SEPTEMBER 1967

VICTOR OF MOSCOW

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BY I. A . HOROWITZ in collaboration with Former World Champion, Dr. Max Euwe, Ernest Gruenfeld, Hans Kmoch, and many other noted authorities This latest and imm ense work, the most exhaustive of its kind, ex· plains in encyclopedic detail the fine points of all openings. It ca rries the reader well into th e middle game, eva luates the prospects there and often gives complete exemplary games so that he is not left hanging in mid.position wi Lh the query: What happens now? A logical sequellce binds the continuity in each opening. First come Ul e moves with foo Lnotes leading to the key position. Then fo l· BIBLIOPHILES! low pertinent observa tions, illustrated by "Idea Variations." Finall y, Glossy paper. handsome print. Practical and S uppl e me l1 lar ~ ' Varintions, well annotated, exemplify the spacious paging and all the effective possiLilit ies. Each line is appraised: +, - or =. The la rge Iormat- 7-IJ:-:> x 9 inches-is designed for ease of read· other appurtenances of exquis­ ing and playing. It eliminates milch tiresome shuffl ing of pages ite book-making combine to between the principal lines and the respective comments. Clear, make this the handsomest of legible lype, a wide margin for inserting notes and variat ion-identify­ ing d iagrams are other plus features. chess books! In addition to all else, this book contaill S 439 com plete ga mes- a golden treaMlry in itself!

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3 Black to move and win 4 Black to move and win 5 Black to move and w in 6 Black to move and win If it's a real cool day, you You must have war med up Heady or not , nOli" you·1t Thel·e are a few variations may s till want some wal"ln· by nOli" , surely. But, fear have to be running. Your to 1I"0rl, ou t !n this position, ing up. Be our gues t ! The not! this position is not pre­ T wo Bishops do not ensure too. Dut, we say again, a material is eve n; and, fabrIcated to overtax you. 11" t he will. And you must be· work out is good fo r yOUl" though you've not castl ed, you're in the well knowll ware a four·fold variation in chessic sou! or the grey \Vh ite mus t wis h he hadn't! g l·oove, you'll overcome the or·der to qualify for a fu lly mall·ices which pass fo!· your So tear into him, tear up the Bishop vs. Knigh t hoodoo. correct s olution. All's g )·ist ca is sie brain. You have board a nd drive \Vhite to Besides , you have a Pawn for the mill, though. So White down. So now pro· tears. You can do it with ex tra. So sur ely you can win. grind ou t " good a lHl ~ure I" eed to finish him off! Work what moves? Find out how! winning proce~s! out 1he Will.

7 Black to move and win 8 Black to move and won 9 Black to move and win 10 Black to move and w in Once again, you have even Here comes H humdinger! This position also lllay Well nOli", YOll can ta per material. So ·White has t he '.Van t to forfei t the paim ? well rate as a challenge wi th off in YOUl· effol·(s and s t ill Two Bishops; you Ill\I'e the or course you do not. So even a little trail·coverlng-Ul) carry off t he spoll on this atta el,-·-or we th ink you do. jus t s tart plugging. It's nOt iii efrec t for the first move last position. It is not easy, You ha ve a trick or tll"O , be· the day fOl· clues. It is the or so. AmI, yes, dear solver, bu t i t doesll·l rale a~ '·el")" sides. \Vith all that, do you day fO I· meeting a r ea l chal· Ulere are variations. We han ! ei t her. Is t he· Queen· need clues as well"! Sorry, lenge. So plug a way at t he wish you a chee r~' evening a nd·King·o n·a·!i ne factOr· a we're not passing out. clues var·iHtions a nd s ubvariations. ror working them out. PrOI·e d ue? You ca n be the judge. here. J ust Find t he win fOl" Ac tua lly, you may prOI'e the each variation, a nd prove you \\·e aill· t trd king. Just find yourself! win easy! can win! the way to ,,·in :

258 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1967 CHESS Vol. 35, No.9 REVIEW SEPTEMBER 1967

INTERNATIONAL Kudos to Korchnoy Viktor Ko rchn or WOII an interna tiOll al <: I'cIII at Leningrad with a 13·3 perform. a nce. Hunn(: l"ll )) was R. Kholmov, 12.4. while scores of IO V:! .5\4 we re Illade b)' G. Ba rcza a nd J\I . Taima nr,\', Gieanin9S from Roumania At Bucha rest, ROll mania, the natil'c ill' ternaliuna l grand master F. Gli eorghiu was undefea ted wilh 9%-2 % . H. P fl eger of Germa ny and E. Va syukov of lhe Soviet Unioll lied for second al 8% .31,4. Students' World Se ries T he Fourteenth S ~a d c n t .;; ' Worl d Cham­ ]lio l1 ship, he ld in CT.echoslovakia, weil l 10 the Soviet team wilh H total of 24 poin ts. t\ strong ~ ccon d wa s the United S l at c~ ( whose match ve rsus the Soviets was drawn) with 22. followed by England wi th 21. The Ilitte r, together wit h Czecho­ slova kia, ~C o r c !l ullset victories over the Hu!;S ians, who nevert heless had ell ough on the uall '0 emerge on top. (A story u ~' World Champion Tig ra n Pet rosyan atte nded the USSR VI_ Yugoslav ia Ma tch T our na­ Dr. M. F ilill will soon npJlea r in Cm :ss ment (see page 266), but you won't find h im in score ta b les_ H e looked on as a R.;\'I£w.) g ues t of the Yugol lavl, gave ellhib it io n s or, as here, st rummed h is guitar. Ge rman Triumph UNITED STATES T he ca libe r of Benko's accomplis hment In the European Clare Bened ict Team may he best j udged fronL the number of Tuurn a menl of 1967, the \Vesl Germa n! With the Juniors masters a nd :;nLndm astcr.s below him. resumed their sway with a 13·7 g alli C Six lecll·yea r-Qld Sa!\, .. torc Mater.. Cli p· Lou is LeI')', Orest Po povych and !'Ili chael record, foll owed hy England and Spain w red the Uniled States J uniur Champion­ Va h'o lied at 6%-1 % along wit h grand­ wi th 11·9 each. "hip with a 5 Y~- 1 % $bowing. which q ua li_ master :"'icolas I{ ,,~s o li mo . And grand. Minnesota vs. Manitoba fi,.."t l him a ~ " comlJetitor in the Worl J !IIa ~l er s Arthur B. Hi sguic r li nd Rohert Byrne fo und themselves in a mult iple lie T he slate of i\ l innesota clashed wit h J un i" r ChamlJi onshilJ_ \Valt er S. Browne, fo r sixt h pillce along wilh Donald Byrne. IIIe province of Manitoba; and, when the 5·2, IJlaced second. Peter Gould, Asa Hoffmann, Larry Ka LL I. smoke clClired away. the Ame ri cali S had Lllall , G(.'Orge Shainswi t, James T. Sherwin. lallied a 9·6 win. Outright Minnesota vic· REGIONAL and INTERSTATE And rew S"lt is and Bernard Zuckerman at turs wcre B. Godfrey, G. P roecheJ, P. Th e Great Atlantic Open Shannon, J. Asseli n, R. Shannon, .I . C. 6-2. J I L~ t as the fi ne s e r i(" ~ (I f F,a$lern Op e n .~ Berg and A. Ma rt inson . .For Mu nitob(L, The t"urnamcnl W;lS held in the Hen ry ( beld in Washington, D. ~ ilL ce 1961 ) Ihe win ners wt rc M. Schu lman, J. Wood· c.. H udson Hote l in New York. ;ul furtunatelr terminalt':d. Ih e Atl antic hurl' and L. Hill ing. One gamc was Dilen came UJl to fill in Ihe J ul)' f(l urtb c redit ed t" the Canad ians through ~ for· A First for Karklins weckend in Ihe [;lSI. I\ nd it d id ~o vcry feit. F our gUllie s were d ra wn. Anothe r big blowout was the old . re· i llll ' r e~s i l' d r with a fi eld uf 239 tnlll)!!.! liable W e~ l e rn Opell a t }l ilwu.:J kee, Wis· European Team Match "H I' ery 5tr" ng'y wit h g rallllLlla ste rs a llil consin, ...· he re 153 playe rs cong regated 10 A double.rO'.lIld, len-boa rd match he· lIt he r name Jl laye rs_ (ween \Vest Germany a ll d Holland result­ P a l Benk" , whu hail carried off so man )' vie for sundry money Ini7.es and t rophies_ ed in a 15V:!-4 Ih rout of the Dutchmell . On week·end tou rnament titles includiu g a T he victor was Andre w Ka rklins will. a first hoa rd . the resu ll s we re Ileaceful large $iLare of the EU iltcrn O"ens, may clear fi rst of 6V;!-'f!. Next, \\' it h 6-1 , we re enough when Unzic ker of Germany fac(.'(! wel l havl': scored hi s most nota hle vict ory Hay Wen ~.e l. Stephan P opel, Dr. Paul Prins in the fi rst round a nd Donner in t" dule in this country in placing a clear Poschel and Brenda Ll God frey. Eight COLl ­ the second a nd d rew both times. firs t here at 7-1. testants wo und up with SY2-1Y2 tallies : CHE SS REVIEW, SE PTE MBER, 19 61 259 Edward Formanek, lvan Theodorovilch, galed 10 second on a tiebreak. Third MillOl\ Olle"on, John Dedinsky, H enry pri7.e went 10 M ike Rufly, 5-2. There we l·c Calaiog of The }l eiferl, Robert Holyon, Dr. J orge Fisch· fifty. fo ur pla ye rs. CHESS COLLECTION barg and Richard Kujoth. Fun City Open (Including Checkers) Battle of Lake Ontario I>laying in distinguished form at [he 10hn G. White Department Hoches[er, New York, was the scene of I.'u n Cily Open, J ames Sherwin, intenHl' Clevel ilnd Public Library [III.) Lake Onlario Open, won by Ivan tional master, ~ w e ]l[ s ix rounds 10 masler Theuderovi[ eh wilh five straight victeries. This pu bJ iC:ltion is a reproducti on, in book a fiel d of s"vel1ly.six entranls in [11 ;$ form, of th .. card

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After 4 ~- B3, N- KD3. the Exchange VICTOR - BY NAME Va r iaUon hi no longer efficient: e.g. 5 PxP, PxP 6 D- N5, » - 83 i Q- B2, P-KN3! It is a striking coincidence Ihat a chesspJayer with such an UIl­ I:'or now White Cali li Ol Ollilose on that pi.lrall eled engerness to wi n should benr the first Iwme, Victor. No mat­ ,·rillea l dlagolla l withoul t rading the ler who is on the other side of the table, Korchnoy wa nts to will with wh ile·bound Bishops, as Black would White, with Black and, as Najdorr wou ld laughingly say, even wi th green like. . Of COllrse, White may acquiesce to hili pieces. limited chOi ce of continnations against III order to reach hi ~ goal, the grandmas ter from Leningrad is lhe Ol"t hodo); Derense: 4 N- D3, N - KB3 rCH dy to luke on any risks: sometimes, to try a doubtful move in the 5 D-N5, 0 - 0 6 P- J{3: bllt la l ely t.he 'far· takower Une : 6 ... P- KR3 7 D- It-\, opening for the sa ke of ~ ll rprise; sometimes, to play vcry difficu lt posi­ P- QN3 S PxP, NxP 0\' S D-Q3, B- N2 hall tiolls in which no one else would care to be involved; and, sometimes, 10 proved quite satisractory (01· Black In expose himself to fi erce aHacks in positions wh ich very few would have llIa ny t Olll"lllunenl games. Ap..ut from the text llI o\'e, 'Vhile hall the nerve to allow, and on ly beca use of one Pawn which was o ffered him. another llIelln!! of escaping lhe slmplifl· Yet, out of these messes, Ko rchnoy almost every ti me eme rges calions of the Orthodox Defense. Il Is the viClor. It is not beca use of his oplimism or luck. For he is ex­ by 4 N- B3 , N- KBa 5 B - B ~ ! introduced in t he modern l)I"axl~ by PorUsch. H is tremel), obje.;tjve in analyses and quite aware of hi s weak sides. It is game a ga inst Spllssky in the Havana because of his co lossal ability to reckon the variations-even in time Olympics 1966 Is Interestlng: 5 ... 0 - 0 6 P - K3, P- IH [lhe most natural replyl trouble further and hetter than his opponent s. His world-famous ; Px13P, Bxl' [7 ... Q- R4 iR a n aUrae· 1 Soviet co ll eagues even adm it t1Hl t it was Korchnoy who tHugh t them lh'e alternatl\'c] 8 Q- D2, N- B3 9 P - QR3, hahitually to appraise d uring the game all the possible continuations to Q- R4 1() R- Q1. B- K2 11 N-Q2, P-K.j 12 D--N5, P- Q5 13 N- N3, Q- Ql 14 B- K2. their very, ve ry end. N - KN5!? 15 DxB, QxB 16 PxP. Q-R5 17 Such " style is a great burden and req uires plent y of ene r g ~' and P- N3, Q- R6 18 P- Q::;, X-Q5 {18 . , . Q-N1 will power. Thus, it is und erstandable that Korchnoy has Irolll lime to 19 Q-K·I: Q:l:Pt 20 1{_Q2 ra\'ors While] .9 NxN. I'xi\" 20 Rx P, R- Kl 21 R- K 4. lime had his setbacks. Yet he was always considered to be one of the B- Q2 22 B- Bl. Q- H4 23 B- K2, Q- R6 a nd potential challengers to the world champion. He has had few oppor­ dmw by re pe tition t hough it I·e lllai ns lin· tunities and indee<1 encountered a cri sis just as he was playing in his certaht whelher Blnc k·s altack Is ade· (Inale cOlllpen5!tiloll for his two·Pawn one Challengers Tournament to dute, in Curacao 1962. Ill inlls. Now his lime may be comin g again. For he has q UAl ified for 4 . . . . p,p the lilterzollld and has won very convincingly (as usual when he does 5 B_84 P_QB3 wi n) the 'international tournaments in Leningrad and Bndva this year. T he imm edlnte 5 ... B- KB4 Incllrs dH, The game of his presented this month, from the Yugoslav resort, fi(-ulties from 6 Q- N3. Dlack call nlso lrea t t h e position a la is considered hi s best in that tourll Ulllent, by Korclllloy hilliself. It has 'farrasch: 5 ... N- KB3 6 P- K3, 0 - 0 7 value fo r the theory of openings, also. N- B3, P- B·I 8 PxP, N- B3 9 D-I{2, BxP ]0 0 - 0 , O- K3 (Gligorich- Sp..1Ssk y, Hast, Budva 1967 illgs 1966) wllh It s light but perma nent QUEEN ' S GAMBIT DECLI N ED ad va ntage ror W hite. Viktor Korchnoy Borislav Ivkov 6 P- K3 . . . . Soviet Union Yugoslavia 6 Q- B2 Ilgain is met effectively by 6 White Black .. I'- KN3 alld ... 13 -KB~ . , P_Q4 P_Q4 6 . . . . B- K64 2 P- Q84 P_K3 Now or neve .. ! 6. , . N-D3 7 B-Q3 JJl1t~ 3 N_QB3 B-K2 (he t: rl tkal dlnl;Olll\1 III White's hand. (See di ag r~m. ne> et rosyan match ably. His K[ng Bishop [S p l"O pe rly placed \Vhlte tried, withou t the weakening o[ game wIth 13 ... N"N 14 PxN. N- Q2 for d efend ing the material advantage. his Kingslde, to obtain a similar advan· liS he had less freedom of action: 15 Tr ue, Botv[nnlk could have retreat ed h Is tage by 7 KN- K2!? After 7 ... N-B3 Q- DZ, N- B3 16 P- ll3, R- QDl 17 B- K5, Bishop to K2, but at cost of a tempo S N- N3 . Black did not r etreat correctly 13- Q3 18 QR- Kl, B:.::B 19 RxD, P - KN3 20 whereb}' to get In P·-KIt3. And that Pawn as by S ... B- K3 9 B- QS, P - KN3 with Q- D2, and White retained a permanent lllO I'e is vitaL For, as wil l be seen. KN1 a satisfactory game. Instead, he had dlf· advantage. becomes an ImpOt·taut base for W hite ficu lties: 8 ... D- N3 9 P - KR4, P- KR1 And, in Geller-Spassky. W hite kept later In the game. Jl 10 B-Q3. BxB QxB, P- KN3 12 0 - 0 - 0, positional pressure after 14 BxB, QxD 11 R-A2! B_Q3 N-QR3 13 K- Nl, Q-Rt [13 ... 0 - 0 is 15 N/ 3- K2. KU-Kl 16 R- QDl , 8 - Q2 17 better ] 101 B- N5, 0 - 0-0 15 N- B5! Q- B2 B-1\ I. The text only loses a tempo ror de­ fense of the endangered King Knight 16 NxB. QxN 17 P - K4 , PxP 18 Q-B~! It s hould a ls o be me ntioned here that N- B2 19 KH- Kt, R- Q4 20 P- B3! Q- K3 S (01' later ) ... Q-N3 can easily be met file. So 11 ... N- RS seems more worth 21 NxR. PxN 22 Q-B2. R- Kl 23 R-QB1. by 9 P - QR3! For Black cannot pla y ... lI·ylng. H-K2 2~ H- I{3, H e~lgn~. Q:,,;NP because of 10 N-QR4 with no good 12 Bxe Q," 14 8-N4! N-A3 K_B1 7 . . . . B-K3 ~I\c!l p e for the unlucky Queen. 13 R-N2 15 Q-B3 • • • • 7 .. . 8 -N3 S N- B3, N- Q2 [if 8 ... 9 PxP • • • Ther e It Is. White remains with his N-B3, th en 9 N-K5] 9 P- KR4 is 1111' Korchnoy is notorlOlls fOI' snatchIng Pawn pIllS a nd Is developIng at the same pleasant for Black as the position Of his Pawns-and here , indeed, the capture is time. If Black caJ)tures the Bishop, h e Q\l een 018hOl) only enhances \ Vhite's l he only good revl},. ~Ireng t h en s White's material edge. King-side InitIative. 9 . . . . N_Q2 15 . . . . Q- Q2 16 BxB Q,B 8 P_KA3 • • • • Now II does not seem easy both to reo White correctly prepares the develo ll' \.4lln the Pawn a nd also to develop the 16 ... PxB hall the Cau lt of creating men t of h is T{lng K night while ref!erving new weaknesses. dispoll itlon or Ills Ki ng Bishop till Blaek':< 17 KN- K2 . . . . de ployment Is c leal·e l·. In the twelfth match game, the firs t with t his varlatiOIl. 13o t" inn!1( el"!"cd with the immediate 8 8-Q3, a nd DlacJ! obtained II. very solid posillon with 8 ... N- Q2 9 }>- KH3, P - KIH [ChICl, 10 N- B3, and White can answer Black's even tua l . .. P - l

Here Is tile full triumpb of White'3 strategy. He retains h is Pawn plus, has wOllderf\11 scope fot· his King KnIght and l'etalna h is flt t"Ollg pressm'e on the open fil e. 17 . . . . Q- B4 20 KxQ N- B4 18 N- B4 Q-B7 21 A-N5 N_Q3 19 Q-K2 QxQt 22 A/ 1-KN1 N/ Q-K1 23 P-BS • • • • P-KA4 8 . . . . Now White has plenty of time to l,re­ The le"t Is certainly not best but does pare the decis ive ope ning of the pos ition make the game interesting from n in th e center and the QueenSide. theoretical pOint or view as a d irect at· 23 . . . . R-Q1 tempt to l'Chlle White's whole line. Nor 24 K- Q3 . . "Cou ple of Rlotl$ I~ns In the next c rater . . t = check: , = dbl. ch eck: I = dill. ch. want to know If w e pl~y c hess." (Conc lud ed on page 278) CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1967 265 HALF FISH HALF 11th Ann.al USSR-YufJoslavia Match (actually Match-Tournoment), Budva 1967 Recounted by Dr. PETAR TRIFUNOVICH

