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PROGRAM for MAY L.ectures and Si multa~ l eo us Exhibitions. May 15 Samuel Reshevsky, 'ttterttationa'· Grandmaster, Sunday. 2 PM May 22 Tom Wiswell. US Free . Slyle Cheder Champion, Sunday, 2 PM May 29 AI Horowitz, 3 t Ime US Op·en Cha~. pion, Sunday. 2 PM EVENT OF THE MONTH On the Occasian of 25 Years Ago Frank J. Marshall, the US Ch amjlion for over 25 years annou nced a The First Tournament for decision to put u p h is title for annua l competition in tou rnam ent play, It had The Thomas Emery Armed Forces Chess Awards been too hard over the p l'iol' yeal's for challengers to raise the $5000 purse reo quired under the rules set for match Scheduled to be held in Washington, D. C. p lay . And Mar sha ll, remarking on the lacl( of championship play, stated he From May 15th to May 21st was making his decision because "the best interests of chess in the United St ates would be served by having the The American Chess Foundation ch ampionshi p of the U nit ed States com peted for annually in a tournament." Salutes: 20 Years Ag o Samuel Reshevsky, already The Selected 'Finalists: t wice winner of the US Ch ess Champion ship, scored 13-3 -(6 draws, no losses) to win the title for the third time. He Edmund C zap ~ ki , Major USAF, Lincoln Air Force Base, Nebraska fi nishe d a half-p oint a head of R euben Fille - preserving that margin through Arthur W. Feuerstein, PCc USA, Seine Area Command, France a last round battle with Fine which the latter all but won. Other leading con Henry A. Giertych, Jr., Capt USAF, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. testants were Isaac Kashdan (l0¥.!) and A. S. P inlWs and A. C. Simonson (10). Robert D, Grande, TSgt USAF, Bolling Air Force Base, D, C. MI·S. Adele Hivero won the \Vomen's Championship, 7-1, nllead of Miss M. John A. Hudson, 1st Lt USAF, Chennault Air Force Ba se, Louisiana Karff, 5lh-2%, and Mrs. G. K. Gresser and Dr. S. W e i ssen ~t ei n, 5-3. George Krauss, Jr., SSgt USAF, Forbes Ai r Force Base, Kansas 15 Years Ago The main news was the nn· nouncement of an agreement to hold a Peter A. C. Leu thold, AI IC USAF, Sembach Air Force Base, Germany team match by radio between the USSR ami tlle USA, two rounds on 10 boards. Richard C. :Moran, A/ 3C USAF, Dreux Air Force Base, France The editors of CHESS REVIEW had pro· posed such a match in 1943, and an in Charles D. Mott, Capt USN, Bureau of Naval Weapons, D. C. vitation was sent but declined appal" ently on the grounds that war-time com Michael N. Robinson, SP4 USA, Fort Gordon, Georgia munications would be difficult. When the war ended in Europe, Soviet chess· Eugene Sobczyk, Cd r USN, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington players revived plans for the match, and a wireless telegram, signed by Ivan Hobert W, Wa lker, A/ 3C USAF, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado. P apanin (Volts S ports Section) and Mikhail Botvinnil, (All Union Chess Sec· Mr. Thomos Emery, distinguished American, internationally-famous tion) proposed such a match as stated chess player a nd generous patron of the Awar ds, a bove. This invitatioa was accepted, and negotiations began as to playing dates and arrangements. The Department of Defense. 10 Years Ago US J unio r Champion Ar thur B. Bisguier tied for first place along The United Service Organizations (U.S.O.) and its affiliated agencies. with Dr. Savielly Tartakover (then of Paris) in the tournament held in memo The NAVY TIMES for its Special Av.. ard. ory of Mrs. Stevenson (Vera Menchik) at Southsea, England. The winners at 7lh·2 lh topped a fi eld inclnding Harry Mr. I. S. Turover for his Special Award. Golombek, J onathan Penrose and L. Schmid (7·3) , E . D. TIo golyubov (6 %), -and- F. Alexander, L . \Y. Barden, Newman, L. Prins, Thomas, Trevenen and R. G. Colonel John D. Matheson, Chairman of t he ACF-USCF Joint Com Wade (6) in a ten·round Swiss of 42 players. mittee for Armed Forces Chess, for his magnificent direction of the 5 Years Ago J ohn H. Staffer won the project, toget her with t hose associated with him on the Committee: 1951 Golden Knights Postal Chess Cham· Col. E. B. Ely ; Thomas Emery; Dr. Eliot Hearst; Sgt. Bob Karch; pionship, with ! ~ clean score and at 83 years of age. He had prevIously, in L S. Turover 'and Sidney Wallach. 1946, won the 1943 Victory Tournament (a Golden Knights proto·type planned to fi nish by end of World Wal" II ) and so became a doubl e champion. 1 Year Ago Lndek P achmnn and Miguel Najdorf tied for first in the Mar del Ill111tl P lata lntemational Tonrnament with 10% points, ahead of Boris Ivkov and Bobby Fischer (10). Fischer's showing, The AIllerican CH E S S FoundatIon though good, was still a disappointment per US expectations. 1372 Br oadway, New York 16, New York PEnnsylvania 6-9590 130 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 AS A • CHESS It wo ul d be no eU&&era ti on to say that ideas was obtained in the regulators reo everybody knows Mikhail Botvinnik as an cenlly set up on the Kuibyshev and Sial. REVIEW outstanding chess player. But is the other ingrad hydroelectric power plants. 'If' ",e,,,., CHUS MAOA""' side of his activities - in the sphere of "This year Botvin nik's new book Thil Volu me 2a Num be. 5 May, 1960 science - known just as well ? No, and Theory and Prospects of Application of EDITED &. PUBLI SHED BY not even in the Soviet Union. Asynchronized Sy"chrolloas Machin es will I. A. H orow ln: On the reqllest of one of its readers the come off the press. That is the name newspaper Leninskoye Zll am ya decided to TABLE OF CONHWTS given to the new macllines by BOl vinn ik give the story of Botvinnik's scientific himself. FEATURES work. To obtain first·hand information "As A. C. generators they make it pos· Game of t he Month ...... 144 on this .subject, Ihe newspaper sent a ~ i b l e to transmit electric current to greater Mlkh .. 11 T ahl ...... 135 reporter to the world chess champion at distances. But if these machines are em· World Championship Mat eh ...... 136 his sum mer home outside Moscow - Niko· played as motors, they can be more eco· DEPARTMENTS lina Gara. That is wh ere he was training nomi cal in a number of cases than ot her Ch ess Club Direct ory ...... 148 for the match with Mikhail Tah!. typC! of electric drive and, probably, will Chess Quiz ..... • ...... 143 The reporter found Botvinnik at home find industrial .appl.ication in ventil ation dressed in a ski suit, having j ust returned installations, blast fu rnaces, etc.. E vent of the Mo nth ...... 130 from a jaunt in the forest. The champion "The Eledrosila Plant in Leningrad Finish)" ; T o uch ...... 146 doee daily 7 to 8 kilometers of skiing. has already launched on the production of Games from Recent Eve nt• ...... 149 But the newspaperman had no success. Botvinnik's machines. They will be set Posta l Chess ...... 156 "I would gladly answer your questions," up on one oJ the hydroelectric plants on Proble mart ...... 151 said Botvinnik, "but in the past 25 yeau the Kola Peninsula. Solit air e Chen ...... I have been strictly adhering 10 the rule " A myth has reached my ears to th tl Tournilme" t Calendar ...... 1'"34 Ilot 10 wrile for the press or give an y effect that Botvinnik has some clless World of Che •• ...... 131 inlerviews on the eve of a match. I will boards set up in his desk tilal can be be glad to have you as my guest in May, pulJ ed out like drawers and that from EDITO R after my encounter with Tahl, which will time to time he interrupts his work to 1. A. Horowitz unquestionably be very interesting for me consider unfinished lames on it. This EXECUTIVE EDITOR Ja.ck Stra l~y B&u ell as a chess player. As for my scientific merely evoke! a smile among us, the cel· CO NTRI BUTING, ED ITORS work, I think that my workmates can tell leagues of Botvinnik. A . B . BI$II ul er, I. CherneY, J. \V. CoHin s. you about it much better than I." " As a matter of fact, Botvi nnik hasn't T . A. Du nst, D r . M. Ellwe, Hana Kmoch. W . Karn. Fred Relnteld. This is what led to the appearance of even got a personal desk in the institute. CO RRESPON DEN TS the article below by L. Mamikonyan, And he has his own pet theory for that: Alahama E. M.. Cockrell. Tech. St., Chief Engineer of the USSR as 800n as a scienti! t gets a sturdy desk Al al ka S. H . O'Neil!. D. Californ ia D r . H . Ra.1~ t o n, M . J. Royer. Electric P ower Research Institute in Mos he stops being a thinker. Besides Bot· COl erado J . J. Reid. cow, a colleague of Botvi nnik's. The vin nik never occupies himself with chess Con necti cut Edmund E . Hand . De\ aw Rre M . R. Paul. translation of this article into English has and science at the same time, keeping Florida R . C. Ead w ood. been made from the text published in 11 strict regime in his work. Geo rg ia Bru well Iken. 6. " Our institute boasts quite a large chess lIt inol, J. G. Wa.r~n. Lcnimkoye Zrtamya on March Ind ia na D . C. H ills, D. E . RMIl4. "I can boldly state that among power circle - 50 people. Fifteen of them have Iowa W. G. Va nde rb u r ~. Kentucky J . ' V. Maye r. experts the name of Botvinnik the scien· chess ratings and make up the institute's Kan n, K. R. MacDona.ld. tis t is knuw n no less than that of Bot· chess team. Eve n after he had become Loul, la na A. L. McAuley. vinnik the chess player. He is a ,'err world cbampion, Botvinnik more than Maine L... El"- rldge. Maryland Cha rles BarMch. talented person wno constantly advan c e ~ once played on the first board of the Maslllchu sett, Frank!!n J . Sa.nborn. bold. advanced scientific ideas and works institute's team at the championships of Michiga n R. Buskager, J . R. WUaon. Minnesota R. C. Gove. successfully for their reali:l:alion. our sports society. Never has he refused Mlutn lppl D. A. HarriS. "Mikhail Botvinnik's dissertation for the to help his work mat es in the analysis Mlnouri E . A. Talley. N.. braska B. n Ellsworth. Ja.<: k Spence. doctor's degree was devoted to 'the power. of ;ames, often appearing in thematic R. E . Weare. ful control of excitation of synchronous simultaneous shows for the members of Nevada R. L. ·Wheeler. New Hampahlr. Ralph M. Gerth. generators.' This is quite a diffic ult theme, the team. New Vor k Edwa.rd. Lasker, H. M. Ph!lU"". whicn can be understood to the fun anI}' "The last exbibition of this kind wu North Caroli na D r. S. Noblin. North Dakota D. C. Macdonald. br an expert. All I can say is that Botvin· gillen by Botvinnik in February, when he Ohio R. B. Hayes, J . R . Schroeder. nik's work laid the beginnin g of an entire was already preparing for his encounter Penn sylvania WilH am R. Hamllton, Lee B. trend. His dissertation was followed by with. Tahl. Our chess players assert that Hoover. South Caro li na Prof. L . L. Foster. ma ny works both in the USSR and abroad the champion is now in good sporting South O. kota M . F . And .. uon. in which the problems he raised were Irim. Thus, I can declare on behalf of T .. nn ...... Mrs. M8.I"1ha H ard t, J . O . Sulli- van. Jr, developed and further elaborated. The the entire staff of our institute: 'May Te)llu Frank R. Graves, HOmeT H. Hyde. concrete im plementation of Botvinnik's T ahl forgive U!, but we wiU root fo r Uta h Harold Lundstrom. Virgi nia Leonard Morlran. • Article rus received direct trom Moscow. Dotvinnik.' " w est Vi rgi ni a C. Pride. WI. co naln E. Olfe. Wyoming E. F. Rohlff. OHElSS REVIEW I" pUbl!,hed monthly by Sub.crlptlon Rate, : One year 16. 00 , two CHESS REVIEW, 13' West 7M Street, years $11.00, thue year, US. is, wO"/"ld-wlde. COll egiate M. D. Treblow. Change of Addreu: Four Weeks' notiee reo CANADA New York 23, N. Y. Prhned In U. S. A. Re _ entered 11.