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Last mont'h we carried a little story about later, when he was no longer operating the A/bul B. JloJg~J and Max Jlldd. We have Automaton, Hodges stepped into the Manhattan since learned Iflat it was Judd who made it Ghess Club and had the pleasure of squaring possible (or Hodges to come to New York. accounts. He made arrangements for an in_ Old.timers may remember the Eden Mus«' troduction to Mr. X, and derived a great deal and the chess.playing Automaton that was one of personal satisfaction in beating him-Hodge! of its attractions. Judd received an invitation to giving the odd; of Patl'lI and Mor/e. play in the Automaton, but did not care to leave St. Louis, and turned the job over to At the conclusion of the A.V.R.O. tourna Hodges. ment Botw;!llIik returned to Russia. On his Hodges received minute instructions for meet. arrival in Leningrad, he was enthusiastically ing Mr. Hooper (the owner of the Automaton). greeted by a welcoming committee and pre_ On his arrival in New York, he was to check in sented with an exquisite set of Chinese hand_ at a hotel and refrain from making any ac· car\'ed chessmen. quaintances. The next day, J1C was to contact - - - - Mr. Hooper at 11 A. M., by waiting on the northwest corner of ned Street and Broadway ~iniature (ja~es until a gentleman, (Mr. Hooper, of course ) , An Off.Hand Game spoke to him. For identification he was to New York-June, 1938 wear a white carnation in his lapel. Hodges CARO·KANN DEFENSE carried out his instructions faithfully, and Mr. D, Goodman Amateur Hooper, after passing him a couple of times White Dlack and. insp«ting him carefully, spoke to him 1 P.K4 P-QB3 5 B.Q3 KKt_B3 2 P_Q4 P.Q4 6 Kt.Kt3 P_K4 and led him into tl~ Eden Musee by the back 3 Kt_QB3 PxP 7 Kt.B3 .,. entrance on 24th Street:. 4 KtxP Kt-Q2 8 0·0 B_K2 Hooper informed him that to hold his job Not 8 .. p·n.. ; 9 R-Kleh. n·K2; 10 Kt-BS! he must lose his identity. Hodges was not 9 KtxP (),O permitted to visit any of the local chess clubs 10 Kt(4)_BS B_B41 11 KtxP! KxKt though he longed to do so. He was not per_ 12 P.Kt4! BxP mitted to frat ernize with any chessplayers, nor Slightly Il.eller was 12 . . . n·K2: but White advise his out_of_town friends that he was con_ gains the advantage by 13 Kt·BSch, K ·Ktl : ducting the Automaton .. 14 R--Kl, R·K!; 15 Q·B3! One evening a group in formal clothes en_ 13 B.Kt2! K.Rl tered the Musee. One of the members passed 14 Kt_B5? . , . . Here White misses the quickest win: 14 a remark that he was going to take the Auto Q·RS! , K-Ktl (forced): 15 Q·Kt5ch, K·RI: 16 maton over the hurdles. He didn', realize that Q-R6, K·Kt1: 17 Kt·RS ! the player in the Automaton could hear every_ 14 , . . . R_KKtt 19 QR_Ql 8 -81 thing spoken. Hodges disliked his assurance 15 Q-R5 R_Kt3 20 RxKt Q,R and made up ,his mind that he would beat him. 16 Kt.R6 Q_Bl 21 QlCKteh B_Kt2 17 BxR BPxB 22 Q.B8 mate And he did, 18 Q.Kt5 -=Q~_K~t=2:.-. ___ Of course the loser felt rather chagrined, especially after his previous boasting. He felt Slmultan,OUI Exhibition obliged to explain away his defeat and re_ January, 1939 marked, " I can't play good chess standing up! KING'S BISHOP OPENING If I cou ld play that thing sitting down, I'd I. A. Horowltll: Amateur give it Pawn and Move!" He little realized White Dlack how much harder it was for the player inside 1 P_K4 P.K4 5 P-B3 .,. the Automaton. It was necessary to remain 2 8.B4 Kt_KB3 6 0·0 0 -0 3 p.Q4 ... 7 P_K5 Kt.K5 for hou fs, bent over in a cramped position. 4 Kt-K83 B-KtS¢h Also, it was only possible for the' player in The IIberaUug move tor Black In all positions the Automaton to see out of one eye. for of this type Is ... P-Q~! This Is DO exceptioD. Hodges, who WOfe glasses, this was a special 7 .. . P-Q4! ; 8 D·Kt3 (8 PxKt, PxB), P-B7!; 9 D or QxDP, Kt·K51 hardship. 8 B.Q5 Kt_B4 11 Q-R5 KtKKt Realizing all this, Hodges waxed rather 9 PxP B·R4 12 BxKt Q.Kl indignant at his opponent's idle boasting and 10 Kt-Kt5 Kt.K3 13 B.BS!! P.R3 vowed that some day he wo uld get even. From The immediate thl'eat was 14 Q·Kl5, P-KKt3; a remark passed, Jle knew the player belonged 15 Q-R6! If 13, .. PxB; 14 B·K4! to the Manhattan Chess Club. Some time 14 Q_Kt6 Relignl The Russian Masters' Training Tournament
'fhe outstanding featu re of the tournament Of the eighteen contestants, fourteen were recently completed in Russia is, of course, 5alo Russians, (Lilienthal is not considered a Rus. Ffohl"J remarkable comeback. After his disap_ sian) . T he Soviet press spoke of the event pointing performance in the AV.R.O. Tourna_ as a trailling IOl/mall/elll. They considered it ment, Alekhine, who had previously champ ~o ned a preliminary to the regular Russian Champion. Flohr's right to a titlc match, stated "the failure ship Tournament! of the two who have come last, (Capablanca THE FINAL STANDINGS: and Flohr- Ed.), virtually eliminates them for Player W L D Points some ti me to (orne from the contests for the S. Flohr ______8 1 8 12 • 5 world title:' Not only A!ekhine, but all the S. Reshevsky ______7 3 7 10V;z' 6V;z critics as well, appeared to be of one mind: A. Lilienthal ______A 1 12 10 . 7 Flohr was through. Yet the ink in which these G. Loewenflsch ______5 2 10 10 . 7 V. Makaganov ______A 1 12 10 . 7 statements were printed was hardly dry, before V. Ragosin ______8 5 4 10 ,7 Flohr disproved them by finishing first in a I. Rabinowit-seh ______6 4 7 9V2' 7V2 hard tournament - ahead of Reshevsky and V. A. Alatortzev ______A 3 10 9 • • S. V. Belavenetz ______A 3 10 9 .• Keres, who outranked -him in ohe AV.R.O. I. Kan ______5 4 8 event. What can account for this reversal of 9 .• Konshntinopolski _____ 5 5 7 8 V;z ' 8V2 fo rm? P. Keres ______3 4 10 • . 9 There are a number of reasons. He played V. Smislov ______A 5 8 • . 9 S. Goglidze ______3 5 9 7V2' 9V2 in the A.V.R.O. tournament under the double I. Tolusch ______5 7 5 7V2' 9V2 strain of ·having to live up to his position as P. Romanowski ______3 8 6 6 ." the recognized contender for the World Champ. V. Bondarevsky ______2 9 6 5 ·12 V. Panov ______0 10 7 ionship and the feel ing of insecurity which faced 3V;z·13V;z many other Czecho.slovak ians as a result of the Munich agreement. We understand that he Flohr's 0111)' loss OCCllrJ ill /hi? firs/ rOlllld. has made arrangements to li ve in Russia and A gallle of Ihe Iype ki/OWN (IS " moral vic/ories". the re lief thus afforded him on this pressing Afler /he opening moves, Flohr does all /he guestion, might well be reflected in his games. forcing, oblaillS a superior POSi/;OIl, and losses In the tournament just concluded he was the poillt il/fo Belallel/efz' capaciolls lap. the Flohr of old. The Flohr who tied for ' Russian Masters' Training Tourney first at Kemeri (in 1937 ) with Reshevsky and Leningrad-Januar y, 1939 Petrov. The Flohr who tied for first in Moscow CARO·KANN DEFENSE (in 1935 ) with Botwinnik and ahead of Dr. S. V. Belavenetz S. Flohr Lasker and Capablanca. The Flobr who al_ White Black ways ran up one of the best scores (on a per. 1 P.K4 P.QB3 , KtxP Kt·B3 centage basis) in the International Team Tour. 2 P·Q4 P.Q4 5 KtxKtch KPxKt 3 Kt·QB3 p,p B.QB4 naments. His record of eight wins, one loss, 6 B.Q3 The position Is now similar to the Keres· and eight draws, is convincing proof that he Flohr, 10th round, A. V. R. O. game. the one is back to normal. difference being that Keres had developed his Reshevsky finished in second place, 1 Yz points KKt at B3 instead or his KB at QB4. behind. H e 'played some good chess but was 7 Q.K2ch B·K2 troubled with a cold that prevented his playing F or his seventh move Keres played B·K2. for a while, and caused the tournament com· and then both sides caslled. Belavenetz adopts a more vIolent continuation. F lohr's reply , . mittee to postpone a number of his games. shows that he Is intent, right rrom the begin· The struggle for th ird place resulted in a n ing, on scoring the IJolnt. He wants to keep quadruple tie among A. Lifien/hal (the former all the pieces, othenvlse 7 ... Q·K2 would have Hungarian master who has been living in Russia been more logical than retracting his sixth move. 'I'he continuallon might be 8 QxQch, for a number of years), G. Loewelljisch (the KxQ!; 9 Kt·K2, R·Kl ; 10 0 ·0 , K·BI. 'present Russian· Champion) , V. Makagalloll 8 Kt.B3 0 .0 11 Q.Q3 Kt.Q2 alld V. RAgosill. 9 0·0 B·KKt5 12 P.KR3 • • • • The fact that Palll Keres, hero of the A.V.R. 10 R.K1 B·Q3 O. Tournament. finished with a minus score, Instead 12 Kt·R4 rollowed by Kt·B5 seems must be attributed to the let_down after his more loglca\. Whenever Black plays ... R-Kl; White a nswers B·Q2. tremendous effort in Holland. 12 . . . . B.R4 The tournament was run in two sections: 13 B.Kt3 P.R4 first half at Leningrad, second half at Moscow. 14 p.B3 • • • • 31 32 THE CHESS REVIEW
