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• America j e~ejj 'f/ewdpaper Copyright 1958 by United States Chess Federation Vol. XII, No. 9 Sunday, January 5, 1958 15 Cents .
Conducted by Position No. 223 RESHEVSKY,- • IRWIN SIGMOND END solutions to Position No. S 223 to reach Irwin Sigmond, 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arling· GLIGORIC TIE ton 7, Va., by February 5, 1958. With your solution, please send analysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or AT DALLAS moves. Solution to Position No. 2P will ap· pear in the Fe bruary 20, 1958 iS5ue. Larsen, Szabo Tied for Second NOTE: Do no/ piau saiulions to 1»'0 Pus;/;"ns on on~ ct!rd; Ju s .. r~ to ;ndi,,,te carrocl .",mbtr of posir;em bting so/'IIrd, Yanofsky Fifth in 8 Player Event "nd giy( the full name ami address of the SO/I'U /0 assist in proper (uditing c,f A twelfth round loss by Reshevsky to Yanofsky while Gligol'ic was 101"lion. Black to play drawing with Najdorf cost the American Grandmaster his clear lead in the International Tournament at Dallas, and resulted in a first place tie between Reshevsky and Gligoric. Both scored 8% -5%: Reshevsky lost U.S. Championship Tournament two games (to Olafsson and Yanofs~ y) while Gligoric lost one (to Szabo). GHgoric drew twice with Reshevsky, twice with Najdorf, and once each with Evans, Larsen, Olafsson, Szabo, and Yanofsky for nine drawn Under Way in Rosenwald Trophy games. Reshevsky drew twice with G!lgorie, twice with Larsen, and twice Fourteen players are competing; at the Manhattan Chess Club in the with Szabo for six drawn games. ·U.S. Championship Event which is also for the Lessing J. Rosenwald Larsen, who led in the early r ounds, firished with a 7lt2·6% score, ';Crop,.hY.._.l0intQ:. .§'p~nsol'ed by the United Slates Chess Federation and losing games to Olafsson, Gligoric, and NajdorL Tied with Larsen, also the Alrll;:ric,lll Chess F OUll Ualiu\ •. Las .. minute sul.l::. titmions saw Sydney with 'j'\o%.fjJf.,; was Sz"i:lo who lost one game to Olafsson and was the Bernstein replace Larry Evans and Atillio DiCamillo replace Robert drawing master at tile event with e!e\'en draws. Yanofsky, with 7-3 in Byrne. fifth place, lost games to Gligoric, Larsen, and Olafsson. The tournament roster therefore has become: A . S. Denker, Bobby Round twelve featured the upset Fischer, A. DiCamillo, S. Bernstein, R. Feuerstein, Hans Berliner, A.B. of Reshevsky by Yanofsky, while FINAL STANDINGS Bisguier, G. Kramer, W. Lombardy, E. Mednis, S. Reshevsky, J.T. Sher Larsen won from Olafsson. Gilgor win, H. Seidman, and A. Turner. Bisguier is defending U.S. Champion; Gligoric 8'h;"s'h Yanofsky ,., Denker and Reshevsky former U.S. Champions; Fischer current U.S. ic drew with Najdorf, and Szabo Reshevsky B>1I-S'h Olafsson 6'1.1·7'1.1 with Evans. This left Reshevsky Lar~en 7""·611,, Najdor f 5""·8'1.1 Open and Junior Champion; and Lombardy the current World Junior Szabo 71f.o·6'h. Evans ., Champion. and GHgoric tied at 7-5, Larsen and • Round One saw Sherwin best Szabo tied at 6lt2-51,h, and Olafsson Rosenwald Standings After and Yanofsky tied at 6-6. Turner, Berliner beat Kramer, Lom Nine RoOnds bardy win from Bernstein, and Round thirteen saw no change in USCF BULLETIN BOARD Reshevsky Blsgulel' the leaders; Reshevsky bested Fischel' from Feuerstein in a game Fischer Berliner This space will be available Evans but Gligoric won from Olaf pla~ed in advance of- the regular Lumbardy Feuers teIn to officials of the USCF f9r • sson. Larsen drew with Szabo, and schedule. Mednis drew with Bis: Sherwin Seidman brief messages to the members . guier, and Denker with Seidman. Denker Turner Najdorf with Yanofsky. The linal Today's comes from George Reshevsky and DiCamillo mateh Mcdnis Kramer fourteenth round had only one vic KoltaIiowski, who says, "Every was postponed. In this session the Bernstein .. , Vi Camillo tory with Evans defeating Najdorf. member get a new member dur Lombardy-Bernstein game was in Reshevsky drew _with Larsen, Gli ing 1958:' goric with Yanofsky, Olafsson with dispute and final judgment on the • result was placed