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Philadelphian Captures 1st -, Prize in Exciting Finish ------The Story of the Contest By K EN NETH HA RKNESS Nosing into first place in the fina l round of a remarkably close contest, Lawyer J ACOII LEVIN, of Philadelphia, upset all expectations by winning first prize in the third Annual Invitation Tournament at Ventnor City, N. J. Second prize went to N ew York's FRED R EIN. PHD; third and fourth prizes wcrc split be_ Ph .1n by H. 1/'/ , Wd)"' MAYO R H ODSON present s Press U n ion T r ophy tween New Yorkers A LBERT S. P IN K US and to JACO B L EV I N . COUNCt LM A N A BOTT ANTHONY E. SAN T ASIERE who finished in a looks on, ti e for th ird place. Ably directed by RICHIIRIl W. W AYNE, as· times champion of Philadelphia's Mel'cantite sisted by Referee J. Ro y DESSAUER, the tour_ Li brary Chess Association, Levin dlvidetl third nament was held (rom July 51h to 13th at the and fourth pJ'izes at the first Ven tnor City Tournament in 1939. In the present tOUl 'ney Mun icipa l Pier, Ventnor City, N. J., under the he was cOnl\Jeting against Manhattan Club Champion Albert S. P inkus sylvania State Cham pion In 1939 anll fou r disa ppointed his rotlowers. On rOl'm he was 122 I'h ~ '" by /!,! H,;u'ki"" 1If!II11Q' Players and Offic ia ls at Vent nor City, 1941. Back Row: W EAV ER W. A OA M S. REFE R EE J. ROY D ESSA UER, DI R ECTOR R I C HARD W . W A YNE, A R IE L M ENGA RINI, M ILT O N L. HA N_ AU E R, FR E D R E INFEL D, J. E. DON OVA N, R O BERT D U RKIN, C LUB T REASU RER I. F, DA I L Y, A, E. S AN T A SI ERE. F r ont Row ; AL B ERT S. PI N KUS. CL U B SECRET AR Y GE RA L D PHIL L IPS, SIDNEY N . BERNSTEI N , JA C O B LEVIN. the o utstanding- I'a \'ori le 1.0 win but succefHled were pOH ted Oll Ihe bltll('lin boanl, The tiring only in Iyillg 1'01' Ihird pla(:e. Although play· Sall1asi0,-" fought Oil. d"~l" 'I' a le ly Irying to ing brilliant rhp~s in ~ollir of hi!< games, Pin· wi n hi~ la~t gam... Spnlwl0d 1'01' II'ard in h is kU s was erratic and unsteady. Arter winning characteristic mlllln0i', nose almost ton ching' the firsl I hrre 1'011",1,;. lw fell for a book trap the piee .. !<, II<' reali'l.pd l ha! hi~ oppone nt wa ~ in his game with l.Pl'ili, 10Ht to .\Iell garilli getting the lHI"f\n tage, stro,' c "aliantl)' to ward in Ihe firth round. Tlw!;e two Het·backs un· oIT defeat. The game was adjo u rned. with steadied the giant· killf'I' who o,'erthrew Heuben Ihe linal s Ulndings ~till undccicled, played off I" ine in the ~lal'~hall·'\lallhattan match (See lhe fo llowing morlling. ~a n t a s i ere lost, d ropped Chess Re view 101' ~lay). He accepteel a el l'aw f\'Onl a tie 1'01 ' firs t to a tic for third pIneo, in his sixt.h r ound gallie with SUlitasiere, lost T riple T ic for Fifth Place to Rein feld in t.he seventh rou ll d , t.hen re· Seldom have playel'~ lll'en so well m a tchet!. covel'e el his 1'0['111 and won tlw l a~t two rounds , the finish close I' thall nt. this tourney, At the Samasiere Sets the Pace eud of each round I,hen; was a great re· Schoolteacher An thony K Santasiere was t he shuffling of positions , ,\l one lime Santa- pace scn cr in the CI 'UCiill ~lageH, S t arting 8i eJ'e wa~ leading by hall' ii, lIoint while six badly Wilh t wo los ~es , one draw in t he first Of t he remaining lIino playol's werD tied l ol' t.h ree r o u nd~, he reeOl' ered to t.ake the lead second place! at the e nel ot' the Jil'th round, hel el this po­ Typical was l. hn filial HlaJllli ng or Adams. SitiOll by Il sl im 'I., point margin unlil t he B € I 'n~te in flll(l )'f c ng;(l'ini who all Ilni~h e d wi t h sumi·fuw I rou lld wlwil L~ !\' in eallHl up from t h" sam!' >'col'e ill a Ir ipl e t.ie 1'01 ' IlfUI place. behind to lie his score. Adalll~ had IJl e niy of (I'ouble w ith his fa­ Santasiere worked ioo hanlon hb (\(Ijou rned vOl it.e Bishop'" Ope n in g, T he lin e he Hllop jed games, be(';;Ill .. "")'\'(IIiS alld t il'ed ill the final against the "p-n3" defl·nsp pl'ov"d quit" in· rou!ld,~. As a "e,~\l\t. he misplayed his 8UI effect ive. The ;\01" 1';Jl glandChampion lost Ril round game with fieinl'dd. Two pawns UJI, of t he fh re .. BiH hop's (;amp~ he played but the pHce·sett(>)' had an op»ortltlli ty to draw fared mue ll better Wil h the Hlaek pieces. scor­ away It'om his riyals: instead. the game ended ing fOUl' wins OUI or fivc, The author of "White ill a draw and t.he [lh')'(>I'~ wen! into Ihe final 10 Play and Win" calli e ill fo r quile a bit of round with Sanlasiere and Levin tied 1'01' first good· natured ribbing bm sen'ed notice on all pla ce, and sundry thnt he WOlI't be sueh an eas), In thc final round, Lcl'in Quickly won his mark at S1. Louis where he intends to play game with Durllin, IlIHking it necessary fo,' an entirely difformll line against t his defense, Santasiere to Will 1'1'0111 Hanauer in ol'der to Berns tein, II'ho tied for first j.race in 1940, split firH pr i ~e, Then Ilei ll feld won his last dicl not faro so well Uli~ year. seemed SOIlW' game, took second place in the standings. A w hat off forlll . Interesting was hi~ game against draw with Hallauer would ~ti1l enable San ta­ P i nk u ~ , in which he nilol',,,d t he elvestad siere lO lie R einfpl ,l, All the otlier cOlltestants Variation 0 1' I.he Two Iit five miTlute~ before tlle hOllr. The one whose tiag drops first loses. You milte yonr Op]lonent or else. Good fUll. • * • • • Unable to move his back, the delicate crea· tive hands of Gerald Phillips are a study in continuous flash ing motion. He puts in a full day~ work, making his electr ic clocks, dOing radio repair wOI'k. At the lOll rlley he was door custodian, the ehair at his side always occuvied by conversat.ion~ t fr ie lld~, • • • • • lJilelllna for Direelor Wayne in 1 he firth rO~lIld. Do the rUles \lPrmit a toUI'nallletlt director (0 find out whether a player is think­ ing 01' day-dreaming? Adams was the player, Pholo h /. E. DO/M I'"'' Hallauer his opponent. The game started ROBERT DURKIN briskly with Hanauer's 1 Kt·KB3 and Black's He e xpected to be last. qllick response 1 ... Kl-QB3: -White imme· Tail·cnders were Hanauer, Durkin and Dono­ diately continued 2 P-Q·l and A dam ~ promptly replied 2 ... P·Q4. Whereupon, Hanauer van. Han[wer WOIl the t 939 Velltnor Tourlley, played 3 P·K:l, got up from the lable, alltl sat split fir~t ])riw in J 9·10, made a sony ~ howillg down Oil the s id e· l ine~. in 1~ '11. His filial win from Sallla~iere was Adams lOOked fixedly a1 his oj'j,onent's third the only g-ame in which he demon~trated hi ~ move for It moment, tlw il !l1I'lIed his chair real abilit>'. at right-angles t o the board, made himself Baby of the tourney was I~'J-'eal' uhl Rubel"! Durkin, of Milwaukee, Wis. Tau!;ht chess by comfortable in his new ]losition. 1"01' 42 \Viscunsin Slate Champion A, E, Elo, >'oung minutes by the clock he ~at motionless, gal.ing OUI of the window. Llirector Wayne became Durkin made a belter ~howillg than he anti· increasingly nervous, was about to call Adams' cipatetl. "[ expect... d to be last," he said, "so I am attention 1.0 t.h e fact that a ches~ t.ournament was in progmss when the New Englander quite pleased 10 find myself out of the cellar abrujltly swung baek to the board, made his in the final standings." lhird Illoye. Durkin won from Adams, drew with Bern· s tein, Hanauer, J\'lenglll'ini and Donovan, lost \Ve don't know wlwther Adilms wa~ lhink· to the four prize-winners, Not bad for a ing flbout his move all that lillie or was ju~t youngster in hi8 first national t.ournament. He ha\'ing a. quiet s nooze, but. in ~ase you run more Than held his own in the o]Jeniug-s ami into the jlosiUoll in one of )'0\1" own ganwH, Th e move he made wa~ 3 ... P-KKt3. In ­ middle·game, lost one or IWO games iu which cirlentally, Adams won in 7~ mOyeH. he had the advantage by his weak handling of the endillgH, offered a draw to Mengarilli • * • • • in a winning positioTI becau~e he was afraid Adallls, by the way, has thp perfect tour· he m ight bu nl\"lp the end-game. I-li~ mo~t nanwnt tClll]lfll·an,ent. reTlla in~ placid IIndel' all ne)"\"o\l~ moment-when he round himself a ~ortH of conditions. ill his gilme with DOllovan, piece UP againsl Adams. His greatest thrill the J\lassachllsetts Stflte Champion anil'e(] -meeting and compet ing with mn~ter plnyers about 15 minutes late, was not in the least who before had just been "big names in chess." perturbed, Donovan had White, had played J. E. Donovan occupied the cellar, by a P-Q4 and ~tarted the clock. Adams settled narrow margin. Hanauer held down tenth himself comfortably in his chair. took out his place U]I to the last round but cli mbed out pencil and carefully laid it down 011 hi~ score just in time. DonOI'an was disappointpd, no pad, leisurely fi~hed in his pockets for a packet doubt, but the young irishman's broad grin a t of ciga retle ~, sear ched for a match, finally the finale was just as disarming as ever. lit U]I and leaned back 10 contemplate the 124 board. A few minutes li\ter he leaned for· olher Bishop's Gn1l\c.~ in t.lle \';P lltno\" TOllrlley, ward. carMuHy adjusted all his pieces and Adams has disco ntinued playing -I Q·K2. Ilawns in ;.IlC e"lIct center!') of their SQUil reB­ B I SHOP'S OPENING without saying J'adoube. W hereUI)On, Ulroctor Wayne ca me over to the table and addressed Adams L evi n Adams' Olll.onenl : White Black ·· [\\ r. Oonovan. Illease tell me which I)iece , P.K4 P.K4 K .Bl B·R4 , B.84 you wou ld lik e Mr. Adams to mOI'e:' " Kt. KB3 " P·QKt 4 B·Kt3 Adam:'! Imm('dlHtely IJ roteSled that he had 3 p·Q3 P. B3 " Kt·R4 Kt·R4 tOllchel1 lhe I

