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Conducted by POt";O" No. 14J V--:-Y'71 SIEMMS· WINS GUILHERME GROESSER END solutions to l'ositlon No. S 145 to the Editor, CHESS LIFE, JUNIOR TITLE 123 No. Humphrey Ave., Oak Park, Ill. by August 20, 1954. ,. P05ition No. 145 Canadian Expert Ross Siemms Gains Tlie position looks equal and material is equal. But it takes Title Lost On S-8 at Milwaukee White only fou r moves to demon­ strate that this equality is alto­ , By WILLIAM ROJAM gether an illusion. Ross .E, SjemDlli of Toronto, Canada gained the U. S. Junior Champ­ Soiution in $.pi.mb.r j iuu.: ionship title at Long Beach, California, scoring 8lh -1lh_ Siemnu lost Position No. 142 oul on the title at Milwaukee in 1950 on 8-B points, although he tied This position, published in the James CroSs on games won with 8-1. In 1951 at Philadelphia Siemms June 5 issue, is the brilliant con­ tied (or second with 7lh-211.t , and - - - -­ clusion of a postal game, won by I l:....'-_"",.._~--'L-_ in 1952 was second at Omaha with P. Ricciardi and published in the Whit. to pl.y 7 1/.t·21/.t. CHESS HITS TV interesting Italian chess magazine, NOTE: Do not "I.!u lo/"tions 10 two The new U. S. Junior Champion AT NEW ORLEANS La Scacehicra. positions On o ,,~ C4'4; bt 'II.rt to i"J~"tt first played in a U. S. Junior event I For 5OIul ion p l._ turn t o p.,. President David A. Walsdorr, Jr., twt''''.. (0,,« 1 ""mba oj position ~m.. 101n4. at Cleveland in 1947 at the age o£ 1I, and bas participated in most of the New Orleans Chess Club of the Junior events since that and Founder Alfred B. Wills were ADDISON TAKES GOOD-WILL TOUR date. interviewed over WDSU·TV of New NO. CALIF. TITLE SOVIET STYLE Represenl.tive Eyent Orleans June 23 regarding the U.S. Forty·rour players from 10 states Chess l>~cdcration Opcn Champion­ William Addison of San Francis­ The Soviet masters Igor Bondar­ co won the Norther <.;allfornia allel C~ lI a \la I)a.·ticipated in the ship Tournament scheduled Aug. evsky and Alexander Kotov on a .Jullior Championship at Li ncoln 2·14 inclusive at the Roosevelt Championship with 8-1, nosing out two-week tour o£ Canada to pro­ Dmitry PoliukoH who Icd the ficld Park Chess Club, Lo ng Ikach, Cal· Hotel. - mote good.wi1l , ~ bcga n auspiciously up to the final round. Poliakon irornia. Some, like John Penquite The New Orleans me n described at Ottawa by refusing \0 play ex­ of Des, Moi ncs hitchhiked ("three was second with 7Y.& ·Ph in the 19- hibilion matches against their se· plans for the Open; called attention player Swiss event and James days and I don 't know how many to the New Orleans Chess Club lected opponents and electing to rides"); others ~ame rnOl'e conven­ Schmitt third with 7·2. Fourth went play simultaneous exhi'6itions in­ which is open to the public at its to R. Smook with 6 1/.t ·21h, while lionally by bus and train; a few Friday night sessions at the YMCA; stead. The rejected opponents were risked the trip in rattling jalopies. M. Rudiansky was fifth with &3. As George Berner, who came from and ·told of Wills recent simultan­ ranking players, Addison, PoUa· Defending Junior Champion Saul eous exhibition match at the "Y." Yugoslavia two and one-half years Yarmak managed a furlough from koff, and Schmitt will reprcsent ago, and Dr. Fedor Bohatirehuk, The show they appeared on was Northern Cali10rnia in the Cali­ "'1. Belvoir, Va., but arrived a day the one lime Ukranian Champion llItc, missing the first round of "Shadow Stumpcrs," a 15-minute fornia Sl:1te Championship everit of the Soviet Union. With Berner program where haU the time was to be held at San Francisco. play. and Bohatirchuk on the sidelines, Exciting Start spent interviewing the chess play­ the Russians had no trouble. Bon­ Gilbert Ramirez, 14, drew with ers and two ladies from a Garden U.S. OPEN darevsky disposed or 25 Ottawa Siemms in first round, while Rem­ club. The rcmainder of the lime players without draw or loss while linger, 12, was drawing with Peiz.er consisted of a contest between two CHAMPIONSHIP Kotov overwhelmed the three next and l)enquite, Kalme and Lyman sets of people to identify shadows August, 2·14. 1954 ranking players in a three.bo~lrd were winning. projected on a screen. Bob Nelson New Orleans, La. simu!. In the meanwhile, the re­ After four rounds, Shelby Ly­ was master of ceremonies and in­ mainder of the Russian team has terviewed the four persons. Place: Roosevelt Hotel, New man of Dorchester, Mass. led with arrived in London via plane for a 4-0, while Charles Kalme, _ Ross Orleans, La. • team match with England. Thc TV station seemed much in­ O.tes: Monday, August 2 Siemms, and John Penquite had terested in the coming Chess event through Saturday, August 14. 3*·*. Yarmak had. lost his scc· and promised othcr spots on their Direction: Under the auspices ond round game to Ben Shaeffer shows between now and August of the LouuiaD Chess Associa­ RAGAN CAPTURES and seemed out of the contention and possibly silent movies which tion with the New Orleans Chap. with 2-2. they will make for the news cov­ ter as hosts; tournament direc­ ST. LOU IS TITLE In the firth round Kalme bested e rage at that time. tor Newton Grant; John V. Ragan gained the St. Lyman while SiemIDS defeated Pen· Tour n. ment: Swiss system, a~ Louis District Championship with quite. Ronald Gross with 4-1 was cording to regulations estab­ an 8 1h. -'f.t score in a 100man round quietly climbing into contcntion. ANNOUNCEMENT Lished by USCF Tournament robin evcnt wl:iich contained all S;lmms Takes Lead Plans Committee. strong SI. l.A)uis talent with the In the sixth round Siemms down­ Acts of the Louisiana State For Det.ils, write: A. L. M~ exception oI R. Steinmeyer. Ragan ed Kalme to take undjsputed lead Legislature, which has just con· Auley, 4225 So. LibertJ' St .. New drew with Frederic S. Andel"~on, and Ilt the end of !leven round~, c:luded its bien'lial Hulon, will Orleans, La. who was runner-up with 7lh-Ph it was Siemms 6·1, Ronald Gross result in barring Negroes from ALSO score, drawing also with Harry A. and KaLme 5 1h,·}Ih, Lyman, Mar· the playing rooms in New Or­ WOMAN'S OPEN tin Harrow, Thomas Iories, and Saul CHAMPIONSHIP Lew and Marion F. Alpiscr_ Harold leans. Since it is too latl to Branch placed third with 5-4, los­ Yarmak 5-2. Behind' these were chiange the locale of the U. S. AND ZONAL ing to Ragan, Anderson, Godbold, Sanford Grecn, John Penquite, Open, we c.n only express our Two top ranking women con· and Burton. Tied for fourth were Larry Remlinger, and Peter Mcyer regrets to any USCF members testants declared U. S. Repre­ ,Edmund Godbold and Charles M . with 4 1/.t ·21h, still in contention. who may 1M discommoded by sentatives to the Women's World Burton with 411.t-41/.t each. The 1'hen in the seventh round, this deyelopment. Championship candidates Tourn· tourney was sponsored by the St. Kalme bested Penquite, ..Fries ament In 1955. Louis Chess League and held at the downed Meyer, Harrow, Yarmak, LOUISIANA C HESS ASSOCIATION Downtown YMCA Chess Club. (Please turn to p.ge S, col. I I LESTER TOPS ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL AT NO RTH SH9RE CJ. ~• • ."fit. Mastering the End Gam e The North Shore Invitational Tournament at Newburyport, Mass. .In n~w Yo,/' By W AL1'ER KORll', Editor of MCO resulted in a vi<:tory Cor former New Hampshire State Champion ' By Eliot Hearst CL UES WITH FLAWS Orlando Lester. Lester scored 4-1 TILL prodding along in BCE (the book has 573 pages!), we are now in a (l·man round robin, drawing 0 05 AND ENOS ON THE with Harlow Daly and Barlletl S at p. 41 with position No. 57 which is called a draw even with 0 USA·USSR ~\ATCH : The RUs­ White to move. Doing just a "scissors and paste" job, we can COlTCct this Gould. Daly tied Lester in point sians spent D. good part of the days statement by quoting the subsequent analysis from the Jan. 1944 Ches... score but was relegated to second precedin& the initiation of the lirst Review proving the position in diagram 8 to be' won for While by In­ place on SoB count. John Curdo, l'Ound play listening to the Army­ genious play: former Massachusetts State Champ­ McCarthy hearings on TV in their Oid m~ t H Mayer, George Anderson, and ovcr to a group of us Americans in two. - ~ •• LQ~~,.K any; James Roark, while fifth and sixth win.. 1. P·B4, K· and asked us if we knew of any J "mpi" . right over to 59 of B21; 2. P ~ P , P·R4; 3. K·H 3, P.IlS; • . K-R4, with 3·2 were Dr. A. D. Roberts other pictures starr ing Marilyn there a 79 P-R6; S. P.N3, d rnw by 5t1lemate. and L. Sveen. Mayer lost no games, Monroe that were p laying in New but drew with Anderson, Roberts, York!! Now we know what he liked and O. M. Maring. Anderson lost \a best about America!. Bron­ NORTH :JERSEY BUFFALO TOPS game to Merrell Dowden, chess stein's desire Cor lemon juice serv­ LEAGUE RATED C LEVELA N D TEAM editol' of the Louisville Courier­ ed to confuse many of the stewards Journal, and drew with Mayer. at the hotel. Oncc he ordered a To the North Jersey Chess In a 100% USCF rated team Leaa:ue goes the distinction o( be­ Roark lost to Dr. Roberts and drew glass during his game and was match, thc Queen CilY Chess Club with W. A. SpringC~eld. Dr. Roberts queried by the steward as to ing the first chess association to or Burfal0 scored a 71h-41h victory have itl! ('(Im plete team match play lost to Bloomer and drew with .... hether he meant 'Iemonade'­ over Cleveland at the Sacred Heart O. M. Maring and Maycr, whi le wi th, lemons, sugtlr and water. 100% USCF rated. The nine team Ushers' Club of Eric, Pa., wi th league, playing a singlc round­ SlIcen lost to Bloomer and Dr. "No!," said the Russian, " I want th~ Erie Chess Club as h.Qlil. Roberts. The tour nament was spon· Dure lemon juice." It took nine robin team schcdule, had 120 play­ Q u ••n City C.C. CI.... I.nd ers participating in its activities , sored by USCI'" aililiate Lexington lemoos"'to flU his glass and , a(ter L R. Black I O. St".lVer. Chess Club and directed by Leslie and eligible for rating. As reported . . 