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BY I. A . HOROWITZ in collaboration with Former World Champion, Dr, Max Euwe, Ernest Gruenfeld, Hans Kmoch, and many other noted authorities

This Jatest and immense work, the mo~t exhaustive of i!~ kind, e:x · plains in encyclopedic detail the fine points of all openings. It carries the reader well into the middle game, evaluates the prospects there and often gives complete exemplary games so that he is not teft hanging in mid.position with the query : What bappens now? A logical sequence binds the continuity in each opening. Firsl come the moves with footnotes leading to the key position. Then fol· BIBLIOPHILES! low perlinenl observations, illustrated by "Idea Variations." Finally, Glossy paper, handsome print. Practical and Supplementary Variations, well annotated, exemplify the effective possibilities. Each line is appraised : or spacious poging and a ll the +, - = . The large format-71/2 x 9 inches- is designed for ease of rcad· other appurtenances of exquis· ing and playing. It eliminates much tiresome shuffling of pages ite book-making combine to between the principal lines and the respective comments. Clear, make this the handsomest of legible type, a wide margin for inserting notes and variation·identify· ing diagrams are other plus features. chess books! In addition to all else, fhi s book contains 439 complete ga mes- a golden trea.mry in itself! ORDER FROM CHESS REVIEW

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I Narne • • • • • • • • • • . • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • . • • • • • • . • . . . . . • . • • . . • . . • • • . . • • • . . • . • ...... I I Address .. • . . • ...... • ...... • • ...... •...... I I City & State ...... -...... •...... Zip Code No ...... I I Check/Money order encloled I ,------, CHESS REVIEW 'HI ,.,crUIt, eMUS ,MAOAZIHf Volume 36 Number 3 March 1988 EDITED &. PUBLISHED BY I. A. Horowitz PRIDE AND SORROW ing UI) a personal clacque; in the final This is a leiter designed to let off ~!IIa[ysis he played according to the rules sleam. Should Y'lU wish to use any por· of his period and thrashed his ril'al over Table of Contents lion of it for publication, that is all right the board. With all dne respect 10 a scn· with me, although r think il hardly likely ~itive ego. Fischer. even more than i\"for Chess Caviar ...... 88 considering its contents. r would be more phy. seems destined to become Ihe pride Chess Club Directory ...... 96 than gratified shou ld you care to discuss and so rrow of Am!;'rican chess. Chess Quiz ...... 66 in your writings any puint that I raise. Ro"aw H. ROS ~:N Finishing Touch ...... 74 Like most chess players, I am upset by Ann Arbor, Mich. Game of the Month ...... " ...... 72 the latest incident in Bobby Fischer's • A great many queslions remain unan· Games from Reeent Events ...... 76 career. r write to you because from my peripheral acquaintance with you-- as a swered even at this date (see Fehruary Interzonal at Sousse ... . , ...... 89 issue, pages 40.45), and more have cume lnng lime reader of CHESS HEV1EW. from On the Cover ...... , ...... 68 up. To mcntion just one, Col. Ed Ed· my hal'ing faced yo u in a simultaneou~ Postal Chess ...... 80 mondson states that Fischer's objeclion at exhibition III Cleveland and from my Problemart ...... ' .... 84 having analyzed with you and others a the time of tht Gipslis game was that he Solitaire Chess ...... 95 game I lost to Ed Schwartz in the 1952 had been assigned a "holiday" which was Spartakiad IV ...... , ...... 92 New York :vIetropolitan League when 1 not legitimate, wante.d a game, not post· Tournament Calendar ...... • ...... 70 played for Columbia University- I regard poned, but moved up, and incidentally World of Chess ...... 67 you as perhaps the most urbane and so 10 avoid a later string of consecutive COll_ judicious che5~ spokesman in this coun· games without rest days. Fischer's try. In your recent column in the New duct, extra-chessicallv bUI intra·organiza. EXECUTIVE EDITOR York Times discussing Fischer's appar tionally, i~ not commendable; bul it does Jack Straley Sattell cn t departure from the Interzonal Tour· seem there i~ an at least equal queslion as to thc legitimacy of actions against MANAGING EDITOR nament (I entertain the hope that he will Arthur B. B lsguler re-enter), you summarize the facls with him at Sousse. As 10 "sheer ahility," CONTRIBUTING EDITORS admirable objectivity. Nevertheless. cer. Fischer was demonslraling such over thc J. W. Collins. T. A. Dunst. tain questions remain unanswered. Re· board even · in the face of what he COll sider~ organizational harassment. We trust Svetozar GIIf;orich. Hans KmoCh. ~hevsky also faces difficulties in Ihis tour· Walter Korn and Dr. P. Trlfunovlch. nament due to his well known wish to Ihe answers will be fortheoming.- ED. CORRESPONDENTS avoid playing games on his Sabbath. How SCRIABINE AT SKOPJE Alabama E. M. Cockrell. California Dr. H. Ralston. M. J . Royer. is it that conditions accepted before Ihe In hi ~ colorful arliclc about the 1967 Colorado J. J. Reid. ~ tart of the tournament can he sur· "Tnurnalllcni of Solidaritv" in Skopje, District of Columbia R. S. Can twell. Florida R. C. Ea.stwood. nwunted by a veteran like Reshevskl' but Dr. Trifun"vich tells of the earthquake Georgia Braswell Deen. prove too onerous for a youth lib, whi ch leveled Ihat city in 1963. However, Idaho R . S. Vandenberg. Fischer? Illinois J. G. Warren. il is all]Hll"ently n"t known in the chess Indiana D. C. Rl11s. D. E. Rhead. A mystiquc has ~urrntlnded Fi scher world Ih at one of the victims of the earth Iowa J. M. Osnes-s. 10 Kansas K R. :>'laeDonald since his childlwod. Il robabl)" his de· quake wa~ a strong amateur player, Louisiana J. F. Accrs. A. L. :>.rcAule~' . triment. No douht we ~ ha ll read many well. George Scriahinc (Yuri Skryabin ) . Maine L. Eldridge. intentioned writings in months to come Maryland Charles BaraSCh. Dr. W. R. (Concluded on page 71) Bundick. concerning the difficulties Fischer has had Massachusetts S. Frymer. to face. It seems to me that such opin. Michigan R. Buskager. Minnesota G. Tiers. ions conveniently ignore the fact 1hal Mississippi "E. A. Dunning. tournament chess is a sport as much a~ Nebraska B. E. Ellsworth. Jack Spence. Nevada R. L. Wheeler. an art. What would we think if the Green New Hampshire Ralph M. Gerth. Bay Packers decided 10 withdraw frOI\1 New York P. Berlow. Edward Lasker. J. N. the National Football League temporarily Otl!. North Carolina Dr. S. Noblin. because dlt;y had suffered subst·antia! in. North Dakota D. C. Macdonald. juries? The position of Fischer seems al· Ohio R. 13. Hayes, J. R. Schroeder. Pennsylvania J. E. Armstrong. most as ludicrous. South Dakota il.I. F. Anderson. A com]letition has some meaning only Tennessee Mrs. Martha Hardt. J. G. SUlli- van. Jr. if all the contestants agree tu a fbled set Texas Homer R. Hyde. of rules heforehandand follow -them. I do Utah Harold Lundstrom. Wisconsin Pearle Mann. not think thai Fischer's admirers will Wyoming E. F. Rohlf!. ea~e the situat io n by pretending, as manr Collegiate: P. C. Joss. have in the past, that he deserves to be CANADA world champion on sheer ability. Let him Alberta L. Steele. enter the lists like everyone else and British Columbia Dr. N. Dlvlnsky. Manitoba :M. Stover. prove it , one way or another. Alekhine did Ontario R. D. Jacques. not dethrone Capablanca merely by oc Quebec M. Moss. "I.ike to make it a bit more interesting? Saskatchewan Frank Yerhott. casionally winning tournaments and build· Playa game for five or ten marbles?" CHESS REVIEW, MARCH. 1968 65 1 White to move and win 2 Black to move and win Having so much wOI'king E;-el'Y pOSition, howevel', A MAXIMUM OF CHANCE for YOll, you won't really has some little wrinkle - 01' Chess, we once said, is pl'e-eminently a game into which need any clues at all, now it wouldn't be any son of a chance, as opposed to the relative skills of the contenders. will yOIl! Good, with that "quiz" position, now would It? plays a minimum part. In this qui~, we could have said, it point clarified, we will an· We're offering no clue when Is all in all. Yon ha\'e a maximum chance as you have no nounce that you need only we say you'll do well to dis· opponent, 01" one who has already compromised his position. to win, not mate necessarily cern the wrinkle. then go to So you should come liP with ten correel solUlions for an ex - nOI" mate In any spec!ried work to iron It out. Hight? cellent score. shouldn't yon? H yon do fatter, score yourself number of moves. It's a \'er' So just do nothing else but good for eight or fair tor six solutions (given 011 page 85). itable cinch, Isn't It? So how go to wOl'k and "play" like do YOll clinch It? i1"ol\ :

3 White to move and win 4 Blaek to move and win 5 White to move and win 6 Blaek to move and win Say. we received a leUer So now you have your fair In 11 \\"a~· . a (·he!';:. quiz is a Sin g 0 u t : Is evel-ybody recently from some one who turn at finding !l win fOI" fun gallle. If yon m !~s . yon happy? Good - fOr, in the demanded we give some Black. Whethel' YOIl flnd it don't 1l1ll' e to t ell anyone. nature of things, any quiz wins for 81aele It seems to or not Is uv to you, t hough If you hit. yon can tell every tends to tum harder as it us we always have, In gen - to eal'n yom' SCOI'e, that one who'll let you: bu t don't goes on. Now Is the time to eral; and, In these quizzes, has to be, now doesn't it? pick on any who'd say: "O h~ employ that III a x I III U m even rather more than less. BIH, with White's King so any nitwit could win that:" chance which we eXlllnlned Yon may remark that this exposed, how can you miss? Just Slick to wlnn!nl': and en· to you. There is a win (we position Is or professe!l to be No. don't tell \ls- - apply your· joying it- llnd stnl·t now. if Intst): jnst be diligent to a win for White. Well, win se1£ diligently 10 the pl'oblem not sooner, by ('allinl': off turn UJI a dilly and don't it, anyway! set, and win! this win: dil1y·dlllly. Dig!

7 White to move and win 8 Blaek to move and win 9 White to move and win 10 Blaek to move and win Lay once again Into the Unleash Black In his tum Checlt and recheck on the King of all you sUI"\' e~' - breach: alld, with expel'lence once again hel·e. Dut you call wrinkles here. FOr now you if you've solyed all these - accumulated as you go--as do beller, you know, if you are appl'oachlng the grand positions so far, you can be yom' guide, you can accom set \11) the boal'd and seat payoff. Only one more for King, indeed, if YOIl do this modate yourself to the hard, yourself all B1aelt's side for you to solve after this in· olle cOl"l'ectly. Even if you er trials as they come up. a better prospective of the trlguing bit. But don't go missed one or two, it will re· That, at least, Is the theory position. See the wrinkle? lool,lng beyond just yet! pay you to fiuish orf well we aim to Inculcate In you Well, be dlsCl'eet about mov First do the job In hand, and and winningly. So strike the so you'll not il\Culpate your ing your Bishop on Its long neatly, too. Take nothing tor sockdolager aud don't go tOI' self. Now pro\'e us right and diagonal, won't you? Instead, granted either. Find the true one swell foop! Whnt's the find the will! we say: win! win! win? 66 CHUS REVIEW, MARCH, 1968 CHESS Vol. 36, No.3 REVIEW MARCH 1968

INTERNATIONAL UNITED STATES A Hortative HastinCJs REGIONAL and INTERSTATE The ho nor of first "lace in the P remier Tournament al Hastings this ye!lr fe ll in Adventures in Texas a four-way splil among Vlaslimi] Hnrt uf In HOllston, Texas, the eighty.four.play. Czechosiuvakia, Florin Gheorghiu of Rou er Sout hwest Open went io Walter S. mania and Leo nid Stein -and Al exander Browne on a tieureak of a 6·1 score that Suetin of th e Soviet Un io n. These leaders he shared with RarnlOnd Schult, C. Bill each scored 6·3. Ostojich of Yugoslav ia Jones a nd John Jacobs. Kenneth Smith had a pl us. 5·4; and J uli o Kaplan of and John Payne were next with 5%·1% P uerto RiCO, 4, finished ahead of the each. British cOlilingclll : Whiteley. 3%. Keene T he North Central Open in Dallas. and Hartston , 3, lind Ba5man. 2Y:J. Texas. was won by Kenneth Smith and Horl'5 eq ual ity with Stein here may Roy DeVault . each 41h·¥.!. Third in the j ust have significance toward -their play fifty.four.player meet wa3 J ude .-\ cers, off match with Samuel Reshevsky. By 4-1. once again equaling the favored Stein, , Hort may find encouragement. if he needs With Eastern Paladins it, to decline any back seat in that pl ay The strong Eastern i\fasters' Champion. off. ship, held in Ne v; York City, wa s ca p· SOiImue l Reshevsky (above) was engag· tured by Ne il Mc Kelvie with a clear first Larsen Lasts ing Vlastimil Hort of Czechoslovakia and of 4 1j~.y:! . La rry Ka uFman was second Bent Larsen lopped his great year (see Leonid Stein of the USSR in the ptOilyoff with 3Y2· 1Y2, while W. Shipman and H. page 355, December) by winning '8 su· for sixth place in the r ~e nt Interzona l Hohenberger sli Med third at 3·2. Fifteen perlative Palma de Mallorca Tournamelll, Tournament as we were going to press Illayer5 look part. 13-4, ahead of such as Mikhail Botvinnik for this iu u",. and Vassily Smyslov of lhe USSR, 12¥:! Mid-Ameril:Cln Firepower each, Lajos Portisch of Hungary, Ill,4. More on the Fischer Affair In the North Central Open, spollsored and SveiO:t.ar Gligorich, 10'12, Boris Ivkov. by the Wiscons in Chess Association, \ViI. 10, and !t'lnan Matulovich, 9, of Yugo. In commenting on the game, Ka\·alek J~jsc h e r a t Sousse, In the South Af rican liam Martz posl ed a 6%.:1:: tally, followed slavia. Larsen rallied after -two Jat e Jos ses Cheuplayer, Aleksanda r Matanovlch re· by a trio with 6·}: Richard Verber, An· to pull a head of Botvinnik and Smysiov. lates It as a new test of the ... QJ;QNP drew Karklins lind Curt Brasket. The Dr. Pet-ar Trifunovich tells the tale soon. vat'ia nt so often batted aboul lately In ninety· player utlt:ndance included ten Behind the Iron Curtain lhe Sicilian. He says Flschet' was just Mid·west masters. about to produce a new Illo\'e when a In East Germany, the Fourth Zi nn owitz Ilhotographer attem pted to s nap the two IlIIernationai Tournament was c redited lu players. Fischer stollped play a nd d e Vladimir Libennn of the Soviet Un inn manded that the photographer' leave be SU8SCR1BERS fore play be resumed. 'fhe direetor· re il lld Wolfgang Uhlman n of East Germany, You will ha ve noted that your CH ESS each 11 ·4. E n~·ejr Bukich of Yllgos l avi~ 'used and restarted Fischer's clock. After REVIEW is arriving unwrapped. We are thirty minutes talk, Fischer fil\ a!1~' agreed placed third with 10·5. told that this mHhod does NOT result in 10 cOlltinue the game. any considerable dOilmOilge. There must be Unzicker Unbeaten The editor or SAC adds a note at the som'" accide nta, however, and, if you do Wolfgang Unzicker of West Germany end of the account: "One canllot help find you r copy arrives damaged, we will feeling Ulat Fischer ml slSed the best COI1- wa s victorious li t Krems, Austria, where replace it at our ", xpe ns"'. Send us th", tlnuatlon [the game was drawn] .. . as a he went through thirteen rounds with out copy so tha t we may observe the effect result of the dis turbance caused by the 105$ and finished in first place with 9¥:!. and, perhaps, reconlider this procedur",. photographer." Fischer. we probably all 3%. Runnerup was Laszl o Szabo, 9·4. reel. Is over·prone to s tllglng objeetlons: We will a llo ;lppreclate comm",nts on Italian Interlude but there can be but few who can a bide, t he lit;lte of the magazin", as you recelv", and sun fight effeetlvely, the threat of it, favorable or unfavor;lble, 1i0 we may T he main eveut of the Imperia Interna· a flashbulb going off ill one's face just assess the eonsequences. tional Congress in Ital y, composed o( a as he's about to throw a critical IIU nch. Meanwhile, we regret any disappoint. thirty.two.player Swiss, was won by Bori· The s napper to this story Is [bal it ment occuioned. We are trying to avoid slav Ivkov of Yugoslavia with a 7%.1% tU I'llS Ollt that the photographer was the a. drastic incr",ase in the subscription rat", tally. S. Tatai, th e Italian titleholder, was orrtcJal one for th e Soviet embassy in which ri sing costs must otherwise nee"'!· second with 7·2. Tunis. sitate.

CHESS REV IEW , t.4ARCH , 1968 61 Ross Sprague and Jack P}'ne, 4Y.!.~~ KNIGHT'S TOUR each. divided first and second IJrht:es in the l\'Iid,Central Open. a twenty·seven· player tourney sponw red by the J\'lidwest Che;;s Center in Elkhurt, Indiana. Sprague became chamllion on a tiebreak, H, Hin tzer and Ri chard Annen scored 4_1 each,

Palmetto Stote Downs Tarheelers Columbia, Suuth Carolina, was the ~ scene of a mutch in which South Carolina ~ clobbered North Carolina by 8·4, On first board, Lee Hyder of the winning side drew with Don Schultz.