Your raconteur arrived in Bud va as a reporter; but, as destiny grad in June, the month before. His poi nt would have it, he became captain of the Yugoslav team at the last mo­ and a half margin over the fi dd is a fai rly high one for so short a tournament. ment. He had also t'he richest harvest in match The situation was a perplexing one. The captain was unpre­ [lo ints, play ing surely, firmly and per· pared for his undertaking; and th e team was very nearly so, especially sistently, and wi th no defeats. His excel· for so difficult and importa nt a meeting. From captain to general lent games were those against Bukich, Ivkov and Taimanov. His principal pow­ seems no great jump, 1I0 t to thi s capta in, and he applied military strategy er is that he is able to sustai n tension in from a book whi ch he had read: the best general is one who lets his a position and exhausts his opponent in army fi ght for itself as his interference might hinder it, at least in re­ a difficult and long.lasting struggle. In spect to tactical operations. After all, what can one do or contribute such kind of fi ght, he has no rival. He against such a tea m as Viktor Korchnoy, Mikhail TahI, Marc Taimanov, just forces his opponent to concede and Yefim Geller, Alvar Gipslis and Alexander Suetin? It is so well trained make a mistake. Many see in him the cuming Challenger of the Wo rld Cham­ and experienced that it will destroy everything before it like the Tartar pion though, till now, Korchnoy has had cavalry of old. no luck in the FIDE tournaments. For a wonder, that military apothegm justified itself completely Svetozar Gligorich and Mi khail Tahl as applied to war on the chessboa rd. The less the captain interfered, shared second and third places. Both the further his chess a rm y advanced. The final result in the match be· were set back by defeats at the hands of the Yu goslav master Bukich. Tahl was tween the senior teams' of the USSR and Yugoslavia was an incredible not in the form which the Yugoslavs are 19 to 17!! accustomed to observing when he plays That result surpassed the greatest and most optimistic expecta­ here; but 'his style was still the most af­ tions of the Yugoslavs. It is their closest approach to the strongest tractive and impressive for the specta­ chessplayers of the world and almost makes the Russian victory look tors. Gligorich came rorward with excel­ lent play toward the fi nish to earn his like a Pyrrhic one. In defeat, the Yugoslavs were as pleased with honorable place. He was the best of the themselves as though they had won. Yugoslavs in .the tournament and in the match, achieving (OUT poin ts against the A T T HF, F, N D of the competition, Boris parent there at all, for the conditions Soviet team. He has at last succeeded in Andrejevich Saharov, the Soviet team cap· were the same for both sides. But the tain, complimented the Yugoslavs-not cunning lies beneath the straw. paving over the ho les which 5potted his latest tournament results, at Beverwijk, 'about their goOO play, as the Yugoslav The Yugoslav players, with a few ex­ Monte Carlo and Moscow. captain e:1])ected, but about their cun· ce ptions, drew their games amongst them­ ning. There could be some agreement, but selves with little fight and so came fr es h Geller, Gipslis and the Yugoslav mas· ter Bukich (almost unkn own in other as to cunning, was it cun ning tit all? to thei r meetings with the Soviet players. countri es) shared fourth, fifth and sixth The match, this time, was organized in Contrariwise, t he Soviet grandmasters places. Ge ller started excellently 'and , for a new, until now un kn ow n and untried, (ought violently against each other, for a while, was the serious rival of Ko rchnoy fonn. It was at once a tournament and a first place in the tournament, notably fur first place. But a still den change and match. Or, 'as someone remarked. it was Korchnoy and Geller. So they were often breakdown came at the end of the to ur­ neither a tonrnament nor a match. Half tired when it came to games witlt the a fish, nalf a gi rl! The draw for pair­ Yugoslavs. That factor, however, can be nament as often happens to this super­ master. His losses to Taiman ov and Tahl ings, rules of play and results of the tour· considered rather as the price paid for came from very unfortunate mistakes. He nament were all as in normal tourna· ubtaining better pl aces in the tonrnament ments; but the results between Soviet than as IIny cunning plan laid by the deserved second place. Gipslis went unde­ and Yugoslav players were counted as 'i ugoslavs. feated; one win and the rest of his games drawn. Bukich's achievement was of for the Soviel- Yugoslav match. The de· The winner of the tournament was Vik­ course the great sensation of the event; tails may be observed in the accompany­ tor Ko rchnoy who has now won -twice in and he won against Tahl, Taimanov, Glig­ ing score table. There is no cunning ap· a row. For he scored just before in Lenin- orich and Suetin , made a plus score vs_ SENIORS the Soviet team and surpassed all the Yugoslav masters except Gligorich. His , , , , , 10 11 • 8 • debut could not ha ve been belter. " Tai manov is still pursued by misfortune • I I , ., 7-10 I I I 6 ~_ 4 ~ ,., or else is off·form_ His three defeats in I • I 0 , ., 7_10 Lhis short tournament li re too many for a • I o • I 0 2~_8 ~ 6 Chirich 0 I I • I I I I I , ., 7"_1 0 (3D grandmaster of his cali ber. 7 Bukich I I , I 0 0 , 0 , ., .. , (2U 8 Gett er • • , Ivkov's result can well escape criticism I I , I , • I I , ., ... 9 II/kol/ I 0 I , I , 0 • I 0 , ., 7 . 10 ,.• ) and yet, it must be noted, that he scored 10 Gli gorich I , I , I 0 I I • I E ~_4 1 ,., ,n .;on ly two match points, the lowest score K orchnoy ~ I , , , , , I , I , ., ,oJ (•11) • ., on t'he Yugoslav team. Chirich, Minich 12" MiniCh , I I I I I I I 0 I • 4 ! ·6~ (3,\) • ill d lcn\e ~ U!;!;R p\a,yel"~: , ) I,ldlcates match poi n ts coJll ceded" " and Bogdanovich may be co nsidered to 266 CHESS REVIEW, SE PTEM BER , 1967 A v iew of old and new Budva and the beach, "Mogren" in Budva-where Suetin too ardently clinched the sun and sea. have uchieved normal results llnd cer· cunning of the Soviets: they came with 1;) , . • • N-R3 lainly scored well for the team. t he superior and much belle r prepared Fate stl'uck surprisingly ut Sut:lin, the team of juniors. And that thc even t was winner of two major tO Ufll1lrn ents in dVllhle·round addcd to the Sovi eL points. YugoslllvIu previously. He was u decided lasL with sIx defeats in eleven gamcs. 1t was suggested as an idea for the next AgainM him alone. the Yugoslav team match·tournament in Budva or DllhrO\'llik chalked UI) nl'e points, His poor result that it be held in triple form among the surely Is not because of powerful play by USA, the USSR and Yugoslavia. his oppOJl<: nt s, f1 cal1\e from desire to reo pair the damage of hi s early failure. H e l,'enfant Terrible hegan tu force his play and unly worsened E nvel' Bukkh, Bosnian nHl~ t e r from the chInks. Ab o, he committed one othcr Banja Lu l{a. became I'enfant terrible for mistuke : as a northerner he made too grandlilasle!'s in this meeting. In his 11 P-B3! ... q uick a friendship with the southe rn and !Jebu t, he scored four important wins White has a sound positional idea. He ardent Slln of Dalmatia. Though all lVa s against such grandmasters as 1'ahl. w il l fortify his KI aud so free his pieces fi ne in Budva. it can he affi r med that Gligol'k h, T;, ,\l lhe concession of the T wo team achi el'ed its great vi Clory against ili s hop~. freer play for Black . ll ie Yu goslavs in the final recapitulation: 10 N-Q2 . . . 43Y~ to 28 1;2. Therein wa s hidden the Theory recommends 10 Q- D2 aR be~t. 14 . . , , P_B4

WOMEN JUNI ORS Tournament MatCh Points Tou rnament Match Po ints I 2 3 4 5 6 score place USSR Yugo , , 3 4 5 , Score place USSR Vugo 1 Stadler xX H 11 lO !O 10 4 ., 5·' (4 ~ ) , DJukich xx H 1~ ~ O 01 00 , ., , (4H ' I 2 Lj iljak HxxO l! II) ! O~ 4 ., 5·, (3 ~ ) 2 Shesh1i Ja B xx HOO~OO ! 3 ·7 , (5) , (3) " 3~ 3 Nede!Jkovich o~ 11 xx OJ 11 H 5 .5 , 3 3 Dcspotovich o~ H xX O ~ O~ H .61 5 , 7 ., " C 4 Zatu!ovska • !1~OHxx'1 11 3l (21 ) , Luk in H xx 11 ,0 7 ·3 '"5 '» 5 Rubcova • Jll1NOl xx ll) 41 ·5! '"4 3! (21) 5 GrigoriJan ~ 11) "! I H!Oxx ~ l , ., ,'" 4 ,,, 6 Kuschnir ~ k1 11HO.l Olxx 51 ·4 1. , , ,,, , Georg<>dz e C " HH!'!O xx 6j. 3b , 41 (I!) • indicates USSR play c l"~: ( ) malch poinl ~ con ceded " CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1961 267 Left s id e of the tournament hall. Right side; with rwmerous spectators as in America.

Here im patience rears its ugly head. 19 PxKP QPxP This ac tion only creates a permanent 20 B-Q3 weakening of Black's Kingside. 14 .. , While plays conSistently to conquel' Q5 P-B3, followed by ... B-Q2 and . , , and prepares N- K3- QS. P- QR3 Is t he correct program [01" utlllz· 20 . . . . Q- Q2 ing Black's Queen·slde majority. Black can uee a n analogous idea llere 15 P_B4 N- B2 with 20 . .. PxP 21 PxP, N--Ql 22 N- K3, 16 PxP PxP N-BS 23 N-Q5, Q- R2. 17 B- Q3 . . .. 21 Q-K2 Px P White iHl S a good target at KB5. Now ope ning the Knight file Cavon! 17 . . . . Q-B3 White. 21 ... P- N5 to keep the posl· 17 ... B-Q5 18 R- B3 ! institutes dall ' tion c lOSed and j)repare ... N -R~-B 3 Is gerums tlll'ea ts by While. 31 QxA !! . . . . beller. On 21 , , . KR- Ql 22 B- N l, Black 6 - Q2 has not only to consider the t hreat or 18 A- B3 This neat com binatio n unravels like 19 Q_B2 N_KA3 N- K3- Q5 but a lso the bad posHion or a roll or yarn. Bla ck'S weak KB4 forces him to pos/. his Knight on N2. 31 . . . . B:o;Q this Knight unfavorably. 22 PxP N- Q1 32 BxB R-K8t 20 B- Q2 R- K2 Now B lack plans to counter N-K3- Q5 OL' 32 ... Q-R3 33 D- K6, N- B3 34 21 N/B-Q1 with ... N-D3-Q5. But 'Vhite finds an · . . HxN! While alms by 8 - B3 to trade off the infernal way to nip this idea in the bud. 33 K- B2 Q_K2 main defende L' of Black's King. 34 B_K6 R,B 21 . . . . N-K1 N- N2 ill met by 35 R- U7. Black moves s uper(Jcially, a nd his 35 P:o; R N_B3 Queen Rook goes ou t of action. 21 ... 36 R/ 3-KB3! N- N1 R- KBI 22 D- 8 3, Q- B2 23 R- N3, N-KI 37 R- B7 Q- ASt gives Black better ]J rospects for d efend­ ing. 0 1' 37 ... QxP 38 R xPt1 and 39 N- NSt. 22 A- N3 Q_Q5 38 R-N3 P_Q6 39 R- B8 This attack on White's Bishop Pawn Q-Q5t 40 K_B1 !lcq ulres only a headache for BlaCk. De· Resigns rending by 22 .. K- Rl Is better. 23 N_B2 K- R1 Th e Cavalry Rampant 24 B- B3! · . . . 23 R_N1 I R_N1 26 RxR In lile Ruy Lopez. it orten happens The te mporary PawlI sacrifice e na bles 24 B--R5 Q_R2 27 R- N 1 that t he K nights a re superior to the Wh ite to conce ntra te the fiL-e of a ll h is 25 BxN R,B 28 B-B2! piecell on t he Kingsld e. D1s hops, especially when the posltlon Is blocked and W ILite's Q5 Is weak. Gell e r He re's the poinL Wlt b 29 B-R4, White 24 . . . . QxBP demonstrates a bea uti fu l stratagem on will ellmina. te Black'lI othe r K night. Q_R5 25 N-R3 lhelle Hn es here. 2a . . . . N- B3 30 A:o;A 26 A- KB1 · . . . 29 B- R4 A_N t 31 N- K3 . . . . The King Bishop Pawn ca nnol be d e· RUY LOPEZ Now \'ih lle has accomplislled his plan fended, the Queen Rook is out of play Y. Geller B. Ivkov and a ssUL'e d N-Q5. and White In effect Is attacking with an Soviet Union YugoslilLvia 31 . . . . Q- N2 extra piece, , P-K4 P-K4 9 P- KR3 N-QR4 Black can try 31 ... B-·Q2 slaylug 26 . . . . B_Q5 2 N_ KB3 N_QB3 10 B- B2 P-B4 stubbornly with his Idea of . .. N- B3- Q5. 27 A_B4 Q_B3 3 B_N5 P-QR3 P- Q4 Q-B2 32 N- Qa N- B3 Or27 ... RxN 28 BxBt, etc. 4 B-R4 N-B3 12 QN- Q2 R-K1 " 33 BxN! . . . . 28 Bx B P,B 50-0 B_ K2 13 N_B1 B- B1 W h ile has derinllely d ecided to defy 29 NxP N,N R_K 1 P_QN4 14 B_N5 N_Q2 the T wo BIShops. course, the Knights 30 BxN R- Bl •7 B_N3 O..{) 15 P- QN3 N_N3 or 8 P- B3 P-Q3 ,. R- B1 8-K3 a l'e s uperior here. bu t the Ilosition is sUII Now the win Is forced, but Black has far C,-om won. no good moves. 30 .. . R- K8t 31 K- B2, 17 B-Q2 P-B3 33 . . . . Q,B 35 Q-N3 B- Q3 BxB 32 QxB! QxQ 33 RxQ carries the 17 . . N - N2 pl'e\'ell ls 18 P-B ~ , but 34 Q-B2 K- B2 36 N- Q2 . decisive thl'eats of 33 R- B8 mate and 311 t.hen 18 N-N5, B-BI ]9 P- KB4! foHows. . . . KxR. 18 P-B4 N_N2 t _ check; ~ = dbl. ehe~k ; I :::: dis. eh. 268 CHE SS REV IEW, SEPTE MBER, 1967 Suetin vs. Korehnoy ( White) The press table: Boris Saharov (right) and Petar T rifunovieh.

And, Indeed, T ahl found an Important reo 21 . . . . B-K2 Inforcement for White here. Black seek s to cllstle long. SICILIAN DEFENSE M ikhail Tan! R, Bogdanovich Soviet Union Yugoslavia 1 P- K4 P-QB4 4 Nx P N- KB3 2 N_KB3 P-Q3 I) N-QB3 P- QR3 3 P-Q4 P.P 6 B-K N5 P-K3 1 P_B4 Q-N3 This a ttem pt. though adopted by some i mposing authorities, must be unsound, 8 Q-Q2 QxP 14 NxN BPxN P_R3 36 . . . . 9 R-QNl Q-R6 15 B- K2 Px? 'I'his innoc ent· looking move is /I. seri· 10 P- B5 N-B3 16 0-0 8-B4t ous mistake positionally. Black 's K D4 11 PxP PxP 17 K_R1 R-B1 22 Q- B2! · . . . and KN3 lire weal,ened and ·Whlte's 12 NxN PxN 18 P_B4 RxR t Wh en 'l'lI hl begins his attack, there's Knight on Q2 will handily occupy KB5. 13 P- K5 N-Q4 19 RxR B-N2 not mudl left but prayer in defense, 37 N-B1 P- N3 39 Q-KB3 B_K2 SO far, t he game Is identical with 2 ~ .. .. 0-0-0 38 P_N4 B_QBl 40 Nj 1_K 3 B_B1 F'lsehel'... as ci ted above. Geller Or 22 . .. Bx13 23 Q- D7t, K - Q1 24 QxB 41 P-KR4! .". fol lowed by 25 DxP. Black can do noth ing agai nst the 23 B- 8 4! threat of -12 P- H5 which frees Whlte'li · . . . KB5 for his Kni!;hl. Tile blows raJn on. Black has no de· fellse against 24 13x Pt. 41 . , " B_K N2 44 Q-QN3 Q_N2 42 P-R5 P_N4 45 Q)(Q ••Q 23 .... B-Q] 43 N-B5 B_Bl 46 K-Bl B-B3 24 BxPt K_N1 The queslion now is if Black can pl'e· Or N .. ' K- D2 25 P."I:P. vent the enlry of White's K ing on the 25 Q- N6 BxB Queenshle. Only Black's Qll een BlshoJl At t his point, IJhl Ck has to slve up tir e ("oun ts all h is King and othel' Bishop II l'e 8 xeha nge. tied to defense of th e Kingside. 26 QxRt K-R2 47 K_K2 K_K3 51 K_B2 B_ K1 27 R... QN 1 Q-Q3 B_Q2 48 K-Q2 B- R5 52 K_N3 20 Q-B2! , . . . :\"ow the Queen returns 100 late from 49 P-B3 B- 8 3 53 K_N3 B_Q2 Hel'e i s T alil's I·c-i nforcement. F ischer its holiday. 50 N-B3 B_Q2 54 K_R3! . . . . ca me Into a blind alley a f ter 20 D- !\4, 28 BxP! • • • • White kills a tempo. On 54 .. B -Q2, P xP 21 BxP, Q-Q6 22 Q- Kl, B- K5!! Talil i!:i always elegant, especially In White has 55 N - B7t and 56 NxQRP; on L ilienthal's suggestion may be even 54 ... O- Kl, he has 55 N-Oit, 56 NxJj a winni ng llOsition, On 28 .. . QxQ, there stronger than Tahl's mOl'e: 20 B-Ql: follows: 29 RxBt and 30 H-Q7~. and then K-n~ -5 . wIth threat of 21 Q- Q3 {21 .. , QxQ?? 28.... BxB 54 .... P-R4 22 D- Rlt, etc,]. On 20 , .. B- D3 21 29 QxQ BxQ 55 K_N3! . . , . Q ... I\2! W hite has mallY tllI'eats: e.g. 22 30 R- Ql Resigns Now White prepal'es N-ll3- N5 lind QxP and 22 Q- H5t, Followers of Olbs I'aria!ion of the Slcll· K- H4. nhl ck's situation is hopeless. 20 , ... P_K5 Ian Defcn~e have to be worried after 55 , • . . K_Q2 57 N_Q5 K- Q2 B lack must obstruct t he diagonal of this game. 56 NxPt K- K 3 58 N-B3 Resigns hi!! Queen Bishol) which was ~o danger· ous In F isdler-Geller. Tahl Finds What Fischer Didn't 21 B_N4 , . . . BRIT ISH C HeS S MAGAZ INE (1'65 Annua l) The team captain didn't k now w hat T ahl's attack shows more Invent ion 368 paces + l:vl pag es Index. Red eloth blndln&". Gold ·blocked spine. ZU cam... Bogdanovich Pro,~sed to play against thall Fischel"s though it must be con· Covers all tho! major eventa. An ab80lut6 T ah!. If he'd known It was as i n F ischer­ fe~sed he has t he ad" lultage of home lJll rpln!! Geller, Monte Carlo 1967 [ page 168, June analysis. Now thi s move Is too strong. Send n (bl1ls) + I S<:: (a tamps) 19 - Ed,]' he'(] have cautioned agai nst sui· 21 ... Q- Q6?? allows 22 Q- R4, followed The Britis h Chell Magulne Ltd, 9 Market S treet, ST, L EONAR Da ON SEA, cide. FOI' Tahl Is known as the gr'eatest by mate. A small touch to the picture Sunex, England. foe in the 1\'OI'ld of the Sicilian Defense. makes all the dtHerence.

CHESS REV ItW, SEPTEMBER , 1967 269 l:\

Tatjana Zatulovska, winne r of the wome n's tournament. Truce amongst Kuschni r, Tahl, Suetin, Saharov and Georgadze.

Su etin's Catastrophe 19 N- B3 33 . . . . P- K6! Slletin'!! first blow came frOI11 Geller. 19 0 - Q3 is better. For • arier this Bish· Here is the decisive break th rOllgh. op gO%, White is weak on (he lig ht Even so, he might have lived if he hadn' t 34 PxP • • • • SQl1Ill·es. ardently clinched the Dalmatian Slin ami The somewhat belter answer·, 3.] Q- K 2, sea. They destroyed what Geller left. 1 9 • • • . B,B s till loses to 3-1 . . . PxPt 35 Qx!>, HxHt 20 QxB Q_N3 36 RxH, HxHt 37 QxR, U- Q4t 38 K- Hl, RUY LOPEZ 21 Q_ KB5 . . . . A. S uetin Y. Geller ExP. T he lexl is played superficially and Soviet Union Soviet Union 34 . . . . N,P is the ~ource of While's latet· troubles. The K ni ght dominates the II OSitioll. 1 P-K4 P_ K4 7 B_ N3 P- Q3 Liquidalion by 21 QxQ. PxQ 22 P-K5, 2 N- KB3 N_QBS 8 P-B3 0 - 0 PxP 23 HxP leaves Black wilh an 1Il­ 35 N- 63 R- Q4 3 B-QN5 P_QRS 9 P-KR3 P-KR3 significant advantage. 36 Qx R • • • • 4 8-R4 N_ B3 10 P-Q4 R-Kl 21 . . . . R-K3 .i\lere desperation. 5 0-0 8-K2 11 QN-Q2 8 - 81 It is easy to see that K5 is the SO] ·'" 36 . . . . NxQ 39 R- Q2 6 R_ Kl P-QN4 12 P-R3 . . . . 37 RxR t QxR ~ pot in While's position, and Ulack COIt­ 40 R- QB2 The normal 12 N-Bl is beUer. ce nu·,ttes all his forces on it. 38 RxN Q- N1 41 RxB 12 . • . . B-Q2 Resigns 22 R-N1 R/1 - K 1 P_QR4 13 8-82 23 B- K3 Q-RJ Black's Bishop on Q2 requil'es Queen­ 24 B_Q2 Cotch os Catch Can ~ide !trtion: on QN2, 11 later P - Q4. This is White's only a ns\\"et·. g 8 - Q3 .... BogdanoYich perceived that Suetin's 24 . . . . P- R5 26 Q- B2 sword was not cutiing so sharply as The position seems innocuOll s , and 25 P-K5 P-N3 ! 27 QxBP P- K5! nSIl~l l. So, in th is game. h e decided to a e· White starts in on SOllle s mall ina CCIH" 28 N_R2 . . . . cept t he sharp play which S uetin sought ades. H P- Q5 is right; also 15 P- QS. Here is lhe point of illad,·s attack; io force. and correctly. 14. . . . Q_N1 White cannot reply S N- Q·I because of Black threatens a Queen·side blockade 28 ... ll- Q3! 29 B- B3 ? R - BJ and his SICILIAN DEFENSE with . . . P- RS and ... N-QR·1. Queen i ~ t rapped or 29 Q- B3. HI l - Q1 30 Rajko Bogdanovich A. Suetin 15 Q-K2 .... B- K3, U- N2! with deciSive ]lressme by Yugoslavia Soviet Union Black's pieces. 1 P-K4 P-QB4 4 NxP N- QB3 28 . . . . N- Q4 2 N-KB3 P_ K3 5 N_QB3 Q- B2 T hl!; Knight, however, take~ 1l. ~tl"ong, .'l P-Q4 6 P-B4 P- QR3 {-en tralized Ilosition. 7 B- K 3 .... 29 Q-N3 The iext is better than the IlSual 7 • • • • B-K2. KxN 8 QxN, N- K2 and 9 . .. K-E3. 29 Q- Bl i~ better. 7 . . . . P-QN4 29 . . . . P-R4 8 NxN QxN Black p r e"ent~ 30 N- N4. 9 B_ K2 .... 30 QR-Q1 Q_N4 32 Q-N5 R_ K4 31 B-B1 B_N2 33 Q-Q2 .. .. One more el"rOI". 33 Q- N 3 or Q- R·l is coned. Now White is lost. 15 . . PxP! Bladl bases his cO ll nterpiay in an at­ tack on the Ki ng Pawn.

