HONOR PRIZE PROBLEM THOMAS S. McKENNA Lima, Ohio
M-ATE IN FOUR MOVES
TH&OFFICIAL ORGAN OfTHB UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION THE DALLAS TOURNAMENT New York State Championship Santasiere + Sturgis + Reinfeld + White
-===~--~ I OCTOBER, 1940 MONTHLY 30 cents ANNUALLY $3.00 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Vol. VIII, No.7 Publhhl!d M01llhly October, 1940 CHESS FEDERATION Published bi· monthly June · September; published monthly October · May by THE CHESS REVIEW, 25 West 43.rd Street, New York, N. Y. Telephone WlsconSln 7·3742. Domestic subscriptions: One Year $3.00; Two Years $5 .50; Five Years $12.50. Single copy 30 cents. Foreign subscriptions: $3.50 per year ex(ept U. S. Possessions, Canada, Mexico, Central and South Am erica. Sin gl e (Opy. 30 cents. Copyright 1939 by THE CHESS REVIEW "Reentered as second class matter July 26, 1940, at REVIEWI. A. HOROWiTZ . the post office at New York, N. Y ., under the Act FRED REINFELD of March 3, 1879. Editors
World Championship One other aspect of the situation is worth noting: according to a T ;meJ interview, Capa. Run Around blanca stated that "aside from himself" the By FRED REINFELD most suitable candidates for a Championship Chess players will be delighted to hear that Match were Paul Keres and Mikhail Botvinnik. Dr. Alekhine's whereabouts have now been Having read t.his sort of thing more than once, ascertained, for the New York TimeJ reports I cannot aVOId the suspicion that these two that he recently communicated with J. R. Capa. players are hvored because of their geographi_ blanca regarding the world championship title. cal unavailability. There is of course not the It almost sounds like the piping times of peace, sli$~test que.stion as to their preeminence and however, to learn that a new act, no more ~bdlty, but It has beco~e quite the vogue to entertaining than the previous ones, is being Ignore ReJheVJky and Fllle ostentatiously when. added to the already interminable ballet of ever World Championship possibilities are match negotiations. being discussed. On August 4 the TillleJ headlined: This snootiness baffles the writer, because "CAPABLANCA HERE READY FOR Res.h evsky and Fine have very definitely held MATCH theIr own, to say the least, in the three great Cuhan Chess Star Would Play for Title, tournaments of recent years (Nottingham, Sem. hut Lacks Word on Fate of Alekhine." mering and Avro). Don't these ladJ even de_ On September 8, the headlines had changed JeJ'1,'e to be IIrwtioned?.I What goes on? to: P. S. With European chess blacked out for "ALEKHINE IS SAFE; PROPOSES MATCH the duration, and with a superb array of such Chess Champion in Marseilles, Seeks a Pass· masters as Capablanca, Dr. lasker, Marshall, Reshevsky, Fine, Horowitz and Kashdan -(to port to Cuba to Negotiate Terms mention no others) on hand, we have the mak. CAPABLANCA IS DOUBTFUL ings of a magnificent master tourney right in Says Only Clubs in Argentine Are Interested our own country. How about it, che!! patrons in Backing Contest for the Title." al/d fans?.' The August 4 item strewed buttercups all over the possibility of a match, as for example: Slaflghter.' ''The Cuban master is still hopeful that, when. Kemeri.Riga 19S9 ever Dr. Alekhine is available and amenable INDIAN DEFENSE to a match, the committee of the Argentine M. Feigin S. Szabo Chess Federation will continue the negotiations White BlaCk 1 P.Q4 Kt·KBS 13 R.Q1 for . an encounter between these two experts Kt. Kt2 2 P.QB4 P·KKtS 14 P·Q5 B. Kt2 whICh were begun in Buenos Aires immediately S Kt.QB3 P.Q4 15 Q·K4 p,p after the close of the international meeting." 4 Kt.B3 B. Kt2 16 KtxP Kt.K3 5 Q.Kt3 PxP 17 Kt.KtS Q.Q2 . But the real c~ux of the matter is expressed 6 QxBP 0·0 18 B.BS R_Qt tn a stray sentence from the September 8 ac_ 7 P·K4 P.BS 19 Q.KR4 Kt.Bl count: "They were both in Buenos Aires 8 B·K2 P.KtS 20 KtxRP Kt.B3 for the international meeting, but left there 9 Q.QS Kt-R4 21 KtxKt RxKt without an understanding." Etc., etc., etc., 10 0·0 Kt.Q2 22 B·Kt5 Q.K3 11 P_K5 Kt-Ktl 23 BxP Resigns etc, 12 P.KR3 B.R1 146 THE CHESS REVIEW Chess at Dallas • , GEORGE STURGIS By " The 1940 Open Tournament of the United • • States Chess Federation has just been held at .~- • Dallas, Texas. The games wcrc played in the • beautiful Adolphus Hotel which placed at our '" • disposal for the TOllrnament a large room on ~ the 21st fl oor, .high above the city. From the windows we enjoyed a magnificent view of the city of Dallas and the surrounding country, and contrary to the pessimism of many of my friends who predicted nothing but suffocating heat in Dallas in August, 1 .found the climate truly delightful- warm but not humid and with fresh breezes which kept the air circulating most of the time. Twenty_seven players entered the tourna. ment. Ten states and Canada were represented. Under the able directi on of Messrs. T hompson and McKee of the local committee every detai l was handled to the satisfaction of everybody. WEAVER ADAMS Upon M r. McKee devolved the duties of toUT. nament director as M e T hompson, Chairman of the local committee and one of the strongest followed. T he games of Adams were fol. players in the south, had elected to compete lowed with particular interest by many, since in the tournament. he is the welLknown author of "White to Play and W in"' and the spectators were curious Three sectio ns were formed of ni ne players to see if his theories would work against strong in each section. Reuben Fine, famous inter_ competition. Curiously enough, in the final nationalist, was seeded in one section; H erman round of play, Adams won all his games with Steiner of Los Angeles in another; and W eaver the blark pieces and failed to win a single Adams of Dedham in the third. Two games game with wh ite, although he succeeded with we re scheduled each day, afternoon and eve· white in drawing aga i n~t Elo. How do you ning. Adjourned games were completed on account fo r that, W eaver? the next fo llowing morning. During the course of the tournament many srl('ndid games were played. In the prelimi. naries Thompson, Roddy, and flo each suc· 'rbe Prot'fl'bi A curious situation developed in one of the SECTION I games in which one player announced a mate Player W' L in three, forgot to push his clock, his time ran W. W . Adams, Dedhams, Mass ..... 7 _1 out, and his opponent claimed the game on E. W . Marchand, Clayton, Mo ...... 7 _I time forfeiture! Shortly thereafter the players W. N. Kendall, San Antonio ...... 6Yz-l Yz agreed upon a draw. But this agreement was Daniel Mayers, Tucson, Ariz...... 5 .3 subsequently nullified by the tournament di _ George Sturgis, Boston, Mass, ...... 4Y2.3Y2 rector because the game was of vital conse. Walter F. Brown, Houston .. , ...... 2Y2.5Y2 quence to a third player. The final decision C B. Cook, Fort Worth . , ...... 1 Y2 .6Yl of the referee urheld the claim to time .for_ Albert Meyer, Dallas ...... 1 .7 feiture in spite 0 the announced mate in three. Robert Potter, Edinburg, Texas ...... 