AMERICAN OPEN CHAMPION

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- Plloto by Art Zeller

Larry Kaufman (center), winner of the 1966 Ameriun Open at Sint. MoniCI, r eceive, his check from USC F Vice·President (~,"d Intern.tional Grandmaster) Isaac Ka shdan. Miss Vardit Hi rsch stands by to present the American Ope n Trophy to the new champion. Volu.me XXI Numb er IS December, 1966

EDITORS: Burt Hochberg and E. B. Edmondson

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(Brackel.a Indicate .re.. or edltoral change.) Ever since 1952, when the USSR lirst entered the biennial Chess Olympics, their team has always won. The U.S., after its long string of victories in the thirties, has been second only twice: at Leipzig in 1960 and at Havana last November. At Leipzig the score was Russia 34, U.S. 29; and at Ha vana, Russia 39% , U.S. 34'h. On both these occasions the U.S. team was headed by our number one player, 23-year-old Bobby Fischer, the somewhat e~entric glamour boy of international chess; and both times he was mainly responsible for our good showing. This time he came within an ace of taking the gold medal on board # 1, with 15 out of a possible 17 points (14 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss) as against lllh out of 13 points (10 wins, 3 draws) for world champion Tigran Petrosian. Petrosian's win­ ning average was 88.46 to Fischer's 88.23, a microscopic dif· ference. Fischer faced tougher opposition and played four more games. Had he been willing to accept a draw in his 16th gamc, when it was offered to him by 21-year-old Florin Gheorghiu of Rumania, he would have had no losses, the same number or draws, and far more wins than Petrosian-for a higher percentage and thc gold mcda l. Thesc details were known to Cuba's numerous and demonstrative chess fa ns who, right up to the last day, cxpected that Fischer would win. The thousands who couldn't squeeze into the tournament hall foll owed the games play·by·play via radio, TV, and an Jose Burer.. , President of the Cuben ChHs Fedention, elaborate $80,000 electronic demonstration board that had interprets IS Fischer explains to Fidel that h. has lust been sct up opposite the Habana Ubre (Cormerly Hilton) hotel. challenged the Soviet Champion, St.in, to a match. O.... r But it was the brilliant and aggressive character of Fischer's Bobby's shoulder, Stein talks to Korchnoi (looking away play, and his willingness to take on all comers, that gained from cameral. the affection or the crowd and obviated any hostility or irrita­ -Plloto by Nicolas RO#Olimo tion that might have developed as the result of a contretemps that took place on the second day of the finals. After the tournament was over, some criticism was directed (rightly or ...,'ron gly) at our non·playing captain, Donald Byrne, (At this point, Byrne filled in Col. Edmondson, in Kew York, for allowing Bobby to take on more than 15 opponents. His vic­ by telephonc. After consultation between our team members, tims read like a who's who of international chess. After his captain Byrne, and USCF officers (by telephone), the U.S. first 15 games he had 13 wins, 2 draws, and the gold mcdal in position was that our team had gone to Havana after being his pocket. Thcre is no question that, under the same circum­ assured that schedule va riations would be made to permit stances, the Russians would have played it safe and removed Fischer's participation in accordance with his religious beliefs. one of their stars from the lineup. But sincc we were still Anyone refusing to honor this agreement was, therefore, refus· engaged in a tight race for second place Bobby was given ing to play thc U.S. team, since Fischer was so obviously the his head and, in effect, beat himself in his encounter with team leader in playing strength. Olympiad officials, and the Gheorghiu. He failed to consult the captain when offered a Sovict team, we re notified that the U.S. team would be present · draw. "Are you playing for a win?" asked Gheorghiu, shortly to start the round at 6 p.m. in accordance with our prior ar­ after the opening. "Of course!" snapped Bobby. None of this rangement. Serov, again with irrelevant remarks (this time was lost on either the Russians or the Cubans, thoug h it was disparaging Fischer's playing strength), fl atly refused to com­ given scant notice in the local press. pete and said his team would be present at 4 p.m. When he A good deal was said, however, in all the Havana papers received word of the Soviet stand, Col. Edmondson sent the about Fischer's refusal to play before 6 p.m. on Saturday, following cable to Mr. Folke Rogard, president of F.I.D.E. November 5th. It has been generally accepted, for the past in Stockholm: "USSR REFUSED PLAY USA MATCH ~DF.R year or two, that Fischer never plays, or even discusses the ORGANIZING COMMITI'EE AGREEMENT DELAY FISCHER game, from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday; that period GAME START. YOUR INTERVENTION URGE NTLY RE­ is, be says, his "holy day." He has gotten religion, but no one QUESTED FOR SOVIET COMPLIA NCE. IF THEY CONTINUE bas been able to find oct which, or whether its has a brand REFUSAL WE CLAIM 4-0 FORFEIT." name; the subject is one of several that Bobby fl atly refuses to Back in Ha~an a , the U.S. team arrived at the playing site discuss. at 6 p.m. to find that a rather premature action had been Still, Lt. Col. Edmund Edmondson, Executive Director takcn; the USSR·USA match score had been posted as a 4-0 of the U.S. Chess Federation, had raised this point when mak­ forfeit in favo r of the Soviets, with no one having yet learned ing arrangements with one of lhe responsible Cuban officials the views of F.I.D.E. President Rogard. Since everyone ell.",__ prior to the departure of the U.S. team; and he had been even thc Soviet players-wanted the match to be played it assured that Bobby's Sabbath would be respected. But on Nov. seemed that their manager had gone off on a tangent contr~ry 5, when, by the luck of the draw, the Russians were asked to the interests of chess. Upon hearing this news, team captain to postponc the start of Fischer's game against Petrosian, Byrne reiterated the U.S. position to chess officials on the from 4 to 6 p.m., Alexi Serov, manager of the Russi an team, scene. From New York, Col. Edmondson sent clarifying mes­ not only refuscd but treated U.S. team captain Donald Byrne sages to various parties who would be interested in a fair out. to a lengthy, irrelevant anti-American harangue. come of the dispute. DECEMBER, 1966 299 The next day, F.LD.E. President Rogard's recommendations the RevoLution, Fischer approached Soviet Champion Stein r eached Havana. He asked first of all that "a friendly agree· and suggested that they stay on in Havana after the OLympiad ment be obtained" to reschedule and play the match; stated to play a match. Stein agreed; whereupon Fischer brought him that j( the parties refused an Arbitration Council wo uld have over to Fidel to announce their intention and to obtain Fidel's to be set up to reschedule the match: or, if rescheduling approval. According to the Nov. 13 English edition of GRAN· wer e fou nd not possible nor appropriate, the match results MA, a leading Havana daily (named after Fidel's yacht), could be scored as a 2·2 tie. Fischer said: "Consistency is the hobgoblin o[ small minds," and Serov "The Prime Minister said that it was all right with him, was nothing else if not consistent; he refused to consider the and that furthennore he would like to watch the match. possibility of "[riendly agreement.") The fact is that I eagerly spoke to Stein again the next Accordingly, on No vember 9, an Arbitration Council-with day, and it was then that he accused me of wanting to members from Argentina, Au stria, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, and arrange the match in order to get publicity. This is why Czechoslovakia- taking into account the fnct thnt prior to Nov. I feel that the Soviet master is goi ng back on the match. 5 every other team had agreed to accommodate Fischer's I , Cor my part, am perfectly willing to go ahead with it." scruple, urged the Russians to agr ee to a r escheduling of the Soviet Grand Master Leonid Stein did not take long match. Igor Bondarevsky, caplain of the Russian team, had at in answering Fischer's statements. He stated in an inter· this point suddenly replaced Serov as Soviet spokesman. Bond· view: " I, myself, or any other of the Soviet masters. would arcvsky explained that, since the incident had developed " in· be willing to playa match with U.S. champion Roberto ter national repercussions," the decision would have to be Fische r at any time he wishes during 1967." made by his home federation. He added that one could be Stein went on to say that the match would be very expected in a few days. But the very next day, Jesus Betan· interesting, and that, as Fischer had suggested Havana, court, director of INDER (the Cuban Sports Federation) an· he would be happy to come to this capital for that pur· nounced that, in order not to di sappoint their Cuban public, pose. He explained that for the rest of this year the Sovi et the Russians had agreed to have the match rescheduled for masters would be booked for matches scheduled to take l\"ov. 14th. This was instantly hailed by the Havana papers as a place in their own country. This was Stein's official ans· " noble gesture," and Cor the next several days they publicized wer, in his own name and in those of his team·mates, to the coming match. (O ne cartoon depicted Petrosian and Fischer the proposal made by Fischer. Fischer could feel salis· in baseball garb, warming up in the pitcher's bullpen to com· lied that his proposal had been accepted in full. Stein pete against one another.) did not try to get out of the match, as Fischer had 1m· Came the big day, and the Russians- for "tactical reasons" plied. - replaced the cautious Petrosian with Spassky against Fischer , The Soviet champion and his team·mates made their to the distinct disa ppointment of not only the Cuban public acceptance of Fischcr's proposal "to play against Stein but chess fa ns everywhere. Fischer , conducting white, ex· or against any other Soviet master" resoundingly clear. plaited an opening advantage and achieved a winning bind in Chess fans have been fo llowing the statements of 35 moves: but on the 38t.h, with 45 minutes at his disposal, Fischer and Stein with great interest. It has been clear to he made a hasty Pawn snatch and followed it up with a care· all that the U.S. champion is desirous of playing this less rejoinder which permitted Spassky to salvage a draw. match with the Soviet champion. It is equally clear that On board #2, ex·wo rld champion Mikhail Tal soundly trounced Stein neve r once rejected the match, and that only did he our Ro bert Byrne. On board #3, Pal Benko held Soviet cham· suggest that Fischer's eagerness was based upon a desire pion Leonid Stein to a draw. On board ;414, Lev Polugaievsky for publicity. drew with me in a hard·fought contest. The score: 21fi: · l lh But the official reply of Stein and his team·mates made in favor of the Russians. the stand of the formidable Soviet team unmistakable. (Worth noting. If Petrosian had played Fischer and the out· They ar e fully disposed to meet the U.S. champion. At come had been a draw, Petrosian's winning average would this moment we have no additional news as to fu rther have been 85.71 and r"'ischer's still 88.23; the gold medal on arrangements concerning the match in question. board .,1 would bave been Bobby's.) Considering that all of Fischer's attempts in the past to The only other U.S. team loss in the finals was against promote man·t C)-man matcbes with the Russians have been Yugoslavia, by the identical score. But earlier we had suffered rebuffed, it is doubtful that anyone in Havana or elsewhere another and quite unexpected, though thoroughly unimport· has had an)' difficulty in deciphering this doubletalk. ant, deCe at in the last round of the preliminaries-against While it is possible that our team might have been strength. Norway. Th at loss in no way affected our final standing, ened by the addition of Reshevsky and Lombardy, it is no less but it did ultimately enable Norway to nose out Poland for true that t he Russians co uld have fielded a stronger squad. a position in the finals. A s a consequence, the Polish captain After all, they left at home former world champions Botvinnik accused us of having thrown that match and demanded a and Smys}ov, not to mention the perennial runner·up, Keres. playoCC with Norway to break the tie. His charge was not The 34lh points amassed by the U.S. team in the linals were taken seriously. gained as follows: Despite these and other teapot tempests (such as a Nicarag. Player Wins Draws Losses Tot.l Points uan charge that their players were being held prisoners in the Fischer ...... 9 2 1 I. hotel-which the players themselves denied In writing) this R. Byrne ...... 2 5 3 4\(, 17th Chess Olympiad was the biggest , best organized, and best Benko ...... 3 8 • 7 run to date. It was said to have cost the Cuban government Evans ...... 5 6 1.3 million pesos, and had it been staged here probably Ad dison ...... 2 0 •2 82 would have cost at least that in doll ar s. Fifty.two countries Rossolimo ...... 2 2 were represented by 312 players, and Havana took pains to Overall Best Individual Percentages •by Boud3 give them all a cordial reception and a hospitable farewell. Board #1 T. Petrosian (USSR) + 10 :::::;3 0 88.46 % If one had enough energy after the round, receptions and Board,2 O. Panna (Argentina) + 10 :::::;8 0 78.00% parties were held almost nightly; foreign films, a chess ballet, Board 13 M. Tal (USSR) + 10 :::::; 2 0 92.30% and several outdoor spectacles enlivened the proceedings. Board # 4 K. Langeweg (Hoi.) + 10 :::::; 4 - 1 80.00% Moreover, all expenses were paid to and from Mexico City, as Board #5 V. Korchnoi (USSR) + 9 :::::; 3 - 1 87.50% well as haU the traveling expenses from there to and from Board.,6 L. Barczay (Hungary) + 10 :::::; 2 0 92.00% the various home countries. Anxious to have Ame rican FINAL STANOINGS participation, Cuba we nt fu rther and paid full fa re for our SoYlet Union ...... 391h. Rum.nia ...... 26% team to and from the home city of every team member. United State, ...... 34 1J:z E.nt Germ.ny ...... 25lh All we were obliged to pay for was our laundry. Last but not Hungary ...... 33lh Oenm.rk ...... 20 least, the Prime Minister, a new convert to the ga me, enter· Yuvoslavla ...... 33lh tceland ...... 19 tained at a banquet toward the middle of the tournament, Argentln ...... 30 Spain ...... _ ...... 18 and put in an appearance from time to time throughout. Cr:echosloY.ki • ...... _ ...29% 'Norway ...... 14 During the course of Fidel's banquet at the Palace of Bulgari • ...... 28lh Cuba ...... 12 300 CHESS LIFE LUCK RIDES WITH THE COURAGEOUS An interview with Leonid Sfein, Champio n of Ihe USSR. Photos and text sup. plied by the Novosll Pre" Agency (APN)

