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Vol. ill Monday, Number 8 Offi dCll Publication of The United States (bess federati on December 20, 1948 MARSHALL MATCHES PARIS CHAILLEN,GES FRANCE DUEL BY A TLA!NTIC CAiBLE New York vs. Paris Cable Chess Match Planned By Marshall Chess Club S unday, December 19. sees the chess expe)·ts Of Paris and New York pitted against each o ther by Atlantic cable in a match of eight boards, from 9 a.m. to G p. m .. :o.'e'v York time. The American team will play from tbe rooms ot the llal"\lhalJ Ch~s Club In New York. which sponsors the event, and the teanl will be captained by Dr. Edward Lasit:er, who arranged the match ror the Marshall Chess Club, The American team will ha.T6 -'----'--'------ Reuben fo'lne (World Cbamplon ship contender) on hoard one and ULVESTAD PLANS the other pisces will be filled by; EXTENSIVE TOUR Isaac Kashdan (1947 Open Champ , ion), T. A. Horowitz (EditOr of Olaf UIYestad, well known chess Chess Hevlew). MIltA)n H~au er analyst who placed in. A tie for ((onner New York State Champ third 1n the recent U.S. Champl- iOll), Joseph Faucher ( ~ew J ersey onshlp, Is planning an extensive Chamillon), Jack . W. Co l lin s tour of t he country. Leaving Se (Brooklyn Chess Club Cl1amplon), attle on Ja nuary 20th, he w ill tour and J\lrs. Gisella Kahn Gresser (U. the Pacific Coast untit F ebr uary S. Women's Co·Champion) . 6th. }o~ro m February 7th 1.0 March • .. The French team will be eap LOG CABIN CHESS CLUB CELEBRATES 1st he will be In Texas. Durin g .Ialned by 01'. O. S. Dernst'!!n, March he will cross lIlinola, Mlch Franco - Russian Inlel'lJationaliU. I/l:Rn ant! Ohio. In .Aoril h e wm CCLA CELEBRATES MT.. (\,_, ....\\ \,.. ou.\.'h.,. be In "C!nll~lvanIA, New "urk and ROBERT. BYRNE TOPS EV AlNS IIIj:uln!lt Mme. Chuude cl e 911allll, RECORD YEAR New Enghltld. Woman Chnmpion of }o'l'unce. At IN ANNUAL LIGHTNING MEET New York Mnrcel Oncl,amp. :1I"U8t, M r. Ulvestad Is of!'erlng II. reg With the nplKIlIIlf\' of the 194.8 II..!". :;.h:a\llw,noo= o;:.:blloUkon "'P to I ~eadersh i ps tht('~C LA wound up a ' ",.;:i ~r~ ~ as FJ~ ItelI ur1t!' I \~ '[or the match. 40 boards, pins choice ot OUII of Competed fuli yelH' of I'ocord breaking tour the following half-hour features: T;"'en i:y-()n~ Ch ;S~ Play ~rs 7C naments. In everyone of the RAG·-cA7CN°-C=Ap=T=U=RES 1) a two-board slmultanoous blind In Seventh U. S. A hnual Lightning Tourney events there I WHe more entries folded 811eed dlSlllay with Mr. than In any yea)' In the !.eague·s MISSOURI TITLE Ulvest.3.d allowing himself 15 eeo history. ! o nds maximum per move; R Displacing Max Pa,'cy, WI!) did not defend his title. Robert B)"rne Youth again triumphs IlS John :n o ( Yale, ISH Liltcrcollegiate CI1p-Jn plon, won lhe Se\-cnth Annual U. S. In the Lead~"hitls, Sl)eCiul and Ragan, IS-year old SL Loulslln who lecture-gnme, highlighted and ex L!ghtn lng Tournament with a tkore of 8-1, drawing with Dr. Mcngarilll Regular, there 1I'ere o,-er 120 en fifllt tried his hand at cheas only pln ined with a talk 011 new Ideas in tllc opening. and you~ ge r brolher, Donald Oyrne. Second place went to Larry EVAllS tries. Last yeal' there were only two years ago, bested the veteran w ith a seol'c of 7·2. rcprescnthlf IO SHeIi 10 HObert Byruc and Julius Par. 103. H. Wesenberg Of l{ansns City In Clubs In terested in cngaglng Mr. tOil. Third place was CS lltured by Parlos with 6i'i·6~, while Herbert Seid a play·on game 10 take !)ossesslon Ulvestad Inay address 111111 fOr a man Iliaced fourth with 5-4. Donald Byrne and Dr. Mengarini tied l or The largest tournallIent or tile year, as In aU years, was the of the 1948 Mlflsonri Stale CllIlmp date as: Olaf UI\,estad. 