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-4merica ~ (;1...66 nllWdpaper Copyr ight 1957 by L!nlted Stilt". Che.s Federat ion Vol. XlI. No. 2 Friday, September 20, 1957 15 Cents Wl.a/~ 51.. B.-I m ou.? ConducIBd bv Positi<;m No. 216 IRWIN SIGMOND - END solutions to Position No. S 216 to reach Irwin Sigmond, 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arlington 7, Va., by October 20, 1957. With your solution, please send analysis Brasket Second, Santasiere Third or reasons supporting your choice of "B~st Move" or moves. In "Champion of Champions" Tourney So lution t o Position No. 116 will ap.. pear In the November 5, 1957 in ue. Hans Berliner, Champion of the District of Columbia, scored 5!h·l lh NOTE: Do nof place solulio"J 10 1"",0 to win the 19-player Champion of Champions event at Yankton, S. D., posi/io.n 0" on. (ara; b. sur. 10 inaicdl. losing no games but drawing with Curt Brasket, Lee McGee, and John corTtCl "umber 01 ponlion being sol ..c a. Ragan. Second on tie-breaking with a score of 5lh-1ih was Minnesota ""a gi... Ih. ,ull name ""a ",UreJS of State Champion Curt Brasket who also lost no games but drew with th. sol ...r 10 "uist in propu • Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana that "tbe Post Office Department'. r ecently estill> VoL XlI, Number 2 Ji~heoJ Sl arn[> AoJ,,]sory (,;oll1mlUee is nOw formulating rccommendatlonS {or the ([bess Cife comUH.·;lloratl"e stamp proirams for 1958 and 1959 {or Ihe Po s lm~5ter General'a September 20, 1957 "P1>1·0\·.,I. 'I'll" rccommenoJ~t[on {or" Paul Morphy st~mp has been brouJ:ht to the (,;ommltteto's attention!' Publlshetl !wk..:- a month un the Slh ~nd 20th bl' THE liNITED STATICS CHJ::SS"" FEVEHATIO;.i. e nlcrt'{l us seeon(] class matter Sl'P mbe," S 1946, at l ilt! post office Lclh:r& shoul<.1 now be .se nt to Ihe Commemorative Stamp Advllory Committee, Ilt Dubu'luc, IOW3, "nd~I ' the ~CI Of ~ll1rch 9. 1879. ' care Of 1'0Slma&ler Celiei'll.!, Wilshineton .25, D.C., requesting such II .tamp. based Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR on Morph)'" iJ(>eom!ns u"oWeial world champion by defeating A<.Io[f Anders.sen • of C(:rmany In a nl;l.tch In Paris [n Dee"mber 1858 . POSTMASTER: Plun r eturn undt llvuable copies with Form 3579 to Kenneth Harknesl, USCF Business Min.gtr, 10 En! 11Ih Sired, New York 3, N. Y. 2/ Dr. Willard ~'. Libby, member of the Atom[c Energ:y Comml.ulon, statll'd reee"' [y Ihat one of the rell.sol\S why more yount men and won 'en do not embark • on " eareer In ..den ce is lack of recogniOon. I belleve that lock of public f'CCognl· I[on Be ta as a brake on the development of chess In our couotry. By I have, therefore, recently lien! a lette r to M:;o.yor Robert I'. Wagne r o( New York Clly. urging tIl at he hold a reeepUon :at City Hall for New Yorke... who Montgomery Major are ehess champions On the international. national, state or city level, and that he reward them ,,·ltlo a medal or scroll. I propOS"d that lu d lng peOple of Ihe city be [nvlted, and that acUI'e workers In the field of cbess Uke a bow, with ruun, MAX PAVEY words of IntroducUon. And sIn ce ibis is Paul MOl'J>hy CenlcDnlal Year, thaI a $hort talk be gh'cn on ~lorphy's chess ear....,r. The date sugluted Is October 6th, ~TH claimed Max Pavey on September 4, 1957 at the age of 39 one hundred )'CifS to the day. of tlu.· op<'nlng of the FIrst Amerlean Che.. Con D after a long confinement in the Mt. Sinai Hospital. Leukemia and l reu [n New York City, .... hlch !lIorphy won. coronary complications " with a s uspicion of radium intoxication" were Coul(il not thIs be tried eHecUveLy in every city of the United States where there b a ~hcs. e[ub, even II they have no ehilmplons above ttIe eley leveL? U the causes ascribed Cor bis untimely passing. October 6th does not permlt adequate prepar:atloD, then the reception could be Ranked as a Senior U. S. Master, Pavey had a very distinguished hel<.l Iny Ume thIs yelr. career in chess. While n student in Edinburgh in 1939 he won the PAUL LEITH championship of Scotland. In 1947 he won the U. S. Lightning Chess • Nn>' York, N. Y. Championship in New York, and in 1949 the New York State Champion ship. He finished second to Donald Byrne in the 1953 U. S. Open at VALIANT FRIEND Milwaukee, and was a member of the U. S. team thal travelled to Moscow All Appreciatio'l by USCF President Jerry Spann in 1955. He was also a ranking tournament bridge player. PEECH cannot contain our love. Never is word more hopeless