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434 & REVIEW ~ UNITED STATES

Volume XXIV Numbe,' I I November, 1969

EDITOR: ASSOCIATE EDITOR CONSULTING EDITOR Jack Straley Battel! I. A. Horowitz CHESS FEDERATION

PRESIDENT Dr. Leroy Dubeck CONTENTS VICE·PRESIDENT Frank Skoff World Championship Gomes, by Dr . Petar Trifunovic ...... 436 SECRETARY U. S. Open, by George Koltanowski ...... 438 Eric Bone Observation Point, by Mira Radojcic ...... 440 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR E. B. Edmondson Chess life Here and There ...... 442, 443, 450, 452, 454, 456, 474 REGIONAL VICE.PRESIDENTS Triumph of a Dark Horse, by Robert Byrne ...... 444 NEW ENGLAND The Fifth Game, by ...... 446

EASTERN William Goichberj" Canadian Championship and Zonal ...... 448 Denis BaITY Allen Kaufman The Rubinstein Memorial, by Anthony Saidy ...... 448 MID·ATLANTIC James Van Horn Dr. Fred A. Sorenson Games from Recent Events, by Hans Kmoch ...... 45 J Lewis Hucks SOUTHERN Samuel Fulkerson The Art of Positional Ploy, by Sommy Reshevsky ...... 453 Robert Cole Donald Schultz SMl's Southwestern Open, by Burt Hochberg ...... 455 GREAT LAKES Robert Byrne James Grau College Chess News, by Peter Meschter ...... 457 Theodore Pehnec NORTH CENTRAL Peter Wolf Industrial Chess, by Matt Pavitt ...... 458 Richard Verber Aleksander Liepniecks Booster Chess, by William Goichberg ...... 460 SOUTHWESTERN Ken Smith ROOert drleger Benko's Bafflers, by ...... 461 Dr. Alfred Sorenson PACIFIC A. M. Gardner Larry Evans on Chess ...... 463 Russell Miller Col. 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Non·member l-yr. subscription: $8.50, foreign or domestic; single copy, Fred Cramer 85~. Change of address: Allow six weeks notice; please ll ive us both the new address and the old address, Including the numbers and dates on the top line of your stencil. Vice.President, Zone 5 (U.S.A.) Address all communications, and make all checks payable to: UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION, 479 Broadway, Newburgh, N.Y. 12550 NOVEMBER, 1969 435 Junior World Championship Games by Dr. Petar Trifunovic Black wants to open the file. 14. P·QR3 QR-Nl 15. P-QN4 P-KN4 ARTFUL DODGING 24. P.R4 ...... Black shrewdly evades some attempts On 15 ...... , PxP; 16. N-N3! White Now 24. P·KB3, to bring the Bishop wins back the , with an attack. by White to and confounds him into play, is imperative. with unknown lines and a bad Bishop. 16. PxP e.p. RxP 24...... PxP 25. RxP ...... This move looks good but is an error FOUR KNIGHTS OPENING Allowing the saddles leaving Black with no attack, 16...... , A. Un:ica White with a weakness unnecessarily. PxP, with threat of ...... , P-KN4, sets Rumania Soviet Union 25...... R·QS 1 28. RxP Q·B2 White problems as to his Pawn. 1. P-K4 P·K4 3. N·83 N-B3 26. P·KB3 R·B3 29. B·Kl N·K3 17. PxP PxP 2. N·KB3 N·Q83 4. S·NS ...... 27. P·QR5 PxP 17 ...... , NxP; 18. B-N2, R-Q1 is bet- White wishes an easy and quick draw ter. and so uses this opening which has a 18. R·Nl P-KR4 19. N-K4! ...... drawish reputation. It is catastrophic for Black for the 4...... B-NS to hold this position, The threat Clearly, Black is opposed to the idea of N-Q6ch, after B-B4, is mortal. or he would adopt Rubinstein's leveling move, 4 ...... , N-Q5. It's a fight. 5, 0·0 0·0 7. B.NS BxN 6. P-Q3 P·Q3 8. PxB 8·Q2 This move puts White into trouble as it doesn't exist in the books. White, in analyzing later, commented that the move must be bad as it is not in the books. 9, P·Q4 ...... White continues just as if Black had Now Black garners the fruit of White's entered the Metger Variation with B. inconsistent planning...... , Q·K2, then ...... , N·Q1. Instead of 30. P-N3 RxP 34. Q·Q3 Q·R2 using his own head after the new move, 31. Q·Q3 RxBP 35. K.Bl R·BS he plays by the book and his own faulty 32. RxRP RxR Resigns memory. The text is bad as it ex· 33. QxR/6 N·QS 19 ...... P·RS poses White's King Pawn. 9. N·Q2 with Black cannot take the Pawn: White threat of P-KB4 is correct. ALL IN wins on 19 ...... , N/2xP; 20. NxN, QxN; 9...... P·KRl 10. B-R4 ...... 21, B·B4, Q·B4; 22, Q·N2 ; and also on For White's intentions, 10. BxKN, QxB; POSITIONAL STYLE On Rogoff's own declaration, this is 20 ...... , NxN; 21, RxB! KxR, 22. Nx 11. R-N1 restores the game to a simple Pch, K-B1 ; 23. N-R6 or 22 ...... , K-N3; position which might be drawn. his best achievement in the competition. 23, Q·N2ch, 10...... R-Kl 11. R-Kl ...... His play is characterized by the posi­ tional, even the combinations! 20. B-B4! ...... Else, Black plays 11...... , PxP and Black is lost: he has no attack and, 12 ...... , RxP. SICILIAN DEFENSE against the threat of N-Q6ch, he is help· 11...... P-QR3 Kenneth Rogoff Bellon less. On 11 ...... , P-KN4; 12. NxP, PxN; United States Spain 20...... PxP 21. PxP B·Rl 13. BxP, the White threat of R-K3 offers 1. N-KB3 P.QB4 4. 0·0 N·KB3 him the chance of a very strong attack. 2. P-KN3 P·QN3 5. P·Q3 N·B3 12. B.Q3 ...... 3. B·N2 B·N2 6. P-K4 Here 12. BxQN is better. How name this opening: King's Indian 12...... B-NS! in Reverse or Sicilian Defense? Now Black stands better. 6...... P·K3 8. R-Kl P·Q4 T3. p·QS 7. QN·Q2 B·K2 Wh'l.te q,u\c.k\;;> run.s in.to a \I)st -pl)si­ Black ta\\!; 'l.n 'Nit" White's w'lshes. By tion. 13. R-N1, P·QN3; 14. B-B4! and, B...... , Q·B2, he can prevent 9. P-K5. if 14 ...... , BxN, 15. PxB gives him a 9. P·KS N.Q2 10. P-QB4! ...... game. White forces 10...... , P-Q5 and so 13...... N·Nl 15. QxB QN·Q2 conquers K4 for his Knight; for Black 14. P.KR3 BxN cannot allow 11. PxP, PxP as then the In this blocked position with weak­ threat of P·K6 is dangerous. ened White Pawns, the Knights prevail. 10...... P-Q5 II P-KR4 ...... White's Bishop is particularly White prepares his Kingside attack, inactive. ensuring advantage in space there, after 16. B·N3 ...... the usual strategy, White, however, conserves that Bish­ 11...... P-KR3 op. Even for that purpose, 16. Q·K2 and Interestingly, Black also intends to 17. P-B3, then B-B2 is better. attack on the Kingside and so prepares 16...... N·B4 IS. R-K3 to castle long. He wishes to have ...... , 17. P·B4 Q.K2 P-KN4 at his disposal. White has lost his way. 12. P-RS! ...... IS...... KN·Q2 2T. P.R3 NxB This Pawn has advanced too far but 19. P·KR4 KR·Nl 22. RxN ...... cannot be attacked here . 20. Q.K2 P.QN3 12...... Q·B2 13. Q-K2 0.0·0 After 22. PxN! P-QN4; 23. Q-B2! White The position has become razor·sharp. can defend his position effectively. Black prepares ...... P-KN4; White, P­ 22...... N·B4 23. R/3·QT P·QB3 QN4. The question is who comes first? Defending Champion Julio Kaplan 436 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW From bad to worse, but the Bishop Here 19 ...... , K-Nl is a must. 5. N·QB3 P·QR3 8. 0-B3 Q.B2 was too exposed where it was. 6. B·KN5 P·Kl 9. 0·0-0 QN·Q2 22, R.N5 P·R3 24. R/I·NI K·B2 7. P-B4 B·K2 23. R-N2 Q.R4 25. N·Q6 BxN The text is risky and doubtful. On the Among other threats which Black had better 9 ...... , N-B3; 10. NxN, QxN; 11. to meet was 26. R·N7ch, BxR; 27. Rx B-K2, B·Q2: 12. Q·Q3!, 0 -0·0; 13. B·B3, Bch, K·Q1 ; 28. NxPch, K·B1; 29. RxN Q-B4! 14. KR-K1, KR-K1, though, White and 30. NxR. also has the better chances_ 26. PxBch K-Bl 28. BxN R/l-Nl 10. P-KN4 ...... 27. N·K5 N/2xN 29. Q-B3 ...... White is obliged to play for an ener­ White threatens everything or, at getic attack or risk getting an inferior least, 30. R-N8ch as well as 30. QxN, position. BxQ; 31. BxE with an unavoidable mate. 10 ...... P·QN4 11. BxN ...... 29...... NxB 32. R-N6ch N-B3 30. QxBch K-Q2 33. QxNch K-K4 31. Q.N7ch KxP 34. R·KBI Resigns 20. B·KSI Q·K3 QUICK QUIETUS On 20 ...... , Q-B3; 21. NxP, PxB; 22. White concedes Black a good open­ PxPch, K·Nl; 23. N-K7ch, RxN ; 24. QxR, ing, perhaps unwillingly, but cashes in White has a winning positlon_ on two early slips thereafter. 21. NxP PxB SICILIAN DEFENSE On 21. ._...... , QR·Q1, the only good re­ J. Kaplan J. Juhnke ply is 22. P-B4! 22. NxP is met by 22. Puerto Rico West Germany ...... , QxRP; 23. P-N3, RxB! 24. RxR, R­ T. P·K4 P-QB4 5. B·K3 N-B3 K7 with a win for Black. 2. N·KB3 N-QB3 6. N·QB3 B·N2 22. P-BSI Q-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 7. NxN NPxN 22 ...... , PxP; 23. PxP, NxP; 24. Q­ 4. NxP P-KN3 8. P·K5 N·Nl R5ch, Q-N3 offers more resistance. 8 ...... , N·Q4 is under new investiga- 23. PxPch K·Nl 24. N-B6ch ...... 11...... Pd tion suggesting that Black gets enough Here could have occurred such a vari· As is known, on 11...... , NxB; 12. for the Pawn. ation as we seldom see outside of prob· P-N5, N-Q2; 13. P-B5!, N-B4 (13 ...... , 9. B·Q4 P-B3 lems or studies: 24. N-K7ch, RxN; 25. BxPch; 14_ K-Nl only enhances White's After 9 ...... , P-QB4; 10 . BxP, Q-B2; QxR, K·R1 (25 ...... , Q·K1 defends ev- attack); 14. P-B6, PxP; 15. PXP, 'B-B1; 11. B·Q4, BxP comes Duckstein's dan­ erything); 26. R-Q7, R-KN1; 27. QxBch! 16. B-R3!, B·Q2; 17. Q-R5, P-N5; 18. gerous continuation, 12. P-B4! RxQ ; 28. R-BBch, N-N1 (2B ...... , R-Nl; N-Q5!, PxN: 19. PxP, 0-0-0: 20. N·B6, TO. P-B4 N·R3 11. PxP ...... 29. RxP mate); 29. RxN! KxR; 30. R­ White can play for a win though a piece What else? After 11. B-Q3, PxP; 12. QBch. etc. down. But this line is better for Black PxP, 0-0, Black has a good game. 24...... K·Rl than the text move as, at least, White 11...... PxP 12. Q-K2ch K-B2! On 24...... , BxN, 25. RxB, White has to work hard and very precisely White expected 12 ...... , Q·K2; 13. N· wins. whereas now Black has a lost position. K4! and 13 ...... , 0·0; 14. B·B5 or 13. 25. NxR Q,N 28. K-Nl B-N4 12. P-BS ...... N-B4; 14. BxBP. 26. P·NS Q,P 29. Q-QB4 Resigns 27. PxN Still, White cannot delay. In Gligoric­ 13. 0·0-0 ...... BxRPch Fischer (Zurich), Black had good play 13. Q-B4ch, P-Q4! 14. QxBP, R·K1ch is after 12. B·N2, B-N2; 13. KR-K1, 0 ·0-0; too dangerous: 15. B-K2, B·KN5. etc. SMORGASBORD On Black's choice, the opening comes 14. P-QR3, N·N3; 15. R-Q3, K-N1; 16. 13...... P·Q4 14. Q-B2 ...... KR-Q1, P-Q4. White dodges 14 ...... , B·KNS. up tasty, even spicy: but the Swedish 12...... N-K4 13. Q-R3! Champion can devour smorgasbord. 14...... R-KI IS. B-K2 B·KNS This is White's strongest move; it Now Black had good play. SICILIAN DEFENSE threatens 14. P-N5! 16. BxB NxB 17. Q-R4 N-R3 Ulf Andersson Meulders 13...... B·Q2 17...... , Q-Q2 is correct and offers Sweden Belgium Black equal chances. 1. P·K4 P·QB4 3. P-Q4 PxP The game begins only now; for, till 18. P·KN4 Q-Q3 19. KR·BT P·QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 4. NxP N-KB3 now, all has been "book." On 13 ...... , P-N5; 14. N/3-K2, White has a new threat in 15. N-B4. 2nd Annual 14. P-N5! P·N5 On 14 ...... , PxNP; 15. PxP, White has a simple and decisive attack. IS. BPxP BPxP 16. PxP PxN 16 ...... , BxP is even weaker: 17. NxP, Q-B1; 18. Q·R5ch, K·K2 (18 ...... , MARCH 13·15, 1970 N-B2; 19. N-Q5); 19. N·Q5ch, KxN; 20. B-RSch, etc. 17. PxB PxPch 18. K·NI KxP ATLANTA, GEORGIA What else? This Pawn is scrambling the whole Black position. 19. 0-R4ch K·Kl 24. Q·K6ch Q-K2 6-Round Swiss, Open to all rated below 2000 or unrated 20. B·K2 B·R5 25. RxN RxR 21. 0-B6 Q·K2 26. BxRch 22. B·R5 R·KBI Resigns PRIZE 23. KR-Bl P·K4 OVER $2000.00 It isn't hard­ Details in our next issue Carry your card.

NOVEMBER. 1969 437 Vukcevich Bisgu l.r 1. P-K4 P·K4 13. N·R3 N·R2 The United States Open 2_ N-KB3 N·QB3 14. B-NS 0 ·0 3. B-NS P·QR3 15. N·R4 B·N2 4. B·R4 N·B4 16. N.BS Q·Ql S. 0 ·0 P·QN4 17. PxP PxP by George Koltanowski 6. B-N3 B-m 18. Q-B3 B·B4 7. R-Kl B-84 19, R-Ql B·Q3 To urnament DEreaor 8, P·83 P·Q3 20. N-R6ch K·Rl 9. P·Q4 B·N3 The U. S. Open at Lincoln, Nebraska, his two-day-old daughter, named Palma. 21. NxPch RxN 10. P-QR4 Q·K2 22. BxR Q·Rl was a complete success in the number His wife and baby are still in Hun· IT . PxNP of players participating, the strength of RPxP 23. QxN Resigns gary. That evening, however, his mood 12. RxRch B, R the partiCipants, the closeness of the changed as he lost a poorly played game fight for first place (the tournament to Viktors Pupols. Benko Vukcevlch leaders changed every round), the won­ PUpols Benko 1. N-KB3 N·KB3 IS. R/ l ·KBl Q.N4 derful playing facilities Including the 1. N·KB3 N-K83 20. K-Q2 KR-Kl 2. P·B4 P.KN3 16. R-B4 B.R6 "crying room," the kind hospitality of 2, P·B4 P·KN3 21 , K-Q3 P-B4 3. P·QN4 B·N2 17. RJl·B2 B-NS the hotel owners, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett 3, N·B3 B-N2 22, R-KNI K·Bl 4. B·N2 0 ·0 18. BxB NxB Martin, Sr., and last but not least, the 4. P-K N3 P-Q3 23, P-K R4 P·QN 4 S. P·K3 p·Q3 19. RxPch K.NI great work done by the Li ncoln Chess S. P-Q4 0·0 24, N-Q2 PxPch 6. B·K2 P·K4 20. R/2·84 RxP Foundation, with Mr. Hess Baluch doing 6. B·N2 N-B3 25. PxP K·K2 7. 0-0 R.Ki 21. N.B3 Q.R3 yeoman work. 7. p·QS N-QR4 26. P-RS K·B3 8. N·B3 QN·Q2 22. RxN QR-K l The tournament ran on wheels thanks 8. P·N3! P·84 27. B-B3 QR_NI 9, P·Q3 P-K 5 23. R/4-B4 P·KN4 to the wonderful help from Col. Paul 9. B·N2 P·QR3 28. B-Ql R-KRI 10, NxP NxN 24. R/ 4-B6 Q-R4 Webb, Mrs. Linda Sweetman and Mrs. 10. Q·B2 B·84? 29. K-B3 N-N2 11 , BxB NxP 25. R-B8ch K.N2 Robert Gauntt. All of theSe people saw 11 . P·K4 NxKP 30. B·B2 PxP 12. RxN KxB 26. R/ 6-B7ch to it that "instamatic" results went up 12. P·KN4 N·KN6 31. NxBP P-RS 13. Q-Q2 N·K4 K.N3 on the wall charts, while pairings went 13. PxB NxR 32. N-B3 P.R6 14. N-Q4 P·QB3 27. Q.B3 Resl !ii\lnls up early, at least five hours beCore the 14. BxN Q·0 2 33. N-R2 QR·KNI But then Benko drew with William start of play each day! I S. PxP RPxP 34. N-N3 N·R4 Martz .of Hartland, Wisconsin, while . The first round started with a bang: 16. N-K 2 BxB 3S. R·Kl R-RS Vukcevlch beat Arnold Denker in fine U. S. Master A. S. Popel of Fargo, North 17. OxB 0·B4 36. B·0 3 R-KBS?? style, tying with Benko and Bisguier, Dakota, lost quickly to W. Chalker of 18. N-N3 Q·B3 37. N·RSch who also won. That made three for the Houston, Texas. Take a look: 19. QxQ PxQ Resigns title. In the final round, Byrne made Popel Chillker That was in the seventh round. In the a strong attempt to defeat Dr. Eugene 1. N·KB3 P-QB4 8. N·B2 0 ·0 eighth, both leaders, and Martinowsky in an ending of Bishop 2. P·B4 N·QB3 9, 0·0 N·Q2 Pupols, lost respeetively to Milan Vuk· Knight and two pawns against and 3. N·B3 N-83 10. B·K3 Q.R4 cevich, an ex·Yugoslav master now reo two pawns. ~fartinowsky played with 4. P·K4 P-Q3 11 , Q·Q2 N/ 2·K4 siding in , and Paul Poschcl great caution and Byrne could not score S. P·Q4 p,p 12, QR-Nl N·KNS of Ann Arbor. Robert Byrne was then the full point. Robert told me he was 6. NxP P·KN3 13. P·QN4 Q·R4?? in the lead, and when Benko knocked physically tired after his strenuous Eu. 7. B·K2 B·N2 14. N·QS??? off Vukcevich it looked like clear sail­ ropean tournament tour. QxP mate ing for Byrne (who meanwhile had won Try explaining that to the youngsters the Rapid Transit Tournament). But Sidelights Bisguier fumbled by drawing quickly -a player rated over 2300 losing to an Are chess players fair? They are us­ 1800-player. In chess anything can hap­ with Poschel in the 10th round, and in ually a quiet lot when they have a game pen! the 11th round, in one of the greatest going, but they can really talk it up time-serambles I have ever seen, Byrne On the day of the seventh round, when they've finished playing. And right lost a heart·breaker to Benko, who now next to :J. table where a game is still In Pal Benko was a happy took Over the lead with 9 points in 11 man: he had just received a photo of progress. It's like pulling teeth to get games. such players to get up when they have , , ,'.' .\ •, , .. I ,, , .'i ,t '(,

