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.< 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 ~ 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. B. Holt, B. Klein, Erne,, ( saves considerable time to have to address G. Werber. eating ham and eggs and "whuskey." postcards to only three people, instead of Georgia Grady N. Coker, Jr. My idea of heaven is a paradisiacal illinois Howard J. Bell. six. I would be glad to see this system Indiana D. C. Hills, D. E. Rhead, W. Robert• . chess club where the angels sit around extended to th e Class as well as the Prize Iowa "IN. G. Vanderburg. playing eternal games of pots, blitz and Tourneys. Kentucky J. W. Mayer. rapid transit. They carry no harps, only Kansas K. R. MacDollldd. HERBERT BARRY III Maryland Charles Barasch. chessboards, and the heavenly music is Cambridge, Mass. Manachusetts Franklin J. SanLorll, Waldo the regular intuning of the rapid transit L. Walers. Minnesota Charles !II. Hardlnge. INSPIRATION bell every ten seconds. Sing Hallelujah, Mich igan R. Buskager. J. R. Watllon. I wish to remark on how much pleasure and check! Nebratka B. E. Elillworth, A. C. Ludwig. BRUCE HAYDEN Jack Spence, R. E. Weare. your magazine brings each month to this New Hampshire Alec Sadowsky. "exile." I have improved my game as a England New York Walter Froehlich, Edward Lasker, result of CH ESS REVIEW in spite of the H. M. Phillips, Dr. M. RelsB. North Carolina Sam Agnello. very rare opportunities to play over·the· North Dakota D. C. Macdonald, board games. The proof of this assertion Ohio Lawrence C. Jackson, Jr., Edwurd F, Johnson. is that recently in a trip to Mexico City Pennsylv ania Thomas n, Eckenrode, 'l'hon1l'." I had the opportunity to play informal Gutekunsl, \Vltliam R. Hamil ton, Lee n. games there with some reasonably strong Hoover. South Carolina Prof R. F. Brand. players and gave a much beller account of South Dakota M, I? Anderson, Tennessee Mrs, Martha Hardt, J. G. Sulli van, Jr, Texas James A. 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Telephone : Circle 6-8258. Unsolicited manuscripts and photographl Quebec OHlas Bain. Subscription Rates: One year $4. 75. two wi ll not be returned unleu accompanied by Sa.katchewan Rea B. Hayea. years 19.00, three years $12.76 In the Unlted return postage and self_addreued envelope. CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951 321 CHESS AND PHILATELY THE stamp above is taken from a photo of a chess set showing CapabJanca's win ning position which determined the out come of his match with Dr. Emanuel l.asker, his predecessor as World Cham pion. The cummemorative stamp issue is for the thirtieth anniversary of this match. The stamp below is based on the photo of the Club Capablanea in Havana, Cuba:' The c1l1b was founded and built with the generuus aid of the Cuban government. Photos by \Vaterlow & Sons, Ltd. iLA JUGADA PRECISA ••• I. FROM playing Postal Chess, Mrs. Turner ~earing of Decatur, Illinois, has become interested in the collection of stamps. The most striking feature in her collection is this group of photos, They show the cllrrent stamp issue by which the Cuban gOY crumcnt is commemorating the attainment of the World Chess Championship by its great genius, J ose Raoul Capahlanca. In each case, the stamp is accompanied by the original photo from which it was processed. Our cover picture shows Capa on an air-mail stamp and the famous painting by E. Valdenama,' from which the stamp was derived. T he pict ure above is from a photo of el grando CubaI/O in later years. It appears on the regular, fi rst class stamp on the left. The stamps in the right hand colum n cnRREO." are another air-mail stamp and one fur special ... '~ .. delivery. 322 CHESS Rtvl£W, NOVEMBER , 19 5'1 CHESS Vol. 19, No. 11 REVIEW NOVEMBER, 1951 North Americans Honored .~?- INTERNATIONAL Among forty appoi ntees honored by the International Chess Federation with the Internotional Consultants new title of International Chess J udge are Lodcwijk P rins, the Dutch international Han ~ KmQch , international chess authority m a~tcr IH)'" "isiting in New York, teamed and contribut ing editor of CHESS Rf.VIEW, with U. S. Champion Larry Evans to de I. A. Hor owit~, editor of CIU';SS Rl-:l'l EW feat Sa mu el Hcshcvsky lind 1. A. Horo and Malcolm Sim of Toronto, chess editor wit~ in II con~lIJ t!ltj on game staged at the of the Canadian newspaper, The Telegram. Manhattan Chess Club, October 28 th. The title designates persons qualified to Prin ~ plans II. tour through the Un ited direct in ternatio nal tournaments. Stalt:s. Montreal vs_ Boston With the World Title Aspirants A stout Montreal team sallied forth Qualifi('rs in the Eastenl European from its sironghold in Quebec to inflict a Zonal Tou rnament for next year's Inter 9-5 defeat on the Boston Chess Club. On wnal Tournament wefe Pachman of fi rsl boanl, Maurice Fox, former champion Czecho-Slovakia, Laszlo Szabo of Hun· of Canada, won from E. Underwood, gary, Fohys of Czecho·Slovakia, Barcza Massachu se tt ~ State Champion. The match of Hun g!! !'}' lind Stoltz of Swede,:. was playeu at UU lland , Vermon t. A feature of the tourney was the in · Loof.WIJ K P RtXS c1 usion of IWO players from Africa Won By the ExchanCJe Travelling ChcSSII!(/slcr Heidcnfcld, the South African Cham pion, The annual telegraph match bctween the and Saall Zaghloul Basyouni, the lead ing London Sioc k Exchange and the Amslcr· player of Egypt, who is said to push a Inhospitality dam Bourse wcnt to Ihe fo rmer by a score ..... icked Pawn to KR4 in practicall y every Headed by former U. S. champion of 9Ih-6Y2. opening. 8asyouni made II creditable 7-9 Herman Steiner, Isaac KashJall and James score in his first debut in st rong inler· Cross, wllo came fhrougll willi scores of national company. I %.% each, a picked IO·man team of the .;;~;... UNITED STATES Hollywood Chess Group took the measure Doings in Spain of the strong Capablanca Chess Cluo of REGIONAL EVENTS Two int ernational tournaments in Spain Hava na, Cuba, which flew in to do battIe Duel saw foreigners again successful. Albcrie far from home. O'Kelly de Galway, Belgian Champion, The 11 Y2 ·7% victory for th e Californians Drawin g with each ot her and winning won at De rga, takin g first place ahead of in the double· round event was a real the rest of their games, Walter B. Sues Ribera of Spain and N. Rossolimo of trium ph, in view of the Cu ban club's draw man, Rhode Island champion and chess France. At Bilbao, Rossolimo won all his ing effort recently against the A"larshall editor of the I),ollidence Journal, and games to ou tran k, among others, Pilnik Chess Club of New York. Weaver W. Ad ams of Dedham, l\"lassachu· of Argentina and Prins of Holland. Hollywood Ca pabtan ea ~etts, former Un ited States open cham Steiner .. .. ·l , Gonzales ...... • , pion and frequent wi nner of the New Eng. . Travemuende Tiff AII . hd"n ... , Ortego. .•...•..• 0 I land title, made equal game scores of A small international tourney at Cross ... 1 • Cobo •.•..•....• 0 I BOl"ocho\\" . .. 1 ,• JJl1llne~ ..•..... 0 , 5'12-% in a 28-man Swiss for the New Travemuendc in North Germany went Ttlvl$e ...... 1 , Lopez ...... 0 , England Championship. Suesman won out into the winning column of the German, Levlo\ . .•....•.• . 1 , E stcnge\' ...... 0 , Steckel ...... Rlvcl"U ... l when he emerged with a slightly superior Lothar Schmid, 9·2. The runner-up was H. Gordon " .. 0 ,• t·'lorido ...... 1 ,• S.·B. score. his COm l)atriot Heinicke, 8·3, with Hoi· Dlsno . . . 1 , Arango . ... 0 , Alm&"ren , Bravo , land's P rins, 7l,6-3Y2, coming in third. .. WHERE TO PLAY CHESS Correction '" " Cla.ullied adv"rtlslng rate ror thl" column It is now reported that Laszlo Szabo, The Lion Roars IOc pcr word. Dlspll1.Y ad.!! $1 per InCh. The Junior I nternational Team Tourna Hunga rian grandmaster, was not the ~ NEW WOR L D C HESS AND ment held ill Dublin for the Glorney cup Szabo who scored only 8-7 in the inter ~~ BRI DGE C L UB, Inc. was won by En gland with a wide margin national tou rney at Sopot, Poland, as er ~ (S. BlrniJaum, pr""ldent) over Ireland the runner-up, and the other roneously stated in CHESS Rr.vu:w, Octo· ...a.. 252 W. 76th St. (EN 2-4456), N.V.C. two competitors, Wales and Scotland. The ber, 1951. The SOpO L player was Istvan The onl y air-conditioned chess club In New Szabo, Hungarian·born Rumanian. English boys took all their matches. York. Open dally rrom 2 P. M. to 1 A. M. CHESS REV IE W, NOVEMBER, 1951 323 WHEN SHOPPING Third prize was taken by Dr. S. D. the 35.man, 7-round Swiss alTair. David l'utzman of Boston wi th a tally of 4~ . Hamlmrgcr, 6·1 , came in second. while FOR CHRISTMAS ]1h . while the nex t fi l'e 1)laces (each C. J. Eastman, 5·2. fin ished third on the wit h 4-2) wenl to the following pla),crs, basis of S.·B. puints. Also wit h game YOU WILL FIND in the order named, on the basis of S.·B. scores of 5·2. but pllle in g fou rt h and fifth poi nts : Kazrs Skema of Boston; Cha rles respectively on S.-B. points, WefC Harold NO BETTER BUY! SlnHI) of W-est Scarboro, Maine; Edmund Bu rdgc a nd Ben Rudich, Ch.;rleston, S. c., E. Hand of West Haven, Connecticut; champion. So Order \Y. i\ 1. P. Mitchell of Brookline, Massachu· To underscore his domi nation of th e setts; and Austin H. Hohson of i\Iont pl ay, Whitaker also wo n thc round robin pel ier, Vermont. for thc s peed tit le of the Southern Chess THE CRAFTSMAN Association with a score of 10·1. Harold AII·Carolina Contest A Superb Chess Set Burdge und Dr. J uan Comales, fo rmer Another hairline decision fe atured the U. S. rapid transit kin gpi n, tied fo r sec· AlI·Ca rolina tourney for the championship ond with 9·2 each. of North and South Carolina. B. Rudich, Charleston, S. C., ti tleholder, ~had ed Prof. CALIFORNIA L. Foster in the 14-man, 5·round Swiss by Premier honors in Culifornia ehess a fractional S.·B. poin t after each had were won by Arthur S piller when he cap reg i ~tere d a game score of 4-1. T hird in tured a i·man roun d rubin with a score the competition was A. C. Ashbrook, J r. , of 5~ . 1j:l . Irving Hivisc of Los Angeles, of Charlotte, N. c., and fou rt h was Harold formerly of New Yo rk, put up u strong i\f O!UWll uf Charleston, S. C. Each tallied figlit for the til k hut fd l back to second 3 1/:,- 1%, with the nod going to Ashbrook place with a sco re of 4·2 after losing to on S.-B. points. Spiller in the pellll itimute round. Third and f<1\l rl h places were shared by Sl'en RE yo u looking for a wooden chess The Not So Lowly Pawn Alnlgren (also a former New Yorker) Aset of distinguished design, exacting l!pon the fo rtunes of a passcd Pawn and Earl P runer of San Francisco, each workmansllip and long.lasting durability depended the result of a l4·man. doublc· 3Y:l· 2Yz. - at a reasonable price? If you are, then rou nd match between Utah and Idaho, the In the Stilte OJ/en Championship, a 43· THE C RAFTSMAN is the set for you. nod going to the fo rmer when thc P awn ma n Swiss. :\'ei! E. Fu1coner of Berkeley was successful with a seore of 6·1. Next Its pieces arc shaped in the graceful was pushed th rough. Utah dropped the eame ''\Ta ll er Pafnutieff and Will iam T. lines of the famons Staunton pattern, in first round by 6·8 but snapped back to Adam~ . each 5~ /2· Y2 . the fi rst·named bcing a smoothly fi nished wood, called TSlIge take the second by 9·5, thus achieving a s li ghtlr ahead on S.·B. point~ . Among the one of the fi nest and most expensiv e in close 15·13 I·ictory. T he wi nners gained en tra nts were Howard Hidout from dis· Japan- and are perfectl y weighted for custody of the DescrCl Nel~'s Idaho-Utah trophy. tant Toronto a nd Malcol m \'\T icner of balance at the hase, which is felted with ,\;ras li inglon, D. c. billiard cloth. T he Ki ng is 31/2 inches high, wi th a 1% inch base; and the other Double Conquest GEORGIA men are in the true Staunton proportions. Going without loss through the tourna· While h'lIne on vaeution, Dr. -"Iilton The pieces, whi ch come in deep black l1Ient of the Southern Chess Association at P. ./arnagin. Jr.. pr()fe~~or of mathematics and sleek yell ow, a re beautifully turned Tampa, Florida, the veteran N. T. '~Ih i t · at the Universit)' of !'Iiarr1and, took time out and carved. A pa rticularly lovely de uker, who hus held his share of titles in nut to will a 16·m,m, o·n>u nd Swiss for tail is the wonderful carv ing done on the American chess, added to his collection the state titk His tally W(IS S-l. hal( a Knights- in the best tradition of famed bl' taking fi rst with a score of 612·% in point helter than that or A. C. Davis and oriental workmanship. t>. 1. Duvis. botb of Atlu nta. wh" came in second and third r"speetil'el y Oil S.·B. T his outstandingly good-looking set is poinh. Fourth alld fif th OIl S.·B. points boxed attractively in sturdy Nara wood, in the order n,lIned were Dr. H. D. Morris favored for fu rniture and flooring because "f AI I l( : n~. ])roft,s..; " r of agronomy at the of its durable qualities. l.Jn iv"rsily of Georgia, and 16.year.old Striking to look at and perfect for chess Harmon Tlli ]] e1' of Atlanta, each 4·2. pla y, this set is a lifetime buy at an amaz (S"e pholo. 1'''1'(' 326.) ingly reasonable price ! ILLINOIS Catalogue No. 26 ______$24.50 :\ 6·1 game seole plu5 5.·13 . ~uperiorit\" enahled Kimh'lll .\e 324 CH[$S REV IEW. NOV EMIIER , 195t (Small photo: left to right) Saul Wanetick of Brooklyn, Tourn ament D i rector G. W. Armstrong, veteran R. W. Stev ens and Virginia Tourney winner Oscar Sha piro during the crucia l gam e of the champions hip tourn am ent. ( Large photo: left to right) Virginia Associati on officer s : T reasurer Puckett, President McCasland and Secretary Baine. and seventh respcetil'c1y, and Dr. Tulio Shapiro of Washington , D. C., wit h the Kit Crittenden of Raleigh, North Carolina; Pi1.z i of Chie~Lgo , former champion of decisive score of 6YJ -YJ . .Martin Stark, also N. T. Whitaker of Shadyside, !>.Iaryland; Chile, was releguted to fourteenth. of Wash ington. D. C., too k seeo nd with Saul Wanetick of Brook lyn. New York ; 5YJ. I YJ. Third to seventh on 5.-8. points and J. G. Sulliva n of Knoxville, Tennessee_ LOUISIANA hut with equal scores of 5-2 were the The slate tillc was acquired by Virgini an Success in IIL e 15·man state title lour· follow ing players in thi s order : Russell Dr. Rodnc)' Blaine of Richmond. ninth in nament went 10 Ronuld E. Pohle on S.·U. Chau\'enet of Silver S,Jrings, i'I'iarylantl ; the standings wi th a score of 4·3. ]Jo ints with a 5·} game score. Also scorin g 5·} but makin g a wea ker S.-B. showing, A_ B. \V ill s of New Orleans, 1949 stnte titlehold er. and Ne wl on Grant of Thibo· deaux, 1 9· ~ 9 open chUlllpio n, fin ished sec· CHESS FOR FUN ond and th ird res pect ive ly. AND CHESS FOR BLOOD NEW JERSEY by Edward Lasker Winn ing 5 games and drawing 1 with Franklin Howard. ex.champion of New This delightful book is crammed wi lh tell ing anecdotes Jersey, Edgar T. !\lcCormic k gained a about chess and e h e~s pl ayers. T here 3re fascinating ~ig nal victory in a hlll gh 22·man tourney chapters on Chess Amen ities, Checkmati ng Combina for the state title. Second and third places tions, Endgame Play, Strategic Principles, Master went to Saul Yarmak and David Eisen Chess, Tournament EthiCS, etc. Witt)' and instructive. respectivel}', euch 41k11h. Fourth, fifth Cha rmin;;l)' illustrated by i'llILximillian Mopp. Revised and sixth posit ions. with equal scores of and augmented edition . 