in the hands of SHIPMAN TAKES Najdorf. a committee consisting of AI Horo witz, Arnold Denker, and Edgar T. LOG CABIN MORPHY McCormick. Walter Shipman of New York Kalme Kills Collegians emerged as Victor in the second Round two saw Bisguier upset Log Cabin Paul Morphy Memorial Charles Kalme a University of Pennsylvania freshman, is the new Lombardy, while Sherwin bested Tournament at West Orange, N. J., United States Inter~ollegiate Chess Champion. Allowing only one draw---; Kramer to take undisputed lead in scoring 4lf.l ·%-a draw with Arthur to Dale Ruth of the University of Oklahoma-he swept through the. holl the event; Reshevsky downed Den Feuerstein in the final round. Tied day tournament at Gannon College in Erie, Pa., and emerged WIth a ker. Turner drew with Feuerstein, for second place w:ith 4-1 each in 6lh-lh score. - Fischer drew with . Seidman, and the 46-player Swiss were Feuer Mednis with Berliner. The Bern Anthony Saidy of Fordham University, lost to Kalme, and finished stein, Dr. Ariel Mengarini, and Wil stein-DiCamillo match was post in second place with 6-1. Saul Yarmak of Los Angeles City College lost liam Radcliffe, all of New York poned. At the end of two rounds, to both Kalme and Saidy to finish in a 5·2 tie for third place with Robert City, Dr. Erich Marchand of Roches it was Sberwin 2-0, Berliner, Bis Cantor of the University of Pennsylvania, whose only loss was to Yar ter, Jerry Sullivan of Knoxville, guier, nnd Fischer Ph-¥.!, Reshev· mak. Dale Ruth was fifth with 4Jf.l-2%. and Tibor Weinberger of Brooklyn, sky 1-0, Lombardy, Mednis, and Twenty·two players representing fifteen coneges and universiti.es Seidman 1·1, Denker, Feuerstein, a Hungarian refugee. Herbert Av· ram of Washington, James McCor competed in the event wllich was directed by CHESS- LIFE colummst and Turner %-1%, Bernstein 0-1, Frederick H. Kerr. Knlme received two"year custody of th~ H. Arth',lr Kramer 0·2, DiCamillo 0-0. mick of Seattle, and Charles Crit· - tenden of Raleigh finished in a tie Nabel Trophy, and a $300 sc1,101arship. Saidy won a $200 scholarship while Yarmak and Cantor split the third prize _of a $100 scholarship. with 31h.-l1h. each. The Junior prizes • • FLASH! Fisher Wins and Re were awarded to Raymond Wein Held under ideal conditions, the tournament featured no forfeits, shev~ky Second_ stein of Brooklyn and Rob Dubeck no adjudications, no disputes. Complete list of players, scares, and colle of Maplewood, N. J. giate affiliations wi!} appear in next issue of CHESS LIFE. • POPEL TRIUMpHS Finish It The Clever Way! IN NO CENTRAL College Po.ilio" No. lH Pori/Ion No. 116 Evans VS. Lanen G. Kasparian By Special, Correspondence. Dallas, 1957 USSR, 1956 Milwaukee, Wis. - Stephan A. Clw.ofl/e :-- - Popel, of Detroit, was declared the by winner of the fourth annual North Conducted Central Championship held here Frederick H. Kerr over the Thanksgiving day week All college clubs ;lnd p l;lyel'$ ... ur,&d end. The former European master, to send n. ws IIams to Fr.cI.,lck H. who held the championship of Kerr, 1776 $;lmpl. 1t000d, Allison P;lrk" Penmyl .... nl •• Paris (rom 1952 through 1956, was This repol·ter was very unhappy tied in game points with Charles over the small number of entries Kalme, Philadelphia, a former US in the 1957 Intercollegiate. The Junior cham pion. Each won five Gannon College facilities were and drew two of their games to out of this world, and two hun· split first and second prize. money, dred players could have been tao gelling $200 apiece of the overa!! ken care of without trouble. lotal fund of S750. The tournament, I would appreciate it if each -sponsored annually by the Wiscon· player wbo bad planned to "make sin Chess A~ci ation , drew a field the trip and didn't would write of 93 contestants. to me, giving ' the reason for his N ['osition No. 215, two or three moves dccirJe . In the game, White The anticipated sixth or possibly change of plans. This will give us I resigned after Black's second move. seventh round game at the outset ideas fo r planning futUre events. of the toumament, betwen Donald In all other ways, the