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Subscriptfoll lot_ ONE YEAR $6.00 • 1 Wh ite to move and w,n 2 B lack t o move and win In this first example, as With a mate rial advantagc I>ISJUNCTIVE COMBOBULATION indeed in all. your luuk is here, you haven't too seri fil'st dll'ecte(l to findinE; a ous a problem. 13\1t. in a spot EI'ery winning bIoII', be it a great Olle or el'e n a ~ lllall one. d efinite win. And, although Hu ch as this, the whole poInt cont l 'ibnte~ to the disj ullctive l'oll1bobula(ion oj" your oppo you are two Pawns down i~ to l"iIH! what wins most nent, Le., to jli~ loss or morale. So, if the blo'l" il l l('~Il ' t win here, you ought to find - -- in surely, It i~ not enough just you outright, i.e" by foree agl'tin s l the b e~t d t'fcn:< e . it lw lps to faet - - ought to a <: hie l'c to save your Exchange lest the mo~t definite of wins. \\' h ite worl, UI) momentum by psyc hological impact. Stl'ike 10 sne h b l o\\'~ bere amI Need we say more? All right for attack, You have a neat SCOl'e yourself excellent; 8 for good ; six for fair. t hen - how do YOIl do it? w in. Secure it! For solutions, s ee page 223.
3 White to move and win 4 Bli\ck to move and win 5 Whi te to move and win 6 B lack to move and win Here a gain is a pos ition \"our Ulilin ,'Olh;e r n here. We lI"el'e about to mention This somewhat fanciful po· to enjoy - no material edge inas1l1ul"h a~ you a rc already t his as a seeming ly innocu s it ion (' ame about after the to be sure but a healthy de a Pawl! U]l. i~ how to m ini· ous position, But t he nlOI"o White side sc t UJl the threat \"e lopment. The point is t o mize the ti l'a w ing propens i we look. the more we are in· of R- QR6, Afle l' obsel"\" ing convert the pOsit ional ad,'an ties of Bi~hop ;; or OPI)osite c1ined to think that While t he effect of . .. QxR in re· tage into some thing more c o l o r~. And till' trlle point to has ani;' one good rno,'e ply thereto, Ilut on youl" dennite. (And may \\'e men· yom ~ Ol llli () n i~ not th e idea here. Well. that makes i~ t\lilll,ing rai' and see what tlon here that el"l:l ryone or in itself but the I'o llow-u]) OJ" easier [or you ~ oher s! Bnt you "an do to meet that yon, everyone, was I'ight fo]JoW-\l lIS. S till. that a lways still we'll ~t~k: can you ~ ee dire threat while also pro· a bout Quiz 6 in :IIIay?) s hould be, right? h ow to win anything? ceeding to win.
7 W hit e to move and win 8 Black to move and win 9 Whi te t o move and win 10 Black to move and wIn We may IWl'e been r ight This i ~ ;t ('ur iuuslv con· H e l'e is another quile a~ mac1, appear::< 10 have a about W hite llal'inp: but one gested po" i\iun. The re is l"uriou~ly ('ong- e~te d a ]10.+ few problelll ~ liere. E,'eQ' good lIIo,'e in ])os ition 5; but jUst one 1'<1\\' )) off lite board. tion. Dut it is Blal' k \\" 11 0 one o[ hi" Pawn,; , for in ,\"e cannot sa y that here: for and that. unfortunately. is is congested. an d so you stance, is isolated: hi s Dish· "-hite \\'on artel' maldng an '· O U l · ~. You (" all score a ~mall ought positi\"(~ I~' to win. In op is not doi ng much of ac inferior 1l10,'e. Black's two dctory or son s here. It this particular (:a ::
EDITED &. PUBLISHED BY I. A. Horowlt>: ROBOT CHESS could never be built and Ihat. a program The apprehension expressed in your for playing the game could hope to be TABLE OF CONTENTS n.'Iarch issue [People and Machines at the successful only if it enabled lhe computer Chessboard by Botvinnik, page 72] thaI to select for analysis merely a few moves, FEATURES YOll llIay have printed too many articles omitting from consideration as many al Case of the M issing Chess Men .... 208 on "robot chess" is quite unfounded, I ternatives as possible which a human World Championship ...... 216 am su re, judging from the c o rre ~ p on d ence player of fair proficiency would reject at DEPARTMENTS I get nn the ~ubjec t from chess player~ a glance as utterly useless. Thus, what Chess Club Oirectory ...... 202 in many lands. BOlvinnik is quoted as saying about com· Chess Vignettes ...... 199 ( don'l believe that Botvinnik know ~ puler programmers in lending to build Finishing Touch ...... 200 a~ lillie of whal com pUler I)rograms de. "precise robot chess players" is quite in· Games from Recent Events ...... 209 "elolled in our cOllntr), for Illaying ches~ correct, at least so far as Ihe work done On the Cover ...... 196 have accomplished as the arlicle which in our counlry is concerned. Postal Chess ...... 220 you rcprinted from Komsomoiskaya Prav Problemarl ...... 211 He is allllarelltty also unaware of the da would lead one to think. The transla· Readers' Gam es ...... 203 fact that our chess programmers have, as Solitaire Chess ...... 205 tion you recei"ed was probably nol ac a matter of course, proceeded in a manner Spotlight on Openi ngs ... . . -...... 206 curate, or the man who wrote the article similal' to the one he suggests, gradually Tournament Calendar ...... 215 did not quite follow what Boll'i nn ik meant changing their instructions, or adding to World of Chess ...... 195 10 co nv ey. From the article, one would them, after testing what the machine assume that Botvinnik suffers from the makes of Ihe orders it reeeives. Neither EXECUTIVE EDITOR same misconception in which Barnic does he seem to he familiar with what Jack Straley Battell Winkelman was caught when he wrote has been written here about our gaining CONTRJBUTINQ EDITORS Mall versus Machine for you in 1957, an insight, from such tests, illlo the way A. B. Blsguler, I. CherneY, J. W. Collins, thinking that a computer had to consider T. A. Dunst, Dr. M. Euwe, Hans Kmoeh, a chess player thinks - or does not think W. KOrll. Fred ReinfeJd. cI'ery IlOssible move at every lurn of play Staff Photog raphe r R. Echeverria. - nor ahout our conclusion that, while and calculate the consequences many theoretically possible, Ihe dcveiopmelll of CORRESPONDENTS mov es ahead. In my reply to that article, a program thal would elluhle a com puler Alabama E. 1\1. Cockrell. 1 cil ed a simple end.game posilion which Ala~ka S. H. O'Nelll. to play like a master is not to be ex California Dr. H. Ralston, M. J. Royer. IL co mputer program comprising instruc Colorado J. J. Reid. pected, because it would take much more Connecticut Edmund E. Hand. lions of a very general type would solve time and money than the effort would be District of Columbia R. S. Cantwell. by analyzing JUS! 25 moves, while brutul worth. Once a computer has been shown Florida R. C. Eaatwood. analysis of every possible move six moves Geor"la Braswell Deen. to be able to play chess at aU, no matter Idaho R. S. Vandenberg. ahead would have necessitated testing how badly, and it has been demonstrated Illinois J. G. about 100 billion variations, Indiana D. C. I. E . Rhead. that its play can be improved by refin Iowa J. M. Osness. Dr. Claude Shannon, who firsl outlined ing the instructions, the whole problem Kentucky J. W. Mayer. a computer program for playing chess Kansas K. R. MacDonald. has lost its interest for all scientists who Louisiana A. L. Jl,1cAuley. so me 12 years ago and who already at do not happen to he ardell! chess fans, Maine L. £ldrldge. Ihat time indieated Ihe necessity for prac· because aU the chess program was in Maryland Chllrles Barasch. tically every refinement introduced in this Massachusetts Franklin J. Sanborn. tended to prove in the first place was Michl"an R. Buskager. field since then, pointed out from the that a machine Ilsing exclusively arith MInnesota R. C. Gove. start that a "supermechanical" type of a Misslslilppl E. A. Durning. metical procedures could solve non_ Missouri E. A. Ta.lley. chess player such as BOlvinnik refers to numerical problems. Nebraska B. E. Ellaworth, Jack Spence. R. E. Weare. Possihly some day, a very rich chess ell Nevada R. L. Wheeler. New Hampshire Ralph M. Gerth. thusiast will agr'ee to spend the several New York Edward Lasker, H. M. Phillips. hundred thousand dollars it would take to North Carolina Dr. S. Noblln. North Dakota D. C. Macdonald. have a group of chess masters learn how OhIo R. B. Hayes, J. R, Schroeder, to program a modern digital computer Pennsylvania J . E. Arm1Jtrong. and to work for years on refining a chess South Carolina Prot. L. L. !o'oster. South Dakota M. F. Anderson. I)laying program and expanding the dec Tennessee Mrs. Martha Hardt, J. G. SUlli- Ironic equipment to keep step with the van. Jr. Texas Frank R. Graves, Horner H . Hyde. refinements found necessary, until the Utah Harold Lundstrom. machine produces a s
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Your young champion, grandmaster • R. J. Fischer, is a very remarkable chess player, but, away from the chessboard, is he a complete moron? Forgive the query; but, in an interview on our British radio, II' he said: ~'' a) Alekhine's games are "dull and un· a. original" ; 194 CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 1961 CHESS Vol. 29, No.7 REVIEW JULY. 1961
INTERNATIONAL Yug" ..; lal'ia lied fOf ~ ix l h, and rhe S\\'is~ Purlisch "f Hungary. Like Bill, Arthur contingent filled out t he l i ~ l. says he WM not salbficl] wit h his play. Ta le of Three Tourneys Ke re~ h a ~ fig urer! in _.e'~" nd place of Bul. likc""isc. his fi nal "taluling was cer cI'cry jlIS[ nar· J ust abnut a~ we a re g"illg to press, Cha ll eng er~ Tuurn Lert: Vassny Smyslo\' lind Arthur Bisguler meet at Moscow; they drew the gam e; right : A new race. that of Vaslukov. CHE SS RE VIEW , JULY. t96t 195 UNITED STATES REGIONAL In t he Deep South T he third annual Louisiana- i\'fississipJ)i Championship sponsored by the CA's of both states and held in N:ltchez, ;\'1 issis· sippi, went [0 CIU:SS R EVU:W correspond. ent and Loui5iana ki ngl)ill, A. L. :McAu ley, by a 5·0 sweep. He also oHiciated as tournament director. Second to fOlu th on tie-breaking I'Oin1S 3[ 31h· P/z eacl. were, respectively, J ude Acers, John Poole and Frank Gladner. Accrs WIIS declared Louisiana junior Cha nll)i on, while Poole won the Mississippi Open 1ill e. There were 26 players. Knights to Pence The sixth annual Si lver Knights Tour. nament at Tol edo saw Dr. Murk E. P ence capture first with a 4Y2.~~ tally. Sidney X. Sussman, 4. 1, wa s second on ti e·brenk. ing points. New York Met Champs The Mar5ha1\ Chess Club wun the club championship of me tropolitan New York World Chess champion Mikhail Botvinnik is surrounded by autograph-hunters, says beating London Terrace CC in an int er. caption on photo received from Russia. We had a . Imilar pic tu re (page 202, July, div.isional play.off. The latter edged Olll 1958) after he had regained the t it le from Vanity Smyslov. the perennial ChamlJions, Manhattan Cc, wh ich lost a crit ical malch by the ineli· Southern Rivalry story on the remain ing 44 boards, so that gibil it y of one pla yer. the fi na l tally was in favor of Florence, Alahama, was the scene of II 311,4-17 1f2 Total Victor y double·round encounter between the Mem· the North. in striking contrast to the In a safari to the \";Iashington, D. C., phis (Tennessee) Chess Club and the closeness of the results in recent yeaf$. area, the Ye:sh iva College Chess Team of Birmingham (Al abamll) Ch e~s Club, the New York City defeated George Wasil ' res ult of which was a Mem phis win by COLORADO ington University, Georgetolm Universit)., 13-7. The first round went to Memphis rn a chess congress organized by the the U. S. Naval .'