At the uscr Directors Meelinq l President-elec! Dr. Leroy Dubeck (J ust ".isible. lett). uscr Executive DIrector E. B. Ed­ mondson speaking. outgoing Presiden t Marshall Rohland to his left. and fIDE Vice·President (Zone V) fred Cramer. At extreme d oht is outgoinq USCf Vice·President . General view 01 the playinq loom. Ro und 12. 438 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW stopped playing and go to the crying for his direction of the Merrimack Grand room to do their analysis. And these Prix shortly after the Open. are the very same people who complain OOUII Colton R. Dermer Don't make a move the loudest when somebody is disturb­ T. P-K4 P·K4 6. QxN P·QB3 without ing their games. 2. N·KB3 N-QB3 7. B.QB4 P·Q4 A number of players, including a for­ 3. B·NS KN·K2 8. B-N3 PxP?? mer U. S. Champion, do not resign but 4. P·Q4 PxP 9. BXPeh Resigns just get up and leave the room, allowing S. NxP NxN their time to run out. And they call Vukeevich Denker themselves "masters!" Another master 1. P-K4 P·QB4 T8. R-Q3 P.B3 player left the tournament after the 2. N-KB3 P·K3 19. Q-R4 PxP ninth round, which of course was his 3. P·Q4 PxP 20. PxP P·KR4 privilege, but there is such a thing as 4. NxP P·QR3 21. RxReh Bx' notifying the TD, no? It makes the pair­ S. N·QB3 Q.B2 22. P-N3 Q.B2 ings more fair to everyone. P·KN3 N·KB3 2-3. Q-B2 B.B3 A great number of the partiCipants ••7. B·N2 B_K2 24. B-R3 Q-K2 took their meals at the Bishop Cafeteria, 0·0 0·0 25. R-B3 B-KN2 a reasonably-priced and good eating •• B·K3 P·Q3 26. B-B6 Q.Q2 place. I. S. Turover of Washington took •TO.• Q-K2 B·Q2 27. N·QS BxN a group of masters there for lunch, 11. P.KN4 N·B3 28. PxB N·B2 when the waitress asked him if he was 12. P.NS NxN 29. Q·R7 Q.Bl French. "?," we all wondered. "Well," 13. BxN N·Kl 30. BxB KxB said the young girl, "your Yiddish has 14. P-B4 P·N4 31. BxP Q·Ql a definite French accent!" 15. P-QR3 Q·BS 32. R-B7eh K.Rl It is interesting to see the number 16. Q-B2 P·N3 33. Q-Q4eh of young players coming out to play T7. QR-Ql R·NT Resigns chess. It is gratifying, too, to note that Pcpovyeh Stoyko these players, the future of American 1. P-K4 P.QB4 23. N-B2 B-QB3 chess, are for the most part singularly 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 24. P·BS P-K4 well-behaved and sportsmanlike. Some 3. P·Q4 PxP 25. N-N4 P-KS of those who impressed me; Peter Rhee 4. NxP N-B3 26. P-B6 B-Ql of Los Angeles, Stephen Stoyko of New S. N·QB3 P·Q3 27. P-KR4 B-B2 Jersey, Robert Gauntt of Fullerton, Cal­ B-KN5 P·K3 28. Q-R3 K-Nl ifornia, Ben Crane of Detroit and John ••7. Q-Q2 P·KR3 29. P·RS P-QS Grefe of Berkeley. BxN PxB 30. P-R6 P-Q6 •• 0-0·0 P-QR3 31. PxP QxP The Game of the Name ••10. P-B4 B·Q2 32. R-QBT PxP Participating in the event was the 11. B-K2 P·KR4 33. BxP B-Q4 Smothers Brothers. Ben and Nathan are 12. K-Nl B·K2 34. RxB R-K8ch from Lawrence, Kansas, two tall lads 13. KR_Bl Q·N3 35. R-B 1 R-Q8 How To Win very keen on chess. 14. N.N3 N·R4 36. Q-N3ch K-Rl We also had a distant relative of the 15. R·B3 NxN 37. Q-K3 Q-R7eh At Chess famous chess master of the past, Dus­ 16. RPxN 0-0-0 38. K·B2 Q-RSeh A Complete Course Chotimirsky: Joe Mirsky of Denver. 17. R-R3 P-RS 39. K·B3 Q.B3eh by I. A. HOROW1'TZ Ben Landey of Boston, whose main 18. Q.Kl QR-KT 40. K-Q4 'x' purpose in coming to Lincoln was to 19. RxRP 41. Q-K7 BxP "AI Horowitz. three-time U.S. Open 'x' New York Times present his bid for the U. S. Open to 20. QxR P·B4 42. N-K3 Q·N3eh Champion .. . and chess be held in Boston in 1970, also played 21. Q.N3 PxP 43. K-KS QxNch editor, is a patient and thorough teacher in the tournament and observed direc· 22. NxP P·Q4 44. K·Q6 QxBeh .. . His latest volume binds together four torial techniques closely in preparation Resigns how-to-win manuals previously published: two on opening strategy, one on the mid­ dle game, and one on the endgame. His U. S. Open Prizewinners prose style is lively and entertaining ..." 1. Pal Benko (9%) ...... Trophy and $933.00 -The New York Times Book Review 2. Milan Vukcevich, Cleveland (9V2) ...... $933.00 831 diagrams. $9.95 3. Arthur Bisguier, New York (9%) ...... $933.00 The new USCF-approved 4. Robert Byrne, Indianapolis (9) ...... " ...... ", ...... $2()().00 5. William Martz, Wisconsin (9) ...... " ...... $200.00 Offieial Chess 6. Robert Gauntt, California (9) ...... Expert Trophy and $200.00 7. Paul Poschel, Ann Arbor (8%) 8. Walter Shipman, New York (8%) 9. Viktors Pupols, Washington (8lh) (Authorized Successor to The Official 10. Dr. Eugene Martinowsky, Michigan (8lh) Bllle Book and Encyclopedia of Chess, 11. Peter Rhee, Los Angeles (8%) 1956) 12. Earl Pruner, HolIywood (8%) by 13. Stephen Stoyko, Newark (8%) Co-Author of An Invitation to Chess 14. James Bolton, New Haven (8lh) New international rules and a decade of 15. Erich Marchand, Rochester. NY (8lh) exciting national and international com­ 16. Stephan Popel, N. Dakota (8%) petition are only two of the many reasons Class A: Bill Wheeler, Corpus Christi, Texas (7%) why every chessplayer must have this Class B: Steven Steinshover, Denver (7) new, authorized successor to The Official Class C: Daniel Roffman, Honolulu (6%) Blue Book. $6,95 Class D: Walter Ross, Charlottesville. Va. (6) Class E-Unrated: D. K. Winterton, Ontario, Canada (7) Woman: Eva Aronson, st. Petersburg, Fla. (6) David MeRay Junior (under 21); R. Stoutenborough, Riverside. Cal. (7 1ti) Junior (under 18): Stewart Schwartz, Los Angeles (7) Company. Ine. Top Nebraska player: John Watson, Omaha (7) New York N.Y. 10017 197 players participated. NOVEMBER, 1969 439 by Miro Radojcic

No Justice A funny thing happened at this year's Skopje tournament. titles have become a mysterious alchemy-a strange calcula· This traditional event held in July and August, now in its tlon of percentages and fractions which very often seem third year, marks the anniversary of that disastrous earthquake senseless. It will come as no surprise to most readers that which in 1961 almost destroyed the capital of Macedonia, today all FIDE Grandmasters can be divided into two il"OUps: southernmost of the six Yugoslav republics. For the entire "real" Grandmasters, and those who have somehow worked first week there was an atmosphere of "e:reat expectations"­ out the correct mathematics but have not really attained "real the tournament organizers as wen as the participants were Grandmaster" strength_ And it is no surprise that FIDE has guessing who would eventually become its sixteenth partici. before it a proposal to create a new title-"International pant. These expectations were so dramatic that a chessic Super · Ma~ter , " or some such- so that "real" Grandmasters can Aialha Christie might have conceived yet another story, while have proper recognition. the players, still in the dark as to who would fill out the Recently, moreover, , the well-known roster, made quite a few jokes about the mystery man. As British International Master and chess writer, raised another the first week came to a close-three rounds had been played question which further exposes the inadequacy of the present in the meantime-everyone at last breathed a sigh of relief: ~ystem by means of another convincing example: the sixteenth partiCipant arrived and the tournament was com­ "Over the past dozen years," wrote Goiombek, "there has plete at last. been little to choose between the Dutch and English teams in And who do you think was the saviour? None other than their performances in the Olympiad and the annual match our old friend Marc Yoffie, who happened to be in Yugoslavia between these two is always a hard-fought affair which may on other business and who all of a sudden found himself play­ easily go either way. As a reflection of this comparative equal. ine in a strong international tournament-rather unexpectedly ity in strength, one might have thought that the two countries for all concerned. would have approximately the same number of active chess Thus the tournament was saved, but not its status. masters. But in actual fact, the disparity between the num· Voffie holds the title of American master, a title which ber of active masters each country possesses is enormous. cannot be measured by European standards because, among England has no Grandmaster and only one active International other reasons, it is not permanent and can be lost. With Master in Penrose. Holland has two active Grandmasters, Yoffie's participation the Skvpje tournament was saved in a Dr. Euwe in his capacity as a former World Champion, !lnd numerical way, so to speak, but its "A.Category" status was Jan Donner. Remarkably, it has no less than ten active Inter· lost. In order to save the hlgh FIDE rating, one more Grand­ national Masters-Barendregt, Bouwmeester, Cortlever, Kuij· master was needed to replace Suetin, who withdrew at the pers, Langeweg, Ree, Van Den Berg, Van·Geet, Van Scheltinga last moment. Since Yoffie is not such a one, the event and Zuidema. carried a lower rating, which meant that prospective inter· "The reason for this state of affairs is that the Dutch national tltlists could not reach their eoal. have been outstandingly successful In organizing a series of Of course, this must have come as a great disappointment annual international tournaments in which their players have to three young Yugoslavs, namely, Bojan Kurajica, Risto Nicev. an opportunity of winning a title. Financial sponsorship by sky and Albin Planinc, aU of whom excelled to the extent that great industrial concerns has enabled them to attract foreign chess fans expected at least one of them to finish the 1969 Grandmasters and masters in considerable numbers by the season as a Grandmaster. The whole episode provoked again offer of large prizes and appearance money and both the

Chess Life~Here and There ... 138 players-a new high for the state The event was sponsored by the Con­ of Maryland-competed in the Eastern tinental Chess Association and directed Chess Congress, held Labor Day week· by William Go ichberg. end in Baltimore. Master Lev Zaitsev of the USSR em· • • • • • bassy scored another triumph in the Father scored 140 Premier (1800 and above) Championship, in a si multaneous exhibition held at the scoring an undefeated 5-1 to pace the Newb urgh . The Grandmaster 40·player field. Second through fi fth with was assigned for the past summer to 4 ¥.o! -llh were Master Larry Kaufman, top the Parish of St. John the Evangelist at Expert Jerry Flowers, and Experts Ste· nearby Saugerties, New York. ven Barry and Denis Strenzwilk. Ber· nardo Fernandez and George Cake tied • • • • • for the A prize with 4, Fernandez win· ning on tie-break. CHESS FILM The Third Annual Eastern Booster AVAILABLE ON Championship, for players below 1800 or unrated, had 70 players and was won LIBRARY LOAN by an unrated player, Arsenije Nedelj· Featured during the banquet at the kovic, with a 6lh-lh score. Second Lewis Cohen 1969 U.S. Open was a showing of the through seventh with 51h were Eryk film CHESS: THE PASSIONATE PAS­ Forrest, Paul Szilagyi, Leon Miller, youngsters' events in New York. To TIME. Charles Dalrymple, Director of Thomas Barnard, Robert Symonds, and score this extraordinary victory over the Lincoln City Libraries, has just Louis Ihasz. The C trophy went to Alan much older competition, Lewis had to written with good news for chess groups Kline on tie·break over Jack Stone, Ken· come from behind, winning his last six interested in showing this film. He sug­ neth Clark, and Michael Gecht, each games after a first round loss to place gests that you contact your local library with 4; Harvey Shaw took the D trophy a half point ahead of two strong un· and arrange for an inter·library loan of with 3 and Symonds the unrated. rated players. second place Albert Win· the film. To arrange this loan, your The 28-player Novice Championship, yard and third place Ri chard Spink. library should write to Mr. Charles for players below 1400 or unrated, was Robert Richards took the E prize with Dalrymple, Bennett Martin Public Li­ won by nine-year old Lewis Cohen, who 3% and William Taylor the unrated brary, 14th and N Streets, Lincoln. has scored impressively in numerous with 5. Nebraska 68508. 442 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW Life~Here and There ...

The New York State Open, held in Abbott, 4·0. John Douthat and Gary 54 players and 10 high schools eompet­ Rochester, was won by veteran Ivan Crough split the prize for best score ing, was won by Keith Nelson of Canyon Theodorovitch, M~·lh. Second with 5 under 1700. In Section B, for players del Oro, 6'(). Second with 5-1 was Randy was Dr. Erich Marchand; next were Wal· under 1650, the winners were Andrew King ahead of Joe Polchinski on tie­ ter Buehl and William Tallmadge with Zaharchuk and Stephen Dunham, each breaks, both from Canyon del Oro. Can­ 4lh. George Bauer was best E, Ed Kelley 4·0. Among the unrated players in this yon del Oro's team of four swept the best C and Robert Maxham best D-un­ section, David Mageary and Raymond tournament with 20lh over second place rated. Don Reithel directed; there were Grove scored 3·1 for top unrated hon­ Cortez at 15 and third·place West at 36 players. ors. Best under 1400 was ErIe Perry. 13lJi. Larry Brandt and Chris Stern di­ ****. In Section C, for beginners, Douglas rected. The Illini Union Chess Club held its Konz scored 8·0. The C section was • • • • • lUee Intro Open in Urbana, fil. Ira played as a round robin. Kenneth Stev· Joe Balint edged out Julius Kador on Rogal won the short event, 3-0. Second ens scored 7-1. tiebreak points to win the Queens (N.Y.) was James Stamm, 2% , Steven Winship All winners received free entry into Chess Club Championship. Both seored won the unrated prize. Stephen Chase the Rocky Mountain Open. TD Paul 7·1. A. Pincus was best A, J. Coleman directed; 21 played. Webb reports that the attendance of best B, the top C player was C. Abell. In a concurrent unrated event with 59 players set a new record for this Alan Pincus directed the 33 players. 26 players, Dan Foster won, 5-0. annual event. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Riverside (Cal.) Chess Club held Fred Fornoff, 5.(), won the San Diego The Pacific Southwest Open, with 109 a Novice Tournament, the four winners Bi-Centennial Open. Don Bicknell and players, was won by Edward Kennedy receiving one·year memberships in the Lee Corbin scored 4%-lfi. Best A was on tiebreak over Tibor Weinberger, I. USCF. First was Sebi Interlandi, who D. Molnar, best B was A. Mahdavi and Dalbergs and K. Kahyai, each scoring won on tiebreak over Paul Drescher, J. Pyle won the C prize. R. Stevens di· 6·1. Next with 5lh was Kim Commons. George Peck and Victor Foster, each rected for the Clairemont CC: 52 played. The list of other prize-winners is il­ scoring 4-1. There were 17 players di­ • • • • • legible. William Bragg directed for the rected by Donald Cotten. The Third Soy City Open, held in Santa Monica Bay CC. • • • • • Decatur, m., was won by Robert Enders, • • • • • MISSOURI CHAMPIONSHIP' 5'(). Second with 4·1 was Eliott Winslow, The Otto Wentcher Memorial (Santa 1 The Missouri Open, with 64 players, and he was followed at 3 h-llh by Wil­ Monica Bay CC Championship) was won making it the largest Missouri Open ever, liam Nyman, David Taylor and Phil by Ken Morrisey on tiebreak over Art was won by E. Winslow. His score was Spiller, each with 6-1. Scoring 5Vz were Unell. Best of the 1400·1599 group were 5Jf.z-lh. Second place was won by R. Ralph Schreiber and Dean Kooi, and in Karl Stani and Bruce Antman. Norman Mills on tiebreak over R. Enders, each the unrated·I300 group, top scorers were Lessing was next with 5. D. Webb was scoring 5-1. Following were J . Winters, Jack Kocher and Daniel Winslow. best A, top B was Roy Ervin, top C Eu· J. Steffen, L. Thompson and D. McClin­ It is reported that although the turn­ gene Garvin, best D was E. Simon and tock, each with 4lh. Winters and Steffen out of 23 players was smaller than the top unrated was Norman Valenti. William Bragg directed; 48 played. took 4th and 5th places, while Thompson hoped, the field was stronger than us­ was top A player and McClintock was ual. There were five upsets in the first • • • • best Jr. The B prize was won by C. Bur­ round alone, which was attributed to Bernard Lainson. with 4 1h_ lh. won ton, with R. Vornberg, D. Varvel, F. the number of "under-rated" players. the Monterey Art Open, held at the Sedig and K. Thompson tied for 2nd. One player suggested that the tourna· Casa Alvarado Chess Center in Califor­ J. Kolber was best C, 2nd plaee going ment's name be changed to "Piranha nia. Andrew Gach was second with 4, to R. Woodside. C. Franke was best D­ Open" because there were so many little and he was followed by S. B. Williams Unrated; R. Hardesty and T. Hallinan fish with big teeth. and William Gray, Jr., with 3lh. Ben tied for 2nd. The event was sponsored The event was directed by Karl L. Gross was top A, Jerry Jennings was by the Capablanca Chess Club of st. Peterson for the Decatur Chess Club. best B, best C was Francis Mills and top Louis and directed by Hooshang Naji. • • • • • D was Ted Montemurro and Arnold Ol­ The 6th annual Arthur B. Stamer son. • • • • • Memorial, held at San Francisco's The prize list was unusual. First prize The Interstate Open, held in Portland, Mechanics' Institute, was won by Earl was a $150 portrait in oils, second a $60 Oregon, attracted 53 players, an excel­ Pruner of Los Angeles, who scored 6lh · pastel portrait, both to be painted by lent showing. Three players scored 6-1, lh. John Grefe of Berkeley and Jim Jerry Jennings. Other prizes were hand· finishing as follows in tie break order: Schmitt of San Francisco tied for second crafted chess sets made in Germany Dennis Waterman of Portland, Viktors and third with 6-1. Following with 5lh and Mexico. Class winners received Pupols of Seattle and Bill Kiplinger of were William Bills, Max Burkett, Michael graphite portraits of famous chess Portland. Following with 5% were Morris and Borel Menas. Peter Grey and players. Each advance entrant was given George LeCompte of Seattle and Greg Bernard Lainson tied for the A prize, a free caricature of himself. Jerry Jen­ Kern of Portland. The latter also won the while Dr. Astvaldui Eydal, Hiawatha nings, who did the caricatures, and Ron A prize, Sam MeKibbin was best B, Bradley, Russell Freeman and Gregory Atkinson donated the prizes. Robert Holland was best C and the D­ Wong tied for B honors. Gerald Veverka Ted Yudacufski directed; 20 played. Unrated prize went to Anton Hagar. The was top C.D and Stephen Gee and Mark • • • • Portland Chess Club was the sponsor of Peach tied for the unrated award. Top The June Rating Tournament at the the event, which was directed by Clark junior was Takashi Kurosaki. Harmon, assisted by Esther Schrader Arizona State Prison was won by Alec and Kathy Miller. The original guaranteed prize fund of Burchfield, 5I.'\~-1h. Second was Earl $675 was raised to $1000, a Mechanics' Wagner and third was Michael Pruett • • * • • Institute record. The tournament, which and Gi lberto Moreno, Burchfield and Seventy teams participated in the had 83 players, was directed by Michael William Redner directed on behalf of Central California Chess Association's Goodall. the Rooks & Crooks CC. There were 13 Summer League. Overall winner was • • • • • players. Livermore, 5-0. In second place was A Summer Rating Tournament in • • • • • Oakland "A". Jerome Long, League Ad­ Phoenix, Arizona, was held in 3 sections. The Third Annual Tucson High School ministrator, directed with the assistance Section A (Open) was won by William Invitational tournament in Arizona, with of Martin Morrison. NOVEMBER, 1969 443 49. P·BSch K·B3 52. P·B6c:h 50. K·B4 K-B2 Resigns Triumph of a Dark Horse 51. K·K5 K·K2 Third, half a point behind GHgoric, came Unzicker. Throughout most of the By Robert Byrne tournament he dragged along, buried deep in the pack. Then suddenly he put In a tournament whose partiCipants Plan inc: Gheorghiu on an unheralded spurt, winning his last include no less than nine active Grand­ 1. P·K4 P.Q84 17. N·Q4 P·B4 four games. The most convincing of masters and one lapsed one, it IS an 2. N·K83 P·Q3 18. R·R3 Q·84 them is the following 12th·round defeat extraordinary occurrence for an untitled 3. P·Q4 PxP 19. 8xPc:h K·82 of Forintos. player to gallop off with the first prize, 4. NxP N.KB3 20. R.QN3 B.KN2 Forintos Unzic:ker yet that is exactly what happened in the S. N·QB3 P·QR3 21. QxP BxN 1. P·Q4 N·K83 22. Q·KN3 BxBP Vidmar Memorial Tournament in Ljubl· 6. B·KNS N·B3 22. QxB BxPc:h 2. P·QB4 P·K3 23. NxB NxN jana, June 1969. 7. Q·Q2 B·Q2 23. K·Rl BxR/8? 3. N·QB3 B·NS 24. 8xN RxB The lwenty-six-year.old Albin Planinc, 8. 0·0·0 P·N4 24. R·N7c:h K·B3 4. Q.B2 P·B4 25. B·R6 P·N3 whose previous result in the Yugoslav 9. NxN BxN 25. QxB R·QNl S. PxP 0·0 26. P·B4 Q·K2 Championship was quite mediocre, put 10. Q·Kl Q·R4 26. Q·R4ch K·Q4 6. B·M BxP 27. 8xR QxB spurs to himself and easily left an im· 11. K·Nl P·R3 27. Q·N3c:h K·B3 7. P·K3 N·B3 28. P·BS? Q-B4c:h posing field in the dust. Moreover, he 12. BxN NPxB 28. P·R31 Q·R4 8. N·B3 P·QN3 29. K·Rl QxBP fully deserved his victory, persistently 13. P·B4 0·0·0 29. Q·B2c:h Q·84 9. R·Ql B·N2 30. Q·Kl R-BS going after the win with spirited and ag­ 14. P.KR4J? P·K3 30. Q.R4ch K·Q4 10. B·K2 R·QBl 31. RxR QxR gressive tactics. There are those who 15. R·R3!?!? P·NS 31. Q·N3c:h 11. 0·0 B·K2 32. P·R3 Q-Q3 point out that he was lucky in some 16. N·K2 BxP Resigns 12. R·Q2 N·QR4 33. Q·B3 Q-Q2 games, but they fail to notice that he was Second, a half point behind Planinc, 13. N·K5 P·Q4 34. Q·KS P·KR4 totally unlucky in others (for example, 14. P·K4?1 Q.KlI 35. K·R2 K.R2 in his game with Bajec, his countryman, came Gligoric, but even though he was one of two players to go undefeated, 15. KPxP PxP 36. K·Rl Q·K3 whom he powerfully outplayed, then left 16. P·QN3 PxP 37. Q·B7 P·R3 the rails altogether in the late stages and his play was far from steady. Against Barcza he swindled an ending in which 17. PxP B·NS 38. K·R2 K·N2 fumbled to a draw). He did take quite a 18. R/2·Ql R·B41 39. Q·B3c:h Q·B3 few risks in the tournament, but then, he clearly stood worse and against Byrne he made an unsound pawn sacri· 19. P·QR3 BxNI 40. Q·Q3 Q·K4ch Tal made a career out of that sort of 20. QxB N·Q41 41. K·Rl P·QN4 play and perhaps Pianinc will too. fice, rescuing a draw only when Byrne blundered it away a few moves later. 21. RxN BxR Resigns There is, in fact, only one 90int to However, in the following game with Georgi Tringov took 4th place, trailing mention in putting Albin Planinc's vic· Planinc, who was running in full gear at Unzicker by a half point. He would sure· tory in perspective and that is that not the time, he shows his sharp positional ly have achieved more had not his tour· one of the Grandmasters competing hit play, giving the eventual winner his only noment ambitions received a severe jolt his customary stride in this tournament. defeat. when he blundered his Queen against Just why is a mystery. Some were set Pue in the tenth round. In the following back by an early loss, others were a Gligoric: Planinc: second round encounter he employs a little too complacent about draws and 1. P.Q4 N·KB3 25. R·N3 P·B5 favorite variation of his to defeat Dam· still others averaged many more mis· 2. P.QB4 P·B4 26. R·N4 Q·K2 janovic. takes than is usual for them. Very likely 3. p·QS P·K3 27. QR·KNl QxQ Tringov Damjanovic the excellent Slovenian hospitality mel· 4. N.QB3 PxP 28. RxQ R·B2 1. P·K4 P·QB4 22. BxB NxB lowed some cutthroat instincts too. But S. PxP P·Q3 29. B·BlI R/l·K2 2. N·QB3 N·QB3 23. RxN RxR Albin Planinc maintained his fire when 6. P·K4 P·KN3 30. B·R3 R·B3 3. P·Q4 PxP 24. RxR RxP the giants were fizzling and the tourna· 7. N·B3 B·N2 31. P·K5! R·R3 4. NxP P·KN3 25. P·QN4 R·R8c:h ment was properly his. 8. B·K2 0·0 32. PxP RxP S. N·QB3 B·N2 26. K·N2 R·K8 In the following game Planinc sur· 9. 0·0 R·K1 33. N·K4 N/B·Kl 6. B·K3 N·B3 27. K·N3 P·B3 prises his redoubtable opponent with the 10. N·Q2 N·R3 34. NxR NxN 7. NxN NPxN 28. P·B4 K·B2 wild and hoary King's in the 11. P·83 N.B2 35. B·K6c:h K·Bl 8. P·KS N·Nl 29. K·R4 P·R4 second round and racks up a sharp 12. P·QR4 P·N3 36. R/T·N4 Nx. 9. e·Q4 P·QB4 30. K·N5 R·QN8 point. Few realized it at the time, but 13. N·B4 8.QR3 37. PxN RxP 10. 8xP Q·B2 31. R·Q2 P·K4 it was a real portent of things to come. 14. B·NS Q·Q2 38. RxPc:h K·Kl 11. B·Q4 'xP 32. PxP PxP 15. Q·Q2 QR·Nl A. Planinc: A. Matanovic: 39. R.N7 R·K2 12. p·e4 'x. 33. R·Q7c:h K·B3 1. P·K4 P·K4 15. BxB QxB 16. P·QN3 N·R4 40. RxRc:h KxR 13. QxB N·e3 34. R·Q6c:h K·B4 17. P·KN4 B·QSc:h 2. P·KB4 PxP 16. N·B4 Q·K2 41. R·R4 P-KR3 14. 0·0·0 0·0 35. RxQNP P·K5 18. K·R1 N·N2 42. K.N2 3. B·B4 N·K2 17. P·B3 8·Q3 N·B4 15. B·B4 B·N2 36. R·N8 K·NS 4. N·Q83 P·QB3 18. QR·Kl Q·Ql 19. B·K3 BxB 43. R·K4ch K·B3 16. R·Q2 P·Q4 37. R·K8 K·B6 S. Q·B3 N·N3 19. Q·R3 B·K2 20. QxB P·B4 44. K·B2 N·Q3 17. B·N3 KR·Ql 38. P·BS P·K6 21. Q.NS BxN 6. P·K4 8·NS 20. N·RS N·Q2 45. K·K3! NxR 18. KR·Ql R·Q2 39. P·B6 R·QB8 7. KN·K2 0·0 21. Q·N41 P·KN3 22. PxB R·KBl 46. KxN K·K3 19. P·N3 Q·N3 40. K·N6 P·K7 8. 0·0 Q·B3 22. QxN PxN 23. NPxP PxP 47. P·B4 P·KR4 20. QxQ PxQ 41. P·B7 Resigns 24. R·KN1 QR·K1 9. P·KS Q.K2 23. Q·R3 P.RS 48. P·R4 P·R3 21. NxPI 'xN 10. QBxP NxB 24. R·BS K·Rl 11. NxN P·Q4 25. R/l·KBl Q.Q2 , , , , , 11 12 16 Score 12. PxPe.p. QxP 26. Q.Q3 Q·K3 1. Planlne ...... x , , • , •, , • , , , , ! ! , 1 101 2. GJJgoric ...... 1 , ·, " " ", " 13. N/4-K2 B·K3 27. R·KS Q.Q2 • ! • , , • , , , ! " 3. UnIieker ...... 0 • !• ,• , , , , , , I , , , ., 14. N·K4 Q·K2 28. RxBI Resigns 4. Trlngov ...... ~ • • , , ,• , , , , , , , . (28 ...... , QxR; 29. N·B6 is c:urtalns.) 5. R. Byrne ...... 1 • • , , , , , , , • ,• , .. 6. Matanovle ...... 0 • I • • , , , , , ,• • , , ., Next I give his last·round game with 7. Gheorghlu ...... 0 •! • •, , • ,• , ! , ! I , , . Gheorghiu. He needed a win badly to B. Pue ...... 1 , ,• ,• , • , , , , • ! ! , . keep Gligoric from tying with him for ,. Barcza ...... 0 , ! , •, ! , , , , ,• , , , , 10. Damlanovle .... 1 , , , , · , , , , , , , , first place and once again he rose to the 11. Parma ...... ! • ,• , • , ,• ,x ! ! , , occasion, turning out a game so wild that 12. MU511 ...... 0 •! , •! ,• , ,• , , •, x! ,• , , ., no one present had any idea what was 13. Robahch ...... 1 ! ! , , , I , , , ! • I , going on. Probably Planinc didn't either, 14. Bajec ...... 1 ,• , , , , x , 1 ~ 15. Forlnfo$ ...... 0 ! ,• , , , ,• ·, , ,• ,• ,• , x , '! but he did win. , , x , 16. Sfupln ...... 0 ! , , , , , , • • • • , 444 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW Sharing fifth and sixth places, a half change will not save Black. But point behind Tringov, were Aleksander 17 ...... , B-QB1!! is a remarkable re- Matanovic and myself. Matanovic played source that gives the second player a quietly throughout, perhaps conserving tremendous attack! For example, 18. TOU ENT BOOKS his energy for the USSR.Yugoslavia PxR?, N-N5ch!; 19. K-N3, B-B7ch; 20. K­ Published in the U.S.A.-En,lIsh Descrlp. B3, Q.R5 and there is no defense. tive Notation. CI .... println,. hl,h quality match which was to follow shortly after. paper, crosstable. I, on the other hand, spent half my time 18. NxR NxN 32. RxQ a.o4 fighting up from bad positions and the 19. B·K3 Q·83 33. RxQBP R.Ql other half, failing to win definitely fav­ 20. P·KH3 BxB 34. P·N4 K·N2 AN a cleal' I orable positions. All my seesawing result­ 21. RxB P-B4 35. K·B2 P·B4 of the . ed in the strange score of 2 wins, thir­ 22. Q·K2 P-N3 36. R·N3 K·B3 janovlc . teen draws, which enabled me to share 23. R·QI P-KR4 37. K·K3 B·K3 with 8·5 ten others ·(l("~~':~(~i. ~;~i,~,(: :~o:;iO!r" the honor with Gligoric of going through 24. BxNI PxB 3S. R·B6 R·Q6ch 91 games...... the tournament undefeated. Here is a 25. Q.o21 P·RS 39. K·B2 R·Q7ch fine seventh round performance by Ma­ 26. Q·Q6 PxPch 40. K·Nl R·Q8ch BEVERW1JK 1969 The remarkable Botvlnnlk tied for first tanovic, in which he bores in sharply 27. KxP Q·B4 41. K·R2 R·KBS with Geller, each II)V:I-4V:1 . Keres and Port· and effectively while eliminating all his 28. Q.KS Q·B 1 42. P·RSII PxP i$Ch next with IO· ~, then OlafssOl'l with 9'h opponent's counterchances. 29. P·KR4 Q·Bl 43. R·N81! RxP and Benko with 9. All 121) ,ames. .... 'I.SO Matanovic Musil 30. Q·B71 Q.Bl 44. R·KS Resigns 1968 U.s. CHAMPIONSHIP 1. P·K4 P.QB4 19. R-R1! R·Bl 31. R·Q7 QxQ Ali 66 games from America's top annual 2. N·KB3 P..Q3 20. Q·N3 Q·B4 The last of the prize-winners, sharing event...... __ ...... __ ...... _$1.50 3. p.04 PxP 21. Q.Q3 BxNP seventh and eighth places, were Puc and Gheorghiu. This was an unexpectedly NETANYA 1968 4. NxP N.K83 22. QxPch K-Bl AU 91 games, Including winner Fischer's S. N-QB3 N·B3 23. R·Kl P·KN3 good result for Stojan Puc, who restored 10 wins and 3 draws...... $1.50 6. 8·KNS P.K3 24. Q·R2 Q·87 his International Master rank after a lapse of quite a few years. It came about WINNIPEG 1967 7. Q·Q2 B·K2 25. R·KNI The second of Larsen's flve·ln.l·row string B. P·84 0·0 Q.K6ch in a fairly typical fashion, too. Because of great tournament victories ...... $1.1>0 9. O·O.() NxN 26. K·Nl RxN success had eluded him for so long, Puc The following are in Aigabraic (GermanI 10. QxN Q·R4 27. PxR B-KS was generally regarded as an "easy Notiltion. 11. 8-B4 B·Q2 2B. R·QI Q-N3ch point." But as so often happens, the worm turned, for a while it seemed into USSR CHAMPIONSHIP, 1969 12. P·KS PxP 29. K·BI Q·R4 Introduction and Openings Survey by W. R. 13. PxP B·B3 30. Q-RBch K·K2 Superman. For it was only toward the Hartston, coauthor of THE KING'S IN· very end that he slipped, after having OIAN DEFENCE. All 190 eamel from this 14. P-KR41? 31. Q..QNB B-Q4 Iwenty.man Round Robin tournament plus QR·QJ 32. Q..Q6ch K-Kl remained in striking distance of 1st the six games from the play.off match be- 15. Q-84 RxRch 33. P-B41 B-B3 place throughout the tournament! As for tween Polugaevlky and Zaltsev...... $2.05 Gheorghiu. it was another maUer. Of 16. RxR H.Q4 34. P·R3 Q·N3 BUSUM 1969 17. BxB Bx8(N4) 35. R·04 Q.R4 late, he has been attempting almost lB. PxB 8xB 36. K-N2 Resigns marathon chess, arriving at one tourna· ment still exhausted from his last. Thus The next game, which I won in the it is no surprise he is having great diffi· second round, was the subject of hot culty realizing his full capacities. debate during the tournament concern­ Of the remaining players, Parma play· ing the merit of my innovation at move ed like a true Slovenian host, quite un­ 17 in a well·known sub·variation of the willing to take points from his guests. Smyslov Defense to the . My move won this game, but in my note to It was a shocking surprise to see Forln­ tos sharing 14th-15th place after his Black's 17th, I shall give what I think is a clear refutation of it. dazzling victory in the Hungarian Cham· pionship. But he persisted in overreach­ R. Byrne StupiCil ing himself, playing for wins in dead ,. P-K4 P·K4 10. P-04 R·Kl level positions. Against a field as strong 2. N·KB3 N·QB3 11. QH.Q2 B-Bl as this was, that was sheer romanticism 3. 8-NS P..QR3 12. B·B2 B·N2 and he bears the scars to prove it. 4. B·R4 N·B3 13. P·QR3 P·04I The tournament was directed with REYKJAVIK 1968 S. O,() B·K2 14. NxKP NxN skill and efficiency by Grandmaster Vas· 105 games, unU$UaUr. beautiful booklet on 6. R·KI P.QN4 15. PxN OxP ya Pirc and his staff. The organizers, un· slick paper, 8" xII'...... $1.75 7. B·N3 P·Q3 16. P·K84 B·B4ch der the leadership of Mr. Pavlicic, Presi· S. P.B3 MONTE CARLO 196B 0·0 17. K·R2? ...... dent of the Slovenian Chess Federation, Larsen's fantastic Ufth major tournament 9. P-KR3 P·R3 did everything possible to make the play­ victory In a row ahead of Botvlnnlk, ers very much at home during their Smyslov, and Hort ...... $1.75 three-week sojourn to Ljubljana. 35TH SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIP, 1967 136 selected games from the only Soviet Championship plared Swiss System. Polu· The Second Annual National ftl.rs~~... _..~.~~ ..... ::.~ ...... :~.~.~ ..... :.~~ ..... ~.~~~~. ....$1.~~ MAJORCA 1967 School Championship Lal'Sen's g ....a t fourth tour-nament victory In a row OVel' Botvlnnlk, Smyslov, and A combined team and individual com­ olber top players. .. _...... _...... _...... _...... $1.75 petition, open to all high school and pre-high school students, to be held TUNIS 1967 All Ul games from the Intenonal (won APRIL 3-5, 1970 in New York City. by Larsen), IndudJn, II) by Fischer (7 wins, 3 draws!) before his disputed ellm· START PLANNING NOW to attend. ination from play ...... $2.00 ... to sponsor a player or team from your area. . . . to hold a local high Both Matanovlc and Parma played 17. School tournament awarding expenses Send payment with order to K·R1 against Gligoric, but neither could paid to the National to winners. U.S. CHESS FEDERATION win against his Exchange sacrifice: 17. 479 Broadway ...... , NxP!; 18. NxN, RxN; 19. BxR, Px8. Further details will appear Newburgh, N.Y. 12550 17...... RxP? issues of CHESS LIFE AND Now, as the game will show, the Ex-

