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Subscrlptio. Ra.~ ONE YEAR $6.00 1 Whi te to move and will 2 B lack to move and w in To be a Queen behind jll.~t If it's a eomfon 10 you, it CHESS iC PRESTIDIGITATION has to be ;;omewhat Ullcom i~ true her e tllln ,.-on are There are other ways or winning chess games of COlll"Se, but fortable -- b ,11, here you are a materia lly a hearl in Illi~ po the appe~lling way i~ by some surprise maneuver. U~\\ally . the Que .. n and an Exc hflnge bp, sition. Still. if your men- !:'acrifice of a Queen, as ;;\lch a gift s urpasses eX[le<::tatiolls. llind, in t'xl'iHlIl;;e, if yon in' aee(\ B ishop Have~ i!.~elf. But surprise comes nol only by such forceful, if not brutal, sist, 1'01' one miserable Pawn, you then lose time for pro~ - means. The subtle lllove call be as effective 11 ~l1 rpri, se whether It's a !'in"'l you cannot wi n eClll ing the winning alla<'k_ at the beginning or the end, or midway' ill a com bination, with a "brutal" Queen saCI'i Is there mOl'," than ~ h ecl' op You al'e to find the winning ways in these positions. l'uting fice, And YOlll' [look is not in timism ill this >li twltion to excellent for 10 correct solutiollH ; g ood for S ; f,lil" for 6. position 10 be slLcl'ificed. justify your beliedng you Solutions on page 127. ' How do you win'; ('an win slleedily '?

3 Whi t e to move and w i n 4 Black to move and win 5 White to move and w in 6 Wh ite to move and win As White ill this position. Spe.llilng of dire plights - Here, ,t~ White, YOli can ob You can say hel'e that YOUi' you hftl'e presumably let the you can't al-oid the subject ~el'l e the l>oHilion with all oppouenl. Ulack i~ f'1l{leal- opponent ravage destructive· here for yOIl are threatened confident'e_ :llatet'jalb', YOll orillg to enforce H draw, Iy through your Queen-side by mate, twice over, and, if J; t:\lHl all en'n, Posilionally, l'os~ibly eyen, he alms just with all ulterior motive of t hat were not enough, by ~'OL' obl"iou~ly have Illu{'h lh.' at liquida t ion. intending to your own firmly in mind. In . Ioss of a Bishop, to boot. You beu!'r 01' it. You save your 1I'0rk o n your i~olm e d Queen fact. your King-side is not. might be able to afford boot Queen, and all is well. nut P"lI'n a fter lhat. The posi too healthy either. So what ing t he Bishop: but any male hold Oil a minute: Such a lioll ~eem~ ~tel'i l e - lJUt no! is youI' prescription to rem is another nl!ltlcl', So what ripe po~itiollal superiority thf'l'e are at 1f', I ~1 three edy tile matter? It'd better b; your eUllning ~ur!' 1'01' lhi~ da~~i,'ally I'all~ 1'01 ' a pay trie~ of SOr1~ . Whkh one 0[' be good! case? o fr'. \\- Il

7 W hite to move and mate 8 Black to move and w i n 9 Wh ite to move and w i" 10 Black to move and win Here as in position 2. YOIl A cluttere(\ position (every Expe"iellce is a lltl€tul a~ ,"'et You can not 'lhrays "X)led to have con[erreu heavy superi lllall is still on the board) - you lllUHt use it Ot' e!~e rOr<'e a matc= -- though YOll ority in Queen-side Pawns presents peculiaI' problems squander thollgilt a ll(: energy will us ually do 11'1'11 to t ry! on Black. There seems to be if one looks fOl' lL win 011 in re-~oll'ing p roblem ~ too As Blatk here you ha\'e Hom e >;ome question as to YOlll' the spot. But then, if you difl'icult fOi ' working out jlroblems; above alL a POOL' policy in that YOllr King think to look for such, it ol-er-lhe-twan l. YOll hal'e a ending is in Pl'oH I, ect. So Hook is immured, But then may be half the secret! Do fine ol'Poi'tlinity here to it bebooves you to do ,lOm e Black's development, temiJOI" not let the locl,~d position re-ns,. ,-xperien" e nlready what more lhan ju~1. eXl.l'i, arily at least. leaves mueh 01' the eOll!',"estion of COll' -"a,' I1 .. ,., -d (II, t hi~ ]Ja)!:I<_ '1'11(' "ate yon l' lli~h"I' , 1·'ll l' yon to be desiJ'ed, So aim for I' Olle nt~ barfle YOIl, 'rlw ...: \\'i" i~ )ll'<,ny, ;11\11 !lot (';,~y , "'Ll I w in , jJl'llvid"d YO Il C"U a mate, iJ; a Will, Wbat h; iU ~e \! jl'! I'IJJ'eeil'e how, CHESS REVIEW 'HI ""'''AI CHESS AlAOAZIHf Volume 28 Number 4 April, 1960 EDITED &. PUBLISH E D B Y I, A. Horowlt:l A REMIN ISCENCE they add interest to Olher magazines and I wonder if the Review wo uld be in· would hel p yours greatly. Third, for fillers, TABLE OF CONTENTS terested in Ihe fo J] ()w ing Pillsbury anec· there could be some new chess facts by dote, not prey iuus!)" published so far a ~ In'ing Chernev. Fourth, articles, games Book of the Mo nt h ...... 104 I know. and studies reprinted from fo reign ches~ Ch essboa rd Magic! ...... 109 Between 50 and 60 years ago, Pillsbury Chess Cav iar ...... 115 journals, Europe, South America, Asia, C h ess C ity, USA ...... •...... 101 gal'c a simuit.aneolls blindfold exhibition etc. Fifth a regular Headers' Leiters col· Chess Club Di rectory ...... 103 at Minneapolis playi ng about the maxI · umn, instead of one every two months or Event of the Month ...... 102 mum number for those exhibitions. so. There must be at leasl fOllr people who Finishing Touc h ...... 105 At one hoard quil l' early in the game. read CHJ::SS REV IEW every month who llave Games f rom Recent Event s ...... 116 my friend Lewis accidentally caught a something interesling to say. How to Win in the Ending ...... 108 Pawn wilh his slceve, moving it from QRi Perhaps, I should contrad ict my fi rst On the Cover ...... 99 10 QR3. By the lime they reached t h~ sentence and say that this is meant as con· Past Masterpieces ...... 107 middle game. he was so accustomed to structive criticism. Anyway, I feel that, Postal Chess ...... 124 seeing it at QR3 that it never occurred to if some of my suggestions are put into R eaders' Games ...... 113 Solitair e Chess ...... ". " ...... 112 him to wonder how it got there. So when. operation, the magazine could be made Spot light on Openi ngs ...... 110 at about the 18th mOI'e, P illsbury played 1000/0 more interesting:. Tournament Calendar ...... 102 j\'.QN5, Lewis cheerfully replied . .. Pxl'\ WAYNE O. KOIrl En Wo rld of Chess ...... 99 and protested vigorollsly when it wa~ St. Catharines, Ollt. called an impossible move. • Mr. Komer's points are all constructive. EDI TOR Pillshury, who was in a far corner of We feel he implies we have not had some I . A. Horowitz the room, playing whist and a couple of of the items when we did have thenl; but it EXECUT IVE EDITOR Jack Straley Battell games of checkers, impatiently called : is tme there could be more. Good stories, CONTR IBU TINQ ED ITORS "Set up the board again." He then ran enthralling reminiscences and el'en keen A. B. Bisguler. I. Chernev, J . \V. Collins. off the 35 (White and Black) moves as cartoons just don't come for the wishing. T. A. Dunst, Dr. M. Ruwe. Hans Kmoch. W. Korn, lqed Reinfeld. quickly as Lewis could move the pieces. We are looking out for them - and yet CORRESPONDENTS trying to provide solid chess fare for the Alabama E. M. Cockrell. That even Pillsbury felt the strain of part of our readers who primarily want Ala ska S. H. O·Nell l. California Dr. fl. Ralston. )or. J. Royer. these exhihil ions was shown at a subse· that. As for readers' letters, we save them Co lorado J. J. Reid. quent appearance in Minneapolis when, till we have enough to make a sizable Con necticut Edmund E . Hand. after abollt 20 moves, he announced that showing and ones of suitable reader·inte r Delaware 111. R . Paul. Florida R. C. Eastwood. he was losing t.he thread of some of the est. One exception, though, we do not in· Georgia Braswell Deen. games but would finish them with sight of tend to "reprint" (copy) what has ap· illinois J. G. \Varren. Ind ian a O. C. Hills. D . E . Rhead. the board, if desi red . This was agreed: peared in other publications, save for such Iowa 'V. G. Vanderburg:. and he had not lost his gri p on them, for collected bits as go to make up "Spotlight Kentucky J. W. ~Inyer . Kansas K. R. i\lacDonald. he won all the games. on the Openings" and the like. . - Eo. Louisiana A. L. McAule~'. WILfRED Bul'!) Maine L . Eldridge. Maryland Cborles 13oraso;:h. Minneapolis, Minll . YOU T H PROG RAM Massachusetts Frunklin J. Sanborn. Your article on the "USSR Youth Pro Michiga n R. iluskagcr. J . R. Watson. Minn esota R. C. Gove. CONSTRUCTI VE CRITI CISM IND EED gram in Chess" [page 33, February] was MississippI D. A . Horris. This is not in any way meant to be a very interesting and enlightening. With Miss<>uri E. A. Talley. such a vast chess program as the Soviet Nebraska 13. E. Ellsworth, J!l.<)k Spence. criticism of CHESS REVIEW; I have looked R. E. Weare. through several issues of your magazine Union is enforcing, everyone is a potential Nevada R. L. Whecler. wh ich I have, and I feel that it is los· chess master! One wonders if the World New Hampshire Ralph :\1. Gerth. New York Edward Lasker. H. M. Phillips. ing the vitality and originality that it Title can ever be brought back 10 the North Carolina Dr. S. Noblln. once had. This can be remedied in anum· free.thinking World. North Dakota D. C. ~[acdonald. Ohio R. B. Hayes. J. R . Schrocd er. ber of ways I think. First, there should However, even without a crash program, Pennsylvan ia 'Villiam R. Hamilton, Lee B. be more articles, perhaps chess reminis a remarkable and avid interest in chess is Hoover. South Ca roli na Prof. L. L. Foster. cences by Edward Lasker, Fred Rcinfeld, being shown by our own youlh. Our own So uth Dakota :\L F. Anderson. Dr. Euwe and other chess greats. Second, club has some exceedingly bright pros Tennessee i'tlrs. Marlha Hardt, J. G. Sulli - pects. In our recent rapid (10 second) van, Jr. there should be more stories - you had Texas Frank R. Grave$. Homer H. Hyd". only three last year - and perhaps one tournament, which was won by Oscar Utah Harold Lundstrom. OI two good chess cartoons every month- Obeon, Oll r first board player, 14.3, Stan. Virgin ia Leonard Morgan. West Virginia C. Pride. Wisconsin E. Olfe. CHESS REVIEW is published monthly by Subscription Ra tes : One year $6 .00, two Wyomi ng E. F. Rohlff. years $1l.00. three years $15.75. world -wide. 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CH ESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1960 97 ley Tomchin, age 14, was second with a score of 13·4! Also, recently, Jerry Goldin (14) won the club's only victory over Arnold S. Denker in a 23 game simul· taneous exhibition! It seems when you sit down these days • across the board from a new eager youug mertCan face, you must be prepared to play your best. Who knows? - you may be facing iI future Grandmaster or even World Cham. pion! (we hope). GEORG.; STANLEY Sec. Nassau CQunty C. C. DE GUSTIBUS? 11111111 I wish to withdraw from my Postal Chess Tourney. I don't care what you do Wilh my rating; I shall not be back. TLe AIIIerlcau CH E S S Foundation Postal Chess was misrepresented to me as a game where I could play other ama teurs for pleasure and relaxation. Instead. I find myself deluged with openings of master strength, straight from hooks. I have, it seems to me, two alternatives: What The American Chess 1) to struggle on, hoping I can defeat the collected wisdom of years of ches:J analysis and research; Foundation Has Done So Far 2) to buy a copy of peo or its equiva· lent [let's not forget MCO] and spend the next few weeks dutifully copying out the It has raised funds to finance American Chess Team partlclpa-• • correct moves for whatever line we have tion in international tournaments. entered, hoping for a decent game with the column ends. Has organized matches between players in the U. S. and other It seems to me that a great deal of time and postage could be saved if the Iwo con· countries. testants would merely spend a month or so deciding which variation of which opening In all such endeavors, the Foundation works closely with the they would play and then continue on from U. S. State Department. there. I return to board play, where I can peek The Foundation finances the U. S. National Chess Championship occasionally under the table 10 make sure play and works closely with the U. S. Chess Federation, which is the that I am playing my professed opponent technical authority on chess. and not a copy of PCD spread on bi.;; knees. Exhibitions. lectures and chess teaching programs have been or GEORGE F. SWETNAM ganized in colleges and high schools, at U. S. Armed Forces bases, in Glenshaw, Penna. veterans' and other hospitals, and for youth organizations . • "A thing worth doing at all is worth do· ing well," and the "amateur" who thinks Special awards for chess players in the U. S. Armed Services he can flounder his way through the open· have been provided. ing with any profit merely deceives him self. The opponent may not have the book • • Chess players have been supplied to assist III rehabilitation pro- on his knees but has memory of it at his disposal in 19 out of 20 board games, and grams at penal institutions. the "amateur" is merely unknowingly stick ing his neck into it. At least in Postal The Foundation co·operates with service clubs throughout the Chess, witlt a book, he can equalize such country to develop chess playas part of their Adult and Youth Group odds. Postal is also an excellent way to programs. learn such openings as the practical exper ience is acquired hand and hand with the It works with the Veterans' Administration in teaching programs theory. And there is considerable art, and and exhibitions in veterans' hospitals ... has supplied chess sets, even pleasure, in feeling one's way through the provided chess teachers for hospitalized chess·playing veterans. various lines as alternatives present them· selves. It's a pity for some that chess reo In co-operation with professional and occupational clubs, and quires so much work in learning and mem orizing the openings. But, if chess were with employee recreation groups, the Foundation has planned and set easier, it would not be the great game that up programs of teaching, exhibitions and club matches for industry. it is. And meanwhile Mr. Swetnam might appreciate that Postal Chess docs at least American Chess Foundation PEnnsylvania 6-9590 save the burden of memorizing openings. - Eo. 1372 Broadway, New York 18, New York 98 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1960 CHESS Vol. 28, No.4 REVIEW APRIL. 1960 ' HI p,tru al CIfI SS ""OlillHI

INTERNATIONAL On the Cover Mikhail Botvinnik merits place of hOIl· or on the cover as he once again defend s hi s title of Chess Champion of the World. He won th e title in 1948 in a tournament in which Bo[villnik, Vassily Smyslov, Paul Keres, Samuel Reshevsb and Dr. i\Iax Euwe met each other fil'c times. He dc· fended against David Bronstein in 1951, by drawing the 24 game match. He de· fended again in 1954 by drawing his match with V. Smyslov. In 1957, he los t LO Smyslov. But he regained his titl e the next year in a return match. As for Mikhail Tahl, the Challenger. much has been said of him of late. Let the first game of the match speak for him!

Game 1 FRENCH DEFENSE Mikhail Tahl Mikhai l Botvinnik Challenger Champion White Black 1 P_K4 P_K3 17 P- Q4 Q-B2 2 P-Q4 P_Q4 18 P- R4 P-K4 3 N-QB3 B-NS 19 R_R3 Q-B2 The Armed Forces Chess Tournament (see story, page 68, March issue) culminat es 4 P-KS P-QB4 20 p,p QNxP in Armed Forces Week (in May) in Washington, D. C. But the repercussions mean 5 P- QR3 BxNt 21 R- K3 K_Q2 6 PxB Q_B2 22 R-N1 P-N3 while have be~n world_wide. Here is a p icture of the winners in Korea ar('a as sent 7 Q-N4 P-B4 23 N- B4 Q R-K1 to Tom Emery, donor of the prize fund. It doesn't name the winners but does Col. 8 Q- N3 N-K2 24 R_N4 B-B3 McFeely making presentation; and a magnifying glass shows on Bulletin board: 9 QxP R-N1 25 Q_Q1 N,N " T homas Emery Armed Forces Chess Tournament, Dec. 5 & 6, 1959" 10 QxP p,p 26 R/4xN N_N3 11 K_Q1 B_Q2 27 R-Q4 RxR1" 12 Q- RSt N-N3 28 P,R K_B2 Stron9 Women's Event pionship in the USAFE Recreational 13 N_K2 P- Q6 29 P- B4 p,p At Amsterdam, Holland, the Fourth An· Games Tournament, and airman Peter A. 14 PxP B-RSt 30 B,P Q-N2 nual Danlon Women's International Tour C. Leuthold bagging the USAFE tourney 15 K-K1 QxKP 31 BxR a,B nament went to Fanny Heemskerk of Hoi· in Wi esbaden, Germany. 16 B_NS Resigns N- B3 32 P-RS land, 4-1. Second with 3-2 was Mrs. Bruce The next two games were drawn. of England. Help for VA Hospital Patients East German Contest "Checkmates," a chess newsletter mailed Dresden , East Germany, was the scene from P. O. Box 6104, Cleveland 1, Ohio, of an international tourney won jointly by UNITED STATES announces a "Checkmates" National Postal Geller and Taimanov of the Soviet Union, NATIONAL Tournament for VA hOSI)ital patients, each 11·4. Next were Ivkov of Yugoslavi!l many of whom are expected to hasten and Uhlmann of East Germany, who tied Thomas Emery Award Prelims their recovery through the therapeutic at 10·5. First results in the Thomas Emery value seen in chess by the hospital phy Award tournaments now under way in the sicians. Popular Debbie Reyn olds, movie Team Duel s United States armed forces in Europe and TV star, is acting as national honor The traditional European double·round (USAFE events) came from France and ary chairman, and the National Paraplegia team matches on ten boards saw Holland Germany, with ai rman Hichard C. Moran Foundation, which assists and treats all and Hungary score decisive victories over wlllnmg the USA FE France District victims of paraplegia, not just veterans, Belgium and Bulgaria by 14·6 and 13·; Championship, Captain Bobby G. Dudley is also associated with the Ilroject. Al respectively. taking the Chateaurox Air Base Cham- bert M. Liptak, president of the "Check. CHESS REVIEW, APRI L, 1960 99 mates" organizlltion, advises that subscrip. tions to "Checkmates" will hel p provide funds for the important work of the Foun· dation. The fitting sloga n of the "Check· mates" newsletter is, "Thei r [the ve t· erans') home is a wheelchair - yo u can help make it a little brighter." Benko's Blitzkrie9 In the uscr rapid transit champion. ~ !Ji p , featuring a stellar array of perform. ers. Pal Benko marched undefeated through the rou nd robin to make II spec· tacular 9 ~ · % score. The only player to draw with Benko was Arthur Bisguier, runner·up with 8·2. Surprisin gl).. U. S. champion Do bby Fischer was relegated to third place with 7·3 as a result of losses to Benko, J ames T. Sherwin and Matthew Green. Dr. Karl Bu rger and Green tied for fourth with 6·4 each. ThaI Benko can play powerful speed chess wi thout half an effort suggests that he brought at least part of hi s fantasti c time troubles upon himself in the recent world championship challengers' tou rnament.

INTERSTATE Choate School of Wallingford, Connectic ut, cont inues to push a chess program. Her Chess Strategy while there was only one York winner against Harrisburg in the person of Karl Aldinger. PAWN POWER

