Vol. VI T uesday, Number 6 OfficiCll Publication of me United Stutes Cbessfederatlon Novemb er 20, 1951 RATED EVENTS INCREASE POJ; /;on No. 69 INTEREST GROWS Mary Bain Fulfills Early Promise H. Wolf vs. F. IN RATING LIST The importane-=: of the National In Winning U.S. Women's Title Rating System, now adopted by the U. S. Federation, is attested Mrs. Mary Bain in winning the U. S. Women's Championship in recently by the n umber of tourna­ 1951 at New York fulfilled an earlier promise given by her perlorman<.'eS ments in which 100% "aUng is be· in previous events. In 1936 in New York she tied for second with Miss ing rcquired, either through USCF Edith L. Weart in a tournament conducted at the Marshall Chess Club, membership or payment of rating won by Mrs. Adele Rivero. In 1937 she represented Ule United States fees. in the International Women's Tournament at Stockholm. In 1938 she Among the recent 100% rated placed s<..'Cond behind Miss N. May Karlf in the Women's Championship tournaments were the Colorado at Boston. In 1939 she tied with Miss Karlf llnd Dr. Hele n Weissenstein Open Championship, the South· for first in the Women's Championship in .New York, lo~ i ng the playoff wcstern Open Championship, the to Miss KarlL In 1945 she tied for first with Miss KarCf in the Pan­ Michigan State Championship, the AmeriClln Women 's Tournamcnt at Hollywood. In 1946 she placed sec­ P ennsylvania State Championship, ond to Miss KarH in the Women's Championship in New York. And the Bay City Open Championship. in 1948 at South Fallsburg, she was third behind the co-champions, Miss And a recent submission of rating Kar£! and Mrs. -Gresser. fees for non-mC'mbers has added In winning with an ?1h -lh score, " Jilla Owens over Mrs. Gresser-a the New England Championship Mrs. Bain played brilliantly, de­ game that provided the margin of to the list of 100% rated tourna. k ating Miss Karlf and drawing in victory for Mrs. Bain. Olher scores ments. a long and diflicult Rook and Pawn werc: Karff 1, Raettig 0; Slater 0, eeding with Mrs. Gresser. There Kellner 1; Bain 1, Roos O. Leading Other tournaments, yet to be were several u psets in the exciting scorcrs were Mrs. Bain and Miss Finish It playcd, which will be included in event, with Mrs. Willa Owens deal­ Karff with 4-0 each. the 100% rated group are the Conducted by Edmund Nash Okl ahoma State Championship and ill '~ an unexpecled deleat to Mrs. Round Five Gresser in the 4th round, while S~nd . _n wnlrr·b uti.,.., lor this o:olu;" n to Edm und Naoh, 15)0 2I!th PIKe, S.E •. the Northern Indiana Open Champ. Excitement in th is round cen­ ionship. course, such Federation Mrs. Kathe"yn Slater downed :Miss W•• ht noton 20. D_ C. or tered around the })

THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION HE 1951 U. S. Women's Cham­ l!: D~~ a. ~nd cia" moiler Selltemkr .;;, 19(6, at 1h" poot ' oUice at Dubuque, lOW1, by Vincent L. Eaton pion has just been crowned, u!