NOVEMBER, 1969 445 there would have arisen many variations which would be difficult to consider over the board. Curiously, during the joint The Fifth Game analysis with Po!ugaevsky, we for the most part did not examine 15 ...... , PxP, Anotated Especially for Chess Life consIdering 15 ...... , N·R4 the strongest continuation. Actually, the move made by Petrosian in the game is not at all by World Champion Boris Spassky worse than 15 ...... , N·R4. 16. axp ... _... Translated by It is from this point that the struggle begins in earnest- we have left the varia· Hanon W. Russell tions analyzed at home. White's position is somewhat better. He has an advantage in the center and his pieces are actively On the eve of the struggle, I felt posted. magnificent. In the fourth game, I suc­ 16...... N·R4 ceeded, fOT the first time in my IS-year Petrosian decides to slowly challenge chess acquaintance with Petrosian, in the enemy Bishop on Q5 and as a result defeating him playine: Black. And up to his Knight ends up on the edge of the that time, we had played more than board. In my opinion, 16...... , Q·K2 40 games. was stronger. It prepares the Knight's During the 1966 match, I was con­ transfer to K3 via Ql. vinced that even if I could only win one 17. Q.B4 Q·62. game as Black, I would win the marathon To be preferred was 17...... , Q·K2 so struggle. But, alas! My dream was not as to answer 18. N.Q4 with 18...... , realized. More than that, it was not I, but P·N3. my formidable opponent who had suc­ 18. Q·as BxB ceeded in defeating me in one of the It is possible t hat this was precisely games in the last match with Black. I A diagram is usually inserted before the move that caused the loss. The text remember wen how this viclory brought the effecti ve blow which com~l1ed the move can only be justified in those cases Petrosian joy and confidence in the public to break into applause. In this when Black has already succeeded in match's satisfactory outcome. case, the question is more prosaic: which blockading the passed Queen Pawn. Sp.nky P.troslan plan is White to choose-where should Therefore 18 ...... , P·KR3 was fa be pre· he place his Rooks? We poured over ferred. 1. P-QB4 these questions for ma ny hours in confer· 19. PxB Q.B7 While preparing for our exhausting ence with L. Po!ugaevsky. Here is the Black's entire plan seems somewhat contest, I paid serious attention to varia· story behind our gratifying torments. impu lsive and it hardly corresponds to tions in the Queen's Gambit. I wanted to In the month of February, L. Polugaev· alter the generally accepted opinion that sky was preparing for a match for the my specialty is the move 1. P·K4. In the title of USSR Champion with Grand· Take a EUROPACAR loni contest, I considered it important master A. Zaitsev, and I was ge tting to feel confident beginning the game ready for my match with Petrosian. We German Holiday with 1. P-Q4. However, my plan was decided to "join forces." The diagram. Tour never realized. I dlllgently put my pro­ med position had been encountered more gram into practice. 1 began the seventh than once in A. Zaitsev's games in which $383 and yau'.e got and ninth games with 1. P.Q4j however he played White. However, theory eval· failure awaited me in the eleventh iame, uates this position as not dangerous 3 weeks in Vocotion­ and once and for all Petrosian convinced for Black. We con fidently went after a land Germony with me that I had no business playing 1. solution to one of chess tbeory's seem· o rented eor. P.Q4, that 1. P.Q4 was not my cup of ingly less difficult problems: to find tea. The cobbler should stick to his a suitable arrangement for Black so that This 15 a tour thot leis you get out on lastl I had to return to the bosom of he milht obtain an equal game. Here is your own ond really see Germany in 1. P·K4 and wait for a favorable fair where the difficulties arose. They were depth. $383, in cl udes round·trip jel to wind. Frankfurt or Munich on Lufthonso Ger· resolved when I suggested to Lev [Polu· mon Airlines, 20 nig hts accommodation to 1...... N·KB3 3. N·a3 P·Q4 gaevsky] play this variation from the wi th br~kfost in the best selected cities 2. N.QB3 P·K3 4. P-Q4 P·14 White side. He not only agreed with my and resorts of Ge rmany and a rented Characteristic of Petrosian. He strives suggestion but assured me that this var· Avis Opel Kadett with the first 1,000 for positions with an , iation would be 100% successful in the kilometers free. whir.h he understands well. But in this world championship match! 13. QR·Qll ...... encounter, an unpleasant surprise ------I Lufthansa German Airline.- - -I awaits him. White's rooks are placed on Ql and 90 Stde Street I 5. PxQP N,P 6. P·K41 ...... Kl; he need not fear Black's counter· I Albany, -N .Y. 12207 I This old continuation was seen back action on the QB We. 13...... a·N2 15. P·QSI ...... I Please send me more informotion ai'l l in the 1937 Alekhine·Euwe match. It is I the EURO PACA R GERMAN HOLIDAY difficult to say whether it is strone:er 14. KR·K1 R·ll I TOUR. I than the usual 6. P·K3, after which my White's pieces are placed extremely l NolYIfI ______1 opponent would find himself in his fav· harmoniously and they are beginning to orite position with an isolated pawn play an active role. White's stronl cen· I Addr<> • ..:1 on :2 peepl" 11"".ling N,N 10. Qxa 0 ·0 line and his intuition gave him the best 6...... 11<>9Ilher• I 7. PxN p, p 1 T. 6-&4 N·B3 decision : he must strive to extract him· I. PxP B-N5ch ,l. 0-0 P-QN3 self fro m foreed continuations. So, for ------t. a·Q2 BxBch example, after 15 ...... , N·R4; 16. PxP, '46 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW Petrosian's even·tempered character, It showed, can put up stubborn resistance might be suggested that the failure in vi a 26 ...... , Q·Q3; 27. NxP, Q.Q1. CHESS BY MAIL If you have not played in our postal the fourth game and the unpleasant op· 25...... Q·QN3 ening surprise in this game had a tourneys before, please specify in which strong effect on my opponent. class you would like to start. We recom. mend Class A for unusually strong play. 20. Q·B4 .... " .. The endgame which ensues after 20. ers, Class B for above average players, QxQ, RxQ; 21. R·K7 would be extremely Class C for about average players and difficult for Black, but it seemed to me Class D for below average. If you have that with the Queens on the board, his played, please state your probable rating. problems are even greater. Mail ~roper entry coupon below, or 20...... QxRP copy of It, to U.S. CHESS FEDERATION, Black's attempt to compensate for 479 Broadway, Newburgh, N.Y. 12550. the insufficiencies in his position by You may enter as many sections as winning a pawn is fully understandable. you please at proper entry fees. Nevertheless, during the game I could Start playing chess by mail NOW! not help thinking that this move was a CLASS TOURNAMENT desparate gesture. 20 ...... , R·B5 gave Enter one of the 4 man groups. better practical chances. 27. R·B8! N·N2 You will be assigned to a section with 3 other players about equal to yourself 21. P·Q6 ...... Thc Knight on Q4 is untouchable due The advance of White's pawn is ex· in playing skill. You play both White to 28. RxR, RxR; 29. R·K8ch. 27 ...... and Black against the other three Yeu tremely unpleasant for Black. It paraly:.r;· P·N5 is also unsatisfactory in view of es the activity of the enemy pieces and play all six games simultaneously: two 28. R·K8, QxN; 29. RxRch, RxR ; 30. games on one set of postcards. creates favorable conditions for various RxRch, KxR; 31. Q·B5ch !! etc. threats by White. Your game results will be recorded 28. N·B6 ...... and published as well as your postal 21...... R/ B·QI 23. Q·B5 P·KR3 The invasion by this Knight decides chess rating. 22. P·Q7 Q·B5 the battle in White's favor, The entry fee is only $2.50. Here 23 ...... , Q·B3 gave more defen· sive chances. 28...... N·Q3 29. NxR ...... ------24. R·QBI Q·R3 26. N·Q4 ...... An extremely uncomplicated combina· i U.S. CHESS 0 Cheek if II He ll." I 25. R·B7 P·QN4 tion which is inevitably present in t his I FEDERATION comer /0 l'(Js/a/ Chess I kind of position. Now it is White's turn to err. Alas, I 479 Broadway b s/II/e cllIss (he/OIc) I during a difficult fi ght, when nerves 29...... NxQ 30. N·B6. Newburgh, N.Y. 12550 . I are frayed to the breaking point, this is Black resigned. I I enclose 5 ...... Enter my name in I inevitable. 26. R·KS should have follow· I ...... 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Fuster, Toronto ...... 0 , , , , , I , , , , , , , , , , , Witt, Montreal " •• ...... 0 , , , , , , , , , , , I , , , , 1 "H, ,. Amos, Toronto ...... •...... ~ , , , , 1 , 1 , , , , , , , , , , HI Oay, Ottawa •• ..•...... •...... •...... •.•• ...... •....•. 1 , , , I , I , , , , I , , , , , , 10~ The 1969 Canadian Championship and ,. Oobrich, Toronto ...... ·· 1 ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Zonal Tournament was held in Pointe •• Kupreianov, Winnipeg ...... 0 , , , 1 , , , , , , , , , 1 , , , '" Claire, P.Q., August 10-23, 1969. Duncan •• Coudari, Montreal ...... 0 , , , , , , , , , , I I , , , , , "'1 Biyiasas, Vancouver ...... 1 , , , , , , , , , , I , , I , I , ., Suttles of Vancouver, B.C. and Zvonko H.". Macskasy, Vancouver ...... t , I , , , , , , , , I , , , , , , Schulman, Winnipeg , Vranesic of Weston, Ontario, tied for ". ····· .. ····· ···· ······ ··········1 , , I , , I 1 , , , , 1 1 , , , 'I first place with 13·4 each. Piasetski, Montreal ...... 0 , , , , , , , 1 , , , , , , , I , ," ". Kerr, Vlctoriil ...... ,...... 0 , , 1 , , , I , , I I , , , I , , ". Mathers, Halifax ...... 0 , , , , , In third place was Geza Fuster of To­ ". , , , , , , , I , , , , , Lilwinczuk, Calgary ...... 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , I , , 1 I "'I ronto with 12-5 followed by Leslie Witt ". Pohl, Montrea! ...... 0 , , , , , , , , 1 , , , , , , , , ". Tootoosis, Saskatoon , of Montreal and Bruce Amos of Toron­ "...... 0 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 to each with 11l/z-5lh. P layers scoring " 66% % in a Zonal Tournament meet the requirement for the title of Internation­ The al Master and accordingly Messrs. Vranesic, Fuster, Witt and Amos so qualify, with Suttles already being an International Master whose performance Rubinstein Memorial in the Olympics in Lugano may qualify him for the Grandmaster title. Confir­ mation of these titles will be considered at the annual meeting of FJ.D.E. in Polanica Zdroj, 1969 Puerto Rico in October. by Anthony Saidy The strength of the tournament, one of the strongest ever held in Canada, In 1969, it was different. An Ameri­ can be ~een by noting performance of c;m- the first to take part here-led our chess olympic team members com­ the tournament throughout and was ii­ peting in this event-Vranesie, Maes­ nalIy overtaken by a Hungarian. kasy, Suttles and Witt in Tel-Aviv in First place was taken by Grandmaster 1964, Vranesic, Witt and Suttles in Ha­ L. Barczay of Miskolc, Hungary, wi th a va na in 1966 and Suttles, l\laeskasy, Day total of five wins and ten draws. Second and Schulman in Lugano in 1968. place, on S·B tie-breaking points, went Leslie Witt started very strongly and to International Master Anthony Saidy at the end of six rounds had scored [Ph of the U. S. with a score of 9lh-M·2. The points and was leading his nearest riv­ same total was turned in by Grandmas· als by a full 1% points. Zvonko Vrane­ ter N. Krogius of the USSR, while fourth sic then put on a strong spurt winning place went to GM of fou r consecutive games in rounds 6, 7, Yug.~s la v ia with 9·6. 8 and 9 to take the lead with 7 points Starting with a string of draws, Barc­ at the end of nine rounds followed by zay (not to be confused with his coun· Witt and Day with 6% each and Fuster tI'yman Gideon Barcza, inventor of an with 6. Suttles, who had a shaky start opening system that bears his name) with a loss to Biyiasas in Round 1 and did not seem a threat for first place, draws with Schulman and Maeskasy in which was held solely by Saidy from Rounds 2 and 3, now began to move r 'unds 5 to 13. But when Saidy lost to strongly toward the front, with consecu­ Ivkov in the penultimate round, Barc­ tive wins in rounds eight to thirteen ;n y at last emerged in the lead, which and, at the end of thirteen rounds, was he kept via a last·round draw with the in second place with 9% to Vranesic's U. S. player. He thus coIlected a prize 10%. Suttles caught up to Vranesic by of 10,000 zlotys (officially $415, but $100 scoring 3% out of 4 in the last 4 rounds will buy 10,000 zlotys from street spec· while Vranesic was held to 21f2 points. ulators). A four game playoff will be held later Barczay has an unusual style- quite this year. The winner will represent Polaniea Zdroj is a summer resort, a sharp, but not really aggressive. He has Canada in the Interzonal in Spain in pleasant town of 20,000 in a southwest­ a lot of tricks up his sleeve but many 1970. ern corner of Poland. Every year, about of his games finish early in a split August, it is the scene of an interna· point. He is content to collect wins A seven round Reserves Tournament tional tournament held in memory of when the weaker opponents falter. Here of eighteen players was won by Richard the great Akiba Rubinstein (1882·1961). he was hard-pressed only by Czech 1M Ganong of Montreal with 5lh-l% fol­ This was the seventh in the annual Vlastimil Jansa. who at one point was lowed by Ivan Stankovic of Lachine and series. three pawns up - but Barczay fought Paul Lemyre of Rosemount with 5-2 The formula is well-established: about back to draw. An early win over a for­ each. six Polish players, two Soviets and as­ mer Polish Champion shows his sharp Both tournaments were organized by sorted reprc:sentatives from the other nose fo r opportunity. the Lakeshore Chess Club and Mr. Phil East bloc countries, an occasional out­ Barczay.Kostro: 1. N·KB3, P-Q4j 2. p. de Gruchy of Pointe Claire. Tournament sider (such as in 1967) B4, P-K3; 3. P·Q4, P·QB3; 4. N-B3, N-B3; director was Phil Haley of Sarnia. and inevitable victory to one of the Sav­ 5. B-NS, P-KR3; 6. BxN, QxB; 7. Q·N3, ic:t Grandmasters (in two of the last PxP; 8. QxBP, N·Q2; 9. P-K3, P-K4; 10. P. G. Haley three years, Smyslov). PxP, NxP; 11. Q-K4, B-Q3; 12. 0·0·0, 448 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW B·B2: 13. N·Q4, QxP??!: 14. N·B3, p. and Saidy replied 17 ...... , KR-Kl and round, but tie only drew with Kostro. KB4: 15. Q·Q4, NxN : 16. PxN. Not 16. decided to offer a draw. He was influ, Saidy played his only short and sweet QxNP, B,K4. 16 ...... , B.K3: 17. B·B4. enced by these factors: (1) the clock­ game in the 11th round against the per· Simple and effective. Black's pawn· grab he was well behind in time; (2) the po­ sonable East German, Artur Hennings. Las left his King hopelessly exposed. sition- the on White's KN is annoy­ Sa idy-H ennings: 1. P-QB4, P-QB3; 2. 17...... , BxB: 18. QxB, R.Q l : 19. Q. ing but the consequences of the key P-Q4, P-Q4; 3. N-QB3, N·KB3; 4. P-K3, K6ch, K·Bl : 20. RxRch, BxR: 21 . R·Ql, variation, 18. Q,B4!, BxN; 19. PxB, R· Q·R5; 22. Q·Q7, Black resigns, P·KN3. Hennings specializes in this de­ K4; 20. N-K4. NxN; 21. PxN, QR-Kl; 22. fense, but didn't know the Schlechter A typical Barczay game- at least in P,B3, P,B4; 23. B-R4 or 23. QR-BI, PxP; 24. P,B4 were unclear; (3) his tourna­ Variation too well. It is also a favorite its length. The affable Barczay must of Smyslov's. S. N,B 3, B·N2; 6. B-Q3, love chess- he plays a lot of it, hardly ment strategy and Benko's old admoni­ 0 ·0 ; 7. 0 -0 , B-NS. The alternative is resting between stops on the tournament ti~n against "delusions of grandeur." Krogius, seemingly offended that his .;it;.., ...... , QN,Q2 ; 8. P·QN3 (Saidy-Horo, circuit. w U. S. Championship 1968). 8. p. For Saidy, this last tournament of his original offer was not accepted, reo sponded with 18. N,QR 4? and Saidy BxN; 9. QxB, PxP(?). An unjusti, European trip was a necessity. After of the center. A game Bis· two bad results in a row, he had to quickly and naturally played 18...... _, "1 ,Q2? After 19. P-N4, B,N3; 20. N-R4?, (i\latch USA·USSR, Mos, prove that he could still play the sort went 9 . ... ., ... , P·K3; 10. R,QI , the players regained their heads and of chess that gained him a second.place P·K4 (better 11 . P-QN3), p , tie at Venice in March. Saidy realized that his opponent had K4!; 12. QPxP(?), QNxP; 13. Q,K2, p_ simply left a pawn en prise. In the interim since Netanya in May, Q5! ; 14. B,B2, N/3,Q2!; 15. N·R4, Q,R4 ; he again applied "the power of nega· 16. B'Q2, P-Q6!, and Black won. 10. tive thinking" and made a discovery in BxBP, QN·Q2; 11 . R-Ql , N·N3; 12. B.N3, studying the games of the recent World Q-B2; 13. P·K4, P-K4? Loses the Ex, Championship match. As distinct from change. Black must accept an inferior his first challenge in 1966, Spassky this game with, say, 13 ...... , QR-Q1. 14. time became the winner by reverting PxP, QxP: IS. B· KB4, Q-KR4; T6. P·N4, to his true nature - by adopting the Q·R4; 17. B-Q6! Simple and strong. The open, aggressive approach of his early pressure on the KBP is decisive. 17. career (elucidation in the writer's forth· ...... , KR-K1 ; T8. P·K5, RxP; 19. BxR, coming book, "The March of Chess QxB; 20. R-KT, Q·B2; 21. R·K2!, R-K1. Ideas"). Hoping to fish in troubled waters after So here Saidy returned to a style of 22. P-N5, RxR; 23 . PxN, RxNP; 24. PxB, play that was effective for him in the Q·K2. 22, RxRch, NxR; 23. R-QT , N-Bl. past- it might best be described as Ready to "trap" White's Rook wi th 24. "modest"- without Tal·like efforts to R·Q8, N-Q3; 25. R,R8, P-Q R3. But 23. 20 ...... , QxP!; 21. NxB, RPxN ; 22. overwhelm the . So, by round ...... , BxN is the only move to hold out NxP(?). Thrce moves earlier this move 8, he found himself tied for the lead longer. 24. N·K4! , B_K4; 2S . R-Q8, Black with GM Krogius and they met in what would have been even more unsound. resigns. seemed like the crucial game. But can White simply acquiesce in the loss of a pawn? 22 ...... , RxB!. The first The sor ~ of final move which indeed Krogius·Saidy: 1. p·Q4, P·Q4; 2. p. point. 23. NxN. Hoping for some coun, seems to please Polish crowds. The wi n QB4, P·QB3; 3. N·KB3, N·B3; 4. N· B3, terplay with 23 ...... , QxR; 24. PxR, Q, put Saidy in a fine situation: Ph points PxP; S. P·QR4, N·R 3. Smyslov's line, R4; 25. P-K4-5, saving a piece, if not in the lead with a score of 8Jf.! -2lh. In which Saidy leal"lled the hard way by the game. But Black enters an ending the next round he had to play the new playing White vs. 1M Bill Addison (U. a pawn up and smells bigger game- 20-year,old Polish Champion, Jerzy S. Championship 1965). Later he tried one stranded Knight. 23 ...... , RxQ; 24. Lewy, who had been losing some bad it vs. Taimanov at Venice. That game RxQ, Rx NP: 25. B·B4, R-Ql ; 26. N,BS, games. A win followed by three draws was drawn. Judging from this one, it P-N3! Black now had just 10 minutes would give ' Saidy not only first place seems to be strong vs. Soviet Grandmas· left for 14 moves but things are all in but the FiDE norm for the Grandmaster ters. The idea, as opposed to the usual order. 27. N-R4, R.B7: 28. NxP, B-B 2; title. Dutch Variation, is to equalize with 29, R,R4, P·R4! The second point - , The others greeted Saidy in friendly ...... , P-QB4, 6. P-K3. More logical is piece goes. 30. B· N3, R-B6; 31. N,B4, fashion as "winner." Sobered by many the immediate 6. P-K4, as in the above RxB; 32, P-Q6, R-QB6; 33. R-Q4. With an experience with the fickle Lady Cais, games. White now spends seven moves sa. he replied in Spanish with the old preparing it. 6...... , B·NS; 7. BxP, P-K3; a slight threat. 33. ... ,.. _., B·Nl; 34, NxP, American expression, "No se contan los 8. P-R3, B-R4: 9. 0 -0, B_K2; 10. Q-K2, N·B3; 3S. R/Q-QB4, Or 38. R-R6. B-B4ch. p;>llos antes de nacerse." ("Chickens N,QNS. The QN5 "hole" is usually not 38.. . _.., _., RxN; 39. K-B2, R,Q5; 40. R-R6, ,Ire not counted before they are born.") a strong square for a Knight, but here N,N5. Time pressure is over. White This was translated by Ivkov into Rus­ it is convenient for preparing ...... , p , should resign. 41. R,R8c h, K_B2, 42. R­ sian to the amusement of the Slavs. R7ch, K-Bl ; 43. K,K 3, R.Q6ch. Now an­ QB4. 11 . R-Ql , 0 ·0 ; 12. P·R5. Avoids Then against Lewy. disaster struck. 12. P,K4, P-B4; 13. PxP, Q-R4, but other strange thing happcned. Krogius, In a fa irly good position, Saidy blun, proves ineffective. 12 ...... , Q-B2. Black although he still had 50 minutes left dered away a piece and lost. He next took a long time deciding that the next on his clock, chose to absorb the time drew with solid Sydor and the semi,final two moves would be safe. 12 ...... , p , and seal his move, 44. K-K4-! Three round brought him, a haif,point in the QN4; 13. PxP, e.p. is not inviting. 13. days later, Saidy was info rmed by the lead over Barczay, against Ivkov, The P,K4, P-B4!; 14. P,Q5. Fairly Committal, arbiter that White resigned. friendly Yugoslav had been taking a since Black can easily blockade the (iso· Krogius is a psychologist known as lot of draws but the Hungarian was lated) , but 14. N,QN5, Q­ the a u th~r of the 1967 book, "Chelov­ heating Adamski and the American had NI ; 15. P-Q5, PxP; 16. PxP, R,Kl! is yek i Shakhmaty" ("Man and Chess"), become covetous of the sale lead, and OK for Black. 14 ...... , PxP: 15. PxP, p_ and as one of Spassky's seconds in the so he was playing to win. The situation, QR3; 16. B.N3, B-Q3. recent match. At Polanica Zdroj h':! not wi thout drama, produced the "best" Here an unusual c otltrel e ml~~ occurred. played quiet, quick chess and a bulletin game of the event. Krogius offered a draw, Saidy, who before the above game showed him to Saidy-Ivkov: 1. P,Q4, N-KB3; 2. P,QB4, wanted to evaluate the position, asked have consumed the least time of all P-K3 ; 3. N,QB3, B·NS; 4. P-K3, 0,0; S. him in halting German to make a move the players. (Saidy was highest with KN-K2, R-Kl ; 6. P·QR3, B-B1. A defen, and then let him consider thc offer, ac· twice the expenditure of time and many sive line popular in Yugoslavia. But it cording to FIDE rules. Krogius replied, adjournments.) After this setback, his is logical only if Black can play .. ___ .. , "No. Now or not." Saidy said "I con­ only loss, Krogius again had a chance P,Q4, SO, 7. p.QS!, P·Q3; 8. P-KN3, QN­ sider." Krogius then played 17. B·K3 to tie hr first by win ning in the last Q2; 9, B·N2. An intended improvement NOVEMBER, 1969 449 on 9. PxP, PxP; 10. 8-N2 (Saidy·Udov. 85; 24. K·Q2, N·B7 with at least a dl'aw). RxR. N·K6l; 22. Q·Q3, QxR; 23. N·Q4, cic, 1969), N-N3; 11. P-N3, p. and with a pawn down in an endgame, Q·R4; 24. R·K2. N·NS; 25. Q.BS, QxQ; Q4=. 9 ...... , N_K4; 10. P·N3, PxPi 11 . the burden of pl'oof is on Black. With 26. NxQ, N·B3; 27. N-K7ch. BxN; 28. PxP. Now 11 ...... B·N5 looks good, 15. BxR!!. Saidy, confused by lvkov's RxB. 8.Q2, and Black won the ending I but alter 12. 0·0, B·B6 (12 ...... , N- unexpected ferocity. abandoned his on move 47. H6ch?; 13. K·RI. threatening 14. P·R3); strate~'. 15 ...... _. QxB; 16. 0·0, NxKP; In the hlsl round. h 'ko\'. needing to I 13. BxB, NxBch; 14. K·N2, N·K 4: 15. 17. BxN, 8.R6; 18. R_B2. RxB; 19. R·R2? win for :1 first·plaee tic. instead met P·K4, White stands somewhat better. So Sudden Ilessimism - a poor defensive with his only upset-by "spoiler" Lewy Ivkov comes up with a daring idea. 11 . move. In response to the speculative Ex­ -and so ([nished fourth. (Lcwy did ...... P·B3!? The same result could come change sac. White should gladly return bettel' in "Tournament B," a Polish term from 11...... , P-B4!?, but psychologi. a p;lwn in order to relieve the pressure fol' pleaS'lllt extracurricular activities.) cally Jvkov's move is better-White may on his Kingside: 19. Q·Q2. N-N5; 20. N­ llarczny. needing only to draw with play 12. 0·0. P-B4! , and Black has a Q5. ItxP: 21. N-B l (forced). R·N2: 22. White vs. Saidy. opened 1. N-KB3. Aftcr good Benoni·type position, as the BP R·K2. N-R3. with not the worsc posi· some minutes' thought. the lattel' found "sneaks" to B4. A sacrifice is involved. tion for White. Now Black can regain a way to a\'oid symmetry. 1...... , P- 12. PxP!. PxP! with 19 ...... , N·N5: 20. KB4 (it also avoids equality). In an in­ N·Q5. NxR: 21. KxN. R·Kl; 22. N·Nl. fel'ior position, Saidy acccpted a draw B·N5!; 23. Q·Q4!. liel'e Saidy offered a on move 24. and Barczay was first. draw. Ivkov thought for 45 minutes and At the final banquet, many toasts found a strong way to continue. 19. were drunk. On the writer's tUt'll, he ...... • R-B6! White had figured an houl' toasted the chess fans of Polanica Zdroj ago that this move could be "refuted." - as numel'OUS as those attending a The only defense is 20. Q·Q4, N-N5 : 21. tournament in New York (in truth, N-B! (only), NxR; 22. RxN, and Black many of them were just curious tour· has the advantage of the two Bishops. ists)-and then expressed an oft·used Blindly, White plays the "refutation." lind innocent wish that some day, the 20. N-QS? NxN! The Queen sac is even only armies and wars would be! thOSe! good: 20 ...... QxN: 21. QxQ, RxR: 22. of our game of chess. Une!xpectedly, Q·Ql, R·N7ch: 23. K-Rl. N·N5: 24. N· Ihis brought down the house. Somehow, NI! . RxR: 25. NxB. P-KR4!; 26. K-N l . lhe remark broke through the eeremon· RxP!7: 27. Q·KBI (not 27. N·N5? R­ ial formalities to a real emotion com· By 12 ...... , NxP, Black would accept R8ch), P-Q4: 28. P-N4, P·B3!. But Iv­ mon to all . Six million Poles Cell \·ic· a clear positional defect (the bad QP). kov's move is simpler. Now White sud­ tim to N'lzism. and Polanica Zdroj is a He is not bluffing, nor is White to be denly sees the hole. but it is too lale; few miles from the border of Czechoslo­ bluffed. 13. P-84! The die is cast. 13. Black wins two pieees for a Rook. 21. vakia. 0-0, P·Q4 would be safer. 13...... N/ 4· , , , , NS; 14. BxP, B_Q2; 15. 8xR!? This Ex· , • • • • • Score change grab is obviously risky. in view >. Barczay ..•....•.• x , , , , , , , , ", ", ", ", " , " , " , ,. Sllidy ...... ··1 • , , , , , ,, , , , I , "., of White's weakened Kingside. l\'Iore ,. Krollius ...... 1 • ,• , , , •, I , ,• , , , , ., prudent, and prob.,bly a refutation of Ivkov ...... 1 •, , , , , , , ,• , , , , , •• Bigirov ..... _._ .. 0 •, • , , • • Black's pawn sac, would be 15. BxB. •• , • • I , , , , , , , ., •• Sydor ...... ······1 , , •, , , •, I , , , I I , ., QxB: 16. Q·Q3, Q·K3 (White slands bel· ,. JllinSi ...... ······· ·1 , , , • , , , , , , , , •, Bednirski •, , • • , ter after 16 ...... Q,N2 ; 17. 0·0, QxP: •• .. ····1 , , • , , , , , • Radovici ...... 1 •I •I I I I , • , , •, , I , ," 18. P·R3. N-R3; 19. P·N4): 17. Q.Q3, N­ 10.•• Schmidt • , • • , ...... 1 • , , , • , , I , , , Q4; 18. N·Q4. Q-K5: 19. QxQ. RxQ; 20. 11. Hennings ...... } • , I • •I ,• , , , , , ., 12. Lewi ...... 1 ,• , • ,• , ,• • ,• , ., N-B2. R·Bl: 21. R·R2 (holding every· ...... 0 • • • • • • 13. Adiilmski • , , , , , , , , • , •, , • thing), N·B6: 22. NxN, RxN; 23. P·R3! 14. Kostro ...... 0 •! ! ,• , , , , , • , ! ., 15. Popov ...... 0 •, , , I , •, , • •, , , ., (Saidy had fOl'eseen only 23. P·N4, R/5- 16. Szilagyi ...... 0 , • , , , • •, , , ! •, • • • • • • • "

