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Swbsc,.iption Rote ONE YEAR 55.50 1 White is following tra 2 Black strikes for (· on dition but it is doubtful trol of the cent"l", one of t hat he realizes he is of the Morphy principles. a nd THE DAWN OF OPENING THEORY fering Ii Pawn for quick de [or quick development (by ADOLF ANDBRSSElN incurred a severe lesson in his games velopment, BhICk replies 2 clearIng way for his Queen with Paul Marphy; but, in this game with Rosanes (White) . . . P- Q4 and answers 3 Bishop) , the other principle, at Breslau in 1862, it is aDpal'ent that he profited from the PxQP with 3 . .. P- K5 in The games goes: 4 B- X5t . lesson. By careful attention to two :L'.lorphy principles. he the Falkbeer Counter Ga m· P-QB3 ~ PxP: fol' Whire sets up the basis for a brilliant victory. The true dawn of bit. Preferellees fo r \Jal·tlcu materialistically seeks to opening theory came with Morphy, but the rays were sus lar I-ariations eome and go. trade off his potentially tained by Andel'ssen. The game begins as a King's Cam bit: The Falkbeer is not the weal, Pawn. Black replies 1 P- K.f, P-K4 2 P-KB4 (see diagram 1). present y ogue but is solld. with;) . . . NxP.
3 Black Is continuing his 4 Black figures that, the :; White fo resees da ngers 6 Now, indeed. Black is aim for Quick development more Pawns gone, the more in atu'mpllng to 5e[ up threatening to regain rna· and works now with the aid his advantage in pieces de· King·sitle l"a ~ l li n g and 80 terial, too, and a( least or his Pawn on K5 which reo veloped wlU count as liues plays 11 B-Q.2, to elea r the fully. So Wilite ··(·aBtles stricts White's freedom, will be opened. Now White other wing. ( But note into it," 14 0 - 0-0 T o all White s trikes at that Pawn takes and aims to consoli Black·s ope n li nes there!) extent, he se em~ :; eClIre. with 6 N-QB3 and Black pro date while Black continues Now Anderssen SHIrts to Given 11 move or t WO , he will tects with 6 . . ' N-KB3. By calmly to develop: S NxP, strike : 11 .. . XxN 12 PxN, be. But Anderss en in his 7 Q-K2, White pursues some· 0 - 0 9 BxN, PxB 10 P-Q3 B- B4 ! 13 P - K5, Q-N3, He element, the middle game. thing of a chimera, the win (at last! l. R- Kl. The tenor still prefers developing to gives White no ]"(-81. 14 • • , of another Pawn. Now Black of the game is set: White regain of materia l (by 13 B- Q5 ! is the move. It forces calmly develops: , .. B- QB4. has Pawns: Black, lines. . . . BxP) . weakenings.
7 15 P-QB3 Is virtually 8 Apparently, White now 9 Here \ 110 ha n' (he frnirs 10 Allderssen's remedy is forced, and now ]5 QR sees that 17 PxB would of a well eOl1shlered and to dose of[ the King's es· Nl forces Hi P-QN3, an(l wreck him by 17 ... QxP quil"k tleH"lopmel1l. a Queen eape ha tch. and he doeg it all the elements of the bril with irrefutable threat of IS saerifit-e a s the ("ro w ning in one l'one1usive mOI'e. It liant win for Black are now . .. Q- R8 mate. Perhaps, he brilliancy. Ander sH e n h a ~ i ~ to be noted. of (·O\1l ·se. arrayed (see diagram 8). sees that 17 K-N2 18 B-K3 eyed (he (·onjoining lines oj" Ihat this a nd the pretedin¥ Black's King Bishop Is en a.nd thz'eat of 19 ... BxNP his Queen Big hol' lIml the moves hall hall-to be mapped prise Hnd will remain so: wouJol be too much. At ally Queen Knigh t fil e, While's Olll clearly and sun,l~' in a d· for the White King. albeit rate, he at last develops his only bope i8 10 elea l" hi8 liZ vallee: a brilliancy does not non,appOirently. is e n prise. laggard Knight: 17 :'>I - B~. for hi ~ I'; ing. So I.. , Il"i e.' jt1 Sl happen in maSU,I' pla y_ LIla ck plays the quie t-look ll"onieally, thi~ ]Jroper eare ],~ I-'x(l. HxP III H- J.: 1. Ca ll The IDOl'" i~ I!J . , . lJ- I";lj -; ing lij .. • KR- Ql. lo~es to 17 . . . QxP ! his King e S<.: i1.p e :' with mute next move. CHESS REVIEW 'HI ",(,ua, CHUS MAGAZIHf Vo;ume 26 Number 7 July, 1958 EDITED &. PUBLISHED BY I. A. Horowitz "THE KING AND JOE" I ) Chess is timely, advocated to A musical cartoon. enti tled The King aid the scientific thinking our amt ioe," starring the voice of Stan TABLE OF CONTENTS country needs. (Russia is a chess Freberg, was completed in June 1957 hy playing nation.l FEATURES U.P.A. Pictures, famous for their "Mr. 2) Chess, as pointed out in your Addenda to the Lange _ .. ______194 Magoo" and "G('(uld !HeBoing.liuing cartuun, brings nations together on Chess Playing Program for 16M 704 208 Game of the Month ______200 comedies. frielldly competitive terms. Written snd comp05ed by Charles Hen· Mikhail Botvinnik Champion Again _ 203 3) We know you always put on a My Best Games (Fine) ______206 derson of Beverly Hills, California, this good show and can't wsit to see World Championship Match ______213 cartoon depicts amusi ngly (and with an how you have combined chess and engaging lack of authenf.icity!) the saga entertainlllent for all. DEPARTMENTS of the little King wlio becsme weary of Luoking fo rward to seeing "The Chessboard Magic! ______207 waging a costly and fu tile wsr against King and Joe" on TV, Chess Caviar ______215, 221, 222 his perennial enemy. a Sheik nallled Jue. Ch ess Club Dir ectory ______. ___ ., ___ 198 Cordially. In desperation, he invents a game design. Games from Recent Events ______222 ed to replace war and sends forth his eight On the Cover ______195 NOT TO THE DOGS, ANYWAY lillie foot·soldiers (Pawns) to invite J oe Past Masterpieces ______201 (WE HOPE) Postal Chess _____ . ______216 to test his skill. Joe accepts, only because I have been informed by Dr. C. Schrue Solitaire Chess ______224 he anticipates the 0]l portunity. once in del' of the San Diego Zoological Gardens Spotlight on Openings ______210 ~ide the King's castle. tu set it aflame. that that body is paying my subscription Tournament Calendar ______199 The ensuing complications are hilarious, World of Chess ______195 to C HESS R"vn;w for the next two years. with a happy (and peaceful ) ending a s Dr. Schroeder has very kindly got me the outcome. out of my exchange difficulties. Much to EDITOR I. A. Horowitz Unfortunately, this cartoon was made my relief because your [(eview is a must, EXECUTIVE EDITOR by U.P.A. for CD.S. Television. The lat not only for its excellence, but because Jack Straley BaUeU CONTRIBUTING EDITORS ter are in full po ss e~ s iun of the film and [ lllet a nlunber of your players when I A. B. BI!guler. 1. Chernev, J. W. Collins, have not, months later. lelecast it. HEilE'S was in the U.S.A. a couple of years ago T. A. Dunst, Dr. M. Euwe, Hans Kmoch, HOW YOU CAN no SO .\tEn ll~G FOil CHESS: and like to follow their fortunes. W. Korn. Fred Rein!eld. Aben Rudy. CORRESPONDENTS Write a letter, along Ihe lines indicated KEITH SHE ... RiJ Collegiate F. H. Kerr below, to Mr. Stephen Busustow, Presi· Nedlands, IV Estern A u$tralia Alabama E. M. Cockrell. dent of U.P.A. He ha~ indicated to us that, Ca li fornia Leroy Johnson, Dr. H. Ralston, !II. J. Royer. if enough letters arc ~ent in. it will help BY WAY OF CORRECTION Co lo rado .M. W. Reese. him tu do everything possible to cause Connecticut Edmund E. Ha nd. I received m y first copy uf CIll-;SS HE· The King and joe to receive a network Delaware M. R. Paul. \'lEW this January, and 1 can report that Florida R. C. Eastwood. showing. Don't delay - write today! Use Georgia R. L. Froemke. j'ours is certainly an interest ing and in· Illinois J. G. ·Warren. your own words alung thc following lines: formative lllsgazine. Ind iana D. C. Hills, D. E. Rhead. S .Hll'LE LETTER [ am writing especially, however, to call Iowa W. G. Vanderburg. Kentuoky J. W. Mayer. Mr. Stephen Bosu~tuw your attention to an error which appeared Kansas K. R. lIiacDonald. Louisiana C. J. CtreuUu. U.P.A. Pictures, inc. in the news from South Carolina. Thcre Maryland CharlM Barasch. 4440 Lakeside Avenue is, to my knowledge, no such person as Musachusetts Franklin J. Sanborn "Dewen Vant," and I doubt there ever Michigan R. Buskager, J. R. Watson. B urbank, California Minnesota R. C. Gave. will be. So please be so kind a s to print MIS$ourl E. A. Talley. Dear J\h. BOSUS luw: a correctiun: the 1957 South Carolina Nebraska B. E. Ellsworth, Ja<:k Spence. • R. E. ·Weare. As a member of (name of chess club Junior Chess Champion is Dewey Varn. L. Nevada R. ·Wheeler. or organization). I ~ h o uld like to con· This fifteen-y ear.old nut only is a New Hampshire Ralph M. Gerth. New York Walter Froehlfch. Edward Lasker, gratulate you on your cuurage and fore schular and an athlete at high ~ chool, H. III. Phillips. sight in making the first ehess cartoon, where he is a sophomore, but is also vy North Carolina Dr. S. NobUn. North Dakota D. C. Macdonald. "The King and J oe." far the most improved player in the Ohio R. B. Hayes, J . R. Schroeder. An article I have j Uot read in CHESS Charleslon Chess Club thi8 year. 1 am Pennsylvania \VllIiam R. Hamilton, Lee B . Hoover. REVIEW states that thi ~ cartoon is tem sure that the present championship is not South Carolina Prof. L. L. 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CHESS REVIEW, IULY, 19~8 193 ADDENDA TO LANGE By I. A. HOROWITZ IT is doubtful that the dispatch, quod erat demon- strandu,rn, should ever concl ude an analytical article. Even hefore the ink is dry, comes a new idea, ({ new approach which relegates the meticulous effort to innocuous desuetude. In the article, "New Life in the Old Lange," in CHESS REVIEW of August, 1957. the summa tion indi 14 N- N5! , . . . cates that Black is lost. There seems to be a differ- Out o f a weltel' of po .~s lb lli tl e s, tbis AI Horowib move app·e:lI's to lea d to a positiona l ence of opinion on th is point. edge. T he IJi fi li is 10 ~ I i ml n a te Black's The general theme of the article was an attempt to ltp;;et the preva il . DlshoD and Saddle Dlao.: k with a couple of Is olated Pawns. ing notion, given in the 8 th ed ition of iV/odem Chess Openings, tha t While, Anothe l' way with a pparently pI·o m is· a! best, draws. So Inr as the article went, it demonstrated wit h r Ci\:-;o n Ing prospects is 1-1 QN-Q2. Best fOI' able accuracy tlUi L White wins, except for all elaboration 0 11
INTERNATIONAL lUll Championship and Zonal." The co r· ller-up F\ed Tears of Dallas, Texas, and rect names are "Central American and Claudc Sponagle vf Denver, Colorado, in European Team Competition Caribbean Zonal" for Zone 7 and "South third place. Mrs. Mable Burlingame of In a small team tOlll"JlUlllCllt in Pari.~, American Zonal" for Zone 8. Phoenix, Arizona, was first in the WOIll the French "A" tCUll), cOlllprising; 1\'111 1· en·s Division, and Howard Killough, Jr. . (ang, Boulttville [Hut Haizlllann, finblwd UNITED STATES of Russell, Ka nsas, topped the J uni or Di· 011 top, fo lluwed by Switzerland in ~o:c· VISion. George Koltanowski functioned uun place. NATlONA'L with his usual competence as tournament A (tam event in Holland involving cltJe~ Amateur Crown di rector. Foremost among organizers of of various countries resull ~ d in u victory the evcnt were 01". and Mrs. H. P. Kil · Dr. Eric W. "\farchand of Rochester, by Rotterdam. lough, who did yeoman service prior to ;.Jew York outscoreJ a huge field of 142 and d uring the [hree·day chess fes tival. c()ntestants to win the amateur champion Matches in East Europe So successful was the mcet that the Rus ship SI}OnSoreJ by the L'niled States Che"" Recent match scores were as follows: sell Chamber of Commerce has already Federation. His 5 1 :.:. 1 :.: tally was equaled East Germany edged Poland by 13·12 in d(~cided to slwllsor a Sccond !'I·lid·Conti by Stuart ilIargulie:3 and Claurle Hill inger, Section "A," while Poland lUl'ned lhe nent Open in !\lay, 1959. Excellent news but Marchand wa, ret limed the wi nner tahles in Section "l)" with u 10-5 tally. ]laper covcrage was provided by the R us on tie-breaking pvilll ". Lt. J vhn HudsVIL. Sofia defeated Belgrade hy 11%-81;2. Big sell D(lilr NI'JVs and the RII.Hell Record, winner two year, agu. IU5t only to Mar Yugoslav !lames 011 tbe fir .~t th ree board~ both pa]lers devoti ng llIuch space to news chand, in the la"t round; and a large - T rifunovich, Durascvich and Karak accounts and ])hotographs. laich - could
