Vol. V Thmsday. Number 3 Offjelal Publication of me United States (oessfederat)on October 5, 1950 STATE TITLES CHANGE HANDS SCHROEDER WINS MARTIN BECOMES OHIO TITLE CALIF. CHAMPION Ray Martin, Los Angeles County .Af.tt.ine ~ Ga,.f'l Victory in the 34-man Ohio State Champion, added the california Championship went to James State title to his list with 6-1 score Schroeder of Columbus in a V'ery in the finals held at San Fran­ Ct.ejj Caree,. tight combat in a strong field of cisco. V. Pafnutieff of San Fran­ Additional Data contenders which included three cisco and G.eorge Croy of Los An­ By A. B UI~"k.~ former State champions and a geles finished in a tie for 2nd with host of city champions. To the 4-3 each, while P. D. Smith of final game it was a battle, for in Bakersfield was fourth with 31k· IV. THE " MOSCOW CHAMP­ the last round meeting between 31h. Charles Bagby and Sven Aim· IONSHIP TOURNAMENT 1916" Schroeder and Ellison, if Ellison grem tied for 5th with 3-4, and (Continued) had won he would be c:hampion, were followed by William Steckel iI he drew the title would go to at 2 'h-'B~ and Leslie Boyette with ANOTHER ALEKHINE A. Nasvytis. Ellison lost and 2-5. dropped to sixth pl ace. while the LEGEND SHATIERED 22ryear old Schroeder gained the uite a number of readers of the title. ACP ANNOUNCES preceding issue of LIFE Second place went to A. Nasvy· TOURNEY WINNERS \V9iI undoubtedly, in going over tis of Cleveland, while two ex· The Chess Problem Association the game played between Grigoriev Club players from Cleveland of America announces the results and Alekhine in Moscow 1915 and clinched third ilnd fourlh- GeorJte in the informal problem compos­ particularly Alekbine's own notes Miller :md William Grangcr. Dc· ing tourneys in its publication, White To Play And Win! to moves 9 and 13 on the one hand, fending Chaml>ion Willtcr Mann American Chess Proble mist. for the Conducted by William Ro;am and to move 11 on the other hand, placed twelfth. fi rst hal[ of 1950. have el(claimed in surprise and puz­ In the concunenl Junior Stn tc In the contest for two-movcrs Jl E TWO positions diagrammed above represent two of the three zlement: "How is this possible? Championship Myron Frederi ck wi th I;'. Gamage :IS judge the fol ­ T positions which were bracketed in a triple-tie for first place in the Hilsn't Alckhine stated himsell that of Columbus placed firsl wilh WHI· lowing awards werc made : 1st Ccskoslovensky Sach 1949 Endgame Tourney. Position No. 85 by.Emii 9 Q - Kt4 in this rather aggressive lace Zimmerman of Akron in sec­ I'rize K 11 011ad,ly, 2nd Prize I" . Richter is a faSci nating duel between White and Black continuation or the McCutcheon in which lhe pra ncing horseman finally outsteps thc defending prelate. ond; while in the Womnn's C h ~lmp ­ DeBlasio, 31'(1 Prize G. Croes. fur­ variation is an "improvemcnt" over ionship Mrs. Catherine Jones of ther hOllors were wo n by Stocchi. Posilion No. 86 by Ladislav Prokes is an artistic study in the the usual 9 Q -RS - and bere he Columbus and Mrs. Mena Schwa rl1. Eaton , Iluse. Mansfield, Ecrkes, EI­ Czech com pose r's best style in wh ich the threatening Black Pawn is says (note to move 9) that he is o( Cleveland shared the nnt place lerman, Hassberg, Lntzcl, 1ofDjor, at last erased nrter some careful play by White Knight and Bishop. not so sllre of the correctness (){ honors as co-champions. Rasmussen, Socnnec:ken. For IO lutions plen e turn to page four. this move, and in the note to move A new section of the tourna­ In the three-mov'!r tourney with l:l he even IItates that ht' h:> ~ (oumt ment, called a "CDndidates" sec­ B. Ho lladay as judge the aWDrds a refutation? But above au: doesn't tion WRS held for the first lime were: 1st Prize A. Socnnecken, 2nd that "fantastic" position with the this yeaT, It was WOII by Jnmes Prize J. Buchwald, Further honon ~!. e ..J(;tUzer .JJaj .JJ;" :J)a'l 5 queens on the board loot very we.re wo n by Lnrscn, Eaton, Croes, familiar? Haven't