More to the point is 14 P-QR4. The \''lhite 11 BxBP P_KR3! KB should be presel"ved. It is necessary at this point to prevent 0 - 14 . . . . Kt.B4! KKt5. B_B2 15 Q.Ql • • • • 12 P-QKt4 Not 15 P xKt, B·R7ch; etc. 13 B·Kt2 P-QKt3 14 Kt.K5 15 . . . . KtxB • • • • 16 QxKt Q_Q2 This is premature. Better would have been 14 Q·K2 to be followed by KR·Q1 and QR-Bl. Thl'eatening ... OxKl followed by . .. Qx RP but it would be better to invert the order • 14 . . . . B.Kt2 o( moves and play 16 ... BxKt immediately. 15 R_B1 R_B1 The weakening 0[ the White K-side pawns Here 15 ... Q·Q3 deSel'ved cODsidel·stioll. does not involve all ending with opposite 16 B_Kt5 • • • colored Bishops and therefore is advantageous. A bette!' line would have been 16 B-K2 [01- 17 Kt.R2 P_R5 25 P. Kt3 B·QR4 lowetl by B·KB3. 18 Q_82 8.82 26 KR.Ql QR-Q1 16 . . . . Kt.K2 20 P_Kt4 Kt_Q3! 19 B_K3 P_KB4 27 QR.Sl B.Kt3 17 Q_K2 Q_Q4 21 B-Q3 Q_Kt6 20 P.KB4! P.B3 28 K_B2 Q-R2 18 P.B3 Kt-B4 22 Kt-B5! PxKt 21 Kt_Bl 8·82 29 K.Kt2 Q-Rl 19 QR.Q1 B_Kt1 23 QPxP Kt_Q4 ! 22 P.B4 KR.Kl 30 K·B2 Q_R2 23 Q·Q3 P_KKt3 31 K_Kt2 Q_Kt2 (An attempt to save the piece wO:.lld lose the Q. 23 ... Kl-Kl?; 24 B·B4, Q-R4; 24 P·QKt3 P.QKt4 32 K_B2 PxBP 25 B-Kt5, Q-Kt6; 26 R-Q3, Q·R7; 27 B·B4- Etl.) The last few moves were made to gain time 24 PxKt Kt·B3 on the clock. Flohr now decides to make a 25 Q.K3 decisive break. · - - . Th, only move. If 25 Q-Q2?, KtxB; 33 PxBP BxQP 35 Q_QB3! PxB (QxKt?, QxB! ), R-B7 34 ex B P_B4 36 RxP Q_R2 KtxKt >od wins. '" 25 . . " . QxQB This is t he crucial stage or lhe game. In 26 QxKt maki1)g his last move Flolll' or course realized · . . . that White must reply 37 p·B5 and is counting Better was 26 R-Q2 (to force the Q off the on giving up his KBP for White's QRP and 7th Ranl(), Q-B6 (best! 26 KtxB?; 27 RxQ, eventually pushing his QRP through. The [Jaw KtxR; 2B Q-Kt3!); 27 QxKt and continues as In his reasoning is that the White QBP sud in the actual game. (The Q blocks the R denly comes to life and decides matters. from getting to the 7th- Ed.) 37 P_B5 BxP 39 QxP R_QB1 26 . . . . BxQP 29 Q_Kt3! B-Q4 38 RxR RxR 40 Kt_K 3! P_R6 2? B_R?ch KxB 30 P_KKt5 p,p 28 RxB R_B?! 31 K_R1 . The capt ure or the QBP would lose: 40 ...... RxP; H Q-Q4!; R ·Ro! (comparatively best); 42 Q-Q8ch followed by. . R·B7ch, etc. 41 P.B6l B_Q4 44 RxB R_K1 42 P_B7! Q_R4 45 Q_Q4 P_R7 43 R_Q1 QxP 46 R_Q? Resigns
Russian Masters' Training Tourney January, 1939 NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE (Notes by Samuel Reshevsky) s. Reshevsky G. Loewenfisch White Black 1 P.Q4 P-K3 4 P_K3 0_0 2 P_QB4 Kt_KB3 5 B_Q3 . . - 3 Kt-QB3 B_Kt5 In my game with Dolwinnik (A.V.R.O. '1'y.- 10th Round) ( played 5 Kt-K2 and -there fol lowe d: 5 . .. P -Q4; 6 P-QR3, B·K2; 7 PxP, KrxP; 8 KtxKt, PxKt; 9 P·KKt3, etc. (The 31 . " . . P-B3? comple t.e s core is published elsewhere in this Up to this point Black played a magnificent issue-Eli.) game. But this permits a forced draw. Better 5 . . . . P_Q4 7 0·0 Kt_B3 was 31 .. . R-BS; 32 RxR, QxRch; 33 K-Kt2, 6 Kt_B3 P_B4 8 P.QR3 B.R4 R-QB1 and White's position is hopeless. Black's last move is a new and intel"esting 32 RxB! PxR 34 Q_K6ch K_R2 one. '.I1he usual continuation in this well·kno;'vn 33 Q_R3ch K_Kt1 35 Q_R3ch Drawn position is 8 ... BxKt; 9 PxB, P·QKt3. (TramlaNd from "64" by J. Kholimland)} 9 Kt.QR4 ' . .. . TO force . . . BPxP. The move is queslion· able, however, since it leaves the Kt out" of REMEMBER TO . . - - pla~'. RENEW YOUR SUBSCR1PTION 9 . . . . BPxP 10 KPxP p,p The Manhattan Chess Club Championship By S. S. COHEN
First prize went to Jacob Moskowitz. He led the tournament from the very fi rst round, played sterling chess, and deserved to win . His style resembles greatly that of Kashdan and Flohr, and like them, he excels in the midd le game and cnding. In the opening it is still poss ible to outmaneuver him, but he fights back gamely and is dangerous to the last. His record in this tournament, (seven victories and three draws ), tells its own story. A tie for second place occurred between W . W. Adams of Boston and H . Avram, with scorcs of 7-3 . Both played good chess, though Avram was lucky in drawing -his last round game agai nst Moskowi tz. The latter was three pawns up and stopped to swallow a fou rth, only to have it give him a bad case of indigestion! 1ihe capture left Avram's King in a stalemated position and he was able to sacrifice two rooks and draw. Fourth place went to George Shainswit, score 6%-3%. He played steady chess through_ out. I finished fifth with 6-4, just outside the ( CollrltJy ~I /. Smoli,,'; prize money, and the only other player to record a plus score. Strange to say, entering JACOB MOSKOWI TZ the fina l week of the ' tournament, r was the only player with a chance to catch Moskowitz, 7 P_ B3 K txKP 10 KtxP P.Q3 my score being ~_2. Losses on successive 8 P.QS Kt·Kt1 11 K t .Q3 Kt.Q2 evenings to Adams and Halpern dissipated 9 B·B2 P.KB4 12 Kt· B4 Kt· K4 all alarm. Not.12 QKt·B4: 13 P·QKl4. Al so on The annotations and comments to all the 12 ... QKt·133: 13 P-133!, Kt·Kt4 ( . Kt· D4 : games are mine. If r have seemed to se lcrt 14 P·QKH. e tc.); 14 P·KR4, Kt·1l2; 15 Kt·K6, too many of my own games, it is only because BxKt: 16 PxIJ, Kt·K·j; 17 BxP! they :bappened to be the most interesting 13 Q.K2 Kt.KB3 14 P·B4 R· K 1 games. 15 P.Q Kt3 B·B1 16 B·Kt2 K t(3)_Kt5 ! Played ill Ihe first rOfln d, Ihis Kalil e plagfled Characteristic of I\Ioskowltz' style. FiOm a me for six week,f. as il seemed d/lI"illg thai passive defense he suddenly evolves an in pel'iod of time, to haw heell the decidhlg gawe ge nious and aggress ive idea . 'rhe threat fs of Ihe tOIlf1lamenl. A typical example of , . . K txRP. 16 P·KR3 is no de fense because of 16 ... Kt·R7!; 17 R move s, Kl(4)·KB6ch, Moskowitz' abihty fo ftage a comeback ;f gi llell etc. or course if 17 KxKt, K t- K t.~ch; winning rlie sligh/est opportrmily. t he Q. It looks as though I must give up Man hattan C. C . Championshi p my QI3 01" move t he Q. AClUally .. I have a mue h stronger reply- one which he probably N ew Y o rk_ Decem ber 11, 1938 hat! not fores een. RUY LOPEZ S. S. Cohen J . M osk ow itz - \Vhile Black EXC H A N G ES TAK E NOTICE ! 1 P·K4 P. K4 4 B.R4 K t-B3 2 Kt.K B3 K L QB3 S 0 _0 B· K 2 K indly C hange Our Address 3 B_KtS P.QR3 6 P_Q4 0 -0 Black prefers to avolt! compl ications. If 6 On Y our Records To ... KtxQP: 7 KtxKt, PxKt; 8 P·K5! rollowed by 9 QxP. On 6 , .. KtxKP follow s 7 Q·K2, 25 W est 43rd Street , N ew Y ork, N . Y. P·Q4: 8 KtxP. 33 34 THll C H ESS RE V I EW
