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Twenty Ladies Contend at, Moscow Conducted by PO/i/«m No. 17 J In Woman's 'world Championship RUSSELL CHAUVENET At the cad of four rounds in the Candidates Tourney at Moscow, END solutions to Position No. the lead was shared by U. S. Women's Co-Champion Mrs. Gisela K. Gres­ S 171 to Russell Chauvcnct, 721 ser and lame. M. Laz.arevie of Yugoslavia with 3~ ·'I.a each. Mlle.· Lazare­ Gist Avenue, Silver Spring, Md. vic gave Mrs. Sonja Gra[·Stevenson her first deteat, dropping the U. S. November 20, 1955. With your Women's Open Champion from a tie for first to a tie lor {lith with tion, plense send analysis or reason 21h·Ph. The third U. S. representative, former Women's Champion Miss supporting' your choice as "Best Mon'a May KarH, has had consistent bad luck to date, with three losses Move" or moves. and an adjourned game fOr an O-S score. Solution t o Position No. 171 wlll ep · Tied for third in the 4th rd, with pur In thl OIClmber 5th, 1955 Issu,: 3-1 each, are Mme. V,lentina Be· STANDINGS lova of lhe USSR and Mme. V. Aii.r j.ii"e Rounds NOJ'f , Do not pllK. 10/''''0''1$ It;> /"''' JoYa noY ic-Ncdeijkovic of Yugosla­ Lu:.revlc 1 ·2 Chaude 4~-O P<>~; t;o" , on 0'" cchess club that such ex­ .Ezra Budilitzky of ' Yin nipeg, Milton round: Beach on the subject have brought hibition dcYelop . Otteson of st. Paul, and Victor Con­ Fourth to ninth on Solkoff with no further enlightment. In November International Mas· toski of ~lInneapoJis. Seventh to equal 5·2 scor es were George Kell· tcr George Koltanowski, chess edi­ elevcnth with 4.1h-2lh each werc K. ncr of lima. Malcolm Patrick of tor of the San Francisco Chronicle, Jakstas, Dane Smith, William E. Northfield, Richard Ling of Fair­ SHAPIRO TAKES will begin his tour. Key poi nts in Ka iser, George Tiers, and K. N. born, Robert Henry of Toledo, Kurt his itine rary wil l be Billings, Mont.; Pedersen. ' Loening of Columbus, and Richard N. MEXICO OPEN St. P aul, M,inn.; New HaYe n, Conn.; . Milton Otteson also won the Krause of Garfield Heights. 'The With a 5lh-1£ score Gene Shap­ J\.iiami, Fla.; St. Louis, Mo.; Pampa, Class A pri:te, while Ezra Budnit1.ky 49·player event was staged by the iro of Roswell won the New Mexico Tex. Clubs in approximate route of ~ and Victor Contoski shared the USCF Affiliated Ohio State Chess Open Championship, drawing with thL~ itinerary may arrange for Mr. Class B award. Conrad BatchedJer, Ass'n and was directed by James Hall ,J ones in the final round. Sec­ Koltanowski's appcurance by writ­ with '4-3 score, won the prize for H. Schroeder of Columbus. ond and third in the HI-player ing: George Koltanowsld, 200 AI· ranking hi gh school participant; Swiss on Solkoff points were Jack ham-bra St., Apt. 9, San }<~ranciseo and Glen F. Proechel with 3112-3 112 Shaw and Hall J ones, both of Al­ 23, Cali£. Mr. Koltanowski acts as the Class C award. The 40 player buquerque, with 4%-11,2 each. Shaw a Good Will Ambassador for the event was directed by Robert C. GO LOMBEK WINS lost a game to Shapiro and drcw USCF and wi!! be huppy to accept Gave, assisted by Dane , Smith, Eu· BRITISH TITLE with R. S. Underwood. Jones lost new USCF memberships or re­ gene Hoeflin, and Alden Riley, and to B. E. Thurston and drew with newals of membership while on H. Golombek, games editor of !.he Shapiro. Fourth to sixth with 4-2 was conducted under the new USCF British Chcss Magazine a nd now tour. Harkness System oC Pairings. each were Albert Harle of Albu­ Spanish International Master AI­ the "grand old man" of British q uerque, R. S. Underwood o f Lub­ Chess, won his third British Champ­ turito Pomar is again in New York, bock, Texas, and Warren Miller oC arriving scveral weeks ago f rom ACKERMAN TOPS ionship at Aberystwyth, Wales in Albuquerque. The event was staged an impressive 36-player Swiss by Spain, and would welcome dates by the Albuquerque YMCA Chess for simulhlllcoUS exhibitions. Intcr­ SWE NSON EVENT the score of 8% ·2*. He lost onc Club, a USCF Afmiale. David Ackerman with 4'h·lh on ga me to r unner·up R. G. Wade, and ested clubs may contact: Martin SoB points topped the 8th annual drew with F_ Parr, John Penrose, Nunez, 211 West 21st St., New York Swenson Memorial Tournament at and A. Phillips. Former New Zeu­ BU RDICK SCORES 11, N. Y. Omuha, drawing with runner-up land Champion R. G. Wade was Lastly, Grandmaster Sam u e I Jack Spence, the well-known editor 'second with 8-3, losing one gume to AT HUNTINGTON Reshevsky plans a ·tour b.egiflning of the American Tournament Book F. Parr, and drawing with A. R. B. USCF Life Member Donald Bur­ J anuary 1, 1955 fr om Pennsylvania series: Spence was sccond, also Thomas, P. H. Clarke, M. J / F rank­ ' dick tallied a per fect 8-0 score to through Maryland to Kentucky, with 4 1,i·lh. Third to sixth on 5-B Jin, und John Penrose. Third to win the Huntington CW. Va.) City Texas, Colorado, CaliIornia, to Van­ with equal 3-2 scores wer e Richard mth with 7%-3* were P . S. Milner· Championship. Second was Dr. S. couver and through Canada to mi­ Hervert, L. J. Conway, George Hal­ Barry, F. Pa rr, and A. P hiUips, Werthammer with 61h·BIl, losing nois, Michigan, Ohio and New Eng­ sey, and Bruce Price. The field of while B. J. Moore was sixth with a game to Burdick and drawi ng land , ending in March. Clubs on twe)ve participants was unusually 7-4. It was in the main the triumph with Cllarles 1\o10rgan. Morgan was this approximate itinerary may small for the event and several of 01 veterans over youth with only third with 5ih-21,i, and Tom Berg­ make arrangements by writing: the mOre prominent Omaha player~ the la·year old B. J. Moore of quist placed fourth with 4!h-3* SamueJ ResheYsky, 30 Joho St., failed to enter. Birmingham a mong the top six. in the 9-player round wbin event. Spring Valley, N. Y. COLLEGE CHESS ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL COMES TO LIF E CI.ed6 .Lf. Mastering the End Game With the opening 01 the Fall College season, Collegiate chess By WALTER KORN, Editor of MCO comes to JUe and in recognition of 3n r!ew 1jort its . importance CHESS LIFE has By Allen Kcru/man FINDING' THE MISSING TEMPO hastened to restore the "College . T ODAY it is all sciSSors and paste, applied to BCE· diagram 252, which Chess Life" column. This year, in BOUT ten years ago the City is our diagram no. 23. the absence of Mr, Rhys W. Hays A of New York first took heed The position is from Schlechter-Walbrodt, Vienna 1898. containing who Is in England, 1l will be con­ of the mtany people who, on a sun· two threats: KtxBP (if the 8 moves) and K-Kt5 (if the King JDoves). If it ducted by Frederick H. Kerr. ny aHernoon, brought chess sets were Black's turn, he could thcrefore just as well resign, e.g. 1...... , Mr. Kerr 'NUS president and team to our parks and played many un­ 8·84; 2. KtxP, B·Q2; 3. Kl.QS, 8 -81; 4. P-B6, PXP; 