:EBRUARY 1947
COLLEGIAN
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35 CENTS
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~ E YEAR $3.75 HE C HESSMEN pictured at t he left T are molded of genuine Tenite the fi nest pl ast ic material obtainable. StUl'dy and pl"klCtical, t hey wil! stand hard usage. The men Standa rd Si>:e; This size is Intended fol' us .. on boards with 1*", 2 ~ 01" :n lJ~ squares. In tile plloto at tile ,e ft, II lan Student S il.e: This size is inbmtled for U!lf Oil hoanls with l 'h~ . 1%" or l* w squarel!. King height 2%". Base diame ter: 1,.',, ". Both sizes are available In Black an{ h'ory or Heel and Ivory as WHeel below. FINEST QUALITY - AMERICAN MADE PLASTIC CH SSMEN STANDARD SIZE SETS : F or dimensions a nd details of t he se sets, seo description above. No. 125 CIll ack & Ivory) 01' No. 126 (Red & Ivol'Y); Complete set of standard size chessmen, weighted a nd fe lted, In De Luxo leatherette over wood fra me bo)(. lied wooll divisi ons and clo th plldded lid. Attrllcllvely e mbossed . . , .. _ $11.50 No. 80 (Black & Ivory) or No. 81 CUed & [vory): Complete set of stnndard s ize or No. 126 chessmen. weighted and fel ted. in Standard Sll.c Set in De LUli e Box t wo section simulated leather elise $6.95 No. 1(}() (Black & Ivory) or No, 101 ( Red &. Ivory): Complete set of s tandard size 70 or No. 71 chessmen, NOT weighted and NOT felted, Student Si>: e Set i n 2·Seet ion Sal( In cardboard box , with Instruc· t ionll for weighting. t h o men .... $1.50 STUDENT SIZE SETS: F or d imensions, lIee description at lOp. No. 70 (Black & Ivory) or No. 11 (Hed & Ivory); Complete set of student s ize chessmen. weighted and felte d. In two section almulated leHlher cllse $4.95 No. 35 (Bla ck &. Ivory) or No. 36 (Red & Ivory): Complete set of student size NO. 80 or No. 81 chessmen, weighted and felted, In Standard Si2:e Set in 2·S~c ti on Box cal"dboard box...... $1.50 Student Si >:e Set in Ca rdboard 8 0_ CHESS REVIEW ' Hf "'UI/,., ( HUS Al AGllllNf [OilED " PU8LI SifED BY I. A. Horowitz &. Kenneth Harkness INDEX -EATURES icture Guide to Chese . , . . ... 27 ales of a Wood pusher ..... , .. ,1 4 his Made Chen History ...... 16 FACING THE FACTS It seems obvious tb.at we cannot just . S. Championship Game,...... 10 divide the map of the Unjted States up AST mOll th. in this s pace, we began into small geogl"nj)hlcal sections, hold a EPARTMENTS L a discussion of U. S. Chess Cham· tournament in each section and QUa lify I,)ions hlp procedure and made sOllie s ug· , lIess Caviar ...... 9 a n equal 01' random lIumber o[ players Chen Movies ...... __. .. . 20 gealioll s concerning the IHun ber ot com· from each tournament. , . petltol1l a nd the seeding or mastel'S. ,Game of th.e Month ...... 18 E ven if It were possible to hold COli' We recommended that twenty players ~Games from Recent Events .. . . 22 tests In h u ndreds of small a reas, these compete fOl' the cilamplonshlp In ]948, praph lc Endil'lgs ...... , ...... ,13 could only be pl'elimlnal'y contests, to Including twelve seeded muSlers. As Jt ('ostal Chen ...... 31 be fo llowed by seml·rina l toul"llamen(s. Is unlikely, however, that more than ten eaders' Games ...... _.... ,37 Wherc, then, wJJJ the semi·finals b. e of the seeded masters would actually olitaire Chess ...... , ...... 39 held? ])Iny, there would be room fOl' at least he World of Cheu .. ' " .. ' .... 5 ten unseeded l)layel"s. To 1Ulswel' these ques tions intelllgenlly To decide how candldlltes s hould be we Inust be I) rovlded wi th statistics on the chess pOl) ulatlon of the United E DITORS quaurled fOI" the U. S. Championship Is • not cnsy. In considering the problem, It S ta tes. \Ve must know the relative d is· I. A. H orowitz pos ition o r chessplayel's throughout the Kenneth H ark neu Is well to bear in m ill d these Important obJectives: coun try. ASSOCIATE E DITORS 1. 'fhe qUalifying tourname nts should As a public service to organized c hess. Jack Str aley RAuell we have prel)are d a statistical survey Jolm C. Rather be held under serious conditions fOl' the so le j) \II"I)()se of enabling stl'ong 1)layers ot this type. based on tbe national c ireu" CO NTRI BUTI NG EDITORS to compete fO I' Lbe l'ight to piny In tbe lation Of this magazine. Rcu~n I-'" e. Alber!. S. Pinkus, J. W. Collins Championship. Anticipating the cl'jUelsm that OUI" 2. The tournaments s hOUld be he ld in circulation is not an nccuI"Rte base for General Office.: 250 West 51th Street, dlffe l'e nt pa rts o( the United States to such a survey, let till pOint out these New York 19, N. y, Sale. Department facts: (Room 1~2~) open dally, except S ... n mu.ke It possible fm' candl ISS, UVIEW, FE BRUAR Y, 1947 1 T h e North Eastern Area includes, In CHESS POPULATION OF THE UNITeD STATES ol"(le)· of phess population, New York, Pen 1\ s y I van I ", New Jersey, .Massa c hnsetts, ConnectIcut, Washington D. C .. Maryland. Virginia. New Hampshire. Hhode Island, "·lest Virginia, Maine, Vel'· mont , l)elaware. The North Central Area includes 111 · Inols, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wiscon· sin, Mhmesola, Missom·i. Io wa, Ken Ulcky. The Western Area includes California. W!lsh ington, O regon, Nevada. T he ''101;t majority of a ll (·hessplayer6 reside In lhese three areas. O nly 10A % 11\'e e lsewhe re (2.2% in Texas, 1.1% In I"lorlda. 0. 9% In Colo rado, 0.8% In NOI·lh Carolina, 0.6% in Kansas, 4.8% In the remaining 17 States.) It can be seen, thereiore. that II Qual!fylng tou!"!m men t s are held in New Yorl!, Chicago and Los Ange les (or Stu: J-' l"Hllclsco), a lmost 90% of the' U. S o.; hess I)opuiation wOll ld he given a C01\ \'e nient oJlPortunity to compete. 54<;( li ve withI n II )·IHl1us of 300 m iles frm! 10.4" ' Now York Another 22.3 % live within -100 mIles of Chicago. The d istan ces in Almost 90% of America', chessp layerl l ive in the three shaded areal sh own on the \V e/!tflfll Area a re greater, but It 1 th l5 m ap. T he re main ing 10% liv e in the un shaded area. If qualifyi ng tournament! mUll! he remembere(1 that the vas I ma were held i n New York, C hicago and Ca lifornia, about 90% of u. S, p layer . cou ld jority or the players In this area li ve in compete w it hout travell ing far f rom t hei r homes. California. The next stflP is to see what clln b4: done about the remaining 10.4 % In Z! to face the fael" lUI they exist. We cun and see what Ilercentage of pla yers will S tates outside the t h ree (Iensely popu work towards a better distri bution of then be reached. lated areM. Allhough these playe,·s rep chess IlopulaUon by I)I'Om oting t he game Fact No.2. Almost 90% of American resent on ly a "mall IlCrcentage of thE everywhere. encouraging S llIte allli reo c hessil luyel·s live in three iu·eas of the lotal, t heir actual nu mber Is lal·ge. Need gional organiZat ions. holding lhe U. S. United States, as shown III dlagrnm 1 lesl! to SIlY. all a'·e entitled to take paM Open and olhe r tou rname nts In var ious on this page tt nd In tile tuble below : In co m petitlon for tbe U. S. Cham plon localities. Bul the U. S. Championship Area Percent. 01 P ereent. o f II h lp. its and seml·ri llal qualifying to urnaments U. S. Cheu U. S. T o ta l Unfol"tu nately, it Is not feasible u: s hould be he ld where moit ' trong chess Pop u lation P opuill tion llIake It con ven ient fo.· the residents 01 player. live. .\:"rlh I ·;""l~'''r'' .. ';;1.0% ...... 32.2'-'" these 22 StateR to play in q lla 1ifylll~ N"orlh Centrlll ... 22.3% ...... •.. . 28. 3% \\',,-'<1(" ·" ...... J:\.3% ...... 7 . ~ ~ 10Ul·na.mellts. Th is 10.4 % of the cllesE 11() lmlntloll I" scattered o\'er an enO!"UlOIl~ 'l"otulg . ... S9 .6% ...... G7.9'~ portion of the U n Ited States. CH ES S POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES TOI"I" .... G'.2% ...... H.l % ZONE 3 ZONE 2 T h ill t able s howil that c hess Ilopnla tJ OIl does not follow ge neral pO lllllatlon 15Y, "/. 28 % figurcs. This I!< parUcula l·ly t rue o f New York, Culirornln, New .Jc rSOY I\.nd Mail' sachusetts. As a large lIlajority o f American ehes!! players Ilve III l hese eight States, the fi l"!!t stell ill determini ng whe re to hold qUalifying tonrnamentJ; III to divide these States into t h ree geogrnllillenl groUI)S. I n t he fi rst g rou l' we call include New York, Pellns ylvanla. New .Iersey and Massll.c h usetts- ll ll F.lIster n Stlltes. In the second group we (·Hn III li ce JlJlnols, Ohio and Ml chlgan- ull r easonably cloae ta gether. California Is a SeplLl"nte locality The Un it ed States can be d ivided Into three zones, with one of the de nsel y popu. by Itself. 2 lated shaded a reas of diag ram 1 In each zone. The figllres show t he proportion The next logical step Is to add neal·· of chessplayers in the three zones. These porcentages can be used to determine the by Stat es to each of t hese throe g.·OUIlIi nllmber of qllalifie rs from each zone. 2 CHESS REVIEW, fEBRUARY, 1 9~1 In ~ ome lo cll ll t l e~ , 1' ~1I"tlc uludy in Te~:Ii', c hess is ex t ~ m el y we ll orga n ized. [t would. o f cO lll'~e, be I}()ssible to hold 10urnn llLe nts ill s uch locn lit ies. bu t only a smnll pe rcenta ge or the c h es~ popula · 301m tion 1I'0uili be rcachel!. ~'o r in;;(:II1('e. if :l tou r nament we rc hel'! in Texas. >!c r \'i ng an rl l'Ca. Inchldlng Alaba ma, Arkallll a ll , 1.(1 \1 i8inllll., hli.slIil!. sippi. Oll la hol1l a and 'J'cxa s ilself, n. laq;u num ber of Il laye !';; {,oull l ('olll]lete. but all ilH! pla yer;; in Ihi;; a ren would )·e p· I~nt o nly ·I<'J, o f Ihf: tOlal U. S. chellil llOllul:Hlon. Thit. wou ld not be sufficie nt to ju~t!ry tlll'ett qualificntion Into the U. S. C hnlllj)i o n ~ hIJl oj' Il I'en on e p laye r. For t he time being, thereroro, It would seem :uh'isalJl e 1,0 hold (jualifying tou r· na nlcnt;; o nly in thll t h NJC d e nsely llOllII. b lcd nt'e:l!> a nd ind le the s lt'onges t p lay· 0 0 0 ers from I'cgions out>liile t h080 a l'oas to lJDl/BUlJ1lAl $5.00 tom l ~ t ti In the neare.; L St!III I· Fi nal tour· namonl- :Il :- ""Us REV IEW, FE BR U .... RY , 1941 luUon would ]) Iace 75% of t hem In Zon I, [0% [n ZOlle 2, 15% In Zono 3. We do not numn. o[ eOIll·IIC. thnt th CHESS BOARDS r~ ]lI 'e lj(Hlllltioll in the ChallllJl olIShl1 " lIQu id bf' o n the bash! of the dl ('~s IIllI IeI' pOIHl lation, We Hug){ellt, howCver thaL thli< l'O llllll'Olllise be mari e; Seed t he tO I) "anklng master,. IIlIO t h final,. aud Quali fy tho remalulng pl;lyer [rom semi , final tournaments In the thl'e 7.ones In the Hpproxlmllle IJrOportlon 0 the U, ~, "hess I)OI)ll laOol1 In t hese zone VOl' In ~ t a n"e, If ('Ieven pla ce~ are open quali fy six fl'o lll Zone l. three frOI Zone 2, t wo from Zone 3. This II1l 0une n t wouhl b e only rOl' th 19-18 C hallllJlon~hl p , If condltlolls chunge as we hope they will , the I'e presentnllo from the ... OIlt'S s hould be challged II ,"ol'dlngly, NaLIll'Rl1 r , our suggesllons nre olle n debate, T he fi nal decision rests with th (:hesslllnyel'S of thlll COI1l1U'y alHI wit their re])J'esenlat"'es, the dlJ 'edo r ~ of t h SOLID MAPLE WALNUT VENEERED F , S, C h es~ .~c 213 ______23 ~ x 23" ______2 %" ______$12.50 COVER PHOTO LIGHT WEIGHT 214 ______2& " x 26" ______2~ - ______$15.00 FOLDING BOARD N O, 200-Ught weight c lot h·co vered fold· Ing bOlll'd with c lot h h inge, Playing sur· fnce of Ilumble kraft with green nnd buff S(lual'es. Good value. 81 ... e IG ~N x 16%" with 2" S(ll1areS ______ONLY $ 1.00 HEAVY WEIGHT FOLDING BOARD No, 204-Exlra hen I' )' (double s tll.lldard weight) fo ldi ng bonn l, ~~ H t h ick, COl'ered inside IIlld out with best (IUality d iced· L grain blnc k c loth, Gold dividing lincs between black and b urr squares, This is STANDARD WEIGHT the finllst and Illost durable fol d ing board FOLDING BOARDS Oil t he markel, Si ... e 18'h" x t8 'hH with """H ' ~ S ,[ uales. __ • __ .4 ______4_ __ __ '55, . ~ 'j ne quality (o ldlng boards, cOI'erc !! In ~ jd e a nd out with blnc k, dlced·grain c loth. Pl aying surface has b\lff and bl[lck PAPER BOARD lNU 4 CHESS RE VIlW, FEBRUARY, 1!1 CHESS Vol.15, No.2 REVIEW FEBRUARY 1947 .HI .",,,., e INTERNATIONAL Engli shman Wins at Hastings c. II. o'n. AI ... x",,,I"'r triu!l1l.he" in this inl('rnntional m~Sle r" 1'''lrnall,,'nl. Alexan,le l' llla,I,· hi" 1<,1<",",-",,, ("'rfain alld ('olll'inf'ing. \Vith two I"OlIn'l~ In ,1:"0. he had but OIlP ,Inl,,". with 1-1. nolollIbek, against hi" 1"'rr.·, '1 ,'O',-.onl. II'm. Sill'!, of at lea ~ t it lie for rir"t. 1-/" der.. "tp.! Ca nMln'H nail Yanofslly (I e ciijil'c ly to d i1H;h rir,,1 111']( .... in the llC n llltimah' rou nd. Anli·,·lim:l,·1.i,·"lly. he th,,)) lost to Dr. Sal"lpll)" Tal'("ko\-"I'. 1.0 finish wilh a SPOI"p or ,,'-"ell and II half to one and ;\ half, Dr. T;II'l:1l(f)v~·r. who WOll tilf' I la~tillg-~ tournanwllt la~l y~·"r. 1.la<'eoi ~e'·"'ld. OtH' 1)OI nt br illnd Al c xand('r. A ll in"C\ f'rale hl gh·pl,..... WilllWI" " inn' the W<\1·. '1',,,'1.,111 ' (IH>r thro·;oh·1WoI f')1" a IiUlf' to win \hi~ 101lm ,l m(> I1 \. bill fi n ally nppoIpd his la~t rol1nd win from Ihe Ic ader to ~p .. un: ~cc ond pl n,· p. I·'or h ... hall lo;;t to hi !'. fello\\" ~o ll nl l"yman. the Io' I'<' n('h Ch'lml'ion. :\1. lI ai ~mnn. allli both G. ~. Guolrtlllr](I~~on of IFid, W ed'! PhMM l ~ pb lH I and D. A , Yanofsky \\'()l"1' (J ll ly A le xi'lnder st udies move (against W ood) in 1st round at Hast ings. a )10;,,1 Iwhiml h im n~ thl' I'l~t rou lHl startp(] , 'I i ~apilo i ntlll c nt lo h ill Norlh An"'I'i"iI'l ~ i lH"" 11iH fllal't at nroninj:!cn. Yanof~ky Glillmllllll ~~ oll. :I ~'olllp:lrati"p IICW· ff)lIo\\' i' r~. Ill' harl rOllRf'd high hOPPfl by dre w two g,,])1,,~ \\'ilh Iilil·end"rs in t1li~ fO Uler In int" rnallonal ~·hess. plnyc .1 Iri~ ~ph-tl,!i<1 ... ·'·"1'<1 abroad: hl~ "i<-lm'y lunl'llam ... n t. :on,1 :O,!!:lin wilh G. ,\b"'lham~ 5te~ d il y th,."llgh()l1l IIIP IOllrnnmpnl ami o,'cr lJot" hwik ill Grollingl'n. hi" <11''',," in th" ~'nr("\lll la ~ t. round. Ye t h e lost made SlIr{' of Ihi,.,1 pla'·p. with 'I I<<'ore In j pnl<·tl~·(' matdl with :\len(\('1 l\"jdurf only to tIlE' O' Olll jlwring AI('xllmier and ol5ix to thl'('.... b," d e f ... ,lIill,!! H. Golom alld Ili~ flll'"(" rf; S C ~ in tourt1anWnl~ at finisl,ed Inlll"lli with thf' plus ii .;ore nf bek in Ilw final rOllnd. ,\ .. hOIi. ZlIl"kh and na .. relolHt. ~tal"'l I'''''' fh'" and a h'rlf to thr(>e alHI a half . r~lIofsk y'~ play Wa~ HomNhitlj:! of a )'ap;; b)' h!