>d .... the act o( !d.o.rch 9, 18TI1. T and, fur lhe first time since 1944 Add .... all eommuni oal ion. to t his column t o Vincent L. Eaton, 612 Mo Nelll RMd, Subs.cription-$Z.OO p<:r yur; Single copies lOc each the diadem rests not on the head Si lvu ~p r ln g , Marylon<\. of either Mrs. G. K. Gresser or Address all subscriptions to:- 845 Bluff Stteet OR 3219 \'>;/ashinglon Ave. IlE year 1951 h as taken a heavy toll of American problem com· Miss N. May Kal'ff; Mary Bain has Glenn E. Hardeb, M ~ m . Su'y Dubuque, Iowa Erie, P Cfl ~ylv a nia T posel'S . FiI'S t there was Alain C. White ; now, from Dr. P. G. Keeney won it. Mah an dtecl::s paya.ble co: THE UNITED STAT ES CH ESS FEDERA nON r and Burinnr M anagu in Gr and Rapids, Iwher e he had been employed by the Post OHiee De, chess against players of her own MONTGOMERY MAJOR parLmen!. Nephew of the great W. A. Shinkman, he became a dis· sex; in this tourney, however , she Contribllting EJjton tinguished composer in his own right , beginning when he was in his demonstr ated skill, determination, Dr. A. Buschke Eliot Hearst Vincent L. Eaton teens and continuing through morc than half a century. He was a a nd tenacity. Witness her exciting Edmund Nash master of the lightwe igllt, aiming at artistic and pointed effects with s emi·final round struggle with Mrs. .Guilherme Groesser Er ich W. Marchand economical usc of While und Black force. Though he composed more Fred ReWeld William Rojam Dr. Kester Svendsen than a he never made one hastily, seeking always Gr esser; this game, which meant to produce that solvers would remember . One of his so much to both contestants, was Address all communications to the United States Chess Federation extremely hard fought, both s ides classics is fresh in i t~ appeal today as it was (exce pt those regarding CHESS LIFE) to USCF Secretary Phil J . Mary, missing wins at various stages and when it and fingers fifty·five years ago. 2011 Carew Tower, Cincinnati 2, Ohio. USCF Membership Dues--$3.00. at other stages r allying valiantly to hold a cr umbling position. After Vol. VI, N umber 6 Tuesday, November 20, 1951 almost elevcn hours of play and 109 moves the game was finally dr;;.wn, and by a victory over Miss R:; ettig in the last round, Mrs. FRAUDS IN CHESS Bain clinched the title . Unlike t hc procedure at the con­ HESS F orgeries arc fortunately rare, but they are not unknown; clusion o( a men's championship, C and so editors of chess publications, whether national in scope there was no widespread shaking or limited to regional or ciub circulation, should always exercise ex­ o ~ hands; Mrs. Bain was the r eo treme care in selecting the material they publish. For when a chess cirdent of mor e k isses than hand­ forgery is circulated, it is not only a deception [oisted upon the un· shakes this time! Women's tourn·­ suspecting reader but is a damaging and base libel on the reputation ey ~ are becoming more and more of the alleged victim in the forgery. . popular!!? Recently in a western ciub p ublication there appeared two game This championship received ex· scores in which a 17·yeaT old player "came up with a pair of amazing ct'llent publicity in the New York sacrificial orgies." The alleged victims of V. R--- (as we will desig­ papers, some of the largest carry· n ate this young player) were C. Bagby, a noted player of San Francisco, ing daily reports and here and and former U. S. Open Champion Arthur Bisguier. there a feature story on one or Our cur iosity was aroused. immediately by the alleged 13-move more of the contestants could be victory over Bisguier, which supposedly occured in a "stake game" at