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Vol. V Mooday, Number 6 Official Publication of The Unltecl States (bessfecleration November 20, 1950 HARTL,EB WINS TRI-STATE JUNIOR TO DIETZ BIG ENTRY SEEN TAUTVAISAS WINS PO$itio" No. of} Poririo" NIJ. 46 O. Bernstein vs. J. CapablanCi A. Kotov vs. E .Kolma OHIO WINS TEAM FOR TEAM TOURN'Y FACTOR MEMORIAL Moscow, 1914 Cnchoslovakla, 1950 Glenn Hartleb, USCF Member The Biennial U. S. In lercoUcgi. Povilas Tautvaisas, for mer 'Lith- Secretary, from Erie, Pa., won the ate Team Championship will be unn ian master, who recently ccle­ fifth Tri·State Tournament at the held at John Jay lIall, Columbia br:Jted his arrival in the USA by Seneca Hotel in Columbus, Ohio University, New Yo.-k; and ad- winning lhc Boston City Champi­ over November 11 and 12. HarUeb, vance notices indicate a larger cn· onship, placing second in the Mas­ who placed fourth in the U. S. try than any time in the past with sachusctls Stale Championship Open Championship at Omaha in more teams from the middle west and twenty·fifth in the 120 play­ 19.:1:9, took the 'I'ri·Slate tiUe by to contest the supremacy of the er U.S. Open, took the Factor :Me­ winning five straight games. Thus. Eastern seaboard. morial Tournament in Chicago Bill Byland, also from Penn· The Intercollegiate Team Cham- with a S.2 score, drawing with sylvania, had to be content with pionship is jointly sponsored by Dahlstrom and Michelson, and los· fourth place this year alter win· the Intercollegiate Chess League ing to Ncdvcd. Kimball Nedved ning the 1949 event. Ahclld of By· of America an d tbe United States also score 5-2, but lost the atl-im· land were .lim Schroeder, present Chess Federation, and the tourna· portanl playoff game to Tautvai­ Ohio State Champion, and A. Nas· ment will be directed by John D. sas. In the regular rounds Nedved vytis, also of Ohio. French of Harrisburg. Pa, Entries, drew with Posehel and Hahlbohm, With Paul Dietz, winner ol the including accomodations for visit- while losing to Dahlstrom. 1949 U. S. Intercollegiate Champ· ing teams in Columbia U frat Third place was a 4lh-2% tic ionship, entered, there was little houses, will be handled by Rhys between Paul Poschel and Burton doubt about Ul e Junior title. Dietz Hays, 430 West 116th Street, New Dahlstrom. Poschel lost to Taut· won with 4·/h, conceding n draw to York. N. Y.; and the deadline for vaisas and Michelson and d r e w Finish It The Clever Wayf r~ leat or Ohio. entries is December 20th. The with Nedved. Dahlstrom. Herman In the team matches, where tournament will be played during Hahlbohm was filth with 3·4, while l COlJtincted by Edmund Nash Penna fielded only a four·man the Christmas wcck of December E inar Michclson, George N. Leigh. w.'hln a~~d m~1 0~0't: 5I bUtiGn. 'IJr thl. colum n 10 Edmund N•• h. 1530 21th PI .o.. 8.E •. tellm to the eight·man teams of 26-30, 1950. ton and Robert Herwitz shared ~ POSITION No. 45 Wliite resigned after Black's first move. Position Ohio and West Va., Ohio topped USCF Director Rhys Hays is sixth with 2-5 each. I No. 46 should afford some interesting moments in solving. In the with 14 wins and 2 draws, West chairman of Tournament Commit- The Factor Memorial Tourna· garrw. White ni.'l:tcd alter a: series of seven ched~IJ, in the pn:>ee.tIJ · Virginia was second with 5-1 L tee. consisting of Donald V I ..}e s mcnt. sponsored by the Chiellgo sncrificing his tV \O Bishops. while Pennsylvania had 4-12. " Box scores in next issue. (Columbia Un iverSity), secretpry; City Chess League, was one of the Please turn tOl Page Seven for so lutions. Joshua Gross (Vice·president Nfw strongest to~ rn am~ n ts hel~ in re· Jersey State Chess Fede ration);, E. cent years In Chicago With two JOACHIM TAKES .. ,i. .;. -:' ...:\...... ,,\. (Sc'- .....+.n-y-i;rl:en::C;~ ..... - ~VI".nt:} ~..:.-;;·."'11'l Chamlnv" "~ :." .-te Chess League of America); Hahlbohm and Michclson, former JJ 'fm'J;;' ~-;; -50 Cverff eke"" plaffer ) SEA TTL!: TItLE Eliot Hearst (CHESS LIFE colt llIinois Slate Champion in Poschel For !..he third time Charles K. umnist). and for m er Trans-Mississippi T THIS time ~hen people are beset by so many cares and worries J oachim, a former champion of Vi· A the relaxatio of chess is a great help to those who can enjoy it. enna, has captUred the Seattle City CCNY is expected to defend its Champion in . Dahlstr0':1, w h i I e Chess can be an in l.uence to combat the restlessness of youth, to enter· title as team champion; and teams Nedved. Herwltz and Leighton rep­ Championship with 5lh·* in a 6- tain many hospital patients to give relief to some of those suffering round