or Max Pavey was a chemist by profession and for several years had S inadeqUate than now; and to intrude on the pain and anguish of heen manager of the Canndian Rndium and Uranium Corp. Laboratory family and close friends with a declamation of loss is unthinkable. in Ml. Kisco, N. Y. It is suggested that he might have been the victim There is a modicum of comfort in the knowledge that Walter of radioactivity, according to a statement from the State Labor Depart Shipman called on Max Pavey at Mt. Sinai Hospital shortly after his ment of New York which has brought court action against the Canadian return from Cleveland to deliver the resolution of gratitude passed at Radium and Uranium Corp., alleging laxity in reprocessing and salvaging the Membership Meeting, also to transmit my request approved unani radium. mously at the second Directors' Meeting, that he continue as Chairman Chess players in the USA owe a great debt of gratitude to Max of the International Affairs Committee. Max accepted, of course. Pavey, not only for his distinguished career which reflected glory on Of course he accepted, this quiet, purposeful man, seemingly un· American chess but for his faithful and efficient labors as the chair dismayed by the stultifying problems that nagged at his plans and man of the USCF International Afiairs Committee. His zeal for chess hopes at every turn; when time and again he had to stan~ helplessly was sueh that he continued to conduct important international chess by and watch esseqtial international activity become mOribund (rom negotiations from his hospital bed at MI. Sinai-and the participation financial starVation. It was difficult to devine from his statements and of an American team in the first International Women's Team Tourna reports the frustrations and disappointments he experienced; but in bis ment at Emmen, Holland was his final successful negotiation on behalf correspondence the heartache could be detected. He felt personally and .. of American chess. Invariably soft·spoken and aliable in his relationship deeply the tragic consequence to American Chess of the inability of with others, Max Pavey will be long remembered and his premature its leaders to work with each other. passing deeply regretted by all who cherish the best in American chess. His last note to me was a letter of advice, written April 22nd of Our sympathy goes to his widow, parents and sister. And may they be this year, while I was serving as Ch.airman of t.he Nomina!in,e. C~m. lieve that ''This life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life ElySian mittee. This letter contained his nommee suggestions and thiS shrrlng whose portal we call death." plea' "In Heaven's name seek out the, men of iood will, how desper ately we need them!" it must nave been gratifying for him to ~ee such a man, Dr. Erich Marchand, whom he nommated, elected USCF • • Vice·President. ~ We will do honor to Max's memory most by giving substance to his hopes, reality to his dreams, and iron to our resolve to ac-complish same. On Suppr."ion of Criticism Salude Valiant Friend! .Dear Mr. Spann: Your leiter In the AUlust 5th "Chen We" 1m :addressed to USCF offIce.... I RALPH ROSENBLATT ;am not an offIcer bUI I will &lve you my commenli Just the same. Plain duel CltrtlrlMl PobLle Account_nt payin, memben hive I 'take In the USCF too. 4SO Seventh Avenue, New York 1, N.Y. I do not know you or any thin, about you. My eommenu are on ,eneral prtn. Chickerlnl' 4 SUB 611351 dplea and not On personallUu. July 18, 1951 You state that you mU l t hive veto power over "CheSll We," that you mu.t United Statu Chelll Federation have Intertm authortty to act II thln,s ,et out of hand. Since it 111 practically Im_ 80 E.st 11th Street possible to denne what It: munt by "out of band" It would Inve you the SOle Ne w York 3, N. Y. One to determjne when It would be necusary to act. Genllemen;- ... U" d S···· C"u "Cben We~ la the only means we ordinal')' members have of Imowln, what Pursuant to enlaCement, 1 blve audited the accounts of ",e n e ...... 