~ forty·two IOllrllam€ IH J<::tIlII'S G. Abraham;; > CHi!S R£VI£W. FE BR U AR Y. 1947 5 point behind Samuel Reshevsky, equal with Paul Keres and a half point ahead ,If;' UNITED STATES of Heuben F ine and Salo Flohr. Alekhine had observed Alexander's play closely throughout the tournament, declared his NATIONAL EVENTS sllccess I"ully deseryed and that he might College Try even have finished first, had fortu ne Competition in the Intercollegiate favored him In a spot or two. Team Tournament was unexpectedly ParticuhLrly iml)resslve in ]937·8 was dose. The decision was in doubt until Alexander's coolness In t he thrilling last the last match was over. In the end, how· l·o\lIld. As the round began. Reshevsky. ever, powerful College of the City of Keres and Alexander were sepal·ated New York was in first place by the each by only a half point. Keres, playing narrow margin or one point. \Vhite against Heshevsky. castled queen· Pre·tournament favorites in this Christ· side, stl"oye energetically for a win and Inas event helo in Columbia's John Jay fOl" a while it seemed that anything Hall. C.C.N.Y. had a well·balanced aggre· might happen. i\I eanwhile, Alexander, who gation. Arthur Disguier was captain; had to judge constantly and carefully Morton Schaffer, Daniel Marro, Eugene his chances for both second and third Shapiro, Julius Partos and H1chard Ein· place, was forced to defend against an horn, t he other players. The New Yorkers even more violent White attack by V. drew only one match, lost none. Their :Mikenas of Lithuania. Imperturbably, chief opposition was from runner·up hOWeye l·, Alexander demonstrated the Brooklyn College. The latler took the unsoundness of Mikenas' assault and lead in the fIrst round with a clean·cut, won- to tie K e res aHer Heshevsky had 4·0 victory over Princeton while City Col· forced a draw in thell" game. lege (IT·opped half a point to Yale. Brook· Alexander will be remembered favor· lyn increased its point lead in the second ably by many CHESS REVIEW readers Photo #, fl,;!; .,h Combin, and third rounds, then maIntained It by J for his attendance at \Vashington and G. S. Gudmu ndsson, comparative new· drawing with City College. The break New York chess clubs during his vIsIt to co mer. ca me in the sixth round when Yale held tile United States in 1944. Brooklyn to a tie and C.C.N.Y . blanked During the past year. he created a real N. Y. U. (Heights). Although the going sensation by his games against Bot yin· date waits on announcement of state and was stili tough, the Lavender team was nlk in the radio match between the regIonal lOUl"llaments t hat might other· never headed thereafter and went on to U. S. S. R. and the United Kingdom . He wise conflIct. Play will be in New York. take the title. won one game and lost th{\ other only The arrangements have been confirm· T hirteen colleges entered to make this after narrowly mising a win. Even so ed officially by cable from the sponsor· the biggest· college event in recent years. his victory at Hastings comes as a sur· ing bodies, the U. S. Chess Federation, the The tournament was run on a modified pl·lge- for It follows a rather poor show· American R ussian Institute, the Match Swiss system, product of the fertile ing in the recent British Championship Com mittee and CHESS REVIEW. The imagination of lII ilton Finkelstein. An In which h e scored only six to five to cable invites N ikolai Homanov, Cha!r old hand I1t running chess events, Finkel· place fifth. man of t h e All·Soyiets Committee on ~te i n , who is a faculty member of the Physical Culture and Sports, to visit for Bronx High School of Science, arranged • • • three weeks with a party of twenty, In matters so that the top teams were al· In the Premier Heserves, twenty-nine cluding t he team, for the match and an ways in competition. Each round the low. candidates, equally graded, played in exhIbition tour of American cities. The est ranking team, which had not preyi· three co·sectlons. U. S . State Department has approved ously had a bye, remained out of play. Section A included sucb notables as the pl·oject. Since there was t ime for only eight E. Znosko·Borovsky (who applied too rounds , it was possible for t he chief con· late lor the masters diviSion) , former tenders to meet only the toughest teams. Irish Champion, J. J. O'Hanlon, R. H . T he sh ortness of the playing sessions Newman of London and Marcel Barzln ma de it necessary to adjudicate games of Belgium. ill. Barzin is well· known in after four hours. 1>'or this purpose Finkel· America [or h is play in several strong stein called forth an imposing alTay 01 Marsha ll Club ChampionshIps and for local talent to function as Judges. At one· his excel1ent score (]O-7 to tIe for Sth- t ime or another. J erry Donovan. Carl PW 11th place) in the U. S. Open Champion nick, Jack Soudakoff. Sol Weinstock an ~ sh ip at Boston in 1944. In section A, H. Leonard Meyer took a hand in thi~ Van Steenls and Znosko-Borovsky tied arduous labor. John D. FI·ench o[ H arris1 for first at 7·2; and Dr. K. Hirsch a nd bUrg, Pennsylvania, was refe!·ee. : R. H. Newman tied for third at 5 'A.J-3 'A.J. Despite the array of talent on firs! In section B, the writers, E. G. Ser· board which included Robert Byrne, Wall geant and P . Wenman lagged behind tel' Shipman. Disguier, Julius Kellson and] C. l. Crown, flrst with 6'h·l'h, A. H. D. others, several SU r prising tlpsets were! Thomas, second with 6 - 2, and Mich ael recol·ded. Howard Hemstein of Rutger ~ Yatron of Heading, Pennsylvania, t h ird put up an amazing defense to B!SgUler'l witIlS-3. speculative attack . winning a tragi·coml In section C, the famil iar names of battle in which his King jomneyed u;j W. Rltson·Morry and P. S. Milner-Barry QD6 and back again unharmed. Shipmll. I figured in a tie for first at 7 . 3 and E . (Columbia) was beaten by Stanley Weln Spanjaar placed third nt 6 - 3. stein of N.Y.U. (Washington Square) i Il.. nip·and-tuck encounter. Even Shi man·s snappy defeat of Byrne was \\ Official Invitation to Chess e xpected. Plans [or the 1947 U. S. ys USSR team LeadIng scorers were: 1. Shipma match are progressing. On request of (Columbia) and Byrne (Yale) 6·2; the Soviets, the match is scheduled for Schaffer (C.C.N.Y.) 7-1; 3. Alva Larse la te in August. It wlll take ten days, as Photo b, R,;,;,h Comb;", (Yale) 7·1: 4. I. Fleischer (Brooklyn four rounds wl11 be played. T h e e xact Dan Ya nofsky disappoints . 7th-'h. ~ ~ "D ' V 1 ' TEAM STANDINGS C.C.N,Y ...... 25 · 7 • Brooklyn . .... _ ...... 24 • 8 Yule ,., ...... _ ...... 18lh·1 31h Columbia ...... 171h·I ·, 'h N,Y,II. (Square) , . 17'h·14'h P rlnt'Oton ", ,15 -17 COl'n(' lI " " ,, 13 ·19 (;001)1) 1' l lnion . _.,. 12 ·20 N.Y,\". (Heights) "". 11 'h·201h \'ellhlva .... _...... 11 · 21 Hnnlll"(l .... __ ...... 10'h·21 'h Stevf!!)!! ...... IO'h·21'h RlItgf!"1I ...... (; ·26 Tallend Rutgers holds o ne d istinetion. Its membe ra are the only college phess squad known to have recelvml varsity leth)!'" fO!' their !wtivity. A rapid traulIll tOUrlUlmflnt held at the eond uilion o f the lea m event was won by Bisg\ller wil l!. a eleau IIcore of 5·0 in lhe fi nals. 1·le had previously qualified with 6·0 from one of l hree preliminary sections. S hipman a'HI Ke l1 son tied for second and third. ,·lays was fourth with 2·3, while 1;'lI ucher and Sc haffel' brought up the rell r with ) '/~ ·3'h eudl, Geor'ge ,\oltllnowski gave 1\ simultane ous exhibition aga inst the college Il la y· ers, II c h lovlng II fi nal result or fifteen wi ns, ten cl r'aws and two lossos a ft e r' II AI P.h. hard s U'uggie, Kelvin Domovs and I . BULL SESSION Robert Byrne (Yale ) and Julian Leavitt ( Harvard), both seated, Flelschel', both of Brooklyn College, wer'e ana lyze while ( left to right) J oseph Faucher ( Princet on), Robert the winner"', Brimbe rg (Ya le) , Cha rle, RourKe ( Princet on) and Pet er Rado ( Harvard) Kibitz. H,Y.P. Way Down South Judging from the turnout at Pittsburg Fllmillar' l'I \' ull")' in the Harvurd·Yale · In keelltng wilh the Ilolicy of hohllng la st yea,', the Ope n has become Amerl· Princeton Chess League was resumed Important tourn,lmelllS III ~'arl o lls sec ('a'lI o utstanding Ilopular c hellS e vent. It last Chr h;t mas when the tenms met fOI' tions o f the cou ntry. t he U.S. Chess F ed· gives players or a ll classes an oppor tbelr a n ll ual ma lc hes a t the Ma rshall e ratlon has accepte d the Invitation of t unity to cr oss swords willI mallters a nd Chess Club. Wit h Hober'l nYl"lle playing t he COI"j)Us Clnlstl C hess Clu b and the experts. In t he past it hall been the on firs t board, Yale seemed to ha\'e ex· Texas State Chess AS liodation to hold testing ground for many young talents, ~' In e, Heshevsky, Horowitz, Denkel' aud cellent c!Ht1H~ e S to gain Il() S~ess ion of the ,18th Annual U.S. Open C hampionshIp the Behlen·St ephens trophy. Har\'nnl lit CO rpus Christ i, T OX!16 next July 11th others gained valullble experience and pro\'ed It worthy opponent. however. The to 26th, sOllle of their early triumphs in this open 1\\'0 tel Hll ~ IIr'ell' wi t h Ollf> anothOr and Once before Texas \l'llS hosl to t he ('Ollll.etition. Lalit yenr, nn intere8t1ng both bent Pr'ln("eton 2'A1·1 'AI. A play-orr O pon TOUr nament. In 19,12, Hermnn featu"e wa s the extreme youth of the has been arra nged for thll< Mar'CIl. Steiner III)< ] Da n Ya n of~ky II lull-ed the ('omIJe t itors. }-'ifteen were e ighteen years Next year Dal·tmouth and Columbia, title In t he tOllme)' he le! al Dallas u nde r ole! Or less! If the 1947 fixture follows former h~llgue member'fl. will be Invited t he di rection of J. C. T hompson. s pa rk. the trerul. tho U. S. O pen will make to p"rlklpll te III the event. pili,. of Texns che ss organl1.atlon. ",he~s history. AI P.h" AI Pd" GIANTKILLERS S t a nle), W einstein (l eft) of N.Y.U. SOLONS S t ruggling w ith k notty prob le ms a re ( le ft ( Washington Square) .. nd Howard to right) Mil t on F inkelstein, tournament Be rnstein of Rutgers were the g iantkillers of the t our_ d ir ector, Carl Pilnle k a nd J ohn D. Fre nch, referee, Due "ament, up,etting t opnotcher s Shipman and Blsguier t o curtailed p laying time, adjudication, were a vital fac_ respectively in adventurous, hotly contested games, t or in deciding many a tight struggle, otten e ve n a mat ch. CHUS REVIEW, F£8RUARY, 1947 7 Final Fiqures Readers of CHESS REVIEW contrIb y. LATIN AMERICA uted a grand total of $8,144.95 to the 6th U. S. Chess Championship Tournament Argentina. Jui!o Bolbochan is new na· Fund. The number of contributions was ti onal champion. At Buenos Aires, he out 498 but many of these were In the names pointed mOllt of Argentina's seasoned of clubs or other groups. . masters, includ!J!g last year's champion, 456 of these contributions, amounting Herman Pilnik. Bolbochan is only 26, to $8,307.45, were acknowledged in the the younger brother of Jacobo, well· January issue of CHESS HEVIEW. Un known for' his competition in the Inter· fortunately, the name of one contributor, national Team T ournaments. Young Jul!o \. S . Turover of Bethesda, Md., was has eQual talent for positional and tac omitted f!'om the list by error. TUrover tical games and his admirers predict a • gave $500.00 to the fund and this amount bright futUre for him. was included in lhe acknowledged total. The prizewinners in the event were: The remaining 42 contributions are Julio Dolbochan 15 ·5 acknowledged below: Herman Pilni k 14 -6 21 Anonymous Contrlbutlons ...... $ 73.50 Jacobo Bolbochan 13 'h·6 % Twin City CC, Benton Ha rbo r, Mich. 10.00 Carlos Maderna 13'h-6'"h Newburyport CC, Newburyport, Mau. '.00 R. Sanguinetti .! 3 'h-6 '"h Dr. IYI . B. Be rger ...... 5.00 Hector Rossetto 13 -7 Capital City ce, Sacramento, Calif .. . 5.00 Om ar Hanten ...... 5.00 Chile. D!·. Tulio Pizzi made a fine reo A. T. Henderson ...... 5.00 Loull vllie ee, Loultville, Ky ...... 5.00 covery to win the Chaml)ionship of Chl1e H. Kaggen berller ...... '.00 Abe l Bomberauit, Dusquesne Club chef, in a set match with Jullo Salas Roma. Walter L. Lei ghton ...... ' .00 surprised T . M. Cheri l'lgtol'l (right) w ith Pizzi lost the first four games but fought J . B. Brown ...... ,.00 this cake. Preserved in chocolate and back, allowing his OPl)Onent only half E . Martin ...... ' .00 Lou is A. Mil ler ...... ,.00 val'liila icing 15 the fil'lal position of a a point in the r'emaining six, to win P. N. Pl enty ...... >'5<> game which the chef won from the latter 5'h-4%. Richard R. Beckner ...... 1.25 at Pittsburgh's Oowl'ltown YMCA. Here Don Nelson ...... 1.25 Peru. A new Latin prodigy In the per He rman F. Cohen ...... _...... ' .00 the loser al'ld W. Holbrook gleefully pre_ son of Julio Sumar has appeared, this pare to eat the incriminating evidence. H. Fink ...... >'00 time in Peru. Sumar Is only fourteen but Gary ee, Ga ry, Ind ...... '.00 W. F. Greenawa ll ...... >'00 a lready a strong player. Peruvians al"e W. L. Kort hen ...... >'00 reminded of International!st Esteban L. A. Peterson Nebraska. A Swiss system tournament ...... C." .. _'".00" for state cham pionship res ulted in a tie Canal who played successfully in Europe dUring the '20s and they believe that Tota l ...... $137.50 between AHren C. Ludwig and J ack Sumar is callable of equal greatness. PreviouslY acknowledge cl ..... $8,307.45 Spence, each having a SCO!'e of 4·1. Ap pllcation of the Sonneborn·Berger system Grancl Total ...... $8,444.95 gave the title to Ludwig. North Carolina. The North Carolina {~(. FOR E I G N Chess Association To \l rn a m en tat STATE AND REGIONAL CHESS Raleigh ended in a tie between H. S. Austria. A recent tou rnament at Vienna California. The first round of the Los Snyder and H. i\I. \Voods. Each scored was won by Lokvenc, 9-3. Grunfeld and Angeles j\letropolitan League matches 6-2. W. J. Peters was third with 5'"h·2%. Lounek tied for second and third. yielded the fo llowing results: Beverly Ok lahoma. Dr. Bela Rozsa of Tulsa won Bulgaria. The championship of Sofia Hills 3, State Employees 2; Hollywood the first annual Oklahoma C h~ss Asso was won by Newkirch wit h 10 points, Chess Group 5, Los Angeles Water and ciation Tournament with flve straight fo llowed by Ivanor with 8'"h points. Power 0; Hollywood Lasker team 5, wins. Robert Garver was r·unner·up with Czechoslovakia. Podgorny captured the \Vestwood 0; Santa i\lonica 3, Collegians 4·1. Twenty-two playe rs competed in the 2; Northrop 3%, Sawtelle Veterans 1 '"h. championship of Prague with a score of Swiss system tourney. Rozsa I'eceived It 9-2. K. Ur-banic was second with 7'h. The Hollywood Capablanca team a n d the cup donated by E. H. Gill. Pasadena Caltech teams did not play. Hu ngary. 