found; e. g., the "Brooklyn Eagle" New York in July of this year. It seemed improbable to us that n.n an articie on Mrs. Grumette, Bisguier would be a victim of such a trap in a much analyz ed variation that borough's representative in of the Ruy Lopez-an opening in which his familiarity and skill are the tourney, while the Sunday well known- particularly in a "stake" game . Our curiosity was in­ ~ag a z i ne section of the "Herald creased when we were informed by a Cal ifornian con ·espondent that Tribune;; contal.ned an "expose;' the alleged victim in the! other published score, C. Bagby of San Francisco, denied categorically that he had played the gamc in question of the private liCe of our female or that he had participated for the Mechanics InsUtuoo in an interciub chess stars. A " Life" Magazine match in Dcccmber, 1950. Our correspondent rurth p. r stated that he photographer was on hand for could not trace any record of such an interclub match in December, several of the last few r ounds 1950, as alleged in connection with the published score of the game. a130, while Miss Kellner and Mrs. In consequence, in th(l interests of truth and j ustice, we asked our Owens appeared on the " Break New York correspond ent, l\'1 r . Eliot JIearst, to contact Mr. Bisguier and the Bank" Radio Show. The women gain his statement regarding the validity of the published incident. We chess players really took Gotham quote below the pertinent passages from a letter received {rom Pvt. by storm! Arthur Bisguier, now at Ft. J ackson, S. C.: The Marshall Chess Club ban· I received a p leee of cor respondence f rom Eliot Hurst which eon· qUe t, celebrating the victories oC , ,,Ined t he score of a chess game I wu s upposed to have lost with a Mr. its members, Larry Evans and J im V. , __ .5 the victor In the a lleged e ncounter. I have never ....ar d of Mr. It __, t he scOre of tha game Is complete ly unfamiliar to me, t he Sherwin, was a huge success. Many variation Is one of m y f avo rit es (I would never fe ll vkt lm 10 suc h a t riP famous masters and chess fans In the gamb it variation of the It uy Lol"'z), and la st, but by no m u ns alte nded-to mention but a few, least, I was Ind ucted inlo t he arm ed fon:1S June 27, 1'51, a nd I did not vis it New York until October I, 1951. Sin ce t he a lleged game was supposed Rveben F inc, I. A. Horowitz, Her· to heve hke n place in New York some time during Ihe month of J uly, Mr. R-- e vide ntly confused me w ith sOm" othe r gentleman. man Steiner, Alexander Bisno, Ed· ward Lasker, George E. Roosevelt, It becomes very obvious the!rcforc that t he " brilllllncy" in question Harold Phillips, Lodewijk Prins, is spurious; it occurred only in the over.imaginative mind of young Mr . HoraCe Bigelow, Milton Hanauer, V. R---, who psychologically may have confused fact and fancy. Max Pavey, and all the contestants That this eonhlsion can occur we know from the researches of Dr. A. Wh it. mat .. mo ~'es Buschke and Fred Re infeld into the earlier career of Dr. Alexander in the wome n's tourney then in For solutions to previously published problems, please turn to page p!"ogress. Larry Evans announced A. Alekhine, for both these authors have produced verified instances fou r. in which Dr. Alekhine published as actual game scores what were