126 that all posltio\)s with llis ho ps of o j)j)os ite Game No.9 Won by Hanauer colors a re not dra wn. A fin e example or his .'>lore li ke the old Hanaue r, This is the only pla y. game he won, earned him Illllf or the Bes t­ QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED pla yed Game Prize. Sant as ie rc',; opening is shoddy and Ha nauer t akes full a dvantage of Mengarini Hanauer it. envelops the White player in a vise·like White RIack grip. Note that if ,13 Kt xlt. PxKteh ; H KxP, 1 P.Q4 Kt_KBS 22 KtxB B·B4ch Kt·1Hch ! P_KS 2 P.QB4 23 K·R1 QxKt DUTCH DEFENSE 3 Kt_KB3 P.Q4 24 B·B2 Q.K3 (By Transposition) <:- B·Kt5 P.KR3 25 Q·Q3 P.Kt3 5 BxKt Q,a 26 B·Kt3! Q.B4 Santasiere Hanauer 6 Kt_B3 P.B3 27 QxQ P,Q White Black 7 P_K3 Kt. Q2 2e R.Ql R·K2 1 Kt·KB3 P-K3 32 P_KR3 R(B4)_B2 8 B·Q3 B.Kt5 29 B.B2 B.K6 2 P.KKt3 P_KB4 0 _0 33 Kt·B3 Kt·Q5 9 0 -0 30 P·K Kt3 P·B4 3 B·Kt2 Kt.KB3 34 QxQch KxQ 10 Q_K2 R.K1 31 R.Q6 K·Kt2 4 0_0 B_K2 35 Kt.K4 Kt-B4 R_R2 11 P.K4! PxBP 32 BxP 5 P_Q3 0-0 36 R·K2 K.Kt3 12 BxP P.K4 33 B_Q7 R_Kt2 6 QKt.Q2 P.Q3 37 Kt_Q2 P.RS! P_R5 13 PxP KtxP 34 K . Kt2 7 P·K4 P_K4 38 PxP PxP 14 KtxKt RxKt 3S B.B6 R_Kt3 8 PxP? a,p 39 Kt.K4 K.R4 R_K1 15 P·B4 36 B·QS P_BS 9 Kt·B4 Kt_B3 40 R{Bl).B2 R.Kt2ch B_B8 16 P.K5 Q.KtS 37 R·Q7 10 Kt.K3 B.Q2 41 K .R2 Kt.Q5 1 ( Kt_K4 B·KB4 38 RxPch K_R1 11 P.B3 K.Rl 42 R_K3 R. Kt6!! 18 Kt·Kt3 QR_Q1 39 P.K6 R,P 12 Q.Kt3 Kt·QR4 43 Kt·Q2 R_B3 19 QR_Q1 R,R 40 BxR a,p 13 Q_B2 P·B4 44 P-R3 P.R4 P_Kt4 20 QxR 41 R.QKt7 P_B6 14 Kt_Q2 R-Bt 45 R_Bl R{B3).Kt3 21 B_Kt'3 P_QR4 42 B_BS Resigns 15 Kt·K4 B.K3 46 Kt_K4 R.Kt7ch! 16 KtxKt BxKt 47 K·Rl Kt. B7 17 Kt·QS Q.K1 48 R(K3). Kl KtxR Game No.8 Won by Bernstein 18 Q.K2 Q_B2 49 RxKt RxP 19 P_QB4? Kt_B3 By this eITort Uemstein share d the BcsT. · 50 R.KKtl RxRch 20 B_K3 pla.yed Game Prize with Hanauer (Game No. B·84 51 KxR R.Kt6 21 B_K4 Q.Kt3 52 KtxQP P.Kt3 9). i\lellga rlnrs Id ea s are cerLa inl y refres hing 22 P_B3 B.Kt4 53 P_R4 RxP ami he appears to hal"!: a talent whiCh ne eds 23 B_B2 a bit more theore tical polish a nd llJ"a ctice. Q.K3 54 Kt.B8 RxP 2~. BxB Q,a By his Sth a.nd 10th Queen moves. Ile]"l\s tein 55 KtxP RxP 2!j K-Kt2 Q.Kt3 56 Kt.Q7 R.QB6 weakens the Q-s idc and pre vents t he exchange 26 Q.K4 R_B4 of Bishops at his R6. Black's 17 ... P·K5 57 KtxKP K.Kt4 ~7 B_Ktt QR. Bl S8 K·Kt2 K.B4 makes a combination aimed at lhwal·Uu g the 28 QR_Kl P_KR4 W h ite Illau (It'QJ31, P·QKl4, P-QB5) . In [his S9 Kt- S6 RxP 29 R_K2 Q. R2 60 KtxP RxP he succeeds but at the e )( Jl en ~c of a valua ble 30 B·K3 a,s Bishop and position. De jlending on his reo Resigns 31 RxB sourcefu lness anll eXll erle nce, lle rns te in plays P·KKt4 like a ver ita ble Ru be nste in ! He coun l. c r·atlllcks vigorously a nd, wit h his t wo Blshojls . ma kes Game No. 10 Won by Durkin every move contain t wo or t hr ee subsidia ry thre ats. BISHOP'S OPENING Adams- White Black's 2~rd move j l e r!llll ~ the winning e Olll· Durkin- Black bln!l.tion but had he jJ layed 23 .. . Kt (Q2)·K4, t P·K4 P.K4 26 Kt.Bl Kt.Q5 t he same rejoilHlCl' would pl'a etlcally force 2 B· B4 Kt_KB3 27 Q.Kt3 KtxBPch lliaek to (,ollcede White 2 Bi ~ h o ]> s \" s. :: Kt~ . 3 P_Q3 P.B3 28 RxKt Q,R T he doubled [lawn we aklle£s I ~ eradicated 4 Q_K2 B_K2 29 QxB R_B7 s kill fully by I.l crlls le ill, 5 P·B4 P_Q4 30 Q-Q4 R.QB1 6 PxQP PxBP 31 P-QR3 P.Kt5 IRREGULAR RET! OPEN I NG 7 PxP KtxP 32 PxP • p,p B ernstein Mengarini C BxP 0-0 33 QxQKtP A. Q7 9 Kt.QB3 R_Kl 34 Q.R3 White nlack A_Q8 10 0-0·0 B_K Kt5 35 RxR Q,R 1 Kt_KB3 Kt·KB3 16 B.R3 Kt_K2 11 Kt_B3 Kt_Q5 36 Q_Kt3ch Q,Q 2 P_B4 P.Q3 17 P_KKt4! P_K5 12 Q_B1 B.Kt5 37 KtxQ K .B2 3 P_Q4 Kt·B3 18 Kt_B4 BxKt 13 B_Q2 Q.Kt3 38 K.Ktl K_K3 4 P_KKt3 B_Kt5 19 PxKB PxKtP 14 Kt.Q5 KtxKt 39 Kt·Q2 K.Q4 5 B·Kt2 P_K4 20 PxKtP B.B2 15 BxKt Kt_K7ch 40 Kt.S3 R_S2 6 P_Q5 Kt_K2 21 B_Q4 P_B4 16 K.Ktl a,a 41 P_QKt3 R_K2 7 0_0 Q.Q2 ?2 PxP e.p. KtxP 17 BxPch? K,a 4~ K_B2 A·K7ch 8 Q_Kt3 P_QKt3 23 P-Kt5 Kt(B3)_K4? 18 RxB Q-K6! 43 K . B3 R,P 9 Kt.B3 Kt_Kt3 24 Kt· K6 KR_Bl 19 Kt.KSch K.Ktl 44 P_Kt4 R.KB7 10 Q-Kt5! B_K2 25 KtxP KxKt 20 Kt·B4 Q.K2 45 Kt_Q4 R,P 11 B. K3 0-0 26 BxKt RxP 21 Q.B2 P.QKt4 46 P.KtS R.R6 1~ QxQ KtxQ 27 B.Kt4 R_B2 22 Kt_RS R_KBl 47 Kt.Kt3 P·Kt4 13 Kt.Kl P_KB4 28 R.B6 R_Ql 23 Q.Kl QR_K1 46 K ·Kt4 R-QKt8 14 P.B3 B.R4 29 RxP Resigns 24 K_R1 Q.QB2 Resigns 15 Kt_Q3 B.B3 25 Kt.Kt3 P.QR4

