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Vol. XlII. No. 15 Sunday, April S, 1959 IS CenlS TOURNAMENT RESULTS Conducted by Po,;/io" No. 2H BRASKET REPEATS AS MONTREAL CHAMPIONSHII IRWIN SIGMOND MINNESOTA STATE CHAMP The long fourteen·round Swiss Send solutions to Position No. For the third straight year USCF for the Championship of the city of 253 to rCllch Irwin Sigmond, 5200 Master Cur t Brasket won the Min­ Montreal has ended with so·called Williamsblll'g Blvd., Arlington 7, nesota State Championship, topping "new Canadians" (recent immi· Va., by MOlY 2, 1959. With your a record field of eighty contestants grants to Canada) taking most of solutiun, please send analysis or in the major tournament played at the top-bracket honors. F'irst place, reasons supporting yOllr choice of the University of Minnesota over the 1959 Championship, and $100 "Best Move" or moves. the Washington's Birthday holidays, in prize money went to Laszlo Witt, who scored 12-2. In second place, ~oh.. tioll to POSition No. 253 will ap· with a score of 5Y2·'h in a 6-round with 11-3, and taking a $50 prize, peu in the M",y 2G, 1f!' Issue. Swiss. came Lionel Joyner, well known to NOTE: Do nor p/"u ro/"Iiont /0 /"0 The minor (not USCF rated) American chessdom through his p"t cara; bt 114ft /0 i~rJi<,tlt tournament was also popular, draw­ participation in various United -"rTul """,loa of !WI;ti"n bting sol.tJ, ing an enlry list of 47 players, and States tournaments, including the <'TId g;"t lin j .. 1t " .. me ,,"J .. id,tSl 0/ was won by Volker Dohman with Hollywood International Tourna· 1M lof;,rr 10 ,mist in p,ope, crtditing 0/ a clean 6·0 score. ment of 1952 (won by Gllgorie) in solution. Whit e to pi ..., which be (Joyner) played magnifi­ A surprising feature of the major cent chess. including a win over event was the play of J ames Young, International Master Arthu.r Dake. formerly raled as low Class B, who Alex Siklos took third place and a 1000 look scc:ond place on tie·breaking $25 prize with a 101h·31h score. points, after scoring 51f.t -If.t to tie = NEW Five players, tied with 10-4 scores, Operation MEMBERS with Brasket. finished in the order listed: E. - Other top-scorers, placing in the Rosso, Cayford, J. N. Williams, F. .-mteJ; ltwtedt'''caKlLW. 1\ Jo~.... X. ~.M ~ apd H... "M.~tI~ai . W S8j rifE "MINNESOTA' STORY" Kerr. Geo. Kenny, and Geo. Barnes, oris -'RObertson, wifn 71J.i-61h was From: Fred Cramer, General Membership Chairman each with 5-1; Geo. Tiers, John the bighest scoring lady player, and I received a speeial prize for this To: Sheldon Ra in, Minna50t. State Membership Chairman Hempel, R. C. Gove, and S. H. Rein, each with 4'h-l 'h. accomplishment. Your short Feb. 25 note brought a real thrill to this oW... ", even tbough we have secn many magnificent performances already, and in­ William Owens and Dirk Mikkel· Witt, Siklos, Rosso, Furstner, and deed it must bring a thrill to every USCF member who reads it. son, each with 5·1, finished second Matthai are reported to be in the (See report at right) and third, respectively, in the "new Canadian" category, and it Minnesota has set a national record for new USCF memberships in Minor Tournament. is rumored that some or them may one event, and you've also set a record for percentage of memberships play in United States tournaments in one event, and you've also set a record for precentage of membership The events were directed by this year, where, with Dr. Macskasy growth. You started OPERATION 1\1 with 39 members, and you now Lewis George. while publicity was of Vancouver and Theodorovich of have 100! That's 256 %! Incidentally, you havc moved from 16th place handled by Walter Murray. InsteaCl Toronto, they may make the going among the states up to tenth, passing up Maryland, North Carolina, of scaring away players, the USCF tough for our title-hunters. Indiana. Connecticut, Florida, and Wisconsin, and some of thcse states rating requirements addcd forty are doing right fi ne by OPERATIQN M themselves! new members to USCF rolls Your brief and modest note didn't ten much of the story back of through the recot'd registration for DR. PLATZ WESTERN MASS. these results, She\. You didn't tell how you volunteered for this chair­ the major evcnt. AND CONN. VALLEY CHAMP manship way back last August, in addition to your responsibilities as Dr· Joseph Platz, USCF Expert President ot the Minnesota State Chess Association. because you saw lrom Hartford, Conn., won five KERMAN WINS the need and the opportunity to deVelop organilcd chess in Mi nnesota. and drew one to take the 1959 Yo u didn't tell of the months of planning, of mailing out 500 leailets GLASS CITY OPEN Western MaS5.1Chusetts and Con­ "Organized Chess Needs Your Support," and of all the other organiling, Mic higtln players dominated the necticut Valley Chess Association's your fine membership committee: Duane Anderson, MinneapOlis; George 5 round Swiss event at Toledo, Tiers. St. Paul; Sommer Sorenson, Moorhead; L. S. Harbo, AUs tin ; Don Ohio, taking the top sevcn places. Annual championship tournament Smalley, Rochester ; Melvin Semb, Winona; and Jack Comstock, Duluth, After tie·breaking. the plus·score at Springfield, Feb. 15 and 22. all of whom must have hel ped spread the USCF story throughout tbe players finished in Ihis order: Ker­ There were 39 entries. state, to prepare the ground lor so fine a tourney. man, Detroit. 4.5; Pence. Adrian, You made it look easy. Shel - which is the mark of a real pro­ 4.5; Finegold. Detroit, 4.; Burgar, John Ducharme, Sr. of East· fessional! - and I th ank you for it. On behalf of all of us working Detroit. 4.: O'Kecfe, Ann Arbor, 4; hampton, Mass. and Arold K1avins on OPERATION M, I extend thanks and admiration to Minnesota, for Popel. Detroit, 4.: Jenkins, Hunt­ of Hartford placed second and this magnificent example. ington Wood:o;. 4.: P ehnec. Elkhart, Perhaps that Minnesota spil'it will flow into other states. Perhaps third, respectively, afler their 5·1 3.5: Weldon. Milwaukee. 3. ; Hencir, a USCF member here !lnd there who has been lelting others do it will tie had been broken. Gr. Rapids. 3.: Re~lllo l ds, Ann Ar­ lend a hand to his organization now, and sign up a friend or two. For bor. 3.; Undcrhill , Toledo. 