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5 ANNOTATED MATCH• GAMES IN THIS ISSUE " " Molded Chess Sets of Beauty and Distinction

These beautiful chess sets are ideal for home use. The pattern is distinctive and pleasing. More important. the men are intensely practical and will stand hard usage. Molded of Tenite, each piece is weighted and felted. The main pieces of the standard size are shown in the illustration above as they appear on a board with 2-inch squares-the size most commonly used in the home . • The standard set comes in an attractive wooden chest with hinged lid, shown at the left. A small­ er size, suitable for boards with IV,"' or 1%"' squares, is also available, in a cardboard box. Both types come in Ivory and Black or Ivory and Red. When ordering, please specify which

STANDARD SIZE: Complete color you prefer. Set, weighted and felted, in 6 SO wooden chest with hinged lid. • Mail your order to STUDENT SIZE: Complete 8et, weighted and felted, in EQUIPMENT DEPT. cartrated) d b oa______r d box (not illus- _ 3.50 250 W est 57t.h St. _ _ _ New York, N. Y. CHESS LETTERS REVIEW Readers are Invited to Use these Columns for Their Commenls on Matters of Interest to Chess Playe rs Vol. II, No. 1 January, 1913 NO! NO ! NO! over the chess board than In Sirs: auy or hi s polemics. We re­ on~ I C IAL ORGAN 01," THE To reproa ch fully ban Alek­ membe r IHcliard Strauss not li S U. S. CHESS }'EDERATJON h iue's ga mes from the columns a Hitle r·endorsed mus icia n. but of your esteemed publicat lou Is as the composer o f " '1'111 Eulen· EDiTOIl to play t he Nazi's game. In t he slliege l." We shall remember I, A. Horowitz couquel-ed countries of Europe Alekhine a~ the champiO n Of MANAGING EDITOH the people live in an atmosphere San Bemo, not as t he pI·olaI;OIl. Kenneth Har kness of feul' and mauy of them a re ist of An'an Chess. shamming their acquiescence to - PAUL H. UTTLE DEPAItTMENT EDiTOnS the '"New Order." Chicago, Ill. fleu ben Fine-Game of t he r-.'!ontil Isn't It possible that Alek· P. J ~ . Rothenberg- Problems hine's couve l'sion is j ust mere­ Irving Cher nev-Oddltlcs t ricious ? S irs: Fred lleinfel d-Heade rs' Ga mes I th iuk t ha t public opin ion is I s trongly disagree with t he Jack W. Collins- P ostal Chess agains t adopting the suggestion OIJlllions of J . Edward Drom. PHOTOGRAPHERS of your cOlTespondent. Next, berg. Al e khillc's games s hould Haou! Echeverria we'l\ be heal"ing about burning be published as long HH he Ned Goldschmidt Alekhlne's books. Such things doesn't express his Ilolitlcal are not done over here, v i ew ~ in the an[]otatiorHI. As p ublished monthly October to May, S. A . fOr declaring his Utle vacaut. bl·monthly J une t o September. by Huntington, W. Va. th is would create a sitUation CHESS UEVIEW, 250 West 5i1il s imii;rr to rhe boxing and wrest. Ruec t. New York, 1\;, Y. T eie]lhone ling rackets in the U S Circle 6·8258. Cromberg a lso sai ~1 SOme thing Sirs: a bout ches~ llOt being able to Sublcriptlons: One year $3.00; Two I wttnt to answer .'.II', J . Ed· flourish under fascism; to this ward Bl"Omberg's lettel' in you!" years $5.50; Three years $7.50 in I call (lnly I"; :!y that since the the United States, U, S, Posses­ Decembel' issue because, a s as· time it ori~dr la ted che~ s has sion s, Canada, Mexico, Cen tral sista nt editor of ).lusical Leader, llouI'is he(\ tlll'ough age~ of ty. and South America. Other coun· I come across the same artistic n lllny and monarchy. Un(iI tries $3.50 per year. He-ente l'cd as proble ms that beset him: name· COIIIIJaratively r e ce ll t ti mes Iy, second class ma tte i' July 26. 1940, whe ther or not. to eschew all t here WCl'e no democrac ies to at the post office at New York, a rt that is created by the enemy, e njoy the game. living 01' dead. N. Y., unde r the Act of March K f' e I) I! rinting Alekhine's 3. IS79. \Vhen It is a question of cre­ games and let his pOlitics gO ativc genius ofanothcr e 1"ll than to blazcs, Jr Saint !'eLer' \l lay. our own. I admit thc decis ion is ed a mediOcre game or chess, FRONT COVER easier. No liberal·mlnded pe r· and the De l' il a good gRille, I'd CH~:SS REVIEW photo by Ned son would Inveigh against the rat he r' play the Devi l! Goldschmidt wall taken at t he Henry choice or \Vagner, Beethoven or J ACK F INNIGAN Hudson Hotel, New Yor k, during Mozal·t Oil a concert I)rograrn , Gig Ha rbOI" . W;lsh. t.he progress of 1h e 8th match or boycott t he literary works of game. Goethe. Schiller or He ine be· cause they were borll in '" e nemy" Sirs : territory and were of the "en· How do we know how much emy" race. Hysterical hatreds "'free wi ll " I~ imolved in Al ek. NEXT MONTH! are based on fear, and fear is hi ne's reported conversion to _NEW S ERIES BY REfNFELO- a tr emendous We81JOn in the Nazi ideas? He should be gi ven enemy's fa\'or. a chance to defend himself CHESS OPENINGS Til!!s war. as I see it. is a whe n he can do so wit hout clear-cut struggle be tween (olel" committing suicide if he dis· MADE EASY I IJl eases some S . s. bi1!:s hot. Learn the openings by a new , ance und bigotry. Cha uvluis m is morc de adly than no IJatriot· L. It CHA UVEl\J

J AN U ARY , 1943 1 • V ES t settled, ror who " 'O uld rnce a LETTERS Sil's : rallcist In IIny other Wi lY t hiln (continue d ) I enj OYed very much t he let, w tth a well'loaded gun and Sira: tel' of J , f; dw:ll'd Drombel'l; dea l, l oolntell al t ho r ight MilOt ? r ag ree w ith )"OU a bsolutely i n.':" w ith the "cII >!e A lekhlue." E VA HOBIN 01\ the AI(J k hi nc quest io n, l ..eav­ I n my ol)lnlon el'ery decen t man K el\' York, 1';. r i ng aside t he doubl. ItS to h is ca n not hut j Oin Il im , autho\'sh lp or t he Orruu {]l ng ar­ Pc l"ll!bon and had SClleral' 1011':; The Nazis al'e uslllg Alekhlne talka w ith h im, H is \"cry fi rst to their adl'anlage, L el'H fOI" ' exclamation w hen he SII W me ge ~ about him- fol' the dumtlon, Sirs : was "Wha t tlo yOU t h ink of I'f; TI ~ H GODFBI<; Y · .. Wllh h ili es tate confis­ yOILI' I.(ood friend E uwe? H e B rooklyn, N , Y. cated, hl8 money gone and de­ now collaborates w ith t he --- nied re fuge In the l)l' ill chla ! N:l xl~ ! "-wh i c h was probably a Sirs: ~ r le n d lY nation!! of the world, lie, T IH!I\ he We n t on: "Dut I , M •. Urombet'K ought 10 bc CO li, IS It Itot rea sona ble to a S~ \l lll e the Challll)lon A lekh ine, t he fOI" gratulalet!, How evel', I dOn't be, t haI the "Na zi propositio n" (I mel" Cza r is t oflleer. lo\'e freedom Iiel'e t he time has CO hle to Untlel" think It Is fa irly sa fe to thin k anti dem Oc racy and I hate ra­ take anythi ng agai nllt Alekhine, t lley itlll)roached hl ll1) looked cialism, I only know gOOll chess Every m('tt SUl'e will halle to wal l eSJlcc llllly good to Al ekhlue ? rll ayers lind bad ones but I u nt il after t he war. , . , T he re, · . . If Alek h lne entertained don 't know Jews 01' Ge;Hl1es or lions about him hllve to be t he idea or escaping from h is :'Il ohllmlllcdans Or B uddhists at thoroughly in l'estigu tetl , , . A f, NazI hos pit ality, he I) l"obnbly lhe chellll bOllr'd, You Sec, I tel' t he " 'aI', hO"'el'el', I 11m COI\' has been !lolilel), "rem inded" o f a m ready to play immediately fident t hat the ches6 1I'0ritl II'lI! t he rnte of PrZC IJoirkn, Treybai fOl' t he cham llionshl l' either 1I 0t UPIII'ol'e or II world cluun, a nd Be rnstein. wil h t he HUHt!lan Bolshel'ist pion who Willi II N az i. , , . , ltc, · .. I IUl I'C seen the articles, !Jotllinn ik 01' wit h the A meJ"lcun ganlleSH or his p illylllg IIb!1i ty allegetlly wriu en by him, In Jew Heshel'sk y, I dOIl 't ask fOl' we cannot pen n lt 1\ man 10 be w hich bittel' attAcks lire mude their 'St unllubaum' (genealO/l:i­ Oll r world chnmplol) " "110, ac, on . 'Iue and Hcshc" sky a ~ w ell cal lI'ee), If the HeCe Sti!!I'}' cording to his Ideas an d actions, as lieU anti N i nl1. o\'lch. T ca n, moue)' ca n be l'aised YOII can would bcloug cither In a l,l'IlIon not speak for h l ~ relations wit h see the tll'st gllme With lIlem or Ult Insa ne :ls)'l um, a man F i ne 01' Heshel'lIk )', but I tlo 101ll 01'1'01\', i n a week , In a w hose mOl'l11 stllndard s are so know that h is relations w it h month, i n ;1 year, wllenel'er the low t hat no man o f clm rnCler Hel l Hnd N lm1. ovleh WiHe cor, arrangemen ts al'e se t lied The can ~i t w ith him at the SlImc dial anti frieud]}', H is big " beef " earlier it Ill. tho mOre i !S ha ll table ant! play wI th him the seem t! to have been ag ainst be glad to co ~bH t t hem," r oyal /l:lIlllC, SUIII)08O lIitler Callablllllca, and I do nol be, A rew da yS Illter the f1r H of wOllltl be t he pl'Cllent cham pion, lIeve he even mentions Calla In h.is inramous ankles wa s ]lub, WOUld we !S till I'ecognize him :I S t hese alleged :lrllclelS of con, h ~ hc d. I'robabl)' he had ai, such ? demlllllion, l'eady w l" itlen or at least I II)"OIIOlle: I) Alek hi ne shoul d Le t us not fO I'get that Dog, sk et ched t hem at t he l i me of lose his t ille, 2) H e 8hol11 d be oljubow , K eres and r~ uwe hal'e tha t 1;l l k K o doubt therc n re diS(IUalitlctJ unci balTcd frolll all alSO taken I)arl i n this new alSO f'i ft h Col umnistll in the toul'nament", . ma tches, or ex, " Nazi CheliS Era," I don't know, ches;; w OI' ltl. hl bltions, If not permanently, for at least ,;elleral years. 3) but I don't t hi nk Euwe l'eUshes JOHN J. H ANNAK seeitll.( his COlt ntl,),men butcher' Philntlt>lph lll, Pn, T he sale of hit! books and ar­ ed so brutally liS now it! t hel!' ticles shuuitl be st opped, ra te, Wilh hi m it was IIl·obabl.\' Ill-. JOSEPH PI.A TZ a cllse of " com rll'!/) or el sc" with Dl'OllX, N , \" t he " or e18e " not t oo 1) leasun t Sirs : to thInk about. T he IICI'l«)na l lire or a chc!5l1 About 70% o f t he letters re, I think w e ought to suslleud tnaS(C l' is a t hing upart, out judgment until we know thc fu!! II'hell t his nHIStelJs Il llegl!!llce ~eil'ed on this subjcct {Iisa" rt'(' facl.!! of the case, Is !th 'en to a H i tler anti h is wi th the stan d taken by Re: d cr CLAYTON BLAC I\ BUHN " ncll' ordcr," he becomcs re­ Bromberg in the Dt'Cemlx:r is, Per th A mboy, N , J, PU.I:"tlll nt and damnable und de, sue. IICrl'(~ 8 osl l'Ucislll I n f(-SPOnSC to th e w ish es o f I t Is 100 bad t hat ;\I r. Drom, Sirs: b e l'l~ tloes not .'Itllte ill pu rlieu­ the majority, C !lESS REVIEW ShOuld we dccillre Beetho\,en lar tile damning Informat ion w ill con tinue to p ublish the and \Vagne l' ex'nlll.stel's, Eh l" Ilgalnst A te khine, A nd lUuch gam es of A lexan{lcr A Jckhine, lich an ex,dOCt ol'. Gocthe Illld too ba d, 111lleed , t hat your' off, On Decem ber 24 th , n ews_ H eine ex,wrh er.; ?! Imlld an ~ w e l ' has such a shal_ W e don't care w hat Alek h l ne tow ring. paper editors th roughout the bel l.H't'S and we (I t h ink I mellu 2!t nuti0118, un i ted i n reSOIU'ces l and prepareJ obituaries on t he 99 44/ 100 '70 Of YOU I' I'eaders) fl d, and IlHUII}()" 'er to lH!n t Hitter world 's chess champion w hen mire and Wllnt to read and study and all lI ts Ilk on t he batt l(l­ new s w as receivc d that Alekh i ne his gumelS, We dou', hope you Oel ds, did no t 1lII'llit )'our Il ll' conti nue to publish t hem ; we pro vul, and as to bellting A lek ­ h ad been strick cn , w as abou t to demand ll! ~ hine aCl'OS S the chcssboard die in a hospital at PmJ;ue, A s RALPH DE GO Ll E!! thaI's another Illlltler Il/l:a l n, Knd w e go to p ress, no f ur lher n('ws Xc,,, York N . Y . . It seems to me not so easll)' h as heen n'C(.j,'ed- Ed,

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Kashdan (left) writes down his move as Reshevsky sits up and takes notice at the 8t h game of the mateh. In the foreground, CHESS REV IE W Report e r A. Rothman takes down the score. T his game was t he second in a series of fiv e held at the H~nry H udson Hotel, N ew York, under the auspices of C H ESS REVIEW, Reshevsky Wins Title Match

moves had been completed. Play was resumed at the ?I arShali on the e~'ening of Jan. Defeats Kashdan 7Y2-3Vz uary 2nd and the decision was reached when Kash· dan resigned afte·r White's 57th move. Reshevsky won six games (the 1st. 3rd, 5th, 7th, Highlights and Background 10th and 11th) while Kashdan was able to w in only two .gal{les (the 2nd and 4th). The 6th, 8th and of the Championship Match 9th were drawn. Seven or the eight won games were captured by the player with the white pieces. The te nth game, won by Heshevsky, was the only con· By KENNETH HARKNESS test in which Black llroved the victor, Match Referee Reshevky A Real Champion SAMUEL J, RESHEVSKY took sole posse8sion By winning this match. with such a decisive of tho United States Chess Championship title when score. Heshevsk}' again demonstrated that he Is the he force d the resignation of ISAAC KASHDAN In No. 1 Ci1esSl>Iayer of the U nite d States, a fighting the 11th game of their play-off match and scored champion who has met ev() ry test with comage and 7lh points to win tJle series, The nmHlinuer of the Skill. His nearest complJtitors may possess the 14 scheduled games could not affect t he outcome as necessary k nowledge a nd ability to meet him on Kashdan had tallied only 31,2 I)oints and Reshevsky even te rms; some may even outShine him in their was 4 up with only 3 to go. No arrangements have handling of certain technIcal aspects of the gam e; been made to play the last' three games and official but Ileshevsky has t he fighting he art of a champion, notice on this s ubject has not been re leased by the the grit, tenacity and determination to contest every Match Committee. point and ever}' half pOint to the limIt of hi s mental The eleventh and deciding game was the last In and physical endurance. And it is these qualities, a series of five (7th to 11th) held under t he auspices combined with his native genius for the game, which of CHESS REVIEW at the H enry Hudson Hotel. 353 enable hIm to win where others fail. ' \Vest 57th St., New York. The game was started Ileshevsk}, started badly. lost two of the first four on Decembez' 27th, )942, and adjourned a fter 46 games. Never before had he dropped a game in

JANUARY , 1943 ) In the North Africa Room of t he Henry Hudson Hotel, I. A, Horo. wit: explains how Ka. hdan lo.t the 7t h game of t he match while t he Co-champions begin the 8th game in a n adjoining room, At e ach of the five games held under the auspices of CH lO SS REVI E W , Horowitz gave a move· by.move description of the contest. outlined the purpose and poulbl, title. of each play in . imple lang. uage,

