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S"bscrlptiolt Rat. ONE YEAR S6.50 1 White to move and win 2 Black t o move and win ThIs first puzzler is one Whereas your opponent real test. Black has a Pawn was t hreatening nothing of THE WIN' S THE THING and fair developm ent. But import in the last example, his lUng is uncastled, and he has your Rool;: u nder fire In each of these ten positions, there is a sharp therein lies your telling lIere. How to save the Rook way of winning decisively. It is waiting and ready advantage. There's your and win is t he problem. In clue; the rest is up to you such p ressure, you may be for you - if you are ready for it. Score ten cor­ - find the winning move and compelled to find the only run off enough varlatlolls move. It works so In aCi ual rect solutions fo r an excellent rating; eight for good; to prove it wins conclusively. games most of the time. six for fair. Solutions o'n page 319. That is all. Work it now!

3 White to move and w in 4 Black to move and win 5 W hite t o move and win 6 Black to move and win Here li kewise you have a It goes wlthout saying in Here your Pawns are in a This problem [Josition is Rook under fire. 'Tis some­ this example that an end· sad state of disarray, a nd just exactly thn - and it thing, nothing; but you may game will be bad for you. So materially the game seems is so mainly by virtue of be sure there is a clever you must win something, and to be against you. Do perk your first move. Once you \vay out of this pickle. It do it quickly. Not to give up, though. Black is quite catch the idea, the res t of is up to you to find it. Can away any important clues, poorly developed; and. little· t he exercise is a matter of you capitalize yOUl' passed we stop off with that bit bird·like, we t ell YOli that working out t he details . Not Pa Wll? Or is there an en­ of ambiguous advice. Just you can win. But do not that ~ome of them nre not tirely different operating pro­ ponder the position and whip just take our word for it. cute. (00. '\·e lI"ish you happy cedure? up a win. Find the win! hUllting.

7 White to move and wi n 8 Black t o move and w in 9 W hite to move and w in 10 Black to move and WJn Once In a great while, a We canllot make any long Perhaps, we become rather As we remarked ea rlier. a mere amateur may come liP oration on this position. tedious by constant re·ltera. mere amateur may eon;e IlP with a stunningly profound Suffice it to say, there tion of "Watch out for that with a stull ning l" profound eOllception, running to real is a cute idea involved. first move!" But what else conception. etc. Yo u ("an t est length and ramifications. As to the whys and the can we say? The idea of the your pl'owes s on this com· It's tricky, too, when the wherefores, a careful and sequel stem s from the key plex position. Can you ex· opponent has a constant deliberate perusal of the move of the combination. ecute a long <: ombination? checking threat. Such DC· possibilities in the position It's true here. however, the This is your ehance to try. caslons make one wish fOJ" will doubtless give you the second move is tricky. too. Of course, if YOli don·t be· a quick win. Hop to it! answer. See it? Iieve us, win Quickly : CHESS REVIEW rHI "au., CHI n MAO""'" Vol un'e 31 Number 10 October 1S63 EDITED &. PUBLISHED BY I. A . Horowjt~ A C HI LD'S H ISTORY OF CHESS V. Dr. S ieghcrl Tarrasdl of Nll remoerg fn line wilh recent idea5 on how tu re­ Adl'ances beyond Steillil"!. in P erfecting Table of Contents cruit players from America's youth and the Expl() italiun uf Cramped l'o ~it i(Jn s. on the principal we can't begin too early. Fralllein Mllflet (hrew lUl/lflllll.\". Chessboard Magic! •...... •• .. 302 rd like 10 offer Ihese verses II! he sung Neglecter! her Z('lllrulIl, Chess Caviar ...... 311 in el'e ry American Ilurserr. The effect Ami sloll;/), sllcclllll bed 10 paralpis Chess C lub Directory ...... 290 Chess Traps ...... 319 should he ~ impl y staggering. In the grip of a boa, European Zone 2 T ournament .. ... 308 Joking a~ide, I hope no nne will take /fho sn:a//on:ed her slow<,/" Finishing T ouch ...... 305 as a slur on our noble J!a ~t ilH e whal is And digeSlI'd her ill Ihl' f//llllysi~. Forsyth Notation ...... 297 iuteudei! as a spoof on Ihe :;"mcli m e~ (>\,er· Vr. N imzol'ich and Other .~ Hel'c) luriunize Game of t he Month ...... 298 ~im l) l ifi ed treatment of a complicated mai­ (Yd in Fact Only Bruad

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INTERNATIONAL \\' a ~ made: possihle hy Weinstein 's last · UNITED STATES 1'011ild win, after adjournment , Olver !'Ilinich Further Youth Chronicles of Yugoslavia . Ot her good results aehiev. Chess Spectacular The fourth international tcam tourna­ ed by the fifth.place Unit ed States \earn A record.breaking army of 266 players ment for all ages under 21 was held in were ties with Czecho ~loy akia and Bul. marehcd upon Chicago to lie for tlw Holland, where the Danish team sh(lwed garia and triumphs over- POl land and Hun· United Stules Open Championship. All Jcmarkable power in winning wil h a 5 gury. The surprise of the tourney was sections of th e eOllnt ry were represented point margin over the second.place West tho relatively poor ." howing of the RIl ~ ' pl us C:lIl ada and Yu goslavia - the lasi Germans. One member of the German sians, who were considered among the hy tlw di stinguished , Sveto· team, B. Hubner, achieved finc n:sult s th ree or four pre·tournament favorites to za r Gligo rich . Four ot her participnting although only 14 years old. take fi rst. Section "B," comprising nine grandmasters, all American. were \\.'illiam countries, was captured by England ahead Lombal'dy, Hobert Byrne, Pal Benko and In Little Luxembourg of East Ge rmany. Arth ur Bisguier. Lombardy (New York) A tourney at l.uxemhourg saw M. Taj· and Bymc (Indianapolis) topped the field man o\' of the Soviet Union capture top Team Duels undefea ted at 11·2, wit h Lombardy win· honor'!- with SYz_l/2_ hchind with Close Divided into senior, jnnlor and women's nmg " ili on ti e. breuking point~ . The,­ 8-1 was Van Selers, who held TuinHlllol' sections, teams reprbem ing the Soviet split first and second prizes of 81.000 and 10 a draw. Union and Yugoslavia locked horns wiLh S500 rcspecth'ely, which amounted rough. Students' World Team Title th e result that Hussiall ~elli ors won by Iy to ahout half th e total prize mone\,. Gli gorich, lO Vz·2ljz. started off with a 7·0 We here rOllnd out ollr brief

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CHESS REVIEW. OCTOBER, 1963 291 CHARTS OF ON THE COVER Golden Knights Champion THE CHESS OPENINGS Hans Berliner has W" II yet anot her "r our C"lden Knights P" ~t a l Chess Cha m­ Each opening s tatistica lly analysed I. ionships. Odeatill g Ce rard J. Van Deene and prese nted In eas ily read chart in a play-off ma tch (after ]'"Ih had made ror m so t hat YOll CR n determine at a perfect scores in Ihe th ree reg ula r rounds I. glance the besl move to make at any stage or the opening. Charts are he won t he 1956·7 G" ltb l Knights. H a ns based on an analysis ot thousands ot climbed 10 lop rating s,,,m after ~ t art i ng tournament games by the world's postal [lIllY a nd hll ~ won ev ery game he greatest ches!! players. For example, has played! If we pre~umed 10 give a Ollr chal't or the Siellian Defense cov­ G r a!ldma ~ t e r litle in Postal Chess. il el'S t he openi ng moves of 6398 games : would be his. He is hi ghe r ralingwisc otller chnrts In pr opor tion. than Postal Masler hUI laughs when we Each cblU'l Indicates the ac tual per­ s uggest ca lling him Pm; la i MaSIN·Genera l. centage or wins (or every single move, whethe r by W h ite or h)' Black. REGIONAL T he scientUic way to study tbe Smith Again Successful openings and to Jearn the lines wblch Texas master Kenneth R. Smith ,,{ Dal. have been t es ted and proved best In las won Ihe 92 pl ayer Sonthw<:Sl Open at actua.l tournament play, Fort Worth, Texas, with a ~ c ore uf 6y:! ·Jh . Dobby Fischer IllIs wken up a new Charts now .vail able- prac!lce. Wliereas h e hns f l b ~ Ul in e d from Second wu s Eric Bon l! lInd lhird w~ s 1. The Slelllan Oefense S \\" i~ ~ System to\lrn a m e l1t ~ lI ilwe 1957. N. W. J ames. In Ihe junior eve nt, Henr), 2. The Fluy L. opez Open;n~ lhi~ year, he has Uliwn to t li em, we lIlay D avi ~ of Sun Antunio pI1! ced first, lInd 3. The Nlmlo· lnd lan Defe nse ~IIY. avidly. As I'elated ill August (pa ge Mrs. Edwin a Wa tson HI V" rt Worth bt · T~e K i n g'. 4. Ind ia n Defense 22 6), he WO li the We:itern Opell al D,.y (includ .. the Grue nfeld Defense) came women's chll mlli"n. City, Mich igan. with seven wi ns lind OIle 5. The French Defenae dml'·. XOII" he has Wall the t\"ew York 6. The Ca ro. Kllnn De' ens" EverC)reen Empire Open State Opel] a t Poughkeepsie with a clean P rice. $3 e.,,;h, or )'Ollr choice of fOUl for \l11·eel). 7·0. We a l'l.laud a Nion by the A I Fircrest in Washinglo n, Ihe initial $10. PO'it l>llid . If no t s l\l i~ O ed. retu rn in El'ergreen Empire Open su w h'ars Oal· 10 ,J:)y~ fur full refund. Chftmpion, w is h he'd {I'led the LTg Olle ll. hergs, Jim :'IlcCormie k and [10<1 Mac· Order from C HESS CHARTS Chess Spectacular (Cont.) skasr , each 5.1 , fini ~ h fi rsl. second and 3533 Central Ave nll e den. ~1. .!\Iomic, R. Shea n, P. I.al.ikcn. D. third reSIJeClivc/r on medi an lie-breakin /!. S a " Olego, Ca lifornia 92105 Sull ies llnd K. 1ankall ~kf I S . Tallies (Of I P/~_ I ~~ ,," cre po,ted b), Vikt nr .~ \Vilh Ihis nOlable Iriulllph. ""Itllnll'd y Pupols. DIIII Clln S lltll c~ and Gregory adds luster to an a lready glillcrl n:; ]"(·cord. Kern. T here werIJ 40 p l a ye r ~ . He wo n the New York Slale Ch alll ]l i,'n ~ hi jJ a t 16. la le r a nnexed Ihe world j un itl r Iii Ie. In the Missouri Valley und, as 11 member of Ihe Uil iled Slales Firsl, second and th ird place;; in t he OIYllI l)ic Team. d rew twice wil h ~ 1. Bot_ Missou ri Va lley Open were gained, rc­ ~i nll ik , t hen worl d challll.ion. Lombardy s lleclively. by Haberl B. Polter ,,{ Dal_ BOOKS i~ a lso a whiz at rallid transil, ;1 $ delllon­ las, J o h l! V. Raga n of Ea ~ 1 5 1. L" u i ~ and ~ lral e ( 1 li y his sweep in the Ilrci iltl inarie;; P aul Taylor of Ka n~a s CiI Y• .\[ issouri CHESS WITH THE MASTE RS and finals (9-0 and 5·0 rcs pecl i,'ciy) of when t heir 4y:! ·V:: ~ ta n d" Ff wa~ r e ~ ol ved Ihe Nutiol1a l Speed Cha mpiunshi)! held in by tie-hreaking I! ... iut ~ . Thirly.fullr en· by Ma rlin Beheim conjunclion wilh Ihe main c'·e nl. Benko, trants signed lip fur the event. Edited by Leonard Barden as a "·1 finalisl, was runner·up. Introduction by AI Horowitz The w () m e n '~ open til Ie was ltWllrded 10 ARKANSAS 16 ye ll r old Kale Sillars, w h o ~ e 7·6 score A uniq ue collection of chess ma5tet· Pereu n ial win ner Kenneth Smith of in t he main event .... as the h ighest II chieved n. pieces taken from championships, to\lt_ Dallas d id it a ga in in l lie A rka nsas Open nament$ ~nd maslcr games of the last by he r sex. Cecilia Rock. another 16 with a 4y:!- y:: tall y a nd beller S wiss totals hundred years. Check ing attacks, re­ yca r o ld, obtai ned a wi nning pos ition in 11l8n runner-up Hicha rd Schultz of New sourceful dcfcn~, subrle pos itional play, her last·ronnd game, victorr in which end l,':I.me tech nique and other important Orle a n ~ . IIl so T hird to fifth on would ha ~e ena bled her to d isplace Kate 4Y2-Y2. ~ s pects of chen strategy as executed by tic-breakin g lI"e n~ , resl'eelivciy, f~ " nn i e the m~ s t e r s M C revelle

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A unique, new approach to chcss in wh ich Dr. Ell we, 3 fonner \Vo rl d Cham· Korea pion, shows how thc master lueels all sorts of amateur moves. I n the I nt ro· "\~/ i ll ner s of t wo recent t"urne~' ~ he n' duction a nd in twenr y.five copiousl)' an notated games, CH ESS }IASTER were Van :\rsdale and Yalt's. membe rs "f 10 VEHSUS CHESS A i\ IAT EUH shows nOl only how recognize and eXI)loit U. S . .'\ rm~ · pc rs"nncl. w C~l k play ; in ils r unning commentary it delves into the very nature of chess. H ere arc just a few of the many questions the book answers: Yugoslavia "\Ve learn that the \ 'ugoslav eilampinll. • How to meet the fianchetto. When and how carry nut thc • ~ hi [l tOllJ' l1 ll mcnl won by S. Gligol"ich \\'a ~ • \V hcn to attack and when nut to nUl ting attack begi'" nning the second 11,11iona l title event held with in att;!ck. BxK RPch. the year. SIlYS the British pu hlicati ,'" • When to exchmlge and when not How <0 make the best u~e of Chess : "T he first was adl'er~ c h' affected to exchange. • . power the chessboard. by a strange illness wh ich C;lU"''] th ree • Under what conditions is u sacri· "" players to d rop out and frolll which nearl\' fice justified. • Undcr what circumstances the all the corn petitors s uffe red. l)i·.·ariEfied • How to take maximum adl'a nturre Kn igh t is stronger than the • lhe Yugoslavs organiu'rI ;m"rh('r ch am· of an ;!dvanee in development. Bishop and wh y. pionship . . . " Pagl' nil' k~: "O')e .,f thc best wo rks on beg in n in g chess tha t has been p ublished in a <;c ne ration." DAVID BERGER, Columbus Disp(I{ch a rtlish Chess Maga zine (r~ ,; ~ A nnu~ l) S5.95 312 pago:s + r5 pago: inde x. Ro:d ~lo th bindtnllO, GOht·btoeked "I'ine. COnt ~ ins o\'o:r 200 """,e .<. CO\"(·,·~ at ; i!l! lK>rtant e'·,"IlI:;. "\Il .1hw)nle 1.",,):,,;,,: The world's foremost publ isher of boob Oil CHESS DAVID McKAY COMPANY, Inc., 119 W est 40th St., New York 18, N. Y.

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Texas - October 26 t o 27 New Me xico - Nov. 23 t o 24 Big " 1:)" Open at fiake r Hotel, Dallas, 1963 IVew M('xicv OP (,II 3t C"nl!lHl!lit ~ Texas: 5 Bd SS T mt: SS 1st $150, 2nd Ruum, AlhIH111erque Nat'J Bank, Wa,hin g' S50. 3d 825 plus trophies : EF S.'> plus ton & Central NE. Alllllqucrlluc : 5 Hd S.'" u seF & TCA dues (S6 ) : register by B T mt. 45 muves/ 2 huu rs (lst Bd ·Wl l %) : COMING EVENT S IN THE U . S. AM , 1st Rd 9 AM: bring sets & clocks; in . AN D CANADA title to top state resid ent. trophies h t, 2d. ( Iuiri e ~ . J Jcob 1\1. I rv)ne, 5930 Palo Pinto, Abbreviations-SS T m t : Swiu System Tour­ 3d, Junior ; medals. 1st, 2d B & Up.