Revenge at La st After suffe rin g three successive defea t~ in as many years lit the hands of the Pittsburgh Chess Club. the Cleveland Chess Cenle r finally turned the tables with II handsome 7·3 triumph. Torn 'I'he al·tlst offers us choice of these Wozney. James I'larkins, John Hoffman, CALIFORNIA legends for the picture above: "A GenUe Walter S. Browne impressively won six Art Nagel, i\L Re ~ nick and W. Ga;ewsk)' Knight was pricking on the plaine" from games and drew three in a strong round won for Clel'elan(1. while only Dan Law. S penser's The Faerie Queene or "0 What rence and Lou G~l r dner could score full ean ail Ulee Knight-at-arms!" (rom Keats, robin for the statc championship, La ~ :tlo point;; for Piltsburgh, Two games were We fal'or " 0 What can oil thee Knlgtu Binet and John Blackstone were outdis drawn, a t-arms?" tanced with 6·3 each, a nd sitch rugged contenders as Jerry Hanken and Charle!> ON THE COVER man, Using beach pebbles (or heads and Henin could make only even scores. wood carving for bodies, he created bell.ullfnl1y crafted chess deslt pieees, An e)!: ceplionally powerful tournament each of individualistic charactel-, at Santa Monica was won by William A real "Collectors' Item," mOl'eover, Addison and Anthony F, Saidy, each 5·2, was It complete chess set In l'esplendent half a point ahead of \\-'alter Browne and blue, silver and black on one side and one point bener than Tillor Weinbcrger, red, gold and black on the othel". While T ht; field, engaging in an invitatiunal e\'ery one of the thlrty·two piece!> I!> dir, lound robin, included the w\)rld junior ferent, the set has the cohesion of a kinglJin Julio Kaplan of Pucrto Rico and single work of art, ("rmer Venezuelan challlilion La$zlo Binet. Factng the serious and determined anll)' of Pawns and major pieces may In the San Gabriel Valley Open in Los not be conduch'e to abstract thinking :'\ngel e ~. A, Vinock was undisputed first and planning, Even a Bobby Fischer with 5%·Y2, followed by A. Carpenter. would not be a match for the embattled ;).1. N. Hultgren and ltt Cotter were ne)!:t stare or these medieval manikIns, But to with 4Y2·1l/2 each, There were 27 con· It chess aficionado this set Is Ll, master· testants, pi ece or craftsmanship and Individuality, 'rhe al-Hst, "\\'nl!am D, GOl'man, Is a paintel' whose finely execllted caseins GEORGIA are in lllany national collections. Sel'i· In a twenty·six.player contest, premier OIL S, nostalgic renditions ot Victorian state honors lI'(:nl 10 Mike Day, followed archltecturat fragments are representa, hy James Wood, Philip Lamh. T, :\ Iurrell tlve of his work. Stress on mood and and W. Thomb;;. s tyli:ted representation cila rac terize his Mark Freeman l'epOl'ts to us: paintings- but sl)' hilmar as e)(pressed The l'ecenl "Artis ts as CraUsmen" ex· In his "Knights" clearly l'eflec ts the NEW HAMPSHInE hlbition at the Enst Side Gallery dis· 'othel" side of his personality, Gorman Alexander Keyc$ look the New Hamp. played the wOI'k or the gallery artists wm have a one·man show of c fL selns at s hire Open, ahead of lohn A, Cnrdo, Paul in theIL' lighter moods, Whimsy, humol' the East Side Gallery In Avril, this yeal', Dumont and George Berry, Thel'e were 38 and ol'ig!nallty mari

CHESS REVIEW Is publlshed monthly by Sub.~rlptlon R ... te: One year U,50, two OIJen in ~e ll' York Cit y wa s pocketed by CHESS REVIeW. 134 ,v. 1Zd St., New York, rears SI4, OO. three years $IS,50. world-wide. Pal Benko afte r hi s 51,6.1,6 deadlock wilh Change of Address: Six weeks' noUee re· 1\'ew York 10023. Printed in U. S, A. ~ Bernard Zuckerma n had heen re ~ohcd by en ured .. se<:ond·ela.ss matter Au~ult 1. qulred. Plell$e furnish an address lIenell Impre.. from the a 11U1. at the Post Office at New York. N, Y .. lon wrs pper or re<:enl a tiebreak. Arlhur Bi sJ; uicr. Joseph INUe. Address ~ha.nges cannOt be made wtth· under the Act ot March 3, 1879, out the old address as wen .. the new one, Tamargo and Ron ald Taylor finished with General Off lell: 134 'Vest ltd Street, New Unsollelted manuscripts and photographs 5,1 each, The event "'M featured hy a York, N, y , lOOn, Sales Department open will not be "",t urned un le.. accompanied by total attendance of 144 competitors diyid· dally 9:30 to 5:30 PM - Saturdays from return postage and self· ... dd..e ..cd envelope, 2 to 5 PM, Telephone; LYclluln 6-1&20, Dlstrtbuted nationally by Eaatern NewB, ed into two sections, 68 CHE SS RE VIEW, MARCH , 1968 VIRGINIA OreGon. The sixty-one-player Porti-and Indonesia Charles Powell retained the state title Junior Open resulted in a 4-0 tally by a New Indonesian titleholder is Arovah with a clear first of 6Y:z-%. Michael triumvirate consisting of Mike Montchalin, Baohtiar, who disposed of Ong Yok Hwa Downs, 5%.1%, and Richard Callaghan, Joe Brandenburg and Richard Askay. in a 2·0 playoff victory. Previously they 5-2, placed second and third respectively. had tied at 9·3 in the 1967 Indonesian Texas. In the Capital City Open at Austin, Forty.four players participated. Championship. a triple tie for first was recorded by Eric WEST VIRGINIA Bone, John Dunning and Raymond Schutt. Vietnam Twenty.seven American military men In the conlest for the stale champion ship, 'attended by 28 players, headman was FOREIGN and civilians congregated at the Saigon Ro nald B. Standley, in fronl of William USO to engage in a tournament which Payne, H. Landis Marks and Norman T. Bulgaria was won by John Penquite, 5%·%. T homas J. Burgess and F. Ramos-Barhe Whitaker. Radulov and Peev. each 121h-6Y2. tied each tallied 5-1, the nod (or second going for first in the Bulgarian title tournament. to Burgess on a tiebreak. LOCAL EVENTS Czechoslovakia The Czech Championship was won by The Swiss System in Russia COlllUcticut.. The Hartford EXile!! Open Julius Kozma with 12-3, followed by Mikhail Tahl shared first place with and the Hartford Amateur Open were won Smejkal, 10·5. Lev Polugayevsky in the ('eeent champion. by James Bolton and Howard Ant respec ship of the USSR. The most interesting tively. England factor in the event was the adoption of In the ninety.player Islington Open the Swiss System. till IIOW untried in Idaho. At the Boise YMCA, the fifteen. CongresS, first prize was awarded to major tournaments in Russia. One con· man Western Idaho Open gravitated to Bojan Kurajica. sequence was the size of the field, 126 A. B. Ellis with 4-0, Runnerup at 3V:!.ljz competitors, but the quality (in conse· was Dick Vandenburg. Germany quence?) may be judged by the list of Besser and Hubner, 10%.4% each. prize winners. Tahl and Polugayevsky, Illinois. Paul Tautvais!ls swept five rounds ~hared premier honors in the West Ger. 10·3, were followed by Mark Taimanov to dominate the twenty.two-player Warn. man Championship. A playoff will deter. and Eugene Vasyukov, 9% each, Antoshin. sley Open at the Chicago Chess Club. mine the title. Palatanov and Zakharov, 9, and Bagirov, Richard Verber and R, Sprague followed Furman, !zvostchikov, Kholmov, Oroos. with 4%-V2 each. Holland Shelyandinov, Steinberg, Tukmakov, Zait Hans Ree defeated H. Bouwmeesler by sev, and Zhuravlev, 8%. Ta'h l last was New Jersey. In the th irteen·man Mont· 2%.1 Y2 in a playoff for Dutch supremacy. champion in his balmy days of 1957·8. clair Chess Cluh championship, James Gwyn and lohn Sussman tied fo r first at 10'12-1%. An Original Approach to Chess Strategy Nelli MexicQ. lack F. Shaw won the Cloud croft Resort Open, a Iwenty·three'lllayer PAWN affair. IN CHESS by HANS KMOCH

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ClIESSER + COMPLAINT 525, others per EFs: top county resident New York, New York I think I must he expressing the feel· is WOl·cester champiun: starls 9:30 AM: ings most of the participants the • We are happy to alllend Dr. Trifuno· inquiries 10 S Frymer, 1251 Common· of in wealth Av, Allston, Mass. 02134. 1967 Womens Candidates' Tournament in vich's report, if belatedly, by printing SuiJotica, Yugoslavia, when I complain of this one by our Lady Champion. Budge. New Mexico _ May 25 to 26 ]\fr. Trifunovic ' ~ supercilious an{1 inaccur· tary considerations, however, forbid our Albuquerque Opell at Albuquerque N·atl ale reporting. requiring personal attendance of corre· Bank, Washington & CenU'al NE, AI. 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P-QR4, Q- D2 11 P- R3, Qt\-Q2 ]2 P- B4, "WHITE SPOT" R-Kl 13 N-N3, P- B5 14 B-D2, N-84 15 Q-B3, K N-Q2 16 D- I{3, P-QN4 11 P x P, Traditionally, geographers have solved the problem of an lU1U R-Nt .18 Q-D2: PxP 19 P-KS: PxP 20 plored 01' unknown area on the map by depict ing that region in white, P-BS. A chess competitor ca nnot afford such a luxury as to the so lution of un· Bot vlnnlk continued modes tly against known areas in the 'theo ry of openings, The Antarctic may stay as is, i\laUllovich (PlI.lma de 1laiJorclI ) with j P-KR3, P-K3 8 N-B3, PxP 9 KPxP, yet but the player must do something immediately about the "white spot" in also won: hi s chess experience or he will be finished, by his opponent. 5 , . , , B-N2 In our century, much has been done hy great llumbers of masters 6 P_K4 , , , , and grand masters to eradicate the white spots in chess theory, Theil' con· A Korchnoy choice Is 6 P-KN3, 0 - 0 7 tinuous efforts have left but small holes in our knowledge of some forty B-N2. Then Black can choose the Yugo· slav Variation with 7 ... N-R3 Or t he differenl openings, The King's Indian was full of such holes in the Seml·Benonl with 7 . , . P- K3, If White ea rl y Fifties, But, today, the real white spot is to be found onl y in its has castled (Instead of N--QB3), t he 7 small relative, the Semi-Benoni , ... P-K3 doesn't wO l'k because of 8 PxP, BxP 9 N-N5, BxP 10 BxP, QN-Q2 11 Tahlused to adopt that opening very freqllently--bul only dUl'ing N-QR3! H ere, however, ll\ay follow: 8 his ri se to the lOp in the late Fifties, It was a fanta stic weapon in his 0-0, P xP 9 PxP, R-KI! The last move is an important Impl'Ovement by Stein hands; hut he gave it up later, using it onl y now and then for the sake which selS obstac les against Korchnoy's of surprise, The mystery around it remained, Tahl did, indeed , lose aggressive plan of P-KR3, P-K4, R- K1 with it in three different ways to Penrose in the Olympiad of 1960, \0 and an eventual P-K5 as llsed against Tahl. Both or Stein's opponents In the Korchnoy in a Soviet Union championship and to Bukich lu st yea r in 1967 Soviet championship tried to pre, Budva, But no clear refutation of the system was demonstrated, Small vent 10 . , , N- K 5 by 10 :\'-Q2 but with· wonder then that Fischer ha s taken over the flag of the Semi-Benoni out success. lately and scored some good points with it. And the Yugoslav grand. 6 , , , , 0 - 0 8 0-0 p,p 7 B-K2 , , , , master Matulovich has set the defense even into his regular repertory. P- K3 9 BPxP The position arising from the Semi·Benoni is so douhle.edged that many top theorists prefer to avoid it with White rather th an risk Black's early initiative while trying to prove the rumors of the dubious reputa ti oll of Black's scheme. The following gume shared the brilliancy prize at Palma de Ma ll orca; but it doesn't contribute much toward I'efuting Bl ack's over-ambitious opening either,

Palma de Mallorca 1967 4 N-QB3 P_N3 BENONI DEFENSE S, Gligorich M. Matulovich Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 9 , , , , B-N5 W hite Black In this sharp position, White "has to . , . , 1 P-Q4 lI'in" In the centel' 01' Black on the KnowIng whaL 1t atulovlch \lsually Queenslde. Yet It Is uncleal' which can· plays against 1 P-Q4, Reshevsky at ti nuations are best fOI" ellhel' side. Sousse decided to allen with 1 P- K'I: Black's line tllHe!'s from the more 1 , , , . N-KB3 (}Opular plan : 9 , .. R- K l 10 N-Q2 [10 2 P- QB4 P- QB4 Q-B2, N-Rs is hot clear eaILer). N- Ra 3 P_Q5 P-Q3 11 p-Ba, N-B2 12 P - QR4 which the same The ten goe ~ along wi th B1ack '~ opponents contested at SOllsse some castling nut and is the more precise weeks earlieI'. P robably , Black feared 5 N_B3 onler or moves in comparison wllh S s ome imPl'OVe men t by While here lhough . . . P- K3 ~ N-QB3, PxP 5 PxP. P-Q3 A qui te di rferent pia u i ~ ;; P-K ~ , B-r.:2 noth ing hal)pened to him artel' 12 . , . 6 P- K4, P-N3 as th en W hite ca n try 6 B-Q3, 0-0 7 KN- K2 (Penrose-Tahl, P-N3 13 K- R l ! ? ( wll iting fol' 13 , .. t he llll()leitsant 7 P-B ~, B - N2 8 B- N5t Lei(!zlg ] 9(0). White has II strong a tlack B-QR3 H BxB, NxB I S N-B4 with a comhlned with 8 ... B-Q2 9 P-K5 01' 8 ufte!' 7 .. . P-K3 8 0 - 0 , PxP 9 BPxP, deal' adn.ntage tOl' White], H.-Nl! [win· KN-Q2 9 D-Qs ! 0-0 10 N-B3, P-QR3 [9 , , . N-R3 nUl Y be bettel' ] 10 nlng a tempo In pl'epl\l"ation fol' ...

e HUS REVIEW, MARCH, 1968 P-QN4]· 14 N- B4, B- QR3 15 B- N5, p-R3 useful: e.g. 19 U- Q1, P- K5 20 N- R4. White Is more attracted by the coming 16 D-R4, Q-Q2 17 Q-Q2, BxN 18 BxB. H- K1 2.1 8 - 82, N- N3 ofrer~ Black more prospect. P-R3 19 B-Q3, P-QN4 20 PxP, PxP 21 hope for holding the balance. 23 . . . . N-Q2 R- R7 with equal chances. 19 B_Ql P-QN4 l3I11ck doesn't realize his danger. 2S Tahl tried an immediate 12 ... N-Q2 20 B_B2 • • • • .. QR-8l, to trade off one of the against Bukich (Budva 1967). in COlli· Matulovlch called this after the game mighty White Rool(s. offers mUch better parlson with Najdorf- Flschel' (Havana •• 11. new scheme for righting the Semi [·eslstance. 1966) ··saving a tempo" and keeping the Benoni." It worl(8 vel·y well in the 29 R/1-QB1 N-B4 opponent's King on Nt. After 13 N- B·I, absence or Black'!! King Bishop. Now Black has no olher good choice N- K4 14 N- K3, P - B·j 15 P-B4, N-B2 16 20 . . . . P-BS PxP, PxP 17 8-Q3, Q- 83 18 R-B3, 8-Q2 than to ll·y to block the open file. J9 Q- 82. N- KR3 20 8-Q2, R-K2 21 Now 20 ... P- N5 ill met favorably by QN- QI! N-KI 22 R- N3, Q- Q5 23 N - 82. 21 N-Q1. K-R1 24 B-83! QxBP 2S N- R3. Q- HS 26 21 P_B4 P-NS It- KB1, he fell under White's attacl. and lost.

10 P_KR3 • • • • If Blacl\ must W01"rY Ol'el· ]2 N- Q2. White can save a tempo by 10 8 - 1\:84, ExN 11 BxB. 10 . . . . .Queen Knight. 23 Q-Q4 King. And B1ack·s Hooks have no files fOl· N- Kl in the pI·esent game. and an eventual P-K5 Is a terrible threat. ("onnter aUack. 12 B_B4 N-Kl B111ck continnes his desperate counter 30 .... P,R 13 Q-Q2 P-QR3 action but It reduces the effect of ilis 31 P-Q6 Q-N3 14 B-NS! · . . . Pawn mass. 32 B_B4 R-R2 The text is much better than the 23 . . . . P-N6 Or 32 . . . HxP? 33 Q-QS. routine 14 P-QH4 which Cl'eateS Queen· 24 PxP p,p 33 P_K5 P-QR4 side weakness whel'e Black Is stronger. 25 B-Q3 • • • • Black works on his only chance, but 14 . . . . B-B3 In contrast to 24 D-Nl. the text his action hasn't the speed with which troIs the important QB4 and helps 14 ... P- B3 15 B- R4 weakens Black to meet White's threats. in that Wilite has a strong post for his the opened file undel· contro\. 34 Q- Q5 P-R5 BIshop on K6 whereby his operations 24 . . . . Q-B2 with P- B·! also gain in strength. 2S K-A2 N_B4 34 .. . Q-N2 Is mel by 35 QxQBP or 15 B-R6 B- N2 26 NxN · . . . DxP. 15 ... N- N2 leaves Black's Bishop ex Pinning by 26 Q-83 merely allows con· 3S P-Q7 R_KB1 , posed. White is playing for repetition to solidation rOl· Black by 26 ... N/3-Q2. 36 R-Q1 R/2-R1 gain some time for reflection. 26 . . . . QxN

16 B-NS • • • • 27 R-B1 Q-R2 16 BxB, NxB and 17 ... P-B4 allows Now it is cleal· why £ - Q3 \\'l1S good: Black freer play. 27 ... Q-Q5 (ails against 28 R- S ·I: e.g. 16 . . . . B_ B3 28 . . . NxKP? 29 Q-K2. 16 ... N/1- B3, the only altel·native, 28 R_B4 · . . . weakens Black's gl·i]) on his K4. 28 P- K5 seems to have more im· 17 BxB N/lxB mediate effect, but White doesn't care to open the position allowing some counter Now 17 ... QxB 18 B- N4 requires .18 chances for [he opponent, as by 28 .. . . . N-K4 to retard White's vital break PxP 29 PxP, N- H4 [29 ... NxP flli1 S by P- K5 but then 19 D- K2 allows White against 30 B- K4]. Actually, this continua· a tempo COl· P-B4. tion ought to favor White. also: but 18 QR-K1! · . . . 37 P- K6! p,p White loses no time, leaving his Queen· CHESS and CHECKERS Supplies I3laek loses also on 37 . . QxP 38 side untouched and so making Black's QxR. majority there less efCective, to cOllcen· High Quality CataUn and Plastic Checkers Plain or Grooved •. All Sizes 38 Q-KS ... u·ate on the other wiug where he ha~ the stl·ategic InltiaUI'e. CHESS Sets ••• Wood. , Catalln • , Plastic Now Black has 110 defense against tlle All Sizes •• All Prlce$ R-Kl mating attack. 18 . . . . CHESS and CHECKER Boards Now White can re,ol·ganlze his COI·ces Folding, Non_FOldIng, RegulatIon or 38 • . . . K-B2 40 BxPt K-K2 39 R_Q6 Q-B2 41 P-Q8(Q)t KRxQ most effectively. 18 ... P- QN4 is mOre Numbered CHESS.CHECKER Timing Clocks 42 B_B4§ Resigns • Fischer played (1'8. NnJdort as cited) 13 All Merchandise Reasonably Priced After the sealed move 42 ... K-Bl, . .. 1'\.Q2 14 X-B4. 1'\-K4 15 X-K3. P-B4 16 SEND FOR FREE CATALOG Black Is mated In three in two ways: P·B4. X-B2 17 PxP, }>xP 18 8-Q3. Q-B3: out 'Vhite did not usc Bukleh·s lllOre dan STARR SPECIALTY COMPANY ~3 R- B6t, K- N2 44 R-B7t: or 43 Q-B6t, gerous method and his attack railed aftel· 1529 South Noble Road, K- Kl H D-NSt , R- Q2 45 R-KG mate. 19 N-K2, N-KR3 20 N-N3. Q-X3 21 Q· B 2, Cleveland HeIghts, OhIo 44121 R-El 22 13·Q2, 13-Q2.- S. G. t =: Check; : ::: db!. check: I = dJs. Ilh. CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1968 73 By WALTER KORN FIDE International Judge

tion of Herbstman studies, edited in Mos Anticipations versus Improvements cowin 1904, Somewhere along the line, one wonld think, the f law, wh ich com In assessing the objective merits of a given composition, a primary pletely destroys the precision of this consideration must be as to whether it is original or has been anticipated. otherwise masterly construcllon, ought In this late date of prohlems and composition, there is little likelihood to have been mentioned or refuted. of an altogether original composition. So the question generally be 1 N-K2t K_ R7! On 1 , .. K - RS 2 B- R2. N-R7t 3 K-N3. comes: is the matrix or the attempted execution of an idea, cast let us say N- BSt 4 K- B2, N-Q7 [or 4 .. . N- R7 5 into a different setting, still anticipated and so to be dismissed or does it B- Q5t], \Vhlte cuts off all escape rout es retain a value of its own as an improvement either in content or in tech and wins Black's Knight by 6 K - K2, in a nOll·repetitious squeeze which prettily nique? The 'task of determining the appropriate value and standing of embroiders the solution. a composition is often an onerous one, not alone for the solver but even 2 B_ R2 ! K_R 6! for the artist himself. That question is not always really satisfactorily Now 2 , , , N- Q7t 3 K- K3 . N-BSt 4 answered. On the other hand, it is not entirely always a critical matter K- B2, N-Q7 5 N~B3 r epeats the a bove variation but with the subtle addition of either. all, attempted promotion which barely The Well Balanced Pendulum fa!!s : 5 . , , P-R4 6 K-K2, P-R5 7 KxN, P - R6 8 K- I{1, I{- N8 9 B- Q5, P - R7 10 H ere is the cross formallon of a N- K7 in a model mate. rhythmical study, comparable to one of those on pages 378·9, last Oecembel'. This The text, opening anothel' escape for Incidentally shows the same rinal shape Black's Knight, is thus meant to be the or at least a charming symmetry in the best defense, with the intended s olution. final perpetual threat, 01' defense, if you all fOl'('ed: prefer that term. The ("omposel"s stall" 3 K-n2, l\'- R7 ·1 N - NJt, K-R5 5 K- N2, case theme appeared last month (page N- N5 6 N- B3t, K- H" 7 B-B7 mate. 49). Th!s again is a model mate, with a Alexander 0, He rbstman self-block (N/N·I), But Otlll!l' alternatives 2nd prize, Shakh maty v SSSR 1956 appeal' to rlnw the study inasmuch as thel'e thus seems to be too much posi· T his chess "ruoblle" with Its fr ee· tional dominance for White. noating and exquisitely symmetrital sus· 3 B-K6t! K- R5! (lenslon rates a picture! Now 3 . . , K- R7 ~ K- B2, N- Q7 5 N- B3 On any Black Knight move, a Bisho(l looks almost elementary. check, then return to K2 restores the equll!bl'ium. 4 K- B4! . . . ,

A Lucullus or Just a Cook? Herbstman won first prize in the Rns sian "64" in 1934 with the following study.