127 The Game of the Month

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S.II rifltC) arc: r;trt- in llloJern m.l,u-r (hess. 7 B.K KtS B· Kt2 Some \\o\d,1 h.l\'(' i( that this is (Iu(- to the 8 Q. K2 B· K2 , BxKt KhB ('(('rn.d f(';\ : f lll n c~s of the (ontempor:1rr e)(pert, 0·0 who prizes safety ahove all other virttlcs. This on (j· ()"·o. O·() : II KI ."" was a 1'\1\\" ,-, 1'((1 1 i.,> ~o only to the c);((:nl (hat there :lr(: some a 11 "1"" a I I "". players who li ke to :t\"oiJ risks, :md sonK who 10 . . . . 0 ·0 like to lake them, just as there art; jill(·rhll.l;s 11 P· B4 and ot her kinds of dancers. But those who :lrC The vl",mill){ sla),:" i ~ j!l'adicall\' v\'er and famili :lr with the evolution of the ropl ~.llne \)oth sid ... s lake swel!, White has cOlltrol I)f the ceilier ami all e\"" lllual Illajori[y vf l'a\\"n ~ know that there i., ,\ mOrt: co}.:c nt re,I.,on - .1Il Ihe (l·slde. He can .. ither plllY for t h" the ].:fe,Lter st ren ~t h of the prescnl_day tour_ elldgamp (a 1)"I'e whl"], 1I;. s often been won) or namt'nl pl ayer. Brilliant play in\'ol\'io,l.: lois build Ill' a I('sid,- al1a ... k . mack. nn Ih.­ of fi reworks can. as ;1 rule, occur only when oth{>1" hand. hall a cn.ml,,'d b UI solid ]Iosilioll. thl' "('S(']"\"I' II l r('nglh o r which lies in I\l(' IWO one ~ide has made a \wak move and left him_ Bisho),:!. 1'01' I he l imp twing Blac k must con· :.elf wide open. When both ~iJes pby f;tirly ce!llnUe on the atle mpi II>).\"(>I r id o f the Whit ... wdl there is a 101 of action in Ihe nOI (:\ but QI-'. i.e .. he mU St 1,Iar ... P·QIH at a n (1)' lillie in the ,~ _1me ilself. That is why a ~ame pOrt ll llt' moment. Now il is not ad,· isable. because II ... P·QH I would be mel by 12 like the fo llowin),; which culinin:Hed in II l',xl'. Klxl\t: 13 BxKl. IhU; 1-1 Qxll. !.lx l': 15 dO\lhk .,acrirlce is such a wekome rarity. QR·Q I. Q·1I2: IH l \t · I\~. amI W h ite'~ piece!! are slill b\)tler PO ~ I!"1. V ent nor C ity. 1941 11 . . . . Q. B l FRENCH DEFENS E CII!,u'illi:" Ih(' wfly fnr Ihe Rook. 11 ... A. S. Plnku$ R. Durkin I\txKt: 12 IIxKI. IlsH : 1:{ {lx B lea\"e ~ Black \\" h 1\ (' Bl Ux l( l: ].I (llO B. H1OP 1 : 15 Hx P ch and 16 Ih lt. uflual db; Hd\' l lnla~e "llt'n(\" n l UllOH ~1\'I" .It Ull nbck n'I),'el! hl ~ n In order' 10 pr'epare the 11l1' ('l'lller a l lin early SIIl>: 1' - a sl roll>: \\' hi\{) a(\\';(rll;p of the Q BP. fOj' 13 ... P ·QU·I? woult! 1'1('(:1> lorma t lon. Ilu\\",·'·er. il Cllllllnl - a s be refU1~'d by H p .Q:;. Tal'l"a ~ ch wanl ed to - he dbllli s~" d as Ih"ol·('li· 14 Kt. K5 P. B4 .:: «U)· Iln ~ ol1lld b('~all~" it "elllai n~ to III" ~ Iw\\"n 15 Kt. R5! Kt· Kl that IHack will 1)(' unable to break Ill' Ihe II(','{> i ~ one ('~flm )JI,- or what iH meant hy \Vhil>- ""Illel' al ~(j!Il .. lat ,· ,· 1",ill1. finding nlO .~ ! of lIw comhi niltiOIlH in the not('~. Kt .Q2 4 KtKP On l~ ... Kl1Ol\1 7 1 '!llk\l~ had a brilliancy In l""t I ... 1{ 1· 1{ 11:1 at onl'(, b('('au~ ( - of (; mind which \\'oulll Iw\'(' lOIn him in a cla~~ KlsK t(·h. (lx l';l: " h: I·1l3. B·Q:{ : 1 I! ·{l;l auu with Ih\) i11l 1l10rllll14 100 y('ars a.c:o: 15 ... Ill(' IhrN11 of 11·1(1(1:, cOllwels Black II) lose I( lx Kt ?: I t; Ux!>ch:. "xII : Ii QxKtch. 1( ·1\11 : a to' m l'o by ... P· Klct IS Qx Pch. K·I{t : 19 1t-<13 ami mat e cannot be 5 KK t· B3 KK t .B3 III·e'·"nlell. e.g.. 19 ... II · K5: 20 R ·R3c h. B·ltZ: 6 B.Q3 P.QKt 3? 21 "1-1([6 mate. Toolay such eombinaliOIl ~ are roulinp. '\n Utl (m ·tunate IIlH'I'~i o n of 111111·' ·... \\'hlch White II"" I\t mo\'e I~ none lOO >:ood. thel'c lea \, (' S Black wllh a uackwanl l,o ~il i()ll . The I~ nOlhing benet". Hi ... R~P'! is refuted lJv \)"sl line Is (; . . . "lxKt; 7 lhli:l. Kl·II:1: ~ 16 I\tx"l ch. PxKt: 17 (j·H~, while I;' ... 1\i · B·Q:l. l'·n l: : ~ Pxl'. itsI'; 10 ().f). f).( ): 11 {}2: It; q ·I-:14! iii al.~n w,·ak ror mack. n· IO'l ri. I"Q"t:l: 12 Q·1(2. B·KI2 wlll'n Itlac k ha ~ uol ).('\. allaln,·!! 1' 0Il1pl('( (' {'(Iuallty. btH 16· Kt_B4 """·' ·l h,·I(' ~ ... ha ~ a prt't ty rail' >:am('. Now While docs not pick the most ('n er· 121'1 getic cont inuat ion and rfllies on a t.ra p. T he will be I"oand ... The only cha nce was 22 im ro ccliate thre at ( 17 BxPch, KxB; l.~ Q·R5ch, .. . B·j{ t 2 and if 23 Kt ·K6, Q·B3 !; 24 P· B3, K·Ktl; 19 QxPch, K·R2; 20 Q·R5ch , K· Kll; 21 Rx1t ; 25 RxR, QxQEP !, while H 23 QxB. K t (D·I) · Kt6 an d mate next) is easily me t. QxQBP; 2·1 Kt·Q:>, Kl·Q3. I n this last varia· Bn l 16 BxPch ! !, KxB ; 17 KtxBP would have tion White has t h ree Pll W llS fOr h is piece and yielded either more than enough fOr tile mate· ret ains a powerful attack, but Black might rial s acrifIced, or a winning attack. Thus it conce iva bly defent! h imself s Uc cessfully. 17 .. . R xP ; 18 R x1\., PxR ; 19 Q·Q3ch !. K· 23 RxR ! Rx R Kt l (Ol" 19 • . . p ·l·a 3 ; 20 K t ·B4! and males) ; 24 K t. K 6 K t _Q3 20 Kt·Kt5, B·B4 (best) ; 2.1 Q·R7ch, K· 13 1; 22 Despair. On 24 .. . Q·K2 ; 25 K lxH!. QXQ; Q· Kt6, K·K2 (if 22 . . . K·Kt1 ; 23 Q·B7ch, K­ Ill ; 23 Kt·B4 , while 22 . . . Q·Q2 ; 23 KtxPch, 2G KtxQch the win with R -I-4P for two pieces is ch ild's ]l lay. K·Ktl ; 2·1 Kt( K6)xP! is als o fa tal); 23 R·Kl with an overwhelming aUack against mack's 25 Q.B6ch . . poor and de ser t ed King. A fa m ily Check. Black must now lose at. If 17 .. . R-Q 2 (ins te ad of 17 . . RxP ), t.he least a Que en a nd Rook. So continuaUon 1~ K t· Kt5ch, K·R3; 19 KtxKP 25 . . . . Resigns yields three Pawns for the piece and White's attack has lost none or it s vigor. \Vhile not an cxan\jJle 0 1" perfcct c he \;~ , t his On othel" moves White gets at least R-I- 2P game is certainly one o r the m ost inte rcsting fOI' B-I- K t - a good bargain a t an y time produced in t he past few years . and IH'eserves his a tla eking possibilities. 16 . . . . P.Kt3 17 P x P Qx P ?? EXAMINE CHESS CHARTS FREE! Have you seen CHI£SS CH ARTS- t he !l ew Quarte rly w h ich shows you how t o play t he chess op+:lnings by a fascinaling new visual·a id method ? Do you know t hat the first t wo iss ue s of CHESS CH AIlTS have revealed inl' porlant. new discove ries in t he ope nings? If lIot, you owe it to yourself to ex· amine CHESS CHARTS and see w hethCl" thi!! lI ew method o f classifying and chart. . iJl g t he openi ngs will help YOU and improvc YOUR game. SEND NO MONEY- PAY NO C.O_D. You examine C H I~ SS CHARTS [or fiv e days absolutely FHEE- wit hou( obliga. tion to purchase, or su bs cribe, unless you want to. After this the combinaUons get tire d of JUHt nil in allli mall t ho COupon below. s ticking to the notes and come out Into the 01' write us a pos t card. Send no money. opcn. The best reply was 17 ... Px P. when I'ay no C.O.D. IS \;lIes I a nd 2 will be t he sa crifice is pointless beca use the KP is sellt yOU on approva l. Look them O\' CI". de fended. while 18 B·K4. K t ·Q3 lea ves White Decide rO!' YOllr self whet her CHESS with only a minimal pOsitional adva.ntage. 17 CHARTS will help you to understand the BxP was a ls o playable. openings. P lay over the variations. Ex­ amine the ne w, imllrol'ed Berlin Defence, 18 KtxBP! . . . . to the R ny Lopez. t he uew lines against .. . . Bombs bursting in air. Could this be the Mor phy De fence . the new UII'estad a chessic '"Molotov's Cocl( tail ?" Varia tion of the Two Knights Dele nce, 18,. . . Kx Kt etc., etc. Bolde r , but equally useless. was 18 . ..RxE; (f you don't like CHF;SS CHAnTS, 19 RxR, Q·Et; 20 Kt·Q8 I, QB·R3 : 21 R·KB3 send the issues back wi t hin 5 nays and wit h a n easy win. owe us not hing. If you decidc to l'cep them, send $1 in full pa yment or $3 (o r 19 BxPc h!! . . your subscription to the complete seri," .; Tile brllliant [ollow,u p . .In QxP ch , KKt2; 20 of S issues on the openings. Mall Coupon KtxP , Kt·B3 is not conclusive. Or card today! 19 . . . . Px B 1------If 19 . .. K· Kt2 ; 20 KtxPch, Kx B ; 21 Kt xQ, -- PxKt; 22 Q·K t4 ch, K·B2 ; 23 R·Q7ch etc. 19 CHESS CHARTS, Dept. FIG, . . . K·B3; 20 Qx1'eh. K·Kt4 ; 21 K t·H3ch, K-R3 ; I 51 West 11th St., New York, N. Y . 22 DxKt dis ch, etc. is also hopeless. ~ Q n d m o TSBu es 1 a nd 2 of CIU;S S CH AIt'!")'; Ol ~ " ppro\'o l. 1f 1 d " .. idn 10 k eep t hC' '''. I 20 QxPch K. Kt2 I wlll ." ~ nd y ou $1 i.n f,, 11 p" ,'m e n t or $Z su b ­ 21 QxPch K.R l SCrlPilon. Ol. h e l"Wl ~C . I wi ll s"nd issues baCk wi lhin ;; d ",'s a nel ow e yo u nothing:. 22 Q_B7! • • .. I Threatening the llllp\+:la sant 23 Kt·Kt6 mat e. Name . . •.. . • ...... I 22 . . . B_K5? Address ...... Whe re there are no good moves, bad ones !______-I 129 An Amazing Incident

From the TALES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN

By"E.J."

