• eS5 Ie .Am.erica ~ Copyright lUS by IS Cents Vol. IX, No. 14 Sunday, March 20, 1955 Transition to New Rating Plan

Conducted by Posit,on No.• 117 Proves Easy and Painless To Clubs RU SS ELL CHAUVENET Despite ~ears voiced in lIdvance by severnl critics, ",: h.o. i~ th ~ main did not wait to learn the details and plan bebre cnUC!lZ!Dg It., ~e END solutions to Position No. Revised USCF Rating Regulations have gone into effect in a ~o s l pam­ S 157 to UusscJJ Chauvenct, 721 less manner, being greeted by almos.t 4111 thc chcs:> organizations ~on­ Gist Ave., Silver Spring, Md., by tncled so far with enthusiasm as belDg more equitable ilnd workable April 20, 1955. With your solution than' the regulations previously in effeel. . . . please send analysis or reasons sup­ , Several previously unalliliuted groups hastened to wlt.h porling your choice as "Best Move" ~IIIII:lle the USCF, finding the new plan for af!iliaUon more. SU ited. 10 th~r or moves. membership" and uf the e ight tournaments tu be hel~ iR Api'll or Ma.~ Solunon to Position 1S1 "" III appear which have heCI! repor1.ed to CH":;SS LIFE, sevcn wll.l be Y)O % USC~ In the M;ly 5. 1955 iss.... "- rated events. The e ighth, the Louisville OpCn Ch:lIllllwnsl!lll t.poIlS(l]·('ci NOTE: Do "01 plat'~ 100I.IhO"1 to ' ..0 by the USCr-' aHitiated Louisville Chess Clu b. m .. y :ll~o h(1 :I 1'111t'ti ()V e nt porit;,,,,, On one ttl,d; be IU,t to indk.rtc but did not specify in thcll' :1I11l0Ullccmcnt. com:cJ p'J1itjon ,btj"8 IO/'Yca, number "I Of Ow toul'Ilamelll-; anIiIHIIIC('II. - "n4 gil" tht ".,d I1dJUII 0/ 1"1i "d"" thc New .jpr:-.c), lIigh Scllnul CAPELL TAKES tht 1lI/"r, io \:-hess t:ht), Ma ryland f'un on SoD with ~·2 eaet. ~e, ·e Dick October at Moscow. The U. S. en­ apolis wilh 5 1/.z-I/.z, drawing with Chess Club, Glenn L. Martin Co. Heilbut, Gaston Chappuis, and lran15 in this event are Interna­ former Minncsota Champion ~til­ Chess and John Hopkins Univcrsity Larry Jacobsen. In the "B" tourna­ tional Women Mastcrs Gisela K. ton Otteson. Second and third wilh Chess Club. ment, the victory went to Alex Gresser, Mona May Kadf, and 5-1 each were Fred Galvin and Finally. 'Memorial Day weekend Rizos wllh a perfect 5-0 score. Will Sonja Gral-Stcvenson. Victor of the W. E. Kaiser. Fourth at 4'h-Ph sees three large and notable events Gardner was second with 4-1, while Candidates Tourney plays the tiUe­ was W. R. Jones. Fifth to twelfth ~a ll USCF rated-the 2nd Annual third and foul'th on S·B with 3-2 holder Cor the Women's World with 4-2 were Milton Otteson, L. P _ Great l.akes Open, the 31st annual eaeh were Emerson Snider and Championship. Narveson, Ceo. S. Barnes, Dane Tri·Slate Open, and thc Texas State W31ly Morgan. Text of the cablegram from FIDE Smith. Eugene Hocllin, Werner Championship. Both victors, Capell and Rizos, was as follows: Schroeder, Louis Persinger, and From the ev\dencc to hand, the bold the distinction of being the Pie ... " iIIdvlseo- .nd (:ommunJ. J-Iarry r~ield. The 6-round Swiss was new Rating Regulations and Af­ only two Utah players to defcat ut. Grillf Gresser KiilrH Liildies C.n­ dirccted by U!wis George and was filiation. P lan will serve to broaden Grandmaster Samuel Reshevsky in did.fn Tourn. ment ,",OKO'" ".rl· a 100% USCF rated event. Ing f int dillY' October. the field of rated evenl1l. rather his simultaneous exhibition at Salt A t the annual meeting of the FIOECHECS than contract it as some peSS imist­ Lake City last February. Minnesota State Chess Association, ic observers have prophcsied. Dane Smith of SL Paul was elccted LEININGER TOPS prc.<; ident, Melvin Semb of Winona COLUMBUS BOWS fi rst vice·president, Milton Otteson BISGUIER GOES LANSING MEET of S1. Paul sccond vice-president. TO ARGENTINA TO CLEVELAND Eujt:ene Leiningcr with 6-1 won and Eugene lIoellin of SL Paul u. S. Champion Arthur B. Bis­ In the first team match rated the Lansing City Championship in sccretary·treasurer. Sheldon Rein, guier will participate in the Gold­ under new USCF regulations, the a 2O·player 7·rd Swiss conducted Werner Schroeder, K. N. Pedersen, en Wedding Tournament, celebrat­ Clcveland team downed Columbus by the Lansing Chess Club. Lein· lIterl Johnson, and Geo. S. Barne9 ing the 50th anniversary of the 14-5 in a match nt Columbus, joint· ingel' 10000t one game to Ed ~ar­ were chosen directors. founding of the Clnb Argentino de ly sponsored by USCF afliliates, the wick. Seeond place went to .John Ajedrez. Play will commence on Clevciand Chess Ass'n and tbe B. Kelly with S%-l l/.z, losing to PLAN USSR MATCH April 17 at Buenos Aires and the Columbus Y Chess Club. In a con­ Leininger and drawing with James event will l35t 25 days. Other in­ current Junior team match, Cleve­ Kinton. Third and fourth on S-B FOR JUNE-JULY vited players are Alexandcr of wo n from the Columbus juniors wtih 5-2 were Leo Zaikowski and Plans arc reported progressing Great Britain, Unzicker of West 7-1. Robert Slocum, while James Kin­ lor an unofficial match with the Gcnnany, Pachman oC Czechoslo­ Scoring wins for Cleveland were ton was fifth with 4lh-2lh. Sixth USSR in Moscow in June or July vakia. Szabo -of Hungary, li nd Gli­ R. Pitschak, A. Nasvytis, M. Pat­ to tenth with 4-3 were Alan Strel­ of this