\ cademy and Americau by a con ~ i neing 7·3 score, the second less Connect icut Association of Secondary Un iversity. Members of the Yeshi va team decisively hy 6-4. Joe Spiegel, Eddie Mid· Schools, high school teams were divided wefe Joel Crossman, Barry Frankel , Mi dleton, Cliff Lipman and Mllrk Gill e), into three sections. Bristol Eastern, Mer. chael Hauer, Hobel't Go ldstein ane! Cap. were twofold winners for Memphis; Ger· iden Maloney and Newington High fin tain Morton 1\lunchenherg. aid Ronning and Robinson performed in is hed first to third respectively in the like fashion for Birmingham. Top board Western Section ; Manchester, Conard of INTERSTATE for Memphis was octogenarian R. S. Hartford and East Hartford placed first Scrivener opposing Honning, who recent to third res pectively in the Eastern Sec Paeans for Portland ly defeated Curt Brasket in the Minne· tion; while Hand High took top honors Strength on the middle and lower sota Open. in the Shore Section. Gerald Hunt, presi· boards gave victory to the Portland Chess dent of the Bristol Eastern High School Club of ?thine over the Northeast Chess CALIFORNIA Chess Club, in reporting that his organi. Leaguc of Massachusetts. On the two zation now has 35 members, pays tribute The annual state c1a ~s i c, in which the top boards, the latter I)Osted wins through to the promotional efforts of the Bris tol massed strength of Northern California. the efforts of Bud Lester lind Bart Could, Chess Club. locks h o rn ~ wit h that of Southern Cali. but all the rema ining ga me:! wefC won by fornia, was played according to schedule Pord and's Charles Sharp, J oh n Morrill, 'NEW HAMPSHIRE and wou nd up in easy victory for the Stuart Laughlin and Bruce Mu rray. North. Especially disheartening for the Samuel Shepard, 5-0, wo n the ~ t llte Sout hern forces was their rout on the top champioll shil) ahead of a field of 24 con Chess pt .. ylnll lIentiema n wilt ' hare Forest testall ts. Ralph Gerth and George Bart H ills Apartment with same: IL 9 _7804. boards, where they apparently had a de· cided adva ntage on pa per. Boris Si ff each scored 4-1, the nod for second go· 28th Soviet Cha mp io nship 19(;1 In MOlcow (North) defeated the \'eteran in ternation ing to Gerth on tie.breaking points. Petrwlltu,. l(ort.llchnoJ. Gelte r, Stein. Sm),, al grandmaster, Isaac Kashdan on first Fourth was David Googins, 3Y2. 112. low, Spas.,kij, aU t90 J;v.mes $1.50 board, and Northerners R. Burger, V. Bue nos Aires 1960 tG l{rondmllsters Kortsch. nOj. Rcshevsky, .t::v ans, Beuko. Fheher all P afnutieff and V. Zemitis down ed I. Ri· NORTH CAROLINA no g"m", ~ $1. 50 vise, S. Almgren lind H. Borochow re The North Carolina Invitlltional Tourna. Ch en Oiliest G number' 1>0" yellr. over 100 spectively on Boards 3, 4 and 5. On Board ment, a yearly meet of the slate's six g a mes each. ~II the bIg tournament. or the world mimeographed. plR.SU C GBC rtnlt' bind 2, H. Gross (North) drew with J. Mos ko· paramount players, went to Oliver C. ing. lim p cover. hand,' size. p!lcktng In_ witz. Thus the Suuthern stalwarts could HUlaff, Jr., 31,6·1 %. He nosed out Dr. cluded. PO~t r,'co $3.50 Orders to W.. lter Kllhnl e· Wcoo"I, slllvage only half a point out of the fi rst Norman M. Hornstein, David Steele, Ron Wero"strasse 56, Zu riCh 4, Swl tzerl.no" five boards. It was pretly much the same ald Simpson, Dr. A. M. Jenkins and Paul 196 CHESS R! VI EW, JULY, t 961 J. Davis in that order. As usual, the . round rohin was staged in Raleigh. . . i I LOCAL EVENTS ! I I • California. Gaining a crown for which he ! has long cont ended, Dr. J. M. David-i\hlig I wo n the Central California Chess League championship with a score of 3%-1%. I Second to fourth at 3-1 we n~ F. Olvera, W. Rebold and .T. Sutherland, who fin· is hed in the order named on Solkoff points. At the Marina Chess Club in San Fran cisco, Wade Hendricks of Sout h San Francisco became club champion by vi r· tue of capturing Section 1. A tot al of 44 players took part. J ulius Loftsson, 6%·2%, was a clear fi rst in the Experts' Tournament of the Chess Friends of Northern Califo rnia, fol lowed by J. Bl ackstone, Erik Osbun, Roy Hoppe and Don Sutherland, eaclt 6-3. The event was a round robin. Prize-winners in a one.day tou rney or ganized by the Chess Friends of Northern Californ ia were Fred Cook, It Headrick, F. Schoene, P. Stei ner, E. Billing, .lames Albuquerque Open : In the fifth round Innis tied fo r 3d and 4th wi th Warren S t e v e n ~o n , George Kane and l\-Jarshal of the 9th annual Albuquerque Open Miller. But a visitor, ~ Io nly Mir·Hoo i\ IcLennan. Chess Tom'nament in New l\Iexic o, two Seini of Iran, came within a half-point With the thin edge of a half-point in leading contenders, Art Innis (left ) and of fi rst with 4·1. High school senior tie-breaking totals, Robert Jaco hs of Man· Ma x Burkett clashed as in the photo Gary Anderson won the J unior trophy hattan Beach bested Wald Cunningham of (courtesy of tll e Alb uquerqu e Tribune) by Dl adng 11th. In all, twenty contes· Arcadi a for San Bernardino Open honors, above. Burkett won the tou rnament with tants toop part, .June 3 anri 4, in the a score of ·1 %.1,2 . Albuquerque Yl'.ICA. both scoring 5·1. Third was J. C. Scheuer, 4Y2·11k "-b cy's fi rst Chess Festiva l in San Francisco was a whopping success, with A GREAT BOOK by a GREAT TEACHER nearly 200 pa rt icipan ts in the Ad ult Divi_ sion and close to 160 in the Junior Divi sion. Lee Hyder, Don P hilley, C. Vargas and R. Petschek were adult winners in CHESS SECRETS the A, B, C and Nov ice gre,ups respec· tively, whil e George Kane, Cl yde LeBaron, by EDWARD LASKER Jenn ifer Brick and Marilyn Altman placed first, respecti vely, in the follow· ing age groups : boys' 1l~ 1 4 , boys' 7~ 1O, N tltis mellow volume of memoirs, Lasker offers girls' 1l~ 14 , and girls' 7-10. a wealth of fascinating detail about his name In the Central Califo rnia Chess League, I the San .l ose team emerged on top with sake Emanuel, Capablanca, Alekhine, Nimzovieh and the best record in bo th match and game other great players of past and present, from whom scores. Sacrament.o was second . he learned the fine points of chess by crossing swords San Bernardino trounced Chi na Lake by wi th them. A member of the armed forces writes: 8-3, t.ha nks to victories by S. Skry pzak, " .... My heartiest congratulations on what I con T. Delaney, Dr. A. Hend y, V. Helman, D. sider a monumental piece of work, outstanding in a Gi bson, G. Carlson, B. .M alless and L. Noel. The winning trio for Chi na Lake rare combination of instruction, entertainment and sheer reading pleasure.... were S. Schnur, B. Allen and C. Wil I was SO rry when I reached the end but found the second reading even more enjoy thamm . able .... I have actually been trying in vain to recall any book which has given me Colorado. The Denver YMCA Chess Club, so much enjoyment a ~ this one." Contains 75 games annotated with Lasker's cus· wit h a match record of 5-1, bagged the tomary penetratiOil and clarity. Delightfully illustrated by Kenneth Stuhbs with more Ihan 30 drawings of famous masters. Correction on Rubinstein In both the articles on Rubinstein 464 pages, 216 diagrams $5.00 last month. there were typographical errors on dates. The Carlsbad Tour The world's foremost publisher of books on CHESS nament given as 1919 was meant to be 1929 in both articles. And the refer· Send for free catalogue of chess publications to ence to Lodz 1917 should have been Lodz 1927. DAVID Me:KAY COMPANY, Inc .• 119 West 40th St., New York 18, N. Y. CHESS REV IEW , JULY, 1961 197 Missouri. In a dispatch by E. A. Talley, Horton Watkins High of Ladue is report· ed as having won over th ree other team.;; in the Ludue Invitational held at Ladue. Edward Soderstrom of Horton Watkins won individllal honors with a 6·0 record. New ]e/"$ey. Groenevald, Sussmann and Trott, 3-1 each, lopped the championship tou rney of the Jersey City YMCA Chess Club. A three.way play-off will deter· mine the title. Mi ke Trott won a play-o f[ for the .l er sey City YMCA Chess Club title. New York. With a perfect 4·0 talk Dr. Rhys Hays pocketed the championship of the ?!forningside Heights Chess Club in New '·ork City, ahead of \V. Ratcliffe, 2%-Ph. Individual honors in the Commercial Chess League of New York were won by K. Spielberg in the Championship Sec· tiun and W. Fagan in Section B. Both scored 5-1. The First National City Bank dominated Australian ' Childre n Are Playing Chess tition. Here 7 year old Nicky Koshnit· the New York City Bankers Athletic says a bulletin from the Australian News sky (left) has 8 year old schoolmate League Tournament with fifteen straight & Information Bureau. accompanying Peter Bradley in trouble while 9 year match victories in a douhle ro und robin. the picture above. A national junior old Jennifer fiashbrook analyses the play The next three places went to the Chase title for boys under 18 has become a like a veteran. Gregory Koshnitsky Is a Manhattan Bank, 10 1k4%; the Irving fixture. More than 1000 boys and girls. player of first rank in Australia and T rust Company, 9%·5%; and the Bank. from 7 to 17. are members of school Vice· president of the Western Pacific ers Trust Company, 8Yz·6%. Richard chess clubs in Sydney and more than and South·east Asian zone of the FIDE, Malton of the First National City Bank 700 took part in an Intel'school compe· the International Chess Federation. rnade the best individual showing with 13J/2- %. Denver Intercity Leaglle title a head of ing so much as u draw. His score in the Winner of the Westchester Chess League Colorado University, 4~/z·lY2, and the club championship was 8·0, decisively title tourney was the Class A team of the Bou lder Chess Club, 4·2. ahead of John Barnes and Robert Garver, North White Plains Chess Club 8%.%. 6.2 each. In the rapid transit play, he Two fu ll points behind was the runner·up Florida. In a clash hetween North Dade piled up an invi ncihle 10·0. Runner.up team, Class A of the Bronx-Westchester and Broward County, the former was tri in the latter event was Ricbard Dean, 7·3. Chess Club. umphant by 6%·4.%. For North Dade, Bill Wood, 10·3, won the Lafitte Me At Public School No. 87 in i\Ianhattan, the winners were R. Siegel, S. Roberts, morial Tournament, sponsored by the New York, a school·wide tournament re R. Hermance, E. Grossman, R. Carban· Pirate Chess Club of Lafayette_ Louis sulted in a 20 game sweep by fourth neau and C. Madhhon. Broward win· Graff, 91/2.3%, placed ·second, grader Kenneth Schaeffer, not quite ten ners were F. Rose, R. Eckhardt, O. Anda Results of a brace of matches were as years old. In recognition of his feat, he and W. Graydon. 1. Schlesinger (North follows: Lou isiana State University 4, was awarded a prize by the school during Dade) drew with A . .McIsaac . Baton Rouge 2; New Orleans Chess Club assembly. "B" team 5%, Lou isiana State Univer· Illinois. At the Oak Park Chess Club, sity 5lj~. The new champion of the Westchester Paul Adams took the title with 4Y2.ljz, fol· Bronx Chess Club is Gregory Osterman. lowed by Alex Ozols and Bert Stade. Maine. The Waterville Chess Club took a Second and third in the title event were A match against th e Northwest Chess match from the Rumford Chess Club by Paul Schreiber and Danny Hei!, respec· Club of Desplaines saw the Oak Park 6%.%. tively. team avenge a previous defeat by win· ning 6Y2-4Jk The fortunes of war told a different stOT\' at Evanston, where the ccccc Oak Parkers sustained a severe setback by 2Y2-9Y2. If this caption looks weird, it is merely sent Defense i\finister R. Y. Malinuvsky a fa ithful reflection of the madness that of the Soviet Union a "revolutionary" ftldiana. The Indianapolis Open Tourna· is Cuba today. For we are usin g it as an chess set in which the traditional King ment at the Central Yi\ICA was won hy abbreviation of "Castro Cuba's Crazy is replaced - you guessed it - hy an W. Lutes, 4.1, on tie-breaking points. Chess Concoction." "anonymous bearded one." The tradi· Others with 4·1 were D. Biggs, R. D. Car CCCCC has accom plished the impossi. tjonal Bishop, described by the govern· ter and E. Sweetmann. ble. It has topped the absurd "proletar ment controlled newspaper Gombate as 'a ian" set displayed at Leipzig by the East "defender of tyrants," is now transformed Louisiana. A couple of sweeps were German Communists during the chess into a fjgure of "Revolutionary Justice chalked up by A. L. .McAuley when he Olympi.cs and described in detail by with eyes wide open to discern good" - won both the New Orleans Chess Cluh CHESS REVIEW for December, 1960. meaning, no doubt, to discern what is championship and the finals of the New We are informed that E. Guevara, chief good for the furtherance of Senor Castro's Orleans speed title tourney without yield. of unbappy Cuba's ruined economy, ha5 planned chaos. 198 CHess REVtEW, JULY, 1961 In the monthly uscr rating tournament in New York City, Jack P inneo of i''lan· CHESS VIGNETTES hanan took (lllother first with a Swiss superiority over Leonard Klugmann and • Galwr Schnitzler. All three made 5·l game scores. To bc commended for its unusual CO\·· cragc of a chess story is the New York Daily /1.'ell.!