·~~~ .. ~ ...... ~ .. ~~~~~ ...... ·Here and There .. . Chess ....v+¥~.. ~ .. TENNESSEE CHAMPIONSHIP The Memphis CC won the Team the state!'s highest title in the last four The 1969 Tennessee Ope!n and Ama· plaque, which is awarded to the team YCllrs. His sole draw was with fifth·place teur tournament, held during the Labor whose top four players score the highest. Duncan D,l\'idson in the 6th round. Day weekend in Nashville, was a tre· The plaque is dedicated to the late Bob Deane Moore directcd the cvent on mendous success. The 74·player event Scrivener, a life member of the Mem­ behalf of the Oregon Chess Federation. set a new attendance record, surpassing phis club. Fulkerson won the B prize in Q * "* « last year's total by 18 players. this division, best C was LaVerne, best The Estonian Sport Festil'al in Lake­ The new State Champion is James D was Doug Ralston, top E was Robert wood, New Jersey, was WOIl by A. Nes­ Sweets of Chattanooga, who seored 5 Felt. and Vernon Vix won the unrated tra, P. Laube was second. Hans Allik di­ wins, losing only in the final round to priZe. Best woman was l\"liss Verna Fau· rected for the Estonian CC. Richard Long. who finished third. See· sey. • , , , , ond plaee was taken by Alonzo Ross on The event was directed by Peter The Lakeside Open (Ohio) attracted tiebreaking points, Ross also scoring 5·1. Lahde. , 54 players. The winners were Milan Vuk­ Mack Garner of Maryville had the fine • • • • cevich and Tom \Vozney. each scoring score of 4'h-l% to become Junior State OREGON CHAMPIONSHIP 4 - ~'z . (Vukeevitch later took second place Champion. Alonzo Ross also won the A Clark Harmon, 6%·%, won the Oregon in the massive U. S. Open.) Following prize, and Paul Kopley was best B (in Championship. The event, an 8·man with 4·1 were Richard Kause, Jean Hu­ the Open division). round robin, was held in Portland. I\like gon. John Pinta, Robert Burns, Jr. The Amateur Division was \\'on by Schemm. a rapidly-improving recent Burns was top A, best B was Andrew Robert Durrett of Huntsville. who drew college graduate, lost only to the Cham· Wishnek. top C was James i\Iichels. his last game with Sam Fulkerson. The pion to compile a 5%·1% score. Third John Pintar was top junior. while Paul latter scored 5 points, as did Doug La· place went to Dennis Waterm:m, 41f.!·2lfz. Szilagyi was "OWL" winner. James Verne and Dwayne Jollay. Harmon's victory is his third win of Schroeder directed. 450 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW Entertajning and jnstructive games annotated by a famous expert. by HANS KMOCH