White to move and draw Cover the following (with each of these problems) to try [or a solution be· for e reading on. 1 N-KN5 N-Q3 2 NxP t! N,N 3 N- K6t K-K1! NOli" other squeezes arise: a) 4 .. . N- R7 [observe the geometry On 3 . . . K- Q2 ~ N-B5f;. K-B2 5 NxNt, in the setting] 5 N-Nl! P-R'l [or 5 .. _ K- N2 6 B- Q3, N-K~ 7 B- N5, K-N3, Black wins, But ~ N-N5§ ! K-K1 5 B-N6 draws. K-R5 6 B- R3, and White wins the 4 8_N6 8-88 Knight] 6 B-R3, N- N5 7 B- B1, N-R7 S B- N2 and 9 N- B3 mate; Black parl"ies 5 N- N5. White t o move a nd w in b) 4 . . _ K-R4 5 B- B5, N-R7 [or 5 5 B_Q3! . . . . It is included in Harold M, Lommer's .. . N- Q7 6 N - N3t, K- R5 7 B- N4, etc.] White threatens mate or captme. On superb compendium , "1234 Mod ern 6 B- R3, K- R5 7 N-Nl; [j K- Ql, B- R3! 6 B-Q3, K-Q2, Black wins. End Game Studies" (coming ou t again c) 4 , .. N- Q7 5 B-N·I. P- R4 [or 5 ... S . . . . N-N1 7 K-Q1 B-R3 this Spring ) and also in the all-Ru ssian N- B8 6 N-Q4, etc,] 6 B- K6, N-B8 7 6 B-NSt N-Q2 8 B_K2! B- K6 anthology of Soviet end·game studies N- N1, N-R7 8 B- R3, N- N5 9 B- B1, N- R7 9 K- K1 ! published in 1955 as well as the collec· 10 B- N2. 74 CHESS RIVIEW, MA'RCH , 1968 Hegardless of whether this pal'ticular Omitling the too many technicalities, What Is missing In conlllarison Is the ,'ook Manris up or not, the Soviet anthol· here are the mating variations: Jesperson mate, 2 QxD in !'ep!y to 1 ogy unfOI'hlllately contains Quite a few. 1 N-Q5 (threat: 2 N- B3 mate): a) 1 . , . PxKj4, Yet the Lancla- Defourny posi· some of which were even known before R- R6 2 NxPj5 b) 1 ... BxPt 2 NxB c) tion, as given here, is confi!'med on a its publication. This "lInthinll" mi!dH I ... KxN 2 N- B3 oj I ... RxB 2 N- B3 recheck with the original newspaper maintain the illm.e:e bllt misleads the eJ 1 ... PxNj6 2 Q-K6 f) 1 ... PxNj·1 column. So this editor suggests adding a readers. 2 QxB/7 g) I .•. P-K7 2 N-82. Black Pawn on Black's Q83. Thus, not The work is above average, an Incom, only is that square of access for Black's plete block with an impudent sacrificial Knight eliminated but the parallel be· The Absent~minded Composer key and all original basic Idea. But it tween the t\\'o studies is cOlilpleted by Herbstman's forgetfulness of his OWI1 is not necessarily a masterpiece, The restoring lhe last missing pOSsibility: copyrights is both innocent and quite mates are rather impure; the original h) •.• PxN 2 QxD mate! amusing. His interrelated diagrams 16 mating threat (2 N-83) ought to be, in The pOint seems so plausible that the and 17, and some sub·dlagl'ams, in his a perfect study, obliterated by Black's editOl', instead of taking credit for the 1964 collection are labeled "original." defense which, In tllrn, is supposed to discovery, prefers to assume that Pawn whereas diagram 16 appeared as far bad; create different White mates, In c and d was omitted by an editorial ol'ersight. as 1948 in the nOum1\nian "Revista de In particular, the original tlll'eat remains A further asset in the later version is Sah," as confirmed by ".. Jilu lI'1ilesclI, the strongly opel'atil'e. Black's Rook on QB8 the replac ement of the useless second editor of that date. prevents the defensive promotion of Black Rook by a Knight on QB8. It Whenever or ",hel'ever the composition Black's Pawn, but it makes the setting doesn't have to prevent promotion of the may have allpeared, and whatevel' the unsightly; and there seems to be no Pawn but provides for the defense in mental blackout, the idea is delicately re~lson for the Black Pawn 011 its QR3. \'ariatioll g. carded ouL And features like the identical, optional While Jesperson reaps the credit fOI' captures, ... nj4xB and, .. R/8xB, de· setting up the initial matrix, the "slle· tract from the meL'it of the piece. But, ceeding" conple did "succeed" in c!'eat· al)parently, it was a first, in thought ing a sllperior constnlction, and pl'ize, They might, howeveL', have added, to their own credit, the byline "amending a Arter thirteen years, two composel's problem by Jesperson." join forces on the same theme:

Z. U. Lancia and E, Defourny The Perfecting Touch "Nelle Zuercher Ztg:' October 1960 Harold M. Lommer is one who likes mental exercises which prove, to him· self and othe!'s, JIO\\' much more can often be gotten out of a study. Here is White to move win one such pel'feeting improvement. ," In 1959, the late Samuel Isenegger of 1 P-N6! A-Bl Switzerland showed Lommer a very 2 R-N1t K-R6! amhentie and imaginalive squeeze. 3 P-N7 R_KN1 After some retouching by both, he en· The side line, 3 . H-m 4 H-K3t: tered the piece in the O. Duras Memorial also wins for White. Study Tournament. 4 R_N6! P_R4 Samuel Isenegger, Basle 5 K_N1 P-R5 "Ceskoslovensky Saell." March 1960 6 K-B2 And White win~. White to mate in two 1 N-Q5! (thL'eat: 2 N-B6 mate): a) 1 The Case of the Missing Mate , .. QxB 2 NxPj5 b) 1. , . N-N4 2 N-B6 With two·mo\·el' problems, a more pre· c) 1 ... KxN 2 N-83 d) 1 ... HxN 2 cise comll!lrlson of values Is possible, Q- K6 e) 1 . "'. PxP 2 NxPj2 f) 1 ... They tUI'll 011 theme and technique. Here QxNj·! 2 Q- N4 g) 1 , .. NxN 2 P - D3. are lwo examples bl'ought to notice by This later construction offeL's a greater Dr, Rudolf Lampel of ?\ew \'ol'k, the variety of defenses and mates. The Jesperson from the late Bigelow's chess repetitions of d and 9 are actually minor column, the othel' fl'om a Swiss news· aud insignificant, not on major replies. paper column. He ~aw the laUer thirleen White's Bishop on QR6 has a powerfully years after an(\ noted the similal'ities al'tive pinning or protective role, anll the no easy I'eat as the identifying key move mating Pawll capture on (lD5 afteL' 1 ... White to move and win is not gh'en immediately. Qxn is a more thematic answeL' than Two initial moves get the White Queen Rev. J. Jesperson Jes[)erson's al·tificial re·action to the into action, then Black's is maneuvered 1st Prize, New York Post, 6.18.1947 meaningless . .. It- R6 (2 l'\xP mate), on to a blocking square as required for Two phases also are allded hel'e in f and the ulUmate Zugzwang, 9 which have no counterpart in JeSI)er· (Concluded on page 87) ;;011'8 versIon. Again, the original thl'eat, initiated by Ihe key 1 N- Q5, that is 2 N-B6 mate. CHESS LITERATURE is not obliterated in all variations. It reo New and antiquarian _ Many languages mains In b, But Black's attempt at an Lists for new books and for tournament!i ~LIlswer by , .. N-N4 is so feeble and Offer sheets for antiquarian copies and meaningless that this point can be dis· new arrivals carded as irrelevant. Please specify yOUl' wants There remains, however, one more ob· Correspondence by air mail jection. 1 , , , N-B6 again calls for the UNO LINDE same, now repetitive reply, 2 N-86. Box 14002, Goeteborg 14, Sweden White to mate in two t = check: f = dbl. check; I = dis. ch, CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1968 75 Entertaining and instructive games by HANS KMOCH annotated by a fa mous expert.

contemplates capt ure of the Queen Rook Wh ite aims to meet 23 . . . P- KR4 >2}' 'HTERHA TlOHAL Pawn. with 24 N- K l-an artificial defense, but 13 K-Q1 B- R3 the best ther e is. TUNISIA 1967 On 13 .. . BxP 14 P -N3, P- QR4, White Here the counter stroke 23 N - K5 is Interzonal at Sou5se may win as follows (a check on many not pla yable because of 23 . . . RxR: and, side lines is required) : 15 N- Q5! [15 even deferred, 23 RxR, RxR 24 N-K5, it Subtleties and Brillian~y B- Q2? P- H5~ 16 BxN? PxP ], K-Ql 16 still works poorly bp.cause of 24 . . . NxN This is a highly original game full of J3- B4 [threatening N- K2- Bl as well as 25 RxN, R- N3! Then the threat Is 26 . . . subtle problems. There is only a short K- Dl-N2], P- B5 17 QPxP, P- Q6 18 K- Dl, R-R3 with these possibilities: opening and no middle game, or rather PxP 19 K- N2, 8 - :'12t 20 P - K5, P - B3 21 1) 26 R- B2, R- R3 27 B-81, and (a) a middle game without Queens. Gradual N- E3. 27 . .. RxP? 28 HxR, N- B6t 29 K- K2, ly (with more comportishes than sut· 14 Nx B NxR 30 B- R3, P-KR4 31 K- B2, K- B3 32 t1 eties), Black obtains a tangible advan • • • • Now Black's l)osllion imPl·oves. 14 K-N3 with a draw as White l'egains llis tage and e"entually finalizes It with a Pawn: or (b) 27 ... N- N5! 28 R- N2, brilliant twist. P- QR3, N-QB3 15 N- B3 is correct and even a bit disturbing fOI· Black: 1;; RxP 29 RxR, NxR 30 B-K2. K- B3 31 K- Kl, K-N4 and Black wins: K I N G'S F IANCHETTO D- N5 16 P-R3. 2) 26 B- Bl, R-B3! 27 RxR, KxR and Duncan Suttles Lajos Port isc;, 14 . . . . P, N (a) 28 B- R3, N- D6t! and Blacl{ wIns by Canada Hungary 15 P-Q R3 N-B3 15 BxB N,B 29 K-Q1, NxP 30 K- K2, K- N·l and an 1 P-K N3 P-K4 3 P_Q3 P-QB4 even tua l .. . N-N5 01" 29 K- K2, N- N8t Now 17 . .. N-KN5 Is a threat. 2 8-N2 P-Q4 4 N-QB3 • • • • etc. or (b) 28 K- K2, K-N4 29 B- R3 [29 With 2 N- Q2, White may r each the 17 B-R3 · . . . K- B2, K- R51. N- N3 30 K-E3, P- K4 31 King's Indian in Reverse in the form The Bishop has beeome a burden, ham· K- N3, N- B5 32 8 - B8, N- R4t [anticipat· often seen today "ia the French or pered by its oll'n center Pawns which ing 33 P- R4f] 33 K- B3 or K- R3, P - N3 Sicii!an Defenses: 4 . .. N-KB3 [ 4 . . . can definitely be immobilized by . . . with no immediate win by fOrce for P- B4 5 P- K4!] 5 P- K~ , N - B3 6 KN- B3 . P- K4 at Black's convenience. Black, but an obvious advantage. But White aims for a somewhat different 17 . . . . K_K2 19 K-K2 N/3-K4 23 . . . . QR-K B1 deployment requiring P--KB4 before the 18 N_B3 N-B2 20 QR-KB1 . ... 24 R- N3 · . . . King I{night is moved. White's trouble is aggravat ed as his Attempting to double Rooks on the 4 . . . . B-K3 Bishop is now a target. 20 NxN fil·st Knight file only loses time. 2~ N- Kl and S P- K4 P-QS serves better. B- K2 Or Ql is bette]·. 6 QN-K2 . , . . 20 .... N_N3 24 . . . . P- KR4 Here the Intent of 7 P- KB4, for a sort. 21 K-Q2 KR- KN1 25 N-K1 P-K4 of Robatsch in Reverse, is seen. 26 B_ 8 5 An Immediate 21 . . . N- B5 has little • • • • 6 . . . . P_ KN4 e ffect because of 22 N-K5! NxN 23 RxN. 26 B- K2 or Q1 is still necessary as on Black thrllsts out an oar to muddle QR- KBI 24 R/ I - KBl , RxR 25 RxR. Now, 85 it Is exposed and without any retreat. White's consistency. if Black swaps the remaining Rooks, as 26 . . . . P- R5! 7 P_KB4 • • • • is basically desirable, h e loses a Pawn: 27 R/3- N1 · . . . But White persis ts. Preparation by 7 25 .. . R-KBI 26 R:xR, KxR, 27 ExP, 27 RxR, RxR leaves White at a loss P-KR4 is th warted by 7 . . . P - N5 as 8 N- B6t 28 K- K2, NxP 29 K- B2, P- KR4 f01" a good ]·emedy a gainst the threat P - KB·I, PxP e.p. weakens -While's King 30 K- N2, etc. of 28 . . . ::\"- Q3. side more seriously tha n does th e text. 22 KR-N1 N_ B5 27 . . . . N_N4 7 . . . . NPxP No\\' the text is stl·ong as it l11ay lead 28 R_N4 . . . 8 PxP Q- RSt to exchange of all the Rooks and so am· The text {l]·oyokes a little brilliancy. 9 N- N3 . . .. pl!fy the Knight 's super iorIty over t he White ought to try 28 B- N ·I. In the circumstances, 9 K- Bl is more Bishop. natural. True, the King's position is calise for concern. But the exposed hos tile Queen is a substantial argument to the con trary. 9 . . . . 11 NxQ N- QB3 10 Q- RS 12 Nx P . . . . -White has the mor e compact Pawns but a hole at K3. So the "end·game" problems are only more subtle than those of the middie game would have been but of no less significance. 12 . • . . N-NS Immediately, the text promises ex· 28 .... RxB! ! tr eme complications. Apparently, Black 23 B-N4 • • • • 29 Px R N-K5t!