4-2 and vary int: S.·I3. tali ies, were oc 224 pages. 94 diagrams $2.50 cupied by th ese piuyers in the order named: f ran klin Howard, Albert Boeur and R. A. JI,'icCaliisler. OHIO The Best Games of the Most Brilliant Playe r ! Harald Miller of Cleveland is the new KEJIES' KERES' BEST GAMES state champion Ihanks to a 5YJ-l% ufSf GAMES triumph in a record 44·man title tourne)'. Of cHESS OF CHESS Onl y his townsman, R. McCready of L9l,-JV.j.S C!cl·eland, a fonner state champion, could by Fred Reinfeld hold him to a draw. Among Miller's vic· An attractive coll ection of the 90 most brilliant tim ~ were Emil Roethler and Walter i\ lann, {:a1l\CS of Paul Keres, considered the greatest anot her form er sta le kin gpi n. The runner· attacking playcr of our da)'_ The games are up was Charles Ling of Dayton, 5-1, fo l· annotated with great care to bring out their lowed by Ilernard Kaplan, Robert Mc man)' beautiful poi nls_ The 1)la), is unusually Cready, Walter l\'Io nn and Elliott Stearns, rewarding to stu cl enlS because of its richness of each 4 Y:?·1 y:!. !Jul fin ish ing in tbe order combinative detai l, and the open ings adopted mentioned on 5.-13. IlO ints. have great theoretical val ue. Revised and aug VIRGINIA mented edilio n. Thirty.six " layers, many from other 26 ~ pages, 110 diagrams $3.50 states, were att racted to the Vi rginia Open Tournanwnt. First place went to Oscar DAVID M~KAY COMPANY, Inc., 225 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951 32& WASHINGTON The annual \Voodpushers' Tournament drew 20 enthusiasts including ll.year-old Jorgen Bader, who worried some of his older opponents with a brand of chess that belied his tender years. The event, a 4·round Swiss, was won by Gerald Schain with a clean sweep, followed by Dan Wade in second place and Russell Vellias and Kenneth :\[ulford in a tie for third. LOCAL EVENTS Major J. B. Holt holds many offices, e.g., California. In San Francisco, the "A" Secretary of the Southern Chess Asso. Division Championship of the Barton and of the Flori da Chess League, and Chess Club, an IS· man round robin, was even more t rophies, the la test a nd largest annexed by Carroll Capps with 9Y2.Ph. as F!orida State Champion. Runner.u p Henry Cross tallied 8Y2-2%. The Inglewood Open Championship was won by Hans Zander with 5% points in J 6 Swiss rounds. G. Laudenbaeh, 4%-l /z, Dr. Milton P. Jarnagin, new champion of placed second. Twelve players look part. the State of Georgia. Results of some recent matches : Barton Chess Club (San Francisco) 4Yz, Log Nebraska. For the second straight year. Cabin 21;2; Log Cabin 4%, Russian Chess Club (San Francisco) 2%; Santa Monica Alfred Lud wig won the A. C. R. Swenson Memorial Trophy. His sco re of 3%-1 % in 5, Log Cabin 1; Inglewood 4, Hermosa Beach Club 4. the 8·man Swiss was followed by that of state champion and CUESS REVIEW eorre Ilawaii. Twelve-year.old Ricll Nov. 23-25: 2nd Annual Wichita Open -6 Rd. SS Tmt at the YMCA in Wichita, Kansas-Trophies: EF $2. Nov. 23-25: Missouri State Open Chess Championship at the YMCA. St. Louis, Missouri: 6 Rd. SS Tmt: $$, EF: write to F. S. Anderson, 6258 Cabanne, St. Louis 5, l'\Iissouri. Nov. 24: New Jersey State Annual Rapid Transit Tournament at the Jersey City YMCA, 654 Bergen Avenue: EF SI: Open to State Federation members : write to P aul Helbig. 1112 16th Street, North Bergen. Dec.. 28-30: Illinois State Open Chess Championship at the Hotel Orlando, Decatur, Illinois : SS & medals: EF $5: 55 Tmt open to all: lst Rd. at 8 P"I, Dec. 28: write to Hugh Myers, 1203 South Arthur Bisgu ier (left), on leave from Fort Jackson, South Carolina, tries a sociable Illinois Street, Decatur, Illinois. game with Ha rold Mouzon during the All_Carolinas Tournament. ~26 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 195"1 full points better than that of runner·up Edward i\l Foy. Third in the running NATIONAL CHESS RATINGS was Walter Crede, Jr., 312·3V:l. All three leaders are Charleston men. Allen DuValL THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION has published its thi,d who makes a habit of winning this event, national rating list, as of July 31, 1951. This dateline does not in. did not pIal'. elude the United States Championship, which Legan on July 29 (prelimin if/yoming. The Douglas Chess Club's aries) and for which the finals ran from August 5 to August 19. Thus, title event ended with Arch Bliss and Vic· tor Stalick in a tic for first. Mike Perrotti for example, Herbert Seidman who finished fou rth in the Champi911ship is was third. miss and Stalick will contest not rated: he had been absent from active play for too long, previously. a play-off. Nor does the list include all active tournament players in the United States-only those who are Federation members or who pay the SOc rating <:,::,. CAN A D A fee pel' half-year. These ratings are published twice yearly. The next will covel' through December 31. British Columbia In a match with the Vancouver Chess HE variOllS brackets in the rating list GRANDMASTERS Club, the New Westminster Chess Club T arc: Grmrdmaster 2700 points and up; Samuel Re! hevsky (Brooklyn. N. Y.) 2747 outpointed its rivals by 7-6. Sellior Mils/a 2500 to 2699 points ; Master Dr. Reuben Fine (New York, N.Y.) ani 2300 to 2499; Expert 2100 to 2299; Class SENIOR MASTERS A 1900 to 2099; Class B 1700 to 1899; I. A. Horowitz (New York. N.Y.) 2565 ./". FOREIGN Larry Evans (New York. N.Y.) 2554 Class C 1500 to 1699; and ClC/ss D below Arthur " '. Dake (Portland. are.) 2539 1500 points. Arnold S. Denker (Ne'" York. N.Y.) 2504 Denmark The tournaments rated are flny U. S. MASTERS According to chess editor D. M. Le Dain, tournaments duly reported to the uscr, Robert Byrne (Brooklyn. N.Y.) 2·165 a Copenhagen tourney was interrupted by with complete cross table!; of play, pro· George Shainswlt (",ow YOI'k, N .Y. ) 2444 a "stand'lIp strike" when the players Isaac Ka~hdan (Los Angeles, Cal.) 2H1 vided they are regular rouod robins or ~!ax Pavey ( I3rooklyn. N.Y.) walked out in a body to protest a referee's 2H1 Swiss system tournaments of a sufficient Arthur I3isguler (New York. N.Y.) 2~21 decision on time· control at one of the A lbert S. Pinkus (Brooklyn. N.Y.) 2~21 number of rounds. As it is some time since George Kramer (!tego Park. N.Y.) 2396 boards. wc saw the rating specifications, we refer Donald Byrne (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 2391 any and all club secretaries to "Veaver \V. Adams (Dedham. ;),la8S.) 23'0 Eire uscr Edward Lasker (New Yo,·k. N.Y.) 2378 The Irish championship was won at Secretary Phil J. Mary, 2011 Carew Tower, D. H. :.rugrldge (Washl"!:"lon. D.C.) 2359 Cincinnati 2. Ohio. Edward Schwartz (New York, X .Y.) 2a58 Cork by A. de Burca. Albert N. Sandrln (Chicago. III.) 2;)56 It is worth remarking, incidentally, that A. Di Camillo (PhUadelphla, Pa.) 2347 Germany all cl ubs should get their tournaments Eliot S. Hear st (New Yo,·k. N.Y.) 23·16 A score of 1112.4% won the East Ger· reported. Besides the benefits of publicity E. S . Jackson (Short Hills, N.J.) 2345 man Championship for Stein, ahead of A. C. Simonson (New York, ~.Y.) 23~5 to clubs, the ratings are of interest to Hans DerUner nVashington. D.C. ) 2340 Pietsch, 11.5, and Platz, 10·6. Successful clubs and their members. and, the morc Herman Steiner (Los Angeles, Cal.) 2340 in the junior title event was Budrich, James 13 . Cross (Glendalc. Cal.) 2338 ratings arc reported, the more significance Georgo Eastman (Detroit. ;)'l1eh.l 2333 10-3. the national chess rating list acquires. lIf. Turlansky (Chicago. Jll.) 2326 )I{Ilton M. Hanauer ( New York. N.Y.) 2325 Sweden Natura!!}', also, these ratings become more H. V. Hesse ( Bethlehem. Pa.) 2322 Victorious in double-round matches accurate when more and more rated play. Carl Pllnick (I\cw York, N.Y.) 2322 J. fo'. Donovan ( I3rook lyn. ~.Y.) 2318 against hoth Denmark and Norway, a ers are added and the we ights and bal J.'. S. H o ward (East Omn):"e. N.J.) 23 13 Swedish team took the first by 11-9 and ances of cross results come into play. Dr. A . :'Iengarint ( New York, N.Y.) 2310 The lis t is still young and so Sidney N. Bernstein (I3rooklyn. N.Y.) 2309 the second by 1212-712. In the encounter uscr Olaf Ulvestad (Seattle, Wash.) 2305 with the Danes, Sweden's Stahlberg sep· carri ~ s some ineq ualities. But, if it is con Herwrt Avram (New York, N.Y.) 230~ arated Pedersen from both games on top sistently carried on and if it is expanded A. E. Santasicre (New York. N.Y.) 230{ Jack ..V. Colllns (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 2303 board. truly to include all active tournament ..Vatter Shipman (New York. N.Y.) 2303 players, it ought in time to reach a j ust Switzerland CANADIAN COMPETITORS in U. S. and reasonably accurate reflect ion of Tournaments since 1949: First prize in the annual knockout tour players' current abilities. nament known as the Coupe Suisse went 'Maurice Fox (Montreal. P .Q.) 230( Alway~ to be emphasized is the fact that (Toronto. On(.) 2140 to l\lax mau, who disposed of Dr. Christ. r:oss E. Siemms these ratings are no t simple, life·time Ma" Gu~e (Montreal. P.Q.) 2123 Howard I". Ridout (Toron to, Onl.) 2078 offel in the final. averages. They are, as the USCF calls H. Grob pocketed the Swiss champion :.roishc Cohen (;),Iontreal. P.Q.) 2058 them, "performance ralings." For lack of Osias Baln (Quebec, P.Q.) 2041 ship with a score of 812-212. P. Loh, 8-3, (Toronto. On1.) 2033 space here, we must refer readcrs to our W!lliam Oaker was second, and I. Kupper, 7·4, finished Keith Hastings (fsl1ngton, Ont.) 2005 previous accounts: December, 1950, p. 354, R. B. Hayes (Regina, Sask.) 20 02 third. Jack KagO!su (1·oronto,Ont.) 1964 and April, 1951, p. 103. But to point up Robert :'!orris (Windsor, ant.) 19t2 USSR the effect of thcse ratings, briefly and K. Koku"ewlca ('I'oronto, Ont. ) 1812 Tigran Petrosian won the championship shaqlly, they vary radically with each Severin L wow (:.tontreal, P.Q.) 1705 Bernard USagc (Quebec, P.Q.) 1680 of Moscow, scoring 9%.2%. ahead of half·year's player.performance. Then, as a :'lilton Glass (Toronto. On!.) lG24 safeguard against a bad year for anyone Soviet Army Champion Vladimir Zagorov. FOREIGN COMPETITORS in U. S. Tour sky, 812. player, his best rating as of the' last three naments since 1949: The master Ratner won the champion years is the one published. )llIgue! Naidor! (A rgentina) 2168 ship of Kicv, 7%.21;2, without loss of a All players in the mastcr bracket and Dr. :'Ia" Euw" (Holland) 2654 higher Hre rated and published as a mat· Herman Pilnik (Ar.o:;entina) 2543 game. Carlos E. Guimard (Ar.o:;ent! na) 2487 Thc international master Kasparian won ter of national interest. We give these A. O'Kelly de Galwtly (Belgium) 2,151 the championship of Armenia, turning together with ratings of all foreigners Dr. J uan Gonzales (Cuba) 2306 Jose R. Florida (Cuba) 2t85 hack master·candidates Kalachian and (rated on play in U. S. tournaments) in A. Vasconc"Uos (Brazlt) 2073 Sarkisian. the adjacent column. Dr. )fora (Cuba) 1373 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 195'1 327 FROM MY CHESS MEMOIRS By Dr. Savielly G. Tartakover 3. End-game Secrets Fleck has attacked fu riously, but r have managed to reach a position in THE WAY to chess mastery is thorny indeed. Not only have the gods which, paradoxically enough, the win is devised a highly complicated theory for the opening play and decked impossible! There follows: 1 R- Q7t K-K1 out the middle game with innumerable finesses but- far worse-they 2 K-R3 often make it impossible to achieve victory even at the very end, when the WhIte's last hope is to arrive at a main difficulties have presumably been surmounted. The chess amateur zugzwang position in which he can win 'White's ~ole rema ining-and very annoy who makes brilliant combinations in the heat of the battle often proves ing-Pawn. helpless as a child in seemingly simplified end-game positions! 2 . . . . R- K6! Drawn ERE are two examples of this para 3 .... Q-B1 "How unlucky the amateurs are!" Mon H doxical phenomenon, taken from 3 Q- Q2 is answered in the same sieur Fleck complained after the game. Parisian chess games. thunder and lightning style. "Even when they succeed in winning material against the master, their efforts 1. The first position is from an Inter are not crowned with ultimate success!" club tournament, the 1951 Club Cham "We are saved by routIne," was my pionship of Paris. reply. (That routine, we may add, is that pro· round understanding of end·game tech nique whereby the master foresees in ad vance the outcome of the Impending erid game.-Ed.) HIS example (from a simultaneous Texhibition In Barcelona, 1935) is a companion piece to the previous position. Black plays with amazing resourceful 4 RxPt!! KxR ness and self·control. Or 4 ... K-Rl 5 R/5- N5, Q- B3 6 Q-B2 Amateur (threat: 7 RxP mate), Q-R8t 7 R- Nl. Although this game was played in the The text allows White to announce lower class, the alert, yOllng victor, mate in five. (Also 5 R-NSt, K- R3 Jacques Fleck, displayed capabllities 6 N-K6!! seems to mate even more worthy of a real master~ As White, he sharply.-Ed.) solved the middle game difficulties S R-NSt K-R3 brilliantly: 6 BxN Q- R6 1 QR-Kl!! To parry the threat of R-R5 mate. This preparatory move is calculated If 6 .. B-K7 7 QxB, Q-R6 8 Q-R5t, wlth exceptional sharpness. It raises the QxQ 9 HxQ mate. tension in the center to -the highest pitch. On the other hand, there is little sting 7 R-RSt Q,R actually in the plausible alternative: 1 8 NxQ§ K any Tartakover BxN, QxB 2 NxB, PxN 3 QR-Ql, Q-R4 4 9 Q-N5 mate BxPt, K-Rl. Such is the combinative play of Pari· 1 ... R-Blf 1 • • • . NxP sian amateurs these days. Now for their And not the plausihle 1 R-N4t? 2 end-game play. This capture seems to break the force K-K6 after which White wins. 2 K- N6 R-N7t of White's attack. The move is compul 2. This position is from a skittles game sory, besides. First, any ordinary reply 3 KxP played recently In Paris. allows 2 NxB after which Black can not Now .\Thite is two Pawns up, but his recapture without loss of his Queen. Tartakover King is marooned. Then, if Black tries 1 . QxN in the 3 .... R_N8 hope of 2 QxQ, N-Q6t 3 K-Q2, NxQ 4 Bx 4 R_K7 N, N- R4! White wins the exchange by The continuation: 4 R-KN7. HxR 5 Px 2 BxN! QxQt 3 KxQ. Rt, K-Nl 6 K-N6, results in stalemate! Also, the alternative, 1 _ N/3-Q2, fails against 2 BxB! PxB 3 RxPt ~! KxR 4 . . . . R-KB8 4- QxNt, K-R3 5 BxN. But not 4 •. K-Xl 5 R- :\'7t. K-Hl (if And 1 ... N/3-N5 is met by 2 B-K4. 5 RxR 6 Pxfl, K-B2 i K-Ri and 2 KBxN B,B White wins) 6 R - N5 (not 6 RxR?? with 3 R_K5 stalemate, likewise after 6 P - B7?? R ~6n, R-KBS i K- :"' 6 and White wins. At the cost of a second Pawn, White has gained control of his vital KEi and 7 R-K6 K-B2 forces back the enemy's most Important The game was given up as a draw. defensive piece. F leck Bravo, Amateur! 