R_Q1 P-N4 BxB I~ KxB, NxN 16 QxN, N- Kl or 16 Here Black Ill'events 29 N-QB4. and he wonder that Reshevsky outplayed on '. ' . KR-Ql 17 Q-N5, K-Bl, with only a m'lnifestly has a winning atiacl\. time is outplayed on the board, too. slight ad vantage For White; ( .!) R-Q2, 29 P-R4 P-QR3 And this happened to Reshevsky in KR-QI 1~ R/l-Ql, N-Kl, and Dlack is 30 PxP PxP Hound 2·1 while he was playing his most well I):'epared to meet any onslaught, 31 R-B7 important game with excellent chances 14 Q-K3! for finishing a deal' first. had he won, White's Queen-side demonstration has ,",'hi(e threatens to weaken Black's 01' a cleal' second, had he drawn. abOllt rellched its peak; he soon returns King position with 15 ExN, forcing 15, to the defense of his Kiug·side. Time: 40 moves in 2Y2 hoors. . PxB. Also IS P-QN4 or 15 N- Q4 31 _ , , , R-N2 may hecome too strong: e.g., 14 ... QR 32 N-N3 N-R:i ENGLISH OPENING QI? 15 N-Q·I, BxB 15 N- B5! Q- KI 16 33 R-B2 B-R6 NxQP. Vassil)' Smyslov Samuel Reshevsky Hence BlacJ(s lIext move. 33 ., RxP, with the same point in Soviet Union United States view, is also playable. But the text 14 . . . . P_K4 \Vhito Black move i~ more forcing. SO minutes 100 minutes 34 Q-K2 1 P-QB4 N-KB3 Sammy has talten almost an hour on 2 N-QB3 P-K3 his last thl'ee moves. That is far too There is uo other protection available 3 N-B3 B-N5 for the King Knight Pawn. while 34 PxB much. He now must make the l'emaining fails against 3·1, . Q-NSt ! 35 BxQ, A rarely played opening line, 26 moves in only 50 minutes. 4 P_KN3 15 B-KR3! P-QR4 RxBt 36 I{ - R2, NxP mate, A game, Kmoch-Alekhille. Kecs kemet, 15 N-R4 192i, went on with ~ Q-B2, tlH'ning into 'Vhil". secures the adVantage of two a ::-.'im7.o-lndian a(tel' ~ P-B·I 5 p Bishops against two Knights as Black QH3, n-R~ 6 P- K3, N- B3 7 P-Q·I, cannot afford to weakf'l\ his King·side 4 P-QN3 with. 1'-::-.'3, yet cannot nllow the 5 B_N2 B_N2 White Knight at KB5. 6 0-0 0-0 16 KR_Kl 9 minutes 5 minutes 17 P-B3 B-N3 18 R-Q2 QR-Ql So Sammy is leading on time. But 19 KR-Ql Q-B2 don't ask for how long. 70 minutes 136 minutes 7 Q-N3 BxN Sammy has taken 36 minutes lOr five 15 minutes 37 minutes moves, That's horribly sloW under these The I)icturo has radically changed. <'ircumstances, He now must make 21 34. NxNP! 8 QxB P-Q3 mO\'es in 14 minutes. 9 P-N3 Q_K2 A neat conelusion: Black Wins the 20 NxB RPxN 10 B-N2 P_B4 N-R4 Queen. 21 B-N2 11 P_Q4 QN_Q2 22 Q-B3 N-B3 3S BxN BxBt 22 minutes 44 minutes 36 QxB Q_R5! Blad:'s last two moves might be called 37 QxRt It Jlan tl1ken each side seven minutes a time pressure cycl~ , and the next. to malte these last four moves. Sammy, White cannot save his Queen, in view 23 P-K4 N-R4 although behind his opponent, has used 24 Q_K3 N-B3 of 37 .. , N-N6t. hi s time properly so far. B_B7 25 B-KR3 N_R2 37 ... , 40 R-N3 12 QR_Q1 38 R-N2t 41 R-N4 Q_R6 100 minutes 140 minutes 39 N-Kl 42 N-Q2 P_R4 While threatens to gain considerable These last six moves ronstitute a Resigns terraia with 13 P- Q5. round for Sammy, He made them in only White actually played 43 H- NS but reo 12 B-K5! four minutes, while his opponent vainly signed Immediately thereafter; for, a[tel' 13 PxP spent thirty trying to design a construc ~3 . , . R- KNI H RxRt, KxR, he has no tive plan for mailing headway. defense to the threat oC 45 . , , BxN, 26 R-K2 N-B3 followed by mate. 27 R-KBI N_R4 28 B_N2 Q_K2 A new time pressure cycle. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 29 B_Bl Q-B2 1953 Challengers' Tournament 30 R-Ql K-R2 31 Q-B2 N-83 ,)utplayed on Time 125 minutes 147 minutes 'Reshevsky is famous for doing marvel· eusly well when short of time, Yet il Sammy's time situation has critIcally part of the game is to be played at high deteri01'uted. He now must make nine speed by one side while the other has more moves in only three minutes, In a 19 CHESS REVIEW, JA.NUARY, 1954 war, however, he is lucky. Since White ting a redoubtable OIJPonent. As White 22 Q-R6! so far has failed to make any headway, he carries out a stock King·side attack The final stroke. 'White tllreatens 23 it lms become most unlikely that -he will with the ease of an old routinist. and BxN, NxB 24 P-N5, N-IH 25 RxN! to start any major action before the game wins first brilliancy prize, to boot. which there is no playable defense, Is !Hljourned aeter the 40th move. So 22 , . , . B-N7 Bla.ck faces the comparatively easy job NIMZO.INDIAN DEFENSE 23 KxB QxP of making n ine more waiting moves. NalU!'ally, Black cannot start any ac' J. T, Sherwin Boris Ivkov Black is working 011 a cOllntel'·offen· tion himselt Th(lt would be suicide in United States Yugoslavia sive-which White meets calmly. view of his inferior position ami shortage White Black 24 BxN N,B 25 P-N5 B_B4 of time. 1 P-Q4 N_ KB3 4 P-K3 0_0 32 B_ K3 N- R4 2 P- QB4 P-K3 5 B- Q3 P_Q4 Here it is. But White's reply stops 33 R-B2 P-B4?? 3 N_QB3 B_ N5 6 N_ BS P_ B4 Dlack's counter and reinforces his own attack. But suicide he commits-so seriously 7 0-0 QN_Q2 has time pressure clouded his vision, Black's last is UlHlsllal (instead of 26 N-K4! Resig ns Smyslov now gets as a gift fl'om hea.ven N-BS) . It WfiS tried by Najdorf in the open Jines which he has been dream' Game 7 of his 1955 mateh with Reshev· DENMARK, 1953 ing of vainly (Or some fifteen moves. sky (p. 21S, Ju1.r, 1955). Black obtained Junior World Championship If Black keeps on stalling, instead, it a satisfactory game after 8 Q- K2, P-QR~ is not sure that he must lose, the in· 9 P-QRS, B-R4. Rare Point feriol'ity of his position notwithstaading, 8 P-QR3 PxBP The following game is remarkable for 1!nlil,e Najdol'!. ll'kol' plays for the its extraordinary finish. The point of isolation of White's Queen Pawn. This \Vhite's attack is a type seen usually plan has the drawback of heitJing the only ill compositions. \Vhite pieces to rapid development, VIENNA GAME 9 BxBP PxP A. Kupferstich Andreassen 10 PxP B-K2 11 R_ Kl P-QR3 White Dlack 12 B_R2! N_N3 1 P-K4 P-K4 4 Q-R5 N-Q3 2 N-QB3 5 B-N3 Blac1t'S last earmarks his 11 .. . P-QR3 N-KB3 N-B3 3 B_B4 6 N-N5 as a loss of time, The more consistent P-KN3 7 Q-BS 12. , , P-QN4, how(lVel', allows 13 P-Q5 ; N-B4 leading to a fine game fOI' White, So Dlack elects all old line, in fel'ior to Black has only a choice between two 7 , . , P-B~. evils. Still he chooses the major one, 34 PxP as he gets a verY cramped position. 