J seen that posi· ALRen of Akron, with S. S. Keeney From (~ EJi(oT's Mail Btlg or Cleveland In the second SI>Ot. DeBlasio, Rubens. tion in an actual game, and not At the meeting of the Trustees Tourne.ys for the second haJJ of even so long ago again in CHESS of the Ohio Chess Association the 1950 will be judged by G. Mott­ LIFE-and now, Alekhine's own following oHicen were elected; Smit h and K. S. Howard. The pri:c.e "Grandmaster Draw"-A British Opinion note to move 11 says that this winni ng problems will be published Dear Mr. Major: deterrent. position did not. ottur in a game Arthur Plueddeman (Akron) presi­ in the October issue of the Ame ri­ dent, S. S. Keency (Cleveland) ex· Your article on the lcssons ()f J. T. BOYD actually played, but was just a un Chess Problemist. history interested me. Since 1938 Southampton. England. position which might have . oc­ ecutive vice·president, Stanley The Chess Problem Association Prague (Cleveland) secretary, and the Tournament Rules of British Mr. Boyl, on~ 01 Iht Ih.u ",~",Iu'l curred in a hypothetical continua­ of America mourns the loss of Chess FederatiOn have a provision 0/ I~ B. C. F. Commi/lU, .hirh p.r. tion-a continuation really condi­ Mila n Kontosh (Cleveltmd) treas­ their most enthusiastic and inde· urer. that 16{d) of Laws of Chess shall pa.d I~ I",,, 01 ~ rtf/illl roJr 1o. tioned by two hypotheses, Vb., that fatigable friend, their Vice-Presi­ not be enfo rced. 16(d) aJlowed an p'ru"'ltli(m 10 F.1.D.E., ;, It rtt03"i~d white had played 11 KtPxP instead dent Edgar W. Allen, who sue· ag reed draw but only after 30 (lulhori/., 'lpoIC 10llrrtamnl prrcdurt ""I oC 11 0-0-0, ,lDd that black THEN HICKMAN TAKES eumbed to a sudden heart aUack moves had been made. /" •. IV, Jo 1101 (I/I,mpl III rtl.dr bi, had answered 11 . PxP insteDd on September 5th. At the 1938 B.C.F. Congress I ,Iltlrm,,,, I&.I ,,0Ih;n8 ("(III pur,n! lwo of ] 1 B-83, which he, Alex­ PITTSBURGH MEET Problcm friends, chess editors, was ho nded, a few minutes :l fter p/

Ot:lob~ r 7·28 NO ROOM FOR INTOLERANCE Solutions to preylously published pnlblems on page fou r. Factor Memoria' Tournament By PAUL G, GIEHS Chicago, Illinois PrtJidt"'. U"iltti StilUs Chtll Fdtrlll;"n METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH CHAMPIONSHIP B Tournament open to aU; Swiss CTING on information received through the press, the members of Pittsburgh, 1950 event; entry fee ten dollars; don­ A a Los Angeles chess club recenUy adopted II resolution deploring L lIk:km." ___.. _____.. __ WI4 W4 OJ WI) 00 \1'8 \V? tl ·1 21.2$ ors invited to contribute to the in· a case of racial discrimination which occured at the July tournament t. Spiro ______WII WI! D5 W3 DI n: WIll rol·11I IU"O vitational premier tournament in I. OubuII, ______._. __ Wll W]O Dl L! Df W~ \VII I).! 1&.00 of the Soutbern Chess Association and proposing that the members of 4. D"bllo ______\\'1' L] WlI WI D! D! 1.5 4·3 1 &'~ memory of Samuel Factor; tourna· that association be barred from participation In USCF tournaments Ii. Ta]yw ______\\'l ~ DO D2 1.1 W8 1.3 \\'4 t ·8 11.!50 ment book will be distributed to II. )lu<)l1er __.. ______LlI WI! W7 '''' WIO 1.1 WI! • ·1 tI.oo until such discriminaUon had ceased. 7. Cdrelll ______.__ ,'" WI2 UI WI0 WI D8 Ll 81·31 11.15 donors only; for details write A. This resolution, published in the club's news bulletin, was circul· 8. ~rgtr ______.. ___ WII I ,~ 1,10 WlI 105 D7 WU $1·8' tI.~ Kaufman, 5531 South Kimbark, ated by the club's president to chess clubs and individual players II. Mloce~le ___...... ~ . _____. __ I,IO Dr. IA ,V12 L7 Wit WI1 81·86 1.00 Chicago 37, m. 10. nl'&l ~ &-4 (8.00); 11. Looitd 8·4 (1.00); n. 1I0dp>0, II.,:;' (I.Zi) ; IS. Dl nomo 1·11 (O.M); throughout the country with tbe request that an accompanying peti· It. Burn. i.