76 CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 19 68 30 PxN R,R 'fhus, in Fischer-Kholmov, 20 P-K5 may The text reasonably seeks to take ad· Now Black's advantage has radically be better than Fischer's 20 PxN, PxP 21 vantage o( 'Whlte's previous move which' changed In type, and grown decisive. P-R3. leads to a. comfortable game, If not bet· The bad Bishop is gone, to be sure, and 19 . . . . P-Q6 tel', for White after 7 P- QN4. White even has a protected Pawn. But Obviously, Black cannot lUove his 7 P-KN3 . , , . the dominating position of Black's pieces menaced Knight, nor can he afford 19 This move also Is reasonable; but a plus his mobile Queen·side majol'ity is a . .. P:ocombination. 37 N_B5 R-K6 42 N-Q7t K-K2 21 . . . . PxQ 12 R-B2 • • • • 38 R-N4 RxP! 43 NxP P-Q6 22 Px8 QxP Moblllzing White's Queenslde is not 39 RxRP RxP 44 R-R7t K-B3 23 RxP • • • • easy; hence, this move as a preparation Resigns White has traded his Queen for two rol' N-Q2-Bl while providing extra pro· Bishops and a Knight. Three fighter tectlon for the Queen Knight Pawn as planes are usually mOI'e effective than well as the King Pawn. VIV a bomber in the middle game. 12 . . . . P_B3! Variations, like personallties, can be 23 . . . . R-B1 The advance o( this Pawn is vital be- very important. The one in this game 24 P-R3 P-QR4 fo re White gets in P - B5. 25 B-Q2 P- N5 may have far-reaching consequences on 13 N_B3 • • • • a whole system of the Ruy Lopez. Naturally, Black mnst put his majority Basman points out that 13 PxP, PxP to work; but the te:osacrifice which crops li P In so many d lr· 29 Q-B3 Q-B2 32 B_Nl Qx NP rerenL settings. 30 N_ N3 N- R4 33 QlC P P- B6 17 . . , . In th e sharp finish, Black Is the first on th e s cene with a young ladY. 17 . .. K- Rl 18 N- NS Is of no help, 34 Q_B7 P- B7 38 Q- B2 Q/ l - QN l 18 N- NSt K-R3 35 P- K6 P- 88(Q) 39 Q-QB5 R-Kl 18 . .. K-N3 19 Q- Q3 t lea ds to a n 36 P_K7 Q-Bl 40 QlCN QxKP early male. except for 19 . . . 1'\ - B ~ con· 37 P-Q5 Q-K4 41 Q_Q2 QxRP ceding the Queen, Resigns 19 Q- N4 Px B 19 . .. P- K ~ illustrates the somewhat 9 Q-Q2 · . . . unusual pattems of the enSIl ing Illales In The tex t Is I1I111atlll·1l1. Instead. 9 Q-Q1, ,:c.,::. UNITED STATES this particular s etting : 20 BxPt. KxB 21 D- KB4 10 R- B l Is inc ll cated : N-K6~ , K- B3 22 Q-NSt a nd 23 QxKP. 1) Wh ite h as a g rea t advan tage a l ter LOUISIANA 1967 20 Q-R4t K- N3 22 P- B4t K - N5 10 . , . Q-N3 11 Bx N, DxD 12 P- QR3, Simultaneous at State Fair 21 Q- R7t KxN 23 Q- R3 mat e N- H3 13 N-QR4: 2) He ha s some Initia tive on 10 .. . Old, yet New P- QRI 11 Bx N. UxB 12 P- QR3, N- NS White's Dlshop sacl'lflce hel'e Is in It NEW JERSEY 1967 13 D- Q3: self any thing but origina l. a nd yet It has Thanksgiving 500 at Newark 3) l<~ inally. there Is 10 .. , N- K5 11 qulle d elightful originallty In the pa t· BxD. QxB 12 P- QH3. 1'\xN l unless this tern or ensu Ing checkmates. The feat is The Worth of the While a nd the lI ext mo,'e work, Dla ck is In bad the more rema rkable In t hat While was Wh ite makes se ve ra l moves which In· shape J 13 fix;\" . N- H7:? [ the point] : playing ll ~ games s imullaneously a nd vile cd tlclsm , lll'obably more than a re 11 ) 14 R- N3! P-QR4 and Wh ite's d iva· won th em all. Indicated he l'e: ye t t he ga me las ts ga ting Hook i ~ more of a ha ndica ll than a mUlngiy long be fore a ll hope has gone. Black's Kn igh t : so Black has the edge SLAV D EF ENS E Black has proceeded logica ll y. however. though 15 P- tHH I)robabiy holds : Jude A eerl Peake a nd so this game is worthwhile. b) 14 R- D2: or 14 R- Q3! likely fa vors 1 P- Q4 P-Q4 , B_B4 N-KB3 While ill the long n m ; bu t the com· , P_QB4 P-QB3 7 P- K3 0 - 0 QU EEN'S GAM BIT OEC LINED plica ted nature or the position calls tor 3 p ,p p,p 8 8-Q3 N-B3 Or. A. A. Mengarin i A. B. B isg u ier ca u tious assessment : a fter H . .. P- QR4 4 N-QB3 P-K3 9 0 - 0 B_Q2 1 P_Q4 N_KB3 3 P_B4 P- K3 15 Q- "'1, N-B6 10 PxN, QxP. the s lt ua, 5 N- B3 8-K2 10 R- Bl R- Bl 2 N_K B3 P_Q4 4 N_B3 P-B3 tl on Is n OL clear. 11 P-QR3 P-QR3 Apparently. Black contemplates the 9 . . . . B_KB4 11 NxN 10 R_B1 N-K5 ! 12 BxB 1 - cheek ; : ::: d b. check : I = d is, eh, ?>f era n Defense: 5 P- K3. QN- Q2. or. 78 CHESS REVIEW. MARCH. 1'168 Now White faces a double threat, and Now White's basically good BIshop is 10 , . . . P- Q3 Black's Knight has a fine central post. paralyzed, decisively. Aitken has also analysed 10 ... P-Q4 13 R- B5 .... 33 P-R4 R-Q1 and 10 .. . N-K2 to a wIn fOI' White. White panles both threats but very 34 R- Q4 R-B2 Another llne whIch strongly favors \"hite artiflcially. 35 R/l-Q1 • • • • is 10 ... B-N5 11 BxB, NxB 12 R-KIt, 13 . . . . N-Q4 The threat is 36 l{,xP. K- Bl 13 Q-N3. 14 N_N1 • • • • 35 • • .. R/2_Q2 39 K-R1 B-K3 \Vhat a difference in horse I)OWer: 36 R/l-Q2 K- B2 40 R,R R,R Developing "'hite's Knight costs extra 37 R-Ql K- K3 41 R,R B,R time, 38 R/1_Q2 K-K4 42 K-N1 • • • • 14 , .. , 0-0 16 N-B3 S-K3 Now t he paralysis llas caught White's 15 N_ K2 QR-Q1 17 NxN , , , . King, too. A flghting force of two units hasn't a reasonable move. Sad! The text is weak. 17 )l"xP, P~B.! 18 N-BS, P-B5 19 B-B4 is better but rIsky, 42 . . . . B-K3 and 19 P-K.! falls against 19 . , . N-N5 43 K_ R1 B-B5 with the threat of 20 . , , HxP. 44 K- N1 , , . . 17 B- B4 is the best. White can trade HeL'e White loses even with a free pieces until the crucial Black Q4 is move: 44 BxB, PxB 45 K- Bl, P-B6 46 K- Kl, K-Q4 etc. sealed off by a Pawn, Also, the tactical 11 R-S1 B-R4 15 R-K1t K-B1 point, 17 . , . P-QNS 18 RxP, N-N5 19 12 Q-R4 P-QR3 16 R>:QP! P,R RxB, PxR 20 NxP, favors \Vhite. 13 B-Q5 B_N3 17 BxPt K- N1 17 . , , , 14 RxN! B-Q2 18 BxPt! • • • • 18 P-QN4 , . . ' This all appears in Aitllen's analysis Now White's 18 B- B4 loses to 18 - but his 18 N-N5!! does the job more P - Q.NS. A little less committing than the brill!antly. Still, the text is fine, too. text is 18 P - QNS. 18 , , . . K,B 18 . . . , R-Q3 19 N-KSt K- B3 19 S- K2 R-N3 Obl'iously, there is nothing better. 20 P- N3 , , . . Blaci, meets an early mate: 19 ... K-K3 White's position Is too passive to be 20 Q~B4t 01" 19 .. . K-Kl 20 NxB§. appealing after 20 0 - 0, Q- R5. 20 NxBt K-B2 25 Q-B7t! P-N3 20 , . , , Q-K3 44 .... B- K7! 21 N-KSt K-B3 26 R-KS QxR 21 P-QR3 R-R3 Resigns 22 N-N4t! K-N3 27 BxQ! QR-QB1 22 Q-B2 P-QN3 23 Q-B2t K-R4 28 N-B6t K-R3 Now Black boldly offers White an open 24 Q-..KBSt Q-N4 29 B-B4t P-N4 line on the Quel'nside as he plans a 30 N-N4 mate King·side bl'eakthrough. «j. FOREIGN 23 R-S3 P-QN4 ENGLAND 1967 24 P-QR4 P-QR3 Catalog of The Club Match: Hampshire ys. Kent 25 P-R5 · . , , Instead or this passivity, White has Another Brilliant Newcomer CHESS COLLECTION a fair chance for counterplay with 25 This pretty game is almost entirely (Including Checkers) PxP, RPxP 26 R-RS followed by H-R7 "book." Still, from the pL"Rctical point John G, White Department and Q- B5. of view, the variation Is so new that Cleveland Public Library 25 . . . . P-N4 players fond of "Italian fOOd" may ap· Now the King·side headway is easier. preciate this sample. r-.Ioreovel·, it is a This publicJtion is a reproduction, in book sample also of what may be expected of form, of the card catalog of '"the largeM 26 R-R3 • • • • a brilliant newcomer: wInner Savery· .wd foremost Cbess literature collection" il: Black answers 26 P - R4 simply with 26 mutta Is only fifteen. the world. More than 15,000 items in .. PxP-which would have been far clude printed boob in every edition of from simple, had \Vhite opened the GIUoeo PIANO each title whenever po~sible; an extcn~i v{' Queenside. S. Saverymutta T. Bean collection of periodicals, many of whkh were short-lived and ne now hard to find: 26 .... Q-Q3 1 P-K4 P- K4 5 P_Q4 p,p 27 Q-BS Q,Q and nearly 1,000 manscripts, some of 2 N-KB3 N- QB3 6 p,p B-NSt which are centuries old. important liter. The endgame also fa VOl'S Black. 3 B-B4 B-B4 7 N-B3 N>:KP ar)' works referring to chess and check",r~ 28 QPxP P_B4 4 P- B3 N- B3 80- 0 N,N are also in the collection. 290-0 • • • • Wrong·right·wrong is the re(,ord of Catalog entries are arranged in thref 29 P-R4 seems a fair tl'y; but, appal" this capture. It was listed as inferior sequences: b)' authors of all items in the ently, White has the illUSion that he to 8 ... DxN since Gl'eco's time. Then collection; by chess subjects; and bJ' can deny Black any decisive headway by Ossip Bernstein suggested an improve. checkers subjects. lllent fOI' Black some Corty years ago. keeping the position sufriclenUy closed. 25,000 (d,·dl reprodllad ;,: 2 I."olllmel Since then, howel'el', a new move has 29 . . . . P-B5 Price: $11S.00 30 R-Ql .... restored Greco's original conclusion. 10% additional charge on 'White persists in that llIusion. 30 9 PxN 10 B-R3! . , orders outside the U. S. NPxP, PxP 31 PxP, RxBP 32 R-NSt. . . R-NS [else 33 P - R3] 33 RxRt, PxR 3·1 Here is the nell' move. Credit fOI' demo Deu,.iplit'e liMIer;,,, 011 IhiJ tille R-N1 is better though White's position onstrating its efficacy goes, acconling to dud (/ wm{Jfrle {al

CHES$ REVIEW, MARCH, 1968 79 Activiti es of CHESS REVIEW Postal Cheas JACK STRALEY BATTELL pl ayers: game reports &. ratings, names ot new player. , prize . winners, selected games , Postal Chess Editor tourney in"ructJ ons &. editorial comment.

Continued f rom February illue POSTAL CHESS RATINGS These ratingl were ina dvertently omit. ted in Febr uary, POSTAL MASTER GENERAL 1. Han!; Be rliner ...... Bethesda, Maryla nd ...... , . 2016 " Postal Master Candidates 2. Anton Sildmets ...... , ...... Lincol n, Neb raska ...... 1896 3. Kazys Me rkl$ ...... South BOlton, Massachusetts ... . . 1870 4. Robert H . S t ei nmeye r ...... St. Louis, Missour i ...... 1856 " 5. Denn is A. Littrell .. , ...... _ Long Beach , Ca li fornia ...... 1832 6. Robe rt B. IJ derton ...... _A r lington, Virgi n ia .. , ...... 1828 7. Mi chae J Gottesman ...... _...... W ashington, D. 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G H 430 1192 I '""121 12~1'" Sl"hldord H G 16,jl) ., ,.. ;i·l to m S61 H 125~ Stah ler E P" R 1072 J " 131)1) 82 CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1968 Thompson L 1331; -W a lter R H K 72 8 \Vessman Mr~ E 742 H n32 Thompson P L 1294 Walters A 12R4 West G 85·] M 900 SO, Thompson R 6UI) "'alters P A 106~ \Vest H To' (l5'J o ~ 9~ '"'9" Thomp$on R L r.0 1J \Valtz C ~r 71>2 Westbrook\V H 1121; lO .~(o 'l'hompsoll R'\I 772 Walyus J ]030 Wetherell J A 59.'1 92S SS< T homs ,J C 1116 \Valyus J A lOIS \VetterRosemarie 600 '"'87:: Thom~oll J 102S Walzer ?II J IOU Wet zel L A S36 115U Thomson J \V 996 9'! 0 \Vallamuker S ,\1 6011 Wetzler S E 522 H L '"8M 1120 Thor pe A F 9GS WUlll!' S P 136-] Wexler G 960 D 862 on 'rhorsen T 1" 1230 \Val'd J GOO Wexler ~f 842 W 8M Throop l' A 151 8 1114 Ward J l-t 824 Wexler S 76~ n UH Thunen L 804 Ward L S 12M Wey l S 966 106{ 650 Thurman D J) 960 o \Vard .\-1ari0I1 7~r, 'Vhalen Y 1016 1212 14'"'04 Thurman J H 132G \Vue L D 12 ~ r, Whalen W T 101·1 ThurnlOnd 1{ \\' 892 85S \Vare R E 5.';0 Whaley Ruth 824 U5G "!op';"; D A 8SG Thrush T 13U O 'Varne r .J G 1j7:! Wheeler B 151fo ""90'! eli I Tlleston '\irs J E 82 fi \Varner S 822 1381 Tiling R H llH Whelan T F 766 "'0 \VaTllock T 13H Whinery A 12~0 13~6 Timm J C l aS" \Vanen Mrs H 1l-l~ Whitcomb .J S 486 1084'"0 1002 T !mmann L W 91~ Warren J E 1400, \Yhitcomb \V E 932 H 682 151(, Timmer C A Sti8 \Varren J G 1482 1062 Tingle J L 1121; White D 1084 'VashbuTIl .J GOO White G 600 m 1056 'rinker .\t 9ULi \Vasiliew A P 1348 III il 107""2 R F ~ 5~ White G ~J 1054 Tirone \Vaterm,,-" C E 900 122~ 758 'l'kac~ A 1228 WhIte I G 1592 \Vaters D \V 1200 \Vhite J 1144 H 1490 Tockman A 792 Wathen J R 1202 1i81i 'l'odaro F P 9011 White .1 JJ 1088 '"" Watldn" H 600 White ,J G 8311 P 136-1 'l'odd J ~l 90G Watkins .J K 550 '"0"986 12\0'" T ohtz E 9SS White W 62fo Watkins S C .Vil \Vhite W W 1:141) ~M 123. Tokoph ;\1 1 0 ~4 \Vatson I~ C 900 116 White~ide H R SIS 754 Tole J 13uO 'Vatson R 1076 1072 936 Tolins A D 12-16 \Vhitlark J E 90'.1 Watts G W 1256 Whitlo w C E SOl) 1300 Tolins 1 S ,\1 9(W Watts K 1.~ I !O 1002 86·] Tollefson C D IiUO Whitlow D I~ link '\'axter G '\. n I \Vhltmutl C F 1142 9'.n "" Tolley J S 85il Weakle;' I{ l" 550 882 1032"0 Tomaino f' II 10:l ~ \VhUman .Iane S 758 Weakley W D 1050 Whitney W J3 1104 V 1204 'l"omas J S I,HlO " ' caver B 0 110~ 1032 981) Tomich J P 9UO Whitney \\' E 600 "" 'Veave,. G 121S R E 1391> 1206 524 Tomk o J '" l1U~ ,Veavel' ,J WhIttaker 123, 962 Whittemore R R 9.\ S ll-IS T onelli J C ~;'O Wea ver J R 103S 62S 1368 Whittle E W 91~ 'rookmanian A D 99" Weaver X 1536 6Ulf J A 1020 Tordion ,\1 9UU Weaver R T 145S Wichorek K R 708 Wickberg G A 12.:; I 1690 'l'orllaben J A 1200 Webb .r 109(1 1390 Tornow l-t J 9uu \Yebb V L 12U2 Wiebe A P 1032 768'" 'Viencek T R 112-1 1144 Torre~ L J H72 Webbe,. I{ J 5:;0 "'0"" Towle J D 125·\ Weber J H 7711 Wiener P P 838 ;\1 52. Townes G ].' 972 Wiggall R H 1162 '39 \Veber L 119~ r 1176 '" , 1" 1378 Wigger R 1476 .. Townsend S Weber R ?II 1046 E 123 (1 T racey T 1022 Wedin A L GOO Wight J 11\ 456 J~ 902 Wiland S GOO "'" '/"raphagell T 'i n Wee K H 900 5N ~ 'w Trau b G S ;; ~ Week$ J S SO-1 Wileox R C 958 wn 125u'" Tray l;o1) E D 5U U nderhill .J A 6~O A L 93 ~ 'Verner C 910 Underwood A K 13.N Wilson G G 114-1 :,,; E 0 1200 \Vernel' E J 1111-1 'Vilson J 1200 Unger J 744 C !:" D G 14:!·j \Verner T l2UU \\,il50n L 9_~0 Unger ?II P 1172 H \Vertz J P N14 Upsher B C 456 'Vilson M 1200 1'"0 -10 \Vesley D " 824 Wilson 111 C 61i4 LTrbas J Y 8 1~ 1330 Wesley L 1200 \Vil..on R B 961 Urklin~l(j A S~~ L ~9 8 We~ley '" 600 Wil~oll R 118S tithe J G ~~u n Va.dnais G G gOD 1'"340 Vail W E 1;011 1 Hfl These ratings result frOn> " ... me Vaitkus :;; 100r, 1 25r, ceived here from June 30 \0 Valde s-Pe rdomo 1234 !I(I-l Valen t een T \V r,S2 "00 1967. Results rece!voo J anuary Vale n tIne W L 611 :;1£ later. count toward the next co"," "He alreacly has the top rating. Can't he Y a lkenburg B C 108. 600 lio n as of .rune 30. 1968. settle for an occasjonal who-clunnlt?" CHESS REVIEW. MARCH, 1968 83 IIX En\"in. S8 Hopkfns licks Landey. 9~ POSTAL MORTEMS Glllser tops Tohtz. 96 Werner rips Rios Postal Chess Reports Received twice. 98 Hogan halt8 Haverstraw. during January 1968 Tourneys 100· 159: 102 Carpenter, Debelak tie. 104 Ruscio tOps Johnson twice and To report results, follow instructions ;,'Itzgerald OnCe. 105 Hahn tops Caster twloe. on pages 4 & 5 of your booklet on Postal 109 [lIISS. Boardman belt Charbonneau. 112 SCOtt top ~ Ellis tWice and Newman once. 121 Chess strictly and exactly. Otherwise the Kistler licks )lazzafe\"l"o twice. 122 Warner report may be misrecorded, held up or whips Oatis. 125 'Valdrep belts Bancroft. 128 even los!. Name winner first! (lonlsl",,"sk[ )'erks Yeakel. 132 C"prilla. Conley Ue. 136 ~locller whips \\'eiss. 13S Please note: \\'iuners (and th03e with the Kametler nips Xewtotl. HO Schulenberg \Vhite pieces in case of draws) mus t report loses one to Botsch, two to Frank: :'Iathews as SOOn as rcsutt is confirmed by opponent. bests Botsch but bows to Frank. 145 Man· The opponent may report also to ensure hi~ ninl; llck8 Holdsworth but lose~ to "'hillo\\". rccord and !"!lting- going through but mu~t 14$ Pearlstein stop~ Wulbcsser and Schlle~ then state c tearl:" that he was the loser (or inG": Hlber bests ,,11. 150 Beardsley belts played Black In cn5e of a drawl. Chu,·chili. 151 Benner whips Wallace; Lucas From Kenneth S, Howard's Game r<'pOrts se"! In time for receipt by loses two both to Benner and to Deuchler. Spectacular Chess Problems dates indicatCd a bove are printed helow. 153 Perry halts Hiel's. 15·1 Axup. Leach tie. But the playm·~ "oncernelOCks Bru"lJcrg. 210 \V"rner downs Alex· Started in 1966 (Key: 66·C) alldcr twice. ~13 Boehm belts BeaL 2H Tourneys 1 ·339: 9 Gribble wins from and Ouellette whips Gussman. 21S Hughen holts Easy-when you know how! ties Brown. 16 Nester. Stonk,);; tic. 87 Peller. .\Ieacham tn·ice. 216 Ing-ersol nips Xewlllnn. Dittman tic. 97 Rayner tOps and ties Fernel·: t 19 ,,101"1"one biffs Becker twice. 221 Jamison Ferner. Rayner maUl "1ahrl. 127 Bixby. lal·s Beal twice bl!t bows to Brown. 223 Turok tie. 150 O'NeaL \\,igger tie. 173 Faus COhron rips Casto and l"rled. tops Graham twice. 191 Hart. ;':ust tie. 21.1 Tourneys 230·379: 230 .\farron wJn.~ from No.2 K. S. H oward Hubbard eon l(~ Kief. 223 Bil·ell. Blaney tie. Kau(man. 232 C:,rroll conks Boudcwyns White mates in three ns Swengel s walS Pollard. 2~0 Price tops twice. 2·10 Barton bows tw!e(; to both S tcger Ellenbel·g twlcc. 242 Atherton. !\lcDermott '11\d C'"'I·lgan. 2-14 Gustafson fells Ferl·O. 246 lie. 2H Flowers flips Blenker. 255 Schensul AlI(lns downs I~o ster tWice. 248 "'lcG" ln nes ~ rips Rasmussen. 2~t; Bragdon downs Anders withdraws. 253 Pow e ll withdraws. t55 Fox twice. 266 .\!<;:Arthur withdrnws. 271 SlIphan fells Homan twice. 2.';S \\,illemsen whip" tops Liltl.;, twice. 271; "lel"I ~I · withdraws. Thunen. 262 Wright rips Lindberg. 2(;6 \Villi~ 28(; Slocum rips Ries-ler. 2% 13enL Keeney Wllips Scott twice. ~G~ \Voodbury withdrllWS. split two. 306 Hosner nips BCI"I;"e.-·Olsen. 314 279 \Vej~z bcsls Grcet,berg twice. 281 RUbin · Smith smiles :'Icl"arland. 316 Hughart. ~tein heats Cal·o~ella but bows to Eberbaoh. Perci"al cOllk Slocum. 326 Netr nips George. 2n(l C"rri!,'"IIn wllhd,""w~. 298 De Vey downs 328 Kiesllch conks Powell. 331 Hughcn haHs Klln(m"". 3% ~I enzcl "'aU I,. Seedorf. 303 Cole. 336 Stonkus sto p.~ Howllrth. 33; Ade r· l~rock mnn hi(fs Becke .. and Eberwein. 30; holdt a.~e.s Olsen. 338 !\Ioore mauls Griel;. ~I<: C \le conks Keith. :jfl8 \Veiss withd l·aws. Tourneys 340·403: 343 ",Velling willS from :! IS ~Itll·phy maul~ Altll1all. Fafrbanks bllt bows to Markovic. 3·t9 Seolt stops Stewart once. \Va(kins !I,·ice. .~ ')O Latus lick.~ DoOPaul and Kenl. :ll;; Koles",. conks Gray. 371 I ~alls (ell~ l1anett t,,·lec. PRIZE TOURNAMENTS 3;2 Bra(!!e)' lick" Gayton. 37·1 \\·eek s whips Seven·man Tournaments for Premiums Violent, yet subtle penetration. Lohrs. 378 HObinsan bests B,·e"""" but bo ,," ~ to \Vagner. aT9 J ones Jars Low,·.,· "nd Cl o\·i~ . Started in 1966 {Key: 66· P1 385 Gilbert. Johnson jolt S II·alghl. Onp· :,n Tourneys 1 . 116: 46 Hill wins from Howal"th perault. ",Vii Iiams down G"rlin. ~n Fallsey alld Schleicher. );6 Andel·"on. Leath.". tie. 6~ No. 3 Otto Wurzburg fells Stephansl,y: Ratn'i rip~ 1111. ·102 Step llansky stops Vanlter. Weaver whips Snnp, H \VlIllams bow,. to White mates i n three Ph!llpenko but bests Marshall. 80 Crnwfor

CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1968 ~h"H"" e ~ 14 Larsen lOPS Rland a nd Victory. 15 lHitch_ copy of it, to CHESS REVIEW, 134 West TIloms a nd Ues Coplin; Glng licks H~ ht _ e ll . La ne '.nall l ."Iliddleman: Van Brunt li cks 72d Street, New York, N. Y. 10023. ling er. 2() Coplin dow"s Deidull. 21 Hali ha ll " L.nano. I G .\lal·kinsky hc~ t s Campbell. You may enter as many sections as Getek. 22 Clark clips Anderson: "reCollo" gh down.'! Debelak. 23 K iessling tri ps T riassi. 19th Annual Championship- 1966 you please at proper entry fees. 24 Borker bests Hopf: Bren ner jolts Jami· Start playing chess by mail NOWI ~o n: Hopf halts Schlottma n. 28 McCart ne)' PRELIMINARY ROUND (Key: 66 . N) ties \'\-'alford a nd Sotorlc. 29 Meglis ma Ul s Sections 1 • 179: G Einstein. Panek tie. 30 Hall. 30 Hiber tie.'! Dould a nd tops Hannon Saba to. ,V,.en tie: Copeland withdl·awn. ~ 6 CLASS TOURNAMENT and )IOH. 31 L Imbeck licks Schick: Hog_ 'V e ak l~y licks Skinner. 79 Co\' ~y ou conks Enter one of the 4 man groups. lund. Stesko a nd Hendry drnb ~lerre ! 1. 3~ Cad b ~·. 92 '1' hrllsh rips R"ude nhush. 97 GIT Pend leton losea to G\lstai ~on but li cks fi nski l o ~e~ to ' Var,.en a nd Champney. 11 ·1 You will be assIgned to a section wIth Willin ms. Dragonettl. Severa nce tie. 123 Arll"ania n. 3 other players about equal to yourself Tourneys 35·89: 35 Ashley wins froln Hentschel tie. 124 Grivas bests Beg!;.•. 129 in playing skill. You play both White W eiss: Vedeikis stops Statha m a nd B uch and Black against the other three. You Un an. 36 Jones jars Ryan. 37 Rorker t ie ~ Solutions to CHESS QUIZ play ali six games simultaneously, two VOgel and ) !ersereau : Hirs te n ties Vogel games on one set of postcards. and HerTa: Tessal·o. Vogel tie. 3~ Pos t Jars No. 1 White wins with 1 RxB. N":-;R [0:' Johnson. 40 Lee licks Neal. H l.ondry d rub ~ I .. . QxR 2 NxQ Suffices] 2 N-B6t . P:-;N Your game results will be recorded and "ratthe ws. 42 Sta tha m s tops Ag new. 43 Stev _ 3 R-N4t. K- R2 4 Q- Q'On ~IO I '" tiOll, 64-Nf 4. h u com p leted play, and the Re ic h: IJeliran trlpa 1~llq",,)·. 1611 Cu.... :\"o ...·a k and llr.. nd .... th. 87 Utlrrlllll down~ c ontestant!! th erein score these weigh ted· Covlnglon tie. 17 0 S",a.(i r down" ~Vo~. 111 Bon·man. 88 Sholman nltouls H ~nh, k . S9 poilu totals:" Lundstrom IIckll Kronherl:". 172 Hall m"UIH Klnll" 11101''' Anni... tead. 90 Shetler 101)~ Weln. R A Cayford 43.95: B :\Iaillard 42.85; :lfaroldo. I H SChott wlthdra.w~ . 17S Wheeler bell:" and lies Goldberg; Goldherlo: 1X'51~ wln~ rrom Feuchtel·. Hamlin. F'ra.nk and Elnsleln: ~-rl\lIk ~top~ G B Oakes 31.35; It L Anderson 28.9: S SI.MI_FINALS (Ka)': 56.Ns) F.ln~teill. 91 Baker ~ats Datt. ~2 Hennin".· Brand 20.65; A DonlM 24.4; and G W Ion he~ts Traphagen. 93 Dennl" bow ~ to Sullinge r 18.25. Sectlona 1 ·29: 5 Eklund wln$ from Ha r . lIerry nnd Hunt but bolts 1A)l bo wltx. 9·1 rison and tltll ~l cG unnlgle: Hnl"ri!iOn cllpft ]jar"" rll's Rand. 99 C lauI!er clotU" 'I' welen. Meanwhile. E Chace hilS qualified for Klein. 7 Croyle crnek.. \\'"rd and Gordon: assignment to the Finals. " 'am whlpR I ~wrence. S ~fcKennn tle~ Section" 100 · 124: 100 R)·lut. ZI~nulI' lie; :llorl!"an and 10P$ LaulJer. 9 Hnl\'er>au 10 J-o:e lser: B B Wisegar\"e l·. V McBee. R Klawitter. Ii Brand. Wood tie. 20 Anderson lOP" S pa r C ll1I ln~ I>OCIrs :llars hM Il. 101 Comn~ llek s ro.... and lIe ~ :llo)'er: Vallee beau U"rn~ and \V,II : Roberlle heats Einstein. lOS Henrlk G A Perry, C Musgrove, A S tern. D A Sparrow. ZI Webb bettl. Bolen bu t I >o"'~ 10 .... n, Koller conk Walicki. 109 Xarr nlvs Le I.ittrell, J Rle8jwbeck Rlld 0 W Strahan. BlAnc. 110 Lea r)' lick ~ no"", btll 1000es to Gib.,.... n Prntl$k)' Jar" JohnS(ln. 25 WMkl e~' We Itave no new qualifier to the Semi· lick" ROKer~ . Z6 DeV.wlt downs ~Ioore . 21 Burl'IM; RON .. rips Arbuckle. III Jone~. I~l.>er. Vel1lotes !lOCks l>h lPI's and Sllchll; Ashle)' hart ax Edenbllrn; PraU ~ whlp~ \\'aleckn. finals: but there are a few potential licks Sachs IJUt 10s~1I 10 Phlpp.... . 28 K ahn liS ehl\lker. Hyde chop Slm" ..on: '\'e~t I>o,,"~ quallnel's to b e heard frOIll. wlthdraws. 2S Sty" ~IOPS Shannon; H annold w Cha.lker but best, H)·de. 119 Henecke bow~ to Hiell1feld bu t beats Sterree; Wolf li cks Welnschenk but l o"'e~ to Bc"r(t~lcv. 120 19th Annual Championship loses to St),8 bllt ties Slrong. Stownrt .IOpS Prazak a.nd Bryn,,: SCOllycrs. Prolllnk bell Bryan; Porter. PI"I).lInlt. lick In the 1966 Golden Knights, these can· SectlQn, 30 _ 65: 30 GrOl,ky wins rrom Onrk !Awl •. 121 Fisher. GoodmlU, fell H'lrthl)'. 12~ tenders have qualified for the Finals; Ie)' and Sam pl.: Roode rip" Sample; Burkley. Kerr conks Fi5her. 12 4 Sigle r. elluthorn. :'~ Williams. Gau~on. 53 Lohrman maul~ Murdoch. JaG ~Ie~ser maUl5 Hall. 137 ,\~hley. Smith 20th Annual Championship lie: Vegullhl. drllh~ Klndrel. 13S O~trlker FINALS (Ke)': 66·Nf) <:oll k$ KaVllle5k}·. 139 LlllIanl. Well\'er 101' In the 196i Golden Knights, these con· Sections 1 ·5: I Kurlll wlthdra\\'~. 'rockm"n. H I Blllhllld ~1It, Sallllll·llIl<. H3 tenders 1111\'e (Jllallfled rO I' assignment to O'Urlen loses to ~Ic ,' lIl sler.... l l hdl""w~. 1~5 the SemHlnala : ~Ierrm 1 ~lt'" L.1rson "'HI Hecker; Hecker he~u J'(lIrolll. 1~7 "'eikel ... hll»! Sh.dler. I I ~ G Tril)I). A Healy. A C Boyce, ... Geibel, 20tl! An ... al Championsillip 1967 \Ve.. ver hits ,'a" H ar rl ~: H ~'nn rll'" We... It B Moyel". G Godin, G Boucher, W J PRELIMINAAY ROUND ( Key: 67·N) U!I U"M beau \\'olrr. 1.;(1 Sh:lll"d:. W i"e· Thomas, W G Phlllll)S, L It Johnson , G ~ar\'e r 10l> Oakes. H. , Khnl)rou):h rt')pl;,ces Section, I • 59: ~ Tripp wlna from Steele. 5 P Youmans. C A f'ellchter, R C Brandt, L)'nc h licks Donovan. 1 Eldridge <:onks Carroll. 157 eom lX' r t" h ow~ \0 K lei n a n.\ J Boness, P 8el\'a;gl, P ?illskat, J Ein· Carman. , Klnlt" <:onkll H en.!)'; Burns besl~ Bircher. IU SaKin sock.s l ~nC1!. {O;llIa. I~ ~Ict"'a.r!and. Wood tie. 13 Covello. Sections 160· 1711 : 160 Sogln wln~ (raUl stein, G L Frank, II ~ ll1 skat. P King, i\f ~rarcelllno tie. 1$ Cuney nips :llcLdfer\)". Befln ... rz. 163 BlIhalo repl ..c.~ Hehnrel('h. Shefier, J W V eil Ills. W L HUllt. D J 23 Abelu. HOlOh,nd lie. !S Boyce lJeal~ tG.; I"o,nenrose fells Brooke. Bars!!., J Clau sel". A C S u}'ker. I C Clnlins, \\'ade. 25 Hubrouck halls l>lummer; Wet~el SEMI·FIN.ALS (KII), ; &7. N.) withdrawn. 21 Geibel belts Bonull. 28 Goflln W G Hobel"tle, J ::..; Hem'lksen, F Stewart. dOWII S OO)'le: ~Io.'·er cOllks Godin. Cam eron. S'Ctlons 1 • 23, ~ Hoode wllhdraw". ,j 1'lOlnt totall/- I\re based On tile F'or Semi- finals and Fln ..ls gamea. a"k 1\ "repeat:' After such action. report 10 us following scnlc: 1.0 polnt~ per win In the "xtenslon after twenty-two months or tile next time per Rule 14 or e\'en 13. Don't prelims; 2.% In Icml·flnaIM: and ~ .5 In rlnals. for adjudication at end of twenty-rour. (1IUlT rel. but do get prompt moves. Draw"" CQunl halt thue values. 86 CHUS REVIEW, MARCH, 1968 Angelo. arl~H~ (U). w C arinn~1I (B). ,\ 2~5 R Schensul ...... I ~ t , · , 1 Q-N4t! K_N4 N-RSt! K_N5' (e), ~~.1 .j · Hahn C Hain)' (el. P D Hammen (e>. " J' Wellin): ...... " IIIt , 2 Q- K7t K_R4 ,• Q-N6t K,N D Hnrrl_on (C). A Ha"senklo\'er (0). l.l 3 ~ U ., Seott . .•..... , ... , • . 1"1 , ., 3 Q-R7t K_N4 , K-BS! Hellbut (A). W H ill (e). ~I P Indrlert (D). MO .. "J Kenl . ' " ...... IM t , ., • • • • R M Jacol)ll (A), e Jan,oor (e). S P Janco ~7 4 J S WeeM ...... 1st I Again, White's (jrRt move I, check (D). R (01. (e). }f l~ 1 , ...... 111 1 • P Jenning" T Jewell c Rni"'l ,". . , - bnl more thematic thAn the somewhat Kalkow (R· lt02). I A KarplHi ee). P C 67 -C I" .\~hle)· ...... 1 ~H! (Iatti!lh 1 N-KSt the tll'!lt vel'!llon. Kault~ ( .\). It E Kern (e), It KimhroujCh " , FkI,,·e,.,...... bl , ., 0' (e). P Klad.lltrup (C). K J Georrrey (B). J " J C c...... , ...... 1f!1 ., Moreover, It has more meaning, being Kupoern.an (lJ). :\1 Kuperm:>n (In. J C " C \\'erner .....•.••• , ••• 1.11 •~I- I Ihe right one of a J)OS!llble three choices. t..unberl (Dl. It F Landwehr (D). S LaY lOO n 10~ w Hahn ... • , •• , ..... l1n , ., " " ' \'hite gels nowhere on I Q-QH, K- N5 1M). W Lea ... (D). I) A Lee IB). \\' H H Scon ...... • , •• ". 1111 ~'-H , Loest (C). I) ~ Lo"lnger (e). M W :'>Iack 'U," I" Kametler ... . . , ...... I~t , ., QxNt. K-R~; ". I Q-BSt. N-B2 2 (D). J M ~Iah.n (D), J W ;\llIher ee). L J C Hiber ...... 1.. 1 ., QxNt, K-K~. :'>fanClnl (U). P A Marchand (B), A ~Iaroeco 17!'" K Yicker~ ., .... , ..... ,. I ~I •, ., (B), K 0 :'>rCe]l.lI~ (e). L E MelLd (e). R :-'fercer (A), A 10: Monti'omery (R -IOGS). D $olutlons to PROlLEMART Moody (e), ~t V ~fcCabe (el. N I .. Neel (e). J Newbold (Bl. e R Nichols (Ill. W L ~11l · Prize Tournaments No.1 The key is 1 Q-R5. ler (D), J Nunziata (Cl. '1' OlltmlLn (D). The~e Po~tallte~ WOn prl.e .. In 1966 and No.2 1 R-BS (threat : 2 RxNP and 3 P O'Connor (el. R A Olsen (B), )1 A Orenlc \96. Prize Tournament ~ . (e). H O.. terml\n (m. J Parr ( C). G E R-NS mate), and 1 ... P-R4 2 RxPt, etc. Peler*ln (e). J R Phillips (0). e W Po"'rle Posta.iles Piau Score or 1 ... N-RS 2 RxP. (e). R L Pope (U), P J Proe h a~ k a (el. R R Pelerson , ...... I·! , ·, No. 3 1 R-B5, a nd I ... K- R2 2 R- R5t, A Pruitt (R·~")). .~ E Reed (e), J A J e Ite)'nold$ ...... t .! , · , ltod r i l;"u~1 (C). H Rosenthal (B). G W Koun 3 l) R Brown ...... t -~ , ., etc_ or 1 . .. D- R6 2 R-Dlt, etc. or 1 (e). B Sllho (e), 0 Sutof (e), B A Saxe I E Rolli,,,, ...... I·~ , ., .. . K-D7 2 R-QK5. (C). Emily Schneppenheim (D). A A Schnur B \\"00(\ ...... 1.3 , ., (D). G Scott (e). R Schwar tll: IC). E R 5 P A Pratte" ...... 2nd ·1 . ! Seifert (C). J Soney (R. H SO). B Shake ermanent record 31 G Sa\'ar)' ...... 15t ~- I of ne1\'$ and bail gamu of 1967, oul· 51 It Dittman ...... 1" 1 41 - 11 (In memoriam S. l senegger) ' 1 W Rayntr ...... t ~ l S ~ - I standing articles by chess wrilers from IZI C V Bixby ...... ht 56- • here and abroad and up.lo.the·minute 156 n WII:Io:er ...... 151 5 · 1 113 G A Cootey ...... ,1-2 ';,1 stud i ~ on all phases of Ihe game. 00 :F'nus ...... " .... 1·2 ij·1 The cheery side of chess is well !13 It L Hubbard ." ...... l~t ;;·1 represented with quizzes, quips, tale$ and cartoons and Walter Korn's fasci. File Proper Reports! naling series, "The Finishing Touch." For J,:'n lllC r~porls. tile strictly as on va):e r. or your 1'0"lal Chess booklet. For exompte. Postal Cheu fans will find plenty Il ~ l whme.· (l1'St! (Hold booklet 10 con ~ uH . ' 10 inlcresl diem. including John W. I ~or lime com!)t... lnts (any repOrl or oppo· nent not rcptyillg' on tillle) . file strictly In Collins' studies of postal games. accordance with RUles U. 13 and H. Remember : there's no such thing as Note also: your TC Jl ta rts an Inquiry. Be sure to .end yo ur reply. as directed. to that an old CHESS REVIEW! Try: Inquiry; elte. a ction stall". Volume 15, 1947 - $5.00 w. will 11 01 proc ... Improper reports ! White to move and win Volume. 26 and 27, 1958 and 1959 lt~ pOrt 1111 re",its promptly: I.e. "'lthln Thill versio!) is more economical. lind and 29-34, 1961 - 1966 12 hOU ri, And check 10 see that they I'Ip . still on hltnd for $8.00 each pea. 1" Postal Mortems per proper d:1l1l (cr. White's Knight from mere s tllge hand In page 220 thl. luua). an Initial tactical exchange Is promoted If nOt sure you ••ePO rt \\'enl In ",,0;1 nl tio to a more dynamic role. The solutlon is CHESS REVIEW when all )'ou r games In II. tourney 11 "", Ol·el·. 134 W. 72 St.• New York. N. Y. 10023 sen(\ a lurnmnry or your result", shorter, yet more vehement. CHESS RIVIIW. MARCH. 1968 81 Corr eepondence 1965.6 T W O KNIGH T S D EFENSE Estrin N," Soviet Union Czechoslovakia , P_ K4 P- K4 5 N,P BxP t 2 N_ K B 3 N-Q B3 K - B l Q- K 2 3 B _B4 N-B 3 •7 N,R P-Q4 4 N_ N5 B_ B4?1 8 p,p N-Q5 W est German Cham pionship 1949 18 RxN ! PxR I nsane 0 " not, the wild Wilkes·Barre MAX L ANGE A TTACK 19 Q-N5 mate Variallon rides again: Bla ck th)'ea tens 9 . . . B-N 5. Rautenberg Nure nberg A dOllble·epaul ette m ater 9 P- KR3 B- N 6 12 Q-K2 B- R7 ! 1 P- K 4 P- K4 5 0 - 0 B- 8 4 10 P- B 3 N_B4 2 N_ KB3 N_QB3 6 P_ K 5 P_Q4 Ger man y 1966 13 K- B2 N- N6 11 P_Q4 B-Q2 14 Q- K 1 3 B-B4 N_ B3 7 PxN P,S K ING'S GA M BIT • • • 14 QxP loses to 14 . ' . N/ 6-K5t ! 4 P-Q4 PxP S R-Kl t K-81 Schoeler Dr. Z irlacher 8 ... B-K3 Is the main variation. 14 . , , . N/ 3-K 5t I P- K 4 P- K4 4 P_Q4 P- N 5 9 B_N5 ! PxP 15 K -Bl , . . . 2 P-KB4 PxP 5 N- K5 Q-R5t 10 B-R6f K _ N l 3 N_K B3 P_ K N4 6 P- N 3 p,p 11 N_B3 ! .... 7 QxP . . Old Max, the L ange himself. recom· T his, the Rosentreter Gambit Is a mended thlll move In 188 5: 11 . . . Px!\ rarity alllong rar ities. 12 QxQt leads to ma te. 7 , . . . P_N7§ 11 . • • • B_B4 mack treads on dallger o\1l; gr ou nd. A c· 12 N- K4 B-K BI cording to Keres, 7 . . . QxQ 8 Nx Q. 13 Q- Q2 N-K4 P- Q4 9 N - K3, Px KP 10 PxP. N ·-QDa is 13 .. . D-N2 1M better with compllca · ~orrec t, w ith advantage to Dla ~ k . tion!! after 14 N- N3, B-N3 15 P- KR4. 8 QxQ P x A ( Q) BxB 16 QxB, Q- K B 1. 9 N- Q B 3 N-QBl 14 NxQP BxN 10 Q-R5 N _Ql Black doesn't want H ... D- :1\3 15 10 ... NxN of(el"!l all easlet· p,'uh 10 15 . . . , N -Q7t BxB. KxD 16 Q- R6 t. K - N l Ii N-KB5: equa lity: It QxNt. N-K2 J2 QxR. QxRP. 16 N xN , , . . 15 Rx B Q-Q4 11 B_ KN5! B- K2 I l 0-0-0 Q-N8 Or 16 QxN, Q- B 3t and J7 K-K3, Q- B5t 16 QR_ Kl R-Kl 12 BxB NxB 14 N-N5 N - Nl or J7 Q- B 4, PxQ etc. 14 . .. N- K3 is correct. 16 , , , , Q- B 3t Resigns

