A CARIBBEAN CHESS HOLIDAY! ( See P. 104 ) Volume xx Number S May, 19&5

EDITOR: J. F . Reinhard t

CONTENTS CHESS FEDERATION

PRESIDENT Mrs. Gresser Wins Championship ...... 9S Lt. Col. E. B. Edmondson VICE·PRESIDENT David Hoffmann The Bible: 10th Edition, by Lany Evons ...... 96 REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS NEW ENGLAND Stanley KIng Spassky, Geller Win in Candidates ...... 98 Harold Dondls Robert Goodspeed EASTERN Donald Sehultz Lewis E. Wood A Robot Chess Player, by Mikhail Botvinnik ...... 99 MID·ATLANTIC George Thomas Earl Clary Edwar d D. Strehle SOUTHERN Dr . Robert Froemke Mar del Plata Revisited, by Pal Benko ...... 100 Jerry Sullivan Carroll M. Crull GREAT LAKES Nor bert Matthews Donald W. Hildlng From the Student T eom, by Bernard Zuckerman ...... 102 James &,:hroeder NORTH CENTRAL Frank Skort J obn Osne" Ken Rykken The 1965 U. S. Open ...... 104 SOUTHWESTERN John Beltl1ng Kenneth Smith Par k Bishop PACIFIC Richard Vandenbur g t'l4ew Stars Among the Women, by V. Panov ...... 106 Gordon Barrett Col. Paul L . Webb SECRETARY Gomes by USCF Members, by John W. Collins ...... 108 Marshall Rohland

NATIONAL CHAIRMEN and OFFICERS Chess Life Here & There ...... 11 0

ARMED FORCES C HESS 'M.~ ...... _.. Roberl Karch

BUSINESS MANAGER••. •.• ~ ••.•_. _J. F. Reinhardt Tournament Life ...... 113 COLLEGE CHESS .~ ••.~.". __ ._. __ ._~ ... Paul C. Joas INDUSTRIAL CHESS._._. .. _.stanley W. D. Kinc INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ...... lsa ac Kashdan Women" Intern.Uona}...... Kathryn Sla~er JUNIOR CHIESS ...... Mordecal D. Tr eblow MASTERS AFFAIRS...... RObert Byrne MEMBERSHIP ...... Donald Schultz MEMBERSHIP SIECRETARy ...... Greta FuchS JOIN THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION NATIONAL OPEN ...... Herman Estrada NOMINATIONS ...... •. Dr. Alex Janushkowsky USC" I•• non·profit democratic ori.n1z.tion. the official governiu& booy .nd FIDE unit for PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT ...... l"red Cramer chess In th e USA. Anyone Interested In aovsndn& American chell! Is eit&lble lor melllbenhtp. RATINGS &. PAIRINGS._ ...... A rpad E. Elo RATING STATISTICIAN... . __ .... Wm. GolchberC Membership, including CHESS LIFE IJUbaerlptiOll, eligibility lor USCF-ralln&. and aU TAX DEDUCTIBILITY .. _• .. __ •__ . ....Harold Dondb prtvUeces:: I yr.: 5.00; 2 yn..: $9.50; 3 yn.: $13.50; Sustainlng: $10.00 (becomln& )lIe Membenhtp TOURNAMENT ADM._..• _.Georee KollaoowMkI alter 10 payments); LUe: $100.00. F.mlly ~mbersh l p (tWl) or more family members a t same TOURNAMENT RULES._. __ .... __ James Sherwio TREASURER .•_ •.•• __ ...... __ .•__ ...... Mllton Ruskin address, only one CHESS LIFE suweripUon): rales aa above (or first t.mlly member. plus U. S. CHAMP10NSHIP...... Maurice Kasper tollowlnc lor each addition al mem~ r : 1 yr.: $2.50; 2 yrs.: $4..75; 3 Yt$.: $6.75,

U.S. OPEH ...... H • •• • • • •••• ••W. B. Akin WOMEN' S CHESS...... Eva Aronson CHESS LIFE 15 published monthly by USCF and entered as secono-elasa matter at East Du buque, lllinol.... Non.member I-yr. sublcrlption: $4 .00 ($5.00 outside USA), sln&le copy: 4.1)j! (SOt WORLD CHESS FEDERATION outlloe USA). Cha nge of addru J: Allow four weeks notice; please give us both the new adoress (F.I.D.E.) sno the 010 aoorns, Ind udln& the numbers and datu on the top line of your stenCil. Fred Cramer Vice·President, Zone 5 (U.SA) Add.rel s aU conununlc.Uons, and. mike all checks payable to: ------UNITED STATES CHESS FEDI!RATlaN, eo Ent 11th St ....t . NEW YOR K 3, N. Y. CHESS LIFE MRS. GRESSER WINS lor 1962 as well as the new Lucille Ke ll­ QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING CHAMPIONSHIP ner i\Iemorial Trophy, J . PIATIGORSKY M. KARFF 1. P-Q4 H·KSl 23. "·KS Q.K2 • • • 2. P-QB4 P-K3 24 . It-R3 R.B, Gisela K. Gresser won the United The tournament was again financed 3. N· KB3 B. NSch 25. R-OB3 II·Kl States Women's Championship for the by contr ibutions from the Piatigorsky 4. 8-Q2 Q-K2 26. R/ '-BI Q.gB2 5, N·B3 P·B4 27. Q·Q2 R.B3 sixth time by scoring 8·2 in a fi eld of Chess Foundation, l\I .·s. Gresser, and the 6. P·K3 0 ·0 28. P_B6 P-QN3 eleven of the top-rated wo men in the Amel'ican Chess f"oundation. Additional 7. Q-B2 N·8 3 29, R-KR3 Q.K1 8, B·K2 P-Q4 30. R/l-Bl R-QB2 nation. contributions wcre r eceived this year from Mrs. Mary Selensky and Mr. Louis t . 0-0 BPxP 31. B-K2 'I-'ll 10. KPxp R-Q'I 32. R-R4 A.KB, The round robin event, this year des­ Kellner. 11 . P·QR3 IbN 33. R/l-KR] P-N4 12. a)

U.S. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - 1965 - ,. Gresser ...... x , , , , , , , , , , .., ,. Piatigo rsky ...... 0 , , , , , , , , , , 71·2.1 Her$tein , , ,...... ) , , , , , , , , • •• •• Ka rff ...... ) , , , , I , I , , I .~ ,. Sil1ars ...... 1 , , , , , , , , I , ~ •• Weis5ensteln ...... 0 I ! ! ! , , I ! ! , S•HI ,. Guinan ...... 0 , , , , , , , , , , H Huber , •• ...... 0 , , , , , , , ! • •• •• Korhonen ...... 0 , , ,• , , , , , , ! , ., Selensky ...... 0 , , , I ! , , , , ! , ., ". Morre.. , "...... 0 , , ! , , , ! ! I , • OFFICIAL USCF EMBLEM Be proud of your national ehess organization! Wear this attractive lapel button and show everyone you're a USCF member and a chess· player. Gold Plated with enameled black and white miniature chess board. Letters and crown in gold. Screws into button· ho le and remains there. Available only to USCF members. Price in· Giselil K. Gresser cludes Federal excise tax of 10%. On1y .... $2.20 (Plwto by Edward Lasker) MAY. 1965 95 The Bible: 10th Edition by LARRY EVANS

