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-4merica ~ Che6J neW6l'apll,. Copyright 1957 by Unltl!d St~tl!S Chen Fedl!ratlon Vol. XII, No.8 Friday, December 20, 1957 15 Cents Dallas International Tourney Conduct"" by PosilioM No. 222 Holds Chess Spotlight In USA IRWIN SIGMOND Wit h a stellar lineup of International Masters and Grandmasters, END solutions to Position No. the Dallas International Tournament at the Hotel Adolphus which began S 222 to reach Irwin Sigmond, on November 30 holds the center of the stage as a chess attraction. The 5200 William~burg Blvd., Arlington event had an auspicious opening with a players' breakfast at which 7, Va., by January 20. 1958. With Govcrnor Price Davb of Texas made the welcoming remarks and USCF your solution, please send analysis President Jerry Spann spoke brieIly but warmly of international amity or reasons supporting your choice as exemplified by chess. The only discord was from Moscow where of "Best Move" or moves. complaints against the U. S. State Department for refusing USSR Grand­ Solution to Position No. 222 will ap· master David Bronstein entry to compete were sounded over Radio pear in the February 5, 195a issue. Moscow. NOTE: Do nOI plac~ sO[lIlions 10 11>'0 Assembled for the event were Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia, Larry positions on on~ c~rd; br sure 10 irnii'aJ~ Evans of the USA (substituting for Bronstein), Bent Larsen of Denmark, co,,~,t numbu of .positirm b~ing sol~td, Miguel Najdori of Argentina, Fridrik Olafson of Iceland, Samuel Reshev­ 4nd gi~~ th( full nam~ ~nd address of sky of the USA, Laszlo Szabo of Hungary, and David Yanofsky of Canada. tht sol~tr to ~1fist in p,opu cre4iting of By·products of this assemblage of masters were two challenges: an ex· solution. White to play hibition match between Dallas Master Kenneth R. Smith and the recent· , ly defected HungariaJ? International Master Paul Benko; and a blindfold match between International Masters Miguel Najdorf and George Kol­ PUPOLS TAKES SULLIVAN WINS t anowski. The opcning rounds were studded OREGON OPEN TENNESSE OPEN STANDING OF PLAYERS Forty·four players from Idaho, with upsets to make the initial Jerry Sullivan of Knoxville re­ stages of the event the more ex­ After 11 Rounds Washington, and · Oregon competed tained the Tennessee title with a Rcshevsky '4 Larsen citing and the final results more Gllgoric 6'h·4¥.! Yanofsky at Portland in the 1957 Oregon 5lh ·1,z score, drawing with R. Scri· Olafson Najdorf Open, a total which is believed to unccliain. In round one Brent Lar· .,6·' vener of Memphis in the £inal sen tallied an impressive win over Szabo Evans constitute the Jarge.st tournament round, a repetition of the 1956 Migu~l Najdorf; D. A. Yanofsky ~ ·; cr held i l' Cregan. Vil,Luc PU1J u15 ~v" n l where Sullivan \VUl! ."" b% · n.elihevsky gained his first victory or Seattle placed first with the defeated Fridrik Olafson; Larry lh and al so drew with Scrivener EVans drew with Svetozar Gligoric; in winning from Najdorf. In round score of 5·0. Tied for ~econd to in the final round. ScriVener, the and Samuel Reshevsky drew with lour Larsen retained the lead by seventh with 4·1 were Viesturs Seg. 1957 Alabama Open Champion, is bested Evans in a brilliant game. lins of Seattle, Ivars Dalbergs of Laszlo Szabo. In round two Olafson a 76·year old player who retired scored the day's surprise with a Gligoric drew with Reshevsky; Naj­ Portland, Dr. A. A. Murray of Ray· from tournament chess ten years dori drew with Olafson; Yanofsky mond, Wash., Harold Hughart of victory over Rcshevsky; Gligoric ago but has recently decided that drew with Lal"Sen; Yanofsky drew dr ew with Szabo. Albany, Ore., Fred Byron of Mil­ he was missing too much fun and waukee, Ore., and D. W. Johnson with Evans; Najdorf drew with The fifth round saw the end of returned to competition. The 16- Szabo. Larsen's winning streak when he of Portland, finishing in order player event was held at Memphis named on l'IIedian points. Seglins In the third round Larsen swept lost in 59 moves to Olafson, while with the Memphis Chess Club act. into the lead with 2lh·lh by defeat· Szabo was winning from Evans. and Dalbergs wcre awarded the ing as host. 1912·13 Western Chess 2nd and 3rd place trophies reo ing Yanofsky. Evans bested Olaf· Rcshevsky drew with Yanofsky; Ass·n Champion B. B. Jefferson, son; Szabo defeated Gligoric; and (Please turn to page 7, col. 1) spectively, while thc Class B trophy now 86 ycars old and a resident of went to Bob Walker of Portland Memphis, contributed S50 to the who scot·cd 3lh·lljz, and the Class Memphis Club to hclp defray ex. C trophy to Dave Groenig, 2\<2·2¥l , penses of this event and develop of Spokane. The 5·rd Swiss event chess consciousness in Memphis. was sponsored by the Portland Chess Club and International Mas· tel' Arthur B. Oak, made the McLELLAN WINS awards and adjudicated unfinished WICHITA OPEN games in the last round. Richard McLellan of Omaha tal­ In the nature of an cxperiment lied 5% ·% , drawing in the final was the introduction of a catering round with R. E. Hart. to win the service to provide coffee, soft ~th a.nnual Wichita Open Champ. drinks, sandwiches, pies, and the lOnshlp at the Wichita YMCA Chess like, at nominal prices. Evidently, Club. Second and third with equal the experiment was a success. S·B points as well were J. L. Gib. son and W. D. McLaughlin .. both of Wi chita, with 5·1 each. Fourth ATTEI'-ITION!! and fifth with 4%-1% each were CONTRIBUTORS! Dale Ruth of Midwest City and Rob. ert E. Har t of Wichita, while sixth Until December 23, 1957 con· to ninth in the 35·player Swiss with Unue to mail news items and 4·2 each I\"ere Byron Douglas, Dr. correspondence as in the past W. A. Perkins, Alphen Murphy, to Montgomery Major, 123 No. and B. Brice·Nash. In tieing for Humphrey Ave., Oak Park, Ill. second, Gibson lost a game to Ruth Aiter that date mail all news and McLaughli n a game to R. V. items and CHESS LIFE corre­ Leewright . Howard P. Killough, P.1RTlCIPANTS IN U . S. WOMEN'S CHAMPlONSHIP spondence to: Jr. won the junior title with 3%- S~"l c d (lt ft to right): Mu. t~no GTUmell~ , Mrs. ]"cqucli"e Pi"ligorsk:y, Mrs. Mr. Fred M. Wren 2 1f~ score while Edwin Armstrong Mildr.d Morrell, T OUrndmel!1 Director ISd'" K"J/'d"l! . St"nding: MiS! Lu,ille placed second among juniors with Perry, Me. K.lll!er, Mrs. Sonj" G,,,f Suv, ,,,o,,, Mr<. Gisel" Grc"'r, Mrs. Olg" Higgins, 2·4. K. R. MacDonald directed the Kell".r, M rs. Souid Gr,,! SI. Giul" G,I!SU" M,s. Olg" H;ggens, event. Sldt ~ ', Mrs. Nd"", McLeod, Mr<. Lmor( Simon. STELLAR CHESS , ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL IN WOMEN'S MEET Priz e-winning examples of chess CO!!.i· Maotering the Erni Game from thc U. S. Women's Champ. By W A.LT ER K ORN, Editor of Meo ionshi p emphasize the steady im­ C~ ... oflj. provement being made by the lady Conducted by players in the brand of chess they Frederick H. Kerr Again Queen and two Pawns \'ersu s Queen and three Pawns play. T\\'o examples arc those of D;48'''"' N o. 17 [AGRAM No. 47 is a near pcn· :'! liss Karer. winning the Best Play­ All eollege elubs ~ nd pl a, eU are urged D dant to the prcceding diagram ed G'llnc Award oUered in memory to send ne ws ilems to Fr, d t r ic k H. No. 46, and it occurcd in the game of Max Pavey by Mrs. Violet Pavey, Kerr. 1776 Sample Road, A11I son Park. Penns ylvania. Cioca ltea-U nzicker, Moscow 1956. and Mrs. Selensky, wi nning the The concl uding moves here were Brill iancy Prize offered by Harry Oi\IPLETE results of the 1957 L Q-K3- a heroic though trans­ Borochow: C United States Intercollegiate p;lI" cnt invitation to stalemate, but Championship will appear in the QUEEN 'S GAMBIT DECLINED next issue of Chen Life. how connter it1-1...... _..