in at the banquet h is intent ion to reality only analysis 01 possible but unplayed variations in the actual play Herman Steiner a 16 game games. match early in 1952 for the U. S. We can possibly condone th.ese lapses from the trulh in the case Championship; so now the former of Dr. AJ ekhine because h is genius has contributed so much of beauty champion and present champion and art to chess; but Mr. V. R- can scarcely claim such leniency. By Mo ntgo m~y M djor will fight it out for the title! Editors cannot alwo ys avoid being dc<:cived by forgeries, howeve!r Lllrry was presented with a unique carcfully they may check the known facts before publication ; but THE RO YAL GAME, Chess fo r Young People, by Edith Lucie Wearf; ehess postal set dcsigned by Prank they owe an eternal duty of viligence to their readel's in order to pre· illustrated by B. Brunel·Smith; New York, The Vanguard Press, J. Marshall himself; it was felt vent the publicatton of such forgeries, When(lvcr possi ble. And We trust Inc., 1948; $2.50. 64 pp, 71 di. grams. tbut if Marshall we M!: still alive that the editor of the cheS5 publication who was victim ized by Mr. H IS is the only book of instruction on chess tbat exists in English today, he would have warit.d Larry V. R-'s plausible forgery, wiJ1 undeceive his l"Caders in his next T for the sole purpose of teaching chess to children, but it would to have it. J immy Sherwin, the issue by publishing the true facts regarding this f,",lUd . He owes this also serve excellently to instruct the parents. Miss Wear t has spent New York cha",pion, a lso was the much to Mr. Bisguier 's reputation as a player to relieve him of the many years in teaching chess to ehildrcn in the eat·diae ward at Belle· recipient of many fine words, and onus of being the viclim of a spurious brilliancy. And henceforth all vue Hospital, and in. this book she has collected all the lessons she a lovely "chess tie" was given h im cditors of chess publications will be well advised to vil!w with scep ti c~ has learned through practicill experience about teaching chess to young as a r emembrance of the evening. ism any future scores submitted by.Mr. V. R---, unless well au· people, Thunderous applause greeted Mrs. thcnticated from other so urces. First, each piece sp(l:tks for itself, lelling the reader wh"t it is, why Marshall, thc boss·lady of the In passing, we might also mention the very repl' ehcnsible habit it exists, and what its pal·t is in the scheme or chess. And thc method Marshal( Chess Clu b, and so nver· of some editors in printing chess probl ems and e nd·game positions of instruction is socratic, for each piece asks questions :tbout itscJf­ cume was she by this burst of without giving full cl'edit to the composers. This actually constitutes the questions that :t bright ch il d would ask it- and then answers t hem enthusiusm that she did not 1"C· theft in a moral and quasi· legal sense, for while it is always permis­ fully and completely. membcr all sh e! intended to say. sible to r(lpublish problem com positions, it is never permissible to de· Second, each piece is cieady illustrated, both as it appears in the She toll1 us after wards that she prive the composers of thcir just due as the creators o( such I)ositions. standard Staunton·pattern sel