2113 - 41 Hflh wllh H+4~ eac:h. 1948 Grand National, for the om ionshlp. Ragan, II studlolls It II d A\·ellne. S.W., Sealtle G, \Vash. 110t In the preliminaries hI SCCtiO Il B, Robert Byrne captu red (l1'6t place cial Correspondepce Chess Cllam industrious young playel' with a later than Ja.nuary 15th, 1949. with 8t-ll), los iug to 01'. Ariel Mcngariul aud drawing with .Jeremiah Illonshlp of tho U. S. A. for l!l4 11. .natural talent fo)" the game proved }o'r om January 20th 10 February DODOV811. j;'. Howard and Dr. Mengarlnl placed in a tie behind him (or a star Uing upset in the six rotlnd There were mol'~ than 480 contest SUI, addr ess Ulvestad, care of F. second with n-2~ each. In Section A Donald Byrne topped t he field ants signed Ull tor (l1(l event. TIllS Swiss wilen he tied H. \Vesenberg A. La.snle\', 714 Creel' Lane, Palo with G~-2!, while Larry Evans a lld George Krauss tied fo r second with In the regular tournament with n ,\!to, California . 6-3 each. is conslderabi)' larger than any previous Gmw\ National. Over 50 score or 5- 1, conceding his only Tile tou rnamen t was held at the scctlons wel'e required to dh-Ide loss to 'Vesenberg, while \Vescn quarters of the Log Cabin Chess PHILA SERVES berg yielded a loss to R. SI;hooler. MICHIGAN PLANS the playel's lI uc~esstully . New Yo rK Club In West Orange, N. J . with lllld California earb entel'ed enough F ifteen players competed In the OPEN TOURNEY R ichard W. Wayne acting as tour CHESS TREAT men to make n full separate di six·round Swiss e vent conducted nallient d irector and Io'orry E. The World H ob by ExposiUolI by the Missou ri State Chess A s The Michigan State Chess Lauck!> of the Log Cabin and vision In each state. sociation. C. H arrold and R. School sodatlon voted on November 21 Vluc6llt Starke servlug as the gen· held at the Convention Hall In The CCLA too set a record In Philadelphia became a real chess er tied for third with 4·! each. to make a c hange in the style of eral ID1I.nagers. Twenty-one play members h ip. ItS members now lOOk: treat the MercsnUie Library while R. Vollman and R. Poohle the annual Championship T ourna el's were pl'esent, including repre ~hen with' pdde 0 11 their ra (li d ly grow· Chess Association m aintained a tied for fifth with n-2a. These ment. In previous years it has beell s en tation (I'om the New York Me Ing group and find e\'ery reason large booth with 12 ta bles for chess ties were not b rOken In the fJual a Round Robin Tournament with \TO politan, area, New Jersey, to believe it Is olle of the fi n· which were constantly In use. standing. entranta limited to one to each Washington, O. C" and Cleveland, est a nd strongest cor respondence =------Ohio. E. R. Glover, president of the c hess organiUlliolls in existence. club holding membershJp in tlle !