35 P_KN4! 13 N_ K5 B_Q2 148 minutes 130 minutes 14 Q-B3 Q_B1 But time doesn't matter any more. There is no convenient protection for Black is lost. the threatenec) Pawn, H. , . H-Nl or 14 35 , , . , N-B5 Q- B2 is no good because of 15 Black loses two Pawns; but 35 B-KB4. pxp 36 Q-R4 is \\'orse. 15 B-N5 B-B3 36 BxN P,B 16 Q-R3 37 Q-R4t K-N1 White has obtained a well known type 38 PxP of attack, He subsequently carries n One Pawn has fallen, another must out with the skill of an old rOlltinist. also fall. 16 .. , . B-Q4 8 Q_Q5 38 . , , , P-Q4 17 B_ N1 P-N3 In this way, 'Vhite finally wins a 39 PxP Q_ K4 18 Q_R4! Q-Q1 pieee fOI' t wo Pawns. 40 Rj2-Q2 R-Q3 19 R_K3! S P -N4, N-RS 9 P- N5, N-B4 10 Q-Q5 Black has made it, hut only so far as The decisive reinforcement of th".! is a good alternatiye. Dy then, 10 , , , the time control is concerned. attack, N- H3 is 110 longer playable and so White The rest of the game, played in the 19 . , .. N_B1 wins the Exchange (10 . , . Q- K2 11 second session (with Reshevsky again NxPt) under more favorable circum So as to be able to meet 20 It-US with under time pressure) needs no comment. stances than in the similar line which 20 N- R4. 41 R_Q4 Q-K6t 49 Rj1_K1 RxR arises from 7 P-B~. 42 K-R1 R-K4 50 QPxP N_Q3 20 P-KN4 8 N_R3 11 Q-B3 QBxB 43 QxP QxQ 51 P-K7t K_B2 Again threatening 21 R-HS. 9 P-Q4 P_Q3 12 BxB B_R5 44 RxQ R_K7 52 B-Q5t K_K1 20 .... N-Q3 10 BxN B_K3 13 B_ N7 R_KN1 45 R-K N4 K_B1 53 B-B6t K-B2 21 R-R3 NjQ-K1 Black's last seems a little better than 46 R-N6 N_N2 54 P-K8(Q)t NxQ Black has a horribly cram ped position. 13 ,. BxN (Mieses-Burn. Paris, 1900). 47 R-K6 RxRP 55 BxNt K-B3 14 B_B6 Q- Q2 48 P-B4 R-N7 56 B_N6! Resigns 15 N-QR3 NxP 16 Q-R3 QxQ DENMARK, 1953 17 NxQ NxPt Black strives to get three PawlIS for Junior World Championship his piece-a plan which fails. Compara Redeeming Game tively, his best line is 17, P - KR3 Jimmy Sherwin did not do so well ill (threatening IS , . , P-KX·J and 19 , the World Junior Championship at Co· R-NS) IS D- R4, P-KN4 III B-X3, P- KB~, penhagen. In the following game, how· Then, indeed, White ought still to win ever, he defeats the previous champion but has a hard job. in a last roulld effort, saving "h imself 18 NxN B:>:N from a solo last place as weil as upset· 19 R-QB1 B-K5 20 CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1954 20 N_N5 Black prevents 20 N - Q-1 but actuaily '0'- UNITED STATES mllkes things worse by creatinJ; a gaping hole on his Q'J. U. S. "OPEN" CHAMPIONSHIP 20 K R-Q1 R_Q2 24 P-B4 P-B3 21 N_B3 QR-Q1 25 N-B3 P-N3 at Milwaukee. Wisconsin. 1953 22 N_Q5 B-B1 26 P-KN4 B_R3 Cramped for Ever 23 B-K3 P-QN3 27 K_B:? P_KN4 Cramped positions are not necessarily 28 P_B5 B-B2 bad. The defender may do well If he CRn Black thinks, apparently, that his job exchange a number of pieces, Or he may is easier now that part of White's Pawn be able to increase the maneuvering front is immobilized. Bllt White willS by space o[ his forces by timely action with force, thanks to a tactical opportunity. his Pawns. When no such relief is in sight, how ever, the outlook is indeed gloomy as 21 RxP!! White j)el'Cectly demonstt'ates in the fol The brllliant refutation of Dlack's lowing game. plan. Black must have eXpected only 21 R-KNl, D-D3 22 NxRP, K - Q2 which OLD INDIAN DEFENSE of[ers him a. playable game. I. A. HorowiU Allen Kaufman 21 BxR 22 NxBP New York New York White Black \VHite threatens mate in two and clearly has a winning attack. Yet t"h~ 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 way la which he finally wins Is most 2 P-QB4 P-Q3 3 N_QB3 QN_Q2 surprising. 29 P-KR4! 4 P-K4 P-K4 22 .... B-Q4 5 N-B3 B-K2 The pin on Black's King Bishop Is the Guarding the threatened mate square. This system for Dlack has no sup decisive facto!·. It enables White to 23 NxPt K-B1 porters today with the possible exception modify the Pawn formaton so that his 24 B_N5! R-R1 or Tartakover. Black gets a very cramped King Pawn can aUI'ance with a devas 25 B-R6t position with far fewer counter·chance::; tating effect. 'Vhite is on the right I'oad bllt will than in the usual line following after 29 .... K-N2 stray a bit yet. ;) ... P-KN3. 30 PxP BxNP 25 K-N1 6 P-KN3 P-B3 or course, 30 ... PxP, leaving the 26 R-N7t K_B1 7 B-N2 Q-B2 Bishop shut in, is no desideratum. 27 R-QB7§ 7 . 0-0, followed possibly by 8 31 BxB PxB Here he has not yet hit on the right H-Kl and 9. D-DI, is sharpe!'_ 32 P-K5! B-N1 33 N-K4 P_KR3 idea or he'd play 27 HxNP~ at once. 8 0-0 N-B1 34 P-K6 Resigns 27 K-N1 8 ... 0-0 is still indicated. 28 N_B8 B-B6 9 N_KR4! N-K3 29 R-N7t K-Bl 10 N-B5 p,p U. S. "OPEN" CHAMPIONSHIP 30 RxNP§ Under these circumstances partk· at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1953 Eureka! ularl~', giving up the centel' is a grave 30 ... . K-Nl concession. Castling is still preferable, Redemption for all the perils which it may involve. Not 30 ... K-1(1 31 N-Q6y K-Ql 32 Black's beautiful com'binatlon redeems D-:';:S mate. 11 NxQP NxN this game which, otherwise and 011 ac count of While's POOl' handling, might K_Bl 12 QxN 31 R-N7t be dismissed to obscurity. 32 AxQAP§ K-N1 Now \Vhite has a great advantage. He 33 RxR! .,R controls the board without facing any DUTCH DEFENSE effective counter-action. 34 N-Q6!! Resigns A. L. Prindle L. Romanenko 12. . . . 