Utah. In the Salt Lake City title tourney, Farrell 1. Clark topped the field with a IN CHESS 5·1 score, one fu ll point ahead of a trio by HANS KMOCH that tied at 4-2. Swiss points gave second, third and fourth respectively to G. Chap. UNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS of Pawn play are puis, Major Williamson and N. Turner. F keys 10 chess strategy, govern the game by reo mote control. Basic relationship! between Pawns Virginia. C. Rider, 5·0, swept the Penin· and pieces illustrate how each can show 10 best sula Open at Hampton, easily outdistanc· advantage. ing M. Ferris, J . Modisette, S. Mason and The author of this profound book defines a W. Gilman, 3%·1% each. This quartet completely new set of terms which vigorously de· fj nished in the order listed on Median lineate the outstanding features of Pawn configura. tie.breaking. tions and their significance. Originally published in Another sweep was registered by G. Berlin, the book met with in~tant acclaim: "A sensational book .. . a primer of Massinger, 7·0, in the Peninsula Cham· chess strategy unparalleled since Nimzovich's My System . .. we consider it the pionship Tournament. D. Shook and N. best publication on chess strategy since the end of World War II." - Die Welt. Cantor tied for second and third with "The publicalion of this outstanding book constitutes a turning point in the history 5%.1%. of modem chess literature . . . can be highly recommended to players of all A decisive 10·3 triumph was scored by strengths."-Aachener Volkszeitung. "Kmoch's masterful explanation makes it per· the Arlington Chess Club ove r the Uni· fectly clear to the beginner as well as to the advanced player how the fate of a versity of Virginia. Arlington winners game depends on Pawn fonnation. A textbook of the first order." - Arbeiter. were Irwin Sigmond, J. D. Matheson, Zeuullg. "One of the few books which, at a glance, one can recognize as an im· 1. C. Gardner, J. R. Stowe, J. T. Camp. morlal." - Chess. bell, C. W. McMillin, R. Tarra\'echia, 304 pa ges , 182 diagrams $5,50 C. H. Carpenter and Rudy Stahelin. For the University, Paul Buchanan and Phil The world's forem ost publisher of books on CHESS Howard were successful. Two games were drawn. Send for free catalogue of chess publications to (Continued on page 102) DAVID McKAY COMPANY, Inc•• 119 West 40th St•• New York 18, N. Y. CHESS REVIEW, APRIL , 1\160 101 EVENT OF THE MONTH A second match involving the Universily Israel of Virginia ended on a mnch brighter note J oseph P orath won the championship 01 25 Years Ago M. Botvinnik (we knew him for that insti tution when the UVA swept his co untry with a score of 11 % .3%. a s Mischa then ) of Russia and Saio Flohr six boards against the VPI Che~s Club. Aloni and Ge rcben, each 11.4, tied for (or Czecho-Slovakla then) tied for first The winning team comprised Rick Cal place in what was termed "the most in second and third. laghan, Spencer .\Iathews, Leigh nibble, teresting tournament of t he century" at :i\Iosco\\'. At 13·6, they bare ly shaded the Bcrnard Goodman, Phil Howard and New Zealand grand old veteml1 Dr. Ema n uel Lasker, Laird Towle. In the New Zealand title tourney, O. 12%-6';6 . Another rormer Wor ld Cham Sarapu again demonstrated his super· pion, Jose n. Capablanc:l scored 12 and iority by turning in a score of 9% . 1~/::: . Rudolph Spielmann 11 . The rest of the LATIN AMERICA He has now entered and won five New rield were (as speJt in those days) 1. Ran Zealand championships, going undefeated and G. LoewenCisch 10% ; A. Lilienthal, throughout. A. Feneridis, 9-2, was a V. Ragozin, P . Romanowsky 10; V. Ala Argentina close runner-up. torzelV, G. Goglldize, I. Rabinowitsch, N. Wexler has impressed lately with two Rj umin 9%; G. Usizill 9 ; G. StaiJlbel'g, important triumphs in Argentine compe Roumania P , Bogatyrtschuk 8; V. Pirc 7% ; V. tition. In a strong field at the Jaque Mate Tschechower 5\4: and Vera Menchik V. Ciocaltea and G. Mititelu tied for 1 'h. F lohr a nd Lasker were the sale Chess Club in Buenos Ai res, he was first the national championship, which will be ones to go undefeated. with 10%·2%, in front of Rossetto, Gu i decided hy a fou r-game play.off. mard and Sanguinetti. He then wo n the 20 Years Ago merits a dual notice. The Argentine championship with a ~core of Soviet Union Manhattan Chess Club Championship was 12·3, two fu ll points better rhan Dazan With a 12·3 taliy, Simagin capturcd the won by A. S. Denker 12 '/~·2:6: and. in and Foguelman. the lop half. were .T. ?>10skowitz 11; F. lVloscow litle, while Spassky and Suetin, :;-.l"adell . G. Shalnswit 10%; A. S. P inkus each 1Ph-3Y2, shared first at Tallin. 10 : A. C. Simonsoll 9'12; H. A Ham 9; and The wom en's world championship reo D,·. J. Platz 8. At the same time, Reuben FOREIGN mained in the hands of Bykova, who dis· Fine topped the Marshall Chess Club posed of her chall enger, Zvorikina, by Championship, 14·2. The list of other plus Australia 8Y2·4%. scorers: M. Hanauer 13; Frank J . Mar· The championship of \Ve~tcrn _'\.ustralia shall 12; D. Polland 11; H. Seidman and Ed Lasker 10'12; F . Reinfeld 10; M. went to V. W, 0 , Stannard. 9-1 followed Sweden Green 9; and S. Bernstein and J . Don· by W, Leonhardt and J . RlFh, each 7112. At Stockholm, a "Sass" Chess Club ovan 8'12. 2%. tourney was won by Horberg, 71/z-1 %. 15 Years Ag o The featured story was Manhattans Beat Marshalls. Denker. \Vil\· man and Shainswlt scored [or Manhattan: Mi ssouri - May 28·30 Fine and FaJans fo r Marshall. Draws Missouri Championship at Downtown were between Pinkus and Santasif!re, Y?lCA, 16 and Loeu~ t Streets, St. Louis, Pavey and Green and Kupchlk and Rivise Missouri: 6 rd SS Tmt, 45 moves in 2 (Manhattanites named fi rst) - for a elose ·1'12-3'12. The Marshall Club missed its hours: EF $7 plus USCF membership: fou nder, the late Frank J . Marshall. register by ]2:30 l'J\1, May 28: play starts 1 :00 PM with 2 rounds ?lJay 28, 3 May 29 10 Years Ago Of actually current news, and last rd 8 :00 AM, May 30. SS 1st guar· the main story seems to have been thal anteed at $100 and others include ot a tour by Reshevsky: Pittsburgh. Penn· Women's Junior and Class SS. Bring sets sylvania, P. Dietz won, 5 drew, 20 lost; and clocks: register and ask inform ation Columbus. Ohio, 2 drew, 33 lost; Salt {,ake City, Utah, 39 lost; Rockford, Ill of J. D. Define, 2070 North Waterford inois, 35 lost; Omaha, Nebraska, 1 drew, Drive, Florissant, :Missouri. 24 lost; Springfield, Massachusell.s, of a gala 65. B. Dygert won, 13 drew, 51 New York - May 28 to 30 lost; and, finally, Bay City, Michigan, 1 COMING EV E NTS I N T HE u . s . j\-faple City Open at Hornell Chess drew, 37 lost. ANO C ANADA Club, Auditorium of P ublic Library Bldg., 5 Years Ag o Boris Ivkov became at 22 Abbreviatlons-SS Tmt: Swlss System Tour Genesee SI., Hornell, New York: 5 rd S5 nament (in 1$t round entries paired by lot the second to break the hold of Argen· or selection; In subsequent rounds players Tmt, 50 moves in 2 hours & 25 moves per tinians on the Mar del Plata international with sImilar scores paired). RR Tmt: Round hour to completion, no adjournments, no in Argentina. He scored 11 %- 3 ~~, ahead Robin Tournament (ea ch m an plays eve .oy other man). KO Tmt: Knock -out Tou rna_ adjudications: EF 84 (under 21, $2) : of Miguel NaJdorf 11, Svetozar Gligorich ment (losers or low scorer .. ell mlnated). 10, Ludek Pachman and Laszlo Szabo $of: ClUl h prizes. EF: Entry fee. ce: Chess EFs all go into S8, with 1st at S50, addi Club. CF: Chess F ederation . CAl Cheu As_ 9%. Oscar Panno 9, Herman Pllnik 8% tional prizes per entry income: Rounds and Roman Toran 8. In the lo wer half socia tion. CL : Chess League. Rd: !'Ou nds. were Wexler, Rossetto, F lores. Letelier, 1, May 28, 10 A~I; 2, May 28, 7 PM , 3 & 4 Bauza, Dodero, Idlgoras and DeGreiff. Illi nois _ May 28 to 30 10 & 7 ?by 29; and 5, 10 Ai\1 May 30; 3d Great Lakes Open Chess Tourna· for accommodations, write : YMCA, Cen 1 Yea r Ago Insofar as there was any fea· ment to be held in Chicago area with $$ tured story, it wa~ the somewhat belated 1st $200, 2d $100, 3d S75 and 12 other ter Street, or Sherwood Hotel, Canistee one that Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland won $$: EF S10, sponsored by Great Lakes Street ; for further information and en · the annual international tournament at Bevenvljk, Holland. His lead was impres CA, LaGrange, Illinois ; for further in tries, write: Joseph A. 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ThiS caption, lhe litle of the fourth be enigmatic. In "Colll'lncing the K lbil' chapter of In'lng Chern el"s latest book," 1.\'ll'~." Chernel' s ets liP a lay figllre is an apt desc ription of the whole. who suggests moves to the masters. For For Chel'lle\', the Old Mortality of the example (Ko. H6). chess wOl' ld, has dug li P a wide variety No. 166. Tarrnch- Schlechter or combinations from chess gameg both famous and forg otten, together w ith a spri nk ling or composed problems and end·games. Many familiar stories are there: lhe Immortal Partie, the Ever green Pnrtle, MOI'phy versus the con sulting nohl1lty, St elnltz- Dardeleben, Laskel"-Unucr, Levltzkl- Mr.rshall, Rot White to play Jevl- R II bins tei n, Snem tsch - Nlmzovich. Knowing tllat White Is going to ex· Retl- Alekhlne. Dern steln- Cnpablanca - ecute a brillia ncy, YOII tiT 1 QxBt as II as well as milny that hal'e hitherto mold matter of cOll rse. So 1 . _ . RxQ 2 RxRt, ered In Ihe chess archives. K- R2. and \\'hat have yOIl ga ined! Walt T he major part of t he book is devoted a mOlllent - 3 R- RSt, Kxit 4 N-N6t IUlII to combinations exeCIlted by fOU l-teen W hi te t o play 6 KtxQ. emerglug It Knight ahead. T his topflight masters. or the other chapters, is so pretty you Illll ~ t ~ urely be on th~ three RI'e pal' tlcularly lIol'el and Instru(' '''1'1I1't'asch's ac tual mOI'e was 1 Kt·K2, right track ! But hold ou, how about 2 wh ich seems rathel' d l'cuitous. 'Why live. "CombinatIons in the Notes" ex , , , R-Bl? Weil, a ll lhnt's left is 3 N-N~, plores the I'ealm of combinations that not: says our kibItzer, 'dispute possession so let's try it. Since 3 .. . RxR Is no of the Queen file In a s tralghtforwartl wel'e fo reseen in time to be avoided; good, the Queen ru u~ t move. Suppose s be these fl re orten more In teres ting than way. and equalize w it hout tl iUiculty?' atwcks our othe r Rook, 3 _ .. Q-N5. Then wbat l1 c lua lly happened, and s upply the " 'fhe allswer is. and this seems in· 4 RxRt. K- R2. nnd we have t wo pieces clue to ma uy moves t hat othe rwise would c "edible, that agains t t his Blac k has a loose. How a bout 5 IbP, saving both! combination which ends in a win by E ureka! We thr eaten mate. and Black Queening a Pawn!" can save himself only by gIving up his 1 QR_Q1 KR-Q1 4 R.R P.R Queen. Is all this forced? Can Black es· TRAVELING CHESS SET 2 RxR R.R , P.N O.N cape the toiis by keeping his King Pawn 3 R-Q1 NxN ! , P.O P- QR4! guarded ? Suppose 3 .. , Q-Q3, then aftel' The White K ing cannot get over in 4 RxR-i-, K-R2, we III\\'e the job of saving time to s top the Queen Hook Pawn. bot h the Ku lght nnd Hook. Well. 5 It- K8 seems to work, tor t hen 5 ... KxN 15 [ n "Doomerang Combiuatlo ns." Cher· met by ltxP t win ning t he Queen. P er· nev shows what can happen to the sacrl· haps Black should pillY 3 , .. Q- Q2 80 rice-h appy wight who less far ahead sees ItS to gua rtl Kl ns well as K3, But then t ha n his opponent. An example that our Rook Is not nUltcked, so that, a fter tickled our risibilities Is No. 174. 4 RxRt, K-R2, we can simply re t reat No. 174. R iC hter-Amateur the K night. In el'ery variation we wind up at least a Kulght ahead. 1'S. In t he last line we can play 5 R- B6! threaten· ing 6 N-B8t and so gaining time for 6 6 R/ 6xKP. We conclude thlll LexandrOl'lch was quite a g uy to rIgure out this whole corn· binatiou over the boun\. T his peg _i n traveling lIet has a playing So we read on, nnd find that the actual board «11 of 8 ~ square ! Plntic men, % ~ play w as h igh, plug into plywood board which is Q-KB2 encaaed in a leather ette cover: The De 1 N-N6 Luxe model («Iso haa comp«rtments at 2 N-K7t 3 Q)(R , each end for captured men ) , Standard . . . model I, In pasteboard cover ( has no settling for the win of the Exchange. Bah! Black to play compartmel'lts), De Luxe in photo, this Lexandrovlch was a mere wood· Order by catalogue number: 1 • • • • R-RSt pusher! 2 KxR PxP No. 197_Standard model "_ .. .. $1.50 If you have a friend whose lukewarm " Apparently Black wi ll Queen tile No. 199- De L.ux e model ...... $6.00 Interest in chess you want to kindle to Pawn, but Richter has everything In a blal:e. give blm a copy of t h is book, band." MA IL YOUR ORDER TO It is admirnbly calcula ted to make t he • Comblnat lo ns: The Hea rt of Chen, by reader cry for more . CHESS REVIEW rrvl ng Cherney. Thomu y, Crowell Com 134 W~st 721'1d Street, New York 23, N. Y. p a.ny, ~ ~ 5 pp, $4.50. t = check; t = dbl. chaek: § = dll. ch, 104 CHUS REVieW. APRI L, 19~ O THE FINISHING TOUCH

KORN CODICILS TO THE LEGACY Psychic and supematural phenomena may best be explained by experts in the field of extra sensory perception. But it is a fact that, since the preparation of this series - as so often in respect to other, previous series - extra docu mentation and reference material has surprisingly leaped to the eye. Still, a possible interpretation of such an occurrence is possible. Is it not that the mind becomes alert to details connected with the suL In this position, there is no discovered ject under study and subconsciously ca uses the check in tile cams - or is ther'e? I n Walter Korn fact, \Vhite's Bishop turns into a schem· hand to discover the facts? So it seems. For, al- ing Lorelei which lures Black's King out though the previous two articles in th is series pro- and into a lethal fishing net. vided an almost complete anthology of games and positions illustrating 16 B-B7t!! KxB Philidor's Legacy, some more examples have come up in an unexpected 17 N-K5t! K_K3 18 N-B7 mate! way. Quite casually, while leafing through some old magazines and books, this writer turned up the following examples of the smothered mate, the A Philidor of Another Color existence of which had not consciously been noted fo r years. It is a case Here it is Black who br'ings nbout the reat so far monopolized by White. of clairvoyance for those who are psychic, of mere timely association for those who are skeptic and of a chance to complete the collection for those Bremen, 1907 bibliophiles who want a fuller record of the Legacy. FALKBEER COUNTER_GAMBIT Schaaf 0,. Hartlaub One remarkable fact about t hese and White Black the previous examples is that they arise 1 P-K4 P_ K4 7 PxP NxP from all kinds of openings and are not 2 P-KB4 P_Q4 8 Q-N5t K-B2 always based on t he same opening and 3 PxQP P-K5 9 QxB Q-R5t! development strategy. 4 Q- K2 P-KB4 10 P-N3 NxP 5 P_Q3 N- KB3 11 KN-B3 R-K1t 6 N_Q2 B_QN5 12 K_Q1 • • • • Another Morphy Game New York, 1859 E VANS GAMBIT P. Morphy Bryan White Black 19 Q-R3t K_N 1 21 N-N6t K_N1 1 P_ K4 P_K4 5 P-B3 B-B4 20 N-K7t K _ B1 22 Q- B8t RxQ 2 N_K B3 N_QB3 6 0-0 P-Q3 23 N_ K7 mate 3 B-B4 B_B4 7 P-Q4 B_N 3 4 P-QN4 BxP S PxP PxP 9 Q_N 3 • • • • Another Near-Legacy Exchanging Queens at this point n ets The [ollowiug game leads to what loo\(s White either the King Pawn or the King l!ke a Legacy, actually does uot win l!ke Bishop Pawu. Dut he alms for more than 12 . . . . Nx R! It Legacy yet contains a fiendish [lnesse mere equality. 13 B- K2 ? • • • • which finishes the game brilliantly. Obviously, Black's Queen is taboo: 13 9 • . . . Q-83 10 B-QN5 B-K3 Budapest, 1917 NxQ, N- B7 mate! But opening nn escape hatch by 13 P - B3 is lrnpe r·atlve. 11 Q-R4! KN-K2 E VANS GAMBIT 13 . . .. N-B7t 15 K-Q1 Q-KSt 11 .. . B-Q2 is better. Dr. Horvath Lajos Mayer' 14 K_ K1 N- Q6t 16 NxQ N_ B7 12 B_ N5 Q-N3 15 Nx P Q-B3 White Black mate 13 QBxN KxB 16 NxPt K -B1 1 P-K4 P_ K4 S R_ K1 N-Q3 Q_ N4 14 BxN PxB 17 P-K5 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 9 B-KN5! N-K2 18 P-R4 Q-N5 3 8_ B4 B-84 10 NxP P-KB3 Somethin9 New Added The purpose of the last two White 4 P_QN4 BxP 11 BxP PxB The attractive feature or the next ex moves was to divert Black's Queen from 5 P-B3 B-R4 12 Q-R5t K_B1 ample is that the mate by su[focation is observation of his K2. Now the end 6 0-0 N_ B3 13 Q-R6t K-K1 made possible by It Queen sacrltice comes swiftly and as we have now been 7 P-Q4 NxKP 14 N- N6! N/3-B4 which removes a minor but all·important trained to perceive. 15 Q-R5 N_N2 piece. CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1960 105 M

You'll note a d i ~parity in material here. Yet, though Diacl{ has fewer pieces, he is not materially behind. He has ample compensation in Pawns for the "inverse Exchange," Le., two pieces for a Rook, So a White witt can be called prob lematic, aside from the fact t hat he ha~ a Knight en prise,

1 Q- K4! • • • • Now Black has to do sOlnethlng about 15, __ , QxN! the various threats of White Knight And, on either 16 PxQ or 16 QxQ, it forks on King and Rook : e.g., 1 ... P-Qf is N-B7 mate. Harking Back 2 QxQ, PxQ 3 N-B7i": or 1 . _ . QR-KDl \Ve now come back to a tYDe of smoth 2 QxQ, PxQ 3 NxNP, RxN 4 NxP. ered ma te exemDliried before, in the 1 . . . , QxNjR4 A Short. Short Subject game won by Tietz, J a nuary, page 13. 2 QxPt! Q,Q The position below is from a game 3 N-B7 mate Aache n, 1938 1I"0n by Atkinson (White) in iVIanchester, KING'S GA MBIT Inn. The pro ceed in g~ are easy to gue~s , Brech Bogilow but pleasing_ A Tietz Turn by Najdarf White Blacl: The following example of Ollr now fa· 1 P-K4 P_K4 6 P-N3 p,p miliar Tietz motiC is a beauty conceivell 2 P·-KB4 p,p 7 QxP P- N7§ by the exuberant and never serious but, 3 N- KB3 P_ KN4 8 QxQ PxR(Q) over the board. always dangerous Polish 4 N- B3 P-N5 9 Q_ R5 B- K2 Argentinian grandmaster Miguel Najdol'f. 5 N_ K5 Q- R5t 10 NxBP N-KB3? He found himself, lucll:ily, stranded In nllonos Ai res JUSt before the outbreak of ·World War 11 and has been staying there el'er since. DU1'i ng the war, lIe made news especially with his attempts at breaking t'ecords with mammoth simultaneous ex· hibitions. And this position is from olle of many games in such an exhibition at 1 RxB! Rafaela. in 1942. It has somewhat mO['(l subtlety t han our other examples. Black's Queen cannot just move away because of the th reat of 2 R/6-R6 as Black's King Knight Pawn is pinned by White's Queen and Bishop battery. 2 N_NS ... , 11 N-Q6; K- Q1 Now \Yhite's massive Queen mainly 12 Q-K8t R,Q set'ves no other purpose tha n the very 13 N-B7 mate defensive one of g ua rding against tho mate at his Kl. It is the Knight and Rook which force White's action. 2 . . . , Q-N3 The only other defensive by the at· tacked Queen against 3 RxP m ate, that is, 2 . .. Q-R3. merely provokes the cli· 1 Q-R5 . . mactic smothered mate 011 the move. The t hreat of mate is obvious. t = check; ; = db!. Check; § _ dis. eh. 1 • , • • 106 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1960 2 Rx B • • • • or course. White is eliminating tile defending piece - but to what avail ? Its protecting role is taken over by the recapturing p iece. Or is It'! 2 . . . . By JACK STRALEY BATTELL 3 QxPtl • • • • In foreviewillg the World Ch ampionship 10 . . . . Q_R4 12 N-Q2 N_ K5 By now, we may be so conditioned to Match between Mikhail Botvinnik and 11 PxP? KPxP 13 P-BS NxNj6 brilliancy that we may no longel" ap· the oncoming Mikhail 'rahl, one must 14 BxN P-B5 preciate the astounding fOl'esight in not discount the great wealth of exper i mack's last Is an intel'esting way of these sacrifice s. !\lay the esthetic delight ell !'.e of Champion BO(I·innik. His pl'esent unfolding his attack. H e ail'eady has the lost be l'epaid by a compensating facility l'eputation is primar'i!y one of profound. over' the board ! superiol' game. ]5 PxP is plainly inferior, positional play. But that he has a real and 15 P- K4 is met by 15 ... Q- N3. S • • • • bac kground of incisive. attacking. tacti· 15 KR_ K1 B_QS 18 NxP Q-R5 4 N_Q7 mate cal Iliay is evident in the following gamc. 16 N_ B1 R_ B2 19 N_B1 N- B3 17 P_K3 PxNP 20 R_ K2 Q_ N4 Leni ng rad, 1932 In Conclusion Black's King·side attack progresses de· 10t h Match Game As a fitting departUl'e from the Leg· spite all .,Vhite efforts. White does acy, we tum again to the artistic en,j· DUTCH DEFE NSE achiel'e some l'elieving exchanges but no game - and what magnificent artistry Salo Flohr Mikhail Bot vi nnik truly effective relief arter' a ll. th is Is, a wod. by A. Seletsky, published 21 B-K1 B-Q2 White mack in Shakhmat y, 1923. 22 B-NS B, B 1 P- Q4 P- KS W hite to move and w in 23 NxB P-KR4 1 . .. P- KB4 opens the possibility of Black makes the classic and inel'itable a gambit line fOl' While, 2 P- K ~, but th l"llst to disl"lrpt the King·side. White Botl'innil(s move was probably motivated faJJ~ into a Stonewall pattern in h is HUll. mOI'e by adhel'enee to It routine plus a 24 P-B4 Q-N5 willingness to go in to 2 P-K4 and the 25 R- KB 2 , . . . French Defense in whic h he was also wel1l'el·sed. "'obili7.ing the othe\' Rook, with 25 H - KB1. is certainly pr·ererable. 2 P-QB4 P-K B4 P-R5 S P- KNS 25 . . . . 26 B-BS A popular and efrecth'e Une. S • • • • N- K B3 4 B-N2 B-K2 5 N-QB3 P-Q4 This Is the breathtaking solution. It III la ter years, Botvinnlk was to de· shows supreme cOlltr'ol ol'el" each piece velop with . . . 0-0 ami even ... Q- KI on every square despite the many pieces hefore committing himselF any fU l·ther as involved on the wide open space of t h e to ihe Pawn skeleton. whole board. 1 Q- N5 ! K-KS§ I! 1 . .. fix!>. White sets up a n escape· proof mating net with 2 N - B'\. 2 K_ N1!! K, P S N- B5t K-B1 26 .. .. PxN ! If 3 . . . K- Q3 (Black must al'oid Knight A Queen sacrifice may a lways be a fOl'ks on his King and Queen, of course), real sm·pl·ise. Dlack shows he has an· White has 4 Q- N3"[, K-Q4 5 B- B4t, KxB 6 ti<:ipated 2G B- B3 with ~ome exact cal· Q-N3t, KxN 7 Q-R3t, winning the Queen. culation. 4 B- R6t K-N1 6 B-N7t! Bx B 2'1 BxQ PxRt 5 Q-NSt K_R1 7 N-Q7! , ' .. 28 K-N2 • • • At this point, glance back to White's 28 KxP ouly permits 28 . . . NxBt, fol- 2 K-Nl and note that, if be had moved Now the structure is t he so·called lowed by 29 ... R- Kl. 2 K-Kl. Black would now save himself Stonewall Defense, with many or the 28 ... . with a check. Lacking this saving clause, drawbacks or the ?[aginot Line. 29 P-KR3 . , , , Black is lost. 6 N_ BS .. , White cannot affOl'd to let Black main 7 . • , Q-Q1 Probably mor'e popular today is 6 N tain his K nighi at N5 (see last note); 8 Q- N8t! Q,Q R3 with N-KB4 and pressure on Black's but the damage has been done. 9 N-N6 mate weakened King Pawn in mind. 29 . . . . N_ BS The Legacy In a n artistic end·gnme. 6 . . . . P-BS SO KxP N-K5t It is important also to r ealize and 7 0 - 0 0 - 0 Res igns understand the principle of economy 8 P- NS Q_ K1 White might indeed struggle on; but employed in such modern com position. White is se tting a rather slow position· it would ue a fruitless ertort against a The initinl set·np contains all and no al build up, and Black's last move is the winning material adl·antage. For one ex· more pieces than required, seven in aU earmark or a perhaps all-out King·side ample, 31 K - N2, BxPt ! adds to the (except K ings). As play progresses, any attack. Black advantage. piece which has fuHilled its function Is annihilated - not just left standing aside. 9 B-N2 QN-Q2 This is the Botvinnik of 28 years ago, unused, a parasite onlooker - and the 10 Q-Q3 , . . . cleaL'ly a player' who cO<.lld be sharp and fi nal position thus compr'ises exactly the Here and with h is next mOl'e, White aggressil·e. Today. he has experience force required for the mate, four pieces falte rs. A good progl'am is 10 N- K5, fo l· plus, all kinds of experience. Can he in all. lowed by P- B4. turn back T ah!? CHESS REVLEW. APRI L, 1960 107 By DR. MAX Former World Champion