\ILCA, and Norman T. \Vhltaker ROZSA REPEATS state association. In 19~9 the tour In the consolation tour nament, were on duty every day from 1 to IN OKLAHqMA narnent will be an open tourna Julius Goodma n ot Cleveland 11 p.m. and were aSSisted by olhers LOUISVILLE HAS ment and will be conducted along scored 51-16 to wi n first place, re ot the "Merc's" 180 members. Large In the third'a.i'nUal tournament Swiss System lines. It will be held NEW CHESS CLUB of the r.hf!"~ A,,!I(I('in. peating h is performance or a year new boarda and me ". furnished b:r Oklahomll on -two W.,.,k.-t!UUII, uuc uf which ago In B rooklyn. the Gallant Knigbt CO. of Chicago, Hon, Dr. Bela Rozsa. professor of will A new chess club ot 40 members be the Fourth or July holiday were IIsed and a large assortment music at Tulsa University and week-end. 'fhis is of an experimen resulted trom the cheslI classes at USCF Vice-President. fOl' the third of chess books published by the tal nature for 1949 and fu ture years PORTSMOUTH TOPS the t.oulsvllle ( K y .) YMCA III)On90r successive time captul'cd the Okla ~1cKay P ublishing Co. of Phllndel- plans will depend on the outcome ed Jointly by the YlfCA and the homa Championship with a score phia were gn displa y. of this trial. This proced ure !lta NO. SHORE LEAGUE Loulsv!llc Chess Club. The YMCA of H ·!-, ceding his only draw 1.0 S. In quite well with the recent action has oftered generous club)"oom ta J. Mayrield, who placed second. With a final match score of 6·0 MEMORIAL HIGH cllitles tor the new clull. Third place went to J . H. GII1 , In Michigan In putting the m ember the Portsm outh (N. H.) Chess ship 011 au Indi\-idual basis. Certain Hown!'!1 Kea)'l!:)y. fonnerly of fOUl·tll place to E. N. Anderson, Cluh swept tlie North Shore Chess RETAINS TROPHY a nd fiftil place to D. K. Higgin teatures ot the club mcmllershll) WlIsilington, was elected presiden t League with a gamc score or 2n botham. Miss Maxine Cutlip WOII have becn Tetained, but the em of the new Ol'gall izatioll; A. "'Ie vlctol·les. Second was Havel'hlll In the High schOOl T eam Tour the woman's title a s hlghes t·rank phasis bas now heen placed Oil (Mass.) Chess Club with 186: in lIament sponsored hy the Jersey earthy vice-president; l'.I1s11 Qrayee ing woman player In the tJve round Individual membership. conforming the Cour·team double-round contest City YltCA Chess Club and held Bis hop secretnry·treasur er; a n d Swiss willch had 32 entra n ts. wi tIL the National Chess Coordina of the League. 1\ t the H oboken YMCA, the Memori Jackie Mayer, Kentucky J unior With the youngest entrant aged tion P rogram adopted recently. NORTH SHORE CHESS LEAGUE al H igh School chess team de[eated Champion. was named correspon d 17 and the oldest. Dr. Howard the Demarest High School team Fln.l Sundin", Ing secretary. Tbe group meets Ca rleton, Sr. (Coopers Ion ) at the U. S. INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM Port... ,outh CI,,, (N. II.) _ .. __ 276 twice by scores of 3·2 and 4·1 to tender age ot 85, 11 was evident ".'·erM!! Ch_ ( ...... ) ______lSi retain custody ot tbe P aul H e lbig Wednesday nights at the Louisville CHAMPIONSHIP h'e"'bul)1>Ort en- ( 101 ..... ) _____ ". that Chess In Oklahoma appeals to LaWTeMC Ch_ (Naw.) _____ IIi trophy. YMCA a t 7:30. all ages. fJ~Utnb~, 26-JOlh Edited by Dr. P. G. K~ffley