,h:'f(!nse or n lt' IHle, To the onlook(!r he seemed to Ka s lu lan o pene d I 1',1\ ,1 all d pl " y('d the !luy bo 1,lay lng lI ~ tl (,~>l ly , withoul hi ~ cus tomary I1 h:H' t, Lopez In .j o ut or r. games in w hich he h ad White, !lC~~, II I~ eri l lt:~ - a n o.J e ver~' clmllIloiOIl Im i'< t:ri t lc~ seol'ed 2 wl nl! 1111< 1 2 dl'a\\'s in t hesc fo ur g:U)) CS, Hc ->laltl t hiLl he m ust bc slipping at la s t. tha t m,UTiage then s witc hed to the Que en's Pa w n O pen lu): (In t he nnd fm hcr- hood ha d d ulled hi~ co uq ,(,tl l h'c ~ l lh'iL 10th 1l: am" of Ihe match I and this was thc only Ihin II(! no 1 01l~ e r cared " bout t lw c ha l1l llloushlp Ji: :l mc lost With White! l it le, BUl B ('~he \' '' k,. c:ulIe bnck- fightlll J.: mad: He Player. Frequent ly in Time T rouble thre w (! \' ('I" )' thhl.a:: he had intO t he relllallll uK g.lI lies According to the CS llerts, the brfl llu or chcllS a nd ~f'lIl hi" o pponent bac k rce ll n,.:-. In 11m last Illa),ed III l hl" llI utCh wall no t a! w'IYIS o f t he h lg hcll t ;;e\"oll gnlll('S Iteshe\'sky scored four wlnll and t hree calibl'e, A good many bl uuders.,were m nde, It may d nlw ~ -r, !~ IIOIn1s oll t o f a I>ossibie 7 1 , For thl" be lI,olnter! O\l t, howC1' e r, t hat sim il ar blu nders hU" e magnift r (' 111 eshlbltlon o f COll nlge li nd "kit] we take a lll)cal'e,1 in I,rac tically all t he ramou ~ ehelll> llI utc hes off ou r hn t t o t il(' olle ,inti ° Il ly S A.\I;\ I Y It 1<: ::': II E V::': K Y, of his tor)', In fa ct. t he game in which no errOl'1I our worthy Chulllj!ion a nd logical t o ntcndcr fo r t he arc com lllilled Iii Ju st about as rarr- nil the Pas, \\'0 1'101' >1 ChamplOlls ll i j! T itle , senger P i):f'oll. T he b l u lld c r ~ w,' rc bla med on Ihe lillie lim it :md K.... hd ~n Starts W ell But Slips it is uudouhlf'dJy Irue Ihat t he re \\' a ~ Illcn ty of To 1 1I1(' r n,Hioll a ll~ l IS AAC K AS II J) A:-\ ):oc~ m uch tillle lI"o uble, YOUl' re porter , as rerere e, SllCli t a credit fOt' hl.'l Il<'rfo rnmllce in t hr- 'Wlt l'h , He is nerl'ous ten mlnute ~ towards Ihe (· nd of el'ery the fi rst mall to be a t Re she \"!< k ), - nll'/ beat him game With his eyell ):I uetl 10 t he (:Iock ~, One 01' twice- in " , S, T ille ga mes since t he tournament bOlh Ill;lyel's usmtll)" h lld to make some Intl'edlble o f 19:16, lie b roke t he s llell o f invincibil ity, But numbe .· or mo,'eli In 1I fe \\' seconds, So CXIIC rt and he fa lleu to follow t hrough, In the earl)' .a::nmelS he eSllel"ic nced a rc th e~e ma ~t e r~ a t pla r in1l: falS t c h e~ lI . Illnycrl wilh extrHonlillllry a ggre8si\'elle!l!l a ll d abll' howe"er, that only one ga me "'ns rorfeited on time : it)', Thoroughly prelJared for till' conte St, he dis­ and H(;t\llIlIy t his w a ~ onl )" II technlcnllty :til the p!'I~' ed ):r(';lt, " I r t uf) ~ i l ," in hi!! I)lwd ling Or t hl' OPl'''' ~a me Wllil lo.., t In 11lly cn ~e, i n):,~ , 1000 "h"'d I' \'(' rr ,nh'antru :e to the limil, But " ftC I' h ('in ~ IlI'ld 10 11 in Ihe 6th a mi r!rOPI,ing The mal ch "'1I ~ p la~' ed undel' the l ime li m it of a full poin t ill th(' 7th, in w hich he h:HI " " " H ~ Y r! rH,,", 4:; mo\"es In 2 Y, houI"I', Actually, the 1,lnyers con, Ill' ;;('r-mer! 10 lo ~o heart, T wo p() l n t ~ d OW ll, hc SU!IlPr! mos t of Ihe IImc on I he !i l" ti l :W mo\" cs or tightenr- d HI' , played 100 defe ll s h '(> ly, mi"sr-d nlH ny ~ o and m lldo thc r cmaiuing m Ol' e~ ill a fe w nilu, 0l>l>on ull ities whic h m ight hal'" r " d k n ll~' cllll n,l:"Cu utes, T hey would l>robably rio tl)(> ~ am e thlll): If I he score, they \\'CI'e 1,larlll l': u ll der a s lowcr time llmlt, lIow, eve r, in inl),Orl:l.llt tille male hes. it Is I l o ~sl bl e t hnt NcedJeils 10 ~ a ~.. he w;ts in a 11I 1II (: ull I'o~ it ion , beller c he~s m ighl be IIrou uced i t" the Ij l ; 1 ye l '~ ha t! It is nOl e i'S), 10 Ol'e rcomc a lend of ~ IIOhUIS. Hil t more t ime to c o n~lde r t he ir m o\' e ~ , he did not seelll to fi ght ;\s hnnl : I ~ ill the early ga m e~. H I ~ health ma}' ha"e had something to do Fifth and S i>lth Games at Club. with It (he 'H IT Z hea dwa y artf'r his In itial ~u cee s..,e$ , H(> h:1 ,1 hill BJt IEG EH, P re"ldenl 01 t he Qucens Club, and T rllli"· b ig l"lli1n("(' , the OllpOl"lu n iO' he Iw.., ~ ou,l:" ht · fo r 1< 0 Ilre r or t h(o M:H ch Committee, s po nso re d t he g:o ue , many yf'nr~, but lie couldn't nll1k r- tilt' ~ n l ni ng;; were Interesting, 11 (' ~ II f'I'~ k y 111:lyed lowed the ga me with kee n interest. I 1',Q,j ~ ' ,'e r~' l ime he had W hit e , WO II ri ve anrl drew one with Ih l;< opening : \\'it h the black pi('c{' I! , hc B e~ he\' ~ k y wa ~ ~ mar li ng under thc def(! n t ~ he scOt'cd I Will, 2 lo~~ e s a nd ~ dra w", Al'llarenlly had s uffered ill Ihe 2nd a nd 'lI h games, A gl l l lI ~t W h ite holds a dl~ t lnc l edge in Ih'~ ):":UII {' or c h e~~: Kas hdan's lldOllt lo n of t he NimzO\'lch Oefe use, he

., C II I: SS R EV lti W Despi t e snow storm s and ,ub,uro col d, a lar ge audien ce attended each of th e games at t he H enr y H udson Hot el, ask ed quest ions and suggest ed mov es in an Open F orum conducted by t. A. H orow it z. T he spect ators f oun d this m et hod of prese n t ing a c h en matc h both entertaining an d inltruct iYe.

I'IJ"'.' " CIIHS 1lf.I'II:Jr · 1'1ut, . ~, ..1b " ,~ "I " ~ IJ. ch""J,.

took Unll~\llIt ('hallce,; ill hi~ desir e to WiTl, lHU1H;lled tawr \\"hO b c~t fo r etold tlie 11'o"ps ar'lual l y I'IHypd a ~tr{))11;' I\{tljl"·,;ide attack whidl 11<' IHimit~ was i n tlie gnmc l"('c" I\'ed a prizc. "fraught with dHllJ:"('r.'· KashdHIl ~ot Into iimc· A t [mcn'lIl" Proull'lI1 r ~dil or 1'. I., Ilolhenl)OI'g Irouble. fllll('d 10 IJUt UII the be;;l derCtl~ o alHI the di sc n ~se d IStJl11t' lIlllllmal llr ohll'm s :Jnd prohlc tn J:"allle WillS ol'cr' in 38 mo\'e s. It walS Hc,;h el'sk y'lS themes and OUl' inimita hle "Oddilics" l ~dltoJ" h 'I ' lu ~ third win lilul th e fifth SlraiJ:"hl win for Ihe Illayel' Chpl·I,,..,' c lil ertailwd the audience b)" playi n!:" ol'er with White. I'Iome extraOnll ll llr~' end')l"ame compo si tioll!! on the The lith J:llIl1e 11" ,11'1 spomlOred b)' Ih,.. ;\l lIIl haitlln demollsu 'Hl lon bo;l J"d , Hendcl's' Games Ed i ior Fred Chc ~1S C l ub and held in their club l"fIomlS .. t 100 Hcinfeld hcl lH)d out \\" ith an eXI.o>;ition of 1111' OIH)U­ Centr al Park Sou th, New York. Il \\'!\)\ a 1>I'h'ate ing- \' ,u 'i,ttiolllS at on\l Of t he gam es. affair, attendance being re,;trict ed to club mem bers The nmulU::Cl11cn t or the 1·l elll'y H ud"o n 1I 00el wall a mI a reI'.' Illl'lted guests. T he ga nu~ w all e:nremely extrem ely eo,ojJerat{\'\l. dill ~wf'l"ythin).( 1 1 0 ~ ~i bl (> !o intereRtlufl' nnd Is 1I"0rth cllrerul H mi),. I{nshdlln mak e the IJla y('\'~ anti aud ieu('e "O)lufnrtIlUlf'. The matle a it'il!l~posi tlon o f moves in tile Ojl('nillfl' wbich i,]ayiu).( cOlltlillollr! in the ;\I otiern Hn011l Il' pnl perfect almost cost him the game. It wnA one of those a!lll th e NUl"h A fl'ic'l !loom, i n whidl Ihe Open rare 11\.~ lall r.e~ In which a maSl c r 1l11I'nl'C1\II,\' 1'01· FOl'U lll "'a~ Ilcld, i~ an idf'al nllditol'illm til wllirh t o lowe(1 a colnmn In "Modern CheAl' OjJenltllo:' ~ " with· staKe el'fon t ~ or thi~ i~' p e, The 11 01 ('1 is pl'onlO!ln ).( out reali1.in)l" that the movcs had UCCII tran sposcd. sjJorls el ' l'l l l ~ rrll' ~(' I"I' lc(' mell nnd w(' hop!' !h !'~' will As pointed out by Horowitz in his nOl(,s 10 the ~llme, ,Hid ciWR;; to Ihf'il' Belil'ilics. X e w York umlly ncedlS K ashdnn IIhoold have Illayed I I P ·Q I{-I , ll~ Hctually a hOIf'1 in whic h c hess is made al' ,lil"ble 10 gue>;ts played by K('rC8 against Reshe\'sk y ill Rtockholm ami " i si tors, in 193i, lml! not II P-K R3, followed b)' II I'-QH4. a s The olJonill)l" ,I.:'lIIlI') uf this ~eri .· ~. lhe 7lh of the shown in the I'l'conl 01" thal game I n ;\1. C, O ,! (See IllBtch, wall characterizcd by some r ather .;Iil/shod P"ge 25;', col. 1'9). lila)' on both III.hJII. Heshe l'skr 11<1l1 a won fl'a mc, Oddl), en ough, I lol'owlt7. WIIS cnughl II", " a m e got intO ten 'lIlc Ilm'l -trouble and bluutlerf'd a \\' ,,)' way In h ili o w n match with Hesh e\' lIky lIud 110inled a 11 i n !hp ", v,..nillJ:" h .. l)layl'oi an inrerlor line whiC h of the match. but Ka shdan hat! 1(1 fI)l"hl hard and cllded ill ,I will ror lll' ~he\'s ky. pill), with Ul1U Sllal skill WWHrds thl.' CIa! in order This lo ~~ o f a compnl'aril'cly simph' " t'a'" must, to i1.\·ohl defeal. hal'c Ul"~k cn l,a ~ 11lI l Il1 '~ n elTC. T hereat'tE't' he plH.I'ed too c auuou ~ I )'. The ~ th aud 91h WC l'e drawll Get, Last Five Under CHESS RE VI EW Auspiees ling nowhcl"t) wllh the Buy Lopc1., l\aShdal; tried The Ilnnl j:;a l11CII of the match, from t he i lh to the QI' o lICniul;; ill Ih<:l 101h. de"clopild a Ir<:lmcudOU8 the 11th I nc lu sh ·e. were hcld umler lhe l(Usllices g"l11<:1 bu t t\wn railed to make tile IH'ollC r cO IiUnua­ of C ~Il ~SS HI::Vm W at the H enr )" Hudso n Hotel. lio r] . .O n<' tI.,,!·e n ~iI ' l ' m o \'e cost him a ""Iwlble tCItlI'O New r ork . A t each of these ~amell F.IIUm' I . A . and Ius 110.'IIILOU cnuu bled. R eshel'sk y broke lhrou..,h H orowitz conducted an O llen ~'orUIll a t which the wilh B lat'k 1md \\'on the /; 111111,'. moves of the )l"a m es w ere eX lllained aud dhscussed_ The 11 t h Wll .... a liard-fought battle whi Ch II'lIS Despite unfa"orable weathel', II large lIudlence adjournt'ol when H ~ ·"hel, .... ky senlell hi;; ~ilh rnOl'e, atten ded each gam e an d seemed to thol"llughly en­ He \l'IlM H 1l;11I'1i ul' with winning chanceH III;;:lin .... t the j oy th!~ m ethOtI o f presentiug a ehp~~ m ulch. H or· b,..~t dpren~ p . lIolI"('l"cl'. when lhe game W'I S r ~ ­ owitz Wll ij In nIle rorm, Gut\il1f'rl t ile ]lur]lO .~ p of sumed al lhe i\lar~hllll C, C .. i,aslHllln 111lt. \Ill SHr­ each rnol'e In l\imple, cOlwincing- lan!:"uUJ;c, un!lwl'J"e d pl'ising-ly w eak re sislance. The gnme Wll ~ ol'cr nnd all ques lioll~ , Ihe title dC(;i slol] l"\lached \\"hcn I{llshdnn l'c~lJ;:ned W atchlnjl; t\\"o m asters play II mntc h cnn be borin);: Mlet' WhilC'i\ 571h Z!love. at limcs, but a ])ublic di sc u~sioll of the .l:lIme, while I n thQ folloll'iu/o: ]lilges. the 51h, 6th, 7th. St h nn(1 it I.s being pllt ycd, Is UOlil entertl(inlul: aud iustruc· 9lh gam('S are thoroul;;h ly eXlllnillcd by !lellhel· .... ky, th'e. To ad d to the iulercSt, H Orow itz !![ agcd a Fine and II()rowll1.. TI1() 10th aud 11lh II'II! ue guessln.l:" contegt amou g the audience; the ISlIec- IlUblished next l!lonth. J ANUARY , 1 943 , EXCLUSIVE FEATURE

u. S. Ch ampionship Match GAME No. 5

Queens Chess Club, Woodside, N. Y. Nov. 29. 1942

Annotated by SAMUEL J. RESHEVSKY

N I MZO_INDI AN DEFENS E 1{~1' is a goot! alter·n ative. T he key 10 ' Vhite's plan. Resh ev sky K ash dan 14 . . . . P _KKt3! 22 . . . . P·K Kt4 White Bltlek Ma it JJo~8i bl e 10 dIS [lose o f Of COlll ·se. not 22 . KlxP be- White's'strong King's Dlsho]l. 1 P_Q4 Kt. K B 3 eaURe o f 23 B·Rt5. 2 P_QB4 P. K3 15 Kt_B3 B_B4 23 Q·B5 R·Kt3 B.Kt5 3 K t.QB3 16 BxB KtxB 24 B·B8 Kt.Q3? 4 P_QR3 · . . . Short of time. Kashda n failed to The most aggl'e ssi \"E~ 11101'0. In forcing mack to , White ]lut UI) the best defense. Muc!) bettm' was 2,[ ... KtxP: 25 Ox)' obtalll~ a strong center and ret-fling (If 25 Q;.:I(P, Q;.:B : 26 11;.: I(t. l(xH; the advf\ma,ge of two Di s h()[J~ , How­ evel" II weakness is cn,aled in the 27 QxR Q-Kt2 should dmw). R t. . Q2: 26 0·R3, P -03 with chances for bOI h sides. 4 . . . . BxKt 5 PxB P · B4 25 B.Kt7c h K· Ktl 26 QxK P Q.Q2 cOll'lider this Ihan 5 . I bettor . . 27 QR. K l P.Q.!. P · K R4 6 P·K3 . 0.0 Not 27 .. H-Rl on accollnt of 7 B.Q3 Kt_S3 28 QxKt. Kt.S3 P.Q3 8 28 Q_K7 9 Q·B2 ! . . 0'0 • . 29 R,O R.Ql /\n Important 11101'0 In this posi· 30 K R·Kl K·R2 tion. If 9 0-0 , p .J(.j; 10 P-Q5. 31 K-Kt 2 17 P _Kt4 ! · P . Kt5 P·1(5: i\IltJ mack getH an e xcellent . . . 32 R ( Kl )_ K5 PxPch game, A mOve fraught wilh danger. 33 K,P R_Kt8 9 . . . . P·K4 but at the same time offering White 34 RxPch K_Kt3 10 P_Q5 Kt_K2 good prospects. 35 R ( K7).K5 R· R8eh 11 0 .0 K_R l 17. • . . Kt_R3 36 K·Kt4 Kt· K5 ? BeHer t hilll this llM;I;i ve move is 18 P-B5 ! • . . . 11 .. . !\t-Kt3 and if 12 K t·J(I, Q­ Black was in . Much 0( K2, T hen, if 13 P · B~, P·K5; or if Continuing in the SI)irit the better was 36 . .. R-KI8ch : 37 K·ll3. 13 p.1{.1. K t-IH. ]lreviOlll; m ove. R-B8ch: 38 K -T-;:t2, H·U·j : 39 R· H6 , ch. K·KI·j: ·10 II -R3 but White 12 Kt. K1 ! · . . 18. . • • KtxKtP would s till hal'e excellent winning 19 P _R3 Kt_K4 H ere 12 K t·Q2 woultl be inferior prOSllects as the Black King is ter­ ]'ibly exposed and subject to attack. as the K 3 square would not be pro· Best. for if 19 . Kt(5) -B3; tected by the Quee n'S B ishop. • • 20 I3-It6. H-l{l{tJ: 21 Kl·K t5 with 37 RxR Kt· B7ch 12 . . . . Kt. K1 a terrifiC bind. 38 K. B4 Resigns 13 P·B4 p,p 20 KtxK t PxKt If 13 . . . p ·B·1. i·' P ·K 4 ! On 38 . .. KtxR W h ite mates in 21 B_ R6 R_KKtl thl'Ce moves by 39 R· K t5ch. K·R2; 14 PxP • • • • 22 P·B6 · . . . .1(1 H·RSch. K·K t3; ·11 R-IlS Illate. 6 CHESS R EV I EW GAME No. 6