16 PxP • • • • Or ]6 NxP, NxN 17 PxN, P- B4! a nt! ·White's "strong" center is a target 16 . . . . Q- N3 17 BxP • • • •

White has notlling better. Black wim; 9 • • • B-R6 after 17 P- K5, NxQP 18 NxN, RxP ! SlIettn is noted for squirreling a way 17 . . . . NxQP opening nOI'e lties to u se. H er·e is one, 18 NxN QxN lmOll'n from lYkov-Szabo, bllt mack's 270 CHESS REV I EW, SEPTEMBER, 1961 sudden alta<:k ended unsuccessfully: 9 Precision Play The ending i s a very hard one to win . . . . P- N5 10 3 - D3, PxN 11 P-K5, PxP or two perfect games by Korchnoy, in 34 P_N4 K-K2 39 K-K4 R_N4 12 R- QN1! Q- D6t 13 B-Q2, Q-R6 DxR. 14 the style of Capablanca, this one is par· 35 P-N5 K- Q3 40 R-R2 K_B3 10 B_Q4 BxP ticularly precise in the endgame (ror 36 K-Q3 K-B3 41 R-R1 K_N3 11 NxP!! 6 x R Kot"chnoy-lvkov, see page 264). 37 R_R1 P- K4 42 R- R2 K_B4 12 BxB PxN! P- B3 K-N3 43 R-R1 K- Q3 GR U EN F E LD DEFE NSE On 12 .. , K - Bl 13 N- Q6 1 Black reo " 43 .. K - N5 4·1 R- Nit. K - R5 .15 taitl~ the Exehange but has a passi ve M. Taimanov V. K orchnoy R- Rl t, K-N6 46 H-NIt gets no\\'lIel'e. and bad position with his King Rook Soviet Union Soviet Union 44 K- Q3 K-K3 48 R-R2 K-B4 long out of play. So he decides correctly 1 P_Q4 N- KB3 45 R-R2 P-B4 49 R-R1 R-NSt to return the Exehange and seek Queen· 2 P- QB4 P-KN3 46 PxP e.p. KxP 50 K_K2 R-N7t side ehances. 3 N- QB3 P_Q4 47 R-R1 P- R4 51 K- Q3 . , . 13 Bx KNP Qx K P The Gruenf eld i s a great favorite of 51 K - Bl, R- N4 52 R- R1 is better, 14 0-0 , . . . Korchnoy's. 51 . . , . R_KB7! 14 BxIl at once allows no proper de· 4 P- K3 B-N2 52 P- B4 P- K5t fense for White's K night Pawn after 1·1 5 B- Q2 0 - 0 53 K-B3 . . . D-N2. • • • 6 PxP . . , . 01' 53 K - Q4, R- Qit and 54 14 . . . . RxP 6 N- B3 is better. White can deiay t his R-Q6(t). 15 B- Q3 • • • • exchange. 53 . . . . K-N5! 55 P-B5 Else, B lack's attack on t he seventh 6 . . . . N, P 54 RxP K-B6 56 RxPt ['ank becomes dangerous. 7 B-84 N_N3 57 RxP . . . . 15 . . .. Q- K6t 17 BxR N-R3 8 B-N3 P- QB4! White has established a balance in 16 K- R1 B-N2 18 BxNP B- Q4 White has failed in the opening. For material. But his King is too far off and 19 R_B3 • • • • his play, especially 5 B-Q2, has been cannot !lupport the advance of his Pawn. Or 19 P- B ·l , BxP mate. The text seems dlrectetl against thi s last move. That is the dedsive factoI'. strong; but ] 9 B - Q3 with threat of 20 9 PxP N/3-Q2 Q-R5 is cOl"l'ect. 10 N-R4 N- R3 11 B-B3 , ... White's lukewarm opening pIny com· pels him to this liQuidation an(! search fot' a draw. 11 R- B 1 permits 11 ... N- K4! 12 B- B2, B- Q2! 11 , . . . N/2xP 13 NxN 12 8x8 K,B 14 QxQ 15 B- 62 . . , . 15 B- B.f: followed by 16 N'- B3 is ('or' r eet and gives Black but a small edge. 15 . . . . P- QN3 16 N-K2 . , .. 57 . . . . R_B3 White's Pawn must be sto[lped on n6. 19 . . . . Q- B4 Now ]6 N - Ba is met by 16 ... B- HS! Hence, we see the point of .15 8 - -D ·1! 58 R- R8 . or COU l'se, 19 . . . BxR allows mate . . after 20 QxPt. The rlght answer, holV' 16 . . . . B_N2 KOl'chnoy demonstrated t wo other pos· eVel', is 19 . . . N - N5! Then both sides 17 R-KN1 . ... sibilities h ere: 1) ;'8 K-B2. K-D2 59 have to aeeep t the decision which they White's difficulties mount . 17 0 - 0 (ails H-K5, P- K6 60 K-Q3, R-Q3t 61 K - K4, are trying to avoid after 20 RxQ. N-B7t ~ gains t 17 , . . R-Q7; 17 P-B3 i s un· P- K7 62 K - B4, R-QSt 63 K - N5, R- Q4: 21 K-Nl, NxQ 22 R- Q3, RxP! 23 RxN', pleasant i n view of 17 ... B - Il3. And 2) 58 R- QBS, K-82 59 P - H5, P- K6 60 RxPt 24 K- Bl, RxP. White cannot no\\' connecT. his Rooks. K-Q3, P-K7 61 R-B2, K - D6 ! DJack wins 20 P_B4 B-B3 17 . . . . 8 _K5! in each. 21 BxB Q,B 18 BxB 58 .... R- B3t ! 22 Q_N1 R-K7 19 N-B3 . . . This move is preci se and Important. Black thinks still to aUack. 22 Whit.e has no good moves and lllust 58 . .. K - B7 59 H- K 8! P - K6 60 K-Q3. R- Rl is cort'ed though White h as the concede a Pawn to free hi s Rooks, 19 R-Q3t 61 K - K4, P- K7 62 K - B5 allows edge after P- R3 and B-B6. R- QBl is met by 19 . . . N - B4! the \V!lit e King 1.0 r eaeh its Pawn. Now White fOJ'ces the win. 19 . . , , N,N 59 K-N2 K- B7 20 PxN R- Q6 60 R- KBBt • • • • 21 K- K2 . , , . 60 P-R5, P- K6 61 P .. R6 , R- KB3! 62 01' 21 R-QBl, R-QBl 22 P-QD'l, R- R6 P- R7, R - B2! shows how Biacl,'s Rook 23 R- D2, R- RS. ~a n hold \Vhite's Pawn effec tively. 21 , . . . RxBP 23 P- QR4 R-B7t 60 . . . . K-K7 22 KR_Q1 R/l·QB1 24 K- B3 . . . 61 P- R5 P- K6 - 62 R-KNB , .. , Tl'ading a pair of Rool(s only eases m ack's lask. Whit e has lIO llsehll move. K01'chnoy's calculation has been fine a nd exact. 24 .... R/1- B3 29 R- QN4 R-B4 25 K-N3 R/3-B4 30 K- 83 K_B3 62 . . . . R-KR3 25 P-R4 R-QR4 31 K-K4 R,P 63 R-N5 K-Q6 27 R-Q4 P-QN4 32 R/4xR P,R 63 . , . K - B6 allows 6·1 K - llS 1 R-K4 P- K3 R,P P-QR-l- K_ K5 K_KB 23 Q-N8t K_K2 28 33 64 R-Q5t 68 R-B8t 65 R-QB P-K7 69 R-B5 R-B3t 2~. B- BS t!! . . . , 66 K-B2 K-K6 70 K-N2 K_Q7 This sacrifice is elegant. IT'S YOU R MOVE ! Remember! Give us six weeks notice or 67 R-KBt K-B7 Resigns 24 , .. , KxB change or address. Copies do not get 71 R-Q5t, K - K6 72 R-K5t, K - B6 25 Q- Q8 t Resigns 0" forwarded and also can tak e weeks en_ 73 R- K 8, Black has th e decisive 73 , . . t = check: * = d bl. check: § _ dis. ch. route. So we must have notice early! R-B3, then .. . K-B7. (: HE$S REVIEW, SEPT£M BER, 1967 271 Actlvltln ot CHESS REVIEW Postal Cheu JACK STRALEY BATTELL players: game reports &. ratrngs, names of new players, pr lze·wln ners, selected game5. Postal Chess Editor t ourney Instructions &. editorial comment.