Ti l Watches Splssky-Botvlnnlk. World Champion Petrosiln VI. USS R Champion Stein. The last match of the USSR team Grandmaster Stein was askcd: The Santa Monica, which he did brilliantly, tournament was held on October 5 in games on first board naturally evoked took too much out of him. Spasski is Moscow. The team of the Soviet Armed the greatest interest among chess en· probably suffering from strain due to Forces captured the crown for the first thusiasts. What would you say about his strenuous exertions. As a matter time, leaving behind its major rivals, their results? of fact, I do not see in him the en· "Trud", "Spartak", and " Burevestnik" "I was impressed mostly, and I was thusiasm for chess struggle which has Sport Societies. The fifth and sixth not alone, by the performance of Bot­ always been a distinguishing feature of places were taken by "Avangard" and vinnik, former World Champion, in the his style." "Daugava", respectively, Below is an fi rst half of the tournament. It is no Question: How do you feel about the interview with Leonid Stein, of the easy job to defeat Smyslov, Keres and style of Oleg Tchernikov, of the "Vod· "Avangard" team, given to an APN cor­ Spasski in a row. Botvinnik demonstrat­ nik" team, who oHered stiff opposition respondent. ed the durable power of his dynamic to the Grandmasters in the first half "For the first time the USSR team style, and, I would say, the wide range of the tournament? championships wcrc truly representa­ of his chess knowledge. In his game "As a matter of fact, my second loss tive," said Stein. "Eleven teams were against Smyslov hc showed his strategic was to Tchernlkov. He is unquestionably competing for the gold medals, each skill and his ability to evaluate posi. a talented player. Following his win over team conSisting of 12 players (six men, tions, in the game with Keres, Botvin­ me, he drew with Tal, Petrosian and two women, three youths and one girl). nik displayed his brilliant tactical skill Smyslov. It was likely that the young "The USSR CheS5 Federation has man· in combination play (you will remem­ master from Gorky would place high, aged to seed the best players for the ber the game was decided by an effec· but at the finish Tchernikov evidently tournament. For example, in 1952, in tive Rook sacrifice), while in a close broke down . He suHered three defeats Odessa, the {irst USSR team tournament fi ght with Boris Spasski, the ex-World which completely erased bis early suc­ boasted only two Grandmasters, but Champion gave a spectacular display of cess. As a result, he only placed tenth." this time 19 Grandmasters, led by Tig· his defensive capabilities. Qustion: And now the traditional ran Pelrosian, the World Champion, " By the end of the tournament, how­ question: what about your plans? took part. Such chess greats as Boris ever, Botvinnik ran out of steam and "I will shortly go to Cuba with Petro· Spasski, the recent World Champion. lost two games in a row. Nevertheless, sian, Spasski, Tal, Korchnoi and Polu· Botvinnik's five wins, two draws, and ship Challenger, as well as three former gaevsky. 1 will help for the second time World Champions, Mikhail Botvinnik two losses, was the best result on first to defend the national colors at the ("Trud"), Vassili Smyslov ("Burevest· board. World Chess Olympics. After that I nik"), and Mikhail Tal ("Daugava") also "Yefim Ge ller, who led the Armed will probably play some games at the participated. Small wonder that sports Forces team, turned in a str ong and L1r:rainian Spartakiad and take part In writers caUed the team championships impressive performance, scoring three the 34th USSR Championships which a festival of chess stars. wins. World Champion Petrosian and will open in Tbilisi later this year." "Truly, this tournament was an un· Mikhail Tal, former World Champion, forgettable chess festival. Six hundred drew all their games in the first half games were played in less than two of the tournament. In the second half weeks. I do not remember seeing such both Tal and Petrosian improved their $1.00 a keen struggle at any other team tour· positions by scoring two wins each. nament. SU!flce it to say that the out· "I am, of course, dissatisfied with TOURNAMENT BOOK come of the tournament was decided my own results. I was let down by a OF THE 1966 only by the final match, in which the traditional misfire at the start when I leading team, ''Trud'', lost to "Spartak", lost two games in a row. The tourna­ HARTFORD EXPERT OPEN while the Army team whipped "Vodnik". ment was too short for me to make Probably it was a stroke or luck that up the losses." Send $1.00 to: helped the Army team snatch the vic· Question: Boris Spasski's nine draws tory literally in the dying seconds of somewhat disappointed his numerous F. S. Townsend the match, but as they say, luck always admirers. How can you explain his many 10 8ermud.. Road r ides with the courageous. Personally, draws? Wethersfield, Conn. I think the Army team fu lly deserves "Obviously, winning first prize at the its victory." recent Piatigorsky Cup Tournament in DECEMBER, 1966 JO I Chess: By Correspondence or Over-the-Board? William Lombardy International Grandmaster