(ll (O.1fi,'C" ______tion be signed and maiJed to my oHioo. A number of these petitions Hyde Park Cheu Club (Chicago) hilS a gala October program with have reached me, but several signers criticized the proposed punitive MARYLAND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP measure as being unwarranted and "in itself discriminating." first midwest showing of movie Baltimore, 1950 feature "Chess Fever" followed by . I am informed tbat th@ Southern Chess Association, an Independent I. L. N. En~ulot ____.... _.. __ !il' I 12. M. Ho.enbforg ______._ 3 .8 a blindfold simultaneous by former association of Southern chess players, had no ollicial part in the t. R. D. IId<:rlon ______r. ·1 1~. I). And~rt"" _ ___~ __._ ... __ ._3 I. DaYld Rentt. ______. __ _ t l·Ii u . J . SteyelllOll _____ ~ ______1.3 State Champion Paul Poscbel on . lnci~ent. 'The lack of tolerance displayed at the Durham, N. C. Tourna· t . R. lIc:eoma. .... ______4 ·2 16. E. R"wlt'l ______._ .. __ ••3 October 5th. Then October 12th ment must apparently be ascribed to some individual players who ob­ ~ . A. ~rp. ______t ·f III. M. TlIlt.. ______!Hi IS. L. FTaI>k ______'.2 17. R. 1'lIlbot ______, . sees a simultaneous exhibition by j ected to the participation of a colored player. 7. O. Lyle ______"·1lI III. Po. " yen ______J -t the noted Lithuanian master Povi· Discrimination is an ugly word, remlnescent of former years of II. T. Oombeo" '1·21 10. lI. IIfttl ______._ I -t •. O. Rand S ·S \lO. K. S.bats ______.__ 2 ., las Tautvaisas, while October 19th " 'selfrigbteousi1~ss and bias which fortunately have waned to a dim 10. D. K ______I ., !1. T. Stille. ___ __ 1 .6 is the date of the annual Club memor:r in tbis more enlightened age: It is unthinkable that there 11. J. Till. ______.·3 U. ~ 811______1 .& banquet. (!bess tife Ct. ••• :Jar :']t.. :lireJ B~ine.. man . P.,. 3 By Fred Rein/eld ThursJ.. y, OcI(Jbn 5, 1950 All rights ...... d by Pllmln Publll hing c,,01IO •• tlon, Int.. nol lon . ' COllyrl\lht, l~t. Ho !>Irt 01 thl, ••tln', mly boo ,,,,,od,,,,ed In Iny form without wrltte.. lM,ml ..lon f,om Ilia lIublll h,... A TREASURY OF BRITISH CHESS MASTERPIECES. Selected and annotated by Fred Reinfeld. Drexel, Penna.: Sell Publishing Co., 1950. Ct.e.. oL.1f. Achilles Heel Pp. xii, 244, with numerous diagrams. $3. HESE one hundred games, wonderfully annotated by Reinfeld, ..9n r/.w 7jort OR centuries the 's Gambit has been favored by strong play­ T stretch from 1798 (Atwood·Wilson) to 1948 (1'ruscott·Docsburgh). F ers because it concentrates White's attack against Black's KB2. They include many beauties from the romantic nineteenth century, B, Eliot Hedrst This point, the weakest in Black's position during the early part o[ the but more than hall of them were playcd in the past thirty years_ game. is particularly susceptible to combined attack by a White Bishop Reinfeld bas combed over tournaments, matches, and postal chess for he Manhattan Chess Club reeent· at QB4, a White Knight at K5 or KKt5, \Vhite Rooks on the King's the gloeat games of such British masters as Blackburne, Atkins, Burn, T Iy launchcd its fall program of Bishop file and White Queen at KR5. Yates, Wahltuch, Thomas, Alexander, and Golombek, to mention only activities with the club champion­ Tchigorin, who was famous for his mastery of, all forms of the a few. Every game is a gem: the unbelievable Alexander-Pachman ship preliminaries_ Twelve play­ King's Gambit, produced many a brilliancy ' by his utilizatiop of this 1947, one of ten brillhmcy prize winners in tbe beok. "British" in· ers accepted invitations to compete, factors. His combination in the following game is nol very profound, cludes the dominions, and so we have some of the best games of the and the top two or possibly three but it has a neat, crisp and convincing quality which make it very Canadian Yanofsky, the New Zealander Wade, the Australians Crowl, will join the yet unnamed seeded enjoyable. Purdy, and Koshnitsky. Even the "unknown" Englishman Bridle ap­ players in the finals. Among the pears for his striking victory over Bogoljubov, Flensburg 1947. Rein­ preliminary