Swiss. Playing careful, solid, are expected from NYU, Colum· resented the youn~e~ group of from the tensions inflicted by the times. For the promotion of chess bia, Rutgers, Yale, Harvard, Brook· pla~e.rs gradually gammg local rec· and sometimes brilliant chess, con· it is necessary to hllve the support of all those interested. The United ceding a draw to G. S. PatteJ'Son, lyn, Cas e (Cleveland), Yeshiva ogmtlon. Stales Chess Federation should have more money if its program is to be (NY), Temple, Chicago, Michigan Michelson gained the pr~e f!,r the runner·up. Patterson, scoring carried out effectively and this money should be raised by the sup­ S.l, dl"Cw with Joachim and Don· and a number of other C

Blorkma n, H. (Conn.) ...... 1.17 NATIONAL CHESS RATINGS Blanch"rd, Wm. (Omaha) ... . 1309 Nye, Mrs. Calhenne (Syracuse) . . . 1432 Martin, Robert E. (Toronto) ... 2185 Blum, Or. o. S. (Iowa) ...... 1400 Otlo, Olilf (Rilc.ne, W'sc) ... 1450 MorriS, RObert (Windsor, One.) ... 1912 RATED TOURNAMENTS Bolton, Flyod B. (G"ry, Ind.) ..... 1.96 p~lt erso n (New Engl"nd) ...... 1418 Oaker, William (Toronto) ..... 1821 Bond, Nelson (Va.) ... 14M Peilr$On, Dr. J. S. (Hunlongton, W. Va.) Rauch, Dr. Joseph (Mon.real) .1183 Year EYent Localion Rllting Bossy, Reginilld (San AntoniO) 1382 ...... _. " .... . 1066 RIdout, Howard (To ronto) ...... 200$ 1936 Manhatlan Chess Club Championship ..... New YQrk •••• • 2298 Bothwen, J. L (Twin Fill1s, Idaho) 1350 Perry, Dr. J. H. (Frederkksburg, T.,xas) Shulman, Ernest (Toronto) ...... 1"4 1936 Marshall Chess Club Champlon$hlp ...... :New York ..... 2111 Bowen, Daye (Charleston, W. Vii.) . 1266 ...... _ ...... 1411 Silmms, Ros E. (Toronto) .... . 2133 1936 Ht lJS Championship. Pr""'m. Sec. 1 ...... New York ...... 2108 Brady, J. (Del.) 1000 Peten, Miss Mildred (N. Y.) 1221 Smith, Charles L. (Montreal) . 1047 1936 1st US Chanll'loll8hip, Prelim. Sec. 2 •..•...... New York ...... 1931 Brand, Miss A. E. (Charleston, S.C.) 1065 Peterson, Robert (Milwaukee) 1450 Warner, Bob (Toronto) ... . 1867 1936 1st US Ch;,mpionship, Prelim. Sec. 3 ...... New York ...... 2O$B Brede, W. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1412 Phillips. Beeman (III. ) ...... 1397 Weininge r, Jo,eph (Montreal) ...... ",0 1936 ht US ChamPIOnshil-', Prelim. Sec. 4 ...... New York ...... 202l Broilddus, or. (Beckley, W. Va.) 1201 Pollock, Eldon (Wilsh.) ..... 1080 Yll nofsky, D. A. (Winnipeg) ..... 2358 1936 1st US Ch~mplonship Fin.ls ...... New York .. . .. 2531 Brock, Frederkk (Md.) ...... l UiS Polls, J . W. (Nebr.) ...... 1184 YanOfsky, H~rry (Winnipeg) .1917 1936 ACF Congress, Prelim. Sec. 1 ... Phlladelphla 2144 Brogden, I. (South) ...... 1418 Prokop, E. (Soulh) ...... 1407 Yerhoff, Fra nk (Sask.) ...... 2137 1936 ACF Congress, Prelim. Sec. 2 .... Philadelphla ...... 21:r7 Brown, K. R. (Iowa ) ...... 1101 Pryor, Rev. F. W. (Nebr.) .1405 193(; ACt' ConJ:ress, Prelim. Sec. 3 . _.. PhU~delphla ..... 2154 Brumfe ld, o. 1-. IL".) 1306 PAN-AMERICAN " FOREIGN 193(; AC~' Cungrcss, Prelim. S<.-C. ~~hlr.ronsh1p l~~ Brenneman, A. (W. Ve.) 124$ the note to the 9th move "Q·Kl4" 1940 St. Louis City <':hamplonsh p . . . . :: 1605 Hyde, Mrt. H. H. (Sin Antonio) .. 1:110 Brenneman, R. (W. Va.) ...... 1445 :.:...:.si: 'r:uull .. Hym,lnl, E. J. (Mi~mi) .... 130S reads: "Alckhine considers t hi s 1940 New York SLate Ch~mpionship ...... Haml1lon .. . 2218 Briles, C. Ralph (N. c.) ... , . 1365 1~10 N. J ackwn, G. (Fl •. ) . 1303 Brown (R. I.) 1338 Y. !itllie Aun. !)Iv. 2 'I"ourMmenl ..... ihml1lon 1178 move as stronger than Cbigorin's 19.0 US Open Chamlponship .'inalll ...... l)al1a ~ ...... , 2267 Jamison, Bob (Ch,rlu ton, W.V •. , 1266 8rown, W. R. (Iowa) 1393 Jen's.chun, J. (Leaksvllle, N.C.) . 1484 Butterworth (R. I.) 1374 Q.R5" - in othe,' words, the cd· 194.0 US Ollel1, O] ylslun 2 ...... D~IIII ' . . ... :!iMt J otlrllon, E. C. (St. Cloud, Minn.) ... 1313 1910 US Open. Oiyi ~ ion 3 ...... Dall;L~ . . . 1399 Clites, Roge r 1149 itors of "Shakhmatnyi Listok" con . I!MO Uronx Cuunty Cha'npion.'~o~~f:s J~~l~:r~~~f!o~~~i.~. . .. :: : ~:: i:;: ..... MacNeill, R. A. (Mich.) ...... 1444 Sperling, E.· (R. I.) . 1415 example of the strength of the ·m: Mad9'It, Oon.ld (Omahil) . 1464 Swanson, Viclor O. (Chicago) 1462 responsible head of the c h e s s :m:J~ ~~m~~~mg~~1,1~~I~n8hl'; ...... : :~ :: }g~~ .... ~~ R.;.y Thurber, Rlchlrd (Mich.) '.1'1 movement.in the Soviet Union" ... 1942 Michigun Sta le <':ham,)\Onshlp ...... Delrolt ...... 196~ ::~,~~~:,erj. AS.·c~~~:~t~IC~:~ m~ Tower, H. (Cillif. ) ...... 1465 1942 4th Ventnor City Tournament ...... Ventnor City...... 2311 Mllrples, Bruce (W. Va.) . 