1\ . VOOIIler ~ I . Garal. , drinking it down, Bronstein swifUy e lsewhere in these col\:lmns, Irving­ l. It . KO!ku, ~ Ernes t Sallllo C. Smith. developed a winning position! ...... A 4. A. Kn>l 1 Alc" KomlvH , visitor to the tournament rooms ton and MaT0C7Y tied for first with S. S. Frucella 0 A . Robbuetov I ----- ins~ted on seeing the U. S. team 61h -l lh match score each, while 6. J. 8~rrcU 1 M. W. Patrkk 0 MIN NESOTA TOPS l rviniton-Polish was third with 6-2. 7. CM. Mauer ~ J . Gilchrist captain, claiming that he could I. Z. Stoplnskl I Richard Kaulie 0 supply the U. S. wilh a player who 9. N. Wlldcr 1 J . Cuhn ~ W IN NI PEG T EAM OP­ 10. H . Frella!!: 1 J . L. Harkins II would surely smash his Soviet In ~he annual Minneapolis vs. ponent to bits. Further questioning H A VE YOUR TOURN A MENT S II. H. McCaUl(- Mrs.. W . 0 .... "n5 1 Winnipeg international match, Min­ OFFICIAL L Y RATEDI hey 0 Ross O .... en" revealed that th is player, who shall U. R. LeBlanc • neapolis won by the close 5(,'(Ire or remain nameless, was formerly a CI"b To".",""""'s 0/ USCF Club CIO!veland 11·10, helped by U. S. Master Curl Bu'falO 7".. N. Y. club member of average Ch.ptttJ ... ~ .tIt"J without clun,,,; Brasket's draw against Interna· strength who now is conllned to 0/1K. n'~"U by CI.. b Chap/tTl II,r tional Master D. A. Yanofsky on an insane asylum! After thanking ... /~J oro ,oIkdio.. oj $1.00 USCF ...,. FISH ER TAKES board one .md !'otinnesota State the visitor for his patriotism, U. S. ;nf{ Itt I.om pLty~.s nol USCF m~m· Champion K. K Pedel"SOn's victory team officials expressed regrets IH'I. IN I)IANA STATE over Dr. N. Divinsky on board two. that the team could no longer be To"' ....m~"IJ hdJ by USCF Stat" Victory in -the 42-player Swiss at Strength was evenly divided in the changed and thus this unknown Or,.",;taJiotu lI.t ...t~J i/ 1111 tlHt P"" Logansport went to Fisher with 5.{). two teams, as the final score dem­ grandmaster would be ineligible 10 licipa,," lI,r USCF mnnbnJ. Second to sixth on S·B with equal onstrates. play. (But maybe we could have T"",...mnl" e""JMeItJ by "" .. flili. 41 scores were Jones, Brooks, Mln n u polls Wlnnlpq used a few crazy moves against ..td ,.o .. ps lI.t tli,iblt 10' ,.,t;n, i/ 1. CUrt Brukd I D. A . Yanor~kl' i Phipps Bcrsbach and Erps, while 2. K. P eduson 1 Dr. N. Dlvlnlk), 0 the Hussians!?) . Don Byrne ..II p4.,irip.mu .ho ...t not USCF seventh to ninth with 31h-11k were 3. G. S. Barn..... 0 H . Y gnuhkl' I relates that he was very nervous mtmbtrs P"1 II $1.0tJ USCF ",ti", Donnelly, Oren, and Rhead. Jones 4. W . E. Kaiser 1 1. J . n ,·..,men 0 before the start of the mnteh games ftt. 5. Dr. Koelsche 0 M. DO!sIIer 1 and to alleviate his nervousncss he 10lit onc game to Fisher; Brooks K 6udnltlky ~ T(~m matchu bdw~n USCF Club 6. II. ~.... uctman ~ d rew with Vano and Donnelly; 1. Sheldon Rein 0 S. PO!dl;.r I sat home all day reading Nathaniel Ch.tpttrJ au ,altd without ,ha"t. Phipps Io:;t to Jones; Indianapolis I. I... Georgc 0 J. YUk ow I lIawlhol"Oe's best works rather than Open Champion Bcrsbaeh lost to 9. It. CteaMn 0 J. ShO!bal'lo J studying recent games. Arter the Official rating forms should 10. R.. )'\lIpovkh ~ S. Cooper t be secured in advance from:­ Vano ,and Erps lost to Bent. 1953 II. J. II. Young 0 R.. Bedard I fine score he buill up t1gainst Avcr­ Montgomery Ma jor Indiana Slate Champion Oren lost 11. C. SlmonO!r 1 L t. HuI"WU~ 0 bach we might recommend Haw­ 123 No. -Humphre y Avenue to Jo'isher and drew with Vano_ 13. It. GovO! 0 D. JacoblQn , thorne as apt preparation (or fu­ 14. E. Jobnson I R. MOHr ture members of the U. S. team, Oak Park. Illinois At the meeting of the Indiana 15. P . Huenert I Or. W. Wrlghl • too! ... When Al Bisnn aske,1 his Do not .,itt to ot~, USCF State Association t he o£fieers were Ir.. It. C. Bello I P. Iluhr "o Ol/;,;..Jl /0' tht u ,atinfl fotml. re\ccted with Glen C. Donley of 17. E. F . Fre ier I E. A. Cft nrteld o young son, Palll I\ffil"ph y I3isno, 18. E. J. Miller 0 p . nnly , whom hc wanted 10 win. he got Logansport president, Fred Fland­ 19. W. MncManl· A. Owlnsky , ing of Portland treasurer, D. E. ,.. an answer he least cxpected: "My Rhe;ki or Gary secretary, and Floyd 20. n a.y Lemke S. K inch 0 friend Kntov;" it scems the Rus­ Qb ess tift TU~JJ..." Page 2 B. Bolton or Hammond tournament 21. R. NarvO!sen I Mls~ Wlnterburn 0 ian gr:tndma.'iter and the junior J"I., 20. 1914 director. Mlnneapolll II Wlnnlpel( " (Please turn to pllge 11 , col. 4) CHESS AS WE SEE IT b"r 10, 1954 :1-4. R(2)-K2 Contributions from tlte Pens lS_ O.RS Kt·R2 H is hopes Ior co untcr-attack have .. all~ OJ Outstanding Chess A.nalysts and Writers Ished and lhls amdoua h orseman h us­ tles back 10 glv~ h lol- Klllg additlo'.!al cover. White's position " looks" over­ 15. P· 8 4 0 _B3 whelmin g but Black has h ldd_en re­ 16. P· KR3 Q·02 sources. The text mOVe Icavcs th., The Intuitive Sacrifice 17. 0·B3 OR·KI "hole" at his KKt3 uncovered and stim­ By U. S. M",.. DR. HAROLD SUSSMAN Denker Is t ryln f to hatter a stone w~ll. ulates ],,'van~ Into the rollowing pretty White p romptly proceeds to overpr... sacrifice. HE following struggle is of uncommon interest, especially as both teet his Import~nt KP. 36. B" RPI? T combatants are former U. S. Champions and were to have pJll ycd a 18. KR·KI R_K2 match recently (which was cancelled). 19. R·R2 I(t.R2 'I'he threat l~ now P.KIl4 whIch Eva ... Initially, Black gets the upper hand when Evans errs with an over­ pan'ies hy retreating his Qu~n. ambitious eighth move which , uQintcntionally drops a pawn . White 20. 0 ·82 KR-Kl then makes the best of his aUacking chances aod b uilds up to what A little trap. Sho uld WhUe selz.e Ihc QRP, P--QKtl and R-QR I will win rna· looks like a winning position. terial. 21. OR_K2 P-QRl At a cr itica l point with both players under heavy time pressure, 22. 0-Q4 Evans c~t.>{!ls to try an intuitive sacrifice of a piece and is rewarded Since his nnfortunate clglith mQv\:. for his courage when Denker fails to find the correct defense. Under Larry ha~ played admirably lind wtlh the prevailing conditiolls, Larry cou ld not have analyzed all the con­ fine Judg cmenl and re~tralnt . White h;o s rc"ch cd the maximum and 1$ ready tinuations over the board- the move "looked good." Apparently the to GillOCk . mp.uns was justified by the end, but (or Denker it was a hard game to 22, .. .. Kt.83 lose as he seemed to have a solid position and un extra pawn to boot Denker, on the othcr hand, h as de. most of the way. fended soli(lly but t oo passlv~ly ~nd lacks sulficlent mnneuverlnll" spaC<.'. Certainly, both players did well--and the final blunder at the 38th 'I'he text threatens Kt.It~ w hich Evans lllrn was understandable in view of the d,ilficult p laying cond itions decides to allow. His next m ove COm. which existed . mil! h im to an all-out K'5ide alllock. . Vcr y IngeniOUs Rnd an excellcnl Intlll­ nOne too easy a lc 29. 8-KB41 ...... KRp. ConSi dering the time pressure on The Snemlaeh Variation which In. 12. P"P. P · KB4 wlnnln.\: u pleec. t . Px P Evan.~ has handled til '" piece skUiluUy. both playeu. furthcr Involved discus­ SUre>! Whilc a "two-Bishop game", a The threa t o f P-KUB now Induce. Den: Thcre Is II 1::000d altcrnativ" h.-:,·e with sion is aClldemlc. strons: center Dnd , potcntial K_slde al­ ker to wcaken hi" K'5lde .truc turc. 36. ... P)( B tack at a oonsldenblc cost In Q.slde 9 ...... , p.QB4. A£ter Ill. I'd' . PxP; 29. P.0 3 l1. Kt·K2i pawn -ft r ucture Bnd with Wme I""" o f 11. P ·Kll3 (If 11. KtxP, KuP!). KI-Qila 30 . P·KR4 ...... it I. nol c1f:ar t h a t White Clln n=covcr This d lsarmlnll "qulct" moVe Is the tlme_ More "opular today Is Rub in. ;';"turally, t he wand4lrlns: Kt mus t n ot real point o f t h e a sacr tncc. l..,al:ry ~1 .. ln '. 4. " ·":3 w h ich "3n r....,qu"nUy th,; pnwn. m".. k lh...,alcn. Q _" 13 '''1. "'" p .. rll'lIU"d 10 """ch t h e h llve" " r K ~ hopes tn get thl.. ..I ,,(:e to KKt6 WIth Irllnsp08t Inl o favor a b le vnriatlons uf lowed by Q.B4 with p l"y on Whit,;·" via KKt4 and KB2_ f",tal eneel.-. If Instead 37. Q:;! on Is th e ~I~ .. k Black would hllve consider" blc dlffl. King. . 38...... Q.Q2H The more ambitiOUS 6. P ·KBl Illay b<.! culty In rclcBslng th~ pin on t he KKt. This feroelou~ reply nltle-d Arnold mcl ndequately In ,"",veral ways. lll'On. After the reply 13. Khp. R·Kl I ~ Inet 31. . K·RI Into making a t...,mcndou" blunder, steon-Szabo, BudGIK'st 1950 continued: b y 14. P·K84! (preven ting Dlack's p_ 32. K_ R2 yet i t ,,,ay be SII rcly said t hai Oenkcr's 6 ...... , K I- Ktl4 !~; 7_ Kt.KR3!. P-KB4 KKt~ ) while 13_ .__ ._ __ , B-K3 Is a llliwe"ed The " urpose of t h is nlove- escapes me. clock ",nd a considerable disturban ce " 'ilh a mQllt d tttlc"l! lI ame for bOlh by Ihe SlIme InOvc and In both u_ The King s.-:cms h appie r u! KKtI and a bout the room InlUatcd at t h e Dono­ Sides 10 handle. Othcr p a ths rcsuU Black'", game is fearruUy' crampcd. The more pertinent Is R(I)-K3 follOWed oy Q-Ql and Q-R5. van-Bernstein t a b le contributed heavily from 6. .. .. , P·Q4 o r 6. ._...... P-Ql or heroic 13 ...... ~KK14 is met by 14. to B1ack's dernlsc. e,'en 6...... Kt.-Qll3, in which both I)·Kt~. R·KI; 15. Q·B2 and BlaCk h as 32. R-B2 31. Qx P sides hn\'e lo:oot! chance~. 1I11lncll SQ,ne 51'"ce moly at Ih,! COBt ... r Apparently Arnolt! ean s t ili hold Ihc 6...... P-QJ hl~ K-sld.-, seourlty. Dosilion with 30 ...... , R·KKIl! It in After t h e m ore u.ual 6. ___ ..... , 1'-I14, 13. Ktx P r e ply 39. Rxlt(K~ )1, IJxR; 40. Kt·ll4. While may re-ply 7. ll.Q.l, Kt-lll (7 ..... , 14. O.K13 Bxp win" . The stronllest answer Is 39. P'QKt:I Is wcuke,·_ l.e., 8. K t -K2, B-Kt2; Kt-B4!! anq _ after 39. , ...... , R>cR(K31; ~. 