tourna Position No. 216 is a study published lit the time of the Alekhine Byrne and the US Opcn champion, ment was a huge success. Never Memorial Tournament in Moscow. I am partial to, and consider useful, Robert Fischer, who were seeded before has an Intercollegiate re studies arising from Ot' suggested by actual chess ga mes. ceived such nation·wide publicity in the number one and two posi coverage. In addition to that in For solutions. please turn to Page eight. lions, failed to materialize to the CHESS LIFE, CHESS REVIEW, disappointment of the gaUery. In· and the AMERICAN CHESS BUL· Send ... U (:ontributicn$ fo r this tolumn to Edmvnd H u h, 1530 28th PI'tt, S.E, slead, one of the tightest-fought Wnhlngton 20, D. C. LETIN, the event received wide tournaments of major proportions lay news coverage. Mr. Hermann yet held in MilwaUkee developed Helms, as always, furnished excel· involving a dozen or more players. lent reports for the NEW YORK The closeness of the play, which be. TIMES. Robert Cantwell was sent came apparent as early as the third by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED to By Kesler Svendsen round, must have led the tourna· write a feature. United Press and ment committee\ to some wishful Associated Press sent round-by o the monumental efforts of Jack Spence of Omaha, Nebraska, must thinking for an extra round of play . round l'eports over their wires to T now be added those of Richard McLellan, who enters the field of or two. newspapers from coast to coast, i chess publication with the first three volumes of the McLellan Limited In winning the title, Popel won including telephotos of Kalme, the Editions. VolUme 1 includes all 56 games of Semmering.Baden 1937 five games, drawing with Byrne in champ. On the local scene, THE (won by Keres) and all 56 of the great AVRO' 1938 (in which Keres the fi fth and with Kalme in the ERIE TIMES·NEWS featured a and Fine tied for [irst): the price is $3. Volume n oHers the 90 games final round. Kalme's fi ve victories fo ur picture spread on the front of Moscow 1936, won .by Capablanca; price is $2. Volume ill, for $1.50, page of the Sunday paper, in addl included a fine win over Fischer, a gives the 14 games of the Keres-Euwe match, 1939~940 , annotated by tiOD to regular dauy reports. Radio the editor. The three tournaments in question are certainly the major draw with Byrne in the sixth round coverage was giv.en by Dave Gif· events of the late 1930s. At Moscow, Capablanca won over Botvinnik in addition to his- draw with Popel. ford of Station WJET. . by the margin of a single point. The incredible Emanuel Lasker stood Byrne, Lajos Szedlacsek, Cleveland, Everyone at Gannon helped by sixth In a field of ten, ahead of Kan, Lowenfisch. Riumin, and Eliskases. and Curt Brasket, Minneapolis, fin co-operating in every way. The At Semmering·Baden, five of whose eight eontcstants were to play in ished in a virtual tie for second playing facilities were superb, and the Avro tournament of the followlng year, Keres nosed out Fine, position a half·point in arrears of every player had proper chess losi ng two games but wi nning 'six, where Fine lost nOlle but wo n only the leaders. Fischer, who finjshed equj.pment at, his disposal. two. Capablanca and Rcshe\'sky tied for third a point behind Fine. The at the top of a group of eleven Everyone who spoke to me dur Avro story has oHen been told. but now fo r the first lime all the players With nve points to take ing the event said that it was a games are available in English. In a field that inclqded the greatest sixth place in the standings, won pity that more players were not players of the decade (Keres, Botvinnk, Alekhine, Euwe, Reshevsky, his first foul' games, lost to Kalme there to enjoy the fine oceasipn. Capablanea, Flohr), Fine won the astonis hing total of six games, drew and drcw his final games with Mar Yes, numbers arc not everything. five, and lost three, equaling Keres in game points but falling short tin HaJ'l'ow, a gradyate student at Bids al'e now being received for o( him in the S.