STUDY 32 Theme: Rook versus Kni9ht and Extra Pawn The position below from th e game, H. Meddeler vs. C. C. van Perlo in the correspondence chess championship of the Neth erlands, has points of extraordinarily instructive value for the theory of the end -game. Is it pos sible to judge if there is a win for Whi te? Or for Black? The reader ought first to try to judge for himself. Black is the Exchange down but has a strong, passed Pawn on the Queen Bishop file. In itself, this passed Pawn is not enough compensation, and, further, White also has a passed Pawn which is dangerous and wh ich serves to make the hattIe very interesting. On the factors mentioned, White cou ld expect to wi n. But Black has two other important factors in his favor. First and tacti cally, Black has White's King hemmed in, 110t only restrict ing White's play but also even permitting the threat of mate at some critical moment. Second, and most important, Black can create a second, passed Pawn on the King Kn ight fi le; for it is far more difficult for White p as~ed to cope with two Pawns than wi th one. Dr. Max E u w e Let us study how these factors balance out practically. apt even to win as the Knight Pawn threatens to queen with mate! There is one other tr y from the dia· grammed position which is worth con sideration, 57 , , , K- R3. T he point is that then \Yhite's P awn does not queen with check. T here follows, however, 58 R- N8! to meet 58 " , P- N6 with 59 R- N8, and 58 ' . , N- B4 with 59 K- B2, So Blacl;: is forced into 58 , , . K - N2 59 P -K6, p N6 60 P - K7. P - N7 61 R- N8t! after whleh ·White wins. On the other hand, after 57 . . , K-R3, White would err with 58 P - K6, P- N6 59 54 . . . . P-N5 57 . . . . K-B1 R- N8, N-B4! Black then has sufficient Black's advance is consistent with the Black's plan is to stop the King Pawn counte r-chances. A fine variation is 60 needs of the position. In fact, he simply wiLh his King. K - n2 (not 60 R-KN8, N- N2! 61 R - R8t, mllst not delay In c-reating the second H is instructive to note. however, that K- N4! ), P- N7 61 R - N1, N-K6t 62 K xP, passed Pawn and so confronting 'Yhite 57 ... K- N3 is also good. The ma in N- B8! 63 P-K7, P- N8(Q) 61 P--K8(Q). with a second front. point then is that it is more difficult Q- BH after which Black's haYing the In F e rnschach of August, 1959, van for \Vhite to get at the King Knight initiative guarantees h im a perpet ual check in an y case, Perlo demonstrated that 5-1 , . . P - B7 is Pawn. Thus, ,,8 P - K6. P - N6 59 P- K7, insnfficient. The sequel can be 55 R/1- K-B2 60 RxP, P-N7 (not 60 , . . K- K1 58 P- K6 P-N6 N7, RxR 56 RxRt, K-N3 57 RxP, P- N5 5S 61 R- R8! and C2 R- KN8!) 61 P- K 8(Q)t. 59 R-B7t K-N1 PxP, PxP 59 R- RS, K- B.t 60 R- KN 8, K xP KxQ 62 H- KN7. a n d the game is a draw. On 59 , , , K-Kl. W hUe has 60 RxP, P 61 P - R4! K - BG 62 P - R5, P- N6 63 P - R6, N7 61 R- KN7 aftel' which his passed N- N5 64 R- BSt. K- K6 65 R-Bl, K - K7 66 Dlack chose the text, 57 .. . K- B1, in Qneen Rook Pawn decides, R- N1. K-137 67 RxP. and White queens. stead of 57 . . . K-N3, because he feared 60 R-B3 P- N7 58 R- N8, K- B4 59 P - K6, K- B3 GO R- N·J 55 Px P PxP 61 R- N3t K-B1 (White's K ing Pawn has always been 56 Rj1-N7 RxR 62 P- K 7f . . . , 57 RxRt _ .. • immun e because of a Rook check, pick This Pawn is immune, of course, ing up the Knight) , At t his point, mack's 62 . . . . K- K1 On th", value of learning end _game play, analysis continues with 60 .. , K- K 2 61 Simon Z bar said: "Who d oes not become 63 K_ N1 P- R4 ex pert in ha ndling the few men in a n end · R- K4, with a decisive advantage for game c annot hope to beg in to be competent w ith more In mid·game",-Ed. White, But, after 60 ... P - Nti ! Black is t - check : :: dbl. ch eck; t = dis. clI. lOB CHESS REViEW, APRiL, 1960 75 RxNt, KxR 76 K- N3 is not sufficient for a win, nOI" is 75 R- R5, K- N5. 71 . , . . N- N5t 72 K-Q1 .... Ou 72 K-B1 or K-Nl, Black plays the same 72 .. . K-N6. 72 . . . . K-N6 73 P-R5 P- B7t 74 K- Q2 • • • • Of course not 74 K-B1, N-Q6t! But note that. if V'ihlte had tried 72 K-Bl as mentioned above, in ordel" to avoid the 64 P-R4 check on 73 . . . P- B7. he would lltiU ha\'e • • • • to transpose into this same position with White plays this move to end the battle 74 K- Q2, of the tempo at once. But, as will be 74 . . . . K_ R5 seen, the Queen Rook Pawn thus becomes the object of attack by Black's Knight. Now Black's King runs arter the last ·White can also exhaust Black's moves by 'Vhite Pawn and captures it with the hel l) moving his King back and Iorth between of the Knight. his QNl and Q81. A study of this inter 75 P-R6 K-R4 77 KxP K-R3 esting possibility is appended at the end 76 P-R7 N-B3 78 R-QNS N,P of this article. Drawn 64 . • • , N- B5! 65 RxNP , . , , No.1 Horwitz & Kling White Wins H Wllite tries 65 K- BZ, N- N3 66 K- N3 The Alternative in order to hold his Queen Rook Pawn, Since 64 P- R4 has produc:ed only a Black's refutation of that attempt is draw, it is worth studying 'Vhite's al simply 66.,. P-B7! After whlcll he picks ternative means of exhausting Black's up the Queen Rook Pawn and, by com moves. So let us continue from the posl· bined attack of King and Knight, wins tion diagrammed after 63 K-Nl, P-R4. the King Pawn and draws easily. 64 K- B1 P-R5 65 . . . . N- N3 65 K-N1 .... 66 R-N4 .... 65 P-R3 is met by 65 . . , N- B5. Now White's Rook is tied down to the 65 . . . . P-R6 protection of White's last Pawn. 66 K-B1 • • • • 66 , , , , KxP 67 K-B2 N-Q4 6SR-N7t .". Triangulation. White is after the Black Rook Pawn. There is logic in attempting to cut off No.2 H. Rinck the advance of Black's King with 68 R White Wins N6. But that attempt leads nowhere on 68 . . , K-Q2 69 K-N3 (of course not 69 R QR6? N- N5t or 69 K-Q3? N-B5t), K-m 70 K- B4, P- B7 71 R- Nl, N-N5 72 R-QBl, K- B3; for 'Vhlte's King gets no oppor tunity to advance. 6S.". K-Q3 69 R-QR7 K-B4 70 RxPt K-B5 The burning Question now is what good use Black CRll make of his move. 66 . . . . P-B7 Noie well that 66 ... N- Q4 67 RxP, KxP is insufficient for Black, For White has 68 R-N6! N-N5 69 R-N6! NxPt 70 Domination. K-Nl, P- B7 t 71 KxP, and Black's Knight Is locked up, No.3 H. Rinck On the other hand, White may well go White Wins amiss with 68 R- N7i". K-Q3 69 R-QR7, K B4 70 RxP, K- B5 71 R- R4t. K- Q6; for the situation is not clear. Here In the diagram, however, we have a most peculiar position. Both sides are In tempo trouble or near-Zugzwang. 71 R-RS • • • • White has but one King move and that 71 R- N5 Is very interesting in that it loses. So he can move only his Rook. leads into one position in which the 67 R- N7 .... Knight draws against Rook and Pawn, and Black draws In any case: 1) 71 _ .. And now Black has only one move. N-N5t 72 K-Bl, N-Q6t 73 K-Nl (73 K 67 . . . • K-Q2 B2. N- NSt, etc.), N-B4, and Black draws At this point, indeed, White can move as White can not hold his last Pawn; his King; but, after 68 K-Q2, K- Kl, he 2) 71 ... N-NGt 72 K-Nl, P-B7t 73 K doesn't get anywhere. White simply can· Interposition. N2, N-Q6t 74 KxP, N-84, and the Knight not el'er capture the Knight. So the gains that draw versus Rook and Pawn: position is a draw. Solutions, page 127.

CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1~60 109 Up-to-date opening analysis by DR. MAX EUWE b)' an outstanding authority. Former World Champion

8 . . . PxP is bad on account of 9 N- N5. CANAL' S GAMBIT Q- K4 10 N-Idoubled Pawns" and perhaps others. But it is still a theoret ical problem to weigh lind compare all these factors and evaluate the strategical and tactical consequences of the system. 11 is perhaps an added value in the system that it has not been taken very seriollsly in Western chess. And that we derive the greater part of our material from Russian analyses. For the westerner who adopts the This position Is difficult to judge. But system for one shot or even extensively will have some factor of surprise it seems Improbable that White can play working for him, at least for some time. for a win after Black·s next. 16 . . . . B- K2 Like the Tarrasch Defense, this line Section A True, White can free his Knight with can be an active alternative to taking 17 P- Q6. But 17 ... B-B3 18 N-B7 sUt! Part 1. on. passively, White's Minority Attack leaves Black one Pawn to the good, and White·s compensation is donbtful, to sa:, in the Queen·s Gambit Declined. 6 Q-N3 • • • • the least. N_KB3 White defends his Queen Knight Pawn 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 3 N_QB3 1"or does 17 N-K5. R- Bl 18 NxPt! K P_B4 in a s imple manner. But Black is en· 2 P-QS4 P-K3 4 B_N5 Bl 19 PxP, NxKR 20 RxN, N- B3 enhance 5 PxQP Q-N3 abled to restore the material balance under quite satisfactory circumstances. White·s prospects at all. 6 . . . . BPxP 9 N_ N5 B- N5t 7 QxQ PxQ 10 K-Q1 R-R4 Part III . 8 BxN PxB 11 P-K4 . . .. (Continue from f i rst di"gr~rn) Now mack has 11 . . . PxP e.p. 12 PxP. 6 N- B3 .... B-Q2 13 P-QR4. X- R3 with some advan· White supports his center but does not tage. And he also has 11 .. . P- K4 12 entirely solve his problems that way B-B4, B- Q2 13 P- QR4, N- R3 U N- K2, either. N-B4 to the same effect. 6 . . . . 6 , . . BPxP is an exchange which fur· Part II. thers the White development. It was played in the recent USSR I'S. Yl1goslavia (Continue from first diagram) Match: Korchnoi vs. Karaklajlch, Kiel'. 6 N_ R4 .... In this posltion, \Vhlte has an abun· J959. The Russian won after gl·eat com· dance of possibilities to consider. "White forces his opponent to an im· plications: 7 BxN. PxB 8 QxP. B-84 9 which we group into three sections: mediate explanation which demands from QxP, BxPt 10 K- Q1, R-B1 11 P- K4, N A - less important moves: 6 Q-N3, 6 him careful and energetic counter·play. Q2 12 Q- N7, P- K4 13 B-N5. 0 - Q5 14 K- R4, 6 N- B3 and 6 P - K3; 6 . . . . Q- N5t !'\xB, Px1" 15 P - Q6! QxP 16 N- Q5. K- Ql B - accepting the gambit: 6 PxKP: 7 B-Q2 QxQP 17 BxN. BxB 18 P- K5. B- N5t 19 K-Q2. C - declining the gambit: 6 J3xN. 8 N-QB3 N-K5! QxN 20 QxRt, K-Q2 21 Q-Q6t, etc. 110 CHESS REV IEW, APR IL. 1960 With the text move, however, Black Black can, however. continue with 9 . . . -White is a Pawn up; bnt Black's pieces can hold his own, White does n ot BxBt 10 QxB, Q- m 11 P - QN3, )<- B3 and are very active, and White's Queen achieve much with 7 Q-Bl , QxQt 8 RxQ, t hm; re::tcll Ilear equality. The gambit Knight is out of play. NxP, He may a ttempt to take advantage Fawn is compensated here by the greater White has the choice of K- Q2 and K of the exposed position of mack's Queen. activity of Black's pieces e.g., 12 N Q1: "Quo vadis White King?" as Platz But, if Black continues properly, he ICB3. H- Kl! 13 P- K3. PxP 14 PxP, Q-1\"5 st:tted in Schach. c::.mes Ol1t satis factor ily: e.g., 7 R- BI. 15 B- D4t, K- Bl 16 0 - 0 , QxQ 17 N-.:'1: . It is possible to show t hat 13 K- Q2 is NxP 8 N-QR4, Q- R6! (not 8 . . . QxHF RxP. not at all good : 13 ... B- Q2 14 N-B5 (11 9 R-Rl, Q- B5 ] 0 P- K4, Q- N 5t 11 B-Q2) But all other lnoves are inferior. P - QR3. N/5- R3, etc.), R- BI 15 NxB, NxN 9 NxP, N- Q2. I} 8 . .. Q- N5t? 9 B- Q2 and a) 9 ... 16 P- QR3, N- B4 17 R- Nl. N-N6t 18 K Part IV. P - QN4? 10 DxQ, BxBt 11 N- B3, PxN 13 Kl (18 K- Ql, R- B7! 19 PxN, R/I- QBl), (I- N3t, N-Q4 13 QxNt, B -K3 lot Q- B3t, N- R7! 19 N-B3, R- B7 20 N- K5t, K- Bil (Cor.tlnue from first diag"am) etc., or b ) 9 ... N- K5 10 BxQ, BxBt 11 21 N- Q3, R/1- QBl , thr eatening 22 . . . 6 P- K3 • • • • N-li3, N-QB3 12 Q-Q3, hN 13 O-O- O! N/7- B8. With this move, White not only sup 2) S . . . Q- -Ql? 9 P - K4! B- N 5t 10 ports his center but a lso activates his 13 K-Q1 • • • • B- Q2, BxBt 11 QxB, NxP 12 Q- D4t, N- B3 King Bishop. T he ma in difference Is t hat :Kow it seelns exceedingly difficult for 13 B- B41 , etc. he t hus has a new way of protecting his Black to obtain ]'eal count el·-ch a nces. Queen Knight (after . . . QxNP), i. e., by 3) 8 . .. Q- Q3? 9 R-Bl, N- R3 10 R- Dt I} 13 .. . B-B4? 14 N- B5, R- Bl 15 NxP! D- N5t and then KN-K2. Q- Q4 11 ="- KB3! P - N ,j 12 RxP, QxP 13 (Schamkowitz) , K- K2 16 1\'- B3, N- B7 17 P - K4! R--Qp,' l 14 N- K5t, K-Nl 15 N- B6, Therefore, Black ought not enter t h fJ R- Bl, P-QR4 18 N- K5, R-R2 19 1\'- Q3! etc. (Kots- Matskevits. Ukrainian Cham· usual line with . . . QxNP. For White has with adVantage to White; plonship. ]955>' ample compensation for his material 2) I ii . . . B- K3 14 N - B5, BxP 15 Nx P , after (; . .. QxP 7 B-N5t, B- Q2 8 BxI3t. 9 B-Q2 • • • • N/1- B3 ]6 N- B3, QR- N l 17 N- Q6t, K- K3 QNxI3 9 KN- K2, NxP 10 NxN, PxN II Now Black has the choice of 1) 9 18 N- K-1, and Black's compensation is 0 - 0 . Q-KB~? 2) 9 . . . Q- Q4? a nd 9 . .. B- NS; doubtful. 6 . . . . NxP! 1) 9 . . . Q-KB4 10 P - K3! (also good is 13 . . . . N/ 1- R3 7 B-N5t N- Q B3 10 Q-N3t, N- Q4 11. N- KB3, N-B3 12 P The move is Platz' recommendation. 7 ... B-Q2 Is pe rhaps even better. K3>. B- K3 (or 10 . . . P- QN4 11 Q- N3t 14 P- QR3 N- Q4 17 N-B3 N- B6t or 10 . . . N- KS 11 Q- B3) 11 N- KB3, N- B3 8 KN- K2 N,N 15 P_QN4 P-QN4 18 K - K1 Q R- Q l p,p J2 PxP, H- Ql 13 B- K3, B- N5t 14 N- B3, 16 N- N2 B- N2 19 N-Q3 KR-K 1 9 NxN N- K5 15 R- B1, Q- QR4 16 Q- B2, anel 10 PxP B-Q2 Black has insufficient compensation for 10 ... B- N5 is to be considered, too. the lost materiaL 11 0 - 0 Q,P 2) 9 .. . Q-Q4 10 H-Bl, N- B3 11 N-Km:. 12 Q-K2 • • • • B-KB4 (not 11 . . . P - QN,j? RxN!) 12 \Yhite has a n excellent game (12 P- K3, P-Q6 13 1\'- B3, Q- Q2 14 Q- N3't, B--Q3 13 N- K4). Black's gambit has been K- Kl 1~ N- QN5, etc. Or, in this line, 11 transformed into a \ Vhlte gambit. ... B-KK5 12 P - K3, P -Q6 13 N- B3, Q. It seems that 6 P-K3 next to 6 BxN m 14 Q- RI, etc. (as we shall see) is the best try to There was also t ried in this line: 10 unnerve Canal's Gambit. . . . B-K3 11 N- K B3. N- K5 (11 . .. P-QN4 12 N-N5t, K-Nl 13 NxB, QxN 14 N- B5) 12 P-K3, KxB (12 . . . P -QN4 13 NxP , Section B PxN 14 8-B4, QxB 15 RxQ, BxR 16 (-1- B3tJ 13 QxN, PxP 1-1 PxP, QxQt 15 NxQ, Here the strnggle Is still in progress, (Continue f r om first di ~g ram) N- Q2 16 B- D-I, and White won (Bori· a nd the r esult is by n o means clear. 6 Px K P • • • • senko- 'l'o\ush. Riga, 1958) . For years, accepting the gambit has 9 . . . . B- N5! been considered the refutation of Canal's 10 Q-N3t , . . . Section C line. According to recent research, it (Contlnu~ Here Black has overwhelming threats from f i r st diagr am) doesn't seem true. after 10 N- KB3, BxBt 11 NxB, D- Q2 12 6 Bx N • • • • 6 • . . • PxQ P Q- N3t. 8-K3 13 Qxl'i , QN- Q2. So we come to declining the gambit Other jlossiblIities are no good. On And BlRck has Rlllpie compen sation for which seem s to be \Vhlte's most promis 6 ... BxP 7 P - Q5, QxP? S N-R4. Q- N5t the Pawl\ ufter 10 P- QN3, N- K5 11 N ing effort at refutation of Canal's Gambit. 9 B- Q2, White wins a piece. And he wins KD3, B-1\5 12 BxB, QxBt 13 N- Q2, P 6 . . . . QxP after () . . . QxP 7 B- Q2! PxQP 8 R-Nl. QK4 14 :--:!-N2 , N-B6. Th is line is better than 6 . . . PxB 7 Q-H6 9 N- N5, Q- B4 10 Q- R4. 10 . . . . N-Q4 P- K3! QxP 8 D- NSt, B- Q2 8 BxB, NxB 7 PxPt 11 BxB QxBt 10 KK- K 2, after which White's position 8 N- R4 · . . . 12 QxQ N,Q is far superior.

