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Various newspapers and chess periodicals published a story about Reshevsky having SPOT N EWS I! difficulty in obtaining "kosher" food wh il e par_ The Manhall Cheu Club won the tici pati ng in the Russian Maste rs' T raining championship of the New York Metro. Tournament last month. Sammy has asked us politan Oless League by defeating the to announce that he had no d ifficulty in securing Manhattan Chess Club 10Yz ~ 5Yz with food, and that thefe is not an iota of truth in the two adjourneJ games. story. Alekhil/{! won a small tournament in Caracas, Venezuela. Subscriber Julio Gar_ cia sent us some of the best games and Latvia was the center of Europcan chess photographs- but they arrived too late interest during the month of March. Flohr, for usc in this issue. Alekhine is going winner last month of the LeningraJ.Mos(Ow irom Venezuela to Panama, Colombia, event, came through again to take premier Ecuador, Peru and Argentina. honors with a score of 12-3. T ied for second George EllIlell RooJevell, President of place with ll_4, were Gideon Stahlberg of the Marshall C. C. has been asked to head Sweden and Lazlo Szabo of Hungary, w.ho a commi ttee wh ich will sele(t a team to won the last Hastings Christmas Congress in represent the United States in the inter_ Eng land. Fourth place went to a native Lat. national Team Tournament in Buenos vian, V . Mikenas, familiarly known as "Mickey Aires ~h i s July. Mouse", with a score of 10Yz.4Yz . Next month we will run some of the out. standing games from this tournament. Now Frank J. Marshall writes from M iami, Flor. we roust content ourselves with giving rht ida, where he is n."'Cuperating, extending best final standings. wishes, and expressing the hope that he will feel well enough to partici pate in the annual Player W L P layer W L Marshall_Manhattan match. Flohr ______12 3 Dreiberg __ 6Y2 8Y2 Stahlberg ___ 11 4 Has enfuss ___ 6 9 Szabo ______11 4 Apsc heneek _5V2 9 V2 From time to time, we rIXeive cont ributions Mikenas __ __ 10Y24Y2 Melnga ilis __5Y2 9 V2 from reaJers, W110 desire to express themselves Book ______10 5 Kobl e nz __ ___5 10 about the game, in prose or poetry. If it seems Feigin ______9 6 Sol manis __ __5 10 good, we publish it and send the contributor Bogo lubow __ 8V2 6V2 Bes rutschke A 11 Petrov ______8 7 Ozols ______2Y2 12Y2 a complime- ntary copy of the i~sue containing ,4 T H E C H ESS REVI E W

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Blindfold Game-Oklahoma City Januar y 14. 1939 FRENCH DEFENSE I. A. Horowitz M r. Lee White Olack 1 p·K4 p.K3 20 p.QR5 p .QR3 2 p·Q4 p.Q4 21 QR·Ktl K.Q2 3_Kt-QB3 B.QKt5 22 R.Kt6 Q. K2 4 p. K5 Kt·K2 23 KR·QKt1 K. Bl 5 B.Q3 p.QB4 24 RxBch P, R 6 PxP QKt-QB3 25 Q. BI Q.QR2 7 Kt. KB3 Kt.KKt3 26 KtxKBp R. K81 8 Q. K2 Q.B2 27 Kt·Q6eh KtxKt 9 BxKt RPxB 28 BPxKt P.QB4 10 0 .0 BxKt 29 B. K3 p .QS 11 PxB Kt..K2 30 Q.B3 R. B2 12 B. K3 B.Q2 31 Q. B6eh K.Q I 13 B.Q4 Kt.B4 32 B.Q2 P.QB5 14 Kt.Kt5 B.QB3 33 PxP R.Q2 15 p.KB4 0·0 ·0 34 B. K3 R. RI 16 p .QR4 R. KR5 35 R. Kt6 K. KI 17 p.K R3 QR.RI 36 Rxp Q,R 18 Q. KB2 Q.K2 37 QxQ K. B2 19 KR. KI Q. KBI 38 Qxp Rellgn. THE CHESS REVIEW

Last year I had the pleasure of witnessing J udge Clock Game-Sa n F rancisco, Calif. Spencer in the role of prosecutor try to pin a coo­ January 31, 1939 viction on a woman for murder. It was a blood­ cu rdling episode. Time was too short this year to see him perform in court. I. A. Hor owlu A. J. F i nk At long last, I arrivoo in Los Angeles . L05 Angeles was a breadiing spell for me, for I stayed a week W hite Black and played only {wice. And the weather was favor- 1 P_K4 P_K4 11 B·B2 Kt_B4 able. ' 2 Kt_KB3 Kt-QB3 12 Kt_Kt3 Kt-Q2 I believe Los Angeles ·has the largeSt chess dub 3 B_KtS ' P_Q R3 13 R_K1 R_Kl in point of membership, in the world. The rOSIer, 4 B_R4 Kt-B3 14 QKt-Q4 KtxKt I told, records the names of over 400. And a{ am 5 0-0 KtxP IS KtxKt Kt_B1 the opening gong at nine, forty to fifty men assemble 6 P-Q4 P_QKt4 16 P_KB4 P_QB4 Ir for combat and sociability. is no particular mi­ 7 B_Kt3 P_Q4 17 KtxB PxKt racle fhat the club is successful. For E. P. Elliot, 8 PxP B_K3 18 R_K 3 P_BS champion of the American Cbess Federation in the 9 P-B3 B_K2 19 R_R 3 B_B4ch early 1900s, has devoted his full time and ellore 10 QKt_Q2 20 B.k3 Q_Kt 3 to building .the dub. 0·0 I .played at {he L. A . Club and also at the home 20 . . • BxBch followed by . . Q·Kt3 WM of Go{(fried Reinhardt. W e toppe

Sim ultaneous performane,e at the home of Now I was headed eastward. The touch of nos· Gottfried Reinhardt. talgia was eased by the thought that each exhibition January 26, 1939 brought me one step closer to home. SICILIAN DEFENSE Next in succession came Great Falls, and then I. A . H orowitz G. Rein hardt Denver and Omaha, and Sanborn and Milwaukee. White Black Zigzagging back and forth, but nevenheless closer 1 P_K4 P_QB4 21 B-K3 B_R1 10 home. 2 Kt-KB3 Kt_QB3 22 Kt-Q4 Q_BS 3 P-Q4 PxP 23 PxP KtxP And again I met friends and devotees of the 4 K t xP Kt-B3 24 Kt_BS KR_K 1 wyal game, whose missionary spirit buoyed up chess S Kt_QB3 P_K3 25 K txBc h RxKt interest. ~here were rhe Van Teylingens, and Fetzer, 6 B_K2 B_K2 26 RxP .xP and Pick, and Dr. Scot! and Pester, and Rev. Ohmam, 7 0 -0 0 ·0 27 P_KR3 B.Kt2 8 Kt_Kt3 P_QKt3 28 KR_Q 1 Q_QKtS ! 9 P_B4 PO' 29 B,B1 R_B5 10 B_B3 B_Kt2 30 P_R3 RxPch ! 11 Q_K2 P_QR3 31 PxR QxPch 12 B_K3 Q_B2 32 K_ R2 Q_R4eh 13 Q_B2 Kt_Q2 33 K-Kt3 Kt-Kt41 14 QR_Q1 QR_B1 34 BxKt QxBeh 15 P_KKt4 P_B 3 3S K_R2 Q.R3e h! 16 P_B5 Kt-Q1 36 K_Kt3 R_K6eh 17 R_Q2 Kt-K4 37 QxR QxQeh 18 B_K2 Kt_BS 38 K_R2 Q_B7eh 19 BxKt Ox. 39 K_R3 Q_B6eh 20 BxP Q_B3 Resign s Then I made the Hek up the West Coast. From L. A. to Seatde, taking in Cannel, Frisco, Portland. I rode and played. Again I met many friends. There were Work and Whitman, and Clarke and Smith and Bagby and Boyette an d Fink. and Chapman lind A group of Sa nborn ( Iow a) youngst ers ob· Pelouse, and another of myoid teammates, Arthur viously ,en j oying t hemselves. W h ile ELOON Dake. All made it a ,point to ease the tension of STORM (9), peers i nterestedly through the the .grind. Then in Sealtle there were Bourne Smith wi ndow , t he bOy s Inside (left to right) , KEN_ and Bart Bowen, and a host of others. NETH VAN ZANBERGEN (a), ROBERT Occasional1y I'd find time to meander. And at K R EYKES (10) , CHARLES OE VOLL (1 5) Santa Cruz, with Reynolds and ·Mil1er ali guides, I and FERDY BOLL ( 15), fi gu r e out the next visited the "Big Trees". Gigantic Redwoods tower­ m ove. T he boys ar e pupi ls of W . H. BARKER. ing into the sky, and broad. MA RC H, 1 939 57 and Rev. Meyer, and Barker, and Barnes, and Olfe and Elo. and Glen Random. I aClUaHy missed an engagemen t at Salt Lake City. I failed to make connections at Butte, as our train, nicknamed the Galloping Goose, was three hours . and twenty·fi ve minutes late. I had more than twenty·four hou rs to spare upon arriving in Butte and an xiously inquired whether there were any means of conveyance whic,h would get me to Salt Lake in ti me. In a short while, I was informed ,rhat it was impos si ble fo r me to attend the fu neral. Be· wild ered, I asked, ··what funeral ?" "Why all ~h e rush then?" was ~he retor!. Next ca me Chicago, then Ann Aroor, then Toledo, then Pittsburgh,then Buffal o, .then Canada, and then Hamilton, N. Y . I Factor and Isaacs and Little Thrall and Dushnik, and and Bitzer. and Fox, and and Dr. King. Incidentally, the bu rg drew the largest crowd. spectators attended. FROM TO COAST Then came New York, and home. Flohr winds lip the game in nice styl,. FOR THE RECORD RussIan Mastors' TraInIng Tourney W L D Moscow- January, 1939 Germantown ______34 4 1 West Choster ______14 RUY LOPEZ York ______15 • 1 1. Riiblnowltlch S, Flohr Upp.er Da'rby ______32 • • Balti more ______13 • I. White Bla.ek • 1 Charleston, W. Va. ______17 1 P.K4 . P_K4 9 P_KR3 Kt-QR4 Indianapolis ______34 •4 32 2 Kt_KB3 Kt.,QB3 10 B-B2 ,P.B4 St. Louis ______15 4 • 3 B_Kt5 P_QR3 11 P.Q4 Q-B2 Kansas City ______23 4 B_R4 Kt.B3 12 QKt_Q2 BPxP Tulsa ______16 • 4 B_K2 • 2 5 0-0 13 PxP Kt-B3 Oklahoma City ______13 1 1 6 R_K1 P-QKt4 14 P_Q5 Ft. Worth ______27 Kt-Kts 5 5 7 B-Kt3 p·QS 15 B_Kt1 Houston ______13 P-QR4 8 P.B3 O·D Tucson ______8 • 21 Los Angeles ______19 o FIGh r ha.s emp"loyed a fam!liar system of Carmel ______25 4 1 develop"ment. His last move was necessary San Francisco ______18 • 1 to ,provide a flight squa. re for the QKt, e. g. 1 4 15 .. . B·Q2 ?; 16 P-QR3! Portland ______16 2 1 Seattle ______18 16 Kt-B1 Kt-R3 Gt. Falls ______17 1 1 1 1 17 P.KKt41 ••.. Denver ______8 WiIl lte is confusing two. systems of develop­ (Consultation) ______1 • • ment. The text Is only played when the center Omaha ______16 • 1 is closed and Black d()e s not control the open Sanborn ______28 · , QB file. Madison ______7 · , Milwaukee ______12 • • 17 . . • • P_KR4! 24 B_Kt2 P_KtS Green Bay ______10 • • 18 Kt(3)_R2 p,p 25 BxB Q>B Ann Arbor ______17 •1 • 1 19 PxP Kt-R2 26 R_K3 B_Q2 Toledo ______34 20 Kt-Kt3 B_Kt4 27 Kt(3).B1 KR-B1 Pittsburgh ______30 • • 21 B.Q3 R_Kt1 28 R_B1 Q_Q1 Buffalo ______14 1 4 1 • 22 B.Q2 Kt-B4 29 Kt.-Q2 Kt-Kt4 Montr,eal ______27 1 2 23 B_KBt Q-Q1 30 B_B11 , . . . Montreal ______28 White Is playing wltho.ut purpose. The B HamIlton ______17 • 3 belongs cn Kt2. Correct was 30 Kt-Kt3. • 1 635 31 60 30 • . • • K_Kt2 32 B_K2 R_KR1 31 K_Kt2 Q-B3 33 Kt(R).BS •••• The t hreat was . .. RxKtch. If 33 Kt(R)­ WEST VIRGINIA NEWS HI , Kt-R6; 34 fuKt (R-KB3, Kt·B5ch) , RxR; 35 KxR, QxP ; 36 Kt-Kt3, R-KRl.oh; 37 Kt-R5ch; The an nual tournament for the championship of RxKt mate. the ci ty of Charles ton is under way with 40 con­ testams en tered . Chess is being taught in the Charles­ 33 • • • . B,P 36 K.R1 R.KR1oh , IOn High Sch ools , about 100 students having already , 34 KtxKt R.R7ch! 37 Kt_R3 BxKt received their first lessons. 35 KxR QxPch Rulgn' The Marshall Chess Club Championship ,