J. M oskowitz 26 Q.B4 QR.K1 27 QR·K1 P_B S! An excellent move which I completely u nder· estimated.
28 R.K3 ? • • • • I go tra m bad to wa n e. Correct wall 28 KtxKtch, Qx Kt ( ... BxK t?; 29 RxRwlns); 29 P-Kt3 and the advanced K BP is bound to faU. I could n ot piny 28 P·KKt3 at on ce because or · . . QxRP. 28 . . .. . PxP 29 R (1)_K1 . ... S till best Is 29 KtxKtch, QxKt; 30 KxP. 29 . . . . K·Rl W ith this simple move Black avoids all d iffi culties. 30 KtxKt Qx Kt S. S. Cohen 31 Q.Q3 ? · . . . 17 Kt.K6! · . . . T he mate threat Is easily parried. The Q Obstructing the maskell attack on my Q and s hould remain on the 4th ran k to prevent simultaneously attacking his Q and KDP. · .. Q-E5. Ees t was KxP. If then . . . E·Q5; 32 R·KB3 , Q·Kt4ch; 33 R·KKtS, Q-Q7? ; 34 RxR! 17 . . . . BxKt 18 pxe Q.R5 31 . . . . P_KKt3 19 P. KR 3 P. B5 1 32 R_BS ? Q.Kt4 Not. , . RxP; 20 BxP wins a piece. Black could have won the exchange by 32 · . . B-R7ch ; 33 KxJ3, RxR! I could not ca n· 20 Kt .Q2 • • • • tinue 34 RxQ beca.use of .. . P-KV!(Q) mate. Not 20 Px.Kt, KtxP and ~he only way to stop Nevert heless the position Is now lost. mate Is to give up the Q for the seccmd Kt. 33 R(3).K 3 Q.B5 The text stopa all threats and wins a P. 34 K )[ P .. .. 20 . . . • Kt_KBS If 34 R-Kt3, B-Q5! F rom this point on Black Forced because I now threatened to capture winds thi ngs up In snappy style. the K t. 34 . . . . Q_R 7(:h 21 Bx Kt Px B , 35 K.Bl R_KB1 He cannot play ... RxP ; 22 BxKt ! 36 Q-Q2 .. . • 22 Qx P B-Q3 Not R or Q·K2, Q·RB mate. I have managed to win a P and jn addItion 36 . . . . R(3).KB3 atlain the superior p-o sltion (his a cl l'anced KBP Res ign s is weak) . Ordinarily I would expect to win (01' White from this position. ( The only fame ill the toumament that I 23 Q. K 2 · . . . en;oyed lo/ing.) Here I start to go astray, The natm'al Manhattan C. C. Cha mpio n-s hip move Is 23 Q-B5. [ looked at It, oC course. r t hought his best reply would be 23 . .. N ew York-Janua ry 25, 1939 p ·KKt3 a nd I would have to continue 24 Q. QU EE N'S GAMBI T DEC LINED QR4 or 24 Q-Q3 in eil:her case los ing t he (I n .etrect) KP. I overlooked that I could answer 23 . .. S. S. Cohe n P·K Kt3 with 24 K t·K B3, W . W . Adams 23 . . . . R_K2 W hite Bla ck 1 Kt·KBS Kt·QB3 '10 double Rs on the K file a n d attempt to win 2 P·Q4 P.Q4 back his P . 3 B.B4 . 24 Kt.K4? · . . · . . . Adams has made a study of the King's T h e start of a combination that leads to Bishop Opening for White and the Albin Coun nowhere. I can only account for my )'ather toaf Ga mbit for Bla.ck. He answers 3 P-B4 with inept play at this point by the tact that this 3 .. . P·K f and If 4 PxKP, P·Q5; or 4 KtxKP, was the first clock game I had plaYe (\ since KtxKt; 5 P xKt, P·Q5. The text was intended the U. S. Cham[l ions hip 1."'ournament last May. to prevent P·K4. o 24 . . . . R, P' 3 . . . . B-B4 7 P_QR 3 Bx Ktch 25 P.B5 • • • • 4 P_K 3 P. KS 8 Ktx B 0 .0 T he point of my combin a tion. Neither t he 5 P_B4 B_KtSeh 9 Q-KtS Kt.KR4 ! P nor the Kt can be captured. If .. . BxP; 6 QKt_Q2 Kt_BS 10 B-KtS • • • • 25 Q·B4, etc. And if ... K u K t; 2& BxKt And n ot 10 QxP, KtxQP!; 11 BxP (PxKt, threatening B·Q5. KtxB) , K t·B7ch ; 12 K ·Q J, Q-Bl! 25 . . . . B_K4 10 . . . . Q.Q2 Bu t Black Is under no compulSion t o C81lture 11 R_B1 .... anyt.h lng, and I found that I simply ret urned Again not 11 QxP, K txB; 12 RPxKt , QR-Ktl ; a P for nothing. 13 Q-R6, RxP. FEBRUARY, 1939 3S
. N ~ ~ MANHA TTAN C. C - .- 0 • N ~ N "8 CHAMPIONSHIP 0• • 8 • '" " • c. • N • 8 N ~• ~ !L ~ ~ " -lI N • 0 - •" 0 0 ~ -~• 0 '@ N .- N ~• , " " • 1939 ~• - " 0 )l • p. • - Q ~ u J:" 0: .. 0: " ~ >-< ,:: . "' J, Moskowitz , ...... II - ""Y21 ""V, I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 '"1 I ,Y, I 1 II 7 o 3 II 811 111 WI, W. Adams . . .. . ·11 11 I 0 I 0 I 1 1 I y,! 1 1 I 1 I 1 II 6 , 2 II 7 - 3 H. Avram ...... · 11 11 1 I I Yz I 0 I 1 I 1 I ' 0 I ' I ' II 6 2 2 II 7 -3 G. Shainswit ., _ . , . ,. 11 0 'IYz I- IYzIY2 I YzI' 'IYz I' I14 1 5 II 6Yz-3Yz 5.S. Cohen ...... 11 0 o I ' I Yz I I Yz I 0 I ' I ' I ' I ' II , 3 2 II 6 -4 J. Soudakoff .... . , . ·11 0 010 IV,IYzI - IYzIYzI' I YzI' II 2 3 5 II 4Yz- 5Yz 1. Halpern ...... II 0 Yz I 0 I Yz I ' I Yz I -I 0 I Yz I ' I 0 II 2 4 4 114 -6 Dr. J. Platz ...... 11 0 010 I 0 I 0 IYzI 'I - IYz I'IYz Il 2 , 3 II 3YZ-6V, H. D. Grossman . . .. . 11 0 o I ' I 0 I 0 I 0 I Yz I Yz I I Yz I Yz II ' , 4 II 3 7 L Heitner ...... · 11 11 o I 0 I Yz I 0 I Yz I 0 I 0 I Yz I I' II ' 5 4 II 3 7 J. Fulop . . . . ·110 o I 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I 1 I Yz I Yz I 0 I - II ' 7 2 II 2 - 8
1 1 . . • • Kt_Q1 Forced. If . . . BxP; KtxB, PxKt; 17 12 B-R4 BxKt. '" TO preserve the B. If 12 PxP. KtxB ,nct 16 R_KKt1 Kt_RS 13 PxKP fails because of 13 . .. BxP. 17 B_B6! B.Kt3 12 . . . . P_QB3 18 KtxKP! K_R1 1S B_K2 Kt-B3 He cannot play 18 , .. PxB; 19 KtxPch Q. if 18 __ 19 Forced. If ... B-KtS; 14 P-Kt4, Kt·B3; 15 wins the Also BxKt; RxPch, BxKt, PxB; 16 P-KR4, P-KR3; 17 P-R5. B-R2; K-Rl; 20 R-Kt6 mate. 18 B-Q3 and Black's K side is very open. 19 Q_KRS - . . . W. W. Adams Threatens QxKL 19 . . .. • Kt-B4 The only move, but sufficient. On my 14th move. the B was on this sQuare and I failed to realize that it would be available [01'- the Kt. 19 ... PxB?; 20 KtxP, Q any; 21 QxRP and wins. 20 B_K5 P-BS! The best! Not ... KtxQP; 21 RxB! , BPxR; 22 Kt·Kt5, P-KR4 ( .. . P-KR3?; 23 Qxpch !); 23 BxRP!, etc. 21 RxB 22 PxP · . . - From a material Doint of view the combina tion has been "p roven sound: I regained the two P s sacrificed. But the attack is now spent and Black seizes the initiative. S. S. Cohen 22 . . . . Q-Q5! 23 Kt_Kt5? .... 14 P_Kt4!? . . . . T his definitely loses. Best was Kt-BS giving The same variation was now possible by an up the KP but stili retaining "prospects for inversion of moves. but I was unable to resist counter "play. the temptation to storm the Black K pOsition. 23 _ . . . Q_R5 ! In ' mycaleulations, unfortunately, I overlooked Queens ,nd the possibility of Black's 19th move~which Forces the exchange of wins saves the day. and in fact gives him the upper a piece. hand. 24 QxQ KtxQ 14 . . . . KtxP 25 RxKP • • • • Of courS(l not .. . BxP; 15 BxKt, BxB; 16 Hoping for .. _ KtxR; 26 KtxKt with some R-KKtl and wins because the Black Bishop chances. cannot move due t o the mating threat: RxPch, 25 . . . . P_KR3! etc. No rest for the weary. 15 P_K4! • • • • 26 R_K7 PxKt The second step in the combination. Purpose: 27 B-R5 P_KKt3 to swing the Q across. 28 B_Kt4 Kt.Kt7ch! 15 . . . . PxKP 29 K_K2 • • • • 36 THll CH ESS RE VI}iW