8 . . Q- R4t This is a critical position, the judg This was the continuation in the " pre· Or 8 . B-NSt, which leads to trans- ment of which is decisive for the value ruiere" Tartakover- Canal. Arter 7 Q- B] , position or moves a fter 9 B- Q2, Q-RL or the acceptance of the gambit: 6 PxP. QxQt 8 RxQ, PxB 9 N- K4, N- Q2 10 CH£SS R ~ VIEW , APR il, 1960 11\ (Continued from page 111) PxKP, PxKP 11 P xP, P- B4 12 N- Q6t, BxN 13 PxB, N- B3 14 P - K3. K-Q2 15 R-Ql , N- Q ~, the chances turned out to be even. But W hite has bettel", 7 PxBP ... , 7 R-Dl com es to 'h, same t hing. 7 . . , . PxB 11 Sxst N xB 8 R-B1 B x P 12 N- K2 R- B1 TEMPORAL RELATIVITY 9 P- K3 B- N5 13 PxP Px P In one sense, ti me is relatively unimportant in chess. It matters but 10 B- N5t B-Q2 14 R_ B2 . , . . littl e whether a game is won in forty moves or twenty - so long as it is won . Here, in the Abbazia Gambit Tournament of 1912, R. Reti (Black) acquires a winning position. He ought to consolidate. Instead, he fo rces, creates weaknesses in hi s own camp, and R. Spielmann takes over. The opening, a King's Gambit, begins with I P- K4, P- K4 2 P- KB4, PxP 3 N- KB3, N- KB3 4 N- B3. Cover scoring table at line indicated. Set up position, make Black's next move (exposing ta ble just enou gh to read it) . Now guess White's 5th move, th en expose it. Score par, if move agrees ; zero, if not. Make move actu ally given, Black's reply. Then guess White's next, and so on. COVE R W HITE MOV ES IN T ABLE BELOW. EXPOS E ONE LINE AT A T IME 14 . . . . Q-R6 Gawlikowski in Schachmaty, October. W h ite Par Black Yo ur Se lection Yo u r 1958, r ecommended 14 .. . BxNt In order P layed Score P layed for W h ite's move Score t o continue a fter 15 NxB, Q- N3 16 0 - 0 4 .. · • P-Q4 · ...... with 16 . .. K- K2. N onetheless, a fter I j 5P-K5 ...... 3 5 . • .. N-K5 · ...... · ...... Q- Bl, it seems t hat W h it e st ands be tter. 6B- K2 ...... • ...... 3 6 .. . • N- B3 · ...... 15 O- OJ .... 7 P-Q3 ...... • ...... 4 7 . .. NxN · ...... · ...... A pl"()m lslng sa cl·ifice. But the obvious 15 Q- Q2 proved t o be succes sful in a 8 PxN ...... 1 8 • .. P-KN4 (. ) · ...... recent game, Prochor owich-Tolu sh, Mos 90_0 ...... 3 9 • R- KN1 (b) · ...... cow, 1959. The continuation was 15 . . , 10P- Q4 · ...... 4 10. P- N5 · ...... N- N3 16 0 - 0, 0 - 0 17 Q- Q4, Q- H4 18 11 N- K1 ...... 3 11 .. • P-B6 · ...... R,/2- Bl , R- B5 19 Q- Q3, Q- R 6 20 R~N l , 12B- Q3 ...... 3 12 . . · Q- R5 · ...... RxN 21 NxR, QxN 22 Q-K4, B- R 6 23 R- N 3, Q- D4 24 QxNP. and White won. 13 B-K B4 (c) ...... 6 13 ... • PxP · ...... , ...... 15 . . . . BxN 14NxP ...... 1 14 . . . • Q- R4 · ...... 15 R- N1 ...... 5 15 . . N-Q1 · ...... H ere Ga wlikowski r ecommends 15 .. . · . K- K2 again. But While has 16 N- K 1, 16 P_B4 (d) ...... 7 16 B- K3 ...... KR- Ql 17 RxR, RxR 18 N-D~! 17 N- K3 ...... 5 17 • ... PxP · ...... 16 Q-Q3 N_ K4 18 QxPt K_ N3 18 B_ K4 ( e) ...... 7 18 . .. P-QB3 · . . , .... , ...... · ...... 17 Q-NSf K-B2 19 N-B4t K-R3 19 P- Q5 ...... 7 19 • .. B_QB4 · ...... , ...... 20 Nx P • • • • 20 K-R1 (f) ...... 6 20. .. BxN · ...... · ...... 21 PxB ...... 4 21 · · • NxP · ...... 22 BxB ...... 2 22 . . · . QxKP · ...... 23 BxKRP ...... 5 23 .. · R- R1 .. · ...... 24 RxB P ( g) ...... 9 24 . . · R-Q1 (h) · .. . , .. .. , ...... 25QxP ...... 5 25 . . · QxB · ...... · , ...... 26B- N6 ...... 1 26 .. · Resigns ...... Total Score ______100 You r Percentag e ______

SCALE : 75-100-Exce il ent; 55.74-Superi or ; 40.54-Good; 25.39_Falr N OTES TO TH E GAME • Position after 23 •• . R-R1 ( a) Black is now a solid Pawn plus. White ha s a very stron g a ttack : e.g., (h) BJack ought not attack. 9 . . . B·K3 20 . . . KH- Nl 21 P- B4, N- N 3 22 R-B3 - consolidates. or 21 ... B- Q7 22 P xN! (c ) Heducing Bla ck's offensive to n il. (d ) W hite takes the initiative. (e) W hite preserves his force to harass the enemy King. ( f) If 20 PxB, NxP 21 Q-K2, NxB 22 RxN, QxKP 23 QR·KB I, Q.B6, the issue is in doubt. (g) The unexpected r esource. (h) If 24 ... KxR, Black is soon mated. t :::: ~tJ.ec k ; : :::: double check; § :::: dIs. check

CHESS REV IEW, APR IL, 19(; 0 Games played by readers, annotated by one 0/ America's leading masters. by I. A. HOROWITZ

SLIPS THAT PASS WITH THE KNIGHT The Knight moves to Rl to keep KBI vacant for a retreat of the King Dishol). Hypermodernism encompasses a ve ry broi:Hi fi eld, After 9 ... N- DI 10 B-R6, P-N3 11 PxP, Blnck is cl'ushed on the open Rook file. \\'ood p llsher~. incl uding great masters and lowly Brief· 10 B_ R6 B_Bl ly, its sin gu lar strategy is to cede the cen ter wi th a II BxP s,s

view 10 selling up the mid section of the board as a wide 12 P- R6 • • • • target. On ly the masters know, however, th e great risk 'fher'eb)" wily nlly. White opens the entail ed . For control of the center is infinitely valuable, Hook file. 12 . . . . N-N3 often decides the ga me, and its abandonmen t is only 13 PxB K, P •• part of the plan. TIle other part is to recover that which 14 Q-R5 R- R l is ceded or its e

CHESS R€VI£W, APR IL, 1960 113 BUT DOES HE LIVE? Is a bit hasty in parting with Ills Queen BIRD'S OPEN ING In one or the metropolitan cl uba, the Bishop. 13 B- N1, threatenIng 14 P-K R~, Smith Boyer gains greater advantage. move, castles, Is always met wi th the White mack 13 ... , Nx B refrain "Now I know where you live," 1 P-KB4 In this game, Black Is cagey, He Isn't ,<. Q;;N P_ KR4 • • • 1'hls Is the move which chat"ac te!'lzes giving alit the secret or hl~ abode. HIs Of course, m ack's last move envisages King remains on Its onglnal square. the profound trap of . . . n-R3. How tho ope"ln;;. White plans to obtain a hold Before h e can mak e 11 \) h is mind to could anyone resist? o : ~ the squ:u'e 1';:5. P_Q4 which wing to (lee. Ilowever, he Is h it 15 Q-B3 P_ KN4 1 • . • • wi th everything. IncludIng t he lowly 16 KR-Kl N_N5 Dhck. on the other haud, strikes at Pawn! With Ule anchor ing of lhe K nig ht at some othe l' cenu'al squares. 1 ... P-K I transpo!;os elthe l' into the King's Gambit SICILIAN DEF ENSE K4, mack will have weathered t he st orm, Bnt ri rst ... . In In to From's Gambit, tile latter being R. Cohen a. Wiltill; ms r.. dange rous 1'8 l'iation - dangel"Ous for 11 N_K6! • • • • W hite Black both s ides. .... as Tarraseh was wont to say. "Tht) 2 P- K3 P-QB4 5 B-N2 N_B3 1 P-K4 P-QB4 4 NxP N- KB3 move is t here ; b ut you mu ~ t see it," S N-KB.l N_QB3 6 B-N5 B- Q2 2 N-KB3 P-Q3 ~ N-QB3 P-KN3 11 . . . . BxN 4 P_QN3 3 P_Q4 p,p 6 B_K 3 8-N2 P- K3 7 KBxN a,a From now on, Dla<.'k Is unable to IlU; Tht' Dragon Variation of the Sicilian. These are the U!;l1a l moves, reaching a up any resistance. 17 .. , PxN 18 Px"', slandal'd pnttem. Black's play Is on Ihe hnlf-open Queen N- K4 19 PxBt. QxP, and it Is 8Ull a fight. Bishop file In conJtm ctlon with the pI'es- 8 0-0 · . , . 18 PxB P-B3 5m'e exel1:ed by the rianch ettoed Dlshop A bit 1ll01'e a ccurate is 8 N-K5, Then on the long cenll'a l dlngona l. On the other I3\ack had re lied on h is last move (0 W hile can determine. If he so desires, to hand, White co mmands t he centet' amI ]Ieep the approaches clo~ed. But he ret) k· win the "'lesser exchange," Bishop for will atta('k In nny dlrectlon where he can oned without hi s host. Knight. spot 01' p rovoke a weaknes~, a ll the Urn.;! 8 . . . . P-QN3 eyeing the Dlac k monarch, 9 N- K5 B-N2 7 P- B3 . . . , 10 P- B5 · , . . T h \:-; bolsterIng or t he KIng Pawn I~ The breakthrough on the Bishop flIe !s \\~\ lally the pl'elude to an IHlvall('e of t he somewhat premalure. White ought to Klng·slde Pawns In fI. demonstrAtion complete his development with 10 P - Q3. against the enemy K ing. Black is ex· fo llowed 1.1 K-Q2- B3. pec ted to castle on t he Klng·slde. 10 . . . , B-K2 7 . . . • P-QR3 10 . , , PxP , rollowed by ... B- K ~. & Q-Q2 QN-Q2 looks beuer, Latel' on, Black can e ~ploi t I 9 0-0-0 . , .. the ha lr-o pen " lilt; file, whereas White'l< l)rOS lle <.'ts on the half,open Bishop me a~ not lu'Omlslng In view of Black's bulwar k 19 P-K5 , . . , Kn ight. Now all the batteries are l ra ined on 11 P-Q3 0-0 lhe centel'. 12 N-Q2 P- Q5 19 . . . . NxRP Black II< pushing hard. too hard. to un· This capture has nothing to do with balance lhe position. the case (tra la). But then there Is llothing t o be done. 19 . , . NxKP is oul of the question on acco11nt of 20 RxN! 20 Q- B5 .... Mate is threMened. 20 .... R- R3 9 , , . . P_KR3 Not 20 . , . 0 - 0 21 PxQP! A number of yeal's ago, Black's ]llay 21 N_K4 B-Bl was to be frowned llpon. Who had e ver 22 NXNP . , . . heard of a Il]ayel' moving p - J(n3 ll,nd Good enough. though 22 PxQP Is bette I'. p -Qna In the opening? Today. the view 22 ... , Q-R4 is the same. Dut it Is agl'eed thnt, In PO 23 N-B7 N-N5 ~itio n a l games, It Is poss Ible t o take such 24 PxQP Retigns 13 P-K4 · . . . liberties wit hout Immediate, catast rophic For now mate a n d Queen a re both consequences. Dlack's last move. It Is to Instead, }3 PxKP, BP;cP 14 P xP, PXP , threatened ! rollowed by 15 P-Q R~ and 16 N-B4, leaves be noted, fixes his King hi the center Black with 11 weak Queen Pawn a ud Klns oC the board for some time to come. s inCA Pawn. t:lI"gets in the ensuing play. Then he cannot castle on tile Klng·slde without W h ite's Olen are a ll poised Cor action. s u rrende li ng h is King nook Pawn. ONE FOR THE BIRD'S without a ny redeployment being neces 10 B- QB4 N- K4 The players of tbe rollowlng game IU'~ sal'y. 11 B-N3 B- Q2 conversa nt with tbe general principle!! . 13 . , . PxP but hardly the sPe(;if\c ones, par ticular ly Undoubtedl)·. Black bellew!s t hltlln d ue g RxP N-Q2 those small points which have a way or 15 N/2-B4 NxN lime he can ca& Lle Io ns. adding up to bigger things. After achiev 12 P- B4 N/ 4-N5 Ing a promising opening pattem. White The simplification favors Black, a s his 13 P-B5 . . . . "swim s" [01' lack of ideas. And Um~ men al"C In play: whereas Wilite's Bishop requ!l'es som e time, at any rate, to be· White's moving center P awll s. how. trouble towards the end Increases lhe come Active. evel', disturb the equilibrium. SIll I. WhIle confusion. The final, violent matlng com , blnation, however, malles one good polnl 16 NxN P_ B3 ~~--~t = check; t = dbl.~~ cheek: -~~I = dis. eh. In Its favor. 17 N- B4 B-B1 114 CH U5 REVIEW, APRi L, 1960 To r emo"e this Bishop from its excel· lent dingonal is a l )o~it ionai bl under. Biacl" instead. can Iltilize the Bishop on its paM by enforcing P- KB4 in d\w time. 18 R_ B2 P-QN4 19 N- Q2 P_ B4 20 Q_ K2 · . . . White misses allothel' opportunity. 20 P- QR·I is the move. If then 20 . .. P- Nij. u. S. Open Championship, 1943 19 B- N5 B- B3 Black's Pawns are weakened, and COil· \\'hite malles an ambi tious, and a It's beller to let the Exchange go! versely White's strengthened on the na tur:t]·looking. mO l'e and suddenly dio ~. 20 6-N4 Resigns Queen's wing. and White can concentrat~ on t he other side. QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED 20 . . . . B- N4 8. A ltman G. Katz Nice, 1930 21 N-B1 P-KB5 \\'hite Black 22 B- B1 When Black takes a Pawn. White re 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 6 0-0 P- QR3 captures - with a sac rifi ce! Again. 22 P-QIH i~ the mO l'e. \\' hiU, 2 P- QB4 p,p 7 N _ B3 P_QN4 COL LE SYSTEM ought to fix the Queen·slde P:nnll; befol'''' 3 N_KBS N-KB3 8 B- Q3 B_N2 unde rtaking any other actioll. ~. P-K3 P- K3 9 Q-K2 N- B3 E . Coile J . O'H an lon 22 . . . . Q- B2 5 BxP P- B4 10 R-Q1 Q- B2 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 7 0 - 0 0 - 0 Apparent ly. Black threatens 23 11 PxP s,p 2 N_ KB3 N-KB3 8 R- K1 R_K1 B-R5. ,,'othing" too unusual so far. But no\\" 3 P- KS P-B4 9 P- K4 QPxP 4 P-B3 P-K3 10 NxP N,N 23 N- Q2 • • • • White nHI[, es his ra tal move. 5 B-Q3 B-Q3 11 BxN p,p An:! still 23 P- QR4 is t he move. If then 12 P-K4? . . . . 6 QN- Q2 QN-Q2 12 BxPt !! . . . . 23 . . . D- R5. White wins a pieec witli 24 P- ]\;~, PxP 25 PxP, ExP? 26 HxHt. KxR 27 (i-B3t. 23 . . . . B- K2 24 N- B1 • • • • It is clear that White is ba l'I'en of ide:ls. Again . 2·1 P-QIt·1. and all tll". othe l pieces \\"ill fall in pla ce. 24 ... , B-K3 25 Q-B3 6 - R5 26 R-Q2 P_ J\l 4 Kow Black's Pawn· rolle r a ssumes dan· gerO\l!; proportions. 12 i\I-KN5! 27 Q-R5 Q- Q2 12 . . . . K,B 14 P-KR4! R_ R1 13 R-B1 N- Q5 13 N- N 5t K-N3 15 RxPt!! White's Quee11 is ill !.ronble: and. when Resigns • • • • the position opens Up. so will his King be. So far. the familiar. old Bishop sacri· It 's a cast' no\\" of Queen goes or else fi ce. But this move a dds spice. 15 ... 28 P- N 3 .... White is mat ed. Px/1 16 Q- Q3j' lea(ls to mate. It opens up soonel' th'ltl ex[)ected. wit,1 W h ite's heln. This is White's d~riani 15 . . . . N-B3 stand. Ne w York Met Speed Tournameni, 16 P-R5t ! K-RS 28 . . . . p,p 1943 16 l1xP 17 Q- Q3t leads t o mate. 29 PxP B_N5 17 RxB Q-R4 19 N-N5t K_N1 Sammy spots a Paw II so a s to feint on 30 Q-R6 18 NxPt K-R2 20 Q- NSt Resigns • • • a Hool, _. and win a Queen. The ca lm before t he storm. N I MZO.IND[AN DEFENSE S. Reshevsky O. Shai nswit I am a fa ir ly good wood pusher, 1 P - Q4 N-KB3 10 0-0 R_K1 but I am a f ar better PHOTO 2 P-QB4 P- K3 11 P-BS Q-K2 3 N-QB3 B_ N5 12 N-N3 P- QNS FINISHER. 4 P- QR3 BxNt 13 B- Q2 B- N2 If you own a camer a and w ould like to 5 P'S 0 - 0 14 R_ K1 QR_B1 obtain t he best from your 6 P-K3 P-B4 15 Q-K2 P-N3 negatives B- Q3 P_Q4 7 16 Q-B2 N-QR4 composed, straightened, shaded, etc., 8 ElPxP KPxP 17 QR-N1 p,p 9 N-K2 N-B3 18 BPxP Qx RP send them to me for processing. I w i ll a lso give you co nst r uctive crlt[cism and advice. I own t he oldest F lnegrain Laboratory in the United States, 30 .... Rx Nt Ea stern Film Laboratory, 31 KxR R- Blt 32 K-N2 and I can give good service to my chess confreres in their photo pr oblems. 32 K- NI is a little be tter. It does nOl hold up. however. against 32 ... B- BH. Send for price list and with th e threats of 33 ... Q- N5 and <:;~ mailing bags. ... Q- R6. Kow \Vhite is mated hy force . 32 . . .• B-R6t 35 K -R2 R-B8 RAOUL ECHEVERRIA 33 K _ R2 Bx Pt 36 B- N2 Q- NBt 237 E. 53 St. New York 22, N. Y. 34 KxB Q-N5t 37 KxB R- B6 mate CH ESS REVI EW, A PR IL. 1960 115 Entertaining and instructive games by HANS KMOCH annotated by a famous analyst.