328 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 195"1 HESE miraculous examples of last· 9 K_K7 P-R6 T minute salvation remind me of a 10 K-B6 P-R7 miraculous ending, never previously pub· Again, If 10 , K-N6 11 K- N5, K-N7 lished, that ttll'tlell up in a skittles game 12 K-N4, drawing, played by Dr. Alekhine and myself at the Now that the Rook Pawn has advanced Palais Royal Chess Club [n Paris on July to its sel'enth rank, howevel', \Vhlte is in 23, 1925. a position to demonstrate a mQl'e piquant Alekhine drawing method, in which his Rook does most of the work. His King's co,opera· tion is no longer requii'ed, 11 K-K7 Also possible, of course, is 11 K-N5, K-B6 12 K-N4, K-N7 13 K-N3, P-BS(QI 14 RxQ, KxR 15 KxP, drawing. But the My opponent refuses to admit defeat; method selected by White is more amm;· he still has two poisoned arrows left in lng, his Quiver: 11 ... , K-B6 13 K_QB K_K6 I 3 RxPt, K-Rl 4 Q-86 (or 4 Q-N3, 12 R- KR1 K-Q6 14 K_ K7 K-B6 RxRP), and now Black reaps the hal" vest fi rst with 4 "B-NH 5 K-NI, R Black threatens 15" . K-N7. RS t 6 KxB, Q-R6 mate. 15 R_QB1 ! K-K6 II 3 Q-B6, B-N7t -I KxB, Q-R6t 5 K Now he threatens 16 K-Q7, Nl, Q~R8 mate. 16 R_ KR1! Drawn Once more I saw through the traps 1 .... R-R4t and calmly played: 01' 1 ... K -N6 2 K - K5, K-N7 3 P-Q5, 3 Q-N3 P-138(Q) 4 RxQ, RxR 5 P-Q6, K-Q7 6 White's Queen has a threefold func· P-Q7, R-IU 7 K-K6, K-K7 8 K-K7, K LAYING over such end·games may tion: threatening mate at KN7, menac· B6 9 P- Q8(Q), HxQ 10 KxR, K-N6 (or give us an exaggerated notion of the 10 .. P - R4 11 K - K7, K -N6 12 K -B6, P ing the aggressive Rook and guarding magnitude or the drawing coefficient In the square KR3 from invasion after KxPj5 13 K-N6, Drawn) 11 P-R5! RxP 12 chess. B- N7:j: . K - K7, K-NS 13 K - B6, RxP 14 K-B5 and Lucklly, there are many examples of 3 ... , R_N5 White draws! vigorous and cu nning play which wins, 2 K_K6! R_R4 4 P- QIi R,P Take the following (from a simultaneous The last trap. 3 P_Q5 RxRP 5 P_Q7 R-Q6 exh!bition in Hotterdam, 1935) as an 4 NxR 6 K - K 7 example, Of course not -I QxB?? RxRt. 4 BxN Amateur 5 QxB Resigns The Secret of the Transitional Phase What the inexperienced player lacks is not so much the knowledge of opening variations or the ability to make combi· llations. He is deficient In the important art of navigating through the short yet vital transitional phases which link the opening to the middle game, the middle game to the ending, 6 .... P-R4 What is at stake in these transitions? OJ' 6 ... K-N6 7 P-Q8(Q), RxQ 8 RxR, Tartakover Usually it is a Question of seemingly K-N7 9 K-K7, P-B8(Q) 10 RxQ, KxR 11 unimportant exchanges oC pieces which, KR-N1 K-D6, drawing. once accomplished, "suddenly" have a 7 P-Q8(Q) Beginning a r uthless frontal attack, decisive effect. They may alter the qual· 8 KxR 1 . . . . R-K5 itative relationship between the respec· The amateur sets the master a double tive forces or the more or less fixed trap. In the first place, \Vhite can seem Pawn position or the possibilities of cen· ingly win a Pawn by 2 NxBP, But, in tralizing the King decisively for end· that <:ase, Black plays neither 2 •• • PxN? game purposes, etc, 3 QxR nor 2 B-N5 3 Q~N3! B~B 6t For this reason, inexperienced players 4 K- H2! etc, Insteacl, Black slyly con· must accustom themselves to a careful tinues 2 ... H-R5! ! aud e,g" 3 Q-86 appraisal of each exchange, An example: 8-N7:j: 4 Kx8, Q-R6 mate; or 3 Q-N3, in t he closing !'ound of the international j{ ~N5! 4 QxB, RxRt and wins! tournament at Carlsbad, 1911 , I had an Secondly, 'W hite can apparently take even ending of Rook and foul' Pawns the hostile fortress by storm with 2 Q apiece, I was u nder the impression that B6, but this also leads to cruel disap· the exchange of Rooks would produce a pointment: 2 . . . B-l'·,'7t!! 3 HxB, Q-H6t quick and automatic draw. \Vhat I actual· ·1 K- Nl, QxRt 5 KxQ, PxQ and Black bas ly achieved, was a quick and automOltic Now the B lack Pawn seems out of the won the exchange! Jo ss, which deprived me of a prize.· White King's reach; yet, by what seems But, ~eeing through my opponent's nothing short of a miracle, the King can wicked plans, 1 played: catch up to the Pawn, A similar theme • OUI' reeollectlon of Dr, Tartakover's ex 2 P-R6! has been utilized by several end-game ample differs from his itl such irrelevant details as the yea,', the 1l,"Il!).:r of the round composers, among them Reti, 2 Q-N3 Is pointless because of 2 1'-B3 3 P-H6, P-N4 etc, and the outcome of the game, The essential truth of his lesson, howe;-cr, Is' of the utmost t = check; * = dbl, check; § dis, ch, 2 .. , , R- R5 \'"luc 10 any aspiring ches.' CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951 329 TWO IDEAL BOOKS BY The following posItion arose arter 44 .... K-B5 White's 30th move in a tourna ment In CHERNEV AND RE INFELD Black's last hope. If H . K -K3, 45 Paris in 1 9~9 , My opponen t was the P-QN~ wins easily. French Champion, and at this stage of 45 K x P K _N6 t he tournamen t he was leading by half 46 P_N4! 11 point. T he decisive t e mpo for l)rOm oting a Hugot Queen ahead of Dlack. On t he o t h ~r hand. lifter ~6 H:-K5, KxP 47 KxP. KxP 48 p N4, K-N5! ( the only f! orrect King ~) o\' e ) 49 P-N5. P-H5 50 P- N6. P- H6 51 P- N7, P-R7 52 P-NS(Q). P-WHQl. t he ending is very likely a draw. 46 . . . . P xP 48 P-R5 K. P 47 K xP K xP 49 P-R6 Resigns And thus I managed to win t he fi rs t Il rlze at tbe la st moment. A V i tOlI Concludi ng Fi n esse It often ha ppe ns tha t the mos t pro· Tartakove r fou nd and fal··reaching middle game plans WINN I NG CHESS by Irving Ch erney and succeed 0 1' fall beca use of a s ubtle inter· Fred Relnfeld. The secret or wi nni ng In the earlie1' stage of the game, my melllal'y move. Capa blancn was partlcu· chess lies In proper use or combinative adversary s k ilfully warded off a ll attacl!g, htl'!y good at this sort of thing and was play- and here Is a book which tells you but I managed to ret ain some pressure, conseque ntly fear ed by a ll oppon ents, But Dut lIOW H ugot is unde r the impression how to recognize the distinctive, basic the Sllm~ pbenomenon often occurs in pattern tor every type ot combination. that. by fordng t he exchange of Queens t he eud·game. In t he following exa mple, You learn when, whe re and how to com· he will ha ve easy equalit y, He m isses It Is n vital inte rmediate t heck tbat bine on the chessboard. Getti ng to the t he essential character of th is position brings Rbout otb erwise u nattaina ble s uc very bedrock of winni ng chess, the and t hereby commits a disastrous el'l'OI' cess. authors Illustrate their discussion with of judgment. H ere Is what happened: The following position arose after simple, decisive positions from actual 30 Q- B3 White's 55th mo\'e in a game with F e in· play. More tha n 600 d iagra m, m4llk e it He s uccu mbs to the t emptation to u nhe mes!\er in the Polish Championshi p oC ea sy for you t o follOW the (!lL' planations h is Pawns . 1935: wit hout using a board and men. The re Cor rect is 30 . Q- Q3 31 8-Q1, 1'- 1'\3 T ar tak over sult is a cbess book which Is easy to read, with a pproximately even cha nces, eallY to understand, and one which actu· ally Improves your game. 213 pagel. $2.75 31 Qx Q PxQ 32 P-Q4! T his mo\'e fixes Black's Queen Pawn and Queen Bis hop Pawn on the color comma nded by the Bishop. The conse quence is that the usually mobile Knigh t is transformed into a helpless bys t ander. 32 , . . . K-N 3 On 32 . K-Dl or 32 , , . P- KD·I, White plays 33 B-Q7 as in the text. whel'eupou Black 's K ing is comically p re· vented by its helpless K n ight on K2 from F einmesse r a pproaching the Bishop :lnd d islodging it from its dominating post. m ack can play mechanio::ally :lnd pick 33 B_Q7 N- B4 u p the hostile passed Pa wn by 55 . , . Bla ck decides to give up a Pawn to !lxI'. n Ut the n White replies 56 P- N4 ! obt a in a m eaSU1'e of freedom. freeing his K fng. a nd whnt is e\'en moz'e 34 BxP NxQP import(II\t, preventing Bl ack's Rook from c hecking at K R7. This makes it possible 35 Bx? P- B4 for Wbite to continue: 57 Ilx P , pick Not 35 . K-B~ after whIch W hite Ing up the a ll·impor tant passed Queen wins a noth er P awn wi th 36 B-D7. Rook Pawn. \Vlth BishollS on opposite 36 K- N 2 N- B7 colors left Oil t he boa rd, the likely result TH E F I RESIDE BOOK OF CHESS by Black threatens ... K-KSt. The French Is a colol'less draw. !Jut Wack proceeds Irving Che rney a nd Fred Re infeld. T h is Cba mpion puts tip a tenacious resis tance, In this subtle mannel': handsome 400 page book featu res ator les, bn t h is Si lllalion is hopeless. 55 .... R- R7t! a r ticles and cartoons; I SO br ightly an 37 K- B3 N_N5 39 K _B4 K_B3 This in termed ia ry c beck forces W hite's nota ted ga mes; 50 brilliant combi na 38 B_B4 N_B3 4Q P-R3 t ions ; 41 end-ga me compositions ; 31 King Into t be dange r zone. proble ms ; a Quiz; 121 "cu r ious chess If 40 B- K 2, the r eply, 40 ... N- N5, Is 56 K-K1 R xP unplea sa!lt. facts" ; some 350 diagrams, $3,50 Now everyth ing is in onlel'; for, if 57 40 , , , , N- K2 42 B- B7 N- Q4t lh:P. R- RSt 58 K- 02. H- R7t nnd 59 41 K- K3 K_ K4 43 BxN HxJl . Or, If 57 K- Q2, R-H8! Send f or complet e catalog of books, The transition t o a King and Pawn 57 P- N4 P-8{Q) t ending. 58 RxQ R- R8t MAI L YOU R ORDER TO 43 , . . . KxB Resigns 44 K_B4 This vict ory gave me the Championship CtlESS REV IEW Precise\}' calculated . H P-QN,' 11'1\11 a head of Najdorf and many other highly 250 West 57th Str eet, New Yor k 19, N, y, also good enough. tale nted P olish masters . 330 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951 HITE TO MOVE:; LACK TO MOVE 51 WBlack see~ to 52 B Black can clinch KNIGHT FORKS have a satisfactory defensive his win here by means of a Quiz No.6 The Knight fork, like the pin, is one of the ele. sel-up, both his weak Queen neat, tactical finesse. Such ments which form the basis of combination play, By itself, it side Pawns being duly guard. maneuvers crop up frequent. cd. But two elements of ly in actual play and are very is elementary, You must learn to recognize it when it figures combination play merge to convincing when it comes to jf 10 as part of combined operations you arc know and under bring his versatile Rook into impressing a recalcitrant op stand the amazing combinations of Alekhine, Keres, Capa. ironic co-operation wilh ponent of the hopelessness of blanca and their like. Practice doing so in this quiz. 10 solu White's Knight. The result b his position. How would you tions rate excellent; 8, good; 6, fair. a decisive gain for White. score decisively? LACK TO MOVr. LACK TO MOVE IUTE T O MOVE HITE TO MOVE 53 BSuch a simplified 54 B Your opponent's 55 WBlack has engag 56 WCherney and Rein· position might be abandoned Bishop is way out on a limh ed ill extended operations reld's Winning Chess offers as a draw. But Black's passed - your sole target of weak· without having stopped to this excellent example of Pawn counts for something, ne~ s . In skilful combina1ion castle. He risks tactical pun· comhined tactics. For the and can yield very gratifying of the Knight fork with a ishment in what otherwise practiccd eye, Black's forces results here if co-ordinated pin, you can exploit the Bish· might be a purely positional arc neatly disposed-like a properly with the Knight's op's exposed state and show struggle. And, in fact, clay pigeon for the purpose. forking threats. So you dis up the shakiness of White's White's opportunity for com· With one move, you can dain the draw and go on to deployment. What is your hined tactics lies immediately brandish you r fowling piece win by ... (what moves?) winning procedure? to hand. How do you will ? to induce Black to resign. HITE TO lIlOY<: HtTE:; TO MOVE:; Hrn: TO MOVE HITE TO MOVE 57 WThe motif, as in 58 WTiming is often 59 WAs in many a 60 W Yo u can crack ;):), IS the uncastled King, so of the essence. Here Black like barricaded position, Black because his King is often a likely target for in· renders his position unassail· there is a decisive tactical advanced so far as to he sub· imical shenanigans. But your able jf given time for ... N possibility here to cleave the ject to exploitation. A Knight Queen is attacked. What to K4. But the iron is hot, and maze of apparently securely fork is potentially possible do? The solution is amusing. now is the time to strike. guarded pieces. You can and forms the basis of a win· ly simple-if you look at it ill White can demolish the break the backbone of ning maneuver. How do you the proper light! Any further l3Jack King's fo rtress with a Black's defense with one win decish'e material? clue would he too much. move which. superficially, move in a resolute break· How do yo u win? looks im possihle. What is it? through. How? Solutions, page 345 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 19S1 331 GAMES FROM THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Still Champion Annotations by Hans Kmoch Challenger GAME 22 Bronstein Champion? As Bronstein wins this game, it seems he will win the Champlonshl j). He needs only tll"O draws or one win, with only two gallles lert now. Game 22 Is pretty milch a !'ellp.Utlon of Game 16, but with two !In])z'ovemenls by Bronstein; no time wasted with the Queen Knight, and no P-QD5. instead of P - QB5, White plays DPxQP, depI'lvlng Black's center or one of Its p!l1f1l's. Dot· vinnik still follow8 Game .l6 In general. But he has Increasing ditJIc\11tles from 20 .... P_N4 E.g., 3·1 RxR 35 RxR. and White his Isolated King Dl s hol) Pawn alld h is After this. Black has diflicult~' In mak· threatens 36 Q- Q6 and 37 B- D6t. King-side weakness. So finally Dron· ing a stand on the Queen Rook !lie. 34 , . . RxN 36 R- KB1 Q_N1 stein's strategic dream of Game 16 comes 20. . ll-Q2 is better: e.g., 21 P-N5, 35 PxR B xKP 37 B-N3!! through bl'ilIIantly. He gets In P-KN4 In R PxP 22 PxP, N-N5 23 D-Q2. N- B3 24 full effect, and his l iberated Queen Bish T he SUI)erkiller. 'Wh ite threatens mate BxP, Dxll 25 QxB, N - K5 26 Q-N ~ t. K -Rl op instantly decides t he battle. or Its tWO In two. gives mate in two 01' three if -and BlaCk's tountel··play ill well worth e ither his Queen or his Bishop is taken. moves, one is a killel', the other It super· a Pawn. killer. He wins li t least 1\ Rook, It is an absorbing game, fascinating 21 ' B-KN2 37 .. B-N2 for its course. its res ult, Its effect on the White threatens 22 NxP (or first PxP), 38 QxQt Resigns standing and its proor that Dronsteln PxN 23 BxPt, B- K3 2~ 8xH. HxB 25 p can win even with the \"hite pieces. Q5, 8-Q2 26 Q-Q~. \Jut 8\,I(:k'3 next thwarts the combination br the threat of D U TCH DEFENSE 26 ... QxPt, GAME 23 PCO: pages 299 &. 300 21 N_N5 24 R- R1 N_ K5 Long Live the Bi shops D. Bronstein M. Botvinnik 22 B_Q2 N_B3 25 B- K1 KR_ K1 It was not given for Bronstein to hoid B_Q2 Challenger Champion 23 R_N2 26 Q-N3 the lead for longer than one da)'. Twice White Black White threatens 27 PxP. l(PxP 28 RxR. In this match did he take it, with Games RxH 29 NxP! 5 lind 22; and twice did he lose it right 1 P- Q4 P_K3 8 P- N3 N_ K5 back In the next game. 2 P-QB4 P- KB4 90-0 N_Q2 26 . K- R1 He cannot play fo r a draw, It seems. 3 P-KN3 N- KB3 10 B_ N2! QN_ B3 27 R/2-R2 A draw comes to him only as the incl 4 B_N2 B-K2 11 Q- Q3 P_KN4 Now he threatens 28 PxP. (lental I'esult of partial faHIII·e. 5 N_QB3 0-0 12 P xP ! KPxP 27 .. Q-B1 6 P-K3 P_Q4 13 P-B3 N.N Yet here, in this game. he (Ioes his QR_N1 7 KN_K2 P-B3 14 BxN P_N5 28 N-Q3 best to abstain trom complications. His choice of the King's Indian Defense hard Black continues as In Game 16. He Yielding the Queen Rook tile i~ inevlt· able, though Black could posq)one It wIth ly Indicates a peaceful frame of mind; fails to recognize that, in thiS altered but the way In which he treats it does. Isituation, 14 ... D- K3! sel'ves fllr bette r 2.