• Forced. K·BI ?, Kl-K6ch! And 29 K -Q I t A w eakening move bill Dlack is at a loss RxP ! for a. good continuation. If ... QxKtP; 17 29 . . . . " Kt.B2 32 R·Q ! R.B2! R-QKtl followed by 18 RxP~ etc. 30 B.Q7 Kt.B~eh R,R KtxR 33 W . W . AdilmsC"'~ 31 K.K3 Kt.R3 34 P.K6? . . . . OverlookIng DlflC k's reply. Best wtlS 3·, K· K4. Time pI'essure begins to lake fI hand. Str angely enough White has ample Ume, but Black has to make seven moves In two mInutes and White makes the common el"]"OI' or rU Shi ng his OlVn moves. 34 . . . . Kb;P! 38 P-B3 Kt. B4ch 35 BxKt R.Kl 39 K.B5 P.Kt3ch 36 R.Q7 RKBch 4CI K·Kt4 A.K2 37 K-Q4 Kt.Q3 W ith not M seconll to spare! Nevertheless, Black 's ~ O t h move was made In time. 41 R.Q8<: h K.Kt2 48 R.KKt7 Kt.Q4ch 42 P.B5 K·B3 49 K_R3 K.B3 43 R_QKt8 Kt-K6 50 R·KIB R. e8 44 R.QSB A. K 3 51 R.QS K .K4 45 R.QA8 R_K4 52 R·KKtB P.64! 46 RxP R,P 53 RxP ~ P.B5! 17 P.R4! Q.R4 47 P.QR4 K_K4 54 P.Kt4 • • • • 18 Q.R5cll K.B1 There Is no deren~ e . 54 K·R2. Kt·Kt5ch; or course.1 8 . . P' I 7 . . . . B_Kt5 8 KtxKt QxKt 12 P_B3 8.Q2 This is the move I had counted on to I'efute 9 P_Q3 Kt_B3 13 B_K3 P.Kt3 7 P-K4. 10 Kt.Q2 Q.R4 14 P-KKt4 Q-K4 11 Kt-K4 S·KtS 8 P-Q5 • • • And White continues as I had anticipated Not" Q·R5; 15 B·Kt5! Also not 14 he woul d. It looks good because White's KKt Q-Q4; 15 P·I3 4! etc. The text t hreatens prevents 8 ' , . K t-K4. QxKt P as well as . P-KB4. 8 . . . . BxKt! 15 B·81 QR.Q1 19 PxP Q_B1 '16 P-B4 Q·S2 20 Kt-Kt3 B.QB3 White t hought the Black Kt had to move 17 P_B5 Kt_K4 21 Kt-K4 P.B5! because or: 18 P.KR3 PxP 22 Q_K 1 • • • • 9 PxKt • • • l[ 21 P-Q4, RxP!; 22 QxR?" K t·B6ch; etc. And now both the B and the QKtP are 22 . . . . PxP 30 QxKt P_K4 attacked. 23 PxP KtxP 31 PxP e. p. QxQch 9 . . . . P_QKt4! 24 Q-R4 P.B3! 32 RxQ SxKt! The move White had not Foreseen. 10 KtxP 2S B_K3 K_R1 33 8xB P_84! is impossible because of 10 ... Q.Ql! mate. 26 P_Kt3 R_Kt1 34 QR.K81 B_K4! 10 QxKtP is answered by 10 ... KtxP!; 11 27 K_R1 Q_Kt2 3S P_K7 R.Q7ch PxB (Kh:Kt?,. Q mates), K t xKt! And finally 28 K_R2 Q.B2eh 36 K_R1 PxB?? 10 Q·Kt4, P·QR4! 29 B·B4 KtxB 10 Q.Q3 Q,Q Pure and si mple carelessness. J had l eft 11 BxQ BxKtP the board after my 35th move. expecting 12 R.KKt1 P_Kt5! White to r esign as h e must lose a full rook, 'fhe only way to maintai n the pawn plus. When he made his 36th move, I ret urned, and without a moment's hesitation, eaptu'red 13 Kt.Kt5 • • • the wrong piece! I Intended 36". BxR If 13 RxB, PxKt; 14 PXP, KtxP! (threatens 37 , . . R,R7 mate) ; 37 RxB, R'Q5!; 13 .. , . O_O_O! 19 KtxRP R_QKt6 38 RxP, RxB; 39 R·B7, R-KSch; 40 K-R2, R-K7 14 RxB RxB 20 R-Kt3 R_Kt3! eh; 41 K ·Rl, RxRP followed by the return 15 KtxRPch K_Kt1 21 R_B1 B,P of the Rook to K7 and the advance or the 16 Kt_KtS KtxP 22 R_B2 P_K4 Q side Ps. 23 B_K3 17 B_B4 Kt-Q3! • • • • 37 R.Kt4! B_Kt2! 41 K-Kt2 R-Q7ch 18 P_QR4 PxP e. p. 38 R_87 R_Q8ch 42 K_Kt3 R·Q6ch On 23 B·Q2, I i ntended 23 . . K t ·134 [01· 39 K_Kt2 R.Q7ch 43 K.R4 · , , . lowed by ... K t -Q5; etc. 40 K_R1 R.Q8ch 23 . . . • BxKt 25 K_B1 P,B Not 43 K ·B2, R·KB6eh wins, 24 BxR B_Kt5ch 26 R_Kt3 B_R4 43 .... P.KR4 Not 26 ... B·B4; 27 RxB! The last hope. 27 P_B7ch! K.B1 ! 44 R(4)xB Resigns Strangely enougll 27 ... K-Kt2 (as suggest A blunder would have been 44 R(7)xB, RxRP ed by a stl'ong kibitzer- a FOJ'm el' club cham ell!; 45 KxR, PxRch; 46 RxP, n·K!; 47 RxP, pion) would IJermit White to FOI'ce a draw! K-Kt2 and draws. Q. E. D.: 29 R-Q3!, B·Kt5 (l'ol·ced, .. Kt moves?; 29 R·Q8 wins!); 29 R-QKt3, B-R4; etc. Manhattan C. C. Championship 28 R-K3 R_K1 34 R_R2 P_K5 New York-January 1, 1939 29 R_B6 K_Q2 35 P_R3 P_K6 30 R_B2 P_QKt4 36 PxP R,P BUDAPEST DEFENSE 31 R_QR3 B,P 37 K_Kt2 R_KKt6ch Dr. J. Platz I.. Halpern 32 R_R7 Kt_B5 Resigns White Black 33 R_B1 K_B3 1 P-Q4 Kt.K83 3 PxP Kt.KtS 2 P-QB4 P.K4 4 P_K4 • • • • (The difference between Second place and vVhite can maint ain the P with cOI'rect play, although in doing so he must be content to Fiflh.' AfJer Ihe game Halpem remarked, "In yield Black a cel'tain amount of Initiative: cheJJ alld horse_rachlg they payoff 011 the 4 B·B4, QKt·83; 5 Kt·KB3, B·KtSch; 6 Kt-B3! willner"!) (best), Q-K2; 7 Q-Q5! (this would have been Impossible on 6 QKt-Q2). Manhattan C. C. Champion.hip New York-January 26, 1939 4 . . . . KtxKP 10 S.K2 P-Q3 5 P.84 Kt-Kt3 11 P_B5 Kt.B3 KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE 6 Kt-KB3 S-84 12 P.R6! P.KKt3 I.. Halpern S. S. Cohen 7 Kt.83 0-0 13 S.Kt5! P_B3 White Black 8 P_KR4! R.K1 ~4 Q.Q5ch K.R1 ? 1 Kt_KB3 Kt_K83 5 0 .0 P.Q4 9 P-R5 Kt_B1 2 p.B4 P_KKt3 6 PxP KtxP Better was 14 , . . Kt-K3; 15 PxKt. BxP; 3 P.KKt3 B_Kt2 7 Kt.B3 P_QB4! 16 Q'Q2, PxB; 17 KtxP. On 14 ... Kt·K3; 4 8_Kt2 0_0 15 B,R4, Kt·K2 saves the piece, but Black's To control Q5 and make P·Q4 difficult for position cannot be defended for long. White. 15 Q.87 Resigns The A. V. R. O. Tournament ROUND 8-NOVEMBER 17th C':'~S. Flohr J. R. Capablanca __ 1 S. Flohr ______0 S. Reshevsky ------V2 A. Alekhlne ______Yz M. Botwlnnik --- -- Yz R. Fine ______Yz P. Keres ------yz M. Euwe ------yz This round was played in Utre<:ht, a large city in the center of Holland. Of the four games played, only the Botwinnik.Fine game had a quiet character. Flohr played very sharp_ ly, agam choosing the Grunfeld Defense, and sCl<:rificing a pawn on his sixth move. The same sacrifice was first made in a game Loewen_ hsch_Botwinnik. Botwinnik, with the black pieces, lost and this led to the belief that Flohr had worked up an improved line of play. He later offered the sacrifice of a piece which J. R. Capablanca Capablanca wisely refused. Then Capablanca After the game Flohr suggested that 10 offered to give up the exchange, and this . , . P·K4! was correct. If 11 B·KI3, Kt(1)-R3 time Flohr refused. Flohr missed his way, and now White cannot play 12 Kt-Q4. Or 11 got into time trouble, (having to make PxP e. p., BxP! Also if 11 P-QKt4 .. QxKtP! ; fourteen moves in two minutes), and, in a lost 12 QxQ, Kt·Q6cll; etc. position, overstepped the time limit. 11 Kt_Q4 B.Q2 The game Keres_Euwe was an ultra_modern The bes t is still .. . P-K4. 12 PxP e. P .. KtxP; 13 Kt-Kt3 (KtxKt?, BxKt followed by Zukertort_Reti opening. Tartakower, writing .. . QR-Bl), BxKtch; 14 PxB (QxB, QxQch; about it in "De Telegraaf" calls the game 15 PxQ, KtxB), Q-R6. Also better is 11 ... "fresh" and "elegant"". He states that Keres BxKt; 12 PxB (QxB?, Kt·Kt6 !), Kt-K5! Bad "tacked" in the waters of ultra_modern chess would be 11 ... Kt-Kt5; 12 B·K2!, BxKt; 13 PxB, Kt-B7ch; 14 K-Q2·, KtxR; 15 PxKt, and by posting both bishops on the long diagonals, the second Kt is trapped. but that when he discovered Euwe's destructive 12 R_QKt1! KR_Bl K_side plans, he quickly exeruted two elegant 13 P.QKt4 • • • • dancing steps: first " Cha!1gez les tOlll"S" , and At this I)oint, Calla's time was one hour, then "Cha!1g.ez In Jail/d', and signed the peace thirty minutes- Flohr's, one hour, fifty·seven /rea/y of Utrecht.' minutes. 13 . . . . Q_Q1 14 PxKt R,P 15 Q.Kt3 Q_R4 An ill/eres/ing game to Black 's 24th 11/01'e liP Winning back his piece. when il becomes marred by time presmre. 16 BxKt A. V. R. O. Tournament • • • • MakJng room fOI' his K. ]6 R-Q B1 , QR·QB1; Eighth Round 17 K-Q2, RxKt!; Ig RxR, Kt·D4!; 19 Q-B2, Holland_November 17, 1938 BxKt; 20 PxB, Kt-Rfi! The White K position GRUNFELD DEFENSE If; too open. J. R. Capablanca S. Flohr 16 . . . RxKt White Black 17 Q_Kt4 Q,Q 18 RxQ P,B 1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 4 6.64 6-Kt2 2 P-QB4 P_KKt3 5 P-K3 0-0 Black declines to win tlle exchange: 18 3 Kt.QB3 P_Q4 6 Q_Kt3 .. R-B8ch; 19 K·Q2, RxR; 20 DxP fOllowed - - - by the win of the QRP. If Instead 6 Kt-B3, then 6 .. P-D4! 19 K·K2 R_B4 6 . . . . P.64! advantage White's Too passive and methodical. Better was 19 A P sacrifice to take or . . P-QR4 inducing 20 R·Kt7?, B-QBl!; 21 uncasUed K pOsition. RxKP, D'QR3ch!; 22 K·Ql (K·B3?, BxKt! 7 QPxP Kt.K5! Or K-Q3?, BxKt; 23 PxB, R-Q3ch. etc.), BxKt! 8 PxP • • • • 20 KR_QKt1! P_KR3 Not S KlxP. P-K3! Wrong would be S . , . Q·IHch; 9 Q·Kt4 1 The threat was R-KIS ch rollowed by B-R6. 8 . . . . Q-R4 21 P_K4! QR.QB1 9 KKt_K2 KtxQBP Capa has twenty· Four minutes left and Flohr, 10 Q_B4 Kt(1).R3 ten minutes for nineteen moves. 38 FEBRUARY, 1939 • 39 22 B.K3 R. R4 25 RxKP R·R6 18 , . . . Kt_Kt6 21 PxP P_B4 23 R·Kt7 RxPch 26 Kt·B6 BxKt 19 Q.K1 KtxR 22 P·Kt5 B_B2 24 K.B3 B·R5 27 PxB R.QB6 20 BxKt p,p 23 Kt_Q3 P.K4 Flohr in time pressure misses 27 . 