White moves to anticipate 13 .. . BxN White's passed Pa\\"n on the seventh is ~).INTERNA TlONAL 1·1 BxB, P- K4. Fo!' that ]l!·ocedure. an asset of course but more so as the though still favoring White artel" 15 P-Q5. Black Queen Knight Pawn must fall. PxP 16 NxP. N x ~ 17 fixN, yet offers GREAT BRITAIN, 1959·60 19 . . . . N_ B4 Black comparative relief. Black must lose one way or the other: Hasting s International 13 . . . . Q-K1 19 ... P-N3 20 B- N5 or 19 . .. Q- B1 20 Notorious Troublemaker It Is impossible to dislodge White'1' NQ- QB1 01" 19 . •. BxN 20 BxB, P-N3 :n Tournament wiuner Svetozar Gligorich msllol> and gct in .. . P - K4 with any Q- N5. or Yugoslavia scoz'es an amazingly quiek alleviating effect: 20 Q-N4 Q-B3 victory against the winner of tile pro> 1 ) 13 . . . P- B3 14 B - K3, DxN 15 Bx8, In trying to save the Pawn, Black vious year. Blael,'s Queen Bishop once P- K4 16 PxP. PxP (16 ... Q- K2I7 PxP!) loses the Exchange. again jU!;tlfies Its reputation as a no· 17 BxN. PxB 1S B- N4! R-B2 19 Q-Q2! 21 B-K7 KR_ B1 torious troublemakel·. 2) 13 . . . P-KR3 14 B-RI, P-N4 15 B And, in trying to save the Exchange, N3. BxN 16 BxB, P - K4 17 P-Q5 ! PxP 1$ he loses a fnll Rook. SLAV DEFENSE NxP. NxN 19 RxN aftel' which White Q,B (Schlechter Variation) wins: 19 ... Q- K 1 or K2 20 Q- B7! 01' In 22 BxN 23 R- QBt! Resigns Svetozar Gligorich Wolfgang Uhlmann .. R- Bl 20 Q- Q2! R- B2 21 R- Q1. For 23 .. . B- B1 fails against 24 QxQ. Yugoslavia East Germany 14 P-Q R4! . . . . White Black Aftel' dislodging the Knight with 15 P 1 P-Q4 N-K B3 4 N- B3 B-N2 R5, White can very soon break throug!l 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 5 P_ K3 0-0 ill the center with P-Q5. At this point, Two Examples in One 3 N-QB3 P-Q4 6 B-K2 . . . . White's advantage is barely short of This is a splendid example of the far· being decisive. 'White's last move is well considered. I'eaching consequences of a seemingly as we shall see. It is designed to make 14 . . . . P- K4 insignificant move. White demonstrates Black's bid for fZ'eedom more difficult A radical bid for counter-play which t he theme with a beautiful combination than it is after the more conventional actually accelerates defeat. But Black to obtain a winning advantage. 6 B-Q3. has nothing to lose. Obviously, he cannot The second part of the game Is a sim· 6 . . . . P-B3 just wnit and see - and get away with ilar example, but in reverse. It's a Pawn it. Nor is 14 ... P-Q1H of any promise move again, but this time underestimated After this move. the opening can be as it depl'ives his Knight of vital pl'O' by 'White whose otherwise easy victory definitely classified, tUrning from a start tection and so makes 15 Q- N3 very ef· consequently becomes a problem. as a Gruenfeld Defense into the Schlech· ter Variation of the Slav (the name fectlve. S IC IL IAN DE F ENSE p,p goes back to the Lasker-Schlechter 15 P-Q5 Svetoza r Gligorich Milko Sobotov Match of 1910, though the variation was Yugoslav ia Bulgari a inaugurated much earlier by Alapln). White Black 7 0 - 0 B- 84 1 P-K4 P_QB4 4 N,P N_ KS3 Black's move would be more effective 2 N-K B3 P_Q3 5 N_QB3 P_QR3 if White had played B-Q3. The same 3 P_Q4 p , p 6 B_ KN5 P_ K3 holds true for 7 .. . D-N5. As it is, Black 7 P-B4 P- R3 does better with 7 . .. P- K3 or . . . P-!\"3 This move may be jU1>t as good as the now. more usual 7 ... B- K2. But it changes B PxP the possibilities. even more radically Here 8 ... PxP Is steadier even though than Black realizes in this game. 9 Q- N3 practically forces 9 . .. B- B1. B B- R4 B-K2 9 Q-N3 ... . There is a lso the important alterna· Now 'Vhite has a fine game. His mobile tive of 8 . .. Q-N3. for that line re center is the more valuable in that th(' 16 P- R5! . . . . quires the insertion of ... P-KR3. The two enemy pieces are possible targets The winning combination. text lin e, however, entails a change in for the King Pawn. 16 . . . . P-Q5 Black's star move, namely , ... P - KN4 11 P-K4 B_K3 )'atller than .. . P-QN4. 9 . . . • N- N3 Dlacl, plays for the indirect swap of QN-Q2 12 Q_ B2 B- N3 Q_ B2 10 R- Q1 Knights which is basically most desir· 9 Q- B3 The Bishop. having come out prema· able but practically no better than these 10 0 -0- 0 QN-Q2 tur ely. is vainly looking for an adequate a lternatives: 1) 16 .. . 1\'- B1 17 NxP with 11 B- Q3! • • • • job. The a lternative 12 ... B- lJ5 also threat of 18 oN- B7 and a lso 18 Q-B7; 2) White realizes the difference. He abo leads to a superior game for White: e.g .. 16 . . . PxP 17 NxP, N -B1 18 Q- B7. stains from the usual 11 P - KN4 because 13 fixB, NxB 14 P- QN3. N/5- N3 15 B-N2, 17 PxN! PxN 11 ... P- KN4! 12 PxP, N- K4! is embar· after which the attempt to destroy 18 PxRP ! PxP rassing for him. White's center with 15 ... P - KB4 fails 19 QxP ... But ther e is much more involved. against 16 N-KN5 ! White simultnneously evolves a beauti 13 B-KN5 • • • • t _ check ; :I: - db!. cheek: § = dis. eh. ful ]Jrophylactic against 11 . .. P-QN4. 116 CHESS R£V1EW, APRIL, 1960 11 • • • • P_QN4 lent 21 P - B5! Q-BSf 22 K- Nl, QxP/4 23 This move destroys Bla ck's last 110]le: Unaware of t he full conseQuences of D-N6, etc. and 2) 21 KR- Kl!, QxPt 22 ·16 R- N4? Q- N7t! and stale mate. his seventh move, Black creates a K- Nl, Q-Q3 23 P-B4, etc. The wi n there· 46 . . . . Q-KI 48 R- N4t K_ R4 Frankenstein. Consistently. he ought to atter Is easy as White has opened mOl'e 47 B_Q3 K- R5 49 B- N6t Resigns proceed with 11 ... R-KN1. lines on tlle Klng·slde and retrieves his Bish op from being trapped behind the 12 P- K5! · . . . enemy lines. But now, as t he game goeA. The move which usually tails In thlij the position is too closed for action and YUGOSLAYIA, 1959 sort of situation Is dec is ive he re. so the win becomes II problem. Challengers Tournament 12 . . . . 8-N2 21 , , . . K-R2 23 K R-Ql R- Q Bl T bls Is the necessary I'eply but It lacks 22 B-R5 Q- B4 24 R/ I_Q2 P_ B4! Exit Also Wonderful its usually powerfu l etrect here. Now the King·s ide is sealed oU a nd As wonderful as was Fischer's s tart the Bishop im prisoned. White must ex· in this tournament with a win against change a Pawil o r t \\"o to ma ke I)rogress. Ke l'ell Is his conclusion in sco ring against But he is hampered by the dou bled Pawn the former World Champion. Both vie· on one willg and need for King safely on torles have in common t hat they are the other. Black has fair c hances for It achieved with Bla('k In the Sicilian, that draw. White falters In the opening and that 25 N-K2 K_N2 the winners excels in technique. 26 K- Nl K_ B3 SICILIA N DEFE NS E 27 P-QR3 P-R4 Vanity Smyslov Robert J . F ischer In starling Pawn action, Black actually helps his OPI)onenl. As he has no s ure Soviet Union United Sta tes draw, howe\·er. h is bid fOI' active pia), White Black must not be criticl~ed too s everely. 1 P_K4 P- QB4 7 P-B4 B- K2 13 Nx KP !! • • • • 28 N-N3 P_ N5 31 ·R/4-Q3 Q_B4 2 N_K B3 P-Q3 8 Q-B3 Q- B2 The beautitul re futation or Dlack's 29 P-QR4 Q-B3 32 R-K2 Q-N8t 3 P_Q4 p , p 9 0-0- 0 QN-Q2 eleventh move. It is based on the acces· 30 P- N3 Q- B6 33 K-N2 R- BS 4 N,P N_ KB 3 10 P_ KN 4 P_N4 sibllIty of KN6 for White's BIshop. Appal'ently, Black hopes fOI' 34 RxH. , N_QB3 P-QR3 11 B,N N, B 13 . . . . Q-Q5 35 R/ 2- K3. PxRt 36 HxP. QxBP as B-KNS P-K3 12 P-N5 N-Q2 then Black's Pawns may be dangel·ous. • Obviously, there Is no other choice. As played in the Gligorkh-Fischer 34 R/ 3-Q2 P-Q5 game in the second lap (p. 19, Januar)' 14 B-N6t K-B1 35 R-N2 Q-K6 Iss\le). Apparently, Fische r stili trus ts Black's last move enables White to ob 36 B-K8! .• , . this line and hopes to do better this tim e. taln a decisively s uperior compe nsation T he escape or the Bishop signals vic· 13 B-R3 . , , . for h is Queen. 14 ... K-Ql serves bettel' tory for the s tronger battalion. but only II Wh ite stili g ives u p his Rut. before Fischer can do bettel", Queen, and White can do m uch better: 36 ... , P- Q6 Smyslol' does worse. It is necessary to 37 Px P Q-K8 play 13 P- QR3, as d id Gligorlch. Smys· I 1) 15 PxN "! BxQ 16 PxBt , K-BII7 P xD, 38 R-QB2 RxP K- N2 18 P - KS(Q}, RxQ 19 Dx-R, Rxll 10 1' m ust have made this mo\'e more or leu a utomatica lly. relying on memory in with II, decis ive advantage tor Black; No\\" Black threatens to win with 39 In tention but actually following only his 2} 15 Q- R 3! with It winning attack: ... R--Q8. fi ngertips. a) 15 ... N- Q4 16 QxP, BxB 17 NxN or 39 B-N5! • • • • b) 15 .•• PxP 16 QxP with at least (OUZ· White parries with t he decisive coun· powerful threats, I.e., 17 PxP, 17 QBxN, ter-threat of mate in seven: 40 N-R5t, 17 RxNt and 17 B-BS: a possible con· K-K2 -n R-N7t, K-Ql 42 R-N8t. K- K2 43 tlnuatlon Is 16 .. , Q-B3 17 RxNt, QxR H-B7t, K- Q3 44 R-Q7t, K- ll4 45 R- B8t. I S R- Ql, N-Q4 19 QxKP, BxB 20 NxN, K-N3 46 R-llS mate. A glorious l'elUrn and White must win even though he is a for the Bishop. R ook down for the moment. 15 Px N I B,Q 16 P x Bt K_ N1 17 P x B • • • • The Immediate point now is tha t White wins a full Rook for h is passed Pawn. 17 , . . • N- B3 19 P- K8 (Q)t RxQ 18 BxN P x B 20 Bx R .... 13 . . . . P-N5! White has Rook, Bishop and Knight to!' AS Is often true III the Sicilian. the t he Queen In addition to great positional dislodgment of White's Queen Knight advantages. He threa tens to win outright \\'eakens his hold on the cellte l' and at with 21 P- B5, as Is eas y to see. the same time Incl'eases Black's lreedow 20 , . • • P_Q4 ot action, particularly for ... P- Q4. This move Is only a half·measu re 39 .... R-B6 14 QN- K2 B-N2 15 K-NI against the tb reat; but 20 ... P - B4 Is T he on ly other move which doesn·t • • • • just as hopeless becau8e of 21 KR- K I : IncUi' mate Is 39 .. . R- QI : but, while White protects his QR2 a nd sets u p e.g., 21 ... Q- K2 22 D-B6 ; or 21 . .. \\i'hlte may err with 40 B- B4 ?! R- QS! or the threat of 16 Bx P. 15 BxP works Q- Bl 22 RxQP! (22 B- R5! a lso wins), just drift a long with 40 N- RSt, K - KZ n pool'ly because of 15 ... PxB 16 NxP. QxB 23 R/ l::lP. Q- Rl (23 .. , Q-RS 24 R-N7t, K- BI , he can win with 40 R/N Q- BS! 11 NxPt, K-D.2, with Knight and R- K7! ) 2-t N- Q5, R- R2 25 R- KSt! K 2! e.g., 40 .. . Q-N8 41 R- B6 where, Queen Rook P awn both hanging lOI" 21 R_Q4 .... after be can concentrate fire on Black's White. But White relaxes too early and mus t King Pawn no mattel" how Black defends. 15 . . . , N-B4 conseQ.uently work very hard later. Thn 40 B-B4 Rx Rt 43 K_R2 P- B5 16 N-KN3 P- Q4 ! Issue Is not consolidation but attack. 41 Rx R P_K4 44 N-K4t K-N3 Here we have the effect mentioned and White can maintain a winning at· 42 Px Pt QxPt 45 R-N2t K-R4 aftel' mack's move ] 3. He now wins tack In at least two waY8 : 1) the consls· 46 N- B2 ! .• , . e ither a Pawn or the Exch ange. CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, '960 117 17 P- B5 , , , , A Faulty Exchange like. Black, he can m aneuver without wOITying a bout a safe spot for his King, T he King Pawn is lost unless it moves; For quite a time in thiS game. Black but, If it does, Black t he n wins the E~:. loral'ely holds his own \Hule)' diffi cult 18 .. . , Q-R4 21 N_R2 P_N4 change : 17 P xP, BxQP or 17 P- K5, P-Q;;, conditions. El'entually h owever. he makes 19 B-K2 Q_B2 22 Q- QN3 K_B2 SO White bites in t.o t he SOllr apple, feign' a faulty exchange and subsequently 20 K R-B1 P-B3 23 Q- K3 , ... ing appetite, gets an attack of sor ts , loses the battle over the advan ce of t he White threatens 24 QxP. H . , , . PxKP 19 N/4xP P-N3 enemy Queen Rook Pawn. Tabl displays 23 . . , , R- KN1 18 Q-N4 PxP 20 NxB QxN his flaming energy th is time main ly In 24 K_N1 N- K4 the end·game. 21 Q-B4 . , .. 'I'lIi >$ Kuight is now ideally posted fOl' White cannot successfully play fOl' reo SICILIAN DEFENSE l3Jack's set·up. covery of t he Pawn: e.g. 1) 21 KR- Kl. Mikhail Talll Frid rik Olafsson 25 N- B3 K_N2 P-H3 ! ! with a great advantage for Bla(:k Sovi et Un ion Icela nd 26 R- Q2 R- N1 as his King Knight Pawn cann ot be pro· 27 R/1_Q1 B_K 1 tected and 22 PxP loses a piece to 22 White Blacl;: Hel'e 27 .. . K- B5 is weak but for other · .. B- Ul! 2) 21 B- N2, 0 - 0 22 KR-K1, 1 P_ K4 P-QB4 4 NxP N_ KB3 ['eason than the obvious: 1) 28 QxP'i' KR- K l . and White lacks an e ffecti ve 2 N- KB3 P- Q3 5 N_QB3 P-QR3 loses Exchange for Pawn aftel' 28 . , . K conti nuation ( 23 H- Q4? N- K3! 24 NxP? 3 P- Q4 6 B-K NS P-K 3 R2: 2) Bx1'\! PxB 29 N- K2! gives WhiLe NxR 23 N - B6t. QxN!) 7 P-B4 P-R3 the su perior game (not 29 QxPt, K-R2 21 . , , . 0-0 23 R_K B6 R_Q4 The immediate 7 . . . Q-N3 is very SO Q-B4, P- K4 31 Q- B5t, K -R1 32 B-K3. 22 R_Q6 QR- Q1 24 B- N4 N_Q2 ! risky, if not actually faulty, because 01' Q- N2! and Black Will);). 25 R-KB1 . .. ~ Q- Q2, QxP 9 R- QK1. Q- R6 ] 0 P - K5 . Nol 25 NxP because of 25 ... R- Q5. c r. Duechtein- Eu we, page 232, CHESS HEVIEW, Aug ust, 1958. 25 ... . P- K6! 8 B-R4 Q_N3 o r COUl'se. 25 . . . NxR 26 PxR lose;; [or nIack in view of the threat of 27 :\0,," this move is strong. At any I'ate, Q- H6 and the particular quil'k t hat we know Of no qnotable game in which ·White's Q1 is well p rotected and so 26 i t was met in any p romising way. Nor · .. Q- Q3 does not cOll nter·threaten mate. is this game Hny mO del to that effect. 26 P- N3 R- Q7 S P-QR3 , , .. No\\' Dlack does thl'eaten 27 .. , NxH So as 10 I'efute 9 ... QxP with 10 N (2S PxN, Q- B4 29 B- B5, KR- Q1) . fi-I! This type of indirect IH·otection fo) ' the Queen Knight Pawn is well kn own. 27 BxN R, B whet her new 01' n ot fOl' this position. In 28 R- K 1 R-K1 appraising it here, ho\\"el'er. it must be 28 N- R2 P_R4 29 P_KR4 Q- B4 concluded that it fails to solve White's 29 Q_QB3 Q, Q Now Black is ready for a winning coun· problem. Swapping Queens is welcome to White ter·attack, to start with 30 .. , Q-B6 Ot' It is better, though, than 9 N- N3, Q :'IS it enables him to act with h is Queell· with 30 . ' . R - Q7. K6t 10 D- l<2 (Tahl-Tringov, .Munich, side Pawns at no I'isk fOI" his K ing, Black 1958, in wh ich White (ll\icl,ly won only mny a ls o p)'ofit from ihe excha nge by as Black left a piece e n prise,). But it is .:;-etting in . . . P- Q·1. followed possibly by hardly better t han the meek 9 R-QNl ... P - B·1. Hence, he )'efra ins from the (Unzickel'- Ola fsson, Munich. 1958 ). 29 . . . B- B3 which is a lso playable here. 9 , , , . N_B3 30 BxQ R-QR1 After th is move, however, Wh ite ob· 31 P-N4 ! B_B3 tains a pel'fectiy satisfactoJ'y gam e. i\I uch Black con cedes a Pawn on the Queen better is 9 ... B-Q2 (cf. i\lednis- W ein Rook file. but this active defense i.~ stein, page 1]9.) ]JI'eferable to the passive 31 . . , P- R5. 10 B-B2! ... For the latter puts Dlack's Queen Rook Kow the threat of 11 NxP force s out of aetiol) an(l provokes t he power· Black's Queen to retreat. ['ul sacrifi ce of 32 RxP , BxR 33 RxE after which Black's Queen·side Pawns SO Q-B4 10 , . . . Q-B2 12 0 - 0-0 B- Q2 a re likely to fall. 11 Q- B3 8 -K2 13 P-KN4 P- KN ' ~ White therefo re resorts to an end ing 32 PxP B,P in which he will have a passed Pawn Black's last is a sharp move consistent 33 B-N4 K-B2 and so some counter·chances. But he in eombination with llis seventh and de· 34 N-B3 B-B3 8igned to gain control of his K4, The loses another Pawn, and that's that. Bllt this last m ove is somewhat passive. alternative 13 , .. 0 -0- 0 is steadier but 30 , , . . QxQ 37 N-K2 R-K3! mack has better in 34 ... B- B6, swap· dangel'ously passive. At this stage of the ping Bishops in o rder to wea ken Wh ite's 31 PxQ R_Q5! 38 R/1-Ql R-N7 game, BlacJ;: cannot escape the fact t hat later support of h is Queen Hook Pawn. 32 P- B5 RxRP 39 N-B4 Rx R he is fighting for equality. 33 P-B6 B_B1 40 Rx R R_Q7 ! 35 NxP BxN 34 R-Q6 R-QBS 41 R-Q3 R_B7 1<1 Nx N! B,N 15 Px P p,p T his is Black's faulty exchange. Noll' 35 K-N2 K- N2 42 R-Q4 P-K7 White's unopposed King Bishop can de, 36 K_N3 R_N5 43 N-Q3 B-B4 16 B-Q4 R_R3 cisively support P- QR6. Necessary is 44 P- B7 R-B6! 1'\ot 16 . .. P-K4 as tha t seals off th.; 35 , .. P -Q4. key squn.re a nd creates holes on Black's This is the end; for White must par t 36 BxB P-Q4 with his passed Pawn, t h ere being n<) Q4 and KD~. On 36 ... NxP 37 BxP. White surely other rem edy against the t hreats of 4;; 17 P-KR4 N- Q2 wins: e.g., 37 . . , RxQRP 38 P- R4, · . , P- KS(Q) and 45 . R xNt. 18 P-R5 , , . . RxKRP 39 B- B7. 45 P-B8(Q) BxQ 50 R- KN2 P-R3 T he protected passed Pawn, clnmsily 37 P-B4! R- QN1 46 R-K4 8-B4 51 PxPt K,P stoppeu by a Hook, is a n asset. On t he 47 RxKP BxN 52 P·- R4 P_N4 other hand. White's King·siUe Pawns al'l' 0 1' 37 . , . PxP 38 R- Q7, NxR 39 RxN, 48 PxN RxPt 53 R-QB2 R-Q3 split and parnlyzed, wh ich is a disadvan· R- IO 40 P - R6. and Wh ite wins. He does 49 K x P R- Q4 54 K - B5 R-K3 tage. The position is difficult to assay. likewise after :;7 ... NxBP 38 BxN, etc. Resigns All told, White still has the edge, Un· 38 P-R6 R/3_R1

118 CH~SS R~VIEW, APRIL, 1960 Here, however, Black has a good t ry: likely to fail in this case; so It seems 38 . .. BxB 39 PxB, NxBP 40 nxN, RxPt. Dl Qck does better to abandon the whole -' UNITED STATES Or, if 'Whlte t ries 40 P -R7, NxRt 41 idea and keep the Queen Bishop file RxN, Bla ck seems to hold out with 41 closed. . .. RIS- Rl! (41 .• . R/I-QRI? 42 R-QR2, 9 N-Q2 P- QR4 11 BPxP B-Q2 NEW YORK. 1959·60 RIS- Rl ·13 B- B6, followed by P - N5- 6, 10 P- QN3 12 P- QR4 . . , , U. S. Championship etc.); for, after 42 PxR(Q) , RxQ 43 B-K2, RxPt, it is doubtful that White White ha s the better game with his Rich Content original aLi va n tage augmented by h is COil ' . can win. This game pr esents a very im portan t tl'ol of QN5. 39 K-R2 a,a move in the opening, some problems in 12 , . . . Q- N3 14 R-N1 Q-R2 40 PxB . . . , t he m iddle game and a very Instructive 13 B-R3 KR_ B1 15 R_ B1 R-B2 ending. threatens K- R3- R4 and Now White 16 B-N5! . . . . then PxF'. SIC ILIAN DEFENSE White wants to swap his bad Bishop 40 . . . . Px P 42 Rx Nt K- B1 for Black's good on e a nd a lso clear QN5 Edmar Medn lS Raymond W einste in NxR 43 P_R7 Resigns 41 R- Q7t! fO I' his Knight. 'Yilite Bla ck 16 . . . . B- N5 1 P_K 4 P_QB4 5 N-QB3 P-QR3 2 N- K B3 P-Q3 6 8-KN5 P- K 3 Black keeps h is good Bishop but can· 3 P-Q4 p,p 7 P- B4 P_R3 HOLLAND. 1960 not post it sntisfacto!'ily in t he long run. 4 NxP N- KB3 8 B- R4 Q_N3 Beverwijk International 17 Q-K1 . . .. 9 P- QR3 • • • • A Game for the Wallboard Not 17 P - B3. NxKP§! F or comments on t his opening, see Black walks Into a rather common 17 . , . . N- R3 Tahl-Olafsson, page 118. type of inferior position, a nd 'While mack's position has become too bad, 9 . . . , B- Q2 ! demonstrates perfectly for the I'eader the and the text move is insufficient. But A most remarkable a nd important. pros and cons of the position. A game so are other moves : e.g .. 17 ... QR- QBl move. T he game would be wor t h publi for t he wallboard. By winning this game. 18 P - R3. B- R4 19 Q-K3 with a winning cation even if it were given a draw at Pet rosyan, though he shared first am! advantage for White. this point. lllack threatens 10 .. . QxP a s second with Larsen, a chieved a mora! 11 N- l'1.4 Is precluded, and so White victory. 18 P- R3 B- R4 19 8)( N ! Q, a face s the sam e problem a s he did Olle move ea rlier. OLD IN DI AN D E FENSE White wins a Pawn on 19 . .. PxB 20 10 R-QN1 T igran Petrosyan Bent Larsen N-B·t, H this move is necessary, then the Soviet Union Denmark 20 N_B4 • • • • whole system of attack with 6 B- KN5 White Black The threat is 21 N- N5, R- Q2 22 Q- K3. requires overhauling. For 'Vhlte's Idea 1 P-QB4 P- Q3 3 N-K B3 QN_Q2 Black has no adequate defense. is designed LO culminate In 0 - 0-0. And 2 P_Q4 P- K4 4 N- B3 K N_B3 yet White has very little ch oice. H is 5 P_K4 B- K2 next best alternative is a dubious gam This is the Old Indian Defense or it b it: 10 N- N3, Q- K6t. may be called the P hilidor or H anham 10 . , . . N_B3 12 B-K2 B- K 2 Indian . It is more passive than the u snal 11 B-B2 Q-B2 13 0-0 0-0 King's Indian as .. . P-KB4 unless pr e 14 K-R1 , . . . pared by .. . P-KN3 usually fails. On th e ot her hand, the omission of . . . White has h ad to put water in his wine, P - KNS greatly lessens the chance of Yet h is game is not bad. It becomes so Pa wn exchanges and so offers greater only because of his failure to cope with King·side safety. The clutch factor thcn the requirements of the position. is the Black inferiority in terrain . Sooner The text move is unmotivated. Much or later, he must start moving Pawns more to t he poin t is 14 N- NS! so as to for the sake of air, a nd a ny such action an ticipate ... QN- RI- B5 and to deprive can easily boomerang. a possible . . . P - K4 of its for king effect. 20 .... R, N Thereafter \Vhlte can follow up with Larsen is most likely adopting th i ~ system in order to a void P etrosyan's pet The only chance to prolong r esistance. B- KBS, Q- Q2, QR- Ql and B- K S or else line against the King's Indian (that can 21 PxR Q,P with B- Q3 as a fair alternative. 14 . . . . QR- Q1 be reached even now by transposition: 22 P- B3 • • • • 15 Q- Q3 5 . . . P - KN3 6 B- K2, B- N2 7 P- Q5, 0-0 'White has a dead won game. An ext!'a · . . . 8 B- N5). Pawn plus t he Two Bishops is good com· Again, \\lhite makes an artificial move instead of t he indicated 15 N- NS ! Now 6 B-K2 0-0 pensation for the E xcha nge if athol' Black tl1kes the initiative. 7 0-0 P-B3 things are equal; but they are not. 8 P- Q5 N- B4 Black's Queen Knigh t P awn Is completely 15 . . . . P-K 4 16 NxN a,N Bla ck contemplates opening the Queeu backward, one of his Bishops is bad and 17 B- N3 . Bishop file, for which there is something t he other out of play. So no r eal fight · . . to say ina smuch as ... P- QB4 is entirely Sacrificing a Pawn and playing for an lies ah ead, only a winning procedure passive. But he also contemplates secur· attack seems preferable her e: 17 N- Q5, Ing his Queen Knigh t's position by . , . which r equire s no comment. Bx!\' 18 PxB, P xP 19 B-Nl. F or then, if P- QR4, and the latter is not compatible 22 . . . . N-K1 34 Bx B N,a Black wants to retain t he Pawn , he must with t he position as it weakens the 23 Q-K2 Q- Q5t 35 K- N2 Q-Ql play 19 . .. P - KN4 which is very ris ky. Queen ·side too m uch. Yet, in positions of 24 K- R1 B- N4 36 Q- K 3 P-B3 17 • • • • P-Q4 ! t his ty pe which mayor may not haTe 25 KR-Q1 Q_N3 37 R-B7 K- R2 18 PxKP NxP the characteristics or the King's Indian, 26 R_QN1 Q_B2 38 RxP R_B1 Black has obtained a fi ne game. . . . N-QB4 is invariably adopted, and t he 27 N-N5 Q-Q2 39 RxR Q,R Knight is misplaced if ... P - QR4 is not 28 8- 81 8-Q1 40 R-Q8 7 Q-B1 19 NxN P,N feasible. 29 B-K3 B- KN3 41 Q_B1 Q-Q1 20 Q-QB3 B-KN4 Bla ck ought to try t o bring out h is 30 P-N4 P- R4 42 Q- B6 Nx KP 21 P-K6 · . , . pieces, startin g with 8 . .. PxP 9 BPxP 31 R/N_B1 N_B3 43 R_ 8 8! Q- K2 Exchanging off t his Pawn only re-In and then proceed with eit her 9 . . . N- K l 32 R_ B4 N_R2 44 Q- R8! K_ R3 forces Black's passed P awn which can or 9 . . . P - QRS. Such an at tempt is also 33 Rj 1-QB1 B-N4 45 R-B7! Resigns now be supported fr om behind. But

CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1960 119 W h ite has a liquidation in m ind which White Is In a squeeze, As soon as his Black retrieves h is Rook's perilous offers chanees fOl' a d raw, Bishop moves, the enemy Rook pene· position and with a threat to wla the 21 , , , , Q- K2 23 RxR QxR trates victorious ly to Black's KBS: e.g" Exchange by 20 , , , N- K5. Yet h is diffi 38 P- N4, B- R3 39 B-N6. R-Q2 40 B- Bi), culties keep on mounting, 22 PxPt 24 Bx P , ' , ' R- B2t H K- N3. R- BS 42 B- 82, B- B5 43 White's point (24 .. PxB ? 25 QxB!) , 20 P- QB4! Rj4-Q2 K - N2, K- B5 44 B-N3t, K-K6 45 D- B2t, 21 P_B5! Q-N5 24 . • , , B-B3! K- Q7, Black's last is h is only choice, but A delicate coumer·point : 25 Q- B5? Hence, he concedes Rook for Bishop again a tricky move, He still has the R- Q4! and Dlacl! wins a piece (26 Q- Bt, and that formidable passed Pawn. threat of 22 ... N-K5 aud is s ~tti ll g a Q- Q2! or 26 Q- N6, B-Ql! 38 .. , . BxR 40 B- N6 R-R'T trap. besides. 25 B_QB4 · . . . 39 K xB R-QR8 41 K- B2 , . . . 22 B- Q6 • • • • The only expedient. With 41 K- Q2, W hite can put up more 'White sees, however. that he cannot resistance ( 41 . . . K- B5 42 B- B7t) , 25 . . . , win the Queen withollt losing the game. P_N 5 26 BxQt 41 , . . . RxPt 47 K- R2 22 H- R4?? QxR/7! 23 QxQ. RxB, and 42 K-N3 P-R4! p , p p , p 27 PxB • • • • 4S Black win s. After the text, 23 R-R4 is Tme. 'White has won a Pawn, Rut he Is 43 B-Q4 R-R7 49 B- Q8 K-Q4 a threat. 44 B-N6 R- R6 50 B- N6 K-B3 left with three (' ripples. while Black's 22 .... B-K3 King P awn is a lord. 'White's position 45 K-A2 Rx BP 51 B-Qil K-N4 46 K_Nl R,P 23 RxP! · . . , is cI'iUcal but not hopeless In view of R- R6 52 B-N6 the Bishops of opposite color s. Re signs Wh ite h as WOll a Pawn as Black cannot retaliate effectively. 27 • . . . P-K6 23 .... P-QN3 This advance carries power fu l thr eats. Still. it is pI'emature here and ought to PUERTO RICO, 1959 This radical attempt to l'edress t h ~ s it uation ends disastrously. So does 23 result only in t he exchange or this pre· San Sebastian Invitational cious Pawn and a draw. ... BxNP becau se of 24 Q- N2 and 25 R HS. Yet Blaclt m ust inevitably lose in t he To keep the advantage and the chance Appealing Finesses long l'un if he just plays on a Pawn t o make headway, Black must first pick This last round game affected the top down: e.g., 23 .. . QxNP 2'1 QxQ, BxQ 25 up two P awns. using .. . P- I{6 mean- places in the tournament. It appeal~ R - l\"2 and 26 R/2xP. while as It thr eat : e.g., 27 ... R- Q7! 28 by a s tretch of t actical finesses, R- K 1 (28 R - Qnl? P- K6!), RxBP (threat· The best t ry, offering fail' chances for enlng P-K6) 29 R- K3, R-B8t 30 8-Kl. CAM B RIDG E SPRI NGS DEFENSE a draw is, 24 ... P- QN·I! e.g., 25 RxR, H- R8 31 K- Nl, RxP. Then, with an ext ra A, H iguera Raul L. Bened ict o Itxll 26 Q- R2. R- Ql 27 8 - B2 , N- K5 (27 . . . QxR?? 28 BxPtI) 28 BxN (forced), Pawn in It good position, Black may be Puerto Rico New Yor k QxB. able to will in Ihe long mn. White Black 24 RxR R, R 1 N- KB3 N-KB3 5 B- N5 QN-Q2 25 Q-R2! R-Ql 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 6 P- K 3 Q- R4 3 P-QB4 P- B3 7 N_Q2 B_No Black's last is rO)'ced since 25 ... P 4 N-B3 P_K 3 8 Q- B2 0-0 ?\S'?? 0)' 25 . . . N- K 1?? fails against 26 9 B-R4 A-K l Q- R8 R in the gmne. White Black 28 R-B7! Q-K1 9 . • • • 0-0-0 1 P_ K4 P_QB4 S B- Q3 B_K2 Or 28 . .. N-B3 29 Q- B4, and either 29 But Black refusBS to develop his oppo· 2 N-KB3 P-Q3 9 0-0 QN- Q2 . . . Q- K Bl 30 Q--B6t, K- Nl 31 RxN! or 29 nent's pieces (9 ... BxB 10 NxB or 3 P_Q4 p , p 10 K- R1 N- G4 · .. Q- Kl 30 Q- B6t, K-Nl 31 Q- QB3, 9 .. . PxP 10 PxP, 0-0-0 11 BxBt, PxB 4 N,P N-KB3 1 1 Q_ K1 0-0 Q- K4 32 RxN! The text move loses more 12 R- Nl. p,p p,p 5 N- QB3 P- QR3 12 prosaically. 10 BxBt P_ B4 N,8 • • • • 6 P- K4 13 N-KR4 29 R-K7! 7 N- B3 Q_ B2 14 P,N Q_Q1 ::-Jow there Is nothing better than this 30 Nx Q • • • • liquidation. Black threatens both 15 ... QxP and 15 And White ultimately won. 10 . . . . P,8 12 N/2- B3 N,N · .. KxP. The move, . .. P - KN3, which 11 NxP B- Q3 13 PxN K_ N1 often serves well In this variati on, fails 14 B_ K3 here : 14 . .. P- KN3 15 B-R6, R- Ql 16 • • • • B- N5, Q- Q3 17 Q-B2, and White wins. 15 N-B3 Q-B2 · ~ FOREIGN Black's last is a weak move (probably in expectation of repetition of moves: 16 GREAT BRITAIN, 1959 N- KIH, Q- Ql, etc.). Correct is 15 .. . National Championship QxP (16 NxP, Q- Ql) after which Black has a satisfactor y game. The Game is Short but Chess is -Long 16 B- N5! . . . . A short game follows, not very com Now White has a strong initiative. Note plicated nor spectacular, yet full of that t his move is less effective on 'White's points to ponder. It is a good perform· thirteen turn when the Queen Bishop ance by the winner who, after a playoff flle was still closed and the Black Queen with Golombek and Haygarth. \I-on the Knight availabie for other purposes than British Championshill. · . . NxKB. FRENC H DEFENSE This is a jlosition well worth study. 16 . . . . R-K1 Each side has an isolated Pawn, bu t. Jonathan Penrose Beach DJad:'s is baclnl'ard ami the weaker of 16 . . . B-K3 looks more natural bu t \Vhlte Black the two. On t he ot her hand, 'White's a lso permits 'White a great advantage: 1 P- K4 P-K3 Pawn ha!IlDers its Bishop. But further e.g., 17 Q-N3, N- R4 18 Q-R1, N- B3 (18 2 P- Q4 P-Q4 inves tigation tips the scales fo r White · . . BxB 19 NxB!) 19 QR-BI, Q- Nl 20 3 N-Q2 N- QB3 inasmuch as the dynamic situation car· P- Q4! PxP 21 P - K 5! P xN 22 PxN, PxBP ries the threat of 15 P - Q5, and Black 23 BxP, BxB 24 QxB, P xP 25 R- B5! and Black has no easy choice. The text move leads to complicated play with is unable to stop it in time by .. . N-Q'l, White wins. White holding t he edge. So also with Wh ite therefore h as the edge. 17 R_ B1 Q- N1 3 ... N-KB3. Less complicated but still 14 . . . . Q-Q4 The only other move is 17 ... Q-Q3: not quite trustwort hy is Rubinstein's 3 T he Queen is on ly an emergency stop· but then 18 P-Q4! is devastating: e.g., 1E · .. PxP. There is left 3 . . • P- QB4 4 per at Q4 bu t still a fairly good one · .. PxP 19 P - K5, Q- Q2 20 PxN, BxP 21 PxQP after which the classical 4 . . . under the cirCtlmstances as It cann ot be N- K4, BxB 22 N/ 3xB, P- B4 23 Q- Ql ! and KPxP seems to suffice as has been demo dislodged very soon. Still. the Queen is White wins (23 . . . PxN 24 Q- N3t, R- K3 onstrated by Botvinnik, while the more tied down to an inferior job and so not 25 NxR, Qx.!'." 26 RxBt!) modern 4 ... QxP, avoiding the Isolation available [or anything better. Therefor·e. of the Queen Pawn, may be Black's altel'llatives are wor th study. safest line. In all these cases, preference 1) 14 .. . P - QN3 is bad be.:ause of th~ is mainly a matter of taste. possibility of P - QRl- 5: e.g., 15 Q- R6, 4 P-QB3 • • • • N-K2 16 P - QU'I, KH- Bl 17 N- E5! Bxi\"" Protecting the Pawll this way instead 18 PxB, Qx P 19 P - R5; of by 4 N-B3 allows au effective N-K2 2) 14 . .. N- K2 15 P-Q5, N-Bl 16 PxP. or even N- KR3 in some cases. Still, QR- Kl aims to recover the Pawn with there is the question of needing to pre· a satisfactory position but falls against vent 4 . .. P- K4. The game answers 17 KR- E 1 ! e.g., 17 .. . KR- Bl (17 .. . that Question. RxP? 18 Bxpn 18 P-KR3 (18 . .. RxN ? 4 . . . . P-K4 19 P xR, QxRP 20 Q-KN4!); This advance was supposed to be good 3) 14 . . . P-QR3 is a fairly good de· untll it incurred a police record so to fense: White maintains his advantage speak when Botvinnik lost with it but has diHiculty in breaking through 18 Q-N3 B-Q1 against Keres. Ultimate proof on this with the indicated P- QN4- 5: e.g., 15 19 N-KR4 N- N5 move is difficult as there are gambit P-QNi and a) 15 .. . Q- QN,j ? 16 Qx Q, Or 19 . .. N-Q2 20 BxB, RxB 21 N- B5, lines involved, and gambits a re a lways PxQ 17 N-N5! b) 15 . . . P-B3 16 Q-N3, P- KN3 22 N-R6t and W hite wins. debatable, at least to some degree. Ai Q- Q4 I j N- N5! or 17 Q- N5, and White 20 BxB Rx B any rate, 4 . . . P- K4 seems too daring. ha s the edge; c) 15 .. . N- K2 16 QR- Nl! 21 N-B5 BxN Better is any K ing Knight move or even (Black is all right after 16 K R-K1, 22 Rx B N-R3 .. . P-B4. Q-QN4! 17 QxQ, P xQ 18 N- N5, BxP 19 CHESS REVIEW , APRIL, 1960 121 KR- Nl, n-B6!). KR- B1 17 N-K5! BxN NIMZOVICH AT TACK 18 0 - 0 P- QN4 21 KR- B1 P-B5 18 PxD, QxP 19 P-N5! and White ought Joseph Porath Erno Gerebcl1 19 N_K4 N- R4 22 N-Q4! B- Q2 to win. 20 PxP PxP 23 PxP PxP White Black 15 KR- K1 N-B3 Now Black's Queen Bishop Pawn is a 1 N-KB3 N_KB3 Black has aUack in mind when defense liability; bnt 23 _ . _ NxP causes even 2 P-QN3 P- Q4 greater dlfticulty because of 24 P- QR4! is st rongly Indicated. After 15 ... N- K2, 3 B-N2 , , . . followed possibly by 16 N-Bl, the de· 24 B-B3! , . , , Cenae may hold. This opening is usually called the Nim White now threatens to win the Pawn, zovich Attac k. The system stretches into and his threat remains in force for some 16 N-K5! KR-B1 the Dlltcli Reversed, which is also a var 17 QR- B1 moves, leaving Black no good options. P-KR3 iation of Bird's Opening. But it Is ac Black has the same attacking aim In tually the Queen's Indian in Reverse, 24 . . .. KR-B1 26 PxP PxP mind with the same drawback. Instead, 25 N-Q2 P- K4 27 N/4-B3 B-N4 3, ... P-B4 28 QR_N 1 B_QR3 17 . . . N- Q2! essentially strengthens 4 P-K3 N-B3 Black's King position (18 NxNt, RxN 19 Now the Pawn is fairly safe. In the 5 B-N5 , , . . QxR?? BxPt! and Black wins, or 18 meanwhile, however, Black's game has QxN, RxQ, etc., with approximate The exchange of King Bishop for Queen deteriorated in several respects. His men equality), Knights is supposed to be a partial suc on the Queen Rook file are in Coventry. cess for White as it helps him control 18 K_ R1! • • • • his two isolated Pawns are roadblocks the key K5, Yet Black can afford this ex· for his own Bishops and there is an Now \\'hlte takes step to prevent that change as Gereben demonstrates. ominolls emptiness around his King. 18 ... N- Q2. 5 . . . . Q-N3! 'White has a fine game and now 18 . . . . P-KN4 The doubling of the Pawns mllst btl launclles a dangerous attack. 19 P-B3 R- N1 avoided, that goes without saying. And 20 R- B3! • • • • Black meets the necessity so as to leave The appearance of a Rook in front or his Bishop controlling its long diagonal its Pawns (we call it the "Rooklift") de· as is essential for his plan. cides the day. White's attack. focussed The more conventional 5 . .. B-Q2 on both the King and Queen, now be· offers \Vhite good chances for attack as comes Il'l'esistible. was repeatedly demonstrated by Nimzo· 20 . . . . R_N2 vich: e.g., 6 0-0, P- K3 7 P- Q3. B- K2 mack simply fails to pay any attention 8 QN- Q2, 0 - 0 9 BxN. BxB 10 N- K5 to the clouds above his King. He ought (versus Rubinstein, Semmerlng, 1926. at least try 20 ... K- Rl: e.g., 21 R- N3, and versns Spielmann, Xe\\' York, 1927). P-·D3 22 N- B4, N-Q2, and the defense 6 Q- K2 P-QR3 8 N-K5 Q-82 holds for the moment (23 N-R51? 7 BxNt QxB 9 P-Q3 P_K N3 P-N4! ). Not 9 , . . P - K3 which confines Black's 29 N-N5! , , . . Queen Bishop. The King's fianchetto is supposed to be Black's best line against White has set up several little threats the Nimzovlch Attack, anyhow. such as 30 N- K6, 30 N/2-K4, 30 N/5-K4, 30 R- Bl, 30 Q- N4 and, most dangerous of 10 N- Q2 B-N2 all, 30 Q- B3, followed possibly by 31 11 P-KB4 N-Q2 Q-Q5t. Black may not be lost, but his 12N/2-B3 " . , position Is "CI'y critical. White's position is ideal for this set 29 .... Q-K2 up. Yet the chances are in the balance. as will be seen. This does seem to be Black's best try. He must strengthen his King-side, 12 . ... N_ N1! 30 Q_N4 •.. , A finesse, Black expends a tempo on There is no promise in 30 BxN, QxN. repositioning his Knight. But, as he And 30 NxRP to win a Pawn tails against thl'eatens to win a piece with 13 , , . 30 _ .. KxN 31 BxN, P-B6! With the text, 21 R-N3! • • • • P - B3, he actually gains time on the deal. ol course, White threatens 31 BxN. Now the fight is ovel·. The double For White's Knight does not reach a threat of 22 N- B6t and 22 R-N5 is too better square so quickly. 30 .. " N-B3 strong. The immediate 12 , . , P - B3 13 NxN, After 30 . , _ Q- B4. 31 Q-K6t! White 21 , • . . P-B4 BxN is also playable, though. mates ill four. , , , , 31 R-N6! Desperation. 21 , . . K- Rl 22 R-N5, 13 P-KR3 • • • • P-B4 23 N- B-I. is just as hopeless for Otherwise, \\o'hlte can only recklessly Now the stark threat Is 32 RxB, Black. sacrifice a piece tor insufficient chances 31 . . . . P-R4 22 N-B6t K-B2 24 PxP B-Nl by 13 P- B4, P-B3 14 PxP or 13 P- K4, A desperate measure (obviously weak 23 Nx R KxN 25 Q-Q4 Resigns P-B3 14 PxP or else acquiesce to a pas· ening the King's position) in a desper· sible draw by repetition with 13 N-Q2, ate plight. It is hard to suggest any· N-Q2! (the last Is safer for Black than tiling else (31 . , . B-N2 32 RxB, QxR is 13 ... P- D3). sets up 33 Q-K6t again). ISRAEL, 1959 15 N_ N4 PxP 13 .. , , 0-0 32 Q-K6t . . , , 14 P-B4 P_ B3 16 NPxP , . . . National Championship With this weak move (so unnatural as Whatevel' promise there is lies in this Swaps Queen. Swaps Trouble to suggeSt that time pressure must ha"e recaptnre rather than in the symmetry brought it on), 'White tumbles from an In th is game, remarkable opening play of 16 QPxP. excellent middle game into a bad ending. keeps the chances open until Black errs 16 . . . . N-B3 White must keep the Queens on the and starts having a hard time from move 17 N-B2 B-K3 board. Correct is 32 Q- N3. But even 32 seventeen on. But then \Vhite exchanges Here, however, Black errs_ The move Q- KI, QxN 33 RxN favors White. (32 Q Queens and that action reverses the H4 is a mistake in view of 32 . .. Q trouble. Black obtains a quickly and fits poorly into his plan as it compels the Bishop into an Odyssey and so sets B4!) . irresistibly mounting attaclc up a source of trouble. He ought to play 32 • , • • OxQ 17 . .. P-QN4! 33 NxQ B-R3! t :::: check: * :::: dbL check: § :::: dis. ch. 122 (HUS REVIEW, APR IL, 1960 The alternatives are jnst as bad : 15 . . . , P_Q4! ? 1) 38 K- B3, NxPt and mate is forced; Tabl faces a dangerolls King-side at 2) 3~ K - N3, N - K2! and Black wins by tack and. being no believer in passivity, the double threat of 39 . . . RxPt and of starts to hit back and create complica 39 . . . N- B4t; tions. even at the expense of increased 3) 38 K-Nl, NxP, ~ n d Black wins. danger to his King. There are no really 38 ... . N-N5! safe altematives a nyway. Now Black wins the Exchange at least. 16 P-K5 N- Q2 39 N_ B4 BxN 17 N-Q2 B- B4 40 Px B N-Q6t Arter 17 . . . N- B4 18 BxN, BxBt 19 K 41 K-Q1 RxP ! Rl, Blacl;:'.;; position is even more cr iti Black employs a neat Zwischenzug, and cal. For he must then cope with both the threat is ·12 . . B- B6 mate. extreme danger on the King-side and 42 Rx N Px R 45 N- Q5 B-K3 a lso the real threat of 20 BxQRP. 43 RxR BxR 46 N-N4 B- N6t 18 N- N3 Bx Bt 44 N- K3 R- K7 Resigns 19 QxB N- N3 Coun ter· play at any cost. Only bold· ness can help, if anything. SOVIET UNION, 1960 20 N- KR5 , . . . White th reatens to win in several Baltic Championship at Ri9a ways: e.g., 21 K- B6t, PxN 22 P xP or ,I. The Plural of Luck 21 Q- N3, P- N3 22 Q- N5. Tahl's daring style inevitably P.l"eates 20 . . . . P- N3 ~ritical positions. They are sometimes The game has reached its most critical eritical for him self, but he usually [Joint. It is tllllikely that Black can escape emerges as the winner, as he does in defeat. this game. It is luck in every single • I case, yes. But the plural of luck is i,-tL - Sf- till hPro~ v . stl·ength. S tCtLlAN DE F E NS E No sooner are the Queens rem oved A. T oIush M. T aht than Blark starts k icking. 'White Black 34 K- B2 . · . . 1 P- K4 P_Q B4 3 P- Q4 p , p This move is hopeless. True, White i~ 2 N-KB3 P- K3 4 N,P P- QR3 in a difficult spot. He must worry n ot 5 N_QB3 . . . , only about 34 . .. DxPt but also about :l. retreat for his straying Knight. The text is milch safer than '5 P - QB-l. 34 N- Bl ! however, still holds, at least 5 . , . . Q-B2 for the time being: H . . . N- K2 then Black prevents 6 P-K5 and 6 B-QB4 t hreatens 35 . .. N- Q4, among other all without loss of time as his Queen 21 N- B6t , . . . things but can be met by 35 R- Q l (35 belongs on QB2 a nyhow. The next best . . . N- B4 36 N- N5! BxN 37 RxPt or 35 But this routine cheCk is questionable. alternative is 5 ... P - Q3. . . . K-B2 36 P- KR4!). The strongest line of attack is 21 Q- N3! 6 B-Q3 . , . . t hreatening 22 Q- N5 as well as 22 N-B~ (22 ... NxKP 23 PxN, QxNt 24 K- Rl (.13 in general is not a good post for after II'hich Black can resign). the Bishop but is in this exceptional 21 . . . . K-N2 case. White has in mind N/4- K2 ant! 22 R- B3 does not fear . . . P - K4 putting his • • • • Rlshop out of action as Black has ex Another questionable move. Much pended time for . . . P- K3 and an ulti· stronger Is 22 Q- R3, followed possibly mate ex<;hange of Knight for Bishop by 23 :t\- B5. (after . .. N- QB i or . . . N-QN5) opens 22 . . . . NxRP the Queen Bishop file. jeopardizing 23 R- R3 R-K R1 Black's Queen. 24 R-K1 . . . . 6 . . , . N- QB3 10 B_ K3 B-N2 And this mOI'e is an outright blunder. 7 N/4-K2 N-B3 11 P_ B4 P-Q3 'White's attack is n,) longer convincing. 34 . . . . N-K2! 8 0 - 0 B-K2 12 Q-K2 0-0 but Z4 Q- N3 sUB offers considerable P_QN4 QR_ B1 Now this move is decisive. There is 9 N- N3 13 QR-Q1 chances. no adequate defense to the double threat 14 P_QR4 ! . , . . 24 . . . , Q-N3! of 35 . .. BxPt 36 KxB, N-Q4t and of White has built a promising position The exchange of Queens radically aI 35 . . . N-Q4. and now starts to play for attack. The iers t he picture. Black now wins smooth 35 N - B1 · .. somewhat surprising text move (Instead ly by the merit of his extra Pawn a nd Too late. But 35 R-Q6 is no better of the 14 P - QR3 to be expected) is well a lso his position al advantage on the because of either 35 . . . BxPt or 35 ... con ceived and strong. Queen·side. ::-J- B4! 14 . . . . P-N5 25 QxQ N,Q 32 P_ B5 RxQN P 35 . . . . N-Q4 15 N- N1 . , . . 26 N_ B5 NxP! 33 N- Q4 P-K4 36 R- Q6 B-Q N2! 27 N- R5 t P,N 3~· P-B6t K, P The possibility of BxP is now an im· 28 NxB N,. 35 R- B3t K_ N2 Hitting at the Pawns on QR2 un d on be portant tactical factor. Black may 29 P,N R- B2 36 N-B5t K_ Bl KN2, Black's pieces, especially his fo rced to expend a tempo in that re 30 N-R5 KR-QBl 37 Rx P R- B8t Bishops, ha ve suddenly obtained devas- spect jnst when the King·side is aflame. 31 N-N3 R- B7 38 R_ B1 R/7- N8 tating activity. 16 BxP is no threat, howeve r, as Blaell Resigns 37 Bx P Rx P t recovers th e Pawn: 16 . . . BxB 17 QxB, 38 K- K1 · . . . R-Rl 18 Q- N5, KR-Nl. CHESS REVIEW, AP Ril, 1960 123 Act iv it ies of C I-I ESS REVIEW Postal Chen JACK STRALEY BATTELL player.: gam. reportl &, r"tln~5, namu of new player" prlu_w;nne rs, sel ected game-. Postol Chess Editor tourney In,truc t lon, &, edit oria l comment.

