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, KNOV.'lNG jnst w hen to sacrifice your Queen is importnnt. Had Black chOStoli the right moment to offer his Queen, he might ha\·e saved t he game below. In· s tead, he lost- by It Queen sacrlfict! ! Vi enna. 1924 IRR EGU L. AR OPENING Soyka Kolta 1 P_K4 P-K4 3 B-N2 B_N2 2 P_ KN3 P- KN3 4 N- K2 N_ K 2 Doth players are avoiding PCO anct 1\Il ~' other books 0 11 openings yOIl elln A ND it camc to pass ill tht: reign of King nllme. AI-ya-keen that there dwelt in the la nd a 5 P_Q3 QN- S3 7 P-KB4 comely youth who was skilled in th e anci en t art 6 0-0 0 - 0 8 BxP! of chesse-play. Enamomed as he was by its Consictering the e arly s tage of the subtle witchery, he yet found it in his heut to ga me, tbis Is surely a remarka ble sac· rlflce or the excbunge. be beguiled by the beauty of the daughter of the 8 B,P Court Wizard and Soothsayer, EI -oyc! . So en­ 9 N-Q2 B,R chanted was th e youth with her charms, th at he 10 Qx B besought her hand in ma rria ge from the Old Tbe Que e n exe rts enormOliS p rellS1ll" e on th e long dIagonal. The immedlatl' Magician, her father. tIneal is 11 ll-H6, r - D3 12 RxP. n - B~ "YOll may have my consent," said the 13 RxR, KxR H Q- N1t. K-K3 15 K- QDI. Wizard, " if you wi ll answer me this riddle of P_Q·I 16 B-R3t . N- B·I 17 l'\-D~ WHtf'. chesse-play which ha" been troubling me 10 . . . . P_B3 11 B-R6 R_ S2 Irying Cherney sorely." He thereupon sci forth 011 the chesse- 12 RxP Q_ K 1

board all th e pieces in battle alTay. as they are UIll.ck hop e ~ hl~ Qneen can g r. t Into at the beginning of an encou nter. "i\'1 ove hath White and J3l ack in such the fight. manner/' said he to the youth, "lila I, when fo ur moves shall have been 13 N- KB3 played by each side, White's King shall have heen checkmated by a dis· T he plan III now to contillue with II covery," N- N5, RxR 15 QxR. R,R So swayed by love for the fair maiden was th is youth (and mayhap 1"4 QxR Q- B2 so well-versed in the wiles of his art) th at he needed but a moment to teur 15 Q- B3 away the veil of lhe riddle and reveal its mystery.* Whiie r en ews the threat or .1'\- X 5, 15 P-Q4 JACQUES MIESES must t aken a The ave1·age llillye l· wonld dear a file llave 16 N-N5 P- Q5 s ip 01· two at the Fount ain of Youth so for h is Rook wit h 1)1 Px P . bnt iMieses is 17 NxQP Q-B3 f1· u ltlessly sought by Ponce de Leon. 11 0 t 11 11 average 11 11l ye r. lIow e lse ca n one explain the e nergy amI 18 . . . . N-B4 Black 110\\' pins the K n ight at Q~­ he t hinks! The best defense Is :O;x Inte ns ity of his a ttac ks? In the following 19 B-N6! 1' ... N: Tb.e game m ight then go I S Qxi' (not game. played wb.en he WII S 83. lIlieses Whit e irnprisoll ll BIII(;k's Queen: produces a heautlful s pecimen of brll· IS 1'\xQ. N-K7t-llor 18 QxN, N- B3), X­ lhtllt an d Imaginative ch es s. K3 19 Q- Qfi, Q- Kl 20 XxN, with a pprox· !illately even chances. Oxford, 1947 NIM ZOVICH DEFE NSE 18 NxN !! J . Mines Dr. H. G. Schenk T he rebellion of 11 pinned piece ! The Knight te ars loose by maIn force 10 de· Dlack White Il \'er the coup de gr ace. Or, a s Alvi n C, 1 P_ K4 N-QB3 6 B_ K3 8-N5 Cass would say, it wa ll 1I0t a lIafety p in : 2 P- Q4 P- Q4 7 B_ K2 0 - 0-0 Oa I S .. . QxQ. 19 NxKt , K- Rl 20 X- D7 3 p,p Q,P 80- 0 Q- R4 Is checkmate. I S ... Qx:N permits ma te 4 N-KB3 P-K4 9 NxP B,B on the move , so there i~ nothing left 5 N-B3 B-QN5 10 QxB N,N bill to resign grflCef ully. 11 P xN N_ R3 At this point, the conscientious com· mentator Is beset by dou bts. If he omits 19 , . R- Q4 21 Q- N4t K -N 1 THOUGH T F OR THE MONT H to explain wha t happens aft e l· 11 .. . QX 20 R-Ql N- K 2 22 Q1

CH ESS REVIEW, JAN UARY. 1950 1 Friedman of England, 4 % .2 ~~ : AAH YIl RO (Denmark) , won by S. Carl ~o n .,f S'H'den, 6·2, ahead of T. Haahr and T. \ i~ k e r of Denmark and B. H. \V""d uf England. each 4;/2.3%; Vt\{P ERK (Czed{u·Slo. lakia), won by Hag" Kramer ... f H'Jlland, 'l ~· 2 ·3 % . ahead of the Cz ,-,c lt ~ . Rf'Jdal. 9·4. and Emil Richter and FicJuJ. each <)In­ -1 %; MON Tt; VWF.Q (uruguay) . ,," un by Julio Bolbochan of Argentina. 71::_1 1 ~. ahead of Hector Bossetl o of Argentina and Luis Roux Cabral of Uruguay. each 7·2 ; RET! .!\IDIORt .\I. TO LR.'>,\.\H;\""I" \ T rencianske Teplicc, Czeeho·Sl ol"akia / . won b~ · Gideon Stahlherg of SII"<:dt'll . H· :j, :Ihead of La~zlo Szabo of HungalT and Lndek Pachman of CzccllO·Slol'akia. each 13%.,):;2; VD"!o: (Italy) , \\'01] hy La:;z1o Szabo of Hungary, 1l'12·3V:!, head of i\icolas Rossolilllo of France, lO ~ ~··cP; ~. and Lodcwijk Prins of Holland, 10·5: l-fAVAl\A (Cuba), won by Herman Pilnik then of Argentina, ahcad of E:;t eban Can al of Peru; LODz ( Poland ), won b)· Pal Benko of H ungar~; , 6·2, ahead of J enn· of HUllgar)" 5 ~~ - 2 % . and Szapicl of Pl!l~nd . 5·3: K_Honet: (Puland) . won hI· .\ rtam· Photo l.Y .\t Pull" ow~ ld and Silwa of Poland. ~ a c1{ 6·2. As 1949 began. Dr. Reuben Fine (l eft) of the U. S. A. was winnlng the New York ahead of Fu~ter of HlIn :;uy. 5·3 : IJHII\: International Tournament, promoted by Sidney Kenton of the Manhattan C. C. ( Holland), ~ection A. won by Dr. .\la x Ellwe of Holland, 6 Y~· ;"~ ; sectiOn B. won br Van Ousterwij k llruyn of Holland. 6·1 ; International Tournaments ill Argentina, 6·2, aheao of the Palestinian BARCELOS .~ (Spain) , the first women's in· .\Jigucl Czerniak a nd Argentinians O. G. The princilJ

2 CHESS REVIEW. JANUARY. t95 0 match with Canada. The U. S. A. WUIl t h i~ ing chan'pi(,n s as they were pillying hors match. 116 V2 tu Canada's 86%. Bdgium, il l:! (;OlllOllfS as n u n·re~ident ~ of the states France, 10·10. The Dll tch team tourcd and concenled : Jerry Sulli'-an uf KlllO:"n'ille, lost, to \ugMlal'ia, 9y:!.10Yz; to Hungary, TCIII\<:s-.;ce I\.JIl the Georgia tournament; 7%.12 12; and to Czecho.Slol·akia, SY2' Eli.")t Ilearst of :\ew York Cit~· won the 11 12. The Log Cabin Che~s Club of \"I;icst :\"rth Carolina ttou rnament: William C. Orange, N. J. made an international . \ Jick<:~ of AsiteviJle . .\'"rth C"rolina. won ody~sey from East{'rn Canada thruugh the the :;,,'I th Carolina tournament on a Son· U. S. mid·west to }[exico, drew with Mon. neb"I/l.l:Ierger tie·break ; Kit Crillenden treal 5·5; drew with Ottawa Civil Service ( Ir) ) ear old ) of Raleigh, .\lurth Carolina 3·3; losl to Qut;{'n'g City (Toronto) BY2' WI/II the Tennessee tournament: Nevada 4%; tllt'n in Mexico (sec mid·wcst (; h'.!Illpinn Vi/illiam F. Taber of Reno won matches und er Inters/ate Team Matchps ) the Utoh tournament; Richard F. Cant· won frum }Iunterrey 4Y2 -2y:!; wun from I" ell of Washington. D. c.. won the :.'IIexiclO City 3Yz.2% and drew return Virginio tournament. match with .\Ionterrey 4%-4%. Hulland, Yale won the team Cham1)ionship of the England, 12%.7Yz. Lundon, Sydney (Aus. C'mnec\ient State Chess League. tralia) , 6V2·3% by radio. C7.echo·Slul"akia . The individual int.ercullegiate champion. Bulgaria, 9Yz·8Yz. Hungary, Poland, ~ hiJl was won by Paul Luther Dietz of 17%.612 . Croatia, Sluvenia, 169%.130lh­ Pittsburgh and from the Un iversit.y of Newcastle (England) , Groningen (HoI. Ih ;II,\IA :'>" SnT"-F.R Pitt ~b tlrgh. land), /·3 and 9·l. Sweden, Denmark, Rl'igllillg II S. A. Ch ~ss Champion 11·9. I\'n rway, Denmark 11%.8%. Trini· State Champions for 1949 dad won the team champioll~hip lOf Briti~h Guiana and We~t Indies. Duluth (Min. had {' qnal sco["e~. S·2. hn t Hi.,guier won on AI. ,\UA)tA (no championship) ; ARIZO:'>"A nesota), Fort William (OntarilO), 18·8. the Sonlleborn.Berger. tie·breaking count, lnn t" umamen\ for ~e\"eral years) la~t of. Paris, Barcelona, 11·9. Sweden, i\O]"way. and [ "an;; took second. The tourney was ficial charnpion, O. W. Munney of 12·8. Argentina avenged an earli er 7·8 de· a 38·man Swis~ System. Phoenix; AkKA,,'S,\S (no tournament reo feat in a radio match by a return match The winnen uf tw o I'o~tal Che~s Challl­ purtd); CALlfOR-"U, George Croy of Los with Spain in 1949, winning 13·2. pionships were detnlllined III 1949. Angele~; COLORADO, Marvin Katz of Marvin Palmer of U~' troit, Michigan, Gredel'; CO C'lXECnC[;T, William Edwards emerged as cham11ilill ,)f the 1944 Postal of Waterbury; DELAWARE, (no champion. ~ UNITED STATES Chess Cbam p ion ~ hi jJ fru lll a field of 637 ship); DISTRICT UI' COLU)IBIA, Hans Ber· player~. Hc and Ch~' ~ kr ~\I. Fuglie of liller "f Washington; FI.OHW A, Stephen N the oft·vear of the biennial U. S. Riwrsicle. California and Wade A. Hen­ Shall' of i\Iiami; GEORGIA , Grady N. I CheM CharHpion~hip . Herman Steiner drich uf .-\lan1l'(1a. Califurnia were un· Cuker. Jr., of Atlanta; ltlAIlO. C. H. of Holl }" wood retains his title won in 194ft sC()f{'d un in Ihe IS runnds of regular S\(;wa rt of Bobe; IL LI.'WIS, Paul Poschel Likewi~e Mrs. Gisella K. Gresser of 1\ew pIa)'. Palmer, Fngli e and Hendricks uf Chicago; b"lll.-I.-".-I., :.'Iran·in Rogan of York City and Miss N. :.'I[ay KarH remain placed ill that ortier after a tie· breaking Indiana University and Ruchestcr, New co.champion women ches~]Jlayen of th.: round·robin tournament. Ynrk; Iow.\, A. B. Couk of Waterloo; United States. Charle." r. Rehberg "f Nell' York City K.-I.;"- SAS, Bert Brice·Nash of Medora; KEN· Pn::;il.knt [Ibert A. Ii/agner, Jr., of alone was ullscul"ed "n and so took the "l" tCK Y, Edwin Cohen uf Louisville; Chicago, lllillois, relired frum hi~ office in challlpiun;;iJip from a field 1,127 starting LO UlS tAN_-I., Alfred n. Will s uf New the United States Chess Federation. Paul entrants in the fil·._t annual Golden Orl ~ (ln s (hy tie-break as Ceeil K. Collins G. Giere or Syracuse, 1\ew Yurk, was Kn ights (19·15 P o~ tal Champion~hip) of Shre"eport made an equil l score); elected as the succeeding President. Tuurnament. Herbert Seidman of BTook· i\-r.~l:"-E (no championship) ; JL\kYL.~;'m, lrn. 1\. Y. and memhcr uf the U. S. teal\l Dal"id 13 cntz of Baltimore by incumbency U. S. Tournaments to play Rnssia by radio in 19,]5. dr"",· but as tournament was poHjJoned till 1950; The 50th . U. S. Che~s Federatiun one gal\l~ in the IS regular rounds of the :.'Ir.-I.SS.H~HIlS[TTS . John Anthony Curdo of "Open" Challllliunship at Omaha, Ncbl"a~· Golden Knights and took second. Adolph East Lynn and Dr. Gerald Kat!!. uf Brook· ka, wa, the ranking chess event fur 1949 A. Wcis~ of Hollywo"d. California. lost line, in ti ~ to be played uff; l\IICHIGAN, in thi s country. IL was won capably by hnt one game. and took third place. George Eastman uf Detroit; l\h:"-N ESOTA, Albert SallOrin. Jr., of Chicago, Illinois. Weaver W. Adams uf Dedham, "'"las· :Milton Otteson (16 year uld) of ),Iinne· Hi~ exploit wa.s the more remarkable in ~aeh u~ etts , won tile ~cw England Cham· ap() Ii.; (by tie-brenk as Dr. Giles Koelsche that his eyes igllt has been failing for SOWle pion~hip. J. C. Thompson of Grand of Roche~ter made an equal score); ~ ' ears, yet he scored 2 wins. 4- draws, to Prairie, Texa~ . wnn tlle Suuthwest "Open." j\lIS ~ IS S IPPI (no championship); MISSOURI, finish undefeated, at 10-2. Also undefeated Jiaus Berliner of Washington. D. C .. won .John Ragan of St. Luuis; l\lo,," · r ,\N.~, was Anlhon)' E. Santa~iere of ~ew York the Southern Chal1lpi' ) I\ ~hi p . ."[{hur Dake Berna rd Cup/Jing of Bozeman; Nt:I.lIlASK _-I. , Cit)' (1945 "Open" title winner) at 91h. of PUr!land. Oregon. lI'un the Northwe;;t Alfred C. Ludwig of Omaha ; NEH.DA , 2~'2 . Lury E"ans. champion of the .\Iar· (Oregon and Wa shi ll ~ ton States) Cham· William F. Taber of Heno, inCIIIllIJent; ~ hall Ch",ss Club of New York City callle pi()nshijJ. Ruy E. \"\i cJre wun a ":.'Il id ·We~ t NEW H.~'\\I'SHIH E, Fred Eschrich Hf :'IIan. third with 9·3. The tournament was a 70· Tuurnament" at. Alma. Nduaska. I\"iiiliarn che~tc r; NEW JERSEY , Joseph Faucher man Swiss System. Byland (,f ritt~IJUl"gh. Pl'nnsyll'ania, wun of East Orange, incumbent; Nt:w l\lExlco, George Kramer uf Kew Garden~ and the Tri·Slate Champion;,jlip (of Ohio. Captain Edward Czapski of Roswell; NEW the j\Ianhall;tn Cill'SS Club of !'iew Y<)t-k Pennsylvania and W'est Virginia). Lee T. YOIIK , Max Pavey uf llrooklYII; NOk"rH City won the U. S. Speed Championship. .\Iagee of Oiliaha. l\ebra.• ka, wun the an· C.~I\Ol.l XA, William 1. P eters of Durham; I\rthur 13isgllier of Bronx, 1\ew Yurko and nual Swenson .\fl'llI<)!"ial Tuurnament NOR T!! UI\ KO TA (po~tponeJ till 1950) j champiOll of the i\Ianhattan Chess Club there. OHIO, Walter l\lallll of Columbus ; OKLA· won the U. S. Junior Challlpionsilip at Tn additiun to the State Champions. a." HOMA . Robert L. Gan'er uf Tuba Cit )'; Fort " 'orth. Texas. Bisguier, Larr)' Evans iistt'd helow. a nUUluer of players 11"011 OIl£(;OX, Arthur Dake of Port!;l1ld, incum· and hmel! Cruss of Glendale, California. open state tuurn~ll\enB witloout hccom· bent and winner of the i\orthwest (Oregon

CHESS REV I EW. JANUARY, 1950 3 G. E. C. Stanford of Trioidad ; BULG M(\A, A. TSI,ctkov, incumbent- but new tourna­ ment ill. Decembtr, unreported; CA .... ,\IlA, tdaurice Fox of _\lontrea!: and provincial championships: ALBERTA, W. Holuwach of Edmundton; BRITISH COL U~ ltlIA , j\Iiervaldis J orstvskis, a Latvian D. P . ; i\l""ITOBA. Clifford Tavlor of Winnipeg; l\IAIUTI.'oIE - PRO\"l/'\CES, ·Oscar P. Doucelt of Moncton, New Brun~wick; NEW BRU:"iS· WICK, Maurice Elman of SI. John; NOVA SCUTIA, Carl Vhbber of Halifax; ON· TARIO, Frank Anderson of Toronto; QUEBEC. , ?dax Guze of l\Iontrcal; SASKAT­ CUEWAN, R. E. A. Doe of Regina and H. Kernen of Saskatoon, tied- CHIL E, A. Macciuni; COLO)IBIA, Miguel Cuellar, in· cumbent with no tournament reported; COSTA RICA, Rogelio Sotela.:\lontagne; CUIJA, Miguel Aleman, incumbent with no tournamcnt reportcd; CncHo·SLO\·... KIA, Emil Richter; DENMARK, co.champions Paul Hage and Bjorn Nielsen; EIRE, P. n. Kennedy; FINLAN D, Salo; FRANC I':, Claude So.'ioto Hugot; GEIlMA NY, East (occupied) , Wolf· As 1949 closed David Bronste in and Vassily Smyslov tied for first in a very strong tOl.lrnam~nt for the seventeenth Absoll.l t e Championship of t he U. S. S. R. gang Pietzsch (18 year old); West (oc· cupied), Ewfim Bogolyuboy; GHI::.H BIIITAIX, Harry Golombek; HOL LA"XU , Dr. Max Euwe successfully deftnded tid" in and Vlashington States) "Open"; P .. HIA .\lA Gcorgetown, ahead uf Boston, Loyola, match with T. van Scheltinga, and Lode­ C.~NAI . ZOI'E, :Merson Weeh; PEN),"· Fordham. St. Peter's and SL Joseph\. wijk Prins won tournament for right to SYLYAl'iIA, William Byland of Pittsburgh; Log Cabin. Mercantile Library Chess challcnge next; HUNGA/;Y, Pal Benko, in­ RHOilr. ISLA l'iD, Albert C. fllartin of Provi· Ass. of Philadelphia, Pa., 8%·3%. South cumbent ,.,-jth no tournament reported ; dence; SOUTH Cl.ItoLl NA, Paul Crumelin Dakota. Nebraska, lO V:;:-3% by correspond· I CJ::LAND, G. Arnlaugsson; I NIll A, BuJas; uf Columbiu; SOUTH D_~KoTA, Bryant '\';'. mce. As pari of its international tour, the ISIIAEL, Aloni·Scherter; IsTiDI CS OF Holmes of Sioux Falls; TEi\ J\"J::SSr.r., J. n. Log Cabin Ches~ Club of V? est Orange PANA)IA, Ahin Williams (14 year uld ) ; Mullenix of Knoxville ; Tr.XA5 , J. C. won from Detroit Edison. Mich., 3·2, from hALY, Vinccnzo Castaldi, incumbent with Thompson of Grand Prairie as Southwe~t Hyde Park, Chicago, Ill.. 4-2, from Cedar no tournament reported; MAL TA, J. Suler ; "Open·' winner; UTAH, Louis 1'1. Page of Rapid." Io., 7·0, from Omaha (Neb. ) .i\·hXICO, Lt. Col. Jose Joaquin .-\raiza Salt lake City ; Vr.RMO-:-'-T (no champion­ Y MC .~ , 3%.1% and from Corpus Christi (15th consecutive time) ; :'>JEW 7. BLA :"iD, ship); VIRGINL~, L. Helman of Charlotte ; (Tcx.), 7Y::·17j. The Howard State A. E. Nield; NORWAY, Olaf Ban!a: PEIIU, VlASHING"ro;,,- , Boh Sturk of Olympia ; (n. Is.) Prison, Boston College (:1\las8.) , Pinzon Solis; PHIl.tPPI Xr; S, Antonio \a\'ar- Wf.ST VlIlGINIA, Edward M. Foy of Charles­ 6%-3%. Portsmouth, ='i. H., Newburyport, 1'0; POLA:>ID, Plater; P ORTt:CAL. Dr. \fario ton and Dr. Siegfried WertiHllll/ller of i\-Iass .• 3Y::.2%. Manchester, N. H., Haver· Machado, incumbelll with no tournament Huntington, lied ; \V ISCONs r"X . Richard hill, :'.Iass., 4·2. Log Cabin tied Bo~'lston reported; HOU)IA"XlA, S. Erdelyi and S. Kujoth of Milwaukee; and Vh·OMING, of Boslon, Mass., 3-3. then lost to Quincy, Szabo, co.champions; SCOTl. AN/) . \X ·. A. Frank Dilloll of Casper. !\ Iass., 21/j·4;6. The Rcd Rose. lancasler, Fairhurst (for 10th time ); SI:"iGWORE. J. Pa., Wilmington, Dei., 4·0. Log Cabin, Fernhout (a resident Dutcll!nan) : SO l" TH Interstate Team Matches ~. J .. :'.Iercanlile Library, Philadelphia, AnlleA, W. Heidenfeld; SPAIS . A. The interstate team malches reported Pa .• 4-'1. \Vorcesler, i\Iass .. Howard State l\Jedina; SWITZEnLAND, S. Ton-lio n; for 1949 were thc following; Prison (It Is.), 13-4 . .i\lercantile library, SWEIl£:"i. Kristian Skold; TU:"iI S, Kah ia Durham, N. c., Atlanta, Ga., 6·2. Pa., Washington (D. C. ) Chess Divan, Habib; TURKlY, Selim Pai:!\-an. mcum· Tampa, Fla _ Hiram "\'ilalker, Peoria, Ill., 13 Y:: .6%. Culumbia Univ .. HUH'ard Univ., bent vdlh no tournament reported ; 2-2 bv radio. Ihrde~ville , Okla., lusL to the 4-0: in the absenee of Dartmouth, Prince· URCG CA Y, Luis Roux CahraL L\fQ;-. OF Ion and Yal e, Columbia thereby won the Illinois Institute of Technology by radio. SOVI ET SOCIALIST H EPUBLI C~. Abs. ,lute univ. of Colorado, University of Wyoming, tcam champiomhip for 1949 of the C. 1I. Championship, ti ed for by Da,-id Brun. 6·2. Log Cabin, West Orange, N. J., Y. P. D. Lcaguc. ~tein and Vassily Smy~h)\ - : H. cpuhlies: Lelligh Valley Ass. of Pa., 7-6. Illinois, ARo\1f."XIA. Kasparyan: ESTHO ?"B . Andaid; Indiana, 3-2. Illinois, Kentucky, 4·1. In­ LunA, Koblentz; lITHUANJ..\. \-. \likt·nas; diana, Kenlucky, 3V2·Pk \\iiimingtoil, ~ FOREIGN KAZAKHSTA-"i, Ufimtse\' : UKIU1-': r.. .sokol· Del., Franklin, Philadelphia, Pa., 4%-3%. sky ; USREKIST _~N, Khojciait": Y\'H IT£ \Vt~t Point, princeton Cuiv., 3·3. German. RUSSIA, Ratmir Kholmoy. town, Pa., Mercer, ~. J., 7%-3%. Tampa, H~ nation.al and p:ovincial cham· And now- for 1950~ Fla., Barllesville, Okla., 2-0 by radio. Ohio T plOns, outslde the U. ~. A., werc : Stale IJni\"., Univ. of Kentucky, ,'P/2·1%. ALGERLI.. 1\1. Lamerat; ARr.r."XTI-:-'- _~, :Miguel Najdor[; AusmALlA. Gtorge Richmond, Va., Durllam, :'J. C., 9Y2 -5'l2' SO L U T ION TO E L -OYD'$ R tODLE Manhattan Chess Club of Kew York won Koshnitskv bv 19'18·9 play.off with C. J. S. the !I.fetropolilan Chess League champion­ Purdy; la"ter' Purdy won- thc 1949 cllam­ from Ch ernn" s Chess CO rTI er . pag~ ii ~hip, displacing the Log Cabin Chess piomhip ; AUSTRIA, H. Platt; BELGlU)I, flI. 1 P_KB3 P- K 4 3 K - N3 P-R5t Cluh of We~t Orange, N. J. The annual Dunkelblum : UIlAZIL, Dr. Walter Oswaldo 2 K _B2 P_ K R4 4 K-N4 P-Q4 mate J esuit coll ege team championship went to Cruz; BHI TISH GUlA"X A Ai\O WEST Is DI ES,