3.; Kause, Francis W. Keller of Northamp· each one you landed in Minnesota, Shel, I'd like to see dozen in the a Cleveland, 3: Walters, Fremont, 3; ton, Mass. and Jack Owen placed rest of the countl·y, WOUldn't you? Ashley, 3.: Dickerson, Belleville, 3.: Thanks again, She!. I'll see you at the Western Open here in fourth and fifth after each had Coady, Toledo, 3.: Henry, Ft. Mil waukee over the July 4th holiday, and you'll have the best in the scored 4 1h; -1lf2. The (ollowing play· Wayne, 3. : Markowski, Toledo, 3.; house on me! and Campbell, Pontiac, 3. ers placed sixth to eleventh In the The Pw-1I3nd 10regon) Chess Club In the (lrst annual Ivy Lugue Chess order listed, after each had scored hal re cenlly elected the rollowlng ol. Tournament held this year at Yale The event was first played In Unh'er$lty on February 14- IS, the sI x· 4-2: Harvey L. Burger, James Slat- flcHS for 1959: Prnldent. Al Benson; 1958 when Kerman and Kause tied man team from P~nn!;)' l vanla, II!d by tery, Vernon Hume, Karl B. Al­ Vlce_Pre!dde nt, Cy F riedman; S ecr etary· Charles Kalme, emerged victorIous, wlth for 1st place with 5-0 scores, close­ Treasurer, Deane Moore. Harvard a d ose second. ly followed by Dr. Pehnec. Il ured, and Arnold Woods. Candidates Tournament. But alas, TOURNAMENT LlFE_ only 10th in 1955, and she will (Continued from page 8, col. 2) not play at all at Plovdiv. Keller­ by Edmund Nash April 10-11-12 Finish It The Clever Way! Herrmann in the same events tied (5th-7th), tied (4th-6th); and was 1959 MISSOURI STATE OPEN third in 1955! A steady advance­ At Downtown YMCA, Room 302, Six, Position No. 221 Position No. 222 teenth and Locust Sts., St. Louis, Mo. M. Tahl vs. B. Diurasevich Botvinnik vs. Simagin can she maintain it? Sponsored by the Missourl Chess As. Bulgaria, 1958 Moscow, 1955 Where do we stand? In the 1949- soclatlon In cooperation with the St. Louis Chess Clu!.> of the YMCA. 6 ,",,"nd 50 World Championship, Mrs. Swiss. modified Harkness system. so Gresser and Miss Mona i\L Karff mOves In 2 hours; ;)11 games adjudicated were in a triple tie for 12th place, at end of 50 moves. Ent,-y fce $1.50 to in Junior, Class A and B, pri,",~ fund per_ teen. In the 1955 Tournament, mitting. DIre dar: (non·play!ng) Bob Steinmeyer, aSSisted by Jack Hardy. while r.liss Karff was 17th in a Plea5e brlng sets and clocks. Entry field of twenty, Mrs. Gresser and d eadllne: 6 p.m. Friday, April 10. Far Mrs. Stel,-'enson were ill a quad· ddnils w!"ite \a Rob Steinmeyer. ruple tie for 10th place, our best showing to date. Have they im· April 24, 25 & 26 proved since then? Relatively more SPRING INDEPENDENT OPEN than players from otber countries. Will be held at the Independent Ch.,ss Plovdiv will tell the tale. Club. 102 Narth Map!e Ave., East Orange, New Jersey. 100% tfSCF rated; Much has been written about open to nil. Trophic" (or 1st, 2nd and Mrs. Gresser, but not many U.S. 3,.d place winners. Alsa class t,ophies, In Po~ition No. 221, White made one move and Black resigned. plus member"hip prizes. Far further In_ chess fans are aware of Mrs. formatian ar detal1s. write ar call Edgar In Position No. 222. lhc present world chess champion missed the Stevenson's chess background. The T. McCormick Or Robert Durkin at the right continuation and the game was drawn. high point or l1er intern .. tional clUb. Phone OR 1-8698. record as Sonia Graf of Germany For solutions, please turn to page 8, col. L goes back to the 7th Women's Send all contributions for this column to Edmund Nash, 1530 28th World Championship at Buenos GLAD YOU LIKED IT Place, S.E., \Vashington 20, D.C. Aires in 1939. In a round robin, We still don't quite know what with twenty contestants from 18 happened to make the January 5 (FIDE), countries, she was second with 16 issue of CHESS LIFE stand out QUEENS MOVE MEN national Chess Federation points, two points behind Men. from its predecessors as an excep­ is similar to the method for de­ by PAUL LEITH ehik . .It took the latter 74 moves tionnlly fine one. We have, how­ Our two best WOmen chess players termining the winner of the cycle in which men predominate (wom­ to beat Graf in their individual ever, received fan mail about it Will soon wend their speedy way game. At the 6th Championship at {rom such widely separated points To P lovdiv In Bulgaria en are not barred). Just as the In the morry month of May. Stockholm, 1937, in a 14 round as Pittsburgh, San Francisco, latter was started to fill the va­ Swiss with 26 players from 16 Waspington, D.C., and Boston, each Mrs. Gisela Kahn Gresser of cancy left by the death of World New York and .Mrs. Sonia Steven­ countries Graf tied for t h i r d leVer acclaiming this particular Alexander Alekhine in place. ' issue as the best one ever pub- son of Palm Springs, California the women's will represent the United States . .. lished. The Boston letter even in- ~"! to re- Twice, she .met Menchlk III a eluded an order for 100 extra in the Third Women's World Can­ .P ~~.mR:... S!l.!t. no.!- Meq:.< for_ i:Hi1JL.:$' Toufhameht at ~ P loviliv, m~tch . ~d. ?eEe ~ t ,J!O,J? ~es., fl ~tribJ~l!on at;:4:} . .-:n·­ consecu­ chlk, but the"ri, what w o· man nual meeting of the Massachusetts Bulgaria May 1st-27th. The winner tive times winner of the title could? In a . four .game ~~tch at State Chess Association. ' earns the right to play a match from 1927 to 1939), untimely vic­ Rotterdam III 1934, SOllla Graf for the world title against the tim at the early age of 38 of won one game, 10'st three. She did Women's World Champion, Mrs. an air raid on London in 1944. slightly better in 1937 at Sem­ SCHROEDER WINS AGAIN Elizabeth Bikova (USSR) . The main differences between the mering, Austria, in a 16 game IN COLUMBUS Mrs. Gresser and Mrs. Stevenson two cycles is that there is no match, scoring 4%-IPh. In prep­ A 40·40 chess tournament (40 qualiIied for Plovdiv by tying for Interzonal Tournament for women, aration for thc second match, Graf moves in 40 minutes) has just been first place in the Los Angeles 1957 zonal viciofs going directly into was ass i s ted by ollr energetic completed in Columbus, Ohio. The USA Women's Championship (Zone the Candidates' Tournament. USCF Tournament Director, event, which attracted ten entries, 5). There will be seventeen con­ The Women's World Champion­ George Koltanowski, formerly of was a round robin tournament. testants from eleven countries, in· ship Tournament at Moscow, 1949· Belgium. Euwe at that time called First pJace was taken by the vet­ c Iud i n g Mrs. Olga Rubtsova 50 made Mrs. Ludmilla Rudenko Menchik a strategist. Graf a tac­ eran James Schroeder who scored (USSR), loser in the 1958 return (USSR) the champion. Winner of tician. Sonia Graf was the author 8V2- lh, after concecding a single match for the world title, and the 1952 Candidates' Tournament of two books published in Spanish draw to Vladimir Mutschall, who Larissa Volpe!'t (USSR) and Edith at Moscow was Mrs. Elizabcta in Buenos Aires: "Asi juega una placed second with a 7-2 score_ Tied Keller-Herrmann (East Gennany), Biko,'a, who in 1953 defeated Ru­ mujer" (This is how a woman for third and fourth places were second and third, respectively, in denko in a title match 8·6, winning plays), 1941, and "Yo soy Susann" Kurt Loening and Vadim Voskres· the previous Candidates Tourna­ the title. Winner of the Second (l am Susan), 1946. sensky, each of whom scored 5lk- ment (1955). Candidates' Tournament (Moscow, Our women players have the 3". Qualifying from the West Euro­ 1955) wns Mrs. Olga Rubtsova, most consistent record in regular pean Zonal arc V. Nedeljkovie runner-up to Rudenko in 1949-50. participation in interna­ and i\-f. Lnzarevie of Yugoslavia, A three-cornered match for the tional events since 1949, and they 1959 and Eileen Pritchard of England: women's title took place in Mos­ deserve the highest commenda­ U. S. JUNIOR from the East European Zone, M. cow in 1956 betwcen Champion tion. I hope that at Plovdiv they HOTEL ROME will rise to greater heights than Pogorevici (Rumania), K. Eretova Bikova. former champion Ruden­ OMAHA, NEBRASKA (Czechoslovakia), and E. Kertesz ever before. ko. nnc! the challenger, Rllbtsova. ]"Iy 13-18 (Hungary) who defeated K. Holui Rubtsova won the title, but simi­ But with an eye to the future, (Poland) in a playoff. From the lar to Smyslov's fate against Bot­ greater efforts should be made to Director: Jack Spence Soviet Union (Zone 4) come Kim vinnik, she lost a 1958 return develop new. young players among Zvorkin .. , Valentina Borisenko (Be· match to Bikova (5112-8%), and girls and young women. Our chess lova), and Salme Y. Rutari: Bikova wns once ngain the Queen. clubs should pay more attention BE SURE TO ATTEND from S"outh America, Mrs. S. to attracting to their clubs and Huguet of Argentin .. , .. nd from the Just as USSR men have won THE first place in every world title tournaments elementary and high CAROLINAS OPEN CHAMPION. Asiatic Zone, R. Lichtenfeld of Is· school girls, and college women_ rael. E. da Cunha of Brazil has match and candidates' tournament SHIP since 1948, so have the Soviet wom­ And on city, state and national been added. Appearing for the levels, student tournaments should ],,,,~ 26 Ihrollsh 28, 19'9 first time in a Candidatcs Tourna­ en in their field since 1949-50_ Threats to this monopoly came cover the country, special attention SOUTHPORT, N. CAROLINA ment arc: da Cunha. Eretova, Play chess In th" land of Blue_ Huguet, Lichtenfeld, Pogorevici. from Fanny Heemskerk (Holland) to be given to enrolling girls and b"ard. Beautiful beaches. Uninhablt­ and Edith Keller-Herrmann {East ed islands. Fabutous fishing. Pritchard and Rutari. young women. For det~lIs write Dr. Norman Horn· The three-year cycle for deter­ Germany}. Heemskerk was 8th in stein, P.O_ Box 938, the 1949-50 World Championship, Southport, North Carolina mining the Women's War I d Page 2 (P~ld ad".) Champion, organized by the Inter- then tied for second in the 1952 April 1, 1959 , , S,,,,ddY, PI" 3 (lhessl:ife A"n 5. J95' SNEIDERS LANSING CHAMP LARRY EVANS ON CHESS The Lansi ng (Mich.) Chess Club has j ust run oU what they believe to be the largest and slrongest city By lnterrwtional Grandmaster LARRY EVANS event in the club's history. The seven-round Swiss drew a fi eld of 44, includi ng IJ juniors under 19, ASSORTED HERESIES ancient game by' some universally and 6 undcr 15. recognized reform. In checkers, With seven consecutive wins, We lire smug in our acceptance of chess. The game IS so perfect for instance, "J-move restriction" former city champion Edgar Sncid­ "as is" that we arc afraid to tamper with it and thereby gild the lily. is adopted in tournamenlS. "Go· er s, finished at the top with 7-0, a Rightly so, [or the most part. However, we tend to forget that the game as·you·please" is passe. Players full poi nt above s~'Cond- pl ace D. underwent various mi nor revoluti on!> bdore ripening to its present draw cal'ds to deter minc wh ich Argan ian, who won six and lost "perfection." And who is to say that evolution is ever n oal? Jl.lorc changes opening is to be used in the given only to Sncidcrs, {or a 6· 1 soore. will undoubtedly take place as chess technique is perfected. In 50 or 100 ga me. This takes away freedom J . Kelly, wilh 5'k-Ph, was third. years modem chess will appear primitive. The rules will probably have of choice, but it makes a player altered to such an extent that much of present theO IY will be outmoded. Barwick, Downes, Me rccr, and more versatile and forces him to Hamilton each s(.'(lred 5·2, and fin­ o tempora, 0 mores!! develop a diHerent "sty!e" in each ished in the onler listed. Voelker, Let us review some of the changes that have already lakc!n plnce game. Such reforms (u'e danger­ Losik. KintOll, Lynch, and Alden, over the course of the last few ccol,uricS. Then let us consider some ous. however, and must be se­ each with 4\ti·2'h, and Napoli, assorted heresies which might materialize in the future, lected with great care. Hilgen, Cooper, Spielberg, Astalos, The specter of the draw spoils The Queen used to be the weak- 1. Sin ce strong pl,yer, u n hard· Halkidcs, Renner, and Jones, each cst piece on the board. It moved Iy .void drawn !;~ me s, Capa bl iMi the sporting aspect of ehess (when with 4·3 . were other plus scores. su"g ~l$ t e d ~ n jncre.u e In Ih e sl le draws become the rUle rather than li ke the King moves today: one of Ih e c he .sb o ~rrl and two add l. the exception). Tartakower, Las­ square at a time in any direction. rion.' pieces: Ht ra ld i nd Ministe r. ker, Spielmann. and Reti, sug­ KASHDAN APPOINTED TO n was ctl lled the "vizier," and its 2. Kn ighlS and Bi.. .. OP l reversed gested a system of valuation in FIDE EDITORIAL POST function was to advise and defend In Ihe originill l i n~ up , 10 avoId decimals. as fo llows: The FIDE REVIEW, a quarterly the King. Originall y a masculine "book pl,yo" T ry il! It comp letely fo r each game won ...... l 0 points slick mag::.zine presenting chess 'lltn the striltesy of Ihe 9a",e. piece, the Queen acquired broad semi·victory (the winner remain· news and games from all over the powers in the 15th or 16th cen­ ing with some material advantage, world (usually wi th articles in four tury when chess was introduced e.g., K+ B v~. K) ...... 6 points languages-English, French, Ger­ to Emopc. The Queen changed semi·loss ...... 4 points man, :md Russian) has long been sex - it bcc,mle a feminine piece! a " normal" draw ...... 