$ for !llay 1, 1961. Fourteen . year.old Arnold Bernstein, whose chess ~trengt h h a~ already taken on menacing )Jrop o r!ion ~, was the subject of an exten· sive write.ut) including the interesting statement that Arnold is preparing him· seH for a career as a nuclear physicist. A rcturn match hetween the Schenee· tady Chess Club and the Albany Chess Club SUI'.' the former again in control, th i ~ lime with a score of 6V2·3%. Schen· ectady winners were 1'!ike Orphanidis, Kenneth Dean, S. IVlart un, Ben Porter, and Joe Keane. For Alhany, blows were struck by Marshall K rounse and Ed Crupi. Three games eIH/(·d in draws. T he newly f(lnned I O!la Conege Chess Club team set sail recently on its maiden voyuge against the Westchester·Bronx "Okay. So it's a crazy opening; t hey Ja ughed at Edison, didn't t hey?" Chess Clu b in a six·board match and By AL GO\VAN: aU rig ht" reserved achieved a 3·3 deadlock. J . McMullin, R. D' Angelo and J. Walsh scored fo r Iona. whi le D. Gillen, N. Lipschitz and D. Heit The Cincinnati city title went to Tom Triangle Open al Pittsburgh, half u point won for WBCe. Lajcik with the fine score of 9%.%. Sec· ahead of Robert Bornholz and Kenneth ond was Bert Edwards, 8%·P/2, and third Clayton. Seventeen competitors from ten Ohro. At Cleveland, Richard Kause, 4l/z. was Al Margolis, 7-3. slutes were drawn to the event. % won the Industrial League Individual A perfect 7·0 tally gave Rea B. Hayes Championship, followed hy J. Harkins, 4·1. the championship of the Union Ccntral Texas. The town of Harlingen saw first The Cleveland 30·30 Women's Cham· Life Insurance Companv in Cincinnati. prize in the Annual Valley Open divided pion~hip was credited to Willa Owens with Karl Stover, 5-2, was runner·up. between Edward B. Edmondson and Ar· a perfect 5·0 tally. Winning all six of his games. Cly!!.:: t.cm io Cacerces, each 3%.y:! . C. E. Garza T om Wmmey, 5.lh·Yz. gobbled up the Walker became the Cincinnati Pusl Times· came in third with 3·1. Cleveland Opcn, followed by Richarrl Star champion. Kause. 5·1. IV est Virginia. Cletis Pride, post ing an After 56 players hud converged on the Oklahomll. Sam l\Iayfie!d, 5·0. c South Africa More Store Window Chess A. N. Rubinstein, 5Y2.1"y:!, won the Eighth Charnwood Tourname nt, one point Roger \Villiamson tells us that CUf-55 ports our correspondent. "A great suc· better than D. Isaucson. REvmw's January story ahout store win· cess ...., '" Yugoslavia dow chess in Princeton, New Jersey, ha .~ Well, if the purpose of a store window now encouraged a similar display in the is to attract attention in order to make Grandmaster Petar Trifun,)Vich won the store window of Bartleu · Hofman, Inc.. sales, a publicly conducted game of chess national championship held a t Zagreb. at 17 Broad way, New HaVEn, Conup.cticut. may be the answer to many a merchant '~ He was the oldest competitor and won for the fifth time. He won 8, drew 11 and The new window game is being played financial problem. ,Chess would create finished ahead of Puc. j\'latulol'ich and between Yale University, represented by good will and stimulate . business; husi. Udovcich, tied at 2d with 12% points. William Gould, 'fale champion, and the ness, in turn, would reflexively enhance city of New Haven, fo r which former New the popularity of chess. Have we hit upon a nove! type of symbiotic relationship? England and Connecticut state titleholder Perhaps our readers will be on the look· FLASH! J ames Bolton is breaking a lance. out for "store window chess" and keep us The long·awaited match between Bobby "One can see five or more people peer· informed of new cases. For all we know, Fischer and Sammy Reshcvsky starts J ul)' ing through the window to study the board this may be the st KING CORNERED BY ROOK AND BISHOP 1 • • • , R,P 2 RxR ? . , , , In the pursuit of victory, the imaginative player may The flaw In the finale amO\lnls to utilize a seemingly infinite treasu.r y of vastly different White's here overlooking 2 N- N6t! QxN stratagems and schemes which, to spea k ornately, prove 3 RxR, winning. Of course, Black must have overlooked il, too ~ or was It, as the " inexha ustible beauty of this spi rit1!a l gifL to ma n s uggested, a blurt? kind, called chess." 2 . , , . Q-BSt ! ! Jn more earthly language, however, the quantity of tactical and stra There's no bl uffing to it now. S RxQ RxR m at e tegic resources, although enormous, is certainly not unlimited. And, better yet for the aspiring human player, the total can be broken down MARIANSKE LAZNE Is the scene of the and classified into defin ite patterns. Just because they are patterns, we next Instance, !'sflected in the diagram can acquire the skill to use them in more or less extenS'ive practice. The below. The position was contested In the 1957 International Tournament thet'e, trick is to perceive by a sort of creative association an ultimate situation between Ujtelkl, then the strongest Slo into which one of these familiar pattems can be made to work out. vak player. and Alster (Bla('k), a regu· lar contender In Czech championships. Our workshop fo r today is concerned with the pattern of Bishop and Rook against King. There are of course some diversifications; the one in the upper right, which may 'be called Paltern 1, is one; and a close modi fication is seen in Pattern 2 at lower left. And there are others which bring up the point of creative association as a matter for one's native m• genUIty• or •mventlVen • ess. What follows is a sampling of examples from actual play, including a va riety of finales in which Rook and Bishop combine at different angles and postures, using patterns 1 and 2, and stilI others, all further modified by other pieces, blocking or helping. Wh ite has just played Q-R5, thus at tacking Black's Bishop with such pleas· THE FIRST EXAMPLE, and the fore· and refutation. It was presented some· ant possibilities a8 1 ... Q--Q2 2 B-N8! ! most historically, is the patternot tho what differently in Sha khmlltl'lllya Mysl, and 1 .. , Q- Bl 2 R/3-N3, and, e.g., 2 Morphy ImmOltal (versus the D\lke of that is, with the actual tlrst moves . , . P- QN3 3 BxN, Alas, for all such Brunswick and Count laouard) . It is fo!' omitted, thus showing a flawless finale. dreams ~ White has a bad position as om' discussion here the first and maJOI' He!'e Is the position one move earlier the reader doubtless already has per dlversitlcatlon trom the two patterns set than that given In My"l, ceived. above. For this mate occurs in mld Prenzl<\ u, 1954 1 . . . . Q- NS t! board, that Is to say, of course, at the Lewerenz 2 RxQ R-B8 mate middle of one rim of the board. White had no help for It, as King move The game Is so weU known, that we or 2 R- Q4 merely allows mate anyway give merely the n nal position for pur· after 2 ... QxRl8t 3 R-Ql , R-BSt! pose of reference. AMSTERDAl'f In 1954 was the scene of another Olymplade (International Team Tournament) and the locale of the fol· lowing position, Schu lz In team matches. and th.ls was In one, games are often faulty, with many moves to be made in a. short Ume, but lull of INSTRUCTIVE is the next diagram. In s parkle. Mista.kes are made, but lun pre so far, that Is, as it shows how this pat· vails, and swindles often plly off. This tern Is "engineered" over and above game presents a blutr also. both players' weaknesses in construction t = check; * = dbl, check; I = di8, ch. CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 19'1 .200. Bhend of Switzerland had White Behold, the old Bishop and Rook pat The preceding position is from a game against Lokvellz or Austria, and Bhend tern, but with a difference. It is In re of his, against Olland, at Carlsbad. 1907. demonstrated our mating theme in three versed order, not with the Bis hop on the 1 B-B8§ B- R4 facets. sixth rank and the Hook deep down on 2 QxBt! PxQ 1 B- R6§! K-R1 the eighth, but the other way around. 3 R-R6 mate l~acet 1 (not actually demonstrated Our by now familiar theme - and yet but certainly seen by Bhend) is 1 .. . with some difference in that the Rook BxQ 2 RxR mate. J<'acet 2 (likewise) SIMILAR to the Schulz-Lewering ex comes laterally into the act. There is is 1 . . . K - B2 2 Q-N7t and 3 QxR mate. ample is the following - with the im· ever scope for creative inventiveness to The finalizing facet 3 follows. pOI·tant difference t hat this one is sound. supplement the oreative association! 2 RxB! RxR 4 R- Q8t Q- B1 It is a game of the old school, a nd it is 3 QxR'" QxQ 5 RxQ mate given in full, in endeavol' to show the complete flow of thought pointing up to • 3 R- Q8t is quicker. MIGUEL NAJDORF of OUl" day utilized the final wind up. The opening was our ClllTent theme back in Poland in then ultra-fashionable. 1929, a far cry from his present Argen· tina or even from h is part ill the recent REACHING BACK into American his· London, 1846(!!) team Olympiade in Leipzig. tory, we come up with this choke bit of VIENNA GAME fame. The 'White player in the example Lodz, 1929 Schulten Horwitz below sets up h is terminal goal by a FRENCH DEFENSE number of breath·taking pins and unpins. White Black Najdorf Shapiro Once the solution is seen, it is simple. 1 P- K4 P_ K4 8 p,p 0-0 But the hazardous va·banque pl'eceding 2 N_QB3 N- KB3 9 N- K4? N,N White Black t he conclu sion had of course to happen 3 B-84 P- QN4 10 P,N BxPt 1 P_ K4 P-K3 5 N-KB3 KN- B3 in the shadow of the Casino! 4 BxP B- B4 11 QxB Q- N5t 2 P_Q4 P_Q4 6 B-Q3 B-K2 5 P-Q3 P-B3 12 B_Q2 QxBj5 3 N_QB3 p,p 7 0-0 P-QN3 Monte Carlo, 1904 6 B- B4 Q- N3 13 Q-B3 P_KB4 ~. NxP N-Q2 8 N-K5 B-N2 Von Scheve 7 Q- K2 P_Q4 14 PxP B,P III advised is 8 ... QNxN : e.g. , 9 PxN, 15 Q-KN3 • • • • NxN ]0 BxN, QxQ 11 RxQ. R- QNl 12 B-BBt! Yet see what follows now! 9 NxNt Px N 12 R-K1 N-B1 10 NxP!! KxN 13 RxP! NxR 11 Q- R5t K_N1 14 B-QB4 Q- Q3 15 B-R6! B-KB1 Or 15 . . Q-B3 16 Q-N4t, K-B2 17 P Q5! Q-Q3 18 Q-R5t! K - Nl 19 PxN, and White threatens two mates at once: 20 Q- B7 and 20 Q-N4. 16 R- K1 B-B1 17 Q-K8 B-Q2 Frank J, Marshall 1 B-R6!! By now, the reader surely foresees the 2 R-B8 mate "surprise" denouement. 15 . . . . Q-B8t! 16 KxQ B-Q6* NEXT we have a sample from a familiar' 17 K- K1 R-B8 mate scene and by well known players, known It is t he same old pattern but achieved to the readers of CHESS REVIEW. this time with the ever-potent double New York, 1926 check as the forcing instrument. STONEWALL OPENING A. E. Santasiere W. W. Adams DURAS was a meteorite of brilliallt, yet 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 8 0 - 0 B-Q2? most solid worth, who was born in 1881. 18 RxN! R,Q 20 BxBt QxB 2 P-K3 P-K3 9 P- K4 p,p became a Czech master in 1905, com 19 RxR§ 8-K3 21 RxB mate 3 B-Q3 N-KB3 10 NxP N- N3 The final picture conforms with OUI' 4 N- Q2 B-Q3 P,N menced an extraordinarily successful in 11 NxNt Pattern No.1. 5 P-KB4 N- B3 12 P-B5 p,p tel"!lational career in 1906 (at Nurnberg), studded with first prizes light np to the 6 P_ B3 N_ K2 13 BxP B,B 7 N- R3 0 - 0 14 RxB K-R1 start of the 1st World \Val' - an" 15 Q- R5 . R-KN1? then just as abruptly -- he gave up all and any competitive chess! 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BUl the move does co st a t empo. virtue of his first play, The OllllS of C(lllll lizing falls 10 , , . . Q- R4 upon Black, Up to th e present, a ft cr so many cen· 11 K - N1 R_Q 1 turies, nobody has been able 10 achieve easy equality 12 B- B4 P_ N4 against White's perfect play. And very few ma sters And Black Is fh's t with the Pawn dem, enjoy serving as the butt end of an initiative that can onstration, he buffered only by passive resistance. For thi s rea· 13 B-N3 P_ N5 To be conslde l'ed here is 13 , , , Q- N3. 5 0 11 , the 1ll!lstel' wi ll introduce fo reign clements into AI Horowitz readyi ng for, . ' P-QR I-5, the game, Ihnt is, those factors which a re outside the 14 B x N • • • • pu rely academic rea lm. For ex ample, the lIlIIl sua l opening tllld its Wh ile makes way for P- KN'I-6, E x· element of surprise. Ot' the desperado aUack and its double.edged spec· perience will eventuaH)' rendel' a dect· ulation, Or the unbala nced position and its taxin g precisi on. sion on the merit or this ll lan, On the surface, Black's Kin; Bishop seems to Of a ll the defenses to the King Pawn, on ly the Sicilian grants gain In stature, suffici ent la titude, Without much ri sk , it un balances th e PI1Wll "truc· 14 . . . . BxB lure and pluces so ma ny obstacles in White's way, Black's t hances a re 15 N-K2 Q-QB4 enhanced merely as a maUer of lllHth ematics. In th e Ri chter AUilck Now Black cleM'S the path fol' . , , p QR'Hi, employed here, the final denouement is often a question of II tempo. 