Volume I Wednesday, NUU'lber 24 Offj clnl PubUcati on of jije Unl ted Stutes (bess federati on A ugust 20, 1947 86 Players Contest In u.s. Open LARGEST FIELD OF PLAYERS I MEn IN 48th OPEN TOURNEY Latin American Champions Entered Add That International Flavor At Corpus Christi, Texas, the largest and one of the strongest fields of chess players contest for the 48th Annual U. S. Opcn Championship title. Eighty-six players in all, representing seven teen States, Mexico, Canada, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Cuba and New Zealand, are meeting in the modified Swiss System Tourna ment conducted by the USCF with the Corpus Christi Chess Club and the Texas Chess Association acting as hosts. The Tournamcnt is the meetil~g. place of champions, average players and noviccs. A few of the leading names include Isaac Kashdan, former Open Champion j Herman Steiner, dcfclldillg Open Champion; Anlhony E. Sant:l.siere, Ventnor City victor; Dan Abc Yanofsky, present Canadian Champion; R. G. \Vade, for~ ncr )Jew Zealand Champion; Miguel Aleman, Champion o£ Cuba; Miguel Cucfl"ar, Cnampiul1 o( CuiUllli)ia; J\rillro CoJon. Challlpinn CIf Pm'rll) llieo; and Weaver Adams and Olaf U l ve~tad of the U. S. Team vs. U. S. S. R. I!la,ers ol lIote Iuuude vl.h", See September 5 issue for final nDE U "LEGA rEs ASSEMBLED AT H1LVERSUfI,'j Mary Baln, Southern Ass'n Wo report on Tournament. 7 man's Champion; Alronso Ferrlz, Gien, U.SA.; Postnlkolf, Cz«hslcn... :..iI.; Dr. W. Dorazil, Aus.""; G. C. Dal Vnm", Champion of Mexico City; Willtam Preside",; Prof. H. Meyu, Tn3.$urtrj haly. • Byland, Metropolitan Champion of CCLA ANNOUNCES Franct. Pittsburgh; Paul Poschel, II l1noifJ B... ~ Ro ..: Interpreter; Foll:.e Rogard, Scandinavian Zont; State Champion; Albert Sandrbl, ITS 15th ANNUAL M,JJI" R.. ---SlanJiI18: Dr. F. Pettet'S, Belgium; N. Staltn', Yudowitch, U.S.S.R.; Y. MarcuM', Paltstint; MaW,,,ff, U.S. former illinois State Champion; Dr. U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP L..nrftrlbourg; B. H. Wood, Gre.lt Britain; Dr. E. V""lImy, S.R.; G. W. ). ZittH'Steyn, Nttllttlands; Jou Si5k.a, Yugo Gustave Drexe l, Florida State Switurland; IUgoz:in, U.S.S.R. ; Heynen, Hungary; ). Louma, $Ini:t; K. ). Nifukerl:ce, 5«x-tuty. Champion; Charles Joachim, Seat Entry for the 15th Grand National tle Champion and rormer Vienna Correspondence Chess Cbampion AL. WILLS W INS U. S. HAS TWO MEN Amateur Champion; AHred Ludwig, ship Tournament which confers the PLAYGROUNDS ARE Nebraska State Cbamplon; Itobert Official Correspondence' Ciless Title LA. STATE TITLE; IN WORLD MATCH CHESS-CONSCIOUS Steinmeyer, S t. Louis Dis trict for the United States closes on Champion; DI·. Bela Rosza, OkJa September J, 1947. Tile tournament FORM STATE ASS'N FOR "MAIL" TITLE AT HARRISBl ~ RG, PA. homa State Champion; and Bert Is conducted by the Correspondence Brice-~ash, Panhandle Open Cham· , Chess League of America under the tn the Louisiana State Champlon In the World Championship Cor Sponsored by Councilman Leitner pion. endorsement or the Uulted States silip Tournament tjt Baton Rouge, respondE-lice Tournament two well the g ame ot chess has become a The JunlOI' group of players is Chess Federation. July 4·6, A!. Wills of New Orleans known CCLA players nre entered. playground llluSt for Harrisburg' ably represented by George Kram· Unlike other CCLA events Illls emerged us State Champion. close· One is Jack w: Collins. present (Pn.) Parks Department. Starting er, former New York St.ate Cham tOUl'llame nt is open to a ll residents ly followed by Cccll K. Colllus o f U. S. COI'respondence Chcss Cham· with GO S€ts and boarus purchased pion ; Larry Evans, U. S. Junior of the United States (whether Shreveport, the 1946 Ch ampion. pion; the other J. Eldwin Woody. on au experimental budget, aided Lightning Champion; Joseph Sulli members of the CCLA or not) but Third place went to }-'rederlck who leads in the current U. S. by the advice of the USC!