8·81; The beginning of a plan to place his QB on 28 RxRP, B·84!; 29 R moves, BxB: 30 Px8, a more favorable diagonal. RxQBP. If instead 28 R·Q7, RxQBP; 29 R(l)· 24 Q_KS Kt_Q2 27 B_B1 B.B2 Kt7, R·KBSch! 25 B·Kt2 P·B3 28 Kt-K1 Kt·B1 28 R(1)·Kt7 R(1)xP 33 P·B4 P.KR4 26 R·B1 B·KKt3 29 RxBP R.BSch 34 P.K5 B.B1 The Ki is destined for Q5, 30 . RxR BxR 35 R.R8 R.R7ch 29 Q_Q3 Kt_K3 34 R-R3 R,R 31 RxP R.R6 36 K_S3 K·Kt2 Kt_Q5 37 B_Q4 30 Kt_Kt2 35 BxR Kt.B6¢h 32 K·K2 B·Kt2 31 Kt_K3 R_R7 36 K_Kt2 Kt_Kt4 Flohr overstepped the time limit. l'he ele· 32 Q-Kt1 R. R1 37 Kt_B5 P_QKt3 ment of time pressure has obviously affected 33 R_B3 Q_Q2 38 Q_Q3 Drawn Black's last twelve moves. Botl(Jillllik selects a line Fille hal recenlly alla_ Emile tries hard, bill Keres re{flses 10 take lyzed ill the B, C. M, challNs alld keeps the draw in bal1d. A. V. R. O. Tournament A. V. R. O. Tournament Eighth Round Eighth Round Holland_November 17, 1938 Holland-Novembel' 17, 1938 FOUR KNIGHTS OPENING RETI OPENING M. Botwinnik R. Fine P. Keres M. Euwe White Black White Black 1 P_K4 P_K4 1 Kt.KB3 P_Q4 2 Kt_KB3 Kt_KB3 2 P_S4 P-QS3 3 Kt.S3 Kt_B3 3 P.QKt3 B_B4 4 B_Kt5 Kt-Q5 Essayed by Dr. Lasker ill t he N . Y. Tnter- The variation popularized by Aklba Rubin national TOUrnament in 1924. stein, au(] the reason why the FOUl" Kn!ght s 4 B.Kt2 P·K3 Opening is seldom seen in m odern master 5 P·KtS Kt.B3 play. 6 B_Kt2 QKt-Q2 , 5 B·R4 B_B4 7 0.0 P_KR3 6 P·Q3 0·0 '1'0 save th~ B, White threatened S Kt-R4. 7 0·0 . , , . 8 p·QS 8_B4 12 PxP B·R2 White refuses to yieltl Black the initlatlv.e. 9 QKt_Q2 0-0 13 P.QR3 P_QR4 If 7 KtxP or 7 B-Kg Black answers with 7 . . . 10 Q_B2 Q·K2 14 P.R3 B.QKt3 P·Q4! Also on 7 KtxKt, PxKt; 8 Kt·K2, P·Q4! 11 P_K4 PxKP 7 .. , . P_Q3 14 P_QB3 P_Kt3 Vacating t he SQuaTe B4 for lhe QKt which 8 P_KR3 P_B3 15 BxKt QBxB will exert pL·essUl·e on lhe llinned KP. 9 KtxKt BxKt 16 P_Q4 P_Q4! 15 B·B3 Kt_B4 10 Kt·K2 B.Kt3 17 PxKP BxB 16 Kt-K5 KR.Q1 11 Kt_Kt3 Kt.K1 18 PxB Q_Kt4 Black's (]evel opment is complete(]. 12 B_Kt3 Kt-B2 19 Q_BS QxP(K4) 13 B-K3 Kt.K3 Drawn ~~M, Euwe -:-c----,-:-;-c A dONr slmggle in which R.eshevsky threw away a point, Afekhine, however, h.elped out with a magnificent display of endgame tech_ mqfte. A. V. R. O. Tournament Eighth Round Holland-November 17, 1938 NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE S. Reshevsky A. Alekhine White Black 1 P·Q4 Kt_KB3 4 P_K3 0·0 2 P-QB4 P_K3 5 Kt-B3 . . . . 3 Kt_QBS B.Kt5 Also played at this point is 5 B·Q3 [ollowed by 6 KKt·KZ. P. Keres 5 . , . . P-QKt3 6 B_Q3 B-Kt2 17 P_QKt4 RxKtl 7 0 .0 . , . . . 18 QxR • • • • \:Vhite makes no altempt to IlL'event the White reruses the offer 0( lhe exchange: doubling o( his Ps. 'fhe alternative was: 7 18 BxR, Kt(4)xKP. B·Q2, BxKt: 8 BxB, Kt·K5; 9 BxKt!, BxB; 40 THE CHESS REVIEW 10 Kt-QZ, B-KtZ ( . . : ExKtF?; 11 R-KKtl); minutes and Alekhine four minutes in which 11 Q-Kt4! with a strong attack. to make the'm. 7 . . . • KBxKt 42 R.KR6 R·R7 45 RxP P·R5 8 PxB B_K5 43 K.B3 R.R6ch 46 P·Q5? • • • • 9 BxB KtxB 44 K·B2 R-Q6 10 Q.B2 P-KB4 Better was R·QR5, RxP; 47 K ·K3! Transposing into a Dutch Defense formation. 46 . . . . P·R6 50 K.B3 R·Q6ch 11 Kt-K5 Q.K1 47 R.R7ch K.B3 51 K.K2 R.QKt6 12 P·B3 Kt_KBS 48 R·QR7 K-K4 52 K.B2? • • • • 13 B_R3 P_Q3 49 R.R5 R.Q7ch 14 Kt_Q3 P_B4 White should start the immediate P advance To prevent the undoubling of the White Ps with 52 P·R4! by P-B5. 52 . . . . R·Kt7ch 15 Kt_B4 Kt. B3 53 K·Kt3 R.Kt6ch 54 K·R4 R.Kt71 55 K·R3 ",,,,,=,,,,~A~. AI e k h i ne - . . . If 55 RxP, RxP draws. 55 . . . . P_R7 56 P·Q6 dis. eh. • ..• IF instead 56 P-Kt4, K-BS; 57 P-Q6, R·Kt2!; 58 RxP (R-KB5ch, K-K5; 59 R·DI?, R-Kt8!), R·KR7ch; 59 K-Kt2, KxP and the QP must also fall. The remaining RP will be insufficient to Will. 56 . . . . K,P 59 R_R8 K·Kt4 57 P_Kt4 K.B3! 60 P_R3 • • • 58 K_Kt3 K_Kt3 Not P·R4, R-Kt6ch; 61 K any, R-Kt5; etc. 60 .... K·Kt5 63 R.QRS K_Kt5 61 K_B4 R_QB7 Drilwn 62 R-Kt8ch K_B6 . ROUND 9-NOVEMBER 19th FrQ.e ______Reshevsky _____ 16 P_K4 PxKP R. 0 S. 1 17 PxKP Kt_QR4 A. Arekhine ______1 J. R. Capablanca __ 0 18 Q.Q3 Kt_R4 S. Flohr ------Y2 M. Euwe ~ ------Y2 On 18 ... Q-H5 follows 19 KtxP! QxB; 20 M. Botwinnik -----Y2 P. Keres ------Y2 KtxR. RxKt; 21 P-K5! Black's Q and QKt are Anl.'heim, a medium sized town picturesquely too far from the scene of action [or safety. located on the right bank of the Rhine, was the 19 KtxKt QxKt site of this round. The games started a little 20 P_K5! PxKP 21 PxBP KR.Q1 later than usual to allow a celebration in ,honor 22 Q_K4 Q,Kt3! of Capablanca's fiftieth hirthday. With ap_ White's Q is in too dominating' a position. propriate and complimentary speeches, a four_ Alekhin.€ offers to saddle himself with a second colored automatic pencil was presented to him, double d P to get into an ending with good and a large bouquet of white lilies to Ihis wife. drawing chances. Also he hopes White may be tempted by Z3 QxKP which wouhl be an Only Alekhine was absent from the ceremonies, swered by ... R·Q7. and would have found his clock ticking against 23 Q.K2 P·K5 him, had it not been for the late start. He 24 R.84 p,p arrived on Nle run, just as 'Landau was starting 25 8xP Kt.83 the clocks. He ,had to play against Capa! TO pI'event B·Q·[ followed by R·Kt4. As tbe opening moves were made, not a word 26 RxP R.Q7 passed between them. Capablanca adopted the 27 QxR QxR French Defense and Alekhine chose the same 28 R·K1 Qx8P 29 Q·Q6 R.QB1 continuation with which Keres had beaten the Cuban in the sixth round, Not 29 ... QxBP ; 30 QxFch and mate in t wo. Fine 'Played his usual P_K4, and Reshevsky 30 QxPch Q,Q 36 R.R7 KtxB his usual defense. Fine having recently ana_ 31 RxQ K·B2 37 PxKt R.B7ch lyzed the Ruy Lopez and advocated the advance 32 R·Q.6 P·QR4 38 K.83 RxRP of the QRP as an improvement fo r White, 33 K.B2 Kt.K2 39 RxKtP R·R6ch played accordingly. The game became quite 34 8.Q4 Kt.B4 40 K.K4 P.R4 35 R.Q7ch K·K3 41 R·Kt6ch K.B2 complicated, both/layers got into time trouble, The lnst ten -moves were made unoer terrific but Reshevsky ha the upper hand at adjourn_ time pressur,e, Reshevsky having about six ment, When the play-off was scheduled a few FEBRUARY, 1 939 41 ;.",.. , . , "64") FINE, ALEKHINE, 80TWINNIK, K ERES, CAPABLANCA, EUWE, FLOHR, RESH EVSKY Scooting Sedatenul T ie d along Itself Ti e d THE RACE IN ITS EARLY STAGES SO .... Kt.KS 36 Kt.B4 8.Kt4 31 8.81 Kt..Kt6 37 K. B1 QR.81 32 a.KS 8.Kt5 38 Kt. Kt6 8xBch 33 R.Ktl P.QR4 39 Kx8 R. 87ch 34 K·Ktl K.Kt2 40 K.B1 P.R6 35 8·K2 P.83 - A typical Fitu.Reshevsley Slmggle. Sammy gell all aJl1a'llage anJ sqlletUS hard. Reuben gell illfo lime trOllble alltl this lime failI to gel Ollt safely. A. V. R. O. Tournament Ninth. Round Holland- November 19, 1938 RUY L OPEZ R. Fine S. Re.hev. ky White Dlack 1 P.K4 P.K4 9 8.82 P·B4 2 Kt.KB3 Kt-QB3 10 p.Q4 Q.B2 3 B·Kt5 P.Q R3 11 ~.K R 31 0-0 4 B.R4 Kt.B3 1.2 P.QR4 8·Q2 41 PxP • • • • 5 0 ·0 8.K2 1S QKt.Q2 BPxP This was Fine's sealed move. Dettel' was 6 R.K1 P.QKt4 14 BPx P KR·81! 41 Kt·B4! If .. . RxKt; 42 PxP regaining the 7 B.Kt3 P·Q3 15 B·Q3 PxRP .plece. 8 P·B3 Kt-QR4 16 Q.K.2 Kt.R4 41 . . . . RxR Threatening ... Kt·KD5. The "book" reply 42 Px8 R.Q6 Is 17 Kt·D1, but Fine chooses to devlilte. 