1483 Varga, J. (C hlc.go) .. . .. 1&52 and is annotated by N.D. Grigol'­ Marshall, COl. L. E. (Texas) 1454 1942 Southern Che.u Assn. Champion! hip ...... Albntu 1998 Winsor, I. ( R. I.) 1411 icv!) Russian renders thereIore do I!H2 New York State Champlonsnlp ...... C"'Wnovla ...... 2274 M.rtin (Chlc.go) 1379 Wolff, Mrs. Alma (Clllf.) ...... 1382 ·1 942 NYSCA, Dlv. 2 Tournament ...... CawnoYla . . . . . 1931 Martin (Attleboro, Mass.) . 1493 Wood, Dr. J. G. (Ok l •. ) . .. 1390 not have the excuse that the Martin, Cl, reMI (WUh .) . 1431 Worrell I. ) 1445 :~~ ~3b~lnl~~~~~~~L '~'Y~;'.,lf!~ms'!~n ~hl.~ ...... :: ~::~:~:~~~ '::. ~~~ Marlinlk, Paul (Gary, Ind.) .. 1163 IR. "game" and Alekhine's recommen· Wright, R. G. (Mich.) 144' 1~42 n. C. Champioll.\hlp. Prelim. St<:. 2 .. Washlns;ton .... 11105 Malhews, L R. (Soulhwest) .. . . 1410 Yeager, J . (Pittsburgh) 1362 dation of the n ew 9th move wel"C Mendenhilll, Cha rles (Omaha) ..... 1155 1942 O. C. Ch3mplon$h lp Finalll ...... Washlngton .... 2041 Merritt, C. R. (N. c.) .. 1439 CANADIAN COMP ETITO RS "bUried" in a note to another game. :m ~~a~oC·f~~~;,.,I~~~~gt°Sn:,~I,~Fl nais· ... :::: : Ch;Cag~ ... :~ Meyer, Julian (C hlrluton, S.C) . 1313 1942 U. S. A",ateur Champlon$hlp ...... New York ... 1985 MIChl, E. F. (Waterlown, S. D ) 1459 IN U. S. TOURNAMENTS Mlcklich, Fr;)nk (Midland, Mlcl\.) 1400 Anderson, Frank R. (Toronto) . 2311 (To Be Continued) (List continued in next issue) Miller, S. (Soulh) . 1356 Bain, Osias (Q uebec) . 2087 Milchel1 (Wise.) '" . 1483 cohen, M. (Montreat) . . 19:59 Howard (R.I.) Chess Club was Monrpe, A. M. (Johnson Clly, Tenn.) Drummond, Redp~th (Hamilton, Ont.) NEWBURYPORT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP ,n. h o.~t lo Weaver W. Adams w ho Newbvryport, 1950 Monlero, J. (MISs.) . 1451 Fox, . M.urlcl (Montreal) ~~ gave one of his C(lnvincing lcclur. , O. A. Lester (Pontmouth, N.H.) . W9 W8 W1 W, w. ,~ lUG Moore, Clifford A. (O h io) Glass, Milton (Toronto) 1614 ..... 1433 while defeating "- G. O. Herlldon (Ipswich. Mass.) · .. W3 W' W' 31-1. 15.00 Morgan, Robert (Conn., •• 1388 Guze, Max (Montreal, ...... 2123 both Howard 3. Eugene Riel (Amesbury, Mil".) . • L2 W' W' 'U" W1 , ., ,u. Mueller, G. (Okla.) 1470 Hastin9s, Keith (Toronto) ...... 200S "aces, John Howarth and Wm. J. 4. C. Waterman (Amesbury. Mass.) W6 L' WIO W3 '"L ' , -, Mulford, H. B. (W'Sh.) 1485 Hayes, R. O. (Regina, Eesk.) 2002 Couture in the demonstration gam· 5. B. Gould (Newburyport. Mass.) .. L7 L2 W' W, WlO , ., "" Nil thiln, W.lter L (Mus.) ...... 1463 Joyner, Lklnel (Montreal) 1915 6. R. Garland {W. N~wbury, M.l U LIO La 2);·21 ." Playing , D' Nearing, P. (Den'ur, lit) Kagetsu, T.duhl (TorontO) . 191' ". 17·board simultan · 7. R. Gcrlh (Portsmout h, N. II.) . .. W5 W' LI ''''... Ll ,. "16.50 ... Ne lson (8eckley, W. Va.) 1414 k itcn, S. . 1072 cous t h ereafter, Adams won 14 8. IDdw.rd Riel (Amelbury, Muss.) .. WI0 Ll L' L5 DO 11·31 13.00 Ne lson, Wil ller (Omahil) ... 1461"" LeSage, Bernllrd (Quebec) 1673 9. M. Gould (Newburyport, lItaS5.) . . Ll 1.3 L5 WIG ". 11·31 Nye (Attleboro, MillS.) ... 1283 Lwow, Seyerln (Montreal) 1705 and drew 3 gam es . 10. S. Garland (W. Newbury, Mass.) .. L8 . 1.6 L8 CO LS ,., ..11.50 " Page 7 CHIGORIN ANNIVERSARY ([b@sstift (Continued from page 2, column 2) Ct.'66 :Jor :Jt.. ::1,.J BUdin.66 man Monday, NO"""'~ r 20, 1950 his successes in practical play, made him famous as Russia's leading By Fred Rrinfeld All ,Ighto ...... ed by PHmon Publl. hlnll CO'lIouUon, Inl.. n&l lo ..1 CopyrIght. chess player. Not having a chess magazine of his own at the time of U4S. No put of thl •••tltle may b. reproducld In In), form without written the famous telegraphic match betwcen St. Petersburg and London Pl rm h .lon from Ih. publl, he". (188617), Chigorin published the analysis of the games played m that Ct.'66 JJ/e match in the French magazine "La Strategle" in 1888, and from there Negative-Immortality it was taken over by German and other fore\ign magazines and praised .!)n new York as an outstandi ng example of analysing and annotating chess games. B'} Eliot Hedrst E ARE told with equal enthusiasm that man learns from ex­ This, more than tournament successes, made Chigorin rightfully W perience, and also that be is a creature of habit. '1'0 reconcile famous-indeed, when ~ he was honored by Steinitz's recommcndation these mutually contradictory claims, we must conclude that excep­ to play ngainst him Ior the Championship of the Woild (Habana 1889), s USUAL with the approach of tional men learn from experience, and that most people al'e creatures Chigorin had not won a single first prize in