INhi s invaluahle treatise, My System, Nim 53 K- KS !! • • • • zovich makes this cryptic statement: "Tar White can commit 'Hli·male by 53 P takowcr is, it! my opinion, without question Qo. Q- Xlt 5·] K - K7, Q- lJl matc. ~ ::::. the third be:;! endgame a rtist of a ll living 53 . . . . P-N4 55 Q-K7t K-Nl ~J masters." One wonders who his two superiors 54 P_Q7 Q-QR5 56 Q-B7t K-Rl 57 K-B8 Resigns were. Whom d id Nimzovich have in m ind? Artel· 57 . .. Q- Jtlt, 58 Q- K S, Q- B6 (to ~ . Th ere was Lasker, former Wodd's Cham - ~top 59 Q- lt5 mnte) 59 K- lJH, K - H2 60 pion, whose consummate endgame skill was Q- N8t and mate next move follows. almost legendary. There was another ex Champion, th e mighty CapabJanca, who delib· l-IEHE is a problem whkh you might try on your friend who ··simply ("annot soh·c eratel y steered for the ending in his games as any jlroblem at all"· The terms fire: it wa s there that he could display his fahulous White to mate In o ne mo\'e .- It is by technique to best advantage. There wa s the 'V. A. Shinkman. Irvin9 Cherney reigning Champion himself, the peerless Alek- hine, who played the endings with daz;.:l illg hdlliunccf Then, to complicate matters, there was Rubinstein, who wa s - -to quote Dr. Harlllak- "the suhlime endgame virtuoso of a ll Lim e." And whal about Nimzovich him sel f? He must have had a leaning toward hi s own ab il ities in th at branch of the game. jf so, there were five eligible candidates for the positions which only two could fill. Which two did Nirn7,Ovieh me111l? Poor Nimzovich is gone, and we, alas, will never know.
Apropo ~ of 1he a uo ,·e. the game which 27 R_QB1 P-N3 follow!; featu l·e!; a Q ueen enlil ng. con· 28 R_ B7 K_ N2 A rcmarkable four·in·onc problcm is dutted by 'i'al"t'lkovel" in e xquiSite style. 29 B- R2 • • • • t he following by W. I'auly. As an added attraction. Tanako,·er has SO White·s K ing can go to 83 without his King take a charming li ttle walk. fear of ... N- Q7t. Semmering, 1926 29 . . . . K-B3 31 K-B3 N-Q3 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECL INED 30 K-N2 P-R4 32 K-K3 R-K1 t 33 K-Q3 R- KS D,. S. TartaKov er Marqu is Rosselli Clearly. passive defense Is hopc lcss. White Black 34 R_Q7 N-B5 37 P-N4 PxP 1 P- Q4 P-Q4 9 KPx P BPxP 35 BxN PxBt 38 PxP R.P 2 P-QB4 P-QB3 10 BPxP P.P 36 KxP R-K7 39 P-N5 RxRP 3 N_KB3 N_ B3 11 N- K4 N_ K4 This may look like a Hook cndlng to 4 P-K3 P_ K3 12 B-KN5 B_ KN5 you, bllt, hones tly, it isn't ! 5 QN-Q2 QN_Q2 13 B. N B.N 6 B-Q3 B-Q3 14 BxQ B.Q 40 P-N6 R_QN7 45 KxR P_ R7 7 0-0 0-0 15 QRxB QRxB 41 K-85 P-R5 46 P_ N8(Q) 8 P_ K4 P-K4 16 B_K2 . . . . 42 P-N7 P-R6 P-R8 (Q) The tenllS al·C : White to mate in two • The renson for all the exchanges- 43 R-Q6t K-N2 47 Q-KSt P-B3 rnoves. Then rcmovc the I'awn ~ at Q!J5 44 R-N6 RxR 48 Q-K7t K-N1 and KH2 lIntl again mate in two moves. INhite now willS 11 Pawn. ··The re~t." a~ 49 Q-K6t .... Again, r eJllove two more Pawns, at Q5 annotato r ~ are apt to 8itY, ··is fI matter of and KN7. I1lld m"le In two. Finally reo lcc!mlQuc"· l.lut. ilS we shall see, it r ~. White callnot will with 49 QxP, Qx P Qu ires the techniquc of a mnglc!nn to 50 (~xPt, K- B l. Some pretty idem:! al ·i~e move a lso the Pawn ilt Q3 and the Dish· win this ending. after 49 P- Q6, a plflusible enongh win· op and mate in two. The solution, a! ning atte mpt : 49 P- Q6, Q- QNSt 50 K - you will note, is quitc a tour de force. 16 . . . . B-N1 21 8-N3 P-QR4 Q-B~t (of 17 Rx? N_ 83 22 P-QR3 N_84 137, 51 K- QS, Qxl' 52 K- K8 course not 52 P-Q7, Q- Nl mate! ) , (l 18 R-Q2 B_B5 23 KR-K1 N-Q3 H5t 53 P - Q7, Q- Rlt 5~ P- QS(Q). Q THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH 19 Rj2-Q1 N_K2 24 P- N3 KR-K1 H5t 55 Q/ 7- Q"i, Q- K5t 56 Q/S-K7. Q- Hl t . 20 B-B4 P-QN4 25 PxB ··Thcre's not the mystery in ten murdel'3 allli Black, who is a Queen behind.
INDEX Annual Index ______382 Elook of the Month ______355 Chess Caviar ------363 Chess Movies 373 Gan1es from Recent Event s 364 How to Win in the Opening 370 Postal Chess ______375 Readers' Forum ______354 Solitaire Chess ______369 Spotlight on Openings 361 Tourname nt Calendar ------350 Traps ------374 World of Chess ______356 Before PholO! by AI/rfd and Elsi' V;"ld After
ED I TOR I. A. Horowil7. HE pictures abovc were se ~t to ~tS by to enjoy open air chess- for example, on EXECUT IVE EDITOR T. rcaders. Alfred and Elste Vlerlel, Eastern Parkway CHESS REV IE W. DECEM BER. 1949 353 , Il on t suppose Inere ,~ any way YOll could contact the Chief of Special Servo ices, n :lative to a n A rmy-wide chess tou r· nament '~ In the meantime, I will try to :> moke the pluye rs out of their holes, even if I have to i!!Sue a challen ge to the whole command. , Sgt. JOHN K IXN-, .\IA:"'! , J r. Readers are in vited to use these columns for their Sendai, Ja pan comments on matters of interest to chessplayers. MOST LAUGH A BL E ? I purchased a copy 01 the April Cm:s!> HOW T O GET PUBLICITY ? We publish what newiS (and accom pany· Ih:vu:w the other day. It is, undoubtedly. I ha ve found thul )'our 1lI1l j;lIzinc is with· ing gallles- if print.worthy) we rt!<:eive. one of the very best chess magazines I out equal for chess enthusiasts. Please be· T hese may be sent to our ll ccretl ited Cur have beell privileged to read for q uite some lieve tlll. l L look forward to each succeed· res pondents or directly to CHESS R BVU'; W. time . ... Please do not think that I am de ing issue with increased interest. I paT ' Regia/tal chess directors all d club sec crying English chess magazines. Cll f..sS , ticul arly like your un itlUe cnvers. T hey H· II/ries please Iw/e.- Ell. wlt ich is published by Mr. Baruch Wood seem to foretell SOme of the pl easant is in a class of its ow n .... I think it is things that will be found benC!lth thelll. ART IN CHESS the way in which your Chess Games a rt Incidentall y, 1 cast my vole for ma ny 11 11 · Magazine is modernly guttcn up, though ~c t out and so well illustrated, to say notated ga mes. T o me, they are ir1\'uluubl c unmodernly a month behind each issue. nothing of the most laughable way in in studying all phuscs of chess, Also it is getting rather texty, liI cking in which is described the calamities or for· 1 do hlll'C one s u g gc ~! i () l1. Give us 1l H)J' e verve, spaces are condensing, and the fu r· lu nes of the warring Chessmen : "A love news of th e fllr wt: SI, publish more of the ther you go from freshness, the fe we r li nd tup which rocks Black to sleep," "The games pbycd in th is locality. 1 assure you only technical readers will be yours. poor old White King can't shake this one Why Iwt aft article Oft art i" chcu? that som t;< of these games arc of II vt:ry off," etc. CII!:SS readers would no doubt high caliber. lIave J1an R ay do it who has a dozcn be highly astonished (and amused) to At p resent, chtl ss activity on the P aci fic 'cally mode,,, ch ~ ss s OB desigll cd as art. rcad t he ~ e expressions in the latest ed ition. Coast i5 ve ry keen, and, conStHlucntly, we His ilHlivitiuu[ sets are bou8hl us art ob· I pa rticularly a pprecia te S potlight QII fed somewhat neglected when we get lit jects by art lovers. Once played with one tJ,e Opel/ill Ss_ I note that it is taken from tle or no mention of some of the big ;eels awfully stale playing with the old· Rcuhen Fine's book, Practical Chess Open. events taking place here. And none, or style Killgs and Queens. illSs. T herefo re, if il is possible I should at best ull ly a n occas ional game puhlished. Everywhere we see fresh design, in store li ke to oLtaiu a copy of Ihis book. Unfor. Our Memorial Day · chess festival should fronts, in magazi ne adverlisements, in in· tunatel y, it is impossible to send sterling rate a one or two page s pread. Beller teriors, in obj ects we UiSC daily. AiJ these luto dollar a reas, especially in a case lik e tha n a hundred c1 less l o v c ~ travel Ill any sccings are leading us to reject old-fash· this. ioned things. Even chcsiS pl ayers will GO miles tu Atascadero, II town mid wa y be· !\f,U .COLM J. G Rn ' Fl N tween San Francisco und Los Angeles, for fresh design in a short time. Man Walsall , England where the North meets the South in n a)" intern ation ally famouiS artist and friendly ri val ry. T his event is antiei!/uted photogrupher, has done more fo r chess • T he restraint on free trade is truly reo for weeks in advanCe and talked about than anyo ne else in design. Why not grettable. But English publishers may for weeks after. T he settin g for this un · recog ni ~ e h im ? Just a suggesti on. now- a ft cr the Deval uation?- be able t~ usual (excelll to California ) meet is in PAUL R EI'S purchase books published in the Unitoo the well .kept pavilion situated on the Los Angel es, Culi f. States.- ED. sho re of an cnchant ing lake on the ou l IT' S DEPLORABLE skirh of Atascade ro. The natives, both SUGGESTION I thought you might ap pr ~ cin l tl u f HW As a former subscriber I have never ehess lovers and non·chess·pla ying: ~ p ee lines from a subscribcr and fur me r pos· un derstoo d why yuu don't ha,·c a small taton, travel from fa r a nd wid e to see this talite. column, entit led "Combination Column. " inspi ring sight. Ma ny anecdolcs of ncws The couditiou of organ ized cht:5S iu the value to n Illl Ll ication sueh as you rs Sume could present some of the great ~'a r East Command i ~ oI epluraL le. Ot her combinati.ltIs from the past as well as the emanate from this place every year. So than the Allied Chess Clull in T okyu, best of the eurnmt ones. ,iHl ch "Chess" breathes a t this time that which meets Oil ee a munth, I kn uw uf no Atascadero should be nati onal in scope orga nized cheS.'l clu b over hert:. CII-'1!U:S F . HUrll' HlI.I. rather than local. It could a nd should he P re. Robe rt Ka rch a nd I recend }' 8ta rl· P hoen ix, Ari z. the fealure of eve ry one of you r J une isstlt.'s ed Iwo ga mes by mail a nd a re hoping Yet all it gcts is 1111 honora ble mentio n. the Il uLlicity given uur malch by the SOLUTIONS How a bout co"ering this event next yellr, Pacific Stars and Stripes will start some· to Cherne,,'. Chess Probtems ( p. i i) CHr.SS Ih :\'U:w? thins. Ka rch is stalioned ti t O,.uka and 1 CAnl. L. Burm T be ma te in one by Shinkman is a t St:ndai, two days ride from there; II" Los Angeles. Calif. solved jus t by making a move ! White ove r·the-hoard com peti tion wall imprac has 29 possible moves, any one of .... hicb • We a rc well awa re Ihat Chess nClh'ity ticable. 1 am sure Karch i!S a !Su bscriber is mnte. in California has g rown a nd is still grow of )'OU TS and may be a fonner Ilostalite. T he ke y mo ves to tbe two-mover by ing. We a re more than will ing to do it T hey ha,'c T heater-wid e com petiti on in Pauly nre (A) 1 P- B 8( N); (B) after reo justice. But, on Memorial I)ny, fo r ex slleh minor sports as horseshoes, lling. movin g Pawns a t B5 and R2, 1 P- B8(R) ; (C) after removi ng Pawns at Q5 aM ample, about one third of the state tour. pon g, etc., but I haven't !!Cell one chess N 7, 1 P- B S( B ) ; and (D) after removing tourna mcnt ovcr here since my a rrh· ul naments are held all over the nation. T ht: Pawn at Q3 and also llishop at N8 , 1 p_ editors of CUESS R EVIEW call hardly at which doesn 't speak very well fo r cJ lCSS E8 (Q). tend any- let alone, all. players. 3S4 CI;IfSS REVIEW, DECEMBER , 1949 BOOKS FoR EVERYONE! CHESS REVIEW's Latest Book out! Reviews by Fred Reinfe ld ZAANSTREEK (ZANDAAiIf) TO URNA GRAN AJEDREZ. Annotalion$ by Dr. MENT, 1946. Notes by C. Kott/IQuer. Aluander Alek},i"e. SpalliJ/l text. 304 Dilten lext. 160 pp.; 80 gallles; 74 dia· pp. ; 101 gameJ; 81 fiiagralllJ. Paper grams. Boards, $2.50. caver, $3.00. When this book first become available Here i!S an in tensely interesting collec· here, Donald Mugridge commented en· tion of good games (aoout three.quarters thusiasticall y on its '·heautifull y clear and of them from the period 1939·1942). We large diagrams, large and well spseed are told that the annotations stem from type in scores, notes and text alike, widc unpublished nutebooks of Alekhine'$, and margins, soft paper and clever ornulllcntu· two facsimile reproductions from the nute tion." Kottnauer is not one of those anno· books appear in this volume. Fort y- four tators who like to go 20 moves dcep in of the games were played by Ale khine, every variation of every note. He pr ~ ft rs, but regardless of who play ed them, the instead, to guide the reader with short, . average quality of the games is quile high. common·sense observations and indications SOVIET CHESS by Nicolai Grekov. A Althuugh the notebooks muy have been of better lines. Probably this is the type compemlluDl of the best in Hussian chess unpublished, 14 of the 44 Aickh ine games of annotation which most chess readers trom 1841 to the prescnt, wi th bistorical baekgroUll(1 to explain trends in styles previously appeared in his My Best favo r. nnd tOUl'l\ aments. 105 most outstanding Games oj Chess, 1924·1937, appurently There are delightful earieaturcs of every player in the tournament. The gnmos, amply annotated to revcal de· with the same notes. I1gh tful brllliancies. admirable position Dutch are very good at that SOft of th ing, Aside from that instance of duplication, play. Ins trucUvc endings and valuable but these light.hearted drawings seem pa r. the material is new and as is always the the OE'eU eal opening Hnes. :!72 pages. 2 1~ tieularly good. case with the old maestro, of absorhing diagrams. $5.00 interest. A! in Volume II of his best HASTINGS CHESS TOURNAMENT, games, the tonc is sharply critical and 19<18-49. A nnotatiOll5 alld CommelllS by II. For the Postal Player even self·critical ; if anything AJ ekhine is Golombek and W. Ril50n Morry. 32 IDEAS BEI·tlND T HE CH ESS OPE N. harder on himself than on his OI>I)onents. pages; 50 games; 18 diagrams. Pal,er INGS-Reviled Edition by Reuben Fi ne. A " must" book fo r everyone interested in (:over. $.50 Study this book aud you will understand the openings, be able to make strong Alekhine-and what chessl'layer isn't ? Hastings is one of the glsmou rOlls moves because you will know the open. BARCELONA TOURNAMENT, 19·16. names in chess literature and history, for Ing obJeellvcs. Tbc book explains prin. Notes by R. U ore/!