·B. Iota Is. The Euwe-Keres match, regarded as the the University of Indiana, and with the 1958 Team Championship. natural outcome oC the tournament. was an exciting see·saw event, won Szedlacsck Harrow, who played ex· Write to the address atop this by Keres 7'h·6 ~,lz. These three volumes are obtainable from the editor ceedingly well finished in seventh column if your college or city is at 912 South 89th Street, Omaha 14, Nebraska. place, fo llowed closely by Povilas. interested. Tautuaisas and Charles Henin, two Note, Not hlndled by USCF B", slnu. Oepartment of the midwest's top plaYjrs from Capt. Edmund B. Edmondson of Chicago. or the Milwaukee players, Mather AFB scored 3lh -1k, a draw Henry Mcifert, Tibor Weinberger, with John E. Mitchell, to win the ofale Agaill! Sacramento City title. Second and Leonids Gailgals and Richard Ku third in' the 12-player finals with joth finished in the five·point It mllst be as confusing to new subscribers as it is annoying to the 3·1 were Dr. Alexander Janushkow. old ti mers to receive their copies of CHESS LIFE ten days or two weeks group. The showing of Mei(ert, who sky and Mansur K. Saca, while Os fi nished in ninth place with wins alter the advertised publication dates. The officials of the USCF, the tap Bender was fourth with lh·l'h. over Tautvaisas and Henin and a The l3·player Reserve Tourney was printers, and your editor share yo ur grief and annoyance. It hasn't been draw in his final·round game with won by Fred Adkins with 4-0, while due to "one of those things" by which a failure for which no whipping Harrow, was noteworthy. second to fow·th with 3-1 each were boy can be found can us ually be comfOrtably explained. Neither is it Ray Hefington, Peter Farrell, and the fault of any individual. It is due to an assortment of exceptional Finger Lakes (N.Y.) Chess Club lost M. Taruree. Neil T. Austin directed circumstances, plus Asian fl u in the printing plant, plus some mi nus by 10·5 to thi! Cornell Chen Ctub In a both events. match played at Ithaca. Cornell wInners signs in the human equation column. were wolfr. Jungrels, Rll bens, Ewen, Dr. Reuben Fine, International As this column is being typed. the proofs for this issue have not Osofsky. and Miss Cordon, whlli! Bul· Grandmaster who retired from low, Yarte r, and Suitor sa}v;lIled polnl$ tournament chess at the peak of bis been received-and today is January 5. the theoretical date of publica for Fln,H Lakes. Clickrleld Ind Stu career as a player, gave a blind· wassen of Cornell drew with Quinn and Hon. It is, therefore, quite certain that this copy will not reach you much ChTiSW1>hcr,on. fold ' exhibition at the Brooklyn before the 20th, when another issue will be due. CheS5 Club against a picked team of club champion Henry Wanach, This is to assure both new and old subscribers that we are cognizant BOOST AMERICAN CHESS of the problem, that we arc working on it, that you will continue to Dr. Gabriel Rosenkranz, Seymour • By /o;n;", tht US.C.F. Diamond, Henry Wortis, Dan Danil· receive your two issues a monih even if lhey arc 'Iatc, and that we are ovich. and Eli Siegal. After two confident that within a short time you will be receiving CHESS LIFE and a half bours of continuous within a day or two of the official publication dates. play, Dr, Fine had a score of 6-0. •• f(j (\' F, S,,,,Jay, pag.' HOW ARE \tbeS5 l..l) e }am""1 ~, 1918 Cl.eJJ AmericcTs Number 1 Player Illustrates the Technique of Victory ofl/e By Internatiorwl Grandmaster SAMUEL RESHEVSKY .In new yor/' By Aben Rudy THE U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP .~innln g the q ueen. Ulack could ha"" drawn , howe'ct wllh 27 ...... P xS . ICTURE GALLERY: One of A Long Struggle t-o r If UI. QII.QI. KR· QI and White can P the featured players i.n the ma ke no .. ro lln·s.