111 10inC on. NaturaUy the II'dltor should be In aympathy with the aim. and polleles Federltlon, on a qUlrterly basll. for the fisc .... year ended June lO, 1957. of the USCF as detumlned by the m"lDbenhlp. committee•• snd officera. If the Presented herewlCb b my report, eomprlal.ng ttl" 'ollowln, ell.h1blts wltb pertinent editor ,eta "out of hand" his aellon. will b.. vWble to the enllre membe... hlp . eommenta thereon; When any eorredlve aellon 111 taken the membenhlp can understand why. Even &X.HJBJT "'A"-BALANCE SllEET AS AT .JUNE 30, 11157 iT they do not a, ree at leut they will know why. EX.IUBJT " B"-sTAT£MENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR TlIE On the other hand, If the prWdent hu power to veto acta which he alone FlSCAL YEAR ENDED Jl..fNE 30, 1951 delermines are detrimental the membenhlp will have no way or Gowin, ... hether COMMENTS the president and h1ll administration are ,etUnI "out of hand." U II Is decreed The rasults from openUonl Ihow I Net Income ot ,,55.26 that no crltlcllm of the adm.lnlltut!on II to appear In "Chcn We" It Is loin, to be humin nlture to suspect the Idrn1n.btratlon Is coverlnc up somethln,. ~e:Habo~N':-:'~~:U::.R!ec::~~~ ~:P~:e\~~"';t;t';~;~t "' a;;d'M l~~'id' ~1L.31 Thlt ml y not be correct but the theory that the leader cln do no wron, I. too clos. to the feuhrer prtnclple. A Inder can lead only when he Insplrel hlI ::e~~~~r~~cl~1: INVENTORY ...... _____ ._...... _.. ~ ...... _ 1~9.94 followers to follow. It II a mJlllk. to contuse power with le.dershlp. SUPPLieS INVENTORY ...... _...... _...... 44<1.20 Mlybe t am rudin, too much Into your atatement but when a mill hal The Ibove Inventorl... ot Merchll.nd.l5e and SuppLLes were verified hy an power to .wpprell erltleism Of hlmsetl It b dtlfleu[t to belleve he will not 1.1,,' Ictual count tlken by Kenneth Harkneu under supervision of tbe under. It. I wW walt Ind see. WILLIAM PLAMPIN ~!~~du ~~~e n ~~ ~ ::~ l r~.~.~.~ ... ~. ~... ~.~~~.: ...... _~ l,u7 . 07 Alntfn,J,;", V". The Ibove total of unplld Invo[Cil$ and a,reu with a .ch edule on ACCOUNTS ...... 1,$15.2.8 This II the verltled with the monlhly statement It should be noted that ..• $890.75 of the Chess Lite Prlnt!n, Fund A Morphy Stamp for 1958 helped to as of a year alO to the present EDITOR, CHESS LIFE: figure II 1) As to the Morphy Centennial Stamp, I have b"en Informed by Senator (pte ..e turn to plge 9, col, 1) USCF Memb.,..hlp Dues. Ineludlnc subscription to Chesl Ufe, periodl... 1 pubJt CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weekI' notlee required. When orderlnl' ehan,e eatlon of naUonal ehelll ntln" Ind all other privUe,e.; please fu.nish In Iddre" nencll lmpreSllion from re<:eDI lIIIue or e)tact rep.!> ONE YEAR: ,5.00 TWO YI!ARS: $t.5t THREE YEARS: ,n.sl LIFE : '101." duetlon, Ineludln, numbers and dllte. on top line. SUSTAINING; '10.00 (Becom., Llf. Membersh[p after I' paymlntt) Sind m_mbarshlp duu {nr subsc:r[ptlonsJ _nd chanOi' of _ddr.. , t. KI:NN.TH A new membership atarla on 211t d_y of month of enrollment, expIres at the HARKNESS, Bu.lnltu M_najJar. ID Ent 11th street, New York 1. N. Y. end of the period for whleh duet Ire p_ld. FamUy Due. for t,,·o or more memo be,.. of one faml.l.y Uvln, at ume address. Ineludlng only one .wbserlpUon to Se"d Tournamant r.t[nlil rltports (wlft! fees, If any) .nll .11 cornmu"lutlonl ,.. Cbelll Ufe are It re,ular rates (lee above) for nne membership, at the follow. ludl"1 CHESS LIFE Mltorlal m_"e" to MONTGQM.EItY MAJOR, I!lIltor, 113 ~ rites j or .... eh .d'dlllonal membership: One year $2.50; 1"0 yean $4.75; three Hort.. Humphray Avltnue, 01l.k Plrk. III. yea... $6.75. SublerlpUon nle of Chell Ufe to non·memben b $3.00 per year. Slnlle copies 150<: .... e h. • Make all cbKh pay.ble to; THE UN",T' Tournament will bo held in Romutead. He went on to ny: MEMBERSHI P MEETING F'I~ .. IUId the 1959 J\lnlor TO\lrnament "Each of the nominee. for Prelf\d~nt Cr/llui BIII/roym . .lf flllccr Hotel. August 6. 1957 In OmahR , The Directors \a\lded Mr. had elven "areful. deep, even .nl\illh. Koltn nowskl for Ihls achlevcment, eSo Iml: thousht to the suhJect. They r\llly The meeting \I'aa called tQ order by the 2100. One relson for thil has been the pcclnlly Iince the cities \l'Ul .have time II ppreclated the magnitude of the Job Presid ent, rolr , Frank Graves. feuds within the USC f' and the \lse of to plan for fu ture tourn.ments. The re· a t this c riticat time. B\lt frankly I de It was moved b), Dr. Hayward (W. va.) Inte mper.te lingua!;",. Mr. H. rkncss port WII ac<:epted: leet",d no slK"n of fa lterln,; I remember and .seconded by Mr. Smith (Texas) that Illve • history of the three Importa nt particularly one st.tement made wblch the readlnl Qr the minutes of t he tast asset. of the USCF. nam~I)· . the publica. Repor t of the Secr.t,ny In n.:.ny ways typltlcd the spirit and meeUne be d l~penH'd with, $ln« they Uon Chess Life. the RaUn, S)'II",m. and attlt\lde of the others: I h.ve the S.les Dept. In connection with the The Secr"'tar)·. llr. Rohland, give his 'Yea, had previously been publlihed In Chen report .