0-0 13 B_B4 B_K3 Marshfield, Wise. Plainfield, N. J, 14 QR-Q1 KR_Q1 White Black 15 P-N3 Q-R4 1 P-Q4 P_KB4 4 B-Q3 8-K2 16 P-KR3 N-K1 2 N_KB3 N-KB3 5 0-0 0-0 17 Q-Q2 K-R1 3 P-K3 P-K3 6 P-B3 P-QN3 D1aek dodges the combination of 18 7 Q-N3 N-Q5 (IS ... QxQ 19 NxBt, etc.). He White's lust is no good; for the threat might rather try to provoke it, by some o[ 8 DxP can be parried too easily. such inferior move as 18 _ . _ QH- Bl. For White ought to proceed with 7 QN-Q2, he ha~ chances of survival i( he can heading (or P-K4. If Black prevents trade off his K 'ing Bishop fOI' White's this aim, with ... P-Q4, White can Knight: 19 N-Q5, QxQ 20 NxDt, K-Bl tl" CHESS REVIEW, IANUARY, 1954 21 Black's last is strong, but 10 , , , PUERTO RICO, 1953 holds the initiative, his key moYe being N-QN5 I" stronger: e.g., (1) 11 BxPt, Championship Tournament P - KRI. NxB 12 PxN BxN (or even 12 . . RxN) 24 NxP ! 13 PxB, B-Q3 with a Winning advantage Change in Latitude For- a change, White sacrifices his for Blacl,; (2) 11 p xN, BxB 12 Q-K2, I( the line adopted In the following other' Knight, and on another square, BxP and Black has an e xtra Pawn as game leads to a success for 'Whlte, It and obtains an attack even more power well as a great positional advantage, almost always does so by virtue of a ful than he usually gets with N-KB5. 11 BxPt N,B Knight !\acrifice on KB5. Hence White's 24. . PxN 12 NxN P-84 sacrifice in this game comes as a weI· 25 QxP K-B1 13 N-N2 B-Q3 come change in latitude, in a mannel' of 26 P-QR4! speaking. Black has a superior' game, thanks A fi ne measure· against 26 Q-Kl mainly to his powerful Bishops. which now loses to 27 PxP (27 . . ' Qx 14 N-N3 Q_R5 20 BxN RUY LOPEZ QNP?? 28 B-R4!) 15 Q-Q3 B-Q4 21 N-K4 B,N Arturo Colon Paul Re issman 26 R-N1 16 N-Q2 8-82 22 QxB QR-KB1 White Black 27 N_B5 17 P-Q84 B-B3 23 R_K2 P_Q4 1 P-K4 P_K4 11 P-Q4 Q_B2 White threatens 28 Q- R7!! K-Kl 18 R-K1 N-N4 24 PxP 2 N_KB3 N_QB3 12 QN-Q2 19 N/ 2-Bl R-B3 25 Q_K7 N-B3 (forced) 29 NxNt . 3 B_N5 P-QR3 13 P-Q5 N-Q1 27 .... N,N White has succeeded in swapping off 48-R4 N-B3 14 N-B1 N_K1 28 NPxN K_ K1 one or Black's Bishops. Yet he is ia 50-0 8-K2 15 P_ KN4 P-B3 29 B-Q1! B-B1 bad shape. He faces a vehement attack 6 R-K1 P_QN4 16 N-N3 P_N3 30 B-RS Q-K2 on the King·side and a dreadful Pawn 7 B_N3 P-Q3 17 K- A2 N_KN2 Black prevents 31 QxP but loses a majority 'on the Queen·side. His game 8 P-B3 0-0 18 A_ KN1 K-R1 Rook. 30 ... R-QN2 is comparatively is untenable, no matte!' what he does. 9 P-KR3 N_QA4 Q-K2 Q_Q2 19 bette!', though Black is lost, anybow. 25 , . , . B-Q3! 10 B-B2 P_B4 20 B_ A6 N_B2 31 Q-N8! Black prepares fm' his fo llowing, fine Both sides are following, with some combination, intreasing the activity or: minor deviations, a well known pattern Threatening 32 R-N7! to which there his Bishop at the expense of a Pawn. in this line which used to be popular is no defense. 26 QxAP P-B5! some thirty years ago. 31 , .. , K-Q2 27 A-Q1 21 Q-Q2 32 BxR K_ B2 27 QxNP loses to 27 . BxPt. 21 B--K3 is more in style. White ex· Even now Black's King is not secure. pects, probably, 2-1 ., N-N4 which he 33 PxP R,P can now meet with 22 NxN, PxN 23 BxP, 34 P-N4 B-QN2 nxB 2·1 QxB, HxPt 25 R-N2. Hather than 34 .. PxP, presumably 21 , , . . NxB to keep files from opening on the King, This Is all right, provi(led only that 35 R-N4 Resigns Black Quickly forces W hite's Queen bac!!:. One threat is 36 R-R4, 37 R':"R7 and Another good move Is 21. . R-K'N1. 38 B-R4, after which at least Black's Then, indeed, White obtains a powerful King Bishop must fall. :tllack after 22 N-B5, PxN 23 NPxP; bnt Black can safely refuse the sacrifice, with 22 . 8 - 8 1. 22 QxN R-B2 {~ FOREIGN But here Black must proceed with 22 . . . R- KNI. SOVIET UNION, 1953 27 , •. , RxP!! 23 N-A4! Championship of Lithuania Bdlliant and contlusive. White must Hevealing the weakness of Black's last Cooked a la Lasker-Bauer take the Rook. move. The threat of 2-1 NxPt cannot be :\Iikenas frequently takes considerable 28 RxR RxR defended (as would have been the case chances in order to reach such compli· 29 Q-A8t with 22 . R- KNI 23 N-R4) by ... cated positions as suit his particular tal. Q-Kl. Takiug the second Rook leads to mate: ent fa!' brilliant combinations. The fo l· 29 KxR, B-B4t (1) 30 K-K2, QxP mate; lowing game, however, betrays only his (2) ao K-B3, Q-B4t 31 K-N3, B-B7 mate u rge, not his talent. -or 31 K-K2, Q-B7 mate; (3) 30 K-Kl, Dlacl, Is in l!'ouble and, when he tries Q-K4t 31 K- Q2, QxPt 32 K- Kl, Q-B7 to get relief, he gets cool;:ed in the same mate; (4) ao N- K3, QxNt and mate next. style as Emanuel Lasker cooked Bauer in 29 N-N3 loses to 29 ... BxN ao I'xB, that famous game played in Amsterdam, Q- K6 31 K- H2, R-B3. lS89. 1'11"0 consecutive Bishop sacrifices And, finally, 29 P-KN3 fails against on Kn7 ami KN7 resllectively are the 29 .. . B-B4t 30 K-Hl, Q-R4, with pith of the wInning combination. threats of 31 ... QxR and 31 .. Q-B6T. 29 , . • • R_ B1 A LEKHINE'S DEFENSE Not 29 , .. K- R2 30 QxP, leading to a Kezlev V. Mikenas llquiUation unfavora ble for mack. Whit!;; Black 30 QxPt 23 , ... K_N1 1 P-K4 N-KB3 3 P-Q4 P-Q3 But the capture now Hettles the issue Anothe!' mistnke. 2 P-K5 N_Q4 4 N-KB3 B-N5 5 B_ K2 P-K3 in mack's favor. 30 Q- N7, say, at lea;;t COlTect is 23 ... P-N·l, with a diffkult prolongs matters though, even so, the but probably tenable game for B lack: mack's last is some what dubious. Black Pawns virtually ensure a win. e.g., 2-1 N- N6t, K-Nl, and (l) 25 N Most analysts prefer 5 P- QB3, with 30 .. , , Q,Q B5?! B- Bl 26 Q:<:NP? ( threatening 27 N the idea of 6 p-n~, N-82. 