The annual tournament for the champion_ This does not seem Dhe logical continuation. Instead 13 P·Q4!. P-K5 (. .. PxP; 14 KtxP); ship of the Marshall Chess Club witnessed a 14 Kt-KS! Is what one normally ex.pects from tie for first place between Sidney Bernstein and Marshall. Blaek may sacriftce the exchange Milton Hanauer...... hoth recognized as among by 14 ... KtxKt; 15 PxKt" BxP; 16 Bl:R, the country's leading players. They intend QxB but it should prove insufficient. 17 Kt· to playa match to decide the titleholder. 'Third QB5 Is very strong and gets rid ot one bishop. place went to Matthew Green. 13 . . . . Kt.KtS 17 QxKt B.K5! 14 BxB PxB 18 Q_Kt3ch K_Rl Frank J. Marshall, former United States 15 PxP BxBP 19 P-Q5 .... Champioo, and Marshall C. C. titleholder in 16 P_Q4 KtxKt 1937 and 1938, was troubled with ill.·health M. Hanauer during the duration of the tournament and CQuid not do better than share in a five_man tie for fourth place. 1ihe others, who tied with him, are S. Bruzza, A. E. Santasiere (for. mer dub and New York State champion), D r. P. T. Schlesinger and Herbert Seidman. Seidman was the sensation of the tournament, defeating $a.ntasiere and Marshall in well. played games. He is a youngster, still attending college, and shows great promise.

A tourh of MarJhall. Ma'rshall C. C. Champlonlhlp New York-January, 1939 F. J. Marshall F. J. Manhall Dr. P. Schlellnger 19 . . . . RxKt! 22 RxP OxR White Black 20 QxP Kt-Q5! 23 QxRch R.Bl 1 P-QB4 Kt.KBS 10 B-Kt3 B_Kt2 21 R.B7 Q.KKtl Rellgn& 2 Kt-KBS P.BS 11 P-B4 B_K2 --- S P_Q4 P.Q4 12 Q_K2 PxP? 4 Kt-BS QKt_Q2 1~ BxP 0-0 A fine rombinational effort by a rising young 5 PxP KtxP 14 R_Ktl P.QB4 Jlar. 6 P.K4 KtxKt 15 8.841 Ox. 7 PxKt Q_B2 16 RxB Q.QS Marshall C. C. Championship 8 B_QB4 P.KS 17 R_Ql KR-Q17 New York- January, 1939 9 0_0 P_QKt4 18 B_Kt5 B.BS SICILIAN DEFENSE It W.e Kt movoo 19 P-KS w-ould win the B. H 18 .. . B-B1; 19 PxP would win. H . Seidman A. E. Santa8iere White Black 19 RxKt RxR 25 P_B4 P.BS 20 P-K5 BxP 26 PxP OxO 1 P-K4 P-QB4 4 Kt-BS KtxKt 21 BxR BxQP 27 R.Kl P_Q6 2 Kt-KBS Kt-KB3 5 QPxKt • • • • 22 KtxB PxKt 28 B_Kt3ch K.Rl 3 P-K5 Kt_Q4 . 23 Q-K4 R.Ktt 29 QxKP F_Q7 An alternative development was 5 KtPxKt 24 B_R4 P_K4 30 Q-KSch Rellgn. to be followed by P·Q4. 5 . • . . P.QKtS Better is 5 ... P-Q4. If then 6 PXP e.p., A nir:e middle_game romhination hy Hana1ler. QxP!; 7 QxQ. PxQ. P_K3 Marshall C. C. Championship 6 B-QB4 New Yo-rk-Janua.ry. 1939 7 B-KB4 • • • • To prevent ... P·Q4. ENGLISH OPENING 7 . . . . Q_B2 F. J. Marshall M. Hanauer 8 0·0 B-Kt2 White Black 9 Q_K2 !'-QRS 1 P.QB4 P_K4 S P_QS 0.0 A waste of time a.s White's reply prevents 2 Kt_QBS Kt-KB3 9 B-K3 B.KS P-QKt4. Aloo a weakening move because S Kt_BS Kt.BS 10 R_Bt P_B4 the QRP is now a point of attaek. 4 P_KKtS P.Q4 11 Kt.QR4 Kt-Q4 10 P-QR4 Kt-BS 12 R_Q2 0.0 5 PxP KtxP 12 B_B5 "03 11 QR_Ql B_K2 13 KR_Ql KR·Qt 6 B_Kt2 _ Kt.KtS lS P.K4 • • • • The QR is tied down t o the defense of the ,.7 0-0 B.K2 QRP. MAR C H, 1939 '9 •