an international tourna­ A the Xmas holidays, colleges throughout the naHon turn to of babit. ment yet, and, eXCel)t for his consistent victories as "primus inter pares" A case in point: the ' great Steinitz quickly saw the fallacy of pl'eparalions for tbe Intercollegi­ in Russian championship tournaments (inaugurated by him and SUI·ted ate Championship December 26th aUack for attack's sake; a mediocre player like Dulrcnse contributed in 1899, after he had already resigned to playing a minor role in in_ to 30th. This year's tourney, (or over and over again to the making of an immortal game. ternational chess), his career as a pri7-cw inner is not spcctacular at all college teams of four players, will KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED -although he was the first chess "professional" in Russia, he was too be held in New York City - most Berlin, 1863 much of an " amateur" (a true lover of the game) to consider competi­ probably on the Columbia Univer­ White Black tion in a chess tournament as a competition in a "sport"~uncompromis­ sity campJIS - and from advance G. R. NEUMANN J. DUFRESNE ing as he was in his writings, he was also in his ganres; throughout 1. P·K4 P·K4 Wt.a[~. :Jh. indications promises to be perhaps 2. P_KB4 8·84 his life, he could not free himself from II habit (or, perhaps, a fault?), the most representative field ever Very prudent-so far. J which the editors of the "Chess Monthly" had already noticed wilen J. Kt.KBJ P-QJ Bed[ mov.? assembled. A Ire a d y expressing tbey wrote about his first appearance in the internationlll arena (Berlin 4. B·B4 Kt·KB3 B'} Gui/hCTm~ GroeSSeT their intention to compete are S. Kt·B3 0·0 l881-sce Chess Monthly, vol. III, p. 34): learns from Michigan, Ohio, 6. P·Q3 Kt-KtS? lin· Ru ssia's representative, Mr. Tschigorin, is generally ad­ nois, Pennsylvania, Texas, the New Serious neglect of his develop- Position N". 59 ment. By simply playing 6. mitted to be the coming man. His style is dashing, his combi­ England states, and, of course, New Kt-B3 he would have had a good nations very ingenious, but a little too daring. We congratulate York and New Jersey. The tourney game. him on his splendid debut. Mr. Tschigorin is the Editor o( the will be a seven-round Swiss system 7. R-Bl KtxP? Russian Chess Magazine, Shakmatny Listok, and we knew him affair, with t'o tal games rather Worse yet: he sees a "combina­ only as a local celebrity. With one leap he has bounded into the than match scores to decide the tion." U 8. KtxKt, Q-R5ch etc. ranks of the masters. His game with Blackburne is characteristic championship title, held for the 8. R-IOI of his style. He sacrificed a piece very judiciously in a most last five years by C. C. N. Y. Naturally: having the permanent embarrassing position, thereby securing a draw; but he despised Descriptive literature on the forth­ address of Black's King, he is de­ hali a victory, and lost. This vivacity will have to be tempered coming event is now being mailed lighted to take the open King's by time too, and we feel confident that Mr. Tschigorin will be a to all colleges which have ever Rook file. formidable opponcnt in future contests. shown an interest in chess. s. Kt·KtS The 1951 Marshall C_ C. cham­ '. Q-K2 B·B1ch? Similarly, Minchin after the London Tournament 1883" Chigorin's 10. K-Bl Kt-QB3 third international performance (in 1882, he had also competed in pionship got underway recently 11 . P·BSI B· B4 with sixteen players competing 12. Kt-KKtSI Kt_R3 Vienna, but without any distinction), remarked (Tournament Book, p. Thcre is no defense: if 12. XXVn: in this round robin contest. The. Kl-B3; 13. KtxRP, KtxKt; 14. Tschigorin, the winner of the fourth prize, ought to have a tourney is weakened by the non· participation of three-time cham· R5 etc. great Chess futUl'e beforc him. He has not yct the experience of pion Larry Evans and two of last Zuke rtort and Steinitz, but he possesses that energy which is year's prize winners, M. Turiansky requisite to make a great masler, and throughou t the Tourna­ Send solutions to Position No. and N. Halper. So it looks as if ment he played persistently to win and not to draw his g~ me s, this year's results should point up 59 to The Editor, CHESS LIFE, by and happily obtained his deserved reward. December 20. WOO. a few new names among the prize His was always the will to win; even in the most dangerous winners Solution to Position No. 56 posili ons, he tried to combine defensive moves with aggressive ma­ Also underway is the Marshall This neat little combinalion occurred l)eUVcrs, and this often yielded opportunities for brilliant combinations, in the New Zenl"nd Champlonshil> in junior championship with the en­ 1!111. J~m eR v.'