and as it al>pea.rs in a ehC'SS diagram. And 'Hm ted to mention Lhe donalion or Editors sometimes err Ulfough a fa ilure to reali:re t hat a definite .stand· L'1 e movements of the piecet> are conciscly demonstrated u pon t1lc most Mrs. Fritz Brieger towards prizes ard of professional ethics (:overs the republication of any previously effective diagrams that this reader has ever seen. In these largc clear· in Marshall j unior tour neys--eon· printer matcri"l-a standnrd of ethics that all reputable publications type diagrams, the profuse use of color makes it impossible for the tests which Imve unearthcd nlany recogni:re and fo llow. most stupid beginnCI' not to understand precisely how caeh piece moves a promising youngster . A great It is even more ,·eprehensiblc to publish n modern problem composi· upon the bourd. burst of enlhusiasm greeted Hcr· tion (as one club periodical did rccently) with the statement th"t it W:IS Many fu nda mental positions a·re also illustrated by thcse diagrams, m an Helms also as the " Dean uf discovered in an "old chess magazine." "~ or this erroni()us statement while the concepts of mate !l nd check arc vivid ly portrayed. Notation America n Ches ~ " rose to say a implies to rc"del's who recognize the authorship ur lhe problem t hat is olso treated ill a vel'Y simple and lucid manner which makes th e! few words; Mr. Louis Wolff, the the modern composer plagiar ized it from an oldcr position. The im· learning easy, as well as being fun. toastmuster, spoke or Mr. Helms' plication is a nasty one, and every honest cditor will avoid creating In add ition to these features, the clever illustrative drawing of gceat contributions to ch ess, and such unfounded implications simply by publishing lhe Sl mrce from which Brussel·Smith are designcd to catch a youngster's eye and lead him of the still potent chess play of the problem position was actually obtained and the name of the com· inquisitively to discover more about a book with such attractive and this "youthful octogenarian ." After poser. Failure to publicize source and authorship of any material reo exciting drawings in it. Ccrtl1inly a must for anyone who wishes to the banquet the guests walked 'produced from other sources is uneth ical in the extreme and Such teach cbess to youngsters . .... (Pluse turn to page 3, col.• 5) Page 3 el.m :Jor ~I.e ~ired BU4ine.. man Will. ~I.e el.e.. et.,t. Ilbess tift By Pred Reitl/eltl All righ ts r .'.,.....d b y O .... 1cI Mc.K ilY Company. Inte rna tional Copy­ ,Ight. 1947. No H rt of t his u t lcl. mil, be reproduced in a ny form wfth. DeCAtur Uti.) Chess Club bowed Salt lake City YMCA (Utah) out w r lltltn permissio n f r om t he publi, h. "- 5-2 before the might of the mini Chess Club, which will sponsor the Chess Club o[ the University o[ Utah State Championship event No­ Illinois at Urbana. Victors for the vember 10-12, elected Farrell L. W1.at~ ~I. e CHALLENGE TO CHESS PLAYERS lUini were Paul Posehel, Jay Ba­ Clark president, H. Jack Allen vice­ N RECEN'r YEARs we have had a great many fine books on chess, jorek, S. Gartenhaus, Ted ShiH and president, Allen Muliak see~tary, Bc.l move? D. }'isehlemer.Dccatur winners ~nd Charles Me b".alaar treasurer. I dealing with almost every conceivable aspect of the game. Yet were Gerald Garver