\1. . Q-H3. After that, 29 N-K5 Is Contrary to his strong preference for against the possibility of P-K·I: 14 . dubious: 29 . BxN 30 1'x8, B- K3, as)'m metrlcal positions. he strives for B-K3J Hi P-K4, BPxP 16 PxP, NxP 17 t hreatening 31 P-Q5. White p lays 29 symmetr)'. TheIl Botvinnik makes a faint BxN, PxB 18 QxP, Q-Q4 ravors Black. If N-B4. howe\'er, renewing the threat of attempt to e\'ade complete symmetry, and need be, DJack can pia)' ... J)-KN5 ll 332 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951 Taking tha t Pawn was a Pyrrhic vic 2. K_ B1 B-N2 30 B-81 P-B3 from lack of practice. he did not play tory for Bronstein. At move 35. he was 25 P_KN4 N-B3 31 KR _Ql N_R4 particularly well, bllt he realized that. probably sbort of Ume. Had he not ex· 26 P- N3 N-N4 32 R,R R,R Fo)' no sooner was the match over than changed his second BIshop. he would 27 K- K2 B-B1 33 R-B1 R,R h, mude th' statement that. from now have had reasonable drawing chances. 2. P- QR4 N-B2 3. N,R B_R6 00, h' wm again participate regularly 29 B-N3 N-R3 35 K-Q1 B,N in major contests. KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Black's cardinal errOL' lies in giving PCO: page 277, column 132 (c) up his last Bishop. Instead. he ought to SLAV DEFENSE M. Botvinnik D. Bronste in bring his King' Into action. PCO: page 205, column 137 l,"hite mack 36 KxB NxPt 38 K-B3 K-B2 D. Bronstein 1 P-Q4 N_KB3 4 B-N2 P-Q4 37 K-N2 N-R4 39 P-K4 M. Botvinnik 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 5 Px P p,p White has a great advantage. Black's White Black 3 P- KN3 P-B3 6 N-QB3 B-N2 Knights are a lmost stalemated. and his 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 4 N-B3 P-K3 7 N-R3 B,N doubled Pawn has become a burden. and 2 P-QB4 P-QB3 5 B_N5 p,p Black's last is playable but not neces Whlle's Bishops are coming to life. In 3 N-QB3 N-B3 6 P- QR4 sary. He can as well continue with 7 order to increase their activity, White Bl'onstein avoids Botvillllik's pet line: has to exchange s ome Pawns on the . . . N- B3 8 N-B4, P- K3. locking in his 6 P-K4, P- QN·' 7 P-K5, P-KR3 etc . King·side-as he can against any defense. Queen Bishop; for White has to do the 6 B_N5 8 BxP p,p same. The Pawn (ormations deny the 39 P-B4 44 B-N3 BPxP 7 P-K4 P-B4 9 Nx P P_ KR3 Queen Bishops safe activity outside the 40 NPxP NPxP 45 PxP P-R3 Pawn wall. 41 B-Q3 K_N3 46 B-B4 P_R4 8 BxB N_B3 12 0-0 N_Q2 42 B- Q6 N_B3 47 PxP PxP 43 B_N 1 K_B3 48 P-R4 9 B_N 2 P- K3 13 N_K2 Q-N3 10 P_K3! 0-0 14 B_QB3 KR_Q1 11 B-Q2 R_B 1 15 N-B4 N-B3 16 Q-N3 N-K5 Neither side need fear getting a doubled Pawn. The doubled Pawn 11'0\1111 afford more scope fOr the pieces and serve as a convenient protection for QB4 as well. 17 QxQ White exchanges as he is interested 10 B_K3 mainly in getting as far away from sym- Bronstein offers a rather reckless gam metry as possible. bit. 10 BxN is of no promise: e.g .. 10 . .. 17 PxQ 20 P_ B3 N_Q3 QxB 11 KN- N5, O-O! And 10 B- R4. P 18 B_K1 N_ R4 21 B_B2 B_R3 No,,' the Bishops are fully effective. KN~ lends to obscul'e complications, but 19 N-Q3 B_B1 22 QR_B1 N/4-B5 with ol)en roads and isolated targets. 10 Q- R4 11 BxN, PxD! is 'perfectly 23 KR-K1 48 _ ... N/R3-N1 51 B-B4 N/1_B3 safe for Black. 49 B-N5t K-B2 52 B- Q3 N_B1 10 . ••. N,P 50 B-B5 N-R2 53 B_K2 K-N3 11 0-0 N-KB3! 54 B_B3 N/3-K2 It is foolish to capture the second 0)' 5~. . N/I-K2 55 B-D7. N- 84 56 Pawn. After 11 . NxN 12 PxN, BxP 13 BxQP and (I) 56 .. NxRP 57 B-KH! R-H3, While's chances are excellent. followed by 58 P-Q5 winning; (2) 56 .. . 12 Q-B3 0-0 14 KR-K1 N_ B3 ! N/4xQP 57 BxP. N-K7t 58 K-Q2. N/7- 13 QR_Q1 Q-K2 15 Q-N3 Q5 59 K-Q3, N-B4 60 BxN. PxB 61 P- R5. 15 NxN, PxP 16 QxP, D-N2 favors N-K2 62 P - R6. N-Bl 63 B-B5, winning; 0)' (3) 56 .. N/3xP 57 QBxP. winning. Black. 15 . . K-R1 55 B-N5! Resign s 16 NxN Black must lose either his Queen Pawn To ",win" the Queen by ]6 BxRP, PxB or his Hook Pawn. 23 .. .. N-R4 17 N- B5 etc. is too expensive. 23 N-B4 lool{s much better; {or, 16 PxN 18 R-Q3 B_N2 17 B_Q4 R-Q1 19 K R-K3 if White has to play H P-B4, as seems GAME 24 to be the case, his Pawn (ormation be comes inflexible. Conclusion Bllt White can avoid 24 P - B4 with 2·' The last game of the match is also the B-Rl! ! (not with 24 B-R3 as it is neces· shortest, but by no IlleallS a quiet one. sary to I;:eep the Bishop Pawn protected) . Botvinnik. who needs only a draw. Then, if mack takes the King P awn. he ~huws remarka ble courage and self·con· loses two pieces for a Rool, and two fidence by challenging his opponent to Pawns-a bad bargain in view of White's the intricate Anti·i'olerall Gambit. Bron· two Bishops. stein declines but has a challenge of his The possibilities are : 23 .. N-D4 24 own. In a last. furious bid to overthrow D-H1!! the Champion. he sacrifices two Pawns. (1) 24. N/4xKP 25 P - N3! N-B·\ 26 Botvinnik tllkes one only. then plays PxN, BxH 27 NxB; with an iron hand for nothing more than (2) 24. . N/5xKP 25 P- KN4 ! (Note consolidation, and succeeds fuHy. With this variatton. with White's BIshop at a Pawn to the good and a safe position. 19 .... RxB! KR3, favors Black after 25 . . . NxQP!); finally. he offers a draw. Bronstein has This 1i CHESS REVIEW. NOVEMBER. 19$1 333 Entertaining and instructive games by HANS KMOCH annotated by a famous expert. With his advanced King Bishop Pawn An additionrr l and pretty point to \.,0- UNITED STATES and the possible break-through by P-N5, White's trap : it is essential to get rid White has lasting chances on the K ing of Black's King Rook Pawn, too, side. But his total chances would be 27 , , . . RJ3-N1 SYRACUSE,1951 much better for precautionary measures T here is nothing bette I': e.g" 27 against a Queen·side counter. New York State Championship NxB 28 PxHt and 29 Q- R4-or 27 To star t with, 14 B- K3 is essential, to HxB 28 RxR, NxB 29 R- N7t and 30 Q-~3, Close Race chop of( Black's Knight on "N-B~ , Black's treatment of the opening offers Tben White's Knight does better from 28 Bx P Qx BP 30 Px Rt KxN P White a comfortable initiative on the K3 where it prote cts QB4 while ready 29 B-N6t RxB 31 B_B4§! King-side_ Yet WhIte, unnecessarlly. ex to join the attack via KN4 or possibly White sets up Q- R,\(t) as his Bishop poses himself to a strong counter-attack KB5, now cuts oft Black's QUeen. on the Queen-side_ The outcome is a wild The following Une, though not forced, 31 , , , . K_ B4 race and a close one until Black finally gives an idea of how strong ·White's Or 31 . KxP 32 Q- R4t, K- B'I 33 Q- falters. chances are : 14 B- K3, B- R3 15 Q- K2. R7t! KxB 34 R- B2t, K- K6 35 R- Klt, Nl MZO_I ND IA N DEFENSE N-B4 16 BxN, NPxB (16 QPxN Is Q- K7 36 Q- R6t! and White WillS, more favorable for White) 17 R-B2, Q 32 Q-R4 N_ K5 peo: page 255, column 69 Q2 18 N-Bl , Q-R5 19 N-K3, Q- R6 20 P 32 ,QxB, to let White win the E. Hearst A. Suchobeck N4, QxBP 21 QR- KB1, QR-N1 22 P-N5, Queen, would be all right; but White, White Black PxP 23 P - KR4, PxP 24 P-B6, PxP 25 instead, mates in 3 (33 Q- R7t). 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 3 N-QB3 8-N5 RxP, K-Rl 26 R-B7, and '''hite wIns. 33 Q-N4t Resigns 2 P-QB4 P_K3 4 P-K3 P- Q3 14 K-B2 17 P_N5 B_R3 Or 33 K xP 34 Q-K6 mate. 5 B-Q3 BxNt 15 P-N4 R_KN1 18 R_B2 K_K2 This capture is consistent with 4 .. _ 16 P- KR4 N_B4 19 R_ KN2 Q-K1 P- Q3. Since Black will have to exchange 20 NxNP SYRACUSE, 1951 his Bishop anyhow, It seems better to do White has committed himself so far New York State Championship so before 6 KN- K2. Playing _ _ BxNt, that he must now relentlessly continue Amnesia however, before being forced by P- QR3, his attack at any cost. \-Vhite's play evolves upon an elrective a lso has its drawback. Black not only R_N3 20 . . . , RxN 23 P-B6 plan which ought to culminate in the loses a t empo but weakens his prospec· Q_ R5 21 PxP t Kx P 24 B-K2 rrrlvrrnce o[ his King Pawn- as soon as tive action on the Queen-side: a later 22 B- N5t K- B2 25 Q- K1 NxKP . N-QR4 lacks the cbance of N- his Queen Pawn is relieved of pressure The threat of 26 B- R5 cannot be par 011 it. But, when Black eventually reo QN6. Yes, Black has adopted a dubious ried-and it isn't too serious either. So system. leases that pressure, White acts as if he the time has come to capture a White had forgotten what he was planning. 6 Px B N_B3 8 N- K2 0 - 0 Pawn, But Black takes the wrong one, Omitting his key move, P- K4, he prompt· 7 P-K4 P_K4 90-0 R- K1 thereby falling !juto a trap, ly becomes bottled up-and his violent 10 P-Q5 Correct is 25 . . BxP, after wlIir.h attempt to break free is brilliantly Over-anxious, perhaps, to get in his White may possibly lleep the balance, refuted by the lle\V champion, P- B4 at the earliest possible moment, but tbat is all. COLLE SYSTEM White protects his threatened King Pawn by that last move. But he con PCO; page 234, co lumn cedes-and unnecessarlly-Blacl! a fine M. Duchamp J, T . Sherwin post at Black's QB4. White Black Instead, White obtains a strong attack 1 P-Q4 P- Q4 3 P-K3 P- B4 more smoothly with 10 P-B3: e.g., after 2 N_KB3 N-KB3 4 P- B3 P-KN3 10 . . . P-QN3 11 B-K3, B-R3 12 N-N3, N-QR4 13 Q-K2, he really threatens 14 Sherwin plays usually at either ultra· P-B4 when Black lacks adequate coun quick or ultra·slow speed, This move and ter'play (13 . . Q- Q2114 B-N5!). his next were likely ultra'quick, without regard for the possible capture of his 10 . . . . N- QR4 Queen Blsbop Pawn, Correct is 4 . .. QN 11 N-N3 P-QN3 Q2, fi rst. 12 P- B4 N-Q2 5 B_Q3 It Is hard to decide if this last or 12 26 B- Q3! , . PxP 13 BxP, N- Q2 olrers better 5 PxP favors White. Stealing a Pawn, chances. The latter exposes Black's King The Bishop occupies, with a tempo, however. so early and so c)'udely, Is likely to more immediate danger, but it is still the diagonal opened by the disapJlear outside of painter Duchamp's refined con· more active and, from the positional auee of the King Pawn-a deciSive re ception of dignity. He'd be simply unable point of view, more logical. inforcement of White's attack. to think of it. N_B4 13 P-B5 P-B3 26 .. 5 .. , B- N2 14 N_R5 On 26, . NxB 27 PxN, BxP, White 6 QN-Q2 QN-Q2 wins by 211 BxRt, followed by 29 Q- R4. And ·Black comes away unhurt by his t check; : dbl. "heck; d is. ch. 27 P_ R5!! perilous transposition of moves, ~34 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEM BER , 19 S1 7 0-0 0-0 ALLENTOWN, 1951 17 PxP! p,p 8 P-QN4 Pennsylvania State Championship White launches upon a plan like that frequently adopted by Rubinstein. The Ultimate Error 8 . . . . P-N3 The following game is one which may 9 B-N2 easily be misconstrued by a neophyte, even a stronger player. Black weakens This Bishop will be out of action as his Klng·side early. White offers the sac· soon as- .. P- QB5 is played. White has rifice of a Pawn. Black accepts It. Each an easier game by altering his plan now of these actions may be thought to be to 9 NPxP. PxP 10 P-B4. the key to the outcome. Actually, how· 9 .... B_N2 ever, Black's loss stems from his failure 10 Q-K2 Q-B2 later to shake off pressure on his Queen 11 KR-B1 Bishop Pawll. Now ... P-QB5 is still more effective ENGLISH OPENING as it closes off White's King Rook. 11 18 P-K4! NPxP , PxP 12 P-B4 is better. R. Sobel Marcus White Black ConclUsive. White now has too many 11 . . . . P-B5 threats, particularly along the King file. 12 B-B2 P-QN4 1 N-KB3 N_KB3 4 P_Q-+ P-Q4 18 Q-Q1 22 P-QS! N_K2 2 P-B4 P-K3 ~ S B-NS B_NS 12 ... N-K5 costs a Pawn, by 13 NxN, 19 PxP QxP 23 RxP B-NS PxN 14 N-Q2. 3 N-83 N-B3 6 P-K3 P_KR3 7 B-R4 20 R-K1t K-B1 24 P-Q6 N-B3 13 P-QR4 P-QR3 21 B-K4 QxRP 2S B-QS Resigns 14 P-R5 This position may also be reached via the Nlmzo·Indian Defense and via the Here White forgets what he has been regular Queen's Gambit Declined. planning. He must play 14 P-K4. Then TAMPA, FLORIDA, 1951 If White continues, instead, with 7 14 PxP 15 NxKP gives him some BxN, .as is usual in similar positions, he Southern Chess Association pressure on the King file to compensate, may land, surprisingly enough, in the approximately, for his bad Bishop. Blackburne's Trap main Hne of Lasker's Defense: e.g., 7 ... White's threat of an abbreviated form 14. . . . N-K5! QxB 8 PxP, PxP 9 Q-N3, BxNt 10 P-xB, of the Blackburne trap wins a piece af· In preventing 15 P-K4, Black nullifies Q-Q3 11 P-B4, PxP 12 BxP, 0-0. tel' which a one·two punch with each of White's entire set·up. 7 . . . . P-KN4 White's Bishops completes a quick KO. 15 BxN Consistent. This advance weakens RUY LOPEZ This counter·action falls completely. Black's King·side, indeed, but It has ad· Better, though still distinctly favorable vantages, too. White gets Into some PCO: page 396, column 191 for Black, is 15 NxN, PxN 16 N- Q2. trouble with his Queen Bishop. P. L. Cromelin J. S, Gibson 15 . . . . PxB 18 PxP B-R3 8 B_N3 N_K5 White Black 16 N_N5 N-B3 19 P-B4 N_R4 Black poses two threats: 9 ... NxN 1 P-K4 P-K4 8 P-Q4 B-N5? 17 P-B4 PxPe.p, 20 R-B1 and 9 P-KR4. The latter is the rea· 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 9 PxP NxP? son why White usually plays (7) BxN 3 B-NS KN-K2 10 NxN!! P,N rather than B-R4 in lines of this type. 4 N-B3 P-QR3 11 QxB N-N3 R_N1 9 N-Q2 5 B-R4 P_QN4 12 B-QS! 6 B-N3 P_R3 13 B- B6t K_K2 White has to make one conct's~jon or 7 0-0 P-Q3 14 B-K3 Q-Q3 another. He parries both threat~ at the 15 B-BS! Resigns expense of a Pawn- which is all right. Simultaneously, however, he makes a concession in the center which enables U, S. CHAMPIONSHIP Black to obtain strong counter·play. 9 ... , NxQN New York, 1951 Black-accepts the sacrifice, as is play· Good to the Last Round able. Still he gets more promising coun· As Evans draws early in the seml·final ter·play it he seizes the opportunity to round with Pavey, many spectators con· 20 .... P-K4!! advance his King Pawn: 9 .. NxB 10 gregate about this game, looking for a A brilliant and decisive stroke. Now RPxN, P- K4 11 PxQP or NxP, PxP. This draw which wo uld put Larry in as the 21 QPxP, BxN 22 PxB, QxKP leaves Hne reveals White's concession in the new champion. But Reshevsky is not to White with a hopelessly shattered posi· center, by 9 N-Q2. be denied so easily. tion; yet he cannot otherwise avoid 10 PxN B,P KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE heavy material loss. ·11 R-B1 B-N5 PCO: page 271, column 120 21 Q-B2 PxBP 23 QxN Q,Q 12 P-KR4 8-K2 22 PxP NxP 24 RxQ B,N M. Hanauer S. Reshevsky But here Black falters. He can parry White Black 25 R-B2 B-K6 the threat of 13 PxNP, QxP 14 BxP and And Black ultimately won. neutralize White's strong Queen Bishop 1 P_QB4 N-KB3 16 P-QBS B-B4 by 12 PxRP-with a possible draw 2 N-QB3 P_KN3 17 PxN B,N by repetition with 13 BxRP, B-K2 14 3 P-KN3 B-N2 18 PxBP Q,P It strikes one as remarkable that Lasker, . B- N3, B-Q3 15 B-R4, etc. 4 B-N2 0-0 19 B-RS B-N2 the onetime world chess champion, had no 5 P-Q4 P-Q3 20 QxP Q-B7 disciples. Steinitz founded a school. Nearly 13 PxNP B,P 15 N_B<'- B-B3 6 N_B3 QN-Q2 21 Q-Ql QxRP 14 B-Q3 Q-K2 16 O-O! P-KR4 all modern masters have learned from Tar· 7 0-0 P_K4 22 B-BS B_B7 rasch. One perceives quite clearly the mind Black's last is useless. He has a bad 8 P-K4 p,p 23 Q-Q7 Q,P game but couid at least make the best of young Rubinstein in the chess praxis 9 NxP R-K1 24 N-Q4 Q-K6t of it by yielding his Queen Bishop Pawn: 10 Nj4-K2 N-B4 25 R-B2 B-Q6 of later years. Only Lasker is inimitable. e.g., 16 B-Q2 17 BxP, R-QBl . He cannot 11 P-B3 KN-Q2 26 N-K2 Q-Q7 Why is it? We ask: Can he be said to otherwise complete his development. 