'rhe famous internationalist, John Sperley won the Long Beach city Pennsylvan ia. \Villiam Byland was un L. Szabo. won the 1946 national cham· ch ampionship without a loss, scoring defe ated in the Metropolitan Pittsburgh pionship with the fine score of 15·2. He 7'"h -l'h. Fort, 6'"h·2'h, and Bardeley, 5 'h· Championship which he won 7 '"h.1 1,2 . was undefeated. Bakonyl and Gereben 3'"h, were other prize·winners in the tour 1. Firestone was second with 6lh·2lh. R. tled for second and third with 12-5. Last nament held In the Municipal Auditorium McCready took third place. year's champion, T . Florian (Feld mann). by the Long Beach Chess Club. Wash il'lgton, O. C. I. A. H orowitz play· could do no better than tie for fifth. Illinois. Paul Poschel, Illinois Junior ed a picked team of ten at the Washing Palestine. A short match between I. Champion, has also added the state title ton Chess Divan on J anuary 8. Each of Alon!. new Palestinian champion, and J. to his laurels. Taking their last round his opponents had two hours for 36 Foerdel' was won by the former, 3·2. game after two adjournments, h,e edged moves wh ile Horowitz' time did not ou t J ohn Nowak with a score of 6·1. The count. T he result was a resounding Poland. B. Sl!we, a 24 year old student, hecame the first postwar national cham unusual strength of the twenty eight triumph for the genial master. The final man field Is indicated by Albert Sand· IIcores: IJio n, scoring 15-6 at Sopot. Other scores: rin's failure to finish better than fifth. Players T eam Horowitz Gadalinski 14 '"h: Gruenfeld, Ploster 14. D. Mugrldge \I Switzerland. Dan Yanofsky won a small Kel'ltucky. Entry to the Indiana-Ohio S. Wagman " tournament at Zurich, scoring 3·0. M. Kentucky Intercollegiate Chess League M. Kurtz "0 "1 Christoffel was second with 1Ih-l'"h. is open to colleges and universities in E. Knopp 0 1 Yanofsky f1gUl'ed also for a tr'iple tie that area and student team matches are M. Stark 0 1 for first with Pachman and Opocensky played each month. P resent members are H. Berliner 0 1 at Arbon. each finished with 5-2. University of Loulsvllle, University of G. Thomas 0 1 Kentucky, and DePauw University of \V. Gray 0 1 Yugoslavia. Dr. Trlfunovlc retained the Indiana. Results of matches so far: R. Cantwell 0 1 n ational tiile in a tournament h eld at DePauw 6, I.oulsville 4; L ouisville 6, A. }'ox 0 1 Zagreb with a score of 13'"h·4 % . Gligoric Kentucky 4. The matches are played on - - was second with ]2 points, PIr'c and five boards in two rounds. 1 9 Tomovic had 11 points. 8 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1947 USSR CHAMPIONSHIP OwIng t o all alteratlon In cimmp!Ollsh!p qUalification. t he semlrtlluls tor the 15th ussn Championship were particularly hal~Hol1ghl. Only AbsolUle Chaml)lon BolvlllUik, Puul Keres, Vasllily SmYlllov and lIIaae Dolcslavsky were pC I'8o lulily invited t o ImrUcipate In the champIon ship_ All others, grandmft stcl1l Included, Miniature game. are the hor. d'oeuvre. or ehess. had to qualUy (,'om semltlnal tourna ments. De !< pite the presence or this New York, 1946 Berl in, 1864 added" competition, scvc.-al young Soviet playenl eal'lletl the right to play ror t heir M llstel's are seldom smother·mutet! [n A nderssen ea rned his reputation tor countl'Y'S tlUe. TOUrna ment, were Ileld shol't order. Pungent play produces a combl nntlve genius by his brusque hamll. last October anti November III Moscow, ,tartling finish to this orr·hand game. Inl; of lellser players. H ere h e r ebuffs Leningrad nnd Tbilis l (TUlIII). Q U EEN'S PAWN OPENING P"wn'grltbbing st rategy in high style. in l.enlng,'a!!, play WitS very close. Ed. Lasker I. HorowltJ: FALKBEER COUNTER GAMBIT Da\'ld B ronstein tiell tor first !llld second A. Ander.. en E. Seha l lop wIth Peter Dublnln. each w ith 11 'Aa-6 l,i. White Blltck White The latter is I~ young master whose ca· , P-Q4 N-KB3 8 PxP p ,p Black l'€er WIIH CU rtailed by the Wil l' d\ll'ing 2 N-K B3 P-Q4 9 N_QN5 B_ N5ch 1 P-K4 P-K4 7 Q-K2 Q)(KP whidl he ser ved at t ile fl·ont. T bl, was 3 P-K3 P-B4 10 B_Q2 0-0 2 P-KB4 P-Q4 8 P- Q4! QxQP his flrst SC I'[OIi S COml)cllllon following 4 P-B4 PxQP 11 B,B N,B 3 N-KB3 P)(KP 9 N-B3 N-KB3 his delnoblll 1.ntio n_ Gmndmnstcr Grlgory 5 NxP P_K4 12 N (5) xQP Q- R4 4 NxP B-Q3 10 B-K3 Q-Q, l.evcnrlsh and AlexandCl' T olullh, city 6 N_KB3 N-B3 13 N _Q~ Q_K4eh 5 B- B4 1 BxN. 11 0-0 P-KR3 chaml)lon (Hee Ilelow), wenl Ilracketed 7 N-B3 P_Q5! 14 NK2 N-Q6mate 6 P)( B Q- Q5 12 B- BS ! QN-Q2 in third nml fourth places. Vladimi r AlntOl·t sev l ed t he field nt Moscow. scol"lng 12%··l lh. Andr'ci [,Hlen· thaI was r Ullnel"1l 1l with 12·5. T hird plnce WLIS t aken by M. Yudovlch. 1l'h·5'h. Grandmaster B ondll.revBky and l. Kan' tied for fou rth and fifth. Young players showed to Ilotable ad· \'anlage In the Tblllsi group. F irst place was captured by Anatoll U t[mtsev with 12·5. Uflmtsev earned hili master title only two years ago. H enrich KItSI)JU'yan and l -ev Aronlll shared second and t hird places with 11·6. A ronln Is n metorologlst and [s onl y a cand[date·mlt8tcr. nlthough A charmi ng tableau. 13 Q)(Peh !! Resign. bis achlevemellt In t he lIeml·tlnnl , should earn him the master title. Other Qu ltll· Tiflis, 1946 fiers from t his section were V, l\takago· UJpest, 1934 I n t his game from t he USSR Semi. DOV anti ca.ndidate·master K . KIa m an_ Polish muster F'r ydman evol ves a deep final s. B lnck accepts a theoretical weak. Such well·known grnndmltill ers as Sal o tactical pl a.n which Black f/-li ls,to f atllom. noss In retllnl l or powerful pressure. nohr. A l oxander Kotov and VyacbCsl !1v Ilesull: a tOllrnument brevity. Ilagozin fl ld not ent er the som trin allJ and When M lkenas Initiates a faulty combl. nnless the 1'I11es Ill-e changed wlll not QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED nlttlo!), retribUtion Is swift lind sure. play In tile (;h[Ull l )!ou~ h lp t h is year". P. F r )ldman Dr. M: Vidmar ENGLISH OPENING Wlllte lJInck V. M lkenas B. GoldenQv LENINGRAD CHAMPIONSHIP , P-Q4 P-04 8 B-03 0 - 0 White Black N_KB3 N_ KB3 More thnn 100 players competed tor 2 9 0 - 0 P-QR3 1 P-QB4 N-K B3 10 Q)(NP R- QN1 P_B4 10 R_Bl ! B-Q2 tbe champ[onl!hlj) or l ,enlngl-n d lnst year. 3 P-B3 2 N-QB3 P_Q4 11 Q-R6 P-N3 11 N-K5 Grnlldmaster Levenfish and a few other 4 PxP PxP R-Bl 3 PxP NxP 12 P-KR4 R-N3 N_B3 12 P-OR3 N_QR4 ma stel'll wel'e Invited to I)iny In the 5 N- B3 4 P-K4 N-N5 13 Q- R4 B-N2 P_K 3 13 Q-B3 P_QN4 finals - but the remnl nlng conlel!tants 6 B- 84 5 8-B4 8- K 3! 14 R_R3 0-0 B_K2 14 Q-R3! N_B51 were groullet! In seven lu'ellmlllluy sec· 7 P- K 3 6 B)(B PxB 15 N-Ql R-N5 15 NxQP!! , , , , tions, each wilh fOUl ' l ~en player's! 7 KN-K2 N-Q6eh 16 RxN? Q, R With soeded masters. t he finals con· 8 K_Bl N-83 17 QxN RxKP sigteu of 111 1)layers. Some Idea o f t he 9 Q-N3 Q_Q2 18 N-K3 . . , , st rengt h of the COIIII)etllloll CI111 be gai n· ed from the scol'tHable. Only 31A1 poi nts Bepllra t efl Alexander Tolush, wlnller of tbe title. rrom the fh-e plflyers who tlelt for lOth to Hth places. Tailender i\fIlts· ke\'ich Scel'ed "IAI points, Including a draw wi th Tol ush lind wi ns from Master s Cllekhovel' nnd f.'Urlllan. Grandmaster Hagozln ti lt! not defend tile title he wall [n 19'15. The lending scores: T olush ...... 1l',i·5~ 15 . . . . P-N3 J.e\·enrlsh .... ,11 ·6 Vnslle\' ...... , . 10~·6% If... PxN ; 16 l\xD, QxN?: 17 BxPch K laman .. , . ... JO~·&% wins the Queen. 18 , . . • RxN ! 'l'ai mnnov ..... 10 ',i·61A1 16 NxBeh QxN 18 Rx R P, R Re.lgna Ch el(llover .. , .. 10 ,7 17 BxN RxB 19 B_N5 Retl;n, It 19 PxU, Q- Q8 mut e! • tHESS REVIEW , FEBRUARY, 1947 9 u. S. SHIP Chess Rwvicw lJ1'csenls the tI~i1'd of (t seru!s devoted to the most What el~e? 11" 23 . .. n - K3; 24 R-N·j! or 23" .. H- KlJl: 24 B--R6 wins. inte1'csti'ng g(!mcs of the United Stu,tcs Chess Championship. 24 R_R8 R,R The final ([rticle with more ga,mef; will appear in the Mu,rch issue. He must lose material. If 24 ... N- K2; 25 QxNch. QxQ; 24 HxRch. wincling up n piece nhe ad. 25 QxRch K - Q2 This month CHESS HIDVI l!:W IJresents If 14 .. . NxN. White still vlay!:! 15 Q 26 Qx R Q-N3 a spiection of games playeu by prize· N5, P- KN3; 16 Q- BG and eventually 27 R- R1 NxQ P winners in the recent U. S. ChampiolJ P- N4. 28 Q- 6 8 . . . . ship. Here is the Qua lity of play which 15 Q-N5 P- K N3 The quickest way to defeat Blnck's stood the test of nineteen gruelling 16 Q- B6 R- K N1 Inst desperate effol·t. rounds. 17 P- R3 • • • • 28 . . . . N_K3 White will keep the King in the center 29 Q-K7ch K _ B1 Chess Made Easy and open a file for the King's Hook. 30 R-Rl Resigns Black's re~Ollrces are a lre ady very Kashdan wins this game in such an limited. effortless aIHI convincing fashion that It Q_ N4 is difficult to see where h is opponent 17 . . . . Beloved Bishops went wrong. mack's defensive bulwark Thl"l'atening ... Q- N8eh and hoping for is penetrated so easily that one might IS 0 - 0, when l'- N·I would be more diffi Meeting the French Defense once mOI'e, wonder whether the variation is tenable. " ult for \Vhite. There is a much stl'ong' Knshdan io; true to rorlll; lie plays to el" reply, however. If, instead, Blaek play· retain the two Bishops. In the ensuing FR ENCH D EFE N SE e d 17 . _ . Q- B3: 18 ll- B3!, B- K3 (after . .. melee. he achieves a position which amply Justifies his choke. ( N ot es by Isaac K ashdan) QxQ: J~ PxQ. N- B3; 20 DxQP wins): I ~ D- N5 leads to a position similar' to FRE NCH D E F E N SE I. Kashdan S. Ru binow that ill the game. White Blaek ( N ot es by Isaac K ashdan) 1 P_K 4 P-K3 4 P- K 5 P_QB4 L K ashda n G. D rex el 2 P_Q4 P_Q4 5 P- QR3 BxNch WhIte Blnck 3 N-QB3 B_ N 5 6 PxB N -K2 P_K 3 7 Q- N4 N_ B4 1 P- K 4 2 P- Q4 P-Q4 This and the next move sct up Black's 3 N-QB3 N_ KB3 most secl\!'e dcrense. In time, however, 4 B-N5 p,p Wllite CUll open lines for all attack on GivIng White eontrol of the center. the King·side. Ulack must look for coun· Eithel' 4 ... B- K2 or ,1 ... lJ- N5 is pref· te rplay in the other wing. erable. S N- 63 • • • • 5 N x P Q N-Q2 6 N xNch N,N 7 N-63 P-K R3 8 B- R4 B_K2 18 B-N 5! N _ B3 9 B- Q3 0 - 0 19 K - Q2 B- K 3 10 Q- K 2 20 P-N4 RPx P • • • • 21 P xP Q-NS Stronger than 10 0 - 0, when Black eould reply 10 ... P - QN3 and 11 . .. B II" 21 . .. PxP; 22 R- R7, threatening Ux N2 with a reasonable deyelollment. Now NI'! to which there Is no good defense. 10 ... P- QN3 will not do because of 1 1 22 PxP BxP BxN, BxB : 12 Q- K 4 ! Another point in 22 ... PxP allows 23 ll- H5, threatening favor of 10 Q- K2 is that the possibility QxBch, and after 23 ... K-Q2: 24 BxP of castling Queen-side, with a direct King· wins. ~ide attack to follow, remulus open. 23 R- R7 8 . P- KR4 011 ~3 H- HS, HxH: 24 QxHeh, K - Q2: An offhand gallle won by tile annotator 25 QxH, Q- N8 with some counter·chances. eonUnued: H . . . PxP; ~ PxP. Q- B2; J O The text move forceR tile Issue. J3- Q3:, Q- U6ch; .ll K- K2, QxR; 12 BxN, PxU; 13 QxNP, R- Bl ; H QxHeh! (but not 1,1 B- Rti. QxRP!), KxQ; 15 B- R6dl and I\xQ_ 9 Q-B4 Q_ R4 10 B-Q2 P- B5 11 B- K 2 Q-R5 12 R- R2 . . . . Tying up the Hook, but all White's other pieces are ready for action on the 10 . . . . Q-Q4? Klng·side as soon as an opening is The only discernible point to this move created is that if 11 0 - 0 - 0, Qxl{P. ntH after a 12 . . . . N _ B3 rew simple moves, White gains still more 13 N- R4 Q N_K2 time and soon has an overwhelming ad· 14 NxN P,N 23 .. Q-B2 vantage in development. 10 , CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1941 11 0 - 0 P- B4 Bad Risk 12 P-B4 Q- R4 A new open i ng wrinkle Is no nssurance 13 e,e Q,e or n good game. Adopti ng a suggestion 14 P-QR3 P_QR4 of Flohr, W h ite get s n good enough 15 N-K5 . . . . game but overextendlO h l mseH on move Preventing ... B QZ. iJlllck 11 0011 finds 16. H is cugey rival replies wi th II de· that he had no good wily or devoloplng IIciolls cOlnblnatlon III which the K i ng's his Queen·slde. Incldentally. If IS I'- Q;';4, Billhol) and d ou bled Hook s cooperate Black must Ilot exchange Pawns. bu t IS (Hlmlnl bly. T he I'cst of the game 18 .. ' Q-UZ is !'Iafe. simply n IIlOll ll illg·U p operation . 15 . . . . R- Ql KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE 16 QR-Q1 P_QN3 A, Rothman A, Santa.iere t' ilmll)" \ hilS !'Ieems I)hly"ble sl n<'e If While Black Ji HxN . B xB ; IS Q- K 'I. U- N2!, the Illllli ng 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 9 BxN e,B threat 110 longer exists, 2 P-QB4 P- KN3 10 QxNP Q-N1 ! e_Q4 17 B_K4! , . , . 3 N_QB3 11 QxQ R,Q 4 B_B4 B_N2 12 0-0-0 R_N2 5 Q- R4ch B- Q2 13 P- KR3 0-0 6 Q- N3 N-B3 14 N_B3 KR-Nl 7 P-K3 N- QR4 15 R_Q2 B-B3 8 Q_N4 N,e 16 P-QS? . , . . Opponents, tiring under pressure, find Santasiere 11 grim figure ai he iltl, un. moving, in t ense concentration. --~-- - Durable Ant hony E. Sant asiere has bee n I)III Y' Ing III comlleti tiol\ for al most thirt y 17 , . , . R, R yell I'll. Often he has caplttred top hono!"lO But something new has been added. but equally o ften lie IIfllO suffered the If 17 ... NxB; Hi UxU, Qx U; 19 N Imngs of defeat. Throughout h ili career. B6 wins. Of cOlmle. If 17 ... QxN?: 18 11- h is chief characteristic has been dm ·l!. bll 16 NxP! mch nets t he Queen. Ity, N ever before has It stood 11 1m In SUCh . - , . 31 B,B R,B good stc ad as In t he U. S. Championsh ip 17 N,N B,N 32 K-N4 R-B8 R_ A2 18 Rx R !'cccntly completed. Playing cllcl"get lc, 18 R,B R,e 33 N-B4 K-K3 Now if JS ... N x lJ : 19 Qx;';, R any: hen el y chess, he sl1r"h'ed n i neteen ner ve 19 N-Q2 R,e 34 N-Q2 R-B7 !O B xlJ, QxB ; 21 N- 0 6, followed by 22 w l'acklng !'Ounds w ith on ly one loss. 20 N,e R- R8eh 35 N-K4 K-K4 R-QS, eilh er matell 01' w ins t he Queen. Agai nst Le"ln. Sallt nsien l conjures III) 21 K_B2 R,R 36 N_BS P-R4ch The text also 10lOes (Iulck ly. Dest was 18 a IIlla!)l)y win w it h llis pet "nr lation. T he 22 B,e R-QBl 37 K-NS RxNch , ,' H- H3; J9 N- D6. I'- I{S, although White trltllsitlon to a won eliding Is very In· 23 R_QB5 R- K I 38 K,R K-K5 11'011[(1 ha\'e a mark ed advantage a fter sll·uct lve. 24 R_RS R- R8 K-N5 K-Q6 25 R, R B,R 40 K,e K-K7 til N J(Bch , QxN; 21 B- 1J 6. KING'S GAMBIT " 26 K_N3 R- QB1 41 P-K4 K,e R- Q2 19 N-B6 A. Santasiere J. Levin 27 B_R S K- B1 42 K_N6 K- K6 20 RxR B,R Wllite Black 28 K-N4 K_Kl 43 P-KS K-BS 21 P- QN4 , . . . 29 K_N5 K- Q2 44 P-K6 1 P_K4 P-K4 11 B-N5 P- QB3 e,e 30 N_R3 B_B6 The pOOl" Queen 1M In fOl' a cruel buf· 2 P- KB4 e,e 12 R_Kl Q_B7ch 45 K-BS K-N6 fe ting which C o ~lll II pie(;e. 3 N_ KB3 N-KB3 13 QxQ B,Q Resigns 21 . . . . e,e 4 N_B3 P_Q4 14 QBxP ! N- B3 22 PxP Q_Q3 S PxP N,e IS B_B4 R_Q1 Patient P_K4 23 B- N3 , N,N Q,N 16 R- K2 B- K S 'I'he cssence or Levin's style Is cau 7 P_Q4 24 B>eP Q_K3 B-K2 17 QR.K1 N- N5ch tlOlllO plannIng. A fine strategist, he 2S B-Q5 , . . . 8 P-B4 Q- KSch 18 K- N 1 P- B4 k nows how to put the JlI'cssure on, how 9 K _B2 B- KB4 P- KN3 An oddly Synllnet rlclil formatlon : 11 11 19 B- K6 to punish pln nless chess. Kmmer adopts 10 P- BS N- Q2 20 N_N5 P-K A4 four lJisho!)