Yugoslav Championship 1957 RUY L O PEZ Rabar Vukcevich ! , P-K4 P_K4 6 Q-K2 P-Q N4 2 N- K B3 N- QB 3 7 B-N3 P- Q3 3 B_N 5 P- Q R3 S P-QA4 B - N5 4 B_R4 N _B3 9 P- B 3 0-0 5 0-0 B- K2 10 P- R3 N-QR4 BxPt . . . . Sd R,S The te;>;l winl! a Pa"w n at g reat cost in development. The more usual 11 B- B2 0 ,· 17" , .. K xB 18 Q-R6t. and 18 • • NxP t K-B1 K-N1 is both sa fer and be tter. K-Nl 19 H-N·lt ! . . • K - 1<2 19 "16 Q-R6t ". 11 , . . . RxB 13 Px P p,p P-B~ . " 17 N-K8! R esigns 12 PxB NxN P 14 QxP B-R5 C H ESS D IGEST M A GAZIN E Below I~ I nn tahle of contenl~ from the .fanuary IUlIe. Page X E WS , OPE :': I :':O Stetlon Schamaln)' Bulletln (:':0\·,) Ru""lan Saho\'sk l Ollu nlk. Indud . Teo rijski Bullet in (July, All/{, Sep t ) YU!iOI!III\' '·10 Sch,,,:h (D

THIS belated recounting of the 1967 Interzonal Tournament at Sousse. Gllgorich-Stein Tunisia . breaks down into several separate topics. One has been A second torpedoing of that prognosis dealt with already ( page 42, February), the Fischer Af:air. to which affected Leonid Stein, three times cham· pion of the Soviet Un ion, prestigious win · only brief reference is made below, and that only because it had an ner of the recent great tournament ill effect on the whole tournament which cannot be ignored. With twenty Moscow lind one of the surest favor it es two other contestants, however, there remains much to be said. Nor, for on -the list of presumptive Cll ndidates. He that mauer, can everyth ing be said here which might be. su rpri&ed with unsou nd play. as though he were unprepared for th is tournament. The Candidates Forecast Very likely, Ithough, he was depressed by his unexpected and unpleasant defeat at Generally, II. ve ry realistic prognosis the hands of Fischer (page 8, ]anuary. is possible for chess events. For this one, the first six winnen, conquerors of th e • and page 51, February ) . For, imm ediately thereafter, he lo&! successivelv to Hort title of candidates for the world champion. • - • -and Larsen. Stein appears as though pur· ship, were nllmed in advance: (alpha. • - betically) Robert J. Fischer. Yefim Gell er. sued by bad luck II.! to interwnllis-this • - Viktor Ko rchnoy, Bent Larsen, Leo nid '"'-, is his third occuion-just as, inversely, Stein and Lajos POl'tisch. But events out. by good fortune in th ree Soviet cham· pionships. It is true that he did catch the side the ·tournament il~elf 'and the fi nal platform of the last car running to qual. results changed this list considerably. Geller, Gligorich. Korchnoy, Larsen and ification. But tbat playoff will be very hard and uncertain. Por t i~h are the ne .... candidates while the out co me of Jixth place is to be de· In Stein's place, Svetozar Cligorich un· cided among Vl astimil Horl, Samuel expectedly appeared. That was II surprise Reshevsky and Stein, in fad. during liS he had seemed, in the last several February now past. tournaments: Beverwi;k, Monte Carlo and Fischer is nOI among the candidates, Moscow, far fro m hi s u,:;ual good form. nol beCIIUse he WII S eliminated in play He did play al Sousse, however, firmly over the boa rd, but because he left the and in "economic style," so as 10 relain l ournamen t or, as some say, because he wit hou t ri.~k the sole objective of making was forced 10 leave. It is a pity lhat this the first six. He succeeded completely, great chessplayer, probably the strongest not losing a single game. today, is not on the list. All chess lana His 6uitcISe di.sappeared in the lI irport sincerely regret his absence. And it is at Rome, with clothes and also wit h the more regrettable in that there are in· Patace Hotel, touro.1ment aite secret variations. A certain wiSe man be· dications that Fischer 'himself was not the most pessimistic presumption as. in held in that incident a sign of good luck exclusively to blame for the development fact, he wou ld li kel y have been the win· for Cli gorich. For his old and com· of the events which forced 'him to leave ner of the tournament ). But, that way, promised variations disappeared, and he the tournament (see page 42, February). one place hecame free for other partici. had to play on his own independently! Prognosticators co uld not foresee pants; and, by way of "Fischer's legacy," Till now, Gli gorich has been one of Fischer's removal from the tournament. Hort. Reshevsky and Stein have their new Stein's best customers as Gligorich lost And it is certain tbat -he wo uld have ~etto, who otherwise could quietly have eight, drew II few and won none. Thus, found himself among the first !ix (in gone home to wait for the next Intenonal. Stein on depar1ini from Moscow was

Interzonal Tournament at Sousse, Tunisia 1967 P t;oyer. PJau , , , , , , 9 10 11 12 13 14151611 18 19202122 23 24 Score W 0 L • • , , 13 _ 8 , S t ein , . . • I I , I , 0 0 , I , 0 I I I , 0 , , I , • • • , Korchnoy , . . I I I I , I , 0 , , I 0 I o , , , , , I , , 14 • 1 , • , , 14 • 1 • , , G.eller , .. I I • I 0 , , •• , , , I I I , •• •• I , I I " Glpslis 13.14 0 I I I 0 I 0 0 , 0 I I I I , • • I , , I , 10 ·11 • " , • •, • , 13 • 8 , ,• Reshevs ky , .. I I , I • , I 0 , I I I I I , I I , 0 I , ,• " , Byrne 18th 0 0 0 , 0 • 0 0 I 0 , I • I 0 I •• I I , I 0 , 1,l·131 , " , , Fischer • • • · • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • . , , • • , , , , IS • 8 , , • Hort , . I 0 I, I, •, 0 I , I I ,, I ,I •• • • , I , , , L a,.en ,.. , 0 I , • • , , 0 I I , I 0 , , 151· 51 " • Mecklng 11 • 12 , , , , , •• I , I , I , , , I • I I , , I , 11 · 10 ", , Bouazta I , , 0 I , 0 , •I , 0 , I , , ,• , , , I , , 31·111 , ,• " Suttles '"15th , , , , I , • , , •, 0 , I , • , , , I I I , 'l·lI} , , 8 " , • • • , 14 • 7 " " Gligorlch , . . I I I •• I •• I I , , I I I I •• I , , , , , , • , 11 .10 , , " Ivkov 11 ·12 I , I I I •• , , , , , I • I , I I , , , I , " " Mat;onovlch 9 ·10 I I I I I I • I , I I I I , I , • , , I I , 12 • 9 , M;otulovt(:h 9 .10 , , • , , • ,• , , 12 • 9 •, " , " I 0 I , I , o I , , • •• I I I, , "8 " Bilek 16th 0 , I , I I I , •• , I I I I I • I I 0 , , , 9 · 12 , , B;l.I'ez ay 17th , , I I , • • • I , o I , 0 I I , I , I I , 8 · 13 , " , " PorU,ch , , • • •, , ,• , , , 131· , " I I I I ,• I ,, I I I 0 I • I • 7; • " " Myagma r.uren '"19·20 , , , ,• , •• , , I , , , , •• , I , • , , , , 81. 141 • ", '" Cuella r 1&·20 , , I , , , , , , , I , , , , , 0 I , , , , 81.141 , , " S;orapu 21st , I , , , • , , , I I , , I I , I , , ,• , , 41.161 , , "U " ,• • 10 . 11 " Kavale k 13· 14 I , I I I I I , , I , I I , , I , , , , • , , , " '" • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • " • CHESS REVIEW . MARcH . 1968 89 asked by Il journalist as 10 his ~Xllccla· lions and replied. jokingly, thai he was ,ure of (one important point. But. this lime. it was di£ferent, and GligoriciL pre· va iled against Stein for his first vclory. And thai was a Iloint of deci5h'e import. On Ihat IlOint. the lWO. as it were. castled in res llect to 1heir places in Ihe lourna· ment. Caissa. it ~cm;;. dislikes such prog· nostications as Slein's and manages In punish them at times.

Pe tition after 13 ... Q·R6 Larsen's Triumph Another stnl.!lge move, but good. White Sousse was a great success for the cannot allow the ollenlng or the Queen· Danish grandmaster Bent Lar~en. Fur the side. ~or does he have lime ro r attack second lime, he has won the FIDE Inter· by H R- B4. PxP 15 R- KR-l, R-R5 ClC. zona l. At Amste rdam 1964. he shared 14 . . . . N - B3 first. This time, he was a clear fir.l't, 11 15 N - B4 • • . . point and a half ahead of the nearest :\'011" thlB I. ageously that he is convinced that he per· commander or t ho:! Ilosltion and to real!~e sonally shall meet World Champion 7 .... B_N2 his main task, the OlJ6nlng o( the Queen· Tigran Petrosyan and become lhe next 8 P-Q6 · . . . side: 20 ... 0 - :\41 21 R-87, n-Q4 22 champion. It looks as if Larsen Ica rned Here is an interesting nnd ('uriolllO idea. R-R' [or 22 P- :\i. XxR 23 PxR(Q). such manners from Fischer wholll he While rlnds his center In the Ill'oce~s of :\xQJ. Bx:\' 23 DxO. NxNP 24 nxR, RxR Z5 8 - Q3 . :\-8t wilh better prospects (01- seconded at Porloroz. Such "overbearing" dC{:ompoSing and wishes now to hinder BladC!'. Queen-side initiallve by l{eeping IJla(:k. interviews have become very fashionable the position as c!ose!l as po s~ ible_ Gu lp 2t B_ K2 N_B6 of late in all kinds of sports (as wilh Ing Pawns by 8 PxKP, 8Pxl' n PxP I~ 01' 21 ... D-N4? 22 8-03. Cassi us Clay) , and chess masters have In Dlnck's favor Oil 9 ... Q-IH 10 llxN. 22 N-R5 adopted those manners. Propaganda has HxB. its scope, and il is not important if one , . . . . Q-R4 likes it or not. This commentator hOlIes we 9 B,N • . . • ~ h all live long enOlugh '10 witness whut The text i, forced by t he threat 019 comes o f this heroic interview of Larsen's. • • N-K5. 9 . . . . P,B The Two Hardest 10 N-Q2! . . • And who were the two hardest? You've ThiS good IlOsitional Idea. with aim already g\lessed: Korchnoy and Larsen. or commanding tlle position with this Each professes to be the strongest play· Knight on QB-I. counters Bl:wk's dan· er III the "'ol·!d. So there was not l'OOIll gerous initiative. enough fOt' both In the tourney, and they to . . . . BxN fought li ke Spanish cockerels. The game 11 PxB QxBP very and full of fight from is interestIng t2 PxP P_QR3 23 RxB! .... the beginning to th e last move. When Black can ot)en Queen·slde lines. Keat a nd clever, bnt good only for a NIMZO. I NDIA N DEFENSE he has almost a won game. On 12 . _ . dr8\\·. V. Korchnoy B. Larsen Q-Kt 13 Q-N-tt, K-R I 1 ~ R- Q I. QxRP 15 23 .... P,R N- B·I, Q-K2 16 N-Q6, 8 - Q·' I. ItxB. 24 P-N7 R-R2 Soviet Union Denmark PxR IS X-85, White wins. Else. 2~ .. Ih P 2:; :\'xR. R-Nl 26 WhUe Blael! 13 R_B1 Q_ R6 P---Q7. 1 P_Q4 N_KB3 3 N-QB3 B- N5 R/2xP (See diagram. top of ne~t colun,n) 25 KxN 2 P_QB4 P- K 3 4 N_B3 0-0 5 B-N5 . . - . 14 P-N6! · . . . t chec k; * - (11)1. e ll cek; i == (11.$. e h. 90 CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1968 26 NxR R,N 44 P-Q7 Resigns 18 P- 64 . . . . 27 R- QB1 . . . . Tht: ,··t would be eaSy: H ... P- K6 Now Wltlte prepares B-B3 ilnd an Now the po ~ l t l on a plH"oociles sl.ln ami ~5 I '·'. b;'.: ', RxQ 46 K xR. P- K 7 H R-Nl . eventual breakthrough by P-K5 . • bones. White will t'egain his Pawn and 18 . . . . N- B1 stand beller becanse of h is adva nced. And Black can only look on and waU passet.l Pawn. BItt not decisively so as New Chess Star t he aUack. lhe Pawn cannot be promoted withOut The representative of Drazll, Ent'lque the backi ng of th e King, and Black cltn Mecking is too young. H e Is on ly fifteen. 19 N_B4 P-QN4 prevent that assi sta nce. And jout"tlalists, telling tll.lI tal es of his What else llas Bla.. k lI galn6t the threat 27 . . . . R-N7t tll.l ent, have kicked up II great fuss. Of or P- K5? 28 K- Q3 ! cottl'se, Journalists can exaggerat e ; but, 20 PK P p,p thIs tIme, they tell the truth. Enrique Is White tt1es his last chance and sac· 21 N- R5 B- Q2 a real and exceptional talent. HIs games rifices a Pawn. 28 K-B3 Is an easy drilw. at So u s~e say so clearly. Here Is one. 28 . . . . K_B1 BOGO_INDI A N SYSTE M Black's King mn~ t m ove ,. stop the pa~sed Pawn. E. Meeking A. Gi pslis ,. R,P K_K1 Brazil Soviet Union 30 P- R4 R,P 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 4 B-Q2 Q_K2 31 R, P R-KR7 2 P-QB4 P-K3 5 P- K 3 8KBt N_KB3 0 .. 31 . . • K - Q2 32 R-R7t, KxP 33 3 B-N5f 6 Q,B P-B4 RxP, White will be a Pawn plu~. B1l1.ck divagates: with black·bound 32 R-R7 ... . BIshops gone, .. . P-QS and ... P-K~ Now White must prevent ... K -Q2. to develop (he Queen Bishop Is correct. 32 . . . . RxP 7 B-K2 P- QN3 33 K_B4 . ... i ... P-Q4 Is not good now because or 22 N-B6! . . . . ,,,hlte's only hope Is f oz' penetration by S BPxP, NxP 9 N-I33: i\"xN 10 QxX EntiQue plays the finale in perfect his King to assist hl~ passed Pawn. 8 N-B3 0 - 0 positloltal style. Glpslis h ardly expected anything of that sort: 33 . . . . R- R8 9 0-0 B- N2 10 P_Q5! 34 R-K7t K_B1 · . . . 22 . . . . B,N 35 R-R7 K_K1 Now the Ilosition Is one from the 23 P)(B P-B5 Black's defense Is automat Ic. Benoni w hich Is bad for B lack as his Or 23 ... Q- B 2 24 NxP, QxP 25 NxP Bishop Is out of play. and 26 P- K5. Against 23 ... P-N5, 36 R- K 7t K-B1 p,p White decides by 24 K - N5, NxP 25 B-Q3. 37 K_N5 R- K8 10 . . . . 11 PxP P-Q3 P- B4 25 NxP~ 01" 24 ... QxP 25 QxQ, It seems Black must have concelvel! 12 QR-Q1! . . NxQ 26 P- B7, QR-Bl 27 B -B3, P-B4 28 the Idea of playing for a win. 37 .. . · . White prepares Q-B2 fi nd t hen P- KI. BxN, RxB 29 RxR, PxR 30 RxP and B1 R-RS lets him thwart all White attempts R-Q8. to assist his Pawn, while Black threatens 12 . . .. P- QR 3 14 Q-B2 KR-K1 24 B_B3 N- K3 to advance his own Da ss ed Pawn. 13 P_QR4 QN-Q2 15 KR_K1 .... 25 P- K!I ! PxP Blacll can no longer Ilrevent 16 P- K 4. 38 K_B6 ! RxP 26 PxP P- N5 15 . .. N-K 5 is bad a~alnH 16 NxN, QxN Now al! Is too lale. 3S . . . R-BSt 39 17 B- Q3. On 26 ... N - R4, W hite h as an 1m· K - Q7 Is decisive; and 3S ... H-QRS 39 mediate 27 DxN, PxB 28 N-Q5! R-N7, K- K l th Is time converts the aULO' 15 . . . . P-N3 27 PxN Q-B4t 29 K)(Q P,N m atic defense into an automatic m ate. 16 P-K4 • • • • 23 Q-B2 QxQt 30 Px P . . . . 39 K_Q7 P-K4 As may be seen, the young man k nows W hite's passed Pawn Is a great powel", 40 P-B5! wha t he and the 110siUon demand. . .. and he wins easily . Black's Pawns are or HUle use now: 16 . . . . QR_N1 30 . . . . K- Bl 32 B_N4! R- QB4 and Itls King, flS In It cage. Hi . . . Nx P 17 B-Q3, P- B4 18 DxK: 31 R- Q7 R_N4 33 BxN PxB PxB 19 NxP oaly enhances White's ad· 40 . . . . R-Q6 42 K-K7 K_R3 34 P- QB7 Resi gns vRntage. 41 R-K8t K_N2 43 R-KN8! . . . . Bral'O EllI'IQue: Perhilps, Brazil will With this last finesse, \-Vhite denies 17 N_Q2 · . . . ~oon be It great power In chess al so. Black the drawIng chance of ... K - N 4. The Knight h eads for Its Idenl QD I. Part 3 _ more st ory, games 43 . . . . P- K5 17 . . . . B- 81 and pIct ures, next m onth.