•nd stated thll d\lrlng hit t ....o enou,h confidence In my abmt)' thlnll Ralln, System Mr. H.rkness pointed out to Ufe. Motion pa~. years as Secretar)', he to\lnd that tbe that I could run the Feclen'tion, or .'U' a serious situation wh"::h hiS developed Report of the President «reatell d c.-fc<:t of the USC,- wu n ot other ora:;a nlUl tlon rl,ht.' The re.,et over the yeal'S. While th e Rating U sb . nd reluctance that .ccomp.nled .... eb have exp.nded, too many on the Usts contro,·erlY or discord; It was epathy. P resident GnVel lave an account or He deplQred th'" lack of Interest In refusal was lenuine, and In some lD the eommltme ntl whleh the USCF had .re non.members. He showed that out USCF . ff. lr, sh own by mosr membe rs, stanecs, quite movlnl. made concernlne the FIDE and IDter. of 3700 names on the lut r.lln, \1st only and the reluetan« of m.ny members national Che .. EvenU. III the yeu ot one·thlrd were USC F m .. mbe... U this to answer mall. I think wc sho\lld t~k e the time to ea:_ hi. eleetlon. 19M, he had intended to '0 keeps \lp, the USCF Rallnl StatllUcI.n amlne this partic\llar prOblem. Wh.t t. tQ South America tl.lr the FIDE eon,...... will be doing nolhln, b\lt r.Unl non Report of the Ways & Me.ns there .bout t.hl!I Job th.t make. It eo Unfortunately, the FIDE had cban,ed members. Mr. Hukneu advocated the Commltt.. demable yet so reluaecl? Now let u. Its meeting pllce to HoU.nd, and Mr. (oUowlng policy to re.medy this sltua. say that one o( yO\l II Ch.lrman of the GraVel WII unable to chan,e hit Itln· tlon: A tournament will not be rlted Mr. A. Wy. tt Jl.lne., Chalnn.n, told Nomlnatlnl Committee, .nd you ue .,rary aceordlnlly. Pres. Gravel told tha \lnless 100<;:' of Its pl.yers .re USCF the Dlreclors th.t the WaYI " Me.nl uklnl one of our respected leaders to members that after mu.,h conlltdentton members. Mr. Harkness s.ld U'lt only. CommlU",e Wei n.rted In 1952 .t Tamp. lerve the USCF a. Ita Prelld",nt. What he h. d decided to extend an Invitation few czecpUons to thls could be allowed, to help Impleme nt the Harkneu Pro are you .skJne: him to do In term. of to have the 19&8 World Che.. Olympics I\lch u commercial leal\le•. He u ked mollon.1 PI . n .nd 10 act .s an inter work and personal saerin«? Do you end the 1959 C.ndldatea TQu rlllment In the membe.. to .,onslder the neee"'ty mcdlary between the memhe.... the Edl. know that Mr. Graves ls well pan the the UnU.ed Statu. In Iplte or ,rut dll. for thlt pollc)" and to realbe th.t the tor• • nd tho B\lslne.. Manaler. Mr. $10,000 mRrk In personal calh ouu.,. ficultle. be .... cceedlld in obtainln, tha oblt.cle to thla plan ls nQt the Indlvid, Jones req\le,t",d th.t the committee be for his three year term! Th.t tbe ttpre , FIDE" auent when he was In Mo..::ow. u. 1 player, b\lt that It ls the tournament dllsolved .Inc. It had f\llfilled Ita term CO\lld .mount to once alaln a. mueb 11 I .nd p\lf1)ou. Mr. Jones mentioned th.t Mr. Gnve. uld h'" bad labQred fOr org.nben who hesitate to enforce thI•. time taken aWlly Crom hi. cllentele wllb aeven ml.lnths to ral,", the neceu.ary Mr. Cramer (Wls.) made the foUowLnr h'" and Pre•. Gr.ves had lent $215 .plece Ittendent loss of fee. II taken into ae fundi, b\lt whan faced by a dan,ero\l' motion which was passed: to th'" USCF In • tim", of need, a nd that count~ It b an unfortunate tact that. l.ck, he h.d to wlthdr. w the Invltatlon. he and Mr. Gr,vel have c.ncelled that In the present state Of USCF nn.nen, MOVED; ~hat we, the unmbled memo debt as of DI.IW. It was moved b), Mr. The HOUlton Ch.mb~r of Comm",ree. a man~ financial potlUl.ln II very lm berah1p. accept and endor.. arOllS (C.Uf.) and ~onded b), IIIr, ho .... ever wu .pp.UI!d at thil (.nure, the Bu s! n~ u Man.,er'1 Report portant with ..,gard to tbe USCF presi a nd II Jow (r.ntlcally worldn, to rwe Smith ITltz u) th.t the report and Ita dency. part1cutarly on the vi"., .tat request be ae<:'pted . nd the member. Ihe nnaneel lor Ihe 1959 Candid.,.. I!d concernln« Chess We Ind Toura. menL ship 10 on record ., "vln, the Wly. Wh. t else wW )'ou be u\ll.nf thla the pollclel ltated concerlllnJ: nominee to do In the .....y or pezwonal PTes. Gr.... ltated that althou,h he and MealU: Committee Its h~arUelt the Ralln, System. Ih.nk,. Motion paued. ucrlflce? YQU wUl be ullin, blm to I. the out,oin, Pre.