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14 Kt-Kt5 P.KR3 Frank fires both barrel! al yOllng Seidman The alternatives were 14 ..• P-KKt3 (,to who, notbing dallnted, accepts everything dnd prevent 15 Q·R5) or 14 ... BxKt givIng up (omes through to win. the exchange. The text permits a display or fireworks. Manhalt C. C. ChampIonshIp January, 1939 A. E. Santasiere RUV LOPEZ C':" H. Seidman F. J. Marahall White Black 1 P_K4 P. K4 5 0-0 B-K2 2 Kt-KBS Kt.QBS 6 Q.K2 P-QKt.4 3 B-KtS P_QR3 7 B.KtS 0-0 4 B_R4 Kt-B3 8 P.B3 P-Q4 The normal lIne 18 8 .. . P-Q3 fonowed· by 9 ... Kt-QRA. . etc. Marshall, however, tries to s \J."ay from the beaten path and "ruah" his youth(ul opponent. 9 PxP P-K5 13 P)(B KKtxKtP 10 Kt-Kt5 B.KKtS 14 KtxKP KtxP 11 P_B3 B.B4eh 15 R_B4 • • • • 12 K-Rl Kt.K4 The Kt cannot be captured Immediately due to ... Q-RS mate. H. Seidman 15 • . • . Kt_KtS 21 Q_B3 P-" 16 P.Q4! KtxR 22 Q_B4 R·Kkh 1S KtxKBP! KxKt 17 BxKt B.Q3 23 RxR QxRch 16 RxP! QxR 18 KbB PxKt 24 Kt.B1 R_K1 If ... RxR: 17 BxPch!; KxB ; 18 Q-B4oh, 19 BxKt Q.R5 25 B.KtS Q-Kt8 K-B4 ; 19 Q-B7cb. B-B3 (19 ... K-K6 1: 20 20 Kt.Q2 QR.K1 26 K_Kt1 P.QR4 P-B3 mate) ; 20 RxR, Q-Bl (20 .•. KtxP or Black should resign, but he wishes to give 20 ... R-Ql; are both met by 21 Q·RSch his opponent a Ilt-tle "experience". followed by 22 RxQ); 21 PxB and win •. 27 QxQP P.R5 31 Q-K6ch K_Rt 28 Q.Q7 R.KB1 32 Q.K7 R-KKt1 17 R)(Q R)(R 29 B_K5 R.B2 33 p.QS 18 Q. R5ch P-KtS PxB 30 Q_KSch R.B1 34 P_Q7 Reslgnl Forced. It . .. K-B I; 19 DxKP Win •. 1G B)(Pch! Kd 20 Q)(KtPch B.B3 CheasplOlye,.. desiring to turn their lib­ Not 20 ... K·Q4; 21 Q-B7ch, K·KS ; 22 P- raries Into COilsh are r-e-quested to get in B3 mate. t ouch with UI. We will be glad to ap­ praise any IIbrOlry and make a cash offer 21 Qx Be h K.Q4 22 Q·s5 Relign. for it in whole. or In pOlrt. ~ddress: THE CHESS REVIEW, 25 W. 43rd St., New The R cannot move off the 7th rank because York, N. V. or Q-B7ch. etc. Nor ean it move of! the 61e because ot P-K6 dis. ch., etc. The Russian Masters' Training Tournament

• A masferful gil"" by Jhe WInner. wst September we ran a little anecdote abollt Russian M asters' Trainin g Tourney Fille and To/tisch. In this game ReJheVJky Moscow--;January. 1939 avenges his compatriot, and howl G RUNFELD DEFENSE Russi an Ma-sters' Trai n ing T ourney A. Ala t ortsev S. Flohr L eningrad-Ja nuary, 1939 White Black NIMZOWITSC H DEFENSE 1 P.Q4 Kt .KB3 4 B.K t 5? Kt-K5! S. Reshevsk y I. T olusch 2 P-QB4 P,KKt3 5 Ktx Kt Px Kt White Black 3 QKt_B3 P_Q4 6 Q.Q2 •• • • 1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 3 K t_ QB3 B·Kt5 Intending to castle Q side. A better system 2 P_QB4 P_K 3 4 P.K3 Kt-B3 of development would be 6 P·K3, B-RtZ; 7 Kt­ K 2, P-QB4 ; 8 Q-Q2 to be fOllowed by R-Ql, Kl· Generally l)layed is . .. P-Q4 followed even· QB3, B·K2, and castles K side. tually by . .. P ·QB4. Black's devlation Is bad a nd nets him a cramlled game. 6 • • • • B. Kt2 5 B.Q3 P_K4 11 Kt_Kt3 P_Q3 7 0 .0·0 • • • • W hit e cou ld still have transposed into the 6 K t _K 2 0 _0 12 P.R3 P·KKt3 K 81de castling system. 7 0 ·0 R-K 1 13 B·K3 P·B4 8 P_Q5 ! Kt_Kt1 14 Q_Q2 QKt-Q2 7 • • • • P. KR3 9 P_K4 P_QR4 15 B_R6 B_K 2 And not 7 ... 0-0; 8 H·R6! 10 P_QR3 B_B1 16 Kt.S5 ! Kt.R4 8 8.B4 • • • • Of cours e not .. , PxKt; 17 Q-Kt5ch, etc. Preferable was 8 B-R4. 17 KtxBch QxKt 20 QxP R_B 1 8 . . . . P.QB4! 18 B_K2 Kt_Kt2 21 Kt.Kt5 R_Rl 19 P.B4! PxP 22 B-Kt 4 Kt_K4 9 PxP • • • • The alternative was 9 P-K3 but the expo3ed While's last move cleared the K file aud position of tihe White K incltlent to Q sirj(c t hreatened QR·K1 foll owed by an advance of castllug gives Black excellent attacking p o ~ · the K P. 'folusch gets tired of defensive ta ctics slb!liUes. and d ecides to do someth ing at the wrong tim e. 9 . . • . QxQch 23 B_Kt5 ! P_B3 26 RxQ BxB 24 BxP Rx S 27 PxB KtxBP 10 B x Q • • • • 25 Qx R QxQ If In stead 10 RxQ, P·K4! followed tJy Ca Ul) : a P ·KB4 and . .. 0 ·0. Black for cnolc~. Setting the stage fol' a neat la Reshevsky. to . . . . B.K3 11 P. K3 Kt_Q2 28 Kt_B7! R_K t 3 12 P-B3 29 Kt_K6 ! K t xKt · . . - 30 PxKt Resi gns He must return t ho P. If J 2 P -QKtl. p­ QR4! and White's position becomes danger­ T he advanced KP must w in: 30 ... R·B3 ously op en. ( ... P-Q4: 31 P -K7! ) ; 31 P-K 7, R ·Bl; 32 QR·KB1, ·etc. 12 , . . . KtxP 14 K_Kt1 Kt.R3 13 B_Kt4 R_QB1 15 B.R5 0 _0 F lonr could have won a P with 1G P·Kt3 (not BxP, BxB ; 16 RxD, R-QS mate) , but it Had Keres played che.rs of this order through_ would have in,'olve d giving White counl.or cha n ces w it h 15 ... P·B5 ; 16 KtxP , B·KtSch , ONt the tournament, he wOllld not have finished 16 P.QK t3 Kt_B4 with a mintls score. 17 8. K2 P-QKt4! Russia n Mast ers' Tra in ing T ourney A s trong move threatening. to win a P by 18 . PxQBP; 19 DxP, BxB; 20 PxB, Kt-Kt2; Moscow- J anuary, 1939 etc. RUY LOPEZ 18 PxKt P · . . . G. L oewenfisch P. Keres Other alternatives were : White Dlack (a) 18 R·QBl, PxK BP; 19 PxBP , B-B4ch; P_K4 P_K4 20 P-K4, KtxKP! ; etc, 1 5 0-0 B_K2 (b) 18 D·Kt4, PxQDP; 19 PxBP (BxK t?, Px 2 Kt_KB3 Kt_QB3 6 R_K1 P_QKt4 3 B_Kt5 P.QR3 7 B. Kt3 P-Q3 K tP!) , R-KU, etc. B_R 4 (c ) 18 P xKP, KtxKP thr eate ning Kt·B7 and 4 K t-8 3 8 P.B3 0·0 PxQB P. A deviation fr om the normal 8. Kt·QR 4; (d) 18 P 'QKt4, PxKBP; 19 KtPxP , B·B4ch; 9 B·82, P·QB·I ; 10 P-Q·I, Q-B2. 20 K·B1 . K t-K t 2; 21 P-K4, B·K 3! 9 P.QR4 P-Kt5 18 • • . . Px P 10 P_Q4 . . - . Resigns W hite ll lays to obtain contr ol of the center. W h ite must lose \lhe exchange: 19 PxP , B· H 10 .. , B·KtS; he in tends 11 D'Q5! , KtxB ; 1 2 B4ch; 20 P ·K4, KtxKP; etc. PxKt. 60 MARCH, 1939 61

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10 . • . . KPxP 14 P-QKt3 Kt-Q2! White must accept the ofti'll' of the "exchange" 11 PxQP B_Kt5 15 QKt_Q2 B_B3 or secure an inferior ·p:osition, e.g.: 22 ExB, 12 B-K3 Kt-QR4 16 Q·Kt1 P-R3 KtxB; 23· Q-Ql (23 B·Ql, Kt·Q6 followed by ... 13 B.B2 P_B4 Kt-B5), Q·B3; 24 R-K3, QR-Q1; 25 Q·K2, R-Q5 The threat WRS 17 P·K5 followed by 18 BxPch. foUowed by doubling Rooks on the Q file. 17 R_R2 Kt·B3 22 BxR Q_R5 18 B.B4? •..• 23 B.Q3 .••• Better was 18 P·Q5. Kt(3)-K4; 19 KtxKt, To utnize the QR for the protectio n of the KtxKt (. .. BxKt; 20 Kt-B4! , B-QB6 ; 21 B·Q2); KBP. 20 p ·m, nom; 21 B·Ql, P-QR4; 22 B-K2. 23 • . . • QxRPch 18 . . . • BxKt 24 K_B1 KtxB! 19 KtxB KtxP T,he Kt is destined for RBS. 20 BxQP • • • • If 20 KtxKt, BxKt; 21 BxQP?,. BxPch!; 22 25 K.K2 Kt-K3 Zl K-Q1 R-Q1ch KxB, Q·B3ch, etc. 26 B.84 Kt-B5ch 28 B-Q5 ••.. W·hite is in a precarious position. His pieces 20 .... KtxKtch cannot coordinate effectively. The alternatives 21 PxKt • • • • were 28 R-Q2 which loses by ... RxRch; ",,;P. Keres 29 KxR, B·B6ch; 30 K-Ql or 82, QxBP!; or 28 K·Bl, B-B6 ; 29 R-KBI (R-Q1?, RxRoh; 30 KxR, Q-Kt8ch; 31 K-B2, QxPch; 32 K-BI, Q-K60h ; 33 K-B2, QxBP; etc.) , Q-Kt7; 30 Q·B2, QxP(3); 31 R·QI, RxRch; 32 QxR, QxQch; 33 KxQ, P·QR4 and Black s'hould win the ending. 28 . . . • Q.Kt7! 33 R(2)_Q3 QxBPch 29 R_Q2 QxPch 34 K-Q1 P.B4 30 K_B2 KtxB 35 Q_B1 P.KBS 31 PxKt B.B6 36 R-K7 R.Q3 32 R_K3 Q.B4ch Threatening ... R-KKt3 lind ... R-KKts. 37 R_KG RxR 39 K.B2 Q_K7ch 38 PxR Q_K8ch Resigns