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So,·,· is il,.li ss :I·r '"" 46- 1638 57 R E Lohrman . 1616 l ' ~N)e l' C 32 S S imcoe .. . . . 1660 -47 AJMack . .. . . 1638 58- T Muelle r ... . . 1605 l'ep)el' \" \., Norwick W J 832 PHdval S G NOl hnagle 0 \V 10'1"'8 33 H Rothe ...... 1656 -48 W Raudenbu sh 1638 _59 S J Rundlett 1608 Xova k D SH Pel'ea .\ 1 L S ovic k D I ~ 34- R E Pohle . .. . 1654 49 T Pehne c ... , . 1636 60- S J Elowitch . . 1606 Pel'ctti I,' PCI'e l>: H No\'lck D .1 - 35 J B Siavich . . . 1654 -61 P Sc hreiber . . . 1606 Nowa.k I' J 1"266" Perki ns J H Xugue I" '"' 36_ G Katz ...... 1652 62_ VSmith .. . , .. 1602 i'erkuhn B n u Pel'lman J Xu nzlata C A s6v _37 D Kucera . . .. . 1652 'l'!e bl'aekots shown: -63 W E Smith 1602 NIiSillofr '" llS~ e .);". by 34 - & · 35 or p",'''''llt '1' J Xu ~~ G IU76 -38 R B Potter . . . 1652 39·, · ·10 & _H 64 R L Collins . . . 1600 P"" lmutter J Xu""er [" ],,(00 l'NTi R Oaker W R ]366 P~ rt' oue H E Oakes G 13 I~ H P""n' B Oakes W A Okohl F C 1392 Or<:hoff J 1172 Ott J 0 5~$ Pulfre.'· C S P elT;' G A Oa lis .\ 1 E 681, O·r.....a 'T :l1.J 12 ~0 O rem P D n" Ottesen G E n, Pnlmedo R 5nt P ",-r)" .1 Obel·g S IW2'" 011'\' A 107 0 Orendorff E J G~O Ouellette .1 \. 821) Pa lmer [) ""90\) I 'CITY \ \' O'Brien H E 9 18 Oli\'eau D 98G O r !~a.k E no Ouimet H 1388 Pa [m'luist .J A 9110 P " l'I')" W L O·Hl"lell J P 8611 Oli,..:",cl" .J 628 Orl"l1(\ A 1190 Our~ l e r J \I' 7 S2 Palomho n 79S PHtmnn A E O' Hrlen :I[ 9H Oliver G 900 O l"l"e I{ L OuU"w 1,' C 600 P a m pel J I~ ~ O ( I I'eskowit>: P O"hs R 62u Olmst ea oj ]) 79 1 Ortega 0 F­ Overl>rook It 12r.O Pa naceione J R Ptll~rm" n E L '"' i'Ckr~O ll B J O·Conncll H Olsen C 0 980 Orth P J 1180 Ow C H 1266 Panek H B 7·1~ "'" '"" D O'Connell :II '1' 91~ O l~en H C l OGO Orllt T O"'en It 7~S Pan kin :I( 1202 l'tll"rron O·Conner It I:: '"" Olsen ;,\Ii HS K 111 2 Pel"rson D 0 10(;2 O~a d <:a B lln O wens B E I SIS Pantazi X O·Connor ' V J 12 02 Ol5en S 5R~ 57r,'" U," Pelerson g O"\"'I'n C \\' O well~ J T{ 1300 P a p p a~ C C 1102 Ol~ on D K 11 fo r. Pelerson E H Od,""well er It P IOG8 O~))o rn .J 020la .J 15 GS Pap p ,,~ P S ~iII1 Pe l ""~on K L O·Donnell J E 31 tl O·Mellll. R 7G2 O,,))ol' n .1 A 752 Pace I, Pa'1 11 ay A O· D0!1I1cll T J I 13 1 O·Xell lJ foS2 '"" 6 ~2 PelCl'SOn L S O.< l>o rne r. 1280 l'addoc k D 9r,~ P" ran~c\'ic i \,.~ .r 133~ P eterson R A Oehrlein V D 64 r, O'Xell G GOO Osborne T~ 1010 G P agano or 1 0 I 0 P a re J ~'Ii) i'el"rson S 01:"1l1 J ~I ].II S O·Xeil R 1576 OHborne ~Ii ~s -'1 74 6 Pa(llkau D Ii O' ;\" eill H P 13nZ 121 ! Parcmel\lI P ,\ 109 ~ Pel"rson \\' -'I O/: ullliek -'I 10. 4 OS lerma n G 1256 P aetow P 1" l Oll Parfitt A 103t O'Hearn J P II ~ [ OP!) K l1G·1 l' et~I'~ons P. Oster man L '00 P a frrath H H 1 5tl) Pa rham F 12i2 O'Keere A 1;.[ Oppenheimer J 62~ 05t! und A E P,,'i,hory L "l' P a ge D m P "ri>'en1l R J 71) ~ P<'!rIlS L -'I O' Keefe r:; Orbanowski ;II rs 2·IS OlHrlker J 1 \.lS Pal':'e g '" 113S Pariza H \\' I1S,) P"tt is ~ (j ss I~ "" OSII'oot N 75S Pag,; G 7 401 Parker ]) A 1 tn,; l'farr J S O ~ l ro w MI ~s 1': Rating Classes 86 ~ Page G 0 I 3!;0 Pnr ker E 600 P ri llmm I~ A Ostrowe r H 101S PagO J 9!)/) Park er I,' :II Phares C Class A 1300 and up Class C 700 to 998 Oswald D T, 87·1 Page .\[ I~~ ~ [ "W Oswal<1 L J Paige I' ~ r 67·1 "" Class B 1000 to 1298 Class D below 700 Ratings as of June 30, 1967 Otis C K n~'" Palange J l~ 132·1 272 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1967 RothschJld E A 922 . - A lll'l, AG 13~2 '"' Rottman lI{ 1300 HW 1536 HIe! Rouhik D 1354 T SO" 690 Rouner 'V D R54 B A 1390 "00 Rou~e n 776 K 96·1 Rowe E P ~4S 1090 Rowe '" J 794 "'"600 8.~'"" Rowehl Miss J A 4'r. 1124 10J.! Rowland C R 900 E n22 Roy P E 75-1 602 l~~ ~ Royalty D :\[ 612 '".,,·12 1022 Roza L J 900 1092 GIS Rozman D r D 12S4 D 1218 Rubinstein S Ion G 1080 "'.n.~ Rubi.'> C S 1562 90Q 9'1') Rucker H J HS OOS Rudelis G Hill 70~ I02~"'" Rudolph F A 1216 1202 772 Ruddell 1111'S n 1252 G3S 791) Rudolph L 600 GIS 12~R Rudolph L D 1186 780 ~72 Ruebel .T S 122 99S L 77-1 Rufer W H 1070 I;no 900) Ruff R 1322 P 508 L J .r 5" Ruffin Miss B 646 J1H 7~1 Rufty A 1394 D 901) 6~g Ruguber S 600 ,"9 13 J.l Rugs G 1346 1I3U A Ruhlen C L 636 50" 1112 1300 Rub: G J 1340 1078 E Ruiz H 978 1422 1092 '"' WG Rule J fo' 800 1372 1212 J Rumley J 968 900 L Rurnoh1' H "'[ 726 1272 Rundlett S J 1608 '"" ;:;;;;;;:~~ LLes W 13'18 "" Ruscio A L 1134 1352 r~ 812 Russanow G 1336 F "'"6UO 12·18 Russell C A 990 1126 1142 ::~ij~¥[ A RUSMll E B 1156 1574 Russell H '" 1140 C ElIse Russell K B 962 '"" r~ 84S Russell S 660 1618'" R L 11~O Russell W C 800 R 12GO '"'SO Russo A J nG 9110 524 Rutherford R 1064 R A 5':;'1 ,SO Ruys F C H22 90)0 I09J Ryan lit L 900 9ull Ryan W ~OO B 428 8tH Ryan W F HG 1060"'" 165".·\ 5N Ryden E \V 1102 1-178 1532 Ryder \V H 798 10~6 1578 1240 w &lam R b' 850 595 1198 SSO Salmto 0 D 119-1 '" J 1058 Sacil$ D 1130 n" 86$ 1278 13~6 "" Sachs 0 B 1312 1118 '00 Sudewater I" I1~0 822 850 '80 '" Safran B D 900 1150 622 6~O Safflote J 712 .~n;. '08 1282 Dage L L 1056 '" 8~O Sailor D E 976 402 1042 Sailor R 6()0 H52'" 62S 1060 13tO 682 Saint C P 12'10 1326 HH 1312 Saint C R 636 81;0 Sakarias hl 806 1220 H6 756 St Martin S 1316 '" "'0 o 831 lOH 1018 Sl lI'lurtin 8 K 784 121}() 568 Sale" P 86S 1512 ~H Sulnwnson L K 1 24~ 1538 54~ Sal\'ato 0 P Salvitti I{ E l(1.11 J O~S 1II J 830 SSE! Sammons D G '"874 1322 J C H~S'" Dample l{ J ~ 616 123·\ Sampsoll C '" y IOfi6 980 t35r. Sump~on D r:; la2 1061, 1348'" Sampson Q I{ 1810 00" p 806 Samuels F 938 952 1290 Sanduk D 1034 90~ 900 Sandel F D 13H 161;Z Sander N D SOU 500 5\0''" Sanders G B 560 J S50 SH Sanderson H C 8 900 1246 11UG Sands J) F 1660 90" 97'J Sandstrom E 105t 7M 11GS Sandwelss J R SO, 790 1110 Sanrord R A no 1550 Salin A R 1140." 5~G 1066 Sanslone Mrs 'V 1138 13S0 1528 Santarius J 9(){l 1190 996 Santos D 895 702 1030 Sappenfield J 5' '00 l!·1 S G 9-12 Sarar J 756 Sarfr W . W 120U '"" Sass J "00'" ]024 '""9~6 Saudek G 858 1250"" 1HZ Sauer R F SaG 85') U16 Sauriol A \V Sautter H 13s"' IS '" Sauv"geau P 900 1362 Savage R E C 131)') m'"' Savary G R Ion 1024 8al'0 F SO" 1180 Sawyer H '~<",'~ ;\I" 70,1 l(}4S Sayre R S U 510 J?-' 83.\ Scammon C A 781 lllG Scarowsky I Schaaf W H 1036 09. Schaefer D '"" ""71<1 Schaefftlr K 1016 SchaMgen J R 1192""'" o Schafer E F SO" 12"0 Schafer F L D 16S6'" Schaffel r l>I PE P 12()O Schaffer H III 139(,'","'" B ;'II 11 ,16 SchaUer 1'1-[ M J !:iao 5'0 Schar! R H B "'" CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1961 273 I ~ IO T~r. ThonlR" r,; A 5S2 151 $ 511; ThO'l1"~ 1,;.:1 A 1382 I ' ~ 1 A 516 Thon1>." H C 12~ ,1 Th om a ~ Ii L. F 1172 13 18 '"~56 Tho m,,~ .r \S'nS" III II Thom M K 812 I I ro: SOl!) 'I'hom(\~ K A SS t Si 1 HH 1(11 ~ Thoma ~ ~I OM IMl 66-1 Tho mm, R ' OS ,. Thom ~~ \ " J I ""I,H S 'SG " Thom ;,~ , v R I1~S 1302 UIH". T hom,.""n M M 682 ,S: Il l.! '010ml'BOn B . "e "g'/ 109& P 121", 'I'homplOOn D R I) 1/15.1 A E ." ThomPllOn a E ,M B X ." Thom~" G H II! ! C W l O~G"" Tho m"""" .J E A U S, C>­ 14 9 . . '"~, o/) ,"" Thomp""" I~ G 1 ~-t eM 1028 Tho mPIIo n P L 1 ~(IO C::i ,.. GH \6'"14 Thom~n R 123" D 1512 R 10i! Thorn P1!(ln R '" 1016 DC 101·. It ,"5 Thoms J C H &r D ,-k" Thom50n .r EA J3."~;) ." E L 71t"" 'l'ho m """ .J '" 10.H F I' 11 16 S ~ .'i fl Thorpe ,\ F l2uS G SN1 T ho r!!en J F I 2lS Gll l v.J~" Throop '1' A G r ,,!> ~. ~ 80S Thrush l' ."1!3 He 7: ~ lOoH'" 'fhlt""n I. SO, J F IIlG Thurma" 0 0 13M 1.11 l1li J A '"51 0 536 Thur m a n J B 932 J OJ..' H IJ U ~'HI T hurmo ",[ R \\' J3 ~a 11 5 ~ Joo 13 ·~6 'l'!le ~to ll .\lrB J OM K' I ~~·1 TillllS R Ii I\~ r l\l lUiS ''''nG Timm .1 C '10 .\1 U I fl ~ Ii Timmalln r.. \V 61111 ;\1 I '00 '.rIngle .1 [, lu~ ~ 12(1 0 Tlnl'er ~] '"~ I.'; 9ti ~ 11.;(} Tiron e tI F PU I ~ iti 131'·1 Tkacz A p '1' ~ ~o 81'2 T(JCk"",,, A ft J ~u~ 1010 Todd J .\1 A RL Toht~ I;; U "~,~ It ". .. A lr.2 T o k oph ~ r H J Hay )1 W ~ '"' Tollns A [) I,UO 14'0 11.0 11 U I)I) T olins I S , l :l~ b 7S·1 Tollerson C n -, l W~ 1 5 ~1 Tolley J S A E "I ~ ~ 18 Tomaino P B I ~~'l 6iW, Toms ~ J S Hit; 11 91 Tomich J P ,- ll ~l Tomko J 'V p 11M; 992 il l S T onelli .J ~ 1 ~~.: 11 6-1 T ookmn n ia n » L: 1011 Torn ow It J "~ 1I "8 1I1~". 9';(; TotTes I ~ J ,W 8:> l T Ol te C ',, ~ :U ;'61 T o,,']e J I) I3CS Towne~ U [0' H Ill! T own > R o 9GO Trone H I{ A 1028 'J'rotzuk a R 984 Troyer .1 Truesde l 0 L 'I"J 'I'rul n I, "" Trull E V 'r..chopp I' T '"4,,4 TuCker I : i O'! T UC ker r. ill 97 0 Tucker T I!OO Tull R 80S T ull)" It L 56& Tuma ~ ik G " t3!~ Turbin 1 B R H I6 Turkel S C ' ~ 1I Turmell R L. w~ Turne r r. I~ G g:,u 'J'urne r I) II 1~ S Turne r H '\' E A.J :'1 ! TU",,,r \\' \ \' CW C IIl0 Turok J ,\ r " T CL :\( T 89~ '",,"Ie J J.; L A 524 TUllie 1. \\' 131'1 "''''aiten 'r " ~" :" G W G o 1 ~ G T 'n nen 0 L G 101 T"'i!;l; I) W Tykol ;\11 88 S I ""I r.~ 'l')'k win"k r I) A W" 'f)'1er .J T)'m"la k W GA I .87"'."2 Tyner G II 8 1 Tywn .J D K ~~I Ul>ertl J 761 Vltto It J C G U,S U1relc h R A, J 1082 Ulrich J '" N 6;, 0 Umble 1 ~ A A usn Uml!\~ It A 274 CHESS REVIEW, SlPTfMBER, 1961 )lr~ I;; H2 Winlerber!{ K l Sf.·1 Zlk (> T '"0 Zonie~ P - nOI) Winters .I '~2 "'{mme ,. J E r,WI %onie~ 8 1122 CHESS BY MAIL E 10:;8 \\'intheim H r,~2 "'i to R 1 I 96 Zuelli;; S 9:11 ) S% Wipper .I 1"~I6 Zi lze l' .I F i3'"1 Zufelt E ./ Sr,4 li9~ WlseEX n\ "'oll.--r .J 'I' %unlga r\ I ZIIII If you havt! not played in our tourneys r,'0(1 ' Vise K E Jl 16 "',oIOt S "'~~.i4 7."~l .I 1 ~,!2 before, please specify in Which class you ~~o Wise P ]3,, 0 ZOUl.:.r._e hoo D J i 3110 Zwell .'or 1~I;n ',22 \VI '«CI{""\'el' B B H31 would like to start, We recommend ~r,n Wl1>ele)' T D 8 1S Class A for unu.ually strong players, lV i 1>~ i l{ .\ \V 1 01111 NEW POSTALITES 7n~ \\'lt~lls E F ,~t, Class B for above av~rage players, Claes '"%,; Witili. D ~I S S ~I The following new P O~lal Che. • 8 p l"ye"~ C for about average players and Class 1 r. n; '''ilte i" D ,r,·1 hc~·"n in July with ,he~e "atings: o for below avel"llge. If you have played, 101 1~ \Vlttm~n .\1 11~r, CL AS S A at 1300: D A Bryan, T r~ CHn . H ~21 \\'oehcke C 13"" please state your probable rating, "i,,;;h!lm . ./ F'osll.!len. To: A Poe. H SconyGrs 1 ~~ " \Voelfin~'er .I A ]"012 Mail prope r entry coupon below, or I ~1iss ~lir. Wohlg'cnmth R 91;·1 ""d .I Th"",es; Wojnowski L D 8.~2 copy of it, to CHESS REV1E.W, 134 Weet 7to" CLASS · B at 1200: P Becker.. r Chesll(,,·, ,\1 ·172 \\' o Jt o", ic~ J L SIIJ H J P L K B 72d Street, New York, N. y, 10023, nS 'l Wolcott ~Ir s D W;J2 lJillof, 1·'OJ·,t Geihe l. Goon. 12M \volf .\li ~s C E llU2 H "y,,~. [) HOit, M Kana~,,\\'a. I) S Loon ey. You may enter as many sections as f.~'1 Wolf.IB 11:,,1 it ~I"lO \\'0";; .I 9~O .I Bowli n.':". J H Drake. N" F'.p:-bert. R E Epp~, CLASS TOURNAMENT R Wood B r. j l .I X Good e. \\' Gruel~man. H. A G U 1>~"H l" . .I I\'j[ Enter one of the 4 man groups. W \\"ood F: ]3 1U ~[ Hartle." , H Heath. G H"hn ~tock. R Hud_ 12ZG''" Wood ~' )[ ;;2 4 "e,,~. B To: .J(m~ {m . S Jone8 ..1 D Larki n. You will be assigned to a section with ~ 1S .J I ~"S Wood I ./ \1' LUle~ . .\[ ~[cDonald. D .\[esirm·. A .\ ~ rpi) Wood L E IZr. 6 3 other players about equal to yourself r,{)() Wood L L 754 ~Ti,..·". J W .\1,,1,·ihill. J ~II""·ay ../ )/ethe,·­ in playing skill. You play both White lon. T'; C Pone!". r Rinaldo. P Shefler. E 9T2 \\'ood T 5SS and Black against the other three. You l ilt Wood )ri.~s Y A GIN *ephe n.<. T E Te~lant. ~[ J " 'alzer and S 6U6 Woodbury I.. Sl't. H .\1 Wilson; play all six games simultaneously, two Jill).! Wood bUl'~' ~[ '" 1088 games on one set of postcards. f, "O Woodhu!"\' f\ S~2 CLASS D at 600: To: 1\ Brnlluerg. ~I,.~ C C,,.,­ 13·10 Woodle B St.2 nin;;h"", . .T L Palk . .r Gilbert, ~I .r Ha l·lI. Your game results will be recorded and n 9:18 ',"oodrin);" ~I .I ·Li S I. • H L~"';~. 1:: Pa\"licR. Christine R in ck, R published in CHESS REVIEW as well al 900 Woods A F 1.128 !4 1;50 l{ ollinK.< . ,\ Sll. ndhaus. \\' Splill.- at these ro rmcr mU ".<;,;: 1 2~2 Worden U G III.i2 CHESS REVIEW 0 Chuit if It ntw· H 11 Fie ldi".<; S11i: F Slewart 902; and H I ~ HGu Worden \{ ~O:2 1 134 W. 720 St., COrJItr JO POSt,,! ChtSJ 1 West I '~O . 1>1)11 Worrell 13 R 1),:6 Ntw Yo r k. I'll . Y. & SJ"Jt dass (btlow) 926 \\'rathall D 1" 992 10023 1 u.;~ " 'ren J G 1nl} I 518 W,'lgln A F 1J~2 I enclose S .. . . ____. .. Enter my name in GV I Wrlght ) I!·s A )[ 480 TOURNAMENT NOTES ...... _- . . (how ",any~ ) sections of your I lIi,V • \\'rhdu D \. ~ ~S I Postal Ch ~ ss CLASS Tournaments. The ~-I Progress Reports for 11 \l"r;;;ht E 44') amount e nc' o s~d cove.·s the enl.,y fee of It ]ijI V Wri;;ht Ed ,].I Golden Knights Tournaments $2.50 per section. Kindly sta rt /cont l nu~ STU ~ I Wri;;ht E 13r.-1 I (strlk~ out one) ,ne in Class , ...... l ~IIU II"ril{ht G 9010 S3 S \\'ri;;ht G C 5$S 13th Annual Championship 51ti Wri)l"ht H F 111](; INAME ...... I ~uo I\'rilrhr J il Ill!} In the 1959-60 Golden Knights, Daniel ,,81) It 8\ S \V I' jl{ht L Phllow of Bloomfield, N ew J e rsey, has I ADDRESS ...... 0> ••••• I • ~''') ' 0. WriKley J 9VO won the plllyoH for seventh plate. 5i)~ \1'lIm]erly [( L '"6 CITV • 1;')0 \\" u l"~tel" R F U';Z I ······ ,········,········ ·· ··,······1 71)2 \\,ynsh"", ,\ Jl ss 1" SS ·J STATE ...... CODE ...... , ';I;~ Llf(e A ,\I 91iO 14th Annual Championship L ______I "rlQ \' aHe C D 1120 The 1960·1 Golden Knight6 i~ in tlw 10ti~ "",w.lavage R r,92 ·) 9D~ Yanl~ G 1072 plny·off stllge: no report;; J'eeeived as fo t' ,, ; 6 Y:wIs ,\I 10111 this scoring period. PRIZE TOURNAMENT eVil Yan\~ .'oIl'S 0 600 91'1) 1'" ... "us J HOI Enter one of the 7 man groups. •• 900 \'u~ c olt J P 91)0 15th Annual Championship You will be assigned to a section with J.lH )'hal'rondo D A S6G 93U "ea kel D 304 In t he 1961·2 Golden Knights, no new six other players about equal to your­ 12\1') Y"e J l:jS·1 Finals section has cOlllpleled rlay th is self in playing skill. You play White 5iS Y"hl .J X 13' ~ ; against three of your opponents, Black 6"" Yeli er ~[ R 782 1]]onth. For the c urrent list of pr'ospec· 52-1 , 'el'horr F J 15'IS live cllsh prize winnel'S, see page 242, against the other three-and you play l (J :IO ,' c"ke F A 796 9,,11 Yevula J 11)56 August is:10 (.trlke out on~) me in CI~5S ...... o> D 892 %eller ~J 8118 3·1.1; I? D Dlllicai 32.3; M Bocl, 31.8 ; D Zeltlfn liT 7-18 W S64 Stevenson 23.'1 ; T Slade 19.5; and L G 1214 Zepp" A .r ]052 INAME ...... I 10C,·1 ZC1'oth M M 13-12 I~e a re y 18.75; I1S·! Zgl'abl k K ~·W I ADDRESS ...... "' " ...... 1 8~U Zg"l'uhlk L 6'i~ ·\V~Ight e d pOint total8 are halled on th~ 1 ~12 %ie"ler C A 1258 ICITV·· · ······ · · ·· ·············· .. ·· .. %ieman G 900 following scalt!: 1.0 point~ per win In the ·· I f,9'J prellm.s; 2. 2 ]n semi-l'Inals; and 4.6 In !'Inals. ". Zimmerman F' 99Z 1______STATE ..... 0> ...... CODE ...... _' '"' Zin\tllnski N 131)D Draw~ count half these values. CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1967 27S 63- Nf 11 G R Abl'aUl '16.2 (a pel'£ect J A Veguil1a, D L 'Whitlow, E Brllce, F mauls L ieber ma n. 232 Lockton 1I0ks Slomo_ score); A Donills 36.2; E Brigmanis Stephenson, C A Fenchter, B Wheeler wit,;. 234 Carrigan oonks Carpentor. 239 34.95; J M Di.Joseph 30.05; A Q Hatch Fales fells SqulHacc. 242 O'Connell nips and R R Bass. Atherton. 249 \Voodle wh ipS Buffalano. 23.4; and R C Brandt and D Howard T o u r neys 250 _ 299: 255 Rasmu~sen loses to 20.5 ; 20th Annual Championship &:hensul but licks Murphy twice; La;.;: with . 63.Nf 13 S Baron 38.5; E E Hildreth In the (sUI! current) 1967 Golden draws. 256 Scrivener. Bragdon Jolt Jackson. 34.1; E A Ptlumm 33.5; I Schwar tz 32.8: ~ .'7 Pierce ties Kublsta a nd tops Santarius. Knight~, the foi1owing contenders have 260 Gingras cracks Crane. 263 Cox tops L Thompson 29.5; F G Lach 21.1; and f"\ualified f01" assignment to the Semi· Teel twice and Littell onoc. 267 Hamm fens K Foster 13.8. finals: Foster. 268 .llIred tops Dav is and (2f) \Vln­ W E Lanam, L S Ward, I C Cintins, frey. 274 Maddux m a Uls "'·l ed in and Edge­ There are sun many sections to re· combe. 278 Leroy licks Ba.ll entine twloe. port in: bill, melding those scores as V R Smith, E JLawrence, J Roode, B 281 Cole conks Ca r penter twice. 28·1 Baxter .J Kent. G S Levine and R Murphy. pllblished to date (from completed se,,· IJests Slotnlk and (20 D iodato. 286 Johnson The number of prelim sections is nOli" jars Riegler: Siooum slugs Gibbs. 287 Jessel lions in the Finals), we have this list of 122, a total of 854 contestan ts so fa r. jolts 'Varner. 288 1':achman bests B e lt. 289 prospective cash prize winners: Dea" dow ns Crowder. 292 l"leming tops ( 2fJ Thompson. 2N Schwart7. rcs lgn.'! to a n. 295 Wilner stops Keney and Stllbr:>r. 296 Keith PRES ENT LEA D E R S~ ~p!its two w ith Darby and ties Rodier. 299 G J{ Abram .... -16.2 l~ D Dulical ... . 32 .3 POSTAL MORTEMS Kenner tops T r uitt t w ice. G Goodman .. .. 46.2 ,\I Bock ...... 31.8 I{ Y Cook ...... 42.95 R T Chace ..... 30.8 Ga me R e por t s Received Tourneys 300 • 379, 301 LI!cc. Telford tie. S Simcoe ...... 41.75 A Stys ...... 30.5 during J uly 1967 302 Bankey. Neff spUt two. 305 McNeill nips W A Bahr . .. . 40.75 .f M DiJoseph . . 30 .05 Gotdsmith. 314 SmIth bows to MCFarland E J.' Martin .... ·!0.6 M Sokoler ...... 30 .05 To report results, follow instructions but beats Bea.l. 322 Sproul ChOP8 Pritchard. 326 MUns w ithdrawn. 327 Billney. Michaels E K i rchner . . . . ~0 . 2 L Thompson . . . 29 .5 on pages 4 & 5 of your booklet on Postal P H Volkman . . 39 .65 W Schimel ... . . 29.0 t ie . 330 'ray lor nips Nelson. 331 Cole oonks G Aguller a . . . . . 39.5 :0 K J ulson .. .. 28.% Chess strictly and exactly. Otherwise the H ughen. 339 Lawrence licks Cr ane twke. 340 Leibowitz loses to Gr attan hut Uoks .\\ L Perea . . . . . 39.5 R D Gow ...... 28.85 up report may be m lsrecorded, held or Rasmussen. 311 Sco tt maUls Mcroier . 344 J Sarar ...... 39 .5 J G Robinson . . 28A :-< M Hornstein .39.45 F D Lynch ... . 28.25 even lost. Name winner fint ! 'Vare splits two with Endsley and loses t o S Baron ...... 38.5 J Boldt ...... 27 .3 Edpot T o u rneys 380 . 403 : 384 Oliveau wins from R B Abrams ... 34 .1 R C Brandt . .. . 20 .5 ,hem. look under your ses B r aunstein. 151 Cray bests w ithdraws. lose" (a) to Camnall. 34 Holeey .\[c~lllth hut bows to Tiling. l aG Jackson q ualifi ed fOI' the SemHlnals: downs Adair twice. 31; Benjamin bests Mon _ jolt" O·Xeil. 159 Con ley tops T h icsscn and tague. 38 Cantrell loses one to Lambert, J Partlow D P lemel, K Gordon and (aJ W infrey. 17G Lauer licks ,u,up. 17~ two to Scott . • GOOdllUlIl stops Staples. 202 Neff n ips Pert­ B C Valkenberg. T o urneys 40 _ 99: .\t; !llcCorm!ok wins from m:ln. 2 0 ~ Fontan. 'Vllson tie. 208 Enders downs Shepa,·d. 210 Smiley smites Soott. 213 Delwo. n Ryan loses tWloe to Ramsay. once 19th Annual Championship Keske tics Hubbard and Young and loses to Isenbe,·g. 42 Gilbet't top~ (2{) P r uitt. 43 to HublJuro. 225 SchmIdt downs Adorjan. Noel n ips Labrozzi; Sohlieslng ~ocks SI1 - In the 1966 GoWen Knights, two more kow~k;. H Harvey halh PoUach. 48 Gray 227 Benski ties lind tops Booth. 229 Mantell contenders have qualified for assignment downs de la Bar ra. 49 Kuntor bests Cobb to the Finals: A Sildmets and H Lurie. but bows t o )Iartin. 52 S labaugh t!!ps Flem­ F il e Prop e r R e p Qrt ~ ! ing. 53 Leonard t ies Loustaunau and tops The fol lowing, moreover, have quali· Fill,,!; Imp roper reports leads to Mr!ous Soileau. 58 ' Villiums sweeps Yeakel. Crum­ fied for the SemHlnals: errors. vexing t o us all. a",1 Beer. 61 )Iayer mauls Thur man; Str o n!': S Baron. G nussanow, J N Henriksen, I""or game reports. file strictly as On pagc tops Thurman twice and Moyell: T o u rneys 100 · 219 : 1()~ Reed w;ns from Smith how" to Boykin but beals Beer. 1l Prattes. '['"be,·t. Heeder I'ip Cryer. 62 \\'nllace w h ips lOS Carr oonks Zuelli,cL 10~ Sehll.af bests )lillel' alld Spooner spil l Stuart: "eumanll I'h"H. G3 ~[ i n t z . PeTIT t ie. 61 Belasco besl ~ CharOOnneau. 110 Friedman downs O(l,\"ls lOPS (0 .r l[tIler. 14 Thomas hmlts "'ea,"er 1:>\lt Hol>ertwll. 6~ Ql1n>:za (Illells Lundsledt. 6f. twice. IH Kaminsky bealS Becker. 118 Oab· !>ow" 10 Borker; "egrin nips I'"rank. 1, "arf >:chneid~r . Wood tIc; Olson lllnll ls )Iarples. "ielson soeks I"riedmnn: Rubinstein sloP" muu],< Mel·sereau. 20 HOC)' halts Coplin. 21 Co7 Shll)l~y loses to Br,,;.:don. withdrawn. Sehepel·. 119 Ca~ter lOps Brownaw eH. 12:; n"TI'et( ~lOps Stephens. 22 Kind l'e! down~ ,i l'ops (a) to Priebe. GS Ster" heMS Bucken· i{ancroft heats Hallnon. 132 Lyn lieks Hub_ Dehelak. 23 ~tOlt t rips Tr i a~si: LArral>e" ,Ior(. 69 DeLielo dO,,"I1~ Frank: T.iltrell licks hard. 134 Cooley ~onks Pricbard. 138 H irsch_ Ii<-k.~ I\:i e ~~ling. 32 Hoglund replac<:~ P"re. Pauleka~ . man wilhd,·nw". 172 Yiek"rs beSIS BOls~h I wlee. Sect ions 70·78: 70 Rome<> withdraws. 71 GOLDEN KNIGHTS Doller withdr awn. n Taylo,· tops Keis"r. PRIZE TOURNAMENTS ProgrUsille Q ua lification Championships F INAL.S (Key: 65· Nf) Sections 1 . 15: 1 \V<>Ods \\"11l~ from Dobr lch. Sellen ·man T Ol,l rnament s for P remi l,l ms ~ Crases clips K lein: KleIn. Robertie rip 13th Annual Championship-1959-60 Healh. n Spangler jars JOslin. ; Perry belts Started in 1965 (Key: 65-P) PLAY· O F F MATC HES (Key: 59· Np) Winston but bows to Tuttle: Huj ])er ties l..nch and loses to Perry. ]0 P'Itteson bests TOl,lrneys 1 . 110: 91 Steward wins from Sections 1·4: ·1 F'ldlow tops (2( each) Kowal"kl and Slwrr. ]hllcrort. 12 Smith and ;"\larlca repla.ce Jirone. 102 Batliner. Hill tie. 1M Bullocku" J;OWCl'S and Shulman. l*sts PraUes. 15th Annual Championship-p-1961-2 Started in 1966 (Key: 66-P) FINALS (Key: 61 . Nf ) 19th Annual Championship 1966 TOl,l r neys 1 · 79: 5 P r attes w ins from Weil. 7 Sect ions 1 ·36: 32 lIcKaig. Cove)'ou will PREL.IM[ NARY ROUN D (Key: 6(;.N) I..coo licks Jones. 9 Bumbalough. Ta.bbat tie. rrom HUlI.or: Coveyou conks Hal"\'ey and Sectio ns 1·119: 1 Va.ughn wins from Me· 12 Zimmerman !>ows to Cardena btlt bests llcCun". n Gan?el licks Llnd"r. 34 Camp. Kellne~· . C E insteIn conks Ketth. 8 Lasky AusUn. ]S KalO. Ribner t ie. 22 Brown stops bell. I"l"allk Ii,,; Jans];a. jolts Paleman. 3~ he~ts Bruce. 27 Schlanger licks LM. 30 Siablefonlo 25 WennHstrom tops (0 Ito and Beck b " .~lS AI,,·oyd. 36 Ro;;er rips Derrlng. !laron belts Sabato: 'Vren b"ats Balr. 22 Bunyan. 2G Perry conks Karalaltls. 3t Taka_ Gauson. Herman nip Koole. 31 Russanow 10 tops Kessler. 38 Cake conks Swarbrlck. 39 dps Sampson. -i2 Tessaro tops Cuschl"g. 51 Shulman I>ows to Ba.xter but bests Belt. ~O 16th Annual Championship 1963 !"'\lCh~ nil'''' Neft. 57 Oreene tops Tarbel!. GI) Siory tiel< Lar~eh!re . loses to Partlow and S E MI.F1NA L S (Key: 63. Ns) Heck. Hydc tie. G4 L Roberts rips Plucinski. licks Kuehl. 11 Thoma" stops StOry. 42 Lane. Sect ions 1 ·68: [:; Peckel wins from NiI$s oll. 70 Story stop~ Kessler: Hendricks drubs ArnJ>t llck Plant. ~" Howar th. Schleicher Blanchal-d. 75 Bal·ton. Henrlks~n tie. 17 lie. 51 Weinberg rips Hand. 54 1'anls yerks F I NA L S (Key: 63. Nf) t,'I'eerl\"" cl'''cks Cnun. 80 n..".g~r tops (0 Schr""der. 56 Peha;; bows to Vogel but Sections 1 · 26: 5 Pel'e" wins f rom Bvldt. Welnl>erg. S~ Her"'an halts E<:ksel. 91 K lr­ bests Anderson. S9 Loa withdraws. 66 Ashley 7 S,,"ar!Jrick. \'011 Hagel <1f. 10 Al>rams downs Ulall. ~ lcGl"alh tie. 92 Thrush socks Gats· nips Nels..,n. 72 l'"uj;;'08hl fells Einslelll: Oulicai. l! Brandt bests Hatch but lJOws to ~ ~ rl . 9·1 Gottesmall halts H u ru l ~on . 95 Moore Slephens bests lieer. n Bowerman 1:>e1ls Howard. 13 HiIa,·d. 19 Rich rips Ad"i l·. Lattimore tie. ]04 Hal'alson nips )Ie· ~on: Loo loses to I"h:ming. withdraws. 75 Smith. ~O Gale~ halts Ha,·!. 23 K "ugcr, Sui· ."aUy. 10, "orman. Kelly clip Claxton. 10~ Negrin Illp~ McGrath and Ues Jacob: Pra­ linger tie. 2~ Ye n<:"twr loses to Smith but !·:Iowitch. Woods whip Hodgson. 111 'Vorden ~ak jolts JaCOb. 7& lilatck sweeps Paule­ ties Schuller. lies S lll ile~' and lOps Ha~·es . J 16 Paxton ka.~. Harris and Sandel. 7i Alber ts beats withdrawn. liS Gii>el1o withdrawn. 119 Mc­ Cain. 78 Benningloll. 'Verner conk Kelleher. Gary. Jamison jolt Thomas. 79 Megells, von Sa!eskl tie. 17th Annual Championship 1964 S EMI .FINA LS (Key: 64· Ns) Sections 120 · 149 : 120 Thomas w i n~ f rom T ou r neys 80 . 109: S(I Thomas wins froln Sections 1 ·57: I Browlle d r wilh ;"\]Hco,.,,,ac, '\'ale~ka . 121 Ctntins conks O'Xeil; Oiobolls Harris. 81 Brown belts Grother bllt bows to he",ts Otis. a3 'Vrl):"hl. Ar):"onlan rip Vall ~ )t"zez alld 'Volf: Kirchnel·. llacO!"lllaC df. Getek. 82 lIfat~kc mauls Palfrey. 83 lIIolenda 2 lcmC I· ~ . 17 Btlll",an. [··,·a.nk tie. 20 Huhre\". 87 Fujiyoshi fells l"azzlola. 88 Graeff. Klns­ 12' Keske conks Lenz. 130 IUlmer bows to Down"" KOl"leG""ard and \\'almislcy with· conk Green. 90 Kingston wlthdraw~. 91 Fisher hut best s Ere:Htlt. 132 Gutting top~ dr"wn. 39 ;"\l<:rri1l withd rawn. -Il Stolzenberg 1e1ls l£cTntyr,,; lrcJnlyre. Burkhart. 9 Kwa'·ller. Tcner tie. 10 Smith smites .Jndson. [,]0 l[cGehe~ \\"hip~ \Vages. 141 ~nlly,er and Ewell slOp Stuart. 99 Hannold Kei~e l ·. 12 Connell I'es i g ,,~ 10 all: S"'ith oows Ratajcz~'k lOpS T1lrlllet!. t43 SU"I1SS licks ycrks Yanl~. 100 Sty" stops Johnson n"d 10 Klein and Hlolz ~ nber.!; !Jilt l)e~t s Stevens: I ..,nd):" r ebe: Llm"nfeld felis Zaly" . IH Schaf· lIorris. 101 Fol ke~ halts Hughen: Pittman Bllrley. J)lInkl ~ tic. fel lieks I_... lrd. 145 ~ickel Ilip~ Sehwart~: fells ",mer and Folke~. 103 CrIner. Long Halle wilhdrnwll. 1-1"1 Gut~che felill Poslicll: tie. lOr, '''endllng tics Hughart and loses (f) 18th Annual Championship- 1965 Ct~sellllall bows 10 GUlsche b\lt hests Ot· to Chinn. 109 Joyner. Rollins jar Gott: Cook I.c~en. conks Van Dragt. PR E LIM INA RY ROUND (Key: 65.N) S ections 150 · 169: 151 SOutH w!ns frolll Sections 1 .207: 61 D ickey wins from Bach- T ourneys 110 . 116: 110 Unger wlns from Su.... k. 152 Raymnll hows to ;"\Tuskat 0111 be~l~ 111"". 62 Sho" l z downs Anderson. 67 Ball. Durkee but loses to Marshal1. 111 Diamond llcGlllllne8~. 1~3 VOlkman ma\lls ~re~·~r. 154 l]oan dr. G~ Bltlllluth, Hauch df. 73 I..eClcrc ~tops Stephens. 112 'Valker wh!ps SoCorlc. lf~Cormnck bests nane: Hellecke tops (0 113 Ander. • on downs Crutchley: Sincla!r top~ df with !.lol·dcn and Frulllkln. 75 P a rtlow F,(lbe!"g. l "S Bircher. KillE: belt Volkmall : top~ (f) G"aham: CI·OWI'. Graham dr. 77 (0 Schonbnm. 1l·1 Criner t ops Carbon and Gold~llllih licks Cn.emoll but loscs to Man_ Al>ralllM licks Louden. 7S Bloch ingcr I>ests (f) Gianits al·ls. 115 'rookmanian jolts .Tami­ tell. 56 I.ct~k \1 ~ . Pat"rson jar .Jones. 151 \\·allck>. S5 CmhheMS Leonard df with lloggi and Sandcrs : no):"):";' Hllhbal"d hut bows to Goldlng"r. 158 Kaman Started in 1967 (Key: 67-P) S"n(\el"~ d f. n l3e rres. )l1l1cr dt. 99 Marl·iOti. ,",onks Frenlere and Binsleln. 1.19 B<:n n !ng­ .\Torrl~ di. 110 Steffen slOp~ Pleme!. 115 A lOll. Rogo.'· ~kl belt Cohen. I GO Dllnkl<:. \"al­ T Ol,l rneys 1 · 45: 2 Phinney, Cr inel' win from Hamilton hall~ BinSletn. 1-11 RIchmond rips .Tacob. 3 Bennelt. Kcllner and Ketchel fell icki and lh'er dowII Denoll. IGI Crellllhaw I.emle,,>:. H:! ~ t 'lrlin tops Hawksworth. 19:; crucks CO\"iu.«lon: Clark lOPS (a) Bowman. l~uller . 6 Parker maills Ooodman; Hempel Gordon d"wns Sleger_ 201 Archbold. Ynlken _ IG2 Yeguilla lJcks SOderiltn<1. 163 OaUsheff withdraw~. 7 Cotter conks Patteson. 8 Con- hel"l; tie. wl lhdr.n\".\,. 16·1 Lnch licks Schneid"... Ir.:; Game repo,·ts are publ!shed monthly. ,\$ SEMl· F INALS (Key: EiS·Ns) ~Ukowski conks O'l(eef<:: llerrilt maul~ IHllying the end·of·month reporh runs inlo Sections 1 ·69: 20 I\al"kin~k}' WillS f"om the next monlh. 10 say nothing ot tabula­ \""Ilku~ and Charney. 2l Dulical. Richter I"or GOlden Knights games. We a progress tIons inlO prize winners, tourna.ment notc~ lie. 2~ Conectlon; Daly won from Dicki'" I'cport aft<.lr o ne year of pIny. state how and typi ng all. they appear the second ~O". :ll Lurzelere licks Grafa. . 32 Sage. Stc!· many mOves made with each opponent (In mOllth after your reports are r"ce;ved. fcn tie. 35 Evans. Olbson tie. 37 Weihe unfinished games) .I:: whell you expect Ratings appear twice yearly (and on whlJl~ O,·th. 38 Shulman pounts PlWltl. 3~ flni~h . your assignments to tournaments. we give Kmlzaki. Macek withdrawn. 43 DruE:o"~tti }' or Prel1m games. r"Ollest an e"t"nsion the latest we hav" at the time. llOssibl;' drubs Go~selin. H Gtlstnf~on conks Capil. of play to finish (If needed) nfter slxtefln from results a monlh or two old). '''" ex· Ion. 45 Schuller tops Schutt". 48 Beach. months Or e l ~e )'ou must submtt ga.me for pect the regulnr mid_year ratings covering Cody belt T..erner. 49 Hujber hit s Petersoll. a clOSing adjudIcation at the end or elgh· through results recclved in June to appear 51 Fuchs bows to Ewart but best~ Prl~co: leen months. in August and September CHESS R"!;;VIE\V Gamblin lops (0 B,·own. 52 Varley. Yeller For Seml-rtnals and FInals games, ask and Ihe reg-ulnr year· end rating~ in Febru· best Bachman. ~3 Teller ties \Verner and extension a fter t wenty-two months Or fil~ ary and ;"\'arch issues. lOps De Leve. 55 '\' einkllu( whips Paran- fo r a d judIcatio n at end o f twenty-four. CHUS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1967 271 GAME OF THE MONTH King .• ley. 166 Beltran be~(s Robinson Qut bows to W h itlo w: BeH ran. \ Vh itlow. Reich (Concluded f r om p age 265) and Paq uay quell Beno it. 167 Bruce. )lcCue and You"':;:a 1l . ) JcKenn a conk 1{ I'plan. 10 Dl'e ibergs. Stolzenl'~rg stop \\·ell",un. 11 ) 1""cell ino nips ' lcK enne)' : Orem \\'i(hdrn\\'~ . H "'ilson \O))~ '!" .I!'bell. 15 "Bobby m oves h is King t oo o ften . •\ hl.~ tI' o '" r ell~ A~hl~y and Folke ~ . Ii O~I)()"n" T hat 's a bad s ig n." hests \ Vood. IS D c Yault dow ns PUeIO\\,. 19 \V il"o". Kcis." , whip Abl',,,n,,. 20 "Iey er ma u l~ \'"lIee. 21 \Vebb w hips ) lo iemln. 23 Halm .,,,, .Joh nson .<:1'I; h UI I)O\\'S 10 )lu8kat: Geol'ge w h!1>~ ) I "thew~ h ut lo~c~ to I",n""" 2 W"rd \\' hil)~ \\'alk",r. SO Ten n"nl lOps ) IUlllia. 82 John- P " I'n:y; SeU sock" Olsen; Hempel with _ (Conc lude d on page 279) A~ t he material on the boa rd di min­ d ,· " w ~ . :1 Sim pson halts Scott and H uck ':ba: ish es, the more appa rent. the pasSivi ty 01' ;; I)()ck ~ pi lls H u c k ebu. ~ :\!cDo\\'ell do\\'ns the position o f Blad,'s Ki ng Hook be· Stccl" and ' Vi8elc)'. 6 Ci'lIin 5 dips K line; )I",-cell ino bc8t~ l~ line b,u: bows to Clutins. POSTALMIGHTIES! ,'om es. 7 F:ld " idge d ,' uI>8 Pl'fttt. , Self sock~ P hlc in_ Prize Tournaments 30 R/ 5-NS R-R2 ~ k i. HI C h,'i" u llan t r ips Trull. I I 1 " I~e h h"' r g P_R3 fell~ Wcll ing; 5h"'par d. " 'elling whi p 'Vlse­ T he~e Po~tallte" huve won I,.. i "e~ in t h e 31 P_ N4 ! Ie),; Wall top8 Turner; Sh epa"d best~ 13 u,·_ 1%;", and 1966 Prize 'l'Oll ,. n"men t ~. If Dlack moves his Knight l owal'(\ Qm. nett. 12 Carmody d own s Dono,'ull, 13 Keiser T ourney Players Place Sco r e cOllk$ J..copold. 15 R eilly l'i p~ Sta"kweather breal( with G~_P ·IS L ))""iel ...... , .... 1·3 , ·2 W hile ha s a ll immedillle and .J "cobs. I i Dosch e k d own~ Hoffm an. IS (-, H ))cle~c"e ...... 1-3 ., -2 p - I{.1. .\[hC1'IOI1 101'" Ble". ,16 Bu choltz w ilhd r,, "''': H,'osl ik 224 i-, J-AlU'.l en[al" ...... Ist 5 -1 ~pill~ :;pa,.,.ow , 4i Hel'l'ic k tie~ CO " lo~e ""d 22~ J B Cullum .. .. """ ... 1-2 .j -2 1 0 p ~ Koh 'L 48 Wahl wh i])~ C"nu'ell . 019 .r M(leJ.'n r l"nd ...... 1· 2 .] -2 )I ic h"el w ilhdrflws; Daly tal!S Lid "a i und nz I" l· 'i~he ,· ...... •. . . , 1st oJ _2 lie~ COlling, 51 Tho m a~ c h op~ P ric h a r d. 52 23 8 p 111 Connor s ...... 1·2 4 -2 G ' ·'l" n ~ . 130 u cher Jolt .1asoda. ~3 Sulk )' ~OC k .'l W Lind berg .... _ ...... 1-2 4 -2 ) l arl in "nd B''()(lie. 54 Sgro conks K ohn a n d 24 2 D i",'"nklln ... , .... " .... 1-2 4 -2 Cohen. 56 T Uylo,· tops GIles. 57 ill'owucll C B Waffell .. """"" 1-2 4 -~ 45 R_QR1 ! , . . . hes'~ ileutl'lY, 5S I'I\(ldoCk downs HuJ her. 60 21" R A Curlrle , ... "" . .. ,,(·2 H O n ·15 , . , (eith er) }lxI', While wins .roh"~ol\ . Hi ll jllr ) lalthew~. 6l Go rdo" nip s H Wigge!' ...... 1·2 3 - ~ )rc X ~ lt . 02 ) lu'Vhy rillS Ho~e. 63 Gonna" -135 F I,olih, ~ ...... lst H N-K 6t! with 46 do\\',,~ D il ke~; 1'\au glel' lo~es to Bi,·i ng. H7 ~ J X e,'en ' ...... Ist , ·0 R_B3 Wilhd,·n" ·s. 6·1 r~'l '· z ... !er'" Io.~e~ to R ic hte r bul 61;'C ~ .'i I W B"ldwi n ...... 1~t , · 0 45 , , . . R- K 6t 48 R,P 5 _ I t i e~ Ole" . 6~ Russ""ow r i ps X ol"n a n d In 0 C ~chmidt ...... " ... l st 46 K - B4 K _ N1 49 R/7-8S R,R Youn!':<) uis l : \\'el.~h lO ps Utz krs and ( 0 I:; ~ J ~ I Coni.:,' "" ...... "lst " _ I 47 R- R8t K _ R2 50 R,R K-R3 X ola". G6 l..easure li cks Gerke and He~I'lY : lG6 I '; IAUet· .. " .. " .. " " .. . I st H 51 R-85! Resigns W hi, ... w h il)s Z'll:.",er and )! ..... r lin. 67 H ugh en 20S I{ H l~nde r s ...... l st 4H! how~ to Bla"d hut heSI~ Cn"ler: CUrieI' r e­ 2n 0 B _\ la"lell .... _ ... "" . I~t , -, ;..i);'n~ to Sind";,,, \VIIso n und Feuch ter. 68 227 R Ben~kl ... "" ...... Ist 5~ - ~ T .. I's Best Games o f Chess. 1961 edi t ion by ~tulU'l loses to ShH'lllon, B land and Bru ndt 231 C Goodma" •...... Ist 5 _1 P . H . C1!U"ke : 50 game.g : n ow available at "nd w it hdraws. 69 Correct ion : "'h ite won 2841'; :'11 Uax tC,· ." " ... " " . l st , .. $5.75 - order f rom C H ESS REV I EW. f "om X"d\'orn(!y. 3H B J;;ndsl.:y ...... lst H '278 CHESS REV IEW, SE PTEMBER , 1967 14 BxP R-Ql 8 . . . . P-,64 15 B-Q3 B- K4 Black is ~et on breal,ing with . . . POSTAL GAMES This trv ru ns into the three·pieces·fol·· P-QN'I. Petrosian-Gellel' (Saltsjobaden, from CHESS REVIEW tourneys the·Qlleen com billation. 15 . .. RxP 16 1!)52) . witll sligh t transposition, ran: 8 o 8 - Q4. R-N2 1; BxN, Px8 , with an lin· .. . P- QRI 9 P-Q5. N- B4 10 P-B3, N- Kl clear position. is a better on (), 11 B- K3. P- 8 4 12 Q- Q2, N- B3 13 K- Rl. Annotated JOHN W. COLLINS by 16 P-QB3 ll- Q2 1-1 QR- Q1. PxP J5 NxP, QNxN Hi , ;\ !"N~ -, - " WII I 17 Q- B1 ! • • • • I x .. --, eq ua " c lances. Darkenin9 Shades White poses a dou ble threat: ]~ QxH 9 P-Q5 P- Q R3 Shades of Slllyslo\"-Heshe\'~l(y (Hadio alld 18 P-I\8-I, B-Q3 J9 P - Kii. 10 P- Q R4 P-N3 Match, 19~5): In both thaI g-ame anti 17 .. " R/ l-N1 20 PxN RxQ RP 11 P- R3 8-N2 this one, White wins three pieces ror 18 P_K B4 B-Q3 21 RxR 6,Q This Bishop is i ll ·po~ted. and it SOOIl hill Queen lind then overpowers the Dark 19 P- K5- B-R6 22 RxB p,p D oves again. Blaet;: doe~ better to wor k Monarch. The combi native exchanges are over. 0'1 the Kingside wllil 11 .. , l"- K1 and 12.,.P- B4 . SICI LI AN DEFEN SE and White has a little mOI'e material. With the Bhlck Pawns not yet in 1II 0tion 12 B- K3 P_QN4 L. O. Woj nowski G. S. Benne .. and the White pieces haYing ready ap· Usually a promising Pawll bt'ealt, a nd BInd; White Ilroadies. the oukome is clear. o ~ te!\ a sound sacrifice. this thrllst mer ely 1 P- K4 ?_QB4 4 NxP N- QB3 23 R-R7 Q- Q1 loses a Paw n. 12 . . N- Kl is still best. 2 N- KB3 P-K3 5 N-QB3 Q-B2 24 R/l-R1 P-Q4 13 RP xP P xP 15 Q-Q2 B-QR3 p,p 6 B_ K 3 P_QR3 3 P-Q4 2·1 .. . P- Q3 is stronger. 1... . NxP Q- N3 16 KN- B3 N-R4 mad. uses the TaimanOl' Variation. 25 B-QBS! P- B4 27 B-R5 R_N2 17 P-QN4! . . .. 7 B_ K2 . , . . 26 B- I<2! Q-QB1 28 R-R8 R-N1 The extra Pawn goes to wOl'I( (1 I1 ickly. The text seems Quiel, hut Euwe says 17 • • • . 6,N 19 p,p NxBP more uggl'essive moves have nOl IlI'Ove:, 18 R,R R,R 20 N, 6 N- B3 theil' s\lper i orit~' . 21 Q-B3 N/3-Q2 7 . . • . N- B3 0" 21 . • . N/3xKP 22 KBxN> NxB 23 8 0 - 0 8-N5 BxQ. NxQ .Nx . .N . W hite is a piece 1\ p. Or S . , . B- K2 9 P-B·I, P- Q·]!? ']0 22 Q-"B2 Q- N1 P- K5, N - K5 11 D- Q3, and 'White stands 23 6 xN N,6 better. 24 P- B4 P- B3 Aftel' 2,1 .. . PxP 25 PxP. Bla<:lt looks bettel' off, but White's ('entl'al Pawn mass is soon decisive. 25 P_R4! Q-N3 26 K_ R2 Q_Q1 29 Rj1_R7! P- B3 27 P_BS N_R5 The e ndgame, after 2!i . . . HxH 30 BxP-\ Black tries for some coumerplay K-N2 [30 ... K- H I 3J B- Q-It , and tu at'! against the Q ueen Bishop Pawn. next) 31 BxP§. HxR 32 BxQ. R- RSt 33 23 B-R3 N_N3 30 B- K6t K-R2 1\:-1\'2. R- Hit 3-1 I\:-H3. I\:-N3 35 8 - N7. 29 P xP PxP 31 Q-K2 R-RS is hopeless for DIad.. 30 B-B7f K-Rl 31 Bx P Resigns 9 N_R4!? . , . . The Queen has no mo\· e". White \\'ill~ An inlel'esting Pawn sacrifice- - and yel. on 31 . .. Qx B 32 HxHt , Q- ,,"1 33 RxQt the simple 9 NxN way be beltel". a nd 0 11 31 . , . Q- Q.1 01' Q- K1 32 B- K7 . 9 . , . , B- Q3 This is 'l'nimano\"s move a nd has been consid ered the best. On 9 . . . NxP? ]0 Switcheroo NxN, QxN 11 N- N6, H- QNl 12 Q-Q·I, After being donated the Queen K night 8 - Bl J3 B- 133, White has a distinct plus. Pawn. White might be expected to will And 9 . . . O- O!1 ]0 l"xl", QPxN 11 on the Queenside. bllt t he end cOlli es 8 -- N6! lil, ()wise favors White. with a mating aitack 0 11 the other wing.