43 PxP Rx P 17 P.KKt3 KR.Kt1 20 KtxP 8· KB3 18 K.Kt2 P.Kt3 21 Kt(.2).B3 Q.Kt3 Stronger was 43 .. . Kt·KH! If H DxKt, 19 R·R3 PxP 22 Q.Q,2 Kt·83 RxKt; 45 D·K3, RxD!; 46 PxR, Kt·Q7ch; etc. Ir 22 ... DxKt; 23 KtxD, QxKt; 24 QxKt. Or 44 KtxKt, RxB!, etc. or course not 44 K-KtZT , RxB! 23 Kt..B2 Q.A4 Reshevsky prefe rs to hang on to the adva.nced 44 K.Kt2 R·R7 47 K.Kt2 R.B7 QRP rather than eJo:change It tor the QKtP. 45 K.KtS Kt (K).B4 48 Kt.R4 P.B4 40 R.K1 Kt.K5ch 24 QxQ Kb(Q 27 P. KKt4 Kt..Kt2 25 P.K 5 Px P 28 Kt.Q4 R.Ql Fine has taken so much lime. he bas only 26 KtxP 8.Kl one minute lert to make eight moves. Fine has three mh\utes len for twelve moves, 49 PxP PxP 53 Rx Kt RxKt Reshevsky, thirteen mlnutea. 50 Kt.K5 A.Q4 54 R.Kt6ch K.K2 29 Kt(4)·8 3 B.K2! 51 Kt.KB3 K.83 55 Kt.Q4 • • • • 30 R.R2 .' . . . 52 R.QKU R·R4 Not 30 R·B3, B·QKt5! Fine overstepped the time limit. 42 TH li CHESS R E V IEW PJlch%gy pia]! a great parI in 'hi! gent. 21 P.R5 Kt ( B).Kt4 24 P. B3 Kt( !5 ).Kt4 22 Kt.R4 Kt.K!5 25 P.Kt4! p ,p Ca pabJ,wca, a / aJI nJdJler al pUlling tach pittt 23 Q.Kt2 K.B2 26 B-Kt6<: h • • • • i" il; mOJI 'Du/h" pos;Iion, shiJIS his eiun To prevent .. KR,QBl. aroHlld til" a 'YfO. Why? &cause he IS 100 26 . . . . K.Ktl an :r:J()II/ 10 will! 27 p.B4 ! Kt.B6 A. v. R. O. T ou rnament On 27 . .. Kt·K5 fOllOWS 28 BxKt, PxB; 29 Ninth Round Kt·Kt6 ! Also If 27 ... Kt·B2; 28 BxKt(R2)ch, Holland-November 19, 1938 RxB ( ... KxB : 29 Q.g2ch, etc.): 29 Kt·Kt6! FRENCH DEFENSE 28 BxKteh Rx B 32 KxP Kt.R!5 29 Kt.Kt6 B.Ql 33 KtxKt QxRPeh A . Alekhlne J . R. Capablanca 30 QR.Bl B.Kl 34 K.Kt3 Q.B2 While Black 31 K.Kt3! Q.KB2 33 Kt-B3 P.R4 1 P.K4 P-K3 At this point Capablanca overstepped the 2 P.Q4 P.Q4 time limit, but his position was hopeless. 3 Kt-Q2 Kt. KBS Alekhine', third move Is one In great favor A drawll gam, that is (hock Jull oJ illler'JI. with the Russian ll\ayers. Callablanca's an swer Is bad. Better was 3 ... P·QB4 or 3 A. v. R. O. Tournament . PxP. Ninth Round 4 P.K5 KKt-Q2 8 Kt.B3 p , p Holland_ Nov.mber 19, 1938 5 B.Q! P,QB4 9 PxP a .KISch NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE 6 P.Q B! QKt_B3 10 K.Bl • • • (Notes by Dr. S. G. Tartakower) 7 KKt-K2 Q.Kt3 M. Botwlnnlk P. Keres In oruer to avoid exchanges. 10 B-Q21, BxBch: 11 QxB, Q-Kt5! White Black 10 . . . . B·K2 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 2 P·QB4 P.K3 IC Instead 10 .. . 0-0; 11 BxPch! . KxB: • 3 Kt.QB3 B.Kt5 Q-Q3 12 Kt·Kt5ch, K·Kll ; 13 foll owed by 4 P·QR3 Q-KR3, etc. • • • • It is sigolHcanl that DO lwlnnik selects the 11 P.QR3 Kt.Bl s harpest conti nuation, one which affects the 12 P.QKt<\. B·Q2 pawn structure rather unravorably- but se· 13 9 .K3 Kt..Ql cures a rree banll In the center. " P·Bl Is BIRck's 1)lecl's al"e very awkwardly placed. also a very lnleresUng conUnuation. The texl has In mind ... B·QKt4 and/or ... 4 . . . . BxKtch P·QR4 bul White's simple reply prevents both 5 Px B P.B4 plans. 14 Kt.B3! P.QR41 More ofteu played Is 5 ... p.Q" ; 6 P·Ul This Is a. positional errOl'. It permltB Wttlte and then 6 ... P·B4. Too slow would be 5 ... p . to blockade lhe Q side and thus leaves him Q3 whereUPOn 6 P·D3. 00: 7 P·K4 would giv e a free hand on the K side. While superiority In the center. 6 P.K3 • • • • White seeks coml)lete development or his pieces. Otherwise 6 Q·B2 deserves consldera· tion in order to pre pare for P·K4 . 6 . . . . 0-0 1 B.Q3 Kt-B3 8 Kt.K2 , ... More flexible than II Kt·B3. 8 . . . . P.Q3 9 Kt.Kt3 P.QKt3 10 B.Kt2 • • • • Rel·e. the Bishop. obstructed by Pawns, Is only a potentiality. 10 . . . . B.R3 The siege or Whlte's QD4 starts. 11 P·K4 • • • • Establishes clearly the While center. 11 . . . . R.B1 In order to threaten 12 ... Kt·QR4 followed 15 Kt.QR4 Q.R2 18 K.Kt2 Kt.B2 by ... PxP. 16 P.Kt!5 P.QKt3 19 Q.Q2 P.R3 12 R.QB1 ..•• 17 P.KKl3 P.B4 20 P.R4 Kt-R2 Prevention. After 12 Q·R4 would follow 12 The nOl'mal move would be 20 ... P·KKt3 ... Kt-QR4. to answer 21 P·R5 with ... P·Kt4 . Blit Capa's 12 . . . • PxP pieces are sO badly (llaced that he needs the Black wants to cleRr up the ~ ituatlon In the square Kt4 rOJ' a piece, and therefore the text center. Tl'ue, he dissolves White's doubled move which permits Alekhine to control KKt6. Pawn, but White's QB4 becomes rather weak. F E llR UARY, 1 9 39 43 13 PxP P.K4 26 . . . . Q_Q2 14 Q.R4 Kt.QR4 27 B_K3 B_R3 15 0 .0 • • • • 28 KR.Bl KR·Bl PUI"1)Osele8 8 would be 15 PXP. PxP because 29 B.Ql • • • • Whi te would have to defend t h e K B. In ord er to prevent 29 ... Q-R5. 15 . . . . Q-Kl 29 . . . . Q·K1 Di r·ect p rotection or Black 's K4 w ith an 30 B-K2 • • • • indirect attack against White's QB'I. Change of plan s. noth players prove equal 16 Q.Kt4 ... . In ability; the battle transposes [rom agg r e~· Arter 16 QxQ·, KRxQ the White QDP Is l os t. slveness into w al ling. R.Kt1 P. K eres 30 . . . . 31 P.R3 B.Bl 32 BxKt • • • • A n exch!l.nge of pIeces after 27 moves without any. 32 . __ . R,B 33 Kt_Bl B_R3 34 P.QR4 · . . . T o prevel"lt a possible 34 Q-Ql a UlI later .. P·QKt4. 34 . . . . B_B 1 35 Kt_Q2 B·Q2 36 R_R1 • • • • Not only to ·protect lhe QRP but also for a. possible futUre opening liP of the fil e with P-RS. 36 . . . . Q.Ql Black maneuvers I n the available territory. • 37 Kt.Kt3 KtxKt 16 . . . Kt_B3 38 Rx Kt R ( 1) -B1 17 Q_R4 - . . . 39 R-QB3 Q.B2 W h i te wants to gain time berore l aki ng any The scheme of t he fighl .is very much simpll· hel1)ic decisions. fied. • 17 , . , . Kt-QR4 40 K. B2 R_R4 18 Q_Kt4 K t.. a3 Black remains dangerous. He threatens now A t Jli~to l point : 1\ draw or change or pl an s! .. P-QK t ~ . A t t his poin t the game w as &.d . 19 Q.Q2 · . . . journed . .Bot h players agreed t o a draw with A co u rageou s decisioll,. Indicating Dotwlnnlk 's out fu rther Dl ay. plan to figh t It gr eat baWe. (1"'''''11,,1.6 J'.", "0, .,.,I"raaj"' h, J. 8 . S.) 19 . . . . Q.Ql 19 ... Px P ; 20 Kt·n5! and 19 ... K Lx QP ; 20 Bx Kt, PxB ; 21 Kl·BS! and 19 ... K t- 0 (we workl lip a IUghl adValll4ge-blll I/ot QR4 ; 20 Q-K Z! etc .• all w ou ld be adVantageous enough 10 will. [or W hile. A. 'II. R. O. T ournament 20 P.Q5 - . . . N int h R ound Clolling the cen ter for the largest p06llible H olla ... d_Novembe r 19, 1938 freedom or movemen t on the sides. QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED 20 . . . . Kt.QR4 21 Q.Kt4 Kt-Q2 s. Flohr M. Euwe 'I'ak lng t he I·eserves to the Quee n 's side. W hi te Black 1 P.Q4 p,p 22 B. K2 • • • • Kt.KB3 4 B_Kt2 2 P-QB4 P-K3 5 Q_R4ch Getting ahead llttle by llttle (by ret reating! ) . QKt-Q2 3 P_KKt3 P.Q4 6 Kt.Q2 Premature would be 22 P-B4 as long as Black's • • • • K t covers Black's K4 square. A Dl\ln(ul blunder A sU ght variation [rom the beaten path. would have been 22 QxQP due to 22 ... Mor e usual I, S QxP. R·B4 ; 23 Kl-BS, R·K! and t he Whi le Qu e~m 6 . . . . P.B4 18 Q.Bl Q-B2 is caught a rter U Kt·Kt2. Just like K er es ! 7 KtxP B.K2 19 Kt_B4 B.B3 22 . . . . Kt_B4 8 PxP B,P 20 R_Ql Kt-Kt5 23 R.B3 R_B2 9 K t .B3 0 .0 21 P-QR3 RXR ch 24 B.Sl B_B1 10 0·0 Kt.Kt3 22 QxR R_Q 1 Regrouping In both camllS. 11 Q·Kt3 a.Q2 23 Q_Q B1 K t.R3 12 KtxKt Px Kt l 25 P.B4 24 BxB Q,B P-B3 13 Kt_K5 a.R4 25 Q.Kl 26 P-B5 Q-R5 • • • • 14 Q_Q3 Q.K2 26 Kt.K3 P-K R3 A new stolllling lloint. Several w ays to roll 15 B. K3 KR.Ql 27 R.Ql R_QS up lhe King 's slue are dimly vlslblo on the 16 BxB p," 28 R_Q2 Q.R4 horizon. or cou rse not 26 R (3 )-D3, B-K tS! 17 Q-QB3 Kt.Q4 29 Kt_Bl Drawn 44 T HE CH E SS R E VIE W (2) Whe n the Bis hop I, at KB8 or KR6 t he ROOK VS. BISHOP procedur e is the tame. T hill is not so, how· eve r, if the B we re at KR8 becaU1ie of 1 A_ By J OS E M AESTRE KKt 7, K. R4 (1 ... B moves; 2 A attac k, B w ith a s imulta neous threa t of ma te ); 2 R· (Second Installment) KR7ch and w ins t he B) . SOL U T ION TO P ROBL EM N O. Now to prove the rule. l et us examine 1 R.R 1 8 . K t7 Diagram C placing the Black Bishop at his 2 R·RSI . . - . K7. Preventing the King's escape. :: R-RS which would will Is not possible because the D con According to the ru le, W hite mtlst win: trols that square. 