18. K.Rl NxN 20. R·B 1 though his King's position requires some 19. BxN B·NS care. '~i' UNITED STATES Here 20. B·K2 is a little better. 35. K·B3 Q-K4! 37. K-N2 20...... R-Kl 22. R-QNl B-K6 36. RxPch K·Bl! COLORADD 1969 21. P·BS B·N4 Black wins on 37. R·R6, Q-N6ch: for Denver Open Obviously, Black has the edge. His example, 38. K·K2, B-N5ch, etc. or 38. It's the Effect that Counts Queen Bishop is safe as he can meet 23. K·K4, B-B4ch, etc. P·KR3 with 23 ...... , Q·R5. 37...... B.B4 41. K-R3 B-B4ch After ten moves in this game, White 23. P-B6 P·N3 26. P·KN4 B-QS 38. R.R6 B-KSch 42. K-N2 QxPch has developed a number of pieces as 24. B-Q3 K·R2! 27. poNS R-K6 39. K-R3 Q-B4ch Resigns against none for Black. Yet Black quick­ 25. P-KR3 B·Q2 28. QR·Kl ...... 40. K-R2 Q-BSch ly obtains the lead. It's a good example Defensive moves, such as 28. K·N2, are of how no development may serve bet­ cntirely hopelcss. Captivating Vigor ter than an ineffective one. 28...... RxPch 29. K-N2 ...... Apparently, White knows but little BLUMENFELD GAMB1T Now White's point appears: he threat· about the Schara-Hennig Counter Gam­ Robert Wendling Jude Acers ens 30. BxPch, PxB; 31. R·K7ch. That bit. Conscquently, he makes a few weak 1. P·Q4 N-KB3 3. N.KB3 P-B4 looks like something. moves and falls into trouble. And Black 2. P·QB4 P-K3 4. p·QS P-QN4 uses his chances with captivating· vigor. This move was fairly usual in the QUEEN'S GAMB1T DECL1NED twenties and thirties but is almost for- L.eo Moon Jude Acers gotten today when 4 ...... , PxP; 5. PxP, 1. P-Q4 P-K3 3. N·QB3 P·QB4 P-KN3 or 5 ...... , P·Q3 first is the reg- 2. P-QB4 P-Q4 4. BPxP BPxP ular continuation. 5. B·NS ...... This, the Schara.Hennig Gambit offers The text is supposedly White's best Black a dangerous initiative. against the Blumenfeld Gambit. 5. QxP N·QB3 7. NxP ...... 5...... P·KR3 7. N·B3 ...... 6. Q·Ql PxP 6. BxN QxB White fo llows the weaker way of ac­ This move was played in the famous cepting the gambit offering Black ade· game, GrUnfeld· Bogoljubov (Vienna, quate, if not superior, chances for the 1922). But 7. Q-B2, followed by QN-Q2 Pawn. 7. QxP, B·K3; 8. QxQch, etc. is is prcferable. correct. Then Black still obtains the in­ 7...... NPxP 29...... RxPl! itiative, but his chances are not sup· The game cited continued: 7 ...... , This brilliant counter measure do· posed to -offer sufficient compensation P-N5?! 8. N-QN5, N-R3; 9. P-K4, QxP? stroys White's dream. for the Pawn. Probably, Acers had some improvement up his sleeve. 10. B·Q3, Q-B3; 11. P-K5, Q·Ql; 12. PxP!, 30. QxR RxB 31. R-KRI ...... QPxP; 13. B-K4, QxQch; 14. RxQ, R-QN1; 7...... N-B3 9. P·QR3 B-QB4 Unfortunately for White, his last move 8. NxNch QxN 10. N.B3 15. B-B6ch, K-K2; 16. NxP, P-N4; 17. B­ is necessary against the threat of 31. N5, B·KN2; 18. N-B6ch, Resigns...... , B-R6ch. Here 10. P·K3 is better. 8. P.K3 ...... 10...... B-KNS! Here 8. P·K4 is better. 31...... BxN 33. Q·K2 BxR 32. RxPch K·Nl 34. QxR Q-Kl! This is still a pin, and a strong 8...... P·Q3 10. 0-0 Q·QT under these circumstances. 9. BxP P·K4 Black has emerged with two Bishops 11. Q-Q5 for a Rook. Naturally, he will win, Now Black is preparing 11 ...... , B- The text is quite wrong. White must K2. If played at once, that move entails play 11. P·K3. Then there might follow dangerous complications, possibly even 11. _...... , R·Q1; 12. Q-K2, and either 12. sacrificial twists: for example, 10 ...... , Once Rated, ...... , N-K4; 13. Q·N5ch or 12 ...... , 0-0; B-K2; 11. N-K4, Q·N3; 12. B·Q3, P-B4; 13. P·R3. 13. B-N5ch. Always Rated The text reduces Black's development to zero. But that factor causes no harm You never losc your rating. If yoU U. S. Championship Dates as White's development is ill·directed. become inactivc, your rating is no longer published but it remains in The 1969 United States Champion· 11. N.Q2 B·K2 13. PxP 0-0 ship will be held November 30 through 12. P-B4?! PxP! effect. If you return to tournament play December 17 at the Group Health Now Black is sufficiently developed Insurance Building, 230 W. 41 St., and perfectly safe. His Bishops have a after a long absence, do not tell the New York City. A list of the partici­ future. The King file, open on both ends Tournament Director that you are pants is not yet available. as it is, favors neither side. But the Unrated. Give him your old rating No games will be played Friday eve· advanced White King Bishop Pawn and its date of publication, as nearly nings or Saturday. amounts to a weakening. as you can remember them, and we This event is a Zonal tournament It is Black for choice. will look it up when calculating your from which three players will qualify 14. B-Q3 N·Q2 16. Q.B2 B·B3 opponent's rating. for the 1970 Interzonal. 15. N-B4 N·N3 17. QR-Ql R·NT NOVEMBER, 1969 451 11...... Q.K2 14. Q.B4 BxN! Now 13. BxN wins a Pawn outright; going to adopt another system of coun­ 12. B.N5 P·B3 15. NPxB BxPch! but the text is even stronger. terpJay. 13. B.Q2 R·Q1 16. KxB .," 11. P-QR4 N.NS! Now Black has recovered the gambit This is that system which Euwe in· Pawn with a good game. troduced against Siimisch almost half a 17. B-R3 ...... century ago. They reached this position The text deprives White's King Pawn from a Four Pawns Attack against the of actually vital protection. White ought King's Indian Defense. to try 17. Q-B3; but. even so, his chance 12. BxN for survival is very loll'. Here! 12. 0 ·0 is not good because of 12 ...... B'Q5ch, etC. 12...... Q·R5ch 14. 0-0 13. P·N3 QxB Black has the edge and has it also after 14. QxQ. 14...... B·Q5ch 16. N·B3 B-NS 15. K·Rl Q·R6 17. Q·Q3 N-Q2! 13...... B·BJ On 13 ...... , BxB; 14. QxB, B-B3; 15. BxB, NxB; 16. NxNP! White also wins a Pawn. 14. BxKB NxB 17. BxN 0·0·0 15. N/4xB NPxN 18. B-Q3 Q.B5 16. NxBP NxN Now Black is trying to obtain some 17...... N·K4! attack based on his control of the half­ Black plays for the attack, which is open King Knight file; but all his efforts much more appropriate than 17 ...... , are easily repulsed by White. RxNP, although the latter may also fa­ vor Black. 19. R-K3 KR·Nl 23. R-K4 Q·K2 18. Q·R4ch ...... 20. R-B3 Q·R5 24. Q-R6 R/I-NT After 18. Q-B8ch, K-B2! 19. QxR, N­ 21. Q·Q2 N·Q4 25. B-B T R-N4 22. R-Kl R·N2 26. R-K5 Q6ch! Black by force. P-KB4 18. B·Q2 ...... 18...... K-Bl 20. QR·Ql p.B4! This shortens the story. Alter 18. NxB, PxN White loses as his 19. Q·K4 P·KN3 27. QxPch Resigns Queen cannot maintain the protection of This thrust is conclusive. White's both the Rook and the King Pawn: for Queen has no safe square because of Special Knowledge instance, 19. N·Ql, N-B4! (or 19 ...... , the killer, 21...... , N-Q6ch. Larry Evans, co·winner of the Straw­ RxP!) ; 20. Q·B4 can readily be refuted 21. BxP ...... berry Open along with William Addison, by either 20 ...... , NxKP or 20 ...... , Giving away a piece is the minor evil, is a specialist on the . RxP or 20 ...... , P·QN4; 21. PxP, PxP; but it is just as hopeless. Here he employs his knowledge to attain 22. Rxn. PxQ; 23. RxRch, K-N2. 21...... RxR 25. R·Nlch K·Rl to a line which Euwe devised. And his 18...... BxNch 19. QxB P·B4! 22. RxR PxB 26. Q.NS Q.B4ch strategy leads to a fine success. By demolishing White's center, Black 23. QxPch K-N2 27. P.K3 RxPch! soon wins the orphaned White Queen 24. P.B4 R·KBl Resigns BENONI DEFENSE Pawn. The clincher is beautiful: 28. QxR, N· Ray Kerr Larry evans 20. PxP PxP 25. Q-Q3 P·KR4 Q6ch! 1. P·Q4 N-KB3 P-B4 P-B4 21. KR·Kl N·B3 26. N·Ql P·R5 WASHINGTON 1969 2. P·QB4 P-KN3 ••7. P-Q5 P-K3 22. RxRch RxR 27. Q·K2 p,p Strawberry Open at Marysville 3. N·QB3 B·N2 •• N·B3 p,p 23. R.Kl RxRch 28. BxP N,P 4. P·K4 P-Q3 9. BPxP R-Kl 24. BxR K·Bl Excells in Steadiness S. B-K2 0·0 10. N-Q2 P-QR3 There g )es the Pawn and, with it, the Black's fancy handling of the opening Evans exhibits his expertness here. whole game in ultimate effect. costs him a Pawn for no compensation; Usually he proceeds with 10 ...... , N-R3; 29. N·B2 BxN and, when he later blunders away an· but, since White has played P·KB4 in· 30. QxB Q.R4 other Pawn, he resigns. Addison, who stead of the customary 0-0, Evans is And Black eventually won. tied for first and second with Larry Evans, excelled in steadiness. PIRC DEFENSE William Addison John Braley Chess e Here and There ... 1. P-Q4 P-KN3 4. B·Q3 P·Q4 2. P-K4 B·N2 5. N·Q2 P·KR4 Here's an interesting item: Bill Mc­ r ison the C, Mark Jefferson the D and 3. P-QB3 P·QB3 6. KN·B3 N·KR3 Carthy, who has never won a rated tour­ Doug McClintock the unrated. There One may argue about the name of this nament game (his record is 0·12·2), has were 49 participants, the largest event defense. Is it Pirc or Robatsch or Ufimt· won two trophies at Bergen Catholic ever sponsored by the Twin City Chess sev or Irregular? This annotator is per· High School tournaments! In the first Club of Bloomington·Normal. Garrett fectly willing to resign if you think that B.C. Invitational, he was 2nd unrated Scott directed. "Pirc" is wrong. (there were only two--he scored 0-5), and The Club's Summer Rating Tourna· At any rate or under any name, Black's in the third B. C. Invitational, he took 1st ment was won by Jack Kocher, 40. Fol­ last three moves fit poorly into the unrated with 2 draws, a bye and a for­ lowing were Robert Parker and Charles which he has chosen. feit. Now he's afraid to win a game-it Flint. Garrett Scott directed the ten 7. 0-0 B-NS 10. R·Kl Q.B2 may break his string of awards! players. , , 8. P-KR3 PxP 11. B·KNS! ...... ~ ~ .. , 9. NxP B-B4 The second Twin City Tornado, held Jerry Flowers. with a score of 7·0, won White's very strong last move secures in Bloomington, III., was won by Tom the Tidewater Championship in New· him the superior position. And he soon Mabee on tiebreak over Elliot Winslow, port Ne!ws, Va. He was followed by Rob· wins a Pawn. David Rockwell, Robert Enders and ert Stetson, 5, and Kevin Roherty, 4. H. 11...... N-Q2 13. N·R4 David Taylor, all scoring 3%·%. Scott Allen Smith directed the 8-player round 12. N-N3 P-K3 Kaplan won the B trophy, Joseph Mor- robin event. .52 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW THE ART OF POSITIONAL PLAY by Sammy Reshevsky

Two Absorbing Endgames Threatening to weaken Black's posi· Immobilizing the Knight and exerting tion with 24. B·R4. Although White en­ pressure against the KNP. When I met International Grandmas­ joys the advantage of the two Bishops, 35...... P·K4 36. B·Q5 ...... ter Damjanovic of Yugoslavia in the sec­ he is not in a position to capitalize on This Bishop has been dormant for a ond round of the recent International this minute theoretical superiority be­ long time but it now comes into the Tournament in Netanya, Israel, I knew cause there is no discernibh., weakness game with a bang. Black cannot pos­ I was meeting one of my strongest ri­ in Black's camp. In addition, Black's sibly dislodge it with impunity. vals for top honors. Heavy-set, congenial Knight is well posted at R5, bearing 36...... P-B3 38. PxP K-Kl and modest, Damjanovic is a very tough down on the NP. 37. P·B4 PxP 39. K_B3 N..Ql opponent who is very well versed in the 23...... N_Q5 25. P·B3 Black had to exchange Bishops, even latest developments in the openings and 24. NxN RxN though this would give White a passed is extremely confident of his chess abil­ Protecting the pawn and enabling the pawn. ity. I expected a battle and I was not QB to get to KB2 where it will exert 40. K-N4 BxB 42. B·N4 ...... disappointed. influence. 41. PxB N-N2 Damjanovic adopted the Nirnzo-Indian 25...... Q·N4 26. R-B2 ...... The sealed move, which keeps the Defense against my QP opening. I Inadvisable was 26. R·B7 on account Knight out of play. emerged with a slight advantage but of 26 ...... , R·Q7; 27. Q·Kl, Q·Ql, with 42...... P·N3 was unable to make rapid progress in serious threats. The best try. If 42 ...... , K-B2; 43. the middle game. An interesting ending 26...... R-Q2 28. P-KN3 P-B5, P-N3; 44. PxPch, KxP; 45. P-R4, resulted in which my only advantage 27. B-B2 Q·Ql was the two Bishops, but this seemed P-R4ch; 46. K-B4, K-B2; 47. P·N3, K-N3; Better than 28. P·R3 because the King 48. P-R4, K-B2; 49. PxP, PxP; 50. K-K4, insufficient for victory. Then suddenly at R2 would not be as safe as at N2. K-N3; 51. P-Q6, etc. If, in this line, 48. the picture changed. 28...... N-NS ...... , P·R4; 49. B-B3, PXP; 50. PxP, N-B4; NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE Since the Knight can be driven away 51. B·Q4, NxP; 52. P-Q6, K-B2; 53 . . K-B5 Reshevsky Damjanovic at will, Black decides to retreat volun­ and wins. 1. P·Q4 N·KB3 9. BxP B·R4 tarily and regroup his pieces. Black's 43. P.B5 P·N4 2. P·QB4 P·KS 10. Q-Q3 P·QR3 problem is the inactive Bishop. Futile S. N·QBS B·N5 11. R·Ql P·QN4 would be 28 ...... , R-Q8ch; 29. K-N2, R- 4. P·K3 P·B4 12. B·R2 B·N2 QR8; 30. P-N3, N-N3; 31. Q-Q2, QxQ 5. B·Q3 P·Q4 13. PxP BxN (31...... , N·Q2; 32. B-Q4); 32. RxQ, N-B1; 6. N.B3 0·0 14. Q.B2 Q·K2 33. B-B5, with an easily won position. 7. 0.0 N·B3 15. QxB N·K5 29. K.N2 N-B 1 30. B-K3 ...... 8. P·QR3 QPxP In order to be able to play R·Q2 Larsen played here against Gligoric and exchange Rooks. I felt that my piec' in 1967 15 ...... , KR·Ql but without es would operate more efficiently with complete equality. the Rooks off. 16. Q.B2 NxQBP 17. P·K4! ...... 30...... N-K2 32. RxR QxR Gligoric tried to develop the QB at 31. R-Q2 N-BS S3. Q·Q2 ...... Q2 which was insufficient. The text al· White's chances are better with the lows the Bishop greater scope. Queens exchanged. 17...... KR.B1 33...... QxQch My opponent used a lot of time on Damjanovic felt that his chances of 44. P-QR4! ...... this move, and it is the best. White's holding the endgame were good, since The winning move. It had to be made threat was to weaken Black's KP with he did not hesitate making this move. at this moment, when the Black King 18. B·N5. P-B3; 19. B·K3, etc. Preferable, however, was 33...... , is not at KB2 protecting the KBP. 18. B·KB4 ...... Q·K2, in which case I might have tried il Black plays 44 ...... , P·QR4; 45. B-B3 If 18. B-KN5, Q-Bl! The text threatens to weaken his Queenside pawns with 34. wins because the Bishop attacks the B·Q6 immediately. B·N3 followed by 35. P-QR4. KBP. Dubious was 44. K-R5, K-B2; 45. 18...... N·R5 20. Q·K2 ...... 34. BxQ ...... KxP, P-R4; 46. B·B3, N·Q3; 47. BxP, 19. Q·Q2 R·Ql NxPch; 48. K·R.5, N-K6; 49. P·Q6, K-K3; I was tempted to seize the stronghold 50. B·N4, N-B8; 51. P·R3, N-N6ch; 52. Q6 by 20. B-Q6, but after 20 ...... , Q-B3; K-N6, N-K7, with drawing chances. 21. P·K5, Q-N3; 22. B-N1, P-B4; 23. PxP, 44...... K·B2 e.p., QxP; Black's pieces are activated. If 44 ...... , PxP; 45. K-R.5, P·R4; 46. 20...... RxRch 22. R-QB 1 P-R3 B-Ra, keeping the Knight impriso?ed. 21. RxR R·Ql 23. B-KN3 ...... 45. PxP PxP 46. K·R5 ReSigns Black's position is hopeless. For if 46 ...... , K-N2; 47. F-Ra, K-R2; 48. B-K7, K-N2; 49. P-N4, K-B2; 50. P-Q6, etc. In the tenth round of the same event, I faced the promising Finnish youngster, Westerinen, who has to his credit a number of impressive victories against well-known opponents. At this stage of 34...... K·BI? the tournament, I was leading by only A costly strategical error. Black had a half point and I knew that I had to to try getting his Knight to QB5 by win this game. With the White pieces, I continuing 34...... , N-K4. attempted to keep away from the well· 35. B-B31 ...... trod paths of the Panno Variatlon of the NOVEMBER, 1969 453 King's Indian. Westerinen, playing calm· PxP, QxP: 19. P·B3, P·Q4!; 20. N·B4, If 24 ...... , Q·Ql or 24 ...... , Q-N1; 25: ly, equalized without much difficulty. Q·K4; and if 21. B·Q4, Black unfortun· N-B6 wins immediately, and if 24 ...... , I obtained some pressure in the center ately has the strong reply, 21...... , PxP. P-R4 ; 25. R-B7, Q·N1; 26. R/ I-R7, with due to a well.posted pawn at Q5. Tactical la...... PxP 19. PxP ...... an overwhelming position. maneuvers gained me control of the 7th White's QP has a restraining effect 25. PxQ R-QB4 27. R/ l.R6 ...... rank. My opponent put up stiff resist· on the mobility of Black's forccs. At 26. P·N3 P·R4 ance, meeting all serious threats, but he this point I felt that my chances for Also sufficient was 27. N·N5, RB3; was unable to prevent me from estab· making progress were good. 28. R/ I-R6, RxR; 29. RxR, winning the lishing a passed pawn, which assured 19...... KR·Kl QP, for if 29 ...... , P·Q4; 30. P-B5, and me victory. Black's immediate problem is his QRP the passed pawn cannot be stopped. KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE which is under pressure. His only course 27...... N·K5 28. N-NS R-B4 Reshevsky Westerinen was to apply counter-pressure against A desperate attempt to obtain some White's QP. The purpose of the text, play on the Kingside. Futile also was 1. P·Q4 N·KB3 5. N·QB3 P.Q3 therefore, is to play ...... , R-K4. 2a ...... , R/4-Bl; 29. NxP, NxN ; 30. RxN, 2. P·QB4 P·KN3 6. N·B3 N.B3 with little hope for Black. 3. P·KN3 B·N2 7. P·Q5 ...... 20. P·R3 ...... 4. B·N2 0-0 Preventing ...... , N·N5. 29. NxP NxN 32. R·Ra R·Q6 More usual is 7. 0·0, P·QR3; 8. P·KR3, 20...... R·K4 21. KR·QRl 30. RxN B·B 1 33. P·BS ...... followed by 9 .P·K4 or 9. B·K3. QR·Kl 31. R/ 6-R6 R·Ql 7...... N.QR4 8. N·Q2 P·B3! 21 ...... , R·R4 was bad on account of Simpler than 33. B·R6, K-R2; 34. BxB, A good move that refutes White's 22. N-B4, and 21...... , Q-N2 was in· R·Q7: 35. B·B5 (not 35. P·N4, R!7xPch; whole setup. The point is that White is sufficient because of 22. RxP, RxR; 23 . 36. K-N3, R/7·B6ch, and draws by per­ unable to win a piece with 9. P·QN4 on RxR, QxPch; 24. QxQ, RxQ; 25. R-RSeh, petual check), RxB; 36. R-B6, K·N2; 37. account of 9 ...... , NxQP!, etc. B·B1; 26. B·R6, N-Q2; 27, R·Qa, with a R·B3, etc, 9. 0.0 PxP 10. PxP B·B4 won endgame. 33...... RxB Trapping the Knight with 11. P·Q4 22. RxP RxP 23. N-Q4 Q-B 1 Forced, for if 33 ...... , RxP; 34. P-B6, does not bother Black at all because of RB6; 35. R-BS, followed by 36. R/ 6-RS, the adequate reply, 11 ...... , R·QBl; 12. winning the Bishop. I£ 35 ...... , K-N2; B·N2, N·B5, with the superior prospects. 36. B·Q4ch, etc. 11. N·N3 ...... 34. PxR RxP 36. R-Q7 R-B7ch 11. P·K4, B·N5; 12. P.B3, B·Q2; 13. 35. R·Q8 K_N2 Q.K2, R·B1 would deactivate White's KB Black's Rook is unable to protect the and not improve his chances. vital BP. If 36 ...... , R·B4: 37. P-K4, 11...... NxN followed by 3a. R/ 6·R7, winning the pawn. 37. K-B3 B·B4 40. K·B4 P·N4ch 38. R·B6 R·B6 41. K·BS Resigns 39. R/ 6·B7 RxPch White had sealed his last move, and when Black saw it, he resigned. The game might have continued: 41...... , 24. Q·84 , ...... R-B6ch; 42. K-K4, R-K6ch; 43. K-Q5, B-N3; Forcing the exchange of Queens, there· 44. RxPch, K-N3; 45, R-N7ch, K·R3; 46. by straightening White's pawns, R-R7ch, K-N3; 47. R(B7)·N7ch, K-B3; 48. 24...... QxQ R-N7, and wins.