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visiting Swede;;. G. St ahlberg un Buard 1 Barcelona. Dr. O. S. Bernstein, Paris, ~INTERNATIONAL captured both his games for Sweden; but, piayt'd first b(Jart! against 'Medina and on the second board, Olav Barda, the i\"or· scored 1% points, The same result. was Curtain· Raiser wegian litldlOldcr, twi ce defeated the gained on the second board by thc French Swedish champion, Kristian Skold, a champion Hugot. The \"lomen's World Championship thirty·seven ·year.uld policeman. Tournament in Moscow was preceded by Chess Among the Scientists an international wOllen's tournament in Czeched Again The 1947·9 Au~tralian Antarctic Expcdi­ Barcelona, Spain, the first to be held for i\" u more succes~ful than they were in tion pla,oed chcss by radio with a South more than a decade. ~I i;; s Eileen Tran­ African expedition on :'IIarron I~land, mer, woman champion of England, and the spring uf 1949, the Austrian team 1,100 miles distant. Mme. Chaude de Siians, leading woman again lost to Czecho.Sluvakia, this time by player of France, tied for first and second ,'i%-14"¥:!. Although the Austrian line·up places with scores of 572-1:"2. each. was comidcrahly st.ronger than before, the Czechs were also reinfurced and bcttcrcd ~ UNITED STATES Women's World Championship their score over the previo llS occasion. On the £ir~t board, Gnli'Tlfeld of Austria lost REGIONAL EVENTS As we go to pres.'l, the first world cham. twice to Pachman; on the second board, pionship tournament for ladies is nearing New England Doings Foitys of C..:echo-SlOI·akia broke even wi th Standings in the North Shore Lcaguc completion at :\Joscow. Platt. The match was held ill Prague. Sad to relate, the U. S. co-champions after the completion of the firot round afe faring poorly. :\[rs. Gisella K. Cres­ Paris Downs Barcelona are a~ follows: Porlsrnouth. ~' . H. ______3·0 ~er ~tartcd bravely, winning her game .Tourncyin g to Spain, players from the Xewburyport. J\lass. _____ ~ · 1 with the current leader, Ludmilla Rudenko French capital gaincd a cluse victory bv J\In ll ('hestcl". ),l. H . ______1.2 of the USSR and later tying for the lead. 1l·9 in a double-rouut! kam mateh against Haverhill, :1I[as8. ______0·3 She now stllnds 5-9. ~Ii~8:"l". MlIY KlIrff lIlso beglln wcll, tying for the lead in thc first three rO llnds and drawing her game with the Ru._sian champion, Olga Rubsova. She now stands 5-8. At pre~enl , only j\Ime. Chaude de Silam of France seem s likely to prevent a sweep by the four Rus~ian contestants, though Edith Keller uf Gerlllany fullows closely. L eading P layers Ludmilla HudelJko ______10 -3 Valentina Bielova ______9';6-3';6 Chaude de Silans ______9 -4 Olga Rubsova ______8%-2% Elizabeth Dykol'a ______8%-4% Edith Keller ______8';6 -51,2

Revenge A powerful Argentine team headed by Najdorf, Bolbochan, Guimard, and Rusetto .- all four of whom won ~ overwhelmed a Spanhh team in a radio match on fif­ teen board~ by 13-2. This victory re­ I' er~ed the result of two years ago when the Spaniards Hused out their Argentine rivab by 8-7.

Swedish Success A double· round match on len boards T he Cavalier Chess Club of Cavalier, North Dakota, goes for chess in a big way. ;;taged in Oslo betwee n the Swedish and W. H . Pico (moving, while his opponent, R. L . Ad ams, r ests) made this 16 inch King. ;./orwegian teams was won, 12-8, by the size set- each man a solid piece- by hand in only 24 hours.

CHF.SS REVtEW, JANU ARY, 1950 5 COLORADO holU:) Cit~ · at the Liberty Plan Company hours, with only one 20·min]Jte rest period, The first state c hampi on~hip was held Lodge R"."Jlll aLld Ihe Huckin~ Hotel. the lone Illayer bore down 011 his massed in Denver at the Downtown YMCA, and opposition alld finally routed thcm !o the was won by Marvin Katz of Greeley, J. L UTAH tune of 251 wim, 17 draws, and only 3 Hursch and A. C. Powcr~, both of Den. Tall, gc nial, hefty William F. Tabcr, losses - a monumcntal triumph in a si­ ver, came in second and third n:~ pectively. champioll of !\"c vada and CHt:SS REVI EW multaneous performance. Clw s5player~ It i~ expected that this event will be fun jlostalite, added to his lau rels hy taking from the whole of Californ ia were drawn annually, the first pri le in lhe Utah Open Ch:ml­ to this "chess feslil'1I.1 " ami jammed the pionship with a scorc of 51/~ . y:! in a Swiss han throughout the session. Thc c\,t:nt was IDAHO t'Jlu·ne),. In doing so, the dctor gained sponsored by the San Francisco Chrunicle. Scoring: 51h.ly:! in a Swiss system lour­ custody of a fillc trophy created by H. A. III a rapid·transit tourne)' at the Holly­ lie), held at the Boise YMCA, C. H. Dittmann. wood Chess Club, A. C. Simonson, a visit­ Stewart of Boise repeated his victor ), of The next three places were shared br ing New Yorker whQ made his mark the year before to retain the state cham­ C. H. Stewart, IdallO champion , Louis N. years ago as a master of the fi rst rank, pionship. Mel Schubert of P ocatello, P age, rldenrling [tah champion, and tied for fint and second Illaces with Ining former Idaho titleholder, and Bill Taber, Palmer Cha~e . director of the mee t. The Rivise, ex·New Yorker. Each player scored champion of Nevada, tied for second and Vtah state tide was retained by Page. 16%-2%. Third place went to S. Malner, third places with 5·2 each. Sponso!"ed br the Salt Lake City Chess l:l%-5%. Club, th~ eyent drew a total of eightet:1l The Los Angeles CQunty Championship, MONTANA plavers frOlT] Tdaho. Neva da, and Utah. A a Swiss affair held at the Santa Monica We almost ll eadeci this item "Copping featurt: of the occasion was it., coverage by Che~s Club, was WOIl by Ray Martin, 6-2. Cops," hut thought bener of it. Anyway, the Sa lt Lake City new~]Japer D('S('rt'l Irving Riyise was runner·up and l\Iorris the champion of Montana is Bernard Cop­ l'h'I!".~. which del'flteri a full page to photo­ Gordon placed third. ping of Bozeman, who won the state title graphs of II Ie player~ in actinll including Entering the last round of the Hermosa ill a round-robin tourney held at Deer a shot of the hlind expert Don Crawford. HCII.ch Che~ s Club on even terms with Lodge. Runner·up was H. Lowndes Maury wh o lIsed a ~pecial Ch"'~5 ~et with pegged J. B. Stichka, Charlcs Karsen WOII a fi:;ht. of Butte. pieces. ing gallle and finished with a winning score of 12-1. Stichka, 11·2,' was ~econd, OKLAHOMA WASHINGTON and l\ T. Karson, lU-3, third. In a Swiss event that attracted twenty· Sweeping the field with a perfect score Colorado. The first annual champion­ five players, Huhat L. Garver, Tulsa City of 5·0. Bob Stork of Olympia hecame ship of Denv er was captured by Dick Huff· champion, WOll the Oklahoma State Chess State Champion in a Swi~s event held at man, followcd by J. L. Bursch and Lou Association tournament with a score of Sea tt le. Vernon Holm e~ of Tacoma. 4·1, friedman, second and third re s pectil·el~ · . 4% . 1/~ ' A. G. Miller of Tulsa was second wa$ l"1lJ111cr ·up and Jack Finnigan of with 4.1 and 9.5 Swis~ poin ts, just ahead Rremcrt ... n, Lawrence Allyn of Wenatchee District vi Columbia. A PQwerful team of E. H. Gill of Oklahoma City, 4-1 and and Donald Seiler. all the way from Phil· of twenty players representing the .\ler­ 8.0. adelphia, Pa., werc tied for third, fourth ca ntile Library Chess Association of Phil­ Some other good scores were made by and fifth with game scores of 3 y:!.IYz and adelphia invaded the Washingtl'!l Chess Dr. A. S. Neal, Raymond F. Kell y and 7. 25 Swi$s voint~. Charl ... s Joachim uctcd Dh'an and triulllphed decish'ely by 13%· Carl Sievers, each 3y:! ·1¥2. These playen as tournament dircctor. 612. On the first ten hoard~, thc \Ya~h · finished fourth, fifth and sixth res)lcetively ing lol\ experts hel(l their own, but. nn the Oil the basis of Swiss points. lower ten, the Philadel phia men allowcd LOCAL EVE NTS Among the paLtl clpants was :\"liss only three draws. Philadelphia players, ?o.Iaxinc Cutlip, Southwestern Women's Calijomirr. A giant simultaneous exhibi· A. DiCamillo, S. Ruhino,.· and II . Morris champion . Dr. Bela Rozsa, three-time win· lion on 271 boards was given by George won Oil Boards 1, 3 and ,) a)!aill~l H. ner of this ovent, did not defend his ti tle, K"ltanowskl at the :\"{arines' :Memorial Deriiner, M. C. Stark and R. S. Cantwell. after all. The tourney was held in Okla· Club Ballroom in San l"ranci~co . FQr 13% On Boards 6, 7 and 8, Wash ingloLl came back with yictories by V. L. Eaton, D. H. ?

6 CH ESS REVIEW , JA NUAR Y, t950 four of the seven prizes haek to the P()rt~ · in the Cl eveland Public Library. The wi n· Club by 7 ~ ~.1:S. The match score between mouth Chess Club. ner wa~ feurteen.year.old Donald J. Lat­ the~e two rival~ now stand~ at 2·1 in favor Newburyport Club member.-, G. D. nik uf Roxboro ./uninr Higl1 School, who uf the Un iversity men. Herndon, Ed Riel and B. Gould, won the lo:;t only on .. game to nine.year.old l\Ian Another match was dropped by the San n:~t, although compd i lor~ came (rom \'\/est Rose Oaker of SI. Patrick's SchooL Antonio player, when they l o~t Lo Dallas, Newhury, Ame~ b u r y, Ip~wich , i\[ass. and An idea worth noticing is that of the (\ ·12. in It double·round encounter on ten Dov('f and Kingston, New Ham[!~h _ile , a~ Cll'n'lalla (hess il!llil'l in , wbich will pub· buards. The scene .-,f this meet was the well as from ~ewburyport and P ort~m()uth . lish a lIn irJl1e directury furni~ h ing the lloosevelt Hotel in \I/aco. Charles Watermau directed the d~ht names. addresse~, and tdephone numhers Virginia. A clean sweep ef ten boards round Swiss System tournament. of a1\ clles~ players in the Greater Cl eve­ was scored by a University of Virginia F i nal Standings land area. team whieh travEled to Richmond to en· o A Le"ter .. 1), -1, C Church ... ·1 - 4 rr lIux ...... o~ - l~ C ,\'ater mun .. 1 • .! Oklahollla. A team match between Tuha gage the l lnivenity of Richmond Chess A Sadow8ky 5 - 3 S Pollan., oe e .. 4 . -1 and Oklahoma CiLy resulted in yictory fo r Club. G 1) Hel"lldoll . 5-3 _ ~ ' ·H R Gilrlund the fonner bv 3·1. J.:; Hle l . . 5 -3 M Gould . . 3 -;; Wisconsin. Replacing the veteran A. E. n Gould ..... 1 ~ - 3~ \" Ananian 3 -" R Gerth ...... -1 -·1 S Garland 1 -7 Pennsylvania. Arthu r Bisguier, national Elo. 1948 Milwaukee champion, Ayerill G F o ll ""~ be,, .. 1 - ~ R Celli n ..... 1-7 j llnior titleholder and champion of the Powers. one-lime 'Viscon~in state cham­ Missouri. The Independent Chess Cluh Manhattan Chess Club, played sixteen pion, won the 17th ;\Iilwaukee title tourna· won the team tournament of the SI. Louis boards ~i m u ltaneoush· at the Downtewn ment with a game score of 6·2 and a Che~s League. The final ~tandings are "Y" Chess Club in Pittsburgh. He won 12 weighted score of 37.75. Runner.up was given below: games. lost 2 to Cameron and Diet:l, and Richard Kujoth, prescnt \'Viseonsin state T ea m Woo Lost drew 2 with Hobbs and Slliro. titlehold e ... who scored 6·2 and 34. The Tndellendent Chess Club __ 5 o The Hed Ro.oe Che ~s Club of Lancaster llleet was part of a chess program spon· YMCA Juniors ______3 2 defeated both the Altoona Chess Club and sored by l\Iilwaukee's Department of Alton (Ill.) YMCA ______3 2 the Rockview Ch es~ Club b)' the same i\Tunicipal Recreation. YMCA Seniors ______2 3 ~core, 3·2. Mallinckrodt Chess Club __ Z 3 Amateur Chess Club _____ 0 5 Rhode island. Anot her victory was chalk· . CANADA ed up Ly the Howard Chess Club when New Hampshire. A match on ~ix board~ between P ortsmouth and Manchester reo they so undly trounced a visiting team from Master of the Maritimes Haverhill, ''las;;., by the score of 12·3. sulted in a 5·1 victury for the fonner. The new l\[aritillles champion is Osear Manchester was the host club. Texas . The UniYL'fsity of Texas Chess P . Douceu of :'IiollctOll, who outplayed IVew Jersey. In a ~imulLaneous exhibition Club, playing on it s llOlIIe ground, in twenty competitors in a six·round Sw i ~s on twenty boards at the l\Iontciair Chess Austill, swamped the San Antonio Chess ev ent held at j\functon. Club, Howard S. IIuit won 15, l o~t 4, and drew L jliew Yurko The championship of the .--Wizards of the Chessboard---. Inlerschulastic C he~s League of I\ew York City, held at the Marshall Chess Club, was won by W'illium Greenbaum of Bronx BOTVINNIK the Invincible High School of Science with a score of By FRED REINFELD 8%.Pk Runner-up was Paul Mon~ky of Brooklyn Tcch, 8·2, who, under the Swi~s Indispensable for students of vital opening innovations, this system, outranked Joseph Traub, also of book also traces j.likhail Dotvinnik's rise to stardom. His vast Brooklyn Tech, who had the same game theoretical knowledge, tenacity, resourcefulness and originality score. Fourth place went to Albert Weiss· man of Bronx Science, 7·3. are fully displayed in this outstanding and representative col. lection of his games. $2 Ohio. Top honors in the Akron Chess League were captured by the Firestone Knights. NIMZOVICH the Hypermodern Final ~tand i ng, were a~ follows : Team Woo Lost By FRED REINFELD Firestone Knights __ _ 6 2 Akron "t;" ______5 3 Second Look in the series of lifetime libraries of the great mas­ B. F . Goodrich ______-Ph 3% ters, this is a lavishly annotated collection of hypermodern Firestone Rooks ____ -Ph 3~:2 Goodyear ______0 8 masterpieces. Numerolls diagrams and individual introductions The fourth annual Toledo City Cham· to each game. $2 pionship was WOll br Lawrence E. J ackson, Jr., pr e~ i dent of the Toledo Chess Club, Fred Reinfcld is perhaps the best known name among where the tournament wa~ co nducted. His chess writers. He has defeated many of America's ,core was 57:2-% in a six.round, Swiss leading chess masters and is a uthor of numerous books event that attracted thirteen entries. Francis H. Ashley, 5-1, finished second, and articl es on Chess, and Richard Manahan, 4;1:! .1%, came in third. Undcr thc auspices of the junior chess DAVID McKAY COMPANY group of the Greater Cleveland Chess As­ sociation, a rapid transit tournament for 116 South 7th Street Philadelphia, Pa. Greater Cleveland school pupils was held

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T he President of BrazU Plan Chen Va. the Editor of " Xa drez Cea rense-" It's Fu n •. . It's Ea sy . ; • "'\;.. LATIN AMERICA Yes, the President of Bra1.il is a ehess­ Gilbcrto Camar!!, edilol' of the lIopular LET'S PLAY Ill aycr! Ahol·e. Gencral Enrico Dulra. chess review. Xm/rez Gel/reflSe. Laughter P residcnt of thc Republic ()f the United IlTel'ail s as a SIJeClator warns Dr. Camara CHESS Statc$ of Brazil starts !! same with Dr. 10 beware of checkmate--at move 2! 14-5. Vasya Pi Te, 12Yz.6y:!, was run ner-up, By the Editors oj Chess Review .'1... FO R E IG N and Dr. Pe\ar Trifunov ic, Illh·7y:!, came in third. The next four places were shured You can learn how to play the fasci. Russia by Mutanovic, Fuderer, Yokov (all tee n· natlng game of che .., tililly and Boleslavsky, 13-4, ca ptured Ihe cham· IIgers), and Rabar, ellch 11-8. quickly. with the aid of thi, new book. Ilionship of the "Bolshel'ik" club in LET'S PLAY CHESS I, des10lled Odessa. Second in Lh is Ilowerfu! field was ON THE COVER for people who don't know one piece Salo Floh r with 12Yz-4Y:!, while IlJird and from another. More than 300 dia. The unique set showll on the cover Is gram" numerous photograph, and fourlh Illaces were dividcd by ~Iakagonov one or a collection by ,"'rank Hammond amusing cartoons make everything and Pall ol', each 12-5. or London ofrered ror sale here during clear. Step.by_step they show how First IIl ace in Ihe Ollcn tourn ament for the I)allt yenr. This set. Ilrlced al)l)rox· the c hcllmen are set up, how each the Lalviun title was won hy Tuimonov of Imately past yen l'. Tills set, priced a l) ' piece move. a nd captures other pieces, Len ingrad, 17-2; bUI, as he was pluying pro:dmalely at $560. Is beautifull y carl'ed. Though all the eil e8llmen are rats-we how game. are won and drawn. It "ors de con COll rs, Koblenz, 13lh·5Yz, be­ fall to see tbe slgnlflcance----eacb Is dis­ teachU the basic p ri nclplea of c hess, came Lall·ian champion, showl how to select powerful moves, tinctlY Indh·ldual. Even the Pawns I'ar)' Moscow beat Leningrad, 26Yz-23Y:!, in one from another. how to play strong che ... thei r ann ual malch. It was Leningrad's The low prlce-only $1.0G-makes turn 10 be the host city_ thl, unique c hess primer a n Ideal gift WHERE TO PLAY CHESS for non-playing fri ends, children, con_ Spain CI . ... tf!ed advertl! lng rate tor this column valescent" G. I.'s and other. who lOe per word. Dlsptay alb 17 per Inch. would enjoy the game. A. Medina again won the title, 8-4, in 48 pages, 8V4 x 11 ______. $1.00 a double· round el'ent wilh scI'en players. N E W WO RLD C HESS AN D Second was F. J. Perez, 7-3. BRIDGE C L UB, tnc. Yugoslavia (S. Birnbaum. pre.ldent) PIIHAN PUBlISHING [ORPORAIION 252 W. 76th 51. ( E N 2·4455). N.V.C, The strong Yugoslav championship ~ 2 West 45th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Tho only a ir-conditioned chen club tn New lou rnUlllcnt was won by Svetozar Gligoric, York, Ope n datly trom 2 p. M. to I A. l'tt.