0·0, P'Q3: 1Il. P·B3, Kt·B3: 11. p.K.j, 40. RxJt(K3j!! (thc contlnuotlon 40. Kt­ Kt·KI; 12. P·i)4!, p·B4; 13. P-Q5 !. K1._U4; Kt6 ch"!"! I ... ses to 40 ...... , RxKt; 4i. 14. K t_Kt:! and White Is In the drlver's p " R, I!_K2, etc.). Then th~ ONLY re_ seat); 8. Kt.-Tn, I'·Q3; 9. p -K4, P-K4; ply Is 40 ...... , Il-KI (for If 40. _..... __ , 10. P 'Q~, .Kt·K2! and Black has II satl__ R-Kt2??; 41. QxJt chi, KxR; 42. Kt·K& faclm'y, albett c r a m ped, poSition. ch wins and If 40. ~"" ... Q · KBI~; 41. Kt­ 7. 8·0 3 P.K 4 KIG ch, n"Kt; 42. Qxn, Q·KKlI , 43. R­ a. P _ I(~? KKt3' wi ..... ). Whltc can still make con­ Siderable proercss with 41. Kt_ Kt6 eh! (other good movc. lII"e 41. P·KKt4, ·U. n-K6, and 41. P-KR~ ) . BxKl; 42. P "S a n d Black is reduCfli 10 t,,·o mOves to parry the m ate; 42. .. .. , It-Kt2 and 42 ...... , Q.Q2! After 42 ...... , Q-Q2!; 43. P xKt, Q"P; 44. Q>< P ch, Q_Kt2; 45. Q"Q ch, RxQ; 46. K-R3. White h as the b e tter ending but lliack hal hlr d"awing Another myste,·y mov,;. chane.. s. whllc on lhe main Une: 42. toted by t he clock. A bctte,· chOice ..., R·Kt2; 4:1. R_K6!! Is a problem re_ Is ...... , Q·QItl applyln, pN!~sure to the ply (not 4.'1. l-'xKt?, RxPI with a lilnts on 211t day 01 ,nonlh Of e nrollment, explrel .t the Chess players and their families from all parts of the United States, end 01 the perlnd lor which du.. are paid. Family Ouea lor two or moro memo ben 01 one III,nll,y IIvlnl: at » me addlelill, Ineludln, Onl), one .ubtc:rlptlon to Canada and ,Latin America to New Orleans; and slates "such contests Cbeat LU:~ a ro at relular rat.. (leo above) for flnt membersblp, at Uta follow, as this promote good will and understanding between cities and I}otions." in, rates for each additional membc:nhlp; One year $2.50; t"'o yean S4.7lI; Wee The proclamation, In CuU, is as follows: . yea,.. 16.75. SubXrlption rate 01 Ch_ Ule to non·memben ... $3.00 per )'ear. SlDfle eopt.. 15<: neh. PROCLAMATION CHANCE OF ADDRESS: Four wcelts' notice required. When orderlnc chall,e WHEREAS, the a ..I ... and royal lilli'll' of Chels Nos contrlbvteel to please rllrntsh a n addre", stencil tmpreliliion from rt'Cent iuue o r ex.ct "pro­ 11041 ",. nlal stimulation .nd ' nlo),ment 0' It I folio ...... In elean ~. tr vc . ~uc tlon , lneludln, numbe,.. .nd date' on top line. tlve .".rt and ,el.xallon; and ••I\d memb.rsh lp dU'1 lor lubtc,lptlonl) .nd ehln.. s 0' add,." to KI! NN. TH WHEREAS, N...... Orleanl has added e brllll.nt cha pter to the ChHS HARKNESS, 8ulln.n Mllnager, 'l Barrow StrHt, N.w York 14, N.Y. flrm.men' with t he I.t. ' . ul Morphy of Intern.tlonal Chess fllme, g. n · S.1\d tourna"" nt rllinll reporll (with filS, If .ny) .nd all commvnleatlons r. erilly considered world ChHI cha mpion of h ll .ra, . nd ..relln, CHESS LI FE .elitorial mltlt.u to MONTCOME ay MAJOR, Eelltor, 123 WHEREAS, the N ...... OrlNnl Chlls Club now will be hol t 10 boOth the North Humphr., Av.nue, Olk ""k. III United Sia ies Che$S FeeIe,atlon SSth annua l Open ChamploMhlp Tourn.· me nt and the Unl.eeI Sla'" Women', Open Tou,nll m. nt AUllult 2·14 In· Make .U fhKb ~,.ab lt to: THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION elul lv., "$4, bring ing app,oxlm.tely 200 ChlU play.,.. lind thel, f."'I I Ie~ .'rom... all puts of the United St.,H, Caneela and Latin Amerlea to thll clly, • WHEREAS, luch contllts II this promo'. llood will Ind uncllrl'andlnll bet...... n el"" and nations; By NOW, T HE REFORE, I, d . L ..5ePl S: Morrison, Mlyor of the Clly of M ontgomery Major N. w Orleans, do hlr.by procilim the pe,lod of AugltSt 2-', ltS4, II CHESS WeEK In N.w O,leans and urlf' our citilens to do .ve,ything pollibl. fo, 'he I ,,\oym.nt of our d ist lnluhhed v;'.io,... Clven u nd.r my hi nd . nd the "al Further Reflections On The USSR Match of the City of New Orln ns,. on thll the U rd day of June, 1954 d. LESSEPS S. MORRISON To",,;n, ill flu co"/Jt,,ct 01 t ..... nty... n t. OR. JOHN SO N_L.ller to Bl nnet Langlton Morro' HE Soviet mastcrs are nOl invineiblc, ror all the myth of their in· vu)nerbility; thcy arc merely more cxperieneed, mo re lrained, more practiced, and therefore more deadly confident of. their own skill than At the USA vs. USSR Match the amateurs and semi'professional chess players they face. That these demi·gods can nod upon occasion was shown by Yanofsky at Gronnigen, by Alexander at Hastings, and by scvcral of our own young mastersjn (Or Three Kids and One Old Man) New York recently'. But the legend of invincibility_will persist until By TOM WISWELL somc nation takes their measure in a match. And it seems up to the JVo,ld Un,m,icttJ Cluck.tr Cba".pSo" USA to be that nation, since it alone has nearest approached in oHer· 1. Reverse Bronstein's score (four wins) and try.e result is a tie; : ing resistance to their dominance o{ chess. 16·161 But to do this, the USA must also do other things. It must, [irst of 2. Evans and D. Byrne (plus scorers) garnered 5 ~ , nearly hall : all, provide morc practice for its masters so that they can match tfie of the U. S. points! deadly precision of the Soviet masters in tournament play-a precision 3. Pavey's dramatic win over Keres in round " was match's "emo­ born of long and constant practice. Second, the USA must place iu re· tional hii hlight!" liance on its younger masters, for only these l..'Onfident young playcrs 4. Bronstein was a poor loser; He d idn't know how-won four . have oHered any marked resistance to the legend of Soviet invincibility. straight eames! We mean no disrespect to the older masters when we state their rec­ 5. 3 Kids and 1 Old Man (Byrne Brothers, Evans and Reshevsky) I ord against the Soviet players offers no encouragement for future success held the fort! Were players like Kashdan, Denker, Dake, etc, pcrforming in the full 6. All the Russians won at least one game except thcir ace of aces, glory of t hcir prime as they peHormed some ten years ago. we would Smyslov! be content to rest our hopes upon them. But we must rceognize that 7. Three Americilns drew blood: D. Byrne 3 (wow!), Evans 2, and these arc gifted amateurs, distracled by m:my business oo nccrns, and Pavey 1 (a big one)! . that their occasional practice o( the art of chess in these latter days does 8. All "An players seemed jinxed: A. Ho rOW itz, A. Denker, A. not prepare them for the combat. Bisguier. A. Dake and A. Kevitz could only score 2 points out of a The record shows that of our older mutcrs, only the professional possible 13! Reshevsky is still equipped to face Soviet opposition with confidence. 9. The Russians were fi!",a1ly halted- in round 4 at 4-4 . We just But our younger masters, not yet ~owed down by worries about a gol started! livelihood, supporting a wife, bu ilding a home, remain towering pillars 10. A few unthinking spectators jeered the Reshevsky.smys)ov of chess strength i.n the confidence of twenty-one, Their record shows draws when they should have cheered! them ready, willing, and able to face Soviet OPPOSition undaunted. 11. Most brilliant game: EVilns' win over Taimanov in round 4- Thcre is U. S. Opcn Champion Donald Byrne with his 3·1 score but we're apt to be prejudiced! against Soviet Champion Averbach. There is Cormer Intercollegiate 12. The match was shifted to a different hall e'(ery day. The hotel Champion Robert Byrne who boasts 3-3 score against Souict opposition; manager said he thought chess players liked to move! l"() against Bronstein, y": .y": against Geller, and 1'i! ,21h against Kotov. 13. Many checker masters (Banks, Wiswell , Loew) wcre present There is former U. S. Chamipon Larry Evans witb an aU-over 3-3 score and one wit observed; "A gathering of checker experts - and expert against Soviet players, with 3·1 against Taimanov and 0-2 against Smyslov. checkers!" To thcse should be added George Kramer who has yct to meet Soviet 14. The Reshevsky·Smyslov deadlock may partly explain Dolvinnik's opposition, and other brilliant young U. S. masters like James T. Sherwin, absence! Hans Berliner, Eliot Hearst, and Curt Brasket. 15. Calirornia got the SC{lres daily via long distance phone and For or the young U. S. masters only U. S. Champion Arthur Bisguier genial Abe Turner! has a minus score or l Y..: 4 'h again:."t Sovict opposition, with 0,1 against 16. Reshevsky gave Smyslov thirty·five minutes handicap one game Boleslavsky, 'h -n against Geller, and 1·3 against Pctrosian. We are and still drew! -- quite confident that Bisguier can do better than this in the Cuture-and .... 17. Versatile; After deteatlng Taimanov In round 4 Evans spoke to that he will. Europe via the Voice of America in French! So, Ict us put the acceDl on youth in ruture encounters with the 18. The score of the Byrne family vs. USSR is 4'h·3lh, fauoring the USSR, beeinning with lhe International Team Matches.- - -in Buenos Aires. Byrnes! Cary (Ind.) Chess Club pillyed a 5--5 Dec-Iur (lII.l Che5s Club drew with 19. Hans Kmoch proved his right to the title of World Champion dr. ,.. wllh lI.muton P ari< (Ch lealol at Pearl.. 3·3 .... Ith Hugh MYllrs. Q.culd Referee! Gary, with Donn~ l1 y. Cox, SlIllsbury. Carver . "nd Or. Ma" Schloeler _ rlna: 20. With the development of more young stars America is bound D.v\:l and Popovich t.nyln, ror Cary; On lOP boardli for Decatur .... hlle Glen to catch up to and, perhaps, surpass Russia in years ahead. Ir the match and Rod". V.ndersbln. ltacnltls. Ste in. n.tbcoek, Arl Shanahan Ind Robert a nd Men,,,1 _ring lor Hl mlltoll Park. Chapin ....ed Ihc pOints for Peoria (Please turn to page S, col. 3) lbess Cife T."J"" P ••- , July 20, 1914

Bob Hurge r won the Individual Chnmpionship Tournament of the Central Cnli rornig Chess League with 4·0 in :I H) ·player Swiss. Mike Hailparn was second with 3%_1/.z , drawing with .1. B. Gee. Tom Fr ies pl