The question is often asked: What The Caro-Kann may be described as deciding on the basis of his memory are the differences between corres­ a delayed French Defense. The French and various published analyses that pondence and tournament chess? This is characterized by the Black Queen other schemes accomplish nothing. For writer is now in a good position to Bishop locked in behind a solid row example: 8. P -KN3 (or P·KN4), 0 -0; 9. know the difference since, as the reader of pawns for most of the game. The B-N2, N-R3; 10. Q-K2 (too late, in my may know, yours truly has recently b een Caro-Kann is an attempt by Black to opinion, since White is already com­ conducting games-would you believe free his Queen Bishop befo.re committ­ mitted to a static form of develo.pment), lessons?-by mail. ing himself by P-K3. This is an advan­ N-QN5; 11. B-QB1, Q-R4j 12. 0-0, PxPj Basically, tournament cbess and cor­ tage that the Caro-Kann enjoys over 13. PXP, Q-R3; 14. R-K1, QxQ; 15. RxQ, respondence chess are both intense the French, but the compensating draw­ P-K4; 16. P-R3, N-R3; 17. P·B4. N-Q2, struggles between personalities. Both back is the necessity of postponing the and Black has all the comforts of home. demand accuracy. Both have time lim­ liberating P-QB4, a move made rather What are the merits of White's eighth its. And : in both cases, the likelihood early in the typical French. move? 8 ...... , QN·Q2 can be met by is that the better player will triumph. A further interesting observation reo 9. P-KS, and 8 ...... , N-R3; 9. P-QR3, But there are also important differences. lates to the type of French into which N-B4; 10. P -QN4, QN-Q2; 11. P-K5! The correspondence player has cer· one transposes when essaying the Caro­ leaves White with the initiative. Fur­ tain advantages over the tournament Kann. More often than not, the position ther, White can safely castle Queenside player. He may lean heavily on the ex­ that results resembles the Rubinstein in answer to Black's Q-N3. periences of his predecessors by COD­ Variation with the important differ ence Perhaps Black's best continuation is sulting the voluminous opening material that Black is no longer troubled by the 8 ...... , P-B4; 9. P-KN3, N-B3; 10. B-N2, at his disposal while play is in prog­ problem of developing his Queen Bish­ N-Q5; 11. Q-Q1, PxPj 12. NxP, NxN; 13. ress. He may, at times, accomplish orig­ op. The Rubinstein French h as yet to. BxN, Q-B2; yet even this seems to leave inality, but originality for its own sake overcome that drawback, for instance: White with the better game since his is of dubious merit. When the tourna­ 1. P-K4, P-K3 ; 2. P-Q4, P-Q4; 3. N-QB3, Bishops now have effective range. ment player needs the advice of his PXP; 4. NxP, B-K2; 5. N-KB3, N-KB3; 8...... 0-0 9. P-KN4 ...... reference books, h e is forced either to 6. B-Q3, QN-Q2j 7. Q-K2, P-B4j 8. NxP, White risks nothing with this move rely on his sometimes tired memory NxN; 9. PxN, BxP; 10. B-N5, P-QR3 ; mainly because Black, having castled, or wait until the game is over. In other 11. 0 -0 -0 , Q-N3; 12. N-K5, Q-R4; 13. cannot conveniently play P-KR4. Should words, he's on his own. Furthermore, K-Nl, B-Q5; 14. N-B3, B-B4; 15. Q-K5, Black capture the King Pawn, White when meeting face-to-face in a tourna­ N-Q4; 16. QxNP, R-B1; 17. BxKRP, B·N5; will r ecapture with his Knight, leaving ment game, the tension is much greater 18. P-B3, NxPch; 19. PxN, BxP; 20. QxB, open the long diagonal for rus King than when your opponent is just a Black resigned (Lombardy-Zuntaks, Ca­ Bishop. Now a massive pawn storm name on a post-card. The tournament nadian Open 1966). Clearly, Black's ma­ against the Black monarch is being player must be practical; when he jor difficulty was freeing his pesky readied. knows his opponent he can afford to Queen Bishop. 9...... N·R3 10. B·N2 ...... take a chance, to release a trial balloon. 4. P·KR3 BxN 6. P-Q3 P-K3 The preventive 10. P-R3 would not The tournament player is faced with be so effective now: 10...... , N-B4; a ticking clock; he must make his move S. QxB N·B3 11 . P-N4, QN-Q2; 12. P-K5, N-Kl!, and now, and if he errs, he must suffer the Black's last must be appreciated in Black's game is quite satisfactory. consequences now. He must be alert if its positional context. Since he has sur­ TO...... N-NS 11 . Q-QTI ...... he is to refute the whims of his op­ rendered his light-squared Bishop, he Black is trying to transpose into the ponent, or the errors will go unpun­ has no objection to setting up his pawns variation mentioned in the note to move ished. The postal player, by contrast, on the light squares. This structure eight. White's text not only spoils this has three days to make each move, and will also provide fuller scope for his plan but also prevents any simplifica­ even jf he "oversteps" by one day, a remaining Bishop. tion. The Black Knight can be con­ benign opponent will generally not in­ 7. B·Q2 B·K2 8. Q-K2 ...... veniently driven off at will. sist on a forfeit. 11...... PxP 12. P-R3! ...... A chess enthusiast can enjoy both An important zwischenzug, gaining types of chess-this one does. Nothing valuable time: 12...... , QN-Q4; 13. can he more enjoyable to me, however, PxP!, NxN; 14. BxN, QxQch; 15. RxQ than the fierce competition of over­ concedes White an endgame advantage, the-board play. Correspondence games owing to his greater space and two may be compared to club tournaments, where games are played at the rate of one a week. Tension is reduced, one's BONFIRE interest may slacken, and one's form BONFIRE, a newsletter, requests your may undergo changes _ unfortunately letter for publication djscussing any not always lor the better! aspect of chess. Letters should be I give below two of my recent games, written as open letters to BONFIRE's the first by correspondence and the readers and signed with the writer's second from an over-the-board tourna­ address included. Subscription rates ment. The purpose of White's seventh move of BONFIRE are $1.30 for twelve is- would be the anticipation of Black's sues. CARO-KANN DEFENSE B-N5 which could then be answered BONFIRE William Lombardy Sigurd M. Swenson by P-QR3. White's eighth move is ori­ Box 14122 ,. P-K4 P·QB3 3. N-B3 B-NS ginal in this position. He had pondered SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (782-14) 2. N-QB3 P.Q4 this position fo r some time, at length 302 CHESS LIFE Bishops. If 13...... , N-NS; 14. Q-K2, which his Queen Rook operates is of this plan, White must divert the Black P-K4; 15. P-N5, KN-Q2; 16. P-KR4, N-B4j no practical value since there are no Knight at QB5 by advancing the QRP 17. B-Ra! Black has little mobility. vulnerable points of entry. His Rooks to R5, after which mate or beavy loss are discexchange his Bishop. 19. R..Q1! Q-R.4 20. R-Q3! ...... With 19. R-Ql White prepared RxN in answer to B-B4. 20. R-Q3 prevents 12...... N-R3 13. PxP ...... B·B4 because of the shot P-QN4. The White still has more space and so Rook move also defends against ...... , prefers to avoid exchanges. If Black BxRP. Again that Rook. it is headed tries by P·K4 to block White's King for the Kingside! Bishop and gain control of the dark 20...... N-Q3 squares, White can still foil thls by Black ccheckmate, but P·B4, then ...... , B-Q3 will give Black N·B2·QN4. The more exchanges he can not in this case. Nobody can miss the those long sought-after black squares. effect, the better chance he has to coming Q-R5. If 29...... , PxBj 30. There is, however, a preferable method survive with his sluggish position. P-N7ch, K-Nl; 31. Q-R5, R-B2; 32. QxP of achieving this: ...... , N-Q2 ccastling has the draw· since the Knight on Q3 is hanging. CANADIAN OPEN 1966 back of allowing ...... , P-K4, which cthe Exchange, since if 24 ...... , KR-K1; Rook will be unable to get to the Queen merit. The White Bishop must declare 25. R-N3ch, K·Rl; 26. B-N7ch, etc. But file, but wilt remain on KB1 where it its intentions. True, Black's pawns will interferes with the minor pieces in the after 24 ...... , K-RI! the winning process be doubled but in this case such a would be long and tedious, and besides. defense of the Klngside. If the Knight configuration will be advantageous rath­ retreats to Q2, it has no real future White's position is worth more than er tban detrimental. First, Black secures winning th e Exchange. the Bishop·pair, as a result of which and blocks any immediate action of the 22...... P-B3 24. B-B1I ...... be to Black Rooks along the Queen file. Most 23. P·KR4 N·N3 it will dangerous for White open important, Black must make his deci­ the position. Second, the stance of sion now, while his choice is limited. Black's Kingside pawns makes an as­ 15_ ...... N-K1 16. P-BS N·B4 sault on his King a strenuous task. Now the game will revolve around Furthermore, the forward doubled pawn Black's attempts to exchange his Bishop temporarily keeps White's pieces out while White tries to avoid it. of Black's K5. t7. B-K3 ...... Black's alternatives, N·K5 or QN-Q2, Now Black must be alert to the threat are good although possibly a bit pas­ of P-B6. sive. The latter allows White to play 17...... R-Ql 18. Q-K2 ...... QN-Q2 and a fast P·K4. while the for­ White does not play Q·B3 to threaten mer permits White to gain a tempo P-B6 immediately as he envisions a pos­ later on by driving the Knight away sible transfer of his Queen Rook ti the while continuing his rapid development. Kingside via the third rank. Anyway, 4. BxN KPxB Black cannot close the position to ward Capturing toward the center with off the impending aUack. In other The Bishop retreats only temporarily NPxB would in this case only encumber words, there's no rUsh! as it will be needed for the sacrifice the Black Bishop-pair. 12...... N-Q2 at KR6. More important, however, the S. P·K3 P·KN3 7. QN-Q2 N·831 The irony of the situation is that Bishop's withdrawal opens the way to 6. B-Q3 B-N2 Black has aU his pieces out, yet be can the Kingside for the Queen Rook. The proper deployment of this Knight go nowhere. White hasn't even castled! 24 .... ,.... N(Q)-BS 26. N-01 ...... is most important. Black intends to How can White actually have the ad­ 25. R·N3 R.Q2 reenforce his KN3 against possible sacri­ vantage? The function of White's King Bishop fices. He also has his eye on K5 as an First, Black is very limited in avail· is defense; all the other men will join outpost for his Knight: N.K2-Q4-KB3·K5. able space, mostly due to the fact that in on the attack against the King. 8. P·B3 N-K2 10. P·QR4 P·QR4 his pieces have no access to K3 and 26...... Q.Ql 9. Q-B2 P-S3 thus to Q5 or KB5. Obviously, the The text is bad but there was little White threatened to ' cramp Black's trouble is that most of his pieces are to prevent the inevitable N·B2, Q-RS. game with P·R5. Black's move also Knights. Second, the open file along N-N4 and P-N6. Before carrying out discourages P-QN4. DECEMBER. 1966 303 11. 0-0 N·Q4 13_ P-K N3 ...... cupation. He cannot prevent it ultimate­ 12_ KR-Kl 0.0 ly but he can exact tribute by demand­ Verber Tops This move, although not necessarily ing White's other Bishop for Black's North Central committing, at least hints at White's Knight. White now has three minutes In what may be the closest finish in intention to play P-K4. White is better to make the remaining twenty·three thc history of the event, Chicago !\las· advised to play for a Queenside build­ moves. ter Richard Verber emerged atop a up since his forces are better placed 28. N·B4 B·B3 29. B-K4 ...... 132·player field on tie·beak after a five· for such actions, as fo r instance the :!\'Iore prudent would have been the way deadlock developed in the No rth preparation of P-QN4-5. tempori zi ng Q·B2. More energetic-and Central Open, held Nov. 24-27 at t he 13...... P-KB4 15. QR-N l 8-., riskier - woutd have been 29. Q-N3 Plankinton Hotel in Milwaukee. Placing 14. N·B4 R·KI 16. P·K4 ...... which would seem to force the reply second through fifth were defending White's development is co m pi e t e 29...... , P-Q4 because or the threat champion William Martz, Dr. Alex An· while Black's is not. At the same time, to the KNP. Black could also answer gos, Curt Brasket and Angelo Sandrin­ While has already reached his maximum 29. Q·N3 with 29 ...... , P·KN4, but. then all USCF Masters and all undefeated and should therefore think twice before White could occupy Q5 and eventually in the tournament, with scores of 6·1. opening the center where only Bishops KB5. 29 ...... , P·Q4, however, is not Verber and Martz each drew with will operate effectively as a result if bad fo r Black since he is immediately Angos, and a decisive last·round game the break. There are no stations for able to C1)ntinuc with the minority at. betwecn the two also ended in a draw. Knights. Furthermore, 16. P-QN4 is not tack, P·N5, a possibility which allows Brasket drew with Norbert Leopoldi only playable, but good: 16 ...... , PXP; him to keep the initiative. lind Ray Wenzel, while Sandrin split 17. PxP, NxNP; 18. RxN, P·Q4; 19. R-N2, 29...... NxB 30. PxN Q·N3 the point with Gregory Nowak and PxN; 20. BxQBP and White has consid­ Black intends to keep up the pressure Ilmars Erkmanis. Ross Sprague, Dr. E, erable pressure. In this line, Black on the White center while he carefully Martinowsky, and Edward Vano placed should play 17...... , B-R3 in order to prepares P·QN5. White's incredible time sixth through eighth with 51h; scoring answer P·N5 with either P·B4 or QR-81. pressure, however, brings on a blunder, 5-2 and occupying places nine through 16...... f xP 19. B·Q3 e ·N5 which fortunately does not completely nineteen were Theodore Pehnec. Dr. 17. RxP RxR 20. N-R4 ...... deprive the game of its instructive Gites Koelsche, Dr. Erich Marchand, 18. BxR N·B3 value. Milton Otteson, Donald Baron, Laszlo White, of course, has his eye on the 31. N/ 3·QS Q-N2 32. P·B4? ...... Ficsor, TImars Erkmanis, Dr. J. Pike, possibility of a sacrifice at KN6. A Martin Safer, Albert Sandrin, and James break at QN4 at this stage would only All was not hopeless - or even had. DeBlois. White should have played R-R1. leave him with an isolated Queen pawn. Kate Sillars won the Women's Cham­ 32...... BxPch 34. PxP pionship with 4 and John Anderson the 20...... R·NI 22. P·B3 B·R6 33. K·RT R-K T 35. N-B7 21. R·KI B·N2 ...... Under-18 Title with 3*. Class Prizes: A-James DeBlois (5), B John Oberg (4'-h ), C-Robert Tiling (4'-h ), Merit Award (O-Unrated}-.Paul Peters (3%). Pearle Man n was the Tournament Direc­ tor. • • • • • California Junior Champion James Tarjan wo n the San Fernando Valley Chen Club ChampIonship, paCing a 16· player field with a H~ -'h soore. Michael Leidner, 4·1, took second place and Heino Kurruk, 3% - H~, third . • • • • • Stanley Elowitch of Portland complet· 35...... RxPI If White is gOing to sacrifice at all, ed his capture of aU Maine ehess titles White resigned. There is simply no now is the time: 23. BxP, PxB; 24. QxP, by scoring 5% ·% to win the Maine Open, answer. 36. RxR is met by Q·BB mate. a 14·player event held Nov. 11-13 at the Q·Q2; 25. P-KN4. Black now has two After all, this writer is still unsure Portland YMCA. Elowitch also gained the lines: of the diUerence between postal and State Championship title as best scoring 1) 25 ...... , Q.KB2; 26. QxQch, KxQ; over-the· bBritish Chess Magazine B prize, Kim Borgerson the C, and Allon no danger of losing if he can success­ 1965 Annual Morgan the Unrated. fu lly extricate his Queen Bishop. !168 ~es plus IS-page Indu,. Nurty 300 • • • • • games. O,'er 100 problem.s, and aU the u5ual The 24-player Klamath Falls Open, 23. N·N2 N·Q4 25. 8-03 ...... f utu~ s that have made the ''B.C.ll-t !' !lie 24. B·K4 N-B3 I c adtn ~ chess puhll catio n It II. Full British held Nov. 12-13, was won by a local play· and Foreign New.. . Tournament Reports, White decides against the sacrifice. Quotes '" Queries, lJook Review. , e te. er, organized Robert A. MitchelL Mit· Each annu al (for ...ncr buytn, tM. one chell lead on tie·break aiter he and Up to this point he has consumed about YOU w lll wan t others l 1$ bound In reo.l two hours and seventeen minutes, and d ot h, gold·blocked spine. Michael Schemm of Corvallis, Oregon with such an intense shortage of time, Send $4.50 check 10 scored 4'h·%. Kent McGillicuddy was he feared complications. third with 4; Sief Poulsen, Deane Moore, British Chess Magazine, Ltd_ and Dennis Waterman followed with 3*. 25...... P.QN4 27. N/ 4·K3 B·Q2 9 Market Street Other winners: Junior- Waterman, Kla­ 26. PxP PxP ST. LEONARDS ON SEA math County Junior-Dan Cillis, Wom­ Clearly White plans to occupy Q5 ; Svssex, Great Britain an- Kitty Bearden, Class A-Moore, B-­ Black therefore tries to delay the oc- Arthur Holmberg, C-Richard Cavin. 304 CHESS LIFE Kaufman Edges Kirby In American Open Larry Kau fman, a 19-ycar old student Kaufman becomes the first junior to at MIT, scored a surprising victory in hold an open national title since Bobby the second American Open, held No­ Fischer won the U.S. Open in 1957. He vember 24.-27 at the Club Del Mar in narrowly missed qualifying {or the U.S. Santa Monica, California. K a u { m a n Junior Championship held last June, nosed out Rob ien Kirby, a professor but now rates as the favorite to win of mathematics at UCLA, on tie-break­ the 1967 J unior title. His rating of ing after each scored 7-1 to head the 2259 as of the end of September topped field of 128 players. Although Kaufman the nation's under·21 players (see rating and Kirby are both rated MaSleTS, their list). triumphs were unexpected in view of the participation of Grandmaster Pal Kaufman's only defeat came at the Benko and Senior Master Anthony Saidy. hands of Saidy in round fo ur, while Kirby drew with Patr ick Eberlein and Benko, especially, went inlo the event Paul Perillo in rounds five and six. a strong favorite, being not only the Benko, Jacobs, Blackstone, and Walter defending American Open champion but Cunningham finished third through sixth also the National Open titleholder and in the order named with 6'"h-1lf.z scores, U.S. Open co-c hampion. In Swiss tourna­ Lina Grumette, American Open Wom­ followed by Saidy, Hanken, Paul Quillen, ments, he had time and again demon­ en's Champion, receives her trophy Weinberger, Stcven Hohensee, and Wil­ strated the knack for scoring the big from tournament offi cia l Pa ul liam Maillard with 6-2. The Senior Prize point when the chips were down, often Wrangell. - Phot o bv Me Zalkr went to Norman Lcssing, who scored against Senior Master opposition. And 5% ; Bob Reynolds was best Under-IS to top it off, he had r ecently returned The same opponents gave Saidy trou- with 5 and Alex Gojich top Under-14 from the Havana Olympiad, at which ble; alter reeling off five wins, he drew with 4. Mrs. Lina Grumette tallied 4 he was undefeated. The tormer Hun· with Hanken and Blackstone in rounds to take the Women's award, and class garian was held to a draw by Jerry six and seven, entering a six-way tie prizes went to: Expert-Blackstone, A­ Hanken in round four, but seemed about for the lead: Saldy, Hanken. Blackstone, Hohensee, B-Charles Whitman (5), C­ to tie for the lead in r ound six when Kirby, Robert Jacobs and Kaufman­ Robin Taylor (4 '"h), Unrated-V. Toka­ suddenly his chances we re extinguished. who had just upset third-ranked Tibor ref( (4. lf.z). Gerald Sehain and Vernon A drastic blunder transformed what Weinberger. The deciding round saw Fagin wo n the " best game" prizes. Isaac should have been a "matter of tech· Kaufman beat Hanken, Blackstone draw Kashdan, International Grandmaster and nique" for the Grandmaster into a win with Jacobs, and Kirby, in a wild time­ USCF Vice·President, was the Tourna­ for his opponent, John Blackstone. prcssure str uggle, upset Saidy. ment Director.