Manhattan Chess Club, New York Dec. 6, 1942

Annotated by I. A. HOROWITZ

T he sixth bame is not a work of art: pronounced imperfections 2S Px B RxQBP 29 RxP R,P in stratc,c:y ;LIld tactics mark the play. 30 R_R7 K_K2 Vcr, its saving grace lies in the lesson it teaches on refinements If 30 ... Kt-134: :ll H·](5, l\t·Q6: and subtleties of opening techniqllc, parti cularly related to se qflel/re. 32 j{·Q 5 recovers the I'!lWlI. On (Sec not(:s (0 moves 11 and 12.) othe r I{t mO\' e ~ IJIll Ck Ulu~t bc ware of Kt -Kt5. or (I f Hxl'ch followed Thl ~ t rall!;]!osil"ion chauges th ... by Kt· I(t5ch. e ntire cOIll]Jlexion of the game. I. K ashdan S. J . Reshellsky 31 Kt·Kt 5 R.Q5 White Black 12 , . . . B.Q2 32 KtxRP P·B3 13 QKt.Q2 . . . , j P·K4 P· K4 33 P· Kt4 . . . . 2 Kt.KB3 Kt·QB3 Oblll'lol1 s of the lurking dangers 3 B.K t5 P _Q R3 o f the I'oo;i\ion: ot herwis e. he . m ill:ht 4 B· R4 Kt .S J hav!'! I:on!inued with 1:1 lll'xl', ItPxp; 14 p ·Q5. and 1\ rapill mobHI- rl ·e v i {)u~l y . ll e ~h e v 8 ky tried ,1 ... P·Q:l whio,i;l Kas hdan met willl 7.atioll or his forces poiscd III the 5 P·IH! Whf1 e thus took the In· gelleral dire ction of the ail verso King, thus: 15 QKt·Q2. 16 I

Annotated by REUBEN FINE

Not all outstanding performance The P awn cannot be held, 1'01 ' if by either ~ide. 26 . , . K t·Q2; 27 D·Kt5. N IMZQ.INOIAN D E F ENSE 2? KtxP B· Kt2 Res he vsky Kashdan White mack 1 P_ Q4 Kt· KB3 2 P .Q B4 P_ K3 3 Kt-Q B3 8 . KtS 4 Q-B2 . . ItcshCl'sllY again varies - good tactics. 4 . . . P .Q4 5 PxP Q,P 6 Kt·B3 P_B4 7 B. Q2 BxKt 8 B x e Kt·B3 s .. . l'xP hus been cO)H,jdered Position a fter 16 P x P bCB t ( anll gool! enough to equalize) but. Kashdan has an improvemrmi 17 0.0 B_K t2' in mind. 18 R.Bl K R_B I 19 Kt· KS Kt_B3 ? 9 P.K3 0 .0 One would expect n eshevsky to 10 R.Ql Q xRP ! I.oses a Pa W l) in the long run, win the following end ing with ease, Better lhull the older 10 .. . 19 . . . Q-R4 was hest, though but there are still plenty of sur­ P·QI\t3 ; 11 P-QB3. etc. when Black would still have some prises ahead. lllack's remains insecure. troables. 28 P-B3 K_K2 11 PxP K t.Q4 20 Kt_B4 ! Q_Kt6 29 K_B 2 Kt_K 1 The point.. Black gets rid of the Or 20 , . . P -QKt4; 21 K t·Kt6, Black lries to get some counter­ \11'0 Bisholl); and cfl n develop. [lxl{; 22 Rx H, H-KO; 23 13xl', etc. play on the K·side- and miracu­ lously succeeds. 12 B.K2 Kt ( B3). Kt5 21 Q_Q4 R_B 3 13 Q_Q2 ... 30 Kt· B4 Now 21 .. . P·QKt.·j would be 13 8xKt. l{Lxn; J4 Q·Q2. Q·R-I mel by 22 J{t·H5!, Q.Q-]; 23 QxQ, Preparing an escort for t he Q](tP . IS no bettor. BxQ; 2·\ r'QK H and t he QKtP 30, ... P-B3 13 . . . . KtxB cannot he held for long. 22 K t·KllL 31 K_K1 P-K4 14 Qx Kt Kt-Q4 HxH ; 23 HxR, H·KB1: 2·] H·m !s 32 K.Q2 Kt ·B2 15 Q.Q2 P.QKt3 ! also quite strong. The point. is 33B.Q3 , '" Black continues the levelling pro· that wit h an \Vhite's pieces beamed All this doubtless to gain time, cess. 15 ... n·Q2 instead would to the Q·side t he QKII' cannot be (I-Ie hart to make the last 24 moves he inferior: arler J 6 ](t·](5. B·](l; defe nded adequalely. - to move 45 - in 6 m inutes.) Other­ 17 0·0, H·I1i : 18 1'·](4, K t, 8 3: 19 wise he would h al'e 'adopt'c d the ~ 22 Kt-Q6 B·B·I. Q,H;;; 20 R· IO he must give obvious K t·H5 followed by adva nc· Illl a piece to save h is Queen. O il 22 . . , It·Ql there wotthl fol­ ing- the Rtf'. 15PxP " .. low 23 !

I::ditor's Note; In the I" ebruary issue Heuben Fine will resllm e his regular " Game of the Month" de· partment in which he discusses and annot at es the out s tanding game oj" each month.

40 . . . . P_R4 52 K·K7 , . . . 41 K·Kt4 P_Kt3 42 K·B5 P_B4 Let REUBEN FINE 43 P_QKt4? ? . . . . Hetll rns t he P awn fOl' no goot! Teach You Chess! r e a~on . 43 P xPch, PxP; H P·QK t .. still w ins hands dowll. Even 4:1 Kt·IH was gootl en ough. 43." . p , p 44 pxP B·Q6! Per haps he had overlooked t h is and had expected only 44 B ·KtZ. when 45 K l ·Q5 is a dequate. 45 P.Kt 5 BxKP

52 . . . . B·B3 'l' he apparently obvious 52 .. . K·B5 does not draw as a fte r 53 K_ B6, K.Kt6 ; 54 K· Kt5 ( not 5·! Kx P , KxP(R5); 55 K ·R5, K xP; 56 K ·D'I, K·K t7 w llPl\ Black's King get s back to lhe OKt P in time), KxP; 55 Kt· K5, P_K6; 56 Ktx l:,>! fol lowed by Kt·[H , t he ad vance o f t he ]l a ssed li P is decisive. 53 K_B7 B.Q4ch If yo u want to play strong 54 K· Kt7 B·R1 chess; if you want to learn 55 K· R6 B· B3 what to do a nd what not to There i~ no d e f ell~e : if 55 . . . do, read CHESS THE EASY Now t he ga ll ie s houl(! be dra wn. 1(·0 3 ; :; 0 P·ll;;. Px P (01' 5(; .. . p . WAY by lit euben Fine. This W hite can alwi1YS wi n t he Dis ho ]l Kt4; 57 K ·I17, K ·B2 ; 5 ~ P·R o etc.) ; book t eaches you the flinda· but m ack t he ll gets e no ug h c ounter­ 57 K xP, 1(·Kt2; G~ K· K(:;, K·H 2; ~9 ment a l r li les and basic prin. play on the f{ ·shle. Kl·K 3, K· K t 2 ; 00 K l·il5ch. K· H2; ciples of 900d chess, tel ls 46 P.Kt3 B·B6 61 I(· il .. , K·Kt3: (;2 Kt· Kt3 )1 11(1 t he you how to play the open_ 47 P_R3 B·RB t w o Pawns will w in e as il y. ings, plan the middle·game; 48 P_Kt6 B·R1 56 Kt_R5 ., .. explains the basic e ndings. 49 Kt·B4 K. B4 O f COUi' sc! H now 56 ... P ·K 6 ; By far the most instructive, 50 K.Q6 P-R5?? 57 K txIJ, P·K 7; 58 K t·Q.Jch. most enterta in ing book o n T his I o~ e s . Coneet was 50 . . . 56 . . . . B_Q4 chess ever written for the P·K5; 51 f{ t·K3ch, K -D3 ! a nd \Vh ite 57 P·Kt7 BxP average pl ayer. The price can make no ]lrogress. 50 ., . 58 KtxB P· K6 of this 186·page cloth·bound K ·K5? also loses: a ller 51 Kt x P, 59 Kt.B5 K· K4 book is only $1 .50, Order P·K t4 ; 52 K·1{6, K· K6 ; 53 K·D:;, 60 Kt_Q3ch K-K5 now f r<> m CHESS REVIEW, 1(·87 : 54 KxP, I{ xP; 55 P· H4. It 61 Kt·K1 K·B4 Book De pt., 250 West 57th is all over. 62 K·Kt7 P-K7 St., New York, N. Y. 51 PxP P·K5 63 Kt·B2 Resigns JA N U ARY , 1 94 3 9 Hunnl ng fO t, the dra w, 31 . . . H·Q7, woule! Slitl lead to Intel'est· Ing Illay. 32 Rx R Kt. K6 GAME Nos. 8 & 9 33 R{K5) x BP RlI P e h 34 K· Ktl KbR ( B4) HENRY HUDSON HOTEL. NEW YORK • DEC. 15th & 20th 35 RxKt R, P 36 R. BS P·QR4 (Under the Auspices of CHESS REVIEW) 37 R. B5 R. QR7 38 Rx P P. K4 39 Rx P R>P Annotated by Draw I. A. HOROWITZ Ga me No. 9 The Grunfeld Defens e involves RU Y LOPE Z 20 p . K5! p,p attack a nd counter·attack on the K ashdar'l R es hevsk y Thus the Paw n s truct u re Is 8tlll cent e r forma t ions in t he ear ly w eak. s tages of t he play. The spirit of WhIte Black t he defense w as violated by Blac k's 1 P.K4 P ·K4 21 Kt x P KKt.Q4 fourth move, 2 Kt. K B3 Kt.Q B3 22 Kt. K4 K R.Q1 3 8 . Kt 5 P.QR3 23 B. Kt5 B, B G R UN FELD D E F E NSE 24 Ktx B Kt. B5 4 B.R4 Kt.S3 Aeshevsky Ka s hdan 5 0 -0 B.K 2 I ngeli lous ly maintaining the ]) 0- W hite Dlack 6 Q. K2 • • • • s ition Intact . LeliS custolllnry than 6 H·I': l , TlIe 25 P. K Kt 3 Kt. K7c h 1 P.Q4 Kt. KB3 id ea is 10 Illay H· Qt a nrl . a fter due 26 K· Kt2 Kt.Q5 2 P.QB4 P. KKt3 3 Kt.Q B3 p reparallon, P-Q 4, rli ,'cel ly bear­ 27 Q R. B1 ' P.Q4 · . . 4 Q. Kt3 ing o n t he opposing QU(lcn. Oddly en ough. thi s. lnove. t h ough P. B3 6 . . . . P,QKt 4 vower ful In appea rance. offers Bla ck's In te nde d fiall eheUo of 7 B·Kt3 P.Q3 BI:lCk t he chance to co nsolidate. the K 11 is a flre tudc to concen· 8 P _QR4 B. Kt S 27 Kt·)H ( to Ilrevelll II Ilosslblc trated pressu!'e on While's Ce nter. 9 P. BS 0 ·0 penet rat io n o f \Vhit e's second rank w h ic h sh Ou l d be a ccom plished by 10 P. R3 .. . . by the mack Hooks) , followetl by the t",cul un l thrust , . . P'QIH, Pu tting the question to the some snch play as n · H3 and the T he t cxlmol'o nullifie::; any l\ uc ll' BiS hOJl. 1f ]0 ..• B·H·I; 11 P·K t·l , Inte r dou bling on t he I{ 01' Q D pUi' pose . an ti 12 p·Q3 and the !leopc or flle, whlcheve)' is more fea Si ble , P referabl e would be of ••• " xl'; Black's QU 18 limited. is morc e ffcct lve. ::; QxP. n ·K3: a nd now if 6 Q·QS (as in t he 31'11 gallle) , P ·B4!: 7 10 . . . . 8 .Q2 27 . .. , R.Q4 28 R. K1 • • • • I'x P, I{t ·US With excellent Ilros· 10 ... B·K3; I I B ·n Z. J( \·QH4 tleets fo r I.he second pla)'CI·. His is 11 good allc rnatb'c. T h is mo ve was erilieized by the s pecta tors who suggesled 28 !'·D·I. s uperio)' development shOU ld In· 11 P.Q4 Q.8 1 In Lhal c vent Black may eont!lIue sure the !'\lUU'n of the with An l lci ll:\llng 12 H-Qt ami thus wi th 28 , . , I(t·R t S wilh excellen t Interest, a ~'oi d l nK the line or ti re uf the pros pects: 29 HxH. PxH ! Ot' 2!/ 5 Kt.B3 B.Kt2 Hook. H·QKt!. (-jH·Q l with counLC)'play 6 B. B4 0 .0 12 R·Q! P. Kt 5 on the olle n me. 7 P. K3 PlIP In ordc ,' 10 be in position to 28 , , • • P. R3 So that t he tension is mOlllcn· undertake l)(Isili\'c ac tio n ..... lthout 29 Kt ( Kt 5)·B3 KbKt tal'll), !-elltxed In t hc center . alit! worryl n.ll; o" cr the donbly a ttacked 30 KlI Kt · .. Black may (Iuietly proceed wit h his K I P, w h ich remained e n priae only "'01' 30 K txK t is met by , , . mob ilb:atio n, Yet, w hile lhe te)(t· hy J::I"IICC Or;\ technica lity, Kt·Q6 ! m(w e anti the s ubsequent IllO\'CS 13 P ;o;Kt P , ' .. 30 . . . , R. B1c h are IJart of flo prcconceh'ed pial!, A good contiuuatio n. though t hc 31 K, Kt2 fundame nt ally the s lrategy Is routine 13 QKt·Q2·111 is a lso prom· fau lty in t ha t It sacrifices conlrol i sing. of the ce rller to White. 13 , , . . p , p Now thc ta sk w ilt he to rcgaln 14 Kt;o;P KhKtP the lost ground. Kt.QB3 P. B4 8 BxP QKt·Q2 Sad"d ling h imsclf wilh a bac k· 9 0 ·0 Kt·Kt3 ward Q I' , a conseQucnce o f his 10 B. K2 B· K3 12th move, T his howe"cl' offers 11 Q. B2 QKt .Q4 the only oppor t unity fOI' counter· 12 B. K5 B. B4 ]llay :18 ngainst a ]lolicy of Wl1tch· 13 Q.Q2 KtlIKt (ul wu lling. 14 QlIKt Kt· K5 15 Q. Kt4 16 Kt· B3 B. K3 . , . . So thin Black's QP wilt gai n I n ortler to I ie a. maj01' plecc to suPpOrt fo r II possible ath'Mnce. the defense of t he KI', 17 B.Q B4 BxB 15 . . . . P. B3 1C QxB Q· K3 T hus Insuring the g a in or 1\ 19 QlIQ ! PxQ Bis hop for II i< nighl-a minimal T hc m Cl'.I;er' o f the pawns j;s a d va n tage. BUl the K P r emains s hort IIvcd. 31 . . . Rx Kt backward. 10 --=C HI" , SS R liV l llW Grandmaster FRANK J . MAR. SHALL (seat ed at extrem e left) discusses, the fifth game of the match with Horowitz (extreme right) and members of the Quee ns Chess C lub during t he prog'ress of the game. Note Reshevsky in the background. Marshall, who attended several of the games, held the U. S. Chess T it le for 27 years, retired unde. feated in 1936.