~; and If 26. P-B7 , EFORE the eighth game of my match against Donald Byrne started. KR-QB I Ihre:He nlnl t o exchani e drama now unfolding in New Yor k B there we re lou r gllmes unfinished. One of these was a clear win for queens. White ,,'ould ha ~ e been forced is colorful, rotunp Abe A. Turner. me, two were sure draws and onc was an ending in which Mr. Byrne 10 take IhO! draw by perpetual cheCk Turner is a member of the had to defend magnificently to draw. with 23. QxNPch, K·B2 ; 29. Q.N7ch, K.Kl; 3ll. Q·N6 ch. clc. strain and stress school of chess, The game WllS unique in evel'y phase. The opening, an irregular U. P·81 AjKN1 1·KBI which us ~ s body---english in mak variation of the Reti Opening, was handled energeticall y by White. By 29. R·B6ch I(xB ing chess moves! Just as bowlers playing 7. N·R4 and P -KB4, threatening P-K5, he presented black the 30. Q·83 N·BS use body-english to knOck down a. It 30 ...... Q.K5; 31. R·K6ch. serious problem of castling with Impunity. Black, instead, chose to win 31 . IbN QxR pins. so Abe uses it to penelrat~ a pawn, overlooking that White can regain the pawn with the supet'ior 31. A·Ktch K·B4 deeply into his opponcllt's ter n position. Black's poor position necessitated the fiercest resbtance. 33. Q.Q3ch K·B3 . tory to ward off a menacing 3.1 ...... K·N4; 3~ . R·KNlch. K_B3 (.14. White sacrificed a piece on his 27th move. Black brought his king to ...... , l (· R~ ; ~ ~ . Qxl'eh. 34 ...... , K"R3; check, to plant a knight on King 5, the middle of the board, sacrificing his queen for two rooks. ~~. Q.R3eh. 34 ...... K·IN; 35. QxPch, or for any other purpose he deems The ending was extremely Interesting. The result should have been Q·R ~ ; 36. Q·U5ch. K_IlS; 37. Q . N~ mate) useful. . . 3 ~. R·KAI as In the gmull . a draw, but when White played 45. QxPch, he gavc up his last chanee 34. R·K81 QIIReh When Turner is in deep thought, of splitting the point. This, however. was not obvious, since even after 35. Q ~ Q ch K·N2 spectators arc treated [0 the §pee i the 72nd move. some of the experts at the club declared their inability U . Q·N1ch ... ,._ .. tade of a veritable triba.1 war to see a win for black. Whil e 15 IInde.· Ihe haluclnation Ihat be h3$ ",Innlnll cha noos; other ... lse. he dancc. His shoulders roll ; Ius fa ~ e Reti Opening would hllve cllp \ u red the QRP ... hleh grimaces; his fingers t.ap; . hiS Meo: Plga 225, Column 61( a) would ha,·" led 10 a n easy draw. knees knock; one even lmagmes :U...... KIIP D. Byrne-S . R.shevsky Metch 37. Q.QS ch K-K2 his toes curling within his shoes; New York, 1957 3t. Q·K4ch K·Q2 and, of course, the idcntifying 39. Q~P c h K·B3 White BlaCk trade-mark of the body - e n~ 1i 5 he ~, 40. Q·K4ch K ·B2 D . BYRNE S. RESHEVSKY the hip swing, is plainly In eVI 4'. Q.84Ch K·N2 1. N·KBl N.K8l Q,gSch dence. There can be but lit.tle 2. P-I(N3 P-QN3 .1. !f:.8n Allo,,1ng Wh ite t he ch3nce 10 d rew. 42. 3. 8·N2 8 .Nl doubt that Abe loses (our to five 4. 0-0 P'84 ...... K·R1 ... 41 5 corr.. et, as happened Inle r In t he lIame. pounds a sitting. . . S. P-Ql "".... 43. Q_84(h K-N2 Speaking of weight (a subject Intending 10 bu!ld up a str(ln. ctnter 44 . Q·1(4cll ~ Turner does not enjoy). Abe's with P·K4·S. S. p .Q4 leadS Into familiar ...... Herlt I was o rre red a I3rnw and de lines of the Queen'~ India n. waist 'was once so vast it was be· 5...... " .N3 clined. lieved he wore a garden hose rath To ht ~e(lmmended 11 S...... , P _Q4; ,. P_B4, P·RS and If 7. PXP, NxP; 8. Q_ er than a belt. Abc denies .this al R4<:h, N-Q2.; J.. N _la, B-Q3 with ••ood legation~ and in Cae.t defies - the game. . , a}ligator, but we still have our 6. P-1(4 " 'Q3 doubts. It matters little, though, Necess"ry to preve nt P-KS. ~' or If e. WlnnlnJ: bflck the pawn with the suo ...... , B·N2; 7. P·KS: N.Q4 (7 ...... , N'N~; perlor po ~ ltlo o . This I overlooked when for in the past two years, Abe has 8. R-Kl, N-QB3; 9. P·KR3 and While'. I played lJ...... B"N. shed considerable poundage. KP Can not be captur ed) 8. N.NS 16...... PxN Turner refuses to disclose what (threatening to wIn a pleco Wi th P·QB41 17. BXN BxB Q·Bl; 9. Q·83 with tht t win threat or 18. Q.Q4 I(.B2 - he believes arc his chances in this QxPxh nnd P.QB4. f'orced. Arter 18 . ... . _.. , 0·0; 19. QxB Championship. As he himself puts 7. N·R...... Blick can not dcfend both the klnll it: "Does Gimbel's tell ShtJ.~e Preventing B·N2 which would COl$( and the qucenknlght pawns. Black a piece after p·K5. 