Modern Chess Openings (MCO for ciple of conservation of energy in short) is the only English book of its physics, Surely the chessboard, even kind which has been regularly kept up more than the universe, is a "closed to date and its new edition (published system." The ga mbit, fo r example, poses by Pitman) will be available in this the cleancut question: "Does White (o r country in early J une. The fame of this Black) have sufficient compensation for work has occasioned pithy redefinitions the sacr ifiCe of material? " The answer of "opening" (that phase DC the game in to this and even morc subtle positional which intelligence plays no part) ana problems must be viewed organicall y " middle game" (where MCO ends). When in the light oC actual game continuations I was invited to prepare the tenth edi· stemming from these positions. What tion of the gospel according to Griffith happened here? there? why? Did lhe and Whi te, I felt entrusted with the decisive mistake come later ? Wcre the keys of the kingdom. The new wo rk germs of defeat already contained from embodied the most crucial innovations the start? What comes after forges our in opening theory right up to the end evaluation of what comes before . . , of 1964. crcative evolution, if you will. We can never know whether a particu­ Many theoreticians like Pachman lar variation belongs to the past or the Euwe and Horowitz have had some poo; future; things often have an uneasy way tournament results because they ap­ of stirring in their grave, and I have proach a position stale. Improvements therefore disinterred a great deal of are usually hatched in actual contests material which was, at best, buried in when there is something at stake- not a footnote (the pauper's grave) in pre· in pre·tournament preparation. The " heat vious editions. I also fell a pang of regret of battle" and "mind over matter" arc whenever it became necessary to pr une not merely empty cliches. We vote with and expunge outmoded lines, thereby our feet. What we do determines Ou r diminishing the immortality of bygone approaches. Yet the advantage conferred real belief. The move a master actually masters. Al though I have tried to retain b)' the fi rst move r anks wi th the ancient plays in an important tournament game valuable lines which arc merely unfash· b ~ 1ief in the soul and the modcrn belief is the ?ne he believes best, the one he ionable, the sheer physical limitations in the atom. Strange, this tyranny of the puts hiS money on, not the move he require extreme compression. Space is unseen! Theoreticians have thus senten· suggests while coldly annotating the space. True, we run the risk of being ced black to a term of hard labor for game of a fellow master. Every position sur prised by old novelties whose sole CifLeen or twenty moves to achieve that examined with new eyes actually be. virtue is having been forgotten. But elusive thing known as equality. Poor comes new because you are involved in progress walks a tightrope-often we black, is it any wonder he suffers from living it, in the process of playing go fo rwards by glanci ng backwards­ an in ferior ity complex? The function of for a win. In practice this means both and I have tried to strike this delicate theory is to restore juslice. One may now balance within the strict [ramework of orf :!r this definition: "While"-since reo BENKO WINS a crowded , bustling encyclopedia. Even Ce nt Supreme Court decisions, not so big so, j udging from the page proors, this an advantage as it once was. But with Grandmaster Pal Benko swept the edition will almost doublc the number of the refinement of technique, a slight field with a 6·0 score in the Chess For. pages in MC09. edge in the opening now looms larger urn Open in Stamford, Conn. on April No game as organic as chess can than ever. The better the player, the 30- May 2. Four of Benko's wins were withstand the wash of expcrience. This small er the edge he nceds to win. Black against players of master rank: George last decade has produced as much nove l is always skating on thin ice-one slip Krauss (222 9), Mi chael Valvo (2411) and important material as the whole pre· is fatal. White can trip and still survive. Mi r o Radojcic (2281) and Asa HofCman~ ceding century, Improvements have come As Fischer succinctly stated my theory (2307), Although the field was small_ fast and thick-a veritable tornado in (in CL, Nov. 1964), " White, having the (33 players)--sixtcen were rated 2000 or the Nimzo and K's Indian, SiCilian, Ru y advantage of the first move, is allowed above. Lopez. The greater official support which one minor blunder per game." M i c h a~l Valvo, Miro Radojcic, Edgar chess enjoys in many countr ies yields P laying the black pieces has its com· McCormick and George Krauss all a r ich tournament harvest. As a result, pensations however. Once White makes scored 41f.! points and linished second even as the next edition reaches yo u, the first move he commits himself to a through nUh in that order. part of it will be outdated. fixed posture. In a sense black choses While it is the avowed duty of the the defense which determines the course compiler to compile - not anticipate and character of the struggle. Thus THREE TIE IN MASS. trcnds-I have been u nable to resist t he there is a growing tendency for White David Lee, John R. Ducharme and Eli temptation of indicating in the footnotes to adopt those namby·pamby "reverse" L. Bourdon all finished with 5-1 scores where the student might profitably seek openings (the English, Reti) on the to tie for Hrst in the 49·playcr Western and expect reinforcements. When no theory that what is adeqUa te for black Massachusetts Tournament, played May source is quoted, evaluation reflects sole· may be even more effective with an 2 and 9 in Easthampton, Mass. Roland ly my judgment and responsibility. extr a move. This has the effect of post· Johnson and J ohn J . Ducharme were It is axiomatic that chess should end poning the hand·to·hand battle. next in line with 41f.!. Other prizes went in a draw with best play. In every case In New Ideas in Chess I tried to demo to Arnold Woods (lst B), Joseph AI· where a game has been lost one can onstrate how thc elements of Time, binder (1st C), Ronald Burris (1st D) and find a weak move or sequence which Space, Force, Pawn Structure, combine T/ Sgt. Gene Estes (1 st Unr ated). It was was responsible. Apparently while has no and interact like volatile chemicals; how the fourteenth an nual holding of this forced win and his "jump" or "serve" an advantage in one element can be con· event, sponsored by the Western Msas. tends to evaporate as the middle game vertcd into another, similar to the prin· & Co nn, Vall ey Chess Association. 96 CHESS LIFE players tacitly cooperate to create a SHIPMAN WINS der. L. ZukofC (1866), J . Grefe (2024), dynamic imbalance. White tacitly agrees ATLANTIC DPEN G. Pokoik (1719), J ack Pinneo (2170) and to avoid known cqualizing lines; Black. The 3rd Annual Atlantic Open. played J ames Gore (2275) before drawing in the spector of casy simpl ification. Psy· in New Yor k City on April 9·11, was the fi nal round with Bernard Zucker· chological and tension factors such as conducted this year in two sections­ man (2412) to cli nch fi rst placc. Gore this dQno te the best in modcrn chess. Open and ''Booster''-the latter limited and Zuckerman, each with 5-1, fi nished The playe r who exchanges Queens at to players rated below 2000. second and third respectively. Jack Pin· the first opportuni ty, or who forces a nco with 4¥.t , finished in fourth place quick book draw (partic ularly with 011 tie·break. Wh itc) is scorned by his pccrs. Paradox· The 56-player Booster Section was icall y. thc bcst way to play for a draw won by Ed ward Staknys with a score of is to play to win. Of course t his is less 5ih·'h. A. La uro. Hi r hard l\1a hon . H. true in postal chess because it lacks Faivus and William Fagan all scored suspense. sponta neity - and the time­ 5 points and finished next in li ne in clock. the order listed. Nowadays. unfortunately, how muc h The tournament was directed by USCF you know counts almost as much as how Business Manager J . F. Reinhardt with far ahead yo u see, especially with valu· the assistance of Gerald O'Flaherty. Ed· able minutes licking away. II you want mar lJednis and Nicolas Rossolimo han· to make ehess your career, a profound died the adjudications. grasp of the opening is every bit as vital as natura l talent. When asked to com· N. J. AMATEUR ment on Jo' ischer. Tal qui pped: " Who can A record.breaking field of 74 players play against Einstein's theory?" The turned out for the New Jersey Stale average player usi ng Me O wa nts a place Amateur Championship, played in Cam· of reference. n watering spot. He wants den on April 30·May 2. The contest was to see where he we nt wrong or what close and at the end four players - movc a grnnd master made when chal· Th emas Meola, Robert T. Durkin, Alan lenged with the same position or the G. Soble and Ric hard J . Pariseau _ same problem. This book satisfi es thnt posted identical scores of 5-1. Ali were need. undefeated and tie·breaking placed MCO is not intended to be memorizcd, them in the order listed. or to encourage a slavish gencration of Other prizes: Class A- Robert A. Lin· chessplayers with an obedient reverence coin (4ih ); Class B-Charles MacNamara Walter Shipman (4ih ); Class C-Gardner R. Joh nson (3) ; for autho rity. The important thing is P1lOl ~Bclh Cfl$~idy not how I evaluate a given position. but Un rated- Paul S. Rovins ky (4); Worn· the feeling of comfort you experience. cn's-Noma Sh aw (21h). The tourna· If we disagree too oIten, alas, then USCF ~la stc r Walter Shipman scored ment, sponsored bv the N. J. State one of us is wrong. Mlt points in six rounds to wi n the 74· Chess t' edc1'ation, was directed by Lew The best ad \'ice I can give is not to player Open Section, defeating, in or· Wood. detour (rom a recommended theoretical highway mercly for fear of meeti ng with a prepared variation or an oppon· ent's pel line. The good playcr must learn to cope with all posilions--open. closed, quiet. wild- with equal dexter ity. Th is willingness to (011 01'1 the truth wherever it leads, without prejudice. however inimical to your personal style, is the main way to improve your game. I have tried to make th is edition stand the test of timc by basing it on lasting valu es. If it serves you for the next five or ten years, a constant com· panion, then the job has been do ne. This kind of book is really a task for a computer and a learn of chess analysts. Aller more than two years of rescarch forgive me for heaving a huge sigh of relief. For better or wo rse, MCO is now In your hands. ------NEW ENGLAND AMATEUR USCf' Expert Carl Wagner posted a perkct 6·0 score to take a c1car first in the Ncw England Amateur, played in Basion on Apr il 23·25. Wagner's string of victories incl uded a win ove r runner· up David Scherrer, 5- 1. Harold Dend is, a l ~ o 5-1. took third. Juris O1:ots, Egon Teodorson. Alan Newell and Ri chard Collins were next in line, with 4%. The tourna ment winner and the lop woman player. Mrs. Eleanor Terry, received en· GRANDMASTER NI COLAS ROSSOLIMO ad iudicate, a position at the Atlan­ tries into the U. S. Amateur Champion. t ic Open. Anna·Li n Korhonen is the player awaiting the verdict. ship. Robert B. Goodspeed was the T.D. Photo-Beth Cassidy MAY, 1965 97 SPASSKY, GELLER WIN IN CANDIDATES Game 1 Game 8 There arc now only six potential chal· QU EEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE NIMZO·I NDIAN DEFENSE lengers for the world championship SPASSKY KERES KERES SPASSKY title held by Tigran Petrosian. Two of 1. P·Q4 N ·KB) 11. P~P Qx P, h 1. P.Q4 N·KBl • • PxB NxQBP the origi nal "candidates," Paul Keres 2_ P·QB4 P·K) 19. K·B I Q-BI 2. P-QB4 P·K) ' . Q·B2 and former world champion Vassily 3. N.K B3 P.QNl 20. "'·Nl N·K2 ). N-QB3 B-NS 10. P~B Q·N•••>k;h 4. N·B3 B·N2 21 . N·B5 B·B3 4. P.K) P-QN) 11. K·RI Q·R4 Smyslov, have been eliminated from fUf­ 5. B.N5 P_KRl 22. P. K4 R·KN I 5. B.Ql B·N2 12. R·K NI Q~B Pch ther competition. , . B· R4 B·K2 21. R.QR3 ... , . N·B3 N_KS 13. R·N2 P·KB4 In a match played in Riga, Keres lost 1. P.k 3 N·K5 24. RxR R· NI 7. 0 ·0 14. B_Rl N·KS • • B~B 25. p.QS ••• to Boris Spassky by a score of 6·4; in • • N ~ N ." 26. Q.RI '" Moscow, Smyslov was decisively beaten 10. B·k2 Q·N"S,.h 21 . B· R5 R'"·N 4 by Ewlim Geller, 5*·21h. 11 . N .Q2 .. , 21 . Q·Q4 N·N) 12. R.K N I B·N2 2'. B ~ N The match between Spassky and Keres 13. RxP N-B3 10. N~K P R-N'"S'h was exciting and hard·!ought, all tcn of 14. P. B5 31. K . K2 R·NS the scheduled games being necessary to 15. P.QR3 Q·R4'" 32. N·B'ch " . P·N 4 PxNP 33. Q. RI K'"Q·B4 determine a winner. Keres, trailing 5~ . 11. N·N) Q.RS Reslllni lost the last game by overstepping the time limit in a complicated position. Still to be played this summer are the Game 5 'UY LOPEZ matches Mik hail Tal vs. Lajos Portisch SPASSKY KERES and Boris Ivkov vs. Bent Larsen. ,. P·K4 P_K4 12. QN.Q2 B·Q2 •• N·KB3 N-Q B) 13. N ·B I B P~ P 3. B·N5 P-QR3 14. P~P QR·BI •• B·R4 N.B3 IS. N ·K3 K R·K I •• 0.0 B_K2 16. P·QN3 15. R· KBI R·NI 21. P·KS N·R4 R·KI P.QN4 17. NxP B'"·BI 16. B. K2 Q·R6 22 . K· NI P·N3 ,••. B·N) P-Q3 18. B·N2 Q.QI 11. P·B3 N·KB3 13. R·N4 R·QI •• P·B3 0.0 19. N/ Q·BS ,.. 18. P.Q5 K ·B2 14. a·Q3 R·NI P· KR3 N·QR4 20. N~B P.N3 19. P· K4 P·B4 25. R·B2 Ruillns •10.• 8 ·B2 P.B4 21 . N·K3 B·N2 20. B·N2 P. B! 11 . P·Q4 Q·B2 22. Q·Q2 N-N2 GRAVES WINS MD. OPEN The 1965 Maryland Open, played at the Dundalk YM CA on April 2·4, was won by Peter Graves of Bethesda, whose score of 51f.1-1f.I gave him a clear first in a field of 71 players. Graves also won the state title, being the highest·scoring Maryland player. He already held the Ma ryland Junior title from a previous event. fo' our masters took ,art in the tourna. Boris Spassky ment which was sponsored by the Bay Photo by Beth Cauidy Region Chess Club and directed by J. W. Dempsey and A. Starner. Jack Mayer, 23. P-QN4 Q·K2 34. " ·B4 N·K3 George Thomas, William Goichberg, Rus· 24. P·153 Q.BI » . P. N) N·N2 sell Chauvenet and veteran master Nor· MENGARINI WINS U . B·N) • .0' n . Q.B7 Q· 15 J 26. QR.oI ...3 37. A·82 R·K81 man Whitaker all finished wi th scores IN NO. JERSEY 27. R.o81 Q_K2 31. Q·N6 P·N4 of 5-1, !ie.breaking putting them in the 21. K· R2 Q·Q2 39. P~P order listed. Dr. Ariel Mengarini swept to a 5.(l 29. N.QS ••• 40. Q_A P Q."' K4 Other prizt!s: A- Robert Ciarrone; B­ victory in the North Jcrsey Open in 30 . 8~ N ••• 41. Q~NP N·KJ Ray Gillies; C-Donald Ostrowski; Un. Plainfield, N.J. on April 3·4. A strong 31. RxR Q.K2 42. Q.BI K-H2 32. B ~B K.. 43. Q. a s Rulgn$ rated-John Coleman; Junior- Ross Olio field of 86 players took part in the 33. Q·B3c h K ·N I vcr; Woman- Isabel Lynne. event, sponsored by the New Jersey State Chess Federation. Mengarini trio PUERTO RICA N umphed by defeating Larry Gilden in CHAMPIONSHIP KOEHLER SCORES IN COLO. the final round, relegating Gilden to The 1965 Championship of Puerto Wes Koehler ran up a score of 51f.1 fourth. Second place we nt to Michael Rico, played in San Juan, ended in a tic points in six rounds to take fi rst place Valvo who edged out Waller Browne on between Felix Sacarello and Luis Suarez, eaeh scoring 81h.-2Y.l in a 12·player round in the Ct! ntral Bank Open, playt!d in tie· breakers after their final· round en· Denver, Colorado from March 19 to counter ended in a draw. Each scored robin. A playoff match for the title will be held in the ncar future. April 23. An impressively large entry ' 1> . Other high·seorers were: Arturo Co· of 60 players took part in the tourna· ment, sponsored by the Colorado State Other prizes : 1st Expert, Kenneth Ion (8) ; Ruben Cintron (7*) and Mi guel Chess Assn. and directed by Al Wallace. Fitzgerald, Dumont, N.J.; 1st A, William Colon, last year's champion (7). Freeman, West Orange, N.J.; 1st B, Dennis Naylin. Uarold Sanderson, Ru· Bruce fuchs, Brooklyn, N.Y.; 1st Un­ dol f Petters and Marvin Katz-all with rated, Luis Bacallao, N.J.; 1st C, K. L. William Stewart breezed to a 6-0 vic· 5·1 scores-finished next in order on Gustafson, N.J. William Lukowiak was tory in the first VilWllili A mateur Chess mcdian tie·break. Naylin won the top the tournament director. Cham pionship, played in Visalia, Cali­ A prize and othe r class awards went to fornia on April 9·11 . The tournament, Val MaUey ('; B"). Randy Dudler ("C") which was open to all playe rs rated be· and Joe Micklos ("D" and Unrated). IT'S UP TO YOU •• • low 1800, attracted 33 entries, 19 of to tell us thlt you' re moving. Copies whom were unrated. Second place wenl BOOST AMERICAN CHES~ CHESS LIFE lire not to Arthur McKenzie who ed(!ed out Vcr· of forwuded TELL YOUR FRIENDS by postoffl~. non fo'agin on median points, each scor· the We need six wMks ABOUT USCF notice of II ny chll nge of IIddress. ing 5-1. Richard S. Rogers, with 4Jh points, took fourth. CHESS LIFE can count, hut poorly: one, two , three, many. A dog will not notice the disap­ pearance of one pup if she has five of ARobot Chess Player them. Still, this abilty to count, however limited it may be. is quite enough lor By Mikhail Botvinnik, D. Sc. (Tech.) the dog s!,«ies to carryon, So, whit I hive to determine is the Can a computer learn to play chess a precise program, The search lor correct " ml ny" in chen . Then only a lim ited as well as a chess grandmaster? Quite programming prinCiples is in no wa y number of functions will have to be a lot has been wri tten about this. Yet, related to the capabilit ies of the com· counted, lind the problem will be quite computers have so far turned out to be puter , and the writer believes that the so lubte. poor chess player s. So it see ms worth· eUort should be IIt.a rted at once. As soon as the problem is solved. it while to raise the question again. Many play chess according to a pro· should be offered for a tryout to chess The importance of the problem is more gram. U we agree on this point, there players by correspondence- they have or tess evident. Chess is a game of loge, is a chance that the proble m will be muc h more time to think ovcr thei r with a large number of probable solvcd. Then we may raise the question !"loves. U the progra m proves correct, stralcgi('s. l\1 an has to solve quite a about developing a precise program lor It may be considered true and trans· number of such problems. Economics, chess playing. The program must, by all laled into machne language with the the courts, the military, art and manage­ means. be precise- the computer will assur an ce that the effort has not been ment arc in one way or anoth(>r similar not lake anything else, spent in vain. to chess since they all pose problems The programs tesled to date were pre· The greater the number of peopl e on in logic or decision.making. cise, yet computers showed poor perform· our planet concer ned with this problem For all the abstractness of chess, a ance. It appears that one should blame the sooner will ma n receive logical help: solution of the problem- teaching a com· t he program compilcd by man a nd not ers and become " cleverer." puter to play the intricate ga me of chess the computers. The programming prin. NO\J08U Pre,ss AgencV (APN) - would be a big step toward producing ciples were so primith'c (evcn those pro· a capahle logical helper t hat we, living posed by Shannon himself) t hat one may ORDER FROM in the twentieth century, need so badly. be surprised that the computers could play at all. The programs differed in U. S. CHESS FEDERATION detail, but they had one principle in 80 E, 11th St. common: ie an advant:lge could be ob· New York 3, N.Y. ~~ ~~~d s~~a:e g~e r!:'a~ ~~lk~~e ~ S o ~vo~O;!~' il~ for consideration. Aiekhinc, A /cxmlliLT Perhaps a poor chess pl aycr is guided MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS by similar primitive princi ples; a grand. Volume One: 1903-1913. Diagra ms. 2.67 pp. List Price ».00 Memb4! rs $4.2$ master follows a mo re su blle and in. Volume Two: 19:t4· 1937. Dlagram.s. 28$ p p. fa llible program. lie determines not only List PrIce $5.50 Memku $-4." a gain but also a favorable situation for This lamou.s 1"'O" 'Olume eollecUo n or the the gain. Wh}' then is it that a grand· g.. mes of Ihe ,rutest attacking player o f maste r's progra m cannot be translated all limes Is " Iso on" of Ihe grealest works into machine language? of chess Instruction ever wrtttc n. The trouble Is thl t , grandmllsters Ire Kot01) and YUMoich This is an urgent need. In the past man unl Wl re of the princ iples of the pro. THE SOVIET SCHOOL OF CHESS progressed with sufficient harmony, his gram. they Ire usi ng wh en they sit over A superb coll ection oC 128 fully .. nnotatcd power of logic more or less on a par the chessboard. And these principles gamcs pbyed by 51 of t he outsta nding Ruman playcr. of today. 30 phot()S. IU with his energy potentialities (or physical must be ascertained since otherwise we d l"g ra ms. 390 pp. Clnnot possibly make progress, strength). Since the middle of this cen­ ....pe rbound $2.0. tury, however, t he energy resources of In recent years the writer has tried to discover the secret o( a grandmaster 's man have expanded to an unprecedented lA sker, Edward CHESS SECRETS level. Man has harnessed the energy program. It seems there has been some , LEARNED FROM THE MASTERS or the atom, but his mental capabilities success, bU I mathematicianll have not have r emained basically the same. been very enthusiastic. Thl$ unique coll ection of games II 11.110 a ( ~ lttb ook lhU shows the ampteuf the Wh at stands in the way of synthesiz· The prog ramming principle I origin. way to mastery by prcsenting Ind Inllyz. ing a robot chess player ? Above all, ally suggested consisted in co unting lng the author's ga mes with Emanuel there exist broadly enter tained pl'e· elementary mathematical functions. , , Lasker, Ma r$hall, Ale1thine, ClpablanCI Ind other creat playc", he encou ntered j udices and misconceptons that breed When there are many picces on the during his long alld dIstinguished Clrcer. skepticism. It is maintai ned that human chessboard, it is quite a job to count lU u •. 428 pp. thought Is an inexplicable enigma, and these f unctions. That is why mathe­ Lisl PrIce 85.00 Membtlrs $4.25 that man's creative ability is so subtle maUcians lifted their hands in despair. that no one ought to encroach upon t his Then I realizcd that the principles alone "holy thing." These doubts have not in· wo uld not do; there must be an ceo· terfered , though, with the wide use of nomical method In using them: not all computers in the fi eld of exact problems of the fu nctions have to be counted ; A CHESS LESSON BY MAIL that can be described by mathematical some of them would not be wo rth doing. Gra nd master Will iam Lombardy is equations and precise programs. There Here I should like to use an analogy available fo r thO le who with to play the machi ne has outdone man. But (J hope chess players will not take of· a correspondence game. Each vam. , what about problcms tha t cannot as yet fense). What should a dog be able to do wh en completed, will be car. fully be descr ibed in mathemat ical equations? in order to raise hcr pups sa(ely? annotated for purposes of instruction It is also held that the computer of Amo ng other things, she must be able so that the player may benefit by today is inferior in its capabilities to to count. If this principle were not specific comment on all aspects of the game. Th. fee is $20. Inqulrl" the human brai n. From this it is con· put into the dog's " program," she would may be $eflt to cluded that any solution of the problem not notice the disa ppearance of any of should be postponed until some time her pups. If, on the other hand. therc Wm. Lombardy in the (uture. were no limit imposed . shc would not It should be stressed, however, t hat be able to cope with this principle : her 1600 University Ave, we can judge the potentiali ties of the abili ties wo uld not be enough to count Bronx, N. Y. computer on ly after it has been given to infinity. Expcrments show that dogs