CORRESPONDENCE CHESS G.. Loewenfisch The Illinois Correspondence Chess Ass'n will Slart 21 • . • . B.K4! ils 56th Tourney on April 1St. Those interested Keres seems to have an intuitive ability to should address Tournament Director Roy Wake6eld, correctly appraise sacrificial combinations.- Waterman, Ill. , F:).mous Last Round Tourney Thrills

By PAUL HUGO LITTLE

The last round of a chess tournament is F'rankfurt Tournament, 1930 generally the climax of the competition. For QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING weeks, the various masters ,have striven for F. Saemis-eh A. Nimzowitsch the laurel wreath and the purse of gold­ White Black chiefly the latter!- and when the last round 1 P_Q4 Kt.KB3 begins, their destinies are being weighed in 2 P.QB4 P-K3 the balance. Some must console themselves 3 P.QR3 • • • • A move that "speaks volumes". Saemlsch with honor; some, new to the battlefield of does not propose to let NiwzowUsch play his a great tourney, have made auspiciolls debuts; Defense to the Queen's Pawn Game. with and some are brought together to battle for which the latter scored such a success the the foremost place. year before at Carlsbad. Moreover the move is Quite in keeping with Saemisch's positional It is this battle that we regard with greatest tem.perament- passively active. interest For two men, tense with the nerve_ 3 • . . . P_Q4 9 PxP PxP wracking strain of past combat, have as the 4 Kt_QB3 QKt_Q2 10 B·Q3 P_B4! S B_KtS P_KR3 11 Kt_B3 B.Kt2 theme of their single encQunte,r the ulti_ 6 B_R4 B_K2 12 0-0 Kt-KS mate .fate of the tournament. 7 P.K3 0-0 13 B.Kt3 • • • • 8 R_B1 . P_QKt3 Such II condition makes it impossible to predict Better was 13 BxB, QxB; 14 B-Kt5! with certainty what will 'happen. A classic 13 . • • . 20 8-R2 Kt_B5 example is the famous game between Rubin_ 14 RPxKt 21 BxKt RxB stein and Nimzowitsch at San Sebastian, 1912, 15 A_K1 22 Q_Q2 Q-K2 where, with first prize and some thousands of 16 B.Kt1 PxP 23 Kt(3)_K2 R(1).QB1 17 KKtxP Kt-K4 24 R-QB1 P.R3 francs depending on success or failure, Rubin_ 18 Q_82 P_KKt3 2S KR-Q1 K.Kt2 stein overlooked a simple mate in two moves, 19 QR_Q1 R_QB1 and had to work 'hard before he finally won, Black ,has virtual control of the game with Another is Schottlander's refusal of an offered every point safeguarded. He now proceeds to draw that would have given ,him first 'Prize­ direct his attack against White's weak K side. and :his subsequent loss! There are many such instances in chess history, and the wonder is (ohat the mortality rate due to heart .failure is not higher among chess masters! One of the finest last_round games on rec_ ord, is the Saemisch_Nimzowitsch game in the 1930 Frankfurt Tournament. Picture the setting for this dramatic game: ,has just blazed bis sensational way through his first European tour. In the Frankfurt Tourney, he 'has played ten rounds without defeat. His score is 8_l _ a magnifi_ cent showing. Only Nimzowitsch, the grand_ master, the ,high priest of "Mein System" and "Die Praxis" stands better. He ,has scored F. Saemisch 8'Yl-IYl, despite a second round loss to Przepi_ orka, the veteran problem_composer and mas: 26 Q_K1 P_KR4! 29 R(f).Q1 R_KR1 27 R.Q2 P-R5 30 Kt_QB3 teL Tihe two leaders have already drawn their Q.B2 28 PxP exp 31 P_KKt3 • • • • personal encounter in the fifth round. In the Forcing another weakness. The threat was all.important eleventh round, Kashdan has ... Q-R7ch!; KxQ, BxBP mate, Not 31 Kt­ black against Przepiorka, and manages to win KE3, P-Q5! in the end_game. Nimzowitsch ,has to play 31 • . . . B_KB3 35 Kt(3)_K2 R (S)_B1 Saemisch, ever dangerous, with an even score 32 Q_K2 Q_Q2 36 Kt-B4 Q_R3 33 Q_B3 Q-R6 37 K_S1 P_R4! in -his ten previous rounds. Nimzowi,tsoh must 34 Q_Kt2 Q_R4 win to secure first prize-and win he does in And now the Bishops see to it tllat the this typical Nimzowitsch game. King has no escape! 62 MARCH, 1939 63

, 38 K_K1 B_R3 In our December issue. 'Page 279, we ran 39 P.B3 R(R).K1 a letter from a reader in the Buckeye State. 40 K.B2 • • • • SlfbJeriber 1f7. B. Bentley writes: Not 40 KtxQP. DxKt!; H RxD, RxPch! etc. "Another question from the Buckeye State. 40 . . . . Q_Kt4 44 Q.Q1 P_QKt4 41 Q.Kt1 Q_K4 45 P_B4 Q_K5 Does the American chess master, Fine. pro­ 42 Kt.Kt2 P_R5! 46 Q_Kt4 R_KA1 nounce his name as we pronounce t-he ad­ 43 R_QB1 B.B5 jective of the same spelling, or does he call T-he game will now be decided by the at- it Feen or Feenay? Is Keres pronounced Kereth tack along the open R file. or Kereez, or some other way? 47 R_KKt1 B_Q6 52 K_B2 P_Kt4! "I found myself wondering why you lo­ 48 Q.B3 BxKt 53 PxP K_Kt3 cated your mythical chess dumb_bell in Ohio. 49 QxQ BiQ 54 R_K2 R_K3 50 PxB R.R7 55 P_KKt4 KxP Of course it docs not make any difference, 51 K_K3 R_K1 Ohio ,has broad shoulders, and it was really The rival monarch takes part at the ob· funny, and the author may well congratulate sequies as chief mourner! himself." 56 K_Kt3 R (3).KR3 We will answer these queries in reverse 57 K·B2 R(3)_RS order! We do not invent correspondence, The Resigns story, "When in doubt . , . Move a Knight!" Saem!sch's turned-down King gives N1Dlzo­ was taken from an actual letter received from wltsch fl.r~t prize half a point ahead of Kashdan, Truly, a memorable last round game! a resident of Ohio, Keres' name is pronounced Kereez (first "e" as in effort. second "e" as in ease, "s" as though it was "z"). Fine's name is pronounced exactly like the adjective of the Letters to The Editor same spelling. Just why should we feel ~hagrined at coming out second best in a game of chess? It is only an indication that our opponent was the better man. We go to a baseball game and " I\. printed standing of the players in a che$$ (Qurnament still in progress should, above all, give cheer wildly to see Gehrig or Hartnett do a true idea, or, rather, an idea of whar avcrage$ something we can't. We enjoy reading a (Q be true, of who is ahead of whom, More than that, splendid poem or editorial written by someone however. sueh a printed standing cannOt be expected 10 do. Nor does the reader look for more than far more capable than we are. We hear io:spir­ a fair and square idea of the relative standin,l:s jng sermons or lectures by someone our superior of the players, because the reader's common sense in I. Q, We admire the ability of a statesman (ells him the results of adjourned games may effect to see dearly the solution to some complex (he standings. situation. Weare thrilled by music rendered "In view of these considerations, the' newspaper by artists way beyond our amateurish efforts, way of showing suoh standings is wholly unsatisfac­ nor could we even approach the genius of ~he mry and goes to the extreme of assuming that a player will lose all his unfinished $ames, (as if it composer of the symphony, Some of us even were feared that readers might bnng suit against get a kick out of Charley McCarthy. the newspapers for libel, or orher cause, in case 1he unfinished games should not be lost!). For myself, now nearing the ,half century "Hence, this conservative newspaper way often mark, and with about the .same number of indicates whal, according to lhe law of probabilities, white, as black f.ieces remaining on the chess_ turns out to be a false standing of the players. In fact, the newspaper "system" (?) averages 10 be board of my sea p, (although, I hasten to add, umcliable. (If A and B have an unfinished gune neither forces are noticeably depleted). I do against each olher. they cannot both lose it.) not much mind seeing how my opponent out_ "The chances of a player with 11 score of 5·2 with smarted me, And, (another confession), I ~ unfinished games are better than those of a ylayer ' have ample opportunity to admire :his ability. who has finished his schedule with a score a 6·6. So. in my amateurish way of playing, I derive You and I know this is so, and so does every news· paper reporter. Yet the newspaper would place the some pleasure the hard way: in defeat. If ~·2 player below the 6-6 player, simply be