$. S pallish lexl. 232 it was here tilat the first great tvurnament clples or opening pla y, then discusses of the modern era was held in 1895. In the pp.; 91 games; 160 diagrams. PaJJl~ r each opening In detail. May be uaed In interval between the two World Wars, dependently or with tbe authOl"s P rae. cover, $3.50. liastings became fa mous for the annual tical Che" Openings. $2.50 This tournament produced a great many tournaments staged there every Christmas attractive games, and the unnotstions by week. Alekhine, Capablanca, Euwe, Flohr, For the Beginner Llorens are first-rate. Thi s was definitely Heti, Tartakover and M.arshall were only CHESS T HE EA SY WAY by Reuben a Najdorf event, but Yanofsky, Guimard, a few of the great masters who partici. Fine. This model presentation gives es. O'Kelly and Pomar (among others) pro· pated in these events. sentlal rulos and principles or imlllense duced many games wh ic h are well worth After the cnd of World War 11, the value to the beginner. You will find them playing over. There is a great deal of easy to learn, casy to remember, easy to Hastings Christmas Tournaments were reo valuable material here for opening theol'Y, apply. And there are scores of practical and Llorens has done u' good j ob of ex· sumed and still manage to make a hrave problema enabl!lIg the student to test 1)laining the fine poi nts. There are 16 showing despite all the rigors of austerity. his own progress. While intended prima_ In this volume devoted to the '48-'49 event, photographs of the players. rily tor the novice, the book servcs as Golombek and ]\'iorry lia\'e given us a a concise review tor stronger players. MAR DEL PLATA TO URNAMENT. great deal in a lillie spacc. Some of the 186 pages. 229 diagrams. $2.00 1947. Note$ by A. Ellerman. S IXmiln text. games are fu lly annotated, others have 192 pp.; 153 gamel; 21 4 diagraml. Paller short but pointed comments. For All Who En;oy Chess cover. $3.50. TH E BRIGHT StDE OF CHESS by Some day Mr. Wren will have to ex SOUTllSEA CHESS TO URNAMENT, 1949, By H. Golombek. 40 pagtS; 53 Irving Chernev. A potpourri or cheas fu n : plain to us why the United States has so 50 bright, snappy games ... 36 tricky end. few master tournaments and why Argen games; 21 diagrams; Jive I,teillres. Paper ings . . . 64 puzzl!ng problems ... a mUsi ng cover. $.60_ tina has so many. AI all events. this tour anecdotes about the grcat and near·great like the Hastings tournalnent hook, ney was one of the hest- another victory ... the author·s candidates (or tbe 15 1m. this is an excellent va lue-an even better for Najdorf with a fine field including mortal Games . .. cheas epigrams. Lh·ely. one, in fact, as the games ure treated more enjoyable reading. 175 pages. 165 dia Euwe, Stahlberg, Eliskases, Guimard , the fu lly. Both tournaments we re won by Hos grams. $2.00 Bolbochan brothers, and Pil nik and Hos· solimo, who has made a big name for him· setto. Much good and interesti ng chess self this year in European chess. Send for complete catalog of books. was produced; the notes are excellent; One interesting feature of these two MAIL YOUR ORDER TO the games have much Iu offcr to the stu · hooks is that they convey admirably the dent wh o wants It) kecp IIbreast of im · agitated atmosphere of a chess tourna· CHESS REVIEW portant opening developments. ment! 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. CH ESS RE VIEW, DECEMBlR, 1949 355 • Vol.17,No.12 CHESS DECEMBER. 1949 REVIEW • • HI . 'C. ~., CH ...... O .. ,H . LATE FLASH! adversaries. It will he inte resting to see TIU: results of the Absolute Champion. how well he bests thi s disadvantage. ship of tilt: USSH come in too la tc for us Still and all, we may look to him with to give much more than the final stand· confidence. At 17, Larry has t\.l'ice won ings, Despite the absence of the woriJ t.he ]I.-Jarshall Club Championship and the champion, .Mikhail l3otvinnik, Russia un New York State lI S well, and he is author. doubtedly has here the strongest national 110 less, of two tournament chess books. , tournament in the world; so we present this as first place news in the World oj Najdorf in Swiss Simultaneous Che$s . While Slayin g bridly at Zurich, Switzer. David Bronstein is again co·champion, land, Miguel Naidor£' Argentine grand· this lime along with VassiJy Smys[ov, who master, played simultaneously with clocks did not compete last year. against a picked team of eight local play. Smyslov and then Bronstein emerged ers. He defeated .I . Ehrat, H. Johner, from comparative obscurity- ·each in his Janda, Lange, Dr. Staehelin and O. Zim· nOI so remote day- to startling brilliance mermann. and lost only to M. Christoffel as virtual "hoy wonders." So the co-cham and Dr. Strehle. pions seem aptly to set the true note for this tournament. In a field studded with Melancholy Danes grandmasters and renowned veterans, the Traveling to Oslo, Norway, the Danish newcomers- hardly heard of outside of team lost to thc Norwegian experts hy Russia- make the news! 8Yz·11%. Sefim Geller (so his name comes to us, LAHRY EVANS The Danes fared no hettcr on their transliterated from the Hussian, but we Y Quth/ul I ntemationalist llome grounds when a Swedish team, understand that Neller more exactly rep· minus the services of Stahlberg, Stoltz, resents the proper pronunciation) is a Lundin, Ekstrom and Lundholm, visited 24 year old studenl from the University ';';}.I,NTER NATIONAL Copenhagen and beat the Da nes, 11 ·9. of Odessa. A rank newcomer, he scored so well against the grandmasters that he not An Old American Custom Stepchild No Longer? only tied for third place but actually Ever since Paul MOl'J?hy set the pat· India, the country in which chess orig. stood first after the semi· final round! AI· tern, young American masters flave in· inated, has !ilighted modern chess and has though he then lost to Hatmir Kholmov, vaded Europe and brought home the produced in n:certt times only one inter· he was the sensation of the tournament. scalps of foreign virtuosos. The tourna· national master, Sultan Khan. Lately, Mark Tahnanov, also a newcomer to ment successes of P illsbury, Marshall, however, a new interest in chess has the championship rank, tied Geller for Kashdan, Finc and Reshevsky have left awakened in that ancient land, and India third. A 23 year old from Lening rad, he is the world in no doubt as to the caliber is now engaged in correspondenee matches an excellent pianist. of American chess. on 100 boards against the United States Semen Furman, who scored sensa· The latest American youngster to seek and 25 boards against Australia. Is the tionally last year to place third although his international spurs is seventeen·year· neglected brainchild about to be recog· then a rank newcomer, slipped somewhat old Larry Evans, the talented champion nized by its own parent? Ihis time. Had he attained third place of the Marshall Chess Club in New York, again, the title of grandmaster was his! who has been invited to participate in the Robot ProblemwSolver Perhaps the prospect unnerved him. Yet Christmas Congress at Hastings. There he The claim is made til at it is now pos· he did lie for iifth, wit h grandmaster will be called II jlO n to meet Dr. Max Euwe, s ible Lo solve two·move chess prohlems Isaac Boleslavsky, and he defeated grand. former world champion; Laszlo Szabo, automatically by means of an electronic master Smyslov! the H ungarian strong man; Nicolas Hos· calculating mach inc. Even if this device Bronstein .:. __ __13 Flohr ______9 solimo, former champion of France; O. portends the invention of a monster that Smyslov ______13 Sokol sky ____8% Barda, champion of Norway; and 1. A. can play a whole game, the world 01 Geller ______12',2 Lilienthal _~ __8 Fuller, D. M. Horne, 1. Konig, W. A. human chess, it is safe to predict, will Taimanov ___ 12.',2 M!kenas ______8 Winser and B. H. Wood, all of England. ~t i ck resolntely to its time· honored Bolestavsky _11% KopyIO\' _____ 8 FU!'man _____ lPh Petrosjan __ __7% That Larry will bring to the difficult methods of enjoying the royal game. It is KOIO V ______11 ',2 Ragozin ______6'h task ahead of him the necessary tenacity fascinating, however, to speculate on Keres ______~_11 Goldberg __ ___ 6 and resourcefulness is beyond dispute; his whether a machine could cver ddeat a Aronin ______10 -T.evenfish __ __6 only handicap is relative inexperience as Botvinnik and outstrip Ambrose Bierce's Kholmov ______10 Ljublinsky ___6 against the seasoned craft of his chief fantastic thriller, Moxon's Master. 356 CHESS REVtEW, DECE MB U , 1949 ~ UNITED STATES NATIONAL EVENTS Mirabile Dictu Along with baseball. football, boxing and wrestli ng, chess is coming in fo r a share of attention on television programs. It figu res chiefh' ail II prop to enable IWO people si u ing opposite each other 10 ap pear lu be doing: something besides carry· ing on II conversation. For once, chess seems [0 he gelling a brcllk as far as favorable puhlicity is conccnlcd. War Between the States A fler some yenrs of an uneasy u uce, fighting again broke out between the ~li{)ek troops of Illinois Ilnd Missouri. We hasttl tl to add that it was a bloodless chess battle fought with intellectual weapOlLS by means of wooden men. in this rev ival of the lHinois·Missouri tcum malches, held Unique Plaque over Sl. Petersburg (Fl orida) Chess Club at Decat ur, Illinois, victory wenl to Illinois by 6'i2.4%. Alben Sandrin, United THE SI. Pct.crsburg C. C. not only boasts feef, 700 hundred ponnds and rcsplcndent States open champion, played first board a membership of 230 but bids fai r to at- nnder lights at night with golden Knights for Illinois and defeuwd Missouri state ti"llCt more lJY the sculptured plaque atop nnd King and Qucen, purple Bishops and champion J ohn Ragan. Some other win its roof. Designed by Mrs. Margarthe hrown and yellow foot soldiers on the ners on top boards for Illinois were J. V. Kappelhoff. the plaque is fi'·e by eight hnlliements to symbolize a tournament. Reinhart, R. Berg and F. Stoppel. At - - -_.. .. _. w a rd three, C. M. Burton o f 51. Uluis Both e"ems took place in Pittsburgh, eighteen teams wi ll be divided into three scored against C_ P. Adams. Pa. E. A. COQns of Pittsburgh was IOU rna- groups and each group into two sub .. Another interstate Inateh was played ment cii rector. groups of three teams each. Hyde Pa rk, between Pennsylvania a nd Ohio in Pitts· New England Set-to illinuis Institute of Technology a nd Uni· burgh, Pa. T his was II double·round even t "crs ity of Chic.1go will fo rm g rou p A· I ; on si x boards and fO..'1Iu lt (.'(1 ill a triumph Team match resuhs ill the fi rst round Lawson Y, Hamilton Park a nd Wa bash, fo r Pennsylvan ia, &4. G. Ihrtleb o f Penn· of play in the North Shore League were groul' A·2; Aust in, Chicago Chess and .!oy/vania twice ddeated J. Schroeder on as follows: Chcckc r and Irv ing Park, group B.l ; board one, and F. A. Sorenson o f Pelln· Portsnwuth, Ne..... H ampshire 3Y2, New· Me lropolitall , Southtown and T eletype, syivanill took 1% points from E. Stearns bUD' port, Mass. 2¥2; a n{1 Manchester, group B.2; DePaul University, North on board two. No Ohio Iliayc r could dt) New Hampshire 4. H averhill, Mass. 2. western Un iversi ty and Hoosevelt College, better than break even. ;;r CHESS REVtEW , DECEMBER , t949 357 Rolling along its merry way, the Log Cabin team of West Orange, N_ J ., visited the Mercantile Library Chess A s~ociat io n of Philadelphia and pluyed the home team to a 4-4 tie. Bolden, Daniel, French and Huvinow won for M. L. C. A., und Il'leCormiek, Saxer, Rothman and Curdo scored for Log Cabin_ The Red Hose Chess Cluv of Laneasttr whi tewashed a visiting delegation from Wilmington, Del aware, by 4·0, hut lost by 1%-3% to the Penn State Clress Club at State College. Rhode Island. The Howard Chess Club of this state lost by 4-13 to a visiting team from the Worcester Chess Clllb of J\Ias sachusetts. Utah_ Six teams competin g in the annual tournament of the Salt Lake City Chess League are tire Deseret News, Kashin's Photo by Raoul Erh""',ia Wood pushers, McKee's YMCA, the Post Albany, New York, Plays Nijmegen, Holl and Office, Teitelbaum's Florists and West High. Playt:rs: (left 10 right) Frank Collins, pion; A. Fox; and D. Hecht of Albany, team manago::r; A. Engd, Albany Cham· New York (Story under New York.) IF (lshington. In a tight struggle for top honors, Antone Walloch won the Seattle City Championship after capturing hi s Massachusetts. The indefatigable play IVell.) York. A great deal of public in section, 16%-1'12, in a donhle round-robin ers of the Log Cabin Cho::~s Club of West terest was created by the Rochester Pub and then go ing on to defeat the winner of Orange, N_ 1., journeyed to Boston to lic Library's window display of new and the other section, Glenn Muller, after a break a lance with the representatives of old ehess books during the New York seven-game playoff. the Boylston Chess CllIk 1. A. Curdo, State Championship Tournammt. One im The newly formed Wenatebee Chess though co-champion of i\Iassaehusetts, mediate result was increased ci rculat ion Club conquered the Yakima Chess Club, played first board for Log Cabin and of chess books on the regular shelves. 9-5, in a double-round match. drew with Harry Lyman_ Edgar T. A'lc Scoring 8-0 , Paul Morgan won the Another YMCA chess school is in Cormick, Log Cabin, defeated Weaver championship tournament of the Roches Seattle, where State champion Charles Adams, titleholder of New England, and ter Chess Club, ahead of Erich W_ Joachim instructs beginners, while the in Clinton Parmalee, Log Cabin, cOlHluen.:d .