• P-B5! ! MCO: P ~ !les 167-168 and Wpite resigned because of 2. . U. S. Women's Championship This column will be used to catch QxP, Q-N7 mate or 2. {'xP, QxQ Los Ang,les, 1957 up on some of the news whic h has eh; or 2. QxQ ch, KxQ; 3. PxP, While Ul aek been delayed by givi ng space to K-!.l6 winning. How did White get M. KA RF F S. STE VE NSON the pIons for the Erie tournament. into this straight-jacket? Was the I. P·O B4 P. 1e 3 17. B_R4 Kt / B_K5 2. Iet_KB3 P.Q4 16. K·Rl C-Bl Playing without the services of final posit ion fo rced upon him and 3. P·04 Kt·KB3 19. P-B3 Kt·O J the two Quaker masters, Kalme how? This we will di ssect in the 4. B. KI5 P-Bl 20. Bx KI P~B and Sobel, the University of Penn· next instulment, wishing our read­ 5. PXP KPx P 21 . P_K4 B_K3 6. le t·B3 Qlet·Q2 22 _ P-KS KI· BS wlvania defeated the Franklin· ers in the meantime a Hu ppy New 7. P·K3 B·KI5 23. Q·Bl 0 ·K2 I\Ici"ea ntHe Chess Club 3-2 in the Year. 8. B-Q3 0 ·R4 24_ P· B6 Px P first round of play in the Philadel· 9. Q·B2 P-KR3 2~. OXP P_ IeK U phia Metropolitan League. Two of 10. B·KB4 Kf.ll i U . R· B] K_Kt2 11 . 0 ·0 KI·K3 27. 0 -K1 3 • R· RI the Penn winners arc !ransler stu· 111 12. B.Kt 3 KI·KI4 28_ R_B6 R.R3 dents_ Frcderick is a former Ohio 13. Iet·02 0 ·0 29. Kt·SS KtxKP Slate student, and Haze nfuss trans· U.S. CHAMPIONSH IP SICILIAN DEFENSE 14. P·ORl BxKt 30. Kl xSc h KKR ferred from the Penn State Potts­ MCO: p il g e 290, column 12(, 15. PxB R·KI 31. O xKt milt e I'. Iet .KI] Q·OI ville Center. GETS UNDER WAY U. S. Championshi p Tou rnament FRANKLIN· December 17 saw the start of the PION 1IOSY LVA N IA MERC AN TILE Ne w York, 1957 BLUMENFELD COUNTER F...,der!ck I Dreher 0 Rosenwald Trophy Tourn,unent fo r Wh lle 8laek Br ilndrc h~.fer (N.Y.) Chess and Ch. cker to usc coeds on the chess team. Club. P e t... nnial dub champio n Dr. Eri ch except Dec. 24,· 25, 31 which will DUBECK TAKES Keene played host to Da rtmouth, be byes for the Holidays. w. Marc hand , CHESS LIF E writer on BegI nne r T ac(ies, again won t hc cl ub N. J. AMATEUR and the Dartmouth Ch,n Chatter A first round game, playcd in Htle wit h :; ~.Ih, draWIng wit h F.d ....· ard has this to say about the match : Il osenthal. Se.:o nd w; lh S· I ,,·as Dr. Max Leroy Dubeck of Maplewood won advance at the Manhattan Club, the New J ersey Amateur title by "An outstanding feature of the trip ended in a victory fo r Bobby Fisch­ IIH,.lH' r gu who lo st .. game to March· and. Peter Tumc k was thIrd wit h 4·2- virtue of tie-breaking points in the was the presence of coeds in the er over Arthur Feuerstein: A IJSCF Clu b .. \frlilate. 17.player Swiss event at the In­ Keene club. _ _ _ Everyone who dependent Chess Club of East Or­ went had to agree that it was a ange, with a score of 4-1 , drawing colorful trip. By the way, Keene with Leslie Au lt and Herbert Hick­ will be up here on either January man. Tied (or second with 'i·l each 12 or 19, WlTH COEDS, and we By Kesler Svendsen were Au lt and Hickmun; Auit drew hope to sec a record Club turnout wi th Manfred Kramer and Dubeck. at that time." Since the Dartmouth HOW TO GET MORE OUT OF CHESS. By Fred Reinfeld. Garden City, Hickman with Siegfried Hauck and men are kept up in the cold moun­ N. Y.; H. nov,r House, 184 pp_, 104 diags. $2.95. Dubeck. Robert Durkin, also with tains with no coeds, your reporter N every book, Heinfeld writes to a partieulaL' ·kind of reader, not mere­ 4·1, was fourth, lOSing one game expects a record turnout at t he I ly to the beginner, the dil\ etHn te, the intermediule, but to the student to Dubcck, and was awardcd the next Dartmouth \'s. Keene match. of the human s i ~ of chess or to the player with tremendous drive to Class A prize. Robin Ault with 3·2 The score, by the way, was 4'h. ·Ph wi n or to the dubber wi th good eq uipment who nonetheless loses when won the Class B prize ; Leslie Ault in favor of Dartmouth. he shouldn't . The current contribution is aimed at the player who has the J unior prize, and William Ab­ DARTMOUTH KEENE little opportunity fOL" over the board play but who wants to improvc bott with 2-2 the " unrated player" M. Bender 1 D. Goog!ns 0 G. liolterma n 1 M. Goodell 0 and to enjoy the process. It begins with a chupter on composed studies, prize. Edgar McCormick, assisted D. Ganatt I M_ I' urrl ngton 0 shifts to one on problems, ,L11ll thell offers a typical ReinCel d "first" : by Peter Bed ow, directed the H. Lambert 'I. C_ I'arker I-'. three chapters on how to pl ay over muster games. Textbooks occasion­ evcnt. J. Tayio r 0 J. Le t ou rn e~ u 1 ally provide a sentence or two 01" a paragraph on the bencfits of this R. Runde! 1 MIss L. Gurney 0 exercise; but except l or Purdy, no one un til Reinfeld has outlined a Woodrow Crew, A. L. McAuley, Michael Gottesman r eports that systematic procedure. Indeed, so thorough is his approach that he begins and Fenner Parham tied at 7 lf.z -2lh the Yale Chess Club is in full swing wi th instr uction in "how to rcad .md writc," i.e., chess notation. From for the Louisiana Speed Champion­ with thir ty active members this this point he enters ga me aft er game. analyzing mo\'es with the direct ship, but a playoff gave the title year. In the first round of the Con­ intention (and eff ect) of sho\\'ing the am ateur how to enjoy and profit to Crew, with McAuley second and necticut Team Tournament, Yale from play far above his own powers. The concludi ng chapter on imagi na­ Parham third. David Walsdorf was drew with New Haven. tion in chess illustrates this facul ty with numerous examples from actual fo ur th with 6 J.h ·31h_ YA LE NEW HAVEN gamcs. Quiz sections, answcrs, and a valuable bibliography round off P rof. Mills 0 J . Bolton I another engaging, off·beat book from the pen of America'S most prolific f , jJGrandmaster LARRY E1' ANS -.9.. 