8 CHESS REVIEW, JAN UARY, 19~O decpl r indebled I" "!crmann Helms and to HERMANN HELMS his exl ... ·mely hcll)ful and cOllllletent as· ;;. istanl, :'o li ~~ Cntherine Sullivan. The \,-IlOle chess w.)rld, I am sure, will want A.N APPRECIATION - by Fred Reinfeld II! join me in cungralli luling Hermann llelrllS on his eighl ieth \)irll llla)" , ill tlmnk· In 1943, the USCF voted Hermann lIelllls Dean of Am.ericII I/ Chess . ing I'im ru r hi s many ilwaluable services II! ehn~ and in wishing him many happ)' Tor/fl y, Uf. 80, he rates the title more (hllil ever- and grille/III recogllition returns ! for his m(lII ), services to chess. Tht: IWo fo llowing games arc delightful As JJI/,biisher and editor of the A tll cl' ican Chess Bulletin , in fa.ithful exam pl c~ of H e l!l1 ~ ' playing si rellglh and and Illltiring coverage 0/ chess el!Cllts Jor the daily pres::;, in cheerful alld combinath'e ubi lil y. Curiously enough, each features a QIII:l'n sacrifice, plus a most helpful service on tournam.ent (lilt/, publicit)' committees and in UTl ­ grudging aid oj aLl kinds to major chess cvents and to minor chess clubs gru e~ "me double check whi ch males on the 1I10\'e! aliJ.:e- allllllold and uTlappreciated demands on his time afld energy- he has ever been to the fore in activit)', always in the backgrollnd as to per­ New York, 19 t 5 so/wi fJu blicity. DUT CH DEFENSE The Editors 0/ C HESS REVn-: W, there/ore, have requested Fred Rein. Smyth Hel ms /efd to hOllor the occasion of Hermann Nelms' 80th birtlu!ay. White Dlaek 1 P-Q4 P- K84 12 B,N NxP! 2 N- KB3 N-K B3 13 BxPt K_Rl T COIllC~ u~ 11 considerable surprise tlO li enee is incxhaustiu],:; slil1, we wo uld ap· 3 P- B4 P- K3 14 N,N Q- RS learn Ihlllll erJl1!l1l 1l Helms iscelebmling I preeiate a statement of intcnlion on their 4 N- B3 P_QN3 15 P-KN3 Q,N his eightieth birthday. Wh en 1 first lIlade parI. For Ihe Jlre s~ nt we will content 5 P-K3 B_N2 16 B-Q3 R_BS his !lcquuintllnce, a quarter uf a cen turr "ur~c!v es with a further hint to do the , B-Q3 8-Q3 17 8_K3 Q-K4 ago, he was 55, I was 15. 1 then thought rightful. not to say tile m:l:dful. 7 P-QR3 P_QR4 18 QR_Kl QR-KBI uf him liS lin uld man ; InlOw Ihink 01 him " In wh ic h conneelion we sin{;crcly re· 8 0-0 0 - 0 19 BxP Q-R4 as a you ng mUll! gret . "'e propose Ilw nts which he has cond ucted wi lhout a to deal good.natured ly with ddinquenls. fcc, the thousands of favors. sef"ices and Some, possibly, may deserve expulsion, kimlnesses which he has performed for but expelled people are \'ery apt to nurse American chess and American cll css·play. 12 gricvances, Ict !tlone, grouchcs. OUf pa· e r ~ . Tlltrc is not one of li S who is not 13 N- B6 mat e

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United States to play Yugoslavia at New York 's Chanin Building via RCA Short Wave to Belgrade

YUGOSLAVIA, which h as the second The three leading Yugoslav mast o::rs to· the other members of thc team, Puc and strongest chess tea m in Europe, has chal­ day are Svetolar Gligorich, Vasya Pire Habar are particularly dangerous, and len ged the U!'1ITED STAT ES to a ten ·board, and Dr. P etar Trifunoyich. They are vcry young Vidmar is not far behind his fa · double-round match. The challenge ha~ well mutched in playing strength. Thus mous father in playing ~treng t h . Two pIa,', been accepteu, and the conlest will take TrifunOl'ich won the national title in 194.'> ers who wi ll havc to be watched arc , place on February 11 , 12, 13 and 14. The and 19<16; he tied with Gligorich in 1947 ; Matanovich (18 years old! ) and h kov (16 mon~s wi ll be t r an~m j tted by short wal'e Pire tied wit h Gligorich in 1948; while in years old! ) , who shared in a fourth· place radio and the Udemann cable code wi ll 19:1<) Gligorich was Olltright fi rst, wi th tie in the 19-'19 Ch ampionsilip! be em ployed. The unU~\la ll r fast lillie limit PiTC second and Trifunoyich third. At the One rather ciearCllt tribute tn the fine of fiftr moves fOf the fi rst two hours i nterzonal Tournament in Saltsjohadcn in brand of chess prod uced by t lll~ '(ugoslav should speed up the plar considerably. 1948, Trifunoyieh was tenth in a vcry masters is the interesting fact that in 1949 T he Yugoslav Team ~ t rong field, while Gligorich and P ire tied CHESS REVIEW carried no less than eleven witll Uoo k for eleventh place ! Chess enjoys great popularity in Yugo­ wins scored by Y ug o ~ l av masters. Here is Several mo nths ago these three masters slavia, The gllllle is com tantly bei ng the list: taught to tiwllsands of members of the gave further proo f of their prowess by th eir splendid results in matches against Army, yout h organiza tions, trades unions CHESS J:{ J::YU:W, 1949 ~n m c of the world's out standing mastcrs: and to school chi ldren. In 1948, 40,000 Habar- Vukovich. l). 79 (?llareh) players tovk [Jar! in the eli mination cou· Pirc ti ed Dr. Max Euwe in their match; Rauieh- Ivko\', II. ns (Apri\) Trifunodch accomplished same result tests for the Army Championship. The tilt, Pirc- Go lombek. p. 112 (April) again:; t Miguel :\!ajdorL while Gligorich Yugosla\·- Dutch match, played last rear Sleiner- Pirc, p. 140 (May) WOII br the odd point against Gjdeon in Belgrade, att racted 2,000 spectators on :Markovich--Pnc, p. 19 2c (June) Stahlberg. Sultan Khan- Pire, p. 203 (July) the opening dar. The steadily increasing Gligorich and Trifunovich are primarily ;\Iilich- Pirc, p. 247 (August) attendance at the annual Yugoslav Chum· p. attacking pb.ye r ~ ; Ph e inclines more to Puc-Ehrat, 276 (September) pionship speaks for it~e lf : Pire- Euwe, p. 27 0 (SeJ)tember) po ~ jtion play of a high order. All three 1945 2, 00 0 Stahlberg- GJigorith. p. 277 (September) .:Ir e of course thoroughly conve rsant with 1946 8,00 0 Andrlch- Daja, p. 36~ (December) 1947 10,000 current book theory, and this is in fact 1948 22,000 true of all the Yugoslav masters. As for The Yugoslav successes in the field of team play havc becn particularly striking. In the first Balkan ChallllJiomliip (1946 ) , the Yugoslavs scored 19 1j:; points to OFFICIAL L INE·UP OF i{oumania\ 14, Bulgaria's 13 % and AI· INTERNATIONAL T E A M 5 bania's 1. In the nex t Balka n Champion. Board UNtTED STATES YU GOS L AVIA ~hip (l9·n) , Yugoslavia was second with 13 ~'2 point5, Hungary com ing f ir~t with IS. I. Sa mmy Reshevsky vs. Svetozar Gligorieh One mo nth laler, tIl e Y llgosla,·s drew a 2. Reuben Fine vs. Vasya Pire match at 10·10 wi th tlt e Czech team, 3. Isaac Kashdan VS . Petal' Trifunovich which a year earlier had mali c a creditable 4. Al Horowitz VS. Vaslav Rabar showing again~ t a formidabl e H.u;:sian 5. Arnold S. Denker vs. Milan Vidmar, JI'. team. 6. Herman Steiner vs. Stoyan Puc By 1948, the rapid progreso; "f the Yugo­ slavs was beginning to he n"ticea!Jle. Thus 7. Arthur W. Dake vs . Boris "Milich they defeated tile powerful Hungarian 8. Alexander Kevitz vs. Boris Kostich tealll by 1O%-9~'Z and th ~'11 wellt 0 11 to 9. Robert Byrne vs. Alexander ?vlatanovich smash Czechoslo\;akia to th e tllne of 15·5. 10. Albert S. Pinkus VS . Boris Ivkov :\gainst Austria, the Yug ...~ b,· team won an e\'en more imposing margin 1 16 J~ . (Each pair to play two games. lOy'! paints win match.) vy 3%:) . Other victorit:s ag

10 CHE SS REVIEW, JANUARY, t950 The American T eam pai r. Rabll.r smashes lhrough arter his 011. Zagreb, 1946 Strong as the Yugoslav team is, their pO llenl's poor opening 1)lay. And our Horl)' SICI LIAN DEFE NSE American opponent~ , wllo incl ude some uf witz I.nnishes T riIunulieh's Pawn·grabhing Rabar Tekavleic the wurlrr~ 1Ij{,5t (amou$ masters, shuuld in rcfinr!l style. White Black prove more than II match for them. Here I P- K4 P-QB4 8 PxN B- K2 European Zone Tourncy is the line.tll). with the highlights uf the 2 N- KB3 P- K3 9 Q- N4 K- Bl Hilversum, 1947 Americans' carcers: 3 P_Q4 p,p 10 B_Q3 P- Q3 FA L K BEER COU NTER GA MB IT N,P N- KB3 11 P_B4 N- Q2 Sanllll)" Hcshf'\'sh (born in Poland. 4 V. Castaldi Dr. P. Trifunovich , N_QB3 B_N5 12 0-0 P- KNS Kovclllber 26, 1(11): famous as II child White Black 6 P_K5 N- Q4 13 QA_K l N- 9 4 prodigy; rC lum ed later to the game 14 P_B5!! P_KR4 1 P_K4 10 B_R4 7 B- Q2 N,N and won Ihe U. S. Championships in P- K4 B-K B4 2 P_KB4 11 N_NS K_K l I S Q-93 NPxP 1936, 1938. J9tJO, 1942 and ]946. P-Q4 S KP"P P- K5 12 K-Ql P_BS Reu ben Finc (born iu r-,'ew York City, 4 P-QS N-KBS 13 N/ 5- BS OClober 11, 1914j: tied for first prize S N- Q2 p,p N/'_Rl! in the g n~ at Avro tournament of 1938 , .,p N,P 14 P-QRS R- Qlt and has w"n llIany pri:t.es in interna· 7 N_K4 N_N5! 15 B_Q2 N-Q4 tiunal tOlinlalllcnts. 8 B-NSt P- QBl! 16 K- K2 N-B4 N,. haac Kaslltlan (born iu ~e\I' York Ci ty, 9 Q"Qt K, Q 17 B- N3 18 P,N B-QS ~ol"t:rnbe r 19. ]905): stored many firsts in inlernlltiunal play and made magni· ficent scvn:s in the international tcam tournaments. Al Hurowit? (born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Novcmber 15, 1(07) : won the U. S. 16 8xP! P, . 21 N_K41 K- K2 Ol>en Championship several times and 17 N,P B-K' 22 B-NS! Q-N3f was one of the mainstays of the United 18 p,p B" QP 23 B- K3 Q-Ql SUlles team in in ternat iuna l mal clll~ s. RxB! N, R 24 QxPt K-Q2 Arnuld S. D!!n ker (uu rn in ~cw York City, "2Q N,B P-BS 25 R-Qlt Resign. Fcbruary 21, 1914 ) : won the U. S. Championship in 1944. Warsaw T eam Tournament, 19S5 Herman St!! ine .. (burn in Czcchosloyakia, DUT CH D EF E NSE April 15. 1905): played on American P_N3 R-Q6 K- B2 24 K-R2 I. A. Horow i t ~ Or. P. T rifunovieh team at Prague, 1931; wo n the U. S. 2Q R_QBl B- B2 25 P- QN4 R/ I - Ql " Wblle Black Ollc/I in 1946 ; WO II the U. S. Cham· 21 K- B2 B-NSt 26 B_ BS N-Q8 P- Kl 7 0-0 0-0 pionship in 1948. 22 K- N2 KR- Kl 27 P_K N4 B-K5 1 P- Q4 23 P_R3 N- K 6t 28 N- Kl R- Q7t 2 P-QB4 P-KB4 8 P-QA3 B,N Arthur V;:. Dake : a strong all·round play. p , p Aesigns 3 P_KN3o N-KB3 9 Q"B er who has madc high scores in lllall)" 4 8-N2 B- NSt 10 R-Ql N-K5 important tournaments. , N-Q2 P- Q4 11 Q-B2 P-QN4 Alt:xllmkr K evi tz : ofl·time lI'inner of the Prag ue T ea m T ournament, 193 1 , N- B3 N-B3 12 N_N5 !! Manhattan Cll Css Club Championshil) SICILIAN D EFE NSE and known for yean as one of th is t. K aahdan Dr. M . Vidmar '! ~ '!'lij I.!I <£> ~ eQUili n-'S st rongest players. White Black Rubcrt l3 yrne : b~' (ar the you/lgest pJa}. !ll [11 II ffa I P-K4 P- QB4 13 B- K2 N-B3 cr Oil the teu lII . Hi ~ playing results can· r:? 2 N_KBl N- QB3 14 P- BS B_N2 ~ " [J U'] .... /lut eurnpllre with tllose of the veteran 3 P-Q4 p,p 15 A-Q2 K R_QBI 0 112 1i11fJ mcmbers, but he is a brilliant youngster, 4 NxP N_BS 16 KR- Ql N-Kl a deep student of opcning theo ry and 5 N- QB3 P_K 3 17 B_KB4 R- Q1 ['U ml " !"~ m gifted with an imaginalivc style. 6 KN- NS P- QR3? 18 P- QN3 QR_BI m I\4l U ml Albert S. Pinkus (born in Kew York City, 7 N-Q6t .,N 19 K_N2 N-N l :'. Iarch 20, 1903) : won the strong Hall· 8 QxB Q-K2 20 P_QR4! P-N5 m~ UflAm gartcil Tournament in 1925 and the 9 B_K B4 N-KA4 21 N-R2 N_QBl if(! 1i3l::i ~ K,Q 22 B-N5t P_B3 J un iur Masters' .Tournament ill 1927; 10 Q"Qt 11 B-K3 P- QN4 23 8 - K3 N_B2 31 R,P R-Kl has made con s i ~lelli l y high scores in 12 -.N 12 0 - 0-0 P-QS 24 B_N6 ! KBxN R-N1 P_ K5! B,B the U. S. Champiunship. 13 32 14 P-QR4 P_85 SS RxB P-N5 We sec then, that games of exception. 15 B- N2 BPxP 34 R-B5 P- R4 ally hi gh caliher lnay be ex pected from 16 KRPx P P-QR3 35 P-K 6 K_N2 these two I'u,,·crful teams. 'We may rea· 17 p , p p,p 36 RxRP K-Bl R_R7 P- B3 R_B5 R, P >'o nably eXJ>Cct che ~s Ihat will bc wort h ~' 18 37 B,N Q,B ,. R,P R-Kat uf what will be the outstandin g chess 20 BxP Q_B3! K-N2 K-B4 cI·cnt. as far as American players are co n­ " 21 P-K3 P-K4 40" R-B8 R-Q BB ce rned, for 1950. 22 B-QSf K- Rl 41 P- QB4 K- K3 Representat ivc Ga mel 2S Px P Q, P 42 P_B5 R_9 5 Q,Q 43 P_B6 Some inkling of the chess abilities and 24 Q- B31 K-Q3 25 PxQ 8-8 41 44 A.- BS! K,P ~ ty lc s of both American li nd Yu goslavian 26 P-K4 B- N5 45 A-BSt K-Q4 players lUay bc gained from the following 27 R_Nl! B-B6 46 R" A K, R games. In the first, Triru nOl'ieh conducts 24 R-Q2 27 B- N6 A_AI 2. R-N7! R, R 47 P_B3 K-Q4 a vicious attack even wi thuut Qucells on 25 8 - 951 N- K l 28 N- QS P_N3 29 BxR R- Q! 48 p,p K_K4 the board. Our Kashdall H.'

CHESS Rl VIlW, JANUARY, tn o 11 Up -to-date opening a1lalysis by FRED REINFELD by an outstanding authority

CRUCIAL VARIATIONS IN THE EVANS GAMBIT DEC LINED: Part I tr 9 . . , PxN, 10 QxP, Q- K~t 11 K - Ql, QPxP 12 B-K2, 0 - 0 13 Q- Kl\3, P- ):S H p RACTICAL CHESS OPEJ\' I~G S by Reu ben Fine is the hest and most Q- QB3, and \V bile wins. complete treatise of its kind. It offers thousands of variations to chart 10 B_N2! 1 the student's path, With such a tremend olls mass of material, however, Knight moves ate ad,':uH'I l/.'eously an· it is unde.rstandable that thel'e are occasional errors and omissions, swe!'ed by 10 ... Q- B3! For 10 0 -0 see Ga me (; (Sokolsky­ )'IIoreovcr, shifts in emphasis and development of !leI\" ideas mea n tha t Lilienthal). even the hest book needs constant revision, P,N P- QR5 B-R2 11". QxP QPxP "16 P-R5 B- K3 so tar eleveu articles ha\'e beeu devoted THE BAS IC POSITION 12 Q- B3 R-Klt 17 R-KR4 QR - Q1 to tile Sicilian Defense. On the tbeorr 13 K_ Bl Q- N4 18 P-Q3 B,B tbat readers would welcome more "aried 14 P-R4 Q- R3 P, B P- QB4 treatment, we lOrn to tbe E"aDs Ga mbit 20" R_N4 Declined. The change rna}' seem a mysterIous one, but there Is logic in It. Tn recent years there has been a marked revival or Interest In the openIngs be· ginning With 1 P- K4-even In those romantic lines which more or less disap, peared [I'o m master pIa)' abouL the turn ot the century, It is therefore In the na' t Ul'e or things that there should be a re­ ,'ivaI of Interest iu the Evans Gambit, that trIed and true favorite or :i\Iorphy. Anderssen, Zukerlort and Tchlgorln, .£0' 01" vlarer:! who do not care to get entangled GA M E 1 In the Evans Gambit, there arises the (Sokols ky- Gold enov, Ki ev, 1945) crItical pt'obleZll: How can It be avoided? 5 , , ' , P- QR3 ~'ell , one way to ayold the Evans is to At this polm PCO breaks off with "and For 5 .,' :"\xP1 see Game 2 (Gragger­ wins," after having gh·ell White's ltilh plar oue of the "seml,c1ose" defenses­ Ihlthner), say the French or Sicilian. But, in re­ and nth moves exclamation mark.s, aud cent yean, powerful attaeklng lines 6 N_B3! Dlack's 18th move a Questlon mark. ha,'e been evolved against these de· ti D-NZ, as In Column 4, has a lways However, after 20 ... H-Q5! it is not fenses, le nding to the conclusion that per_ been considered the nnuual move. The clear how ·W hite "w ln~," haps 1, , , P-K4 is as good ae any Black text, however, has been mudl playeu In White can try 21 H- Kl so that, if ~1 first move. This vi ew, If pursued further, recenl years and has Interesting poInts. . . , RxRt? 22 Qxn, and White wins! raIses the problem: should Black evade 6 , , , • N-B3 However, Black CRn hold the position WIUi 21 . . . R/ l -Ql and, Ir 22 Q- K3 the ga mbit, accept It-or decline It? 7 N-Q5!? After the moves 1 P- K4 P-K-t 2 N­ (thl'eateus mate!), QxQ n i{xPt , KxR ~4 RB3, !'\- QD3 3 D-B.J, Bla~k cau evade The strength or tbls mO\'e is 0\'ere5' PxQ, PxP, and Black Is holding his own. the Enll1s with 3 .. ,:"\- B3 (Two Knlgbts' tlmated br peo. For i P- Q3 see Game 3 21 , , . R-K3 also seems playable, ()II kenas-A la tortse"). Defense). BUI many of the lines arising So, as rar as I can see, Black's position trom -I N- N5 favor White, which in flu, 7 . , . . NxN ~eews tenablc. Pel'halls some realier wJ\J ences players to adopt the stralghtfor, FOr 7 .. . NxKP 1 and 7 . .. P- Q3 see be h:lnd enough to SUP l)l,- the condnsioll ward S.,. D-B~, Then, after 4 P- QN-I, Game" (Kan- Bot"hmlk), of this importaut game. Black, l! he Is prudeut, can decline the 8 PxN P-K5 GAME 2 gambit with 4 .. , B-N3, The toregolng, then, Is an attempt to explalu why the Although this move gets an exclama­ (Gragger-Ruthner, Vie nna, 19-19 ) declining of the Evans Gambit Is a live tion mark in PCO, the reader should be 5 , . . . NxP ? Issue. warned that it leads to a dl[ficult game This Is the kinu of mo" " which always (or Black-in fact, according to peo, a Column 1 seems plallslble to the onlill1l1'y pIa reI', cleal' wIn for \\Ihlte! who is troubled by the f"l·t that Ihe This begins In peo, as follows : In mr opinion, 8 ." NxP~ Is the right "books" treat the move with stony 1 P_K4 P-K4 move, IC then 9 B - RB (9 NxP ?? B-Q5~ O!' !'i1euce, The to1JolI'ln g pi",. gi\"f:s !'o me 2 N_K83 N- Q83 9 P- R5, P- K5! ), P-QR4 10 P-B3, P- K5! Idea of the likely c o n8~q\lenCes of 5. " 3 8- 8 4 8 - 84 11 PxK, PxN 12 QxP, 0 - 0 18 PxP, R- Klt ::"\'xP? 4 P-QN4 B_N 3 H K- Dl, B-Q5: with Black for choice. 6 P-R5 B-QB4 5 P-QR4! For S .. , :"\-Q5 SCi! Game 5 (Alekhine 7 P- B3 All the following games begin - Fuentes), from the basic position. 9 PxN 0-0!1 _ di~ . eh,

12 CHESS REVIEW, IANUA RY, 19S0 Gragger re marks that, if 7 NxP?? Q­ 35 P-B7 39 R-K1 R-Q2 This sorry exhibition by Botvinnik-he B3 8 P-Q·!, DxP, White loscs his llants­ 36 RxP N,P 40 Q-N4 R- K2 was stil! in hi~ teens- highlights t he du­ an inle!'csting innovation in opening 37 R_N3 K-N1 41 N- B8 R- QB2 biolls Quality of i . .. KxKP? theor y. 38 R_ K3 N-Q4 42 QxPt K-R1 GAME 5 7 N_QB3 8 P-Q4 p,p ( Ale khine-Fuentes, Me lilla, 1945) 9 0 - 0 p,p 5 P-QR3 7 N_Q5 !? " NxN The "Coml)l"omlseli Defense" in t he 6 N-B3! N-B3 8 PxN N_Q5 worst possible fo r m, 9 ... P- Q6 m ight This move, ignored by PCO, leaves be better. couliln·t be worse , m ack with a game which is barren of 10 Q_ N3 Q-K2 ('o untel"c hances. 11 NxP P-Q3 9 0-0 P-Q3 14 PxP p,p If 11 ... N- n3 12 P":"K5, N- KN5 13 N- 10 N,N B,N 15 Q-K2 R-K1 Q5, Q··Ql and then 14 B- KN5 ha s tre· 11 P-B3 B_ R2 16 B- K3 B-N5 me ndous [ol"ce, 12 P_Q4 Q- R5 17 P- B3 BxBt Q,B 12 B-KN5 Q-Q2 13 B- Q3 0 - 0 18 B-R4? If 12 .. . P- D3 13 BxN, PxB 1-1 N-Q5, Leaving himself with a d isas trously unfavorable ending . 18 ... 8-Q2 leal'es Q- Ql 15 K- N6!, White wins. Or, if 12 . A n: rr interesting position. White him with an in fe ri or though still play. N-lJ3 13 N-Q5. Q- Ql 1-1 NxNt, PxN, then s hould p lar 43 H/ I-QB1! so that, If 43 a ble game. 15 ExPt with a wi nning game fO!' " 'h ite. . H/ lxN H RxR, HxH 45 HxH, NxR, 13 P_K5! PxP 15 NxN BXN ·16 Q- IJ St recovers the piece! But Ml­ 14 QR-Q1 N_Q5 16 KR-K1 Q-B4 k ella s falters- time pressure ? 43 RxR? NxR 45 Q-QB4 Rx N 44 Q-N4 P-R4 46 P-K6 R_K1 White resigned Oll the ij ~ th move. One thing is cleal" from this game- mack has no reason to fear 7 P - Q3. GAME 4 ( Kan- Botvinnik, USSR Championship, 1929) 5 P-QR3 6 N-B31 N-B3 7 N_ Q5!? NxKP? 19 Q-K4 ! QxQ 24 B- B4! R-KB1 A vel'}' bad move. 20 PxQ P_QR4 25 P- R6 QR-B1 i .. . P-Q3 is nOlle too good. In rel)ly 21 QR_N1 P_QB3 26 B-Q5 B-K7 17 BxPt ! Q,B Al exander gives 8 :\"xB, PxN 9 P - Q3, B­ 22 NP xP PxP 27 R/ 1xP RxR 18 RxPt! Resigns N5 ]() P- B3. White has a fine game. 23 RxNP PxP 28 RxR Resigns For, if 18 ••• K - B l, ] 9 Q- NH, 1'- 13-1 S 0-0 0-0 Thus we see that S . . . N-Q5 leayes 20 HxD! Moral: once you decline the Blac h: with a characterless game that gambIt, don't change your mind about it! Fi ne qlle['ies this move, but It Is d lf· ficult to see a better move, At any rate, gi ves hIm poor chances, GAME 3 s ... P-Q3 looks like t he logIcal chOice. GAME 6 (Mikenas-Alatortsev, Moscow, 1944) 9 P- Q3 N-B3 [I., . N- Q3 is also bad : 10 E- KN5, Q­ (Sokolsky-Lilienthal, Moscow, 1944) 5 . , , . P-QR3 9 P-N5 N-Q5 6 N-B3 N-B3 10 Px P p,p KI II P- R5, D-H2 12 KxEP a nd White 5 P-QR3 8 PxN P-K5 wIns. 7 P-Q3 P-Q3 11 P-R3 NxNt 6 N-B3! N-B3 9 PxN O-O! ? 8 P- R5 B_ R2 12 QxN B_Q5 10 B-KN5 P-Q3 7 N_Q5!? NxN 10 0 - 0 13 B- Q2 B-K3 11 N-Q2! At mo\'e 8, Black missed what is in PCO consIders that mack has a d ear Fine leaves off here, rightly describ· my opInion his strongest move: 8 . .. positional advantagc. This ylew may be ing ' Vhite's positIon as su perior. NxP. a bit drastic, but 'Vhite is rather on the 11 , . . B_N5 10 P,N 11 QxP QPxP defensive, und his Queen Hook Pawn is Or 11,. , B- K3 12 KxNt, PxN 13 D- H6, 12 P_R5 a poten tial weillmcss. It- K I14 DxB, PxB 15 Q- N4t, K - Rl 16 Q­ B-R2 14 B,B P,B 19 P-N3 Q-B2 N7 mate (Alexander). Botvinnik avoids The position is even. 15 QR-N1 0-0 20 B- K3 B,B this. but . 13 P-B3 B-K3 18 B_B4 B-N1 16 Q- K2 Q- Kl 21 N,B N_B3 14 Q-K2 B,B B,B QRxB 17 N-Q1 N_R4 22 0 - 0 Q_Q2 15 Q,B Q- Q4 20" KR-K1 KR-K1 18 P-QB3 B_ B4 23 P- KB4 16 QxQ P,Q 21 K- B1 K-B1 White has jlatiently consolidated his 17 P- Q4 P- QB3 22 QR-Q1 QR-Q1 position, but this is an error of judgment. Drawn He adds a new Pawn weakness (the This game, made up mostly of s lal)S Ki ng Bishop Pawn ) to get an open King OIl tbe bare wrist, shows that 'Vhite has Knight file wh ich has IlO \'a ll1e . nothing aftel· 10 0 - 0. 23 PxP 29 R-N1 N-R4 24 PxP P- N3 30 R_ N5 Q- KN2! T hl1 s the ma in line of Column 1 (as 25 K-R2 N_R4 31 P_Q4 P_ B4! shown in Game 1, Sokols ky- Gohlcnoy), 26 Q-N4 N- N2 32 N-B4 p,p eonta ins three uncertain points: at move 27 Q-R4 K-R1 33 NxP R-Q1 ~, Black seems to get at least an even 28 R-B2 QR-K1 34 P-K5 p , p game with 8 , .. NxP; at move 20, White 35 R/5-N2 . . . White wins II piece. may be a ble to do better with 20 P- N 5 ; mack·s strongest move is now douht· 12 Bx N! Q-B1 16 B_K7 Q-B4t and 21) R- N4 does not seem to lead to a less 35 . .. H-Q2, bu t not 35., . NxP? 36 13 N,B P,N 17 K-R1 KR-K1 win, as claimed in PCO. RxN, QxP Jj K- mt! HxN 38 QxHt . 14 P-KB3 B- K3 18 N-K4 Q-B3 K- N2 39 Q- Q.\!! and White wins. 15 B_ R4 N,P 19 B,P Resigns First of Two Parts on the Evans Declined,