5 points seeking an American representa­ - because o{ the confusion be· To say that such r eforms are tive on its editorial staff. tween fer: (a word of Arabic origi n inevitable does not mean neces· meaning "counsellor" or "p r i m e It has been difficult to loeate an sarily that they are desirable. Of individual who is not only quali­ minister") and vierge (the Freneh all the heresies, these two (draw­ word for "maiden"). At least this fied to handle the technical end ing cards and re·evaluating drawn of the job, but who also bas the is one explanation. The growth games) are most likely in the not in the Queen's .powers seems to time toJieyole to thir; wo.rtbwbile -too distant- roture-:' project. Our congratulations to have paralleled the historical lib· Since chess is generaUy thought Grandmaster Isaac Kashdan on bis eration of women. There is still no of as a war game, I should like appointment to this post, and COD ­ Queen in Chinese chess because of to add a heresy of my own: ex­ gratulations to REVIEW for ac­ the low esteem with which women change of prisoners! This could quiring tbe services of such a well­ were held In the Orient. In Rus· be done by various methods. It qualified American representative, sian chess, the piece in question would r evolutionize chess as we still is called fer:r. (masculine gen· 3. Dr. LiS ker on ce advocaled know it. . der). .boUtlon of castling! ", Why not make up a list of your MASSACHUSETTS STATE , Stalemate at various times was own heresies and send them in to AND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP considered a wi n lor the stronger •. lJull the opposite of 31} A the editor? (I know he'll hate me EVENTS side - and thcn a wi n for the pl,yer may castle hi s KIng 10 fo r this suggestion!) KRI and/ or his Rook 10 K\ In UScJo" Master John Curdo of weaker side! P rior to 1600, play­ (NOI d l all, Ld.". But ... t ...o"IJ~' 1 a on e "''''''t . Lynn, Mass. won four and drew er could wi n by annihilation, a ...an t 10 rob yo" 0/ tin /.,,;/1 1>/ yo", hoi two to score 5·1, taking the 1959 procesS of capturing all the o p­ S. Fou r·h, nded chess, 10 mike iJ£tI. So u"J 11><", ttlOJlJ, tlnJ ..~'fl boy" Mass. State Championship in a ponent's men except his King. the 9' me more sociil. When one fo""tI.d th~m 10 LtI.ry-t~~ mtl)'b~ ,..~'fl King is mi led, he (,In be r.lleved tournament played at Boston, Feb. Presumably this corresponded to li~;/ 0111 who 1w1~t ,.,ho,,,! Ed.) by his ally. 20·23 . Other pl"ize winners in the the realities of hatHe since a King, - stripped of his ormy, was helpless. 21-player Class A event were: 2nd 6. Eac h player m ~ kn ''''0 movn GALLIK TAKES N.C. David ScheUer, Cambridge, 4¥.! · Manad, the Persian word for . 1 ~ time Inste~d of one. INVITATIONAL • "helplessncss" is thc root of the l 'h ; 3rd G. Svcikauskan, 4'h -Ph; Dan Gallik of Cha pel Hill, going 4th to 7th with 4-2 Jeffrey Gold­ word mate. 7. " LOS ing chess." Capturln" If undefeated with two wins and three c om pl1 l ~ ory, an d th. pl ay.r who stein, James O' Keefe, Stuart Drey­ Both "cn passant" capturing and first sucueds In getting rId of draws, won the North Carolina In­ fus, and Kazys Mcrkis. . 11 hi' pl tces-wi ns l We used to vitational Tournament staged in the initial double advance were The Class B event, conducted subjects of heated deb at e. In Play Ih is a ll th e tim e , t th. Raleigh. Now in its fourth year, the Marth.1I Ches s Cl ub IS you n9ilen . concurrently, drew 18 e ntries, and annual Invitational is a round robin olden days the Pawn could only It's ~ lot of fun!! was won by Andrew Browder of move fo rward one square at all featur ing the six highcst-ranked Cambridge, with a clean soore of times. When the Pawn was granted North Carolinians who arc able and 8. NProhibltion ch e»-" No (heck 6-0. Second, with 5-1, was Rickey the initial double move, in order is . llow ed except Ihe ,ctua' chec k, willing to participate in the week­ Bacon of Needham ; third to sixth, to enliven opening play, many mil te. end of chessplay. Gallik's score of each wi th 4·2. came Martin Stein, players objected to the new rule 3'h-l 'h led Oliver HutaH of Wil· • . " Ok e cheu." The Ih ro.... of WilJaJ'd Eastman, Bostwick Wyman, because it cheated them of the tl'ot dice de termines eac h time mington. 3-2; Dr. Stuart Noblin of right to capture Pawns "in pass­ wh ic h pitce hilS to be moved. Garner and David Steele of Raleigh, and Algis Makait::.s. ing." Ruy Lopez, the famous ch ess­ 2%·2lh ; Dr. Norman Hornstein of Both tournaments were directed play ing priest, advocated "en pas­ 10. Altera tion of Kings and Southport, 2-3 : and P aul Newton by Erich Nietzsche of Burlington, sanl" as a compromise to meet Queens In Ihe origi nal pOfltlon. of Raleigh. Ilh ·3"h. Mr· Newton Mass. this argument. Ruy Lopez also 11. In • boo k by Slamm. (p ..,i). was the able director of the tourna· made a notable contribution to li.hed In 1737) he advoc ated the ment. 1" b ~ annual tournament for the champ.­ ISsl stance of second s, IS In a IonShip of the Camden (N.J.) City Che!iS chess ethics by advising ehess­ du tl. Club wlon~h;p VI"ision open to "ll chess play. Now, whll" I app ro,'e o f a lot of tou r nament s. it see!ll.' to !lie that the rating ers. Ch"ll.:ugcrs VI\'iSlOll open 1<> pl"ycrs with USCF rating of 160(1 or less and u n. system Is going tu be turned h~lrU"ay Into a Gold S t ~r for ,\Ue ndance, like t hc rate f the slI'ongcst bl"icf explanation (such as abovel. Ch~",p. In the Ch"lIe ng""s D,vision taking the p,:oees of the we"kest ones in the Top twcnt.,··live holI Wane tlck ...... 2.52 and Ihe subsequent team matches bctw~ell his Wa.tburg College Team and 4. Cn~rles Kahne ...... 6.00 17. Alex Rumillnce,," ...... 2.14 our Waterloo YMCA Cedar Valley Chess Club Te~m seem to have been the 5. Robin Ault ...... 5.73 IS. Ariel M"ngarlnl ...... 1.92 start o f one of the most lIeUve seasons In Iowa. Wate rloo met, and beat, Cedar S. Robert Durk in ...... 4.92 19. Saul Wachs ...... 1.87 I Uaplds twice. Our ten man team n apromotion oC the dOing e 'ferylnlng we can to enco urage and hell' them." annual Chess Festival at Sonoma. The Valley of the Sun IS now bidding for similar fame. A Chess F. W. Prall of 511 Prospect Ave., Hot Springs, Ark .. nus, writes: Festival and Jamboree will be held in the Park at Mesa, Arizona, on "It Se"ms unfortunale that the English ~j>cakln g chess player Is not only Saturday, April 11 , 1959. saddl"d with tne poorest S)·~t",,\ of notation yet .lardl~ed open!n!: nomenclature. Thl~ Elmer W. Bu rli ngame, 3310 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix, Arizona tells mak~s It lt. We nu.ll thr"e n~mes. One of these ;s also greatest dis lance to compete. Entry fees: Tournament-Sl.O O; Simul· frequenlty called a Max Lan!:e, although ~lax woul, h as " ,,,,,diddl,· of olle dt

