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This Issue Features A Generous Selection of Games from the . American Chess Federation Congress at Boston The U. s. s. R. Chalnpionship . .• f ' and Other Tourneys • •
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AUGUST, 1938 M"ONTHLY- - 30. cu.. ANNUALLY $3.00 7he BY THE WAY THE A. C. F. CONGRESS This year· s c·ongress at Boston (treated in detail in another part of this issue) was a great success in many ways. The steady growth of interest in chess was mirrored in the numerous summaries and articles in the Boston. press by REVIEW John F. Barry, Charles Sumner Jacobs and Frank OFFICI!.L ORGAN OF THE Perkins. AMIiRICI,N CHESS FEDERATION The coverage by the New York Tim(!J was n.ot l!P to its high level, but chess players were Editors: grateful for its large and splendid selection. ISRAEL .A. HOROWITZ of some of the best games. SAMUEL S. COHEN An unfortun.ate aftermath of the tourney was the accideot which occurred to Mrs. Bain, Mrs. AJSoriate Editors: McCready and Miss W eart. 11l1ey were return. FRED REINFELO ing from Boston during the rainy .~peIl, and BARNIE F. WINKELMAN their car skidded on a slippery pavement, going into a telegraph pole. The car overturned, pin_ Problem Editor: ning Miss Weart, who luckily escaped with a R. CHENEY fractured shoulder. Mrs. Bain suffered a frac. tured vertebra, necessitating the wearing of a cast for several months. We do not know the Vol. VI No. 8 Puhlhhed Man/hl)' August, 1938 extent of Mrs. McCready's injuries, but we ex_ tend to all three ladies our best wishes for their lR1 By the Way complete and early recovery. Miniature Games 1" CHESS IN THE NEWS The A. C. F. Congress 183 During a recent radio n.ews broadcast, we A Day with D r. Euwe 190 heard about a customs guard in a Southeastern My Favorite End_Game Compositions 191 European country who caught two train travelers in the act of smuggling some valuable diamonds 191 Mate in Two into another country. They had .hit on the The U. S. S. R. Championship 192 novel method of concealing the diamonds in a The Alckhinc_Chatard Attack 194 small travelers' chess set. When asked to ex_ plain his method of detection, the guard replied, Women in Chess 195 qI can play chess, )Iou know. I took a casual An Important Chess Collection 196 look at the position on the board, and at once realized that such a position could never .have Cross Country 196 arisen. in a real game!" Game Studies 198 - - -- Problem Section 200 AS OTHERS SEE US (Me/bourn/!' Le"dn) In a letter to the Daily Sketch, recently a Published monthly by THE CHESS REVIllW, ~~ West typist, E. S., of Stockport, wrote:- "My chief 42nd St., N ew York, N. y, Telephone Wisconsin is a chess fiend . He keeps a set of men and 7-H42. Domestic subscriptions: One Year $3 .00; Two Years $5.50; Five Years $12.50: Six Months a board always at the office. The morning after $1.75. Single copy 30 CIS. Foreign subscriptions: Chess Club night he will 'Put up last night's S}.50 per year except U. S. Possessions, Canada, Mex· match. The intricacies of the game are beyond ico, Central and South America. Single copy }5 CIS. me, but if he won I've onl)l to murmur, 'Yes, Copyright 19,8 by THE CHESS REVIEW yes, oh, splendid!· at suitable intervals, and 1 ··Entered as second·c1ass matter January 25, 1937, at am the best secretary a man ever had. Ala~! the post office al N ew York, N . Y., under the Acr if he lost, can neither type nor spell nor of March 3, 1879." r punctuate correctly-in fact he is a philanthro. pist for employing me at all." CONTRIBUTING EDITORS; LAJOS STEINER N. I. GREKOY ANTIQUITY OF CHESS J. B. SNETHLAGE IRVING CHERNEY (NeU' York TimcJ) JAMES R. NEWMAN D. MAcMURRAY When two people with a long evening ahead PAUL HUGO UTILE EDITH 1. WEART sit across a checkered board, while a single 181 182 THE CHESS REVIEW lamp throws weird shadows from thirty_two odd_sha:ped pieces of ivory, this bustling era ~iniature slips away. What if half an hour may pass (]an1eS belore a hand is lifted? Chess has a tempo MIND TRIUMPHS OVER MATTER! of its own; it belongs to the ages. Boston, 1892 A thousand years ago Italian clerics willingly DANISH GAMBIT underwent penance for "sporting away their F. K. Young L. Dore evenings amIdst the vanity of chess." Centuries While lllack before in desert tents, bearded Arabs manoeu 1 P-K4 P_K4 12 RxKtl P,R 2 P_Q4 p,p 13 Kt_K5!! PxB? vered craftily with rukh (rook) and ai-fit (ele 3 P_QBS p,p 14 Q-R5ch P.Kt3 phant- now the bishop) in the pastime they 4 B-QB4 Kt.KB3 15 Kt_B6ch! BxKt called Jhatra'lj. Before them were the Persians, 5 Kt_KBS KtxP 16 KtxKtPch Q_K2 who gave the game their word for king- shah 6 0.0 Kt.Q3 17 RxQch! I B,R 7 KtxP! KtxB 18 Kt-K5ch K_Q1 to be corrupted through transliteration into 8 R_K1ch B_K2 19 Kt_B7ch K_K1 "chess." And the Persians, in turn, were in_ 9 Kt_Q5 Kt-B3 20 Kt_Q6ch K_Q1 debted to Hindustan. 10 B_Kt5 P-B3 21 Q-K8ch!! R,Q 11 QR_B1! P_QKt4 That, at least, is the background most widely 22 Kt_B7 mate! accepted in t.he literature of chess-a literature Dore more extensive than that of any other sport. last week a new research contdbution was offered. At the excavation of Tepe Gawra, in Northern Iraq, ~liggets for the University of Pennsylvania Museum reported discovery of a collection of terra_cotta ligures closely resem bling some of the chessmen used in various stag es of the game's developmenr. TJle pieces, welL worn, appeared in strata 6,000 years old, indicat_ ing that the Mesopotamians of 4000 B. C. might have played with them, Chess experts were dubious of this extension of their game's pedi_ gree; it was probably some other game, they suggested. Young FOl'tunllt.ely, White has just enough pieces FILM GOSSIP left to fo-rce mate! Unless Ray Milland is suppressed, he will have all Hollywood playing chess in another month or two. A NEAT QUEEN SACRIFICE (Jimmie Fidler in the New YOt'k POJI) Hastings Premier Reserves Tourney December 1937-Jal'lua'ry 1938 INDIAN DEFENSE EXTRA!! MAN BITES DOG! E. Koel'llg L. Prins White Dlack This is OU f immediate reaction to the follow 1 P_Q4 Kt·KBS 13 KtxP Kt_B3 ing headline in the N~1lI York Spn: 2 P-QB4 P.KKtS 14 P-KR3 P-QKt41 CHESS MOVING AT SNAIL'S PACE 3 P_KKtS B_Kt2 Too wild. Boston Play Demonstrates There's One Game 4 B_Kt2 P_B4 15 P-K5! PxKP 5 P.Q5 P_Q3 16 Kt_Q3 p,p That Has Not Gained Speed. 6 P-K4 0_0 17 KtxKP KKtxP 7 Kt_K2 P_K4 18 B_KtS! Q_K1 --- 8 0·0 Kt.KR4 19 KtxKt QxKt 9 QKt.B3 B·Q2 20 B_B6 Q_R4 A Bound Volume of 10 B_K3 Kt_RS 21 P. KKt4 B,P 11 Q.Q2 Kt_B2 22 PxB Q,P THE CHESS REVIEW 12 P-B4 PxP 23 Q·R6!! Resigns Make! a Handsome Gift 1933, 1934, 193.5 and 1936 Available There has been a great deal of chess activity in il!inois of larc. In May, a [e',Im represcmin,l!: Illinois 1937 Volume N-i)w Ready For Delivery played a lol·board match WHh Missouri, the lancr winning by 91h-- Although it Jacked the imposing entry list 13 P_KR3 Kt_B3 17 Kt.K5 O.p of the National Championshi p Tournament, the 14 R_B5 Q_Kt3 18 R_K1 QxRch 15 Kt-B4 Q-R3 19 BxQ PxKt recently completed congress at Boston had com_ 16 Kt_K6 Q_Kt3 20 Q.R4 Resigns pensatioj; features. There was a wider geo_ graphical distribution of players, the welcome A. C. F. Congr ess appearance of new talent and a strong convic Boston_Juty, 1938 tion that Boston and more generall y New Eng_ OUTCH DEFENSE land chess are certain to benefit from this p. Rosenzweig W. Murdock tournament. White Black 1 P·Q4 P·KB4 14 Kt·R4 K_Kt2 THE PRELIMINARIES 2 Kt_KB3 P_K3 15 QR.Bl R_Rl There was a total entry of 42 players, an 3 P_KKt3 Kt.KB3 16 Kt.B5 BxKt increase over that in last year's Chicago Tourna_ 4 B_Kt2 B_K2 17 PxB Kt·B2 5 P_B4 0 ·0 18 PxP KPxP? ment. The players were divided into six sections 6 0 _0 Kt_K5 19 P.K6 Kt_Q3 with seven participants apiece, the nrst two in 7 P_Kt3 B_B3 20 B-Kt2ch K_Kt3 cach section qua lifying. The following sum_ 8 B_Kt2 P_Q4 21 B.R O.B mari es give the sal ient details: 9 Q_B2 Kt_B3 22 P_B3 P_Kt3 10 R-Ql P_KKt4 23 Kt_Q7 B_Kt2 SECTION I 11 Kt_K5 Kt_K2 24 P·K4 P_B4 Players Score 12 B.QR3 Kt_Q3 25 PxPch Kt(3)xP 1. O. Polland (N. Y. C.) ...... 