CHESS REVIEW , JANUARY, 1950 13 Entertaining and instrl£cti'vc games annotated br a famous e:lpert, by HANS KMOCH

Shaken Spirit ./+ I,HTERHA TlOHAl Black's failure i n this game is told by three we,lk mon~ s . indkatlng that he TRENCIANSKE TEPLlCE, 1949 relt first surprised. t hen wonled and ~oon disguste(1. It nll happened because Important Trap Prina. who otherwise dill well in the Black's sinwle trap ill game is this tournament, \\"a~ IllleXllef'f edly thll'ill'led or considerable importance- not because when h eading for a certain va riation. of Its total success here- but because Thill di ~ allllointment ~ hoo k hi~ sp!rit and it makes a seemingly i nfel'lor l ine play· m:Hle him II yictim of S1.abo's fllmous able, (Iuick sel" 'ice, GRUENFELD DE FENSE QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED PCO : page 287, column 164 (k) PCO: page 187, column 84{1 ) Platt L. Szabo L. Szabo L. Prins 24 P_B5! Wblte Black White Black The decisive stroke. Black's desperate 1 P- Q4 N_KB3 5 Q-N3 p,p 1 P_Q4 N_KB3 3 N- QB3 P_Q4 answer is comp,·ehensibl e. 2 P-QB4 P_KN3 6 QxBP 0-0 2 P_QB4 P-K3 4 B_N5 P_B4 24 .... K- K2 3 N-K B3 B_N2 7 P_K4 P-B3 U ndoubtedly intending to play the new. 25 QxKPt K-Q1 4 N-B3 P-Q4 8 Q-N3 QN-Q2 intricate Canal ,·ariatlol1: 5 PxQP, Q- N3. 26 RxNt Resigns That this line lIlay be l)\ayed del)e n(\s \\·hite rcfuses to go into it. l argely on the following tml). 5 N_B3 PxQP MATCH,1949 9 P- K5 N_Q4! 6 K NxP QN-Q2? Najdorf vs, Trifunovich POl', after 9 . .. N- KI, DJa ck remains A weak mo,·c. Black must !)Iay 6 . .. D­ in a rather cramped position. K2 with only a slight disadvantage after Only two gameS or this hard·Cought match of t\,·eh·e ended in a decisioll. 10 NxN PxN 7 P:-.:P, PxI', OJ" he can tiT 6.,. P- K ·! the consequenceS of which al'e ,'ez'y compli· Here ther are. It Is strange that in both B lack has a satlsfactory game, a~ his cated and equally dangerous fOI· both cases the playel· who is the exchange Queen Pawn Is Immune. sides. (\oll'n wins. 7 PxP Relaxing Too Early 8 R_5 1 In the (irst game of the matcb, r\"ajdor[ Not S NxP which loses a piece after wins the exdlange by a SlIrprising com· either S , .• Q- n 'lt or 8 . . , N:-.:N 9 DxQ. blnatlon. In his happiness o\·er this, D-N5t. howe\'er, he Immediatel y makes a weak 8 , B-N5 move and has diHicul ties ill holding his mack should preserve this Bishop for own thez'cafter. He hoids-Ull in a cl"iti· {!al position. he falte,·s again Hnd loses his K2. True, S ... B - K2 is not good be· 11 piece, cause or 9 N - D5. Dut 8 ... P- QR3 9 P- K3, N - N3. followcd by ... D- K 2, though QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED far from Ideal, offers bette,· chances thall pco: page 195, column 105 t he text move. M, Najdorf Dr. P. Trifunovich 9 P-QR3 BxNt White Black 11 QxQP 1 10 RxB P- KR3 ? 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 3 N-QB3 N-KB3 But Wblte, o\'el'!ooking the simple an· So it goes when tl'ouble shuts your 2 P-QB4 P- K 3 4 N-B3 B_K2 swer, thinks he ca ll win a Pawn, and cyes, Blllck npparently z·olllances about thereby loses a Pawn and the game, II B- R4, P- KN4 12 B-N3, N- K5, but "lore IIsual (and prohably e\'en luore accurate) Is ~ .. . P- B4, 11 . . . . NxP! 13 PxN RxQ o'·er!ooks the following check. The only 5 P-KJ 12 QxQ NxNt 14 B-K3 B- K3! pl ayable move is ]Q, .• 0 - 0. DJack wlsbes to lake the Queen Pawn 11 R-K3t! K-B1 To get Ollt of t he book, White trans· without weakening bis Pawn fOI"nJatlon. 12 B- B4 Iloses into the Lock \"arlallOIl or tbe Tarrasch Defense, the sidelincs of whicb H e avoids H .. , B:-.:P because of 15 R­ White has obtained a great a(iI·anlagc. al'e \'ery di([Jcult to analYze as there is Ql and either 15 . . . B- N3 16 11:1:U! or 15 The ensuing part of the game Is mainly so much choice fo r both sides, . P- K4 16 UxD! interesting fOl' the ullconselTatll"e man· 5 .. .. 0 -0 15 P-QRJ BxP 18 KxR R-Q1 t ner in which White brings the pieces of 6 P-QN3 16 BxB R,S 19 K-K1 R- QB1 his King·slde into action, 17 R.- Ql Rx Rt 20 K-Q2 B- B4 12. . . . N_B4 18 P_B4 ! P_QN3 Cl'eating the Ilosslbility of nnswering Resigns 13 P-B3 Q-N3 19 Q- B2 B_R 3 .. QPxP bl' NPxP and so a"oiding early silllpllClltions. Since 21 B- Q3 loses to 22 ... R- Q I , 14 R_B3 N-K 3 20 Q-N6 Q-K2 there is no remedy for 21 . . , It-Dit. 15 B_K 5 N-Q2 21 R_B7 R-KNl 6 • • • • P_B4 9 0-0 P- QN3 16 NxNt PxN 22 P-K3! s,. 7 B-Q3 PxQP 10 B_N2 N_QN5 t _ check: : _ dbl. check: § _ dis. e11. 17 B-Q4 Q- Q3 23 Rx B Q-K1 8 K PxP N-B3 11 B-K2 B_N2

14 CHESS REV tEW, I ANUARY, 1950 12 N- K 5 R-B1 28 QR-N1 B- R1 play in the center: .. . P - QB3 and possi' 13 R- K1 N-B3 29 Q- N6! bly .. . P- Q·!, The ensuing part at the 14 B_Q3 p,p Giving up the Queen Bishop Pawn game illustrates tile disadvantages of the There is no particular ohjectlon to 14 looks extremely rIsky. Yet this energetic text mo,'e by comparison to the advan­ tages of [he (I . • . N-K2 maneu ver. Black .. . NxP, though, after 15 NxQP, PxN 17 connter-action should s~ye the game . should have played the latter. BxN, PxP 18 BxBP, B- Q4 19 B- Q3, 29 QxQ 32 N- B1 P_KB5 White has a s ligh t superiority ill his 30 RxQ NxBP 33 R-B1 P_B5 10 N_B4 B- R2 12 B- R4 K- A1 freedom of movement. 31 RxP N-K6 34 NxN BPx N 11 B_N5! ? - R3 13 N- K 3 P-KN4 14 B- KN3 N-K2 15 NxN Ali extraordinarily tense situation. A I\ece~sary intel' polation, as, on 15 Px How can 'While stop the three terrible This maneuver has far less effect now, P1 Black has ]5 ... NxP! pllssed Pawns? for Black has already weakened his K ing·side, to shake off the pin. This 15. RxN ?! weakening forces Black to abandon all More natural Is 15 ... BxN 16 PxP, Q­ ideas of active counter·play in the center B2 or 16 .. . Q- Q2, and the Ih'ely position as opening lines wm endanger his King. resulting offerll about even challces. 14 .. . N-KR4 is not feasible because 16 Px P R- Q3?! of 15 NxKP! NxB ]6 NxN. Nor does Black now threaten 15 .. . N- R4, as 16 Black does better with 16 . .. R- Bl, ac· NxNP! NxB 17 NxB follows . quiescing to the loss of a tempo. 15 B_N1 N-A2 17 N-B5 Nx N 17 N-N5! A_Q2 16 P_Q4 P-KB3 18 PxN B-Q4?! This is as far as Black has calculated. Black erroneOll sly bei!eves that he H e now threatens 18 . .. P- QH3, winning threatens 19 ... BxN. 18 ... B- B2 is cor' the Queen Pawn. For. after 18 NxP? he I'ect, preserving this important Bishop. obtains the advantage with 18 ... Q- Rl! (stronger than 18 . .. BxP). 19 P-A4! Bx N 7 35 A-Q6 ? He does what be really cannot afford: Najdorl actually attempts to win-and namely, starting an action in the center. so brings on defeat. Instead, he must keep Any developing m ove, e.g., 19 . . . R- Kl, lhe Bfshop under attack and play 35 Rx is better. P at once, thereby securing a draw. On 35 . .. H-Nl 36 RxB! or 35 .. . P-Q6 36 R­ 20 Qx B PxQP Q4!!-Black must take the draw, by 35 21 R_K1 ! . H- N1 36 RxB, as he loses otherwise. T he positional refutation of Black's 35 . . . . P- Q6 37 A_ B1 P- Q7 action. To take Hdvantage of the pas, 36 AxBP A-N 1! 38 R-Q1 sibility, R- K6, White must occupy the King file before Black gets In .. . R- Kl. A sad necessity ; 3S R- RJ is futile after 3S . .. R- QB1! 21 . . . . Q- Q2 23 PxBP B_B4 22 QxP Px BP 24 R- KG Px P 38 P_K7 40 RxQ B_B3! 39 Aj 6xP 41 R-Q2 R_R1 Black has a very bad game; so he can­ Px R (Q)f Resigns not be blamed for making this risky at· 18 P- Q5!! tempt to obtain counter-play. The open A fine, surprising combination which Black wins easily. The Qneen Hook Pawn must fall after ... B- K1- B2. King Knigllt flIe, however, favors White, thwarts Black's plan. Aftel' 18 ... P - QR3 ultimately. 19 R- K3!! White threatens 20 BxN, Bx D 21 BxPt! and thel'e[ore gains time for 25 Bx RP Q- N2 the favorable exchange, 20 PxP. Back to Methusalah Now White must keep an eye on the Old-fashioned openings are supposed to possiblllty of . . . Q- N5; hIs Queen mllst 18 .... Px P ?! have the drawback of leading easily maintain control over K4 . Now Black loses the exchange, thel'e, to dull positions. But does the Queen's 26 B-R2 QR-N1 by revealing the second point of the com· Gambit- provided one wishes to call it 27 Q-Q5! N-N4 bination in 18 P- Q5!! a modern opening- not a lso lead to dull 18 ... P - KH3 is no better, because of pOSitions If Black refuses to cooperate? 19 R- K3! whereby White wins time for Such contemplations may have Induced 20 PxP (on 19 ... PxP, 20 B- B5!). Najdorf in choosing one of the oldest The only a lternative is 18 ... P - N3, lines of one of the oldest openings. He The consequenceS al'e not clear and so earned the following fine victor y, in this, may offer better chances than the text the third match·game. move: e.g. . 19 Q- B3, P - QR3 (on 19 . .. GIUOCO PIANO PxP? White has 20 RxB!) 20 N- R3, P ­ QN4. But opening the diagonal [01" the peo: page 96, col umn 13 White Queen Bishop is very dangerous. M. Najdorf Dr. P. T ri funovic h 19 B- B5! P-QR3 White Black 20 BxR QxB 1 P- K4 P-K4 3 8- B4 B-B4 21 B_R 3? 2 N- KB3 N- QB3 4 P-B3 N-B3 A serious oversight that enables Black 5 P- Q3 to obtain ample compensation for the ex· Here we are. Experts of the past can· 28 QR-K1 ! change. With 21 N- R3, White should win sidered this line the Quietest of the Nice and conclusive-though merely - technical difficnlties notwithstanding. "Quiet Game" and therefore called it a matter of routine. Under s imilar cir_ 21 8-B4! 24 N_K2 Q- B3 Giuoco Pianissimo. cumstances, it is fairly common to give up 22 BxB PxB 25 P-B3 N_N5! 5 P_Q3 7 P_QR4 P_QR3 the exchange rather than move an an­ chored Rook. 23 N-B3 P-Q5 26 N-N3 N- KG 6 0-0 B_N3 8 N- R3 0 - 0 27 Q- N3 P-B4! 9 B-A2 B- K3 28 N,R Black has reached a rille position by Many old examples of this variation 29 PxN QA-K1 means of forcing moves. Now he pre· show Black carrying OUt the maneuver 30 Q-B5 P-Q4 vents even 28 RxN (In view or 28 .. . Px ... N- K2- N3 . It anticipates difficulties White threatens R-K4- KB4- among R 29 QxP? P - B5) and so retains winning anslllg from a pin on Black's K ing other things- so Black must get his chances. Knight and a ls o prepares fOI' counter· Bishop on K2-at all costs.

CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1950 15 31 Bx QP B_ K 2 33 P-KB4 P-B3 failed to find this P~KH 4 ~! Q-:'\S, with the threat of 25 32 B_ K 4 R-Q1 34 K - R2 R-Q4 strong continuation. Again ~t ltubinstein, NxKP, OtherwJse White wins wit h 35 R- KS. at Ost rava, 192 5, he continued with 11 23 N-N7t Resi gns The fight is over. BxN, obtaining a game With only about 35 Bx R Px B 38 Qx QP RxR e\·en chances. 36 R-K3 R- KN1 39 B x R P-B4 11 _ _ Q_ K 2 37 R-N3 Q- B1 40 B_B2 Resigns Beginning with this move, whiCh has ~':,.. UNITED STATES been conside r·ed but hardly tested, so far, Black lea,·es the main line, intro­ U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, 1949 OLDENBURG,1949 duced In 1935 by the Danish master, C. The Hunt for Two Bishops Poulsen: 11 . .. P- N4 12 B- NS, NxP 13 Alekhine plus Gruenfeld PxP, P - Q4 14 P- K6 ! II"ith strong attack­ ThIs little game casts a new light upon Having obtained a satisfactory game ing chances for Vi'hil e. T he variation a n Important defense t o the Ru}" Lopez. by the abnormal recourse of wildly push­ T he defense is based on the possible ex­ h~s many side Ilnes but it seems th~t ing Pawns, \Vhite fails t o speed his de­ \Vhite obtains a promising initiative, any_ changing of( of White's King Bishop velopment. Instead, he ventures wit h h is way. under c!t·cumstances supposed to favor Queen and tbereby exposes h is b .·oad \Vlt h the text move. Black is going to Black. The ga me constitutes a challenge cente.' to counters l ike those in the Alek­ hol Li the center bu t fall frightfully be­ to such experts as Alekhine, Janowski hine and GruenFeld defenses. Indeed, the hind in de velopment. Abandoning the and Rubinstein and is proof of Emanuel vehemellce of Black's altack which en­ center with 11 . .. PxP. ho\\"en~r, is eQu~l­ Lasker's wonderful chess Instinct. sues is compar~ble to the combi ned Ir insufficlent. White has a superior strength of both t hose lines. R U Y LOPE Z game after 12 NxP, B- K 2 13 N- B5. Be­ POLISH OPE NI NG P CO: page 374, column 120 sides, t he re is t he continuation: 12 P- K5, PCO: pa ge 108, co lumn 18 W. Unzic k er F. Saemisc h PxP 13 !\""xKP. B- K 2 H Ox!\"". PxB 15 N­ Q3 which is at l ea~ t unpleasant for H_ E. Oh m an A_ C. L udw ig White Black mack. White Black 1 P-K4 P_ K4 3 B- N5 P-QR3 12 N- B3 P- B 3 2 N-KB3 N_QB3 4 B-R4 P-Q3 1 P-QN4 13 Q- Q3 P- N 5 5 0 - 0 N_B3 This ope ning Is also callen "Engliscb" In this position, Black is supposed to As was the case In the Lasker- Hubin­ according to its first promoter', Berthold s tein game mentioned earlier, Black threaten 6 ... P-QN4 7 U- N3, N- QIH. Englisch, or "Orang·Utan" according to must keep an eye on the possibility of 6 P - BS, therefore, is generally considered Tartakoyer, who gratefully remembered the best move_ NxQNP. T h~t is the r eason for the seem­ how, during the New York tournament of ingly inconsistent text move. After the 1924, he had been pondering what t o play 6 R-K1 app~r·ent1y consist ent IS .. . P- N4 14 D­ next d~y a nd came up with his idcn, In the footsteps of Emanuel Lasker­ NS, N- Q2, White obtains a decisive ad­ while admiring tbe t h oughtful features of the only leading mast er who stubbornly vantage with 15 P - Q5 ! He threatens 16 tIle orangoutan in the Bronx 1,00. refused to consider the possible exchang­ PxP, followed by 17 N-Q5. The only par­ 1 N- KB3 5 P- K 5 N- K 1 ing off of White's Bishop a real threat ry to this threat is 15" . P-Q04, but 2 B_N2 P_ KN3 6 P_Q4 P-Q3 here. tben \Vhit e launches a winning attack 3 P-K 4 B_N2 7 P_ KB4 PxP 6 .. , _ with]6 NxQXP! PxN QxP. P-QN4 I. 4 P-QB4 0-0 8 BPxP 7 B-N3 N-QR4 ?! The conclusion. therefore, is Black a l­ Blacl,'s passive attitude has enabled A move frequently played by Janowski ready lacks an adequate defense. White to obt~in 11 s~tisfactory game by vs. Lasker, thor oughly analyzed by .1 4 N-Ql Q-K3 mo,·ing PawilS a lmost exclusively. This Q,S RubInstein and strongly commended by 15 BXN outcome, of course, is an exception, Alekhlne. Emanuel Lasker never fully 16 N-K 3 ! 8 __ _ sncceeded in proving that ·Whit e has a P-N3 9 Q_B3 good game, Yet, as it looks today, only Emanuel was right. But t rying to achieve a major adyan, Black's safe line consists in transpo· tage here is a grave miseonce ption and sition into the TchigOl'ln system by 7 qu ickly spoils White's game. Ra pid de­ B- K2, etc. velopment is imperative: 9 N- KBS, etc. 8 P- Q4 N,S 9 • • •• P-QB3 11 Px P NxP 9 RPxN B_N2 10 P- N 5 B-N2 12 Q_K 4 N- R4 10 B-N5! 13 P_ Q5 Emanuel Lasker's move to whIch Alek_ hine and Rubinst ein paid hardly any at­ t ention. They analyzed only 10 P xP, Nx P which leads to a gre~ t complex of varI_ ations, most of them favoring Black, bllt proving White can force a perpetual White threatens to win t he King check In t he maIn line. Pawn by 17 PxP, PxP I S N- !\""4 , and has 10 P-R3 gained a deadly adYan<;>e in development, 11 B_ R4! 16 ... _ Q-K 3 17 PxP ! E ven stronger t han 17 t '- Q5. 17 ... , 18 QR-Q1

Threatening l ~ NxP and so forcing the 13 .. , . N-Q3 ! following reply which we a!{ens the mack With this SUrprise lIlon' , the pUll i~h · K ing-side. mellt begins. \Vhite is lost ,,·batever he 18 P- B3 20 Nj3-B5 R-K N1 plays. 19 N-R4 P_Q B4 21 Q-N 3 P-N4 14 Q-B2 22 Q-N4 PxN After 14 PxN, BxB 15 PxP, Q - Q~ 16 An oversight. After 22, __ Q- B2, how­ PxR(Q)t. RxQ, Blnck reco\·ers h is Rook ever, White wins easily: e.g., 2S N-B3, and h~s a. clearly winning IJ osition-