Chess Life Here and There, , , 12. PxN ...... Playable and more natural·looking was 12. QxN, but I believed my play The Gambiteers Chess Club of Michi­ Kershaw, 4, and hc was followed by on the open Rook file would more than gan City, Indiana, reports its activities Charles Flato and Median Anderson, compensate for the doubled pawn. since March at a high level. They in· each 31h . Robert Br ieger directed: 19 12...... Q·Q2 clude team matches against Park Forest played. With the intention of exchanging Bish· CC (Gambiteers won 61h-5!h ), Purdue • • • • • ops by continuing ...... , B·R6. University Northwest Campus (a·2 fa­ The Jean Laffite Open, held in Lake 13. P.K4 ...... vor G'teers), Skokie CC (Skokie wins by Charles, La., was won by Jules LeBon I could have prevented the exchange 4%·%-a week later, spurred on by the on tiebreak over W. A, Joncs, each scor· of Bishops, but I believed his Bishop memory of the debacle the week before, ing 4%·lh . Following with 4 were Rob­ was more useful than mine. \\II'. Winton Fulk, President of the Sko· ert Brieger and James Lewark, Top A 13...... B·R6 15. KxB P·QN41 kie Club, challenged the Gambiteers to was Donald Hegele, 3lh. top B was 14. Q·Q3 BxB a simultaneous, him against everybody, Charles Smith, best C was James Mack, An interesting and enterprising move. and he even won : Fulk 6, Gambiteers and best D was John Moscs. Charles My opponent is trying to seize the initia· 5- there's a lesson ' here somewhere); Jones was best E·unrated. Warren Duf· tive on the Queenside. Purdue again (G 'teers 5, PUNC (!) 3), fel, Jr., directed the 40·player event. 16. B.K3 ...... Park Forest again (they lost 4lh ·2% ), I was tempted to play 16. QxP, but ath Street Mennonite Church and Gosh· • • • • • after 16...... , QxQ; 17. NxQ, NxKP; 18. en College (Gambiteers rout 6-0), South Clark Harmon, 6%·%, won the Ore­ R·K1 (the only try, for if 1a. RxP, QR­ Haven CC (3·2 for the bad guys), 8th gon Open on tiebreak over Peter Biyia· Street and Goshen again (4·1 our favor), sas. Following with 5lh·1lh were Vik· NI; 19. R·R5, N·B4, with the brighter tors Pupols, Tim Kauppila and Dennis prospects), N·B4; 19. RxKP, NxP, with and a simultaneous by Ted Pehnec advantage. which he won B-3. Waterman. There were 62 players, an 16...... P·NS 17. N·K2 ...... R. Schallenbarger is the Club Presi­ excellent turnout. Not 17, N·R4, where the Knight is out dent. • • • • • of play. • • • • • The 1st Matherly Invitational, an 8· 17...... P·K3 18. R·R51 ... , .... Th' Houston City Championship player event held in Rock Island, nt, The only attempt to keep up the pres· (Texas) was won by USCF Secretary was won by Thad Rhode after a playoff sure. I had intended to continue la, Eric D. Bone, 4lh-lh . Second was Al with Marvin Pederson. 454 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW points, but Bone and Formanek were soothec;l by one-third cuts of the $1000.00 pie. (Technically, Bone finished second, I's So Ope Formanek third.) Scoring 5'h points and sharing 4-5 places were Robert Parmelee of Austin, by Burt Hoc:hberq Mario Campos of Mexico City and cur­ rently Champion of Mexico, David An­ "Tell me, Clemente: What is this 8Ml one had to really believe his goals were derson of San Diego, California, John alI about?" attainable. And that's where SMI comes Jacobs of DaHas, who also won the Jun· The question seemed simple enough. in: through a series of recorded talks, ior priZe (and who had a little luck in Indeed, the explanation by Dr. Jose the individual becomes motivated to set at least cne game), and Blake W. Stevens Clemente Vivanco ("Don't call me Jose; and reach realistic goals. The courses of San Antonio. I hate Jose.") was clear and obviously have found wide acceptance: among The second of three prizewinners who well-prepared for the times when people SMI's clients are national governments, came to the tournament all the way have to be told that "SMI" stands for large sales organizations, insurance com­ from Mexico City was Benito Ramirez, "Success Motlvation Institute" and that panies, etc. who won the Class A trophy on tiebreak "Success Motivation Institute" means And Clemente Vivanco is a perfect example of success·through·motivation. And so is his boss, Paul J. Meyer, Presi­ But that's a story in itself. For some, dent of SMI. getting to know Clemente Vivanco is ex­ I had the opportunity to meet Mr. planation enough, as he is an exemplifi· Meyer briefly when he appeared at the cation of 8MI and its ideals. A one·time tournament (remember the tourna· friend and confidant of Cuba's Fidel ment?) faT the closing ceremony and Castro, Dr. Vivanco (the "Dr." is a Ph.D.) picture·taking. (Yes, I said closing cere­ decided to stay in the U.S. when he mony; in a way typical of his company's visited here in 1961. At the time, he product, Mr. Meyer chose to make the was in line for an important post in winning move, rather than the opening the revolutionary government, but un­ move, as is usually done.) Paul Meyer, easy about developments in his country, as might be expected, is a successful he opted fo r the U.S. man, if you define success as the at· tainment of desired goals. With a lovely wife, beautiful childrcn, the respect and admiration of his peers, and the "Mi­ das Touch," Mr. Meyer can enjoy his life and his freedom. And all it takes is motivation. Simple, eh? Ah yes, the tournament. The first· place trophy was taken by Ken Smith, Secretary Eric D. Bone which was more or less expected as he usef was the top·rated player. However, his over Bartolomo Razo of Mexico City, score of 6 points was matched by USCF's James Stallings of Austin and Ronald new Secretary, Eric Bone of Baytown, Clark of Lubbock. They each scored 5'h Texas, and Ed Formanek, now of Hous­ points and did quite well in the doUar ton. Smith took the trophy on tiebreak column too, each earning $121.25. Razo and Stallings received plaques. In Class B, Median Anderson III of Houston won the first-place plaque; sec­ ond was W. H. Jones of Leroy, Texas, and third was Jim Berry of Stillwater, Oklahoma. They each scored 4'h and each received $81.66 in prize money. Joseph M. Bradford of Houston, who Dr. Jose Clemente Vivanco started the event with a rating of 1402, not only won the 1st Class C prize, he A man of his educational background also copped the "Upset" award of one· and energy, however, cannot long remain hundred U. S. Dollars. His score of 4lh idle. After trudging through miles of includes upsets too numerous to men­ government red tape, he eventually tion. It need hardly be added that his found himself in Waco, Texas, heading rating is going to rise faster than union up the International Division of SMI. scale. Second in Class C was David Line Success Motivation Institute, as its name of College Station, Texas, who scored suggests, is an organization devoted to 4. Following we re Michael Moore of San the preparation and sales of series of Antonio with 3'h, Mitchell White of "courses" designed to teach individuals Boerne, Texas with 3'h and George De how to reach predetermined goals. The Jean, Jr., of Dallas with 3lh. trick is simply a strong and unwavering In addition to the munificent cash belief in oneself and one's potential. And J§ prizes, a group of local merchants do· when I say belicf, I mean belief. 1 asked nated door prizes which the ineffable Clemente, if I believed I could be the Making "the winning move," SMl's George Koltanowski used as bribes to President of the United States, would President Meyer j'adoubes Ken Smith's get the rounds started on time ("If your I reach that goal simply by believing it King. The game was a draw between board number comes up for a door-prize attainable. He answered: "But do you Smith and formanek, which decided and you are not in your seat, your op­ really believe you could be President?" first place. Standing at the rIght is ponent will get it.") When 1 had to admit I did not, he ex· Senor Terrazas, President at the Mexi­ Now there's a guy who directs a tour­ plained that the whole point was that can Chess f ederation. nament. His authority is so firmly es- NOVEMBER, 1969 455 tablished and virtually unchallenged that he may soon be given the power to perform marriages during a tourna· hess Life Here and There .•. ment. (That's one way to get bigger turn· outs!) He holds the distinction of being the only ehess master with his own 60 players-22 in the Open Section Pope, 2 if.!. if.! ; Section 5, Richard Brewer, syndicated color TV show. The program and 38 in the Booster-competed in the 2·1; Section 6, James Spenard, 5·0. can be seen in about 25 cities (WNDT·13 second annual Mohawk Valley Open Aug. William Goichberg directed the event, in New York). 16·17 in Utica, N.Y. 17·year old Eugenc sponsored by the Continental Chess As· You had noticed, hadn't you, that the Meyer, who placed fourth in a 4·way tie sociation. cash prizes were unusually generous for last year, emerged the winner on tie· * • • * * a seven·rounder? SMI's President Meyer, break this time, ahead of Edgar McCor· The 5th annual Tristate High School on the rC'commendation of Clemente Vi· mick and John Meyer (Eugene's broth· Tcam Championships was held in Steu­ vanco, decidcd to sponsor the event, er), who placed second and third reo benville, Ohio, and attracted 30 tcams. probably having in mind that chess, an spectively. All scored 4·1, McCormick In first place was Whitmer (Toledo), 5·0. activity in which skill and determina· losing to Eugene in round 3 but pulling Second werc Walnut Hill (Cincinnati) ~ion play such important roles, is a good up to a tie for first as the brothers drew and Brush (Cleveland), each 4·1. George thing, public·relations.wise, with which in the last round. Lee Battes placed a Loschiavo and George Koltanowski were to be associated. Next year, there will clear fourth with 3i(:z and won the A the directors. be another Southwestern Open in Waco, prize. John Kolts won the Booster Sec· • • • • • again sponsored by SMI. tion on tie·break over Robert Joynt, Jr. The Spinnato Memorial Tournament The Texas Chess Association held its after they drew in the final round to Preliminaries, held in Baltimore, had 31 annual meeting during the tournament, finish at 4if2·Vz. Daniel Younger and players in four sections. Winners were during which Dr. Vivanco was re·elected top C Robert Gruchacz followed with 4. Art Garey, Jack Kempler. Bob Erkes its President in recognition of his finc Evelyn Cunningham won the D prize and Bob Raven. Runners·up were Lew job as the organizer of this year's event. and Roger Richards the E; top "Un­ Hucks, John Lerch, Mark Schneider, At the TCA meeting, there was read rated" was Ajit Thakkar (for his fifth Aaron Kemplcr and Dan Belasco. Lew into the minutes an open letter express· straight tournament!) The Continental Hucks directed. ing the sympathy and concern of chess Chess Association was the sponsor and William Goiehberg the Director, • • • • • players for Ludek Pachman, who was There were 63 playcrs in two sections arrested and imprisoned in Czechoslo· * * * * • of the Region VII Open, held in Okla· vakia under special laws designed to The Manhattan Open, played Aug, 22- 24 in New York, had a record 166·player homa City. In the Open Section, Joseph deal with opponents of the Soviet·led McCarty won, 5·1; tied for second were invasion, News of Pachman's fate had turnout in three remarkably balanced sections-there were 54 players in the John Dunning, who was ahead on tie· been reported in the press as the tour· break points, and Eric Bonc, each with nament opened. Open, 54 in the Booster, and 58 in the Novice. Master Michael Senkiewicz of 4lh. The Reserve Section was won by I can report with pleasure that the New York, a student at lona College, Joaquin Fox on tiebreak over Forrest conditions of the tournament were ex· scored 51h·Vz to win his second straight Martin, each with 5. Next were John cellent. The host establishment, Ramada Ncw York weekend open. Of the last Csel'kuti, Herman Scott and Richard Inn, provided comfortable accommoda· four such opens held in Manhattan, Sen· Pack, all with 4lh. Dan Pritchard, 4, tions and very fine service. kiewicz has won or tied for first in won the A prize, Fox was best B, Mar· The only problem was the crickets to three, the only exception being the At· tin was best C and John Narcisi was be found everywhere. Kolty told me they lantic Open, in which he had a clear best D. Top junior was Tom Amburn were having a love·in. lead after five rounds but then faltered. and the unrated prize went to John Cserkuti. Richard Dermer directed. Well, there was one other little prob· His latest triumph included wins over , lem: the area is "semi·dry," which means Masters Ken Smith and Norman Wein· • • • • that you cannot buy liquor by the drink stein and moved his rating over 2300, The annual Bradley University Sum· except at private clubs. These clubs are marking Senkiewicz as a strong contend· mer Open attracted 25 players. Dave everywhere and almost every restaurant er for a spot on next year's student Taylor won on tie break over Tom Ma· has one on the premises. However, join· team. William Belvin, an Expert, placed bee. John Lutes was third. Best junior ing is a simple matter, as Clemente ex· second and Master Asa Hoffman third, was Ron Kerst. Tom Blade won the A plained: "You join by nodding to the each with 5·1 scores; Steven Barry, Jef· prize, best B was Karl Peterson, best waitress." frey Kastner, and Richard Murphy fol· C was Jack Kocher and top unrated was lowcd with 41h. Barry was top Expert, Thad Rohde. The event was directed by I'll close with another quotation from Bradley CC President Michellc Bucheck, the quotable Jose Clemente Vivanco: Robert Stetson A, and Jon Farber B, Robert Zweibel won the Booster Sec· who won her first rated game in this "There arc two kinds of chess players tournament. after 21 tries! in Texas-good ones and rich ones." tion with a 5l,~·lh score, drawing his last round game with second place Nich· • • • • • olas Maffeo. Hank Szylwin was third W. Miller, J. Shaw and p, Doddridge JUST OUT_ and Howard Rosenstein fOurth, each each scored 4·1 to tie for first in the matching Maffeo's score of 5·1. Matthew Sandia Open, held in Albuquerque, New EIGHTH EDITION Raidcr, rated only 1171, won the C prize l\Iexico. Next were M. Gaspar and R. on tie·break over Ed Astrachan, Top D Gullickson, cach with 3ifz. Robert Barry THE Pcter Cuneo, and Chris Reddin. Best directed; 21 played. (Seelion on King's IndIan added) Unratcd was Robert Feeney. * • • • • by International Master The Novice Section saw a three·way The Seattle Seafair Open and Ama· GEORGE KOI.TANOWSKI tie at 41h·if.!, tie·breaking placing Doug teur, with 52 players in two sections, The Improvt-d. prlntlla IIdltlon. with dul'+ Zaeh first, Eric Slud second, and Eric saw John Braley emerge as winner on IIble (ove... splrlll bound. I. ~ MUST FOR EVERY CHESS PLAYER. Order your copy, Anderson third. The E prize went to tiebreak over Vicstuis Seglins in the lIuto'''IIPhed by the .uthor. by 'lI"dlng Bruce Strzelczyk, the Under· WOO to An· Open section, each scoring 5if.!·if.!. Next n.H to: gelo DePalma, and the Unrated to Errol in the Open division were Michael Fra· GEORGE Liebowitz. nett, 4if.!, and Gary Holmquist and Held concurrently was a Saturday James McCormick with 4, In the Ama· KOL TANOWSKI Quadrangular (4·player round robins) teur division. first was Robert Mitchell, 1200 Gough St., Apt. 0·3 tournament which had these winners: who scored 5if.!·if.!. He was followed by San Frandsco. Calif. 94109 Section 1, Paul Wittgenstein, 3·0; Sec· Digne de Lenea, 5; Richard Shropshire, (CIlUfor"11I ""'de"" edd N ..," t ... ) tion 2, Howard Gee, 2lh ·if.!; Section 3, Ken Wainey and Walter North scored 4. Reed Brody, 2lh·Vzi Section 4, John Tim Kauppila directed. 456 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW 1970 intercollegiates wili definitely be held at New York; Williamsburg, Va.; Cincinnati: and San Luis ObiSpo, Calif., (OLLEGE (HESS while other tournaments are still being organized at this time. 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NOVEMBER, 1969 457 They play four-board matches at the rate of 40 moves per I1h hours. They use game points, rather than match points, for scoring. They play their men in order of strength-and all forfeits must be on the lowest possi ble boards. Like the League in Detroit, all matches are played at one location. There will be 13 tcams participating. The Commcrcial Chess League of New York will also start its team tournament by Matt Pavitt in October. A minimum of 35 teams will play in five divisions-based on I have had some very interesting mail what i( I should leave this company strength. Each division of seven or eight this month-and this sure helps in writ­ in time? I have been cooki ng up somc teams will play a double round robin ing a column. Keep the letters coming, plans (or rule changes to allow alumni tournament. The C. C. L. N. Y. also plays please. to continue to participate in the four·board matches at the rate of M The first letter comes from Jim League somehow. It Is no easy matter, moves per 2 hours. They use match Brotsos in Chicago. Jim has brought out however. In your August article you points for scoring and game points for two points which I think may be of wide refer to an Alumni #1 team. It appears tle·breaking. They play their men in interest to those who administer (or who that the C. C. L. N. Y. has already de· order of strength-and like the Roches. may be starting) industrial chess leagues. vised rules to accommodate former ter Industrial Chess League. insist thal Let me Quote from Jim's letter: league members. Ca n you furnish more all forfeits must be on the lowest boards. "I have a vcry fond spot in my heart details on how this works?" The matches are played in the quarters for industrial chess. In 1957 I was The officers of the Commercial Chess of the partiCipating teams, the double one of the founding fathers of the Chi­ Leaiue of New York {elt very strongly round robin allowing for home and away cago Industrial Chess League. I was that people like Jim Brotsos should not matches. also the chairman of the League in find themselves dropped from the In one of my earlier columns I men· 1960 and 1961. I got a big kick out of League because of a change in employ­ tioned an idea that Ed Edmondson and playing in that League and in helping ment. They made it possible for players I kicked around one time. We had wond· to dired its activities. But all good to continue their chess activities in the ered whether there was any possibility things seem to come to an end. In League by playing on one of the alumni of a championship tournament for the 1961 I left the company 1 was with teams that have been organized. There industrial league teams. We wondered if and so became ineJie:ible to participate is a definition of eligibilily which re­ leagues could or would be able to send in C. I. C. L. affairs. I was invited quires that a person has played in the their championship teams to such a tour· back to a couple of the League's award League a certain number of matches nament. banquetsi but that was because, in one over a certain period of time beforc Well, the New York State Chess As­ case, I was president of the Illinois he is considered an alumnus. On the socialion does plan on holding such a Chess Association and, in the other, whole this has been a salutary arrange· championship. It is proposed that the because I showed some movies I took ment-but it has its dangers also. And Susquehanna Team Champioship would at the U.S. Open held In Chicago." these should be considered before a be held each year in connection with the Since then Jim has formed small chess league rushes into the organization of New York Slate Chess Congress. This is groups in two other compan!es in which such a team or teams. usually scheduled during the second or he has worked. In neither of these cases Over a long pcriod of time a sub· third week of July. In 1971 the Congress could he enter the Chicago Industrial stantial number of strong players may Is tentatively scheduled for Rochester. Chess League because there were not lind themselves eligible to play for an John Dragonetti, the president of the enough players to regularly fill eight alumni team. As a matter of fact, in the NYSCA, tells me that the championship eight boards-which is the size of the Commercial Chess League of New York is envisioned as one in which each teams in the C. 1. C. L. So Jim has several such teams could be formed league's championship team or the cham­ organized a small team league- playing comprised only of players rated as pio nship teams of the divisions within four-bOard matches as a division of the Masters or better. Such strength could the leagues- would be invited. In answer C. 1. C. L. There arc eight teams ready completely overwhelm even the strone:­ to my question, he says that they do not to play in the 1969-70 season- but new est teams entered from bona or­ favor ''all·star team" systems. The tour· team entries can be considered as late ganizations. So the C. C. L. N. Y. had to nament would be opened to all leagucs as October. If you would like more in­ say in effect, "We love to have you, we _ hut would be restricted to leagucs. In formation, call Jim Brotsos at Sherwin· want you to continue to play with us on other words, clubs would not be able to Williams-264·8800 ext. 2826. a regularly scheduled basis-but we can· enter teams in this tournament. This question of team size is a par· not consider you on the same basis as I am quite interested in this tourna­ ticularly important one as you can see. the other teams entered. Therefore, you ment and will haVe more to say about it The standard of eight boards played in cannot win the League or Divisional as plans firm up. the Chicago Industrial Chess League Championships." is the largest I know of in fixed·board Not all of the alumni are of Mastel' • • • , • matches-although I have heard of largo strength-one or mOre teams are usually er matches in leagues where captains playing in lower divisions. However. be­ can agree upon any number of boards cause they can all call on a larger num· over a certain minimum. In some re­ ber of stronger players that can most TURN ON. TUNE IN. spects, the large number of boards does companies in that division-each tends add to the interest of each match. But­ to be strong for its devision. But the SWING WITH CBMC. as Jim pointed out-it severty limits the participants understand the problem and One Year-IS number of teams that can join. This are pleased to have the opportunity to splitting of the Chicago Industrial Chess continue to play even with the proviso We - SZ5 League into two divisions based on size that they cannot win championships. Defails and MInl-Chess 8el-5 stamp. is an Interesting experiment, and I wish I have heard from Roman Kuzylak them well with it. again. He tells me that the Rochester In­ CHESS BY MAIL CLUB In his letter, Jim raises another dustrial Chess League will begin their P.O. Box 442 question. Again I quote: 5th Annual Round Robin Tournament on "I have another inquiry. I am back in October 13. 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NOVEMBER, 1969 459 pieces in play and the third, the Rook, has no effective squares. BOOSTER CHESS 24...... P·KR4 25. P·KR4 ...... Stopping Black from gaining space by William qoichberg with the further push of his KRP, and creating another White weakness which, however, is also protectable. This column deals with the practical Protecting the KP. Sacrificing it would 25...... Q·N6 26. B·B4 ...... problems faced by players in USCF-rated now involve an exchange of Bishops This and White's next move solidify tournaments; we feel it will be of inter· which would diminish White's attack. his pOSition further. est to all regardless of rating. Send any 9...... 0·0 10. 0·0 P·N5 26...... R·B1 29. K·R2 B·Q4 game you feel is instructive to William Weakening White's hold on QS and 27. P·N3 R·K1 30. R·K2 ...... Goichberg, 450 Prospect Ave. , Mt. Ver· K4, but also giving him QB4 and loosen· 28. K·NI Q·K8ch non" N.Y. 10553. Do not expect a per· ing Black's Queenside. To decide whether Wisely avoiding BxB?, which would sonal reply or the return of games sent. this move is good, and whether White bring Black's Rook into play. The players in this game are well consequently should prevent it with 30...... Q·KB8 32. R-K2 above average "Booster" strength, especi­ P·QR3, is frequently difficult. 31. R·B2 Q·K8 It ally Black, an International Master; none· 11. N·R4 B·N2 12. KR·Kl ...... seems the time has come for Black theless, the game is typical of many first­ QR·Kl is more agressive, though not to concede the draw; if he puts his round games in Swiss tournaments in necessarily beUer. Queen out of play with ...... , Q·QB8 or that the underdog succumbs only after a 12...... QN·Q2 15. NxN P,N ...... , Q·QN8, White gets the edge with 33. BxB, PxB; 34. QxP. But Black will fierce struggle in which he misses num· n. P·KB4 Q·B2 16. P·K5! erous chanCeS. The odds-on favorite per­ risk defeat rather than give a draw to 14. QR·Ql N·B4 a player rated more than 600 points be· sists in playing for a win despite an Black hoped for N·B3?, after which he inferior position and finally succeeds, would playa Rook to Ql and White's KP low him! helped perhaps by the intimidating effect 32...... Q·86!? falls. The text move holds. Exclamation point becaUSe this mo\'e of his rating, and by his opponent's play 16...... N·Q4 in the endgame, a particular weak spot eventually leads to Black netting an ex· of lower rated players. The White player The obvious reply. Many players would tra half point. Question mark because in this game is 15 years old and the not even consider the alternative ...... , this is a very weak move. 1968·69 Greater New York High School PxN, which gives Black weak pawns and 33. QxQ PxQ 34. B·N5? ...... Champion. a busted Kingside, yet it is probably After 34. R·K3! Black would be sorry stronger than the text. After 17. PxN, he avoided the draw. . Greater New York Open BxBP; 18. BxB, PxB; 19. QxQP, Q·B3, it 34...... R.QBI 40. K·B4 R·Q4 March, 1969 is Black who has the attack. A "weak" 35. K-N3 R·B4 41. p·N3 R-Q5ch Danny Kopec Bernard Zuckerman King position is not a liability unless 36. B-Q3 K·B I 42. K·K3 R·KN5 (1833) (2457) the opponent can attack it, which White 37. K·B4 K-K2 43. K·B2 P·84 DEFENSE cannot effectively do here with his 38. K·N5 P-N3 44. PxP e.p.eh SICILIAN Bishop out of play and the constant reo 39. P·R4 B·B3 ...... 1. P·K4 P·QB4 4. NxP N·KB3 quirement to defend KN2. Indeed, the Black threatened ...... , P·BS. This cap· 2. N·KB3 P·Q3 5. N·QB3 p·QR3 OPen KN file will be a Black asset ture gives Black a passed pawn, but 3. P·Q4 PxP 6. B·QB4 ...... after ...... , K·Rl. White should continue to hold easily This and 6. B·KN5 are the most popular as its queening path is solidly defended. responses today to the Najdorf Defense 44...... KxP 46. B·K2 ...... which Black's 5th move constitutes. 45. R·K3 R.Q5 Other sixth move tries for White include Forcing an exchange of Rooks which B·K2, P·B4, P·KR3, and P·KN3. should make the draw Simple. 6...... P·K3 7. B·N5 ...... 46...... R·Q7 52. K·K3 K·Q3 An irregular move in this position, not 47. RxP B·K5 53. K·Q4 P.K4ch bad but not considered sharpest by 48. K·K3 RxP 54. K·K3 K·B4 the~ry. Against a player famed for his 49. RxR BxR 55. B·87 K·N5 book knowledge, such a departure ma~' 50. B·B4 K·K4 56. 8·Q5? be wise. White usually plays 0·0, B·N3. 51. K-Q2 8·B4 and P·B4 (not always in that order) on At last, the blunder Black has been his 7th, 8th, and 9th moves, offering the waiting for. K·Q2 draws. sacrifice of his KP. which Black may 56...... B·87 57. B·B7 K·B6 capture via ...... , P·QN4 and ...... , P·N5 ! White could still draw if (driving away the defending Knight), 17. BxB ...... it was legal to pass. His Bishop must ...... B·QN2, or both. Acceptance of the Black rejects ...... QxB due to 18. keep attacking KN6 and defending QN3, sacrifice leads to complications with NxB was neces, so he must move his King, allowing the White having attacking chances. White's N·B::;! However ...... , sary. victorious penetration of the Black King. QB usually stays home a few marc moves 58. K·K2 K·Q5 64. P·R5 K·Q5 17...... NxP? 18. Q·N3? in this line until it is clearer whether ...... 59. K.Q2 8·B4 65. P.R6 B.Q6ch KN5, KB4 , or K3 is its best square. Black Missing a beautiful winning move, 60. K.K2 P·K5 66. K·KT BxP may also decline White's KP, leading to NxP!! which was discovered in the post· 61. K·Q2 P-K6ch 67. BxP P·N6 more typical Sicilian pOSitions in which mortem. The replies ...... , NxQ and 62. K.K2 K·K5 Resigns White's Kingside pawnstorm comes first, ...... , QxB would lose a piece and ...... , 63. P·QN4 PxP but if Black holds, his later Queenside NxN an exchange. Best is ...... , PxN; It has been claimed that the lower play may turn the tables. Had White 19. Q·Q7! , QxQ: 20. RxQ, when ...... , rated player is capable of furnishing played 6. B·KN5, P·K3; 7. P·B4 is con· KR·Nl or ...... , B·B3 saves the eX· only "meaningless opposition" in the sidered correct rather than B·QB4, which change, but White mops up pawns with first round of a Swiss. I wonder what would transpOse into the game. In this an easy win. Black thought of this contention at the line, it is now White's KB which remains 18...... QxB 22. R/1·QI R,R end of this game. on its original square while awaiting de· 19. QxN PxN 23. QxR Q·N4 velopments-it may later go to K2, Q3, 20. RxP P·QR4 24. R·Q2 BOOST AMERICAN CHESS KN2, KR3, QB4, or even QNS (via the 21. K·R1 QR·QJ sacrifice BxQNP). White must look after his isolated KP TELL YOUR FRIENDS 7...... P·N4 9. Q-Q3 ...... as well as his KNP, but should have no ABOUT USCF 8. B·N3 B·K2 trouble holding as Black has only two 460 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW , It would probablY have been better to have three-movers jn a separate cate­ gory from longer problems, as the ideas are fundamentally different. The judge en os a ers had to consider the overali impact of each problem. The avoidance idea is handled in brilliant fashion. The second move in each of the two main variations is most difficult. The moves by Pal Benko seem meaningless until the entire se· quence is developed. there is nothing in the initial position JUDGE'S REPORT: to indicate this possibility. The Queen The following three problems are of THREE AND MORE sacrifice and pin mate after ...... , 8d4 almost equal merit to the prizewinners. would have been noticed earlier by the The grading was a d ifficult task. MOVES alert solver . A number of other varia· tions also lead to accurate play and 1st Honorable Mention Judge: Isaac Koshdon mates. E. A. Wirtanen, Finland About 60 problems of three and more moves were submitted in the first com­ Second Prize posing contest organized by the U.S. C. J. Pugachev, USSR Chess Federation. Such contests have been a rarity on this side of the Atlantic. This Judge hopes that the results will warrant a regular series of such con­ tests. There was no single entry that could be considered a masterpiece, or of such significance that its choice for a prize would be clear. On the other hand, there we re a number of problems with original ideas that were well conslructed. There was much of interest to the casual solver and to the serious student of problems. Wh ite mates in three Following are the prize winners: 1. Rdl. Bd4 (£4): 2. R:15+: jJ 1.. ... , B:g7: 2. Q:q7: if I • .... , Nd4(e3): 2. White mates in three Nf6+ ; if l...... N:g7: 2. Bc2+; if 1. N;!Ithan RUM"', New York 1. Q h5. N:c8: 2. QdJ; if 1...... K:d5; .. . .• Nd7: 2. Nc7+ : jJ 1...... Kd4: 2. 2. Q e2: if I . . ...• Na4: 2. Q13: it 1. N:f5 + : It 1. ....• blQ: 2. Q:bJ + ...... 13: 2. Q q4: if 1. .... , e2; 2. Nd2+; A wealth of variatio ns, and some of the if 1. .... , g4: 2. N:14 . second moves have to be looked for. There is even an underpromotion. But There are no less than five variations the Queen sees very little action, and with quiet second moves. Each is a little the expected half·pin play does not two·mover in itself. It is a mating·net develop. problem with more than the usual var­ iety. It would have been more of a 2nd Honorable Mention challenge to the first prize winner but for the key (the Queen is too obviousiy B. Aleksandrovich, USSR out of play) and the short mate after ...... , N:d5. Third Prize White mates In thr•• Gunther Jahn, W. Germany 1. QIS, Bq6; Nl4+ : II 1...... B13: 2. Q:13+: if 1...... Nc3: 2. NI4+: 11 1...... Rd4: 2. Ne3+ ; II 1...... Bd4: 2. Qe6+: it 1. .... , N:c6: 2. Rd4+. The multiple sacr ifice after 1...... , N:c6 comes as a stunning surprise, since NEW BOOK by Geor9t' KoltilnoWlkl White mates in four If you enjoy stories. anecdotes about the chess great and not so great 1. Re3. K:e3; 2. Qdl. K12: 3. Qql +: Gra ndmaster styles. pictures and car­ If 1. ....• Bd7; 2. Rd3+, Kc4: 3. NeS: toons, tzames and problems . It 1. ....• N e7; 2. Q bS+ . Kc4: 3. Nqe2. THEN ORDER White mates in six The main variation is a good three· TV CHESS mover with a final bombshell in the form of a . This would Autographed copy, $2.00· 1. Rtl, Rd]; 2. R313. Hd4: 3. e3. Ra4 Send order to: (or b4 or c4): 4_ Ra l (or bl or eJJ. ef+; U.S. Chess Federation 5. R:a4 (or b4 or c4). 11 1...... Ra4; 2. BOOST AMERICAN CHESS! 479 Broadwey H12, Rd4: 3. h3, Ra4 (or b4 or e4); 4. TEL.L. YOUR FRieNDS Ra3 (or b 3 01 c3), e3+: 5. R:a4 (or b4 or Newbuf9h. N.Y. 12550 ABOUT USCF ...... y . !ItHle R .. lJldents add Sales Tall. c4). After 3. e3, it 3 ...... el+: 4. e d • 12; 5. Ke3. NOVEMBER, 1969 461 have rated higher if the play on the This could be considered a study as T. Sweeney, W.Va. Queenside had been of equal interest. well as a problem, since the solution is the only way to win. The echoed 3rd Honorable Mention maneuver must be carried out with abso· W"lther Jorgensen, Denmark lute accuracy or Black escapes. Interest is sustained throughout the twenty moves. A. Castro, Argentina