12 P-B4 N_N3 27 QxNP R_Kl have given us nothing lasting toward the Even so, if White proceeds as In the 13 P-N3 NxKP 28 Q-Q7 Q-QBt progress of our game? game, Black is not much better off after 14 BxN R,B 29 K-N2 B-K5t -RICHARD RETI, Modern Ideas in Chess. 16 ... B-Q2. 15 NxR B,R Resigns CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951 335 Up-to-date opening analysis by FRED REINFELD by an outstanding authority KIESERITZKY GAMBIT EVEN in these days of ultra·refined position play, the King's Gamhit still remains a popular open ing. One of its most interesting forms, though rarely seen today, is the Kieseritzky Gamhit. Some of the still current lines go back two centuries! The Kieseritzky Gambit, though less wild than other lines in this fascinating opening, is extremely attractive to the modern player because it frequently involves a positional sacrifice of a Pawn. This is surely a piquant motif in a basically attacking line of play. The crucial column in Practical Chess Openings is column 8 (page 13 _ ... B-B4? 113). In itself, this column and its evaluation are difficult for the average Feeble. Simple and good is 13. _. O-O! player to understand: a Pawn is given up for by no means obvious rea 14 KR-KBl (or 1-1 B-K3, N-Q2 15 N- B4, sons-to obtain an advantage which is apparent only to an expert! N- B3, and Black retains bis Pawn with a good game), N-Q2 15 N-N4, N-B3 16 As it happens, however, the natural skepticism of the rank-and-file D- Q3, P-H4 17 N-D2, N-Q4 18 B-KN5, B player is well-founded in this instance. For it is r[uestionable whether the K3 19 P-B4, N-N5 20 NxN, PxN 21 P- Q5, advantage claimed is really existent! BxNP 22 PxB, BxR 23 RxB, PxP 24 K K2, P-KN6 25 B-K3, n-n6! with a won game (Magee-Sturm, Postal Game, HERE are really two separate ques· "\Ve are still following Philidor here! 1(50). The text is played in ordet· to prevent T tions involved. 14 KR_KB1 N-Q2? l\ White P-H5; hut, as Black is so weak 1-1 • .. PART I on the black squares, he ought to be N-B3 might still suffice to hold the game. Swinemunde, 1932 careful about creating further weak nesses hy depriving himself of the possi· 15 N_N4! G. Stoltz F. Saemiseh bility of playing .. . P -KR3 at a future Threatening N-Q5 very strongly, not White mack date. to mention the favorable regaining of 1 P-K4 P-K4 4 P-KR4 P-N5 1(1 ••• D-D·i, fUrthering Black's devel the Pawn by 16 BxQP. 2 P-KB4 p,p 5 N-K!-i N-KB3 opment, is much more to the point. It 15 .. _ N-B3 3 N-KB3 P- KN4 6 P- Q4 is then White's task to find compensa Aiming fOI" 16 BxQP? N- K5t. tion for the Pawn minus. Certainly he This is the first puzzling move for 16 B- NSt! the average player. White surrenders an· cannot he said to have the better game other Pawn because he foresees that, in after 10 .. . B-B4. the ensuing play, Black's black squares 11 N-Q2 Oil the King-side, weakened by the ad, Philidor's continuation was 11 P-KN3 vance, ... P-N5, wm become vUlnerable. (hypermodern!), P-Q4 12 B-N2, P-KB4 But, the reader will ask, why has the 13 N-Q2, B- K3, and it was held for many natural move, 6 B- B4, been avoided? PCO decades that Black had the better game. has an answer, hu t not, in my opinion, In 1921 , however, RubinRtein suggested the best answer (see Part II). that White's game Is preferable after 14 N-B5!? This move has many interesting facets, !;Iut it seems hardlr justified to conclude that, after 14 .. . B-QBl, Black's ga~e is actually inferior. True, his Pawn majority on the King·side is paralyzed and may be so far good. Yet, as has 16 .. _ . B-Q2 been wittily 1'emarked, '"a Pawn is a If 16 . _. K- Ql? 17 B-N5 wins on the Pawn." ~pot. 11 N,N If 16 .. . K-BI, 17 BxPt is gOO(\ enough 12 KxN QxQt to win. 13 BxQ rr 16 . . . P-B3, 17 NxP! PxN (17 Now the reader of pca is lert in mid B-Q2 18 QR-KJt winning) 18 BxPt. K air with the cryptic comment: "White K2 19 BxR, nxB 20 B-N5, B-K3 21 n 6 .. __ P-Q3 8 BxP Q-K2 won." It is all very myste rious unless B2, and the doubling of the Rool,s on the 7 ' N-Q3 N,P 9 Q-K2 B_N2 the further course of the game is known. King Bishop file is decisive. 10 P_B3 P-KR4 ch<"lck ; : dbL check; * dis. eh. 17 QR-K1t K-Q1 ·336 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951 There Is a bit more fight in 17 . Berlin, 1904 K-Bl 18 BxD, NxB 19 N-Q5, R-Bl 20 R. Spielmann Dr. 0 , S. Bernstein NxP! White Black 18 B-N5! a,B 1 P-K4 P-K4 6 B_B4 19 RxN! Resigns P-Q4 2 P-KB4 PxP 7 PxP B-N2 Black cries. "Uncle!" because In 3 N-KB3 P-KN4 8 P-Q4 N-R4 BxR 20 BxBt, K-Q2 21 R-K7t, K-Ql is 4 P-KR4 P-N5 9 N_QB3 0-0 followed by 22 RxKBP§, K-Kl 23 H-K7t, 5 N-K5 N-KB3 10 N_K2 P-B6 K - Bl 24 RxP, KR-NI 25 RxP. He is help· Inferior to 10 ... P-QB4! as the newly Jess. opened lines g!ve White counter-play. PART II 11 PxP PxP 14 Q-Q3 QBxP There is a curious omission in Column 12 NxP/S P-N4! 15 N-N5! N-KB3 S after these moves: 1 P-K4, P- K4 2 H now 17 BxP, RxBt w ins. 13 B_N3 B_N2 16 R_B1 R_K1 P- KB4, PxP 3 N - KB3, P-KN4 4 P- KR-I 17 NxN PxB 19 B-Q2 Q_N3! 17 RxN I P-N5 5 N-K5, N- KB3. 18 Q-QR3 BxP ~O B-B3 R-K6! This move leads to a wild game in 21 R-Kt which both players combine attack and Wh!te is punch·drnnk. The rest is en· defense. let·taining but unimportant. 21 . , , , BxB 25 K-K The reader is now given to understalHl Match, 1905 that lbe best move is 6 P-Q4 (bandIed R. Spielmann p. Leon hardt above in Pal"( 1). In note (k), it is ex' s. 17 B,R 19 NxP! RxNt! plalned tbat 6 B-B'I, P- Q4 7 PxP, B-Q3 White Black 18 QxPt K-B1 20 KxR Q-K2t 8 0-0 leads to the highly complicated 1 P-K4 P-K4 7 PxP 8-N2 21 K-Q3! Rice Gambit: 8 ... BxN 9 R-Kl, Q-K2 10 2 P-K B4 p,p 8 P-Q4 N-R4 H 21 K-Dl, QxN 22 B-H6t, E-N2§. P-B3, N-IH 11 P-Q4, N-Q2, with con· 3 N-KB3 P-KN4 9 N-QBS 0 _0 21 . . . . B-B5t sequences that are still unclear aflet· 10 N_K2 4 P-KR4 P-N5 P-QB4! Not 21 ... BxN (or 21 ... QxN because half a century of analysis by the world's p,p 5 N-K5 N-KB3 11 B,P of 22 B- R6t and 23 R- Kl! greatest masters! 6 B_B4 P-Q4 12 N-Q CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER , 1951 337 A TREASURY OF CHESS LORE A PREVIEW: This, the latest book by Fred Reinfeld, has been men- ... A memory of Hastings twenty years ago. Rubinstein is due to play G. l\l Nor· tioned in CHESS REVIEW before--but then we were under the im man, but half an hour after the time of pression that it was to be entitled, "All about Chess." Now we can all eommenccment, no sign of him. Another nounce, with its proper title, that it has been published by DAVID McKAY half ho ur passes with his clock ticking COMPANY, at $3.95. merrily against him, when one of the offi· The book lives up to its name. With sixteen pages of pictures, it cials looks in at Rubinstein's nearby hotel. The grandmaster is found peacefully offers the sage advice of great masters on chess, illuminating hits from asleep, having forgotten all about his game. chess history, hilarious chess anecdotes and much about chess and chess Unceremoniously awakened, Rubinstein players so recherche as to surprise even us. Delightful reading! These finds he has only 30 minutes in which to scattered excerpts may impart to you some of its savor.-ED. makc40 moves. Result: his opponent over· steps the time limit! Scandal has already smeared baseball, Did you think it fantastic to suggest -M. E. GOLDSTEIN, Chess World, 1946. football, and basketball. The only sports that a chess machine might play in a tour· we can still trust are chess contests and nament? It happened. In 1878, the entry A combination composed of a sacrifice marble tournaments. of the automaton, "Mephisto," was ac· has a more immediate effect upon the per· -New York Daily News, 1951. cepted for the English Counties' Chess As· son playing over the game in which it occurs than another combination, because (International Team Tournament, War· sociation handicap, in which leading Eng. the apparcnt senselessness of the sacrifice saw, 1935) One incident caused a lot of lish players participated. The Rev. G. A. is a convincing proof of the design of the bother. Pleci of Argentina claimed his MacDonnell refused to play unless told player offering it. Hence it comes that the game against Najdorf (Poland) on the the identity of the player in the machine. risk of material, and the victory of the time limit. He says that Najdorf's second As this could not be revealed, MacDon· weaker material over the stronger material, hour petered out before he had made his nell withdrew. "Mephisto" won first prize. gives the impression of a symbol of the 36th move. Najdorf retorts : "I made my The player at that time was the master, mastery of mind over matter. move, just in the nick of time, hut before Isidor Gunsberg. Don't confuse the Rev. Now wc see wherein lies the pleasure to I could press the button, Pleci picked up G. A. wit h the great Alexander i\IeDonneli be dcrived from a chess combination. It the clock and ran away with it!" The (the opponent of Labourdonnais). lies in the feeling that a human mind is tournament director observes that Naj. -C. J. S. PUIIOY, Ch ess World , 1951. behind the game dominating the inanimate dod's 36th move has been made on the Here are some of the questions and pieces with which the game is carried on, board. "I couldn't forcibly stop him mak. answers tu an examination paper in chess and giving them the breath of life. We ing his move and writing down his score!" thal was given some time ago by Dr. Tar· may regard it as an intellectual delight, wails Pleci. The tournament director ob· rasch. Some of the answers to the ques· equal to that afforded us by the knowledge serves that the clock has passed the hour. ti uns, thuugh flippant, contain a grain of that behind so many apparently discon· "I couldn't force him to put the clock back trulh and are, besides, interesting. nected and seemingly chance happenings on the table," cries Najdorf. All the judges in the physical world lies the one great are called up, two lawyers and two honest Q. Wbat is the object of playing a gam· ruling spirit- the law of Nature. men, Alekhine, Oskam, Sir George bit opening? - RICIiAllo RETI, Mod ern Ideas in Chess. Thomas and Professo r Vidmar, undcr the A. To acquire a reputation of being a presidency of the tournament dircctor, dashing player at the cost of losing a game. The pin is mightier than the sword. Przepiorka. Q. Account briefly for the populari ty of -FilED REIli:FELD. The rules of the F. I. D. E. state that the Queen Pawn Opening in matches of a the infringement of the time limit only serio us nature. A. Laziness. Once upon a time, during one of the counts "tant qu'il est mani/estc" and that Hungarian championships, Balla was accidents which bave nothing to do with Q. What is the duty of an umpire where a player wilfully upsets the board? playing Ureycr. Both players were hunched the game should not be allowed to count. uver the board. Suddenly Balla looked up Alekhine to Sir George : "How would a A. Remove the bottle. Q. What exceptional circumstances will excitedly: "Mate in two!" he crowed. The case like this be decided in England?" Sir spectators all stared at Breyer. He looked George, coldly: "The question would not justify the stopping of clocks during a tournament game? rather bored, but otherwise sbowed no reo arise in England." action. Aston i~hed, Balla stared at the The silent witness, the clock, decided A. Strangling a photographer. -CHESS REVIEW, 1935. position again, and to his horror, he found the issue, Poland receiving a nought. And /' that the mate in two didn't exist! now Najclorf becamc noble. "I should not Of my fifty.seven years I have applied at However, after further study, he found have liked another verdict, playing, as we least thirty to forgetting most of what I the sol utinn. "nIate in three!" he shouted, are, in Poland," he said. had learned or read, and since I succeeded more excited than ever. But Breyer still -GEORGE KOLTANOWSKI, Chess, 1935. in this I have acquired a certain ease and , looked bored. Crestfalleo, Balla turned I remember what a young Dutch jour· cheer which I should nevcr again like to back to thc position, grew pale ... there nalist told me: "We all love Senor Capa. be without. If need be. I can increase my was no mate in thrce ei ther!! What to do? blanca more than any other player in the skill in chess, if need be I can do that of He studied and studied and studied. Sud· world because there is no greater gentle. which I have no idea at prcsent. I have denly he came to a conclusion ... the man in chess. No one can lose as gra· stored little in my memory, but I can apply spectators hung on his words ... "I reo ciously as he does, or win in a more de· that little, and it is of good use in many sign," he whispcred. tached manner. How different with the and varied emergencies. I keep it in order, -I. A. HOROWITZ, Chess Review, 1946. other!"- and he named another great mas· but resist every attempt to increase its ter. dead weight. In Life we are all duffers. -OLGA CAPABL ANCA, Chess World, 1945. -EMANUEL LASKER, Manual 0/ Chess. -EMAN tlEL LASKER, Manual of Chess. 338 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 19$1 fn the Course of a game at til e Argentine A particula r point of att raction for An · Ch t'Ss Club. Buenos Ai res, a well· known derssen prov ed 10 he n certain cellar, situ player made a Queen's move of deci sive ated in the hellrt of Berlin, and the particu. character. His opponent st udied the posi. lar magnet there wa s the youlh fu l and tion some lillie time, and then said; ''That ve ry pretty daughter of the keel)er, whose th reatens mate." dut y it was to serve the sparkling draught " Yes, senor. in th ree moves." to her father's gnests. Ann ie. as was the "Then why did yo u not announce it ?" nume of the charm ing girl, was also a " Because I didn 't see it!" dlessll! ayer. and nol averse to having now - British Chess Magazine, 1920. and th en 11 ga me with ou r professor. The When Labourdonnais was rC C[llCsted b)' latt er was. of course, too chival rous to 11 French publisher to prepare an elemen. win man y games. and managed generally tary "'ork on chess, the author wrote with tu let his Im'ely adversary get the better a shovel instead of a pen; that is, he carted of him. alt hough she WIIS, of cou rse, no ill to his book large ex tracts fro m PhilidaI' mat ch for him. But on one occasion she allll George Walker. Indeed, Ihe book fell hud' the temerit y to gain two games in suc. stiJl horn from the Iness. I cannot imagine cession, whic h feat elated her to such an La bourdon nais as a teacher. Hc was too extent tha t she ran excitedly arou nd the fi ery and impatient. His place was al the rOOI11 , tell ill g eve ry body of her remarkahle chessboard, 111a yi ng games at vll rious odds luck. This ungered Andersscn. The lion by the score, and marking the nu mber bv within him had been rOllsed. Ann ie was peggin g the holes wh ic h he had ordere;1 checkmated fi ve times in rapid suceession. to be made in the frame of the board. On. SI~: c IIE nT TA!!H AS CH which defeat made her so low·spi rited that After pl a)'ing a match game from wh ich He lacked passion. she sulkily retreated from our tub le, and McDonnell would retire exhausted, the ._- for 8 long time after refused to show her· self in the barroom. more vigorous antagonis t would sit up fo r I got in a posit ion wllt:!' e only a desper. - ERNEST FA1. KIJEF. R, IHemQirs. hours. accomplishing th e above feat, and ate maneuver could sav e me. 