. M!lp.~. White played 1. as unexpected as mnny of those crcated by Alekhinc. _ tries almost entirely different from A-R7 ch. K·HI: 2. Kb t re:lI) •.1. Faucher (New in a pupils' re volt, wh ich almost cost him the privileges connected In brief: has r.a vg~i ..,~d 1 ~!jln~ ~n~tobz: ~wGr~~~: trL.!: challenged to a three­ vanll, J . HU RS (LaneaRterl, CharlCll with the altendance at this institution. These hapless early days of his J onchlm (Senttlo), A. lhurman (ChI· life seem to have left a perman~nt 'impl'ession on him, although no game match and, as soon as fi· call",) E:. .1. Korv"nty ( Wood~ldo). I,ewls doubt it was also in tbis institution that he learned tbe moves or the nancia.l arrangements can be com­ superb finish."' R. I,lIng (Calhoun), O. Lcvadl (Chieagol. pleted satisfactorily, the contest 14. KxKt Henry R. Me ltert (K Blomazoo), nr. J . game from one of the instructors, and )they may explain some of the IS. BxKt P·KKt3 M"lnlck ( Portland). Mnx F . Mueller bitterness with which he later expressed his opinions and especially will begin.. David Hamburger, (Plttshurgh), R. A. McCallister (Uacken­ Amusing would be 15. F-B3; sack), F.dw. F. Muller (Flint), Hugh his dislikes. refugee German master, who s e 16. B-Blch (anywhere else on Myers (Decatur). M. A. Mlch,lCls {West- l ,ater disappointment over his extreme failure in the S1. Peters­ fine showing in U. S. open includ­ the 'diagonal will also do), QxQ; ~.OO~~nc!·v it~8Bh A~:~~~~~:nl: s~:lh bu~g q .u adr a n~ ulat· tournament o( 1fl!)5/ 96 (Lasker , SteiBih, Pillsbury, ed a victory over Herman Steincr, 17. RxQ mate. (PortlAnd). W. B. Wilw n (Amhcntbllrg). Chlgorm), WhICh had been arranged by the Russian ehess world after has moved to New York and will 16. Qx Pch! jOin the Marshall C. C. very soon 17. 8xR mil" his phenomenal success in Hastings 1895 (2nd prize, half a point This game was undoubtedly a HAPPY BIRTHDAY behind P illsbUry, and ahead of Lasker, Tarrasch, Steinltz. e te'.) in the ...Hom~· Jones won the Log Cab­ salutary lesson to Sleinitz! outspoken hope of establishing again Chigorin's claim to the Chess in "blindfold" tourney ... Results (One of m.my brilliant games in­ IS OUR WISH Crown. but in which Chigorin won only 7 points out ·of possible 18 of recent college matches: B'klyn cluded in RELAX WITH CHESS With the issue of October 16th. (o nly Ph out of the first 9!), contributed to his taking more and more College 3, N. Y. U. 3; Columbia by , published by the the Cleveland Chess Bulletin has to alcohol, and, in connection therewith and with a diabetic condition 51h, N. Y. U_ 21h~ Columbia l 3Y.! , Pitman Publishing Corporation.) celebrtltcd its seventh bil·thdllY in leading to his pre mature death, to a steady falling·off o{ his strength FOI'dham I 1h .. .J arn e s Williams, serving the chessplayers of the as a chess player. Although still always a formidable opponent, he Boris Siff, and Richard Ei nhorn Cleveland area. and much of thc could not win any high pri7.cs in international tournaments in the last al'e leading the Munhattan C. C. Salt Lake City YMCA Chess championship prelims and appear success of til e Cleveland Che s.~ As­ 10·12 years of his \ife. He secms to have been disappoin ted wi lh chess Club wo n a 71h- B f.! match from l'crtain to qualify fo r the finals sociation in developing t he ga me ill general a l. the end of his life, and this might explain a legend (re­ the newly organized Utah County has Jeft for Chess Club at American Fork. On in Cleveland must be attributed portcd by Znosko-Borovsky, but probahly not true) that on his deathbed to i1.s well-edited Bulletin. CHgSS Amsterdam, Holland, to compete board one '~ arre ll L. Clark bested he asked for his chessmen and died quietly after he had burned them. in an intel'llational tourney. Utah County Club Preside nt Alma LU'E wishes them a happy birth· A. Madsen. day and mtlny more years of servo University of Wilshington Chess Montreill Chess Club played host ice to the ehess world. Club has elected J erry Sehain pres· t.o a simultaneous by Phillipe Bru· ident, Patrick Corbett vice-pr esi­ net, new Quebec Provincial Cham­ CHESS BOOKS Puget Sound League is in full dent, Norm Newblom secl'etm'y, pion. Brunet won 11 , lost 3 and treasurer, and Rod Dimoff dele­ By Fred Reinfald swing. Seattle defeated Seattle drew 4. Winners were G. Gravel, YMCA 8 lf~- Ph; Univ. of Washing­ gate. The club tournament is off S. Wreschncr and D. Stevenson, The Unknown Alekhine .. .. $4.00 ton downed West Seattle 81h -llh: to a fine start wi th an unusually while N.C. Mules, D. Robillard, H. Immortal Games of Capil' strong (ield. bli1nca ...... 