1 ~7 Moral: better complete your move in time even though you have mate on the move. Following the tournament a delightful ban_ SECTION II quet was held at the Y.M.CA., a truly pleasant Reuben Fine, New york ...... 6Yz-1Yz ending to the first Open Tournament held J. C. Thompson, Dallas ...... 6Yl-1Yl under the new banner of the United States Arpad E. Elo, Milwaukee ...... 6 .2 Chess Federation. Albert Roddy, Jr., Tulsa ...... 5 -3 Joseph Rauch, Montreal ...... 4Y2.3Yz Edgar Hartsfield, Dallas ...... 4Yz-3Yl A Bitler Battle All The Way . Kirk D. Holland, Fort Worth ...... 1Y2-6Yl BISHOP'S OPENING R. S. Underwood, Lubbock ...... 1 Yz-6Yl W. W. Adams W. N. Kendall R. D. Allentharp, Austin ...... 0 .8 White Black 1 P·K4 P_K4 27 KtxBP R.R 2 B.B4 B·B4 28 Kt.R5ch K·Kt3 SECfION III 3 Kt.QB3 Kt·KB3 29 PxR KxKt Herman Steiner, Los Angeles ...... 7 .1 4 P.Q3 p.QS SO P.KR4 P·KR3 Harold Burdge, Ventnor City, N. 6 .2 5 P.B4 B.KKt5 31 P.B P.P J... 6 Kt.BS Kt.B3 32 K.B3 R.Q2 Howard E. Ohman, Omaha, Neb .... 5Y2.2Yz 7 Kt·QR4 B.Kt3 33 K.K3 R.K2 J. W . Stapp, Dallas ...... , ...... 5Y2.2Y2 8 P.KRS BxKt 34 P.Q4 PxPch c. W. Hrissikopoulos, Corpus Christi. 4 .4 9 QxB Kt-QR4 35 KxP K.Kt5 Bela Rosza, Waco ...... , . 3 .5 10 PxP P.P 36 R.K5 R.R 11 B·Kt5 Q.Q3 37 KxR KxP W. M. P. Mitchell, Brookline, Mass .. . 2Y2.5Y2 12 0·0·0 Q·B3 38 K_B5 P.Kt5 Edwin 1. Sanger, Dallas ...... 1Y2-6h 13 KA.B1 KtxB 39 P-K5 K.B6 A. D. McNabb, Dallas ...... l -7 14 PxKt 0-0 40 P.K6 P.Kt6 15 Kt_BS B.Q5 41 P·K7 P·Kt7 16 BxKt OxB 42 P.K8(Q) P.Kt8(Q) 17 QxQ P.O 43 Q.K4ch K.B7 CONSOLATION TOURNAMENT 18 Kt·Q5 P_B3 44 Q.Q4ch K.Kt7 19 KtxPch K-Kt2 45 QxQch K.Q Player W L 20 A.Q3 QR.Q1 46 K.K5 K-B7 Rauch, Montreal ...... 5 .2 P_B5 J. 21 B.P 47 K·Q6 K·K7 Edgar Hartsfield, Dallas ...... 22 Kt.Q7 B·K6ch 48 K.B7 K.Q7 .4Y2-2Y2 23 K.Q1 KR·K1 49 KxP K·B7 Chas. HrissikopouIos, Corpus Christi..4 _2 24 K·K2 B·Kt4 50 KxBP K.P Daniel Mayers, Tucson ...... 4 .3 25 R.B5 P.B3 51 P·R4 K·B6 Albert Roddy, Jr., Tulsa ...... 4 .3 26 P·KKtS R.K2 Drawn Bela Rozsa, Waco ...... 3 -4 George Sturgis, Boston ...... 3 -4 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED W. M. P. Mitchell, Brookline, Mass ... h.6Y2 A. Elo H. Burdge White Black CLASS A TOURNAMENT . 1 P·Q4 P.Q4 13 Kt·B5 BxKt • 2 P.QB4 P·K3 14 BxB P.KKt3 Player . W L 3 Kt.QB3 Kt.KB3 15 B.Q3 Kt.K3 A. D. McNabb, DalJas ...... 7 .0 4 B·Kt5 QKt.Q2 16 R·RS . P·B4 5 P.KS p.B3 17 PxP P_Q5 Kirk D. Holland, Fort Worth ...... 6 .1 6 PxP KPxP 18 BxKt B.B R. S. Underwood, Lubbock ...... 4 .3 7 B.Q3 B.K2 19 Kt.K4 B.Kt2 R. B. Potter, Edinburg ...... 4 -3 8 Q.B2 0-0 20 P.R5 P·B4 Edwin Sanger, DalJas ...... 3 _4 R_Kl 9 0·0·0 21 Kt·Q6 R·K2 C. B. Cook, Fort Worth ...... 2 -5 10 KKt.K2 Kt.Bl 22 PxKtP RPxP 11 Kt-Kt3 B-K3 23 B.B4 Resigns R. n. Allentharp, Austin ...... 1 .6 12 P_KR4 P·QRS Albert Meyer, DaJlas ...... 0 .7 148 T Hll C HE SS R EVIEW A. C. F. TOURNAMENT-FINALS - .3- ~ =...... 1 ...... I ...... 1 ...... I ...... 1.:;+ ...... ';.Je; ...... Roddy cOllertd himself" with glory with the 26 .... QxPeh 27 K.B3 RxKt fol/owing stnJa#onal draw agaimt Fille: 28 QxReh R·B2 29 QxB K.Kt2 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 30 B·B4 R·B3 R. Fine A. Roddy Drawn. A very cre ditable game by White. White Black who was not afraid 10 " mix i V' with his 'or· t P_Q4 Kt .K93 13 P_K R4 P. Kt5 mldable opponent. 2 P_QB4 P_K3 14 Kt-Q4 QKtxKt 3 Kt.KB3 P.Q4 15 QxB KtxQB 4 Kt.S3 a.K .. 16 PxKKt I(t.84 5 Q-Kt3 p.B4 17 PxP KtxKtP 6 8.l(t5 Kl_SS 18 R_Kt1 p,p Sixt} mol'tS dr~ 111" tIloNgh! 7 QP"P 0 .0 19 KtxP QxRP 8 P-K3 P. KR3 20 Q_K B4 8 .K3 QUEEN'C GAMBiT DECLINED 9 B_R4 P-KKt4 21 Kt-K7eh K.R2 H. Steiner B. Rosza 10 B_Kt3 Kt.K5 22 B-03eh P. B4 11 9 . K 2 Q.93 23 K_Q2 QR.Kl White Black 12 QR_Sl P.KR4 1 P·Q4 P.Q4 32 P,Q R,P 2 Kt·KB3 P.KS p , p KR_QB2 Fine 3 P_B4 Kt.KBS "34 P.BS Kt·R4 4 Kt.B3 P·BS 3~ Rx R R,R 5 B.KtS B_K2 36 B_Q S R·Q3 6 P.KS P_KR3 37 B.K4 R_Q7 7 B.R4 0.0 38 R.QBl K.K2 8 Q-B2 QKt_Q2 39 P.Kt5 Kt.B5 9 P_Q RS P_QKt3 40 P·R4 Kt.K3 10 R.Q1 B_Kt2 41 R·R1 Kt_B4 11 B.Q3 R.B1 42 R.R7ch R.Q2 12 0·0 P. B4 43 Rx Rch K,R 13 BPxP KtxP 44 B·B6ch K.Q3 14 BxB Qd 45 K_Kt2 Kt-K3 15 KtxKt BxKt 46 K.KtS Kt.Q5 16 Q-K2 P. B ~ 47 B.K8 K.K2 17 8· Kt1 P.B6 48 B.Kt6 KtxKtP 18 KR·K1 BxKt 49 K.B4 Kt.Q3 19 PxB p,p 50 K.K5 P·Kt4 20 QxP P_B4 51 K_QS P·Kt5 21 K.Rl Kt.BS 52 8.82 Kt.B2 22 R·Kt1 R.Q82 53 P·B4 Kt-Ql 23 R·Kt2 Q.QS 54 K·K5 Kt.B3ch How is White to 81l lvage the errant Knight? 24 Q"R.Kt1 KR.B2 55 K·Q5 Kt.R4 He hit!! on the combination of It lifetime : 25 R·Kt6 K.Bl 5& K.B5 P_Kt6 24 R.K RH II KtxR 26 B.R2 Q-B3 57 B.K4 P.Kt7 27 Q.Kt4eh KR.K2 58 K·Kt4 Kt.B3eh 25 R ICKt Q,R p,p 26 Q.Kt5 28 P·K4 59 K·B3 K.Q3 29 P.Q5 PxQP 60 KxP Drawn The point. White's mating threat forces 30 PxP P.QR4 Black can win with the draw. 31 PxP P,Q 60 ... Kt·Q5 etc. O CT OBER , 1 9 4 0 l49 tell us how Grand Masters were determined Things I Never Knew before the birth and after the death of Czar 8)' FRED RElN~' &L1) N ic holas II! We chess players are often saddened by the According to Mr. T ay lor, "most of the scant attention given to chess; we are alwars players looked to be in their thirties-thin, hoping that the game ~' e. love so m~ e h WIll nervous, bespe'Ctacled men witli .tense fac~ s be given favorahle publLelty ~f t~e kl?d that and quick hands." The concocti on of th~ s appeared in a re The driving force of Black's logiwliy built Absolutely forced, to meet the threat 28 ... up phalanx on the King_side ultimately de Kt·Kl, since White cannot afford 28 R-Q·j (so as to answer 28 ... Kt·Kl with 29 P-B4) , Kt (ides the issue. Kt5! 29 Q·B3 (29 Q-Q2, P-K6; 30 PxP, BxB; 31 DUTCH DEFENSE (In effect) KxB, KtxPch etc.), P-B5 ! with a murderous attack. (Notes by S. N. Bernstein) O. Polland S. N. Bern'steln 28 . , , . PxP e.p, 32 R.B3 B_Kt4 29 QxQ RxQ 33 Kt. B2 P_Kt5 White Black 30 BxP B_Kt6 34 B_Kt2 RxP 1 P_Q4 Kt_KBS 31 R.Q3 B_B5 -35 P_R3 P_KR4! 2 P_QB4 P_K3 3 Kt_KBS B_Kt5ch 35 ... QR-Kl WflS good enough (threat; 36 4 B_Q2 Q_K2 . . , R-K8ch followed by 37 ... R(1)-K7, like· 5 P-QR3 ••.. wise doubling Rs on the 7th l'ank; but Black Losing a tempo, since Black would eventu was intrigued by the idea of somehow opening up the KR file t Ol' a matIng attack. ally exchange anyway, 5 Kt-B3, BxKt etc. gives Black a favorable form of the Dutch De 36 P_QR4 6,P fense. On the other hand, the best square for 37 R_R3 B-Kt4 his QKt is QB3, l)ence White rejects the line 38 RxP , . . , 5 P-KKt3, ExBch! {) QxB, Kt-K5; 7 Q-82, Q Kt5ch! leaving White with an unpromising posi tion (8 QRt-Q2, KtxKt; 9 KtxKt, Kt-E3 etc.). 5 • . . • BxBch 9 B_Kt2 P_Q3 6 QxB Kt_KS 10 Kt_S3 KtxKt 7 Q_B2 P_KB4 11 QxKt Kt_Q2 8P_KKt3 0·0 11 ... Kt-E3 allows 12 P-Q5, after which 12 ... PxP gives White pressure on the QB file, while 12 , , , Kt·Ql; 13 PxP gives White's B a strong diagonal. 12 0-0 P.K4 13 PxP p,p 14 QR.Ql R.K1 15- P_QKt4 Kt.B3 16 Kt_Kl R-Kt1 An important move, since an attempt or ' White's Kt to reaCh QB6 will simply be met by .. , P-QKt3, Polla.nd 17 Kt_Q3 P. K5 18 Kt_B4 P·B3 38 . . . . P·R5! 