and Jack Hart· By GuJ~ GTOU1~ is .these books have neglected what after all the primary object of ley. a iame of chess: the actual process of checkmating your opoonent's King. The purpose or this book is to instruct you, the reader, in all the Hr de Park (Ch icllgo) Chess Club many ways of achieving checkmate. saw Dr. Tulio Pizzi win the Sum· ~or ~!. e mer Experts Tourney with A . Kaul· /JillR""" 11 D ;,,~r.nn 52 man second lind K. Nedved third; White moves White moves while E. Spanur lOpped the sum· :lournament- minded 1I.0SEHTH AL PR ICE mer Ladder Tourney with Wm. Silo ton second and Dr. E. Dunston , Ducmbcr 2 third. Dr. Pin i, who h as completed Norlhern Indio,,"a Tourney h is research at the University of G;trr, Ind, Chicago, departs for Europe and At Gary YMCA, beginning 10:00 then ChilL Before leaving, he held a.m.; 5 round Swiss event, t wo a 19 board s imulloneous, losing hours each round, ties broken b y games to Dr. L. Pcal and A . Busch , S-B; no pril.CS :lnd no entry fees drawing 3 and winning 14. hut c ntr:lnts must either be USCF Ohio Chess Association elected members or pay a SOc rating fcc; S. S. Keeney president Curtis :Ill players invited; sponsored by G:lrner vice-president, Howard Gary Cbess Club and South Bend Lorton 2nd vice-president, A. H. YMCA Chess Club; for details M:lrtens treasurer, and Al Ohralik write Floyd B. Bolton, 7431 Baring secretary. The trustees at large Parkway, Hammond, Ind. elected wcre: E. J ohnson, R. R. 1011% USCI' Rll ted T""'M lI !S were: A. R. Phillips, Art Pluedde, 5 round Swiss; entry fee $5.00 (in­ lit Bad Ems, 19n between BenxlDa'e.r .a nd lIennlr. The IICtuu play _ ..: I. .lO} snonU.ladns Ii'! u~nb " 1!4M. 1? WO.IJ 4S1llH AnaJd V '''lew ta: man, Marvin H. Allison, Sr., and cludes i2.00 OCA dues :lnd $3.00 ,un l etH alqel(Uw'lJ Ii! 11 '~)lew { t )O '(:" ~' d'a JXd 'jlfa 'r .~~ ...... , B-1U 1: 2. QxB(6), RxKt; 3. B-84 "b-d J . L. Stevens. USCF dues); s~ i a l student entry {on 3. Kt·B3, Q.R$; 4. P'KR3, Q-Kt6!; 9)111 'z: :l S'){ 'qa Of'a ' I ' 1 ~ fee $1.00; trophies and medals for Ontario Chess Association S:lw ~;B-rp.~: ~~¥Cts;~B ~xt:t.Rl<:Kac't (T~u po,itio n, .,e u"roJ.. cd b." /JUmu,Hln b"", "ClMllcntt.e T" Che .." I".,trl' the following o({k-ers chosen: W. fjrst ten places. Also B Class tour­ e nd Whlte reslEned for 7. K·R2. B-Kti by Fret! Rei"lelJ, " .. b/i,hd f,y D""iJ McK.r, C""'/Htny. F", • c"",,,ltte Jt.ni"ti"e ney open to Oklahoma residents Henry Loose (Weston) president, Q.R5 c41tt/ :mnual adull cily loul'llamenL wil l be hcld al Albel'llIarlc Hotel, Cor ree( I

<1l)ess tife QJu...::",1 ., 192 Seville Drive K. Crittend en J . 5. Hownth :Journal"ent Erich W. MlfrcbtmJ A"~'''.'' T .. tsJOOn . ""Uer Is 6 ...... , ll-R2. lie cedes B ldg., Post Street, a nd i. KhdCt KtxPxKt P·QR3! with vigonlUf c"unterplay, subjccl.$ h lmsdr to a possiMe attack 251 1 had expected 7. B-Q2, 0·0 ; 8. 1.I.Q3, p . White', exh'a P eounlm/( !or nothin,. by mennll ot White', centr al Ps. aJ>plications f or membership mtly 13. _...... P xB 14. 0 ·0 ·0 .. _ . Q4 as In Alckhine-Alcxa nder. Marcale, 7. ....Q4 P II P.. PxP S·K2 be obtained from Henry Gross, 1937. Obviously not N . QxP. E(3)xt(t; 15. ThI.s doesn't fit !n with his 5th Inove. 7•. . __ __ 0-0 10. a -H4 .... RPx8, R·KI wlnnln!:" the Q. We spent If thl.s Is correct, h .. eoull! h"ve saved 63 P ost Street. •. 