& second-eJIl.I!' ma.tte'!' August 1. Qulred. Please fUMl lsll an add re.ss . tencll Alberta Perey Connell. ImprellSio n from the wrapper or a recent Britis h Columbia Dr. N. Divln' k¥. nn, at the Po.st OfOee a.t New York, N. Y.. unde r the Ac t or March 3, 1879. I.. ue. Add ...... s cbance. cannot be made wit h. Manitoba M. Stover. out the old address ... well 1I.S the new on e. Ontario R. D. J acIl.UM . Oeneral Offiees: 134 WMt '1" 2<1 Street, NeJ" Un.olieited manuscri pts snd ph otoll raph. Queb INTERNATIONAL Bobby Battles Bock In an early round at Mar del Plata, two favorites clashed. Boris Spassky of the USSR had White against Robert J. Fischer of the USA. Spassky played 1 P.K4, and, amazingly, Fischer did nOl play the Si. cilian! A King's Gambit resulted which, after bitter fighting, Spassky won. Thereafter, fo r round after round, both players battered down ali, or nearly all opposition. Spassky did draw with his compatriot David Bronstein. Then Fischer did likewise (having Black once again against a top contender). But Spassky lapsed for a draw with Marini of Argen tina. So, with one round to go, Fischer still trailed Spassky - by half a point. Fischer had White vs. Marini, and Spassky Black vs. Wexler of Argentina. Fischer sacrificed a piece and the Ex· change. Spassky sacJificed a Queen for tw o minor pieces. Bul Fischer won, and Th~ offic ial opening of the World Championship Match br ings together Chi ef Urn. Spassky drew - and 50 they ended In a pire Gideon Stahlberg (left), Champion Botvinnik, Challenger Tah l and fo rmer tie. World Ch amp ion Dr. Max Euwe: story on page 136. SOVFOTO by L. VeJikzhanin. The Fi na l Standings Fischer .. 13V.2 1 V.2 Foguelman 6V.2 8V2 Spassky . . 13V2 1 V.2 Incutto . . 6V.2 8V2 The Dutch Hastin9s the Deutscher Schachl'erballd, "will be ex· Bronstei n 11V2 3V.2 Bielicki 6 9 The annual Beverwijk Tournament in hibited with a mention of its source, kept Olafsson .10V2 4V2 Eliskases 6 9 Holland saw Tigran Petrosyan of the So· under lock and key, treated with all pos· D,I Bazan . . . . 9 6 Monte 4 11 viet Union and Bent Larsen of Denmark ~ib le care, and inS llred in due form." Wexler Marini . . 4 11 • • 8V2 6V.2 ti e for first at 6%.2%. Third was A. Letters from people interested in lending Letelier 8 7 Gad;a . . . 3 12 exhi bits should be a dd re ~sed to XIV . Redolfo 7V2 7V2 Sad ; . . . . 2 13 Matanovich of Yugoslavia, SY2-3 %, while J. H. Donner of Holland and SaIo Flohr Schach.Olympiade, Vorbereitendes Komi_ Setback for Tahl of the Soviet Union tied for third and tee, Leipzig Cl, P ostfach 504, Germany. In an international tournament at Riga, Fourth with 5-4 each. it was not Tahl of the Soviet Union but UNITED STATES World Chess Exhibition Boris Spassky who headed the fi eld with INTERSTATE 11%.1 % , a half point in front of his com· In connection with the next Chess patriot, A. Mikenas. Another Soviet play· "Olympiad" or world team championship, Standoff er, Tolush, placed th ird with 9%.3y::!. scheduled to open this year at Leipzig, In a clash between North Carolina and Tahl, who lost to both Spassky and },H· Ge rmany, on October 16, an international Virginia at Warrenton (North Carolina), ken as. found himself in the unfamiliar exhibition of "chess throughout the cen· a 12%.12Yz tie was the fitting outcome position of fourth prize winner - an ex· turies" is being planned by the Deutscher of a sharply waged battle. On first board cellent showing for most players .in a Schachverband. A req uest has been made for Virginia, U. S. mast er Eliot Hearst tournament of this strength, but decided· to chess players and chess organizations defeated Dr. No rman M. Hornstein. The ly poor for Tah\. (See CHESS REVIEW for throughout the world to lend exhibits for interstate series now stands at 2%.1% in March, 1960, pages 72.73.) the display, such as historic and/or artis favor of Virginia. tic chess sets, boards, tables, clocks, docu· Newcomer mcnts, manuscripts, photographs, tro· Narrow Victory A young Yugoslav co mer, Trampuz, cap· phies and general materials containing A close match between Pittsburgh and tured a small international tourney at the relationship of chess to mathematic~, Cleveland resulted in a 9·8 victory for Reggio Emilia, Italy, with a 6%·1% score, music, science, philosophy and the arts. the former. Pittsburgh strength was heav. followed by Bel}', 6·2. "Everything placed at our disposal," says il y concentrated on the upper boards and CHES:; REVIEW, MAY, 1960 131 was sufficient to carry the day des'pite reo piollship when he established a slight Sol the Unive rsity of Chicago was designed to verses in the lower half of the line.up. koff superiority over three other contend· prepare local players for the cOllling Winners for Pittsburgh were R. Bornholz. ers. Equaling Buckendorf's 3¥.!.Ph score, Greater Chicago, Western Open and U.S. G. Baylor. A. Spitzer. L. Gardner. M. Dic k Vandenburg, Lloyd Kimpton and Open championship. Robion Kirby ant.! Lubell. R. Caravacci and E. Clary. Cleve· C. H. Stewart were second, third a nd Marvin Roga n tied for first a t 3·1. la nd victors were T. Womey. Z. Krocek. fourth respectively un Solkoff points. A ma tch between the Crown Castle S. Korsgaard. A. P lack, E. P ietzak and Chess Club of Maywood and the Oak Park R. Hollenbaugh. Four games were drawn. NEW YORK Chess Club ended in a 5lh·5¥.! ti c. International master James T. Sherwin New Jersey. Dr. Milton Danon is new club REGION.6iL and former national junior champion Ray mond Weinstein outstripped twelve other champion of the Jersey City YI\-fCA Chess In the Dee p South competitors in the always powerful Mar_ Club by virtue of a play·off victory over A. L. McAuley of New Orleans tallied a shall Chess Club title tourney by scoring John J. Sussmann. 5·0 sweep in the Second Annual Louisiana· 12%.1% and thus becoming co.champions. New York. In the Geneva Scholastic Cham Mi~ issippi Open Tournament. Second to Other prize winners found themselves pionship, Robert Braun and David Far fourth wi th a 3¥2·1% tie, resolved by closely bunched at the end. A. E. San· well each tallied 4¥2.~. with Ihe nod go Swiss points, were Dr. Kenneth Vines, tasiere. 9-5, was third, followed by Sidney ing to Braun on tic·breaking lOtals. Gary E rdal, James West and Frank Chao Bernstein and John W. Collins in a tie for T he Finger Lakes Chess Society van · vez in the order mentioned. Seventh place fourth and mtll li t 8 ¥2.5~. T. A. Dunst quished the Bath Chess Club by 412.27'2. gained the Mississippi tide for W. Troy and A. E. Rankis. each 8·6, divided sixth Victors for the former were R. La Belle, Miller as highest ranking player from that prize money. A notable incident was the J. Van Buren. W. Vail and A. Brailow. state. withdrawal of W. G. Addison after the For Bath, the winners were M. Long and seventh round. when he was tied for the R. Conz. ,M. Quinn of Finger Lakes drew DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA lead and gave every indication of being with F. Kiff. Outwitting II 26 player field vying for a threat for top honors to the very end. Ihe District speed title. Eliot Hearst went There can be little doubt that he must Ohio. The Glass City Open at Toledo at· through his preliminary section with a per· have had a compelling excuse, since it is tracted no less than 76 entries, including fect score lind yielded only two draws in common observation dUlt people who re four maste rs, seventeeu experts and nine· the finals. Larry Gilden was II close tire from tournaments usuall y leave be teen Class A players. There was a q uad. second. hind them huge minus scores and uncon· ruple tie for first a t 4%.% a mong Ste vincin&: reastJlU; for withdrawal. phan Popel. A.I Sandrin, Ross S prague IDAHO and Jack O'Keefe, all of whom split lOp Once again Glen Buckendorf of Buhl WASHINGTON prize money. was successful in the Idaho State Cham· In the Washington State Championship, Scoring 4%.Y2. Al Frost captured the James McConnick and Viktors Pupols out· Columbus Open, half a point ahead of classed the field, with McCormick winning Walter Meiden, 4·1. by a 5·0 sweep and Pupol& placing second The Gem City Open held at the Dayton why play YMCA was won by George Kellner of , with 4·1. In third place was Mike Fra· nelt. 2~.2% . Lima, one whisker in front of Karl Zan. GO • gerle and Duane Bellinger. LOCAL EVENTS be game 01 Go Oreson. Cla rk Ha rmon of Portland, 5 ~. T Cali/ornia. Eugene Krestini s ubmerged his %, made it three in a row when he again oHers cltess players opposition in the San 132 CHESS REVIEW, MAY. 19'0 FOREIGN India Manuel Aaron of Madras took the na Australia lional title with a 10%.3% score. R. B. The Victorian Cham pionship went 10 Sapre and Hussain Ali taUied 10-4 each. W. J. GMS, a recent immigrllnt. In the Australian Jun ior Championshi p, South Africa the wi nner was W. Chia o AI the P retoria Chess eJub, the Lubow_ ski Memorial Tournament was won by BuhJaria K F. Kirby, 9·2. Runner·up was K. V. Z. Milev, 13l1z-5 lh, pl)Cket"ed the Bul· Grivainis, 8%.2%. ga rian title, ahead of M. Bobozov, 12Yz- A match between the Johann e~bur g 61f2, and O. Neikirch, 12-7. Che5.'S Club and a team representing the South African u nivers it ie~ resulted in a Finland 7Y..!-2 % triumph for Johannesburg. Wi th a score of l1ljz.llh, Ojanen wa~ The Charnwood Tournament went joint. again easy victor in the national cham· Iy to D. Isaacson and A. N. Rubenstein. pionship. each 5%-1%. Our Maine correspondent Larry Eldridge is President of Waterville ee, has Larry France Soviet Union Jr. (left) playing "reasonably well" at • O'Kelly de Galway 111 6V2 and JanIce illt nine mont hs really won a tourney Tahl's nemesis, Vi ctor Korchnoj, the ad ept at knoc kIng over the pieces. Paris with a 6-0 sweep. player again st whom Tahl the Terrible simply cann ot get to first base, was win· Germany ner of the Soviet championship with a boards, the Salem Chess Club dispatched Scoring 10-2 each. Colz and Pietzsch score of 14·5. Geller and P et r o~Ylll l the Eugene Chess Club by 6-4. George tied for the East Cerman title. Uhlmann, tallied 13%.5% each, while Bagirov, bene· Chrones was a 2-0 Eugene winner. for emost East Cerman player, was miss ficiary of a " finger-slip" by Korchnoj, ing from Ihe entry list. placed fou rth. Polugayevsky, UY2-7%. Pell/!$yivania. David Spiro, 4-1, was a The women's tille event wa s won, as was fifth, Averbakh, U·8, was sixth. and dear first in the P ittsburgh championship, usual, by Edith Keller-Herrmann. Smyslov, bracketed with Taimanov, could followed by W. Byl and, A. Spilzer and J. do no better than 10%·8%. Bronstein . Creps, 3lh·llh each. Median totals could Hungary erstwhile powerhouse, was amon g th ~ il ol resolve Ihe tie between Byland and A triple tie fo r lhe Hungarian cham "also·rans." (See Dr. Euwe's commenU S]liIZer, but relegated Creps to fourth. pion ship was registered by Barcza, Por on page 144 concernin g the surprises in Texas. Fort y-eight players from six states tisch and Szabo, each 137'2.5%. this tournament. ) attended the EI Paso Open Tournament. r------ which was won by J ose Cortez at Albu querque with a score of 5-1. He collected A GREAT BOOK by a GREAT TEACHER a cash prize of $100. Of the seven play ers wi lh a 4lh-llh score, Wanen Miller was runner-up on tie.breaking totals. CHESS SECRETS Washinston. A 4-0 sweep won the Pierce County championship fo r Vernon Hohnes. by EDWARD LASKER Runner.up WIIS Dick Somsen. Apparentl y the Latvians are as menac ing on the West Coast as on the East , as evidenced by their vi ctory in the Puget N this mellow volume of memoirs, Lasker offers Sound League wit h a match score of 6%· I a wealth of fascinating detail about his name· %. No rt h Seattle, 6·1, was second. and sake Emanuel, Capablanca, Alekhine, Nimzovich and the Gol den Horde, 5·2, fin ished third. Top other great playe rs of past and present, from whom th ree Latvian players were E. Zemgalis. V. P npols, tllld V. Seglins. he learned the fine points of chess by crossing swords with them. A mem ber of the armed forces w r it ~: Wiscomill. In the Milwaukee champion " .... My heartiest congratulations on what I con· ship, Henry Meifert was viClorious with sider a monumental piece of work, outstanding in a an outstandin g 8·1 lally, ahead of Fred Zarse, 7.2, and Arpad Elo, 61f2.2 1f2. Forty. rare combination of instruction, entertainment and sbeer reading pleasure... . two players parti cipated. I was sorrv when I reached the end but found the second reading even more enjoy_ able.... I have actually been trying in vain to recall any book which has gi ven me CANADA 80 much enjoyment as this one." Contains 75 games annot CHES$ REV tEW , MAY, 1960 133 New Mexieo - May 28 to 30 moves/ 2 hours, then 25/hour ; adjudica. 