Chess Liie~Here and There. • • The Bergen County Che5S Club of Tea­ 35 players compcted in the Sp innato William Roady the C, and Terry Gibbs neck, New Jersey recently beeame a new Memorial Tournament, held in Baltimore the 0 ; Paul Sands was top junior un­ USCF Affiliate. They did so with a bang, from August through November. Win· dcr 18. Tournamcnt dircctor Sidney sending in their affiliation fee and nine­ ners in round robin preliminary sections Brower reports that some of the State's teen new individual membcrships in were Bruce Smith (5-1), Le wis Hucks lower rated players are making rapid their first communication to our office! (5·1), Edward Kitces (4 ¥.! ·1'"h), Armin progrcss, causing an unusual number of George Miller, Club Director, informs us Surgies (5'"h·1f.d, and Eryk Forrest (5·1). upscts in the event. that the 54·member club meets cvery A round robin final among the five saw Thursday and welcomes newcomers. In· Kitces and Hucks lead with 3·1, Kitccs • • • • • terested parties should contact him at winning on SoB tie·break. Smith scored Alex Keyes of Cambridge, Mass., 287 Sherman Avcnue in Tcancck. 2%, Surgies I , and Forrest '"h . The win­ scor ed 51,2 -1,2 to pace a 48·player fic ld ner received a clock and a year's pos­ in the Southeastern New England Open, • • • • • session of the rotating trophy. held Nov. 11-13 in Providence. Juris The Georgetown Universi ty Invitation­ Ozols was second with 5-1 while Walter al, a 16·player affair held Nov. 4-6, saw • • • • • SUesman, Larry Kaufman, Warren Cha­ Vincent Mo oney of Catholic University The "Lions" Ukranian·American Sport mandy, and Harold Dondis placed third edge Edward Case of the home team on Club of Chicago sponsored the Ukranian­ through sixth with 4*. Kaufman took tie-break after both scored 4-1. Following Amer ican Individual Championship, held the Junior prize and Chamandy the A; with 3lf.z were Leonard Lauricella, Pedro Nov. 24.-27. Master Dr. Orest Popovych other prizes: B- Carl McClure, C-Mat­ Saavedra, and Lou is Simpson. George­ was the winner with 6Jh -'h , a point thew Grzyb Jr., D-James Beauregard, town captured team honors with 13 ahead of Master ~tepha n Popel, whom E-Ed Dwyer, Unrated- Ed Friedman. points, ahead of Howard University's he defeated in their individual encoun· To urnament Director was Gary John. lllf.z . ter. At iroslav Turiansky (5-2), Alexander • • • • • Qdarchenko (4'h-2'"h ), and Michael Pa· • • • • • Master Paul Tautvaisas paced a 26- ruta (4-3) were next in the IS-player Edgar McCormick scored a 5.() sweep in the Plainfield Open, a 44 player player field in the lIIowa Opt n with a field. 4lf.z -lk score. A haU point back was Har­ • • • • • event held Nov. 5-6. Ross Oliver took sec· old Saberhagen, while Daniel Harger, The New Mexico Open, held Nov. 11·13 ond with 4lh·lh and then followed Jul­ ius Kadar, Ariel Mengar ini, James Aleksandras Zujus, Frank Salkauskas, at Los Alamos, saw Warren lI-Ii1 ler score and Glen Proechel placcd third through 4%·% to lead a 36-player field. Scoring Young, and Ernest Labate, cach with 4-1. Kadar was tops in Class A, Labate sixth with 3*. Roger Leslie won the B 4-1 and placing second through fifth on tic-break were Thomas Heldt, Donald in B, and O. Drozd best Unrated. Denis prize and Lestcr Hamm the C. the tour­ J. Barry dirccted. nament was held Nov. 19-20 in Moline, Wilson, William Kirk, and Saul Gonzalez. Ill. Kirk took the A prize, Gonzalez the B, • • • • • DECEMBER, 1966 305 ould You Believe • • •

Would you believe ... that April O.l = Sure Loss; 0.2= Probable Loss; 0.3= 1965 saw the commencement of two Poor Game; O.4 = Inferior Position; 0.5 ::;; world chess championships which will Even, etc. The players are to feel free to take three yeafs of continuous play to use half points in rating their games In this finals there are 17 players, and complete! The)' are the finals of the (which must be very heartening) and it is an "all-play.all." There are 3 Czechs, International Correspondence Chess Fed­ should start by rating them-O.45 as 2 Germans, 2 Swedes, one each from eration (leer) World Team Champion­ Black and 0.55 as White to start. What I France, Australia, Denmark and the US, ship, Olympiad 5, and the 5th IeeF can't fi gure out is this-to claim 0.5, plus a formidable array of six {rom the World Individual Championship. For the in two games as black and white, does a Soviet Union, including Zagorovski- the first time since these two events were player have to have a beUer than even present world champion-Altschuler and inaugurated, the USA is represented in pO Si tion with Black to compensate for Borisenko. both of them. the 0. 10 differential, or a less than even To qualify for this tournament, a piay­ Correspondence chess can be traced as position with white? And if one or the er must halle won one Master section of far back as 1650, to a match between other, then it would seem that at least 15 players or two Master sections of "1 Serbian and Venetian merchants. In one of the positions is no longer even? players. When Berliner qualified, it was 1706 there was a Paris-London match, It's all very difficult. only necessary to win one Master SC(: tion and it is recorded that in 1740, Frederick of 7 players. This he did with a score of Section 4 of the captain's letter also 6·0, fo llowing witb an l1 lJi·l 1f.r: win in the Great played Voltaire. raises prohlems. II reads in part: "As The idea of an international cor­ his semi-fi nal section to reach this pres­ team captain, I must demand that ail ent finals. respondence organization took root in players refrain from using such "ofr· To play 16 correspondence games Germany in 1928. The idea was imple­ beat" openings as the Albin or the simultaneously and at this level, it is mented and the organization n ourished Queen Pawn Counter Gambit, etc. . .. rapidly, so that in 1935 a European necessary to have the patience and Unless you consider yourselves a real tenacity of a research scientist, an awful Chess Olympics was promoted in which expert with the Sicilian you will be well seventeen nations took part- Hungary lot of time and a helluva reference advised to avoid this as Black, because library. All of this, it would seem, Ber­ emerging as the victor. you probably will lose and almost cer­ In the next two years several corre­ liner has in good measure. At time of tainly will not win." Ali of which leads writing, approximately half way through spondence congresses took place. In the to the natural qu estions-wo uld it be course of one o[ these, the proposal o[ the tournament, he has the creditable better to play a bad French to a good score of 5If.! ·1!h. Alekhine that an individual correspon­ Sicilian? If you lose with a Sicilian. dence championship of the world should can your opponent claim no credit? And Berliner, who is a Senior Master, has be crealed, was agreed upon, and the if yOU win with one, arc you a genius? won the Eastern Open and the New York committee set about organiting it. World (l th..ink the Mafia influence still hangs Slate Championship. He has played five War II brought a halt to the proceedings, heavily over this country.) However, times in the US Championship, and but after the war the ICCF came into its since most of the team are highly rated would have played in it again last Christ· own, and both the Individual World players with severaJ Senior Masters mas, but an eye operation (successful) Championship and the Co rrespondence amongst them, it is reasonable to assume kept him away. In correspondence chess, Olympics became regular events. Inci· that they made the right decisions with· he has won the Chcss Review Golden dentally, the largest correspondence out any loss of sleep. Kn ight contest twice, and tied for lirst tournament eve r held was the Dr. Dyck· once. hoff Me morial Tournament in 1954-56 in No r are these the only difficulties our Given below is a game from the pres­ which no less than 2000 players took postal competitors have to contend with. ent tournament which Berliner won from parL They must also be wary 0[ those schem· K. C. Messere (England) and which he In the present team finals there are ing players who try such tactics as annotated himself. nine countries competing: Australia, feigning camaraderie, disinterest or even In the course of trying to find some· Czechoslovakia, East Germany, England, illness to lull th ei r unwary opponents thing about eo rrespondence chess, 1 Soviet Union, Sweden, Turkey, USA and into r elaxing their efforts. Then there wrote to Mr. Ben Koppin, 353 No. Mi li­ West Germany. Each team has six play­ is the ploy of marking the "date of tary St., Detroit 9. Mich igan, to whom ers and two alternates, and our hopes lie reeeipt" later than it actually was in all inquiries about these tournaments with S. Bernstein, N.Y., A. Feuerstein, order to get a little extra "thinking" should be directed. N.Y., N. Prco, Calif., O. Rivera, Ill., R. time. Each player gets three days think­ ing time from the day he receives a Mr. Koppin answered most prompUy Steinmeyer, Mo., and F. Tears, Texas and cordially and enclosed a copy of his (Capt. ) with alternates, 1. Sigmond, Va. move, which date should be clearly marked on his r eturn card. In one con· book "Chess Logic for Beginners & and N. Hornstein, N. C. standing by. Master" which, as the preface claims, Playing in correspondence tourna­ test, a player who always received his moves exactly 14 days after they were " . . . has what is essential for begin. ments, especially team tournaments, is ners. But also aspires to be necessary not, as you might think, a simple matter mailed- whether that happened to be a Su nday or not- was caught by the sim­ to Masters." Leaving aside its aspira­ of sitting down in a cozy chair with an tions, this is a delighUul little book MCO on one arm and a Horowitz on the ple expedient of getting a return receipt which showed that the move was in faet which deserves a place on every col· other. There is so much more to it lector's shelf. Consider, for example, than that! First, yo u must thoroughly delivered in nine days. Faced with the these definitions. research and analyze yo ur opponents' evidence, he resigned. games to know what turns he's likely to At this stage in the tournament the "SAFETY: The capture of a guarded take in a weak moment. Then you have US team is running a little less than ma n includes an attack by the guam. to be somewhat of a decimal point ex· even-say about O.4751h. By a man's remedial mOlle this man pert. For Instance, in the very interest­ The sole US survivor in the ICCF or another guards, escapes, or is ing and instructive letter sent out by Individual Championship for the title of guarded. A sacriricc is an unguarded the team captain, there is the require­ World Champion is 37-year-old Hans or superior man attacked without ment to send him an assessment of each Berliner, a computer analyst, who li ves benefit. An object is a man beyond game after the 10th move as follows: in Bethesda, Maryland. protection. 306 CHESS LIFE "FORCE: A side's force consists in his oC Qx.P and Q·N5ch are easily met. 17. 0 ·0 ·0 1 ...... men whicb have an attack. A man 13. Q·Q3 R·KI White must be careful not to rush. baving an attack is a force. By a This is a waste of time since QxP 17. Q-R6ch. K·B3; 18. R·R4, B-NS!; 19. man's endangering move, this man or is no tbreat . On the aggressive 13 ...... , p.B3, QxQP is not good for White. Now another is attacked . By a man's at· N·B3, I had prepared 14. B·R3, N·N5; thc threat is N·B3. tacking move, this man or another Hi. Q·KN3!!, N.B7ch; 16. K·Ql1, NxB 17...... Q·K2 19. R·Q31 ...... attacks. (or QxB; 17. QxNP, Q-Q6ch; 18. K·SI!); 18. Q·R6ch K·B3 "P OTENCY: Potency is possession or 17. QxNP, R·Q1 ; l S. BxPch! , QxB (or Preventing ...... Q·R6 ch and thrcaten- a series of moves progressing toward K·B1 ; 19. R·RSch); 19. R·RSch, KxR; ing 20. R·B3ch, B·84; 21. RxBch, KxR; an intent." 20. QxQ, followed by K·Q2 and wins. 22. Q.B4 mate, against which there is Would you believe ... ? Probably best was 13 ...... • B-K3; but no long term defense. acter 14. B·R3, p.B4 (or BxB; 15. Q·R3I); 19...... B·NS 2.0. KR· R3!! ...... Hans BerlIner (USA) 15. P·Q5, it is d iHicult to see how This pretty renewal or the previous K. C. MU iera (England) Black can put up efCeetive r esistance. threat ends all resistance. The main line World Correspondence 14. B·R6! ...... is 20 ...... , QxN; 21. Q·B4cht, B·8 4; 22. Champi onship FinOi ls Euwe only considers moves that de· Q·R4ch, P·N4; 23. Q·R6ch, B·N3; 24. GRUENFELD DEFENSE fend the pawn. QR·B3ch, QxR; 25. RxQch, K·K2; 26. 1. P.Q4 N· KB3 5. P·K4 NxN 14...... N·B3 QxPch, winning another piece (26 ...... , 2. P·QB4 P·KN3 6. PxN B·N2 Of course, 14 ...... , QxP loses the K·Q2 or Ql; 27. Q-Q5ch). 3. N·QB3 p.Q4 7. B-QB4 0 ·0 Exchange. Probably 14 ...... • B-Rl had 20...... NxP 22. R·B4ch 4. PxP N, P 8. N·K2 P·N3(?) to be played, but then the attack pro· 21. Rx N BxR Res'gns. This move bas had a bad re putation ceeds with 15. 0 ·0 ·0 , since 15 ...... , U 22 ...... • K·K4 ; 23. R·K4ch, K·B3 since the game Fuder cr·Filip, Goteborg QxP, 16. QxQ, RxQ; 17. N·B3, followed (KxR, 24. Q mates); 24. Q·R4ch wins 1955. My opponcnt apparently wishes by 18. N·Q5 wins fo r White. Neither everything. A nice, neat game. to try out some improvement suggested is 14 ...... , BxB; 15. RxB, Q.N4; 16. The standings at this writings are by Dr. Euwe, but he still fails to achieve Q·Q2! tenable for Black. Husak (Czechoslovakia) 5·1, Bcr};ner equality. IS. BxB KxB 16. Q·Q2! QxP (USA) M~ · llh , Nielsen (Denmark) 4·2, 9. P·KR4 (1) P·K4 11 . RP xP RPxP There is nothing else, since 16 ...... , Hybl (Czechoslovakia) 4·2, De Carbonnel 10. P·RS KPxP 12. PxP Q-K2 Q.N5; 17. B·Q5, QxQch; 18. KxQ, :B-N2; (West Germany) 4\h,2 \h. The defending Dr. Euwe's move. However, the threats 19. QR-QBI leads to a lost endgame. champion, Zagorovsky, has 2lk ·21f.l. Upset of a Champion by MEDNIS