n...... P·N4 27. I'.(p BEG 24. CHESS T P·KN3 P-B3 28. N·Q3 25. Q.Q3 K·N2 29. P·K4 26. Q.K2 Q.81 Lcavlng tbe KKtP unprotected. But By U. S. Expert DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND mack's game WHS already difficult since P·K5 was threatened. (1958 U.S. Amateur Champion) 3sacrifice the Exchange In hopes of working up an attack. Or. Marchand will inSWe. beginners' questions COn Ihi. page, If of suffldent actually there Is llothlnll' unsclUnd In 31. NxR PxN 34. QR·Ql B-B2 general Jnlerest. Those wishing a personal reply should enclOSII .tamped self· that move. 32. Q· K3 K·N3 35. K·Bl ...... addressed envelope. AddreS5; Dr. Erich W. Muchand, 192 Seville Drive, Rod\ester 3. N·Q2 B·B4 33. R·Q5 P·K4 17, N.Y. There Is a gencral rule (which like Why takc chances In such a strong most all rules does not always apply) position; 35. QxQBP. B·N3 (pinning the 1. Answers to Readers' Questions that Knights should be developed be. Q!); 36. R-QSeh. R·BS; 37. QxBeb, fore Bishops. The reason Is that, as QxQch; 38. RxQ, RxR would doubtless Greg Ohanne.on, Shafter, California, asks two questions: win too. (1) 1. here, moving the Bi"hop first lea"es In the Sicilian Defense, after P-K4, P·QB4; 2. N-K.B3, N-QB3j the. KtP temporarHy undefended. 3S...... Q·R5 36. QXQBP Q·B7 3. 1'-83, what is Black's best Iinc'! Answer: 3. " ...... , P-Q4 since 4. PxP, Wh,te will actually take advantage of Threateninj( male in two. QxP does not allow White to gain time with N-QB3 attacking the Q as Ihis fact In this game. 37. R(S)·Q2 QxKP 38. QocB ...... 4. Let's not bc too grc~dy. U. QxR would be the ca~e if P-B3 had not been played. P'QB3 B·N2 5. Q.N3 ...... See the last note. Now Black will leaves Black some faint chances after (2) In the opening 1. P-Q4, N-KE3 is it not difficult for Black to answer have to crcate a weakness and lose .18...... , QxPeh; 39. K.NI, B·N3ch. 2. B·N5? Answer: Yes, there arc many good points to this move. AJ; limo in order 10 prevent the loss of 38...... P_B1 Ohanneson has noticed, 2 ...... , P·NS (or 2 ...... , P·KR3 or 2 ...... , a Pawn. How Is "White to stop Q.R8ch? S...... P·N3 7. KN·B3 0.0 39. R.Q6ch K·R4 40. Q-86 P·Q4 or 2 ...... , P'QB4); 3. BxN gives Black a poor Pawn formation. 6. P·K3 N·KB3 8. B.K2 Stopping Black's thrcat and also 2 ...... , P·K3; 3. P-K4 favors White. Probably best for Black is 2 ...... , White he"e considered 8. P-B4 hoping threatening R·R6ch. Also playable was N·K5; 3. B·R4, P-Q4; 4. P·KE3, N·Q3. for 11...... , PxP; 9. BxP recapturinll' 39. P.N4ch, KxP (39 •...... , QxP, 40. wi t h a developing mOve thus gaining Q·R7 Mate); 40. Q.Q7eh, R·B4; 41. R(l)· The interesting thing about this opening is that White avoids the time. Also 8. R·BI with 9. P·B4 in Q'. King's Indian Defense and also the Nimzoindian Defense, both of mind wa£ a poss.!bl1lty. But the fun. 4:P PxP 10. BxN drew with his closest rival to score P-KR3. The position is the following: Not at once 10. Q·N7, QN..Q2; 11. Bx..."'l, 4lh·lh, thus winning the Class A NxB protecUng the QP. section of the Louisiana·Mississippi 5. On Exchanging, 6. The Elements 10. ...••.•. BxB 11. Q_N1 N.Q2 Open at Natchez, Miss., Feb. 7-8. of End Game Strategy. 7, The pin, An Inte~stln g alternative 1:1 11 ...... 8. Discovered Check, and 9. The Q..Q2; 12. QxR, N-B3; 13. QxRah win, Seeond·place Woodrow Crew of ning_'lwo Roob 'for II Queen. NQ.rm·anJl Sbre'leport_ was a1l;0. undef,eated, Pawn Chain. - fwo Rooks ar e better t li'in a ~Quee ii, but the enect of this dltl erence 1:1 winning 3 and drawing two, to top The second part contains 1. The usually n(>t felt untu the end game. a four·way tie for the runner·up Conception of Position Play and Hence a llvely struggle mlght have spot. Others scoring 4-1 were Tom 2. ensued if t his l ine had been followed. the Problem of the Center, The 12. QocQP Q-N3 McElroy of Shreveport, (also un· Doubled Pawn and Restraint, 3. Losing a tempo. 12 ...... , Q.Nl was defeated); A. L. McAulay of Nev The Isolated Queen's Pawn and better or even 12 ....••.. .• Q·B2. Orleans, and J. S. Noel of Shreve His Descendants, 4. The Two Bish· 13. N·B4 Q·Nl 14. 0.0 ...... The devil was tempting White to delay port. The Mississippi State Champ ops, 5. Over·Protection, and 6. castung again. Probably at move 9 ionship went to Fenner Parham, Jr. Maneuvering Against Weaknesses. this was justified slnee (a) had of Natchez, whose 3 % ·11,2 score delayed developmcnt or his and A book of this kind may be a Ib) White could win a Pawn. nOw also gave him sixth place in the partial an~wer to those persons a mo vc like 14. N·Q2 hoplni" for 15. Open. The strength of the 26·pJayer who write in saying "I know my B.B3 and 16. QxR would be wishful event may be judged from the fact thinking. rnctdo:mtally, when one is openings and endings all right, alrearly a Pawn ahead. that Is a geod that the following nam.cd players but still I lose. What should I do time to consol!date one's pOSition, nail finished 7th to 12th, after each Answer: Best appears to be to improve my game?" A player everything down, and try to simplify had scored 3·2; R. D. Anderson, the game. 15 ...... , BxN. b"or instance 16. RxB, who feels this way should look 14...... N·N3 15. N>:N Norman T. Whitaker, O. C. Dupree, PxP; 17. B·R6, B·Q3; 18. PAP, over the chapter headings above See the last r<:'mark above. Bad is Frank Chavez, Steve Buining, and B·B4ch. and ask himself if he knows the 15. Qx.P, NxN: 16. QxN, QxP because W. Troy Miller. answers to the questions raised Black's plec<:'s would all become very active. Class B prize winners were John 2. Another Trap there. If he does he is already a George Koltanowski gives the IS...... QxN De Vine (4%-%), James Campbell strong player and is ready to go Black could undouble his Pawns by (4-l), Claude Blanchard (4-1), Dr. following trap which he pulied off on to Nimzovitch's sequel, Chess 15...... , PxN but would lose what in a blindfold exhibition. in Spain: little pressure he has. Ross Moore (3%·1%), and Mike Praxis or the Practice of his "Sys· 16. Q.N3 .•...... France (3·2). 1. P·K4, P·K4; 2. N-KB3, P·Q3; 3. tern." P·Q4, B-N5; 4. PXP, BxN (or 4 ...... , Pla}1ng for a small advantage with The Class C Section went to Louis f ew dangers. After J6. Q·Q2, KR·QI; PxP; 5. QxQch, KxQ; 6. NxP); 5. 4. Illustrative Game 11. Q·Bl Black's advantage In space Gabel on Solkoff points, while QxB, PxP; 6. B-QB4, N·KB3; 7. Q­ The following game is an exam­ might hecome annoying. The text move Ralph King took second place, after QN3, P·QN3; 8. BAPeh, K·Q2; 9. ple of the opening, 1. P·Q4, P·Q4; offers Black the chance 10 double each had scored 4·1. John' W. \'1hite's Pawns at the expense of ex. Q-K6 Mate. 2. B·N5 which is often credited changing Queens. And Black must White, Jr. took third place on Sol· to Bill Ruth of Phlladelphia who either accept Or lose time. koff over Bill Bodker, after their 3. Middle Game Theory played it for many years with good 16...... Q·82 17. KR_Ql 3%·1% tie had been broken. Rob­ Nimzovitch's My System is one effect. The same idea can be used It is Important to seize and control ert Adamson topped a four-way tie ' of the few books in which rela· open files. in the form 1. P-Q4, N·KB3; 2. 