16 B. Kt3,. Q·Q2 doubling Rooks on the Still harping 011 the Pawn, which 17 KR. Ql K. R1 would' set mack a proble m of de· barely m anages to sur vive on ac· Not necessarily temporir.ing- a fense. count of technical counterthreats. In this line the open Q file would at QB4 or Kt3 might prove Q. B6 ! fatal to any positive plan. se,rve Black no useful purpose as 40 .. " 41 RxP · . . . 18 Kt.Q2 KtxB there is no vulnerable pOint to 19 RPx Kt KR.Q1 attack. Otherwise .. P·K6 wouhl sim· plify matters. 20 Q R.B1 B· B1 28 " , P,R 21 Q.B3 B· Kt5 29 Kt.Q3 B·Kt2 41 , , " . R,R So that, . . P·K3 may be played 30 P·K4 . . . 42 QxR Q· R8ch · 43 K·R2 without jeopardizing the Bishol). Again isolating the Dlack KP S,P 22 Q. B4 44 Q·K8ch K.Kt2 S,S and fixing it fOI" a tal"get. He re 45 Q·Q7ch 23 QxB P· K3 however, the \V'hite Kt is not · , " . 24 Kt·K4 Q.KB2 nea rly as well posted as at' K4, Chasing rainbows! T he prccari. 25 Kt·B5 P·K4 ous position 01" t he 'White King 30 '. R·Q1 Isolating the KP without com· d ictates discrction, would be I"efuted pensation. 25 ... BxKt would 30 , . . P·Q5 45 . . . . by 31 H·135 and a well·timed P·134. K· Kt1 offer better drawing chances. 46 Q.B8ch K. R2 26 PxP PxP 31 PxP Q,P 47 Q.Q7ch · . . . 32 Kt. Kt2 27 P·Kt3 R.Q4 P·K5 I"or if 47 QxPch, K·RS alill White At last the comes into is ill it predicame nt. his own. 47 . . . . Q.Kt2 33 Kt·B4 B· Q5 48 Q·K6 · . . . 34 Kt·K3 Q.K4 The exchallge of Queens may 35 Kt.Kt4 · . . . pl'ove fatal for White. Dl ack's In time pressure White wanders Ki ng would the ll be in position to aimlessly around with h is K t. A con· make an excul'sion t o the White structive plan would be P·KKt4, Q s ide Pawns, whil e the White P·K t3, K·KtZ und possibly n·KfU monarch would be involved in reo or an entry of the to the moving his fette rs. seventh rank, whichel'er is 1Il0l'e 48 . . . . B·Q5 feasible at the moment. 49 Kt·Q6 P·Kt3 35"" Q.K2 50 Kt·K4 K.R3 51 Kt·Q6 l'id K·R2 Missing an opportunity to 52 Kt·K4 K.R3 himself of the we ak Pawn. 35 . , . 53 Kt·Q6 Draw QxP; 36 QxP, D·Kt3 favors maCk. 36 R·K1 R-K1 28 RxR . . . . 37 Q. B4 Q·Kt2 28 K t·K 4, QR·Q.l ; 29 H·m, fol· 38 Q.Q5 P·KR4 The scores of the 10th and 11th lowed by 30 P·133, 31 P·KKU, 32 39 Kt·K3 B·Kt3 games, completely annotated, will P·KKt5, 33 K BZ, 34 It·KHl and 40 Kt. B4 · . . . a ppear in t he February issue- Ed. ANUARY, 1 943 J J The " Champions hip Group" of the popular, enterprising Washington Chess Divan in the nation's Capl. ta I.

Champions all, most of these play. e rs competed in t he c lub's Title T our na ment, w on by Reuben Fine.

Seated, left t o r ig ht, a re H. Sitler, V. L. Eaton, R. Fine, D. H. Mug. ridge, A. W . Fox. Sta nding, left to right, arc O. Shapiro, M. C. Stark, H. A. Rousseau, W . E. Nap­ ie.·, A. Me ngarini, N. p. Wigginton, L. N. Ponce .

• Reuben Fine Wins Club Tourney

Competing against a strong fi eld of chess stars, Under the leadership of Club President Mugridge Gra lH]mastcr RE UBEN FIN !; won the championship and Secretary Norl'al P. Wigginton, the W ashington o f the W " SHlN(jTON C HESS D IVAN in the cl ub's Chess Diva n is onc of the most active and pro. annual title tournament, concluded on De.1tt led 1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 20 B_A1 B. B3 fo r the remaining pri lCli. At the close of play, 2 P.Q84 P_K3 21 P_84 Kt·KU Mengari ni, Shapiro and Stark we re tied fo r 2nd, 3 Kt.Q83 B_Kt5 22 P_85 p,p 3rd nn d 4th places. Shapi ro is a former champion 4 P-K3 0 ·0 23 Ax P A.Q2 5 Kt·K2 p.Q4 24 Kt·Q5 B,B of Massach usetts while Stark and Mengarini have 6 P.QR3 8 .K2 25 RxB Q_Ql bot h held the title of D . C. Champion. 7 Kt.Kt 3 P.B4 26 P-K4 Kt-K2 8 PxBP p,p 27 RxP KtxKt Donald H. Mugridge and W ill iam E. Napier also 9 Q.B2 B,P 28 RxR Q,R entered the event but were forced to wit hdraw. 10 BxP Kt·B3 29 PxKt S. Kt4 Mugridge lost to Fine an(1 drew with Ponce but 11 0·0 P_QR l 30 Q. K6ch Q,Q 12 P_Kt4 B. K2 31 P,Q K.SI his hea lt h <1 i<1 not permit him to continue. Famous 13 B_Kt 2 Q_B2 32 P.QR4 B.8 3 internationalist Napier lost to Eaton and to Rousseau 14 B. Kt3 Kt_K4 33 R·Blc h K_Kl and h~d an adjourned position against Fox. He then 15 Q. K2 R_Ql 34 R_B7 R_Ql lx"Came invol l'e<1 in accidents, was unable to play, 16 QKt. K4 KtxKt 35 RxKKtP R.Q6 17 KtxKt B.Q2 36 B·B2 R-97 and la ter moved to Phi ladel ph ia. The Di va n offi. 18 QR_Bl Q.Ktl 37 B,P Resigns dais cancell ed his S<:OfC. 19 Kt_83 B·QS3 12 C H ESS RIl V IIlW' CARO.KANN DEFENSE R, Fine D. H. Mugridge White lllaCk 1 P_K4 P.QBS 20 P·B3 KR· Bl 2 P·Q4 P.Q4 21 Q.Q2 Kt-KB4 S P_KBS P. KS 22 P·Kt4 P_Q5 4 Kt·BS B.Kt5 23 PxKt P,B 5 P_K5 P.QB4 24 QxP p,p 6 P-QRS p,p 25 Q.BS R·B2 7 PxB PxKt 26 KR-Q1 P_KKtS 8 PxP Q_B2 27 P· B4 QxKtP 9 P_KB4 Kt, K2 28 KR.QKtl Q. K2 10 Kt.BS B.Q2 29 KtxP R·Kt1 11 B.QS QxBPch SO Kt_Q6 RxRch 12 B.Q2 Q.B2 S1 RxR Q.Ql 1S 0 _0 Q_KtSch S2 Q_QKtS Q_R lch 14 K_R1 B.Kt4 SS K-Kt1 Q_BS 15 BxBch Q,B S4 Q.QBS P_R4 16 Kt.Q4 Q.B5 S5 Q_Q2 K_R2 17 B_KS 0-0 S6 Q.Q5 Kt_B4 18 Kt, KtS Kt·RS 37 KtxP ( B7 ) Resigns 19 Kt.R5 Q·Kt4 Donald H, Mugridge, President of the Washington N IMZOVICH DEFENSE Chess Divan and former D istriet Champion. L, N, Ponce R. Fine \Vhile Black CHESS NEWS OF THE MONTH ;\l,1I'cy Hanft of Thomas J efferson WOIl the In· dividual championship tlnals of the Inte r scholastic News has just been received that famou! C hess League. Henry NuClens of De Witt Clinton International Master RUOOLF SPIELMANN was rnrlnel"up, The gtlmeR WCl'e pIny cd llt the has died in Stockholm at the age of 59, Mar~hall C, C, undel' the direction of .Milton I., 1-lan(1uer. A, E, Santasicre is leading with 4-0 in thc unnunl • MOSCOW (RUSSIA) champiotlshill tournament of the MarShall Ches~ Club now in progress, Hanaue r is in second place Va ~s ili Smyslov, 21-year old Soviet master, won with 2- 0, Twelve players are competin/!, tho Chess Championship of bl oseo,," in il tournament hehl in Moscuw during the lirst week or December, At t he end of thc fifth round In the CommercIal 19·12, Second place went to Isaac )Jo]esi<\I'sky, cham­ Chess I.ea~ne lllntches, Chase National Is leading pioll 01" l.he Ckl'aine, Kotov a lld Lilienthal shared with 5- 0, Ne w Yo rk T elephone Co. an,j the Lnlll' third a1l(1 fourth pi aces. The lournanlcnl was mn~ Co, are tied ror second and thIrt! with 3';4- 1'h watched with trcmclIdous ilileresl by tens of t hou_ and the New YOI'k Times is In fourth place wIth sands o f chess fan s. inciuliin,l;" Red Army men and 3- 2, U. S, Challlpioll S, J, Htls hevsky Is coachlllg commande rs. tho Lummus Co. tesm, H tl works for lhe company as <11l accountant , Smy~lov i ~ II thil'd-ycll l" student at the Avlation illstilule. His chess career has been brief but fill ed with outstanding achievements, In this tour. namcnt lie competed against all the leading- Soviet • NEW JERSEY masters with the e xception or Abs olute Champion The P lainfield C, C, has started the annual cham· Botvillnik, who now holds t.h e r e8p oll ~ ible post 01' pio!lship tOUl'nament for the Henry D, HIbbard Cup direc/O]' 01' the high tension labo"atory in one of donated by lhe late I-/. D, HIbbard, , .. The cluo III{> Inrgf'st »owf'r sla l ions in lhe Urals, is ~ llon s orin~ the tlrst annual chcss tournament for stud e nts of North Plainfield and Plalnlleld H igh Schools, , , The Union County Chess 1'ol1l'Jlament will Rtart in the club rooms of the Elizabeth C, C, • ENGLAND , . , , l~t2 Champion Leon Neidlsch or Elizabeth T he , comlllenting on the w!ll defe nd his title against Keiser, Krogoll and Army ChesH C hanwio ns hip noll' being condueted in )' Iagcr in a double ronnd robin some tinlc in March, Great Britain, writes: "The anHI~ing pOjJUlarity or chess in l{uRsin call be atu'i buted, ill g'reat measure, to the fact that. uuder the auspice" of a pnlcrnal go\'cI'HOlent. the • CHICAGO l're~s and radio are ~ \lppo rt ing c hcHs in the most Three o f Chicago's leading women chess I)layers whole·heal'h' d malln<' I' '" In the Hix weeks 1'01· look on all comers at the Service Men's Center No, lOwing' tlw ollicial sanCl iOl I of nn AI 'my Chess 2 ill the Auditol'lum Hotel on Dece mher 6th, Mrs. Ch ampioll ship (in England- Ed,), thel'e were j Ust Nil); /. Pau l ~ on, holder of the lHinois Women's ol'e r ~OO f'ntries , , , , '1'11'0

• LOS ANGELES • NEW YORK Tlie Hollywood Chtlss Gronp announce d that the nnnual Calirornia Ope n State Championship Tour. Yal e rl'!:;ained the H, Y. p, , D. College Chess nll111 ent was to be held at theh' headQuurtcrs, 108 League Ch:llupion;;ilij) by defeating Harvard .1- 0 N, Formosa AI'e , from Dec, 25th to January 31'11, at the ~larHhall Che~~ Club 011 Decemhpl' 20th, The Abont 64 players nre now competing In the Holly· l'l'inCHon alltl Dal'lmouth Lpam s we l' f) not re pre· wooel Open C hampIonship Tournament , Seventeen sented. The vict.orions Yale tellm consiRted or ladies are playJng in the Open Latlies' Tourney and H, Hyder ~Io ss , ' H , captain, Philadclphia: William at last repo1'ts, Mrs. Hoos, formerly of New York, It Gennen, 'H, Ne w f\pdi'ord, Mass ; Charles E, is leading with H 'h- l 'h. Ge nllert, ',15 , New Bcdfonl illass: ~', Stecle Blacknll Hr, '45, W, Woonsocket, l(, I, The Yale team then de mollH tral 1' d il s power by playing a 2- 2 tie with the lutl'l'collpgiate Champi01lship Team of the • WASHINGTON, D. C. C, C. N. Y, The ~'C(leral Chess Club's I)l"eliminary tourna· City Col lege lJlayt~ rs retained the chnmpionshl [> o[ me nts are scheduled to end fOl' all !inals to com· the IntPI'coli egiatf' Chess I,eague in the 7th and mence on ,January 5th, M, n . Paul, Emile Skraly, !inal round on Deccmbel' 27th, Alt.hough beate n by Hal'old BUrilge and Charles Karson are playing In Coope r J' nion in the last round, [he Lavenders the championship finals, finished with top score or 22 ,6, Coope r iJ nion was r, S, TUHOVER and K UHTZ WIMSATT have ~econd with 21-7 and Brooklyn College third with ~ pon s ore d tPI) annual s ubscriptions to CHESS RE· IS - 10, Teams l'epl'esen\.ing N, Y, 11 " Columhia, Vll~"V to bf' sent to the lIbraries of Army Camps Cornell, N, y , U, of Washington Square and Yeshiva and Hospitals in t.he \\'asllington area. Their gen· al so COlllPClCtl. erosity is appreciated by the boys in the camps,

14 CHESS REVIEW Hahlbohm Wins Chicago Title

CARO· KANN DEFENSE Michelson HahlbOhm White Black 1 P.K4 P.QB3 16 RxB Kt· B4 2 P. Q4 P.Q4 17 R. KBI KtxB 3 Kt·QB3 p,p 18 BPxKt R.Q2 4 B.QB4 Kt·B3 19 R.K5 Q.Kt5 5 B·KKt5 B· Kt5 20 Q.K3 Q.Q5 HERMAN HAHLBOHM 6 P·B3 p,p 21 QxQ R,Q 7 KtxP BxKt 22 R· K Kt5 Kt.Q2 Herman Hahlbohm, veteran campaigner and par. 8 QxB Q,P 23 RilKtP P·B3 ticipllllt in many Wcstcrn Association and American 9 B.Kt3 QKt.Q2 24 Kt. K2 R·Q7 Chess Federation tournaments, won the title of 10 R·Q l Q.K4ch 25 Kt·B4 P·K4 11 B.K3 P·K3 26 Kt· R5 R·K 1 Chicago Chess Champion in the dosing round of 12 0 .0 B. B4 27 P.KR3 P·K5 the cit)'.wiJc tourney which was starletl las! Sprin,1!; 13 KR.Kl 0·0·0 28 KtxP KtxKt under the auspices of the lliinoi~ Stale Chess Associ. 14 K· Rl Q· R4 29 RxKt P·K6 15 Q.B4 Iltwn, B,B 30 Resigns FINAL CHAMPIONSH I P STANDINGS W o n Lost Drawn Seore RETI OPEN ING Herman lIahlbohm ______6 1 0 6 - 1 s. Factor Or. M . Silver Samuf'i (,'nclO!' ______• ___ 5 I 1 5'h- l'h White Black Lewis .I. [sallcs _.______·1 2 1 H2- 2% 1 Kt.KB3 Kt.KB3 19 Kt· K4 6 x Kt Einar Michelson ______.( ;{ 0 ·1 - 3 2 P·B4 P.K3 20 QxB R.Q l Samucl Cohen ______3 .j 0 l - 4 3 P.KKt3 P.B3 21 KR·Q1 BxKtP A. N. Satl(irill ______. ____ 2 5 0 2 - 5 4 B·Kt2 P·Q4 22 RxRch K,R Dr. ~laurice Silver ______2 5 0 2 - 5 5 0·0 QKt.Q2 23 RxP Q. Kt5 Dr. Max ~la~lovitz ______6 0 1 - 6 6 P.Q4 B·Q3 24 Q.B2 Q.Q2 Hahlbohm won the title in the last round Wh en 7 Kt·B3 p,p 25 R.Kt4 B. B6 he finished his schedule with it victory ov<'r Einar 8 P· K4 P·K4 26 R·Ktl B.Q5 1I1lcheison, champion Of the Swedish Che ss Club, 9 B. Kt5 P·KR3 27 BxP Q. Kt5 while derending titleholder Samuel ~~actol' was lIeltl 10 PxP QKtxP 28 B·Kt2 Q,P to l\ draw In an 82·move baltle with Lewis J. Isaacs. 11 KtxKt BxKt 29 R·Q1 R,B Tills was Ihe only drawn galne of Ihe champio,,~hill 12 BxKt Q,B 30 QxR K· K 1 finals. 13 R·Bl P· K Kt4 31 P. K6 p,p Hahlhohm fully eamell tile right to bear the litle, 14 P· B4 p,p 32 R.KBI Q. Kt4 defeaUu,l; ~'ac tor, Isaacs aud Michelson, t.he three 15 PxP B.Q5ch 33 QxP Q.Q4eh other masters ,eeded by the tournament committee. 16 K_Rl R·KKtl 34 QxQ P,Q The new champion's only loss was to Samuel Cohen 17 P·K5 Q.Kt2 35 R.Q1 B.Kt3 in the secomi round. Ex·chanrlriOlI l~actor lost to 18 Q.B3 B·KB4 36 RilP and White W Orl Hahlbohm, drew with L-;lI acs. won all his olher games. l sallcs lost 10 Hahlbohm and Saudrin; Michelson los I to the three leaders. E. Michelson L. Isaacs Experience Triumphs Over Youth White Black Cohell, Sandrin, SilV!)l' and lIIaslo\'llz entered the 1 P·K4 P· K4 21 Q.K4 P.B4 finals after ~ urviving: preliminary and semi· final 2 Kt· KB3 Kt. QB3 22 Q·Ktl p,p tournaments. The competition began last June with 3 B·B4 B·B4 23 PxP QR.Q1 75 entt'ies in eight ]ll'ellminary sections held in 4 P.B3 P.Q3 24 P·Q6 Kt (R4).B3 various districts of the city. T he section winner!! 5 P.Q4 p , p 25 R· Kl B.R4 t hen took part in a semJ.rillul round robin from which 6 PxP B.Kt3 26 R· K3 B.Q7 theso four new star" emer>:"ed to cross SWOI':"ain won Ol'el' youth. The younger play er~ 9 0·0 Kt·KKt5 29 Q.Ql P'R relied on book oilenings and aggressive tactics bllt 10 P.KR3 KtxB 30 QxB KR· K 1 found themsell'es ulIllrel>ared for end·game man· 11 Q.R5 QxKt 31 R.K1 R. K3 euvering. 12 QxQ Ktil B 32 Q.KB4 P. B6 S]lonsol'ed by the I. S. C. A. and the Chicago Sun. 13 Q.Kt5 Kt(B5).R4 33 PilP p,p untirillgly promoted by Elbert A. Wagner, .Jr., Chess 14 P.Q5 Kt-Q5 34 P·Kt4 p,p Editor of (he Sun and i\lrs. Husse]] .J. \Villiams, 15 Q·Q3 P. QB4 35 R.KB1 P·R3 secretar)' of the I. S. C. A., the entire competition 16 Kt·B3 B.Q2 36 Q.B7ch K·Rl was proof of a strong" n )l'il'al of chess interest in 17 K·R1 P.QR3 37 R·Bl KtxP Chicago. 18 P·B4 B.Kt4 38 Q. B7 R.Q2 Three games Fr om the finals arc given in the ad· 19 KtxB PxKt Resigns joining column. 20 P. K5 P.B5 JANUARY, 1943 15 PLAY· THE MASTERS CHESS REVIEW'S POPULAR "SOLITAIRE CHESS" GAME