31 RxQ RG mate), QxN! and Black has the ad· 6 P-B4 N_N3 32 RxB Yantage- or 25 .. PxN 26 QxP, Q-Kl! 7 PxP BPxP White's last is forced and following and Bl'lck has the better chances; or 8 0-0 B_ K2 32 , .. PxR, Bla ck ultimately won. 2) 25 NxBt, QxN 26 P-B3, and White 9 N-B3 N-B3 22 CHESS REVIEW, IANUARY, 1954 Otherwise, the game has been fairly routIne up to here, But noll' White starts to mix it up, 10 P_Q5 PxP 11 PxP B,N And Black herewith joins in, hoping to obtain fair counter-play artel' 12 DxB, N-K·I 13 D-K2, 0 - 0, He can count, for one point, that, after 14 P-B4, N-NS 15 P-B5, his Knight can safely return to K4. OXFORD UNIVERSITY WORLD JR. CHAMPIONSHIP, 1951 12 PxB! CHAMPIONSHIP, 1953 Horses. horses, hOl'ses! Black's cavalry runs wl1d, A remarkable idea, White weakens his Double checks are always interesting. Pawn formation in order to increase his VIENNA GAME KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE chances for attack, He saves the tempo Horseman Persitz B. Lazsano R. Cruz othel'wi~e necessary for D- K2, gets the N_KB3 open King Knight file and, above all, .Vhita Black 1 P-Q4 8 'P-K4 R-K1 .2 P-QB4 P_KN3 9 ·R-K1 p,p is able to control K5 as well as KN6' by 1 P-K4 P-K4 7 N-B3 N_B3 3 N_QB3 Ei-'N2 10 NxP P-B3 Pawns. 2 N-QB3 N-KB3 8 PxP NxQP 4 N_B3 0-0 11 N-N3 N-K4 N-K4 3 P-B4 P-Q4 9 P-B3 NxNt 12, ... 5 P-KN3 P- Q3 12 N-Q2 B-K3 13 P_B4 BPxP N,P 10 QxN B-K2 Nj4-Q2 6 B_N2 QN_Q2 13 P-N3 Nj3_N5 •5 P-Q3! ? N,N 11 P_Q4 0-0 The main advantage or White's 7 0-0 P-K4 14 Q-B2 Q-N3! 6 P,N P-Q5 12 B-Q3 P-KB3 doubled Pawns is that 13 . N-N3 is 15 Nj2_N1 N-Q61 now futile: e,g" H P-B5, N-KI 15 P-B'l, 13 Q_R5 P-KN3? 14 P-QR4 N_B3 Blacl{ relies on his ] 8th move, which 1S B-NSt NjN-Q2 turns out to be a dll(l. 16 R-K1 0-0 14 BxP! PxB 17 B_R6 R-KN1 17 P-R5 P-QR3 15 QxPt K-R1 18 Q-R5 B-KN5 16 O-O! PxP 19 B_N7;! Resigns Blacl{ prevents 18 P-TIS, a~ that per· mits \Vhite to anchor his Bishop on QB6, For J9 .. KxB is answered by 20 with a strong initiative on the Queen· TI-B7 mate, side, 18 B-R4 R-K1 19 B_K3 B-B1 20 K_R1 \Vhite prepares to exert Ilis preroga- tives on the King Knight tile. 16 R_K2 Nj6xP! 18 K-K1 N-Q6t! 20 R_K2 17 K-B1 NxPt 19 K_Q2 N-QN5 21 R-KN1 R_B1 Resigns 22 B-Q4 N-K5 If 20 Q--N2, Q-Q5t is crushing; and, if 20 Q-Q I, D-HSt hounds White's King with falal effect. HUDDERSFIELD, 1953 LIEGE, 1948 Black energetically exploits White's listless play, mack's weakened King·side crumbles, CENTER COUNTER GAME FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME Beaumont p, N. Wallis V. Soultainbeieff Devreese 1 P-K4 P_Q4 8 B-N3 B-KN5 1 P-K4 P-K4 9 R-K1 0-0 2 PxP Q,P 9 0-0 B-Q3 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 10 KBxN P,B 3 N_QB3 Q-QR4 10 Q-K1 0-0-0 3 B-N5 N-B3 11 NxNt P,N 4 P_Q4 N-QB3 11 B-K3 KR-K1 4 N_B3 B-N5 12 B_R4 R-K1 5 B-QB4 N-B3 12 N_Q5 Q-R3 Black seells to and is goiag to ex· 5 0-0 P-Q3 13 Q-Q2! B,N 6 N_ K2 P- K4 13 N,N P,N change Knights- which loses by force, 6 N-Q5 B-QB4 P,B R-K3 7 p,p N,P P-KB3? His position, howevel', is hanlly tenable 7 P-Q4! p,p 15" K- R1 Q-K2 at aIL 8 B-N5! 8-KN5 16 Q-R6 K-R1 " 23 B-B2 17 R-KNl Resigns 23 ' , . N/5-D3 is comparatively bette!', 24 BxPt!! Lasker's combination-in simplified form, llQwever, as it leads quickly toa mate by force in this instance, 24 KxB 25 Q-R5t K_N1 26 BxP!! All these moves are characteristic of Ihis type or !:ombination. 26 ... , P-B3 14 .... NxPt! 18 Q-N4t K-N1 There is no adequate defense, 26 15 PxN R,B 19 R_Q3 Q-N3t '1xB fails against 27 RxBt, KxH. 28 R- 16 Q_R4 BxP! 20 R-Q4 R-Q7! bt with mate to follow, Black is :helpless against the coming 17 RxB R,N Resigns reate, 27 BxB§ Resigns King moves allow an immediate mate, Or White mates in two, t check; t _ db!. check; ~ _ dis. eh. while, if 21 P-B3, B-B·l wins easily. CH~SS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1954 23 Analysis a nd synthesis of middle game play by I. A . HOROWITZ SUNDRY COMBINATIONS As mentioned before, there a remall y. mall y sundry tactica l motifs. As with those already given, how ever, it lIIu st suffice si mply to ind ica te the possibil Ities_ The first given hereunder, for example, is seen very ra rely indeed ; yet it is a natural concomi tant on the moves of the pieces involved_ The sec ond is fr equent enough to deserve special study; and it refl ects, too, a peculia rly strategic fa cet o£ tactics_ CASTLING AS A TACTICAL MOTIF The Active King Few single moves of the chessboard engage the servi ces of more than one unit. Di scovel'ed attacks arc th e chief exception to thi s rule. There is, how Th e t:(/~tli/lg Motif (IS (I Slinger: W hite combincs I" win a ever, another important exceptio n_ It is the move of Puwn wil li I P-H5. BxB 2 KxB. N-Q2 3 RxP? But [\tuck. pn: castles (0-0 and 0-0-0). Im plicit in castling is [1 :lI' ill l; !l1ll war with a Knig ht fUI·k _ 3 _ N-B4t . th reatt:nin. the use of two units: King and Rook_ As it is i.I COIll I" win II whole Hnok_ thcn un ~ lI· c; ~ 4 PxX h~ ' ca;; lling with bination·move in fact, it may well be on occasion a chcck fu r u malerial p ill S li nd a win ning p"~ i l i,, n: 4 combinationa l move in tactics, establishing dua l o·o·ot! actions in Iwo distinct sectors of the boo rd. Hook a re left attacking ,I ftc r the act of castlin g, the It has been so id that the basis o f every combina hiller mu sL ra nk as a tactical mOlif. One fine ex tion is The Passive King to j'apl.Ure. on account of the rIl CII I)tU[·e ZUGZWANG with a discol'el·Nl cherk. an e r which The dual mOl'e in castling still !Ililk es Wh!te ·~ Queen goes. AIHI Blat;!< Ihrell(· The right to moye. whkh i~ endowed. For a comblnntionnl motif even when no e n ~ 1I1~0 1,1 . , . NxP t_ a cconlinp; t o the l.a ws of Chess, to White check 0(:C l1r 8, as a ho ve. or el'en when and Black in Iheir res pectil'e turn ~. curi the castling King does not wind IIp at· ously enough also c(lnies all obligation tack ing an enem y unit. Since two dis -the obligation to 1I101'e. Small distinc· tinct lIectors o f the hoa rd a re affected. tio n is mnde between the ri gh t and the cas(Ung ~tl l\ has a radi(:al e ffect on t he obligation. ~ince the ])laycr~ think usual dis poslUon of t he OI'er-all line» of fo rcc_ ly in Ilositll-C lel'PI S_ And the righ t to The !Joint ill '1Il11n1-e llt [n the Following mOI·e is thns tn11l s lated irHO the I'lgbt game le t. LO eUhance one·8 Ilosllion, To be able LO rorreit or to pas!! np a !lIO'-", would be NIMZO_ IND IA N DEFENSE eOll stru ed H ~ n spurious prh'ile .e;e , A. Rothman H . Steiner Yet there are t imes. not often to be White DlIH:k sure, whe ll any move in a g h'e n po~ition 1 P-Q4 P_K 3 7 P-QR3 B x N t not only !loeH not promote on,,·s DI'08- 2 P_QB4 N_ KB3 8 Q,. R_ Kl peels but deflnitely hal'lm them, In s lI d1 P_K4 3 N_QB3 B-N5 9 P-QN4 14 0-0-0 Aeslgns cases. It would be a n UlIlllitil'.I."d bless· 4 Q- B2 N- B 3 10 p , p p,p ing t o be a ble to rorfelt thl.' mOI·C_ For Alas for inge nuity! By mOl-I ns- two 5 N_B3 P- Q3 11 B- N 2 B_N5 the m'n ·e Is :I lIabillty_ :"Ilal1t!ato!T laws. (mils at once (call this be legal?