-ident, he Is not Dr. Sehmldt (NY) drew .UenUon to a Prel. Gravlt. then uked the Incomlnl' take m\lch tlme aw.), from h1t famUy. throulh with .ctlve Che.. promotion. succ""tul le. ture of the Promotional thls In I dditlon the time be m\llt Pru. Gravu ...... pleased th.t he hu a President, Mr. Spann. to come to the to PI.n that had deveJoped better than t.ke away from hi. buAnHII. All lin- most c.pable IUcce&.or. pl.tform to explain several matlera .nd a nticipated; the Amateur Tourn.menU to ,Ive th. members. prellminary a.,. portlnt f\lnetions ahould be .ttended', The International AU.ln Commltt" h.d dr.wn a huge number 01 e ntr.ntl re,ardleSil or wbue they lQay be. Report, compOlled by Mr. Max P.v",y, qualntanu with th'" a ew admin.latratlOD. thoulh t h ~ re were no money prl1u and Mr. Sp.nn ,.V. an acco\lnt or hll inler· Chairman. was read by Mr. Rohl. nd. Mr. wher~ USCF me mbership was req\l l ~ . On display here Is wh.t )'ou w,ht Spann lOki • . ) m.de the (oUowtn, mo ItSI In the USCF from lhe bectnDln,. call . tr.velling J\lnJor Size me cabinet. Dr, Schmidt aald tb.t Ihe old polJcy He told the ero\lp th.t h'" had. been tion wlllcbo was paued: I.If looking for Spon&ON wu Incorrect, About .000e-thlnl of the co...,~Ddence MOVED: thlt the memberl of the USCF askl!d to be: Ch.lrmln of the Nomln•. and th.t Individual IUpport b mOr" tion Cl.lmmitl. which Included A. E. S.n. contained therein 1& In conne(:tlon wtlb • «ept the International Af· l\lccew\lI, as was «lowtn,ly .hown by tulere (NY), Or. V. S. Hayward (W.V•. ). lhe work of the Nomln.tln, Committee; (ain Committee R~port by Mr. the Am.t~\lr Tourn.m~nta. William Trink. (Ind.), and Dr. Lewl. two-thirds, somethln, In ",x~e .. of 400 P.vey, .nd th.t the Secretar)' " Wood (NJ). Mr. Sp.nn explalned 'Wh)' pieces of mall, has beltD eltCh.a,ec! ill .... rite Mr. P.v~y eltllre.. l ne Report of the Tourn. ment there were two baUots thll yeu: the the pa~t two months. alter It be<:ame o\lr sincere Iymp.thy .nd appaf(!nt th.t I would be picldn, up Ihe Admlnistntor Womena' VIce- Presidency proposal m.de thankl. Mr. Koltanowlld «.ve • re"'m", of hll It mand.tory. AI for hls .scension to reins from Mr. Grave_.nd the volume It was moved by Mr. Jone. , ..... ) .nd Wl.l rk during the past year. H", hId di can onl» increase with the takln, over seconded by Mr. Reynolds (Calif.) th.t the OUiet or Preatdenl, Mr. Sp.nn IIl1d rected and Itaged m.ny Amlteur the followln,: of exec\lUve r",sponalblllt)'. the Trenurer', Repor! be dl. pelUl!d with Tournamentl which had attr.cteCi m.ny since It had pftvlO\lsl)' been prlntl!d 10 ~ And now we come to the Office of And now Mr. NomJnalln, Committee new m",mbers. Mr. Koltanow$k1 .u Pre51dent .nd II I nomlneu. Ftrst we CheS5 Life. Motlon p u~ed . Ch.lrm.n, dQ yO\l ..y to Mr. Pro.pee pielled with the fine toum.mellt sl.te have ten and now we h.ve one! You tlve Presldentl.1 Nomln",e, 'I raalize accomplished during the year and men· R"'port of the BU llne" M. n.ller know. durinl the lut (ew week$ I have that thi~ t.kCl more lime .nd Involves tloned the Junior Tourn.ment held It h .... rd some pr.lIy r.nt.stlc stories. Now more IIcrillce than you c.n undertake Mr. Harkness, the B\llf\ness M.n.eer. San Francisco. the comini Vlnkton, S. friend" It J\l11 Itn't tr\le that al CbaIr· It present, but take the Job .n)'how wal plea~ed to repl.lrt th.t the USCF Dak. tourn.aments, .nd the Ladles' m.n I have lIyl), talked the other· nlne deficit hu ,onl do .... n (or the filth yeu and do the betl yO\l can'? Reflect ,on TI.I\lrnlment to be h",ld In November In nQmlnee. out ot runnlne 50 I could have thiS! Would )'0\1 wlnt for your Pr.~den t In &\lce .. sslon. H~ Ixplalned th.t the y ..r Loa An,elel. Mr. Koltano..... ld consid the Job. I talk.d to the other nine nom a InIOn who would say yel to a prope.l. termi.dated the rive ye.. promotional ered bb only faU\lr", to be the proPNed inees until I ",as bl\le In the face, try_ tll.ln of th.t Idod? Beln, relpODIlble plan be,un In 1t$2 at T.mp••• nd that U. S. Chess Champloll$hlp. but ezpl.lned In, to talk them loto runnlq! Now leaders, if the), cannot live tha time thls plan hu been a mixture of I\lcee.. tb.t most cltles do not wllh to ratH pleau don't lIliIunderstand me. I .m Ind ener(iCl requlri!d to dl.l • job rilht .nd r.U\lre. The plan was ••uec ... In $SOOD for a tournament In which none not belitUlnl' Ihe Ollke of ' President they won't take Ihe Job-and the), dldn'tl tb.t It red\lced th~ printer'1 d",bt from o! Its Inhabitants can enter. Mr. Kolta· Qf Ih~ USCF. nor am I impl)'in, th.t over $5000 to the pre,",nt $%$15, .nd Dow.ld .nnounced that he h.d made theu nlnlt nne uSCF lude.... belltul!d (Plaase turn to Pol,. 