5 - 1 13 Kt_QB3 P-BS 26 P_KKt4 Resigns 2. P. Rosenzweig (N. Y. C. ) ...... 4 - 2 3. W. W. Adams (B01/01l) ...... 3lh-2lh SECTION 4. W. L. Murdock (e(IUIIO/lid, N .Y.) 3 - 3 Ptayers " '5 . J. Rauch (MOil/real) ...... 3 - 3 1._2. T. A. Horowitz (N. Y. C.) 6. K. Holland (Chicago) ...... I lh- 4Vl 1._2. C. Jaffe (N. Y. C ) ...... 7. H. Woods (Va. Bell(h, V'I.) . . .. 1 -'5 3.-4. H . B. Daly ( BOSIOIl ) ...... The defending Champion, Polland, was nat_ 3..4. A. Martin (Pro/ ·id(!Il(e) . . . . . '5 . Dr. H . Kline (B(I),olllle, N. f.) . urally the favorite in thls section, and qualified easily, despite a loss to Adams. That Rosen_ 6. H. J. Brauconnier (Sprillgfield. Ai,ISS.) ...... 1 -'5 zweig, a young newcomer, made the grade, came as somelhing of a surprise, but a well_ 7 . L. Holloway (Bo(/oll ) ...... 0 _6 earned one. The other favorite in this section, The favorites triumphed (Ill ite easi ly in this Adams, played inconsistently. as may be seen section. from the fact that he played finely against A. C. F. Congress Polland and stumbled aga inst weaker p layers. Boston-Juty, 19S8 Murdock is a promising player who missed a RUY LOPEZ good chance to qualify by losing his last three (Xotes bj' FI'rd Hf!infeld) games- after he had won his first three!! Hal. t. A. Horowitz A. M artin land's score is not at all discreditable, when White Il\ack one considers how much time he had to give to 1 P_K4 P· K 4 5 0·0 B_K2 2 Kt.KB3 Kt.QB3 6 Q_K2 P_Q3 the details of Federation poliC}'. 3 B-Kt5 P-QR3 7 P.B3 B_Q2 4 B_R4 Kt·B3 8 P.Q4 0·0 (Bla(k gil"es lip Ihe (ellier. I//O/"('S his Qlleen Horowitz has adoptpil a nlrial ion which has early aJ1d oJlell (///(/ olhl!r/liise /leg/uls his .de_ Ihe lu h'anta?;e oJ being les;; analp.rrl and h<'tlce l"eloplII.ellf. fJlfllishlllelll il .fIrifl dnd (eftllm. ) tess stel"l'olyped t hnn rhe mm'" eustomary !infOs in this opening. mack's last mOl'e Ihr patplls A. C. F. Congress to win a P by 9 ... KtxQP: or 9 . .. Pxl' etc. Boston-Juty. 1938 9 B·B2 Q.K1 ENGLISH OPENtNG With this move, JJ1ack ini liates a policy or D. Polland P. Rosenzweig holding the cent(>I' a l a Sre inilz and r egrouping White Black his ]l j e c~' s on the ba ck lines. F'or a. skilful pxampl e of t.his OIlP should study the 1 P_QB4 Kt.KB3 7 P_K4 Kt.KB3 l)oli cy, 2 Kt_KB3 P_Q4? 8 K t_ B3 Kt_Kt5? game L evcnfish·Alckhine in tho latter's My B es t Games of Chess. 3 PxP KtxP 9 B.Kt5ch Kt_B3 4 P_Q4 P_QB4 10 0-0 B.Q2 10 P·KR3 R_Q1 13 Kt·Bl B_B3 5 PxP Q_R4ch 11 R_B1 Q_R4 11 R_Kl K .Rl 14 Q.Q1 QKt_K2 6 B_Q2 QxBP 12 Kt_Q5 R·Bl 12 QKt.Q2 Kt.KKtl 15 Kt.K3 P_B4 183 184 THE CHTISS REV I EW All Black's strategy oenters about inuucing A. C. F. Congress White t o play P -Q5 ; ·but the latter cOllcentrates BO'ston-J uly, 1938 on simply improving the position of hii'l pieces and l'emaining with a fine, free game. The S ICILIAN DEFENSE exchange on the following move is Questionable, I. Kashdan W.M.P. Mitchell as White is bound to obtain a dangerous attack. \Vhite Blac!;: 16 Kt.Kt4 BxKt 20 P-Kt5 B.K2 1 P_K4 P-QB4 14 P.QR4 p,p 17 PxB Kt·B3 21 Kt·R4 P·K Kt3 2 Kt_KB3 Kt.QB3 15 KtxP B_Kt2 18 P_Q5 Kt_Kt1 22 K_Kt2 P_B3 3 P·Q4 p,p 16 P_QB4 P·B" 19 P_KKt3 Q_Q2 23 R·R1 K .Kt2? 4 KtxP Kt_B3 17 PxP f/"p Plauilibl e, but it has fatal results. ., Q·Kl 5 Kt_QB3 P_Q3 18 B_Kt4 R_BS 1;hould have been played, [or the text allows 6 B·KKt5 P-KR3 19 Q_K3 Kt·82 Whi te to hnmk through on the KR file with 7 B_R4 P.K3 20 Kt_BS B_QB1 a bang! 8 B_K2 B·K2 21 Kt_K4 R_Bl 9 0_0 0·0 22 KtxP 8 .Q2 Martin 10 B_Kt3 P-R3 23 Kt·Kt7 Q_B1 = 11 Q.Q2 KtxKt 24 BxKt Q,S 12 QxKt P_QKt4 25 RxB Resigns 13 KR.Q1 Kt.K1 A. C. F. Congress Boston-July, 1938 QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED (in effect) S. Epstein J. W. Collins Whit e Black 1 P.QB4 Kt_KB3 20 B. B5 B.Q4 2 K t .QB3 P_K3 21 QR.K1 R,R 3 P_K4 P-Q4 22 PxR Q-K2 4 KPxP p,p 23 B.K4 S,S 5 P·Q4 B_K2 24 RxB Kt_K3 Horowitz 6 B_Kt5 P. B3 26 P-KKt3 P_QB4 7 Kt.B3 0 .0 26 K·Kt2 P_QKt4 24 Kt_B5ch i ! PxKt 8 B.Q3 QKt_Q2 27 P_QR4 P-QR3 « 24 . . . K-Rl; 25 R xPch l KxR; 26 Q·Rlch 9 0 _0 R_K1 28 PxP p,p etc. 10 R_B1 p,p 29 K . B1 Q_Kt2 25 RxPch! ! K,R 11 BxP Kt·Kt3 30 P·Kt3 Q_Q4 25 Q_R5ch Kt.R3 12 B·K2 B·K3 31 K·K2 R_R1 13 Q-B2 QKt_Q4 32 R-K3 R_R8 ... KKtZ; p·Kte If 26 27 wins at onoo. 14 KtxKt KtxKt 33 Q-Q3 Q. R1 27 QxKtch K-Kt1 15 BxB Q,S 34 QxP Q_R7ch 28 Q.K t 6ch K_R1 16 P_QR3 QR.Q1 35 K.Q3 Q_Kt8cn 29 8 · KS Resigns 17 B·Q3 P_KR3 36 K_K2 Q.Bach Asitle from the enjoyable character of this 18 KR. K1 Q_B3 37 K_Q2 Q,Q witt y combination, it is of inte rest because it 19 R_K5 Kt-B5 Resigns shows t hat Amel'ican ,players can be Just as brilliant as the Rurop.eans-whcn given the OPPol't unity! SECTION IV Players Score SECTION I II 1._ 2. B. Blumin (Montreal) . . . " . . 5 .1 Players Score 1. _2. A . E. Santas icre (N. Y. C.) , .. 5 .1 1. L Kashdan (N. y , G.) , ...... 5 _1 3. W. B. Suesman (Cranston, R. I.) 3 ·3 2. J. W. Collins (N. Y. C.) .... . 4%-11/2 4. _S. J. Fliegel (Boston) ...... 212 -3% 3.-4. G. Barnes (MilllliJapohr) . .. . 3Y2·2Y2 4. ·5. J. Soudakoff (N. Y. C.) ...... 212-312 3.-4. H. Lyman (BoJton) ...... 3%-2% 6.-7. N . R. Bellome (WaterbNry, Conn.) 5. S. Epstein (SI!otJWood) N . J.). 2 A . 1 %-412 6. W .M.P, Mitchell (Brookline, Man) ...... ,.".".,. 1 YzAYz 6. _7, D. Mayers (NEwtow!!, COlin.) . lYzAY2 7. T. Barron (N. Y. C.) , ...... 1 -5 Santasicre made up for last year's fiasco at Chicago by qualifying with some very fine chess. Kashdan qualified easily, though he had a Blumin (Canadian Champion) was a surprise close call from Barron. He would have quali_ to some, but his obvious capability made an fied even if ;he had lost the game, ]lowever. immediate impression. $uesman was a dis_ The other qualifier was Collins-a very credit appointment, after his fine play in the qualifying able ach ievement indeed. section of the National Championship. AU GUST, 1938 '" A. C. F. Congren SECTION VI Boston--July, 1938 Players Score IN DIAN D EFENSE 1. H. Morton (Providence ) ..... ;. . 1 B. Blumin A. E. Santasier e 2. -3. B. Dahlstrom (Chicago ) ..... 4Y2.1Yz White Black 2.- 3. D. MacMurray (N. Y. C.) ... 4Y2 .1 Yz 1 P_Q4 Kt. KB3 23 PxQ RxR 4. D. Marcus (BOJIOl1 ) ...... 3 -3 2 P_QB4 P·KKt3 24 RxR Kt.Q6 ~. _6 . J. Fulop ( N. Y. C ) ...... 2 .4 3 Kt_QB3 P_Q4 25 8 .Q2 R·Ktl 4 Kt·B3 B_Kt2 26 R.Kt1 P_QR4 ~. -6 . A. D. Gring (BOIIOl1 ) ...... 2 .4 5 P·KKt3 0.0 27 Kt. K2 P. R5 7. Eddston...... 0 .6 6 PxP KIxP 28 P.QKt4 PxP 7 6 .Kt2 p.QB4 29 PxP P_R6 T his section witnessed the outstanding upset 8 0 ·0 KtxKt 30 Kt.Q4 P_R7 - Mac Murray's failure to qual ify. He missed 9 PxKt Kt. 8 3 31 R.QR1 R·R1 two chances- losi ng to Dahlstrom in the fi ut 10 6 ·K3 Q_A4 32 K.8 11 . ... round, and losing to the same player in their 11 Q· 81 R.Q1 The advance of the 12 R·Q1 8 .84 QKtP draws for play.off game, a merry litde affair which went 13 6_Q2 Q· AS W hite. a mere 99 moves! 14 P·K3 8 .K5 32 . . . . P_84 15 Kt_Kt5 B,B 33 K .K27 K_82 16 Kx6 P_Kt3 34 P. 83? K.K2 A. C. F. Congreu 17 Q_Ktl P_KA 3 35 P.B4 K.Q3 Bo-ston-July, 1938 18 Kt.B3 P_K4 36 6 . 63 K.Q4 19 Px6P p,p 37 Kt.Kt5 B,B QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING 20 6_K1 P_K5 38 KtxBc h K _85 D. MacMurray B. D ahl,trom 21 Kt_Kt1 Kt_K4 39 K .Q2 KtxKtP White Black 22 Q_Kt3 Q,Q 40 Kt.Ql K_Kt6 1 P_Q4 P.Q4 25 B.K2 R,P ~ealgn5 2 B.Kt5 Kt.KB3 26 KR.Ktl R_B7 S P·KS Kt_K5 27 R.Kt8 R.Q1 4 B·R4 P_KKt4 28 P-B4 B.KKt2 A. C. F. Congresa 5 P_KB3 P,B 29 R.Ql RxQP Boston-July, 1938 6 PxKt p,p 30 K.B1 B.Q2 DUTCH DEFENSE 7 Q·R5 P-K3 31 R.KKt8 B.KB3 B. Bluml" J. Fliegel 8 Q_K5 R. Ktl 32 Kt.Kt5 RxReh W hile Black 9 QxKP P·KB4 83 8)(R R.B8 10 Q_B3 Q.Kt4 34 K _K2 P. R3 1 P_Q4 P.KB4 20 KtxP B.QB1 11 Kt_KR3 Q.Kt5 35 Kt_B3 R,P 2 P.KKt3 Kt_KB3 21 Kt)(Beh QxKt 12 Q.B2 B_R3 36 R.Kt6 R.KKtS Q)(Pch 3 B.Kt2 P.K 3 22 Kt.Q6 13 Kt.Q2 Kt_B 3 37 RxP RxPch 4 P_QB4 8.K2 23 K .R1 B·K3 14 P.B3 Kt·K2 38 K. Bl R_Kt2 B)(Kt 5 Kt_QB3 0 ·0 24 Kt)( R 15 R_KKtl Kt-Q4 39 KbP B.Kt4 P.Q3 25 Q)(p Q·K 1 6 Kt_R3 16 Kt.QB4 Q.K5 40 R.R8 B·QB3 7 0 .0 P_K4 26 Q)(6eh! Q,Q 17 K-Q2 P·Kt4 41 Kt_B3 B.B5 8 PxP p,p 27 R)(Q K,R 18 B.Q3 Q_KtS 42 P.R4 R.Kt3 9 Q.Kt3 P_B3 28 B.B8 P_QR4 p,p 19 Kt·K5 KtxKP! 