MAY, 1965 99 Mar del Plata Revisited by PAL BENKO The Icene at the traditional Mar del If 11. Q-K1. Black can equalize easily Plaia tournament was virtually un­ with 11 ...... , NxN; 12. BxN, P-K4. chang-ad from previous years. The 11 ...... P·QR3 beach W ([8 sunny, the a nnual film fes­ 12. Q-K l ...... tival crowded. and the chess tourna ­ This move doesn't belong to the sys· ment, a s usual. was won b y Naldor!. tern in which White plays N-)13. 12. p _ Najdorl achieved his ninth victory QR4 would be better, 12. P-KN4 IS in Ihis evenl a t the aq. of fifty-five de­ strongly answered by 12 ...... , P·Q4. spite tha pra.ence of two Russicm Itars, 12...... P·QN 4 NOW IN Siein and Averbakh. who finished lee­ 13. P·QR J R·N I I ond and third. Your writer lied for If instead 13 ...... B-N2. then 14. fourth place w ith Bolbochan and Pan­ Q-B2, N-Q 2; 15. P-B5 and White gels a na. dangerous attack. ENGLISH Hera is One of m y best games from 14. P-KN4? ...... this toumament. one which I think wUl be v ery Instructive for those who play • Games annotated by the Sicilian Defense. the leading Russians! SICI LIAN DEFENSE White: V. p. l.rmo Blick: P. Benko • Surveys of all great 1. P·K4 P.QB4 2. N·K 83 P·K3 tournaments! 3. P·Q4 PXP • 4. NltP H·KB3 S. N..Q83 POO3 • Pictures-Reviews­ The Schcveningen Va riation has be­ come fashionable again, with a modifi­ Problems-Endgames- cation to avoid the Richter-Rauzer at· tack. This "attacking" move is really only • 6. B·K2 B·K2 a serious weakening of While's K·side. Opening Analysis­ 7. 0 ·0 0 ·0 It is already di [fieult to fi nd a con­ B. B·K3 N·B3 structive plan fo r White. As is usual Brilliant Bits of Play. 9. K·Rl in the Sicilian, if White has no attack· The King is usually safer in the cor· ing chances on the K·side, Black has the ner if While wants to advance his KBP. better game. Now Black begins his coun­ White's problem in this game is that The comple t e, unabridged ed i­ terattack on the Q.side, to be followed he tries to make all the good moves of by a break in the center and fi nally an t ions of this outstanding Russian several different systems againsl the attack against the Ki ng. Scheveningen. magazine will be published twe l't'e 14...... P·NS 9...... Q-.2 times 0 yeor, in magazine form. 10. P·B4 R.Ql 15. PxP NxQNP 11 . N.N 3 ...... 16. Q·Nl ...... Subscriptions will begin about White is forced to make this aw kwa rd July 1, 1965. The translation of move since there is no good way to dc· fend his QBP. If 16. R·BI, NxBP; 17. the Jon .• 1965 issue of "Shakh­ RxN, RxN. Or 16. Q·Q2, P,Q4; 17. P-K5, moty" will be the _ i\'·K5. 16 ...... 8·N2 " SHAK HMATY ·IN · EHGLlSH" 17. 8-8J P.o4! first edition. The second step in Black's strategy; the central breakthrough. White has no , choice but to open the position with 18. Px:P because if 18. P·K5, NxNP, 19, One Year: $11.00 BxN, P-Q5 ch, etc. , lB. PxP QNxQP 19. NxN N, N 20. 8-Q2 e·NS M"il your check or M.O. to: Preventing 21. B·R5 and provok ing further weaknesses. SHAKHMATY· IN·EHGLlSH 21. P-8 3 • .ol P.O. BO X 91 22. N·RS B·Rl 23. Q·Bl ...... WOODMONT, CONN. White has fo und a pro~tion for his KBP but his troubles are only begin, ning, 23 ...... N-B3 24. P· R3 P-R41 100 CHESS LIFE Lookinq a t my townament results-5 half an hour before sealing my move wins. 1 loss. 10 draws - one w ould and couldn't see any winning line. I think that most 01 my opponents were sealed 41 ...... , P-R3. The game oon- so strong tha t I couldn't heat them. tinued 42. a.BS, P·QR4; 43. R·QRB, R­ Q4; 44. R-R6 ch, K·B2; 45. K·Q3, P·Ns; General opinion holds that tbere are 46. · K-K4, R·KN4 ; 47. K-B4 and White so many dra ws in 9randm(l8ter cben drew easily. because technique is 80 h i;hly devel· In the diagram position 40 ...... , P- op ed. I bold the opposite point of QR4 should win for Black. If 41. PXP vIew: the many draws are the result ch, PXP; 42. R·R4, R·B3 ch leads to a of mistakes and missed opportunities. win in every variation. l'd like to illuslra le tbis opinion wilh a few examples from my own qam". • • • • • • Black: Benko Black: Nll jdorf If instead 24 ...... , N·K5 ; 25. BxN, BxB ch; 26. K·R2 and White can still hold out. But now after 25. P-Nri, N-K5 is decisive, since after 26. BxN, BxB ch; 27. K·R2 or 27. K-N l then 27 ...... , R-N4 fo llowed by RxP wins. 2S. BxB Rx B 26. R-K NI PxP 27. PxP Q·84 The appearance of ilie Black Queen on the battlefield decides the fight. Black threatens 28 ...... , NxNP or 28 ...... , Q·Q4 ch ; 29. K-R2, B·B2 with double attack. White: Pilnick 28. B·K3 Q.Q4ch White: Benko In this position White played 1. N·BS 29. K·R2 Q·s6 After missing several earlier oppor­ (1). The continuation was 1...... , NxQP; 30. R-N3 NxPch tunities, this position represented my N.B7ch 2. P·M , N·N5; 3. NxP, N·R3; 4. N·Q7, 31. K·Rl last chance to beat tournament winner K-B4 and the game was drawn. 32. K·R2 •••••••• Najdorf, who went through the Mar del Plata schedule without a single loss. Instead 1. K-B3! should win. E .g., 1. If 32. BxN, QxB and Whitc can't hold 1. K·K S? R-K6 ...... , NxQP; 2. K-K4, N·N5; 3. KxP, NxP; his KBP. For instance, if 33. R·N4, BxP; 2. R-Q7ch ...... 4. N-B4 and it is hard to see how Black fon owed by Jt.Q6 eh. Or il 33. Q·Nl , Qx IT instead 2. K·B4 again, then 2 ...... , can draw. U 4 ...... , N·ns; 5. N-Q2. BP; 24. RxP ch, K-R1 and White 15 R·R6 should draw. • • helpless. 2...... K·Kl • 32...... Q·R4ch 3. R-QR7 RxP Black: Bolbochen 33. K·Nl N·KS 4. K·K6 K-Bl 34. R·R3 Q.NSch Drawn 3S. K·R2 Q·K7c-h However, in the diagram position 36. K·Rl •••••••• White can win easily: 1. R·Q7C1h K·K3 36. K·N l would have lasted longer 2. R.Q3 ...... but the game was hopeless for White Now the threat is 3. K·N5. If 2 ...... , in any event. K·S3, then 3. R-Q6 ch , K-B2; 4. K-Ns, 36...... BxPI RxP; 5. R-B6 ch, etc. Or 2 ...... , K-B2, 37. 8 xB R.Qach R-R3 and wins-since Black is helpless RESIGNS against the penetration of the Whi te King. In any event, White ends up two pawns ahead. THE BRITISH CHESS • • • MAGAZINE Black: Benko Th, oldest , h... periodical in th, English Language (monthly, non·stop, White: Benko since 1881). Order direct from: Playing against "drawing master" Bolbochan, who was undefeated in Ihis The British Chess M"u.lq tournament, I overestimated by position 20 Chestnut Road. Welt Norwood, and played 1. N-83. But after 1...... , London, S.E. 27. Gre&t Britain. Q-N5! 2. BxBP, QR-Bl; 3. BxN, QxB; 4. N-Q5, QxNP; 5. Q·Q3, N·Q3 a draw Sublcription Rates was agreed. 12 montha: $ 4.30 Instead, as I saw, I eould win a pawn 36 months: $12.00 with 1. F-R5! QxNj 2. QxQ, RxQ; 3. PxN, A special Air Mail Edition Is available NxP/3 (Forced; if 3 ...... , RPxF; 4. B- at $6.00. KB I, R·B7; 5. B-Q3) 4. RxP, RxNP; 5. While : Foguelman BxBP, R·QBl ; 6. RxP and White's pawn Payments in US $ bills, by interna- plus should win eventually. However I tional money order or by cheque (Add In this position Black, in time pres­ was worried that it would take too long $0.40 for con~t iD g charges in this sure, played 40 ...... • PxP, a blunder to cash in on the material advantage. last case). that activates White's Rook after 41. PxP. I now looked at the position for -Continued on p. 103 MAY, 1965 101 FROM THE STUDENT TEAM by Bernard Zuckerman

