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INDEX Readers are invited to use these columns for their FEATURES comments on matters of interest to chessplayers. Game of the Month ______10 U. S. Championshi p Games _____ 7 WHERE TO PLAY C H E SS W/llkcr Chess Team of Peoria (Ill inois) DEPARTMEN TS Boo k o f t he Mon th ______32 Sirs : as almost sure slarters. The teams are Chess Caviar ______6 T he moment that I caught the line, comjJose{1 of four players each with a Chess Quiz ______12 IVhere 10 Play Ch ess, in C Il t:;SS R t:; v l t:; w. move ral e nf 25 moves pcr player per hOIl r. Games from Recent Events ____ 13 I kne w Iha! here was a spl endid fea ture. We think this is the beginning of a new Postal Chess ______23 \\lhic]} ehess lover has no! often asked era in chess in which small clubs can en· Rea ders' Ga mes ______20 himself this question with regret ? Su re, j"y pla yin g with Jargl,r. CHESS Br.VIEW is Sol itai re Chess ______19 the add resses of the Li g cluhs are in the r e~ l ) ()n ~i b le for the start of Ihis thing and. T ou rn ament Ca lendar ______2 We hope, may help stir up further interest. World of Chess ______3 telephone hook. but they are hou rs from home and therefore of no use to one who ,\"1r. Condon and myself wi ll Le glad to Jives high up in the Bronx and has only I H~ ar from anyonc wh" cares to join. EDITO R a few hours to indulge in hi s hobby. T he "Hams" or amateur radio operators r. A. Horowj(z I do hope the idea will ca tch on and the I'ave been glad to help liS because they M A N A GING E D ITOR gel publi city also. I do think th() y m ight J oh n Rathe!" smaller clubs es pecially will recognize its EXECUTIVE ED I T OR I'ossi hi I i ti ()s . rUll sOIl".; thillg ill Iheir Na tional Jl.Iagazin e J " c k S lr alc ~' B"l ldl K Ant G n o SS MAN a ~ k ill ;; memhe rs of thc [{ adio Gu ild to CO NTRI BUTI NG EDI TOR S Bronx, New York hclp us. J . \V. Coll ins. T . A. Duns t, I l f:N IlV G . CIlAMf:ll . Capt. ReulJe n FIne, H "ns I\:tlloch. L E GION Albert S . Pinkus Hira m Walkcr Chess Team A SSI STANT EDITOR Si rs : 11 7 Machi n Street Duvid Hosklnd, J r. I n you r Chl~ss Qllh No. 10 in the Augu 6l Peoria, Ill inois. CORRESPONDENT S i s suL~wh y all the three moves'? Quiz • CHE SS I!f;\' I EW haib the c reation 'of the Califo r n ia Herbe r t Betk er. J . B . Gee. yourself. You take Blac k. I 'll take \Vh it e. Hadio Chess Lcague, wishes it all success. Leroy Johns on, Dr, H. Rnlston . M . J. Wha t do you do when I go N- B5§? Ho rer . :\11'. Comlon's ad(iress, as given in August, Dilt. o f Colum bia X , P. Wi~l':i n ton . CHESS I' 1.'\ Y Ell i ~ 40 1 C rt:"k Ave .. Ba rlles\·ille, Okla.-Eo. F lor ida Major J. 13. H o lt. B. 1 ~ l ein. • The ahove is typical of countlcss in· QUOTE - MISQUOTE? _ U NQU OTE E ~ n e ~ t G . \Ve '·ber. q uiri es on problem No. 10. So we must Georg ia G rad)' N. Cok
CHESS REVIEW, OCTOBER. 1948 1 • READERS' FORUM pre·glven data. Thus, jl:iven a complete U NIVA C game, il may reill y fau lt lessly to either Sirs; the Whi te or Black move!> of that game. It While browsing through Ihe Science may also resl)oll(l to variations to that News Leller for August 21, 1948, I ran line, if they ha\'e heen II re-fl!d to il. IIcross the fulluwing in teresting iltm which It Can llot, however, defeat Botvinnik's r ea d~, in par t: play unless somc slI[Jcr-Botvinnik hls an. "A machine now clln solve business lieipHted h i ~ moves und improved upon Jlrubl t! m~, write your leiters or play you t he replies. Nor call it defeat even an or. - a nd il eal you- in games of gin r UllUll Y d inary ehess mortal who may make S'>UtC iml/fu],ahle move to wl.iel, no reply IrJS (If chess. "The 'thin king mach ine' costs appro:xi. heen IHe-d ictated. T hus, a t ranspost!(1 p ~ '!lately SI75,000, not counting whal yon QH3 might stall UlliliGC'S works, or eyen will lose if you play Sin rummy against it. 1 he unsound oHer of a Queen. "UlliL'(l C, the universal a utomatic C011\· What hoots it then fur Univac to hUl"e COMING EVENTS IN TH E U. S. put e r, wa ~ dtscribed lit u symposium on "memorized" Dr. Eu we's Theory of (h e ANO CANAOA C'II:S~ Openillgs, Fine's Practical Ch eu Abbrevlatlons-SS T mt: Swiss SyMcm Tour modern calculating mllchiucry held at the OTlc,dllgs and tlwusllnds of hooks and ''''m en~ (In ht round e,uries paired l>y lo t University of Los Angcics by Dr. J ohn W. or selection; In subsequent rounds playen [>.·Iauchly, who together wi d l J. P. Eckert pub lished games? When it finds no reply with 81mllo.r seo...,~ paired). RR Tmt: Round ill ils "mintl" to a given move, it sim ply Hobin Tournamenl (eath m (1n plays every " f the Ecke rt-1\-Iau chly Com puler Corpor. other mnn). KO Tmt: Knock-Out Tourna alion designed the machine. makes none. ( How we a ll, at times, would ment (lo ~ erH or loW ~eoreu eli minated). wish to do l ikewise!) $$: Cash prizes. EF: En try fCC. CC: CheBs " Feed the machine a furm letter, along CI\1b . CF: ChcBl! Fcdcratio!1. CA: Ches ~ A s wit h in s lructions on how to writc [vary?] Of course, its mukers might equip it IQ sociation. CL..: ChcBS U::U!n>C. re ply, ill such contingencies, "It is Ilse l es~ I"or mote Information !lbout nny tou rna it, and pcnonalized lelt ors, no two ali ke, ment. wrlle 'I"otornamenl £
2 C HESS REVIEW, OCTOBER , 1948 CHESS Vol.16, No.10 REVIEW OCTOBER 1948
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• Anglo.Dutch Harmony Last month at London, teams from the Ntthcrlands and Greal Britain I;uve fur th er ev idence of the harmony hetween tiICir nations: their anllual mutch wus a lO-lO tic. Indeed, the balance was so CtlUal Ihlll each round stood at 5·5. Only (lnce was international amity in peril. That wu s when, wi lh the score 9Jh-9Jh, Kitto scenlc./ on the verge or defeating his Dutch adversary vall Swenis. Fortu nately for mutual good will, the English man blundered and the game was drawn. [t is siGni ficant to nott: that 67.year.old Sir Georgtl Thomas is still 1.1 bulwark of British cht-'S!. By twice downing Lodwijk Prins, the baronet provt:d tlwl he is a fo rmidable figure in mu tch play. With Ihe exception of last year's fiasco, when Netherlands lost 12V2·7¥Z. this HERCULEAN TASK Forme r Vie nnese master Ba ldu r H oentinger performed the series has heen remarkably t.i ght. In 1937, monument a l task or playing 213 games sImultaneously at Vel bert , Germany, recently. H e won 187, drew 13, lost only 13. Despite th is herculean Ihe Dutch won by 1OY2 ·9 V2. The next year, labor, the record remains w ith Stahlberg who contested 400 games at once in 1941. the English reversed that to ta l. In 1939, a lO· lO lie resulted. Internlll\i.'<1 b)· the wa r, the annual match was resumed last T he cvcnt was hclrl al Slanley P ark yea r. Pavi lion, Vancouvcr. Mo re than 144 Illay. {'R).. UNITED STATES Tht det ailed results were : ers were on hand to butde. The Canadians GREAT BRITAIN NETHERLA NDS al~n w()Jllhl;: "B" tJVo.:nl 12·7. Kmoc:h Going On Tour Broadbe nt ..... 0 ~ Or. Euwe ..... 1 J Golombek ....•. 0 0 van Scheltlnlla .. 1 1 The pairings of the majo!' match were: Hans Kmoch, noted international cluJU G. Thoma. .... 1 1 Prlnt ...... O 0 BRITISH CO L UMBIA WASHINGTON figure Rnd contribuling ed itor to CIH:SS Mli ner. Barry . . 1 1 Kramer ...... 0 0 H elman ...... •. t J oach im ...... 1 1h:\' JE\\', is planning to make his second Ale _ander ..... 1 1 <;ortlever ...... J 1 Millar ...... 1 NUle ...... 0 Wood .•.•...... 0 1 Muhrlnll ...... l 0 Creemer ...... I Bever ...... •... 0 transconlinentul tOUT since coming to this Tylor ..•...... 1 0 Vlalllma ...... O 1 J urtevtklt ...... 1 Bollman ...... 0 eUlmtr),. Sta rting on January lst, Kmoch Kltto ...... O J van Steents .... 1 J Calhoun ..•...... 0 Bad er ..•...... 1 wi ll cross the nation giving simuitanc(,u s Horne ...... J J Henneberke .... J J P~nton ...... •.. . .. 0 T aro ...... 1 Newman ...... 1 0 va n den Berll .. 0 , Atnlkev ... , ...... 0 J. Neurse ...... 1 ex hibili~ns along Ih e following roul e: Ntw Burrell ...... , ., .. I Magerkurth ...... ,I York, Pcnnsylvaniu, \Vu s hington (D. C.), Smith ...... 0 Nan ...... 1 Stand·Off Englm~n . , ...... 1 Am.den . , ...... 0 Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, 11J(!i ulla, The fifth international match between Arden ...... 0 W ~ lI ec k ...... 1 ]\lissouri, Kansus. Okluhoma. Tex ll s. Cali· Butler ...... • 1 Conlnl ...... } tea m,. {rum British Columhia and Wash· Carrell .....• ...... 0 Alien •...... 1 I"mia, WlI shington . Mon tana, Utah, Colo- ington Stali: ended in a 15· 15 stand·off. Stevenlon ...... 0 B randllrom ...... 1 rad o, Nebraskll , Minncsota, Wisconsin, S~ptro ...... 1 Schaln ...... 0 Illinois. Micll igan, Ne ...· York and the Actually this Ilcacdul conclusion resulted Cooper ... _ ...... 1 Gn ~ge y . _...... 0 (rom a hard·fou ght struggle. T he U. S. DeH~v ll ~nd ...... 0 Butler ...... 1 Nc'" England SillI es. Spe cial stoP!! may Lacey ...... 0 S. Nour.e ...... 1 also be possible. team look an early lead, held it at 11·7, Arrew ...... ,1 Coubroullh . , . , . , . ,0 and, wh en plar wa~ called, remained on Run ell ...... , Huen ...... 0 T he ~60 fee f 01' each appcafUncc \0 1) with Three vilal games reo Crall Ie ...... , Gordon ...... 0 inc1lldes bOlh SillllllilillelJ ll S display and 14!h.12Vz. Ha mmend ...... ,0 T raynor ...... , . , .. 