1 R. K7 B.B6 ! 2 . . . . B.B8 2 R· K3 B·Kt5 If instead 2 .. . B·M; 3 R-R3 (R-KKt5 would 3 R_Kl! . ... also win), D- Kt7; 4 R·KKt3! etc. ' No t 3 R·K4 or 3 RKKt3 because o f the an· 3 R .KKt5 K.R6 swer 3 ... K·R4! and d raws. Note that 3 4 R. K tSch K_ R 7 R ·K 2- is not possible. Obvi ously not 4 .. . K-R5; 5 R·K t1 ! 3 . . . . 8.86! 5 K. B3 B.K7c h 4 R-KB1 ! . . . . 6 K.B2 il nd wins- Changing th e attack on the B to it fi le where the R can g et to t he secOnd rank if the B PRQPOSlTlQN II goes back to Kt 5. 4 . . . . B_B3! W hen the KhlgJ are in OptoJit;on 6 the 5 R.QBl B·B6 Rook will always W ill (with one exception If 5 . . . B·Kt2 ; 6 n ·B7, D-R S; 7 R·B6, B·Kt4; as shown in Diagram C) . 8 R·Kt6, B·QZ (B anywhere else t he R atta Cks with thM a!); dis. ch, and win s. DIAGRAM C m ating 9 K·K7 6 R. B3 B· Kt5 Blac k 7 R· B2 a nd wi", Another example involving the use of Op. position 6. DIAG RAM 0 • Black White Toh is diag ram is intended to ill ustrate that if Black's Bis hop is on either his KB6, K BS, or KR6, ~ le can draw. White attempts to win: (1) When the B illhop is at KB6: W hite 1 R.K Kt7 W hi t e t o Play and Win The best position for the R. It confines the Black K to the la st fi le and threatens 1 K.B5 • • H-Kt3, etc. T hrea tens Z R-R7 mate. Si nce the B cannot 1 . • • . K·R4 check nor comm3 11d h is KHZ square, B1a ck's 2 K·B5 . . . . J'eply is forced. If instead 2 R·Kt5 ch, K·R5 ; 3 K·65. B·Kt2 1 . . . . K.R3 and draws. W he n the Blac k K huds for the Not .. . K- R5; 2 R·D4ch Wins t he B. Posit ive corner, it is essentia l t hat t he Bis hop 2 K. B6 . . . control his K B6 ·square in order t o d raw. . And now we have Oppos ition 6 again. W hite 2 . . . . K-R3 t h reatens 3 R·B4 attacking t he B an d thr eaten· Forced. Z . . . K·H5? ; 3 K·B4! tumlng the Ing ma te. position In to Opposition 4, covered last month . 2 . . . • K. R4 3 R-Kt3 B-Q8 Whel'evel' the I3 moved, the R woul d be able Draw n Lo atta ck it and s imultaneously t hreat en mate. FEBRUARY, 1939 45 3 R. B5ch K. R3 Twelve players qualified for participation in (he 4 R·B4 and wins. Championsl1ip Tnurnament of the West Side '"Y" Please note that the foregoing exercise is (Manhattan) now in pl'Ogl'ess. They are S, .Almgren (known (0 our re<1ders for somc imcrestin,l!; end 1101 a clue to the solution of Problem No, 2. game ~lUdies we published last year), M. Bullard, PROB L EM NO.2 S. S. Goggan (former Harvard s(ar), C. Dowlin~, C. Forster, O. D. Freedman, S. Gustafson, M. W . Herrick, S. Ka rand)" H, Macormac, M. Neckerman, and L. Tolins. The New York State Chess Association, now in its 60th year, is issuing a ten page quarterly paper caJled The Bulle/in. It will b~ sent.fO all members of Ihe Associalion and is intended to keep (he chess players of New York Slate informed on current aGi\fiti~. Tht Edi.tor is Robert F. Brand of Cazenovia. Cooperaling with him will be Walter L. Murdock, Jr., also of CaZenOyiH, Hnd C. Harold King of H~mihon. M ASSACH USETTS NOTES The Oid Colony CDoJ Le"S'lt fmished it s W inter Toumament with A/J/ebol'o in jim piau by a match score of 10·2, Wooosocket was second 9·3 and New White Bedford,third, 8·4. Other teams included Weymouth, Stoughton, Quine;' and Foxbom. White to Play and Win A new chess club has heen formed in Newwn under the leadership of C. S. Crummett. It will be known as "The Nlllrlon Chef/llllls". In its first Cross Country mHtch the new club defeated the Weymoulh C. C. by n. 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K<1Jhdan gave a simul!aneous exhibition at the positions of this type where one side has Franklin Chess Club (Philadelphia) last momh. sacrificed material, and is Intent on sacrificing Win. Hart, Jr. won -the York CoUnty Chess Champ more to Ollen up the game, rOI'rnal, abstract ionship from a field of -twenty·four contestants. F. principles s uch as "Capture towal'ds the cen Kerber finished scrond, and P. Enders third. ter", " Avoid doubled Pawns", etc., must at • times be disregarded. NOI'mal1y 17 PxRP would be a bad move. in this case the opposite Is WISCONSIN CHESS LETTER true. The advanced passed QRP would turn W e have recei,-cd th e firs! issue of {h e JPiJCorlJ;n the game in a V€ry few moves in White·s Ch eu Leiter intended to serve as a medium through favor. It is already on the fifth. The threats wh ich W isconsin chc5.S players can mairn;ain comae! of P·R6 and R7 in conjunction with B·B6 are with one an other. It will be published quarterly extremely strong. by FrilZ R,zlh llJ ~ 19th ANNUAL • •" HASTINGS , • :E ~c '" E ~ c CHRISTMAS ~• c 0 E • c " • u c 0 0" • ~ .li c .- e.o 0 • -~• , .- 0 ~ CONGRESS •N • ,..,• .-" • -" - - ,..,"0 ~ w ~ - :>: ;: .... ~• ~ Cl ~ , " L.S"bo ...... 11 - 1%1%1 ' 1'" '" ' 1 ' 1' 11 6 10 3 !I 7Yz- l Yz M. E"w, ...... 11 % 1- 10 I % I ' 1'1% 11 ' 1' 3 II 61',- 2% S. L,nd," ...... 11 %1' 1- 10 I , I % I 1', I ' I % I , II 4 I , 4 II 6 -3 V. Pi" ...... II 0 I % I ' I- I 0 I ' I ' II', I ' I ' II , I 2 2 II 6 - 3 E. K I,in ...... · ...... 11 0 I 0 I 0 1'1 - 11'2 1%1'1% 1' II 3 1 3 3 II 4%- 4% P. S. M iln".Bwy ...... ·I! 0 I 0 I 1', I 0 I % I I ' I ' I ' I 1', II 3 I 3 3 II 4%- 41', H. Golornbek ...... · .... 11 % I 0 I % I 0 I % I 0 I- I % I , I ' II 2 I 3 4 II 4 -, G. A. Thorn" ...... · 11 0 I 0 I 0 I 1', I 0 I 0 I % I- I ' I % I! ' I , 3 II 2%- 6% T. H. Tylo, ...... · 11 0 I 0 I % I 0 I % I 0 I 0 I 0 I- I ' II ' I 6 2 II 2 - 7 E. G. "'g"nt ·· .... 11 0 I % I 0 I 0 I 0 I % I 0 I % I 0 1- II 0 I 6 3 II 1 Yz - 7Yz FEBRUARY, 1939 47 should he castle, then 11 ... KtxB, and Black has the slight advantage of t he Bishops. Would You Have Seen It? By IRVING CHERNEV NO. 1 Buffalo, 1893 Allies 35 . . . . Kt.Q7! 41 R.K7 Q_B4 36 R(2)xKt B.K5ch 42 R(1J-Q7 K_B3! 37 K_Kt1 Q.B6 43 R-K3 Q_B8ch 38 QxB QxQ 44 K_Kt2 Q_B3ch 39 P_B7 Q-B3 45 R_B3ch K_Kt2 40 R_Q7 K_Kt2 Not 45 ... K-K3; 46 R-Q3!, QxP?; 47 R(Q) · K3ch with perpetual check or the win of the Q. 46 R-K7 P_Kt4 49 PxP K_Kt3 47 P_Kt4 P_R4 50 P.R4 P-B3 White to make his 15th move 48 P_R3 PxP Resigns A snappy finish in a simult aneous exhibition. Pollock mated in five. Can you? THEORET1CAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP PRELIMINARIES SEMI.FINALS AT LENINGRAD NO. 2 =~ Rev. G. W. Enders, Jr. (Continlled from January isslle) In the French Defense, Botwinnik as Black defended in a novel manner: 1 P_K4, P_K3; 2 P_Q4, P_Q4; 3 Kt_Q2, Kt_KB3; 4 P_K5, KKt_Q2; 5 B_Q3, P.QKt3 (more usual is 5 ... P·QB4; 6 P-QB3, Kt·QB3; 7 Kt·K2, Q·Kt3; /{ Kt-KB3, etc.). Diagram 111 M. Botwinnik =~ W. M. Ha'rt, Jr. This position occurred in the seventh game of a ten game match held in 1936, for the Championship or York County, Pa, \Vhite, on the move, mated in five. How? • SOLUTIONS ON PAGE 52 Chessplayers desiring to turn their lib raries into cash are requested to get in The idea of Black's fifth move is to rid him touoh with us. We will be glad to ap_ of h is immobile QB by the threat of exchanging praise any Ilbrary and make a cash offer it at QR3. The game continued: 6 Q-K2, P_QB4: for it in whole or in part. Address: THE 7 P_QB3, PxP; 8 PxP, Kt.QB3; 9 KKt_B3, Kt_ CHESS REVIEW, 25 W. 43rd St., New Kt5. While is now at a. disadvantage for should York, N. Y. he retreat 10 B-Ktl, then follows 11 B-Rg or Problem Department By V INCENT 1 . EATON A"druJ all ("on~spoIfJl!lIre ~e/ Whoever coined that pretty ph rase about d one