Cartoons by Yury Yuzepchek

round, arguing about the correctness and the value of sacrifices in the game. Opinions differed widely. Spielman asserted that 3 fJf 4 tempi were really not a bad compensation for a piece. Ploht said he would be glad even of a pawn as long as it was an extra one. Capa. blanca declared that he did not believe in the correctness of any sacrifices. In short, the atmosphere was tense and the wierdest moves were in the air. "Flohr consulted me on the I was sitting a little apart from the rest all postponed games ... " the time and did not join in the discussion. At length, Capablanca hlrned to me and said: "My dear Munchatlsen, do tell me what YOll ask me whether I play chess or not? your opinion is on the subject." said Baron Munchausen. Yes, of course I do. Who of us, my friend, has Qot at some time Then very loudly and distinctly, I replied: been fond of this fascinating game. If you " To tell you the truth, I am not much have read your Kreutzik* you must know that inclined to ta.Jking. It would be simpler, J I once saved my life by my marvellous play think, if I agreed to play with anyone you care and became the husband of a beautiful princess to name, w;lf)olf/ all)' {licceJ, receiving no more into the bargain. But the princess, unfortu­ than a tempo for each piece." nately, tllmed out to have such an infernally Upon hearing these words, spoken with my bad temper that I gave up chess for evcr. usual sangfroid, the company was silent for a Nevertheless, when the International Tour­ while. At last Capablanca said rather drily that nament opened in Moscow in 1935, I found audacity such as mine could not possibly be left I could no longer withstand the temptation unpunished and offered to play with me him_ and r set out for Russia. Though I travelled self. incognito, it was not very long before the parti_ To tell the nuth, I was a little taken aback ci pants in the tournament recognized me, and ~e spent a great deal of time together. I showed Lasker the special opening variations I had worked out, CapabJanca showed me so me of h is most brilliant achievements, and Floh r consulted me earnestly on the postponed games, which by the way, accounts for his success. The incident I was about to describe to you occurred soon after Botvinnik's victory over Chekhover, to whom he sacrificed, by way of preliminaries, at least half the pieces on the chessboard. The evening of that same day the chess. players remained in the hall after the

*Kreutzik was the author of a seri<.'s of chess "Jm· moresqlles," Baron Munchausen 130 myself by my own daring, but, reflecting t h~t Bl ack 16 it was too late now to withdra w, I ag ree . Kt ~, ~ P-Kt6, 6 BxP mate. after me were organized in America. A pub. "It is pllre[y accidenta l." .said Capabla nca, lishing house, specializing in books and peri. " I had intended to ieavt! you a Knight .. · odicals on chess oITered to issue a complete "It makes positively no d ifft!rence to me,"' edition of my games on the fi nest vellum I re plied, withdra wing the Bishop ami placing paper, rich ly bound. The number of congratu. the Knight on KKtl . I then play ed : I Kt. B3, latory t el egra m.~ and invitations to banquets 2 Kt.Kt5, 3 P.K4, 4 P.K5, 5 P.K6, 6 PxBP obliged the management of the hotel where I mate. wa.~ stay inM to double the staff. Delegations "In that case," said my opponent, vi sibly of enthusiastic chess· fans arrived in shoals in embarrassed, "} insist that YOli play wi th both Moscow, anxious for a glimpse of me. But the Knight tlild Bishop." with my _ usual guiet di gnity I declined all "They will come in very useful," I agreed, honours and went into retirement once more.

"Capabiancil fell down in a dead fa int " ...

T he Baron demonstrates his r evol utionary theories on the value of a t empo.

You doubt the Ba-ron', veracity? O. K._ So do weI-Editor

131 Reshevsky • Horowitz Match Games

Last Olonth we told the storr of the 16_ 31 p,p Q.Q2 37 R.Q2 Q.K8ch ,!;amc championsh ip match between U. S. 32 P.R3 R_QB1 38 K.R2 R.B8 33 Q·Q3 Q.B3 39 QxQP Q,P Champion Samuel J. Reshevsky and Chl'J'J 34 Kt_Q4 Q.B5 40 Q_Q8ch K _Kt2 1{C'I'JeIi/S Edi tor I. A. Horowitz. W e omitted 35 Q.Q2 KbKt 41 Q_Q4ch Draw n to mention that a vcry handsome trophy was 36 QxKt Q.K7 presented (0 the winner by H. A. Dittman of Sa lt Lake City, Utah. Fourth Game Hand.carved by Dittman himself, the trophy SICILIAN DEFENSE was in the shape of a large white Kin,c: on a Horowitz Reshevsky wooden base with a sil ver inscription plate_ White Black Reshcysky treasures the trophy ,IS a remem· 1 P_K4 P.QB4 27 K . R2 R.B3 brance of his victory. 2 Kt_KB3 P_Q3 R-QB3 Kt·B4 Lack of space in last month's issue pre. 3 P·Q4 p,p 29 Q-K3 R_K3 4 KtxP Kt_KB3 "30 P-B3 R.B3 vented 11.', from indudin,ll: the scores of all the 5 Kt· QB3 P.KKt3 31 P_Kt3 R_K3 match games. The remainin}.!: games arc ,t.;iven 6 B·K2 B_Kt2 32 K_Kt2 P.R3 on these pages. 7 0 ·0 0.0 33 P-R4 R_B3 8 B_K3 Kt_B3 34 K·R2 R. K3 - - -- 9 Kt.Kt3 P.QR4 35 R·KKt1 R_B3 Second Game 10 P.QR4 B_K3 36 P_R5 Kt. K3 SI CILIAN DEFENSE 11 Kt.Q4 KtxKt 37 p,p p,p 12 BxKt R_B1 38 K_Kt2 Q_B4 Horowitz Reshevsky 13 Q.Q2 B. B5 39 Q.Q2 P.Kt4 White Black 14 QR_Q 1 Q.B2 40 R_Q l P_Kt5 1 P_K4 P.QB4 22 KR_K1 Kt_B4 15 KR_K1 KR.Ql 41 p,p Kt_Kt4 2 Kt.KB3 P_Q3 23 B.Kt6 R_R3 16 P_R3 Q.B3 42 Q· K3 Q,Q 3 P_Q4 . PxP 24 B_B7 P·K5 17 Q-K3 B,B 43 RxQ K_R2 4 KbP Kt·KB3 25 B·K2 Kt·Kl 18 RxB Kt_Q2 44 Kt·S3 R.QB1 , Kt.QB3 P.KKt3 26 B·KB4 R_K3 19 Kt·Q5 R·K1 45 Kt-Q5 R_KB2 6 B.K2 B_Kt2 27 B_KBl P_Kt4 20 BxB K,B 46 R· KRl R.KKt1 7 0·0 0·0 B_K3 KtxB 21 P.QKt3 Q_B4 47 R_KB1 R,R 8 Kt.Kt3 Kt_QB3 "29 RxKt R.K4 22 Q.Kt3 R.B3 48 K,R R_B1eh 9 B.K3 P_QR4 30 Kt·Q4 R_Q3 23 P·B4 P_K3 49 K·Kt2 R_S2 10 P.QR4 B_K3 31 P. B3 p,p 24 Kt·S3 Q.Kt5 50 Kt_S3 K.Kt1 11 Kt.Q4 P_Q4 32 R,P R_K B3 25 Kt·Kt5 P_K4 51 Kt.Q1 R.S3 12 KtxB PxKt 33 B_Kt5 Kt_B2 26 R.K3 R_K3 Dr awn 13 p,p p,p 34 B.Q3 R,R 14 Kt-Kt5 P_K4 35 KtxR R_K3 15 P.QB3 K _R1 36 K·B1 B_B3 Fifth Game 16 Q.Kt3 P-R3 37 R·K1 K.Kt2 KING'S IN DIAN DEFENSE 17 QR.Q1 Q.K2 36 R,R KtxR Reshevsky Horowitz 18 Q.R3 Q,Q 39 P_KKt3 P. Q5 White 19 KtxQ KR.Q1 40 p,p KbP BlaCk 20 Kt.Kt5 R·Q2 Drawn 1 P.Q4 Kt_KS3 25 Q.K3 Q· Kt6 21 B.B3 Kt_K2 2 P.QB4 P_KKt3 26 P,B QxQch 3 Kt_QB3 B.Kt2 27 B,Q R.Kl 4 P·K4 P.Q3 R_K1 K·Bl Third Game , P.KKt3 0 .0 "29 B_Q4 P·K Kt4 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 6 B·Kt2 P. K4 30 R_K3 R·K2 7 P. QR4 P.R3 Reshevsky Horowitz P-Q5 31 P·Kt3 8 KKt·K2 Kt· R3 32 K _Bl R_B2ch White Black 9 0 -0 Kt·B4 33 K _Kl R·K2 1 P_Q4 Kt.KB3 16 Q_Q2 P· Kt3 10 P_KR 3 Kt_K1 34 K · Q1 K·B2 2 P.QB4 P_K3 17 Q_K t4 Q.B3 11 B.K3 P-B4 35 P.QR3 Kt·B3 3 Kt_QB3 P.Q4 18 KR.Q1 P_QR4 12 PxP B,P 36 R.KB3 Kt·K5 4 B_Kt5 QQt.Q2 19 Q_R3 B_Kt5 13 P.B4 P_Kt3 37 R.B5 K .Kt3 5 P_K3 B_K2 20 Kt_Q4 8,B 14 PxP BxKP 38 K·B2 P_R4 6 K t .B3 0-0 21 KtxB Kt·K5 15 P-KKt4 B.Q2 39 KBxKt KtxB 7 Q.B2 P_ B4 22 P.B3 R,R 16 RxRch K,R 40 R_BS p,p 8 BPxP KtxP 23 RxR Kt_B4 17 Q·Q2 K_Ktl 41 p,p R.R2 9 BxB QxB 24 R.Q1 . Q_B3 18 Kt·Q4 R·B1 42 P·Kt4 P.R5 10 KtxKt PxKt 25 Kt_Q4 Q_Q2 19 QKt·Kt5 Kt.B3 43 K·Q3 R.K2 11 B_Q3 P.KKt3 26 Q_B3 R_K1 20 Kt·R7 R·R1 44 R_KtSch K .R3 12 PxP KtxP 27 P.QKt3 Q_K 2 21 Kt{ R7)·B6 Q.K1 45 R.Q8 Kt·Kt6 13 0 .0 B.Q2 28 Kt·B2 Ii.Q1 22 KtxB QxKt 46 R_Q7 R.K8 14 QR_Bl QR.B1 29 P_QKt4 Kt.K3 23 Kt.B6 BxKt 47 B,P R.QR8 15 B·K2 KR_Q1 30 P.QR3 p,p 24 B_Q4 K Kt.KS 48 RxPch Resigns 132 Eig hth Game Fift eenth Ga m e R U Y LOPEZ ENG L ISH OPE NI NG Horowitz Resh evsky Reshevsky H orowitz White mack 1 P. K4 P_K 4 24 K t_K 1 Q_R4 White Black •- Kt·K BS K t_QBS 25 K t _K t 2 P_Kt5 1 P_QB4 Kt_ KBS 22 PxP B_Kt2 3 B_Kt5 P_QRS 26 p,p QxKtP 2 K t _KB3 P_K3 23 P· B4 R_R7 4 B.R4 K t _BS 27 B·Q2 Q_B4 3 P_Q4 P.QKtS 24 R·B2 Q.K2 , 00 B_K2 28 P_B4 p,p 4 P_K K tS B·Kt2 25 P_ R4 Q.B2 6 R·K 1 P_QKt 4 29 K t x P Kt_K4 5 B_Kt2 B_ K 2 26 Q.Kt1 K R_QR 1 7 B_KtS P_QS 30 R_B1 Kt_K1 6 0·0 0·0 27 P.Q5 K t · K 2 8 P·BS K t _QR4 31 B_ BS Kt_Kt2 7 Kt_BS Kt.K5 28 BxB R,R 9 B·B2 P·B4 32 K t ( B4) .K2 K _Kt1 8 Q_B2 KtxKt 29 KxR Q,B 10 P_Q4 Q_B2 33 Q_B4 Q. B1 9 Qx Kt P_KB4 30 PxP p,p 11 P_KRS 0·0 S4 R_ K K t 1 P_R4 10 P_Kt3 B_KB3 31 Q.K4 R·R7ch 12 P_QR4 B_Q 2 35 K t _B5 PxKt 11 B· K t2 Kt· BS 32 K _B3 K·B2 13 PxKtP PxKt P 36 Px RP K ·B2 12 Q- K3 Q.K1 33 K t · K t4 Q. Kt7 14 QKt _Q2 Kt-B3 37 BxKt B PxB 13 Q R_Q1 P-Q R4 34 Kt·K5ch K · B3 R, R R,R 38 Q·R6 Q_R1 14 Q_Q2 K t _·Q 1 36 K t .Q7ch K · B2 16 P-Q5 Kt_Ql 39 Q_Kt6c h K_B1 " 15 Kt_K1 P·Kt3 36 K-K t4 Q. K 7ch 17 K t-B1 P·B5 40 P-R6 Kt_K1 18 P_K K t4 Kt_K1 41 P_R7 K t.B3 16 Q_B2 Q.B2 37 Qx Q R,Q 19 Kt.Kt3 P_Kt3 42 Q_R6ch K ·B2 17 P-K4 p,p 38 Kt·K5ch K _K 1 20 K_R2 Kt.KKt2 43 Q_KtSch K·B1 18 B,P B,B S9 R.Q3 P. RS 21 R_Kt1 P_B3 44 Q.RSch K ·B2 19 Q,B Kt.B3 40 P·R5 PxPch 22 B_ K 3 Kt·B2 45 Q.KtSch K · B1 20 Kt· K t2 P·R5 41 K,P 23 Q.QB1 K_R1 46 Q.RSch Drawn 21 Kt-KS p , p Dr awn