10 P_KN3 0 - 0 KI NG'S IN DIAN DE F E NS E 32 P- R5! • • • • A good move is hard to (ind. 10 • • M. T . O'Conn e ll R. Atherton Now W h ile i'ol'ees a win on I.h e light B- K2, to ... NxN, 10 . .. NxP and 10 1 P_Q4 N_ K B3 3 N_QB3 B_N2 ~quare:! . .. P-QN·!, like the text, a re poor. 2 P- Q84 P_ K N3 4 P_ K4 P-Q3 32 . . . . P_N4 11 Nx N NPx N 5 P_K N3 . . . . 33 P- R6 Kx P Or j I , . . QPxN ]2 B- N6 ! This once popular Old F ianch etto VlIri· Now W hite can finish nicely. Bnt. on 12 N_N6 R-Nl a tiOn has l o~t favol' beca use it puts no 33 ... 8-Rl 34 Q-H5 and 35 U- 85t, 13 Nx B KRx N Iwesslll'e on K5. 5 B- K 2. :) B- i\"5, 5 IIl1 tch the same thing happens. 13. , . QRxN 1·\ BxP, It-HI is beitel·. N- B3 and 5 P- 83 lire popular nol\'o 34 B_B7 B-R1 5 . .. . 0-0 35 Q-R5f K_N2 36 B_K8! .. . . Pos tal Modems (Conclu ded) Idea Variations begin with 5 .. . N- B3. ~on. B"uin~ and '!'cpkm' ~top SWart. $4 Sap_ " . , , QN- Q2 a nd 5 ... P- B./. The threat is ma!e! penfield fell.~ Eatman; King conk" ~in ' p­ 6 B_N2 Q N-Q2 36 .... Q_K2 ~on . 85 Me3~" " ol" tops (r) J)..,an: ,\~h]e) ' K_N1 licks .JOhnson. 87 D\ll'l"ant tops (f) Card. 89 Or 6 . , . P- B4 ; P - Q5, P- K3 8 KN- K2, 37 NxP! ,Vhit" withdraw". 90 Qui,,], "uell~ Goldberg. PxP 9 BPxP, P - QR3 10 P- QR4, QN- Q2, 33 B- B7f Resigns 91 Brixe,,', Fou~C!' tie: pran' wilhdraws. 92 01' 38 .. . K- N2 39 Q- N6t , K- Bl ·10 I':imnin"ki t";p~ T,."phagen. 9G (,nne licks 7 K N_K2 P-K4 ! Q- NS mate. or 3S .. . K- Bl 39 Qx8 Smith and lIh"llell. 9j \Vc!nschenek rCI} l ace~ 8 0 - 0 • • • • Oren'. mate. 8 P-Q5 is more exact. It prevents Sections 100· 122: 102 Hansen "'in~ from UI';xey. 112 Sundhaus tops 'l'homas. Black':! next move, ~ = check; * dl.>l. ch"ck; § dis. eh. CHESS REVIEW. S EPTEMB E~, 1961 279 Up -to-date opening analysis By H. BOUWMEESTER by an Qutstanding authority.