!:! help to SUlTolttHI t he Queen. a line current in the t ournament. Its lI'enk nellses arc too much for him, how el'cr. us L c \'[n hamlllers p:ltlcm ly uway u nt lt somet h ing gi ves. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLI NED J. Levin G. Kramer W h ite Black 1 N_KB3 N-KB3 14 Q_K? e,e 2 P_Q4 P_Q4 15 BxNP R-Ql 3 P_B4 P- K 3 16 R- Ql B,N 4 N_B3 P_B3 17 BxNch R.s 5 P-K3 QN_Q2 18 QxB P_B4 , B- Q3 e,e 19 B_N5 B-K2 7 B>eBP P-QN4 20 B_R6 B-B1 21 N>eB ! e,N 27 R,R R,R 8 B-Q3 P- QR3 21 B-NS B_K2 25 • • • • Q_NS 22 B,N e,B 28 R,R K,R P_K4 P_B4 22 B_R6 B- Bl 26 N>eBch K - B1 23 R>eP R-R2 29 K-N3 K- K 3 10• P- K 5 e,e 23 Q- RS Q- Q1 27 QxQ N,Q 24 B-Q6 R_Q2 30 K,e K- Q4 11 NxNP e,N 24 QR-B1 B,B 28 B-Q6 K_K l 25 K_B2 K- Ql 31 K- NS K,e 12 e ,N Q- N3 2S QxB K- K2 29 P-B5 Resigns 26 B>eB ch QRxB 32 K,e Resi gns 13 0 -0 B- N2 26 R_B4 P-K4 CIIESS REVtEW, fEBRUARY, \941 11 Long Range Denker has fun in this ]lvely little game. His opponent touches the fuse wi th an unlucky 13th move and soon the fireworks begin . The final mate is a pretty demonstration of the strength of a Bishop on the long diagonal. QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE A. Denker A. Fink 'White Blac l ~ 1 P-Q4 N_KB3 12 N,N B,N 2 P- K3 P-KS 13 N-Q4 P-Q4 3 B-Q3 P-QN3 14 P- K5 N_K1 Q-N5 27 Q-N7 Q-QN1 31 RxP 4 N_KB3 B_N2 15 P-KB4 B-B4 32 RxKPch R,R 28 R_K1 R-Q4 5 QN-Q2 B-K2 16 8_K3 P_NS KR_ Q1 33 QxRch K_ Q2 29 R- B6 6 0 - 0 0 - 0 17 P- QN4 B,N 34 R- Q1 Resigns 30 R-B6 R-KB1 7 Q-K2 P- B4 18 B,B N-N2 8 P-B3 Q-Bl 19 P-N4 B_Q2 p,p Lust for Life 9 P_ K4 20 R_B3 P-KR4 10 NxP N_BS 21 R_ RS B-K1 Pawns, the great theorist Nimzovich 11 QN_ B3 P- QS 22 p,p N,P observed, ' have an uncanny vitality, This is how De nke r and his team mates Granted the right to higher station appeared to Soviet cartoonist Lis whe n when they reach the e ighth r ank, they he sketched them last year in Moscow. have a lust to eXlland. In this game, Nimzovich's illeR finds amusing corroboration. \Vhite's Pawn~ One Too Many press relentles8ly forward, dominating Two bad moves in succession is a the play for the final ten moves. luxury few players (:an afford. P laying NIMZOINDIAN DEFE NSE a line pr'aised by the books, \Vhite misseR a vital move and then unde rnLtes his op A. Denke r S. Kowalski jlonent's threat s . After that, Levin never White Bbck gives him it chance. Q-K2 p,p 1 P- Q4 N_KB3 13 VIENNA OPENING 2 P-Q84 P-K3 14 BPxP N-B1 J. Levin 3 N_QB3 B_N5 15 B_N2 N-N3 W. Suesman 23 RxN! P,R 25 PxP e.p. B-B2 4 P- QRS BxNch 16 Q- Q2 R_QB1 White Black 24 K-R11 P-B4 26 R - N1ch K- R1 5 P,B P_Q4 17 QR_ K1 N-B1 1 P-K4 P_K4 5 N-B3 B- QN5 27 QxPch ! Resi9ns 6 p,p p,p P-K4 R_K2 2 N_QB3 N- KB3 6 Q- K2 B,N 7 P-KS 0-0 "19 P-K5 N- K1 3 P- B4 P_Q4 7 NPxB 0 - 0 8 B-QS P_ B4 20 P_B4 P-B3 4 PxQP 8 Q- K3 N-QB3 Gambler's Luck 9 N_K2 QN-Q2 21 Q-KB2 p,p 9 B-N5 N-K2 IUs king the seldom-plityeti l~ ritz varia· 0-0 P-QN3 22 QPxP N-K3 10 10 O- O? · . • lion, Steiner is rewarded when \Vhite 1 1 N-N3 R-K1 23 P-85 N- B4 T oo solicitous about his King. 10 U- misses the recommended 11 Q- KZ! In 12 P-BS 8_N2 24 P-B6! . . . . R3 and if . . . N-KD4; n Q-Nl! seems the later complications, llubinow obliges to be the right idea. furtller wit h a time·pressure b1t1JldeJ" 1 0 • . . . N- KB4 and Black rakes in the chips. 11 Q-K2? • • • • TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE It was essential to play Q- Kl to cir· S. Rubinow H. Steiner cu nwent Black'S impending threats. White Black 11 . . . . P-QB3 1 P_K4 P_ K4 11 BxPch K_Q1 2 B- B4 N- KB3 12 0_0 B- B4ch 3 N- KB3 N- BS 13 P-Q4 PxP 4 N-N5 P-Q4 14 PxB P-Q6ch 5 p,p N-Q5 15 R-B2 N,N 6 P-QB3 P-QN4 16 P>N QxP(6) 7 B-81 N,P 17 Q_BS Q- K4 8 N-K4 Q_ R5 18 N-Q2 QR-N1 24 . . . . NxP 9 N_NS B- KN5 19 B-B6? N_B5 If 24 ... NxB; 25 P - B7ch !, K- B 1 ( .. . 10 P-BS N_B4 20 N_81 . . . . RxP? aJlows mate ill 2); 26 P xN (Q)ch, KxQ; 27 Q- BSch, K- Q2; 2S Q-B5ch wins a piece. 25 P xN R,R Black is stHl unable to capture the 12 P-N4 · . . . King's Dishop, this time because of 26 Hobson's choice: if 12 B- R4, Q-N3ch; -P- B7 ch, K-Bl; 27 BxPch!, KxD; 28 Q 13 K - R 1 (P-Q4, NxBP or N- Q1, NxN Boch and 29 Q- R8 mate. loses a piece); N(4)-N6ch ; .14 PxN, Nx 26 QxR Pch wins the Queen. This Dishop is thl"ice·immune . If 26 12 . . . . N_R5 17 BxN P,B .. . . NxB '!; 27 Q- K6ch and 28 PxP mate. 13 NxN QxN 18 R_K1 KR- K1 27 B_B4ch B-Q4 14 B_Q3 BxP 19 P- Q4 R-K3 28 P-B7ch ' Resigns 15 Q-KS B_ R6 20 K-Rl R_ NS 21 R_KN1 For he must lose another piece: 28 ... 16 Q-B4 Q-R4 B- N7ch 20 . . . . N-K7ch 23 8-B3 P- N4 K- B1; 29 Q- KSch, QxQ; 30 PxQ(Q)ch, Resigns 21 K-R1 B,R 24 Q-K3 R-R3ch KxQ; 31 BxB. Black mates in. three mOyes. 22 QxB R_NS Resigns 12 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1947 ; Easlel' said than done ! Dlack P_R7. White's K ing, a The i m lKll'tance of the passe(1 Pawn is known to sll. Secur· hns 2 Pawns in the cleat· strong lllece, is com Ing hllo ing II Pawn majol'ily, con venin'; It to a pA ss od Pnwn, and and the immedlatc threat of lhe stl1tggle to lend the quccnln,l:" t he Pawn, is a l'ommon, w inning endgame pl'oeess, l ".P- l t7 i~Ttd Z" , P- HS Hool! II. hel ping hand. It ca n· Thorefore It is sUI'pl'iRing tn leat'n that two [Hl.sso(\ Pawns, (Q). Tl'Uu, WhIte call gIve llOt ovel'tltke either passed one on t he sixt h rank and 1\ Il11pOl'ted by Jts K!n /l: . may be up hI s Hook for that PaWll, Pa w n, but can l hreaten and illl!.de(lnate e\'Cll t o rlmw agnlnst n Hook an d n dist an t King. bu t t hen what about t h e KP? ('iUJ aid i n other w ays. Black A case in 110lnt i s E ditor I, A. Horowit z's dmmaUt: and in· strllc1.ive composi t ion h el'e 1)I'Csented. Follow t he dlllgl'ams And 1 H- N'7ch, K - B? ; 2 R advances his RP, as 1 ... p from l(!ft to righ t. Whit e Is movi ng QR7, K - N7 onl y draws. So I{5 would onl y transpose in· I1P the Illt/!e, Black down t he page. By Jack W. Collins where's the w l n ~ to the t ext. Position after 2 K-Q6, Position K-B5 ! , ;;;;;;~;;-: aft e r 5 R 2 P_K5, 'I'he King i s ll'y, P- K6. Whel'e is White's P-K7. Now the positIon 5 K7 !!, P-R8(Q). A t flnt in!!" to get the l{P and Dlnek King beading? 3 K - Q5, Is sll'olched to the limit a nd glance , Bla.ck with a new resists, mack was forced to menacing 4 ](xP. lookell somet.hi ng must snap. Wltite Queen seems to have II win. move his KP. for if 2 . . . p more natural. but ('C ally h ilS taken the OII()osIUon Bllt White ha s dellbel'utely R8(Q); :I HxQ. KxR; 4 KxP woult! only bave drawn. E. g .. wi th .. K - N ·I. but to what pla yed fOl' t his Ilosltlon, and White wins. \Vhlte's :I 1{-Q5?, P- K6 ; 'I II- N7ch. a vnllt One of the 2 passed Actunlly his exact timIng King al ready makes hIs I(- D7 : ; etc. Dlack made t he Pawns will queen on the ami fau ltless technique have pr e~ence telt , but the pl·ob· best mo ve too. l Oi' It 3 .. . p lleKt move, so Wltlte's l Ut h IlI'ofluced a demoustrnble !em or t he passed Pawns Its (Q); 4 RxQ, Kxll; 5 K move had better be (l lenty w in. See ho w it is to be cr· reltt",!!tll ltl)ul e, as yet. Q4 and agaIn Whi te wins, sh al'pl rected ? Position after 6 RxPcn. Position after 6", K Position after 7,., K_ POlitlon after S, . , Kx Whi l O captures tbe KP 7 N8; 7 R- K1ch, This 8 N7; S R)(Q. So, as it 9 R, In this, the final and forces mack's King diagram shows D1nolt can WRS wit h the KP, It 's off posi t ion, B l ack has removed down to the eighth rank, i n get Ollt of ch eck only by with the Queen, Obviously, t ho Rook. Now Wltite wins line wit h tho Queen. Now moving h is King 11ml there· m ack wl11 have to t ake the easily by n 1(- 133, K- N8 ; it iK cion I' why \Vhlte's by exposing his Queen. Hook; t hen tbe ending will 10 K - Q2, K - N7; 11 K - KS, King attacked the KP dil'l g· Whi te',!; next mOve Is not be r ed uced to King an d K - B6; lZ K - Ba, K - Q6 ; 13 ooal1)' MId took lhe Olll>O!li' hard to foresee. Everything Pttll'n \'s. King and Pawn. KxJ> and ad vancing and lion at KN·1. If White's Is II'OI'king :tOOI'dlng to platt. HOI\'e\'er, it is the posltloll Ilr()moting his formerly un· King wel'c at B~, Black White has a lmost dug out In c h es~ , as In life, that im(lOrtant N'P to a Queen. would win with ... K-R6! hIs win, counts, h ere and nlways. An enjoyable composItion. CHISS REVIEW , FEB RUARY , 1947 13 there that night. J noticed that Alekhlne didn't Pass l"rncelln's board without stop' l. NEVER GI VR UII UN Til, r 0 U' RE ~HTE II ping, I saw that the champ's scowl was jllllt al'! ferocious as i t h ad been before my boarll, but there Was one tremendous liiffez'ence-it didn't bother Frucella at o e veryone who has played chess we ill'e; that their gallles at'!) I) layo{\ on all b eclt \1 ~e he nOVO l' looked at A lekh!ne. over a period of lievemJ yeill's, wllh it dlfforcnt lli;;ne than OUI'S; thai when T He j\lst sat then) und played a gume of out ever havi ng ll.itllineCl the heights of one of t hem loses II Pawn he rel!lgns! f'hI'HII, Il'atching the boa rd all the time, c ity or oven club c hampionsb'I), it must A fler returning trom Europe I WllS in find seeing no more of bis famous op be a pparent, as It Is to me, 1hllt the Burfalo, New York, for a few years, ami ponent than an OCCasi onal banzJ moving masters. alld IlYen t he Cl ass A players, I became a membet' of the strong club a Illece. dream drea m s, think thougbts, devise whl('h m;;intalnerj I>Cl'Illanent qU ill' t el' ~ in slmtegies, and execut e tactks which a re the Lafayette Hote\. J l)layed in 1\ 11 t he And the Illoves t1I1lY made! I couldn't absolutely incom\)!'chcnllible to the less club tournaments (In Class D, of course), lIee t he reason 01' the plan beh ind any accomplished player. and ha d the p rivilege of playing s.kltUes o f t hem. Tben, all or a suddell, w ith the Even when the score or a game played J:flmes with all t he Class A Ilhwers, boa rd >:l Ull Cull or pieces. Alekhlne reo bet ween masters \11 published In n maga· lIome o f w hom wel'e eHh er In 01' on the signed. h is on ly loss of the evening. As zlne or book, an d when t he nne nnd sub thin edge of the ma st.e r (' l a~R. r took tbey ehooll hands. r think jo'rucella got his tle vl\l'lations o r master-piay lire a nno boartl~ In simultaneol1s exhibition" given fir~t gllmp.' CHESS REV IE W , FE 8RUARY , 1947 15 Based on reliable data procured by exhaustive research, s pectators voiced aloud their skepticism, asked if they were not to be permitted this new series features outstanding events in chess to look inside the maclline. history. The Automaton Chessplayer, introduced in a Von Kempelen had been waiting fo r this. But of course they could look In· brief article last month, is the first subject of the series. side. H e had intende d to show them the interior later- but if they would rather see It now he would be glad to oblige. \Vhereupon the exhibitor unlocked and opened the left fr'o nt door of the cabinet, exposing to view a conglomeration of wheels, lever-il, cylinders and other pieces of clockwork. Then he started to unlock THIS the remaining (1001'S but s ud d e Jl I Y straightened up and called to an attend· ant for a lighted candle. He explained to the audience that there was a great deal of machinery in the cabinet and that a light was needed to demonstrate CHESS HISTO that there was no one hiding behind this machinery. When the attendant rett1fned with the lighted candle, von Kempelen went to the rear of the cabinet and opened a door directly behind the clockwork 1. The Automaton Chessplayer's Debut mechanism already exposed to the audio ence. Holding the candle so Ulat the spectators could see the light shining t hrough t he maze of maehlnery, YOll By KENNETH HARKNESS and JACK STRALEY BATTELL Kempelen demonstrated, to the satls· faction of all, that no human being was concealed in this small compartment. Shutting the rear door, the inventor HERE was a buzz of conversatlon the tup sm'Cace of the cabinet. The r eturned to the f ront and opeHed the T among the eourtlers and honor'ed mustachioed "Turk" was dressed in long drawcr at the bottom of the cabinet, guests at the Hoyal Palace in Vienna . Oriental costume awl wore a tt1l"ban on showed that it contained only che ssmen What was this strange new device the h is heari. 'The left hand held a long and other properties. Baron von Kempelen was going to dis· 'r urldsh pipe. Then von Kempelen opened wi de the play? \Vas it true that he had promised Polite applause greeted the appearance two front doors of the larger z·ight·halld the Empress Maria Theresa to bulld a of this Impressive·looking maehine. At r,ompartment or the cabinet. Now all maehine that would astonish everyone least this exhibition promised to be three front doors were open and the by its power? amusing. And who could tell? The Garoll drawer was fully exposed! Apparently It was to be a selentlflc was it serious fellow, a famous inventor. In the large eompartment, the audio exhibition of some k ind, judging by the \Vas it possible that he had really de· ence could see wheels, spring barrels large number ot" s cholars and scientist" vised a machine that could caleulate? anti it couple of hOl'iwntal quadr·ants. in attendance. It was said that the But no. that was absurd. Hesting on the floor' of the compartment Empress had commanded the presence Baron von Kempelen was given a were all oblong casket, a cushion and of these intellectuals because von Kern· more enthusiastic round of applause as :l lettered tablet. pelen had promised to show something he stepped forward to explain his inve n· A glance inside the large compartment ·they would be unable to explain. Of t ion. s howed that no person was concealed course, everyone knew that this was It gave him great pleasure, the Hungar· in it. How(wer, to dispel any suspicion l)['obably an exaggeration. After all, this Ian declared, tu be able to fulfil It prom· thltt thc compartment had a false back, was the year )770. What was there left ise he had made to Her Majesty about the inventor again went to the rear, fo r science to discover? \Vhat new power six months before, during an exhibition opened a small door, held the lighted could baffle thc Intellects of these ad· of magnetic experiments at the noyal I:andle in the aperture. The spectators vanced thinkers? Court. At that time he had promised the looked through and saw the llght in the • • • • Empress to build a maehine that would rear, just as they had looked through the An announcement silenced the conver· have a much more surprising effect than smail left·hand compal-tment. sation in the court: any of the magnetic games displayed by \Vithout closing anything, von K ern· Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen, Anile 11. Pelletier. pelen wheeled the Automaton around CouilsehH" on "Meehanics to the Royal Now he had completed his machine, until the Turk's back was to the audl· Chamber, celebrated for' his mechanical Wllich they saw berore them- the Auto· ence. Lifting thc Oriental's robe, he ex' genius and many notable inventions, maton Chess player. Entirely unaided by posed the structU1"e of the figure, opened would now exhibit, for the first time in himself, the Automaton would not only doors in the trunk and thigh. Now the history, his amazing new Automaton play chess but would probably defeat any audience could look inSide the figure ChesspJayer! member of t he audienee who cared to and see that It was full of wheels and The nobles and guests exchanged de· test its powers. All he would do, the levers. with no possible space in whlcb risive glances and whispered to each inventor explained, was to wind up the to hide a person. other. A maelline that played chess? A clockwork of the machine from time to Still without closIng anything, and machine that could think? Apparently time. The Automaton would do the rest. with the Tmk's draperies over his hearl, the good Baron was about to perpetrate And now, if someone would volunteer lhe Automaton was rolled around the a hoax. to come forward and play a game of room. The spectators were permitted to As the audience watched with amused chess with the Automaton ..... peer inside to their hearts' content! Interest, the Baron's new Inventlon was But the audience was skeptical. They One member of the audience, Karl wheeled into the room by an attendant. were In no mood to be hoaxed by a so· Gottlieb von \Vindisch. declared later in T he spectators saw a life·size figure called Automaton Chess player when it a publlsbed letter that he bad not been seated behind a ch est about 4 feet long, was quite obvious that a small man or backward in his scrutiny of the lnterior. 