\Iarchand, 6%.1%, and Dr. Max Her't: to::rnational master, Olaf Ulvestad, lectures H. II. Daly_ Ot her New England plavers berger and W. Wagner, each 5112-2%. on theory to an advanced class. rallied, however, to tic the score, 3%-3%_ The chess tourney of the New York Afterward Log Cabin descended upon City Academy of Chess and Checkers was IF est Virginia. To prove anew his pre Quincy, and caught a Tarlar in the won without loss by Bernard Hill , 5·1. He eminence in West Virgina chess, Dr. Sieg Quincy Chess Club, which trimmed the drew with Kevin Plesset, former intercol fried Werthammer, state co-champion, visitors soundly by 4%-2%. T he legiate champion, and J. Gillooly. B. breezed through the "get-together" tour ubiquitous Daly won from George Parlos Stromberg was ruuner·up wi th 4-2. nament of the Huntington YMCA Chess on board one. The crack team of Albany has won Club and made a perfect score. Tyson matches against Schenectady, Poughkeep Cobb fin ished second, and Jack Allison, Michigan. Chess takes a high place in sie, Rensselaer Poly tech and Glens Fall s. Marshall College champion, came in third. the recreational program of the Ches~ In addition, it is engaged in a correspond and Checker Club of union local 154 of Wisconsin. A junior dltSS tournament, ence match with a team in Nijrnegen, the UA\,\'-C IO in Detroit. Leading spirits sponsored by the Milwankee Department I·rolland, a eity formally adopted by are Frank Pilawski, Rudy Scheer, and , of Municipal Recreation and Adult Edu Albany in the post·war campaign to aid Joe Kelly. Other unlOns please take cation in cooperation with the Milwaukee foreign towns devastated in the late war. notice! Journal. attracted a total of 2,995 boys The mayor of Nijmegen wrote to l\1ayor and gi rls of all ages from less than nine Minnesota. In the annuul rapid transit Corning of Albany asking that ehess years to seventeen. Of this number of tO U1'n ty for the Minneapolis 8pted title, equipment be included in the friendship starters, 785 qualified for the champion_ George Barnes, former state champion, packages. In this, the Albany C. C. aided ship finals and 701 actually played. One and M. Otteson tied with scores of 6-1 and, in the course of events, proposed the hundred and ten won ch ess set prizes, each. The event was held at tht -"linne· match to which lhe Dutch willingly donated by the Milwaukee Journal. The apolis Chess and Checker Club. agreed. list of imlividual boy champions in vari North Dakota. The Grand Fork Che~s ous age groups follows : Robert Ganzke, Club defeated the Cavalier Chess Club hI' WHERE TO PLAY CHESS Bohert Freibert, Robert Stein, Leon C1Mstlled adverti~ing rate for this coiumn 12-3. Letwin, Phillip Wax, James Hahn and IOe per word. Display ads F per Inch. Ohio. In a match played at Dayton, the Orville Francisco_ The girl champions Ohio State University Chess Club won were Dorothy Wolf, Rosemary Brllzina NEW W OR LD CHESS AND from the Davton YflICA by 1012-4%. and Mary Schilz. BRIDGE CLUB, Inc. The second annual Wisconsin State (S. Birnbaum. president) Pennsylvania. In its annual meeting at "Lightning" Chess Tourney was won by 252 W. 76t h St. (EN 2-4455), N.V.C. the Franklin Chess Club, the Philadelphia M. Ptacek of Milwaukee. R. Klljoth, The only air-conditioned chess club in New Cho::ss Association cltettd P. B. Driver York. Open dally from 2 P. M. to 1 A. M. president. also of Milwaukee and state titleholder, 358 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1949 came ill second. while H. Blume of Fox Point, defending speed chanll)ion, finished third. If),Olllill/!. The c hunq)ion ~ hi]l of Casper was won II ,. Selmyler D. Fe rris, 101;'2. ) ¥t. Frank Dil l"n, Wyoming titlclu,ll/er, ",liS runner·up. Que bec Titleholde r In a six·round Swiss ~) ' s t cm tournumcut fo r the Quehec PrO"inciai Chamlliml~h i p , ,\lax C U7.c of Montreal won the ti tl e with a game $l;OI'C of 5·1 ami II weighted score of 24.75. Second place was tllk"n by Dr, J. Rauch, also of !I'lontreal. whnse scores were 5·1 and 22.5. Another expert from Mont real, Cha rles Pn( lI nne, CH Ule third wilh 41h and 20. Cuze defeated Za lys, Nad ea u, Ib uch and Cohen, nnd drew with Podlone and Ba in . T wenty.six playcrs e nte1'l ~ d thc event, which wus held at the Law Library of Lava l Un iversity, Quebec City. Amllng the participnn ts were two women. l\Ii $s F. Bone. Montreal wom lHl cllUllq,illll. a nd Rohinson ki bitzes, as Hayes pl ays Yanofsky " fl er Regina Simnltaneolls . .\Irs. I. StevellS, IIllnthcr !'Ilulltreliler. Not content with winning the Quehec Swee ps Souther n Soskatche won and 1-1 . Wilkerson's 6·3. The e\'cnt was title, as re ported above. Max C n7.c also A perft!'cl score of 9·0 won the Southe rn held a t the Hegina Y!\ICA. Tile th ree anneXL"!i Ihe annual Quebec Provincial Saskatc hewan ehalllpionsh il) for Hea players mentioned will be el igi ble 10 play Speed Chamllionship. Hayes. a head of L. McK. Hobinson's 8·1 HI thc /lcxt Provincial Charn l)ionsl, i,). Mowing 'Em Down Visiting tweh'c cities in his Cltllad ian ~-Wizards of the Chessboard-- lou r, chel!S master D. A. Y:lllof.. k)· played a lota l of 267 oPI)()nent s in si,nn lt:mcous e"hibitions. He won 232 Slimes, dre... · 28, BOTVINNIK the Invincible and lost olily 7. By FRED REINFELD Maurice Fox, Canadian ehess ehanll)iulI, performed simultanoously on 20 Iwards lit Indi spensable for stud ents of vit al opening innovalions, th is the Notre Dame dc Grace Chess Club in book also traces Mikhai l 13 0tvinnik's rise to stardom. His vast Toront o. Wi th the exception of Leo lIlur· ray, who drew, a ll uf l'o:ro;'s ojljlonent s theoretical knowledge, tetlacity, resou rcefultless and originality wen t down in defeat. a re full y displayed in thi s outstand ing and representative col· Still another brilli allt simult a neous ,lis· lection of hi s games. $2 play was given in T"1'Onlll by Fcdur P. lIohatirchuk of 0 1law1l, formcr H u~ ~ ian master of first strength, whu 1,layed 30 NIMZOVICH the Hypermodern board~ al St. Vladimir's Pari~h 1-11111 unde r By FRED REINFELD th e aUS I)ices of the Ukrainian Chess Clull. Dr. Bohatirchuk won 29 games and al. Second book in the series of lifetime li braries of the grcat mas· lowed Old)' one draw wi th E. Boris. tel's, this is a lavishl y Il nnotated co ll ection of hypermodern masterpieces. Numerous diagrams and ind ivid ua l introd uctions Ne w St or in British Columbia to each game. $2 l\ lien'aldis J ursc\·skis. fo rm erl ), " f l.at· ,-ia, arrivcd in Canada eighu:cn mo ntllS ago li nd soon begull to make hi s IIr<:SCnce Fred Reinfeld is perhaps the best know Jl name among felt in Canadian cllcss ci rcles. lie hus nnw chess writers. He has defcntcd many of America's WOII the championship of British Ullum. leading chess masters and is author of nu mero us hooks bia, the speed title of British Culumbia, and articles on Chess. an d the city charnpionshill hr Vancouver all without a loss or draw! JlIrsc\'skis, now 27. hilS dcfentl·1! tl)( ~ \'eterll n chess-master. F. Sacmiseh. in in· DAVID McKAY COMPANY ternatiullnl piny and is CXI)(!(:tcd tn be a strong contender for the lH'xt Dom inion 116 South 7th Street Philadelphia, Pa, title tourney. CHESS REVIEW. DECEMBER , t949 359 British West Indies T he tournament for the championship of Trinidad endcI] in a triple tic hetwcen Sr, Re ne Pratt, ex.ehHmpiun of i'l lo.;x ie u, Geurge Stanford, clHlmpiull ()f the British West Indies, and lI.. H ugh P.·!eShi ne. Each ]lla )'er scored 4-1 in Ihe fi nnls. T here will he no playuff, $" Trinid ad eujoys the dis tinction of having three eo.chaml)ions. Costa Rica In a qualifying round for the cham· pionship of Costa Hica, ninetcen rivals were oulscored hy Hogelio Sotcia Mon tagne, 18Yz-Y2. T he next two places COMJNG EVENTS IN T HE U. S . were won hy Jaime S()[ey and Hodrigo AN D CANADA F\:rnandC'.t. These thr(.-e then went ')1\ 10 play a four-round fi nal for the titlc, Abbruvlatlo n3- SS T mt: Swls8 System T o"," namen ! (In lst round e ntries l",ircd by lot which wcnL 10 $atd a.Montagne. or selection; In s ubselluen t ronnds "layers with Similar scores pnln."tl). RR Tmt' Bo"nd R <'bl n '"ourn"menl (ead, m an plays e\',,,·y other mnn). KD Tmt: Knock-O ut TOlll"n~ COSTA HICA C H AMI'\ON ment ( Io ~er$ or lo w lI<:ol·e ,." eliminated). (~I- fOREIGN $I: Cash prizes. EF: Entry tee. CC: Ch e~ ~ Cluh. CF: C h e n F eder"llon. CA, Chesg ,\s_ sociatlon. CL : C he$8 J..e ~ .<: " e . Australia B"or more Intormnllon sbont nny lourns Scoring 4 1h- l ~ ~, George Lindley re· ment. wrIt e Tournament Editor, CHESS w LATIN AMERICA REnEW, 250 West 51th St .. New York U. tained the cll 360 CHESS REVI EW , DECEM BER, ntl Up .to.date opening analysis by FRED REINFELD by an outstanding authority CRUCIAL VARIATIONS IN THE SICILIAN DEFENSE: Part 11 threat of ... N- B5. The dlllllces are that \Vhite has uothing- bettel' than DxN ill RACTLCAL CHESS OPENINGS by Reu ben Fine is the besl and most reply, g iving illack lhe two Bishops iu P complete treatise of its kind. It offers thousand s of variation s 10 chart a il()siti()n where t.he TIishops become formidable once the game ope ns I1P, th e student's path. With such a tremendous mass of material, however, it To t h i~ shOUld be added the fact that is understandable that there are occasional errors and omissions. More· Black's \looks are certaiuly misplaced. over, shifts in emphasis and development of new ideas mean that even It takes tillle to set this I'ight, canceling om SOllie of \\'hit.e's pl'eviou~ waste of the best book needs constant revision. With this in mind, I am examining time. peo critically. To make this series of im mediate use to practical players, It is regrettable we do not have the I am discussing th e Sicilian Defense. continuation of this interesting game. It would have been instructive to see the l'urther unfolding of the reBpedive battle IN Parts 1·9, we stu(lied the popular That this Kl\lght "an move [our lillle~ plans, Scheveningen Val'iation (columns \ -13), Oll t of the first sevell moves is the sort In Part 10. we examined the eff!)"ts of of thing that bothers the ""erage playel' GAM E 2 6 P- KN I!? as a substitute [ 01' the very mueh when he looks a t the end of (Spielma nn ~Bogo l yubov, B led, 1931) ol'thorlox 6 U- K2. And now. in Part 11. the {;o lumn and finds the position mark we shall study other substitutes fot' 1j ed '"Even" after H moves. 6 KN- K2 N-B3 ll- K2- namely, 6 KN- K 2 and 6 ll'-Q3. A more serious attempt on \Vhite's 7 P_ KN3 . . . , pan to aequire some real initiative is Much more sensible than 7 N- H,\ Column 15 seell in 7 l' -KN~ (Game 2). (which Spielmann played in Game 1). This begins with the following move~: 7 , .. , P-QR3 10 0 -0 0 - 0 7 . , . , B_K2 9 0-0 Q- B2 S B_K2 P-QN4 11 B-K 3 B_N2 1 P- K 4 P-QB4 8 8- N2 P-QR3 10 P-QR4? . . . , 9 P_QRS B-K2 12 P-B3 , . . . 2 N- KB3 P-K3 T hi s move doesn't make sellse. It is P_Q4 p,p One result of the Knight's trip to K84 3 intt~ nd!)d to pl'event . .. P- tlN,l, but why 4 N)(P N_ KB3 is that \\'hite must adopt the passive worry abou t thai mo\'e, with White's 5 N_QB3 P_Q3 Pawn formation (Pawn 0)1 K B3) Instead fianehettoed nishop already striking of ihe aggressive Pawn formation (Pawn a long the diagonal? Nor is there r eason THE BASIC POSITION on KB4) , So Black has in effect been to fear ... P- QN4- 5 driving the Knight, n eed not feal' a Pawn Ilotit'ied that he as \Vllite's King P a wn is amply IJI'otecte(1 stol'liling' attack (P-KBI, P- KN4, eh·.) . by the K ing Bishop. 12 . . , . Q-B2 Anolher bad featlll'!) of the text which 13 Q- K1 QR_Q1 soon ('Ollies to light is that White's S\lrely all inexactitude on Black's part. Queen-side strncture is seriously weak· This Hook ean be useful on the half-open ened. me, hence ... QH- Bl is inrlieated. reo An ex"ellenl method of handling this serving the square Q l for the King Rook. t ype of positioll is seen in 'I'01\18h 14 R-Ql N_K4 Kotoy (CH1~SS HE VIEW, January. 1946, p, 26) , After 10 P- I(I{3, 0 - 0 11 P- KN4. \\Thite has splendid attacking chances, The "olullIn cOIlBidel'B two main lines: () KN- K 2 (Game 1, Spielmann- PilT, • and Gam!) 2, Spielmanll- BogolYllbov). 6 8 - Q3 (Game 3, Vates- llogolYllboy, and Game 4, YateB- Vel'linsl,y), All the following games begin from the basic position. GAME 1 (Spielmann-Pirc, Match, 1931) Ac'{"onling to peo, the positiQn is even , 6 KN_ K 2 . .. . In view of the time wasted by \Vhite's This move has llO partkular value Ki ng Knight. this conclusion is a dis· 10 . . when followed up in the way that it is aPIJointing one. 0 -0 R_Q1 in this game. It seems mOl'e Ilk ely. however. that 11 P- N3 12 B-N2 N_QN5 i ll lack hll~ a moderate J)osit.iollal advan· 6 . . , N-B3 ------=-:;:- 7 N_ B4 lage. at least, heeause of the strong dbl. c ht) ~ k: § _ di s. eh. CHESS REVIEW. DECEM8ER , 1949 361 Exploiting \Vhite's [eeble tenth move. GAME 3 If Blnclt's passed Pawns can survive, The Knight Is posted t o advantage and (Yates-Bogolyubov, Moscow, 1925) he has a won game. But at the moment .. . I'- Q4 is prepared for. these Pawns look pr etty shal{y . 6 8-Q3 13 N-R2 NxN 15 P-K5 N- K5 • • • • 20 B-N5! P-K5 14 RxN P_Q4 16 P_KB3 N- B4 O ne's first t hough t is: why Is n't this 21 B-N1 R_ R4 1 17 B-Q4 B-Q2 move played mllch more oft el! ? It Is illore a ggressive than D- K2, for now the This mOl'e cr eates serious difficulties. mack has made conside rable progress Uishop aims nt KI17- that is the fi r st Bogolyubov recomme nds 21 . .. K - Bl, fol· and has definitely t he bette r game ; but lowed by .. . Il-K1. poi nt we notice. here 17 ... P- QR4 is more exact. A few But t h er e are many argu ments In favor 22 BxN! B,B moves late I', Uogolyubov begins to in· of B- K2. It lenves \yhite's Knight at Q4 dulge in weak moves whic h SOOIl dis· p!·o tected. It leaves the hnlf·open Queen sipate his a dvantage. file availabl e for White's pieces. It often 18 P-R5l B-QN4 23 R_ K3! B_ B4 results in \\' hite's playing the Bisho l) to 19 R-K1 N-Q2 24 P-KB4 B,B KDS- a fine post. It s upports a Ilossible 20 Q-R1! 25 QxB Q_B4 I'awn·storming a llack in the event of a KR-QB1? 26 Q-Q2! Q_ R2? general advance of White 's King'side 21 B- B1 BlCN ? 27 K_N2 R_ B2 Pawns . Nor does the Bishop at K2 ham· 22 RxB ! B_ N5 28 P- B4! R- Ql ? per the Queen's mobility, for, as we have Desperate. as he sees that 2S ... 1'- Q5 seen in earlier al·ticles, \Vhite's favorite 29 It- Qil, N- D4 30 Itxl', Kxl' is answerell QUeen mane uver for attaeking purposes by 31 H- Q~t with mate to ["ollow. And, is Q- KI- N3. adds K moch, 28 ... P xl' 2U nxp, P- QN·1 Bringing the DisllOP to Q3 has two 30 Pxl' e.p., QxP is not inviting. nUt the negatil'e features: in ol'de!' to be able to text is stlll \\'orse. atta ck, it is necessary to fO!'ce P - K5. 23 NxKP! . , , . 29 PxP PlCP 34 Q-K4 N-83 which is inadvisable sometimes, impos' s ible other Urnes. Also, Black can often Also possible is 23 NxQP with a 30 R-Q3 N-Nl 35 P-K6 ! Q-Q5 s im ilar sequel. 31 RxP R,R 36 QxQ R,Q play ... QN- Q2- B4 to good effect. (As 32 QxR R-Q2 37 BxP! p,p we hal'e seen in previous a r tides, this 23 . . . . P,N 33 R-QB2! P-KN3 38 8-B41 R-Q3 Knight maneu ver tums Ollt I'ery badly 24 Q-K63! , . . . 39 R_ R2 • • • • in games where the \Vhite Bishop goes Apparently a winning move: the Rook White has emerged with a won e nding. t o K2.) is attacJICd. and there is a threat of 25 The rest Is "only" a !)latter of tethniQue, 6 . • • • P-QR3 ExP,O- O- O (or 25 .. . BxD 26 QxUt, win_ ni ng the other Rook ! ) 26 H- Bl and but what technique! The way th.n Spiel According t o PCO, this is Illll ch weall' White wins. mann bl'ings home the bacon is I'eally er than 6 ... N- D3 (Game 4). But this enchanting. jUdgment is too extr eme . 