1960 Albuquerque Open Tournament at tion after 4 hours in 2d, 3d & 5th Rd: EF YMCA, 1st & Central, Albuquerque, New 810 plus USCF membership: register 5 to Mexico: 6 Rd 55 Tlllt: t.rophies for 1st 3 7:30 PM, June 24 or in advance by mail: places and 1st juniur, for further infoI'· $S include $500 fund, lst $150, others for Illation: Don Wi lson , 724 Washington NE, 2d to 6th, top expert, top A & B: title & Albuquerque, New Mexico. trophy to winner, to highest woman, tro phies to 2d & 3d , to highest expert and A Ohio - May 29 to 30 & B and books to two top unrated play Buckeye Open Chess Tournament at ers: for advance entry, further informa Central Yf..ICA, 40 \V est Long St., Colum· tion, write to US Chess Federation, 80 bus, Ohio: 5 Rd S5 Tmt, 50 moves/ 2 East 11 Street, New York 3, New York. hours, adjudication after 4 hours: EF S6 ($4 if before May 27) plus USCF mem District of Columbia - July 2 to 4 bership: play 10 AM, 3 PM & 8 PM, May 1960 Eastern Open at Burlington Hotel. 29, 8:30 AM & 2 PM, May 30: final regis COMING EVENTS IN THE U. 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M. 5th: send advance entries to US Chess (including new): 6 Rd SS tmt, 50 Federation, 80 East 11 St., New York 3, For bene fit of our readers, these ite ms See A~rU l$Sue for May Tournen already are prlrlted If reported by authorized offi_ New York. ~ubnshed then, crowded out now. cials at least two mOrlths In lIdvance. )34 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 since Tahl was such a popular chess MIKHAIL TAHL player and the pride of all Latvia, ther could settle all the formalities there and By International Grandmaster Andrei Lilienthal then, without any delay. On the same evening, Tah] played a tournament game There probably is no country in the with Boris Spassky, a Leningrad grand world today, where the successes of master of his own age. And, although Mikhail Tabl, the Soviet grandmaster, are Tahl lost the game, this day will remain not commented upon. The year 1960 has for him the happiest day in his life. In arrived and in early spring - in March any case, it will not be a "youngster," - Mikhail Tahl will begin his match but a reliable family man, who will meet with Mikhail Botvinnik for the world Botvinnik in l\hrch. Seriously speaking, chess championship. He has won thi$ the forthcoming match for the world chess right of honor at the claimants' tourna· championship evokes great interest in all ment in Yugoslavia. countries. It will truly be a meeting of Mikhail Tabl is not only a strong clless two giants in chess. player, hut a witty person as well. I re· member how in early November the jour. nalists were hurrying to see Tahl, to speak "An ori g inal ood thorough work. with him and to get an interview at the Vnukovo Airport near Moscow, where the Contains much meal for the plane with the chess players had landed. student. "-LARRY EVANS, There was TaW, surrounded by numerous reporters, standing in the center of the International Grand Moster airport building and parrying the ques· tions put in succession by curious journal. ists. One of them asked the grandmaster COMBI NA TIO NS: who had helped him to become such a high·class chess player. MIK HAil TAHl THE HEART OF CHESS "The main thing was that nobody ever Beginning with the simplest combina_ hindered me in playing chess," Mikhail tions, this famous chess author leads Tahl answered. That was true enough. of his ability to evaluate and understand quickly the most intricate variants. Tahl you into more complicated play. "Based Mikhail was brought up in Soviet Latvia on 356 of the greatest combinations hy and had, just like all those of his age, all is supported in his experimenting by a \lurely creative approach to chess, which ,h, world's greatest masters - 356 opportunities to display his talents. That heartbeats. A book of wit ,od WiS' is why there is nothing extraordinary and had always been a characteristic feature of the best representatives of the Soviet dom. Every player will he delighted and uncommon in his biography. Just like instructed by it." - JOHN W. COL- everybody else, he went to school. In his school of chess. LINS, Former U. s. Correspondence free time, he mostly played chess. The A game of chess for Tahl is not a means to gain another point in a tournament; it Champion. Each combination has its boy joined the chess section of the Riga own diagram and the book is fully in- Palace of Young Pioneers. The sharp, is a field for displaying his gifts, his creative individuality. Tahl possesses the dexed. "In my opinion it is a very good piercing, truly eagle.like look at the chess· book and I havc studied certain paris board, that was characteristic of the boy exceptio nal ability to evoke a combina tional storm, even if it rages in a glass with great interest and satisfaction."- Mikhail, has remained a distinguishing DR. MAX EUWE, Former World Chess of water, as is said, in the calmest of feature of the grandmaster to this day. Champion. $4.50 Today, Tahl is a slender, medium sized positions. man with a shock of black hair. He was Immediately after his return from Yugo. by Irvin g Ch er ney born in a doctor's family. His father did slavia, Tahl celebrated his twenty.third not live to see his son's major successes, birthday. When the International Chess • but his mother is proud of her boy. Tournament with the motto, "The Baltic It would not be an exaggeration to say Sea Must be a Sea of Peace," was recently TH OMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY that Mikhail Tahl is one of the 1U0St strik conducte(l in Riga and Tahl was one of 432 Park Av enue south, New York 16, N. Y. ing figures in the history of chess. Having its participants, an important event took for a number of years studied chess place in the young grandmaster's life. He techniques under his trainer, Alexander married. Curiously, the "finish" of his Koblentz, Tahl has just in recent years courting was distinguished,as were many BOTVINNIK - TAHL MA TCH All the games, Commentary on matCh. suddenly scored unprecedented achieve of his chess games, by an unforeseen de· Record of previous \Vorld Champion- ships. Highlights of both players' ments in chess. Beginning with 1957, velopment of events. The point was that careers. Ready by end of May. Send Tahl has come out victoriously from five he had been meeting with his future wife 75 c only to out of six major chess tournaments. This for a comparatively long time and, of CHESS PUBLICATIONS 156 Holland Park Av.,nu." London 'tV 11 alone is convincing proof of the fact that course, was anxiously awaiting his wed· Great Britain Botvinnik has found a worthy opponent. ding day. But he never suspected that it L Mikhail Tahl has won popularity as a would be on that day. On a December r player of It special, sharply combinational morning, they were taking a walk about PORTOROZ IN TE RZONA L 210 gam.,s In Engl!sh descriptive no- style. From the very first moves, he -the city. They decided to go to the regis tation. 76 pages. Varitroed EdWon. strives towards stormy complications, try office to find out what formalities Superb value! See bow U. s. A.'s f,randmaster Bobby Fischer qUal!fled sometimes choosing variants that another were needed for the marriage. They were or the 1959 Challengers Tournament. master of a calmer nature would deem to cordially welcomed and told what docu· Send only .$2 (bills) to The British Chess Maga~ ; ne, Ltd. be too risky. Tahl's boldness is not only ments they had to have. But here one of 20 Chestnut Road, West Norwood, the result of his certainty of himself and the registry office employees said that, London SE 27 Great Britain CH ESS REVIEW , MAY, 19110 13S ORLD CHA PIONSHIP TAHL TAKES ' Y LEAD ONCE AGAIN a world c hampionship mat ch ill under way at C hallenger Mi khail T a h l meets hie compatriot World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. As t he match began, the young and dynamic Challenger f lashed to an early lead, and added to It, like II. modern ver' slon of Paul Morphy - so It seemed. He won the very first game. against Champion Botvlnnlk's old stand·by, t he French Defense. He held his lead with draws through Game 5. He won Games 6 and 7 for a three point lead. WIlen Tah! lost Games 8 and 9, how ever, and the records of the earller games were receIved, sober second thoughts began to be voiced. 'I'aht Is dynamic, yes, but hardly shapes up as the irresistible force he had seemed. In fact, the play on both Bides seemed rHe with errors, and Tahl lucky In some instances to have escaped with draws, How would his losses a ppear? At least one was reported to have been on a blunder. Even more sober third thoughts, how. ever, supel·sede. The past matches for The first game of the match with World Champion Botvinnik behind the Black men. the World Championship may always Br itish master Harry Golombek, standing, is Assistant Umpi re. Former World Cham. In seem glorious retrosper:t. But close pion Max Euwe, at table with ha nds eluped, represents the F IDE for t he ope ning scrutiny and analyses or the games of the match. Photo by L. Vellkzhanin lor SOVFOTO shows they had their share, and more tban their share. ot blunders, too. We must leave appraisal or the match So we give samples or the Soviet 10 amass a dOlen !loin ts, that is to achie'·c to a more objective lime and mood and, point of view on this matcb as In fol· a draw in order to retain his wo rld tille. meanwhile, try to guess the outcome as [n caae the honors pass over to Ta ll l, Taht leads by 8 to 6. He also won lowing articles. See also what appears Botvinnik will be entitled to challenge him Game 11. on pages 129 and 134. to a return title match withiu a year's time. The games will be played in the Push· Botvinnik's Experience or Tahl's Temperament? kin Theatre on Tuesdays, Thursdays and By L. . Viktorov Saturdays from 17.00 to 22.00 hours. Ad· Muscovites have nOt been pampered been further heightened by the facl that journed games will be continued on with U.S.s.R. title tournaments in chess Botvinnik and Tahl have never before met Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at th e in the Jast few years. This interesting at the chessboard. According to the Central Chess Clu b from 16.30 hour~. competition has taken place in Riga, drawing, the Riga challcnger will play Chess Master Grigory Goldbcrg will be Dotvinnik's second and Master Alexander Tbilisi [ Tiflis] and Leningrad. But M o.