19 P _BS P·KKt4! The winning move. If 39 BxP, BxB; 40 RxB, Quite logical. Dlack's whole ~etup is based PxKtP; 41 Kt-Rl, PxP! 42 KtxP, R-Kt7ch; 43 on the chances (or a K side attack. K·Rl, RxKt; 44 R-B7ch, K-Kt3; 45 QRxP, RxR; 20 R_Q6 K_B2 46 RxR, Kt·Kt5 and 47 ... P·R7. Not 20 .. , R -BJ; 21 Q-B4ch, K-Rl; Or 39 Kt-Rl, P-B5! etc. Finally if 39 Kt-Q3, KS, ·R·Ktl; 23 KR·Ql etc. PxKtP; -10 R-Rl, BxKt; 41 RxB, p ·B5 etc. 21 Q.B4¢h K.Kt2 39 RPxP RPxP 42 B_B1 P.B5 22 Kt.R3 · , , . 40 Kt.Q3 BxKt 43 R_KB3 Kt_Q4 There is nothing in 22 RxKt, KxR etc. 41 RxB R·K8ch 44 R_R2 QR·K1 22, .. , P·KR3 While resigns. An o(]d ;position; there is 23 KR_Q1 B_K3 no defense to the lIneat (among othel's) 01: 24 Q.Q4 B.Kt6! 45, .. R(1) ·K6! A valuable "intermezzo." White is now re If 45 K-Kt2, KB3 (01' ·15 ... Kt-K6ch; ,16 luctant to play 25 R-Q2, not only because or a K-Ktl, P-Kt7) and White is paralyzed: 46 IJossible , , , P-K6 later on. but also because B-Q3, Kt·K6ch; 47 K·R3, R·Rt mate. by leaving the first rank unguarded, he will be forced to exchange Qs after ... Q-Ki (it Dlack so desires i ) . 25 R_QB1 B. Q4 26 Q.K3 Q.K4 ShainJwit comments: II During the recellt Realh:ing that White is only bluffing in his Championship T oflrnmnml, the greatest buga_ threat to sacrifice a piece. boo" as far as 1 was concerned, was the time. 27 R.Q1 · . . , clock. WilneSJ the effects of the time element Note the time gained by 24 , · . B-Kt6. ill m)' games with Fine and Reshevskyll In the 27 . . . . R.K2 29 P_B4 · . , . foLlowing game I sol1!(!d that perplexing prob_ DO OCTOBER, 1940 lem by tbe tmly beall/iful idea of repetitioll of W bite's Kin/!. is sllloked ONt of bis lair. 1II0IJes, thlls gaining rita! .reconds." SICILIAN DEFENSE w. Adams D. Polland INDIAN DEFENSE White Black (Notes by G. Shainswit) 1 P_K4 P_QB4 20 P_Kt5 B_R8 G. Shaln swit P. Wofiston 2 Kt-KB3 P_Q3 21 K_Ktl PxKt White Black 3 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 22 K,B p,p 1 P.QB4 Kt-KB3 5 B_Kt2 0_0 4 Kt·B3 p,p 23 R_QKtl p,p 2 Kt.KB3 P.KKt3 6 0·0 P.Q4 5 KtxP P_K Kt3 24 R,P Q·R2eh 3 P-Q4 B_Kt2 7 Q.Kt3 QKt·Q2 6 B-K2 B_Kt2 25 K·Kt2 Kt·K4 4 P-KKt3 P_B3 8 PxP .. .. 7 B·K3 Kt_B3 26 Q_Kt4 Kt_B5eh This exchange gives White a sli~ht positional 8 Q.Q2 Kt_KKt5 27 K_B 1 K_B2 edge. 9 8xKt B,B 28 Q_B3 Kt-K4 8 . . . . p,p 10 P·B3 B_K3 29 Q.K3 Q·R8eh 9 Kt·B3 Q_R4 11 KtxB PxKt 30 R_Kt1 RxPeh Not a good Idea. 12 B_R6 B_B3 31 K,R R_B l eh 10 B_Q2 R·Ql 13 Q_Kt4 Q_Kt3 13 Kt_ K2 R_QBl 32 K_Q2 Q.R7eh 11 Kt·QKt5 Q_Kt3 14 Q_R4 Q_R3 14 0-0·0 Kt-K4 33 K_K1 QxReh 12 Q_R4 Q_R3 15 Q.Kt3 .. . . 15 P_QKt3 P·QKt4 34 K_B2 R.B7eh Repetition t he First: see the introductory 16 Kt.Q4 Q_Q2 35 K. Kt3 O'R comment. Of course It is important not to 17 P_KKt4 Kt-B3 36 Q.B4eh K_K1 repeat the same position three times, or the 18 KtxKtP Q·Kt2 Resig ns wary opponent would claim the draw. 19 P_QR4 P-R3 15 . . . . Q_Kt3 16 B-B4 R_B1 A gmelfing war of nerves which had a vital 17 Kt.B7 QxQ 18 PxQ R_Ktl bea611g Oil the final distribution of prize!. 19 Kt_Kt5! ... RUY LOPEZ .Repetition t he Second(!) and "obviously" (Notes by Fred Reinfeld) superior to the immediate RxP. I. Kashdan S. Reshevsky White Black 19 . . . . R_Rl 22 KR·R1 R_Kt2 1 P_K4 P_K4 5 0·0 B_K2 20 Kt·B7 R_Kt1 23 Kt_K5! R,R 2 Kt-KB3 Kt_QB3 6 Q_K2 P_QKt4 21 RxP P-Kt3 24 RxR P_K3 3 B-Kt5 P.QR3 7 B-Kt3 P_Q3 25 Kt.B6! • • • • 4 B·R4 Kt_B3 8 P-QR4 B_Kt5 VI'hite's pieces infiltrate on all weak points. As in his game vs. P inkus, (New York 1939 25 . . . . K_R 1 -but not quite th, same position), this de· To save t he exchange. velopment later leads to difficulties for Resh- 26 B.Q6 R_KKtl evsky. Forced. 9 P.B3 0 .0 19 Kt_B5 Kt. Kt2 27 Kt_K7 R·B1 10 P-R3 B_R4 7! 20 RxR ' ,- R,R Now comes Repetition the Third! 11 P-Q3 Kt-R4 21 KtxBch QxKt 28 Kt_B6 R_Kt1 32 P_KKt4 KKt·B3 12 B_B2 P_B4 22 Kt-R4 Kt.B4 29 Kt_K7 R_Bl 33 B_Bl Kt_R2 13 PxP p,p 23 Kt_B5 BxKt 30 P_K 3 P_R3 34 B·Kt5 KKt-B3 14 P.KKt4 B.Kt3 24 KPxB P_K5 31 P.B3 Kt_R4 35 8 .B6 . . . . 15 QKt_Q2 Q_B2 25 R·Q1 R_K1 Removing the meallS of escape for Black's B. 16 Kt_R4 P_Q4 26 R-Q4 P_R3 35 . . . . K_R2 17 QKt_B3 p,p 27 B.K3 Kt-Q6 36 A·R8 • • • • 18 PxP P·B5 28 BxKt BPxB Under the time lfmlt- anu by vIrtue of the Kashdan has . characteristically lliayed fo r new technique with four m inutes to spare!! the Es, but the Kt was too str ong. He is Black resigns. replaced by a venomous passed P whiCh must Final Position : always be watched. \Vhite now wins the weak ~~W 0 1iston QK tP, but Reshevsky resourcefully creates counterplay by removIng \Vhite's B, thus mak ing the QP more potent than ever. ~ Q.qr' Kf-(J"Z :N J5'"_S"6 ~, ~ 30 K-Kt2 Kt_Kt3 35 QxP R_Q l 31 Q-Kt3 Kt-B5 36 Q-R5 R,R 32 QxP KlxBeh 37 BPxR Q-Kt2 33 PxKt P_R4 38 Q-Q8eh K-Kt2 39 P_Kt5 P_B4! The play now becomes very delicate and tricky. If in r eply 40 Q·B6ch, K-Ktt; 41 QxP? P ·Q7: 42 Q.B1, QxP and wins. 4{} K_B2 QxPeh 41 K_Kt3 Q-Kt2 42 K·B2 K_R2 Black's difllculty is that a per petual check is unavoidable; but t his seemingly barren po. sition still has IlOss!bllities. 152 THE CHESS REVIEW 43 P.R4! P·B5! 46 Q_B6 K.Kt1 ~~Slmonson 44 PxP P_Q7 47 Q_Q8ch K.R2 45 K_K2 P_K6 48 Q_B6 Q.B2! The crisis: Black seems to be able to con tinue guarding against a Ilerpetuai check with . . . Q-B5cb, which will also produce a new Queen. How is White to save himself? Ku:pChi k 16 • • • • RxP! 32 P_KKt3 P_KKt4 17 KtxR KtxB 33 R_R8 Kt·BS 18 RPxKt BxKtoh 34 P.QKt4 P_K5 19 K _B1 BxR 35 B·B2 P-K6 20 KxB KtxP 36 B_K1 R_R2 21 R_R4 R_KBl 37 R_Q8 Kt_Q2 Kashdan 22 K.K2 P_KR4 38 K_B3 P_R5 23 B. KS Kt_Kt5 39 PxP PxP 49 P-Kt6ch! 24 B_Ktl P_K4 40 K_Kt2 P-R6ch 50 P-R5 25 R. R5 R_Ql 41 K_R2 K_B5 Another drawing method was 50 P-Q5! Q 26 R-B5 R_Q2 42 P_B5 K.B6 B5oh; 51 KxP, P-Q8(Q); 52 Q-K7ch and the 27 P-Kt4 K -B2 43 P_Kt5 Kt_K4 vel'petuai check is unavoldable,neither Black 28 P-Kt5 PxP 44 R_B8ch K.K7 Q being of any use!! Or if 50 ... Q- B5ch; 29 RxKtP K-K3 45 B_Kt3 Kt_B6ch 51 KxP, QxP; 52 Q-K7ch and draws, for if 30 P_B4 P-Q5 46 K_Rl R_Kt2 52 . . . K-RS; 53 Q-Kt5ch etc. 31 R_R5 K_B4 Resigns 50 • • • • Q.B5ch 51 KxP P_Q8(Q) INDIAN DEFENSE 52 Q_K7ch K_R3 F. Reinfeld S. Reshevsky 53 Q_KtSch K_Kt2 White Black 54 QxPch?? .... 1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 20 BxP KtxP A fatal blunder brought on by fatigue and 2 P_QB4 P.KKt3 21 BxKtP! Q_K2 time pressure. The drawing line was 54 Q. S Kt-QBS P. Q4 22 B_K4 R_Q7 K7ch, Q-B2; 55 P-R6eh, K-KU; 56 P-R7ch! etc. 4 Kt. B3 B_Kt2 R. B2 KR_Ql 54. . . . K.Bl , B.B4 P-B3 "24 KR_QBl KtxB 55 Q·Q6ch K_K1 6 P-K3 0-0 25 QxKt Q_B3 7 B·Q3 PxP 26 Q.B3 OxO White resigns. A heartbreaking finish for 8 BxBP QKt.Q2 27 PxQ RxR him, but the game is a good example of Resh 9 0 -0 Kt. Kt3 28 RxR R-Q6 evsky's superb fighting Qualities. Those extra 10 B_QKtS KKt_Q4 29 K_Kt2 R_R6 half'points win tournaments! 11 B_K5 KtxKt 30 P_R4 R_R5 12 PxKt B.Kt5 31 K_Kt3 R_R3 13 Bx. Kx. 32 P_B4 PxPch 14 P-KR3 BxKt 33 KxP R-R50h 15 QxB Q_B2 34 P_K4 R-R4 One of the beJt gameJ of the tOIlI'lMlllellt. 