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SCENE FROM DUBROVNIK SITE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS TEAM TOURNAMENT (See Paye 290) OCTOBER, 1950 • ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION-$4.75 • 50 CENTS Emanuel Lasker won the World's Championship at the age of 26? Moving one square at a time, a Bishop may go from K 1 to K7 In eight moves in 483 ways ? In successive rounds, Reuben Fine once beat Botvinnik, Reshevsky, drew with Capablanca, beat Euwe, Flohr and Alekhine7 It t akes a Kn ight three moyes to checl!: a King that is two squares away on the same diagonal? WHITE is to play and draw in tllis ex· 12 B-R2 P- QR4 14 N_N1 P-B4 PaUl Morphy, King of Chess, alice lost qUisite ending by Korteling. 13 0 - 0 P-N5 15 B_B4 P-K5 a game in 12 moves? 16 N_N5 B-R3 Two lone Knights Cnnllot force mate ? mack cbaHenges White's best·posted Chess players fOl' mOl'e thun 500 years piece. used a pair of dice t o detet'mine their 17 BxB R,B 19 R,R N,R moves? 18 PxP RPxP 20 P-QB3 P-R3 21 N-R3 N-N5 Whimsy Now he attacks the Rook Pawn and Let us turn to a bit of Fail')' Chess , In fOl'ces 22 P-KK3, this problem by your columnist, the Call' 22 P_KN3 ventions are suspended, Black is to play And no\\", with all his Pawns on black first and he lp White to mate in three ::;ql1ll1'CS, White lias condemned his msll· moves. op to life imprisonmflnt, 22 .... N-K4 Obviollsly, if White plays 1 R-KN4, 23 K-N2 P-N4 Black' replies: 1 . B- B3t, followed by 24 B-B1 2 ... P-N7, 3 ... P -R4 and 4. P - R5, The useless Bishop retires, making The unhappy Rook cannot then hold the room for the Knight who may have a position, more illustrious career, 1 R-Q8t K-N2 3 K- N4 P-N7 24 P-N6 30 N,B P-B6t 2 R-Q3 B-B3t 4 R-N3t K-B3 25 N-Q2 P-QB5 31 K-N1 K,N 5 K-B5! 26 N-KN1 N-B4 32 R-Q1 K-K3 The attack on the Bishop is an im· 27 N-K2 R_KN1 33 N- N1 NJB5-Q6 portant finesse wbich,gains a move fa\' 2(: N-Q4 P- B5 34 N_R3 K-Q4 White's King, 29 N-B5t K-K3 35 N-N5 R-N1 5 B-N2 36 N-R3 1 , , Q-R2t 3 N-Q5 R_Nl 6 K-Q4 P-R4 What a life ! This poor Knight has . 2 N-K7 B- N2 4 N_B7 mate 7 K-K3 P-R5 rlone nothing but advance a bi t and then 'Where can the Rook move? Answer: reu'eat. One of Sam Loyd's famous puzzles is he doesn't! 36 , , .. R-QR1 this : Play a game whet'e, after 11 moves, 8 K_B2!! PxRt 37 P-R3 K-B4 only the two Kings remain on the board, 9 K_N1! 38 K-B1 This is his solution : Drawn! Black can only choose between 1 P-QB4 P-Q4 9 R,R QxRP stalemating White 01' losing both Pawns, 2 p,p Q,P 10 R,N QxPt 3 Q-B2 QxNP 11 K,Q R,B WINNING a game by a slashing, smash· 4 QxBP Q,N 12 Rx NP R,N ing attack never appealed t o Nimzovich, 5 QxNP QxRP 13 R,P R,B Some masters reveled in sacrificial com· 6 Q,N Q_ K4 14 RxBt K, R bination play, but not the Crown Prince 7 QxBt R,Q 15 R,P R,P of Chess, He preferred to tie up his op· , R,P QxNP 16 R,P RxPt ponent in knots, He paralyzed them with 17 K,R K,R Die Blockade, his name for the system by which his pieces got a strangle· hold on one square after another, advancing with crushing effect until there was no retreat for the enemy army, 38 ... , N,B Arnstadt, 1926 S implHication so that Uage can DUTCH DEFENSE clearly how belpless he is! Hage Nimzovich 39 RxN N-Q6 White Black 40 R-N1 NxNP 1 P_Q4 P-KB4 6 QxQt K, Q 41 RxN R,N 2 P- K3 P-Q3 7 B-B4 B-Q3 ,Mate on the move is t hr eatened, P_ K4 N_B3 3 B-Q3 8 N-KB3 42 R-N1 P-N7 p,p K_K2 4 PxP 9 N-B3 Resigns 5 B-N5t P-B3 10 P-QR3 R-Q1 11 B-Q2 P-QN4 White cannot prevent the fatal ,13 , The final positio n R-HS, This P-QN~ move comes up with reo mal'kable frequency in Nimzovich's DID you know that, . , , THOUGHT FOR T HE MONTH games, and with striking effect. Paul Morphy once cOll!luctell a chess co]uum at the fantastic salary (rOl' 1859) Chess i,; as llluc h a mystery as .