A Living Legend in Swedish Chess Lundin. "One nevel', howevel', hcnl'd him com plain. He With materials fUl'n ished by Swedi sh player a nd needed but a glass of beer to make him unbend and columnist Zando)" Nilsson, we are endeavoring to de­ start relating some amusing incident from his chess pict a faithful sketch of (\ player, little kn ow n to memol'i es, And, in t his field , he was unslll'passed, Americans, Costa Stoltz. In view of the games which even if the stories did sometimes have a streak of t he will accom pany this arti cle, it is strange indeed "that Baron Munchhausen in them. Stoltz has remained so 1I1l1"ecognized here. We doubt "Gosta Stoltz had a deeply rooted love for chess, that many ill this cou ntry have sensed hi s true wo rth So much so it was simply im possible to get him to fit and wonder that these games have remained so li ttle into the ,'outine of social life. And much of Stoltz' pu blicized. Each is worthy of in clu sion in OUl" Goldcn part in chess was due to the patronage of his gener­ T 1"CaS1t1"g of Chess, but only his victory against Spiel­ OllS benefactor Ludvig Collijn-whose dream it was mann is - and that with a question mark against its to see Stoltz in 1\ match for the champiollship of the claim to immortality !? wodd. For a personalized impression of Stoltz the man as ''It was always interesting' to analyze with Stoltz. weli as playel', we attempt a yelldition of Kristian He had an immensely rich store of good advice to Skold's preface in Swedish to the Stoltz-Tartakover furnish from his long career as a tournament pl ayel'. game from Bled 1931 (published in t he Swedish paper To the last, he contin ued to construct ll ew variations, Exrn'essen, August 3,1963), especially in the open games and with a predilectio n "The deceased Grandmastel' Stoltz experienced for t hose rejected by the theoreticians, But he was more than anyone else the fick leness of fame, From also sensitive to the opinions of others, and analyzing being a genenllly celebrated and admil'ed chess hero with Stoltz thereby became a rare joy. in the thirties, he passed his hlst years in a far fl'om "Afterwards, he often played a melTY tune on his inspiring milieu, forgotten and forsaken by most mouth organ or guitar. He had the true soul of an people and ever beset and plagued by illness, artist and a deep human insight." Typic:: a l Stoln' Games 31 N-K3! These game~ - we :l hall present f1I'e W hile sacrifice s h is Quccn nook Pawn in a ll - a re quite new to us, (l)l:Ce lll lO gain lime rOl' a KIng,!'II1" attack. for his nlmmo ,'tal Game" with S pie lmann, 31 .. , . Q-B6 35 BxN Q_Q6 and almos t unknown here. Commentaries 32 R-K2 QxR P 36 B_B3 B- Q1 are rrom SlI'edh;h by S kold ~ Ul d Lundin, 33 Q-R8t K_R2 37 R-K8 Q- Q5 and Nilsson's (,'onde n:la tlon of S pie l· 34 N_Q5! NxN 38 B_K4 Q_B3 I ma1ll\'s notes on tha t game. Bled 1931 QUEEN' S GAMBIT DECLINED G. Stoltz S. G. Tartakover Dlack White Position after 44 .. . P- N3 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 8 0-0 P_QN3 2 P-QB4 P-K3 9 Q_92 P_KR3 3 N_KB3 N- K93 10 9_R4 B_N2 46 R-N8t K-R2 4 B- N5 B- K2 11 QR_Q1 9PxP ,l ij ... K - LH allo\\'s ·!i Q)l:H with check. 5 QN_Q2 QN_Q2 12 KPxP PxP Ant! the lext a1ll1earS Q\lil e safe. 6 P-K3 0-0 13 NxP 9 x N 47 Q-K4t! Resigns 14 P x B N _R4 7 B-Q3 P- B4 VOl' ·Ii ... K)l: I{ leads 10 mate in three. 14 ... N -Q~ Is betteI'. 93 R-K6 ! , . , , Comments after Skoid. 15 8 _N3 NxB 23 P- 95 ! P_K4 White plays to set til) a discovcred 16 RPxN N-93 24 N _94 p ,p check. The complications be(:ome In· 17 Q_K2 R- 91 25 Q- 9 3 Q_9 1 tense. Swine muen de 1932 18 P-84 R_B2 26 Rx P 9 _S2 39 .. , Q- Q5 KING'S GA M S IT 19 9 _Nl B-Q3 27 Rx R .,. 40 Q-B6!! 8-N3 20 P-R3 Q_K2 28 K_N2 Q_94 G. Stoltz F. S&emisch 41 R-K8! . . . , 21 K R-K1 R-Q1 29 B-R2 P_QN4 White Black Apparently. White ignOl'es Black's at· 22 N_K 3 R/ 2-Q2 30 P_Q N4 Q_Q5 P_K4 P_K4 tacking possibilities, But watcb bls dis· 1 2 P_ KB4 p,p covered check become II cross check to set up the win ning idea. 3 N_KB3 P_KN4 P- KR3 s t ronger. 41 . , . , QxPt 43 K-R4 B-Ql t :\ilssoll call i! 3 . 42 K_Rl Q-B8t 44 P-B6§! P-N3 4 P_KR4 P-N5 8 Bx P Q_K2 , N_ K5 N_KBl 9 Q_K2 B_N2 (Diagram. top or next column) , P_Q4 P-Q3 10 P_ B3 P_KR4 45 BxPt!! K," 7 N_Ql N,P 11 N- Q2! , . , , Of (<{lurse, 45 , .. P)l:B allows male in 'J'heol'Y at that l ime. says Nilsson, two. Noll' White must operate willi called for II P- K:\3 fo llowed by 12 B-N2. checks or be lost. The finish Is precise 11 , , , . NxN 13 9xQ B_B4 as well as startl!ng. 12 K x N QxQt 14 KR-KSl N-Q2 14 ... X- B3 Is coneCl (:"IlIsson). t = eheek; * = db!. eh~ek; f = dl.. eh, 296 CH£SS REV IEW , OCTOBER. 1961 15 N_N4! N_ B3 28 HxD, H- KSt 29 R- Ol, HxH mate). btU 16 B- NSt ! B_Q2 the text does little more in comparison H ere, on 16 ... P- D3. White has 17 than gTant White 1I spite check 01' two. ",,,.::p. PxN 18 OxP ~ and. if 18 ... K- I ~ 2 . 26 . , . , BlCP t 19 QR-Kl t etc:. On 16 .. . K- QI. White 27 K-Bl .... .,·ins with 17 0 - N5. And. on 16 . . K - 27 K - H2, B- Ko is mate; bnt Black 81. 17 OxPt is good. closes In a s ure mating net anyway. 17 QA- K 1t K_Ql 27 ... , B-Q6 28 P-R5t K-N4 Resigns After 29 Q- NSf, NxQ, Black has a choice of d iscovered mates. and 29 (or 30) R- Kt only puts off mate temlJOrarily (29 . , , \1 - QH 30 Il- K2, RxR etc.).

, \ FORSYTH NOTATION P, A. Agnew has called onr attention , \... to the subject of Forsyth Not atlon, ami we find we have not presented it for a,a BomB t ime. FN Is a system for jotting 18 B- N5! down a chess position quickly, It Is 19 RxN! Resigns pZ'obably most often u sed to take down Discovered <.: heck with the Hook call adjOUrned pOsitions when the records of be fatal. even on 19 ... H- KNI 20 HxPt the gllme must be filed (under seal) with K- In 21 R;1- K7. And ]9 ... K- Ol 20 the tOlH' na ment management but a player RxBP comes to much the some thing. wants to be reasonably sure he wlll be Bnt. on 19 . , . U)(H. White gets a win. analyzing the conect position meanwh!le. ning position with 20 O)(Bt. K-Q2 21 The procedur e Ig to sketch a s keleton R- K7t . K- Ql (21 . . . K- 01 22 B)(H Is diagram. You Inscribe lowel' case letters fu tile) 22 H)(KBPt K - K l 23 R- TOt. K ­ for Dlack, capitals for Wlli te men, num· BI 24 ItxP. R- KNI 25 fi)(P: e ,g. 25 . ' . bers to Indl<.:ate empty squares In order B-B8 26 B- K7t. K- B2 (26 ... I\: - Kl! 27 from left to right. as across the top row Stoltz (right ) ilnd E. Lundin in 1941 :-<- Q5! ) 27 B-K5 ~. Hnd 27 . .. \\: - K3 28 or a normal c hess diagram, then the The Munic h trophy of M ei$sen por celain P- Q5t or 27 ... K- N3 28 N- Q5! or 27 next to top lind s o on. For a quick re­ i s worth close to $1000. . . . K- K1 28 N- Q5 ! o r 27 .. . K- Ol 28 check. the n umber of men and n umber N- 0 6! OxP 29 O- R6t. of blank squares fO l' each line must tota l Comments after Lundin Black has the ad\'antage aHer 20 QxP . eight. XxP 21 Q-B~, R-K5 ! 22 Q- N5t. K- n2. S Ul1J)ose you ran orr tbe following game let In skittles , wanted a memo of 20 . . , . It but had to cat<.: h a t rain. In m inutes, Fifth Match Gam e 1930 21 PX'N you call l'eproduce t he final position. 22 Q-N3 • • • • FRENCH DEFENSE White Dlack R. S pielmann G. Stoltz 1 P_ K4 P_ K4 4 N-Q5 NX'P White Dhu;k 2 8 - 84 N_KB3 5 Q- N4 NxBP 3 N_Q93 9_B4 6 QxNP R-B1 1 P- K4 P-K3 7 N_K2 Q_ N3 7 QxKPt Re$igns 2 P_Q4 P_Q4 8 N- B3 p,p 3 N-Q2 N_ KB3 9 Px P B-NSt 4 P- K5 KN- Q2 10 K_B1 P_ B3! 5 B_Q3 P-QB4 11 N_B4 p,p 6 P_QB3 N- QB3 12 NlCP/6 P_ K5 13 B_KB4 . . . .

22 .... B- QB4! Nilsson offers this as S toltz' im mort al game with comparison to tbe Anderssen­ Kiesel'itzky game. One sacrirlce followlI another, Consider 23 QxPt R- K2! 24 QxU arter llelU'oduced in Forsyth. t he position be· com es : which Black wins with 2 ~ . . . N .. N5 (25 R-KBI . NxBP !); and 23 B- Bl afte r which rnbqkr2 p p p P 1 P 1 P Blac k mates with 23 . . . BxP f! (2~ Kx8, N- N5t 25 Kx P . R- Bl nlate). a 2 b N Q 3 13 . . . . White tries a nother cou rse be fore JIle k· 2 • 5 13 . . . PxB H N- 07t fa\'orll White a s ing off Black's Queen Hook. a do all otber alul\'nath·es. 23 B- B5 BX'B PPPP1nPP 14 B_ 87 N - B 3 16 BlCQ B_NS 24 QxPt K-N3 R1B1K1NR 25 QxR R-K7 15 NxPt K - B2 17 P_KN3 " .. Publications which tI'y to save space Comparatively spenklng. 17 Q- Bl Is Blit Bla<.:k still holds an il'on gz'lp. may give the same in the following con· best here. 26 P- KR4 , . . . densed form: r n b q k r 2/ p p p p ip I 17 . . . . B- R6t 19 B_ 87 K R_K1! 26 R- KBl is equally futile (26 . , ' pi 8/ 2 b N Q 3/ 2 B 51 8/ P P P P I 18 K_N1 K,N 20 B_K5 , . . . D-Q6 poses the threat of 27 . .. DxPt !! P PI It I D I KIN R .

CH ESS REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1963 297 A n outstanding recent game, annotated by DR. MAX EUWE by a former World Champion.

ROMA!I'CEME!I'T Cioca ltea, Ghitescu :'lIld Gheorghiu, the la ttcr is prob­ Lewis Carroll has astor)" el/titled ROlllancellient, abl y the most gifted. III the recent national cham· in which he e:rl o l.~ the l) jrt/t e.~ 0/ 0. shop which mi"er­ pionship, he sha red top place wi th GUlisbergel', illld lites that cOlI/lllm/ity. At the end, he is disgusted he won the playoff cOll vincingly. to lind Ihat the word, simply poorly spaced, is ac­ In the internationa l temll match, RO!!llltlnia vs. tually Roman ccment. /)1'_ £w(le's currellt Came 0/ HUll)!"ry. won b)' Roumim ill 13- ] ] , Gheorghiu Wli S the Mo'll th. rem;lllls us 0/ that ,#o"y. For it indicates a ~; till ill good forlll and twice WOll hom Portisch, The that, all r01l/rl/lce aside, the Roul1wnirms, who pride follow in g ga me is from tha t match. them.selves on their Roman origin, (l,re /lOW fortihing Port isch chooses a ra ther un common development, their game with the slltrdiness 0/ Roman cemenl.- En, know il from the game, Tan- BrOllstein, Bevcrwijk J 963, Chess in ROll nlHnia has made rapid strides in the As d id Oronstein , the Hunga rian has his difficul ties last few ycars. The fact becil me very clea r in the 'lI1d . ill the middle gallic, fa ll s victim to a massive la test Olympiade at Varna where the ROllmani an team breakth rough. The game is decided onl y a rew moves booked excellent results. Of thc younger [a lcnt , lalcr.

SICI LIA N DEFENS E 239, August issue ), In this line, thel'C' Gheor gh iu Port isch for e, the blltlle for tlte ,'(>lI1e r i~ more difficult fol' Black, White Black 1 P_K4 P- QB4 3 P- Q4 p ,p 2 N-KB3 N_QB3 4 N xP Q_N3 Hel'e I~ something new; but the firs t experiences hn\'e been f:wOI'a ble for W bite, W ith D- K3, White wins an im· IJOr tan t t empo. 5 N-N3 This retrel't Iii IlI'ac l iPall y fol't,t'd, bll t the l,nlght Is no wori;e l)lace(1 on N3 Q-R3 ! . , , lh,11) 011 Q4 , 15 . 5 . , . , N-B3 The TIOl

10 , ' , 8 - 1;:2 and I I . ' , 0 -0 I ~ I)el'haps hellel', to Illay the Sehe\'e,lillJ;cn Varia· tion. E\'en then, howe\·er. White has the bettel' prospects. 6 N_B3 . , , . 11 Q-B3 B- N2 T hj ~ move Ii; be tte r than t he ('onlinu· 12 0-0 N- Q2 ation Ii B- K 3, Q- N5t 7 N - Da. ",'xl' liS It Bronstein Tl illyed this l

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SICILIAN DEFENSE Survey of a Characteristic Man eu ver against the Rauzer Auacl, The Sicilian Defense remains something of an eternal my"tery. Forty years ago and longer, a number of games were played in which Black, by applying the so·called Scheveningen Variation, atta ined victory in an a l. most im percepti ble way. White made what we used to call "sound moves" and still regularly drifted into trouble. Appa rently, Bl

White Black Hichter·Rauzer. 7 Q-Q2 is a strong move. 1 P_ K 4 P- QB4 4 NxP N- B3 protecting the Queen Bishop and prepar· 2 N- K B3 N_QB3 5 QN_ 8 3 P- Q3 ing 0 - 0 - 0. 3 P-Q4 p , p 6 B- KN5 P- K3 Now. however. White must continually take into a ccount the tmmasking maneu· Black's system is in fact a modified vel', . . . P-KR3 and B-R4, NxP! the Scheveningen. The idea behind it. may be theme of this article. described thus: against the Schevenin· 8 . . . . B_Q2 ( Diagr am, top of ne xt column) gen . White never develops his Queen Here, again. 8 . . . P-R3 requires at· Bishop to KN5. After While has done 7 . . . . P-QR3 tention (i[ only to jnstify the text). The so, the Scheveningen, characterized by 1\"ot yet 7 .. . P-KRS; for. t hough S le~son is not simple. . . P- K3. may be justified. B-R4 loses a Pawn to 8 ... NxP. White First. on 9 B-R4. l\"xP. there are var· 7 Q-Q2 . . . . replies 8 BxN! and Black must recapture iants. 1) 10 BxQ. NxQ. and Black stands better. But 2) 10 Q- B4: is more com· The original Richt er employed 7 NxN; with a Pawn since 8 ... QxB 9 N/ ~-N5 plicated. White has the advantage on but. as it began to be met. the refine· costs him a Pawll. Botvinnik and Petrosyan ha,'e bolh 10. N-B3? 11 XxN. Pxl\" 12 N-K4! ment of the text move introdw:ed the :ried 7 ... P - KR3 8 Ex,",. PxB more (Najdor[-!Iivi[zky. Gothenberg 1955). And t _ ched!: t = db!. check: § _ dis . ch. th:lll once, but witllont Sllccess. Notor· he has attacking chances on ]0 . . N-