ROUND 10_NOVEMBER 20th 24 QPxB R_Q2 26 P_B4 p,p 25 Q_Q4 M. Euwe ------V2 A. Alekhine ------Y2 P-B3 27 QxKP R.Q6 J. R. Capablanca - -Y2 R. Fine ------Y2 S. Reshevsky - - ---Y2 M. Botwinnik _____ Y2 M. Botwinnik ":" P_ Keres ------Y2 S. Flohr- ______Y2 The scene of action was Breda, a small town in soullhern Holland and the ,home of the military academy: Holland's West Point. The Euwe_Alekhine game was a center of interest, the spectators realizing t hat Euwe would not get another opportunity to -pit his knowledge and strategy against Alekhine's chess genius for some time to come, (due to Alek_ ihine's projected trip to South America) . Alek_ hine tried to get out of the books as quickly as possible (4 . . . B_R3), and at times the game !had a wild character. The struggle between Capablanca and Fine S. Reshevsky developed along lines to Capablanca's liking. Fine tried to upset the Cuban's plans by sacri_ 28 QR_B1 RxBI fICing a ,piece, but Capablanca returned it and 29 RxR B_B21 brought the game into a difficult Rook and 30 R_Q31 · . , . Pawn ending, in which -he had a slight ad_ Not 30 Q-Ktl, Q·Q5ch! vantage. On the train, homeward bound, Capa­ 30 . . . . Q_Kt1 ? Throwing away a won game. Correct Is blanca looked over the ,position and found the 30 ... Q-Bl allowing the Q to escape along winning chances so tenuous, that he agreed t he White diagonal a few moves later. then and there to call it a draw. "A p"llman_ 31 R(I)_Ql1 RxQ Drawl" says Tartakower. 32 BxR!! .... The point of the previous note. With the Q on QBl,. Botwinnlk could continue with An exciting game in which both players 32 ... B·Q4!; 33 BxDch, PxB; 34 RxP, K-B2!; mISs winning lines. 35 R-Q8 (35 P·B5, Kt-K4), Q-K3! A. V. R. O. Tournament 32 . . . . Q_KBI Tenth Round And not 32 . .. B·Q4 now because of 33 BxB Holland_November- 20, 1938 ch, PxB; 34 RxP, K-B2; 35 R·Q8 and the Q NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE is lost. S. Reshevsky M. Botwlnnlk . 33 R_Q8 B_Kl W hite Black 34 R-Kl! • • • • 1 P_Q4 Kt-KB3 4 P_K3 0 .0 If 34 BxBP?, BxB! 2 P.QB4 P_K3 5 Kt_K2 • • • • 34 .... K-B2 3 Kt.QB3 B_Kt5 35 BxRP Kt-K4 A move advoca.ted by Rubinstein. It locks On 35 ... KtxRP would roHow 36 lUB, in the KB, however, and ther.efore 5 B-Q3 fol­ QxR; 37 B-Kt6ch! lowed by 6 Kt-K2 would seem preferable. 36 PxKt Q-Rl 5 . . . . P-Q4 37 8.B2 · . . - Taking a.dvantage of White's last move. An­ Instead 37 PxP!, QJcB; 38 PXP!, QxK·tP; otherpossiblllty was 5 ... R-Kl and it 6 P­ 39 R(8)xB and the two Rooks plus the two QR3, B-B1! passed Pawns must win against the Q. 6 P.QR3 B-K2 37 __ . , K_K2 40 P_Kt4 Q_Kt4 Better than ... BxKtch; 7 KtxD! 38 R_BS p.B4 41 R_B7ch K-Ql 7 PxP KtxP 13 P·QKt4 P.QR3 39 BxP Q_R4 42 R.B8ch K-K2 8 KtxKt PxKt 14 R_Kl R.Kl 9 P.KKt3 Kt-Q2 15- B_Kt2 B-Bl 43 P-K6 •... 10 B_Kt2 Kt.B3 16 Q.Q3 B_K3 TJueatens 44 R-B7ch, K-Ql; 45 R·Q7ch!l, ,11 0-0 B-Q3 17 P_B3 Kt_Q2 BxR (. .. K-Bl; 46 P·K7! , etc.); 46 PxB and 12 Kt·B3 P_B3 wins. To (lontinue with . .. K t-Kt3 and Kt-B5. 43 • • .. P_Kt3 18 Kt-R4 P_QKt3 21 B.B3 R.R2 44 R_B7ch K-Ql 19 QR_B l P.QKt4 22 P-K4 Kt_B5 45 R.Q7ch! K_Bl 20 Kt_B5 Kt_Kt3 23 R_R1 BxKt Not 45 .. . BxR; 46 P-K7chl 64 MAR C H, 19 3 9 65

46 P.K7 Px. 49 K_R1 Q.B6ch 29 P_KtS K.Kt2 33 P_Kt4 R-K tS 47 R.Q8ch K.B2 50 K.Kt1 Q.Kt5ch 30 P-R4 R( R)_Kt6 34 R.QB1 R_Kt7 4S RxB QxKt

The freeing move 13 ... P-Q4 is not yet 23 . . . . Kt_Q3 in order due to 14 PxP, KtxP; 15 KtxKt, Black is in a position to work with indirect QxKt; 16 B1I:Kt, followed by 17 Kt·B6 and wins. Also after 13 . .. Kt-B3; 14 Kt(4)-Kt5 Black threats. would have difliculUes. 24 Kt.R3 Q-QB4 14 Kt(4)_Kt5 Black hopes that the Inltlatlve which he • • • • now hOlds is worth more than a draw by repeti­ White starts action. The threat j$ 15 B-Q6, B-Q1; 16 B-RS, etc. covering a lot of territory. tion of moves. 25 R-Q1 14 . • . . Q.B3 • • • • • 15 QR_B1 •••• Too passive would be 25 P-KtS. White pre­ Well played. Much better than dull1ng the fers to return the extra pawn. battle with 15 P·RtS, P-QR3; 16 Kt-Q4,. QxQ; 25 ... ; Q_KtS 17 KtxQ, 8-B4; etc. 26 Q-Kt3 • • • • 15 . . . . Kt-K1 Of course not 26 QxQ?, P.xQ; etc. Not 15 . . . QxQBP due to 16 QxQ, RxQ; 17 26 . . . . KtxP 29 PxQ R_QKt5 K t -B7. Nor 15 ... P-QR3 due to 16 Kt-Q.6 27 KtxKt RxKt 30 Kt_R4 • • • • (obtainlng command of important strategical 28 R_Kt7 QxQ points). Now Bla.ck threatens to continue with Doubling the rooks on the seventh rank 16 ... P·QR 3. However, there js a combina­ means nothing due to 30 ... P-B3. Now some tion in sight. Dawns disap,pear on both sides. 30 . . . . RxP 32 KtxR R_Kt1 A. Al ekhine 31 RxKtP RxR 33 Kt_B4 P_R5 Black would like to make something out of nothing, ,but the field is too open. 34 R-Q2 •... To defend the KtP. 34 . . . P.KtS 38 R.Q1 P-K4 35 Kt.K5 B_Kt2 39 R_R1 R_BS 36 Kt.QS R-QB1 40 R_R3 P_B4 37 K_B1 B_QS Threatens to chase the Kt with .. P-K5. 41 P_Kt3! Drawn (Tranllalfd from " v . T.I.tr~"f" by J. B. S.)

Flohr gets a slight advantage, but is content M. Euwe to split the point. A. v. R. O. Tournament 16 Kt_Q5! • • • • Tenth Round The attack on the enemy trenches. Holland-November 20, 1938 B_B1 16 . . . . CARO_KANN DEFENSE After 16 . . . PxKt follows 17 PxP, Q·Kt2; P. Keres S. Flohr 18 RxR (if 18 Q-K4, B-B3» , QxR; 19 R-Qtn. Q-Ql (or 19 ... Q·Kt2 ; 20 Kt-B7, KtxKt; 21 Rx White Black Kt, Q-RS: 22 Q-B2, B·B4; 23 P-QKt4! etc.); 20 1 P_K4 P_QB3 B-B7!, KtxB; 21 KtxKt,. Q-Bl; 22 R-B2 and 2 Kt_QB3 • • • • White's attack wins. The "modern" method of meeting the Caro· 17 Kt-Kt4 Q_Kt2 Kann. The "old-faShioned" way was 2 P-Q4, 18 BxKt QxB P-Q4; 3 Kt·QBS. To free himself Black gives up a pawn In­ 2 . . . . P.Q4 slead of passive defense with 18 ... R(B)xB. 3 Kt_B3 p,p 19 RxP P-QR4 Deserving consideration is S · . B-Kt5. And the Kt has to retreat. 4 KtxP Kt·B3 20 Kt-B2 Q-K4 Beller than 4 .. . B·B4; 5 Kt·Kt3, B-KtS; 21 Kt-B3 · . . . 6 P-KR4! Protecting both the KP and the QKtP. S KtxKtch KPxKt 9 B.KS B.KKtS 21 .... Kt.Q3 6 P.Q4 B.Q3 10 R.K1 Kt_Q2 7 B.K2 0.0 11 -Q-Q3 Q_B2 A change ; The passive Kt awakens. How like Alekhine! 8 0-0 R-K1 22 Kt.R3 Kt_B4 Threatening BxKt followed by BxRPch. 12 P_KKt3 Kt.B1 17 Q.B4 Q_Q2 Threatens 23. . . Kt-K6ch and . .. B-B4. 13 Kt.Q2 Q.Q2 18 Kt-BS Q.B4 23 Kt_B2 • • • • 14 P_Q5 BxB 19 Kt_Q4 Q_KR4 "No lrespassing." White intends to play 15 RxB Kt-Kt3 20 Q-Q3 Kt.K4 P·K4. 16 PxP 'QxP 21 Q.B5 QxQ - MARCH, 1939 67

22 KtxQ B_B1 27 QR_K1 KtxBch M. Euwe 23 P-Kt3 QR.Q1 28 PxKt P_B4 K.Kt2 P·KKt3 29 K.B2 B.Kt5 2'25 Kt.R4 Kt.KtS 30 R_QKt1 Drawn 26 Kt-B3 8.84