>' on COII van, Jr., Southern Ass'n Junior all cO~lpetitors must be members Cummings o! New Orleans by vi.r Correspon dence Tourue)' and can do 'structing the program with USCF Champion; and Paul Poschel, lIli· of the USCF or become members tue ot a Sonneborn-Berger rating no worse thall lie tor the U. S. Dh'ector John D. French on the nois Junior Champion. in ol'der to compete. Ttle tourna_ breaking his tie score with Gray Title. Collins (BrooklYll) and sPOt to otrer suggestions, the Parks Early rounds reported as CHESS ment has tllree rounds of play, with wllo was I)iaced fourth. The seven Woody (Two Rivers. WIs.) will Department have already found a LIFE goeS to press Indicate an' ex prizes in each round. W inner of round Swiss tourney had twenty meet such redoubtable correspond· playground cbess program growing citing start to the tournament with the championship receives posses two entries and was directed by ence experts as Purdy. G. WOOd, into one of tile Il\03t popular or the usual upsets. In a s tartling sion of the Henry D. Hibbard Me Otto C1altor of lJaton Rouge, with Koshnilsky and Henneberger In acth'lties. Over 100 boys and girls game 15-year-old Larry Evans best morial Trophy for one year plus J . C. Currie, A. M. Lockett, Jr., their endeavor to bring this World bave learned to play chess since its ed Abe Yanofsky, while )1rS. Mary permanent possession of a special C. K. Collins and A. Wills serving T itle to America. Introduction in June or this year. Baln defeated AIronso l-~errl:c, but trophy, and is recogni:!:ed by the on the tournament committee. The First instructor appol.n,ted was lost to Olaf Ulvestad. As the early USCF a s the U. S. Correspondence Shreveport Chess Club will be hosts 16·year-old J oseph E. MUleI'. a rounds of the S"'iss System do not Chess Champion for 19-47. to the 19d Tournament. R. E. MARTIN WINS bring together the leading players, Doys' Club chess expert, who has ll\Ost of tbe ranking e ntrants In the RULES On July filh tlle Louis iana State CCA "MAIL" TITLE taugbt most of the other youthful I. All cn l n.nl~ DJu>t be mcmto.-n in good Chess Fedcrntlon WIlS formally or Instructors in the fine points of the tournament are as yet undofeated, "l~n,Ji~>( 0' the IISC.·. although Arturo Colon Joined the ~. ~:"Iry I...,: '1.00 per """11on--$l.:IO if ganl:ced aud the following omcials IN CANADIAN MEET game. So successful has been the .vou a", not a rn~rolw,r ilL good OU,,,U,,1t of were elected: A. \Vyatt Jones ranks ot the unexpectedly van chess program that neighboring Quished in yielding a gurne to Wil ~~,So';::"':::~~n~. I ~~~,~ :':"i~~:=l~ (Shreveport) pr(lsillent, Andrew M. Robert E. Martin, pres.ldent of the y,,,, 1i!O-. r..oekett. Jl·. (New OI·leans). Ralph cities are alrea.ly viewing the re liam Kendall ot San Antonio In the 3. On. "" m~ with ","eh o,,~t. 1,,,11,,. Gambit Chess Club (Toronto), Is second round. I>!".I lI',m ... will to.- ""liN In tor adj,,,Ii<·~tl,,n 11. Agate (Lafayette). Dt·. Earl victor in the 194G Canadian Postal sults at Harrisburg and Illanning to ,,,'" Y"T ~ft"T tto.-,- arc hot",," In the /lu' Jones Alexandria) and Eugene K. Chess Championship Tournament Other. early roulul s urpl'lses lu r,,"m). .noJ ei.;hI ~n monlh. in the OOl('(>nd rollow suit. ,,,,,,,,1. 1"loul'lIey (MonrOE-) vlce·presldents; conducted hy the Caillulian COI'fe' cluded the I)I'UlIant gamo of the ~. 1'12) ..... ",e allow~ d (lO I.... 