6, col. 1) also prod \Iced the S.l.. Dept. and the ..tlsfactory ne«otl.l.Uona ror attu for the otnce. Thelr re.sonl tor ref\lw exp.nslon of the Ratln, Synem. Ttle ,",veral to\lm.menu. The U. S. Open _re qlllta lineere and quite YAlid." plan wu • r. Uure In th. t IRlle.d or the wW be held in St. Paul, and the 11151 Mr. Sp.nn n.ml!d uveral nom.lneel Ilk ""f F,M.,." Pol,. 5 eZpe<;ted 10,000 melQbera we b.ve but Open In Omah•. Tbe 1958 U. S. J'unJor .nd died their reason. for dedln1 n,. "Jess J..l e StP1"",bv ZO, 1911 Pol". 6 everywhere at once. Their chief role, wh.t Is good for one st.te m.y not be stringent th.n policies Idopted In other In addition 10 gh1ng area Information .nod fo r another. Mr. Phillips aaid Ih.t countn... such I. Sweden .nd Holliad. zo, 1917 and counu l, w1lI be to provide commit. In • tournament some pl.yen would nol He mentioned that such a policy bad a.\. tee personnel, and ufist.nee In the care to be USCF membe.. or to be ready been .dopted In aever.l states. tough Job of committee supervl,'on." rated, but th.t .ome user membe... Testimon.lals were given. After the fI ... t fruitless round of ~oUd· would wl~h to be rated. In such. sltua. Mr. McCormick (NJ) '.lId that at first. lutlon, I narrowfll the Held down 10 Mr. Gra,·e. thanked Mr. Spann for hi. t'O n, lderMlon of the prealdency and hi. lion members " 'ould be de prived of a h~ had strone doubll aa to the effeeta four aod really went on a selUn" cam· ""ork on th., Nomlnatlnc Committee. Mr. rllht to be rated. Mr. Vln Celder (Calif.) of this policy before It was Ipplled at palgn. These tour, e~h In hi, own way Gn,·e. then caUed upon Mr. PhiUlp•• a re-com m~nded the study of thl. sttu.Uon the New Jerley Sl.te ":toum.ment al bul wtth eollullon apparent, nnll)' former President, to addre&.5 the memo and the con&ldention of mo,e deslrlb]e Hackensack. However, Inslead of lurn turned the tables on me. They did an allernatlves Such U r.l$.Ing the RatlnJ" Ing away entranU, luch • policy was arlful job of .ellln. me!" bers. Mr. Phlmps J"ave a resume of hi. term fe u, etc. Pre~ . Sp~nn and Mr. ,Iarknen favored, and more players partlctpatfll Mr. Spann ci ted examples, and con· or oWc., and III difficulties. He u ld I,refll thai luch a Itudy would be In the tourn.ment thin WII e~c t ed . tlnued: Ihat previously chess acUvlty had bef!n made. All agreed th.t a few eaceptloru Mr. Lauckl (NJI verified the ~UCceD of "'n talking to Indlng nomine", .. conilnu"d hy meanS of private contrlbu. to such a policy would have to be mlde, this polley In New Jersey. Mr. Jenkins cI~ely and a • • earehlngly as f did, I tlons; but there was alway. Ihe dim· such as Industrial tum tourn8menl~ and Mr. O'Keefe, both of MlchlJ"an, told became acutely aware of their capablll. culty of dictation by thue private con· and the rating of the stron... t t .... enty. that while Ihll policy w8..!i .t first tin, and sreatly concerned thllt an ap' tributor.. He waa proud that he did or·so players In the nltion. The Dlrec. frowned upon by MlchlJ".n che"" of. predable portion of thes~ ablllUu mlJ"hl not lubllCrlhe to the prACtiCe of bowIng tora also noted th.t the policy advoc.t. flelals, It beclme very aucceS$fUI and be lOll 10 National Chess wilh my ' Iep. to these dlctlt.". He was .Iway•• ble ed by Mr. Harkne ... would prob.bly gained support Of MIchigan players. Mrs. pin, lnto the Pru ldency. Booing In Some· to contlnu" cheu acU,ity even In the alter Ihe present sy.tem Involving at- Will. Whltc Owens cited that . uch a Ihln, of a b~r.~lnln, position, , lue· shadow of fu nd shortagrs, and Indlf.ted filiations and franchise feel. Mr. Meh- POlicy ...... ,'ery favorably recelvfll In cumbed to their persuulvene!l$ on con· th. t Chell Life was the "reatest drain w.ld (Ohio) PO)ntfli out that a uniform OhIo. dltlon llult they e:ach become an Ar... · on USCF fln~n~ s. He appealed to the affiliation fee of te n dolll,. w .. not Mr. Spann Ind Mr. narknu. lold the Aide and ,Ive 1I01id aub~ for the )'ounger members to pitch In .nd ... ork. qu ite (alr 10 small chess clubs as con- DI .... clors that there " 'ould be no "rail· full Ihree ye~n of m y administration. and not \0 expect the PreSi dent to do trailed. with the larger club.. r oadlng" of the propO£ed policy, hut As a rnulI we bave an Administrative everything. lie