2 ft. wide and 3 ft. high, mounted on boy could easlly be concealed In the "I sear ehed into its darkest corners." castors. A chessboard was screwed to cabinet or inside the figure. Some of the wrote \Vindlsch, "but found no possibll· 16 CHUS REVI EW, FE BRUARY, 1947 ity of its concealing any object of even the abe ot my hat." Another eye·witness, named Dutens, wrote: " It was suspected that a child W8..8 hidden In the machine. I e.1&mlned with attention all parts of the table and fi gure and assured myselt that this im· putation did not have the least founda· tion." The Inspection ove.·, the Automaton was wheeled Into an enclosure behind a balust'rade. Here von Kempelen remo:v· ed the various properties from the draw· er and cabi net, made some adjust ments of the mechanism Inside the tlgure, then closed all the doors, covered the Turk with his robe. In further p.-eparation ror the exhi bition, the Inventor removed the pipe from the Turk's hand, placed the cushion under his elbow, set up tile red and white ivory ch~ssmen on the board. Then he took a large key from his pocket and "wound up" the machine - while the audience heard the familiar cHcklng sounds of a clockwork ratchet·wheel. Filmlly, von Kempelen faced the as· sembly, holding aloft the oblong casket he had removed from the cabinet. This casket, he declared, held the secret ot the Automaton's power. As the audience would see presently, the left arm of the Automaton would move chessmen from T HE AUTOMATON CHESSPLAYER. The right-hand compartment had two doors square to square. The mechanical power but only one Is s hown, In this section a.re a. cushio n and lettered tablet the latte; for this movement, he explained, was used to spell out answers to questions. In the drawer are chessmen a~ d a box of provided by a SOUrce of energy well· s ix miniature chea. sets with endings played by the Turk. At the right is the mysterl. known to everyone. But the secret of ous casket, supposed to hold the lecret of the Automaton's power. the force which controlled the arm ot the Automaton and caused It to place the chessmeu ou the proper squares !lothlng more to do with such black ~ned, the Turk's head bowed twice. To was contained in this casket. He was sorcery. announce check, he bowed three times. so rry, but he was not at li berty at pres· No douht the Turk's op(>Onent was a lso At one stage of the game, the flu stered ent to explain this power. He could not ready to nee from the balustraded en· opponent made an Illegal move. The divulge the contents ot the casket, nor closure. But after all, this wooden dum· Turk shook his head, replaced the offend· permit anyone to look iuside. my had done uothlng supernatural as In g piece, exacted a penalty by moving So saying, the Baron placed the casket yet. Summoning up his courage, he made a piece of his own, (This special penalty gently ou a little table llear the Auto· his reply to the first move. wns imposed for any Infringement of the maton. With remarkable skill and in· Agalu the whirring sound was heard, .·u1es of chess.) g:enulty, this mechanical genius and great the TUrk's a.rm rose, the second move At the conclusion of the game (the showman had dispelled all suspicion that waa: made. A legal chess move a ud result is not recorded hut the Turk a human being was Inside the Automa· more Important-a logical move. probably won), von Kempelen again too. Instead, he had planted the Idea In The learned sclenUsts In the audience opened the doors of the cabinet and un' the minds of the witnesses that the mao moved up to get a closer view of these covered the figure, thereby demonetrat. chine ;was run by the clockwork mechan· uncanny proceedings. The others remain· Ing thnt no one had climbed in after the ism they had seen with their own eyes. ed rooted to their chairs, half·amused, Ch·st inspectiou. Von Kempelen was ready tor the next half·trlghtelled. and most Important test of bis muslon. Move by move, tile weirdest game In THUS ended the debut of the astonish· tbe history of chess continued. There Ing Automaton Che8splayer. The credu. HfSTORY does not record the na me of was no douht about It. The Automaton loul were willing to believe that von the first person to play the Automaton. was playing chess - strong, logical chess! Kempelen had Invented some new power Presumably the unknown hero who vol· With no visible aId trom any person, which operated In an unknown manner unteered to test the powers of this this clOCkwork machIne was performing through the mysterious casket. The strange machine was olle of the scientific the functiOIlS of a human mind. It was sclellUllts were completely' baffled, C!ou ld witnesses wllOse presence had been com· out·thlnklng Its hewildered opponent. of!er no explana.tlon, The exhlhltlon had manded by the Empress. It was obvIous that there was no means been an unquallfled success, Standing in front of the Automaton, of communication between von Kempel· Von Kempelen hnd created one of the the nervous volunteer heard the whirring en and his macbine. Except to wind up greatest illusions of all time. During the noise ot machinery In motion, then saw the Automaton, an operation which he following sevent y years, the fahulous the Turk's head move from side to side, w rformed every ten or twelve moves, Turk performed before t housands upon as though scanning tbe board with bis the exhibitor remained at a distance; thousands of people In public exhibitions eyes. Arter a few momenta ot seeming frequently turned h is back to the Turk throughOltt EurODQ and the United States, meditation, the left arm raised slowly, nnd conversed with spectators. At In· As In the first exhibition, the audiences hovered over a Pawn, then grasped it tervals he peered Into the casket which were permitted to Inspect the Interior firmly with the fingers and placed it was supposed to coutaln the secret of before and after each showing. Yet in two sQuares torward. the Automaton's power, as though check· all that time, no one fully di scovered the The entire audience looked at this Ing up to see that everything was In aecret of the Automaton by observat ion astonishing spectacle in amazement. One worki ng order. . alone! ok! lady got up from her chaJr, cross The T urk made all his moves with • • • • ing herseU, a nd retired hurriedly to a great dignity and composure. To warn Next month : The Secret of the Auto. curtained window recess. She would have the opponent that his Queen was threat· maton. • 17 An out st anding recent gam e, annotated by a famous inte r nat io nal Gra ndm a st er. by REUBEN FINE TH E MATCH WITH THE USSR the sacrifi<'e nt 137 but Intel' saw tha t it was unsolllHI. e .g .. 9 El - B4, B- N2; 10 Bx HE ~I A1'CH with the USSR is a land Pch. KxB; 11 J\'- N5ch. K - Kl!: J2 N- K6. Q- N3; 13 NxDch, K - B2 nnd the Knight T mark in the history of chess from cnnnot escape. 9 P- R4 first is a thought. many points of view. Most important, of After 9 .. . P- KH·j the sacrifice still fails: course, is the fact that for the first time a 10 B- B4. B- N2: 11 BxPch, KxB; 12 N N5ch. K - Kl; 13 N- J(I;, Q- Q3: 14 Q -K~, U. S. team and a Soviet team met across N - BI and wins. However, 'Vhite might the board ; those who organized the match well have contented himself with a sim. know better than anybody else what an pie weake ning 01' the Black King positioll with 9 1' - H4. P- H4;10 B- K2 alit! then a~ achievement that was. in the game, From OLl r point of view, it was encoul' 9 . • . . B- N2 ag-ing that we ct id so much better than 10 0-0 0 - 0 in the r8.dio match of 1945. Many people 11 P- Q4 P-QR3 Int I'odudng n nnevessary vomplkations; had predicted another Soviet landslide 11 ... P- N:{ was cas leI'. and the team members themselves were 12 P- B4 none too optimistic about OUI' chances. The J2 ["x l-', NxP; 13 Q- Q IH, P- l\'3 leads main reason for the pessimism was lack GRA NDM ASTER REUBEN FINE to nothing. of adequate practice, since American mas- ters, because of the poot' organization of chess in this country, rarely have an opportunity to meet stiff competition . But apparently lack of practice is a less serious handicap than had been thought. It was somewhat of a surprise to find that we made a better score on the lower five boards than on the upper five. Those of us who have played in both national and international tournaments know that the U. S. has a number of strong masters who are unable to take part in international competition, but that is a fact wh ich is not too generally appreciated. The presence of no less than five of the six participants in the pro 12 . . . . P- K4 posed . world championship to u ~nament (Botvinnik, Reshevsky, Keres, Undoubtedly best. If 12 .. . P- N3 'fit Fine and Smyslov) made the match all the more significant. once. 13 QH- Ql , B-N2; 14 P- Q5. or 13 ... l'xP; 1,1 PxP, N- B3; 15 N- K 5 favor By and larg-e, the quality of chess was higher than in the radio match. \Vhite. The text takes advantage of the P ractically no games \vere lost by serious blunders, and many wer e long fact that \Vbite cannot now afford to ad· vance P- Q5 (beV1( use of ... P- 1(5) alld hard-fought battles. must Ihereforc allow Blaek to free his My play was mal'red by an ovel'si~rht in a drawn position in the first game. game, although in other respects I had reason to be satisfied. 13 Q R- Q1 KPxP 14 Px P P- N3 \Viill 14 ... P- QN4; BhlCk can "win" Second Rou nd Game i) • • • the Quecn ior two Rooks and probably (Flayed ahead of sehedule- gd.) To tnll\8pO ~ e to a variation s imilnr to lose the game : 15 BIJx P. RPxP: 16 QxH, the Gruenfcld Defense. 13- N 2; J7 QxHch alld so all. ENG LIS H OPE NIN G 6 NPx N P- K N3 15 P- Q5 B- N2 p. Keres R. F ine 7 Q_ R4c h ! . . . . Now ... P - QN4 is threatened. Black A good idea which preserves the initia· V.'hite 16 Q- N3 QR_Nl P __Q B4 1 P- QB4 tive for White. 17 8_81 P- Q N4 2 N-K B3 N- K B3 7 . . .. N- Q2 Anyhow. 3 N-B3 P_Q4 8 B-R3 Q-B2 4 p, p N,P 9 B_K2 • • • • 18 PxP 5 P- K3 . . . . After the game Keres said that he had 19 Bx P . . . . On 5 P - K4. NxN equalizes quite easily, originally planned B- B4 with a view to Or 1~ P- Q6, Q- N;{. 18 C HESS REVIEW, FE BR UARY, 1947 , 19 .. B-QR3 Iy necessary. S P- K4 gives White the 16 BxB N (Q4)xB 20 P-QR4 BxB bette I' of it. The Pawn sacri fice with 16 ... 1\'(83) 21 PxB Q_N2 8 P_B4 xU; 17 KxN, NxN; 18 QxRP. H- B7; 21 ... (~ -· H · l w as s li )!," htly hetter. 9 0-0 N-B3 19 H- Q2 i8 of dubious value. 22 N_N5 QxNP 17 N- K5 . . . . 23 Q_KR3 N- B3 On a less forceful move Bla<:k can con· 23 , .. 1'- 1:3 ~11H1 if 2·1 N -K ~ , Q- H5!, a~ ~o1!date his position and setUe a K night poinTed out by l{e!'e~. was also sMisfa(;· at (.)1. tory. 17 , . . . NxN 24 8-84 17 ... .\[xP is not as bad as It looks, fOl' if 18 Q- H4, N(K2)- 134 ; 19 P- KN4. P- Il3 ! and mack gets the better of the comll\i('ations : 20 N- Q7?, P - N4 !; 21 Qx HI', H- D2: 01' 20 PxN, PxN; 01' 20 N- B6, HxN: 2J PxN. I'- K I. In fact, after 17 . . . Nxl' White hardly s('em s to have better than 18 QxRP, bm that does gil'e h im a little pull. 10 R_Q1 . . . . 18 PxN Q-B2 The COnl inuation ]0 BPxP, KPxP; 11 19 Q_ K2 N-N3 ['xl', PxP : 12 P-K~ is refuted by .,.0- 20 R- K1 >" S. I :llso ('onsirlered 10 P - QN3. which • • • is good in the analogous line without t he If instead 20 [{- Q6, Q- B4: 21 Il- Kl. White Pawn at QH3. However. hel'e after KH- f-ll is alll'igh t for ll1ack. I'- QN3. N- Ql{·1 (:allllot be m et adequately. 20., . . KR_Q1 24 • • R(N )-Bl ? 1 0 . . . • BPxP 21 P-KN3 Q- BS An o ut right blundet", A lm ost any otller 22 QxQ mo ve iH good eno\lgh to at least draw. 11 KPxP B-R3! • • • An ex(,ellent move. forcing equality. UllfoJ'1unately there is no good way to 25 NxBP! · . . . avoid the exchange of Queens. Thig I bad overloolH)(L 12 B-NS . . . . 22 . . . . RxQ 25 . . . . Q_Q2 Again 12 P- QN3 is CO ll ntered by 12 .. , 23 QR-Ql R (5)_Q5 26 QxQ NxQ N- QH4. 24 P-B4 N-K2 27 N-Q6 QR-Q1 12 , . . . PxP 25 R,R RxR 28 B- K3! · . . . 13 BxP BxB 26 R_Q1 RxRch Dy rar the best. On ZS B- N3, N- N3 14 QxB R-B1 27 NxR N_Q4 woul,1 draw. 15 Q_ R6 N_Q4 Drawn 28 . . . . N-NJ A rather desperate try because I Fe lt thf\t .'Itraig htforwarri !l e relL~e was hOlle les.'\ , If ins t.ead Z~ ... N- U3; 29 ExP, /{ Q2: 3C K 11- K 1, R(i3) - Q I ; 31 H- KG and FOUR FAMOUS BOOKS White w i ll win. 