SICILIAN DEFENSE L. Kavalek B. Zuckerman (Czechoslovakia) (U.S.A.) 1. P·K4 P·QB4 2. N·KB3 P·Q3 3. P·Q4 PxP 4. NxP N·KB3 5. N-QS3 P·QRl 6. B·KNS P-K3 17...... R-R2! 7. P·B4 Q·N3' The simplest way of getting the Rook into the game and a good waiting move I decided to try this move for Black, also. after not having played it since the pre­ vious Students' Tournament, for several 18. N·R4 Q'Q3 reasons: Simagin had given it a "?" in After 18 ...... , Q·K2 the Queen would Shakhmaty #6, stating that "I have al­ be passively placed, so Black allows ways reckoned this continuation as not Whiie's next move, since the pr~ssure entirely correct" and my opponent had on his QP is not dangerous for hlm. played it earlier, in the first round of the 19_ P·B4 Q·K4! preliminaries. Black simply centralizes his Queen, 8. 0 -Q2 QxP seemingly ignoring White's threats. I 9. R-QNl Q-R6 Bernard Zuckerman now expected 20. KPxP, KPxP; 21. PxP, (Photo-Beth Cassidy) PxP; 22. R·K3 and it would not be easy to win for Black. Whitc was some· what surprised by Black's last move 1962, also featured an inferior 17th move and he replies with 11 serious strategical and contir;ued: 17. B·B3?, 0 ·0; 18. BxP, error, giving Black a mobile K-side QR·Bl; 19. B-N7? , RxN; 20. RxB, R·QN6! majority. and White resigned. 20. PxKP? PxP (KS)! Instead, White can play 17. BxP!, e.g., 21. Q·K3 R-K2 17 ...... , QxB; (17 ...... , RxB is bad be- 22. PxPch R!2xP cause of 18. R-N8ch, B-Q1; 19. QxP): 18. 23. P-BS P-B4 RxB, P·Q4; 19. R·Kl, Q-N2 and now Mat· anovich gives 20. Q-R6! with advantage. Black believes that the exchange of Bishops after 24. B-B4, B·K3 would not If 20 ...... , 0·0'0; 21. P·QR3! Q-Q2; 22. N-R4! benefit White. Unexplored, but possibly the best, is 24. R·N4 13 ...... "' B-K2: 14. K-R1, 0-0. He tries to restrain ...... , P-B5. 10. BxN .... -... 24...... P·QR4 14, KR-Ql? ...... 2S. R/ 4-Q4 With this move White attempts to Better is 14. K-Rl in order to answer B'K3 26. R-Q6 P-BS leave Black's King without a safe refuge 14...... , 0 ·0 with 15. R·N3, Q·R4 (not 27. Q.B2 and in this way try to maintain the in­ 15 ...... , Q-B4; 16. N·R4); 16. QxP- B·Q4 28. N-N6 itiative. In my opinion both 10. P-B5 though after 16, ...... , R·R2; 17. R·R3, P-B6 29. PxP and 10. P-K5, with the possible continua· R·Ql: 18. RxQ, RxQ the ending was PxP tion 10 ...... , PxP; 11. PxP, KN·Q2; drawn in a couplc of Matanovich's games. 30. B-Bl Q-K7! 12. B·QB4, B·K2; 13. BxKP (the older 13. R·N3 also has possibilities); 13 ...... , 14...... 0·0 0·0; 14. 0·0, BxB; 15. QxB, P·R3; 16. 14 ...... , P-Q4 would bc risky because Q·R5! offer better chances than the text of 15. PxP, BPxP (if 15 ...... , Q-B4eh; move. I thought it was likely that my 16. K-Rl, BPxP; 17. N·R4 with dangerous opponent would play 10. BxN because he counterplay; e.g" 17 ...... , Q·B3; 18. had played unconvincingly aganst it and Q-N 4); 16. NxP!, PxN? (both 16 ...... , probably did not know a satisfactory 0·0 and 16 ...... , Q·B4ch are better); way for Black to continue. 17. QxP, 0-0; 18. QxR, Q·K6eh; 19. K-Bl,QxPch (and not 19 ...... , QxBch: 10...... PxB 20. KxQ, E-N5ch; 21. Q·B3) ; 20. Q-B3. 11. B·K2 N·B3 12. NxN PxN IS. R-N3 Q-B4ch 16. K-Rl P'Q4 13. 0·0 B'KN2 17. P.BS ...... At the time the game was played Since he is a pawn down without any I thought this move was the best. but compensation, White decides to "fish in Eliminating the blockade and clearly the weakening of the QP allows White troubled waters". Now Black could play forcing White's next move. sufficient counterplay. In the prelimi­ 17 ...... , PxKP; 18. NxP. QxKBP with 31. R-Q2 QxQ naries my opponent, playing Black, con- two extra pawns, but White is then not tinucd 13 ...... , Q-R4 and the gamc went without resources: e.g., 19. N·N3, Q-KN4; Here I considered playing 31...... , B-Q5!!? but avoided it because the text on: 14. K-R1, B-K2; 15. P-B5, PxP: 16. 20. Q·N4, P-KB4; 21. N-R5. If, after 17. PxP, BxP; 17. R-N7?, B-QBl; 18. RxBch, ...... , PxKP, White can play 18. PxP, wins simply and I didn't want to need­ KxR; 19. B-E3, Q-K N4; 20. Q·K1ch, B·K3; BxP; 19. NxP, Q-K4; 20. R-N3 with some lessly complicate the game. However, 31...... , B·Q5!!? seems to win in all 21. BxP, QR·QBl; 22. B·N7, Q·K4! 23. counterplay. If. in this line, 20. R·K3 then N·K4, RxP: 24, Q'R4, RxRP; 25. NxBP, 20 ...... , B-R3! ; 21. R-N3ch, QxR! ; 22. variations. For example: R·R8 and White resigned. (1) 32. Q"B, Q"Bch; 33 . Q-Nl, QxQch; 34. QxB, Q·N3 (or 22 ...... , Q·N2): 23. NxPch, KxQ, P_B7ch; 35. K·nl, B_N7ch; A game Marich-Gligorich, Belgrade K-R1. (2) 32. RxKB, QxQ; 102 CHESS LIFE (3 ) 32 . Nxll; QxQ Of BxQi BENKO_ OTTESON WINS MINN. TITLE (4 ) 32 . RxQEl, QxQ; (Continued from p. 101) (~ ) 32 . Q·N:kh, K·HI; 33. BxQ, PxBch; 34. Milton Otteson of Minneapolis won the Minnesota State Championship and re· NxB, R-B8