year. Tbe American team is gorich and Ivkov o{ Yugoslavia. rick, J . Cohn, E. Somlo, J . Gilchrist, ze[[, Ed Barwkk, Don Green, Rich­ reported to consist of Rcshevsky, R. Owens, Willa Owens, M. AntunO­ ard A. Holmes, and Edwi.n .John­ Evans, Bisguier, the Byrne broth­ C LEAVER SCORES vich, A. Burgyan, and lL Corfman. son. Richard Holmes took the Jun­ ers, and probably Fine-with Den­ For Columbus S. Terrible and S_ ior title as ranking playcr among ker, Pavey, Kashdan and Kevilz on ALLENTOWN WIN Lin tallied the victories. the four juniors participating. the reserve list. Mahlon Cleaver emerged victor­ Sin~e thc match is privately ious with 13-0 score in the recent U. S. OPEN sponsored by a New York group. Allentown City Championship. Sec­ U. S. JUNIOR headed by Alexander Bisno, Jose ond place went to Minotte Chat­ CHAMPIONSHIP CHA MPIONSHIP Calderon, Lesing Rosenwald, and ficld with 9·4, while J. l\fack placed Augu.. 8-20, 1955 Mauricc Kasper, if will not be a third with 8lh-41h. Tied for fourth ­ July 15-24, 1955 return match to thc encounter in with 8·5 each in the 14 player event Long Beach, California New York in 1954, which was of­ w-ere 'V. Young, C. Ztigler, and Lincoln, Nebraska fi cially sponsored by the USCF. Paul Sherr. Queen elty (Buff.lo) Chass elub: Mas­ ter Emeritus Roy T. BLack won the 24- player club challl1llonshlp 8'>'1·H/o!, los­ ALL'S_WELL THAT ENDS WELL ing One game to runner·up Vemon CI. ... efJ. Gable and drawing with P aul E. Green· ough. Vernon Gable scored 8·2 for scc­ Mm~ terin.g thp. End Game place, draWing WltD AIDert £. vos.sler and Dr. Henry Freitag, while Josin& to .!In n.w Yor/' By WALTER KORN, Editor 0/ MCO Grtlenough. Paul Greenough Was third with n ... ·~\.'J; A lbert Voule r fourth By Allen &wfnwn FINDING ONESELF IN THE WRONG CORNER! with 7·3; and Arnold Krul filth with 6 .... S ixth to tenth on S-B with $'h.-4'h. NCE the exclusive pl'operty of N tqe previous chapter we scrulinized the aspects of tbe position given eacb w,ere V I'. Henry Fella&:", Robert L. Mekus, James J . Barrett, Her Dert M..,· O a talented few, the art of I there in Diagram 16, and repeated here, from a game Barcza-Rethy. Gau&:"hey, and Normlln K. Millard. A kibitzing has grown so that today and today we append the outflow of moves from that position onwards. US(;~' (;Iub AfflUate. every self'respecting New Yor k 88, N.Q 4 eh, K·B3 ? Black realizes he is going to be driven into a corner, 8irmln!lil ham (Ala.) Chess Club: With player hus a whole set of kibitzes final the first 1llSUU of "The Ma,le City Wood· to await the blow there. Therefore he secks sanctuary in the most push..,r." edited by Ernest M. Codrrell, for u~e on all occasions. A kibitzer distant corner, that is on his KRl, and is aiming {or it. former club presldenl, in ,January. 1955 is a person who does not play, but the Birmingham club ,rows articulate. comments on thc position; a kibitz, But this is Black's fir",t mistake, playing into White's hands. Para­ Tile 111'$1 Is~ue ~ons1sted of three doxically enough, BLACK'S SAFEST SQUARE IS QR6 (a1). In order to mimeographed pag..,s containing club on t he othcr hand, is a witty reo mate the King in that corner, or probably even to drive' him away from news, r..,sults of the club tournament. mark made by a spectator or a ther e, White needs command of the square QB3 (e3). This White cannot and hl~torlc.u notes on chesli in Ala· playcr, and refers to a person, a bama. lnter~sted -Alabsman ehes.s p lay. 01' do without taking the Black pawn stationed there, which would estab­ CI:' may contact Editor Cockrell lit 170 position, a move. A kibitz must lish a draw. Therefore, Black sllOuld hav~ . h~ad~d fOl' QR8, but aclually .HelroSll Terrace, ~-llrneld, Ala. A USCi" l all inlo) one oC two categories­ adopts the opposite strategy of avoiding it! This explanation further (;Iub Alflliate. it is either a Personal Kibitz, be­ San Francisco 8ay A rel L_gue: The proves ,that the Pawn on "e3," blocking White's , is stronger than GOlden Gate Chess C lub, a USC. ' Club longing exclusively to one chess· if it were on "a3" (i.e. on Black's QR6), as a Queen Rook's Pawn would Affiliate, tightened Its ' I'll' on f irst player, or a General Ki bitz, the not obstruct White's plan in the above describcd manner. p lace I.n the "A" Division by defeating property of a group of peoplc. Oakwnd 3·2 wl1lle tho University of 89. N/ N4-82, K·N2; 90. K·N5, K·R2; 91 . Diag,am No. 16 Califor nia ana Castle Club fought to a The Personal Kibitz usually be· N·K' , K.Rl ; 92. K·8', K.R2; 93. K· 87, 3'h,·3'f.!. tie. valuen Gate now leads with comes very closely identilicd with K. Rl; 94. N.84, K·R2; 95. N·N', K· R3; 96. 3-0 in matches and 16·S in game scorc, its originator; often a remurk is N.a•• K· N4; 97. "'·K6 ch, K·R3?; 98. N· Med>anics lnstltut.e Js 5e<:ond with 1-0 precedcd by, " Oscar used to say aa. K·N4; !19. K. N7, K·84; 100. N.Ql. K· and 4'3. Unlversity of Califor nia third K5; 101. N·BS ch, K.B4; 102. N.N], K.K3?; with l'h'l "'~ and' 1l~ .9y" , while Castle ...", refcrring to the late Oscar 103. ,N/3·0'l.ch, K·I(Z?; 104'. N·B5 chl, Is fOurth wllh l~'HiI snd 10'f.!.