'ranasch had drinking biere a La portere. uutpl ayed me in the open ing. but he lack. Chess is a matter of van ity. - C H ARLES TO MLI NSON, eel the passion that whips the blood when - AU:XAN DER A L F. KH tN t;. British Chess Magazine, 189 1. great stakes can be gained hy resolute and Ch ess Review 1934. [ can find no weak spot in Schlechter. self·confid ent daring. (Fro m a newspll per intervi ew after the second game of the Donner is a new recruit to the race of - E M ANUt:L L ASKF.R, giants among Dutch masters. P rins and British Chess Mag(aine, 1949. 1908 World Challlpionshi ll Match.) - E,\lAN UEL LA S K ~: II Dr. Euwe arc 6 ft. 4 and 6 ft. 3 resllec· At an auction of Lord Cunliffe's library Amcriefllt Ch ess /Julletin., 1908. tive ly. Donn er is even Inlier. of 500 books, all printed before 1640, The - 1. DU M ONT Game aad Pfay e oj the Chesse, printed by Wh en I fi rst met Alek hine. at Pasadena Man chester Guardial/ , 1951. William Caxton in 1544. one of the earlies t in 1932, I began to unut'rstand the secret boo ks to be printcd in the English Ian . of his gen ius. He was showin g a game with There Ih'ed a chess fi end in Thermo]l ylae guage, wa s sold at a high price ; the hid . Euwe, pl ared at Berne 11 fe"' mon ths ear. Wh osc Il ride suffered muny a tOPllle; he ding reached the sum of £ 1900. In 1813 lie r, and his eyes and bearing had a strange Seemed marked down by fate the book was sold fo r £ 54 12s. The only intensity wh ic h L had neve r seen before. To achieve a stalemate other copy sold this cen tury fetched £1800 Tho man loved chess, it was the breath of Every tim e that he tried to mate pro perly. in 1914. life to him. At the bridge to ble he wou ld - Australasian Chess Review, 1936. suddenl), start talking about an obscure - British Chess Macozi/le, 1946 L I N COLN F INDS THE R I GHT MOVE variation in the Scotch; on the trai n to An amusi ng match between the hald Mexico he assiduously devotcd four hours A reall y skill ful devotee was Abraham headed and full-h aired members has taken a day to the analysis of new li nes; any Lincoln. Some years befo re he becume place at the l\ ran hallan Cl ub, New York. game, played by all ybody anywhere, was President, he used to Illay with 1udg e S. There we re 26 parti ci pants, and wit h the good enough to sit him dow n and evo lve H. T reat. then Chief lustice of Illinois score at 12 all, Mr. Lipschutz* (full new ideas for hours on end ; on off davs Supreme Court. haired ) had yet to fi nish his game with a and perio The Dudnpe~t a!·ises as follows: Ih·lIwbacks. it is not cOlllpletely wi thout 1 P- Q4 N-KB3 merit. White is be~et at once with n 2 P_QB4 problem of refutation. \\'hite"s first two moves are charncler 3 PxP !stlc or the Queen Pawn Gallle. Theil· purpose Is to mllintnin l)reSSUre on the Otber moves. such as 3 i"- KB3 or 3 central squares. 1{5 a nd Q5. P- K3, lead to tenable \'Arlntlons, bllt 2, ... P-K4! ? with no perceptible advantage. On the contrary. the declination of the gambit CRn be considered as <\ moral \'IC lory for the liefender. inasmuch as he has steel·ed the piar into II line not con· templated by White. Genel·1I1 principles, P Oliti on after 3 PxP moreOI'er, d ictnte that a Pawn s hould be captureli when ofl(lI·ed. unless its ac ceptance interferes with a necessary de rem~e 01" greater gain in some other An alternative. recently populnt·ized llirectlon. but still round wanting is 3 ... N- K5, The l"eason ror mack's Pnll'll sflcrlrlce. known a s the f'nj;,u·owlcz Va riation. The as yet. is not clear; btlt it will become line may run as follows: 3 N-K5 e\'ident as the game progresses. ~ Q-D2. P- Q4 5 PxP e.p. 8 - 84 6 N-QB3: 3 . • . . N _N5 ;-';xQP i P- K ·1. 1\"xKP (olherwise Black Black's move h; a most unusI!:!.1 P n\\"l1 The text mm-e is the one generally has nothing fOl' the Pawn minus) 8 D sncrifice. A t firs t sight. it appears I)olnl e mployed by Black. It alms to recover Q3. 1\xP 9 Ihl1. NxH 10 N-B3. 8-84 11 less; it neither promotes development the Pawll or to pl"ovoke fund;lmental N - IH. Q- K2 12 B··N5 with a plus 1"01" nor opens Hnes. Despite these Ilpparent lI'ellknesses in White's Pawn structure. White. The Ilbove is from the match 340 CHESS REVIEW, NOV EMB ER, 19S1 game, Kottnaner-i'>1al'tin, Czepho·Slova· With the text move, Black resigns him· kia-I"rallce, 19·16. The game continued self to the permanent loss of the Pawn, 12 ... P- KB3 13 O-O- O! N-H3 U H- Q7 but hopel! that his better Pawn position with an ovel'whelming position. If, in this will serve as compensation. line. 12 .. B-N5t 13 K-K2, P - K83 H B-K3, White sUIl maintains the lead. 6 N-B3 6 N-Q2 leaves White with a trilHng positional advantage, thus: 6 ... Q-K2 7 P-QH3, KNxKP (threatening 8 . , N Q6 mate:) 8 NxN, NxN 9 P-K3, BxNt 10 QxB, P-Q3 11 0-0, White enjoys the 10 PxP 4 B_B4 adVantage 01" the two Bishops. This, how· White must capture. Otherwise Black ever, may be insufficient for a decision. recovers the Pawn and maintains the This Is one of a number of altel'nate 6 . , , , Q-K2 SUpel'!or position. And not 10 P-K6, PxP posslbillties, The text mo\'e Is the be, Jt Q-H5t P-N3 12 QxN, P-K4 with a plus Still p[1Jng onto the Pawn. ginning ot' a concerted effort to maintain for Black, the extra Pawn in a positional way, Q-Q5 7 10. , , , NxPj3 l( White favors an attack, he may· ven· Still defending. tnre upon the following line: 4 P-K~, After which al! of Black's men are NxKP 5 P-B4, I\'-N3 (; N-KB3, N-B3 7 fairly weI! disposed. But the Pawn minus P-QR3 (to drive Black's Bishop from still 1l1!'k~ in the background. Black's QB4, when it goes there), P- QR-I 11 Q-Q2 P-Q3 3 B-K3, P-QN3 9 N-B3, 8 - B'1. Despite Black guards the unpl'otected Queen ·White's superior command of the central Bishop Pawn and prepal'es the develop· tenaill, his advantage Is questionable be· llIent of the Queen·side men. cause his Pawns al'e l)rojected and have 12 N-Q4 a weak quality about them. It may well be, in fact, that Black's pl'ospeets are Centralizing the Knight, which is more bettel". or less immune, since Black cannot afford The sequence of the text move is of to capture and straighten out White's paramount importance. If White plays .\ Pawns. N-KB3, fOl' example, his extra Pawn is 12 , , .. 0-0 doomed, thus: 4 . 8 - 84 5 P-K3, N Continuing the natural development. QB3, foHowed by ... Q-K2. 7 .... BxNt 4 , . . . N-QB3 The point. White's Queen·slde Pawn sU'uciure is left in shambles and llIack Black piles on the extra Pawn with reckons this as compensation for ILis a view to recovering It. Pawn minns. That this is snllicient, lIow· S N-KB3 ever, is a moot Question. White protects the Pawn and develops at the same time. S PxB Q-R6 An immediate attempt to exploit the weak Pawns. 13 P_B3 Preparing for P - K4 and the annexation or [he centel', while, at the same time, avoiding a pitfall: 13 P-K3?? NxN H BPxN, N-K5 15 Q- B2, Q-R4t 16 K-K2, HxB 17 PxR, B-B4 18 Q- N2, H- Kl, with a powerful attacl!~-Hubinstein-Vidmar, 5 .... B-NSt Berlin, 1925, This check is one of the tactical moves White is for choice. His extra Pawn is in the defense. It limits White's replies, 9 R-B1 the deciding factOl'. which w!1l be examined later. Practically fOI'ced. But good enough. Another way is 5 . P- B3 6 PxP, QxP If 9 Q-Q2, Q -B~ recovel'S the Pawn by Conclusions and recommendations 7 Q-Q2, D- N5 8 N- B3, DxN 9 PxB, P-Q3 virtue of the triple attack on variolls Every theoretlcal and practical con 10 P-K3, P-QN3 11 B- K2, B-N2 12 0 - 0, assorted Pawns. clusion on the Budapest grants White N- K2 13 N-Q4, N-K4 14 B- N3, 0-0-0 9 .... P_B3 a decided advantage. This writer, never· 15 P-B~, with a plus for White. White's theless, harbors a feeling that somehow Black hardly has time to pick off the King is comparatively safe and Black's the Budapest will eventually be vlndi, White Hook Pawn, since White threatens King can be smoked out sooner or later. cated. In any case, those who enjoy un· to drive the King Knight by P-KR3 to Note particularly that \VlIite has an ex' balanced positions and flights of fancy all awkward post. tra centeL' Pawn whicb will require con· will find the Budapest a happy medium. sideratlon, This line is from the match game, Ellskases-Bogolubow, 1939. t _ check; ;: _ db!. check; § _ dis. eh. See Chess Movie, aiso, next page, CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, \951 341 White follows a system The game continues with 1 recOlllmended by Alek· 2 9 0-0, P-Q3 10 P- QN3, WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? hine. His long term idea i5 readying for the development ICTORY in a chess game indicates one or more hlunder~ to dominate his Q5. There of the Queen Bishops. There V on the part of the vanquished. A piece en prise, an inad· follows: 6 P- QR3, P-QR4 7 follows: 10 .. NxNt 11 Bx vertent, overlooked mate, something awry-all spell disaster. N-B3, KNxP/4 8 B-K2, 0-0. N, N- K4. Since Black's Bish· Black has succeeded in reo ops are pointed in the general In the 1936 U. S. Championship, Hanauer (White) fo llows the straining White's aspirations direction of the enemy King, prescribed techn ique and loses to Horowitl. Where did he err? to expand on the Queen.side. Black plans to launch an in· The game begin s : 1 P-Q4, N- KB3 2 P-QB4, P- K4 3 PxP, White's position and Black\ cursion on that wing. What N-N5 4 N- KB3, 8- -84 5 P-K3, N-QB3 (sec first diagram). are both structurally sound. is his method? Out comes White's Queen There follows: 14 N-B3. Hastily White lllusters a 19 P-R3 is White's move. 3 Bishop with 12 B-N2, 4 B- B4 IS B- K2, QR- KL 5 defense. 17 N-Ql is the 6 Black pursues his course and Black replies 12 ... Somehow, Whi te has let his mOl'e. There follows: 17 with 19 .. . QBxP. The Bish· Q- RS. One by one, his forces initiative slip. The game con· R-R3, and White is embar· op is immune from capture approach the target. White tinues: 16 Q-Q2, R- K3. rassed. The Rook Pawn is a on account of the exposed rejoins 13 N- Q5, and Black Oddly enough, White is now "goner." White cuts down position of White's King. The drives the Knight witll 13 doomed. In only a move or the potential onslaught by 18 multifarious threats leave P-B3. His Queen Pawn two, all the heavy artillery Bxl\, and then Black recap· ·White without resource. He becomes backward, hut he will be bearing on \Vhite's tures with 18 . PxB. The counters wi th 20 P-N3, and gains time in order to bring King. And what is White to hack ward Pawn is gone; but Black replies with 20 ... Q up reinforcements. do about it? the attack remains. KS with grim effect. Mate is threatened. and White recaptmes with 23 There follows: 25 B White, of course reo 7 White can safely resign. 8 BxB, and Black plays 9 N2, }{-N3. Now the King 10 captures. 28 KxQ is But who gives up the ghost 23 ... P- KS. The hardest Knight Pawn falls, and with his move. Black follows with when he is so materially rich. game to win is a won game; it also White's whole King. 28 . . .P- B4, and then the Feebly, White continues with so Black continues sharply. side structure. White plays sequel is 29 R-H2, R-Q3 30 21 P-B3, and Blaek follows There follows: 21t P-B4, Q 26 K- Bl,and Black captures: N-B3 R-Q6, After that, up with 21 ... Q-N3. Now NS. Black infiltrates the 26 ... QxNP. White offers a Wh it ~ faces a current def· again, mate is in the offi ng. punctured position. The friendly exchange of Queens, icit of an exchange and two White defends with 22 K ·B2, threat now extant at KB3 re· with 27 Q-KB2. And, after Pawns - with yet another and Black captures with 22 quires prompt attention, like· all, why should Black refuse? Pawn going. White has had ... BxR. wise that at his KR2. He plays 27 ... QxQi. enough. White resigns. 342 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951 Activities of CHESS REV IEW Postal Chess players: game reports &. ratlnlls, names of JACK STRALEY BATTEll neW players, prize' wlnners, selected games, tourney Instructions &. editorial comment. Postol Chess Editor POSTAL SCRIPTS main I)' for the purpose of making it pos· RATING CHART sihle for postalites 10 compute their own The Ratinl) System Col. 1 Col, 2 COl. 3 Col. 4 ratings. That idea was excellent: it seems The methods by which we arrive at the , , particularly fine to Le ablc to give those rating~, listed on page 347, are morc " " 2 starting play their ratings and those of fully explained on that page and on page " " " , H , Ihe opponents wilh notice, in effect, that 247 of the August issue of CHF.SS REvn:w. " " " "80 ., " 8 Iher sland to gain or lose just so much in It is important to remember, however, 30' " ratings, as is apparent from the start of that the purpose behind these rat.i ngs is ,,, " '" " play. }.IO primarily to match players according to '3"G " " In doing so, however, we sacrificed what Cla~s " their abilities in our and Prize Tour. ,,, " may be termed the "braking" factor. As naments. '"' "32 "' '" 200 11 player wins, fo r example, his rating rises A player whose rating su rpasses his ac· " '"20 72 stcudily--whereas under the older sys· tual ability finds himself much like a fish 32' " '" 2<, " " !em. as he wins, lu~ automatically stunds oul of water. He can be entered in Class " " " to gain less points on thc next win. There and Prize Tournaments only with oppo· '" " " " is, indeed, a sort of belated braking ef· nents whose ratings, on the last list pub. '"" " "80 '"30 feet in the system which we have heen '"3" " 32 lished, put them in tht: same class with using : as a player enters a new tourna· him. St), if he cannot actualh playas weI! 3" '" " H 86 ment, he has a higher rating to defend. us those in that class, he is in for a long 36" '" " "36 88 38 series of trouncings. He cannot hope to But a trial of two years-since 1949- '" " 90 indicales Ihat this helated braking is not I win prizes or victory cerlificates and most '"'<20 "8 92 "<2 likely he hecomes discouraged, even de· , .. .. .~lIfficient, particularly for those--and thcy moralized, by constant losses. '" , arc very many!