Publisbed twice a 'momh 011 tht ,til nnd 20th by , por\,A~~~ ~! "~!~.f~~·':~I ~.I;:~lr~:oJ~ r.l~~'p:t~~v~ I~:e0l~ ' ;';PI~ ' 1~e;;Q~r';' I~2J. E~. I 7th SI .. New_ TH!: UNITm S-rAT!:S O-l!:SS FmmATION hen this · i~su'.l of CHESS LIFB l'eaclles its readers another Chrlst TOURNAMENT' NOT E S: New lIlas will have arrived 01' be "just around. the comel·." York's clubs are deep ~n throes of Entered •• woond 01 . .. matter s.pte",o.r 5, Ig~6 , at the PQ-$t "moe at Dutmquc, low •. w, under th e act. of :!dttTch 0. 1879. Christmas ceJebratiOl1 of couI'se tF! ill hOliOI' of th'o birth o( Cin'lst their annual conllletiUons, and nnd it is at thl:.! - ~ 1 me" o f all days In the year, when thero seems to "be most uf tile city's t.op playere ,are Subscription-52.CO pcr l·.~r; Sinsle copi" IO c u ch "Peace on Earth p.lld Good WI1I to ::\1en.' With that thought (lomlnat· involve d in them. At the Marshall Address . 11 ;ub,crip",ion, [0:- HI Bluff Str~t OR 12869 Strathmoor AvenUfl Ing: my mind, and the Christmas spIrit ruling my heal·t, I d esh'e to wll>b Chess Club. Q-.nl Pilllick has taken Edward [. Tr« nd, Stat /a,)" Dubuque, low. Detroit 27, Michigan (without malice' te anyone) the Editor, Associale E ditors and all readers the lead. 'rhe eu(ting ot toe llre· }obit. ~11 check. pay.bl. to, THE UNITED STATU CHESS FEDUAnoN of CHESS Lll~E e very Merry Christmas :HId a HalllJY New Year. IImhla l'los at the Manoattan Chess Club Ull d s six players quail tying Address all communications EditoJinl 123 'North Humphrf~ AVnlue And now, who Is playing: Santa Claus f(II' tbe for the (lnals. These six luclude on editorial miltters to:- Offi,, ~ : ..)~1:: P",.I::, Illinois pl'oblem lovers this Christmas? 'Vlly. none other than my good fl'lend, BUrney Marshall ot Shreve l;Iraziitan diplomat Va5concellos, Editor and BIlJjn~u Mtlnager port, Ln. Jack SOIllI.akoff and..Her bel'tAvram, MONTGOMERY MA JOR Mr.' Mal'sllan, 'Iike most of the old timers, In· thl'ee players 'vho will help assure Contributing Editors cludlng myself, loves to revive memor-les ot the a. tougb ba.ttle fOr present ctw.mp Gene Collett Milton Finkelstein Jobn D, French j!ast l\1\d attcmlJls to prove tllat in the problem ion Bisguier. Dr, p , G. Keene,. George Koltanowsld Erleb W . Marchand world. of his youth ther'e wen~ just as good problem The ever·growing Brookly:n Chess Fred Reinteld W illia m R ojam geuillses existing them as there are loday. Cm' Club found It neCessary to run its championship pl'ellminal"les in Address all communications to the United States Chess Federation anyone truthfully deny after solving .the problems three sections. Late stand ings (except t hose regarding CHESS . LIFE) to USCF Secreta ry Edwa rd I, he l"esul'L"ected [or CHESS LIFE'S Issue today, that Show Ted Knorr as the hlg:h scorer T reend, 12869 St rathmoo r Avenue, Detroit 27, Michiga n. there were "g:iants in those days"? SulJluitting the problems diagrammed below, with 6-0, while Brooklyn College's Sol \Va~letlk is close beblnd with Volume Ill, Number 8 Monday. December 20, 1948 Burnt)' Mtluhall Mr. Marshall wrote:- "As the ClIrlstmas season approaches, my mind 6H. In chess goes back to the time of 53 years ago. 1895, 'rhe lntel'scholastic Chess League when I was a little [eliow and used tQ work p roblems on tbe carpet in titlc, a nd tile Marshall Chess Club fl'onf or the large .open fit'eplace at our old home located about 25 miles Trophy, hsve changed hands. The A MATTER OF COURTESY south of this city (Shreveport). We used to get the New Orleans papers, Stuvyesant High School quartet e al'e painfully aware that ill this rough, rude world oE ours tbe 'Times-Democrat' !