·1O'h.. Tenner. all·time champion of the K·Kl ? A~ alack cannot go to his K-slde Palo Alia and Oakumd trall with 0·2 kibitz. Dr. Lasker; engaged in a corner, he now Insist~ on belng shown each. Into hla Q·,llIe corner. l OS. K.N8, K·Ol; Rac ioe (WiS.) Chan Club: Rudy Kunz .skittle game, U~\Ia lly says, "Get 106. K· BI, K·0 2; 10? K·B7, K·OI; 108. with 6'h,·1'h, drawing with r unn~rup thee gone, Jl.lortimcr," when he at· N.Q', K·Q2; H19. N· K8. The gamc waa Walter Teubner, won the Club champ. tacks a piece. Harry Faians seldom ~d.Journcd In this pOSition, and, after ionship. Teubner placeu second with misses thc ch:mee to comment, exhaustive home analysis, both players 5'12·1 y.., losln, a gam.., to Art D omsky ,..,~m to have dl~c"vercd the co.....,ct wllo was third WLUI :;'2. Domsky lost "Now you're talking my 1::mgu.:tge strategy. White no long..,r thinks in unl· games to Kun:t and ."rank Bultenhotl -Turkey," :r--hen pleascd with his son with 81!1ck that the corner "al" Is who placed fourth with 4'h·2'h.. Bern· position. J im Sherwin ill solely re­ taboo for Illaek, and from now on ard Gill was fltth with (·3, While sixth strives' to p revcn ~ Black's King h om 10 cighth on Solkoff with 3'h·3'h. each sponsible for ''Heh·Hehr'' a witch­ going there, wh..,,·..,as Black tdeM to were Louis Larsen, l-l. C. Zierke, an d like k ibitz that points up an op­ make a dash for It. From her e on, any Russ Klme. USCF Mflllate. ponent's bluder. 1I0I·owitz . will ac­ flaw in that plan Is rather one of wrong . Judgment or wrong timinl:'. cept as evidence almost any ehessic pry oppo51110n. That nll~anS, if Bl~k oeeurence to prove his favodte 109 ...... K·8 3; 11 0. K.K6, K· N4? Alas. now mar~hes up to QRS (114), W hite ar· thesis, "The Penguin is mightier mack Is too rash lind Sl ralght·forward rives in tll"e lit his own QIl4 and forces in hl$ mnrchlnll' nWllY . He probably dis- mack back Just as will happen In the r/.w USC'J than the Swordfish." Albert Weiss­ carded 110 ...... , K·B4; lll. ,N·Q6, K-B3; I course Of the actual game. However, man enjoy!! complimenllng his 'own 112. N·K4, K.B2; 113. N·m, K·B3; 11 4. Black over looked. herc the aJtern:ltlve , ..A/filiale. play with "Sheer L. and P J .A."­ N-Q7!, K·B2; liS. N·KS, K·QI; 116. K· 110 ...... , K·B4: I ll. N·Q(;, K·N3!! whleb l;lves him one ",or.., move as against which stands {or "Sheer Logic and B7, R·1l2; tl7. K.K7. ,alninl:" the neces· the above '·temposplel." MA RYLAND Poetry in Action!" Nick Bakos in 111. K·Q5, K· R5: 11 2. K·84, K· R4 ; 113. Arion Chess Club order to underline the lutility of N.B,!, I(·N3? It seems to have b een Meets at II No. Caroy St., Baltimore, his opponent's c(fOl'ts, says "Nice HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS· hetter to s huttle along a while with Md. Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. to mid· try, but no scegar." And Walter OFFICIALLY RATED 113 ...... , K.R$. 11 4. K.QS. K·B2; 115. night. President: Nicholas O. Boehl; K·85, I(·N2; If 115 .... _... K·QI; 11(;. X· treas.: George AI. Downs; sec'y.: Wm. Shipman is the owner of a kibitz N ew Regulations Q(;, K·BI: 111. N·Xa, K-Ql; 118. N·81, C. Koenig, 810 8raesido Road. Baltimore to answer aU kibitzes: "You don't K·BI; 119. N.K6, etc. 116. N.QS, K· Bl . 29, Md. saaaaaaay." Effective M art;h 1, 1955 If 116 ...... : K·R3; 117. K·aa, K·R4; 118. MICNIGAN Tournaments, ma tchos (Ind iv idua l N·"'S and N · D~. etc. 117. K.Q6, K·N2; ' Ed 150 n c hess Ind Checker Club Hundreds ~{ Personal Kibitzes or leam; r ound rob in or Swiss) are 111. K·Q7, I( ·Nl; 11 9. N·K7!. K·N2; 120. Aleel#; at Detroit-Edison Company• are being produced all the time, .. feeble when sponsored by USCF N.aa, I(.R3; 121. 1(.86, K.R4; 122.. H·N6. noons unO evenings. Sce'y: l.:dwal'1l 1. and a few bccome General Kibitzes. affiliated organlutlOM, if p layed K·R3: 123. N· B4. K·R2; 124. H.Q6, K.R3; ·I'ro..oend, Rm. 460, ServiCe Bldg., 2000 under F IDE Laws. di rected by a 125. N·N7, K· R2; 126. H·8 5, K· Hl. Second. Ddrolt 26, "'leh . It is a great honor {or a chess­ competent oHidal, a nd p layed at The tlnnl phft$(l is Ihapin!: up. U University of Michigan Chess Club player to have his own kibitz re· limo limit of not mOre Ihln 30 Meets at Mlchlt an Un ion. Ann Arbor, m ovn per hour. 126 .." ..... , K·RI: 127. K·B7, K·RZ: 128. peated by many other members of N.N4. 1'·87; 129. N.B6 ch, K.RI; 130. N· Mich., Mondays' at 7:30 p.m. President: his club, for it is recognition o[ T he a nnu.1 ch. m pionship lournll' Q7, p .B8(Q); 131. N·NG male. 127. K.Q7, John Penqultei see'y: Roy Flemlnll'. menl of a n USCF Club Chapter and K. R2; 128. 1(·91, I(.Rl; 12'. I(·N6. K-Nl ; 802 Monroe Street, Ann Arbor, Mlch. his creative talent IndC()d, some ' he annual ch lmplo1l$h ip tourna· players take mo)'e pride in' the m ent of any USC F afflll.la whose 130. N·N7! White mnst regroup tor the By·Laws provide Ihat a ll It$ mem· flnal kill, 130 ...... I( ·Bl; 131 . K·B', K· beauty 01 their kibitzes than in the Nl; 132. N·Q6, K.R2; 133. I(·N51, K·Nl; sharpness or their games! bers mUll be USC F mem bers a lso 134. I(.N6; K.Rl; 135. I(. B7, K.R2; After ar e r.ted without. charge. SfuJie!J in pawn It is virtually impossible to real­ A ll ol her eligible evenls lire ril ted a tedious t..1sk, Black Is " arrested" lind only jf offiCia l report of event Is the blockadtl is llrted: 136. N·N4!, 1(. ly undcrstand chess in a New York, 138. accompanied by a , emlHance «OV, Rl; 137. N·B8, P·B7; N.8 6, P' BI(Q); cl ub unless yOU are up on thc lat· 139. N·N, m . te. Gnding. 