43 Kt.Q4 B.Q4 10 Kt_KKt5 Q.Kt3 2SI P.Kt5 ! 20 KtxQ KtxKtch 44 B.K2 B_K6 R_R2 11 Q. 82 P_KR3 30 B)(P 21 K_K2 KtxQ 45 R.R7eh K _83 Kt.R3 12 Kt_B3 B·Q3 31 P.B6 22 BxPch K_K2 46 Kt· S3 R.Kt6 P.Kt5 13 B_K3 Q.82 32 R.Ql 23 KxKt R_Ktl Resigns 14 P.B5 B_K2 33 R.Q7eh K ·83 24 P.R4 P_R3 15 P.QKt4 B_K3 34 B)(Kt R,B 16 Kt.KR4 Kt. Kt5 35 P_B7 R.B3 17 Kt.Kt6 KtxB 36 R.Q6c h R,R 18 PxKt R. 82 37 P-B8( Q) and wins 19 B_R3 P-K 5 THE FINALS As was to be expected, the tournament turned out to be a three.comered fight between Kash_ SECTION V dan, Horowitz and Po ll and. The last.named Player, Score seized the lead and held it fo r the first two_ 1. J. Moskowitz (N. Y. C. ) .... 5%- % thirds of the way; but then his two ri va ls over. 2. G. Shainswir (N. }'. C. ) .... 4%_1 Y2 took him and beathiin out decisive ly by defeat_ 3 ..4. B. Gar finke l (B/lffaln) ...... 3Y2 -2Y2 ing him in their personal encounters. 3.-4. B. W olk (N. \'. C. ) ...... 3Y2-2 % The distinguished play of the two leaders 5. S. Broughton (N. )'. C. ) .... . 3 ·3 fully earned them their places at the head of 6. F. W . P. Lewis (BoJfol/ ) ...... I _5 the fiel d. Kashdan's fin e 5howing was partic_ 7. R. B. Bellamy (80Jlol/ ) ...... 0 _6 ularly gratif}'ing, for he has been steadily dogged Moskowitz disti nguished himself by mowi ng by ilLIuck duri ng recent years; he lost bUi one down the opposition; Shainswit had rather more game, and that took four sitri ngs and 127 difficuhy than was exp«ted. . moves! 186 THE CHESS REVIEW The other participants all played creditably in spots; the competitive strain and stress of such a tournament are enormous, and only the top-notchers can survive it successfully. T he sportsmanlike attitude is tllerefore to praise the top men whole_heartedly, rather than 'Pooh_pooh the tail-enders superciliously. Because of the considerable amount of space devoted to the preliminaries, it has not been possible to g ive as many games from the Finals as the editors would have liked. We must therefore defer a more detai led considemtion of the many tine games from this tournament until the next issue. (A (fII(ia/ game.' ) A. C. F. Cong ress Boston-July, 1938 QU EE N'S GAMBIT DECLINED (Notes by Fred Reinl"eld) D. Polland I. Kashdan White Blaek 1 P_QB4 Kt·KB3 5 P_K3 QKt_Q2 2 Kt_KB3 P-K3 6 B.Q3 PxP 3 Kt-B3 p ·Q4 7 BxBP P-QKt4 ConlUJ of /. B. Ad,"),d 4 P_Q4 P_B3 8 B·Q3 P-QR3 JACK COLLINS As u~ual , Pollanu has leu ott with his be Horowitz's play was likewise 'preeminent, be. loved I P-QB4. but by deviOUS transpositions, Kashdan ./ias steererl the game into the channels ing reminiscent of his splendId achievement of the 1\"1 eran Defense, with w.hich he has at Philadelphia in 1936. He is equally adept aehieved some fine victories- in Its ortholiox at carrying through a snappy attack or nursing form: 90-0,1'·114; 10 Q-K2, B·Kt2 etc. Polland home a slight advantage in a hair.splitting therefore introduces complications: ending. 9 P-K4 P·B4 11 KtxKtP KtxKP Polland is unquestionably a player of great 10 P·K5 PxP 12 KtxKt PxKt capabilities, but 11C still has to overcome a cer_ Th-e strongest move is now Stu hI berg's IS tain nervousness which often tells against him Q-BS: which gives Black greater difficulties than the line adopted here. at critical junctures. He is also handicapped by an inadequate knowledge of the openings. 13 0 .0 Q.Q4 14 Q_K2 QR_K t1 These two drawbacks often militate against him 15 B.Kt5 B_K2 very strongly. l3Iumin was the outstanding "find" of the A pretty way of losing is .14 . .. D-QS; 15 P ·B·!, BxKt?? 16 PxB. Kt·Q.2; 17 RxP!! KxR; tournament, and may well be satisfied with his 18 Q·R5ch. P-KI.3; 19 BxPeh. PxD; 20 QxR and excellent achievement in so important a tourna_ R·Blch butchers Blaek (analySis by Vadja). ment. 16 P·B4 0 _0 Santasiere has the unfortunate habit of play_ 17 R_B3 P-R3 ing better against tIle top players than against White t·hreaten-eli IS BxKt, BxB; 19 BxPch those further down in the tournament table. etc. White's attacking possibilities must be He has a horror of the banal, always strives given careful attention, but Black's strong po· for the original and the unusual and thus works s ition on the loug diagonal offers a certain compensation. much harder than the average player who read _ ily accepts the plausible, the second_ratc and the 18 R·R3 B_Kt2 obvious. His perseverance has already become If 18 ... PxB? 19 B·R7eh! K-Rl (if ]9 ... proverbial in Marshal! Chess Club circles, and KtxB: 20 Q·lt5); .20 PxP wins. his marathon victory over Kashdan was a case 19 R·KB1 KR _B1 in point. The eontinuation suggested in the previous Both Shainswit and Morton achieved a satis_ note is no longer avuilable. factory standing. which represents a further de_ 20 BxKt BxB velopment in their careers. 21 Kt.Kt4 K-B1 AUGUST, 1938 187 Prudently J'eturuing the extra P in ordel' to in Black's game ( .. . P -KBS) or else lead to remov-e his K from the danger zone. On exchanges whiCh would emphasize Vi'hite's lead 21 ... B-K2 Whitedoos not play 22 ExP (22 in d·e velopment . . . . QxPch!); instead. 22 P-B5 yields a power· 11 P.Q5 • • • • ful attack. This leads to no more Lhan equality, and is 22 KtxB PxKt pointless unless a further ·advance of the QP 23 RxP K.K2 on move 13 is intended (·and even this pro· 24 P.QKt3 • • • • cedur-e is of questionable value). 11 Q·B2, with A difficult choice; the alternative 24 P·QR3, a view to P-K4, is more logical. R·Ktl; 2{; R-B2, B-B3; 26 R-RS seems preferable, 11 • . . • 8 . KB3 14 B_B4 as it avoids the following imoad of Black's KR. 12 Q. 82 P-B3 15 P_K4 24 . . . . R_BS 13 PxKP QPxP 16 P_K5 Threatening ... RxB. 17 P_KR4 . - - 25 R_R5 P·B4 Guarding against any disagreeable results Which might arise from ... P-KKt4. As might This should be answcred by 26 R-Kt5 (not 26 BxBP? P-Q6 and Black wins a piece) with be expected, there now follows a blood-bath a good game. Instea d, White miscalculates on the Q file. badly. 17 . . . . Q_B2 20 RxR R.Q1 18 R_Q2 QR_Q1 21 Q_Q1 RxR =~KaShdan 19 QR.Q1 RxR 22 KtxR •••• If 22 QxR., Q-Q1 with a pproximate equality. The text allows the mOl'!? aggressive placement of Black's Kt in r-eturn for a similar improve· ment in the situation o[ ,\lhite's Kt. 22 . . . . Kt-Q5 23 Kt.K4 K·81 24 P_QKt4 • • • • =~Blumin Polland 26 RxP? QxPch! 27 QxQ B,Q 28 R·K1 B_RS 29 RxP R· Kt1ch Resigns Polland A. C. F. Congress Boston-July, 1938 vVhite's last. move is risky, and so is Dlack's reply! INDIAN DEFENSE 24 • • . . BxKt (Notes by Fred Reinfeld) 25 BxB P_KKt4 26 RPxP RPxP D. P·olland B. Blumin White Black This is as fal' as Black's specula tions took him. 1 P·Q84 Kt_KB3 4 B_Kt2 B_Kt2 2 Kt_KB3 P_K3 5 0.0 B_K2 27 Q_R5! K_K1 30 K-R2 Kt_B6 3 P_KKt3 P.QKt3 S P_Q4 0-0 28 Q.R8ch K _Q2 31 B-Q3 p,p The order of White's moves .has ,been such 29 B.K3 Kt·K7ch 32 Q_Kt7! KtxP that Black has been unable to ,have recourse mack's material advantage is useless in face to the usual simplifying move . . . B"IUSch. of t he onslaught that follows. 7 Kt.B3 Kt.K5 That is why he should have played 29 ... 8 Q_B2 KtxKt Kt·Q8 instead. 9 QxKt Q_B1 33 QxBP QxKP Sl1perfluous; ... P·QB4 or. . P-Q3 are pre Or 33 . .. K·Ql; H QxP, o.Q2; 35 Q·Kt6 ferable alternatives. with a winning game. 10 R.Q1 P_KR3 34 P_B5! Kt·B6?? Doubtless to prevent B-Kt5, which might 34 . . PxP was absolutely essential. prove annoying, as it would create weaknesses 35 P_BSoh K·Q1 188 TH E C H ESS• RE V IEW $ .• ..• A. C. F. CONG RESS .