competitors is Reuben BISHOP'S GAMBIT Toronto Chess League elected: Klugman, whose fine showing at London, 1899 feld has perforce rcprinted some ' familiar games, but most of these R. Cody president, Dr. P. Hutzulak are not generally available. the New York State Championship While llltcl< vice-president, H. Ridout secretary, Tournament this year earned him M. TCHIGORIN C. SCHLECHTER 'rhe annotations, literary and artistic in flavor, are equal to the 1. P.K. P·K4 E. T. Jewitt treasu.rer, and K. an invitation to play at the Man· t. P·KB4 p"p Kerns tournament director. Plans games they graCe. The style blends instruction and entertainment in hattan. 3. B.B4 1l!tifIlJ and cides quickly. By Guilhnme Gromer K-QI n .Q7ch, 311. K·UI NxQP, Uti. p·IlS n ·U2ch, 37. K-Nl N-UUC hl, difficult problems. 38. l)xN R-K2, 39. Resigns. "Aller 39. QxPch, K-QI; 40. Q-RBch, K-B2 In brief: George Krauss of the White has nothing but a spite ." Marshall, who earned his chess "wings" by tying for 4th in the SOVIET ~ HESS. By Nicolai Grekov. Trenslated bV Theodore Reich. 1949 U_ S. open and for 3cd in this New York: Published by Chess Review, distributed by David McKay. year's State championship (beating Pp. xiii, 256. Cloth, $5. Bisguier brilliantly in the last I'lEN this book allpeared last year, one reviewer pointed out that round), enlisted in the U. S. Air W there were only four duplications between the lOS games in it Force In the Marshall Intra­ and the 50 ill Chernev's earlier collection, The Russians Play Chess. club matCh, held to celebrate the This tribute to the fertility and variety of games available to the return of the N. Y. State Individual anthologist is heavily undcrscored by the extraordinarily high quality Championship Trophy to the Mar­ of play here. It is, furthermore, a handsome volume in which such shall, the "Hearsts" defeated the conventions of chess printing as bold-face and varied type-size and "Sherwins," 10·6 . . .. Macy's· the frequent diagrams have been employed to marked advantage. world's largest department ~t ore Bul one should remark first the historical survey of Soviet chcss will have, as part of its annuai to 1944. Fifty-odd pages are devoted to this feature, including score­ hobby show, another continuous tables of important tournaments, biographical data, and gencral com­ simultaneous exhibition with mem­ 14. KbBPI bers of the Marshall partiCipating. The classic mentary, the whole split up into sections introducing batches of Zrqlr1rl. Ibl"bpp1. l»6p. p2pSB'2, Spu,'2. games. This material is interesting_ We learn that Ivan the Terrible It will be remembered that at last King's Gambit! 41'8, PI'Q2PI'I'. 2RR2KI year's show Larry Evans perform. 14 ...... R"Kt Whll. te> play banned chess in lSS1 but played it himself, that Winawer discovered 15. Kt·K1 eh Icc ", ~ntn/;on Q. 1(t.K41. Kt·KSI; 10. Q_B6. Kt·B5 "h; 11. I { · K~ , Kt-K4; 12. Q·R2. KI.·K\5 ch; 13. K-Q2, ioned. The emphasis is modern; only· 13 of these games were played 0/ Ihe jdtl Ih.1I Ihe noles 1o tht Bisguir r. Of CHrss LIFF. published lleml -mullthl y Rt n·l\tr. ,'h~ H. Kt-"3. Q-R't7 ch: In. R-TIl, before 1930. Many of the total are well known, but not a few will be Dubuq"e, low,", tor October I. 195(1, Allams gamt /,om Iht U. S. Optn Q.'Q ch; 10. K" Q, lH·K... ~h and wino. .\I 01t 01 our 801>'"1'11 lound the key-move, new to one·magazine readers. Most o( the notes are by the winners; 1. Th e "amel! and n;h one "U~.teU L Kt·K5 un(lee " Botvinnik annotated 18 of the 23 of his given. St pltmbrr 20 /h 'WtU 'Wr;/Itn by Dr_ Btld ",I,laken Impre.oIon 11".t the Bl I ck Qu een mana!.",r uc; j'llbliJoh.r. Idontllornery Major. Roud. "Q uid laler check al m. Oorrect .... IUtiOl" . One of the most Interesting players of the older generation was Oa~ Park. IIlIllOI. : E(lItor, :ll:untlrOll'HY Major. Oak Park. II1inoi,; Man.ging };dltor, "'~ acknowled ~ r"""i.,,-l Irom' J. A. Raker Dyin-Zhenevsky, whose best known feat was that queen-sacrifice (M~nkdo). N. ~Tl\ ' !J' I" (Brooklyn), J . E. M O l\t ~mery M~jor. Gaik J'a rk, llHno!,: 1tuol. r"A m.,t""k (Duluth). W ..J . Couture (How_ against Capablanca in 1925_ As we know from Chernev (naturally!), ~%o~ .