'I r ing a rating f ee of l Oe Ptlr gllme . est kibitzes. Ncxt issue, therefore, fo r a ll gemes . ctuilly pllyed In t he But thill Is not the end of the talc, conlest . (I n a Swiss one·h alf the then Is ,a tall to It. WatCh out for our By Andrew Efron your reporter will list the current n umber of ' plaYe rs limos thl num· ne xt eol umn! ' lavorite Gcneral Kibitzes; maybe ber .,f rounds represenls tolal Stud,! No.... some will becomc popular in your gam es played If no byos Or fo rfeih.) club . Norc the. 10, I(a(ing Irc p , r gamt: • Me' .... poHtan t: 1Mq; Le",sua iN.Y.I' First round of League play $8W Man· IN BRIEF: is colluf,d from al/ pitryfTl, ,.,htlht:r Bl'Ooklyn College has hattan Team A down Manhattan Telm organizcd a club with Steve Winin· USCF membrtl or not. B 7-3; Marsh.1l1 Team A best Marshall Seml·annually r.lings will " , p ub­ Team B 8·1; Log Cabin ddeated N. Y. ger as president. All membcrs of lished of all p ;o r tlclpanls In a ll Ae:>d..,my 'H!t-3~; and Loridon T e .... ace this club arc required to become USCF·Raled evanll. d raw with Sunset 4-4. In the Man· members of the Manhattan C. C. Official t il ting forms should haitan mDtch. M. Harrow of Team B de· feated H. Seidman on one, but too ... Bisguier, 5·2, and Pinkus. b. secured in advance from:­ his next three te~m · m;ot e5 were n o 41h.Ph, lead the Manhattan C. C. Montgomery Ma jor match for the lineup or A. B. Bisguler, Championship ... Over Co rty play· 123 N o. Humphrey Avenue G. Shalnswlt, and r. A. Horowitz. Like­ ers arc entenld in the Manihall wl~ In tho MlI'sh;1i cluh, P. LeCornu O a k P a rk, Illinois of Tenm B downed K. Burger on board Amatcur Championship. Da nof ,."ite to oJht:r USCF one but his tellm·mlllcs crumpled be­ o/fid"is JOT t~U '''fing forms. for e C. Plinlek, E. Hearst. .1. T. Sher­ win. E. MednlB, etc. Birm Ingham (AI •. j Chin c lub: Brad· ford Gnmbren with 381f.1·3'h. won th e 8 aton Rouge (La.j c hess Club woo Club toum~lI1ent; Gordon C. Rlltes was 10'h..a'h from USC~' affiliated. New Or· second with 34.a, while Charles Cleve­ S",d"1, P,g- 2 lean~ Chess Club In a match at the lind wns third with 24·1 4 and Fred CbfSS tift B.ton Rouge YMCA; a return match a t Whlta to play I nd w in Ke mp lourth with U\.'J·1S'h. In the 15 . M"tch 20. 19H New Orleans 15 seheduled. (For solution, turn to: D all~ e l, M) player event. J:<. USCF Club AlfWate. Sun"", p~ 3 .BEHIND THE SCENES M,mh 20. 1911 THE STORIES BEHIND THE GAMES ~ oflf. By International ll1mter AR THUR B. BlSGUIER Ch .. By WiUa White Owens u. S. CHA~fpION, 1954 ESS Edith L. WC!art is spend­ M ing the month of MarC!h travelling in Southern Europe and " . N·8' Now III. QxP woukl IOIJe to (lIN alDee Egypt. No. 3 : The Meran Defense liner 17. QxR o;:h, K·K2 White has no Though she is more interested at an!;Wer to the double threat ot Q.K8 the moment in viewing the world mate and B·N2 loll<;lwec! by R-NI. HRO UG H the years, the thnmelcon·like Mcran DeIense bas been sub­ 16•• ~_._ 8.Ql as a chessboard UI;ln in viewing the T jected to the vagaries o[ Cashion. Periodically it ls refuted and 17. QxP R.H I chessboard as the world, she has abandoned, only to be I"Csuscitated time and again by a new move or 18. QkN OX N alWtlYs been pl'Ominent' in U. S. idea. CurrenUy, ils stock is as high as it ever has been. Indeed, an im­ ' 9. p oOl a .R31 Chess-as a national tournament . portant testament to the present·day respect accorded to the Mcran is stronl:' move. Kramer took a player, all organizer and teacher ;; ..... ,c: .. ; In an effort to satisfactorily the l'cecnt popu!;u'ity of the Stoltz variation (6Q·B2), an innocuous, un· I The KU I, the key to the of chess, and as the author of The assuming line, whereby Wllite tlttempts to avoid the tactical dif£iculties position; hence th1l logical at­ Roya l G ame. Choe" for Young Pe o ­ inherent in the principal variations, thereby usually forfeiting any hopes to undermIne It. Obviously. White ple, (Vanguard Prc~s, Inc.). of efford to capture the Binek The Royal G.me teaches all the a clear opening advant'lgc. Ii It would open 100 m a ny dIagonals and file. for Black. rules of chess nnd basic strategic A prime n~ason Cor White's wish to 3V'Oid the main line lies in the principles as iI the chess pieces multitudinous pos.~jbilities at Black's disposal, with all of which the ]0. K·Bl P·NS 21. B· 1(4 Q.B4 were talking. As children probably while Iliayci' "lust be familiar if be is to avoid the many pitfalls of this :2.2. R--Q1 R.BI extremely complicated o((shoot of the Slav Defense. In the following sec the pieces as alive, (I myself, g3mc played in the recent Lessing Rosenwald Tourney, I essayed the """".,....",""<= bave seen some ferociOuslY! cavort­ Me rnn in one of its oldest forms. Surprisingly, though. here it is White ing knights) this is a very natural who varics with an original move in a brave attempt to obtain some­ and lively way to explain the game_ t hing more than a minimal endgame advnntage. Arter a short, but ex­ The colorCul illuslralioDS, clear tremely diIricult and complicnted middle game, the endgame proves diagrams and photographs or pieces to be unavoidable. Ironically enough, this endgame instead of being in are splendid ;lids to the text. The White's favO!' is probably untenable Cor him. en pass .. nt rule, all the castling rules, and chess notation are clear­ So here we have one more piece of evidence which seems to lead ly explained. The book ends with to th conclusion that the Mer,m will maintain it's place as one of the six short games-all finishing with more iml'ortant dcrcn~s to the Queen's Gambit. good clean checkmates--and twelve simpie mating positions. j have no­ SLAV OEFE NSE with the unusual. if not q uite sound. 