Fourteenth Game ENGLISH OPEN ING Sixteenth Game Horowitz Reshevsky W hi t e Black THR EE KNIGH TS' GA M E 1 P_QB4 K t_KB3 18 Kt.R5 K t xKt Hor owitz Reshevsky Q, B 2 Kt_QB3 P.Q4 19 Bx K t \Vhite mack p,p K txP 20 K t xBch K_R1 3 P_K4 4 P.KKt3 P_QB4 21 Q-R5 KR. K 1 1 P·K4 14 Ktx Kt Bx K t 5 B-Kt2 Kt-82 22 Kt·K t6ch K . Kt1 2 K t _K B3 K t _Q83 R.K Kt1 B,B 6 Kt·B3 Kt-83 23 Kt·K5 R.K2 3 K t _B3 B·Kt5 "16 QxB Q.R5 7 0 ·0 P·K4 24 Ktx B RxKt 4 Kt·Q5 B_ K 2 17 Q.K 3 P-Q83 8 P·Q3 8_ K 2 25 8-Q5 Q.Kt 3 5 8_84 K t _83 18 Kt_K t4 B.K t5 9 B_KS 0·0 26 QRxP K · R1 6 P-Q3 P_KRS 19 Q_KtS Q,Q 10 K t _Q2 K t·Q5 27 BxKt Q,B 7 P-B3 P-Q l 20 R'Q B·R4 2S Q.K2 QxRP 11 Kt·B4 P-B3 8 Kt. KS 00 21 P·BS P_K B4 12 P·B4 p,p 29 KR·B1 P·Kt3 Kt(B2).KS 9 P· K K t4 Kt.QR4 22 R·Q1 P· B5 13 QBxP SO Q.Kt4 Q. B2 p,p 14 B_Q2 R_Ktl 31 R_BSch R,R 10 P_Kt5 23 R-Kt5 B,P K t _Q5 B_Q2 32 RxRch K _K t 2 01 Ktx K tP KtxB 24 R_Q7 R.B2 "16 P.KS K t _BS 33 P-Q4 R_B2 12 PxKt P_Q4 25 R,R K,R 17 R· B1 P.QKt4 Drawn 13 B PxP K txQ P 26 R,P Dr awn

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133 5·Minute Chess Quiz By IRVING CHERNEY

Write down as many answers 'as you can to Q No.4 (12 points) After e ach of these the qUestions below and time how long you Masters' names, write the number represen t­ take to finish. Pass any questions you can't ing the country in which he was bOrn: answer immediately and go back later. (a) Steinitz ______: I- Cuba Perrect score-l00. Above 90 within five (b) Atkins ______: 2- EnglRnd minutes is exceptional. 80 or more within ten (e) Capaplanca ______: 3-Poland mi nutes is good, within 15 minutes is fair. (d) Reshevsky ______: 4-Germany Solutions on Page HZ. (e) Euwe ______: i)-Austria (0 Tarrasch ______: 6-110\1aud Q No.1. (6 points) , Complete the following Masters' names: (a) Pau] Charles ______: Q No.5 (10 points). Name the openings (b) Alexander AJexanllrowitsch ______: which begin with 1 P·I{'f, P ·K4 and then COil' (e) Mil,hail MOisievich ______. ______. tinue: (a) 2 B·B4 ______: Q No.2 (6 poin ts) L ook away from the chess (b) 2 P-Q4 ______: board and name the colors of these squares: (c) 2 Kt-QE3 ______; (a) KKtl ______; (b) QBl ______; (d) 2 P ·K B1, P xP ______: (e) QRS ______. ( e) 2 P·KB1, p .Q.j ______:

Q No. 3 (6 point.s) Underline the three play­ Q No. 6_11 (10 points each). \\Trite the ers who competed in the famous A. V. R. O. mating moves unde!' the diagrams below. Po­ tou!'ney: Laske!', Fine, Eliskas es, Spielman, sitions a!'e from actual games and all responses Lilienthal, F lohr, Euwe, Eogoljubow. are forced.

No.6 No.7 No.8

WHITE mates in 2 WHITE mates in 2 \VHITE mates in 2 .[ . 1 ______, ______; 1 ______, ______; . . ------, ------, 2 ______.______mate. 2 ______mate. 2 ______mate.

NO .9 No. 10 No. 11

WHITE mates in 2 WHIT E mates in 2 1 ______, ______: 1 ______, ______: 1 ______, ------,. 2 ______mate. 2 ______.______mate. 2 ______mate. 134 Hodges Celebrates 80th Birthday (See Front COl-'cr)

The only living American Master to compete to fit him. Then and there I thought how against five World's Champions during the past absurd it was for me to try to win from a· man sixty years, Veteran ALBERT BEAUREGARD with a head like that. I was r ig h t~he beat HODGES, former Chess Champion of the United mo. " States, celebrated his eightieth birthday on July Hodges also tells of making a special trip 21 .'it. to New Orleans to see the famous Paul Morphy. As a token of our esteem, we devote our When he got there he was not permitted to front cover to a portrait of Mr. Hodges.* A speak to Morphy. Hodges got a distant view framed print of this portrait was presented to of him but Morphy was not allowed to see the ex.champion by Chess Rel)iew's Editor L A. visitors. Horowitz, on hehalf of the Staten Island Chess When he came to New York, a slender Club, at an Outdoor Chess Jamboree, held at young man in his early twenties, the first job Cloves Lake Park, S. 1., on Sunday, July 20th. Hodges got was serving as hidden operator The picnic was in honor of Hodges' hi rthday of Ajeeb, the Chess Automaton, at the Eden and to celebrate the 51st anniversary of the M usee on West 23rd Street. He played all Club. Hodges lives at West Brighton, S. 1., comers at chess and c he c ker~ . Ajeeb has has for many years been President of the Staten mystified the credulous on many occasions since Island Club. then. Hodges was born on July 21 St, 1 B61, in the Hod;.;es believes that rhe chess players of earl;, days of the Civil War, at Nashvil le, other decades were just as good as the players Tenn. He became champion of the United of today but had not developed the theory States as a rewlt of a match with Showalter of the openings so thoroughly. "Nobody was which Hodp:es won by a score of 5-3 with one better than Lasker or Steinitz in their prime,"' drawn game. He never defended the title. he declares. Pillsbury challenged him in 1 B9S but he had He describes his own style as that of a to decline for business reasons. It was a ques_ " plodder," invariahly tries to obtain a small tion of phving chess or giving up his job. In advantage in the opening or middle game and order to make the title available to others, he convert it into a winning advantage in the announced his retirement in 1896. end_game. In IllS long chess career, Hodges has com_ Hodges is also an expert checker player. On , peted against world's champions Zukertort, his vacation trips he alway~ looks up the loca l Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine. checker champ. Once he met the champion Learning to play chess when he was 19, he of New England, played him five games and moved to New York in IBB9, shortly thereafter won the majority. The checker player asked won the champion.';hip of New York State and h im who he was. When Hodges to ld him, became champion of the Manhattan Chess Club. the New Englander said: He holds the rewrd of having played in all of "No, your name isn't Hodges. I know all the thirteen cahlc chess matches with Great the good checker players in the Uniled State~ Britain without losing a game. but J don't know that name: ' Hodges remembtrs and tells many interesting "That's guite possible,"' H odges replied. " I stories of chess before the turn of the century. quit playing checkers before you were born." The first g reat master he played was Zuker­ Many happy returns, Mr. Hodges, from the tort whom he met at Louisville, Kentucky, in Chess Rel/iew and the chess players of the the earl;, 80's. United States. "When Zukertort started to play," H odges relates, " he placed h is hat on the window casing. I remarked that it was a big hat. Chessplayers desiring to turn t he ir li b­ Zukertort told me he had brought it from raries into cash are request ed to get in t ouch with us. We wi ll be gla d t o a p­ Eng land, that it was a size 9Y2 and that it praise any li brary and make a cash offe r would he difficult to find one here large enough for it in whole or in part.