The yo ung Yugoslavian master Cebalo B-K3 and play on the Kingside wit h 33. KxB. B-R3; 34. Q.B3, BxN; 35. RxB, was an important factor to be reckoned P·KB4, P·KN4, etc. K·N2, with equal chances. with in the most recent (21st) Yugo­ 12...... N.Q2! 15. N·B3 B·K3 33. P·B4J R/ S·N3 ?? slavIan Championship. His defeats of 13. N·R4 Q.N1 16. KR·Q1 Q·B2 The only chance was 33 ...... , BPxP; tournament winner Gligoric and Grand· 14. Q·B2 N·N3 17. N·K2 P·QR4! 34. QxKP, BxB ; 35. KxB, Q·Q2ch, even master Matanovic are particularly note· Black now has the initiative on the though White r emains for choice. worthy nnd are presented to our read· Queenside, whereas White has no play 34. KPxP NPxP 36. Q·NSI Q·B2 ers herewith. a nywher e. 3S. PxP PxP 18. R·Q2 N·Q2 Titogrod 1965 The only way to protect both attacked An immediate 13 ...... , P·R5! looks pawns, but now White \Vms with a SICILIAN DEFENSE more thematic and stronger, e v e n lactical shot. (by transposi t ion) though there is nothing wrong with 37. R·Q1!! ...... Cebelo Gligoric the text move. 1. P·Q4 N·KB3 4. NxP N·B3 19. QR.QI N·B4 21. N·Bl N.R3 2. P·Q84 P·B4 S. N·QB3 P·K3 20. Q·B3 P·B3 22. N·K2 KR·N1 Understandably Black wants more 3. N·KB3 p, p 6. P·KN3 •••••••• than a draw via repetition of moveS. With 6. P·K4. White would have es· tablished a position of the Sicilian It is doubUu.l. however. whether he still has any advantage. Defense at once. but then 6 ...... , B·NS 23. P·QR41 ...... wo uld have led to equality. 6...... Q·N3 7. NxN NPxN A courageous and correct decisil)n. Defi nitely the "normal" way of r e· White sees that he will be able to pro· capturing, but I wonder whether 7 ...... , tect his QNP successfully. QxN! would not have been stronger : 23...... R·N 2 26. P·R3 P.QB4 the threat to the Rook would have 24. B·QR3 N·NS 27. BxNI ...... forced 8. P·BS (8. P·K4, NxP ; 9. B-N2. 25. N·B1 RJ I·Nl t\xN!), and aftcr 8...... , QxQBP; 9. With this fine move White removes P·K4, Q·N5. it is hard to see any com· the last danger . as Black was threaten· pensation Cor White's lost pawn. ing 27. .... , ... , N.B3·Q5. CHESS LITERATURE B. B·N2 B·K2 10. P·K4 P·K4! 27 . .. ,..... RxB 29. Q·K3 B·KBI New eatalogs available containi ng 9. 0·0 0·0 28. K·R2 P·N3 30. R·Q3! P·R4{?) many items not offered for years. All Best, as Black prevents an eventual Still playing for a win. Gligoric weak· languOi ges. please send wants. Collec· P·K5 and N·K4 with Kingside play for tions bought. White. ens h is Kingside. The move should not 11 . P·N3 P·Q3 12. B·N2? ...... lose, but it does lead tl) difficulties. Burt Hoc hberg 31. P·R4 K·R2 32. B·R3! P·B4? This routine developing move is the S74 West End Ave. cause of White's later difficulties as This attempt to complicate the posi· the Bishop has no future on QN2. Cor­ tion leads to a fatal weakening of the New York, N.Y. 10024 rect was 12. p.KR3, followed by 13. KingSide. Correct was 32...... BxB; DECEMBER. 1966 307 This fine positional "sacrifice" of two 8. 8·K2 P·N3 11 . KR-QI Q·82 Rooks for the Queen brcaks all resist­ 9. 0-0 B·N2 12. R·Q2 ...... ance as While's Queen is much stronger 10. Q·B2 R·KI due to the many weaknesses in Black's Anticipating an early ...... , P·K4 by camp. Black; White is ready to double Rooks 37...... EbR 40. QlI:Qch K-HI on the Queen [ile.

38. RlI: 8 Oll:R 41. QlI:KP ...... ~ 12...... P·K4 15. QR.Ql R·K2 39. 8l1:Pch QlI: B 13. 8-R2 P·KR:3 16. P-QN4 ...... With a material adva ntage as weD 14. PlI:P PxP as a positional one, Cebalo wins con· White's advantage is obvious: play vincingly. No further comments are reo on the Queenside, pressure against quired. Blacks' center, active Rooks on the 41...... R/l·N2 47. Q·82 R·Q3 Queen file. Against this Black is reduced 42. QdP R-Q3 48. Q·Kl R·QR3 to fruitless maneuvers. 43. N·K2 RlI: P 49. Q-K8 R·K2 16...... P·R3 19. Q·Nt 8·81 44. N·84 R·N2 50. Q·R5 8·N2 17. Q·N3 B·K81 20. P·K4 ...... This pretty sacrifice wins a pawn and 45. K·R3 R·N2 51. Q·QSch R·82 18. N·QR4 QR-Kl opens all lines to Black's camp. It is 46. Q lI: P R·Q6 52. N·K6 Resign', To prevent ...... , N·Q4 alter White decisive. plays p .QB5. 27...... NlI:N 28. NxN o.K' Titograd 1965 28...... , RxN loses to 29. Q·N2! KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE 20...... Q-R2 22. P·851 ...... 21. Q·82 R·K3 29. R.Q7 ...... Ce bil lo M;!It;!lnovic This wins the Queen and the game, I . P-Q4 N·KB3 4. N·83 O,() White has ach ieved the optimum positioning of his pieces and now starts but a faster win would have resulted 2. P·Q84 P·KN3 5. 8·84 ...... after 29. N·Q71 3. N·Q83 B·N2 his operations. 22...... PxP 23. B·QB4 PxP? 29...... NlI:R 34. Q·B5ch R·K2 As already seen in his game against Black panics. Ii is understandablo'l 30. RxN RxN 35. QlI: NP P·QB4 GJi goric, Cebalo has a preference for that he is anxious to get some breath· 31. RlI:Q RlI:R 36. QxP Bx P openings which. are solid but which ing room even at the expense o[ th ~ 32. B·Q6 R·K3 37. Q-BSch K·N2 have not yet bccn analysed to death. Exchange, but in reality it only speeds 33. BlI:8 KxB 38. QxP ...... 5...... P·Q3 7. P-K3 P·B3(? ) h.i s defeat. The unexciting 23...... , The win in this position is a matter 6. P·KR3 QN·Q2 R/ 3-K2 was best even though after 24. of technique and Cebalo demonstrates This move is the cause of Black's PXP, NxBP; 25. NxN, QxN ; 26. R·Q6! that he has i t future problems. As his counterplay is (not 26. BxPch??, RxB), White keeps 3S...... R·Kl 44. P·N3 R·KNl based on an eventual ...... P·K4, the a big edge either after 26 ...... K-N2; 39. Q·B4 B·N2 45. P·B3 R·QB3 text move leads to a weakening of bis 27. Q·K2 !. or 26 ...... , R·K3; 27. R·Q8! 40. Q·Q4c:h K-Nl 46. Q·N2ch K·N3 QP or the Q3 square, against which 24. BxR b8 26. N·B4 B·QN2 41. P·QR4 P·N4 47. K·B2 R·K3 White's QB is ideally poised on its 25. N·N2 Q·B2 42. P-R5 B·R3 48. Q·B2ch K·B3 present diagonal. Correct would have 26 ...... B·KN2 would have prevented 43. Q·N4ch K·N2 49. P·B4! ...... been an immediate 7 ...... , P·N3, fol· White's threat, but still would have Weakening Black's King position. lowed by ...... , B·N2, ...... , R-Kl and lost the game after 27. N·Q6. 49...... R·Q3 52. Q-K4ch K-N2 ...... , P·K4. 27. N/ 3xPII ...... SO. Q·B3ch K·Nl 53. P-BSI ...... 51. Q·K5 R·KB3 Constr id ing lhe Black King. ALL ORDERS TO USCF MUST BE 53...... P·R4 56. Q·K5 PxP 54. K·K3 B·B8 57. K·B4! ...... ACCOMPANIED BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER 55. P·R4 B-R6 Black resigns, as his Rook is lost afler 58. K-N5.

