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Chess Amateur ANNOUNCING THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL ENDGAME AND PROBLEM MATES IN THREE BY PAL BENKO COMPOSING CONTEST OF THE UNITED STATES The problems above were composed especially for this important occa­ sion by Pal Benko. Each diagram contains two separate and distinct prob­ lems in the shape of a letter of the alphabet, corresponding to the initials of the new contest. Each solution is confined to the area of the problem and does not interfere with the other position within the same diagram. Each problem is a mate in three. Every piece is necessary. Complete contest details and solutions to the above problems will be found on page 68. ~ UNITED STATES Vo lume XXIll Number 2 February, 1968 EDITOR: Burt Hochberg CONTENTS PRESIDENT Marshall Rohland The Interzonol Story, by E. B. Edmondson .. .. ..... ............... ..... ... .. ..... .... .. .43 VICE·PRESIDENT Isaac Kashdan Observation POint, by Miro Radojeic .. ... .. .... .. ... ... .. .. ................ .. .. .......... .47 SECRETARY I Was There, by Dimitrije Bjeliea ... ... ... ............... ... .............................. .49 Dr. Leroy Dubeck EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Interzonal W jnner's Style, by Robert Byrne .. ... .... ... ..................... ... 51 E. B. Edmondson Saidy Triumphs in American Open .... .......... .. .......... ......................... ... .. 54 REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS NEW I!NGlAND James Bolton Thomas C. Barham No Problem, by Pol Benko ... .............. .. .................. .. .. ..................... .. ... ... 56 Ell Bourdon EASTERN Robert LaBelle Allen Kaufman Larsen Wins Again, by Bernard Zuckerman .. ... ...... .. ............................. 58 Michael Raimo MID-ATLANTIC Steve Caruthers Robert Erkes Larry Evans on Chess ............... ...... .. ........ .. ............ ......... ... ................. .. 61 Dr. FTed A. Sorensen SOUTHIiiRN Phlllp Lamb Peter Lahde Letters .. ... .. .. .. .. ... ........ ..... ... ... ... ..... .... .. ... .. ... .... ...... ..... ... ...... .. ............. ...... 63 Robert Cole GREAT LAKES Robert Byrne Dr. Harvey McCLellan Gomes by USCF Members, by John W. Co ll ins ..... .......... ................ .. .... 64 V. E. Vandenburg NORTH CENTRAL Dr. George Tiers Robert Lerner Chess Life, Here and There .. .. ............................ .. ............... ........... 66, 72 Peter Wolt SOUTHWESTERN W. W. Crew The Art of Positional Play, by Sammy Reshevsky .. .. .. ... .. .. ............. .. ........ 67 John A. Howell Robert S. Brleler PACIFIC Burrard Eddy Benko's Bafflers, by Pal Benko ........ ..................................... .. .. ...... ... .. .. .. 68 Kenneth Jones A. M. Gardner Tournament Life .... .. ..... ........... ..... .. .......... .......................... ........ .. .... ... ... 70 NATIONAL CHAIRMEN .nd OFFICERS ARMED FORCES CHESS ................ Robert Karch COLLEGE CHESS ...................... M.rk L. Schwarcz COUNSEL" TREASURER.... .... Davld Hoffmann INDUSTRIAL CHESS .............. Matthew A. Pavitt JUNIOR CHESS ... ................................. Robert Erkes JOIN THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION MASTERS AFFAIRS............ .... .. ........ Robert Byrne NOMINATIONS ...... .... ............... ..... .... .. .. 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Once a Sustaining Member, ship has begun, each successive year's dues ml,ut be paid before the expiratLon date. Other· wise, the sustaining cycle starts over again at year one and at whate ver rates are then In effect. Life Membership: $200.00. WORLD CHESS FEDERATION CHESS LIFE Is published monthly by USCF and entered" second-(:!sss matter at East Dubuque, illinois. Non·member '·yr, subscription: $6.50 ($1.50 outside USA): sinlLle copy: S5t (7~ (F.I.D.E.) outside USA). Chlnge of ilddrus: Allow six weeks notice; please give UI both the new address Fred Cramer and the old address. Including the numbers and dates on the top line of your stenCil. Vice·President, Zone 5 (U.S.A.) Address aU communications, and make aU ehecks P*)'ab!e to: UNITED STATES CHESS FIiDERATION, 47' BroadwilY, NeWbUrgh, N.Y, 12550 42 CHESS LIFE m" " I)('(lk Frem;h; /Ileu cmlle/.ull IIlII/ers/lm!! line amnller. Nor colliel Fischcr seem 10 get l'iI me'Sl'J:(l'S ucrou 10 Po." Diocoflest:1I of USCF Protests to FIDE RlIlIlalliu, Referee in Clrarge lrom Oc/obcr 15 /hrough Oc/obc,OO. Tire au/V 1l'0IJ.illelll of/icifll ullllurclIl/y COlllierwul willi Euglish WCI .