The Hanover Bank Team r eceiving trophy f rom A lbert Lawrence of Marine Mid land champiul15hip. Ih e Univer"it y of Pitts· Bank, President of th e Bankers Athletic League (center) . The others are ( left to hurgh gained pre lllle r 1II'II1,rs with a r ight) members of the Hanover Bank team: Josph Repecka, N~lson Hogenauer malch ~c ()r e of 2·1 . G,lnn'''1 C"llege and (1st board), Donald Keynton (capt ain) and Chris Koch. (See und~r Local Event s: Pe nn were nexl will. \ Y~·I Y~ each. while New York) Peril! Stale brollghl up Ih e rear with \.2. PUERTO RICO CONNECTICUT NEW YORK Joint winne rs of the Puerto {{ican cham· In a 1]0 pbycr tourney for the stale Manhattan C. C. Championship pion., hip preliminaries W(~ l" e Francisco litle, Eliot W"lk of Storrs wa ;: a dear Benitez fabregas and ]{uhen V. Cintron. firsl with SYz·Yz. Second and third plaee ~ fn the powerful .I'1'lnnhatl,m Chcs." Club. each 12· 1. A shurt play.orr malch i~ ~ e hed· went to B"II<)II and n .w rdon. each 5·1. the clHllnpion~hip once a gJin f,·11 Iv thai old perennial ArtllUr B. Bb guicr who had uled to break the tic. Tog~lh e r with Ben· ite? and Cintron, the nex t f"ur highest DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA c linchcd first we ll beflOl'e th e la ~ 1 n lund; hc scored 7 1/~ _ V:! . drawing with AI '['II m e r. ranking players in the jot·d im s - Paul A round robin for the District team George Kramer and Turner tied at .:;.:.\. and Reissman, Sanliago Lavar)(lcro. Franciscu champinnship wa~ wo n by Naval C<)m · Victor A. Cuala and Ge"rge S hain ~ wit Prieto and Hector Vi %c po - will com· muni c ation~ ( NAVCO:'lO[ ). 12·\. Behind we n: a half.p"iul hack in auothe r tic. prise Pllerlu Hico's r~prese nlali o n ill the uy one poinl wa s the Silver Springs Che s ~ I!"wurd C"hen und Edw"rd St'hwartz tkd International T eam Chanq,;ollship 10 he held at :'·Iunich. Genuan)". Club, 11·2. lind third was the Arlington al ;~ V~· : ~ V~. And Morlon S ie~ cl . 2Vz·':; Yz. Che s ~ Cluh. lO.:t and Harold :'I!. PhilliJl ~ . 0·8. finish the TEXAS , tull y. KENTUCKY TllI"u er losl 10 Kramcr. drew al ~ o with A seeded round robin f"r stat" Slljll"elli' ucy was credited 10 B1uk e Stevens, At. Lexinglon, Eugene Warner of Cin· Shainswil. K ramer losl I" S hain ~ wil. be· \Y. Jr., of San Antonio. 3y:!.1 y:! . Stephen cinnal i. 4J/2.y:;. captured the Kentucky ~ id cs Ui sgui er uf course. and to Schwarlz. .lones, 3·2, was rlllrner·up. followed by State Open, ahead of T. A. Kuhn and Slwinswit losl 10 Gual~ (and Bi ~ glli e r) Kenneth R. Smith and .l "lin Bob Payne, Charks Wddon, each 4·1, who placed aral dre w with Cohen ~nd Siegel. And each 2%.2 Yz. second and Ihird respectively on tic· Gual(1 lo st to ( Bisgui erl Turner and Krame r alld drew with Schwartz. The Texas Open was b!lggt; d hy fifteen breaking totals. Twenty·two entric!; from rear lOld By ron Dougla ~ of Ollllas, 5)4.%. four states pal"tieip'lted. ahead lOf tough Fred T ears by half a Met League Championship point. NEW HAMPSHIRE The de lail$ lO f all cluh slandin!".-; ha" c WISCONSIN Philip Uell "f C()neord nosed out George not rei heen publishcd. hili Ih e j,ig rh·W." Barl of the samc city on S.·B. reckoning b thaI. after Ihese many. ruan y ycars. Fur Ihe sixth timc, Richartl Kujuth of lhe :'Ilan hallan Chess Clul! lost a mal .. h after bol h had ~co r e d 4·1. .James Tuttle. :'Ililwaukce is Wi sc on ~ in kingpin. Ihanks and the lille. The Mar ~ hall Che,, ~ C I\lb ' ~ 10 a slight edge over Dr. l.. YlOung of 3·2, came in Ihird. C. " Slar Team." thlOugh il drew cadie r with the U nil' e r s it~· of Wi~con s jn ill a 60 play. it" own "H eserve Team." pulled oul in
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THE DONNER-LARSEN MATCH ningen. Had the match taken place imm ediatel y after Donner did not slicceed in capturing a place in th e the lauer, lhe resul t mi gh t ha ve becn d ifferent. Interzonal Tournament to be held this summer in It is regrettable that FIDE cou ld not accept the Portoroz, Yugoslavia . This is a disappoint ment, not reque.st from th e Wagenningen partici pa nts to admit only for himself, bu t a lso for the many Dutch chess the fo ur Lop pla yers to th e Portoroz Tournamen t. The fa ns; the more so as Don ner ha d done so well in the \'i/il get1llin gen Zonal TOlirnamenL had more strong Wagenningell (ZolHd ) Tournament and shortly there players than either th at of Dublin or Sofi a. Yet, from afte r in the Beverwijk Tou l'Il amenl. Lir e latter two, lik ewise the th ree top players are eli· This is not \0 say that Larsen's victory was 1I 11 · gible for Portoroz; and, to demonstrate a point, Ivkov deserved. Far from tha t. The yo ung Danish grand. who placed only 9th at Wli genn in gen shortly there master demonstrated ill the ma tch that he clearly was after sha red th e ch am pionshi p o f Yu goslavi a with ~ the stronger pla yer. Not olle moment was he in seri o Gli go rich . In all fuil'tless, it should lIe adm itted tha t FIDE OLlS danger, and lit' util ized his chances excellently. could not very well decid e ot herwise. For instance, Still, his match resu lt, 3-] , is so mewhat fla tteri ng Najdorf of Argentina wa s eli minated and of th e first and undoubtedly the res ult o f the fac t that Donner rank grand masters of Hu ss iu, this time Taima nov, wo uld be eliminated in case of a tied score. Repeat Spa sski, Kotov and Ge ll er were not in the runni ng. edly, Donner wa s compelled to play for a wi n, wh ich The fact is that th ere are at present a great many was not justified by th e posit ion. MOl'eovt:l', Larsen world cha mpionship cand idates, and a sa tisfactory had just returned from the Mill' del Plata Tou rn a sol ution of the problem of giving them all their chance ment and was in much better form than at Wagen- 11:.: deserved by playin g strength is not easy to find. }o~ rom the DOll ll el'- Lal'sen match. the e Q-Q2 p,p 11 NPxP p,p seco nd game was t he IlI OSt Interesting, 9 BPxP N_ K1 12 0-0_0 P-B5 This ga me. In fa ct. decided the matc h. Here. too. 9 . . . N- R 1. and m a ck hal' Possibly. 12 , . . P- QR3 oug ht to be Thereafter, Lar sen needed only a half some compensa tion fO J' t he Pa w n a fter tried. De fi n it e orJ inion is difficulL and poi nt alit of t wo games. In s p ite of ] 0 P-KN-!, N- B5 11 Bx:'\", Pxi3 12 Qx P. eXl)erienee m n ~t dedde. time trouhle . LRrsfm s u rprl~cd Do nner Q- N3. with R Queen ma neuver. and won g'hort· 13 6-62 N-Q2 Iy thereafter, g K-N1 • • • • KING'S I N DIAN DEFENSE 'Vhlte ' ~ last is hi s sllfest H e can now opera te a long the Bis hop file. M e o : page 314, col umn 37 Bent Larsen J. H . Donner 14 . . . . N j 2_B3 W h ite D1ar- k 15 B-R3 · . . . 1 P-Q4 N_KB3 3 N_QB3 B_ N2 W hi te effet:l~ th e e xchfl nge or hi ~ bad 2 P-QB4 P_ KN3 P-K 4 P-Q3 1318Il())) wh il'!} has little fllIll l"e 0 0 a ny "5 P-B3 • • • • othel' sqna re.
The Sa emisch System. applied several 15. • • • N_6 2 times w ith Slll:cess by Botvinnil( in hj~ Dlacl,"s two Knig hts a r e now weI! r ecent match w it h Smyslov. pla ced fOl' de fense. 5 . . . . 0-0 16 B_R4 B,B 6 B-K3 P-K4 10 P- K N4 . . . . 17 NxB Q- Q2 7 P- Q5 • • • • In a mat<' h gam e. Alekhine-Euwe. 1926, 18 N_KN5 · . . . Probably. White's la~ t i~ as good as 0 - 0-0 , p - n ,1 JIK the fo rmer played 10 'r l li ~ lnsl 1I1 0ve r es nl t ~ ultimately in 7 KN-K2. If des ired. ,"V h it e has the op· N t a nd obtained t he ad\'1ll1tage a rte r 11 tion o f a later N-K'1l3. a Pawn fI.}('ri ri ce . T he sim ple 18 Q- N2 . .. 1','- Q2 12 .':- R3 ! P- QH3 13 PxP. PxP seems to hal'", beLleJ' chances . 7 . . . . P-B3 14 P - K1','4, Alekhine s tated {hal 11 . .. 18 . . . . Nj 3-K1 This Il\o\'e is doubtful here. Stronger P-QR3 is better and t hat 12 B-Q3. P- is 7 . . . N -IH to sta n a n immedia t e a c· QN--\ 13 K::-<- K2. P-B5 1 -1 B- 8 2. 1','- Q2 is W h ite gains an a d l'antage fl'om 18 t ioa on th e King·s ide. Szabo-Brons te in satisfactory fOJ' Black. P- K H3 19 1','-KIi. 1',' xN 20 P xN. QxP 21 continued: 8 Q-Q2. P-KD·I 9 PxP. PxP QxQP. 10 . . . P_ B4 10 0 -0- 0 , P - QR3 11 B- N5. Q-K I 12 "' Hl KR-N1 K-R1 R3. N- Q2 13 P - KN·I. P xP H P xP , N- n5! Qtherwise. Blacl! obtains no cou ntel'· wit h good cha nces for Black , play, t ch eck ; t = dbl. check: § _ d i s. eh, 200 CHESS REVIEW. JULY, 1958 BY FRED REINFELD
Willie Paul l\lorphy has been pr'aised been expected. He has it fail' de\'elop· to the stratosphere, his great contem· mellt, while White's pieces lu'e some· (IOI'al'y Adolf A'nde rs sen has been se d· what awkwardly placed, ollsly neglected, In this great master's 17 N-Q2 P_N4 beautiful games we fi nd all ill!ltl il ctive A bit venturesome, this move does flair fO!' brilliant ccmblnatiolls that PI'O no h arm If followed up properly. duc I) de1!ghtful effects. macl, thinks that the weakening move, 18 Q-R5 P-KB4? . .. P- KR3. can be avoided but appeared Berlin , 1851 'l'his re(Jly gives Andel'ssen the chance to be incOlTecL Better is 19 . .. P-KR3 EVANS GAMBIT ror whil'h he was waiting, Conect is 20 N- K6, NxN 21 PxN, QsP 22 N-Q5. R peo: page 11 the more conseryative 18 . , . P- D3 19 B2 after which Black's King call go to A. Anderssen c. Mayet );,-R3, Q- KB2 with lin excellent posi· KBI. \Vhite then also, however, retains White Black lion fOl' Black. enough compensation (01' the Pawn. 1 P-K4 ~. P_QN4 B,P 19 B-94t! K-N2 20 Q_N2 P_K R3 P-K4 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 5 P-B3 B_R4 01' 19 , • , P- Q4 20 NxP!, PxN 21 Here Donner l.onsidered 20 . .. O- B3. 3 B_B4 B-B4 6 P-Q4 p,p DxPt , K-N2 22 N-D3. and White has which fails against 21 N-K6! NxN 22 7 0 - 0 P-Q6 a winning game, PxN. Qx!' 23 DxBt and either 23 . . . Black's last is seemingly a good move. RxB 24 ·1b.:P! wilUling, or 23 . .. Qsn as it pI'events White from fOl'ming a 24 N - N5 with grea t advantage for White, ~tl'Ong cent er and takes away the best 21 N-K6 NxN square available to his Queen Knight. 22 PxN QxP B\it White qu ickly works 11 P a strong 23 N-QS ' ..• attac king position, White threate ns destruction with 2,1 N-B7. 23 , , . . R-B2 23 ' •. ,R- Bl pel'mits 24 N-K7 al'ter which White wins the Exchange. 24 R-QB1 QR-B1 OtherWise, White obtains a favorable end·game liFter 25 Q- N6, 2{l N-93!! P_KR3 2r. RxR Q,R Black avoids 20 .. ' PxN 21 DxP. B-B2 26 Q-N6 Q-Q2 22 NxN, PxN 23 RxP!, Bxlt 24 Q- R6t, 27 P-QR3 , . . . K- Rl 25 BxBt as White forces mate, Blac1{ Is almost in Zugzwang, 21 NxN! , • ' , 27 .. " P- N3 8 N-N5 N-R3 Now the ramO\lS Ande l'ssen Knights The only move , Dlack makes another 9 P-K5! NxP?! get to work, Neithel' Knight can be square aval1able for his Queen, 10 R_K1 Q-K2 captured because , of 22 Q- N6t, K- Rl 23 QxPt, Q-R2 24 N-N6 mate, 28 B-Q8 .. " This rel)ly does not sa\'e the piece: 21 .. " Q_B3 Now. on 28 . . , Q- N2, White has a de· for, after 11 P-B,I, Blaek cannot go in ds!