16 P-B4 Kt-Q2 35 P_B3 K_B3 Black wins a Pawn by a neat combination, and 17 P_B5 QR-Q1 36 R-B6oh K·Kt2 makes his materia! adl!ct1llage tell by mMIIJ of 18 QR_Bl P_K4 37 R_B2 K_83 19 P_Q5?! forceful and exact endgame ptay. PxP Drawn BISHOP'S OPENING PHILADELPHIA AMATEUR CHESS A. Kupchik A. C. S i monson TOURNAMENT Whit e Black By a half-point advantage, Milton S. Logan 1 P_K4 P-K4 9 Kt-B3 P_QR3 nosed out Don Wilsher for the championship 2 B_B4 Kt_KBS 10 Kt-KKt5 B_QB4 of the sevent.h annual PhiladelphIa Amateur S P-Q3 P_B3 11 KtxB PxKt Chess Tournament. Third place was won by 4 Kt-KB3 P_Q4 12 Q_K2 0-0 Dale Schrader, who held a score of three wins and two losses. 5 PxP PxP 13 Kt-Q1 Kt.Q5! '.: .. \ 6 B_KtS Kt_B3 14 QxP OxO Games were IllaYffiid , at the International In· 7 0-0 B_KS 15 RxQ Kt_Kt5 stitute, and the tOlirnament was directed by " 8 R_Kl Q_B2 16 R_K1 . . . . Irving GOldstein. The Case of the King's Shadow By L. R. C H AUVl:N IIT DOES TH E CAP F I T?! " I watched a game of chess in a Belfast Club the other night, and was interested in, and somewhat amused by, the behaviour of the players. T heir opening moves were accom. panied by bantering remarks, but soon, as the issue was joined, their faces became set and grim, and stol id silence was maintained to the end. One player initiated a sharp attack which promised well. The reaction of his opponent to this, as he made the answering moves whidl he hoped would ward off looming disaster, was to shuffle about in his chair as if in acute d is_ comfort. His hands made strange &>estures. I knew 1 was going to do something dumb Well.groomed hair became rather disheveled. that night, and as I stared moodily at the White A pire from a rocket was hastily returned QRP fi nd his su rplus K night, I rea lized [ had thereafter a brie but dazed inspection. In. mOfe than li ved up to expectations. Well, it stead a handkerchief was brought forth to mop was getting too Late to go to a movie and I a. fevered brow. l egs were crossed and un. hadn't anythi ng better to do that evening, so crossed, and occasionally a tentative linger was I played R_B7. Jf onlyK.N' should become nervously th rust between collar and th roat as possible, I might-but now he answers with though strangulation was imminent. Mean. R.K5, eh. Oh, oh. If I retreat, the QRP while, the attacking pl ayer's behaviour took the wins easily, so I might as well play K.N5 milder form of gently patting the back of h is anyway. I do. He continues with R.N,ch, head with the palm of one hand and tapping and there goes a rook. And yet- hmm? I the table with the fingertips of the· other. When confound the expert kibitzers by co ntinuing his attack seemed assured of success he sat back K.R6, rather than res ign. N-K5 dis. eh., he in his chair, looking like a crusader in it just replic.-s tri umphantly, leaning back in hi s chair cause. His opponent, faced with mate on the to en joy a well.earned win. I gloomily cap_ move, looked at the board in utter dejec tion. ture the pawn. With no hesitation he slaughters He ~a d apparently reached the nadir of despair, my tru5ty rook, and now surely I am sunk. But and It would almost have been fitting if a black I quickly play P.R 3, and he does not refuse cap or a coffi n had made a mag ical appearance. to collect my KNP's scalp. Hah! I think, At last he reluctantly resigned, then remarked this looks better, and hastily I move p.R4. that he thought he should have won! The Now if only he concentrates on th inking about winner, with feigned magnanimity, and with his en prise K night, and does not notice that a trace of pity in his voice, said that he him_ ~AH! He plays N ·KS! And now as 1 reo self had had al[ the luck!" spond with R . B~ch, an expression of chagrin - "Roamer" In tbe Btlfasl New/letter. drives the triumph from his face. H e is sold! He i.'I swindled! His king has acqu ired a loyal shadow, which will dog his footsteps wher. W AR ENDS A C HESS MATCH ever he goes, and there is no escape. The A. J. SO\lwelne sends us a Clipping from "'I'he game's a model draw, for after the most plaus. New York Times" with the above heading. ible attempt, 1 K . Q~ , R. Q~ch ; 2 K. B6, R . B ~ It tells of the untimely conclusion of the great. ch; 3 K.Q7, R.B2ch; 4: K.K6, R.K2ch ; ~ K . B ~, est correspondence malch that has ever been 6 held: '·The EUropean war has put an end to R.B2ch; R.B6, Black: continues merely RxRch! the American-Brilisn chess match by mall. S_ and White cannot avoid a draw, since after B. Schinneer of Williamsville, nl., one of the K.K 4, R . B ~ch ! either draws immediately o r American team members, said today that the match, which was begun ' two yeal·S ago with wins the last White pawn, and, of <:ourse, players reporting their moves by mail had thanks to the White Knight, K xR at once been forfeited by lhe British because ;t the draws! Ah, chess is a wonderful game~and war. The match was to have been completed In 1912. Arthur Lind of Cheyenne was Amer so I go home happy! Ican team captain." , " 154 THE CHESS REVIEW Harold M. Phillips By 1. A. HOROWITZ It's a long time between tournamenh, 311 years in fact, in the case of Harold M. Phillips, well known New York attorney and President of the Manhattan Chess Club of which he became a member in 1899 and continued as such without interruption to the prescnt day. In 1902 he played for, and won, the Champion. ship of the club against a sterling field in _ cluding such stars as Eugene Delmar, Major Hanham, ). Halpern, Gustave Koehler, D. G. Baird, I. W. Baird, and Louis Schmidt. Business and social duties allowed him little time for chess play in the intervening years. He did take part, however, in the Metropolitan Chess League matches, and in the annual series of club matches between the Manhattan Chess Club and Philadelphia, and in the Cable Matches against Berlin and Buenos Aires. This year Mr. Phillips cast aside temporarily the sterner calls of duty, figuratively took off HAROLD M. PHILLIPS his coat, and was once again in the thick of the fray for the club title. His play today is as rich in ideas as ever. He produced some fine specimens of chess, as will be seen in the Manhattan Chess Club Champion6hip 1939-40 appended examples. He scored seven points RUY LOPEZ defeating Boris Blumin erstwhile champion of Canada, and Oscar Tenner, among others. H . M. Phillips 8. Blumin Mr. Phillips has always been identified as White Black a patron and promoter of chess activities. As 1 P·K4 P·K4 36 P_Kt3 Kt.Kt3 chairman of the International Team Tourna_ 2 Kt·K B3 Kt.QB3 37 R_Q1 P.B4 ment Committees, he organized and sent abroad 3 B·Kt5 P.QR3 38 B_B3 Kt.B1 4 B·R4 K t·B3 39 R·K5 R.R3 three United States World's Championship 5 P-Q3 P-Q3 40 QxQ KtxQ teams. He was mainly instrumental in getting 6 P-83 B.K2 41 R.Q7 KtxP under way the present system of tournaments 7 0-0 P·QKt4 42 B·Q5 R.Kt3ch 8 B_B2 43 K.B1 K ·R2 for the American Che~., Championship; he was 0 -0 9 R_K 1 B.Q2 44 P·K7 KtxP the chairman of the committee that organized 10 QKt_Q2 Kt·K1 45 R (7)xKt K·R3 the first such tournament in 1936. 