reminded thc memben that a.ltern.Uv~~ Ind POlllble dlfllcul_ Comr».lllee, tenlatively known u the th.1 Ihe head men of the USCF have Mr. Harkne s~ agreed th.t much con- ties would be consLdered and worked Steering Commlttee, which Is composed never taken on their dulles wllh mone· .Id eratlon would have to In .Iven be· out. of T om Jenkins for the Mlddleweot, t,ny expecbtlons for themselves. Mr. forc adopting thb policy concerning The following motion wu mllde and OUlhrle McClain for the West, Dr. Nor. PhlUlps said he was 82 year. old, and ratlnJ"s. He sbowed that there Ls g reat passed: mHn Horn, teln for the South, Walter hoped 10 see Ihe USCF Improve In Ihe difficulty In rating 3700 playen where MOVED: th.t Ihe DlrectorB of the USCF Shipman for the Eut, and myself for future, and wa.o pleased wIth the partial two·thlrd. are non·member•. He stated commend Mrs. Willa White Owen.!, the Southwelt. 5UCCesseli of the USCF In the put few that Ills policy would be a neceuary Mr. Max Pavey, Ind Dr. Rallton, Ihe The Steerln. COmmittee will hIVe ad· yean. r lak sInce he believed thlt the R.tln. outgolna: Vlcl·Pruldt!ntl, and J"lve mlnIstrative power onl)·. Th""e leade... The election of Directors was then SYBtc m Ls sufficiently .trong. He showed tha.llks .nd guUtude for U,elr ser· wUl be Area·Alde. to Ibe Pruldent, for lIeld. Ifter which the meeting "'II ad. tllat such a policy W81 pr operty withlD vlce$. the .Unple reuon that he c.nnol be Journed. the province of the USCF, and WII. len The meeting w .. then' adjourned. ------'---- FIRST DIRECTORS MEETING SECOND DIRECTORS MEETING American Room. Munger Hotel, August 7, 1957 American Room, Monger Hotel, AI/gust 8, 1957 Members Pre&ent: PTes. Grave., (ormer MtI. Ol.ela Gresser ... al elecled the M.. mbers Pre$ent: Pru. Sp.nn, former ..ked thai th"y I llrt planning now to Pru. PhllUp., Mr. Spann, Mr. Hark· Womcns' Vlce.Presldent. Presidents Oraves and Phillips, Mr. send Ibelr Juniou. ness, Mr. Rohland, Mr. A. Jonel, Dr. Erich Marchand and Mr. Edgar Me · Harkn ...... , Mr. Rohland, Mr. A. JOnel, V-COLLEGE CHESS. Thl. committee VICD·Presldents Wl\la Whltc Owens, Cormick WHe clceled Vlce·Pre.ldenU. Vlce·Presldents Jenkin., Hamilton, would act as a 1Ia1, on betWeen the USCF Jenkins, lIamilton, Tears, McClain, Pres. Or8ves declared those officers Tears, McClain, Marchand, McCor· and the Intercollegiate Ch .. "" League. .nd 44 I)lrectors. duly eIL'Cted. mlck, Mrs. Willa White Owenl, and Mr. Rhyl Haya, Mr. Kerr, and Mr. Ship 44 Direclors. The meeting wll called 10 order by Mr. CrIlVeS, the outgolnJ" Prelldcnt, man were mentioned as personnel for President Or.ves. Mra. Owens moved presented the gayel to Mr. Spann, the President Spann op.. ned the meeting by this committee. th.1 the minute. of the previous m eet· newly elected President. PrUldent reminding the Directors that In the VI-WOMENS' CHESS. The Directors b. InJ" be dLspenafll wllh, since tbey had SPlnn pointed out that the combination pr evious meeUng he had ..kid them to Ueved tha t the pOlSlblUU... for thLs prevloUily been printed In Cheu Lire. rive thought to the .cope and peuon of ~rrtelenl orJ"anlution and good pub committee were ., yet unexplored, but MoUon paued unanimously. It WII lic r ell tions Is of utmost necelSlly for a nel of the P(oPOsed committees. The were more promlsin, th.n previoullly following proposed committee. were moved . nd pasted that the Dlrectonl good future for the USCF. Mr. Sp.nn considered. M.... . Will. Whlt~ OWent approve the dispenSing of the reading remInded the Dlreeton that they had taken up conseeutlvely by the Pruldent h ... been askfll to head this commitlet:. o f committee rtPOrlll si n~ they had reeommended his candidacy t.r,ely b. and d\sc:u5Sed by the Dlrcctors: Othcrs mentioned for thll committ<>e been read In the Membel"$hlp MHtlnJ". cause of hi. buslne"" ba~ k grou nd . a nd l_ rJlITERNATlONAL f:V£N'fS. The 0 1· "'etc Mrs. Kllhryn Siale r and Mis.o Mr. BOlton (Conn.) presented a moUon thai the USCF mu.st he operatfll som .. rectotl lauded Mr. P,I.I.lI Pavey, the Chair. LucUle Kellner. concerning the flIltorial policy of Ch~" what like a bu.finess. Sloce the problella man, tor hLs unUrln, work )n tbll eom· vn-ARMED SERVICES. A written SUc· We. Alter considerable dis<:uulon the of the uscr all hlnge on the neceQ\ty mlttee. Several Dlrectofl polntfll out ge5!Jon wn made from Sgt. Kanh, Ita· Dlrectora votfll to t.bl!! the motion. Mr. of • 1"J"er membership, Mr. Spann that Mr. Pavey h . d been lerlously III Uoned at Monterey, Calif., that tbe Cram~r (WI •. ) . 