~· with the White pieces in the opening cow chess fan s are repaid a hundredfold game and in the subsequent odd·number Koblene will serve in the same capacity by the promotion of world title meets in games. lor Tahl. :Mikhail B o t ~ innik, who is 48 years old. Soviet capital. And now again hu nd reds The President of the International Chess has been competin g in the leading chess of thousandll of Muscovites are agog with Federation (FIDE) entrusted the opening tournaments both at home and abroad for excitement on the eve of the new match of the , match to the well· known Dutch between two of the world's top-ranking more than 30 years. He holds the title of Grandmaster, .Max Euwe, world champion world champion for the last 11 years. Grandmasters. in 1935-1937. i\lany other prominent Since 193 1. when he, a twenty·year.ohl The drawing of this malch took place Grandmasters and Masters of diHerent Leningrad YCLer, became the champion in the National Hotel on Sunday, March countries are expected to arrive in Mos· of Ihe SO\'iet Union, Botvinnik has been 13, and the !iolemn opening of tlie duel cow to watch the match between two out· Ihe recognised leader of our chess move· between the current title-li older, Grand· standing Soviet players. Gideon Stahl· ment. He won the national title six times master Mikhail Botvinnik, and the ehal· herg. the fa mous Swedillh Grandmaster, and once gained the U.S.S.R. overall hon. lenger for the world crown, Mikhail Tahl, has been approved as the umpire of Ih~ ors (such honors were not contested in the young Grandmaster from Riga. took match. His assistan t is Harry Golomhek, t.he spring of 1941). Botvinnik has al· place the following day at the U.S.S.R. the popular British i\b ster. ways been noted fo r his exceptionally thor· Central Chess Club on Gogolevsky Boule· The match is a 24 game fixture. but if ough strategic plans on the chessboard, I'ard. one of the players should collect 12.5 or for his tactical flexibility and extraordi· Today at 17.00 Moscow lime, this long. 13 points sooner he will be proclaimed thfl nary ability of taking advantage of nu· awaited duel will begin in the Pushkin winner, and the remaining games will not ances, no matter how slight, of one or an· Theatre. Interest in this enco unter has be played. It will suffice for Botvinnik other position. That the world champion CHESS REV IEW, MAY, 1960 N. RomanoY, chair miln , Cent r il l Council of Union of S ports To h i, left are Tahl a nd Botyinnik, iln d second on his ri ght Societiea ilnd Or gil n izat ions of t he USSR, , peilks at ope ni ng i, Mil t ch Umpi r e Gideon Stilhlberg, Swedish Grandma ster. ce remo ny of t he mat ch, March 14, at t he Ce ntril l Chess Club. Photo by A. CheprU IlOv for SOVFOTO possesses extensive kn owledge of clless should ha\'e a more sober approach to his whi ch he highly favored in tile past. In tlleory is testified by his valuable printed game and. whenever circumstanct!S require stead of respond in g with any of the usua l works on the game. it, to restrain his ardor. cont iJlUa tiOIl S, Tah! at once sought all Mikhail Botvinnik has won high gov. Predicting the ou tcome of the BOlvinnik· acute position linked with the rejection ernment awards, the Order of Lenin and Tahl ma tch is pointless. On one end of of castling. the Badge of Honor, for his outstanding the scale we fin d great experienc(! , pro It may be of interest to know that up achievements in ciless. found and logical thought and virt uoso to Black's 11th mo ve the game coincided When Botvinnik received the title of techn ique of the world champion, and on with the Gligorich- Pclrosya n game in the Grandmaster as a result of his victory in the other, the youthful fervor and in· recent Challcngcrs' Tournament. Botvin a big international to urn ament in Moscow dom itable temperament of th e challenger. ll ik Lhen diverged from the continuation in 1935. hi s present rival, l\likhail Tahl, Wha t will prevail in thi s tense struggle, chosen by Petros yan earlier and tried to had not yet been born. The Riga Grand· which will continue for nearly two months, snatch the initiative with a daring Pawn master is a quarter of a century younger is hard to say beforehand. especially since sacrifice. However, Tah! displayed i ll. than the wo rld title·holder. Broad sec the playing form of the con testants in the genu ity so cha racteristic of him. He suc tions of the world's chess fans became ac· course of the match is unknown. And so, ceeded in activating his pieces, brought quainted wi th Tahl onl y three years ago we are ready to rool fo r the Muscov ite his Rook into play and forced Botvin ni k when he unexpectedly won the Gold Medal and hi s Riga rival and to wish them eve ry also to reject the idea of castling. of the U.S.S.R. champion. The twent y success. May the strongest win. What In II position of double-edged sharpness, year-old Grandmaster immediately won ever the outcome, the winner will he our Tahl pre$ ervcd his advantage of an extu popularity among the chess devo tees. This Soviet ci tizen. Pawn. On the other hand, Botvinnik had swift rise of popularity was largely do to spent too much time thinking over his T ahl's unusual style of chess play. His The Match S+or-ts opening moves. The world champion impetuous and daring performances in soon experienceHANS KMOCH The poInt is here that. on 20 .. . R Rt, White has 21 P - K6! QxP 22 R- K3 GAME 1 (22 , . . QN-K4 23RxN!). A Pawn and Move Affair 21 R-K3 · . , , Tahl's SlIccess in the first game of White still prevents 21 · R-Rl. the match is perfectly deserved and yet 21 , , , . K-Q2 hard to understand. For there is ac 22 R-N 1 P-N3 tually no fight. 23 N-B4 , . , ' Botvlnnik adopts one of his pet lin es. The forCing 22d move stopped ... H is eleventh move is probably new and R- TII. and now t he latter is no longer certainly dubious; but, since he mu~t a thr eat. ha\'e studied it beforeh and and since 23 . , .. QR-K1 26 R/4xN N-N3 'Whlte's counter· play is anything but 12 Q-R5t N-N3 24 R- N4 B- B3 27 R- Q4 Rx Rt surprising, it seems that Dlack is pro· 'Walking into a pin lUIS its drawback,.;, 25 Q- Q1 N,N 28 P x R K- B2 ceeding according to some preconceived, of COUfse, but it is ine\'itable . 'Vhile ha!l skillfully l'egl'ollped h is feasible pla n. Bnt, no: only two moves forees and so consolidated his advan later, and for no obviouS reason, the It does seem, however, that 12 ... K ta ges. champion gives away a Pawn for not hing Q1, though it exposes Blael;: to another pin, offers better chance~: and must su bsequently suffer the fate of anyone who dares give a g!"ltndmaster 1) 13 N·-K2, pxpr a nd White l ack~ the odds of Pawn and move. a convincing continuation (14 B- N5'! Something went wrong jn the cham· QxP!); pion 's mind. It is impossible to say what. 2) 13 B--KN5 confers a winning advan- Tahl utilizes llis advantage with in· lage on White if Black lliays 13 , . . exorable techniqne. QxKP? 1~ N-B3! and too ,P'( 26 . . . . R-Q5 ! This move completely changes the pic· ture, revealing the magic power or mac k's passed Pawn. Tld$ Pawn alone COml)ensates for the piece, and the Before the match: Champion Botvinnik, Challenger T ahl and Former Champion Euwe. other extra Black Pawn aSSlH'es the win. SOVFOTO by L. Velikzhanin. 27 B-K1 , .. Obviously, White's only move (27 B- Q- Q2 and 23 B- DJ. Such a counter-ac Q- R4 27 Q- K6t, K- R1 28 N-K4! or 26 K3 Is met by 27 , .. RsN!). tion undertaken rl'om the very sol!d po . , , Q-D4 27 N- K4! 27 . . . . B-K4t sition here may put Black into difficulty_ 3) 25 ... Q-B7 26 B- K4! a nd 26 , ,. B 28 K- N1 B-B5! K4 27 BxQ, P-B6~ 28 QxB! or 26 . .. p Bf) 27 Q- Kl! or 26 . . . RxE 27 QxR, RxN Now Black recovers his piece. 28 Q- K6t! K- Bl 29 RxP ! 29 NxP • • • • White has n othing beUer (29 R-Hl, RxN! or 29 Rl3- N l, QBxR!). 29 . . . . RxR 30 NxR/4 • • • • NOI' is 30 NxR/l or any avan as Oil SO , . . BxN 31 RxP? Black wins a piece with 31 ... R-QS. 30 , . . . AxBt 31 B-B1 B_K5 32 N_ K2 • • • • 21 _ . . _ N- B5 White has to do something about the Tah l is a mastel' of sacrifices but threat of 32 .. . BxP, and his Rook is tied down to defending against. , . B- Q6. sometimes acts as though just addicted 25 RxQ . . . , 32 , . . . B-K4 34 AxP BxP to them. At any rate, this on e Is fauIty. A grave blunder which t u rns the issue 33 P_B4 8 - B3 35 R-QB7 , .. , Black has llad only a harmless initiative upside·down. so far and is not entitled to indulge in COlTect and decisive is 25 BxP! B- K4t Not 35 RxQRP?? RxN! violent action. 26 K- N 2! DxR 27 RxB. Q- B7 28 R-QBl, 35 . . . . p,p 22 PxN Q- N7 29 B- N4. with these main variants: 36 RxQRP • • • • 23 B-Q2 Q,P 1) 29 . .. BxN 30 RxB! HxR 31 Q-K6t Now, however, White has the saving 37 24 QR-N1 P- B6 and mate in three; R- R8t after 36 . . RxN. 2) 29 ... RxN 30 KBxR, R xR 31 B- K6t, Black's attack has come to an end 36 . . . . B-B5 38 R-R7t K-K3 and White wins (31 . . . K- Bl 32 Q- B3t, practically as soon as started. The last 37 R- RSt K_B2 39 R-R3 P_Q4! move constitutes a des perate measure D-D3 33 DxR; or 31 .. . K- Rl 32 Q-B3, against White's impending counter-at B- N2 33 Q- B7 an d mate next; or 31 . . . After 39 , .. BxN 40 R- K3t, 'W hite has tack. K- N2 32 Q- K3! and White mates or wins chances for a draw. Q- K6t is an important link in that the Rook); 40 K-B2 B-R5t counter-attacl>; so Black is anxious to 3) 29, .. R/I-B2! 30 B- K6t, K- Rl! 31 41 K- N2 K-Q3 anticipate it, by preparing to barricade N- Ql! with a winning attack fOI' White 42 N-N3 · . . , the King rne with .. _ B- K4t, making no matter where the Queen goes: 31 ... Other White moves are equally lJOpe both moves with tempo, Q- N·J 32 !'I- K3! or 31 .. , QxP! 32 Q- B3! less. K- N2 (01' 32 . . . B- N2 33 RxR. QxR 34 B 42 , . . , 44 KxB K_Q4 After 2,1 ... DxR 24 RxB, White wins B3!) 33 RxR, QxR 34 B-N5! (thl'eatening 45 A-A7 easily: 35 B-Q8), P-N4 35 N- K3, Q- B6 36 Q-K2! 43 BxB P-B6 1) 25 _ .. P-B6? 26 Q-K6t! with the decisiye double threat of 37 Black's Bishop Pa \Vn is declsiye. 2) 25 .. . Q-R6 26 R- N3, and 26 ... Q QxP and 37 N- N4: e.g., a) 36 ... P- QR3 46 R-QB7 K-Q5 R 3 27 Q-K6t, K-Rl 28 B-KBl! or 26 ... 37 N-N4 (threatening to win with the Resigns 142 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 1 W h ite t o move and w in 2 Black t o move a nd wi n A word more be fore start· E quality in mater ial is ap THE WINNING PUNCH ing: main credit. goes for pat'€nt here alld. fo r you as OHimes when both sides are under cl'iticaI nrc, both or spotting winning mo\'e but mack. t he prOS]lect~ of a them faIteL', one artcl' the other as each's turn to move come" do check of[ a ll ma in de favora ble el\il·game would be fens es for full (·t·edit. good if you could hold YOllr \lTJ . Excitement. tension undel' pressure of the tic:killg clock l\ow hen> ~"OH face a mat Illatf)!·ial. U nfortunately, how and heightened. Ilerhap~. by knowledge that II win is there is ing th reat Hnd material defi ever. White has the greater the explanation. Here are som e Im ockonts whidl \\,(, !'e misse,l dt. The maHe r who missed threats. hittIng Knight and all occasion. In Qu iet ,'ela xation at home. you should find th~ this win thonght Pate un kind P awn. while you molest mer e winning p111w hes: 10 for an excellent score: 8 fOl ' a good here. but mOI 'e ~o when the ly a P awn. But hold on! Is score; and 6 fo r a fair score. Solutions on page 159. win was told him. W)lat is it? t hat all you threaten? 3 Wh ite t o move and win 4 Black t o move a nd w ir, 5 W h ite t o move a nd wi n 6 Bla ck t o move a nd w in In this l)osition. Black is With 81 il< 11t adaptations In this ]losition, mack has Sometimes in t he cour se of a Pawn IIp, and his set-up is (because of faulty memory), compensation in Pawns fOl" a game, it pays to review all ~n U b' not cramped. his every t his position is one through hi8 deiitielwy in pieces - the radors, both ponderables unit is solidly prolected, his whieh the wriler ~urrel'ed as ample COl!lilenSaUon, one and imponrlembles. Then King position is tho roughly "\\'h ite. Uul h e esea ped wit h a " 'ould say. ex"cpt, not t he again. it may pay just to get seclire. What does a fellow draw after all. though el'el'V· oretically bnt pt"actically, for up. walk onte aroll nd the do fOl' a living ill this sort one in the room eXf'e]lt Black the fador that an mara ]l iece I'oom and cOllie back fo r a of a g ame? Like the famous saw the winning play. Put l1! 