\'e Dlo\'e in 29 N- B7. On 28 Q- R5 for 11 . .. Q-B~ -;- 12 K-'Rl, QxB 13 This move seems to I'egain some of 'ror White, on the other hand. Black has RxNt and 14 RxB. the lost material. but -- 28 K- R2: e.g" 29 R..;N6, Q-R6 30 nxPt . 11 P-B4 B-N3t 11. BxP 0_0 22 N_N4! PxN/N5 K- N l . and a dl'aw seems assured, 12 K-R1 KN-N5 15 PxN NxKP 23 R- K7t! Resigns 28 . , , • K-N1 13 N_R3 P-Q3 16 N_B4 P_QB3 For again, ir 23 .. ' QxR 2,\ Q- N6t, Ulack Is noll' a tta cking the Bishop and \Vllll three Pawns for the piece, Blac k K- Rl 25 QxPt, Q- H2 26 N-N6 mate, so indirec tly protects his Rook Pawn, has eome off bener than might have A typically fine Anders sen finish. 29 B_R4 K-B1 Forced. After 35 . , , PxB, White's at· position is bette!', Now Black's King ta ck is il'l'esistable after 36 Q- R8t. K- 30 B-K1 N_B3 8 237 Q-N7t, etc, Dlaek begins to fl'ee himself, Ext/'eme 36 BxQP P-K5 care, howe\'er. IH'oves necessary, Now an awful blundel', Aftel' 36 . . , K- 31 B-N4 NxN 1t2, there appears to be no winning con 32 PxN R-B3 tinuation for White: e ,g" 33 Q-B2 P-QR4 1) 37 Q- K8, RxD 38 Itx'Bt, KxR 39 Q Now an ovel'slght. 33 .. . K-Kl Is nec· K7t, K- Nl ~o Qx.R, P-K5! 41 Q-Q8t . essary, though White still retains COlll' K- B2, and White does not get any fur· pensation enough for his Pawn. ther (even If his King were on QRI 34 Q-B6! •... when his posilion would be somewhat be tter) , A disa g !'eeable sUl'lwlse for Black. POsition after 34 Q.B61 2) 37 Q-B7, R-B2 38 Q -B~. P- N4! 39 (See diagram, next colUmn) Q- K4 (after 39 QxNP, P- K5! Black sud· , , 34 .. " Q-B4t 35 K-R2 . . denly obtains good chances), QxQ 40 The only move , On 34 . .. QxQ? 35 Perhaps, 35 K-Hl is more accul'ate: PxQ, and, while W h ite stl11 has the PxQ, a nd White wins quickly. On 34 , , . but Whit e could not foresee so much In better game. he probably cannot win. Q- Ql, White wins with 35 'B- Kl, IR- IS2 his few I'emaining seconds, 37 Q-K8t K-R2 36R- N6, R- Q2 37 B-n~, 35 .... K-N1 38 PxP Resigns
CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 1958 201 PLASTIC CHESSMEN P O,SPECTS IN CHESS An In te rvie w g iven b y Mikh,l il Botvin nik. the W o rld Chell Champion Q" .. slioll: Dun't ~' () U Ihink that ~ "ll r :\ t tlte Ilrc>s<: nt lime. It Fine is n,,1 ,I.:· "ict"ry sh" uld in ~ p ir e the g ra n d rna 'll' r ~ " f ,·"ting almost any atl eu li(J 1l to chess. lI ed i· ~ Ihe ••l ll,· r g:e n"r:lli un, Ker.'. , I\ .·,h,·,_k,' "!!Ii ng himse lf II' lwll )' I" 11! }'chialf), . 11 ntl "Ih e r ~ , in the ~ t rll :.: :.d e f"r till' w" rl d Qlleslioll : In cunnecli"" wil h the I,r"g' c r"wII ~ r . · s ~ made in c y !J c rn et i e~. II'hal ,I " )'
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MAIL YOU R OR DER T O CHESS REVIEW 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. V. 202 CHUS REVIEW. JU LY. 19S8 HAIL BOTVINNIK IS WORLD CHAMPION By Mikhail Yudovich, International Chess Master Ever since 1886, when the first official world In · 1951, Mikhail Botvillllik met Grandmaster chess title ma tch wa:,> pbyed in three American cities David Bronstein of the USSR in his first title defense - New York, St. Lo uis and New Orleans - between match. The stubborn str uggle ended in a draw at Wilhelm SLeinilz and Johanll Zuckerto rt, slLch matches 12 all which en ti tled Botvillnik to retain the crown, have become outstanding events in chess history. T he T hree years later, his opponent was Vassily Smyslov_ duels between the world's topmost challengers for the Again, the final score was 12-12, and Botvinnik's crown enriched chess theory and practice, served as reign in the chess world continued till 1957 when he fine examples of keen, tense, spo rt rivalry. faced Smyslov for th e second ti me. This time, the M ikhail Botvinnik, the Soviet Grandmaster, WOIl chess ki ng suffered a set-hack; the title passed over the world title in 194.8 ill an exciting tournament to the challenger; but, since Mikhail Botvi nnik had aga in st the brilliant Grandmasters Vassily Smyslov held it fo r nine years, he, according to th e Interna· (USSR), Paul Keres (USSR), Sa muel Reshevsky tional Chess Federati on rules, was entitled to chal ( USA) and Max Euwe ( Holland). In keeping wi th lenge the willner to a return match for the laurels. a decision of the International Chess Federation M ik ha il BOlvinnik had to defend his title once every three Such, in brief, is the history leading up to the y"ears against a challenger who woul d win this right retu rn ma tch which took place ill March, April and in major international tournaments. ,\Jay of this year.
What were the chances of the two .\Iostow Grandmasters on Ihe eve of their new meeting Ol'er the chessboard? It is hardl}· a mistake to s tate that Lhe majority of chess expens Fal·ore d Smyslol' to win. They undoubtedly took into acconnt the psychological s igniFl eance of the previous match and the fact that Vassily Smyslol' was ten years younger (iBotvinnik is -17) . The final ~tage of the last Dotvinnil(-Smyslol' match saw the fOI'mer cnlck ullder the strain of the drawn-out competition. Dotvilll\ik conducted the last g·ames fl S one doomed to defeat. T he previous matell also revealed that Dotvinnik eX · perienced trouble in !"inding the proper reply to White's opening move with his King's Pawn (P-K4l. The cl\ntious l~ren ch De fe nse anti the risky Sicilian Defense llnd, finally, the old ,}l uy Lopez system. wh ich he adopted when playing mack, invariably gave his dangerolls rival an advantage. AllI! it is not so simple in 11 complIratively short pel·jot!
Despite the fa ct tlt at we seem to It ave cHl'ered tlte recent World Chcss Cham piolbhip .... latch quitc thonmghly, it i$ tl"lle tlwt it was conleslcd Ii)" two players of the Suviet Union . So we Itave wcl· comcd this article II}" another RU $sian. feelin"" that our rellders mal'. Ilrofit from olw~rvillg wltat a Huss ian account of t he lJlalch is like. Be~idcs a comparison of the ne ws side of the Illatch, our readers lllay fi nd sume instructive value in cOlJlpa ring the CU lll ment;; herein on glllllCS with those wh ich wc have nm lind a re running. So we II1IVC left Master Yudovich's a rticle e n tirely unt onched and complete as given , to us (of course in trans lation). ~ Ell.
CHESS REVtEW, JULY, 1958 203 of time to re·examlne one's opening "Innlk and Smyslov are chess players of tary published In one of Ihe Soviet repertOI'y, drop old altlLChments and about the same strenglh, of the same newspapers : prepal'e new reliable systems. world class. "Black sel'lously threatens to 'Hh'ance From an objective viewpoint, It In. his Pawn (. , , 'P-KN4, ' .. P-KN5), fol · deed seemed as If aU the chances wel"e And so, Mikhail Botvinnlk is agaIn lowing up with, , ' N-KN4, after which on Vassily Smyslov's side; but - -as it the world chess champion. In two years White w111 experience considel·able, often happens In !!te, it suddenly turns from now, he will ha"e to defend his trouble in defending hImself," out that the preliminary calculations or title; but who will be his challenger Mikhail Botl'lnnik pondered ol'er his the experts are built on an unsteady foun· then? Will it be Vassily Smyslov onee sealed mOl'e for half an hour. He found dation. more or Paul Keres, David Bronstein the correct continuation, whicb unex· The report of the C\l"6t game of the or Samuel Iteshevsky? 01' perhaps one pectedly revealed to the experts that match was the start of a string of sen of the younger talented playel'S, Mikhail White's chances are just as good as sations. Mikhail BOlvlnnlk, playing Tahl, the USSR champion. for Instance, Black's. Black, employed the Caro-Kann ·Defense or Robert ,,'jseher. the elmmpion of the 41 P-QR3! , . . . United States, or maybe Dent Larsen, for the first Ume In his career. Ac White thus opens the Queen Rook file the Dane, or Oscar Pallllo, the Argen· quiring a s plendid position in the open· for attac k on Dlae k's King. ing stage, he p~ded with a vigor· tinlan? -Does it pay to guess? In any 41., • • P-QR4 ous attack to win that game. His play case, we will witness a competition 42 P:.:P PxP In the second game WitS equally as en· which will be Interesting and instruc· 43 R-QR1! N-KR3 fH'getic and, in the third game, the tlve, Caro-Kann Defense gave him the third On 43 , .. 'RxP, White has 44 H..,R7t, successive victory, Incidentally, about the games of the K- K l 45 'R~8t, N-Ql 46 P- K5! A tempt· Three points in the first three games match now over. How hal'e they en· IlIg continuation Is 43 , .. N- K4; but was a I'emal'kable beginning; but the riched chess! \Vhy wel'e there mistakes then White easily (ol'ce$ agl'eement on marathon distance or the match - 2,1 in some of them! a dl'a\\', by 44 NxNt, PxN 45 R- R7t, K games - heralded mnny more events First, II Cew words abont blundel'S, Kl 46 R-R8t, K-82 47 R-iR7, with the of dirfel'ent kinds. Smyslov's supportel'S Chess is so difficult ami complicated threat of 48 P-Q6, believed that the world champion would today that no one is able to play with· 44 R-R7t K_K1 recover from the unexpected shock of out maklug any errors. or {'Olll'se. thel'e 45 R-RSt . . , ' the Initial blows and gl'adually wipe out al'e tested I'outes one ('an follow to It seemed at the time that White ought Dotvlnnik's lead In points, And Smyslo\' a.chieve swiftly a peaceful outcome In II to 1)lay Hi P-K5; but then, aftel' -15 , .. Indeed exerted every effol't to captm'e chess duel; but this is not in the nauU'e N-B4, Black hns wonderful l)l"ospeets. the Initiative, Play continued with In· ot trne masters of the gume. They put 45 , , , , K-B2 47 N-N5t K_N2 creasing stubbornness in each game, In all theil' inspiration. rOI'el·er seek 46 P-K6 PxP 48 N-KSt K-R2 The match showed how diverse and !l omething new in each performance, great are the chances In chess compe· W.here new trails have to he blazed, At this point, the players agreed to tition. In such positions where many where 'adversaries of equal strength a draw, Grandmasters and Masters usually agree clash over the chessboard, much effort to a draw. the world champion and the Is exerted and mistakes are 1lOl;5lble. 