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New sections of Jive arc continually being The following arc the resu,lts of games com· started in Chess RlJv;eu/ J Open Correspondence pleted this month: • Tourney. Valuable prizes go to the winner amI Section I-Linder 1, James O. runner_up of each section. Many subscribers Section III-C. Gennert 1, Dishaw O. afe playing correspondence chess for the first Section IV~Nichol'son 1, Dudley O. time and are enthusiastic in their praise of the Section V ~James 1, Yaffe O. fun they are getting out of it. If you haven't ROCkel 1 Y2, James Yz. played correspondence chess before, this is yOut Rockel 2, Yaffee O. opportunity to give it a trial. Read the ru.J es Section V II -Pfister forfeits all games. below and send in your entry. Section IX_ Koslow liz, Marcelli h. Parker 2, Koslow O. New sections started this month: Hoit 1, Koslow O. Hoit 1, Little O. SECTION XXII Section XI - Mayers 1, Glynn O. 1. Eldorous Dayton, New Rochelle, N. Y. Glynn 1, Mayers O. 2. Col. G. R. Hicks, Frederick, Md. Mitchell h, MayeNl liz. 3. Jose Benardette, Brooklyn, N. Y. Glynn 1, Heisey O. 4. Don l. Davis, Phoenix, Ariz. Section XV~Chauvenet 2, Austin O. 5. E. N. Anderson, Tulsa, Okla. Chauvenet 1, Benardette O. SECTION XX!I I Section XVII-Ruscal forfeits all games. 1. Nathan I. Robinson, Fresno, Cal. No reports from Sections 6, 7 and 8. Any 2. Nick Russ, Santa Rosa, Cal. 3. Hube'rt E. G luski, Detroit, Mich. results? Nothing heard from Section 2 for a 4. Dal Stauffer, Flossmoor, III. long while. Please remember to send in re_ 5. Melvin U. Pratt, Ogden, Utah. ports as soon as games are finished. In the near future we will publish some interesting games from the Correspondence We need two more entries to complete a Tourney. Send your scores so that we can special section restricted to players living east make selections. Address Correspondence Tour_ of the Mississippi. Eastern players - ( orne ney Editor, Chess Review, 250 wrest 57th St., on in! New York, N. Y.

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CHAUVENET WINS S. C. A. TOURNEY WINS WEST VIRGINIA CHAMPIONSHIP Twenty-nne-yeal' old Louis R. Chauvenet, of Walt Crede. ehess champion of Charleston, Esmont. Va., won the Southern Chess Associ­ \V. Va.: added the W est Virginia State Cham­ ation Chamllionship in the tournament held pionship to hiB local ehess laurels by winning this month at the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel. the third annual state tournament held at Atlanta, Ga. Clarksburg last month. Crede tied wilh fo['­ Chauvenet is a Ch ess Review subscriber, mer Sr.ate Champion John Hnrt In the finals plays in our Conesponctence Tourney, but won the play-off. Following the tournament. a \Vest Virginia CHESS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS State Chess Association was formed with The Chess Association of Private SChools A. W . Paull, of \Vheeling, na med as Pl'esiden t has ten teams, has been fUnctioning since and Gene Collett, of Clarksburg, elected sec· 1924. This year eight teams participated in retary·treasurer. the annual tournament. 'I'he Trinity School team came through undefeated to take first SUGGESTS RADIO MATCH WITH BRAZIL place with a score of 61;2-%. After splitting The Secretary of the Brazilian Chess Fed· their tlrst match with Lincoln School 2-2, they eratioll has writteu to George Sturgis, Presi· lost no games at ail, making a gallle score of dent or the U . S. Chess Federation, sUggesting 26-2. an annual matcll by shot·t-wave radio or cable. Gordon Raisbeck. Trinity's captain, WOIl all This is a fine idea. Some (orty yeal'S ago or his seven matches, remai!!s undefealed in there were annual cable matches with England. three years of competition. Qlller members These received much favorable publicity and of the team are Christopher Sireet (also un­ were eagerly looked forward to by enthusiasts defeated), Jim Doatrite, Ted nenedict, Max all over the country. Stolper. . ~-- Gordon Raisbeck also won t he Gold Medal, MARSHALL TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY emblemalic of City Champion, after a pro· It will be open house at the Marshall Chess l racted struggle with Michael of Horace Mann Club on August 10th when former U. S. Chess in the finals of an elimination tournament Champion Frank J. Marshall celebrates his open to the two top ranking players of each 64th birthday. All chess players will be made schOOl. Michael received a sliver medal for weleome. Call and pay your respects to the h is efforts. In 1940 this tournament w as won one and only Frank Mal·shall. The address by J08e Capablanca, JI·., son of the former is 23 West 10th Street. New York. worhl champIon. Dy the way, the Maestro is hanl at work Ralph J . de Colier, teacher at Trinity, is on a new book or his lire and gallle~. to be President of the C.A.P.S. Secretary·Treasurer published in the I<'all. ill Alexander Mazzia, a stude nt at Regis School. MET LEAGUE PRIZES AWARDED NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY Leonard B . Meyer, -President of t he Metro· A tournament for the championship of New politan Chess Leugue, has annonncecl the win· England will be held at the D08ton City Club, ners of the special prizes earned durin,c: the Roston, Mass. from Augusl 29 1.h to September recent season. College players made a clean 1st. Entries will be divided into sections, sweep of the awards. Two prizes for sound· one or more from each section to Qualify for ness were awarded to Leo Ledne of City the finals. No players will be seeded. College antl Abl'aham Rakst, or Bl"ooklyu Col· Entr}' fee $10, of whieh $4 wlll be returned lege, for their respective games against Man­ to players failing to qualify foe the finals. hattan Club players Albet·t S. Pinkus and Entries close August 29th. George Shainswit. The brillianc y prize we nt A silver trophy has been donated by Robel·t to Lawrence G. Greene, fm'm er Columbia H. \V. Welch, Jr. Prizes will be announced varsity player, representing the Manhattan a t tile ~tart ot the tourney. Club in the lea.e;ue, for his defeat of Marshall fo'or more details, wrile New 8ngland Cham­ Club's Walter Goldwater in the tlnal match pionship Tournament Committee, ROHton City between the league champIons and ex·cham­ Club, 14 Somerset St .. Boston, Mass. pions. (See Chess Review for May.) Here is the score of the game which won the brilliancy MRS. GRESSER IN COSTA RICA pri~e : l'IIrs. Gisela K. Gre8ser, oue of our strougesi CENTER COUNTER GAMBIT lady c hess players, is visiUnl\" Costa Rica and Gree ne Goldwater won an exhibition game with Senol'a TIo~alia p.!anh'n) (Marsh.) E. de Serrano, lady champion of Costa Rica. White Black "'frs. Gresser also f;ave a simultaneous ex­ 1 P_K4 P_Q4 11 B_Q3 Kt_Q4 h ibition. Friendly relations lmve gone UP 2 PxP Kt_KB3 12 P.B4 Kt-86? several points. 3 P.Q4 KtxP 13 BxPeh K_Rl 4 Kt.QB3 KtxKt 14 Q·Q3 KtxR MAN H ATTAN CLUB MOVES 5 PxKt P_K3 15 Kt· Kt5 B·K2 The Manhattan Chess Club is movinJ'; to 6 Kt·B3 Kt_B3 16 B-Kt8! P-Kt3 finer and larger quarters at 100 Ceutral Park 7 B.QKt~ B.Q2 17 Q-R3eh K.Kt2 South. Members and friends are congratulat­ 8 0·0 B·Q3 18 Q_R7eh K_B3 ing President .\laurice Wertheim aud his spe­ 9 R_Kl 0·0 19 Kt·K4eh K_B4 cial committee for their splendid choice. 10 R·Ktl Kt·K2 20 Q_R3 mate 137 Solutions to Endgame Problems By $vEN A LMGREN

The orlglnsl endgame positiotls on this page appeared In t he April issue or the Cheu Revie w. 'f be dI agrams are now reproduced with thell' solutions.

White to play a nd d raw Solution : J P - K tt ch . P x p ( 00.;1); ! P -Rt7, B -QC e h ; 3 K-l

White to play a nd win SO lution: 1 P - RS, li_ H7 (fo"~~ d) : 2 Kl·J(tiich. (A) 2 • . _ KxP; a l( t .B3~h , K - K l7 : 1 Io.-Qi, B -KIOc h; ~ K -BS i. Il · K U : 0 Io.·DIl, P"R5: 7 Ktx13, P · RG : 8 P - R7. P-R7; 9 l'-!.!< " of Queen follow". 1 K I ·U~, D -KH; ! K · Kt7. K·KIZ; 3 K I- QGeh. YOUR GAMES ANNOTATED K- U2; ~ K- R1 Win... If l ..- . K-B:l. ~ K t·B7, B -R G; ~ l{t · I<~, !Lny; G I{- R7 win,.. If 3 .. • Fine plays a nd errors noted, w ith criti. K- IU, 4. Kt- K ~. P-U5! ( 4 . . . B-K G, ~ K -B?, ca l comment. P layers have fou nd t his B -Q ~; 6 1(-llG wins. H , hel·e. S . . . D- ru, a most i nstructive ser v ice. G Kt~ win.); ~ K_B7! (5 Kt-Q &?, e·Q7! 6 K -R1. $2.00 PER GAMe P - B G!). D -RS: 6 Kt-Q~ . P -B(;; 'I K t- IWj.eh wln$. . Or If 3 . , . K·Kt3; ~ Kt-K4. P -B5 «( ... D·B8, 5 Kl- S S!) ; 6 K - R7 wins. Si m(1a,W 2 , , . T< -Kti; I. A, HOROWITZ 3 Kt-Q£kh, K · Kt5; " Kt-K 1. P -B~ ; v }{ - lt1 ! wins. If 1 l([-l34, 8 -R I" ; 2 K - KI7, K -R2; S T(I- K5! 250 W est 57th S t . N ew Y ork, N. Y. (Zu g-~w(lng), K moves; 1 K t -Q7 etc. 138 Problem Department By VINCENT L. EATON .1JdrnJ all tornJpOlld811ft ";',IQ this d~parlm~IJJ to V.L. fu/Oll, 2237 Q Sirtel , N. W., WIJJhiIlI.IO IJ , D.C .

