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SALO FLOHR WINS at KEMERI Marshallchamplonship • A HONOR PRIZE PROBLEM G. MOTT-SMITH New York City (Dedicated to R. Cheney) WHITE MATES IN THREE MOV.ES --.. -- ~~-. - THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE AME~CAN CHESS FEDERATION SALO FLOHR WINS AT KEMERI MARSHALLCHAMPlONSHIP • A. V. R. O. • MOSCOW TY. HOROWITZ. TARTAKOWER • LITTLE. CHERNEV • MAESTRE MARCH,1939 MONTHLY ~O cu. ANNUALLY $3.00 VoL VII, No. 3 t.farch, 1939 'Jhe Published montbly by THe CHESS REVIF.W, 25 West 43rd 51., New York, N. Y. Telephone W isconsin 7·3742. Domestic subscriptions: One Year $,.00; TWQ Years $5.'0; Five Years $12.'0; Six Months $ 1.7', Single e<.>py :)0 CIS. Foreign 5ubscL"iptions: $3.'0 p~r year except U. S. Possessions, Canada, Mex­ ico, Central and SOlllh Amerka. Single copy 35 CIS . REVIEW Copyright 1939 by THE CHESS Rr,VJ6W ·"Entered as 5<:<:ond·c1ass matter January 2', 1937, at OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE the pose offi("C al New York, N. Y., under the Ac t of Ma~ch 3, 1879.'· AMERICAN CHESS F EDERATION " ADDRESS ALL CO MMUNICATI ONS TO EditorJ : THE CHES S REVIEW ISRAEL A. H OROWITZ SAMUEL S. COHEN MAK E ALL R E M ITTAN CES PAYA BLE TO T H E C H E SS REVIEW FACTS "..• FANCIES •••• F:OIBLES 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 his effusion. Recently. we re<eived a poem which we thought interesting. Its autnor, On Tour how~e r , is apparently a member of the "Poet's Union." On learning that we were ' willing By I. A. H OROWITZ to publish ,his poem. but unable to part with WoIMm one leaves for .an ex tend ed !rip of ten any cash fo r it, lle wrote us the following card : weeks, il is genera lly {O be expected (h.t mu ch lime and dIon is spen t in prepa radon. NOI so You have a verso. with a chessplayer. J had been busy wid! ,he last That you would prin t, game of my fIllllCh wilh Kamdan , which gave me It I agree to waive my fee. , many anxious moments. Ailer an . djournment, I found myself with a pawn minus, and concerned I'll not be t e rllO. myself with obtaining the d raw. N oc hing else mat· But may I hi nt, «"red. Until I d~ed the basic elemenlal dra w I hav,e a wife, and ch ildren t hree. in the pos ition, I did noc permit my mind 10 Wi nder to far.away and greener patturn. We received quite a "kick" out of 'his card. Mtet the game, mere was com~andve ly liule In fact, we enj Qyed it so much, that we se nt ti me left. I hastily pack ed my belongmgs, ~ nd madly .him the following reply: ru shed to bid farewel l to some of my fri ends. Then 5till som ewhat in a daze, I head ed for th e depot. A ~ Alas, m'lad, 'U. t oo bad, we pleasant dlant '" a·b-o-a·r·d" was heard, Ire· While chlld'ren have I none, lu ed. Th.e Income from THE CHESS REVIEW, ~hen my thoughts wandered to home and friends Can b;uely f eed but one. and kin. I thought of the New Year's party II the Marshall Oless Club, of music, ball oons, chicken Erioh Eriskases ,has increas ed his chess rank_ sandwiches and punch. r bid good bye 10 New York. In a little over I WO hours, I WiU in Germantown, ing by defeating E. D. Bogolubow, former Pen nsylvani a. I made for th e nome of barris ter challenger for the wortd title, in a match. After Ash. There al th e an nual party, gathered the clan 19 games, Eliskases led 1l ~ . 7 Y2 (8 wins, of the elite of Phil adelphia ches splayers. There were 4 losses, 7 draws) . T he l ~th game had an Ruth and. Regen and W illi. ms and Driver and Wit! and W inkelman an<! Morris, and a host of ochers. interesting conclusion: Far into the night we chatted, and played. rapid E. D. Bogo lubow transit and solved. problems, and parwok of betr and sk ittles. 0 ... Monday, GeRila ... lOw n turned out en masse, for {he fi rst ext.ibilion of the tour. 1 Waf f:aced by ~9 men, good. and. true, to .do battle. After several hours had elill psed. and the smoke cleared, I Took loll. The final (oum WU ~ 4 win$, 4 Josse$, and I draw in my favor. I was quickly ushered to the home of a friend. There by me glimmer of candlelight, we dined.. A delicious repasl, The tension and stuin of Ihe earl ier laborious flours magical ly vanished. We then indulged in a few rubbers of bridge and sw apped. tales. The evening passed pleasantly. W ednesday, January 4th , J embarked fOf West , C11 es ter. There I met my friend Fred Arnold. I am city born and bred, lind a touch of country is always a welcome change. POr ~he fi rst time in my E, EII'kases fife, I fondled. a dlick, and gOl an inkli ng of what White t o Pl ay and W i n goes on behind the scenes of my everyday breakfast. I was impressed by the fi ock- there were White This position arose from a King's Indian Leghorns, New H amps hi re Reds, Barred Rocks­ Defense a.fter: ®Out a thousand of them. 1 P.Q4, Kt. KB3; 2 'P·QB4, P.QB3 ; 3 Kt.KB3, Permit me (0 digress for a momefll . But recently P.Q4; 4 P.K3, P. KKt3 ; 5 Kt.B3, ·B.Kt2 ; 6 Q. while recounting my experiences. a friend inter· Kt3, 0 ·0; 7 B.Q2, P. K3; 8 B.Q3, QKt.Q2; 9 jeCted., '"Do th e chickens play ches!?" I nope I 0·0, Kt.Kt3; 10 QR.Q1, p x P ; 11 Bx BP, KtxB; was equal 10 ·Ih e occasion, for I couldn't help reply. 12 QxKt, Kt.Q2; 13 P.K4, P. K4; 14 B. Kt5, Q. K1; ing, "Naturally, they are eggsperu on cggshibicion." 15 .B.R4, Px P ; 16 KtxP, Kt.K4; 17 Q.Kt3, p. Fortunately I -had not: egged him on $ufficien rly to Kt3; 18 P.B4, Kt- Kt 5; 19 K·R.Kl , B.Kt2 ; 20 duck a barrage of doubloons. P·KR3, Kt-B3 j 21 P.K5, Kt.Q4j 22 Ktx Kt, 1bal nighc I played again. The,jat he ring WI.S P xKt; 23 B·B6, R.QB1. nOl: large. but nevenheles." keen a eager. Thc Eliskases now p layed 24 K t.B5! and Bogolu. score is of no account. What does il matler if bow resigned. For if 24 .. PxKt j 25 Q.KKt3! I play 40 and 105e 5- or win .
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