• nag"r, Montfl'omery Major, Oak Pari<, Ird). Dr. JJ. M. F.mlUn (n etrolt). A. A. he lost his memory in the First World War and had to learn the moves CHESS BOOKS Pog"n (~Iontreal). J. F ",uch~r (New Haven), , 2. The cwncr Is; _ The Untted Stat.. Ch""" By Fred R"lnfeld I:. (Ja l,lt (New Br lJ:'l\lon). A. K.ufm.n all over; he lost his life in the Second. A game not often reprinted is FederatIon, Inc.. Chlcag(>, 11111l0i.. a non _ «;hk~fI'oJ. 1':. J. Korpnnty (Woodside), D. his brilliancy prizer won from Romanovsky in 1922_ The trade here is prolit orgunil'... tlon. The Unknown Alekhlne .$4.00 L"vadl (Des!'lalnt'llJ. H. A. McCallIster Immortal Games of Capa· (Hack" lI lack), 1>. O. M c D~ni eJ . ( Lol Ange­ more like usury than it was in the Capablanca game, for Dyin-Zhen· o t~~~l ~~~«;n h':X~'~~~" I ~:~ln;(J;~J[~in;n~ blanca 3.50 l",, ), 'I. A. MIchael. (We. tmount), E. F . evsky gets in exchange a , a bishop, two pawns, and a strong p~r"ent or more of toul a mount 01 honoIa, Muller (Flint), Ii:. No "!! (Waohh'J:'ion). R rnortgllr" or "tI'er IleCUrt tl.. aro: NOI'I). Chen by Yourse lf 2.00 L. Smith (P"rtt~ndJ. n. TOl"""h cr (Ml1wOl,,_ pOSition. White: Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Black: P. Romanovsky. Ruy Lopez. ,. l'atagraph, 2 and 3 Include, in ~~""" Nlmzovlch the Hypermodern 2.00 1r ~ ). W. n. Wib.on (Amh~rathurg). Dr. J_ 1. P-K4 P-K4, 2. N-KB3 N-QB3, 3. B-N5 P·QR3, 4. B-R4 N-B3, S. P·Q3 .\l ~ lnlck (J'ortiandJ_ \V~ ere the !t",,1r h o ld e~ or _ "r!ty holder up' Botvlnn lk th e Invincible ... 2.00 p-Qa, 6_ 0 ·0 B.K2, 7. P-B3 0-0, 8. R-Kl N-Q2, 9. P-Q4 B-Ba, 10. ~AI1I UpOll the booka of the company a. trutt"" or ;n any olhu fIducial')' r~JatIon. Kere,' Beat Games 3.00 SOLVERS LADDER B-B2 It·Kl, 11. B-K3 N·BI, 12. QN·Q2 P·KN4?!, 13. p·QS! N·Nl, 14. Dr. J. M. Ermkn ]6~ . N. lIern "t~in 8 Ih o, nam e 01 the P<'roOIl or ~orj)Ora tto" for whom . uch tr".!"" iJo acting; also the . tate· Challenge to Chessplaycra. 2.00 J. F8uc~ er ...... 161 A. A. t'oJ:'~ n ..... ". a N-B1 N-N3, IS. P-KN3 B-NS, 16. B-Q2 B-R6, 17. K-Rl BxN, 18. RxB mC~ltor In t be two p . r agra p~. thow the al­ Fl. J . Korpanty .161 n. n. ODltiJ:'hor ~ Tarrasch's Best Games 5.00 K-R1, 19. N-Kl! R-N1, 20. Q-R5 N-Q2, 21. N-B3 N(3)-BI, 22. QxBP! P­ flant'. lull knowledge and ~1! ef no to !lle E. O. ult * ...... * 16 M. A , Mlehud . . 8 ~ ml Practical Endgame Play .... 2.00 .1. Rn"" .. _ ._ ..... l~. J. ~:. Com.t<:><:k " 2 NS, 23. N-Nl N-KN3, 24. Q-K6! N-K2, 2S. P·B3! Q-Kl, 26. PXP R-N3, dr<=llm,tlnOe/l <"O ndltlon. undcr whleh .t""kholdel1l ~n d 'e<:k l nd ...,,,.lttee In I. 01- Relax With Chess .. ' .. 2.50 J. A. Hake. _ ..... ]8 L_ R. Lan" .... __ H R(6)-B2 P-R3, 36. N-B7 N-BS, 37. PxN KxN, 38. PxPch K·Nl, 39. PxP paci!y other than that of .. bona lido <>wncr. A. Kaulman ...... ]0 .J. ". Barry ...... 1 MONTOOMF.ltY MAJOR, With Irving Chernev L. Orat.lrH Ootobel' 15, 11160) Annotators Qbess tile 192 Seville Drive K. Crittenden 0 •. M. Heubltge. TI.. mJay. Octolxr 1, 1910 Journamenf c:Il/e Roeheater 17, N. Y. E. J, Kor ...... ty J . E. Howatth ---;;O"'U"'TC"'H""'O"EF EN SE J. Lapin J . " ayer Kt:I ~mbu l ) (CI• • oland) P·lit and drh'e t he Black plcct'll 011 th, If i....tc~d 10. __ • I'd' thea 11. I'-Itl with Cleve land City Championship 1. p' 04 P_IO 4. 8 -KU 8 -KU ""Dler "l..... na. Kt-U3-K5 to lollow. Tilt le:I:t IDOft lilowa 2. KI ·KB} P_KB4 So 0-0 __ U. B"Kt P.81 • IIIia iii 10 io."" • In'ftIte. MJ' abOul the Clevelillnd, 1950 ). P·KKU P-(lKO "'101 thia t>r.,ak 1nc up of h;' own I··fomoa· rou" ... ;"II' ey.,, 1I. II While pia,.. P-QB4 bdore cuaUl"", B'lack l iop T Th,,", ..... notlti"4\' wrong with 11. _ , IL Kt-8) _ No/tl by JU/iUI GooJm"n em u c ...... &" • v ...... by B.QKU; ch. Qill. U> he 101l0woN! b" 0·0-0 1,,01 . " .11· II Whit... Inlenm P·OI Ihtre .... bcl~ ..a, .. White moo' S. __ KI-KBl i. P-84 ' _84 '",,,,,e ut m . dI'. K.