11 P.Q4 p,p 46 B.K4 R.Q3 12 PxP B·Kt5 47 RxBP R.Q7 Manhattan C. C. Championship 1939-1940 13 P.KR3 B·R4 48 P.B3 P·Kt3 RUY LOPEZ 14 P·KKt4 B·Kt3 49 P.R4 PxP O. Tenner H . M. Phillips 15 Kt·B1 P_KR4 50 PxP R.QR7 White Black 16 Kt·Kt3 p,p 51 P.R5 R·R5 1 P_K4 P_K4 20 R_R6 17 PxP Kt·B3 52 R_86 K .R4 2 Kt_KB3 Kt_QB3 21 BxB 18 Kt·R4 B·R2 53 R.R7ch K . Kt4 3 B·Kt5 P_QRS 22 B_B1 19 KKt·85 R·K1 54 R.B5ch K.85 4 B_R4 Kt_B3 23 RxRch R,R 20 B.Kt5 Kt.Q2 55 K·B2 R.R7ch 5 0 -0 Ktx p 24 P·R3 Kt_K4 21 KtxBch KtxKt 56 B·B2 R_64 6 P-Q4 P-QKt4 25 B_K3 KtxKtch 22 B·Kt3 K_81 57 R·R4ch K _K t4 7 B_Kt3 P.Q4 26 PxKt P_Q5 23 Q.B3 B.Kt3 58 R·Kt4ch K.R3 8 PxP B·K3 27 PxP p,p 24 P·K5 p,p 59 R·B6 K_Kt2 I) P-B3 B_K2 28 B·84 P.Q6 25 PxP Kt_Q84 60 R(Kt4)xPch K _B2 10 QKt.Q2 KtxKt 29 P_Kt3 R.Q1 26 B.Q5 R·Kt1 61 R·R6 K·Kt2 11 QxKt Kt.QR4 30 B_Q2 P_Kt5 27 P· K6 P. K B3 62 R{R6).Q6 K ·81 12 B_B2 P_QB4 31 R_B6 B_B6 28 BxP K _Kt1 63 K·Kt3 R·B2 13 Q_B4 0 -0 32 Q_R4 Q_Q4 29 BxKt QxQ8 64 R·B8ch K _K2 14 Q.Kt3 P.B4 33 R_B5 Q.Q5 30 Kt.B5 BxKt 65 RxP R.Kt2ch 15 PxP e.p. .,p 34 QxQ R,Q 31 Px8 R_K81 66 K·84 R.B2ch 16 R·K1 Q_Q2 35 R.B8ch K_B2 32 Q-R 5 R·83 67 B.B5 R.Q7 17 B_K3 QR_B1 36 R_B7ch K -K3 33 R·K3 R.Q1 68 R.R7ch K ·B3 18 P_QR4 Kt_B5 Resigns 34 B-Kt2 QR. KB1 69 RxRch KxR 19 PxP PxP 35 Q_Kt5 Kt·R5 70 P.R6 Resigns The New York State Tournament By ROBnRT F. BR"ND The annual meeting of the N ew York State T he Class A contest, and with it possession for Ch es~ Association was held at Colgate Uni _ one year of the Gene~e sillier trophy, was won versity, Hamilton, from August 17 to 24. Forty by Onondaga County (Syracuse Chess Club). four entrants participated in the individual Onondaga al so won the cup in 1938, 1935, championship tourneys while foursomes from 1934, 1915 and 19 14. (1\'(' counties sou,ght the custody of the Genesee Robert Willman was born in New York Cup. City in 1908. A resident of that city all hi s Robert Willman won the New York State championship, leading one of the strongest fields which has '('ver competed for the honor. One point behind and tied for s«ond and third places were Anthony Santasiere and Jack Soudakoff, Fourth place went to D r. W alter Cruz, champion of Brazil in 1940 and 1938, who is now on leave in this country doing medi ca l research work in a Rochester hosp ita l. W illman thus gai ns custody for the coming year of the BinJ;hamton Chess Clu b sil lier trophy, which was awarded last yea r to A~nold Denker. T his is Willman's nrst win of the New York State championship. The trophy hecomes the permanent possession of the first man to win it three times. Denker and Isaac Kashdan halle each won it twice, yet neithcr pla yc r was on hand this year to get in the fin al leg. The County T eam Contest was d ivided into two sections this year, a Class A section and a Class B section. Only those counties r('pre. sentcd in Class A played for the state count y. team championshi p, while Class B was for ".:;c(Qnd teams" and for any other learns not C. H AROLD KI NG considered st rong enough to enter in Class A . President of the N. Y. State Chess Association NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSH IP ...... I . ...... ...... ill 156 T H ll CHESS REVIEW life, he makes his living as a claim agent. He has carne<1 two college degrees, an A.B. from the City College of New York and an A.M. from Columbia University. A memocr of the Manhattan Chess Club, he tied (or first pla,c in the dub championshi p in 1932 with Abra. ham Kupchik, losing in the playoff. In J 933 Willman won the Manhattan Club champion. ship outright. Also in 1933 he played a match with A. C. Simonson and won b)' a score of :iy'! to 4Y2 . In the 1939 N. Y. State Assn. championship, he tied for 6th, 7th and 81h places with K. O. MotLSmith and Joscph Platz. At the annual meeting of the N .Y.S.C. the fo llowing officers were elected for the com ing rear: Presidenl, C. Harold King of Hamilton; Vice_Presidents, Robert F. Brand of Cazenovia, Lynn Bryant of Binghamton and Paul Giers Doughty W arrior: LASKER of Syracuse; and Secretary.Treasurer, George H. Wilson of Union. The 72.yea r_old veteran, Dr. Emanuel Las. 3.-5. Charles Helms (Brooklyn ) .... . 5Y2-3Vz ker, graced the Congress with a s im ultaneolJ~ 3.-5. Stever. Shaw (Hamilton) ...... 5Yz . 3Y2 exhibition against 20 boards on the eveni n,£ 6. Robert B. Brand (Cazcnovia ) . .. 4 . 5 of Aug. 23, winni ng 18 and drawing 2. The 7. Charles A. Gr;\\'cs (Nelson) . . .. 3Yz.5 Yz tou rnament was under the able management 8.·9. Walter Froehlich (Syracusc) . . .. 3 _6 of L. Walter Stephens of New York. 8.-9. George 1-1undt (Hamilton) . . . . 3 .6 10. Mrs. Ethel Har ri son (NY.C.) . . . 2 . 7 CLASS C TOURNAMENT COUNTY TEAM SCORES I. Ralph B. Marshall (Perry ) ...... 6 _I CLASS A (COIIIII)' lemll rb 5 QxBP B_K3 Incidentally, I won every game when I had 6 Q_R4ch , , , , black. Perhaps I should begin to play blackly Q'Kt5ch is usually played, After 6 ' . . Kt· with white! ns; 7 Kt·BS, Kt-Q4; 8 QxKtP; 9 KKt·Kt5 or 6 Kt-B3, Kt-Q4; 7 P·K4! P·QR3! Black stands well. Black "PUIS bis oppollent's positional plalls 6 . , . . Q_Q2 fery cleverly, More effective i, • . . P·BS followed by , . , INDIAN DEFENSE P-QKt4 etc. (Notes by J. Soudakott) 7 QxQch QKtxQ 0, Ulvestad J, Soudakoff P_K4 Kt_Kt3 8 White Black 9 B·KB4 p_B3 10 Kt·B3 1 p.Q4 Kt_KB3 • • 2 Kt·KB3 p_KKt3 With passive oppositioll, White w!il soon 3 p_KKt3 B·Kt2 complete his development and sit snugly . be· 4 B_Kt2 0-0 hind his strong center, T hel'efore Black strives S Kt_R3 to upset White's plans by immediate, if un· • • • • conventional, counterplay, One or those depaltures from the conven Kt.R4 tional ror which Ulvestad is well·known; it is 10 . . . . instructive to watch the movements of this Kt. 11 B·K5 p_B3 12 B·B7 B·R3 5 . . . . p_Q4 13 B_K2 Kt_KBS 6 0_0 P_B4 14 BxKt B,B 7 p_B3 Kt_B3 8 Kt.B2 Kt_KS Now, at least, he has 2 Bs, 9 B.K3 PxP 15 p_QKt3 , . . . 10 QKtxp P_K4 To forestall the annoying . .. Kt-B5; but the 11 Kt_Kt3 ..•. prophylaxis is worse than the consequence of White has succeeded in provoking Black's invasion, for now Black has the target for center Ps, which he ,hopes will Drove weak. attack. 11 , , . . Kt_R4 15 . . , . K_B2 Better was the developing move ... B-K3. 16 0·0 KR.Q1 , 17 QR-Q1 • • • • Unsuspecting~else he would have played KR·Q1. But, as the text indicates, Blumln Is SENSATIONAL Of"FEflll Intent on his own plans, Which include a for A complete set of fi ve bound volumes ward thrust with the KBP, Actually, the idea of The Chess Review (covering the years ' proves too slow, as Black's attack gathers 1935, 1936, 1937, 1.938 and 1989) , whose momentum quickly. regular value hr ' $3:'50 apiece or $17,50 17 . , • . P_QR4! per set, is now available for only '$7,50! 18 Kt_K1 B_B2 Individual volumes may be had at $2.00. 19 p.B4 P-R5 The extraordinary character ,of this bar· 2Q p·B5 , gain otter may be seen from the ro11ow· · . . ingfeatures: , _ . , . . " The only alternative was P-QKt4- leavlng a bad hOle at his QB4. • Attractive bindings 20 ... , Ktpxp • More than 1200 games· of high , 21 KPxP B_Q4 quality ; 22 KtxB KtxKt • Annotations by Euwe, Fine, 23 R_B3 , Reshevsky, Kashdan, Horowitz, · . . Reinfeld and many other noted stm u nde l' the delUsion that he has the inltl· analysts ative, I expected B-B4, and intended the reply • 1500 choice problems supple . .. P·Kt4. mented by critical comments 23 .... p,p from noted problem authorities 24 PxP R·R7 • Descriptions of important tour 25 R_B2 · , . . naments which are of lasting Threatening B-RSch. historic value 25 . , . . K_Kt2 • Analysis of Important openiug 26 B_B4? innovations of permanent worth ... • Biographical studies and other A blunder-but the position was certainly articles of general interest beyond redemption, • Cartoons, photographs, anec 26 , . . . BxPch dotes and jokes. 