\lld 'States' and each week I would look forward with captained by ElUot Hearst de W aftermath of two destructive wars Includes a decline of most of joy to their arriva l. Mr. J. D. Seguin was problem editor of the T-D, feated the ex·champions, the Bronx the gentler arts, and ln particular courtesy has suttered as the most Probltm No~ 59 and 1\[r. J . A. Galbreath of the H. S. ot' Science, in a play·off match frequent victim ot tbe harshness of our times. By T. E. Ewing 'States'. I use,d 10 send In the (21;·H) after theee two had paced a Held of 13 teams In the regular We are not therefore surprised to note that M~r . Reuben Fine tn FIrst Pl1:.:e--"Thil School Maslel''' solutio.nB and received mUCh en· season's play. The Stnyvesarnt the November is-sue of Chess Review indulges In an "Open Letter" in couragement from them. Mr. players then went allead to take whleh he demands that the U. C. Chess Federation and FIDE "should LOl1ldO~IIlC~;'~~n~;~ 1894 B. Bar nett used to contl"lbute fOUl" ot the five prizes in a rapid· immediately take steps to rectify tile sltuation." I problems to the T·D, and I re call seeing some of his 'catchy' , transit toumey which was won by We w111 not now discuss tho m/ll'its or demerits of the situation to l!tUe two·movel·S. Mr. Alain C. Hearst. which Mr. Io'ine o)ljects; we wlll merely judicate ' that the -situation 1'8- White had several problems 18 teams are competing In two [enad to conceTlns Mr. Ueshevsky's right to clla.}lenge Botvionlk to a llUblisiIed and this v..-as my first sections In the CommerCial Chess match. And it i\li". Ueshevs"ky (eels tJlat he bas been injured, it Is Ms introduction to bls. work. ,/ League lll·ogram. The Investment privilege to oUel" a IlrotesL We have lIot heArd that he llss appointed B;rtlkers team leads in Group A, Mr. Fine as his agent WiUl power of attorney. \ A few yeal'S ago, I made up a collection of some of the pro w\llie the R. H. Macy tealll holds Bu t what doe;;. concern us is the lac);: of courtesy once again revealed blems r used to known In my lOP posItion in GrOllp B. Two more by Mr. Fine's llcUons. If Mr. Fine feels that the USCF and FIDE should early age. I enclose tour of rounds renmln to oe COu dllcted aCt upon a given matteI", he certainly Is aware of the conect names them which wero my favorites in this biggeet ot Commercial and address of the gentlemen to whoin lI e should confide his complaint. in Pllst days. There wae also a League events. W-lien he chooses to write open ie ttc r ~, 11<3 ill ~IISpCCt us "eing mOrc do 3,cl' by i\1. gilremHeln thnt IL[I' 1 ~ '\ '1'E P'LASTT~ The M Il I'S h It II Blr.oue of gaining publicity than in corrccting nny }looDlbln cnOI·. peal"ed in both 'l'·n aJlo.J~ the ('J"'9Y Club ",m Hp OrUlOr"1l. mutch. 'Ve are )·cfening. of COlll"Se, to th!9 lass J)llragraph or MI". Fine's S lates. Iwlween New York a'ild Pal'ls, ill opus" . li.e,.l.\l qul1;J,t jn~tHII!