•." e , , ~ ~ .. ~ , e • 0 • e ~• e 8 • e • 0 e . ~ e , ~ E ~ -- e • BOSTON, 19}8 • -~ 0 - , e - - "0 .. • - • .. ., e 0 - 0 , 0 " ~• " -cQ Q. '" u '"~ d ~ 3- I- x ~• - • - \.·2. I. H "r \ )"' i l"~ ...... I I J/;t-o-t-tt I I "1 I '"1 I Vz I 1 I "1 I I I 1 II 8 I 1 I "2 II 9 -2 I .·2. I. Kash dan ...... I Vl I I 1 I 1 I 0 I 1 I I I 1 I I I I I I I V2 d 8 1 I 2 II 9 -2 ., .• ·1. 8 . Blu min ...... I 1 I II I 10 1112 1 1 I V2 i V2 1 1 I I I I I 1 II 6 I 2 I 3 II 7Vz- 3V2 3.·4. D . Poll ~ n If 35 .. . K·Q3: 36 to so overwhelming a degree. With this sec· and convinci ng demonstration of her abil ity, she definitely proves her preeminence among women players. Special prizes for brilliancy were awarded to Donald MacMurray in his game with W eaver Adams in the Consolation Masters class and to Mayers in class "A" for h is win over Edclston. Santasiere took the prize for the hardest fought game, the one in which he defeated Kashdan in 127 movts! The prize for the best game by any pl ayer under 23 years old, went to George Shainswit. In addition to tht regular prizes there were some half a dozen additional awards offered by as many chess enthusiasts during the course COU""] 0/ /. E. AriroJd of the tourney. These were for best played At the left is CHARLES SUMNER JACOBS, games and brilliant combinations in the various whose brilliant reports of the tourney created 'so much interest; at the right GEORGE classes, the winners to be announced shortly. STURG IS, on whom most of the spadework Among tllOse making special donations, which of organizi ng the tournament devolv ed. included cash, books and chess sets, were John r. Barry who conducts the weekly chess column CLASS A in the BOltoll TrllllScl"ipr, L. Holloway and W. Players Scores M. P. Mitchell both of Brookline and also 1. J. Rauch ...... IIYz- Yz competitors in the tourney, Arthur Sandberg, a 2. H. M. Woods ...... 11 _1 Boston attorney, Mrs. Geo. H. Babbitt, in mem_ 3..4. W. M. P. Mitchell ...... 8Yz-3Yz ory of her late husband, of Providence, R. l. 3.-4. D. Mayers ...... 8"J1z-3 Y2 and James E. Ackroyd of the City Club. 5. N. R. Bellome ...... 7Yz.4Yz 6. A. D. Gring ...... 7 .5 7. S. Broughton ...... 5"J1z-G"JIz 8.-9. K. D. Holland ...... 4 _8 RUBBER STAMPS 8.-9. F. W. P. Lewis ...... 4 _8 FOR CHESSMEN 10. R. B. Bellamy ...... 3Yz-8Yz 11. H. J. Brauconnier ...... 3 -9 '. il ct 111 '!lJ' .. 12. J. Eddston ...... 2Y:z-8Y2 13. 1. Holloway ...... 1 "JIz -9Y:z ~ .i fi ..,., 'iii COml)lete Set, Practical. Harwsome, Like his fellow Canadian Blumin, Rauch dis _ PLUS 2 Stamp Pads and 1 Pad of tinguished h imself by a fine performance. Diagram Blanks. Postpaid $1 .50 Woods was a good second. Diagram Dlank s ~ 6 Pads for $1.35 • WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT Order from P layers Scores THE CHESS REVIEW I. Miss N. May Karff (BOlton ) .. G _0 55 West 42nd Street 2. Mrs. Mary Bain (N. Y. C. ) ... 4 _2 NEW YORK, N. Y. 3..4. Mrs. Raphael McReady (Hackell_ Jack, N. f.) ...... 3 ·3 3 ..4 . Miss Edith W eart (N. Y. C. ) .. 3 -3 5. M rs. H elen Kashdan (N. Y. C. ) 2Y:z-3Yz A Stlbscription to G._7. Mrs. Adeline W eyler (P rovidence, THE CHESS REVIEW R. I.) ...... 1 Yz-5Yz Would Be a Halldsome Gift 6._7. Miss Elizabeth W ray (N. Y. C.) lYz-5Y:z Twelve Issues for $3.00 The victory of Miss Karff (National Women's Twenty_fou r Issues for $5.50 Champion) had been anticipated, perhaps not k90. THn CHESS REVIEW A Day With Dr. Euwe as Noordwijk is over; good-bye." He rushes off in the (ar. By T. L1KET 5:15 P. M,: Entrance of the Rembrandt At Noordwijk, Emve had to be content with Hotel at Noordwijk, An elderly gentleman ap fourth J)lace-rather a disappointment for us proaches him triumphantly: "Hello. Dr. Euwe, Hollan ers, But when the circumstances arc don't you recognize me? My name is Pieterse. taken into account, we must conclude that we Don't you recall that in 1934 1 played against really ought to be more than satisfied! It is you in your exhibition in Oudegcest? The game simply incomprehensible how anyone can stand fina lly ended in a draw; the ending was very [he strain that Euwe is subjected to ! cute- - would you like to see it?" "I would, 8 :00 A. M.: Off to school. but it will have to be some other time; Kmoch, 12:15 P. M.: Home for lunch. The tele_ the tournament director, llas just told me that phone rings: "Please, Dr. Euwe, we had a team it is time to start play." match yesterday and six games arc adjourned; 10:.)0 P. M.: The game is adjourned. Din_ could you adjudicate these today, because it is ner at last. so annoying waiting until we know the final 11: 15 P. M.: The car dashes off. score. Shall 1 give you the positions?" 12:15 P. M.: Home. He finishes the col. umn for the Schaakwereld. 12 :35 p, M.: The telephone rings: "Dr. I : 15 p, M . : G.oes to bed, intending to. get Euwe, this. is Mr. Jansen speaking. I'd like up somewhat earlier in order to have time to to ask a guestion. Yesterday 1 played a match analyze the adjourned game, game and started off with 1 P- K4, my opponent H:OO A. M . : Off to school, etc, etc answering with the Sicilian Defense. After 19 9 :00 A. M.: On the trolley. A man is moves, he left your book and 1 got a lost game. reading his paper on the rear seat. I What should have reall y played?"' CondJlrfor: "How did Euwe make out 12;45 p, 1'11 .: The telephone rings: "Hello, resterday? Did he lose?" this is Liket [editor of the Scb(/lIkll'l!/"eld). How PaJSellxer: "No, the game was adjourned, about your column for number 51?" "I think but I think he has a bad game." rll have it ready to mail to you tomorrow COI/(/lIe/or: 'Tm afraid he's beginning to night." " But {hat will be too late. I must have decline. Everyone passes his peak sooner or the galleys tomorrow, otherwise we can't go to later." press in time." "All riAht then, I'll prepare Pa.r.rellf!.e,·: "It docs seem to be rather ti ring the column tonight, after I return from Noord_ for him!" wijk.'· COl/d!lc/or: '"Tiring? What do you mean 12:55 P. M.: The telephone rings: "Dr. tiring?! Do you know what's tiring?- - when Euwe, I played overJour game with Pifc from you have to stand up all day on the troUey, the paper and studie it very carefully. If you selling tickets and giving the correct change had played B- B4 instead of P- KB4, he would that" s physical and mental labor. But a chess have had to pl ay Kt- Kt3 and 1 don't sec what player .. , . he just sits in 'his chair 'til the he could do after that." '"Yes, you 're guite game IS over . . . " right; but if he plays Q- Q5 instead of Kt- Kt3, (De Sthaak1l'ereld- J.B.S.)- I lose my Bishop- which [ naturally want to avoid ." 1:12 P. M.: The telephone rings: '"Oh, Mrs. Euwe, can I talk to Dr. Euwe? I've found a A SELF·SACRIFICING QUEEN winnin,g continuarion in his adjourned game Noordwijk International Tournament with Spielmann." "No sir, impossible; he's June, 1938 funning down the stairs at this ,'cry moment, QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED on his way back to 5chool- - 1 don't even know V. Pirc Dr. S. Tartakover whether he can make it in time.'" "Oh, what White Hlack a pity! But I'll call again after s~hool, other 1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 12 RxKt P_K4 wise it may be too late; he has 10 playoff the 2 P_QB4 P_K3 13 Q.B2 p,p game tomorrow." 3 Kt·QB3 P_Q4 14 PxP Kt-B3 4 B·Kt5 B_K2 15 R.K1 Q.Q3 1 : 10 P. M.: Back from school. A man sits 5 P_K3 QKt_Q2 16 Kt_Kt5 B.Q2 waitint; for him with the winning continuation. 6 R·Bl P.B3 17 Q_Kt3 Kt_Kt5? 