parc with Koch- Hittnel', cited after movc THE PIRC DEFENSE i; abovc. The Donn er Variati on with 6 P·K5 11 . . , , P- QB4 This l~ Black'~ characteristic counter· The idea of combatting th e Pirc Defense with a quick advance of thrust in the centcr. 111 Del'tolt-Sandor (nmtislava 195i) thel'c followed 12 PxP, the center Pawns was suggested by the Du tch grandmaster Donner during N / 3- QZ 13 B - K2, N-QB3, and Black re· the early fifties. In the beginning, this attempt at attacking was con­ captured the Pawn with a good game. sidered premature. For it seemed that 6 .. . PxP was an easy defense. Subvariation B On 7 BPxP, N- Q4, Black's edge in development, it was thought, would (Continue from first diallram &. 6 . ' . PXP) become illlpo itant. And, on 7 QPxP, QxQt 8 KxQ , R-Qlt followed 7 QPxP , . . . by 9 . .. N- Q4, the position eould not be dangerous for Black. Since th en, th ere has been a good deal of experience with these vi.lriations as lead ing grandmasters and masters became concerned with this difficu lt system and have tested their find ings in actual practice. As maHers now stand, it does seem th at White obtains the better game. Yet, when White overreaches, Black secures chances wh ich are ilot to be under­ estimated. The following examples of the system are taken, mostly, from re­ cent tournament practi ce.

P I RC DEFENSE 7 • . . • N-Q4 White Black NOlI' B lack can effect considemble 1 P- K4 P_Q3 simplification. but his task thereafter is 2 P_Q4 N- KB3 not so simple as formerly assumed. 3 N_QB3 P-KN3 7 . . , • QxQt One typical line of the Pirc. Otherwise, White's predominance in 4 P-B4 B- N2 "pace becomes too important. 5 N_B3 0_0 8 K,Q R-Q1 t 10 NxN R,N 6 P-K5 , ' , , 9 K-Kl N_Q4 11 B_B4 R-Q1 The moves till noll' arc more or less forced, and the retreat, . .. H.- Q1, seems the most logical. After 10 ... R-B4 11 B- N3, the Rook may land in difficulties, 12 N-N5 P_K3 8 N- K4 . , . , Other moves are no stronger. Here al'e two examples. Bia<:k obtained excellent countel'Jllay aftm' S B-QB~, B-K3 9 Q- K2. P- QB4 ! 10 BxN. BxB 11 NxB, QxN 12 P- RI, Q- Q2 13 P- Q5, P- K3 14 P- Q6, P - B3 (Koch­ Rittner, Correspondence 1953·6). Blacll obtained th e a(jl'antage lifter S Variation I. NxN, QxN 9 P - B4, Q- K5t 10 K - B2, B-8-1 (Kmbbe- BouwUleester, Aillsteniam 6 . . , , 1959) _ B- B4 A s previously mentioned, this exchange 8 .. . , 9 N_N3 B_N5 used to bc cO l1s idel'ed the be~t and 10 P-B4 . .. . easiest defensc for Black. The si mple 10 B- K2 Ulay be stronger, 13 B-K2! . . . . Subvariati o n A bllt White gains no advantage. With thiS intel'esting idea, Wllite trans· 7 BPxP . . , . 10 ... , N_N3 l'el's the Bishop to KD3 whence it can This mode of recapture seems the 11 B- K3 . , .. exert strong pressure on the Queenside. most logical but it does not serve to After 11 8-D4, P-QB4 12 P-Q5, P - K3, In BI'Ollstein-Vasjukol' (Ta1lin 1965) , make for real difficulties fOl' B lack. -White's center becomcs top·heavy. Com· ]3 B-K3, P - N3 1-1 K - B2, N - QB3 15 B- K2, 280 CHESS REV IEW, SE PTEMBER, 1967 . B- N2 16 B-BS, K-RI produced about A good but Qu iet continuation Is 7 tack for White (Bronsteln-PaJmlotlo. equa l chances. And Honfi- Padevski B- B·f. White has good chances wIth 7 Munich ]952) ; (Kecskemet ] 966) followed a similar .. . P- QB4 8 P- K6, N-N3 9 PxPt, K- R.l 2) 10 .. . P- K3 11 RPxP, BPxP 12 course; and, probably as a result of that 10 B- K2, PxP 11 NxP, N- BS 12 B- K3, Q- NS! [according to Boleslavsk J, 12 PxP , game, Honfi re·examined the l'ariation. RxP IS 0 - 0, B- Q2 J4 Q- Q2! It- QB1 15 N- QBS is inferior for White: e. g. 13 The text was used by him in his gam~ QR- Kl. B- KN5? RxN!], PxP 13 Bx P , Q- R4 14 a gainst Barcza in the la test H ungarian Also. after 7 B-B4, N- N3 8 B- N3, N- BS B- Q2, N- K83 15 8 -QB4, N- BS 16 0-0-0. championship. 9 8-K3, N- R4 10 Q- K2. Black suffered Q- QB·j 17 Q- R'I, N-KR4 18 N- K4, Q-N3 13 . . . . N-B3 seriously from a cramped position in 19 P- D3 with a decisive attack for Wh ite 14 P-B3 P-N3 Be:li- Plrc (Opa tja 1953). (Stein-Libel'zoll, Yel'evan 1965). T he text is pl'obably Black's best. On 7 . . . . P-QB4 10 . . . . P_ K5! 14 . . . P-BS 15 PxP, ExP 16 N- K4, Action in the C

White's position here is just a bit bet· tel' than in BronHein- Vasjukov. 16 . . . . N_ R4 Black does better with 16 .. . P- KHS, proceeding aftel' 17 N- KI 0 1' N- RS with Here is still another fi nesse for the 17 .. . N- R4. 9 QxP • • • • defense. 1-1 N- Ri is met by 14 . . . R- Ql: 17 BxB N,B An interesting bm dubious altel'native and, aftel' H N/ 3xp, R- Ql 15 B-QS. 18 K_ K2 N_ R4 is 9 RPxP , Pxl"\ JO PxBPt, RxP 11 B-B·I, N- B3 16 P- RS. B- B·l 17 NxNt, QxN 18 19 B_ B2 R_Q4 N- 8] : 8xB. QxE, Blacl{ has a clear advantage 19 . . . N-B5 is mel by 20 P- QNS! 1) 12 N- N5. P- K3 13 NxR, KxN 1-1 (B~Tne). The seQnel is from Pade\Cski­ i\latanovlch, cited above. 20 N-K4 QR-Q1 P- B5. PxNP 15 PxPt. 8xP 16 R- BIt. 21 B-R4 R/ 1- Q2 K-N1 17 RxNt. KxR 18 Q- B3t , Q- B3 1 19 14 N-K N5 Q-N3 22 P-QN3 N- N2! PxQ, PxR(Q) 20 P xBt, KxP 21 QxPt . 15 B_B4 • • • • N-Q2. and WhIte resig ned (Demic!Je,·­ On 22 . .. BxP 2S PxE, RxP, White · Or 15 NxKP, H- K1 ! w!ns with 24 B- B6, Ib:Nt 25 K- BS. Ceredenk. Kazakstan 1967 ) ; 15 . . . . B-N5 17 N-R7 QN- Q2 ! 2) J2 Bx Rt, KxB 13 l\- K5t , K-Nl 1-1 23 KR _Q1 16 P-B5!? PxP 18 NxR N, N Q- R5, P- KR3 with a two-fold sequel: 19 N- B3 . . . . White can maintain a IOllg·Iasting ini­ a) 15 Q- 87t, K- TIl 16 Q- N3, Q-Rl 17 Or 19 B- R6, N- R1! tiative. N- B7t, K- R2 18 NxIlP, B-K3 : 19 QxNP, PxP§ 20 K-B2, Q- N3t with advantage for 19 . . . . R- B1 VClriCition II. Black; B lack has a declsive advantage. (Conti nue from t he f irst d iag r am ) b) 15 N- B7, Q- R4 16 NxPt, BxN 17 QxB, PxP§ 18 K- B2, PxR(Q) 19 Q-N5t, 6 . . • • KN-Q2 . - ~ . - '- \l This retreat serves Black best in play· K- B2 20 Q- R5t , K- K3 21 Q- N4t, K-Q4 lug for complications. After 6 .. . N- K1 22 Q- B3t, K- B-l, and White's atta ck 7 B- KS, P- QB3 8 B- Q3, P- QN4 9 0 - 0 . doesn't succeed (ana lysis by Robert P - KB4 10 Q- K2, White appears to have BYl"lle). very good chances for attack (JOppell­ 9 . . . . QPxP Pirc, Belgrade 1954). 10 Q-B2 • • • •

7 P- KR4!? • • • • Till recently, this position was COil' This sharp con tinuation ha s attmcted sidered very favorable for White, based much attention lately. In some games, on the following ga mes; White secured a quick alHl fine vIctory. 1) 10 ... KPxP 11 PxP, R P xP 12 8 xP, j = check; * = db!. check; Ii = dis. ch. N- KB3 13 Q- R4! with a trem endous at· CHESS REVIEW . SEPTEM BER , 1961 281 Entertaining and instructive games by HANS KMOCH annotated by a famolls expert,

13 . . . QxBP? H N- B5 m· 13 . • • N xP 30 K_ N3 Q-B7t {}·INTERNATIONAL H R-B1, QxP 15 ,N' - B-''l. 31 K-84 QxQP ! 1 1 . . . • QN-B3 There's llothing better, but this cap· MONACO 1967 12 B_ K3 R-Q1 ture is good enough. The threat of 32 Grand Prix Tournoment 13 Q- N3 P- K4 Q- K4 mate secures White's Roole Now Wllile is in trouhle. H e has tIue') 32 Px N Qx R Valuable Clear Through weak Queen·side Pawns, hi ~ Queen iii 33 B_R6 Q- B6 ThiS fine perfor mance by the forlller out of play and his development is serio 33 ... Q~K7 accomplishes the same World Champion is valuable for its ollen· ously hanJ!)ered. end. but t!le text lays a little trap: 3·1 ing. admirable for its mhhlle game and g B-NS R-Q6! lJ:;P?? Q- B2t. instrllctlve for its ending. This l'e markabl0 aHaclling lIlove 34 B-K2 Q, P fers excellent chances. 0'· 35 R-Q1 Q- K2 ! N IMZO·I NDIAN DEFENSE 15 P-KR4 . . . . 36 QxQt • • • J. Forintos V. Smyslov On 15 BxN. the enticing 1:"i . . . RxQBP With Queens 01' without, White J8 Hungary Soviet Union is dubious beclluse of either 16 K- B2 0" hopelessly lost. White Black 16 NxU. Qx Nt 17 K- B2, Q-Q5f 18 K- K2 36 . . . . KxQ 38 P-N5 P xPt 1 P_Q4 N_ KB3 5 P-QR3 Bx Nt with pl'obably a draw by peqletual. But, 37 R-Q N1 P-QN3 39 Kx P P- R4! 2 P- QB4 P_K3 6 PxB P_ B4 actually, Blacl{ has the very ot"l"ec tive 15 S myslov's end·game virtuosity appeal'S. 3 N_QB3 B-N5 7 P xQP NxP! . . . )ixB ] 6 QxP, D- K3 wh e re upon he The Queen K night Pawn Is expendable. 4 P-B3 P-Q4 PxP quk]';ly reCOVCI'S at least a P~(\"n and 8 . . . . 40 RxP P-R5 42 R-N7t K_B1 maintains a very strong a Uadi : e.g. 17 This capture raises vcry dirficull prob· 4 1 P-K5 P-R6 43 R_ N1 P- R7 K-J32, :-" - B3 18 Q-R5, P- B4 : ek. lems . The only steady move is 8 Q-Q2. 44 R_QRl R-R5! 15 . . . . K_B1 a . . . . Q- R4 liere the threat is ·15 .. . R - QN5 and 16 P- R5 P-K R3 Some experts pI'erer II , , , P - B4. See -Hi . . . R- NS or ·16 B- Q3, R- N5 mate. 17 Bx Nt . . .. Kuzmin- Ker es, page 149, i).'lay 1966. 45 P- R6 P x P t 17 B- Q2, QxP/·j avails Wh ite no belter. 9 P-K4 N-K2 46 KxP R- K5! For the less flexible 9 ... N- KB3, see 17 . , , . N ,B 21 K_ B2 B_K3 47 B-B3 ... . 18 Q,P N- B3 22 Q-R2 Q- B4t Benllo- H udson, page 1-1\i, May 1966. Or H B- Q3?? HxP w ith threat or 48 19 Q-R2 Qx P/4 23 K-N3 Q-N4 t 10 N_ K2 . , . . . , B--,,5 and ·19 . . R - R4 mate. White relies on 10 ... QxP;.t 11 Q- Q.! : 20 Q-N 1 Q- R4 24 K-B2 Q-K6t 25 K-N3 N-K4 47 . . . . R-QN5 fOJ'dug the favorab le 11 . . . QxQ I ~ Resig ns PxQ. H e inay p lay 10 B- K3 hoping for Not satisFied with 25 .. . QxP. B lack 10 . . , QxPt 11 K - B 2! But. Blac k call strengthens his aUacle The main threat jns t r e f\l~e to rush. He can castle and no\\" is 26 . .. NxP. No Gambling press o n the Pawn on QB.5, fall or N_N5! thE' 26 Q-R4 L arsen Jaf.ely has had a fe w selbaclis which may easily give White the inferior Now the main threat is 27 . .. N-B7 and came to "lOMe Carl o apparently with game. White's pl"obJem~ are already and 28 .. . :\"xH t OJ' 28 . . . NxPt. the sOllnd plan to absta in from gambling. complex and diffipult. A~ the text ham· 27 N-Q4 HOII" well his plan worked is finely ex· pel'S his King·side development . B-1\:3. 10 emplified here as the Dane with infinite 0 -0 11 Q- K3 may possibly be better. White conuters wit h tlll'euls of 28 BxH and 28 )ixOt. PxN 29 QxN. patience outplays and finally overwhelms 10 . . . O- o! the SovIet colossus.