24 .... P-R6 1 1 7 0 - 0 Q-B2 If now 25 QxH, P xPt 26 Kx P , P- K6§ 27 8 K_ Rl B-K2 E - Kl, B- Q5! wins for Blaek! 9 P-B4 QN-Q2 25 BlCP? • • • • PCO gives this move a Qu estion mark The beHt try is 25 P- KN4 but even ~ s till lI. lrt of an excessively harsh lhen Blac k escapes with 25 . .. O- O- O! jmlgmcn!. 26 [lxI>, R- Q7! 27 BxBt, K - Nl! 10 Q_ Kl P-QN4 12 Q-N3 P- N3 25 . . . . PxPt 11 P- QR3 B-rJ2 13 B-Q2 P_ KR4 26 QxP , . , . After mack's last two moves, it is FOI'ced! clear that he has no intention of castling 26 . . . . 0 - 0-0 King·side . but intends to play for coun· ter·attnciL Blacl, has a killing reply to 27 H-B1: 27 . . . HxPt!! 2S QxR, BxBt 29 K- Nl , D 14 QR-K1 , . , . . , , N_N5 45 R-QN5 N-N5t . Q5t, et<:. \Vhat a manl 40" R-K2 K-B2 46 K-K2 R-Q2 Accon!lng to PCO, White hlis a clea !' 27 R_ K2 K-Nl 29 QxQt K,Q R_K5! 41 R-Q7t 47 R-N6 R-K2 po~!tlona l adVantage. On the olh er hand 28 BxB 30 P-N4 R_Q4 42 K_B3 N_Q4 48 P_N4 ! P-R4 Eogolyubov, annotating Ihe game in t he The ending is an easy wi n fOI" Dlack. 43 K- K4 N- B3t 40 P_N5 N- B'3 Tourname nt Book, seem~ Quite salis. 44 K-K3 R-Q3 50 P-R6 • • • • fied with Black'S game. The t ruth, as 31 Rj2-KB2 R-R6 36 R-R3 B,P 32 R_B2 Rj6-Q6 R,P To reali ze what rapid I )rog r e ~ s White usual. lics somewhere between these two 37 R-K1 has made, compar e this position wi th the extremes. 33 Rj1-82 B-R5 38 R-K7t K_ Bl 34 R-KBl R_Q7 previous (\ingram! 14 ... P-R5 39 R- Kl K- Q2 35 R-QB3 B_B3 p,p 15 Q-R3 N-B4 40 R- R6 Rj4-B7 50 • • • • 52 RxP! R-R2 Res igns p,p P-R5 53 R-N6§ K-K2 White has a "perfect .. l)oslUon which •" 54 R-N7t Resigns j llstlfics h is playing for a win. But in GAME 4 10'01', after ;;·1 •. . HxH 55 Pxll, N- Q2 56 onler to do so, he mllst "s]l ol l" the ··per· 8 - N5, N- Nl. W hite can win on the King. fect" position-that Is, he must weaken (Yates-Verl insky, Moscow, 1925) side . himself In U'ylng to win. He thereby 6 8-Q3 N-B3 9 K- Rl P-QR3 Conclusions takes the risk of creating weal,nesses 7 KN-K2 B-K2 10 P-B4 P-QN4 '1'0 sum 1.1P: after 6 EN- 1\2, Black gets that may in t he end prove hi s undoing. 8 0-0 0-0 11 N_ N3 B-N2 a splendid game in the event that White Yates is w illing to lalle the risk. and W hite's development a lready shows cOlltlnues colorlessly with N- D4 (Game that Is what mall(J s the fol lowing play signs of dlshnrmony. T he l'eU'eat on 1). Therefore we question PCO'~ verdict RO fnsc!nating. move 7 condemns the King Knight to of equality (Column 15 ). If White fol· 16 P_ B5! ? . . . , lasting (utnity, and bringing this piece lows uJ) 6 KN- K 2 with the fianchetto to KN3 docs 1I0t help mUch. ( PCO, COlumn 15, not m ) , then he can Dogolyubol' h imself has ~ u ggested 16 P-KN'I- pretty strong medicine In vfew get a ver~' 1II"0m ising game (Game 2). 12 QN-K2 R-Bl Here PCO's verdict of superiority for of the weakening of t he long diagonal. 136-Q2 N_Nl1? Black Is misleading, as Spielmann played 16.... NPxP 18 N-N3 NxN !? Prepares for . . . QN-Q2- B·l- an effec. the opening ",'eakly. 17 PxP P- K4 19 PxN P_Q4 Uvc placement for the Knight. 362 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1949 THIS month's "caviar" is part of the rich feast th at Fred Reill feld offers in his ReLax With Chess (Pitman Publishing Corporation: 1948). POSTAL GAME. 1932 RIGA. 1934 14 N_N1? • • • • There are two good possib!lities here : "MY King likes to go for a walk," said THE primers tell liS that when both (a) 14 P- QIl4! with a fine Queen-side Nim1.O yich. Dut what's sauce for the mas players advance P- K4, Blael,'s square game; (b) 14 Q- KJ, intending black ter m ay not be saure fo r the a mateul·. KD2 can be very weak. 'The following square pressure with B- R5. Missing CENTER COUNTE R GAME brilliant galne Shows this square can be vulncrable eYcn in il. "close" game. these fair ly obvious opportunities, \Vhite I mbal.ld Strumilo continues to dl"ift. FRENCH DEFENSE 1 P_ K4 P-Q4 5 B-N3 N- B3 14 . . . . Q N-Q2 2 p,p N- KB3 6 N- B3 P- K4 Straut manis Hasenfl.lSS 15 Q-K2 N_B4 3 N- QB3 N,P 7 P-Q3 B- KN5 1 P- K4 P-K3 7 0_0 P-Q N3 According to peo, Black now has a 4 B_B4 N_N3 8 P-KR3 B_R4?? 2 P-Q4 P- Q4 8 N-,- K5! B-N2 clear positional advantage. It is true that 3 N- QB3 p,p 9 NxNt P,N mack has an idea l development for this 4 N,P N_Q2 10 NxP!! K,N variation. while \Vhite's pieces are 5 N_K B3 KN-B3 11 Q-R5t K_ N1 poorly situat ed. Nevertheles s the re are 6 B-Q3 8-K2 12 R- K1 N_B1 still some solid elements of resistance in .....Vhite 's game. However, Yates ignores these rOlls trlldiYe fadors and ultimate ly .. . gets a won game! Obviously, no opening treatise ca n be held responsible fOI' sudl crazy lUrlls of fo rtune ! 16 B- B3 Q-B2 22 N- K4 KR-Q1 17 N-B3 KR-K1 23 Q- B2 P-B4 18 P-K5 p,p 24 PxP e.p. N,P p,p N-Q4 25 QR-B1 Q_Q2 19 9 NxP! ! B,Q 15 O- O!! N_Q5 20 B_Q2 N,B 26 N-K5 Q-K1 10 BxPt K- K2 16 QR-K1t N-K7t 21 P,N P- R3 2i" R,R B,R 11 B- NSt K-Q3 17 RxNt K,R 12 N- K4t! ! K,N 18 B-R5t K- K6 13 P- B4t K- Q5 K- Q5 19 R- B3t 13 B- KR6 P-KB4 17 QxP! B,B 14 R,B K-K6 20 B-B7! Resigns 14 R_ K3! Q- K1 18 BxPt K-N2 The carnage beats the last scene in 15 R- N3t N-N3 19 Q-K5t K-B1 "Hamlet," but Black cannot avold mate: 16 B_QB4 B-KB1 20 Q- B6t Resigns 20 ... B- N5 21 P - B3t, DxP 22 PxB mate. PARIS. 1937 LOS ANGELES. 1940 MODERN masters are often compal'ed DON',!, play out your Queen early ... unfavorably to Morplly, but there Is don't move the same l)iece twice . . . don't many a time when they out·i\lol"!)hy make ]u'pmature attacks .. . don't endan J\Iorphy. 'The following example illus· ger your Ki ng .. . etc., etc. Both players trates TartakoYer's impish style. violate these rules, but there's a dlf rerence. Tired of waiting in this colorless po· P HILI DOR'S DEFENSE VIENNA GAME sition, Yates breaks loose with : Dr. O. S. Bernstein Dr. S. Tartakover 28 BxP ? NxN 30 Q-N3t K-R2 1 P-K4 P- K4 6 B,B P,B I. A. Horowitz Amatel.lr 29 PxN PxB 31 Q_N4 P_KR4? 2 N-KB3 P-Q3 7 Q-K2 P-Q4 1 P_K4 P-K4 6 K-Q1 K-B1 31 . •. Q- Nl! wins easily. 3 P-Q4 N_ KB3 8 Q-N5t N-B3 2 N-QB3 N-QB3 7 N-R3 Q-Q5 32 Q- K2 B- N5? 4 PxP N,P 9 N-Q4 Q-Q2 3 B-B4 B-B4 8 P-Q3 B_ N3 5 B-QB4 B-K3 10 QxN P 4 Q_N4 Q- B3? 9 R-B1 N-B3 32 . .. B- N1 holds the draw. B-N5t! 11 P- B3 . . . . 5 N-Q5 ! QxPt 10 RxN! P-Q3 33 R-B7t K-R3 34 P-KR4 . . . . Preoccupied witll tile falley t hreat of 35 QxPt, he overlooks the l)rosaic 34 Q K3 mate! 34 . . . . B_Q7 35 Q- B3 Resigns Conclusion: 6 KN- K2 is satisfactory if followed by tile King fi anchetto; and Ii B- Q3 ha s little sting whether answel'ed by . . . N- B3 or . .. QN- Q 2. We may add that White's prospects are somewhat overestimated by PCO in Yates- Dogo lyubov and somewhat underestimated in 11 .. .. NxN! ! 13 QxR Q-N4!! 11 QxP t!! KxQ 13 R- N6t!! RPxR Yates- Verlinsky. 12 QxRt K-B2 Resigns 12 B-R6t K- N1 14 N-B6 mate CHE SS REV IEW, DECEM BER, 1949 363 Entertaining alld in,~tmct jv e games by HANS KMOCH annotated by a /amoll,~ expert, A goo,1 move, White i~ entitled, hoII" 33 RxQ . . , , i'VCl', 10 stri ve for a greater a,lIc alltage {)~ }.. INTERNATIONAL Ih;[1\ the immed iate isolation or thc QU()CII Pawll. Simply 13 ll- K 2! is con· MATCH,1949 ~ ider"lJl.,. ~Ironger . FOl' mack the n I""ks Bishop Beats Kni9ht iI good way out fo r h is ni~ho]) a nll ~o Tho ugh a Bisho p is commonly belien·d ra cc~ diffic ulties with his del'elo])lllent. s lightly slnmger lh,1I1 ,I , Knig ht, "n o! For c ,xample , (fl) 13", 13 - H3:' 1,1 J' normall y this j,; eorrett- in the ending, (P"I! and White wins a pieee; (b) 13 it more frc(!ncntly tnrns lhe other way, " . :\'- J\5 '; I I PxP and White w ins" Once a ni~hoJ! bl'l'omes bad, as it m ay Pawn: ( e) l~ " , B - N2 H I'xl', I'xl' .15 oWlllg to an u ll favorable Paw n forma· (1- 1l!i and White hns a strollg illiliative: tiOll, it lo se~ I'a illi' more thnn il. Knight nnd (d ) 1:-I . . . 1\'- K2 14 0 - 0, B - H3'! 15 ordinarily <';111 , I'; x 364 CHESS REV IEW , DEClM BER, 1949 P I'o u )ct!ng t he Queen K ni g ht Pawn in W hile adually fac ll \g d inic1l 1t ies, This iH s up]lollell 10 hI! weaker tlHlIl di rec Uy, Blac k meets the threat of 30 Whltc IICtl lllS to be IItril'in ,l;:" fo r a n advan· the lI~lIal co n ti n uatio n, a 1'- 1\3, thnt K- B·I, a lllo, For, 0 11 tha t mol'C, he ha s tage. !) B- Q3, Ihe no rtnnl mO "e in s udl lend;; t o t he Noteboom ( Iu'onollnced 39 " , P-QN ~ ~O B - K 5, K- Q 2! Or , if ~ O II lImll io n", a lSO fll\'ors Blac k because of Note yooa m! ) \'a r la t lo n. n ut W ilite Ims 11 B- JJ5, N- :-<2. 9 ." P- U·I 10 ;0.:- 133. P- B5 : W hile 's bes l good idea in m illl\. It s eellls Iha t t bc te x t m e t hod 0( o" e rcomin/i: h i;; IlI frlt- lI lties lies f i ll' 39 K_Q3 ! , . . . move so bll S been IInderntted. hi !) IIx l', Qx8 10 N- D3, Il- QK5 I I P xP . The K i n!: cannot marc h to l'U t 6 but 5 . , , . P-QN4 Q- 1( '1 12 0 - 0 . 6 P-QR4! he w!ll ~ a ,Icclsive tcm!lO f 0 1" !I m urdl to . . . . 9 . . . . PxB QHG. Vf' I' y e ute. Arlc r lj P- K,5, D- N Z 7 n - K 2, N- 1\ 2 ~ 10 Nx N , , . . 39 . . . . N_ Bl 4 1 K- N5 K-B2 N- K ·I. N QI, Ui af'k ha~ t he edge as he A ftc r 10 ;-hQUP, Blnr k rel:ovcrs the 40 K- B4 K- Q2 42 K- R6 . . , , CIIII Cilllily defe nd the c r ucial 6110 l , his Pawn fa \' o m bly wit h elt he ,' 10 ... Q - Q 4, Q3. This has been pro\'cd in a match T he ri ll e" t hou r o r Ihe good Bis ho!l. e tc .. o r !O .. . P - D -I ~ etc .. t he la Her I)Ollsi· .~ alll e. S,>i etmanll- I':lillka!lell, 1932. lJI a ~ ' k mmlt d ie in a !!q IU,!(>ZC ( mo re COIU· billt r !x'Ing by fa r the 1' \I'O lIgl''',- Illonly (:al led "" zugzwang" ) , 6 . . . , B-N5 10 . , . . P KN 7 8- Q2 P- QR4 42 . , , , K- B3 44 B- NS ! K-B3 43 B- K3 K_ B2 45 P- K5! K- B4 Kno wi ng Ihat, in Ihe m ai n l ine of the Note boom variation, 5 P- K~ IIc !'V es bctto r Or ,15 ". 1':; - D2 ·j(i B BG. I, !!:j 47 B Ulan I'- K 'I, Black is goln,!:" to refute the QS. e l ~ ' , lattcr. Il l' CXIJccill S I' xl'. I I.~N 9 BxD, P x 46 K_N7 Ru igns ]"' when 10 P- Q N:l. I3- N2 II P .~ P , P- l\: 5 12 Jl- N 2 fai lH fo r W h ite bcc:lusc o r 12 SOUTHSEA. 1949 ... !Ix I'. i ... IJ- N2. ho we ver, iij a bette r The Fork Tric.k 1 r y , Th(> rc II; a comm on combination ('on· 8 P-K5! . , , . !li sting (If n i;ncr ifice foll o wl!d by u fork j llJ ])rovin g- on S ])lel mH nn's li ne (s ec whle h fn::quC ll tly a V! le a r ~ In (he o pening. no te on W h i l e ' ~ Gth mo"e), White pla ys llccau ~ ll of Its g reat Impo rt llnce a n d t.h ls nlOV l! o nl y a fter UhLl:k'!I King llisho ll numerous variant s , it !l ho uld have a IUII:I becomc exposed to e ll change, a nd s o name, e.g., the F o r k T I·l ck. T he ro llow B hlt'k I;; a head I II del'clo l'll1 ellt, hlill lea ves lllack's Q3 wea k , ing llt tll! /l:1I me illustra tes It cx ~ 'c ll e n t ly . t wo II t fllll g Bis ho p::! lIml Hl ready l hreat· 8 . . . . e ns 10 launc h a w illu illg atta('k w ith II 9 S -K2 H UNGAR IA N DE F IZNSE . .. 1'- 11 '1, follo w e CHESS RlVl l W, DEC EM BER , 1949 365 If 19 . . . PxP, White wins by 20 13- 1l5t, Alapin'S continuation which for about 22 P_ B3 ? , . , . P - N3 21 BxPt, PxB 22 QxNPt , as- e.g. half a century has been most usual. if 22 ... K - Q l, 23 H- B7, N- K2 24 B- N5, Rubinstein com menus 4 N- QB3, n. R- K1 25 Q- N7, etc. Byrne the old line 4 B- N 5t. 20 PxPt 4 . . . . N- KB3 21 QxQRP • • • • 5 Q_K2 • • • • There arc se\'eral wars to win. By just Betl's pet variation, plc ]( lng UI' Pawns, 'Vhite c hooses tbe Two other "refutations" of the F a lk· least bothersome. beer which virtually offcr only a bout even chances are: - 21 . . . . N-N3 29 Q- B5 t K_ K1 ( a) 5 p -" p. N-"P 6 N- KB3, B- QB4 7 22 Q-R2 P-B4 30 B_ KB1 Q_QB3 Q- K2 (so far Alapin) , 8 - 84! 8 N- E3! 23 RxR Q,R 31 QxQ B,Q Q-K2 9 B-K3, ExB 10 QxB, NxN J1 Qx 24 R-N1 R-KB1 32 B- R5 P- B5 25 R_ KBl Q- K3 33 B,P B-Q4 ,Qt, .. KxQ ]2 PxN. B- K5! 13 P- B·j, Ex 26' RxRt K,R 34 K-B2 N-Q2 ". elC. 22 ... NxK BP ! (bl :; K- Q2, PxP 6 Bxl\ :\"x P! (Kcres). 27 QxRP p,p 35 P- N3 K-K2 O wing to the poss ible c heck at Q6, 28 PxP Q- KN3 36 B-N4t K- K3 5 . . . . 6-KN5 t his nicc rno,·c wins a Pawn amI, what A blumler that only s aves time. 5 ... Qxl', whinh in !leti's time was is equally important, eliminates the in· terfcrell<.:e betweell Black's Hooks a od 37 6-R3t Resigns su pposed to be forced. leads. aFter 6 N Q133 , U- QN5 7 8 - Q2, B-"N H BxD. B - N5 his passcd Pawn. It Is therefore decisive. 9 P-"P! ete., t o a di stinct adva ntage for 23 RxN BxB 25 Px B P_ K R3 NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP ' Vhite. (In this way, following for some 24 6 - Q4 BxB 26 N- B7 KR_ Kl t ,,'cnty moves a game, nell- Splclmann. 27 P_ KR4 . . . . Attleboro, 1949 Stockholm. 1919. Bronstein rcccntly beat 'iVhite shonld (Il ay 27 N- K5 so as to News on the Falkbeer Szabo.) e liminatc the K ing Pawn (27 ... {'- D·] While the Falkbeel' Counter Gambit is T hc text movc is bettcr; though 28 fixP, P.xP 29 H- KN3) . whcther it Is s ufficient r cmains to be C\lI"1"fmUy rcg;nded with suspicion, its 27 . . .. P-K7! 30 N-63 P-B4 scen. refutation still r'emains open to question. 28 N_ K5 B_ B8 31 N-R2 P-KN4! Black's Improvement in the following 5 N-K63 · . . . 29 K-Q2 R- Q1 Resigns gamo Is substantia l, though not quite suffinient. 'Vhite still obtnins the better After 6 Q .. K3, l\"xP 7 QxKPt , B- K2, game but , erring twine, first loses his au Dlack obtains a dangerous a dvance in vantnge and then a Pawn. development. . LATIN AMERICA 5 . . . Q-K2 FALKBEER COUNTER GAMBIT The main question, raised by Hussian BRAZILIAN PCO; page 122, column 11 analysts, is whcthel' 6 ... BxN 7 Px13. CHAMPIONSHIP A. C. Ma rtin W. W. Adams P - K6! 8 Qxpt, B-K2 9 1'-84, 0 - 0 offers • Rio De Janeiro, 1949 White Black Black sufficient compen sation for two Pawns. The chances seem to be rather Bottled Up 1 P- K4 P-K4 close. Black wins thIs gam e in grand style 2 P- KB4 P-Q4 \Vlth the text move, Black obtains a obtaining a n irresistible nUacl, by the The strongest move accortling to Tar· satisfactol'Y development but falls to reo means of t wo sacrifices. The [Irst of rasch, a w(>ak 1ll0\'e Hccording to other ' cover t he Pawn . these sacrifi ces is hardly conect; but, when White fails to win a I'ltal tempo, e xperts. 