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CHESS REVIEW but We Can Give a Bit More in a Few 250 West 57Th St Reet , New York 19, N JULY 1957 CIRCUS TIME (See page 196 ) 50 CENTS ~ scription Rate ONE YEAR $5.50 From the "Amenities and Background of Chess-Play" by Ewart Napier ECHOES FROM THE PAST From Leipsic Con9ress, 1894 An Exhibition Game Almos t formidable opponent was P aul Lipk e in his pr ime, original a nd pi ercing This instruc tive game displays these a nd effective , Quite typica l of 'h is temper classical rivals in holiUay mood, ex­ is the ",lid Knigh t foray a t 8. Of COU I'se, ploring a dangerous Queen sacrifice. the meek thil'd move of Black des e r\" e~ Played at Augsburg, Germany, i n 1900, m uss ing up ; Pillsbury adopted t he at thirty moves an hOlll" . Tch igorin move, 3 . N- B3. F A L K BEE R COU NT E R GAM BIT Q U EE N' S PAW N GA ME" 0 1'. E. Lasker H. N . Pi llsbury p . Li pke E. Sch iffers ,Vhite Black W hite Black 1 P_K4 P-K4 9 8-'12 B_ KB4 P_Q4 6 P_ KB4 2 P_KB4 P-Q4 10 0-0- 0 B,N 1 P-Q4 8-K2 Mate announred in eight. 2 P- K3 KN_ B3 7 N_ R3 3 P xQP P-K5 11 Q- N4 P_ K B4 0 - 0 8 N_N 5 K N_B3 12 Q-N3 N-Q2 3 B-Q3 P- K 3? P-K R3 4 Q N- B3 p,p 5 Q_ K2 B-Q3 13 8-83 N-B3 4 N-Q2 P-B4 9 P-K R4 6 P_Q3 0-0 14 N-R3 N_ N5 From Leipsic Con9ress. 1879 5 P-Q B3 N- B3 10 K PxP Q-Q3 7 PxP N x K P 15 8- K2 B-K2 The Viennese master . Engliseh. w in­ 8 NxN R- K1 16 Bx N B- RS ner of first prize. met defeat only 011( '03. Schottlaender , using a mer e 16 mi nutes. 1I"0n memora bly. S ICI LI AN DEFE NSE E nglisch Schottlaender White Bla<; k 1 P_K4 P- QB4 14 P-B4 N- B5 2 N- KB3 P-K3 15 R-K1 N_ N 3 3 N-B3 N-Q B3 16 Q_ B2 P-K4! 4 P-Q4 p,p 17 B_KNS? P- KS S NxP N-B3 18 B x B Q,S 6 P-QR3 P- Q R3 19 N_Q4 P- B4 7 B- K2 P- Q4 20 N_N3 B- N2 11 QN- B3 PxN? 19 8-K3 P- N4 8 PxP N, P 21 Q- B3 QR- K 1 12 RPxP N-K5 20 0-0- 0 K -B1 24 K _ N2 p,p 17 B xB? B,Q B,P 9 N x Q N P,N 22 Q-RS? Q- N4! 13 BxN P,B 21 P- QS 18 B- K St R,B 25 RxB? QxNP 10 N- K 4 P_KB4! 23 6- B1 P-K 6 14 N- K S B,P 22 P-QN4 Q-K3 26 R_K 5 19 PxR Q-K1 P- KRl 11 N_ NS B_ K 2 24 PxP N- RS 15 PxB N,N 23 R_R7 S- N 2 R-QS1 20 PxB BxN P 27 RxQN? 12 N_ B3 0 - 0 2S P-N3 R,P 16 Q-R5 P-B3 24 S- SS t K-K1 21 K R- K 1 B,N 28 8 - Q4 Q-N7 13 0-0 Q-B2 26 N x P , . 17 P_ N6 N,P 25 RxN P R-QB1 22 R_Q? Q-NS 29 Rx RP RxPt 18 Qx N R-B2 26 Q R- R1 Resigns 23 P_ N3 R- K1 And B lack wo n • ~ to new,, 11 Opening _ Ed. Early Russian Chess P illsbury's r e~' jval of the old P etroff a t St. Petersburg was romantic compli· ment to his hos t. - G IUOCO PI A N O Anomy m ous Pet rof f White Black 1 P_ K 4 P_K4 7 B-Q5 NxBP 2 N_K63 N_Q B3 8 K ,N PxP§ B_ B4 B-64 9 K-N3 p,p 3 26 • • • • R xPt 28 K-K 2 R- Q1 P_B3 N_K 2 4 N-B3 10 Bx NP 27 K - B2 R- B6t 29 Qx Rt Q,Q , P_Q4 p,p 11 N- N5 N ,B A nd B lac k w on 6 P-KS N-K5 12 N x 6P 0 - 0 13 N xQ . , . t ch eek ; ~ db!. ('h~k : , :::: dl • • eh, CHESS REVIEW By JACK STRALEY BATTELL W ith t his move. Black seizes t he Inl· The re is a t e ndency nowadays, e ven in tiative . On I I p- Ba, Pills bury is pre pa r ed y' o lu mn 2!i Number 7 Jl,lly , to de veloll a powerful a Llack a fter 11 the United State s, to forget how great a I!DITEO &. P UBLISHED BY "" ... PxKP 12 PxN, QxP 13 N-Nl , BxN I . A. I-I nr owjtz chess