1 ma ined ttl be adjudicated. Aller careful Meney ...... •. 1 Roberti ...... 0 lecture. The laller is a ]IOplllar part (,f !-Crutiny, the judgcs aWll rded the Cana· Oltre n1 ...... 0 Cowan ...... 1 Kmoch·s demonstration. Drawing on his S i onie r ...... •... 1 Buroe ...... 0 vast dless experiences .... ith the leading dia ns 2¥Z ]loints. enough to tie the match. Br;1verm;1 n ...... 1 Davld ton . _...... 0 Thus Bril ish Columbia retains possession Jonah .•...•...... 1 Bowder ...... 0 gra nd masters for the ]lllst t hir t ~ years. he M ~l y.heff ...... 0 Hu. by ...... 1 weaves his rem iniscences inlO a fascinating Qf dH: Pellce Portal T rophy which it Creet ...... J AU l t ln ...... 1 won lllst yea r. COpleltOn ..• ...•. • 0 H oward ...•...... , discussion of ch c~s and chessplaycrs. . 3 CHUS RlV IIW , OCTOBfR, 1948 Attention Speed Bugs rorty.four pla yers competed In the The 7th annual U. S. Chess Fcderation Swiss system cl'ent which was held taoor S pl:cd Championshill will take Il lace on Dny wl.'t! kelld a t I'itts hurgh's 1·lolel Boose Sunday. Novem ber 28t h. This popular I'el t. /la ns K.noch directed play unde r the cI'ent wi ll be hcld under the local ausllices aegis of the state chess federalion. 01 the Ne"' Jersey S tate CheSS Federation Already champion of PiU shurgh's al Ihe Lt/g Cahin Chcss Clul!. 30 Collamore Dvwntown YM CA Chess Club. Dieh: lost Terrace, West Ora nge, N. 1. Quali fication onl y to I'eterun Sidne)' T. Sharpe of Phila. rounds will commence at 2 P. M. while delphia. T he YOllll gster's win over Hesse the fi nals are to be played in an cve ning mu de up this deficienc y and gave him Ihe session. The tournamen t is Ollcn to all title. comers on puymenl of a S3 entry fee. Faucher Tops in Jersey Richard Wayne of Ventnor City wi ll direct pl ay. adhering strictly to the ten Co.cl!um pion la ~ t year, J osc llh Faucher second time limit. The winncr will hecome hlid undisputell cl!l im to the New Jersey U. S. S ileed Champion, a title now held !lta te title early this month. Thc P rince. hy .Ma x Pavey of Brooklyn. Liheral cash ton Un ive rs it y student sll"el.t Loth gantes prizes will be awarded. in his plaY-- 4 CHUS R(VIEW, OCTOBER , i948 DuVall Kanawha Volley Vietor vitaliullal Cl AROUND THE CHESS CLUBS CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Atascadero, Septembe r 4.6) J. Cross (Gle ndale) 6 ~·l; A. J. Fink (San Francisco) and N. F~ l coner (Berkeley) 5~·H; R. Martin Crilijomi(l. E. Everett scored 1 ,';Y~ . I ~S (Los Ange les) and W. Hendricks (Santa C r uz ) 5·2: A. Weiss (Hol lywood), W. Adam. (San to win the Southern California "B" title. Jose), H, Hazard (Culver C ity). F. Crofut (S~n Jose), P. Quillen (G lendale) and J . Nedham (Hayw3"d) 4l · 2 ~ : G. Croy (Los Ange les ) , P. All inger (O~k l ~nd), D. Neitson (Hayward). L. Bartun, 14·3. was nmner·up while J . G. Oakes (S~Ii~as) and G. Stevens (Santa Monica) 4.3: R. Potter (Da llas, Tex.). R. Upham (S~n RMael), P. Lynch ( Hayward) J.nd C. Sva lberg (S~n Fr~ncl.co) 3~ . 3 ~ : L. Johnson (Los Kender. 13·4. fini~hed tI'inl ... The Ange les). C. H ende rson (Los Anceles), L , Daugherty (SJn Jo.e). W . Steckel (Los Anlleles), Coronado Chc~s Cluh defeated LI l\[esa N. Schaller (Oak land). S. Pou l.en (Fresno) ~nd P . Petersen (Lomita) 3.4; M. Rada iken, Jr. (S~n Fr:lr.clsco), J. M. M~lig (San Jose) and B. C. Jenk lnes (Sant~ Roaa ) 21 · 41; K. Cham. 6~~ · .'1V2 in a reeent eneounter ... S. Kun· be t's (P.lSO Rob le. ) ~nd M. Radaiken, Sr. (San Francisco') 2.5: C. W. BIrd (Fresno) and A. Spi ller (Lo. Angeles) 1 ~· 51: Mrs. L. Henderson (Los Ange les) and W. McGowa~ (San Fran· drasllOff captured the dl1l1lll' iollSilip of Cisco) 1·6. NOTE , B ird, Spiller :lnd McGowan withdrew without comple t in\l sched ul e. th e Ru~sian Chcss & Checker Club (San FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Hotel F loridan, Tampa. September 4.6) D. Fl'anciseoj with 14.1. Secund was O. Dynl (Cross City) 5.·.: S. Shaw (Miami) 5.t : R . Dlaz (Tampa) 4 • . 1>: M"Jor J. Holt (Long Beach), C. Lay~g (Orl~ndo). R. Roba ldo and S. Castro (both of Tampa) 4·2: A. Montano So;hirovsky, BV:! .1 Y~ .. . (;onnrcticnt. The (T~mpa), A. Mai lhot (St. Petersburg), B. Klein (Atlantic Beach), E. Dowling (St. P eter$. Deep River Chess Club i~ defending its burg), E. W erber and W. Reynolds (both of T~mpa) 3.·2.; p . CI~rk e (Tamp~), S . Mil ler (Orlando) and H. Cox (T~mpa) 3·3: R . Resler (Arcad l~) Jnd J . FJ ICOn (St. Petersburg) Cla~s A and B titles in Ihe Conneclicut 2];·31: w. Brogden (Winter Haven), J. Gibson. M. P,1 lmer, B. H~lmes. J. Boling (al l of Chess League. Teams from Hartfonl, New T~mp~) ,1nd J . Mink (St. P e tersburQ), J. Zukor (TampJ) nnd J . Altklns (St. Petersburg) 1. 5; N. Hernandez (T~mpa) and D. A lvord (Cl earwater) 0·6. NOTE: Both Hernandez ,1nd Alvord Hav/: n, Torrington, Yale University. New w ithdrew before the completion of the tour~nm e nt. London, Waterbury, .'l{!W i3rilain and GEORGIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Partridge Inn. Augu.ta, September 4· 6) Bridgeport are abo entered ... Florida. A. C. Davis (At lanta) $.1: E . J . OpsJhl (AtI~nta) ~ n d Wi lliam C. Adlckes, Jr. (A.heville, N. C.) 4~ . lJ; Paul L. Cromelin (AUgust.1) 4·2: K it Cr ittenden IRalelgh, N. C.), Grady N. A m c r g/ ~ r of tlte J\hry Rain Chess Club Coker, J,. tAt l ~nta), E . A. Brown (At lanta), H~r l an B. Miller (Atla nU) ~n(! Dr. Arthur Murray (August,,) 31·2];: Edg.1r Ferguson (AugUsta). Wyatt Burkett, Jr. (Ooth~m, Ala .), and the Litt le Hive !' gro"p has resulted in Paul 6~rton (Corde le) and Charles Oxford (Atl"nU) 3·3: William Russe ll , Jr. \Athen.), Ihe formatio]] of the Greater .Miami Chess L . F. Fleming (Ath ens ), Fi eld er Simpson (Augusta), Judge R. D. Feagin (Macon) and Paul O~vis (Atlanta) 2·4: Ed Manderson (Marietta) 1!.·41; Bowen Asserson (AuQusta) 1·5. Club. Meetings are held on Tuesday and ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Chica go, Se ptember 4·6) J. Shaffer and G. Friday at 8 r. M., Little Hiver COllllllu ni ty Ode ll 6· 1: H . Hallbohm. Albert Sandrln and E. Buerger 5.2: E. Miche lsen, S. Cohen ~nd F. Center, l\fiami . . . Michigan. Midland Stoppel 4).2.: W. Newberry, J . Relnhnrt, K. Nedved, V. Tiers, Norln, p . PO$chel and D. Stanbridge 4·3: S . Wln ika lti" L. I s~~c~. A. K ~ufmJn. Ange lo Sandrin and D. Scheffer 3 ~ .3 !: (lowned Lansing .1·3 in its initial inler·eily Goodm~n, A. Tuckler and W . Grombacher 3· 4; D. Stetzer J.nd Lev Inson 2~.4L Aronson and match of the s{!asu n ... Nne lPr.I,·Y . The Si lverman 2·5: K. Kl imas ~nd Henderson 1· 6. 1.ng Cal)in Chess Club is holding un 11\ . NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Log Cabin Chess C lub, W est Orange. September 24·0ctober 9) J . Faucher, H. Jones and A, Saxer 4.2: F. How~rd and E . Mc. Cormick 3. 3: A . Boczar 2·4; C. Rourke 1· 5. NOTE: Faucher won the tit le by scoring 2.1) WHERE TO PLAY CHESS in a play. off with Jones an d Saxer. Clas"lficd advertising rate for this column OHIO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Senec~ Hotel, Columbus, September 4.6) Elliott 10<; per word. Display ads $7 per inch. 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Huntzinger (Fremont) ~nd I. F. Swartz (Lake· Chess & Rubbe r Bridge: Every afternoon wood) , .5. fr om 2 P . ~-T. ano evening: from 8 P. M. D~pllcate BrIdge: \\'ednced",.. At noon; 'rues PENNSYLVANIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (Roosevelt Hotel. Pittsburgh, Sep. du\' lind '!'hursdllY at 2:30 P. M. and 8 :30 tember 4.6) P. Dietz and H . Hesse 6.1: G, Hartleb and T. Guteku ns t 5~·lJ; S . Sharp, S . p , ' ~f. Uncl.cr the T.>CrMna l direction of ].-I r . Wachs and H. Hickman 5·2; M. Garbuny, E. Glover, J. Hudson ~nd R. McCready 4).21; L. AL WE ISS, Life ""'.if"· and winner of the Buck , S. Hauck , J . Lorah. J Ne ls on , R. Olin, F. SO"en50n, and W. Young 4·3: W, Arkles •. Vanderbi:l Trophy. W . Byl.~nd. N. Cafarelli. P. Driver. D Hatch, I. Isenberg, N. Nlelds, R. Taylor and M. Yatron 3 ~.3 ); J. Firestone, E . Gault. D. McClellan. C. Rhe ams, Mr • . M. Selensky and D. Spiro 3.4: I. Ash, T. Ecke~rode and P. Sh e rr 2 J · 4): W . Hall, K. Lambert and D. Se iter 2. 5; B. Be rger. E . Lauck" E. Moskowitz and P . Smith l J·51; H, B lankarn 1·6. NOTE : Die tz won the til le . LOG CABIN CHESS CLUB under the t ie· breaking rules. (Founded t934) SWENSON MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT (YMCA, Omaha, Nebras ka, September At the home of E. Forry L~ucks, 30 25·26) H. Ohman 4 ~ · l ; L. MJgee 4·1: A. Ludwig 31·1); J . Spence, D. Ackerman, W. Carr Collamore T e rrace, West Orang~, N. J . a~d G. Halsey 3· 2; W. Sha llcross, H U~derwood and J . Belzer 2.3: R. Ferguson 11·3.; W. Champions of Metropo1ilan CheM League of Brown Jl"d Dr. S. Is acson 1.4: Dr. W Stur~e. J · 4~. Now York , Organized and founded Suhurhan Chcss L~ A/: ue (now North Jcr~e,.. Lcn/:ue) QUEBEC PROVINCIAL CHA MPIONSHIP (Community Hall, Mount Roy~1. ",,,I Tntcl·· Co'IIllics Chess Lea.o:ue. FirM t.o Mo~t,eal , October 9.11) O. Baln (Quebec) and J . Ger.ho (M ontrea l) 5.1; M. Guze (Mon. help In large scale inter-stlde m"lches. First treal) and I. Zalys (H~ l e t) 4J .1J; Dr. J . Rauch (Montreal), H. S~ lols (Dru mmondv ille). M. 10 fly bl' air to Deep River Ches~ Club. Cohen, G. Ke lle r . Wolff, L. Arpin (a ll o f Montreal), and J . Therien (Quebec) 4.2: E. Brlse· donble champion$ or (he Connecticut Chc~. bOis, C. Pod lone, P. Robert, W . Fraser, M. Ebe rhard. J . Petrik, M. Tr.,nqull le, J. Cac!res j.M/:ue. First to promote l ar.o:e~t Interna_ and L. Ouellette (all of Montreal) 3· 3; A. Lebeuf (Montre~l) 2~.21: A. Poirier, G. Lane (both 1I0mo] IIl"leh of lH ",,,I 13 ho,,,' CHE SS REV IE W, OCTO BER, 1948 5 inl! c he~~ da ~s es a t John Hal" lIigh School .. Wllshingtoll. Early result s in lhe I' uget S"und Chess L( ~a:; I1 ' ~ ar\! : El"ereU 7. Olym pia 3: Kil sap 7. Qucl 'n Ann e 3: Sell ul,' 71/:!. Ulli l"enil), 2 Y~. Bell inllha rn 8!1:!. YMCA I ,/::. {l(~" CANADA Miniature games are the hors d'oeuvres of chess. Bain, Ge rsho Share Title BOSTON . 