much to revive In te rest and experimen t "the Eld ltor's ea..sy chair " obviously was n ot In a fi eld whic h many had regar ded as ex thlnk!ng about It Problem Editor's, which 'is h austed. sometimes like a. wheel chair, sometimes Lately, Mr. Cheney has developed a t ast e for slightly -e lectric! I am g r adually ·gettlng ad the t hematic t ype of p roblem, In which l'estrlc· justed to It, with the kind help of Mr. Cheney. Hon s of form a n d purity of mate are sub· who has made the transition as tlalnless as ordlnated to emphasis on Idea and intera ction possible. To all who have sent In congratula of pieces. " Theme In problems", he write s, " Is tions and suggestions, go my heartiest thanks. li ke plot in dr ama; without It the art may be Let me explain at the outset that this will brilliant, but finally grows meaningless. I found be a. very democratic Department. Like most this true e ven in miniatu res. There mu st ·b e of what Is published on this side of the Atl antle, a '·point' o r I am no longer e nt ertained ." W ith a problem section 18 designed to renect the pre· this new vie wpoint, Mr. Cheney has recent ly ferences of itt readers, and must rest on their been e xperimenting with s t rat egic ideas. One volu ntary support. I shOuld like. therefore. to of his techn ica l in novations has been a type conduct a n info rmlLl P oll of Public Opinion of W hit e half!)ln In which one W h ite piece among you. to discover just what you want unp ins another , with both capt Ured alternately, In t he way of problem s and a r ticles. So please as Illustrat ed In No. 1274. He has not y-e t write In your views on h ow yoU t hink t he perfected his tech niQue In the s t ra t egic t ype Department should be conduct ed: whether you of pr oblem, but h e has had s ome success In want more two-movers or t h r·ee-movers, seH In te rnational tourney com position. mates or F a ir ies; whether you woulu like more dlscu SB ion by the Editor or none at a ll Those interested In Mr. Cheney's work may (which would be quite understandable); wheth consult a further selection or h is best pr oblems, er y ou wish articles on solving or composing. published last Autumn In the Chr istian Science or both. In fact, criticize everything connected Monitor. w it h the De part ment-eve rythlng, that is, ex cept the Editor's private lire. T here will be ODe c hange, e rrectlve Immedi INFORMAL LADDER a t ely. Hen ceforth solutions will be received ·"P. Rothen berg 854, 93; H. Medier 864, u ntil the 25th of t he m on th (oll owing publl· 70 ; H. Stenzel 816, 35 ; . \. Burdein 736, 65; cation of a ll ,p roblems. This applles re tro ' I. Genud 725, _ ; ' i. Kuhdan 713, - ; Or. actively, and answers t o the J anuary offerings P. G. Keeney 651, 63; BiB Beers 622, 46 ; which are submitt ed up t o February 25 th, wl\1 Bour ne Smith 571, 18 ; · ·'Or. G. Dobbs 554, be c redited on the March Ladder. T his will 85; "·M. Gonzalu 546, _ ; . W. Patz 452, 60; normall y allow from four to six weeks fo r E. Kor panty 449, _ ; I. Burn 437, -; W. Jent solv ing. 402, 20; *A. S haftal 410, 40; ' I. Rlvis e 389, Which brings us to t he matter of this month's. 55; u ~ H. B. Da ly 357, 90; W . Keysor 326, 18 ; La dder P du, won for the fourth time by Mr. K. La y 303, 20 ; J. Sc hmidt 302, _ ; K. Stubb. P. L. Rothenberg. Congratulations! The Honor 278, -; H. Hausner 264, _ ; · C. Miller 262, _; P rize goes t o E. M. H. Guttmann for his T . McKen na 252, 49; "·G, Plowma n 249, 63; splendid strategiC five-move r , No. 121 2. L. Greene 239, _ ; Or. M. Herzberger 236, _ ; i. &. M. Hoc hberg 224, 93; B. M. Marth" .. 220, 32; F. Sprenger 199, 46; W, Jacobs 164, _; T he last n ine diagrams this mO llth re view A. Grant 152, ; A. Saxe r 133, _ ; L. E is ner t he wor k of OUI' retiring P rohlem Ed itor, Mr. 12'9, - ; W. Neuert 126, _ ; J . Ha n nut 125, Richard Ch eney. Mr. Cheney. who Is & teach er 78 ; J. T utch 39. of English at Rochest er H igh School, was bO l' n May 17, 1908 and received an A. B. degree from Allegheny College in 1931 . H e began to SO LUTIO NS play chen som e eight years ago, and becam e N o 11 95 by F. G"mage: 1 S,,2 attract ed a lmost Imme d!at ely to problem s. H is Flle ..an \ promo tion 8t udy-Dobb ~ . fi r st composltlon. a m iniature, appear ed In the My choice-l l cK e nn". Bost on T ranscript In Nov., 1931, and fore N o. 11 96 by C. S. Klp!)!nA" : 1 S iS 1·'\ne ~ft.Cr!tlce Ilnd hloc.k piay in economic shadowed his later success In t hat genre. ~eUinl(. My vote-Ho\h enherg. Next to Wurzburg and Dobbs, Mr. Cheney Is 11 97 Uy C. S. KI J.plng & E. D8.vi ~: 1 B t7 . Very 1l1c@ block- lfooler. America's fi nest cont em pora r y composer of Stra te jl"\c lI hutoft key_ Keysor. minia t ures. He has published about 150 prob No. 11 98 by C. S . K lppi ll/( : I Se{ (Not 1 8<1 1. S ft! ) lems. o f w hic h only three have been t wo F in t chou. Ha irpins a r e excellent-Keeney 11 99 by D r. G. Oobh8: I S0!4 m overs, a nd a majority have had seve n pieces "'0. A lK!a utifut problem-KO!ysor. or lesa. Nos. 1267-73 a re specimens Of h is Var iat ion after l_UxR very nn_"fe Original Section No. 1249 No. 1252 No. 125 5 B I L L BEERS DR. G. DOBBS V. L. EATON Willmar, Minn. Carrollton, Ga. Washington, D. C. Mate in 2 Mate In 2 Mare In 2 No. 1250 No. 12 ~ 3 No. 1256 BILL BEERS v. L. EATON DR. P. G. KEENEY Wil lmar , Minn. Washington, D. C. Bellevue, Ky. ~ Mate in 2 Mate in 2 Mate In 2 No. 1251 No. 1254 No. 1257 DR. G. DOBBS V. L. EATON MAXWELL BUKOFZER Carrollton, Ga. Washington, D. C. Bellaire, L. I. Mate in 2 .Mate in · 2 Mate in 3 SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE MARCH 25th, 1939 50 TH E CHESS REVIEW Original Section (cont'd) No. 1258 No. 1261 No. 1264 MAXWELL BUKOFZER R. FAIRLEY C, S. KIPPING Bellaire, L. I. New York City W ednesbury, England Mace In 3 Mate in 3 No. 1259 No. 1262 No. 1265 DR. G. ERDOS G. GOSMAN HERBERT W . THORNE Vienna, Austria. Tantori, Brasov, Roumania St. Pete rsburg, Fla. Mat e In 3 Mate 111 3 Mate In 3 No. 1260 No. 1263 No. 1266 DR. G. ERDOS C. S. KIPPING THOMAS S. McKENNA Vienna, Altstria Wednesbury, England Lima, Ohio = Mate in 3 Mate in 3 Mate in 4 SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE MARCH 25th, 1939 F EBRU ARY, 1 939 ' 1 Quoted Section No. 1267 No. 1270 No. 1273 R. CHEN EY R. CHENEY R. CHENEY C. C. L . A. Bulletin A mer ica n Chess Bulletin Cincinnat i Enquirer Mar., 1934 Jan., 1934 Aug. 25, 1935 Mate In 3 Mate In 3 Mate 1ll 4 • No. 1268 1271 No. 1274 ENEY R. CHENEY R. CHENEY Grand Rapid!> Herald L. ,~ ; Briti5h Chess Maga>:i ne Nov. 25, 1934 Jan., 1938 Mme in 3 Mate m 3 No. 1269 No. 1272 No. 127:i R.CHENEY R. CHENEY R. CH ENEY In Memoriam; H. W. Barry American Cheu Bulletin 8rltl.h Chen Maga>: in e Honor Pr l>:e, The Chess Re view June, 1933 1934 Nov., 1934 • Mate in 3 Mate in 4 Mate in 5 SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE MARCH 25th, 1939 52 T H E C HESS R E V !E W X O. · 120 3 1.y U" ){W~1I ]lu iwf,.,·'" J Kd:l ;\" () , 1210 1> " p , To. n " ' l,, ' ,, l " ' l' ~ (T hi ~ ,"',] l\()~ . 12H- 1 . . . Pxl' 2 lJeL 12 11 . aI',' (lu-'., I""" olf"'-ill ); c , u._ inl( ( h H 1 . . . I'd 2 K e 2 u n o r th od o x " ~ \ ll l L ' " o f \ \' h il ' - p i'omotion \ 0 Cl p. Y ~ r va riat io ns: 8im]Jie nmi " ~M " II la('k p i, "'" I 1',, 1) II ; .,,,-k i1 ish Oj)) , ' h Ho",."" Slllil \l , 1 . . l ..:ll ~ 2 q h k h . l;hG :1 ( jxP I I I , i.,' ]', T., I t ," I " 'lli " 'I' ~ : I i'x>' ( H l " ~ k X o _ I 2111 ,., i\ . .,. 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