5. p·Kt7, etc. But, says captain of the Perry (Pittsburgh, com(ortable games twisted side· Fine, wilh While to move he cannot gain a tempo and remains stalled Pa.) High School Chess Club, play­ ways on benches. after 1. K·B1 (l. Kt-Kt6, B·KtS; 2. KI·BS, 8-B4), K·K2; 2. K·K1, K·K1; 1. ing in a total of 20 matches. He And so the Department or Parks Kt·Q1, K·B3; 4. Kt·B4, B·Kt5; or 4, Kt·Kt4, K·K3; 5. K·B4, K·B3, etc., drawn. was the co-captain of ' the Pitts­ began erectini thick slO ne tables bUfi h Juniors in two matches with In thc Russion Yetal"book 1951'1 Dj",rllm No. ZJ with inill id chess boards surround· 52 Averbakh shows however that Cleveland, Ohio. As a freshman he ed by wooden benches wherever in these positions of Knight against became captain of the Pennsylvania gathe-rings of park players eould Bishop, the Knight and King can Slale Univcl'sily chess team which be found. With such attractive play­ win a tempo and the above position wo n the Pennsylvania Intercollegi·· ing centers available, more and is no longer one of these typical ate Championship, and is now presi­ more chess players discovered park of a rlraw but or a wi n, if the cor· dent of the 'Pcnnsylvunia State Uni­ playing, and some dozens of clubs rect "Tcmpospiel" Is applied, name· versity Chess Club. were formed at thcse groups of Iy: 1. K·B3, K·K2; 2. K·Kt21, K·B31; Those interested in collegiate stone tables throughout the city . . 3. K·B21, K·B4; S. K·B3, K·K3; 6. chess are invited to communicate One such club meets on aU fair t·Q31 or 3...... , K-K3; 4, K·K8 (or with Mr. Kerr at the address given weather days at the Aqueduct Park, K-Kt3); or 3 ...... , k·K2; 4. K·RS, lit the head of his column 'and to in the Bronx. Dues are twenty·five always squeezing out tbe tempo to submit news items on college chess ccnts a year (this money is used to win. activities. buy oil ror thc two lamps the club uses for play after dark), and the f'or (urther illustration of thi!; membership exceeds fifty. There point, so iml)()rlanl {or the theory arc no club championships, no in· o( B vs. Kt endings, we mention The San Diego Open Tourna­ ter·club matches, no chess masten. the variation: 1. K·B3, K.K3; 2. Kt­ K·B4, ment, held immediately alter the Just a collection of retired gentle. Q3 !, K·B3; 3. K-K3, K-B4; 4. Kt-B-4, BxKt; 11. K-K5, U. S. Open, which ended in a three· men who have a wonderful time K-Kt5; 5. Kt-Kt6, K·Kt6; 6. Kt·K7, K-B4; 13. K-B7 winning. way tie for first between A. Turner, W. Lombardy, and J. Sherwin, in' shifting wood. 8-Q2; 7. Kt-KtB, KxP; 8. Kt·B6, >Flne's Bule CheS5 Endlnl:"l. In Greenwich Village there is an· which many o( the top players other such group, at Washington U. from the S. Open participated, Square Park. Here there are about will be recorded permanently in a twenty tables and an unorganized tournament book wh ich will be informal gathering of dozens of Chen Club 0' the Oranlu (N .J.): The Mercantile Libary Cheu Au'n (Phlla· available shortly. It will be a mime­ Club champlonshl" ended wllh clinton de lphlal: Plans are progreS$lnc for a players. On a bright Sunday afler· lerles of Interstate matches lor the ographed edition selling at $ 1.00 P armelee anI! Wally Wolff I! e ela~d noon your reporter counted two winter season, Inaugurated by a match in the same format as the American hundred players and kibitzers at eo-champion, and no other "O.Iltloll on Oclober 16 wHh a North Jersey team Tournamcnt series and can be ob­ decided In the IB·player round.robln. captained hy Edgar MeCormIek. Inter­ one lime. They play aU day, nnd tained {rom Jack Spence, 208 So. many remain through the twilight A USCF Club Afflllllte. est~ clubs In nea rhy stllle~ arc Invited 25th Ave., Omaha, Neb. to contact the Me~antlle Library Chess and even on into the night, squint­ A5~'n, 1421 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, ing to see the pieces in the light PI. lor dutea. A USCF Club Affiliate. HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS of stl"eet lamps and matches. Several months ago Jose Cald· OFFICIALLY RATED eron staged a tournament in this New Regulations park. It was a grcat success, with Effective March 1, 1955 ofeUer f. .omthe Wand... i ",,} CI. e66 mill6freE victol"Y [or B. Feldman. And so Mr. TournamenlS, m"eh., ('ndh,ldual calderon has just held another or t ..a m ; round robin or SwIS') ar. By International Master GEORGE KOLTANOWSKI event there. The entry fee (ten utea.la when .ponlored by USCF cents per player) was givt:n to the a"m.,... or,anlullon" If play" under FIDE LIWI, dlrect.. d by I Red Cross, while the sponsor of­ compe' .. nl offlcl,l, .nd p layed at lered a one hundred dollar Savings time lim l' of not mOre 'hln 30 "Wasp" Happening('s} moves lIe r hour. Bond as first prize. Once again the The annu.1 championsh ip tourna· HE Sotrthwestcrn Open which I directed saw 58 participate in Waco. event was successCul as dozens par· m!l n' of . n USCI' Club Chaptar and T 12 had over 2000 rating in the USCF (which made it an exceptional ticipated. This Ume C. Eastman th. ,nnual championsh ip looma. slrong tournament), The room facilities was splendid, and Bill James and emerged as winner. ,""nl of any USCP . f11l1a'a wh_ By-LaW' pr_kle Ihal all It. mam· ~Tomer H : .Hyde plus the organizing committee really did a bang up The Aqueduct Park and the be .. must be USCI' members ah o Job to faclhtate and please the participants. (16 had 1900 or over rating!). Washington Square Park are but er. r.'ad without ch.rga. two examples of ,the many places All other a li,lble .vant5 ara rated John Bob Payne, San Antonio, was elected president of the Texas only If official raporl 0' ayant Is Chess Association, and he appointed Allen H. Baker, Jr., 1811 Edison Dr., where park players gather to play accompanied by • ,amittlne. c"­ San Antonio, Texas as the new secretary. Next year's congress will be chess. .. ring • rllin, fee of 10e p.r ,a",. held in San Antonio. IN BRIEF: Nicholas Rossolimo, an for all ,a",al . ctu.lly pl.y.d In the . inhabitant of New York City for camtest. (I n • Swln ona-hall th. One of the quietest players was A. C. Suykcr of Lordsburg, New the past [ell' years, left this week number of player. t im .. th. num. Mexico. Discovered he spoke Dutch, and then learncd that he was a b., of round. , ep resan'" lotal for his home in Paris. Rumor has lame. played If no by.. or forfeits.) Catholic Priest! Naturally he was getting Euwe's Chess Archivcs! The it that he plans to set up a chess ex-Mexican Champ Joaquim Camcrcna of Mcxico City left a very good Notc tlul IDe Nll/in, Itt ~ r I """c club and cafe there ... Artur Po­ i. 