'Mikhail 'Botvlnnlk displayed wonderfUl cballenger fouml such continuations The systems employed by Vasslly skill in a Rook ending whiCh occurred in which breathed new life Into seemingly Smyslov aud Mikhail Doo'l nnik in the the 14th game, This Rook ending wiI1 simple and well·known situations, earo-Kann Derense, Sicilian Defense, undoubtedly be Included in all gUides on chess endlllli:S as a classic example Vasslly Smyslov's pressure mounted as English Opening, King's Indian Defense of planned and well·thought strategy. the end of the match drew nearer. iDe a nd Gruenfeld Defense contained new rore the fatal 23rd game. he bad cut contributions to the theory of chess $my.lov t10wll Botvinnlk's lead, He put up a openings, The first. sixth. ninth, tenth, heroie struggle. but this lime Mikhail seventeenth and many othel' games of fiotvlnnlk had the necessary strength to tile last world title malt'h provided. ex· stand up to -his opponent's pl'essure and cellent examples of stl·lItegic maneuver· s hare the point In that game, This halt ing. point gRve him a total of 12,5 points to Ol exceptional interest 'U'e some of I'egaln the world CI'own, Smyslov's scol'e the endingij encountered in the match, was 10,5 points, 'Dotvlnnlk won seven Take t.hls pOSition, fOl' i!lslam'e, reacbed games and Smyslov, five: lind, In the in the twentIeth game. remaining eleven games, the contestantll Smyslov agreed to a dl'aw. The whole chess wOI'ld congl'atulRteli Its old champion on his 'lates t outstand· ing achievement, Mikhail Botvlnnlk Botvlnntk showed a wondel'ful example ot a lelf· critical attitude. We can only admire White's liole advantage Is that his his iI'on Will, Ilis ability to work Inde· Rook has a mOI'e active position, fatigably, combining his 1I1terest In cbess 41 R-KRS K_N4 with fl'uitful work In hili main pl'ofes· 42 K-Q4 .... stan, As is known, Botvinnlk is an eml· Not 42 P-B4t, K- N3 43 RxP, 'P-N-I as nent spedaUst In tlle field ot eleetl'lcal then Black virtually comllels a dl'aw, engineering and holds doctor's degree a 42 .. " R-B4 in engineering, Vasslly Smyslov \lIlderestlmated the If U . , . R-Q3t, then 43 K-K5, and s trength and posslblUUes of his rival, Botvinnik tbe decisive reply to 43 .. R-Q7 is and this ractor played a big pal't jn his The game was adjoUl'netl in this posl· H R-N8t! defeat. Apparently, the previous match tion, and Mikhail Dotvlnnik had to make 43 R-R7! . , , , where everyone sensed the psychologl· his -Ust (sealed) move. Sizing up the This Is a very strong move. The natur· cal break in Botvlnnik's play gal'e Smys· chances of the two contes tants, the III continuation, ~3 P-BH, K-N3 H RxP, lov the impression that his rival would Grandmasters and (Mastel'S regarded gh'es Blac k excellent counter·play. never wage battle with tbe same strengtb Black as having an unques tionable ad· 43 , , , , K_N3 and energy as In Ule past. ' ObjectiVely vantage. This was what Grandmaster speaking, it must be admitted that 'Bot· Tigran Petrosyan wrote in his commen· t = cbeck; t = 41>1, check: § = 41., ch, 204 CHESS IUVlfW, JULY, 1958 4<:, R- Q7! · . . I-Iel'e, too, if White plaYIO(I H /lxRP, Bla{,k I'e plies with H .. , R- H4 . 4<', . • • • K - B3 45 R_Q5 R- B3 4(; K-B3! , , , . While move;;; his King tOWlll'd Q:-.14 to (I'!!ll'jl'e Black of possibilities linked with tim attllcl( on the Queen Itook Pawn. 45 . . . . R-K3 49 K _N4 K-B3 47 R-Q4 K-N4 50 R- Q4 K_N4 ..8 R_Q7 R-B3 51 R- Qa R-K3 52 R-QBa! ".,
White i~ ~lfe:lgthenil1g hi s position move by 1:101'e, S I:Ij'S!OI' Illlopts it deci· ~ ion to laullch King-side connte l' ·a ct ion. His defense could be lllOl'e s lllbbol'n with contlnued, waiting tactics. 52 ... , P- B 5 5:; PxPt! .. , , 53 R- NSt, K- B4 54 H- BSt, !{- 1l3 55 P- K4 t, K- K4 56 Hxll, Kx H r.i K- 33. K-K4 5·1 P- B3, P- 33 mus t r e~ ul t in a dra\\'
53 . . • • K,P 56 R- R6 P_ N 4 5"; R,P K-B6 57 RPxP p , p 55 R_KR7 R- K 5 58 R- B 6t ' . , . \\'hite's last is another \"ol)(le )'flll move. The continllation, 58 KxP, Kx l' 59 P-D5, K- N6 60 P- B6. H- KI leads only to a drawn game. 5El • .. K _N7 Closing of t he matc h: (I. t o r.) D. Pho/OJ b)' N. /l! aximo~ 5S K x P R-K7 Postnikoy, Deputy Chairman of Physi. Or 59 , .. Kx P 60 P-Br.. K- Ni 61 P- B6. ca l Culture and Sports Com m ittee; H. P- H6 62 P- Bi", R- Kl 63 H- KH6, P- Ri 6·] Golombe k, assistant c hief umpire of P- B4. P- HS(Q) 65 RxQ, l\xH 66 K- B6. match; Mikhail Bot vi nn ik ; a nd H. Hi nd· K- Ni 67 1\- Qi . and White II'lns . strom, Vi ce.Pres . of FIDE. 60 P- B5 R- N7t 62 K-N7 R-N7t 61 K-R6 R- R7t 63 R_QN6 R- B7 8 . . . KN- Q2 14 P-KB4 p ,p In ('asa of 63 . _ RxP, 6·t H- N3 is de . 9 P- Q4 N- B1 15 N,p N_B3 cisive. 10 B_ K 3 N_ N 3 16 NxNt 8.- 64 P-B6 KxRP 66 R_ B6 R- N7t 11 Q-N3 B- R5 17 Q- B2 B-R5 K_N7 65 P_ B7 67 R_QN6 R- B7 12 Q-R2 N-Q2 18 Q-B3 N_K2 68 P_B4 Resigns 13 0-0 - 0 Q-N1 19 B- Q3 P_KN3 It i~ difflcult to put Ull a de fense ugainH the planned and steadily IlI'ess· S uch c lassic exponents of ,Rook end ing auac k. A mort! r ellable contlnnation 'l\Iaur spectators no,,' believer! that ings as Akiba Rubinstein and J ose Ilan] here, appare ntly. is 19 , . . Q- Q3. Smys lov had let vi ctory s lip OUt of his Capablanca wou ld have been very hanlls. A st!'ong re ply to 3·1 QxBP is 34 20 P-B5 ! , . . , please(! with s uch an ending! ... R- QNl ! The world title· holder. how. Vassi ly S myslol"s attack in the 19th A mos t da ring breakthrough. l3y sacri· ever, had prepared all excellent move game of the match wa s very Hrong and ficing a Pawn. W hi1e bu ilds UI) a n op· which crowned his allack. e Hective. I)O r tllllity for t h .-- decis il'e Oll ll ialight along t he I\ing lm,1 King IJi s hOI) flI es. 34 QR- K1 ! Q-R8f CARO. KANN DEFENSE 20 , . . , KPxP Blac k lose s a piece if he continues V, S m y& lov M, Bot v innik 34 ... IhQ 35 3xN§. There Is no s all'ation for mack in 20 White lJlack _ . Q- N6 21 Q .~Q, BxQ 22 PxKP, PxP 23 35 B_N 1§ Res igns 1 P- K 4 P- Q B3 3 N_ KB3 B_ N 5 B-KR6! 0 - 0 - 0 24 KB-Bl a s the White III ca se of 35 . ' . K-Q3, th€'11 36 RxBt, 2 N- QB3 P_Q4 4 P_K R3 8 , N Hook bre:lks thr on,l!h to KBi. NxH 37 D- D4t. K- Q4 38 Q- !\'3 mate. 5 QxB N-83 21 B- KB4! Q-Q1 The Smyslov- Botvinnlk r eturn match In I'eply to 5 . , P- Q:). White a chieves 22 PxP Q_Q4 was well organized. T he Uml)!J-eS, Grand· a good game with 6 D- D-L 23 Q_N4 B- B 3 master GId eon Stahlberg of S wede n and 6 P_Q3 P_ K 3 Not 23 ... D - B~ bN'anSe of 24 P- 36 Inte r national :l la s ter Harry Golombek 7 P- QR3 · . ' . and the n 25 Q- K~-;- . of I3ritain. handled t heir a!
XXVII. THE AUDIENCE ASKED FOR AN ENCORE Chess tournaments are usually sta id affairs. The wallboa rds Hre ava ilable, el ectrically controlled. So me audience generally consists of a cOl.tple of dozen time5, ea rphones are provided, wi th runn ing COlllme n people who a re asked to go to greM pains not to say taries on the ga mes by some prominent, non-participa t anything. A well known German joke tells of a Hand mg ma ster. hook for Spectators at Chess Tournaments which con Wi th such large aud iences, sil ence becomes qu it e a si sted of several hund red pages. All were hlank ex problem. In the Yloscow Tournament in whi ch I pin yed, cept olle which had printed on it in block letters : ROlllanovsky, th e director wo uld gel up every ha l f hom KEEP QUIET. and exhort th e specta tors to he qui et. An a mu sing in In Russia, it was entirely different. Tournaments cident occurred in Leningrad. In one game, Loeven or matches are hel d in large halls which sea t about two fisch left a Rook en p rL~e ill a .~ i lllp l e combination. to three thousand people. All the seats are so ld well Hi;; opponent ev id ently d id not see it and stud ied the in advance. In the 1946 U.S. S.R. - U.S.A. match, position for somc ti me. Meal mhile, the audience, most Maurice Wertheim, the multimill iona ire who generous of whom did see it, grew mo re and more restless. ly financed the trip for th e AmericlOm team, joki ngly W'hen the IJ lunc\ er wa s no t ca ught by th e opponen t, told the Soviet Minister of Sport th at of course th ere th ey began to ~ h Olit and boo. were no "scalpers" in the Soviet Union to make a Generally, the '"' pcetators at these events were of profit on the tickets to the chess match. "Oh, no," high ca li ber. ·Ma ll Y were fi rst category strength (just, came the reply, "We have quite a Iew. Tickets ordi helow ma ster) . They understood good chess and COli Id narily cost 5 rubles and are sold out weeks ahead of appreciate it when it was played. When a g"arnc \\'a~ time. Speculators are outside in front of the hall particularly pleasi ng, they would clL stomarily a pplaud. offering them at 50 to 100 rubles apiece." In th e following ga me, against Lil ienthal, th e spec In more recent years, the Russian organizers have tators became so enthusiastic thal they not oill y ap made it even more interesti ng for spectators. T.arge plauded -- they began to shout for Hn encore!
Mosc ow, 1937 Inasmuch as Black is going to play . . . GRUENFELD DEFENSE QPxP sooner 01· later . (he mo'·e of th" MCO: p. 296, col . 43: also p. 220. col. 66 K ing Bishop is defe rred. P _ K3 R. FIne A. Lilient hal 7 . . • • White fBlack InconSistent and infe r ior. Tile usual line. 7 . . . PxP 8 BxP. Q:\-Q2 9 0 - 0. N 1 P _Q4 N_ KB3 3 N- QB3 P -Q4 N3 10 B- K2. B- K3 leads to theoretical 2 P_QB4 P- KN3 4 Q-N3 • • • • equality. The s ha rpest cOllt inuation. 8 B- Q3 QN-Q2 4 . . . . P- 83 9 0 - 0 N- N3 In recent years. the mor e specula tive Black hopes fo)" 10 1"'x1"'. K1"'x 1"' . ·1 .. . PxP 5 QxBP , B- N2 6 P - K4. 0 - 0 10 KR_ Q1! . . . has been tried. . White cOl"l"e c tly I·eco ..... n izes that. in Posi t io n after 12 QxN 5 N- B3 8 - N2 the ensuing cramped p o ~ it i on. Blaek·s 6 P-K3 0- 0 13 P- K4 • • • Bishops will be inferior. 7 B- Q2 . . . . White aims at ]3 ... 1"'- K4? (Bla c k ·~ 10 . . . . inten ti on) 14 P xP, K xP 15 ;"' xN. BX'N 11 Bx8P 16 B- R6. winning the E xchange. 12 QxN . . . . 13 . . . . Q-B2 (See d ia gra m, top , next column) Again. Black p la n ~ ... P- IU Black 's weakness lies in his QUeen 14 P- K5 ! Bishop. He makes a n effon to free • • • himself. The hole at Blad,·s Q.j is of no grea t consequence; more significant is the 12 . . . N-Q2 (act that both his Bishops a r e stifled. This m ethod does not su(' ceed. 13et te l· 14 . . . . N- N3 is 12 . . . N- Q4 13 P- K 4. XxX. al t hough V.rhite·s game remains pre ferAb le. A somewhat better try is 14 . . . P - QB4 15 B- B 4. P- N3 16 P x P , QxP (best) 17 t _ ch£!c k; :j: dbl. check: § dis. ch. Q-·K 2, a lthough Black is s ri!] nOl fl·ee. 206 CHESS REVlEW, JULY, 1958 15 Q-K2 F'-KB4 Fearrul of t he hole at his KB3, Blac-k jumps ont of the frying pan in LO the fire. A-I01'e solid Is 15 . ' . N-Q4 16 N-K4, 8-Q2. 16 Px P e.p, R, P H N_K4 R-B4
At least Black ha~ rid himself of t he dangerous White Biilhop. but his Kins position is more exposed. 27 , , , , A_B5 A desperate try. 28 R-K2 PxP 30 R- Q3! P-A5 29 Q- N3t Q-N2 31 QxQt K,Q
18 B_ N4! , , , ' Th is move keeps BJaclt immobllized: ~',g .. 18 , .. B-Q2 19 B- Q6. Q- B1 20 N No. 1 K. K. F redosse ieff B5 with continued pl'essure (10 , , . n Wliite draws CB 21 D - ~3 01' 21 D- K5), 1B , , ' . R-Q4 19 N- K5! , , , , An obvious Pawn s acrifice: e,g.. 19 .. BxN? 20 PxB, RxP 21 8 -Q6 01' 20 ... QxP 21 B- 83. 19 . , , _ R-Ql 20 QR-81 N-Q4 The Pawn of COlU'Se Is stili Immu ne. Black seems to hal'e liberated himself 21 B-R3 N_K 2 somewhat, but then~ is a surprise In s LOre. Again, if 21 ... BxN. White wins with p,p 22 PxB, QxP? 23 D-K7, R any 24 N- 86t. 32 P-KN3! Perhaps, bowevel', the best try Is this No betler is 32 . .. R-Bl 33 PxP, N- B5 Double, Double, Toil a nd Troll ble. variation but w ith 23 B-K7, Q-B2 as the 34 R-N3t, K-Rl 35 n /2-K3 aHer which ('usuing end·game is not so easily 1I'0n. Black is still imlllobillzed and actually No.2 A ut hor unknown 2:2 Q-B3 .... defenseless against N- Q6 . White draws 33 A xPt K-B1 White thl'aatens N- DSi, 34 P- B3! , , , . A most unusual lJo~ition. which is per· haps what pleased the audience. Even though there a re no Queens on the board, VY'hite has a mating attack. 34 , .. , N-B3 On 3~ .. . It- H5. White wins wi lh 35 R/2-N2: e.g" 35 . . . N- K2 36 H- N7. 35 A- A2! Rx N Desperation. After 35 , . . NxN 36 PxN, K - K2 37 RxPt, K - Q3 38 N S-N7, mate can not be slOpped. 'L'he simple way Js the best way. 36 PxR N,P 37 R- N4 N-B3 No, 3 Stepitnoff 22 .... N-Q4 38 R- KB2 Resigns \V·hite dt'aw8 Black is back whel'e he s tarted fl'Om. AHer 38 .. K-K2 39 R- N7t. th. But, if inste ad 22 . ' . ~- B· I , White blls Knight goes. 23 P-KN4! NxP 24 N-8St! nx~ (or 2-1 . The readel' "'ill have noticed that . , , K-Rl 25 NxPt!) 25 QxB, N-K7t 26 nelthel' Black's Queen Rook nor Queen K- Bl , and White wins, Bishop moved during the entire game. 23 Q-KN3 . , , . As Steinitz onl'e said of al\ analogol1!