0-0 R·KI 11. PxP 8 x Kt some . 14. O.() but lime by ",aldng this move In the firllt t. a .KKIS P·KR3 11. PaS finally has place. arrived... o n the 9. II: .KI P·Q4 10. P·KS KI.Q2 EPITAI'I" FOR A CHESS PLAYER' Now by lrl,n$l'usillon we have at col. 2., p.. ge 401 <.>1 pea. 10...... _ _, Kt·KI 15 boiler. It ke.eps ~he Wh(n C"bTid 11. P-KR3 .... __ Qll diagonal open a nd the Kt is much Preparing for Q-B3. Ie played Immedi_ Is "the handler there I" derend t he K·,;ide. Blolt'l hil hom ately, It would be met by r·1(KI4; l'. mu. t 11. KI· Ol Kt·Kt3 And Ihr, call m)' namt, B-K13, n -KCi; 15. 1.1:< 1", BxQ; 16. BxQ, QRx p rove that Bl a.::k·~ p ~t ru ct ure ortu ... CrcaUn/l a further K· ~lde weakness. H; 17. 1',,0, QR_KlI. but While stands hi! attack ll n t! the two B& 12. B·82 Kt·Kt5 Mtrt I nOI much better!! Or 13. Q-Bl. Q·Q3; 14. 1$...... P.QII:4? Unle.'lS he inl.cnded to m ove P-QD4 inl­ 24. RxBch Resigns HI1!I( 10 16)' A praiseworthy !II/hUng :nove which mcdliltely, this Is n$Cless. lnst",ad 01 T he surprisc : KIln Is followed by 24. BxKl, QxB; 15. Q.R3 with equality. "I /usd .. 'IlIOn 11"01(." 13...... Q.QJ 14. Q.B3 I(t·l(, Iud. i f) AllIl'll PI:;r IUtter II 15. .... _., thl.s he s hould have made his 13t h move Q·B7ch, K·BI a!,d ?G. !'-_KtI. TlU'catcnlng t he exchange, :md m ini­ -Fr.. nk H~n l ey mizing the power of the I{ll. ~X~r;n;6B, K~(~~I.t; o~lt~'k~, ( ';.~Q~~) IS. KR·Kl B· Kt2 16. P·B4 P·KKI4 with approxlm:ltdy ¢qual play. On 15. Playln.!: for the endlne- whIeh ,Ives ...... , Kt-Q4 we Int cmdoo 16. Kt(3)·B5. B luck Dn (.'(Ig". 16. KllIKtch PxKt 17. Q.81 KR.Ql 17. S ·KIl KlxS n. PxKt 'J'hl5 turn. oul to be a waited mf)ve. JOl'gel'ied Slrong",r II 17 ...... , K·Rl Immc(iiatdy. Afla 18. PxKI On 17 ...... 1'.1\5: 18. a...R6 wins, while OUNTERFEIT c h ess games tlr c a rare but not unknown incident KLUGMAN after 17 ...... , UxU chi 18. KUB Black in the long h istory chess. The t wo g a mes below represent rath er Is too welk on the tlark colored C of squares. unus u al brilliancies in the field of e h ess forgery, which havc in [act la. B·R6 K·II:I 19. KI·SS ...... imposed upon the credulit y of several editors of ehess publications. In W ", were too short of Um ", to dclve deeply Inw t he con9qu",neCli .) f 19. p .ll4, a n editorial in this issue the facts con cerning t h ese two forgeries a re r;~: ... ~O. P~:KK~fP : 21. K t-Q4, p ·R6! related. including the terse d isclaimers o f the two alleged victims of Alter 19 ...... , UIIK!: 20. QxB White hu these brillian cies. The games t h emselves r emain o f intere st and are a b ind In splle Of the opposite culor therefore publis h e d w ith annotations, as curiosities in the w ide field Us. e.Il .• 2(1...... BxRP...i 2 1. P.QKtS. of chess. And If 19 ...... 8xPj 20. ,t·R4, Q.K2; 21. ~t~~ . t~~ :'terii ~ii 'J}- D~K't7 e::R:ie. 21- SICILIAN DEFENSE RUY LOPEZ 20. Q·R4 R·KI3 ?? 20 ...... , Q.K2 11 ~lIll'htly stronjl"er. Russian Club vs. Mecha nics Insti­ 11. KtxB PxKI 12. R..Q 3 8·K2 tute?? New York, July, 1951 ?1 If 22...... _ , R.QI : 23. RxR ch, QxR; 24. R·QI, Q·R2: 25. "·Kt3 {ollowcd by pre... San Fr.. ncisco, D e cember 19501? Note. b, J. M. P-IH. Kj,-QIl3: 1'. tiel PII, ln. 1947. 21. RxR Q.KIl 24. P·KI4 K· 81 muek's r""or ( I :;uw (!