- who carry five, ten or Or. to take the reverse, if his rating '"<80 , " "<8 more tourneys simultaneously. drops unduly, he finds himself in a class 50' , '" If they enter Postal Chess wi th too low in which his opponents cannot put up in· '"' " a rating or if ther simply improve sudden· teresting enough opposition to keep up ference of 58 Of-to the nearest 20- of ly or stage a winning streak, they umass his zeal for postal play. 60. We trace this down Column 1 on the scads of rating lJOints either before they Hence we use a graduated scheme for Hating Chari, to the fourth line. enter any new tourncys at higher rutings computing ratings. which gives a player Column :1 lisls the rating change to be or before losses in these begin to take ef· more points for defeating stronger oppo· applied if the higher.raled player wins. fec t on their ratings. So they latch onto nents, less for beating weaker ones-and, So if our pla~'e r lost, his 0Jlponent gets u pendulum which carries them up, be· conversely, he loses fewer points when a 44 points, and he loses 44. If our 800 yond their proper class. Then, as the tour· strong player wins from him, more when player won , we find the raling change in nc)'s in which they enter are too high for a lower·rated player does so. Column 3: 56 plus for our player, 56 them, a series of losses swings that pen· minus for the opponent. dulum back down, far below their proper How to Compute Rotinl)s In case of a drawn game, we fi nd that class. In time, the pendulum will probably Rating points are won or lost according Column 4 credils our [ower· ralcd player slow down, perhaps stabilize at their to the Haling Chart on this page. Basic· with a slllall bonus for holding a stronger proper class. Rut the displacements mean· ally, a player gains 50 points when he opponent. He gels 6 points, the opponent while produce uncomfortable results both wins from an equall y rated opponent. He loses 6. for them and for their opponents. loses ,iO when such an opponent defeats Two Systems him. He neither gains no r loses on a draw. Ring in the Old But, for each 20 points difference in In any case, these rating change~ are So with thc new yea r, we shall reverse the ratings of the two players, the winner added to (or subtracted from) the play. the phrase and ring out the new system, gains 2 less points if he was the higher. ers' current ralings. But, in starting the ring in thc old . rated (or gains 2 more if he was lower) . computalions, we might take the differ· The loser drops an equal number of ence in their ratings from either the fig. We hate to give up the obviolls advan· points in either case. And, on a draw, the ures current when their game started or tages of the system which we have been one who had the lower rating wi ns 2 those current when their game is reported try ing. But it is of primary importance rating points, and hb opponcnt loses 2. to us. that Ihe ratings work out accurately. We give some typical examples which We huvc been doing the former; we \Ve shall conti nue the present syslem may he followed on the Rat ing Chart. used to do the latter. to thc end of this year- to accomplish Let us suppose that one player has 800 The latter system worked very well over some necessary adjustments in our records points, his opponent 858. We have a dif· somc years of trial. Bnt we tried the other, and to let postalites fully sense the change. CHE SS REVI EW , NOVEMB ER, 19 51 343 Tourneys 100·154: 100 Caldwe ll. Qo dln lie, PRIZE TOURNAMENTS POSTAL MORTEMS l Ui Darnk.lI~ , L ew is lie_ 110 Gliber l Sl11it eH Game re ports received S mith, hows to BaM . I II P"rha m nipli ~'o n ng, " Clasa" T ourn eys for P remiums durinll September, 19S1 11 3 Gallagher top'\! ( 0 King . 11 5 H o w n.od ha ll~ P or t~ chelle]'_ 1 I ~ .'Ilille r bests Hurlcy. Started in 1949 (Key: 49-P) To report your ruul19 nn you lI~cd RI\'e I" 11 7 \"itll"" nn bests io' ieger; Tere<:k w ith s ect ion number. (ull " " m l 344 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 19S1 GOLDEN KNIGHTS best! Shonick; RUdi ch rIps Staurter. 6 Alger, Smith be~t GlJber l ~ on . 7 LewIs nips Nebon. Proll r~ ..l v. qualification cha mpionships 9 Hannold, Joseph. HallUtt .!top StalTord; PLAY CHESS :o.{lU hcw. halts Helt. 10 Donnelly down.! 2nd Annual Championship-1946 Tnllro; ;\lIchalski tops Sllcre. II .Marlin tiM F I NALS ( Key: 46.N I ) P ortaln. T hordscn. 13 II l'ln , 1.evl bOlh beal Grtlen l ~"\ n k . Hurley. 15 Dledr(ch halls Hogan; Section, '·32: 31 Harris h.IlUl Magerk urth. Gln ~R . Gorr tie. 15 Bryan nips Noonan; Ober. BY MAIL! ~! Ye.hon: defel\\~ Brl~ c ·N Il~h. Su llivan. man withdrawn. l6 H edgecock bd u Portei', bows to Yll!lcolt. 18 lI-Iun seli lops O'Rellly, 3rd Annual Champioshlp-1947.S 'Vllyne, I-~ouquet, ti el Howarth; Driver One of the best ways to improve your SEM I. FINALS (Key: 47 _NI) dO\\'n8 Fouque!. Howarth; 'Vnyne fella c hess skill_and to have a fine tlms F'ouquet. bow8 10 O' Remy. CHESS REVI!W, NOVEMBER, 1951 34S TOURNAMENT NOTES 6th Annual Champions hfp--1951 2nd Annual Championship-1946 As a r esult of current Postal Mortems, As a result of current Postal Morte ms, the following now qualify for assignm eut Finals section, -l6-Nf 31, has completed ( 0 the Semi·finals: J. A. Ilyln. E. S. Han· play, and the contestants therein score nold, L. H. Sarett, J. E. Howarth, H . the folloil'ing, weigh ted point totals·: Harrison, G. E. H3rtleb. B. Rudich, M. !\Ial Harris 38.65; Dr . A . S. Neal 33,65; J oseph, W. H. Voas. D. A. Walsdor f, B. C, W, ~Iag erk u rth 27.3; G. L. Kashin B. Holmes, K. Ouehi. R. B. Donnelly. E . 26.75 ; D. L. Shayer 26.3; B, M, Hurle y Diedrich, W . M. R a igueJ and E. Dayton. 17 .25; Rnd T . E . Knorr withdrew, This leaves the cu rrent leaders, with r- VERYTHING YOU NEED to play several F inals sections yet to be heard POSTALMIGHTIES! ~ chess by mall 18 InclUded In the com· from, as below: plete Postal Chess Kit produced by Prize Winners CHESS REVIEW for the convenience of PRESENT LEADERS. '1' he tollowing- postalites have won prjzes in the 1~49. 1950 lind 1951 PrIze TourneY$ postal players. The kit contains equip_ It L Aiken .. . . 45.7 M C JackMn .. 36.7 ment and statlOl'lcry especIally designed as a result ot g-llmes reported in current It G Konkel . . ,45.7 A L McAuley .. 36.3 PosUI Mortems. for the purpose. These ald8 to Postal C i:\ F\lgUe ... . 45.2 G Benedetti . . . 36.t T ourney Players Chell will keep your records straight, II Madrid .45.2 B Ros~ ...... 36.1 Place Score help you to avoid mistakes, give you the G Zahnrakls .44 .6 Dr G Wheeler .36. 1 4~-P27 G Asanovich ...... 1-3 ; ., R J~ .\Iartln . . ,43.95 1-' E J ohnstone .35.75 W C Arnold ...... 1-3 , ., fullest enjoyment and benefit from your ,y games by mall. C J" Rehherg .43. 95 P Traum ...... 35.7 C Moore .. . .. 1-3 , ., ,\1 Sandrin J r .. -13.95 A G Peebles . . 35 .Z5 49·P63 L L Nerr ...... ISt 'I. I P L Dietz . . . . . 43.0 W H Lacey . . . . 35.Z c l" Taylor ...... 2nd , ., Contents of Kit ! B Fleischer .. 42.85 L Leg-e.-wood .. 3~ .1 5 49·Pl0a , E Howarth .. .. 1st ; ., B Hill ... 41.85 J ~I\lndt C , One of the mo8t Important Item. In Rev .. 35.0 49·PllO Huffman ... 1st , ·0 R P Smith .. ·U.S5 E F Haendlge ~ 3~ . 55 F E Lewis · .2-3 4H iI the kit Is the Postal Chess Recorder Al D,· J Platz . ... 40.8 H , ..... 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To order, Just mail the coupon .... 2-3 4H~ fied for the Finals and no new qual!tlers J Wilson ...... 2-3 4H~ below. thiS month. P lease report any and aU 50-C l 0 R H Potter . . lst H-H Semi·finals resu lts as soon as scored, and H J Clare . .. .. 2-3 , ., J H Isenberg try to score Quickly! ...... 2-3 , ., 50 -Cn1 ;If A Boudreau .. 1-2 5~- ~ J P Upham ...... 1- 2 5!- ~ 4th Annua! Championship-1949 50-CS5 R Nor ton ...... 1-2 5 -1 A s a r esult of C11rrent Postal Mortems, P E O'Donnell ...... 1_2 5 -1 the [ollowing now qualIfy for assignment 50-CS6 I E Johnson .. . . 1st H 50-C95 R "eidorf ...... 1st H t o the Finals : O. W. Strahan (2), F . .T. 50-cno T A Willas ...... 2nd ; ., Verhoff, A. H . Hoehn, F . H. Weaver, D. 50-C12S S Glllsman ...... Ist 5!- ~ \V. Morrison, G. Adams, E . .T . "Verner and 51 -C37 T A Willis ... 1st H-! F. E . DeGraw. 5th An nual Championship-1950 POSTAL CHESS PROBLEM As a result of cu rrent Postal Mortems, The average expectatiou of returus on the following now Qualify for assignmeut a questionnaire, we are told, runs to two r------, to the Finals: P. Tautvaishas, C. J ano per cent. If curiosity moves you. you CHESS REVIEW T o enter Postal wItz, P. L. Cromelin and J. Ricard. might count the number of active post Pos!~ l Che5s Dept. Chess Tournament. I I 250 West 57th St., see other side of As a r esult of cu rrent Postal Morte ms, alites. listed on Ihe following pages, then I New York 19, N. Y. th is coupon. I the following now Qualify for assignment take the fiv e replies, yes. five, that we I e"close $5. Please send me a Complete to the Semi-finals: J. Pater son·Smyth, have received on the proposition given C. J. D. Bauman, E. Fenn, G. S ill , W. F . I Postal Chess Kit ~y return mall. I under "Postage Savel's," page 315, Octo n. Clevenger, R. E. Pohle, K. V. McFar· ber issue. and figure out what per cent of land aud A . Goff. those postalites are active in truth. NAME I I Or, to be more constructive about it all, read that editorial. judge how your ADDRESS ...... • Please check your weighted point totals as I I ~OOIl as YOU see them published. They are interests are concerned and let us know. determined on a lJa~is of 1.0 point per win If you preter the 4·man type of tourna· In prelim round: 2.2 points in the semi-fin I CITY STATE . I ment, don't a ssume that we'll know so alS: and 4.5 In flnal~ . Draws count half value 1.._ .J in each In~tanee . ~and vice versa• 346 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 195'1 POSTAL CHESS RATINGS s published quarterly, these numerl EFORE YOil post an application fo r EE page 343 for upianation of bow A_ cal raU ngs, f Ol' all active players In Ba tournament entry, please atate your S ratings a re computed. Postal Cbess, govern placement of en· rating as published here and also your Players a re g rouped by tbose fig· trles Into Class a nd P rh.e Tourneys. This "class." We list tbese rnUngs alpha be tic' ures at which tbey start play in each ist or raUngs Is based on game results ally by tbe names o r the players as they tourname nt sectlon. Consequently tbey reported to and received at CHESS RE· al'e much easier for you to locate thia are generally well·mlltehed witb all op· VIEW from July 1 to September 30. way. T he Class A ratIngs are given in ponents tbere as of the date on whi Ch boldface type. play begins for that section-within 300 These rallngs also set the tourney rat· points for each class-except A which ings (as typed onto tournament assign The "classes" for old·tlmel's range: Class A. 1300 and up; Class D. 1000 to has no uppel' i!mlts. ments) for all tournament sections begin To es tima te their starting "class," new ning play In November and up until the 1298; Class C, 700 to 998 ; Class D, 400 to comers are advised that Class A is for next rating l!st (wh ich Is to be published 698; and Class E. below 400. exceptionally strong players; Class B for in the FebrUary Issue of CHESS RE Neweomers to Postal Chess are begun s trong eltl b players; I. e., abol'e average ; VIEW) will govern. (according to the class a t whic h they Class C (or about avernge; and CJ3.l!S D The ratings In the current 11st were enter), as follows: Class A at 1300 (they (or below average. obtained by meldi ng Into the ratings In m ust earn any higher ratings) ; Class B W he n one player wins (rom anotber, the August Issue all c ha nges due from tbe at 1200; Class C a t 900; a nd Class D Ilt he gains 50 points In rating, as a balS lc games repl)fted since that issue- pub 600. Class E is o~n only to old·tlm· premilSe. When the one wbo wins is much lished In the September, October and cur ers wIth ratings wblch have been estair higher rated already, he wins correspond· l'ent Po,tal Mortems-and also by adding l! she A Austin H • . HS Beleher FE •• .50 Bold en A L 1340 Bryant 0 H • . • GOO Casey J ...... 934 Abel I" 11 22 A ustin X ,V 598 Belitz K ...... BoI,lter t E ••••• ROll Brya nt 0 L .•. 1282 Casey J .I .. .. . 982 Abele H F .• ," 884 Avilla L ...•.•• 1090 Bell C ...... ',,." Bollin&' Dr G :\1 1116 Bryant W 10 J . 814 Caskey R L ••• 1111 1.1 Abingt on M I'1I F 600 Ayala F •.•.•. 9%4 Bell E 1...... Rollon F B ... 92% Bryant W J ••• 71 t Cauldy T J ... 74 8 Abington 0 D , 1:00 Aydelot t ;r F .. 1061 BenG "~ ...... 598 Bone Min F ... 122 Bucar F ...... 650 Castle C A .... 742 Abney I ... , . .. 1090 Ayres E H •.... 690 Belial..., A ..•• ""7116 Boonstr a H T. 900 Bucba nan B F . 610 C 348 CHESS REVIEW. NOVEMBER. 1951 Howell W 0 •. 1400 Jungwirth 0 1450 Kretzschmar K 101)6 Lonkhorst J J 600 McClure J 1302 Mora E J • . . . 682 Howell C S .••. 544 .Turek \V , ... 868 Krooctsma H F . 1112 Loom\$ H B .. 752 iIf~Comh H .... 538 :lIfore L E ...... 534 Howland D L . 624 Juve A E .•. 1052 K!'ozel L •. 900 Loose W D ... H18 McCready T N 558 More P ...... 532 Hoyt \V S 1180 Krucke J ~H Loring R C .• . 1314 McCurdy L 1474 Morgan C T 1416 Hranowsk,Y!\I 12g0 K Krueger J 123·) LovalO P 1238 McDaniel T F 7U Morgan E H 940 Hud~on A A ., 1062 Krug loff V 1470 Low Dr M S 1306 McDonald l". 974 Morgan E J 53! Hudson It T . . 250 Kagan I a •. 1042 Ksiazek B n6 Lowe J 712 McDowell AS. 900 ]':forgan K C •. 950 Hull J A 220 Kahl M E 13,2 KubiJius V 1282 Lowe K K IU04 McElroy J •. •• 1204 Morley Miss H 550 Huffman Clair. 87" Kahn Dr A 1580 Kuchinsky M A 1376 Lowen" I 1202 McEwen D M • . 1138 :'.lodey R G 1072 Huffman l~ '1' •• 100 Kahn L 1362 Kugelman C 1452 Lozano P M 1394 McFadden Cpl H 754 Morris R 1410 :iurrman H. W • 1296 Kahn ].I J 924 Kuhn '1' •••• 1188 Lubell .\[ S . . • . 1232 Morris D J 1110 Kaiser A •. 9UO McFadden J P . 552 lluggins He. 900 Kumro T .... 746 LubiPl~ki L • . • . 9~8 McFarland H H 936 Morris G E 1322 Hughes J J . ... 606 Kalb A • . 10U4 KurreJmeyer B 1346 Kalbach 1012 Lucas R H . . 1216 McFarland K V 1344 Morris J 1416 HUljhes K . ••. ~H J C .. Kush a l\( 1240 Lllcai T G •.•. 1620 Kalodner H .. 900 McGaVOCk W a 1290 Morris J P 742 Hughes "lisa V 876 Ludwi ll A C .•. 1512 M~Gin1ey C T 966 Morris L ,... 600 Hughson Be.. 660 Kalogeras G .•. 784 Luecke L 1300 K",mtn Dr H .• 1152 L McGinnis P J 1585 Mords W H ... 488 Hume V R ... . 1096 Lund G W •. • . 198 McGinnis W T 448 Morris Dr W S 1592 Hummel E 1600 Kamien R • ... 9110 Ladd ¥l F .. 588 Lund .1 L .... 994 Kaminsky W C 536 Ladley R ••.•. 616 McGrath J D . . 452 Morrison C L .. 838 Humphrey A B 622 Lnnger l\I .. 988 Morrison 0 W • 1670 Kannel' Dr 0 76~ La Freniere 0 692 "[earath T F. 1124 Hundley J • . •. 1300 L nprecht E 850 McGuire J 1062 Morrison L },~ •. 772 Hunne,. GA .• 1212 Kaplan A 672 Laltsch C E 650 Lamb L H .•.. 1082 Lnster Bett~· 540 McHale C E 105~ Morrissey L W 1180 Huni H 182 Kaplan A L 50·1 H Kaplan M 1254 Lambert K ... 1014 Luthye D 722 McHugh G E , . 1532 M orrow Dr A S 900 Hurley B 111 11U8 Luttrell J B 410 McIntosh I .... 600 . Morrow R M .. 1112 Hurley E R 1UO Karl Mrs B 534 Land R E 1166 Karlen P 1102 Landa Mrs M r 600 Lydon D A • 230 Mclnturlt Dr D 12;38 Morse D V .... 600 Hursch J L . . 1486 Lander L J •... 600 Lydy C M .. . . 690 ~Tclntyre W M 1088 Morse Miss lIf. 60U Hurt Clara C 6UO Kashin a L 1210 ' Lyle G A ...... 1362 Kasten W •. 698 Landrum Dr J 530 McKee R J .•. 1390 Moser ME .•.• 1224 Hurt J F 1554 Lane Dr J F 1348 Lynch C N •... 466 McKone J 410 Moskln A •..• 1086 J K at;p; Dr G .•. 1714 Lynch Col F 0 1418 Huss F 1270 Kat;p; Dr S . . .. 1344 Langfelder R • 1372 McLain R 916 "lott W J ...... 750 Hu~sey E T 868 Lan gseth M 1210 Lynch J T . .. . 1204 McLaughlin G. 706 Mouser Dr H K 602 Hussin J 752 Katzner K •.•. lOtS Lyon H .... 1000 K CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951 349 o Pitk in A J ,.,. 600 Rlehardson R L 1530 Scherer J A .,. 900 Slocum G •.. •. , 1792 Strahan 0 W 1468 Oakes Ga .... 1332 Pixley EA .... 1040 Rl~hmond ]' H 12 24 Sch err C W .•• 1090 Sluder W J 550 S I rand~kov C V IOG2 Oakley Rev A J 11H Platt L. 1412 Rldlter R ..... ~~S Schick Rev W 1" 686 Sm!lk ~te ln H ., 822 Strick land H D 9{lO Oo~rm8.n K J .. 6.0 P latz Dr J ,.,. 1&94 RIchter R F • . 1676 Schl!l&'er S , . .. &18 Smith Dr A DeG 25~ Stringer G 978 Oberon 0 .•.•. 1418 P lotz M .•• , •. • 996 Rlckltiu N .,. 1246 Schmid W ... lUU Smith C J ., •.• 1 0~G SlromB C •• ,.U5. O'Brien R H .. 508 Plotz P ..•.•••. 582 R ideout E W .. 940 Schmidt C . 900 Smith 0 ...... 89. Stllart A I .... 180 O'Conne ll P Ie J 600 P lumail G J . • , 558 Rider C W •.. 89% Schmidt }I. nus Smith 0 lot ••• 1094 Stubbe .J S •. .• 1026 O'Connor R J .. 950 P odolsky S .. . . 