White mates in three TWIN: Move Pb4 to f2. 1. BeS, K:eS: 2. OqS+; it 1...... d6; White m"tes in three 2. QdB: if 1. .. . . , b3: 2. Oe1: if 1...... 1. Qb6, Ie: 2. 0:e6+; if 1..... , Ig; 2. KcS; 2. R:b4: TWIN: 1. 0:12, Kc4: 2. N:q6+; if 1...... 16; 2. N:e3+: if I. Bol + ; il 1. .... , KdB: 2. QIB: ill . .... , . . . " 15: 2. d4+. White mates in three eS; 2. 017+ . The four Pickaninny defenses are all The twin positions allow considerably answered by four different moves of the 1. N17, K:c4: 2. Qd3+ ; if 1. .... , more play with the same matrix. It all White pawn. This is a remarkable feat 0:c4: 2. RIS+: if 1..... , B:17; 2. B:17+: works out very accurately. i1 1..... , BiS; 2. R:l5+. of construction. The idea may not be E. A. Wirt"nen, Finland original, but this judge could not locate The key, of the give·and-take variety, an anticipation. sets up the sacrifice threat and the main The fonowing problems are all worthy variation after ...... , K:c4. There is little of special commendation. They have other play, however. many interesting features, and each A. P. Grin, USSR shows the skill of a fine composer. They are listed in alphabetical order by composer. J. M. Beliakin, USSR

White mates in three 1. OM, e6: 2. NlS+; it 1. .... , B:q7; 2. 0:q7+; it 1...... eS; 2. IS; if 1. . . . " Na7; 2. Nc1: if 1. .... , Nb6: 2. b3. White mates in three There are two sets of defenses, with the pawn and the Knight, leading to 1. Rdl. B:e4; 2. B:12+; it 1..... , NIB; quite different effects. 2. Bd4+: if 1..... , JIQ; 2. Bql+. White m"tes in twenty The four discovered checks are all forced by Black's defenses, and lead to 1. Rb7+, KaB; 2. RbB+, Kb7; 3. R5b7+, well varied mates. * * * Ka6; 4. Rb3, Ka7; 5. RBbS, Ka6; 6. R5M, KaS; 7. Rb7, KaS; B. R3b6, KaS; 9. Rb2, D. Mahatadze, USSR TOURNAMENT Ka6; 10. R7M, KaS; 11. R4b3, Ka4; 12. RbS, KaS; 13. R2bS+, Ka4; 14. Rbl. KaS; 15. R6b3, Ka4; 16. R3b2, Ka3: 17. Rb6, PLAYERS! Ka2; lB. RIbS, Nel; 19. Ra6+, NoS; 20. vVe recognize that it is sometimes Ra:aS mate. necessary to forfeit a game or drop out of a tournament. However, to 3D CHESS RULES $2 do so without notifying the director ill advance is an unsportsmanlike 3D Chess Board act, inconsiderate of others in the $15 & $30 tournament. Any player who forfeits or with­ U.S.-Canada 3D Club draws without advance notice from a CCA tournament w:Jl be required $3/Yr. White mates in four (1 Yr./club & rules free with to pay a $5 fine in order to enter his board) I. Kh7, Bhl; 2. KgB, any; 3. NeS; il next CCA tournament. 1. .... , Bb6: 2. 0c1+, Kb4; 3. a3+. Box 4277-H, Hampton, If you see the final position, the CONTINENTAL CHESS motive for the key move is clear. It is Va. 23364 not at all easy, with a number of tries ASSOCIATION that require careful examination. 462 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW vans on ess

Q. Rafael Cintron, Phila., Pa.: In your treated his Knight to Kl. Why not 9. Dec. '68 column Tom Pagano raised a N-KN5 winning a Pawn? question concerning White's best pro· cedure in a line of the Caro-Kann "push" variation: 1. P-K4, P-QB3; 2. P-Q4, P­ Q4; 3. P-KS, B-84; 4. P-QB4, BxN; S. fixB, Q-R4ch; 6. B-Q2, QxP; 7. P-BS, P­ QN4_ You concluded that White seems to have nothing better than 8. R-Rl, be­ fore Black's Queen escapes via RS. How· ever, it seems to me that there is an alternative plan which is simple and strong. 8. P-QN4!, Q-R3.

Position alter 13. B-Q" A. The line is recent and we know of no other tests. In the di.gram after 13...... , QxRP; 14. NxP White appears to Position after 9. N-KNS have a plus. Unfortunately, sinee you A. Black has the resource 9 ...... , neglect to present the game in full, we N·Kl! Now if White tries to snatch the h.ve no means of determining if Black Pawn with 10. N/5xKP?, P·B4 wins • could have strengthened his defense. piece. Q. Robert Owen, Springfield, Va.: Re­ Q. Kevin Claiborne, Bronx, N.Y.: Re­ ferring to MCO, p. 484, English Open­ cently while experimenting with open­ ing col. 5 note (0) (B), Petrosian-Tal, ings I discovered a variation to the Curacao 1962: 1. P-QB4, P-K4; 2. N·QB3, classical line of the Queen's Gambit N-KB3; 3. N·B3, N-B3; 4. P-KN3, P-KN3; Declined: 1. P-Q4, P-Q4; 2. P-Q84, P-K3; 5. B-N2, B-N2; 6. 0-0, 0 ·0; 7. R-N! , 3_ N-QB3, N-KB3; 4. B-NS, B-K2; 5. P-K3, Position after 8 ...• Q-R3 P-Q3; 8. P-QN4, P-K5. Now White re- 0 -0; 6. N-BS, QN-Q2; 7. R-B1, P·B3; 8. After 9. R-Rl, Q-N2 (or Bl) Black has saved his Queen but is left with a vir­ tually lost game, positionally speaking­ his QRP is permanently backward (un­ less he chooses to sacrifice it) while I White's control of the center is crushing. MAKE MOVE- Can this be considered a refutation of • Black's Pawn grab in this particular line? * SEE - Chess history in the making. A. After 8. R-Rl White obt,ined ,n overwhelming glme. Your line is nebu­ lous-Whitl r.m.ln. I Plwn down .nd * JOIN - This group that will see the BI,ck h .. mln.gld to r •• ch • solid po­ sition which is .Iso clo ••d, thereby mini­ World's Chess Masters in action. mb:lng the power of Whit.'. two Bish­ ops. The term "refut.tion" me.nl • line of pl.y which Is tot.lly convincing. Un­ * MEET - Them personally at the fortun.tely, S. P-QN4 do •• not qu.lify. WORLD CHESS OLYMPICS There Is • lot of pllY r.m.lnlng with eh.nees for both .Id... Incld.ntilly, SIEGEN, GERMANY White's sh.rpllt ch.ne. in the di.gram is 9. P-K6 (lnst•• d of R·Rl). September, 1970 Q. In a line of the Nimzo Indian that is not explored in MCO I wonder if you know of any practical test. In a postal I game (NCCF Cup Tourney 1968) Stone HAVE • (USA)- May (Denmark) the moves were as follows: 1. P-Q4, N-KB3; 2. P-QB4, JOIN "KOLTY" TO P-K3; 3. N-QB3, B-NS; 4. P-B3, P-Q4; S. P-QR3, B-QS (MeO·l0 gives only 5 ...... , For full details write: B-K2); 6. P-K4, P-B4; 7. PxBP, BxBP; 8. BPxP, PXP; 9. B-KN5, BxNj 10. fixB, George Koltanowski Q-N3; 11. BxN, QxR; 12. BxP, R-N1. This Fifth Floor analysis is given in Euwe's Archiv.. 275 Post Street which stops here, saying "the conse­ quences are not at all clear." I played San Francisco, Cal. 94108 13. B-Q4 and won the game in 25 moves. (It was published in the Chess Corre­ spondent, Feb.-March 1969). Does Black have any way of holding the game and YOUR MOVE-NOW! has this line been tested'! NOVEMBER, 1969 463 B-Q3, P-KR3; 9. B·R4, PxP; 10. BxP, body "busting" Acers' analysis. How A. MeO·l0 quotes Alekhine's specul. P-QN4j 11. B-Q3, p·Ra. about 13 ...... , N·N!)! tive Plwn sacrfiice with 5. P·Q4, PXPj 6. QxP. Q·B3; 7. P·KS, Q·N3j 8. 0·0, QxP; 9. N·B3. But we think most masters would choose the positional continuation with 5. 0 ·0, P·Q3; 6. p.Q4 where White is a ahead of the line in the Modern Steinin Defense given in Mea on p. 29. col. 26 & 27. This is one ex­ ception where capturing away from the center (4 ...... QPxB) yields better pros- pects than its counterpart. Q . Richard McLeIlan, Omaha, Nebras­ ka : A brief note about a possibility in the Gruenfeld Defense (MCO-lO, p. 417. col. 13 note i): 1. p .Q4, N-KB3; 2. p. Position after 13 • . ... , N·NS QB4, P-KN3 ; 3. N-QB3, P·Q4; 4. N-B3. Posilion aller 11 • . .. . , p-Ra B·N2 ; 5. Q·N3, PxP; 6. QxBP, 0-0; 7. (A) 14. NxP, NxPch; 15. K·N2, NxP!; I then saw an interesting possibility P·K4, B·N5 ; 8. B·K3, KN-Q2; 9. R-QI, 16. KxN, Q·R4ch; 17. K·N2, P·B6ch mates. N.QB3 j 10. Q·N3, P·K4!; 11. PXP, BxN; in 12. N-K5. Please tell me if this move (B) 14. PxN, P·B6! threatening mate in is playable. 12. PxB, QNxP; 13. B·R3, NxPch; 14. A. 12. P·QR4 15 problbly White', best two. K·K2, N/ 6·K4; 15. BxN, NxB; 16. Q-N5, A. Unfortunately 13 ...... N·N5 is un· try for In Idvantlge. 12. N· K5 commits P·QB3; 17. QxNP, R·Nl; 18. QxN, RxPch; sound. After 14. PxN, P·B6; 15. BxP, an instructive Irror: ,fter 12 ...... , NxNj 19. K·Bl, Q·B3 (instead of 19 ...... , QxQ QxP; 16. BxBP stops the mate and re· 13. PxN, N-Q2j 14. B·N3. P·QB4 White's which draws, as in Evans-Fischer, U.S. bins the extra piec;e. doubled KP is I distinct liability. where. Chmp. 1963); 20. B·Q4, Q-B6; 21. R-KN1, as Black's 3 to 2 Pawn maiority on the Q. Ray Watson, Bay City, Michigan: P·QB4? (MCO gives the superior ...... , Q·side a near·decisive Isset. If White After 1. P.K4, P-K4; 2. N.KB3, N·QB3 ; R·B7!) ; 22. BxP, BxN; 23. Q-Q3! , Q·B3j tries to establish mltlng threats with 3_ B·NS, P-QR3; 4. BxN, QPxB; 5. NxP 24. R·N3. MCO awards a plus to White. IS. B·NI followed by Q·B2, Black has the what is Black's best reply? (Fischer's analysis.) simple rejoinder IS...... R·KI and ...... , N·BI. Q. Thomas Charles. Muncie Indiana: In the Vienna Variation of the Q's Gam· bit after the moves 1. p .Q4, p.Q4; 2. P-QB4, P-K3; 3. N-K83, N·KB3; 4. B-N5. B-N5ch; 5. N·B3, PxP; 6. P.K4, P-B4 ; 7. P-K5, PXP; 8. Q.R4ch, N-B3; 9. 0·0-0, B-Q2; 10. N·K4. B·K2; 11. PxN, PxP; 12. B-R4, QR·Bl; 13. K.NI, P·N4; 14. QxNP, P-B6; 15. NxQP, NxN what do you think is White's best continuation ?