SIC ILI A N DEF E NSE Yefim Ge lle r Bent La"sen S oviet U nion Denmark 1 N_ K B3 P- QB4 3 P- Q4 p,p 2 P- B4 P_ K N3 4 NxP B-N2 5 P_K4 • • • • Now the opening turns into a Dragon Variatioil with the jl,Iaro("zy Bind. 5 . . . . N- Q B3 9 Q-Q2 N_K N5 6 B- K3 P- Q3 10 BxN BxB 7 B_ K2 N- R3 11 N- QB3 Q_R4 8 0 -0 0 - 0 12 Q R-B1 KR_B1 11 Q-Q6 . . 27 . . . . RxN ! . . B lack is preparing for the character· Plainly, the text cannot be COlTe"t. A fine, tleds ive strol{€. islic key move, . . . P - QK4. White ought t o retain t he Queen Oil hi~ 28 Px R Q- B7 t v uhlerable Qlleellside : e.g. 11 B- K3. 29 K-B4 Q- Q7t 13 P- Q N3 P-QR3 N-Q2 12 N- Q4 [12 Q- N3, NxP! 13 Eilher BIa r; l, is groping for something 14 R-B2 • • • • Q-N4?? ;'-i-Q6t1, QxPt 13 K-B2 wi t h better than 29 . QxQP o r is gaining Tile position calls for P-QR4 to oppose complications very dangerous for B la ck: time on h is clocle lllnck's Queen·side Intention a nd also for 282 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER , 1967 P - B4 to opel'ate with Klug·slde threats of 30 ... . R,B 33 R-Rat K-B2 very slight. But, a t the critical juncture which 15 I'- D5 Is tile Immecllnte, With 31 PxN R,P 34 R-QNa R- QS II'hen Dla ck's job has become comp.1ra· the text, Geller alnlJ~ for the e!ldgame 32 R- R7t K-Kl 35 R-N5 R-Q5 lively s impl e, he blun!lel'S and thel'earLer which, hOII'CI'er, I!'; not so good for him 36 K-N3 • • • • figh ts a hOlleiess cause. as he ~eemll to expect. The e!l(lgame clearly favorll Dlack, but CARO· KANN DEFE NSE 14 , . , , P_QN4! the win Is not yet sure. Wolfang Unl:i eker 15 N_Q5 Q,Q 36 .. , . P- N4 43 K-N3 R_Q5 Arturo Pomar 16 R~Q , , , . 37 P~P PxP 44 K_R3 P-N!5t Welt Germany Spal" Noll' 17 ;\:x;\: a!ld Z\ - K6 a re th reats. 38 K-B2 R-Q7t 45 PliP RxKNP 1 P- K4 P- QB3 5 N_QB3 P-K3 16 . . , , BxN! 39 K-N3 P- R4 46 R_N8 R- Q5 2 P- Q4 P-Q4 6 B_N5 B-K2 40 K-R3 R-Q6 47 R- N5 R- K!5 3 Px P PxP 7 N-B3 0 - 0 Black 1)'1 r ries s moothly. 41 K-N3 K-B3 48 R_N8 R- K4 4 P_QB4 N-KB3 8 B-Q3 p,p 17 BxB QR_Nl 20 RxP K_Kl 42 K-B2 R-Q7t 49 R-N5 P- K3 9 B,P Ie R_Bl K_Bl 21 R/ 2_B2 K-Q2 The cris is Is l"fach ed. A posit ion s ti ch as t his is usually dc· 19 B-N2 PxP 22 P-B3 . . . . !lcr lbed as being fea tured by the Isola ted \\'hite's posltloil Is somewhat u ncom· Quee n Pa wn 01' isoJani.· The Pawn Is a fortable : he faces a Queen·slde mlnor ltr candldll. te fO l' a passed Pawn but also attack and h is Hooks. though doubled on "hRn g~ " to ~ ome extent a s do the pair an open fil e, have litHe freedom Of move· of Isolated Pawns termed by Steiullz ment. Noll' the text en ta!! !! It pin on h l~ "hangi ng Pawns ." Knight to add to his d l~c omfort. 9 , . . , P- QNl He has It better chance to avoid s erl· Pomal' has a new idea in maIling this OilS t rol1ble by 2 2 N- Ji:3, O- K3 23 R- R4, rathel' usual move I'Cl'y early. P-QR4 2,1 0 - 113 [mnlnly to Iwevent 2·' 10 0-0 B- R3 ... R-N5] whereupon th e II CfCll !! C holds. Here I ~ the new moye-- new in this 22 ... , B_ K3 I'Hrlaliou at least. mack obtains fair 23 R-Q2 P_QR4 chances for equality. 24 P_KA4 .. , , 50 R-NS , , . . 11 BxB NxB 14 N-B6 Q-Q2 White CRn make beller Ull e of this 12 N_ K5 N- QN!5 15 NxBt Q,N tempo by 2·1 R- H4 re lJevlng hi!! Knight. Conceding Black connected, IUlsse,1 Pawns offers no cha nce a t all. Whit,) 13 P- QR 3 N/S-Q4 15 NliN P,N 24 .. , . A_N4 ! ought to try 50 K - R4 relying mainly 17 R-Kl . . , . 25 R- R4 P- B3! eliminating the ene my Rook Pawn. Arter i Q- B3, Blao.;k equallzf:S wi th 17 Black crea tes s helter for hiM Kl n~ On 50 .. . R;\; P 51 IlxR. PxH 52 Kx P , .. Q- K5: which Is a n Inlllor hl. nt consldera lloll. White ca n win a ft er 52 ... P- Q5 53 17 . , . . Q-Q3 26 K- R2 BxN! K-!'\4. And he can dral\' a fter 52 ... 18 BxN QlIB Black liquida tes s harply. K- K4 : e.g. 53 P- :\" 5, P- Q5 54 K- N4, HI A_K5 Q-B3 27 RxB R,R K-K5 ! 55 K - N3, K-K6: And he call a lso 19 . .. Q- Q3 Is too IJa ssi\·e. a nd W h ite draw o n 52 ... 1.. - 84 : e.g. 53 P- :\,H. 28 PxR • • • • gets full conll"Ol of th e board with 20 K- 85 54 P- QN5: [Black wins on 5 1 H e l'i~ is Bla ck's nla!n IKl lnt: t hhi Iso· Q- 133, Qn- Q I 21 QR- K I , P -KR3 or P- N3 P- KK5. P- Q5 55 P- :\'6. P- Q6 56 P- X7. lated Pa wn is a ve rma lle nl weakness. 22 P- KIH , e tc. P-Q7 57 P- XS(Q). P- Q8(Q)t 58 K- R6. His own we akness. Ih e Queen Rook 20 QR_Bl Q_N4 Q- RSt 59 K - N7. Q- >i7t 60 K - 07. Q xQ ~ Pawn, is e liminated by exchange . 21 Q-K2 61 KxQ, P-Q5 62 P-;\:5, K- K-I e lC. ]. 2'3 , , • , N_N5 ]n .. iew of the ensuing liquidation, t hi,; White hall an a imos l sure dl'aw al~o 29 RxP A_B7 ! move may be called excellent. on 50 .. . K- X3 51 P- :\"4 : e. .!:" . ::' 1 . , . PxNP 52 KxP: or 51 . . . I'xQP 52 H- Z\ 6; 21 . , , . QxQ 23 Rj 2-B2 R,R or 51 .. . R- K5 52 PxKP, RxPt 53 K- R3, 22 RxQ KR- B1 24 RxR , . . . R- K5 54 R-Q5, RxKP 55 P- :"\ 5. elC. White's control of the mOl'e remote On 51l .. . PxP, howel·er. While's Imgi· ope n file seems a d isllnct advantage. Dill tion relll ain~ c ritkal: e.g. 51 P- N,l, PxP Ihe I!' nth rather disappoints. ;,2 KxP, P- Q5 53 R- l'\ 8, K- K3 a nd , If 5 ~ 24 .... K_B1 P- N5, K- Q2: 25 P-B3 R_ Kl 50 .... R,P 59 R-QA1 K- B3 25 K_B2 . . . , 51 P- N5 R-Q5 50 R-R8 R- Q4 To exploit the Queen Bishop file, White !52 R-KR8 R_QN5 51 K-N3 P- Q5 must de ny O: ac!( any l..oint of Ilenet ra· !53 R- R5 t K-B2 52 R- Rl K_K4 !lon on the King me. But Whit e's ap· 54 RxRP K-N3 53 K_B2 K_Q5 parent a d vantage remains slight. 55 P- N4 P-Q4 64 R- R7 P- K4 26 . . . . R_K3 55 R-K5 K-B2 6!5 P- N5 P_K5 30 P_ R3 . . , . 27 R-B8t R- K1 R,P K_K4 57 K-R4 66 R- R4t 28 R_B5 .. .. 30 O- Q·I leads to compl!(:ations but 59 R-Kl P-Q5 Resigns worse for Wh ite: 30 .. . RxP 31 H- N5 Wh ite call not use t he ollen file w ith [ on 31 H;\; R, e tc" the White Queen Pa w n any co nstr llcth 'e effect. T he text mOl'e falls ] , N-Q6. SWITZERLAND 1967 is harmless. NOli" , if Wh ite cou n{.S on 32 It- N7t. 28 .. .. R-K3 K- K l 33 It- NSt, K-B2 34 B- K3 110 a s to Clore Benedict Team Tournam eat 'fhls gl"Oss blundel' is \'er y hard to e;\; · meet 34 ... ~ - K8 with the ma te tlll'eat RO lltine plain. FOI' 29 R- Q6 is 110 real threat in of 35 IJ - RG , 3·1 ... It- R·t d estroy!! h' ~ When Pomar e nlllloys the Caro·KII.IHI , " iew of 29 . . . H- Dl . And the ending dream. it seems 10 be only a malleI' of romlne On 32 0 - 1\3, N- K S 33 It- Nit, howevel·. for Unzicker to w in In a rine end game. • To 1)COllt e iIOmewh.. l familiar wilh thc Black has 33 , . . K- Ql (not 33 , . . K - Kl ·r hlrl.'· YO) " r~ Wa,' and e'mecialty with ~""Ied· At leas t, the following game Is by a mi rteh Sehllter'>\ Wallenstein, l he l enn, " iso­ 3~ R-N8t, K - B2 35 8 - H6, RxPt 31i K - R3, large a repetition of his perfo!'mance in tn u1. '· " ~ ed rfllher Jo kingl~' In Germ"n, P- K4 37 a- N7t as White hA.S stl'ong the 1964 Olympiad (page ] 27, Avril 1965). on nk e ~ !fO Ule "ens ", if only for n pural)' counter chances ) 34 It- NSt, K - 02 [again pho ne tt o.; ,·(lUI!OIl. There was a generat of This time, however, the variation Is dlf· not 34 , .. I\- Q2 35 D- N 6!) 35 R- K8, Ih a l nll m!:! (o riginally lsotano) who ~ e be · rerent, a nd White's initial advanta ge Is RxPt 36 K- R3, K- Q2 37 H-QN8, R- QD7 l m)lnl of W a ll ens te tn earned him, WI a loken of lho l< a ! s er'~ I'::mtitude. the title 38 B- N6, H- 01 II'lth a deciSive ndl'nntnge . t = check; * = db!. check; ! = !l tll. ch. of Count lHotaul.-H, K. CHESS REV IEW, UPTEMBER, 1961 283 obvious ly fa VOl'S While now. T he cOrJ'ect ·12 P :.:P. PxP ,13 P- B4 t! P xPt 44 K - 8 3, lUove is 23 . . . R- K2. et(:, 29 RxR 39 PxP PxPt Black's ba ckward Pawn is a s ('rlous 40 KxP K.P handica p. Ihe m Ol'e s o in Ihal. if Bladl 41 P- B4t K- K5 eve,· gels in ... P- K4, he concedes White Now bOl h s ides 1.:lln 'llleeli . Bll t W hite a winning, oliiside. pas sed Pawn 0 11 tho hns Ihe end ing lI'e l1 in hand. Kings ide. 42 P- B5 P-Q5 44 P-B7 P_Q'? 30 K- K3 K-K2 43 P- B6 P- Q6 45 P- B8 {Q) 31 K_B4 · . , . P-Q8{Q) 46 Q-B5t . , .• White ha!l {h'st checl, and IIses it to best contl'ol t he bonl'd. 46 , , , . K-K6 50 P-N5 K- N5 47 Q-B4t K-K7 51 P- N6 Q-R5t From Ke nn eth S, Howard's 48 K-R6 Q-Q1 52 K-N7 Q-Ql Spectac ula r Ch ess Problems 49 Q- K5 t K- B6 53 Q-K4t K_ N4 54 K-B7! , , . . S inee lllad ( (: annot a fford to trad.;. No.1 Juli us Bu chwald Q u ee n~, Whil e cuu afford this teasing attitude. White mat es in t wo 54 ... , Q-B3t 55 K-K8 K- R3 31 . . . , K- Q3 56 P- N7! , , . , The text is insufficiellt but better than A I'el'Y nea t. Cl'lI ij he l', T he tl'ade of th e alternative 31 . .. 1{- B3 32 P - KR 4. Queen!! is inel'ilabie, On the latter, however, some ealllion is 56, ... K. P ,'equlred, a nd White ought i.o IlI'oceed bj' 01 ' fiG , •. Q- N'1 5i Q- K6 t , etc. firs t s tabilizing the Queenside: 33 P- Q N4, 57 Q-K7t K-N3 P- QR3, and t hen 34 P-N ~ . T hen, on 3·1 58 QxQf K.Q ... P- R3, he wi ns easily a rter 35 P - R6. 59 K_Q7 Resi gns And he wins on 34 . . . P-N3 35 P- N6t , K- 82 36 K - K 5, K- K2 37 P - B4, K- Q2 38 K- B6. F inally, on 34 .. . K- 8 2 35 K- K5, K- K2, t here are dmn ces of going astray, Inclirecl, long·dis ta ll(;e de ployment. but White wins by 36 P - B4: K- Q2 3; €;- UNITED STATES P- BS. PxP 3S KxBP ( nol 38 KxQP, P- N3 ] , K- Q3 39 P- H5, K-Q2 40 K- K5, No.2 Edgar Holliday NEW YORK 1967 32 P- QR4 P-QR3 34 P- N5 P- R3 New York Metropolitan Lea9ue Whit e mat es in two 33 P- Q N4 P-QR4 35 P_R4 P-N3 H er e the position is rife with [asci na t· To Please Even the Sophisticated ing 1I0s5ihilities. nJa el;:' s I'e<:kless pla y ill t he early open· in!; has di ~ lI st l 'Ou ~ consequences as White saCL'iflces It piece tOI' an irresisti· b le n ttnclc The game Is one to plea:;e even the ~ oJlh ! st j(;ated , SICIL.IAN DEFENS E Ber nard Zucker man Reu ben Klugma n 1 P-K4 P-QB4 4 N. P N-KB3 2 N_ KB3 P-K3 , N_QB3 P-Q3 3 P-Q4 P. P 6 B_QB4 P-QR3 7 B_N3 P-QN4 Prelt y cross check. P L' ohnbly, m ack in t ends 8 . . . P -Nl; anti 9 , .. NxP bnt is then accepting It gambit I'a ther than winning a Pawn. The · . , , No. 3 Anthony Taffs 36 P- N3 ! !lare move is 7 , , , B- K2. White plays carefully. T he weaker 36 8 P- B4 Q_B2 White mates in t h ree P- N4 win5 a gains t man), L'e lLli es bU l may be met by 36 . . . P - KH! 37 PxPt. K- K2 1) . •• 1'- :"'15 1.:a.1I be me t by 9 P - KS. 9 with a draw : 38 P-N5, P - R4 : or 3S ;.l- Nl, Nx P 10 0 - 0 , howe \'e r, is In fash· K- K3, Kx P 39 P-B4t, K- K3 40 K- Q4, ion. P- R I ! 9 P_B5 ! . . , , 36 .. .. P-K4t W hite s ta L' I ~ a \ '1'1')' powerful aUack. BlaCk has no ot he r good lI'y. ' ''h ite He has, in a li likelihood, a d ecisive 1..1· wins flally on 36 . .. P-N"lt 3i Px P , PxPt \'nnl!lge already. And 7.uckel'ntan is pa l" 38 KxP. P- K-I 39 PxPt, KxP 40 P- DH, lk ularl), familial' with this whatI' sys tem. And, 0 11 36 . , . P -R-I, W h ite wins with 9 , . , , P-N5 37 P- N ~ ~ 9 , , , P- I{oI nlloll's W hite his choice ("If 37 PxPt K-K3 10 N/ 'I- K2 a nd 10 N- Q5, H is advantage 39 P_N4 · , . . t hen becomes positional rather than !'low White use;; t his pl'ecious tempo. dynnmlc but I ~ s tili significant. Do not d i s t\lrb ~ 38 , , . . P-N4 t 10 PxP! , , . , On 38 . . . P - Q5, Whit e wins with 39 This ~ltc l'!ri ce iu ~t cannot be wrong, Solut ions on page 286. K- K4, P- Q6 40 KxP, KxP 41 K- K3 , P- N4 10 . , , , P.N

CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1967 • On 10 .. . P xP 11 B- R4t. K- QI. 'Wh ile N- R4 14 N/4- K2, P- N 3 15 P - B5, P- KN4 Solutions to CHESS QU IZ h as 12 P - K5 ! Alid. on 11 . . . K- B2 or 16 Q- N3. P~KR3 17 Q- R2! N- B5 18 No. 1 B lack wins by 1 ... P- B6: e.g. K2 , he has 12 N/ 3-K2 with a decisive at· B- Q4, NxNP ] 9 QH-Kl, N- B5 20 N- Q5. 2 PxP, B- N4 3 llxR, RxR 4 Q- Qi t , R- K2 tack still, but free of cha rge. NxN 21 P-N ~ ! DxBt 22 NxB, Q~R5 23 with Un'ea l of 5 ... R 01" QxN mate. PxN. N- KI 24 RxN, R esigns. 11 PxPt K- Q1 No. 2 Black wins by 1 . .. NjSarajevo 1966) : 13 ... even as did Spassky in his seventh game tel' than 3 . . . BxN 4 BxB, RxB 5 0 - 0] t = check; t ::::: dbl. check; i = dis. eh. against Pet.rosyan (page ] 75, June, 1966 ). 5 Q-KS, Dx N 6 Qx Q, R-Klt etc. CH ESS REVI EW , SEPTEMBER, 1967 285 PIRC DEFENSE 24 B-N2 N,B Here is the collapsing error. Two othel' Paul Reissman Luiz Suarez 25 PxN N-B5 continuations offer not sufficiency, in· K_B1 R,P deed, but some chances: 1 P-K4 P-Q3 5 N_83 N- B3 21 ... BxPt 22 K..'( B, Q- N2t 23 K-R2, 2 P-Q4 N-KB3 6 0-0 B_N 2 White" has no playable moves now. QxB; but 'White ought to win aCter 24 3 B- Q3 P_ K4 7 P-Q5 N-K2 27 N- R2 R,N 29 Q-N1 RxQt QxBP ; 4 P- QB3 P-KN3 8 B-KN5 . , . . 28 QxR R- R8 t Res iGns 21 . .. O- O! 22 8-Q6 allows White a White needs his black-bound Dishop decisive a{iYa nt.age after 22 . .. Q- Ql "iit\1 his Pa\\'ns blocked on white squares. 23 QxBP. R - K1 24 B-K5. Q- K2 25 QxQ, ::-, 0 his move is valueless. Kaplanblanca DxQ 26 P-KN3 but offers Blacl{ some 8 . . . . P- KR3 'I'he new champion. Julio Kaplan. only fighting chances after 22 ... Q-N2 23 9 B_ R4 . . , . sixteen, displayS promising capabilities BxR, QxPt 2·1 K-Q2, Q- Q5t 25 K- Kl, This positional blunder is a g rave oae. in neatly defeating his rival, holding him Q-K5t 26 K- Bl, Q-B5t 27 K- NJ, KxB. 9 BxN is also weak though better than LO second place. Black commits a serioLls t:l e text. 9 B- Q2 is bes!. elTor in th e opening a nd collapses soon after another errol'. P_KN4 9 . . . . The tournament was played at the 10 B_ N3 , . . . Capablanca Chess Club which probably With 'White castled Ki ng·side, and a ddell inspiration for the winner. Black nol, White is exposed to the threat of . . , P - KR5 compelling P-KR ~ PIRC DEFENSE or 4. And Black gets an opened King J. Kaplan Lu is Suarez Knight file and an attack which normally 1 P-K4 P-Q3 3 N- QBS P_ KNS defies defense as in Spassky- Petrosyan, 2 P-Q4 N-KB3 4 N-B3 B-N2 and many other gnmes. 5 B- K2 QN-Q2 10 . , , . N-N3 13 P_KR3 BxN Here is t he opening mistake. 5 • • • 11 R-K1 B-N5 14 NxB P_ R5 0 - 0 is conect. 12 QN-Q2 P-KR4! 15 B-R2 P_N5 6 P-K5! N_KN1 22 B- K5 ! . . . lllad{'s game Illays itself. 6 ... N- N5 fails against 7 P- K6! PxP This neat stroke wins a piece: e.g. 22 16 PxP NxNP 18 B-N5t K_K2 S N- KN5! and th e intel'pola tion of 6 ... K-K2 23 QxP t . 17 B- B1 Q-B3 19 8-81 . . . . PxP 7 PxP doesn't help. 22 .... 0-0 Comprehensibly, 'White doesn't know 7 B_KB4 PxP 23 BxB Q-K5 w:la t to do, 24 Q-Q8 Resigns mac l{ prepares for .'3 . . . P - K3 as 19 , , , . B- R3 neetled for developing t he King Knigh t. On the other hand, mack makes one 7 , .. N- R3 is met by 8 Q-Q2, N- D4 9 dearly indicated move after another. P- KN4! or.'3 .. . N- N5:J P -K6 ! 20 P_R4 B- B5 8 PxP P-K3 11 B-QN5! Q-K2 {f} FOREIGN 21 BxB N,B 9 Q-Q2 N-K2 12 BxN! 22 P-N4 P-R6 ! 10 0-0-0 N-QBS 13 N-K4 . . . . W EST GERMANY 1967 Both sWes storm with P a wns, bnt with White's position is far superior. National Cham pionship Prelims what diffenmce in efficacy. Now the 13 , . , . P-KR3 threat is 23 , .. P- R7 t! A Magnificent Trap Black has loo many weak Pawns after 23 PxP . . . Here is a u sefUl and bl'il liant conll'ibu­ 1.3 , , , 0 - 0 14 B- N5, P- B3 15 PxP etc, tion to a very complicated line 'lUll Forced. But the text has equally discouraging awaiting definite assessment. consequences. Black is in bad shape. 14 P-KR4 R_QN1 QUEEN'S GAMBIT 15 P-R3 . , , . Hottes Lohsse Wilite prevents 15 , .. Q- N5. 1 P_Q4 P-Q4 4 N-B3 P- QRS p,p 15 , , , . B_N2 2 P_QB4 5 P-K4 P-QN4 16 Q-R5! P-QB4 3 N_ KB3 N- KB3 6 P_ K5 N-Q4 7 P-QR4 . . , , 17 N-B6t • • • • This liquidation may lead to a win, Attempts to mal{e this opening a tnm but l'ather slowly. The simple and steady ga mbH with proper chances have been 17 KR-Kl seems much s tronger, leaving going on in the Soviet Union for some mack at a loss for moves of any positive twenty years . Bul no definite conclusion value. has been reached, It appears. 17 N,N 19 B,P B,N 23 QR-KN1 ! • • • • • • • 18 PxN B,P 20 B,R B,R It's mate in fOlll' on 24 P xN. 21 R,B Q-N2