'n in which and Otto Clultor (Baton Rouge) spondence Chess Ass'n. with a score A championship tournament has lS·year-old Ceorge Kramer In whiCh to di.v;otch their ",,,"<.. "",.I mll.t m~k e 110 111 '''-,.. In 1.h'N mont!,. (HKU';IIK In"" Ih~ secl·etarY-(I·ensurer. Dues for the of 6-1. Second l)lace went to Frank been p1auned for the playgrounds he held ille undefeated Isaac Kash· 1' ...11113,.11 01 lh.,;. OI'P""ont·. """I. til Ihe Louisfana Chess l~cderaUon auto pu,lllluk of th"\T 0"'-" 1'('\, li ... ) ~nd t~ n mon. Ander'soll (Toronto) wlUl a score In August with tile win ners in ea'Ch dan to a dnlW while Itl e fonner matically \Jlcludes membership in champion Anthony Santaslero wns " mo"lh ",,·,,·Mt...... F'ailnTe 10 "","ply ,.,-111 of 5~ · H. Anderson bested Martin park meeting in a final tournament I", ."md~" 1 ca" ... 10 dc-clare the .kH"'ll1rnl • tho USC ~~. in their game, but lost to Moman no more sllccessful, drawing with 1'1 ..... '. r', 1r~H\~' l<:>rl.. il....:l. to determine the Park Champion ro. 0 .... month .·~.,.ti"n may be tAken ~ur. and drew with Stockll. Thlnl place the young Alben Sllndrln ot Chi Lou"i.n. Stote Chom""nlhip In!!, ~a"h year of play. dtl...... _t OM t!m~ went to W. :\Iulr (Schenectady) ship; and the Harrisburg T e legrapn cago whose falling eyesight has 80 ~,' I" I"'TlOO. of ...... ,i< or ,,...,.,. but ""II. \\'111 . ___.. __ .6~.} Hoymood _ ...... 8&.31 ft,,,,lIon In .01 ...0 .... mu.,t \:>f' ci"en 10 lbe (""m". ___.... _6·1 lIu"ter ___.. _.. 3·~ with 5-2. Other scOres were J. is donating prizes for the event. far been no handlCSI) to his game. 1"o"..... u· ...,t lli""'\(OI' a",1 ueb OI'1"mont. (:""""I n~-. . _.. ~ ...... f, .! 1-:. J on.,. _._.... 8 .... O~ ___.. ..r. ·1 Jaeobo; __.. _.. 3 4 Stockl! (!\-folltreal) 3~-3j: C. D. Cor One of the hardest fought games 6. Iluh", of play _ '0.-,11 be ""t>pHed ... iJl! a ..hr:nment~ and 1:0""'" (,I,), on .11 ~;O ' '''. .(ll.dn~y _._.. _4~.!~ ran \"al ~""bu ", 3 -+ bould ( Winnipeg) a.nd C. N. Mor· Read of the early rounds was the gruel· A. II' . J c.nl'6.-.... 4 ·S J.(>e .. ___.• _21-' )- ;~ 7·fu~n.,;dt~::',je ~~:cni~ ~ O~lr~~.~.~ t .()('k~U ___, .J !'UM' ___. __ 2Hl nan (Montreal) 3-" each; H. J. Dan HIGHLIGHTS FRO M THE HAG UE ing contest bet"'een Kas hdan and T ,.....,;.. mUfI be podmark....:l DO I• • ~ r than !'",·I __._~ .... '.J I."nnu ___.. 2-<> Miguel Aleman of Cuba. which the 'nld"k-n' s.-p'"mbeT l ot. 190'; ....d oem 1.0: i\tlrUnJ; _____ • .J Loflcur __~_2.1\ iels (Toronto) 2·5; and D. Paetkau By Paul G. Giers I)ldt R.....-. ('('I.A ~.y. 2&.'6 Co".""IWn. Cr6-w _.----1)·a. Dorbler __._H · 5~ Cuhan finally lost. "III~ 1I0:0:ad. Sioux Cit,· III, Iowa . Ora"t ___._3~·li Lopez ___1 -6 (.Rosthe-rn) 0-7. on Page 2 I HIGH l.IGHTS FROM THE HAGUE j A Rrgula. M!JS<'8! 6"1 :Jl.eJu nior" that went ~ By Paul G. Gicrs ExuutT'! Vic~.Prts;J!"t, UniuJ SI~IN Chus Fdaa/ion . to Cleve fani ORLD chess has a brighter future as a r esult of the F.I,D,E, Gen· Published twice .. Month on the Hh and 20th W eral Assembly concluded a t 'rhe !-raguo 011 August 2. F'ol' the AT 845 B L U FF STREET, DUB UQUE, IOWA , BY first time In histll ry, nil chess players ou our globe a re unitod 111 one By Donald McElroy world orgl'fllizutio I-FedenLtlon Intel'natJonnlle des Echecs-and It may After bidding farewell to Mlnne· THE UNIHD STATES CHESS FEDERATION well be said t hat the Asselnhly's decis!oll s will Icad to more harmonious a po\ls, ~ h el don R ein alld myself a nd e lTective collaboratiOn among tbe chess pla ylog nations. journeyed o n our way to Cleveland Rnlc~ ...... ,.",<1 cia. Inatm September 5, 1016, U the porl c.1Iice a t Dubll'1 ue, Iowa, under lbe Ilct of March O. 181ll, It W\l.S my privilege a nd pleasure to relU'Csellt the USCF at Tbe and the second National Junior Hague and herewitll are some llighlights of the meeting as r observed Chess Tournament. \Ve arrived in Subscr'ption-$2.00 per yur; S,ngle cop,(!S I Dc uch them. ~ I Cleveland about midnight and were Addrcss .11 mbscriprions to,- SH Bluff Str~c OR 1286? Stra thmoor A,'enuc Twenty coun tries were l'epresented by Rlxteen delegates: Austria, m et at tho depot hy 1\-11', A. R. ~dward I. T rcc nd, Surd~r)' Dubuque, Iowa Dcuoit 27, Michig.n P hilll]Js (thank you, Mr. Pl.tllllps) who was III charge of the tourna M.ke all checks poy.ble to: THE UN!TBIl STI\TES CHESS FE[lIl ~ I\T!ON ~~11~!