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1952/53 Universities Chess Annual, 3Rd Issue, 1952/53 THE UNIVERSITIES CHESS ANNUAL C O N T E N T S : Page B.U.C.A. News ............................................. 1 Helsinki Impressions By L. W . Barden .............................. 2 Paignton Congress Achievements By E. N. Hawkins .............................. 3 Chester Report By P. J. Oakley .............................. 5 Russians at Liverpool By D. Malcolm............................................. 6 Win or Draw ? By D. A. Yanofsky .............................. 8 The Bristol Congress By E. N. Hawkins .............................. 9 THIRD ISSUE 1952-3 PRICE 1/9 __________________________ ____________ ____ THE BRITISH UNIVERSITIES CHESS ASSOCIATION O F F IC E R S , 1952-3 President ... B. H. W O O D , M.Sc. Vice-Presidents : Mr. C. H. O’D. Alexander, Alderman J. N. Derbyshire, Sir L. S. Dyer, Bart., Mr. A . W . Osborne, Professor L. S. Penrose, Mrs. D. Pritchard, Sir R. Robinson, Dr. H. G. Schenk, Sir G. A. Thomas, Bart., Mr. T. H. Tylor. Chairm an : R. J. TAYLER Hon. Secretary : D. L. BARRETT, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Hon. Treasurer: J. J. A . HAN D LEY, Selwyn College, Cambridge. Match Captain : B. CAFFERTY Regional Representatives : North—L. R. Hart South—E. N. Hawkins Wales—C. Gilbert Universities Individual Champion, 1952 ... P. J. OAKLEY CHESS . SUTTON COLDFIELD Each month, more copies of CH ESS are bought than all other British chess periodicals, duplicated or printed, fortnightly or monthly put together. Why not take advantage of our sample offer: 20 back numbers for 5s., postage 10d. Our postal chess club (“ Postal chess from 5s. per year ” ) is the biggest in Western Europe. New members are always welcome. j For fifteen years we have answered an average of 150 letters a day. There are 30,000 satisfied clients on our books. Whatever your needs, if they are connected with chess, your enquiry will have our careful attention. Send 2½d. stamp for illustrated catalogue. j CHESS . SUTTON COLDFIELD THE UNIVERSITIES CHESS ANNUAL An official publication of the British Universities Chess Association Joint Hon. Editors : E. N. HAWKINS and D. J. YOUSTON Third Issue 1952-3 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT It is a great thing to have secured publication of this third Annual ; I feel now that it will continue for many years to come. Of all the offices I have held in the world of chess, there is none I appreciate so deeply as the Presidency of your Association and I am delighted to say that, unless I over-estimate the auguries, I shall be able this year to play a more helpful and active part in B.U .C.A . affairs. B .H . W OOD B.U.C.A NEWS The year has shown continued progress in all fields with a record number of teams competing in the Team Championship. Bristol staged our Third Congress very successfully and plans are already in hand for next year when Leeds will be the venue. Outstanding individual achievements have included the selection of Barden for Britain’s team at Helsinki followed by his winning the Premier at Paignton ; also Clarke’s fine performance in the British Championship and of course Yanofsky’s win at Southsea. Oxford has a good chance to win the National Club Championship as Cambridge did in 1950. The B.U .C .A ., notably secretary Mardle, helped with the organisation of the I.U.S. Liverpool Congress which was featured by the appearance of Bronstein and Taimanov. Next season we hope to be able to entertain a Dutch Student Team, probably in February. At the beginning of the year we gained affiliation to the B.C.F. as a non-territorial constituent unit. Unfortunately the fee of five guineas has put a strain on our financial resources and in view of future commitments it had reluct­ antly to be agreed at the A.G.M. to dis-affiliate for the present. UNIVERSITIES LEAGUE The 1952 Championship is not yet decided fortwo matches remain to be played : University of Wales v. Oxford and the winners against Durham. This position has arisen, because of adjudication delays in two of the quarter-final matches and it would seem necessary in future years to complete the zones early so that the quarter-finals can be played before Easter, leaving plenty of time for the semi-finals and final in the Summer term. Twenty-one teams competed in the League, three more than last season. There was a close fight in the South between Exeter and Bristol, the section being decided on game average. Oxford won the East by beating Cambridge and Sheffield did well to win all their matches in the Midland Region, which included two new teams in Leicester and Loughborough. Manchester again took the Northern title and Queen's University, Belfast, convincingly won the Scottish Region. 