4:15 P. M.: He greets his daughters. "Hello 7 Kt_B3 0-0 18 BxPch K_Rl 8 B-Q3 PxP 19 R_R3 Kt_R3 father, arc you going away again? You know 9 BxP Kt_Q4 20 Q-Q3! B_B4 you promised to play that new game with us. 10 BxB QxB 21 QxB! P_KKt3 When will we get around to it?" "As soon 11 Q.O KtxKt 22 RxKt Resigns AUGUST, 1938 1'91 My Favorite End.Game Mate In Two Compositions This old geezer can't be good, So I'm guite sure I -could By IRVING CHERNE\' Open very siBy, then WHO IS STALEMATED? Settle down and easily win. By BOGDASSARYANZ I have \vhite, so let me see- (White to move and draw) I'll try Pawn to KB3. No book stuff, I'll have some fUll, Watch me get him on the fUf!. Pawn to King four he replies, A move onCe considered wise. Not so good against me tho I'm an cxp,·rt, doi, 'l you blow. I'!1 move Pawn to King's Knight four, Bet he's ne'er Seen that before. Gee whiz, I can hardly w-ait For my Jive and six move mate. What's that- - do I see him smile, Can it be he likes my style? Solution: 1 P_R8(Q), R_R7ch; 2 K_Kt5, RxQ; Slowly he drawls, "That's all now, 3 P_Kt7eh, KxP; 4 P_B6eh, K-B1 and White Queen to Rook Jive, that's mate."- Wow! is stalemated; or 4 ... K_R2; S K·R5 aJl(i Black is stalemated! - Jack Cafarelli --- By GERBER BEWARE OF PREMATUR'EQ MOV'ES! English Club Match, Hl3S (\'iThite to move and draw) "RETI OPEN ING A V. Butler A. Reynolds White Black 1 Kt·KB3 P_Q4 9 KtxP Kt-B3 2 P_B4 P_QS 10 Q.R4 PxKt 3 P_K4 P-QB4 11 QxR PxB 4 P-Q3 Kt.QB3 12 Kt_Q2 Kt_K4 5 B_B4 P_83 13 O-O·O? Kt_B J:! 6 P·KS Q_B2 14 Q_R4 P_KKt4 7 Kt.R4? p,p Resigns 8 Q.R5ch P_Kt3! C H E S S b)" C. H. O'D AI.EXANDER A N~w Tex/book 011 Ihe Gam~ by a Let/ding £"t.ii.fh Mas/a Solution: 1 K.BSch, K_Kt2; 2 B.R6ch! KxB; 3 P.KtSch, K_Kt2; 4 PxPch, K-R3i S R_Kt8! Mr. Al exander's helpful aclv[ce Oll the middle Kt-B6 (JI" 5 ... QxR White is stalemated); 6 game, on openin,l;s, and end· games, ecc. , will RxQ, KtxRPch; 7 K_B4, Kt_Kt3ch; 8 K_BS, prov~ of ~"eat assistance to the weaker player. KtxR; 9 P·R4, Kt_Kt3 (Blac],'s only move) and The la"~e numoer of ou.rstanding recent game, White is stalemated! chat hav t been included, t(}gecher with !he author'~ shrewd c(}mments, will auract the ----- interest (}f ever)' slUdent of the modern game. PRICE $1.50 POSTPAID The Na!iooal 100ercolle!:ime Chess Association was or!:anized several mOOlhs ago with a view (o arran!: • ing a mruch each year between the Champion teams of ,he Eastern and Western wlleges, respectively. David McKay Company This year's match, between Brooklyn Colle,l;e and WASH!NGTON SQUARE PHlLADELPHlA Wayne University, ended 7V2·6V2 ·in favo!" of the ChefS and Cheder Catalogun Sent on RequeII former with one more game to be adjlldicMed. 19 2 THE CH E SS RE V I EW 26 PxKt, 8 x 8 P ; 27 Q·B2, DxR; 28 QxB. Q·Kt4ch T he U. S. S. R. Championship etc. 24 P xP p , p After the closest kind of struggle, the two 25 RxR BKR ! preliminary sections ended with the fo llowing 26 R·Kl • • • • resu lts : AII.owing t he vicLor lolJs advance o f t he QP ; Settlon 1 (Leningrad), M. Botvinnik 14-3, hut If 26 8-Kt2, n ·Kt 5 : 27 P·B3, B- K6ch; 28 Kt·B2, KtxPch; 29 PxKt, DxP: and White Is P. ROffi anovsky 11 Y2-5Y2 . Bondarevsk y, V. lost. Makogonov and E. Rabinovich 10Yl .6Y2. 26 . . . . P.Q6! Section II (Kiev), V. Panov 13.4, F. Bop;a. For if 27 QxI.::t? QxQ: 28 RxQ, P·Q7 etc. tyrtchuk 11.6, Dubinin, A. Ketov and A. aliso 27 Q.Ql B. Kt5! tiakov lOY2·6Y2- 28 Q.Rl • • • • As usual in Russ ian tournaments, the chess Or 2S P·B3, Kt xP ch ; 29 PxKt, BxP ; 30 Q·Kt l, was of a high order and ve ry enterprising. P·Q7; 31 R-Ql , B·K6ch or ... Q·Kt 4ch w in ning. 28 . . . . p.Q7! 29 Rx Kt P.Q8 (Q) 30 R.K8<: h RxR No, 30 ... K·Kt 2?? 31 B·B8ch! ,.d White u . S. S. R. Cha mpionship wins! Leningrad-Ju ne, 1938 31 QxQ ( B6) B· K7 I ND IAN DEFENSE 32 Kt.Kt3 B. Kt2 37 P.QR4 B.Q6 (Notes by Fred ReinCelcl) 33 Q. B6 B· Kt4 38 P·B4 R.KtB S4 Q.Bl Q, Q N . Sok oltl ky M. Botvl nn lk K· B2 B,B 35 BxQ R.K8 40 KtxB R,P White (31ack 36 B.K3 R.R8 " Res ig ns 1 P.QB4 Kt. KB3 9 P_QKt3 B. Kt2 2 Kt.QB3 P_Q4 10 B.Kt 2 QKt_Q2 S P.Q4 P. KKt3 11 Q. 8 2 P.Q R3 4 K t.B 3 B. K t2 12 QR.S1 R· B1 5 P.K 3 0 -0 13 KR-Ql Q.K2 (The winner of Ihis gtl m~ is one of the com~rJ 6 8 .K2 P.K3 14 Q.Ktl KR.Ql i/1 Soviet CheJJ. Hi! pi'll/aliI combinative Jlyle 7 0-0 P.Kt3 15 B·Bl ? P.B4! iJ well exemplified here. ) 8 PxP ? PxP 16 PxP PxP u. s. s. A. Cha mpionship E videnUy overawed by h is great adversary, Kiev-Julle, 1938 White has played t he opening I n u ltra·con· servatlve ffl.l!h lon, for exa mple 6 B·K2 (6 Q. FRENCH DEFENSE Kt3!), R PxP! (needlessly freeing Black's (Notes by A. Chlstlakov) game) , 10 IJ ·Kt2 (10 B·R3!) and 15 B·Bl? S. Bela ve nets A. Chist ia kov (whererOre?) . _ W hite m a ck N OW he alloult1 at least play 17 K t·QR4. com· peliing Black to k eep a watchful eye on the 1 P.Q4 P. K3 6 B·Q2 BxKt QBP. Inst ea d, there follows a weak move which :2 P· K4 P.Q4 7 PxB Kt·K5 allows mack to have the advantage of the 3 Kt.QBS Kt.KB 3 8 Q. Kt4 P. KKtS ha ngi ng PI! (freedom of action ) without a ny o f 4 B.KtS B.Kt5 9 B.Q3 KtxB their drawbacks. 5 P·KS P.KRS 10 KxKt P.QB4 17 Kt.K2? B.RS! Thus far· a well·known line 10 t he :'If a cCutc h· .. on Variatio n, in which W hite usually continues Taking the Initia tive. 11 P·KR4, in o rder to develop Ihe KR via R3. 18 B.RS Kt.Kt5! 11 Kt·BS Kt·SS T hrea t e n !n ~ 19 ... BxP! 20 PxB, QxPch; 12 KR·QKt l ? ... . 21 K- Rl , Kt·B7ch; 22 K·Ktl, Kt·R6ch; 23 K· After this \V·hlte geta very little value Crom R I, Q·Kt8ch! and mat e n ext move. his Rs. 19 Q.QS QKt.K4 12 . . . . Q.B2 20 Ktx Kt QxKt 21 Kt.KtS Q.SS! In order' to counter·aUack Oil the QB file, !\nd also to develop his D. Skilfully IncreaSing his adnntage: White 13 Q.R4 cannot prote ct the TIP with su ch m oves as • • • • 22 R·B2, R·Q2 0 1' Q·K2, fol' t h en comes 22 ... If 13 Q·B4 (In tending Q·B6), P · D4. Q-IU> ; 23 P·R3, KuKP. H ence W h ite's next 1S . . . . B.Q2 m ove (which is anything but handso me) \s 14 Q.B6 KR·Ktl 15 P .KR4 QR.Bl rorced. 16 P·R5 KtPxP 22 Kt.Rl P·Q5! 17 QxP · . . . Black'a position h ItS become very \)o werfu \' W hile pu rsues hlB own designs, apparently a nd W hite lIepm~ 10 ha ve no o lher move fl.l! id e ob li viou~ of his OJ!jIOnent'!j posslhle utilization from: on the Q B file. 23 Q.K2 Kt.K41 17 . . . . Captur'lng the QBP would now cost W hi t e 18 PxP · . . . the exr:hunge : 24 RxEP, RxR; 25 DxR , Kt·B6 ch! Now comes a combination Wh ich takes White AUGUST, 1 93 8 193 by su,l'pl'ise. Black can pla y . . . K t·Kt5, but 23 Kt·K4 Q. K1 ! 30 K·K2 KtxQ he selects ·a.n '? nell stl'ong,er move. 24 KR-K1 Q·R4 Sl R·KR1 Kt.Q5ch 25 P. Kt3 R·K81 32 K.Q2 Q,R ",;ChistiakoV 26 QR.Q1 B·Q4 33 BxQ R,B 27 R. K2 Q.R7ch 34 Kt·B3 BxBP 28 K· B1 RxPch! Resigns 29 RxR Kt.K6ch - - ._-- SNAPPY P LAY BY WHITE U. S. S. R. Championship Kiev-June, 1938 CARO. KANN DEFENSE F. Bogatyrtchuk F. J. Dus.C hotimirsky W h ite Bl ack 1 P·K4 P.Q83 17 KtxP R.K1 2 P.Q4 P.Q4 18 B.KKt5! B.Kt5 3 Kt.QS3 p,p 19 Q.KB2 R. K3 4 Kt xP QKt·Q2 20 KtxP l KxKt 8 elavenets 5 Kt·KB3 K Kt· B3 21 Q-R4 P.KR4? 6 Kt. Kt3 P·K3 21 ... QxPch ! 22 18 . . . . KtxQP! ! 7 B·Q3 B·K2 QxQ, IH H is a better 19 KtxKt Q.86ch 8 0·0 P· B4 de fe nse. 20 K·K3 · . . , 9 P.83 0 ·0 22 8xKtch RxB If 20 K-K2. QxKt ; 2 1 QxP. R xP a nd Black 10 Q. K2 P.QKt3 23 Q.Kt5ch R·Kt3 has a winning position. (This was far pre 11 Kt. K5 8·Kt2 24 RxPch! KxR ferable to t he text.- F. R.) 12 P·KB4 p,p 25 QxRch K.K2 20 .... R·85 13 PxP Kt· Kt1 25 Q. Kt7ch! Resigns 14 8-K3 Kt.B3 21 Q.84 • • • • While's last mOI'e The alternatives we l'e: 15 KtxKt 8xKt wa~ strongel' than 16 P·B5 PxP? Qx n , as mat e in a I 21 Kt·B3, R·K5 mate. Better . II 21 Kt·K2. R·KSeh; 22 K·n3, QxKP; 23 B·Q4. few is now rorced. P·Kt3, RxKt! III 21 Kt-Kt3. R·K5ch; 22 K-n3. QxKP; 23 P-Kt3, P-R5 ! 