~1~; ~~~c~~°:J~'~~~:~;l~U~lt~l~e~~Xa:~~b:~~!~I~~;::;,ce.pa~::t~~e~~~~: den. SWltzerland,1U. S .A., U.S.S,R.. a nd Yugoslavia, P residing over tho ment, He drove us to the old Add ress all communications EDIT"'-IAL - 121 Norlh Hun.phrey Avenue meeting was Dr. 4. Rueb. or The Hague, Ilerennial president since FIDE's 'library, where we stayed for the on editorial matte rs to:- OFFle:E: 0." I>ar", llIiooi5 next two weeks. We were quite organization In 1~24. fo rtunate that we arrived e\l.rly Ed;I!)T ",.,! 8 usinm Man_gr. or gl'Catest intc l'est lle rhaps is the settlement of the world cham enough to havo our choice ot cots MONTGOMERY MAJOR pionship problem. Sjnce the tournament o f six mas ters, appl'Oved at the -lll~I'e were aPllroxlmately 20 In \Vlntcl'thur Assembly of last year, had not materlali~ed for varloll s rea \Vednesday, August 20, IfJ47 our room, and s ix in tlie, other. Volume I, Number ~4 sons, the Netherlam1e Chcss ],~edel'ation proposed that Dr. Max E uwe 'fhe following ' day w e saw a IIttio aa the only living ex-champion be proclaimed w (ll'ld cham pion; that Dr, of Cleveland. Euwe piny 11 match ror the title with Samuel Reshevsky and tho winner finally engage Botvlnnik, This proposal was latol' amended so that tile Monday, after the fOl'ln allUes of THE W ISDOM OF THE OSTRI CH title would not beo awarded until alter the Euwe-Resbevsky matc1I, the opening ceremonies, play began. The players were all keyed li P aod HE Ostrich, so the legends run, bide-s It.$ head in the Band to avoid T he USC"~ proposal called [or an onlal'ged tonrnament to Include T seeinl; the more Ullilleasant fac ts of life, In this our noble bird thl'OC American masters; Fine, Kashdan and Reshevsky. Neither pro· Illany s howed signs of bclng nerv· ous" myself included. Lany Fl'ied ranks among the last faithful followers ot that famous BisllOll Berkeley posal W1l S adopted. man:' who repeated as cllamplon, who declared so -vIgorously that anytlllng w e could not see, uid not exist, After consid~rabJe discussion, howevOl', a general agree ment - wiii A tree in dal'kcst AtrIca was We Bish op's fa vorite example o r his declined tile wbite pieces nftel' r 6ached that a wp r lcl title tournament of ..::m.1y six masters be held next Whllllllg the flip . E veryone thought theory, to~' it was his contention that this t ree did not eXist tor us until Spring. atnrting ~ft er 1I1arch 1 and ending belore May 31. 1948. The we crosscd the ocenn, treked into the trackless forests alld actually that tila t was very spol'tsmaullke alx participants will bo Reshevsky, Fine, Dr. Euwe, Botvinnlk, Smyslov of the c hamplou, 'I'he following saw the tree itseU. a nd Keres. As decided by draw, the firs t haH of the tOUl'nalilent wll! days were pac ked with lhe old nUlli, Now it chances that.uls hop Berkeley has one other discillio besides take place in HoUa nd. the secot!fl haIt at l\foI;cow. Each contestant will " Oh! T had a win and t hen lJl ew the ostrich in thes e troubled times-a disCiple that emulates the ostrich play fOUl' games 1agalost every other contes taut, for a total of twcn ty ." Sheldon's picture was in the whenever threatened by the terrifying vision ot the USCl<~ In Amelican rounds, I Clevplnlld paper and if l'm llOt