CH ESS REVI~W , OCTOBE R. 1963 301 N4 II Q- K3, NxN 12 RxN. B-K2 13 P- U4. N- R2 14 Bx8, QxB 15 P-KN4. But the chances ,H'e equal aftel' 10 .. . P- KN4 11 QxN. Px8 12 NxK. PxN 13 QxDPt, 8 -Q2. I Then White can retain the initiative with 9 B -B~. 8-Q2 (liot (I ... KxN 10 QxN. P-Kl on account of 11 BxKP) 10 NxN. BxN Jl P- B3, P -Q·J 12 Q- K1, 8-K2 13 PxP. PxP. Finally, with 9 B- K3, White gets the better game. On 9 . .. N- KN5 10 NxN. PxN 11 B- B5 ! White stands better (Smys- 10v- I3otvinnik, 2d Match Game, ]957). This is the critical position. Black And. after n . . . B- Q2 10 P-B'1. R-Bl 11 has the choice of A 12. Q-R4. the K-N1. P- QN-l 12 8 -Q3, White's position older variation. and B 12 . .. P-Q·I, a is superior. In Smyslov-Botvinnik (8th ne,,' recommendation. :-'latch Game, 1957), there followed 12 ... N- KN5? 13 B- 1\'I, NxN 1-1 ExN, P- K4 Variation A 15 13- Nl. PxP 16 N-Q5. N- K6 17 8xN. 12 • . • . Q-R4 PxB 18 QxP, B-K3 19 Q- R'. and White FOI' a long time. only this move wa~ \\'on rapidly. consider ed anrl exumlned thoroughly. So S ... P- KH3 is not satisfactory. Here is a sun'ey of t he r esults. No. 1 J. Peekover 9 P_ B4 . . . . 13 NxQ Pt BxN 14 RxB 0-0-0 Tlleory and practice agree that. aft(>J' 14 . . . Q- B2. the gambit. 15 H-Q2! QxP 16 B- K2, is favorable fOI' White: 1) 16 . .. 0-0-0 17 R- J3J. Q- K4 (lj . .. QxP?? 18 B-N3, QxP 19 B- 1\'4) IS Q - 82. and White has both attack ing chances and the possibility of favorably recover. ing his Pawn; 2) 16 . . . N- K5 17 N xN. QxN 18 Q-n2. P- K·) .19 KR- Ql. B- K5 (19 ... N- Q5 20 P- B3. 1In(l White wins) 2(l Q- R5 with (leci!!i"e advantage (Gilg- Mohl·loh. Wag­ White to move and draw Ag the text blocks the reU'eat of the eningen 1956). The Pawn goeg mal"ching on. Queen O!shop, 9 . .. P-H3. to be fo!1owed by .. . NxP, desel"Ves even more consider­ No.2 Kasparyan ation here. Analyses of about eight years ago, however, showed that White can answer the unmasking maneuver in an effective way. So this attempt dis­ appeared from practice. and Blac1;: tl"ied a. Humber of othel' systems with and without 9 ... P-R3 such as ... B- K2, ... H- Bl and ... P- KN4. iliany games were played in this way, and theoreticians made a careful study of the val'ious lines . It seems that. in all these val"iations, White maintains a 15 R-Q1! smull but distinct advantage. • • • • Better than 15 BxN which actually Perhaps because of that opinion, an White to move and draw gives Black good c hallC% to equalize . interesting suggestion has been advanced Stale echo. to return to 9 .. . P- R3 and 10 . .. NxP. 15 . . . . Q- B2 DaT'ga's attempt to ~tre ngthen the No.3 Kvezerell 9 . . . . P- R3 10 B-R4 NxP! ? Black. position by 15 .. . P - K4 is in­ 11 Q-K1 . . . . teresting. Dllt White maintains s ome a(1· I'antage with 16 D- D·!, i'xP 17 N- K4! It is quite cleal' now that 11 BxQ. B-K3 (the only move) 18 DxBt, PxB 19 NxQ does not lead to a satisfactory re­ l\" - Q6t. K-?\" 1 20 QxP, KR- Bl 21 N-B7 or sult for White. Neither does 11 QN:.:N, 21 KR- K1 QxB 12 NxN. BxN 13 KxPt, BxN 14. QxB. 16 Q-B2 N-K2 R- Ql. But the surprising text move 17 B_Q3 B-B3 lool(s very strong: the Queen protects 18 P_ B5 the Queen Bishop and attacks Black's Knight, while Black's Queen is still en White's positioll iH guperiOI" (as in prise. Spassky- Rabar. GoUJenberg 1955). 11 . . . . N- B3 Variation B The only move. After 11 . . . P- KN4 (Continue from next to last diagram) 12 QKxN, PxB, the answer 13 N- KB5 is 12 . , • . P- Q4 White to move and win crushing. A strange·looking move; but, accord­ Steeplechase. ing to Sadger's analyses, it cannot be 12 N-B5 • • • rejected in any convincing way. White So lut ions on page 306. t check; t ;::;: db!. check; § ;::;: dis. ch. has a choice of moves, taken liP here in 302 CHE SS REVIEW, OCTOBER , 1963 the order of their force : J) 13 HxP; 16 QxQ . . . . 2) 13 BxN; and 3) 13 NxQP. It malleI'S not if While defers this ex· dmnge and ]llays 16 P-N7 first. 16 . . . . N x Q 18 Nx8t K-B1 17 P_N7 BxP 19 N- R5 R_ BI

mack's position is certainly not worse.

Sub.variation 3 Key Posit ion (Con tinue from Key Position) Sub-variation 1 13 NxQP! • • • • 13 RxP This ('apture looks destructil'e. T his move is r ather harmless. Black 13 . . . . P- KN4 Hen, is the 110im for critical decision. It <:annot be denied that 'White is a little answers 13 . .. Q- B2 and the till'eats of Black's only chance to S:l\'e the game. just 1 ~ ... QxPt, ].I . . . NxR and 14 .. . better. as in tlle majority of t he 0-0-0 preveut White [l'om continuing I'ariations of the Hauzer Variation. On his attack in any promising way. l he othe r hand. Blacl! has some counter· play 1111(1 a quicl! decision does not seem Sub_variation 2 possible (20 N - B6 is met by 20 ... B- B3) . (Contin·ue from Key Position) 13 BxN • • • • This continuation does not mean much The Biggest Bargain either. in Chess Literature 13 . . . . QxB 14 NxP • • • • The only reasonable sequel. CHESS EW 14 . . . . Q,N ANNUAL 15 N- B7t K-Q1 Now 1\1]". Sadger considen: 16 NxR QxKBPt a) 1·1 NxNt, QxN 15 Q- Q2. H- Ql which Volume 30 - $7.00 is f<\vol'aole for Black: LL twelve issues of CHESS REVIEW b) 1~ B- )13, NxN 15 UX:-\". N- N5 which published during 1962 have been is also satisfactory fOI' Black: A handsomely bound in cloth making c ) 1~ PxP ! NxN ami (i) 15 HxN", PxP 16 B-!'\3. N-N5 17 H-Q6~. Q-RI with ad­ Ihis jumbo-sized book more than 384 \'antage fo r Black; and (Ii) 15 P-xP, Q- R·' pages. Games from the important 1962 with difficulties for White. chess events, picked by experts, are H e does not consider. howe\'er. (Iii) annOtated by masters. 15 P-N6! which is much stronge r and Read also in exciting detail of the comes near to refuting the whole varia· ·at Curacao, of tion. Fi~cher's brilliant exploit in the Inter. 14 P>tP zonal Tournamcnt at Stockholm of the 15 P- N6 ! . . . . 1961·2 U. S. Championship and man' Now the crucial question is whether other top t ournaments. 01" not Black can prevent White's Knight You'll hal'e also a permanent record from escaving. of news and best games of 1962 and

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CRITERIA AND STANDARDS IN END-GAME STUDIES Fart VI -Ne w Vistas and Cr itique Kor'Ol"ko\" eer·tllinly did not \"Ilnt lo "bon'ow" the Proke ~ h Idea. He indulges The previous five paris of thi s series gave in a hroad sweep il com­ in a playhl1. lntcllccuml pas time, a kind parison of existing lelldencies in slUdy composition, centering mainly 011 or ··quiz:· by providing- an ··Illlteplay" the prolific output of our Russillll chess-pliJying colleagues. We dwelt on to Ihe t;tmly of Pl'okesh (lind so likewise wit h I

White to move nnd drnw t = check; t = db!. check; I dJ8, ch, , H"'"'tI~·! _ Ed. CHES S REVIE W, OCTOB£R, 1963 305 ing from pr'actlcal pla y and many dW llc­ Chernev's " Ch ess l\hlgi<:" Is a dynamic B2 6 P- N 8(QJt ! KxQ 7 K- B6, K- R2 8 p ­ tic end-game studies , and a voids the attack on Ollr public with a conC6nt rated N4 , P -N .. 9 K-B7, P - R4 11) P-R 4! K - fii chess Intellectuals' heavier opium of the fn t'e ot endgame artistry. WUhont the· 11 K-B6 win ning. But note that White pr onounced a rtlSllc composition, T o s a ve orlzing about histor y and evnhmllon, the has an alte rnative In 5 X- K 6! K-Bl 6 s pace, ma ny positions a r e described in book sim ply gives an exquis ite selection P- K3 (or R3), P -N4 7 P -R3 (or N3), P ­ notation only (I.e, without diagrams), and of shockers to a wake our understanding. ,,3 (01' 7 , . , P xP 8 Kx P etc.) 8 P-Bi . there Is the Inevitable s ha re of mis, It does ha\;e some (i nel'itable) cooks, Having two wi n ning solutions demoll ~h· takes a nd o \'erslm plified state ments, a lld :"139 by Korol'kov, cool!ed by 6 . .. es the wort h of the s t udy. Any r evised e dition, however', will e llm· P- N6, drawing, has hll l11lily ~In<:e been Among ot her flaws is t he appearance inate 8uch paning delects. repaired in K0 1' o l'ko\"~ OW~l col1ec llO ll. of t h e original GUl'vitch (see page 206, July Issue) although that had been cor, "Basic Chess E ndings" is so far t h e v . A. Korol 'kav standard E nglish book on en dings. It is 1st ·2nd P rize (amended ) I ecte d in the R ussian Anthology of 1955. s urpassed only by t he recent Ge rmltn S }w k h m aty \' S~"H 1934 And Boowmeesler also neglects to give t ranslation i n thr'ee volumes of An dre publica tion dales and de tails of uwardS Cheron's "T rait !! des Fi ns de Part ie," (the Mat tison piece, e.g., won four th wh ich not only fully surveys, J'ev isea prize In Shakhmat ny Listok 1929). and Includes all past literat ure but also A book which does our reputation even a llots m uch thought and illustrat ion to less (perhaps least) cred it is a join t merely a r tistic e nd·game compos ition. ventUre. "Selected E ndings" by Har tleb The e xcur6lons sre somewhat out or and 'Vbitaker, pr in ted In Heidelberg, line for a scholarly book a pplying Itself Ger'many, 196 0, with captions and solu. wit h Iltrlct Fr'ench consequence a nd tions in Ger man and t he preface and logic to til e "endgame." not t he '"st\ldy." some In troductory chapters in E nglish , Yet It adds enjoyment that Cheron, h im· written In a sarcastic journalese. T hey self an e minent composer, perhaps jllst ~ ing l e out fo r- criticism a st udy by- of aH logicall y augments t he mer ely didac· all people- ollt' most celebrated composer tic end·gam e s tudy by adding the a rtis­ Wh ite t o mov e and wi n LammeI' and po ke unfounded fun at tic one a s well. Possibly, no "categoJ'i· The ,'eader may e njoy the t heme re· other's. T his book nlso contains the unco r' cal" li ne could be d rawn any longer be­ vea led well on into the sol ution. t ween t he two t ypes.' rected Mattison s tudy just m enUon ed. 1 Q_N7 P_K5 R_Q1 The o nly oUle r foreign language pu bli­ 6 B- K2 and a nother as well : 2 Q)(KP R_K1 7 B- Q3 R_ Kl cations ot more nmbl tious type t han Cher­ H. M, MRtlison 3 P_ R7 P-R8 (Q) 8 B_K4 R-Ql on and F ine a re lhe three volumes on the Risner 'I',,:: blflll 19 13 4 P- R8 (Q)t R,Q 9 B- Q5 R_ K1 e ndgame edited nnd successively pub· 5 QxQ B- K6! R-Ql Iished by Yur l Averbnkh , 19S6, 19S8 and R-K1 10 B-Q7 wins 1962, in co-operation wit h Chekhover, 11 H an kin a nd MaiseHs, a nd possibly a pre, While Chernev's bool;: is a high ly in· cedIng, e 1> cellent a nd e1>tenslve one·vol· ror'rMl.t ive int roduction Imo some h igher' ume work on all phases of t he endgame values of composition, Intel' bool!!) ha ve by Llsltzln. been a distinct s lipb a~k In q\l ullty. Hans More r ecently, two collec tions ul so pr·e· Boowmeester's book d raws h!rbe ly from dominantly or practical endings from ac­ Lommer's; of lhe first (went)' positions. t ual pla y were Issued by Euwe a nd H oop· rou rteen come from there: I.e. f,'om 1938 er and E uwe and Kr amer. They miss '" a nd there have been so malty good conllillten t me thod of arrange ment a nd Il w dles since to provide food (or t he a pproach , In a rather random ~elec tl on reader or today. The Eng ll ~h translation , of !l tudles. A good basic book Il' " HoI\' ed Ited by Golombek. though IlUbllshed in Whlle to move arid win to Win In t he Chess Endill gs," by I. A. 1959, <:on Lll in, moreover, a Jlum ber of 1 8_8 4 R- RS , K_ K7 R- KN I ! Horowitz. "(.ooks" known from long before. 2 P-N6 R,N 7 K_B7 R- Q1 Our literature on end-game st udi es. ,I uSl to give one example, th e r'e Is #16 3 P- N7 R- Q1 8 B- B7 R- K R1 howe ver, lenves much to be desired, by H. M. Muttison . 4 B_ B7 R-KR1 9 B- Q6t K any Che r nev's " Ch ess Magic" is th e one good 5 B_KS R- Q1 10 B_ B8 R- R2t e xampl e. H is pa ttern was copied less 11 B- N7 satisfactorlly by Han s Bouwmeester 's Inasll1uch liS 1 . . . H-KN'j draws , the "Modern End-game Studies for the Chess· l)osition Is flawed. The se lling needs an pla yer." addition. a. Blnck P:I\\'J\ on D1a('k'~ K l'3. , Crllic\"m of thl" erud ite work COmC" hurd: Then the solution works. but Chcron l)rlnt8 Korol'kov's u~r r H) ~ lt lo li Another of t heir' ~elef; [i ons also hal' withou t creditIng rhe Selman precu""cr of been kllown ns (·ooked. 1' ~ 9 (ct . page 17G. Junc._W.K, Y. Y ~ k im chj k Shakh",aty v. SSSR r!l33 Solutions to CHESSBOARD MAGIC! No.1 K-Q8, R-QSt 2 K- K 7, R-QB3 3 K-Q7, R- KRS 4 B- EB , B-NS 5 K-K6, H- IH W h ite to mov e ~ n d wJn B B- NS, H- HI 7 B- Q8. The study is an Inte l'estlng one, and NO. 2 1 N- B7t, K- BS 2 N- K 6, RxK 3 p ­ the solution starts wi th : N7, R- Kl 4 K- B5, B-Blt 5 K-I\'6, K-Q3 1 P_ BS! , . . . ti R xB, KxR 7 K - B7. R- Ql S P-NS(Ql. B-K3t 9 K- K1, RxQ S talema te ; 01' ,I ... DJack succeeds in d rawing on 1 K-N-I? K-Qa 5 R- Q2t, B-Q4 6 RxBt, KxR i P­ K -N ~ ! 2 P- R4. K- B4 a P- (1;3. PxPt .\ N8(Q), RxQ Stalemate. Kx P, K-Q.4 5 K- N6, K- KS I) P- N3. P - R4: 7 KxNP , K- B4 8 K- H6, K - N5 9 P-B5, No, 3 1 R- KR4, B-Nl 2 R-KB4, B- :-..'23 (1 - P- RS! 10 P 1> P , KxBP . KN4, B- Bl ~ R_K 4, B-B2 5 R-KB4, B- K l K- Q2 I) R-QB4 , B-Q2 7 R-Q4. On 1 R- K B4, 1 .. . , K- N4 3 K- K 5 White to move ~n d draw Black can draw with 1 . .. 8 -84 2 RxB, 2 K- B4 K_B3 4 P_ B6 K_ K1 Ca n you find (aJ the solution and (b ) B- Q5t. The original solutiun run s: 5 PxP, K- the cook befor e looking fmther?

CHESS REVIEW, OCTOBER , 1963 ~06 1 P-B7 N-N3t 3 K-Q6 P_N8(B) 2 K-B5 p,p 4- P-B8( N )! Draw Unluc kily, the pretty idea is cooked by 2 . .. K - OZ! ilS Blac k wins. T hese a re only a Few of the shon· ,omings of the book. But one mOl 'e de· serves mention a s it has been s pl'eatl over a sel' i e~ of books. T . Regedzinsky *';" 1. i';J\a c hol'." 1927 CLASSICAL MANHA NDLING OF THE HYPERMODERN DEBUT r- Hypermodernism - the la st word at the present - began its evolu· tion ubo.ut a century ago, Then it wa s frowned upon and today il is in vogue, Here is