1893 BERLIN, 1932 AI Ihe dUSt) of the QUeil' X: I'r" l" incial [ VI:", ' he mi ght )' CUll Ix' h llll1lJ l~ ~ 1. lIe re T,n: a WI:;;,,1I1C efficacy of ,he d"uhlc cilL-ek CI,amlli""l'h il' al MU ll lreal early Ihi5 Ihe I:.I"C;" I'illslm r)' h(,,..,," I",f"n' a che"s "trik,'''' terr"r into .he 11t: /J "' ~ illlll. Paul Oe,'os WOII Ihe national ritl,· (.. r II... ~ixth l ime. 1·le lalliell 7·2 10 leMI run ll c r'''I' Dunk dIJI lII1I lor a scant half I,,,inl ... Cllbu. T he C .. ha n Chess r ed" nlli"" II " ~ ~ u c e: e t.'( l e , 1 in uq::an izing fh'l' "f Ih,' r('IIu lll ic's six -"late~ in an al. telllpt I" un ify Cu!Jan chess lIcti,·ily ... 14 . . . . QxR ! 14 Q_R5 ~ B,B f.·fl g/m/d. H. J. H ruadl ~nl <.:a 11111 re 6 CH ESS RlVI!W, OCTOBER. 1948 u. s. CH IONSHIP G Annotated by Hans Kmoch CHESS REVIEW presents the second oj a series devoted to the most interesting games played in the recent United Slate8 Ches8 Championship at South FaLL~IJllrg, New York. Additional games wiLl appear in the November and Decemher issues. En;"'l)!"'G cramped po"itions re 28 P- R4 K-R2 Bad. (or now Black gets neit her the quires a special tHlent. Lacking a 29 R_B2 . . . - Pawn back nor an adequate com]lensa D suitablv sangUine outlook. Black UOll for it. Cor rect is 5 , .. Q- K2!; 6 P- D4, NxD; 7 mIsses the 11fopcr lin e when he tries to NxN, P- q :{ ; s N- KB3, QxP'(; 9 K-132, N exchange Queens Oil the twenly-ninth N5t; 10 K- Nl (Emanuel Lasl(ol"' ~ sugges move. WCI ' f ~ he content t() siltigh1. no im Uon; m\wh too risky is Herzog's 10 K mediate evi l could befall him and- who N3?), K- QI. The chances in this posi knows- th e struggle might ~tilI be Itl tion are difficult to estimatc s ince the progrc~~ . !\ s it is, Steiner s e"rc~ pasily. l ine has not been tcstpd in practical play. Emanuel Lasker's vague hint in favor Olf GI UOCO P I A N O \Vhite is of little significance. There may H. Steiner P. Poschel be equality or something vcry close. White mack 6 N-Q3! ... 1 P-K4 P-K4 5 N-B3 P-Q3 Perhaps even bAtiel' than 6 B- K2! , B-K3 6-N3 2. N-KB3 N-·QB3 which is listetl 4S the refntation. 3 8 - 84 N_B3 7 Q- Q2 B_K3 29 .. . . Q-R3? 6 . . . _ B_N3 4 8-84 8 B-N3 Q-Q2 Though Blarli: hag mfHle hiH t",;k more P-Q3 7 P-K5 N,B , P_Q4 . . . . dil"l"iruit than lleed be, he has mas te red It 8 NxN N_ K5 The position is symmetrka l and e{lllal. vcry wc ll so far. But here. while hig White take s action in the center hoping game is stilt tenable, he blunders and Seel(ing chances in complications- the to get some initiative. However. he also ioseH right awny. only thing Black can do. weakens hi.'! King Pawn a little . and that I Il~tend. hn should play 29 . . . N- Nl!, 9 Q-N4 N-N4 11 P- B5 Q-N4 enables D111CIl to keep the balance . setting (IJl the fo llowillg deviliSh trap: 10 P-K B4 N_K3 12 Q-K4 P- Q4! 30 N- 13·1? (threat.ening both Kxlt IInll Nx 9 . . . . Px P In an almost hopeless positloll an in RP) , !t- ]{4 (~eelllingly winning II pieee); Another satisfactory line Is 9 ... BxB ; 31 Kxl{l' (seemingly ref\lting lJIack's genious counter-stroke that almost s ave~ the game. 10 RPxB, B- R4 or ... N- KN5. eombinatioll since :U .. . Il.x(i; 32 NxQ 10 N x P wins fOl' Whitn), Q- Hl!(mailltainillg 13 Px P ep 0-01 But he r e, Black m isses t he rig ht (,on his own threat as welt as the j)1'otectioll 14 PxN B,P tinuation which is 10 . . . B- R! !. e.g. 11 of . . . K133. the latter being important in ·With a Tli ece behind Blacl, is suddenly P- B3, P- Q·I or l! Q- Q3. N - K~. view of K- n (it): 32 Q- IH (t hreatening kieking. He threatens to regain the ]liece Qxl't ami mailltainillg the Knight's im· 11 QBxB (li"i ... QxN) 01' to get an ove rwhelming lllUllity) . H/1- K2!, and \Vhite is out-trap 12 QxN . . . . attack (15 . .. QR- Kl). ped, he loses his Knight. 15 N-K5 p,p 17 NxQ P \Vhite has now a tiny H(lvantage due Of (;olll'ge, White need not vlay 30 N - QR-Q1 16 P-Q4 Q_R4 to hi.'! better eenter. 134 but, in any event, he finds It trouble 18 P-KR4! . . . - 12 . . . . SOme to continue the attaek. Better 12 ... 0 - 0 directly. 30 N_B4! 13 RP x B P_QR3 \Vinning the exchange a t leaH lIJHl in· 14 0-0 0-0 ducing the annotator to retire. 15 QR-K 1 KR- K1 30 . . . . QxQ 35 R/3-KB3 Steinitz. the great expert In this kind 31 PxQ NxP P_ KB4 of posiOoll. always llsed to play . . . p 32 PxN RxP 36 PxP ept K_B2 QD3 . Black Rhould follow this method, 33 N- Q5 R-K 8t 37 NxBP R/1-K5 e.g. 15 ... P- B3; 16 H.- K3, KIt- C)I; 17 R 34 K_R2 K - N2 38 R-Q2 P-KN4 N3, N- KI, with a somewhat cmmpe(1 but 39 N-N5 K_B1 defendable game. 40 NxP Resi gns 16 R-K3 R_K3 17 R_N3 QR_K1 T IS SAil tn witness the dbinlcgratiol! Thi.'! leads to a vel'y passive position. of a winning game. Here, While plays A fine liquidation-similal- {though not l3Ia<.:k Hhould still play 17 .. . I'- B3. One Ir ings a round his famous adversary only quite as dee p and brilliant} to Laskel"s ill of t.h e r eas on for this move is the )los.'!i· to stumble al the l ast momcnt. In spite of his famous game against Napiel', Cam bility . . . P- Q4, only a faint. clJ<\IWe, but bridge Springs 1904. his inferior play a t Ihe rini~h (due, it neverthe less .'!omething that \Vhite has Insiearl, if White tries to save the seems dca I' , lO timc prcssurc) , 1'IM7 dr. to watch. Knight, Black's attack become~ over ~erve s high praisc for thi~ wonderfully whelming: 18 N- N5?, P- QH3; .In N- QD3, 18 N- Q5 Q_Q1 23 Q-Q2 P-N3 exciting <.:ncounter. UxQP followed by 20 ... KH-KI. 19 P_KB3 P-KN3 24 N-Q3 R/4- K3 20 N_B4 R-K4 25 Q-R6 Q- K2 FOUR KNIGH T S GAME 18 . _ . _ Rx~ 21 P- B4 P- QR4 26 R_N3 Q- B 1 Dr. J. Platz I. Kash dan 19 P-KN4! P-B4 22 R-R3 P_R4 27 Q_N5 . - - . White Black The only move. Threatening to win t he exehange by 28 1 P_K 4 P- K 4 3 N-B3 N-B3 20 PxQ 1\- 134. 2 N-KB3 N-Q B3 4 B-N5 N- Q5 27 _ .. B_ B4? Q_N2 5 N CH ESS REVIE W , OCTOBER, 1948 7 - 21 P-B3 , . , , Forcing a draw. 15 P- U4, e,g. 15.,.QxQP; 16 R- QN.I, N With a Pawn ahead and out of danger 34 . , . , R-Q7t 36 K-B2 R-Q7t B3; .1 7 N- K2, Q- H5 ; 18 P-1<6! etc. or 17 White should win the ending mainly be· 35 K-B1 R-Qat 37 K-Kl R-Qat . .. Q- D3; I::; I'xP, N- lJ6t; In K- Ql, Nx P; 20 P- KH4, Q-B6; 21 R- Nl ete., in cause of his majorlty of two Pawns on Drawn the Queen·side. both cases with a decisil'e advantllge. Instead, White s tarts a maneuver thut 21 . . , , R_Q4 il E opening of this game is fiercdy I'educes his great advantage OIl the King· Threate ning to obtain excellcnt contcsted along uniquc lines, Blaok s ide and costs time liS well- IJrecions chances by 22". RxN!; 23 PxH, D- Bit; T docs not touch a Queen.side Jliec~ fvr six· time since llIaek is obviously aiming to 24 K- Ql, P- K6 etc. teen nw\'es while White, in his turn, rinds . .. P- K4. 22 R-B1! • • • • it inconvcnient to devel op his King.side 15 .. . QxRP Well calculated. forces. In t he ~nd, this very difficulty costs 16 P-KB4 Q-Rl ! 17 PxP N-B3 22 .... RxRt Evan~ a point, 23 KxR P_ KR3 FRENCH DEFENSE Threatening to obtain a fine game by 23 ... lbN; 24 PxR, P - K6 stHI looks ... P- K4 - J,s 01' to recapture the Pawll, L. Evans S, Rubinow sufficient for a draw, but it Isn't beclluse • The latter threat is by far the lesse r one. ot 24 K- N2!!, followed by K- N3- B4; this '''hlte mack la P- B3 ? . . .. 1 P_ K4 P_ K3 4 P-K5 P-QB4 ~ or ces .. . P-l 8 CHESS REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1~48 27 Kx6 · . , . thal file himself. He should continue with __r Or ~i Ux:'\". U- K;; : ~ ~ 1\- 1.1 3. :'\" - H·I e l e. IS 1'- :'\" 5_ Just published 27 . . • . N-N5t! 18 . , . . Q_Q3 28 K_QI . . . 19 NxN · . . 2S Ii: - Q Z a llo \\'" II m atc ill Once: 2S 19 1\"- 0 3. P- 1Hi ! ; 20 1':>:1'. ih: P is a lso Two New Chess Books . .. Q- 1\"7 t Cle. In Ul aek'S f:l\·or. 28 , • • . Q- NSt 30 K - 6 2 R-61 t 19 . , . . By Fred Reinfeld 29 K_K2 Q-65t 31 N-63 · . . . 20 P-R4 · , . . Or ~I II- Jl.l. Il .~[jt !·LI·. 20 1'- :""5, P- N3; 21 N- lt4: I~ a IIlllc be t- ICI'. e.g. 21 ... 1'- QD4; 22 I'd'. "xl'; 23 31 . . . , RxN t Q lt- Ol . IIxl'; 32 QxR N,Q or 21 ... D- Q2: 22 I'xl'. 23 :\- D 3. Dill BlaCk has t he (l lh 'Hllt"ge CHUS REV[{W. OC TOBER , 19 48 9 An outstanding recent game, a n notated by a fam oul In t e rnational Grandma lter. by REUBEN FINE How to Lose Pieces and Alienate Points N- B3 rollowed by :-."- Q2 Is a lso a good possibility. T IS .. lwa ys a ma iler of 12 , , B_N2 ? Here Najdorf evolves 11 curlollS defen· sive Ilian w hich goes e ntire ly ('o ull ter to the logic of t he IJos ition (aUnck a gaill s l the Quee ll BIshop Pawn ), A cyltlcal com· mentator would be illd hwd to lIay that 17 BxPt! , , . , he played t he first eleven move .'