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Here and There .• • Expert Frank Thornally won the San FranciK o Bay Are" Championship with a score of 4lh·1h . Second through fourth in the 27·playcr field, half a point back, were Erik Osbun, Ziad Baroudi, and Jairo Gutierrez. Norman Wood took the A pr ize with 3, Peter Grey the B with 31/t, and Robert Clipson the "C-Unraled" with 2Jh . Alan Bourke and Charles Sav­ ery directed the tournament, which was held Nov. 12·13 at Mechanics' Institute . • • • • • Twelve qualified players participated in the Texu Candidilltes Tournament, a powerful 5-round Swiss held Nov. 26·27 at the Southland Hotel in Dallas. Wil­ liam Bills and Kenneth Smith led with 41/t ·lh, followed by C. Bill Jones, John Jacobs, and Edward l<~ormanek, who scored 3·2. These five qualified to join the current Texas Champion, Eric Bone, in a round-robin tournament lor tbe State Championship. Held concurrently with the above event was the Texas Open, in which John HaU swept the 26·player field with five straight wins. Next in Hne were D. Bal­ CHESS AT LINCOLN HALL lard and DeJuan Leggett with 4-1 and Georgc Hulburd with 31h-l'h. James T. LINCOLNDALE, N.Y.- Although more commonly associated with ivy league prep Campion directed both tournaments. schools, chess is proving very popular with the 260 boys at Lincoln Hall, a school for • • • • • delinquent and socially maladjusted children in Uncolndale, N. Y. John Bcitling scored 8-2 to win the The boys o[fered no apologies as they coolly checkmated unwary opponents in the Gn ,hlm Memorial, beld from May School's First Annual Intramural Chess Tournament held here recently. through Novcmbcr at tbe Kansas City Some 32 contestants, representing the best players from each of the 11 cottages YMCA Chess Club. Charles Burton and that go to make up this treatment·oriented resident facility, took part in a Prelimin­ Lance Williams tied for second in the ary Tourney, under the guidance of Brother Christian, F.S.C., Executive Director of double round rohin with 7·3. Lincoln Hall, himself an enthusiastic chess fan. • • • • • A double Round Robin of play was held in each of fo ur equally balanced groups The Thlnksgivi ng Open, held at Kan­ of eight players, into which the total field of 32 contestants was divided. First and sas City's Downtown YMCA Chess Club, second place winners in each division were eligible for inclusion in a subsequent saw Jack Winters and Charles Burton Championship Tournament, while third and fourth place winners qualified for a take the top places with 41Jz-%. John Consolation Tourney. Beitling was third with 4, and also direct­ William Moore of Cedar Cottage emerged as School champ with a respectable ed the 26-player event. 10·40 standing. Pedro Lafon of Briar Cottage was second while Mark White of Elm • • • • • placed third. Modesto Cappelluti of Deery and Bill Bonafield of Hillsdale were fourth Ronald Standley won the 30·30 Cham· and fifth respectively. pionship of the Pittsburgh Chess Club A total of 224 games was required to complete the Preliminary Tournament, in a 6·player round robin of prior 30-30 while 112 contests were needed to finish the Championship and Consolation Tourneys, tournament leaders held Dec. 10. Stand· for a grand total of 336 games. ley scored 41h·1ft, hair a point ahead of Go ld, silver and bronze medals were offered as prizes for {irst, second and third Martin Lubell. places respectively in each division of the Preliminary Tournament. Blue and Red • • • • • ribbons constituted the 4th and 5th place awards. A 5-way deadlock resulted in the 25- Special chess trophies, graded in size, constituted the pri zes for first, seeond player Capital City Open, held in Austin and third place in the Championship Tournament, while a similar set of trophies, Dec. 3-4. After the tic-break, William more modest in size, were offered for the corresponding positions in the Consolation Bills of Beaumont was declared winner, Tourney. followed by Gary Simms, Eddie Caruth· Asked if he considered chess to have any special therapeutie value for the boys ers, R. F. King, and DeJuan Leggett. at Lincoln Hall, Brother Christian replied: "I'd hesitate to say that the game is Donald Hegele took the A trophy, J ohn therapeutie in any direct or immediate way. Quite obviously, however, it is a cultural­ MoUitt the C, and John Zammito the Un­ Iy.enriching, socially acceptable form of reSLAV DEFENSE 1. P.K4 P·QB3 17. N·Q4 P·QR3 20. B-K4 N·Q4? E. Aronson Dr. H. Weissenstein 2. P·Q4 P·Q4 18. Q-B2 N·BS 1. P·Q4 P.Q4 3. P·K5 ...... Now the White Pawns get roiling 2. P·QB4 P·QB3 If it works at ail, this Advance Varia­ again. Best is 20...... , N·m . Evans says this Slav Defense is here tion must work quickly. Otherwise Black 21. BxN PxB to stay. But one does not see it too often reacts strongly in the middle-game and 22. P·B5! ...... anymore. ending_ A Pawn offer which readies 23. P.B6 3. N·QB3 ...... 3_ .. _..... B·84 or 23. P·K6, opening a file. Alekhine strongly recommended this, but S. N·KB3 is usual. 4. P-KN4 ...... 21. ... ~... B·K2 4. B-Q3 and 4.. N-K2 are sounder, but If 22 ...... QxP?; 23. 0·0·0. followed 3...... N·B3 one must choose sharp lines when bent by 24. KR-Kl, and Wh ite has a winning If 3 ...... P-K4; 4. PxQP, BPxPj 5. on a top prize in a Swiss tournamenl attack. P·K4 + and if 3 ...... PXP; 4. P-K4, P·K4; 4...... B-0 2 23. 0-0·0 0 .0 :5. N-B3, PxP; 6. QxP, QxQj 7. NxQ= . While this is probably the soundest, 24. p.B6 B.QB4 4. N·B3 P·Kl I 4 ...... , B-N3; 5. P-KR4, P-KR4 ; 6. P·K6, 25. PxP KR·Kl 5. P·K3 QN.Q2 Q-Q3 is quite satisfactory too. 1f 25 ...... , KxP; 26. Q·B6ch and 27. B· 6. PxP ...... 5. P·KB4 ...... R6 wins. Standard is 6. B-Q3. After 5. P·K3, 5. P·QB4, P·K3 ; 6. N.QB3, N-K2 is 26. 8·84 Q-R4 locking in the QB, 6. PxP, the Exchange Bronstein-Petrosian, U.S.s.n. Champ. 27. QR-81 BxN Variation. is not at all effective. 1959. 28. OxB Bx P 6...... KPx P S...... p·K3 This hastens the end, but if 28 ...... , 7. B·Q3 B.K2 6. P.KR4 P·Q84 B-K3 White soon wins by breaching the More active is 7...... , B-Q3; 8. 0·0, Horowitz recommends 6...... P-KR4 defenses with 29. B-N5. 30. B-B6, 31. 0 ·0 ; 9. Q·B2, R-K l. to countcr and crack White's king.sidc P·N5, 32. P·R5 and 33. P-N6. 8. Q-B2 P-KR3 10. R·Hl R·Kl pawn roller. 9. 0-0 0·0 " . P-QN4 P-QN4 7. P·B3 N·QB3 This leaves the QBP baekward and 8. P-R3 ...... CHESS and CHECKERS weak. Ordinarily, 11 ...... P·R3 is play- Evading 8 ..... , PxP ; 9. P xP, B·N5ch. Supplies ed in like positions. 8...... Q-R4? 12. P·QR4 P.R3 Better is 8 ...... , Q-~3 and if thcn 9. Hig h Quality C. t.lln I nd Plntl( ChIC k .... 13. P·RS ...... PXP, BxP. PI.ln or Groov.d .. • AU Sll" Although restricting, this discards the 9. PxP ...... • possibility of opening a queenside file at the right moment. White. evidently • intends to open the game with P-K4. 13...... B·N2 15. KR-Kl R·QBl • 14. B·Q2 B-Q3 16. P.K4! ...... CHESS and CHECKER Boards Now the game becomes more open and Folding, Non-Folding. more interesting. Regulat ion or Numbered • 16...... PXP 18. BxN N--83 CHESS--CHECKER Tlm inv Cloeb 17. NxKP NxN 19. B--Q3 ...... • Better is 19. B-B5 fon owed by N·K5 . All Merchandise Reasonably Priced 19...... N..Q4 • 20. RxRch ...... SEND FOR FREE CATALOG • STARR SPECIALTY COMPANY Re miHance (Check or Money Or ~ 1529 South Noble Ro. d der) must accompany all orders. Not a piece moved in the first nine Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44121 No Credit or C.O.D. moves! But this is not a reco rd. Marshall-