7 PxP NxKP 9 N-B3 P_ K B4 the major part of his pieces bccomes 8 B- Q2 N_Q2 10 0-0-0 3 PxQP P_ K5 0-0-0 bottle,1 up and tho I'es t [ace the hopeless 4 P- Q3 • • • • T his move allows the following ex· task of fighting against Black's whole {:llange, leflding t o a weakening of a rmy. Blaek's Pawn position. There Js no time, however, [or 10 ... QN- B3 bccause of SLAV DEF E NSE /?e(OJllmenried as a fiNe hlly.' 11 Q- N5t. PCO: page 208, column 144 ( m ) P,N S . Mendes J. Adail CHESS WATCHES NxN! 14 N-N5 R-K1 1"2 R_K1 N_B3 15 P_ K R3 B-Q2 Wbite Black 13 Q- B4 Q_ B4 16 P_ KN41 • • • • 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 7 BxBP P-QN4 A" Cl·ror. Now Bla ck r ecol'ers the 2 P- QB4 P-QB3 8 B- Q3 P-QR3 P a wn, and his isolated Pawn becomes 3 N- KB3 P- K3 9 P-K4 P-B4 strong. instead, 16 N-K6! fa \'ors White. 4 N_ B3 N_B3 10 P-K5 p,p 5 P-K3 QN_Q2 11 NxNP N-N5 15 . . . . P-K5! HI QxQ N, Q 5 B-Q3 p,p 12 B- K4 • • • • 17 B-63 Q,P 19 B-K5 6 - QB4! According to r enent (hut by no means An important possiblllty whIch enables convincIng) Investigations, mflny experts 13la nk to maintain his passed Pawn . consider' 12 Q- H4 t he best. 20 B_ N2 Eliskases. who has an extraordinarily • • • • fine feeling for safety. nontinue<1 versus The consequences of 20 BxNP, KH-Nl Spielmann. at Noordwijk, 1938, wltb 12 a re not quitc clear but seem vel'y dan QNxP, KNxKI' 13 13- }(.1 obtaining a very DE LUXE timing device in handmade gerous fo r White. For exa mple, 21 B- D3 slight advantage. Amerkan Black 'Walnut case (4* " x (2J B- K5? RxN!), NxD 22 PxN, B- Q3 The text mO I'e is more complicated 21h" x % /I) , with leatherette covere d (22 ... B- B3 23 B - B·1!) 23 NxP, BxBP, thflll Ellskases' line. can'ying case, operates anywher e with etc. 12 . . . . PxN 1! stop watch accuracy. One year guaran. 20 . . . . B-B3 tee. $20.85 plus 10% Fed Tax. An inte rel;ting, t hough not qll !te suf· 21 KR_ B1 R_ K2 ficient, sacrifi ce. CHESS REV IEW In this lll'ely position, the chances are 12 . . . H- Q!'il 13 QNxP, B-N5t 14 n 250 West 57th St., New York 19, N. Y. about equal. White s hould continue wIth Q2, K NxKP leads to E liskases' line. 22 B-K·!, Instead, he makcs a mistake. 13 BxR Q-R4t 366 CHESS REV IEW, DECEM BER , 19i9 14 N-Q2! QNxP 26 .... Q-R1 ! The winning combination. Blitc k is 15 B_K4? • • • • The peculiar maneuvers of Bla c k '~ doomed since 110 cHnnot a deijuately pro This move causes decisive trouble. In· Queen remind llS of Hi chanl Reti, ve ry tcct . , , KN2. A curious situation. stead, White can win a tempo and ob· fnreibly, 17" . . RxRt tain sup~rior chances with 15 B- B6t! 27 QxNP R,Q 18 RxR PxB For example, 15 .. . NxB 16 QxN, etc . Or 28 NxR N_NS 19 N-R5! N_S4 15 . . . K- QI Hi 0 - 0, Q- B2 17 RxP, NxHI' Resigns The only wny io postpone the end. 18 H- J<.l! etc. 20 R>N Q- K2 24 N- N8§ B,R 15 . , , . P-B4! 17 0 - 0 Q_Rl ! 21 N-B6t K-82 25 N,Q B-Q6 16 B_N1 B-N2 18 P-B3 P-Q6! 22 R-Bl B- R3 26 N_BS K-B3 This is far stronger than 18 ... N-K6, {?(.. FOREIGN 23 Q_KNS B,P 27 Q-N7t! nfter which \\'hite woult! oblain strong Resigns COllnter·chautes with In Q-N3. Dlatk ICELAND 1"01' it is ma te in five : 27, .. KxN 28 now threatens bOth 19 . .. B- B4t antI 19 Rub Your Eyes l'- KN-!j', K-D5 29 Q- B6t , Kxl' 30 B ... Q- HZ t After 19 PxN, he wins with The abrllpt collapse of Black's game Q1 t, ere . 19 . .. D-Bolt 20 H- B2. l\'xP. will make you rub your eyes in \\'oIHler· 19 Q-K1 B-B4t ment, for apparently Blild{ does Ilot h ing THE HAGUE, 1949 20 K-Rl K_B2! wrollg. Yet plose examination will SIIOW Meeting of Ve te ra ns It is impol'lant to have the Killg P awn that Hlllek'~ energy is wasted on a faulty This Is the game to which CI-IF,SS nE· proieeted ill orde r to preclude a possible pla n whkh lays the groundwot'l, fo), VU~ '" referred, J u ne iss ne , page 181. QxKPt . W hile'S 1IloJlunlent ai combinntioll. ~I i f'~ o ~ is e ighty·four 11m! Dt'. Dirk van 21 Q-N3 F'on,est. t\\'o years his s enior. National Championship, 1949 Some of the Dutch l(ibitze rs may well Most or White's pieces are lamentably NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE ha\'e recalled (but in a friendly >l ense, of bottled up, and he can do nothing about (;ol1l'se ) a joke current towill'ds the end it. Fol' instance. 21 N- N3 fails against 21 PCO: page 249, column 49 of the war : how Ge!'man~(, having ex· B. Moeller A. Asgelrsson ... Bx!>! ! The mos t important point here pended the " Hitler Jugend" wns send. is th;;t, aHet' 22 NxTI, BxPt Z3 K- N l, Bx White Blnck Ing t he "Bismarck .Jugend" in/.o bn t tle. R. Blacl(,s Bisholl obviously is immune, 1 P-Q4 N_KB3 5 P-K3 P-Q3 SICILIAN DEFENSE Henee the t ext move by which \Vhi[o 2 P-QB4 P- K3 6 B-Q3 P-K4 arlrtitionally pr'otectg his Bishop Pawn 3 N_QS3 B-NS 7 P- QS SxNt! PCO: page 419, column 28(j) and King Knight Pawn and so threatens 4 Q-N3 N-B3 8 QxB N-K2 o. m Foreest J. Mleses either 22 N- N3 Or 22 I'xN. 9 P_K4 P-QR4 White Black mack plans to pt'event llossible a ction 1 P-K4 P-QB4 9 B- K2 NPxN on the Qu()(: n·sitle based on P - Ql\l and 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 10 0 - 0 B_B4 I'- QB5. Howe\,er, more importnnt than 3 P_ Q4 p,p 11 B-QB3 Q-BS these defensive measures is coullter·ae- , N,P P- K3 12 P-QN4 B- K2 lion on the King·side: 9 . . . 0 - 0, followed 5 P-QB4 N_B3 13 P-N3? Q-B2 as quickly as possible by ... P- KB~. 6 B_N5? Q-R4t 14 B- Q3 P- B4 7 B-Q2 Q_ K4 15 P- NS 8 _N2 10 N-K2 N-Q2 12 N-N3 N-QB4 , N,N 11 B-K3 P-QN3 13 B_B2 0-0 QxPt 16 Q- K2 , . . . 14 0 -·0 P-B4? As \Vhite ing6niollsly d611l0nstrate~, this advl\Pce now is in errol'. Instead, milck must play 14 . . . N- N3 which gives h im nn only slightly inferior game. 21 , , . . P-R4! ! 15 P_B4! KPxP This second sac rifice is perfectlr sonnd Forced, s ince protect ing the King Pawn anrt conclusive, llla(;k's immediate threat with either Kn!ght would lel\\'e the King is 22 . .. 1'- H5 (23 Q- KI, P- R6 or 23 Q- H3 , N-B7t). . Bishop Pawn insufficiently dcfendod. 22 PxN , . , , 16 BxP . , , . After 22 N- N3, P- W; 23 Q- Kl, mach Threatening to obtain a great positionill again has the variation 23 . . . BxP! eic. advantilge by means of 17 I'- K5, Dlaek Other TlOssibllitios, rtll winning for mad\, (:an ll lny neither 16 " .1\'- Q2 nor H• . .. N 16 , , . . P_KR4! are: (1\) 22 l'- KIH, l'- N-1! etc. (b) 22 N3 without losing the King Bishop Pawn, In a lmost seventy yeal'S of chess, P-lJ4, 1'- lt5 23 Q- R3, N- TI7t 24 RxB, Bx so lie must tal;:e tile I{lng P a\vn. Miese.; never omitted a move lil(Q this. R 25 PxN. P - N4! etc, (c) 22 Q- R1, P 16 . , , . PxP 17 N-Q2 P-RS 19 QR-Ql P- 84 X'l (22.,. B- N3, wi t h the idea 23 N-N3. 16 ... NxKP, 17 BxN, etc., mnl((!~ IlO 18 N-K4 N-R4 Resigns l\xDP! also wins) 23 QxNP, P- HS difFerence . 1-'01', if White's Knighi retrt'lnts, the threatening both 2-1 .. . P- H6 and 2·1 ... ~acrifi(;e at mack's :\6 decides. R- KG . 22 .... RPxP YUGOSLAVIA, 1949 Threatening, first of all, 23 . ,. H-R6 !. Be lgrade Championship 23 R_ N1 , , , , First Brill iancy Prize The alternatlve 23 N- N3, H-H6 2·1 Nx Attack o n a Broa d Front B, HxQ 25 NxB, HxP ! 20 KxH, QxNt 27 K- N3, Q- Q4 also loses, mach's ;;ttach: is White outplays his opponent and by overwhelming. a routine l!fl c rifice of the ex(: hnnge ob· tains a tremen(1ous King·side altacl" The 25 Q-B4 23 ... , B-Q3! P- N6! rront of this attaell. howQve r, is too nar· 24 N_ B1 R-R6 26 B_K3 , , , . row and so a wa v has to be found how Guarding against the possibility: 26 . " to broaden it. \Vhite Rol\'es the problem l\'- N5 27 QxB, N- B7 mate. But now dis· chal'mingly by the additional Hacrifke or aster follows (rom another side, 17 B_R6!! . . . . a Knight. CHESS REVIEW, DECE M BER, 1949 367 QU EEN'S INDI A N DE F ENSE 11 B_K4 R_ R2 13 QxP B- 84 PCO; page 260, colu mn 8 1 ( b ) 12 0 - 0 p , p 14 Q- Q3 Q-N3 D, A ndr i ch ~ Dya hyah* After I ·t ", Kt\xKI'. W hite has better d lalH'eS tha n in t he game by 15 NxN, White lJIa{, k XxX 16 Q- N3, N- N3 17 H- Ql (~7 D- N5, 1 P_Q4 N_K B3 5 B_N2 B-K2 Q- (13!)' (I- X3 I:) !'- KIH : 2 P_QB4 P- K3 6 0-0 0-0 15 Q-K2 Q NxP 3 N- KB3 P- QN3 7 N_B3 N_ KS ~ i n <' e \'ih ite threatens to obtain a S ll' 4 P-KN3 B-N2 8 Q_B2 N,N pe ri or game by protel"\ ing hiR I(i ng Pa \\" n 9 P,N , , . . with 16 II .. B·] (after 15 .. . 0 - 0 , he even Th i~ li ne is rar ely adopted because wi ng by 16 Tlx l'tl, Black must no\\" t ake most pl ayer!' nrc afraid or the awkward Ihe Pa wn. It looks sM e l' to take with tbe doubled Pawu. A('!. ua ll y. thi" doubled ot her K nig ht. but the te xt mOl'e is more Pawn ~h o \lld be of les>, ,,!gn ifi " al1 ,'e than 26 BxN ! R,e ellterpr;':l illg alld ther e Is no ~et' i otls ob in I' ariati on ~ ;n wh;(:h W hite lacks the 27 NxP ! ! . . . . je" tio ll to it., dm!!"e to trade I~i llg lIis hop for lIIa!'!,'s Cou('lli s in' ! Blae k ca n not afford to r eo Q ueen Ulshop. T here is hardly a ny dan· 16 P-N4 ! .. fll sn thp >la,·t·i fice : e.).:., 27 . . . 1{ - H2 2~ 1'- I:;cr he re lhat W h ite will be left wi th the A n illli','estin!;: . t houg h by no meaml (l (1.01_" ..)- ' ... I(- I'-' _? "_ "co (,II- ' I "• • ba(1 HiH h,,\l . wi u n i 1I ,1l.' , co m bi na t i 0 II , At t he momen t , White threate nH 10 t' 27 . . . . P x N 29 Qx Pt R- N2 16 . , . . Bx NP , N5, nnCO I'ering on 11 l1\(" k ' ~ Bishop, 28 QxKPt P-63 30 R_ KBI . . . 11\1\(')< f a il~ t o see t he point of the <:O lll Kow W h ite wins e:1 Rily a ~ there iR no 9 .... Q_ Bl hinatioll . I II ~ tC'acl of t hn text move, he cOli ceiva Lle way of slopping the de(; isive 10 P_QR4 P- QR4 mu ~t play 16., . NxNt to maintain J' e ~ · adl'aJH"c or his united passed Pawns. A sU lle r fida l move wh it'h ('a nses geri ~olla bl e eou ll ter·,;hallees : e.g., (a) 17 Dx 30 .. .. B_ R3 Oti S t muble as it del.ri,",.,s Hla\'k of t wo N. II- Q5 I ~ B- 1'\2, N- ll3 I!J KH- QI , R- Q2; 31 P- Q6 ! e ,p il:lportant possibi lit ies, .. . N- Q H·] a nd (ill Ii Qx:\, II- Q5! (li .. . N- I\·I! '! 18 Q 32 P- Q7! ... P- QB I (the laltel' beca nse It weak • • • • :'\ 3. 1l - (~ 5 l !l II - IJI : ) l S QxN, !'- ll-t! ( I S .. . llxN ? I D B .. K3, II- Q5 20 llxO. QxU ens t he Queen I~ nig h t I'all" n ) . T he point of lhis liquill:ttion Is t hat \Vlth 10., . K- B3 or 10" . I'- Q f.l.1 I I P W hit e wins the ensu in .c: Pawn ending 21 n - m t !), H5, PxH P, llIack reta ins SOllie !;ha nces by one telll !> u. 17 NxN N,N of profiting from White 's don bln(j 1' ~ I\\"n , 32 . . , . e, R 35 QxRt Q-Nl nia ('k Iw s be Uel' fighti ng d]anees ill Sim ply for a sali>.;fa ,·toI'Y ganH', 10, .. 1' 33 Bx Rt Q,. 36 QxQt 17 .. . BxN IX QxN. BxN 19 B- 1\ 3, Q- N I Q4 Ig most (· omme nd:lble. 34 P-Q8(Q ) t R, Q 37 KxB Resigns (I!J ... Il- Q5? 20 UxB; Qx B ? 21 O- U6t! l 11 P- K4 P-Q3 13 P-B4 N_ B3 For. :.rt(' 1" 37 , .. I' -X~ 3~ I'xl', et <:. , or 18" , llx H 19 Qx N!', BxN (1 9 . . . R 12 N_Q2 P- K4 14 B_N2 8 _ B3 White queens wit h <:he <: k: ll l? 20 B- H6 : ) 20 Q xB. R- DI 21 O- K3, Q- I32. II . . . Q--QI first Is better. 18 6 -K3 B- B4 I S BPxP p ,p GERMAN CHAMPIONSHIP 16 P- QS N_ Nl IX . . . Q- 1\' ] loses bel:a llse of 19 BxR. Bad Pyrmont, 1949 (~x O 21) NxP. Q- N3 21 Q R- KI ! Afte!' the Bla,'I, nln", Iry Ir. ... t\ - I ': ~ . The text First Brilliancy Prize text move, Bla <: k apparent ly be li eves t hat allows t he foll owing s:l<"ril'ke. he Is " afe. 17 B_QR3 R-Ql Puzzle to the Analyst 18 RxB! . . . . T h i ~ is " uice game of the r 368 CHESS REVI[W, DEC[MBER, 1949 HAVE YOU READ THESE BOOKS BY RElNfELD? .. "STONE WALLS DO NOT • • • • B L~~K sets up th e so call ed "Stonewal l" defense in this sparkl ing, mllHa lure game. The slone wall, however, crumbles under White's bulldozer. Yo u can enjoy the fun IJY p la ying Whi te with David Przepiorka as YO llr pa rtn er again st F. Gottesdiener. The game was pla yed over·the·IJ01!rd at Warsaw in 192,1,. The opening: Dutch Defense. Cover the White moves in the scoring table at th e line indicated. T H E UN K NOWN ALEKHINE. blore Taking the name of th e opening as a ,cl ue, make the first move on yOUl" Uw. n one hundred of the e arly, unpub· hoard. 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Yon will lcarn quickly by Frcd Rcinfcld) from t he enchanting blend of lu dd plan· ning, I'igol'ulls logic and fanltless execu· (a) In ordcr 10 keep the llishup's dia~ · tion in Tarraseh'S games which are ullul upen. models fo r the aspiring stndent. 400 (ll) T ll c "pcning up of the game (s ig pages. 189 (iiagnl.llls. $5.00 nifying the smaslHlp of the "Stonewall") is j n While\ favo l' l,ecll lI . C HESS REVIEW , DE CEMB ER. 1949 369 HOW TO WIN IN THE OPENING by I. A. HOROWITZ RUY LOPEZ 1'HE ~UY LOPEZ was named ',iCLer a Spanish clergyman, RIlY Lopez of Safrn, 1Il Estramadlll'o. About the middle of th e si xteenth century, he edited a systematic work of one hundred and fift y pages, which presented th e results of research into the . opelllngs. First noticed by the writer of the Gottingen 11S (1 490) and bter analyzed !JY olher authors, ill clud ing Lopez, the opening was ;;:.e ldom adopted in actual play ulltil the middle of the lnst century. Credit for discovering ils potency is (hlP the Russian analyst, lacllisch, who probed its possibilities during the years, I H42·6B. While's th ird move, :~ n-N5, charadcrizes Lhe Lopez. It is a move which aLtacks (]11 adverse piece that is bearing on ttlC center Sfjlwres. Hence it exerLs direct preSSlIl'e 011 the center in an indirect manner. The paLLct'lls which evolve from this opening are close and positional ill the budding period. When A typical position from the first of sel'cralvariations in fnll bloom, however, there is a tendency towa rds of the Raj' LO{Jez~'Which chessfIlasler I. A. Horowitz wide open play. discusses in this series. The opening :I rises 370 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1949 • 5 . ; . . B_K2 At first sight, this appears to be a over, Black would remain with all· iso The text move and 5 . .. NxP are good purposeless move. The Knight moves lated and backward Queen Pawn. alternatives at this point. 5 ... NxP will out on a limb, merely to attack a Bishop, Even the exchange of one Pawn in be discussed in a separate article. For which will retreat. Closer examination the center wuuld benefit \Vhite. Thus, if the present, suffice it to say that, if 5 will not reveal the purpose of the move. LO . .. BPxP 11 PxP, the resulting open . .. NxP, \\.'hlte can recover the Pawn in On ly a knowledge or what Black bas in Queen Bishop file eventually would ac· various ways, the simplest being 6 It-ln. mind will clarify the maneuver. (TUe to \Vhite. 