10 ...... N-N5. ticed that whenever I give this (Meran Variation) 11. NxNP book to a child, papa and mama White Black This b the older mOve . Currently... In glom onto it with glee. G. KRAME R A. BISOUU!R gre~ t vl>gue Is tl ...._ .... , PxN; 12. P"N. Miss Weart is also the donor of 1. P·Q4 P.Q4 Q·N3 which also leads tl> compllcated 2. P·Q84 P·083 ~nd unclear pOSitions. Rabinovich's v"t· ThreatenIng principally 23 ...... , 1'.Q6 the trophy which accompanies the 3. N·KB3 N.B) lallon I I ...... N_NO h:u been plal'e<1 ch; 24. U·K3. Rx_f' ch; 25. ~xR. QxB litle of _United States Women's 4. N·B3 P.K3 but White obtained a clear advanta.rll and there Is no defence to R.B7 eh. or Champion- which national tourna, In tho gamll Schmldt-Nurnbcrg, B~d S. P·K3 QN·Q] Q.K7 ch. Noto that Ihb was not threat. ment she and Mrs. Carollne Mar­ 6. B·Q3 Oeynhll.ueen 1941. as follows: a. Q-lt4, ened unttl 22 ...... , R·BI since after B·N2; 13. N/N5xP; 14. 0 -0 , B-M; Ill. ' shall pioneered. The ~tolt:z Variation 6. Q·B2 Is current· something llke 22...... , P ·Q6 ch; 23. Iy fashlonablc. It Is historlcnl\y Inter­ B·R3. 0 -0; 16. QxN, QR·Q1\ 17. Q_R4, B·K3, IlxP ch?; 24. KxR, QxB: 25. B.BS At least throe women Ql'e tQklng esting to note tbnt the great eonnols­ BxN/B6: HI. NxB, NxB; 19. BxP ch. mRlc would be slightly e mbarrassing. part ill the competition in the .seur o r opcnlnJl' play. Aklba Rubinstein. 12. NxN Pl'N ' n. P.KN3 P·06 ch Metl'opolilQn Chess Lengue (New lntrodu~~d Dn d frequently plnyod fl. N ­ 13. 0 _B3 2 ~. 8 -K3 Q.KR4 K5 In an "ttempt to skin the Meran. This 13 by far tbe best move. butead 15. Q .R, R-B7 c h York City). Mary Uain and Kathryn AU thl~ I ~ rather amu~lnl! Rlnce the 13. BxP ch lends to nothing after 13. 26. R-Q2 Rx R-c h Slater are on the "M arshall Raid­ Menn was nn original eroation of Rub· ..... , B-Q2: 14. BxB eh, NxB; n. NxN, 21. B)(R B·84 ch ()rs" alld Gisela Gresser is playing Insteln. hlmllClr. B·N5",h; 16. B-Q2. Q-R4; 17. P.QR3. BxlJ 28. K·N2 Q XQ for the London Terrace Club. 6. P>c P eh wIth lin even game (col. '2:. Meran 29. BxQ P.B4 1. BliP PoON4 VarlaUon, MOO Sth edition). It has been suggested that a B. 800l P·Q R3 U ....._.. B.NS ch Metropolitan Women's Team be Here S. .... _... P ·N5 and Wade's novelty 14. I(·Bl composed of tbe above three play­ S...... , B·N2 both 5()Cm to be playabk. Thl'l' b an orIginal move but inlerl"r. ( Ple a se t urn to pa g ~ 8, eo l. 4) 9. P·K4 ...... no d"ubt, tn t he more usual K·K2. to White mu~t play th Is move It he hopes Krmner Was making .strong etrorts to obtain an advan ta.re. Quieter eon· win he<:nuse of his PO

,.",r.Dr.1 Inta,..lI. Tho... I 3. r..:p. Tbe I.t~r move (the :g,;chant:e addressedMa~h.nd ,nile lop ••w~ Add,"_:" ~'~iE~~1:~~~~~~~~~:;~~~~~~~~r-ri~;::;:~~~:;~:';;::';~;;~;: Variation) p e rml~ UI.ck to tree hb QB 11, N.Y. wlUl. S. __• PxP lind al10ws Black to equaUtc! the Cllm. nother 1!'1I1lb'.

1. Answers to Readers' Questions 2. Finding a Plan 3. H .... _ Kt·KB3 ; S. Kt..Rl, t.bc 'att;;;"k White P.QB4." However. if 1. P.K4. which he is preparing elsewhere. on Black'l K·ald~ I, lound to be very P-QB4; 2. p.QB4, it comes too soon . One o[ the drawbacks of th e K- .tpiecronea, andbeeause Whit eof', Black'iopen lines. undeveloped GAMBITS ACCEPTED to be prevented. What should Black Side attack is that it is usually not ,. _ .. P.QR3 A St,ui7 In O~"i"~ s..c,i/ictl do? Answer: It has been my prac- very subtle. The opponent can Black decllneJ the oUu. The reunnS tice to answer wilh 2 PK4 usually see i t coming ond .«pare behind Black'i move lie d~. Also play· by L. Elliott Fletche r ...... - . • able Is 6. _ _, P-QBTIstltllteJ'l the ~neh Dor"n8e. Between strong players the loss or a . on.. ork. "'h<'l"'a... Olack h ooe~ to ",,",Ive piece m.-eomcs overwhclmlng. er side wins. flarlv att..cks "rter whICh "hIs oosttlon 14. P II: P Ktlt P 15. B·KB4 167 pages, $3.50 win Ix: 8Omewh.at supflrlor for the end. Black threatened 1:1. ... __, P.K' with There is a moral in this a nd a Iln .... e. Pawn danJ;erous chances In the rolline At :ro'" boobto,t, 0 , wrift n umber of similar endings. If you '1. '-..04 P.Q4 <:enter. Of course, lhb: eould not have are ahead, exchange pieces but T!'>" ..... m'w,,~ are 0, .. most IOIl!c31 on6 been answered by 1S. ••_ , QxP be­ r"r hoth ~Id _ slnce tlIf!V strlltto at the caUIe or 16. R·KI p in nine and winning not too many Pawns. Frequently c.. nu.r and aid th... development 01 the (Please tum to pag·e 7. col. 4) the way to take advantage of §u· nrt-cps. VAN NOSTRAND periol' [or-ce is to use it in the end· 3. Kt..QB3 .... __ game to force the Queening of a Black was th .... av.n.n.ll: v..:.P. White de- S""<1.,.,, Page 5 2S0-4th Ave. New York 3 P velOPs aOld d~fend ~ th" KP at '".. same d1)~ss awn. time. Good alternative. llI'e 3. P-C and tift March 10, 1951 GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS

Annotated by Che.. MOlter JOHN W. COLLINS, Marsholl Chess Club Champion, 1954

m.ltt: the 8iGCk xt to lnllltnlte with 1'1.. P·B5 QKt-Q2 WTIOX RuJ, B'~" I, . wI &reat loree. If t:l. _ . Kt·SS? 13. Kt.-QR4 or U . P­ 17. rlfOJ I ",u,~"j". ",J 15. __ ._ Kt-QS Kt·B4 KU. embarranc:. Black. 16. Q.Kt2 K_KtI 11.. B·K3 R·Kl .,~ by M,. Colli .. ,. Note precis(! II Is.. __ P-QR4; 1.0 pr. " vent White's ncJxP; 15. Kt-Q2 B·K3 Frill'll A""mon, C.....JWm Cq.(:h.mJ>­ 17. Kt.-IU. rtves White two Knights ror U 15. _. Kt.-K!; 16. Kt.-B4, Kt-Q$; ion, J~/~tJI~d Gn.. Fu"~r. 1941 H"fI- • Rook. 17. Q-Q3, a nd White tbreatel1l 11. KtxP 15.. ICt·R) IIl-Ktt a nd II.. Kt-Q6. • .,i4n Ch.mpion, "lh:.4~. in « ti,ht ~lter Is !.S. ~ •. __ , KuB. 16. KR-Ql Q.BI p,tI€ti« Mot!", A,"h,~" _II tire. t_. , •. Kt(B3rKIS KtxICt With 16. _ _ I QR-QI rim, Black achievcl 1~". "nJ fost ont: Hc., ;J the SiUh 17. KtxKt D more harmonioUI development. G"mt brt.un thut /"'0 powuful C",,· Th~at.cnlng to win" piece. 17. K·R2 Kt·R4 17. _____ K-1(1 115. Kt·K21 ".jj.m ",,,sUTS. If 17. ____ , nxP'! 18. n·KKtl. wtns. SltlLlAN DEFENSE I I. 0-0 __ ._. M.eo: PilP 211, column 11, (I'll Whlto nnw has the cheertul choice or worklna: on Ihe backward QP or break­ Practice Match Ina- with P-KBS_ Toronto, 1954 II. _.. _... P-BJ White Black Black can give his oPJ>Qncnt a harder F. ANDERSON G . FUSTER tlm(! with 18_ .____ , P_B •• 1. P· K" ,..QB4 30 P.Q4 PICP n . Kt-Q& _ ._ ~ Kt-KI» Kt-QB3 4. le'xP Q.B1? This Is .. real bone In the throat. Thla Is definitely InfertoE' to the \!.Sua l It . ... _.... R.Ktl 17. .... _ PxKtI t. _." Kt-Bl, but It "",d". oue 0" two It 11t. _ _ • B-1IJ; 20. P'QKt4, R-Ktl; :no A qeeuJatlvc ucrlflce .,r tbe cxebange trap.. P-QU4. and White has play aU ovcr the which appears proml! ln,. Marlni:"s 17th S. Kf.KfS board. • .. 11.8 ,ood a. any. 6n tbe aiternativi The aharpest. ancl ""fullition _1tlD, 20. QR-Ql Kt-R1 17. !lxp•• lmply _ , KUPcb; II. K reply. 21. R.Q3 Kt-B4? moves, Ktxll.; It. DxR, XtxRP. etc. on 5. _ •.•• _ Q_Ktl Thl' 1_ II. Pawn and the , ame. And other moves, after ~_ .. _. B-1Ul BIadi: lor .. P-QB4 21 . .. __, Kt.-B2 2%. KUKt, KxKt; 23. chc.lce. Ancl the ·')lIroe:z.y Bind." (J"rtt> OD Q$) JtxP ch. 10aei fof Black too. 21. _. 11. I.R "XP ,t. P'xP _ is utablllhcd. P-B4: it relaUvely belt. with :21. _ . Or the lmmedlate 19. 80W alter whkh '- _ __ Kt' Bl KR-QI; a PO$SIhlllty. but BIllICk would Black I hould tontlnue _ _ • B·R:! and 7. Kt/ S-B1 __ _ be fli:hUq a Irnrt eause In any .,&H.. White tnxnp_ back to the actual 7. Xt/ I·W .,101'1 be played too. E ..... 7. 11. KtxKt ch PlIKt ,amo wtth 20. hP. A .cood move whkh holsters the kl..nf. _ _•. • P.Q.RJ; a. Kt.q4 (I. Kt.-RS. tollow. 11 PXPch PxP It...... _ Il-It1 21. K·Kt2 .sIda .nd e nforeea 19. Kt.-QB-l. oed by Kt·82 lind Xt.-KJ Is few bla). It 23. _ . KxP; N. RllP. Wins. 10. B.B, R.KI 115. _ _ P· .41 KtxP; 9. KlfUXt! (i. KtjbKt?, Q·K4; 24. R·KII _ ._ Not 21. Kt.-Q1 ! , KtxB elL etc. This Icadl to an endm,: ""here Whlte 10. KtxKt., QxKt eh: and Black wlDela up TtI""atenln" %5. B-Kt4 ch and 26. BIP. 21 .._ ._ KhK" 11. o-Bl Q-Kt3 has the Two BlIbop, . and control of a Pawn, ahead) XtxKt; 10. KtxQ. XtxQ; 24.. __ .. _ K-Ql 21. BxK'· RIIB 14. "·R.' _ tho only open·We. Belt Is II. ~--.. Jl,. 11. Kt:xRP1 (If' 11. _. __ • XtxBP1 It. Kt­ J( ~. _-. U.K5; 25. 8-83. 1'In •. After tills move Black', attack bcedmel QI; 19. Kt.-84, q..B'1.. B7.,h. K-QI; IS. XuR, Kt:xR j 14. p ­ ll. R/ l-Ql B.Bl Irl"i',llItable. It appear. that Whlto would 19. Kt·QB4 IxKt KKtl, ancl Whit. wlnl); I t. XxXI, and Forecd; to r It 25. __ ...•• D·83; 211. 8oB3, hav.. had n,htln" chances atter N. Unfortunately, forced beeaun 20. Xt.­ Whlte bas the aclvanta.. e. K-B2 (26. _ .. , BIB; 21. RIP ch. wbu): Kt-Q3! ror; 11 _. __ • 80KU eh; 25. K_XU. Q6. wlnnins: tho oxchan,o or the KDp 7. _ _ ~ P·X3 %7. BIB, P:xB; %I. R-Q7 .,h. K·BII 28. Q-QB3: M. p ·DS, ete. I, threateDed. 7.. _._ ..• p·KKU; merlta atte ntion. IlxRI:' ...In, tor White. 24...... Il-Kt2ch 25. K·Rl _._._ 20. QxB ~h Q-KS I. I ·K3 p-QKn U. R-Q5 R·1(1 Or z=t. K·R..2, P ·BSI On 2.5. K·KU. Q.X3 Other moves would Icave White .... Ith Kan·Flohr. Moacow. Ill$,. continued: 27. B·B3 It. Kl " .110 powerful. annoying pressure on tho QIU-JCKt8 8. _ ..•..• 8oK2; 9. D·K1, 0-0; 10. 0-0, R­ 11.. K· B2 25. _... _. Q.Kkh 26. P-Kt4 _._ cll;agonal. Evcn 110 they might ofter Qt; 11. P·QRS. P-QKU; 12. P·QKt4, B­ There 'I no hurry about lIIkln6t" the 81'. On M. K.R!. Kt-B3 cnnUnllu the aUack. better practlcol c:h~ncea than the un· KU; IS. p·Dot, P-QS; 14. R.R21 a nd Wblto 11. _...... B·N2 26...... Kt.Bl ravorable e ndIng which now onluea. bIOI a elllUnct pm •. MI . taku. Ja rsc and email. GrB made _...... P-KR4 I. abo 'Dod. 21. QxQ ch RxQ t . I·K2 1 ·14 easIly In bad J>Qsltlane Gnd IInder pres­ 27. p·el .... _. U 21. .•... _ .• KlxQ; 22. R.Q7. 10. Q.Q2 ...... aure. Tr 28. •.•.•..• • R·W; 29. nxP eh, 8xR; Or 7:7. Q·KU, Kt.