! blind· J7 U- K! Is also "el'Y goorl, but the l ext [old, w/li(;h ga,'e him all CX( 'll l1 l) ll( g ame, i~, or rOllI'SO, COIlC\UMh' Il, but that herll he madll thl.! mis take of 17 , . , . 25 R_K3 Rtsigns looking at t be board., , ' 18 Q-R5t For the re is IIO lIaUsfactol'Y defe l1~ e to Why he al'olds the ob" lous 12 .. . B 19 QR-Ql , , , 25 j(xP (01' if 2,1 .. . Px P ; U- 1l3) , R3 Is by no means d ea l' s ince It gives . blm much the better o( it , pc rha llS 11 won game, U hi reply 13 Q- 1I2, he can eWlIl I ~ke the Pawn with 13, .. Kx P since H BxPt , K- HI Is not really dangel'ous, And i[ ill l'Cli ly to 12" , 1I- 1l3: 13 II- B 'I, Q Two great books by Reuben Fine ... UZ , to l'ont lnu e with 13 ", Kxl', is per· ledly fea s ible, fot' if 1-1 Q- B 2, P- N3: 15 :"\- K3, Nx J> ; 16 QR- K I , N- U6t Is de· THE WORLD'S A •• risive, a collecti on of fifty superh games played hctwcclI 1944 and After 12" , U- H3; 13 P- B,I III besl, the present time by the world's Jead illg masters. In th is sequel "'Ith the cont inuation 13" . K - n ~ ; I ~ Q U2, P- N3; 15 H- Ql. Q- I31 : 16 Q- H2, Q to Chess Marches On!, Reuben Fine gives you a pcnetrating B3 : 17 P- Q1H, H- Ql; J8 1l- K3, but Black insight into th c play of grandmasters such as Botvinnik, Resh· retaillll II ~ irong Initiat ive wli ll I S" , p evsky, Najdorf and Smyslov, Hcrc a rc 323 pages packed Ill, and it ill dlffie11 1t to Hee how W hite ran get any atielll1a te l' o m1)en ~ atlon for with enterta ini ng and instruct i ve material; 343 d iag!'UllIs , $ 5. his wea k P;I\\' ns. 13 B-B4 P_B4 PRACTICAL ••• T he second ha lf of hIs 1I 1rnnge con('OI)' the most complete and up.to.the.minute treati se of its kind. lion, Here again 13 " , Q- 0 2 conhl have ooen playc(\. If then H D - K~, N- H1 wins The author gives you the benefit of hi s extensive practical a tempo. ex perience in hi s evaluation of every opcning. The book con· 14 PxP ep , , , , tains 1240 columns of varialions, thousands o f analytical Nni ura lly, he keeps the IIn e~ open, footnotes plus 196 dia;;rams illustrating basic positions. No other book Ca n answer more o f your questions about openings. A " must" for practical players. $7.50 For complete catalog 0/ distinguished McKay books by Fill e, Tanasch, Lasker, Znosko·Rorovsky, Ch emev, Mas oll, Mieses, Rein/eld, Deltker, Reshevsky, Colombek alld mally ot}wr noted authorities, write: The No.1 Publisher of Chess Books DAVID McKAY COMPANY Washington Square Philadelphia 6, Pa. 14 , , , , P_ K4 ?7 CHlSS REVUW, OCTOBER, 1948 11 "lOVE \Vllln: TO MOVE ,t i in Blnck's Here i ~ a case where al" ca mp 6<:''(: 111$ to Ix: protectcd jlcarnnce8 ,u e not d eeeplh'e SPEf\KI i'>G of the motif of pinning, Nimzovich ;;agely br c\'e ryth in:; elsc, hut in - BI nd: i", BL"'C K TO MOH W!lrn: '1'0 MOVE Il l .... CK TO lIIon. TO Mon: The (lower of the pin 4 The lell.dt: r of the Black 5 White feels n slt aql thc similarity 01 a gain shows thll t a pinned pieces fi nds that a strait· poi nt in the pinning combi· , i iu n to No. 5. Actual piece might a s well bll off j acket. fu ste ncn with !Jim' nlu ion illustrated abo\·e. At Iy I victi m i,) No.5 was the board for all the good it ca n be as con fi ning as a n)' .I,e r i~ k of mlXlllg olle's Ihe vietor here, It woult! be docs when it is called upon ZugZIC(llIg. Sometimcs, in metll phors, one might dc ha rd to lind a bellc r exam'llt l to exercise its norlllal func deed, there is a elose rela· scrihe Hl ack's stroke as a of Ilro(it ing br the leS$(ln$ tions of uHaek or d efense. ti onship between the two sort uf pinllOint homhing, of ex pe ri ence. fo r lllS of restraint, as seen in 1 ...... 1 ...... 1\'0. 10. 1 ...... 2 ...... , ...... 2 ...... , & wins 1 ...... Resigns 2 ...... 3 ...... •. & win s WlJ!'n: TO )',\OV .: ULAt:K TO MOVE Wllln: TO ',\ IOVE WlIl'n: TO MOVr. 7 In which it is show n how 8 Pin .. are o ft en seen In 9 An utl ·po werful Bi sl. op 10 An ordinary pin rt· an OPIJOnc nt's shou lders can eonneetivn wi th other mutifs. domi nates a long diagonal sull s in 12 CHESS REVIEW, OCTOBER , 19~ ~1 and t he r esults were rathe r encouraging the Bi s hop Pawn. :'lInc h bettcr is 8 . _ . (l}. 'HTERHA TlOHAL for Bl ack. Here. however. it su ffer s a B- J{2 (9 13- Q3, N- N5 1 e lc.). ~ ~}I'e 1"e blow. 9 B- Q3! • • • • SALTSJOBADEN. 1948 4 KN- B3 N-B3 P rofiting of Black ·s lHst: if now 9 . .. 5 P- K5 N-Q2 N- N 5 : 10 U- K2, then m ack s imply loses Antidote a t empo for he is u nable to pla y .. . P Til lS variation of the F rench D do.; r m~ has n4 before his Knight is drlve n baek. been violently jJui sonuus to White in rc 9 . . . . Q- K2 ccnl play. Although he may not bll II med i· 10 P-QR3 ! .. cal man, Dr. TrifUllov ich discovers n pow Pre ve nting bot h 10 .. . U- H6 as well erful antidote. H ~ an Inopport un e .. . N- Q N5. FRENCH DEF ENSE 10 . . . . P- QR4 11 P-64 ! • • • • ( Notes by H a ns Kmoch) In or·de r t o gain grou nd In the cent er Dr. P. Trifunovi ch I. Bonda revsky i1l1(1 to ope rate wIth the threat Q- U2 . AI· Whi te Black r· eady White has the superior game. 1 P- K 4 P-K3 11 _ . . . PxP 2 P- Q4 P- Q4 6 P-QN3! There arc no good moves. If I I . . . N - 3 N-Q2 . . • • • • 1\3 o r 11 . . . 0 - 0 the n 12 Q- 8 2 is t oo So s imple and so strong. The T anasch variation. s trung. How(lI'cr. t he re III a lesser eyi l ; T his new line se ems to me the best The n or mal line is 3 N- QD3. II ... I'- Q5 w hich Black sbould try in as it e nables \V h ite to develop his pieces orde r to keep t he posit ion closed as long 3 . . . . N-QB3 smooth ly, to [{ eep both his I3 ishops and a s possible. yet t o maintain the center·. T h is move is el'en more distinctive 12 p)(P ! than W h ite's t h ird and should. therefo]"c, Here are some ot ber line s to compar·e • • • be cons ider ed as a sllCcial syslt}m of with : De nying Ulac [{· H pi eces t he important ~ qm1l· e . .. which the r e are two Form!:!: ( CHESS REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1948 13 QxQ; 22 P- 137 mate): 22 Q- 13 2 and QxP; .12 Q- K2, D- Q3; 13 Il- K l etc.; or SWEDEN-NORWAY MATCH \Vhfte wi ns. (Note that \\'llite would also 11 ... NPxP; .12 Q- K2, K-B2; 13 H- Kl, 1948 win. though not so Quickl}', if Black's N- N3: 14 NxP, BxN; 15 PxU, NxP; 16 King Hook Pawn were still on . . . KH2, P- QN3, N- R4; 17 N- K 5t ! etc. Sharp as a Hound's Tooth protecting the square ... KN3; in that Hence this ugly· looking move which, SHUNNING the light of day, Black's King case 22 ... Q- Q2 : 23 R- Ql, B- Q3 : 24 Q h owever, Is as barl. cringes in the corner like a half·blind K4, N- 133 ; 25 Q- N4 etc. would Collow. 11 N_R5 N_ N3 mole. But he can not burrow dcep enough. This proves that 19 N-136t! was indeed 12 KPxP QxBP Like a paticnt old hound, White unearths an independent threa.t- not merely a If 12 . . . NPxP then White can already the tasty morsel and straightaway gobbles consequence of 18 . .. P- R3?) sacrifice a pIece fo r a winning attack: it up. The rest needs no comment. 13 N- K 5!, PxN: 14 Q- HSf. K- Q2; 15 Qx STONEWALL OPENtNG 21 BxR QxB 27 P-B4 K_K2 KP, R- K NI (l5 ... B- Q3: 16 Q- N7t); 16 S. Lundholm E. Myhre 22 Q-K8t 8_B1 28 KR-Q1 P_B4 P xP, N- Q4: ] 7 P- B6t , K- Kl : 18 Q- R5t 23 N-K4! Q-K2 29 KR- Q6 B- Q5t etc. 'Vhite Black • 24 QxN QxQ 30 K-B1 B-K6 13 PxP Q- B4 1 P-Q4 N-K B3 9 0-0 0-0 25 RxQ K_ B2 31 P-N3 B_Q5 2 N- KB3 P-K3 10 P- KN4 P- B4 A desperat e defense. 26 P-QR4 B_N2 32 R-QB8 Res igns 3 P-K3 P-QN3 11 P- N5 If 13 .. . UxP then .H B- N 5 wins in· B'N 4 B- Q3 B-N2 12 QPxB N_Kl stantly. No better for Black is 13 ... N 5 QN-Q2 P- Q4 13 Q-R3 P-N3 Q2; 14 P-B6, N-N3; 15 B- N5 etc. l"inal· No Miracles Here 6 N-K5 QN- Q2 14 P-B4 K- Rl ly If 13 . . . N- Q4 then Vi-Thite has a bright THIS game r epresents the margin between 7 P-K B4 B- Q3 15 P-N3 N-N2 choice: he ma y first capture a Pawn: 14 8 Q-B3 Q-K2 16 B_N2 KR_Q1 first and second pl accs at Saltsjohaden. Q-Jl4t, B- Q 2; 15 P- B6! etc. (15 QxBP?, 17 p,p Playing nervously, Szabo botches the open· B- N4:). P>P ing and quickly loses a pkce. Thereafter, 14 B- N5 Q,P he strtlgglcs on, hoping for thc miraclc 15 Q- Q8t K-B2 which ncver comcs to pass. FRENCH DEFENSE (Notes by Hans Kmoch) O. Bronstein L. Szabo White Black 1 P- K4 P_ K3 5 P-K5 N_Q2 2 P_ Q4 P_Q4 6 N-N3 P- B3 3 N_Q2 N-QB3 7 B- QN5 4 KN_B3 N-B3 P-QR3? 8 BxN P,B For a discussion of the opening, see 18 P_ K6! QxP Trifunovich- Bondar evsky in this issue . If 18 . . . P xP; 19 DxP leads to mate. with the note to \Vhite's sixth. paragraph 19 P-B5 ! Q- Q3 16 QR-Q1! . . . 4b2 as poi nt of connection. The line men· . Or 19 .. . PxP; 20 BxP winning the tioned there under 4bl is {; omparaUvely Threatening murderously 17 N- B6! Queen because of the mate threat. better for Blark; 7 . . . U- K2, not 7 ... P etc. (which he (:annot play directty be· 20 PxP PxP QU3 which is too pretentious. CfUlse of 16 ... fl- Q2). 21 BxNt Kx B 1 6 • . , . B_ N2 22 R-B7t! .... This liquidation has a leak, but no line The point of the combination: Black offers an y hope. After 16 ... QxN ; 17 Qx is wheedled into a. ma ting net. Pt, K- N3: 18 B- K3 the double threat 19 22 .... K,R N- K5t and 19 DxN is condusive. 23 QxPt K- K3 17 NxB R,Q If 23 ... K- K1 : 24 DxPt wins. 18 NxQ R-Q4? 