16 P- N4 P_QR4 COil· White's King.side assault and Black's Queen.side assa ult, running 17 P-N5 BxP! currentl y, \\'ill he determ ined by who gets there first. Hence, ever}' move This capture Is tantamoun t to the ex, mllst tarry its we ight in the d ua l Cal)il tity of attack und defense. In the change of BIshops, ~O\\' While must pre;;enl elise, the pattern follows the general line. But the illierstiti .. ! also pa r t with his K ing Oisholl, Blac k seems to be getting there ri l'l; t, 1Il 0ves li re bl unt on occasion. And the initiutiye goes b ~c k Mid forth. 18 KxB P-R5 Here, BhiCk had hi s chance. But he chose to defend when he sho ul d 19 N/ 2- Q4 PxB have allucked! 20 BPxP Q-R4 Black's l a ~t move h pel'haps an irre· SICILIAN DEFENSE m ent. On the other h and. when White s istibl e temptllltoll. In gene1'lf.l. howeve,·, Ri chard Mc Lell an Karl W interburg ~ u (;('eedJ; . mack undoubtedly wllt al~o the deploymen t or Hook ahead or th e ('Ollie up lI' itl1. a refinement, Such is Q\lec n on an open rile Is more eHectil'e. \\'hlte Black dIC!!';. F'or one th ing. the Uook occasionally ill 1 P_ K4 P- QB4 5 N-QB3 P_Q3 9 . . . , P- QRl e l' lleuduble, 20 ' .. 0 - 1\'2 is illd icated. 2 N - KB3 N_QB3 6 B- KN 5 P- K3 3 P_Q4 PxP 7 Q-Q2 B_K 2 Xow Black pre\'ents N/ 4- X5 a nd II!'C' 21 K- Nl B-N2 22 NxN B xN 4 NxP N_ B3 80-0-0 0-0 Illires a Pall'n adl'a nce o f h i!! 0 11'11, 23 KR- K1 P-Q4 T hb Is t he ltichter-Ra uzer Att.-\ck With one fell move, Black derers the II'hlch hilS e~pe r le J\ ce t! its fair sh!\ I'C or initiative to White. He Is so concerned tI' i al~ In the muster's arena, White pla11$ rOl' a Kln/r·slde Pawn demonstration to with the necessity of defending his Queen Pawn, he falls to observe the expose the e nemy Klng but leaves him· self s\lbJect to one on the Queen,slde, position In Its entirety, The Pawn at Q,j completely n ullifies the pressure of T h e verdi ct of this variation still hangs the Dishop on the long diagonal. A good in the balance. plan is 23 , .. B-N ~ , with the possibility 9 P- B4 • • • • of 24 , , , B-Q6t! (25 Q~n?? Q ~ P t, etc.). S harp ls 9 N/ 4-l"5 which th reatens to followed by .. ' KR- QBl. wi n a Pawn .- lIId/ OI· shaner Black's King· 24 N -Q4 B-N2 s ide PaWI\ struClUl'C, For the pl'f!sen l. 25 P- K5 P-N3 analys ts give , , , Q-R4 as a s urrlcie ll t Again. Black goes a stray, The re is no I'f! ply, T he play. hOIl'el'er. Is so co m· 10 N- B3 ... plicated, It Is susvect alit! engenders t he nCiild to go 011 the defensll'e and project a target for Wh ite, 25.,. KR-QB1, to feeling thl\t White will find a n Improve- t checll ; t = dbl. check; I = ul~. ell . CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 19t\1 203 be followed by .. . B- R3 or ... R-D6. (Grandmasters are a suspicions lot!) 5 N-B3 • • • • regaln~ the Initiative. 9 P-K5 • • • • Natural. but not good enough. 5 BPxP. 26 P- KA4 KA-QB1 T illIS Is " book," as Ind icated later on. 'QNxP 6 P- Q4. N- B3 (or N3) 7 P- K5 27 P- R5 K-N2 More te mpting. 1I 0\\,e\'e r, is 9 P- Q5. N gives Wh ile the up per ham!. III cOllsldered. 27 ." B- R3 Is yet In QRoI 10 P -K5, NxB 11 PxN. Black's King· 5 .. , . B-KN5 o rder. 'fhe accumula tion or t hese sec· s ide balTler a ppears to be PErrorated. 6 P_ KR3 • • • • ond·best moves is s oon renected in the 9 . • • • P-Q4 12 R-K1t N-K2 White oll gh t to simplify with 6 KPxP. play. 10 Px N PxB 13 B- NS B- K3 NxP 7 PxP, NxP. The text move leads 28 R- A1 A-BS 11 Px P R- KN1 14 N-B3 . , . . to loss of valua.ble time, And !!tlll 28 ... B- R3. Quoting the winner: "The BIG sur· 6 . . . . B, N 29 P xP APxP prise cume the next day, when, as Is my 7 QxB B- N5 ns ual PI'actice, I was checking my open· 8 B-Q2 N-Q5 30 P- A4 • • • • Ing 1)lay against the "books." Imagine So that. If 80 . PxP e .p., White can my aston ishment when I dlscovel'ed that ulSe Dlack's PUII'n as a shield and con· all of these preceding moves had been tlnue hostilities on the other wing. Now l)layed over 100 yeara ago (Morphy Blac k Is doomed. Lich ten heln, Mo rphy'. Games of Chess, 30 I • • • R/ 6-B1 Dovel' ed .. page 222)." 14 . • . . P-QB3 Llchtenhein continued with 14 ..• D- JU to which Morphy replie d 15 N- K4. The text move is Ingeniously I'efllted. 9 Q- Q1 · , . . The position looks something 1!ke the King's Gambit Declined. it Is, h owever, deceptively dlnel·ent. and lSufficiently 110 as to preclude the tollow up, 9 Q-NS. White noll' has no c hoice but to defe nd 31 A-R7f • • • • h is Queen Bi shop Pawn. A neat tecbnical device, the main et· 9 . . , . KPx P [ect o( which Is to shut oui Black's 10 Px P • • • • Rooks rrom the defense. At best. White Is in trouble. But]O 31 . . • . K-B1 15 P- QS ! R, P P-K5 is relatively better. Then 10 .. Forced. It 81 . . . K xR, W hite wlna 15 ... P xP 16 BxN, Q(orK)xD 17 NxP , Q- K2 IteellB the lead. Curioll sly, n ow with 32 Q- R2t, K- N1 33 R-R1 (Ol' even and White wIn s. t here is no defense. 33 Q-RS). 16 PxB B-B4 10 • . • • NxQP 32 Q_KR2 K-K2 Since Black is a piece behind, the rest 11 NxN Q-R5t 33 Q-R6 • • • • III s heer moment um. Resigns Much neater Is 33 R xPt, wh ich re 17 Px Pt 19 Bx B§ R_K2 Too la te. It Is mate next, I s ults In a mate: 33 ... KxR 34 Q- R7t , 18 BxN 20 QRxQ Rx Rt K- K l 35 Q- NSt, K- Q2 36 Q-B7t. K-Ql 21 Rx Rt Reaigns 37 R- 1U. FOrt una te ly. this omission doell not meet with retribution. Switched Plan 33 . . • • R-KN 1 Chess by Chance T h is dellghttul gamelet is perfectly 34 P- B5 KPxP White selects a n Inferior but pointed preposterOlls. After surviving the rigors 34 . .. Q-D2 will not do : 35 RxPt, debu t. It can succeed only against a of a dtrrlcult defeuse, Black gets tbe KxR 36 Q- n7t. R- N2 37 QxHt , followed "second·best" defense. Ami Black ac· inspiration to develop his pi eces. That by 38 NxPt, etc. commodates. n ut - and here's the rub is enough for White. - Willte hasn't the faintest notion ot 3S P-K6 Resigns DANI S H GAMBIT how to proceed. T . C. Mil d ig .. n A. Johnllon VIENNA GAME One Hurdle After Another W bite Black Ge ne Evans Ka rl J . Keppler P_K4 3 P_QB3 P xP It Is retresbing to see a n Evan's Gam· 1 P-K4 Wh ite 2 P -Q4 p , p bit nowadays. To reach it, a player m ust Blac k 4 B..QB4 PxP 5 BxP (1) hurdle the S icilian, Caro·Kanll or 1 P_ K4 P-K4 3 P_B4 P -Q4 • • • • any or the other pusillanimous replies to 2 N-QB3 N-KB3 4 P_Q3 • • • • The Danish pI'OI)el'. Wllite gives two 1 P- K4 and (2) h urdle the Two Knights This I'a l'iatlon was POPUIUl' In the days P awns for better development. and (3) the gaUl bit declined. Here It Is. of Steinitz a nd Pillsbury. In its ravor m ay be said that t here are EVAN 'S GAMB IT tlve reaSonable ways fOI' Bluck to con· R. H. Johnson Smit h tinue. Fou r are not very good, but one White Black gives Black the edge. Hence. t he odds 1 P_K4 P_K4 5 P_B3 B_B4 are tour to one that Black will not find 2 N- KB3 N_QB3 6 0-0 N_B3 t he proper continuation If he Is not a l· 3 B-B4 B-B4 7 P_Q4 p , p ready COlwersant wltb It. 4 P-QN4 B, P 8 PxP B_N3 4 . . . . N-B3 T h is gambi t, popula r In the days of One of the fa ult y lines. Correct Is 01 l\Iorphy is "{h'e and bdmstone." Despite .. KPxP ;) BxP, B- QN5. Then, if 6 the fact that it is Nlpute dly refuted by P - K 5, P-Q5, Black enjoys the initiative. Lasker's Defense, t here is hal'dly D. It. a fter 4 .. . K PxP 5 P- K5, then Black gl'andmRHte r who will stand up to It. hal! 5 ... P-Q5. 5 . . . • P-QBS 204 CHESS REVI !W, JULY , 1961 5 . .. P~Q 4 6 BxQP. N- KB3 7 BxPt, KxB 8 QxQ. B- N5t is the usual contin uation. leading to a double-edged game. The text move Is the lil;:ely positional refutation of the Danish. 6 N-QB3 Q- K2! Again. 6 ... P-Q4 is an alternative line. But the Queen move prepares a staunch defense. 7 Q- B2 P- Q4 AH. SWEET MYSTERY OF NIMZOVICH! The long tenll refutation is 7 . . . P- Q3, with 8 .. . N- Q2-B4 and ... B-KS The name of Nimzovich conjures up the slow, plodding, hyper to follow, though not necessarily in that modern pace with Pawn skeletons in juxtaposition and the gam ut of sequence. Black's impenetrable barrier strategical motifs from advanced groups and blockades to Zugzwang, plus his two Pawns is decisive. But Black is impatient and speculates un runn ing rampant. There is always, however, the exception th at proves necessarily on greater gain. the rule. At Carlsbad, 1911, the maestro (White) is a "horse of a dif 8 NxP ! • • • • ferent color." Poor Tartakover is victim to this "short short" which fin This capture is practically forced. A ishes before he can say "check." The opening, a Four Knights, hegins retreat is an admission of defeat. with 1 P- K4, P-K4 2 N- KB3, N- QB3 3 N- B3, N-B3 4 B-N5. The 8 . . . . P,N 9 BxQP N- Q2 secret: th e game was played at rapid transit! . There are better ways of building up Cover scoring table at line indicated. Set up position, make Black's a defense, even though the text move is next move (exposing table just enough to read it) . Now guess White's 5th good enough. 9 . . . ~-R 3 not only de move, then expose it. Score par, if move agrees; zero, if not. Make move fends the Queen Bishop, but also threat ens . . . N- N5 and the swap of Bishop actually given, Black's reply. Then guess White's next, and so on. fo)' Knight. To boot, 10 . . . N- B4 is a COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME strong move, since the Knight cannot be driven from the square. White P a r Black Your Selection Yo ur 10 N- B3 KN- B3 Played S cor e Played f" W h ite's m ove Score 11 R-Q1 N,B 4 • • • B-N5 · · · · • · · · · · • · · · · · · • • · • • • · The exchallge is in line with the gen· 5 0 - 0 ...... 6 5 • • N- Q5 ,.) • · • · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · • • • • • · e)'al goal of swapping when a piece 6 Nx N ...... • ...... a 6 • P,N · · · · · · · · · · · • • • • • • • · • • • · · ahead. But 11 .. . N- B4, followed by 7 P_ K5(b) ...... 9 7 P,N . . . B- K3 sets up an impregnable bal" • • • .. • • · .. • • • · • • • · • • · • · · rier, after which Black may proceed with 8 QPxP ...... 6 8 • B-K2 · · • • • • • • • · • • · · • • · · · · · · · · his further development. 9 P x N ...... 6 9 • • B,P · · • · • · · · .. · · · · · • · · • • · • · · 12 RxN P_ B3 10 R-K1 t ...... 6 to • K-B1 • • · · · · · • · · · · • · · • • • • • · • · · Now Black is unnecessarily weaken 11 B-Q B4 ...... • ...... 5 11 P- Q3 (0) · · · · · · · · .. · • · · • • • • • · • • · · ing his Pawn structure. Again, 12 . .. 12Q- R5 ...... 7 t2 • • P-KN3 · · • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · • • · • · · N-B4 is the move. An interesting al· 13 B- R6t ...... 7 13 • • • B-N2 (d) • • • • • • • • • • • · • .. • · · · · · · · • ternative is 12 . . . Q-N5t 13 B- B3, Q- B5, 14 Q- B3 ...... 8 t4 • • Q-Q2 ( e)'" · · • • • · · · • • • • · · · · · · · · · · when Black ought to have no difficulty · · 15 Q_ KB6 ...... 12 in bringing out the rest of his men. t5 KR- Nl • • · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · 16 BxBt ...... 10 16 R, B 13 0 - 0 Q- K3 • • • • • • • • • · · · • • · · • • • • • • • • 17BxP ...... 10 Resigns • • • • • • • • • • • • Again, Black throws away a tempo. • • ' f) · · · · · · · · · · · · But a piece is a piece, and Black still enjoys the lead. T otal S core ...... 100 Your Perce ntage ...... 14 N- Q4 Q-B2 S CALE: 7 5-100-Excellent; 55-74-SUpe rior; 40-54-Goo d ; 25·39-Fair 14 ... Q- N3 is also tenable. Non:s TO THE GM.1E .. Position after 14 . •• Q . Q2 15 R- Q 1 N_ N3 a) Out of order. Rubinstein 's recommenda_ 15 ... B- K2 , followed by . . . 0 -0. tion, 4 ... N...()S is correct. Evidently, leaves White with little to show for his Black is confusing the line. material minus. Now the story is dif· b) Yielding a powerful attack for a dou ferent. bling of his Pawns. c) 11 ... P-B3 and a latcr . .. P- Q4 is right. d ) Or 13 . . . K- Nl? 14 BxPt! KxB 15 Q- Q5t, B-K3 16 QxB male. e) 14 . .. B-B4 15 P-KN4, Q- R5 is better. f) If 17 RxB, White has 18 Q-R8 mate; and, i( 17 . . . QxB, 18 Q-Q8t, etc. CHESS REVIEW 18 publbhed monthly by Subscription Ra tes : One year $6. 00, two CHESS REVIEW. 134 West 7M St reet, ye&l"S $11.00, th ree years $1 5.75, world-wide. New York 23, N. Y. Print(ld in U. S. A. Re Change of Add ress : Four w",eks' notice r e· entered as second -class m atter Auguij! 