'Di!t'I ~" ,'om ,,/I pitf)'trl, ",hdhc' impression, both ,in personality and player, Bob Ga rver, ex-Tulsa Champ, mar has finally received Military USCF m~,nbt'l D, nO/. sits and smiles (01" is it: sncers) at the board and chessmen ... Juris permission to visit the United Seml-an"ua lly ratln,s will ~ pub­ JUrevics, o[ Dallas came in second, and laid his hands on a number of States again. He arrived recently lished 01 ill! partlcfp.nll In .11 cups, including the junior trophy ... plays a solid game too. The USCF·II.atad ev.ntt. to give a series of exhibitions here wi nner K. R. Smith or Dallas is well known, and is cxceptionally good ... Pomar, who has a H) score Official rlting forms . hould at rapid-transit games at a quarter a game ... so they say. He gets be secured in advance from:­ against Samuel Reshcvsky, has about 64 diIferent kinds o[ chess magazincs each month, too. Kenneth challenged lhe latter to a match. Montgomery Ma ior plays well, and can, if ROUND ROBIN tournaments ever come back into 123 No_ Humphrev Avenue .. Richard Einhorn has been ap­ their own in this country, easily ncquire the coveted title of Chess pointed editor of the Ma nhattan Oak Park, Wlnol. Master! Do no/ ",ri/, tD OIht, USC! C. C. newspaper . ... The Log My short trip to Texas ended with a quick visit to Port Arthur, Cabi n Team returned unharmed "l/ici.Jl fo, tksc rlltin, /orml. where John De Vine is doing a splcndid job oC promotion, and a meeting alter a tour of the West CMSt with the directors of the South Texas Chess Association in Corpus Christi, and Alaska. who really have some big plans for the near future. Texas really promises to be one .or the leading States (in Chess) in the near future. ACCOItDINC TO A. SID TEST, a pin Thu,I".." PI". 2 In time, saVU m an y a mala; . nd a HaVe you ever been stung by a "Wasp?" It hurts, I had this new ch~k in time k H PS C HESS LIFt com· DctolH, Z(I, 1911 experience happen to me in Waco. Not ,to be recommended! \ Ing. . ".SS tl'f Th,,,!,,, P... 3 CHESS AS WE SEE IT ." J; OClOIu, 20, J911 It Is casy now and duplte th(l acute Contributions from the Pens time pressure Wblte windS up the came in ~n enercetlc maru1(lr. Of OutSlanding Chess Analysts and Writers 27. H...... Qx R 2L B ~ R QxKtP B·QM ch, X.XU; 24. p .QB4 is too cood 19. R-KI Q_B7 for White. He avoids the cute trap !t. _ .H., Q-R8; Strategical Innovation 30. B.K4. QxO; 3L Q_Kt7 m a te. The HSt ".. - '", oI the game was played at a bUtt tempO. 21. h P Kt~P I By U. S. Master DR. HAROLD SUSSMAN 30_ R_K2 Q.B. c h ,-----.,,,.--,- :!I. K- R2 P_KB4 N the following game, the Alekhinc variation of the French Defense, To prevent o.K4 and keep the :BishoP ~L I Mednis does very well with a promising innovation, which deserves :n. Q_KtS! K_ R2 further testing. The youthful Marshall C. C. master finally bows in a U P·BS. elthe.. B-K4 or B·Q3 is fatal hard·fought and fatiguing encounter when time pressure and massive ll. B~P R-Q ' complications cause his downfall. 34. B-Q 3! R· R. ch 15_ K· Kt1 R·Kt. ch or 10. P-KKU with K-side (lutunt In 36. B· Ktl Q-QBI FRE NCH DEFENSE mind. Th(ln 10. ___, P-QKt); 11. B·KKt2,. 37. Q-R'ct. ReslS! "$ Metropolit"n League Mi tch B·KI'l Is hblunder cost him the game_ 2. P·Q4 P.Q4 ·a.l: <: . Sut Black can p lay 10...... • p. 3. Kt·QB3 8·Kt5 QKt~!; II . .Klo-B 4, R-KKtl; 12.. 0-0 ·0 . Q. 4. P-QR3 ...... w Kl and While'.s edge is minimal. .) Alekhine's move. Smy910v plny«i 1t In ~'1n a ll y. the least committal Js the te~t. three games or his title mlltch with ''he Bishop will «0 to QKt anyway. He mus t hav" looked Into :U. _ . BxP Bohlontk, with lair sueccu . Another Let·s SH If he breaks with P·QB4. when' both 22. P-B4. Q·B3!; 23. Q-B2!. ente.-prlslnG' and speculaUve varllnt 10. 8'Kt2 P-Ktll B·KS; 24. RxR eh. KxR; 2S . BxKt ch. f rom the routine 4. P ·KS Is 4. B-~2!! 11. Kt-Kl QxB; 26 . Q·Ql chi K-K2j 7:1. qxR. etc. and · , 'he m ost elastic choice amongst such Simpler 21. ._ ..•..• BxP; 22. o.R& ch. K­ .. B ~K I c h S. P:dl ,., othel"ll as 11 . P-KD3. 11. 0-0-0 and Ktl; 23. P-Bol seem to but him. Uen ConJucuJ IYr 6. Q·Kt 4 KI·K83 11. P·KKt3. :t!.. . _... " bP; 24_ QxR, BxQ; 2.5. RxQ, Frederick H. Kerr 7. QlCKtP R·Ktt II...... B' Kt2 Rxl\: 26. R·KKtI, B-Bl; 'no DxKt ls q uite 8. Q.R' 12. Kt-Kt3 clearly won for White, wlill., 23. H.H_, Bs.}> ls countered wlth 24. Q·KB! .... in_ Conlider.:t,ble time was used here to All coll ege clubl a nd pl"ye" • ..­ eYa luate tbl. . against Kt-J.!.4. I didn't nlnC· 21. B-Q31 K-Ktl! urged to send nltw. items to: F rederick 11k ... the lonb of 12. Kt.B4, R-KKtl; 13. H. Kltrr. Nittany 32-13, Bo~ 2n. Pen ... B-QKt5, P-QW!; 14. B-R4 (if 14. B-B4. Loadl 0' tim e spe nt agllin. probably u s mlnlnC the alte rnatl,,' 22. _ H.' xt­ sylvania Sta le Un 'v,"!ty. Unl"'"Jty P·K", ! but 14. o.K2 Is fair). Q-K! with a Park. Penn a. "om fortable c ame-but ll. 0-0 ·0 ..-Itb K2.. Apparently 011 13. KR-KI, RxP; 24. P·QM to follow Is better ..... d net:Queen·side pawnl , are an endllame threatens Kt·B4! and Kt-QR5! In ReJ ations Committee. Carl Deitrich DxKt !. eh; 'no K·B2. Q-R5; deficit. BllI.ck hns ,( restraln·pawn at Ihe book nne with a p aw n at QB4. thb R·Kt6 28. and Ha rry Spaydc will scrve on his idca is non·exlstent. Q:o:Rch. B·BI; 29. Q~8Pch wlM. Of K5. an open KKt me and a fl"<..'e ,nm(l 14. Q.K2 couu e. simply 29. Q-Q2! or Q.Q4 also committee. Yours truly was reelect­ but his K·s id(l pawns a nd bl11ck 6Quares ed President. These nvc students are wenkened. The po, IUon 11 full of I took much tim.., over my l:;o.st '1".. wins eMily. tactical chances for both camps. "lOYCS a nd especially hen:.' AlternatiYes 24. H .. _H P·QR4 will make up the Executive Coun­ •. __ R·Kt1 were 14. Q·Kl . H. D-QKts an" 14. P-QB4. At thl$ poInt Blad< has (laucht up on cil ' we hope the use of a council 14_ B-QKt.'i Is met .by 14_ _ P·QR31 tbe clock. Both playera h ad less t hsn The complicat(ld 8. H_, ""P·Q84 as Bot· H.H' and on 15. 0.1\4 0 .. »4. 15. __ ._., Xt-B4! flYe minutu len and the remaining wiiI cut the length of business vinnik playo:d is "book." However t.lu.t mo"es w<:re )'Iayoo rapidly. movc merely opens the p05IUon up for thr uhm~ to IDy;K[e QRS. The by 14. meetings and leave more time for !.S. Q~ 31 H_ White's Bishops and loses a valuable P-QB4 blla aCainst 14. _ . Kt-B4!; IS. playing chess. The idea of a (eom­ tem po. The text I, better but m ay also Q·Kt(?, P_QR4!; 16. Q-lttS. Q-Q3; 17. Now thls 11 stron, elnce the reply B-W mittee for public relations is a new lose a tempo I ince t he Rook usually has B-K2, B·R3; 18. J">:>draw by agreement wit.. Allman. Fine was playing ·Ne idic". And t"e situltion w as such t ... t if Denker lost a nd Flna Published twlee a month on the 5th aDd 20th by THE UNITED STATES CHJ:SoS won, the two would tie for fi.st p lace. The fad that Flna in disgust of. FEDERATION. Entered as seeond elass m atter Sept ember 5, 1946, at tbe POlt ofl1<:e 'ered Ne ldl,h I draw after he learnea tnat De nker ana A ltman haa ag. aad at . Dubuqu~ , Iowa, under tbe act of Marcb 9, 1879. upon a draw does not a ller the hcl that the U. S. c" ess playe rs had a right to demand tha i Denker win his title properly by