-omen, t = check; * _ dbl, check; § _ dis, ch, ot' $3000,00 a year? ·-Purdy, CHESS REVIEW JH( "'(JUlIE (HISS ,MAGAZINf Volume 18 Number 10 October, 1950 EDITED &, PUBLISHED BY I. A. Horowitz Readers are invited to use these columns for their comments- on matters of interest to chessplayers. INDEX FEATURES CORRECTION States-and the diagrams are irritating to Colle Rides Again! __________ ____ ___302 -Woe is me! The Wurzhurg dedication my senses if only that it brings this weak­ International Team Tournament __ ___ 296 problem (page 203, CHESS REVIEW, July ness to my attention. The green ink on Triumph of Unreason __ ____ __ ___ ___299 issue) has proved to be unsound. Black's the dark squares is of nearly the same last move could have been promotion to briglimess as the red ink of the pawns and DEPARTMENTS Book of the Month ___ _____ _____ ____ 320 Queen by Pawn at QN7; hence it is not pieces on those squares. necessarily Black's move, and the whole Color weakness is prominent; lUunicipal Games from Recent Events ____ ___ __ 304 idea falls apart . In contrast, all the a uthorities have given green traffic lights On the Cover ___________ ___ ____ _____ 290 Wllrzburg settings appear all the more a slight blue tint to solve the troubles of Postal Chess ___ ___________ _____ ___ _310 perfcct. Poctie justice! The flaw was dis­ red-green color-weak people. As such are Solitaire Chess ___ ________ ____ ______ 301 covered hy alert CR Reader Arthur K. extraordinarily sensitive to blue, a slight Spotlight on Openings ___ __ ____ _____ 308 Underwood of Denver, Colorado, to whom tint is enough to change the green's like­ Tournament Calendar _______ __ __ __ __ 295 my thanks. ness to red for them, entirely. May I sug­ World of Chess ________ ___ __ ____ ___ 291 Herewith a corrected version: gest utilizing an inl,; mixture with a trace of blue? Then we wiI! have peace. JACKSON, EDITOR GEORGE JR. I. A. Borowltz Miami, Fla. EXECUTIVE EDITOR OPEN LETTER Jack Stra.ley Battell SO urgent is the matter discussed in the letter below that we request you re­ CONTRIBUTING EDITORS print it in your that it 1. Cherney, J , 'V. Co1l!ns, T. A. Dunst, Readers' Forum Hans Kmoch. Ihed Relntetd may come to the immediate attention of CORRESPONDENTS American chess players. California Herbert Betker, J. B. Gee. Leroy PAU L G. GIERS JohnMn. Dr. H. Ralston. lII. J. Royer. President, United Stales Chess Federation Colorado Jack L, Hursch. Dear i\Ir. Giers: Connecticut Edmund E. Hand. P. L. ROTHENBERG Dlst. of Columbia N. p. Wigginton. I have been instructed to convey to you Florida :Major J. B. Holt. B. KleIn, Ernest Dedicated to DUo W urzhurg this resolution unanimously adopted at the G, Werber. August 10th meeting of the Los Angeles Georgia Grady N. Coker. Jr. White mates in one move. County Chess League, representing the illinois Howard J. Betl. Also, I have received the July CHESS I nd1ana D. C. HUls, D. E. Rhead, W. Roberts. many clubs in this metropolitan area! Iowa W. G. VandClrburg. REVIEW from Otto Wurzburg, with a "Whereas, it has been reported that a Kentucky J. W. Mayer. charmingly characteristic inscription: "To Kansas K. R. iloIacDonald. colored player was, in effect, barred from P. L. Rothenherg, an old chess Jriend­ Maryland Charles Barasch. the 1950 Southern Chess Association tour­ you know the fellow who sees the good in Mauachusetts Franklin J. Sanborn. ',valdo nament in Durham, N. C, after being in. L. Walers. you that isn't always there, and looks the Minn e50ta Charles M. Hardinge. vited to the event; and other way when you seem to slip." I shall Michigan R. Buskager, J. R. Watson. "Whereas, such discrimination has never Nebraska B. E. Etlsworth. A. C. Ludwig, cherish it. been heard of in chess, flagrantly violates Jack SIlence, R. E. Weare. P. L. ROTHENBERG New Hampshire Alee Sadowsky. the spirit of chess sportsmanship and New York Walter Froehlich, Edward Lasker. Jamaica, New York H. III. Phillips, Dr. M. Reiss. American democracy, and hurts chess here North Carolina Sam Agnello. BLUE FOR RED-GREEN BLUES and the U. S. in the eyes of the world; North Dakota D. C. Macdonaid. (roo'Iy attcnlion lIas been callerl to the "Therefore, be it resolved that we Ohio Lawrence C. Jackson, J,'., Edward J;' Johnson. A. E. Plucddemann. complaint of E. .i\I. Neubert in the strongly urge the Directors of the uscr Oklahoma Dr.
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