·nu b ln~ t c ln , Il ague, 22. QxQ RPxQ 2.S. R_Qn? 6 . KtxP . PxKt 7. Q.R5ch ...... In!), or !.I) lo play p ·IH and hold lhe Here Horow.tz' an!.llysis gave 7. KtxKt, 23. R·K7 R·R2 P (for If 4. Kt~P ??, Q·R4 cb). Person­ Loses, hut had expeded this instead of ally, I would find the third course ~\;ri ",,· P ir·~ . Bad Pyo-mont, 1951. P ·KB3 w:os better "s the move selectcd Of' eourse not .to. __ ..... , Q-Q2; 11. Kt-K15! B I . .ng th USC F provides a target for the Whi te Ps. ~,,~. ~'~. K~'~"~",-=,,-- Ij Omt e. . . . U. B..Ql R·KI 14. 0..0·0 P..QR3 ______--, __. UnderestimatLn/l White's /lame. mack shou ld r egroup his K·side for the stonn. Solutions: Mate the Subtle Way! 15. QR·Ktl P.QKI4 19. PxP BPxP You Saw It in CHESS LIFE No. 279 (Bennett): 1. B·K2.. Not 1. D-Ql because of I...... P-R8(Ktl;' 16. P·K84 B·Bl 20. P·RS B· Kt2 No. 280 Fagan): 1. R--Q3. 17. P· BS Kt·K1 21. PxP No. 281 (Carnage): 1. U--Kt6. 18. P·KR4 Q.Q3 .--11. QxKtP No. 282 (:E aton) : 1. R·Il.S, KxP : 2. ll--Q3eh and 3. B·B8 or R-R8 :nat e . Solvers There Is n o combination here yet ; but R·Bl Sut.c.iptlon. A"""pted lor reported takln!: as little as two minutes a nd a s l on~ as five hours to ~et th!s. whHe a series of m oves have illl forced ~ K~K·2 ~::~~ 12. R.Ql Kt·B3 No . 2.83 (Narroway): 1. Kt-Q5. . answ ("rs. it Is lIe ees.~n'·y t o eX'lm;ne the 9. QxQ PxR(QI 13. QxRch! THE BRITISH eHESS MAGAZI NE No. 284 (Onyschuk): 1. Kt·KI4. Unfortunat ely, "g Edgar Holladay points out, end position. Here Black must h ave 10. KtxKI B·Q2 Res igns F!,lIDded In 1881 and now the oldest this is anticipated by t he following prob le m: Dy L. I. Ku bbel, 2nd p rizc, Mun­ thought he was getting out of trouble A truly .ek- _Pr oblem World: S. two by 1. R-Q7. the attacking pieces. White here e x­ Sedgwick No. 2115 ): 1. Q-Kt.5. an,lned the position as It had t o be ----$1.95 per yea r (12 Issues)- No. 286 1. K·K3. threat: 2. B·Kil ch. If I...... _. B-Q;; ch ; 2. KxB. If after mov{' 23. nnd saw a <)ombinalion. SUPER $1.00 VALUE 1 ...... B·K fL ...... , 8-113.: 2. B·K6. Otherwise he woul,l not have t:one in Special t~~~~~r ~~'iti~;;, sent by ~~ : ~~ ( P '~.4'D':"K;2 . 1. Q·KIS because o( 1. ....,.. Q_~ R . ror the exc""n~ e or pi eces. }!!clud .. "Tipo fOT Cb_ PTOgr ... " and Airman ~. !) 5 per year. 21 ...... _ PxP 23. RxKt R·K3 " S.l..,to ( Ch_" b,' J . V. Rcin]uTt. Send $1 e.,;h. check or ll.O. to' CHESS WOR LD No. 289 hcot",): 1. Kt·K4. 22. BxP KtxB Comp",beno.i,-" .\ustraliao che.. m ~ga ' No. 290 (Yarbrough): 1. 0-0·0, KxP; 2. K·B2. If 1...... , K-Ra: 2. R-Q5. J_ V_ R.lnhul. P_O. BOX &6<; . in• ...tittv 130 G. F. Cha$C 56 Otto 1.. Neal 18 8 -B7, Kt·Kt2; ~ . K·1l2 (Zugzwangl). Kxl' Domestic·Foreign Sub.orlbe To Tile C. Murtaugh 208 M. A . "'ichae).s 126 J_ K aurm .~n "" 11. L. Caskey 16 (if 5• .__ .- __ , P-Kt4; 6. P-BS!): 6. KxP and. n. ~tichell 206 Joe Pc\ty 126 n W. "rey, J r. 48 I. Lichtenstein Ir. wins. ( '~'hite captur.:s tile K t while Boo ks·Periodicals F . A. Hollway 200 n. E. Baxler 116 G. '.\f. nanker 4& II. M. Ka lodner 14 giving u p h is B ro r ~ he Bl .~ e k K tP ). Ask THE SPECIALIST Rev. G. Chidley 178 J. H . j<'rancc 11 4 Or. J. M. Erman H C. J . K <>eh 10 Only R. O'Ndl 178 Dr. A. J . Welker n o J im Dunphy, Jr. 33 K \Vcatht"rfol'u 10 A . BUSCHKE Even J. K Lucas 164 W. J . Couture 108 'I'e-