'n.w 1jor~ By Aben Rudy the very lIext r(lund something unusual happened (lllCe more In Keres' N winning the recent Long Island The Soviet "Supermen" game. Furman played 27. B>;P and I Amateur Championship, Ray­ Keres slipped out with Qx...,,-P. However mond Weinstein, sixteen.year-old HESS is but one freshet of communist ideology. It is an open secret 27. N·N4 wOllld have been Black's quiet. Jl.Iarshall Junior Champion, has ad­ that their state subsidizes chcssplayers; that alone accounts for us. 27 ...... , K·B2; 28 . QxPeh. K.Kl; 29. C vanced another step down the road their supel'~ority. The Soviet chess style is dynamic, experimental, N·K5 is decisive, Incidentally. Golom. bek omits Ihis possibility in hIs Eng. to Mastery, His victory in this abounding in a wealth of new ideas. lish edWon of the tournament. L~ter In a psychological monograph Reuben Fine suggests lhat Soviet chess in Ihe game Keres em<'!rged from the tournament came as no great sur­ prise. Weinstein was conceded to is based morc on counterattack than attack, mirroring a social structure ,uelee an exehanlle ahe~d. He tben reo where individual initiative is held to a minimum. This contains bitter­ laxed and all owed a won position to bc the dark horse in a strong field be transmuted first to a draw and which included such notables as sweet truth. Bronstein and Geller alone are true attackers. Keres has then to a loss. grown subdued since taking residence in the USSR and his games have E. T. McCormick and Brian Owens, lost their brilli obtnln this position. I know Weinstein's family richly possesses. pionship to be rather high. On the of rew master~ who would dare exeT· whole it is. Their players are so c!sc such (anlty judGment and get Stanley Winters is his uncle; Ar­ closely grouped that the tailcnders a"'a~' with It. Yet Geller docs--con· thur Bisguier, bis cousin! Even sistently. Raymond's little brother, Billy, frequently nick the leaders. In With. plenty of time On his clock America thc gap betwccn the mas· One would <'!~!lect Mlkenas to pauS;N, ExB; 14. RxB, B.B3; 15. BxE, Antoshln' Tscherbakov itself:- fewest. Ncvertheless I propose to Px8; 16. R·K! with a clear plus. In Brief: The Marshall Prelims present a few which were commit· -=- were concluded, with an unexpect­ ted by their leading masters. It ed result For the first time in may prove sobering to puncture recent memory, the perennial qual­ the 'myth of their invincibility, ifying-three-some of Jerry Donovan, Proportionate to the number of Ted Dunst and Harry Fajans was chess enthusiasts. and the compar· denied entrance into the club's able incentives, the wonder is not Championship tourney. Not even that America does so poorly, but one of the threesome could garner that we do so well. There are enough points to qualify. Their about 5.000 active toumament failure marked the end of an era, players in the U.S, and about six some club members jokingly in­ Grandmasters. There are about sisted. Dunst's disappointment was 1,000,000 active toumament play· somewhat assuaged by the knowl­ ers in the USSR and about eight· cdge that in the- ninth edition of een Grandmasters. These figures Modern Chess Openings, fresh off are conservative. In other words, the presses, his name is appended they have a much better chess And ",hat of the vaunted y(lunger to the bizzare debut, 1. N-QB3. Un· " environment and outnumber us at Russian masters? Not to speak too fortunately, neither Donovan nor least 20 to 1 in active players­ Here, I'm ~lIre, any 1,Iayer In __ the harshly. this example smacks of time- Fajans could boast of a like honor. yet they only possess 3 or 4 times "'?rld would play the natural 31. Bill. presmre. • WIth a ecrtaln draw In pI·ospeet. Here, 39...... K·BJ? . . . The training match between the number of Grandmasters. however, Keres chooses: Correct Is 39 ...... K·R3; with drawing Dr. Daniel Benninson and Bobby These figures speak for them­ 31. Q·N4? R·R8ch! prospects, I Fischer ended in a victory for the selves. 32. K·N3 ...... 40. R·B8ch ,, _____ , Or If ~2. KxR. Q·Q8eh; 33. QxQ , RxQch; Black. must lose a piece wherever he latter, 3%-11-h. This five game con­ 34. K.R2. PxB. _G~eller'M(kenaS puts his King. test, played at a very leisurely 32...... R·Q6ch And It's aU over. pace, lasted for more than ten weeks, It was to be crowned, "The Slowest Match Ever Staged," until Arnold Denker agreed to play ,a practice match with James GQre. The score of this match, now six weeks old, is one adjourned game! . , . Chess received a welcome, if unexpected, boost when the ''New York Herald·Tribune" published an editorial urging the State De­ partment to sponsor and support Chess tournaments. I only hope the State Department takes notice, ..• Somewhat belated Season's Greet· ings to one and alI!

Black to~ Move It Is In the art of elementary defense • BOOST AMERICAN a-mss that the Soviet 3chool seem_ most de. (Please turn to page ,. col, 4)- B1, Joillillg the U.S.C,F, heartfelt con~ ra t ul ation s to Mr. Gelutin, USCF Vice.President, Fred Vol. xn, Number 8 Tears. the Tournament Committee, The Dallas Chnmber of Commerce, December 20. 1957 The AdoJphu~ Hotel Management and all Dallas Chcss Enthusiasts who wilh their' combined efforts litcrall y have accomplished the impossible. P ubltshed tWlee a month on th ~ 5th " nil 20lh by T HE UNITED STATES CHESS F'EDERA110N. EnlHed as lecond clan matter Scplmber 5, 1946, at the po.t oUlce To lin what this gl'oup has donc you have to be both hardy and fool· li t Dubu'lue, Iowa. under th ~ act o( March 9. 1879. hHrdy; and above all, you must be heavily endowed with intestinal for­ Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR tit ud{'. POSTMASTER: Plnll •• turn und ~ll verabll copies w ith Forrn '519 to Klnnlt" Harknln, USCF IIUllne ll Mlnaga •• 10 Ent 1111'1 Streat. Naw York ' . N. Y. I am afraid my reputation is calching up wilh me! At the USCF ~fembe l'shi p Meeting at Cleveland in August I spoke for 40 minuteS, in Septemb('r al YlInkton, S. Dakota I spoke 30 minutes, 30 minutes in By New Orleans in October, 35 minutes in Los Angeles in November at Ih(' Kick·Orr Banquet for the U. S. Women's Championship . , . I now Montgomery Malar (Iuote you from f"red Tears letter of in\'itation to me: ,·, 'he Ceremonial B.1 0quet commences 1:00 P .M. Satur· day. Iia" e a s hQrt spiel prcpan.-d." At Last We Write 30 And my invitation to officiate at the opening ceremonies of the Men's Zonal U. S. Championship and Rosenwald Tournament in New York