. ,~ f5 Jesse Stupp wilh 8-3 won the 12 player Dallas City ChamIJ iOm;hip, losing a game to Joe T. Gilbert, AMONG THESE A JUNiOR CHAMPION wh ile drawing with Robert B. Pot­ ter, C. F. Tears, J r., Shane O'Neil, Ftnl".I»,o of 1/', forty./o", ct"'I~J1o nl , in /h~ U. S. Ju,, 'or Chd>"pionlh." Tuu,",,,,,, ,,,/ "I Uno,l" ""rk C/,ou CI"b, and W. T. Strange in the round LonK nc<,cn, Cali/omia. (R~"" i" 8 I~f t 10 right): First 1'010': Bauy 51~inn, un;J""tij.d p/"1f1, Larry Rem/mg"r, Ton" Golls· robi n event. J uris J urevics was Jmllur, Slulbr L~m"n, Ro .. ,,1tf G.OIl, at/tnai"" J,mior eIM"p;on 5"ul Yar",,,.t Mar/;" Harrow, ROil Sit"''''', ,miatnti/itJ second with 7Jf.z-3¥'!. losing to p/tt)'tr, JI."/p/' S,ms.." T/'"oJort Eiuml<>",,,,o .. , Gilbol R"",i,t~, Trnnn"J fritl, SlI,I"", Bwe,· HII)'"o.lh, G''''gc S",.J~I, l'<"ItT M ..,rr, Gin, l"rgmUn, Robe,l Wnlkrr, "n­ each were Robert Potter, ,d~III,/i~d p/"1t1, Hf/tnt. G'OIl, K(nntlh St""~, Joh., B/o(m,n. C. F. PhotO: JlSl?er Hutter 'l'eal'S, J r., J oc T. Gil bert, and Leon POliakoff. A fo n ner New Hampshire champ· U. S. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP ion in Robert Hux won the Con- (Continoed from page 1, col. 3) solation section of the Dallas City A four-club, eight-board [team Lym.an, Greene, and Remlinger Independent Press - T e l e g ra m Championship 6 0/2- lh, drawing with match wos held at LaPorte YMCA won while Sicmms drew with_ R. Traveling Trophy for ranking play­ George Henderson. Owen Johnson with South Bend scoring 5lh ~2lh , Gross. er under 12 years. was second with 6-1, losing only to Gary 4lh-3 lh , Hammond 4·4, and In the eighth round, Yarmak Othel' prizes in chess sets, a chess Hux in the 8-player round robin. LaPorte 2-6. It was decided as a b e at Harrow, Fries defeated cJ oc k,chess books and mer ch,mdize Henderson was third with 5 \f.! -1 ¥.!, result of the match to organize a Greene, Remlinger bested Pen­ were d jstributed lavishly to other and Sam Payne fourth with 4-3. Th e No rthern Indiana Chess Associa­ quite, and Siemms drew with Ly­ contenders. Details on other prizes event was marred by seyen fo rfeits. Won to conduct team matches. man. Siemms" still led with 6%­ in next issue. ' ~----~------r-=-=~~ I lh, but close on his heels 'with 6-2 Jonior Lightning AT THE USA YS. USSR MATCH each werc Fries, Gross, Kalme, and (Continued from page four, Column 2) Yarmak, while Meyer, Lyman, and Ross Siemms also won the U. S. proved nothing else it proved that in American chess " the accent is Rem Jin ~c r had 5 0/2· 21f~ apleee. Junior rapid transit event, with In the ninth round, Siemms beat Ma rtin Hurrow second, Larry J{em­ on youth." Fries, Yarmak downed Gross, Kal· lingcr third, and"" Charles Kalme 21. Ke res and Bronstein won half Russia's games: Seven! me bested Meyer, Remlinger de­ fourth. 22 . The totals of fiyo!! American players comes to a plus: D. Byrne fe ated Lyman, while Ilal'rOw topped The U. S. Junior Championship 3·1, L. Evans 21h-Ph, S. Reshevsky 2-2, D. Byrne llh-2lh.; M. Pavey 1-2: Bloomer. was staged by the Lincoln Park total 10-9. Even wi th the other lo~s on P avey's board (by Kevitz) the Chess and Checker Club of Long Fin~1 Round Thrills Russions still got no better than a lie 10-10 on these five boards. The Beoch under the auspices of the big deficit came on the three remaining boards where they got ten With the gap narrowed in the U. S. Chess Federation. The 44 oul of twelve points! last round, Siemms defeated de­ players were domiciled in the Long 23. NicholOls Rossolimo plOlns becoming an American citizen which fending champion Yarmak and Beach Armory, and were the guests Remlinger bested Kalme. Gross will strengthen U. S. in futUre events. Which may lead some to ask: of \fUrious Long Beuch civic groups "How mony Russians were on the 'Russian' team'I" dl'ew with Harrow, Lyman won fOI' meals. A picnic and boat-ride and Fries drcw. Thi~ left Ross were among special events provid­ . Sienuns in undisputed first with ed for thei r entertainment, Orlo I 8 h- I'h., and Remlinger second M. Rola sel"ved as tournament di­ with 7lh·2'h, while Yarmak and rectol", assisted by Inlernational Kalmc had 7·2 scores each. Master Iml'e Konig, while John P. Prizes Galore Looney handled the general · ar­ Siemms received a beautiful per! rangements. sonal trophy, as well as the cus­ ---- tody of thc Mil waukee Journal USSR FLATTENS Trophy. Remlinger received a per­ sonal trophy and cuslOll y of the BRITISH TEAM Hermann 'Dittmann Trophy fo r sec­ The USSR team which scored ond consecutive li me a~ I'anki ng 20·)2 over a U. S. team recently, player under sixteen. also cu ~to d y minus Kotov but wilh the addition of the ltldependent Press-Telegram of W() mE~n's \Vorld Champion Eliza· Trophy for ranking player 14 or bE'th Bykove and Soviet Woman's under. Yormak received a personal Chumpion K. Zvorkina, smoshed trophy, and Tony Gottsdanker the Great. Hritain 18 0/2-11h, three draws nil Cflm ing in the second round. Great Brihin USSR CONTRIBUTIONS .. Alexun<1er , l Smyslov • WELCOMED 2. Gnlnmbel< n ron ~te i n • t ,. Wade " Ker c~ • • TOJl1a,d Iht txfU" U5 of tht U. S. 4. Penrose , AverbaclI :;, Broadbent " • • " Geller • Tedm "I lnl ~ "'alio~~1 T eam To"ma· .. f,lilncl"' PelrO$lall • Barry ",., • • JUNIOR TROPHIES mt ,,1 ';1~, r(" I ~.; Iuolld ",iz~, /~ft 01 uI1la; Ihi,d pr;~c, ,;)(./,/ oj unl~'. !J. Miss Trun· " Miss Bykova , \ U. S. CHESS FEDERATION moe Tr~v ~ fi"g trop h" fo, b ~sl ""Je. 14 y~"rs of axe, extrem e Ie/I; I,~ydj"g Irophy fot >0. Mi"", Sun· Miss Zvorklna besl ""dn 11 "rafS 01 ate, ~I(I'~"'~ ,ight. Chen Jt/I for ,,/l ,,/<1")'OS ,,,,ling lO'ith 93 Bllrrow Street, New York, 14 nock", ," , • • plu, u".. s. The I,ophill ",",e do"~Il J 10 Ihis e"hlt ",. Ihe I"J~ptll J.. nl P,u s_ Great Britain OH USSR 10 . ~ Tefe"'<1'" 01 Lens Ben,h. ([\)essl:i"e T,,,J.,, p, •• 61 J I l lt/" 10, 1914 TOURNAMENT ROUND UP LOG CABI N EASTERN STATES OPEN MARSHALL CHESS CLUB AMATEUR CHAMPI ONSHIP West Orlnge, 1954 N ew York, 1954 100% USCF Ri l ed Event 100% USCF Rated Event 1. Olaf UJv" ~ t a d ...... WI2 W45 W3" 010 \\'6 W5 W8 61- • I. Myron Ylt!bcher ...... WI9 W ll Wt:/: D2 WI3 W4 WI2 Ll 6.1. U Z. Lev 81onarov),ch ...... _W24 W22 WIIS LS WI3 W12 03 51- a 14.25 1. Theodore Lorle .. _._. __ •.....•. W37 W23 W12 01 WIO W7 W3 L.. 6 ~. 1 ~ 3. E. S . Ja"II.$On, J r. _. __. WIl W30 Ofj W2:5 D8 Wl.O 01 5Hl :l3.7S 3. Samuel f"nn3rof! ._. __ .. __. WU W30 U W20 WG Wl3 L2 W I 6 ·2 4. ·rhoma. H","ncoy •.• __._. __ WI4 W6 W3 LIS WI~ LI WIl W2 6 ·2 4. liubert Avra", ...... _._DZl W21 wze W14 LS W16 W22 5;-11; %1.50 S. A. l:::. Sanl a Hle .... ___.... W U W30 014 W2 W4. Ll DIO 5 _2 23.00 5. fTed lIenteld . __.. ~ •• ~ •....• _ w33 LU LI7 W8 W3-t WI6 WIS "W7 6 .2 6. C. 1lI1lingu ...... wn WI7 D3 W36 LI W28 011 :; .2 19.00 G. Met..ea n J. lIulihes ~ .... _•.••.• ~ W25 1A W12 WI4 J.! W19 Wll U9 5l.U 7. Murton Slcgel _ .. _ ... 021 1.211 W" W34 014- \\'30 WI7 5 ·2 U .75 7. AI"x IJe rnslcln __ ._._.~._.~. W4.D W8 LI3 W17 W9 1.2 WID L5 5 .3 8. Wea",.,r W. Ad.mII _ .. 010 W29 W50 W18 03 W17 Ll 5 -2- 17.75 a. ClInlon Curtll ...... _. __• . __ ~ W38 L7 L20 LS W39 W33 W27 WI8 5 ·3 -l 9. Charln Kahn" ._ ...... L3G W43 W60 0 11 W21 018 W20 5 -1 16.15 9. Philip Drlyer _...... W28 LF 027 W29 L7 W21 WU D6 5 10. G..,rald Jacobson ... _ ...•.....•. W20 D29 WI6 W24 1..2 011 L7 Wit 5 ·3 10 ..... ~. llo w;ord ...... __ •..• _01 W4ll WS4 Dl W19 Ll 05 4 ~- 2 ~ 111.25 II. Lclwb W. · nasc:hen _. __W39 1.1 WI8 021 W22 0 10 IA W\7 5 ·l Il. WiUiarn llook ____.... L3 WI3 W3Y D9 016 Dig W:U 4}-2b 17.15 12. Ar tbur !it..,ln ••.• _._._._._ ... _.W36 WU L2 Dt:/: W24 Wl() LI UI 5 5 .J 12. N. T . Whitaker __ ...... LI wn W45 W2l W:ZS L1 DG 4~.1~ 1'.00 13. V .•' . Volk ~ ...... _ .•...... WI8 '01131 W1 W4 Ll L3 Ul W20 5.J 13. Or. V. Ber£urlnl .....• _.. W31 Lil W30 W311 1..2 032 WI8 4~·2l 1$.75 14. O. Pop .. ye" __ ...• _•. _____ W 52 W53 OS lA 07 015 W32 H ·2t 14.75 14. Fred Dorn .... _~_ ...•••.•.•.....• _IA W36 W3D Ul LJ6 '01128 D2l W'rI 4 ' ·3 ~ IS. Allen Kaufm:Jn •. ____lm W31 W4.4 1, 17 014 WtS 41·16 13.75 15. Alphen Murphy __.. ~ .•. ~ ..••. L30 W33 Wl9 W39 lA WI8 L5 DI2 4\.:J .~ wn 16. J ohn Anthon)·, Jr. •_._. __.. WI7 039 LIO D23 WI4 LI5 LI9 W30 4 -4 16. J ohn A . Hudson _•.••.•• .•. W 40 W:III LZ W51 011 1.4 4.~.2 1 12.1$ was 17. Mra. M. U"b.kln .... LlS W37 WS L1 UO W34 W29 l .1I 4 -4 17. t. Romanenko ...... Wt9 L6 W26 W35 WIS La L7 4 ·3 16.00 IR. Chur les Cle ...., ...... •.••. . L13 W40 LIl W31 W2I 1.5 W 2l 1.8 4 -4 18. J . ParnllJen$ ...... 034 WZ3 W33 La W4f.i D9 L13 4 ·3 13.7$ 19. Mal'Un 11 . ael$ler ... LI W38 LIS W33 W23 1..6 W16 LID 4 ·4 1:1. WilIl/.m Drakert .•.....•.... LI7 W49 W'rI W53 LIO UII 021 4 ·3 12 .1~ 20. Martha Gelfand ...... L IO W35 WII 1.3 L21 WS7 W30 Lt3 4. -4 20. R. J. Couchlln .. _ ...... L6Q 1.37 W43 W45 W26 Wl6 L9 4 ·3 11.50 21. Mrs. Edna Horowitz ...... L22 W34 Wli DIl 1.18 L9 014 W2!I 4 ·4 21. V. A. Guala ....•...... •.... 01 U. W51 W~7 L9 W33 019 4. .J 12.!iO 22. SaUl Il"bln ...... •~ ...... W21 WS LI D12 LII 029 1.9 W24 4 ·4 22. Abe Turner .....•...... L5 Wl W49 W41 W37 wts lA 4. ·3 12 .:10 23. Willard Wld"ey .•...... •... 024 L2 W25 016 LI9 W26 LI6 W33 4 ." 23. Ilobel·t !>abel ....•.. _...... D4 LI8 W62 LI2 W35 W43 W29 4 ·3 1I.!iO 24. S idney liomer, J ,'. 31-4J; 25. Paul Marmus n-4~; 26. MI» Ambel Muyo.S mlth 24. td . Ral,papoo·t ...... L2 I)~I W48 1-28 W::;I 040 Wl6 4 ·3 10.7a 3 !. 4~: 21. m ( hnrd Mh,..,k 3~-4~; 28. Pd ..... J ohn Anthony, Jr. 3·5; 29. Kenneth lllakll 2:>. f'. Campnn>anes ....•.... .•. W'rI W60 W4.1 L3 L12 L d W40 4 ·3 10.50 3-5; 30. Layton llleukinsop 3·5; 31. Dr. M. Conant 3·5; 31. J ohn Pctra~, J r. 3·S; 33. 26. L!II W$5 9.50 l:i alldtord Creen.., ...... W5G LI7 L20 W41 W4f.i 4 ·3 lfrl. 11. Ro/:er. 3·5: 34. Mrs. Sidney Humer, J r. 2~.s ~ ; lS. Mlrguerlte Pd. S tory 27. Jack Soudakerr ...... L75 W51 Ll9 W$7 L30 W47 \V37 4 ·3 9.00 2 ~· :; ~; 36. Mrs . ~I . f)~LI"'to 2-C ; 37. I'olrs . Flora Morrell 2-6; ~6. Mlu Helen Ranletl ZII. Edmund Nash ...... "'.... D2'J W7 L4 W24 W33 L6 1-15 3~·3~ IU~ 2-6: :19. Will. S. (;lbb, Jr . I! .