ROUND l1-NOVEMBER 22nd R. Fine ______0 M. Euwe ______1 • A. Alekhlne ______1 S. Flohr ______0 M. Botwinnik ______1 J, R. Capablanca __ 0 S. Reshevsky ______Y2 p, Keres ______Y2 This round was played at Rotterdam, one of the largest and busiest towns in Holland. Euwe played the black side of a queen's gam. bit and chose the Vienna Variation- a varia­ tion ,he had extensively analyzed a year ago with his opponent- Fine! Both masters played 13 K·Kt1 .... the opening moves as though it were a light. Also possible was 13 DxKDP!, ExE ( ... Kt-R4?; 14 Q·R3!); 14. Kt·Q6ch, K-Bl; 15 ning skittles game. At 'his 12th move, Euwe KtxR. QxKt; 16 QxBP, P·K4. White is the sprang a new onc on Fine, one which, accord­ exchange ahead, but Black ,has a strong center ing to Botwinnik, had been extensively ana­ and good winning challces. lyzed in Russia. Ellwe took only 20 minutes 13 . . . . Kt.R4 in this game. · 14 Q·B2 P.K4 15 KtxQP •..• According to many, the Botwinnik _Capa_ Fine decides to give back -the Kt for two blanca game was the most brilliant of the pawns and free his game. tournament. It is remarkable that Capa's fa_ 15 . . . . PxKt mous sense of safety seemed to have deserted 16 RxP Q.Kt3 him during this game. At the most critical 17 Q.B3 •... stage, he went -pawn hunting with ,his queen Also possible was 17 R·Q6! , R·B3 (not ... ExR; 18 KtxPch. etc); 18 RxR, QxR; 19 B·K2. and knight. Botwinnik punished him in ex_ 17 • . . . B.KB4 cellent style. 18 P-KKt4 B.Kt3 Not ... BxP; 19 KtxPeh, BxKt; 20 BxB and wins. 19 P·B4 KB-B4 All interesting game from both the theoreti_ 20 RxP KtxR cal and practical points of view. 21 P·B5 • • • • On 21 QxKt would follow 21 ... 0·0; 22 A. v. R. O. Tournament P·BS?, B·K6! Eleventh Round 21 . • • • B·Q5 Holland_November 22, 1938 22 Q.QKt3 • • • • QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCE'PTED Not 22 KtxPCh, BxKt; 23 BxB. QxB!: 24 QxQ?, Kt·Q7ch, etc. R. Fine M. Euwe White Black 22 .. • • Q.B3 27 PxB RPXP 23 B.Kt2 QxKtch 28 K.Kt1 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 5 Kt-B3 PxP KR·Kl 24 BxQ Kt-Q7ch 29 B.Q3 R.K6 2 P-QB4 P-K3 6 P-K4 P_B4 25 K.Rl KtxQch B.K4 3 Kt.KB3 P.Q4 7 P.K5 PxP 30 R.Ql 26 PxKt 4 B.Kt5 B-Kt5ch 8 Q.R4ch ..•. 0·0 Resigns This is the "Vienna Variation" analYil;ed ex- tenSively by Gl'unfeld and Becker. Fine, play­ iog white, won a splendid game jo the Amsler· En/em' for the brilliancy prize. dam 1936 Tournament againsl Grunfeld (c. r. A. V. R. O. Tournament 1936 Bound Volume. The Chess Review. 'Page Eleventh Round 287). On 8 PxKt would have followed 8 ... PxP!; 9 B·R4. Kt·B3! (not 9 ... PxKt?; 10 Holland_November 22, 1938 QxQch, KxQ; 11 BxPch. K moves; 12 PxP!. NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE etc.) . M. Botwlnnik J. R. Capablanca 8 . . . . Kt.B3 White Black 9 0·0·0 • • • • 1 p·Q4 Kt.KB3 8 B·Q3 0·0 Again not 9 PxKt, PxKt! and Black wins. 2 P·QB4 P.K3 9 Kt_K2 P.QKt3 9 • • • • B·Q2 11 PxKt PxP 3 Kt.QB3 B.Kt5 10 0·0 B.R3 10 Kt-K4 B·K2 12 B.R4 R·QB1 4 P_K3 P.Q4 11 BxB KtxB An innovation by Euwe. Gl'unfeld played 5 P.QR3 BxKtch 12 B.Kt2 Q.Q2 12 ... Kt·Kt5; to whiCh Fine replied 13 QxKt!, 6 PxB P-B4 13 P.QR4 KR·Kl BxQ: 14 KtxBPch, etc. 7 PxQP KPxP 14 Q.Q3 P·B5 6B THE CHESS REVIEW

If 14 .. . Kt-B2; 15 PxP, PXPi 16 P-QB4! 9 Px.s P.B4 13 PxP Kt-B1 wit h good chances for White. 10 Q_B2 P_KR3 14 B_Q2 B.Q2 15 Q_B2 Kt_Kt1 19 P.K4! QxP 11 P_Q5 QKt-Q2 15 P.KR3 P.R3 16 QR_Kl Kt_B3 20 P.K5 Kt-Q2 12 P_B4 PxP 16 P.QR4 P.QKt4 Wh ite threatened to 17 Kt-Kt3 Kt_QR4 21 Q_B2 • • • • continue with 17 P·R5. 18 P_KB3 Kt_Kt6 17 RPxP PxP 22 P·B4 Kt-KtS '1'0 prevent .. . Kt(6)-B4 followed by Kt­ 18 RxR QxR 23 BxKt PxB Q6. Botwinnik h as sacrificed a P [or a strong 19 PxP KtxP 24 Q_KB2 P_Q4 center plus the decoy of t he Black Q to the 20 Kt.K4 Q-Kt1 25 PxP BxKtP Q slde of t he board. 21 P_B5 Kt_R2 26 Q_Q4 • • • • 21 . . . . P_KKt3 24 P_B5 RxR On 26 BxB follows. . RxKt (not. Q~B; 22 P_B4 P_B4 25 RxR R-Kl 27 K,t-Qfj!). 23 PxP e.p. KtxBP 26 • • . • BxB 30 P·Q6 R_Q1 Capabla nca plans to meet 26 P xP with 26 27 QxB Q_Kt3ch 31 R-Ql P·Kt6 RxRch; 27 QxR, Q-Kl . 28 K_R l Kt-B3 32 QxP QxBP 26 R_K6! RxR 29 KtxKtch QxKt 27 PxR K-Kt2 Not . . RxP; 33 Q-Kt8ch, e tc. 28 Q.B4 Q-Kl 33 Q_Kt6 R-Q2 41 P-R4 Q.K3 29 Q.K5 Q-K2 34 Q_Q4 Q-K3 42 P-R5 K.Kt1 35 Q_Q3 Q-KtS 43 R-Q4 K.R2 36 Q_Kt5 Q_K3 44 K_R2 K-Ktl 37 Q_B6 K.R2 45 R_Q2 K_R2 38 Q.B2oh Q.Kt3 46 R.Q4 K·Kt1 39 Q.Q2 Q.KS 47 R_Q2 , K_R2 40 Q-B4 Q_KtS Drawn

Alekhine takes advantage of Jeverat slight 1 lapseJ on Flohr's part. A. V. R. O. Tournament Eleventh RQund Holland_ November 22, 1938 RUY LOPEZ A. Alekhln-e S. FlOhr White Black 1 P·K4 P. K4 7 B_KtS P_Q3 2 Kt_KB3 Kt.QBS 8 P_B3 Kt-QR4 3 B-Kt5 P.QR3 9 8.82 P.B4 4 B-R4 Kt-B$ 10 P_Q4 Q.B2 30 B_R 3! • • • • 5 0-0 B-K2 11 QKt-Q2 0 ·0 T he s tart o f a comb ination t hat is as pleasing 6 R.K1 P-QKt4 12 Kt.Bl .••• a s it is effective. 'l'.his variation has fr.equently occurred j-n 30 • • • • QxB 32 Q_KtSch K_Bl master p iay. White usually plays P-KR3 be­ 31 Kt-R5ch! PxKt 33 QxKtch K-Ktl fore Kt·Bl to preven-t ... B-KKtS. Not. , K-Kl ; 34 Q~B7ch, K-Ql ; 315 Q-Q7 12 . . . . B.Kt5 19 PxP P·Kt5 mate. 13 PxKP PxP 20 PxP BxP 14 Kt-K3 B.K3 21 B_Q2 34 P.K7! Q.B8ch 38 KxP Q-K7ch BxB 35 K-B2 Q.B7ch 39 K_R 4 Q_KSch 15 Q·K2 KR.Kl? 22 QxB Kt-B3 36 K-KtS Q_Q6ch 40 P_Kt4 Q_K8ch 16 Kt_Kt5 P·B5 23 Q_BS Q-KtS 17 P_QKt4 PxP 24 B_Q3 , Kt_Q5 37 K·R4 Q. K5ch 41 K_R5 Re&i gns e.p. 18 KtxB PxKt 25,P_QKt4! • • • • Better tha n 25 B·B4 w hich would permit ... P-QR4. 25 . • • • KR-QBl 29 KtxP Kt.Kt 6 SaJl/!JJ)' tricd hard to make a paJJcd pawn 26 Kt_B4 QR_Ktt 30 RxP Kt_B4 COltllt , bitt Keres held the draw. 27 R_R5 ! QxP 31 R.QBl R(5)_Ktl1 28 QxQ RxQ A. v. R. O. Tournament Correct was 81 . .. Kt(3)xKP. Eleventh Round 32 B.B4! K_R1Z H olland-N ovember 22, 1938 Still the best was ... K,t(3)xKP. Bad would NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE have been 32 ... KtxR; because (If 33 B:

According to the mle, If/hile mllil min: ROOK VS. BISHOP 1 R_KKt1 K-R6 By JOSE MAESTRE Not 1 ... B·K5 (an attempt to control hI, KB6); 2 RKto( ! win s. (Thir d Installment) 2 K·B3 . . -. SOLUTION T O PROBLEM NO.2 W·hite threatens mate. 1 R.BS B.Q2 2".. K_R7 2 R·KKt3! K.R2 If instead 2 ... 1(·RS; 3 K-D4! force!! Diack Forced. Ii 2 ... B·D4; 3 R·Kt8ch, K·R2; 4 to remain III Op\>OsitiOn 4 (due to the attack R·Kt5, elc. Oil Irl\e Bishop) and Whlto wins. 3 R·Kt5 ! K.R3 3 R_Kt31 .... 4 K·B6 and wins The key move In the study o( Oppositlon 2. Ola.ck cannot leave Opposition 6. 4 ... K· If White can succeed In getting his Rook t o R2!; 5 R·Kl7ch, etc. KKt3 confining the Black King to the squares R7 a nd RS, he must win, 3 . . , . B.K5ch TJ-.e next King formation to be treated is 4 K·B2 and wins Opposition 2, which is by far the most ad. B lack Is reduced t o Bisbop moyos. W illt.e vantageous for White. Here, the Slack King will maneu ver his ROOk so thA.t he wins tile BiShop or mates. The student should work cannot ~pe . tile danger of t·he opposition by out the possible v ari ations. going to the ,orner square, be<:ause the threat of mate still continues. Interposing the Bishop Another example in which all the variations on a check by thc Rook will not -help, because are related to the study of Opposition 2. stalemate (an never OCC ffr in the Positiv' Co rnit,. OIAGRAM F PROPOSITION 111 W hen Ihe KingJ are ;n 0ppOJitit)11 2 Ihe Rook will ai!lJaj'l win (with one exception as shown in Diagram E) . DIAGRAM E Black

White. Black to Play and Draw Wblte has just played 1 P.R7_ This Is an error and now Bl ack can draw, R ow! 1 • , , , B.Kt4ch! This Is t he only drawing move. The tallow· White ing fal se tries o.re possible: (a) 1 ... K·Kt2?; 2 R·QKt8ch! (not 2 R­ 1J1(5 diagram is intended to illu5trate that O"B8 , D-Kt'lcll; 3 K-Q 6, KxP; 4 K·B7. D·RS!! and draws - see cxeeptions _ if Black's Bishop is on either ·his KB2 or KR4, Diagram E), KxP; 3 K-B7, K·R3; 4 K· he can draw. B6 and willS ns demonstrated llrevlously. White aUempts to win: (b) 1, .. B·Q4! ; 2 R-Q8 !, KxP (it 2 ... ( 1) When th.e Bishop is at KR4: B·B3eh; 3 K-Q&): 3 K-B7 and since the f R.KKt1 (best) K. RS Bishop Is attacked Black canuol move out of Opj)Os iUo l1 2 and thereforElis .loat. As long as the Bishop controls hi, KB6 ( c) 1 . , . n·Q6. or K7, or R7; 2 K·Q6! (to 'Quare It will be Impossible for White to force ·avoid c hecks by t he bishop) , K·Kt2 Opposltlou 3, Irherefore the game is drawn. (best); 3 R'Q8 (or to a square attacking ( 2) When the Bishop is at KB2 tho pro. lhe B if possible). KxP; ~ K-B7 and wins. ce dure Is the same: he plOil ys t o co ntrol his 2 K any B.R5!! KBS square, And draws. Arter Black captUr(lS tile P he Now to prove the rule. Let us examine cannot be forced to remain in Opposition 2 and Diagram E placing the Black Bishop at ·his White cannot gain Opposition 3 beca.use the BiSihop controls the vital square QB3. Tho KB4 square. best try for W ·hit.e is 2 K·BS, B·R5 ; 3 R-QKtS 70 TH E CHES S RE V I E W

eh, KxP; 4 R-Kt4, n-K1! (the only drawing move) ; 5 R-K 4, D-83 and draws. Would You Have Seen It? B1 IRVING CHERNEV P ROBLEM NO.3 NO. 1. Black St. P ote"raburg, 1902 ~~H . A tkin

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• White to Play and W in M. Bartoliseh White t o Play an d Draw With t he ingenutty born of desperation, White Cross Country round a forced draw. The finish w as pretty A. C. F. NEWS enQugh tp. ha.ve consoled Black for having had The American Cles.s Federadon repom the fol· a sure w in s natohed away. lowing membership increases during the month of FdJrua.-y: NO.2. LIFE M E M BERSHIPS Game-1929 John M. M.lone, Pillsburgh, Pa. George Sturgis, BOSlon, Mass. CL UB A FFILIATION S KansM City C. C, Kansas City, Mo. N orllh BC)Loughs C. C. PittSburgh, Pa. W estinghouse C. C, W il kinsburg, Fa. Gr\!~1 Northern C. C, New York, N. Y. I NDIVIDUA L MEM B ERSH IPS Approximately S; l<:.Iy new individual members were added to itS roSIer. Players and d ubs desiring co la ke advamllge of (he benefits and privileges offered by the FWeu(ion should write to The A m8Tic

MASSACH US ETTS NO TES The high ·Ii ght of ~he Massachuse!!s State Associ. W h ite to make his 25 th move. ation IOllrney, which began February 22 at the T.h is position Is tsllen ftom one of t he most Boston Ctty Clab, was the final play in (he school· beautiful games Spi-elma.n (or any other master) boy ~ e ctioo . T,he winner was William Gennert of ever Dlayed ! Cll n you df.8cov er the "coup·cle· New Bedford H igh School. He is D ye ~ rs old grace" ! and the son of Dr. Gennen of New Btdford, a SO LUT IONS ON PAGE 76 wel l.known pau on of d>e game. Second place went to Thom:u Burke of Cambridge High, reprtsenling Greater Boston. Philip Cole of Lawrence High was Georges Koflll11oWJ k; save a bJ.ind foid exhibition third, and David Holfman of W orcester High, foonh. at the Boston Cil)" Club on Ftbruary 3. He played This inteucholastic tOUnlamem originally incl uded twel ve boards. On eleven boards, teams of tWO more IhM 800 Sludents, nearly double the number cQlls uked against him, and on {he twelfth, he was en{ertd a year ago,. and indiotle:5 a highly g r\l.dfyin8 oppo5ed by GoJJ r ~J L. Cabel, .....no drew his game. increase in chess imerest. His final Hert W"' J /lVtl wins, six ar",ws ","a on, loss. The Slate Associatioo, at its annual meetins elected T he wi nning leOlm was composed of R. Chl1uvtllltl oj George Demars of Lawrence, as Secretary, to fill B01/on College dmi R. Dawson of Harvard. The a vacancy, and re·elected the other <.J fficel"S under rapidity wi th which Koltanowski made his moves the leader.lhip of George Sturgis, as Pre ~i d eo!. made a deep impression 00 his audience. MARCH , 1939 71

PENNSYLVANIA NOTES A posilional errOl" , bettel" was ... B·R4. The Cenlral I'enns}'lvania Q1C5S Asso.;-ia!ion has 9 QxB Kt.Q2 13 P·B4 P.R4 been reorganized and strengthened so that i!s author· 10 B.Kt2 Q.R4ch 14 0·0 P.K3 it}' will cover !he ('mire state. lts new name is me 11 B.Q2 Q.R3 15 P.QKt4! • • • • Penns}'lvania SlaW Chess Associa!ion and the officers 12 P. Kt3 0·0·0 are William Zeit'ler, President (Allentown); Ralph Black must aecept the P sacrifice, otherwise Kneeream, Viet·President (Reading); W illiam M. 16 P·KtS is deadly. HaM . Jr., SCCrt!:lry and Treasurtr, (York) . T·he following ch;'pICrs have become affiliated with tlie 15 . . . . QxBP Associa!ion: Lehigh Valley Chess Ass"n , York Coun!y 16 KR.B1! Q.Q4 Che-ss Ass" n. Erie County Chess Ass"n, Cumberland Not .. . QxQP; 17 RxPch, K·Kt!: 18 R-Dg Valley Otes5 As s' n, Germantown ··Y··. The first ch!; etc. stale championship tournamem will be sponso red by 17 Q· K2 Q·Q3 the Association. h will be held in York over the Again not QxQP; 18 B·K3, Q·K4; 19 Labor Day week end. RxPch !, etc. 18 P·Kt5 Kt·Kt1 21 PxP PxP 19 PxP PxP 22 BxP R.K l ~iniature (;annes 20 B.B4 P·K4 23 RxPch ! Resigns OUf selections this month will also serve as illustrations of the skill .0£ two rising young Soviet stars. The 17 year old Smislov is Russia's lU1C winner is also 17 years old and has youngest master. In the last Moscow Cham. just annexed the championship of the Ukrainian pionship T ourname nt, he tied for fIrSt with Soviet Republic. Bclavenetz, both having scores of 12Y2.4Y2' Ukrain ian Championship, 1938 This was quite an achievement since it meant FRENCH DEFENSE finishing ahead of Lilienthal, Panov, Judowitsch, (Notes by I. Boleslavsky) Chistiakov, etc. M. PolJak I, Boles lavsky Moscow City Championship, 1938 White Black CAR O·KANN DEF ENSE 1 P.Q4 P.K3 4 KPxP KPxP 2 P.K4 P.Q4 5 B.Kt5ch Kt.B3! (Nol.es by V. Smlslov) 3 Kt.Q2 P.QB4 M . Recash V. Sm islov . . . B·Q2 Is usually played hc!'e. I Intend White Blnck to sacrifice a P fa]' a quick dcvelopment. 1 P· K4 P.QB3 5 KtxKtch KtPxKt 6 Q.K2ch B. K2 8 KKt.B3 0·0 2 Kt.QB3 P.Q4 , P.Q4 Q. B2 7 PxP Kt.83 9 0 .0 . . . . 3 Kt·B3 P xP 7 P.KKt3 B.Kt5 If 9 Kt· Kt3 I intended 9 .. . \t·KI: 10 B·K3. 4 KtxP Kt.B3 P. KR3 ! 8 • • • • P-QR3: 1I BxKt. PxB; 12 0·0. P·RI with Not oS n · l( lIP. I'·K4! ; 9 P xP. Pxl' ; 10 Bx P , threats of .. . P·HS and ... D·H3. Q·K2! wins f!, piece. 8 . . . . BxKt (Continued on Page 76) DRUEKE'S DELUXE CHESSBOARDS No. Size Squares Price 254 25"x25/t 2Y2 /t $20.00 154 2O"x20 ~ 2" 11.00 165 25/t x25" 2V2" 10.00 164 23"x23" 2V4" 9.00 163 21"x21" 2" 6.50 162 18"x18" 1%" 5.50 161 15"x15" 1V2" 4.50 Nos. 161 to 165 are inlaid boards with Wal, nut and Maple squares, Walnut Border and Back, Shaped Edges, Lacquer fi'nlsh. Nos. 154 and 254 are made of the fi'nest ve' neers with W,alnut Burl and Carpathian Elm Burl squares. Rosewood Border and Walnut Back. They are shaped and finished with a rubbed lacquer finis h.