MAY, 1965 103 Tournament Details 1965 U. S. Open Chess Championship * * * DIRECTOR; Inte*rnational Maste r George Koltonowski PLAYING SITE: Students Center, U. of Puerto Rico Son Juan, Puerto Rico * SCHEDULE* * * Sunday, July 25- Chartered plane arrives (5:10 p.m.) from New York City 8:30 p.m. Inauguration Ceremony Monday, July 26- 9:00 a.m.- Players' Meeting & First Round 7:00 p.m. Second Round Tuesday, July 27- 9:00 a .m.-Adjourned games, rounds one and two 7:00 p.m. Third Round Wednesday, July 28- 9 :00 a.m. Adjourned gomes, third round 7:00 p.m. Fourth Round Thursday, July 29- 9:00 a .m. Adjourned gomes, fourth round ABOUT YOUR TRIP TO PUERTO RICO 7:00 p.m. fifth Round In Puerto Rico you are " at home" abroad. You can plan Friday, July 30- your vllcation there with a mi nimum oC Cuss, no visa, passport 9 :00 om. Adjourned games, fifth round or innoculations arc requi red. It is a Spanish culture but 1:00 p.m. Sixth Round English is spoken so there's alwa ys someone to answer your questions. Saturday, July 31 - CLOTHING: Women wear resort clothes. Slacks and shorts 9:00 a .m. Adjourned games, sixth round (not ior the streel), a sweater or light wrap Cor the evenings. 2:00 p.m. Seventh Round. No adjournments Pretty clothes for dancing. Men wear washable suits, tropical 9 :00 p.m. " Son Juan by Night Tour" (optionol) worsteds. slacks and shirts. But do n't pack your suitcases too Cull. Tn Pu erto Ri co yo u'll find colorful resort fa shions Sunday, August 1- you'll want to buy and bring home. 9:00 o.m. "EI Yunque Rain Forest and Luquillo CUSTOMS REQUIREMENTS: There is no duty on Puerto Beach Tour" -cost included in the Package Rican purchases cxcept that Puerto Rican rum and tobacco Deal. are subject to the usual Internal Revenue Taxes. What's more, 5:00 p.m. Rapid Tronsit Tournament no custom declaration is necessary between the United States and Puerto Ri co. Monday, August 2- FOOD AND DRINK : Hotels and restauran!.!l serve all your 7 :00 p.·m. Eighth Round Cavorite American dishcs as well as !<'rcnch, Spanish, Mexican, Tuesday, August 3- Italian or Puerto Rican specialties. Drinking water is pure and delicious. Be sure to try the pineapple, coHee, and 9 :00 a .m. Adjourned games, eighth round wonderful rum. 7 :00 p.m. Ninth Round MONEY AND POSTAL SERVICE: Same as in the U.S. Wednesday, August 44- NIGHT LIFE : Puerto Ricans are gay and fun·loving. Night life brings out large crowds and you'll enjoy visiting the 9 :00 a.m. Adjourned games, ninth round nightclubs with their Latin atmosphere. 7 :00 p.m. Tenth Round SHOPPING: You'll browse in peace, speak in English, pay Thursdoy, August 5- in American currency. And you'll discover all sorts of native 9 :00 a.m. Adjourned gomes, tenth round treasure. Ceramics, hand·e mbroidered linens and lacework, woven baskets, woodcarvings, tortoise shell creations and 7:00 p.m. Eleventh Round bamboo products. Friday, August 6- TIME : Atlantic--one hour later than Eastern Standard Time. 9:00 a.m. Adjourned games, eleventh round When it's 12 noon in New York (E.S.T.) it's 1:00 p.m. in 2:00 p.m. Twelfth Round. No adjournments. Puerto Rico. Saturday, August 7- OEPARTMENT OF TOURISM 9 :00 a .m. Deporture to Airport COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO 666 Fifth Avenue 11 :00 a.m. Closing ceremony at Airport NEW YORK, NEW YORK 104 CHESS LIFE What the "Package Ileal" Conta:ns _____O,RDER FROM _____ * * USCF The $250 *U .S. Open " Packag*e Deal" includes 80 E. 11th SI. New York, N. Y. 10003 everything you need to make your Caribbean Chess Holiday complete: ,I Round-trip by jet airliner from New York City to Puerto Rico v' Transportation from the a irport to the U. of Puerto Rico ( Living accommodations in the U.P.R. dormitories for the full two weks (special arrangements for families) v Three meals 0 day at the Unive rsity Students Center II A sightseeing trip to EI Yunque Rain Forest and Luquillo Beach vEntry into the 1965 U.S. Open ,/ Tronsportotion from the University to the airport V Doily tours to the beach in the mornings ,/ Woshing and drying machines, iron and ironing tables, ice boxes and kitche n facilities ovailable at the dormitories, free of charge

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MAY, 1965 105 Stars Among the Women by Vassily Panov, International Master

The 24th women's chess championship of the USSR, played in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, ended on December 21. (See CnESS LIFE, March 1965, p. 64). Its entries included the world worn· en's champion, Kona Gaprindashvili, and several veterans of the international master's class. The distingui shing fea­ ture of this meet was the broad partici· pation of the younger generation - 15 school girls and young women out of the 20 participants. They compared fa­ vorably with the recognized middle-aged masters and even beat some of them. The sensation of the meet was the ' ( excellent start made by the 17-year-old l. L. Moscow schoolgirl Yelcna Rubtsova, who L _ L ! led the field throughout the first half of the tournament. Rubtsova comes from a "chess family." Her father is the ex· perieneed Moscow master Abram Polyak, her grandfather. Nikolai Rubtsov, was a noted MosCGw chess player of pre·reyo· Russia and a metallurgical and her mother is a fiye·time ,~,~~. and ex·champion of the by little Yelena's father and mother trained her and lau, ht her A VIEW OF THE BATTLEFIELD .t the XXIVtf! Women's Championship the secrets of the game in the course of of the U.S.S.R. a number of years. The first appearances of the schoolgirl resembled the victories - No/Xl8ti f rom SfflI/ olO scored by the young boxer in the story by J ack London that was published in ingrad; 1963 USSR champion, 23-year· FORMANEK WINS Rl1 ssian translation under the title of old Maya Ranniku of Tallinn, and 17· "Fer ocious Beast." Three months prior year·old Moscow champion Yelena Rubt· The 191·player Greater Chicago Open, to the national chamoionshi,9 Yelena soya. With 13 points each to their credo played over the weekcnds of March 6·7 eaptvred the Mo<;cow title and showed it. they emer !!ed in aU their brilliance and March 13-}4, ended with three play· herself a for midable oTlpanent in Thillsi. from such a difficult contest. ers tied for first with scores of 7·1. When