(i l : 40. Mrs. Abry Ii:. ~'oust O-a. 29. Robert S. l.h·le , ~r .... 0211 UI 032 031 W38 W4C L23 3 ~· 3 ~ 10.75 1)1'lye r forfll ncd olle I: ame, Mlilek forf..,iled t u Cu,·U ... lind Dorn; make fortelle(l 30. Willian, J ones :...... W49 t o5 1.13 WSO W27 L7 031 3 ~ .J ~ 10.2,; 10 MI'!. lI~hRkln I ml MI.,.' M:ryo-$mlth, Crmwlt f orfeited til "Mn. IlofllWltf., Mn. 31. U"r wln L. Ku r.. .LIl Ol!o l L7 D2D W,56 W:JII 1)30 3 ~· 3~ 10.00 r.t()'T,,1I lind Miu Mayo·Smlth, Glbb forreltcd 10 C"rtl ~ :nul Mllrcus . Mr•. ~- ()u s t .:12. Alpe n Murphy .•...... • .... lA4 0 52 Ul!9 W54 W5~ 1)1.1 Ll4 3~ · 3~ 9.00 forfeited to M, · ~. Story and Mig Rllnlett. 33. Dr. Edward Baker ...... 1-6 W:;:; W42 1)46 L2lI LZI W44 S ~. 3 ~ 8.75 ~. Norman Hurlll~n ...... DI8 W81 1.10 L1 WSO W44 1.11 3 ~ .:J ~ 7.00 WISCONSI N STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 3:;. Dr. V. Altmann ...... ~ •... W50 bye LI L17 023 W52 LI6 3,-3. ' .00 .36. Amos Kamln5.k1 3-4 (11.50); 37. C. A. KeYfCr 3-4 (8.00); 38. ,.Iureny Uronsteln 3-4 Appleton, 1954 (7.25); 39. II • • ·eldhelm 3-4 (7.00); 40. 5. H. H:ruek 3-4 (6.75); 41. W. W . WolU 3 .... 100% USCF Rlted E ..ent (5.00); 42. P . II. Cero,e 3-t (4 .75); 43. y.d .... :rrd St.,..,k 3-4 (4.00); 44 . R. 1'!. Kunlt!< I. A. Poweu IMlh.... "kee ) •. ~~ •. W53 W22 W19 WIO wa 01 W4 8 ~. ~ 30.0 2 Y.a.4J,1r (7.00); 45. Frank NaCY 1~..tJ,1r (5.50); 48. A . Ralnk02'A!-4Y. (5.25); 47. E. 14. 2. J . Weidner (Racine) ••.• ~ •..• ~ •. w29 Wt2 04 W40· WIO D1 we 6 · 1 32.. 0 .Fau ~ t 2\oi-4 'A! (4. 2~ ) ; 48. J . O. toI l ::: ..r 2 11a-4",. (4.2:1); 49. Wm. Walbrechl 2V.· 3. II. 11 . Cluper (LaCrouc) .... W50 La W35 05 WI3 W28 WI 51-1 6 28.0 4V. (4.75); SO. C. Cle mens %-5 (5.75): 51 . T. Bulloekus %-5 (5.50); 52. L. Pe r sln:::er 4. A. E. 1':10 (Mllwauke.e) .•.•.••.••. W42 W21 0 2 DI I WI8 W8 1.1 5 ·2 U .5 %-5 (5.50); 53. F.dMnnd Kou 2-5 (4.50); 4. 11 . )1 cMuruy %-5 (3.511) ; 55. Pd. Scmnelte r 5. D. Ar, l nlan (Raclnt!) ...... W37 011 1)15 D3 W:29 wla Oil 5 ·2 30.0 2·$ 12.7$); ~ . F. P. Abllrno 2-S (I.S01; :17. c. 11. Lilly I'h·r.'I.a (4.50): sa. L. A. Qulndry 6. I)a n Clark /Mllwuuk ..,e) ...... W311 W46 LIO WI9 WI7 W7 L 2 5·2 211.5 1Y.a·S'I.a (3.75); $I. 1':. T. McCOI'm lc k I ~ (4 .W); CO. U. Dodkewltl 1·8 (4.00); '1. Or. 1. Ru. e r :tohfl l tOo!hkosh) ...... WOO L9 W44 W30 WI2 1.6 W'Z1 1·2 26 .1l U. Or. A. C. !.Ierry (APlllct..,n) W4.3 WS W2:I WI7 LI tA 05 4 ~·U 3S.0 ]eI . H. Wheaton 1·6 (2.50); 82. G. B<.lnJamln \o!r ~ Y.a . I)odkew ltz and Wheaton withdr ew utl.., r .;ilh rountl; Senj3mln withdrew 9. Or. L. C. V..,un, (Madl!l(ln) W23 W1 L I7 W24 Oil WI6 Ll 41·tl 31 .5 aner 4th rountl ; tdeConnlek withd rew Ine r I ~ t round: P e r~ lnger a nd Kou with· 10. M. 1I 0hlan(1 (Mllwauk..,e) .•.• _.. w54 W3D W6 LI L2 W40 Oll 4 ~· 2 1 30.5 on E. Kal\l. rek 29. Adam SlIkl ... :.....• _•.. ~. __. L I4 W3$ D27 W33 L5 W48 W21 L15 LI7 4~ ·U U.S IPnlrie dll Chien) %-5 (26.0); 54. H~n ll lIulle (Appletnn) 2·$ (22.0); 55. Carl Urban 3D. Dr. S. Kltt. ley •.•.....•.... _ .•. LI 6 W44 1.20 W:;2 L4 D34 U7 Wo't9 4~-4& 42.0 wn (Apple ton) 2·5 /12.0 ); 56. Carl Jetzer (SheboYl:3nj 2·5 (20.5); $7 . Rnman F.. Wetllteln 31. Ch.rll'f LandI, ...... WS'1 WUI L33 WSI 1.21 WU L7 1,\9 032 4&-4 ~ 41.0 (Ai'plcion) 2· ~ (20.5); :;a. C . L. linen Wort Atklnl) 1~ · 5 ~ ('lU); 59. Rohert Cord. 32. Ho .... ard R..,ep ...... W50 UO 1.3S W58 1-6 W24 W ~5 L20 Dal 4&-4~ 40.0 (Wausuu) , 1·5~ (1805): &0. A. \. •. Prlndl.., (Marshfldd) 1/, ·51 (1&.S); 81. LitTY Dohse 33. Jehn Carroll ...... L4 1.26 W31 1.29 WS6 L37 W54 041 W52 4 ~ -4~ 3,5 .0 (pralrl~ du Chlt n) 1 ~ ·5 l (17.0); 62. Mrs. Alta Chrbtilln.en (Mltw3I1kce) 1-3 (1 8.00). 34. Or. S. Morell 4·5 (44.0); 35. Alnn Kopperud 4· ,5 (43 .5); 36. LouIs Brabant 4·,5 Solknff pnln t ~ lI ~ e d . (40. 0): 37. Clement MndHnskJ 4·5 (n.5): 311 . KahrlUlg 4·5 (37.0); :Y.J. J Ohn n rantman 4 .~ (32.01: 40. M. rllra" 4·5 (2').5); 41. J. Wend t 3'.... ·~Y.r (4UI): 42. M. Kah 3V~· 5 'h «(38.6): 43. John Cox aY.r·/jY.r (37.0); 44. Cl) nrad Mmillnskl :]I,<\r-li'h (36.5); 45. A. SOUTII DAKOTA OPEN CHAMPIONSH IP Fellslel 31-'1;·51-'1; (34.0): 46. R. J ohnson 3Y.r· 5Y.a (33.5); 47. E. Klul' 3yt·5\o!! (32.5); 46. F. Rapid City, 1954 100% U SCF R.ted Eve nt "Zel15tn 3 1-'1;·.\'I.t /31.5); 49. Otto :M uoller 3\oi·5'A! (3 1.0); &0. H . C<>rnl3h 3'.... ·5'h (2(1.5); "51. 1::. A. WInter ' ·8 (45.S); 52. J. OL" 'le h S~ /39.5): 53 . J . J ohnston e 3·0 (33.0); 54. I. J ... hn PcnQullc (I)..,. Moines. la.) ...... x I I 7 ·0 Don Muellne r 2-7 (34.0); 5S. R. Ounker 2-1 (29.0): 56. R. H. Atcheson 2·1 (26.5); 51. 2. C.rl Weberll /5:rllnll. Kans.) .. _...... 0 x 0 I 4: · 2~ W. Cr ~ nnl e 1-3 (35.0) . 3. O. C. t;ml/:h (Rapid City, S.D.) .. _...... 0 I x t 0 4 -3 Solkoff pOln", used . Muelh,..,r . nd Alcheaon withd r ew . ner 7th rd. 4. M. Y . A nde r llUn (Rnpld City, S.D. ) ....0 lOx 0 I I 31·36 S. Uertln D. Coodurd (Hot Sprln, •• S.D.) 3-4 ; C. K. M. We lllnil en_pld City, S.D.); LEXINGTON CHESS CLU B CHAMPIONSHIP 7. lUeh aro It lHnu (Rapid Clly, S.D.) 2'A! -41,l,· 8. Ke nneth Weber, (Salina, K. nR.) v..~ v.. . ' Lexington, 1954 , ~ U SCF Rated Event SACRAM ENTO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP 1. J ackIe Mayer ...... x x i J. 1 I I 1 1 I 1 I I 1 1 I I I I , 17 . 3 Sacramento, 1954 2. James Roark ...... 1 ~ x x 1 I I 1 I I 0 I ~ I 1 1 0 1 1 I I I 16 ~· 33 100,," USCF R. ted E.. e nt 3. Dr. A. O. Robert• .l1 60 xx II 10 1 0 10 1 11 0 I I II U.7 I. O. A. CIUI ...... _...... ~ ...... •.._ ... _ ...... W5 W3 D' 11 . 9 M •••••• ... 4. Geo. And erson .•.. 00 6 0 0 0 x x 1 I I 1 I 0 I I 1 I I I " 2. N. T . AUIUn ...... • _. __ •..•..•..•..•.•..•..••.•.••.• ~ ••. _W1 04 DO ".0. 2~ . 1 ~ .., 5.J. S. Parler ...... 00 00 to 00 xx . 1 I I 10 II I t I I l i·10l 3. J. 8. Co• . _. ____ . ~~._ ..•...• ~ ...... ~ •.•• ~ .. ~ •... _~._. W 6 L I ,., O. 2t·l, 6. W. M. Nevins ' · 11 : 7. E. S. D.bney ' ·il; I. Lelile Smith 7·13; 9. Frank J. Prtndl 4. M. O. Meyer ______.~.~.~.~ ..• _• .•. ~~~ ___ WB 02 DO DI .. 2\-1' .., 7·13: III. W . A. Sprln,Ue ld ' ·14: 11 . Ed,ar M. Powe.... 41·IS~. 5. R. L. Richard. _.__ .~_ .... _.__ . ___. ___ •__ LI L7 WI W' .., Mayer won _ playoOU 31·2, rrom runner·up Roark for dub Ulle. SO loff pvlnh used. J~ess Cif, T."J." p,.- 7 TOURNAMENT ROUND-UP I 11'11 20, 19H 30th TRANS·MISSISSIPFI OPEN CHAMPIONSH IP NORTH CAROLINA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Davenport, 1954 R a leigh , 1 9 5 4 100'lI0 U SCF Rated Event 100% USCF Raled eva nt 1. K. 1'\/:6 08 WI7 1. 1 " ·2 1 3.~ 7. J . S. 'r own !k:nd (Smlthrield) ...... 1.9 W20 W I4 WI2 L4 3' .2 12.!8 0: J . R ~gan (St. LoU]:;, 1010. ) ...... " W 18 D5 W24 07 L3 W22 .. ·2 12.75 8. Ron;lld S impson (f 'ayeUe ... llle) ...... 1.0 W21 LI5 WIG WIB 3 ·2 10.92 9, Mutln Placek (Chlcac o , tit) ""W;.>,8 L7 1..26 W29 WIS WI7 4 -2 11.00 9. Hue-h Trotti (1)''''1<.180n) ...... W7 012 1..1 WI3 L6 2il·2li 16.00 10. A n g ell) Sandrln (Ch le.. ,o, III.) ••..1..24 \\'40 WI2 LI3 W34 .Wl!I 4·2 10.00 10. n. A. Kahn (C hUlolt~ ...... W24 W6 L2 Oil W 2 ~·2l 13.50 11 . IOdmunll Codbolll (SI. LoUt8, lIo1u.) W4.:l WI4 1.1 W33 W21 ' L3 4 ·2 8.SO 11. WlIlhun Cr owtler (Gr eensbo ro) ...... 1.2 WI8 W I!rI 010 L3 2~·26 13.25 12. D. R<) ~kow'k l (C II1<;:a.o, III.' ... W30 LI7 1.$ W40 Wll W31 4·2 8.00 I:t. I)r. N. M. Horfllitein (Southport) .... WlO D9 o.S L7 014 26·2) 12.88 13. D. ~'IS(:hh elme r (Ch leaco. m. • .... W'I:1 L2 W29 \\,10 Ol4 1.0 3 ~· 2~ 10.75 13. W. A llen (Raleigh) ___ .. _...... _ ...... 014 W IS t.3 1.9 WI7 2~·2} 12.38 14. L. Frilnke ns teln (Knn¥a5 City) ..•. W23 LII WI8 WI9 VI3 U 3~·2~ 10.75 14. A. Henry Gaede (Charlotte) ...... D13 l)!7 1..1 W21 012 2~ · 2} 10.00 15. Dr. M. Schlosser (DL'Calur, lit.) •. 1.4 L29 \\'ZO 1)2:8 W27 W25 S~·2~ 9.25 15. ClarenCe Sand ers (),!Izabeth CIlY I .. WZ2 1. 13 WI Ill? L t 6 2 ~·n 10.50 16. Y . Ne ugebauer (CnICIIg o , Ill.) ...... 023 L39 W'¥1 D1-4 031 W211 n·2 ~ 8 . 7~ 16. Oll ... er C. lIutarr (W llmln,ton) 2·3 (12.$0); 17. A lberl Marll'oUs (St. Pliul.) 2·3 17. Dr. L . C. I.ounl hlt ll-d lson, W II.) .. W32 Wl2 L4 W22 1.7 L9 3·~ 9.500 (11.38); 18. Karl Ginter (C h ~ rlott e) 2·3 (lUIO); 19. J. Brown .: ..... n. (S t. P auls) 2·3 18. L. '\-Iahcr (MOlin e, III.) ...... _.... L8 W 2(J L I4 \\'32 L9 W3~ 3·3 7.SO (1.25); 211. D. N. meh ( R~lei i:h) 2-3 (B.17); 21. Edward Scheidt Rale igh) 1·4 (8.50); 22. 19. W. Combachllr (Chlc;I./:'O, III.) ...... W20 LI \\'39 LH \\'24 I.10 3·3 6.SO William E. Cox (Southel'n P ines) 1-4 (10.00); 13. Robert Mille r cn . Hrai:i:) 1-4 (7.00); 20. J . G. llnecker (Peor ia, Iii.) ...... LI9 L III 1. 15 W30 W36 W37 3·3 6 .SO :!4. Paul N(!wton (Raleli:hl 0.5 (O.OO). 21. K . Wiegmann (Ro¢k Island, III.) .. W40 0 24 Wt$ lA LII 0:!3 3 ·3 10.25 Scheidt. tor telle<11'1 . l a.) 2'h-3V! (4.7$); 31. R . O. I"Irebaugh (RobITl5On. ILl.) 2'h-3v.. 2.75; S2. John I. SII"luel AU..,rlon (Kalamazoo) .. , ~ 1 I 1 1 Oh.,rg (Ruelne, Wis.) 2\-i·3\.j, (l.75); 33. Rleh"rtl Kujoth (Mlhuukee, Wis.) M 2. Hardtion K h.(!I1I' (Ot~e(l'o) •...... •...... ~ x J I I I l 4"!.1~ (:;.(10): 34. Orvllll! .'ra nelsco (Milwaukee, Wis.) 2-4 (~ . SO); 3S. R. L . neUlhcr (Decatur, 3. Henry n. Melnfe ,·t (Ka lamaloo) ...... ~ I x , I I 1 4 ~. " III.) £·4 (~.OO); :J6. Clyue II . Gray Waven.,,,,,!, l a.) 2·,1 Ill.SO): ~7 . Ru~ lI Schullze ~. Carl Blankenburg ( K al"'lI;'~O(O I ...... 0 O ~ xll' l 3 ~·2~ (Mo linc, IJI.J 2-4 (1.00); 38. Dr. A . Ii:. C,'cw (M" "lon, 13.) 1 'h -4~:' !.25I; 39. Melvin 5. Ilobert walsh (Kalamauoo) 1 ~·4~ ; 6. Mllrshpll Dennis (qtsee-o) 1-5; 7. Lineoln Matherly (Ucttenuorf, la.) 1·$ (3.50); 40. Chesh:r A. Lyon (Peoria, III. 1·5 (2.00); Green (Otseg;o) 1·5. 41. G . I.indbcrg (Rock b land, m .) 1·5 (1 .00); 42. Carl P . Janus (Da ... enport, l a.) ~ P RELIMINA RY QUALIFYI NG 1·5 10.00); 43. J o hn P etersen (Centerville, la.) 0-6 (0.00). L Robert Walsh (Kalamazoo) ...... W I6 W17 \V!I WI3 4 .