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White Is s ultants are playing tbe proceeding tamely, with his This game Is a houquet of sac rifices - positional, exchange, Gluoco Plano, which was King-hunt ami ma ting, It was played at Philadelphia in 1907. Queen Pawn at Q3, Ins tead Dr. Emanuel Laske r, \Vorld Cha m pion fo r twenty·seven yea rs, sU Il popular back In the of Q4. On the other band, ha ndled tbe Ulack men while Messrs. M. Morgan a nd S. early Ni neteen Hundreds. h is Queen·alde Pawn pusbes Stadelman consultetl over tbe W blte pieces. Follow diagrams It a lms a t es tablishing a signify little more than trom left to right across both pages. By Jack W. Collins strong Pa wn-cente r and at sound and tury. Laske r's ach levi ng ra pid developme nt. game Is soUd, sound. after 26 ... Px Q1; P- B4, PxBP. B- K3. In tbe above po· B- N6; 25 R- Q2, P-B4!; P ; 27 R-N2, NxP ! Now Morgan and S t.ndelman think sltion Blac k threatens to 26 N (4)-N2. White could not the White defenses ar e they ha ve forced Lasker to win a Pawn with 24. ... Nx pla y 26 PxP ?, as Black c racking. Laske r Is two decla re himself In the cen P !; 25 BxN, RxD! ; 26 RxR. 1V0 uid ha ve 1V0 n the e x· Pawns UI) [or the moment, ter. And they have, but tbls DxN etc. Des pite the work change witb 26 ... BxP. T he bis BIshop threatens the Is by no menns a n unpleas· of two heads. W hIle's pIcket White Queen K night Fawn Queen Rook Pawll , and his ant obligatiOn. Now he can lence Pawn· formation, oU· and Black Qneell Bishop Klllght forks Queen a nd utilize tbe half-ope n Queen sldc Knight, a nd Inactive Pawn are about to dlsap· Hook. In addition, tbe vul· tile a nd go to work 011 the fl ooks a nd Q\leen do 1I0t pear and then tbe Allies nerable Knight Pawn and weak Queen Knlgbt P awn. make a n Impressive picture. hope to use the open !ilea. Bishop PawlI ofter targets. I after N1, RxN. Tbe situation QB1 ?, BxNP! B, BxN. Realizing that R- Qach. A vItal Inter shown In tbe diagra m Is sli ps; Dlack sacrtrlces. 35 Qx 36 N- K7c h will not alte r polation before moving the very complex a nd not eui· P was co rrect, but a fter 35 matters, lIforgan a nd Stadel Queen. E very move m ust be ly evslua ted. Lasker has a .. ' BxR P Blac k should s till man decide to sink or s wim accurately calculated, tor It Bishop and two Pawns for wi n. As It s tands, 36 N by accepting the la test sac· White were given tbe chance a Rook a nd lbe a ttack. K7ch, K- R2; 37 fuB, R rltice. or course, it White to play something like 38 Wblte bas two Rooks, an Q8cll; 38 K-B2, Q-B3cb; 39 had time to consolidate his R- K D2 or 38 R-D3 (after 31 aggressively posted Knigbt, N- B5, BxN; 4.0 P xD, QxPch; position, or effect enough . .. Qxpn he would have de· and Queen-side pressure, but 41 K- K2, Q-Q6ch lets Black excbanges, bls material plus Cen st- resources, mlgbt sUp an exposed King. mate as In tbe text. would then win. out ot'tbe mating net. 20 CIU SS REYllW, FEBRUARY, 19.7 a fte r 9", P P o,lt lo n afte r 12 ... B_ P os iti on after 17 ••• B_ Position after B3; 10 Q- K1 , N_ N3 ; 11 4 B2; 13 P_R5, P-Q4; 14 5 NS; 18 P-B3, B- Q2; 19 B; 21 P-N4. W h ite's last QN-Q2, 0 - 0; 12 B- A2, A- Q1, A- K1 ; 15 B_N5, B_ K- R1 , P- R3; 20 BxN(B6). mO\'e made KN2 awtila hle Whet'eall While has no par· K3; 16 N_A4, N_ B5 ; 17 B_ Wh ile just ca pt ured Black's fot' the K ing Knight, but 21 ticula r 1)lan, Bla ck stri ves Nt. All the action is on the King Knight. T he alter na· !,- r\ 3, dislodging B I a c k ' 8 for ... I'- Q4 and sh if ts his l{ ing-slde. ;\,1 0 r gil. n a II d tlve was 20 DxN(B4), bu t K nigh t , was bettcr. l..asker pieces lo Ute left to start S tadelman cons ider posting that would have i ncr eased bas atta ined the s uperior a King·side att:t('k. The fac t It Knight at K DS, Lasker the scope of the m ack K i ng Ilosit ion. He has a s trong that m ack can think of at· has already done 80, 17 B !took and K ing Bishop. Las· Pa wn-ce nle r, h ill pieces are tack ing so e nrly shows that N l pl'otects the Queen Pawn ke .. will 11 0 \\' t'ecapture with well plRced, and he has made White Illayed poorly. which w as a tta cke d. h is Queen, threaten P-KN4. holca In White's defenses. Pos it ion after 28 BxN. P osi ti on after 28" • P os itio n after 31 N_B5, P osition after 33 NxR, 11 . Of cours e t he Black 12 RxB ; 29 QxP, Q-K3!; 13 R (1)_Q1 !; 32 N-K1, B_ 14 BxPc h. Ri pping open Knight hrul to come ofr. The 30 KA_QN1 , R-QB1 ! ! Las· QS! ! Agai n 1\ L.'lske r sacrl· the White King's deCcnses. position is f ull of Int erest ker re fuses tile (lI'a w tha t fl ce. It is acce pted for if 33 F rom here on t he s tory Is ing possibilities, W h it e wO\lld res ul t from 30 . .. B N- K7 c h, 1{ - 1l2 ; 34 N-Q5, B a " K illg Hunt" and the threatens 29 HxD and 29 H7 ; 3J R- IU, D- N6; 32 Q3; 35 Q- N6, It- Q2 ; 36 Nx Dlack Queen, ROOk. a nd Qx P while Dlack t hreatens R(l}-QN1, B- R7; e tc. l'\' o w R, BxP ch : 37 R- N2, BxRch : Queen Diail op all t.'tke part 28 ... RxD and 29 . .. BxP. I[ 31 RxB, B-Q3 ; 32 HxR!, 38 KxD, QxPch : 39 K-Bl, in it. T he t r ick is not so The Allies cOUl·ted d isaster ll:,,:Q ; 33 IbB, Jl- BSch ; 34 QxP ; 40 Q- N 3, B- Bl; 41 nHtch to win s uch positions, in provoking BIl Ch a setup N-Ql, Q- n7 ; 35 N- K3, Q N(5)- N1, DxN; 42 NxB, n - It Is to create them with when conft'outed by Lasker. K7; 36 R(4)- N3, H- RS wIns, 0 7 Moon males. fnr·slghted moves. Pos iti on after 3S K-N2, P ositi on after 39 K_ B2, Position after 40 ... Q- Q-Q4oh, On 3S K- B2 20 Q- RS. T he Cons ultants Thct'e wa s n o IIR!VR· 22 8 8ch, At th is poin t Black wOl1 ld have forced a sn w t ha t after 39 I<- N3, (in· tr Oll, E.g" 40 R- BSch, K-R2; Mo t'gan and S t a(! e l m a n mate with 38" _ QxP ch; 39 s tea d of 39 K- B2) tlley would '11 Q- N3, QxP ch ; 42 K-TI3. hea rd Lasker a nn o u n ce K-N2. (39 K- J<2 , Q- Q6c h soon be ma ted by 39 ., . R R- D8c h ; 43 K- K3, R- KSch ; mate In (ive - 41 K- K3, R does the trick) Q- RSc h ; 40 Q6ch ; 40 K - I\4, I ) -N ~ c h ; 41 ,14 K- Q3, Q- N6ch ; 45 K- Q6ch ; 42 K - K4, Q- B6ch ; 43 K-!\"3, H- Q6ch ; 41 K-X4, K- H5 , H- lt6c h ; 42 Q-R ~ , Rx 8 2, Q- Hich ; 46 K-B3, ll KxP , Q- K6ch ; 44 Q- K4, P Q-R6. W e;tk ness on the Q. On 39 K- N3, R- NSch ?; K Gch ; 47 K - N4, RxQ ch ; 48 U3c h ; 45 K- K6, QxQ ma te. light colored S(luares and ,.0 K- B2, Q- N7c h ; 41 K- K 3 Kx R, Qx1' ; 49 R(2)- QB2, 1' This fi ght hea l'S Ol1t Reti's the lack or K lng·slde guardll tlle win, It Jt exists, Is much H4 and Dlack wins by aaying that "Lasker was lea.ves the I{lng casy prey. less cle ar. Q,ueen lng a P a wn, most deadly i ll open games," CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1947 -- 21 15 N- K l B_QN4 18 N- Q3 BxN Grandmaster vs. Aspirant 16 R- SS P- B3 19 QxB P_B4 K aj dorf i s a gran dmaster of est ablish· ~ INTERNATIONAL 17 B- K3 QR_Bl 20 R ( 3)_81 R-B5 ed repu tation ; Y 22 CHESS REVIEW, FEBR UARY, 1941 ARGENTINA.SPAIN, 1946 Imponderable Inspired Often i n chess there arc e lements which lie just beyond a pla yCI" S r adius The play of tlle Spanish masters ill of calculati on ami w hen li e p roeeeds into lhe r ecent r ,((lio lllat eh wit h a. pOI\'cr ful the m u rky rea lm of combination, shock Argentino team was nothing shor t of illg things awaii /tim. inspired . On second board, A ni onio In t h is gn.me \V hite, intcnt on h i~ com }fedillil el1nlkcll 11]) a n impori a nt win plex s a • UNITED STATES COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT, 1946 Roman Holiday i"lIueh In e l'ide nce s ince the U.S.A . USSR Ha d io .:\Iatch, Botvinni k's (al'orite li ne in tllC Qlleetl's Gambi t Dcclined 17 . . . . N- K5 ch! u sua lly gives Black excell ent opportunity Resigns fOI" COtlll t e l··Hj,iack. H ere, howevGr , vVei n s tein demoJlstmtes that W hit e as well 22 . . . . Px N 29 BxB K,B has dangerous threats. Vi'hen Black a l· 23 KBxN PxP 30 R-Q4 K_ K2 lows his pOS ition t o be brol,en through , U. S. SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP, 1946 24 QxP Q-R3 31 K_ Bl R-R7 he is a bl'ullt ly confronted by a veritable Hair Trigger 25 Q-Q5 N_ K3 32 R_QN4 R-R4 R oman Holiday of sa c rifices. . 26 Qx K P B_ B1 33 K- K2 K-QS Chc sg al a ten second pace !'CQ u [r eg 27 8xN QxB 34 K- Q3 K-Q4 QUEE N'S GAMBIT DECLI NED q uick, gouud j udgment. Some playerg 28 QxQ PxQ 35 RxPch ! S. Weinstein H. Jones achicve this by eschewing cO lllpl icationg ; Resigns (N.Y.U.) (S t evens) other s phm ge right in, r elying" 011 t hei r a bility t o do well. D r. GOIlzI11e?, n ew After .. . HxR ; 36 P-B4eh , t h e l" tl s uiL· W b it e llln,ek ill g ending holtl s no hope fOl' .Blacle n . S. Speed Cham pion, shows to tfl.yor· 1 P-Q4 P_Q4 10 B"N P QN_Q2 ablc advantu.ge in. t his r ough ·and·tumble 2 P-QB4 P- K3 11 Q-B3 B_QN2 game . Ri sing Star 3 N-QBS P-QB3 12 P"N Q_N3 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECL INED 4 N- B3 N-B3 13 0-0-0 P_ B4 At 26, Julio llolbochan has become one (by t ransposition) 5 B_ N5 P x P 14 P- Q5 P-N5 of the outstan ding South A me rica n mas· J . Partos Dr. J. Gonzalez 6 P-K4 P_ N4 15 N_ R4 Q_ R4 tel'S . H ig admirerg gpea k e n llillgiastir.ally W h it e Black 7 P-K5 P-KR3 16 BxP ! QxN of his Chlil" for combinaiiolUl l pla y and .1 P- Q4 N-K B3 B,P 8 B-R4 P_ N4 17 Q-N4 P_K4 9 P-B4 predict t hat h e will rank a lUong the 2 P- QB4 P- KS 10 0 - 0 PxP 9 N"KN P PxN 18 P- Q6 Q- B3 world's bes t. Aga inst former S panish 3 N-Q B3 B- N5 11 NxP P- QR3 ch ampi on Sam;, young Bolboch an g ives 4 Q- B2 P_Q4 12 Bx KP! ? PxB ampl c di spla y of h is ex cept ional lnlents. 5 P- K3 0 - 0 13 N,P Q- Kl KING'S INDI A N DEFENSE 6 N_BS Q N-Q2 14 N-B7 Q_ R4 7 P- QR3 (by t ransposition) B- K2 15 NxR N-K4 8 B- Q3 PxP 16 N_ N6 B-Q3! J. Sanz J u lio Bolbochan 17 P- R3 B"KRP ! (Spain) (Argentina ) Whi te Black 1 P_QB4 N_K BS 12 0 - 0 - 0 N-N6 2 N_KB3 P-KN3 13 K R-Kl P_ B4 3 N- B3 B_ N2 14 B-B2 PxP! 4 P_K4 0 - 0 15 P- B4 NxBch 5 P- Q4 P- Q3 16 Q,N B-Q2 6 P_KR3 Q N_Q2 17 K-N1 N_Q6 19 Bx Pch ! ! K,B 23 P-B7ch K-R2 7 B- K3 P_ K4 18 R-N1 P- B4 Q-B4ch K-N3 . 24 Q-B5ch K-N2 8 8-K2 p,p 19 N(4)-N5 20 g Nx P N_B4 B_ Q BS 21 Q-K6! K,B 25 R- R3 BxP 10 Q_B2 R_ K1 20 a-KS P- QRS 22 P_1i4ch K-RS 26 P_B8(Q)ch N" Q 11 P- BS N- R4 21 N_ RS • • • • 27 R- NSch Resigns ( ESS REV IEW, FEBR UARY, 1947 23 18 P-B4 • • • • TEXAS CALIFORNIA If 18 P xB , Black mat es in f our : 18 Double Barrelled . .. N- B6ch; 19 K - N 2, N-R5ch; 20 K Sick Pawn Rl, Q-TI6ch and 20 ... Q- N7 m ate. Seventeen·year old D i ck Harrell cut s Nothing seems t o happen ill this game 18 . . " B- KB4 21 N- Q1 Nx P loose with a double·barrelled ROOk sac· u ntil suddenly it is all over . Act ually 19 P-K4 B_B4c h 22 N-B4 N(N)xR rilice r eminiscent of t h e specul ative p lay W hite comes out of the opelling with a 20 R_B2 N(4)-N5 Resigns of a bygone day. chronic weakness w h i ch r equires con· Nort h T exas Championshi p, 1946 stant attention. Black proves t hat h i s GRECO COUNT ER GAMBIT oJl ponent's llursin g i s inexpert. NEW YORK R. Harrell J. Gilbert N I MZO IN D1AN DEFEN SE Hammer and Tongs White Dlack p . Velliotes H. Boroehow P_K4 T his game is about as subtle as a 1 P- K4 8 N-QB3 N-K2 W h i te Black Keystone comedy of cust ard pie days. 2 N-KB3 P-KB4 9 B_K2 B,N 1 P- Q4 N-KB3 12 R- K1 N_B1 W hite i nitiates a coffee house attack 3 NxP Q- B3 10 PxB Q,P P_QB4 P-K3 13 P_Q5 N- N3 and Black retalia tes in kind. Def ense 4 P-Q4 P-Q3 11 B-Q4 Q_N4 2 B-B1 falls by t he waysi de. In t he slam bang 5 N-B4 p,p 12 B_RSch N-N3 3 N- QB3 B- NS 14 P-N3 B_R6 battle which follow s, Evans displays hIs 6 B_K3 P_Q4 13 B- K3 Q,P 4 P-K3 0 - 0 15 N- B1 combinational ;'irtnosi t y w ith a series of 7 N_K5 B- Q3 14 QxP!!? • • • • 5 N-B3 P-QN3 16 N- K3 Q_Q2 memorable sacrifices. 6 P- QR3 BxNch 17 P-R4 R- KBt 18 P_RS N-K2 Marshall C~ess C lub Championshi p, 1946 7 P,B 8-N2 19 Q-B2 P-N3 FRENCH DEFENSE 8 B- Q3 P- Q3 90-0 QN- Q2 20 B •. K2 K_N2 L , Evans C. P ilnick 10 N-Q2 P_K4 21 N-N2 N (3)- N1 Black Whit e 11 P- K4 R-K1 B-K3 P-K84 1 P-K4 P-K3 13 p,p B- Q2 " 2 P_Q4 P-Q4 14 R-R3 QR_B1 3 N-QB3 N_KB3 15 R- N3 P_ KN3 4 B_N5 B-K2 16 P_Q4 P-QN4 S BxN B,B 17 P_R5 N_N5 6 P- K 5 B_K2 18 P_ R3 N-B3 7 Q-N4 0 - 0 19 p,p BPxP 8 0 - 0-0 P_QB4 20 N-QB3 P-N5 9 P-KR4 p,p 21 B-Q3! B- K1 14 . . . . QxRch 19 K x Q 6 -N5eh 10 QN - Q2 N-B3 22 N_B3! PxP? 15 K-Q2 Q, R 20 K-Q2 Bx6 11 P_K B4 Q-R4 23 Qx KPch B-B2 16 Q-K5ch K_B2 21 N_N5ch K_61 12 K-N1 P_Q6 24 BxP! ! . . . . 17 B_Q4 R-N 1 22 B- B5eh N-K2 18 N,P Q-Q8ch 23 QxN mate WASHINGTON. D. C. 23 P- B3 p,p 32 N_R4 N (N)-K2 Feat 24 PxP P-KR3 33 Q_Q2 N-N1 25 Q-Q2 6-N 5 34 Q-K2 R- B2 A master faced by t en strong Illayel's 26 B-Q1 B,B 35 Q-Q2 Q_N5 has a rcal t ussle in prospect. Making a 27 Q,B Q- R6 36 R-K1 K-R2 good score i s difficllJt enough bllt play· R-KB1 RxRch 37 8- B2 N-B3 illg briJIi alltIy i s a notabl e feat. 28 29 Q,R R- KB1 38 Q_K2 Q,Q W ashingt on Chess Divan, 1947 30 Q_ K2 N- B1 38 R,Q R- B2 Q UEE N'S GA MBIT 31 p,p BPxP Resigns l. Horowit~ H. Berli ne r White mack 24 .... 1 P-Q4 P_Q4 12 B-B2 N- Q4 B lack 's slim chance l i es i n counter· 2 P-QB4 p,p 13 P_ K4 N_N5 A& FOR.EIGN attack . If 24 .. . DxQ ( ... P xB?: RxPch 3 N_K83 N- KB3 14 B_N1 B_K2 mates): 25 DxPch !, K-Rl ( . .. K xB al· P_B4 4 P-K3 15 N- B1 0-0 NORWAY lows mate i n t hree and .. . K - B 2 pel'm it s 5 BxP P-K3 16 N-N3 P-N3 26 B - N6ch , K - N l; 27 B-K8ch ! mating ill 60-0 P- QR3 17 Q-K3 P-K4 Sustained three.): 26 R- R1, P- R ?ch; 27 K - Rl, Rx 7 Q-K2 QN-Q2 18 Q-R6 KR-Q1 P ; 28 B- B 5ch, B - H5; 29 NxB wHIl mate S R-Q1 Q- B2 19 N-N5 N-KB3 SustaillCd at tack s al'C far m ore diffi· t o follow. . 9 B-Q3 P-QN4 2{) P_QS P_B6 cu lt to handle than two or three m ove combi nll.UOlls. H ere 'vVh it e gives a sam· 2S BxPch K_Rl 10 QN-Q2 B_N2 21 PxP Q,P pIe of l ong r ange plaunlng w h ich de· 26 Q- R6 Q-RSch 11 P_QR4 P_B5 22 R- R3 Q-B5 8el'vedly won fir st brlllla.ncy prize. 27 K-B2 P_N8(Q)ch 28 RxQ N_N5ch Norwegian Championshi p, 1946 29 K-Q1 Resigns QUEEN'S GA MBIT DEC LI NED Black's checks have vetere!! out and he cannot stop the mat e. E. Myhre O. Ba rda Whit e Black 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 10 B,N P- KR3 CHESS PLAYERS- Use the am'!-z· lng pocket SLZ e 2 P_QB4 P- K3 11 P-QN3 P_ K4 <""", Computo·Chess - a. simple 3 P-K3 N- KB3 12 B- B2 p,p /-i";l reference g uide to the / ,'j; __ openi ng mov eS of the 16 4 N-KB3 P-B3 13 QxP B_K2 _ ,"''' ~ :.:":'. l>opular c h e s S varia- I' F.-:'- ~ _... . Hons. Only 35c J)O.'3t paid. 5 QN- Q2 QN-Q2 14 R-Q1 N-B3 ;.>". or 3 for $ 1. 00 pos t paid. , .. - Order t Odar and Improve 6 B- Q3 B- Q3 15 Q_B3 Q-B2 ~~ your game. 7 0-0 0 - 0 16 R-Q4 P- B4 ,~ ... - '-t._-- Computo Chess 23 N- R5! P,N 8 P- K4 Px KP 17 R- R4 B_K3 P.O.Box27,Sta.R , N,Y.55,N.Y. 24 R-KN3 Resigns iI NxP N,N 18 B-B4 Q- NS 24 CHESS REVIEW FE BRUARY 1947 LENINGRAD CHAMPIONSHIP 1946 Tactical Savvy Alexander 'rottlsh, lie,,' L en I n g I' a d CIHl mpion, has a. keen ey e fOI' the t ac Heal potential i ties o( any !>Osition . H ere h e g i ves t h e game a novel turn as car l y as t he eig ht h m ove an d scores 11 fine eom bi national w i n . F RE NCH D EFENSE ( Notes after A . T olvsh from BxP! P,B 3. P,N K_ Bl " Chess in the U SSR") 2 CH!SS REV IEW, flBR UARY, 1947 25 131r\ ek was t h reatening to win w ith,. . Old Guard 20 B_ N3 ! · . . , QxPI' h. ( il'alldmaSler L even f1s h made h is i ntel' 29 , ' , , NICP IIIltlona l debut at Carlsbad ] 911. T oday, Now Bl;\('k till'el,tenlt , ., l\'- l':5 and thirt y·ril·e years la te r , be is litill ettJ)l:lble mate \\'I t h t he Queen, or I' lgorous. oxrltlng rhe ~ s , In this game fl'OIil t he ro('oni 1.