>. White 6 P-K3 0 - 0 12 P-N5 .,N howe,'er, insist upon 11 1ll0\'t·. In these simultaneously parries the thr~at to his 13 PxB N-B5 King (by U'ansferring the K ing \0 II dif ci rcumst ances. when 11 IJla~'er IS com· Black·s last Illove is highly ingenlous_ fe rent secLOr-) and a lso Il1tr'oll\lI"es a wi u pelled to l1love againSI his will. he is sHid A, matters stllnd. the Knight is im mune n lng pi!l, whereupon B1a c k·s Knight must to be in zugzwang, II German {('rill. mean ch m,k : t db!. check; } dl~ . eh. fall. ing "move-compulsion." 24 CHESS REV llW . IANUARY . t9H In problem chess, a zugzwang theme 1 RxR R, R White makes one move, and Black is is referred to as a waiter, meaning that 2 P-KR4! embarrassed for a reply. the ~ol\ltlon I!'. a CCollilllished by a wait· ''1\>'',,-,, \'''''''''''''-''' 'B\"",,,- t"r<:>= h ...... '''~ '\ ~-1:!.1 'il.e"1i\l\,. ing move, one without a threat, or in himself, with P-KN4 and. . K-N3. While White has no immediate threat, players' terminology a "quiet move," 2 P-R3 Black has no Immediate move. Black can which compels, nonetheless, an ovel·t, 3 K_N2 P-KN4 not move his King, or his Knight must losing respollse. 4 P-R5! Resigns fall. He cannot move hIs BIshop, except 'Ware the Exceptional! 1"01', aftel' Black's Pawn moves have to give it away. He cannot move his Knight. or his BIshop will fall. And he Chess runs from move to routine move been exhausted, he must abandon his cannot move his Hook to a safe spot. on the basis of straightforward logic, Rook, Zugzwang, As soon as his Pawn moves are ex· until tactics introduce the exception. hausted, he will suffer fatal material loss, And than it's too late for logic. So, in Achievin9 the Impossible Zugzwang is one of the rarer tactical the following position, Black has mo· Everyone knows that it takes at least motIfs. It occurs often enough, however, bilized a potent material plus, ann the two minor pieces to achieve a mate-nOr that any aspiring chess· player must be day is his, hy all loglc. White Is two fu ll will two Knights avail, either, So what on the lookout for a chance to use or to Pawns behind in a simple SOI't of posi· dulTe!' wouM not settle for a draw for avoid i{. tion which has no eal'ma!'ks of the ex· White in the following position? ceptional. Look Further The Will to Win is pal't and parcel with a fluent sequence of ideas. Logic can be pursued so fal', then further; and, as we have just seen zugzwang overturn an apparently hopeless position, so one more little tactical conception may up· set all our logical planning, or our op· ponent's. Generally, the one who wins in chess is the one who has the most and the best ideas. If it is to ba the most, then don't stop short- look fmther: White to Play and Win White to Play and Win But White can accomplish with one PLASTIC CHESSMEN Yet- a second look- and zugzwang, lone Knight What he could hardly tio and Black's game goes poof! with two in most positions, and all be· 1 Q-K7t Q-N4 canse Black is compelled to move Black's reply is forced, On 1 , P-N-I against his will. .2 Q-Klt, he gets mated, 1 N- B6 2 Q-K4t Of course not 1 N-N3, stalemate, 2 Q-Klt can lead to 0 draw by per· 1 • K-RS etual check. 2 N-K4 2 Q-N5 White prepares for 2 . • , P-R7 3 N-N3 White seems to have made 00 -p ro- mate, gress, 2 .. , . K-R7 3 Q-K3 3 N-Q2 The coup de repos. If Black could now 'Vhit.? maneuvers into the zugzwang pass up his move, all would be weH fol' setting, him, But he must move. He is In 3 K_RS zugzwang. 4 N-B1 THESE Plastic Cbessmen are made of 3 . Resigns Here Black is in zugzwang: he must durable Tenite and molded In tbe basic For nwte follows shortly. mOl'e his Pawn against his will. Staunton pattern, Sturdy and practical, 4 P-R7 tbey are made in four sizes: Tournament Repletion 5 N_N3 mate Size with 5" King, (or use on 2% or 214 /I If it weren't 1'01' zugzwang, 'Vhite squares; Standard Size in de luxe chest would be a dead pigeon in this ending, and Standard Size in 2·section case, with "'hat, with an exchange and two Pawns A Typical Zugzwanger 2%/1 King, for use on 1* to 2%" squares; behind, he could hardly hold out long. In the following position, ali o( the Student Size with 2%" King, for use on Dlack men are adequately defended, or 1% to 1%" squares. All Sizes are weighted defended at least as many times as they and felted, available In Black & Ivory and al'e attacked. Red & Ivory. (See Student Size above.) No. 70-Student Size ______$ 4.50 No. 71-Same but in Red &. Ivory.$ 4.50 No. 80-Standard Size ______$ 6.50 No. 81-Same but in Red &. Ivory_$ 6.50 No. 125-Standard, De luxe ChesL$10.00 No. 126-Same but in Red &. Ivory_$10.00 No. 110-Tournament Size ______$19.50 No. 111-Same but in Red &. Ivory $19.50 Send for complete catalog of equipment. White to Play and Win MAll YOUR ORDER TO But the onus of having to make a move falls upon Black just when he isn't CHESS REVIEW ready for one. White to Play and Win 250 West 57th Street. New York 19. N. y, CHESS REVJEW, JANUARY, 1954 25 Activities ot CHESS REVIEW Postal Chess players, game reports & ratings, names of JACK STRALEY BATTELL n ew players, prlze'wlnners, s e lected games, tourne y Instructions &, editorial comment. Postal Chess Editor For more on Sherwin's record, see Certificate Winners POSTAL SCRIPTS page 5, in the World of Chess, T he following Postalites have flualified [or Happy New Year. 