The Interest aroused last year by t he publi· HONOR PRIZE PROBLEM calion in these pages of "Sixty 'l'wo. movers of the P ast Sixty Yeal'S" moved Mr. Alain W hite ALAI N W H ITE and your Editor to s peculate whether it similar review or problems in three and more moves =~ ' C;;,,' "" might not be equally pOSll lble. T his month we embark 011 the experlmeut , thougll rOl' variou s reasons a somewhat dHrerent scheme From thai or the tw o-move articles has been adopted. It wHi be explained bel(}\\', w ithout an}" "polltlcal pressure" bei ng exerted on him, Mr. White conceived the idea. of devoting the first article in the aeries to your Editor, who now makes hiS l'eO'eat with the well·known newspt\pel' byline that "the opinions eXD1'essed in the followIng article" are those or MI', White and "are not necessarily shared by the editorial stait" of this magazin,,,---e, The very cordIal welcome granted by the readers of the Chen Revie w to the selections of two·movers in the Issues [ 0 1' May,November, WHITE MATES IN THREE MOVn;S J9 -10 , has suggested, an experiment in ·o. similar selection or three-moverS, with a few {auI'· movers thrown. in. It is, however, a little of this department, Vin cent Lanius Eaton, who doubtful how [ar the llubllcatioll of a con· will collaborate with me in the preparation Of siderable number or three·movets, mA.Jly of the remaining articles. Eaton Is a young man them necessarlly difficult or complelC, will meet of twenty-tive, winner at eighteen yeal'S of the POIJu lar taste In consecutive fi nd I' ather age of high academiC honors at Harvard large Instalments, as was done with the two­ College. Since graduation (1934) his OCCll pa­ movers. Hons have ranged from a. pOsition with one Tllerefore a di fferent plan will be tried and of tile largest banking Institutions In New York I hope may prove of Interest. Twelve s hort City to what is perhaps the most absorbing articles w ill be planned, eaCh deali ng primarily department (the Manuscript Division) of the with a single composer's work, bagl.nnlng at Llbrary or Congress In WashlngtOiI. His hob­ the present time and progressing somewhat bies are bigb.ly specialized and exacting (de­ crab-like back. towards the early daye of com­ coding an early American system ot short­ position. Each artJe\e will be JIlustrated with hand, studying medieval manuscripts, research eight diagrams, of whIch six will be by the com" in the writings or George \Vaahlngton, and a poser under analysis, and one of each set wili dozen other sucb ventures), but withal he Is usually be a fo ur·mover, There may be a con· a young mall who appeal's quite detached cluding tblrteenth article s umming up the series, from any sucb. intricate application, fair­ with only rour diagrams, ma.illng up a total or haired, of smiling and engft.glng personality. JOO diagrams, ve ry roughly In Inverted Chrono· Above and beyond lIll these mental distractions, logical order, representing a small selection of he seems to have the love of chess and chess the world's enorm OU9 ClUtpUt of great three· and problems most deeply ingrained In his nature. tour·movers. To attempt Il. comprehensive His blue eyes light up when he sees a diagram selection III this small compass would clearly and the suggestion ot a new theme sends him be impo 6~ib l e , so each group wllJ concentrate off on a tangent of concentration, rather on a typical theme or group Of themes. While Eaton haudles the two-mover very The articles wlll be ·pubJ1shed at Intervals of cleverly, his real Interest Is rather in the three­ four months, continuing over a period Of four mover. He fintls In the three·mover a progres­ years, if the Interest warrauts. If It does nol sive combination, to which White and Black do so, readers should speak out (mnkly, and contribute ·jointly, not simply In building UP the seriea wlll be discontinued. I hope in attractive mates, nor in the eUfl)risee of sac­ subsequent artlcles to s;leak In partic ular of rifice and ambnshes, nO r In the stl' ategy ot G. F. Anderson, Dr. M. Nlemeljer, K . Hanne­ cl·itical moves. but In the 'In terweavlng of mann. M. Havel, F. Kohnlein, G. Heathcote, motives involving such elements a~ pinning, V. Marin, Dr. H . W. Dettmann, W. A. Shink­ unpinning, half-pinning and crossc)leckB Into man. J . Dobrll sky, and Sam Loyd, with a few rich tapestries of problem thought, whe re each references to some of the early pioneers. step of a variation mllst be understood in UB VINC EN'r EATON relation t o the rest before the essence of a As regards a very modern composer, repr&­ soluUon cao be a ppreCiated. All this Is pre­ sentatlve of the original ways or thought in sented with a. relatively light constrncth'e the tIlree-mover of the prellent day, I reel sure touch which makes his problems a delight the man whom readers or the Cheu Review to remember. would specially like to read about Is the editor A favorite theme of his has peen the White 139 half·!!ln, lI'here 13hl e k' ~ defense~ liberate both means or it self-p inning key, ;';0, HI~I) with or two White pieces III turn, which otherwise a. White piece already pinned, lind Hubst ltutlng woult! each become lllnned \JUI'suant to the a withdl'l\wul of the White King, often bu t IIIOI'emel11 or Its compal1lon, Thu ~, In No, 188S, not always under duress of 1\ Black Cllcck, In I . , , Pe3 and ] , , , 1'113 liberate the two sueh a way that lJIack can t hen nlnke nn W hile Rooks, 50 that:: He5ch and Z IH5ch may inter ference Un llil1 on hls second Illove. j Ust duly permit mate!! in turn br the companion as In the Brede theme. T his wou'" IlI'OO uce Rook, In No, IlHI6, the mack Bishops break the effect shown ill No. IS9 t , I , , , Sdtich ; up t he W h ile haIC·pin of Knight and Pawn In 2 K xPch, S eS ch ; 3 Qdti mate, In t hh~ Intel'­ sim ilar mannel'. 1 , , , Br3 and Bg3. IICrmitting ference,ulJIIln thellle, the Whi te K lllg 's second­ mates w hich Involve Blll.ck hal f'IIi nn lng as IIIOl'e check is nlade along Ihe JIll .. or phi, ,In well, vi,., Z Pd4ch Il.IllI Sc4ch, rel:lJlect!vely. a t he direction away f rom the IIInned WhIte man, bell. utlfully balanced theme of White and Black and the sqnnre vacated by lhe \Vhite King 111'0' half-Il lnnl ng 1ll0Uves, vides II f ree S(IUal'e fOl' the OIack l lilel·ferellce A nother favol'lte Jo:Ato n theme is the con­ unpin. It Is a most Ingenious cO lllblllntlon. secutive Interfel'ence·unpln, '1'0 IIndel'Sland t his and olle would like to Quote A number of one should p(lrhaps go back to old Julius Eaton's " arled ex;unilles; but Itpa ce I ' e lll ahll~ fOl' Brede (1 800· 1849 ), an ImllOrtallt Ilioneer in only one more, I n ~o. 1892, t hez'e nre two several lines. Urede concell'ed t he Ingen ious pinned W hite K n iJ;: hIS. so we hA ve two JIO. Ihought that, thl'ough Ihe agency of a cros s­ tential White King second moves, and It Is check, mack could bring about the Ilill of a a !'eal thrHl to tilll.l both broul/:h t Into a 1!lay. White pIece, whiCh a later Inter ference (or t . , ,Pc5 Is followed by 2 Kb5ch, Pc'l ell, even a. withdrawal of t he Dlack !!Innlng piece) unpinning the Knight lit d3 to penl\lt 3 Sc5 could unpin lind IJermlt to mate. H!~ example, male; and I .. . Ba3 (threat): Z Kb3ch, Kd5, No, 188 7, requires foul' moves, 111 ordel' to Unpinning the Knight (It e6 to IICI'ml1 3 SxP bring elthel' one of tbe nlllck Knights Inlo mate. This Interfer ence unpin by lhe lJIack position rO l' the hllerrel'cnce'\lnpln, which is King is a master stroke, Black 's Hr~t m ove, forced by a White check on Ihe pin line: 1 1 . • . Ba3 does not how ever I.ruvl tl e 1111 in· , , , nf6ch ; 2 Qd,l , Sd5; 3 Sc3c h, SxS: 4 QcS terl"erence by mack on U1l1ck'~ tlr ~ 1 mOl'tl, mate. so it does not perhaps con~ litul e II true echo of the them !>. No, 1888 by Eaton shows I he C"8CnCe of Brede's thought echoed In mOre themaUc tllI'ee­ The two th e llle ~ shown in the~e la~t two move form: I ... Rd3ch; 2 Re3ch, Bf3; 3 pl·oblems (the White half·pln mOllve used ReJ mate; Itnd I , . , BeSch; 2 HeSch, Rg4 ; 3 as pan of Ihe machineI')' In the Ill'ede theme, ReI mille, The stmtegy b here beuuti fully No, 1891, anti the consecu t ive Bllick Inter­ ference'unpln, No, 1892. aN) complete novelties. economlclll, Ihe checkIng agent of one line becoming the u1l ll(n nlng agen t o f the other I n \'iew or the broadel' IIOsslbllllles of the I'arlation , and I'lce vena. Three·mOl'e Brede second, the dlsUnCUon or being clllled the cross-eheck el"l; have been IltIbllshetl by several "Eaton theme" Illay well be asslKned to U. composers. but none In nealez' [ol'm than t h is. - ALAIN W HITE A f UI·ther stell In elabol'll.tlng the Idea occunl where the Dlack un llinnlng 1)leee tiiscol'el'll For those w ho would like to lItudy the Ilrob· check, thereby prol'lding a check lit both lemll quoled i n :\11'. W hite's I\l'lieles without Black's first anti second mOl'e8. Thus. In No. gOing 10 the hlbOl' of s o h' ln ~ t hem, we J.:Ive 1889. we find the Intricate maneuver, 1 . t he k eynl0\'CS: ~o. 1895, I QCS; No, 1886, I QxPch; 2 Sg6ch, SfSch; 3 Se7 mate, nr8; ~o, ]887, 1 Sc2; ~o . 1888, 1 Bc3; No, 1889, 1 Kh7; No, ] 890, I Rbi; ~o. 1891, 1 Qxf.l: No. It Is at t his IlOlnl t hut t he orlglnallty of IS92, 1 Ra.! , 1.>0 not forJ:et, nil of you, to Ealon's Irna;inRtion comell in, He ~aw two Interesting IlouibltlUes hhlden In t he Brede send in you r comments on thlll and lhe rul ure interrerence, Ilointing III the c!lrecUon o{ to­ lirt icles, telling us f rankly w hether you favor their continuance. tally new comblnallons, Flrs t.l y, the pinning or a W hite man (later destlned to give mate) need not necessarily be brought about by a OR. GILBE RT OO BBS Black Check fO l'clng tllo W h ite mall OlltO the line of pin. The half·pin motive might be In OUI' March iss ue w e insel'ted a. brief "stop. pl·ess" nOle, gi vinJ: the sad I1f'WS or the n tury, During a COm l )osl n ~ CA "ee,' t haI COI'c n ,,1 IIIOI'e than fo.'ty years, 110 1)1'0· s to r~' a buu t Uw a l'l of 2·move Ilroll l('m com· I,osltloll. The lucid It)' of his sty lc is amazing, du c ~d \Le a l'ly Ih.-ee thousand problems, of 11. 11 It is dou btru l whet her anyone i~ equal t o :'Il r, k i nd~, secul'"ly e>: tablh;hing h is IIOs [tlon !. ij one W hite's raelle lI~e of technical chel\~ le rms, or OUI" gr~!lItP ~ t l'ecenHlay al" lillt~, The j\lllic i o ~ls!y selectcd problems- ul most Though he Cllmpuserl raphlly. hi~ problem s 1111 of which lI!"e ma~tel'lJleces in the I'ery con· a lwa y~ had poInt; and !lOne le ft h l~ IlImlls servaUI'e .se n"e of the wOI 'd-;-serl'e to illumine unpoll ~ h c d. In Ihe t wo·move Ii Cl d hI' \l 1"~f c 1'1'e(] the te xt. We bel(l n II'lLh ' \\'lIr1:­ ouo com pi lers. Four IJI'oblems wore UI)!lllinlou sly burg .U ll0HI( contemporary conl]lo~e t'll. 1\'0, I.sS.s selected. ;wt! tllese, l'II/;)ll1y, are referred to III a IlIl.!1lIo)'lIble example, sho win~ chameleon echo IIlste!! by a White Pawli. with II t hlnl liS the "t; IIamplons." Chess Hc" iew readers, near·ec hu lhrow n In for good ml!II I1 UI'e. whu were ]>rlvileji;eu to avail them s~h' e s o r i\l l·. W h ile'i'\ "Rlxl)' T wo·Mol'ers o f t he Pa st Dr. i)obb" WII!! 111 "0 sllcc e lS~r u l I II other il eitIs S ixty Y('al',," (ChellS Review, May through of composing, IIII I'li eulal'l), in t he sel r, mate (see November, 1940) , hal'e come face 10 face with No. IllS !! ), 1·le eX llCrimenled w it h ahnoHI every the '·chanljllollll" - !'\<»I, 1631 (Mans fielu), 1652 ty pe or I"ai r y 1ll'oblem : with h el jlmllt(! ~, n ' Oe x­ (Ellerman), Hi5s (Schiffman) , a lld 1661 (Schiff­ mates and ,'ctrll Clors, with Grall!Sh u l ) Jl f'r~ , n ig h t· man). MI'. While rerers to one of the Schiff, rillers and the rest or Ihe mf'naKPrip or those man pl'oblcmll unanimoll sly cho~en ( K ~nBI ' whll jU'efel' llu~ nnorthn(\ux. S nl'\ ' ~)'lllg his I Q6-5112 ,s·2 II 2,'1 r·S2S2q I-k p I III II I p·b7) a!! an" 11 n, ac h l el'eme n t~. o ne \\'onders hOIl" he accom­ forge ttable nHI$(C!'plece." [t is at least that. plis hed so muc h In so com paratil'cly lillie t ime. The themes fi nd 11111 terns Il.re e xplained in And OIl C Is ~ n ddcnc d all the lllore II\. the I lll.~" ­ detail. with corrcct. emphasis placed on ori­ illl( of so \, (1 r~l\ ti1 c an artist. Ilc wIll be IOll ~ g inality or inllovatlon, t\. C. W . proselll~ 1he re III em l; crc II, chess problem In its configUrative scope, and • 11e wisely counsels that It be acce])tell by IhA sul l'er a nt! tomlloser In Its relaUon to the wO l' k New and Used of chea!! problem composel's throughout t he world. To J:llldtien the heart!! of Ihose who PROBLEM BOOKS hal'e been IIlI noyell by second I'ate com posl· We have a large s tock of problem books t ions, he s lates Ihat Ihe " two m OI'e r is In no -some uled, but in pe rfect condition. dange r a t the III"C senl time of becoming ex­ Lil t inC ludes "Century of Two Movers" hausted ." (new) and many by A, C. White. Write "t\ C I;:NTU nr 0 1" 'I'WO-:'IIOV ERS" is a rarity for detail5 and s pecial prices. for the bibliophllc, 1\ bible for Ihe c hess prob· CHESS REVIEW lemist, a treat fo)' anybody who knows the mere rudi me nts prOblem chess. 250 W elt 57t h St, New York, N, Y. of - Po L, Rothenberg