• enlngl'". 1 Cham illon· ~ h lJl, hp t'omlu('ts the att;wk w ith rault l (>,,~ ;\ , 'pul' R U V LOPEZ ( N ot es after G. Leve nfish from ' ·eness in the USSR") G. L e venf i ~h G, Lisitsyn W hirf> Bl ac k 20 . , . . N- Q3 , P- K4 P-K4 9 P- K R3 N- QR4 Now if20 .. . H- Q7 ; 2 1 N- Q:,!,llxQ (If 2 N - KB3 N-QB3 10 B- B2 P- B4 Zl ... Ux N: ~ 2 I3xH): 22 Xxtl. HxHch; 3 B- N5 P-QR3 P-Q4 Q- B2 ~3 HxH, It- QI: 2,1 NxB. PxN: 25 OleN, 4 B- R4 N_ B3 12 QN_Q2 B-Q2 " PxO a ncJ IlII1 {' k '~ Pllwn wellknpJjses will 30 RxP . , . . B_ K2 5 0 - 0 13 PxKP PxP cost him t he gllme. R_ Kl P_QN4 N_Bl QR_Ql Desllol'atlon, If 30 Nx O, NxNdl a lUI • And if 20 ... i\xi\: 21 IlxB, N Ni: 22 \\' 1111< 7 B_N3 P- Q3 15 Q_ K2 N _ R4 ! Bhll'k pasHy, " Il xP,·h. li:xH : 23 Kxl\'. w in ll lng II I'awn. 8 P_ B3 0-0 16 N (3)-R2 P_ N 3 30 ... , B.R 21 BxB PICB 31 Q)(B N- N5 If !Ii " , l\'- lIj, the con tin uatio n is 17 22 N (3) _N4 N- B2 32 Q- N2 . , , , Ox1':, i" xO: I .~ P- I< n, mak i ng the K ,I 23 P- QR4 NICB ~ q ll nl'C available LO t he \Vh ite Q uee n. 24 NxNc h K - N 2 JIl It('k w a~ threate ning :I:! , , ,Q- H7 ch: 25 N (6)_N4 P-B5 33 K- Ol . (1- D7 matp. 17 B_ R6 KR_Kl 26 N- 8 3 B- 8 4 18 N - K 3 B-K 3 32 , , , , N.B 27 K _N2 R- KBI 19 P-K N3! N _QB5? 33 R_ K l P-N5 28 PxP PXP 34 R_ K 3 P-B4 AI l 26 CHESS RE VIEW, FE BR UARY, 19~1 In t h is vlsual·ald course to r begin ners the w i nning tactics or t be middle game ar e eIasslrled, eX(l la ined and Illus trated by KENNETH HARKNESS with pictures. diagrams and examples. QUEEN (Part Four) This ar ticle conclude" the se ries o n Quoen Fo rk s . Next month. followers or this cOIH'se will learn how to will mu· terlal wi th Pawn F'orks. Before sl artillg t hese ies80lls, be· ginll STRATEGICAL FORKS HE USUAL pu r pose of a Queen Fork combination T is to win material. As we have seen in the previ White to play and win Po sit ion aft er 1 Q- B7, ou s section s of this series, a net gain of a Pawn or 1A a piece. \Vhlte cu n lise 1B R (1) _Q1. The for k hss n. Queen l"ork to cr eate 1111 becn IIllswered. but llOW pi ece is the object of the~e tactical operatio ns. OVfll" wo)'ked guard , then wll\ ma ~k's Itook at Q3 \s an In some positions, howevel', a Queen F ork is play II ple ~ f'. The fOI'k Itself Is overworked guard. 2 OxN ed for strategical reasons. Although the fork may not sufficient. wlull n Illcce. be pa rt of a combi nat ion to win material, the actual Queen Fork does noi force material gain, In fact, it may even involve the sacrifice of material, up to and including the Qu een itself. The object of the strategical Queen Fork in such combin c1 tions is to gain a position in which some othe r winning idea can be put into effect, In some cases, the Queen may threaten material, but t he op ponent is ~l b l e to :'IIlSWel' the thl'eat, The pu rpose of the fork is then made cleal' by a follow-up threat of a different nature, In other positions, the Queen Fork threatens no material gain, serves only as a -~~~to play BxB, KxB; a p iece. The fi rs t Q- K 5e h, the r ork dev ice to execute a winn ing maneuver by ~o me othel' move Is 1 DxU. T hen Ir 1 ... thrcatens the K nIght . The method. H- K I ; 2 B-K 5. P- ll3; 3 Q fOI'k Clln be answered by 2 III this category, too, a re forks used to fo rce the K 4 IlIId 'Vhlte retains the ... N- D3 bn t :I R- Q6 (Hook cxtrfl Iliel'e. rork ) wins the Il iece. queen ing of a passed Pawn, to force the exchange of Qu eens in a winning endgame, to create mating threats, to fwi n positional advantage, to recover lost material. Some examples of sb'ategical forks a te shown in lhe diclg ra ms on these pnges. 1. P1'oducing (t Follow-up T h1'eat: The three examples on t his page ill ustrate the use of a Queen Fork to set the stage for another tactical threat, In examples 1 and 2, the Queen Fork threatens material but the threat can be answered. When the opponent defends hi mself, the follow-up threat is executed and , material is wo n. In example 3, the initial Queen Fork T he move is t 2 Nx N, BxN ; 3 Q_ combination ga ins no matel'ial. The object is to force N- H5ch, threa teni ng mate. N ~e h the Queen forks King T hUll, if 1 .. . K - N l; 2 N(5) and pInned Bishop. Now fol· the opponent into a position where he is subjected xNch. B xN; 3 Nxllch, K - N2; IOW A 3 .. . K - HI; 4 BxDch, a roa Bishop Fork, winning his Queen, 4 N- K8ch fL) J(1 mate shortly. Bi sholl fprk winn ing tbe Q. HUS Rl VIlW , FE8RUARY , 1941 27 2. Forking to Que;en a Passed Pawn: In the 8. Pot·king to P01·ce Exchange 0/ Queens: When examples below, the pri nciple of the Queen F Ol'k is a player is ma terial ahead 01' believes that he can used to force t he queen ing of a passecl Pawn, In the win in t he endgame, it is to his advantage to ex first illustJ':ltiOIl , the purpose of the fork is merely change most of the remaining matel'ial wit h his to remove the Queens f rom the board, t hereby opponent , pal·ticula l"1 y the t.wo Queens. The exchange ma k il\~ it easy for White to queen his distant passed of Queens can often be fOI·ced by employing the PaW ll, The defensive 01" Il UiSllllCe va lue of the op principle of t he Queen Fork. The player forks the ponent's Qu een is removed. This is a simple example, enemy King and Qu een wi t h his own Queen. As a but the method is rl'Crjllently overlooked by begin res ult, both Queens come of[ the board. A 11 example ners. of t his method is given below. Example 2 if'! a simil al' Cflse, but the method is less obviolls. The opponent is a ll owed to hang on to hi s Queen fo r olle move, Example:1 is it pl'etty illus tra tion of a sncrificial Qu een Fori\. to play Position a fter ,.,. Q- K6ch ; If m;\l"k ran excbange 2 QxQ, NxQ. The fork has Queens wl l l1 his OPllonent lIe J!"alnetl no lll>ltlH" lal but hall elln win W hIte's Killg·Pall'n. liquidated the Queens. Any Hill extra Il;\Ssed Pawn will t hrentll or counterplay by p layed 1 Q then etw ble Hlack 10 win Ihf' White lu,,·e u l::;.o been ctlll!· The . I ]lassed N7c h, for·king King cndgHlIle. " Queen Fork C;lIl fUlI\.ed. :-l Oll' Rlack w i n::;. the ;old Quee n. No..- if I ... Qx PRwn «(li ~lanl from the OJl' rot·ce t ile Queen exchan~(' . KP nnd the endgame. ]1011('nt·1< 1';111.(1; ) wi ll wIn for Q: 2 PxQ. ot· if I ... I\- K3 : White. ont to Im'nrl' ,·iclory t tl xQeh ami Whil(' q ueens '. Qu een~ mu ~t 0(> exl"lJa11gerl. without luterfereucc. 4. Ct·rating (~ ll7w,ing Th,·('ut: In commor.t with all other tactical open'tin.ns, Queen F'Ol·k ~ ·a re used i 11 mati Ill.! attacks. When (II\.. '\.lu·re11. but aftcr 2 K- lJ2. A l i RxP, A Queen combinaUOll Q- RSch. Now the ~·nn be II] ared to smoke OIlL King and K night are rorked. Whit e to plil)' an d w in. t hl' Blfll'k " jng. set lip a murk is fOI·ced to piny Z • .• To wi n . White mu!;t 38 elt !, QxQ ; 2 P-B7. mlltlng t hre,lt and remove K- :>:\ w hen White follows fiml n way to q ueen his White's fork sucrifice d an (,IWIll)" piece der(,lHlI n.(1; lIJl wIth 3 Q x1\". Ihreatellin! va)!)!cd pawn. noll' block1Hled (lueen fOt· Hook 10 l'CmOI'e !he mate. The exchange III ] Q- H7 ch and 5 I3- N6 mute. by the Bhwk Queen. A ::;.acl·i· til(' block.KolI' Whiteql1eens Rlwl"irireci bnt the t hreat of Black call resign. T o meet fielal Queen "'ork will clear or w in~ the Bl o(·k Queen. mHt(' {·nn ollly be met by 11 lilll! t hrellt he must give np the Pawn'lI rmth. decl~!l'e loss or mate ria l. too much matet"ial. 28 CHESS REVIEW, Fl8RUARY, 1941 5. Positimwl F01·/cS: Again in common with all 6. Defensive Fm'ks: The Queen Fork is also other tactics, the Queen Fork is often used for pure used as a weapon of defel1s e. This type of fork is ly positiollal I·easons. No immediate win fo llows such not intended to win material. It is a protective de a fork, but it may create weaknesses in the oppo vice with which lost matel·ial may be l'ecovel·ed, 01· nent's position, open lines of attack, expose the en thl·cntclled matel·inl guarded. Defensive forks are emy King, aid the player's development. These are encountered freC)uently in the openings, occasion some of the positional advantages which may be ally j n the middle g·ame. They are the hidden reasons gained by Ii Queen Fork. why Pawns or pi eces, apparently unguarded, can Moreover, a thrc([tcncd fork is all extJ'emely im not be captul"eo and won . Three examples of such p01tant positionnl weapon. In fact, most of the pos forks are g·iven below. sible Queen Forks ill a game of chess never happen. The opponent sees the fork coming and forestalls the threat; but, in doing so, he may be forced to maI(e a weak move and suffer positional loss. Even if no defetlSive move is needed, a threatened fork may pr,ew-mt a liberating, developing or attacking move and thereby maintain positional pressure. The first example below illustrates the damaging effect of a positional Queen Fork combination. The second example shows the strangling effect of a threatened Queen Fork. position i~ from the Huy 1.0]J c ~ arter .t P - K4, P - The hithlcn I'e ason Is 11 de· 1<.1 : :< I\" - Kl.l3, 1\1 - (1B:::: ::: 13- [cnsive Qnf'en Fork. Now 1\"5. 1>- Q!t3. TJ)ere iH 11 rea- I3l:H :k fori, s Knig ht and KP 80n why tlle FIlaek K P call thereby reeol'cring t.he lost not be won. P a \\'l). Btack to pl ay. This lA position is froO! n B6!; 2 P x B, gamc playc d recently in t he Ulack·s first move attacked USSn. Grandmaster 8my· the g uard of \\lhitc·s Bishop. slcw has illaek. The average fOlT ed 1!( 'Cf' ll lalWc of thc sac· pla yer woult! probably Illove l"ifice. 1\"" 011' if::: llxl{, Q- )i,kli bis threatened Bishop to It 1 and the fork recovel'S the White to play. The Posit ion after 5 BxN, and hope for the best. Bul !toole 1\""0 material gain, but posit ion iH from thf' 28 Q P x B; 6 NxP, NxP! Smyslov maIleR no defen8i ve Whir.e·" positioJl iR in ruins; 2A ·1 IZ nigllt8 Game ancr .t T' 1\"01 Q - Q.~ this time as lhat. wove. finliH a much better his King exp()~e". hi s King· j{ ,1. P- K ,I: 2 i\""- K B3, I\"" ~Qn3: would lead to troublc, The s ide Pa\\"u~ I'ul nerable. 8tlol for the Bishop. :) I\"- B3 . N- B3: .j n - N 5, P I'f\Wll is reeovered with l he Q11 3. Apparently While can Knight beea\lse it' 7 NxN. Wil l a Pawn, Q- Q5 regains lhe Knig ht. p lay. A s Position after 1 p- lhre CHESS REV I EW, FEBRUARY, 1947 29 QUEEN FORK QUIZ HERE are twelve positions in which material can be won by plaYing Queen Fork combinations. If you have followed this "Picture Guide to Chess" series on Queen Forks you should be able to find the solutions to these tests. If you canllot solve from the diagram, set the position up on your own chess board but do not move the pieces unless you are unable to visualize the combination. Below each diagram, write down the moves of the combination up to the forking position, even if all moves are not WHITE TO PLAY AND WHIT E TO PLAY 7 WIN A PAWN. 8 AND WIN A P AWN. forced. Then consul t the conect solutions on Page 38. 1 ______1 ______2 ______2______3 ______------ WH ITE TO P L AY AND B LACK TO P LAY AND 1 W I N A PAWN. 2 W I N A PAWN 1______1 . 2 ______2 ______3 ______------~------~ - -~---- BLACK TO PLAY AND W HITE TO P LAY WIN A PIECE. 10 AND WIN A PIECE. 9 1 ______1 . • 3 ______~ _ 2______3 ______3 ______------(What happens if mack plays 1 .. . 1H{Nl,!) WHITE TO P LAY AND WH ITE TO P LAY AND 3 WIN A PIECE. 4 WIN A ROOK 1 ______1______ 2______2 __ ~ ______(If .1 (1[1 2______, ------2 ______, ------3 ______.) :L ___ .______, etc .) WHITE TO BLACK AND WIN A PAWN. AND WIN A PAWN. 1 ______1 . 2 ______------2 ______• __ •? ------3 ______3 ______4 ______4 ______------ Por t he bene fit of new readers, the four sections of this "Pichlre Guide to Chess" devoted to the s ubject of the WHITE TO WHITE TO PLAY AND queen Ji'ork are be ing repr'inted in the form of a Hi·page WIN THE E XCHANGE . W I N A PIECE. pamphlet. T his reprint will be available about March 1st. 1 ______1 ______2 ______2 ______COllies of the pamphlet may be ordered nOlI', fo r de· 3 ______------? liye ry on publication. T he price is 25 cent s each. Or de r (Haying gained a Pawn. the (If 1 , ______from CHESS HEVIEW, 250 West 57th St., Ne w York fork recoyers the sacrifked 19, N . Y. piece. Then White wins the L ______, etc. exchange.) 30 CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1941 Acllvltlu of C HESS R EV I EW P olta l Ch en players, game reporh &. ra tln g& , namU of JACK STRALEY BATTELL new player&, pri ze . w in ne r s, selected games, pl~yer "profiles" &. editorial com ment. Postal Chess Editor POSTAL SCRIPTS before applying for adjudication. \Ve have been distressed actually to have to Postal Chess numbers about three report, to the loss of our time and the thousand active players today. We can applfcant"s, that he had no "win"- desplte recall when the rostel' amounted to a his report of controlling an open file me l'e three hundl'ed, The increased In· since he was a full piece uown! terest is gratifying indeed, The work, hOll'ever, has grown proportionately, So 'To save our time, we must require, be· lI'e must ask 1111 postu1ites kindly to [ore eonsidel'lng any request for adjudi cooperate as much as possible, cation: 1) the complete score of the game so fal' as played: 2) a diagram of Please try to observe all rules and the the IJosition reached: and 3) in default (\irections printed in cI'mss IlEVIEW, of existing, w!nnlng mate['lal, a correct You can thus avoid time·consuming ques· statement of how the applicant can force tions, already answered there, and In· a mate or the win of SUfficient material. eomplete r eports that cost extra time to rertify, Please remember we need such Score and diagram together give liS vital data as the section number, name fair assurance of a clear record, So our or oppone nt. in referring to any game, adjudication may be truly officia l a nd we We need also explicit reference to any slw,ll need nut write tor correction 01' previotls cOl'respondenee, \Ve answer so ambiguities, much mail that we cannot recall all past As for the statement, we feel such is correspondence no[' file very much of it. a propel' requisite from anyone who Our ()I'o cedul'e is designed to save both cla!ms credit for a WIll, So be carefUl In you and us all the time possible, On preparing your statement- as m Uch so as game reports, we ask the absolute mini In actually playing the game! mum: section number, names (and ini tials) of both players and result, Please Time Limit Complaints follow the pattern: 46.C 466 p , Mo r phy 1 A, B, Meek 0 (with % for draws), Please 'Ve shall be glad to investigate any WILLY SCHMID inquiry as to why an opponent has not give game results separately fl'om other Chen trumps (ard..