playing out his game. Nor Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR do ... it refled Inv ,redit On Altman fha' he accepted the d r:.IW, for his POSTMASTER, Plena relurn undeliwerabh, ,opias wit.. Form 35n t. K.n.... t .. fe llow ' ou rnament ,onlulanls ..ad the ri'Jht to eX!)ed t .. at he would try Ha rkness, USCF Buslnass Manager, 81 Bedfo rd Strn t, New York 14, N. Y. 10 best Denke r In the inter ests of a fair ,ontest, e ven if It was problbll In his OWn mind that he ,ould nol win • • • • We can only sUllgCllt thai c ..e ss p layers IS a w ..o le unita to m ike By ' ''is prad"e of agreed d~lws after a few indolent mowes unpopu lar. CHESS LIFE proposes to initial e this mowement by refe rring in tn.a future ~ontgornery Ala/or to such draW$ IS " 'hoft" and terming those who offer and accept them "'hess cheate~'" Sin'e no act shoula be retroadive, We will spare messlres Ewans, Shipman, Byland, Spiro, Allman, and Denker for ' their past offensu In the optimistic hope that t hey ..awe learned belte r. But we hOPe that In Ethics In Chess the fulure atf chess playen will unlle with CHESS L IFE In heaping' oppro­ TM ,ighl is mOrt precious lha .. pella, lind We shaft lighl lor tht tbi"8s which bium upon any fulu re misdemeanors in the line of Chess ~heatlng . W e have tll ....,.s clIrricJ " ctltest 0 ... hctl,ls. In all fairness to the playcrs named in this ancient editorial, it WOODROW WILSON-War Message. April 2, 1917 should be said that there has never been occasion to chide any of them O much of chess rests in the sense of honor of those who play the since that date for thc offense of "~randm aster draws." Nor was it S game thal it is a disturbing sight to sec chess players, otherwise men indeed a recognized offense until CHEss LIFE exposcd the basic in­ of honor and integrity, skirt close to disasterous dishonesty in following equity in such agreements. Had not various alleged critics insisted on practices they have by some form of cynical casuistry convinced thcm· dragging thcse names into the limelight, we would not have here re­ selves are justifiable devices. Much of the laws of tournament chcss is peated words written in 1948 and not applicable to these same players unen(orcablc except by the honor of the player himsel£. No tournament today. director, however capable and alert can prevent consultation, analysis of But 'the basic prinCiple remains unchanged-agreed draws that come games in progress, illegal agreements to results of a game in advance­ from indolence, disinclination for combat, or merely a eye cocked at he can only prevent such ilJeg:l1ities occurring in his presence. The the scoreboard remain chess cheating. And the only policeman that can enforcemcnt of such regulations rests entirely on the honor of the players. effectively patrol a tournament room is the conscience and honesty of lhe player. Bul many otherwise honest and respectable chess players hav'c deillucd themsolves into accepting as ethical the idea that two players may agrcc ill advance lo a draw. The ultimate in this form of chicano cry was achievcd in a reccnt mid·western tournament when two players agreed to a draw without even playing the final round game. A con· fused tournamcnt director accepted this decision, alt:hough under the By Kester Svendsen Laws of Chess he should have immediately forfeited the game against both players. CHESS TRAPS, PITFALLS, AND SWINDLES. By I. A. Horowitz and Fred There is now an added reason why a prior agreement to a draw Re infeld. New York: Simon & S chuster, 243 pp., 223 diags., $3.50. constitutes fraud against the other players. In round robin events, the f one could gather a faculty for his Chess College, what a galaxy of pacific avoidance of effort by agreeing to a draw works only a minimum professors are available! And how varied and international the staff of hardship on the other contestants: but in a Swiss under moder n would .be; Dr. Max Euwe fo r dean, certainly, with Purdy of Australia, Kurt tie·breaking methods, it delibcrately cheats all othcr players who have Ri chter of Germany, and Re inleld and Horowitz of America lor the aca· faced either conspirator by adversely aUecting their tieJbreaking points. demic nucleus. Advanced students might take seminars in Alekhine's For example, Smith and Brown are -tied for first place with 7-1, but annotalions to his own games; Fine would deliver encyclopedic lectures ~rown wins on S·B points becausq his various opponents have honestly on prpctieal openings and conduct laborato ries ~n basic endings. ~u t the. playcd out their games to victorious conclusions, while Smith met one lazy opPQncnl who, rather than face the strenuous efforts of the last freshmen and sophomores would flock to Remfeld and HoroWitz; for two rounds, dishonestly agreed to draws . with his two final opponents although these masters have instructed their peers in chess theory, their although in all probability he would have defcated both if he bad given great contribution has been to beginners and intermediates-the people it an honcst try. He is content to score a modest 4-4 when he could bave who subscribe to chess magazine~ and buy chess books. The class in chess scored 5·3. That, it might De said, is his privilege. But it is not his privi· ' traps, if one may judge by this book, would begin with gimmicks and ]("ge when his dishonest indifference deprives Smith· of needed and psychology behind them, progress through piUalls in the Ol>ening, and conclude in the gentle art of swindling, with trick against trick as the dc~erved tic·breaking points. Each player in a tournament owes it to finishcr. Examples drawn from actual play, hundreds of examples, illus· t.he oth("r players to do his best- and if he is di~inclined to exert him­ trate the principles. The book is not a mnnllal, like Cherney's of several self, he has no btl.~iness playing tournament chcss. On Scptember 5, 1948 we protested vip;orously Mainst sueh draws years ago though it performs something of the same service. It is instead in an editorial that has been so widcly misrepresented recently by various a guide a'nd a discussion, dcaling with both theory and practice, written alleged reformcrs and purifiers of the game of chess · that we can dis· in the best journalistic style, clear, witty, entertaining. Bits and ,scraps covcr no better answer to their allegations than to reprint our rema,-:ks, of chess history and lore enliven the pages-like the Iootnote quoting An· derssen's description of a Knight on the sixth rank as "a rusty nail in which parenthetically remain today as valid as when they w~re written in regard to the essential uishonesty of the "grandmaster" draw; the knee." l>Tofusc diagramming, brief and pointed annoiutions, and un· ending inventiveness make this book required rcading for the course. The successful student will get his examination and grade not from the pro· CHESSPLAY OR HORSEPLAY? fes~ors but [rom his opponents at the club. And considering the nature Wt!. note with " g rowing concern tho t endllney of lazy tournament of the case, this will be one examination on which he will be encouraged pillyers to refuse to a"ept the full responsibility of their posilion and to chcnt; if a little swindle will get him out of trouble! to offer and ae",!>t draws after a few mOWe$ in !>osltion. that m ay be equal but in which still remain the pot entialities of much p lay. Legally (and this is unfortunate) thel' may often do so; but elhleally the player who offers or accepts a draw without fully el