7, quired. P lease tu rn ish an address stencil impr ession trom the W]'lI.pper of a reeen t 19H, at the P ost Ottlce a t New York, N. Y. , I85U"'. Address cha ngoo cannot be made with· 16 R-QSt Resigns under the Act of March 3, 1879. out the old address as well as the new On e. Gene ra l Offices: 134 W est 7M Street, Ne:w Unsolielted man uscripts a nd photo;raphs Black loses at least his Queen. York 23 , N. Y. S&]es Depa rtment open w ll l not be ..... t urned unless aeeompl'lnled by daU y , to 6 ». m. - Saturdays from return postage .nd a>e11 . • ddrH ,ed envelope. t _ cheek; :: = dbl. check; ~ = dis. ch. 3 to 6 p, ID, r~~phon e ; LyceUIII 5-1620. Distributed nationally by J!lutern Newe. CHESS REVIEW , JULY, 1961 20$ Up-to-date opening analysis by DR. MAX EUWE by an outstanding authorily. Former World Champion Q- Bl 11 B-KN5. P- H3. And a ide.· ones THE RUY LOPEZ a re: 9 . .. 0 - N3 10 R - K If (1 0 BxNt. P xB 11 Qx Pt. K- 02 12 Q- Qat. Drawn), The Siesta Variation B- K2 11 8 - K N5. N- B3 12 P- Qa. P - QN·' 13 PxN. PdJ H DxK. P x13 15 QxP . R In Kin g Pa wn openings (1 P- K4, P- K4 ) , the move P- KB4 has KBl 16 Q- K6. H- Q:-n wi t h advantage always puzzled the enterprisin g chess plu yers, both when th ey play the for Black. White and the Black pieces. S P-Q5. PxN 9 PxN. P- QN·' 10 QABP. Ox?\"! (Cnpabh\!lca- H. S teine r. New For White, we meet this move in th e King's Gambit and in mally York. 1931) led to eQuuli ty. variati ons of the Vienna Game (2 N- QB3) and th e Bishop's Openi ng (2 And 8 D- KN5. B- K2 9 N- IH. B- K3 ]0 B- 84). For Bl ack, it comes up in th e Philida I' Defen::e, in defenses OxB. NxD! 11 Q- Hat. J>-N3 12 Q- R6. N aga inst the Ruy Lopez and ill som e other less known openings. Philidor :-<1 ! ( A. Steiner- Cnpa blanl;(\. Budapes t. 1928) led to an a il vRnt!lge for Black even considered 3 . .. P-KB4, a ft er 1 P- K4, P- K4 2 N-KB3, P- Q3 3 p wit h 13 Q- B·I. N- 0 3 14 N-Q2. 0 - 0 15 Q4 as the refutation of the King Kn igh t game. Certa inly, his state 0 -0. P - Q·I. ment is very much exaggerated, or we'd say today defi nitely wrong. 8 . . . . P-Q4 For, by playin g 4 B- QB4, PxKP 5 NxP! White allains a superio r game. 8 .. , 8 - K2 Is (l.1I;;wer-ed similly by 9 0-0 (9 ... Bx!\" 10 Q- Rat) . Agll inst the Ru y Lopez, however, th e move . . . P- B4 has maintuin ed 9 P- B 3 • • • • itself in most cases. The gambit with 3 ... P-B4 and th e tio-ca lled White mus t under'm ine the mack bul Siesta Vari ll tio ll are considered Lo be correct defen ses, at lensl IlS satis wark as s oon a s possible. factory 8S the 11 0rmal vari ations - espec ially for gambit p lH yers. 9 . , . . P- K6! Th is I.Irti cle deals with th e lnller. This is the key mOI'e of mack's build up. He sll.cririce.!l II- Pa wlI in [;\vOI· of rapid de veloj)ment. Whit e Black 7 Nx P ~? PxN S Q-n5f, K- K2 9 OxK. J>x O 1 P-K4 P_K4 3 B-N 5 P- QR3 10 ll- K5t. N- B3 11 PxP. Q- Q.I! (12 B-IH. 10 P- KB4 · . . . 2 N-KB3 N_QB3 4 B-R4 P- Q3 1\: - Q2 13 Q- N5. P- R 3! 1-1 Q- 85t. K-Kl It is clear t ha t 10 Ox P . P - R3 11 N 5 P- B 3 , . . . 15 Q- N6t, Q- B2), KR3. BxN 12 P xO, 8-Q3 is quite a ll r igh t So far this is t he Steinitz De(ell!;e 6 . . . . BxP fOl· Black . T he lext mOI'e vacates K 8 3 for Whit e's Knight. Deferred. with White·s most comm on re· KOII' While has a diffi cult c hoice be ply. A t t hi s j)oi nt. 5 . , , P- KK3 ( not 5 tween the obvious j P- Q·I 11. 1111 7 0 - 0 ... 0 - 1(2) Is not·mal for Black. and 5 whlt:h pe rmits t he block ing move. S ...... N- 1)3 Is nlso considered fa ll' fo r 13- Q6. Black. 5 . . . . P- B4 Variation 1 7 P- Q4 • • • • At lhls poin t Bla ck has II- choice. Sub_variation A 10 . . . . B-Q3 No \\" the situation looks goo(] fo r White. but experience has taug ht that t he posi T h is vlll·laUon was played by Capa 7 . . . . P_K5 tion Is vet·), tl·l cky. White m ust fin d t he blanca In the tournament of Budapest. Black·s push is practically fo rced. be st moves to m a in tain a very small 1928. 8 N -N~ • • • • a d"antage. 6 PxP! • • • • T her·e a l-e ot her moves t o co nsider 11 Q- RSt! · . , . This move Is generally approved as here but t her a loe not recomme nded. White a lms to rOJ"Ce 11 ... P- KN3 or \\'hite's be6t. Capablanca showed t hlll 8 0-0. P xK 9 QxP Is Interesting but 11 . .. 8 - N3 In o rder to depl"ive Black 6 P - Q4 leads nowhere after 6 . .. PxK P not sufficient. A Yugoslav a nalys!s r uns; of tha t square for either his Qlleen or t =: check: ;: :;: dbl. check; t =: dI s. eh. 9 . .. N- K 2 10 R-IH (10 P- Q5. P-QK·!). his King Knight. The point is lm por· 206 CHESS REV IEW. JULY. 1961 tan t a s Is shown in Euwe-K er es, Mos At this point, '''hite has two major In Geller- Lutikov, U SSR Champion cow, 1948 : 11 Q- B3, Q- B3 12 QxPt, N choices, t he obvious 8 R-Kl, which will sh ip, 1961, 9 Q- N 3, P- QN4 10 Q- Q5 was K 2 13 BxNt, PxB 14 0 - 0, 0 - 0 after be discussed as Sub· variation B, and the t ried. As 10 ... PxB 11 QxNt, K- Bl 1Z which 15 N- B3 is refuted by 15 ... B surprising 8 Q- :-13, played for the first N- Q4 is strong for White, Blac], played K5 16 N- K5, BxN! 17 QPxB, Q- N3! and time in t h e USSR Cha m pionship in 1960. 10 . . . Q- Q2, letting '''hite win a Pawn 15 N- Q2 is answe!'ed by 15 . .. N- N3 16 by 11 QxB, P xB 12 Q-B2, N- B3 13 Su b-va riation A N- N3, NxP! QxQR P but gaining the in itiative there· White a lso has a good line In 11 0-0, 8 Q-N3 P- QN4 after by 13 .. . 0 - 0 14 P- Q3, N- Q5. BxP 12 N- R3, BxKN 14 Q- R5t, P - N3 14 Black's move is forced because of th e 9 . • • • P- K5 QxB, B- Q3 15 B-Ql . threat of 9 QxP. 10 N- K1 B- K N4 11 . . . . P-NS 9 Q- Q5 . . . . 11 R-R3 • • • • 11 .. . .B--N3 12 Q- B3, Q- B3 13 QxPt, The point of White 's combina tion. It Black has excellent chances after 11 N- K2 permits White a strong continu leads on ly to a draw, though. The same NxB, BxR 12 N-N4, BxPt! 13 KxB, Q ation in 14 Q- K6. is t r ue of 9 Q- K6t, KN- In (9 ... Q- K2? R5t 14 K- Nl, N- R3: e.g., 15 NxN, O- O! 12 Q- BS Q- B3 10 Q- Q5) 10 N- N5, BxR 11 Q- B7t, K- Q2 16 N- K7t, K- Rl 17 P - KN3, Q- R6 18 13 QxPt N-K 2 12 Q- K6t, etc. Q- K2, N- N5 19 Q- N2, Q-R4, etc. 14 0-0 0 -0 11 . . . . N-B3 Now the difference bet ween this line 12 NxB PxN and that with the im mediate 11 Q- B3 13 RxQP 0 - 0 is clea r. Black has on ly small compen sation for his sacrificed P awn. Su b-variation B (Con ti nue f rom t he last di agram) 10 . . . . N-B3 11 N-B3! . . . , This move seems stronger than 11 0-0. Consider Bann ik- Gufeld, USSR Championship, 1961 : 11 . .. B- Q3 12 N B3, P- QN4 13 N- K5, NxN 14 BP xN, B 9 • • . • N- Q5! KN5 15 Q- K l , P-K7 16 R- B2, P xB 17 B T his counter'snrprise n ot only elim N5, 0-0 18 N- Q2, R- Nl 19 P - N4, PxP inates every danger for Blacl, but even e .p. 20 PxP - a most remar kable st rug puts White in risk of his skin. Schac h ,,,hite ha s won a Pawn, but h is Rook gle with on e or more pieces con stantly ma ty gives the following interesting is ba dly placed, and so he m ust lose a in the air! The ga me ended in a dra w variations: few more tempi during which Blacl, will after 20 ... B- K 2 21 PxN, BxP 22 BxB, 1) 10 PxN (best), N- K2 11 Q-K6, BxR acqu ire a considerable advantage in de RxB. 12 13- N3, 13- 135 13 BxB, PxB 14 N- N5, velopmen t. 11 . . . . B_ K N5 PxP 15 Q- B7t , K- Q2 16 Q- K6t, K- Kl! 'Ve offer one example , aga in from the 12 BxNt P,B 2) 10 NxN, N- K2 11 Q- B3, P-K5 12 USSR Cha mpionship, 1961: Smyslov 13 0 - 0 Q- R3, PxB J3 R- Kl, Q-Q2 14 N- K6 , Lutlkov; 14 R-R3 , Q- K2 15 N- R 3, QR Although Black is not wit hout some P - KR4! and White is in t rouble; K l 16 N- B2, N- K 5 17 B- N3t, K- Rl 18 chances, h is compensation is certainly 3) 10 N- N5, N - K7t 11 K- RI, QxN 12 P- B3, N- B4 19 P - Q4, BxB 20 PxN, .B--K6t more obscure than in Sub-va riation A. QxRt (12 QxB, QxNPt! 13 K xQ, N- B5t), 21 NxB, QxNt 22 K-RI, PxP 23 B- B2, K- Q2 13 B- N3 (13 QxB, N- R3, leading P- R3 24 B- K4, alld White managed to to similar complications. is even strong r each a draw by the 41st move. Variation 2 e r for Black) , P- K5 14 QxB, N- R3 15 (Continue from first d i agram ) QxR, N- B5 16 R- Nl, B- B8! and Black Conclusion BxP) (6 PxP! wins (17 P- N3, Q- N5 18 B- Ql, B- N7t! ) ; T he Siesta Variation leads to com pli 7 0-0 • • • • 4) 10 B- N3, :-IxB 11 Q- B6t! (a fine cated positions after both 7 P- Q4 and inter polation), K - K 2 (perhaps, 11 . .. 7 0-0 . In most Instan ces, Black has to K - B2 is str onge r a s 12 P xN, BxR 13 sacr ifice a Pawn to take over the at· KxB, N- K 2 gives Black satisfactory pos tack or at least a n initiative . sibilities; but W hite can, If he likes, The latest examples, notably t h ose draw by 12 Q- Q5t, for 12 . . . K - K2? from the recent USSR Championship, in 13 P xN, BxR 14 N- N5 is too St rong for dicate that 7 P -· Q4 is somewhat prefer· White) 12 P xN, BxR 13 KxB with at a ble. tacking chan ces for White. Sub_va riation B (Cotltin ue from next to last diag ra m) ( 7 • • • • B- Q6) 8 R_ K1 B-K2 7 . . . . 8-Q6 With out this move by Black , White can easily obtain a real advantage: 1) 7 . .. B- K 2 8 P - Q4 , P - K5 9 P- Q5, PxN 10 P xN, P -QN4 n B- N 3, PxP 12 R- Kl; 2) 7 . . . B--N5 8 P- Q4, P - QN4 (8 . . . P- K5 is weak: 9 P- Q5, PxN 10 R- K l t) 9 B- N3, and now 'White obtain s t he ad· vantage on (a) 9 ... Q- B3 10 B-Q5, KN K2 11 PxP, PxP 12 B- N5, QxB? 13 B B7t! and (b) 9 . . . KN-K2 10 B- B7t, KxB 11 N- N5t and 12 QxB; and (e) 9 . .. B- K2 10 B-Q5, B-Q2 11 R- Kl. 9 R-K3 . . . - CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 1961 207 THE CASE OF THE MISSING CHESS MEN By JACK STRALEY BA nEll "The whole I c rrjlor ~' is unci .. imcd." ~id As they had botll done bef"re. Ken " Padre." :and. li S the ml$illf\J1 head en· Joel Shoe bridgc. "All we need do is lu lurned the board over and sea rched for tered, " Do you kno,,' chess?" cate the lode, somewhere in western Col. SlllIl e inscription. "Well. WI: know that T he padre shook his head. "No, son." orado, and we clln file on a forlune in Black whal was he? Oh , Eduardo T hen, as he saw the board before th e ~ll . gold." Negro - won. 5u he ought to have a "Oh, you mean the game '! I did not kllOw "SomeWhCl'l;l in western Colorado," reo record of the hid ago's, a map or some it by the Engl ish. Si, it is a fascinating tortcd Kennelh Hilchen, bitterly. "That's sort of writing to show where the lode story, that ga me !" some hund r ed~ of square miles, and we is to be found. Bu~ we've been a ll through "You know the st()rv, Padre?" K en wouldn't kn ow iron pie fool's gold, if his effects - and nothing! " looked anxiousl y lit Joel. we saw it:' " And Blanco had nothing in his pack, " Bu t yes. it was my I)re 21 . . . . Q- R5 Black's Is an original idea. He .~1>. INTERNA TlONAL This diversion enablell White to start models t he closed Ollening, creating an a powerful attack. at the e Xllellse of a open game (6 NxP?? Q- Q5). Pawn. It is " ita l to play 21 ... K- N2, 6 Q-B2 . . . . ENGLAND. 1961 Instead. Appa rently, White Is WOI'ried a bout Bognar Regis Inte rnational 22 B-N2! QxBP/7 6 .. . P- K5. (It falls now against 7 N -N5, 8 - KB4 8 N-QB3). He a lso threatens 7 Signifi cant 23 BxP QxKP 24 P_B5 ! • • NxP now, White's eighth move sheds new light 6 . . . . B-QB4 and consld erflbl e Si gnificance on a YRd· Excellent. W hite's attack Is h ardly atlon which so far has been considel"ed ehort of decisive. Black continues to maintain h is Pawn as lmrdly worthwhile. indirectly: 7 NxP? Q- Q5 8 N-Q3 (8 Q B3? QxBPt and 9 ... 8 - Q5) , QJ[R, and G R U E N FE LD DEFENSE Black's Queen cannot be trapped. Besldell, Klaus Darga D ,. H einz L ehmann Ihe sim ple 7 . , • DxPt works as in the game. West Germany West Germany Wh ite Dlack 7 N- 63 B-KN5 8 NxP .... 1 P-Q4 N- KB3 5 B-N5 N_KS 2 N-KB3 P_KN3 6 P .P N.B After 8 B- K K" Z, QN- Q2. Black has a 3 P- B4 8- N2 7 NxN P_ K 3 satisfac tor y developmen t. ,Vh it e lries , N-Bl P-Q' S Q-Q2! . . . . earnestly to I;et an a dvant age Ollt of th e opening. This Is t he novelty. The va riation h as rarely been played so far. One of thfl 8. , , • SxPt 11 P-Q4 Q_ KR4 [ell' examples on record is Lasker- Bot· 9 KxB Q- Q!i t 12 P- K R3 0-0 vlnnlk, Nottingham. 1936 : 8 N-83, PxP 24 . , . . Q- K2 10 P- K3 QxK;N 13 P_ K4 . , , . 