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NOVEMBER 1951 STAMP OF GENIUS (.'jee page 322) 50 CENTS Subscription Rate ONE YEAR $4.75 .< 57 K_ R2 N-B3 58 R/Rl-B1 N_R2 59 6-B2 N_Bl 60 N-Bl N_N3 61 N-QS R_QBl 62 R-K2 N-Q3 63 N_K5 N-Bl 64 B_B1 B-Kl 65 N_KS R/2-QB2 66 N-Ql B-KB3 67 N-K3 Q_N2 68 N-Ql R_N2 69 Q-K1 B-K2 EXTRA!! EXTRA!! 70 B- QS N-R2 HOLD THE PRESSES!! RIP OUT THE FRONT PAGES!! 71 N_KS N-BS 72 N-N2 N/Q3_K5 GAME OF THE CENTURY DISCOVERED!! 73 R-QB2 N-R4 74 B,N HIS department has brought you in ordinary patience, will do well to omit White is punished Qniekly (well, fairly T the past various aspects of chess mas the next fiUy·five moves, which a l'e al· quickly) fo r this wild burst or e nergy, tery. Some of t he games migh t have most all purposeless, and put up the 74 QPxB qualified under olle of these headings: position a ccording to the diagram after 75 N-KS N-B3 The Most Brilliant Game ever Played Black's 81st move, If he atteml\ts to play 70 R-Q2 N_Q4 The Most Exciting Game eve r Played all the mOl'es to that point, he will ])rob· 77 NxN Q,N The Most Artistic Game ever P layed ably nevel' Ill'ril'e correctly at t hat posi· 78 Q-K3 B_KB3 The Most Thrilling Game ever Played tion, in endless mll7.es los t ," 79 R-Kl R/2_QB2 The Most Beautiful Game ev er Played. Jt is 1I'0rth noting that th e diagram 80 R/2- Ql B-K2 All these triumphs are now t hreatened which is given to this game is II dubious 81 B-Q2 Q-R7 distinction, as this is the only game in with ob s~ urity. Your editor has unearthed See diagram, If YO Il now ha,'e that a t a [earful cost of time and effol't a t he entire tournament so honored, position, It'~ just insomnia- that's all : game whieh is destined to go down in \Ve l'epl'ollure the position after the 82 R_QNl BxQRP ! the archives of chess lite rature as S1st move, for those fearful of making the 83 PxB RxP Tb.· D,dlo/ G"I/Ie firer Fltly.,J!! entire trip unassisted, 84 R_QR1 Q-N7 Here is the record of this masterpiece 85 R/Kl-QNl Q- B7 of monotony, this saga of stagnation: 86 Q-K2 P_K6 87 R_Q1 PxB London, 1883 88 RxP QxR CARO_KANN DEFENSE 89 QxQ R-B7 N" Winawer 90 R-Ql RxQt White Black 91 RxR R_B6 1 P-K4 P-QB3 92 R-QS R-B7t 2 P-Q4 P_Q4 9S K-Nl P-N5 3 PxP p,p 94 PxP B-N4 4 N_KB3 N-QB3 95 R-R3 K_B1 5 B_QN5 Q-N3 96 N-QS Bx N 97 RxB R_N7 6 N_B3 P-K3 7 P-QR3 N_B3 27 R-61 N-BS 92 K_Bl K-K2 8 0-0 B-Q3 28 R/2- Bl N-QR4 99 P-Q5 PxP 9 B_Q3 B-Q2 29 Q_Ql B_ K2 100 RxP P_ R6 10 N-K2 R_QB1 SO R-QNl K-B2 Resigns 11 P-B3 N_K2 31 N- N1 N-B5 T he rest is ABC, After .10 1 H- ]{.5. P - R7, 12 P-R3 P_KR3 N-K2 N-Q3 fo llowe d by ", H- NSt, then , " I'- RS(Q) A fellow (;!l.n't be too careful. "33 N-N2 N/ B3_K5 wins easilv. 34 B-K3 B-QB3 13 R_Nl Q-B2 Check, Mate, on the Mov e 35 Q_ K1 N-B5 14 N_ K1 P_ KN4 36 B- B1 R_ N1 15 P_KB4 P-N5 37 R_ KR1 Q_Ql At ]juden·Buden l I 870l, ht:n t:ath the 16 P_KR4 N-R4 38 R_Bl N_BS 17 P-KN3 P_B4 castle on Ihl' hill. Panl~ .. n W« ," di ~~ at j ~fied 39 R-KR1 N-K R4 with h is [o d~ in ~~ and llIarle an t' xcnr~ion The e(\itor of the toul'!lamcnt bool, N-Q3 40 R-Bl 10 find ~<H ll cth in g better. Ill' ,,-,'nt Ill' the says he rR wi th a si nking feeling, "There 41 6-KS N-K5 hill and wandered ah"llt and at ["llgth is now a block on the K ing's s ide fore· 42 B_KB2 N/5_B3 r" lInd rlt' _~t ,, 1<'1' wa~ boding a dreary game." 43 B_K3 N_R2 what he II-allted, Tlw 1E N-N2 P_N4 44 R-KRl N-B1 10 find a porter tn renl<Wt; hi~ [",longing", 19 B_K3 P-R4 45 K-N1 N-N3 and both were allla;r.ed to find that nothing 20 R_ Bl Q_R2 46 R-R2 N-B3 mnre wa" required than to carry Ih t: hon'" 21 B_KB2 0-0 47 R-QR1 N-R4 downstairs from nne Ha t to anollwr im· 22 N-KS R_QB2 48 R-R2 B- B3 mediately hel ow it! KR-QBl 49 R-QR1 R_K2 2S R-R2 -[,'In:u REL"f'f:!.1J ,ll' ll [111'1"(; Oa:1L\d'l 24 Q-Q2 N-BS 50 Q_ B2 B_Q2 (;Iu'ss :)Ira/I';n IIlId Tm: lics, 25 R_B2 Q-N1 51 R_ R1 R/l _Kl 26 KR_QBl P_R5 52 R-K1 Q-N1 Here he says. "\Vhieh produees equally 53 K-Bl B-N2 THOU GH T FOR TH E M ONTH 54 B-B2 K_ N1 a bloek Oil the Queen's sille." A (liagram :'Ilon,h:; Wa s a n arti"l: :<I "i I h,' l.J f' ~t 55 B-Q3 N_ R1 of the position fifty.five moves late r is way to (' ujoy all a,-tbt i~ nOl In ,ji "seet K_N 1 N_B2 then give n. with this comment: "The him, - Sergeant reader, unless possessed or more tha n Anyb"ody still here: CHESS REVIEW 1HI ~lcrUIf (HI$$ .MAGAzrN' Volume 19 Number 11 November, 1951 EDITED &, PUBLISHED BY I. A. Horowitz Readers are invited to use these columns for their INDEX comments on matters of interest to chessplayers. FEATURES POSTAL CHEER myself than I had reason to expect. The Chess and Philately _____ ___________ 322 I would like to voice a hearty cheer improvement is no doubt due to the fact From my Chess Memoirs ___ ________ 328 for the Postal Chess tourneys YOIl conduct. that I imagine Hans Kmoch is peering over National Chess Ratings ____________ 327 May they grow and prosper! They are a my shoulder, and I try to make the move Treasury of Chess Lore ___ __ _______ 338 great boon for the average player, like that, in my humble opinion, might not World Championship Match ________ 332 myself, especially as none of the people offend him too much. with whom I come into frequent contact BERNARD DOBSEVAGE DEPARTMENTS play chess- -a situation which no doubt Chess Caviar _____________________ __351 Fresnillo, Zac., Mexico frustrates many other eager chess players. Chess Movies _____ ____ __ __ __ __ _____ 342 Chess Qui]; __ __ _____ _____ ___ _____ __ 331 I started postal play four years ago in GAME APLENTY a Class D section, thinking that anybody Games from Recent Events _________ 334 Thank you for publishing my letter in How to Win in the Opening ________ 340 who was an ardent enough devotee of the August's Readers' Forum. I haven't re Postal Chess ____ ___ ________________ 343 game to play by mail must be extremely ceived my copy yet, but I have received Spotlight on Openings __ ______ ____ __ 336 good at it, and probably way above my twenty answers to my plea fo r chessplay. Tournament Calendar _____ _________ 326 leveL I found that there were some very crs, and some mentioned my leiter was in World of Chess ____________________ 323 [loor players in Class D, even by my stan the August issue (p. 225 ) . As they all dards of strict mediocrity, and I was want two games. I now have 40 games EDITOR greatly encouraged to find that a l arge started. All this came in the last two I. A. Horowitz n umber of below-a'o'erage and average mails. If any murc answer, I'll hav{\ to EXECUTIVE EDITOR chcssplayers, as well as the experts, were quit telegraphing and devote all my time Jack Straley Battell interested enough in t he game to play it to playing chess by mail. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS by mail and (presumably) read a chess JACK O. WHITFORD I. Chernev, J. W. CollinB, T. A. Dunst, magazine every month. Fort Selkirk Han.'J Kmoch, Fred Relnteld As a fi nal comment, I would like to Yukon Ter., Canada CORRESPONDENTS express approval of the new system in your Prize Tourneys of four-man sections, California Herbert Betker. J. B. Gee, LHOY HAYDEN'S HEAVEN JohnMn. Dr. H. Ral.'Jton. M. J. Royer. playing two games with each opponent. It Colorado 1\1. \V . Reese. There is a humble character in an old gives a fuller, more satisfying trial of the Connecticut Edmund E. Hand. Scottish play whose belief it was that Olst. of Columbia N. p. Wigginton. chess prowess of two opponents, and it Heaven is compused of an etcrnal life of Florida Major J.