17...... QR.Nt 18. Q·R3 B.NS for fi th place with 3-2. tively clear principles of middle· B·N5 as mentioned above. An cxcellent move. But It SOOn ap. game theory are stated and illus· pears that Black did not have the Thc tournaments were directed trated in a systematic manner. RUTH OPENING correct foUowup In mind. by L. Peyton Crowder, who reports This book is divided into two main City Championship 19. R'Q2 p·KR" twenty·two new USCF members re­ (1) Correct was 19 ...... , BxN creating sul ~ing from the events. . divisions The Elements and (2) Rochester, N.Y., 1959 Bishops ot opposite colors. This often Position Play. A mere mention of White Black crcates a drawlsh ending even when the chapter headings will give an one side Is a Pawn down. .. Thc IrvIng P~rk Chess Club (Chicago) idea of the type of material dis· E. MARCHAND E, KRAMER 20. N·Kl B·K4 Championship was won by Nlnus Aron· cussed by Nirnzovitch and his ap· 1. P..Q4 P·Q4 2. B·N5 P·KN3 Losing a tempo. Furthermore, 20 ...... , Son who scored 7·1, losing only to G. Black finds one of the best pr<><:edures BxB: 21. RxB, KR·Q1 would give Black Blerl!ch, who finished second with 6·2. proach to middlegame problems. against this opening. On 2 ...... , N.KB3; contrel of the Q.flle. H. Stanbrldge and Mn. Eva Aronson In the first part we find 1. On the 3. BxN Black's doubled Pawns wlll 21. P·KB.. B.Q3 23. P·B" ...... shared third place, after S.B., Solkoff, Center and Development, 2. On handicap him. One of the greatest :no 8oc8 PxB and median systems faUcd to break Open Files, 3. The Seventh and dangers which BlaCk faces Is psycho· Preventing P·B5 which would have their 5'h·2'h deadlock. Also !eorlng logical. He Is likely to try to refute i"lven Black's Bishop mucb mOrfl mo­ 5'h·2V~, M. Smoron took ritth place. Eighth Ranks, 4. The Passed Pawn, White's peculJar ~econd move, when bility. among the 19 contestants. GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS

USCF MEMBERS: S" bmit yo", but B"me, 'D' this Jepthe exchange . 31. R.QI P·Bl No/u by lun Romdfltnko 9. 0 ·0·0 ...... U. P'NS ....•..• Black m\lst lose at least two pieces. Apparemlr. "castling Into It." But White Black If IS. R.Q]? N·Q1! neither Is 9. 0·0 entirely safe, 8Iack IS...... Bx P I. ROMANENKO J. CALLOWAY hav"'1! a hvol'"blc line of the Dutch Dr. Ke ster Svendsen I . p·K4 P· K3 ,. P.QR] Bx Nch 16. N ICB Nx N attack a" a ll~ble ( ...... , P·Q3 ...... N·Q2, 11. PxP ....•... To Oregon 2. P..Q4 P·04 7. P"B Q·R4 ...... • Q·KI·R4 and ...... • R·B3). Or 17. B·R3, Q.K4; 18. QR.DI. N·NS; 19. An Oklahoma newspaper reeent· 3. N.Q B3 B·NS I . B.Q2 a·RS t ...... H. P·QR4 Q.R3 "'llh II Slron¥ attack fot two Pawns. 4. P·KS N·Kl ,. PxP 10. P·KRJ ly carried the rollowing news item: 11 . .... H.. P II P S. N·B3 P ·Q B4 ThiS c<:d cs llIack an open QR·fIIe. Bet· "Milton Seholar Lost to Oregon. T111! antl·positlon:;!.1 onovt hal a tactical 11. 8xP 0.0 Icr Is 10. P.QR ... 19. Il·R3 Q·K4J Dr. Kcster Svendsen, David Ross I Upport. 10...... P·RS 14. R·QB I P·Q4 Boyd profcssor of English at Okla· 9...... Black l.II"es th~ exchange by threatening ... , 11 . K.NI PxP 1!. R·B1 N·R3 to win t he Queen with 20 •...... , N·n6ch. 10. N·Q41 ...... • homa Un iversity will join Ule Uni· 11. BP xP B·NS 16. B)tKN? 20 . QR·BI N·Q4 Now Black cannot take the KP or the 13. KR· Nl Q·K2 versity of Oregon, June 22. as QB P/5 because of 11. B·:-<5 eh. winning 21 . Q·KN31 ...... NUl\" llIack becomcs too slrona: on the Although a Pawn down. with hi" two chairman of its English Depart­ the Queen. So. his next 11\0"e I~ forced. light squares and the KB.fI1c. IS. KR­ BbhOpS nnd .. passed QRP, While I. ment, Oregon officials announced 10...... P·Q RJ 16. R·Nl P·QN4 Q.i.ll Is the best at hand. 11. P·KB4 NxBP 17. N·N3 N·B4 able to embark on the cndh" with today. Svendsen explained that be '6. " *.H. apx B every e xpeetatlon of wlnnlnll". 11. B·Q3 Nx Bc h 1•• P·Q4 0.0 17. N·K5 8 -Ql was unable to refuse the post as 11. PxN QxQch 19. N·IIS KR-Q l 11 •.... _.. Q IIQ VlIcatinll QNS for the KnICh! II t he 22. RPIl Q KR·Kl the salary will be much greater 14. RxQ B-Q1 H. P·N4 H"_. wlnnIn, key. White lIlust lose Ihe QRP 23. KR-Ql _HH than he receives from OU." 15. 0-0 QR·BI or t bc BP. An .. U ..ck without .. Qu ee n. 20. NxRP 18. P-QR4 CHESS LIFE readers will be wn rood also. 19. R·83 -- pleased to learn that his seholarly 10. •.•..... N.K1 10. Q.QI ...... book r eview3 will continue to 11. P·BSI PxP It 20. Q·KI, BlCN ; 21. Px.B, N.Q6 wins. grace the "Reader's Road To 12.. B.N5 ...... • 20...... •.. Rx P 23. R.·QBl B-9"I) ThIS 1.1 an-'w'portAnl ZWlllChen ,ZUII". ~ 21. N.B' NJiN 24. K· R2 RKNII Chess" column. On a more per;­ 2'1...... •. K·BI 14. P·K6 (j·Bl U. Rx N Q-Q2 RUIIlRS sona! level, we sympatbiu with 23. Px P R·B1 15. P·86 ..... H. J erry Spann in the loss of a close personal friend. Jerry says, "Kes· ter and I were neighbors, fellow University Chess Club members, and the fighting half of the Nor· man State Champion Chess Team that flourished in the late forties. II there ever was a low·talent, nev· er·say·die aggregation. that was it!" The University of Oregon is to be congratulated on acquiring the services of this outstanding lit· While', piece. are beauurully p]ac~d. erary authority, and Pacific North­ 23...... N·KB3 .. west Chess is also gaining a fear· If 23 ...... , N·K3; 24. B.N~ wins the ex· chang ~. And It 23 ...... , N·S4; 24. S .NS. less and experienced fighter for R·KJ; 25. B-US does likewise. the Cause.

Ap,iI 24, 21, 26, 19J9 The winning move. Arter 25. QxR. RxPch !! 26. Px.R. QxP 15. . H..... NPx P c h 21. B·lt3. QxB mates. THE FIRST GOLDEN KINGS 26. KRxP N·N3 NEW ENGLAND AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP A lIme·pressure blundcr. Ilut If 2S •...... • TWO BIS HOPS AGAIN N·NI; 27. RxPch. Rill; 28. PxR, N·K2; AT YMCU, 48 80Y LSTON ST., BOSTON, MASS. 27. R·KI and While win!. The Two Bishops and a passed 17. RxNI QRP turn the trick for White. This regional tournamcnt, conducted by USCF, and co·spon· And Whlte won. sored by the New England Chess Association and the Boylston GIUOCO PIANO Chess Club, is open to all players except rated masters. Unrated MIDWEST MCO 9: p. 9,t. 7 players are especially welcome. The wi nner will be the NEW Tibor Wcinberger, Hungarian California Open ENGLAND AMATEUR CHAMPION, and will receive a special refugee, enroute to Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, 1958 engraved trophy. Golden Ki ngs medals will bc awarded to the swept the Mid west Open with a 2nd and 3rd place winners, and to 1st and 2nd place winners in perfect score or 6-Gambit. won just three ma tches. He won his Jun. Ml--Art Woot .. n final four games to edge oul Ned AUi. S8-Art Wooten Oct. ~ er ry WiUlams LaCroix, Virovalz, Ma rshall Ro h­ 0«:. Ml--Royal Smith land, Arpad Elo, Melvin Cohen Dec. S8-Mr. IIlnle and Dan Clark, all of whom won Art Woo te l' also won that "Tourn~· recorded six ou t of nine possible mcnt ot Champions" men tioned In this points. column tast January 2(}th. A L ABAM A -"W~ ar~ Interested In any A product of Mil waukee's play­ matches "'c can gel- Ser"lce Teams ground chess teaching program, o r no n.Servlce t ('am5. Our tra"ellnll l eam would not b" t oo stroni for non­ Weldon, who was heretofore con­ Sl'rvlee matches bul our ' at-hOme' tellm sidered an erratic but at limes bril­ could boast t",o c>,per ts most or the liant player, gave due notice of his time. If you can 5P""C U5 ~ome Sp ace imp roved form by finishing 4th in In YOllr colun.n to help promote the Mi ssouri open at st. Louis and matches, I would appreciate It." Special. 