White to move and win 6th move, then ex p o~e it. Score pal", if mo ve agrees ; zero, if not. Make The solution was considered right llU· move actually given, Black's reply, Then guess White's next, und so on. m recently, but has a cUriolls hinory COVER W H ITE M OVES IN TABLE BELOW, EXPOSE O N E LIN E A T A T IME of transformations. Rabinovich in his book on Hool;: endings (1938) attributes White p " Black Your Selection Your the position to Chekhover 2936. Gawli· Played Score P layed ,,, White's move Score kow in his 1957 book on endings giH~s 5 N- N3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · t he same source and solution. 6 N-B3 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 6 B-N2 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • • · • • · · · · B_K3 N_B3 1 K- N S R-N6t 6 K - K 7 R- KSt 7 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 7 · · · · · · · · · • • • • • • • · · • • · · · · , P- Q5 3 N_K4 2 K_ RS R-KB6 7 K-B6 R- BSt · · · · • • · • · · · · · · · · · 8 · · · • · • · · • • • · • · • • · · · · · · , · 4 3 R- R'l K-N3! 8 K-N7 R- N6t 9 8-Q4 · · · • • • • • · · • · · · · · • 9 P-KB3 • · • · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · • · · 4 K _N8 R-N6t 9 K-R8 R_KBS 10 P-B4 · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · 3 10 N- B2 · · · · · · · , · · · · , · · · , · · · · · · · 5 K - B8 K-B3 10 K _N8 11 P-QR4 ,.) · · · · · · · · · · · · 5 11 P-K4 · · · · · · · · , · · · • • • • · · · · · , • • R-N6t p,p 11 R_ N7! 12 e,p, · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3 12 B,P · · · · · · · · • · • • • • · · • · · · · · , · 13 P_ R5 3 13 N-Q2 , , , . , Chellliover (rightlY, of course) does . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • . · · · · · · · • · · · · • · · 14 P_R6 4 14 P- N3 not have this ]losition in his own book · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • • · • 15 B_N5 · 4 15 Q_K2 , -and good for him, for the solution is 'b) · • · · · • · · · · • • · · · · · · · · · · · · · • • • · · · · • · · 16 KN- K2 , 2 16 P_QB4 · , , wrong as pointed out by Ave l'bakh in · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • • • • · · • · · · · · · · · · · · 17 8-82 2 17 0 - 0-0 1955. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · • • • • · • • • Q-R4 4 18 P- B4 The flaw is 5 ., R-QB6! 6 R-RS, R­ 18 · · · · · • · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • • · • • · • · · 19 P-K5 3 P- N4 Btt 7 K - l\7, RxR 8 KxTl, P-R7, and · · · · · • · · • • • · · · · · • 19 · · · · · · · · · · • • · • • • · · · · · · · 20 8 _B4 (0) , 4 20 N/QxP Blac k draws. · · · · · · · · · · · • 'd) · · · · · • · · · · • • • • • • · · · · · • · · 21 BxBt · 2 21 Q,B , \I' ith mali cious aftel·thought. we m a y · · · • · · · • • • · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · • · · · • · · · · · • • · 22 P,N · 3 22 N,P , add. that, having discovered the cook. · · • • · · · · · • • • · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · • · · · · • • · 23 0-0 3 23 Q-B5 ~ , Averba l,h restore s tbe owne rship to • • · · • · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · P-QN4 .) · 6 24 Q,P Hegedzinskyl , · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • • • · • · · · · · • · · 23 Q _B2 4 25 N-Q6 · The party now holding the bag is " Se· " · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . • · · · · · · · · • • • · · KR_N1 4 26 Q-Q65 , , lected Endings" which two yea l's la ter · • • • · • • • • · • · · • · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · 27 R-R4 4 27 Q-K3 , . , , , still quotes the old wrong solution "nd " • · · · • · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • • • • • · · · · · · 28 N-N5 4 28 K-Nl , th e right source merely fOl' lack of cross • · • · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · • • • • · · · · · • · · 29 N/K_Q4 4 29 Q-K5 , check ing and l'eseal·ch. • · • · · · • · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · • • · • • • • • · · • · · 30 N_QB3 • · • · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3 30 Q- K1 · · · · · · · · · • • · • · · · • • · · · · · · 31 Q,N · · · · · · · · · · , · · · · · · · 3 31 P,N · · · • · · · · • · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · Q_ K3 B, P · · · · · · · · · · · , . · · · · · 3 32 · · · • · · · • • · · · · · · · · · · · · • • Conclusions and Horizons Q-82 "33 Q-B3 · · · · · · · • • • · · · · • · · 4 33 · · • • · · · · · · · · · • · • · · · • • · · · In the la ~t analysis, we deplOl'e that, Resi gns 34 B,P · · · · • • • • • • · · • • • • · · 5 34 • · · · · · · · · · · • • • · · • somehow we of the composing field, are · · · · · · caught in a squeeze. "\Ve do ha;'e a ~h or t· T otal score " , ... . . , . .. 100 You r Per cent age ...... _", ...... age of competent experts who conld in· SCALE: 75.100-Excellent; 55-74--Superior; 4().54--Good; 25-39-Fa ir spire 11 public which is today educated enough in understanding and so j'ecep· NOTES TO Tlit: GA~l E ~ P os j t i on after 23". Q-B5 ti"e enough for t his wouderful facet of

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Si t e of the Zona l Tournamtnt Chess and Philate ly Exhibition Entranc~ to t he Tournament Room 308 CHE SS REV IEW, OCTOBER . 1963 Vesterinen (left) and Doda right, with referee between Kavalek (White) and Ofstad at play: observe Portisch (White) and Donner at p lay. is Ofstad on the move?

Karl Robatsch lost two, to Larsen and White is l'inished one W H y or another, 23 R-Q8r R,R 28 RxQt R,R U hlmann, and won fl'om Dada, Donner, 28 QxP 24 K,R R-Q2 29 N,R K,N Hamman, Johannson, Kanko, Ofstad and 25 a,N a,a 30 P- N5 K-N2 28 Q-133 also is hop e l e~:; i n I'iell' of Vesterinen, K _ B2 28 , , , Q-H5, 26 QxPt Q,Q 31 K-Q3 27 NxBt K - Rl 32 K _ K4 Res igns Speculator's Bonanza 28 .. ' Q-R5 Same ending as pel' note above, but Larsen very often has played dubious Blacl, <.: an male the Queen with 28 . . . wi t h no pie<.:es left (and witb White's I'ariations and prol'ed his point: the op· R-N4 bllt l)rerel's to male t he King, ponent does not find the I'efutation, and I'ing·side Pa\\'n~ connected), allows 29 B-Q1 N_K7! Whi te's King to a~sume dominating L arsen easily gets an equal 01' better a 30 QxB P,Q game, POsition for a sure win, 31 RxN SICI LIAN DEFENSE On se <.: olHI thought. \\'hile r esign s. Battle for the Summit Robatsch Larsen Porlisch, snccessor to Szabo on the Austria Denmark Combining for an Ending Hungarian <.:he ss throne shows Ye l'Y firm White BlaCk 'I'he Yugoslav Attapk, a ~ so often, is ami solid play, 'I'he point be<.:ame the 1 P- K4 P_QB4 6 N/4-N5 P- Q3 murderom; ag ainst t he Dragon, (j i rt'el'ence between his fit'st place and 2 N-KB3 N- QB3 7 B_N5 P-QR3 IJa t'sen's second, SICILIAN DEFENSE 3 P-Q4 p,p , N-R3 B- K3 NIMZO_IND1AN DEFENSE 4 N,P N- KB3 9 N-B4 R-B1 Ivkov Vesterinen Portisch 5 N_QB3 P_ K4!? 10 N- Q5 . , , . Yugoslavia Finland Larsen COI'l'ect in this line is 10 Bx1\', PxB 1 P- K4 P_QB4 10 a,N B_K3 Hungary Denmark (10. , , QxB 1 1 N - N6 g ives White th e 2 N-KB3 P_Q3 11 B_ N3 Q_ R4 1 P-QB4 N- KB3 10 N-Q2 B-N 2 edge) 11 N-K3 cOI' el'ing the vital squa r es 3 P- Q4 p,p 12 0 - 0 - 0 KR_ B1 2 N-QB3 P- K3 11 P-B3 P-Q4 Q5 and KBG, 4 N,P N-KB3 13 K_N1 R- B3 3 P_Q4 B-N5 12 N-N3 Q-B2 10 .. , BxN 5 N- QB3 P-KN3 14 P.KR4 R/l_QB1 4 P_ K3 0 - 0 13 PxBP NPxP 11 BxN 6 B- K3 B-N2 15 P_ RS a,a 5 N_ B3 P- QN3 14 p,p p,p 12 PxB . . 7 P-B3 N_B3 16 BPxB P-K3 6 B-Q3 B-N2 15 P_QB4 R_ K 1 On 12 QxB, Blad, has 12 , ' , N -1\'5 ]3 8 Q_Q2 0-0 17 P-KN4 P- QR3 7 0-0 KBxN 16 Q- B2 QN-Q2 Q-Q2, P- Q4! 9 B_QB4 N,N 18 p,p BPxP , P,B B- K5 17 PxP N,P 12 . , . . N-K2 19 Q-R2 Q-B2 9 B-K2 P-B4 18 P_K4 N-N 5 13 B-Q3 . , . . 19 Q- B3 • • • • Here again 13 B-K2 i s better, X either side ;, r eluctant w "mix It 13 . . , , P- B4 up" as th e sequel shows, Now Black has ,11 h, can wish, 19 ' , , , N- Q4 21 B- K3 P_ BS 14 0-0 B-N2 21 N- N3 P_ B6 20 Q-RS N/4-N3 22 QR-B1 R_K4 15 Q- R5 P- K5 22 PxBP BxP! 16 B-K2 0 - 0 23 K-R1 a,p 17 P-QB3 P- B5 24 R-R2 B-K4 18 Q-N5 P_ N4 25 pxNP R-KN1 19 N-Q2 P-B4 26 Q_ RS N,P 20 P-QR4 K_ R1 27 PxK P N-B5

20 P- K5 p,p 21 BxP Q- B2 22 N-K4 R-B7 It does seem hel'e that Black has nothing g r eatly to fear from 22 " , N x!\ 23 QxPt, K - 131 24 BxBt (or 2·1 Px N, BxB 23 BxP! Q- Q3 27 BxPt K,' 25 QR-KB 1, 13- B5) , QxB 25 QxCit, KxQ 26 24 KR_Ql R,Q 28 R-B7t K_Nl PxN as White's extra Pall'll is the 25 R,Q R,P 29 R,' R_QB1 doubled Queen Knight Pa wn, 26 a,N N,a 30 P-R4 P_N3 t :::: cheek; t :::: db!. check; f dis, eh, 31 N-Q4 Resigns

CH~SS REVIEW, OCToBER, 1963 309 White will surely win. For one thing. can mate- possibly by 21 N-N6§ and 22 32 N-B6 and 33 l\""xP 01· 33 N- K7t (if it D-K2 mate) permlt~ only a perpetual. forks the King and Rook) is a. threat. 18 Q-Q6t B_K2 19 RxB Resigns For. on 19 ... :\""xR. \Vhite has a Personal Satisfaction pretty version of the two Bisho]) mate: \Vhile playing the game with Ofsta!l. 20 Q-B6t! PxQ 21 B-R6 mate. I could have t hought I was Capablanca. S ICILIAN DEFENSE Bullish Tactics gradually Larsen's Ofstad Trifunovich Minev beats back defense. wins a Pawn (see diagram) and Norway Yugoslavia squeezes the position till 39 B-Q6 secnres 1 P-K4 P-QB4 7 B- K2 0 -0 the win. 2 N- KB3 N-QB3 8 0 - 0 P- Q3 9 DUTCH DEFENSE 3 P- Q4 p,p 9 Q_Q2 N- KN5 Or 9 P - QR3, PxN .10 PxB, PxP etc. Minev Larsen B,B 4 NxP P- KN3 10 BxN 9 . . . . N-K5 Bu lgaria Denmark 5 N-QB3 B- N2 11 P-B4 "N 10 Qx? BxNt Q_N3 12 BxN P_ K4 1 P- Q4 P-KB4 14 B_N5 6 B- K3 N-B3 Theory says h'lre only ··and Black 13 PxP . . . . 2 P- KN3 N-KB3 15 P-K7 R-K1 wins" giving no further continuation. But 3 B_N2 P-KN3 16 QR- Q1 B-K3 Correct here is 13 B- K3, p,p H R,P Black has already blundered. After 10 4 N_ KB3 B_N2 17 B- B1 R,P with an equal game. . . . NxN, White Call resign! 5 0 - 0 0 - 0 18 N- N5 N- N5 13 . . . . p,p 11 K-K2 B_ N5 6 P_ B4 P_ Q3 19 Q-N1 K- R1 Q,Q 14 B-K3 White also has attacking r:hances after 7 P-Q5 P_ B4 20 N,B Q,N 15 BxQ KR_B1! 11 ... NxBt 12 RPxN, B- N5 13 HxP! 8 N_B3 QN _Q2 21 B-K3 R- QB1 It is important to prevent 16 N- Q5. 9 Q-82 N_N3 22 P- QR3 N- R3 12 B- R4 B-K2 15 QxPt R-B2 10 P- N3 P_K4 23 R-Q5 P-R4 16 QR-B1 B-K3! 13 Q- N7 R- B1 16 Q-NSt R-B1 11 p,p c.p. P_ Q4 24 Q- Q3 K- R2 17 P-QN3 B-B1 14 N_N6! PxN 17 Q- N6t Drawn 18 N-N1 P_QN4 12 p,p KNxP 25 R- Q6 Q-B2 (Uhlmann was perhaps luc1,y to get a 13 N,N N,N 26 B- N5 Rj2-B2 draw; but he could have been luekier as 27 B_Q5 Q_B1 Tarrasch who walked into this trap vs. DogolYllbov, Gothenberg 192 0, actually won the game finally according to Euwe. page ) 80. June isue.-Ed.).

An Unlucky French for Uhlmann The hammet· of Thol· s mites the Ft·ench Defense. This loss in effect cost Uhl· mann a qualifying place in the inter­ zonal- and against the tOllrney tailender! FRENCH DEFENSE Already, Black has (Iemonstrated the Ofstad Uhlmann deficiencies of \Vhite's development and has a won game. Norway East Germany 28 B,P R,B 34 Q-B8 R,P 1 P-K4 P_K3 6 B_B4 Q- Q3 29 Q,N Rj1-Nl 35 R-Q7 Q-N3 19 KR- K1 R-B3 23 N- Q2 R/1-QB1 P_Q4 P_Q4 7 N-Q63 30 RxP R,P 36 B- B4 Q-B3 20 P- B3 P-QR4 24 N_ B3 R,P 2 0 -0 N- Q2 P_QB4 R_Kl P-QR3 R_ K6 R/1-N3 37 Q- B7 K-N1 21 B_ N5 P-R3 25 R,R R,R 3 8 31 Q,P P- QR4 Q- B2 32 RxR P,R 38 R-Qat B- B1 22 B_ K3 P-R5 26 p,p p,p 4 KPxP 9 p,p B_Q2 R_R2 Resigns 5 KN - B3 10 N- K4 33 R-Ql Q-B2 39 B-Q6 11 NxP B_K2 40 QxP R_QN2 Black has one Pawn, attacks another. On 27 NxP, tllel·e follows 27 ... RxB 28 40 . .. R- KB2 41 BxP puts Black two RxR 29 B-QB4, K- B2 , PxP etc. And 2, Pawns down; but the text is worse. B- Q2, B- B4t 28 K-Rl (28 K- Bl? 1~ -B5tl. 41 QxR Resigns R-B7 is eQuaHy hopeles~ for White. On 11 .. . QxR. 42 Q- Q5t is decisive.

Grandmaster Execution Jest Chess For a grandmaster Uhlmann did inex· In his game with Kilmar/(, Uhlmann plicably poorly in spot s and failed to falls into a theoretically wen known tra]) qualify. Hound 11, however, was one of and loses a piece in the opening. Watch his better days. this comedy. FRENCH DEFENSE QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE Hamman Uhlmann Uhlmann Kilmark 12 N_KB5 P,N 14 NxPj7 B-K1 Denmark East Germany ,15 Q-Q5 Q-R4 East Germany Sweden 13 N-Q6t K- B1 1 P- K4 P_K3 7 QN-B3 Q- N3 16 Q_K6 N_Q5 1 P-Q4 N- KB3 4 B- N5 P_ KR3 2 P-Q4 P_Q4 8 N-K2 P- B3 2 P-QB4 P-K3 5 B-R4 B_N2 As Lasker has said, the shock of be· 3 N- Q2 N_ KB3 9 P-KN3 PxQP 3 N-KB3 P-QN3 6 P- K3 B-N5t ing combined against sometimes blinds 4 P- K5 KN-Q2 10 PxQP B- N5t 7 QN-Q2 • • • • t he defender . Here 11) ... QxRt 17 QxQ, 5 P_ KB4 P- QB4 11 8-Q2 p,p Here theory calls for 7 N-B3 or 7 BxN gives Rook and two pieces for the 6 P_B3 N- QB3 12 BPxP 0-0 KN-Q2 (Uhlmann could not have read Queen and chance to play for a Will . 13 B- N2 • • • • ··Spotlight Oll Openings:' page ISO , June 17 N- N5 BxN Now White ~tin cannot play 17 N-Q5 issue!-Ed.). Black is still thunderstruck: 17 .. hecause of 17 ... R-B5 18 KR- Kl, BxN 7 . . . . P- KN4 NxQ 18 NxNt, K-B2 19 N-B4§, K-Bl (19 19 PxTI, R- Q5. 8 B-N3 P_N5 .. . K- B3? 20 R-K6t, K-N'1. and White (Continued on page 313) 310 CHESS REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1%3 Berlin 1928 Tartako\'er = 11·lck ster. SICILIAN OEFENSE H. Johner S. G. Tart ak over 1 P-K 4 P_Q84 8 B- Nst B-Q2 2 N_K 8 3 N_KB3 9 P_QB4 N-K83 3 N_B3 P_Q4 10 N_Q9 3 0 - 0 Miniature games a re the hors d'oeuvres o f chess 4 p , p N, P 11 0-0 Q_B2 5 N_K 4 P-K3 12 Q- K2 N_B3 6 P-Q4 p , p 13 N- B3 KR_K1 14 NxNP ! K xN Eng land 1946 7 NxP S_K2 14 B-N5 • • • • W h i l e tri ples h lR opponent's Pnwns, 15 ~- K 5t K-N1 quite a rent, to nUlI'lt def eat! Obvlollsly bad is Vi .. , P- 113 16 NxPt. K - Nl 17 Q- N3t or 16 . . . K- HI 17 Q- :-.I a ! SICI LIA N DEF E NSE 16 N_R5! P-B3 Fardon Bu tcher 17 QxPt R_B2 White Uluck 18 BxP Q- Q2 1 P- K4 P-QB4 7 N-K5? Q- N 3 E llie 19 Q- X lt w ins. 2 P_ K B4 P-K3 8 Q-K2 B-K2 19 NxPt ! B , N 3 N_KB3 P- Q4 9 R-K 1 0-0 20 Q-K8t ! Religns 4 p , p p , p 10 BxN p," 5 B- NS t N- B3 11 N-B4 P , N 6 0 - 0 N- B3 12 Qx B B- B4 ! Moscow 1931 Ull denlevelopmen1. lellll. Blnl'l, m lilil!'iI 7 .. . N- B3 and 8 .. . "'- K:1 , 14 , , . . N-N5! SICIL IAN DEFEN SE 15 Bx B . . . . So sin Nekraaov Corre<: l is 15 P- K N3. 1 P-K4 P-Q8 4 8 PxP p, p 15 . . . . N-Q5! 2 N-K B3 N-K 8 3 , P-Q4 p , p Resigns 3 P-K s N-Q4 10 N xP 0_0 16 "xI\" ! QxP lIlate or 16 Q a way, NxNt 4 P-QN3 P-KN 3 11 B_K2 P_Q4 and 17 . .. Qx P mate. 5 B_N2 8 - N2 12 Px P N,P P_B4 N_B2 13 NxN Q,N •7 N_B3 P-Q3? 14 0 _0 R-Q1 1-1 ••. l"- B3 is sa fer. Antwerp 1932 Si r George seldom said much. W hite's m lllllioll n,'colllplish ed : but now Black's 1J eg l n .~. SICIL IA N DEFENS E 13 Q-K3 QR_K 1 15 QxR R_ K 1 G. A. T homas M. Sapira 14 Q- K N3 Rx Rt 16 Q-Q1 , . . . 1 P-K4 P_Q8 4 4 Px P N , P 16 . .. Dx P li nd ] 7 . .. J3....Q6 mak es t he 2 N-KB3 N_K B3 , B-N5t B-Q2 game hOlleleSll; but It Is anyway. 3 N- B3 P_Q4 N_KS N , N 16 . • .. B_N5! 18 Q-B2 N- N5 6 ... :-:- KB3 is besL • 17 Q_B1 B- K 7 19 Q- N 3 P- B6! Resigns H e~ i c lt l Q h! 20 N Px P. P- Ba ~ 2t P- Q I. Px P ~ 22 U- K 3. IhD 23 Q-K I. n - n6 ~ !