0,', if JO ... KT'xP, 11 Px From Black's point or view, it can be Black is following a preconceived plan. T' leaves \Vhite in conll"Ol of the center seen that the removal of \Vbile's King \Vhite's plan is to advance his Pawn to with good prospects for attack because Pawn clears the path leading to the Q1, pnt llressure on Black's King Pawn of the ad'ded possibility of an eventual Black King. H the Pawn goes, a White and compel Black to exchange Pawns. P- K5. RoolL at Kl faces the opposing monarch, Then \Vhite recaptnres with the Bishop And this spells danger, It is wltb this in Pawn. The disappearance of Black's mind, that Black makes the text move, King Pawn, in effect, will be tantamO\1nt The Bishop at K2 serves to shield the to the surrender of the center to White. King from a subsequont attltcl( on the Black's plan is a parry to White's. He King file, The move really is anticipa moves the Knight to ciear the path of tory, Sinee the danger is lessened, Black his Queen Bishop Pawn. He aims for a is in a better position to threaten to cap· Pawn formation of his own in which the ture the King Pawn. Qneen Bishop Pawn plays an important Incidentally, other moves wilh the part-In challenging or staying 'White's Bishop will not do as well. For Instance, ambition to take over the center. 5 .. . B-Q3 is disadvantageous as the Since the opening has been played Bishop on Q3 blocks the advance of time and ngain, the best plans of both Black's Queen Pawn. The immobility of contestants are Im own to each other. the Queen Pawn, in turn, ties up Black's Each side, thereforc, Is in position to 11 P_KR3 . . . . anticipate and cOlin tel' the other's ideas entire Queen·side. 5 .. . B-B4 fails be Tho move, l'- KH3, as a general rule, in Lhe most effeetive manner. canse "l/Vhite can play 6 NxP! Then, if does more harm than good. In this . . . NxN, 7 P - Q4 and White recovers the 9 B-B2 . . . . case, for example, it weakens White's viece and holds greater control of the The Bishop retreats, even at the ex King·side flank to a minor extent. The central squares. 5 . . . B-N5 will not do, pense of a move. For a Bishop is strong· weakness, however, in this instance, is as \Vhite counters with the move he in er than a Knight, and White wIshes to more than offset by the gain In other tends to make in any event- P-D:::. Then avuid the exchange. directions. Here, the Pawn at TIS pre the Dishop has to retreat and White 9 . . . . P-B4 vents BlaclL from pinning White's King gains his goal at Black's expense. Knight with ... D-N5. The pin would not 6 R-K1 ..•. be fatal fOI' White, but it would mItigate \\'hite defends the King Pawn. Now the pressure which the White Knight it Is inadvisable to grant Black the op exerts in the center. t io n of capturing the Pawn. In addition, the Pltwn at R3 serves as a prop for an eventual P-KN4 and 6 . . . . P-QN4 an all out advance of the JGng-side Since \Vhite's King Pawn is defended, Pawns against the opposing KJng-when the threat of 7 BxN, QPxB 8 NxP, gain the position calls for it. ing a Pawn, is real. Observe that 8 ... 11 . . . • 0-0 Q-Q5 in this instance will not retrieve the Pawn. That is why Black destroys The skirmish to gain control of the the threat by driving the Bishop. center is a st.and off: Dlack's defense has not yielded to \\"hite's pressure. 7 B- N3 P-Q3 Biacl(s last move has a threefold pur· This Is the reason for Black's 8th move. pose: (1) it defends the King Pawn; (2) \Vith Black's Knight at QB3, the Bishop it permits the development of the Queen Pawn was fixed. Bishop along its normal diagonal; (3) it Now, wben, as and if White plays P institutes the minor t h reat of 8 .. . N Q4, Black stlll exerts as much pressure QR-t, followed by 9 ... NxB, gaining a on White's center as White on Dlack's. mshop for a Knight Moreover, Black's square QD2 is vacated and Black's Queen can occupy it to de· S P_B3 • • • • \Vhite's move has a twofold purpose: fend t he King Pawn- again, when, as (1) it creates an exit for the Bishop, in and if it is attacked. Blaek's Queen-sIde Pawn structure is the event it is attacked by the adverse n.n effective one, known eommonly as the Knight; (2) it prepares for the estab lishment of u P:lWn center, with the Tchigorin formation. Al! this delicate maneuvering is to Queen Bishop Pawn serving as a prop. 12 QN-Q2 . . . . balance the scale as far as the center is concerned. Such a Knight move is normally con· demned by the layman. For the Knight 10 P-Q4 . . . . at Q2 interferes with the dovelopment Actively striking at the center. The of the C!ueen Bishop. The in tel"ference, passive line, 10 P-Q3, also has much in however, is only temvorary. In one its favol" and will be discussed in move, the Knight can clear the patb. another article. ?>fore important is its purpose. What 10 . • . . Q-B2 does it portend? . . It is the beginning Defending the King Pawn, which is of a manenver to transfer the Knlght to doubly attacked. Note that this is pos· the King·side of the board. \\'-"hy the ~Ible only because of Black's 9th, which King·side? .. Because White is making was preparatory to the text. plans to Institute a King·side attack. In The exchange of Pawns: 10 .. . KPxP order to do this, he must bring forces 11 PxP, PxP 12 NxP would be the sur· within the range of the opposing King. 8 . . . . N_Q R4 render of the center to \'i>'hite. More· 12 • . . • N_B3 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER , 1949 371 So long as the tension exists in the PIll'pose is to t hreaten a break by the centel', it is diffi(:lult for either side to advance, 15 . . _ P- KD4, Its long term pur- undertake a constructive plan on the 1)08e will become clear when the final wings, Since White is conte mplating a pattern of Black's defense is woven. King,slde assault, Black piles Oil t he 15 P_K N4 , . . - pressure In the center~ t o keep White This advance fot'estalls Black's Inte nd employed In that se ct or , etl break. That, however, Is not the main 13 P-Q5 , . , . purpose oC the move, As a matter of As there is no way for \Vhite to pu t strategy, it is important t o p,'ovoke additional pres sure on mack's center weakne~seH in th!) ene my camp. To do and compel mack to exthange Pawns, so by a Pawn advance is the least eX White ends the t e nsion in the center hy pe nsive way. In an assault which stands the advance of t he Pawn, This l'elieVe s it fair chance of slwcess, Pawns are ex V;'hite of the need to gua rd the cen pendable. Thus, the Pawns advance with 18 • • K-Rl ter and frees him for operating on the a view to provoking weaknesses or open To get out of the line of fire of the wing. In this instance, it is the King's ing gaps, and the major pi eces will fol adverse Hook . wing in which White is interested. low, intent upon exploitation, Of COlll'Se, wlt.h the end of the center True, White's Pawn advance is double_ 19 B-K3 , . . - te nsion, Dlnck is also fl'ee to operate ill edged. Any Pawn advance Is Inherently This aSHists in cleaz'ing the first rank other se ctors. weak, Hnre, the weakness is relatively so as to enable the Qneen Rook to Join unimjJortant at this stage of the game, the King-side assault, while there is a r e spActable attack brew 19 _ , . , N- N2 ing, So long ns the attack is significant, the weakrJtlss will not show liP. Should Consolidating the defensive barrier, the attack fail, however, there Is danger The final destinations of the Black that White's wea k nesses will boomerang. Knights in the opening are achieved. Dut such a possibility, if it does nrise, 20 Q_Q2 . . . , will turn up only at a much later stage Comvletely clearing the way for the of the game. QUeen Hook to join the fray. White also eyes B - H6 as a possibility, 20 .. _ , B- Q2 '1'0 clear the last rank so as to enable both Black Hooks to cooperate. 13 , . . . N-Q1 21 R_KN2 • • • • A unique move which has all the su Vacating KNI for the Queen Hook. perficial appearances of inanity, From 21 _ , . . R_ KNI Ql, the Knight cannot go to K3 O!' back Neutralizing tile Indirect pressure to D3. Yet at QN2, it has little bearing on the King Knight file. on the pOSition. Moreover, it interferes now with the communications between 22 QR-KN1 - , . . Dlack's other forces_ Thereby joining the attack in full Des pite appearances, 13.,. N- Ql is a force . White's last is technically calletl good move, It is t he first step in the 15 . _ . , P- N 3 "doubllng t he Hooks." pla n to build up a defense against With a uual purpose . The immediate White's contemplated assault on the reaHon for the move is [0 crente a squar'A Black King. Follow the Knight mean· at KN2 for the King Knight, where it derings to Its final destination to ob will serve in a defensive capacity. The serve what mack has In mind. long term purpOSe is to keep an eye on 14 N_B1 • • • the possible break ... P- D4 , shOUld the opportunity present itself. P rimarily to maneuver t he Knight to the King-side; secondarily to clear the 16 N-N3 . . , , path of the Bishop. Attaining the object of the Knight maneuver, which was to bring t he Knight into the ,-icinity of the adverse King_ 16 . . , . P-B3 To vacate [he ~quare ... KB2 so thaI the Knight on (.;) .1 can move liP for de To all intents and appearance, White rense . The secret of mack's 13,. _ N- Ql has the in itiative. Dlack, however, is weH is out. poiHe(\ [or defense. With best play, a draw should result. 17 K-R2 A canlinal wit summed np the posi_ To clear the K ing Knight file for' fu tion succinctly with "Black will probably ture occupation by White's Hooks~ all will. \Vhite's attacking chances will un vart and parce l of a grand attacking doubtedly drive him into a rash action." plall. Conclusion and recommendations 14 N_Kl 17 . . _ . N-B2 Of all the openings beginning• with 1 T his is anothe!' nniqne move in Black's Building a defens ive barrier, in antici P- K -1 , the Ruy Lopez offers a longer concealed plan oC defense, Its immed iate pation of the attack. lasting initin.tive to White, with the 18 R-KN1 , . . - lea.:tt amount of s peculation. I VO RY CHESS SET Des pite the pres ence or White and Cunent opinion concludes that the ha ndcsrved P eking A,·t, cHpccla!ly !.e",,(i Dlack Pawns on the King Knight file, patterns evolving from this opening r,, ! ' fi!:ul' c~ , diffcr~"t dcsi!,lIs, 2- ·' indw. • , o ul o f fall'OIl~ c oite(·( ioll. the Rook bears down, indirectly, upon should result ill a draw. The onus of best Sacr!11c'l Sa le the Blar.li Monarch. White is looking play, however, generally rests with P lv)ne T n 9- 7% 8 s iteI' 7:00 e. _\\., Or wrilC to ahead to the time when the P awns may lllar. k, aR he iR the defender, One mis_ G . SOLOMON 304 K 75th Sirect New Ym·k 21 , N. Y. be cleared off the file, step in the defense is fat al. 372 CHESS REVIEW , DECEMBER , 1949 <£) ft Iftl1Ut fft! ft dt i§' <£)~~I¥l § T IU" ~: II II<: cuulin ues: :) Intenl u]I"n a Ki ng.side 1 Q- K 2. B K2 (, P- U3. p 2 a",~a lllt. Fluh r relaxes THE GR EAT FALL QI\"4 7 II N:t I' Qa B P lllO" cr·ll ,,"r "'il sinn ... ilh 12 p- AI.l. Ihe Kin~·~ h" .. ~e~ :lU d all Ih.:: Kin~·~ II I"U I , ,, ~ I , II l1 mplr KIn. i\" - (,IH 4 t) II 11 2. 1'- 11 4 0 5. l.u._l i::: o.: ull illcrs wit h a Dllmlll)· (t ilt" 1I1:,d, 1\1 ' ''1<11"1"1 1 ) d gll' "ff II,,· wal l in I h i ~ m' ><.lcrn 10 I'- Q'1. (' lJ2 II 0-0, 0 - O nc . : n · ~ j d e alh·a nce . . . p ' · c r ~io n "f II ... ;':1"< 'al [:111. SHI" FI"hr (; "IHI II C I~ Ihe Wi, it,· f"r~,, ~ O. Thi~ m a k e~ a n ill llstnlti,'c B.'}. as Iu: 11l1d,·rcsl illlal es the wilh IInU~lIal ,·i;.:"r. ~ae .. ifidnJ! l,..a,.J~ I"",.,· nwn than tllf'rc ~am e I"r lilt" .,,.t iet.- I'r,·(·",]. 1I""",,r "f Ihe (;nll1in g on · arc "11 til(" l""lnl! F. I.n ~ ti g i ~ II ... ,·i,·tim. and tI,, · )!amC \\" a ~ ill )!. a ~ Ill(" ~ 1 '1I" l a ... 1 Jin e has ~ I au;.:ht ,,;:ain .~ t his ·King. 1.laved OI l I' ra;':lw in 11)2H. II "I! c n ~ wil h I I' K4. 1'- 1-\ '1 2 \ b..,ell re'1\;hed. Th" Qu een (I t Bu th ~ id .. ~ l:lIntilmc II ,...ir de KB3. N- QII3 3 IH\5. I'- QH,1 , ~ B IR i'\ - 1l3 (~. ,.. diagram K2 d" c~ n· 1 .111.... II,,· gt'lI<'i"rtf \',· I"l'n1<"l1t: t:\ /I - K.l Il - Q2. No. 1) . I'ntlt:rll. n:;ui yin:.: ror 110 e next round. 1 Flohr rctn ~ a t ~ JrI N- K I. Now 1I "lIr])' 11 11 "f Ihe FI"hr rdi ... :s II) ](- 112, T here a rc many wa),s o f 3 I [e ill" ·n&,, I" mIWIIlf',· 4 Wh ih- f"n:.·" lire n :ad )' clearin;;:: 111 e diuJ;:" n.aJ 6 sl (Ow ly IJU ild ing Ihe at· his Ki ng lIi~ h ll " Pawn I" fu r the e"mi n;;:: fracas. T he re fur h ilS Q ueen Bi ~h" p . and lar.k. T ]'ere i ~ "Illy " ne wa y OIJen the Kin;; Ui ~lwJl fi k f(.r is nu r e a ~ " n why tIl l:}' should ].II.' 1 1 1 ffi ft ft .ft ~ ftllt Wilh .me fcll st ..... ke. FI .... h r plays 26 r\- ]H. 1." ~l i ;.: , 1 ..r . · u ,l.~ wil h 28 The Kin:.: rctreats, 7 Ihe " il, ite King Bi ~ h " l1 8 and 1. 1I .~lig (·" ' IIl,,"n; wilh 9 ... 1\ K 1. 'HI,r F]" hr 10 31 ... K- N2. seeki ng a ill l~ al Ihe Bbl<:k M,,"arch. ... ,\ (n. i\"w FI" llr IlIk .,;;: a ra ill s an"tlu·,· !.I"w III Ihe ill · l,n.I.'Cli.m. a n'] lhere f"llow! and the Wh it e Queen KlI i)!11I .1" ur di.· ~Ia nd: 27 NxB P ! hl .. d Kill t!=: 21) !\" xl'!! LU ~ lig 11 1)eaedul hll yrn akcr: .12 Q has gaim:.1 a IWW I la~ , · [" r n ll(] Il l<" 1I 11(\ ·k lli1 rri.-r IS lakes . . . l'xN. lUHI Ihe ac· H4. N"w f" llows: 32 . .. K "perati"n" !It K4. Lu st i)! bread ...: ,!. L u~ l i)! acet!jJls Ihe liull wa .~ e ~ fa~ t and f"ri,, " ~: !\"l 33 I'dl. I\ xl' 34 Q- N5t, takes 23 ... Q l'xP. and Fk,hr sucrifice by ... Bx,'l . Flohr :-10 Uxl'. K ~I! :1 1 () K4t. AI K- BI 35 BxN and Lhe .... el! moves in: :No N K4. 1.1I ~l i g hi l.' Ilanl wil h ill [,- N:,. TI, ,.. long la ~1 utld a l tIl e , 'x p ~ n se known 8pile ch..,c k ... Q- H4t. eu\·ers wi lh . .. N- 1l2. and fIJI· i ~ flyi ll )!. aud it is diffi· of a ll "f tltrl·e pi eces. Ihe FI.. hr s ililpi r reI ires grace· there [ ull"w ~ : 2.') IhN. Kxl3 . cult tIl kee p tnwk .. f Ih e la~1 Bl ack I\ I .. na ... ·h i~ na k ... ll y filII )' : ;)6 K- H2. and Lustig Can J31ac k n"w ~ "n · i\','·? IlH,,·inli aeli"n. "~ I' "~(;d - t,, ,I [,,111 1 .., ltill! :.: il'es u p tlte :.: h"st. CHESS REVIEW , DECEMBER . t949 373 . T APS "THEBE'S one horn every minute" and "Never give a sucker BLACK TO MOVE ilLACK TO MOVE WlIlTJo: TO MOVF. BLACK TO ~lOV~: 3 As in the previous ex 4 Once more an attractive 5 11 i~ ralhe r curious that 6 Black sees (l chunce to ample, llluck sll<:cumbs to !I tactical idea gangs aglev. Black's King Knight Pawn, caplur" H Pawn, llnd wh)· move- ali too ohvious- once :~()tjcing that White's Queen d{'s pite it~ cOllsumpl.ivc ap· not? He plays 1 .. . BxKP you sce it. He snatches a Knight Pawl! is pinned, pcarnne<.!. Cllnnot he cap· (figuring 011 2 NxB , QxN 3 Pawn: 1 ... NxP; whereup Black tries l ... \{xN, ap· tured with impunity. For IhP'! Q- Q4 winning the on 2 NxBt win s! For, if 2 ... part:ntly winning u piece. in st1111C<.!. if 1 NxP, R-NS Houk IkACK TO }IOVt: [31.,\CK TO .