-!de I... AIIN lhe text thA" KI·BS-K ~ (1) n. R-Kl t hen lit-BI, J. GOOOMAN L. STAR Obloh,ln, n\01'e _""' '01" low 'PI_ IL tbe " ",,'e lJ1~ek Int"nd. to:. ulm"" U'e " I",n KKI de. (2) It.KH, etc. ; or tl'o;-n (I) It. Kt-);U, I . P-Q4 P-04 }. Kt·KS KI·KB) , iok 01 ....,.hni " t hi. """ler. fil e ."d kee ro hit ..uar e K~ .. "der "",,1..,1. ~tc. 2, '.Kt·KB) B·KIS J. KI·81 P aP Bul tile ."".... ;, \ Q<> pro''OCIll.~ . 11. __ KI.8) n. Kt·KS " .... III hia !.",nlC "II'_".. t Tlrtako"",. In Ihe !!an \Vh l'" U,.....,.I"".,(I I>·Q&, blocking Dl«k'. QII. 12. 0·0 Q-K2: Jlere ""map. 1'·00 .ltould be " ... pa,ed by ftc ..." l<>u'Mmellt 01 11190 Alekhlne ' Q"o l~t '" S. Kt-QKts! _ " "te,,,1 n. _ •• , P·UI had 10 be c<>""ld.-rtII 12. 1(t·Kt&, ,ute. )(t·Kt5 Blad< playl 12- all.". lI!~ck' . lIfth m("'e: "Black i. Mlm lnll If a. X41', UxB weaken. White'. K--'Ile. II ' ''''''ltly. ".j(.j I··KIU; 11. la·1I3 ~nd now 11. __ • 10 ud'~n t;e Iha pltcei he hD jUil dcveloti'..J 1). P,K4 a. Qx l', U·;U g",;'" a ''''''VO. K:81>11ul Ifl. R} l. _ _ P-Q R3 10- P_KU Of COII .... I U . ..:._ Kb KI n. 8 _ B~ P-RS Z-. .~':.~y . ":i'.q~be I"~:' ',Kt(5»ftl. Then Ol."k ... ould, holv. ,. Q-KIl Q-B2 1'. QR.Ol Q-KO mlck 1_ tiln" with tht. mo~. b .. t pro­ Th" pl'''I'.'allon 10. Ihe 10110""''''' mlota);e. to "" prep.red .;;aln.t • Wblle K·. lde I' . ,J . 10. KI-8' P·IO n. 8_10 P.P vol< .. I weak,,_ In White'. X-aide P 01""" bul lJ1ack h ... to try oomet bbllS', he r.lI.mo.ol ...... ,. Alur ...... , p"p affuru lu ~ II 11 111 . 20. __ Kt-K2 22. KR-KU ~2~p _':lR~br 06~ ~.I~~)lo ~~~YQ ~i4 - , P~_~2 16. P·B' P-Q84? 11. p.QS! K·KU 21. P-84 Q·R2 n. Q.Q2 Kt-KS. lIlkh too 1'•• l vo: I""tud 17. __, I'·I!! ..... 2:1. H·UZ 100'" good here. Or !2. 1i·III, """. I'r('pariftj( P.Q8 by dcl'eoclinl It.. KP. ~n atl<'m l'l to brdk up tho While center. White would prolit by Icttlntr 1II..,1I lII... t 15. QR·Ql P-Ql! IS. Q,8) P · I(R~ 20, KI-Q2 P·R5 the ..cba~ e of Q,o. TII"'ot.... h>l to win • pieooe b,. 1· ·Il• . l!/, KR·KIl KR·KU 2L Q·R5 8.Q2 22. _ B.Q2 2). QaQ _ White ,,-u tbrealeuloog IbKt . "" II ,.. _ , ~. R-KI6, KI·U!; 21. II..K,o, KI·K2: !6. QII· ~I'- ~~:! ...,\oQ. n "Q; II now n. JI . I '.); ~ !; 11. KI·H2o KUKtJ'1 .nd BlAck wi.... 22. P - R~ RPoP 25. Q--KU Q-Q5 K17. lt ~ 1I I"ll"wcd by lbe Id•• """ " I tI... ,. 2). RP.P Q·Ol 2:6. R·R2 8·81 QHI·. 1'. _ Q"Q lB. P.QR)l 24. Q·81 Q_t(c 13. __ . R.Q~. 8·82 _" 11 . KbQ R-Kl h .."fIl o: lcII' ,,'oooid "" 26. _...... , Od': !I. 24. I· ·KI.~. KI·KUI; 25. R·Knt (!f 25. n .ft:! ~'0"'; 11"" B\~ck to Inde B lor KI "r (ll"y It,n. QxHt; 28. R~P with Q,lv.,,\ul:r I". then 2:',...... KI~P; 20. UxH, KLxllch. ~ te.), Whll r , KI· K2; 27. n·l.I2. 1I·R2; 28. U · KL ~ . d c. wltll ~!il~;~i";;~I~;!!~(~t ~~~ l:Vl~t ~·~•• ~~t ~QB :?; 21. P·RS Kt·RI 29. P·KS R·K I2 ~·82 th., ~ ln~ 1 ,,,.ull, 10 be det.nnlned by 19. Kb Kt, n~Kt; 20. 1'.qKt-I, IJ~U I' eh ; 21. 2S. PoP PoP)O. P·R6! KI_ KIJ ..."" call IIr. 1 .""U"" . nd """" Ito""" ." . <1 . R.B. Kt.R.: 22. K~K t with a wlnoln/:' ad· Di"","N""" ... ""Id be 30. __• I' ·KIS; :rl. Q. ....nbge. """l.:Ip I .... WhIle. KI ~1. K• . U'! ; I:t n " I' ch, T'"R; 33.. " · 117 " " Ie. :U. _ R·B' 25. B·KIJ _ 11. _ p.QU Jl. nPaP B"P l2. RAP! Rnlgnl ~~ O·KI6. II .R! ; .. It·KBI, KI·KIS wllh Tll Ioo la.eI a I' beea..... Wh ile b .hdd in .he .... 1"""'" In bo, d..cid ..d l>r ' ..,1;'" nil..". de>'ek>l,_I. A/ltr 12: lUP! ,hi" ot ntcgT. n. P~P P_K KU!? PINKUS 25. __ B_B} If ;.""ad 1'. __, BlI.QP ; !O. QKtlI.BI', '\'Ioil ~ I. here tI,,,,,,' r ,,I,,!:, I'· m; . nd, If 1' ~ KH a) : U . R"O. P.Xts(b); 22. p·KJI wIth .... _ .. I '~I ' ; I· · K ~ . •l'1 by I'·K6, ~.1. lJ 1. I ,,"o..o.r If *,I e l", . n~ would hove In e hld~l I 'd( ~ . I'. " ): 2:1. U~R, P"II; 2t, K"KI. mack JI ·II~, e"'. noay work ""t .... ell. After 27 . this one In h i. " ,\rt 01 Sncrllice." In teol. n ~ p "h . I' ~U: ~ QxP ell. K.K2; n. Q-B7 eb. X.QS: 28. Kt-B!