15 B- S4 ! Q_K5 Hungary 1937 16 R_K1 Q_B5 The ri n~lle ill H IIIlHI 9h act. If 16 . . . Rx X. White ha s 17 BxH, QxB CARO.K ANN D EF ENSE 1 ,~ H- I\ 8t. A. Steiner M. Ruwald 11 R-K7! B,N 19 K_Rl RxQt 18 Rx BP ! Bx Pt 20 R J( R Resigns 1 P- K4 P-QB3 7 N_B4 B- R2 2 P_Q4 P-Q4 8 B- 84 P- K 3 3 N-QB3 p,p 9 0 - 0 N_8 3 7 Q-B3! P_B3 4 N, p B_B4 10 R- K1 B_ K2 White should win aHer 7 ... Q- B2 8 5 N- NJ B_N3 11 Q_K2 N_Q4 BxBt . l"xB 9 Q;,(Pt. K -Q I 10 N xN etc. N-R3 P-KR3? 12 N/3-R5! 0-0 6 8 Q- R5t P_N3 13 BxN BPx S 9 N J( P K_B2 !I ... P;'(N 10 QxP Is mate. 10 N- K 5* Resig ns 10, .. K - N 2 11 Q- D7 t and 12 PxN mate or 10 . . . K - K 3 11 n- n~ t and one way 01' anot her B lack 's Queen falls.

CH ESS REV LEW SU BSCRIBERS Re member ! GIve us six w eeks not iee of ehange of address. Copies do not get " T hat 's the on ly w ay they'll let Bu rn. forwarded and al so ean take w ee ks en­ w ell w at ch." route. So w e mUl t have not iee early!

CHESS RlVl lW. OCTOBER . 1963 311 Act,vltlu I)f C HESS R EV IE W POS \ ~I Chess JACK STRALEY BATTELL players: game reports &. rat ings, names 01 new players, prize_winners, selected games, Postal Chess Editor tourney In struetions &. editorial commen t,