1st Fourth Clua Mike Schulman, Detach. Prob lt m No. 988 1st in the Midwest open at Lo uis· ment A, USA RG MA, Redstone Ar­ Probltm- No. 987 ville last year . senal, Huntsville. Alabama. By Nathan Robens How far .... 1Il Mike's team t rav e l~ A By Edgar Holl.da y Kew Gardens, L. I., N. Y. It was by all odds the closest goodly dlsl antt! In the last yen. his Original for Chess Life race in the 25 year history of the l earn p tayed F ort McClella n seve ral Oall u, Penna. Correttion to No. 975 event. LaCroi.x. who defeated Elo, times (I he malch score Is even) lind for Chess Life (See "Solutions") the pre·tournament fa\'orite, in the has lost re,$Onably close malchca w llh the Meml)hls che.s club (about 200 - final round, finished 2nd; Virovalz, ml1CJ) and the New Orleans che.1i cluh 3rd; Rohland, 4th; Elo 5th, followed (over 300 miles). If your Club Is tn by Cohen and Clark. Final stand· Tennessee. Georlla. Louisiana, Mlssls· ings. leaders only: 511'1'1, or Alabama Itself how .bout writ­ Inl him to . rranie ·" match I . Weldon 7.0330; LaCroix 6.5345; SOUTH CAROLlNA- "l b rou,ht my. tnt _ Virovatz.... 6.5315; Rohland 6.Q;l)2;_ er.... ! la cheu with me when J came Into Elo 6.0302; Cohen 6.0290; Clark Ihe Army. I went over to the enllsted 6.0270; Abrams 5.5275; Rozkalns men 'a servtce Club and talked t o the Supervl$Or con~mlng my st.rtlng II 5.5232 ; Dr. Wehrley 5.5220; Cr amer ch ess club and ghiDg novIce, .vera,e. 5.0250; Olins 5.0225; P fister 5.0217 ; and advanced chess instruction• • J wn Parve 5.0207; Miller 5.0175; Marg· met with equ~1 enthus l ~ 5 m on the part of the Supervisor and his staft. At t he graff 5.0415; Svers 4.5225; Rehorst p rcsent time the club has htld lhr "e 4.5176; Chobot 4.5175; Gardner sesslons (every Sunday) wIth llPprll:d­ 4.5 157; Halser 4.5112; Hurley mately 20 peopl" attendlni. Slowly but 4.0172 ; Moroder 4.0140; Beverly surel)' we sccm to be bulldlnll up a h ard.core ,roup!' Harold E. SChwartz 4.01 12. J r .• Fort J.ckson. SAN FRANCISCO-Sixth US Army Spec· lal Officer Colonel Gustavson told me No. 9115 Is ilv"n t o honor the n'e mory of S. C. Dutt of Calcutta, a vel')' rlne JUNIOR WINS DAYTON that he was tnterested In and wo uld be comj)<.l~er ",ho pUled away n!ccntly. He contributed several of his works to our CHAMPIONSHIP gl.d to nrrans-" area·wldc chess com­ r"cent contest. (Nos. S03, 854, 87~ etc.) No. 986 Is an Innocent but cute minIatur e. petition but_ th"re W~~ no money! Thll composer of No. 987 Is Ou r veleran problem·frlend, known to all. No. gaa " II Oakwood High School Senior Soldiers who \\'on t he q"~l!fylnl!' ."·,,nIB r e.arrang('d vculon of No. 975. Sec "Solu tio ns " b" low. Jerry Fink scored S;~-% to top a at Fort LewiS, Ford Ord, Fort Huachuc" 42·entry event sponsored by the and at o th er P05t5 would need trav,,1 Solutions /0 " Mdlt Iht S"bll IV""." expenses paId for their trip t o the No. , 73 Beale: key 1. N·B$ threat 2. Q"P mat ~ . 3 m oves of the k night con· Dayton (Ohio) Chess Club to take PresIdio of San FrDnclsco ChampIO nship stitule the main play: l ...... _. N.N6, 2. Q-RS; 1. .... _... N·K5, 2. QxB; I. _. __ • N·B6, the 1958 title_ He is also Ohio J un· T ournament. In these days. with t h" 2. Nx8. Clc. No. n4 $p ~ ckm. n n: key I. P·N4 waiting. A b sdnallng stud y of how ior Co·champion, and Tri-State Jun­ "mph" l$ o n "II,ht money" . nd econ· th" BL knl,hts 10!ie Influence over the lonl Quccn-dlallonal , H t..r any of the N ior Champion. omy In the nillitary "" ....·ICC5, we can cneck.~ II given. hardly e xped the a.rmy to finance th ~'" The plaeo M the WhK, after a ch"ck. Is strictly determined. (Why would O. Taylor placed second on med­ compet Itions enUrely. I. P-N3 not work?) No. 97S Rubenl: II rough cook 1. K.Q6, sny BL move. then ian points, and J. Crider, third, lNDIAN A_ USCF Master Arthur W. 2. N·NS llnd 3. N·K7 or 3. P _N7 dlstrllct"d the atten!!on of most cf our sol ver a. We took it upon cursel vc .~ to ('radlcate the cook wit h the a bove r",ar rl\nicment after their 5·1 tie had been broken. F curlteln 15 reported til bc nt the Ad_ Jutant Generll l'~ School In India napolis, and hope that the .olvers will enjoy t he r ":l1 content of the work. Re: No. '61 Taylor was undefeated. wi nning a.o:;slgnBUDAPEST COUNTER GAMBIT ship tournament played at Seattle how U.S.A.'s Grandmaster Bob­ Barnhiscr went through undefeat· MeO 9: p. 231 , c. 19 Feb. 21·22. saw Elmars Zemgalls by Fischer qualified for this ed, winning three and drawing Cal ifornia Open sweep a six·round Swiss with six year's Candidates' Tournament! three. The following players fin· Santa Barbara, 1958 straight wins. SeeoDd place went Send only $2 (bills) to:- ished in the order listed after their White Bla'k to Jim McCormick, who is reported THE BRITISH CHESS MAOAZINI! 4-2 tie had been broken: R. Ling, S. SOFER J. THOMPSON to have scored "3·2·1" with lltst CTD D. Blossom, V. Zukaitis, C. Arga­ 1. p . Q ~ N·KBl S. B · B ~ B·N5ch year's winner, Vesturs Seglins, tak­ 20 Che slnut Ro.d. West Norwood, :1. P-QB4 P·K4 6. QN.Q2 Q·K2 LONDO,"". S •• • 21, Gr."t 8rft.ln bright, W. Petran, and F. Helm. 3. PxP N·NS 7. p·Q R3 KN I< P / 5 ing third place with "2-2·2." "Wash­ Other players with plus scores (3lh- 4. N·KBl N.QB3 S. PltB N·0 6 m. t. ington Chl!ss Letter" editor, Dan 2lh) finis hed as follows: W. Black­ Wade, and Dr· A. A. Murray tied SUBSCRIBE NOW burn, D. Wollord, E. Taulbee, H. for the next two places with UD­ Join thl usc,. It I, ...." a null4 McC lellan, and G. King. reported scores. opening mo'+' • • Sunday, Page 8 Ir~~------, Cll)e S5 !:.ire April J, 1959 UP-COMING USCF RATED TOURNAMENTS SPONSORED ~ou,.namtlnl ef;~ BY Tournament organizers wishing an· UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION noun~em . nh of the ir forth<:omlnll 80 EAST 11th St. New York 3 SoI.Uon ~o USCF r . ted • .,ents to Ipp.. r In this column should make applin'lon .t Apr;/ /1·12 tmd M.ry 9.1(J Wh .. / ~ 5~. a,! movr? I... , SI " ln wftlks 'n adyanel, On sp ecial f o rms which m l Y' ba ob· Monthly Rating·Improvement Tournament at Chess and Checker Club talned from USCF Buslnlu Manlger, of New York, 21 2 West 42nd St., New York City. Kenneth Hukne ss, 10 E .., 11th St., Position No. 249 New York 3, N. Y. o r from Editor April 24·25·26 CHESS LIFE, 19 Dutch VIII,,,. Road, Farre-Gudmundson, Munich 1958 Hillfa., N.S., Clnad•. The First Golden Kings New England Amateur Chess Championship Farre played 1. B-QH51 , R IC B (If PxB: at Young Men's Christian Union, 48 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. 