24 R-KU , R-KRI : 25 Q·Q2. P·RG ! u , S. S. R. Championship 26 P-Kt4, P-R7; 27 R·R I, R·RGeh; U! K·Kt2, RxPch; 29 K-H1 , R·Kt8ch ; 30 RxR, P xR(Q)ch: Len ingrad-June, 1938 31 KxQ, Q·R7ch; 32 K-Bl, Q·R8ch; 33 K-K2, (White to move) Q-B6ch ; 34 K- Kl , n·H-Sc h; 35 B·B1, B·Kt 4 a nd wins. =C;hekhover 21 . . . . R.KKt5 22 Kt· K2 • • • • HOlling fO I" 22 . , . P ·Q5ch : 23 QxP, QxQch ; 24 K t xQ, QRxKt : 25 P·K03" 1~KR5; 26 P ·Kt3 an d wins, or 22 ... Q·R4 ; 23 Q·Bti, Q·B4ch; 24 K-B3 etc. 22 R. K5ch! Resigns (64) TH E FAVORITE FLOPS! U. S. S. R. Championship Leni ngrad-June, 1938 RETIOPENING (Catalan) M. 80tvinnik E. Rabinovich Budo White Black P.Q4 12 8·84 KKt· Kt5 Be ing beh ind ill m atel'ial. W h ite should doubt 1 Kt· KB3 lpss have pl ayed for attack by p·B5. Ins t ead, , P.Q4 Kt-KB3 13 P. K4 ! p,p hp embarks on 11. faul ty combination: 3 P·B4 P. KS 14 B,P P·83 4 P.KKt3 8·K2 15 PxKt p,p 35 KtxQP?! RxKt! 5 8·Kt2 0·0 16 BxPch K. Rl 36 P xR RxRch 6 0·0 P.SS 17 S.Q2 S·KS 37 QxR QxR 7 QKt.Q2 QKt.Q2 18 S.R5? Q. B1 38 P.Q7 Q-Q6 8 Q.S2 P.QKt41 19 Kt.Q2 R.BS! And White r-e signs ! PO I' if 39 Q·K8ch. K· 9 P·B5! Q.82 20 P.KRS R·R3 Kt2: 40 P'Q8(Q) , Q·ng m at e : w hilst if 40 K 10 Kt.Kt3 P· K4 21 S. K4 R,P Ktl, KtxP etc. 01" 40 K- K1.2 . KtxPch; 41 K·B2, 11 KtxP! KtxKt " B·Kt2 R.R3 K t -K3' etc. 19·1 THE CHES S REVIEW \ Vhile mus t. under takc somet hing. The Alekhine·Chatard 9 B·KB4 O·O! 10 Kt.B7 P_K4! Attack This beautiful P sacrifice pl·e vents \Vhite IN THE FRENCH DEFENSE f)·om getting out of his dHnculties. (Part IV) By s. 13EI.AVE N ETS (/1It! M. YUDOVlCfI (For j1rer·jofiJ artideJ iIJ IhlJ JI?/"iIJJ, Jee !(iII_ um)'.. Fcbl"fl(ll")" all(/ Marrh iJme.r of THE CHESS REV IE W.) We now (·orne to Variation D: 6 ... P.QBtI (after the moves 1 P-K.1, P-K3; 2 P_Q<1, P_Q4; 3 Kr-QB3, Kt_KB3; -1 B_KtS, B_K2; 5 P.KS, KKt.Q2; 6 P_KR4). This move (0 ... P_QB4) has been the most 'Popu lar mode of defense in the past few years of tournament play; for example, in the Moscow 19.?S Tournament, it was adopted in variably against this attack- and with fair results for Black. Still, we believe that by correct and energetic play, Whit·(- Ulil obtain a clear Here a re some like l ~' IlOSSibilil ies : I 11 PxKP. Qxl KxQ etc.; White has a ~trong grip on his Q4 and can a.Uvance effectively 011 the K sille. Women in Chess In his analysis in l he Tournament Book of t he game at M oscow ]935 between Levenfish NEW WOMEN 'S CUiI\s- Jt mtl~ t be in the and :\lenchik. E . L. Rabinovich r ecommends a ir ~ Within two days we received letters from the following line of l)lay as best for Black California aDd Massachusetts tcUing us of the (sec Diagram VI): formation of women's chess clubs. The one 7 BxB KxB 10 Q-Q2 Q.Kt3 from Cali forn ia was from a former Marshall 8 P-B4 PxP 11 0-0·0 Kt_B4 9 QxP' Kt_QB3 12 Kt_B3 B·Q2 Chess Club opponent, one of the most promising of the c1ub's younger women players, Mrs. In our opinion. thi.~ "stereotyped" position is much in \o\Ihite's favor. Tile simple move 13 William Davey. "We all know," she writes P·B5! menaces Black with immediate disaSlel" 'luite truthfully, too!- "about the difficulties of for if 13 . . . P·KR3; H Q·IH thl'catening Ii) finding a ,-!uict evening of chess, what with the P-B6ch as well as 15 RxP. emotional atmosphere of men's clubs in which Thus we see that 6 ... P_QB4 does not 'no woman has ever set foot ." " The solution satisfactorily solve Black's difficulties. There of the difficulty found by the women of Carmel, is only one move which serves the purpose, Calif., was the formation of their own cl ub namely 6 .. . P_KB.l. For a long time it was which meets every Thursday evening in, of all considered antiquated, but was successfully re_ places, the American Legion Building. Miss vived in the games Panov- Beleven<:ts and Panov Hester Schoeninger is the president and Mrs. - Yudovich (Tiflis 1937). .Elizabeth K. Hillman, the treasurer. (,r"mfL/led from SOIACliMATY by 5. N . Bernffein) Mrs. Davey's letter was closely followed by one from Miss Arlene A. Astle, of Lawrence, Mass., who also has formed a women's chess dub. Details are, at present, lacking. Local FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE! women who would like to join should write Maehrisch.Ostrau_ 1937 Miss Astle at 497 Haverhi ll St. QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING MORE AnoUT MISS KARFF- Reading our _ . Burda J . Foltys " just complaint," as she puts it, in our May White Black column, Miss N . May Karff writes tiS marc about 1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 19 QKtxP PxP ! herself. She was born in Europe but came to 2 P·K3 P.Q4 20 PxKt QxPch this country as a young girl. Her father taught 3 B_Q3 P_B4 21 K_Kt1 QxPch her the game when she was eight. She has 4 P_QB3 Kt_B3 22 K. R2 pCKt6ch 5 P_B4 B·KtS! 23 KtxP R_B7! played on every possible occasion, but the wo_ 6. Kt_B3 P.K3 24 RxRch BxR meo's tournament at Stockholm (where she fin _ 7 0·0 B-Q3 25 B. 61 Q.B7c h is hed sixth) gave her her first experience in 8 P_KR3 B_R4 26 K_R3 B_B4ch! tournament play. Her second such experience 9 P_R3 0 -0 27 KtxB R.B6chl 10 P·QKt4 PxQP 28 Kt.B3 RxKtch was in New York this Sprin,1,l: when she won 11 BPxP Kt·K5 29 QxR QxQch the title of U . S. Woman C hess Champion. 12 BxKt? PxKt 30 Kt_Kt3 Q_B6! It is interesting to note that only one of the four 13 P_Kt4 B_Kt3 31 R_QKt1 Q·B1ch prize winners in the National tournament is a 14 Kt_Q2 Q.R5! 32 P_K 6 QxPch 15 K_Kt2 QR.B1 33 K.R2 B.Q3 native American, Mrs. Bain having been born 16 Kt-QB3 P_B4 34 R_K t2 BxKtch in what was then Hungary (now Czechoslo_ 17 B_Kt2 P.K4 !! Resig n's vakia) and M rs. Rivero in Belgium. 18 QPxP KtxKP ! NEW YORK WOMEN'S CHESS CLUB: The annual double round robin tournament of this club has just been completed. Mrs. David Willard has retained her title of champion with the fine score of I H- 4. Mrs. A. C. Forbes Play your CHESS aJ was second with 151,0.- 6\,6 and Mrs. A. J. Har_ Room 204, Strand Theater Office Build. per placed third with 14Y;:- 7Y2. ing, 1585 B'dway at 47th St. N. Y. City. -E. L. IV Best, Cleanest, Most Central loca_ tion in City. You Are Welcome. The Collill);woo An Important European Chess tion of Paul Morphy' s on the fiy_leaf of the fi rst ('(Ii lion of Frere's CheIJ, 1867; a complete set Collection Now In America of Morphy's and Fiske's ChuJ "'fol1l6l, 1 ~57 Those of OUf readers who arc interested in to 1861; a nearl y complete set of Alain C the study of the early history and li terature of W hite's Christmas Books (I:tcking only two out our game will be interested to learn that one of 43 ) etc. etc. of the outstanding European chess librari es, that We understand that Dr. Buschke intends to of Dr. Albrecht Buschke, fo rmerly lawyer in make a Gnallltkala/og of all chess works pub_ Berl in , Germany, was recently brought to New l i~ hed before lH 50 (with additions and corre<;. York. t ion ~ to v. d. Linde's bibliographical works) , As we of course cannot describe in detail all and to register all copies in America, of works the "jewel s" of this collection contain ing more which arc no t known to exist here in more than II la n 3.000 volumes (dcs<: ri bc(1 in a mimeo. 10 copies in the pos~ss i on of librari es or private g ra phed catalogue of 178 pages) and more than collectors. Pri\'atc collectors of chess books arc 1,500 autographs (not yet entirely cataloguc(l) cordiall y invited to send him their add resses and we hope the following remarks will give at details of their collections (size, character of the least an approx imate impression of the import. colleCiioos etc. ) . His address is: 200 Hart ance of this collection gathered by Dr. Buschke Boulevard, West New Brighton, Staten Island, dur j n~ the last 20 years, and reaching from the New York, Phone Gibraltar 2-1398. ea rl y 15th century (a Lati n Cessoles MS., dated 141 9) to modern times. Cessoles is represented with some In cu nabula Cross Country edi tions. the very rare Spani sh edition (Reyna. Valladolid, I S.19) and some 15th century Manu_ (J . C. ThompJo'l h'li 110/ oilly ,/olle (/ Krea/ sc ri pts. de,11 10 "mll/ou cheJ! ;lIftftJ/ ill '{e.