mls· chess. T his disciple Is a chess publication (need we name It1) which Th~ feuel'atiGns or tho Netherlands and tlle U.S.S.R. have jointly take'll he bougllt seveml copies, expends a commelldahlc Ingenuity In I'e!)ol'ting various USCII' chess assllmed a ll eXPOfll;es of the tonrney, Includll!g all travel and I1vlllg cx T hursday, July 31"d, we w ere treat· events without OVOt' making a slill and mentioning the forbidden name pe nses of tho partic\Jl!Iuts, '1'0 prevent further cOlllp li catlon s ~ and de cd to II. ball game at the Cleveland or the USCF. Its consis tency lllust be rCSI)ecteu, lays, no po s tpou~men t or suhstitution of players will be' Ilel'll1ltte (1 and stadium, us g uests of the Cleveland And it would be respected, if el'ents did not demollstrate that in a I" the nbsence ofI one or more contestan t the remaining contestants ~'1l1 Indlall ~ . F Or entertainment severai m a ll ner unfaith[ul to the creno of tile ost lich, tWs latter-day disciple play for tt!e title. of the fellows lilayed, well. I'll take of Bishop Berkeley occasionally lifts its head from the ... nd aud peeks. Of tar·reaching ilnpOl'la nce is the entry or the U.S.S.R. as..an amu three; No, I don't want any, etc. 10 September, 19~G, CHESS LIFE begnll Its career as a semi·monthly atell unit of FIDE. Now lliat Russia with Its 600,000 registered chess During the night we were oftell l¥1bJiC\l.Uon;· ln Octobel' Dlshop Berkeley's d isciple. took a honified peek players hil S joiner, the world organiZation is cdmplete and its d?wlelons nwakened by "raids," The fellow!! and announced t he nbandonment of a well established ]Iolicy of ten . will Carry fuU w l ight. 0 from tlto other room would bo issue!! a year fOI' a new policy of a monthly publication. Tho ]IrOf!;rcss of the Assembly was hampere d °to some extent by the swatting Il ~ with pillows. \Vhen With the :M ay 20th lssilo of CHESS L WIi; \Vall IIl Qllgurntoli IL IISUflg fa ct that tho Ro ~"tu lt (It,log-tltlon, fingozin, l~oKl1!ikoff, Y1Hlowlkh ami we l'elullateri, Iicrlllflll S le!nOI', ot cuneut tournaments e utUled "l~or the 'J'ouruameut-Mlnde(I"'; In June Malsll Off, wilose 14rrlval hacl orlgnully beon nunol1 l1 ccd tor the lht'(1 tlay, Chcse l\I lI Ster and 'l'oul'llamCllt DI OUI' wavering disciple ot the ostl'ich In augurated a "Toul'llament Calen did lIot rellol't a The IIngue until the fOUI·til a nd final day of the meet-. rector, whoso room was just be d a r." in,. Thclr plnn oppnl'cnUy wns groundcd ot Bol"iin nnd they had IlT<:> tween ... uo· two, would wake UII and Far from ally d e~!J"e to CI'y out "Copy-cat," CHESS LIFE Is pleased cecded' troln ,~)1 'e hy tmln. ~ Of course, this IIcemlngly Ullwal'l"ante(J bawl \)s out. The swims at the to finu these inlloV\l.tions Ilpreading. 'I'hey ll..ellefit tile chess player; delay was 1I0U tc our liking. W o must l'cmembcr, llOwev,er, that trav.el "Y" W.,l·e always fUll. Fl'iday, Jnly and !tis beu'I fit is the lll"huat'y pUl'jlOse ot eu.ESS LIFE. We do not and other condUons In tIle U.S.S.R. are IIllJI 1l1lf;ettied and I believe H, after tho tOUl'nll.meut was over, e ven urge this filial disciple of Bishop Berkeley to abandon t.h e policy tha t t here was 110 willt:ul intent on Ole R\l sslan~' part to delay the pro they lmll a banquet fOl' us that lUlU wi!!dom of the ostrlch aud face the fact tllltt the USC 1~ exists. Our cecdlllgS, Once there, the U .S.