Instructions If you are interested in ~eeing how a \Vorhl Chaillpioll acquires a positional 'l(h·aJltage. ami what use he m akes of it, you cun com parc Wit.h a s lip of paper' , eOI'e!" all your abilily to pick t he right moves with the s traightforwarll method;; I he mOl'es in the box \)f'\ow except t.he !irst mol'!' . chala~teri~lic ot Dr. El1w e ·~ ,,\.yl e. :'Ilake all tllP Oll('ning- moves 0:1 YOII have W H I'rl'; lind your pIlrtncr is Dr. Euwc ; your oppollent is your board u p 10 a u rl including llw Ill!' 8\\"('lli,.;h master G. Sloliz. Stully Black·s mOl"es carefully before fir;;!. mOl'e in the box (Black'~ making I1p yonr mind as 10 t he beM wa ~ · t o allswer them. sel'enth) . Gel out your boa l·o1 :t1l01 I,iec.. ~ - or your pockct set- anti scc what Study Ill<' p05itioll lInd set('ct k \Vhitc·H I" ... ply. \\'I"ile down your stor(' you call 11Ia e. ~O'lc ctioJl . The il C XI'0~t ' tlw IIf' X! line and SCI' Ihc 1lI01·e \\·hite <1( :. Make These Opening Moves tllally made (at the 1f'fi ) . i;col"f' ! p.Q.1. l'·Q·I: 2 P·QB·1. 1'·1(3; :\ Kt·QIJ3. P·Q IH; ·1 Bl'xl'. I~P xP: lIar it" yon l'i~l(ed lhi~ 1110\·1'. If n 1101. score 1.ero. alltl make Ihe COI·­ Kt· Jl3, Kl·QB:I: (; ['·I(KI:\. l ~t · B3: 7 B·KI2. Now co n tinlle with tile llIove~ rc et W hile lIIov e on yOllr board. in I Ill'! box bl'low. i\lakf' llla ~k · " Il ext move. shown on the ~ mll C lin .... Cominltc il ~ b,,· ["o re. Oil,' lill<' at a tilllc. 1.0 til(' W h ite p" Black Your S elect ion Yo ur e ml of tll!' ganl('. P layed S core Played for W hite's m ove S core 7 . • . . ------8 Kt_ K5! ______3 8 .. .. P x P ------9 Kt x B! ______A Notes on the Game 9 .. .. P x Kt ------10 Kt x Ktc h ______2 10 .. .. QxKt T hl~ galliP i~ from Ill(' l la s tiugs 11 P x P ______1 11 . .. . Q x QBPc h C hri,;lll\a~ TOlll'IUl ment of I D31 ·32. ------12 B- Q2 ______1 12 .. .. Q- B3 T he o llell ill g u;;,,\! is the Tarras\:ll ______3 ------n('fcll.~c HI I he Queen 's Gambil 130- 0 ! 13 . . .. R_ Ql ______3 Declined, in "alher a no\"(~l form. 14 Q_Kt3 14 .. . . P-QKt3 The gauw may be found, with ex­ ------15 B- QB3 ! ______3 15 .... Q- Kt3 hilllSlil'!' n()t ' ·~, in !~uw\·'s extej· 16 BxQP ______2 ------lent ('oll('etion "1"I'om :'I l y Games." 16 .. . . B- B4 17 BxKtc h ______5 ------1\'ol('S rf'rl'r tu White mOl' CH, 17 . .. . QxB 18 8xP ______1 ------9t h: This l'aWll ~ a crifke is mol'f' 18 .... KR- Ktl ------emerprising than 9 KtxK t, Px l ~l: 19 Q- QB3 ______3 19 .... Q- K3 10 (lxI', II"h('1I Black ha:i a lair ------20 QR_ Ql 1 ______5 20 . ... RxR gal11(" 21 R x R ______1 ------12th : Wf' 11011' sec that Ill" 01, · 21 ... . QxKP 22 R- Q2! ______3 ------ject of t he l 'all"lI was to 22 ... . Q- K8c h ------obtain a ni<;c two·Bi shop ).:a llle plus 23 K- Kt2 ______1 23 . ... RxB a lead il l dcvclopmctlt. ------24 R_QEch ______1 24 . .. . K xR 13th: Not 13 B.x!'. 1(·(,11 awl 25 Q x Q ______1 ------Blat k sl'IIHI~ 1'"0' 11 . Continued ole · 25 .... R_Kt3 26 Q-K4! ______5 ------velupnwJlt i ~ thc walc hll'un! i"OI· 2:; ... • P-K R3 Whitl'. 27 Q-R8ch ______2 27 .. .. K- K2 ------15t h: "'oJ. I;, IlxP? I'I·(F,! lIlack 2('. Q x Pc.h ______1 28 .. .. K-Bl cannot an~w,'r the (e XI with I ii 29 P_QR4 ______-4 . . . p·or;: 11j ()· I'I:;, 11 ·(13 bccau~e 29 .... B_ Kt5 30 Q- Kt8ch ______2 ------of 17 11:\1': 30 ... . K_ Kt2 31 Q- K5ch ______2 ------17th: 17 B.xl' lends 10 Hi ~ hop 8 0 1" 31 .... K- Ktl ------OPI'O ~i l'· color. 32 P- B4 ______3 32 .... R_ K3 23rd : If nOlI· 23 .•. Q ·K;'ch ; 21 ------33 Q- Kt5 ______3 33 .. . . 8-Bl 1'·B3. Q·I\6; 25 B·Bt; winning. ------34 P _ B5 ______2 34 . . . . R_Q3 25t h: Whit c must ~till win a ------PaWII (25 ... ]>·QIU: :W Q·Kii!). 35 K- B3 ______3 35 . . . . R- Q5 ------29t h: Intpiloli n){ to advance the 36 K- K3 ______3 36 . . .. R- QKtS ------I'awil to Ilti wi th an easy w in. 37 Q- K8 ______2 37 . ... K- Kt2 36th : II" IIO\\" :16 . .. H·II-!; :3j 38 K-Q3 ______3 38 ... . K_ Ktl Q·KS eh. I\· I \ I ~: :lS <)-IC'ich w ins . --.------39 K- B3 ______-4 39 ... . R- Kt5 39t h : Tlrr"atPII~ Qxllch! ------40 Q-Kt5 ______-4 41st: ·1 I !'·l(5? n ·Kt5ch: 42 Qxll? 40 . .. . B- B4 HxQ: · I~ K xl(. PxPch and Bhll·k 4 1 K- Kt3! ______7 4 1 .. . . K_ Kt2 ------draws b('tau~e o f his Ki ng·s po· 42 P_ R5! ______7 Resigns sition: 42nd: \\·nit in)!." for ·I?- . . . 11· l'l;;ch: ·1:\ ()xl!. BxQ: .].I p·nG! Total Score ___ 100 Yo ur P ercentage win ~ . But Black has had enough. ------= 16 C H E SS REV I !!W The Immortal Games of I

in one single encounter with Capablanca, and had by Fred R einfetd five losses to show for hi5 paim. It is therefore easy to imagine the sensation created by Capablanca"s The articles in this series, and the accom­ loss of the title. panying games, a re excerpts hom Reinfeld's new book of the same title, p ublished lasl And yet, as one looks back at the match, what else could have been the result? The challenger was at month b y Horowitz a nd Harkness, New York. least as e(lually gifted as the champion in respect of ability. But as regards ambition, wi lli ngness to PART V study, capacity for concentration, intensity of love EX-CHAMPION 0927-1942) for tile game, Alekhine was unrivalled. For years, Capablanca had not bothered to prepare for even In the very act of achieving his splendid victory the most serious tests; he had always sh irked the at the Scxtangular Tournament' in New York, 1927, chore of 5tudying the fine points of opening theory; Capablanc;1 had revealed weak points in his armor what did not come easily to him, did not come tu which were to prove hi~ undoing before the year h im at all. And so he was to discover, in the bitter was out. phrase of Anderssen after his match with Morphy, Before the 1927 match for the title took place, that one cannot kcep chcss ability intact in a glass not a single commentator considered the possibil ity case. that Capablanca could lose the match. Some spec_ With the loss of thc title, Capablanca's best years ulated that Alekhine might win a game or two, but werc over. H e was now a master like the other that was the limit of their expectations. After all, masters, one of many fighting for glory. He had the Russian had nc,'cr managed to (orne atlt vi(tor i ou.~ lipS and downs, periods in which he approached the

Players in t he famous Inte r national Mast ers' To urnament a t Nottingham, 1936. Capablanca t ied w ith Botvinnik fo r fi rst prize. Standing (left to right ) ; R. F ine, S. Ta rt a kower, M. Vid. mar, E. D. Bogolyubof, T . H. Tylor, C. H . 0 ' 0. Al exande r, S. F lo hr, S. Reshevs ky, M. Bot. vi nni k, A. J. Ma ckenz ie (T o u rn. Dir.) . Se at~ d ( left t o r ig ht ) ; S ir G. A. T homas, Dr. E. Lasker, J. R. Capabla nca, J . N. Derbysh ire (P at ron ), Mrs . De r bys hi r e, M. Euwe, A. Al e khine, W. W int e r. CapabLanea (r ig ht) inauguratu the " Cl ub de Ajedrez Capablanea" at P lnar del Rio, Cuba, on Mareh 19th, 194 1, In the eenter (next t o Capa­ DC blanca) is Dr, Antonio Barrera., Pru ident of the e lub. Other. are not identified, Shortly a fte r thi, pieture waa taken Capablanca eame to New York In a tinal but unsueee ..f ul attem pt to arrange a return mateh with Alek_ hlne, On Ma rch 7th, 1942, he was strleken at the Manhattan Chell Club and died the foll owing day, - . play of his best years, and at other ti mes there were Capablanca 's Tournament Record lapses that left him unrecognizable, Thus in the , great tournament at Carlsbad In 19 29, he turn ed • , , - , o , • out masterpieces with almost mass. production [re­ • ~ ~• o ~- guency; ret he put a piece against Saemisch • en priu New York S t ale, ]9]0 ______] 7 o o 7 on the ninth mo\'e! He scorNI some notable suc­ New York, ]9] I ______Z 8 I 3 12 cesses

RC'o'iewing "The Immortal Games of Capablanca" "The gyrating White Knights in the C~IJ)ablanca· in the NeIll Y ork Post on December 14th, H . R. Yates encounter in New YOl·k in t92·1 (No. 'IR) have beeu unh-ersa.lly admired as one of the lines t ex· Bigelow wrote: amples of chess cal'alry in action. Then these two "Author Reinfeld has com piled an excellent biog­ opponents ar'e seen agaIn in No, 87, Barcelona, 1929, raphy "mi a comprehensive record of lhe Cuban's II r emarkable fighting garlle Which the lose I' admired magnificent accomplishments hI the arena of naUonnl so much that Ile included it amonA" the collection of and internntionai competition together with h!~ briM, his own best games! but splendiGambit (No. ~ I) with a crltical positions. diagram just before the ninth turn when Black's " It Is somewhat difficult to enumerate the out­ subtle move suddenlr changed the enUre standing gems when ther'c arc so many, for each aspect of the attack! In the second (No. 47) we encounter points out some Je sson, or stresses some witness with bated breath the onrush of the WhIte brilliant handling of a difficult playing pl'oblem. King- of all 1I1ece~ - l o take pari In the tlnal on­ Thel'e are, naturally, many old fav orites, but there slaught. are also many of the lesser known victories- games "Dr, Remstei)}. Bogoljubow, Dr. EllWe, Fine, Mar_ which deserve world-wide recognition. shall, R.eshevsky, R.eti, Hubinsteln. S pielmann, Dr. "The tltanlc battles with Dr. Emanuel Las ker are Tarrasch and a host of other world-famous masters Illustrated by the 10th and 11lh games of their are nl80 to be found matching theIr wits and t hei r match for th~ world's championshIp in 1921 (N os. com binations with t.he almost invincible Cuban. And Hand 42). Then Capa's great victory over that finally, the book comes to its concluaioll With a hair­ same foe In New Yor·k In 1924 (No. 50). There is raising game with M. Czerniak from the Buenos the remarkable 22nd game of the match with Dr. Aires Team Tournament of 1939. in which both Alekhine In 1927. an encounter whIch ended In a players gave of their best and traded heavy blow ~ , draw after t he most amazing comb inations and asking no favors and giving none, '" A 'Must" counter·combinations (No. 66). book ! " Just Published! The Immortal Games of CAPABLANCA by FRED REINFELD

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JA NU ARY, 1943 19 Chess Thrillers by Irving Chernev

In this series Mr. Cherney pre­ New Orleans, 1920. be accepted (1"01' instance. 23 ... sents a selectioO'l of extraordinary PHILlDOR'S DEFENSE Hxft; H Qxl{eh. Q·K 1; 25 QxQch. games culled from his famous l{xQ; 26 Hxl{ mate ) and as tim chess library. This month all the Thi8 game I'anks wit.h tho m os t Dlnel, Queen c ~n now be capt ured games involve Queen sacrifices-Ed. brilliant ever produced in ihe whole on all four squares o f (he v;Ull his lory of ches s ! d iag onal, lherefore : Rotterdam, 1940. The White Queen is offered for Black Resigns. sacrifice six times in SUCC (l ss iUlI QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE and must be refused each time o n Keres' genius shows itseH in this ]lain o f checlUllate! F rankfort, 1930 beautiful game wherein he ~acri· E Z. Adams Torre flees his Queen against an ex­ RUY LOPEZ world champion ami wins bril­ White Black lIow is one to draw the line llantly! 1 P.K4 P·K4 when amateurs play lill e masters? Euwe Keres 2 Kt.KB3 P.Q3 Hermann Hussong 3 P.Q4 p,p White Black 4 QxP Kt.QB3 White BlaCk 1 P_Q4 Kt_KBS 5 B.QKt5 B. Q2 1 P-K4 P· K4 2 P_QB4 P-K3 6 BxKt B,B 2 Kt·K83 Kt.QB3 3 Kt-KB3 P-QKtS 7 Kt.S3 Kt.B3 3 8 . Kt5 P. QR3 4 P-K Kt3 B_Kt2 8 0·0 B·K2 4 B·B4 Kt.B3 5 B·KtZ B.K2 9 Kt·Q5 BxKt 5 P.Q3 B·B4 6 0.0 0_0 10 PxB 0-0 6 B·K3 P.Q3 7 Kt_BS Kt_KS 11 B·Kt5 P. B3 7 QKt.Q2 B·K3 8 Q_82 KtxKt 12 P· B4 p,p 8 B(B4)xB P,B 9 QxKt P_Q3 13 PxP R· K1 9 BxB P,B 10 Q.82 P· KB4 14 KR.K1 P.QR4 10 Kt· B4 Kt.Q2 11 Kt_Kl Q_81 ! 15 R·K2 QR.Bl 11 P.QR4 Q.B3 12 P_K4 Kt_Q2 16 QR.K1 Q.Q2 12 P·B3 0_0 13 P_Q5 BPxP 17 BxKt! B,B 13 0·0 QR.Q1 14 QxP Kt_B4 14 P·R5 Kt· K2 If Ii .. . PxU; I.~ Hxll. HxH: B.KB3 15 Q.Kt3 15 Q_K2 19 HxH. QxH; 20 Q· Kt4eh followe d Kt·KKt3 16 B.R3 R_Kl 16 QxP by 21 QxH wins for White. Kt· B5 17 B.K3 Q.Ql 17 Kt· K1 Q.Kt4 18 BxKt p,p 18 K·R1 R.B3 19 8-K6ch K_Rl 19 Kt.K3 R(Q).KBI 20 R.Ql QPxB 20 QxBP R(Bl).B2 21 Kt·Kt2 P.Q5 21 Q.B8ch Kt·Bl 22 P·B4 P_Q6! 2~ QxlW : Q.R4 23 Rx? . . . . 23 R·KKtl . . . .

