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Paul Keres First at Margate Kemeri Tournament • A HONOR PRIZE PROBLEM' ANORa MARCElL Renne" France Dedicated to V. L. Eaton WHITE MATES IN THREE MOVES - ~~ __ .. .. .__ ._---- ~- --- ----_._- -----_. THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE AMERICAN CHESS FEDERATION PAUL KERES FIRST AT MARGATE KEMERI TOURNAMENT • A. V. R. O. • GAME STUDIES DR. EUWE • HOROWITZ • MORTON • BERNSTEIN • EATON - --- MAY,1939 MONTHLY ~O as. ANNUAIJ,Y $3.00 • • • ; VoL VB, No. 5 Published Monthl] May, 1939 . • • Published monthly by THE CHESS REVlEW, 25 W est,,", 43rd St. , N ew York, N . Y. Telephone W Isconsin '. 7-3742. Domestic subscriptions: One Year $3.00; Two Years $5.50 ; Five Years $ 12.50 ; · Si>: Months $I.n. Single copy 30 CIS. Foreign subscriptions : $3.50 per year except U. S. Possessions, Canada, Mex­ ico, Central and South America. Sirigle copy 35 CIS . REVIEW Copyright 1939 by THE CHESS R EVIEW "Entered as second·class matter January 25, 1937, at OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE the post office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879:' AMERICAN CHESS FEDERATION , • • ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO EditorJ: THE CHESS REVIEW ISRAEL A. HOROWI1Z SAMUEL S. COHEN MAKE ALL REMITTANCES PAYABLE .To. THE CHESS REVIEW FACTS •••• FANCIES •••• FOIBLES = From a rare old document in the 'possession of P. Shaul Hallett of Pasadena, comes this SPOT NEWS! treasured oddity. A last minute change of plans indicates A NARROW ESCAPE that New York may be the scene of the 1939 A. C. F. Tournament and not "Even now I tremble. My opponent Cal ifornia as heretofore reported. The Master of Evil. The Stake, I dare not , • mention. The Position - as ,here set down, 'Doctor', 'he exultingly exclaimed, 'Mate in seven!' Ominous number. 'Then, will I claim "Mate" he cried, but the seventh move was mille own!' Pale I ' grew, as my own White never wmpleted! My opponent could not or 'Men. In dread silence the play proceeded." would not make the fatal move. Wi~h a R,d shriek of rage that rent the board in twain, he disappeared! Friend! Set the men in order as above, make the moves recorded, and discover for ' ... ~ thyself the wherefore of my Narrow Escape. Myself The ..... White Indeed 'Red as Blood 1 .. , • . RxKtch 5 PxR Kt_B7 2 K_B3 QxRch 6 P_K4 KbPch 3 RxQ RxRch 7 K_Q3 Never made! 4 Q_K3 Rx~ch White 101 • • 102 THE CH E SS REVI E W • 28 . ' . p,p Margate Easter Congress 29 KtxP Kt· QB3 30 K t.Q5 Kt-Q5 Once again displaying ,the rare form that 31 R-B 2 Kt.K3 has earned for ,him the adoration, of the chess To prevent B-B7. playing mu ltitudes, Paul Keres annexed pre. 32 B-Kt3 P-B5 mier honors at Margate, England, the scene A des pera.te attempt at freedom, ·but it [a ils. of many of eaissa's memorable events. With 33 BxP B,P a score of 6 wins, 3 ,draws and no losses, the 34 Kt_K3 B-Kt3 young Esthonian topped ,his nearest rivals by If 34 ... B-Kt2; 35 Kt·B5, threatening Kt­ a full point. Q6,. a nd llO adequate defe nse s uggests itself. 35 BxP R_R 1 43 K -R2 P_R4 Jose R. Capablanca and Salo Flohr divided 36 B_QKt5 Kt_Q5 44 Kt_Q1 Kt_B8 second and third -pr izes. W,hile none of the 37 B_B7 Q_K2 45 R_K3 RxR participants waS able to account for an out­ 38 BxKt Qx6 46 QxR R-K1 right win against ;hirn, the invincible Cuban 39 B.Kt6 Kt_Kt6 47 R.Kt2! Q-63 40 R-R3 Kt.B8 48 Q_QB3 Q_Q3ch handicapped himseU by turning in :; draws. 41 P_Q4 Kt_Q6 49 Q-Kt3 Q.Q4 Salo Flohr bowed once, to Sir George Thomas, 42 R.Q2 Q·Kt4 50 Kt_63 • . • Slowly. ever so slowly, but s urely, 'Whlte April, 1939 makes progres·s ,. lend the atlvanced QRP re­ mains to torme nt the second player, notwith· RUY LOPEZ s tanding oll is valiant ef!ort~ to stave of! th(l Sir George Thomas S. Flohr inevi table. BIack White 50 • • . • Q.B5 Kt-B3 1 P-K4 P-K4 4 B_R4 51 Kt·Kt5 Q_B8, 2 Kt_KB3 Kt_QB3 5 0 . 0 B-K2 52 Q-B2 Q_Q8 6 Kt-B3 . 3 B_Kt5 P_QR3 53 R·Q2 • • • • More usual is 6 R-K L The text does not No warm welcome or haven of hospitality aim at building a DaWIl cente l' with P-QB3 is offe red t ll e Black Q in \\Ihite's comfo!'table and P -Q4. portals. 