-Kl!I, ete. 22. QR. KIII ...... Not 10. BxD? PleB: nnd 81llck obtaIn. 30. DxR, a nd White win, a piece. 21...... Q.Q;J 2•• KxKt RxlCtch Ry threatcnln, to opon tho Q.Kt.-fIIo control or Q~ ancl piny on the QKt-fiJ •• 29. RxP .,h K.Bl 21. KI·Kt2 KlxPI Itasfgnl with U. P·KtS• .,tc., tli"e Is 8/11ned to 10. ~ .. _ ~ Q·K4 :)0. R-Q' ch K.B2 double Rooks on tbe Q·lUo. U 10. _ . 0-0; II. P-B4. edn Whit... :n. R/ '-Q7 mlta 22. __. P-QR3 grcatu mobWty is very Important. 23. R·K'3 p.1l5 11. P· B4 BxB 1]_ QxQ KtxQ 24. B.Q81 12. Qxl Q-QS 14.. P.kS! Not 24. hP? hI'; 2$. KbP1' B·X41 IllId CHES.t IN PUERTO RICO Black wl.na. R_'.' Cint,tIft. "" (I.g.mkrr 01 thr 24 __... _. p·KKI4 24. Kt.B] Kt·Bl IRREGULAR OPENING "no' "CI"b ti, Aid,rt tir p,/trto RioJ" U. R/ l-Ql QR_Kl 27. Kt.R4 R/ l.K2 Betlar I, n ..... __ • MCO : p.9tI 135, col"mn 10 III ~n ti "'''", tim" C&nn"io" 0/ P"rrlo R/'·Kl. 21. KI·K" ICt·KI 30. B·ll Wic h ita O pen Championship Rit"o, rrl.nnrti tIM li,lt iIT • M Rook, a nd Dlshop plnl havo turned the 14. _...... ICt·Ktl m.kea II aerlouli conceS!llon. Maintenance t. 0 ·0 P-Bl trick. a! tensIon with HI. n ·DI or 10. P-XS Is 10, Q.B2 better. Or 10. p ·Ktl. Q-"K2; II. B-Kt2, Kl-XI; PlRSONAL SERVICE 10..... _ _ ICtPxP 11. PxP " x P 12. Q·IU . Kt·D2 ; 13. B·QIUl, Kt.-B4j 14. TIM Uitor of ,bil lh,.ItttAI -.rill While 8lack's "han.g1ng pawn," at Q4 Q.K3, Kt/ B:l-Kl; 15. Kt.-K2, p .QR4; IS. and Q84 consUtute a potential end­ QR-QI. P·Kts; 17. R-Q2. R-K1: Pod.. omy· CHESS AND BRIDGE BOOKENDS 7'"' ,_, ((H\'I'1MWt 011 ~ ~ II, '""'"', ~me weflkne:vr, as. SID often happen.. , Pacllman, Czeello.lovllkla. 1946. Bl:Iek Cut NICbts aDd Roo..... mounted on ~ "'_, ..,J I'" yo.. _ ,hftfOllY, 101" they are towcn of ,tren:tth durin, tho bal I , It , ht advantage. ~nlwood. to mateh )"Our furniture $6.90 11 pilir. ,old.pllted f7.50. .."r' -t"i,. TN 110. middle ...me, effectively provelltlntr: 10. ~~ . . .. Q.ln White', plecu from oecupY:!n, vl.l.al With the center .ttuIIUon cllltIDed. 10. Cut 1/' CheMboanl $15.50. ,old-plated M,. Colli", will ~l"" _111#'" ...,. "'" ce nter IoC!Ullre& _.., Q·K2: I ~ much better. $I.SO. .t "'''Ur ' .... '1 /(1' _ Ju 0111. 12. R·Bl Q·R4 13. Q·151 KI-Q2 11 , P·KR1 KI_Kfl? Cut 2d~" c:ard.-deck Ihowlq lllIy Nalurally not the hOrrible blunder __. .• £1 1!!1 oro! The tellt IOWI lime ace f6..~ gold·plated $&.50. OIP?: 14. R-RII and space. Black ' hould play tI. __• Send cheek Of" man., or, wlos. aUg-hlly in £avo1' of White, whose King By Julius Buchwald Is ""arer to the Black majority of New York, N.Y. p

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CORNELL AERONAUT ICAL LABORATORY OPEN Buffalo, 1954·55 100% USCF Rateq Event Poppenberg L Carlton ..... x: , , , , , , 6l1- ! No. 527 (Burlier): 1. Kt-B6, threat 2. R-K8! , , Herbert Lawrence ...... •0 •0 , , , , , 54 No. 528 (Buchwald):' 1. Q.B6, threat 2. QxP! William Squire ,~ " ····················· ···i .... ~ , , 0 0 , , No. 529 (deB/asio): 1. Q·K4, threat 2. QxKt! L , ...() , , , " John Beal 0 0 , ,• In these three problems thcre are, before the key is made, certain mates Jack Lotso! 3-4; Donald Haney 2'h-4''h.; Robert Mirsky Abraham " " ~27 Hertzberg 1-6. "set," depending on certain moves of tbe balf·pinned pieces•. Iu the key creates " " " "" " the half·, while in 528 and 529 the key abandons It. Tbese maneuvers effect the set playas well ns the aduM play. ' 58TH MINNESOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP No. 530 (Petrovic): I. Kt.K5, threat 2. H anywhere, dis. eh!, etc. BlaCk's moves St. ~au l, 1955 determine just wbere tbis Hook must go, t o accomplisb mate on White's 3rd move. 100% USCF Rated Event No. 531 (Servais): 1. P·K7. waiting! Task: all mates (14!) are "Mi..cror Mates," 1. K. N. Pedersen (Minneapolis) ..... W23 W4 D5 WI4 Wl3 W3 5~· ~ 21.50 that is: the 8 squares immediately surrounding the Black" King are free of any 2. Fred Galvin (St. Paul) ...... W7 W24 WI0 L3 WIS W13 5·1 16.50 piece. a. W. E. Kaiser (St. Paul) .....•.. ~ ...... W40 W26 W28 W2 W5 Ll 5·1 14.00 No. 532 (Goldschmiedt): 1. Q·B8, waiting! 'l'a.sk: Eight "Added Mates" created 4, William Jones (Minneapolis) ...... W27 Ll D4 W37 WI4 W7 4~·H 13.00 by the key. 5. Milton Otteson (St. Paul) ...... W9 W20 Dl W19 L3 D6 4·2 14.75 , No. 533 (Comtnandeur): 1. Kt·B5, threatening 2. B ·K5 mate. Ta.sk: ALL 'mates 6. L. P. Narveson (Minneapolis) .... 1.24 W23 W20 W30 08 D5 4·2 12.00 ru:e given by the same type of piece as those that attempt t o defeat the threat. 7. Geo. S. Barnes (Minneapoils) .... 1.2 W41} Wl 1 W12 W16 JA "·2 11.50 'rbus: Queen defendS-Queen mates; Rook defends-- Rook mates; Knlgbts dC£end­ 8. Danc Smith (St. Paul) ...... W32 \V30 014 DIB D6 D9 ".2 11.50 Knights 'mate; Bisbop, defends-Bishop matcs; Pawn defendS-Pawn mates! (The , ' . 