2. RxP or If Qx8; 2. Qxn winning easily (For details see page 6, col. 34) In either case); 2. QxP, R·B sq II{ RxP ch' J~nc 16·17·18 3. KJtR wins); 3. Q·B8 ch i (but not 3: The f oll owing a nnounce ment In RxP. RxP ch; 4. K.Rsq, R·R7 ch with a the March 5 Issue. 5tate-perpetual check). RxQ; 4. PxQ tournament would be unrated by Site and details to be announced, but strong entry list and big prues {Q)ch. I(xQ; 5. RxP, a nd Gud mundson the USCF. Thl. statement WIS an assured. resigned because there Is no defense error. The event will be 100% USC F against the threatened m ate. rated. The point of Farre's beautifUl move April II & It, 19H b revealed by comparing the game can. Susquehanna Cup Matches TOURNAMENT REMINDERS tlnuaUon with I. RJtP ?, RxP ch; 2. K. To be held at the YMCA. 13 State Bsq (other moves losel. R (B6IxP ch; 3. Street, Schenectady 5, N. Y. The 40 Apr il 2S·26-Hu r<:>n Valley Amateur Open, YpSilanti, Michigan. (CL 3/ 20/59) QxR, RxQ ch: 4. KxR, Q·RS ch: 5. K.Q2. round Swiss, with a tlmc limit of Q·R4 ch; a. )(·K3, Q·B4 ch; 7. K·Q3. Q.Q5 50 mo\'e< In 2 hours, Is reslrlcted April 25·26-Huron Valley "Experts" InvJ\allonai Tou rnament, Ypsilanti, Michl· ch; 8. K·B2. Q·R5 ch; 9. K·Bsq (It K.Nsq . to 5-man teams from any N. Y. gan. (CL 3/20 / 59) or K.N2; Q·!,;"6ch), QxRP ch; and the club ; players must be NYSCA memo draw by perpetual check Is e1eIlT. The beTS. Entry eee is 51.00 per team. May 2·3 -Second Mld·Continent Open, and 1959 Kansas State Chess Tourna. fove 1. K.Bsq? makes 0 0 difference Non·members of Ihe NYSCA must ment, Russell, Kansas. (CL 3/5/ 59) since Black replles I ...... , RxNP; while pay a 52.00 membership fee. The If I. P·R4??, Black wins by I...... RxP winning team receives the Susque· May 2· 3 - 1959 Iowa State Championship T ournament, Hotel Sh~ l don . M unn. ch; 2. K·Bsq. R·N8 eh; 3. KxR, Q·N5 ch; hanna Cup for one year. Address 4. K·Bsq. Q·R6eh; 5. K·Nsq. Q·R7ch; 6. entries and Inqulrtes to Steven L. Ames, Iowa. K·Bsq. Q·R8 mat£!. Anderson. 10-14 Palmer Ave nue, Schenectady 9, New York. Unf ortunately from the standpoint of a ''best move" po.ltlon, there Is another USE YOUR USCF MEMBERSHIP AND SAVE ON THE PURCHASE leSS beau tiful, equally effective. and MoVI. E", I-.l n. ml d·game st .. t81l1 by point for each corred sol ution supported h ou rs .nd. 2S moves pel' hour there· 1tld-by-FAd RlIlnlelt!. Now " prl nbel In u.lng- 4SS g...... from m.rtoi:~ii:~c:: pap ...-boo.I nd edlllon , .totl.. and an_ exam pl... A rtf... h .... courw--' or - Iiii'"""" by analysis which Is not entirely ad .,. arter. q uate. dotH; gUm_ 01 the O!"Nt oh... Plr· a.pert end a ...... nd pllide to thl mlddl. Tournamen.t director: Ernest Olfe. 10n,Utl .., ola .. IOI 01 ~ h ... pro... Over g.arne lor tha """' "g" pl lyer. On this basis, two polntll gO to George Entli' fee Including W.C.A. membership: 300 pl gl_ pnlll barg.ln! R-36: ,3.95 1151 10% to USCF memo W. Baylor, Abel Bomberault, and Her. $5.00; to Juniors (under 18 yMTS of R-6l: ,1.75 lell 15% to USCF mtm· ber...... _...... •.. $3 .55 bert Sollnsky. Vincent D. Noga receives age as of May 1) $3.00. bers ...... ~ ...... 'l.U (Rtvit"a'~J in Chw Lift, No.,. 20. 19~8) l'h polntll. The following receive 1 potnt: Harold A r neson. RObin Ault. Trophies will be awarded for the first PAWN POWER IN CH ESS by Han, six positions; a special trophy will be Harry Bakwln. M. D. Blu menthal, Joe Krnoch. Thl long IWliled vot .. ml by one awarded for the best score achieved ot thl world', gruted Innolaton. SUm· Bohac, RuSJI Chauvenet. Duke Chinn, by a woman also a speetal trophy tor POCKET GU IOE TO THE CH Ess OP EN· Ramon Cook, K . A. Cternleckl , Henry "II Ung expll nillon, of ch .... drategy the best Junior score. IN GS, by R. C. Grlfllth u d H. Gol om· bued on Plwn pllY, Ihal ~I .. ntv" Davis, J esse Davis, Richard Glblan, Ed. bel<. N_ Ind reYlsod edi tion of d.ndord For Informntlon write to: Frank J. b ..n properly outllned bllore. Com par. mund Godbold, Robert E. Hart, Onas wor k On U," o,,""I"g• . Handy rlf. renci abl. In Ito .cop. to "My Sydom" - It Hensley, Donald C. Hl1Js, Vlkton l kau. Cabot, IS. North 3rd Ave. . Sturgeon ""Ido 10 blllc .arlatlon. of I II oplnln"". Bay. Wis . will r~mlln a cl a.. lo In Its filld. nlks. Fred D. Knuppel, E. J . Korpanty, Hard_vl r--oonnnl.nl to ¢orry. K·15: $5.50 leu 15% to U5CF memo F. D. Lynch, RObert R. Mc1ntyre, 3ack G·l0: ,2.00 lUI 15% to USC .. memo bers ...... 68 Miller, M. MUsteln, Ed NlISh, Kenneth Mtry 2·3 and 9·10 ben ...... ,'.70 Neeld, Billy P atleson , Henry C. Porter, (Rt~it"'td in Chou Lilt Edward B. Powell, Robert Raven, Ed· 1959 CHICAGO CHESS M4r~h 20, 1959) mund Roman. Frank C. Ruy!, D. W. CHAMPIONSHIP Rystrom, I. Schwartz, J. G. Scripps, Boh Open 10 reSidents of Greater Chlca~o SPECIAL SALEI Steinmeyer. Jim Stowe, Fred T ownsend, area. Eight round Swiss, 2 rounds each lIugh C. Underwood; Leslie Whllman, day on sue~esslve week ends. Minimum SMYSLOV AND HIS 120 BEST GAMES by A. UI Pnlel<. I nd J . Spenc •. Clo.&-rs finishing with 5''<' points or LaCroix. Cr llig Ol.on, John Pranter, more. 45 mo,'es In 2 hu. Register be· L·30: " .00 lass 38% to USCF mem bers ...... $2.50 Virgil Smith, W. E. Stevens, Fr ancis for e I p.m .• May 2. Information or ad· ( R~ v je"'d jn Chtu Lilt, Ocl. ~, 19~8 ) Trask, and Joe Welnlnger. vance rel!l.tratlon f$8 for USCF memo bers, additional $5 for non·members) (All the abov. books lire now In USCF stock. Fill out the cou,on below, and The solvers score by 56·42 '1.:, Including ,,'TIte to R. Klrhy, 5639 S. University, the 3'h bonus pOints. mll!! It to us lod ~ y) Chicago. "Welcome to new solver. M "", 16.17 UNITED STATES CHESS FEDI!RATIDN 80 EAST 11TH STREET INDIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, NEW YORK 3, N.Y. 1959 Pleue send me the following eh eas book" (ehe-ek appropriate Spaces) So/.iion, 50 At Captain T.ngan R otel. 1 , 01!"~nsport . Tn r T"s bmk.. n bv 5.11. .vstrm. Smyslov and IIIlS 120 Best G8m e! w.co resigned. U 1...... , P.B6; 2. PXP, PXP; F:ntr v fre: U<; CF memtwrs. $3.00 : non. 3. K·Q3 wins. m"mh.. r ~ . $7. 50. Prl,e~ or S2S. Sl 5. and Total Amount enclosed ...... STO. for ht. 2nd. and 3n1 place! are Position No. 222: 1. K·B4! N·B3 ; 2. "I~nned. E~~h pl~y .. r mu !ss ft~"" . N·B3 and White wins Ihe Black KnIght (For more USCF rated events CITY ...... ~ •.•....•.• ZONE ...... TATI!. .... _...... •..... __ ....• Il"d the J arne. see Pl\g~ 2, col. 4).