man. We !I ra Inclined to I nswer that It Is neilhe r_it is deliberat e theft. The othu ei!lhteen p laye. s In the I subscribed to "Ohess Life" on ·Aug· Dear Sir: U. S. C"ampionship Tournament were entitle d to expect that messires usl 1st, and paid $3.00 for the year's I have been recetving "Chess L ife" Ewans and Shipman eac" make a defin ite effort t o win a full point, and subscription. Arter reeelving the flnt for the past few monlhs on a trlal their failure to make tha endeawor cannot ba condemned in tcrms too Is~ue and the 10lder on the USCF, I I s ub ~crlp tlon . I WoU ld like to enron In strong. deeided to join and support t he Federa. the Federntlon, although 1 will not be Unfortunale ly, this Is only t he last of a series of s uc" desplkable tion although I am not a olember of any an aetlwf> member hut wish to encourage draw. by agreement. We m us' ,lie ' he recant e xample in Pittsburgh where Chess Club and do not expect to play th~ ,,'ed erattoo whkh ls- sure ly doing a Ihe situation was ewen mOre delleat a. When Spir o a",epted a draw f rom In any matches o r tournaments for rat· I lot for chess play 1n our country. Bwland after only o ne mOWe ..ad been m ade, he definitely anured Byland Ings. The newspaper "Ches.~ Life" IS an REV. JAMES McFARLAND firsl place and himse lf a lie for 'second. T I>e othe r !> Ial'er s in the tourna. exeenent puhlleatloo and wet! worth Suaucus, Nn- }rrsQ men' were e ntitled 10 '''e e xpedatlon thet Spiro would lit least make a t he mcmbel"5hip fee of $5.00 a lone. gesture 'oward winning a ume that mlg.. t c"anlle Ihe final r esults of THOMAS G. HARRIS Ihe tourn ament. B'l",I;ng Cree .. , K,. USCI' Member s",p Dues, In~ludlng $Ub!cnption to Chen Life, semi annual publl. CHANGE OF AODRESS. Four weeks notiee I'f!Qul r ed. When orderlne: ' cbarlce ~ "tlofl of nat'on,,1 chess r ating. and nil othl'f prlvtleres: !>Iease rurnl$h a n ;tddre~ atenell impreSSion from recent luue or euet repr~ ONE YEA,"" SS.OO T WO YEARS: U.SO THREE YEARS: S13.S0 LIFE: SlOO.oo iu<:tlon, Including numbers an" dates on top llne. 4. ..ew member ~h ip sb rt~ on 21st day of month of enrollment. erplr el .t t he Send me'mbe.. .. lp dues lor .ubscrlpllons) and c"angn of addre.. to k ENNETH Gnd or th .. pcrlnd for whleh dues are pili". Family Dues for t ... o or mor e memo HAR KNESS, Buslne •• Manaller, 81 Bedford St reet, New York 14, N. Y. ~~r~ " f ,"'~ r~mnv IIvlnlt" M '~m~ ~'1tl"n t o Somd. tOU fnJ>'!Ient ratln!! reports (with feu. If any) ...,d all communintlolU [f' rb"•• LIre. ~r .. ~t rel'III.r rates Ile.. . "ovel for flrst membcrRhlp. at the follow. ,ardlng C"''''n: L11"! edftOr!81 malters to MONTGOMeRY MAJOR, Editor, 123 Inl' nt.H ror e~eh 8,l<1ltloo,,1 membf>r 3n U.75, th..., .. North Humphrey Awenue. Oak Park, III. v .. a r~ ~.75 . Subscription "lite of Cheu Life to n"n · m~mhers Is '~ .OG per year. o;;lnll"le copl e ~ 15c each. Makt ,11 chrcks payablt w: THE UNITED STATES OiESS FEDEItA nON f < Th",sd

By V. S. Expert DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND Cl.m ofi/e By Willa WhUe Owem Adctress news items . nd Inqulrl u on Women" Cheu to Mrs.' Will. Whit. Owen,. 124 South POInt 0 1'1" . , Avon lIe ntrDr•• . MarcInt. rhuant.d remedy. Alto play 'low and keep double- Lake, Ohio •. add ressed enve lope. ~~~~~~t:~~:;~~~;,:~~~~~~~~~~~~-m~"~'~'~"f:'checking;'; beforeP~'~'~"~"~ every'~'~P~' "~move_$U~'~';;" ;.Jp.~.~l~aU... .Y 17, N.Y. at\)' uplllrca the oppone nt rna)' h.ve. WO or the players in the recent ' Q 12. Kt. 8 axa 14. P.Q 4 T U. S. Women's Chess Champ­ 1. Answers to Readers' uestions n , I(x8 Q.Kt 4 ionship Tournament whose games Tom GrifCiths, Des )loines. Iowa asks, anything wrong with l. Beine a -pleee IIhead White should "Is plt,y t or simplicity and .$pe<:li-Ily t ry were most eagerly watched were ...... , P·QB3 in answer to 1,. P·QB4? The game might continue 2: P·K4, to (!Kch.nJ;e oft the p iKe•. However, Mrs. Jacqueline PiaUgorsky of Los P·Q4; 3. KPxP, PXP; 4. p.Q4." White undershDd ably wanted to r e­ Angelcs and Mrs. Irene Vines of Answer : There Is nothi"ng wrong with this defense. In fact it h as the move tho ho le . t hla Q3. New Or leans. Mrs. P iatigorsky's 14 ...... M. Q.1(13 advantage of taking the game into channels which are at leas t partly Now B I1I6 clever ly t..ktransposition as indicated by Griffith With 15. P·QII.l, K t-U7 ; i 6. n -1U, K lxP abate throughout the tournament. above. chi J7. UxK!, QxK I; 18. l"xKP, QxP ?; Gone were the days when t here There is also another and less common variation : 1. P·QB4, P.QB3; 19. 8 ·84, Q-K5 e h; 20. P-B! W hite eould were one or two signj(jeant rounds avoid tho 1011 or ~n Exehanlfc. But pos· and one or two "b ig games" in a 2. P ·K4, p.Q4 j 3. KPxP, PXP; 4. P xP , QxP; 5. Kt-QB3, Q·R4 in which slbly ho did not ye t aile Block'. com ing White has gained a tempo but is left with an isolated QP. In th is varia· trIck. wome n's tournament. E very round tion 4...... , K t·KB3 Is conside red playable but is more complex. U ..... ~ .. Kt·B1 " . QR.Kt l was important and nearly every Allan Brison, Glen Rock, N. J ., tion the variation 6 ...... Kt-B3j 7. Kt·K8c hl game signilicant. Not 16. _ ..... KtxP ch; 17. BxKt . nd This Kar({·l'iatigorsky game was asks about a variation of the Ruy B-Kt2, P-QKt3j 8. Kt·K5! is very Whltc's Q protects hi. QR. Lopc-z: l. P·K4, P·K4; 2. Kt-K B3, uncomrortable for Black. The us ual 11. Rd U QxR one of the gamcs ciled when J\lrs. Kt·QB3; 3. B·KtS, P·Q3; 4. p .Q4:, B· spirit of the Tarrasch defense is to While Is sllll .hcad In ma terial TI c Piatigorsky was awarded the J ose ha.s two piecci (equ.1 10 sb: P.wns) Calderon brilliancy cup. The other Q2; S. Kt·B3, Kl·B3; 6. 0-0, B-K2; submit to the Isolated QP in return .nd a P ....n Cor a Rook (/equals e~ 7. R·Kl, PXP; 8. KtxP, 0·0. He for a rapid development of Black's P.... n s). Buldcs White's K·side .ttack games will be p ublis hed l ater. will be "ery t,l angerous. SEMI-SLAV asks why Fine recommends 9. B·BI! pieces with good attacking chances. I&. p·Ke _ U. S. Women', Championship An ~ ~e r : White has attai ~ ed a s li g ~ t 2. A Ga me t o Illustrat e Some 8)' 18. R·K2, White could hold his posItIOnal advantage. HIS center lS T ' lB · • E QRP, but It b not too Impartant no .... New York. 195$ somewhat better since his P is at yplca eg lnnc rs rrors I&. WH_ Q·RI n . P.K' __ White Bladt MI SS KARFF MRS. PI.o.TIGORSKY K4' while Black's is only at Q3. ENGLISH OPENI N G Ali IntUM-Un g Idell In conjuncllon with Whi te'. ne XI move. Jl owc"er. the 1. P.Q4 P-04 21. Q·a3 R·K3 Further more Black's KB is shut In, White Blaek rei'l l), 19. _ ~ .. , nPd' wou ld open the 2. P.Q84 P·Kl 22. P·K N3 Q.Rk h and his other B Is not actively de. A. IEI SMA H WI L8AND n·rtIe ro r m.ck'. nooks. 