16 CHESS RE VIEW, JANU ARY, 1950 White Is horribly lInder·developed, 14 Q­ This is forced; ,,"'hite can neither al· Another in C Oll.~lste nt more. As \\'il l be· IH is also hopeless because of ].I, , , p­ low 10" , Q- R5t nor sacrifice tile Knight. cOllie ob\'lous, the wcakening or K!\3 QN,I! 1;} Pxl', DxQP, etc, With the text 10 . , , . P_KB3! OIlll' diminIshes \\"hi te ' ~ chances of open. move. 'Yhi;;e protects bls Bishop alld so With tlris well·calculated Juon: , mack ing lines on the Kin g·~ id e, 10 0 - 0 -0 Is tbreatens 15 PxN, definitely obtains the at!\'antage. hetter, 14 , .. . N_B4 10 , , , , P-B4 H",I,1\'xP 15 BxN, H-B l is likewise 11 0 -0-0 N-KB3 m\ln!erolls. 12 N-R3 QN- Q2? 15 B-Q3 A- B I Stl'all/o:'ely enough, Black ignores the 16 Q-K2 P- K3 ,I:tngerous threat of "'- J\l\:5- K6, H e must Black threatens 17 .. ,NxP 18 DxQ"', I'lar 12 .. , P- Dr.! with Ihe illea of 13 B­ Q- 1l5t-among olhet' things, He now H2, Bx:\'! 1,1 HxB. N-KH,] ! T hen Wb ite wins at will. is finn l)' he ld on t he K ing·side-Col', if e\'el' his King Knight Pawn advances, 17 Px P PxP 20 PxB N,P its Cal)ture creates a more serious 1I0ie 18 B- A3 R- KB2 21 B)( QN Q- R5t at h is Kn~. 19 N_KB3 BxN 22 K_B1 R,B lJIack may ha\'e omitted 12 ... P- B5! Resig ns becllllse of 13 .1\x P, PxN H BxDP- a posillonal sacrifice which Is hard to reo NEW YORK CHAMPIONSHIP 11 P- B5? fUle, D1:\ ck cannot afford, however, t o While misses his cOl11paratiYely best ;J\,oid sucb des perate sacrifices. Rochester. 1949 clwllce, The sacrifice of the Knight is 13 B_QB4 Q_B2 Incurable? hO]leless, Also h opeless is 11 N- KH3 be· Black st.1lI shoulll play ]3", P- 1l5 ! be· cal1se of IJ" , P-KB~! 12 N - l'\5', PxP Spielm~Uln, the great expen of the I: 11 11 Se, aftel' H D- D2, N-N3! White Killg'S GamiJlt, once wrote an article; (13 NxP. Q-R5t 14 K- K2, Q- J.;:2!) , The in'oids the exchnnge of his Ki ng K n ight only B-D,], 12 From lhe Slcllbed of tbe King's Gnmblt, playable line is 11 PxN only by e nhancin!; D\;)ck's development: Bx:-;, I'xP 13 BxP, ",Iany years have passed, but tbe patient 15 13xN, Qx13 IS l\'- KN5, B- Q2 17 N- K6, has not improved; the following gHlile Then, on (a) 13, ,Q- D3, H B- K3. Q­ KH- B l , !\S 15 IJ-QIJ·I, QxP 16 Q-K2! and Blac k is recent [lews [l'om his sickbed, \Vbite 14 B_N3 PxP? t!'ies a Cl1!'e in Phllldol'lan style which has to lake a draw witb 16", Q- D6. Or, on (b) 1:1." Q-R5t 1-1 K - K2, Q- H6, anl\, Black now (aces seriollS dlrffclllties in completely fail~, althullj'!'h Black a t least wins a Pa\\'n In any casc. He does better. however, to KI NG'S GA M BIT a 1\:00(1 position, Wbile can still fight. avoid hal'lng to exchange off White's PCO; page 115, column 15{m ) 11 , • • PIIN Knight, at K6; e,g" 1-1",1'- 05 15 B- 1.;:132, !\-D,J 16 DxN, QxD 17 N - KN5, R­ H . Berl iner M , Pavey 12 QII P BxQP Kl .1 8 !\-K6, Q-"'3, White Black After Ihis weakening of White's cell· 15 N-KN5! N- B4 17 N_K6 B, N 1 P- K4 P-K4 W I' , he i~ unable LO obeilill a l'e,lSOllable 16 BxN Q, B 18 PxB 2 P-K B4 p, p :Iunck, The rest is easy, 3 N- K B3 P-KA3 13 B-QB4 N-KB3 20 K_K l Q-N6t Albin Decker's recommendation. Black 14 Q, P Q-K 2 21 K- Bl B-R6t plays ~l refined for m of tbe Classic De· 15 Q-N6t K-Ql 22 K_K2 Q-N7t fense ( 3 ... P- KN,I), The refinement COli· 16 N-B3 BIINt 23 K- K l Q-N8t sists in t he preclusion of the really dan· 17 P, B QxPt 24 K_K2 B-N5t gerous l'ieserit ... ky Gambit: 3", P-KN~ 18 K-Ql QxKBP 25 K- Q3 Q-B8t ,I P-KR4! P- N55 N - K5! 19 Q-B7 Q- B6t Resigns 4 P-Q4 P- K N4 5 P_ K R4 This mO\'e mat'ks the Ph!lidol' Gambit. 4Y- LATIN AMER.ICA The altemati\'e is the Hanste!n G,uubil ; 5 B-QB~, D- l'\2 6 0 - 0, Doth these lines BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP favOl· Diacl" but Hnn ~ tein 's constltlHes, Spiel mann, White's best according to Rio de Jan eiro, 1949 Thanks now to his might y passed chance, C !'I eck the Invader 1'1I\\,1\ and contl'ol of the opened Queen 5 B-N2 file , White hns a Ileci!.i\,(l ari\'ant age, \Vhen a Knight threatens to penetrate 6 PxP with of ,In l'- K!§, Jlis llosition, Dlack fails to recognize that iml11elliate threat l~o l' a p11l'ti<; l1 lar reilson, White omit~ he must exchange it and so loses, The 18 , , , , P_Q4 6 B-QD'I- the onlin~II'Y cO llt inl1ation, oiefending Brazilian Champion, w ho Black hopes fot' J9 DxP, NxD, but 18 6 Px P ul timately kept h is title, s uffered thiS KH- KI 01' 18 .. , K - JU Is better, 7 RxR Bx A in fifth round, see back t he 19 PxP ! N, P 8 P-K N3 21 K-N1 Q, Q K IN G'S INDIAN OEFENSE 20 QxP B- A3t 22 A xQ Nx Nt This is the attempted cure. White PCO, page 27 8, co lumn 136 (c) wishes to iJreak BlaCk's Pawn chain on After 22", !\- D3, White also wins l. Tavares the King·side, He \'irtually ~ lI ccccds, His Dr. W. O. CrUl easily by 23 Hxl' or 23 P- K7. sllccess. howc\'cl'. turns Ollt to be a fail, While Dlack 23 PxN KA-K1 Ilre with reg.ln] t o the sa fcty of hi!; 0\\"11 1 P_QB4 N-KB3 5 B_K3 P-Q3 Ot· 23", K- IU 24 1'- K7. KR- Kl 25 Rx J\ing, 2 N_Q B3 P- K N3 6 P- B3 P- 8 3 P :llld White wins Ihe excilange because s P-Q3! 3 P_Q4 8 - N2 7 Q_Q? P- K4 (If the t hl'ellts of ::6 U- R I or 26 D-ni, Black stll'1'em]E'I'S Ihe gllmbil Pawn in 4 P-K4 0 - 0 8 P-Q5 24 A_Q7 B-K6 onler to oiJlaln IJOsiliolla l a(\\'anlages, The lext mo\'e promises lillie. White 25 A- KB1 Resigns He threatens 9".1'- "'5, leaving W hite s hould snstain the tension in the cen· If 25", D- D5. 26 1'- 1\3, BxP 27 K H­ is lei', fOl' the no choice, 8.,. P- N5 not good because lime being at least, with D7 ,1Ild llIack gels mated, of 9 N- H2! PxP 10 QxP, with [inc S Ji:N- K2! chances for \Vh ite, S p , p Note: ~'or selection of foreigu games, 9 PxP P-N5! 9 BPx P N- K 1 see the following pages, devoted to tbe 10 N_N5 10 P- KR4 Absolute Championship of the USSR,

CHESS REVIEW , JANU ARY , 1950 17 THE 17th ABSOLUTE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE U. S. S. R. 1949

Annototions by Hans Kmoch 29 P- R3! ! Simple and t!(lci~ i ve. Blnck recovers the Pawl! at least and is s ure of victor y CHE SS REV IE W p resents the liest games, so far pllblished out· nnder the I1reSel!t c!l·cnmstances. side the USSR, in the 1949 Russian Championship. More 30 N-Q3 The ending is too bad for White after ga mes will appear in a continui ng article next month and 30 Q- N4, QxQt 31 PxQ, PxP: e.g., (a) olh ers, as 50011 as available, in "Games from Recent Events." 32 P-DS, ItxU: (b) 32 PxP, BxP 33 8-Bl, ltxlt 3·] Kxlt, R- Blt, etc.; (c) 32 N- Q3, IJxIJ 33 NxB, Pxl', etc" or instend 33 RxD, HxH. 34 NxH, H-H7, etc. Professor Flohr 14 Q P:w.:P Q P:w.:P T he text loses el'en more quickly . As we know from many stor ies about 15 N :w.:P N_ B4 30 . Bx B professors, t he pedagogic mind WOrllS in 16 P_Q N4? 31 N :w.:B mysterious ways wit hout precisely per­ White should simplr protect his King Or 31 HxU, Hx]{ 32 "xH, Q- K7 ! fo r ming wonders. In the following game. Pawn by 16 P- B3! How Black could then 31 • . • • Rj7_R6 33 R- KN1 B-K3! Black sacrifices a Pawn for little com­ obtllin rCllsonnble l"on,pensation 16 not 32 K - R2 R- K 6 ! Resigns pensation. White takes t he Pawn but , appal'en lo instead of simply keeping it. turns it 16 Q NxP back only to capltlr e it again at consider. 17 N:w.:N Collapse of Morale a ble cost. Black emerges wilh a superior White is going to takc t he Pawn at The I'ariation that Dlack chooses in position and wins. the expense of yielding his importalll this gil me has a vel')" bad recot·d. Yet OUTCH DEFE NS E King Bishol) for a K night. He will weak. Li1!enthal handles it with remar kable p eo : page 299, column 199 en his King·side nnd eoneetie Black two skill. I-Ie reduces White's mighty center to an isolated Pawn that, for al1 the S. Flohr A . K otov strong Bish ops. It is much wiser to st r ive for a good game without any mao adl'antages which it offers, also consti­ White Black terial alh·anlage. With \T N- Q3! - 'Vhite t utes 11 weakness. In the cruclal stage, 1 P-Q4 P _ K3 3 P- K N3 N_ KB3 can easily reach that objeclin}. t here is Home hope for Black- all the 2 P-QB4 P-KB4 4 B- N2 B_K 2 17. momentary difficulties notwithstanding. 5 N-K B3 P-Q3 18 P_ B5? But Lilienthal seemingly suffers a bt·eak. This system is consiuered Inferior to (loWII o( morale. In a ylol('nt attempt de· ~'lohl" is getting old. Some fifteen years the Stonewall (S . •. P - Q·\). It has, how. rlnitely to (lisijoll'e his 0p\1onent's sel'ere ever, been reanalyzed l'ecfmtly and to a ago. he woult! hardly hn"e looked at this press\Il'e, he sacrifices the exchange­ move. It opens a fine post at Q·1 for certain extent r estored to favor in Soviet and 101les quickly. Blnck's pieces, I S P- D3 or 18 P - D4 still chess circles. T he a na lysts fonnd that leal'es White well off. N I M ZOI NDIAN D E FENSE Black can obtain a good game by sacri­ pea : page 251, co lumn 56 ficing bis King Pawn. He has to do so 18 B- K 3 20 R:w.:N B-Q4 by ... P- K4 in reply to White's P- K4. 19 B:w.:P N ,B 21 R-K2 p , p S. F urm an A . L ilient h al Kotov is aiming at this possibility. 22 PxP B-B3 ,Vhlte mark Fluhr thwarts his plan by playing 1'- K ·] I31nck 11011" has amLJle compensation for 1 P-Q4 N_ KB3 3 N-Q B3 B- N5 only lifter careful preparation. the Pawn. His supremacy on the white 2 P-Q B4 P- K 3 4 P-K 3 0 - 0 S(IUares is particularly telling. 6 0 - 0 0 -0 10 B- N 2 N-R3 The recommended lin ~ is " ... P-Q4. 7 N- B3 Q-K1 11 QR- K1 P- B3 23 P_B4 R_ R7 25 Q-Q3 R/ 1_R5 Since P- I\·\ for White i;; prevented, it 8 Q-B2 Q-R4 12 P-QR 3 B-Q1 24 R/ 2_B2 R/ 1- R1 26 P-N4 enables Hlael, to continue with S •.. B- K2 9 P-N3 P-R4 13 P_K 4! P-K4?! An energetic attempt to obtain COUll ­ aflel' White 's 5 P- QH3. At this advanccd stage of tIle game, ter·play which just fails. S B-Q3 P- B4 the sacrifice offers very liltle in IH'OS' 26 . • • . Q-RS 5 •.• l'- Q.j is still preferable. pect. Wh:t e Is too solid l ~' developed. But 27 Q- B5 Black lacks a satisfactory alternaU"e. 6 P_QR3 B:w.:N t 27 P- N5? loses because of 27 ... BxN'. 7 PxB P-Q4 There might follow; 28 h:B, Q- ,,5t 29 This move now leads t o the main line Q- K"3. Q-K5 !- or 2S UxB. 1l / 5- ItS 29 of the Snemisch·Uotl"innik Yariatiou Q-Ql , H-,,6t! whic h offers 'Vhlte exeellent chances for 27 R_ R1 attacl;:. 7 ... P- Q3, followed br . .. P- K4 28 P_N5 Q-R4! is better from the ijcientifi c point of 29 P-R3 I·iew. Yet Dlack fa ces great difficulties White aims for 30 Q- N.\ (which at this in this line, also. particularly since he moment wOl1ld lose a piece) . 29 Q-Q3 has already cnStle(l King, ~ide. fails aga;nst 29 . . . Bx~ (see the preced· 8 BP:w.:P K P:w.:P 13 N_N3 N_B3 ing note). If 29 Q- Q7, R- Ql forces 30 9 N-K 2 P-QN3 14 B_N2 R_QB1 Q-B5 with loss of a tempo. 10 0 - 0 B_R3 15 Q R_ K1 N_QR4 11 P- B3 Bx B 16 P_K4 N_B5

t _ check; ~ _ dbl. check; ~ _ dis. eh. 12 Qx B R-K1 17 B_ B1 P :w.: QP !

18 CHESS REVIEW, JA NUARY, 1950 This exchange per'mits proper' <1cUvity for' the Black pieces and is, therefore, much better' than the advance , P- QB5 which occurs almost Invariably, sooner' 01' later In this !lne, 18 BPxP p,p 19 PxP N-K4! Another' improvement on the common strategy: Black is going to employ this Knight on the King·side Instead of on the Queen·side, 20 Q-Q2 N-N3 21 P- K5

White can har dly m<1ke progress UIl· less he advances one of the center Pawns, But which one? Doth pushes have advantages awl disadvantages; but 21 P- Q5 seems mOl'e 10gi c<11 since White's Bishop can work on tile long diagonal. The reply, 21 . . R- B5, i s not so dlstm·b. ing as It lOoks. White can meet it with 22 Q- Q3, N - K 4 23 Q-K2. The text move. however, is S<1fel·. Its main merit is t he creation or a strong post for the Knight at Q6. 21 N-Q4 22 N-B5 R_K3 23 Q-KB2 Grandmasters A. Lilienthal and S. Flohr fight it out onthe Wbite threatens :N NxP 01' N- R6t . chess board in the 17th Chess Championship 0/ the USSR. 23 . . . . Q-Q2 25 Q-N3 PxP 24 P-K R4 P-B3! 26 PxP N/4-K2 T aking with the Bishop, followed 27 N-Q6 Strate9Y and Tactics Modern va riations, with their tendency ably by 0 - 0 - 0, Is necessary. to postpone the opening of lines, rarely lead to quick decisions in the center. This nlee little game Is an exception. Occupied with modern strategy, WhIte forgets for a moment that there Is sllch a thing as old· fashioned tactics and sees his fortifications smashed by a sudden twist. NIMZO IN DIA N DEFENSE peo: page 226, note 5 V. Mi kenas P. Keres White Black 1 P_Q4 N_KB3 3 N- QB3 B_N5 The game has noll' reached its crucial 2 P_QB4 P- K3 4 Q-Q3 13 P-KN4! point. White has a strong attack, but the 14 N-Q3 RxPt!! '1'hls very unusual move has been tried issue Is uncertain since his King Paw n 15 KxR N- K4! hefore only hy O'Kelly. A s against other requires care. Black shOU l d play 27 ... continuations, it has the moderate slgnl· A rather simple combination, hut very R- Q1, threatening 28 . .. NxKP 29 RxN, ficance ot giving immediate protection SIlI'IH'lsing, nice and conclusive, For so QxN. After 28 B- N2, N- B 3, he again to the Queen Bishop Pawn as well as the little mater'illl as the exchange for a threatens the King Pawn and so main. square, K4. Pawn. Black obtains a tremendous attack. talns counter·chances. If 28 N- B7, R-KD1 16 Q-R4 29 N- N5, Black wins the King Pawn with 4 .... P-B4 6 B- Q2 29 ..• RxRt 30 KxR, Q-N4t. 5 P-Q5 0-0 7 PxP 'I'here Is no chance whatsoever for any I nstead, Black collapses. Playing for pressure on the Queen me organized res ist ance. 16 BxNt 27 .... RxB? instead rails, f or Black obtains a great 17 K-Ql P-N4 28 RxR NxKP advantage in development: 7 NxP, BxDt 18 Q- R6 29 Q-B2! S QxU. NxN (8 .. . N-K5? 9 Q-B2, Q­ R4t?? 10 P- N4!) 9 QxN. P- Q3, threat· H ere the Queen soon gets trapped; but, \Vhlte's att ack Is stronger than ever. ening 10, .. N- B3, followed by 11, . . B­ after 18 Q- N3, N / 3- N5, Black also wins T his fact, and not the slight material K3, etc. easily. difference, decides the game, The main factor Is that Black's K nigh ts lack strong. 7 P-Q3 9 B-N2 B-R3 18 , ' ,. Q- Q2! holds in the central zone. 8 P- KN3 P-QN3 10 Q-B2 QN-Q2 Black tilreatens 19 ... Q- mit, thereby 11 N- R3 R-K1 preventing 19 BxP, and also h e closes 29. P_ KR3 White's tr'eatment of tile opening has in on White's Queen. Or 29,. KR- . Q- Ql 30 Q- R2 ! QxN 31 not worked very well. Black has a good 19 K_Bl P_QN5 Ql! game, owing to his pressure on the KIng 20 Q_R5 P-QR3! 30 Q-B8t K_R2 32 QxNt P-N3 rile, Res igns N,N 33 Q_B8 R_Kl 31 N-B5 12 N-B4 Black t hreatens 21 .. , N- B 5, winning 34 Q_B4 P- KR4 13 Px B ? t he Queen. After 21 Q- N 6, Black plays If 34 . . , N- Q6, 35 R- Bi wins a piece. White sees a chance of shutting in 21 ... B-N4, again threatening 22 . . . N ­ 35 R- QB3 R-K2 Black's Bishop, by means of P-QB'I, and B5, and, If then 22 B-Bl, he wins the 36 R-K3 Resigns succumbs to it. The text move loses. Queen with 22 . .. NxP ,

CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, l'JSO 19 HOW TO WIN IN THE OPENING by I. A. HOROWITZ RUY LOPEZ (Second Article of Three) The Open Defense INth e main variation of the R uy Lopez, \\ lllite main· tains th e initiative clearly th roughout th e opening and well into the middle game. Although Black can achieve equality with best play, the o n liS of perfection rests on hi m. It is indeed unappeti zing for a pl ayer to be confronted with a line whi ch, at hest and afler taxing him to the utmost, grants mere eq uality. There is, noneth eless, no known method for Black to seize th e initiative-bestowed upon While-with­ out incu rring certain risks. There is, however, an acti ve li ne fo r Black. This defense gmnts him a considerable measure of coun­ (crpla y at the expense of secil rity of pos iti on. For the player who prefers the rough and tumhle way, Th.e typical position - after Block's movc, 5 the active, or so-cal led open, defense is th e 'Hlswer. NxP - in the Open f) efe ll.~e (0 the Rny Lopez.

This defense arises as follows : 6 . P-QN4 !llae k's Queen·s icl e mnjority beeomes dangerons. Jo'urthe t'lllOre, sinee \Vhit e is While Blal; k Ulack wi;;hes to play . P- Q'1. He call "otlte mplatilll{ an e l'elltnal King·s icl e as· 1 P-K4 P_ K4 3 B-N5 P-QR3 not do ~o "t once: for. "fl e l' G . .. P-Q'1 ~ault . he shOUld avoill :llly unprofitable 2 N-KB3 N- QB3 4 B- R4 N_B3 7 "xl'. Ola,'I, jg \'irtn~1i) ' rOI" 'ed 10 l,lay f'XdJallges. AU: ... k is b:l ~ e(l on force, 5 0 - 0 N,P j .. . B- Q2 01' II I ace bi s pi "" 'es on awk­ ami eonseQne ntly White should l'e Utin warrl po~1g. A mtller ~\lh!le combina­ his forces. tion then f()l1o"'~: e.g .. lj. I'- Q,I" XxI'. n - Q 2 8 1\'xP : KxX 9 Q- rt 5t. K-K3 10 8 . . , , B-K3 X-fJ3. an,l \\·hite's oll.~lallghl is ovcr· wileiminJ:' (Sl'e Winning Chess Traps, Ulack defends the Queen Pawn. ~ow he threatens 9 . .. N - I3·1 to gain II 13ishop pnge -Il). for a Knight. Thus, by !'frst dl'i l' ing the Bisbop. Dlaeh: i~ able to Foll ow wilh ... P- Q4 ns 9 P-B3 his QUeen K night will not hI' pinned. White c reales an exit for the 13ishoTI 7 B_N3 P- Q4 in the el'eut that it is nttac ked. 9 Q-K~ is an ahernatil'e hlU highly illl'olved As lIe r Illan. line of play. III il. \\·hile refHli ly parts ",ith his Dishop. if nee d be, in return for unmitigaled p T "I.' ~~ t1 r e 011 the nill ck Qneen I3y I;aptul'ing the King Pawn, Blad, ex, Pawn_ He j'ol1o\l'~ lip with H-Qt. poses his King l~ night as a target and opens lines leading to his King, S ince 9 ... , B-K 2 White mnst del'ote hi~ eHurts to l'el:OI'er­ ing the Pawn and maintaining his initia, til'e, Black enjoys some leeway, 6 P-Q4 Thill move offers White the best chance of reaching both h is o bjedil'e~ ­ the recol'ery of the I'IIWt\ and the reten­ tion of his ini tiatil'e. 6 H- Kl a lso recovers the Pawn. For t he re is no good way for illaek to retain s PxP it. Thus, if 6 .. . P- Q·i, i 1'\;.;1'. Or, if 6 The leXl move is ~npe l' i or 10 S NxP on . .. N- B'I, 7 NxP. ta('tif'al and s tn,legical grounds. If 8 Nx The text move, howe l'e r, is superior to p. for f'xnmple. the continuation is 8 . 6 H- Kl; for. on 6 .. . N- O·I ,. 1\' xl', n- K ~ , NxX 9 PxN, O- K:t Then the mack Queen White is compelled to pat·t with one of nishop PIIWl\ is free to adl';1,IlCe, and mack prepares 1O l'as tle and t o com· his Bishops fOl" a Knight, without getting ::-=-C;:CCC--o--::--c;;:;-CC=;::--;--::--.;-:--:;C vlete his deq:]opme tH. 9 ... B-Q 13 ·1 is an any cOlllpensation in retllru. i _ check I f d b!. ~lo e l' k: § dis. ch. inferior alternntive.