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F , Hiclner 24.9; a nd 93 N Newman ...... 1st H 7 man sections for those who aslled for K. Hunkel 15.05. 12613 Krie ...... • 1-2 5 ~ - ~ them, plus ratings and small stakes. D SciarrHta ...... 1_2 5~- ~ As a r€Ru lt of C\ll'l'ent Post a l Morte ms, loiS H E Ross ...... 1st H On page 28 and inside the back cover, also, F. G. Flauding has Qllalified for as· 1601 W ,Yo? i] ...... 1st 5!- 11 the 8th Annual Golden Knights fo r 1954 s ignment to the B'inals, bllt we still lack 166 L iii Schneider . .. . . 1st 5 _1 167C B Cnll ...... 1st is des'cribed in full, with 7 man sedions, eon ugh Qualifiecl to til! another F inals H 168 R D H all .• I~t H progressive advancements in "open" play, section. 52-{;' 28 H EO"owillk ... 1-2 5 -1 worthwhile prizes-and ratings. DrACI(\Vcrner .. ,.1-2 5 -I 6th Annual Championship_ 1951 39 Z 1\1 Gordon ... 1st H 133 ,V G Jenkin~ .. lst 4 ~ -111 As a result of current Postal Mortems, 189 D A ,Yillialns ... lst 5 _1 TOURNAMENT NOTES three more have Qualified for assign· 215 E 'r Hmsey ... ,1st H ment to the F inals ' K. Skema, B. Owens 211 lIIr~ H l\I ,Vilkerson .. lst 5 _I Pro9ress Reports for and R C. Loring. But we lack enough yet 2~O :III Sherwin •. . . Ist " -1 236 G A Cooley ...... 1st 5 -I Golden Kni9hts Tournaments to fill another Finals section. 273 P Kolody ...... 1st 1H~ 278 M Heinrich ...... 1st 5 _J 3rd Annual Championship_1 947_8 7th Annual Championship-1952.3 2S3 'r G Lucas .Ist As 11 result of current Posta l Mortems, 295 C G Hllnson 1st "H- -l... No Finals section has completed play 306 G A Conpal ...... 1- 2 .g-H the follolVing Qualify for assignment to on results reported for this mon'th. So C E Cravener .. . . . 1- 2 4!- 1 ~ the list of leading, p rospective prize win_ the Semi-finals: H. Hagedorn, A. F. FaZiO, .128 \Y H Liebn",n .. 1st 5~- ~ ners remains as given in the December C. M'cLaughlin, H. V..-. Banner, Mrs. G. ~ ·15 C Tresidder 1st , -0 Stephens, W. Jurek, W. F. Gilson, A. :l·IR Dr E Szold . . ht H issue, 1953, 362 R Spry . . 1st 51- ~ H . :McClure, H. Hehc1er, S. B. Laird. J. 53 -C 14 R Ligc htstone ...... 1st 5&- ~ 4th Annual Championsh ip--1949 H . Henson, H. L. Marks, Eva Aronson, IS T F Kimball ...... 1~t J . D. Define, M. Gonzalez, )01. Doelling, 7G R J Robcrson 1st James T. S'herwin has won fi rst prize in t'he Golden Knights Championship be T . Y. Parrish, D. Reithel, B. F . Broder· gun in 1949. It is definite n ow that no ersen, 11. Riboll"sky, E. J. Werner, L. NEW POSTALITES other in that tournament can equal his Graetz, H. L. Black, \V. A. Bonnell, J. L . The follOWing neW pltt;-'Qrs started Postal perfect score. And so, though play is Hanlin, J. Kooistl'a, H. E ckstrom, Dr. B. Chess play during Xove..,IJer, 1953 , with Paul and J. Lieberman. initial ratings aR given l)elow ; otherwise fa.r from finished as yet, he Class A at 1300: I". Chal·ley. pre. D . Jones, is being awarded the $250 first prize. L . G. Slephens n.nd J. Tangemalt; Clas. B at 1200: S. Bass, E. P . Friedland. For the record, we list below a ll t'he POSTALMIGHTIES! A . Gifford. A . Kahn, S. L. Katnnich. G. prospect ive cash pI'ize winners who have Pelrisoll , ))1'. \\'. S . Rnchlin, R. 'I'ascione, so far completed all games and were in Prize Winners S. J . Tresca and D r . J. E. Zbar: Class C at 900: L. Anhaise r. ll. Bn" lJ erlo, Finals sections which have completed 'I'he followin J;' Posta1ite~ hnve won prizes R. Carr, E. Clar y. Y. De Simonc, R. Dkk_ all play. )Olore prospective winners exist in 1951, 19;;2 and 1953 P r ize ',rournaments as inson, D . 11. Detchmendy, J . Friedman, Y. and will be listed when and as their a rE CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1954 27 (Continued f rom page 27) tops Pa thll.kla. 8G Franz licks Van Lonk_ huyzen. 89 Reynoldl! r l~ Breitma n. ~o Romano WIt hd raws. 99 LA.nde r resl"..,s to Reynold, . ...'Ithdra ....s. lOG MIl. lthew9 masters Morley. 120 GOldfarb tops. then lie. Han nold. 121 Draughon bows to Prl ~. l)<>sts POSTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP Craig. U3 Mathew ~ )>ea tl Bo~"en . 12~ Bryant. SJl ver tie. 125 Meehan torn. "'omuck twice. 128 Lapha m conks KaminskI. 129 \ViI Iiams whlp$ 'Vlttmann. 130 Kil bourne. THE current edition of the Golden Knights tournament is now und e), Steenberg tie. 131 Wilkin whips 'Vellver. 132 Menearlnt taps Hobeon. (III ) Eyman. 135 way, and entries are acceptable until September 30, 1954. It is con· Patterson besu Beehtel twice. 136 Cleveland clips Olbe t wice. 138 SouthaNl 10 1'" (20 ducted under CHESS REVIEW's Rules alld Regulatiorn Jor Postal Chess, Gercke. 11' Draughon downs I)(lniel" twice. I n Shay chops Cha pman. as mailed with assignments to play, and the special rules given below. In effect, the Golden Knights is an "open" tournament, without reo Started in 1952 (Key: 52·Pl gard to our rating classes so far as entry goes. The ratings are calculat Tourney. 1·207 : 48 Henriksen " I)1~ Hozrn>ln. ed, however, quite as usual. We "rate" all 'games- in CHESS REVIEW tour· 63 Kreisler rouls Raymond. 75 Parker top.• Rout ledge. 76 Scovllle "COO!'S Grou. 91 L."l.ine neys. It is an "open" tournament beca use we cannot pretend to "seed" t op~ la) Stump. 102 Koffman con ka Sheahan. 11 5 "Throop tops Gotham. liS Cro&ll. Day tie. cand id ates for a cham pionship and because it gives the weaker players a 13G Ka lter splits 1... · 0 with Smoron, loses to chance to ga in by experience against stronger ones. Jacobs. 150 ShepheNl beats Ban tWice. 161 Straedey ,tops EIckholt. 163 Ohmes best" To speed play fo r the 6rst round, we group all the entries received Ba,... 1G~ Fox lOllS A~ VI.PO rr . 