() Lindl>crll' r"rfdtcd rlr" t th;cc rounds; KuJoth ~ nd .' ran<:idrcw af/.<'_r 2. Carl BLo.nl'cnburg (R: .. lumuQo) WII W8 W IO Wl4 4 ·0 Sih rd; Mllth.,rly with.:],·ew alter 4th rd. 3. Ha rrison Kindig (Otseg o) ...... WI5 WI6 W13 W12 4'() 4. MaI"li h ~ lI DenniS (Otsego) ...... WI2 WI8 1.6 W9 a ·1 TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 5. 1.lneoln Gr_n (Otseg o ) .. _.. _...... ~ ... W I7 L ll W15 W IO 3·1 C o rpus C hri sti, 1 9 5 4 6. Ojars Purlns (Ka lamazoo) _ ...... __ ...... WI ... L9 W4 1Y1 2t·l ! 7. 1\. Klebers (Kolamazoo) ...... _...... _., ...... W20 1.10 W8 D6 2 ~·lt 100% USC F Rated Event 8. Harold .lone. (Ka la mllzoo) ...... W21 L2 L7 W I6 2·2 I. milk .., S IIlVC '''i (SIIn AntoniO) ...... W~ W\9 Wll D2 Dol WG 5 ·1 18.25 9. llernard Smll h ( Kalam~zoo ) ...... W I9 W6 Ll L4 2 ·2 2.0",e'1 W. Johnson (Dallas) .. _W21 W 2 W18 D I WII 03 S ·1 18.00 10. Or. It. 11.. MacNeill (KalumuZ(lO) . WI8 W1 L2 hi 2 ·2 3. H. W. Wilbur (Corpus Chrl~U) . DI8 W31 WI7 Wi3 WI2 02 5 1 15.00 I I. GUY H. Otl, (Kuia mazoo) ...... ~ .. L2 W 5 L ll WI8 2·2 4. J r)f: C llbert (Dallas) ... WI5 W6 W 5 D12 01 0 14 4~·1~ 111.00 12. A. t"itzgerald (Kalamazoo) ...... _ ...... lA W2 Wil 1.3 2 ·2 5. Willillm A . Dilb (Houstlln ) .. W34 Wl0 1.4 OIl W I3 WI2 4 ~'H 11.50 13. It. Kaereh W24 3~·U 7.25 1. Artul'o Pmllar (Ma d rid, Spain) ...... _W I5 W8 W4 1)2 W9 4~· ~ 14.00 16. I. W. Allen (San Angelo) ...... LI2 024 W36 W29 1.6 W32 3 ~· 21 6.75 2.. Robe ,·to Trevino (Monterre y, Mex.) ...... W20 W9 WI2 UI 0.3 4·1 11.50 17. R. R. Potter (Dallas) .W14 1)<) Ll W24 1)19 LIO 3·3 9.50 3. Georl!e H. Smith (Huus {()n, Tex.) ...... IM W I8 W5 DI3 02 3~.l l 10.25 18. Willia m Brow ning (Pasad ena) .1)3 W 28 L2 023 W21 L1 3·3 9. Z.~ 4. J o hn D. Pay ne (San AntoniO, Tex.) ...... W7 011 L l WI4 W12 3 ~ · n 9.25 19. L(l ui~ J . D ina Wt. W o rth) ...... 0.20 Ll W25 W I5 0 17 L9 3·3 9.00 5. Jerr y Armstrong (Corpus Christl) .... W 16 W 21 1..3 0 12 W ll 3!·H 7.250 =-'0. L_ H yder (ltoc::kd ale) ...... 1) 19 W I4 1)7 1.6 \V31 L II 3 -3 9.00 I. Norman J ames (Corpus Christi) _ ...... _0 3 014 015 WI6 D1 3·2 7.75 21. J ohn DeVine (P ort Arthur ) ..... _ LI W21 W32 LII LI8 W31 3 -3 6.50 7. II.rne P . Hllrmann (Ho uston, T ex.) ...... T ..4 W20 W21 011 Dti 3 ·2 6.25 22. Cedi L. P arkin (Ft. Worth) ...... _W3'7 J.2: WU U1 D9 L8 3·3 6.50 I. Harley O. Wilbur (Corpus Christl) .. _.. __ W22 LI _ nil Dill W13 3 -3 5.7:; 23. James A. Cr eigh l.(ln (Corpus Chris ti) 2:·3} (S ..OO ); 24 . Jerry Armstrong (Corpus 9. make Stevens (San Antonio, T ex.) ...... W23 1.2: WI7 Wlli Lt 3 ·2 5.50 ChrIsti) 2 ;. 3~ (5.25); T ony Bar low (San Antonio) 2~· 3~ (4.75); 216. Jack Moore (Robs· 10. Honler V. F a ber (Coo'pus Christl) ...... LI I W24 LI3 W22 WI9 3 ·3 3.00 'n. t o wn) 2 ~. 3 ~ (4 .15); J. B. Wooding (San Anto niO) 2 ~.3& (4. 25); 28.. Oan n. Carter 11. Robe,·t S. BrIeger (Houst on, Tex.) ...... W IO D1 1)8 D7 LS 2~·2 1 7.n (Midland ) 2 ~. 3 ~ (3.75); 29. E . fo' olk W ..,a ver (Co r p us Chris tl) 2 ~ .3 ~ (2.00); 30. Alan 12. Wm. C. Hrownlng (plosadena, '1'ex.) ___ .. __ _WI 9 W17 1.2 0 5 lA 2,.21 5.75 Lil~'hol m (Co rpus Christl) 2- 4 (5.00); 31. Ricardo S ilva (Corpus ~rl!esbeck t o Dorban 21. Subanovle ..... D26 OZO W27 L6 DIS 21-2~ S.OO RACINE CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 22. RelllUS ...... Ll W34 lA W35 D23 2~ · 2~ 7.25 R acin e, 1954 z:l. Shuler ...... W39 LIS W33 L13 D22 Z.!;-n 7.25 24. Dreyfu~ ...... _ ...... L3 0 19 L20 W37 W34 2! _2~ 6.75 100% USCF Rated Event 25. Fal\ber ...... •...... 1.37 W42 W32 LI4 Dl9 . 2~·211 5.75 1. Joe Zfomek .WU L2 WI0 W2L W3 W6 W 5 G -0 . 2. R. E. IUgg ...... WI0 WI D3 W6 W4 1.5 W8 51- , 26. Emile 2-3 (6.50); Xl. F laudlng 2--3 (5.50); 28. Thomas 2·3 (5.00); 29. Martlnak 2·3 (5.00): 30. Trlnks 2·3 (4.50); 3T. MeGralh 2-3 (4.00); 32. HQrnc 2·3 (4.00); 33. Rager 3. And j NUke ...... W'I:1 W9 D2 D4 Ll WlS Wll 5 ·2 2-3 (4.00); 34. BielaWSki 2·3 (3.00); 35 . H edieock 11-31 (4.75); 36. Monahan I L-:l.~ (3.25); 4. RUdy Kunz ...... D5 WI2 WB D3 L2 we 06 4 ,\.2~ 17.25 37 . O'ConnQr 1·4 (3.50); 311. King 1-4 (2.00); 39. Elpers 1-4 (2.00); 40. Ga rrett 1·4 5. Jim Weidner. •.... .1)4 W22 1.6 Wz:l WI4 W2 LI 4~·2~ t4.75 (1.00); 41. Mo rgan 1-4 (1.00); 42. Chalk O·S (0.00). 6. Art Do msky ...... W1S _ WS W5 L2 W7 LI 04 4 -3 7. John OISQn ...... WI7 L21 DIl WIZ 1.6 LIO WI5 3~·3~ 11.25 11. JQ1m SJuempflg ,,~,~ ••..• Wl.o; m lA Wil W2J lA L2 3t.Jl 10.:;0 NORTH SHORE INVITATIONAL TOURN EY 9. Frank BuUenhoff ._._.. Wll L3 LIS LIO WIG W21 013 31·31 10.2:; Newburyport, 1954 10. Erwin Poetschke ~ __•• .L2 W26 Ll W9 W7 OIZ 3l-3! 9.75 100% USCF Rateel event II. Bernard. Gill •.•..•..• ____. 1.9 WI8 ()7 1.8 W2:2 WI4 L3 n--3~ 9.75 I. Orlando A. Lester (WfoSt Newbury, lIta$S.) ___...... _..•• .••.. " 12. H. C. Zierke ...... __... Ll L4 W22 L7 WI8 W:U OlO 31-31 S.75 2. Harlow B. Daly (Santord, Maine) --.-•.. - .. .-- ... _ ...... 1 x ·., 13. Robert Kilt ...... __ ._. __ ...... ___ W25 WZ4 LI5 W2:2 D9 3}-3~ 5.75 3. J Ohn A. Curdo (Lynn, MIlS$.) .•. __ ...... _. __ ...... •... 0 I " ... 3H~ 14. Kenneth Ager 3-C ".(0); 15. Cllris Deck 3-4 (8.00); 16. Hank Brannum 3-4 (6.00); 4. llartlett Could (Newbury\>(>rl, l'oIau .) ...••.•... _.... ___ ...... ~ .• _.t 0 0 " 2}-2b 17. Olde Freer 3--4 (5.00); 18. Walter Teubner 3-4 (4.00); 19. Dennis Smith :t-4 (4.00); 5. Charles Sharp (West St:arboro, Maine) •..• _._._._ •.. _...... •... _.. 0 D D 0 x , .• 20. Bill NelliOn 3-4 (2.00); 21. Vlnee Kal$<.lr 2-5 (4..so); 22. Ruu Kime '2·5 (4.00); 23. G. Charlcs Waterman (Amesbury, Mu.s..) ...... __.... _...... •••~_ o 0 0 0 0 x o ., John F"oueht 2-5 (2.00); 24. reter ThC!Os t -6 (3.00); 25. Ronald Gr«D 1-6 (1.00); 26. E . i\hck I~ (0.00); '1:1. Gerald Gondert 1-6 (0.00); 2:8. Gerald H eath 1-6 (0.001. ST. LOUIS DISTRICT CHAMPIONSH IP St_ i::ouis, 1954 PORT ARTHUR CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 100% USCF Rated Event Port Arthur, 1954 I. John V. Ragan ..... _ .. _ ... _... ••.• _. ___...... x I 1 I I 1 1 I 8J· ~ 100% USCF Rated Event 2. Frederle S. Anderson _ ...... H. __M ...... ; x 1 I 1 I 6 1 n·lt 1. Clarke FOliler .•..•. W4 W3 W9 W5 1.6 W7 02 $J;·a 2O.7S 3. Harold Branch ...... _ ... _...... •__ ...... 0 0 " 0 0 I I 1 5 -4 2. J ohn De Vine ...... ••..•..•..• ~ .W6 W7 L4 ~ W3 W5 Dl 51·1. 19.75 4. Edmund Godbold __ .~...... _...... 0 0 1 X t 1 0 0 41-4 , 3. A. R. Vander rloe.!: ...... W5 1.1 W6 W7 W8 L2 D4 4l-2~ 14.75 5. Charl~ M. Burton __ ...... •...... _._ .... _._ ..0 0 I , x 1 0 0 1 I 4 l-4~ 4. J. L. Me.dows •.•.•..Ll L5 W2 W8 W9 WIO D3 41-21 13.75 6. lIary A. Lew 4·5; 7. Mulon F . Alplser 3 ~-5~; 8. W. U. C. Ncwberry n-5~; 9. 5. John SI. Wilten ...... _.... _._._...... _W6 LIO WI4 OS L3 WI3 1.5 3}-3} G.75 10. M. E. Gilliland 3-4 (11..50); 11. Russell Avant 3-01 (S.50); 12. Riehard T..andry 2Hl CAPITOl CITY CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIF' (6.75); 13. E. L. Jo'alTOw 1-6; 14. Ray V. Heblnck 0-7. Cllilland fQrrelied to Emmons. Sat;ramento, 1954 lDO% USCF Rated Event 1- A. Janushkowsky ..... WIO W2 W4 014 V 3 W5 W7 6·1 27.0 ROCHESTER·SYRACUSE·QUEEN CITY MATCH 2. o. A. C~lIe .•...... •.... WII LI 07 WG W9 W8 W3 5~.l t 26.0 Rochester, 1954- 3. J . 8. Gee _ •...... W8 WI2 D 14 W5 Dl D4 L2 4i·2~ 28.5 100% USCF RateJ Event 4. III. O. Meyer ...... W9 W-tt LI WS 014 1)3 L5 4·3 16.5 5. J . A. Celie •.•.•..•..•..•.. _ ...... W13 LI4 W5 1.3 WIO 1.1 W4 4·3 25.!i Qu""n Clty (Buffa loj Roc:hest..r I. Roy Blac:): ._._ •... __ ._1 Erleh Man::hand .... _ .. _ .. 0 6. N. T. Austin ..•..•.• __ .•...... L t 2 W1I L5 L2... Wl3 WII WS 4·3 21.5 7. t·. Clawson 3-4 (26.0); •. W. H arlley 3-4 (24.5J; 9. c . Iver-n 3-4 (22.5); 10. Neal Ma" Henberger ~ .. _._ .. A Bruno S<;hmidt .••. •. 7.lmmerman 2 'h. -4 !,1~ (25.5); 11. HarOld Keilh 2~~-4'At (21.5); 12. Frnnk Jacnon 3. Robert Mekus .•..• _... 1 R . Saeh! .....•..•..•.•..••.• ...... 0 2'h· 4. Vernon C a ble ....• _._ 1 V. Welg _...... __ .... 0 4 Y.t (20.5); 13. Hi (22.5); 14. R. E. Russell 3'11-110'. . ,. . G. Neldleh •...... •.• _ .. 0 H. Broden ...... 1 SOlkoff pointl used. Russell withdrew after 5th round . 6. Georee Mayer _•..•..• •1 C. Alper •.•..•. _._ •.• _•..•. .... 0 7. Samuel FruceUa ._ 0 J . Hatenoehrl .... _ ... _ ... 1 COLUMBUS Y CHESS PRIZE TOURNAMENT •. F. Nevld .. _ ...... • ____ 6 A. Wood .... _. __. _ _ ... 1 Columbus, 1954 9. Nonnan Wilder ••.. ~ •• 1 ' Mrs. K. Nye __._ ...... 0 100% USCF Rat~ hent 10. Zygmunt Stopln$kl _ ~ E. LeHuu ..... _. ___..• 1. J amel St:hroeder .____ ..•. _. ...___ ._x I I 1 I I 1 10~· ~ U. G. Crandall ...... _. ____0 R. Buck .... ______...... 1 2. Harold Snyder .. _... _._._...... _. ____.0 X 0 i ll I , 11. Arnold Kral ...... __ 1 _._.~ ., O. Dann ...... •..•. ..• _... 0 3. Tim An

Roehester ....•...... __. 5-7 Syracu$l! ... _. __ ._.... _.. 3-9 AMARILLO CHESS CLUB QUEEN PAWN TOURNAMENT Amarillo, 1954 A trl.llngu1ar match. according t Q the paUern r ecommended for three team~ (Not 100% USC F Raled- Restricted Movo hentl in one ~ lmu l taneO\lS e ngagement. u described by the late Gene Conett. I. llOb Beardon ...... _...... W7 W3 W8 W4 L2 4 · 1 21.6 2. Ebner L. "'mier ...... _...... _._.W4 1.6 L3 W8 WI 3 ·2 ".0 EDISON CHESS [} CHECKER CLUB CHAMf lONSHIP 3. Thurman T igart ...... __._ ...... __.. W8 Ll W2 W6 L5 3 ·2 ".. D etroit, 1954 4. C. A. Mahler, Jr. ~ ___._ ...... _._._ ...•. 1.2 W7 W5 LI WS 3 ·2 18.4 100% USCF R~t~ event 5. G. G. Kirkland •...... _. __._ ...... __. L6 WS 1A W7 W3 3 ·2 16.0 \. Edward I. Treend ..._ ...... __.... " 1 0 ~ I I I 1 I 1 9p ~ 6. Tommy Ueagor 2.-3 (21.61; 7. Ralph T. Price " 3 ( 17.2); 8. R. D. Haynu 14 (16.4). 2. David Roberlson ..... ___...... __ .. ___._ .. 0 x 0 1 I lit 1-l , ., E. A. Coons Polnu used for tie-breaking. 3. Arbra O. ;\tason •.• _...• _•• ~_ ...... ___._ .... I 1 x t 0 1 0 1 1 1 8}.2~ 4. Reginald M. Blachron! ._ ••..•...... •.••.• _...•...• ~ 0 ~ x 0 ; I I 1 I 7 ~-3~ Columbus YMCA Chess Club (Ohio): con5ull.. ,Uon. ThOlle who drew with the 5. Rlehan! F. Mahon ...... _...... _ .... 0 0 I I " 1 1 1 I Arturo Pomar ""on TI, lost 3; and drew Spanish master were William PraU, 6. Marsh CUnnls ...... ____...... _.... _._.0 0 0 I 0 " 1 I 1 I 1 1 H" 5 at simultaneous exhlblUon, lOlling 7. Ray ri1\ote l a ·7 ~; II. W. Albf'rt Frankenfield noll ~ ; 9. E. Jem Emery I~-n; to WIlliam Rebald, MlirvIn Al1ISI.m. and Silen LIn, MarlOn" TInsley, Erlch Neuge­ 10. Aroo Koch 1I-9}; u . F!"Ink Carleton 1-10; 12. Edward JablonSki I-lOt. Henry Schuer and J im St:hroeder In bauer, and I rwin Underwood. Gbtu fl"" T.",,,,, p'., • ..,. July 20, J9H