11(/"" toS: Th~ S: '""~ If "p. December 17 didn't even mentiun a speech! But, honestly, I have a S HA KESPEAR E_Cyrnbllina reasonabl(' cliplanation for this proclivity ... Those of you who attended ilE Numeral 30 has m:my meanings. and it is interpreted according Ihe OPEN in Oklahoma Cily last year may recall that I have a lovely wi fc and " daughters .. . in other words. I Jive with l ive women! T to the reader's interest :md p ro f es~ inn . To the sehool·boy it may suggest the mnemonic rhyme beginn ing "Thirty days hath Scptember". Now when I get a chance to t;l lk. the Dam breaks~ So it is with a sense To the literatl it mny rccall DNm Swift's pleilsant jibe : "She's no chick· of great personal sacrifice. l oda ~· . that I bow to the instructions and en; she's on the wrong side of thi rty. if shc he iI day". To the readers of be satisfi ed with one small message. the Bible will readily occur til e thi rty pieccs of silvcr which were Judas' The Wol'ld Ches~ Fedcnltion is proud of its internationalism. It is price for betrayal. To th(' hi st(Jri:m the number is ~UJ;geslivc of such n v ~'ry real Fatcrnai Re!ation~ h ip ultcrly devoid o( Curtains or divisive events and ('ras as the Thirty Yea rs' War. the Th irty Tyrants of Rome. alliances, I1'0n. Ba mboo, NATO or otherwisc! Wc arc dcdieated to inter· or the Thirty Years ' Peace of ,\thens. For the che!;!> player the numeral natio nal C'hess and intcl'llational goodwill. II is OU I' greal hope that has a specialh:ed meaning in 30·30 chess. our respective Nalional Govemments will emulate us. replacing [ear But to the writer of these \\'01'<1 :< Ihe numeral 30 has a very specific wi th l·csl>eC' t. and suspicion with a genuine apprcciation of each other's significance. In the ne",sparer \\,lIrld it is a symbol plac('d at the boltom abitilil·s. cultures. and lo\'e of Peace. of a story to denote that no more CO llY foll ows. It is the end of th(' talc. To be quite frank, we al'e happy to write it 00 this page. for we feel that we ha\'e wasted some t('n and one·half years in doing a job tbat we now realize was never worth the doing. We ha\'e preached hon· esty, in.tcgrit)' alld self·reliance to what have been apparently deaf and

~nhecdln g cars. fo'or there are no ills with chess that honesty. seJ{·re· ~It Mr. ll ont;on\l~r)' ~IaJor ; han~ and integrity cannot cure. if chess players will eventually awake ~:Xcu,.. me (or le ltlng you kno ...... I am ,'ery much Impreued by Ihe disappolllt· from their apathy " nd cease to tolerate chicanery. slander and deceit 1"1 e "lmluallty o( ~' ou r retreat f rQm "Chl:'ss u re." And bet: 10 l'Xp r us my ad· merely because it is now fashionable in th('sc decadent times 10 admire mlrlllion (or )'our de,'oUon 10 Chess. successful rascali ly rather Ihan to deal with it firmly and honestly in It Is m)' hnrllly ..... Is h that )'our Intention shall not be r ealll~d . the courageous ma nner or our ancestors. DR. A, flUEII Thus, we il rc well content to write finis on these pages: and our P'tSiJrnl Emu;',,1 0/ FIDE I greatest regret remllins in remembering thaI we ha\'e remained too 's·G"1Vtnh"gr, Hol/""4 long. When it became obvious in i!l54 that the organization was too STATEMENT ON PROPOSAL FOR REVISION OF SUCH AFFILIATION AND ..... eak·kneed to enforce discipline and 100 lacki ng in moral liber to real· NATIONAL RATING REGULATION ize Ihat a policy of expediency was a policy of shame we should have Effective Mitch ' . lUI quit. We sltlycd, princiPtilly beaeuse we thought that s'o meone offieialiy To the 8Q.trd of Dlreclor~ of USC.': placed in the urgllnizalion (besides Mr . lIarkness) should set an exam. I ~m a n e " enty of T~' r n "n y, COQrclon "'TId InJusllc(', Th(' proposal hill all pic of keeping his wo rd. evcn if the example was meaningless to the th c~ r ch:tud"r' ~ tl es. Thnt IS why I am " n e Tll:'my of the propOMI ..... Uhout even ~nal)'le U ~ ~ h D. 1I I blinded eyes that refu sed to sec it. Iroubllnll to l,r obahilUy "s a money maker. I Ilato briefly my re:\son~ for Ihls coneluslon. but hefot .. doing so, I am conslr:.lned 10 mak(' $Orne The actions taken at Cie\'el:lIld Ihis August have giv('n us no reason comment on the Ivller by USCF presldenl Spaon Ihal nccumpanled the propOPI to su ~pos e Iha~ there wil! be any great improvement in the policy of and the ballot. expedIency WIH Ch gove rns th e Federation. There is too much cooi ng Mr. Sp:.nn ~ h o"'~ Ihat hc Is :\w:\re of "certaIn Injustices that will be In· rIlel!'!!." IIc d ou not a lteml' t to deny those "Injustice.," nor dou he aUempt ~bou t harmony and not enough firm detcrmination to co nduct aHairs to l'nlllale Ihem. He cllnlen!s hlm",,\f by InvokIng a nell' and slarUlnll' DOCMA, In a manner conducive to ga ining self· respect. Under these circumstances Mlllln~1 WI th hlln that ".0 It i5 with "n)' recul~tlon. how~vCT democratic." Th.t, we a~e happy to trace a thirty below these \\lords. We I'egret only the lust Is nol so. No re~IJ I :\tlQ n will e",lur e jf ch ar~ ct\'r"ed by InJUltlc•. In Justice sc v ef!~g of contacts with many intcrcsting and wide scatlered friends. I" Mr. Sp~nn. I mUll a ~5umc lh"l h~ mcant to Ufie the word "lnCOlwenlcnce" In place or · ' lnJu~t ke . " !'>Ir. Spann (url her conUnuel "Ullt the GvCrrldln, .r,um~nt We WIll .be happy to hear from them from time to time. provided they (or. (lhl:' I'TO\' OI:.1\ II the bIg Injustlc<' nOw operallve; ~Imoll three.fourthi o( the do not diSCUSS chess or the USCi" and ils llroblems in their letters. 1,1 :» 'ers nGW nt ~ '" a re nol llSCt' membcn;, so who C:l.rlel the frel,ht!" A ,·try cur ioul <'Ompl :> lnl. I don·t kno,,· or an)' bIblical eommand Or any I ~ ..... , SI. le or National. th ~ l eompels the listing and raUng of non·mcmbers. I am bearllly In 30 f""or or Hm JUnE the rating 10 members only. Let us stop r atln!: and UIUn, non· rn ~ mbcrs . T h,'" Iholc Ih"l want 10 be listed and ...ted will t: 1 ~d l y joIn to r l!cd"e IhOlle bcnefi l ~ of m embership. They ",III do SO .'oluniarUy and nol under com· "ulslon 0. coercion. Til.. "1(0" In IhI ~ ,.ti>f>OSlI.\ j" that In order 10 furnish a u Une to thosc who d('sire It. )·ou ~re furein, IJ('nons "'ho do nOI care 'Ot" any nUnc and j>('rhaps :\t(' nO I Int .. ruted Of' e,'en oppoSC'd 10 Ihe .·ederaUon 10 1"'1' money aeainSl th... lr will. furlhlrmOl't', If 0"" Qf the pr h 'lIeges of membenhll' Is to be rated and Ib l ~ d . then hy whal right or autho.lty would you deprl"e a mernber In .ood ~landlnJ: f'um thltl I' r h'ileJ:c just because In a ny tournament Iher\! are eonH'j l aTl II who aJ'~ nOI members of th'c .· e de r" tl on~ l'h ~ Unlled States Chen }'edetaUon was orcanllcd under .t Charier as a r ultu r~1 body In bt!half of the ,\ rt of Chess. 1\ h;lS .. I rea d ~ been "ul"ul ~ed by (' ''II 1H'H ~ 1311~m unauthorllcd b)' Ihe SI.ltll o ( lis Charl{> r. Let u. not add the evil 0' u ~ i n ll nnk\'d forcu 10 a"snwnt our Income. I eould rm mnn)' more pa,es to pol nl oU I the ml,"), evils of this p r o p o5~ 1 ~"'l the (ar re:. ~hlng eonnqucnces thlt fin\\' therefr om to th ~ detriment of American Chc5~. I IrUIi that I h""e duwn your allenlt.,n 10 thIs subject. tiO Ihat you will cli~ ", inc II kecnly and come 10 II ~Ollclullon tha t will square With your conscience. HAROLD M. PHILLIPS 2J8 B,otJJw6y Ne", Yo .k Cily 7, N. Y.