19. QxB Q.B2 speare?" Yes. indeed, docs Gim 7...... N.83 20. B-Q4 KR.1(1 bel's tell Shakespeare? •• P·K84 P-1(3 21 . P·N4 Q·BS KIBITZER'S PARADE: Bill Slat· Prevenlln. P'lKN4 to whiCh Black 22. P·BS NPxP would now Nl piy NxKP. 23. P~P R·I(Nlch er describing the Fischer·Reshev 9. N·Q8l N.Q2 2:1 ...... NxP; H . R"Nch. P " R; 25. sky duel-"The ReS~ev s ky of to 9...... B_N2 Is no t playable. The N! Q"Peh, K·K2 (25...... _., K·NI; 26. Q. morrow plays the Fischer of yes (ollows; 10. l' .KS . J>xP ; 10. P xP . N.Q2; N5ch, K-B 2; 27. Q.BSch. K-N I ; 23 . Q·N7 terday" .. . . Arnie D.ubow 12. N·K4. N(Q2) xP: 13. B.NS, Q.Q5ch ; ma te ) ZS . R·K l eh, K-Ql; Z'l. B"Pch 44...... P-Q4 .in s i s te~ H. K·RI . 0-0: IS. P·8 3. Q.Q2; 16. "'Ins. The o nly Iry ror a w Ln . For Ir 44 ...... , that if Denker pers isted In fun N·B6ch with su fflclent l !laCking chant 24. I(·Rl P.1(4 K·R2: U . Q·K7ch. K·RI; 46. Q.K2. and ously biting his nails, he would es tor Ihe Pl wn. 15. P·86 ...... _ Black is (.-.reed \0 play 46. _... _., P·QN4. have no lingers leU (or the latter It. N·83 P.oR3 It lOOks bad to r BlaCk. hut Ihls Is no It he desires to t ry ror a win, but then II. P-c)4 B·N2 lime 10 t hink a bout Ihal. Fierce N!sist. Ih, billek king would have been 100 half of the tourney . .. Hans Bel" 12. PxP ...... anee Is called t o r . e xposed a J:lllnst t he const ant threat of liner looks so relaxed in plaring 12. P-Q5 Is met u u , rlet orlly with 12. 25...... N.Hl I'erpelu~l check. his ga mes-Marty H a rr o~ sald ...... N.QS; 13. NxN, P :..: N; 14. N.K2, 26. Q-N7ch K·I(J 45. QxPch? PxP; 15. PxP. Q·B3. 27. 8xKP lIllssing t he cor rect continuation to "one night he may aCCidentally 12...... Nx" Iha w. Corl'C"Ct was ~ 5. Q.K7eh, K-R I; fal! awake ~ " . .. Grandmaster Lasz 13 B·K3. S l ronGer Wis 13. P-BS and If 46. Q-K2, P- Q N ~ ; 47. P·QR~ dr.. ",lnJ: lo szabo attended the second 13. .•_ __._ .• 0·0; 14. B.NS In which 14. easily. -.. -..... B_B3 ffllls becau~e o f IS. axa. 45 ...... K·Al round for a few mo.ments, ?ut QxB; 16. QxP. AftO! r 13. P - B~ Black The e ndlnll I ~ now lust for White. then decided · that bl'ldge-playmg would have had to play 13 ...... P.K4 8 1a ck '~ m ethod o r wlnnln. Is 3. fol· was better than chess·watchlng. giving up control of the squa re Q4. 10"'.; plnclng Ihlt r ooks on the queen's New Yorkers were surprised with 13...... 'xN bl$hup ru e In o rde r to Cllplure hoth _ c. In ,-",aklnl: this move I tho ug ht that It bIshop pawns : do""1,, the rooks on the Hungarian's mastery of the won a pown by rOteO! but found out lhe KH me. one . t KR.1 ~nd the' other English language ... Advised that difterenUy. 13 ...... , 0·0 was Indicated. at KR2 to "'In the KIIP; and finally DiCamillQ was in the tourney-: 14. PxB NxP to (urce the white king Into a first 15. N·Q41 N.I(27 rank whe,,, the tW(I 1'0 18. QIl.Ql ...... If 18. KtxP, B_Kt4; 19. P·Kt3, BxKt; 20. Tables Turned! PxB. R.B4 lind Blaek has some hutiDtive fOI" the silcrtficcd pawn. y first encounter with this particular variation of the Ruy Lopez 11 ...... Q·B2 came when I annotated the game Anderson·Fox, Canadian Cham· 19. Q.8l? ...... , M J9. p ·QKt3 followed by B·Kt2 and Kt·B3 pionship 1955, for Jack Collins' CHESS LIFE feature. Although this was is better as th ~ move .also pNlvent.. pet fact Anderson's nne, his wi n can be credited ma inly to the that his Black from uslne the squ.. re .s a ba~e '~~~~,~ foree of Black'S ;;;"" rather bone-weary opponent, 65 year old Maurice Fox, put up a very of operations for hla Queen Bl$bop. R-K I stili SOme hope. slight resistance which made it appear that he was just waiting for the " ...... 8 ·RSt 35 • ..~ . . .. Q.KS! 20. 8 .Q2 .. _ .... :J6. Q·KU eh R·Kt2 _ " . White itvet up the exchange thInking 37. BlCR Q-K' eh Later, during my participation in the U.S. Open at Long Beach 1955, he will have a playable game because 38. R· B2 R.Q8 mala I witnessed the same variation being tested by Ivan Romanenko against of hIs paued Kini Pawn and bl, attsck As S. A. hn been known to relate: "The A.T., a well known American Mastel'. Here too, White seemed to have on the B1Dck King Bishop Pawn. Better Penguin 's mightier than !.he SWOrd waS: 20. R-B!, B·B5; 21. R·Q2, QR.