~.R. delegatlon displayed a spirt or ex mally hit. the s pot. A simultaneous sole s uggestion Is that this follower ot the phlloso~lhy or tho ostlich cellent c;oelleration and it is Slglillicant thnt all decisions of the final day exhibition by Herman Steiner whlcll mig ht pr'ofitably peek a little more often, The ciless llinyor would were by unanimous \'oio, WliS really lL lot of fun. By tlicks beoellt thel'eby; and that is a ll tllat really matters to the USCF a nd The new FIDE constltlltion adopted by tile Assembly includes soveral I won a I)iece pI! tbe master, but Cf-tESS LI.F.E. USCF additions and USSR proposals. A s pecial cO llunlttee of tbree. I SOOIi was compellod to return It M untgomf'ry Major ot which I was a member, re~o nciled tbe ol'lgllial draft with a.no ther tot' two Ilawns. It wasn't long then --"---- dl"!Lft lIubmlttt d by the USSR and the USCF vrolloSals. until I Sllve the pawns back to save A ccording to the constitution, FIDE memba.·sll!p is limited to the my pi eces. A fe w moves I/l.ter"' l SIGN OF THE TIMES principal chess organhllUon ot ea.c h country, 'fhe chess worlrl outside resigned, Sheldon had a fin e game of Centml and \'{estel'n l~urope is divided into Be\'en 'Ilones: U,S.A .. with blm but was forced to l'eslgn, MONG tho~e symptoms of a healthy gr'o wth In clHllls activity, per since we ha d to catch a '6 :16 train A hnlls thc most healthy symptom of a ll Is the Increaso In State Chess U.S.S.R .. Scandinavia, Central America, South AllIer'ica, Australia and Canada. Each zolle Is represented in the Central Committee by a the roll owlng 1Il0l'lling, 'Ve met Associations. The IHlst ycar has seen a IHu'ade of these new ol·ganiza· lnany pice rellows rWd all III flll, FIDE vlce-pres l(l cnt, tlon&. each o~ making. C"~btl mure acU\'e In Its local state. had a fine lime, although I'm sorl'y The roll-t:ali o[ new Stale Associations begills with South Dakota All major decisions n re left to the G~neral Assembl y which con to say, lV e didn't hring home any willch organized ill tho Inspiration ot the Yankton Touruame nt. T he venes annually alld h attended by one - M:legate from eac h affiliated trophies or IIl"izes. Ji st coutlnues with Oklahoma, Nebl"nskll, T ennessee, Idah", Florida, u nit, om(.~rB are electeu for a term of roul' years. Thcre are now three Louisiana and Kentucky, ]{an~as liaS reol'ganlzed after some years of orncla l languages : E nglish, Ii'rench and Russian, with the French (Ie sig- I -Reprinted from The Pawnshop ( Minneapoli s Chess & Checker iunctlvlt y, and \Va shlngton Is even now In the process of organizing, nated the a uthentic text. as Club ). But let us not stop with the mel'e act of organization. Each chess Dr. Rueb was re·elected president, Prot, Me r eI' oC Switzerland was player in a State owes It to hilllseU to SUPPO l't his own State Organiza named treasurer and M. S. Kuh ns of Chcago, OUI' own pres ide nt emel'i tion by join i n~ it so that It will hA t.ruly re l... eselltath'e of the Sta te; tll &, wa& elected I-IDE honol'l\ry preos ldenL he owes it to hlmseU to give his Stute Organization n loyal s upport Bogoljubow, the Oe rman masler, had a PIIl\ed in 1946 for a clean hill t hat it Dlay be enabled to bring bigger aUd better chess activity to him of h enltll 80 that he might agailt participate In internatonal toul'nameuts. and his fellow chess Illaye rs In the State, . His conduct during the wllr years was carerully checked by a s pecial committee. After hearing that commlttee'a I'CpOT't. the Assembly de cided that no action wa s In order and lett It to the discretion of ench Dear Sir: organizing committee whetiler or not to Illvlte Bogoljubow . 