> eb, K.K.; 29. 1l ~ Q, ele. 22. _. 8 · e~ 23. K·Rl 0-0 11I ...k f. tI . 1M ••w lndle. True. be eo nnot t"k.. the Kt . lter ndJ wJlb Ihe Q beea"" \\,1,118 100, 1 (< W IIIe ... ,no wll h 0'", fn i.... lrom fX~ II."r::lpl:' at III. 1;r1l1l'''1 . I rok~. N. p.K7 R·82 n_ O.Kt R·B2 2S. B·KKI5 80P 2:&. QaQP A,KB I FRENCH • U. Kb:B eh RaKI 29. B_Kl Q,B2 D~FE~SE 11 Obcl<·. Q . bould "tumble" Into White', Teill m Match Q, thtn Whit...... Id ..... te b,. lokI", both Howillrd, 1950 ..:10. B_R 31. R_R eh Q,.... Nolet by John E. Ho .... ,/h /rom "Eeb« et M"I" 0/ I~ Pro"inJtnt:t Y 11. KI·B) Cbm Club Solutions: 17. I'" P, QkP: 18. Q.M, K\. 1I4 ; 19. Q-Q6 WhH O . urlek White to Play and Win ch, ~ t e . Or 11. ___ , I'd'; 1 ~ . liH13, W. 8. SUESMA N J. E. HOWARTH 1'""iUon ~o. lIS , 1. \{t-K ~. !t.Kt: I. Kt . lt !~, 11 ..... _ P-KS". KI·Kt& ( P rovld.~u) ( Ho ..ard) f1·Qa: S. 1\t.QI. B.Kt.(J; 4. lil·1i14, B·Q3: ~ . " f ,~ is, KI · R~ P ·KK I~ 1. P· K4 P·K3). KI_QB) 8-KIS Tid. eou """ not While'. l""'t. lIero 2Il. Kl·nn, R·ut : ~. Kt·Q4. B·Q3; 7. Kt·KO, IJ · K2 ; l'·){tr. DI~ ek 19. (I.no. ,,"KI: 20. QxKt. 0. 19. " .. _. KI·Ja; 2. P.Q4 P-Q4 would IJa hetter--RHI for wo"ld 8. Klxl'. lI ' Q~: G. Kt·KG, 1I·K2; 10. I\I·n•. 21). (j.Q~ ch. hI' 20. _" ..... 1'· 114. .\ lo:ou,l ' alt c'r,, ~ tI.~ I, 8. _"". Kt·KU3. Though 29. __ P'QS ch )0. K-Q2 ..._. rr.Q3; I I . KI·Kn. n ·K2: 12. P·R6 Rnd wi" .. Q·I(I 2). P· BS KI_BS Q U~ ••• U·KKIl:, R-K2: ~ . P·K5, KKt-Q2: 8. Pnelll,," ::.'0. 86: I. It·DO eh. K.KI!; !. 1' ... _ II iIU. K·Ri, then 30. _ . Kt.QJ. follow... 1 20. O.Q :u. P.QP .,. OxB. Q:xD, e te., B1:u:k'a tuII: i. to b..,.k R.meh. K"n ; I. Kt-Kt5eh. and • . KI.- R3 H . P_KR~ QR.OI by Ktll.QUp. ~~K~ 25. KR·Kl tlMl oo ," ~ wlo:ot cnlbpinog """Ie. Po. of White :10. __ PXP ch ll. K_81 _ wI ..... If 1. __• K·lIi; %. R·B7ch. K.q, ; 3- 22. P-RS KI·R4 26. K·KU Kt-KIJ ""it hout C'ft!1O IlDS: oi.Mr _k_ III 10k tid' cl>, lC ~ ll (II I. _ . K ·Hl: •. B.K7 !): II ~ .., n . K·Kl 100'" ••,,"'" better. II thnr Wh it .. b h~l"lea ,iefe""''''' line. TIll. ""'Y be _pll.1oed Sl . __ KI.-Qt; II!. R.QI __ Il:ood. Wh Ile 4. lit-BG ..h • • nd 5. Kl.Q3 wi... If I. _ , 31. P·B) 1(1·81ch b,. II", .d ...na: , at lhe riJ:ht Ume, _. I'· K·K1: !. KI-QtIch. K.Qi ; I. It·Mch, ..~ I ~ ~:8~u K~~ )2. K-Ql .,. Qn. "KI _. P.K»3. Anot""" l(b II to ;no _ , 1I.Q7; 3:1. p.H5. Ktp~P; sa. I '~ Y : 4. R·K! ... h... If 1. _ . Ii·Ktl ; %. Itd' ch. 3t. BoB., 1I-Q1:i : l{i, B · Kt~ but mull; ill belt. 29. K-81 K-B) R.oJ,n. .'I:o,y __ . I'·KIU 10 the lit Cltn oecul11 tht /1 ",1 ~. II ·XU wi"" XI. K·K2 R(U-Q.B1 "l...... KlIl. WloIto co n f.,...., t he Kt . ... ay. If :<12. 11,,1' (1,,"06,1 01 32. P_US ) . n .HI7 ; but In lhe pruetU maek gainl time . , ..1 33. n ·U!. JUI'. d c. m .ek i. Mol. Is Your Friend A Member? CATALAN OPENING " lien While'. K·.lde I. weaken"'" In Ihe 31 . -""* R·Q7 }2. B.Qm K:j:i'i i: cbaO!!. S. Open Championship 4. 8-Q) P _ QB~ 5. KI.KB) P.8S ~~~'I}!Q~: ::Oi:n~: -R':KI1~(!~~: 33. u. l2. __ " R(2).Q2 R... . tln. Detroit, 1950 If White <:01" a rlo,d I<> I<>oe tlon.. : then SUPER $1.00 VALUE 1I1:.d< ...~ Iy can " hl""hde" thl, !a-. and NOltJ by Dr. P.I"I~ J. I"tparo for 1" IUto d~lopme:D 1I on u .. Q­ !~II:: ~ ' ~_~?' b~ V:n = ~I .· "'1 riole. If 6. _ . Kt-Q1l3 then 1I·QK 16 e. CHICAGO CHESS ANO Softd $1 ~ . cheek or 1I.0 . to, 1" 110'11'",, "r 0 ·0. et.. . '- 8·1(2 KI·K2 J . V. RtJ ~ ...rt. P.O. BOX US /f iul.~" 0. _. I'd'; 7. Kt-1i5 .1Id If !\OW CHECKER CLUB PEORIA 1, ILLINOIS _. P-QKU Ihtn 8. P-QRt, etc. 1. 0.0 _ (Oldest Club in Cbicago) 7. 1'.Q1I3 Or 7. It-Qf IQ<>ko ""It.. r. AIJ ~ . 7. 11& SOUTH ~ICH1GAN- p·QR3, O ~ KI : 8. r ~ n, II oow 8. _ .... I'xP. ATTENTION: f hcn O. KI·lIm. ~le. Room 1208 7. _ _ BxKI 9. KI.Q1 Club Secretaries 8. p.e 0.0 Close to All Transporlation Tournillment Directors n"." 