Schm idt . .1. S. Davis. R. E. Fa ber, H. RETURN POSTS POSTAL SCRIPTS Carr. W. E. Ste\'cns, J. L. Cunningham. The foll oWln,:: ol~- tlme rs r C-SI:trlM a l Class and Prloze Tournamenl pla)'el"S 0, Kenda ll. L. W. Gllrdner , P. M. Lamb, Iheir fO"mer ' " l ln.l:"S: L . A. DOl y Si2: J. wi th games approaching two·year ma l'k M. L unge.' and C. B . Feroe.'. GeiJter H O: H. I·~. P o hl 888; C. B. Ross IUD: ,,,,,I l r. ,\ . So81O 10:;~. kindly obser ve IlUm oel' o f double·for· feited ga mes under 58-C, page 125, and T3 t h Annual Championship 1959-60 5~·P, pa /!:e 126, and t hen mall in sum As a result of clll'l'en t Postal Mort e ms, m aries of a ll your 1958 tOUrIwment r e· lhe l'olloll'ing June QIH\1iflec\ for assign· POSTALMIGHTIES! sults to date, S ome of you apparently ment to the Seml·fin als: W. \V. Biek Prize Tournaments thInk your r e~ \ll h have been scored when man, I. Zalys, D. Howa rd , A LIII'son and Th o (Ol low[ng l108tnllte .~ won pr \ze~ in they have not. Gel reports in If only for .T , Yehl. We need [\1'0 more qtlalifie l's 1~~8 "'H\ U5~ I'rl~ ,-, T o "rl\ nn 'Gnt ~ ~ ~ a re~ult ratings, before \l'e can assign this first Semi or cUrrenL P Oltal Morlems. riJluls section. Tou rney P I ~yert Place Scor e . , P TOURNAMENT NOTES ~~ - 21 \\' Belke ...... 1-3 ~-2 J n l..ockwood ...... 1- 3 H Proqress Reports for NEW POSTALITES ) 1 .\Iecropol ...... • -3 , ., I ~ J " nl)'cu ...... 1-2 S - I Golden Knights Tournoments The rollowin~ ne'" l'I"~·,'r,, "u.r led PO"1ll1 " H Jo' Weln.and ...... 1-2 :; -I Ch.;,u tI"";"1:" Fo-,oruarr: GG ° ,\1 P e r r)' ...... 2nd H- ] ~ !Iii U Chi" " ...... h l H 8th Annual Championship-1954 CL.\SS A at !lUll: H. Hllm..... X. I)o."""n_ J) It COIl-C" .... . , .• . ..• 2nd 1'\0 Finals section h a;; finished playas ofr. G. W . HoHman, I~ . C, HOIII~l(l ,· and I{. ... ,, ~ -I' 5 D J"nlC ...... ht Sl- ~ H C)IJ!~o n ; a result or CU lTent Postal Mortems. nnt I) l': 0" 1'1.. ,,,' ...... 1·2 H J C Thoms ...... 1-2 only Flna l ~ section, 5·I-Nf 20 r emai u ~ GI~.\S~ I ~ '~l I~O O; ,\ , 1l{1~ ~ !, . W, 1-1. Bud,· " [" " h01 "\, J . \\" Coffe)', E. ,\1. Cook, .J. Cra..,.:. , D .\1 l'rke ...... l gl 5~- ~ nnrinl ~ h ed 1(11(1 II lllust close per two· B. D'Wld s o", \\'. S. E,',,"". D)', 11. Oo l.t~ m ilh. " ,I II' P:ttl' ...... 2nd :; - I year closing date this May. R Gordon, E. Greene, It, Jo[ n.I'\H, D . .I aco. ~ . J) H""kneas , ...... 1- 2 H It. I::. Leary, D , l..ee, ~ . A, Lenlll llo, J . K J I" .Iarol", ...... 1_2 H '\fnrtin, A. D . )lo8kowltz. A , ;-':odde", .I. t,: A '1'"lIey ...... I~ l 3 - 1 9th Annual Championship-1955 I'h)·lhron. \\'. Preilsllnll, I~. I •. Pugh. U. " H I ~ I.n.\\'tence ...... •.. 2nd H -H 1'\0 F'lnll ls section has finish ed playas Ha.r rerl )·. R \\'1I15h and H. K W ic k ham: \ \. I ~ l::tt/s ult of C\lITem PosUlI i\{ ortems. ane! CLASS C al 900: C. J. Al den . •~. A"h. J. " ... B Joh " ~ l on .. _ ... _ ..... h t S~ - I p. AUlld, )L "-. Barsky. E •.\1. ll.. ·Ue, J. D. so the list or Pl'ospective cash IlI' ioze R S Clln"on .... _.. . .. • -~ H-U Beanh). L . Bell .. L. Biron, II. ur"l('. U. " winners I'emalns as published in li.:II"Ch r. A.\f R ICh "r , .\ In ,·k.~. T . p, 32 L lllt!Oll ...... •51 5-1 .\ltI¥y ..f. L . .\Ieyer, ll. .\1\kuliC, n. '\11\'0, 33 F 0 Poole ...... Ist :;-1 T. P. ) Iud,·ock. B. XcI...oll. J. O herl:'. ,\. 11th Annuol Championship 1957 ~5 J \\' ) lcCoy ...... 1.0,1 ::'_1 P enr l, 1'. J. Perr r. L. Q. P h l11jl~, C. Pomer . T he follOw ing j)ostalites have QualUied 38 0 C Hellp ...... llIl 4-Z I~. 0 . Poole. T_ '\. llilnd,.lI. G. S. H: . ~ mu""ell. 40 \-' )Ioe"'e ..•••...... I -3 4-2 for assignment to the F inals as a result P. Hmhgeher. K Raymond. O. T . Rosebrook. .\r. ' ~ 'I' Oilterm ann ... . . 1-3 4-2 of current Postal Mor t ems: A. Hoscnfeld. J . S""80n(!. \\'. ];', S~h Uef • .\1. B H Stevc ...... • . .... 1-3 4 -2 I" Sih·e,·,nan. P. \Y. Si mone au. ~1. Smllh. H. W D!nkclll.Cher ...... Ist 5 -1 H. Ca n , n. E. A. Doe, F . K. Brown. J . Sm(lhers, S. K SI)Uuldlne. ;-.:. Strom, L. J P h.,'(h)'o" .... , ...... 1st 5 - 1 Gottesman, P. R. Taylor, F . C, Ruys n<)'IO", H. Thompson. \\-. ) 1. Tipton, L, E . " "I. It W CastO"' n ...... 1- 2 • _2 and R. Melton, They will fill ont an even \\·I"un . and )1. \V il~"k; " " 1. I·' VlclllllS . . " ...... 1- 2 .1 _2 section. CL.\ $S D at 6UO : C. I), A ll cn, K. ABhl ey, I': F !:iw(l.n ...... I ~ l 3.- 2\ R , ~l. nales, H. R (,hapl",l!. K. C , ('hen. • . 5"~; T K"cmes ...... 15t 5-1 )1. ~l. COc krell, D. Cafr[w, L. A. Cnneo. 55 A C Sllyke,· ...... 1st 5 - \ 12th Annual Championship 1958·9 E. J. iJance. B . Day, \\'. 1::· bl1~r, P. Golde 50 V "'o,,u .", ...... lst .'i -I As a res ult of CUl'l'cnt Postal Mo rtems, man, E . R. Greene, )f, ~I'. G,·lm". D. ~J. 57 T Kremu ...... ht 4 -2 the following have qualified for assign GrOOen. R. Hagan, '1' , A. Ho.l'1l11ton, R. Iburg, J rrictim(l.n ...... 1£1 ~-1 I,'. H . JO<"l<. D . Johnson. H. T. Kanian. 202" D G Wol ford ...... In 51 - I ment to the Finals: H . Anam. W. E , R K line, T_ K line, D. Kuhle n. C. H . Lin J L inker ...... 1- 2 ::'-1 Lanam, R Villanueva, K. Bla ke and A. coln, G. "-. )Iarilhall. .\Irs, .I, '\Io r llmcr , R. '" S SUvermall ... . . _ ..... 1_2 5 - 1 Angstenoerger. 'Ve need two more to t!ll 1::. "'ellion. )L RoJn ~, S. R03enlhal, D. E. m C A J ackson ...... 1-2 5-1 J S ) larUn •.... _ ...... 1-2 5 -1 out a section before we can send assign· ROlkln. S. Sara.le, Jane SChl,I,OI' . J. R. S cdl."wlck. R. SeU.annl. H. \\'. Sewell, \V. :'9 -C , A'" An);:lI!enbergcr . . . . I n 6-0 ments. Sharrer. B. Smith, L. J. Smilh. H. J. Snow £J A Schleicher ...... Ist 4-2 Also, the followIng q ualified ror the dell. F. SlIlherl" "d, A, \V, TI. bell, L. O. "ti5 ,r I;; CCN' n hn,an ...... l~t 5~- l Semi·finals: H:. Freyermuth, R Shean, Thoma.><, .\. S. Troy. L. "'nUnCe, C. Wemble. S I S I ~ Walton ...... •••. 18t 4-2 0, D. W h",eler, R. W. \\' iI~oll. J) Ynnck and I'U H :.: Smith ...... Itt S -G R. H. Boman, D. R. Johnson, L. J, R. YUille. J6~ G Balleroft ...... 1 ~t 6-0 124 CHU S REV IEW , APRIL, 1960 Romli );: t wice. bows t w ice lO )Ioss. 30 Bendi);:. POSTAL MORTEMS I-fo rs t i;: spHt t wo. -13 Manes "' !l.u l ~ .\ lncGah"" . CHESS BY MAIL Game Reports Received .j.j Gal"in lOPS H ull twice. .'i3 Syro lid<" :'=;cr"ni. loe"" to I{ ock\\'ell. 56 \ \'i"lc re,· lW~t8 If you ha v e n ot played in o u r tou r neys duri ng February, 1960 H c n d"; " k~ ' w ice: bows I\\"I "e to >i ko'te. 57 b efore , p le ase s p ecify i n w h ic h c las s you C h a~Q I<.>~c" 'WO 10 G,·oPP. lios Coa ehman. To repOrl results. follow instructions wou ld l i ke t o s t art. We r ecommen d on pages 4 & 5 of your book let o n 60 Cap,·illa. Ch" "leswonh lie. 6·1 'rhc(}(lo re r ;ps Hy",,, 65 C"ael"""" lO PS I'la mmer Class A for unusually s trong p lay ers, Postal Chess s trictly and exactly, Other. l w ice. I;; I, 'win wh i p .~ ,\mel"cll, TO VI'o wn, Cla ss B for abov e a v era ge p la y e rs, C la ss wise the report may be misrecorded, r:owmnn wilhdrawn. 72 B "own 'l);1"1 ~ .\lason . C for a bo ut average p layers and Cla s s 77 Dou eho.v . .. \mcrell . \Ves te rn,a n moh Gr een . held up or even lost. D for below aver a g e . If y o u have played, 7 ~ Spall do\\' ns DolL S,I W allo" ~plit~ w ith Pl e~se note : Winners (a nd (hose with the ple ase stat e y o ur p robabl e rati n g. ' Vhlte pieces In caSe of draws) m ust repo rt Do]"wi n . .< pill s Hogan; Dor \\' i" w i1ip~ Slcpha n as soon as resul t Is con CJrm ed by opponent. l\\" i ~e . ~ ;j Ha,'l lO pS Bl' u ~~ e l l 1\\" ;",,: W illi.'> M ai l p r o p e r entry coupon be lo w , or 'rhe opponent may report a lso to ensure his top~ llr ll ~~dl o n"e. 87 Hil"ch fdd ~"nk~ Col· copy of it, t o CHESS R EVIEW, 134 W e st lon. ~8 Snrder downs ~9 ) Iobey, record and r a t ing going thro ugh but m ust Co''''''l. 72d S treet, New Y o rk 23, N ew Yor k . then state clearly tha t he was the loser (or :":ewma" tie. played Black In case of a dra w). T o urneys 90 · 149 : ~ O T "ylm' 1 0p ~ I W' · n ~lel ll. Game reports lien! in t ime fo r r eceiPt by Di ) 1" "';0 lwice each; Joh nston bC$IS B u "n _ CLASS TOURNAMENT dates given above should be p rilHed below. slei n 1\\";"'0. 93 Ba nker. H hod c~ !ie. 100 Start p layi n g che ss by m all NOW ! And the players concerned s hOuld check B,u'on lo.< ~~ \0 H k k e~' . l hen \\"i l hd n, \\'~ , 101 E nter o ne of t h e 4 man g r o ups. to see that they are so publlsh ed. To spot De LonK lwice. H,\)w;) onCe down Hl\ g h e~ , You w i ll be a ssigned t o a s e ct io n with th em, look under your sec tion n umIJer, first I(ll 'lmil h s m i, es I ~er .' l e tl e ,.. 10;) S ogin by t he k ey (e.g" 6O·C ind icating Class .'o(ks I.{ o\l ~ h c y . 10 6 Hawkes lOI )S .\IC"lI lty 3 other p laye r s a bout equa l t o yourself Tourney begun in 1960) a.nd by n umber twicu. 10.~ ' r a ~'l o " whil'" \Vi l~o " . II I G "OIl I)' in p la ying s kill. You p lay b oth White (466) given In tex t belo w the key. P llckhunl ~ ll i it. t \\'o. 11 G Kie ,""a n. I{ uben an d B lack a g ains t the othe r t h r ee. Y o u soh" llc. 11 7 13""on \\-il h d ,· ,, \\" ~ . l o~c~ (a) Symb Ol f indicates a w in by fo r reit with· p la y all s ix game s simult aneous ly. two o ut r a ting credit; a s hows a rating" eredit to ~ I l \! · ph)" . liS .\ I" ,·tin ",a u ls ) !C ) I"~!Cr . 12 ~ adJudication; df m a r k$ a double.Co rleit. T nl \·in ).:" li<, I< ~ Loll).:" . 12G ,,\ b,'ash !Ol'.~ Thon,p_ games o n o n e set of po stcar ds. ~On. I ~T I"win con k ~ CO'" ]l!On. !29 C"ow l e~' Your game result s will be r ecorde d a nd ~"ac k ~ S " ll\ p ~on . 132 G,, ~ ' er l(> p ~ ),;,I\on; p ublis h e d in C H E S S REVIEW as w e ll a s Eaton. Sl"'),pznk .~ ]l lil 1.\\"0 , HZ J,,, il month by m o n l h. Aprll.started ------, ling tio. l:i1 [."lJrie. C ,'"ndall tOI' (;il 'l"udOl'. 15 .j o Cherk. if " new· I C 108 t o 13S. Februa r y - stan ed g"me~ Un .. e ,\ng stcn lJ{! l·).W'· lO PS Uf) I-I" ,·

Ten 134 W . 72d S t ., rO ilier 10 PoS/al CheJJ I>o rl ed are <:Iosed out by do u ble-forfeils I Ij,'oecl, 1",." 1.< 1J 0n ~c \ I.iti Ball el'oi t whips New York 23. N. Y. in sll(:I lo n below. unless ex t(ln ." io" of t im e \\·olf,·"",. 157 B"" C!"Oft be3.l~ Batd wlo,. . was r (> (J u{!s led in t ime (ask bMo"e clOSing I 1;~'9 DaYi" dow" .~ Brad k y , l G3 Col" hO\\"8 10 I I enClose $ ...... •. . •. E nter my na me in m ont h eom es Ul> : e.g.. fo,' )k')' - S\f" ' l~d P ool~ . be81~ Bro.\\" n. IG.[ B"" ",·o[t ('rl1('I (~ ...... ( l> aw many?) sections of yaur games . ask this m onth). Yo n Achen . 1 G5 \ Vinklel' w hips Cole. I G? I Postal Cl> ess CLASS Tour name nts. T he I C h""k t o see if your resuHs appear in 8a,.,·0,," lOps S tevens. Coh nn , t w i ~e ea ch . amount enclosed covers tl> e entry fee of "Pos lal Morlems."· R epol't any corrections 170 De 1..i.S 1·'",·O!·i,e. 139 Hng~d" l e d o \\" n~ J"c(Jnes. ADDRESS ...... 190 ]'"" "" cll 10 p ~ ( ~ f) H.\"d ~, · . 19 1 Obel'hofe,' I I T ourneys 1 • 69: .11 Coffman 2 df Wil h ,\1'011 - lo~c" 10 F:,,·ol'i {e. licks 1,;lIcll.<\\"ol'{h. 192 I C ITY ...... _... . S T AT E ...... I aue r. Va n d e Carr a nd StclIba che r; Stell B "" !;' e l~ bNU S San G io,·gto. 1% I:"".'·N· 'o p ~ ------ba.cb ... r . Van de Carr d f. 3Z H allock d f with Sh in'inl. 197 K ulll tops (If &. In) PUline. '\[a.ck a nd Mason. 33 P e r era df wi th Hol l i e~ Robcl"lson. stien \l nd .\l ellor . 34 First. W "i!;h l 2 df. 35 Lewis 2 d f with Curry, df wilh ~I cCo ) ' . Tou r ;~ e y s 200 _ 229 : 103 Deen o'(l "tCI' r ips R oza . 'lam o. 20~ ;;a\l\·"IW,1Il six ot h e r p la y e rs about equal to your_ ·1 7 Benski. CO" k 2 df. ,13 RiesenlJe,·g. \'kinu~ wp~ ( 2,,) .\ fechan. 211 FrQg!l 3" I )(' ~t," Ch,, ]} self in p la y ing s ki ll, You p lay W hite mall. lj() \\" ~ 10 Revell.,;; )1«1111:\ dl(\ p ~ C hap_ dt. 51 Hass. Lauzon d f. 53 J' lnlllle}' 2 (I( a gains t three o f your oppon e nts , B lack with Holmes. Tow nsend. d f w ith S wn n. [i ·1 ",an. 212 ) l ill~ m a uls I ~\"~lo r . 2 1:1 -",,,·n '·I·O you K r em(lS. \\'c i"l"nd d e 55 F r ey. S u .\" kel· M. ;;7 {OP5 Hr"l >. t w ice; Relll·don. ' Vi nc split lWo. a gainst t he o th e r thre e-and p lay Kremes d f Wilh Brown . ) Iarlin. Gl I~el k el· 2 2J.1 C ,·iffi" . Boeh m be"t Bo,.,,,,,,,. 217 )Inr all six g a mes si m u ltaneo u s ly, df wit h G ,·a in!'::er. '\illilde n. 6l I'·"lle l. G"een ph,•. St,e'·. Hog-el' mo."l ~I"rsll: Semcni w 309 1-.:e,·n s t op" Stall ley. 31-1 Stallwonh b es t ~ sock5 S irota; Hal"I""" be'\ls Borker. -J2 H alli Bai,·. 319 Stallworth twke. Palen"o once well. Kalodner lie; Yanis I HiIJ eb"nnt hllll~ Hemlrid'8, t;6 Zbar t OllS 31; Gun l he,. Ikks l..ool" i ~ . 65 Steel iolt3 F ,·e,'. \ie~ Bl":ltz. 67 Ha n ""rd lOPS (I) Pie)' S taunton pattern. Sturdy and practical, J Ulle~ twic~, they are wade In three sizes : Tourna son, 1j9 KOhn. J{ndl tie. m ent S ize with 5" King, for use on 2'12 Tou r neys 70· 112: 70 Ab"amson ",in8 [ "0'" or 21,{" squares ; Standar d S ize In 2-se c Chi,k. 71 I -""' ~ e l ere w it hdraws. d,·ops (al PRIZE TOURNAMENTS lO Re\'.:!ni. 72 Orbano "' ~k i halts Hayward. tion case, with 3lAi" King , [or use on 7 man classed t o u "neys fo r p r em iu m s LeiCHESSBOARDS incu r do u ble - forf e it~ _