KR4; TO 0 ·0 , ·P·KN4!?; 11 8·B2- LARRY EVANS ON THE OPENINGS N·BS; 12 B·R4, B-Q2 = Szabo-Keres, Budapest, 1950, continued 9 0 ·0 (instead of P-K4), By International Master LARRY EVANS Q·K2; 10 P·K4, N.Q2; 11 p.B4, p. QN3; 12 N·N3, P·KN3; 13 BPxP, u. S. CHESS CHAMPION , 1951-53 QPxP; 14 P.QS, N·R4; 15 R·R2 1, N·N2; 16 QR·K82 + In the United States, efforls were made to vary early [or Black. The key game here is Botvinnik­ Thus alter 6 P·Kl, P.Q4 was tried; The Nimzo-Indion Defense Concluded Reshcvsky, World Chmp., 1948; 7 BPxP, KPxP; 8 6·Q3, Q·R4!? This 6 P·K3, 0-0; 7 8·Q3, N·S3; 8 N·K2, innovation descrves a diagram. ' F1'ER 1 P-Q4, N-KB3; 2 P·QB4, 7 PxP, PxP; 8 P·K3, B·B4 is prob· P·QN3; 9 P·K4, N·Kl (Reshevsky P-K3; 3. N-Q8l, S·NS; the A ably better); 7 N·R3 (Black was was the first to employ this sug· sharpest and most crucial of thrcatening Q·R5ch), P.KB4; 8 p. White's alternatives is 4-P-QR3, the gcstion of Capablanca's); 10 B·Kl, K4, P·B4? (Correct is 8 . PXP; P..Q3; 11 0-0, N·R4; 12 N·Nl, B·Rl; Sacmisch Variation, introduced in 9 B·NS, Q·K l ; 10 PXP, P·K41)j 13 Q·K2, Q.Q2; 14 p.B4, P.B4! =+ the 1920's, abandoned, exhumed in 9 P·KS, N·B3; 10 P·B4+ and White's attack comes to a the 1940's, and pt'escntly tapering Najdorf.Beni, Dubrovnik, 1950, of! in popularity. Let us I'e-ap­ standstill. continued from Diagram 1: 5. In Lilienthal·Botvinnik, Moscow, praise its pres~nt stalus to deter­ 0·0; 6 P·B3, N·KI ?! 7 P.K4, P·QN3; 1935, White atlempted: 6 P·B3, p. mine whether this status is realis­ 8 B·Q3, B.R3; 9 N·R3, N·QB3; 10 Q4: 7 P.K3, 0·0; 8 BPxP, NxPI; 9 tic. Arlel" 4 BxNch, 5 PxB, we P·KS, P·B3; II Q·K2, N·R4; 12 R. B·Q2, N·QBl: 10 B·Q3, PxP: 11 arrive by force at Diagram, 1. QNI ± BPxP, P·K41; 12 PxP (Not 12 P·K4, Geller-5myslov, XVII USSR N·BS; 13 RxB, PxB; 14 P·Q5, N· K4+); QNIIP; 13 8·K4, N.Q85 Chmp., continued from Diagram 1: 5. N.B3; 6 P·B3, P·QN3; 7 Gligorieh·Beni, Dubrovnik, 1950, P·K4, B·Rl; 8 B·NS, P·R3; 9·B·R4, continued Crom Diagram 2: 6 P·K3, N·QR4; 10 Q·R4, Q·BI; II N·R3 ± P·QN3; 7 B·Q3, B·N2 (This m!)ve seems wasted, since the Bishop 1 Kotov.Kcrcs, Budapest, 1950, must evcntually go to R3. If, how· Pori/ion Itftt' 8. . Q·R4. ? continued with Spo·K! (instead ot ever, 7.·. B-R3 immediateiy, 8 B-N5 in the above game), N·KNI ; Evans-$andrin, Omaha, 1949 con· P-K4 is hard to meet, e .g., p. tinued: 9 N·K2 (1), PxPI (The 9 N·R3, N·R4; 10 Q·R4, N·K 2: II Q3 ; 9 P·K51, PXP; 10 PlCP, KN·any; point. Whi!:c's QBP 'becomes an ex· B.ol, 0-0; 12 S·NS!, p·lt3; 13 B. 11 B-K4 wins outright)j 8 P-Bl, N. 'R4+ posed target); 10 KPxP, B·NSI; 11 Bl: 9 N·K2, 0-0; 10 0-0, P·Ql; 11 p·B3, B·R4; 12 0-0, B·N3 + al· Bronsteln.Tllimnnoy. XIX USSR P·K4, N·K 1; and we have the typi· though Whlle managed to draw. of Chmp., 1951, continucd Irom Dia· cal position Diagram 3. Kram er·Evan~, N.Y. State Chmp., gram 1: 5. •. P-QN3; 6 P·B3, B. 1949, continucd: 9 Q·Q2 (?), 0·0; R3; 7 P·K4, P·Q4!?; 8 P·K 5, N.NI ; to N.K2, P·QNl; 11 0-0, B·Rl; 12 (U 8. KN·Q2; 9 PXP, BxE; 10 BxB, Ox8; 13 N·N3, N·B3; 14 p·Bl, Po,;tion "'ttr KxB, PxP; 11 p.B4, N·B3; 12 Q. N.QR4; 15 R·Nl , KR.K l =+ N4-Taimanov); 9 N·Rl, N·K2 Probably best is 9 8-Q2, P·B5; The Saemisch Variation pre. ('L'ai manov comments that if 9...... 10 B·N l , N·K5; 11 P·B3. NxD; 12 sents something or a theoretic'al I'xP; to B·K2 followed by 0.0 QxB, with a viable centcr. This paradox: utlimately H issues the givcs Wh ile n strong attack. This variation, however, nceds more rnDSt cl'uclal theoretical challenge is dubious, fOI" then Black's KN ob. practical tests since both sides to the validity of the NimzQ.Jndian ulins a strong outpost at Q4 via can improve along the line some· Defense. If While's slrulcgy is K2); 10 B·NS, 8xP; 11 8 x8, Px8 ; where. sound-losing a tempo to prOvoke 12 0-0 (U 12 Q-R4Ch, Q-Q2 j 13 CONCLUSION: Bl ilck to do whilt he is prep. red to QxBP, Q·B3!- Taimanov), Q.Q2; 13 Black can equalize against th~ do . nyway- then the ddense must axNI, Qx8 : 14 P·B4, N.Bl; 15 p·BS, Saemisch Varia lion only it he .plays be seriously suspect, instcad of 0·0·0; 16 Q·N4, with a strong ini· with great care. Its present ob· being currently endowed with the. tiative in compensation lor the scurc stll tuS is unrealistic. The reo OI'ctical impregnability. Several Pawn. sulting POs i tion~ abound in greAt leading players do, however, cham. possibilities for both sides. The pion the Sacmisch System with fair Thus filr all the varia lions have rcsulled in White's [avor:'"" It would variation will pl'Obably experience re:;ults. The va riation. in the hands a vital rebirth. or an agg~ssive player, lends it. seem, therefore, that indirect as­ Gligorich continued with 12 B· selr to rich attacking possibilities. saults against While's center are K3, N·R4; 13 N·N3, Q.Q2; 14 p.B4, insufficient. The best move for P.B4 ('rhe typical eounter·maneuv· THE SACRIFICE Let us set! why. Let liS see the per­ (Continued from page l , col. 5) ils which awa it Black in struight. Black, from Diagram 1, is 5. . . er); 15 Q.K2, P·N3; T6..QR·QT , N· 17 18 torttd win Isn't deu. . He ean I.)' to fo rward strategical exploitation of P·B4! Thi:\ immcdiately subjects N2; P-KS, BPxP; BPxP, PxP; Improve Wllh 46. K·Kti (not K.KU7?, White's doubled QBP. White's ccnter to pressure, and 19 QPxP, Q.Bl+ and White had Q·Kt6 mate 0' K.HI??, Q·KA eh and Black has mally moves here: docs not permit him either to de. to fight for thc drilw. mata In b ·o!). Q.K8 eh ; 47. n-UI, bul In the Geller·Euwe game, Zurich, after 47 ...... • Q.K2, · Den ker threatenl 5 ... 0·0. or 1'·84, or P·Q3 or velop leisul"C ly or determine what R.KB2 with a playablo game. All in, N·R3. or P·QN3. or P·Q4. Nat~ral­ course the Ka mc shall talse . Let 1953, Block omittcd 10. P·Q3 a forced win tor Whit' II dlffleult 10 Iy, the possibilities o[ transposi· US give Ihls move a diagram. and playcd instead 10. N.QR4. dem

Annotated by Che .. Master JOHN W. COLLINS, MarshaU Chess Club Champion, 1954 • •. USCF M£MB'=,iRiis"'S""'m;;;;;"~,,,;;;;;,''';;'~I~'~_;;;;';-;/':';-;;'''''"' ;-:;'~' '''=':m:..:;;-:,.:-i/rO;;H;;N;;;-;;W','------,------=------COLLlNS,91 Ln.01< RHtl. S,oolly" 26, N.Y. Sp«~ brinK limited, M,: CoIli", ..iU a.nd Ihe 'able, are complete',. turned. mite in the poUlion. Not ___, R-D; L _ Out the , ...... , Idea. hal .... 'o"·wln. • •••• • ·r· •• P OS" , ••• ~«tI ,_ mOI l ;1I1"(11j"• • ...J ,,,,,,-...- ,:,-••• ... ,."".,".. _ • . U.,," ..... 1KnPU'I7 M,. CoI/in,. and allo.. ln, no errec:U". eountel'ph,),. 42 . • ·KISII ItG• • 30. __ , 1\-114; 31. 8·K4. etc. 29• ..•_ _ .aRch 21. K·SI KI.IIl I. K. J'J. I. K. TIt'O p,iu ·";"MII in llu All E.II.. ,,, 30. Kt ll. e.84ch ,_ K",hJ,," ""J 'm't Ko"i,. both S,.w Opr" Ch.rnpio"lhip /i,ht it 0'" Hlao:k ,eta rid of While'. 8bbvp, but .t the eost of .. h09f!leuly weak queen­ ,...,11 ..", md ;" th .. _"lUI i",..,"", io,,«1 ." llu .. "J-Illmt. side. CJ il",";" tL.lIK. Ko"j, IH,,,tII II tiKo· GRUNFELD DEFENSE :no BilK' ... e 35. p·al .... , .. ,it,,/ ""~ " "'Il' t I,om I~ opt"in, "nt/ MCO: p.ge 14, column 2S 1m) ll. I(.Q2 B.Jen :N. Kl.ol ... , Sot. A.Q' 8 ·1(5 37. Rxlll II..." conn" .. t/ ;, ;"to " ",i" b., 1I .."t/1, All E,n tern Stlltes Open ht.d1 /lOsilif",,,/ C!>tH. A simple crusher. Ch ~ m pi on 5 h i p 27. ..•.••.• "xR 40. K.Ql B·a2 U . NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE West O range, 1954 P ·B' II. K" 41. Kl xQP a x p MCO: pag. l ot, column 4$ fl. KI·a4 II·R4ch 42. " · 84 Resigns North n. South T *lIm Match No,.., by 014 U/~"I/"t/ .. "t/ The QDP mu ~ t qu«n. Thl, victory d id much to e nsure first place for Ulve$tad. Slin Luis\ Obilpo, 1954 Ih~ Et/il". "f 'his D~p4.'m"'t NOltl ",. '"It,""I;o",,1 MdSIt, White Dlack O. ULVESTAD A . E. SANTASIERE Imu Koni, I . P-Q4 KI. KB3 J. Kl.o8l P ·04 White Blad, 2. P.o84 P.KKU Th;, Roo~ ."J 1'.. ""n fltt/in, ;... n in. I. KASHDAN I. KON IG V. Smy. lov'. favudte_ the GrunfeJd Oc­ I . P.Q4 Kt-K Bl 4. P ·KJ KI·1I3 reMe. Ifrtll i n« p,obltrn " .. t/y. 2. P-Q1I4 P·Kl S. .. , 4. KI ·1I3 B-K12 5. " ·KKI1 ...... OUEEN 'S PAWN GAME 1. KI.QB3 a -Kts . Threllt: P ·D5 ch. r"no.... ed b y R·K5t Stron, .ltemalivcs are 5. Q.Kt3 a nd 5. MCO, pa!l' 203, column 11 (I ) H~rl! Ji ~ : QIU 11 l)ll)'lIbll!, If on !i. _ , P·IU. ~l, ...... " ' KI'? Metropolitan League Match The l<>Sin..: ~. R·K8 ... the onl~ 8xKt chi 6. PI8. 0 ·0 ; 7. U·Q3. 8t.c:k S. _.. ~_ 0-0 6. B-Ktl PxP dr"win". move. Tr t hen P ·BS ch. I(·KtI: continues with 7 ...... , P·K4!; 11. KI.K2, Black must play this or 6. ~~ ....• p ·St to New York, 1954 P·KS; 9. B-Ktl. PoQKt3; 10. Kt-KU . B­ secure a pproprtllte tactical threat• . followed by r·ltS. R3; 11. KUP. Kb:KI; 11. UXKt. BxP; 13. rYOtf. bot U . S. Meen one or my favorttes for Black. and consequent..,. the I.me Il5SI.Imca cramped. KII/Ol eh . K-RJ (l orced); 48. R·K' ch, The t e xt trlnQ)OSol!S f(I that White It!