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MODERN CHESS OPENINGS Completely Revised by REUBEN FINE R OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE Vol. VB, No.7 P"b!iJhed Monthly July-Aug. 1939 AMER1CAN CHESS FEDERATION Published monthly -by THE CHESS REVIEW, 2~ West 43rd St., New York, N. Y. Telephone Wisconsin 7-3742. Domestic subscriptions: One Year $3.00; Two Years $5.~0; Five Years $12.50; Six Months $t.75. Single copy 30 cts. Foreign subscriptions: $3.50 per year except U. S. Possessions, Canada, Mex­ ico, Central and Somh America. Single copy 3~ ((S. Copyright 1939 by THI! CHESS RI!VII!W ·'Entered as second-class matter January 2'. 1937. at REVIEW the post office at New York, N. Y., under the ACI ISRAEL A. HOROwl'rZ, Editor of March 3, 1879." No . U. S. Team to Argentina T:he United States will not send a team to gentine, and a later transfer of reservations to the International Team Tournament at Buenos an earlier sailing date vhan ,had been expected Aires, Argentina, found the committee and the players without The American chess fraternity, whose patri_ sufficient time to adjust themselves to the new otic fervor :has been stirred by the unbroken conditions. Withdrawal of part of the ex_ string of four monumental victories which re_ pense fund wbich had been subscribed when turned the Hamilton_Russell trophy trium_ it was announced that neither Fine nor Reshev_ phantly home from Prague, Folkestone, Warsaw sky were to be part of the guintet, drove the and Stockholm, learned this sad fact from the final nail into the coffin, and ,bopes of Amer_ following Tragedy in Ten Words---<:abled July ican participation sank. Fine had announced 26th to Sf. Augusto de Muro, president of the many weeks before that for business reasons Argentine Chess Federation, over the signature he would be unable to play at Argentina, and of M. S. Kuhns, president of the National had received regretful acknowledgment, but Chess Federation. Reshevsky's position was not dear until the DEEPLY REGRET INABILITY TO SEND very end. TEAM MISS KARFF SAILING FRIDAY Two days before the sailing of the S. S. * Argentine, upon which the United States team Like a pebble '"dropped * * into a pool, the un_ was to have embarked for the Tournament of gentle descent of this Parthian sbot, into the the Nations-the 'paid return reservations for midst of American chess may be expected to the team were cancelled at New York City. ripple in ever_widening circles of astonishment, Immediately upon receiving knowledge of over the entire area of the chess world. the cancellation of the reservations, Frank J. Marshall, United States Champion ·Emeritus, **"'* Now- while the United States evidences its telegraphed a stirring appeal to the committee desire to cement friendly relations with our III charge of the American team arrangements. South American neighbor by good_will battle_ FOR THE SAKE OF CHESS DON'T GIVE ship cruises, and good. will tours of diplomats UP THE CUP WITHOUT A FIGHT SEND - the Cavalcade of Ghess stands still! THE BEST AVAILABLE TEAM FRIDAY. The Canadians, with t·heir champion J. Mor_ rison, and H. Opsahl, A. Yanofsky, H. Heil_ mann and W. Holowach were aboard, ac­ Announcement This issue of The Chess Review is companied by the woman champion of the published as the July-August number, to Dominion, Miss Annabella Lougheed and the enable us to serve our reader" by dis· U. S. Women's Champion, Miss N. May Karff palching it hereafter at thebeginnillg as the S. S. Argentine departed! of each mOltth. All subSCribers will have The United States team was on the shoIe! their subscriptions extended one month in ol,'der that they will receive twelve Changes of plans wrought by 'postponement comlliete copies. of the International Team Tournament at At_ 149 Ventnor City Invitation Tourney A bounteous harv est of exciting chess was sauer, Referee; louis Kligerman, Treasurer; produced by the Ventnor City Invitation Chess and Gerald H . P.hillips, Secretary. Tournament as twelve well-chosen competitors Y outh displayed virile ideas, flashes of bril_ squared off July 8th to 16th at the Municipal liancy and a wilLto_win which won the gallery Pier of this New Jersey ocean_side vacation re_ from the start and inspired many offers of sort. special prizes. Milton 1. H anauer of New Y ork City top_ Hallauer, playing aggressively throughout, ped the list after an uphill struggle during owed his success to this quality, though not which he made the newspaper iheadlines only until it had more than once placed him on once--on the final day-the winner! the brink of disaster. Steady under fire, In order, behind Hanauer were Fred Rein. notably in h is game with Knorr where the feld of New York, Jacob l evin of P.hiladelphia, young New Jersey expert won H anauer·s Edgar T . McCormick of East Orange, N. J., queen for two pieces, he managed to survive Harry Morris of Philadelphia, Olaf I. Ulvestad the entire eleven rounds without a defeat. H is of Seattle, Wash., Harold Burdge of Ventnor victory was the just reward for courageous and City, A. Edward Santasiere of New York, enterprising tactics. H is game against Santa_ John J. Leary of Pthiladelphia, Jack W . Collins siere in which he gave up his queen (this time of Brooklyn, T. Edward K norr of Hillside, N . muoh more cheerfully than with Knorr) earned J., and M rs. Mary Bai n of Astoria, l ong him the brilliancy award. Island. Fred R.einfeld led the tournament most of The invigorating breezes deared the cob_ ~he way, while his chief rival, H anauer, foun d webs of care from the minds of the players; his schedule to be a maze of adjournments. the officials who sponsored and managed the Reinfe/d was undefeated throughout, an d got event fairly out_Dale_Carnegie'd the authority away to a dashing start with fi ve wins an d himself, at rhe del icate task of placing the one draw in the first six rounds. Having players at ease with a brand of consideration, obtained a comfortable lead, he sought to in_ which unmentioned here, would be a monu_ sure it, and in the latter half of h is schedule ment to blind ungratefulness. against the leaders drew his remaining five These excellent playing conditions were games in order. This proved to b e two too mirrored in the fighting chess and genial many to hold first place, which :he relinquished sportsmanship which characterized the tourna_ for the firs t time on the final day of the ment. tournament. Mayor of Ventnor City, Harry S. H odson, Despite this passive wind_up, Reinteld expressing his wish that the tournament be an shared a special prize with Ulvestad for his overwhelming success, w as a ·frequent visitor. part in a knock_down and drag_out battle. If T he committee which staged this event was the ,hopes and fea rs of the two contestants headed by t·he mayor and comprised Council_ could have been graphed as the game pro_ man Daniel McD. Bruner; Richard W . gressed, the chart wou ld have contained enough W ayne, Tournament Director; J. Roy D es_ icebergs to fill the Atlantic Ocean. •.0 • d Ventnor C ity, (N . J .) 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