Enriqu e (BravQI Mecklng of Brazil Playing Hall CHESS REVIEW , MARCH , 1968 91 SPARTAKIAD IV Recounted by Dr. PETAR TRIFUNOVICH . VARIOUS competitions are organized each year in the Soviet Union; As usual, the first boards of the teams with their results set out in tournament the national championship and international tournaments llnd matches. style, offered a most interesting study. But the Sparlakiad comes only once in four years. Korcllnoy's 6 points I,d ,II the rest. The Spartakiad includes all kinds of sports and takes place a year Semi·final points are counted in [2 (3) means two points Ollt of three]. before the Olympic games. Its first objective is selection of contenders Spartakiad Semi , Final in the Olympic games. Chessplayers take part in the SpCll'takiad, too; eoards 1 Final , , , , , 6 Pt. but their results do not have the same effect for the Olympics. This 1 Petrosyan 2(3) a , I I I , exception applies only to chess and exists mainly because the Chess 2 Spassky 11(3) , a , I , ,• " 3 Stein 3(4) , , a , , ,• , Olympiad oeems every two years. 4 Korchnoy 21(3) , , I a , , ," 5 Suetin 3(4) I , ,• , a , , 6 Gurgenid>:e 3H4) , ,• I , , a The first Spartaklad was organized in 1955. The best athletes: gymnasts, swim Still and all, taking the scol·es ex·" mers, boxers and so on, cornpeteu with· clusively from the l<'inals, one may ad· in the conditions of the Olympic games. judge Spassky the true winner, a half· No chessplayel·s took part: they wel·e point up on KOI·chnoy. included four yeal·s later. Even then, however, thell· participation was rather honorary. As with the Olympic games. Main Meeting chess in the Spartaldad had only an In· Here Spassky is seen In top form. He dil·ect association. defeats Petrosyan In an excellently play Spartakiad IV took place in Moscow ed game which is, also, Important fOI· in July and August, before the Olympic opening theory. games to be held in Mexico the follow. ing year. It was, howevel·, a great chess FRENCH DEFENSE show In which 185 chessplayers took Boris Spassky Tigran Petrosyan pal·t. Among them wel·e 21 grandmas· White Black ters, 18 international masters and 72 na· 1 P-K4 P-K3 3 N-QB3 N-KB3 tional masters. It is rather amusing and 2 P_Q4 P-Q4 4 B-KN5 PaP curious to compare the number of grand· 5 NxP QN_Q2 masters and international masters. It Petrosyan is a true authority on this seems to be easier to become one of val"iation. Yet one senses some Inade· the former rather than the latter. quat I' in his repertory a s to a defense Each team, aud there were 17 of them against 1 P - K4. consisted of ten regulars and olle re· sen·e. They s tarted In the Spartakiad 6 NxNt NxN 8 B-N5t B-Q2 Lev Polugayevski gets into the act and 7 N_B3 P-B4 9 BxBt QaB with three semi-finals, the two leadel·s the photo with Boris Spassky (seated), from each earning the right to continue 10 BxN! . . , , the fight for It gold, silver and bronze was crOwded that day. Everyone was With this apparent and ImpOl"tant in medal ill the Finals of the Chess Spar· eager to see the meeting and witness novation, White seeks to wOI·k Oil the taklad. the I·esult of Spassky and Petrosyan who weakened Black Kingside, eSllecially the The tournament bega.n with It great had met not so long befoz·e In the match doubted Pawn, and to depend on his sensation: World Cllamplon Petrosyan for the title of the world. The audience centralized Knight. 10 Q- K2 is the cus· was defeated by the 25·year·old Turk· regarded the game as a continuation of tomary move. menial! master Kudrijashov. It was a that match. The Ex·challengel· honored 10 . , . . rare event: Petrosyan overlooked his the Wol"ld Champion with a Queen sacl"i· 11 P- B3 Queen. Also, the young master Mnacakan· rice and an elegant mate and so set the Black runs headlong into White·s idea yan n·om Armenia scored two flne wins many spectators agog before the dllem· Of a centralized Knight. 11 ... 0 - 0-0 from grandmasters Talmanov and Polu· ma of who Is the strongel·, Champion Is better tending to upset White's advan· gayevski. These Single fallures by favor Petrosyan 01· Ex·challenger Spassll:Y. tage by well developed Blacl, pieces. ites, however, did not arfect the ultimate Spassky's win was the sole one for the 12 NxP B_ B4 results. 1"01· the teams in the Finals, as USPSR team. 13 Q-B3! . , , . expected, were: Moscow, Leningrad, In the next round, Moscow oU lscol·ed In this simple position, with a RSFSR, Ukraine, Belorussia and Gruzlja, Its perpetual rival, Leningrad, 7\h·2\h. draw The Finals ignited into a very inten· So, with 29'h points out of a possible almost perceptible, White finds

92 CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1968 14 0-0-0 Q-K2 SLAV DEFENSE 15 N-N3 • • • • Taimanov Botvinnik With the Knight left alive, White can 1 P_Q4 P- Q4 3 N- KB3 N-KB3 attack on this wing where he lIas a 2 P_QB4 P- QB3 4 QN-Q2 , ... majority of Pawns. 4 N-B3 is stronger, but 'White wants 15 . . . . B_N3 to avoid known theory as Bolvlnnik is 16 P-N4! · . . . a great expert on the Slav Defense. White watches out for' even the sligilt· 4 . . . . P_ KN3 6 B-K2 0 - 0 est opportunity, too, preventing Black's 5 P- K3 B_N2 7 0-0 P-N3 freeing ... P-KB·l. This weal~ continuation allows 'White 16 . . . . RxR t active Queen-side play. With the correct Black's best re·action is 16 ... P-B4! 7 .. . B-N5, Black ' has a good game 17 PxP. Q- N4t 18 K-B2, QxPt 19 QxQ, though he concedes the Two Bishops, PxQ 20 P-B3, KR-Nl with good pros· but, evidently, Black is not ready to do peets for a draw. For. though Black has that. a doubled King Bishop Pawn, all his 8 P- QN4 B-N2 pieces work well, especially the Bishop. 9 B- N2 N-K5 17 RxR ·P-KR4 10 NxN . . . , 18 P-KR3 .... White contemplates an incorrect com· 18 PxP permits 18 . . P-B4 with the bination. He can continue on the Queen· threat of 19 ... Q-N4t. Side with 10 PxP, PxP 11 P-N5 01' 10 18 . . . . PxP P-QR4. 19 PxP R_R7 10 . . , , P,N 12 P-B5 N-Q2 1'he Rook can achiel'e nothing this Here Lev cuts, surely involuntarily, 11 N-Q2 P-KB4 13 Q- N3t K-R1 way. Again, 19 ... P-B4 is better; or 19 into Botvinnik's pre_game eoneent"ati 0 n, 14 P-Q5 , . . . .. R-Ql. White presses on and has not yet seen 20 N-Q4 P-R3 Black's Simple defense. The Rooks finds the way to disturb Black gives his King air, 20 ... BxN 14 , . . . the Blac1{ Manard!. 21 RxB, R-Rl 22 R- B4t, K-Nl 23 R-B4! 15 BxBt R-R3 24 P-N5! is plainly not good for 30 . . . . B-K6 Black. Now 30 ... RxKNP fails againsl 31 21 R_Q2 R-R1 R-K2! Q-Bl 32 Q- Q7. 22 P_N4 · . , . 31 Q_QS! R-K4 Now White sets his majority to work. After 31 ... RxKNP 32 R-R7, R- N4, 22 .... K-N1 White has 33 Q- B4, then H RxP. 23 N-N3 R-QB1 32 R- RSt K _ R2 24 K- N2 R-B5 Or 32 ... K-B2 33 Q-B4t, etc. Finally, Black has found a counter. He 33 Q- Q3 R-KS is preparing ... P - K4 and ... R-KB5. 34 R-KNS 8-N4 25 P- QR4 P-K4 The text lets \Vhite's Knight enter 26 P-R5 B-R2 decisively. All that Black can do is to The Bishop has no other place under putter about on the same place and wait. 16 B- N5 , . . . the sun. On 26 . . . B-Q1, White comes 35 N- Q4 B- K6 White had intended 16 P-B6, BxP 17 in decisively with 27 N-B5. 36 P_QNS BxN Q-B3t; but, after the "secret" defense, 17 ... R-B3! he would be two Pawns down. It is important to mention that, despite White's oversight, he has a very good position. 16 . , . . p,p 20 QR_B1 P- QR3 17 PxP R- B1 21 BxN Q,' 18 Q-B3t R-KB3 22 KR-Q1 B_B3 19 N-N3 K _ N1 23 N-R5 . . , , White does better here than by trying to prevent . .. P-B5 with counterplay. 23 P-N3, P- KN4! Black renews his threat more dangerously because of the weakening 23 P-N3. 27 Q-Q3!! , . . . 37 QxBt! Resigns White plays, as in the whole game, in· 23 , , , , P-B5 25 NxB R,N After 37 . .. RxQ, 38 P-N6 is mate. 24 PxP R,P 26 Q- K5! . . , . genl0usly. 27 ... RxKNP fails because The worthy end of this fine game. The T his combination assures a draw. of 28 P-N5, PxP 29 QxP with threat of World Champion doesn't. every day fall R- Q7; and, on 29 ... K-Bl 30 P-R6, Into such a mate. Spassky played as in 26 . , . . R-B4 29 R-K1 R-BS R-Nl 31 N-R5! White wins. his best days. 27 QxP/4 PxQ 30 K _ B1 K-B2 27 . . . . R-KB5 28 RxQ R/4xQ8P 31 R_Q4 ....

28 P- B3 • • • Black's advantage is trifling. He has Here 28 P-N5, PxP 29 QxP doesn't Studious Ending only a Pawn, which is doubled, and the position must be a draw, But, against work becanse of 29 . . RxBP forcing Despite many mistakes by grandmas Botvinnik who can utilize even a micro· the exchange of Rooks. ter Mark Taimanov, this game is very scopic chance, it is no joke. In fact, the 28 . . . . P-K5 interesting, especially for the studiOUS text affords Botvinnik his chance. 29 PxP RxKP ending by former World Champion 31 RxR, RxRt 32 K-K2, R-B7t 33 Mikhail Botvinnik. 29 ... QxP permits 30 Q-Q8 mate. K-K3, RxRP 34 R-Q4! is correct and 30 R-R2! .... t :::: check: t :::: db!. check; i _ dis. eh. onght to prodnce the draw safely, CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1968 93 31 , ' , ' Rx Rt Tadics a9ainst Strate9Y 32 Kx A R_B7 H(O )"f' ,,, Gu feld '!< noul ble vkl m·y. 33 R-R4 , ' , . RET I OP ENI NG A nother mistake, and th is time R d e cisive o ne, Onl y by 33 l\xP, RxR P 3 ~ V, Smyslov E . Guf eld P- N~ ! followed by K - Bl Rnd K - N2 can 1 P_QB4 N-KB3 White r es erve fair cham'ell for n draw, 2 N-KB3 P-KN3 As used to be said, however , i n th e 3 P-QN4 · . . . great A merican West : Don't shoo I the Smyslov orten adopts this system plano player: he's only doing h is best! !deus of t he 1{l ng's I ndian Defense. 33 .. , . P-K6! 35 P_A4 P-KR4 3 .. . , B_N2 S P-K3 P- N3 34 PxP RxN P 36 K-B1 . . , . 4 B_N2 0-0 S P-Q4 P_B4 The tex t ('a ll hardly be corra<:t; but mack. conSciOU S that he cannot w ith· !;\;lnd Sm yslov in su 'at egy, seeks new wa ys with more chRn ce of tact ical sur· p rl ~es . 7 QPxP 8 P-NS · . . . W hi t e's i dea f or the openi ng is set : he ca n establish a strong passed Pawn on the Qu eenslde for the endi ng. B ut, till then, ll\u(:h w ater must flow . 8 . . . . P-QR3 9 P-QR4 N- KS! ?! R_N5 ! 36 .... The t ex t looks lik e an overSight but This move had to be cah:: \llaled pre- conceals an l uternal t rap. B lack must cisely. Il Is a f orced w i n ! Stein ( &tanding) and Geller a re the seek ad ven tures or W h i te will end de· f i rst two boards of t he Ukrai nian team. 37 Rx R PxR I'elolll llg t OO successrul1y. 38 K_N2 P_N4 ! 10 BxB K, e 39 P_R5 ... . 15 • • , , N-B4 11 Q-QS , , , , Or 39 K - N3 , K-N3! ~ O KxP, Px P H 16 Q-82 B- KB1 White is compelled to take up the K xP, K - D'j ~ 2 K - N 3 [42 K - RS, P- K ~!l. 17 R- K2 (· hallenge. Else 11 . , . Q- RH followed by K - K5 ~3 K- D2 [43 K - N 'I. P- K-I], K - Q6 White ca n do no better I ha n gi ve back , , . PxP gives him the better p lay. H K- D3, P- K~, and B lack wins. t he Pawn : 17 B- B3, .P- NS 18 8 - Q2. 11 , , . . Q-R4t 39 . . . . K_N2 Q-Q4! 19 N- N 3, NxP and Black will!<. 12 K-K2 · . . . 40 K_N3 K - R2! 17 , , . . NxP On 12 QN- Q2 , N xN 13 ~xN , PxP, On 49 . , , K- R3, B lack can lose: H 18 Nx N Q,N Ulack defends evel'ything, Dut now what KxP, P- R4 42 P-K4, P- R5 43 P-K 5: 19 Q R- K1 P_B4! d oe!> he intend, Perhaps to resi gn ? P- R6 H. P-K6, et c. Black alms to reach the Silme poslt.i on bu t with ''1hi te on the move, 41 Kx P K_R3 42 P- K4 H er e the ga me was adjour ned, and Wh ite resigned w ithout f\lrther play, The continuation could have been; U , .. P- R4 ! [not 42 . . . P- K3 43 P- R4: etc,] with White fln(ling hlmselr In Zugl!!Wa ng: 43 P-R4, P- K4 44 K - D5, KxP ·I S KxP, P- N5 46 K -D4, K - R5 47 P- K5. P- N6 48 P- K6, P- N7 49 P- I{1, P-N8(Q) 1i0 P- K 8 (Q), Q-Bit 5 l K - K5, Q_K6t and m !U"k wi ns, 20 N- BSt , , , . . . B-N2 20 N- N3 is better; but. even then , H ere sU rprises begill for t he rOl'mer W hite's position Is dtfrlcul t. \\'or ld Champion who is still not sure If A Stein Stunner 20 . . , . QxN 22 RxBt hl~ opponent's play Is I ngeni olls or mere 21 Rx R Q-KN3! 23 P_B3 . . . . Inertia after a gross b lunder. Dlack's Pawn upon walel'S l"ehU'ns No w White mu st yield a Pawl! : rOI' , after not So lllany moves, 13 QxB N-QB3!! anel' 23 P-KN 3, Black has 23 ... Q- QB3. The siblation becomes clearer : It w!\s FRENCH D EFENS E 23 . .. , BxP 28 K- A2 R-B4 a lIul'Il lislng a nd u n\1l:ltla l combinaUon. L . Stein e. Spassky 24 8_B3 B-K5 29 A- Qat K- R2 8 1ack will get the Queen but gi l'ell too 25 Q_B2 P-B5 30 Q_B2 Q- N6t ! 1 P_K4 P- K3 6 B- NS B-Q3 much for It. 2fi R- Q1 B_83 31 K-N1 Q-KSt 2 P_Q4 P-Q4 1 0 -0 N-K2 14 K N- Q2 · . . . 3 N- Q2 P-QB4 8 P_QB4 P-QR3 27 P_ KR3 P-R3 32 Q_B2 . , , . 4 KN_B3 N_QB3 9 BPx P p,e On 32 K - H2, mack hus 32 . B- K5 T he Queen l'a nnot be sa l'ed : 14 QxQP, 5 KPx P KPxP 10 Px N P-B5! ami 33 . R- N·1. QR- Q1 15 QxN, N- Dl:it 16 NxN, QxN 17 It- Ql, RxR IS KxR, R- Q1t 19 N-Q4, Black's Pawn sacrifice has as compen· 32 . . . . R-N4 35 R- QS B- K5 Px N : 0 1' 14 Px N, QH-Nl 15 QxQP. sation a t ree posi tion w llh the Two Dish· 33 QxQ Rx Pt 36 R- Q4 B_B6 KR- Ql followed b)' 16 ... R- N7t. ops and a w eak W h i te Pawn. 34 K_B1 P,Q 37 R- K B4 P-K7t 14 . . . . R- R2 16 P:cR Q-N3 11 PxP BxP 13 N_K4 R-K 1 Resigns I ~ Px N RxQ 17 N:c N , . , . 12 R_K1 0 -0 14 B_N5 P-B3 Whi te must give up his Bishop aft el' 15 B_Q2 . . . . 38 K - K1, R- N St 39 K - n2, R- BSt ·10 T actic s i s Sm yslov's A chilles' h eeJ: 1S B:-:P ra ll~ agai nst 15 , .. B x?>.'. 1\- K3, B- R4 : th el'e he f ee ls u nsure. He can make h i s 94 CHUS REVIEW , MARCH , 1968 P()~jtio;) impregnable willi 17 Il- H2 and gradually exert his mate l'ial superiority after 17 ... QxP 18 NxN, QxN ]9 N- Q2. 17 . . .. Q-N7t 19 NxP R-QNl 18 QN- Q2 QxR 20 P_N3 .... All seems well! White threatens 21 8-N2 to retain h i~ beM ~oh 1i e r; bul 20 . . . . Q-R6! -I!e has Ql"er·JQ()k.ed I/!is simr/le 811swer whereby he mllst renounce h is mainstay. THE OPENING WAS MEET FOR MORPHY 21 NxQP RxP Not the least of mighty Paul Morphy's talent was his insid ious over 22 B_R3 . . . . On 22 N-K5, R- N7 23 "'- Il3. Q- B6, the-board aggressiveness. And the statement applies even to hi s blind White must lose his Queen-side Pawns. fold play which was fine and indeed beautiful, as seen here. At New 22 . . . . Q-Q3 York 1857, sans voir, he wraps up T. Lichtenhei m who was good enough 23 P-B5 Q-Q4 24 P-B3 ... , to qualify for the First American Chess Congress, The opening, a King's White must n\1llify 25 . .. Q-RIt. Gambit, hegins with 1 P-K4, P- K4 2 P-KB4, PxP 3 N-KB3, P- Q4 24. . . . R-N7! 4 P,P. Black is not content with 2~ . . RxN 25 BxR, QxB as 26 R- QB l allows Wh!te Cover scoring table at line indicated . Set lip position, make Black's considel'able drawing chances. next move (exposing table just enough to read it). Now guess White's 25 R-Q1 P-K3 5lh move, then expose it. Score par, if move agrees; zero, if not. Make 26 P-B6 Q-65t! move actually given, Black's reply. Then guess White's next, and so on, 26 ... QxQBP lels the Knight on its Q7 escape. COVER WHITE MOV ES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME 27 K _ Kl Q-Q6 White p" Black Your Selection Your 28 6-B1 QxPt Play ~ d Score Played for White's move Score 29 B-K2 P-QR4! B_K2 (a) · ...... · ...... Unmercifully, Blael, deprives that critl· • 5 B-N5t ...... 3 5 P-QB3 · ...... · ...... cal Knight of its last chance for escape; 6 PxP ...... 3 6 p,p · ...... 30 P - QRS and 31 N-N6. 7B-B4 ...... 4 7 B- RSt · . , . . . . , 30 P- B4 P- B3 32 K-Bl 8P- KN3 ...... 5 8 p,p · ...... · ...... 31 P_B7 A-B7 33 N-B4 . . . . 90-0 ...... 5 9 PxPt · ...... · ...... As the old refrain goes, White (,an 10 K_ Rl ( b ) . . . ..•...... 4 10 8-B3 · ...... · , ...... resist longer: 33 N- B3, R- B7 3~ N-Q·1. 11 N-K5!? ( c) ...... 5 11 . N- KR3 · ...... B,N 33 . . . . RxN(5 35 K-Kl Q-B6t 12P-Q4 ...... 4 12 · ...... , ...... · ...... Q,P 34 BxR Q-B6t Resigns 13Q-RS ...... 6 13 · ...... , ...... · , ...... 14BxPt ·· · ··· . . ······ · ·· 5 14 N,B · ...... · ...... 15 QxNt ...... 4 15 K_Q1 · ...... · ...... No Tournament without Tahl! 16 B-N5t (d) ...... 4 16 8-B3 ...... , . · ...... 17 Here agaIn Tahl moves in mysteriOllS 17N-B3 ...... 5 B-Q2 ( .) · ...... · ...... ways but has ma te in hand at Ihe end. 18RxB ...... 5 18 K- B2 · ...... · ...... 19 B-B4t ...... 5 19 K- N2 · ...... · ...... BENONI DEFENSE 20R-Q6 ...... 5 20 Q_B4 · ...... · . , . . . . . Q,P A. Ufimtsev M. Tahl 21N- K4 ...... 5 21 · ...... · ...... 22RxBt· · · · · ·· ·· · · . . . · . . 4 22 N,R · ...... 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 8 B-K2 0-0 . 23QxNt·· · ···· · ·· · · ·····4 23 K- R3 · ...... , . · . . . . 2 P-QB4 P- QB4 9 0-0 R-Kl . . . . 24N-Q6 ...... 6 2. KR-Ql ~ · ...... , ...... · . . . . . 3 P- Q5 P-K3 10 N-Q2 N-R3 . . 25 Q- N7t (f) ...... 2 25 K_ R4 · ...... · . . . . . N_QB3 p,p 11 K_Rl N-B2 ...... 26 B-Q2t ...... 3 26 Q,B · ...... · ...... •5 p,p P-Q3 12 P-QR4 R-Nl ...... 27 N-B4t ...... 2 27 K_R5 ...... 6 N_B3 P-KN3 P_B4 P-QR3 · . . . . 13 28 P-N3 mate...... 2 7 P-K4 B- N2 14 P- R5 B-Q2 15 B-B3 N_N4 Total Score ...... 100 I Your Percentage ......