3. H.QB3 p.Qa3 n. K·K2 Q-N J 1. p.Qa4 P·K4 ,t. W__ QPxP 21. Q.Kt. Q·a, 4. P.K3 QN.Q2 24. o xQ HaQ veloped. Black's Q is nol easy to The st.ndard ~p 1y taking a share Of 20, P·K5 QR.QI S. pxP KPxP U . ,.·a3 H·.3 develop. . the center for Bl.1ck. Also poQible are Better ..... 2)...... _ . P·KB4; 22. PxP 6. N.lCa3 KN·a3 16. K.Q3 P·KN3 But White's problem is to .h old t. ~~._ . Kl·KB3 (intending to tr ~nspo&e '!.p., QxP (not 22. ~. __, RxP; 23. B.RII! 1. B.Q2 II ·Q3 'l1. N·K2 K-N 2 Into some va rl.tlon of the Quecn'. Gam· R·K13; 24. Qx n etc.) but Black Is lost •. Q.a2 0-0 21. N.a4 R·K 2 his advantl\ge and capitaliU! on it. bit or pcrhaps the King'. Indl.n De­ anyway. ' . 8.Q2 R·I(1 29. P·N3 R·J( RI Black may play KtxKt and BxB and f~ n IC) li nd 1. W •• W •• , p.Q B3 as di scussed 22. 8 . 11:, p.Ke .. 10. 0 .0 Q·K2 30. a·R3 R.Q2 perba ps even p .Q4 equalizing. T hus above In Section I. Suicide, but 21:...... P.Xt3 would n . QR.KI N·KS 31 . P·K4 P)l Pch White is wise to tuck his K B away 2. Kf.Qa3 Kt.QR3 nlso prOVIl ratal In Ihll long run. 12. B.81 N(2)· BJ 31. PXP R·R7 A Kl at R3 Is far leU effectlvc thlln 23. QxP M. le 13. N.Q2 BIt Pch 33. N·K2 P·KN4 at KBl, where it cannot be ex- one at 1l3. It will req uire a second move 14. Kxa N·NSc;h 34. B·a K..N3 changed, where it does not impede to bring this Xt to a good spot, and 3. A quiet but Instructive Game 15. K.Nl NxN(2) 3S. "'·Kat H" P the f'(lobility of his other pieces, he nce the text·move ls a mlshke. 1&. BxPch K·RI 34.. ,..R3 RxH but where it can qu ickly come o ut 3. Kt·a3 a.Q3 ENGLISH OPENING 11. B.aS Nx R 37. ",.NI R·KR1 A common . nd glari ng beginn er'S While Black " . ICxN Q· AS 18. KJl N A·K2ch at any one of several good squares. error. By blocklng thc QP Black will D . HALL A. EI SMAN 19. a xa QRlla 3t . K.Q3 R·KB7 Besides, it may be useful in pro- not be able to .. dvanee his center prop. I. p.Qa4 P·K" 5. KlxP 8·K!5 20. g.as N·R3.0. P·R4 P·H3 tecting White's K·side if need be. (!tIl'. Note that If Bl.. ck h .. d pl.. yed 2- 2. Kt.QB3 KI·KB3 , . KtxKt BXKtch WhUe resigned .... Ith()u~ resuminc pl.y ...... ~ . Kt·Q B3, the KP would not now J' ~. 3. Kt·a3 K' ·B3 1. PXB QPxKt uftcr ,dJournment. . David Wilk.inson asks abo ut the quire defensc. 4. P.Q4 PXP In the second round, Mrs. Vlnes, 4. P·K3 p.Qa4 Tarrll$Cb defense to the Queen's So f. r the ,.me ha.s follOWed. well. playing white. was forced to ~e£e nd This hn the muU of Itrlklng .,lgor­ tr. velect trail. For msny ycsn It was Gambit: 1. P·Q4, P·Q4; 2. P-QB4, p. oUlly . t the center. However, It creatcs for a number of moves agamst a cUllomary herc to play 7. H ... ~., Kth Kt K3j 3.· Kt·QB3, P·QB4; 4. BPxP, a b.d hole at BlaCk', Q4. Blsck's P .t aUer whlo;h BIlIClk'. Pllwns proved . ... k. king side attack initiated by Mrs. Q2 would now be properly eaUed "'back. f5:PxP ; S. Kt-SS, Kt-QB3; 6.P ·KKt3. w.rd. It was rlnally undenltlod that the P ialigorsky. as i.n. th e above game. He s uggests P·QK13 (in· wanl.'" Furthermore the t>!ll t·movc is text move, which pennlts Wh Ite to pre· 6...... not strictly • developing move In th.t by it piece sacrtfl ce. The de.vel~p­ stead of the usual reply 6 ...... vent Bl.ck rrom casUln" was not bad. It tlou not contribute dlredly to the With Q>. orr the bl.ck K will not be ment of black's knights, brtnglllg Kt·B3) in order to avoid an iso- ctevelonment or Black', plceu. tn serlou. danlter. them both into the k ingside a.ttack lated QP, And, if 6 ...... P -QKt3 So P-KKt3 L QaQch KlIQ t . B·KtS _._ Since Black bn m.cte some Inferior without loss of time, is very l nte.r· does not seem wise, ~rhaps it can 9. &-84 would be mo re to the Polot. moves. Wblte can safely take lOme lIbel" Billek·. Qnp would then need defe05e esting. However, black's att.aek d id be played a move later, i.e., 6. U.,.. Ttle 'ltB could be ct eveloped .t K2 for .whlle. It t. w .. _ . Kt.R4, thcn 10. nol carry through , and whIte s ~d ...... , Kt·B3; 7. B-Kt2, P ·QKt3. ctlroc tly Without an cdr. P move. How· B-Q2 .nd the.- Kt I. ml,pJaced. White's denly returned the piece, taki?g Answer : Tbe idea of avoiding the ever, the text·move has a good ct eal ef pl.n to pl.y BxKt to double Black', point because the fianeheUol!d B will threc pawns for intercst and gam ­ isolated QP is pla USible, but unfor­ Pawns I. not besL The _ctv.nl'Ce of ing an overwhelmi ng adVA ntage. stri ke .t the _akened whlfe .... u.res In "two Bishops" Is of mo~ v.lue here. tunately 6...... P ·QKt3 b as ser­ the center. t . ... _ B·K3 11. P.K3 From this rOund to the seventh. ious drawbacks. It Is not a develop­ S. W ....H Kt·a3 10. BxKfch pxa Mrs. Vines held first place, and ing move (since Black's QB already There would be .!lOme "dv.ntage to Wurth considerIng Is the mo re ago pl.ylng P·KB4 b~ {o re this Kt move. The had winning chances u ~ to the has a line for ' development) and Jl" re.l5lve 11. p ·Ke. pressure In the center . nd the later 11 • . w.... P.QII:3 14. 8xP tenth round. so is a loss of time. Furthermore prospects ror Black's KR (a ftcr cntllnR) 11. a·K2 P·Kf4 15. R.Qlch ... SEMI-SLAV it weakens the White squares on wou ld m.ke thc ]ou of time worth· 13. a.a, R·QKtl S. Women's Chess Ch. mpionship the Q·side. this being rather serious wh ile. Hc"" 1$. 0 ·0·0 ch would savc time u. , . 8·Kt2 0 ·0 7. P·Kt3 P.QKt3 New York, 1955 here since White's be lined Iince White's KR can then be devcloped KB will A typical mistake In this sort of posl· _nero WhIte BI.ck Uon. B]"d, should note the d a n~ '! r from MRS. PIATIGO IlSK Y up on the long diagonal. 15. '~H'H K·K2 U. Rx R 0 •• MRS. VINIES White" B .t KKt2. Correct wa, 7.. ~._., 14. KlIN Q.RSd. What is more important the sug· U. II.Q S a ll B It. K·K2 1. P.QS P.Q4 R·Kt1. 11. Rx8 KII:.Q l 0"" 2. N·K a3 p·o a3 15. K·Nl H·N5 gested move actually appears to &. Kt·KKts _ U. II: .K1 B·Kl Bomer Is 19. ~.w ..., K·Q3 so thilt . fter 1. P·K3 P·K3 lose material after 7. PxP, P-QS Whit'! tlve rlooks his ehance. With 8. 20. R·Qt , RxR; 21 . "xR, K·B4 Black h ill! 4. B.Q3 p.Ka .. 11. K.a l a·R4 KtxP, Bxltt; 9. BxR White g.lns m.· • mueh better K pOSition . nd w ill prob­ 5. p.Q a4 a.Q3 11. K.K2 Nxapch (not 7 ...... PxP; 8. QxP ); 8. Q·R4, terlal. 19. K.Ql NxN . PxKt (or 8 ...... , B·Q2; 9. KtxP or .bly win by creating a passed P on tbe , . N.Qa3 N·KR3 L _ R·Ktl 111. Ktx Kt B-Ktl Q-s1dc. 1. 0·0 N.Q2 211. QII: xN axR 8 ...... Q.Q2; 9. B·R3!); 9. QxKtc.b, t. KKt·K" KhtKt 11. 0-0 Kt·KtS 20. R.QI RoO a4 L P.QN3 0-0 21. Kxa KR.Q l B·Q2; 10. Q·K4 ch. A blunder sln~ Black's B White c.n t . a·N2 N·Kal 22. K.1( 2 R.Q2 protected. TIlls B COU ld not be won on Id hi. K b.ek In lime to keep Black's 10. H·KS 1J.Q2 U . a.R3 Q.N5ch The delay of P-Kt3 u ~ til one the lalt move Il nce White's B(}o(U) 24. K·a P · K R~ wa. unprotected. Few beclnnen' C.mes K out of his Q84 SQu. re (ef. the pre­ 11. 0 ·a2 N(a',·H5 move later Is better . But the move ~ I ~ note) and therefore e.n prob­ 12. N.Q l axN 2S. a.Q' P·RS are free h-om suel. errors. A beClnner's u . KoHl P.KN4 is stUi s ubject to the two serious IIbl)' (lraw. Black th~refo r ~ trIes to 13. PlI a NxR P I'1 rst major problem in learnlnC ehf!Sl: page 7, col. 4) drawbacks pointed above, In addi· 11 to tr. ln hhnself to .vold elementlll7 (Pluse turn to page 7, col, 2) (Pluse t urn to / GAMES BY U5CF MEMBERS