cation Of nationa l ehe ... raUng, a n all other prlvlle, es: from reeent wue or exact "pro­ ONE YE .... : U .OO TWO YE ... RS: S• •5O THREE YEARS: SU.50 LIFE: $lDO.DO line. SUST"'INING: $10.00 (8acomu Llfl Mlrnbership Ifter 10 payrnlnts) SInd rnlmblrshlp dun (or subscriptIons) and chln9n of ~rl" to KlMN1iTH A new rnernbershlp starb on 21 11 day of month 01 enrollment O!lIplrn It the HA.KNESS, aUllnl1l Mlnager, 10 EI$t 11th Streit, New York 3. N. y, end or the pcrlod for " 'hlch dues a r .. paid. Family Dues for t\lo'(, or m ore memo bers o( one farnlly 1l"lnl at ume addreas. Includlne only one .ubscrlptlon to fees I' any) .nd III (omrnunlutlonl Teo Cite... Ufe, are at rl:lullr rates {..,e above) for first membership, at tbe folio". to'MONTGOMERY MAJO •• Edit... . 1U III' ratn for each additional membership: One year $2.50' two yelrl J.I 1S' th~ yean U .'75. Sub'<:rlpUon tate of ChCD W e to non ·mem'beu Ia 53.10 Plr ,...... Sm,te eoptes ISe esch. Make .11 chacL Plyabt. to: niB UNIlED STATES CHESS FSDBRATION I to ~'f 'd'"" P... 5 \lueSS 1.-) eDecember 20, 1957 mRke the win difficult, but the text mOve sets a deHeat e drawing trap Into wh ich Black Pl'CSently faUs. The trap TACTICS FOR requh'cs Wh ite's King to be near enough to the K·slde Pawns. 60...... B·B4 By U. S. Expert DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND

Dr. M~rchand Blac k threatened 33...... , Kt·Q6; 34. ".neral jnterut. R·BI, B·K7. White Is nearly In Zug. • ddrllHed envelope. zwang. 'Howe,'er, 33. K·R2, Kt.Q6; 34. n, N.Y. R·Ktl (not 34. n·BI, B·K7 nOr 14. KtxB, 1. Correspondence Chess KtxR; 35. KtxKt, R·B8J, KtxP?; 35. KtxB, Kt·Kt5 ch; 36. K·R3, R·B7; 37. Kt(!).Q2 From time to time it has been mentioned in this column that cor­ seems no worse than the text line for :respondence chess is a good way to improve one's game. There seem White. -;to be a number of reasons for this. For one thing, the mere fact that 33...... B-K7 36. P·B1 B·K3 34. R-K1 B.KtS 37_ R-Ql P_R3 'a player has plenty of time to plan each move automatically allows 35. R-KB1 Kt.Q6 'him to avoid most of the crude blunders and "finger-error" moves which White's patience in his terrlhly back. 'occasionally plague most beginners and some non-beginners. wa rd position Is matehCd only by Black's. The~e is, of course, no Way to The fact that onc can consult the books at will makes the opening prevent Kt·B4 and R.Kt7 winning a a much different proposition from that in a regular game. ActualJy, White (to move) Pawn. For example, 37 . ... :::., Kt.B4; 61_ P.Kt4! · BxP there is still plenty of room for /judgment in the opening since the 38. K·lll. R·Kt7; 39. Kt·B3, KtxKtP; Not 51...... , PxP; 62. P·RSl P·Kt6; 63. "book" does not have all the answers and there is a good deal of art 40. Kt xKt, RxKt; 41. KtxP, BxKt; 42. Pxp, P.Kt7; 64. RxB ch, K·B,,; 65. R.Kts. RxB, RxP. But White mlght have SOme in selecting the best from it and rejecting the second best. Besides, faInt drawing chances in the Rand P 62. RxP K·B5? there is the qliestion of a person's style----combinational, positional, or "edlng. Wi th 62 . . _...... P·RS BlaCk could prcvent 3S. Kt·B1 Kt.B4 the following sacrlf1ce whtch draws. For what·have·you. In any case, correspondence chess can be very helpful 41. K.Ktl K·Q2 then 63 . RxB, PxR; 64. P·R5, P·R6; 85. 39. JROok . Hence he is forced to gIve up mate. hours at a timc, they can sit down nlng the varlous movcs. Onl.Y a few Ihe Exchange. Curiously enough he stlll for fift een or t wenty minutes to highlights of these notes wUl be given has a winning pOSi tion, but It's n hard The Corrcspondence C h e s s herc. win. League of America (CCLA) elected answer one or two postcards. And 15. P·K3 QR·Bl 17. B·R3 R.B2 51. KXR PxPch for players who are cut off from 16. Kt·Q2 QKt.B3 IS. QR·BI P.R4 53. R-Q4 B-K1 the following slate of officers for 51. K.B1 K.B4 1958: Dr. Frank C. Ruys of Wood­ suitable opponents, mail chess helps A curtous variation here Is 18 ..... _... , Pl

USCP MEMBERS: Submit ),0 1" b ~st ,4mtS for thiJ JtIJtl1tm.~ to JOHN W. COLLlNS, 91 Lmox RoaJ, Brooll7n 26, N. Y. Spote blinK UmiteJ. Mr. CoW,,, .• ill stlt et rbt most ,,,UrtstinK ana inlw.t/;"t Jo, publ~1'. A. a usch ke). 25. ~"._. P·KR4 Q.J17 eh; 4~. K· K4, Q.B.5 ch ('-1 ~. K-Q', P ia yin, a,alnst the afore·mentioned •...... Q·B3 n. 0-0 Q~KtP R·KtG chi 46. K·84. B·Kl rh; 47. K.B5, , plan, but at the cost of weakeninr the ,. P.oR3 B·K2 12. R·Kl .... _. Q.B4 ch. Ib) 4S. K·Q5, B·K3 ch; 46 . KInp. 10. B'03 P·R3 K·B5, Q·Bt ch; ffi) 43. K--Q3. Q.Q7 ch 12. Kt-K2. Kt·B3; t~. P·B3, P·Kt5; 14. 26. Kt·K4 0·82 28. B·R5 R· Bl (a) 44. It·K4. B·Kt7 ch; 45. K·~. R·Kt4 27. B.o2 8 .K2 KI·Q2. Q.n.1: IS. R·Kl. R·RI; i6. Kt. ch. (b) 44. K·B4. a ·1(3 ch; 45. J( .B~, KBI. B-Q3; 17. Kt/ 2·Kt3 laves White Q·R4 m~t ... ; IV) 4J. KxP. R·Kt6 ch; «. Not ...... , R·Q2~; 29. Kt.BS, etc. much r.mbarrassment both In protect· 29. B. Kt6 B-Ql 30. Bx8 RxB K.K~, Q·B7 chi 45. K-Q$ 145. K·KS. Q. Ing hl ~ vulnerable QP and In pr Ovidin g K B-1 mate). R·KI4 eh. The tndln, Of Bishop. haa accentuated adeqU ate King u le ly. Bl3ck 'a weakncsses on his dark -colored 42 . .... _.. Q·B1 m . ' . 12. _._.~. Kt·83 15. Kt·Ktl BxKt 5quaru Indlca"n!! he might bctter hive A real slam-bang affair. 13.. P·KKI4 R·R1 16. BP~P .(t~p avoided this trade. White lmmedlatel y 14. KI·K2 B.ol tak...s advantage by posting h is Knight T hb captu l'I! would have been Impor very strongly. sIble after 16. RPl