27 K_B1 Kt_K6 mate The greatest value in the history These upstate tournaments are nightmares - only fanatiCS should attempt them! On the , of chess!! day following this game, for Instance, my This offer will expire December 31, 1940, worthy opponent played a four hour game In the morning, eighteen rounds of a rapid tranSit Take advantage o H t- at once to be tournament in the afternoon (finishing second), certain of getting your set. and a four hour game at night! 158 THE CHESS R llVIE W · As played, Black loses valuable time and suc With the double threat o f . . . RxB and ceeds merely in exchanging a p iece. P-Q6. 12 KtxKt QxKt 31 P.B5 p,p 13 Kt.Q2 KtxKt 32 B_R5 R_K2 14 QxKt B_K3 33 A,P B,P 15 B-R6 KR.Q1 34 R_KR4 Q.K4 More accurate was .. . BxD. 35 A,B RxRch 'rhe obvious .. QxPch would have a~ 16 BxB K,B won 17 KR_Q1 R.Q2 well. 18 Q_K3 Q. B2 36 BxR QxBch 37 K_Kt1 Q.B6 19 R.Q2 P-QR3 To release the QR. W hite resigns. I[ 38 Q-R6ch. simply ... 2D P_KB4 K-Ktl. If 38 Q·B3, Q·Q8ch. If 38 R-KB4, · - . . QxPch; 39 K ·BI, Qxpch; 40 KKtl {or 40 K-B2, More pressure OIl Black's KP, but the move creates some weaknesses in White's position. Q-R7chl, R·K7; 41 Q·B7ch, K·Kt3 etc. By the way, 37 ... R-Q2 was even s impler 20 . . . . P. B3 and more conclusive. 21 QR_Q1 QR_Q t 22 P. KR3 · . - . This turns out to be bad. Fine position play is topped off with a neat 22.... 8_82 finisb. 23 P_R3 P_Q5 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 24 PxQP PxQP (Notes by Fred Reinfeld) The QP is immune from capture. If 25 RxP, Dr. W. Cruz M. D. Hago Q-Kt3 wins (but not 25 . .. Q-B4; 26 Q-QB3 nor 25 ... RxR; 26 RxR. Q·Kt 3; 27 R-K4). White Black 25 Q-Q3 B.B5 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 4 Kt_B3 p,p '26 ·Q. Ktl ... . 2 P_QB4 P-K3 5 P_K3 P_QKt4 If 26 Q-B2, P-Q6 ; 27 PxP, Q-Kt3ch; 28 K-R2, 3 Kt_QB3 P-QB3 6 P_QR4 B_Kt5 B-Kt6 winning the exchange. Since White regain~ lhe gambit P in short ol'der, it would doubt.less be better to 1J1ay 6 26 .... Q_Kt3 . 27 K.R2 R_K2 ... 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KtxD; 30 BxKtch, KxB; 31 9 BxB PxP Kt·B6ch); 29 BxB, KtxB; 29 B·m:, R·Ktl 10 P.QKt3 0-0 rorced ; 30 BxKtch aud wins. 11 PxP PxP 28 8xR s,s 12 BxP Q.B2 29 R·B7 Kt(3 )_Kt1 There is not much point to t his. as it is 30 B·B5 P-B3 clear t he Q cannot remain indefinitely on the 31 Kt_K t 7 8·06 open file. \Vllite now devotes his energies Or 31 . . . K ·B2; 32 Kt·Q6ch and wins. to placing his pieces to goo(1 advantage and 32 Kt·Q6ch Resig ns setting up a strong center- made possible by If 32 ... K-Ql ; 33 B·j{t6 etC. Black's early surrender of the center. White's Bs are also bound to put a word in later on. Deciding galile ill tbe last WIII/df 13 Q_Kt3 Kt.B3 16 Q_R3 Q_Q1 14 0_0 B_Q2 17 Kt_Q2 Q_K2 RUY LOPEZ 15 KR.Bl KR_Kt1 18 QxQ KtxQ R. W ill man J. Soudakoff If Black expected to improve his prospects White Black with t he exchauge of Qs, he Is soon disillu· 1 P_K4 P- K4 22 KR.KB1 P·B3 sioned. The combiuation of White's Bs and 2 Kt.K83 Kt·QB3 23 K. K3 P-Q84 strong cente)' soon proves very trou blesome. 3 8·Kt5 P.QR3 24 R.B2 R-Q3 19 P_K4 K. B1 4 BxKt QPx8 25 R.KKt1 R(3)_K3 20 P.B3 B·Kt4 5 Kt_B3 B_KKt5 26 P_8S R(3)_K2 P_KR3 p,p F utile. 6 8xKt 27 P. KKt4 7 Qx8 8·84 28 R,P R_KR1 21 B.Kt3 R_B1 8 P.Q3 Kt_K2 29 R (2)_Kt2 _ R·R2 22 B. Kt4 P.QR3 9 Q.Kt3 Kt_Kt3 30 K_83 K-Q3 23 Kt.84 QR.Ktl 10 P·KR4 P_KR4 31 K_K3 R_Q2 / 1 24 Kt.R5! • • • • 11 Kt_01 Q.Q2 32 R_R2 -'--R_B2 -" A fine move which requires careful calcu· 12 8.Kt5 B_K2 33 P_R5 K_K2 lation. 13 Kt·K3 0·0.0 3. R_Kt6 K.Q2 24 . . . RxRch? 14 Kt.85 S,S 35 K. B3 K-K2 15 Qx8 Kt·85 K.Kt4 Suicidal. ... j{. j(] I! houhl have been played. 36 R-R3 16 P_KKt3 Kt-K3 37 R_Kt2 R_R2 23 RxR 8_Q2 17 Q.K7 Kt-Q5 38 P-R6 K-B1 26 B.Q6! R.Kt4 18 QxQch R,. 39 K·R5 K-Kt1 26 . . . R·B1 il! met by 27 RxRch, BxR; 28 19 KtxKt RxKt 40 R.R2 K-81 B·R4! K t.· Kt1 (29 .. . D-Q2 ? loses a piece after 20 K_K2 K.Q2 41 K·Kt4 K-Kt1 29 BxB, KtxB; 30 Kl·B6); 29 B·B6 fOllowed 21 P_KB4 R·K1 42 K·83 • • • • by B·Kt7 ano:] the QRP soon goes lost. Soudakoff Strangely enough. the exchange is lost by force after the text! Willman 42. . . . K_B1? LIIUed by the interminable groupings and Cruz regrouping\;, Black falls into a lost game. Simply .. . R-Rl·R2 etc., was in order. 27 B· R4! K·K1 43 PxPch! R(R2)xP \\'hite's Bs are all ovel' the place. and Black 44 R_R8ch K_K2 must surrender to ihe inevitabl e. as the fo l· 45 R(S)_R6! . . . . lowing proves: Black is in Zugzwa.ng! He cannot move his I 27 .. . RxKt; 211 BxB, P ·Kt4 (if 28 . K, ano:] R moves are likewise out (45 ... R· KtxB?? 29 R·BS mate); 29 R-B7 followed by R2; 46 RxP). Pawn moves by Black WOuld B·B6 aUd P·Q5 with a winning game. of course only postpone the evil hour. 160 THE CHESS REV/BW 45 . . . . R,R 90 R(1)_R2 B_B4ch! R_Kt2 46 PxR White resigns, [01' if 91 QxB, Q-K6 male. 47 K-Kt4 K_K3 A tough break for Santasiel'e. but the handy 48 K_R5 P.B4 way in which Soudakoff smOked out White's 49 K_Kt5 Resigns smug King merits high praise. -F_R. If 49 ... P-B5; 50 R-R7 wins. DrawiJh varia/iollS dOIl't aiwa)'J lead 10 Santasiere 79 P_Kt4? . . . . PUT NEW MEANING AND A mistake, but surely a very plausible one. PLEASURE IN 79 . . . . P_Kt4i CORRESPONDENCE CHESS The moment Black has been praying for. Banish Tedious Record_K"'eping! 80 BPxP PxP Play innumerable games with min_ Black's cooped-up pieces suddenly come to imum effort the error less way! life, and are all the more violent for the l'e Use Gilcher's Approved Time and pression they have been subjected to in the previous play. If now 81 BxP, ExB; 82 RxB, Labor-Saving Aids Q-B8 and wins. 81 R_R1 Kt_Q6 Threatening mate on the move. 82 Q-B6 Q_K1 i Still maint aining the attack, what with the threatened. , . R-B2 followed by a Queen 11" rUIltion beginning with .. , Q-QBI-B4ch, 83 P_Kt6 , , , , "That'll keeIl you busy, my boy!" Bul it doesn't. 83 _ , , _ Kt_K4! 84 P_Kt7 R_B2 85 Q_KtS Q_QB1! -Improve Your Over_the_Board Play- Position-Recorders ______5--$1; 12- $2 Calmly lighting a Murad. If the Pawn Pocket Sets ______1-35c; 3-$1 queens, he mates in a few moves. Score-column Sheets -~ ______100- 50c 86 R(4)_R2 QxP! 'Loose-leaf Charts ______100- 80c Likewise. Move-recording Postals ______100-75c 87 R_Q2 Q_B6ch Send (or Illustrated Folder Today 88 KxP Kt_B6! 89 BxKt R,B THE CHESS REVIEW What a man! If now 90 R-Ki, Q-B5ch: 91 25 West 43rd Street N",w York, N. y , R-Q., Q-B7ch etc. OCTOBER, 1940 161 S"peJ'ioJ' pOli/ioll pill)' /J'illJllphl lIelldy. of Philadelphia was third, 4Y:z -2Y2, and A. N. SICILIAN DEFENSE Towsen of Harrisburg fourth, with 4_3. H. M. Phillips A. E. Santasiere Other scores were; Black White Section I 1 P_K4 P.QB4 16 P_QR4 P_R4 2 Kt.KB3 P_Q3 17 KR_Q1 P-R5 Wilkinson, Philadelphia, 3-4; Erdeky and 3 P_Q4 p,p 18 B_B3 P·B4 Stevenson, 2Y:z-4Y2; Seiter, 2_5. 