175 ""(l tzke j(llts John!oll. 184 Cotter top ~ $e<:o"d twice, geographically so far as possible: New England, Middle Atlantic, South, lose! 10 W li koff. ISG Van Patten heats Mid·west, the Plains and Mountain States and the Pacific Coast, with a (Continued o n page 29) 50cattering of Canadian entrants in those groups nearest them. Otherwise, entries are matched off into 7 man groups strictly in the order of our re BeCjinninq with 1954 ceipt of their applications. Qualifiers to the later rounds are grouped 7 man sections ill Prize TOllrney likewise in order of qualification , but non-geographical1 y. PRIZE TOURNEY OPEN Special Rules for the 1954 Golden Kniqhts Tournaments. Start pillying c hesS by mall NOW! following 7 '''""hen compntlng ths t otal scores to de· E nt er one of the 7 man groups of o ur Consult the rules whenever nny question arises as to your chances termlne the dl ~ trlbl.ltl O n of prizes. cach &"amo Prize Tourneys. wo n In the nr~t round will be scored 'as 1 You wi ll be assigned to a eection with fo r qualifying to Semi·finals or Finals or point: ~a c h Kam e won In the seeond rOund sill other players about equa l to your_ for weighted point score. etc. as 2.2 paints; each goma won in the final self in pl"ying skill. You play W hite round as 4." points. A drawn game " '1II be I CHgSS REVIEW's Sth Annual Gold. scored as half these reape<:llve amounts. "gains 1 t hr ee of your oppone nts, Black en Knights Postal Chen Chllmplon&hlp Tou~ against the other three_nd you play nam 28 eMISS REVIEW. JANUARY , 1954 Suman twice; Suman withdraws. 193 Mehling Thomas. 4 Katz conks Shaw. 5 Zalkow~kl Statler stops 'Vallgren. 104 Graf tops Green_ masters Orlando. 194 Brittingham tops (ta) ties Maclean, top~ Scholtz; Lynch wllh donner (a), Mester. 105 Henderson, Smalley 'Vilson. 1% correction: Lane won from Tim draws. 8 'Vright withdraws. sm ite Marston. lOG Raymond resigns to all: mann. 203 Harris hal ts Huffman. 206 ),\lakln Richter rips Stodda!·d. 107 Runkel routs Van rips Rennie. 7th Annual Championship-1952-3 H ise. 108 D"non downs Birstein. 109 Diste fano tops Gibby; Simms checks Churchill. PRELIMINARY ROUND (Key: 52.N) 113 correc!lon; Kama" Wan from Haynes. Started in 1953 (Key: 53-P) Sections 1-49: 1 Black bests Beard. not Randlett. 114 SmJLh smites Longstreet. Tourneys 1.50: 3 Doelling downs Trull. 5 'Vright fells F"ulillm. 10 Skema skunks 115 Kline clips Gibson, Burns; B urns. Rajmi rips Zaft. ties Cleveland twice. 6 F"ullum. II Prosscr tops Cohen. IG Broder Stewart tie. llG Lee. Paris. Power halt " otschuch, (2) Lankhorst top P hillip~. 7 sen hests Hun::ess. Lang. 20 H owell halts Hernden: Strauss whips 'Villard. 117 Rara ~ml\n smites Keefe. 9 Cap!l!on m aSters Mat :-ramso". 21 Jos CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1954 29 20 R-K2 N-N5 Miniature POSTAL GAMES W·hite draws (figuI'nli\"ely speakIng, that is) this miniatlll'c in only fifteen from CHESS REVIEW tourneys moves- practically Ollt of hand. annotated by RUY LOPEZ J, B. Myers, Jr. J. A. Wallace JACK W. COLLINS White Blael 1 P-K4 P_K4 3 B_N5 P_QR .. Our Postal players arc invited to submit 2 N_K B3 N_QB3 4 B-R4 N_B3 their BEST games for this department. 5 0-0 B_B4 To be considered, the moves of each The ",rouel' Defense; adventllL'otls but game must be written on a standard not quite sound. score sheet, or typed on a single sheet of S P-Q4 paper, and marked "for publication." 21 N_N3 Adventure on ad\'entnrc. The stan· Sacrificing tbe Queen Pawn. danl Ilne which gives Blaek the most 21 . • . . NxN headaches is 6 NxPl NxN 7 P ..Q4, NxP Loser Submits 22 RxN S H-Kl! D-K2 9 PxNl This romantic lind bl'iHiant game, wlib If 22 PxN? B-KN5 and Black wins tl!e 6 .... PxP its Queen sacriflce, W!IS submitted fot' Exchange. Not good. Black must play 6 ... ExP publicatioll by the loser! And that's ~... PxP 0)" 6 ••• QNxP. news! Now \\'hite secures a winning attacl\. 7 P-K5 EVANS GAMBIT Dlacl;: ought to decline the Pall'l1 with PreciselY. Now While wIns. ~2 ... B-Q3! R. K. Wllkoff J, N. Cotter 7 N_Q4 WhltG Black 23 N-R5 B-Q3 8 B_N3 N/4-K2 1 P-K4 P-K4 3 8-84 B_B4 On either 23 ... B-81 or 23 .. , P- 1.I3. 9 N_N5 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 4 P-QN4 2·1 H-KN3! Is too powe)·rul. The romantic Evans Gambit (Captain 24 Q-B3 P-Q5 \V. D., nOll.aITY, that is). If 2,1 , • , 1'- 83 (defending against 25 4 ...• axp Qx" mate) 25 NxPt, PxN 26 Qx]>. Blad, 5 P-B3 8-K2 call not hold the position. Little Is known of this move. But it 25 QxP! l is not the tYlle which would ol'dinarily Vel'y fine! White offers his Queen d!stul"b a G/lmblteet', !'ather than play it safe with 25, Hxl(j' Standard Is 5 ... B-H4. 01" 25 HxP. 6 P-Q4 N-R4! 25 . . . . 8-B1 7 NxP Ir 25 .. DxPt, White has 2ij K-HI. White ought to Pl'esel'l'e Ilis King HxQ? 27 Ibm. mate. Bishop, A good line is 7 B-K2, P- 30 CHESS REVIEW, JA.NUA.RY, 19S4 A Slav Defense, by transposition, is KB5 is a very inviting square. brought about. 14 .. , . N_B4 4 N- B3 15 N-B5 QR_Q1 -\ P x P guarantees \Vhite a slight suo periority. or ~ourse the text is good, too. 4. QN-Q2 Black makes it a Semi-Slav. The r eg {lIal' variation, 4 PxP 5 P-QRl, B-B-l, has more regard for the Black Queen Bishop, 5 P_K3 A plausible alternative is 5 PxP, P xP 20 Q-N2 6 Il-B4. White shows the flaw in 11 . P -KN3 5 P- K3 by threatening 21 Q- N7 mate. 6 B_Q3 B-N5 20",. N_ B4 16 Q-R4 This is t he Romih Variation. The The Knight mllst go on the bloek to Who cares abollt a Pawn? main idea is to secure the break p revent mate. Black is P-K'l. getting out h is pieces, but White is 21 PxN P-B3 gelting up an uttack. 7 Q- B2 22 KR - Q1 BxBP 16 , . , , It is, best to put the qUestion to the 23 P_ R5 Resigns If 16 NxB 17 PxN, RxP 18 Q-N5, Bishop immediately with 7 1'-QR3. It is better this way. If 23 i\"- Bl l'- N3 19 NxBt, QxN 20 QxN, White wins. 7 . Q-R4 2-1 RxP, Biack must lose his Queen. This Cambridge SpI'jngS Defense·like 17 8 -N5 Queen maneuver is out of llIace when Thr eatening either 18 NxBt, HxN 19 White has the resources of B-Q2. W ith HxX! PxR 20 DxDP-or]S NxKNP, KxN 7 0-0 8 0-0, PxP 9 BxP, B-Q3 10 A Modern Instance 19 Q-Ro'i', with a mating attael, In both H- Q1, Q-K2 11 N - K2, P- K4 Black stays Black tl'ies out what has become a cases. in a nomih line. fairly popular variation in the Sicilian 17. QN_Q2 a 0-0 Defense. But V.'hitc, in \'ery lively style, All dressed up (in full development), Or 8 B- Q2! 