TOURNAMENT NOTES 12th Annual Championship Class Tournaments Pro9ress Reports for In the .1958·9 Golden Knights. Finals "l'1t".< ~ i>o~I"l1t~~ h''''e won or tied for flr~t Golden Kni9hts Tournaments se<; tion 58·Nf 11 has compleled play. and ;" 1%1, 1:11;2 and 1%3, C la~s 'I'ou"''''t''c n l~. the contestants t herein s<;ol'e lhe follow­ Tourney Plnyers Place Score ,; -1 10th Annual Championship ing. weighte!! ]Joint to t a l ~ : · I:I-e ~I" t .1 Wa l ) ' ''~ ...... I~t E . niedrkh 39. 1)5; H . DelTing 36.2: ~~h H Hi'·~l'hfeld ...... • . • 1'" ·1 - 2 Hans Bel'liner has won yet another ~~2 A K"l>l"n ...... 1~ t ,; - 1 Golden Knights Championship, Ihe 1956·7 W. J u nge 31.i : D. D. Taylor 2!).6 : C. W. .J ,\ ~<:IH" ' C " .. .. , ... •. .. )~t S _ I .J H (;l';rn" . _...... 1_2 ,I · 2 by winning both games of h is lliay·off Ellyson 2\i.2:5: and H . :\1. Hnwl,es and I. Rothman withdl'en". 1\ \\. P,,"I ...... 1_2 ~ · 2 m ateh with Geran\ .T. Van Deene. The :1 12 \\. J 11" .. kcr ...... I"t ' 1 ~ -ll other playoffs are still going. r.2- C 5~ It O·.\'cil ...... I~l G -0 13th Annual Chcmpionship j II ,J H :';In\';"h ...... I~\ ij.j- ! In the 1959·(;0 Golden Knight~. no new I :12 D ,\ XufH ...... b' " - I 11 th Annual Championship 1:) i It c,,~c)' ...... I H ji'inals se<;tion has com pleted play on I - 2 In the 1957·8 Golllen Knighis. thesc !-II: G E Thom".: R. It Coverall. C I'ollic" ...... _, ...... 1.2 Shaw Vall 37.7:5; H. C. Haskell 3·1.6:5: .'; -I J. S. Britton. H. L. Plummer er); . ... 35.0 lowing posta lites h a ve qualified for as­ C W Bitzer •.. . ~2 . 95 E A Smith .... 34.'5 (Con tinned on page 31;;) CLASS A ., t 131)0 : H. Fa l \"l'~. H. C. H"yes. I G While ...... • 2.85 ]-1 C l ' I ,,~ke l l ... :lL 6~ G. I-Ioll.",",,'olil. D. S;' ,,~. H. 1'_ ~",ith. D. C. D 'fh(nnl);;on •.• ~ 2.5 I" Parham . . ... 34 .5 \'n" de,' 1.I" ...... 31 .8 [tman. H. I,'. 1'. Schepe'·. I~. S ",oo,,, T. SI"II­ It Pcn,,,\c;,, ...... , . ... I~I ~ -0 E Osbun , •. . . .. 3'.1 x H ,.;r ei" .. . .. :\ 1.• '. k"e~h!. U. Slark. K. \·o~h"' ·l' h . .\[1'''. D. \V"l­ B Forsber); . .. . 38.95 .J C h,.I",n>:,,, ., .31 .• I,' A H"ck~r ...... 2_:1 ' I~-I~ ~o" ""d It. \\' c ll~"",,: E Godbold . . •.. 38 .5 C ~( Cr(ln~ho.w .31.7 C Hitocr ...... 2_3 . I~-I~ C LASS 0 nt 600: Calli"O. W. I · ·dl~hans. A W .Iackson .. 38.5 H;\ 1."::0"",.,1 .. :JI ,6.; \\. W P "l'~h ley ...... , I~t I; _() n. C. I{. Fcuchl <. Tw"lum tie. Glime Re port. Received Tourn.ys 325·379, 321 ... rc Klnnon l)(Iws to If you have not plJlyed in o u r t ourneys dur-ing August \\':o.~ (twkd "nd S mil h nlld I' rnll. : I'rnl1 . before, please spec ify in w h ich chtll yo u w ..... llc. 329 nr:o. uJI do"",,,. 8 Ibl e~· . ) Ic(;uire. To report results, follow instructions would like t o . bM. We r ecom mend 3U P~ t e rM»l8 10 ,"5 RaU'\,\)n. 3U Chuc k 101'" C lasa A fof' u n usually I trong playe ,., Reck"'''n I.wlee. lies TlnJ.Onc)·. M·I 1;Q.nilac h on page 4 & 5 of your booklet on Postal C lan fof' a bove a vera g e playe rs, Ch"l be~ l .. Green. !!plits t wo wllh " e ll ~· . 137 S Olen strictly and exactly. Otherwise the P U ler lOO n·Sm)'th bests ... lc l..." lI g hll n. 33' Yet! C fo r about average pla yers and ClalS report may be misrecorded. held up or .k>1t8 J nnu o n. H l Lan c,,~ 'j) r d efe"t .. Olds. o fo r below average. If yo u have played, even lost. an Slmdn f01'" bows once to t. tl kow~k l, tWice please .tate your probable ra ting. 10 \Vln ter. S ~ 8 \Voodbz·id"c. Schofj llw!lld P ine_ note: \Vlnnerl! (and thOlle with the withdrawn: Cotting ham top~ ( In) Schoc n. Mail proper entry coupon below, or White plec:u In CIllle of dra w,,) must repOrt wald. 351 U!lch nips "Ichol". 3,i-! DIl lr)"mpl" copy of it , to C HESS REVIEW, 134 W est a ll soon a.s f"(! I Ult Is eonflrmed by opponent. tie" Ale)(a ntl c r but 10""0" to ,tr.d tie" 1~ lrh y. 72d S t reet, Naw Yo rk, N. Y. 10023. The oppo ne nt may re pOrt a lso to enllllfC hill 3U C h n~e ' n l l'" N" lcolinl. 3S ~ Ul"I tl ge ... !tick· rooord and r a tlnK goinK" through but must leu tie. 3GI Schwnrll:. \ \ ' I1 U n m ~ lie. 3G~ then atnte clearly that he was the l o.~er (or Cli sIlI.tor. Gargan whip ,," e l ~er . 3Gr. H",,,,rd CLASS TOURNAMENT pl ayed Black In eaae o f a draw). (\ OW I1 ~ Dellt~c h . 371 Qlleeu 'rll o ll ~ g li lott. Game TCpOr U .ent In time for receipt by Start pl1l yl ng c hes l by mail NOW ! Hi Keeney " tops S 1.e l l h e l1 ~. 3 7 ~ I>r"l t l lOPS E nter o ne of tha 4 man g f'OUps. datu .,Iven above ah ould be printed below. E IIIOII. And the player. concer ned s hould ehe.:: k You w ill be assigned t o a section with Tou rney. laG · 434 , 384 " ,,1111 \\"I n ~ from to see that they a re lIO p ubUeh ed. To .pot 3 othe r player. a bout equal to yours elt them, look under your sect ion number. nrat Pa ntuzi. 390 Volt)(! losell t"'lci! to H OO I:M. by the key ( e.C.. 62_C Indleatim> etu. once 10 GreJ;"or. 3n S:o r"h .\\"lI h(lr,,\\·n. 894 in pla ying . kill. You play bot h W h ite Tourn ey beJun In Il162) a nd by num ber H ,,"~II .i l>Jl Gillh. 3'5 Correctio n : Rero)' and Black against the o ther t hree. You (48$) Biven In text bek>w the key. \\"I t h d"' l w~ . 39. Wi,.. ,. toll wh lr>~ "' ''Ion.. " nd play 1111 ,Ix game. sim u ltaneously, two K"... l n ~·. ~ 03 Xel,;on lOP" .Io rdl1n twlc" . Symbol f Ind ica tes .. win by CorCelt w ith­ gamel on o ne set of postcards. out r ..tln lt credit: JI s hQws .. ratlng" credll \\' e"lbrook o rlCe. ~ O ~ O ill"'" " . Slor)' dO,,'n adjudication; df marks a double-Cortelt. Delmlln: Story bes ls ger""n. JIG J.)e \'"ult Your game r esult , w il l be r ecof'd ed and d e re :o.l ~ She p" rd. 420 T c r"~ h l mo t lEtM \\·e h",· pu b lilhed in C HES S REVIEW as w e ll al " nd lOp" SCOtl. 4 21 Hu"hl1I 1:" ri ps ;-':0 111 " . your postal c hes' f'ating. CLASS TOURNAMENTS U3 itub"nstCln withd rawn. · I ~ r. Sd.lc>,ln l::<" · Wi thd ra wn. ~27 Levin jol l ~ . l " o k~ o". ·129 T he entf' y faa Is o nly $1.50. You may 4 m ~n tou rney. gr ~ ded by cla$Su \\':o.rl'(!tI wh ips Shackelford. · t~ O 1 ~1 1"Jl" h ell enter al many s ec tio ns as you pleale at 1 0 1 e ~ (wo to Clflrk. t h e n wlthdr"w ~ . ~31 $1.50 each, S e nd coupon below. Started in 1961 (Key: 61·C) ~r&r kl e y tOIM! (f) P rlce. H 2 CO",," \ "'I»' :-< I ~h · 011\1 tWice. ·133 Le"ltt I OV ~ Heydt \ wke. Notice: " ' e fi re c lOl! ln ~ " " double- rorCe lled Althouse once. 434 Smith down .. 1 :H! j,. ~nc r. r. ------, a ll I:a me.. n UNl IJ.Orled to dnte from I!lGl CH ESS RI!Vl lliW 0 Cbtc" il a IItlll· Tourney. 435·450, ·13" H o l , I, ~ he " t~ .\1 0 1"' Allg" ,,! lou""uuc nts. GI· e : .:.8 Ihrol.l 1<: h !'li. 134 W . 72d St .. (limn /() POIIa/ ClnJf I ri>!On tWice btot 1.>0"." to ) Ii\chell. 13G ~ :or · NI!W York. N . Y. Be s u re 10 i::et in nl ' ~· g,.... e NlIJ.OrlS nOI ye t I "..on down ~ !-::J lIs ",·Ice. I ~ j !-1""he r tO(l& lrenl or PI 'hll ~hed from Oc lo "er · ~ u:o. r ted IOU'" GUl li'''n Iwlce. H Z P l1koff withdrawn. lo;ocs " " IIIC n1 ~. GI'C 3H Ihrolll:h 37!. (n ) to Greenbel'lt. 4H l'<>rte r 101)1< H <) I ) k ln ~. I :CX:CIOle $ ...... Enter my name In I To ur neys 1 . 459 : ZOO Xe\"ll rtl. ,,",,1.• · ,,:< d f. Qleal'OII . 41 6 I..neh defenl" f.cI·O.I· nud 10,)" ...... (how m .. ny?) sections of your I P ostal Ch e .. C LASS To urnaments. Thlt :01 I';ekle r, I'hl1l1ps d f. 2G! ;\lnlhc· ... ~ I c· ""II tl e ~ ~ I o~er . 4;;.0 Cree" 1 )(l~ I H ) I!>' ne,·. I Carlnev ! M . 2GG Nlel..o" 2 df \\" Ilh PI 1I8 amount e nclond coven the e ntry felt of a nd \V"lIacc : Pitts. \\' lI.l1 ncc 2 dr. 2G8 Vo . Started in 1963 (Key: U.C) I $1 .50 p,r net lo n. Kindly start/ continue I dehncl. Wolflnlt())· dr. 270 P lalt. SlI"n rzmnn (strik. c ut onlt) me In Clau ...... 2 df. 271 I1r. rry. Doyle 2 dr. 2SQ Pn H~lll o r e Tourneys 1 . 49: 4 Ge ,., u"th II"lIhd l·"\\"I1. 5 2 df with 00011 n ne! with Pereiv,,1. 282 e nrd· J err cr~ o " jolts Go ~ s wlll e l· . G COl1 l:" le ton tops I NAME . · · .... · · · · . · ·. ·· · ...... I ncr. Vr.",r.y 2 dt. 283 ;\llIler, Wull uce 2 dt. Ill) I. .." m"n. S " 'ebe1" II'hl l»' 1!tIMIO!. ~ 2 S ~ ~ ""lI n t l it two. II ' ·ri' e ... Pol· I A DDRESS ...... I 2Si Griffin. Pnul Z u .... on Pl'1t' 3 14) ~ Il John ~ on tOrWi " .. d li e~ ..... ,..,,>'. ·r!, Gmel" lOp" Ktllnro. PRIZE TOURNAMENT EU ROPE ZON E 2 Start playil'l g ehesl by mail NOW! Started in 1962 ('Key: 62-CJ (Continued from pnge 310) Enter o ne of the 7 man groups. T ourn,ys 1 . 2Sg : 38 Co"hll l IO p ~ and t l e ~ You will be Illig ned to a section with Smith : HlllIu !! w l thd" llw~ . 'i s Fie rro how ~ six othe r playe rs a bout equal t o your. to Hceoner. beSls Apt!. ,; ~ W n~~ c r Mt e ln self in playil'lg skill. You play White withdrllwlI. l o~ ell (a) to O·:X cil. 132 Nufer. She rm" n lie. 13·1 Dennett I Q ~ e ,. twice each against three of your o pponents, Bl1lc k 10 C ""e~' a uli Schln"el. IlG \Vollt ers wl lh· against t he o t he r thr ee_and you play d raw~ . 14 0 Bunc rort. Cncere" he"l ~ I c l nt ~·r e. a ll six g1lmes s imultaneously. 14 6 Ale :OO: ,,- 'Kl er. 'rl}OtnpsO n tie. Hi H."rrl ~ l ie" ,\nde rIlO U but IOJIe8 to GOOlbel. I ~(o You ,tal'ld s g ood c hance of wi n ning Giesen 10 ilS ( 0 )Icl)owell. 162 CIOM to ..... a prize, t o o l Cf'edlt s of $6.00 and $3.00 (2a) Goedel: Dl\y wlthdr...w>l. 115 W inkle r are awarded t o 1st and 2d place winne r s i:>e5 t ~ Bach" rnch. 184 T Ulq :1, e 101'" Thomas. in eac h s ec t io l'l. Credits may be ul ed t o 194 Cha ney ehoPH Parllow. 2011 ~ I ee k h"IUI Hog a n. 201 ROth ."hlps W" lI :oc h. Z()9 ftol). pUf'C hase c h tsS books o r equipm e n t. ert30n rl pll Rob lnOS(ln. !n ~ 1II~ le in cllt)!! The el'ltry fee is o nly $2.75. You may Clark. ZU H«:a .. bests lliller. ! 2 ~ Don"h"'" ente r as m any sections as you pleale 1It downl LarllOn . t!1 P i ~ :o no rel l ~ "" Ishcr. 213 Bogan tops Walker ',,·Ice. ! 40 Baines tOp ~ $2.75 eac h. Send coupon below . (a) ThQmpl on. !55 Conz 1",1t ~ Hauke. • • • • N/2xP ! 20 Q R- Q1 Q-K6t 14 P xN N, P 21 K _B1 P_Q NS r,------I T ourn' YI 260 · 324' .2GO Woodbrld"e with· " CHI!SS RI!V IEW 0 Chuk il a /lew· dra w". 2G3 1)Ot·ma n. "'Iedln t ie. 263 j.'oslecke, 15 N/ 2-Q4 N-Q6 t 22 QxB B- RSt 265 ( IOWI1 ~ t 134 W . 72d St.. (omn to PoSItt/ Chili I GlbsOIl rip Hucker. )I<.'diu C"l hers. 16 K_ K2 N,P 23 N_ K2 Rx N t New York, N . Y. Green wood . 266 P a rr. C r o~b l e win from 10023 ~athe r • . !6S Ganz tops 'l'oo! t. 2SS V"" Ku· N ot o nly is W blte three P awns d own I $2.15 IM r H c tlOn. Kind ly start/contin ue I rich downll And~non . ZS I Crampto n s nd for the Exchange but he can do notbing (strike out one) me in C lan ...... Haines wllhdra" ·n. 29S Woodb ridge with· 10 p reven t .. . B- K5 regaining t he Ex· d ra wn. "' P Aine o,upO in t!! l..e"nlek. 300 I NAME ·· · ················ · · · · · ·· · · · ··· · · · I Beek man withdrawn. 3ot; COllins. W~nge r c ha nge for Dlack . W hile get.. o nly one Withdra w ; ) UchAel$ top ~ (101) Wellge r. 30S P a w n bac k on 27 Q- K 3 (27 R- K 3, Q- BS I ADDR E SS ...... I Zachll.l'ln tOpt Skeen. 310 Ha.rdln down, mate), B- K 5 28 QxQ, B xQ 29 R xP, BxR Geyer t wice. sa LardlLro tOP$ Tompkins...... , ...... STATE ...... 3U Crltos cl eteats McDonnold. an P rIC!. 30 KxB, R-Ql etc.) . -- ______1 CHESS REVIEW, OCTOB ER , 1963 313 tops Harms, Faher and Angstenberger, 19 Xewld"k nip.~ l ~ck 11l a n ..'i s Bral\z lOps Gos­ I,nu,]""" nips Cohen, .IR Nords nlp~ l.owcn­ Hewitt IOMS One to Pizzo, t w o to "lol~ey, Relin. 59 Dlmicls (Iown~ Jep"on. 60 Rich rips .~t el n. ~~ Cummings \\"ithdr"w~. 52 Stephe n~ 22 Smith tops Briggs twiCe. n '\I\'ol'd bests Larson. 61 \VeUm"n whll)S l ...ach . 62 Carr he"t~ Or h allow ~I< 1. ,; 6 Beer replaces Francis_ "[CKlnley. 29 Smith smHe~ Briggs. 30 Jnn~' tops Ellis: 1 '~H ' be r , 'Jal'lI l) ti .... 63 Burk _ 63 t.,,'I}sley replaces Drummond. G9 Oyler re­ jolts :"Ih. rtln twlcc. 35 [" enner wllhdr,,,,.,;.. "tt tops (r) Golden. 6-1 Goldw"sHcr nips plnces Clarkson. 38 Smith tops Downs twice, KeHh once~t~ (H) P"'"1"; n,·owl1e. Kldn h""t ProgressIve QualifIcations Championships der lO PS ~'1endo7-a t",le p. . H \Valleis:! whips Kega. 78 H,dl halt~ Kirchil;. 79 Warwick Schneide r. 4S Baker be ~ t~ Friedman. whip>; Cohen, Tourneys !Xl . 79: 50 Stewa:·t. lo~e ~ twice Tourneys 80 - 109: .sU :"IkC"rr;'C" win" f!"Om 10th Annual Championshiipp-1956.7 ene h to So~a and \'11)" ;';tcke. 51 Slen):"cl SlOl"I110. S3 HiI)er h" lls Pap,, .< Tock"'''n. 85 Sections 1·4, 1 I3cr]iller won twIce f "om llrlgg" bests Chapnlan twice bu t bows twict) Pen1~te ;" ~ ( o]>s. 8pooner H,,,I \·oorhees. SS V"n Deene. to 111:'cl<. 54 Schwa,·tr. tops Hart twice. ".; Abram~ h a lt~ H ilJer. 89 AllI'flll\~ , lJeen tie. 90 SUltslllan top" Te!\·e l. ;; 7 Norwlcl< withdraw n. 1' Ia ~~" lIllei Corl1,,">111 w!lhdn,,"II. 92 y nrre 11th Annual Championshipp-1957.8 6 1 HlIz"rd tops (211) G"ldl. (;2 Gi~h d M cats withdrllWI1. n L)' nch be8t~ "'"Uace I_ul bows Corcora n, 63 F'e,zer rells Rnmle)'. f,(, to ToUe. ~.; Xewhook ti e~ Ji e "lle r but. bo"'~ FINALS (Key: 57_Nf) Rrowne tops Chaiken (lr & Ja). ti7 W. to P eter~on~ : P" r ~hle y "Ip ~ 'l'in;:lc and New­ Notice, All gamcs have heen calk>d in for Brown and R. Brown clil) C la rk. G9 Rallllllcl _ hook. n6 Gar'wood b a ~ ~~ Ho,:::h,,,d but bows c lo>,ing adjudications. kalllJ) whl!», Willis. 7(1 'J'ho"," ~. \\"ille tIe . to Cain; ~lul"I""Y hal l~ ' Io"chou>;e ,'nd Hog­ Sections 1·28, 21 Sherr. Stein tie. 22 7l GIsh halts H a nllah; Fonntain !O p ~ C ,'OW­ lund; Ho):"h lnd l<'ps Ca,.,.oll. !)j l ~olal ' down!; H uel'g er tops (0 Shaw Van. ley twiec. 72 Parker nil»! Newell. 73 J..n ne Cain allli Hathwar. 10'" "il.~~<'n dereats dowl1s O~!t . H Rallllllelknm p tops (2f ) Gen ,·­ Da \'i~; )ICl'~CI"""" olll])Oint.< D " "I~ ~ nd P evos. hart. 75 Ra gsdale t OP~ ~nodlls lind tlc~ 101 Stumpf. Wood he"t B ee,'; O,,-.'"nl1 bests 12th Annual Championship-1958.9 Clark tW ice. 76 Sos~ r ~ lI~ 1"lIda. 77 AII.I' 1l O,·I)anowskl . 103 PI·all., \\"oJlowic.z. J07 FINAL.S (Key' 58.Nf) downs Vnn Zile. 7S Parkel". Lohnnllnn fe ll Brown top~ Cohen. lUS 11I" .' t". Parkinson Sections 1 _ 29: IJ Taylor tops .J ul1ge, 26 l~ee. 79 ~]a]kin tops P,'lce. a nd Pavitt nip -"icl; Kavanagh. S I Tc>urneys 110 · 127: 11 0 .\ICI·"C I·eau d efeats Harmon (low".; ,\ndel'". 85 Lewb whips Co,."wall. II I \\'ennenu"o1ll whiV~ Gargan; 13th Annual Championship 1959-60 I;poh,' dO"'n~ Dixon. 112 .'Ii("]",el" d ereals \Yalke,·. S6 Vn n Kulich bests Graham. P onl. SEMI_FINALS (Key: 59-Ns) 87 Smith top~ Ricciardi and (a) Waite twice Dollard. 11:1 Vallee nips "i<'I' c "~ . 114 Ver­ each, SS Horvath halts Hannah: Pelel"soll g-cra heatH Vnllee: Rachlin h e .~t~ (a l Sam~ky Sections 1 - 79: 30 ~ la "!:"els wins f"om Van withdraws, 89 ~I~"o". R ice s plit two. ~O hilt bo\\'H to I"mnk; Lo~ano. T I'o tZul( tie. 11 5 d e l" ilieer. 40 J)avis, Mac:\'eil d f. ,iJ Arnow, Comer bows to Bourge but bests Jacob twice. Hall I OHe~ (0 Hurer. G r cc n l",,: but tops A,.hbangh df. 59 Wildt dr with .\I () rden ~ on 91 Baker bests C la rk: W oodbridge wi th _ 'Voodruff; G' · ~nl"w. Str,,".<" tiC. 117 Droesch Rnd with Lotz. i3 CurtiM rips Roberts. drawn. 92 Braun toP!; (If & 1a) He" ! VI ~ _ On"'t l}(>",~ S il"Ota; Sirol a. TUI"ner beat Sections 1 _ 3:), 12 Sachs tOI)S (0 Preis- conti a nd Aks. 9f. Sch.m er beM ~ Cohe n. P is,; ni. I~I .!()n-ell 1 0p~ I f) K"""ler. 122 97 Smith ties Hodgin nnd Pipher; Plplwr l3anerofl I><>"t>l Steput"t ; "ll\r'inez. Stepu­ 1\"'''. I ~ Crowde)' \\"hil}s \\'alloeh. I~ Lldncis cli1>~ K lein. 16 " c rher wins from Lawrence. tO PH Strelecky. 98 "oble lo.~ e s 10 K n,·"fill t a t fell I~ i"h . l2:) II'usiliew 'Ol>~ (lI) Castle. 19 Lanon. Yan oIc ClIn' tie, 20 L ,,,',,en tops bill bests (a) Kasowit~. ll}O Mag-uam lOpS 12·1 .\l c K ~i):" defeats Pails ",,(I DO I"Win . 125 I"'hn li nd ties Smilichens, 21 KIlCie!l top~ Frledm" n. 103 Loeber be~ti! P iernc 10",1 Hynes li e~ Koller. top., T h om,,~ . 12" Bendix ( 0 Hrown; Crowle)' hests Brown lind lIIilas. Swart worth. 101 Gibbs spilts two with T ay _ heats Ro lJ j,i,, ~ ; H al liwell wl'hdra,,"s. 127 22 Kowabki lOp." C hamhers ; Don"lo do,,"n~ lor and tops Scherrer. 108 Nelworlh ni])~ Voll; \'·ernel". bow" to B lnnk a nd Cooley; Brann tOI}S :\lacLcod t w ice. 109 ties Levine. I··n i,·ba n k. 23 Smil h. A"dersoll ; Kel"ion. sOli. ~.! HOI'1I 81ein be~t5 D"agollctti bllt l)Ow s Started in 1963 (Key: 63·P) 10 As hle~'; I1I"nk~lein >;tops Sle\'(:ns. 26 Tourneys 110·248: 11') J e wett win" from POpel outpoints l;righam. '\Iorn "nd :\Iarks. Tourneys 1, 19: 1 Appleton. B orkc,. t ie: Jones. I II Den nist on I;c~t~ Beetchie. 112 2S Somerville, We~ting tie. Tabe rski whips \Vanhop. I J.! Schl:per Ollt_ O' Oolllleli nips Xasc". 2 Gdha,.d be"t s Lenz. pOints P ,·azak. It7 Ak~ >lxes t!hert!. liS 3 GlIll".o:he l· hasts :\IIIl"colI.e. ~ e rhold. Has­ 14th Annual Championship 1960·1 Cottln"ham beats Gorr. 11~ Tahler hes(" lip and Stephens btlt bow" to Baron; Carr twiCe, 121 Yee smj(c ~ Smith. In Fo ~ ( e r Stcphcns ,~(OP$ Se)'bold. " ::; IJ e~ts B,·ownC'. G CrtlmpW'l '''':0\ .' Klingb{'U l SI Habinowj(>:. Stonn ·if. IS5 K"h IR (If Hayslip. 129 Brum. Knufmu" «OW" "IlIlc,.. and (a) Ahlc"~oll; Aldersol\ wi l h:<"\on. 11 Rosen: Moore lIf with Ro._ en and Taylor; 185 )l10l) ath tops S" kltt, IS9 Buhalo bC.-; dc· I'i p Howall. Pulange oosts KOllOpli\". 5 ~ h:rllI1lCI' l1e"l.< l~n!,(,]haupt 1'''1 IJDw8 to Rhode ,is scribed under ClaM TOllrnamenta (started .\I"rples 1 0J) ~ Thompson: '\I~~'fleld l}eats and ties 1"0,.,1: Ho~hea. 1-"0 :'<] lie: Rhode in 1961). Note e!;l)ecially games from to",'­ I: e l.,. e~_ 6~ -"e wmall wi t hdrawn. 6C Sacol·d. rip>; "c·\\,el l. 25 C" tich ,,"hip~ Schick and ~!orm t ic : ~IOOl'e heats Gra)". 67 C "onnse ney" 61-P 103 to 115 ( started in :\'o"emi:>er Wojto\\'ley,; e l""k~o n cr"cI<~ Cro"bie and 1961) mllst be report ed befo,'e the e nd of Schick. 26 HC'idcl bea t s 8rsle;;ollll ""d Gruen 10p~ ( f) Roilerson, Heim halt~ I ~ i e\\"a ld . ,,~ Hal"! hults Godrrey. 69 "eve"s r1own~ this month. b ut bows to A!;"Ilew. 27 £"C;I}"8 tops Ak ~. De \\"i",lt. 72 Champney "ests B lo c k; Ball· Tourneys 1· 126: 66 Stohlman, \Veeks df. 28 S!lndl)(:rA" \\" itiHII'a\\"s_ 29 Smith swp~ (;9 Cohen , !l'lcCoy df. 11 Kapp df with B ick_ S tephens; Oylcr halts H y() e. ;)U Gerind'· ,·ill e heats [lhlke, 73 .... "dersO Il downs HBI" bsL 76 :-.ioh'" nips Condoll , A~hle)' nell a nd with Herpman. 72 lappini, Sehwal'(z Gel'ner b",,(s D ilkes btU h ~,,"~ to S(.r all ~ s ; n lOps Blakemore. 78 Harve)· hnlt~ Smith; dr. 73 Tapplnl. Schwartz. 77 Kapp. Shine Strau~~. Cohe n do\\'n D!lke .<: Cohen iJ~"l~ ~ e lf. Peek s p il l Spllrrell. 79 GO I'd on reo M . is ems, R ussell dt. SO·atISS. 31 HC I"J",wnn >; 101>." !;tone. 3~ ~; I ,,)" "epb'ce~ cl ip~ n"rksd:de. 33 Carlson wi,,>; n"On, ]>I" ces Brl!;tol; Stol"<'''ool";;- .Janus?. Started in 1962 (Key: 62·P) Lal).~le,.. :) ,1 "oNe nips "·al c r~ . 3(; Hig:;cln ~ FI NALS (GO_Nf) TourneY$ 1 ·79: 6 Patterson outpoints Seli):" ' halts Woitowlc~ . "'iersch; r'("'k"'t wi th ­ Section$ 1·23: 3 Eldridge, Kuc/::ra Ii ... d rawn. Soule8 rcpl""es r,elly , Tipton son. 10 Kelley tops McCoy. 12 T olte dow n~ .n 5 Rubis rips W(l.ll"Uth. 6 O relbcrll"'" drub~ r eplaces IVhlte: .lacob Jolt~ Schwartz. 38 Lo~ano. 14 \Vitte tops (f) Chamhars h il t Lynch. 7 H orn ~tein ~tops ChrlHtman and Riegel he~t~ O" IJanowskl and Wheeler: Se"r~ bows to Greenwalt. 38 Thifault hest s (u) :\Iann; Christma n. ~la nn tie; B ntler best~ t o]>s (a) D III!!,,,,,n. :;9 Browne (Iowns DUlln, L lmani. 39 Sacks beats Goebel. 46 PJ ~h ­ DlIl1c"l. 8 Ec1<~t"OIll, Oreenberg' tie, Gib­ Fr""I, top>' ~ovell. man t ies Carr but bow.; to ,\!etz. 4~ :-'lo rrJ ~ SOil. \\,interlJerg lie. 10 Tyl~ ­ fells l"t.ll·ze. 52 Crawford nil)S Nimetz: ),aITe Touroeys 40· 72: ~O Staurre r wins rrom S tys. 12 Bischoff bows 10 E"~tn"," bill Withdraws. 54 Pedersen beats Cipes; HOl­ Butler. ·12 St~· el·s s tops 01"ba,,0\\"8ki. 43 bests Donins; Dunkle dO\\"!lS Enstm"". J.I lins bests Beer. 55 Gower, JarlllU? tie. 56 Lyons downs ~1 " rasco. H ~largHnti. Stephens ~Iorris stops Stark. 15 Bedwell be ll t~ )1ns­ Herpmann hal ts ~~euqllay and L iguori, 57 I><>at 01"1l,,"0\\"sl