7 W h ite to move and win 8 Black to move a nd wi n 9 W hi t e to move and w in 10 S lack t o move a nd win H ere you flre as II'lIite in Back to a more duttet'ed Tn this ~ort of position, YOII might well in such a one of those elassieal fixes board in this position. you yon should want t o clinch a position as this fail t o per· in w hkh "canl.iness of yonr have no material defitit with win Quicldy. Despite bein g ceive a good idea, let alon e material indicates ,I most w hirh Lo ree1wn and a rathe r ahead by an Exchange fot" Ii a win ning one. And then, drastic of remedies. You are evident pOHitional advantage. P awn (which oug)lt probably lor you may see t wo waYH fl Rook down and have a few All YOll need i~ ingenuity to wi)) of itself), you tan to ,,·I n. U one is fallacious, pesl;:y problems besides, such "'herewith to enforce a win. not rest ea~y with your K ing pick the sound one by all as checl{mate if you leave T hiH po~itioll jnst might so expo~ed as it is. In fact, means. If both lire good, your Ql or QNl ar, cessiblc. seem rathel' ~terile - but I ... Q- Nl '( 01" . . . Q- Qlt t hen pkk the best. See a Your win has complicated not if you de\'i~e a proper is a seriol1S threat! So what good m ove? Look for a elements of precision. See it? program. Can you? do you do? better! CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 An outstanding recent game, annotated by a former World Champion. by DR. MAX EUWE THE RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP The Russian Championship ended with the surprising victory of the Leningrad grand master Victor KOl'chnoj. Yefim Geller and Tigran Petrosyan captured second and third places respectively. And there were more surprises: David Bronstein ended in twelfth place, and Vassily Smyslov shared seventh. And Boris Spass~i and Mark Tai manov apparently had their troubles with the younger generation. For instance, the twenty-foul' year old newcomer Bachirov, substituting for Keres, gained fourth place. Polugayevski and Krogius did very well in placing fifth and sixth, and their games show great promise for the future. The game between Geller and Korchnoj may he taken as the high 11 B_ B4 . . , . After 11 PxP, BxP 12 B-K3, N- B3 13 point of the tournament. It was in the next to the last round with Q-Q2, Black gets enough counter·play Korchnoj trailing Geller by a half-point. So, to remain in the running, with 13." R~B2 ! Korchnoj had Lo win. From the sharpness of Geller's play, too, he did 11 . . . , N-B3 not appeal' to be seeking a draw either. 12 PxP . . . . Against the Alekhine Defense, on which Korchnoj is an expert, Otherwise. there follows 12 ... PxP ]3 BxP, NxB 11 NxN, P-B4 with strong Geller sacrificed a Pawn, then missed the sharpest attacking continuation counter·play for Black. and, at the end, confronted with the choice of being mated 01' losing his 12 . . . , B.P Queen, resigned. 13 P~Q5 , , . , Now, of course, 13 B~K3 amounts to USSR CHAMPIONSHIP 6 B- Q3 is not so good on account of a loss in tempo, leningrad, 1960 6 .. . BxB 7 QxB, PxP 8 BPxP, P - QB1 9 P-Q5, P-K3! with the inItiative to 13 , , , . N~R4 ALEKHINE DEFENSE Black. 14 N-K5 , . . , Yefim Ge ller Victor Korchnoj 6 . . • . This P awn sacrifice offers very good ·White Black 7 BPxP , . . . chances. Other possibilities here are: 1 P-K4 N_ KB3 1) 11 N-Q2? PxP, and Black wins a Korchnoj is one of the few present· Pawn (15 P~B5, B~Q5t): day grandmasters who regularly uses 2) 14 PxP, QxQ 15 KRxQ, BxN 16 Pxll, this defense with success. BxP 17 BxP, Nj4xP with an excellent 2 P-K5 N-Q4 game for Black. 3 P-Q4 P_Q3 4 P-QB4 , . . . Though 4 N-KB3 is much more lIsual. th is line is aggressive and sharp. 4 , , , , N-N3 5 P-B4 , . . . This is the Four Pawns Variation, the usual sequel to the previous White move, though 5 PxP and 5 N-KB3 a r e 7 . . , , P-K3 also known. A noteworthy thought: Black delays 5 . , , . B-B4 developing his Queen Knight in order Theory considers 5 ... PxP 6 BPxP, to castle as soon as possible. 7 . , . N~B3 N- B3 as hest for Bla ck here. 8 B-K3, P-K3 leads to well known varia· 6 N_QB3 . . . . tions. 14 . . . • B.N Pachman considers 6 N-KB3 stronger: 8 N-B3 B-K2 Black embarks on what is definitely e.g., 6 , . . PxP 7 BPxP, N- B3 8 P-Q5, 9 B-K2 0-0 too risky a project. With 15 ... Q- K2, 100-0 , , N-Nl 9 N-B3, P~K3 10 B-N5 with advan . . he can maintain a good position, tage for White. Instead of 7 , . , N- B3, 10 P~Q5 here is too sharp: after 10 15 BxB Nj4xP however, Black can. as In this game. . , . B-QN5, White cannot hold his center. Now Black has to continue as other· better continue with 7 .. P -K3 and 10 . , . . P-KB3 wise 16 Q-Q4 comes In wIth threats. 8 .. , B~K2. This is the characteristic method of 16 BxN NxB t = (;heocll:; ;: = dbl. (;h&cil:; t = Ilia. clI, attack on White's center, 17 BxNP , , , , 144 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 28 , , , , K-N3 Now Black threatens 29 , , , Q- R8t 30 Q- N1, B-Q6t 31 r-,'-K2 (31 K- Kl, RxPt), QxQt 32 BxQ, RxP 33 R -Kl, R- B2t! and Black wins, 29 N-K2 Q-R8t 30 N- N1 , . . , On 30 Q- N1 , QxQt 31 KxQ, P-N3 32 N U4t, K-B2 33 B-R3, N-K6 (33 , , . P- B·\ H P- N4l. mack has the better end·game, but the winning requires a great deal of precise study, 30 . . , , P- N3 31 Q- Q8 On 31 B- R3, Black has 31 . . . Q-H5! and 1) 32 N- 83, N- R7t! 33 K-K2, NxN, winning a piece ; or 2) 32 R-Ql , P-B4 33 Q-Q6'(, K-l'\2. and Black wIns. 31 .. , , N-B3 33 Q- Q2 P-B4 32 B-R3 B-K5 34 P-QN4 . . . . On H R- Kl, Black has 34 ... RxP with the destructive threat of 35 .. . QxPt. 34 . , . . P- B5 And now there is nothing that wl1l help against 35 . B-Q6t. 35 P_N5 B-Q6t New USSR Champion Victor Korchnoj Resigns White must take or remain a P awn 22 K-Rl (22 K- Bl? B- Q6!), Q- KB5 23 down without compensation. P-N3, QAP 24 Q- B4t, K- R l 25 Q- QH, A SUPERB PEG-IN 17 , , , , N_K6 N- K4, a.nd Blacl;:'s attack is probably mOI'e dangel·olls. Bla ck's play has been based on this possib!lity. On 18 .. , KxB 19 Q-Q4t, 20 . . . . N- N5 P-K4 20 QxN, R- B2 21 QH-Kl, While 21 PxP Q-R5 has Ii superiol' position. 22 P- K7 . . . 18 Q_K2 \\"hi1.e·s position {'a nnot be reinforced in any other manner. Too bad! 'With 18 Q-Q-I! Wh ite call p I'ove ll is Pawn sa cl'ifice COlTect : 22 .. .. Q- R7t 23 K- B1 Q- B5t 1) 18 ... Q- N4 19 R- B2, P- B4 20 PAP e.p. QR-Ql 21 E-B6! with decisive ad, vantage for Whlte; 2) 18 . . . NxR 19 BxR, and Black has no time for 19 ... NxP because of t he THE MIKADO, the finest peg·in set threat of 20 Q- N7 mate; available, made of smoothly finished 3) 18 .. , N- B7 19 Q-K5, NxH 20 ExIt. Tsuge wood in a handsome Staunton Qx8 21 RxN, Q- N2 22 Q- 84, and White cherry pattern (King height 1"), is a su· has the best chances. perb gift for a real chess frie nd, It is en· hanced by a handmade two·t one le athe r board and an unfold ing case attr THE PROBLEMIST'S DREAMLAND mult;tude of helpful hoob on che,," But;t w", not Th h b d 'Il b' . kl' f r ~ so long ago that the then current masters had derived ere ave eel? an WI e qUit: ,a spnn mg 0 possibly the greater part of their middle game repel'- construed, ~r call It cons tr~lCt ed pOSltIO~s a~ong ,th e tory from ideas originated by problem composers. And examples glVen on t~ e var~ous themes III thiS sen~s . that "bag of tricks" had not been published where the So some of the practIcal mll1ded readers who practIce average chess-player, much less the duffer, would be only over-the-board play may be confronted with a apt to find it. So there is practical merit in these novel vista. problem themes and arts of composition. The id ea is not to propagate problem chess or end· Aside from such merit, moreover, there are values game composition for themselves or in preference to worthwhile in these themes. Sport, competition, psy· regular games between two opponents bent on winning. chology, fighting spirit and stamina are all part and But it will not do to jo-nore here the fascinations of the parcel of the game. But they must utilize logic, ob· problem field nor of ~llizzes and their solutions. Prob. jective perfec.tion, , ;nath~~atic~~ perception, geometri· lems and studies are also part of the mysteries of the cal. constructIOn, conditIOn al tasks and. escapades , f . '" . . . d'ff" d" which can often, or mostly, he shown only III problems sixty. oUI ~quales, In a I elent ImenSlOn, so to d h " 'f" I " " k hI A" " h I h f I d"1 an t ose artl ICla settmgs. tas pro ems. gam spea k , W hIC revea swat 0 ten cannot Je so rea I Y th t" I' B t "d f " h " I h " h . h d' . f b dIe prac lea, u, aSl e rom t e practIca , t ere IS s own 1I1 t e llnenslOn ~ cross oar pay. . no valid reason for excluding sheer fun from chess- And much of worth 111 crossboard play has fust , .... hich is embodied in problems and especially task been revealed in problem efforts. Today, perhaps, problems. all or almost all combinational tricks, positional rna· A number of further examples, now and in later neuvers and sacrificial tours de force of the middle installments will be from this latter category. Let's game have been incorporated in one or another of the start the fun! Staging a Garrot The smothered mate has had Its per· ennial appeal and so has given risB to composer's inspirations in many a form. The "GUlTot" is one of these, and as will be Quickly apparent, it is 110t mel'ely another smot.hered mate but of extremely close kin to "Phllidor's Leg acy." It is best exemplified as an in t roduction by this composition, woven by the famous mast{']" and theoretician of the last century, Janisch. 10 N-B6 mate 1 P-S3t p,p 9 N-Q5 t P,N 2 Q-K6t K-B5 10 B-Q6t P,B 3 P-K3t p,p 11 Q-B6t K-K5 The Garrot Again <1- Q--S6t K-K5 12 R-N4t N_B5 p,p P,R As a pendant to the same conception. 5 P-Q3t 13 RxNt N_Q5 P,B Wenman's example, taken from a bool, by 6 R- S4t 14 B-S5t K_B5 P,Q him and enigmatically described therein 7 Q- K6t 15 Q-K5t P,R as "a position from Czecho-S lovakia," 8 RxNt 16 N-Q6 mat e follows the same consistent pattern fOJ" shaping t he ultimate, ornamental design. It may remind one of the situa tion More Engineered Geometry so often encotllltere(i by raw beginners The "decorative prin ciple" and "engi when playing a gainst a superior oppo neered geometry" which is so apparent p,p 1 P- B3t 5 N/R7-B6t P,N nent. Says that opponent, teasingly: in the previous examples has been ap p,p P,R 2 PxNt 6 R- Q4t "On which square do you want to be plied not only to Ute artistic end-game 3 B-B5t P,B 7 P- R8 (B)f B-Q4 mated?" (Here the square t urns out. to but also to problem construction. That 4 R-K6t P,R 8 BxBt P,B be Black's KS). in t he next diagram was composed in 9 Q-K5t P,Q The course of a ction is Quite simila:' 1906 by the late A. C. White. A new type of mating position, but to that in the previous mode l. But i he the "Philidor" elements are discernible: starting set-up here shows a bit more ,Vhite was one of the outstanding com t he Knight's smothered mate, the Queen artistry in hal'ing more symmetry. It posers, patrons, collectors and editors sacrifice - ext rapolated into a massive unfolds, moreover, in a more regular of chess problems in our time. Being, community of sacrifices! manner. fortunately, a very rich man, he kept 146 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 up a large index of all problems and Moskva. It was presented there under regularly financed the publishing of the guise of an allegory of a satellite monographs on blocs of problem themes. (Sputnik) circling the globe, In essence, he provided a most useful clearing h ouse on all problem matters which, a mong other things, served to prevent duplications. In order to provide continuity, he sent his collection in 1926 to h is par tn er, G. Hume in England, who a lso spent considerable time on it. After Hume's death, the large, valuable and still up· to-date collection passed on to C. S. K ip· ping. The latter simply had not the In the "conditional" settings, the sup lime to maintain it, retained only sec· position 1s that the two sides make a tions of particular personal interest aud contract to help or co·operate. H ere divided the greater part of the collee White to move and draw White reallzes that he could