3.50 Olympia lost to Tacoma 46; Uni­ Wallace, and E. Norkell gained Chess by Yourself 2.00 versity of Washington dow ned Racine (Wis.) Chess Club served the druws. Nimlovich the Hypermod- South Tacoma 8lh·P h:: and Ta­ a surprise 6 lh-4lf~ defeat to a . ern ...... 2.00 coma won from West Seattle 91h:­ strong Milwaukee team. S t at e TO THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION: Please Rceevt our e ntry to the Tou rnamcnt l or t he Tntcr.::ollerlatc Team Botvinnik tile Invincible . 2.00 'It . Everett has rejoined the league Champion Powers and former Championship of the United States, to b(l pluycd at New York City, DCCI>mb(lt Keres' Best Games 3.50 but has not yet played any match- State Champion Kujoth won for 26·30, 1950. Challenge tei Chessplayers .. 2.00 Milw<'Jukee on boards one and two, Tarrasch's Best Games 5_00 ".T acoma (WilSh.) . Chess C I u b but Mark SU rgies and Dr. Wehr ley NAME OF TEAM CAPTAIN ...... ·(Pleas.; 'Pri':'ii Practical Endgame PlilY . 2.00 elected Vernon Holmes president, on boards three and {our went Chess Maste ry 2.00 ADDRESS Leslie Cou brough secretary, n. down to defe nt to Clark and Erd­ .... .iS t ~eci .N UI-'; b~ri' "'(city,>" How to Play Bette r Chess .. 2.50 Avann tl'easurer,- Schuyler .Ferris mon respectively. In the Racine Relax With Chess ...... 2.50 C OLLF..GE publi Ci ty director and V. E . Hult­ Club Experts Tourna ment R u d y IlEPR&SENTBD ...... •.. _...... 5t Brilliant Chess Master· We ugree tQ be bound by the 1)IIIyllil r ulfl$ of the lJnlted States Chess Fed cra­ man W.C.F. direetor. Kunz captured the title with 4'f.l. tlon lind the College Cheu Committee, and to comply with the decisions of the pieces 2,50 R eferce, the Tournament Director and tbe Tournament CommIttee. The Elements of Combina- Pl ca~e reserve tion PlilY ...... 2.50 FACTOR MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT ae~Omoda ti O n S 0 With Irving Chernev Chicago, 1950 Povllos Tautvausas ...... x \) I , .. iPiease' Sign' fuli ·.;.;.n;e) Fireside Book of Chess. 3.50 Khnball Nedved ...... I x & ! , All entries should be sent to Rhys Hays, 430 West 116th Street, Winning Chess 2.75 fORU I Posc hel ...... 0 /I x o , Burton Dahlstrom . . ... 1 0 , New York, N. Y., together with entra. nce iee of $10.00. Players must SEND ORDEAS TO: t o Herman Hablbohm .. _ ...... •. (I A 0 •o , be uscr members (Non-members may remit $3.00 dues with entry fee, FRED AEINFELD o i • o except players from Michigan who should remit $5.00 and players from 3310 Rochllmbeau Avenue ~~".,~~eM~ h~~~ ton - -····:::·3 g ~ , o •, N ew York 67, N. Y. Hohert He rwt!z . . . . . 0 0 0 o o , •, Pennsylvania, Texas and Tennessee $4.00 for combined USCF and State Tautvllisas won play-oll game from Nedved. • Ass'n dues.) Please do not send currency. Gl)ess ~ife c-J..:4J Ir7 192 Seville Drive Annotato~ Jou,.nal11enf cfJ/e Erich W. M(frcQnui Rochester 17, N. Y. K. C,III.nd"n Ot. N. H..... bHgw E. J. KO Bl.ock oI:ill .-.' , play an Alb in. Whlto UI..,k 17. P.B1 .IIKt N . Q·R6I haa better d evelopment, more spice. 22.. Q-KU! 2.. P.QB4 " ·K4 J . 80L TON A . LARSEN IL pxa P..Q K" tbe two 11$, a nd will soon aeiu the H e kfl'epl h is promise! I. P·K4 P-Q84 3. Kt-Q83 Kt..QB] Nollce the orde r of moves. An 00· open file.. 3. QPxP P-QS 5, P-KKU 8 _K3 2. Kt·KB3 P·K] 4. B·K tS P.oAl mooia tf! n .n s would not hllve left the 14. R·Bt P..QR3 16. KR·KI 4. K I ·Kal Kt-QB3 6. QKt-Q2 B.QKtS 15. 0 ·B3 KI·Bl 17. Kt·R4 To threaten 7. • BT>. However, this til . Qxrn~ ' ~: w.Q~13~l<~; B;~tkt~~ ~~~:~~I tro .~f ~rte'::;:':lCe of the KRP QiM mU$t be Guarded. threal Is easily met and Black even tual­ save. a t empo, 20. . .. Kl.B3? 18. Q •• 4 B-Q1 25. A.Be ly Kivu u p his blac k B. ror the Kt a t S. 8xKt KtPxP 6. P·Q3 19. RxR Bx R 16. KI· B4 Q%. -rhe morc common 6. _. , Q-Q.Z 6. ().() Is more precise. :~'! e~ ':.~~ It °!:: r:~~ e' t~~::b~l. ~he:: 20. Kt·B3 Kt·Kl 21. KlxKI .p~arl better. 6. P.o4 .. P· KS KI-Q2 more 101 refuted; • P·K4! Is be.t. It 21 . Q·K] 0..Q3 28. 8 ·A3 7. Q_B2 KKt·K2 t. ().O KMet] 7. 0-0 Kt·B3 tben 21. Plli' e.p. • the n p " p for l.ter.1 22. Q·KS Q-QI 29. P· B3 L II- Kt2 0-0 10. PoOR) 8. . ,P-Qli?; ,. hKt, P" Kt; 10. PxP. p rotection of KR1. If 21. R-M, p .B3 u. .... Kt·81 30. K·.1 W e;over Adams, in "Simple Chca," BxP; II. P -QKt3. com.... in hendy. for Q-Kt2 .. III be • 24. KI·K2 '.R> lIives only 10. It-QI .... t\.cr eupoft 10. - . • ,. 8-.4 .. threat. 