18 Q.KKt4!! . . . . The Queen cannot he captured as IS . . . QxQ; 19 Hxl{eh. Itx/(: 21} Hxlt mat es- and the Queen must stay on the diagonal Q2.QR5. 18 . . . . Q·Kt4 23 . . . . QxR! ! 19 Q.QB4!! Q.Q2 23 "l' QxPch 24 QxQ B·Q5ch K,Q R. R3ch 25 R.B2 R,B All ~acrific es mu~ t be refused 23 K.Kt3 Kt·K7ch 26 K_Bl QR.Kl and the Queen must s tay on lhe "26 K·Kt4 R·B3ch 27 P·B5 R·K4 (liagonal. 27 K· KtS R·R7 p,p 28 P-B6 20 Q.B7!! Q. Kt4 The threat is 23 . . . p · H3 iIllltl'. 29 R_Q2 B·Bl The same uote applies here . 28 QxKtch K,Q 30 Kt·B4 R.K6 29 Kt.B3 P·R3ch 31 Q.Ktl R·B6ch 21 P.QR4!! QxRP 30 K.Kt6 K· Kt1 RxKt! here. too. 32 K· Kt2 And 31 KtxR R·B4! 33 PxR R·Ktlch 22 R·K4!! ' Q.Kt4 34 K. B3 B·Kt5ch Now Black threatens 32 . . . 35 K.K4 R.Klch As lI"ell a s here. It·i{t·\ mate. 36 K.Q5 B·B6ch 23 QxKtP!! . . . . 32 PxR Kt.B5 mate and mates next move. And now that no sacrifices ca:l i A magnificent combination:

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20 42, with excellent ke y, contnlnll 1I remarkable \';I riely of play, P. L. ROTHENBERG If Dr, p . G, Keene)" 0 1' an ybo d ~' e lse, Is In a 1100;i· Problem Editor lion to treat us to mO l'e o f Ihe late Dr, Dobbs ' HAPPY NEW YEAR TO A LL!! posthumous ol'lglna ls, wc shall be Irul)' grateful. \Ve l"f'ilUIUIl the Soh"crs' Contest with renewed 1\0, 20~3 is the last on hanll, I' igol'. The " rcsent :LlTflngement e!\ll~ 1'01' a monthly Contributions from 'V, S, W(ltc nnan o f Suu Fran· fare Ull to 20 problems, with fllll l)le time (about two cisco, composcr or No, 204i, are al~o exhall~ted, I mon th~) nllowed fal' aubml~ ~ !on of solutions. In certainly hope that he wJlI fa vor liS with tIl ore view of the new schedule. however. solutions t o problems, problems will not lll'PCllr until three months afte r I was delightcll Lo hear from R C, Bello, who hails 1)\1 b I iea t iOll. from St. Paul. His No, 20 4518 a well (:OIli!tI'ucted effort. Do not forget the Chl'1stmas S{)1vl ng Contest (No;!. No, 204 8 is the first ,ttle tlliit In C HI~SS nEVII~W by 2020·20 29 , Dec. isslle) lI' hlc h Iii Mi llar-ate from the OUI' star soll'el', Ell! Viveiros, Who JnfOl'!1I8 me that regulal' Soll'crs' COlltes t, Please nole correctlons: he hopes to continue chellS aClil'ltles after Inllnlnent :-<0. 202,1 is a mate In 3, not 2, In No, 2023, add induction into (he armed ~cl'\' l ce~, illack P(I\\'n o n Black's I\B2, Solutlons are due No, 2 0 ~9 is a lin e example of four·way plfty, i, c .. Feb, 2ith, s imultaneous opcnl ng and clos ing of 1\\' 0 \Vh!te and This mOllth's crop be !l;ius with a cute mi niature, t wo Black lines, It Is dedlcatcd to Ala! n White, No, 2030, whIch COll ta lns more lo lay than is ord inarily ,\l ott·Smith continues IIklllrully to de monstrate direct, expected In such ~Ien d er poSl\IOlls, The composer, mate themes in the sell'mate, (In the selfmnte prob· a resident of Cranstoll, n, I., Is a nne chess pla yel' lem, 'Vhite, mO l'ing ttl'st, compels Ul ltck to delll'er and ll O !l o l'ice at problems, The two,mo\'e minia· mate to White In the stipulated number o f moves,) ture, b ~' t he way, has been dubbed "gleam" by A COM E DY O F E R RORS Richard Cheney, o ne of my dlstlnsu lshed Il redeces· A wicked fa te hall befallen Slegfl' iell I-leinenlaun's sors as IIl'Oblem editol', whose ta~k achle .'eme nt in 1\0,2019 (No\', Issue). T he correct d ia l> mUl follows: 1\0, 20 ~ 6 is quit e rellresentllth'e of his s kill as II No. 2019 ( Amended) by S t EGFRI E D HEI NEMANN problemis t. No. 2031 Is dedicated to Cudet BonIfa ce DeBlasio, brother of the compose", We Join in wishing Bonl, Face godslleed In t he all' COI'PS, No, 2032 is by (I n entel'pl'ls ln,ll; young!;ler ( he's Ii!) or Cleveland He ights, OhIo, It Is a reseUi!)g of C, W, SheJllm rd's cooked 1\0, 1962 ( May ' 4\, CHESS BEYIEW), VeWHln Coml.oset' SheplJard write,~, characteristically cuough. that "It Is much better thlln the original was Intended to be." Concel'l1lng No, 2023 Shelillard nOIU that It III oue of his fal'ori te ]Iroble ms on a theme exploited by him In La Strategie "some twe nty years ago," [n Holladay and Shep­ Danl we hin'e a coutraH In ago:! aud ex perience, but certainly !lot III devolton to the art of pl'obl em Chess. No, 2035 1s by allot.hel' youngst.c!' (also 17) of Nod\\'ootl, Ohio, The Buck eye Stat.e is thus far leading in ~' ollthflll tale nt, Close lit heel is Call, fornia, with !\Iartin Bubln, 15, from Los Angeles, who turns a nl'at (wist In No, 20~ ' L The setting a]lllenred ol'!glnalh' wIthout the all· We recently met tht' Composer (I f No, 203,1 through illll){)rlant Bi~hol\ on ]0. There was no solutlon. his exqu isile No, 20 13 (1'\0", Issue), No, 20,10 is Heinemann proll1 plly sent In a cOlTecl lon, a s did destined, I beliel'e, to ]lrOI'e as amusing a s Gabor's a n umber o f soh'er s, Your editor a s 111'0 t))ptly motto, "Just a Joke," Ilecided that t he !liMhO ]1 at 1\:3 could be substituted We are In de bted to Good 'sel,l:'hbor Tasso Molta , for the 'Vhite P:t"'n a t QIt7, and such correct ion of Hi o de ,Janeiro. fOr No. 2036. allpeared in the Dec, Issuc, AgaIn there was no Costikyau's No, 2037 Is It study In line Ollenlng!! s olution. Bllt t hat Isn't nil. Heinema nn a llio de· and cl(lsings, whe reas Ga m ag..,'~ No, 2038, wllh some cided that the Ui Shoj) waS ]lrO I)ed y Illaced 011 n 7 l antalizln~ tries, Is a s illendid example of his pains­ fin d he sent me ,t congratuhttory note on the revi­ taking ca re in constl'Ucllon, sion, suggeslinj!; thin I Claim c redit as a joint com­ P rofessor Hal'greal'es, 011 t he fllc ulty of Alabama Iloser , .. I have caused t he e lll1t'e conruslon, and Polytechnic Iusllt u te, takes t illie orr his academic the Icast I can do Is to orrer Ill)' I qX)togle~ to all! pUl'Suits, to give us 1\0, 2039 "'hich e ntails clevcr T he solution is as follow~ : I n ·QI\I,I, I\t'an)'; 2 ambusll Slrategy, Kt·D,lch, KlxKt; 3 n ·lJ.leh, I\xU: 4 Q,B7ch, Kt xQ No, 20H i:;; the seco nd published effort b)' La wyer .\l ate, It Is a I'ery ne a t demoll~lr llt j on of change Steal'tls, whert'(ls H ann a y'~ engaging mlnlatul'c, No. of in thc selfmate ,

I AN II ""Y , 1 _94~ 21 Twenty Original Problems

All proble ms on thes e Ilages arc publis hed (or the lirH t ime. '['ho !lallles or the composers arc n~ follow s : 2030- \V a ltcr D. Suesmun 204O-NiChoht g Gabor 2031-F . .T . C, De Blasio 2041 - E l!iot E. StCiLrn s 2032-Ed,l;

22 CHESS REVI E W • In Prize Solving Contest

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS 2030.2049 DUE FEBRUARY 28th

RULES OF CONTEST: You may enter this contes t at any time. Ellch month, a half-year subscription to CHESS HEVIE\V (or extension of present subscription) is awarded to the contestant who heads the solvers' list. The winner's score is then cancelled and he stal'ts a new, Duplicate jlrizes fo r lied scores. Submit w\utions to P r oblem Edliol" before date Rpecified. Key moYes only required for direct-mate t wo­ movers a ud t hree-movers ; k ey moves and variations for all others. Point credits uHually correspond to number of mOI'es. Full credits for corrcd claims of "no solution" find for "cooks" (solutions other thun composer's intention ). Deductiolls for wrong solutions. NO ENTRY FEE. THIS CONTEST I S FREE.

JANUARY, 19 43 23 CHESS BY MAIL

CAR L ETON M. FEN LEY, w hose portrait appears at the left, has been playing in our Postal Tout'naments since April, 194 1, H e di v i ded first prize in Sect ion 21 of the 1941 Open, scoring 6Y2-1Y2 , is now playing in two groups o f t he 1942 Sectional, F enley's rating has steadily increased and t oday he is one of our leading players with a rat ing of 1260. Last summer, his mother ( Mrs. W. R, Fenley) joined OUr post al group, t his month graduat ed to Class A , F enley is 27 years old, liv es in Sout h Port land, Maine, whe r e he work s in the shipping indl.lst cy. H e wri tes: "I was first i ntroduced to chess in 1934 b y my mot her who played , t :legame seve ral years ahead o f me. I joined t he Portland Che~s C lub in 1935 a nd have been an active mem ber e ver since. Since 1937 I have played about 200 game5 by mai l and t he longe r I play the more I enjoy it ." " I ha ve been a subscriber to C H E SS RE V IEW s ince 1939 and t he corresponde nce friends I have met through t his magazi ne are among the fin est chess frie nds I have ever played."

WITH OUR POSTAL PLAYERS 1943 VICTORY TOURNAMENT

by JACK W. C O LLINS Tile big ))ew~ 0 1" the mont h is the :t1l1l0UIICf'lIlcnt Postal Chess Edito r or our 1\).1 :1 ViCIOI";" TO\1I'n!lt~ on lhe different attract ions of Chess III addition to lhe cash prizes, scores of book By :"Ilai !. prize s will also b p awarded, EI'(ry pla~ ' (' r who lInal· l.ac <:> y l\"1"it ,s: "\\'e .'; ur<:> han' fun in these Sec­ Hies lor the final round a nd fini s he;; his IIla~ ' ilig tiollab: Fa~ t f'r m ail dc!ivery mnkes it possible schedule will l'eceive a copy o r the new $3.00 Clll'S;; to kf'f l' up an in tcresting and up-to date e xchange Classic "The Golden Treasury or C h .. ~ ;;, " \0 be IJub­ o r thoughts. Subjecl8 are disCUSBf'(1 while they are lished cady this year by Horowitz '\)1(1 Harkuess. still fr eHh in our m inds. :\II". Alli ~o n d,,~ern~s a This will be a big 300·page book cO lltaining f,;l9 o f special reconl!nendatioll_ He nnsw e r~ my canis a l­ the greatest game~ 01" chess ever playe d. mo~t he fore I send thtm, and our d iscussions o f Ko!' have we forgotten those who fail to qualify. other g-ames alit! positio ll s gave us no e nd of fun. F.ve!'y ],Iaye l' ent ering lids tOlIl'name))t who does He was u~\lally conect in his i\llalys is, i\nil I was KOT r]ualify for the final round will iJr give!1 one wrong. Anyway, playing such fe llow.~ as III H . free etltry into our rep1la\" Cl a~s Tournament, 111'0- Allison mak(' s chess worthwhile." vided he lias fi nis ll ed his vlayiJlg .~ e ll edu l e in the Here we see an example o f Ul(' slj(lrt ~ma nshill, Victory Tonrmllllent.. enthUSiasm, ;!lld frif'ndliness, whieh is (' ommon 10 Ula]l'r tll,' ~y~telll of qualificatioJI. w,· " s timat!' " Postal Ch es~. A", one w ho has i111l'rol'('d his gallle that nt leaH olle-fou!"(h of ail enLt'ie~ will I'each the l by it. made nc\\" fricml;; by it, and d e rin'd nmny final round and will cash 01' hook Jlriws:: 'I'hosf' Illensant ho ur;; from il. ill I ' ariou~ tOlll"n;olllents 1'0), who fail to make the grade will COmllf'te for pri7.es several y e ar~, your Editor Clln aPlll'f'Ci at(' l.ace y·s in the , -man secti on~ o f the Class Tournament. recling~ Hl1(1 understand why our list of I'laycl's is The manue l' in which this tournllment will he le ngthe ning ,(11(1 additional sections aI'(' forming so comluclCd and the Gomlilion ;; o f piny arc described on quickly. Pag-e ~Ii. !l.ead theSe rnles carefully: thell ~ell d ill your The ste;ldy increase in the n u mbe r 01" contestants tIl try, T he t'!11.1·y j",w to t his big- t ~ l' e!lt ( in which you brings a c;ol"l"eHpo!1(iing increase of clerical work, cn n win a~ much H8 $ t OO!) is only $:: pe l' ~eetio n . ratillg cllIcul;llillg , Ipt.ter Wl' ltlllg, "nnotatillg, ad· judicatiolls, ;111(1 other tasks. So the ;\-la nagi])g Ed­ itor, as annoullced in t.h e [)f'c('mbet· issue, hail 1943 CLASS TOURNAMENT created the )Jo.~i(ion of Postal C hess Editor. The En1ries lire now ilcillg received fOr ill101hpr Cla~s latter is Mill bu ~y tryin!!: to fully f'lI11iliarize hinl­ TournanI<'1I(. cllJld ucted llJaler exa clly Ill<' sa))](' COII ­ self with 1 he ne w job but how's he will feel right ditions as 1he : I!) · I~ event. lr yO\! ell (et· thi;; tourney. a t h0111P by tl)(' time (he F f' bruary ed ilio!! is drOIJlJed YOII will 1)(' !!:rOU)Jed lI"ith six ot.ilf'r playet's 01 ajJ­ in yo:!r mail box. IJro:>:imatPly your o\\"n pla)' ing streng-tho l'rizes in In the m e nlltime hl'l'e's wis hillg you a ll good cl I P~S (aeh ' ·man s(' Ction nre credils o r $ 1. $~ and $1 to and good luck in 1913. and lct'~ all ,",csol"e to n,ake the fi)'~1 , 8econd and third place winllc rs respec­ this y"ar the greate~t Po~l1d Clte~s Y,'ar e l' el': tively. Entl'y !'ec is $1 ll()r-s()ction. 24 CHESS REV I EW • $300.00 In CASH Prizes offered • our new Postal Chess 1943 VICTORY TOURNAMENT

T he I)lcallurc HllIl enjoyme nt you df'rh ',' from l ' l n)' in ~ c hess by nIH il ClUJ now br ill/:" YOII the a dded thrill of r com lleting ror- llC rhallll winni n/:"! - olle o f llU'l<,' lIIG FIRST PRIZE CAS H PHIZES! Twe nty (20 ) ea sh l)rlzeil, amounting- to II tota t of $3 00.00, will b~ IIw ll n li!d to Ihe twent ,V plIlY !' 1'~ who finish with the hiJ{ hest Kcores in CH ESS m;:VmW'R Second Prize • • $50 new 19-13 V1 CTOHY 'I 'OU HNAMENT. The Grand !,'Il'Rl Prize is $I OO .OO!! Second Prize Is $50.0f}! 'l'hll',l $25 prize is $25. 00! AIl,1 th('t'c al'e 17 other CA S H l)l'lzc~, Third Prize • • • as listed on t hl~ imge. But that 1~Il't n il ! Every lliayer who qUlll l ll., ~ for 4th PRIZE · .. .$15 the tlnal round and fl nis hes his l)laying l 5th PRIZE .$10 awarded a blJ{ 300' IHlJ{ e $3.00 book en t itled " Thc GoMen T n~ asu r }' of C Il" sll:' con t;o inlng 53!! o f the moltt brll· 6th PRIZE · .. .$10 linnt games of chellil cI'er played, T h is is one el'ent In which everybody wlnll II Jlrizc 7th PRIZE .$10 of some k ind, You CIIIl gO a ft er that biJ.: $ 100.00 fl rst pr ize, 01- one o f thl' othel' J 9 cash prizeil ; bllt. If ),011 8th PRIZE .$10 d on't sllcceed, ),011 will have an opportUUlty 10 win Il $3,00 book IJ rlze, (We estimate thal at JCIIH one· fourth of all e l\tl'h ) ~ will r each t he fi nal rounil and win 9th PRIZE .$10 It cash 01' book jll'!Z(> !) Even if you fllll to Qualify for the flllal~, yon will 10th PRIZE .$10 t hen be gil"cn ONE FJ(I::l': I ~NTH Y (worth $1) luto 0111' regulllr Class Tournament, w here YO U w il! coni pete (or Next TEN Prizes (11th to 20th) I)rizes ill a j ·m:ut section, $5 each ...... $50 Anybody CIl I: Cliter th lll tournnmelll. It c!OCII Il' t maner whethel' )' ou hal'e played Ilostal chcss bCforc • 01' not. Noll' is a ]l;ood time to s tart. Conllllete ill, I!tructioll s. elC lllilinin,l:: how chess is lliayed by mnil, Additional Book Prizes will be sent to 1-111 new ent des, toge ther with our EVERY player who qu;tlifie-s for the Hules of POMlll1 Che!lil, final round and fin ishes his playing Read the TournH lllenl lI ules Oil Ille next IH' J{e li nd schedule but f alls to w i n a tuh prize t hen fill in alltl mil!! Illo e ntry form below, or a copy wil l be awarded it copy of the NEW $3.00 of It, to C HI~SS llEVIEW, 250 W e~ t 57th Street, New CHESS CLASSI C "The Golden T reasur) York, N, y, of Chen"- a big 3OD-page compendium containing 539 of the most brillia nt games of the .. ever played. (T o be ,­ ------CH8SS IU~VmW , PO ~ lal Ches!; Dept., publ ished early In 1943 by Horowlh: and ENTRY H arkness, New York). I 2;;0 West 57th S t.. Nell' \'ol'k, N, y , FORM I enclose $ ______•• , Enter m }' IHl me In • ______