1 have noticed some dlacusslon Since Spain llad heen expelled last yenr [or Ilureiy political rensons, ill your cOrl"eSpOndellce COI UlllllS By Montgomery Major wc urged It::. readmlRs loll to FIDE. By unnnhnouB consent president ooncernlng methodtl of C'luuli:tlllJ; Rueb was g iven authority to CO H ect the s ituation with regard to Spli,1 n. the advajllnge of the firs t move. IF YO U MUST PLAY CHES S By Arnold S. De nke r ; David Mc Kay ($2,OO) A beautiful clless trophy, mane a nd donated hy H . A. Dittmann of I have considered,. tor some time Ever a fighting 1)la),er, I'ash at ·times and impetuous, the 1944·46 U. Salt Lake City, was otrered b y our Federation as prize to be awarded the pos91lJility of allowing Black S. Chess Champioll, Arnold S . Denker, has lhat rare distinction of sel to tho ne xt world cilamillon, Our offer was accepted witb ·applause. (l .6 points fOl' a dt'aw, and \Vhlte dom playing a dull game, Ever h ts losses arc illuminated hy those \Ve also offered to publish. in CHESS [ ,IIT'I~ tlle names ami a(ldresses the remaining 0,4 poInts. Using flushos of hrilliance which make him a d eUgh t 10 the SII-Cctator of chess of dOSCl'Ylng EU l'Opean mnsters with all a llileal to American 1llayers to M r. Stl'oelel"s percentages In yon I' and provide a thrill e\'en ill the duller pagos of p!'hlt. send llUckages of lleorlod foed and cloUling. The Pl'oposo..l was warmly edlto l'lal o t l\Iarch 20, this would This collection of flrty·li,'e games, each Olle a t'CCfl lVl';fI nnll ~p. veral ... urll 11omA'" :He alrp.R fly nn Onr llRL ~ive White 51.8 ooinh and H1 ~(O k gem In its own fasbloll, covering t he Ileriod fl' OIll The 1948 General Assembly will he held \l.t Stockholm at the Invi ta 48.2 points ellch 100 games. 1929 , to Denkcl"S exciting dl'aw with Botvlnnik at tion of Folke R ogard who represen ted the scandinavian zone. M, F. A.i'WERSON, Gl'onlngen In ]946, has II ga.me to s uit every taste; Ra pl'] City, So. Dakot.a nud the readel' has the euviahle pleasure ot both Morc III a future article about the delegates and their countries, \l.lso about the new system or zonal and interzonal competition fol' til e world enjoying and leal'nlng (the perfect combination) as Dear SII'; llG Illays over the text. clmmplonsitip, May I oHer the s uggestion that Not the least ot the value a nd charm of this a completely logical National llook Is the shoJ't prerace to each game . l' elatIng ill Chamilionsilill 'fonruament could be Denkel"S Quaint humorous atyle the evnl1mlloll th .. held o n tIle basis that the winner a u thol' gives tho gume, the c rillcal backgl'ouod :Jo, . ..A '(;I.e"" S crapboot in a n elimination contest among ng~.inst which ic was playetl. and ofte n an illuminat State Champlous ooly, woul d ,be a Ing nOle upon hig parUcular opponent In Ihe eocouut Quo/a/jails /rolll Club Pllblical;OIli most easily recognized National . , el'. In lhe I!teratul'e or chess devo ted to game collec Monlgcm,!,.., Major Champion. tions, tew bookS have been produced u.s readahle Someone has said that Chess Clubs are' full of willing people; some and at the sa mo tittle as enlightening. It you m ust wilo Rre willing to work and others who are willing to let them. H, C. LE ONARD \ :play chess, t his is a book you wl11 enjoy. - A. E. P lueddemann In FIrestone Chess. &. Che cker Club Bu ll etin. Oshkosh, Wisconsin Page S «l)ess Cite / A",ust 20, 1947 ::lor 5he 5ournament-minded .1 U&wt JO.srl>ltl"~r 1 2nd Ohio Chess Congress Of Ohio Chess A ••' n Columbus, Ohto Players must register before lloon Saturday at Columbus Central YMCA, as play begins 12:00 noon. Entry fee $5.00 to OCA members; write J. Ebe~ l e BrowlI, 2064 Bunts PERUVIAN JUNIOR CH ESS PLAYER Photo: Cou.t.s, Harrlt.bu." (Pa.) T,I'lIf\&ph • Road, Lakewood 7, Ohio, Juniot and Woman's championstdps also. Julio Sum'" COUT}" (it/t), 11K /iltttn ~'" old Pt,u.,;"n pl",t" is ,,,Uing ...itlr J. w. Slcr~"'(ln (Jt4Jttl Itlt) I.,.