21 P·Kts can bo met by Q.JU. P ..q8; II. PIP, Il-Kts! gIves Blaek a Q.K2 now or on the next move b more B I. 21. P·KR4 p .B3 is stron". AlIt , 30. K.8i promlslnlt game. '1'1le te"t move is mueh pr('clse. STEINBERG , . B· K2 12. P.oKIl a· A3 11. R·A3 P·K4 stro... er than 10. K-QI ~ A nl"e v~rtaUon appears after 21 .... . , 10. a"KI 10. R· K1 0 ·0 13. QR-Q KI·KI3 Arter 10. , n·K2 White's QBP will be 11. Q·K::1 P..QR4 14. Q·O::1 P·AS ~~I~.Jt ~.~.;Kt~\J~ap~x:~tx~: defe nded by the Kt at Q1; Black ex· 14. , p·ns; 15. QPxP, Px P; '6. Kt-Q4. B-K6. ehar>lIe4 here In oroer to exert some 15. PxP P·DS pressuI'e o r> that ""me QBP, now p ro­ 22. 8..0311 tected on b' by the Q. a: P.RS' B' K~ ~ K~~' R.KU. 11. BxB KKlxP U . B·KI4 R·KI 16. , Kt-Q2; 17. Kl-Q4. 11. Ktx Kt KlxKt 14. BxP P.Q6? 17. PxKt P..Q5 II. B·KIS QxP 18. . , P· 83; 19. PlxR: 20. Q.R6, KR-QB I; 21. Z2. __ QR.KU ~~I~~. ~.Rt i'{ '::KtK;: Kg.:~l If. :t ..K lxRP, i'erhopo 1"",,,'11" , ..r :!3. th:KI, PxB; I'KB., RxP, .... Q6 with attacking ehancea d ue ~:~i ~~~"t;.~2c~l-:~;R::2it~ QlcQ; Z>. RxQ, H-Q7 ...i.b """'" eba".. u. to Whlte'S weakne"," on KB3. U 15. 8-R6 20. R·K4 BlIK t ,."",.., ...... ~ to ... ,~ t~ I ... n "'"",,tenccl then It·KU; 16. B-Kc.5. p.QB3 ; 17. 8-n4, 20. , B-K2; 21. BxB or 21 . R·KI4. Or P''''''''' ( ... llhout • .-Ing l..h g~ me ) b,. !t. XUP; III. M·KU!!, P·QR4!! seeml to __ • B.B1; 21. H" lIl. Q::rR (not 21. __• ~im e h: K~Rtg; Z3~I.R':~M': .~ ~ ~ Ibn; !4. n .. Kt); ft. u .. !' with. Jl(>Wffful ~~ ~0:8 B~:C~!I. ( ~B~~Eih4~tK;i ; a~ Is better than IbKt. I..""ne. AI.., poI.db]" hen: II !3. lJiKt, 1·,,0; n te on 14. , H-Kn llIack ean seck 11 . 0 ·84 K ·R2 Q"O R·Kt2 21. Q.sQ. U~Q; 25. H·R7. If 12. _. Q.Q2; eompcnu.tion In these eomplleatlons; Allr, 21. .1<84 PxQ KI-02 ~ 1J.d\!. I· .. U: %,t. R .Kt.5, QR-Ktl: IS UxQ after t he text White glve_ him no more 32. K·K3 B· BS IIxQ; ~"6. lJ .. (,! '--II. Alter t IM: text.-",ove· limn: opportunity for <:ounl.cra tl.a.ck. ole;" now ri""'I",,, a" u<>ollent ga"'" In u. 15. PxP R·Ktl 16. a·K11 Qx P R:ot her than the c r ASS B" KI which wllUll ,...,l1cnt -.,.le. :0 P but o nly draws. Whll.c l uddenly Or> 16. , KUP; 17. 8 ·86 Is atrong ]:ounehes an .tta.,k on the K. 23. p.a Kt.B} 2&. B-Q7 Q·A) (e.l\'.: KtxB; IS. PxKt, n ·KBI ; 19. RxP. 34. P..Q K!. 3S. P.B5 P·KIt 24. B-B} Kt·K4 ~. KI·K ll RlIT': 20. P.Kt3). 25. 8·KlS QR·Bt )0. P·R4 R·"PKBI 17. QR·., allP n. R(K. j-KI . ' R3 bOP ~~ r.K6B!rn~ ' P·Kt3; 37. B"Kt, Z6.. 0"(1 ~ 31. Q·KlS R·B} IL QlIQ BlIQ ZJ. Q.R ...P • • )2. QaR KBS RHI,", Hoplq for 20. R.'

IKt for alter Q.RP eh. K.B I; 24. BxKKtP and m ack n. Px P K·KI3 4lI. K.B4 Resigns RIR; 22. h it, R·K8 eh' ]3. B-BI, ml1.lt sue<:umb In a few moves. 3L R·KIt ch K.R3 ~'or his P·KR3! wlna easily), Kl-56 chi 22. BxKt. 13. P·KIS RxB White now hIS mate. SEATTLE CITY CMAMPIONSH IP R" R eh; 2:1. K·Kt2, 8-B8 "h; 21. K moves. H Kt·R4 : 24. R.x.Kt kills. B·RG rl1 l1t e. There are similar variations 24. Px KI RxR c h 25. K·B2 Q.B4 ch Thla Is the only way to meet tho mllte GRUENFELD DEFENSE 1. Chllrles K. J oachim ..... Sl· II on o nther 211t moves for Wblle. Collins threal on Kt2.. deserve. a g reat deal of eredlt for Play-Off Mdeh, World Ch.mpion· 2. G. S. G. Pa tterson .5 ·1 avoiding all these " devilish plots.. and 3. Glenn Mulle r ...... 4 .2 ~;: ~:Pc~X PJ~~l :: ~~~.eh Q~ic~; s h ip Ch .. llenger.s. First Game ; ; ,:, stcerlnll Inl.o a won endB"ame. Now R-R8 may be analytleelly hel­ ~: 8~~~l:a ~:~tlne - _. - ~t·lt 20. p·a4 .... 29. Nolt. by E,itb W. M .. rc}",,,J ... , t.r thllA tho tut. b ut when one 11 .I ""ether Bu.. y .... ::::::: U:~l 17.0 Slmpkl . nd sound! R a head O ll~ onl,. t.s careful to avold .,,'Iolle Rbo:k 7. RU$SC!1 Vem...... , 4 17.0 20, Kt..Q6 n. RxP KtxB O. BRONST EI N I. BOL.E:SL.AVSKY a. Ste... e )flllor ...... , ., W! 21 . ItJIIt ch IIb:R U. PJII Kt R·KI ch r:,?:~~Oe.,~'"i~ ~e:::::r.ale~~a~ 1. P-Q4 I(I· K81 , . PIKt P-Q84 I. Donald Seiter ...... 2,4, ,,. jlb"joo,.ly Ihf' Qnly chal\C", but In rea}. Z. P' Q84 ,.I(KU 1. 8-Q.. 8 .KIt 10. Cart £loa ..•~. . .. 1)4) Ity It Ia no chanco . t .Il! h:e.:at': ~r"Dj'':;~ t~~~I!:a 1!t::,J.:r:o ,.. Kt-QBJ p.O' I. KI ·1(2 O..() I I. Kenneth Multo", ...... 2}-3) ...16.0 24. K.a2 R·K1 ch 25. K·B) tho eontrary. Tho rest of tho ,arne b 4. P I P KbP t. 0-0 PIP 12.. Ted Devid.en ...... 1 .. nOl without Interest. ~ P· K4 KuKt 10. PI P KI ·B) 13. Clarence Buahnell ]t"'l 30. K· B2 0 ·Kt7 ch 39. Q..Q1 ch K·Kt4 While ..... ""hl~''tO.i • rirooll: pod!I." hI lhe 14. Fred Duri e.. 0 .s 31 . K.Kt3 Q·BI 4lI. 0 ·Kt4 ch K·.3 _lin w~ lIl,do 10 ... P lIl.jurlt,. On ~Ir 21.• Px.Bb.g7 ; Q:t%x~~1 j 23. R-R4. :n. K·Kt4 Q·K7 41 . QxP Q-04 IJoo, Q·,hlc. II m .d. etIn I rrhe 110" m~lc ' 21, . xK" p.K.a4 • M. te In three. 