9. Iil·KIfi """,Id be " helt.". wIlY 1<.1 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP, $9.00 ; ...... , . .... r .... \1", A'I .... """ of Ihe linl·. Aft .... Tournillme nt Sponsorl 9. lit . i10,,,,""- Whlle. I'Ibell t h""""" th ~ tul In ortk-r to hall tl l~ SulMcrlplion. Aco:epltc rf""l1,. d"n While KinK ... mnll: h ,. eln . 'Id « lgl".III" . nd _riel" h)' Ihc " oe 01 .n ,,·oll ..df:dilor: 1l. Cal· " ",hl~m No. 190 (W"""hlk ) : oon""t",1 wilh Whit ~ I'... n Oil KH2 1". lead 01 mack PAPER CHESS BOARDS umlMlk_ Prnbleln World : T . n. O I WIOII rive rounds or more, with at l'l wn: 1. B.no, Il,"'at : ~ . Kt-Ot male. If 1. _ . R.K' ~(;h ; t . Kt.-KI2eh, II ·KIlI : s. KI ·Q3 FOI Tou. n..... nb .!WI ExhlblUona. 8ufl - n.!Ii per )'~a. (I! iNu.. ) ­ least two USCF members 3 S nl~t e. II I . __• Ilxl' eh: t. Kt·KS e h. n -Q5; 1I. Kt-QG .... te. If 1. __, R.Q); ; l. " .'U. .nd GrMn 2\1.. " SQ ....es on heavy .I""k, Specl....,. noPy r.e C'Ontcstants, will be rated with­ I! I . __• II·KIS: 2. KI·R~. " I wu '1"lIe 1m"...... 1 wi\l, Ih ~ ,wc"",, n..... Uon . ft~. 1. __, dli ll fln"~ . App,o~. lire 20" K 20". PIOclc­ H · K W "-lIlcl1.~I a. "Two r:t>ecb h,. Ill..... BiIob"" . ,," Rbok, f"U_ oN! by 1"1.".1...... ".. ed In lob 01 50 fo, ;5.00; 250 fo. $20.00, Sr>tcJ.a, Ihln' I"" """ teer. """,ide "I... . nd "npiD' 01 Ihe While IiDlght In rapld·fI.e ....,. ...d SOD for 530.00 podp.a]d In USA .nd .lm• • 1 $.'tllJ I.... T!'II'. in your tournaments and give CCIlIlon"- Whlle. • C.nlOd ... Send M.O. or ehect 10' CHESS WORLD !lnl"tlo"" to t1oc.c "roblem, a.., acl"",... I"dlf'!d I""" "" ~ . O. Hurn., Chldl"r. Wil· Comp..,hen. tye AlIl lT. 1il n e h_ mll:l' your players the benefit o{ H.", J . Co" lu.." Dr. J OlI8pt, Jot. Il: ...... n. Y. A. II oll"fny. I{ ~ "nd.h I.. y, Ttd Lol ..I .. N. A. B. M. SMITH ol ne ... thoN! i>... C. J , S. PuN y. Artk:l ... knowing their ex;t,ct standing in Mlchad •• l oci A I ~hl Whll~ . Soh,tlOllOO t.:> NOot. lit!. 181. ~ ",I IIr> n r ~ al ... acknk. $!.OO j)tr )'eu-I! la"el the national cbess community I'rohlcm :S". 191 (Rurke ) , I. R· KI4 . " This K nl ~ h t III.,m, is vcr .. t rleky"- Coulu.., Sample copy !Oc -raling lists will be published "A .. tronll' Iheme. with a Int 01 n,lnor br·plo.y"-Whlle. . . CHESS LI FE. 12) No, Humph"y A.... ~ emi-a nnua lly in CHESS LIFE. " ,alMn, No. 11)2 (u"n .day) , 1. KlII l·. "St"~l\I.(el,. .,noulrh, here i. l he w.. y .. me Olt Park. m. Iheme ... In No. 191, .boo iIIullnoled by 1_ U13~k Knlll:hl moveo, now I.. h,rinjlf a ~ If . Officiilll rating forms should v!nnlnlt' ker and unpinn i,,1!I' ...... e_"-W hlte. "The "retty Knltllt m. -'...... 1 ...... fool.,.1 A, BUSCHKE, Speciillist for ...."-(."001 ...... " V.,.,. .... rprklnJ:. aocl v,.,." c-I"...... ct\ltIl.".. "KnIght unpin. " h,. a orlf· be secured in advance from:­ blOC'll : __ 'tC'r,. 1::00.:1 10 me"-iAJ". CHESS and CHECKER Mont90mery ~ior J"tohlno No. 1113 ( l..:inlChl alltl VmnoY); 1. B·R5, " An Inl riftt e toDetJlt , ,.,..,.t LITERATURE wlUl .....f1'l,y t.<;hniqu.,''-Whlte. "A honey at • problmo"-COU,,,.... " I like t hl. for the 123 No. Humphrey Avenue _ r 107 of I. I\'·ns and the u ....1I11II/ dcf_ of 1__ • R.J[I1i"-Nkhltl.. 80 Eu t 11th Street, New York 3 Oak Pillrk, illinois I'robl~m No. 19f (1Ia.-eI) , 1. Kt_K •• If I. _ , P .IH; t Q~ d,. If 1. _ , P·Kt7; Lo IHI lI.b 1•• uocr, completed, and returned to him ! . Q·K8 ch. II 1. _, K.QS; t . X·Kt7. If I. __, K.KI4 ; l. Q-QR5ch. " An ~xeell""t a- 'l"ou"",m~t.o ond AI. teII" mlnldu .... "'"wlnr:: 110" po... .". 01 1.1Id"", Kn lll'hto In .n (lJ>eD fleld"--6mlth. "OP" 01 1"'­ The 00_ Problem as soon aiter the conclusion of wonderful mlnllt"r",,"-olldl~r. " I 1,.lik"I • • iy lib thl, ; Ito ...bU., """nomy I, clooely lkln Chceke .... (On~ .... hto) your tournament as possible. t.:> Stelnltolln t(I.. lIIbrium" - Rollo" . In , P'III. ratl~i 11~ttonlJ;k"'k lJarJ·lnl Solutio". to 110_ prohle"",, w .... I'<'C<1lved hom J .me. DOlton Hurray Durn, Rev. Do 1101 ,.. ,ilt 10 otht, USeF ol!iti.. IJ O. Hurny (lbldlty. W nll~m J. Ouulu.t, Dr. J OII"ph M. l!:rm.n, 1':. O","am. F . A 1I0ll" . r Writ~ 10, ),OU . Fru CopitJ. /0' lhtu ,