126.8 Rl~e R J , ... 1126 !:!chmitt H .'" \1&4 Smith 0 P 900 Stubbe C J .... 7S~ O'Donnell P E. 186 Pof[ W B ..... 1020 Ridlon H ..... 900 Sel'me"baum J . 1544 Smith E A lIU Stuhl A ...... UH Oeder Dr A H. 936 Po Uenberger R 8U RleDrQA ... 808 lkhnelder L M. 664 Smith E J 9U Stur ges R H .. 1036 O&ilv le 0 W •. I2SU Pohle R E •. ,. 16$2 Rie hle L J .... 1I ~~ Schneider D r R 456 Smith i-~ H 9UO Stutz E C , ... . 4Hi O'Gorman J . .. 194 Polak P , ... ". 9U R ie mann A E ,. 8:>4 SehCHtn born R V 1428 Smilh G A 1160 Suehobeck A. • 23 .... C'H anlan R ." 802 Polnowski G R 1200 R lniller D H ..• 604 !;lchoenhelmer P 518 Smith G P 100 Sullivan J G .. , 1016 Ohmes R •.... 1578 Polomski A 364 R iordan R 900 Scholtz to1 •. 998 Smith H J ,." 5~2 Sullivan R P •. 9{)0 D1lker 1-" B .•. 1%92 Pomper J L .. 16011 Risler S ... ,.. 996 Schooler R E . , 1362 SmithH rJ", ~S~ Summers-G!!\ R 1058 OUn E ..•..... nu Poole R ••.. , .. 1346 Rlet J ...... 1180 Schooley W A.. 994 Smith Helen III S5U S umner A .•.• , 600 Olin R H . •.. 20&0 Pope D W . .... 900 Ritter A R •.. . 952 Schow li ,"'" ~46 Smith J .. ~~~ !lupplnger E •• , 982 Oliver J ....• .. 6H Popper E , •.• ,. 1490 Ritter J \V . • ,. 868 Scht'adcr D C 1194 Smith Jay "'" ~~~ Suraci A •. . .. 1216 Dim ore A II .•. 1396 Por tala N 164 Rlvl~e I ...... 1200 Schnder 1-1 W . 512 Smith K R .," IHG Suter Mrs P O. ~OO Olsen G ...•... l H Porter E L ... 1216 Rol.>OO()toy A 1162 S chrumm H .. , ~ali Smith L J .," GOO Sutherland G ,. 1340 Olsen S ...•..• 1104 Por ter L C .•. 1094 Rot.'e r~ r 1170 Schreiber It ... ~~6 Smith llr M J l02~ Suverkruhhe W 314 Olwn 0 :M •••• 902 PorterMR ,.,146 Rohert., D .. 1274 Schroeder C .. 4~4 Smith !II L ,.. SUU Suyker FatherA 1328 Opp K E 1300 Porter R L •••. GU Rollerts J M • . HS Schroeder W G 534 Smith N Ii: ." IUU Svendsen Dr K I OU Oravn Q 1474 Portscheller J J 492 Roberti II. ., •. loa2 SchullZ A W .• \lUU Smith P 1328 Swaney C G .• 588 O'Reilly J W •• 1238 POBt F ." 91S ~ 01J1llr1l R A ., UOO SchulU J M •.• 1335 Smith R 1" , ••• IUJ U Swanson MS. 800 Or." R ..•.•.• 1546 P<»t H H ..... 10S R OUertson J .' 8U . 8ehultze R .,.. 382 Smith it L .... 1U SlO'a rtz GA .. 636 Orlando R J .. 610 POBtel Cpl D .. 600 Robln.on A G :>08 Sch ulze F P .. 912 Smilh }I. 101 ••• 11611 S ween C J .... 1034 Ornlleln P •••• 1504 Pouer R B ISn Roblll80n B A , 1292 SChuman E V,. 1488 Smitn }I. N ,.. 900 Sweeney !\ S .. 61S Onano J E .•. 1002 Polter R H 1432 Robln""n DE. 864 & h upp C J . . . . 120 Smith ::; . ""6 S weet L. ., .••• 1386 O'Shaughnessy 1192 Poulin V R 832 Roblnl;On E ... 10'12 SChurr D •.... , 1210 Smith !;l J IWO Sweets J A , •.. 1654 Ostergaard J B !>9( Powell Lt C 1300 Robln&on H ... 1182 sehusler J , .. un Smitb T C.,., 336 Swenson S ... , 830 Ostermiln G •.. 1300 Po,,'ell C H 900- Robinson J F .• 6110 sehwar\t HR. 1464 Smith V E .". 11108 Swihart 1.' .• ,., 1018 Ostrum 0 ..... ~8 Powell E B .... 536 Robln ~o n !lIissL 658 Schwartz Dr I, 1512 Smith V L .,., 1l0% Symington J H 1508 O ~ wllnt R C ... 5H Powell L ., ••. • 196 [-:oLlnson S H 188 SChwa r tz L S ,. 710 Smook R •• ,., llU Sywak 11[ ••• 610 Ott PC ...... 12H Powell -W D ." 998 HOby C C .... 870 Schwartz: P 1450 SMrek F ... . •. 690 Ottesen W ., . . .jSS K.x:he M T .. . S3$ SmyerS LOIs., U75 Powel~on R. 900 Schwuru: R J . 1170 SOlder C ,."" SSS S ~ ezucllik J A • 1 ~28 Ottln"er J ,.... ~~O }~ Power ••.. 114 Rockwell I E lev Schwel" D r K. 156 Snydel' J S " , 41g Swld 1001 1150 Ouch! K ...... 1754 Powers E . 704 Hocque A .,.. 790J SchweItzer R .. 1606 !;lnyder V W • . 682 Ou.lIette L E • 1300 Ro(Ikln G M ., 6~2 Prather D , 1210 Schwerdlman H 914 SODe l R •..• ," 1390 T OwenJC ..... 8H Predmore D V . 55~ Roehm R ev L J 900 Schwerner N H, .898 Sokoler M ,., ., 1590 T a ber W F.,. 1696 Owens B .• " •• 1412 Prendergut Mi ss 60 0 Rote 0 G , . 1200 Scia""etta D ,. 1058 Sollfrey W ,., 1522 'l'aftJE .. ".,.1278 ROl.'er. Ii W 1066 Owen Dr A HO Preo N A ••••• 1526 scorza S ."'" 10S6 Soly 1<' ...... ,. 1174 Talla J •• " .... S22 Pre.sby EJ J ,.. B94 R ohlf! E F. G4~ SCotl D M 1118 Somlo E S .,. lUO Talley EA .• ,. 435 P Pressman Mlu J." 9UO Rol~en M 990 SCott J P 898 Sophrin H L ,. 6!JO T lmier T S .•. no PliAnanen V 600 hlee B P ..... SS6 Rolo 0 M 850 s eovlll" G P •. 1520 Soucy P .•.••. 1100 Tangeman J B. 1%52 P acell A ...... ,',',', Price R W . •• 390 Romano FR. 900 Scr ivener R S • 15M Southud H A , 514 Taplin A 1044 P ack a rd J G • . Price ". W . . 160 Root T L ... 111·1 SeabrOOk H H. 660 Page LN ..... 1061 Rose E.,.... :32 Spade S C .... n2 Tate FA ..... 868 Prindle A L ,. l UG Seehes WE,.. 440 Spald lne H A. 8U T autval.has P . 1~78 Painter J F .•. ~O Prinzmetal I H . 196 Roae Dr H.. l ?:lfJ Secord P F ... 1150 Rose W D .... 41;2 Sparks G W •. 912 Taylor A D .. . 566 Palladino A ••• $28 PriorGG .• , .. l!lO Seekamp K .... 982 SDaudllnc S E , 9110 Taylor C 916 Palmer- Pernn 186 Proctor F G ,. 1302 R 350 CHISS IIIVnW, NOVEMIIIII, 1951 V Whitcomb A L 514 Valvo F J •••. 1454 Whitcomb C L. 1548 Van Brunt C A 1382 White C C . ... 1120 Van de Carr G C 920 White T E .. . . 1140 Vandemark F E 1074 Whitehead D C 588 Van def Lip G. 932 Whitlow D L . . 1160 Van NaUun -.." n 6H Whitman F B. 600 Van Lonkhuyzen 900 Whitmore R E. 524 Vano E ...... 1616 Whitney D V . 766 Van Patten H T 1328 \\'hitney \V E. 900 Van Sickle W A 618 Whilney W R • 1138 ) Van Wocrt K B 900 Wholey J S ... 1186 Varga 1" ...•. • I2S0 W1ck"man OrM 1796 Varn B .. ',.. . . 438 Wieking R W 91)0 Vassllakos L . . 998 Wiedi" R .. 1200 Vaughan F \V. 918 Wleneek T R •. 1000 Vaug'han H W F' 860 ,Vlgren Pic. 1160 Yugoslavia, 1941 East Germany. 1951 Veguilla J A .. 1354 Wilbur H D .. . 1186 Championship Semi_finals SUDDEN fatality fo!lows when Black Velas R "'1 ..• . 1258 Wilcox H L .. 1370 ignores a massed threat on his King. Vc""saar K . . 1110 \Vilde R A ,... 760 THE Yugoslavs have made a name for Venetsky M .•. 814 Wildman DrO .• 1182 RUY LOPEZ Vert D .. 978 Wildner A A . 1000 themselves as keen tacticians and clever Vlohules L P 1346 Wildt V ...... 1596 analysts. This game lllustrates both LOkve nc Jng. Gragge r V icious L F . . . 900 "'ilke G ...... 1150 Viertel R ..••.• 550 WlIklnMn G A 884 qualities. \Vhite Black Vishnaorr V 384 WlikoH R K .. 1006 Ynas W .•.•. 1208 Wlilas G ...... 834 FRENCH DEFENSE 1 P_ K4 P-K4 8 NxP N,N Vogel R A . • . 758 ,Yillco,;; W H .. 1134 2 N_ KB3 N-QB3 9 QxN a,a Volet E 500 Willey F G ... 1494 L. Subarich Andrich 3 B_N5 Vollmer J .. . . ~56 \\'illheim A • . 804 White Black N-B3 10 Nx8 0-01 Vollnhor'll' C .. 608 \Villiams A ,... 900 4 N-B3 P-Q3 11 Q-83! P-QR3 Volpe J ~' 972 Williams D A . 524 1 P-K4 P_K3 5 Q_N4 N-K2 5 P-Q4 B-Q2 12 N-Q4 R-Kl? Von Abele R . • 880 Williams J C . 1568 2 P_Q4 P-Q4 6 QxNP R_Nl Von ).[yernhelm 1136 Williams J M. 674 6 0-0 B_K2 13 N.,.B5 8-Bl Von T ench G 828 Williams R L . , 990 3 N-QB3 B_N5 7 Q _ RSI p,p Vreeland C ." 1040 \Vllllamson D A 834 7 R-Kl p,p 14 8_NS RxP?? Vukellch A J 79·, Williamson Mrs 888 4 P_K5 P_QB4 8 P-QR3 Q_R4 "'Illie Sgt J J 918 W Willingham C.. 600 Wad.., G S •... 378 Willis T A 1250 Wahler T J 9liG Wilsey R H 450 Walch A .1432 Wilson C V 1238 Waldo K C 550 Wilson H D 600 Wales C ...... S58 Wilson J 1180 Walker Lt ColD 488 Wilson J E 1026 Walker L A 824 Wilson R 0 .. . 1490 Walker 'I' H . •. ~·12 Winston B D 1110 Wall R J •..••• lOSS Winston W 0 1014 Wallace EO . . 1348 Wise H . . 810 Wallace H . .. 1002 WI5ellarVer B B 1392 Wallace L H 1200 " ' Ishneff _L S 744 Wallach A ..•.• ~OO \\'i~nom R F . . 556 Wallgren H •. • 1646 Wiltmann F.. 624 'Wallich E E .• g~O Witzel !-' ...... 278 Wallick R . . ... 39~ WOng B . • . .• . 506 Walrath J K ... 490 Wong E . ••. 740 Walsdorf 0 A 1480 Wood Dr J G 900 Walsh T ...... 1014 Wood JR.. 972 1,5 N-R.6t! P,N Walters :"I1rs J C 604 Wood K D 752 9 PxB! Q,R 14 N,N PxN . Walton C E ... 1132 Wood L E. 1708 16 BxN Resigns Walton C :Me • • • 732 Wood P G •.... 798 10 N~N5 N-B4 15 N-Q6t K-K2 I Ward Mrs W. 714 ,Voodard Mrs G 898 11 Q-Q2 N-QR3 16 Q_Rf; R_N3 \Vargo P . • 1291 Woodbury W N 1338 K_Bl \Varner lIIrsCM 566 ""'ooldridge S . 1094 12 N-K2 Q-R5 17 Q-R4t Leningrad. 1937 \Varner J 848 Woolf S ..•.• • • 900 13 N-N3 B-Q2 18 QxRP B-Kl "MY grandmother. when a very little ,Varner R .• ... 1110 \Vorthman F( • • 1178 \V"rner R B •.• 701 \Vrlght H F Jr 1064 19 NxP/S Resigns girl, told me never to capture the Queen \\'arren J E .. 670 Wright J B 1172 Black Is helpless against the threat of Knight's POIrs L. 65G Wyant D 642 Waterman C K 786 Wylier R .... •. 724 GRUENFELD DEFENSE Watkins G E • 714 Wyman P .•••. 572 Sokor \\'atson B G 610 Wyman T Jr • 1300 Hastings, 1951 Volck Watson C ;>or 6,16 Wysowskl S ... 1446 White Black \Vatson ;>Olrs E. 524 Wystrach P .. 934 FROM the British Boys' Championship. Watts W H 1492 Wyvell M ~r 1288 a rea!ly novel combination. 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 5 QxBP B-K3 \Va", C 550 y 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 6 Q-NSt? N-83 Wayne G J .. 848 BUDAPEST DEFENSE Weakes L . . .• 1918 YaHe L L .••. 8H 3 N-QB3 P-Q4 7 N_B3 N-Q4 Weare R E •• . 800 Yarmak S ..•. 1432 J. B. Phipps M. Davis p,p Weaver F H 1392 Yascolt J •.... 598 4 Q-N3 8 QxP?? N/4-N5 Weaverling E R 512 Yeagle LA.. 274 White Biac). Weber Lt J H 686 Yeaw A ..... " 1244 W eberg CA •• 1484 Yell GO...... 742 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 4 P-QR3? P-Q3 Weberg K . •.• 1582 Yerhoff F J ..• 1806 Wehde C ..••. 1476 Yost R Jr .. ... 790 2 P-QB4 P-K4 5 N- KB3 N-QB3 \Veidler E ••••. l()48 Youker J M .•• 852 3 PxP N-K5! ? 6 p,p a,p Weil E .... 1456 Young E ••... 733 7 \Yeimar R ...• 990 Young J B 890 P-KN3? 'Yeinberg.M •.. '346 Young .I H 1054 W e ininger Or J 1396 Young J M .... 900 \Veinstein A .. . 320 Young R F •••. 506 \Veiser P .•.••• 550 Young T C ••. 1200 Weiss A A .... 1042 Young W E 600 W e iss L A .• . • 1480 Young W W 1460 Weiss W F .. 804 Weissman A .. 1330 Z \Veisz P B .• .• 1101 Zass D I ••.. 8(6 \Veldzius \V • . 734 Zaas Lois... 572 Weller LB... 520 Zaharakis G •. 1372 Wcllstood R • .. 704 Zajkowski L J 1218 \VendrowskJ N. 600 Zalewski J S .• 712 Wendt 0 G .... 1154 Z~lys J •••• ln6 Black's play hinges on the threat to Wengraf W L . 1318 Zar.der H ..... 1304- trap the QUeen:. . R- QNl. \Vennersten J .• 600 Zeller R ••. ... 85~ Wentworth G C 1066 Zemke N •... 1326 9 B_B4 B-R3! 13 N-Q5 a,N Werner E J •.• 1280 Zieten A L •.. 1272 Werth Dr R •. 964 Zil ius S ...... 1450 10 BxP NxQP!! 14 Q-B7 8xN§ I West W ...... 33'1 Zlmmerm~n A . 1326 11 BxQ N/Q5-B7t 15 QxRt K,Q Westbrook E iII 1050 Zimmerman S. 918 WesterCield P .. 278 Zirker ],I Jr 878 7 NxBP!! 12 K- Ql RxBt 16 KPxB K-B2 \Vestfall H L .. G98 Zobel E C ..... 1046 8 KxN BxPt! Resigns \Vestlng E R 734 Zollars Capt A. 1030 \Veston F 842 Zoudllk R J .• 1316 Resigns White loses a Rook; else 17 QR-Nl, Westwood F W 600 Zufelt E J •... 1014 Whelan R •.•.• 600 Zwerling Dr M. S04 I"or want ot a Queen. R-Ql t 18 K - K2, R-Q7 mate. CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, IIlSI 351 White'~ last is too slow. Better is 11 Won by Q lowly Rook Pawn POSTAL GAMES Q-K2 and 12 N- Q2, but Black has good White plays quietly and Black comes chances :n any event, h is Knight and two out of the opening with an advant age, from CHESS REVIEW tourney I Pawns being fu ll compensation for a Then Black does better in a positional Rook. t ussle, and his opponent, hard pressed, annotated by 11 .. " Q_ K2 parts with a Pawn, After that , ou!' title Threatening 12,., NxP§ t ells the stor y. JACK W. COLLINS 12 Q-K2 B_B4 QUEEN'S PAWN GAME Won on the Rebound 13 N- Q2 N_Q2 peo: page 237, column 12 14 NxN Black skates on thin ice in the opening, o. Sciarret t a H. M. Nussbaum but takes the remainder of the game in This last gives Black an overwhelming, White Black h is stl'ide. King·side Pawn majority. 14 N-B3 ought to he t ried. 1 P- Q4 P-Q4 9 0-0 KING'S GAMBIT 0-0 2 N-KB3 N-KB3 10 P-KR3 e,N peo: page 112, column 1 14 . P,N 16 P-QN3 Q_ N2 15 B_ B2 0-0- 0 17 R-R1 N- B4 ! 3 B_B4 P-B4 11 Qx B QR_Q1 G. S. Thomas W. G. McGavock 4 P-B3 N- B3 12 B-R2 KR_K1 A neat way of getting the Knight to Q-N3 P_K4! White Black 5 P-K3 13 Q-K2 Q6. If 18 PxN? QxPt, followed hy 19 6 P-QN3 8-N5 ,. PxKP N,P P- K 4 QxR(t) , wins for Black, 1 P-K4 7 QN-Q2 P_N3 15 BxN? R,B 2 P-KB4 p,p 18 B-N2 N-QBt 8 B-Q3 6-N2 16 N-B3 R_ K2 The best ways to ctecline the gambit 19 BxN P,B 17 Q-B2 N-K5 are 2 .. P:'Q4, the Falkbeer Cuuntel' Gambit, and 2 ... B-R1. 3 N_ KB3 P_QBl An odd move, hardly to be taken seri ously. Old·new defenses are 3 . B-K2 and 3 P ..... KR3, while 3 .. P-Q4, 3 P-KN4 and 3 . . N-KB3 remain the regular standbys. 4 P- Q4 P-KN4 5 P_KR4 As in the Kieseritzky and Allgaier Gambits. 5 . . . . P-B3 Too many P-B3s! This one badly 20 Q-K5 18 BxN weakens Black's K ing position and should On other Queen moves, say 20 Q- B3 or There is no othe!' way to save the have been replaced by 5 .. . P-N5. 20 Q- Q2, Black sets up a winning po~i· Queen Bishop Pawn. tlon with 20 , , . H-Kl t and 21 . , , R-I{7, 18 . . , . PxB 20 N-B4 Q_B2 20 . . . P-Q7t! 19 N-Q2 P-B4 21 N-N2 So that, if 21 KxP, the Queen Pawn Better is 21 QR -Q1. will be pinned and 21 QxQ will win 21 .. , . Q-K4 30 QxQ R,Q a whole Queen, 22 KR-Q1 RxRt 31 P-B6 p,p 21 K-B2 Q,Q 23 N,R R-Q2 32 RxP R_N8 22 PxQ B- KN5 24 R-B1 R- Q6 33 K-K2 P-QR4 25 P- QB4 Q-Q3 3. K_Q2 P-R5 Black threatens to win a Hook by 23 26 P- QN4? p,p 35 K-B2 R-RS , , P--Q8 (Q). 27 P-B5 Q-Q4 36 R-Q6 8 - K4 23 KR-Q1 B- B4t! K-B1 P-N6 37 R_Q7 P-R6 24 K_ B1 B-B4! "29 p,p QxNP 38 K-N3 P-R7 25 P-B4 Resigns 6 PxP White is lost, and 25 K-K2 only pro· Much stronger is 6 NxP! Then, if 6 longs the game, , " PxN 7 Q-R5t, K-K2 8 QxNPt, K- Kl 25 , ... B-Q6 mate! (if 8 . , . N-B3, 9 P-K5 wins back the piece with interest) 9 Q-K5t, Q-K2 10 QxR, QxKPt 11 B-K2, White should win, In Brief 6 . , . . PxP 1 N_ K5 NIMZO_INDIAN DEFENSE White threatens t o win with 8 Q-R5t, peo: page 251, column 56 (c) 7 .... N-B3 R. Mille r L. W ei ss 8 N-N6!? White Black White goes after the exchange, wins it 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 100_0 0 - 0 and then wishes he h ad not. 8 B-Q3 or 2 P-QB4 P-K3 11 P-KB4? KPxQP 8 N-QB3 are preferable, 3 N-QB3 B-N5 12 BPxP p ,p As 39 RxN 40 RxR, P-R8(Q) Is 8 .... PxN ! 4 P-K3 P-Q4 13 PxP? N-Q2 threatened, If 39 N- N2, R-QN8 40 R- Q2, It 8 ... R-N1? 9 NxB, KxN 10 P-K5, 5 P-QR3 BxN t 14 Q-N3 N- N3 P- H(Q) wins. p,p N-Q4 11 HxP, White has a distinct posi· 6 P,B 15 B-N2 Q-K2 tional advantage. 7 BxP P_B4! 16 KR-K1? Q-KBt Our Postal playe rs are invited to submit 8 N- K2 Q-B2 17 K_ Rl N_ N5 9 RxR N,P the ir BEST games for this department, 9 B-Q3 P-K4! Resigns 10 B- Q3 P_Q4 To be conside red, the moves of each 11 P- B3 mack threatens mate by Philido!"s Leg· game must be written on a standard fl,c y, while, if 18 P-R3, he wins a piece score sheet, or typed on a single sheet of t = check; * = dbl. check; § :::0 dis. ch, and more by the Knight check, paper, and marked "for publication." 352 CHESS REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 195'1 , . CHESS STATIONERY AND SUPPLIES POSTAL CHESS ALBUM With C H~SS HEVIEW's fllll1o\1s Postal Chess A l bum yuu a n eas ily kee l) track of the games you play by mail. Makes record·kee l)ing ell s y and eli minates mistakes. The ('un-ent pos i· l ion and U]HIH lule s core o f e ac h game n re before you :1 t .. II times (see cut). Score cards are removable. When a ga me is finished, l-emOI'e t he old score-card 1\11(] insE'J"t 11 new one. 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