9 P- K3, 0 - 0 10 D- K2, P-QB3 11 0 - 0, This is a blunder, lOs ing outright. But, White h as fL liooel chance of making Q- K2. lea(]lng as Alekhine put it. to R Si nce the game is mainly featured by his center Palljn majority tell, but he raUl er dull game. the ollening. not much har m Is done to m ust first pial[ 13 B- KN2. The text 8 . . . . P.P It by Its abrupt end. move Is premature, thoug h still playable. I The inten)oiation of 8 ... B- RZ 9 P- B4 25 BxN ! Resigns 13 . . . . B-B6 14 B-KN2 .. .. ( 9 P- KH4? P- KB3!) changes ma.ttel's T he point appea l'S after 25 , . , QJ[Q 26 but little, W hite has a promising game PxQ. IlxRt 27 RxR. PxB 28 n- Q8t. K-N2 No t 14 KR- N t because of 14 ... NxPt ! after 9 , , , PxP 10 Q- K lt a s well as -- when 29 P- B6t wins t he Rook. 15 NxN, Q- K84 ! Such dangerous flashe s altel' S ... BxN 10 PxB, PxP 11 P-K ~, of tactics ate typical of Pomar. 9 Q- K3t . . .. 14 . , , , B.B An e ssential point; Black must movo 15 KxB P_QB4 his King and sub~e quently has trouble SPAIN. 1960 16 P-K5 , , . . completing his development. Madrid International Another prematul'e move, and this one 9 ••• , K_ B1 has seriO\l8 consequences. 16 P- Q5 Is 10 N-B3 N- B3 Open Windows and No Roof c or I' e c t. w! th a pproximately even lJIack may proceed differently, e.g .• Donner, Gligorlch. Pomar and Portlsch, chances in t he shar p position. with 10 , .. P- QB3: bu t he cannot es· having finished with equal scores ill cape d iffi cu lty. t he Zona l T O\l rnament at r,l a dr'ld, had to e ngage in a double·round q ua dra ll gular' 11 Q-Q2 B- N5 14 P- B4 R-Q1 t Ol1l"1lament to settle which three quali 12 P- K3 BxN 15 0-0-0 N_K2 fied. DOllner. who had led In the or'ig 13 PxB Q- B3 16 K_N1 K_N 1 17 Q- B2 B_B1 II"IKI tot\ \"!Iament till the very end, had the bad luck to lose his place. Developing the Klng·side is a prob· The following is one of the two games lem, Black Cllnnot be blamed for trying which Donner lost - and the only one to do It without moving Pawns, whi ch Pomar won. It Is quite cha racter· 18 N- R4! N- B3 Istlc or the fo rmer prodigy's lively style. It Is essentlnl to aave the Queen White incurs too great a draft too early. Bishop Pawn a nd lH'e vent W h ite's K night from com ing too e (fectively into action. RETI OPENING also. J. H. Donner A. Pomar 16 . . . • Px P ! 19 P- QR3 B-Q3 H olI~nd Spain Of course. Now W hite's game Is a 20 N- BS B.N WhUe Black house with olle n wi ndows a nd no roor. 21 QxB . , , . 1 N_KB3 P-Q4 3 P- Q N3 N_ B3 17 N- N5 , .. , White has 1\ distinct advantage. 2 P_B4 P-QB3 4 P_ N3 P.P Arter 17 PxN, PxN, White can play t = check: t = d.bl, check; § = db, eh, 5 PxP P-K4 neither ] S PJ[P (because of IS .. . R- CH ESS REVIEW, JU LY, 1961 209 K I!) nor IS QxP (because of IS 12 B P lt N · ' . . PLASTIC CHESSMEN Q- K 7t! 19 K- Nl. R- QI!). Here White Cl'eates opposing majori· 17 . , , . QltK P lies. paying toO !ittl<: attention to t heir 18 B- 8 4 Q-QB4! relative " aiues_ Much bette I' is 12 I 210 CHESS REVI EW, JUL Y. 196 1 ARGENTINA. 1961 24 P-K5 ! , . . , Mar del Plata International At the right moment. 24 .... p,p The execution of a more 0" less ob" i· 25 PxP N_ R4 OliS s trategic plan often poses enOl'm OIlS ta ctica l difficulties. It does so in t his T he connter·stl·oke 25 . . RxN fails game. But Rober"t ilppears as the pe l" nga in st 26 PxN! feet executioner", 26 R-KB2 • • • It is pleasant to pel'ceh 'e that he has Now White threa ten s 27 l!xP O!', even r ecovered fr'om the ratigue 1' 11 011' 11 in t he better, 27 P-N-J fi !'SL T he Ki ng Bishop last U. S . championship tou rname nt. PClI'n is h ard t o p rotect. 'Wh ite's ad· vant.;1.ge ollgh t to be decisive. KI N G'S INDIAN DEFENSE 26 . . . . P-B4 Ro bert Byrne Miroslav Filip T he single step is IVO !'se; 26 . . p- Ba United States Czecho_Slovak ia 27 P-K4 , N/-I- N2 28 P- Q6 , and W hite White Bla ck wins (28 , . . PxQP 29 PxBP!). No. 1 S, Loyd 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 3 P-KN3 P-B3 27 P- N4 N/4--N2 2 P- QB4 P- KN3 4 P_Q5 . . . . 28 N-Q4! W h ite mates in two Rubinstein used to prefer th is move. A power fu l move - \v hich n oneth eless T oday, no effort usually is made t o pre requir ed ca r eful considel'ation because of vent 4 .. . P-Q4. Black's appa r ently danger ous r eply. 4 . . . . PxP This capture is debatable to say the least. Black has better chances fO l' ac tive coun te r-play with .:I • . • P-Q3 soon followed by . . . P- K4, as has been demo onstrated by F lollr. 5 PxP P-Q3 7 N_QB3 0 - 0 6 B_ N2 B_ N2 8 N_B3 B_Q2 Now that the Queen Pawn is no longe!' supported by th e Queen Dlshop Pawn. Black can not de J)enu a ll ymor'e on , , ' Exception to t he Rule. P-K4, F or PxP e ,p, leaves h im with serious weaknesses in t he ("e nter. It seems impossible, howe l'e r" to sug· 28 , , , . gest any satisfactor y a lternatil'e. A little No.2 J, Pospisil A fine chance, it seem s, bu t It a ct ual· better than the continuation chosen here Iy is as hopeless a s other moves. Some White mates i n three Is 8 . .. QN- Q2 9 0 - 0 , 1\'- 8 ·1 (9 . .. III'etty poi nts are coming. N- NS 10 N- Q-I, 8 - Q2 .11 P- NS!) )0 N -Q4, P-QR4. 29 PxR RxP 9 0 - 0 Q-B1 The appare ntly more nat m'a l 29 .. . 10 B- K 3 . ' . . QxPt 30 K- R2, RxP fails a gain st t 9 Sin ce t he King Bi!lhop is hampered by b!'illinnt 31 NxP ! ! afte r which WJtite the P a wll on Q5, anyhow, White r ightly either mates (32 NxPt or 3t N- R ~() 01' ma kes no effor't to I,eep it. wins the Queen. / 10 , . . . B- R6 12 KxB N_R3 30 PxP! ! , . . , 11 R-B1 BxB 13 B-Q4 Q-Q2 W hite's combination goes fu rth er , 14 P-K4 . . , . 30 .. ., QxPt From here on, \Vhite opel'lttes with the After 30 .. . PxP 31 K- H2 ! QxP, there pos sibility of P- K5. To ma ke t h is a d· is again t h e winning pO in t. of 32 NxP!! vance properly effective, h oweve r, he (32 . . , Q-K3 33 NxN!). An d 30 .. . Sweet echoes. must prepar e it with P - B4 a s well as NxP fails s im ply agains t White's dou· such measur es as t h e safety of his King bling his R ooks on t he K ing Knight file requires. And t hat is a dif[icu lt task , a ftel' 31 NxN, PxN 32 K - R2. 14 . . •. KR_ B1 17 NxB R_ B5 No. 3 A , F, MacKenzie 31 K - R2 R-B5 15 R_ K 1 N-K1 18 R/ 2-K2 N_B3 White mates in three 16 R_ B2 BxB 19 N-El3 .... The capture of White's Bishop P awn is Noll' 20 P- K5 is a real threat, for th e stin prohibitive. t actical r eason that 20 . . . P xP fails 32 R-Q2 Q-R4 again st 21 NxP, Black, t he refore , m oves 33 PxP p,p h is Rook to a safer place, W hite has inflicted hea vy damage to 19 . . . . R- B4 21 N_Q4 Nj 2- K1 t he enemy K ing pos ition ~ o that his 20 P- K R3 N_ B2 22 P-B4 , . . . s light ma t er'ial ad l'a n lage has gained And now the cr ll cial a dvance is s tr'a· s ignificantly. tegically imm inent. Fo!' t he moment. 34 N-N3 Q-N3 howe ver, Black can depend on t he vul· 35 R-KN2 K - R2 nerability of Wh ite's Queen Pawn. 36 Q-Q3 R-KR5 22 , . . . QR-B1 Black seeks t o p r'ovide vital protec· 23 N-N 3! ... , tlon for his K ing K nigh t Pawn. T he This last prepara tion is e.:;s ential. T he Rook must be brought to KR3, a lt hough Put the Queen to wor k. immediate 23 P- K5 ? PxP 24 PxP fail s it is bottled up there. aga inst 24 . . . NxP 25 N- N3, Q- B3 ! ! The a lt el'llative 36 . . . R- B3 fails (26 N-Q4, N- K6:i: ). a gainst 37 N-Q4, Q-R3 38 Q-K4, R- N 3 23 .... R/4-B2 39 P -K6. Sol utions on page 213, CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 1961 211 37 R/1-KN1 R-R3 40 N-BS! N-B4 Hecaptlll'e with the Knight Is weak be· Or 20 P- R5, N- R5 21 R- Q2, P-N3 22 38 N-Q4 N-R4 41 N-N5t K_ N2 cause of 14 NxNt, BxN Hi P-K5! (15 Q- Ql, Q-Kl! ( 22 ... QxKPt allows 39 Q_K4 N/ 1_N2 42 Q-Q5 Resigns PxP. Q- R·]!). mOre resistance because of 23 B- Q3, Black's hell)lessness is ol.wiolls. 1<:· NxBt PxN Q- Kl 2·' 8 - B2) with an eflsy win for Black. Again, IIOt 14 ... NxN because of 15 P- K5! 20 .... Q-B6! White S:.spremacy 21 K_R2 • • • • If one meant to I'idicule white supremo White tl'ies vulnly to anticipate the acy in terms of chess, this game might looming saCri[ice of the Knight (21 R serve as a pel'feet example. No soonel' Q3, Q-N5 22 K-B2, NxRP!). Compara· has th~ fin,t player established undis· tively speaking. his best is 21 Q- B3. putable contl'ol of the white·colol·ed 21 . . . . Q-B7t squares than his helplessness on the 01)' 22 K-R3 • • • • posite'colored sQual'es becomes disas· Now he has his King in 11 sanetuary, t rous. A pretty sacrifice does the I'est. White thinks. KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Bernardo Wexler Robert Byrne Argentina United States White Black 15 Q-B4 • • • • 1 P-Q4 N_KB3 3 N_QB3 B_N2 2 P-QB4 P_KN3 4 P_K4 P-Q3 This is a weak move which makes 5 B_N5 . . . . White's cI'itical position hopeless. Cor· rect and most likely sufficient is 15 Of the many systems against the QPxP: King's Inuian, the Saemisch (5 P- B3) 1) 15 .. . QPxP 16 PxP, DPxP (16 ... still ranks highest. according to Botvin· RPxP 17 Q- N4!) 17 P-K5, PxP IS QxP, nlk. Q- N4t 19 K-Nl, N- N3 20 B- Q3 with a 5 . . . . 0-0 good game for White; Apparently, Byme disagrees with the 2) 15 ... Q-R4 16 KBPxP, BPxP 17 22 .... NxRP! ! prevailing opinion that 5 . P- KR3 RxP, with dubio,lS conseqUtlnces; But the sanctual'Y Is trea cherous, as ought to be ]lllIyed first. 3) 15 ... NxP 16 PxP, BhP 17 Q- D·I. Black elegantly demonstrates. 6 P-El4 • • • and White ought to be able to hold his 23 Q-K2 .... own in spite of his bad Bishop: 17 ... Nor does We~\lel' think highly of pre· There is little White can do against Q- K2 18 QxQP, QxQ 19 RxQ. NxP 20 R venting of /j . . . P-KR3 by means of 7 the threatened mate (23 PxN. P- QN4! Q- Q2. There Is plenty of room fO!' indio Q.!. etc., or 17 ... Q- R4 18 K- Nl. etc. 2~ QBPxP, RPxP 25 BxP. RxE!). vidual opinions in this diffkult opening. Note, however. in the last line that 17 The rest is unexciting; Black wins 6 . . . • P_B3 8 P-KR3 BxN P- K5 permits Black to )\Ci n after 17 ... some mOI'e Pawns and fi nally a piece. 7 N- B3 B_N5 g QxB QN-Q2 B~xP ~~ Q- Q5t, R-B2 19 QxQP, QxQ 20 10 0-0-0 ... . RxQ, NxP. 23 ... , QxQ 31 B-N2 N-N4 24 BxQ N_B6 32 RxP R-K8! 15 . • . . Q_K2! White's setup, for all its ponderous 25 QR_ K1 NxKP 33 RxQP R-R8t appearance, is ac llmlly less effective 7 In thus anticilla ~ing the disl'll]lt ure of 26 P_ KN4 KR-K1 34 K-N2 R-KN8! thall the "Saeillisch," bel:!luse it lacks his Pawn wall (1P QPxP. QPxP!) , Dlacl. 27 B_B3 N_B7 35 B-R3 NxB the point of a quick P- KIH-R5. ; maintains a distinct advantage. 28 KR-B1 NxRP 36 R-N6 RxP 10 . , , . N-K1 16 P-Q5 .... 29 PxP RPxP 37 RxNP N-B7 11 P-KB5 , . . . FI'om bad to worse. ·White may be 30 RxRt RxR Forfeits In crossing the border, White opens lost. anyhow, but the best he can do White exceedtld the time limit. the hostilities, but his move has the dan· uncl e l' the circumstances is to cut down gerous drawback of weakening his con· the number of Pawns that hamper hj,~ trol of K5 which in turn weakens his Bishop as much a s possible: e.g.. 16 entire centel' fOI'mation. A safer con' QPxP, QPxP 17 PxP, BPxP 18 B- Q3. {'i~, UNITED STATES tinuatlon is II B-RI, followed possibly He does just the opposite. by 12 B- B2. The value of 'Vhite's set up 16 , . . . P-QR3 remains problematic, though. For his 17 K-N1 QR-N1 NEW YORK. 1961 broad Pawn front is reminiscent of It 18 P-QR4 , , family with too many children. · . Marshall C. C. Championship White has a lamentably bad Bishop, 11 . . . . P-B4! Strategic Miniature a backward Pawn on K4 and no chan ce Black tal,es advantage of the ~ituatlon of opening a line fOI' his Rooks. He is This little game Is highly instructive by knocking the Queen Pawn out of doomed to passivity. because of White's profound strategy in the opening. White's centel'. 18 . . . . Q-K4 12 N-Q5 • • • 19 Q-N4 • • • • FRENCH DEFENSE The alternatives, 12 B- K3, 12 PxP and T he end·game after 19 QxQ, NxQ is Sidney Bernste in Mike Valvo 12 P- Q5 also desel'l'e considel'atloll. Dut very bad fOl' White, but the middle game White Black none of them is perfec t. Th~ line which is even \\'ol'se In view of the constant 1 P_K4 P-K3 4 P-K5 P-QB4 White chooses offers him fair chances threat of ... P - QN4, course, Blad. or 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 5 P-QRS of holding his own. must tlrst parry the threat of 20 PxP. BxN t 3 N_QB3 B_N5 6 PxB N- K2 It can be added, though. that, If White 19 . . . . N-N3 means to play P- Q5 at all, he ought to 7 P-KR4 • • • • do so now when he still has two minor No\\' Black has two possibilities for ThiS Is where White"s remarkable pieces which can help control black· suppol'Ung ... P-QN4 with his Knight: stl'ategy starts. FOI' 7 P-QRI, see colored squal'es. namely . . .. N-Rl and ... N-B2 or . . . Fischer- Weinstein. February Issue, page N- Bl and ... N-R2. But the attnck 011 12 , .. , N/ 1-B3 62. Bel'llstein demonstrates how White White's Queen Hook Pawn offers nn 13 BxN BxB can obtain good chances fOl' attack with· even better, tactical solution. out relying on the gambit line preferred t = cheok: t dbl. check: I = ci.1s. ch. 20 P-QN3 • • • • by Fischel'. 