6 • . • • P_QKt4 53 • . • • Q_Kt6 7 B_Kt3 P_Q3 54 Kt-B7 R_K2 8 Kt_Q5 B_Kt5 55 P-Q5 Kt_Q6 8 .. Kt·QR4 to maintain equality of Bish­ ops is preferable. Or perhaps e ve n the =;SaIO Flohr riskier 8 . .. KtxP. Aftel' 9 KtxB, KL'LK t; 10 P -Q4, PxP, Blacl,'s pa wn plus is more tha n enough compensation for h is ·slightly in reriol' position. The textmove is pointless as it is neith er lI unoying nor threate ning. 9 K t xB QxKt 12 B_B2 P·QB4 10 P_B3 O.Q 13 P.KR3 B_R4 11 P_Q3 Kt_QR4 13 .. B-Q2 .m alntaining the scope of the Disholl is indicate d. 14 Q.K2 Kt_Q2 15 Q_K3 • • • • There was an element of danger in 15 p. K Kt 4, B·Kt3; 16 Kt-R2, P-KRf ; 17 P·Kt5, P·KB·t. 15 . • . • Kt.QB3 16 Kt_R2 Kt..Kt3 Sir Ge'orge Thomas 17 P_QKt4 R_Kt1 Having provoked a slight weakness in 56 P-Q6! " , 'White's Q -s ide Pawns .. the Kt shou ld now re­ Onwards, e ve r ollwards! treat back to Q2. 56 • • • • KtxQ 18 P_QR3 KR_B1 22 Q_Kt3 B_Kt3 [( 56 . _ . R·Q2; 57 Q.Qo! and the QR P 19 PxP PxP 23 B_B4 Kt(Kt)_Q2 marches to glory. 20 P_KB4! PxP 24 Kt·Kt4 R_K1 57 PxR P_B3 63 Kt_Q5 Q.R6 21 QxKBP Kt. K4 25 Kt.K3 • • • • 58 RxKt Q_Kt5 64 Kt_KS K _B2 25 26 Not P-Q4, P:-.:P ; P xP , QR·B1 ! 59 P-K8(Q)ch BxQ 65 R_B1 P-Kt3 25 • • • • QR.B1 60 KtxB P_R5 66 Kt_Kt4 P.B4 26 Kt_Q5 Q_Q1 61 Kt_B7 K_B2 67 Kt-K5ch K_B3 27 P_QR4 P_Kt5 62 K-Kt1 K _Kt3 68 B_Q4! Res igns 28 P_R5 . For White inten ded to contInue with R.RI Not 28 PxP , PxP ; 29 KtxP , P-QR 4! The t ext and the a dvan ce o r the QRP. move establishe s a possible outpost lit Kt6 T his game was su perlatively pla yed by the and fu r ther cramps ' Black's game. Baronet. MAY , 1 939 103 MARGATE EASTER CONGRESS . ... .. .. .. • • • • . .. .. .. .. M ASSACHUSETTS CHESS Cross Country Oscar Sha piro is t h ~ 19}9 winner of (he annual CHICAGO CITY CH AMPIONSH I P tou rn ament of the Massachusetts S{;&(e CAless Asso­ cia tion with a. Knfe of 12¥2- 1¥2. Fl iegel, Ward The 5trOrlgest ci ty cnampionship in Ch ica~o since and Daly were tied for second, tnird and founh 1926. in session from March ~th to Apri l 27th, places wir.h scores of IO V2-}V~ each. Fifth pl ace ended with the Il'01: unexpected VJctory of Samuel D. went (() Keller ·wi,h 10- 4. SIxth to Sharp with Factor wh ose con~istendy steady form emlbled him 8-6, seventh to Taylor, 7-7. Other contestaMS to s c~re 9 our of a possible 10 points. Charl es included Mitchell , Olnuvenet, Sturgis, Hersey, Lewis, Elison with 8 points finished second, Hetman H~l­ Gring, Dore and MIIll oney. bohm with 7 poinrs, third, Burmn D ~ h lsHom wnh Harold Mort<.Jfl of Providence and We:tver W. 6¥2. fuunh. ~n" Nels Enghulm wirh 6. fihh . Adams, now resid ing io New York, were missing The tournnmenr unfonon.udy was mured by from 1he cotry list. The schedule was promptly seve ral withdrawals and forfei ls. Elias Gordon as a completed under Ihe Able direoion of Frank K. ro n~u ence of a diSf>\ne withdrew aher Ihe firsl Perkins. round, and Lewis J. Isaacs, who was unwell. relire.! Shapiro. this year's winner. has been playi ng dless afler the sixth rou nd. in variolU Bo5lon evenls for Ihe past fifteen years. The fi nal score: and on tWO previous occasions finished in second W L D TI. plac~ in the Massachusetts Slate tou rn~m ents. I S. D Factor ........ ..... 9 I 0 9 Raymond Thomas of the Boylston Chess Club 2 Charles flimn · . .. , 2 0 , madc a clean score, 10--0 in the minor section of J Herman Hahlbohm .. , .. .... , 2 2 7 the state tou rney, repeali ng ·his 9-0 success in the 1 BurfOn O. Dah lstrom . , 2 J ,~ Cily of Boston championship, which finished a few , N e L~ Engholm ... ........... , 0 , , weeks earlier. He is captain of the Boylston Club's 6 Benjamin Frank ............. , , 0 , "B" team in the Metropolitan League. 7 Samuel Cohen · . .. J , J '11/2 8 Loui, R. Newman ... ..... .. 2 , , , 9 Pa ul H. Lil'll e · ... .......... 2 ~ 2 J CONN ECTICUT CH ESS 10 Kirk D. Holland . 2 8 0 2 The Connecticut Olen League has jusl completed \I Lewis J. Isucs ............. 0 10 0 0 the season's act ivities. having conducted during the past yea r both (etm and incl-iv idu al champ ionship tou rnamen ts. COLORADO NOTES Eleven ent ries participated in the A divisioo 0( the inter<itv team (OUrnamenl ~nd five in the B A greater interest in chess has been evinced in division.
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