9. Eugene Hocflln (S t. Puul) ...... L5 W39 04 W2B W26 DB 4·2 10.25 Balbo Task)• 10. W. C. Schroeder (Caledonia) ...... W15 W37 1.2 LI3 W25 WI9 4 ·2 9.75 No. 534 (Bartolovic): I. R·KI, threatens 2. Q anywb,cre (17 squares) and 3- 11. Lou;s Persinger (New YOl'k, N.Y.) L13 W34 L7 W31 wao W20 4·2 9.00 Kt·Kn3 disc. eh. mate! See again No. 530 by Petrovic. Task: the "Toml Fleck 12. Harry Field (st. Paul) ...... W39 L13 W37 L7 W32 W26 4·2 !'l.50 Theme." If 1...... , K·R7; 2. PxB and there is no dC£cn.se a " lIlnst 3. P·Kt4 disc. chi 13. SheWon Itein (Mhmeapolis) ...... Wlt WIZ 019 WIO Ll L2 a,·2} 13.50 14, W. Bland ,(Minneapo,lis) .: .. W3S W16 08 L1 L4 W28 3~·2l 10.00 Kentucky Open Tournament at Louls­ 15. Alex Filipovich (Minneapolis) ....1.HI ' D29 W:!G W17 019 016 3~·2~ 9.50 ville, Ky., sponsored by Louisville YMCA BEGINNER CHESS 16. Geo. V. D. Tiers (St. Paul) .. :...... W21' 1.14 025 W35 L7 W24 3/s·2' 8.25 Chess Club, will be held April 23·24 at 17. Alhert Burger (Minneapolis) ...... ".18 LJ9 026 LIS W27 WS4 311·211 6.75 Central YMCA, play starting 1:00 p.m. (Continued fr~m page S, eol. 3) 18. James Hirscb (S t. Paul) ...... 035 Wa6 W3& 08 L2 015 3 ~ ·2l 7.00 with entry fee of $3.00--.1 5rd Swiss, the Q. White could have cbosen other 19. M. Schlosser, M.D. (Decatur. IlL) W22 . W17 D13 1.5 015 LI0 3·3 10.00 open; $25 casb" prize to wim'ler nnd ways to prevent 15 ...... ,. P·K4, but the 20 : John S. Clune (St. Paul) ...... W25 1.5 1.6 W21 W22 L11 3·3 B.50 Courier·Journal Sbowalter Cup to rank· move cbosen pre).'cnts 15 ...... , II·BS as 21. Glen Proeehel (Janesville) ...... LIG W3l L30 J. 2{) W3S W32 :1·3 6.00 Ing state player; f or details or room well and.. also threatens to win II. piece 22. Paul wagner (Sioux Falls, S.D.) ..L 19 L27 W33 Was L20 W31 3·3 5.00 reservations, write: R. W. ShieldS, with BxKt. 23. Robert , Chlzum (Minnea])olis) ...... Ll 1.6 L31 , W40 Was W30 3·3 2.00 tournament director, 614J' Market st., IS, QKt.Q2. 11. PxKt , ReSigns, 24. Jpse])h Murray (Wayzata) 2'h..3'h (6.75); 25. R. E. Baxter (Fairmont) ,2.'h·3'h Louisville 2, Ky. Not a ounced as a 16. KI·B3 IGtxBeh (6.25); 26. Len Hauer (St. Paul) 2'12·3'12 (6.25); 27. Robert C. Gove (WaY2atn) 2'h·3'h USCF rated cvent. ~ (5.75); 28. Don Smalley (Rochester) 2'12·3 'h (4.75); 29. A. E. Crew (Marlon, la.) 2'h.aY\o Port Arthor (Tex.) Chess Club: Car· Black fee'is that there are no adequate his (4.25); 3Q. lIllJes LaRose (St. P'!ul) 2·4 (5,00); 31. A. L. Johnson (St. Paul) 2·4 (4.00); roll Lewis scor ed 3'1.1.·';" to win tbe club atiaeking chances to compensate for 32. Don Picard (St. Paup 2-4 (3.00); S3. w. G. Vanderburg (Shcll Rock, la.) 2-4 title, drawing wit h BCD Fort; second materiM sbort;>ge. (2.00); 34. Henry Lexau ' (St. Paul) 2-4 (1.50); 35. Melvin Semb (Winona) l'h.4'f.l was' John De Vine with 3·1, while (4.25); 3~. James Seif ert (Minneapolis) 1'y2·4¥.o. (1.25); 37. G. M. Walgren (MInneapolis) tblrd and fourtb with 2·2 were . Jim 1·5 (2.50); 28. William Ogard (Navarre), 1·5 (2.00); 39. Mcrl ,Johnson (Fergus Falls) West and Dr. J. L. Meadows. fl'om Win· 1-5 (0.00); 40. E . M. , Lutgen (Minneapolis) 0-6 (0.00). ' zer nnd E. A. Pietz scored 3·1 In seeOlld Page 7 Ogard forfeited to Shizum; Oga~d and Baxter forfeited to eaeb other. Lewis division with Winzer takini the play r.... '''I';' 'S@,"', George tournament director; Danc Smith assistant. oll 2-0. A USCF Affiliate. \ll)eSS J.. J It: March ZO, 1955 Su."Jrq, Page 8 May 7-8 lind 14-15 WOMEN'S CHESS Maryland Sta t e Champions hip Cess tlfe Mt1uh 10, 1955 (Continue d from page 3, col. 4) :1ournam.enl ollie Baltimore, Md. Open to Mary land state residents and ers and Mona May Karff. However, S.t,u_ 5. Send to CHESS L.IFE. 123 No. members or Maryland chess clubs; at Miss Karff wo uld not be available Humphrey Ave.. Oak Park" III. for Arion Chess Club, 11 No. Ca ry St., Bal­ fo r the full schedule and Mrs. appllulion form for announcing timon; 7 rd Swiss. 50 moves In 2 hcs WL. I ~ 5!.. 0.., 'ffJ-.? tournament in Ihi' column. IS mini.• adjudication a rter 4.v.. hrs p lay; Gresser preferred to remain loyal prizes: 00%, 3(1%, an(1 IO<;t, or nel; entry to the London Terrace Club, so the fee iJ.OO (p1U5 $3.00 deposit for com· team was not formed this year. It Position No. 154 Unless olherw;$9 $pecified, all to",rna· pletion o f schedulll ); brtn, sets and From a Capa bJanc" l:amB {Slmultan" mc.-nls .. nnounced in t his column are clocks 11 aV;dlablll; {or details, write: remains as an inleresting possibil· 100% USC F r ..lc.-d . Ra ting feu .. if an ),. CO\.l$?I: here the immortal Cuban p lay· Kcn neth M. Benjes. 1312 Third Rd., ily for 1956. ed 1. Q·RB? an d his intimidated oppon­ are included in speCified enlr), fee; no Baltimore 20, Md . additional rllting f ee for non·members Though Mrs. Slater bas never e nt j.romptly r ealJucd. Instead, Black 100% USCF rated ev.nt. m lcht have continued 1. M'_~ ' }!.xRPt USCF. taken a title away from the three wit h " lleast .I. draw. White j hould have Aprjl 1401 5 ladies mentioned as possible team won by I . lu R, Q.'< R; 2. Q·R4! when 2...... ItXl' eh; 3. l~xR. QxNP eh; 4. New Jeney High School companions, she has given them aU K·R Js hopeless lor Black; or e Ven bet­ Champio n s hip some bad moments as in the game ter by tho ~'(: ond r;olulion 1. Q·NS, P-03 given below. Mrs. Slater's analysis (Black's n:sour<:es are me~) 2. llxR. Hoboken. N .J . Studies in Pawn Endings of the human situation is as pertin­ Q1dt; 3. Q.!'I$ lind a c heck or t wo rrom Res tricted to underf,[rluluatca or any . ent as her analysis of the ehess the Black r ook cannot ward ort mate. hIJ:h ""hool, publie or private. 1n N.J.; Study No. ~: I. P·Q41 U n ow 1. _ ..... _, To add to the Cl