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Thls month's olterlngs ,begin with a 8tudy in Black underpromotlon by 8 11! Beera (No. 1276), In which two Black P awns provide four No. 12 23 , ma Ung situations. T his idea Is fl exible enough to a.llow sev-eral settings with the Pawns In a d ltrel'ent relation t o t he Black King. such as the. following; No. 1224, Dy V. L. E., Gamel Digest, 1938: 8, 8, 8, 8, QIB5, 7K, 3plpRl, -t k3. Mate in two (l Qc2). Nos. 1278 8.IXI. 1279 are ,halfpln studies In No. l U5. Dr. Dobba' per-eon lally youthful style, anel No. 1280, by another s kilful vetera n, presents a complex study In pins !Wd unpins. No. 1281, No. 122&. by .. composer w ho reeently made his debut In The Chus Review, sh ows a. ram lliar Bet or u npins ,by Black K l n~ in &n u nusua l setting. No. 1284 is a ligh t verB ion at a n idea. dis· No. 1227, cussed by the Editor in th e Review o( Ap­ ril a nd May, 1938. ,C. S. Klpplng, curator o r No. 1228, the A. C. White ,problem -coll ection, i

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No. 1276 No. 1279 No. 1282 BILL BEERS DR. G. DOBBS MAXWELL BUKOFZER Willmar, Minn. Carrollton, Ga. Bellai·re, L. I.

Mate In 2 Mate In 2 Mate in 3

No. 1277 No. 1280 No. 1283 BILL BEERS BURNEY M. MARSHALL MAXWELL BUKOFZER W i llmar, Minn. Shreveport, La. Bellaire,. L. I.

Mate in 2 Mate In 2 Mate in 3

No. 1278 No. 1281 No. 1284 DR. G. DOBBS HERBERT THORNE SIMON COSTIKYAN Carrollton, Ga. St. , Fla. New York, N. Y. =

Mate in 2 Mate in 2 Mflte in 3

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No. 1285 No, 1288 No. 1291 ANDR~ MARCEl L L. EATON v. Rennes, France THOMAS S. McKENNA Washington, D. C. Dedicated to V. L. Eaton Lima, Ohio

Male 10 3

No, 1286 No. 1289 No. 1292 DR. J. HANSEN RUDOLF POPP WILL C. DOD Copen hagen, Denmark Dedicated to V. L. Eaton Mittenwaid, Germany Oxford, Ohio

MRte lIT 3 Mate In 3

No. 1287 No. 1290 No. 1293 C. S. KIPPING MAXWELL BUKOFZER G. MOTT.SMITH Wednesbury, England Bellaire, L. 1. New York, N. Y.

Mate in 3 Mate in 4 SelfnWle in 3

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No. 1294 No. 1297 No. 1300 S. KRELENBAUM G. F. ANDERSON V . K. RAMAN MENON First Prize, Tijdschrift First Prize, First PriM, British Chess Van Den N. S._B., 1937 Chess Amateur, 1922 Magazine, Second Half_year, 1938

Mute In 2 Mate In 3 Mate In 3

No. 129~ No. 1298 No. 1301 S. PITUK V. L. EATON H. V. TUX EN Prize, Die Schwalbe, Second Quarter, 1937 W .estern Morning . News, 1938 Skakbladet, Aug., 1937

Male ill 2 Mute in 3 Mate In 3

No. 1296 No. 1299 No. 1302 K . A. L KUBBEL C. G. WATNEY O. VOTRUBA First Prize, Tijdschrift London Observer, 1939 Van D en N. S._B., 1937 Trollhattans Tourney, 1936

Mate in 2 .Maw in 3 Mate in 3

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No. 1238, by G. Mott_Smlth ,..'.... In(lO'Tcctly d in _ This is too passive. Bet ter was 11 D·Kt 5. ,l: Tnmmcd. Add a Black m~hOp at a6. 11 . . • • B-Kt5 15 P_KR3 B_KR4 The il 1 Q):5 1 . .. QxB 2 PdS(e) c h 12 P-B31 P-QR3 16 B·K2 Q_B3! 1 ... PRill' 2 P e8(Q)c h 13 B-Q3 R_K1 17 B_R2 QR_Ql QUCI.m IlI'omotion followed by Knight mate 14 Q_Q1 Kt-K5 18 Q_B2! , , ""d Knight promotion "'Hh Queen mate. . . - Dobbe. This stops my intention: Kt·KKt4. No, 121', hy O. ('.oller; 1 Bn7 R_K2 21 BxB KtxKBP!! I ..• P h 2 2 SeS. i'xS 3 Qf2ch 18 . . . . I ... Hh2 28):3. Rhl :1 Qxdkh 19 QR-Ql QR. K1 22 RxQP ..•. A lov uly cOllceptio n!- Rot h e nLl e n , . Two 20 Kt-B1 BxKt! II n c~ with s tra t egic poilltH.- DObb$. :-10. 1210 by A. Ellerma,, : 1 Qd3 Not 22 RxKt, R-KSc h !; , etc. T y pical of gUerman with Its pins, unpins, 22 . , • . Kt-KKt5e h nnd dHlleu)ty of the highest Iypc.- Keysor. Resigns No. 12·1 1. by H . Ween\nk: 1 nf5 Th(! pinned males h Cl"c an, "cry bcnutlrul. (l'ranS/tlud from "64" by G. Oslerm"n) - Keysor. 1'\0. 1242, by K. A. K L..-.,r scn : t K c5 T rend ing on treacherous ground.- Mar­ SOLUTIONS TO " WOULD YOU HAVE sh all. SEEN IT?" No. 12H . oy H. 'V. nettmann: 1 P e G Chltng(!d m ate and :uld!tlonB.- MnrshaJL NO.1. No. 1244 . by Mannis Charosh: (,.) Solved tour 1 Q_B6eh, K_K t1 ; 2 Q_Kt7eh !! KxQ; 3 p. wuy~. by 1 Rg2, 1 Rd2. 1 Rc2, nnd 1 Phl=G. A6 e h, any_and White is stalemated ! (b) l:;olved by E g'l o..nd 1 Ph1= G. NO.2, No. 1241) . by Edwurd L, De[~s: Retraction · of Qc2-el Intended (for 1 PM). but cooked 25 Kt_K7c h, QxKt; 26 QxRPeh, KxQ ; 27 R. in one by retracting Q<:I-el or Qgl -el R5eh, K.Kt1; 28 R_R8 mate. or Qd2-el or Qf2-e1. 1'0. 12 'IC. by Vincent L. Eaton: ( .. ) Incorrectly diagr a mmed. Th e Rd8 EMPIRE STATE NEWS ' ~ h ould he nl!U:k. The n (i) Retract 0-0'0. piny I 5<:7 . Kc7 N icholas Kent won the championship of the G reat 2 Sf8 N orthern Chess C lub ( Man hattan ) with a score of (ii) Play 1 Sb8ch. K e S 2 B d 7 12·2 . M . K ramer was runner-up, 1I-}. (IJ) Thlny-one keys. including 1 PxP en The Metropolitan Chess League Tournamem is Jl" s~"nt. (e l I Pdl (R). Sd2 2 Pbl (Dl under way with teams from the Bronx C. C, the Man­ (<1) Intended 1 0-0. PxPc h 2 "f2 Pg3ch hattan C. C, Marshall C. C, New Jersey o,ess League, .1 Kel Phi t Rx h l ' and \Vhlte Is ··U !lcastled.' · Rice Progressiv e C C. and Steinitz C C entered in the Cook ed in t h r ee by 1 ilK! championship division. In the minor a ivision arc No. 1"1.17. loy L. Lin<1nc ,': 1 Pxl' ,HI pa8sant ch learns from the Astoria C C . Bronx C C, Cuba C I ... !'xPch 2 K c5 Pb,t('h 3 K cf Pd3 C , Q ueens C C, and Staten Island C C ",a t e. ' No. 12~ 8 . by O. Blathy: Soill\lon to this dlfllcult prohlcm Is withheld for '''lOt her month. NEW JERSEY NEWS No ~ol\'(,,· succeeded In (,,[ homing Il . One-hundred fifty.eight chess players took part on W~shingt()n 's Birthday. in the se(ond annual learn (Continued f rom Page 71 ) match between the North Jersey Chess Assoo:; ialion and the Suburban O lesS League. The match was 9 . . _ . B.P held in the audilOrium of (he Newark Evening News 10 Kt.Kt3 B_Kt3 and was won by the North Jersey Chess Ass'n 11 B_ KB4 • • • • by the score of 46Y2~32Y2'

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