212 CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 1961 7 . . . . Q- R4 A flne performance by toul"llament Here \Yhite commits a set'ious e r ror. Dlack hastens to establish the well winner Weinstein who impressively co There is n othing better than 13 N/ 5- ordinates his Queen·side action with a known bind on the Queen·side based 01L U3. 13 ... P- QN·] is then premature . , , Q-QR5 a nd. , . P-QB5, But, in view powerful attack on the King·side. because of 14 Px1', DxP 15 N- Q4. Bur. of \'lilite's last move. which betokens DUTCH DEFENS E 13 .. , P-K4! offen Black a superior immediate Pawn action on th e King·slde, [; Ilme: e.g., 14 P- QR4, P - K5 15 N- Q4, Charles Henin Raymond A. W einstein Black does better to adopt a more flex· P- KG! 16 P xP, N- N5 17 H-B3, R-IO I1/; ible attitude. By playing , .. QN-B3, White Black N- Bl, B-R3 19 D- Dl, N- K5. , . , 8-Q2 and , .. Q- 82, he can open 1 P-Q4 P- KB4 4 N_KB3 B-N2 13 . . . . N- R5 the Queen Bishop file and use it for 2 P- KN 3 N_KB3 5 0-0 0-0 T he chase of the Queen Bishop begins. 3 B- N2 P_KN3 6 P- N3 shal'p counter·play any time. • • • • 14 B-Q4 P-K4! 8 B-Q2 • • • The Queen Bishop fianchetto, com· bined with the ensuing QN- Q2, oHel's Excellent. There now follows a series Willte has no intention of developing I! t Ue chance for propel' action in the of forced m oves with the beatltiful ef· t his Bishop via QR3. Hence 8 Q- Q2 Is center cuiminating in P-K4, More ef· fect that Blac]!, at the expense of his inconsiste nt here, fective is the setup with P- QB4 and N most remote Pawn, obtains a winning King·side attac k. 8 . . , . Q-RS 10 Q- N1 P-6S QB3, as chosen by Ta hl against Botvln 9 N- B3 QN-B3 11 P_ RS • • • • nik in Game 19 of t il eir 1960 match 15 BxRP R-R1 17 PxP N-B6 Now t ha t the Queen·side is sealed ofr, (CHESS REVIEW, page 2·10, August, 16 B_K3 P-B5! 18 Q-K1 • • • • \'lhite proceeds with his King·side ac· 1960). tiOll. He threatens to create holes in 6 . . . • P-Q3 8 QN_Q2 N_R3 Bhlck's position by means of 12 P-R6. 7 B-N2 P_ B3 9 P- B4 . ' . . 11 . . . . P- KR3 This last push conforms well with 12 P- N4 P- Q N3 (a later) QN-B3 with a view to P - Q;) 13 P-N5! . . . . but does not go well with (8) QN- Q2. White t hreatens to gain K B6 fO I' his Preferable u nder the circumstances is pieces. He has a great advantage. 9 N-Kl, threatening 10 P-K~. For e x· ample. 9 ... P- Q4? 10 N- Q3 ! gives 13 . . . . B- Q2 White a good game. On 9 ... B- R3! Black fails to put up a ny resistance. Black gets a rine game after 10 P-KB4 'I The ]llausible 13 . .. N-B4 U B-R3. QN N-KN5! 11 R-B3, P- K CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 1961 213 nationals. The Slal's won only by 4\.2-3'h; 20 Q- R7t K-B2 that Is an impossible task. The text and, !IS the games looked fOl' some time, 21 P- N6t · . , . move makes more sense (but remains the score might have gone the other way. It is more desirable to prevent the still dubious) when Blac k has played Most rema!'lmbie is the performance escape of the enemy King by means of .. . B-Kg. of Waite)' HlHTis. a junIor of some sen· 21 It- US. But then White does not have A tempting alternative Is 11 P - N4, iority who defeated hIs intel'llational op· e nough steam to meet 21 . . . R- KRI. threatening 12 P--N5 aud 13 N- Q5, but ponent in the [olio wing game. Denkel" 21 . . . . K-B3 it doesn't work out satisfactorily, either with two pieces down. is playing for 22 Q- R4t K_K3 because of 11 . .. PxP 12 QBxP, N- K4 mate. But, when he misses what he 1:: P-N5, N- Kl 14 N- Q5, Q- Q1. For t hinllS ought to have won, the mate oc This is the point at which White 1)1'ob ably has a win. White's Klng·slde Is dangerously weak cun on the negHtlve side_ ened (15 NxBt, QxN 16 QBxP, N-N3!). We prefer to leave it open as to Some steady continuation like 11 P- w~ether luck has interfel'ed with this QR4 is indicated. game and, if so, to what extent. 11 . . . . P_QN4 KING'S INDI AN DEFENSE 12 P- QR3 • • • • A. S. Denker W. Harris This move is desimble, but White Manhattan Stars Marshall Juniors cannot afford it at all. Whatever chances he has depends on a quick P- N4 - N5. He White Black must play 12 P - N4, I3- N2 13 8 - D3, which 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 6 P-K3 QN-Q2 may hold. 2 P-QB4 P- KN3 7 Q- B2 P- B3 12 B_ N2 3 N_QB3 B-N2 8 P-KR4 P-QR3 13 B- B3 N-N3! 4 N-B3 0 - 0 9 B- Q3 P-R3 Under no threat by 14 P- N5. Black 5 B_N 5 P-Q3 10 0-0-0 • • • • now has time for this important move. Denkel' is Ollt to smash his young op 23 Q- N4t • • • • ponent and chooses an unconventional But not this way. Denket· is undoubt, 14 Q-Kl • • • • set up with a conventional sacrifice to edly right in giving 23 N-N5t ! K- Q3 24 It is too late fOl' 14 P- N4 because top It off. He obtains good attacking Q- N3t. P-KI 25 PxP:j: as the r ight con· of 14 . .. P- Q4 15 PxP, KR- Ql. Black chances. tinuation. Then -White's attack is very then has too strong a n a ttack: e.g., 16 10 , . . , P_ N4 14 PxP N- K5 su·ong. possibly decisive. BxN, QxBt 17 K- Rl, P - K5 18 NxKP, 11 K_ N1 p , p 15 NxN P ,N 23 . . . . K-Q3 25 Px P :j: K_ B4 NxQP, etc. 12 Bx BP P_Q4 16 BxKP R- N1 24 Q- N3t P-K4 26 P- K6 • • • • Nor is 14 N- Q5 playable because of 13 B- Q3 P, B 17 P-QN3 . . . . White tries so hard to prevent the H ... QNxN 15 PxN, 1'- K5. '''hite hns fnirly good compensation escal)e of the enemy King that he 1"\]{\S 14 . . . . N- B5 for the piece; but it is quite a problem into mate him self. Black is entitled to postpone the basic now as to how he ought to proceed. Aftel' 26 . . . . Qx KP .. P- Q4 until it becomes even more 17 BxBP, Q- N3 t he attack may quickly 27 Q- B7 • • • • effective t han it is at this point. change hands. NOl" is 17 R- R4, Q- N3 18 Now Black's King is hemmed In - 15 B- B1 Q R-Q1 QR-Rl satisfaCiory because of 18 .. . bllt __ I 16 P-N4 .. . P- QB4, Now this advance is bad. b\lt so is T he text move loolls ver y unnatural, 27 . . . , RxPt! White's position, anyhow. but it has its point. " ' hite's idea is Resigns llOt to let a I)Ossible . . _ . Q- N3 come Mate in/ three is inevitable. 16 • . . . P- Q4! about with a mating threat. At t he r ight moment. In these posi 17 . . . . P- R4 / tion s, Black's P - Q4 usually Sl'H'ves best when played in immediate t'e-action to This is a debatable move. The aitema P- KK4. live of 17 . . . Q-N3, intending J8 .. . " .... FOR E I G N P-QB4, probably serves better. 'The cri· • • 17 P-N5 Nx KP terion is White's ensuing combination. 18 NxN P, N If it really wins, as Denker claims, then 19 BxP B-B4t! ] 7 ... Q- N3 is con'eeL NEW ZEALAND. 1961 Well conceived. National Championship 20 K-R1 • • • • Best Game Or 20 NxB, QxNt 21 K- Hl, BxBt 22 QxB, R- Q5 23 Q-N2. KR- Ql with a win This game was awarded a special prize fOl' being the best of the conlest. ning advantage for Black (24 P - N3, N- Q7). White advances his King Bishop Pawn over the middle line, and Black pel'fectly demonstl'ates why this sortie Is ,nong. S IC ILIAN DEFEN SE B. C. Menz ies J. R. P hill ips White Black 1 P-K4 P- Q B4 6 B- K2 P-K4 2 N_KB3 P-Q3 7 N- N3 B- K2 18 BxN P !? • • • • 3 P_ Q4 p , p 8 B-K3 Q-B2 Do or die. 4 Nx P N_KB3 9 0 - 0 0 - 0 18 . . . , 5 N-QB3 P-QR3 10 P_ B4 QN_Q2 19 QxN P • • • • As long as Black maintains his Pawn The threat is 20 R- Ri, followed by on K ·!, White cannot quickly tl"ansfer 21 QR- Rl, and male next. his Knight on QN3 to the Klng·slde 20 .... B-K6! 19 . . . . Q-K1 with N- Q4. This pretty move is B1ack's main point. After 19 ... R- B2, White cannot play 11 P- 95? ... He now wins by force. 20 R-R7 because of 20 . .. N- Bl. But he This thnlst is weak. White commits 21 QBxB Bx Bt 24 Q-N3 KR-K1 wins with 20 R- R8i! KxR 21 QxR, fol· himself to getting in P- KN4- N5 and pre· 22 K-Nl B_ R1! 25 P-B6 N- Q7 lowed by 22 R- HIt. venting ... P- Q4 at the same time, but 23 9 - 9 5 Q-83 Resigns 214 CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 196 1 Texas - Juty 22 to 23 USCF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP - Texas Junior Champion shill. Un iv. (I f August 14 to 26 H"uston. Oheriwit zer Halt, Cu ll en Bl vd., 12 Hd 55 TIIlI at Sheratoll-Palace Hotel. Houston. Texas: 5 Hd 5S TIllI, 4.'1 moves/ San Franciscu. Calif" rnia : "pen I.. all 2 hours: EF $2 and U5CF & TCA dues: wh" are or becnmc USCF Illelllb e r~ : EF is: fu rther information, C. H. Bone, lOB $20 I" mem iJers (S5 add' I 10 nUII-me m· W. Barshore Dri"e, Baytown, Texas. heN ) : 50 lll uve ~ /2 % h o u r ~ . 20 IJer Ihere· aflel': adj,)U rn ed after 5 hours (except N ew Yo rk _ Ju ly 22 to 30 final round ): pluye r" urged II) bring :\Ie .... York State Chess Congres.'1 al Cas· chess clocks : 8$. mi nilnu m guaranteed enov ia Junior Coi!ege, Casenovia, New fund incl udes Is!. $1000 : 2d 1(, 10t h. 8500, York (near 5rracuse): 9 Hd 55 Tmt. 45 300, 200. 100, 75, 50, 40, 35 & 25: 11t h 10 moves/ 2% hou rs: EF SlO plus USCF & 20th S15 each, lies divide $$ ~ (Ju a ll y: NYSCA ducs : register by 6 I' M , J uly 22: reg i~ tr a ti oll : EFti accepted at Sheraton. hI Rd 7 I'M: $$, lst $200, 2d, $100, 3d, Palace 2 PM. Aug. 13 10 1 I'M, Aug. 14 ; 850. 4tll. S'L'l and mon: if EFs permit mailetl EF" lIlusl lie senl 110 laler Ihan COMI N G E V ENTS IN THE U . S. (Gcnessee Tcam Cup Matches begin 1:30 Aug. 7 In US Ch c~s Fedcration, RO E. II AND CAN"OA I'M . J uly 29 ) : Wi nner !;clS NY State Abhrev!atlons-SS Tmt: SwlS! Sy'tem Tour Street, Ne ..· York 3. New York : playing nament (In 1st round entries paired by lot lit le and has name engraved 0 11 lrophy ; schedule is I R{I dail y al 7 I' M, except 3d or sel~tlon: In subsequent round. playe", up.stale win ner, litle and nu me on Paul & with simil ar scores pa ired). RR Tmt: Round Rd , Aug. 16. 9th, Aug. 23 12. Aug. 26 Robin Tournament (each man plays every M CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 1961 9 . . . . P- B4! 30 PxP e.p. B,P CHESS BY MAIL In trying to Justify his preceding 31 N-N4 B_ N2 m ove. Talll depal'ts from the BoJes Jav. After 31 ... NxP t 32 RxN. White wins If you hllve not played In our tourneYI sk y Wa ll. but t he ce ntel' forma tion a t ? l)iece. before, plu.e .peelfy In which ela.. you which he t hll s arrives is t1e( in lteJy IIn 32 N- B6 t B,N wou ld like to I tart. We reeom mend fU \'ol'able tor Clac k. T r ue. B1uck s ubse· 33 BxB • • • • Claaa A for unUlU.,Uy strong player.. quen tly pl'o\' es wit h g l-eat s klJl tha t he With the T wo BlfthO pS agains t two Class B for above average players, CIa .. can afford t he backward ness of his K nights Botvin in k Is happy : nobody C for .,bout .,verage players and Cia.. Queen P awn a s well a s the hole all h is knows better than he 110W to us e this D for below average. If you have played, Q4. \V hat he flll is to overcome, how. asset. White's advantage has become plea se Itate your probable rating. ever, 1ft t he passive nature of hl~ posi decisive. Mall proper entry coupon belOW, or tion, attl'lb\ltable mainly to the Inacces· copy of it, to CH ESS R EV IEW, 134 W est 33 . . . . N_ N2 K_ B1 slblllty at Black's QB4 fol' his pieees and 36 6-B2 72d Street, New Vork 23, New York. 34 R_Q2 N- KR4 37 B- Q1 K- K2 the lost chance fOI' any possibility of . .. 35 B_83 R/1_Q1 38 6_ KN4 A- B2 P-Q·t, CLASS TOURNAMENT 39 P- B5 ! . . . . 10 B-KB2 N_B3 12 Q- Q2 Start playIng eheas by mall NOW! 6-K' T he long siege now tur ns Into attack. 11 0-0 P-QR3 13 QR-Ql Q-R4 Enter o ne of t he 4 man group•• White t hreatens ~ O PxP. PxP H BxN, You will be UI'gned to a section with After ] 3 .. N-IH H P-QN3. l';iB ] 5 P xB 42 B-B6t . 3 othe r player. about equa l to you,..elf Q;iN , White wins a Pawn ( I f, ... N- Kl 39 . . . . K- K1 In playing Ikill. Vou play both Wh ite 16 BxP). Afte r 39 .. . N- K-I . White wins a and Black agalnlt the other three. You 14 P- QN3 QR-N1 Pnwn: ~ O P;iP. P xP 41 KBxN, P"B 42 play all six glmea limultaneously. t wo 15 B- N1 KR- Q1 H- B5: (42 B;iN. PxB 43 Rx R. KxR 41 ga mes on one l et of postcards. 