Consolation Prizes I section{s) or )'011 1' 194 3 VICTORY TO I · HNA;"fI~NT, EV ERY pli1yer who enters this tou r­ T he ~mo ll nt pnctolled co ver s t he cuU'y f (>(> or $2 lIe r nament and fi nis hes his p laying .chedule I but h il, to qUllify for t he final round sect ion. will be given ONE FREE ENTRY (w orth I [ have """,1 11,.. 't'our",,,,,, .. 1 It"",. ,,,,,I """ ",, ~ , ) "101<1 ,, $1) into our reg ular Cla ss T ournamen t lOY t h ," ,\('<"1"1 0 "" or C I!!';Sf'; IO';VII';W ,,,,d II" )'0" 1.. 1 w he r e he w il l compete for p rize. In a Chc~ " l';,jll o " In a tl ""nl() I'S a lT<-'<-'lin" ttl<' ('0,,<1((('\ o f lh<) I Ion rol;, m e n t. 7. m an lectlon. • I Name ------_._- --

ENTER NOWI I At!dr e~iS ______--_ --- --_ ------. --- - l",_ _ _ _ _ I C it)· ____ •• ______State JAN UA R Y, 1943 " Postal Chess Game 01 the Month VICTORY TOURNAMENT RULES T h,> rol1 o"'ing hal! been selected as t he most In­ L T wo """Hf,·i,u, ro . m' l ~ """ " '''' U"" I ro"",,1 will ' . ' I c rcstin,l:' J:lI m c score submilled d u ri u /i: the IllIlit 1,IR )·, ·01 I" (" III ':~~ Il E\·IE\\"·~ 1~ 1 3 \· .. ·'o.y T""r"" " ,,·,,'. In .. II , h r.·,· r ..n"d ~ . """I"~I"n'~ will ro",!""" in ~'~"I"" ~ mOlu h , [t WllS played in (;rOlIl) ~2 · S5 or till' 19.13 "on .• i~'h,){ " f ~ " ",." pl"y" . .... 1':,, <"1, ' · " nt"~"nll in " ~(:"'Ioll Sl'ctlollal Tournament. :-.:otes are by J ack W. Col· w ill 1,I"y Oil" /.:'''''';' with .·,,,'h .. r h l~ ~ix O "' K>";''''~ U li n s. )( am,·~ wl,lo Whil".;J wilh .~I,,"k) . 'ro ""1,.. <1;,,· ,,),,)', """'T ,'ITor, will I ... ,,,,,d,, 10 ):""OUJ> "I,,)' ~.·~ l< ." g '·()):"""), I1 "',,i SICILIAN OEFENSE ioe,'" Ion. N. W . Mitchell p . F redi, kov ~. ,\11 "u"t"~ta"t ~ in ,h.. ",' .. 11,,0111,"'), ,.0'"'" wllo ~"U " n \Vhlt~ Ulack ~ \~ Or ",,,,'.. ~""". poinls will ,.""lIf), 10 " I,,), i ll til.· ~ "'''I · 1 P_K 4 P. QB4 !l,,,,, ..... ",,1: " ,,,I " " ~ .. , ,,i- fln,,I1~'~ who ~"O n' 3'·, Or "",,'.' 2 K t·KB3 KI.QS3 ):"am.) 1.... 1111~ III ,h;: ,,,,,,,,-!In,,1 .·,,,,,,d will """Ur,· '0 ph,)· 3 P.Q4 in ' h <1 (1",,1 "0,,,,(1. (1n ,,,,,·h , . "~,,. l'la )" 'r~ whn ",·or.;. a \/, P.P I'oln'~ will Immedia tely he o;rOu ll(':o(1 ,,~, .... , . o,,~ \\"I' h "th .. r 4 KtxP KI. S 3 """III1," '~ >,0 lh"l 1.1"." in II". Ih,·" ,· ro""d~ " 'm "" ;:rh'I' 5 KI.QS3 P· Q3 10 !\Onl<" '·XI(oO,,, . P. K3 6 B· K2 :1. I" l h ;· ,·,"'u' ,,"" "ddi,lon,,1 1'1. ,,·,·,·.• a" ,· ,·,·" ,,1"",1 7 8 _Kl 8 · K 2 10 " 0,,,,.1." " ,I,,· 1" "1 s;:" ' io,,~ f("'",~,1 iu Ih~ ",·,,,1.1\,,,01 8 0 -0 P. QRJ and tln,,1 ,·"",,,1 •. lh,·~" pi ,,)""'" (f,·"", 0"" to ~L~ I" ",,<"I, 9 P.QR4 Q.B2 e,,~n w ill .". ~ " I""'ed fro", """'''': 'lIo~" who ~"ol'C,1 ~ poi"'~ I" t h,' ''''' '''ions "0'" "" ,,,,,I h, 'I,,· Md ...· nf 'I,,,h' 10 P. KB4 8.Q2 ( ' I II ;:~f>l IIE\'",;\\" l'o ~UlI (""~ ~~ I( "tl"/.:,, "I ,I ... ,h",· "" , ~,. 11 Q.Q2 0.0 IIn,, 1 ",·,·, 1""" " ,.,. ",,,d,, "I'. 12 B.KBJ QR· S l , ~. E"... " ", "" I>ro'·i d ~.. 1 In I{ul.· a. ,.1",..·,.,. .,.10" ",·or,' Hal'i1l,1:' cOIIlllJeted their development In ,(loot! ~tyle, " ' !<.~ lh,," 3 \/, I .... i ll '~ in lh" 1>""11, ,, 1,,,, ,·)· ,-", "",1 II"d .,,,,,11· bOlh lJlayer", a rf" now read)' to plullf,:c Into t he !led .• ,·"01·11,,,,11"'>1 '~' ho ""01',· h·,,~ 'h,," :n" 1.... lnt" In , I", dc ,fth", or the middle-/!:,l\llHl, Si'ml·II",,1 "H",.I w,1I "0' I". "11.:11,,,· r",· II ... II " """" ,,;:d "",,h ""d I~)()k 1,,·lz"8. I-Iow"",·r. ",wh or tl ... ~,· "1111,1,,,,1 , '<1 13 Kt. Kt3 P·QKt3 ,.""".""""" wilt I",<,om" (·11.:1101.· 10 1,1,,), in "n,· ~""II "" o f , · III·;.'-il'l UI·:\· I I·:\\"·.< r.;.",, " "· I '{)~I"I ,'h"~~ ,'I""s 'I"o ur'. 14 P·Kt4 ! • • • • 11:11)"''''. wl,loo,"' 1"')'11"'''' M ""Y ,,,hli, i,,,,,,1 ",",,)" f ..... InauJ,:lIr.lles a slrollK 1(11I,, ·)< ill,· Hllack. " ro"ld('d 'h" "ont"~''''" h"" ,·,,,,, i,,,,,·,1 ",,,I jJ"i"I,, ·oI 1111 his ~ d,,·dllh ·" /.:1I"'e~ in II". 1~I:l \' 1<'101")' • • • • B· Kl "1""",.,,,,, ,,..,,,. "1S P_KtS Kt·Q2 5 . .\ 1··lrs, l' dx~ of SIM.M ",,,I I~ ", h" 1" ,·""h "rlz,·~ 16 OR.Qt P· B3 will I.' n.,.",.,h'{l h)' C HES"'; 1l1·:\· II·: \\' .11 ,,,·,·ord,,,,..,· wllh P. Kt3 t l> .. ""I.ti"t .... 1 ~ , · h , .. ltI)c of ".-Ix.·" 'n ' ho. .. · ttl '1",,1111",1 17 P· R4 jl n" "~ . " wh" ,,,·hi,,,·,· ' he hig hest t Olal sCores in l he lh ~e l'roh"bl y dir ected ii/whist I S P·Ili';. but 11 round. 01 t he tournamen t. 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""~ h 3 1 KhB QxKt ]".;7",,, "'111 I,,· 1'l"Uk ... n in ,h,· """", "''''''''','. ,\ n), , .. , ~ 32 RxQ P Q· QKt7 \\"hl~h "''')' ,1"v"lop in Ih,' l io· ·I,,·... "kh,/.: "On"'N'" \\"111 I>e l".ok"" '" "dfor 1 h" ~"n ,·1 ,or,,· 11," '':' ''' ~.'·~I, · "'. 33 B.Q3! KtKB 34 RKB QR.Q B1 S. '1' .... ,·"tr.,· f, ·" is $2 .110 ,,,,,I .·,,1111,·_< I .,.. ,."",.."""" 35 P. R5 Resignc 10 "011'1" " " I" 0" " 1" ·"lin,lnll".'· >I,·,· ' io)ll. ,\ """",,.' .. "1 "'''Y ,."" .,. "" ,,, 11\"" (hut "01 "'0 ... · ",,'" II,.." """ lj"01,,,,,,)" ge~tlo"" "I~'" ''" )'"'''''' or ,I,.. ,.,," .... f<·~ o f S~ .''' 'I . · ' · " ,·,·t l..,,,. ~ 1 "llil.l" '-'",1"1 .." I,.,' 0'''' ,,,.,.,,,,,, will """>1.'1,· ,,,,,I """lIr.,· " " 'holl ~1I ",,,,,,. h.'· ~"]"'.lIh· 1""\\·ltl""I,,. II " ... ,·,·,·,.. ,,~ 1943 CLASS TOURNAMENT no "Oil"''''''',' "",.,. win mo,.,· 11"", "",. " ,.;z.·. " "I"n'r You ean join t his t ourne y a t any t im e. 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1942 C LA SS TOURNAM E NT l .cnt I, Hamilton 0 ; H urt I, l\ll\rceJll 0; Hm·t. I, Jurgenson 0 ; JUI'genson 1. i\lIHcell! O. 42-C2 !lowman 1. Hadden O. 42·C5 noua I. Mrs. MUir O. 42-C7 Yarre 'h, Van Essen 'h. '12·C9 Ad. W eil;!! 1, LillIe 0 ; Treiber 1. P owers 0 (," !jud.) . 42-Cl l Urilndstrom I, Dann O. 42 CI 3 W a llace I, Dann O. New! Better! 42·CIS Hel"7.bergel· I. Hockel O. 42·C20 Coulter I, H arri ~ O. 42·C21 I31"0wn I, Hamilton O. POSTAL CHESS 42·C22 Ch ul"O ~h 1. Heis sey O. 42·C2;{ ll1a ckall 1. W i1luer 0: K else y 'h. Hoehn 'h. RECORDER ALBUM 42·C24 8chl1lt~ I, Donworth O. N ow you CU ll record the pOs itions. move by move, In ALl. S IX GAMES of your Postal 1942 S ECT ION AL TOURNAMENT Chess Secllon w ith t his COIH"ellient album COil ' taining six ne W-tY I)e. s inwlified pos ition record· 42·82 Peters l. 'Villsloll' 0: Peters I, 8ax O. ers a nd board cover- all held together In one 42·83 A rons i , ~~ I !\h el · ty 0; Dwads I, Ha m ll wn 0; u nit with 1\ spll'al, Iliast ie bi ndi ng: A rons I , Casey J r. O. Each I'eeorder mea su re!; 7lhN x 5* H. T he 42-84 ..-Ieldlng- wit hdraws; all gllmes a nnulled. (S~ x 5~ ) Is printed o n s moot h, burr 42·S5 Mlt('hell J, J.· .. ediskov 0 ; Mitchell I, Thomns board. A henvy separa tor between the front 0; Lt. L evene J r. I, Fredis kov O. and back surfacell holds the recorder rigid fLnd 42·S6 Wildemilll I. Wrlghl 0 : Lacey 1. Allison 5.'. O. perm it s the IliecclI to slip eas ily into t he slotl! on ench squllre. Once inserted, the men 111'0 42-87 I" et ell I, i

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JAN U ARY, 1 9 43 27 POSTAL CHESS RATINGS The names Hued below are of playel'S now participating in our Postu1 Chess TOnl"ll!l.meuts, Kames oC inactive players are rcmo\"cd from thIs l ist each month a nd t heIr ratlngs frozen u util they re-enter,