The Itame pre~ented further on Itives a The keen battle bctw~ n t he two youngest t he ties were broken, Ed Formanek clear Idea of Rubtsova's sharp and bold contenders for the natio nal title ended. In emerged as the tournament wi nner, Paul style. the victo ry of YeJena Rubtsova of Mosco w Tautya isas was second, and AI Sandrin o ver the T billsl schoolgir l Nana Alexandria. was third. Nevertheless, it was the world's lead· IIe re I . t h is game. in'{ woman player, Nona Gaprindashvili, FOUR K NIOHTS' GAMe Following the leaders, with 6lh points, who emerged victor ious in the USSR were Robert Byrne, John Tums, Vasa championship, as should have been ex­ Y. RUBTSOVA N . ALeXANDRIA I. P· K4 P.K4 13. KR·KII N·Kl(.) Kostic, Angelo Sandrin, Ed Vano and pected. She started off somewhat slu~­ 2. N·KB3 N.Q B3 14. QxP P xB George Berry. gishly and in the firth round even suf· 3. N·B3 N.B3 15. QR-Ql Q_. 3 The tournamcnt, this year called the fered an unexpected defeat at the hands 4. P-Q4 B·N5 16. P·Q B3 R·Rl Sam Cohen Memor ial, set a new attend· of 55·year-old ex·champion of the world 5. NxP KNxP 17. N·N4! 0 ·R5 Olga Rubtsova, the eldest participant. '. 0 .N4 N/ S)( N 11. 0 _N7 K·K2 ance record, easily surpassing last year's 7. OxP R.Bl1 ". P·KN3 R.R2?(b ) turnout of 154 players. It was sponsored But this was her fi rst and last loss. '. P-QR3 N - R 7~ h 20. Q-Q4! K·S l by t he Chicago Chess Foundation and Gaorindashvili played ever more power­ ' . P )(S NxS 21 . Rx N! B)( R 10. B.B4 Q·K2 22. PxQ RxP directed by Frank Skoff. [ully and energeticall y from round to 11. 0 -0 N )(QP 23. Q.B5ch R.slgns rou nd, overtaking and then sU roa'l",ing 12. QRx N p·QU Yelena Rubtsova, and finally Inflicting (a) Bad Is 13 ...... , PxD, because of 14. N·N6, a telling defeat on her young rival in N·IO; IS. RxN! and If 13 •..... ~. , B·K3, then 14. their decisive encounter. 8)(P! BxB; 15. N·N6! Join Now! Although only 23, Gaprindashvill al· (b ) Lo5e$ at once; but eve n after 19. _.~~ , Q_R2 ; 20. Q·Bkh, K·B!; 21. P -R4, Black is The Chort-o-Month Club ready plays on the level of the men's h ell-. For Insl. nee: 21. ~_._., Q-N2?? U . master class, and it goes without say· R.Qkh! _ Novost l Press Agency Eilch month you receive a chlrt, ing that she is superior to all the wom· n convenient form, of one en. t believe that within several years of the chess The tourn.· she will successfully vie also with grand· ment·proved, way to master masters. Her participation in the tradi· UNDER 21? the openings. For complete Infor· tional Hastings Christmas Tournament Register NOW for the U. S. Junior mation drop I Clrd to this year was of great interest. Championship, July 17 through 21- Representatives of thr ee generations The Chart-a -Month Club of Soviet women chess players tied for See "'Tou rnil ment Life" klr complete P,O. Box 5326, SIn Diego, Cillif. 92105 second place: three-time USSR cham­ details. pion, 38-year-old Larisa Volpert of Len- 106 CHESS LIfE NOMINATIONS WANTED New York City Interscholastic The Nominating Committee of the USCF requests the help of the membership in suggesting suitable candidates The Spring 1965 tournaments of the N.Y.C. Interschol­ astic Chess League were played at the quarters of the for next year. The offices to be filled are eight USC F vice· Manhattan Chess Club. The club proved a gracious host, presidencies; one in each user region. The outgoing Vice· opening a second large room to accommodate the 135 Presidents are: players, plus substitutes and rooters, who showed up regularly at the weekly sessions. Re gion I - -New England-Robert Goodspeed, Bridgewater, For the first time the competitions were held under Mass. the sponsorship of the American Chess Foundation, with prizes aga in supplied by Dr. Harry Bakwin. For the 27th (!) Re!gion II -·Eastern~Pcter Berlow, Ithaca, K.Y. year the league was directed by Dr. Milton L. Hanauer. Re!gion III - Mid-Atlantic-George S. Thomas, Burtonsville, The Senior High School Individual Tournament was Md. won by Matthew Weinstein of Francis Lewis High School, 6lh ·llh , ahead of John Hechtiingcr of Jamaica H.S., 6-2. Region IV -Southern-Jerry SulJivan, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Steven Pollack, Morgan Ellin, Ronald Moore and J ohn Towse! n followed with 51£ . Re!g ion V --Great Lakes-Jame!s Schroeder, Cleveland, Ohio in th e! Senior H.S. Team Tournament, Jamaica H.S. won R(!gion VI -North Central_ F rank Skoff, Chicago, Ill. t he four·man eve nt and tied for first with Abraham Lin e!oin H.S. in the two·man C

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MAY, 1965 107 GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by USCF MASTER JOHN W. COLLINS

~ BERNSTEIN SPECIAL 22. Q·B3 ...... user Ma ster Sidney Bernstein 01 22. QxQ, PxQ; 23. N·K4 , B·N4! 24 . NxN Brooklyn. former champion of Ibe Ma n· (24. P·B4, B·B3!) BxN; 25. N·B3 (25. p . N4, BxN) P·BS etc. favors Black. hatta n and Marshall Clubs. is Guest Annota tor Ihis month. The game b e con ­ 22...... B.B31 tributes has a Nimz.ovilch flavor, with 23. Q·Bl ...... a stimula tinq admixture of sirateqy and Not 23. N·Q5? P·K5! 24. Q·B3, RxP etc. But White can hardly be blamed for tactics. His exploitation of the dark failing to find his way through the squares alter 12 .. . . . , NxB is quite In· maze. ActualIy, 23. B·Q5 is playable: structive. 23...... , BxB (23...... P·K5? 24. BxK P!) 24. Nx B, P·K5; 25. Q·QN3 (not Marshall Championship 25. NxN? PxQ winning a piece) RxP; 26. New York, 1965 QxP, R·B l and Black's edge does not NoIC$ b l! Siduc!I Bernstein seem decisive. (But note that White ble and White had over looked this cannot continue 27. Q.K7ch, K·Nl ; 28. move. If now 35. NxB? R·N8. Sicilian Defe nse NxNch, RxN; 29. QxKP, R·Y.3; 30. Q·Q3, 3S. Q.KBI RxN/ 6 A. Soltis S. Bern,!eln R· K6; 31. Q.Q2, BxP! 32. }(xB, Q·N4ch 36. PxR ...... 1. P·K4 P.QB4 5. N·QB3 B·N2 and Black wins). Or 36. NxB, RxB! 2. N·KB3 N·QB3 6. B·K3 N·Bl 23...... B.R3 36, ...... N·KS 7. B.QB4 P·Q3 3. P·Q4 PxP 24. P·N4 PxP G.p. 37. NxB? ...... 4. NxP P·KN3 Blundering in a lost position, he plays Also interesting is 7 ...... , N·KN5j Not 24 ...... , BxR? 25. QxB, R·N4; 26. on till move 40 (time control) hoping 8. QxN (8. NxN, QPxN; 9. QxQch, KxQ QxP, R·R2; 27. Q·N8ch, K·N2 (27 ...... • K·K2? 28. R·Q5 wins) 28. RxP threaten· Black will overstep the time limit. is good for Black too as White cannot 37...... N·Q7ch 40. N·B6 Q·N8 very well capture the KBP without hav­ ing 29. RxK and White wins. 38. K·N2 NxQ 41 . Re signs ing his K8 trapped by 10 ...... • P·K3) 2S. NxP R·RS 39. N·QSch K· BI and now Black can choose between 8. 26. R·R2 K·K21 Entry of the Black QR on the K...~ - - - - ...... , NxN; 9. Q·QI or, still better, 8. LT. NAPOLI FLIES HIGHEST ...... , P·Q4; 9. Q..Q I , PxB; 10. NxN, file will be ded sive . BxNch ; 11 . PxB, QxQch; 12. Rx Q, PxN 27. Q·K l R·KNI Second Lt. Donald Napoli of Sioux with an early draw foreshadowed. 28. R·K2 ...... City, Iowa . was the winner of the U.S. Craftily offering the KRP, which 8. P·Bl P·QR3 11. 0·0·0 N·B5 Air Force Worldwide Championship. 9. Q·Q2 Q·B2 12. Q·Q3 N, B Black dcclines. If 28 ...... , RxP; 29. N (N3)·K4, NxNj 30. NxN, BxN; 31. RxB With a score of SIJ2·% in a qroup of 10. B·Nl N·QR4 23 expert finalists, who had survived The weakness of his dark squares al· and White's grip on the light squares ter this exchange does not "seem" to K4 and Q5 fully compensates for the from the 1200 starters, h e thus qualified mean much at the moment as he will measly pawn·minus. (with the next fow: prize·winners) for get in P·KB4 shortly. But its true sig· 28...... R·QSI the Fifth Armed Forces Tournament for nificance is seen soon. White does reo the Thomas Emory Trophy. tain the "powerful attacking KB" (but it never moves again!). Air Force Championship 13. QxN P·KR4! Kirkland Base, 1965 This is essential to stop a general en· emy pawn advance commencing with 14. King's Indian Reversed P·N4. 2nd Lt. D. Rivera 2nd Lt. D. N, poll 14. K·Nl B·Q2 16. p.B4 P·K3 1. P. K4 P.Kl 15. P·KR3 P·R5 17. P·BS ...... 2. P·Ql ...... If 17. N·B3 (to prepare P·K5 and to White elects to playa King's Indian menace, by Q·Kl, Black's exposed KR P) Reversed instead of a French. This op· Q·B4 ; 18. Q·Kl (18. QxQ. PxQ; 19. p·K5, tion is available against almost any N·R4; 20. N·K4, O·O·O! 21 . Nx BP, B·QB3 Black defense. etc.) N·R4! 19. QxP, B·KB3; 20. N·KN5, 2...... p .Q4 Q·K6; 21. RxP, QxBP; 22. QxQ, NxQ 3. N.Q2 N· KBl and White can scarcely afford 23. NxBP? 4. P· KN3 PxP R·KR2! 24. P·K5. B·K2 etc. Prevents White occupation of the key While not free from objections, this 17...... NPxP 19. PxP R·R4 central squares. 28 ...... B·B6 would be system seems to afford Black greater 18. Q·NS K·Bl l 20. Q·K3 P·K4 met by 29. N(N3)·K4 ! freedom than others. Tempting was 20 ...... , PxP for several 29. R·Q3 ...... S. PxP B.B4 9. 0·0 Q.K2 reasons: I-Ge neral principles suggest Hoping for 29 ...... , RxR allowing the 6. B·N2 N·B3 10. P·B3 B.Kl opening up the position when you have White llishop to join the defense and 7. N/l ·B3 P·K4 11. Q·K2 QR·Q1 the Bishop·pair: 2-Black's QR can seize the White King to get an escape hatch. 8. P· KR3 0 ·0 12. N·B4 BxNI the open K·m e: and 3-A Pawn at KB4 29...... B·BSI Away with dogmatism, it must be would support the Knight at K5. But 30. N·Bl R·N8 Bishop for Kn ight. It 12 ...... , N·Q2? Black decided to follow the logical 31. P·R3 ...... 13. P·QN4. B-N3 14. P·QR4, P·QR3 15. scheme of gaining control of the dark Best. If 31. N·Ql? RxR ; 32. PxR, Q.B8 15. B-R3 with a distinct advantage for squares in the absence of the White QB. mate. If 31. RxR, QxR; 32. N· Ql , B-B6 White. 21. N/ 4·K2 Q.B4 ! etc. Or 31. Q·B2, RxR; 32. PxR, QxQ ; 13. QxB B·N3 Not 21...... , BxP ? 22. P·N4! and wins. 33. RxQ, B·N6 etc. 14. N·R4 ...... Or 21...... , RxP? 22. P·N4! PxP e.p. 31...... B·N7 33. N·K3 RxR Better is 14. R·K1, Q·B4 15. QxQ. BxQ 23. NxP, R·B5; 24. P·KR4 and White has 32. RxB RxR 34. NxR R·N6 16. B·Bl with an edge because of the a dangerous passed·pawn. Both sides were in severe time trou· two Bishops. 108 CHESS LI FE 14...... Q·B4 16. N·BS Q·BS SHORT SHRIFT threatens the QNP IS and gets the 15. Q.K2 N·QR4 17. Q.Kl ...... Knight in. White's reluctance to exchange Queens Dr. E. Levin of Los Angeles makes costs time and space. shott shrift of P. Quillen- the man who 18. P·KR4 N·B5 17...... Q·K3 won btilliantly from Grandmaslet Pal 19. Q·B3 N-Q6ch 18. B·NS? ...... Benko in the same event. 20. K·Bl N·B8ct1 The Bishop is badly placed her e and was required at K3. National Open A fatal, last minute mistake would be 18...... P·KR3 Ll.lS Vegas, 1965 20 ...... , NxBPch?? 21. KxN, R·KB4 22. 19. B·R4 N·BS QR-QBl!, RxQch 23. PxQ, Q moves 24. '!\vo Pawns go with 19 ...... , P·N4?? French Defense R-BSch, K·Q2 25. RxR. P. Quillen 20. NxPch and 21. BxP. Dr. E. Levin 21. K·N1 N·K7ch 20. Q·B 1 R-Q6! 1. P·K4 P·K3 22. Resigns 21. P·KN4 ...... 2. P·Q4 P·Q4 If 21. P-N3, N-Q7 22. R-K1, N-B6eh 3. N·Q2 ...... For if 22. K-B!, N·Q5eh wins the 23. BxN, RxB 24. R-K2, NxP! 25. RxN, White selects the Tarrasch Variation Queen. And if 22. K-R2, QxPch 23. Q·R3, RxKBP and Black wins. - which avoids the Winawer (3 ...... , R·KR4! wins the Queen (24 ...... , Q·N5) White is hard pressed, but might B·N5). or mates (24. QxQ, RxQ). better try 21. K-R2 or 21. BxN. 3...... P·QB4 21...... KR-Ql This is the classical reply, logical • • • 22. P·NS? ...... (hitting the center) and easy to play Mark B. Wells, scoring 5·1 in a field This further weakening is fatal. Now (ready development of the pieces). 4. PxBP? ...... of 20 pill yers, took first place in the Black's other Knight gets into the act. Los Alamos City Open (N.M.), concluded 22...... N-KR4 A Spielmann idea, this is outdated. 23. PxP N-BS J\Iodcrn is 4. PxQP, KPxP 5. B·N5ch or on May 11. Donald C. Dodder, Sidney H. S. KN·B3. Brower and Myron L . Stein followed 24. K·R2 •••••••• next in order, ali with 4lh . 24. BxR loses the Queen. 4...... BxP 24...... N.Q7 5. B·Q3 N·K2 25. PxP ...... Alekhine gives S...... , N·QB3 6. PxP, • • • White is consoling himself with pawn QxP! A r ating tournament of the USCF's captures. If 25. BxR, NxBl 26. KxN, 6. KN·B3 QN·B3 European Chess District was plaY