SeA L E : 7i-100--Excellent; 55--74-Superior; 40-54-Good; 25-39-Falr

,\'on:;; TO TIll-; G ,HIE a) ,~ . .. N-KB3 is of course mure accurale bOlh ~ Position after 24 . .. KR- Ql for attack and defense. h) White's deployment is akin to what la ter be· came kn own as the King's Own. It is dynamic and speculative. c) Forward at all cu~ !. d) Against the seemingly dead1r 17 l{-B3 fol 16 P-K5 p,p 23 N-KB4 N_Q5 lows 17 ... Q-~8 male. 17 p,p R,P 24 K-N2 Q-K2 e) Here Black fallers. \,\-'hilc can at hest draw 18 N_ B4 R_ B4 25 R_Kl P-R4 on the eorrect 17 . . . BxB 18 QR-Ql. B-Q7 II) 19 N-K3 R-B5 26 R_R3 R-Kl R-B2, BxN 20 RxQ, BxR 21 R-Q2. P-B4. 20 N-K2 A-KR5 27 N-K2 B-R6t f) White announced mate in four. 21 P-KN3 R-KS 28 KxB N-N4t 22 BxR N,B Resigns , "h.,.,k; : = doublll "heck; I _ dl.. "heck CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, \Q68 9" F or how your club can be l! a~ ed WHERE TO PLAY CHESS write to CHESS REVIEW LEADING CLUBS OF NORTH AMERICA

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Sat. & Sun. from Z PM dally nOon to midnight JERSEY CITY YMCA CHESS CLUB MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB OAKLAND CHESS CLUB 654 Bel'gen Avenue. Jereey City. N. ,J. 353 West 67 St .. New York 19, N. Y. Dox Hi22, Oakland, Calif. 94604 ).feeLS at .:30 PM Henry Hudson Hotel, near 9th Avenue Meels Friday 7. 11:30 PM at Lincoln Every Tuesday and Friday Telephone: QI·5·9478 Elem. School, 225 lUh St., Oakland MONTCLAIR CHESS CLUB MARSHALL CHESS CLUB RIVERSIDE CHESS CLUB YM CA. Mo ntclair. New Jersey 23 Wellt 10 S tnet 2ti24 Fairmount Dlvd., New York, New Yllrk ItIverslde, California. PLAINFIELO CHESS CLUB Telephone: GR·7·3716 MeeL'! Mondays at 7: 30 PM 220 Somerset Street., NorUl Plain rield, New Jersey: Meel!! every Friday 7 PM NEW YORK CITY CHESS ASSO. to 2 AM: phone PL 6-9887 Serving players of all strengths ORLANDO CHESS CLUB Tournaments throughout N. Y. area SunshIne Park, Orlando, Florida 450 Pros pect Av., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Open Friday evenings CHEEKTOWAGA CHESS CLUB Trap & Field Club, Cayuga & and Saturday afternoons PhlliiDS Rd., Buffalo, New York YONKERS CHESS CLUB Meets Friday 8:00: NR4· 8299 Women'S ins lltme, 38 Pallsa.dea ST. PETERSBURG CHESS CLUB, Ine. Avenue. r onkel'S. New York 540 l~oUl · th Avenue N QUEEN CITY CHESS CLUB M e e t~ Tuesday evenings St. Peler!lbul'g, 1~lorlda Unitarian Universalist Church, E lmwood & W. Ferry, Buffalo, New York : PARKWAY CHESS CLUB CHICAGO CHESS CLUB Phone TR·3·6439; Frlday 7: 30 PM Central Psrk YM CA 6~ East V"n Uoren !:I tre81 • 1105 Elm Street, Cincinnati JD, Oblo Chicago 6, illinois KINGSMEN CHESS CLUB Thors. evening & Sunday afternOOIl Pboue; WE 9·9511) t6 BrevoOl't. Place Brookly n, New York 11213 CH ESS CENTER, Inc. Masonic Dulldlng, a615 Euclid GOMPERS PARK CHESS CLUB Fridays after 8 PM Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio U22 W. Foster. Chicago 30. Illinois l'l\one; EN·l ·9836 Fridays 7:30 PM _11:45 PM JAMAICA CHESS CLUB Phone; PE 6·4333 155·10 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica. COLUMBUS "Y" CHESS CLUB :-: ew York: open daily. atterDoon 40 Weat Long SlL'eet HARVEY CHESS NUTZ CLUB and evening. Phone: JA 6·9035. Columbu~. Ohl'J H900 BrOl!.dway Avenue, Harmon Pal'k LEVITTOWN CHESS CLUB TULSA CHESS ASSOCIATION Fieldhouse. Harvey, Illinois Le vittown (N.Y.) PublJc Lihrary, Blue MeeLS every Friday 7 PM at Cenu'lI.l Dra nch YMCA , 515 So. grass &; Shelter Lanes, Thunday even Denver, 'rulsa. Oklahoma 74103 InRa: pbone; PE-l·3142 PARK FOREST CHESS CLUB Meets Tnesday evenings Rec. Center, Plu'k Forest, Illinois WESTCHESTER SHORE CHESS CLUB WRIGHT.PATTERSON CHESS CLUB Phone ; 747.0696. Thursdays Mamaroneck Free Library Civilian Club, Area A. Wrlght.Patterson Winters . Summers Mon. 7.11 PM 136 Prospect Avenue, Mamaroneck. N_ Y. Air Field Base, Ohio 45433: Meets Wednesdays, 8 to 11 PM. Meels Monday 7. Il PM HAMMOND CHESS CLUB NASSAU CHESS CLUB Hammond YM CA FRANKLIN. MERCANTILE C. C. l.evlttown Hall, Levittown PkWHY 5719 Hohman Avenue. Hammond. 1011 Chestnut Street I.evlttown. Long Island, New York Indiana, 7 PM Thursdays Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 19107 Meets evel'y Wednesday evening O[len daily. INDIANAPOLIS CHESS CLUB LOCKPORT CHESS CLUB Manger Motor Inn. 1530 N. Med.ldlan S t. V. F. W. Hall, 112 Caledonia S t., GE.MSD CH ESS CLUB Indianapolis, Indiana - play from Friday Lockport, New York : phone HF 3·8621 General I'';lectric (; 0101'8I1Y 7 PM to Sunday mJdnJght Open Fridays from 7 ;00 PM Srm ce Technology Center Valley Forge. Pennsylvania PORTLAND CHESS CLUB BRONX CENTER CHESS CLUB YMCA, 70 Forellt Avenue In Van Cortiandt·Mosholu Area RHOOE ISLANO ADULT CHESS CLUB Portland. Maine 899 0 Hillman Av" Bronx. N. Y. ;-'<0. "1 Empire Street Meets every FrIday nighl. Meets Friday evenings: 881·5706 Providence, Rhode Island 96 CMUS REVIEW. MARCH. 19418 CHESS REVIEW'.s (1968) Tenth United Slntes Open POSTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The Twenty-first Annual Golden Knights THE current edition of the Golden Knights tournament is now under \I'ny, anJ entries arc acceptable until November 30, 1968. It is con· dll cted under CHESS REVIEW's Rules alld Regulations for Postal Chess, VERYTHING YOU N EED to play iI ::; mai lcd with assignmen ts, and with the special rules given below. E(: hess by mail is inc luded In t he com· Per Rule 1, all pla y must be from w it h in the continentilll USA and Canada. plete POlbl Cheu Kit produced by CHESS REVIEW for the convenience of To speed play for the first round, we group all the entries received postal phlyer.. The kit contai ns equip. geographically so far as possible. Otherwise, entries are matched off ment and stationery elpecialJy designed for the purpose. These aida to Postal into 7 llIi1n groups strictly in the order of our receipt of their applica· Chesl will keep your record. 6traight, tio Jl ::;. Qualifiers 10 the la ter rounds are grouped likewise in order of help you to avoid mittakes, for the fullest enjoyment in you r games by qualifi cation (except multiple en trants), but without regard to geography. mall. 11\ effect, the Golden Knigh ts is an " open" toul1lament, without reo Conteats of Kit ganlto our rating c1 nsses ::;o far as the entry goes. The ratings are calculat One of the most importal'lt items in ed, howcver, quite as usual. \re '·rate·' a ll ga mes in C H ESS REVIEW tour· the kit is the P ostal Chen Recorde r AI . bum _ the greatest aid to postal chess ney!;. It ·IS an ·,·o pen ., tou rn amcnt 1Jeca use we cannot pl'eten d to " see d" ever invented. The six miniature chess caliJitlates for a championshi p a[l(l because it gives the weaker players a sets in thl' album enable you to keep track of the positions, move by move. cl wn Ct! to gain by experience aga inst ::;tronge!' ones. in all six games of your s eetion. On the score.CJ.rdl, supplied with the album, you Special Rules for the 1968 Golden Knights Tournaments. record the moves of the game • . The u p l 'Ullsull tile follow ing rules whenever 7 t ·or cOmpu tln, Ihe total seoL'e" 10 de· to·date score of e ill c h g illm e faces t~e c u r· .tIIY (IUeSlion arises a s lO YOU I' chances termine the dlstrlbullon of prizes. eac::h ..a me rent posit ion. Score-eards are removable. won LU the flrlll lVund w ill be .$COred as J fOI' qualifying to Sewi-f inatll or F inals or When a game is finished, r emove the old point ; each game won In Ihe second round Cillrd and Insert a new one. Price alone: fol' weighted point score, elC. :1& 2.2 polnu; each ..-nme won in Ihe rlna! 1 CH£SS HEnI::\\"a 211h Annual Guld · round as ~. 5 points. A d ruwn game will b8 $5.00. en J( nlj;hl ~ J>o ~ ta l Cheu Chump!on;;!! ip "rour. scored as half of these respective amounl•. 1 'lument ;~ open 10 all pel'$ons 11\'1111> in the The kit also contains 100 Move·Mailing 8 In the C:l.se of lIeM . it two or more con linenul Ul ';led "tllles of ,\ In(>r;"" and ;,. Iln a l! ~t~ tie for first I)iace. achieving the Post Ca.rds fo r sending m oves to your C!l.ll"da. except CH £::;S RE\'I£\\"s ern· ."me lotal ~co r e . as computed in Rul e 1. opponents, a Chess Type Stam p ing Outfit l.jQ)·"eli. conlribulinG editoril and members then Ihe Cirn 2 or more pr l~es w ill I.oe reo for print ing positions on the m aili ng of Ihei,· huum"s . ~" r v ed for those finalist!; and Ihe prins will cardl, a Gilime Score P a.d of 100 sheets 2 A n>, CQllteSLant \,ho emcr~ this tOU rna· he awarded in aocorda nce with Ihe scorea fo r submitting scor es of games to be ad· 1I","t u" (),, r " IMeu()on)'m or in Ihe name of "ehie\'ed I»' them In .. tle-lweaklnG mUlch or judicated or published, complete instr uc ,""ulh" ,· l"'I'son will be di"qualified. All Un· round· robin conle¥t hI wh kh each (lOutellanl tions on how to play c hess by millil. iIIn iIIC ' fllIl"hc() l>a",cs of the d isQ.u/r.IHied conlell' will play nOl I{lU Ihan 2 Ma mes wilh e\'ery count of the Postal Chess ra.ting system "Ut wi ll be scored "S wln~ tor his opponenls. other tied conleSlant. T ies fo r other coth 3 ,\,,, ,, qualifying ro u nd~ a lld one final pl'i~e~ will be brOken In Ihe tiame m~Lllllor . and the Official Rules of P ostal Chess. rna)' ",)ulld Wi ll L>e pla)' ed . In all thrt e rou nds, Any ties which develop in Ihe I!e_break· h'G contests wUJ be pla)'ed ort In additional Saves You Money c"'''t e ill a lll~ will compele In sections ut SU· · <1 11 pla)·ers. each conleSlant In II. section will lIIatches or (ournaments. Bought separately, the conten1S would 1>111)' "''' oj! 1;'"11e ,.". each ot silt opponents. 9 The enlr), tee Ia $ ~.OO and entitles the amo unt to $ 10.15. The comple te kit costs ,,"u rfeit wjn" cou nl aa , a me poinlS. CQ n telllant 10 compele In one sectlon of tbe only $8.00. To orde r, JU5t mail the coupon 4 All .,.. "' t e~ tall tH ..... ho ilcore ~ Or 11101'01 prelimln!ln' round. No additional tee la below. (Ad d 20% for hand ling a nd postage lOa,,,e lJO iUlS in thl! prellmi""r), round will charged contestant. who qua. li f)' for the «e· o ll lslde Ihe U.S.A.) 'l..... lity lor lh{l "eml·tlnal round. Similarl)" ond or t hird ro unds. A con tenant ma)' enter all (I"'tllfied seml.fjnallilt.S who score 4 or !lnY number of ~ectlonil of th e prelimlnar)' more !.:"ume po inl& In the ilemi · f!nal round round u pon pa yment ot the fee of $5.00 per \\'111 «(I1,,!;f), (0" the fina l rOll, )d. If ..dditional section entry pro\,lded he a pplies ea rlY 1>1I1rerS (fr om 1 to 6) are reQ.I.h·ed to com· enou..- h so Ihat we can place him In sepsrale plete (he 1"",1 ~ectJon ot Ihe ~eeond or Ihlrd ~ccUons . )Iul l iple entrlu br one person will round. thue players will I..e ~ e! ec ( ed (ro'n «Inlpete und Q.u ll ll!y as thont;h mad e b)' 11 1110U" CO"'~Htanl" who 1IC0,·.,d 3\;' point" ill ~ (lpar8.l e ind ividual". No eontestant, how. the previouH rQund and In the Qrder of Ihelr ever. may win more th~n one prize. and a CHI::::;:; HEVIEW 1"o"tal Ralinu at Ihe lime I>lllJo'er "'ho qualifies fo r mote lhan One aee· Ihe I"SI SI.'Cl io1l 5 larts. lion of the final round ,,'m be a warded h la ~ i.;;1l h ,.nd emblem pri:tee. .I tnltl,'le entries will bo placed In d irtere nl Itaeh of lh e~e elimina led COUle$lan l ~. ho"·· "eClions of eaoh round. See Rule I I . ever. upon completlon of all hi il scheduled 10 Upon .:amea In (iL is lournllmenl, will receive one th.. t the IC H~S-;E~W- - -- - I free eILlr), \ worth $2 .50 ) Inlo a CHESS RE · its Postal PO'UI Cheu Dept. V IEW FoSUlI Che.u Clasa Tournament a nd InG the I 134 Wnt 72d St., I can appl)· . inslead. for entry 10 a Prl" , "~~;~: :: N.w York. N. Y. 10023 T oornament (worth U .OO) al 12.00 onl)'. . Ihe R,,·,ud or t eo 6 A F irst Prize of 12(;0.00 lind 14 oUter "" dl$tributlon of com· "" I I enclose $8.00. Pleau n nd me a I cuh I> r l~ e s wHl be a.warded by CHESS RE. 01 the rules and I plele Poslal Chess Kit by rei Urn mail. V I EW In ijccordance with the pUblished I and conclu,!ve. I ichedule ot prizes to those 75 Quallfled tlnal· 11 Single ent ries Cil n be mailed now a nd IS tl who achieve the hie-hu t total .corts NAME ...... ntil November 30. 1968 (multiple entries (iU rul e 7 ) In the three rounds 01 the t OUt· I I. IU1 11J two months before Nov. 30) . En tries na menl. Ever)' QualJ!led rln&list will be 1lL1111 ed aCter Ihilt d.ilte may nO I be accepted. ADDRess ...... _ awarded the emblem of Ihe Golden Knlchl I I "pon complellon of ..It his schedUled I:aales. 12 E:uept as provided in the lore,olne CIT Y ...... _. Also. the first fiv e prize winners "'111 re· ruin. this tournament ",ill be conducted I celve s ul\1lbl)' Inscribed plaques to Indicate und er CH ESS REVIEW·I Offlelal Ruin .nd - I STATE ...... ZIP NO ...... Ihel r places In the final sta.n4ln". ot tb-Is Regulations of Poual Chen. Includlnc an), L ______I lIa\loo&\ ODeD Pol t&! Cbeu Cb,mplollMlJp. amendmen~ o r addl\lona therelo. Tenth United St.tes Open Postol Chess Championship and the Twenty-first

PRIZE .. $250.00 Second Prize $100 Sixth Prize $40 Third Prize $80 Seventh Prize $30 Fourth Prize $65 Eighth Prize $25 Fifth Prize $50 Ninth Prize $20 Tenth Prize $15 65 Prizes - Eleventh to Seventy-fifth $5.00 each AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS EMBLEMS!

SEVEN'l'y-FIVE CASH PRIZES, amounting OPEN TO ALL CLASSES OF PLAYERS to a total of $1000.00, will be awarded Even if you've never played in a competitive event to the seventy-five players who finish befol'e, you may turn out to be Golden Knights cham~ with top scores in the Twenty-first pion or a leading prize-wi ll nel'-and, at least, you'll Annual Golden Knights Postal Cham have lots of fun. FOl' all classes of postal players pionship now running; Entries accepted till the end compete together in this "open" Postal Chess event. of Novembe1', 1968 (must bem' postmark of no /.atel' Begillllers are welcome. ]f you've just started to than November 30, 1968) , play chess, by all means enter. There is no better Thi.s i.s the 1968 Golden Kn'ights way of improving YOUl· skill. State your class on the coupon: A highest; B next; C average; D lowest; but all classes compete together. PRIZES FOR EVERYBODY - EXCEPT DROPOUTS. But that isn't all! Evel'y contestant can win a MAIL YOUR ENTRY NOW prize of some kind! You can train your sights Oil As a Golden Knighter you'll enjoy the thrill of that big $250,00 first prize, 01' one of the other 74 cash prizes, but even if you don't finish in the money competing fOl' big cash prizes. You'll meet new you can win a valuable consolation prize. Every play fdends by mail, improve your game, and have a whale er who qualifies for the final round, and completes his of a good time. So get started-enter this big event now ! The entry fee is only $5.00. You pay no addi playing schedule, will be awarded the emblem of th~ Golden Knight-a sterling silver, gold-plated and en tional fees if you qualify for the semi-final or final ameled lapel button, repl'oduced above, You earn the rounds. But you can en tel' other first round sections right to wear this handsome emblem in your button at $5.00 each (see Special Rules for Golden Knights). hole if you qualify as a finalist and finish all games, You will receive Postal Chess instl'Uctions with youI' whether or not you win a cash prize. assignment to a tournament section. Fill in and mail this coupon NOvV! And even if you fail to qualify for the finals, you still get a prize! If you are eliminated in the prelim inary or semi-final round, but complete your playing r c-;Es7 R-;;IEW - - Oehak her~ if yo-;;ure-: n-;:". -I schedule, you will receive Olle /1'ee ent1-y (worth 134 West 72d St., wmu 10 POJltif Chen. $2.50) into our regular Class Tournament or can I New York, N. Y. 10023 Start me as CLASS ...... I enter our regular Prize Tournament (entry worth I enclose $ ...... Enter my name in one section of I $4.00) on payment of only $2.00. First and second ill I t jw Tenth U. S. Open and 'l'wentY' ril'st Annual Golden Knights Postal Chess Championship Tournament. The I each Prize Tournament \vin a $6 and $3 credit re I alllolint enclosed covers the entry fee of $5.00. spectively fOT purchase of chess books or chess equip ment or subscription to CHESS REVIEW, D Chuk here il afready iJ ug. I Print Clearly ;,/ered POJliJjile. FOR SPECIAL RULES I I Name - ...... See inside back cover I I Addr ess ...... Zip Code City ...... • ...... Sla te ...... No...... I ------