4 KtxP Kt_KB3 19 P-B4 Kt(4)_Kt5 Section 11 5 B-Q3 Kt_B3 20 P_B5 P_K5 Linder, 3Y2-3Y2; Larsen, 2-5; Beck, 1_6; , P-QB3 P·K4 21 B_Kt2 R_Q6 Dolde, 7 Kt_Kt3 P_Q4 22 R.R3 K R_Q1 Y2-6Y:z. a PxP Q,P 23 R.QB1 RxKt(7) Thus it was Steckel vs. Gardner, one game 9 0 -0 B_K3 24 KtxR RxKt to a finish, with the title at stake. After a 10 B·K2 R.Q1 25 p,p Kt_Q5 quiet enough beginning, in the exchange vari_ 11 B_K Kt5 B.K2 26 P_Kt7 Kt_K7ch ation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, the 12 QxQ KtxQ 27 K_R1 Kt.R3 13 BxB K,B 28 R_QKt1 B-Q4 game took a sudden turn when Gardner sacri_ 14 P.Kt3 P_QKt3 Resigns ficed a Knight at his 26th turn. He obtained 15 QKt_Q2 P_QR4 three Pawns for the piece, but might have encountered much more resistance except fo r Bolt !!'OlII the blue.' an error by Steckel (29 Kt_K5?), which lost QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING quickly. 29 RxR was correct at that point. A. E. Sal'ltasiere E. S. Jac~sol'l Gardner, former North Carolina champion, White Black participated for the first time in this event. 1 P-Q4 Kt_KBS 10 QKt_B3 P_R3 He wil l undoubtedly be heard from frequently 2 P-K3 P.Q4 11 B_Q2 P_QKt4 in Pennsylvania chess. 3 Kt_KB3 P_KS 12 B_K1 Kt_QR4 The Tournament Director was I. A. Horo_ 4 B_Q3 P_B4 13 B.R4 Q-B1 witz of the CbeJJ Review, especially invited 5 P.B3 Kt_B3 14 Q_K2 B_B3 6 Kt.K5 B.Q3 15 PxP BxKt from New York fo r the task. He found every_ 7 P_KB4 B.Q2 16 KtxB Kt-Q2 thing so ably arranged that his duties were but a Kt-Q2 Q_K2 17 Kt_Kt6! Resigns slightly more arduous than those of the many 9 0·0 P_QRS interested spectators at the event. Horowitz opened the proceedings with a stimulating lec_ PENN STATE TOURNEY ture on chess. The Second Annual Congress of the Penn_ At the business meeting of the Federation, sylvania State Chess Federation was held in W. M . Byland of Pittsburgh was elected Pres_ the sumptuous quarters of the William Penn ident, to succeed W. M. Hart, Jr., now residing Hotel in Pittsburgh over the Labor Day week_ in Wilmington, Del. Other officers elected end. Main event on the program was the tournament for the State title, which attracted sixteen entrants from almost as many sectors NEW IMPROVED POCKET SETS (Callin Model) of the Keystone State. Made of gel'luine cowhide leather With three days allotted for play, the en_ with 16 squares both top al'ld bottom trants were divided into two sections for a for captu red piece-s, dimensions folded round_robin, with leaders in each group to 4Y4,"x6Y4,". Available in brown or blue. SINGLE BOARD (includes 1 $et of pl ayoff for the championship. In Section 1, me 1'1) ______$3.00 William Steckel of Allentown, former title_ Made with chessboard on 'rlght holder, had things all his own way, drawing hand side, leather pocket for game with Johnson of Pittsburgh, and winning every Clippings on left hand side. DOUBLE BOARD (Includes 2 sets other game. The runner.up was Liggett of of men) ------______$4.00 Washington, Pa., 4Y2-2Y2, and third and fourth Has two Chessboards. Vory handy prizes, at 3Y2-3Y2, were shared by Johnson for analyzing. Ono of the two eets and McCready of Pittsburgh. of celluloid men has checker sym- bols on the reverse side. In Section II, the struggle for supremacy Extra Sets of Chessmen ______,50 was much more exciting. L W. Gardner, Extra Sets of Combination Chen &. now leading chessist of Pittsburgh, equalled Checkers ______.60 Steckel's score of 6Y2-Y2, his draw being Special 20<)1.. discount in quantities of against Anton Linder of Erie. But right on 6 or more. his heels, with the issue undecided until the THE CHESS REVIEW final round, was Firestone of Pittsburgh, who 25 W. 4Srd STREET lost only to Gardner in the decisive game of NEW YORK, N. Y. the section, and wound up with 6_1. Bolden 162 THE C 11 E S S REVIEW 9 Kt_SS R_Kl 21 e,B RPxB 10 Kt_K5 Kt_B l 22 Kt·Q3 QR _K 1 0-0 Kt_Kt5 23 R_K2 Q.84 12" e ,e Q,e 24 R.Ql Kt.Q2 13 KtxKt BxKt 25 K.K t2 Kt_SS 14 QR_Kl QR.Ql 26 P. KKt4 KtxP K_Rl Q.R5 27 P xKt QxPch " P-B3 8_R4 2e K_Sl R,P 17 P·K Kt3 Q.R6 29 Kt.K5 QxRch "18 '1.82 R.K2 30 Q,Q R,Q 19 Kt_K2 Q.Q2 31 K,R P-83 20 Kt_B4 B_Kt3 Resigns T HE WILDEST GAME AT VENTNOR! alice !liMe Ulres/tIt! s/)(/I"IJj Ibe prize for Ibe lI/os1 illlNI/Slillg gallle lor Ibe spcc/alor.!. INDIAN DEFENSE O. Ulvestad H. Morris White Black 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 17 KtxKt PxKt 2 Kt.KB3 P.QKt3 18 BxP Q_B2 3 P_K Kt3 B.Kt2 19 R_K3 0-0·0 4 B·Kt2 P.B4 20 P_B4 R. R6 5 B·B4 P.Q3 21 ·Q_Kt2 QR_KRI 6 P.B3 P.Kt3 22 BxBch Q,e W. M. BYLAND 7 0·0 QKt_Q2 23 QxQch K,Q S Q-Kt3 P_KR3 24 RxP R·R8ch were Harry Cooke of Pittsburgh, Vice.Presi. 9 QKt.Q2 B.Kt2 25 K _Kt2 R,R 10 KR-K1 P_KKt4 26 RxKtch K _B3 dent, and Anton Linder, Sccrctarr·Treasurcr. 11 BxKtP PxB 27 RxBP R,P Much of the credit (or the sliccess of the 12 KtxP P.Q4 28 P_Kt6 RxPch Congress was due to the indcfatiguablc efforts 13 P·K4 P.B5 29 K _B3 R.KKtl of the newly elected President and Vicc-Presi 14 Q_B2 . B.KR3 30 P.Kt7 R_B7 deit, and W. P. Holbrook of the tournamcnt 15 P·KR4 BxKt 31 P_B5 RxPch 16 PxB KtxP 32 K _B4 R·Q6 committee. Anton Linder will be the guiding spirit of the next P. S. C. F. Congress, which =~ Morris will be held at e rie, Pa. , over the Labor Day wcek_end, 1941. An innovation was an elaborate program book iS~lIed by the Federation. It contains articles by Horowitz and Dr. Albrccht Buschkc, and an inspirational message by Byland, Scc_ retary_Treasurer of the Federation, lmlil his elevation to ('hc highest olTlcc. We CJllote: "The lights have gone out on all chess ac _ tivities in a great portion of the world. We, in this country, do not know when or in what form these lights will ultima(e1y shine forth again, but until they do, America mllst assume the position and the responsibility of leadcr_ ship in the world of chess. We can all do our Ulvestad part - by supporting individually our stale 33 P·B6 RxPch 37 K _Kt6 P_B7 chess associations, which in turn lend support 34 K _B5 R(5)_Ql 38 RxR P.B8(Q) and give meaning to our nalional organi7.ation, 35 RxP P-B6? 39 P·B7 Q-QB5 Black llli~:se !i a will 40 PxR(Q) Q,Q the United States Chess Federation." he!"p by :;5 ... P-KI·t ! 