Solutions to PROBLEMART CHESS and CHECKERS Supplies No, 1 The key is 1 Q- B7 threatening 2 High Quality CHalin and Plastic Checkers QxP mate: 1 .. . N-K5 2 N- N4; or 1 Plain or Grooved •• All SIZe6 · . . N- B4 2 Q-K5; 01' 1 ... N else 2 CHESS Sets, , • Wood. , Catalln , • Plntie R- H3 are mates. A ll Sizes, . All Pri ces No.2 The key is 1 N- B4 threatening 2 CHESS and CHECKER Boards :-l"- R6 mate: 1 . . . P - K6§ 2 N- Q5; or 1 Folding, Non.Foldlng, Regulation or Numbered · .. BxN 2 RxB: or 1 , .. KxN 2 B- K6 al'e mates. CHE:SS·CHECKE:R Timing Clocks No. 3 All is set. and t he main point is 7.". B -N2 All Merchandise Reasonably Priced to find a waiting move; 1 P- K8(B)! The T he only alternati"e is 7 , .. P--QB3. SENO FOR FREE CATAL OG mates are 1 ... N - R2 2 Q-Q6t a nd 2 bill it hal'dly se\'ves better, may even STARR SPE:CIALTY COMPANV · , , K-Bl 3 Q- B7 or 2 . .. K-H1 3 NxP; be worse. It leads to very sharp play, 1529 South Noble Road, or 1 . . . N- Q3 2 KxN, etc. or 1 . . , A. Suetin cautiously concludes in an a r ti­ Cleveland H eights, Ohio 44121 N-K2 2 NxN, et c. de on openings, 286 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1961 • After 8 p xP, NxN 9 PxN, llPxP 10 N- N5 ! ·W h ite has three tht'ea ts: 11 Q- B3, J1 NxBP amI 11 P - K6, while 10 , .. Q- Q4 fails against 11 B- K2 ! So P ol ugay· e vsky- Gurgenidze (a r ece nt Soviet Union national tournament ) ran : 10 . .. P- B3 : 11 Q- n3, R- R2 12 P- K6, B- N2 13 Q- B4 , Q- B l. T hen Polugayenl,y t ried 14 B- J(:{ s pe<:ulaling on P-Q5, bu t his attack faded on 1·1 . .. B- Q'J! 15 Q-B5, Q- B3 16 NxP, K- Ql! A. Zaitsev later poin ted out H A PAWN IS A PAWN IS A PAWN P- Q5! a s mea ns for k eeping ·White·s at­ tack going. There is an old saying: if you do not specul ate, you cann ot accumu · 8 P-K6 ! N,N late. Here, at Tifl is ] 937, G. 1. Levenfisch and A. F. Il yin·Genevsky, 9 PxN P- KB3 two Soviet cham pions- one hud beaten Botvinnik and the other Capa. This position occll rred in B ronstei n­ bb nca- mecL On ly one Pawn is risked . But, ill a positional game, H. Byr ne (Helsinki 1952) . See page 19, a Pawn is a Pawn ! This Qu een's Gambit Declin ed, Tarrasch Va ri ation, J a nua ry 1953. 10 N-R4! . . begins wi th 1 P-Q4., P- Q4 2 P- QB4, P- K3 3 N- QB3, N- KB3 4. N- B3, B ronstein's 10 P- N3? Q- Q4 11 B- KN2. P- 134 5 PxQP, NxP 6 P- K3. N- QB3 7 H- Q3. QxPt 12 B-K3 fail ed to obta in satisfac· tory compensation for the P awn. The Cover scoring table at line indicated . Set up position, make Black's text, which can lea d t o t h e same position next move (exposing taLle just enough to read it) . Now guess White's as recomm ell(letl then by 10 B- K21 is much better. T l,er e is a magnificent u 'n p 8th move, then expose it. Score par, if move agrees; zero, if not. Make involyetl. move actua ll y given, Black's reply. Then guess White's nex t, and so on.

10 . . . . Q- Q4 COVER WHITE MOVES IN T AB L E B E LOW. EXP OSE ONE LINE A T A TIME 11 B- K2 Q- K 5 Black falls fo r the trap. 11 .. . QxKP White p" B lack Your S election Your is <: omparat ively better a lthough 12 0 - 0 P layed Score Play ed for W hit e's m ov e Seore gives White 11 s trong attac:k . T his line 7 B-K2 ...... · ...... of play, sugges tetl by I. A: H orow:tz. is 80-0 ...... 3 8 0-0 · ...... · ...... on e of the two which have been l·eC Om · 9 P-QR3 ...... , ...... 3 9 p,p ...... · ...... mend ed in this column. 10 PxP . ... . , ... , ...... 3 10 B- B3 (a ) ...... · ...... 120-0! . . . . 11 B_B2 ...... 5 11 N , N ...... · ...... T he pOint: the Knight is imm une. 12PxN ...... , 3 12 P-K4 tb) ...... · ...... 13 P_Q5 ...... 5 13 N- K 2 · ...... · ...... 14 B_ K4 ...... 4 14 B- B4 · ...... · ...... 15 BxB ...... 4 15 N ,B · ...... · ...... 16 Q_N3 ...... 4 16 N-Q3 · ...... · ...... 17 B- K 3 ...... 4 17 Q- B2 · ...... 1S N-Q2 ...... 4 18 K R_ B l · ...... · ...... 19 P-QB4 ( c) ...... 5 19 NxP ~ (d) · ...... · ...... 20N- K 4 ...... 8 20 . Q- K 2 to) · ...... · ...... 21 P- Q6 ...... 6 21 . Q- K 3 · ...... 22 N-B5 ...... 6 22. Q,P · ...... · ...... 23 QxN . . .. , ...... 5 23 B_ K 2 · ...... · ...... 24 Q-K4 . . . ,' " . . .. . , .. . . 4 24 R>N · ...... · ...... 25 BxR ...... 3 25 Q,B · ...... · ...... 26QxNP ...... 3 26 R- Q B1 ...... · ...... 12 . . . . N-B3 27 P-QR4 ...... 4 27 P-B4 · ...... · ...... Doub tful as it is that Black ca n arronl 28 QR- Q1 . . , .. . . , ...... , 3 28 B- B3 · ...... · t he los s of an important t empo, he s till 29 R-Q7 ...... " . . . , .... 3 29 P- QR4 ...... · ...... nillst play 12 . . . QxKP. 30 KR-Q1 ...... 3 30 Q-N5 · ...... The text loses by for ce. So tloes 12 . . . 31 Q_ N 5 ...... :> 31 Q- B6 · ...... Resigns QxN becaus e of 13 B-B31 and 1) 13 .. . 3 2 . . . . • ...... •. . . 32 tl ) ...... BxD 14 QxB, R- R2 01' P - D3 15 Px P with a winning attack fOl' \ Vllite; 2) 13 .. . T ota l Scor e ...... 100 Your Percentage ...... P - D314 P - N3, Q- R6 15 D- N·I! or 3 ) 13 SCALE : 7S-100--Excel lent; 55-74-Superior; 4O-54-Good; 25-39- F a ir . . . 1\" - B3 trans posing into th e note 10 lllove ]3. XOTES TO T Hf: GA~ l E 13 B- B 3 Q- Q6 Pos it ion aft er 19 ... N x P .~ After 13 ... QxN 1<1 I'- N3, Q- R6 15 a ) 10 •.• P- Q N3 and 11 . . . B··N2 affn!"d ,~ a .;; l e r B- N4. Blacl, is redllced to the des pe rale devdo IIJll<:n I. 15 . . . NxP which failS not only a ga inst the prosaic 16 BxQ, N- But J7 K- R .1! bill h ) Black nims 10 unbalance the posilioll . a lso against 16 P- B3 ! c) This d e;,(;\" but ri sk r conce ptioll costs n Pawn. 14 Q- K 1 . . . . d) 9 ... N- E4 fol!owcd eventual!v hy . .. Nx B or N oll' the Ihreat is 15 B- Kl ! . . . N- Q5 hns grealer IH·osP<:cts. 14 . . . . P-B4 16 Rx Rt B,R e) On 20 . . . ~}!B 21 }lxN, B- K2 22 RxP, KxR 15 Px P PxP 17 P- Q5 N_Q l 23 P- Q6§, Q- B5 24 QxP, K- Nl 25 PxB. QH- Nl 18 Q-K5 Resigns 26 R- Ql , Q- K3 27 N- N5, While wins. It is ha rd to see how Black can effec· f) X ow Black sees he has no defense to bOlh 32 tively pt'event 19 QxQBP and 20 Q- Q7 mate, not t o mention 19 B- R5 t ana a Q- Q5t and 32 R- Q3t, each with male to foll ow. few other t h reats. t = ch eck: t = double eheck: f = dis. check CHESS REVI EW , SEPTEMBER , 1961 28i For how yOllr <: l u lJ C

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T h e k it c o ntol,ns e qu Ip· geographically so far as possible. Otherwise, entries are matched oil m e n t and stat io nery elDe c.oall y deaigned fo r t h e purp oee . T h ese a ldl to P o stal into 7 man groups strictly in the order of our receipt of their applica. Ch e .. w ill k eep your r ~eo r d s str aight. tions. Qualifiers to the later rounds are grouped likewise in order of help y ou to avoid m is t akea, for t h e full u t enjoyment in y ou r games b y qualification (except multiple entrants) , but without regard to geograpby. m ail. In effect, the Golden Knights is an "open" tournament, without re­ Contents of Kit gard 10 our rating classes so far as the entry goes. The ratings are calculat­ One 0 1 th e moat important It e ma In ed, however, quite as usual. We --rale" all games in CHE SS REVIEW tour­ the kit is the P ostal Cheal Record er Al_ bum _ the grea t e s t aid to p os t .. 1 e h e as neys. It is an "open" tournameut because we cannot pretend to " seed" , eve r Inve n t ed. T he .. " m in iature che.. ctllllJidates for a championship aud Lecause it gives the weaker players a s e t a In t his a lb u m enahle you to keep trae k o f t he po sitio na, m ove by m ove , chance to gain by experience against stronger ones. In all Ilx games o f y our sec t ion. On t he • c ore-<:ard a. l u pplied with the a lbum, you Special Rules for the 1967 Golden Kni9hts Tournaments• r econl th e m ove, o f the game s. The up. Consu lt the fo llowi ng rule s w benever 7 For compu tIng tho total scores to d e · lo·d a le aeo re o f e aeh game f"eea lh e e ur· an)' Question a r ise s a s to you r cbanc e s termlne lIIe dlatdbullon o[ prius, eaoh r arne r ent polit io n. Seo r e-<:ards a r e r e m ovable. 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A n un' round-robin <:OlIteal In which each <:on tll$ta nt Jud lc a ted or p u blis h e d , comple te in atruc­ l h " ~ n,,,tl " ames of the dl$ljuahtled COntUt- will p lay nOt len than 2 Il'ames with every tiona o n h ow to p lay c h eal by mail, an ac­ ' LL ,t wlH l1e ~co r etl a~ wIn. tor hi ~ oppon em~. olher tIed COn tesl Un t. T Ie s tor other cash count o f the P O&ta l C h eal r a ting .yste m 3 '\'wo '1IIa IHy in¥ ro un d~ and onl! (inlll prizes will be brOkcn In the same ma nner. and the OffIcial Rules of P oatal Ches • . "0 1111 <,1 w,ll l>e p la yed. In all three roun <,l~. An)' tlu wh ich may de"elop In the tie_br(lak_ o.;"LL \".IIL ,nli will compete In sectioos of Ie'" In," conteS!>L wllJ be played ott In a ddItional Saves You Money (l 1L p l; . ~·eNL. 1::a.ch contestlLnt In a section wjJl ma tchell or tournamenta. Bou g h t s e para t e ly, t h e e o n ten t s would pl",y '''''' Cllme va. each of aix oPPOllenu. 9 T ile e ntry fee is $5.00 a nd c nlitlea the I··orte ll wi",. cou nt as rame points. a m o u n t t o $10.15. The c o m p lete k it c ost$ contestant 10 compete In one s ection or the only $8.00. T o order, J u s t m a il the coupon ~ A ll coulesta n t" whO acore { o r lUore pl'eJl rnlnary round. :-' 0 additionlll fee is ".... m .. pol lO I.. in tile prellml" a , y round wIll below. (A" d 20% for han dling and postag-e chttr"ed contestants who q ua l!ry tor the sec· '1,,1Ll1t)' (oz' the .'reml-! Inal f~ u " d. SlmJlarl)" olld or thIrd rounds. A contestant may enter outside the U.S.A.) u ll q uulJl'Ied semI-fina list. who acore ~ or any num ber of ~ectJons or th e prelimInary m u,' e IOm" e 1'0ints in the aemi-l inal round round upon payment. or th e fe l of $5.00 pe\' \\',11 \jlu,lI !'y for the !lna l rounu. I[ addltlonul ~ectlo n en try provIded he nppll e ~ earlY plu)'e,'M ( r .. om 1 to 6) are reQlolred to com­ e noll"h so that we can plnee him in sepa rate pll;t" 'he la~ l ~ ec llo " Or the , econd Or thIrd ~ ....ctlon •. .\I' ulU ple e nl. lce l1y one person will I'UU'I<.I . l" use 1,lay" t" will loe ..electW from \.'Oillpele and qU(lllfy as though mnde by U IlIO" " euuletilaUls who IICOred 3',,, pOilllli in scpar.nc indi\·iduals. No <;: ontes ta nt , hOw , to", pr"" ' luu$ rou ud w.d In the order or their ever. m ~y win more t ha n one prize. a nd a C H l!:S-'" J(t,;n J::: w 1'oll la l Hatlnt;s at d ie lime l>laser ,,-110 qua llflea tor more tha n On C sec· ' lo" 1;" 1 ~ec Uon "Iarta. tlon of the Clnal round wJ1] 1Je awurded hla ~ J:::.'(cePl a .'l p rovided. In Hu le ~ , <:o .n e$l· prJ~e on the basIs or the tOlal .$Core ad, leved I1nl. who lICol'e les" Ihan ~ poin ts in eithc,· 1))' onl)· olle ot h lH ellt r lc~. (The entry m nk ­ ,,( the qua llfyi" " ,vunds will not be eUglbl\! ino: the hig heat t01.l\1 s core wiJl hI! taken.) (or tI,t announcw ClUth a nd emblem prizes. :>'1" ltlple entries will be pl a ced In d ifferent g nch ot these ellmlne.ted. (lonteatants, how _ seCtIOns of each rOlUld. See Rule I I. e ver, "pon comple tion ot all h l ~ IK:h eduled 10 Upon enterIng. each CO tlte'lr-"'nt ag ree. 1------J;ame" In lIIis tou rna ment, will rece ive on(l tha.t the d ecisIon of CH ESS REVIEW a nd CH ESS REV IEW fr" entrY ( worth U .5O ) Into a CHESS R E ­ Ita Postal Ches" Editor In all ma tten a Heel . PonU I Ch e .. Dept . VIEW P ostal Che"" Claaa Tou rnament a nd Ins; the conduc t of the tournament. Includ ing I 134 Weu 121:1 St •• I ea.n apply, i'lJI tead. for an,try to a P rlK the acce ptan<:e a nd Chtl-$lfJea.tlon ot entriu_ -l'oUrtla mell l ( worth $UIO) e.t U .OO only. I N..... Vo r k , N. V. lDOZS the adjudIcation of game... the a ward. o r te­ 6 A FirSI Prize ot $% 50 .00 ft od Hollier fU$a l ot fo rrell claims. the distribution o( I encl on $8 .00. Pleu • .end me _ com- I cU-$h prll'ell will be a:wariSed by CHESS RE_ prI ze .. and all Interpretations ot the rules and I pilate POlt" . Cheal Kit by return mall. VIEW In accordance wJth the published re"u lations. sh a ll be final a nd conclu! I" e. I seh edule of prizes to those 75 qualified lIna l­ 11 Single ent rie. ean be mailed no w and Is tJI who a chieve the highest total Bcore. N AME .•.•• . • _ •••••.• . •. . ••• _._ .•• _ • • _ • • _ un t il Ncwem ber 30, 1967 (multi pIc entr ies (see rule 1) in t he t h ree rounda of t he t our _ until two monthll before :':ov. 30). EntrJu I I nament. Every Quatltled flna.ll.fl; t will be rnaJled after tha t dale m ~ y nO t be accepted. I A DORESS ...... a "·aNled. the e m blem of the Golde n Knll'ht I u pon com ple tion ot a ll hi. achec:l uled gamea. 12 Exce pl a" pro\'ided In the foreaoln., A lto, the fi rs t (ive prize winne rs "" Ill re o rules. th is lOurnametit wilt be coudUCtOO CITY ...... I celve suItably inserlbed p laquen to Indicate under CHESS REVIEW's O lf ici ~ 1 Ru les ~ nd I Regula t ions of Postal Chess, IncludIng a n)' ST A T E ...... z. n" NO. Ihe lr p lacen In the tlnal s tandin" a or this L ____ _ - - lIationa! 11»111 P o,ta1 Ch eu Champlo~ hlp . a mendment3 or ad"lt!ons tbereto. Ninth United States Open Postal Chess Championship and the Twentieth

.. $250.00 Second Prize $100 Sixth Prize $40 Third Prize $80 Seventh Prize $30 Fourth Prize $65 Eighth Prize $25 Fifth Prize $50 Ninth Prize $20 Tenth Prize $15 65 Prizes - Eleventh to Seventy-fifth $5.00 each AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS EMBLEMS!

To befit the Championship, there are added prizes for the winners of the first five places in this national in the form of handsome plaques, suitably inscribed event, as well as the Golden Knights emblems.

SEVENTy-FIVE CASH PRIZES, amounting OPEN TO ALL CLASSES OF PLAYERS to a total of $1000.00, will be awarded Even if you've never played in a competitive event to the seventy-five players who finish before, you may turn out to be Golden Knights cham­ with highest scores in the Twentieth pion or a leading prize-winner-and, at least, you'll Annual Golden Knights Postal Cham­ have lots of fun. For all classes of postal players pionship now running; Entries accepted till the end compete together in this "open" Postal Chess event. of November, 1967 (must ()e(u' 1)Ostm(,,'k of no late?' Beginners a re welcome. If you've j ust started to than November 30, 1967). play chess, by all means enter. There is 110 better This is the 1967 Golden Knights way of improving you r skill. State your class on the coupon; A highest; C average; D lowest. PRIZES FOR EVERYBODY - EXCEPT DROPOUTS. But that isn't all! Every contestant can win a MAIL YOUR ENTRY NOW prize of some ldnd! You can train your sights on As a Golden Knighter you'll enjoy the thrill of that big $250,00 first prize, 01' one of the other 74 competing for big cash prizes. You'll meet new cash prizes, but even if you don't finish in the money friends by mail, improve your game, and have a whale you can win a valuable consolation prize. Every play­ of a good time. So get started- enter this big event el' who qualifies for the final round, and completes his now ! The entry fee is only $5.00. You pay no addi­ playing schedule, will be awarded the emblem of the tional fees if you qualify for the semi-final or final Golden Knight-a sterling silver, gold-plated and en­ rounds. But you can enter other first round sections ameled lapel button, reproduced above. You earn the at $5.00 each (see Special Rules for Golden Knights). right to wear this handsome emblem in your button­ You will receive Postal Chess instructions with your hole if you qualify as a finalist and finish all games, assignment to a tournament section. Fill ill and mail whether or not you win a cash prize. this coupon NOW! And even if you fail to qualify for the finals, you ------still get a prize! If you are eliminated in the prelim­ C H ESS REVI EW o Check hal' i} 'JOI' IJ re " lIew_ I inary or semi-final round, but complete your playing 134 West 72d St., fOlIIU /0 Po .