Annolated by Che.. Malter JOHN W, COLLINS, Ma"hall Chell Club Champion, 1954

USCE ,.0... g,,,nel Jo. Jt94tlWKfti ,., JOHN W. too 1.\ 0-0 PxP" R2, RxR chi 31), KxR. QxP cb; 31. Q-82, COLLINS, 91 Uno" ROdJ, Brooklyn 26, N. Y. Stnft ~iJtI Iim iuJ, Mr. Coltn." ",ill DlJick thinkS to win a pawn• Q;DANISH GAMBIT 6. B·K3 ! KI·W.even 0·0;n . -- 13-, ~~;~~'~~'i;~[~d~:~~)~~ed . Meo: page ' 21 , eolumn • 6. Kt.R3, 0 ·0; 7. B-KCi. II a p romlsln, If 24~. :.~-:;.",:~. a lternal"'e. u"a. KlIU; • I(lxQch K.Ql Gambit Finals 5 I17e ceLA 6. _,_, •. P·K4 n. Q.Q2 R-K1 • K't • " Correspondence. 1950 7. P.QS 0.0 16. BxB QxK' .. Q.Q2 27. A. KI5 A-KBI... There II no reason 10f Biack to con­ NOltJ bt Dr. M. G. 51"'111 The p05it1ona l threat II II. B-R8, ex. If 27. ... __ .• B-Q2; 28. Kt·Kt3, B·XI; 2:9. tinue from here On. While Bilek ef"utslng Blaek', ylt,1 KD. In·os. wln5. IS. Ktx a •••• 17. P·QKt4 8·ln DR. M_ O. STURM W. M. P. MITCHeLL. •. _..... II: ·KI 2B. Q-K1 16. a·KtSch Kt·K1 TI. Q.Q6 1l"lgns 1. P·K4 P·K4 4. B.QB4 P _ P 9. KKt· K2 Q.K2 Work for P·B4·5. 2. P.Q4 p"p 5. BXP Q· K2 neeause or tbe fequ cnce of move, pro­ 21. __ ._. R-ICKtl 3. P-QB3 P_P voked by S. ••.• _.. . QKt·Q2; Black lacka The opport.. nlty to exchange one of • Or 5 ...... J>.Q4!; 6. R1COLLE SYSTEM 11. KI-KB3 equalh:es); 11. Kt-Knl. R· White prepare. Kt.KKt3. P.XR4·5. and The final mlstake whleh loses a Pawn. MCO: pa,. 201. eolumn 5 QI with advantage (MCO). the gene ral k lns·slde attack. Neee8ury Is 29 ...... B-1. KKt·Q2; 13. P:"'" Px.P; 14. :.G. RIIKt; 37. RxR? the center. 0-0 ·0. and White wins the QP. Q·B7 mnte. 3 P·B4 5. QKt·Q2 Q:82 KtI ch; ll. R·Q1. B-1M : 12. Q·Ktl, Kt· 12. P·KAC ...... U. Q-Q2 Q·R2 .: P : B1 QKt·Q1 4. B.Ql .. __ P_K4 Q2, 13. Kt·B3, Q·R3; 14. qxP, R·KU, 15. Not 12. PxP e.p.?, PXP; 13. 0 ·0 ·0 . R.Ql; 17. P-KI6! • •R> Black i6 aiming high. U 1.1 rare that b oth Q·B7 will, a, v uwer(ul .!lack (Larobok). 14 ... p ·w? p.Q~ and Black has p lay. It 37. __... . QxR; Or 37. .. _._. B"Ktp; 38. P.K4 and P-QR4 can be achleyed by 7. Kt·BJI P.Ql 1::1 ••__ •• " .Kllte Kt 85. wln5. Slack lID early I" a Queen', Pawn Game. If 1...... KbJ"; 8. 0-0 with an 0"". Otherwise. White l ollowl wIth 13. p _ 31. KxB Rx Kt whelming lead In developmenL 7, KtxP Ktll Kt t . Q.K2 8-Q3 K·K1 M. and ol!ens the KR file. But the text 39. AlIR OIlR 8. PxKt QXP 10. B. KtSch 8. 0·0 K.·Bl 13. KtxP eh , . K • .Q5 Q..Ql 1 • • QxQ eh Is Dot a cure 111 It Icts t he XKI W I b e 40. Q_1I:6 R esl9 n ~ But thl. I, Incorrect. All Whlte's moves ••• opened. It would seem that Bhlck Is 1£ 4n • •~_._ . Q>cBP (41. Q·R7eb. K.BI; 42. lhave aimed at forclnz P_K4. which 10. K'·Kt5 Kt·K4 15. Kh:A .oO' alfeady stnoletl:kaUy I ~L Q.B7 m.t...... ". threabned); 41. Q·R7 eh, mould now be -played U White is to 11. BxKt PxB 16. B·K2 13. PlIP KhrA:P K·B!; 41. ch, U. 12. KbKBP KxKt P·Kt7 K.K2; P ·Kta ch, avoid II c r. mped ,arne. and mate In two. And It 40. _____ I Q. If 13. __ ._. • PlIP; 14. B·KU. Xt/ I-R2; U. 10. _...... B-Q2 11. Kt.B3 Q. R4 Of 16. KR·Q I. K·K2. KtxP, KuB; 16. Pdt. KtxKt; n. nxKt, KtS c h; 41. K·Kt2. Q.qS ch; 42. K·RS. and n . Bx.ell KlCBI 13. P.QKf3 __ _ 16. ____ . B.Q2 20. R.QBleh .... II 21. Kt ·B7 KhtP wins. Dlaek soon mated. Te,Umony to hl.a Incorrect Openin, 17. K R·Bl B·B] 14. KhrKI hKt 18. QA_KI1 K.Q2 22. Kt·K, A lo~al ~Ime by the new Ch.mplon. Ilrate,y I~ 11IIs feeble development of U. B.K.S hl~ OB. 19. AxB KXR;",_",,,,,.._ .. In order to Indue" DI;,ek to weaken hit KKt3 flQllare. 13. _... _. KII:·lCl 14. B·R3 £l!le I~. Q·Kts eh might be annoying. 15• . H..... P .B, 17. 0 ·0.0 K.1I:2 15. R.QI QR.Ql 16. P ·A3 __• 16. B.K, Kt. KIl I I. B·Q31 Q.Bl ROI1l.m t nko ..JJI .. pdgt to CM,.,.rll While r .... rs 16. 0-0, Kt-Kts; 17. P·lI:R3. If 18 ...... _. Kt-DSf 19. B"Kt. P"B; 20. ol>rnill! , ... pl. Kt.K4; IIC> he (lnt make. thl!; preeau· P·KS eh! (20. QxP!!, B-R3; 21. P·KS eh, tlonary tRove. Hoverer. It weakens his P-B4; pnd Black wins the Queen) X.RI; FRENCH DEFENSE CI!I~Ued.Klng·. poelUon . .. Blaek clever­ 21. P·K6. and Black's kln,·.!de P awn. ly ~hows. will bf-.Il'ln droppln,. MCO: plIve 53, column 41 District Champions hip 16. .... ,,_ K·Sl 21 . 0 ·0 19. QR·KII B·R3 21 . R/ l .Kt1 B.Q2 n . Q.Kt2 Wa!'hington, D.C., 1955 17. P.QKtI PxP 20. R-Kt3 Kt.aS 12. K'.K2 ...... 1'. BxP BXe 23. R·BT The Black Knight mus t bo diSlodged. Notts by U. S. E>:pm Dr. M .. >: 19. PxB K. lCtl 14. K·Al1 U. NXBch Ht-nbtrgt, 20. KI-Q4 Q-K4 White Black White prepare. hIs coWn. A q.,lde PERSONA L SERVICE I. II:OMANENKO K. 8AEA demonstrlltion was needed. beginning 1. P·K4 P.KJ 4. P ·K5 KKt.Q2 with 24. P·KU. There mltht follow 24 . Tnt Edit". "f ,hi, Dtp.. ,/",tnl will 2. P.Q4 P .Q4 IS. Kt-B1 ...... Q.Kt4 (pxP; 25. QxP); 2$. P·B4, pi..,. yOll .. ,""It b, ",.. il. e""",."nlt "n 3. Kt . QB~ ICt·KB3 Q·R5; 26. PxP, RxP; 27. Q·Kt5. attleklnt This move d eserve~ some attention on the KR and t he QP. (27 ...... _. R .. QI; 28. n>-try "'<17<' • ...,d tI:;>'t 70U .. /borCl1tJh ~;t. account of the InllowlnJl .Il'ame. Ul1Ial Kt-na chi. ~""'t .. _I,.;f. Fu 11~ . b P ·K84 or QKt-K2 to strengthen the 24. __ .~ Q.K'4 26. A·82 Mr. Col/inJ ",m .. I~" ...... o / ..,t ....,. "nt center. Rom"nenko's Idea of glvln, It 2S. A-KKt' Q. R5 27. K· R1t ", ,."... g"""tl for .. Itt "f If. up and r""on'luenng It see ms prefe'" He malls the lid shut. Stili playable was able sInce It leads to quicker develop­ 2'7. p.B4. Kt- ICS: 28. Kt . B~, Q-QI ; :2:9. ment. KtxP. R{I)-KU: 30. Q·KS c h, K-Rl ; 31. 5. _._ ,.-0114 ,. 8.QkU QKt·lIl? Kt-u.s with poulbl1lttea. Inslead, If Black Knight and II\. P 'f Tn""J"Y, Page 6 Here •. . __.. , P -QR3 i6 much preferlblo pl.y. for the sacrifice of hi6 K t. then should _g~;,,::."~"\•• ;:::!,; ~. ""ess J..I e Oc/"hf, 20 , 19', as tbo ",que lice abow.. ;;7, ._._ .. , Ktxl'; U. ~KI, ~ t h; 29. R- draws, may even GUEST ANNOTATORS CHESS TACTICS (Continued from page 5, col 3) Dr. Millx Herzberger Or. M. G. Sturm create some weaknesses before eJ:ebeng- Stanley B. Wilson till" Roob. . 