41 R.KB3 Q.Klch 36 R_R3 R-Q6 42 K.Kt5 Drawn QUEEN'S GAMBIT DeCLINED w_ H . Steckel L. W . Gardner White Black 1 P _Q4 Kt.KB3 5 p,p p,p REMEMBER TO 2 P·QB4 P _K3 6 P·KS 8·K2 - - - - RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION 3 Kt.QB3 P.Q4 7 B_QS P_B3 4 B-Kt5 QKt-Q2 8 Q.62 0-0 --~- Problem Department VINCENT L. EATON /IJJUJJ ,,1/ (orrtJ/lonamtt rdalin, 10 JhiJ J hllOlJT 1'1I 0llLHI M,l.l1'U $ Fo,' .. ny who have been so unrort unate tiS t o choice o f Kn iJ( ht mates; or IIl{a lli how the u n miss the preceding hlstnllments of :II ... A lain pinned White Dishol) in No. 1687 must c hoose W h ite'!! article. I s hould nplain that the !ni· his mm'es acco,'tl lng to the WilY in which t he tial!! " U:' " :\1 :' and " W " !l bove II problem i n Bla ck Knig hts errect t he uU lll ns; 0" fi nally dicatl' t hat it Is an example lIelect ed for how t he Black Knight determ ines the mate by pu blication by F. Gamage, Comi ns Mansneld, the White King ba ttery In No. 16RliI by shulling or Mr. W h ite, relljlectively. Nos. 1663·]674 are orr the Whlt.e g uard a fter 1 ... Sc6 a nd 1 , , , o ri ~ i nals ror' the " Rel'le w"; lind t heile, with Sr.!. Nos. 1675·16):(1, make up t h ill month'l< quota The "e would seem to be no end to the way fo r t he So l "e r ~ ' Lllddel'. in which the c hoice o r relAted moves CAli be SIXTY TWO· MOVERS OF THE guided by the intricate give-and-tA ke e le ments PAST SIXTY Y EARS o f the defens h'e ami mating mOI'es, nnd dual a \'oidance becomes one of the great moUves By Alain C. White in the IWO'1lI0I'en; of the 1930's, Itls quite ImilOS' In Ihe l!1 :.l 0·~ problems or t he Intricate "com sible even 10 touch upOn all these dlfTel'ent em lJe II~atillg" I'Ily l!' Of strategy have become in bodiment~ of compensa tlug strategy, One or the creaSIII,i:!Y llUm el'OUS and lntel"e~tln a:. Flaws most pleasing involves t he alIen ing and closing in purity ul' motives llRve been eliminated and of White lines of guard by the While mlltlng new thflmatic advances have been inll'oduced, move, as illustrated In No. 1683, II' White ~hou l d Of Hpuclal depth ill'e t.hu comhhmt!ons In Nos. play I Sb·l- d5ch in the Initiltl pO!!i ! ion, the W hite 1 6S1-16~9, In c lu~ !\'e. My only )'e/:')'el is that guard of the Pe4 from t.he DaR would be shut moru examplf Original Section No. 1663 No. 1666 No. 1669 CQvl /l'ilt on, K y . F. GAMAGE F R ED SPRE N GER E OWARO L. DEISS B r oc ktQn, M ass. New Y ork, N. Y. Mate In Z Mate in 2 Ma.te III 2 No. 1664 No. 1667 No. 1670 M . E DELSTEIN B . M . MARSHALL V . L . E ATON Somerv ille, Ma-ss. W a , hingto n, D. C. S hr eveport, La. I n Memoriam: John F . Ba r ry Mate In 2 Mate in 3 No. J 665 No. 1668 No. 1671 NICHOLAS GABOR GE O FFR EY MOTT·SMITH H. C. MOWRY C inc innati, Ohio N, w Y ork, N. Y. Ma lden, Mass. Mnte in 2 Mate ill 2 Mate jn 3 SOLUT I ONS TO T HESE P ROBLEMS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 1 ~t h, 1940 166 TH E C HE SS REVI EW Original Section No. 167Z No. 1675 (G) No. 1678 (G) A. MA R l H . C. MOWRY E. G. SC HO LLER FIJ'st PL'ize, Brisbane F it'st P J"j~e. B r istol Malden, Mass. Courier. 1928. Times and Mirror, 193 1) , No. 167 3 No. 1676 (G) N o: 1679, (G, W ) F. GAMAGE F R E D SPRENGE R v. L. EAT ON F h's t P I'\~6, Clevelan d· Honorable Me ntion, New Y01' k, N. Y. Ci ncinnati Solv ing Match, 1934. Nort h Amer ican TOllme y, 1938. = Mate In 4 Mate In 2 Mate In 2 No. 1674. No. 1677 ( M) No. ] 68 0 (W) A. E LLER MAN B. P IMENO FF and E. UM NO FF AUREl. TAUBER Drlstol Times and First Prfze. ",,festel'll New Yo rk, N. Y. Mirror, 1928 . Morning News, 1930. = Mate In ~ Mate in 2 Mate in 2 SOL UTI ON S TO TH ESe P RO BL EMS ARE DUE N OVE M B E R 15t h, 1940 OC T08ER, 19 4 0 lo7 , , Quoted Section No. 1681 (W) No. 1684. (G) No. 1687 (M) K.A. K . L ARSEN First Prize, Tijdschrift M, J. ADAB ASCH EFF O. STOCCHI v. ll . N. Schaakbond. 193 0. Second Prize, "64," 1934. (Circa 1935) . No. 1682 (0) N o. 1685 (G, W) No. 1688 (W) S. S. LEWMANN S. JONNSON Jo'lrst P rize, Magyar M . SEGERS Fil"S t Prize, Vart Sakkvllag, 1936. Jo'irst P rize, Munkasakk, 1934. H e m, 1938. Mate In 2 M ate i n 2 NO. 1683 (0) No. 1686 (W) No. 1689 (0) M . M . BARULI N DR. G. P AROS R. BUCH NER First P rize, n First Prize, Magyar Fil"$t Prize, De Problema, 1933. Sakkvllag, J9 35. Maasbode, 1938. "'" "'" Mate III 2 Mate in Z Mate in 2 THES E PROBLEMS ARE NOT SCORED ON THE SOLVERS' LADDER 168 TH E C H llS S REVI E W SOLUTIONS VENTNOR CITY 1940 (Maximum score for N os. 1618-1635 : 36 Two points for correct SOI UtiOIl to each problem.) Here if tbe recipiell! oj Ib e bu t !" a)·ed gaJll e No. 1618 : 1 Qa7. No. 1619: 1 Sb7. No. 1620: prize . .1 Bh3. No. 1621 : 1 R f5. No. 1622 : 1 Rh7. No. 1623: 1 R e2-c2. No. 1624 : 1 QhS. No. 1625: KING'S GAM BIT DECLINED ( in effect) 1 ReI ·c7. No. 1626: 1 Ke5. No. 1627: 1 Sd4. P. Woliston M. Ha nauer No. 1628 : J Rg7·g5. No. 1629: 1 Rh4. No. W hite Black 1630 : 1 Kd 6. No. 1631: 1 De4. No. ]632 : 1 1 P.K4 P. K4 18 B.Q2 QR.Ql Se4. No. 1633 : I I3 c7. No. ]634: 1 BaG. No. 2 B·B4 Kt. KB3 19 QR.Ql QxKP 1635 : 1 Qe7. 3 p·Q3 B.B4 20 B. K3 P.QB3 Solvers ha.ve been unanim ous in praise of 4 Kt.QB3 Kt. B3 21 QR.Kl P.Kt3 i'lr. ' Vhite's articles. litany interesting com 5 P·B4 P·Q3 22 B.R6 KR.Kl ments have been reeeived, and it' s pace per 6 Kt.B3 0·0 23 R·K2 R.Q2 mits we shall publ rs h some ot' them in our next 7 Kt.QR4 B·Kt5 24 QR.KB2 Kt.Ql issue. 8 KtxB PxKt 25 R.K2 Kt. K3 • * * * * 9 P.KR3 BxKt 26 P. R3 KR·Ql 10 QxB Kt·Q5 27 QR. KB2 I NFORMAL LADDER R·Kl 11 Q. B2 P.QKt4 28 P·KR4 R(1).K2 ~ w. Patz 931, 34; u O~ P. L. Rothe nberg 906, 12 PxP KtxKP 29 B.K3 R·K1 36; ~J. Han nus 824, 32; A. Tauber 768, 36; G. 13 PxKt PxB 30 B.R6 R (1).K2 Fair ley 753, 36; K. Lay 639, 26 ; A. A. J. Grant 14 0.0 Q.K2 31 B.K3 R·K1 605, 36; J. M. Denni son 602, 28 ; ~I. Burs tein 15 P. BS Kt.KS 32 P·QKt4 p,p 628; uM Dr. G. Dobbs 599; Dr. M. Herzberger 16 Q.K2 Q.R5 33 RPxP Q.Kt6 542; B. M. Ma rshall 494, 36; P. A. Swart 491, 17 QxP Q.Kt6 34 QxP R(1).Q1 24 ; **MH. B. Da ly 468, 36 ; Dr. W. A. Sheldon 423; *Or. P. G. Keeney 352, 36; ~ E. Kor pa nty "",~H a n a ue r 346, 36; R. Neff 336, 34; ~$ $ ~ G. Plowman 323, 36; J. Donaldson 306, 30; I. Sapir 328; C. E. Win nberg 246, 34; ~~ I. Rivise 262, 36; B. L. Fader 227, 34 ; W. C. Dod 206, 36; E. Popper 239; *~ A. Sheftel 190, 32; S. P. Shepa rd 211; A. Fortie r 197; A. B. Hodges 162; T. Lund. be rg 129, 32 ; J . Hudson 138; C. Lawrence 88, 36; J . Dubin 85, 34; A. G ibbs 117 ; M. Edelstein a nd T. F. Burke 45, 36; C. Du Beau 16, 32; W. R. Ellis 36; I. F. Meye r 36 (Welcome!) R. W. Hays 35 ; F. Grote 28; Bill Clubb 19, 8 ; " T. McKenna 26 ; T. L. Goddard 24 ; I. Hart 15; "' W . O. Jens _. Congratulations to Tom IIIcKenna. whose m i niature f our m over (N o. 1614) was judged the best l ong·range p roblem of the quar te r, and to \V. Patz, w ho tops t he Ladtl er th is mon th. Woliston 35 R. B3 Q,P 51 RxP P·R4 36 RxP R,R 52 R. R7 R.Kt4ch 37 QxKt Q.K2 53 K.B6 K.K4 38 QxQ R,Q 54 R.Q7 P·R5 39 B·Kt5 R(l).Kl 55 R.Q5ch K.BS 40 BxR R,B 56 R.Ql P.R6 41 R·Rl R.QB2 57 P.Kt 5 P·R7 42 R.R3 K·B2 58 R·KRl R.Kt7 43 K·B2 K·K3 59 P·Kt6 R.Kt7 44 K.KS K·K4 60 P·Kt7 K.Kt6 45 R·R5ch K.K3 61 K·B7 P. Kt4 46 K.Q4 R.Q2ch 62 P.Kt8(Q) R,Q 47 R.Q5 R.KB2 63 KxR P·Kt5 48 P·B4 R·B7 64 P.K5 K·B5 49 R·QR5 R.Q7ch 65 RxP Resigns 50 K.B5 R,P Played by Correspondence, 1940 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Amateur Miss E. Saunders \\Thite Black 1 P.Q4 P.Q4 7 0 .0 Kt.KS 2 Kt.KB3 P.K3 8 B·Q2 Kt.Q2 3 P.KS B·Q3 9 R.Bl P.KKt4 4 B.Q3 P·KB4 10 Kt·Kl P· Kt5 5 P.B4 P.B3 11 P.B3? BxPch! PHiLIP WOLISTON 6 Kt. BS Kt.B3 Resign-s iace.;, notably of errOl't, but. at the same time the gunnl by in Ihe t;nited States, and they desel'l'e careful the Ra5 of the PeS would a lso have been shut study. It I" not ]IO Hs lble to IIlIalY1.e t hem all, orr. Or if White s hould u 'y playing I Sc7,d5 but No, 16.~6 fur nl ~ h e~ II speehilly goat! ex ch. Ihere would be neutrallza llon of the guard ample to l