AIIll.o n. M. H. Sr. __ 9 7-1 McKell'ie. It. ______996 De .... rank . J. ______R50 Class A DI s haw. O. W . ______788 A ro ns. G. ______11 12 Allured , K. B. ______\012 Meiden. W. ______107·1 Ast rab, S. ______1000 Mitc he ll. N. W . • ___ 964 Donnelly, D. ______850 Banker. G. M. _____ . 1100 Axl nll . S. ______9\0 Neumark. J . ______1040 DonwOrth. R. J r. ___ 800 Benjamin, S. J. ___ . 1100 O zgo, A. J . ______990 Duffy. ~'. ______850 Borker, L. ______1358 Aye l·s. I~ . It. ______1000 Balke. J . F. ______. 1000 Pa rmelee. C. ______9311 E ichhorn, J . ___ _ • ___ 850 Bowman. I. H. __ ___ 1108 Be nnell, H. W. ____ 1058 Peters, W. O. ___ __1090 Brown. R. I.. ______1156 Farns worth, H. E. ___850 Bet hke. A. H . ___ __ 1000 Pierce. ~'. A. ______1000 F ie ld ing, H. D. _____ 850 n uschine, A. p. ____ 1150 Cc r uui, A. ______l ZH Bischoff. J. E. ___ __ 95<1 P rall, M. U. ______1062 Fi nnigan. J. ______850 It. M . ____ e ll ,HOSch, M, ______120,] lIIa ckali. ~' . S. _____ 1050 Quands trom, Dr. V, 1090 Frllllklin. 86·1 Bog,;: is, A. ______1000 Read. H. L. ______107 6 F',·edisko\,. p . ______8 ~0 C hauvcnCl, L . H, __ . 11 28 ~' . Ri"ise, I . ______1086 Cook, A , ______1150 Hoyle. ______· ___ _ 100f! Gnrdilier. n. S. __ ___850 Roach, A. C. ______1000 GIbson. M. E. ______850 Dayton, E. ______12·10 1II"fI1Idstrom, B. __ __ 1070 CnlllM, 1.. ______914 Rob inson, N. I. __ __10S ·1 Golrlfeather. H. ___ . 850 Einhorn. Pvt. M. ___ 1100 Chn~e . G. ~'. ______990 Rockel, It. S. ______9~0 GI·aIHle. H. D. ______850 En.c:skov, G, S. _____ 1\ 30 Clausen. It H. ____ 1000 Rothman. A. ______1000 Greenspan. DI·. M . __ 850 F{lnlcy, C. III. ______1260 Cook. W . N . ______93.] Rozsa, Ted ______1086 Hamlltoll. T~ . D. ____ 522 fo'(m lcy. Mrs, W. H . • 1106 Hubin. i'II. ______95·1 Hundlc l'. M. S . _____ 850 Fetell. l\I. ______1298 Coulter. J . A. ______900 Culbcrl >;l)lI. W. ____ 1070 Ruckel't. H. G. ____ 1060 HU I"I"iH, W. ______800 Fos ter, Pvt. J. ]" ___ 1100 Dcnn. p . L. ______966 Huss. N. ______9-1 6 Fl'icnd, B . ______1112 Ha l·lInan. He \'. H. D. 850 E1 SlII lln ..r. ______1006 Sax, K . ______90S Haya. It. W . ______848 Ge lbHl'(l, "1. ______11 00 Ell gellllllllll. A. __ __ 1006 ~chil1eJ". Pvt. B. __ _1050 H eIsey, H. C. ______776 GoodnHln. C. F . ____ 1100 Flillchflr . .I . A . ___ _ 992 Schmidl. ~. ______1000 H lidebl·IIIHI. J . W. ___ 850 Halper. I.t. N. ___ __ 11 50 ~'e l l. C. ______106·\ Schmidt. N. ______1000 Hanft. M. ______111)0 Hollgson, A. G. _____ 880 I"i ne, H . ______1000 Schultz, L. H. ______900 Hopklrk. I). n. __ __. 850 He nherger. D I'. 1\ 1. _12·10 ]>' lnh/!!·ty. H . E . ___ _ 990 Hornaday. J . A. __ __850 Hig-g-i ns. L . H . ____ _ 1100 Skehan. He". p. C. _1000 Gabol", N. ______1010 Talmadge, '1' . __ ___ 10~2 Howe ll. H. J . ______894 Hogan • .T . G. ______11 ~ 8 Gleason, H. ______1000 Thomas. G. S. _____ 93·' Hoit, H. S. ______13a4 Hum]l\lrCy, A. B. ___ 850 Ghlllki. H. E. ______9.10 'I'homaH, p. M. ____ 1032 .Iense n, C, J . • ______8 50 H Oli ff. J. __ ~ ______I I 7-I Hadde n . A . ______920 'I'omol"i. I ~ . ______1 000 .Joh nson. A. C, ~ ___ _850 H Ol"owit~. Mrs . E. __1 100 Hall , !to C. ______1 000 'I'umer. A. ______1000 Keys , J . H. ______850 K antor, F. ______11 76 HnllllJ::her, W . ______904 Ube ,·ti. J . ______93·' KOch. It. K ______850 B . ______1100 Kalliau. Ib n\Jl ton. H . ______91 6 Uphllm, II. ______1000 Leigh, A. J . ______850 Kemble. Callt. n. p . 1226 1.en l, J . It. ______868 K lein. B. ______1150 HatCh. D. n. ______966 Vichu les, L. P . ___ _ 1058 Hawkins . K. C. ____ 1000 Vincent. J . p . _____ 1000 Lie be l', K ______850 Lace y. W . H . Jr. ___ 1332 Henry. }>'. L . ______906 Wa tl e. J . ______978 Liken, J . ____ _ ~ __ __ 850 I ~. Leve ne, Lt . n. __ 1170 \Va iness. D. ______954 Marcelli, N. ____ ~ ___ 788 1.l udel·. A. ______1142 He ll l·Y. I •. L, ______1094 Hel"lllHn. I •. ______1000 Wallace, D. ______976 March. F. C. ______S50 Malowan. W . ______11 00 Warren, J . C. ______91:2 M cCarrOll, E. ____ _~850 Michels. 1'. J . ______1222 1·lewln . C. C. J r. __ _ 90S lloohn. A. ______IO (j~ Weiss. Adolph ____ IOIR Mc l{ ee. H. J . ______850 Mumlt. li e,'. J . _____ 110·1 We iss. A , H . ______956 Moore, Dr. ~'. ,,' . ____ 876 Muir. Mrs. D. S. ___ U 20 Holzwarth. J ohn W. 1000 Hul"t, .J. E. ______1080 W ilcox. H . L. _____ ¥ 1064 MO'Tlson. G. 1•. ___ _850 Nichol ~ o n, W . ______1210 J a cobs. M. ______1054 W ildeman, E. H, ___ IOOS Mower. D. ______800 I'alange . .T. t,;. _____ 1288 J fl coby. '1'. C. ______1000 Willner. D. ___ ~ ___ _ 950 Nyland, G. ______850 Parker. A. W . ______12·18 JII II,::el"~. L. ______1000 Winslow , C. ____ 930 1'11\11. DI'. n. ______12·\2 n. O'I)I·len. W. ,,'. _____ 850 Wolf. J. E. ______1000 Parkman. M. F. ___ _860 Power s. A . ______1216 JUI"j,: ensen. \V. G. __ 92·1 I{nhll. L . ______918 Plan. Mrs. M. ______850 Hellr. J. J. ______1192 Work. T . A. JI·. __ _ 978 I{nlbach. J . C. ___ __1 030 I'lfls le l"er. H. N . ___ _850 Reichenbach. H . __ _ 1222 I{uspcr. H. I". __~ __ 92·1 Powe ll. .J . M. ______736 Ri chter. P. H. ___ __ . 117 6 Class C J{cl~ey' It. Allison. M . H . .II'. __ _850 Itall dlL ll. p. ______850 Hoberts. C. ______1116 M. ___ __ 1054 Hozsa , n. ______12 1-1 K c nIlCY. J. ______1000 Beckelman, M. W . __ 850 Hobln~OII. 1~lI s. M. W. 806 Kibbey. G. S. ___ __ 976 Benardete, .I. ______850 Snlg-udo. 1.. A. ______850 Schwartz, Dr. H. 1t. _l1 00 Klmbl1ll. n. H. __ __ 900 Berg. H. ______);;('10 Scil"errer. F. G. Jr. _850 Shapiro. M. ______11 00 Bonner. S. ______850 Shall', Pvt. S. ______11 00 King, G. i'II . ______1041 S cheffe l'. Pvt. D. M. _860 l<1nllslnnd·Sm lth. }>'._ 994 Brady, J . ______850 Schuette, C. H. JI'. __850 She phard. Dr. H . C. _I 10·\ Sechler, C. ______858 Sibbett. D. S. ______1100 J{i rkegRllnl, Hev. M. _I042 Breidenbach. W. J I·. _850 ]{lhllRIl. }>'. J . ______970 Driggs. A. ______:;\00 Seidler. Ik D. ______850 Smith. W . H. ______1124 Koch, .1. A. ______998 B rown. ]',f. ______870 S t arkey. J . B. ______850 SpIelberger. C. ___ _ 1162 Kol1 sch. 1091 Burke. H. L. ______850 Stauffel·. D. ______860 S pu rr. S. H . ______1100 n. ______Kl"lI k. g. ______1044 Buschke, DI·. A . __ __828 S te lnmeyel·. H. _____ 900 S teckel. W. H . __ ___ 1100 Krnme r , 1\1 . ______1078 Bye rs. H . }>'. ~ ______850 Sleillbach, H . ______1100 S te l)henson. Dob ___ 850 K rebill. H . J . ______1050 Cabal. ~'. 3n l ______" 40 Va n E81>Cn. S. '1'. ___ 770 T reiber. W. J . ______1100 Cam,lbc ll, C. W . ___ _83 0 Van Patten . H. '1'. __ liS. Liggett. H. N. __ ~ __ 916 VO.'l loh. M. F . ______R50 Ll tlle. p. H. ______1088 Casey. J. J. J r. __ ___ 8H Wllt80n, K . Jr. ___ __850 Wa llace, \Y. J . I.. __11 16 Chism. S. M. ______750 W rIght. C . ..~. ______1122 MncDonough. J . E . _1006 Choc, I •. J r. ______850 Wey, J . M. ______85 0 Verhoff, 1". ______\ 148 Mager, J. ______1000 Colley, J . p . ______850 WIn ter, Pvt. H . L. __ 850 Martin. E. 13 . ______9i6 Dann. D. D. ______808 W r ig ht, It G. ______7i8 Class B M,IY, A. C. ______916 Davie. J . E. ______850 Ya ffe, J •• L. ______816 Albrecht. J . J . ____ _1 016 Mayers. D. ______IOH De C()!; ter. D. W. ___850 Ynvorsky. A. ______850 Alexewlcz, Dr. W. _1010 McCullough. ~'. V. _ 950 De ~'e l ice, J . ____ po 850 Young. W. ______76 8

-2 ~8 ______CH ESS REVIEW READERS' GAMES Reviewed by Fred Reinfeld

'0 'hiJ Jepa'/lII(!>II W~ !,ub/ish tamn by rnrd(!TJ u·;,h """o'"li()ni b), Ilol<'d (o1I1II1(.'11/{I/O' Fred Rein/eM. Any II/bur/ber /0 CHESS ((I'VIEW iJ "..,Ic"",e /0 NJe ' hi> fret Jer/.';U. Sub",il )'our galll£'! /0 /leaden' Gamn De/Jar/melli , C H ESS REVIEW. 250 IVnt 57fh Sirut, Nt'1I) }'OIk.

T he following game is absorbing 11 Kt·Q5 0_0 18 . . . . Q.Kt3 because of the light it sheds on a 12 Q· Kl P_R4 19 QxKt R,B nu mber of ever-recurrin g pl'oblems BlaCk was in te n'ible tillle pres. of attack and defense. This is really waste of time. 13 Q_R4! K· Kt2 sur e, but III i\lly event he could S I CILIAN DEFENSE 14 KtxP! BxPch not have hel ll out \"ery long as S. Rubinow 15 K_Rl Kt·Kt5? there werc enU I'ely too many M. F i sh threats. H!\d Black seen what was com· White Black 20 Q-KtS mate P_QB4 ing. he would have played 15 ... 1 P. K4 A I'el'y interes tillg game. Kt_QB3 BxKt: IG (l·B6ch. K·H3; 17 Q·H4ch. 2 Kt. KB3 K·Kt2. and white has a pe!"jletual 3 P·Q4 p,p Kt.BJ check. Bl ack felt, howe~'er, that 4 KtxP he rlesen'ed more thall a draw in One of two blindfold games 5 Kt_QBJ P .Q3 this pOsition. His a ppraisal of the played simu](allcoa~ ly by White. 6 B.K3 . . . . kiml of game resulting from his DEFEN SE Very IllJllsuaJ at th is point. the seventh move was Ilositional1~' CO l"' C. Bagby B L . Rosenthal customary lJ!"ocedul'c being B·K2. reel but tactically very 1100 1". n·ue. White 6. . . . Kt_K Kt5!? ilIack dese rved more than a draw Black IF he had first taken the trouble 1 P. K4 P_K Kt3 Dlack at ollce takes a dvantage to consolidate h is pOS ition and of White's unusual move. W hi te's The disadvantages of this popu· make it secure f rom attaCk. In lhnt la]' but IMeriOI' defense have been uufortuuate QB cannot vcry well e\"ellt he would undoubtedly hal'C move f OI" then ... Q·Kt3 would be ~et forth a number of times in been able to utilize his positional this del.artmeJl!. BlHCk Is left with Illost embarra~si n )!;. advantages. a. dull. lifeless game and White hns 7 B_Q B4 !? . . . . all the 111;lY. Q·QZ is the move that most play­ 2 P.Q4 B-Kt2 ers would have selected; but with 3 P.KB4 P·Kt3 the text \Vhite begins It bold and 4 Kt·KB3 B_Kt2 original attack. Voluntal'i! y allow· 5 B·Q3 Kt.QB3 ing oneself to be burdened with a ll 6 P-B3 P_K3 isolated doubled Pawn signifies 7 B. K3 Kt_R3 that White is em barking on iI. do· or-die poliCy of working up Iln at· The commen t on Black's first tack to compensatc for thc position· move ha~ been IlllIply bonle out. al weakaess. \Vhite ha~ an casy. natural de· velopment. while WaCk is com· 7 . • • • KtxB pelled to place hl~ pieces ill such 8 PxKt Kt·K4 a way that thel l' subseQuent usc­ An ideal spot for this Knight. lessness is already foreshadowed. since it can neyer bc drlvcn away. 8 P_ KR 3 0_0 while at thc same timc It guards 9 P_KKt4 . Ihe imporlant square Kn2. -- VCIT good. Pre;; umably \Vhite 9 B_Kt3 P.KKt3 al'oided castlillg wilh the idea of Ohjecti\"ely not bad. but it in· 16 Kt(4).B5ch! PxKt proceeding with just this kinrl of K. R1 dicates an undcl"cstillia t ion of 17 PxP attack. White's attacking possibilities. In Black is lost. If 17 . Kt·B7ch: 9 ". P· B3 this sense . .. 8·K3 was milc h IS HxKt, BxR: 19 Q·Kt5ch and 10 Q_K2 Kt·B2 safer. mate next move! If 17 , .. Kt·BS : 11 QKt.Q2 Kt·K2 10 0·0 B. R3 IS Q·Kt3ch with a wiunlng attack. 12 P·KR4 . . . . Ir 17 . .. Kt-H3: 18 P ·B6ch. K -HI: P re]mriJlg for what s hould be the Mo re of the sal))c. Since White's 19 Q-K t3 ;lIltl wins. KP is a la sting and irre mediable decisive feature of White's attack: weakness, Black need not be in S(l 18 BxP! ! . . . . the opelling of the KH file. great a hurry to take it. The ~i m · Ver ~' pretty. If now - - 12 . . . . P_Q4 pie ... B-Rt Z wa ~ in order. IlxB: In Kt·Kt6ch. 13 P_R5? .' . . . J ANUAR Y , 1 943 29 Premature. When you have your SICILIAN DEFENSE I 18 Kt·Kt3 KR.K1 opponent trussed up, the main Mrs. Harmath F. Pozarek 19 B.R5 · . . . thing is to keep him in that state. While Black Leads to nothing. All attempts at freedom, unless 19 . . . . Q.B3 they can be clearly refuted, must 1 p·K4 P·QS4 2 Kt.QB3 Kt·QB3 20 R. B2 QR·81 be prevented. Th·rtt is why ""hite 21 B·Q2 should have played 13 P·K5! here. 3 Kt·B3 P.Q3 · . In that way he could have kept the 4 P.KR3 " . . " mack was threatening . .. p . centel' fil es close(l, stifllng any at· A charactel"istic move in the Kt5 followed by ... Kt·Q·J. tempt at counterattack. and still games of inex)erienced players. In 21 . . . . Q.Q2 rctaining the objective of opening the present position it serves DO 22 P·BS? · . . . t~p the KR file. useful purpose 'and only holds up This is vel'y bad as it Opens Ul) QPxP \Vhite's develOlllllent. The normal a terrible diagonal for Blacl{'s KB 13 . . . . move P·Q4 is obl'iollsly much more KtxP artel' which the supel'ior position Of 14 PxP eflective. 15 KtxP P·KB4 Black's l)ieces soon achieves the 16 PxP p,p 4 . . . . P·QR3 desired effect. 17 QKt·Kt5 KtxKt This move, on the other hand, 22 . . . " B.Q3 18 PxKt P·B5 has real point, as it is a prellarHtion 23 Kt·RS Q.K2 QxKt It 1'01' the eventual ... P'QKt4 with 24 KtxKtch Compare the previous llote. 25 Q.R5 is Cleal" that despite the open KH a resulting gain or space for Black · . . . me, 8Iacl('$ chances have greatly on the Queen·slde. This over·aggressi"e mo"e is out improved with the opening up of 5 B·84 Kt.B3 of place. Q·Kt4 was preferable. the game in the center. The fact 6 Kt·KKt5 . . . . 25 . . . . P·R3 that White"s King is still in ThiS · is also the kind of move 26 Kt.83 B·Kt6 the center would have been that one sees [reQU(Hltly. Since Note how Ulacl! takes advantage meaningless had he kept the po­ Black's reply is so .- e ry obvious of the Pawn weaknesses created sition blocked with J3 P·K5! His and fOrms a necessary part of hi;; by the combination of White's allowing the position to be opened plan in anf event. why provoke fourth and twenty·second moves. when he played 13 P·H5! now such a reply?! leaves his King in a very pre. 27 KR·B1 R·K7 6 . . . . P.K3 28 8 · K1 · . . cftrious position. 7 P.Q3 S·K2 . 19 B·B4ch . . . . 8 0 ·0 Kt.QR4 Highlighting the rathel' ineffec· tual character or 'Wh!te's fifth move. In openings where bot h sides play up Ihe KP two sQuares, B·QB4 is a natural and effeetive development, but in positions where it is still possible to advance the KP only one sQuare, the n·B4 de·yelopment is likely to turn out to be Quite (utile. 9 B.Kt3 Q.B2 10 6 · R4ch . " . . Since the following exchange cannot be evaded this is only loss of time. 10 " . P.Kt4 11 B·Kt3 S.Kt2? 28 .... Q.K4! " . KtxB would be more exact, Very pretty. Captureo[ the 'I'he critical position. Dy play· for now White should try 12 BxP! Queen would lead to mate in two ing 19 ... n·QI ! Black can now PxB; 13 KtxKP followed by Ktx alHI meanwhile Black threatens to demonstrate Wat his opponent's 13 Pch. win a piece with ... DxKt. ) P·R5? was a serious mistake. Af· 12 P·S4? KtxB 29 BxB? .... tel' J9 . •. D·Q<1! 20 D·Q2. R·Kl 0 .0 13 RPxKt This loses at once; but H 29 there is apparently no defense for 14 8·K3 P·Q4 White. n·Q2, DxKt wins a piece. 29 B·B2 By means of very simple moves had to be tried although White"s 19 . " . . K.Rl?1 Bl-ack has obtained an excellent prospects would uot have been This loses. 'While extricates him· game as the result of his op·pouent's alluring. self very cleverly, although 20 HxP unsatisfactory development. 29 .... Q,B eh! KxIt; 21 Q·H2ch also wins. '15 PxP PxP 30 Q.Kt4 RxPch 20 B·Q2 R·Kl But this is an inconsistency 31 K. R1 R. R7 mate 21 Kt.K5! BxR which could have been properly A pretty finish to an instructive If 21 . . . DxKt OJ" . .. KtxKt; punished by the I'eply 16 P·Q4 which game. 22 RxP CHECK. Compare this would leave "Vhite with a passable with the possibilities after 19 .. . game. The IH'olleJ' continuation for D·Q.]! 20 B·Q2, R·Kl; 21 Kt·K5, Black would have been 15 . K[xKt etc. when 22 UxP is l)e)·· KtxP with a fine open position fOJ' When your opponent loses the , that's the time to put on rectly meaningle~s. his lWO UishollS. the pressure. The Nazis and Japs 22 Kt. B7ch K.Kt1 16 Kt.K2? P.Q5 are on the defensive now. Let's 23 KtxQch K.81 17 B.Q2 QR.Q1 help to deliver the final . 24 Kt.K6ch K·Kt1 mack has distinctly the better 25 0.0.0 P·S6 game, but a more logical course 26 Q.K4 K.R1 than the text would be ... Q·D3 * * * 27 RxB Resigns followed hy ... Kt·Q4. BUY WAR BONDS 30 CH ES S REVIEW Book Department 250 West 57th Street New York, N. Y.

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