• B-K12; 7. B-K3, ](t·B3; 8. 0·0, 0 .0; 9. Kt-Kt3. 13·](3; 10. P.134. Q.13 l !; It. p. KR3. R·Ql with equallty (Tartakowe r's Buenos Aires, Argentina N,S,W., Australia First the Rook Is drh'en to a less ag· "Gamage Memorial" "Gamage_Memorial" gresslv e posltlon. International Contest International Contest 26...... R·S4 27. Q·Q31 Aim ing at 28. P·B5! "- 27...... Q·KBI 28. R·SH ...... Again 29. P-B5! Is threatened. 28, ...... Q·B2 Again preventing tt. 2'. P.Kt41 R·B5 lO. P·BSI ...... The coup-de-graee. _ 30...... PxP 311. P·B'I 31. PxP Kt·Kl The second eoup·de·graee. 31...... P·K3 35. RxP chi and White now has a wi nning attack. 33. Kt. Klch K·Rl White a nnounced 17...... QR·Bl 34. R·Rll P·K4 mate In two. ThreatenI ng 18...... , RxKt; 19. BxR. A fine finISh ! DALLAS INTERNATIONAL TOURNEY (Continued from page 1, col. 4) Na jdorf drew with Gligoric. The with Szabo. Evans drew with Olaf­ sixth round saw Larsen and S7.abo son. and' Larsen drew witl! Yanof· still sharing the lead as they drew sky in a twice-adjourned S3·move their personal encounter. Reshev· struggle. Problem No. 853 Preblrm N o. 854 sky stepped into third hy be$ting By Nenad Petrovic By S. C, Dutt Evans. Yanofsky drew with Naj· Reshevsky remained on top in Zagreb, Yugoslavia Calcutta, India dorf, and Olafson drew with Gli­ round eleven by drawing with GIi­ "Gamage Memorial" "Gamage Memorial" goric. Standings at the end of gorie. It was a drawing round with International Contest International Contest six rounds: Larsen and Szabo Olafson drawing with Najdorf. Sza_ bo with Yanofsky, and Evans with 4·2 each; Reshevsky 3%-2%; Olaf­ Lal'sen. son and Yanofsky 3·3 each; Gligoric 2% ·3%; EVans and Najdorf 24 NIMZO.INDIAN DEFENSE each. Meo: page 109, column 41 (a ) Round seven was eventful with Dallas In ~ernational Tourney Olafson giving Szabo his first de. Dallas, 1957 feat in the tourney. Gligoric bested White Black Yanofsky, while Reshevsky drew F. OLAFSON S. RESH'EVSKY with Larsen in a twice·adjourned (Iceland) (USA) struggle and Najdorf drew with I. P.Q4 Kt·KB3 13. KtPxB B-Q4 2. P·QB4 P·K3 24. Q·RS Q.Q2 Evans in an aO·mover, The round 3. Kt·QB3 B·Kt5 25. R.BI P·KRl left Larsen clinging to a precarious 4. P·K3 0-0 26. K.Kt2 Q·K1 If.! point lead. Round eight saw this S. Kt·K2 P.o, 27. Q.Ql Q.B2 6. P.QR3 B.K2 18. P· R3 B.Kt2 lead melt when Larsen lost to Naj. 7. KR·B4 P·B3 . 29. K.R1 K.R1 dor! while Olafson was winning 8. PxP BPxP 30. Q· Kt4 P·Kt4 from Yanofsky. Gligoric bested 9. B·K1 P.QKt3 31. BxP QxR Evans; Szabo drew with Reshevsky. 10. 0·0 B·Kt2 32, Q·B5ch K·Kt1 TO ALL FOLLOWERS OF TInS COLUMN WE WISH n. P.QKt3 Kt·S3 33. K)lBPch K·Rl Standings were: Olafson 5-3; Gli· 12. B·Kt2 R·BI 34. Q·B6ch K·R2 A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! goric, Larsen, Szabo, Reshevsky 13. Kt·Q3 Kt.KS 35. B·BSch . K·Ktl No. 831 Groeneveld: set play 1...... , K.Q6, 2. N.R:; 1...... , J{'·Q4, 2: RxQP. 4 lh-31f.! each; Najdorf 3%4%; Yan­ 14. KtxKt PxKt 36. Q·Kt6ch K·BI Key 1. R·B6 waiting. N ow If 1...... K.Q6, 1. RxQP and af ter 1...... , K.Q4, 2. N·K, ofsky 3-5; Evans 2*·5%. 15. Kt·B4 Kt.R4 37. QxPch K.KI ete. No. 832 Bonilvla·Hunt: Inten tion 1. R·K8 threatening 2. Q·N. Cooked by 1. Q·N 16. R.Bl 38. Q.K6ch K·BI chi followed hy 2. N·K6 mate. No. 833 deMoraM: intended: 1. RxP threatenIng Round nine saw Gligoric and 17. BxR Q"..B2 39. Q·B6ch K.Kl 2. RxB db!. ch. with good play, but aftcr 1...... , N (R3)·B4 th..,re Is no mating Reshevsky climb into a first place 16. B.Q2 R·Bl 40. Q.R8ch K.K2 answer. No. 834 ManglllJs: all eheeklng moves of the In Q h ave mates set. Key 19. BxKt ... 41. Q.Kt1ch K· KI 1. Q.B7 thr!!a! 1. B.B5. 1...... , Q·K6ch! 2. N·B4; 1...... , Q?B5 chi 1. QxQ; 1...... tie; Gligoric defeated Larsen and 20. B.B4 K·Rl 42. QxB R.B1 Q.Bl chi 2. BxQ; 1...... , QxN, 2. B·B6 etc. No. t35 Vatarescu: key 1. B.R4, threat Reshevsky bested Olafson. Yanof­ 21. P·QR4 B.Q3 43. QxPch ResIgns 2. B·Q8 and 3. B.B7-mate. The hi N has 2 dere nses: 1...... , N·B8 (or Q7), 2. Q.Kft3 sky won from Evans, while Szabo 22. P.Kt3 BxKt followed by 3. B·K7 mate andl ....•~ •. ,N·QS, 2. Q·KN3 with 2 s ub-variations on tbe third move. No, 836 Wirtanen: key 1. P·Bt with short threa t 2. P·K5 m ate. 5 drew with Najdorf. With round ten, BOOST AMERICAN CHESS possible eaptures of thls p awn allow the w li K 3 sate squares to be followed b)t Reshevsky gained the lead by de· P promotion.mates. Thus: 1...... NPxP e.p., 2. KxP ; 1...... , PN4xP, or 1. ~ ...... Join the USCFI It I. iIIlWill,. a lOund RxP, 2. K·N squ. etc.; 1...... , QPxP e.p., 2. P-Q4 etc.; 1. ~ ...... ~ BxP, · ~ K·K8 eW.. feating Najdorf while Gllgoric drew opening move, 1...... , p·QG, 2. BP.x.P and 3. N·N7 mate. F,iJery, Page 8 STATEMENT ON RATING PROPOSAL RESULTS LTHO UGH the Board of Directors has passed the proposal for re­ SL".. ~ IMId to CHE" LIF., 12a No. A vision of Affiliation and- Rat ing Regulations by large majority, the Humph .... y ...... O.k Partl" ilL for dissenting minority have pointed out some "objectionable" features, sev­ appJlc.-tJon to"" for announcl~ 'iU ..I'. X 0.., rrJ...? tourn'm."t In thl, eohtmft, eral of which might be circumve nted by minor adjus tment. It ls my personal wish that a total effort be made to bring the Revised Regula· tions as dose to 100% approval as is reasonable and possible .. . short Position No. 219 Unl.. s oth.rwl,. sp--=Hled, .U to.,Ima­ men.. .nnounc.d I" this column .,. of emasculation, that is! With this in mind a r e·examination will be Smysll>v·Petrl>slan, Amsterdam 1956 100% UICF rated. Ratlnl ,..., H .ny, · Th!s Is an Interesting companlonp!cee undertaken and if necessary, the March 31 , 1958 effective date will be ..... Included In IpKlfied Itntry f ..; no to our PosltJon No. 218. In both cases, postponed to allow sufficient time for re·study and notice. the SIOme grandmasters having the same .ddlticlll.1 utln, ,.. for non-m .....lMn USCF. JERRY G. SPANN colors meet In , a world ch~mplonshlp candidates tl>urnament, and In both Deumhrr 26·28 USCF PwiJen/ cases the resull Is a draw. At Zurteh New Jersey High School (No. 218), SmysID" fQ r ced the d raw whe n his best mOve WQ uid have WDn. Individual Championship At Amsterdam, tQQ, Sm}'sIQv fQrced Ihe East Orange, N. J. draw, but this time. I>nly arter PetrQsian Restricted to undergraduates Qf any USCF Adopts Recent Proposals had mIssed a clear win. • N. J. high schoQl, public, private Qr The gam e eontinuotlQn was: 1. •...... • parochi al; at Independent Chess Cluh, RlBSq)·Nsq; 2. Rxll!, QxR: 3. NxP, PXN; IC2 N. ~ I aple A,·e., ~;as ! Orange; cntry For Affiliation and Ratings 4. BxP, R·Q1; 5. BxN. R~ Q : S. BxQ, R· fce: $1; 6 rd SwIss, 40 mQ,'es In 1\7. hrs., RS; 1. 