I 310 CHESS LIFE - More vigorous is 20. N-K5. 43. P·R4 P·R4 48. P-R5 K·Nl And now Black gets the other Bishop, 20. _...... QlI: R 44. K'R2 K·R2 49. B-N5 K·!{2 Other things being equal, this is all but 21. R-Kl? Q.QT? 45. K·R3 K·N3 50. 8·R4 K·R3 a wi nning advantage. With 21...... , Q·Bl the QNP is won. 46. P·N4 PxPch 51 . B-B 2 K·R2 I l . B-R4 NxB 22. Q·N2 Q-B1 25. P-B4 BlI: N 47. KxP K·R2 Dr. wn 14. NxN P·BS 23. R-Nl R·Kl 26. Bh8 Q-Q2 No headway can be made. There can Threatening Ut...... , Q-N3ch ; 16. 24. N-K5 Q.K2 27. R·KBJ N·B2 be few specimens in chess literature K-RI, QxP . Threatening to win the QP with 2.8. where a Queen has been in a similar 15. K·Rl B.B4 ...... N-K3; 29. B-K3, R-Ql. predicament. 16. N-Q2? ...... 28. B·Nt N· K3 30. Q·KB2 R· K2 16. Q-N 4 meets Black's threat. 29. 8·K3 Q·Q4 31 . Q-B 2 ...... PROFESSORS MEET 16...... O·O? Threatening ma te in tw o. With lB ...... B-B7; 17. Q-N4, BxR; 31...... N·81 34. R·N3 K·Rl Professor Syl Scorza of Northwestern 18. QxP, 0 -0 ·0 material is won. Q·Q4 College info r ms us · that he is a para· 32. R·83 B·Bl 35. B·Nl plegic and his opponent. Profe ssor John 17. Q·N4 B·B7 33. B·R2 Q·Q2 36. Q-Q2 ...... This does not win anything now, but Billey of South Dakota University, is Threatening 37. BxP, PxB ; 38. QxPch, with White making menacing gestures blin d. Professor Scorza took second place Black elects to simplify. N-R2; 39. QxN mate. in this state tournament. His win pro­ 36, ...... Q-K3 vides the opportunity to add South Da· 18. R·KBI BxN 31. R·B3 K_NI? 19. QxB p·QS? kota to the Parade of the States. Why let in the Knight? Very strong Black misses the threat. Co rrect is South Dakota Open 37 ...... , B-Q2. is 19 ...... , P-B6!; 20. PxP. QxBP. 20. N-K4 Q.B3 38. B·BS ! Sioux Foils, 1966 FRENCH DEFENSE 21. N·B6c;h! K·Rl This wins material and should WIll Not 21...... , PxN?? after which White the game. Prof. J . Blllev Prof. S. Scorn can win with 22. QxRP, 23. R·B3 and 24. 38...... QxB 1. P· K4 P·K3 3. P-K5 P·QB4 R-KN3(ch). Black makes the best of a bad bargain. 2. P·Q4 P·Q4 4. N·KB3 ...... 22. R-B3 B·Bl Of course if 38 ...... , Q·Q4?; 39. BxB This has proven to be White'S best 23. R-KN 3 B·N2 wins a clear piece. chance in th e Nimzowitsch Variation 24. N·R5 ...... (3. P·K5). If 24. R-KN1, to free the KR from the 39. b Q Bx' 4...... PxP 40. Q·8 3? necessity of protecting the KNP, then ...... 5. NxP ...... 40. P·Q5!, PxP; 41. QxP should wrn. Black can proceed with 24 ...... QR·Q1 More in the spirit of the opening, and and the advance of the QP. 40...... B·K5 more apt to grant an initiative. is 5. B· 24...... R.KNI 41. Q·85 R·N2 Q3!, N-QB3; 6. 0 -0 , KN·K2; 7. B-KB4, 25. NxPI K·R2 42. Q.Q6? ~ -N3 ; 8. B-N3, B-K2; 9. R·Kl...... Not 25 ...... , RxN??; .26. QxPch . nd At first glance this seems to infiltrate 5...... N-QB3 mate in two. forcefully. but it actually brings about 6. B.QN5 ...... a very curious drawi ng situation. Wheth­ This cedes the minor exchange or 26. Q·B6? ...... er the position can be won wi th best loses time. Ni rnzowitsch·Preyman. Vilna. Not best. White can force a draw with play is open to doubt, but an attempt 1912, continued; B. NxN, PxN; 7. B·Q3, '26. N.R5 !- m,enacing 27. N-B6ch , K- could be made by centralizing the King. Q·B2; 8. B·KB4, P-N4; 9. B-N3. B-KN2; Rl; 28. QxP mate. If 26 ...... , RxR? ?; redeploying the Queen and Bishop, ad· 10. Q·K2, N·K2 ; 11. 0 ·0, P-KR4; 12. 27. QxR wins. On 26 ...... , R·N3, how- va ncing the KNP and KRP and fo rcing P·KR3, N·B4 j 13. B-R2, P-N5; 14. R-Kl, ever, 27. N-BBch, K·N2; 2B. N-R5ch both open a king-side file. K-BI ; 15. N·B3. Q·K2; 16. BxN, PxB with sides are weH advised to split the point. 42 ...... N-K31! a slight advantage for Whi te. 26...... QR·KBI 6...... 8-Q2 27. R·KNI Q·K51 7. BxN PxB 28. P·B5 ...... Now Black has the plus of the better If 28. N-R5, Q-B4. center and the two Bishops. 28...... Q·B5! 31. R·N4 Q.Q7 8. 0 ·0 N·K2 11. N·B3 N.B4 29. PlI: P PxP 32. P·KR3 Q·K6 9. B·N5 Q·82 12. R·Kl P-.KR3! 30. Q.N6ch K-RI 10. P·KB4 P.Q8 4 33. P·KR4?? ...... Missing the threat. It looks like a draw again after 33. R-R4! - threatening 34 .RxPch, QxR; 35. QxQ mate as Black CHESSCELLANEOUS does not seem to have hetter than 33 . I I ...... RxN; 34. RxPch. K-N1; 35. QxPch, Chernec & Rein/eld R/I-B2; 36. Q-KBch. R·B1 ; 37. Q-K6ch, TH E: FIRESIDE BOOK OF CHESS R/ I-B2 with a draw by repetition. Stories, Iketches, cartoons, oddlt.ltl, a 33...... Q·R6 mi te ! ~ heu quiz, 50 combinations, 47 end,ame And White's Queen is "stalemated" in nove ltle$, 31 problems, 184 remarkable the middle of the board! There is not a lamu - a LL combine to make one of the square it can go to safely and there is most attractive chess books cver pu b· li shed. An ide al gift (or a ehesil-playln, no way to break open an escape route [I·lend. 338 dlat rams. 4QO pp. for it (43. P-Q5. BxQP). List Price $&.50 Me mbers $S.oct Hayden, Bruce $100 CAP8AGE HEADS & CHESS KINGS A book (or cheu addlcbi 10 dip Into at MAKES YOU Idle moments; full or the st.-ange. curious and humorou. aspects of the t ame. A List Price $4 .00 Me mbe rs $3.30 USCF MEMBER USCF FOR 80 E. 11 St., · LIFE! New York, N.Y. 10003 A sudden, surprising end to a game which had several intriguing turns. DECEMBER. 1966 311 ANNUAL USCF NATIONAL RATING LIST

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They may instead be Summer Warm·up-.Ju ly.Aug...... ,...... 14 listed in order of their published pre·tournament ratings, as Rating Tmt._ Ma r ..July .,...... ,. .. . ,...... ,.. ,..... ,... . ,...... ,...... 8 Riverside Vernal Tmt. .. ,...... ,.. ,.,...... ,."., .. ,. . ,.... ,... .. ,., ...... ,...... ,.,. 17 given on the wall chart. If more than 60 players are in the )!atehes: Cleghom.Wlleox, Biackstone.TuI!U5, Rhee·811$11, ~·O$$ · tournament, the wall chart itself may be sent if desired, Karch, TJrjan.Kleln. providing that it is legible and that otber instructions are CO LOR ADO_ Denver Open--JuIy ...... _...... ~ ...... 44 Colorado Open-5ept...... _...... ,...... ,...... 44 followed. Matches: Scott·Wllson, Mahoney·Lundstrom. Listing tie·breaking points is not necessary. CONNECTIC UT_ Conn. State Champ.- May.June ...... 33 5) PLEASE send reports promptly; persistent lateness will New E"iland Amateur-July ..... ,.. .. ,...... _...... ~ ...... 63 be penalized. 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Open-Scpt ...... ,...... ,...... ,...... 45 foI, I C H IGAN_ Lanslng Ladder-May ... ,... . ,. . ,.. .. ,.' '.,.. ..•_ __ .. ,.. .. ,. ... ,...... ,...... 19 MetropOlit an J r. HI gh School Open- Oct ...... ,...... ,...... 87 Lalllling Ladder- J une ...... ,. ... ,...... ,.... ,.... ,...... ,. . ,.,. . ,. . ,... . ,...... 14 Matches: Somers.Anll er , Mlckenbera--Dorsky, Welnberg·Rlch· U of D Invitatlona]-July .. ,. ... ,...... ,...... ,. .. . ,." .... ,...... , .. ,.. ,.. ' ... 1.0 mond, SIngleton-Brown, Blrnhak·Van Gelde r, PIncus-Van Quadr angu]ar Tmt.-July ...... ,." .... ,.. ,...... ".,. . ,. ... ,. _.. . ,...... _...... ,...... 4 Ge lder. l 1!chlgan Open-Sept...... ,...... ,.... ,., .. ,...... ,.... ,.,.. ,. .. . ,. . ,. ... ,.. .. ,...... ,. . ,.. ... 64 OHIO- Ohio Valley Ope n- June ...... ,...... ,.... ,...... ,...... ,...... 16

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..... J) E·.. .. ~.: ...... U65 328 CHESS LIFE INDEX OF PL AYERS .~~! - Benko 233 Byrne, ItUIUN STE IN_ Knux:b 16 ~ 234, !SwenllOn ~02, .' ... . " Vol. XXI, J4IIn.·Dec. 1966 ,,, Prlee 310 Re. bev.ky 89, 176. 221. Por­ o<·-S.I

114, Cebalo NAJDORF_ l vkov \tIl , 177, 211, Por· UlCh 176. 221 , Donner 177, 248. Undeker 178, 243. t..ru!n 202, 249, Spauky 202. 149, FllC her 3, Evan., 220, 250. 261. Pat rollan no, 2M!. Re.shevsky 220, 250 Burle r 7, ,~ I 8J. Re· NEI_ Llberson 48 ... o 2M NEUER_ Lohrml n 243 PANNO- Relnhardl 11 4 Stahlber g. '". PETROSIAN - Korehnol 44 . FIlip "'",I' " 45, Mnat.a:akanl.n 46. T.lmanQv 86 SChmid 87, Span ky 10&, 11 5. 11, MI. 117, 136, 137, 138, 139, 152, 153, 154,155, 156, 176, 211 Rehber, 83, PIN KHAM- Gruen 53 160, Robey POLUGAEVSKY _ DrOn$le ln, Fur· man 11 POPOVYCH-J.ck,on 180, MUtr. PORTISCH'" _ Llberlon 54, N.Jdorf 176, 221 Fischcr 177, 221, Pl" trol l. n i77, 24.!IJ. Re.t\evlky 178, 248, Sp/ls,ky 2,,~ . 24 9. I vkov 218. 249, Donne r 21'. Unl1ckcr 120, 250. Lanen 22(1. 251 POSCHEL_ Cundllch 218 PRICE_ Lux 310 PU LLEN- PuVOI. 118 Rlu- PUPOL8- Pulle n 118. S<=hoone 234 II> UHLMANN_ DeIy, Haag 49 RANKIS- liobenber«er 7' UNZ ICKER_ Lei.. SO, Spaaky 176. II, l1Up, m 2'21, Donner 176, t21{ "'~n DAMJANOVICH_ Leln ~ Fuchs « . 177, 241 Najdorf 71. 241, OELY-Uhlm.nn 49 Fischer m, 249. Petrosl.n 202, DO NNER- Unllckcr 1711, 221. Lar- 250. Re. hevsky no, P o rtlseh _n177 , 221, Najdorr 177, 248 . 220, UO, Ivkov 220, 2511 Fischer 171. 2018, P elrGIIl'n %02 . 249, Resnevsky 211. 24'. Por­ t isch 219, Spauky 220. 251, Iv· kov 248, 2:iO EPP_ Men,.r lnl 142 '''~, m ESSI! R-Breyer 119 Ant 208 EVANS- Bileu1er, S.ld)' 4. Relhev. 310 sky 5, Burge r , Suttles 7. Ben. 1.1 ko, Zuckerm.n 8. Byrne 121 64, II> R ()pOlimo 11 2, Sherwin 29J 83 , Browne YOFFIE- H.rril. BII.I$le)' 160 FELLN ER- liellm.nn 20 Reshevsky, FIL IP_ KorchnQl 44, Pet ro.l.n 45 8, Henko, FISCHER- Bcnk(), BI' fl uier 4, Zuck. Addl'On 8. e r m ... 51. Saldy 8, Byrna 7.. Ro .. $Oll mo II, Burge r 9. S.lo)' 118, '" 19 '" rated tcurnament, held Tuesday evenings during November, was a great success. I 23 plyaycrs competed, including six from the dow ntown Albuquerque Chess Club and three from Kirtland Air Force Base. Here and There . . . Expert Jack Shaw scored a 5-0 sweep in a fi eld which included Experts Warren Ed Kotski won the 2nd AnnUl i Ale board, double rcund match between the :MlIler (currently State Champion) and Open, held ~ ov . 19·20 at American Inter· Metropolitan College All·Stars and High Charles Fenner. Joseph W. Weihe wal national College in Springfield, Mass. S:hcol AU-Stars, each team selected on second with 4Y.r:, followed by Miller with Kotski's 5'-h: ·!f.t score outpaced second the basis of uscr college 4 and Fenner and George Ik!Borde with place Stepben Stadnicki and third place team 31f.t. It was the first rated event for 11 of Alex Sadowsky by a hal[ point. Fourth the players including Mrs. Sylvia Fritz, and fifth in the field of 38 were David '- M. •• La· ,...... " N. .. who scored a slreng 3·2 to take Ihe Lees, 1965 Armed Forces Champion, and 3. A. , A. 0 dies' Championship. Cbaplain Rogers di­ v. ,. Ronald Gravatt. Class prizes: A-Sadow­ •• ,•.• c. rected. sky, B-Donald Courtney (4), C-James •• ,. " • a • a • • •• ", w. "0 Shepherd (4), 0- Lyle Wiedeman (3), ,. •...•. , A . 0 The second annual C.. voilcade Open, Unrated- Peter Peters (2). Dr. George o. .... , 0 held Oct. 29·30 in Port Arthur, Texas . G. , ,•.• 0 Grosser was top AIC entrant with 3. Mrs. ••10 . A. 0 D. , ended with William Bills edging C. Bill Timothy J. Howes directed. • Jones on tie·break after both scored 4-1. • • a a • The ANAF Sefyice Club of Sand ia Robert Breige r, Eric Bone, and Paul Es­ The newly.formed New York City Base, New Mexico, is a new usc r affili­ senburg were next in the 14-player field. Chess Association sponsored the Metro­ ate stemming from a chess group started Fred Ki ng took the A prize, John Pres· poli tan AII-St.r Mitch Dec. 18 at the at the base last SWDme r by Chaplain L. ley the Upset, while Paul Essenburg was Manhattan Chess Club. This was a 10- Randall Rogers, USN. The club's first best Port Arthur player. DECEMBER, 1966 329 TOURNAMENT LIFE F. brua ry , ..16 T ourn_ .... l nt organlu n wishing In· NEW YORK CITY WOMEN'S nounu me nt of USCF ·r."d I yents TRIPLE CROWN DATES CHAMPIONSHIP should lubmlt requl lt. It J... t six w ..k . before the publlc.t lon d l '" of August 13-25, 1967 CHESS LIFE on speci. L form. obtlln. U. S. OPEN , bit f rom U.S . Che.. Feder. tlon, 10 E. 11th St., New York, N.Y. 10013. Atll"t., Georgia November 2J..16, 1967 AMERICAN OPEN Santa Monlu, C.lifornia NATIONAL OPEN 1967 Event Postponed