­ t heoretical lntere.t. I'. .... _ a -84 P ·K t.1; 49. Q·RI mate. 6 _ Bxltlch I". II.ol Q.K2 t u. lly plays the 81aek side of QGA, but U • . __. P_Kt7 45. R·I by One oj t/'e Sout/" s ANDERSON WINS GUEST ANNOTATORS leading you"g playas. m.ess tl" T""'.,, P"." july 10, 1954 Curt Brasket SLAV DEFENSE OVERTIME- MATCH "" oJ. Kit Crittenden MCO: page 19&, column 24 An eight game match between Imre Konig U. S. Open Championship Canadian Co-Champion Frank R. N. Y. CHESS LIFE Anderson and Ontario Champion George Shalnswit Milwau'kee, 1953 (Continued from page 2, col. 4) Ge2a Fuster (formerly Hungarian Olaf Ulvestad Noles by Kit Crittenden Bis~o had become real pals during Champion) went to ten games be­ the course of the match! . The WhIte Black (ore a decision was reached. At 14. . Kt·K2 15. P· KKt3 Q· B3 H. OHMAN K. CRITTENDEN banquet at the conclusion of the If . _, Q-Kt5, White can play fo', a 1. P·QB4 Kt-KB3 5. Kt·B3 Kt-B3 end of eight game~ the score was match revealed Taimanov and 'two Bishops vs. t wo Knight" ending 2. Kt·QB3 P.Q4 6. B_B4 B_B4 tied with one victory apiece. In 3. P_Q4 P·B3 7. Q·Kt3 Smyslov as real masters in other with Kt-Kt5. After t he Ic~L, however, the ninth game after 16 moves Kt·Kt5 Is met by ...... , 8 -84 with a 4. PxP PxP Uelds. TaiInanov, a concert pianist, counler_aUack on White's RBl'., Better is 7. P-K3. Anderson had used five minutes plOlyed several selections from 16. 8 · 841 ...... , 7. Kt-QR4 10. P·QR3 R-BI and Fuster one hOllr and_five min­ Chopin and got excellent "notices" 8. Q·R4ch B·Q2 11. Q--Q3 A very strong move, which threatens. utes!-it was a prepared variation; from even the most caustic of the among o t her tblnl:s, the exchange of 9. Q_Ql P-K3 but Fuster played ingeniously and Black'~ r .. m.ainlnll n ,ehop with Kt_KtS. White's previous move stopped 10 ...... , musical e02"noseenti in the audi­ Black prevents this with his reply, b\lt -B-K t5 followed by It...... , Kt-K5, and drew. The final game was a victory ence, while Smyslov's rich baritone thereby aliows White a decisive p,..,.­ the text prevents Kt-B,'i and KtvKtP, If for Anderson, lenving the score voice (accompanied by Taimanov) sure on the K-file against Black's un­ 12. R-QKt l. However, surely the simple 5%-4lf.J with seven draws. Fuster, II. P-K3 was best. got bra vos from the audience also. castled K. while playing for Hungary, scored 16. Kt(4)_KIJ 18. BxKt! Q xB 11...... Q·Kt3 It is said that Smyslov would have 17. 8"B PxB F"orn here until the end of the game, a draw with Smyslov in a team been a professional opera singer it almost seems as if there Is one long, Or if , RPxB; 19. Kl-K4, Q_K4; 20. match- a formidable antagonist: if it didn't take so much time from Q.R4 ell, K-BI; 21. Q.Q7 with a winning unbroken combination, for White's game. moves follow from Ulaek's. CARO-KANN DEFENSE his ehessie endeavors! . Mary 19. Q·K2 Q-B3 20. Kt·K4 Q·Kt3 12. P ·QKt4 Kt·B5 MCO: page 10, column 14 Bain, dining with Postnikoff, Keres If ,Q-K4; 21. P-B4!, Q.Q5 ch; 22. 'I'hreat; 13 ...... , Kb the ~Ca,ol;1I4 Winner of the Women's Open "he,-"I Ojf 'I'"ytor-Allderdlco w h ich was Cambil B"I/",;,," Ih;, co,..bj""ti,.c w ill hold the tiUe of United St<1 tf''> ~e "" nd wIth lll Y, _18 Y, . w hll .. Suu t h Open Champion fO I' one year. Hil;h """,. I h lrd wi th 27~-~~~ In the ~i", t"am le","u". 'rop Indlvldaa! acor ­ San FranciSCO 8ay Area Chen League: Boston MetropOlitan Leallue: Har· The 1954 Women's Open has been Cr6 W e r ~ It"" Stelnln).\" (Ml. l.. ebanon) rh",1 ruuJt~ show O"ldcn Gatc v ic· ""rrt \)nh' ~r~ity won tho A D!vlBion designated by the U. S. Chess Fed­ with S_I. !';",lJ 8tcl"I'ardt (80uth) w ith Inl'lous In the A DivisIon and Palo Alto wlLh H-II \n mnteh..,~ Il.nd 29~-10; in eration as the official Zonal tourna­ 7 'h-l% and C "rr..,el. with Harval'll Ovid Women's world tournament. s. Unlv. of Calltornla ..... 1 -4 13 -22 flr;$l with 8-2, H arvard Black fleeond Capitil City (SacramentO) Chen Clvh: 6. O~ k l3 nd .. 0 _5 II _24 wllh 7-3. and Roylato" third w ith 6-4. Mrs. Ninus Aronson, of Chicago, A Janushkowsk y won t he club UUe 6,1 f)ivl$ion 1.1 F in n! fltnn dlngs: present U. S. Women's Open in a 14 p l ~Y Of SwIOi!$, drawing wllh R. I . Palo Alto ...... s~. ~ 28~-1l~ A "Olvlslo" K RU-SJie ll a nd J. B. Gee. O. ·A. CCllo 2. COlden (:ate ...... •. .5 -I 2tI ~ -14 1 1. Hn,·vil.rd li n h'erldty ...... _.... 8 -0 Champion, is expected to defend was S·2'.1., drswlna: with Janush kow· S. Oakland .... 2 of 14 ~ .27~ ~. Cnmbrhh::e ...... _ .. 2 -6 New York City, Ollld Miss Lucille 6. I{ussla n" ...... _..•. 1 ·5 18 -2.4 5. 1\.,,\"tO" ... ~., .... __ ...... 2 -6 sky, M. O. Meycr, and RU5!le1i a.nd 7. Alameda . .... 1 -$ 16~-25~ B Hl"li"",..1 Unlv e r~ l ty ..•...... •.. 1-1 of the Women's Open in 1950, also ko£r with ~·3 each We r e M. O. Meyer, North J ersey Chess Leagu e: Although ~ . Cn",[)'·ld,.,-e ··}t"d · ... 6 .: arc expected to compete. J. A. Cella, and N. T . ·Austin. 3. H'·attlc...... 4 -4 in the £ln~1 rnund Irvington scored a Lexington (Ky.) Chen Club: Louis­ 4. 'V cll~ ...... a~-~~ The Womcn's Open is open to 41'3!I victory over Mnroc~y, the two 5. LH.n ee,·s .. 3.-41 ville playu Jackie Mayer. won the team ~ cndeo 10 u tic for rlrat as cu­ all women regardless of exper­ dub tJUe 11·3 In a double round robin, (,. {il ,I" ~y ...... X:'.4} ch;o"'I>I"". "r th" I~~ " ",:. O~5l>lt" " la~ t lenee or n:sidcnee tilt} only U. S. lo~ln " Olll! l ame to Jaml!~ Ro~rl< , d,·aw· round defeat hy Montclair !>-3, Irvlngton­ 7. Cl!n'h"I(1~e '"Blue" .2~ .r,: 8. H a n 'aNI ChIlo...... 1 -7 eitilens can represent the U. S. ing with R o~ rl<, and drawing lwlCf! with PoliSh rtn; ~ hed third and Montclair O r. A. D. Rober ts. J am..... l{oark Wa~ C J)i\'i .~lo" in the wome n's wOI'ld tourney. rOlll"lh. F Inal Ic"m ~ta ndln g.s are: 1. Harvard "Codl'; •...... 8 -2 !'iC<.:nnd with 16 ~-3Y. , D,·. A. O. J(obcrts - WI.OPomts Membership in the U. S. Chess Fed­ 2. l131"" \I"lI '"Clack" ...... • 1 -3 third with 13-7, and George Anderson 1·2. Irvington ...... 6 t I 6~-1 ~ 3. Do},lston .....•...... •...... • 6-4 eration is required of cnlranL<; and fuurth with 11·9. '·2. :'I1a roc~y ...... 6 1 I 6 ~ -t ~ ~ . Ch",·.,..,r" ...... 1I - li~ there is an entry fee of $15. 3. I r'·I "I:I "n·l'otl~t, ...... 6 2 0 6 -2 EdiSO n Chess & Checker Club (Detroit) 5. C,unb r Jc1~" .....•.•...... •....•. .4~ .5 ~ Former USGF Viec,P"eslden t F.(\ward 4. Monlclalr .. 5 2 I 5 ~ -2 ! Further information ~ bout the 1. Treend won the annual olull event 5. Oran!!., ...... 5 3 0 S·3 Roberl err.... Chen Club (Sog,"lr Land Women's Open may he obtained 6. Pla mricld ...... 3 • I 3~--4\ !)'h -l '/.I . 10.ln l/ one game to _A bra o. Tell.): "h~ first ral)ld tr~n slt event or 7. Elizabeth •... _~ •..• _~ ...... 2 8 0 2 .. from Mrs. Owens, 124 South Point Masnn a nu drawing with R eginald M. B. Northern V"II.,y ...... 1 7 0 1 ·7 the elUl) s~w Leon An1t~,lser reorc 6-{1 Dr ive, Avon Lake, Ohio or Mrs. B1achford. David Robe,·tiltmlm 4-6 event will be a 9 round Swlsi wIth of II. ~ ...... , KtxQ! And White mUlt be $10.00 IIntry rllll and guaranteed Ilrst cllreful, rur Biaek threatens now __. ..• Southweste rn Open Champions hip pri~e ur $ tOO . Thll ExputB' tournament Q.K5 JO atel Equally. alter 1. Kt-K7 eh, Fort Worth, Texai h .. 5 a $5.00 entry fec and $50.00 f irst M. Jursevskis won the British K-RI ; 2. Ktxi'eh, PxKt; 3. KtlCpeh, prlle. Thllr(l will a lso be team-ot·flve Columbia championship with 8-2 i'llKt; 4. Rill eh, K-H2; 5. Q·RS eh, Kl­ Ol)en to ,,11: 7 rd SWh5": euh prbes; e ntn: f ile t6 !HI a "nounced lator: TeA matcht!s tor thll SUlO 1)loy ..d hl (h-."d.n ••k r au,uutcd ! en'$ and Junior tit/lIS to rankin. alale Kt_ ... Ith "" 'll\II ~k 3",,"tAllu,,". Correcl lolutions ~re acknowledged 2m_J 'I" 110 dlllgl"lO""'. • $280 resldenu, other eash prlxe" b~nquet at R·ZO: p.r.o 1_ :o ~___ . received f~m: K. Blumberg (San Fran­ 1 p."I. Monday, Sept. I; piny begins c\scoj, M. I). Blumenthal (Bellalrll), A. Sat. Sept. 4 al I p.m.; for details. THE RUSSIANS PLAY CHESS by llQmb<.:rault (Plttslmlllhl. M. Burn write: ROIl Owens, 124 SOUth Point ImllO ChoH ...... CoII ..·t"'" III filly (Uronx), R. Chauvcnct (S liver SprinC), Drive, Avon Lake, Ohlo. 0I.n1l1\1: ...... m .... by . "<>d~m 11 ...... It. Dl"'kln80n (Rlldwood City), E. Gault 200 1'1'. 000 dbgra...... 98 (B alnbrldlle), E. J . lCorpanty (Woodside), I ~ USCF raled nlnt. c·n: $100 1_ 51%____ C YHE WORLO'S A CHEssaOARO \ly Dr. RI. .. I>e... Fillo. G"."d",a. t..)T rinr H. Kurruk (San Fernando), M. Milstein takl'f tea-Ie. oil • I"'....,.,.ll, _,, (Nllw York), P. Murtha (Monroe), C. aOTVINNl1( THE INVINCIBLE by ,h., dtl ~ l ed lo". "f I.he "h-."."' .... ·• 1I1us;:r<)ve (Northlake), E. Nu h (WlI.5h. lIubocrlp''''''' ..1.«.",«1 fo r F"red Relnfald. fl!: >na.l.<-ll'l ~ by the "·,,.Id. Fifty .....-cu t ,nndem lI:". meo f"lI,. ~nnol"te<:l. Ington), G. W. Payne (Webl te r Groves), ,,·.. . Id cllnml'IOII, All tllorollghly . "'ooUlt<:I. U,,,, ..,,I y~ t ,,~. - - -- unl .."ol i>a'lr'i" at Ihll pr!«. I. Signlond (Colwlck). G. V. DI Tiers rH£ IRITtSH CHESS ' MAOAZINE r.i ,';P·Jl~'l !:~ (Saint Plul). F. J. Valvo (Guilderland Founded In 11181 and now the oldest ~I~,'; ' ''tl::' 1~:% ____ $1.77 cbu pUlodl.,.. l extant. Gamet I';dlto .. , ____ $1.20 C .. nl .... ), II. \). Wilbur (Corp".. Chrl$tI), U. Golomo.. k __ PrOblem world: So W. B. Wilson (Amherstbun:l, N. P. SedJlwlek NINZOV ICH THE HYPERNOOERN MV F"tFTY VEARS OF" CHESS li v WlttinC (Salem). --$3.00 p-er year (12 ' ..uell­ b, F" .... RollIl.ld. ;;II""...... pl.,,-.,d by F"ranlt J. Mlnhloll. A ",~gnlficent wi· Late 801utlons credited to: J. D. Car­ tI..... 1"". of ")h !trot ..... " and • I".:tloo of HO lIanlull brrm~nrl .. ~iJa", eo~ He pl"neeo- in tloe dffll"f'M,"l er eamon, IIBnt by wiU, Iluh",\: lltack. and I mul,,!!" ,,, '~,?.o dl~'O% _. __._ .. $1.75 Queen Pnwn tourne y or the club was CANADIAN CH£SS CHA7 011101.1 Oroon 01 Ih. WOn by Bob Burdon 5ol.. 10slnll one CMII F ....,.Uon of CM.d. TARRASCH'S SEST GAMES OF" g~mc ' to runner·up Elmu L. M\IIer. CHESS by Fred Felnl,ld . .IoIonu,acllul Only ~bllo.tJo. willI n.tlonll 00""10" Second to flnh on EC point. with 3·2 wll(ctk", 01 183 .u ~ 1I1I.t.erploeea. Ey.nl., O.rn ••, Artloln ...~ PH •• .-IIUo.-· .""olly .nn"ul.ool. s.-Ial MT\l"Olnl uch wel'