110 pre.ented I mOtion "rened Ihe fact Ihat we musl "Ie'll" for some time, yct, even from hts USCF e5tablilh JI .I~n wllh the Special concunlnJ" the e dItorial pollcy of Chen Ihe USCf'. and that the Pre~ldent must hospital bed, worked unceasingly and Services DivisiOn of the Armed Forces LUe. After some dIscussion the Dlrec· bc con'lde r~d 8..!i a Sales Manllger with vailantly. Mr. Spann ..Id he would Uke to promote cheu .ctlvltles In the Ser· tori ahowed that thc motion contained the I)lrcctora as Salesmcn wllo will hive !'tlr. Pavey to continue as Cllalrman, but vice recreation program. gene.ralltles .nd ponlbly lnfrloged upon t",rr ltorlc!, quotas, etc. Tile Pr(lsldent's also felt thai If Mr. Plvey would not be avallahle In the coming yelr that VIn-GRIEVANCE CO MMITrEE. Mr. the scope of th ~ proposed Contracl Area Aids would act lUI " R"glon.1 Sales Whitaker (Md .) mentlo".,d Ihe n • 14. KMU I S. P·Klt4 K' -Qlt4 Or Marchand will ""swlr betlnna r l' q uestions Of! t h l, 1'11 _, If of .U"Ic .. ~t p·as' gener,;' j<'t.,r u l. Those wl, hl", • ~non. 1 ,ep ly should enclo,. d amped, HI· Alao thla otre nslve Idea .... H used In .ddren" d ." ....1 0,,". Ad d."': Or. Erich W. Mlrchand, 191 5."m , Or ..... Roc,,"t., the lIame agalnt t Burger. The Kt(R4] 11. N. Y . appears to be uselesa. But Black plans o n P·QKt4 followed by Kt·KU, B+Q6. 1. Answers to Reade rs' Questions White's stnteglc plao hr • K _aide at Alex Dunne, Sayre, Pennsylvania, asks about the variation 1. P-Q4, t aCk. while "Black'. ~s t ehance Is for pl, y on the Q·slde . Kt·KB3; 2. Kt-Q2 suggesting, for instance, 2 . ..•.. ..., P·Q4; 3. P-QB4, P-K3; 16. Kt·ltl P.QKI4 22. Kt·a S Q-Q3 4. p-Ka, P-B4; 5. QPxP, BxP; 6. PXP, PXP; 7. Kt-KtJ, ?-O; 8. Kt-KB3. 17. P·KKt4 Kt.1t2 13. QR-Ql Kt-Q6 Answer: The line described would indeed ,favor White if Black played II. B·K3 Kt·K+1 24. 1(1·1(3 P-Q 1t4 n. K· RI B·84:15. Kt·B3 Q. K'1 as described above. However, better is 6 ...... , QxP so that Black does '10. R·KKtl Blt8 26. Kt·B5 Q-B4 not get an isolated QP. In this case Black actually gets a slight advantage. 21. Kl xB Kt·B4 27. KR·BI 1t-Q2 Also playable is 2. ,...... P·B4; 3. PxP, Q-R4; 4. P-QB4, P-KKt3. Not 27...... KtxPch; 28. QItKt. QxQ (or 28...... RxR; 29. QItQ); 29. RxRch, 2. Why Did White R. esign? K-Q5 (or 66 ...... , K-K5; 67. P-R7, RItR; 30. RItQ. The lui move threat . . R-R7; 6B. Kt-83ch); 67. P-R7, R-R7 ens Kt ltPch and also prepares for the WhIte (COlli ns, t o m ov,) J. G. Scnpps, Seattle. ~a.s hlO~- (67 R-Rl' 68 Kt-Kt6 K- doubling ot n'e on the Q.file. ' ton, refers to the final p06dlon m 69'. R:RBch; 70. 18. K·Ktl PO.' 66. R-Itleb K·Kt2 71. R·B6 R·K7 ;~; P~ii8(Q), Q~); Black want.. d 10 he ready to answer 67. K·Q6 K-B2 72. R·.5 R·Ke the game Muffang·Larsen, annotat· 68 Kt-B7 Rxp· 69 Kt-Kt5ch 29. Q.K3 with 29 ...... QKQ; 30. Kb • GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Chess Ma.ster JOHN W. COLLINS USCF MEMBERS: Submit )'" ... bm ,ofmu lor this ,itpelmml 10 IOHN W. '7...... P:rcBP 7. P·84 - . COLLINS, 91 ROofJ, B,ook./7" 26, N. Y. SP"ct bt'''B limi'"I, Mr. C"IIi'1I ,.,il/ Arter 17 ...... !'xRP; 18. QKtxP, B-Q2; Olhcr moves. popular at this polnl. are Un"" 19. KI ·Bt While's QKt e nlers the ·,.me 7. Kt·Kt5, .7. Q·Kt4, 7. B·Q3, 7. Q.Q2 or tt{u/ /},t 11I0S/ j"tuft/inB ""4 insl,uan-t Jor publi, .. / ;oll, U n/UI othe"viu IIlfuJ no/U e,'cn mo re forcefully. 7. Kt·S3. 1I0,,".,ver, the le xt has been to 8~mtl art by Mr. C,, /liM. 11. QKlxP B·Q2 '0. B-R' KI· Kt1 played by Uol csll VSky, Kcres .nd Bron. 13. 8 ·1( '1 ...... I'. kl·K2 P· Kt3 21. I Here 9. P-KR3 asSUl'"S White of equal ~ Ity. 9...... B.!CIS 10. P·KR3 Now P·KR3 Is a very costly tempo as the folln",lng e>lchange Is practically , Inevitable later anyway. 10. , __ ,_._ , BXKt 12. P'QKt3 p·U! 11. BxB Kf.!13 13. Kt-K2 13. ~Q2 looks sounder. 13. .• ~.~. p.t(. lIerliner already hIlS lhc opening ad_ vantage due to control of the center. The Immediate threat Is P·KS to win a ple~. 14. PxP PxP 15. QxQ ...... This move ald5 Black's development. S (lnd~du solutions to posilionl through No. Z12 r~.. j,,(d b, Augull 20, 1917) A. Bomberault 79/1 J. Welnlnrer~ 21 H. McClellan 8 P. Berlaw 2 G. Payne 78b I. Sehwart~· 19 M. Cohen K. Blake , W. Wilson·· .. 10~ O. Baylor 181 D ••Iahnson L. Kranewskl , F. Trask 66 1. Frank 18 E. NItschke "7 P. LeClere , E. Godbold ~5 R. Glblan In B . AdomS " D. Napoli , E. Karpanty·· 63~ F. L)'Dch 17 J. Lee .. , M. Ale;