16 P_B4 • • • • R-B5 Is less accurate si nce .14 . . . Your game relultl will be recorded and White thl'eatens to obta in a wlnnll1g It- Q2 offers Black some r: ountet·-play). pubHlhed In CHESS REVI EW as weH al attack wIth 17 P- B5. B- QBI 18 B- R·t, your postal chellS rllt ing. T he ent ry fee I. on ly $1.25. You may 16 . . . . B_ N5 enter as many lectlons as you pleale at Tahl has nothi ng better than to play $1.25 each. Send coupon below. for the e nd-same himself, a lthough that cer tainly m us t [) Iease Botvinnik. 1------CHESS RI!V II!W 0 Chu! i} iI 1I ~W- I 17 P- KA3 BxN 1 134 W. 72<1 St., (om" to Postal CheJJ 1 18 NX B QxQ New York 23, N. Y. 19 AxQ .. .. I This e nd·game favors White. the more I I encl ose $ ..•....••.• Enter my name In ...... (hoW many?) sections of your I so since he now a lso has t he Two BISh· I POltal Chen CLASS Tournaments. Thl op~ . B\lt he has no sure win, only good amount enclOled cover. the entry fee of winnIng ch ances. $1.25 per .Ictlgn. Kindly start/continue 1 I (strlkl out one) me In Class ...... 19 . • . . R_K1 21 R_K1 R_K 3 40 P-B6! • • • • 20 N_N3 B_B1 22 N- B1 R/1-K1 I NAME ...... I 23 R/ 2-K2 S_N2 Now White wins the Pawn in a nother way. The Knight on t he rim Is c ut off. I A DDRI!SS ...•.•••••.••.•.••• ...• .•• . •••. I We prefer 23. . P- KR4. followed a nd Its s ubsequent exchange cl'eates an ...... STATE ...... I possibly by 24 . . . B-R3. u ntenable Pawn. 24 P_ KN4 · . . . 40 ... _ P-QN4 42 p )( p R_N2 ------41 R-Q5 p)(p An esseutla l s te l) forward. 43 K- B3 • • • • PRIZE TOURNAMENT 24 . . . . N-Q2 White is in no hu rry. Start piaylng chess by ma il NOWI 43 . . . . R- N5 E nt er one of the 7 man group•. Now Black t ht'eatens to exchltnse You will be alligned to a section wit h White's bettel' Bishop by m ean~ of 25 This sacrifice of t he Exchange Is in six other players about equal to y our_ . . . B- Q5. itself well motivated . s e lf in playing skill. You play Whit l 44 BxR N'B 25 K- N2 · . . . against t hree of your oppone nts, Black 45 BXN! • • • • White plans to meet 25 .. . B- Q5 wIth a gainst the other three-and you play Here's the trouble with Dlack's com 26 B- N3. tht'eatenlng 27 P - B5. all s ix gamea simultaneously. bination. White returns the E;t{ch ange, N_K 3 You .tand a good chanee of winn ing 25 .. " A/ 3-K2 27 B-R4 winning t he thematic way. 26 N_ R2 N_B1 28 R_KS1 . . . . a priZe, too! Credite of $6.00 and $3.00 The rest needs no comm ent. a re awarded to 1st and 2d place wln nen Not 28 BX.R because of 2!i .. NxPt. • • • • N,R 54 K_N4 K-N3 in eaeh .ectlon. Cred its may be u.ed to 28 .... R-Q2 "46 KPxN P,B K- 84 R-B4t purchale chell books or equipment. 29 P-N5 ! · . . . 47 R-QN1! K- B1 " K_K 3 R-A4 T he ent ry fee Is only $2.50. Vou mill' 48 R-N6 K-N1 51 RxP RxRP The hole on KB6 has much more sig· " enter a. many l ectlonl as you pleale at 49 K-B4 K-R2 ~ K_Q3 K-B4 niflcance t h an Its counterpart on Black's $2.50 each. Send coupon below. K-N5 R- KN1 t 59 R_ B6 A-A7 Q5. White thl'eatens 30 N- N4. " K,P A-N6 60 R'P R,P 1------, 29 . . . . P- K R4 52" P-KR4 R- K6 61 R_B7 K,P CHESS RI!VII!W 0 ChUR i} .. flt UJ' RxQP R- K4t 62 R_Q7 K_ K4 1 134 W . 72d St.. comer to POJtal ChllJ I BJar.k Intends to avoid enduring the New York 23, N. V. backwardness of both h is King Bishop " 63 R- K7t Reaigns and King Rook Pawns. The ensuing ex· J I I en ~lgl e $ ...... Enter my name In change of a Pawn. however. a lso has Its ...... (how many?) ,ectlons of your I drawbac k s ince White's pieces obtain I POltal Chen PRIZE Tournament•. The more ac tivi ty on the King-side. ilmount enclosed o:overs tlMo entry fee of I $2.50 per lee lion. Kindly .tar1/ o:ontinue I An Idea d eserving cO li s ide l'ation Is 29 (strike out ont) me In Clau ...... N/ K- Q5. followed possibly by the sa crifice of the Exchange: e.g.. 30 R/2- I NAME .•.••.•..• .•••.•.•.•.•. . . .• ••• . .•. • I KB2. R/2- K2 31 N- N4, RxP or 31 R- Kl. I AD DRESS .. \ ...... I N- B4. But 30 R/ 2- K l! destroys thll! CI T y ...... " ...... STATE ...... I dream. I CHHS REV IEW, JUL Y, 1961 ------219 Actlvl t l•• af CH ESS REVIEW Pallal Chen JACK STRALEY BATTELL playerl: game reportt &. ratlngl, n:a me. of r.ew play..... , prlze.winne .... , .elected game., Postal Chess Editor tourney Inllructlons &. editorial comment. TOURNAMENT 'NOTES P R ES E N T LEADE RS· A S we said last month. check YOUI' Progress Reports for H Berliner ... . .46.2 J B Ge rmain .. 31.1 games (If you hllve any) in the 1958·9 G J ,'nn Deeno .46.2 A Ii Uvlne . . .. 31.3 Seml·finals and. If t hey have run t wo I.. B J O)' ner .... 45.1 B tJ Dani els ... 31.~ Golden Knights Tournaments yea!'!1 close to t wo year!;, kindly reo R ~: A Doe .... 43.95 E J Kent ...... 30.8 or 9th Annual Championship C Kalen Inn .... n.5 C A KeYlIer ... 30.75 pOI·t to the Pos tal Chess Edllor. name ot J A Curdo ..... U .Z5 H L Phillip" ... 30.6 o"ponent, tournament number and num· i\l r. P. G. Ha ley points out we ga"e an B HOllC nthll1 ... 42.85 It Q !:Irowu ... . 30.a bel' of moves made to date and when incorrect figure for his welghl.ed point I.. Stol~ el 'he,.g .. n.'s 0 g (krs<:h ... 30.15 I" J \'ernot( ... 41.15 ~'W COIl!1or . .. 29.6 you expect to (l111 8h. total In the 1955 Golden Knights (page H or B"eor" .... 40.85 ,\V A Nl'Illan ... 29.~ 20. January. 1961). With his COITect I'; Buerger .. . .. 39.5 J B Wright ... 2S .9~ one, he figures among the prospective ~; Qo 7 N-B3 • • • • 10 . . . . N-N5 The refutation is 7 QPxP! E P xP 8 N- If 10 . , , P- KN3, 11 NxNP! and, if N5, P- Q4 9 P- K6! 10 , ' . N- Kl, 11 NxBP wins , 7 . • . . BPxP 9 8 - N5 8-K2 11 P-B5 8-63 8 QNxP p,p 10 QxP N-B3 Deserving of consideration is 11 . . 11 0 - 0 . . . . P- QB3. 11 NxNt, BxN 12 BxB, Qxll 13 QxQ, 12 R-B3! • • • • PxQ leaves White with the distinctly suo Thematic, clever and effective, perlor Pawn formatiOll. 12 . . . , 8,N 11 , . . . 0-0 6 . . . . N- K6 ! 13 R-R3 P-KR3 12 N-N3 .... The fun begins. If 13 . , . R- Kl 14 QxRPt. K- Bl 15 Q If 12 Q-B4t P-Q4 IS lS"xNt, PxN 14 7 Q-R4t N_B3 R8t. K-K2 16 B-N5t, P- B3 17 QxPt, 8 N-B3 QxBP, B-Q2, White loses a piece. • • • • N-B2 18 QxNt. K-Q3 19 N- K4 mate, 12 . . . . R-N1 Not 8 P - Q5, BxBt 9 NxB, P xP, but 8 13 QR-Q1 P- B4 BxB, QxP 9 B- N 5 is worth trial. 14 Q- B3 Q-K1! 8 . . . . N,8 With the Two Bishops, open files fOI' 9 KxN Q,P Rooks and the better center. Black has So Black has a P awn. an attack and the superior position and can begin rna· threats : 10 . , . BxN and 10",QxB. neuvering for the attack. 10 Q-B2 B- B4 15 KR-K1 Q- B2 11 B-K1 N-N5 16 B- B1 12 Q-N3 · . . . Better is 16 P- N3. 12 Q- Ql is a better defense, 16 . . . . N_ N5 19 NxN 8,N 12 . . . , Q-Q6t 17 P-KR3 B-B3 20 P_ N3 B_N2 13 KN-K2 P-K4! 18 Q-Q2 N-K4 21 N-K4 . . . . 14 R-Q1 • • • • A m istake, but not an obviolls one, 14 P-KR4 at least avoid s the mat e, 14 BxRP! · . , . 21 R -K2 fights hardest. 14.... QxPt!! In an attack like t his. material is for 21 . , . . Q-N3 Black smartly forces the Two Bishops sacr ificing, fol' opening lines, 22 Q- Q3 · . . , mate: 15 PxQ, B-R6 mate! 14 . . . . P'8 It's tough, cr. 22 Q-K3, B- Q5 01' 22 Resigns 15 QxP R- K1 N- N3, BxN or 22 P-KBS. RxP, 16 R-KB1! • • • • Now White threatens 17 R}1-B3 and Turn About 18 R- N3t or 17 P-B6, As readers of this column well know, 16 . . . . R-K3! Fran!!: Yerhoff often polishes off his un· Resourceful to the end! appreciative opponents with miniature brilliancies. Bllt th ose who live by the 17 BxR! · . . . brilliancy die by the brilliancy! Now 17 PxR falls into Riaclt's little tra p : QPxP 18 R/1-B3, N- B4! Or 17 P_ VIENNA GAME B6? QxP!! 18 Q- R7t, (18 RxQ? B- Q5t! Meo 9: page 60, co lumn 1 (a) 19 K-B1, RxRt, and Black wins) K- Bl . H. Crater F. Ve rhoff and Black has a winn ing material ad· vantage, 1 P-K4 P- K4 2 N-QB3 .... 17 . , . . B-N2 18 R- N3 Resigns 22.... RxP! ! Acceptable, says p , Keres; wins, says Although "in the position," this is W , \'... , Adams, For. if 18 . , , N-Kl. 19 P - B6 forces nevertheless a neat surprise, 2 . . . . N-KB3 mate, 23 KxR • • • • Theoretically best. t :::: check; t dbL check; § _ dis. e ll. CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 1961 221 one (rom Robison and Kling-hammer. 208 Eps tein. DUllgan twice e&.;h; Dungan downs POSTAL MORTEMS ,Vilshire whips Yoder. 209 MeMa n"s tops I!:psteil1 twIce. 305 \VilIs bests Heck: 'Ward Game Reports Received Phythyon twice. 210 Korf ma n eOllks Al"rim::-_ whips Bc.;k twice. 308 Gt'eene ( 01)5 Blun t ton. 213 J ucobs jolts Garrill. 214 SUn ton twice. ~09 Thomas beats \\' 111lamM. Cal·ter during May, 1961 s top~ JOhl1. 215 Ruuen routs ,\!·ne80n. 220 but bows twice to Rubin. 312 Corl'eetion; To report results, follow Instructions Geiger tops Spalt l wice. 221 Bcnjamin. ~~ r"nkcl won ("Om 'Vc.~rnc. 313 Brooks .;onks Tuttle tie. 22·1 Wills smlte~ Smllh. 22G Dcws. Kogut. 3H &;:hweninge,' loses two to DiI on pages & of your booklet on 4 5 ~l!t.;hell lie . 220 Ellensworth tops ~laj .; hro_ gar!. one to GoO(I.~peed and two to Hutton; Postal Chess strictly and exactly. Other w ic" twice. Barnes Once . 2~ 0 ~~intu~hel with_ Dilgart. Goodspeed halt Hulton. SIS Smith wise the report may be misrecorded, draw~ . 23~ Galvin a" es Eberslein. 233 Oliker topg Smythe twl<::e. 319 Abraham, Sorensen held up or even lost. rips R earden twice. 237 CaCet'eR conks Mor tie. 322 G ray rips R adtke. 323 Fil!hback ~tops gan. 238 1'>iehol" nips Newha u~ . 239 Heidel Steinherg. 327 Thomas heat~ Rice hUI bows Please note: 'Vlnners (and those with the tOI) ~ TaiJell. ties Mascari. twice to Burris. 329 !"rey rips Rlchnrds 'iVhlte pieces In case of draws) must report Tourneys 241. 300: 2·!1 Woodworth conk~ twice. ;!82 1,'I'ost I'esigns one to Smith, two as soon as result Is confirmed by opponent. Kaplan. 2·1:! Sl. Martin Ii.;ks Lanphere. 2.).[ to Parker. thill' withdraw8. 331; J enning s The opponent may report also to ensure bls Fioroni l o.~cs to Cal'pentCl" once. to ~Ic wh i p ~ \\'Inl(". 3H Bcrry bea~s Heycs twi.;e. record and rating going through but must Carter tWice. 2·16 Cain rips Itange. 2H :l39 810.;um whip" \\'l~no",. 3~0 Ell("en "xes then state clearly that he was the loser (or DenIO' down~ Koss. 2~S Diuo bc~ts Rowland Gifford. played Black in case of a draw). twi.;e hut bows \0 ~lascal'i; Rowland rips TOUrneys 341 _ 390: 3H Pollack conks Cul Game reports sent in time for receipt by ~rasc"ri t wice. 252 Dungau defe.Hs Clark. IUI1l . au \\'eisscrt tops SI",(I"f01"m twi.;e . dates given above should be printed below. 2;j~ Gilbert ties Bever. loscs 10 Allhouse. 3~.1 \Vre nn tops Rose twice and ties Yer And the players concerned should check 25;; Et"on axcs VukeliCh. ~57 Bntz tops doiillO. 3·!4 Rogers rips Koffman. 35] Kob to sce that they are so published. To spot First tWice. 260 ~la s cnrj Il l"ul~ HAl·tom llt~ cO l1 k~ Levison; Pincus Ii.;ks S tenge!. 2G1 Reynold ~ . them. look under your section number, first t wice. Ste phan ties tops Free LevltWu. :l ~2 Scand len top~ L evin twice. by the key (e.g., 6l_e Indicating Class man. 26 ,; Ashley, Hurd tic. 2G9 Hutz bes ts 354 Balle t! ha lt" Llndherg. :!:;5 P robs t bests Tourney begun In 1961) and by number J!eyer~. 272 Miller mauls B,erker. 27.1 Tum" [;al"lIIHl~. :!1;6 Kohne. Ebner lick Lovejoy. (466) given In text below the key. peri \op~ Ante ll , Jlcyer. 279 P " n nington. 3(;1 Lunge l)Csts 8e,·,·y. 362 '("e"saro tops B uni;. and LeUn1"on ench be~t )[cNulty. Symbol 1 Indicates a w in by forfeit with _ Arnold: Baker ben t s Ch"mhcrla i n. 3115 HUI). out rating credit; a shows a rating credit 282 R)'er". nurris and Fo,", each l'ip Reif bard top" Preston twi.;e. Hobin"on Once. adjudication; df marks a double-forfeit. snyder: 1-'0" b"ats Byel·s. 283 1.'aylo1" tops Solberg. 2$·1 Parmelee downs Oie l'ken twice. 366 Oold"lone SlOpS Coghill. 367 Paullus best:; Hunlh",;. Bielfeldt. I"" ~e lllan; Diel 287 Simonelm. Collln~ rollt Heifsnyder. 29b I~t " an tOI}K S.;haaf twice: Bcnjamln, ~Ii!"'''a feldt bcal s I,',.eeman. 368 Rilcy rout" .\Ic CLASS TOURNAMENTS tie. 29G BenUie beats S.;hwartz twicc. Nieh_ ,\teel·. 369 Hughart ha lts .\Indd tt); ; P eterson oll~ once. 300 Dungan defenls Hingeley. mauls ~] O lltKome,.y. 371 Holdc roft coni,s 4 man tourneys graded by classu Tourneys 301 ·34{1: 301 Vene~a nr wins from Colli:ls. 373 Clar], clips Ja.;oh. CHESS REVIEW. JULY, 1961 Z23 mar z l : \Vel~~m"n . Llmar,,1 whip l\100re: I/Ows to B ic l CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 1961 224 / • ra ts ans In Distinguished D eSIgn tradition of famed oriental workmanship. 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