\·"f; he if alJo olle of Ihe oliIJ/al/dil/g plaJtff iI/ the SOlllh. The famous aut hors of the 161h to IBth cen wef/. ) turies will generally be fou nd in ~ve ra l copies Datla s C hampio ns hip T o ur"ey of the fi rst and the most im ponant laler editions, June, 1938 as I) r. ~ u~: hk e often has variations not yet de_ QUEEN'S GAMB1T DECL1NED scribed in the bibliographies. Damiano is rep_ J. C. Thompso n F. H. McKee rese nted by the sccond edition (151H ) and the W hit ~ Black fourth and ~ix t h edi tions, not dated ; Ruy Lope..: I P.Q4 P.Q4 14 P·B4 Kt_B 3 in a fin e copy of the original Spanish edil io n, 2 P.QB4 P.QB3 IS P. KS! Kt.Q4 156 1, and Ihe two variations of the Itali an trans_ 3 Kt-KB3 Kt. B3 16 BxKt! BxKt lation, 15H4 ; Sclenus in four co pies, one 1616, 4 Kt.B3 p,p Forced! S P.QR4 B_B4 17 BxB BPxB three 1617, but all .'iOmewhat different from each 6 P-K3 QKt.Q2 18 B.Kt4 ! Q.BS other. one copy interesting because given by v. 7 BxP P. K3 19 0·Q2 B_Q61 d. Lasa to Howard Staunton when they played 8 0_0 Kt_KS 20 R_B3 B. KS Q_Kt4 their match in ~fUsse [S 18H, anothe r apparent ly 9 KtxKt Bx Kt 2 1 R-B3! 10 Kt-Q2 B.K t3 22 QR-OBI R.Q1 a copy intended for presentation in the marvel_ 11 P_RS! Q. B2 23 R·B7 R.Q2 lous ('ontcmporary bmding and on larlle paper 12 P_K4 B.Kt5 24 R. B8c h R_Ql nearly white. 1ihat in this collection Philidor's 13 Q_K2 B.II: RP 25 R ( 1}_B7 Resigns .. Analyze des Echccs" appears in all three vari. at ions of the fi rst edition (London 1749) goes AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF UNDER_ wit hout sa ying. PROMOTION The list of periodicals is very extensive (17 Played by Corrnpondence, 1937_38 mimeographed pll,1:es of the catalogue mentioned QUEEN'S PAWN above ) and comprises long runs of the most L, P . Spellman A. G. Pearsa ll important and some ve ry rare chess magazines. White Black In the list of Tournament books we note some I Kt· KB3 Kt. KB3 12 p,p p,p sc,~ of original scores of tournament games. 2 P.Q4 P. K3 13 P _KR4 ? B.Q3 3 P _K3 P .QKt3 14 R_Kl QKt.Bl As to the "Americana" of the collection, 4 QKt.Q2 B.Kt2 15 Kt_KS B_KtS there are some items of outslanding val ue, for S P_KKt3 P. Q3 16 BxKt KtxB instance, the first Ame rican printing of Benj a 6 S_Kt2 B. K2 17 Kt (S)-Bl Q. Q3 min Fran kl in's " Morals of Chess" in the original 7 0 ·0 QKt.Q2 18 K_Kt2 R·B3 8 P_B4 P.Q4 19 R· KRI R·Kt3 issue of the CO/fllllbi 23 R.B2 QxKt ! 37 B.Q4 P·Q4 24 PxQ P.Q5 38 B.K3 Q.K5ch 25 P.R5 KtxPc h 39 K· B2 Q.K4 26 K.R2 KtxQ 4. R.KI5 Q.Kt7ch 27 RxKt RxKt 41 K.B3 P.Q5 28 Kx R p , p 42 B·B4 Q. B6c: h 29 P. K6 B.Q3ch 43 K. K4 P·Q6 30 R,. P,R 44 B.K5 Q. B7 31 R·B7 R·S6ch 45 B.B6 P.Q7c h 32 K·K t4 P.K7 46 K.K 3 P·Q8( Kt)ch! 33 R,. P. K8 (Q) 47 K.S4 Q.S 7c: h 34 RxPc h K· S l 48 K. K5 K·Q2 35 P. K7ch K·Kl 49 P.R5 Q. K6ch 35 K,R Q.QKt8 Resigns (Tbi. X ://II(' ;1 1t'.lInTt'd by Ollt' r4 "1<' /il/ol (w;lbu ('I ..-T /I""IN(<'II by ,11/ I//IIal(,"T.) I NDI AN DE F ENSE B. Altman Amateur W hite Hluck QxQ; :10 HxRch, KxR; at R·IU ch allli malo 1 P.Q4 Kt.K B3 14 P·Q5 K. Kt2 next mo~·e. 2 P·Q B4 P.K3 15 Q.Q2 QR ·Kl 11 ~7 ... n·nl ; 2ll K t·R6, J<:txB ( if 2 ,~ ... 3 Kt .QB3 S.Kt5 16 P·KR4 P. KA 4 Q·K2: 29 q lt·KI DRU!: K!:'S DaUH CH!:SSBOARDS No. Size Squares Price 254 25"x 25N 2Vil N $20.00 154 20"x20" 2" 11.00 165 25"x25" 2V2" 10.00 164 23" x23" 2V4" 9.00 163 21"x21" 2" 6.50 162 18"xI8" 1%" 5.50 161 15"x15" 11/2" 4.50 Nos. 161 to 165 aro Inlaid boards with Wal· nut and :'tinille s qua t'es. W alnut Border and Back, Shal)ed Edges. Lacquer finish. Nos. 154 a nd 25 4 arc made of lhe finest ,"c· lIeen; w ith W a lnut Du rl and Can lat hian Elm Bur l S( lu a r c~. Rosewood Bon ier and Walnut Back. T hey lire lIhalled and fill is hed with a rubbt!ll lacqUer finis h. ORDERS FILLED DY THE C HE S S REVI EW -0- 55W. 4 2n d Sh e e~ , NewYork, N.Y. 198 THE CHESS REVIEW Game Studies =~Bernst e i n (A twy interesting game, despite the early exchange of Qlfeens. The wonderfuUy har. moniolls cooperation of Black's pieces bears compariJOn UJith the artistic games oj a RlIbin_ stein or Tarrasch, ) West Side Y.M.C.A. Championship December 11, 1937 ENGLI SH OPENING (Notes by Sidney K. Bernslein ) N. J . Hogenauer S. N. B ernstein \Vhite Black 1 P.QB4 P.QB4 2 Kt_KBS Kt_QBS Hogenauer 3 P.Q4 p,p 4 KtxP Kt.BS P_K4 II 21 R-Q3, P -K5; 22 R-B3. R-Q3; 23 B-B'I 5 Kt-QBS (not 23 R·B7ch, K·B3; Z-1 RxRP? Kt-B7ch; 25 All over-agressive and quite inferior move, KEl, KtxKtoh; 26 PxK,t, R·BSch; Z7 K-KtZ, as i t creates bad weaknesses at Black's- Q3 RxR; 28 KxR, B·Ro! 29 K-Ktl, R·ESch; 30 K and Q4. Better was 5 ... P·l{3 and ·if 6 P-K·I, EZ, R-DS mate), B-R6 and White will be forced B-Kt5. to l'Pturn the P by P _RS, since ·he has no other 6 Kt(4)_Kt5 B.Kt5 :plan to follow. Thus Black's sacr ifice is justi 7 Kt·Q6ch • • • • fied. The simplest. way to maintain the advantage 20 . . . , KR.Q1 is 7 P-QR3, BxKtch; 8 KtxB. 21 Kt·B1 B-Kt6! 7 . . . . K.K2! Black reflected a long time here. 21 ... IH Not 7 . .. BxKt; 8 QxB, Q-K2; 9 Q-Qli with B7ch: 22 K·Ql, B·Kto; K-Bl leads to nothing. the double threat or 10 B-KtS (followed by In addition, \Vhit-c is threatening t.o get out of K l-Q5 ) and also 10 Kt-KtG. all his trOubles with 22 P-D3 and 23 K·B2. S Kt_B5ch K _Sl 22 B·K4 · . . . 9 B_Q2 P_Q4 Forced; 1f 22 P-IO, Kt-B7ch; 23 K-K2, B-DSch ; 10 PxP KtxP 24 K-Q1, K'txPch! 25 PxKt, BxKt! winning Or 10 . QBxKt ; 11 PxKt, PxP and mack is easily. saddled with a weak QBP. 22 . . . , P_B4 KtxKt QxKt 11 23 P_K3 , , , 12 BxBch KtxB · 13 Kt_K3 QxQch Again the only move. If 23 E-Ktl, P-K5! 24 P ·B3 (whal else?), R-QE1 wins. Black is glad to exchange qs; but the text is more favorable t.han the altel"llative m-cthod 23 .... 13 ... Q-R4; )4 Q-Q\ich, K-Kl! 15 Q-Q2 best, 24 PxKt B-KS! 16 P·QR3, Kt-B3; 17 QxQ, Kt xQ; IS P 25 RxR , . . . KKt3, which is cert'ainly not in Dlack's favor. N·ecessar y in order to fre-c ·his piec-cs. The text permits greater complications. 25 . . • , P,R 14 RxQ B_K3 26 Kt·Q2 B_Q4 15 P.QR3 Kt_B3 27 K.Q1 . . . 16 P_KKt3 K_K2 · Instead of casHing, \\'hito keells his K in 17 8·Kt2 Kt-Q5 18 R.Q2 .... the center and near his Q side Ps. Uut nothing belp.s! Now White threatens J9 BxP- bul. Black ha s already determined to sacrifice the P! 27 . . . . K.B3 28 R·K1 K.B4 18.... QR.Q1! 19 BxP R-Q2 O[ course not 2g K-K4: 29 KtxP etc. If now 29 P-Kt·jch, K-DG. (S-ce Diagram) 29 K · K2 R.QB1! 20 8-Kt2 SPlzing the file before \Vhite can do so, a nd 'l'he alternative was 20 D·R6 , KR·Q1 and forcing White's K to r eturn. nOW White has two continuations (21 Kt-BI is 30 K_Q1 P_QR41 out of the Question, as Black answers 21 . .. p The next steIl' is to paralY7.fl -White's Q side K5 with 22 ... D·Kt6 to folloW, leaving White majority (I.e. stop White's two Ps willI the helpless) : QRP). If 31 P -Kt3, R-D6. 1 21 K-Ql, B-Kt6ch; 22 K-Bl (not 22 K-Kl, 31 R_K2 P_R5 Kt-B7ch : 23 RxKt, [lxR etc.), B-R7! 23 K-Ql forced, R-B2 ! 24 B-Q3, H-Kt6ch; 25 K-K1 forced , 32 R-Kl P_Kt4! R-B8ch; 21) Kt-Q1, P·K5! 27 BxP. BxKt; 28 The n-cxt phase: threatening 33 . .. P-KtS and RxE (if 28 O-O? Kt-B6ch), Kt-B6ch. then ... R·B3·R3. AUGUST , 1938 199 33 P-R3 R.B3 34 P_Kt4ch • • • Desperation. \Vhite still has some tl"icks up his sleeve. 34 . . . . K_B5 35 R·R1 R-KR3 36 K·K2 R_QKt3 01" course not 36 ... P·K6; 37 P xPch. PxP; as H-Blch. K ·Kt6; 39 n -BS! PxKt ; -10 RxB, RxP; 41 Kx P, Kxl'; 42 n-Q4ch and 43 RxP. 37 R_QKtl .... 01' 37 P-R4, RxP; 38 PxP, B ·B5ch! (to stop R·nlch later on); 39 K moves, P-K6 and wins. 37 . . . . R-QB3 Not allowing the slightest counterplay, which would be arrol·d ed \OI,Ihite after 37 ... . B·R7; 38 R·QB1, ilx]>; 39 R-BS threalening mate. The t cxt , by menacing the occupation of lhe 7th Denker rank, forces W;hit e t o cut off his OWIl n from the K side by his next move. 20 . . . . Q.Q1 27 B-Kt4 QR_Kt1 21 QxKt Kt.Q2 B.B5 R_Kt4 38 K.Q1 P_K5 28 22 QxP Q-B3 B,P KtxP 39 PxPch p,p 23 QxQ KtxQ 30 KR·B1 40 Kt_B1 B·K5 0·0 24 P·B3 Kt_Q2 31" R_BS R,R The fin ishing touch. If now 41 n·lll, RxRch; 25 B-Q5 Kt.Kt3 32 B,R Kt.Kt6 42 KxH. I'·K7! 