Tourneys t· 21 : 7 ~I ldler tOps ~ l ac l{ll1. 13 n a t cs, Chase (If. 1,1 Cflntllbell (If w ilh Cra.h · GOLDEN KNIGHTS lree, Dietz. I~llCkel\ l) a c b Hnd Seve"I\; D ietz P ro J;J r eSS ilie Q ualificati ons Champi o~ sh i p s l,,,'ckenbach (It. 17 Coles d[ with Bendix a nd XI ~ hols . l.~ Blecha (If ,\'Ilh Hnn'is aud T a ll e)'; Hnt "t" i~ . 'i'alley dt. 21 ASlal'lOH d[ With Cn,' 7th Ann ual Championship-1952-3 te,·. Haywar d ; Helke . Ca"lel" df. 5_Sth P lace Play . ofh ( Key, 52_N p ) 2 Eckstrom \Oll,l A'H!)UI"ll t wke. T ourneys 22 . 1()() : -17 Goed.:!1 downs T r,wers , 50 Can no;, ~ o nks Itidmnl. 66 Perry rips Rothenberg, 78 Ellyso:l sinl's Rcy nolds. 79 8th Annual Championship-1954 B r Cld)- bows t o Blel{. busts Heap. S9 Boehm F I NA LS (Key, 54 . Nf) licks P isher. loses t o Peck . '0 Firestone. Sect ion s 1 . 20; K" ie Cl"lVCks Kugel",ass. Heap s t op Stokely , 95 Chin conk.~ COUCll, % Xe,,'s t edl. loses to i\onhllm. Upchu rch b ll t licl'l Rich Hod!n withdrawn. look an)' of your lout'S (includ ing panlble ter. U Rowe rlJ).t Michaels, G3 Doe downs one" on draws) - game~ In all events lire Olen: ,Vomack mauls ) Ioors. &-I RUlISa now 13th Annual C .. ampionship 1959-60 rated: don't reckon a ra u n&, gain on a "'In tops ( a) J a.n dreau : Sherr niP'! :\'ewman. by derau!t unleu It'6 be~n adjudicated: Engstrom. ~ nanker. Neuer tie. T alK" bests PRELI M I NARY ROUND (Key: sg. N ) d o. n·t forset you and oPt)O nent n re rated Smith, bows to Bl umentha l. 6i Heifetz dowlls Sectlo:ls 1 · 19; 1 Celll.h rlPlI Roseman. from" li e'" l>&.fIe 1l. h er each and every rat Dyson. 68 Crnbtree t ri\»! Hamilton. r.9 Good· ! Shean smites Grave., Smlih; Bland, ) Ie · ing change. (If )'ou stan a t 900. win 60. ale down. McCar lhy. 10 Thompson wh l l ) ~ KII.Y "onk Brotherton. 3 Slau/{hter l iek~ )'0111' next mtln!! co.mputatlon i~ bated on White. Landers. Patrick : F" 1~ h tr , Patrick trip 961). not on the old 9(0): and allow time FINAL.S ( Key: 51-N f ) l ~!l nders. ~ Shatkln conkl Mo rehouse. :; enough (we don't have YOUr neW rUing cal· Sect ions I _ 19: 2 :McAuley cli ps Klein. { ;\lcOavock b e ~ts Becbe. Nash. G o leph1ln. culated till a month after game regult np· Crandall stop Stephens: ~ l ecroPO l wl th pes)'~ In nrlnt _ "t)ut do in Feb. a nd Aug.). Shac k nmuls Ml.\.ye r; Dulicai tics ~1I.\.Y e l'. tOp8 Schaefer. 5 Lawrence Ji Ck5 Sullivun: (i 1'a wl, drl)ps (a) to \V erner. 7 Heale y Curdo conks Kilmer; Oaker withdraw.. e withdraws. drop5 (a ) to Zalya: Zslys 'Vell tI". Wlldt. toj')!; Suyker. 7 Drelberg$ Kumphrey halt Gwynn. 9 Page. P~lebe tie: drubs H"lmberg. 8 Repp rips Bolsterll: Carmlchnel be~ ts Sagln al1d Mennlnl'er but toowa to Loven. 10 Arnow nlPll Aden. 11 Jackson. L ynch t ie. 9 Rand en\)\I~h h a \t ~ Solutions to CHESSBOARD MAGIC! H e n ~ r lcks: H eckman. 10 Taylor, , Velnlnger tie. II Am,,~ Watterw n whip.s 0108'0za.. Pehas nips NeW hall. U Davis downs Fuchs. hnlt~ Glogoza: Chabot beat" HendrickS. 13 No. 1 White w ins w ith 1 K-R4, Q-R5t 2 Sifter tops Peck. H Dn.cl· down" CaJing aert; Tholllll.8 be!lts Dae)'. bow. to Lan;on : K-N3, Q- R7 3 Q-K l t , R-N3 4 Q-K5t, H 12th A. nual Cllompionship 195B-9 Dac)·. Thoma... PottlJer,o; beat Holbrook. 15 :-17 5 Q-BS. K - N8 6 Q-Klt. K-B7 and PRELI MINARY ROUND (Key; 5!I.N j Wig h t whil"" "lcLenna l1. H0 3ve1. 16 Griffin now w ltil White's Rook a nd QUei!n 10 Section. 1· 149: 11 P eck bellU! Glbello. 117 ax..,;. Evans. 17 H (!ndrlcks best, DlvinKer. co ncert against the K ing , Black loses bo"·~ to Lake : Lake beMa Ball enlt'er. I S Bramblla toP' (0 Holmes. 61l Chrlste n,en easily. ten. Fitzpatrick.. 67 Stolzenoorg downs An_ Coveyou conks Brand. 19 Miller mauls denon. 69 Gouelt halts Holland: Sul livan n"e""n: Kenton tops ;': ~chles n er. No.2 W h ite wlnl! w ith 1 N-Q5 and 1 ... socks Moore. 70 M!ddh)gs top.s ( f) Qllck Sect io ns 21l· 39, 20 Howard. Amon. GIlT;' R-B5 2 P- N7, K-B2 3 P- N8(Q)t, KxQ man. 73 Grttetz. Shean (Ie. 83 He nl'l1 (~"n ril l os. L:t\\'I'ence mo \) Yese),: Howard. Law- ri ps Al e"o.nde r. sa Pavitt defeats Zavada. -t P- N3. and the Rook is tl'apped; or 1 9Z Sch mltl top, (t) :\'[cCurdy. 98 Levin li cks :~el~~~". ;t~~~:~~o 1~~~,, "!;G~'II~~~ d~~;n~r~t/~i~ · .. R-QR5 2 B- B5, P-B7 3 N -B6t, fol· Mills. 112 Mound tops (f) Black. 1 J.I B,.o\\,n \'oulllI'h u ~\land: Heino 1' 11.1[8 HMll)tnmn n. 24 lowed by 4 BxP; or 1 . .. R- B4 2 P-N7. downs DoIIchek. liS Dockray besUi (t) Edn· I"eli)' co.nk~ ;\ [ay: S.. ):H hlel wllh (! rl.\.wn . 2S K-E2 3 P - N8{Q}t a nd 4 N - K7t or here ~ e s.!l. bolVs to Jo. h nso.n. 121 Fa:ber tellB Bredln. ,\,ny lo. r. Jo.hn5ton nil) " ~ t h e r lan d: Co.\' eyou 126 LeI.'1ore maull ~Io r r i so n : ' Viancko with· beM" Taylor. bow$ to Joh nston. 26 ;\Io.net 2 .. . R-N 4 3 P-N8(Q)f and 4 N-E 6t. draws. 128 BlIckendorl tops (I) H ennessey. ,unul" ;\Ia,;ea: Cslingner t tOl)ll to Bryden. No. 3 White Wl n9 w ith 1 D-K3, R-U:l 130 MacQrady lick! Ettlinger. 132 )hlCKay 29 !;[meoe d o."·n" Ogue" ; HO IllIO hllh~ Ha;, ;iolh J ones. 135 Kendall conks Anders. 138 bronek. :1() Ennis withdrawn. 31 Byron wit h_ 2 B-N5! PxD 3 P-!'H, e tc. , VatSOIi tops (0 Kamin. 139 Shu\\' IJeSIl' drllw". 33 Lunney l;"k~ 1.1 1"":"" 3~ Gendin Branch. 144 Bomlln bea.ts Pll8e, RIC ha rd. down~ P feiffe r ; K e r ~t e tl e r SIO t'~ Orown; DeBruin. Sadle r : Whela n bestl Richard, 1··od)Mh, P feiffe r. F" lcuccl Joll .Ioh n ~ou . Solutions to CHESS QUIZ bow. to P eh nec. 145 Lamb licks Lemanl. ~5 Shortt. Duke down \·nlet1!~""": nuke n [1"< 148 Cha.se chops Veneto 1(9 H . Rober ts bests :-I!ChOls. 35 Gi~h stOPll Stallffet·. liol,k."()(" No.1 W hite wins 61mply with 1 K - K 3! Bra ndt, bows to \". Roberts. Hnlln"" conks Glsh. Holdel·ort. 1 ~1\"I"II. ~7 Section. 150 _ 189: 152 Bass, Peck Ue. 163 Don ins downs Brunne r: ~ !cl'III " e .l' conk$ rot' the t hreat s III mate cannot be milt Oavl" downs Bowker. 158 'Villas w lthdrO-wn. Hil i: P",u;e withdr"wl'l. 38 GOI'IlI" " 10».• Ben without ruinous 81l.c rifices, if then: e .g .. 160 Roth tle" S!lver, loses to Lunger. 163 nett, tie~ Ri$dell . "' n.t~on. 39 ~ c hnllil halt5 2 N -R5t , K-B4 a N-R4 mate; or 1 ... Ferber fe ll s Roth. 166 Steele stop~ McEwa n. Henry. 167 Superna"· tle$ 'raub. loses to Hall. 168 P-KR4 2 N - K4t and 3 N - R4 mate. S.ctlcn. 40·59: .0 nnr""lellll do"'n~ Lef l"erber, Thomu tie. 113 Cunningham co.nkl No. 2 B lack willS with Olle fell move. PaUl. 115 Freyermuth tops (a) Al\' new. 176 kowitz. Z~nie. ~l Lawrence withdrawn. 42 Ulckhllm beats Hyer~. Ilelldy. Reid: Hardy haiti CollilOn. 177 Schmidt, J ensen 1 ... B-K6!! aJ there Is no adequate de· fic h wart~. Reid rip Johnson: BYHA With_ beat 8a.J'Olftt: P lavcan dnjbs Dragonettl. ( em~e to 2 ... P - R6 (3 P - N3, Q-E6). draws. ~3 Katz lose,. to Oberhofer. wlthd Mlws. 118 lofo.w ry bests (t) Davis. bo,,·" to Csrr, 180 S tevens. Buchholz. Pendergll.8t stol) .;5 Lldral. Dine, Colema n dO"'n Haul'tm,,,,,,; No.3 W h ite mates w ith 1 N- B6t! find 1 Di n"" dcfeats Davidson, ·16 Veldm"" toP" Aldl,,; Buchholz haJts Smllh. 182 Hallam. · .. Px:\' 2 D-Jl6. BxP (or 2 ... P -B4 3 'rauh; Atki"s wilhdrawll. ~7 Ward whips Steven. hit Gleason. 183 Gardner maull R-Nlt and t he same ,.equel; or 2 ... Meyer. 185 Phares Cells :\[aeGllvary, 189 DU5lu\)ieux. .j9 Radner d Jl~ Sn'ollon. aO )foran mauls Egle. 51 T .... ll b 00"'. to Kal'lan. R-Ql or 2 ... K - R l 3 R - K 8(tJ. etc,) ~ Edelstein ripS ROll ins : Stephan lItoP$ Lid hests Doj'le: Yeh! tO tlS Clltatsnello. TnlltJ . stone. R-N4t all(1 mate In two; or 1 ... K - Hl ';3 ARIO Il oosts l~av orlte. Cole but bo\\'s 1:'0 SEM I. F' INAL.S (Key: 58- N.) Wl)od~ . Terry. 54 Ve~1I1110 Jolt, Atcn, John 2 R- K 8, PxN or 2 ... P-N3 3 B-H6, etc. Sect ions 1 .24: 2 Ley. Lyneh tie : Abrallls, Ho n. 55 Roota,.e I'i)lS Moo l'e, :-Iuuer. 57 YS II No. 4 Black wine w ith 1 .. . Q-K8t 2 K Br\nn trips 'r ri a ~ si. 58 Mahaffey h,,1Is H al" K laus tie. 3 Villanueva nips Brunner: R 2, QxRt! 3 KxQ. PxQ, etc. Blake, KaUsch tie. 4 Johnson jolts Roger . "er. 59 Byers withd r\l.\l'~. Moewe. & Qoddard downs Cucullu. 6 Lux Sect lo MS CO· 126: GO G\\'YI1I1 tops (t) )[arch: No.5 White wins with 1 NxP!! and 1 ... wlthdmwi. 7 I...nFr~n lere mauls )-(oewe. 8 Bo.well loses to Lamon t . .\Iowr)·. wit hdraws. PxQ 2 NxBt. QxN (or 2 ... K - Rl 3 RxP~, Buck bMu Co.veyou. g F OIlS (ells PIlJ\'e. 10 ~2 Wa.lton withdra w,.. S3 Orll ker. Davidson. H ildebrandt, ROIJen:r.wel&, halt McK sy; Moore Van Lith down Deu\)le. G.5 Jo.eph jolt$ Fee. P -E3 4 RxP mate) 3 RxQ; or 1 ... PxN 2 maulS Strahan. It Early d o.wns :Maeda. 12 68 Labrie licks Hay .... G9 RoberlS tops (0 QxP t! K xQ 3 R-R5t and m a t e next ; or 1 Wood". Blount best Gilbert. 13 Byers boWl J."ltch. 10 Lawrence r i\»! Gll\dd. 12 Wharton · .. QxN 2 Q-R6! 8-B33 RxN! etc. to Bue reer. wlthd rllw". 14 Beekmnn, J O)" withdraws. H L indstrom tol)S 'rhompjlo.n. ;5 ne r maUl ~ronMh. 15 Steverulon loses to P rav/) tops (0 Monaco. i7 MunllOn. Dle\)llng No.6 Wblte wins neatly with 1 N-K 7t. T oUIUI. IIc kl \Vrf&'ht. 16 Solomon. Ang "ip Robertie. 78 O' -",'eill nlJl$ ","olen. 66 QxN 2 QxBt, Q-Bl 3 B-R7f, etl;. sten~ r ge r best Portala.. 18 Dullcal downs E ll sebi f"'ls Fee. 88 T a ylor lopS Hoom ing, Wildt: H ardman toP' 'taylor. a Sehles!n ..er ' ·1 Pehnec halts H e"drlck.. 9~ Smithus No.7 White mates with 1 R - N3t! PxR 2 ~ml t es Smith: \Vlsegarver whips Kellner. conkt Carr. BxPt! KxB 3 PxP§ and mate in two. 20 Rep!> rips KOll'an. 2~ Chinn llcks Lorenz: LeBel bests Hurlln; Larzelere wHhdra ws. No.8 Black wins at least a Pawn with 24 Rootare tops Morri ~ . ties Ban: Hurd hailS Cowan. RATING IN9UIRIES 1 ... N /2xP! or else 2 PxN, BxPt 3 K-Rl, N xPt! and mate next. Sections 25· 64 : 25 Faber bows to Brown, Each time we publl.h the Poalal Cbess beat. Oro.etz. 26 SpUtter licks Lorin&': Hall ~atln&,$, We get a. small delu&,e ot InquirieE No.9 White wille material with 1 B-QG sto.tn Steven". 27 Moore to]:)3 (a) Glaes· from POstalites IU! to their ralln",. It takes ser: :'1oore. Rosenberg tie. 18 AV ram axu (all Illt erference t heme as In posltlon some thing like forever 10 check UP on ~ u eh Leather. Hooper: .Mauer rip, O·Rellly. 29 as run back over .ome mon th.. And we 2), for 1 ... BxB o r 1 ... hE leads to Eastm;!.n mauls Kollha. 30 Moorehead hsltl have to take up the inquiries when lYe can 2 N-B6t! PxN 3 R-NIt. K-R l 4 QxPt! Goebel. 31 Coveyou tops Lahd e, Derrln&,. lind tl",e - which is not o. rten. It you have 3Z 33 K xQ 5 R - R 5 mate. Umu:r.i bests Bischoff. Crosbie. a n answer due. please be patient. \Ve'll ge t Watl on tie. U Bass beaU! Melszer. 35 No. 10 Black wi ns ma terial with 1 .. , Schl... lnger besU! W hite. Timmin •. bows t'011 when we can. Blrsten; White ,,·hll>' T immins. 36 HalS() "(ell.nwhile, think well and reeheek be N-N5t ! 2 K-R l , N xP ae 2 KxB, Q- RH 3 Bock. semenhv. sa P eretti. Alberti be:U fo ' ~ asking if we erred on your ratlnS', 'Ve K -N3, Q-R7t! 4 KxN. K - N3! sete up a do make errors. of couru, beinS' Infa llible Johnston: Nuuer nips Nyman. 39 Na.ff dl)wn. mate by 5 ... P - R4 which can be stopped AnderllOn. 40 Pln$on nips Agnew: Lam. 1ll Only on our daY$ of!'. But. In by and large. licks Anders, Oardner: Foss, Agnew wlth- we nnd no mOre than one and a haif cOr - only by 5 P - N 3, QxQ. CHESS REV IEW . APRIL , 1960 127 1S Px1'\, XxBt 19 QxN, QxBP 20 QxP, 17 ... NxR 18 QxP, 0 - 0 - 0 (18 . .. POSTAL GAMES Q- HS lea \'es Black wi th a win, [(-K2? 19 l\'-n5f) 19 QxN; 17 ... PxR 18 , . " N/6xBt 20 P- QB3 R_QB1 18 QxN: and 17 . . . P- K4 18 H/6- QN6, from CHESS REVIEW tourneys' 19 K_R1 Q- KB4 21 Q-R4 N_B6! PxN HI BxP win [01' White. Dlack thre:llens 22 NxRP: or. if 18 QxP R-KB1 Our Postal players 22 Px1\. QxP mr.te. 1f 18 . .. QxN?? 19 QxRt! 20 nxNPt, are invited to sub. 22 Q-Q1 Q-B5! 21 RxPt and 22 QxQ. mit their BEST 23 P_K N 3 Q- K5! 19 P- B5! 0-0-0 21 RxBP R, R games for this Resigns 20 NxP ! N_Q4 22 QxR R_ R1 de partment. T he 23 R-N6! , , . . moves of each For ten moves, WhIte has artfully iu game must be hibited t he Black Queen's effectiveness written on a stand 'Ti s Sa id 011 the long diagonal. ard score sheet, "An advantage in develOJlment is 23 . . . . K _ N1 25 Q-B6 R-QS1 or t yped on a turned into a grand a ssault b~' m eans single sheet of 24 R- Q6 N_ N 5 26 R-QS of a 8a ~ ril"i c e." - Spielmann, paper, and mar k The threat is male in two, ed "fOf publica. SICILIA N DEFENSE 26 .... P-N4 t io n" __ Mea 9: page 155; column 167 27 Q-B4t Resigns annotated by JOHN W. COLLINS W. p, Bigler C. M, Crensaw White Black 1 P_K4 P-QB4 To Err Is Human 2 N_QB3 P-K3 '1'\\"0 of Ollr foremost players get to· Three-step 3 N_B3 . . , , g-ether. Surprisingly enough, on.., ens on Postalit.e D. Howard comm ents : "The Smyslov-'I' rifunol'kh, Mosco,,", ]9·17, his fourteenth turn and hIs opponent mack Queen deJivers the final coup in continued: 3 P-KN3. P- Q4 .\ PxP, PxP eornes through with a shocl(er. Ole form of a tln'ee-step box mo\'emenL" 5 0 - N2, N- KB3 6 P ·- Q3. N I MZOV ICH A TTACK SICILIAN DEF E NSE 3 , , , , P- Q4 Mea 9: page 347: column 32 Meo 9: p

14 . , . . QxRt !! 15 Q-N1 . . , . Or 15 BxQ, n -·I38t Hi K - K2. :\,·-B:;t! 15 . . . , R- B5! One slip is all ii iakes to lose. The text is much stronger than 15 , . . 15 . . , . Qx Qt 18 B-B4 X- K3 16 BxN, PxB, 17 RxN!! 16 NxQ R_ B7 19 PxP 16 B-K2 NxKP 1! 17 B-R3 R/1-B1 20 NxN B,N The sacrifice which brings Oil the grand 17 Q-Q3 , , . . 21 0-0 N- K6! assault. Or 17 NxN? QxQ 18 NxQ, NxUt! A pretty point. If 22 PxN, HxPt! 17 , . . , 17 , , ' • 22 R_K1 NxB 18 QxR . . , , t check; ~ ::::: db!. check; ~ ::::: dis. eh. Res ·l gns 128 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL , 1960 2nd CHESS REVIEW UNITED STATES OPEN POSTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The Thirteenth Annual Golden Knights ! ! THE current eJitioll of the Golden Knights tournament is now under I way, nlld entries are acceptable until May 19. 1960. It is con· r- VERVTHING YOU NEED to play , due-ted under CHESS REVIEW's Rules and Regulations for Postal Chess, t:: chess by mail is included in the com. plete Postal Chess Kit produced by as mailed with a;;signments and, with the special rules given below. CHESS REVIEW for t he convenience of I n effect, the Golden Knights is an "open" tournament, without reo postal players. The kit contains equip. ment and stationery especiall y designed ganl to our rating classes so far as entry goes. The ratings are calculat· for the purpose. These aids to Postal ed, however, quite as usual. We "rate" all games in CHESS R EVIEW tour Chess will keep your records straight, help you to avoid m istakes, give you the neys. It is an "open" tournament because we cannot pretend to "seed" fullest enjoyment and benefit from your candidates for a championship and because it gives the weaker players a games by mail. chance to gain by experience against stronger ones. Contents of Kit To speed play for the first round, we group all the entries received One of the most Import ant items In geographically so far as possible. Otherwise, entries are matched off the kit is the Postal Chess Recorder AI. bum - the greatest aid to postal chess into 7 man groups strictly in the order of our receipt of their applica ever invented. The six miniature chess tion". Qualifiers to the later rounds are grouped likewise in order of sets in this album enable you to keep track of the pOsitions, move by move, qualification, but without regard to geography. in all six games of your section. On the score_cards, supplied with the album, you Special Rules for the 1959·60 Golden Knights Tournament. record the moves of t h e games. The up. to·date score of each game faces t he cur· Consult the [allowing rules whenever 1 'When computing the total scores to de· rent position. Score·ca rds are removable. any question arIses as to your chances termine the distribution of prizes. each game When a game is fin ished, remove t h e old won in the first round will be scored a s 1 card and insert a new one. 12 extra score for qualifying to Semi·flnals or Finals or paint; each game won In the second rou nd cards are included In the kit, fol' weighted point score, etc. as 2.2 points; each game won in the final 1. CHESS REVIEW's 13th Annual Gold round as ( .S points. A drawn game will be The kit also contains 100 Move-Mailing en Knights P ostal Ches~ Championship Tour· ,cored as hair or these respectiv e &lUount •. Post Cards for sending moves to your nament is open to all persons living In the 8 In the case or des. if two or more tlnalists tie for first place. achieving th e opponents, a Chess Type Stamping Outfit continental United States of America and in Canada. except CHESS REVIEW's em same total score. as computed In Rule 7. for printing positions on t h e mailing plo;\'ee~. contributing editors and members tben the first 2 or more prizes will be re cards, a Game Score Pad of 100 sheets of their families. served for those finalists and the prizes will for submitting scores of games to be ad· Z Any contestant who enters this tourna be a.warded in accordance with the scores judicated or published, complete instruc "'ent under (l. pseudonym Or in the name of achieved by them in a tie-breaking match or t ions on how to play chess by mail, an ac ""other person will be dlsQua1!tled. All IUI!!n round-robIn contest in which each contestant count of the Postal Chess rating system is hed games of the dlsqnalified conlestanl wiII pla y not less than 2 games with every and the Official Ru les of Postal Chess. will be scoI'ed as win ~ for his opponents. other tied conteetant. Ties for other cuh 3 '1'wo qual!tYing: rounds and one tina I prizes will be broken in the same manner. I'ound will be played. in all tbree ronnd .•. Any ties which may develop in the tie-break_ Save s You Money contestants will compete in sections of sev ing contests will be played oft. In additional matches or tournaments. Bought separately, the contents would en players. Each contestant In a section will play one game with each of his six oppo 9 The entry ree is $3.50 and entltlee the amount to $7.25. The complete kit costs nents. ,'ontestant to compete in one sec tion of the only $6.00. To order, just mail the coupon .. All contestanb w110 score ( or more rH"eliminary round. No additional fee is below. game point~ in the preliminary round wlll charged contestants who qual!ty for the sec qnalify for the semi-final round. Similarly. ond or third rounds. A contestant may enter all (ju alified semi·finalists who score ( Or any number of sections or the preliminary more game points in the seml·final round round upon payment of the tee or $3.50 per will qnalify lor the final round. If additional section entry provided he a ppUes ea.rly players (in)l" I to GJ ,!,I'e required to corn enOllgh so that we can place him in separate I)lete the l a~ I s"c~lon 01 Ih~ second or t hird sections. 1IIultipie entries by one person will , '·ound. these p l "yer~ will l>e selected I"om ~ umpele ~nd qualify as though made by I a mong COllleSUl.nIS who ~~o "ed 3'h points in ~eparate indlvidnals. No cont e ~tant, how lhe p"eviolls !'o "nd ",,<1 ill the order of their ever, may win more than one prize, and a I CHESS REVIBW Posl"l Hatinlis at the time pl"yel' who qualities for more than one sec lhe last secoints in either by Only one of his entries. (The entry ma.k ing the highest total score will be taken.) I of th" qua llryin" round~ will not he eligible ; lor th" allllouuced ca~h and emblem prizes. .\lultiple entriM wl!l be placed in dilterent ~e"tions of each round. I Each of these eliminated contestants, how· ever. upon completion of all his scheduled 10 Upon entering, each contestant agr

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