24 QxPt K- K2 Now he sees the leak : 18 ... RxR: 19 25 Q-R7t K-K3 RxR, BxN ; 20 N-KSt, K-N1 (otherwise 26 B-B5t Resigns mate); 21 It- Q8 t , fl- D1: 22 U- K7 and White wins a piece. Not a moment too soon. rr 26 .. . K - K4; 27 N- D3 mate. Blnck avoids this vadatIon by playing on with a piece behind. Where is the MAR DEL PLATA. 1948 9 0-0 . , . . logic? T o resign In a situation like that is more than a question of chivalr y. It W ith the strong threat 10 N- R5 (or 10 Love's Labor Lost is a lso the best move, fo r to waste en· P- D4 first) . WHEN courting complications in chess, ergy in the sole hope that the adversary 9 N- H5 directly is ineffective Oil ac· may sOllleho\1( fall from his chair does one should scasoa romancc with a dash of count of 9 ... B- N5t; 10 B- Q2 , 8xN. not pay. plain old common sense. In this instance, If 9 8 - 84 then 9 ... P- KB4! gives White goes awooin g ill prcpared. Instead Black a satisfactory game (Medina 19 N- K4 B_Q3 29 B_B5 R-R4 of enjoying a lovc fcast. hc sups at a can· Guimard. i\Iar del Plata 194H). 20 N-B3 R-R4 30 P_ QN4 R_R5 21 B-Bl P-R3 31 P- N3 P_QR4 nibal's banquet- with himself as piece de 9 . . . . P_QB4? 22 KR- K1 N-R5 32 P-N5 R- Ql rcS/.staIl• C(' .• Again too pretentious. 23 N,N R,N 33 K_N2 R_R7 AN T t. MERAN GAMBtT As Dlack has great di fficulties with 24 P-QR3 P-B6 34 B,B P,B (Note s by Hans Kmoch) his deveiol)lllent he should avoid opening 25 P-QN3 R-R4 35 R- B7t K-B3 J. Bolbochan G. Stahlberg up the position. 9 ... PxP. or 9 . . . P - QRJ. 26 R-Q3 R_QB4 36 N- Q4 R-Kl or 9 ... P- KB4 offcrs better chrrnces for 27 B- K3 R-QR4 37 P-N6 P_ K4 White Black ~l1rviva l. 28 RxP R,P 38· P_ N7 Resigns 1 P-Q4 P_Q4 3 N-QB3 P- QB3 10 P- B4! Q Px P Except for t he last stage an att ractive 2 P_QB4 P-K3 4 N_B3 N-B3 Black realizes that the intemled 10 . . . game, a lso the most important one of t he 5 B-N5 . . . . P-83 Is inadequate on account of 11 KPx tournament since Bronstein was first, An invitation to the Ant i·Merall gambit, P, e.g. II . .. NxP; 12 NxP etc.; or 11 .. . and S zabo second. a wild and di fficult opening of which the 14 C HESS REV IE W , OC TOBER , 1948 consequences are still unclear. Some ex· a ) L5. " N - ;.i3; I ) 16 N- nS,D- N4,and pert s prefe l' White, other ll Ul nck, So one. the ('hn nres are a bout equa l (Denker r an'l piny this move without I!. per!;ollal ChdfltoUe l, London 19·16); 2) 16 O-O!, OI)l nIOIl a bout It. RxQP; 17 O- K 3. with !inc a ttn ckl ng T he s afe line Is 5 P - K3. {; hnnce s for White (~'I o hr-C h .. istorrel, 5 . . , . p,p G ron ln ge n 19 46). b) 15 .. . '1- Q4; I) 16 R- K3?, P- B6!; Black acce]lts the im'ltrI.Uon . 17 P- NS. P- K4, with a sllpcrlor gamc for The sll re Hn e is 5 .. , QN- Q2. Dl ack (Mikenas- 13otvlnnlk, ussn Cham· 6 P-K4 P_ N4 B B- R4 P_ N4 plonsh! p 1944); 2) 16 O- O! (compare 7 P- K5 P_ KR 3 9 KNxP , , , , a 2) glvcs White fi ne chances, according T he mnln Hne , to ,"'Joh r. 9 PxN, PxB; 10 N- KS, QxBP ; 11 P c ) 15 . . . P- B6, This Is lis te d a s a m ls· KN3, N- Q2; 12 P- D·I, which has been t a ke Oil a cco unt of 16 Nx P , tlneatening 17 24 . , , , Q-N7 ! DO Pulnr r ecently, is hard ly stronger , T he Q):Pt e t c. In m )" ot)ln lon this Is a shal· Resigns game Pnchmnn- vnll Scheltlnga, Hilver· low nrgument for, afte l' .1 6", N - Nl !; 17 'J'JU,l r e Is a neat point : If 25 QxQ, PxQ; sum 19 47, where ",'hlte got a wlulling at· N - K4 (forced). TIxl', the d lfflc\lltie~ arc 2fi U- K4, I'- N 8/Qt!; 27 lhQ, N- D6 mate, tack after 12, ,. Px P? (8- QN2!) ; 13 Px on White's side. Uncertainty In this line P, NxN; 14 QPxN, Q- N3? (Q_Q1!) ; 15 make!! the con scquences of 11 P-K ~3 Q- D3, B- Q2 ; 160- 0 - 0 , III IIOt convl ndng. blgh ly d I!H)ut nble . . ,g~, UNITED STATES 9 . . . . 14 , . . . P- B6! Even the consequence s oC 9 ... :>" - Q4 Dange rol1l! in any el'e nt , this Ims h Is are not clear, and t here III u nce r ta inty conclus ive he re as W h ile hus no chance U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. 1948 a bout Whit e 's best reply, F lohr, who to bring h is King in to s nfc t y. True Blue shonld know be~ause he finnly believell 15 P-N3 · . . \Vl;,I.VER Adams is a man who knows his that White mllst w in by force, continue d 01' 15 l'xP, I'x l'; 16 Q- H 2, It- QN1, wi th OWli mind. Fi rm in his beliefs, the New with 10 K- H3 against S tahlbe rg (Xl1l" ich a wlnlling position 1'01' m lH'k. Englander s tick~ Iv the Albin Counter 1934). 15 . . . • 0-0-0 Gumhit th roul!; h thick IIIlII thin. A I!;am e Q N_Q2 10 BxNP 16 Q- B2 P- B4 likc this is alll ille j ustificatiun. 11 P_ K N3 . . . . 17 0-0-0 · . . . A LBIN COUNTER GA M B IT Ll1len t ha l's continlla llon, w hic h Is con· A heroic nUempt to II CC\l re some kind ( Notes by Han, Kmoch) :;iIlered most Im porta nt lit the I)resent. of ~I\ fe l y for the King. Szabo's line 11 Q- U3 , B- QN2; 12 D M, Stark W . A dams 17 . , , . PxP' K 2 (110 fal' Szabo- En we, Hastings 19 38· 18 Rx P B_ B4 Whlto Dlack ~9) got n shoc:k in t.he gallle L\ol\ner 19 R-Q6? 1 P- Q4 P-Q4 Junge, CI'nCO W 1943: I2 . .. Q- K3 !; 13 Ex That {; ombination only ~ p e(l !l~ White's 2 P-QB4 P- K4 N, P- E 'I! ; 14 l\'- K4, R- KKl; 15 Q- B·I, P x 'lcCca t . Says Adams : " I P- K 4 is the r ight p; 16 O- ItS, N- B ~ ! , a nd Blllc k hns t he a ll· Aill o hopeless is 19 Nx B1, l\'xN etc. Ill ove. After 1 P- Q·I, mac k Is entitled to vantage. Im l)l'ovement s fo r White want· (Ri!l (;k threatens among other things . . . " Iuy for a win , The text !nove Js st ronger edt l\- Q 6f) , t hlUl 2, .. P- K3 o r 2 . , . P - Q83." The old li ne 11 PxN, 11- QN2 m ust not be jmlgcI\ only by the ga mc Denker-Bot· SO White must try 19 QH- Q I. Hight or wrong- It Is a manly opinion. vinnlk, U, S. A.- V . S. S. n. 1945, There, 19. , • . BxR! 21 Nx P Q- R6t MallY l)layers have no opinion at a ll. White fe ll Into trouble after 12 O- K2, Q 20 NxBt K_B2 22 K- Q1 . . . . 3 Px KP P- Q5 ~3; 0 - 0, 0 - 0 - 0 ; 1\ P- QIH, P- N5; 1" VOI' Y snd. Hu t he can'l p iny 22 K - N 1 4 N_ KB3 N_QB3 5 P- K N3 B- K3 N- K .I. P- IH etc. B ut 12 Q- U3, Q- t-:3; 13 o n ,\<'( 'Onllt of 22 , .. Il- Q6. • Q-K3! (C r uz- Menrles, Hlo de J aneiro 22 .... N_ K4§ Kos tlch, who also belie ves that tile 1943 ) Is be tter,. How milch better re mains 23 NxR RxN t Albi n Gam bit Is COH cct , prefers the SlIme to be lIeen, 24 K-Kl · . , . co ntl lUla Uon. 11 , , . . Q_ R4 12 PxN P_ N5 13 N_ K4 B- Q R3 Iteachlng another critiral pos ition. /' 14 B_N2? , , . . Uy this White e rrs decisiv ely whUe still in the eonatal watcr~ or theory. 14 Q- D3 Is nece s~ary . He re lire ~om e IlO sslblllt!cs: I) H .. . P- D6 ? ; 15 1'): 1' ctc. Whit e remaln fl with one or t wo t!xtra Pa w ns ill. - II good pos ition. 11 ) 14 ., .0- 0 - 0 : 15 D- l\'Z and now . I ,. , . • 15 CH ESS REVIEW , OCTOBER, 1 9 ~ 8 6 QN_Q2 B_Q N5 8 B_N2 0 _ 0 P ; 18 D-K3, also with the hetter chances 7 Q- B2 K N_K2 9 0-0 N_N3 on W hite's side. 10 R- Q l • • • • 3) 14 . .. KN:l:P ! ; 15 NxN, N:xN ; 16 N- DS, a nd the chances are a bont equal. Dangerous eom]llaeency. Much be tter Is 10 P- Q Il3. 14 . . . . RxP 16 P_KR3 P-QR4 15 8-Bl R-Q2 17 N_N1 8-QB4 10 . . . . P-Q6! 18 B_Q2? ... . A we ll·known s trolle In this opening. Inte nding 19 B- D3, but this Is too slow. Dlack gets now a strong attack. 18 N- D3! is necessary. That prevents 18 ... P- B3? on account at 19 PxP (19 .. . lhP?; 20 N- K4). 18 . • . . P- B3! 19 Px P R,P T he las t stage- a mating atlack In the Bl ack has now a winning attack. course of which Blllck bas only to look 20 B- K3 BxB alit for stalemate. 21 RxB • • • • 65 RxP N- B6t 70 R- N l t 66 K- Rl NxP N/8 6-K8 67 R-NS N- B5 71 R-NS P- NS 68 R-N4 N- Q6 72 R-KR5 N- B7t 69 R- N2t K- B8 ! 73 K-R2 N-B6 mate 11 QxP • • • • NEW YORK Arter 11 PxP, B- N5!, the middle-game Magnum Opus Is also very difficult for White ; see, for eltampie, the consequences or 12 P- QR3: Ev r.RY great maste r c reates immortal 12 . .. KOxN ! (not 12 .. . N- Q5? ; 13 Nx game" and Kashdan has already enriched N! . Dx lt; 14 QxD, Bx N; 15 DxD, QxN; 16 Iho:l trt:asury of ehess gems. For sheer lac D-QD3 and W hite's game Is lI u]lerior.) 21 ... RxN! tical fire, however, his latest OllUS ~u r · snd now It a ) 13 DxB?, DxN; 14 BxB, A nice combination that yields material Ilasses all the othe rs. N-Q5 and BIsek wins a piece ; b) 13 Qx M ar'lh attar'l C lub Master s T OlJrney D, BxN ; 14 DxB, N-Q5; 15 D- N2 , NxP! advantage. (not 15 . .. N- N6? ; 16 Q-D3, NxR; 17 P 22 RxR R_QS N I MZOINDIAN DEFE N SE QN4 and White has the advantage.) a nd With nt least three threa ts: 23 . .. Dx ( Notes by H a n. Kmoc h) Bisek haa a fine game; e) 13 RxE, Dx OP, 23 .. . BxRP , and 23 .. .QN - K4; 24 R- 8 . Siff I. K aahdan N ; 14 BxD, N- Q5; 15 Q- QI, NxP also K3. 8 - D4. W hite Black gives Black a tine game. 23 R-Q3 Rx 8 t ! 1 P- Q4 N_KB3 3 N-QB3 8-N5 8-K2 BxBP 11 • . . . QxQ 13 P- QR3 24 K x R 4 Q- B2 P_Q4 . . 2 P- QB4 P- K 3 12 PxQ QR-Q1 14 R-Kl1 . . 25 N-Q2 8 x Rt 5 P- QR3 B_K2 Giving back both tbe Pawns by 14 N Black has a winning advantage, none· 'l'hfs Is one of the ways leading from theless It Is worthwhile to play over the K4 Is much safer, e.g: the Nimzoindlan to It kind of Queen's 1) 14 ... BxBP (du bi OUS) ; 15 P-Q1, rest or the game. From the technical G(Lmblt. Another ll sual one is 4 P- K3, P D-Q4; 16 It- KI, and W hite haa the better point or view there Is nlany an Interest· Q" : 5 P- QH3, U- K2 . All these variation!! chances. Ing moment. Endings of this klnd are not are slightly different trom the onllna.