\lr. Be/I.:.alli. However, he may ,wI han! Iwderslooc/ (I.' lliell (1$ on Fischer's Behalf Fischer 11101lglrl, or he /lwy IIfI~ e l)cC II too bllsy Irying to I.:.eep Ihe ur;c fllll orguni:::u/iOlI rullll;"g slIwolhly. Wlwlcr; er the re/l!OU, Fischer fell I/tIIl WOllcr eO Il .~ideruli()11 W/I,~ ,wi /Jeillg g ir;CII to ~C/riulls 11'0- by E. B. Edmondson, IJrml/s Ire made 10 Ihe offieillk Executive Director, USCF Wednesday, October 25: Round 8 was scheduled for this date, but Fischer's game against Korchnoi was postponed (as per Tens of thousands or words have already been written on September 10 schedule) until October 30 because Fischer was the elimination of U.S. Champion Robert J. Fischer from the observing a religious holiday from sundown October 2~ until 1967 Interzonal Tournament. Unfortunately most of the reports sundown October 26. Also-and Fischer considered this un· were written hastily, with scant knowledge of the truth, and necessary-his Round 9 ga me from the next day (Thursday, in some instances with a great deal or distortion. Wherever October 26, against Geller) was postponed until November 6. in the world these incorrect accounts appeared, and whether they were In chess publications, the dally press, or magazines Thursday, Odober 26: Feeling that It was not only to his best devoted to news and commentary. they have left wrong impres­ interest but also better for everyone Concerned, and consider· sions of the facts. We shall do OUf best in the pages of CHESS ing that verbal suggestions he had made on the two preceding LIFE to bring the true story to our members and to chess days had perhaps been misunderstOOd, Fischer proposed in players everywhere. writing that the schedule be readjusted to avoid postponement As always with such an emotional issue as "The Fischer of his game. He suggested two days of doing this, the most Affair," it is not easy to determine what is truth, what is direct one being that he should play his Round 9 game against rumor, what is outright falsehood, and-above aU-what was Geller at 6:30 p.m. this day (at the immediate end of his reli· right or wrong about the actions of the principals. Haste can gious observance and on the date he would normally play often lead to injustice in a complicatcd situation so rampant Geller according to the pairing tables). with opportunities to err in judgment or opinion. Realizing SUII on October 26, Tournament Director Hentati replied this, your USCF officers have been extrcmely careful in in writing as fn llows: "I acknowledgc receipt of your Jetter their study of the documents and testimonies available to dated October 26, 1967, and would like to inform you that the them. We shall be equally cardul in this report, refraining Organization Committee of the Intcrzonal Tournament regrets from the temptation to editorialize, giving you the factual its inability to grant your request." That was all. No proposal story as nearly as we have been able to determine it at this for solving the problem in some way other than that suggested writing. Our account will be chronological and, of necessity, by ~~is cher; no ex planation of why nothing could (or would) not elaborated upon too much or wc could never find space be done; no communication between the officials and the con· enough for it in these pages. testanl. September 10: Mr. Ridha Belkadi, President of the TUnisian Friday, Odober 27: The question lay dormant, with no action Chess Federation and of the Organizing Co mmittee, trans· by the officals and with Fischer's Rounds 8 and 9 being post· mitted to all Federations the Calendar of the 1967 Interzonal. poned. As a result, Fischer informed the Tournament Director With the exception of Round 1, Monday, October 16, the in writing that he would have to withdraw because his recom· schedule was arranged so that thcre were rounds on Tuesdays, mendations on tournament conditions were being ignored and Wednesdays, and Thursdays; Fridays were free; rounds again because o( the hardship imp03ed by games on six con~utive on Saturdays and Sundays; and Mondays free. Exceptions days later in the tournament alter the unnecessary postpone' to this schedule of a free day alter each second or third round ment of his Round 9 game. His withdrawal was acknowledged applied to Reshevsky and Fischer and were
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