-QI ; 32. fish." little difficulty disposing of his adversary with neatness and di ~ patch. KR·Ql, forced (If 22. P-QKt3, RlCR; 2.1. It was not long before I became convinced of the soundness of the QxR. R-Ql wInning the e xchange) and opening and I decided to try it in my next important tourney, the 1955 allhouliih Black haft a slight pull I do not ARMED FORCES Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy Tournament. I got my "big chance" when belle ,-e that White should lose If he pl",5 well. CHESS COMMITTEE I played AI Horowitz. Daving managed to build up a winning position, HI ...... _. U"R of the USCF I managed in my own inimitable style to botch it and draw. But this 21. b B P·KKt41 was not my only chance for once again opportunity knocked in my This Is thc move White t hought eould The Armed Forces Chess Com match with Reshevsky, August 1956. Here onCe again I displayed my not be played because of KI·B3·K4. mittee is being organized to pro 22 . KI·a3 8·Q4] mote organi1:ed chess activity prowess by drawing a won game! Preventing the Inlmcdiate Kt-K4. All was not lost. however. In September 1956 I met Frank R. Ander 23 . P .K' ...... throughout the Armed Services. son In the Canadian Open Championship. Andet"Son, as we know, is one Whito'a only chance. He . must not ,1. Membership on this commHtee low QR-K I followed by B·8 3. is now open to volunteers who: of the chief exponents of Out· variation. This time the tables were turned! 23 . .... _.. a x KP I was forced to asSUOile the Btack pjeces. What happened? or course! 1.~. KI.K4 Q-S4 a) Have ever served with or We play the variation again. Thill is the move Whitf! had not f ore are now on active duty in any seen. U 25. KtxKtP, B·Q4; 26. Kt.K4, of the United States Armed Ser Extraordinary is White's fortune that from three games (two defi· QR.KI and there i ~ no play left that nitely superior and one equa\) he could only salvage one point, drawing can compensate fOI" the lost Qu aUty. vices. the bettel' games and losi ng the even one. It is my luck, hOwever, that U. KIxKtP B·Q4 b) Are USCF members. J was on the receiving end: two draws-with White ana a win with Black. 26. Kt.R3 ...... c) Are willing to mail out a Both SIdes are In Severe time prelSure The question that remains is: Will White break the spell he is under and the N!malnder of the game was bi-weekly report' on local chess when he chooses this variation? Only the Shadow knows and he's not played with .econds left on both cInco. activities every other Saturday. telling! , The required number 01 movea was o&S A brief postcard is an acceptable In tbe prescribed 2 and lAo bours. We RUY LOPEZ beH"'r Pawn alructu"' and I f",latlv...ly report. Cll nlldia n Open Championship mobil", Klng.sld", majority whll", Black's had only played 26! Queen·,I<.I e pawns are t.c!mporarUy Publicity in CHESS LIFE will ' 956 slyml"'d because his doubled QBPs l1am· "'~'7'- be a f f or d e d tournaments, Whllll Blaek p ... r their action. As compenUUon Black F. R. A N DERSON W . LOM 8A RD Y has the two BIshops with resulting matches, anecdotes, etc., which (Can,da) . (US A ) greater fI'e~dom or action (or hI, pieces are reported by committee memo 1. P·K4 P.K4 In the midddlegame. These sort ot posl. bers. Space for II new column, 2. Kt·KB3 KI.Q83 Uona a re dlftlcult to appraIse and In l. 8 .KIJ P.QR3 valiably lead to a sharp and colortul "Chess in the Ar med Services" 4. 8·R4 Kt·83 stru.,I",. will bc made available if the S. P'Q4 __.. 10. R·ICl P·KB4' volume of news warrants it. T he Initiation ot the enu:!al variation. Blaek musl take measurel to bloekld", Whe n I ",plied aner 1. P.K4 with P.K4 While'S majority or at lelUlt remove the The Chairman will consolidate I h i d not recalled that thlli Wit ).' rank's thrut o( Its advanced gunn! by ex reports lor publication in pet tine and thought that he mliht,f changlnil the KP. CHESS LIFE and other chess better prepared tor the SteUl,.n 11 . P·KS l ...... fensl. . WhIte cannot permit the KnIght to re publications, answer correspond 5...... PxP main a t 11, powerful post. ence received on committee 6. 