have a good tion among various cu rators. Surely, it chance if Bla ck takes baclt his previous would have been infinitely better to Iteep The reader will do well to work out move and makes a "helping" one, instead the collection in tact as it was in 1936. the Intricate motivations involved for - helping White to win triumphantly by possibly in the custody of the Cleveland himself. It is practical here to indi mate at once. Rather absurd if thought Public Library (which has so much of cate only a few. through logically. But, just as H_ G. the White Collection), and thus at least 1 B- R3 • • • • Wells produced absorbing stories by pre· maintain the historical value as an en· 1 PxB falls because of .l ... KxN§ (put supposing some illogical fiction, like bis tlty from which to continue and build ting Black's King within range of the "Invisible Man" in an other wise logical furt her when need and chance arise. Pawn on KNG, and with check) 2 K any, world, so "fairy" chessists run to a fan From the point of view of utility, the P-B4 3 E - Bl, P - K6 4 B- R3, P-Q3, and tasy world of chess. fragmentized collection has largely be· Black wins as all ...Vhite Pawn advances Now, as to the problem set forth llere, come useless. So many problem "com· can be stymied. what kind of move could Black have just posers" haYe had field days in pub· Now White threatens 2 P - R7, BxRP 3 made~ The number of Buch possibilities lishing both wittingly and unwittingly J3xPt, . _ _ BxB 4 P - N8(QJt. adds to the problem and must be explore'l compositions which would be found an 1 • • • • before the second stage, selecting the ticipated in many respects it the chance "help·mate" move call be under taken. On ] .. . K- Q4§ , White has the sur· of proper checking back were still in Obviously, Black could have played as prising 2 N- E4t, BxNt 3 K-N2, P - Q6 (3 existence as during White's time. straight Pawn moves only ... P/B2- B1, .. _ BxP permits 4 P - R7, etc., so Blacl, Another impressive collection on prob· . .. P/E3- E4 _ . . P/Q2- Q4 or , .. P/Q3- t r ie~ to queen - and ;j • . . P-K6 can lem chess was compiled by the late T . R Q4. He eould a lso have made Pawn cap be met by 4 P ·-R7, P- K7 5 K-B2: also Dawson, doyen of Fairy Chess, though tures, e.g., from QN,t, QN5 and KB5. 3 . . . E- Nl 4 ExP! permits either 4 ... this writer does not k now its ultimate To save time, omitting analysis of so disposition, As he remembers, he saw KxB 5 P xB or 4 ... ExP 5 P- R7) 4 B- B1, and White wins. llillny other, and fallacious, assum ptions, this reference library dUring a pleasant this article wlll now let the cat out of K_K 4 afternoon tea in T.R.D:s house in Croy 2 P- R7! Bx P 5 Q- NSt! the bag, or the horse out of the stable. den. It also contained a well organized 3 BxPt BxB 6 Q- N3t K-Q4 So the readel' who wants to solve the section on end-galne studies. 4 P-NS(Q)t KxN 7 Q- N3t K-Q3 problem is advised to stop off here, We have dissipated all these .libr·ariel;. 8 Q- N8t For those who want to proceed di It is almost like the Alexandrian Library rectly, it is time to set up the board as going up in Mohammedan smoke. All In the diagram but with a White Knight t he stock and capital invested in them An "Off-trail" Garrotting at QB3 a nd Black's Pawn on h is QB6 at is lost to the 'Western "'''orld. Fresh perspectives are offered to those QN5 (Black's moye was . .. P/N5xN.) In White's composit.lon, the Pawns form who experiment with other phenomena of Now comes Black's helping move. or a protective (as well as decorative) shell. chess fiction. For example, there are course, he does n ot take the Knight but, Gut just one waiting moYe pricks th" the adherents and practitioners of "Fairy to go direct to t he solution, plays 1 ... bubble and pierces the aI·mOI". Chess." Or what is equally "off-trail" }'- N6 when, whoops, comes 2 N- N5 mate! rOt· the over-t he-board player, the "sel{· In case it is suggested that . mates" a n d "help·mate~ . " In an exten P/KB5xN might have been Black's pre· sion of the latter, the following diagram yious move, note that "'''hite's Pawn on illustrates a "conditional" setting. '1'his KB5 prevents the Knight mate. So that composition by C. E. Hind sets the in accounts for the presence of this White itially somewhat baffling "condition": Pawn. It eliminates what is called a "Blacl;: retracts and helpll White m PHOENIX CHESS CLUB L.OG CABIN CHES,S CL.UB NORTH WHITE PL.AINS CHESS CL.UB 2700 North 15th Avenue (The De n) ( Founded 1934) School No.2, North Broadway, Meets Friday n igh t: visitors welcome At the home of E. Forry Laucks North White Plains Phoeni:x, Arizona: PUQue BR 5-2567 30 Collamore Terrace Mondays, 8 PM to 10: 45 PM ' West Orange, New Jersey Champlon ~ ot the N. Y. "Met" League. 194~. CITY TERRACE CHESS CLUB Organized and founded the North Jersey ROSSOLIMO'S CHESS STUDIO 3875 City Terrace Drive, Los Angeles Che ~ s League and fnj:er- chess League. 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YUGOSLAVIA, 1959 King Knight Pawn, 28 QxQ R>Q 33 K_B4 B-Q8 Challeng ers Tournament 17 PxKP QPxP! 19 N.>;B QxN/2 29 RxBP B_ N5 34 K-K5 P-K6 30 K-Q2 B-B6 35 8-85 R- N8 18 N-Q5 Q- B4 20 N_B5 • • • • Model of Counter-play 31 K-K3 R-NS 36 R.>;P t K-N1 Meeting a new move by his opponent, White must sacrifice a Pawn fa!' p!·ob· 32 B- R3 R- KSt 37 R-QB7 B_N5 lema tic compensation. l~ol" the liQuida· Black with particular sangfroid and The King Pawn stili looks strong; vigor' obtains an advantage hardly short tion by 20 Pl\:P II'o!'ks poorly after 20 UxP! (not 20. QxP 21 B-K2). but 37 ... P - K7 is met by 38 K- BG , li of decisive. At the end of the compli· m 39 R- H7t, K-NJ 40 H- QB7, etc, cations, however, he gives the a dvan· 20 , . . . QxP 38 BxB RxB 40 R-K3 R-N7 tage away by a ~nperficlal move. 21 Q-RS .. . , 39 R-B3 P- K7 41 K_Q4 P- K8(Q) The critical part of the game (the It is necessury somehow 10 prevent 21 one played in Belgrade) is a model of . ,Ql\:P. And 21 H-Q6. QxP 22 Q- H6 is Now Black's main asset goes ; but, on -11 . . . RxP, say, White's I(ing can cros.') counter"play. in~ufficient. For Black then has 22 .. . Q- H8t 23 K-Q2, K- B6, 24 K- B3, Then 2·1 ol'er and wipe out Dlack's Que en·sidf'. SICILIAN DEFENSE ... Q- KSt? 25 K-N3, BxN 26 QxBPt, It 42 RxQ Rx8P 44 P-QR3 K-K3 Svetozar Gligorich Robert J. Fischer N2 27 H- Q8t leads to a d!'aw by per·\)etual 43 R-QN1 K-B2 45 P-N3 RxP cheCk. Dllt 24 , .. Q- H4 t ! leads to a win Yugoslavia United States Black mU8l take this Pawn eventual!y. fOI' Black: 25 K- N3. Q- R5t 26 K- D3, anyhow. 'White Black P- N5t 27 K-D4, D- K 3t 28 RxB, qU- BJt. 46 K-B5 K- Q2 48 KxRP R.>;Pt 1 P_ K4 P-QB4 6 B-KN5 P- K3 47 K- N6 R_R7 49 K-N7 K-Q3! 2 N-KB3 P-Q3 7 P_B4 B_ K2 3 P- Q4 p>p 8 Q-B3 Q-B2 Black's King t empos hel'e (llld on the 4 N>P N-KB3 9 0_0_0 QN- Q2 next move are essential. 5 N- QB3 P-QR3 10 P_KN4 P_ QN4 50 K-N6 K-Q2! 53 KxP R-N1t 11 B.>;N P>B 51 P-N4 R-R6 54 K-R4 R-R1t These moves are a retum to the Glig· 52 R-QB1 R-R1 55 K-N3 R-QB1 ! or ich-Fischer game or Zurich, 1959 (page Now the King \'8 Killg and Pa\\"n draw 278, CHESS REVIEW, September, 1959). is assured. For Jl ... Nl\:B 12 P - N5, N- Q2, see 56 RxR K>R Gligorich- Fischer, the Bled round of the 57 K-B4 K_N1 ! Challengers Tournament, page 19, Janu· Drawn a ry, 1960 with 13 P - QR3! Also compare latter with 13 B- H3? P - N5! Smyslov Fischer, page 117, April issue. 21 . . . B-Q2 ENGLAND, 1959 12 P-B5 , .. , Now Dlack threatens 22 .. . Nl\:P as Holland Enqland Match 'fhls move is a r adical deviation fl'om well ag 22 . . . R- N3, followed by 23 • • • vs. QxP. but no improvement on the Zurich game, Positional Elan 22 R-Q6 cited above, in which White played 12 ... Black canies out a positional attack B·-N2. White fails actually to obtain a 'fhig is the best White can 00, bui Ii with charming elun. Wor],ing all blocked satisfactory game. is not satisfactory, center Pawns, he proves his t\\"o Knights The same deviation c1ln be cal"l" ied out 22 . • • • N xP! and good Bishop bettel' than White's more eUectively by 12 P-QR3, 8 - N2 ]3 The only move, but n str'ong one. 111'0 BisllOPS plu.~ Knight. P-B5 (i\lednis- Fischer, page 150). 23 RxN 12 , , , , N_K4 Q>N SICIL IAN DEFENSE 24 RxRt R>R 13 Q-R3 O-O! M. J. Haygar th T. D, van Scheltinga But here is Black's super'fi cial mOl'e England Holland Castling looks risl{y but is safe. which enables While to equalize (s ince White has little chance on the King· Black's Pawn on KB2 is left unprotected). White Black si(le as he cannot cleal' away Pawns by COITe('t is 24 ... KxR! meeting 25 HxBP 1 P- K4 P-QB4 exchanges so 27 • • • • B- R7 31 B'N R, N 28 RxR R,R 32 B-N3 A-B7 29 P_ N4 N- R5 33 R- Q3 B- K4 30 B-N3 R- N7 34 P- B3 • • • • White mllst lose, anyhow. but this move Hhortens the story. 30 . . . . B- B8! Now at last t his move wins. It does so In passing. main ly because it is no langeI· a sacl·i· Hce as Black Is holding the Knight as a hostage. No.2 S. Loyd 31 R-N2 • • • • W hite mates in three 'Vhite has nothing e lse (31 P-N4, Pxl' e.p.t 32 K- Rl, P - N7"f 33 K- R2, QxPt). 31 . . . . AxPt 32 Rx A BxR! 33 Q-B2 • • • • 34 • • • • RxP! 38 P- K R4 B-N6 One ,,'hite move is as good as another 35 Rx R BxPt 39 B-Q8 P-Q4 here. Artel" 33 QxB, QxQt 34 RxQ, RxR t 36 K_N2 B,R 40 P- R4 K-N2 35 KxR, KxN, which is actually the mail! 37 B_NS P-KR4 41 P-R5 P-B4 line, Black aiso wins. Resigns Even more futile is 33 N- B6 because of 33 .. . Q-N6t 3·1 K - .:,·n, BxRP§! 33 . . • . Q- N4 37 R_N7 Q- Q7t Further Evidence 34 P-BS Q-R4 38 K_N1 Q-Q8t llIack adopts a strategy in this game 35 Qx B RxQt 39 K-N2 Q- NSt which Is well known but t hought to be 36 KxA QxQP 40 K- B1 QxBPt too risky - that is to say just a bit So near and yet so far. Resigns shol·t of faulty. The game is furthel· ev\(lence for the prevailing opinion. No.3 NIMZO·I NDI AN DEF ENSE J. P led Failure to Break White mates in two Failure to break through with a Pawn Robert Byr ne Raymond We instein at one or the indicated points costs Wh ite Black ·White this game, because Black knows 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 8 PxQ P KPxP better. 2 P-QB4 P- K3 9 N_ K5 Q_B2 S IC I Ll AN DE F ENSE 3 N_QB3 B_N5 10 N- N5 Q_ K2 4 N_B3 P_B4 11 P- Q R3 B-R4 J ames T. Sherwi n Samuel Reshevsky 5 P- K3 0-0 12 R-N1 P-B5 White Black S B-Q3 P_Q4 13 B-B2 P-QR3 1 P-K4 P-Q B4 8 Q- Q2 P- K3 7 0 - 0 P-QN3? 14 N-QB3 P- QN4 2 N-KB3 P-Q3 9 0-0- 0 P- QN4 SI{jPJlil1~ the regular 7 . . . N- B3, Black 3 P-Q4 p,p 10 B_N3 B- N2 has established a promising Queen·slde 4 Nx P 11 KR-K1 0 - 0 - 0 N- K B3 majority. the well known strategy men· 5 N- QB3 P-QR3 12 P- QR3 B_ K2 tioned previously. The risk is that of QN-Q2 K_N 1 6 B-KN5 13 K-N1 a dangerous King·side attack by White. 7 B- QB4 Q-R4 14 P-B3 • • • • 15 B- Q2 .... Wait and see. The position requires a breakthl·ough. preferably with P- KB5. More remote pos· Wh ite threatens 16 NxQP. sibilities are P - K5 and P - QB4 . In fail 15 . . . . B- B2 ing to set up any such breaks, White 16 P-B4 B- N2 Solutions on page 159. CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 151 17 Q-BS 6-R4 ought here to proceed modestly with 13 Correct is 18 , . . P - B4! That attack Black prepal'es [or ... N-K5. After 17 PxP. The rather daring text move com· reduces the strength of White's cen .. Ql\- Q2 18 Q-113, White threatens 19 ]JOI·ts Iloorly with his Quiet set· up. ter, helps Black's Bishop and King NxN. Q;>.;N 20 il;;Pt or 19 BxPt. and 13 ... , PxKP Hook and may even lead to King·side Ulack's position is most critical; e.g., 14 BxP P- R5 action : e.g., 19 .... PxP 20 PxP, Q- R5. 1) 18 . .. B-Bl 19 NxQP! or 2) 18 . 15 N-N2 . . , . On 19 PxP, the reply . RxP! furthers Black's game. NxN 19 TIPx"'. N-K5 20 NxN. PxN 21 \Yhite is in trouble a s several of his B- N4 ! pieces are lll'posted; bllt the text move 19 P-QR4 Q-K2 21 Q-N3 B,N 22 PxB 18 Q- R3 B'N make~ matters WO I'se. 15 R-Ql is a 20 N- N5 B-R3 · . , . 