31~ CHESS REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1963 t in. 17 F'erber downs ~lt rich . 20 null­ Jamison; O rnv"" lops (a) lIerre~. ·It. Sklnr­ son. ~ S F"CI"her. Kell y l ie: E'·crelt. Kell y: S park""'" ,, " d ( a ) Fer l:>e '· lOP Hilli n):". ~9 winkel b e~t" Gibbs. ev.. k l wl lhlln\w n. H Auerb a ~ h . Popel 0\1\­ point Voker. ~ 8 S tern 10 11>1 to Ziegler : StallCl ke n'l)er w ;Ihd ra ,,"n. 15th AnnllIal Cllampio.ship 1961-2 )'Ionleelllo "·lIhdr3,,"1I. Sectio nl 50·64: 110 Xoble nil"; Kelly. $1 Seclion. ;;0 Huckln hall~ nnhl)ard. Bl"1)wn hC:'I" ~ Ial kin; DIII ~· dowl1~ 11 "",111011. P RELIMINARY ROUND ( Key: 61-Nl 50 _ 76: ·Wl1llom ~ Bo)·k and SI,rOI':1I o;.. ii2 53 n"I,·, Bcnder lie: ~ I e nllo~:\ li e ~ llol,·. Sections 1 _ 1811: U Buchanan belllll l.owc. \\"on from 1~llll e. iia l o se~ 10 Smellier. 5·) He ll(I,·.,· (i,." hM Brown. ,6 Kif! beats Simeonofr. 84 Raine., . SmUh Lee. l~e,·1Je ' ·. \\·ell,·e,· ~5 Boro\"lnk. Be,·g and ~!ar '!C ll .~ 11 hall Hic k .. : tie. 121 'l'ykwlnJlkl h n lt8 Hart. 123 !'"ux Brunt ri ps Reilly: Boldt hC~\$ Pnrr; :'Ilnr"chllll hc al~ Bu))euJ(er. downs Kupe r ~tock and D u nlap. 131 Co rrec­ Mnlr MOPS 56 Dom:wlt 101'" Smi th. ties P,,\" IU " ud " IL II­ tion: Aro::h er. Bur lon tie. 133 R"" ... ,,,ow rip!! n SO Suyker Jan , P,, \"iU. S milh lic: ~"y bow" 10 B rowne "llcAleer. 134 LoI\8.~O ties Weil ~ Uld lo PS but b "~ t~ Helper: correction : Brownc. Do­ Sc haerrer a nd Tl mm l n ~. 137 Herblll lOllS Canler ",a n n l ied. li8 Hamm <,= lkl""P down ~ H l!. r · {O SmUh. H O Orlando ito,,"'''' l~orrn ]l) n. IH i\{cGlllnne~ nip nack. J)u lleom\:>e . "I\n Zltc " nd Hra lt,i: He r .... Pop.el OIl' lloOlnlll Pi eh~ "nd Patt\l,·~on . IH Byers but bows , be"", 1{ I\~ M !eI" ; Hnrnach h" lt~ Villl Zlle. 5' Popel be"'" Bri!!tol. 1:'1 AUstin top~ l',.rker. son halt O'Mlllley; 1\ err Roublk I '(" 'I ~ 'l' yk""I , ,,~kl and Lo ng~I,·eth: 153 De IAl"e defeals ,\d,u;hek. Ica B.:mnett and )larkle·wic7. nip co - Ora'·C>l ~IOjlil Loug" lreth! CO rteCllo,,: T)·k ­ bes ts S le l,I",ns. 172 'Vel,,·er toP" (0 ~[onle ­ place" B1rnb.... 1Im. 10 win ~ kl won from S1Im'·an. ,~ CO/<" lOP>< cillO. 17 ~ ~lll1er whip>! Wel n ~tein. In J ohn­ ROI1{IIl. 73 Sv'ck replnc e. Green. GI Hoek bests )'lo"l"glle. c: .I M /j k ~ son OO"'fIi to Nusser bu t !.>ea t" 1\nll"le. ilia jolU! Ho" .... la nd . 6~ Ander$On down" ~'o r l le r : t:ar roll dO"'ns )'Icdcalt. 18(; P age 101'11 'f err)'. F INALS (Key: 61_N f ) K e lJ!er 10 "~ Blnmelll; SllnonH wilhdrhwn. 187 H a rdman defeats I ~ rn ~t. I S~ Uatc I)ealll Sections 1 ·3: De Ma.r t lno w i th,ll"llwn. Sections 65· 84, Cii Sh elley tO PM V[lll Burlk. Braniga n. tie" SOl,,,hlne: G"brlelil OIl li nd Gobern w ilh­ Section. 190 .219: 100 Hattis. W I~el>ll r ­ 16th Annual Championship-1963 drawn. 66 .\In'·tin . ENe n halt Hnm!l ton; Eve n ver whip Engstrom. 192 Joyner Jo l l~ John ­ U e~ Hu s.oel and Eln~t al n. G7 HO):"l\md bo w~ .!IOn. 1 ~3 'fhomas heB IS A~h but bOW~ to PFU!! LIMINARY ROUND ( Key' 63-N) 10 "\Vu.!" ren but be.. ", T~'ner; 'r"kn la with_ Klerllng. U~ Capl11on. Hopkine tie. 195 Section. 1· 24: 3 S te\"ell$ lOll;; OIehe)·. draws. U \ Va iml>! ley. Edbel"l; whip Far",e r ! Sl. :Ha r Un ,,·inll trom Bcr.;cr-OhlOn but 3 Karnlnltls best" Buhalo. I; JeSJIen de­ F.dberj:" be"t" Bullo<:kulI. TO S hor n , n l p~ 100Ie8 10 PeltaT;!ke. 196 B~· e rs. Reddy Ilc. re!Us Donato: Kel5(!r "It. ~ Peek : lAl' Opp: 1.lplllk RowlLnd. 10 Joyner )oh ~ He,.,.i,..k . 12 H"y­ wIthdrawn, 75 SlLrur (0 ))~ ~Ia'·t in. n L!lY wlthdrl1Wll. 203 Shultis. D,,,,;els dO,,"11 'Webb: mond top~ i~ltU!, Thom 'l~ ,,,,,I t1 e ~ .\loon : downs J)Oren, \Voel flnger and AlJ r;HlllI. 71 Daniels deCeats Lo..-e. 2'H Rose top ~ Li Pa.rker OUl POints )'Iooll. I I Pkkcrllll': dow"" Dullen l down. Gut)lahr n nd Ra uch : Thom ... " Pelrl. 205 O'Ma lley lOPS Zinkin n il " lIeQ Ancterso,,; Ad COCk. ThOlllp>oon lic . I ~ Sency lOPS Erdo,,; cUlyahr he>!t. Dre nan. n Kn p_ Condon. t 06 Delisle betlu! Bra~" "ut 1100"'11 topa (t) R aepple. U Ci trone. 1)')lr)lm plo;. Ian beM " LeWis. Berko wlll<. 8 1 Kucer a 10 Williamson. 209 Filleher do \\" n ~ Da )·w n : whi p \\'or lh l e ~': \\'I ~~ I j:" ' I o\\" n ~ l,,,to·)· m ple. 11 whips W cher. S! Westbrook repl"cC1l Katd. Rowe n wlthdrawu. 10000ll (a) to "' b c her. Cook boWII 10 Harri~ hUI l>e~t~ jj."c h",an. 18 83 Buhnlo besls Noble but bo\I'~ 10 NIIgue. ! Il Hllrdln 101»< H orrl.on "nd (f) Hickey Sll"arl)rlc k defeats Da, ·j~. I !' ;':\("1>"1"1 1I 101l·~ .s~ Tablcr lOPS Robertson " nd lh'~Jlell: Lu· a"d Smith. 212 I~fthn whll)~ \ \'ittemonn. 21-1 Frank: ;\lcGcttlgan lOll" S" I'I", r i. ~o L und ­ kO,,"lIkl 1"l1)H Russell. l l"tlmr tO I)$ SeVilla: Akroyd. Gecl· down stedt lo ~ e~ to l(eO(I;,1I ",, 01 ~[ n l"tlll bUl Section. 85 - 122: S5 Nett!)r nipJI BAylor. Filip. 216 Brandl beaU Graber. 215 )'Illner downs Cordell. 2l nuu cll, F:wvrile te ll S; CatIC)' hulu H all. n Ro"sellhcr);" IlC>It" whips \\'111\0": John-sou j olu VaMo. Seil"etfer. !! Challis 1)0\\"" 10 Slern bUl H a lden. '7 Sehimel 1I1 11l!: ",oble. beslS ;-": ,,lfC&. S ha iliro ,Irul»' Sect ions 220 _ 244: 220 C Ullningh:ull tops !3 ,""n DraKI. S E MI _F INALS (Key' 63-N.l 2~ Dehlel$ downs Kline. Tucker. 22 ~ Kmmer bealS C ha.~ e bill 1100"'. t o IiJ.·Ns 1 KD. u: repillCe15 D e ?,Jftl"lino. Bellamy; Eckstrom nlpl! ,,"olan. 22G Housl on Section. 2!>. 39: 25 P are"lea n \\"; ,,~ trom ha lts Ehr man. 227 BOI"Q,,"leckl beB t~ P a rk. D ... Koven a nd Schwa.rlz: Sc l,\\"" , ·\~ nlp ~ NllfI R e p ort all r esults wit hi n 72 hours of re_ 229 ZII :!:l)lan nlp~ Ul\I·nelt. 230 Chnrchll i. and BUI·cl,,1 1. 20 Hm·l wlg 1 0"C~ to He ndel·. ,lmmOM tie. 23.~ Olhb~ tOI)~ Secord: W n lker ElIl~ I.>ut tle6 O'Heill·n: Elli.- \OjlM ~(lJle'· . ceipt of o pponent's resignation. • rlp~ Trlmln.,hnn'; co .... ecllon: Doro downed tle~ Goebel: O'Hea.rn tlce ).I iller "",I Goebel. Trlmlllghilm. 23 ·1 HoUmO ll . ;>;:orgon rip Mow­ lS Steel "topa Pavitt! ConnP.lly 1."," 1" Beek­ re)": Ho Uma " . Pcter>lOn ... hip Allen. 135 HIIl­ er. 29 Prlel.>e to»S T O"'''' ~. [;eck" u . 3(\ Kirch­ m .-m tOI'" (a) I.e l'1ore. 236 Gs lll,':m whh _ ner nt plI Actorjan. 31 C u nnl"gh ,,,,, 10 1'" I ~oekll TOURNAMENT NOTES draws. 237 Ol,..,n wllhdrawn . 23S I. •ag owskl Ilnd lies Beckham: BeckhAm . ~ Ioo :-e l ie. 32 laps .-\!.>eIl, Ruo;.hlc. Blelfeldl. Elkins, B e r­ P a "lekn., Kersula. and Bnrt fe ll 1-'Ou r nle'·; ( C ontil'lue d from page 312) nero: P.lkllll1 w l1hdrawn. lo~eg (8) 10 Dlel­ Kel·~ul n . Pauleka9 tie: llan \\"lllp~ W ()Q(is. feldt. 23~ 'I'aylo,· tOPS S tuchel l. 2·10 Welll'l/l". 33 D e II lnrtlno wlthdr" ,,"Il . 31 Hlil'eJ" hnlts signment to the 1<'lnaI8: D. R. H.eynolds. halts H6 J"b~t. 2·11 Appleton. 1~'·e '''' liI n top Ua.eK en~ lc. ~racDerml,1 " ,,(I F,·"w lc~': ~Ia" ­ W. POI·tel'. A. P. Butler, B. A. Stlnton, E lIloU. Na Lc~"ICk nllJ.'l F,·a nk. ~ ia and Ma.eDermld cl own ~ 1a ('K e,,~l e. 15 M. Lane, A. F. Woods, J, Gorman, C. A. S E MI_FI NA LS ( Key' ti l -Nil Brand reth defeats Denn. 31 Di .I o.e ! J)ullc. Edwards, H. F hlher. drn ,,"~. 11 Stlnlon Sto!» )' I u ~ g rove; cor­ "'''Mer n ip Belt: ftO llClIl>(! rg w ilhd wws. ~3 St. C. A, 'V. R. Har­ rection : Stlnlo n ,,"on from Van 7.lIc. 13 Donlns downs Par k : La.ch 101»1 I'lucln"kl. di ll, J . A. H ouston, M. S. Z it zman. P. C. LeSler do""n,, ,u ,-",ander ; C hamp" ey, l-llvel H K urt:!: be~U! Soper but bow,. 10 Norris; Doro, V . D. HoUman and W. Lagowskl. tie. U Leder beai.@ 13a n.., roft. 15 Mankin Fetell re!ll Kurtz. Soper lind Cae. ~5 Barl ­ downa Oor·doll. 19 Weil, Schw~rt~ m aster lett bows to Dyba hu ~ l )C~ ts R i.... I<:...: l~elly Myer. 20 Rich rlpll Kilmer and \Varrell. downa Dylm. ·16 He,·lJst ha ll>' J oh'l..on: ,\Its_ 16th Annual Championship 21 C8 rl~on bests Gauer "lid ~Iyel ·: \Voods. ehuler withdrawn. .J? ~Ieyer" tOjl ~ (,,) In tile 1963 Golden Knights, 122 s e c­ Splh:er, l ie$ RobinSOn ; Lawson rip" Hol)ln - As hle)" whip ~ I yer: Al'Ihley. L,~'H' top lIoon­ tions are now under Way, without c ount· ey. 22 Dec". Hubl).e.r(! and Corman rip ing September s tarters, a nd t he la s t RilIIn'lh"n. t 3 ~I n el$ \Iowns ),10118011. KIl_ <:era a nd 1'..oI le ...... ! ~ Ke )'o;e r r ips Rnth,.on; month rO I· e lltry has no\\' come u p. The Ale n, Taylor tOil Ride r. next lotll"nament will !lot be 1111 next Sections 25·49, 25 Thurman "ip ~ Young. year; so join up now whlle YOli c an! 2C Woodruff whlp8 von Sale~k!. 21 Keady The following posta lites have quail· downs Croaky: I.ahde defeats Lllwl·e llce. 28 McGrego!" !.>eMs Burle)" . Alberls "lid Wellt­ fied for Itssignment to the Semi-finals w iCk: Burley beo! l8 Plum",e r. 31 G lh~o n nips as a rellul t of current Postal Mortem.: Kaplow. Thu..,m n •., Id Gutheil: Thurman A. K e lsel·, F. D. L Yllc h , J, C. Selley, toP/J V"la nda n i 111,(1 ties Kaplan, Gllthell. R. E. Swarb r ic k , W. Favorite. A. Stern, Kowa lski lie . 3t Frey, Kaplan lie. ~~ Grosky ( belSt8 Dournins: Karlen wllhd",.,,"II'. 3$ Sev­ W. B. POI·tel", P . A . Parenteau, T . D. ern bUI~ Croyle hut bows to Slaler. 36 Gau - Schwartz, R. E. Ellis, S. G. Priebe, J. j 'IOn, Asbley jOll Jamison: Gau""ol1 jars Lar­ P aulekas, O. B. Mantell, A. C. May, .an. 37 Seney lOllS SolonlO11. 38 C rawford J, A. Massie, A. Slldmets, L. Thompson • .v lthtl raws. 3S Smith b e ~ls DelLn and (a) Hawkll: Dell" down~ H oglund. ~ O Alde n rc­ F . NUllser, M. F e tell, P . R. Dyba, B. J . "lgn8 10 a iL H H all. Zeroth halt Frank. 42 Robinson, H . B . Daly, G. C. Balr , W . S. A ro, Rudol ph lie. ~ 3 Lee resigns to a ll : Browne, H. M. Levy, P. Berlow, C. Rsm· Abele. !.>e"I$ Chappell. H ~k beaU FD.i r ­ melkamp, H. M. Coss and C . Gibbs. ba.nk and l{ell)·. ~5 Graves, crlbUlhln jolt J.

C:HUS RlVIEW, OCTOBER, 1963 315 Entertaining and instructive games by HANS KMOCH annotated by a famous analyst.