<1 1.1l j:t~.vell .li JI'f h,l Ite elloj"ljeJ' ll/iragJ".:whs th ~ t, A m just aO")I Hlln~ you I~e~e ",lltfll s>;.ch J(l{l!l.ters.. ... ,; Fille a nd " fantastic and ridiculous absurdity of tile avUcle by Arthur Krivts ill the as some of the memories or lhe Kr~l lllal! wlLl oppose 'll li'\'ellch team headed by Tartakower and :Moscow New~, allhough the article needs no refutation-being too ~IH. ~~~~e ~~~q2~ el~l~qpl;1, fifty·lh,.ee years ago: "Golden nonsensical for even the gullible to swallow. bKlkllJl' •. ~l "" Q7, SSHR2 Jubilee' memories. ! certainly Dr Bernstein. More details after Nlontgomery Major White mate. I~ h .g mOVe' enjoyed reading your write.up th el'eat. of the old lime ches~ meu, particularly the history o f i\Ir. Lyon~. th,.t wns published In C~SS, LiFE several montns ago. Problem . N{J. 60 Prablem No. 61 memorable . By S . M. Josep h ( New York) By Dr, Kester S,'endsen By James Rayner ( Leeds) F irst Pl"ize-St. JII:rb.es Budget, 1894 Fir'st Prize-"Brighton 'Soclety," ]895 Ct.ejj 2JateJ DIE MODERNE SCHACHPA RTt E by Kurt Richer; Be rlin: Horlzont Also pub. in N. O. States, 1896 Also vuh. Timf\!l.nemocrat, 1sn5 Compiled by A" Buschke Verlag, 1948. hia instr uctive book, printed tn the American seclor o( De-rlin, is au Docembor TIlf; RlW LE1"1'lm DAY at' OHESS: T introduction to"-Jllodern theory and lJractice in selected opeuings. 24 18:.9 ~:J M.""I, AUOlrian problemist and Herr R icllter, authol' of the del}p"hUul ,Kurzegeschichten urn Schach aUlhor. born fi guren, publisher of De utsche Scli"achblatter, and 1948 champion of Ber 1868 Emanuel La.ker, Cbc"" Champion lin, dividefi lIis text into five major sections. Cil-aplel' 2, "TIle Black 18 GIU OCO PIANO Solutions;- U.S. BI.enn ia l Champlonsnlp Positions No. 41 and 42 South Fa ll sburg, 1948 Chess Life, Novembel' 20, 1948 No/tS b-y Erich W. M""htmJ '"OII it;"" No. 41 br H ...:htr:_ I. 1'.Q6, White IIlnck lH:t4; 2. K-KI6C .. ), 6·Kl; 3. I\t.K1(b), S. RU81NOW W. ADAMS K·K,6(e); 4. Kt-BO, Kd'; G. KUB, I\ .Kt'1; 1. P-K4 P-K4 4. P-Q) 8·84 6. 1'.Q7. P·ltll; 7. I"·Q.S(Q). I'·R"!'; S. Q.Q,4 eh, 2. Kt.-K8} KI-QB} 5. Kt_B) P-Q} I\.KtS; 9. Q·Ql e h. K·KtT; 10. Ii:t·Q6, }. B·B4 KI-B' &. B_KKIS __ I·.JI!I(Q); 11. Kl-Df cll, K·I17; 12. Q·B~oh r.,~",a"ucl uted to ld~"c ~ina t IlL;. type . ,Id "'MI~ (I) it ~. Kl·Ktf. I:\·K17I ; S. 01 I,ln be/O»"e lloe oppon""t h •• caul"". I" 1\,1\'6, (If S. Kt·BO. Kxl'; 4. K.KIII. K-KIII!; praclice Ihe rule ca. .. f~'''l1llly Ix! brok ~u Wllite fall. for Ihl8 lib 8 lOll of brlclt •. ". KxB, I'·RO; 6. p .Ql, P.1l7; 7. I'·Q&(Q), 1Il ~e)1 ~a " _igo. if 01":' ..... >-CIuny CO]cUl.olC5 I h~ <:O""<1qu""""". h o.;,;,I.", ,,,l1y lhc tc,.. l 1D0"~ :0101) .,'O\d. 1). _.. _. QPxP 36. Q,P I'·IIIHQ) and dra ...,,) . B,Q7; 4. nl-n:-., n·M; &. __ .. _ P·KR"3 S. KI-QS Q·Km II"h il"'. d.nlrel"Oll. th..,Ml of 38_ n..KtJ. G. Kt~I'. Xxi' and You~ truly llod 10 1I11tJ-' this guy ,KtxH. QxKO'; 11. 11-Bl. Il ,KKtti with a ». QxP Kt·SS I 1~.I' I~I"l:; I ~ I I I . a~d th~ flr~t round. f"l\OWM by K·KU tl'a KRI' deddt. winnh,:r ~ttn¢k. AII.cr th!. WI1ite II lost and should TNlgn. , ga",e. , . Q-K2 B·KB 10. P·B) Kt-91 " 11 11 . lI"" me ~y Il~,je. I ~ jq RinN,;_ l.- 1l-''''t1,. Thi; II< ""11"" .10 ..... SAfe' I. 10...... 8-K15 34 . R·KS QxR)3. R-Ktl Kl>cP GIUOC-O PI ANO 1118, Q.KU : t. nilS! QlJl; and """,,ibly Kt·K2 in the near ' ulure. 35. RxQ KbQ 39. B-K\} P·R' a. 1I·IIS eh, Qxl!; O. II ·Ktd dl ll. 0·0-0 P_QB) 13. QxB B-KIS 36. R·Kl P·RS R.""nl New Hampshire Championship 12. Kt-to BxKt olt 14. P·Q4 ___ _ )1. P· Kt4 KI-B3 1_ Concord, 1948 \\'h,w'$ denJopmem t..lng complete