\IO\"E WHITt: TO ~10\' F. 11l.M: K TO MOVt: 7 \Vhite's Queen Rook 8 Black ought to be sus· 9 BJil ck'~ llisitop at B'1 i~ 10 Wh il e IU I ~ set a de· Pawn is a wcakne~s which it ]liciou~: the line·np of a en prise. \Vhite should be lightful snare: 1 ... Q-N8t will pay lllack to oh~ervc \Vhitc Hook on the King wary of ~ I !ch fat, juicy bait, 2 K- ]{2, QxH t 3 K- N3, B during the further course of Knight fil e (lnt! a White but hc bn't, So what hap. K3§ 4 HxHt, BxR 5 Q-B6 Ih e gallic. 1£ Black wrongly Bi,;llOp 011 th e long diagonal pens'( 1. QxB? K- K1! 2 Q roate! Hut Black, seeing prefers action to ob~erva tion, spelb Houblc, Thc rasll 1 ... Q4, NxNt :l ]>XN, Q- N4t 4 t.h rough this fiendish plan, we gel: ! ... 1hP? 2 lhN, NxP leads to 2 P - 135! Q-Q4 K- Rl, B- j{6 5 It-Nl, QxRt! delivers Ihe diaboliCal retort: QxB 3 Hxl3, QxN 4 HxN, 3 IhN, QxB 4 Bxl'!! QxQ - followed by mate hy the 1 ... Q- l.\6i·r! For now, if and Bluek finds that his im· 5 B -B6~ , I\'- N2 6 IhNt, K Hook, s in ce the back rank is 2 l~x Q (l1nrl what else?), pulsiveness has simply cost lU 7 R-Nl (or R- N2 or R unpmlccled. ( Giving up the thell 2 . .. llx]{t 3 K- R2, him a piece. [\'3, etc, to R- N6) mille. White Qu c<.! n lasts longer.) RxQ, and llluck wins casil) 374 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 194) Actlvltlu of CHESS REV IEW POllal Che ss • JACK STRALEY BA TTELL pla yer.: game reports &. rUing., name. o f Po.tal Che.. Editor new ptayera, prlze-wln nera, .ele~t ed ga me., DAVID ROSKIND, Jr. player "profile," &. editorial ~omment. Alit. EdItor POSTAL SCRIPTS iug edilors and m l" Jl\IJ el'~ o f ilr e ir familics. m Cn! 10 play, as arc our regular Hules and Any emrlestant, hOW I'V",., wIlli cnters Hcgula lit!lIs and VUI' l u ~ t rll c l io n s for lI e 1950 Golden Knights Championship II IC t"ll,'''lI nll'nl lItH I.,r a l!.;;eutl onyrn or in gill ne rli at P"slal Clre ~s . CHt:SS Ih :\'u:w-s fi fth annual Golden tI ,e num,' " f anulher pers,,.. will be (lis, Kn igh!!; I'U-ilul Chess (ilampionsl, il) tour· ([ ulilificd. All nnfin islll:d games " f Ihe Tournament Prizes nament 1J<.:J,;ins wi lh tI,e fil"l't .. f 111 C new diHlm,lifi",1 eunlt:sta lll will IR' ; R(VIEW, DECEMBER , 1949 375 \ I ~ i' ill ow ",hi p, ' V".,ti n",. I ~ I I\'y ll c ,' 376 CHESS REVIEW , DECEMBE R, 1949 \V"rner, Brewer top Tllknln: Power o.lown$ WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP IIrew",·. GO Huller, l'i" e l ~o u tic. 62 (l .. ""ni)eq:, 1947 regional qu~!lcat lo n champlon. h lp Hul"ie)' lOP Twill": ' l 'l~ hl e r wllhdrnw~ . 63 Johnson lOPS In Unnne r. G" ClIlInlllghl\Il1 PREL.IMINARY ROUND 1000. hall ~ jo',,"kh o ll~er. 66 Sed,c!! JOltH .FollCP" : A. elOllng aeUon . and in the "h~ence of Johll~o" ..til!! Beall. 67 \'olktUM' whh ( l .-n w ~ . nolJn(i k ntloll re l >or'~ reQ uestell: 47. Wl : Unm· "1 0 l~ i " h leH~ldn lIIU I'~ ~h;C ""l:h uy . 1",y. H"lII.«·)· tlf: 47·W2: Forti. \'"hl"" lrl IN CASH PRIZES Tourneys 71-95: 72 Lon);" ovcr ~o ",e~ Cnl". (t "," "m c ~) dt. 73 :llllc hdl m3M"n .\ 1 " r~la n , 1101"Ue r. 76 75 CA SH PRins, amounting Fl"ank ri l).'! HOlhman. By"u, M ~G I"II'h; BOlh GOLDEN KNIGHTS to a 10lal o f $1000,00, will ",,,n h ;,I1~ Houston: (;"rrI801) d ... wnil Ft!ln k, McGralh. 18 )"" r""oul;h ' I,,,.:II~ ('" ,'f>. 7& P .. ogressl ... e qua lific ation c hamplonlhipi bc awarded to the 75 ·c on· Thoml",on. P rlluflse 1(1) S:'n:~"t: II~rl;e,· Icstun lS who fjnis h with the wilhtlr:, wn. 80 Ou k ley WPM It, :->. h"h"",, : 1st Annual Championshipp-1945 highes t scores in CHESS RI';· Ols"n bll$IS Blrtl, lIud$on. HI U"t,,~ lOPS ( 0 F INA L. S ( Key: 45.Kf) vn:w's 5 1h Annual Golden \"irsiel: '\lcI·~" ld c n relh. i(ot.j""uII. 1>: Ch,rk. Schurr lie: .\ Iorley wllhtlraw". 1>3 1'1nkol!!loln As closing action. a]l nnfini,hCtl J;n m e. K nig l.ts P ustlll Chess C h ampiollship, n ow bows 10 S'"rk. boSIS d.., C .....d ••w": 1....: lIlg ' 01'" nl" "1 he .... I>or'e<1 for "dj" dle"tlo " h )' J An . o pen to ull c h essplaycrs in the contin e ntal 31. 1 9~i.l. F'ailure !'O 10 report on time Will Sh"nor. S:. :)U., I II",,·hc r 1M'''' '' U"'lx:rg.:.·; U n ited S tulCS and Cal1ada. Whi,,,,,,,, whi,,,, :;' ei"(..",,, ~ ; "".:. ~1> ;\1,,"'lU'_ ",.,, 11 In r",·fell. Sectio:u 1·24: 20 Ilnmhlser. Ban.., IIc. 24 la"d j o l'~ . I o h"~(t,,. HI"", . '0 \\"""llnl; whl l'~ Ente r Ihis 10 1l rnll ", ~ "1 und you can w in Sawy"r. ;\lorl<,)·. 91 "1<:I":cc tlo,,"". l!:lIen be rl':" r.nprecht tOI)S :'olelden. up lu $2:>0.00 in cash - the llmOUl1! of Ihe cr. 92 \Vhi,",,,,, ,,,,,~,,,,.,, M""~lOn: Jones Grand F irst P rize. T he rtl!1ner·np will wilhdr" ,,"R. ~ ~ ~1111 "r 10va l..:,ulmc ,.; W"b"r 2d Annual Championshipp-1946 rccei ... e $100.00! T 1. inl to lenth place w ll i l '~ ~ I "~·,," ~h,,y. 9~ C he r,'y 1... 1'~ ( 0 1',,1I1~: SEMI·FINALS ( Key: 46·NI) .Johnson WillS !.klener. ~;; M yel"~ , Sdlwol1~er pri1.cS range from $30.00 down tv $15.00 . As clo,!"g a ction, 1111 ''' '(('' I~ h,,, 1 K ,,, ,, e~ ""'~t"'· Mu,·t,·>· . l'hCll come 65 prizes of $5.00 each for wero (I be reported fOI" Il djudl~lltlon by T ourneY5 96·151: 96 h:ltu rmltll h"U ... H"r players who finis h from 1111, !o 75th! rinllton. 97 Hates bCllts Perkins. 100 h: ohoul o.'lol>c,· 3d. ROllntl - clOSing r" 1l0 '·'''. "])tlear clOlll" KI" CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1949 379 POSTAL SCRIPTS tukt: the ma il e r li ghtl y if any player is The Championship Booft! (Continucd from Pase 375 ) reported lllle. Hule 11. Iwwever. carries certain p ro· T he ca ~ h prizes will ~ aWlirded in ac· l' isiOl ns to .;usure thai no one ca n be for. curda nee wit h the sched ule, stated in the fcited untl uly on a time complaint (other ad Y. ~ r t is l' m en t. p. 377. to those 75 q uali IHovisions cume undcr Rule 12 ). iied n ndists who ach ieve the highest such F irSI, us .... e l [i!ICus~ etl at sunu: lenglh weightcd lIoi nt tolal score!! in the three carlier. an " jf"' series- .... hich might be rO llnd5 of the tOllrna mcnt. I ro u L l e ~o m c /(,. a 72 hour rcply-extends In the case o f lies, the prizes fo r those the l ime limi t. crmlestanls (;o nCt'rned wil l be set aside Second. a pl ayer who fin ds himself too alld awarded to them in accunlance with pressed fo r til1w can announce a "time th eir sc",'es achi eved in U lie.breaking: 011 1." He ~I lnilid do so along wi th a reg· match or rOllnd·robin tOllrna ment. ul ar. time ly m(,ve, in adv(lnci' of the time Your Results and Rating Published which he wislre 380 tHUS REVIEW, DECEMBER , It19 19 . . . . Life's Little Lessons 20 N_Q4 • • • • • T he following ga me, from a Class n POSTAL GAMES W h ite loses at least 11 PawlI itllfl w ith tourney. Is ha rdly above average- on the from CHESS REVIEW ' o ur nt'ys it the ga me. Arter ZO r-; xN. DxN 21 DxD, whole. Ye t it has that clIscnse o r wlt H lI: D 22 Q- N 3! and Dlack does not have bre l·it y- and. li ke most a l'e'·a ge games, much . It COnl alns excellent lessons fOI· those annotated by 20 . . . . N_B3!! who would impl·o ve. UJu ck's one Ht 5, JACK W. COLLINS T h reat en ing 21 .. . N lI:Nt 22 K - DJ, Nx e n ·O I·. move Is mOre redeemed Q 23 DxQ, NxD. Ut il I! by his subseque nt pla y. \Vhlte errs In [ntilng to llU nlsh that Attrition 21 K_Bl • • • • move 5, but- above a ll else-in per- The 1945 Golden K nights winner had a If 21 NxN, QxN, followed by ... DxR. milling a K n ight to be posted o n his stout ollilonent here in John GlI l'net who w l n8 the exchange. Or. If 21 DxQ, Nx"t K114. After tbnt. U's sheer u ·llgedy. had won Quickl y. evon snlash lngly, and 22 K - III , i\xQ 23 BxR, l:xlJ1 a nd Wack RUY LOPEZ so Qu al ified much cllrlle!" than other s to obtain8 t he a dvanta ge of two m ill or sem l·nlHII and final I ·O \lIl(I ~. pieces [01" a Hook. peo: page 369, column 104 (I) So He llbe rg gra sps th e Inltlatl\'o, ap 21 . . . . K. Melroy Jerard K. Hartma n pli('s J)l'CMS ll l'C T hreatening 16 ... BxNP ! as 17 PxB, Q- H3t 18 K - i\l. Q- HG leadli to mate. 16 K_N3 · . . . If 16 Il- KKl, Q- H3 17 R- N 3, BxNP! IlIlll Ulack \\" In:J ; n ud, It I I; N- N3, N xP ! 16 . . . . N-Q6 18 K-N2 BxNP ! 17 Q-K2 Q- B5t 19 PxB ...• 42 R- N3 · . . . Gc·eatc r resistance Is offered w it h 19 On ~ 2 UxP, llxP. Black gets a IJassed QxN; but, a fter 19 ... Ux l't 20 K - RI (20 Queen Knight Paw n w hich wins. Kx B, P -1'\"j and Wack wi ns). DxR 21 42 . . . . K_N3 Qx Ll , P-Nii 22 N - H2. I'- D·I, Black hils 16 KR_QN1 • • • • 43 P_R4 B-N5 enollgh 1I'00d and attuck t o prevail. Black an swers 16 PxP wl l h 16 ... KR 44 BxB PxP! 19 . . . . QxPt QI and 16 QH- l lNl wit h Q- 1H. H ... i'xU? 45 RxP o.lmws ! 20 K-R2 N-B5 16 . . . . Q-B2 18 Q- N5 QR-Ql Resigns 45 BxPt K.B 17 B_N3 KR_Kl 19 PxP • • • • 46 R_N7 P- A 6 Postal playe rs are invited to submit their NOL 19 Qx:.1 P ? N xPt! 20 PxN, Q- B 5t. 47 RxP K_N3 The n. if 21 K- K3 01· 21 I<- KI, PxPt, or BEST games for this department, T o be Resigns . 21 K-Q2, B- H3t, or 21 K-QI , Q- QG t, with · . . eons idered, the movea of eaeh game mu.t a winning attack i n each case. The passed Pawn cannot be prevellted be written on a .tandard l5C ore sheet, or frOI1l Queeuing : e .g., 48 R- RS , P- H7 49 typed on a s ing Je sheet of paper, and eJearJy marked " for pubJ1eation." t = chock : ~ _ dhl. check : I = dl~. ch. It-ItS, H- R~. CHESS REV I EW, DECEMBER , 1949 381 Annual Index To SAIN, O. V8 Hauc h 85. OAKE, A. V8 Schmitt 183. Bardeleben C. VII Steinit1. 336. Oaly, H. vs Curdo 56. Barnes, G. vs 1(ujoth 22. Dartin g, B. \'8 Saxton 162. Dartsch, E. Ys J enncn 37. Davie, J. vs Satlowsky 18 2. CHESS REVIEW Bauder, C. vs \\'Inkelma n 115. Dayt on, E. \'11 Lewi8 135; C. Becker , A. \'8 E. l' os t 236. T homas 22 ,1. VOL. 17, NOI. 1 t o 12 JANUARY TO OECEMBER 1949 Benitez, F. V8 Buwe 151. De Jong, A. VII Jacobson 135. PAGES 1 t o 3644 Benko, P. vs r.okVIlllC 47. Delmar, E. VJI Rlcl\ardllon 37. Bergsma, K. VII T nr tnkover Dembo, N. \'.'1 Hatnel' 28ge . • Sym bOl "c" de notu cover p;oge r.e"t to numbered p;og e . 150. Denker, A. vs Kramer 9; Berliner, H. "11 MUler 55; HO l'Olv itz oJ.! : Feil 153 ; ARTICLES P age He l'llantl ez 279; S hapll'O Plnku8162. 1948 in Review by Jac k Straley Battell ______1 280. Oe Riv ie r e, A. V8 Morlllly 170. Bernstein, I. V8 NilssOl1 206. \' .'1 F ine vs Najdorf (Games, a nn. b~' H . K moch a nd 1\1. Najdorf) ] 08 Devos, P. n. Wood 20. The Moscow.Buda put match (Games, :mn. by H. K m()(:h ) __ ]36 Bernstein, O. \'11 Tnrtnko\'c r Dol iukanov \'.'1 Mane\'itz 289c. The Flower of Youth by Jacques I\Helles ______] 8 ] 363. Donovan, J. \'8 Hea rst 22. Bird, H. "11 i\l nroczy 144 . \ ' .'1 T he Unknown Al ekhine by F ,'ed Relnfeld ( I:~xce l' p t ll ) __ ___ 232 Ora"el, R. 1,,'1m bert 321e. Games from the U. S. Open (Gnmes, nnn. by H. Kmoch ) __ __ 238 Bisguier, A. vs 1-;uwe I I ; Dubin in, P. \'11 N . I'etro\' 215 ; T he Fireside Book of Chen by Che r ne\' and He lnfeld Sa udrin 238 ; McCo l'nliek Novelelno\' 3.\1. (Bx ce rpt ~) ______266 278 : 329. L. Oubois, F. \'.'1 H . Evans 280. Horse P lay ______29 0 Evan3 Dunst, T . \'11 L. Evans 84 . Pronunciation by Nat Haille r ______328 Blackburne, . vs Ste!n lt7: 52. DuVall, A. \'.'1 Cl' lttem.lell 2U. Blau, M. VII Tord!otl 54. Oyahyah vs Andl'ich 3611. What 's Wrong with American Chen ? by ~'red M. \Vren __ __ 330 Bogolyubov, E. VII A S 1.t llIOl~ 172; Niln 7:o vich 185; SERIALS EASTMAN, G. vs Stolzenberg Enoch 272; Ker es 332; 302. Int. Chess in New York (Games, ann. by H. Kmoch) ___ _ 8, 40 Spi clmnnn 36 1; Yate s Ehrat vs Puc 276. A Chess Review of Hiltory 362. by l-L Hanison ______11 , 43 , 78, 143, 175, 244 Eliskases, E. V8 Czerniak 180. Bohatirchuk, F. vs l". Howard Elo, A. vs Kujoth 182. This made Chen HIIlory (3) by Paul Hugo Little ______12 280. Enoch V8 13ogolyubol' 272. Past Maste rs (Miesel, Tarralch, Morphy, Retl) Bolbochan \'8 Pilnlk 76. Evans, H. vs Duboi8 280. by J. HaUler ______38 , i O, 168, 200 Boleslavsky, I. V8 Stahlberg Tales of a Woodpusher by I"red 1\1. Wl'en ______10i} Evans, H. D. vs Gross 2011. 20; Book 78; Stoltz 83; Evans, L. vs Rehberg 56; How t o win in the Opening by I. A. Horowitz __ 261,306,33-1,370 L . Steiner 205. Dunst 8·1; Shaf[el' 239; Chess Is Where You F ind It ______321 Book, E. VII Doleslavsky 7S ; Values of Cheasmen ______• ______378 Kramer 301; Di3guier L. Steiner H2. 339. Boros, S. vs S xabo 297. Euwe, M . vs F ine 8; Disguier DEPARTMENTS Botvinnik, M . vs Vidmar 45; 11; Tarta kover 19; Kra· Sozln 77; Miche ll 139; Announce the Mate: ______18. n. 129 c, 1 ~3e , 257e mer ' I~ ; Kroone 46; Alek. Kan 27 1. aook of the Month: __ 58, 86, 11 6, 152, 184, 20ll, 2H , :104, 344, 355 li lne 102; llen it ez Hil ; Checks ______322 Bowdle r \'8 !'hUldo r 248. Van Does burgh 171; Na)· Chess a la Cart e: ______248 Brandts, P. vs Hears t 342. dort li3; S tahlberg 1H ; Chess Caviar : ______37,98, 135, 162. 226, 329, 363 Broadbent, R. VII Ait ken 58. Maroczy IH ; l"I r c Z76, Chessiana : ______81,331 Bronstein, O. VII 'I'0 1U8h 85 ; 364. Chess Mov ies: ______52, IH, 192c, 336, 337, 373 1H \'ltli ky 213: Vajda 2-13 ; Chess Quiz: ______·19. IlS, 178, 225c "' u rman 2·16. Brosheer, J. VII Ne gron! 160. FAH RN I, H. vs JteU 201. Games from Recent Events: ______19, 5~, 82. 11 2. 148. 179, 210. Failing \ ' 8 Drun nemer 32. Brown, G. \' 8 Thomas. 365. 2~2, 276. 300, 33S. 36·1 Brum, L. \'8 :-.tearlng 288. Feit, H. V8 De nkel' 153. Game of the Month : ______14 , 74 F ine, R. V8 E uwe 8 ; Najdorf Graphic Endings: ______9Se. 1281: Brunet, R. vs Sollfrey 352. Brunnemer, J . vs M;lrscl\ner H , lO S, H 8; Kramer 42; Irving Chernev's Chess Corner : ______28ge, 321 c, 353e 32; 1,'a lHllg 32. HOl'OwiU: 74. Past il I Chen: ______" __ 23 , 59, 90, 119, 15~ , 186, 21 5, 250, Finkelstein, N. VII Jay 50. Buchet, A. \'11 Smollar 151. 282, 31l, 3~6, 375 Bunt, H. vs O'Ke lly li3. Flohr, S. \'8 Hetby 235; Reade rs' Forum: ______33, 65, 97, 129,161,193,225, 257, 2~9 , 354 Burger, K. \'8 Porman 3~3 . Lustig 373. Readers' Game5: ___ __ 16, 50, 88, 11 0, H U, 17 6, 206, 2-10, 268 ,312 F lorian, T. " JI Auerbach 180; Readers' Questi on5: ______66, 98 By rne, D. I'S H. Byrne 302, 303. Kotol' ~ 11 . Solitaire Chess: ______H;, 45, 87,117, l G3 , ISS, 209, 249, 27 5, Byrne, R. V8 D. Oyl'lle 302, Foltys, J . Gligol'lCb 82; l'aehmun 29U; Kovacs 305, 345, 369 303. Spotlight on Ope nings: __ ___ " __ __ '16, 76, 102, 13~, 171, 203, 2H, :.100. 270,297,332,361 CANAL, E. vs .\lal·oe1.Y 141. Foree,t, D. va l\1i eses 367. T actics: ______237 Forman, B. \'.'1 nUl'ger 343. T h reats: ______" ______199, 291 Capablanca, J . I'S 1~1ll. LU 8kel' 138. Fuest er, G. V 8 S!lllnghi 136. Tournament Calenda.r: ______134, 167, 19 ·•. 