20 CHESS REVtEW , JANU ARY, 1950 10 QN-Q2 Black perlllit~ coope ration bet.ween \Vhite th]'eat e n~ to win a piece by 18 \Vhite aims to rid himself of mack's ihe [{ooks on the la,'! "ank, Black is re­ Nxll, foHowed by 1~ P - D3, advanced Knight.* ~iglletl to parting with a Bishop for n 17 6-B1 Knight. Fo!' he eXpect s Quickly 10 utilize 10 0_0 his Queen,side Pawll majority. mack :lvoid8 the thrent. 13 KN_Q4 18 P-QR4 "'hit e nttacl.s Dla(·k's Queen and aims \\'hite seeks to open t he Hook file or (0 (lrin.l Bl ack's well posteti Knight at 10 dis rupt Black's Q ueen·side Pnwn for­ K.'i, at th e opportune " 'oment. mation, 18 P-N5 19 PxP ·White breaks up Blatk's chain or Pawns. 19

11 6-62 White pu ts pressure Oil mack's well posted Kaight. If inste;l(t 11 NxN, PxN 12 DxD, PxD, \Vhlte's King Knight must move, and his King Pawll goes by the wayside, Then "'hite a chieves mere 13 equality, at besl, when naturnlly he is If 13", XxKP 14 I~ - Kl , the threat of seeking an ndl'nlltage , 15 P-B~ 01' 15 NxB, followed by 16 P­ 11 • P_64 ll3, is d ifficult to IWlHlle, Black nims to maintain the Knight at 14 NxN K5, Inferior alternatives a re, (a) 11 If H PxN, in orde r to retard the ad­ The position is about eyen, If any side Hillce 01' Blaek's Queen Bishop Pawn, the Nxi\" 12 QxN, 1'- B3 l~ PxP, BxP 14 N­ is to be prefet'l'ed, it is \Vhite's--'-hls N5, ilxK 15 QxE, QxQ 16 ExQ after which continuation might be 14,., 1'- Q1I1 15 passed l'awn call be supported but the adyantage of the two Bishops a nd T'-E3, P-]{5, anti Blael. emerges with a Black's is isolated, the better Pawn strnctnre rests wi t h pillS iu position, For h is forces are bet, This variation is from the first game White ; 01' (b) 11." N - BI 12 N-Q·j (in" WI' posled, of the match, EogolYlibov vs, Euwe, 1928. tending P- KD4-5), NxP 13 Q- R5, N-N3 14 . . P-64 The game witli Euwe as Black continued: 14 P - KB4, B-Q~ 15 P-D5, N-Hl 16 P - Dti, lllack sets the Pin\"11 majority immedi· 20 Q-K2 N-64 28 P-R4 with an irresistible aHatk for \Vhite, ately in motion, Q-K2 These alternatives arise from actual 21 B- K3 P-QR4 29 R-Q4 P- N4 game H. 15 N-K2 22 B,N Q,B 30 PxP p,p Observe that, ill ortler to maintain the 15 !\xB gil'es \Vhite the two Bishops, 23 6 _N 3 6-N4 31 Q-Q2 R-Q2 Knight at K5, Black permits " ' hite to Sill pe Dla('\,'s Pawils nl'e mobile, how­ 24 Q-63 B,N 32 R-Ql P-65 have a protedetl pas setl Pawn, ever, and " ' hite's King Pawn is fixed , 25 Q,B K- Rl 33 Q- K2 P- B6 the advalltage of the two Bishops is 26 KR- K1 6- K3 34 Q-K3 Q- R2 dubious, I~or Knights show at their best 27 QR-Ql P-R3 in fiH·t! Pawn positions, The retreat of the Knight is mainly to relaia resiliency in the position, The Knight can maneuver to a better post. 15 , , . , QR- Q1 Blac]. reinfor<:es the QUeen Pawn, one of the ,,-ea!; spots ill the position, and also prepares its ndvance, 16 N_64

At this juncture, Dlack enjoys free­ dom of movement. His P awn formation, l!owel'er, is full of holes, whkh in tum Final Position jeopardize the SP cllrity of his position, As yet, howevel', no s ure way of exploit­ Afte r 35 BxP, ExB 36 ItxD, HxR 37 ing these defects has bef'll found, TIxTI, Q- N8t 38 K-R2, Q- U2t and Black 12 N-N3 gets a perpetual as 39 K- N3 is mere suicide, The a[temath'e, 12 1'x1' e,p" intending to undermine t he s upport of the Knight, Conclusions and recommendations appears to favor maPle E, g" 12 PxP e,p" I II the Open Defense to the Huy Lopez, NxP/ 3 l3 N - N3, B- Ki\"5! H Q-Q3, ;.1- K5 the initiative which Black gains more 15 QN-Q4, Nxi\" IG Xxi\", E- Q3, aIHI Bla<:k 16 , , Q-B3 thall offsets his chronically weak Pawn eujo),s altaeki ng prospects' 17 N- BG, Q­ The impetuous advance of either the structure, Up to the present, moreover, U5 18 QxPt, K- Hl 1~ P - KN3, KxNP 20 QU een Pawn or the Queen Bishop Pawn no sure wny has been found of exploiting RPxN, ExI', and it is difficult for White ovens lilles which \\'hite may utilize, For Black's weaknesses, to ward off the onslaught. e xample, if 16", P- B5 , 17 B-K3 and 12 Q-Q2 Black's Qu een Pawil remains backward, The game in the following CHESS 01', if 16" ,P- Q5, 17 PxP, PxP IS NxE, MOVIE illustrates the comparative at_ Another alternative for "'111Ie Is (li seussc(l QxN 19 D- N3 and White wins, tacking chances for Black in the Open b)' Hans Krnoeh in notes on t hc Keres ­ Lev ellfish game , USS!!, S ~ e Iwxt issue, 17 Q-R5 Defe nse to the Ruy Lo pez.

CHESS REVIEW, JANU ARY, 1950 21 Then full"w th e usual Thc g;lfnc eontinucs : 10 1 \lIun·s "f Ihe Open Dc· Q!'i- Q2, N- B4, reaching ATTACK ON THE GUARD fe" ';" ..r Ihe Huy Lopez: 6 di .. gram 3. Thc great Akiba Ttlt:ttt: CUlIlI;.'; a time to ~ trik e in al most c l 'c ry ~aIllC , siliull , howcver, is soli d, B- H4. N- In .'i 0 - 0. NxP ( ~e e diagram N", 1) . p1"il ~ lllall adva nl a ge~ . and II real fighl ensues.

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Aldd lim: n;ln;al s 11 B­ Huhi rhlcin retreats 12 :\lekhin,· wi ll"lra\\'s 14 With hi ~ King-side Pawn 3 Ul \0 prc~' : rI' e his Ui ~ h· 4 I3- JN and Alekhinc .\- 1:1. l,n·pH ri,, :! the all­ 6 ro ll er ~ l l"I ll j cd . Alckhine up. Huhinstdn p1ars 11 ... :I1I ._\,·,:r5 J:\ V- K I. breaking \·an,·,· "f hi ~ Ki"!!. ~ i ,l c Pawn e"ulinllcs wilh 16 N-_\'3. His (1-.\5. pinning Whitc'~ King II"", a:ln,,~ - in;: pin. Huhin ~ lcin maj"ri1r. I<1I1,ill-,I"ill parries "pp"ncnt cOJuntcrs : . .. p­ Kn ight and \';u;ating hi s K3 f"l1u\\" ~ wi lh 13 ... \-K3_ I-I ... B \".~ . Alckhiu(: ex­ K N ' ~ . li e chceks any id e a~ sqnare fur <>ccllilal ivn h)' his f"cu. ing ,,1\ Whil': .~ Kin;: pu­ d"lllg.t-' 15 Ihl1 Capture ,)f a Whitc l'awll ad'-ar' ee on King Knight. Alckhin c "puIS ~il i"II. Sumch" w Ilw iniliali\"(: Ipwanb the cl·ll ler is a :;00<1 Ihc King-side. Al ekhi ne de· the qll.., ~ t i"n· ' to lhe I.Ibhup hus Io ccn tran ~re rr cd to n,k "f tllllln l> . It uhinstcill. w· l"ps 17 1\- K3. and there by 12 P- Kltl. T he tempo of BLick. TIlt: ~ 1iJ!ht w c a k n e~ .' h"w,·\-,·r. do,',- nol play with fullow s : 17 ... 0 - 0 18 N­ the game is rapid. The "I!en- "r his 1';111' 11 f" rmat ioll !lOW I,i ~ th ll nil, ~ . l ie ]llay ~ 15 ._ . KB 3, Q- Q2 19 Q- Q2. lind IIII~ ill g spurring is ol'e r. [J ~~ lIlll' : ~ a minor role. l1rxl' t,) open the Ui shop fil e. critical ~ torr is told below.

5Iratc"icalh- Black has Al ckhiut! call1llfCS 20 Px Alckhinc pla)'s 23 KH ­ BJ:It: k is un the r .. m­ 7 an ul:Lill i':lI1 lc. While 8 H and tl,en Hubi nSlein 9 K I, I'aealin:;' KB1 for 10 Ilage_ There folll)"s : has a IXl sse.1 Pawn a nd rejuins lI'i lh J\" xP tl lreal­ Ilt-fen"i'-e pu rr" ' ~e$ . Hubi n­ 26 K- HL ]>- l\ 1'\5 27 Q- K2 , Black's Pawn fOfma lion is ening a ,ii~~" ,, ; lJ f :l mlali n g s\cin fires 2J ... I1- Q3. (lim· Q- B.I. \V ilh the dire threat .!i ;; nql1t:,1. T ll etic(IJl y. there is check. Xu\\" :\lckhine de­ in g al \\'hitc's Kin:;. While's of 2B .. _ Q- 1U ~ tarin g him anuther ~ ton· . Wh;ll d,lcs il fends "'ilh 21 Q- K2. and iIl-faled ddclI ses ~Ir e hel·ond in the fa \:c_ allli " il h matter if a Pawn is mi s­ Huhin,; te in I'lIt ~ un the heal rCI);lir. Fechl)·. he tries i l P­ n0thin:; II) tI" al",ut it. Alck­ placcd, Su I(JIl:; as Ilu; op­ with 21. _. [(- Kill. Again KB-I. \""w 2·1. _. N/ K3 xP hille r i's i:.;n ~_ wilh"ut further posing Kill:; i~ the lar:;et? Al(:khine dd c nd ~: 22 ~ -Q2_ penetrales. White retreats 25 plar. Of ~ lIch ~ tuff i ~ a rep­ Now 19 ... i{xl\! Lreaches An,1 HlIhln ~ t e i n maneuvers Q-Ol. and Black slashes out utation Illa!k the defe nse_ 22 ... N- N3, e ),eing KOS. with 25 . _. NxPt. Vh'(j Akiba!

22 CHESS REVtEW, JANUARY, 1950 Actlvltln 01 CHESS REVIEW Po.t:>1 Chen JACK STRALEY BATTELL players: lI~me report. &. ratlnlls. n~mu 0 1 POl tal Chen Edttor new pl ayerl. prl>:e_ wlnn .. rl . ... Iect.. d gam ... . DAVI D ROSKIND. Jr. t ourney In ltructlon, &. .. dlt ori~1 comm .. nt. Alit. Editor

TOURNAMENT NOTES Mortems: Lt. F. H. Stauffe r. H. D. Druce. . S-'·I:II I; :-; I-:'·" n ~ . . ... 1 -~ ;; - I D r. H. -'I. Coss. C. W e h de, D. H ei m , K. . ; \ \ . 11'''''!l(,t . . 1- 2 5 - I Golden Kni9hts Championships I!> -C I II G O·CollllOr ... 1-2 ;; - I Ouch l. B. -' Ion·is, X . Jan ison , A. I.. M f'· , . ~t \\""L>IO" •...... 1- 2 5 - I 1st Annua l Cha mpionships-1945 :\ul .. y (:?). n . Swanis o ll. -'I. U. G Ul"e rr. •.'_1·1 Ii \\. ) 1 lJ ; LI,~ iJ.: " r ...... t n" ~!- I I 11' -,·1:,;,'\ II I",'w~ o ll ...... 1- 2 5 - 1 This tourualilellt closes with a d jlldic~ l · I·'. " ' . '\!e'\I:IllU$, G. 1.. K :. shin, w. '\'ood­ billT. J . S. K ramer. H. E. Kn Ight and C. I [ """I'[h,,,,,,, ... 1- 2 ;; - 1 lion or unfinished J!" nH.'S this monlh. I~ - I · I '·,; \\' Jo: 1)".,Lil:ho" . . ... 2" ... .., He nden;on. The fi nal listln g of Ill'lze ~<.:orens wi ll fol­ · I ~ - l"t :, ~ \\. ,\ :-; 0";" ...... l sl " - I low the settleme llL of the a(]jl!(\ication ~. The following q uallh' for the Semi· ". !l"l'k" ... 2" ... H-II IS-I ' l~ I · 1 IJ 1J, · ",,,h· ~ lh f!nal~: ;>' 1. O. Skarstoll . .T . W . Nelson. H. ,I .2" ... ·1 -2 we IlUlle, III time for jlublicatlon In 1~-C~IJ:l i': ,\ " " YII1 0"1' . 2n 3~-21 f itllll~: Solr. S m Ith. Scott. " II ~1, ·ctL "'. · ... ! -a The c U1'1'ent IC:Ldtlrs in weighte d [lOin t F. D. t:. J. P. 31-21 lI. Worthman. A. Hoehn. S. r~. S kelton. ,; :-: 'l'hOlH "~ . . . . 2 -5 31-21 total scorell f1'o lll thos e Final~ sections A :-: Y"aw .. 2- 5 '.. J . DUl'lliLk. Lueill ", K e llner •.J. T. Jj-2! which lH\Ve finj,~ ll ed play a re IS- "2 ~:J I · .J Ilal·acklc wt(·z .. 1- 2 5 -I Bher,,"in. )1. Euc he\·. E. ./. K e nt, H. .I " \\"I II I , "" ~ ...... 1- 2 5 _I PRESENT LEADERS SliI·('r. l,. P. Cl'Owdel·. H. H. HHr~ltaw . E. · I S- I · 2~1)1 I..i lwln .2" ... H IS- "~ n I' I: Ii oulll"", .... Isl H G Z"I",rakl ~ .. ·11.6 .J )." ,.)' ...... 31.1 (; 1-' .•Johnson. I.. Swect (2). H . 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The rollowlng qualiry to the Fina ls ail D, R ... . 1-:1 , ., _lIi"">.:11 1~-1'-1:,2 .11 1 "i" k ,",~ld n .. hl , · 0 result o( c m'l'e lll li emi·finai rou nd P ostal , W ill ow ~ ...... 1- :1 , ., 1.-1.:191 , C Bla'r ...... 1-2 51_ I G ., Ca"'" ,) ' ' .•••.••• I-Z 5~- I • 1'1""$,, "'''_-..: k n",r wei!;h l"''' l>oi"l 10\ ,, 18 1,-C81 ,,, S Broadl",...... ~ nd , ., VICTORS IN THE 1949 CLASS as ~OO " ,,~ YOU "'-"C II... ", II"bll~h ~"< I . T h('), 1'-(" 1~3 S J a cobs ...... I - ~ , ., Tou rn .. y P la ce a l'e delc l·m ll,..d .... n " I" .. i ~ of I.(l point per R Ohm c~ ...... 1-2 , ., Sco~ win in preU mlt"u'Y rou"d; ~ .2 I" •. i" thC ·18-CI 21 C ' Villia"," ...... I ~I 5~ - I ~' - I';l~ ! I: !< 1'''\\0'' ...... bl 0-0 sc",i-fln~ls; "lid .1. ;; I" finals. Dl'aw~ ""lUll · 1 ~·C I2 j 0 C Burns ...... 1-2 , ., · l:I-CI ~ .11 1',,"I~ u " .... 1st 5~- i h alf Y"lu C. FW :'lIe"lal",...... 1-2 , ., In- C ~G 1)1' I; J! 1l 0 1l ' 1II11 ~ r .... . lst 0-0

CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 195'0 23 .'\Qldhan h "Jt~ E nJ;cl. 1 ~3 l100.: hIU 1Je"1~ n'1])S Stul,I ,I,'fleld; !lo"" w ithd raw.. H S POSTAL MORTEMS .\1 11"'\1. 155 Li, wson h "l1~ 11"1U1,ltre)·. I:;: ~' i nk eI 81"ln h all~ Hick",,,,,. -14 9 Toombs (0113 Ga me reports recei ved I),·" ""hon llu,,""3 L i" ~k. lI "n~en, S h llson, Ho ne. ( 0 CollJ..,r. Joh n ~lon: Ridge r lJl! .\I'"Thee. I~ S ,," orin . '1" rllll Ii". Toom lJ ~ . Oould: .101"""011 5101'~ Gould. ~ 5 1 November lit through 30th T o ur ll ~Y 5 161·270 : 161 ,\~lu l lO rr. Stnrk II". S cheid I / h'~I~ 1;:0 1",; ' Iii~ .\ lc.\lIinch bo w . 10 F i nkel ~lcl". 10J"l!! l"tob(orl s. 4ii3 .\IUnor wlth­ T o N! IJOrt gamc ... 1O"'c scction """,I..(,r . run Ii:: Cur n' ' I" dls W ill"y. I: ; B" n ner lIl u8kl. T o urr. eys 271·330; 271 T"be r overcomes nc)' lJcl!'un In n ·IS) und the se.:lion numl>t)r 12 Gray 101" Cox. 13 &nstwooll w h lllll (466) In texl (ollowllll; Ihe "key :' ("OlllUrt:. tit Trn~k Irlps ~kC lure. ~ H Pu.:e P ilaw5ki; Kll"hln. Slone 1100; Dullcai. Web­ '1"" II ~ C ollin~. ~ i;; Krilo'· 101'~ Cnr)·. bo\\"~ 10 Sym lJ.ol f Judicu\"" win b)' fo r feit (u"d car ­ ~Ic r d own IJ4rrs. I I> HOIliIlII lI iJl~ C hal11lJ<:r· 11"" "0101: :'\:..,gro n; l1ip~ Ca")·. t1G Ban b eHIH riel rnll"" c redit .... rc"u llS lIcorcti actuu.lLy laill. Ullcn:h"er . :-"lc hol~: Itu~ h .ill>l AbIll e • .\II c h li u g". ZSt J an~ 1; 1 Jo l l ~ l iriueh. :SJ H en· ill U~ !I'; 11 s how. "In b)· ad JI".licatlon wh.m H J ackson. '\Ielton l ie. 19 Au"tin 10 111 T oell' ,lerliO" h"lu \\·il1l'''n ~ . C UtIi" h lto! tou r n,,,,,.mt "cellon h,, ~ beeu SK> clO>Jt.'0'·1". 1"",,111 HaU . 311 P aulson downs Onrlanll. 1 ."p~l e )· down .. GOble. 3"3 1, 1""s", n clOU I ~ Wur,''''', ) ' ; eld~ to Bru ....k"'''·: (:a"'er nips Tourney. 31.55: 32 SI"omc 10l'S Prindle. CLASS TOURNAMENTS 1"":I~ c n. :,\:ichols. 30G ~ro ~ ko\\"ll~ IO Jl ~ 3t Him;"r I I ,,~ I-I " h " . Kohnc ; Hnh n . P lltoJr' Each 7· m a n ,eel Ion a tourn ey In llU Il 1 · "I~llch . ho\\"~ 10 ·r alJc •. 3 0 ~ ~1""dl " "'S l er~ ~o n ·S "' Ylh lie. 35 L<:n:,,.,! dO WII $ C~r lal1 d . 36 1:",·kICI. J e l et'. 31S K lur, );i F " lrdolh. at I.oe c'oJl(!d OUI l>y IHll>lklllio n ot a Li j ud iclll lon Gtll ~ "''' " IleH 1:0 , ·1 ... , .\II ...... U: Fowle r f t: ll~ :'\:ert )'Icld" 10 El.. h. nlllll Gr.' fa: Fe rgtl~on ....,,,u lu III '\l un:h. t:onrr it.'<:I. ,; ,,~ I{o'·im. 31~ XII~I"Ul m tOI'~ ( 0 bows 10 O r ara. te lls :'\:dL 53 Hic k ~ h atts I:.:r"",:on . 3 16 l"IolJlnllOI1 I'I I'S .I o hn>'(>n . llO\\"d Tourney. 1.273: clo>Std In· IWC'·;ou, lII'b' 1l ...... , kc nrllll1": Fricli n"", b..>~I~ Gl n"'I'IOOU. h. Ill,,,·kler; Joh nson .k>lt 8 " u])ka. 3 17 I)onn l;ca tlon o f ,uljudlelltlon re~u ll s. " I lk Lo ~lc r Iweitks Twl"g; HI5 I f' J. Gl Lcwl ~ \lalla Hall. ~~ Kolo \"son """lis ·taylor. aH H errick, :'\udellu d r. l iS Hach nc l, 1I 0mall". JTO Ford. Xehl" tic. 37 1 Gcc. Hal· k u t ie. 317 ~ I onc h '''" h wh IHlrnw,.. 3~ ,-, B"rn· H m']ey; ' l" wl]0 1;" I ... e " k ~ \·ell~!e . &l Joh,,~on P ascO\! d f. II,,,,, lJe~u \l'ea "crlilll1. 3S~ "OI'r(-<'l lo": Heddy 101'" l ~ e Ul , (f) Cornell. P rindle. Sa -'llller T o urr. .,.. 351.491: 3S1 _Melalld"r. Wallon WOI1 frolll S l ngelllan. 3SG I,'orreri l r<:ll" WII · LiO,,"IIB ,\"denon. G6 Hend rl l'1I JOlICph ; HaI.IJ l lc. H3 WlIlo"'s do"""~ Duu,."",.. n. 4n UIIII,., 11011. 351 f·o)·lc defcnls (jo ' t11~''', J..clllll S.; I' I~r~ 101'8 ( f) Started In 1948 (Key: 48·Cl lIa r ~I(){\. H S ilenr h "l1~ ' -Iutrman. 1"7 J lon' \\"In d ~ o r . Uow~ 10 E ichhol'n, 39' Parke " wll h · A. f ln il l elo.lng a ction , we h .. ,·.. a n"ounced c h"uh wllhdrh"·s. n Und"rwooU . T hollll'lIon ed for adJudlcallon ; Lon" I, ull~ lI ud ~o ". S3 Bobinson bc~ I " lk 101M Fry . 405 l'''I'''OIlS . Sulll""n ludl H O('rch . Corllo,·.. . " ows 10 SI",·k. ' ·1nkdsl el n. 81 [or 1;''''''''5 In 'I'ou rnc)'s 1 · 22. which SI"rlcd "I". ,IVb WH l l"'''' whlllS H:dl. ,10; IJ rnd fle l<.l. H cls;" I;". Wi ll i" d'1,,"n OlllJc rt ~on . Sa Whltmnll Ja"u" ,")' , 19,18, nd JuLilc ullo" "CI>OI'I " W C!'", <.I II " "j''' ''~ I ~k)" tI,, ; Be l ker. I)w.,·",· Ilc. 409 .~!OI>" S lctlb" e her. SG Dou.:l" ss I> o \\"~ 10 by Dcc"m lour Ii. I ~- I~: for 'fournc)"s 23 - 5~. H" " ul."h ha ll" Uc" ma". ,11 1) Il owell d o wns Bench. OO~1lI P Cllla : P tnle 10 1 '~ -'Ial?. SS Bar_ which HIU,' lCd !··d'l"uary. 19t5. duu loy Jan ­ Ur"IOOI')·. ,1 1[; Gonz"lez. Si" ' I~k " h,,11 Hen · tcr bcal ~ Lcl,,"eke. ~~ :'\:c""IIO"1 nlp8 Schulz!.'; ua r)' 3. !950: 'J'UUI'U"ys H - i7, duc b)' drb:: You ng 10 P ~ 'fhom""on. ,II G /l ulche r rrook . 421 Cnnapnr~· w h ills \"elMler. Tourney s 91·115, 92 Agllc,," llet eala Hace; 2:8, du" loy Jun" 5; ·1'Oll rneYIl %2'-26~, liu" ' / ~ I U"" enllOrl down~ Yell. l.!"nllsk ),. 4~G \V)','ell w h l/I." ~ I )" . · r,.. I f) \\·Inl" r~. !l6 Plotz dowlIs T o un,,,)·,, 33~ · 3 '17 , d uc lJy Octobcr 2; ·f o ur. ' I ~S :'\: o rdhhll" h:>.l ts Henlh: " no wl". II lp'! Vtlnll: """i""." 101'" Plol z. DU"n ; Czc ... uak "e)·. 318·1:8, oJue IJ)" :'\:o\"em"" r G; .. n :. .\r.. llhol wlthdm..... 9S H,,"'ill"ln haiti ","otu thcse d aicil 010"·" no w 011 10lll'n (:)" U S Pilnwskl. Scrfozo Ile. -IJ!I 1UIJIJle l ies "Ulg"Ill" " t .hecl" or )'ollr galll", ","orca: so Th om"~,,,,: ,\lnlc n wllh<.lm ... ~ . ~ !I ~I)·cn Co ker. Om,'"". HO .\IOl!(:f I 0 1>~ SoUC)·. I l e~ )"'1" wU I know how 10nJ; you h a\'U to tl'Y for lJ"sla BancrOft. I(lZ O l' lon wi,hd,·,,,,·u. 103 :'\: ~ l\"lon; :'\: e \\" Ion 101.$ "j'ohnle. " 1"lulef. II. clear WI " l>cfore a dj udications ure d ue. Bop,,· !J.e ul~ H ausell . C lal·k. 101 Hall hults Soue)'. H I ~1 "cVo ll olIg h "ill lie8 Horrman, CLASS AND PRIZE TOURNEYS !>cst" -'lcCartne)', Wtrner. 36 \\·Ilco.": rl llJl Stcm!)cr; PerllOn dow n ~ Suplee: UillJOtl}· wilhdrawB. nice. j() Hurrold, I-Iut;hell tie. 8 1 liro;t d ley Our class system Is meant to give tair Toarneys 116·194: 116 llrooke d owns Dnr' halt .. HU lI3ey. lit. Dn lU).; hon l ies Ch r;"lenllen, compe tition fol' all. A and D players may lOp>! '1·ho lll1l 1,I" r . 123 Jacobs JollS Ulwln. latter offe r Ill teresting piny fo r A or D. hests ~n b rook. 120 &;h ll(:hl",· tO I '~ S"l,lec. J ~l C">K: n ll' $ XClorlng. I ~~ 1'~lIk el~ldn ~IOpa F"ergu80n; O hme" 10111 LIlII'in. lZ l \ \' Illiam. Please, therefore, apply only ror your whll)lI MOl1la~u !.'. 127 1,'0)', Von Gnnd )· t1 (:. Co),·;n. I:" "llller dow n~ PatlOll . I~G Jlollorer 128 Mar.ton m ,,¥le rll Purk er. \3,1 H anmer proper class in these to\l ]'neY8. And gh'e whl l 1~ \\"ltlln"n. IJ~ Lilli' wit l"lra,,"! . 133 halts Edmonll', 133 Cowan 00"1" noolls \ rn, your las t publis hed class a nti raUng- so Clirr'1rd cll ili ""de uo". Le " ~rll. 13S I~U c k lH W auou S I O ]l ~ S l lkl. 141 Dal1zlger d o wn. I humll ~ Tho m p$OIl. I S ~ Ballcroit rellillcea WyUcr, Neff. H 9 I·'rank t op ~ (0 S IllHh: we may fill your order more quickly. Thom ll~ on .