8.64, R·RS; 8. RxR, BxR; and adj. after 53 mQ,· ... s, 2 rds a day; prizes As reported in the December 5 issue of CHESS LIFE by USCF arter seventeen more mQ ves Petroslan awarded Qn basis Qf game points and Secretary Marshall Rohland, the USCF Board of Directors has voted 8g~ed to a draw. Petroslnn could have SQlkQff tie.break points; regist ration to adopt the r ecent proposals for new USeF Affiliation and Rating woo at onee by 1. ... ,. ...• R·Q7; 2. Q.Nsq, cll>ses 10 a.m. Dec. 2S , play begIns I L BxN! for If then 3. NxB. H(Bsq)xP; and ~.m . ; fl>r details Qr r egistration, wrIte: Regulations by 11 vote of 42 to 16. The text of the new regulations, W hIle has no defense. T here are Qt her Leslie Ault, 22 1I1'Ulsee Drive, Cran ford, which are scheduled to become effective Mareh 1, 1958 follows: winning lines after 1...... R·Q1: 2. N. J. Q·Nsq, but nOne so immediately ef. 100% USCF raled evenl. USCF AFFILIATION AND NATIONAL RATING REGULATIONS fectlve as 2...... , BxN. On t he otber Effective March 1st, 1958 hand, 1...... , Bx..-': Is nQt so good bc. Duemhu 16·28 I . FRANCHISE APPLICATIONS: Any chess organization, Includln! a Chen Club, cause of 2. QxB eh. Aftcr I...... , R-Q7; Christmas Holiday Tournament 2. N·K4. Black has a choice of winning a Slale Chess Association, a Regional Chess Anociatlon, a CIty or county Chan Kansas City, Mo. ASSOciation, a League of Chess Clubs, Or any other org"nlzed chen group, may lines. T he simplest or Ihese Is, perhaps, Open; nt K~nsas City YMCA, lO t h & ~pply to the U. S. Chess Fede ration for a franchIse as an affilIated USCF Chapter. 2 ...... PxN; 3. QxQ. NXQ; 4. RxB, Oak sts., Kansas City, Mo.; 7 rd SwiSS. Upon acceptann of a franchise application, I certificate of afflll.llon Is lisuad, RxN; cte. 40 mo"C" In 1st 2 h ,·s.; entry fee: SS.50 Several solvers submitted winning (S3.50 fl>r JuniQrs); Flnt P rize Is 50% v.lId for the period for which the franchise fee has been paid. The certlflcata varlatlons beginning with 1...... , N.R4 of net prQc"eds, Qt hre prizes fQr 2nd, announces Ihat the organlullon Is a USCF Chapler, aUlhorized to conduct USCF· Qr 1...... , N.RS. Although we consider 3rd. 4th. JunlQr, WQmen, and Cla""e.; rated tournaments, and enlltled to all otha, privileges of .fflllatIQn. that !...... , R·Q7 Is clearly the " best 1st rd at 7:30 p.m. on Thurs. Dee. 26; 2. FRANCHISE FEE: A USCF Chapter Is required to pay a franchlsa fa. of move," We are allQwlng full credit for bring men, bQardS, and elocks: T O: $10 for one year, $19 for two years, or $27 for three years. Franchise application, elth ... r Qf these other tWQ tries because MortQn W. Luebbert, J r.; fQr details, with remillance cove rlnll Iha fee, should be mailed tQ tha U. S. Chess Fedaratlon, they dQ Seem tQ ror ce a win. We are write: MortQn W. Luebbert, J r .. Grain eo E. 11th St., New York 3, N. Y. nQt, hQwever, allQwlng double credit Vall ey, MI'. - 3. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT USCF·RATED CONTESTS: The USCF natlonll fl> r t wo solutions since th e mom "ef. Hl1)% USCF tlted event. rating system is restricted to the performance of players In tournament. ana tldent " WI::"'!:;": 1...... R·Q7. The t r y by j"",."ry 18·19 m"tches conducted by tha USCF and Its affiliated Ch.pters. With the excaptlon :" 2. Kxn, Q·KBsq ch t alls of foreign tourname nts, contests sponsored by unaffiliated organJutJons ara Glass City Open Tournament not ratad. A USCF Chaptar may submit for national rating the results of any lire acknowledged Toledo, Ohio conlest which meets the condlllons herelnafte~ specified. A Chapter is not requlrad J r., Robert E. Open; at TQledo YMCA, IlIO J effer· to submIt for rating the results of all the contests It conducts, but may salact Abel R. Bomber. SQn Ave.. TilledI': 5 rd Swiss. 4S moves those It wishes 10 be rated. A team tournament or tum match Is eJlglbl. for Bundick, Jack per l l, ~ hn.. S·1l tle.br eaking, 1st rd ra l lng If the sponsorIng organization Is a USCF Chapter, or . if tha c.~ I A. Dunne, b ... glns 1 p.m.; ent ry fee: $5; prizes; reprasented by tha team ara USCF Chapters.. A team mltch between a Club drip':"" , Richar d 5070 , 25%, 15% and 10% of pM!e eon· ter and In unaffltiated Qrganlzatlon Is not• eltglelle for ratIng. c • Hayes, $Isllng Qf 60 % Qf entry fees (l ess cost Qf trophy and e ngraving); TQledo City 4. RATEABLE CONTESTS: Any chen competillon, IncludIng a Round Robin or JQhn An· SwIss System tourname nt for h'ldlvlduals Or teams, a match between two In· D. title and trQPhy to hh:hcst placing Kaye. Fred dlvlduals o~ teams, Or a Ladder Contest, Is rateable If It Is conducted under th. reoldent; ToledQ Open title to ranking J ack; Matheson, foltowing condItions: N ~sh, PlIyne, Edward player in tmt (cash prize but nQ trQ· (I ) Play must ba governed by the FIDE Laws of Chess, Official American PQweli . J Qhn A. Pranter, Edm und phy) adj. after 3 hrs. play; bMng equip· man, GeQrge RQss, l. Schwartz, RQbert ment; for detnlls, write: Dr. Mar k E:. Translation. Pence. lOll':!. E. Mllumee St.. Adrian, (b) The contest must be directed by I parson tlmlliar with the procedur•• E. Seidcn, Bob S tcinmeyer; Walter Stell. lc) The time Itmlt must nQt exceed an I verage of 30 moves per hour for mach... r. W. E . S tevens, Dave TaylQr ' , MIch. 100% USCF ~at e d event. each player, and there must be no ~estriclions on opening moves. GeQr ge Tiers, II. C. Und ... rwood, J. Weln. (d ) Contest must be cQnducted by USCF affiliates tor the USCF Itself) and Inger, W tl1!am B. WlIsQn, Nell P. Wit. Ung, a nd RQbert WQodwQrth. The solv. CHESS-WORD PUZZLE alt conteslants must be members of the \ USCF except as Indicated. S. REPORT OF RESULTS: The results of " contut must be submitted on the ers SCQre comf Qrtably (Qver Petr Qsiao!) (So/",iQn 10 P"n/~ p,,/'[iIheJ m D ,. by 39·2. officia l USCF form prQvlded for the purpose, and certIfied as cor~ect by tha Another PQlnt of Int... rest abQ ut this c~mhcr 5. 