·y 2) 14 .. . B- KN5 (also dubious ): 15 q uite easy because of tbe Rook's power. Queen'l! Ga mbit. a nd the whole group P- R3, DxN; 16 BxB, N- Q5 : 17 B- N2, Nx 26 K_N2 N-Q5 31 K- B2 N-Q3 27 R_K1 K_B2 32 R- B5 P-R5 28 R_K3 B_N4 33 R_B1 P- R4 29 P- 84 N- B4 34 P- N3 PxP SIMPLE CHESS 30 A- QB3 B-B3 t 35 NxP N-KSt THE GA M E OF C H ESS SOLVED] ] I Winning t he Knight Pawn or the 11 pages of c losely t y ped analysis Kn!ght. Dut note: Ir 36 K - N2 then 36 ... showing m ore than one hundr ed w in. N- D4 §! - not 36 ... N- Q1§ ? on account n ing vlIIrillitions for White aglll lr'lst a ll or 37 RxD!. st andard B lack defenses. A llo win_ 36 K-K3 NxNP 44 K _B 3 N-R3 r'l ing 1Ir'le5 for Black against Inaccu r ate 37 N-Q4 N_K2 45 R_B2 P_B4 openi ng play by W h ite and a t w o page 38 NxB Nj6-B4t! 46 R-Q2 N_BS su mmary of the Adams C hell Sy stem. 39 K_K4 N-Q3t 47 R-Q7 P- N3 Do 11 01 t Xput your frim d who ownl o!U"dA or line tn la ld It 52 K-Ql or K - Dl tbe ll 52 . .. N- Q4! veneer.. mounted on hCllvy 1,l ywoo 16 CHESS UVIEW, OCTOBER , 194 8 should, therefore, have a special name; 22 . . . . N_B4 J 27 N-B3? • • • • Nimzo-Queen's gambit , 'fhe sacrifice of the Rook is st!ll cor· This loses. 6 PxP p,p rect though hardly good enough for a Also fatal, though in the long run only, 7 B-B4 P- B3 win. Dut there is no winning line. It 22 is 27 K-Nl? on account of 27 ... N- K7t! ; 8 P_A3 · ...... IV6- K2, then Black's compensation 28 NxN (otherwise 28 . .. N- N5!! forces More enterprising Is 8 P-K3, and if 8 [or the piece it:; just suf(icient for a draw: mate), RxN; 29 N- B3 (the only defense ... N-R4 then 9 D-K5, N-Q3; 10 N-B3, besides two Pawns some positlonal ad against the double threat 29 . . . Q- B7 t NxD; 11 PxN. vantages and some initiative. and 29 ... Q- N61, Q- KG t; 30 K-Rl (30 K-R2?, QxN! ), RxQ; 31 HxR, QxRP etc.; 8 . 0 -0 10 B-Q3 QN-Q2 23 PxR • • • • . . . Black has fOUl" Pawns for the piece, pillS 9 P- K3 A-K1 11 N-B3 N-Bl Obviously trying to refute the com· the initiative. 12 N_ K5 • • • • bination. To that purpose, however, 23 Strangely enough 27 N- Bl! seems to Premature. Detter 12 0-0. N- NS is better (although I bell eve that save the game, e.g. 27 . , . NxNi; 28 K 12 . . . . B- Q3 14 B-A2 P- KN3 blael, has sufficient compensation fol' the N1, N- Q7; 29 R-N2, N- N5!; 30 PxN, Q piece anyway; see previous note). 13 0 - 0 N-K3 15 N-B3 • • • • K6t; 31 K-R2, Q- B5t; 32 K- RJ, Q-R3t White has lost two moves wi th this 23 .... Q-N6f etc.; or 21 ... N- K7§; 28 K- Rl, Q- B7; Knight , easing Black's development. 24 B-N2 . . , . 29 N-N3!, and Black has only a (rather CUI'!OUS ) perpetual ('heelt: 29 ... NxNt ; 15 . . . . N_N 2 17 KA_B l B_B4 Stlll with a win in mind White chooses a Une which only makes his own job 30 K-R2, N- D8t!; 31 K- Rl, N-N6t etc, 16 BxB QxB 18 N-Q2 A_ K2 more difficult. 19P_QN4 . . _ . 27._.. A-K7! ! I~rom the practical point of view 24 K Smart and decisive. llut it should lead The right idea. But started earlier this RI is preferable. Then Black hns nothing attack would have been mOI'e effective. ollly to a winning position, not to an im better than forcing a perpetual check mediate win as It actually docs. 19 . . . . QR-K1 as follows: 24 ... NxKP ; 25 Q-Q3, N/3- 28 NxR? ... Black is first In completing the develop· N5 ! ; 26 PxN, Q-R5t; 27 K- Nl, Q- N6 t . ment. He has a good game in general and, 24 . . . . QxKPt Losing quickly. The Queen should at the moment, a dangerous threat. 25 K-R1 N- N6 t moYe. Let us .find where. 26 K-R2 Q-B5! 1) 28 Q-Q3? This is hopeless because 20 QR-N1? • • • • of 28 . . . N/6-K5§; 29 K- H1 (otherwise Threatening first of all mate in four: Although probably no mistake, this 29 ... Rxnt etc. ), N- B7t or 29 , .. RxB 27 ... N- N5t!; 28 PxN, N- K7§ ; 2f.1 J{ move deserves a . question mark. For etc. Q- R3t; 30 B- R3, QxB. ignoring the threat is very rislQ-. Better m. 2) 28 Q-Q1? Also futile: 28 . .. N/6- 20 N-Bl (01' .20 DxB first) . K5§ ; 29 K- Rl , RxD (even stronger than 20 . , , , BxP! 29 . .. N- B7tJ; 30 NxN, NxN and wins, tor This is the threat. The consequences there is 110 adequate dcfense against the main threat 31 ... Q- N6. ' of this combination are not qllite clear, yet the exclamation mark seems justified 3) 28 Q- N3. The best move. Actually as Black obtains fine chances. it is no belter than 28 ... Q- Ql?, but it has the practical merit of being not quite 21 pxB. RxP ! as easily refuted. This is the right line The point ot the first sacrifice. for Black: 28 . .. N/6- K5§; 29 K-Rl, Rx B; 3D NxN, NxN; 31 R- Nl, n - KD7; 32 QR- KDl, N- Q7; 33 Q- Ql, RxN ; 34 RxR, NxR: 35 R-N2, NxP etc. With four Pawns ror the exchange Black must win. Solutions to CHESS QUIZ tion here is almost identical with Botvin· (See Page 12) nik's in No.5, and Guimll.rd's pieces are 1. (Uorells- Warle, Barcelona, 1946) placed mllch as Kotov's were. The win· The blow that wins a piece and thc game ning combination, too, is not far diHerent: is 1 BxN. 1. .. BxP! 2 RxR (if 2 QxB, RxR!), B 2. (Brinckmann-Keller, Bad Oeynhau KSt; 3 K- R2, QxR and Black wins be sen, 1939) 1 Q-N6 wins without a strug cause of his Pawn supcriority. 22 8-81! · . . . gle, since 1 .. . B-N4 is answercd by 2 Rx 7. (Del/in- Rothman, New York, 1946) B, PxR; 3 P - B6. After 1 N- B7t, K-Nl ; 2 N- Q6t, Q':'K3; The best defense. 22 PxR?, Q- N6t leads to a very peculiar 3. (Grob-EuU!e, Match, Zurich, 1947) 3 R- K l! Black resigns, since he cannot situation, showing White's superior but 1 , . , ExPt ; 2 K - Bl, BxR and wins the play 3 ... QxQ on account of 4 RxR mate. inactive forces Ighominously helpless exchange-enough in this position to score 8. (Hromadka- Treybal, ? 1938) First against the tremendous attack, e,g: the game with ease. Of .course if 2 KxB, the pin, then the interfercnce! 1 ... BxBt; 1) 23 K- Dl, RxP ; 24 B- K2, N- B4, QxQ and the White Knight is powerless 2 NxB, Q-N3; 3 QxP, NxP! 4 Q-Q7, N threatening to win the Queen by 25 ... to recapture. Q3! Resigns. 1 f 4 Q-KS, H- K3 etc. RxB etc. or 25 ... RxN etc. A possible fin· 4. (Treybal - Nimzovich, Carlsbad, ish: 35 N- D3, RxQN! (stronger than 26 9. (Turner- Fleischer, U. S. Champion . . . RxNt); 26 QxR, N- K5; 27 Q-Kl, N 1923) Decisive is 1 BxP ! If 1 ... QxB; ship Preliminary', Area No.7, 1948) 1 Q K6 mate, 2 R- B7, R- K2; 3 RxR, QxR; 4 R- B7. K N1, R- Kl (Is therc anything better?); 2) 23 K-Rl, QxPt; 24 K-Nl, Q-N6t; Nor can Black defend himself simultane· 2 B- R5, R- Ql (2 .. . P- R6 is meaning 25 K-Rl, N-N5; 26 N-Bl (there's nothing ously against the threats of 2 RxPt and Icss); 3 Q-R2, Resigns. better), N- D7t etc., with a winning posi 2 R- B7. 10. (Whitaker-Factor, Atlantic Citr, tion for Dlack who has already gathered 5. (Kotor-Botvillllik, U. S. S. R. Cham 1921) The Zugzwallg resulting fr(,)m this · too many Pawns. pion.lhip, 1939) Two slashing strokes pin is a fine conception. 1 PxPt, BxP; 2 3) Concerning other possibillties only tell thc story : 1 ... QxPt! 2 QxQ, RxH. this: White cannot hope to stop the at· RxB, RxR; 3 R- KBl, R- Bl; 4 R- B3! (a tack by giving back a minor piece, but White resigns, for 3 QxB lcaves him the "bridge" under which the White King if he somehow gives back a Rook, he reo exchange down in a hopeless position. can pass uumolested to his KN4) R- B3; mains- in view of the Pawns-with a rna· 6. (Guimard- Kotov, Groningen, 1946) 5 K-B2, Hesigns. Fatal material loss is terially Inferior position. By an amazing 'coincidence, ·Kotov's posi· unayoidable. • CHESS REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1945 17 28 . . . . N)(N § 29 K-R1 N- R4! T he fi nishIn g touch. Black not o n ly pl"oteels the fOE·e m ost KnlJ;h t (30 QxN. N- N6t ro llo wed by 31 . .. NxQt a nd 32 .. . N)I"R ) bllt als o t h re at· enll a mate In threo (30 .. . N/4- N6t : 31 Do you enjoy chess more 1(- !l2, N - K 5§ : 32 K- Hl, N- B7) and nn· othe r in fOllr. 30 Q -Q2 '.. . . when you win? W h ite Is h e h )le s !! . T h e t hree·m over Is (Ies troyed but tile [OUN llO \·e r CODies Into Ol)enttion. 30 ... N/ 4-N6t If you do, read this. It tells how two exp e rts 31 K-R2 N- B8*1 studied 50,000 tournament games looking for the 32 K_R1 Q-R7t! secret of winning chess - and what they found or.s the foll owing descri ption fit Queen Ittl! in direct line with each D you? o ther_ whe t her that lim . i. a file, rank, You k no w something about t he chess or diagonal. The n the technique o f c oo openings. You have probably played p/oifing the pin ( b y adding prcssurc over some master gamel. You may on the pinned piece. or dliving off its defend ers, or undermining its support eve n hove read a book all cbess stra by e ~ c hanges. etc.) is diseussed and t egy. Yet your ~lIme ;ust isn't im proving. illustrated hy t h e ul e o f simple , de cisive p osit ions taken from (le lual play. You play t he opening according to "the book" and arrive at II pretty good Soon , a lter yo u hl'We fa miliarized y ourself with the book and a ctually position - and t hen ,You fi nd yourself W hite re signs as 33 ... N/8- N6 mate wondering, "Wh at do I d o no",?" While puc its p ~ i nciples to usc in games. you fo llows. you 're wondering, t h e v icto ry seems will find yourse lf instinc tively recog to slip through your fi ngers. n izing which device or eombination of A breathtal{lng struggle, e~t l"e m ely devices the board s ituation calls for. If this is the case, h e re i, good news .