24 CHUS REVIEW, JANUARY, 195"0 PRIZE TOURNAMENTS SEMI·FINALS (Key: 47,Ns) 7_man "class" tourn eys for prem ium. Sections 1·40: 8 Harris h"lt~ K'''''ner. I~ StaUffer, Thoma ~ lie; K"i~hL d ef,·"", Betkc·". Started in 1949 (Key: 49·PI U .\lal'll" Withdrawn. I~ L' la,'k dOllL' Peddi­ 1$1000.00 Tourneys 1-25: 1 Lapsley downs UpllOI(: l'ord , ho w ~ 10 B ruce, 1" Hdm b"~I~ 8 0),s. lies Drh'e1". 17 Coss tops Tylel". 1~ VOG ties ~leekel' ru"~l~J"g Layton. Hn"'lfl']"g~]". ~ Jaroi soro, 1'oh!e, 23 G"n l " ~ r !Jes(s ";P"."C'I". 25 Knobel, Define nip .\'elM"'. 3 ~I"d;~[)11 tops IN CASH PRIZES (""k~,', D re:s c,1 ~ley. ~ - I MlIrrhee licks Lh'cs. 2.> Hov"I', up to $250,00 in cash - the amount of the AlIlili rip H"IJII'O\\'iIZ, Sm iL h. -!~ Cha",b~r~ ."io'I Stul'ge~ . .J I Gi llig"n bo\\-g to Hol li nl', tops recei ve S100.00! Third to tenth place Kent, Howcn. ,It: S(r"I"'n fell s 1 " i_~ I ~r: \\'al. Ward , bcsts AnlilL 27 A~tapoff yield" 10 prizcs ran ge from S80,OO down t o SI5.00. .\ l oOl'e, tops \\'ukefit:ld , 1-)ul",I'O\': Asallo\'ich Ian Wilhd"''''-8. -17 Al lJc,rt bests I'a" Dl'lk" . Then eome 65 prizes of S5.00 each for whips Wnkeficld. 2~ Twigg tweaks Burley; (;1 Frank, 11 ,' crack" pla yers who f in ish from 11th to 75th! Davis, L, LaI'~lq-. bows to G,"',"","'; E""ns ~loo., e , Cat es; \\" ei~8 whil'" .\1"0"<". bows to But that isn't all! Every playe r '1'.'110 I.'r"nk. oj Hoghu,d, \\',lIton h"lt l'i~ l er . 55 dow"~ Davis, 30 hll'kH fells Fasl. 31 Pt:n· qualifies for the final round, and com· qUiLt: dt>wlls Da"is, 32 De Luzie,' def,' at~ I~ lin e ,-Ip., l{khard. 5U Knight, Xeal tk. 5S Girard, ~!illurd, llirchfi ehJ, bow~ to Twigg; Doe do\\'n ~ Bo" hn, ; Sen, ]) tops Ka,."I"ilis. 5~ pletes his schedul e, will be awarded the Lucey twc"k~ Twigg; llirchfleid bests A"lic-y he"., Se:hoILZ; Oll<- I'i IO P5 Greeno""h, emblem of the Golden Knight-a sterling )Iyers, 33 Hau !"Ips Bures, ,\laIZ ; illiles tops lie~ Astle )'. 6U Richnj(),,01 ril's Ll1c~s. til s ilver, gold·plated and enamelled lapel I'ei~"l'h t Oll~ Payne. I) ~ _\Io,.,.i ~ .-outs Hay. AS( "pofr. :1-1 Fieldi"" di p~ Clea,'el"nd , 31: button, reproduced above. Latnik he~t~ 'kU","ock. ~ 7 \ 'encl_"ky ~"al'ks mo",I, Du\'all; Bru", i, .. ~ t"' C"lmel : Bonrke Craig; Shellon withdrawn. 38 Il" llockus \\ ' ilhdra\\- ~, ~:I Peeb lh, Po"-e,", .J oh"~lone. And even if you fail to qualify for the I'outs O'Hdll.,'; Cmig, HOLl)" O'Reill;- "ip Howull. ('",,.k ",ob Pa"t" rower jo l!~ Joh". finals, you still get a prize! If you are stone. 0-1 )J"ne.-, Ju,-e lie. I", .\lc~ l anu~ downs H~ ed . ~~ Best jolh Jordan, ,10 Gildea wilh· elimina ted in the prelim inary or semi·final d ""wn. Cole"",,,. round, but com plete your sch edul e, you Tou rn eys 41·93: 41 Dic-dl'ich \\'ilhdm\\'~. Sections 66-82: 1, 6 Kohne lOPS L'I],,'~chL . S i lll",on~ down Draugho": Sill'"r bcsts Bone. ~ S PI"U lhu ",p~ 1'11O",a~, r" FLOI'lie fell.' will receive o ne jree entry (worth $ LOO ) ,J:I Hisle" I'il,," Kingsto". 4i Hanson, Luomis '1",.,,,,. 7U I...,>:ano heo-I" Lovalo, Platt. 71 into o tl r regular Class Tournament. lie. ,JS B""nd bests Elsen. ~O Peturson, F"lkr fe lls .\kll " r. 72 ~Iadl ~o n lops Lyd)-. o;nyder, I'I·I.-,d,,,,,,,, Holmes, Wilke down DiL­ . 3 JO)"lclon nips l,nox; F'-allk le,'cls L"sh"". FOR BEGINNERS AND EXPERTS marsen. ,'il To ~ n"ics. J3i1lik top il lyCl"s . 52 H Hutler r nsl,.;"s to .\Ioski", Dunn. wilh. Olt whi]l~ lVei"in;.:~r. 7-1 Donn tops (0 dr,,,,,". is na",li"!5 halt8 Einhurn. 7~ .\Inli The winner of this Lig postal chess con· Cu_utino. 7S \\'iIliu",~ rC ]llaces AlklnH, 7~ down~ Ilde·rlon. SU Allwno\"lch 10],S (f) Smith, test will a ch ieve national r ecognition, His t\)'slrom r eplaces Reidclbach. S5 Klaasen I"e­ picture will be published in the news ]ll"ce~ Dudley; IIlatzke replaces Stewart. 93 F INALS (Key: 47·Nf) section of CHESS RE\'IEW- and he'll g et 'Iillcr r Gpiuces Price. S ections 1·9: I GiblJ~ defeats Hill. 2 Day· a big c heck for $250,00. Bnt you don't lOLl dow,," Be:,.,.y; '1' h""'I'"on tOJl~ 1\odercr. GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3 \\"ieks, uuH whi]ls l~ l'U K lo(f, Jollll~on. 5 have to be an expert to go a lon g way in I,',.,,,,k ha l l~ Hahn; KI I "'~r i>e5ts ChobulOV; t he Golden Knights. L o ts of less talent· P r ogressive qualiflc~tlon championships ChobaLo\' tOll~ Placek. ed players are going to have grand f un 1st Annual Championship-1945 and capture handsom e prizes in this mam· F INALS (Key : 45 · Kf) 4th Annual Championship-1949 moth t ournament. Even i f you have never As closing action , all ,,,,finished games PRELIMINARY ROUND (Key: 49 .N) playcd in a competitive event before, you m"st be rl'ported for adJ Lld lcali"" by ,Ja", Sections 1·30: I Lo\'ato wit , ~ from ,I'in­ may turn 01lt t o be Golden Knights Cham· 31. Fnl l ur~ 10 r eport may lend to (orfeit. Sections 1·24: 22 H enderson wins [rom ~hestel'; \\Calton whips GaI'Y. ~ ScoLt tops pion or a l ead ing prize.winner when the Tallio, b o\L'~ to .\leiTilL 5 Crowde,'. (fJ Hal'_ Brkc·"'ash ~:j H,,,'k(,r lies w it h H oll . tourney is over. So don't hesitate to enter Schoen, H,,~uka a " d Hodul'~kl. 2,1 Ludwig sh"w tOll Bake". 8 K e llne,· "ip~ Richter, Chapin; Chapin, Ligl,'oet tie. ~ LlIlher bccause you feel you are not a stron g m asters ~leill~II; ,nldt whips LU]ll'echt. downs :';chul'P. 10 ,\11'\0 bows to Anderson, enough player. Beginners w i ll find this a C,,,.,.,,,,. be st~ ) l cLanghlin. I~ L:""nlfCl",;er fine way t o improve their chessplay. 2d Annual Championship-1946 !Je~ts 13L1harov; Eisenl!e "g "i]'~ ~amson . 13 cl a sses enter toget her in this "open" FINALS (Key: 46·Nf) W il dt whips n"utkdge; Bolo rips Yaffe, All Sections 1·31 : 13 POLter wins (0 f,'om l{ eJ'n old~. 15 )1oo,'c tops (f) Collom, 17 tournament, but to start your rating as a "'heeler. I -I L eonard quells Cum",i,,~ . lfi Johnson jolts S heridall. I~ G,'neff, \\'uyne postal player, state if you are "class" A , .roel. Goe tz "~ill Hid,mond; Joel, P e,','y (le, li~. I~ S tr"x withdr"w". 2U Clark ~ l iJl5 \\'al­ B, C or D on the coupon below, if y ou are lick. P ield; Wood 10p~ l'ield, 21 Sokole," 16 Ayers h"lt ~ Ha"mli!,(es, ~O l~onk el tOll~ a newcomer. Give rating, if an old·timer. SCOIt. ~-I ) Ie r ec! ith lJo\\'~ to )Iadrid, !JeS1~ .-;ink~ Sa,.os)'. 23 1-'"""k, Hauss """,,, Lieber­ Ostrum. 2" Yerhoff hall~ Burdick, 2(, P latz """, down Unof. ~ ' l .\cl"ms tops Lilll"g. 25 MAil YOUR ENTRY NOW lOps Ledgerwood. 29 Xel~on nips Pelouze, I,'"rber fells Lol'kwood. ~ 8 Farbe" rell~ Zim­ n"'.-n'all: '1'h"n",s bows to Bnmdr ~ lh, lies As a Gol den Knighter, you'll enjoy the 3d Annual Championship-1947-8 "l'scln'dy. ~~ S kclton SlO Jl ~ Siauffer; Heily thrill o f compet ing for bi g cash prizes, !'ips Alzl'rt; C,'oUldin jolts Johnson. 30 PRELIM I NARY ROUND (Key: 47.N) Vuig""n downs \\'"Ison. You'll meet new friends hy mail, improve For closing action, all unn nl~ h ed "umcs Sections 31.5(): n ~\I"r."h downs AclulIIS ; your game, and have a grand t ime. have beco",,, du~ for adjudication; thosc in Vom"olly LOps illcCready. 33 Dan~ige1" be~l~ So get started- e nte r now. Entries must "~ctions lii'-213, dUt on reports hy .Ian. 31'd. Vegn",,, ; Carro ll wilhdraw", 35 Clendenin be mailed on or heforc J u Jy 31. As "oon as nrijudicalions are cleared, "e­ clil'S Lupre~hl; l'~te1" so n (OP~ Cle"de"in, ~ " It~ will be rellOl'ted "nd ~hould be closed Hogan. 36 \""s"i1uko~ tiG S Rubin~tcl n . bows out by Ihe l~ebrua,'y I~ ~ n c (01' the latC"t ad ­ to K ent. 37 Bowen besl~ Boudrea\lX: Curran 1:------,CHESS REVIEW DCheck here if YOU J lldicalion~. 'luulls B"o~ h "er, Ce" "o~ek, 3~ Hoehn halts Po.tal Chess De pt. areorderingPostal 1 Section. 1·213: 37 ~lendle80n, Saunde"~ ,",arle n; Fis~hc ,' , fi""len top !"·opcr. 39 1 250 W , 57th St., Chess Kit on opposite df; Lewin, lIlendieson M. 5:; -Wyller tOp5 (0 Beal'dsl€y bests 'r yler, Porrest, Bea,·d. ,10 New York 19, N, Y. 5ide of this coupon. 'Iar~h. 6 ~ Briggs, FollanSI,,,c S Val"llll,,,,, . the players in it are Ollt or t he running I.i l wi". I;', I-: II\lWI' ,.; p~ n u loill~O ' l . " o w ~ IU S wcc l : " ,," "" 1. Y"r hoif h:.l\ H O"lm"n. ti j for tourname nt honors . II·u,. IIo " ,,,,, w hi l' ~ I" am. Ho,.:al,oom: Hol llle" ha lt.< I·al"ll. G~ ,,; h ,, ~- ). ow .• to E l lluye l·. l iea I""" VERVTHING YOU NEED to play I,j""ell: J;,'" " . . GIlI.- "''''' lie. G9 Swc oct Rating Adjudications I: cheal by mall I. Included In the com· _'W " " I ' ~ I-".-allk .• . ";,,,,d).,,rg. i.:t"OWII . 7V Sol>, O nly gll mes actually f ini~hed in pla r plete Postal Chess Kit produced by hall~ 11 11 1'1; ~; u d i" w ilh<1r Hoge : Ha"kins a n oppone nt (lroppell out. we a ward ment and stationery especially designed h:! IIS 1"1 )" 11 11. C"pl,,,, luI'" T )"lId" le . 7 ~ lIllI"­ rat ing cZ'ed it by a djUilk ation . for the purpose. Theae aids to Postal dll-k 1o ,, ~I~ Cur,, )" . -'li ll ~ I ·. As t h is takes time we <: a n ill aftonJ, Chess will keep your records straight, Sec tio ns 76·95: 76 (""""ingha m dd em" we reque!;t that pl ;lr el'~ who ~o a pply help you to avoid mistakes, give you the Hcc k ''':! II . lic ~ ~ "'yc ~; Ol,c"''''''' w i lh d t"aw ~. fullest enjoyment and benefit from your 77 l':": "'~ b ~~ l ~ E a ~l \\ uu d . uo w. 10 Cu lolo. i s give i lll absolute ly d ea r a n oi coneet games by mall. .\· ic- kc l. II"c i"i,,"",. \i~. n t..: h:Lltlll Jolt ~ Joh n ­ game s core a nd a d ear d ia gram of t he ~v"; , 1 ,,, I0· ,· ~ o " .• to ]! " ";t ~I Z' · I ·. su ,,;ilver lOp" (ina! ]) ositioll rea·ciled. And. to merit (;.-a l; \)U""'"all \\"ilh dl · a \\ ·~ . ~ I L" c,, ~ " O W I1 ~ Contents of Kit rating. su ch player s Illllst ~ tit t e how they l ' i ~c l·. ~ ~ H",\" "- ,, ,·c'''l~ l·'r " d Hik~"". S:i vided the re ;I re no drawing res ou r<.:e!; for I. :o le i" ... · ; i<: " Hullll"';. F a !;a,,; l ' lol", ,,~ h "ll~ bum - the grratest aid to postal chess the opponent - i~ suffi ci ent a nd oftE'1l ~ ti 11·"II""e. e Dt·hm 1""'sl 1-"0<'/;". ~ j ever invented, The six miniature chess 1-""""". Olike l' h "i l ~ H :l II S~ m all . COlIl ll'-"' ; C"p u" ~u (he win of the eX<.:hange or of a Pawn sets In this album enable you to keep "" i ll,,II·:I"'.<. H 1;1"1I"" r do\\ " ,. 1)'·""l'h oll. thaL may queen \I-lli do. track of the positions, move by move, i,ow s lu Cool< : Cool< lOPS ( i) ~ !e lill : W ood In all six games of your section. On the l,c.<\ " W a ll a ce. 90 S el~o" n ip; l{:oh"l. )"i d d.< score-eards, supplied with the album, you lel·. ' 1 Calculating Ratings record the moves of the games. The up. Sill' jl.'''Ol-za. JJ c" ... 1. 101 poi nt s. And, ill the Cil!;e of a d rawn game, opponents, a Chess Type Stamping Outfit Sl. Clal!" di ps 1":a l·I",SI. I l' ~ ~I o.-;k o\\"ilz lI i p~ the plaY<' 1" Wil h the lower rating gains for printing positions on the mailing " " ,,,·in.:: ~I O I ·h , ~·. W a lkE!", J Ol) ~ S dowl) ~ . his olJp one nt loses 2. for ea ch 20 points c::ards, a Game Sc::ore Pael of 100 she ets {·o,,,,,, ,,i,,. I" . S I"l e l- . I ap~ K I'Il <: l:"e l' ; Hul­ for SUbmitting scores of games to be ad. la l1<1<,,·. l.yle "esls J.:U I'I'; ~l o ,.,. i~ ho ws 10 differe nce in the ir I·ali ngs. K"" ~ I: C I· . h e " l~ l ~ nopl. Ivti C hcSl e " lOPS judic::ated or published, c::omplete Instruc_ T he c hal·t on l)age 27 s hows c l e ~\1" l y S(" hW ,, ""11)1"": Sllehobed, loo.; :l 1S ~ ;" n ! II " r ; tions on how to play chess by mali and I lal'l";' \\" ~ 10 1J0ne llt S:':2. we loca t e t he Il iffe r euce in II-d,en:. ",· .'1~ 1\'iIOl ha ll" He bert. 12·1 Sllilde b "s l ~ CUIl­ gains 56. Colum u ~ g ives the change ill I"' ''''. I ~ ;; . l u ~li " withdmws. case of a (!l'a\\", wi th the lower r ated S EM I · F INALS (Key: 49.Ns) player gHi ning. s ect ions 1·12: 2 S I"{f,,,.d h~s l s L o w e " ~ ' In cO l1 nting t o t he nell r est twe nl y. 90 0 Ioo ws 10 Gasse n. -'Ini,.; .l l ni l· m" ."I" ,.;; U, •." ­ \"s. 830 is taken also a s a 60 poi nt differ · .«"'; l ' ~,r l ' e l ' fe lls J .m,"·I'",,"nn. G l~ " hl I'C­ plal'c$ ~li n " ,. . ~ Ck,,.k " ~I' b(; c s C "l''' '' ~o . e nce; 9(10 \· s . ~ 2 .~ as SO poi nts . As on t he ehar\. a ls u, the d iffere ntial stolls a t 500 1I0 i n t~ (li ffe re lH"e . A playe r more POSTAL CHESS RATINGS than ;; OV 1I0illls h ighe r than his OPllollent Purpose of Ratings (heore t i"a lly ~ ho\lhl win. a ny way. and so ol es('l"I" es no rating incre me ll t ror will' I'!"im a l·ily . t',l(ings <1 l"e a ssigne (1 ,n ltl nin" . And t he most t hat Ill ay be gained maintaincll liw t we may m a tch III aye rs for a ny wi n is 100 poin ts . fo r a llY d raw. 1- accordi ng to their a bilities in Ollt· C l 'Hs~ 511 1I0intS. CHESS REVIEW TO e n te r Poa tal lm d ou r Prize Tourneys . t;nder 011 1' presen t 3yst e m. ('a<'h s ame Post;11 Chen Dept. ChUa Tournament, I 250 W en 57th St., . aee other aide of The Golde n K night s is made a n " Open'" is rated in a cco rdance with till' ratings New York ,g, N. v. t h la c::oupon. Tournilme nt 10 offet· a I l'ue d mll\pions h ip {" unent for both pla ye r ~ a\ ~t a rt of pla y. Ihat any mar e ntet·. Bm , in t he so me · E:a ch playel' on st arting ill a tourna· I enclon $5. Pleate ,end me a CGmplete Postal Che.. Kit by r eturn mali, wh;lt n\ o n~ sotiable CI<1 sS Tou rn e r~ ,l1\ d me nt section fi nds his elllTcnt rating a nd e \" e n in Pr ize ones wher e the s take i8 I h o~ e of his OPllOllell ts ty ped on his a s· mer ely ;;uc h a ~ to whet compe til ion. a s ignment s heet. He t'"n te ll what he NAME , ... , ...... , ...... Cl;, ;;s A player looks for k een cOlll petition s t ands to ga in 01' lose - win. dra w or to ma ke t he games interes ting . A mi a loss - a gain!;l ea ch OIJjJone m - no mat· ADDRESS Cla ss n Iliaye r . on t he othe l' llaud, de· t er when the fi nal resull i~ n'llorted. We ' I ~ er\"es h is c hance among equa ls to II'in "om pu le t he change in h i~ rating whe n CITY STATE •. . . . . a " ClaM" victory or el'en the small prize we s core h i ~ res ult and pnblb h "' hat his 1- J in the P rize Tou rneys. " unent ra ting i ~ Ollt'e ea ch qUa nE'r yea r.