< White prellal'eS a n attack with P- R4-6, s ituation: he was giving me odds of Rook and Bi! Several articles have appeared in reo In order to avoid examining the con· These decision routines work for either cent months on the subject of a chess sequences of all possible moyes, since side of the board, allowing Ule machine playing machine. The I.B.M. 704 digital most of them are bad, anyway, and since to generate moves both for itself and computer now has a proglRm which en it would take far to!) much time, a set of Its opponent, It will be noted that, at ables it to play chess. It was written decision routines were written which the beginning of the game, only ques by the author and Michael DeV. Robens select a small number (not greater than tions (4) and (7) are answe!'ed affirma· of I.B.M. and H. A. Belsky and T. seven) of strategically good moves. tively and, therefore, the Plausible Move Arbuckle of the Service Bureau Corpora These moves are now referred to the Table will have in it the moves: N-QR3, tion. The game \V'hich it plays is on Tree, the part of the program which ex N-QB3, N-KR3, N-KB3, P-K4, P- K3, an amateur level, and a good many amines in depth. The Tree operates thus: P- Q4. As the game progresses, exchang· of its moves are nothing to be ashamed it makes the first moye of this set of es, key squares and open files will take ot. It never leaves a piece en prise, a seven plausible moves and asks the de on added Importance, while, eventually, common failing of all chess players, and cision routines for seven plausible re Pawn moves will take on repeated im it can be 'seen that the level of Its chess plies. Having received them, it executes portance in the end-game. playing could be considerably improved the first of these and again asks for Were the machine to have a larger were this program to be adapted for a seven responses, pe!'fo!'ms the first and memory, more questions could be asked: bigger and faster machine. once more asks for seven counter re for example, are tllere doubled Pawns, This program was undertaken as a sponses. It executes the first one or passed Pawns, isolated Pawns, Bishops problem in simulation of human think these counter responses, SCOI'es the pos of opposite colors, and so on, and each Ing. Most digital computer problems ition, undoes the move, execntes the of these situations would give rise to or today, such as payroll calculations, second, scores the position, and so on, different moves. There is no reason inventory control and p!'ediction of mis until it has gone through ali sel'en. why a machine with a sufficiently com sile and satellite fl!ght paths present It takes the highest score and brings it plicated set of dp.cision routines could back as the score of the first move on l!ttle difficulty in problem formulation, not play very well; and, in the not too as methods exist and are easily stated the third level, for It must assume that, if It made that first move on the thiro distant future, we may see other chess for solving these problems. "The equa programs performing. Newell, Simon tions can be written, and a procedure level, the opponent would choose 'his and Shaw, and also McCarthy are CUI" stated which, when applied to the speci best reply. It then undoes its fi!'st move fic problem, will invariably give rise to on the third level, executes the second rently working on other chess playing the proper result. "This circumstance is move and descends once more to the programs. not true In respect to chess. No one fourth level. In this fashion. it exam Here Is a sample game. has yet specified a set of formulas such ines 2800 different positions and arril'es that following them will enable a person at that move which, in its estimation, IBM 704 Opponent to arrive at the best, or even a rea will leave the opponent with the worst White Black possible position .• sonably good move in chess. This, in 1 P-K4 P-K4 9 B-N5t N_B3 deed, is one of the fascinations of the The generation of the Plausible Move 2 B-84 P-QNS 10 P-84 p,p game. Therefore, the int erest In this Table is performed by the decision mak 3 P-Q3 N-K83 11 BxNt Q,B problem for the computer. The mao ing section of the program. This sec 4 B_KN5 B-N2 12 p,p P- K5 chine must be made to select moves and tion asks a series of queRtions con· 5 B,N Q,B 13 N-N5 Q- N3 evaluate positions much as a 'human cerning the state of the board and. de 6 N-KB3 P-B3 ,. N-KR3 P-K6 being does; for examining in depth. that pending on the answers to these ques 7 0-0 P-Q4 15 P-B3 B- 84 is to say several moves ahead for all tions, manufactUres moves. The ques S PxP p,p 16 R_K1 . , . . possible moves, would still require far tions are: too much tlme. 1. Is the King In check? The program works in the following 2. a, Can material be gained? fashion. The board position is scanned, b. Can material be lost? square by square, and tables of informa· c. Can material be exchanged? tion are generated. These tables contain 3. Is castling possible? all immediate information, including 4. Can minor pieces be developed? 5. Can squares defended by the a list of moves, whiCh pieces are at· Pawns of a Pawn chain be tacked, and by what, which pieces are occupied? defended, and by what, as well as in 6. Can open files be occupied or formation relating to doubled pieces invaded? (Rooks behind IRooks. etc.). 7. Can Pawns be mOl'ed? A score is also evaluated for this posi 8. Can pieces be moved? Uon, based upon mobility, area control, If the answer to (1) Is yes, King moves, (The preceding moves are not recom· King defense, and material. Each of interpositions and the possible capture mended: the IBM 704 sheds Bishops for these criteria is weighted; and, at pres of the checking piece are entered in the Knights with unjustified nonchalance, ent, mobility, area control and King de Plausible Move Table, whereupon con for example, and 15 N-B4 appears more fense (number of controlled squares trol returns to the Tree. If the answer effective a defense than its 15 P-B3, to (1) is no, the decision routines go to around the King) are set equal to each but its last move Is quite good. - Ed.) each successive question and construct other. Material is set as worth more 16.___ 0-0 whatever moves exist which satisfy the In order to discourag'e the program from Questions. When the Plausible Move 17N-BS ._" sacrificing a piece, say. for a few points Table reaches seven, control is returned (This move, however, spells rUin, a of mobility or area control. The squares to the Tree. curious oversight when 17 Q-K2 serves themselves are also currently set as so well. - Ed.) equal in Importance, but different values • That Is in any gIven position, IBM 704 17 _ . _ _ P-K7§ 20 Nj3xQ Q-B7 conslder$ '"i plausible moves. 1st level. 7 may be assigned to the control squares, positions; 7 replies to each, 2d level. 56 18 N-B2 BxP 21 P-N3 QR-Q1 for example, or the ones surrounding po~it!ons; 7 responses, 3d leyel. 39 9 POsI 19 P-KN3 PxQ{Q) 22 P-KR4 R,N tlon$; 7 counter-reSDQnSes. ·!th le'·03I. 28M the Kings. posltlon~, _ Ed. Resigns 208 CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 1958 The Illaln \I·eaknells of the program Is thal It III jJ!'OIP'n mmed to move away al, tackel\ IJleCe il I'ather than to de fend them. The latter conld be done II I t he cost o f lengthen Ing the time re(l uired to ma ke a move, which Is now on the I BM 704 Beginn er 1 P_ K 4 P_K4 9 P- KB4 B_ R3 2 B_ N 5 N_K B3 10 p,p BxBt 3 P_Q4 N_ KN 5 11 K,B QxP/4 Q, N P-QB3 12 N- KB3 Q- K 3 "5 B_B4 Q-R4t 13 Qx Qt QPx P 6 B-Q2 Q- R5 14 P- K 5 0 - 0 7 B-Q3 QxQP 15 P_KR4 N- Q2 8 N- Q B3 P_KN3 16 P_ R5 (Comme nt on an Incomplete game l!l not allt to be illuminating; bll t It l!l apparent thal a machine-like Infalllblllt}' Ale x Bern.t ein at t he control of the I, B,M, 704 as to leavlnK Il lece en prise is an a sset which lJUts ID;\, i04 a t better than sub, amateur level; It seems that IBi\1 i04 Another scheme would be thIs: again SQUlll'es, thl'ee times 01' just one and a can pre~B an Iltlllck with materIal Sll a~s ume that the nlfl ehine lo ~es a game half o nent migh t plausible mOl'es, t hen a diHerent el' II III' talnty thaI t hese well;:hts or Ihls order ha\'e and to wha.t son of attacks It atlon must exist which would II r rh'e at ing III really I'a lid. They were not aI" might s uccumb, This procedu re ca. n. t h is mOl'e Instead or t he o ne at which bltra rlly chcsen: bul. although they o f course, lead to real complexity, for the progra m did a r r ive, The salr,l m· were based on our knowledge of chess, one might t ry to fool the program with prOl'emant routine would change the they are by no means Infallible, Who a weak move, but It will also pose ver y weightll or the criteria until this move today knows whether the central s quares interesting problems which might gain would give the highest score, a re worth t wire CROSS.SECTION U. S. A., 1957 - Part 3 THE CLOS lNG PART of our su rvey is devoted Lo the Queen P N E O-GRUENFE L D DEFENSE T\\"o sigllificant games w er e played 'I' ilh lhi~ opening. \Ve gal'e l he "']J sy d}()logical" treatment earli .. r (CHESS HEVIE\\'. )l. .J~ . February i!; ~lle) bill hl1ve yeL 10 gil'e the KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Hel'e we meet again a " cl ustel'" ot games a Jl a round t he Leitmotif of , , ' 8 , , , , 8-N2 P-KB4, with Res hevs ky, Lombardy ami F ischel' the main :standa r d-bearers. Dlack p r ev en~ 9 N-K5 but allows one Sta r ting chr onolog ically , we find the of t he trick maneu vers lilhel"en t in this ma in theme In the line g iven in MCO: configm'atioll : 9 B-Q"R S, wi nll i!lg It p. 307. col. 1, as rollowed ill Res hevsky Pawn ; 9 , . ' D-Q2 10 Bx P, It-QDI 11 L-omba rdy. U. S. Championship. Q- R3, aud Black los t after a 67 move 1 P-Q4 N- K BS 5 B_ K2 0-0 s truggle, 2 P-QB4 P-KNS 6 N_BS P-K4 Necessary is 8 , .. B- QZ : and. if 9 B S N....QBS B-N2 7 0-0 N-BS QR3, Dlack holds his Pa wn by 9 ... N 4 P-K4 P-QS 8 P-Q5 N-K2 Q5 10 Q- Q1. NxNt 11 B)(N, Q- B2, White retains the prepondel'ance, 'rhe MCO; p, 334 (note h), which comes whole formation is risky fOJ" BII\ck, but most closely to this line, avoids the loss also rull of finesses . and the fa(; t that, _ of the Pawn. But, fOl' comllai'ison, we hI thl$ i'o\HHI, Fischer \\'a $ forging a hea d refer to p. 333 (note I) which warns of with few rounds left, comlle lied Jteshev, this possibility after 1 P-QB4, N - KB3 s ky to adopt a dvenlurous linell , comt' 2 N-QB3, P-B4 3 P-KNS, P- Q4 ~ PxP, what may, H is opponent, S herwin, how, )ixP 5 N-B3, NxN ( MCO s uggests 5 , , , e ver, was classica lly a t his best i n thl$ P- KN3 6 B-N2, B -NZ a.t once) 6 NPx~ , ganle, p - KNa 7 Q-1Ht, N- B3 8 N- KS! or 7 , ' , In the same (lOt h ) r ound, Lombai'dy B-Q2 or 7 , ' , Q-Q2, bolh ans wei'ed by venus Fischel', used t he Fianche tlo At, 8 Q-QB-I ! tack (MCO: p. 321. note e l. 1 P_Q4 N_ KB3 5 B-N2 P-Q3 2 P-QB4 P_KN3 6 0-0 N_8S RETI OPENING In this opening, in the 2d I'ound or 9 N_K1 . , , . 