· kinds of cOlTespondence, Each kind must answered. \Ve will not consider, how· ever, any claim tor a win by forfeit on be filed sepru'ately- though we try to re ILLY SCHMID of Ridgewood, New ply on all the same day we reeeive them, the time limit, unless the applicant sub· mits a I'eport containing all the data W Jersey, has a Class A postal chess We must, however, streamline our pro requested in rules 11 and 12, including rating, Justified by his fine record in the cedu re in order to reply so early, We do the last card (pl'efel'ably t he last two) 1944 Postal Championship and the 1946 not reply on such matters flS al'e con· received from the opponent. Golden Knights Tournaments, He tells lirmed by pub\!caUon in CHESS RE· of a Quai nt turn he rendered through his VIEW, Since favorable adjudlcutlons ap· On OUI' request, the opponent must skill at chess, pear under "Postal Mortems," we reply submit the same data, So we then have "As a boy I learned chess with a friend full evidence for judging If the opponent onlr on unfa,vorable ones. (Note: re' as his mothe r objected to any card play· quests for adjudication may be submitted is to be exonerated, warned for a first lng, offense, or forfeited, only by a player who has won a point by "Years later whlle crossing the Atlan· default but feels he deserves rating credit Act early on opponents' delays, It is tic, 1 noticed a suave fellow passenger as welt.) We use "fOJ'm cards" wherever hal'del' to locllte an oppone nt or to judge who continually played cal'ds, He invited possi ble- usually merely for a temporary "lost" mOl'es after a month than after me to play but tried to back ont when notice of an investigation or of need for a week, Yet ~ome complaints received told chess was Illy game, An alert further information, are for offenses months old. steward, however, proc llred us a set, My To facilitate our streamlining, we find Further, we must I'equire that evel'y opponent proved an expert player. 'The we must ask your particular obsEH'vance postal chess move beal' a distinctly legi· struggle went Oil for hou['s! A crowd of the following pl'ocp(\ m'ps, ble ['elurn address, Such will lessen gathered, seemed to make my opponent (,hances of misaddressed mail and help ne rVOllS, Finally he blundered, was rorced us, in time complaint cases, discover the to resign and stalked out. Adjud ications re asons for " lost" moves, " The onlookers were dellghted, They We can accept for adjudication only Finally, we reply to inquiries as to congratulated me and ' invited me to the requests by forfeit,winners who feel they B,n opponeni's not answering and to ac· bar foJ' a celebration, I felt I must have bal'e demonstmbly won games, tU1I1 clalml:\ for forfeit alike, with a form beaten a grand master ! We cannot state too stringe nt a rule card, stating we are investigating, Please "1 asked about him, was told, "This on what constitutes a "won" game. In heed the request on that card t o reply man is the keenest card shark on the some positions, a Pawn plus llIay amount after 15 days, if the opponent has not an· liner. He has won a lot of money from to a forced win; in others, a piece plus ~were d satisfactorlly, Such action clears us. Are we glad some one made a sucker may be insufficient. But we usk you to up withdrawals and 1.Ilakes forfeit·clalms out of him by wasting his last night on take a careful account of your chances official. board with a game of chess!" CHESS REVIEW, fEBRU ARY, 1947 31 \Vh i t.e ste ps int o bolh fl tmp and all POSTAL GAMES Ilttack! H is sorry best was t be defe n sive POSTAL MORTEMS 22 N - N l (no t 22 N- Q 3 allowing ... H- N3 Game re ports received OF THE MONTH follo wed by . . . n - HS). Nove mber 10 to Dece mber 15 Post a l p layer s a re invit ed t o subm it t hei r 22. . . . K_ Nl ! B E ST gam es for this department . T o be T he t ra p- forcing the w in of the Ex R ~ p ol· t w in~ a t once to Ihe l' () ~la l C hess r·~ (!i to l ·. (;h ") full l", n Ws o f L 32 CHESS REVIEW , FE BRUARY, 1941 P elto" ~ Th l1c ',lu ~ 'AI. 285 I.Al mcr ",Uh· S5 Brunet 1 1 ..c ~ II (] 0: Iw rr I O l e k ~ l w O. 58 dr""'''; Unmel tlell .I" cOI)~. 10 ,", Cn l )()n ~. ~ 'ren e h. 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""n %:c ellln 36 CHESS REVIEW, FE BRUARY, 1941 Game. played by readers, annotated by one of America ', lea di ng ma.ter•. by I. A. HOROWITZ STRATAGEMS OF IMPUREST RAY eventual 3U Jlport of the Ga mbit Pa wn HOUGH ch:n ges and investigations of shady if it may be ca ptured und held. The plan 13 no t ncw. Of late, Itowever, T Pl'uctices are I'ife in other sports, none it has been pOjll1la l'lzed by Eotvinnlk. have been leveled at the royal game, Yet some 4 N_B3 · . , . instances of snide lactlcs are knowll, bold, White i g n Ot·O~ the threat to hl~ Gambit brazen- and ludicrous! Pawn. The a ction of cn j)turlttg, pt'otedlng On ce, du ring the progress of a game, a atld con~olldallng Is lime consuming, He helieves he CUll utilize thla extrn time to wol'ld renowned master indulged in a bit of advant age. sub l'U,-;ct opening analysis, He had forgotten the book li ne a nd refreshed his memory by a hasty peek :It "Model'll Chess Openings," NOllchula ntly, he con tinued on the recommend- I. A. HOROW ITZ ed variation, But, with typical slory-li ke twist, the recommended line was exploded like an atom bomb. lts shattered remnants may yet be see n in the obsolete MeO a nd the new line graces the latest edition a fitting tribute to the unwary opponent! Pushing a Pawn three sq ua res, instead of two, when a race to queen devel ops, is a bit of chicanery, unfoltun ately all too common, The height of something 01' other, however, was the time a wi ly adversary observed such an indiscretion-but said nothing, For the first player soo n reach 4 .... N-B3 Now the I'll wn tl\a y be cnptttred a nd ed a position in which he needed a spal'e tempo, An d beca use of his pre held, For Inil l a tlce, 4 .. , P xP ; 5 P- K3, vious impetuosity (to put it mi ldly). he had to resign! P-QN4; 6 P-QH4, O- N5. By not capturing, There is a stol'y of a chess sharp, not without its lighlel' side, He however , Blac k bel10ves he can decoy Whi te Into a lOllS fnvot'able vnrlatlon. was giving the handicap of a Queen to hi s less gifted opponent. It 5 8 -NS · , , , was a little too much, So he determined to make up the difference by The lssuc Is drawn, 5 1'- 1(3 would de· hook 01' crook , Whenever he castled, his Rook always wound up on the fend the Gambi t Pawn bu t shut In the King square, thus gaining a valuable tempo, His opponent cast led legal Queen Disiloll: 5 PxP, BPxP would leave Black with II sol1d !)os itlotl, ly, About the fourth 01' fifth game, the dullard noticed the violation 5 , , , , PxP and inquired : "Why is it, when I castle, my Rook always Inn ds on the T he jockeying Is over. 'I'he Pawn IS Bishop squa re, and, when you castle, your Rook always lands on the taken, F or on t he following lIto"e, White King squal'e?" The sharp replied quick-wittedly: "You castle your wny would play J>- K3, de fending t he Gambit Pawn once and tOt' a ll. and I'll c.'l.stle mine, What could be fn i l'er'~" Soun rl s I'easoll able ! 6 P-K4 · , , , A~ there is 110 good way to recover the Pawn, W hite mltst attack sltup1)'. The Dtmkcr,Botvlnnlk variation from Gam bit Accepted, after 1 l'- q 'l . P- Q 4: He must not permit (; onsolidntiotl. 1he Hadlo Match r ct: ur ~ frequently In 2 P QB4, PxP: :1 N- KD3, N- KD3, White P_N4 lOurllame ll t pillY these days. III tllis can recover the Pllw tt In a numbe r of 6 . . , , 7 P_ K S postal gam", . Ulack Indkates llis poten WilY !;. ShtljJlest is 4 Q- R4<.:h, Best Is prob· , , , , tia lities for' dt'usllc tactics. ably 4 P - K3. 1<'01' afte!' ,I" , P- QN4 : 5 Th1~ appeal' s deadly, but . .. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED P - QH1, Dla ck mUllt not On ly 10lle his 7 . , . . P-KR3 Pawn but remain witlt !;hattet'ed Q ueeu· VHnon Gable Dr. I. Farber 8 B- R4 P-N4 III t1 e Pawns; e.g., 5 ... P- QI\:l ruils aftet· T he pin is bt'okell . Now tec h nical CO lli- Wbite Black 6 P xP a nd the p in prevents the recap· j ,l icatlo ll ~ ~e t. In, 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 tU l'e, or [; ... P- B3 ; 6 Px P. I'xP : 7 P 2 P_QB4 P-K3 QN3 and mack's Pawns c t·ullt ble. Black 9 KNxP , , , . 3 N- QB3 P-QB3 ,'nnuot maInta in the Gambit Pawn be· To ['enew l he I>i n which will regain The qU eMUS REVtlW, FE BRUARY, 1947 37 T he ope ning pla y is over , W hIte will W hite eq Ualit y ? With his Queen's wing 32 , , , R_Q7! be !I Pawn t o the good but muck can re, per fo r ate d and unable to ca stle Klng·slde, T h is move is thematic, it (,m ps \l1J In _ gain It Ht will. T he r efore ma t eria l is ap \Vhite has n one too rosy prospects. many of t he SUb-varia tions and now a p pl'ox lmately even. Moment arily, \ Vh lte 16 PxP B- B5 peal'S In t he text. commalHls g reater gpa ce and owns a lllack m us t beware of a snea ll count er 33 NxR Q-N3ch dangerous , (Jassed King Rook Pawn . In a ttack against h is weak Queen Bishop 'I'he poi nt. Now Black obtains two con· Black's fa vor is the mobile, Quee n·side Pawn and vul nel'able King. The text Pawn majority and a more res ilient posi nect ed, passed P a,i'ns w hi ch march to move is t he answer as . . . D- Q4 meets victory. tion. Moreover \ Vll ite 's isolate d Q ueen the c r it ical contingencies. Pawn is a liability anrl hi ~ King is jeop' 34 K_ N2 P,N 17 B- QB1 a rdlzed 011 elt ber wing, 35 QR_Q1 Q-K6 18 Q-K3 • • • 36 B-B4 Q-K7ch Nut IX NxP, B- Q4. 37 K_N 1 P_B4 18 , . . . N-N3 38 P- KR4 P-B5 39 P-R5 P-B6 19 N-N5 · . . , 40 B,P , T here is no wa y for ' Vh lte to re in· . . . fOI'cc h is lJos ltion ; s o he rel1es on tech The re is nought to be dOlle. nical obstac les. 40 , . . . P, B 41 P-N4 B-N3ch 42 K- R1 6-B7 T h r eate n ing mate in thr ee. Res ig ns 11 P_K N3 , . . , SOLUTIONS TO The book li ne is II Q- D3. It Is be 9UEEN FORK 9UIZ lieved to give W hite >\ good gallic. (See P"ge 30) Though Dotvinni1{ k new thiS. however, he " chanced " t he Ul ack positioll . agHinst No.1 : 1 Bx P, PxB ; 2 Q-N4ch, fo r king Denker, Evidently he h ad someth ing nJl K ing Hnd Knight. h is s leeve, No.2 : 1 , . . , NxBP : 2 KxN , NxN ; 3 To an"lyze the variations to the 19 . . . . RxQP !! ? BxN, Q- R5ch, forking King and 13 isil oll. nth degr ee req ll ires the double d istilled judgme nt of a coterie of g rand mas t e rs Force maje ure. Yet 19 ., . P- B·!, thoug h No.3: 1 RxB, RxR ; 2 Q_ KSch, fo rking work ing for a deca de. les s s tartling, appear s mOI'e e ffective. King and Hook. If 1 . .. QxQ: 2 Hx Rch , W h ite's fi rs t pro blem is to recover T he sac ri fi ce of the Hook dema nds a K- H2 ; 3 NxQ. sharp follo w np. t h e piece. 11 P xN settles t hat. His next No, 4: 1 N.QSc h, QxN ; 2 Q xRch, fork. proble m Is security fo r his Ki ng . T h e n 20 Qx R , . . . ing King Hnd Bi s hop. If 1 .•. K- Dl ; 2 \Vhite mnst coneentrate on future pros· O therwise :n . . . P- D7ch ; 22 B- Q2 , Itx Q x lt , D- N3; 3 N- Kl; c h. Inco n 'eel solution pec1.-; . As yet, it is n ot caRy to det ermine B; 23 QxH, D- N 5 wi nning the Queen. is I Qx H. QxN as the n if 2 QxD, QxR. w here the Kin g belongs. T he I 38 CHESS R~ V IEW , FEBRUARY, 1941 All you need to p lay Solitaire Chess (an wit.h a slip of paper at the line i nd ica t ed. indoor ~po"l 10 " che~s - p l ayers orig inated by )'fak e 0,11 ol)Cntng move s on your boa rd up CHESS REVn:Wj is a pocl,ct ch cs s sot, or to and ind ttdittg the first Black 'HOVO in the )'our regular hoard and pieces. \Vith the aid tabk. S t udy the position and wri te Now Sec how many points you Can score. You may consider a t otal point ~(:ore of 86·100 excelle nt, 71·85 superior, 56·70 good, a nd 45·55 fair, for the present game , T his FI'rlIll Syda's sunlit soillllul rhe scale varies from game to gallic . dependtng Oll the qnality of the play. Natul'ally, a diffieull game receives a mO I'o lenient rating than all easy one. feJ'lile hills of J)olJl'udja CllIIICS- (YOIl have While. YOIll' consultation partner is Dr. Vianna of Hio de J aneiro, BraZil. Your Ol)j)onellt is Senor Si lvestre of San Panlo, Brazil.) A Great New OPENING MOVES: 1 P-K4, P- K4; 2 N- KB3, N- QB3; 3 B- B4, B-B4: 4 P-QN4, BxP: 5 P-B3, B-R4; 6 P_Q4, PxP; 7 0-0, P-Q3; 8 Q- N3, Now continue w ith moves below. COVER MOVES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE L INE AT A TIME Blend of Pipe Wh it e Poe Black Your Selection Your Played Score Played for White's move Score 8 Q-B3 ------Tobacco! 9 P-K5 ______6 9 p,p 10 R-K1 ______3 ------8-Q2 ------El'PEWh TH E WORLD O"E!l praise the "irtues 11 B_KN5 ______3 " of Syria's pri',e d Latakia tobaccos. Eqttally 11 • Q- B4 celebrated is the swect tender leaf nurtttred 12 NxKP ______10 12 N,N on the slopes of DoLrudja on Ihe DanuLe. 13 P-B4 ______2 ------13 P_KB3 ------Now YOtt can c njoy thc magnif,cem flayor 14 QxP ______3 14 R-Q1 ------and aroma of Ihesc and other choice tobaccos 15 PxN ______2 15 P," ------in " m"l<:hl cs~ mixture which J ohn Surrey 16 R-KB1 ______3 16 Q,P h"s blended aft er a fin e old English f,mnltl". 17 N-Q2 ______2 ------17 N-K2 Appropriately named "SYKJAN IJOBllt:IJJ.\," ------this new blend has a character which sel s il 18 QR-K1 ______3 18 Q-QB4 ------apllrt from all others. Delicatc and smooth, 19 B_ B7ch ______3 19 K _B1 yet with a )"O],lI SI oltt doo r fra~t'anc, ' , 20 B-N6ch ______3 20 B- 64 (a) ------"SYllIM>; DOU! tlJ IlJ II" is entirely fre" from arti. 21 6xB ______2 ------21 f,cial flavorings. It bums tu a clean whil c 22 N_K4 ______3 ------22 Q-N3"" ash, affording a full measure of pieaslire wilh RxNch ______2 ------c,"ery puff. n K-N1 24 N_Q6 ______12 24" PxPch (b) ------If you (l rC scvcrely critical in yuur choice ------of pipe tobacco, ask for Joh n Surrey's 25 K-Rl ______3 25 P_KR3 26 Q_Q5ch ______4 ------"SYllIA1'i !)OlllllJOJA" today. 26 K - R2 ------27 Q-K4 ~------3 27 K _N1 (c) ------26 Q-K6ch ______2 ------3111111t §utt£!J'g 28 K-R2 ------~ R- B6 ______10 (d) ______29 KR_B1 ------30 Q-85ch ______5 30 K-N1 ------31 RxRch ______3 R,R 31 ------'",I" ·''''pac/.;, .. 30c J2 QxRch 5 32 K,Q .-- , 33 R-K8 m ate. ______3 , I I i Tota l Score ______100 Your percentage I ------~-- I ' I , I NOTES TO T HE GAME (c) 'White lhreatened a fatal dlscoverce] • , I (a) If 20 , . . K - Nl; 21 Q-N3ch, N- Q4 check. I .109 Fir,h I York I ; . S . Y. I ( . . . Q- Q'l; B- n7c h); 22 B- B7ch, K - E1; ( d ) Whitc 's pieces haye charmed l ives; I !3 DxNcll. )3- )3 ,1; 2,1 HxD mate. 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