player H arl'y Nelson Pillsbury w a~. Cel·tainly , howevel·. h is careel' was sec· 14 RxB. Q- fiS t 15 K - Bl, Q-B5t 16 K - Kl, TABLE OF CONTENTS ond o nly to that of Paul !I1ol'l)hy In this B-N5 17 Q- B2, QxRP . KPxP 13 N xP FEATU R ES COU lltl'y, a nd he r emain s oll e of bu t few 11 P-Q4 Game of the Month __ _____ _____ ____ 206 gl'ea t malltel'S of a ll Ume. 12 P-B6 N P x P 14 B_R6 • • • • L ogical ChIII''' ( a b ook excerpt) __ __ 203 H is ca l'ee r was comparll.l1 \'e ly s hort , My B est Game. __ ____ ____ ___ _____ _ 208 and his very fir st major t OUl·llIl.ment w as World Chell Cha mpionshi p Match __ 200 his S" rcat est t riumph. a fi rst at H uUngs, DEPART M ENT S 1895. ahea d o f Tchigo rln. a nd Laske r , Chessboa rd Magic! ____ _____ ___ ___ _ 205 and Stelnltz. and t he c ba m plonl of Aus· Chess Cavia r __ ___ ___ ____ ____ _____ _ 21 3 t ria . F rance, Italy, Ge rma ny and R ussia . Chess Club Directory ___ ____ _____ _ _ ' 98 So sa id . in e rrecl. Sergea nt and ' Vatts Games from Recent Events ____ ___ _ 216 i n bringing ou t a book on P ills bury in Graphic Endings _. __ ______ ______ _ _ 2" a bout 1920, and spoke Jr1l1), fo r today. Morphy Muter pieces ______ __ ___ __ _ 219 H is games were gener a ll y weighty af· On the Cover __ __ • ___ __ __ _____ ____ _ 196 tail'S , prot rac ted a nd long·fo ugh t Ollt, Our Own Dictionary of Chess T e r ms mostly too long for purposes of this Postal Che .. __ __ _____ _____ ___ __ ___ _ 21 ' 220 colum n, But the fo llowing Ie a ahOI'l€r Short H istory of Chess __ ________ _ _ 21' sample against a most res pec table op· Soli taire Chess __ _____ _________ ___ _ 14 . , N-N3! ,., pone nt f!"O m the tour nament ment io ned. S pot li ght on Openings ____________ _ 21' On H .. R- Kl, White obtains a fi ne T hose Darned Rooks __ __ ____ ____ •• ' 94 Ha st ings. 1895 game by 15 Q- ItS. N- N3 16 0 - 0-0. Tourna ment Calendar • ____ _______ _ '99 V IE NN A GAME 15 BxR W orld of ChuS __ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ _ _ 195 J . Mi e se, H. N. Pillsbury 16 R-KBI • • • • , On 16 0 -0, Blac k plans for 16 ItOITOR W h ite Black . P-B ~ , fo llowe d by 11 . Q-RS. I. A. Horowitz , P-K4 P_K4 EXECUT IVE EDITO R 2 N_QB3 N_ KB3 16 .. " Q- R3! 18 Px B P_ KB4 J aek StrllJey BatteH 19 P_KN4 CONTRIBUTING EDI TORS 3 B-84 B_N5 17 Q-K2 BxN , . I. Chernev. J . W. Collins. T, A, Dunst, 19 P- N :I Is necessary, though BlaCk's Dr. M. E uwa, Hans Kmoch. W. Korn. P !llsbury's move Is s imply not In favol' Fred R(! ln teld. today, a nd Whit e's risky s eq uel does not two extra P a wns, a nd better Pawn s truc· t ure after 19 ... B- K3, pr oba bly more CORRESPON DENTS properly tes t it . The jJ reterences now t han com pensate fo r the Excbange. Now Collegl/ll te F. H. Kerr a re 3 . .. NxP, 3 N- D3. 3 .. D - D~, even Al abama E. M. Co<: krel1 . 3 . .. P- D3 and :I ... P- Q3. Pillsbur y ~ c o r e s e ffect ively. California Leroy Johnson. R. Lel!;"h. D,·. H. 19 . N-B5 full.ton. M. J . Royer. 4 P_B4 P-Q3 6 N_Q5? N.N Colo u do M. \ V. Reese. 20 Q-B4 • • • • 5 N_ B3 0-0 1 Bx N • • • • Co nnecticut Edmund E. Ha nd. 20 Q- Q2 holds ou t lo nger, but t be Ilr OIl· De laware ;\1. R. Paul. DI,t .
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