19'7 iH"~.) nlreclor. Games won and lost by default must be clearly IndIcated. The full nlm.. position : Pet rQsian played very unstead. , 0 M , N A T , 0 and addresses Of all contestants musl be Included with the report. , M A ,• , A K • Ily In Ihe early rounds Qf the Amst er. 6. MEMBERSHIP DUES AND RATING FEES: The results of a contest submlttld A T A 0• 0 •0 , dam tQurnameot. Ife was crushed In for nallon,,1 r",ting must 1M accompanied by a remittance cov e ~lng the follQwlng: , H , the ftrst round hy /Geller. He built up , K N , W la ) Annual USCF membership dues of (I.e., ,5.00 less the 20% com· , A f4.oo a winning position agaInst Br onstein In , K , , A 0 m ission altowed USCF Chapters) for each conteslant who was not a 0 N A• N • the secQnd r ound but IQst when he .. member In good standing 01 the USCF on Ihe d"'e the contest started• , H A , 0 , T ,• failed tQ nollee that h is Queen W aS en A EXCEPTION: USCF membership dues are not required from players In K K , • A prise! In the tblrd round, he missed the , W A 0 a tum tQUrnament, provided Ih"t all clubs represented by the tums wIn In ou r PQsitton NQ. 219, :> nd In the T , , K •, ,. In the contest are Iffiliated USCF Chapters. A •, , f Qurth, he slmilal"ly allQwed Spassky tQ 0 , A , (b) Rating fee of 10" cents per game actuaUy pllyed In Ihe contest. (e.g., , , A• V •0 , , , , , escapo:. with a draw frQm a clearly lost • the r"ting fee Is ,7.50 for a contest In which 75 games are played.) posltlQn. F r om the fifth r ound on, EXCEPTION: A ChefS Club havIng less than 21 club members 15 not Petroslan played steady ehe!;S lQsl ng nQ FIDE President Folke Rogard has required to pay any rating fee for lis annual club championship. mQre games, sCQrlng a total of 9¥.o announced. according to USCF In· 7. PUBLICATION OF RATINGS: Avenge ratIngs ere published quarterly In PQlnt .. , (ond finishing In a tie wllb Geller tcrnation al A f r air s Committee Chess Life free of charse. Each ~anklng list eorotalns Ihe names and ratIngs of III Spassky, SzabQ, a nd IlrQn steln fO I" third players who participated In USCF·rated tournamenh and matches reported duro place behInd Smyslow (ll%) and Keres Chairman Violet Pavey, the follow· Ing the three mQnths p~ i or to the closIng d"te of the tist. (lO). If Petr QsIan had made the mQst ing dates as co nfirmed for FIDE Qf his opportunllles In t he second, t h ird, events: B. OTHER PRIVILEGES OF AFFILIATION: In addition to the authority to con· and fl>urth rounds (and assuming no duct USCF·rated contests, affm"ted Chapters a~e entitled to the follow1n!! I ) The Inte rzonal Tournament will be other changes), t he first thr ee places prlvllegu: played in Po~loro~ , YugoslavIa, from (a l A USCF Chapter ;5 authorized 10 coilect Individual USCF membership In the flnal slandlng WQuid have beeo August S to September 15, 1958. Petroslan (11 'h ), SmyslQV (11), and Ker es dues from any persQn, and may deduct a commission of 20% on such 2) The FIDE Congr ess for 1958 will (10), and Pctrl>sian, Instead of Smyslov, dues when forwarding payment to the USCF. NOTE: This commissIon convene In Dubrovnlk, Yugosl"vl", com· applies only to dues aclually collected by a Chapter-at 11$ own tourn.. would h:>,"e earned the right tQ a tItle menclng with Commission from August match with BQtvl,nnlk! 10 tbat event, ments, or liS a result of its Qwn efforts In membership promotion. many masters believe that PetrQslan 17 .10 23, and proceeding wIth the Gen· CQmmlsslon Is not credited to any Ch"pter on dues paid directly to the e~al Assembly from August 24 to 28. WQuid now be W Qrld ChamplQn. USCF by IndIvIdual membt!rs or anolher Chapter. No commission is 3) The Chan OlympicS will be played , Wel~ome to New Solvers. allowed on dues collected at USCF tou~nam e nts (e.g., the U. S. Open In " das Deutsche Museum" In Munich, Championship). We.t Germany from Septembar 30 to (b) The activities of USCF Chapters are featured In Chess Life, the of. October 23, 1958. Norlh Ca rolina Chu$ Ass'n: Ch apel flclal US CF periodical. The "Tou~nament Life" department Is reserved HU!, mS7 state te~m champion. and exclusively for advance announcements of rated contests conducted Hatelgh, the 1956 winner. resumed In the match between Kenneth by Chapters. News and results Of contesh are published. their rivalry wJth :l 4~~·4 1,2 stand·Qrr at (c) The names and addresses Of alt Chaplers are pubUshed annualty In Raleigh. ~1arg"lis, Ath encQs. Quass. Smith of Dallas and Hungarian Chess Ufe's Olrectory of USCF Affiliates. and MacQueen scored wln8 fQr Chapel master Paul Benko, being held at (d) A USCF Chapte~ receives a subscrIption tQ Chass LIfe, may purchue llili, while Critte nden, NQblin. Evans. Dall as concurrently with the Dal· chess books and equ1.pment from tha USCF II the special prices al. and Steele tamed whole points fQr las International Tour nament, Ben· lowed membe~s, .nd Is allowe d one vote at the annUli membership Haleigh. WilsQn Qf Chapel Hill and meeting. ~ Wardlaw Qf Ralel