90-0 a nd 10 P- Q113. replies with the mO.'lt modern ins'tance, Black has no plaCe to gO (effeetively). the most fashionable attaek. The result 18 N-Q5 8 BxN makes a wOI'thwhile study. 9 PxB 0 -0 To force open the QNI- KH7 diugonal. 10 PxP SICILIAN DEFENSE 18 Quite properly, White dissolves his J, G. Bueters R. R. Bass If 18 . DxN (the Queen Knight doubleci Pawns and opens diagonals for \V'hite Blad: must be tak en) IS PxN, P - R3 20 BxRP, his two Bishops. PxB 21 ([xP, B-Bl 22 Q- N5t, K-Rl 23 1 P-K4 P- QB4 3 P- Q4 PxP 10 . BPxP R - B3, 'W h ite wins. 2 N_KB3 P_Q3 4 NxP N_KB3 Better is 10 KPxP , to free the 5 N_QB3 P_QR3 19 PxN Black Bishop. Heading for the Hague Sy~tem with 'With all kinds of threats: 20 P-Q6, 11 P-B4 P_KN3 P-Q:;O·H. This is a 'IJct line of DOll· 20 NxBt, 20 NxP and 20 BxB, for in Black plans to answer 12 PxP with aid Byrne, the new V . S. "Open" Ch am stance. 12 NxP without losing the K ing pion. 19 . B_ K83 Rook Pawn. But the text seriously 6 P-B4 If In BxB 20 QxB, P- N3 21 Q-R6 weakens the dark squares a round the Thi.'l, in conjunction with the next, (or 21 N-H6tl PxN, 22 RxP wins for King. Best is 11. . PxP. move is being seen more often than lhe White , 12 PxP older, dassical 6 B- l{2- and with some 13 Q-K2 I'eason. Or, at once, IS P -K-l; [or, j( 13 6 , , , . Q_B2 :\- N5 101 Q-Q2, N-QB3 15 Q-K2, Black Probably 6 N-BS is better. fails to exchange Knight for Bishop wh ile \Vhite improves his positioll. 7 B- Q3 P-K4 13 , , . . P- QR3 Black's last move has the reputation 14 P-K4 of being an equalizer, but it does leave a hole at KB·1, anti so 7 N-B3 S With the better center, two Bishops N-B3, P -K3 may wf'll be SllJlCrior. a nd King·side ch ances, VI'hite has an a ppreciable advantage. a N_B3 14 N-K2 More ambitions than 8 N-N3. -White's last three moves s ignal a King·side nt· If 14 , •• N-N5, 15 B-Q2 is annoying. tack, 15 P_QR4 Q-Q1 8 B_ K2 20 NxP! The Queen sortie h as failed, and 9 0 - 0 0 _ 0 This sacr ifice was in the air! Black is in full retreat 10 Q-K1! P-QN4 20 , , . , KxN 16 B_ R6 R-K1 11 PxP If 20. Bxi\", 21 QxPt, K-Dl 22 17 B-QB4 11 Q- NS bnmps in'to 11 . N-R1. B- RG, BxB 23 QxP mate! \Vhite is going to break with P - Q5 . 11 PxP 21 QxPt K_81 17 N_N3 12 P-QR3 QN- Q2 22 RxB Resigns 13 K_ R1 18 B-N3 B_Q2 B-N2 On 22 . .. NxR, Ex::\" , Black cannot slop 19 P_Q5! Black's last is mechanical. The Bis CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 195'1- 31 20 P-B4 P-K5 21 QR-N1 B-R3! \Vhite is bound to come off second· pa::ll 1IJ1Ja::lterpiece::l best !n the struggle for the open file be cause his Queen BIshop Pawn is exposed Annotated by FRED REINFELD to attaek. 22 KR-B1 Q-R5 24 N-B1 QR_N1 BECAUSE of its aggressive qualities, the at this stage and hence sough~ simplify· 23 N-N3 P-R5 25 N- Q? R_N? Dutch Defense has always been a fav ing exchanges. As for Morphy, most play· 26 Pxl' orite with such notel\ masters of the ers in his position would be very nervous "'bite would hal'e had to exchange about tbe score and sU'il'e for compli· attacl;: as Tchigorln, Spielmann, Mieses, sooner 01" later. But now Black has the Tartakover and Alekhine. The general cations at all cost. Instead, J.lorphy COil· Queen Hook til e at his disposal. pattem of play ill this opening' is thal tinues with commendable s erenity, evi· 27 Q-N3 QxQ Black strives for King-side aggression, (lently relying on his snperio!' end·game 28 NxQ P-QN4! while 'White pursues his plans on the technique. 8laek forces a passed Pawn for him· other wing, 1ihere are many cases in 12 N-Q2 self. Han-witz' simplifY'jng policy has which a player mismanages his attack, 13 0-0 Q-N3 so that the initiative pallses to his op 14 P_QN4 P_Nl" failed. ponent. In the following game, fo r ex 15 P-B3 P-KR4 ample, Harrwitz botches his Queen-side Else White might try (after due prep- play. MOl"phy thereupon (lismisses his King-side activities and concentrates on aration) P-N4, followed hy ;\'-N3. the seetol' in which Harrwltz has squan 16 B_B2 B_N2 dered his chances. 17 B_R4! Q-B2 Match (Paris), 1858 DUTCH DEFENSE D. Harrwitz PaUl Morphy White Bladt 1 P-Q4 A rarity in those dnys! 1 . P-KB4 29 PxP B,P 31 N-N7 R_R3 30 N-R5 R-R1 32 R_B3 K_B1 ~Iorphy gives Hnrrwitz an opportunity 33 N_Q8 B-Q2 to play the lively Stannton Gambit (2 P- K-t); bUl Harrwitz pl'lHlenT.ly avoids White's situation is ah'eady desperate. ("omplication8. His Knight's e xile d state is precariOUS, 2 P-QB4 P-K3 4 B_N5 B_N5 and the l.I1ack King is abollt ~o play a n 3 N-QB3 N-KB3 5 Q-N3 P_B4 18 BxN actil'e role. Above all, Black's passed 6 P-Q5 Faulty execution in a plan good so far. Pawn is a latent mennce. White's last move has been critlclzed Stronger is 18 B-B6, N-B3 (Black ean 34 R_N3 K-K2 36 K-B2 by all the Morpby annotato!'s, who haYe, harrlly capture, for he is then lert 11'lth 35 R_N 8 P-B5! 37 K-K2 however, failed to point out what is a weak Pawn on the opene(l Queen fi le 38 N- B6t wrong with it. As the game goes, Han" not to mention the powerful. protected, Or 3S K-Ql, ll- H5t. and White can witz obtains at least an even positi"on. passed Pawn which White obtains) 19 resign. 6 P-K4 9 K N-K2 P-K R3 P-N5, followed by P-QR·! and P- R5, with 38 B,N 7 P- K3 0-0 10 BxN QxB a promising, QlIeen·side initiative. 39 PxB P-B7 8 B-Q3 P-Q3 11 P-QR3 BxNt 18 .... 40 K-Q2 R- B6! 12 QxB 19 PxP One of Morphy's most famous moves. For a better understancling or Harr· 'Worse and worse: White's Queen nish· witz' play, it ought to be pointed out op Pawn will now be exposer\ to attack. that this Was the thini game of the 1~ P-N5 Is much better. match and that Harrwitr. had won the 19 .... NPxP two preceding games! One gatherS tlllat Harrwitz was content with tranquil play t _ check: l _ db!. check: ~ _ dt~. eh. The Biggest Bargoin in Chess Literature! 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