0 ·0 ...... 11 ...... Kt·B4 work, and strive to coordinate 6. P- K~, Kt·KS ; 7. KtxP, Kt·B4 would 12. KI·83 KI·K3 all widespread eliort into a co gIve Black easy equality. Bl acll.·~ pl an has met with IUco;:eSI. 6. . ...•. _ I .K2 White', PII"'n majority Is thoroughly herent, meaningfu l program. 1. P·KS Kt. KS blOCkaded. II you are interested in being e. Kt xP O.O ~ · 13. B·Kl Kl xKt 21. KI"P Q·KIS Now Kt_84 WOuld not II<'! SO a member, if you have some ad e...... • 14. SICKI B·K3 Threatenlni the deadly RxKt. iOod because of 9. Kt.B5, KlxB; 10. 1$. Kt·K2 . P· BSt U. P_KKI3 QR-Kl ditional ideas and suggestions, KtxP ch, K·HI; 11. B·RG! and Black may Preventing Kt·a~ and artificially lsolat· 29. R_BI B·S3 or if yOIl want more information safely res!!!n. ing the White KP. 9. 8xKt ?1 Q-B6 followed by RxKt Is now the on the Armed Forces Chess ...... 16. 0 _01. • P-841 threat. Porclng Willie to place his Shhop 'n 30. 8 ·83 ...... Committee, please write im , ueh a " 'oy that the movem",nh of hIS White hopes for counterplay alon , the meaiately to Jerry Spann, 3011 Knliht '!ecom" limited. dark squores but It IS already too late. -Pasco, Oklahoma City. 11. 8 ·a3 30. .. _.... Q·&4 BI.. ck IS persistent and consIstent. Sincerely. \Vhlte's white !l . GAMES , BY USCF MEMBERS , Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS USCF MEMBERS: Submit you, brst g Ratln, List ~o,"parlaon. should rev.... l .. trong polnts to emulate and weak spots to aVOid . What club., ornnlzert, players and methods aecount for the P,gb/cm No. 8'9 P,obl(m No. 860 larger number of competitors, tor progre" In a given state or city" Ho ..· account By J. C, Morra By E. Stevenson for Clevoland's relatively tine , tanding, and abo for Its de<:line in 19S7 ! Who Rnd Cordoba, Argentin. Surbiton, England what accounted lor Ihe , tIf~p tlo nlily bMght showing ot Rochester In tbe SpMng 1951 n.tlng USt! Our Che" movement will , row 10 the extent that methods sue. "Gamage Memorial" "Gamage Memorial" cessful in one clly or Itate are, If applicable, made general througbout the nation. International Co nt es~t,-- International ' Contest A compnatlve study ot the Rltlng U st over a span of years can aid In rlndlng those methods. ~ I hope that "Che$$ Llle" will print a rtlcl ... on What' s 1I0ing on In California, in Cleveland and Rochesler-and why. Whu's happening In Milwaukee. wherf! • wide SChool program wu adopted $ome years ago! Why does Mil waukee h.ve so comparatively few In the Rating U st! How come we don't hear of a &bby Fischer or • Lar», Remlinger developed tbere! ls insutciclent .tlentlon being paid, per. b apl, to especlstly tale nted youngsters! ' The.se questions are raised . 'ler a brief preliminary study of the Rating LIst. While I have not double-~heckcd my tlg\lrea, I. believe that the percentage. &liven are es.sentJally eorre~t and the conclusions valid. The point I want to stress I.s that there's gold tn them thar hlUs; that raUng list comparis.,>ns have valuable lessons for chess development In our country. I hope, therefore, that "Ches~ Life" will Issue as SOOn IS poulble offlelal compnl'ons .. nd draw th.. nccessary ortanl~aUona1 conclusion,. PAUL LEITH • -:::-:-:-:-_:-:-___:-:- _:-N~1II Yor.\:, N. Y. Editorial (O"''''tllt: Mr. Leilh ntg/uts IUgguling p,uiTt/y who it to make ,hi. compr~htllfiyt Italilliral Iltidy 0/ the R,,/ing System M it ,tvtals wmparalivt ,hlS' acli~ily in I'",ioul loulitits. W t "mud. lu,h data .,.,ou.!d be intucs/ing and instructivt -bul [ike m"Try atlotht. ,hul p' oi«/ it mUll wail unlil IhtTt OTt willing hands and NO. 831 Aamlon: I!:ey 1. Q·KN, ". mind. to rompil, tht IlatiSliCJ. In addition, it mighl be nOltd that rm/il Iht Raling BN_2. NK8: .Sysum app/itt tqually th,ougho ut Ih t tOtlnlry, dat4 compiltd "om the Raring Lists is have boon a not conr/"sivt. Clt"d,md m4.\:U 4 sholl'i"g bttdtllt 4/1 activity in th,u It4gull ;t '4Id-Nn, Y o,k ... ith tV, n g'(4tt, IUgilt acti"ity maku 4 ~ortr sho"";"g bt. C411st Ntll' York It4gllt ,I(t;",t)' i, nol ,alrd. As 10 Milll'