CHESS RlVllW . ,ANUARY . 1950 COMPLETE LIS T OF POSTAL RATINGS

Published qUarterly, these l1Ilme !"i!);]] l'atings [or n11 a ctive lo]a},er.'! in Postal Holt.on I·' B 944 DurIe '" PO ... Chess determine entries into Clnss and Prize Tourneys. \Vhen you aJ!PIy for entries, Ho l l~ K S •. 698 UHl"Ilhalll J C 1284"" Bone C H 1316 U"l"to~ Sgt D ,\I ·132 please state yonr last, published rating and "class.'" Hat.ings in the ('UITCnl lis!. were liolle Frida 113~ Burns IJ C IUS obtained by flc\rling change~ due [rom gaInes reported in j\'ol'emher, Det-ember and 1 ~I"l1 '~ r J J •• . • S60 H u ms .J J January Postal Morte ms (i.e. game resl1its received here from ~eptelilber 1 lhl'Ough VOlme r S .' 938 BUI'''s T '"'~3U lJoon ~ I!"" 11 53ti ~O{i NOl'ember 30). Bouth C 3G8 t:~::~o~;:s . ii' ii.· . OS> We list ratings alphnbetieally, instead of subdj\'id ing into I'lapses, as they arc .lloolh J \\. .•. 842 HU8h .1 D 1150 easicr for you to locate this way; but Clnss A pilings are in boldi'a('e lyW' . Classes llol'de ll r: \\" 6G6 B"~iludf !lIrs Dorc ll D,. H 0 900 BI" .. "hof I~ J !" 73S l'a nge as follows: Clilss A, 1300 and til); Class D, lnUU to 1298; Class C, 7uu Lo ~~ li : Bork"r L ...... 1278 Hl!! le )' .1 0 ...• '" Cla~s 0, ·10 0 to 6~g; and Class E , below 400. NCKcomers to Postal Chess are s tarted llus~e J '18·1 lJulle rfie ld .1 R "0[;8 ·1 nult~rworth J. according to the class at which they enter, as l'o ll ow~: Class A at I~OO (as they must Bosse ,·t C W .. 876 ,," 80swel1 .J H 540 Buttles E H 1350 e a r n any higher rating), ClaSH B at l ~ OO, Class C at 900 ~IHI Cla s ~ D at 6UII. Class B ouche y J .•.. 900 1.:y e " ~ Cndet A E is O])l)n only to old·timers. w ith ratin),:s e~ t ~bli~hed in actual play. BOlldr~aux L J 83-1 Uyrne .1 F .e"954 Ratings ;11"e gained ~utoll1fltkally from results of games aClually playerl to 11 Bou)" J .. 802 Bowen A 820 C finish . Games wun by llefau lt (from forfeit 01' withdrawal by opponent) count in Bowe n J A 1630 Culxlt F.J 1226 the tournament scores but not for rating credit- unless adjudicated. llowker .\Ils~ .\r 590 1.:oyer REG .• 1022 Cadc G A Jr 123 ·! Boyle 1" \V 940 C"hill J A HH Cain C l{ . . ••. 898 Boy le '1' J 706 Re lil'l. K 910 CU ill G I" ~U8 A An8lin .f D "60 l~ el s c h C .J 870 Boys G W 102" BellGjo" 872 I; cv e rage E \' 1202 Ca i rnero ~s H \\' 754 ,\b"te I ' .' ri9! An8l in '" \\' li9 S SG~ Ausli" T L Jr. 1271 Hcll H J 790 lJc,'erlin C 6H I>OytOll Rev ?oJ. Ca ldwe ll Re\" A 9UO ,\bbott L L ,"0 BI'u(ifield ~[ ].I 1222 Ahe l I" 1 US~ A \" ey P f c F W . 1302 B e lt H 6UO Il~nr HE.. . . 91S Caltiwell L UOG Ayde lo l t .1 1-' IUUl l;ie{l e nllach Ii: I-l ";;0 Uradley L F .,. ~4S Ca ll1a,,,,,r A 602 ,\ bn~y J 1 ~I)(J Bra2 C e l"j]o"~k 0 Y 280 "'''Tell .J J Droshce" J C·: : 798 C etlitl I{ 662 ,\ ra]el""on E C 1052 Barron W J 1320 Urostowsk! \" K 720 ,\nde" son I.'; ?\ . 1212 .ll",·j·Ow R C ham\JCl" I"in ?\. 31i4 GU O Urown Alan •.• 984 Chaml1el"S 0 H . 105·1 Ander ~ on H H HUO llarrows g S 1052 Brown Alcx .•• 1000 Chandler 0)' J H 468 Ande rson K A 1012 D aITs L 1~10 RATING CHART B,·ow'! B A . . . 918 ,\nder.,on L R. n"rry H 1071i Chandler J S 900 <'" Col. Co l. 2 Col . 3 Col. 4 UI'own C H •. • . 1172 Chul)in I;: K 862 AlHl e rw" I~ H S2 0 Barr y J E 1300 Br own J . . ,... 886 Ande rson H. C 105G ;, Us Chapin Dr ]0' J. lU60 l;,.rry Dr M '" Brown J H 1410 Chapin D r IV S 836 J\ ndcrson R 1I nOli Cartel' Mr$ A 13 "U6 r,2 Hrowil L .. . . 646 Andina B"nha F 1210 " '" '" ," Chappelear J llOO P T llB Urown ,\1 0 ... 520 Ch'Hle$ Miss M 1334 A'l(lj ' e,,"~ \\' • . 000 Barwick E 1352 '" " , Brown "1 P .•• 600 l·;ashein H C h,u'IC"wOI'lh J . 1004 Andrus I" L ." 75 ~ 4€6 '" '" "Sfi Brown Re\" R.M 300 C hase 0 I" . . . • lOuD Ange vine D \\' . ~5! 1.:ass K D 534 Brown 1220 '"H 5R S R Chase 0 II' .. , 1200 An"win H B Uas s .111·s !II J. .1"S "" " BI'owll W S .. 1084 Anthony \V J ~ 1 2 B astin .J H ,"a Chal",l P . . . . 902 '"' 00" '" Browne I' 1II •.. 1140 Chau\'ellel R . . 1256 Antill B 682 Bale~ J D 120 '" B r owning G E 290 Che lT)" D 662 AnlOtocic lo .\1 A II ~ 2 I;"I ~ ~ M Jr ""a~~2 "" Brow n in g G Jr 1446 Anlmm A C 1206 Bates S Ito Che rn' I" 108·] ~~42 " Bruce RD . • . • 1056 F S 5n8 ,,~ .llabon T D Chen'bin Antunov ich M ;0" lfiO Brueckner R A. 758 Chester' C 0 1030 .\po810Iico V 07 ·1 r;"ue r C .' fin Bru m L ...•.• 1414 \1 CI' D )I Chick A C 73G '\l'plc;:nte A 129~ n" ~88 Brumfield 0 L. 812 C hol",tO\' Y 1212 ArlJe r J S Bat]]""" C .1 D ~)54 1236 ''" Brunet R . . 1 3~8 Chodos H 1096 A"clocr G . • . .. 1;anl"alln E ~ 0 2 Brunner \V "l16 AI'culli Hc" C J 1.:allt.c r D GOti '"" Christe nse n H 980 00" B r y a n W J 1566 Christensen O. 950 Arde n L 1022"'" naxt p ,' .\II·S H no "'" Bryanl D .. .. 1138 C h";~lenHcn 'VB 8·!6 Argalliall D .. . 956 1.:".1"101' \1' 882 Bryanl J \1' .. . 664 "'"260 Clll ' i~lial1 s en C . 1050 AI"I"a"d Bro na, '~ n A . 57·1 Buchanan B l~.. 870 AI'llIstrong I" E B e;,ch L P .. 2RO C hl · i."Uan ~ cn .J . 558 906 1192 Buck Dr R L .• 742 C h"isUanse ll K. 432 Anl1slrong R A ""05 ·! Bea,'h L \V fiW. ,"a Bucke ndor! Jr. 100 llpan C A C hl·i."lianscn R. 11J.! A rnold \1' C 92" s ~ s Buer~h"er K . • 454 (:hl';Hll11nn J .. . 900 AI"IIO\' it~ Dr E . ·!lG Hean Lt I" A 8;)'1 Buerger C 900 ,1,'110,," D,' D I . Chri ~ tO]lher P I;' 640 831 B eard 0 H 856 ""3~{) Buescher H .. . 1058 Clllll'ehili E D.. 634 ArOIl ~ OIl L .. 090 B eardsle y E .. ~5S ,"a BlIhuro,' l\"" 768 Cinkus I ' ll72 AsallO\'ic h G l i n B c,,,,dr.,· L \I' 3, 6 Buillnglon H 682 Ash B 1228 B e aulie u R L C il>ra R 810 fiOO 380 Bullis H 1018 C(,"'e uH I:l 1076 Ashley F H 211 6 Deck P n 622 Bnllockus T . . 980 Clark A G 1660 A SjJinwaU )'Irs. (;3 ·! Becker E J 1430 '00 Bundick Dr W 1098 Becker )1 C lark A H 1256 ,b t ajJoff J %2 772 420 Burbank D 'r 448 Clark A "M %8 Astl e ~' E R 998 Becker n J 1134 HO Burdick V J 1682 t: lnrk D C 760 Aston H . .•... 652 H ecke r 'V I" 7~ 8 Burg D 1090 C lnl'k I" J 996 Atkins H 13 .•. 802 H e dt~ l J )I 8~l l Burg-Ier Lt N L 486 C lark G e n' l F 'S 816 Atkillson F.I .' 79r. Behl" t: I;(JR Burkart B H 482 Clark K A .• . 740 A tkinson \v ,\r. .190 Bela ngc!" J .. '"" Bu rkett AD ... 1302 500 Clal'k !l 6·16 A tzert Rev El P 1082 Belasco E: )[ W" ''" Burkett R 0 .. 694 C larke C L 938 Aubuchon Miss 000 Belc her f.' E "'"752 " Burkhallnr A . , 224 Cl \Y 1<; ...• 1076 I·'e rrandlz I" l.l. 91~ (J,,!;C Dr A A 12\JZ GOUld :\Irs :\1 L 8t O Clemmons J \V. 112 t)""ld 1)1" I" lJ ""6tS Dunsl T A ..•. 1456 Fiala Cmd r R P 1462 aUlle C V 578 Gouled W S 1142 Clendenin It . . . 9H Daniel T ),1 ~5S Du,'ham A C GH t)lJcI L It 'vv ~: I I K C H .1 33 2 Gowan T ...•. 714 Cleveland H ... 1200 D,,"lolll! DI""h .. 'OO Durnerin :\!iss . . 1146 t)dlow t.o .•••• 936 Gnj,'lle I· ..•... 1172 G r abar D G . . SSS Cle"enger W P. 111.2 Dltnlel. II I': .. Durrell \" 756 Fi"ld J C . •.•. &S8 G"jo)w8kl J) J. j~~ GraeU K R .. . ~~6 Clifford E P ... 1266 D"nlel~on L S n! Ollllon E X 614 Field P A •. 9111 O"II"llher (; 0 . I:W Gmf L ...... 8901 Clutier B R ... 6 1B Oltnnel" II A .. '" DuVa ll A H 1380 n"ldlng C . 93 8 (Jlt llllllher .1 I).. 9U2 Grafa J B . . •. ll GS Couu A\\'.... ~~ ~ J)""~I,, ..r W M IIH 0 1'\"1111 n \\" 710 f'ielding R B . . 9St Glllhll(hcr X A. ~M1 Grnham C W . . 372 Coub Or Io: W 110~ D"raklll a ... '" D"')'cr A I UO fll ~ on J 0 ... . <>02 (lnll;l:o" L ...•. ~OO Gr,,"de RD . . . 11GB <:ockrell n .... 870 0"1"11 ..,, Dr C G '" Dwyer D A 59t ~lnch C IJ ..••. ~ I G O"lIlIeclo S '38 (;r:tner C .•.•. ~G ! Cogdill ),1 F .... US D .. rllng Dr H ]0" 5 1! nnkd~lC I .. D .• 6~\I (Jall"l) H ...... ~~ · I O .. "nt K 8U Coggeshall H H 600 O"uJ;herty Dr S ""82: E nnkeloleln ll .. 11'0 Onml) S H .•.• ilO Gr"Uan R 'V 700 Cogh ill ).11.111 V ~ 8' I J IH. ~o<: k er \\" .• F ln ke.steln N •• 1360 (Jannon J .... 1010 G ravel A B C. 1538 Cohen A .•••.• 900 Da .....m .. n f~lIa. 3S6 Ear nesl n 3t6 ~'i orio J •.•.••. 832 Cant )'Ir~ J D .• SOlI Grn"ea K E G06 Cohen J X .•.• 000 l)'Ul,,"w . n G f' '" E.t."h P J r Ult Fi...,man ),1 •••. 822 film t J T J r .. 85& G ray C P 1302 Cohen R A 8~0 Onven ioort A \ \ . 1<: "~ t1,,nd C A 1 0 7~ n~nHUl S \\' .. . 8~6 Can l ~ I' H 2O Grny E E . .... 1701 Coker G X Jr .. 12 18 l)a\'Cll llOrl .\1 G 1020"'". E"~twood R ... 1 ~02 Fl s~ h er J 1300 Gareia J ).l ••• 75-1 Gr",· ) 1 G l OOS Coleman B .•.• 8 ~ 8 J)u\'lc~ J .•.••• ,., ~;ehe'·err;'. it 1170 ~ll!Chcr R 1.1 •. 1200 Onrdlnlcr \. E.. SIS (;t"dY P F .•... 93 1 Colley J P .... 1160 D",·Ie. l:I J ... ItlG Eekn ... n \\" it .. 408 F'ischlowltz C •. 1022 Cray",,"el S E .. 1050 E ddlngtan C E . 1342 Gnrdnet C 117Z Collie r .\Ii"" L ~G U " " l~ ClUdr I '" 11 5, ~"i~~ hn"'n n ... 5&2 Curdnet W~' 736 G reen C A .••. 1304 Colling A P .... 1\l6G Uuvl/! I 'I . ... Eddln"lon G A 6SO t "is h J) D ....• 628 Gardner W Ii 654 Green T 14-30 Collin" )'Iu P .. ~12 1),'1'19 J ....•.. ~:dd,· DC.... ~fi. 1 F'ish F G <>04 Ourland L J:: •. U S G reenb"nk R K GOO '" E delba u m T ". 1374 Comn" S A 1168 I)U" 19 K B IOU'" ~l~ her E J '50 Onrlllntl It I ~ ... 598 G reenberg O r S 1434 Coh'in L J r "r;G 0""11 M J J r GH t.:tllin H 0 .•.. '00 ~l~hc r I ~ ~' .... 780 Gllrlu"ti :\lIn H 566 C reenbl!TJ:: S L. 164 Comire A G 550 Unvl" W W ... E d monds Dr G 848 t"i~hcr l' S IU4 Onruer X ~I 1I-t-l Gr.,.",ough B It 95 ~ Conant :\In H. 7a I)nl'l~o n W (; .. ~2 1 Edmundson L P 87% ~ )\ch L E ••.. 618 ORrrlg" S ... . 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CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY. 1950 31 14 P- KN3 Q- K3 Underminin9 in Nevada POSTAL GA MES 15 R-Bl N-R4 A fine strategical victory by Fred Soil' Apparently strong. a s it threatens In fl Golden Knights tournament section. from CHESS REVIEW tourrley) both 16 . . . N( 4x P amI 16 . . . N- N6, but FI'ed Is President of the Las Vegas Chess \Vhite Is really with an answer. Club and chess editor of the Las Vegas (Nevada) Magazine. annotated by 16 B-R3 ! JACK W. COLLINS S~NTASIERE'S FOLLY peo: page 319, column 40 Fred Soly Hardy Perennial F. H . Weaver White Black Although we try to offer games by various l>i ayers, some, like KUjoth, mono N-KB3 P-Q4 opollze this column by submitting stich 2 P-QN4 P-K83 3 B_N2 fi ne games we cannot I'eject any. Here young Kujoth le d a ll the way. Nowadays. Santnslere believes 3 P- K3 Clever middle·game tactics embellished Is best. Then, If 3 .. . P-K~ 4 P-B4! Dx an original opening idea. P? 5 Q- N3, WhIte wIns t he Queen Pawn and has the sllperior position. ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT 3 P-K4 peo : page 220, column 176 (d) 16 .... Q_QB3 4 P-QR3 B-Q3 Richard Kujoth Fred Stoppel Black fi nds the White Queen Blshop 5 P-N3 White Black Pawn is an untouchable. Kg., 16 .. . Qx .More economIcal seems 5 P-K3, de· P- Q4 P-Q4 13P? 17 Q- 135, Q- Q·I IS N- N5! (threaten­ I'eloping the King Bishop on Its natural 2 P-QB4 P-K4 ing 19 RxU), N/ 4-135 19 B- N2! Q-Q2 (if diagonal and s imultaneously r estraIning The Albin Counter Gambit has been 19 ... Qx13? 20 QxPt, K- Ql 21 N- K6t, Dlack's Queen Pall'll. a r ound for sixty years and its sound­ K- B1 22 QxP mate) 20 P- K6, PxP 21 Nx 5 P-QN3? ness has not been established yet. KP (or 21 QxU) and White wins. 6 B_ N2 P-K5? Black gets good play fo r his pieces, 17 P- K6 ! 7 N- Q4 Q-Q2? WhIte gets good play fo r his pieces­ A vacating sacrifice. It makes K5 If 7 ... N-Q2!? 8 N- D6 smothers the amI a Pawn. al'ailable for the Knight and opens an­ Queen. Black ail'eady has the \\"Ol'st of 3 QPxP P_ Q5 other diagonal fO l' the Queen BIshop. it, hIs last three moves havIng vIolated 4 KN_B3 QN_ B3 17 . . . . PxP opening principles. 5 QN_Q2 B_ KN5 18 N_K5 Q-Q3 8 P_QB4! P- B3 Alternatives, also unSlltl"ractol'Y. are Black would lose his Queen on 18 . 9 Q- N3 B_N2 5 ... B- QN5, 5 .. . 8 - K3, and 5 ... P- D3. Q- H8t 19 B- D1, Q- NS 20 Q-K4 ! and then 10 P-Q3! 6 P-KR3 BxN 8 P-R3 P-QR4 either 21 N- D3 or 21 H-Kltl. 7 Nx8 8 _ 84 9 P-KR4! 19 N_ N6 Q-83 20 NxR B_ K2 Having had the worst of the opening and been out·combined later. Black is fighting a losing cause. 21 R-N4 B_B3 22 P-R6 Q- R8t If ?? .. PxP. 23 R- N8t or 23 QxKRP wins. If 22 ... P-N3, 23 NxP, PxN 24 QxPt wins . And, if 22.,.0- 0 - 0 , 23 PxP, I3x P 24 Rx13, HxN 25 HxPt wins. 23 B-81 Q-R4 24 QxKRP ! Resigns An example of how I'i tal lines can be opened by COllnter·action agaInst an ad· As If the usual way (9 P- KN3, KN­ \'anced enemy Pawn. K2 10 13- N2, N-N3 11 0-0, QR- N l 12 10 . . . . PxQP 13 Px P p,p Q- B2, Q- K 2 13 13- Q2) were not good 11 QxP N-K2 140-0 N_ B2 enough, whlch it is, Kujoth bobs up wIth 12 N-QB3 N-R3 15 P_ K4! a novel treatment of the position. HIs A repetition of the tactics employed move dIscourages Black fl'om castling on the tenth move. K lng·side, intends 10 P- R5 to stop 15 , . , . 0-0 Black's King Knight from assuming its 16 PxP N/B2xP? customal'y post at KN3 and foreshadows an effective lateral development of the This move loses fl piece. Black s hould White KIng Rook. Very interesting. make a developing move. say ]6 ... QR­ ell, and hope to win the Pawn late r. 9 . . . KN_ K2 11 8-B4 N-N3 10 P-R5 N_ B1 12 Q- B2 P-R5 17 NxN NxN The second·player is a Hook behind 18 N_ B5! R esigns T akIng too much ti me to do too litlle. and faced with sel'eral threats. On 24 Something more [oz·thright like 12 . Black must lose-to gire pos sibly the . . . QxR, 25 Q- NSt, K- Q2 26 Q-D7t, D­ longest varIation: if 18 ... Q- K3. 19 QR­ P-HS. 13 ... Q- K2, 1~ .. . 0-0-0 and 15 K2 27 PxP, followed by N-N6 . .. and .. KR- K1 is preferahle. Q.l . B- K 4 20 BxD! PxB 21 13xN. BxD 22 tben P- N8(Q), wins. On 2 ~ ... P- K4 (If QxB! QxQ 23 N-K7t and 24 NxQ. 13 R_ R4 ! Q_ K2 2~ . .. 0 - 0 - 0, 25 Q- N6 wins), 25 PxP! White hoped [or 13 ... O-O? 14 N- N5, QxQ 26 P- N8(Q)t, QxQ 27 RxQt, K­ Our postal players are invit ed to submit P-N3 (better 14 . .. P- Q6) 15 PxP, RPxP Q2 2S 13-H3t, K- D3 29 R- N6, RxN 30 Rx thei r BEST gam es for this department. 16 NxP! RxN 17 QxPt, H- N2 18 Q-K6t, Dt wins. And, on 24 ... P-N~, 25 BxNP, To be consider ed, the moves of each R- 132 19 H- N4t, fO!'cing mate. 13x13 26 Q- N8t. K- Q2 27 HxB, RxQ 28 Rx game must be w ritten on a standard Q, N- N6 29 N- N6!, and the KIng Rook score sheet, or typed on a si ngle sh eet of t chec k ; .t db!. check; I dIs. eh. Pawn goes on to WIll. paper , and marked "for publication."

32 CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1950 PRACTICAL CHESS OPENINGS by REUBEN FINE

II,\!': UMASTE/{ REUB EN FINE, n l op player of the United Stales G and one of the world's greatest authorities on chessplay, has produced his own book on the chess openi1lgs! From the vast slore­ house o f his own practical knowledge of the subject and the distilled experience of other chessmaster:o. in tournament and malch pIa )', Heubcn Fine has presented tiS the bOOh~ 0/ bool."s all. the openingsf It cont a in:; th e tried ami tested "Hriatiull s of th e past, plus the lalesl, I1p-to-the-minute openings o f model'll play. All openings are classi fied alphabcli c all~ " Au introduction to each opening explains the main lines in detail, ,,'illt diagrams to illustrate the basic posi. tions, and this is followed hy pages of variations arranged in vertica l columns. Footnotes give th e sub·variations and diagrams show im­ portant positions. Altogether, th ~re a re 1240 columns of main vari· ations and thousa nds of footnotes, all eva luated for your guidance by Reulmn Fine. An essential work of reference for every chessplayer.

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