·Ic h In c ombination !!. It s hows once more for you : And you will b e on your way to play_ t ho bewit c h ing POWOI" of CUU ntge and nt, ing winning chess I tuck. The Bas ic Secret A W e alth of Easy Diag rams Two top ,he'll writ ers a nd p layers, Irving Cherney and F red Reinfeld, Unlike m ost chc" b ooks, W INNING C HI'.ss is so lavis hly illust ra t ed wit h MINNESOTA have written a ne W book which is . . diagmms ( more th an 600 of the m !) guol'Dntccd to make you a better c hess 0 .... " o f the l\ lid wc s l's most "rom.Slng t hat you can actually lean b ae k in your playe r. T o get her they studied 50,000 yo u n g players t re a ts us 10 ll. SamlJtc of easy c ha ir and REA]) it WITHOllT using t ournament games looking for the basic hi ~ <::xcit iug tac li cat ~ kilJ. a ch cssboard and chessm en. In most secret o f victory in ch ess. From this rc case s I(ACH MOVR is il! ultrated with an . M in n esota_ Wisconsin Mateh se Arch thcy found wha t the y had al individual hoard cli a Kr Dm, while a ways s uspectcd was true: the secrct FRENCH DEFENSE paragraph a longside comments on its li e~ in thtl proper uStl 01 eombination R. Gueydan F. F ri lling play . meanin g. T he result is a new kind o f ehess book -one t hat is HASV to read . White Black I n ot he r words, it ', Ihe use you make "..... Sy to u nde rstaud, and ac!Uall y takes 1 P _ K4 P - K3 B_K3 P-B4 o f p ins, K nigh t fo rks, d ouble attacks, y ou in hand and IMI'IoIOVItS your game. d ia<:overe d c hecks. etc. And morc im_ 2 P - Q4 P _ Q4 "14 p ~p ep R,P porta nt. you 've got to be able to rec SEND NO MONEY 3 N-QB3 B_N5 15 N-K5 B-Kl oll"ni ze at a glance WH EN to try to de If you ..... ould like to see /I copy of WIN 4 P-K5 P-QB4 16 P-N4 N- N3 velop WHICH combitultion-anq HOW NING C,...trSS, iu. t fill out SIM------,ON AN D SCH USTE R, P ... bli...... , De pl. 2110 1230 Si . ... Avenu_, N_w yo.k 20, N. Y. I Pl... . os ... nd me. copy of WINNING CHESS. by Irvin" Chcm ev and I Frc COV ER MOVES IN T A BLE BELOW. EXPOSE ON E L I NE A T A T I ME. W hite Pilr B lack Your Select ion Your Pla yed Score Played for W hit e" Move Score 8 . . . QN_Q2 ------9 P_Q R4! ______*_* _** _ 5 9 ... . P_ B5 ------10 B_B2 ______1 10 .... B- N2 ----**.*------11 P_K4! ______5 11 .... B- K2 ------12 B-N5 ______2 12 . R- QB l ( a ) - ----_.*-*------31 B- N7! P.P 33 P x P R_B! 13 R- Ql ______3 13 P- R3 32 B- B6! B-Ql 34 P- N3! Resi g ns 3 ------*------14 B>tN ______',4 . . . B:o;B (b) ------15 PxP ______2 15 . . . p,p WEST VIRGINIA ------.---- 16 N_R3! ______7 IS . . . Q- N3 No KING i~ at his hest when ~t y ndc , 1 un 17 P_QN 3! ______* _ 5 17 . . PxP ------hb urigirwl SlllIarc in a w iticon lll·n game. 18 Bx P ______* ______1 18 . . . B_R3 19 P- K5 ______2 ------Stat e Champlon.hlp 19 . . . B- K 2 2Q P- Q5! ______S Q U E E N 'S GAM BIT DEC LI N ED 20 ... p,p ------. _- R. H olt E. Faust 21 BxP ______* 3 21 . . . N- B4 (cl ----**--*------22 N_Q4 ______* ______4 White mack 22 . . . 0 - 0 ------**---- 1 P_Q4 N_ KB3 8 N xB Q.N 23 N_B5! ______* ______5 23 . . K R_ Kl ------2 P- QB4 P_K 3 9 B- R3 N-K5 24 Q_N4 ______* ___ 3 24 ... B_ Bl • 3 N- KB3 P_Q4 10 Q- B2 P-B4 25 Bx Pt!! ______12 25 . . . K.. 4 N-B3 B_N5 -----.--*------1\ P-K3 P- QR3 26 R-Q6 ! ! ______* *______'0 5 Q- R4t N_B3 12 PxP p , p 26 . . . . BxR ( d ) 27 QxPt ______3 6 N-K 5 BxN t \ 3 B-Q3 P_KN 3 27 . . . K- K 3 ------7 PxB B-Q2 14 0 - 0 N- K2 28 NxB ______* ____ 2 28 ... Q-O' ---_ . _. _------29 Nx K R ______-1 15 P _ B3 N-KB3 29 . . . Q.N ."---*-- 30 Q-BSt ______2 ------~ * -- 30 ... K- Q4 ---.---- 31 Q-QSt ______* ______2 31 . . . K_K5 ------32 R- K lt ______2 32 . . . K_ B4 33 Q-BSt ______2 33 ... K- N5 ------34 P- R3t ______2 34 . . . K _R4 ------35 P-N4 m a t e ______2 ------T otal Score ___ __ ~ ______100 Your percentage ______--_ SCALE: 88.100--E:o;cellent ; 75.87- Superior; SO.74- Good ; 45.59-Fair (>;01'l:5 'ro Til l: GA~H: Ie) :\J!;li n Ga.s tlin j;: is IlrGmalttn' Iwnmso,; 16 P_K4 QPxP 19 Qx P R- KBI (a ) If t2 ... 0 -0 : 13 P- K5, 1\- Q-I; 14 ,,' 22 I' - K 6~ 17 P xP N.P 20 RxR t K xR Q- K4 rulS Hl ack in seri uus Iruu hl c. ( tI ) T hen: i ~ n" ll hcrn1l1 i"c ( CHUS REVIlW, OCTOBER, 19 48 19 Games p la yed by rea ders, annotated by one of America's leading ma st e rs, by I. A. HOROWITZ CHECK ON THE FRAMMIS OUBLE T ALK is one of the a nnota to r's tr icks of the trade. Intentionally D vaguc and amhiguous rcma rks o ft en d isguise tJlC lrue mealli ng of what is writtcn, " A game full of vicissitudes ," for instance, is nothing more Ihan il high sounding phrase covering up a series of bl unders, What is. meanl hy th e expression, in most cases, is that th e game has changed hands il IllJlIl IJ er of li mes; that il is 1I see·saw contest. A see·saw contest, per se, is hl underfll1. J\everlhc1 es~, the well,meaning annotator resorts 1.0 this device to IJlunt the C(lge of a cu ll ing remark whi ch Illlly really he in order, Occasiona ll y. a droll and cryptic 11ote, such as "something is there P osition a ft er 4." B-QNS which is not there," fi nd s ils wa y int o the annota tions. Thi s is su pposed to lend an air of sprightliness to what otherwise may be a ted ious and duJ] S . , , , P-Q4 affair. 6 P x P B-N5 When wo rd s ami phrases are IIsed loosely, however, care must he ilta(: k Is Ileler m incd to Ileeidc thc 18' exercised to avoid confusion, Fo)' instance, " th e spirit of th e ga mbit" is. imc on (l el'e lopmcnL " late rial is of scc' ollilary cOllflhlel'atlolJ, sIJppo>:ed to dcnote so meth in g or other, most likely a continuous seri es 7 p"p . . . of sacririces, All til is is very illt e r e~ till g. Wha t remains unclear, however, ThiS III in line with Black's plan as It is when is tht, spirit IJrotlg-ht dowl1 to ea rth, When ri o th e sacrifices cease? assists h ili dOl'lllopmcnt. It does not fol, In th e game below, Kelly is cl1I'aptured hy the so·ca lled spi rit. Olle low, howcver , that White ShOllld (wold the line 011 Lhlll grou nd, A Pawl! l~ a Pi.III'1! a ft er allother is illlnl olahXI in proper spiritual fashio l! . In the end, Pawn ill Whl te'l! t hought. If 1 R- Kl. however, the el usive spi rit vallishes a l1 5 . . . . P- Q4 Black's fifth to tenth moves are part CH ESS STUDENTS QUARTE R LY of a counter demonstration , recommend· Devoted solely to mlt~t. e ,. - gan ' e8. op(]n e(l by ScJllechter. Black's plan is to re ings. and end- game nnd co mbinnUonnl turn the mate rial and e merge with a ten phy. No news, ]ll"Ol . , I~m~. )" Hu l l~, ~UI""l ' fluitie •. De~ i f'" I Wd for the im proving, s~.ri able position. ous reader. ,\t l e H.~t 25 master-games, iO A more fruitful plan, even t hough omit Im~e~ per issue. Subscription $2 per fou r 22 BxPt! · . . . t ed from the books, is 5 . .. .I:'- QB3. T hen, yea"ly Issues. S end n,oncj·-Ol·dcl" 10 : r·]. G . R. COl·dingley. 19 G"a"ge Hili l..o(ige. Or is he? This denouement settles the in the event \Vhite does not press the Lond on S. E. ~5. l'~ngl"nd . question at once. immediate attack, Black continues with CHESS REVIEW, OCTOBER, \948 21 Blark's advl\l\ep is impetuolls, The po OUULY ellough, this gamc is yirtuall y de· and If White plays P- KO·I, Wack will si t ion r alls fO I' furthe r development, H ddcd Oil the second mOI'e. \Vh ite play ~ captnre". PxP a nd his Bishop at KN2 , , ,K- ll3 is the move , a lII ove 11,,1 in Ihe hooks and Black is will come to life. 15 P-B5t K _ B2 Ihor" ugll lr baffled, He never recovers h i~ 5 B-B4 P-QR3 16 P-K5 N_ Kl " l( II iI i b!'i lilli, This effor t at expam;ion on the Queen· The abjct'l relreat is neeessa l'Y as after SICILIAN DEFENSE side is easily rellU lsc(L Even If It sue· ceeded, however, it would have li ttle 16, , ,N- Q,j: I; N- K ,j threntens 18 NxP Maj, J. Araiza Gen. Soto Larrea ns well ns IX N- Q6 t, when Dlnck's Quee n beal'ing on the game: Klng·slde develop· Knight Pawn is the v!ttim, White Dlack ment is called for. I P_ K4 P-QB4 6 P-QR4 , , 17 P-K6t K _ K2 · . This pl'udent move de prives Dlaek of It becomes elenr t hnt Ulnck's King Un lille most defenses which are char· ade rized br semi·symmetrlcal position s, his only real chance [01' counter-play and serves to assist the advance or \\lhite 's relegates him to a passive role, Pawns, the Siciliall is ruggedly lndividuallstlc, Of all the defenses to 1 P - K4, it Is prob 6 , .. , P_QN3 8 P-Q3 N_ KB3 18 N-K4 N-R3 ably Ihe most bittel'lr con te sted, TIlaek 7 0-0 B_N2 9 P- 84 P- Q3 19 0 - 0-0 R- Ql se ts up an original Pawn pnttel'll, aiming Rlark's me n are ht?l e rogeneously strewn to wrest control of the central squares, o\'er the board, and there Is no way to White connters, and a str uggle generall y prevcnt White's pe netration, ensues well Into the middle game, 20 RxR K,R 23 P_N4 P- R3 2 N-K2 ... , K_ Bl , , ' , 21 R-Ql t 24 N-Q6t A more flexible move than the custom· R_ Nl 22 R-Q7 alT 2 N- KD3, In this instance, it gives Good enough, although thc ndvan('c of the game an interesting turn, t he King'side l'all'lII; settles the i~sue 2 . . , . P-K4 easily, In hiS zeal to capitalize on whal li e N, N 24 " ,. considors to be an omission, mack Ill'e· 25 Rx N N_Nl . vents White from enforcing the usual 26 B- K5 . P - Q4, In doing so, however, he rI sks a 13hH'k i ~ nc arly in ZIIg'zwang, backward Queen Pawn and grants ,"\lhlte 10 PxP! , . . , 26 , , P_B5 a future "break" at \Vhite's KB4, After opening the Dishop fi le, W hite Although at this juncture there are penetrates with sledge hammel' blows, man)' possible continuations for Black, It is a lmost u nbellevable t hat Black will the s llUt'I)est m ove a ppea rs to be 2 , , . N collapse s o rapidly, Kll3, If then 3 P-K5, N- Q,I and a varia· 10 • . . . p,p tion of Alekhine's Defense is at han(l, 11 B-N5 B-K2 unfavorable to White as tile K Illg Pawn 12 BxN , , , . is 1I0t supported by a Knight at I{B3. Also good Is 12 N- n5, After 2", N-KB3, on any other normal move, Dlack can effectively enforce P 12 . . . . B, B Q4, the move which is generally denied 13 N-R5 R-QB1 him In most defenses, Which hastens the end. In any event, On allY other Black move, \Vhlte has there was no adequate defense In t he a choice of 3 P- Q4, reverting to the reg· long run, Black could not avoid an awk· ilIaI' line, or :3 P - KN3, with D-N2 to fo]· ward Pawn structure, 27 P-K7 Resigns low, N_QB3 mack must losc a pi e ('e, The threat is 3 QN- B3 28 H- Q8t, HxH : 2n PxRJQt , KxQ: 30 Ex 4 N_ N3 • • • • . N , If?