231 , 327, 360 Fuglie, C. ,".'I H endricks 320. T raps: ______2in, 37 ·\ Carr, W. VA A(;kCrl!\iln 114 . Chambers VII Yarbrough 192. F urman, S. \'8 Bronstein 246. World of Chess: ______3. 3·1, 67, 99, 130, 163. 19 i} . 227 , Chauvenet, R. \'11 i\lear8 96. "';"• u<> . ''''2_ ~. 3"_ 3 • "6"" Cher nev, I. VII Horowitz H 3 . GAALKEMA vs Nljhoff 135. Christoffel, M. Yl'l O'Kelly 333. Galia, K. \'8 GruenCeld 16! ; Christoffersen VII Loven 266. Ujtelky 2·15. GAMES-Indexed by Players Cohn, E. "8 l\I" rllhn ll 2~9 . Garnet, J . vs Rehberg 381. Colle, E. vs T orre 103. Gereben, E. 1'8 Karastolchef ABRAHAMS, G. \'11 Amateur Allen, B. V8 ,Moore 60. Collins, J . vs H ea rl'l t 183. 80 : S myslov 137. 321 c. Almeda I'S Sole,· 37. Condon, F. \'8 C. Wood 60. Gl lg, K. \'8 Ma roczy 142. Ackerman, O. VII Carr 114. Ama.teur \'s Morphy 170; Cook V3 S ulllva n 279. GJigorieh, S. vs "'oltys 82: Abra h"ms 321c ; Horo- Adail, J. V8 Mendes 366. Cording ley, E. vs · Alexa ndor St a hlberg 277. Adams, W. V8 Shalnswlt 55 ; wlt1. 363. 32 1 c . Golombek, H. V8 Pirc 112. Rublnow 11 3 ; Green 27 1; Anderson, F. V8 P08chel 21 ; Goglidze, S. vs S myslo," 80. Wa chs 302 ; Guze 338 ; A. Sulliva n 113; Va itonis Cortlever, N. " II Stolt :!: 298 : Lundin 298. Gottesdiener vs Przeplol'b Martin 366. 34 c. 369. Ait ken, J . V8 Uro.;ulbe nt 58. Anderssen , A. VII \Vyvill 13. Couture, W. VII N. 1I0w II I'li 96. Green, M. vs Ada ms 271. Alatortsev, \'8 Kopnyev 270; Andrich, D. vs Dyahyah 368. Grigorieff, V. V8 Heshcnkr llyin·Zhenev8ky 2i 3. Anonymous vs J aglom 268 ; C ra dd oc k \'s..' I Ie se s ,,_ -I. Crittenden, K. \'8 DuVnll 2H . 117. Alekhine, A. V8 I':u we 102; Penlne 305 ; Anonymous Grob, H. " 8 Nnjdorf 54. HonbtzOI' 232; l.evitzky 337 : Sneml8ch 341. Cr oss, J . vs P et el'8on 56; R. Gross, B. "s H. D. Evans !U. 233; Vajda 23·1; J.undin Aronin, L. V8 Levenfill h 22. i\l al'lIn 365. Grauman, H. vs Silbel1llelD 298; KU]lrlanov 345. Asgeirsson, A. \'8 Moeller 367. Crux, W. \'8 Gulmard 179. 240. Ale xander, C. \'s S1.nbo 20~; Autalos, L. vs Dogolyubol' Curdo, J. vs Daly \iii. Gruenfeld, E. V8 Kunert IO~; V. Petrov 298; Cording· 172. Czerniak, M. VII 1':IlH I! ll sell Galla 162. ley 321 c. Au erbac h, Y. \' 8 Florian 180. 180; Poma r 20l0i. Grynfeld \'s Tarnol'skl 135. 382 CHESS R~VIEW, DECEMBER, 194t Guimard, C. vs Martinez 116; Kunert, F. vs Gruen feld 103. Newberry, W . vs Schoole r Rossoli mo, N. vs Muh ('Jng 55 ; Cruz 179. Kuprlanov va Alek h ine 345. 21 2. Schmid 214; Wood 2,12. Guze, M. VB Adams 338. New e ll V8 McLaug hlin 207. Roubtzov Vii Al e khine 232. LACERDA, J. VI Naba o 176. Nijhoff, vs Gnnlkomn 135. Rozsa, B. I'll Neal 56. HARTMAN, J. VB Melroy 381. La mbert, H. \'$ Dra xe l 321c. Nilsson, Z. \'S Lundin 58; Rubinow, S. \"11 Adallls 113. Hasenfuss VI Strautman Is La ndau, S. \' a \ Veenink 87. Bernstein 206. Ru pe rt, D. va Hosell 1. \\" e ig 320. 363. La,"'er, Ed. va Schm idt 340. Nim:rov lc h, A. " s Uogolyu bo\' Hu.rat, E. " S Dono\'an 22 ; Luker, Em. \· s Capabla nca 185. SADOWS KY, A .I' ~ Ua vie IS2. ColllllS 183 ; Brandts 3 ~ 2 . 13S; P irc 20 ~ . Novotelnov I'S Dublnln 3·11. Saemisch, F . I'S K,lshdlln ~ 6 ; Hendricka, W . \'1 Pa lmer L. be dev vs Mike nns 209. i\1.u "OC zy 1·10 ; Anonymous 160; FugUe 320. Le hmul to, B. vs Kanen 'osta O' KELLY, A. \'K Bun t 173; 341. Hernandez, N. \ 's De"lI nc r 162. S toltz 332; St.1hlberg Sandri n, A. \'8 Knt lUc ,' 238; 219. Leonard, A. vs S koH 269. 333 ; Ch ristoffe l 333. Bit,gule r 23S; l( Howard Hilse, W . " 8 Leon ba rdt 112. Leonha rdt, P . V8 Hils e 172 ; Ouchi, K. V8 H untzinger 339. 339. Horowitz, I. vs Kns hdan 43 ; Marshall 226. Santasiere, A. vs Kasbdan De ll ke r H ; F ine 14 ; 2i2; Horowitz 291; Hoit. Leve nfish, G. va AI'oll ln 22 ; PACHMAN, L. VII Sznbo 182; Che r nev 143 ; Koch man Makogono v 47. FoUys 299. s tein 339. Sa m:, J . VII Pere:1.: 11 5. 150; Snntnsle re 297 ; Levitzky vs Alekh lne 233. Palmer, M. v,; Henth'lcks 160. Amate ur 363. Lewi, va Da yton 135. Pa nov, V. \"s Mu raky 46; Sa pi r o vs Najdorr 261. Howard, E . vs CO ll t ll "e 96. LIlienthal, A. va Koto v 57. Taima nov 10,1. Saxt on, D. va Darti ng 162. Howard, F. V8 BohaU rchuk Scara vella, C. \"11 Kirschs tein Lob V8 Pos t 248. Patton, G. \"11 Quum me 288. 280; Sandrl n 329. Lohmann \'s Siegel 368. Perez, F. ,." Sa nz 115. 1-16. Huffman, F. V'; H . Thom pson Schaeffe r, R. \'11 Wyman 8·1. Lokvenc, J. vs Uenko H. Perrine, G. \'I! Anonymous 288. Loven \" 11 Christofferse n 266. 305. Schmid, L. \"s /(os soHlIlo 2H. Schmidt B. \·s Ed ],asker 3~0 Huntzinger, VII Quch l 329. Lucki" M. VI! S tahlhe rg 299. Peterson, P . \'S CI'Oilll 56. Lundin, E. VI! Nilaaon 58 ; Petrol', N. vs Dublnln 2, 5. Schmidt, P. \",; Kars t 9S: ILIVITSKY vs Brons te in 213. Al ekhine 29S; Cortle\"er Petrov, V. \'s !lllI l's hal! 226; i"llu hri ng 112 ; Van Schel. lInga l li l. Ilyin.Zhenevlky \'B Alalol·t· 29S. G. Thomas 235 : Alexft n· s ev 27 3. Lustig, F. "S F]ohr 373. der 29S. Schmitt, J. vs Dake 183. Imbaud vs St roml1 10 363. Lynch vs St even 329. Philldor, A. VB Bowdlel' 2-11"1. SC hne idcr I'll Vu ll ll!sarioll SS. Sc hoolcl' , H. vs Newberry Ivkov V8 Hadlch !J~ . Pilnik, H. vs NaJdorf ~; MCC ORMICK, E. V8 Bisgniel' 212. Ka ~ hda n lO ; Bolboch nn Sefc va Stahlbe rg 300. JACOBSON VB De J ong 135. 27S. 76. Serfozo, E. VH White 256. Jaglom, M. VI! Kahn 51 ; Mc Grady, D. vs 'f r ll ll 60. Pink us, A. va Denker 162. Anonymous 268. Mc La ug hlin, C. va Newell 207. Pi rc, V. Vii Golombek 11 2 ; S ha ffe r, J. VII L. l~v a n s 239. S hainswit, G. ,'s Adams 55. Jay, N. V8 F ! nk e l~t e l n 50. McM urray, D. vs T en ner 16. "l aroezy 139; A. Stelnel' Jennen VB Butsch 37. Ma kogonov vs Le venflsh 47. 140; Sultlln 1<1 1111\ 203; S ha piro, O. va Berline r 2&0. Joachim vs J III's henky 338. Ma lmgren va Kroglus 77. E m. "llske!' 204: Milh:h Shaw, J . VII Whitney 96 . Siegel \'a Lohmann 368. Johncr, P. va T a rtakove r 79. Manevitz vs Doli ukMIOV 2S9c. 2 ~7 ; I ~ u we 27 6; S piel. Johnaon VB We iss 37. Markovic h, M. \'s Puc 192c. mann 36 1; Eu we 364. Silber st ein n l Gl"Oss ma n 240. Simagin, V. H I F uester 13!;. Jurahevaky VB J oachim 333. Ma roezy, G. \'s Plrc 139 ; Plater, K. \"8 Keres 333. Saemlsch H O; Canal H I; Pla tz, J . vs H. S te iner 2\. Simpson, R. \'s Weins tock 51 Skoff, F . \'S Le o nard 2 6 ~. KAHN, E. \'S J a g lo m 51. eng H 2; Bird 144 ; E uwe Pomar, A. \'a ROlille tto 212; Kan, I. \"s S myslov 80 ; Bot· 174 ; Ma rshall 226. Czel"llink 2H. Smolia r, V. \'s Uuchet Iii !. S my. lov, V. \'S Kan 8C1' vlnD lk 271 ; Romn'lovs ky Ma rschner \'S Brunne mer 32. Poschel, P. V8 Andel'so n 2 1. 271 ; urlmlsev 272. Ma rs hall, F. V8 Ma roczy 226 ; Post vs Lob 2·IS. Guglid;!;e 80 ; Szabo 136= Kanervosta, A. VB l..eh must o Leonhardt 226 ; K li ne P ost, E. va Bocke r 23 6. Ge"tdJc n 13i; KO U ll a\le~ 299. 162. 226 : V. Pe t,·ov 226; Cohn P owera, A. \'8 I(\ljotll 11 0. Karastoic hev, E. Vlj Goreben 249. Przep iorka, D. \'S GOllelld len· Soler, P . VII Almeda 37. Ma r. ky vs Pa nov 46. e r 369. SolUrey, W. vs Pryer 192; 80. Dronet 352. Karman, I. V8 K\ljoth 17. Martin, A. vs Ada ms 366. P r imave ra, G. VII Najdor r 83. Martin, R. vs Cross 365. P runcr, E. VII Blldl\l k ln 2 ~ 4 . Sou.the rn, M. \'s Moyae H 7. Karst, F. vs Sch mid t 98. Soocl n, B. VII Botvinn ik 77 Kashdan, I. V8 P lln lk 10; MartineZ vs Gulmanl 115. Prye r, G. va Solltrey 19 2. Me lroy, K. vs Har tman, 381 . P uc, S. VII Mn l'l(ov!t: h 192r ; Spielmann, R. \'s He ti 202 ; Najdorf ,II ; Horo witz 43; . Plre 361 ; Bugolyubov 36 1. Saemlsch '16; Kotov H 2; Me ar" E. va ChUuV cllet 96. Ehl'at 2i 6. Mendes, S. \"8 Adail 366. Sp' rO, D. vs ~ p itz c ]" 1,,0. R lvlse 212; Santlllliere Sp itoc cr, A. "s Bph'o 150. 272. Mic he l, P. vs Najdorf 46, 143; QUAMME, C. " 11 1'lItton 288. Stahlbe rg H I . S tahlbe rg, G. 1'$ Bo]eala\"aky Katz, G. V8 Hheams 84 . 20; i"l l lchel 1·11; Euwe Michell, R . V8 Botvinnik 139. RABAR vs V(lk Ol'I u 79. Keller, F. vs Hh e n m ~ I!-I . Mi c helsen vs Stanbridge 89. IH ; Gl igor ieh 27i ; Luck. Radal"'in, V. ":i Prune l' 2,J.i . Kelz, C. va 'l'n rJ"l ll;ch 15. Mines, J . VII Cr a dd ock 267; is 299 ; Sefc 300 ; O'Kelly Keres, P. VII Kotov 213; Radich va l vkul' 9S. 33~ . F01'eesl 3Ui. Ragozin, V. VI< Kotov 80; Bogolyubov 332 ; P Inter M Ikenas , \"S Lebedev 209. Stan bridge 1'$ l\liultelsen 89 333. Najdorf H!J; S ~ l lb o 211. St eine r, A. 1' 8 l'lre HO . Mili c h, D. VII I'lr c 24 7. Ra izma n, M. VII 'l'lIr!llkove(' Kirschstein, S. \" g Scu l"lI vella Miller va De rli ner 55. St ei ner, H. V8 P lat;!; 21'; Kra- 139. mel' ·10. 146. Moeller VII As gelrason 367. Ratner, E. VII Koblent z 270; St ei ne r, L. v~ Book 142; Kli ne, H. vs Ma l'shull 226. Moor e, W. va All en 60. De mbo 2S9 c. Kmoe h, H. va VaJ(la 47. Boleala \'lIky 205 ; Stiasany Morphy, P. VII De Rivie re Rauch, J. VII Ullin 85. 32 1c. Koblentz vs l{ nlne r 270. 170; Amateur 170. Rehbcrg, C. VII I,. J ~v ll na 56 ; Koch man V8 HorowU :1.: ]50. St einitz, W. \'s Black bul"lle Moyae, J. vs Sout he rn H1. We berg 352; Garnet 3SI. 52: Uanlelebe ll 336 Kopaycv \'8 Alntortllev 27 0. Mron , P . vs Richte r 214. Rcthy, p . vs Flolu' 235. St einmeyer \'S Jl[ $g ll le~ 329. Kotov, A. \' S Lilientha l 57; Reshe vsky, S. \'9 G"lgor ierf Muhring, W. VII Hoasolimo Steven \'s Ly nch 3~ 9. Ra gozln SO: Kashdn ll 55 ; Schmid t U 2. 117. 142 ; F lorian 211 ; Ke l"e$ Re t i, R. \'s l',uTasch i 2; Stias sny \'$ Sleinel' 321c. \ '11 213 ; Sza bo 2 ~ 3. FlI h rnl 201 ; S,)Jelmll nn Stolzen be rg E:talmn n 302. NABAO, L. \'a L.acenia li6. Stoltz, G. \'s Uoles];I\'sky 83; Kottnauer, C. vs Smyalo\' 299. Naegeli, O. \'5 Ya les 76. 202. Rheams, C. \'S Kna 8·1: Ke l· Co rtle\'C I' 29S; O'Keli Kovau, Z. V8 P oltys 300. NaJdorf, M. \'s P illl ik 9; Fine 332. y Kramer, G. V8 Den ker 9 ; H . ler ] H . H . l OS, 14 8; Kramer Stra utman is \·s Hasenruss Steiner 40; NaJdort ~ I ; Richardson, P. \ ' 11 Delmar 37. 41 ; Kasllda n 41 ; Michel Richte r, K. VII Ml"oSS 2H . 363. F ine 42; I ~ u we 44 ; San· 46, 143 ; Grob 5·1; T r Uu drin 238; L. Evnns 301. Rist, J. \'s Ye r horr 25 6. Strum ilio v~ Im balld 363. novlc 77 ; P r imavera S3; Rivise, I. VB I( allhdan 212. S ullivan, J . vs AlltJe l'son 113; Kramstov vs Waxberg 248. Yanofsky 141; Uagozill Roitst ein, G. V~ Sa l1t aBlere Cook 27 9. Krogius, N. vs Malmgren 77. 149; Euwe 173; Sa piro 339 . Sultan Kh a n \'8 P in: 203. Kroone, G. va Euwe ,16. 267. Romanovs ky, P. VII ](1\1\ 27\. Nea], A. V8 Rozsa 56. Sza bo, L. va Smyslov 136; Kujoth, R. vs KIlI'man 17 ; Rose nzweig, L. VI! Il ullCI"t 320. . Pachman .IS2 ; Alexander Barn es 22; l ' owe l '~ 110; Nearing, G. VII Drum 288. Rosselli 1'8 'I'nrtn l(o vor 3.')3c. 204 ; Hag Oi': in 2 11 ; Kotol' Elo 182. Negroni, P. vs Droaheer 160. Ro ss etto, H. I'S i'omnl' 212 . 2,13; Boros 297. CHESS REVI!W, D(CEMBER. 1949 383 TAIMANOV- vs P anov 104. Van Scheltinga, T. Petroff Defense 37, 207, 268. b ) . Orthodox, etc. 21 , 45, Takacs, A. Y S Ya t~s 139. Sch lllidt 181. Philidor Defense 266, 280, 363. 56, 7·1 , 115, 136, 201, 202, Tarnovski Y S Grynfchl 1 ~ 5. Vell i s~ar i on , N. \'8 S dille ider Il uy Lopez 16, 21, 32. 50, 58. 206, 209, 213, 226, 276, Tarrasch, S. YS K clz 15 : SR. . tiO , 83, HO, IS 2, In , 212. 303. 321c, 340. c) S lav Defense I I , 57, 83, n eti 72. Verlinsky \·s Yates 362. 21-1, 22 4, 24 1, 2»0, 338, ~5 . 9~ . 11 2, 11 5, 11 7, 181, T a rtakover , S. V8 E uwe 19 ; Vi dmar, M. \' 8 Botvltlll lk 45 . ~ 3 D. 352, 370, 373. 38 !. Johne r 7n; itni?llln l1 139: Vukovic, V. 'is Habnr 79. 277 , 2N8 , 3'-,l le 329 , 353e , T wo Knig hts' Defense GO, 135, 365,366, 30N. Bc r g 81ll~ 150; Hosselli 170,240, 288. 3ilk: Uernst ci n 363. WACHS, S. V8 Adnm s 302. d) Tarrasch Defense 2 ~9 , Vi e nna Opening 56, 113, 176, 278. Te nner, O. V~ I\li' l'Il n l'I'ay 16. Wallis, P. V8 G. 'rhomns 210 . 269, 329, 363. e) Other Defe nses 192c, Thomas, C. 1'8 DfI }, lOn 22 4. Waxberg 1'8 K r nmstOI' 2~S . 300. Thomas, S ir G. 1'5 W alHs Weberg, C. \'s B. Thompson Miscellaneous: Max La nge: 2 10; V. Petrol' 235; 224 ; Hehberg 352. 5,1: Queell's Pawn Coun· Catalan Systems S, 43, 21 0, Brown 365. W eenink, H. vs Landau 87. ter Ga m bit: 320; Game 2-17. at Otitis: 248. T hompson, B. vs Weberg 224 . W ei nstock, S. I'S Simpson 5l. Blackmar Gambit 37. Thompson, H. 1'6 Huffma n Weiss, A. vs Johnson 37. SINGLE KING PAWN; 2k8 . W h ite, J. vs Serrozo 256. SINGLE QUEEN PAWN: Tolush, A. YS Bronstein 85 . Whitney, W. vs S ha w 96. 2-I P_ K4 but not 1 ... P-K4. 4-1 P_Q4 but not 1 ... P_Q4. Tordion, S. 1'5 llIau 5·1. Winkelman, B. \' s Bauder 115. Alekhine Defense ,10, 96, 24 8, In(l ian Systems Torre, C. 1'8 Colle 103. Wood, B. \'5 Devos 20. 28ge. a) Gruenfe ld 41 , 108, 1·19, Trifunovic, P. I'S Naj(iorr 77. Wood, C. \-8 Condon 60. Ca ro.Ka nn Defe nse 55, 72, ~ · 1 3 . Trull, E. \'8 McG rady GO. Wood, G. YH ltossolimo 2,12. 1;)7, 145, 15 1, 1»0. b ) Neo Gruenfe ld 41,148. c) King 22 . :'1.7 , 183, 239, Wyman, M. I'S Schnerrer ~ 4 . Center Counter 2401, 363. l>12, 243, 245, 279, 300, UFIMTSEV vs Kan 27 2. Wyvl ll , M. 1' 8 An derss en 13. Fr ench Defense 56, 8S, % , 11[; , 381. 135 , 150, J ~ O , l S5 , 2J 2, Ujtelky, Dr. I'S Galil! 2·1 5. d) Queen 22, 112. 179,226, YANOFSKY, A. "8 Najtlor[ w' 13 • '32_ , '6_ -I. 0)-"_ I " , 9_,8 9 c, HI. 302, 321 c , 329, 368. HI. 302, 339, 342, 3·1 3, 363. e) Nimzovieh 17 , 20 , 51, VAITONIS, P. I'S Anderson Yarbrough, L. \'s C hamber s S icilian Defense 9, 10, 13, H, :'1. 5. lOS. 160, 2 11, 238, 24 6, 340. I D2 . 20, 32, H , 46, 47, 76, 77, 276. 279. 305, 320, 364,367 . Vajda, A. I'S Kmoch 47 ; A lek. Yates, F. vs Nnegeli 76; 7.'1 , 79, 80, 8 2, 84, 102, 10 3, f) Bogo ly ubov 58. hine 234; Bronst ein 243. T a ka cs 139 ; Bogolyubov HH . 136, J38, 13 ~J. H O, g ) Torre H 7. Van Do esburgh, G. I'S E uwe 362; Verlinsky 362. HI, 142, 14 3, 150. 15 1, Dutch Defens e 51, [;4 , 153, 17 1. Yerhoff, F. vs Biat 256. H,2. 171, 172, 173. 174, 1~ 3 , 329 , Hl , :HiH. 192. 203, 20·1, 205, 214, 234 . 235, 236, 256, 270, Ir regu lar Defense 55. GAMES-Indexed by Openings 271 . 272, 273 , 297. 298, 299. 332, 333. 33~. 3-ICI, OTHER OPENINGS • Neither 1 P- K4 nor 1 DOUBLE KING PAWN: Gi uoco Piano 19, 55, ~9, 11 3, 3·11,352,361 , 362,367. 5 P_ Q4. 1• 1 P-K4, P _ K4. ~ H , 336, 337 . Bis hop's Ope ning 114, 22 4. Hunga rian Defense 365. DOUBLE QUEEN PAWN: Bird N-I, 150. Evans Gambit 15, 170. K ing Gambit (Ace. or not) 3-1 P- Q4, P-Q4. E nglish 22, 56 . 110. 233 , 267 , Four Knights' Game H. 37. ~7, ~-i, 11 ·1, 135, 162. 182, Queen's Gambit 301. 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