1 In the quarter-finals, Belfast v. Durham was played by telephone and resulted in a draw 4-4, Durham winning on the elimination rule. Belfast are to be congratu­ lated on an excellent performance in their first B.U .C.A . season. Manchester beat Sheffield comfortably, but there was a struggle in the other match, the score being University of Wales 4½, Exeter 3½. Oxford had a bye to the semi-final against Wales but it was too late in the term to arrange the match. Durham were awarded a walk-over against Manchester who, without explanation, failed to turn up on the agreed date. The competition is thus at present unsettled, but it will soon be known whether Wales, Oxford or Durham are to hold the trophy in the coming year. REGIONAL TABLES SOUTH E. B. R. S. Pts. E x e te r * 4-4 J51 2 -21L 2 5 1 -21 5 B risto l 4 - 4 * ^24.1-31 ^2 6 -2 5 21-5-L 3±_ LL ★ 4 l_ 3± Reading Li J2 °2 *2 — 2 ° 2 2 ★ Southampton 2 1 -5 1 2 - 6 °23 1 -41^2 0 EAST O. c. L. Pts. O x f o r d ................ ★ 4*24 1 -21¿2 3 1 -31 3 -k 4 1 -21 2 Cam bridge "■ n - H London ... .................... 3 1 -3 * 2 1 -41 ★ 1 MIDLAND S. B. N. Le. Lo. Pts. Sheffield ★ 5 - 3 4 1 -3 1 7 1 - 1 6 -2 8 * 5± _ 2-t B irm ingham 3 -5 J 2 L 2 J5 21 - l2 7 -1 6 N ottingham . 3 1 -41 21 -51 5 - 3 7' 42 - -t2 4 ★ L eicester . i - 7 i 1 -5 1 3 -5 6 -2 2 Loughborough ... 2 -6 1 - 7 1 -7 1 2 -6 ★ 0 NORTH M. Li. Le. Pts. M anchester ★ 3^-4^ 5 -3 6 -2 4 Liverpool 3 -5, 4f-3i ★ 6 -2 2 Leeds 2 -6 2 -6 ★ 0 SCOTTISH B. G. A. E. Pts. ★ 5 l_ 2 l Belfast J 2 L 2 — 6 -2 4 Glasgow ¿22 1 -5J 1 2 * J5 12 -21L 2 — 2 Aberdeen __ 2 1 -51 ★ — 0 Edinburgh ... 2 - 6 — — ★ 0 Aberdeen defaulted to Belfast, and the other two matches were not played. HELSINKI IMPRESSIONS An international Team Tournament has a peculiar quality of its own. W ith 25 different countries taking part, there is excitement even in trying to speak to other players. Most masters speak German, although few speak it well, but with others I had to get on by a queer combination of pidgin English and sign language. Still, what counts in a gathering like this is that people do meet and talk ; if you had seen the way in which Russians and Yugoslavs, Americans and Hungarians, Dutch and Germans got together and made international friendships in a few days, you could not believe that any world problem is insoluble by peaceful means. I was particularly impressed by the enthusiasm for a widening of contacts between chess-playing students. There seems no reason why the next International Student Tournament should not be a really important one, since Bronstein (U.S.S.R.), Schmid (West Germeny), Fuderer (Yugoslavia) and Bisguier (U.S.A.) all expressed to me their interest in taking part. There is also great interest in the possibility of inter-University 2 matches : for instance, Schmid would like to arrange a match between Cologne University and an English University— it is a pity that financial considerations probably rule this out. In the actual play, University players did well. Bronstein got the prize for the Best Score on Board 3, and Donner (Amsterdam University) was second. Schmid was second to Smyslov on Board 2, and Jonathan Penrose, who next year will be reading Psychology at London, was fourth with 65%. I myself was in poor form on Board 4, and scored only 41%. LEO NARD BARDEN. Two games won by B.U .C.A . players : White—J. Penrose (Britain), Black—E. Gilfer (Iceland) 1. P— K4 P— K 4 13. Q — Q1 P— Q R 3 25. R— Q1 K t — K B 3 2. K t— K B 3 K t— Q B3 14. P— Q R 3 K B X K t 26. B— B5 K t — K t5 3. P— Q 4 P X P 15. P X B! Q x RP 27. B X K t P x B 4. P— B3 P— Q 4? 16. Q — B2 Q — R4 28. B X R P x B 5. K P X P Q X P 17. R— R1 Q — K B 4 29. Q X P Q x BP 6. P X P B— Kt5ch 18. Q — K t2 R— Q 4 30. P— B5 Q — B3 7. K t— B3 B— K t5 19. K R — Kt1 K t — Q1 31.
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