21. K-Q3 K·K1 25. P-KIt4 R·Q4ch by Nicholas Gabor 22. R-QBI !t· R4 26. K·82 P·Ke.4 ent ease Black mlsse. tho way. Which - 23. P· KR3 R·KI. 21. ~ R · QI P-QB4 appears to be Pfes~lItlon or his ~en · 24. P-Kt3 R.R4 2•• RxR at trill Pawn combined with (I quick ad· White !hould resli~e that ho baa tbe All co!"munlca tlons concernIng this problem-co'lumn, including solutions vance of his QR and QKt P awnS, worst of thlniS because of Blaek's bet· well as orlglna,1 comp~ltions for publication (two. and three.mover dlnct mates), ter K·positlon. His b ut chance 1s to from composers a nywhere Should be sent to Nicholas Gabor Holel Kemper Lane 22. •...... te·Ql 34. Rx QRP KlxP Cincinnati 6, Ohio. . " 23. KillS KlxKt 35. R· R5 K.B3 keep the R's on the b oard. He can then 24. R-Qlch K ,H3 36. 8 .1(2 R·Kn e.-eate numero'us complications, so that 25. K_81 R·Kl 31. B-81 R·KBl! It Is doubtful if Black could' force a P,obi~m No. 599 Probillm No. 600 26. R· ten P·QRl 3 •• K·Kl 1(·1(13 win. This il a stan c!nd device when By J, L. Bule By Comins Mansfield 27. ·R·Kt4 P·QKI. 39. R· RS Kt·AS one has an lnfe.-Ior game. I.c.• lead Into Melbourne, Australia 18. R·KR4 P-R3 40. R.I('8ch K·M a Rand P endgame Iinee t hla offen International Contest -Entry Carsllalton Be~'~'h~'~"~~~~ 29. R. KKt4 R·K2 41 . R·Blch K·QS excellent charices for counterplay. International ~ 30. R·Kt6eh K·Q4 42. R.Q8ch 1(·86 28. ... _... KXR 29. K.Q1 P-QR4 31. K.K) P.KS 43 . R-88eh K_Kt7 Tbe well-known principle o f the "re­ 32. I(·Q2 Kt·K3 44, R·QKt8 m ove passed Pawn" appea rs. Black's 33. B. Kt4 KI.SS plan is to force a passed P on the Q. 1'hreat 45. P·R4! 81dO. . 44. R·Rl 46. K-K3 ",p To stop this White's King will be 45. Ib:Pch K-B6 47. R· R5ch Drawn drawn to the Q·side permlttin, Black'.!! mack;s extra P(lwn must go. Ii In to gobble up K·slde P's. 30. P-QR3 P-KtS An example of a rule stated by Capa. blanca to the effect that, wben acl· vantlng P ·s. one sbould push the one B/llck kupJ his / King too long in lIlt wbich 15 ' not oppor;ed by an opponent's ' itnftr ami succumbs to alTon/ill

s the International Composing Contest pmgresses, its seems to us A advisable to suspend temporarily publication of three·mover prob­ lems. All [our compositions above are two-movers participating in the contest. As soon as the "rush" of contest entries subsides, we shall re- sume our old routine of presenting one three-mover. . Position Qft~1 33. P_KBf This make. the win essy. Black's K can simply march In at KICts. If 33. p·ro. Black has to sacrlfice to gain an entry lor hl.$ K. However. Black can sUIl win by playing his K to K4. wslt­ No. 587 (Barclay): Key 1. Q-R6. thrcat 2. Q·ns mate. Chanicd mau. after: 1 ••. ing until the whlu. K is not st Q3. plsy­ _M", Ing P·RS! and thereby galnlnc an entry R-n6 ch; 2. 8-R2 mste. The close try: L Kt·86 whkh misled many ~xpcr1enced clther at Q5 or KR.4. solvers is defeated by I. .._. R·B2. Numerous c laims of "No solution"· 33. _ ..:.. K.K3 3S. K-Q] K. Kt3 1'l0- S88 (Hjelle): Intention: I. Q·Kl. The Kt(Q7) Is on the bOllrd ror the sole 34. K-81 K·8] 36. Rn lgns purpose of securl.ng three close tries: Q·KKU. Q-KRI and Q.xBP. met by L __, PXP. 1. .• _ .• RxKt respectively. However. I . Kt·88 causes II cook. on Ql No. S89 (Beale); Key ; 1. RU', thrNt 2. Q.Q1UJ mate. . And on the by Black to get · CORRECTION: The endgame position given In CHESS LIFE September 20, on No. 590 (Ravenscroft-Hawes): Alrnost all solvers cave 1. R·KIU follOWed by 2- a perpetual After this falls, this page Clnnol be won "gainst best Kt.R5 Ilnd 3. Kt·Kt3 mote, wllleh b a cook! Intention: 1. K·66 waiting. All poi$\ble BlacJ could thoueh there are Black pawn moves allow Whi.u. to unpin either tbe Knl&ht or the Bishop and P'''Y b y BI"ck. &$ "ven' readers h ave some pretty Consider, for 1u- pointed out. The reply 1 ...... P·lCt" matc on the 3rd move. F or sol.,en who are intclested In the subtleties of tblA stance, the Immunity of White'. QKt· problem, we i:lve our corrected version in Forsylb notaUon (with apologlu to the (I nslead ef 7 ••••• _ ., KxP); .. PxP st"le­ ,.,Mch later moves QRA. compOJ!leI"S) IS follows: 6Rlj2p2KUj2Pp4.j2pKPp2/1pSp j7Pj KWpktp jR4bkr. Mate to m"tel is the corred dofence In the 18. .•.•. Rx Peh 22. KI· R4 KxKt in three1 1. K·lQjl v.rI"tlon given In the column. 19. IC_RI R·Kt2 23. Q.B6ch K-Q' 211. R.Q3 8 ·Q1 24_ P-Q83 21. g .B3 Q-KIS Manhattan (N.Y.) Chess Club: The At this pOint U. ft.-Ql ancl 25. R/3xB $Ummer tourneys ended with R aul Ben"­ COLLEGE CHESS WOMEN'S CHESS would end the agony quicker because dlcho wlnnlni the Premier 5"'1r ·I'h, Ar­ (Continued from page 3, col. 4) (Continued from page 5, col. 4) thur Feuerstein second with 5-2. and if 2.4. R·QI. B-B6 cb; 25. RxB, K·K2; 24. 27. Q.B2 Q.R4 31. P·K1 g . B2 R·QKt3. lIlai'lln HarTOW and John Penqulte ShAr­ F. Steining of the Ma.ssachusetts In­ 24.. _ ..... BxPch 27. Q-Qkh K.QI Ing third with "'!t.2Y.1 each. VIctor A. 28. PXP BPxP 3&. Q-Q' ,Q.KI stitute of Technology has stopped 29. BxP PxB]9. RoOT R·a. U . Rxll K-K2 21. K R· BI R-QKtl Cuals lind James Core shared the all chess activity except "What's U. R-M Q.KI4 2'. R-Q4 _ Premier Resenres with 4'h-llh ell1;h, 30. QxBP R·B2 40. Q-Q6ch K·82 11. Q-K6 K·N2 41. Qx R R;al Quicker Is 29. R-QB7 threat~ nlng 30. whllc Edwin SObin Wl.$ third with 4-2- The Best Move?" Although he is Syd SchUler topped the Major with 5-2. only a college sophomore, Rae bas 32. Qx P P·NS 42. Q.BSch K.NI RxKt..no. __ ._ 33. Q-Q4 K·R3 41. Q.K6ch K-Rl R·Kl 35. K.Kt1 ..... wbile Ronald Llrhl.5tone and Roger proved to be a talented player. 34. P·K6 R·B4 44. Q· R6ch K-Nl 30. R/Jl.QI R-K2 36. Q. B8dt K·a2 Spero dlared second with 41h·2'h,. The His friends hope that he wiU return 11. Q·BS Q·Kt2 31. QxRch K• • Major RC$Cl"ve went to Edward lfolod,ny 35. B·B4ch K· N3 "S. B-KS Resign 32.. RxKteh 3 •. KtxR PxKt with :'i'h-l'h. JOJ!Ieph Lander second with to tour nament play; but even if 36. Q·Q7 Q·R2 33. RxQch ••• 39. K· B3 Reigns 4'h-2y'> and RCilnalcl Saundcrs third he does not. they are sure he ,will 14. Kt·Kt6 R.QBch••• with ".]. In the Minor J ohn Marberry be as successful in physics as Fine placed first. with 6-1, Leonllrd Parker Th"ml41. Page '1 WS5 second .... Ub 5!1.a-l!1.a. A USCF Club and Dulles have been in their M fillllte. fields. mwss tlf' O~/obf1 20. 1951 ThllmJ"", OctolH. 20, :Journament .iJ.~ n ew and 'Renewed Se nd to CHE5S LIFE. 121 No. Humph,.." A ...... Oak ,.rtt. ilL for ap,l~ s..I.t,.. :7. tlon form for announelnl tournament In this column. use] .A/filal.. ' Renewals of <;-harters W'-,; :7lu IJ.., m_? Unle .. o lhe rwlse SpAc lfled, I II tourn. men'" announced In this column .re 100% USC F n ted . RatinS! fees, If a ny, . r. included In specIf ied e ntry fee; no additiona l REGIONAL ntln, fo r non-me mbers USC F. Position No. 168 'M Southe rn Chen ASSOCiation .... rbeller-Iladlsc:h, Derlin. 1936. 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