21 P_ KB4 Q-K2 23 N-B3 33 . . . , Q-Q2 ~}.INTERNATIONAL 22 P_ B4 S-N2 24 PxP . ' , , 34 N-B4 1'\011" White po~e l\ three tl1 l,."ltS: 35 HUNGARY 1963 ExPt , 35 NxP and :15 P- Kli. lllac k has no adequate rcply. Annual Asdalos Memorial 34 , . . . BxP A System in the Making 35 BxPt! K - R 1 Two recent games of which thi;\ is one Or 35 . .. P xD 31i QxPt , K-HI 37 RxB, tend to suggest an opening sy!1"~ , l\- H2 10 Q- 1 P_K4 P-K4 8 P_ B3 P-Q3 ,0 emerge with strong fIlta t' king dWllces . K -It . I\- HI Q- SIi, Qxl' ·12 :\" ·,)\6 ete. 2 N- KB3 N-QB3 9 P_ KR3 P_ R3 39 Q- K5t Q_KN2 3 B-N5 P-QR3 10 P_Q4 R_ K1 24 . , . . N-Q3 " 40 Q,P B_B3 4 B- R4 N_B3 11 QN-Q2 B_B1 Black call only hope re lurning the 41 R- Q2 Res igns 5 0 - 0 B_K2 12 N-B1 B-Q2 piece may gil'e apprm:imate cqwdity. 6 R-K1 P-QN4 13 N_ N3 N-QR4 25 P-K5 NxBP B_B2 P_B4 7 B- N3 0-0 14 26 Q-B3 B-N4 15 P-N3 26 . , . NxQP 27 QxX. 13 - 1\ 3 is no better CALIFORNIA 1963 FOl' the immediate 15 P- Q5 (and com· be(:ause of 28 P- B5! e.g. 28 ... ;-"' - K6 29 Piatigorsky Cup Tournament mellt~ on earlier par t of the game), PxPt, PxP 30 I3xP t , l\xl1 ~ I {) -K,ji" et ~. cr. Stein·Spassky. Delicate Complications This whole vat'iation is freq uently 27 QR-Q1 QR-Q1 The [allowing is a most unu~ual game adopted by the Ihlssians now, Almar· 28 P-Q6 full o[ delicate COllil)licalions . In t he ently. T~lhl beliel'es mack must have Immediate Ii(juirlalioll b\' 2S l'xl\" is early part of the middle ~alll e . White dimcul!r employing his Queen Knight of IlO Ill"omli;e. Bm t h c r ~ is \\0 rush. takes a chu!\Ce ill weaKellill{!: his King if t he l'Olile by his QB5 is denied. Not" White can ab;o reCO\'cr t/1(> pi ece by position, but Black rej ec t ~ the n,OH nal­ does he deem it necessary to pre\'ent P- QH4 . ural re·action. Then the s ituation be· . . BPxP openin~ the Bishop file. comes very te nse lou t l'- K3. Ernes t. 3) 26 B-R5: seems (0 bc the main 5 , ' . . N,N B-Q2 BxBt SCOTCH GAME POh lL of W hite's combination; he Is as 6 PxN P- QB4 10• Q)OIB 0-0 Er nest Excel! Maurice Excell mudl liS a piece do,,"n for the moment ; 7 N_B3 p,p 11 B-Q3 P-QN3 W hite Blllck but the threa ts o f 27 P- Q7, 27 QxB and 8 p,p B- N5f 120-0 8-N2 27 P- QIt·j a re ol'erwhelm lng. 1l'1I si milar 13 KR_Ql 1 P_K4 P_ K4 , N_ N3 B- N3 • • • • to what happens in the gnmc. 2 N-KBl N-QB3 6 N_ Bl N_Bl 13 QR- Ql and 14 KR- K l Is also good. 3 P-Q4 p,p 7 B-KN5 P-Q3 25 BxR BxA 13 . . . , N_ B3 N-Q5 N,P 26 B_K7! , , . , 4 N,P B-B4 8 14 Q_N2 , . , , Hel·e. 100. White Is a p! ece dewn bllt recover s it bv force and retnlnll hls \lO' Now White dl'lfts inlO dange l"0I1 s pas, IIltlonal advan t age. s ivity, Detter Wllr~ or protecting the Queen Pawll are H Q- K3 and 14 0 -1\"5. 26 .. , , NxP E ven 14 p- Q5 holds more promise: t he 27 PxN , , . . "'weak" P a,,"n after H ... PxP 15 PxP Is The :-es t. though re lath'ely long. is actually I)O"'er ful. and mack's King-s ide rllt her >! illlple, Black Is on the verge is weak a fter H .. , :'\- U·I 15 Pxp, of a knockout wilh e\'er )' OIo\'e. 14 , • . . Q-B3! 27 .... B_ N4 29 P_QA4 B_K 1 28 A_B7 Q-Nl 30 Q- B2 Q-N5 Thi!' strong mOI'e hampers \\'hite b~' 31 P- N3 P-N4 re;o und P awn pl us. The win 20 Q- Q4 · . . . after thalmel'e ly takes tim o: . :\ow White tlll'eatens mate and a lso 21 25 . . . . BxB 30 Q_B2 Q- B3 Q- Qi. Apparently. I31a ek is in real 26 Qx B QxPj 4 31 R_ N2 Q-Q5 trO\lble. 27 R-KN1 P_ B4 32 P_ KRS Q- Rat 28 Q-Q3 PxP 33 R-Nl Q- K4 29 PxP R-Bl 34 Q-K N2 .. .. ~ot 3·1 H- !\2 beca llse or 3- 1 • . • H-DSt 35 R- :\l. HxHt 36 KxH. Q- Blt. 34 . . . . P-N4 Having tied down h i ~ opponent 011 the Kingside, Diad;: comfol"lably proceeds to mal,e his e xtm Pawn tell. 35 Q- QB2 P_ N5 38 Q_ B4 Q-B6t 36 Q-KN2 P_QR4 39 K-R2 R-Q1 ! 37 Q- Q82 Q-B3 40 Q- B2 Q-B6 41 QxQ . . . . The F'rench is a ve ry solid defense. Thel'e is nothing else. If ai< White, YOll w!Int promising com­ P_KN4! ! plications. you might try the following 20 . . . . 41 . . . . line. This very fine move cleverly retains 42 R-QBl Black 's a dvantage. Wbite Black The text i~ stronger than the dog· 1 P_K4 P_K3 3 N- QB3 B- N5 21 P- B3 • • • matic 42 . .. H- QDl a s no\\" mack's Hoo1, 2 P-Q4 P_Q4 4 B-Q2 . . . . Important poin ts of Black's play ap­ exercises horizontal netil·ity. Now there are a numbe r of gambits peal" after 21 Q- Q7, QxP/5 22 P- B3. Q­ 43 R-QN1 K _N2 49 K_B2 R_R6 Black might accept: bllt, if he wants K6t! and 23 K- BJ, Q-B~! 2~ QxB. QxE 44 R-N5 P- R5 50 K _N2 R-Q6 to h old positionally. h e'1\ l ry: with check! Ol" 23 K- Rl. Q- D8! 45 R-QB5 P-R6 51 P-R5 K_B5 4 . . . . N-K2 21 . . . . P-N5!! 46 K_ N2 R-K6 52 P-R6 K_K6 011 22 B-K2 • • • • 47 R_B4 K-B3 53 R-B7 K-Q7 Al ekhine's move which there is Blad, has anticipated 22 Q··Q7 and 48 P-R4 K-K4 Resigns l'elY little " book," and that not at all good fOI' White. wins then by 22 . .. PxP ! e.g. 23 QxE. ~o\\" Black Simply wins the Hook: 5·j Q-K6; 2·1 K any. P xPt a nd 25 ... R-B7t }lxi>. P - Bi 55 R-QIl7. P- B8 (Q). Of 5 B- Q3 • • • 0)" 23 PxP, QxBP 24 R- KBl . Q- N5t 25 COllrse. 55 . . . R- QD6 i~ it mistake: ~ G :\ow Black can see flo chance t o win K- B2. QxP! Itx\{. KxR 57 P- R7 etc. not one. but two Paw n ~ . 5 . . . . PxP 7 N-KB3! B x St 6 NxP! QxP 8 QxB QxNP The sequence call also be 7 ... QxN P Solutions to CHESS QUIZ u s mate or 7 K-R3. It-·H3 mate) or .j B- Q2 . Q-K7 5 B-K3. NxD e tc. or 4 Q­ 8 0 - 0 . UxI3 (else 9 R- NI) 9 QxB. No.1 White wins wlth I Q-R4 and threat Nl, Q- K7 5 l\- D5, UxN I; ll- Ql , N- K6. 9 0-0 · . . . of 2 N- B7:1:: e.g. a) I . . . N-Q2 2 Q- K4i", No. 7 'White wins with I N-K5t and Now "What can ,,,,hite do me ?" Black N-K2 3 N-Q6 mate; b) 1 ... K- K2 2 either 2 NxQ or 1 . . . nx:\" 2 R- B1. may ask sm ugly. and castle. IF he R- IOt , K- Q2 3 N- K5" K - BI 4 Q- R6t ; doesn·t. White can win other ways. c) 1 . . . Q- Q2 2 N-K 5 (2 ... Q- Ql 3 No. 8 BltH:k wins by 1 .. . KxP 2 PxN 10 0-0 12 R- N3 Q- R5 ::-<- Q6;, K- K2 4 N- D6t; or 2 . . . Q- K2 3 (e lse i he Pawn goes [or nothing and e.g. • • • • 11 KR-N1 Q- R6 13 R- N4 Q_ B3 N-Q6t, K- Ql 4 N- D6t etc.). 1 N-R3, P- K7 follows. anyway- - also 2 No.2 Olack wins by 1 . .. Q- D3 and a) BxP is met by 2 .. . Qx13). P - K7 3 R- EJ. Q- KI 4 Q-H3 (01" ·1 QxQ. BxP mate) . .2 QxH. QxNt an(1 mate in two; or b) 2 Q- K3 5 Q- It5. Q- B·1. and White can 110 N any, Q-B/t and mate next; or c) .2 longer prel'ent both IQ s~ of Queen alld B-K2, R-R7 3 NxN (else 3 ... RxBt and ... BxP mate.

~ .. . QxNt or 3 Q- Q3, QxNt etc.). Q- B7t No. 9 While willS with 1 N-H~'i, Px~ ·1 K- H3, QxRPt 5 KxN, Q- R . Q-R4 6 K-N2 (else 6 .. . BxN, 7 17 Q-R6t K _ B4 K- N2, N- K6t and mate next (7 PxN, Q- Q away, Q- R(; e tc.), N- 1\'1 etc. 18 R-B4 mate CHESS REV I EW, OCTOBER, 1963 319 {~J. fOREIGN

SOVIET UNION 1963 XXXt h U.S ,S.R. Championship A System in t he Making This game illust rates the Sli m e point as the Tahl-Ghitescu one, page 316. Black ollght to be able to mpeL P- Q5 appropriatel},. We hOJJe to come ac!'os~ and a nnotate fI good example t o that eHect in the near futnre. RUY LOPEZ L eo nid Stei n W hite O1ack 1 P-K4 P_K4 5 0-0 B_K2 2 N-KB3 N-QBS 6 R-K1 P_Q N4 3 IS- NS P-QRS 7 B-N3 0 - 0 4 8-R4 N-B3 8 P- 83 P- Q3 9 P-KR3 P-KR3 This moye i s the l ;l test j',lshion lIIH! there is llOthillg \\'1"on g with it in it­ self but, u" ill this game . something may go wrong i f Ulac1( rai1~ to reali~e its significH nee in reganl to play in the center. mOl'e specifieally. as to the conseQuenees of a later P-Q~ - 5 . We can't r ~ sist running t his picture. Know w ho Sammy is? _ the same Reshevsky who's conducting a Chess Cruise, come January. See Advt., page 231, August. In the conser vative line. now consid­ ered obsolete, White's 1'- Q·I- 5 IS Of n o pl·omise. FOI" Black has evolv ",(, a deli· cate system of defense aimed to achieve 18 PxP BxNP It is e ~ s enlia l 10 attack Ihe Knight counterplay, ultimately by . . . P - K D4 : 19 N_ B5 B- Q2 an(1 leave Blad, no lime for P-"'3. 9 ... N- QIl·] 10 D- D2. P - D4 I I P- Q·l. 20 P_ KN4 · . . . 27 . . . . B,P Q-B2 12 QN- Q2, N- O;) 13 P- Q5. N - Ql l\ OW While has fiue attae king chances, 28 8x8 Ql'B J.] P-QRI. R-Nl 15 1'- D·I. P- N5 lG K - R2. particularly on the K ingsirie. 29 R_ KNI Q-B3 S - Kl 17 1'- ,'''-1 . P-N3 18 Il- KNI . 1'- 0319 20 . . . . N_R2 29 . . . Q- B5 ~ O QxP gi"e~ Blad, no es· N - 81, N- B2 20 )(- N3. N- N2 21 P- N~ . 21 K_ N2! · . cape eilliel': e .g. 30 . .. QxPj 7 31 N-,,~ , 8-Q2 22 B-K 3, K-IU 23 Q- Q2. QR- I P- N3. Black has 110 choice. RAOUL ECHEVERRIA N- N3 19 P - Q\3·1. \3ut the swap of Pawns 26 Px8 NxPt 237 E. S3 St. New York 22. N. Y. now favo!"s ·White. 27 K- R3! • • • • 320 CHESS REVI EW, OC TOBER, 1953 CHESS REVIEW's (1963) Fifth United States Open POSTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The Sixteenth Annual Golden Knights THE current edition of the Golden Kn ights toumament is now under way, and entries are acceptable until October 31, 1963. It is can· ducted under CHESS REVIEW's Rules and Regulations fo r Postal Chess, VERVTHING YOU N EED to play E ch ess by mail is i ncluded in t he com­ as mailed with assignments, and with the special rules given below. p lete P osta l Chess Kit prod uced by In effect, the Golden Knights is an "open" toum ament, without re­ CHESS REVIEW for the convenie nce of postal p layers. T he kit contains equip- I gard to our rating classes so far as the entry goes. The ratings are calculat. mont a nd stationery especial ly designed ed , however, quite as usual. We "rate" all games in C HESS REVIEW tour· for the purpose. T hese aids t o Postal Ch ess wil l keep your r ecords straight, neys. It is an "open" tournament because we cannot pretend to "seed" help you to avoId m istakes, give you the cand idates for a championship and because it gives the weaker players a f ullest enjoyment and benefit f r om your games by mal l. chance to gain by experience against stronger ones. To speed play for the fi rst round, we group all the entries received Contents of Kit geographically so far as possible. Otherwise, entries are matched off One of the most important items in the kit Is the Poatal Chou Recorder Al­ into 7 man groups strictly in the order of our receipt of their applica. bum _ the grutcst aid to postal chess tions. Qualifiers to the later rounds are grouped likewise in order of ever invented. The six m iniature chess setl In this album enable you to keep qualification, but without regard to geography. track of the positions, move by move, in all six games of your scctlon. On the sc ore-cards, supplied with the album, you Special Rules for the 1963 Golden Knights Tournament. r ec ord the moves of the games. The up. Consult the following rUles whenever 7 -W hen computing the total scores to de · to-date score of each game faces the cur_ any question arises as to your chances terml ne the distribu tion of prizes. each game r ent position. Score-cards are removable_ WOn in the fi rst round w ill be score d as 1 When a game is finish ed, r emove the old for qualifying to Semi-finals or Finals or point: each game w on in the s econd round card and Insert a new one. 12 extra score_ fo r weIghted point score. etc. as 2. 2 points; each game wOn in the fina l carda are Included In the kit. 1 CHESS R ElVIE\Vs 1Gth Annual Gold­ round a s 4. 5 poin ts. A drawn game w!U be e n K nighta Pos tal Ches~ Championship Tour. scored as half ot these respective a mounb . The kit also contains 100 Move-Mailing nament is open to all persons liv ing !n the S In the case of ties. if two or m ore Post Cards for sending moves to your (!ontin ent a.l U nited States of America and In finalists tie for first place. achieving the Canada, except CH ESS REV IE)W's cm­ same total scor e. a ~ computed In Rule 7. opponents, a Chess Type Stamping Outfit ployeea. contr!bu tlng edi tors and memiJ ers for printing positions on the mailing then the first 2 Or m Or e prizes w ill b e re­ of the ir famme~. cards, a Game Score Pad of 100 sheets served for those finalists a nd the prizes w ill 2 Any con testan t who en t e r ~ this tourna­ be awarded i n accordance w ith th e scores f or submitti ng scores of games to be ad­ ment u nder a paeudonym or in the nam e 0·' achieved by them in a tle-breaking match or Judicated or published, complete Instruc­ another person will iJ e disqualified. All unfln· round· robin contest in which eM h contestll.nt t ions on how to p lay chess by mall, an ac_ Is hed gam es ot the disqualified contestant w ill play not less than 2 g ameS w i th every count of the Post al Chess rati ng system will be Mored as wIns (or his oPp()lJents. oth er tied contestsnt. Ties ror other cash and the Official Rules of Postal Chess. 3 TwO qua lifyinG" rounds and One final prizes will be brok en in the same manner. r ound will be played. In all three round~. A ny ties which may develop In the tie·break­ (!ontestants will compete In sections of sev­ ing contes ts w lll be played ot! in additlonal Saves You Money en players. Each contestant i n a sec tion will matchea or tournaments. play one gam e vs. each of s ix opponents. Boug ht separately, the contents would Forfedt wins count as game pOints. 9 The entry tee ia $4.00 snd entitles the amount to $8.35. The complete kit costs 4 All contestants who score 4 or more contesta n t to compete in on e section or the only $6.50. To order, just mail the coupon game points In the preliminary round wlll prelimi nary round. No additional fee Is below. qualify for the aemi-final round. Similarly . charged contestants who qual!fy ror the s ec ­ ond or third round s. A contestant may enter a ll qualified semi- f ina l i~ts who s cor e 4 or more game points in the semi·flnal r ound a ny number of sections or the preliminary round upon payment the fee $4.1)0 per will qualify for the fi na l round. It a dditional or ot section entry prov ided he a pplies early players (from 1 to 6) are required to com· plete the last sectio n of the second or third e nough sO thut we Oan plac.., hIm in s epsrate r ound. these players will be selected from ~cctlons . ,\lul tiple entries iJy One person " ill compete and (Iualify as though m ade by a mong contesta n ts who '!Co red 3'h POint~ I" the p reviou s round sud in the order of the!,. separato IndIviduals. No contestant. how· CHBSS REVIE W Posta l I{atings at the time e ver, may wi n m ore than one prize, and a the last section starts. player who qualifies for mOre than one sec­ tion of the final round wlll iJe awarded hIs 5 Excep t as provided in Ru le 4. con test­ prIze On the basis of the total score achieved ants w ho score less t ha n " points i n either by only One of his entr ies . (The entry mak ­ of the qualifying rounds wili not be eligible Ing the highest total score w iU be taken.) for the announced cash and emblem prIzes. 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