19 BxB P-QR4 suitable move. Now 'White has a virtually decisive Blacl, has to stop 20 B -N~. 15 . . . , N_B4! 17 6xB advantage: the Two Bishops versus two Knights, a sound King-side majority and 20 6_K1 N-K5 16 6 - B2 8-84! 18 N-B4 , . . . 21 BxN P,B a superior Queen·side minority. White There Is no sound move any more: e.g., correctly abstains from P - Q5 as, in clos 22 P- B5 , , . . 18 PxP , NxP 19 R- Ql, P- D4: or 18 R ing the position to some extent , that (ll. P- R6 19 D-n3, N-K5. The pattern of this attack was set In affords relief for Black. t he famous PillsburY-'l'arrasch game of 22 . . N_ R4 29 Q_KB2 N_B5 Hastings, 1895. Pillsbury won. but he . . 23 Q-R2 KR_Q1 30 P-R4 Q- N3 \von vel"y narrowly - as is character 24 B-K3 p,p N-Q3 istic of this type or position. 31 R-B1 25 R,P R,R 32 RxRt N,R 22 ... , P- B3 26 B,R N_KB5 33 B- K5 N_ K3 This move loses. 22 . . . B- Bl and 22 27 B-B1 Q- N4 34 B_R3 N_ K2 ... K-Q2 are better tries, though Black's 28 P_ N3 P_R4 35 Q_QR2! • • • • position remains critical in any case, White starts reaping (3~ . . . N- QBl loses to 36 Q- R6!) . \Vhite is s]Jeculating. vainly, on 18 . . PxP 19 N - R5, P-K3 20 NxB, KxN 21 PxNt . 18 . , . P_R6! This mOI'e is decisive: e.g., 19 B- B3, N- K5 ! 19 BxP N-K5! The text is even stronger than 19 23 N-N6! ...... RxB 20 Q-N4, Q-R4. Now White's Since ... PxN leads to mate, White game collapses . 35 , . . . N-Q5 wins the Exchange. 20 Q_N4 In t he absence of any playable move, 23 .. " Q-KB2 25 P_ KN4! Black tries a desperate sacrifice. The primary threat now is 24 NxR QxN 26 PxP 36 BxN QxPt 39 B-B2 Q-N5 27 P_N5! 21 P-B5 QxPt 37 Q- KN2 Q-K8t 40 Q - N5 Q-Q3t 22 K- R1 Q- B6t After the text move, 'White wins 38 K- R2 N-N3 41 B- N3 Resigns 23 N-N2 . . . smoothly. 27 . . . N- Q2 is a bit better. . 28 P-B6! PxP 32 P_Q5 N- Ql Or 23 K- Nl, RxB! 29 Q-KSt Q_B2 33 RxP BxP 23 .... B'R 30 RxP QxQ 34 R-K5 B- B2 24 RxB KR- Q1 A Li ttle of the Good 31 RxQ N-B3 35 RxPt B-N3 Resigns Because of Mednis' tendency to rull 36 BxP . . .. short of time, h e has bad luck much more And White won. ofte n than good. In this game, he gets The Wrong Thrust a little of the good. Just a little, because lIe has a good game, anyway, when his In this game, a variation rarely played opponent blunders, Out of Charcu:ter lea ds to a really intere ~ ting position. 'White chooses a mild set-up. Bui then, Black h a s considerable counter-chances KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE but spoils every thing with a faulty by throwing a daring move into it, he Arnold S. Denker Edmar Mednis Pawn thrust. incurs confusion. The p unishment is White Black amazingly severe and quick. NIMZO_INDIAN DEFENSE 1 P-Q4 N_ KBS 5 S-K2 0-0 KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Raymond Weinstein Arnold S, Denke r 2 P_QB4 P- KNS 6 N-BS P- B3 3 N-Q63 7 0_0 Raymond Weinste in Pal Benko White Black B- N2 P-K4 4 P-K4 P- Q3 8 P-Q5 P-B4 p,p White Black 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 10 B- K3 9 P- QRS p,p • • • • 1 P-Q4 N_ KB3 7 QN_Q2 B- B4 2 P-QB4 P- K3 11 QN- B3 P_QN3 There is much more promise in 9 B-N5, 2 P-QB4 P_KN3 8 P_ N3 N- K5 3 N- QB3 B- N5 12 N- K2 P_QR3 N_B3 the move which was not taken seriously 3 P-KN3 8 _ N2 9 B-N2 P- QR4 4 BxNt 13 8 - N2 P,B P_B4 B_ K2 R_ B1 until Petrosyan employed It. He has de 4 B-N2 0-0 10 N_R4 N,N 5 14 P_Q4 N_ R4 veloped it into a powerfnl system of 5 N_KB3 P-B3 11 QxN B_K3 6 P-BS 15 0-0 7 PxQP N,P 16 KR-Q1 attack which may be named after him. 6 0 - 0 P-Q4 12 KR-B1 N-Q2 N-85 8 Q- Q3 0-0 17 B- QB1 N- N3 9 . . . . N-K1 11 N-K1 P_N3 13 P- K4 . . , . 9 P- K4 N-K2 18 R- N1 P- K4 10 P-QN4 P- B4 12 N- Q3 N_KB3 Having refrained from this advance 13 P- B3 P_B5 in the early stage of the game and having The position Is interesting and favors reached a position of no promise, \Vhite 'White only slightly, if at all. But Black's White can expect trouble and little Pawn thrust is a gross enor in judg· else from this type of position, as past t :::: cheCk: :j: :::: db). check: § :::: dis, ell. ment. experience shows copiously. 152 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 14 B-Q2 P-KN4 8 B-K3 • • • • and fi nallr ... R/7- KB7 when R-KB4 no 15 P-N4 • • • • White'~ last is playable but harmless. longer is playable, "White strives t o get s ome ail' befor e 1\-1 ol'e f'uier prising is 8 P-Q5 ! ? with fine 34 , . . . R/7-B7 , , P - KN 5 ent ombs !Jis King. It is t h e chances fo r White a fter 8 .. . D- K3? 9 Now this move is conclusive. Blac], best t hat White can do. Dut he gets BxN! PxD 10 PxB ! R xQ 11 HxR But mates a)' wins the Knight. more a ir than desirable. Black cau t l'y 8 . , . N- QN5 9 BxBt, KxB! 35 P-R4 R- BSt 40 RxR R,R 1S • . .. PxP e,p. 18 P-NS ( 9 •. . RxB? 10 N-K5! a ud White wins: N-B2 36 K-R2 R/l-B7t 41 K_ N4 or 9 . .. NxB 10 P-QR3, !'.'-KB3 II N- K5? K-03 16 RPx P P-KR3 19 N-B2 Q-Kl 37 K-N3 R_ K7! 42 R_KN5 R,P 17 K-N2 N-R3 20 Q- B2 N_ R4 [tlld Whit ", has the advantage) 10 P - QP..3, 38 RxP R- NSt 43 P- R5 R-K7 21 R_ R1 K - Kl! a nd White's chances are prob 39 K_ R3 R/ 8xN 44 R-N6t K- K2 White's position is u ncomfortable but lema t ic. Dut 8 Q-K2! is t he naturnl White's passed P a wn is no r eal m e)] not necessal'!ly bad. move, in anticipating possible danger to his Queen, White holds the edge. ace, a s mack dem ollstrates. 21 . .. , Q- B2 8 . . , . N-Q4! 45 K-B4 RxP 48 K- Q4 K_ B2 Bla('.k has no particular threats for t he 46 P-R6 R_KR7 49 R- Q6 K_N1 9 P- QR4 · , . . time being (22 . , . P- N5! 23 Q- Q3!). 47 K-K5 R-R4t Resigns 22 P-B4 ••.• White seems to cherish some i1!u s lons about trapping Black's Queen. 9 DxN. White has a number of playable moves: DxB 10 N-IUi (or 10 NxN, QxN II P - QN3) 22 QR- KIn, 22 Q- Q3 or 22 V- R·I, Instead, a lso keeps t he gam e in the balance as he g ro g~ ly overreach es h im self. Bla ck's T wo Bishops a re of no great sig {J'f-. FOREIGN nificance. 9 . , . . N,B 11 N- Q2 P-K3 GREAT BRITAIN, 195.9 10 Px N P_B3 12 N-R2 N-K4! Black shrewdly parries the threat or National Championship 13 :-.r-B~ to which White has so long Stimulating an Opponent been building (13 PxN~? DxB ! ). White givei:l the impr ession of h a\' in.~ 13 Q-K2 ... _ chosen a shal'p ope ning, to pull hlmseU H ere White is too ambitious. 13 BxBt out of a s tate of dullness. But in vain. Is shnvle and maintain s the balance. In fact, the gambit only stimulates h is 13 . . . . P- B3 17 RxB? B-N2 opponent to all e nergetic perfor man ce. 14 PxN PxB 18 R_ B4 BxN KING'S GAMBIT 15 N-QB3 PxRP 19 R- B4t B-QB3 P. S. Milner-Barry M. J. Haygarth 22 .. . . NxKNP! 16 PxP PxP 20 Rx B KR-N1 21 N-B3 K-N1 White Black A forced but winning sacl'lfi ee. Now Black clea r ly h as t h e advantage, 1 P-K4 P-K4 23 KxN • • • • tha nks t o his converging preSSl1l'e on 2 P-KB4 p , p Wh ite is lost. anyway; but he can put White's KN2, 3 N-KB3 N-KB3 up better r esIstance by yielding t h e E x 22 N-K1 Q-NS ~I o st li l{cly a good defense. change a nd a P awn. After 23 P-B5, NxR 23 R-N1 R-Q2 4 N-B3 24 NxN, N-Kl 25 N-N3, N-B3 26 R- Rl, · . , , 24 Q-B4 Black must work, while now he wins by • • • • The main line is 4 P- K5, N-R4 5 just making moves. This s witch t o the end-game has a Q- K 2 with very intricate consequences : 23 , . •. KPxPt 27 RxP P-N6 painful tactical dr awba ck. But it still is e.g., 5 .. , D- K2 6 P- Q4, 0 - 0 (6 , . , P Q3 or ... P-Q4 loses a piece) 7 P-KN4, 24 K_ R2 P-B6 28 B-R3 PxNt a fail' try under the circumstances. 2S B- KB1 B-QS 29 K-R2 Q-N2 24 _ . . . QxQ P xP e.[l. S Q- N2. 26 K_ N1 P-N5 Resigns 25 RxQ BxP ! The text move t r an sposes to the so· called modeI'll Ilefense, 3 . .. P-Q4, Obviously, Black in tends 26 NxU, R Q 7. 4 . " . P-Q4 5 NxP N,N 26 R-Q4 B-Q4§ 29 R-R4 R-Q7t 6 PxN The Omens Were Good 27 K_ B2 P-K4 30 K-B1 R-B1 t B-K2 Falllng to realize that he has n o ad 28 RxP B-B3 31 K_ N1 R_K7 "With this and his n ext move, Black vantage, \ Vhite embarks Oil a compi!ca makes it a k ind of Cnnningham Defense. 31 . , R/7- B7 is not the finishing t ion which proves t o be t oo ambItious. But 6 . QxP or 7 .. , QxP is prefer· touch it seems: 'Wh ite has 32 H- KB4! He emerges wit h a comprom ised po;:;i a ble. 32 R-Q1 P-KR4 !ion, and Seidma n takes care of t he rest 7 B_K2 B-RSt? 9 P- Q4 B-B3 Now Black a ims for 33 in that attra ctive style which he usually RxP, R/7- U7 ! 8 K-B1 0 - 0 10 Bx P . . . , displays when the om en ~ are good . 33 P-N3 K- B2 White hus II pl'omising game. 34 RxP CENTER COUNTE R GAME · . , . 10 . . , . B_ B4 Edmar Medn is Herbert Se idman 11 B-Q3 · . . . White Black 1] P-B4 is much st ronger: it leaves Black with inadequate compensation for 1 P_K4 P-Q4 4 P-Q4 N-KB3 the Pawn. 2 PxP Q,P 5 N-B3 N_ B3? 3 N-QB3 Q-QR4 6 B- QNS . . . . 11 . . . . 12 BxP Soun d a nd strong. A few rounds be· • • • • for e, F ische r- Se idman went: 6 P- Q5? Now it is wiser to forget a bout t he N-QN 5 7 B- N5t, P-B3? (7 . . . B-Q2! ) 8 Pawn and still play 12 P- B~! White in· PxP, P xP 9 B-R4, B-R3?? 10 P-QR3 ! R dulges too m uch in passivity. Ql 11 B-Q2, R-Q3 12 P xN, Q-KB4 13 12 . . . . N- B3 14 K- B2 R_K2 B-N3, N- K 5 14 RxB, R xE 15 Q- R1, NxX 13 P-B3 QR-K1 15 B- N3 KR-K1 16 PxN, R- Q3 17 0 - 0, Re,sign s. Now Black has a fine game. 6 . _ . . B-Q2 And fi nally Black ge ts in t he winning 16 R-K1 • • • • 7 0-0 0 - 0-0 touch previe wed above. H e can enforce A weak defense. Ins tead, White ought Black trea ts the opening In a some what it. a nyhow, though with the pr eliminary (0 slll'l'ender h is Queen Knig ht Pawn a nd provocative an~ risky way. moves .. . R-KB4, .. . RxK P, . .. R-K7 consolida te his position: e.g.. 16 R- KB1! CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 153 From SHAKHMATY BxB (16 . .. N xP ? 17 BxB!) 17 QxB. 2 . . . . p,p The h u mor s hows ev en in pantomi me R-K7t 18 K- Nl, R xQNP 19 R-B2 with a 3 N- KB3 P_Q4 tem,ble ga me. But not even a Bronstein goes easily 16 . . . . R,R to the extreme of playing 3 ... P- KN 4. 17 NxR NxP! Of the evasive defenses, the text move Now this sacrifice is neither accept· is generally most trusted. able nor refuta ble and nets the most. 4 PxP B-Q3 import.ant enemy P awn a nd intensIfies An experiment: the Bishop may serve Bl ack's attack. better on K2 or QN5. but Black ca nnot wait as he Intends .. . KN-K2 a nd .. . QI\"" ·-Q 2- B3. A fair idea. T he regular con tinuation is 4 .. . N KB3, but Bronstein thinks t hat Whitt) ca n do better than he himself did against Botvinnil, (pag e 120, CHESS REVIE\Y, _ 11lHb pa1 fP(I"naA 11;(1 .. «1"'_&.11"11 . April, 1953). (v"Clp~VI~ Jl" '1tpHloJe1 •. 5 N-B3 N-K2 7 B-Q3 N-Q2 6 P-Q4 0 - 0 8 0-0 P-KR3 Bla ck's last is weak, probably based on hope of winning the Pawn on his Q4 with out yielding his gambit Pawn; but t.hat Idea is tOl) pretentious. 18 PxN Correct and satisfactory is 8 . . . N • • • • KBS: 1) 9 N-K4, N/2xP with about even In accepting the sacrifice, ,Yhite vir chance s (1 0 P-B4, NxN 11 BxN, N- B3 12 tually resigns. B-B2, P - B3; 2) 9 N- K5, N/2xP 10 NxN, He ca nnot play 18 BxB either because NxN a lso with approximate equality, e.g., of 18 . .. QxBt 19 N-B3 (19 K-Nl. N n Q-R5, P-KB4 or 11 P-B4, BxN 12 PxB, JUt !). N-B7! 20 R - Bl, Q-B4t 21 N-Q4 N- N5; 3) 9 B-B4, B-QN5 (9 . . . B-KN~ XxX. etc. is also satisfactory) 10 BxP, BxN. W i til 18 K- Nl , however. White can put 9 N_K4 NxP 12 P-B5 B-K2 up a tough resistance : e.g., 18 ... Bxi3 10 P-B4 N_ K6 13 B-B2 R-K1 19 QxB, N-K7t 20 K- R l, NxBt 21 PxN 11 BxN PxB 14 Q-Q3 • • • • (21 QxN, Q-Q7!l, Q-R 4t (21 . .. R xNt?? \Y hite h as a strong attack, with the 22 RxR, QxQ 23 R-K8 mate) 22 K- Nl, obvious threat of 15 N-Q6. B- Ql! 23 N- B3, B- N3t 24 N-Q4. or 14 . . . . P-K7 r. ou l"~e , Bla ck still holds a distinct ad vantage a nd ought to win. In trying to Will a tempo by inducing 18 . . . . QxQPt! 'Nhlte to play 15 QxP, Black actually 19 K-B1 RxNt! loses one. and t hat's disast rous. 20 KxR B,B T he natural move of 11 ... N-Bl may offe r no definitive relief. Yet It must l\ ow Bla ck threatens mate with 21 .. be made. Som e of the possibilities are: Q-K6t and 21 . . . Q-K5t . etc., a s well :;s 1) 15 P-Q5? P-B4! and White is in the p I·osaic threat of 21 . . . QxP. There trouble; is no defense. 