25 P·RS Kt.BS 41 R_Rl R·B1 Despite the fact tllat all the Ps al·e on one 42 K·K1 B.B6 side, the ending is lost for BlaCk : his K has 43 KtxP KxKt no mobility and ·11is black squfl.l·es ue weak. Resigns The following play is instructive because of the Vo'hite K'S ma.rch and the gradual jmmubil ization of t he Kt. Metropolitan Chess League 33 BxR KtxR 42 K-Kt5 K.Ql 34 B_K7 Kt_Kt5 43 K_B5 P_B4 March, 1938 3S K_B2 Kt_Q5 44 P_K5 P_B5 35 K_K3 Kt·S3 45 K_Kt7 K_Kl Manhattan C. C. vs. West Side Y. M. C. A. 37 B_B5 Kt_Kt1 45 K_B7 P_R3 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 38 K_Q4 Kt_Q2 47 P_Kt4 PxP e.p. 48 PxP P_R4 (Notes by A. Denkel·) 39 B·K7 P-B3 s. 40 B.Q6 K_B2 49 P-B4 Resigns A. S. Denker J. W. Collins 41 K_B4 K_Kl Zugzwang ! White Black 1 P.Q4 P_Q4 8 0·0 QKt.Q2 Played in Baltimore 2 Kt_KB3 Kt-KB3 9 Q_K2 Kt·KS 3 P·B4 P-B3 10 B-Q3! BxKt INDIAN DEFENSE 4 Kt-B3 p,p 1 1 P,B KtxQBP G. P. Jones J. C. Quinn 5 P-QR4 B_B4 12 Q.B2 B,B 6 P-K3 P_K3 13 QxB Kt·Q4 White Black 7 B,P B.QKtS 14 B_R3 P_QB4 1 P.Q4 Kt_KB3 24 R_Q2 P.QR4 The P sacrifice ·adopted here by Whit~ was 2 P_QB4 P_K3 2S Q_B1 R_KtS play-ed successfully i n the recent WOI'ld Cham 3 Kt.QB3 B_Kt5 25 Q _Q1 P_Q4 pionship Match. White gets a splendid develop 4 Q_Kt3 P_B4 27 Q_QB1 P_RS ment, and in addition is able to l·estrain Black 5 PxP Kt_B3 28 B_Q1 R_BS from casUing. 5 Kt_B3 Kt_K5 29 R_B2 R,R 7 B_Q2 KtxB P-R5 1S PxP Q_R4 30 QxR 15 P.B5 p,p 8 KtxKt B,P 31 P.QKt3 Q_Q3 B_Kt5 P.Q5! 17 P·K4 Kt(4)_B3 9 Kt(2).K4 32 P·B4 Q_R4 33 Q.Q2 P_Q5 18 Q-Q6 P-B4 10 0-0·0 19 Kt.K5 . 11 P·K3 P·B4 34 B-B3 P·K4! . . . 12 Kt.Q50h K·K2 35 P-KKt3 P-K5 Threatening to win outright with Kt·BS. 13 KtxBoh KRxKt 35 B_Q1 Q_B4 19 . . . KtxKt 14 Kt_Kt5 P_QR3 37 P_R3 K_S1 15 Kt_Q4 KtxKt 38 P_KKt4 P_Kt3 (see diagram) 16 RxKt P_QKt4 39 PxP p,p 17 K_Kt1 p,p 40 B_R5 B_Kt2 20 BxP! .... 18 RxP QR_Kt1 41 Q_QB1 B·B5 A surpri!IC. Black cannot play 20. Kt- 19 Q-S2 R,R 42 Q.KKt1 B_K8 Kt3? because of 21 Q-B-6ch, which would have 20 BxR B-B6 43 B_Q1 Q.B6 ruinous consequ·ences for him. He must there 21 B_Kt3 B_B3 44 Q.Kt2 P-Q7 fore play for an ending which offers only the 22 R-QB1 R.Kt4 Resigns most dismal prospects. 23 R·Q1 Q.Kt3 • Problem Department By R. CHENEY AddreH al! cofreJpondence relating 10 Ihis department 10 R. Cheney, 1339 Easl Ave., Roche/ler, N. Y. NOTES AND NEWS First Honorable Mention_No. 2 1. (l05'1) by J. F . Tracy. H earty congratulations to C. A. Miller who wins the Ladder Prize after a close contest. 8, 3R21l1 . 8, SKI . 4k3. 5p2. lI •. 5H2. Our best hopes for continued success! Second Honorab le Mention_ No. 1-\ (10il5) by '1'0 E . 7. epler the Honor Prize [or h is fine George E. SllCnCRr. prize-winning Roman, No. 1056, which has elicit· 1s 6, lp6, kU6, lI , 2K5, 8, 8, lR5E. cd much praise. Votes were Ued between it ROMAN SECTION and Dr. Dobbs' No. 1049, which unfortunately Pri.:e-No. 9 (1056) by E. Zepler. proved antic ipatmL 4b3. 8, S. l B6, 8. 8. SSp, 5Klk. Mat e in five. First Honorable Mention_Xo. 52 (lOS8) by JoseJJh Be l ~cha n. FIFTH INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE lI, g, IRo, 8, 8, SK6, p2b4. k 7. C\la.te in fOUL ) TOURN EY Dr. T){)bbH is 10 be congral.Ulated on climbing ove r the hea(iH or his less fortU11ate rivals to T his tourney i~ again i n prog-l'es s for t he fifth add to hi~ tourney ~ucces~e~. consecutive yenr, a nd all compo!lers are urged Solver~ will ,be allowed until September 15th t.o compete. There is a Thrce-?llove section, to submit additional claims of cooks or anticlfla· a ,Four·Move section and a special section for !.ions, afte r which the above award~ w ill beoome miniatures of any length showing the Indian tina\. Theme. A prize of $5.00 Js otl'crcd in each section. Judge: C. S. Kipping or other author ity to bc later announced. All pl'obkms are to be direct-mate miniatureR INFORMAL LADDER (seven pieces or less ) and available for publica C. Mi lle r 785, 94 ; n G. Plowman 784, 88; ~1. tion in The Chess Review. Enlries to be mailed Genud 725, _; u H, B, Daly 696, 80; J. Hannus b .. for.. March 1. 1939 to R. Cheney, 1339 Eas t 584, 77; H. Sten.:el 576, 27 ; 1. &. M, Hochberg Avenue., Rochester, N. Y. 555, 94; 91. Kashdan 527, 114; Bourne Smith Exchanges please copy. 478,42; I. Burstein 462, 79; H. Medle r 422, 90; 9A. Tokash 414, _ ; V. Rosado 396, _ ; n*p. Rothenberg 394, 98; Dr. P. G. Keeney 374, _ ; REVISED MINI ATURE TOURNEY AWARD u M. Gon.:ale.: 318, 71; Bill Beers 311, 86: J, Schmidt 302, -; *W , Pat.: 292, 46; W. O. Jens As was to be expectfld. a number or cooks 279,57; W. Keysor 277, _ ; E. Kor panty 268, 63: and anticipations were found in the :Miniature H. Hausner 264, -: K. Lay 244, _ ; L. Greene Tourney problems. The most serious casualties 239, - : Dr, M. Her.:be rger 236, - : K. Stubbs were the prize-winner In t he t hree-move s ection. 222, 56; Lady Clara 217, _; J. Rehr 187, 36; No. 1033, cooked by 1 Sb4, and tlw t op-ranking I. Burn 164, 58; W. Jacobs 164, _; A. Grant .\-er . :t\o. 1048. disqualified unfOl·\.unately by the 152, -; ~· · Dr. G. Dobbs 146, 11 1; A. Saxer ruinous dual aft er 1 . . . Kcl. After t he elimi· 133, -; $A. Sheftel 132, 54; *L, Eisner 129, nation of unsound and anticipated entries t he _ ; W. Neuert 126, _ ; B, M, Ma'rshall 109, award is: _; Nels Nelson 73, _ ; M. Gershenson 66, _; THREE_MOVE SECTION G. N. Cheney 60, - ; A. Palwick 56, _ ; B. Wise· garver 41, -: G, F, T odd 38, -: R, Dunbar 29, Pri.:e- No. 17 (1034) by Dr. G. Dobbs. -: W, Van Winkle 27. -; W, Towle 22, -: 8, 8. {iQsl . 8. 4Q3. 3pISZ, 8, 5Klk. K. S, Howar d' 17, -; P. Papp 16, _; J . Cohen First Honorable Mention-No. 28 (1036) by 6, _ ; C. Parmelee _ , 9; O. Wurzburg _ , 34. Dr. E. Palkoska. °Indioates winner of one pl'eviolls ascent. S, 8, lK6. 681 . 7S, IS4Ql. 4k3 .. 8. Second Honorable Mention_No. 16 (1038) by Dr. C, Dobbs. 3K4. 8, 11l 411 1, 2P5, lBk5. 8, l Q6" 8. SOLUTIONS Third Hono'rable Me ntion-No, 27 (1039) by N'o _ 1033 fl y H. F. Dixon Tk ~. Palkoska. In tnntion : 1 Bf2 3S1k2. fiS K, 5B2. 8, 352m. 8. 8, 8. Cooked by : 1 Sb4 :\0. 1'034 hy Dr. G , Dohh ~ Fourth Honorable Mention_No. 36 (1040) by 1 Kf2 Q bGeh 2 Sdteh Otto Kunre. 1 . .. Qb2ch 2 Sd2eh l H5R.. 8, 5k2. 2S4n, 6P l, 3P4. 8. R, 1 ... Qh.Jch 2 S ."Qch 1 .. . Q d kh 2 S"Q~h Fifth Honorable Mention-Xo. 49 (1041) by 1 •• . Qe72Se5eh Heim' Bd x!. Nu. 103 5 b y Bill Be Original Section No. 1087 No. 1090 No. 1093 BILL BEERS BURNEY M. MARSHALL PERCY BOWATER Willmar, Minn. Shreveport, La. San Marino, Calif. Mate in 2 Mate in 2 Mate in , No. 1088 No. 10'll No. 1094 BILL BEERS CHAS. E. ADAMS SIMON COSTIKYAN Willmar, Minn. Ocean City, N. J. New York City = Mace in 2 Mate in 2 Mate m 3 No. 1089 No. 1092 No. 1095 JULIUS HEMEG PERCY BOWATER HENRY S. EICHHOLZ Brooklyn, N. Y San Marino, Calif. Detroit, Mich. Mate in 2 Mate in 3 Mate in 3 SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 10th, 1938 202 THE CHESS REVIEW • Original Section (cont'd) No. 1096 No. 1099 No. 1102 DR. G. ERDOS DR. F. PALATZ ALEXANDRU DUMITRESCU Vienna, AUiOtria Ladelund, Germany Buchare·st, Roumania r. ;= Male in 3 No. 1097 No. 1100 No. 1103 R. E. McGEE HYMAN STENZEL HANS LANGE Hamilton, Onta rio Brooklyn, N. Y. Neuss am Rhein, German y Mate III 3 Mate In 3 Mate in 4 No. 1098 No. llOt No. 1104 DR. LEON DR. G. DOBBS FRED SPRENGER Paris, France Carrollton, Ga. New York City • Mate in 4 Male in <1 SOLUTI ONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE D (JE SEPTEMBER 10th, 1938 AUGUST, 1938 203 Quoted Section No. 1108 N o. 1111 No. 1105 J. F. TRACY F. SACKMANN Soul"'Ce? Munich N. N._1910 BI L L BEERS (Recommended by C. S. Kipping, Providence News Tribune-1929 ~(~~:::r~~ Sh~eveport, by B. LaM..) W ednesbury, Eng land) Mute m 2 Mate in 3 Mate in 3 No. 1106 No. 1109 No. 1112 G. Buchman J. F. TRACY V. MARIN 1 Ess. Arb. Sch. Club_1924 Pitt. Gaz. Times_1913 Source? H. S. (Recommended by James (Recommended by C. A. M iller Stichka, Ontario, Calif.) Yoe, Pa.) Mut<: m 2 Milte in 3 Ma.te In 3 No. 11 10 No. 11 B V. HOLST S. 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