RUY LOPEZ J . SERENY I M. VALVO Here and There • . • 10 P-K4 P_K4 20. Q-N2 R/ '-Kl 2. N·Ka3 N·QBl 21. P-QR4 3. B·N5 P-QR3 12. P. QB.. '" Alfred Braude swept to an 8·0 victory The tcams finished in that or der, indio 4. B·R4 N.B, 21. Rx P 8·'"B5 in the championship of the London Ter· vidual honors going to Jude Acers of S. 0-0 . _1(2 24. Rx BP B· R' race Chen Club in New York City. The 6. R·I(1 P·QH4 25. Q-8 3 .... L.S.V. who wo n aU five of his games. 7. B.N3 0 ·0 U. Qx B Q, N tournament, a g.player round robin. be· 8. P·8 3 P·Q4 27. R/, .Q8, QxNP gan last December and ended on March • • • '1. p" p N" 28. P·Q5 R· K4 24. Veteran Louis Persinger, well·known The championship of the Jersey City 10. N xP N , N 29. 1l/4·8 2 Q-N2 violinist and teacher of Yehudi Menuhin, YMCA Chess Club, a 6-player round 11 . Il KN P-Q 83 30 . Q.K R.. B· B4 robin completed in April, was won by 12. P'Q4 31. R-Q2 .. , tied for seC()nd and third with Jerry Q. ...• ., Michael Connelly with an unbeaten 3lh· 13, 1t·1(1 32. RxA Q,. Lekowski. The noted artist Marcel Du· 14. P·N3 .... 33. Q-Q4 ..., champ was the tournament director. 1112. Mayer Riff and Har ry Faivus tied 15. 8·1(3 B-ICNS 34. Q-R7 Q-B6 for second and thir d, half a point be· 16. Q-Q3 QR·K, 35. Q x RP B·1( 5 • • • hind. 17. H-Q1 R·tc3 36, K·Bl Q . R' ~h Eighteen teams competed in the 1965 11. B III: N 37. K·1( 2 Q,. • • 19. Q.8 1 Q"-R.4 Resigns New Jersey High School Team ChOlm. • pionship in South Orange on April 24- John R. BeHling of Kansas City, Mis· FRENCH DEF ENSE (?) 25. Top honors went to the host town's souri swept the Wic hit. (Kansas) Open J , G RE FE A. MENGA RIHI Seton Halt Prep who successfully de· on April 10-11 with a clean 5-0. Fred 1. P·1(4 P·K3 14. Q-Q7e h K·RI fended the title that thcy won last year. Bristol, Emporia, Kansas was 2. P-Q4 P ·QN3 25. PxN NPx P Seton Hall has won this event four 4·1. A. R. Self, Vern Travis 3. N.K83 B·N2 26. Q-R3 R·H1eh Ham McLaughlin were next 4. N·8 3 B·N5 17. K·R2 Q·Bkh times in eight tries. Snyder High School, 5. 8 -Q] N·KB3 21. K·RI P·R5 Jersey City, tied with Kearny H. S. for a field of 24 players. 6. Q · 1(2 ,... 29. P-Q5 B" second and third. The tournament was • • • 7. P XP Q" 30. QR-QI ..N' In West Virginia, Paul A. Sayre • . 0 -0 Q· KR. 31. P·B3 B·A. sponsored by the N. J. State Chess Fed· t . H-K4 N , N 32. QR·KI B·Bl eration and was directcd by William breezed to a 5-0 victory in the Spring 10. Ib N P·Q B3 33. Q.R2 Q xQc h Lukowiak and Robert Coughlin. Rating Tournament of the Huntington 11 . 110114 0 ·0 34. KxQ P·N. YMCA Chess Club. Dr. Alex J . Darbes, 12. P·K A: 3 N-Q' 35. R.KNI B· B2ch • • • 13. P· M4 Qx RP 36. K·RI B·N2 The Connecticut StOlte Championship, Charles Edwards and David Franklin 14. N·N5 Q.R5 37. RxRe h K>. played during March and April, was won followed at a safe distance, all with 3·2. 15. 8 )< Pch K·RI 31. K·N2 K·82 N.B3 39. R.Q I by Dr. Martin Harrow who topped a • • • '6. K_N2 B·BI I 17. 8 ·85 P·B4ch 40. R·QS P·R6ch 39·player field with a score of 6 h ·1%. The Winter Chess Festival of the 11. P-83 N· R. 41 . K. B2 K·H3 Ted Edelbaum, 6·2, was runner·up and Cleveland Chess Association lasted well If. Q.1(5 " ~a 42. K.NI B·N2 William Newberry and Dr. Elliott Wolk into the thaw, finally concluding on 20. QxICSP P.N3 43. R·Q3 P·BS were next in line with 51,4 . The tourna· April 21. Tied for first place in the 12· 11. N x Pch .,N 44. R.QI 22. B-K5ch R·N2 45. R·ICBI P· R."7ch ment, conducted under the "New Haven player round robin were Ehwe n Kossak 23. BXRch, Kd Resig ns Pairing System," was directed by James and Algirdas Nasvytis, each with 8lf.: · Bolton. 2\-2. Herbert Gerhardt, 8·3, took third. P IRC DEF ENSE • • • • • • M. MERADO A. FEUERSTEIN Twenty·four players took part in the Sixteen teams competed in the Dis. I . P 'K4 ,.. . 17. 0 ·0·0 R·Ql 2. P.Q4 N·KBl 11. P·B4 Hx B Mininippi·Louisiana Open played in trict of Columbia Chess League with 3. N.QB] P·KN3 19. BP x N H·R2 Natchez on April 9·11. First place went Arlington turning in a stunning 8·0 4. B·N5 B·N2 20. N.QS Bx N to Frank RePass who edged out John performance to take top honors. The 5. Q.Q2 P·KR3 21. QxB 0 -0 6. B·KB. P·B3 22. N·Bl K· RI R. Poole on tie·break points. Gambiteers were second with 6lh ·1 ¥.!. 7. P·B3 P·QN4 23. N· 1(3 P·B3 • • • Bethesda, American U. and Northern 8. P'QR] B·H2 '14. P·I(N4 BPx P The Scarlet Knights Chen Cl ub of Virginia were next with 5-3. 9. KH·K2 QN.Q2 '15. NPx P Px RP/ 5 10. H ·H 3 P·K4 26. P x HP B·R3 Verona, N.J. won aU nine of its matches • • • 11. B.K3 P·Rl 27. P xN BxNc h to take first place in the North J ersey D. Ballard, with a sweeping 5-0, took 12. P·KR4 P·I(R4 '11. K·Nl R·B7 Chess League. Runners- up were t he Jer· fi rst 9lace in the Third Annual Norman 13. B·K2 Q·1<2 29. R/ QI·KNI Qx, 14. B·H5 N·81 30 . R·N4 P·R6 sey City YMCA with 7lh·llh. (Okla.) Chess FestivOl I on April 10·11. 15. p·QS NjBI·R'1 31. Q·Q3 ...... The Scarlet Knights team, consisting Tom Buckley, 4-1, was runner·up in a 16. PxP Black ove rstepped of Eclesia J. Cestonc, Robert Coughlin, field of ten players. Third·place Robert ." Leroy Dubeck, Ken Fitzgerald, Ralph Hyde won the title of Norman Cham· S ICILIA N oEFEHSE HurUlen, William Jones, Bruce Lilly. pion. w. SHIPMA N G. P oKOIK ,. P·K. P·QB4 25. P·K H4 N.. John MacDonald. Thomas Meola, Michael • • • ,. N·KB] P .Q3 26. Qx N P·83 Raimo and Michael Valvo, tur ned in an The Lake Ontario Open, played in •• ,.. . 27. P·I(R4 B·QI impressive over·all score of 60-12. Hurt· Rochester, N.Y. on April 24.25, was won N" N·K'"B3 28 . R·NI Q· I( B2 by Rex Wilcox whose score of 4% -% •• P·QR] '19. R·Q'1 R.QBl tlen (4·0) and Dubeck (9·0) were espe· ,. N·QB' cially effective. topped a field of 27 players. Ivan Thco· •• P·KH3 P .K3 30. P·N3 R·B' ,. B·N2 B·K2 31 . R·R2 P·RS • • • dorovich and Roger Johnson tied for •• P. ICR 3 ..., l'l. P·NS P· R4 The 1965 Southwest Intercollegiate second and third with scores of 41. •• B·K3 N.B3 33. P·H6 Q.H2 Ill. Q·1(2 ... , 3•. B·H2 R·B. Tournament was held at Texas A & M • • • I I. 0·0 P·QN4 35. R·Q I B·82 University on April 24·25 and brought The Cinc innati Championship, spon· 1'1. P-Q R3 P·A3 36 . R·K2 K·Bl together players from Louisiana State 13. P·B. N, N 37. R-Q] K·K2 sored by the Parkway Chess Club, was 14. IlxN P·K4 38. 8 ·Q4 Q" U., Rice University and Texas A. & M. played from February to April and was 15. B-K3 .... 39. Bx R Q xQe h won by Rea Hayes who fi nishcd on top 16. QR-QT 0-0 40. RxQ NIMZO·INoIAH of the 2O-player field with an unbeaten 17. B· B3 P-Q R4 41. P xP P".·8 S ,. PINNEO w. S HIPMAN 18. N·Q5 Q.N2 42. R·QS R-Q RI P·Q4 N·1(8 3 N,. B-2. Although Hayes has won many tour· 19. Q.N2 "- •• ... b N O. Px P ." ,. P-Q84 P·K3 •• N" naments in Ohio, it was his first vic· 20. Px8 N·Q2 44. Rx P R· RBch •• N-aB3 I5·N5 10. Q.·"B2 Q·RS tory in the city championship. Robert 21. P ·B5 ... , 45. K·N2 B·N3 •• P·K3 P-Q H3 11 . K·BI N.N$ Timmel gave him a close race but had 22. K·RI B·H3 "'. R· B6 R·Nk h s. B·N'1 12. N·N3 Q·B:k;h ... . to be satisficd with second, half a point 23. B.BI IC R· KI 47. K. R2 B·B7 •• H·K2 .., R"llIn$ 24. B·1(4 H·B3 .... R·K6ch Resigns ,. R·KNI .... behind . llO CHESS LIFE Stin in L:mcm natl, the 1965 QUeen with a score of 5~2 ·lh. Mabel Bur li ngame, robin, was wo n by Maurice Leysens with City Open was played on April 24-25 undefeated at 5-1, was a clear second, a score 01 71f.t·1'n. Ricky Sylvester and and ended in a clear \'ictory for Bert while Greta Olsson, John Alexander and Co nrad Batchelder tied for second and Edwards, 4Jh-lh._ Seldon Trimble, James Capt. James R. Gross-all with 4 ~­ third with 7-2. DeBlois and Rca Hayes-ail with 4-1- fi nished third through fifth in that order. • • • were next in line in a field or 31 play­ Alexander won the " A" award; other The fifth annual Golden Tri.ngle Open ers. The net. proceeds from this tour­ prites went to: John J. Reh (Class B), was held in Pittsburgh., Pa. on April 3-4 nament-approximately $50-were pre­ James E. Hughey (Class C), Stephen and drew an entry of 49 players. Martin sented to the "Operation Deficit Fund" LaPrade (Class D), Sandor T. Gregory S. Lubell of that city topped a trio of of the Ohio Chess Association by the (Unrated). players with 41f.t-'k scores to take Cirst sponsoring Parkway Chess Club. • • • place on median pOints. Ri chard Kause, • • • The fourth Berkshire Hills Tourn._ Cleveland, Ohio and Steve Caruthers, Twenty-six players turned out for the ment was held in Pittsfield, Mass., on Ephrata, Pa. were second and thi rd Redwood Emp ire Open, played at the March 14 and 21, attracting an entry of respectively. Sixteen prizes were awarded College of Marin in Kentfield, CaliL on 23 players. Edward Kotski took the first in this event which was sponsored by April 24·25. First place went to Koit prite, scoring Sl,~ -1f.t; tournament direct· the Pittsburgh Chess Club and directed Tullus, scoring 4'n points in 5 rounds, or Robert Bilodeau was second, with 4*. by William Byland. whle Curt Wilson took second on tie­ • • • • • • breakers, with 4-1. David Blohm and The N.w Hlven (Conn.) Winter Open The Central Illinois High School Chl m­ Alan Benson. also with 4-1, took third ended in April with John Bell topping pionship, played in Peoria on April 10, and Courth respectively. The tournament a field o{ 13 players with a score of was won by Alan Bettisch with Mike was sponsored by the College of Marin 6*·1,2. Larry Tapper, James Bolton and Summers placing second in a field of Chess Club and was directed by Mike 19 players. The team title was won by Carl Pennington aU scored 5·2 and placed Bloomington High, Goodall, second through [ourth in the order listed. • • • • • • • • • The second rating tournament of the Ro nnie Taylor, a student at the Uni· The G.rden Grove (Ca liC .) Open, versity Arkansas, wo n the 9th AnnulIl or played every Wednesday evening from ARIZONA H. S. CHAMPIONSHIP Arkln5u Chlmpionship, played in Liltle March 3 through April 14, ended in a Rock on April 16·18, with a convincing victory for Horace Keesey whose 6-1 For the fourth year the Phoenix score of 5·0. Philip Leasure, 4·1, was score topped a field of 21 players. Rich­ Chess Club sponsored the state·wide Ari­ second in the 30-player lield. It was the ard J. Pluck, Bob Heisler and Thomas zo na High School Chess Championships second time that Taylor has won the M. Fries all scored 5-2 and placed second under the official sanction of the Ari· state championship. Last year's tiUc· through fourth. zona Interscholastic Association. holder, Richard Long, did not take part A huge turnout of 172 players took in this year'S event. • • • part in the 7·round Swiss, directed by Robert Nasiff scored 4* ·1,2 to take J ack L. Gibson. The fi rst four rounds • • • clear first in a Class A tournament at were played on January 30, the final Robert Loyle of Lynn, Mass., won a the Syracuse (N. Y.) YMCA. Robert J. close tie·break victory in the Northeut three on fo'ebruary 27. Burroughs, with 4 points, was second Prescott Arizona Senior High won the Chen Lelgue IndividuII Championship, in the 6·player round robin. played in Lynn on April 10-11. Thomas state title and the individual champion· McCafferty, Daniel La mson and Arthur • • • ship went to Mark Litterman of P hoenix Nugent took second through. fourth.. All In Oregon, Jack Powell scored 3-0 to Camelback High. Kathryn Zetterlund of win a one-day tournament at the KII· Phoenix West Hiih won the girl's cham­ five of the top players in the 24-man m.th Chen Club on Sunday, April 25. event had scor es of 4-1. pionship. Eight players competed. Twenty-four schools from all over Ari· • • • • • • zona took part and the field had 13 The New H.mplhire Open, played in The 1965 St. Petersburg (Fla.) Chess girlS-including an all-girl team from Concord on May 2·3, was won by David Club Chlmpionship, a IO·player round Phoenix's Cortez 1I.S. Scheffer of Boston. ScheUer, scoring 4·1 in a 16·player field, was matched by veteran Harlow Daly of Sanford, Maine I and Alex Kcyes of Boston but was de­ • clared the winner on SoB points. Fourth· l Club place Alan Cleveland was the hi ghest· scoring New Hampshire resident and won the state title. • • • A 6·pJayer double round robin for the Memphis (Tenn.) Chlmpionship was wo n b\' John Hurl for the four th time in five years. Hurl's score of 9·1 placed him wen ahead of runncr·up James Wright (7·3) and third.place R. S. Scrivener (6-4). • • • The Colby leam ha !> dominated college chess in ~Ia i ne this season, defeating Bates. 5·1. and Bowdoin, 4-2. Colby also scored a 4":l'P,., victory over the Water­ ville Chess Club and split a pair 01 3·2 decisions with r\orwich University of Ve rmont. Indh'idually. Ste\'e Brudno has won all five of his games, Jim Quirk is 4-1, and Jerry Ogus and Ned Baxter are 3·0 each. • • • Jack L. Gibson won the 45·player ARIZONA HIGH SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONS: Mlrk Litterman lind K.th­ Phoenix Open, played on April 23·25, ryn Zetterlund. (5 .. story Ibove) MAY, 1965 III Santa Monica Bay Chess Club was played from March 10 to April 12. Frank Mc· Reynolds was the winner on Solkoff points but his score of 5·1 was matched by Sid Rubin, Charles Henderson, Fritz Leiber and Sam Vale. The winners took turns slamming one another around: McReynolds lost to Rubin, Rubin to Leib­ er, Leiber to McReynolds, Henderson to Rubin and Vale to McReynolds .... A total of 34, playcn, partic, ipated. The Santa Monica Club played a team match with the Herman Steiner C.C. on Sunday, March 28. The result was a slight upset: the visitors from Santa Monica downed their hosts by a score of 9%-6lh. Hopes are high that the ', 8 event will develop into a West Coast 7 equivalent of New York's Marshall· I I I I Manhattan rivalry. Listing the Santa Monica players first, Tibor Weinberger drew with Jack Mosko· witz, R. Martin drew with Z. Kovacs, Leslie Simon beat J. Laws, N. Lessing lost to Irving Rivise, Charles Henin drew with Carl Pilniek, Arthur Spinner beat S. Yarmak, R. Currie lost to M. Gordon, Ed Kennedy beat L. Kupersmith, Paul Quillen beat J. Kliger, M. Robinson drew with Sam Geller, I. Levitan beat D. Rogo­ Announcing • • • AT LAST • • • sin, J. Kangelon drew with H. Borochow, C. Stani lost to N. Robinson, G. Palmer drew with R. Enequist, Fritz Leiber drew with H. Rogosin, and F. l\IcRey· nolds beat J. Steiner. The event was organized by Herbert A TOUR CLOCK Abel of the Santa Monica club and Jack Moskowitz of Herman Steiner. rugged enough to stand up under the punishment of FIVE-MINUTE Wisconsin CHESS.