33. P·KI3 P·R4 Ch 41. K·81 QxP p..... c.lmpllet>t1",.. hi. mdp",~ eho_ )4. KJIIP QxP ch 43. OxP ell. K·B4 .... ¥OOd ATTENTION: 30. BxP eh K·81 40. K·KI4 K.81 her e. II he haa nothlo~ better. White ~nd 'I ~.iIh. e~k Or X.O. to: 31. P·KI) Px P 41 . P·A' K·KI Club Secret.rfes Chess Ins tructiOll J. V. R.lnh.. t. P.O. BOX "5 32. KII P P.oR4 41. K· B4 R..Q84 ~:~.~;r l~'n~ B~.."J, :heQ~in';~~~i Tournament Directors 33. R·A1 R·Kt4 43. K·K4 K .Q' 12. P·KKtA, DxB: 13. T'xKt. U·Kt2; 14. Will (ully annotate gllmes. or 8 - PEORIA I , ILLINO IS )4. ,,84 R· Kt4 eh 44. B..Q5 K·B1 1':0;: ... . Brxp; lli. p·Ka4 would seem to C-D·Class players wit h helprul T ournament Sponsors 3S. K·R4 P·.3 45. K·KS Resl,II' leeve 61eek In :II cheat'" mOOd le. (Dl.ac:k 36. R..Q Kt7 R·K4 wOllld then do .... ell to conSil ii Znos.ko­ hints and suggestions. SU K) per HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS I nluat admit thai on my fl rat perusal Boruvlky'l famoua book. " The Mu dd le ga me. Address: John E. Howa rth. Sub.,,.II,tlono o\c:etPled ,"" OFFICIALLY RATED! o f this came. It appeaned to be Just Came In Chl.... ·j So 12. P·KKt4 mllat 114. another medlOl're ,amo. But after play. bo eon"kleretl atron,er, alnee White Box Howard, n.l THE BRITISH CHESS IIIAGAZIN E Under thc USCJ.o~ National Rat.. Vou nde-d In 18t11 . ...1 I>OW Ihe .. ld~~t tHY Jlt'l'iook-ll ~1. lIt. O"mC!f li:dllcr: n. 00/. ing System . any round·robin or Solulions:- PAPER CHESS BOARDS <>m!Jek-I·.... bltm World : T. II. lh_ Swiss System tournament of -$!.15 1>M' ]"ftr (l! '--)­ Mnte Thc Subtle Way! For TO~'Il.muh .nd ElIhlblllonl. 8 .. 11 S~lm t n copv !:IC' live rounds or more. with at No. 199 (yarbrough); 1. K1.oQ7. .nd a_n 2V,," III".'" on hOi" Itock. least two USCF members as No. zoo (Myers): I. Xt·Kt4. du ll 1I""h. Aporo •. Ill, 20" • 20". PICk. Spec ... 1 thln.pooper tIIl!III'" ",t b,. No. 201 (Drese): Solved In t .... o moves by 1. 8-1\7. (As explained in t.taUe of ed In loll ot SG , ... $5.00; 25D lor 12O.OD. .'.... al $1JG "". ,.... contestants. will be rated with· November 51h, th l~ wu mMpkenly called .I mate In three.) ""d 500 'or n o.1O _ t ~d In USA ... ~ , CHESS WORLD out charge. Incrcase interest C.nlda. $ond 111.0. or check 10: r:,,"'pn:IoMo>I.-. ,\IU1 ... liaa "'"' ...... in your tourlUl me nts and give 8-Kre°ti. ~~~u~~~81: ~!h~I'tr~hr:rl:. ~~~~ h'l l~i~r~II~~B-b~·I.U I . • K . Q:·~5ci ~i B, M. SMITH :t.iM ~ Ihed b.~ C. J. ;;. l'unlv. /ortj,c,l .... l. Qn·H3. R.85, etc. .nn.... t u! JIm",". J'lrool~ . '~.". your players Ule benefit of No. 203 (Keeney): 1. U·8 5. "The Bishop \lerfornll a blnck·lhreet Inlroduetlon, ) 11 01.111.., SL $<:herIMtMr 4, N. Y. S!.CIO 1'<'1" ...""r-l! I.m>et knowi ng their exact st.1.ndi ng in which s"rprl,lng ly ~lIera the play o f the four KnlJ;:hts"- AI:lin White. 5u"!lJ.. ""py !Oc' No. 204 (Bueh .... uld): I. Q·KS. ''Tho two cou plole of Ulack Pawn dden_ tllke CHES3 LIFE. In No. Hllm llhrey' ...... the national chess community the form of removal thre:lll I'Ley. with Uiack Interfercnce ~ I 'rec tlon a efte r I. , Oak Park, III . -rating lists will be publishcd P·JH and I. • T'.q3, l h~.. e mates being eleverly dlfrerenliated"_AI.ln White. No. 105 lZl1ahl): I. Q·RI. "The mates when I. , KtxKJ> and IUP are nul A. BUSCHKE. Specialist for Jem i'llnnually in CHESS LIFE. CHESS a nd CHECKER Offici. I r ating forms s hould ~:"'1~4.';~~n~ t~::Kin~l t~~n~olh~hce~:~\:~~~: !:1I~~r..:c~a~:l1r.~:";m~~;' t~~l~ LITERATURE For ""WI of CaMdI.n CMlI Lilt, a Irue elaAJile"-AIll.lo While. S"bsc.lbt To The be secured in .dvance from :­ 80 E u t 11t h Street. New York 3 CA NADIAN CHESS CHA T Mo ntgome ry Maior LoY~~II~lI~~::t~)'~~iI.~·~~; I~ ~ir f\Jj ' ·lta rtljn~·KytMm/:!~~~in"·~~t:~lrlt ot Sam u le1 1 11111 11SIHld: Offlcl.1 O'lPn of the 123 No. Humphrey A ... e nu. SO LVERS' LADDER (,1_ Tou"",_I ••nd )latchn C.... Feder.llon of C.n,d. (Cort,;nll Jei"lions rfftivtJ liP 10 Octo~ ' lR) TIl(' ~ l'rookm On'r o ubnc.llo~ wnh nl tto ... 1 co .....ge: O llk P a rk, Illinois L'l('rIIen (J>ra"ltllb) [ VilnLl. G.IMI, A,Uol .. ,"d IH/rson. lltlll­ eompleted, and returned to him 20: ~~"l~' ~~~l!:~ ~; ":AZ.~ . 1J~~~;!iyn ;;;. ~cn~!'{: 'l.;h~~e~I .~. ~1:i;a~ti:mJ.~ In Ptcpar:oUon, CI..". llook n.~I ... c.nllll.n Ch... News! Kwhen Onytchuk 20: Roberl Gr.nde II!; Richard Michell 16; U. M. CoUln. 14; P. III t ... lIonth "nnul. Subscrlpllon: A.ocr Do net .,;u te olbe USCF o/Jiti.lr Hunsicker 12; Ted l.clwb 12; Charles Bensch 10; Dr. J OS('ph M. Erman 10; Fh W,;tt /0' )'Oil' F,tt CepitJ. CHESS LIF'E, 12) No. Humphre, A..... '0' IMSt " ting /Ornts. o.k P.Ft, m.... D. A. IIII11A~_. ~~a~-:,~~ i; l~r : 2~ I:. ~~ !:t~~ 14~; ~~~·n~~~u:£.~~I~ltn y'u~~~U~"~~!~t 0.... '.1 DaIl""17. 511n t John. N. B.