141 SOLUT IONS Xo. IM I by Gcottrey ~I o ll->;",i (l.: O I )\'lo\l~ly ,,,'hile ha s m nd e Ih" )os, move: olherwise I he ( Mllrch P roblem s-od g lnlll Su tion ) ])~ili on would be illc/:"nl. '·lcnC(l, Block l~ " lIo wed 10 mo"e, nnd White mO l e~ No, 17!l~ I», H, C, I;cUo: I ,u."eOrol,,;:ly (One 1>01"1 ) NO, 11 ~9 II}' Will C. 1>00 : I No. 181! IW P . I . ~ Itol hcniJe..,., I Q<,3 (,n "'ee poin( ,,) :-':0, \Soo hy V. I ~ ":"co" , I I . 1'<.II(Ql: Z Qd-lc h : a S~f6<: h . No. ISO I by V. J,. ~:'a co n : u I I . .. ) '111( 10 : 2 Q rl1eh : 3 H:Q i n l ~) 1"\ :>'0. 1806 h )' OcorJ: e W. Hnrllrc.. \"c~: I He? (, ",'.• poin, >< ) . A IIlIIu l -ur of >: t Qc~ch. 1 ... IIx l' Ed itor of t h is magazine. For f urther details, or SxS or 8:: 2 see the J anuary !lutl M ay Chen Review. SxHch. (2) The Cheat Correspondent announces a :\'0, 18 11 hY Oconec W. H"ne",,,"o,, : 1 IC ~) I .. . I' d~ eh : 2 He&ch. 1 . Kh1 ,)I' Q h8: lhan l w el"e pieces. Also a tOIIl'110), for .un­ 2 IW, (e h ). ort hodox pI'ohl ems, such as dl rect·mates em­ No. ISU by ";,1<: ~1. H ,, ~ ~ l o(.\ l ·J:: I Qr6 ('!'hrcc pol n h') I . . . l ~ d : Z 1'(3,·h. I . . . 8:< 1"' : 2 ploying unusual pieces, muximates, l'eflexmates, Qd.J(:h. 1 ... " <1 ·1; 2 Qd(;":h. 1 .. . ~1'2: conditional m ateK, and ret ractorI'!, The first 2 i'd ·1. lomney expires November I, J94 1; lhe second· No. 1813 by C. i'l. 1{ ;JlJlln,,: 1 1'$11 (Thre<:: ])Olnl~) I .. , >; xf.\ (lh. ('"I): 2 1' 1:: ~(Q) c h. I". named JUnual'Y I, lH2. Ad d res~ ont rles to Sf7: 2 1>1:""($:1 ). I ". ~"G : 2 P J;C8( R ). Mr, Geoffrey M ott·Smi th, 180 ClarelDont Av­ N(>. I8l-1 by C, So I.; I I>I.jll): " ",I Jo:. J.)a." ill: I l'c4 enue, New York, N·. \'. ("l"h O'(:(: 110''''''1 (3) 1 ..• Pd4xP <0. )>.: 2 S:o;(:~. I ... I'f l :< 1' T he Netherlands Chess Le11,:: ue II. lInounces C.II.: 2 8,,",1. I .• , Ox~" h : 2 KxQ. a t OUn l(l), SllOll Sol'ed by the famil), of t he l ate ~O. ISIS 1)), A),.,I " Whllc : I Hd~ ( Three I)() "H~ ) 'V. D. H , M einers, and ded icated to Ids m em ory. • I .. . I) x,.,:l l'I : ~ IIx05rh, I .. . c:<:);" 'I; 2 exf.). I . , . QiJ7 be as game,lIk e as po ssible, but no unnecessary .>r Q ~ 6 : 2 ~:< Q . I ... Q d ~: 2 i':< Q. pieces must be used. Bluck sh oul d prefer ablY be lll'ol'ided wll h power ful m eans or defense. A ddress entl'ie!! berol-e NOI'lllber I , 1941 to (April ProblemS) M r. F . W . Nan n ing, 15 S1. Gerardltslaan, E ind­ N. iS2$ G" nI"':'): I I ~ (Two poi"I~) hoven. H oll!ln ct , mention i ng t hat t her are for f\" o. l UG W. i1 1tr.:rt::,ovell: 1 Sc5 (Two the "W. H. H . Meinel's competit ion." l'here w lll 1'0. 1827 ( T wo 1>O in t ~) be IH'izes of 7.50, 5, and 2.50 J.'l orlns, fO l' the ~o. 1828 I &6· d~ ('1"\\"0 three best entries. ~o. 1829 llO t " ' ~ ) R bS-g8! : 2 Solu tions co Chess Quiz No, 2 1'(0. lBaO ])Oinl ~) 1 HilS; (R" e 1'''1:"<:> 13.1) (II) Mon.hy; (ll) Alek hlue; (c) l Jot - No. 1831

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1872 Mate h\ 2 1876 M ote i n 2 Mate in 3 "" 143 Originals (cont'd) ... Quoted Section

W , S. WATERMAN V . L. EATON H. Weeninkand J. De Koning San Francisco, Gal. 1st Priz e, Skakbladet, 1936 Hon. 1918 """

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GEOFFRE;:Y MOTT _SM I TH V,L. EAT ON , 1st H on . Men" V. L. EATON, W estern N ew York . N . Y. Sl'itish Chess Mag., 1934 Mo,-njng News, Jan. 1, 1938

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