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MAY, 1965 liS WINDSOR CASTLE Plastic Chessme n THE WINDSOR CASTLE CHESS SET is the finest chess set available at such a moderate price. It is used exclusively in the u.s. Championship. U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, etc .• and is official· ly approvc

.;. . , ., ...... , - ...... TOURNAMENT BOARD MIDGET SCORE BOOK 201J4" X 20 1J4 " with 21J4" squares This board is used in nationally important chess events as Measures only 30/.1" x 6V4". Spir­ albound in pressboard covers. it well as by many leading chess clubs for regular play or for takes up less room than a loose­ tournaments. Designed by chessplaycrs for m aximum visi· leaf binder for the same size of bility and m inimum strain on the eyes. Green and buff sqUlres. sheet. More practical and saves Printed on heavy paper. cost of binder. Lies flat on table. provides solid writing surface. No. 46-$3.50 less 15% to USCF members ...... $2.98 per dozen Contains sheets for 40 games with ruled spaC E"! for 60 moves and diagram blank. 2J.h" square. for each game. SEALED MOVE SWISS No. US. 10: 60c less 20% to USCF ENVELOPE PAIRING memb,rs ...... 48c CARD $5.00 per dOlen Official user envelope for score sheet with sealed move Official USC}' card for Swiss of adjourned game. 21h " dia· System tournaments. Simpli­ gram blank. Spaces for move fies pairings by ratings, cal­ number , players' names, time culation of tie-b re a k in g consumed, etc. Size 3~l! " x points, etc. Size 5" x 8". GAME SCORE PAD 61h " with gummed fl ap. No, US-14 : $3.50 per 100 less H Pad of 50 official game score sheets 5 x 9~ . ruled for 60 No. US-16 : $3.50 per 100 less 21 % to USC F members .. $2_77 moves. Heavy bond paper . Cardboard backing. 21 % to USCF members .. $2.77 per 100 No. US-12 60c less 20% to USCF members ...... 48c per 100 $4.50 per doun

~------; SWISS TOURNAMENT RESULTS CHART USCF For posting names. r atings, progressive scores, colors, tic· breaking points, final rank. Printed on heavy I?aper, 18'h" x 80 E. 11 St. 12'h". Can be trimmed. with scissors to comblOe charts for any number of players and number of rounds. New York, N_Y. No_ US-IS $1.25 per doz. less 20% to USCF members $1.00 per dozen 10003

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