2) 15 N- K5. B-K3, and t he defense 21 B-B4 Q- K5t holds: e.g., 16 NxP, BxN 17 RxB, KxR _ K10 lICe Uk · :IlOA"?"! KtG ... ,U Resigns ]8 B-N3t. N-K3 19 R- Bl t, K- Nl with "'(lL\'fT~: ~ -.. Bla ck wins the Rook aner 22 K-Q2 winning chances for Black (19 . .. B- B3 QxBt 23 KxB, Q-Q5t, etc. 20 NxB, PxN 21 Q- R7t with a perpetual); t" < I 3) 15 B-N3! is W hite's stron g line. On 15 .. _ P-QB3, W hite may go astray with '. \1 16 BxPt, KxB 17 N/ 3-N5 :::, K-Nl 18 SOVIET UNION. 1960 RxNt, KxR! 19 R-Blt, B-B3 ! (19 . . . USSR Championship K-Nl loses : 20 N-B6 t ! BxN 21 Q-Rn, K-Bl 22 Q- R8t . K- K2 23 QxPt! BxQ 24 Blinding Brilliancy R-B7 mate ) 20 NxB, NPxN 21 Q- N6, The highlight of this b rilliant game P xN 22 R xPt, QxR 23 QxQt with a is an exceptionally surp rising Rook sac perpetual. But 16 N-K5! wins. As 16 rifice for tile sake of a comparatively N-K5 is White's aetua.l threat. Black harmless tempo. There are other attra c· must anticipate It with 15 ... B-K3! Ha;co 1"&K1 Tall M 1"&an •. H ..1 • tive points, but there is also the de· T hen Black's position remains critical :ula ><0Ila:11 fender's premat ure collapse. which is a but not necessarily untenable (16 P-Q5, rathe r common feature of Buch games. B-B4 ]7 P-Q6!? P xP 13 PxP, B-B3). I • Brilliancy often blinds the victim lik e a ? 1 flashl Ight . • KING'S GAMBIT Boris Spassky David Bronstei n White Black ) 1 P- K4 P-K4 2 P-KB4 . . . . Both Spassky and Bronstein sometimes make this move, reminding the chess world that the species of classic gambit player is not yet fully extinct. A cock· fight has s tarted. 154 CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 15 N-Q6!! . . . . Magnificent! The tempo is so dras· tically important in thi~ position that l! outweighs a full Hook (though 1he Rook goes with check:). White's attack Is ilTesistible nOlI'. 15 . . . • N-B1 Blacl, hopes vainly fo r White to cringe, saving the Rook and yielding the tempo. After 1;; . .. 1\"- B3. White wins with 16 MAXIMS ARE FOR THE BIRDS :\lxBP!! all the same : 1) 16 . .. Q- Q4 17 B- N3! 2) 16 ... KxN 17 B-N3t, N- Q-I There a r e two sides to every maxim. "Casll e early," for eXHll1ple. to 18 N-N5;, K- Nl 19 Q-R7 mate; or 3) unite the Rooks eventually on the fi rst ra nk. B u t castlin g a l::o apprises 16 . . . KxN 17 B -~3t, B-K3 J8 N-Kiiy. the enem y o f the s ite o f you r K ing. Here, i n o n e of the games o f the K- Nl (18 . . . K- Bl 19 BxB and Black is mated or loses heavy ma terial ) 19 BxBt. match het ween S te inilz and Tehigo r in, world cha mpio n S tein ilz (Wh ite) K - Hl 20 N- N6t, K- R2 21 N- B8;, K-Ri briskly u tilizes this informa tion. The opening, a R u y Lopez, begin s th e 22 Q- R7t! NxQ .23 N-N6 mate. hostili ti es with 1 P-K4, P- K4 2 N-KB3, N -QB3 3 B-N5, N -B3 16 NxB P !! Px R (Q)f 4 P- Q3(a). The cOllvict's copious last meal. 17 RxQ B- B4 Cover scor ing table a t l i ne indicated . Set lip position , m ake Black' s Here Illack fails to make the best 'J! n ext move (exposing tab le j!l~l enough to read i t ). Now g uess White's it. 17 . .. KxN of course is out of the .')tll move, then expose it. Sco re par, if m o ve agr ees; zero, if not. Make Question: 18 N- K5t. K-Nl19 Q- R7t! NxQ m o ve actually g iven, B lack's repl y. Then guess \"(1hite's next, Hnd so o n . 20 B- N3t, K- Rl 21 N-N6 mate. (18 N- N5+ leads to t he same but tal{es two more EXPOSE ONE LI NE AT A TIME moves.) COVER WHITE MO VES IN TABLE BELOW. A problem arises. h owevel', after 17 Whlto P .. Bla ck Your Selection Your .. . Q- Q·I! Then White wins(?) t he Queen P laye d Score Played for W hite's move Score (01' a Rook and two pieces; bllt. thanks 4 P-Q3 · ...... , , . . · ...... to an advantage h I Pawns a nd to attack· 5 P-B3 ., ...... 3 5 P- KN3 ing jJosslbillUes, he still ought to win 6 QN-Q2 . ... . , ...... 3 6 8 - N2 · ...... the ga me. At any rate, the following \s 7 N-Bl ...... , ...... 3 7 0 - 0 · ...... · ...... th e bpst wh ich we can find for \Vhite: 8 B-QR4 ...... , ... 2 N- Q2 · ...... , · ...... 1) 18 B-N3, D- 134? J9 Q- Ql. QxB 20 9 N-K3 ...... 3 •9 N_ B4 · ...... , . . . . , . · ...... PxQ! KxN 21 N-K5t, K- K3 22 RxD! and 10 8-B2 ...... 3 10 N-K3 · ...... , . · ...... White wins in view of 22 .. . KxB? 23 Q 11 P-KR4 (b) ...... 5 1 1 N-K2 · ...... , . · ...... N4t, K- B3 2 ~ Q- B4t, K- K3 25 Q- B7 12P-RS, ...... 5 12 P-Q4 · ...... · ...... mate ; 13 RPx P ...... 4 13 8 P xP ,oj · ...... 2) 18 ... QxB 19 QxQ! (19 PxQ. Kx:N 14 PxP ...... , 14 N Solutions to PROBLEMART NOTES TO THF. G_-l. lIfF. No.1 Sam Loyd was well k nown to be un· · Position is diagra mmed after 23 . .. NxR orthodox, stal·ts here unorthodoxly with a check, bu t for an original idea: 1 Q a) A timid, some might say conservative. hut N4t. P- B4 (l . . , K any produces matf!.~ solid beginning. on m ove of varied in terest; but I . . . . . P- B4 opens all of fou r escape squares! ) b) White is almlllg his Rook where Black's and the punch is 2 PxP e,p. mate! Not King lives. onl;)' an en pass a nt mate but one whjch locks up fOUl" escape sQual'es! c) 13 .. . RPxP is beller. No. 2 White mates with 1 Q- KR6. and 1 ... K-N5 2 Q- Bl and 3 Q- R3; or 1 .. . .-I I This is Ilot a .-Iefensive move at alL See K- R4 .2 K- N3 and 3 Q- N6; or 1 . . . P - K5 \Vh iI C' s 25th. 2 Q-R6. ei Initiating the en d: No, 3 \Vhite mates next move after 1 Q- R3. t :::: check; ~ :::: doubte check; ~ dis, check CHESS REVIEW. MAY. 1960 ISS A(: tivltlu of CHESS REVIE W Postal Chen JACK STRALEY BATTELL playe .. : game reports '" r ~tl n gl, n~mu of new player,. prize_winners •• elected gam ... Postal Chess Editor 1<. lI r n~y In,tr lleUon, '" ed itorial commenl. POSTAL SCRIPTS 11th Annual Championship-1957 POSTALMIGHTIES! A s a result of cU I'I'ent PO$tai Mort ems, Prize Tournaments W hen npllly illJ: for Class and P ,'ize t he followillg hal'e Qualified (or assi.;u· Th" following postlllite. ho.ve "-'on pri,ea Tournaments. (1le!lse do no t PI-es ume on mell t to the F inal!! : >I. H. Stein. W. A. in 19';;8 and lH9 Prlte T onrnurnen-u< as a N! basis of II ]'el:ent win that YO ll have ad· Howe. n. K. W illiams. W. E. Griffin. P. ~lIlt of CUI'N!nl Postat Mortems. v!l!\cel[ to next h igher c l as .~. Often yO\1l' Shen-. W. ?lfui]·. A. C. Michflel!!en. G. M. T g~rney Players Place SCON! opponent hUll It lower ]'aUng than yOll Bnnker and G. Dawson. The fh'st seven .';8-P 27 J H .Johnoon ...... 11't H :'01 A Wl\lker •...•...... 2nd expect. IIIlI1 ~o YO\1l' win is not enough ought to hnve received assignments by ... 28 :'01 Solomon ...... 2nd < ., to push you Into th e higher clllss. 1I10l'e the time they )'ead t h l~ notice. The t wo 29 .r Ipsen ...... 2nd 3,-Z& often lhe raUng change has not yet left have to await more QWllifleril. 30 r~ HI!!lrulll ...... I~ l 4i-li talien place. POI' it takes quite some J H W eber ...... 2nd < ., time to do the ratings. and \\'e must ot 59 I" Hllrri! ...... 2-3 4~ - li 12th Annual Championship 1958·9 D J 'rhomu ...... Z·3 4 &-1 i necessltr do them after all else has been As a result of cUrI'ent PO$t al Mort ems, D H COllen ...... l~t , ., done reg CHESS REVIEW, MAY, 1960 157 Started in 1960 (Key: 60-C) Tour neys 81 - 100: 82 Hess withdraws, loses CHESS BY MAIL ( a) to Larsen , Polga,·. Scla'·rett"; K ent Tou r neys 1 · 101: 5 \ \'alsh withdraws. 19 conk.~ Polgar. 83 De'T, ~ il odca ll stop Ste If you have not played In our t o urneys )rn~c,u·1 top~ iliaci, twice. "hens; Der'·. GoldbC!"g tie. S·I "EIchel! bows before, p lease specify in which class you to l~ i tzsi mons . Va i tku~ . 101>S T III·gCOIl : Vah_ would like to start. We recommend IlUS halts Hark ness: Tu r g ~ o n lOps ia) F ,·ei PRIZE TOURNAMENTS ,·elch and Meer oj>Ol. S5 C hl·olles besls P ,·es- Class A for unusually strong players, 7 man classed tour neys for premiums 1011; \\-estIJl"ook beats BU li ockus. S7 PClCl·_ Class B for above average players, Class s on IOJl~ Tall ey. Cohen . P'·nlt. S8 Bickham C for about average players and Class Started in 1958 (Key: 58-P) hesls Googins. E\'cr ill. 90 Blck ha", bea ts o for below average. If you have played, e llis. CoI T HE current edit~on of the Golden Kni~hts tournament is now. under . way, and entnes are acceptable UntIl May 19, 1960: It IS con· r VERYTH I NG YOU NE~D to play ducted under CHESS REVIEW's Rules and Regulations for Postal Chess, t= chelll by mall III Included In t he com· plete Postal Chess Kit produced by as mailed with assignments and, with the special rules given below. CHESS REVIEW for the convenience of In effect, the Golden Knights is an "open" tournament, without reo postal p layera. The kit contains equip. ment .. nd .tationery especial ly d esigned gard to our rating classes so far as entry goes. The ratings are calculat for t h e purpose. These a ids to Postal ed, however, quite as usual. We "rate" all games in CHESS REVIEW tour· Chess will keep your records straight, help you to avoid mistakes, give you the neys. It is an "open" tournament because we cannot pretend to "seed" fulle.t enjoyment and benef it from your candidates for a championship and because it gives the weaker players tt games by mall. chance to gain by experience against stronger ones. Contents of Kit To speed play for the first round, we group all the enu'ies received One of the most Important items In geographically so far as possible. Otherwise, entries are matched ofi the kit Is the POltal Chess Recorder AI· bum _ the greatest aid to postal chesl into 7 man groups strictly in the order of our receipt of their applica. ever invented. The six miniature chess tions. Qualifiers to the later rounds are grouped likewise in order of sets in thi, album enable you to keep track of the po,itlon$, move by move, qualification, but without regard to geography. in a i r six games of your section. On the s core_cards. 8upplled w ith the album, you Special Rules for the 1959·60 Golden Kn i9hts Tournament. record the moves of the games. The u p. to·date s tore of eat h game fates Ihe t u r· Consult the (ollowlng rules wbenever 7 When comput]nc the total ecoree to de rent po sitIon. Store.cards are removable. any Question arises as to your chances ter mine the dlet rlbutlon of prizes. each came When a game ill finished, remove the old won In the 1Ir.1 round wIll be score the Canada. except CHESS REVIEW's em· fo r printing positions on the mailing same total $Core. u computed in Rule 7. ployees, contributing editor, and members then the flut 2 or more prizes will be re t ards, a Game Store Pad of 100 sheets of their !ammas. . erved for thO" tlna H,ts and the prlzu will for submitting Itores o f games to be a d · 2 Any contestant who ente .. t hlll tourna · be awarde(\. 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If you are eliminated ill the prel~m 1- C-;:'-E;; R~I~ - - 0 Check h."',' -;; ) ;;;.;, ~ ::;;. . -, illary or semi-final round, but complete your plaYlUg 134 West 72d St .. .-o m'" If} I'ml,,/ (:1)(' ," . I schedule, you will receive one {Tee ent?oy (worth I New York 23, N. Y. SIan me as CLASS ______$1.25) into our regular Class Tournament or can I [ enclose $ ______. F.nter my name ilL ______enter OUf regular Prize Tournament (entry worth I (how many ?) seclion(s) of the Thil'teenl h AnnuHI Goillen $2.50) on payment of only $1.25. First and second ill I Knights I'ostal Chess ChampioJ1shil) Tournament. The each Prize Tournament win a $6 and $3 credit re amount enclosed covers thf' f'nl!':; ff'e of $3.50 per f'e ct ion. I spectively for purchase of chess books or cht!ss eq uip- I Print CleMly o ChaR /;.".,; if "fr,·,/(/), "f"S' I ment. ;J/(N'd /'o$l,;/;Ie. SEE SPECIA~ RULES I I ON RE V ERSE SI DE OF PAGE. :-lam.. _-- -- _------_------_-- I I A.c\drf'f's ______MAIL. 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