3 N-K BS 8_N2 7 P-Q5 N_QR4 4 P_KNS 0-0 8 KN-Q2 P_B4 the l'. S. Championship, Denkei' was the Here, pei'hnlls fOI" i'eaSOl1l1 of tourna, viclim (a \"aJ"e Incident with him as he 9 P-QR3 , ' ' ment policy Oi' conci'etely because of his . uSllally is most s uccess rully imaginath'e pre \'ioull lOllS to Yanofs ky at Dallas, 1957, in bringing off tll.o.!tl cal SUi'pi'lses him, Res hevsky a bandons the move which he self) of a s\lbtle openlnjt U·a nsposition. bad adopted tht!i·.,, : 9 P -QN4, followed neshevsky was White , by . , , P- QIH 10 B--R3, PxP 11 BxP, 1 N-KB3 N_KB3 N-Q2 alter which White played ]2 N 2 P-KN~ P-QNS Kl, P-KD~ 13 B- Ba but ne .... er got the (;hance for a good game, He could a lso l~ rom yeal' to yeai', OUl" (,once [lts of have tried 12 P- QR4, P- KB4 13 N~KN5 . o pening strateg y, of ll"eli lnuml o f the but BIfU:!k 81 !11 would retain a satlsfac, " center," etc., completely ('ha nse, a nd tory game, So Res hevs ky changes venue one has to find one's way eVei' again on this 9th move but does not remain and anew wben trying to fit an inde· fully up,to'(\f11e Subsequently. Ilendent handling of an opening into an 9 , , , • N-Q2 establish."ct 01' conformlnjt fi·ame. The 10 N-QS P-KB4 SOllrce of tlils game g l\.ve It Ihe heading TUl'ner- Reshel'sky. U, S. Chamillon, 11 P-BS ' , , , ··Queen's Indian Defens e," but the ab' s hip, came to equa lit ~' after 9 N- QBa, s enr'e of the early l)Ush P- Q4 be lies tbl" Res hevs ky mny have been influenced P- K3 10 Q- D2, PxP 11 PxP, ·R- K l. heading. The first moves actually fol, by Najdort's earliei' ana lysis of this line 9 . , , . P-QN3! low t he Reti Openings (Mea: p, 3,18, which favors W hite bllt whic h has been l'o l, 36 unt il 4 0-0), superceded by Bla ck improvemen ts, T his move opens int eresting Ilos ltionll l visLa8 on ·t he Queen'Ride which ultimate' 3 B-N2 B-N2 11 , , , , P-85 1~ N-N5 P-QR3 40-0 P-KS 12 B-Q2 P_KN4 15 N_ R3 N_ B3 Iy paid orr (or Bia l'k. Denke r- F ische l' in l"Oli nd wenl (I 13 R-B1 N_KNS 16 P-B5 P- N5 12 Here MCO gives ~ , . , 1'- 8 ·1, a nd its , .. N-Q2 10 R-R2. ~-K- I 11 Q-B2, Q- U2, omission bears Black ill (ltte, T h is is the counter'attackwhich hu'ns Then, Ins tead of the "book" li ne or 12 5 P- QS! P_Q4 the ta bles for Black. 16 , . , P-N5 gains P- R3 , De nker played 12 P- QN·' rOI" a n :\'ow White is phlying Klng's Indian an all·impoi'tant tempo as against Naj' eventful J;ame ending- in a draw, a. dor!'s Hi , . , R- B2 17 PxP, PxP 18 N-B~ nevel'sed, with advantage to While. , P_ B4l QN....Q2 9 N-Bl B-K2 17 PxQP PxQP ENGLISH OPENING 7 p,p N,P 10 R-K1 0-0 18 N_B4 P-N6 Vel'y informati\'e is the game, DI Car."!' 8 P- K4 KN- B3 P-Q4 Black won a fter 19 P- KR3, BxP! Even illo-Denker, a ls o i rom the U, S, Cha m, White's maneuver ing" has gained him 19 B- R5 (at once) , Q_K2 20 B-N4, N- R4 ' plonshlp, Important territory, CHE$S RIVIlW, JULY, 19S1 211 1 White to move and win 2 BI<:ck to move and Win it is a normal characteris· Age C1UIllct wither chess, nor PATTERNS FOR MATE tic of a mating attack that custom stale its infinite you be a piece or so down. variety. Bllt, when yon are The mate threat is a potent weapon in chess. If ignored, So don't be discouraged by actually pursuing a mate. it leads to immediate Vi<:tOl"Y; if not, it still comJlels an that factor here. But do reo the variety is somewhat less unsatisfactory (we hope) n~ply. In flll these positions, membel· you must SCOl·e by than infinite. So here yolt you have It potential Ill",te threat from which to work. In sharp play! Knowing when can select your target and some the threat is conclusive; in others, it mainsprings to play sharply is an aid let fly with reasonable the works. Score e.-.:celleni fOI" ]0 correct solutions; good in itself. But we spot YOIl chance of success, aiming lor S; fair for 6. that handicap cheerfully. always for the mate. Do you Solutions on page 215. Just find the win. see the means? 3 White to move and win 4 Black to move and win 5 White to move and win 6 Black to move and win \\'ell. you hay", the pattern "Sacl"ifice your opponent's Dlack's nndefellded King in At this point, clues are tlot of these teasers dOll'lI by pieces" is an excellent this position fairly invites II propos. This is precisely now. So set to work. This maxim. Of course, for al attack. Bllt don't be I·ash: the kind of posilion which example is an easier one: most ally mating attack, it Black mayor think he may can easily be overlooked you'l"e only olle Pawn down! is something academic, but be setting up deceptive lures. ovel· the board. Just to be Just beware of mate on your not always. One "'fiY to mate Stndy your problem careful· warned that YOIl have some· own back rank. It is White is to strip the opponent of ly - and, though it's late to thing is clue enough. And to move and win. And be all his men, aftel· all. Now say so, it helps to set up such is the effect of pre sure to covel' the best de to the issue at hand: White the position ona bO!lI'd. senting the position in a fenses for Blad,: he has a haS more than one way of All set? Then work out quiz of this sort. Just do choice of moves. Now mate. defending. Cover all. YOllr attack. YOUl' own thinking. 7 White to move and wIn 8 White to move and win 9 Black to move and win 10 Black to move and win Once again, YOU have actual Even in the opening~. the ·W hile we've tried (or some The spoilsports who'd throw equality in material, even in mating pattenl can come to originality in these posi· away II piece, even a Queen. Pawns. On the other hand, the fore. The inattentive tion~. we have the feeling to thwart a pretty mate yOll have two pieces en player could run past this that this has been seen a make calling this son of prise: !So all is not equal. pOSItion withOut seeing his time or two too often. If quiz Rn ·'Announce the after all. That pin 011 your chance. Fot· the alert play· YOIl can remember the win. Mate" technically impossi· Knight can be tragic; and. er. this position is a lead credit it to youl·self as a ble. So here: it js a mating of course, the ma[ing ,ltlack pipe cinch. But, once again, win through experience. If attack which you Inn·e. but must be your means of yOll must covel· variations in not. you ought to enjoy you may end by merely win· breaking it. Cover all per· order to merit a full and working out the win. Shoot ning a piece ..Just ping fOI· tinent variations. proper score. for mate. mate OJ· any genuine win. 212 CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 19S8 . WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Part 3 at Mascaw, 1958 Annatatians by HANS KMOCH Vassily Smyslov Mikhail Botvlnnlk White has a fine game. 25 . . . . Q- Q2 2;' P- B3 Champion 7 Challenger 11 Q-R4 26 K-N2 Q- N5 28 N- K6 Q-B4 GAME 19 28 . _ . NxN 29 PxN is very bad tor Black (29 ... KR-Dl 30 R- Q5). Botvinnik's Darkest Hour 29 N-Q4 QxQ 31 RxR K.R A game very well played on Smyslov's 30 PxQ PxP 32 PxP B-N2 part but truly poorly by Botvinnik. The Smyslov has finally achieved a some challenger leaves the Impression of be what complicated position; but he has Jng exhausted and incapable of coherent no advantage. thinking. He makes just "one move 33 B-N2! P- QN4 after another," as the late Oscar Tenner 33 .. _ BxN 34 BxB, R- B7 35 ExP, N used to describe such play. 30 .. .. N-Q4 N2 (35 . _ . RxPt? 36 K-B3!) 36 K-B2, RlI1RP 37 R-QBl is promising for White; 31 B-Q2 • • • • CARO-KANN DEFENSE for his Bishop Is strong and bls doubled Again, a piece is MCO: page 89; calumn 26 threaten ed. Pawn dissolvable. 31 . . • • R-Q3 V. Smyslov M. Botvinnik 34 R-Q2 K-K1 39 K-Q2 P-N5 White Black Or 31 ... B-K2 (OJ' N2) 32 RxPt!! 35 K-B2 K-Q2 40 R_ N1 P-KA4 1 .p-K4 P-QB3 32 Q-B8t K-K2 36 N_B3 B.B 41 P-R3 P-R4 2 N-QB3 P-Q4 33 QxPt R-Q2 37 RxB N-B2 42 PxP P.P 3 N_B3 B_N5 34 QR-K1! • • • • 38 K-K3 R-B6t 43 R-QR1! N-A3 Botvlnnlk returns to Game 1. In Game U 34 ... RxQ, 35 BxN§, etc. After 43 ... RxP 44 R"':R7t, K-Kl 45 17, he played 3 . . . PxP. 34 • _ . . Q-R8t R-RSt, Black must a cquiesce to a per petual or get Into trouble: 45 ... N---'Q1?! 4 P-KR3 BxN 6 P-Q3 P-K3 35 B-N1§ Resigns 5 QxB N_B3 7 P_R3 46 P-K5, R-R6 47 !K-N8. • • • • Smyslov 8 Botvinnik 11 Smys]ov has obviously come to the 44 R-R7t K- K1 K_B2 conclusion that the text Is better than 45 R-RBt 46 P-K5! • • • • his 7 B-K2 of Game 1. How much beUer GAME 20 cannot be told from this game. One useful purpose of .the text move Inchln9 to the Summit is to prevent 7 .. . B- N5 which may be The opening Is a mixture of English, disturbing In conjunction with the next Dutch and King's Indian. Botvinnik White move. obtains a good position, but he just 7 . . . . B-K2 holds his own. He can aHaI'd an atti Botvinnik also deviates [rom the plan tude of restraint because every draw ot Game 1 In which he played ... QN is now much of a direct hlt_ Inching Q2, followed 'by fianchettoing his Bishop. to the summit, he ends the affair with a, perpetual. S P-KN4 ..•• This is the first essential deviation ENGliSH OPENING from Game 1: White contemplates a MCO: page 333; column 13(1) King-side Pawn storm. M. Botvinnik V. Smyslov 46 . . . . s . . . . KN-Q2?! W hite Black A draw by repetition of checks 01' From here on. Botvinnik makes a long 1 P-QB4 P-QB4 quiet moves is Inevitable: e.g .. 46 ... series ot moves which, as a whole, are 2 N-KB3 P_B4 N-B4 47 N-N5t, K-N2 48 N- K6t aft er incomprehensible. He ought to castle, Black's last move Is a somewbat ques which 48 . , . K-R3 fails against mate, as White's attack is not likely to be tionable bid [or compUcations which 01' 46 ... K-N2 47 R-R7, K_Bl 48 R-R8t. decisive and can just as well fail. Botvinnik ignores inasmuch as he strives 47 N-N5t K- N2 g P-Q4! N_B1 12 Q-R2 N-Q2 for n{)tbing more than an impregnable 48 N-K6t K- R2 10 B-K3 N-'N3 13 0-0-0 Q-N1 position. And this he gets. Drawn 11 Q-N3 B-R5 14 P-B4 •.•• 3 ,P_Q4 PxP 10 P-N3 B-N2 White obviously h .. a great advan- 4 NxP P_KN3 11 B_N2 R-B2 Smyslov 8V2 Botvinnlk 11Vz tage. 5 P_KN3 B-N2 12 Q-Q2 Q-KB1 6 B_N2 N-QB3 13 N-R3 14 • • • • PxP 17 Q-'B2 B-R5 R-Q1 15 NxP N... B3 18 Q_B3 N-K2 7 N-N.5 N_B3 14 QR-Q1 N-QR4 GAME 21 16 NxNt B.N 19 B-Q3 P-KN3 8 N/5-B3 0-0 15 Bx'B NxB News from Sicily 9 0-0 P-N3 16 QN-N5 P-QR3 20 P_B5! -. . . As Africa always brought something 17 N-Q:p, N-N5 13 B-B-I. B-N2 has the 13 . , , , KPxP 16 Q-B3 6-K2 MCO: page 137, column 76 dl·awback of giving Black a stl'ong K4. 14 N-B4 P_KN4 1i' KN-K5 N_B3 V_ Smyslov M_ Botvinnik 12 . . . . B-R3 15 N-Q3 R-KN1 18 P-B3 • • • • White Black 13 P- B5! • • • • IS P-D4 I, more consistent but leads to a life and death stl'llggle as how It 1 P- K4 P_QB4 3 P-Q4 p,p White seals orf Black's K4 . works after 18 , ' , N- K5 19 BxN, BPxP 2 N_ KB3 N_QB3 4 NxP N_B3 13 . . • . .,. is vel'y hard to guess, One thing is slll'e: N-Q63 P_KN3 14 RxB K-K2! 5 the attacked Knight must mOI'e; fOl' 20 15 R-Q1! . . . . An old move which has the advantage PxP, Px!N 21 N - D7t. K - R2 22 QxPt, R- N3 of precluding the _Rich tel' I!ne (5 .. , AHer 15 PxNP, PxP 16 P-KR3, R-R5! 23 N - K5, D- K3 favors Black, P-Q3 6 B-K'N5) which in tUI'll precludes White lacks PI'oper defense for his King 18 . . . . B-K3 2(} QxB N-Q2 the Dl·agon V:ariation, There [s nothing Pawn: 17 'R-KNI prevents an i mmediate 19 N-B5 BxN 21 NxN Q,N wrong with the text move except that 17 ... NxP (18 P- KN3) but fails against 22 QR-K1 . , , , WhHe can conveniently piny fa!' a dl'aw 17 . .. R-Ql 18 R-Ql, R-Q5! 22 P- K4, P- B5! favors Black. With t he as he cannot after 5 , , . P- Q3, 15 .. .. NPxP text, howevel', White threatens 23 'P-K4, 6 NxN , . , ' 16 PxP QR-Q1 P- 85 24 PxQP! (24 .. BX'P 25 ·R-K7!). T·hls is the drawlsh Une. White can A draw h., become i nevitable. 22 , , , . R-N2! 