Fe bruuy 1"19 March .., OKLAHOMA OPEN PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP $·rd Swlo.!:, SO/2, at Juniata College, Hunting. don, P a. Open to Pa. college and univentty February 17.1' uudergraduatea. Entry fee $5. Permaoent p lus Fourth Annu.1 SOUTH JERSEY OPEN rotaUng trophy to winner; trophlea to top A, B, C, I>---Unrafed. Cash prizes as entries allow. Entries and lnqulMel: Allan Burkett, Box 67, F. brnry 1f . nd 16 Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa. 43rd An"uli l WESTERN March 5, It, April 1 MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT STATE VALLEY TOURNAMENT 6-, d Swtu, SO(Z. at Sprln,neld YMCA 122 Ch ntnut, Springfield., Ma.u. Open to resident. and. cheN club members of W. Masa. and Conn. Valley area. l.'ntry fee $5. 3 trophies elch to Cl a ue~ A, B, C, O{ and Unrated. Flrlt February 17·19 rOl,lnd starts 9 a.m. Entr ea must be mailed before Feb. 16; polilUvely no entries accepted CHICAGO CHESS CLUB OPEN at door. Make checu payable to W. Mau. and Conn. Valley Chell AIIoc. and mall to CHAMPIONSHIP~~ Ell L. Bou.rdon, 1195 Hampden Street, Holy­ oke, Jofa.u. 01040.

F. bnnry 1~U NEW YORK CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Ma rch 11·11 GEM CITY OPEN $·rd Swls., <1511%, at JOM F . Kennedy Me· morlal Unlon, Unlverslty of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. Entry fee $6, ,5 to junlora under 19. $1.50 less II psld In advance. Prize. to flrat tlu'ee, top A, B, C, Unrated, J untor. Advance e n l r le~ and IIIq l,l lMcl: Jamea CTider, SOlI Arm. Dr ., Falrbom, Ohio. Mirth 11-11 VALLEY FORGE OPEN

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330 CHESS LIFE leIS of college loeatioD. Entry lee t6 If paid by ~t ...ch 24, otherwise $7. Pr~ e. I ccordin, to entries \0 flut three, top tum, top A, S, C, D, E, Unrated. Ylnt rOl1rld be,ln. 1:3G p.m. Friday; entrlu close 8 p.m. Sp«:11lI. room rates for playen fJ slqle, $12 double. Entrle. and I Inq1.lb' le'! ~ull F. flodgn , e/ o Buuch Che" Club, City Collerc of N .Y., 17 LexlnglOIl Ave. nue, Ne.... York, N.Y. 10010. April 102. 7th GOLDEN Much 17·" TRIANGLE OPEN April lSoU 3rd p,..E.ster $.rd Swl", 50/2, at Plttlbur.h Ch<:t. Club, VISALIA AMATEUR OPEN Golden Trlln,le YMCA, 304 Wood St., Plitt· NORTH JERSEY 6rll SWig 50/2 at Colle.e Of the Sequoias burrh, Pl. Entry fee $8 $5 lor junior. under Student Un(on, ~i'ooney Blvd. at Beverly Drive, 18 Cuh to top four with $12S minimum for VlsaU., Ca. LImited to players rated below flr.t, plus top Ihree In Clall A, e, C, lop Iwo 2000 or unr.ted. Entry· fu $10.50; $5.50 to Jun. Juniors. Entclu close 9:30 ..,n. April I. En· ion under 21 . TrophIes to l it, Classes A, S, C; ifle. and Inquiries: WIlliam M. Byllnd, Blre· caah or merchandl" 10 flut three In each low Api•. , Pittsbureh, pa. 15219. daN and top two In tournl lDcnt ;,,:eordln, 10 entrlu. £ntrl", and Inqulrle.; Chrt, Foil.. , April 20' I ."".College of the SequOia" Vballa, Callforn"­ BERKSHIRE HILLS OPEN

Mlreh 1~1t April 30 3rd Mont.rey HARTFORD 30-30 OPEN 4-rd Swla 30/ 30 (130t r.ted), .t Ilirtford YMCA, '1$ Pearl 51., H.rUordl • Con n. Entl")' April 7·' fee $!; f4 If p.ld berore April OJU. Marble tro­ phle. for eh.,.,plOn, top A, S, C, O. First NEW YORK round daru . 1 noon. Entries and inqulrln; Fred TownlC'lnd.l.. 10 Bermuda Rd., Wether" field. Conn. 06 11/11. May S·7 NEW JERSEY AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 6- rd Sww, !IO/ ;' It P lua Motor Hotel, ~I h a nd Cooper St., ",all1de n, N..J. Entry fee plu. NJSCr duel (!2 adulu, $I juniors). Trophle. to 1st, 2nd, Srd. op A, B, C, linrated. Open 10 au Mlreh 31 .Aprll 2 playen except raled. lIIasten. One 'Ime Fri. 2nd Metropolitan d l)' evenlnl', 3 Saturday, :l SUDday. Entries .Ie. cepted a t tournament .lte betWefli 7 Ind a COLLEGE OPEN p.m. May $; play rtlrtJo at 1:30 p.m, Advanee kd SwI .... 5012. U HenrY Hudson Hotel 3M entrl\!. a nd Inquiries: Dr. Leroy Dubetk. 301 W. 57 St., New York, N.Y. OpeD to aU ara.;'u.t!! Browning ~_n~l _ C;: herry Hm, N.J. 08034 . (Tele. and ",nller,r.dul" coUe,e students, ~'Jrd · phone 609>U1H13U4).

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DECEMBER. 1966 331 - -fe,ruuuuuuuuuuu-_'fV~'iAV""~- Here and There Chess L. • • • • • Robert Gish won the Monterey Park 40 players competed in Round Robin Alex Keyes, Bcrt Germalm, and J ames Club Championship (or the third time, CJut- Tournament$- at the :'otinncapolis Slattcry were next with 3'h. Lohrman chalking up a 5Jk-lh score to lead sec­ YMCA Dec. 17-18. There we rc 5 six­ took the A prize, Slattery the B, and Ber­ ond-place Ralph Syvertsen by a point. player round robins and onc IO-player nard Lafferty the C. Fred Tatro directed. Steve Cross, Chuck Whitman, and Kat· Swiss, involving players with similar rat· ...... suo Kato foll owed wi th 4·2 In the 18- jngs. Ronald Lirson won the Expert The second Erieview Open, held Nov. player event. Tournament with 41f.t-lh and Charles 11·13 in Clovcland, had 28 entrants. • • • • • Kirks the A with 4-1. The " Upper B" James Tegel won with 4% out of 5. half Leonard Rabinowitz capturcd the 1966 Tournament went to Thom as Marcy, 4% - a point in front of A1 Nasvytis, Lee . Pitt!lburgh Chess Club Junior Champion­ 1f.t, the "Lower B" to Ro ger Karras, 4·1, Battes. and James Harkins. 15-year old ship on tie·breaking over Jerrold Forbes and t he "Upper C" to Dr. Robert Olson, Ray Tiltins was best J unior with 31h. and Ken Shotting. All three scored 3-1 who scored 3lh-l lh . The "C-D" Swiss re­ ...... in the nine-player event held late in sulted in a tie between Ralph Stowell, 50 players vied for honors at the East :'\Iovember. • Russ Wei.kle, and Ri chard Safransk i at Detroit Open, held Oct. 1-2. Gary Lane. • • • • • 31h -l lh_ George Tiers directed. Jerry Posner, and Charles Bassin each C. Bill Jones led 20 players in the • • • • • scored 4%.%, tie.breaking giving Lane HOU!lton City Championlhip with a 4Y.z ·1h Lee Hydcr won four ga mes and drew the title by a narrow margin ovcr Pos· scor e. Stcvc Moffitt had 4 and Eric Bone, one to capture the South Carolina' Closed nero Un r3t ed player Gerhard Levold was Bill Wh ~ ler , and Tracy Watson 3lh. The Championship, hcld Nov. 2~ - 27 at Col· fo urth with 4·1 and Jerry Cetr3ngolo event was played Sept. 24-25 at the Hous· umbia. Following were S. N. Jacobi and fifth wit h the same score. Bassin took the ton Chess Cl ub. Hllrold Tallman (4) and JeC! Smeltzer A pril.e, Peter Theuerle the B, Duwuyne • • • • (3lh). Cccil Haney was JUnior Champion Ri ggins the C, and Levold the Unrated. Leroy J ackson scored an expected tr io with 3. J ames M. Smith directed. Larry Deck was best JUnior and Doris umph in the Eastern Miuouri Open; , • • • • • Thackrey best woman. Eugene Leininger however, he was held to a dr aw by 14- 38 players compcted in the Champion­ was the Tour nament Director. year old Robert Enders. This was the ship PreliminariftS of New York's Mar$h­ • • • • • only blemis h. on Jackson's r coord as he all Cheu Club, wh ich concluded in No­ The 9th Davis R.ted Tournament end· scored 41h.Jh, half a point ahead of Wi.!· vember. Charles Rehberg was £i rst with ed with Ross Barnett, Stephen Sosnick I.iam WrighL Enders took third, Paul 61h ·l lh. Placing second through seventh and Sergc von Oettingen tied for first at Wilhe lm £ourth, and Jefr Zust fifth, each with S%-2Ih , and also qualifying for the 4-1. Eriks Leilis and Gary Pickler fol· with 3Yz -l lh. 18 players competed in the Finals, were Bruce Pandolfini , Amhony lowed wi th 31h in the field of 18. Steve event, held Dec. 17-18. Deutsch, Norman Weinstein. Jcffrcy Markman was top student. • • • • • Kastner, Leonard Sussman , and Howard Dan !o.faxwell 's 5·1 score topped a field Ant. of 12 in the 3rd USCF Futurity, held • • • • • BUY FROM Dec. 3-4 at Hartford. Class trophies went Paul Steiner scored a 5·0 sweep in thc BUSCHKE to Fred Townsend (A), Carl Wocbcke Gree-n Mountain Chess Congress Open., a DR. M. EUWE: THEORIE DER SC HACH·EROEFFNUNGEN (.8),. Ben Delson (C), and Stanley Uauks· 24-player event held Oct. 8-9 in Rutland. minas (D). Ronald Lohr man fi nished second with 4; WE GOTTA RAVE

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