-_/","~. - Q'w,. 28 H- B6 t , K- N2: 2!.f White makes way fol' the King Dish· It- nit , elC. op, A good alternative is " P- KN3 with the fianchetto of the Dishop to fo llow, WIDE OPEN 14 NxPf! • • • A bit more s ubtle than would appear at first s ight. 14 , , . B,N 15 RxP R-B2 16 Q- R5 · , . . 4 . . . . N-Q5 Thc point. Blncll pa nnot escape the threatened discovered (,heell lind must The plnn of It Queen-side advance , in, relinquish his gains, l'\onODY, includ inl; Sam Loyd, Ihe famous itiated with this move, falls ShOft. A 16 . . . , N-B6t problemist who com]los(~ d this amllsin~ wi ser maneuver seems to be 4 ", p puzzle, can v\llIeh for ils legality. That KN3, followed by 5", lJ - N2, 'I'here al'e He jettisons the cal'go to no avail. is lJ eside lhc I'oint, The real ]loser i~ mallY points in Its favor, First, it pre· 17 RxN§ K-Q2 vents White's Knight from entering at K_B3 which of White's nineteen possihle first 18 Q-N4t K135 or KIt5, Secondly, it prepares to 19 Q- K6t Resigns lIloves forces mule in t h rcL~ de s pill: the llrive White's Knight by" , P- KH·!- 5, For afteJ' 19", Q- Q3; 20 B- Q5 is mate, apparent freed\lUl of Blac k's King. Lastly, It anticipates \\'hite's e l'el\tual (Sce NUh'I: IIIOer issuc for sQlulion) I'- KD·I, In tbis last instance, when, as t _ c h ec k; t _ d b )' c h ock; ; _ dis, e h, 22 CHESS REVIEW. OCTOBER , 1948 Actlvltlu 01 CHESS REV IEW POlta l Ch eu JACK STRALEY BATTELL player.: game report. &. rUing •. namel of POltal Cheu Editor new playe,.. prlze.wlnners. selected games, DAVID ROSKIND, J r. player " profll es" &. editoria l comment. Alit. E d itor POSTAL SCRIPTS anrl n. we ~l"rt theul miliwHY: 850 HIlt\ Our l\ pologie!! to J . A. llyin a nd J . W, 1100, respectively. Fot· Cia as A. we stal·t DUl'Ilhart who were lu.:() ldcnt:lll y omitted Postal Ch ess Rating s them at 1202, let them 1)I'o\,e t he mselvcs from the a bove list some months a.l::O . I.a~t month. we ga\'e ollr rflling dmrt fi t fol' top r ating. Mr. llyin's weighted Ilol nt total. also. Wll~ OIm\ hullcutcd how we COm jlllte rating!! \Ve li st new IlostaHtes. with thelt· given IneonecUy bcfOJ"t! . 'Ve tl'lls t ;1 11 Is from It. T he llrocess d C!lC l'l btlu Is bow c lallses. and fo rmel' players returned. (' OI'1'ect now. to compute rating chang(ll! (I'om any one with their actual re·lItflrUng r flti ng~ eaeh Notice: as staled huforC'. wc mORI a,IJndl. game result. month. EXcept. of ( : our~ e, whcn we pub· cato., ull 19,15 Gold" " I,ni~ht~ s.:ml-fln"l~ lI sh our complete ratings. as In t hi s is· ).;,Ul\es which remnin ""finl "I",<1 11 ... l),"."'''_ W e I lIlbll~h ratings QU (lrlCl' ly. panly to u~r 10. 19-18 . to clo~ e lh"t ),011 ",1 n,,(1 8'Ul'1. save space. ~' or most r ntlngs do not SUO, whiCh gives t heI r llilmOH a nd their .'k",.I ,, !> tlw I" ~t l' o11nd In thL. 10""""" ",,,\, dl~llge HPIII'c(:lably in one month. AmI a<.:t\lai. lI\!merkal rating:;. ·I·hcrdore. lry to n!lAW .... · all "'0\',·,. In we s ave the s pace that IIsOld to go for "nch );,,,,,,,s withIn 2,1 ho",' ~ ""d. at 1(,,,"(. "'mOrt a"y i"lrn.c tlo" o( th" n·J.:uh.r (I",,· monthl)' "chflnges in mtlngll"- In order Ilmli. prOllllll l{. to give q U1l1"tcrly insteail of the old semi· TOURNAMENT NOTES 0" D<'C("nhe r 10110 or (10"1 ".·.·k,·",l. klud annual COmvlOlte lisling!!. 1944 Postal Championship hy mllil In l hc compietc score of nn)' 8uch ""finIshed. Scml.fju"IH gil",... log"lh~ I ' "Illl Also. We " fl'CCZC" all r atings t Wixt thc Complete results for Finals se,·tions " liinl','a", of the I)()~ ltlon reached. (I\tarter iy lis tings- so each posta llte can 2. 1I . 12, 13 lind Hare s t111 pending. On 2d Annual Chompionship-1946 ~alclllilte Ili l! OWII r~Ull g dl:l nge!l CHESS REVIEW. OCTOB ER. 1948 23 filh. 386 Gnbd loses to D rowning , l,li)~tR IIO!'!", 0, 46 S<:O I'Z" I 1>kCinloy 0; Craig iI POSTAL MORTEMS .\l iI~" : lli "I's t c in 1 An(! er~o n O. 387 Cn l'l ~r I Nyland iI . 47 j·'a l·m el' fell ~ P. 24 CHESS REVIEW, OCT08ER, 1948 1944 POSTAL CHAMPIONSHIP he rry; '\[ay hprry w ithdra w n. 99 J\ r (\ th c w~ 1 ;o; usbanm 0 ; H " rr i ~o n w lt. h d, · a ,," ~. 101 I,,,h u Pro~ru5 l ve qua l ificati on c h a m p ion sh ip 1 Do l, b i n~ 0; V a ~~ i h ,k n ~ 1 \\,illl;" " .• O. 102 F I NALS ( K e y: 44 .1:") Ow':"g 1 Kilia n O. 103 h:nye down3 Lev!". PLAY CHESS (f) r. ippe ~ . 106 lIIa d i~on 1 " l ll1., ,. 0; l.r·o",,,·tl 14 Ro '."" I 11"IJock O. tOl'" Andrews. S m ith. 107 I11nnman I EwO" O. 108 H .. n,lfol". POSTAL MASTER S P ublishell qllal'te)'l y. t hese 1l1i Ule r k al I 1I1a J"Vl n P alm er ______lj l·1 rating!! for nil a rtive plHye r ~ in I' o~ t a i C hesil go vern aSHi gll nw n t. e nt ries to 2 Charles Ii' . Jtehberg ______17 0~ or :1 John Staffer ______lli "S Cla~s Tournaments. The (:I1J'I'ent lI st a p· 28 CH ESS REVI EW, OCTOB ER. 1948 .. " 771 C fI . . . 8fiG L"vy Dr I; L .• 878 Miller H L . ... . 946 . . . . OS" T ...... 750 · • .• 880 U ,v .. . 77 r- r.cwis FE ..... 7ilG Mille" n N .. ... ~ 90 I)r J .1 .. 8;;0 • . • • . SSG Q J) .•• L ewiG K S . . .. . 850 ~!1Il~ " w.r . .. . 700 ,"",. SG . . 72 4 · . . . . 764 G !; ..• L.cwls L t Col It. 706 .\lIl ler \,' m ..... SSO · .. 77 r. .T A . .. 8,, 0 1...... '"S6S 1.<)y E L .Ir ... . 910 )llill;~ K ...... ~50 ~III Rev W F 898 .. , ." 8Gti S . . . 7S~ G .... . ' SO 1,io- hGW L ...... S3 ~ Mills l, J . ..•.. 890 M A. 800 ,.. 1) .•.•• I .ie l"" ·"",,, D .. • 8~ 4 i\11 11~ W ...... ~ O. W . . 8SG :'I-!iner !. n ..... 74 6 · . . . 870 70G • • • • • • ". L leherman J . .. 850 '"" 810 T .. . 828 LI(lB" r C L . .... 850 ).litltz J~ J) ..••• 75G ." .. 714 , :·.· .. 850 · .. .. . 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Y. by REUBEN FINE BAN DMASTER REUDEN F INE, No.2 I)ia yer of the United States G and one o f the world 's gre:l lest authoriti es on chess, has now produced his own book on the chess openings .' From the vasl store house of hi s own practical knowled ge of the subject and the dist illed experience o f other chessmasten:. in IOll l'll ament and malch play, !{cubcn Fine has now gi ven us lhe book of books on the openings.' It cont ains all the tried and tested variations of the past, plus the latest, IIp-Io-the-minute openings of modern play. All openin gs a rc classified a lphabetically. An introductio n to each openi ng expl ains the mai n lines in detail, with diag rams to ill ustra te the basi c posi tions, a nd this is followed by pages of variations arranged in vertical columns. Footnotes give tbe sub·va r iations and d iagrams show im portant positi ons. Altogeth er, there a re 1240 co lumns of ma in vari ations and thousands of foot notes, all eva luated for your guidance 1Iy Reuhen Fine. An essential work of reference for every chessplaycr. Ca t. No. F-6 - 467 pages, 196 diagralrLS, clothboulld ItANDMASTER S Ai\IU EL I{ESII EV SK Y, Chess Cham pion of the GJ United Stales and recent contender for the world title, Im s at last revea led the secrets of his winning tec hniq ue in a new Look ca lled RES HEVSKY ON CHESS ! In this important new work, America's greatest player ex pl ains ,• how he has been able to hold the U. S. Championship against ill 1 . ~ . ," ' comers since ]936 - how he has been able to score impressive vic .. tories in inte rnati ona l competition with the world's leading maste rs , • • - how he has been a ble to score a u amazing lifetime average o f 75. 15% in tournament play! • • In of 110 "...... , a highly instructive Il ila lys is hi s own best games, " ". " ... Reshevsky reveals his winning methods in full deta il. He tells ex· aelly whaL he think!' about when he is studying a position - a nd shows how he ri nd s the hest move ~ . HESHEVS-KY 01\ CHESS wi ll hel p you to und e rsta nd how mu:-. tel"" will their games. The kn owledge you ga iu from thi s book wi ll enuhic you to pia)' stronl!c r che.o;i'- , winni ng chcs:-. ! The hook u l~ o COi l ' lains u complete autobiography of Reshevsky·s amazing carccr as a chess prodigy, chess master, U. S. Champion, internati onal Grund · master, wor ld ti tle contende r. Cat. No. H-25 - 272 pages, 336 diagram s, clothboullli