24 Q- B3 Q-Q3 proceed regularly but then must pay at· 1i' R,R R,R 20 p,p K,P 23 R_B2 P-N3 25 R-B2 B-Q2 tention to the omission of . , . P-Q3 as 18 P-QN3 R-KN1 21 R-B2 P-R5 26 P-QN4 P-KR4 it might amount to an extra tempo fOE' 19 P-N3 P-KR4 p,p R-KR1 Black, having II. superiority in con Black: e.g" 6 B- K2, B- N2 7 B-K3, 0 - 0 23" N-Q1 Drawn and 1) 8 Q-42, P- Q4! 9 PxP, NxP 10 trolled space, starts an attack. But he NxKN, QxN 11 B-83, Q- B5 with a good Smyslov 9 Botvinnik 12 is handicapped by his bad Bishop, game for Black (Janowsltl- Emanuel 27 K_R1 P-R5 28 PxP PxP Lasker, Match, 1909): 2) 8 0-0, and GAME 22 Black also gets in. "P- Q4; 3) 8 N- N3! 29 P-B4 ... , leading to regular lines with . .. P-Q4 Mild vs. Wild White reUes on his good Bishop. His prevented and 8 . , , P-·Q3 pl'ltctieally Black makes a bid [or complications at backward King Pawn h as little signifi forced. Ole vel"Y beginning, an d White meets it ca!l(~ e . 6 . • • • QPxN mildly - too mildly, i t seems, ashe 29 " .• QR-KN1 31 Q-Q2 Q-R3 Necessary as 6 ... NPxN1 7 P- K5 Is subsequently has dIfficulty in holding 30 6-63 6-K1 32 Q-K2 -P-R6 very troublesome for Black. 'Reti spent his own. He does, however, nntil he ovel"' 33 R/2-B1 , . . . a lot of time pl"iv:ttely analyzing the looks an obviously very dangerous sacri ·Hel'e is the oversight. COlTect is 33 Q consequences of 6 ... NPxN but failed fice, replies weakly and soon loses. Q1. White probably intends 3~ R- KNI to find a satisfactory line fOI" Black. DUTCH DEFENSE artel' his text move, aiming to e:o;:change 7 QxQt KxQ Rooks and possibly win with his bettel' MCO: page 243; column ~~k) Bishop, " This stuPid position," -Heti used to M, BOlVinnik V. Smyslov complain, "proves that thel'e is no White Black sense in playing 5 , . ' P- KN3 because 1 P-Q4 P-KB4 Black has a draw at best." Botvinnik, ·at least in this pal'ticu, Smysloy, of conrse, cannot affol'd to be lar case, has no I'eason to qual·rel with afraid of the Staunton Gambit (2 P.JK~). Ret!. He needs only one pOint ont of The wilder the better fOl' h im under the fonr games, obviously must have stndled circumstances of the match sco!'e. this position ·and come to the conclu· 2 P-KN3 , , . , sion that Black has no t rouble in hold· As for Botvinnik, the milder the better, ing his own, 2 ... , N_KB3 5 0-0 0-0 8 B-QB4 K_K1 3 B_N2 P-K3 6 P-B4 P-B3 9 P-QR4 . , ' . 4 N-KB3 B-K2 7 N- B3 P-Q4 White fortifies the position of his 8 B_N5 , , . , K i ng Bishop. 9 P- K5 Is committing and White's 8th is a move suggested by 33 , , , , R- N7! of no particnlar promIse, 9 . . ' N--Q2 is Tcheckovel· and later recommended by Decisive 01' not, t his sacrifice of the met by 10 P- K6, PxP 11 DxP and the Botvinnik but hardly tested aside from in Exchange obviously offers Black an ex· isolation of Black's KIng Pawn Is a the Najdorf-Gligorich, Interzonal Tour ceHent chance. Once W·hite's Bishop is handicap. But 9 ... N - N5! 10 P- B4 11 nament game, 194~ , The idea is remark· eliminated, Black's becomes a menace. P-KR4! serves Black weH enough, able: White rids himself of hi s bad 34 BxR , .. . I3ishop, most effectively so i n case of S ... :\1- K5 9 ExB as then BlR(Xs good White has no choice. BishoJl also goes. 34 " .. 8 , . . . QN- Q2! 35 Q--B3 , ' , , 9 P~K3 , ' . . Now White loses ontrlght, He does so The Najdol'f-GJigOl'ich game continued also wUh 35 Q- Ql because of 35 . , . D wUh 9 PxP. I{PxP 10 P-K3, P-IHU 11 H4 (and .. , B- B6), Likewise with 35 Q DxN. N xD 12 U-Nl, B-Q3. In this game, DI, ll-IH; e,g., 36 P- N5, Q- N3 37 RxP, R also. mark obtains a l'easonllbly good N Sf ! and ma.le next. jo'inally, also, 35 game j'ather easily. Q- R6, Q-R·I (threatening 36 .. ' ;R N8t!) 36 It-Bt, Q-N5! as Black wins 9 , . . , Q-K1 11 N-K2 P_KR3 10 Q-B2 K-R1 12 BxN BxB! because of the double threat of 37 . ' , 13 PxP R--'NSt! and 37 " ,HxPt! • • • • Less dear, however, are the conse White mak es a concession in opening P-K4! quences of 35 Q- Q3: e.g., 35 . , . 'B-R4 36 9 , . • . t he King file for Black but has no good P- K4! QxP 37 QxP, R--'N4 38 R-B3, QPxP Now -Black obtains perfect develop alternative, N - B4- Q3, followed by KN (or BPxP) 39 R- KB1! and Black is in ment and fuB equality in a few moves, K5 is a dangerous illnsion as Black en· trouble. Nor Is 35 . . . Q-R4 36 R-Bl, 10 P-B4 B_K3! ergetically t hwarts the manenver: 13 Q-N5 convincing becanse of 37 R- QB2. 11 BxB ' PxB N-B4? P:o;:P 14 QxQBP, P -K~ (15 N- K6?? 12 R-B1 , ' , , N-N3!l. t = check; t = dbl. check; § = dis, ch. 214 CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 195"8 . 3S . • • . Q-RS! 111 PxP p,p OevasUtUng: tilere is no defense Dotvlnnlk meelJl hiK opponent's provo· llgainst tho tlu-eat of 36 ... B-R.f :n Q c atioll~ w it h simple ;uIII strong positional B l . R-KB7 lafter 36 R- Bl. B- R.f. White's 1.lay. He now has the better Bislloll. Queeu Is tralllled). 20 P-B5 .•.. 36 P-N5 B-R4 38 K-Nl P-B4 Anothel' attempt to create coml)IIcIi' 37 QxR PxQt Resigns tlolla: 20 ... NxP 21 Q- B.f. P-K~ 22 QH m. It- Bl 23 B-R3! 20 .••. P_KR3 Bot vinn ik 12 21 N-B3 P-K4 GAME 23 22 QR-B1 0-83 Black has refused tbe Pawn but lIlay Solations to The ell.cher (;hlln,e h is min d hi d ue t ime. So t hlll Botvlnnik finally gets what seemed to Pawn r emains as a handiCap for White, CHESSBOARD MAGIC! On page 2Il1 be his al most throughout the match. In 23 N_R4 R_QN 1 32 NxN PxN No.1 White draws N - N5, R- N? scoring the half point which he needs. 2", Q_Q1 Q_Q1 33 P_R4 B-Kl with 1 K - R3, RxN N- B3t, NxN Stalemate he becomes victor and re·estabJished 25 B-R3 N_B3 34 B_N4 P-R4 2 3 .- or 1 ... R- R2 2 K -'81, RxN 3 N- 83t World Champio"n. 26 N-B3 Q- K2 3S B-Q1 R/l-Bl Stalemate. The decisive game Is characterized by 27 Q-B2 R-N2 36 R/ 2-B2 8-02 Smyslov's error ts to create complica' 28 N-Q2 R-B2 37 B-K2 K-Nl No. 2 White draws \\'lIh 1 iR-Q8t. R- Bl tions. Dot\'innik refuses to enter any. 29 Q-B4 N-R2 38 K-N2 K_N2 % ·RxRt. Kl'R 3 D-R6. lollo\\'ed by .j deellnes two Pawn ~ac rlri ces and grad· 30 N-B3 R-QN1 39 K_Nl K_B1 Dx P(f) 'Draw. ually obtains a slightly JU jJ erior posi· 31 R-KB2 N-N4 4(1 B- Ql K_N1 No.3 White d]'nIl'S with 1 R-Q7t. K - Bl tlon. leaving Smyslo\' with the sad (or 1 .. , K _Kl) 2 H-Q8t, KxR 3 P- Kit. eholce of accepting a d!'a w or p laying K - Kl Stalemate - OJ' 3 . . . K -Bl 4 p for II, lo!!. Smyslov seals IIud of course K8(QJt. HxQ Stalemate, trleB to find some chance, some shade of II. chance, But i n vai n. M i nutes be· fore t i me for resumption. his second Solutions to CHESS QUIZ phones the I'efer ee : Smyslov accepts a On PliO_ 212 draw. 1. Wblle w ins wit h I RxB! (l N.~B will do) as 1 ... QxR (or N) gives White And ~o the bl'ieresl chapter in the matel'r al NxR hlstol'Y of World Chess ChaDiplons has il urIicient plus and 1 ... (01' N) leads to 2 QxNt! PxQ 3 B - Rli ('ome to II. close. mate. RETI OPENING '2. Bia.ck w i ns with 1 . , , NxP ! Ithl'eaten· MCO: page l i ,H,d' 01 '-'"O""~Q '''~~ 1"0'"," 'I',, " opponen ( ' s ners and Qualifiers only after the scor POSTAL SCRIPTS latest rating) . ings are out of the way, The n, in n com Sundry Notices parative lull between issues, we mail out the awaJ'd notices an(1 assignments. It is a serious problem for the Postal Timin9 of Game Reports As a means for postalile~ to eheek, that Chess Editor to ]{eeIJ up with mail from One point evidently m i5 und e r~tood by issue so pushed through will carry t heir ,1000 odd postaJites, So, as we've said postalites i~ the time Iheir gallle r e " eonfirmations" in the val'lons columns, before, we cannot answer such questions ports will appear in "P o~lal ClJol'tem~," "Poslalmighties!" "TOUI'liament Notes," as are covered by pu blication in the Il is an plaborate pro('edUr f 10 explain, and so on, Postalites can he lp, howel'er, magazine or' in t he booklet on " Postal hnt, Il erhaps, we can do 80 (-on\'e ni e lltly as we've often suggestetl, by sending a Chess" sent to each tOUl'nament entrant in thi~ war fOI- brel'ilr_ \\'llPn We re summary retJon of all r esults along with The laueI' covel's almost ever'y point any ceive ,t game re]1on o n :'olal' 31. it Is their final resnlt (ur QU1l1ifying win ill postalite has ever asked, The maga alreHdy June befol'{" we {'all h-,\I'{" s ('or-ed it, properly plHced its effH't in ;;lh;h t he Golden Knights )_ zine, espeCilllly in "Postal ~IOJ-tems," tabulations as "Postaimighlies:" and "Postalmighties!" and "Tournament Summary Reports Notes," covers confirmations of retJorts prepared "('opy" [or the prinle!' on all The summary r e ports, just mentioned, as receivetl. And editorial comments re ports and tabulations, So we ('all!!ot are particuhlrly he lpful as all too often ser ve to answer (as in the following) .c;et such !'epOl'ts a nd effOPEN Game Report , RecelYl:cI during MI)" 1958 To report your relults, ..II you nf!ed Clve Is POSTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP section numbf!r, (ull names oC both pla.yerl and ~he outcome of the aame-but, for Class The Twelfth Annual Golden Knights Tour ney" In ~ mall teeUa"., ,tale also If It 15 first or second gRmf! to h nl'. betn (["I,hed with tha I .... me opponent (not Game A or BI. THE current edition of the Golden Knights tournament is ROW under T he .ollowl.. .. exa mple, I how how to xlVI! resulls with m inimum e(fort tor )'011 a nd way. and entries are acceptable until February 28, 1959. It is con· maximum clarity fo r proper recording : 58. C <166: P a u l Mo rphy 1 A. III . Meek 0 (hi) ducted under CHESS REVIEW's Rules and Regulations Jor POSlal Chess, 58·P 401: A H a lp rin V, H . N. P llli bury Y2 as mailed with assignments to play, and the special rules given below. 59·N 13: F. J . M.r. ha" 1 H . I!. A tkin s O. In theae. the year (liS), the type lou rney In effect, the Golden Knights is an "open" tournament, without re ( Class, P rize. Golde n Knights P~ ll m.) and (he sectiQn n umbeno appear ]n r,he Inltlll gard to our rating classes so fa r as entry goes. The ratings are calculat. key. In the rePQr l.* fOr e llUll tournlY', the ed , however, quite as usual. We "rate" all game9 in C HESS REVIEW tour· flnt or second f Ulilt I. Indicated In the final parenthellU. Plel..n .. lve game reJ)O rU neys. It is an "open" tournament because we cannot pretend to "seed" separate from any other corrtl!)Ondence, as they mu.! be med 10. A !)Ollc.rd II Ideal candidates for a championship and because it gives the weaker players a tor size, ea5Y to lend. chance to gain by experience against stronger ones. P lea .. note: Winner. (and Iho., wlLh the W h He piece. In cue of draWl) mUlt report To speed play for the first round. we group all the entries received as $Oon .... ruult II confIrmed by opponent. 