-t, C4./ Mill", .hllt John Fmtth (ltll), I."th in thr cIKu tireits 0/ Prru. Hrrt ht tIIg .. ,rl Onr oj the Jlrongrr p/qcH oj the pcesidttU of H anisburl Club, and C. Zcid«, presidt:nt of Eliubrthtown Club, Cluh dt Aird'~ dr Lim", M",io lA/",t .. Vinets (,ighl). SWd., the &amt. AUgUlt JO.stpum~r 1 Southwestern Ope n Tourna ment Fort Worth, TeJCas 5he Corfu. Ch~li Che•• Cfut Open to all clless players; ent ry men w!.o Work ::lor Chm fee to bo announced later; address By A. Creighton Frank R. Craves, 960 E. Mulkey, J. By Johll D. Frt:lIch Fort Worth, Tex. Tournament held Vier·P'tlidtnt, Tn.. , ehas Alloci.. tion In Longhorn"" Ropm of Tcxas Hotel HE a nnals of the lloor Itre short and simple. The present Corpus Joseph W. Stevenson T Cluisti Chess Clull was first organized ill 1!)39 and received its f~ will not hear you say c heck, but he can see It coming and usually August JO.Stpltmhc, 1 Inltlnl Impe tus fl"olll un Incldont bord~rl n g on lilt! romnlitic. In that H counters with n driving altack that w ill have you s hlrUng your Pennsylvania State Championship year 1\1lss Susan Pellenglll, daughter of Samuel J . Pellenglll ot South Own King long botol·c you can put your plan In o ileration. H e, In thla Allentown, Penna. Deud, Indiana, was visltlug In Corpus Christi and through a rellorter's Cll8e, Is Josellh W. Stevenson, late of Cal'lI sle (PaJ, and now in Fred Open to Pennsylvanioa. players; error she was quoted nil taylng thal Bhe had played Capablanca and erick (!old.). will be held at Amerlcu8 Hotel tn would like to meet all comera. Actually Miss Pettengill was referring Sieve Is stone deaf: hus been s lncc he W/I I U ycars old. That Allentown with Lehigh Valley to her lalber's assoc1atlon with the llOted Cuban but stimulated both doosn't. stop him (I·om beln&" one of the upper half ot Pennsylvania'. Chess Club as bOlt. Entry fee not by thts announcement n nd the young lally's picture:, cheu players plllyel'B and olle ot Ule top correspondence players In the country. annonnced. poured from behind every Ilnlm tree. Over fifty players showed up for flight now Joseph hnll the euUre (!) s tudeut body ot the l\1&rylaud the exhibition and Susan "ery graciously tl"lcd to rectify the error by School tOI· the Dca! (Froderlck, Md.) phlylng chess. And that Is where August JO.scpttm~r 7 lliuylng CUCll olle in turn. That night the COqlUS Chr·ist! c lub was thel·o -.\-as no chcss bofore, New York State Tourna ment organized with -Jobu 001<1011\1\ (rom New York as Ilrcsldont and A. J. Steve Is a loug·llllle flgul'e In Penllsylvanla chf;lss.. He Is a. Dlrec· Endicott, N, Y. Glererd as vlce·prcsldent. tor of the Uulled Statell Chess lo'edel'Ullun, !lnd tile Treaaurer of the Opcn to ell1llayerll. Write to Har· From that Ume to the pI·esent the Corpus Club has had a con· Pennsylvania State Chess Federatloll. H e was a key man In starting old Thayer qf Vestal, N. Y. for de· Unuous existence and has twice beon bost to the Texas Chess Asso the Harrisburg and Cumberland Va lley ClUbs. taUs. To be held at the J. B. M. ciation In Its annual tournament III Septombel". This year the climax An Intense 6tudem of lhe game, he tends to become a bit ner\'OUS Country Club. or nearly a dccarde ot activity was reached when the 1000:al club en· In ovor·tile-board Illay, but Is mUI·derOIiIi in correspondence. CCLA tertalned Uae United ~tates Chess Federation August 111-23. I"tIles him ·'AA" ;J lld In 1\ rather new, indellendcnt correspondence group, A"gull JO.stptrm~' 1 Steve led the neld with :l0 wins. and not n s ingle loss Or draw! New England Championship A rO I·ester by 1)I·o(eIl610I), Sle\'e lost n ut In one of UlOS0 llolitical Tournament U. S. OPEN TOURNAMENT- CONTESTA~TS shirts ill Pennsylvanhl which spread Into such 1I0n·lloJltlcal branches 60ston, Man. Weaver W. Adams IAmbroise D. Gring Paul Poschel ot government a8 conllCI·vatloll alltl fores try. An accredited teacher, OPell to all New England players: I unu.,r I"'" ClIon 01 "umo Lo. Ik
86 Players Contest in U.S. Open