'l'h e OPl>l,lIlent m ay report 111 1 0 to ensure hb geographically so far as possible. Oth erwise. entries are matched off "ecord and ratlnl: 1:011111' through bUL mUlt then state clearly that he wus t he lo.er (or into 7 man groups strictly in the order of our receipt of their applica. pla yed Black In cnse of Q. drl\.w), tions. Qualifiers to the later rounds are grouped likewise in order of Game r eports l ent In time fo,' receipt by date" ~"iven above should b, printed belOW, qualification, but without regard to geography. And the playera concerned .hould check to S"'& that they are 10 pubili hed, '1'0 I!)OI th"'m, look under your I,ctlon number, flrat Special Rules for the 1958-9 Golden Knitjhts Tournament. by the k ey ("'.11".. &s ·e IndlcaUug Cia .. Tourney begun In U 5S) and by numbe, Consult t he following rules whenever nnUonal open P ostal Chess ChampionshIp . ( 466) given In tex t below the key. any question arises as to your chances 7 When eompuUng the total SCO~I to d e· te rm[ne the dlltrlbutlon ol prlzell, each game Symbol , IndlcMet II. w in by tortell w ith· for qua lifying to Semi·finals o r Finals or out rating credit; a ehowl a ratlnl' cr e Great Britain, 1957 So tlm l. if 14 Kx K ll- H3t 15 P- B4 • Correspondence Championship :-i- N5f 16 K- K4, i\""- ll7t. mad, has a \Vhite gives an old \' al"ia tion a sh ot mating a u ad c in the a r ill. 14 R- Ql N-N5t! 16 RxB 15 PxN 8xN 17 Q- Q5 • • • • V I ENNA GAME MCO : page 60; co l 5 T HE M I KADO, the finest peg_in set available, made of smooth ly f in is hed P. B. Anderson Wil k inson Tsuge wood in a handsome Staunton Whit e Dlack cherry pattern (K ing height 1"), is a su 1 P- K4 P-K4 7 N- BS P-QB·! perb gift for a rea l chess f riend. It is en 2 N-QSS N_ KSS 8 S_K2 B-K2 hanced by a handmade two_tone leather 3 P-S4 P-Q4 9 0 - 0 0-0 board and an unfolding case attractively ,. BPxP N,P 10 Q- Kl P_ B S covered in rayon v elvet. -• P-QS N,N 11 Q- NS BPxP When opened ( see small photo), the 6 P,N P-Q5 12 B- R6 B- 8S hi nges slide the top under neath to be_ 13 N x KP! p,p come the su pporti ng base ( as i n top If J3 • . . RxN H QxB. PxB J5 Hx Rt . photo) . C losed size is 7Vs" by 5Vs " by Qxl1 J6 H--'KBI, Q- Ql J7 0 - 11 5. \Vh ite 1%". Playing board is 4V2" squar e. II'ins. 17 .. . . R-K7:): !! 19 K-Kl R-K1 t The size of board and men gives ex 14 P_Q4! 8 - K3 18 KxR BxPt 20 B- K2 RxBt cellent playing visibility. T he design of White re,; ign;;; he loses his Q ll ee n, men is both f inely ar tistic and, with t heir Not ].I .. . QxP t 15 0 - 1\. 3. Qx'" 16 QxQ, Bx Q 17 ll- B-It and White wins. exceptional size, of top quality for play_ ing purposes. Sofia Interzonal, 1957 Order l>~' c"tnlogne In Ii s eemingly tranquil situa ti on . "" m ile!": The MI · with t he gil llle bal'ely sta rted. \\Ihite kado No. 131 s u ccuUlb s wilh ~ Iil l"lli llg s uddenness. Price Postpaid AUY LOPEZ MCO: P"9" 28: co l. 19 $13.50 N. Kar aklaj ich G. Pfeiffer W hite Ui ae\;: 1 P- K4 P-K4 8 N,P B- N2 TRAVELING CHESS SET 2 N- KBS N-QB3 9 B,N B,B 3 B- N5 P-QRS 10 NxB P,N , B_ R4 P-QS 11 0-0 N-B3 15 RxB! Q,R 5 P- B4 B-Q2 12 Q_ R4 Q-Q2 16 B_K N 5 Q-B7t 6 N-BS P_ KNS 13 R- Ql O-O ! p,p 0 ,· 16 . . . Q·-B4 17 B-Q3! etc . 7 P_Q4 14 P- K5 N-N5 ! 15 p,p 17 QxQ R,Q • • • • ,. K,R p,p 19 B_BS Resigns Uppsala, 1956 A marvelously dramat ic ga me , pacl(e tl with intricate and li vely p lay. KING' S I NDI AN DEFENSE MCO: page 313; col. 35 Szukszta M . Tahl This peg-in traveling set has a playing White Bla ck board a ll of 8" square! P lastic men, %" h igh, plug into plywood board w h iCh is 1 P- Q4 N_K8S 6 8-KS P- K4 encased in a leatherette cover: T he D e 2 P_QB4 P_K N 3 7 KN-K2 P-BS 15 .. Q_ B4! Lux e model (also has compartment s at S N_ QBS B-N2 8 Q-NS? p,p Thi ~ r e pl y leal'f's \Y,h i te w ithout a each end for captured men). Standard 4 P- K4 ,P-Q3 9 NxP P-Q4! goor! move: e,g.. 11; I1- Q2, KJt- Kl 17 model is i n pasteboard cover (has no 5 P-BS 0-0 10 BPxP PxP Q- Ql. B- QG 18 Q- n l. NxllP 19 HxN, compartments). De l uxe in photo. 11 P x P N_B3? ! QxH t 20 QxQ. H- KS mate: or 16 H-ll1, Order by catalogue number: Con ed is .II . R- Kl! 12 K-ll2. D- Q5 17 N- Q l. K R- K\ 18 N- K3, llxN 19 ",- ES ! 13 P x:\" , HxE! llxll. Q- K·I 20 P- K:\"3 . Q- K IU 2J P- R4, No. 197-Standard model __ ~ ____ $1.50 NxB 22 Px:\!. Hx P : or finally 16 ll- K3 . 12 PxN R- K 1 No. 199-De L uxe model _____ ~ ~~ $6.00 Q- K 4 17 P- K i\"" 3. Q-KH4 18 P - KRI. NxB Hel'e 13 O- O- O! wins 03 .. . HxB J9 PxN. Q- N5 20 K- N2. D- KJ, etc. 14 N-B5!). 16 P-B3 Q-B4t MAIL YOU R ORDER T O lS K_B2 ? RxB! Resigns CHESS REVIEW t :::: check: :): :::: db!. check; § :::: dis. ch. W hite cannot avoid a smother ed mate! 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N . Y. CHESS REV I EW. JU LY, 19S8 221 Entertaining and instructive games by HANS KMOCH annotated by a famolls analyst. 'But White star ts aetion the King- Now mack seems to have a strong sicJe first. "" pall' of Pawlls, bllt 1,Vhite has 11 power {:.iJ:r.INTERNA-. TlONAl ful shot up his sleeve. 20 . . • • PxBP 23 N,N P, N TEXAS, 1957 21 P- NS B_ B1 24 p,p p , p 47 P-N4! K- Q3 R, R N, R International at Dallas 22 P- B4J Nx B P 25 DhH:k hilS nothing bette r. .J7 . .. p 26 B,P .. . • B5, the only reasonable alternative (47 Magnificent Positional Play 'Nhite has emerged with a supet'jol' . , . Pxp? ·IS DxP!), leads to 48 TI- Q3. Imagination does not maniresl itselF P a wn formation and the ojlen Queen-side K- Q3 ·18 P--N::;! H- Kl ~9 B- K 4 aUe!" in brilliancies only : it somellmes in· file for use when the riJ;;ht lime com es_ which mad, is completely t ied clown and valves minute details as in tlll~ game. He has a fine game_ must lOS e mnterial. While treats the opening (,onservatlvely 26 _ . . , N-B2 28 Q-B2 N-B3 48 P xP B,P but gives it an imaginative to\1('h which 27 B-Q3 N- K1 29 B- N5 Q-K1 49 R-K B7J 8 - N3 accelerates his Queen·sille H"tion. Blaek 30 N- K2! , . . , SO R- B6t K- K2 eontribntes just a little bit and I~ doom· \Vhite w isely pr oteC'ts his Q~ so that CIlI'iollSly, nOI\' . no King retreflt wOl'I,>:; ed fOI' the I"est of the game. An open macl(s next move cannot do any harm. OUt adeqllatelr fOl' Black. So the King Qu een-side file, Illany mov e~ later. be· 30 _ . , . N_NS Pawn ral l s, The baLtle is WOll. It was com es White's road to l"h"tOI-y in 11 ma!\" it mllgniW,ent P€l"forlll:tIl('e. nificen t positional game. 31 Q- Q2 N_K4 32 N- B4 Q- B2 51 R- K6t K_ B2 S3 RxR Kx R KING'S INDiAN DEFENSE As mack' s Knigh t is his most a('til'e 52 Rx KP R- K1 54 K- K3 Resigns MCO: page 207-$ piece. he rejects 32 . _ . :\xU. A s the Kin):' and Pawns ending is a Be nt Larsen Miguel Najdorf 33 B_ K2 B_ B3 ~lIre thi ng, White is threatening 55 B-Q3 'Dlack White Now Black's more act in' ll!shol) is to trade Disltol)S and Black has to move 1 P- Q4 I\J -K B3 4 P _ K4 P _Q3 exchanged. yet he 'has no dearly con I3isltol) 01' Hool, i'l~wn. but then ' Vhite's 2 P-QB4 P- KN3 S B_K2 0 - 0 strtwti\'e continuatio n here. King penetra tes: K--E ·I - K5. B_ N2 N- B3 , , . , 3 N_Q B3 6 34 N_ RS! B,B 36 Q- K7 R- K1 ,'Generally , Larse n is a "S aemiscl\ 3S QxB Q- N3 37 Q- B6t Q,Q Helsinki, 1957 man," preferring 6 P- 133. The conser 38 NxQ R- K2 A placId opening erupts i nto an excit vative text invoh'es 1, ~hallenge. The end-game is untenable for Black ing middle game. 6 .. _ . P-K4 as he has nothing to attack. too many 7 0 - 0 P-B3 weal,nesses to defend. F RENCH DEFE NSE Challenge refused - a pily frolll the MCO: page 10(;; cot, 56 theoreticaL point of view: It would be Bo nsdorff Liipola very inter esting to see what 1,Vhite had V.rhit(! Black in llIlnd against 7 . . . N ~ ·D 3 , 1 P-K4 P- K3 4 Q- N4 N_ KB3 8 R- N1 , , . . 2 P- Q4 P_Q4 S QxP R- N1 ,Reshevsky's move, but nell' in t h is 3 N-Q B3 B_ NS 6 Q- R6 Nx P ?! particula r position. Whil.e start~ his First 6 • • , n-N3 save s -the Pawn. Queen-side action very qu!(:],ly. 7 Qx P R- N3 1-", PxP N- B3 8 . . , _ Q N_Q2 10 P-QS P- B4 8 Q-R8t K-Q2 1S N- B3 P- K4? 9 P_Q N4 R-K1 11 P-QR3 P-N3 9 QxQt K,Q 16 P_ NS! P-K5 Now \Vhite makes Q lI ee n -~lue progress 10 B-Q2 N,B 17 P xN by the exchange of his Queen Hool, 11 K,N P- Q B4 18 P x P Pawn. ;\Iol"e consistellt is ] 1 . .. [{- I3l 12 P_QR3 p,p 19 PxR(Q) as, once \Vhite plays P-Qii, Blac k ought 13 P,B PxNt PxR (Q) 39 R- R1! .. • • to lose no ti m e in aiming fOl' .. , P- KD~. No\\" the open fi le does it. \Vhile's 12 N-K1 R-B1 initial Queen-side action fmally pays 13 N-Q3 N- K1 off. 14 P-QR4 ! , . . . 39 , .. K_N 2 41 R-R8 R- K1 Here another dra\\"bad, (.of J31atk's 11th 40 N- R5t K- B2 42 K - B2 B-Q2 moye appears_ \\-hlle (·,Ill play his text 43 R- R7 . . , , moy"" since, after 1-1 . . . PxNP Iii Nx:"iP, White threatens -t-t I{- :\"i, his strong QR6 makes up rO l' his w€ Than THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN Heyday for American champion Frank J. Marshall was' his victory THE CRAFTSMAN at Camb ridge Sp ring,:;, 1904. Not only did he tower over the mi ghtiest from the rest of the world but also he vanqu ished his renowned country A Superb Chess Set man, Hany Nelson Pillsbury, in ma gnificent style. And he (White) did ;;; 0 in what is now consid ered a ( Black) hypermodern defense. This Kin g's Indian begins \Iilh 1 P-Q4, P-Q3 2 P-K4-, N-KB3 3 N- Qll3. Cover scoring l COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME White Poe Black Your Selection Your RE you looking for a wooden chess Played Scor e Played for White's move Score A set of distinguis hed design, exacting 3 P- KN3 workmanship and long-lasting dllrabilityy 4 P- B4 ------4 4 B_ N2 (a) - at a reasonable price? If your are, then 5 P-K5 (b) ------; 5 PxP (c) THE CRAFTSMAN is the set for you. 6 BPxP ------; 6 N-Q4 ----,---- Its pieces are shaped in the graceful 7 N- B3 ------3 7 N-QB3 8 lines of the famous Staunton pattern, in B-QB4 ______5 8 P_K3 (d) a smoothly finished wood, called Tsuge 9 B_ KN5 ______, ______:> 9 10 3 one of the finest and most expensive in PxN ______10 N_ K2 0 - 0 ______3 Japan-and are perfectly weighted for 11 1 1 P-KR3 balance at the base, which is felted with 12 B-B6 ( e) ______9 12 B,B billiard cloth. The King is 3Y2 inchce 3 13 PxB ______13 N_84 high. with a 1% inch base; and the other men are in the true Staunton proportions. 14 Q-K2 -- --,._------5 14 QxBP 'f' 15 P-N4 5 15 N- Q3 The pieces, which come in deep black ------Q_K2 and sleek yellow, are beautifully turned 16 N-K5 ------5 16 out and carved. A particulady lovely de 17 B-Q3 ------6 17 0 - 0 tail is the wonderful carving done on the 18 R- B2 ------5 18 K-N2 --- - '---- 19 QR- KB1 ______5 Knights-in the best tradition of famed 19 B_Q2 oriental workmanship. 20 R-B6 ( g) ______8 20 R_KN1 -' 21 NxNP ______7 This outstandingly good-looking set is 21 QxR ( h ) ------22 RxQ ______3 boxed attractively in sturdy Nara wood, 22 favored for furniture and flooring because 23 Q- K5 mate ______5 of its durable kualities. Striking to look at and perfect for ch es~ play, this set is a lifetime buy at an amaz- Total Score ------100 Your Percentage ------ingly reasonabl e price! SCALE : 75.1OO-Exce ll enti 55.74-Superior; 4O.54-Good; 25-39-Fair Catalogue No. 26 ______$35.00 :"I OTES TO THE GA _\II-: :t ) A cunt empurary ddelm :·. plaH·d ~ ""l e ~Pos i tion after 20 . . . R-KN1 fift y odd year;; ago! b) While tieeb imnwdia le 1' d l1bli"n. C j Here 5 . . . KN.Q2 b oarel' . d I And now 8 .. . :\'·i\;3 b lwtte l'. The te xt erea tes holes. eJ A profound Pawn ;illerifiee. f) Risky ; b ut n ecessa ry. ~ ""n e l' or lat er. g) Ala .\la rshalL MAIL YOUR ORDER TO h) Of course. 21 . . . Px:\ 22 ]{xPt i ~ al ~ (l CHESS REVIEW fatal for Black. 250 Welt 57th Street, New York ill, N. Y. t =check ; ~ = double check; f=-di.coveNld check 224 CHESS REVIEW, JULY, 1958 -- Do you win your rightful share of games? __ Do you know the secret of successful opening play? __ After you've developed your pieces, can you think ahead according to a scientific battle plan? __ Can you work out an attack easily, soundly, logically, from the first step to the final mate? If your answer ;s "no" to any of these questions, then this book ;s for you I Row ~ , T wallid take y Oll a lifetime tryi ng to catch u p wi th the thousands of tricky o pening variations. No\," you can SLOp worrying aoout these pitfalls. International master J. A. 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