Position aller 5. NxP Posilion a/ler 24. B·Na Is 5 ...... , Q-N4 better than 5 ...... , In the preliminaries of the World Q-Q51 Correspondence Championship, McLeJ· A. S...... , Q·N4j 6. P·Q4, QxPi 7. Q·B3, lan·Kokorin (USSR), Black inexplicably QxQ; 8. NxQ gives Blac;k I c;omfortable played 24 ...... , B·N5? and understand· ending; but even more fordng is 5 ...... , ably resigned after 25. B-Q4. Q-QS; 6. N·KB3, QxKPch; 7. Q·K2, But after 24 ...... , B·K4! is Black's QxQch; 8. KxQ, B·KB4; 9. P·Q3, 0·0·0 position that desperate? For instance: where Blac;k has the two Bishops and 25. R·B3, Q-R5; 26. BxR (can White initiative, particularly since White licks wait?), Qx RP; 27. R·Q2 (forced), R·N8ch; his normal c;ompenlltion of a K·side 28. K-K2 , Q·N8 and how does White Pawn majority. avoid a draw except by QxR when there 5. NxP is a weak move. Better is the is still a great deal of struggle left in Position atter 15 ...... NxN c;ustomary 5. P·Q4 or Fischer's 5. 0-0. the position? A. White has no choice other thin Q. Also what is wrong with recaptur­ A. In the final position White does 16. RxN, but it Is quite sufficient. After ing towards the center after 1. P·K4 , best to take a draw with 29. R·QI . R· 16...... , BxQ (1 6 ...... P·B7ch is met P·K4j 2. N-KB3, N-QB3; 3. B-N5, P·QR3 ; N7ch j 30. R·Q2. etc. by 17. K·Bl); 17. BxBch, K·Bl j 18. RxQch 4. BxN, NPxB? However. White can probably improve RxR; 19. NxQBP White emerges with two earlier after 24...... , B-K4; 25. R_B3, pieces for a Rook_ decisive Idvlntage Q.RS; 26. P·KR3!!, KR-Nl (not 26...... Mre. R·BI?; 27. 0 ·Q7, RxBj 28. OxPch, K·Rlj 29. Q·B8 mate); 27. RxPI (stronger than Q. Martin Gray, Bellevue, Washington: 27. Q·QS, B·BSI; 28. 8-Q6?, RxPch!; 29. 8 eL. With reference to page of Jan/ 69 RxR, QxPch with a perpetual), and if 1. J ude Acers gives P·K4 , P·K4 ; 2. 8-84, KxRj 28. Q..Q7ch, K-Nl; 29. Q·K6ch wins N·KB3; 3. P-Q4. PxP; 4. N·KBJ, B·B4; -"II of which justifies the plus given 5. P·K5, P-Q4; 6. PxN, PxB; 7. Q.K2ch, by MeO. B·K3; 8. PxP. R·Nl ; 9. B·N5, Q·Q4; 10. N·B3, B·N5; 11. 0 ·0·0, BxN; 12. PxB, N·B3; 13. B·BG! and agrees with Horo· It isn't hard­ witz that White has an edge. Since Mr. Acers is so adept at "busting" lines and letting the world know it, I think it's Carry your card. about time the world knows of some· Position alter 4•.. . . , NPxB 464 CHESS LIFE &- REVIEW Activities of USCF Poshl Chen pl.yeu: geme reports & rlltlngs, names of new play­ ers, prize.wlnners, selected games, tourney Jack Straley Battell Instructions & edltorl'l comm.nt. Postal Chess Director

If you have tardy opponents, take ac­ TOURNAMENT NOTES POSTAL SCRIPTS tion in November. Try to clear your com­ It is with real pleasure that we invite plaints then. What you cannot get to us Progress Reports for you to continue Postal Chess under the before December 5th cannot be satis· Golden Knights Tournaments auspices of the United States Chess Fed­ factorily handled: if our notices go out eration. The activities of the Postal Chess effectively, the replies to us may none­ 18th Annual Championship department will be published in the theless go astray. In the 1965 Golden Knights, Finals sec­ pages of CHESS LIFE AND REVIEW, as During December, send your moves tion, 6S·Nf 17, has completed play, and here. And all tournaments, Class, Prize the contestants therein scored these and Golden Knights, plus others to be quite as usual: they may go through. But, if a delay develops, then send a "repeat" weighted-point totals:· offered, can run to a happy and satisfy­ Carolyn E Wolf 37.35; J STomas 36.3; ing conclusion. We trust, indeed, that but be prepared to wait out the Xmas rush in the mail. J J Dragonetti 35.25; F Smidchens 29.55; Postal Chess will continue to flourish into L C Cody 28.45; E P Varley 20.0; and P a fine future-and we expect it to ex­ By January 6th, if you've sent a "re­ Schuller 19.2. pand both in number of postalites and peat" well before, report so to us per Melding these scores into those pub. in interesting types of activities. Rule 14 preferably. If you have not sent lished in October, we have this list of Remember to address reports, care of a repeat, try one by January 6; and, if prospective, cash·prize winners: the U. S. Chess Federation, 479 Broad­ that evokes no response, report per PRESENT LEADERS' way, Newburgh, New York 12550. Rule 13. B E Owens ...... 46 .2 S Narklnsky ...... 34.05 For this issue, we have a somewhat W E RObertle ...... 46.2 J F Campbell ...... 34.0 B MaHiard ...... 43.45 G Stayart ...... 33.55 abbreviated "Postal Mortems." Because NEW POSTALITES B Wheeler ...... 43.6 R De Vault ...... 33.0 of the need to meet a different publish· The following new Postal Chess players be· R Lohrman ...... 42.95 R Nester ...... 32.8 ing schedule, as well as to effect the gan In September with these ratings: Class A R Murpby ...... 42.95 H Rosenburg ...... 32.7 1300; B 1200; C 900; D 600; and old timers (R) J Phythyon ...... 42.95 J Llmarzl ...... 32.4 transfer from New York city, we have returned at former ratings. C Musgrove ...... 41.15 B L Patteson ...... 32.25 cut off the date for entering game re­ J Atchison 600, B Blatt 900, B Blazar L Drelbergs ...... 40.75 M Fitts ...... 31.9 ports at September 22. For the next 1200, D Bremner 1200, U Buiva 600, M N Mintz ...... 40.6 W Bland ...... 31.8 issue, we expect also to terminate re­ S Tennant ...... 39.95 W Neumann ...... 31.8 Cesanek 900, K Chasteen 900, R Cintron S J Elowltch ...... 39.65 H B Daly ...... 31.75 ceipt of reports somewhat earlier than (R) 1420, D Clarke 600, D R Coleman M Bock ...... 39.5 G Dlnesco ...... 31.75 in the past. And we have yet to work out 600, D Colic 900, E Colon 600, R Dames· R Melton ...... 39.5 J G Warren ...... 31.75 a set publishing schedule for "Postal toy 600, R H Dove 900, Marie Franco 900, L Tuttie ...... 38.95 D Gibson ...... 31.3 Mortems." But we shall try to set up L B Joyner ...... 38.45 J Mayer ...... 31.15 B Friedman 600, R K Gaines 600, R W P S Lelnwebber .. 38.35 S P Wang ...... 30.65 one which will make possible inclusion Gunn 600, R Hagenmaier 900, Mrs F A D Slbbett ...... 38.35 C S Weikel ...... 30.5 of year-end reports in the next rating Hamilton 900, L Hoff 900, R E Hornberg· R R Larsen ...... 38.0 R L COllins ...... 29.95 list. er 1200, S J Hughes 900; D Brandreth ...... 37.5 F Smidcheru; ...... 29.55 C E Wolf ...... 37.35 E F James ...... 29.5 We are proud to announce also that B Irvine 900, P Jennings 900, B Jolly J Hobson ...... 36.85 W I Weinkauf .... 29.35 John W. Collins will continue to present 900, H Koenig 900, L A Koziewicz 1200, V A Ezerlns ...... 36.7 R Cbagnot ...... 29.05 his admirable annotations of the best F Kozma 900, E Lecaroz 900, C A Lingle J STomas ...... 36.3 0 W Strahan ...... 39.05 Postal Chess games. So send your best 900, J J Leon (R) 1000, R Malizewki 1300, S Klein ...... 36.2 J F Shaw ...... 29.0 J O~ols ...... 36.15 L C Cody ...... 28.45 to J. W. Collins, care of the U. S. Chess R D Mangus 1200, M Mouzon 900, H R C M Bender ...... 35.75 J Duchesne ...... 28.3 Federation. Please select truly note­ Noden 1300, J O'Boyle 600, D M Rogers P W Pittman ...... 35.3 B Johnson ...... 28.25 worthy games (including candidates for 900, FRoss 900; T Sahlin 900, F P Sarro J J Dragonettl .... 35.25 H J Graves ...... 28.3 Postal Chess Caviar, sharply played brevi­ J Rlesenbeck ...... 35.15 W L Perry ...... 27.4 900, B Symonds 1200; B Kaczmarek .... 35.0 R J Hendel ...... 27.3 ties) as from the many, many games in R Tapia 600, M V Thompson 900, L E B L Neff ...... 35.0 K 0 Mott·Smith .. 27.1 our tournaments, we can find room for Traviss 600, T F Turner 600, W D Van T Pe!sach ...... 35.0 R A Peterson .... 26.3 only the finest. Lear 1300, J Wadsworth 1200, H P Whit­ A S!ldmets ...... 34.95 C J Taber! ...... 26.15 Finally, we welcome on this occasion B Oscada ...... 34.55 F G Lach ...... 26.0 ney 600, M Wisniewski 900. M Sherman ...... 34.1 G J Ferber ...... 25.55 any suggestions for improvement of the o A Lester ...... 34.05 H E Winston ...... 25.05 Postal Chess department. We can­ D R Belasco ...... 24.55 not guarantee to act on all, but will certainly give all due consideration. 19th Annual Championship 1968 Annual In the 1966 Golden Knights, Finals sec­ XMAS MORATORIUM The 88th In the series! Red cloth, gold· tion, 66·Nf 7, has completed play, and As in previous years, we expect mail blocked spine. S88 pages with over 370 the contestants therein scored these games! More than 110 problems. Full tour· from Mid-December on, and even earlier, nament reports. A bargain. Send for your weighted·point totals:'" to be erratic. Under such circumstances, copy NOW! Your check for $4.60 will get H Mayer 46.2 (a perfect score, in the the filing of time complaints is practic­ it by return mall. running for the grand first prize); J E ally useless. Mitchell 38.5; D E Wilson 37.2; A Stys So please do not file any time com­ British Chess Magazine, Ltd. 30.6; C M Deitrich 20.5; M Grosky 18.3; plaints from December 10 through Janu­ 9 Market Street and R Fisher withdrew. ary 6. Most delays for this time, we've ST. LEONARD ON SEA Charting all weighted-pOints from sec­ found, will turn out to be accidents of tions in the Finals which completed play, the season. And even our time·complaint Sussex, England we have this list of prospective, cash· inquiries may go astray. prize winners: NOVEMBER, 1969 465 PRESENT LEADERS' Stevens tie twice; Stevens, Braatz best de la H Mayer ...... 46.2 W Raudenbush .. 30.6 22d Annual Championship Barra. 392 Wlnmlll loses twice to Molenda, once Mrs J Greene .... 43.95 A StY$ ...... 30.6 In the 1969 Golden Knights (note: the to Moody. J H Lubbers ...... 41.75 H C Sanderson ..30.5 entry list closes this month!), these con· Tourneys 400 . 411: 401 Furtak and Sprague S Tennant ...... 39.65 L R Johnson ...... 30.15 tie. 404 Smith smites Venesaar. 405 Axup tops L Stolzenberg ..39.5 R DeVault ...... 29.6 tenders have qualified for assignment Pennington. 406 McGann hits Hatch. 407 At· M Ahlstrom ...... 39.45 R L Anderson .... 29.5 to the Semi·finals: klns trips Trombley. 409 Hubbard. Williams It Lunenfeld ...... 39.0 J A Koller ...... 29.5 F Blanco, H S West, G F Graciaa, R B split two; McReynolds downs Dalley. 413 Bal· It Lifson ...... 38.95 L H Gilbert ...... 28.4 Abrams, C Musgrove, R J Rader, W G luck loses two to Sieminski and one to Econo· J E Mitchell ...... ~8.5 B Kaczmar

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Nov. 22.23 (OhiO) UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON OPEN 5-S5. 4S/IIJ:I. Kennedy Memorial Union Bldl{ .• Unlv. of Oayton. Daytoo. Ohio. EF: Nov. 1840 (Tenn,) $6.SO. Jr.. $5. SO. EF $I.SO less If re<:'d by 10TH ANNUAL MID-SOUTH OPEN 11(19. $$ 1st SO. other cash and trophl.,. as 6·SS. 5On'h, al Downtowner. 160 Union Ave.. entries permit. ReI:. closes 9:30 am Sat .. 1st Memphis, Tenn. 38103. EF: 58 plus TCA dlll!S NOVEMBER, 1969 471 tures will be taken 12/27 Sat. 10 am. Each player arranges own lodging; adv. res. rcc. ENT ~ INQ: Address above. OK. 26·30 (Clnlda) NORTH AMERICAN NOv. ,8-:n (Neb.) INTERCOLLEGIATE & TEAM SCOTTSBLUFF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 5.85, 40/1'h School Administration Build­ in!:, 2601 N, Broadway, Scottsbluff\ Neb. EF: $2.50, 50~ les. by 11/24. $$ accord ng to en­ tries. Rd. 1 starts 8 pm 11/28, 4 rds. 11/29. Playing schedule can be spread out by ad­ Dec. 6-7 (Mo.) vance arrangement. ENT: R. L. Shellenber. ger, 1406 Ave. M, Scottsbluff, Neb. 6936l. NOv. 19.:tI) (Ind.) EASTERN INDIANA OPEN December 26-30 (N.Y.) GREATER NEW YORK CHESS Dec. 13 (Conn., CONGRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPEN & (Including 5th Annual GREATER NEW JUNIOR GIRLS' OPEN YORK SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Both at the YMCA 315 Pearl St" Hartford, Conn. EF: Sl. Reg. e1 osee 10 am 1~!13. Dec, 13-14 (Conn.) Noy. 2'·30 OPEN AND

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Nov. 19·30 (Iow~) 12th Annual Dec. 21MI (Cil.) 4th Annual SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AMATEUR OPEN 5-5S, CACA Oakland Lodge, 303 Eighth St. 'N", 29·30 (Vt.) at HarrlsOfl St., Oakland, Cal. Restricted to MARBLE CITY OPEN players with rating (proviSional o.k.) under 7000. EF: $5. Winner gets S25, title.., trophy. S-SS, 40/2, Edwin W. Lawrence Recreation plus 20')1" of net profit. Top A, B, ,,;-D-E get Center, 86 Center St., Rutland, Vt. EF: S8, 70% each. Reg. closes II am 12/20. ENT: M"ar_ at door $10; adv. ent. fe

Dec. 6·7 (N.Y.) 3rd SYRACUSE AMATEUR .5-SS Yate$ Hotel, corner of Montgomery and East Genesee Sts., Syracuse. N.Y. 13202. In 2 sections: OPEN 50/2. open to all rated below 2000 Or unrated; RESERVE, 45!10~ open to all rated below 1600 or unrated. Et: SlO, under 18 $8 It mailed by 12/1; later $2 extra. 472 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW Reg. closes 8:30 am 12/29; rds. 9:00, 11:00, 25, 15, more as entries permit. Reg. closes 1:00, 3:00 each day Mon. & Tues, 9:45 am. Lut rd. ends 6 pm. ENT: Paul A. Sayre, 1033 14th St., Huntington, W. Va. 25701. Jan. 3-4 (Md.) 2nd Annuill WASHINGTON ADULT OPEN ••d WASHINGTON·BALTIMORE AREA HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP Jan. 11-18 (N.J.) JERSEY CITY YMCA JUBILEE OPEN 5-$S, 50/ 2, Jersey City YMCA 654 Bergen Ave., Je~se y City, N.J. EF: $6, dub mcmbers $4 by 1/9, later $2 more. $$ 50, 30, 20, tro­ phies In most elasses. Bring clocks. 1st rd. ,0 AM sharp. Checks payable to Paul Helbig. ENT: tournament site. J~nuary 3·4 (D.C.) Jan. 17-18 (N.J.) 2nd Annual NEW JERSEY CLASS A CLASSIC WASHINGTON·BALTlMORE AREA NEW JERSEY AMATEUR HIGH SCHOOL

Dee. 27·11 (Vt.) CHRISTMAS OPEN ,~:!1'

January 2:J.2.5 (N.Y.) EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS At McAlpin Hotel, 34th St. & Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10001. In six sections as de­ scribed below (note dlflerent dates). I Dec. 27·21 (Tt•. ) NORTH TeXAS OPEN 5-8$, 45/2, Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas. Texa!. EF: StO plu! TeA dues. $$ 100, 60; A 40, 10: B 30, 10: C 20. 10, trophies to win_ ners and top unr. Reg. closes 9 AM Sat. ENT: Dallas ce. 5513~ E. Grand, Dallas, Texas 75223. Dec. 27·28 (Ky., FALLS CITY OPEN

January 3-4 (D.C.) Dec. 27·29 (III.) 2nd Annual ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL WASHINGTON ADULT OPEN OPEN

Jan. 2-4 (III.) January 4 (D.C.) CHICAGO WAMSLEY OPEN WASHINGTON SUNDAY 5.ss. 40(2, Chicago ce, 64 E. Van Buren. QUADRANGULAR Chlc~l/o . Ill. 60605. EF: $10, High School $7. I $$ 100, 60, 40. 20. Class and jt'. trophies, bru­ !laney and best olaved J:8rne prizes. Hell". do~es 7:30 om Fri. Rds. Fri. 8 pm: Sat. n. 5: Sun. 10:30. 5. BRING CLOCKS IF pos;:r BLE-NONE SUPPLIED. ENT: Richard Ver­ ber, Chicago CC, addreu above. Jan. 3 (Cal,) CCCA'S REGIONAL ONE·DAY ROUND-ROBIN 3.RR. 40/90. Walnut Creek Recreation Cen. ter. ChIle Drive, Walnut Creek, Cat EF: $4. 2 prlzps In eaeh 4 man section: 1st $5, 2nd $3. ENT: Saleh Mujahed, #5 Abbey Ct., Wal­ nut Creek. Cal. 94595. Jan. 10 (N.Y,) Jan. 3-4 (W.Va,) SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOLIDAY OPEN 4-SS (Moditled), SOil. YMCA, 340 Montgom_ 5-5S, 45/105. YMCA-May Bldg., 935 loth Ave.. ery St.. Syracuse, N.Y. Open to all cUlTent Huntington, W. Va. EF: $3, under 21 $2. $$ high school or jr. high school students. Com- NOVEMBER, 1969 473 with entry fee. Checks payable to Contlnen. Jan. 2.4·25 (Pa.) tal Chess Assn. ENT: W . Goichberg, 450 P r os­ 3rd LIBERTy BELL OPEN pect Ave., Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 10553. 5.SS, 48/ 2, "mostly," Benjamin Franklin Hote,!. 9th and Chestnut Sis., Philadelphia, Jan. 24 (N.Y.) Pa. .r;F: $8, under 18 $5, Arter Ja'll. 17 $10 & ~7. $S 100 1st, o ther cash according to in· come and rental of sleeping rooms at host hotel; trophies to top 3, top A, B, C, D./ unr., it. under 18, woman. Reg. closes 8:30 am 1/24 1st rd. 9 am. BRING SETS AND CLOCKS -NONE SUPPLIED! Checks payable to Phlla· Jan. 31. Feb. delphia Chess Ass'n. ENT: Lester Segal, 7016 F r ankford AVe., Philadelphia, Pa. 19135. VERMONT "'IN.T Jan. 3D - Feb. 1 (Va.) VIRGINIA OPEN 6·5S, 50/ 2, Princess Anne Inn 904 Princess Anne St., Frederick~burg, Virginia. EF: $10, jrs. $7, members of Armed Force~ on active duty $6. Gun. $$: 100, 75, 50. Highest possible cash prizes to top 2 in A, B, C. under-C·un­ rated, .lr. Trophies to aU Ist places & 2nd place Open. Cash S$ incr e ased as entries per­ mit. Reg. closes 1/30 7 pm. Rds. Frl. 8; Sat.

e Here and There •.. Chess LIIe ...... ~~ Patrick Air Force Base in Florida was with a score of 4%·%. Finishing in a tie Marty Pearson, scoring 4 1h ·l.jz, won host to the Air Force Systems Command for second and third were John Peters the Delaware Valley Open. Tied with 4 Tournament. R. Barry of Albuquerque, and Eugene Shapiro with 4·1. Fred Say· points each were Bill Atkinson, U. S. New Mexico was the winner, followed ward won the under·1800 prize. Stephen Amateur Champion Kimball Nedved, by N. Stillwell of Los Alamos. Next Dann directed the 24 players. Don Latzel and Jack McBride. Top A were W. Frank and J. P. Roby of Cali· '" '" * * * was Latzel, top B McBride, top C was fornia . There were 18 players from 10 The Noble O'Neal Memorial Open, Joe Kieslich and best D was John Salera. Air Force Bases. Jean Rigell directed. held in LoUisville, Ky., attracted 48 Lou Kessler won the unrated prize. Jim • • • • • players, the largest turnout in Louis· Politowksi directed;, 32 played. Knoxville, Tennessee was the scene ville history. The tournament was held • • • • • of the Southern Open, this year boast· in honor of the President of the Louis· Jon Josephs won the Jersey City ing the largest turnout ever and adding ville Chess Club, who died last January. YMCA Chess Club's Summer Tourna· 11 new members to the USCF. Of the Scoring 4%·lh, Alonzo Ross won the ment, 3lh·Ph. With the same score, 95 players, Ken Smith of Dallas won the event on tiebreak over Alan Tschetter. Mayer Riff and Jim Gullie followed on Open section on tiebreak over Milan Following with 4·1 were Rea B. Hayes, tiebreak. Next were TD Dick Grossman, Momic and E. Celorio; all scored 51,2· Bernard Parham and Edwin Cohen. Jay Phil Newman, Warren Wood and Richie I1h . The Amateur section was won by Carr was best B, while the C prize was Wilhelm. Andy Shor on tiebreak over Paul Ko­ shared by Scott SchickU, Blaine New· • • • • • ploy and Harvey Studstill, each scoring comb and Theodore Lee. Top unrated The Summer Open of the Bayonne 5lh·ll.jz. Doug Laverne won the Reserve was Gary Klinglesmith. Frank O'Neal (N.J.) Chess Club was won on tiebreak section with 6-1. The East Tennessee directed. by John Dogioia over Warren Wood and Chess Assn. sponsored the event, which • • • • • Bob Missaggia. Phil Newman directed. was directed by Martin Southern. (Is The Amarillo Rating tournament in • • • • • that why they call it the Southern Texas was won by Gary Simms, 5-0. There were 33 players at the EI Se­ Open?) Second was David Johnson, 3%. Father gundo (Cal.) Amateur. The winner was • • • • • Michael Heneghan won the reserve sec­ Roger Myers, 5-0. He was followed by Peter Kloskowski was the winner of the tion. Of the ten players, five were new Robert Newbold, Don Cotten, Tom Di· 4th annual New Britain (Conn.) Sum· USCF members, including Father Hen­ vine and John Barnard, each with 4-1. mer Open with a score of 41,i·%. Sec­ eghan. Simms also directed. Gordon Brooks and Lee Corbin scored ond was Arkadijs Strazdins, 4·1. Follow­ • • • • • 31h-llh. Douglas Linn directed. ing with 3lh , in tiebreak order, were Charles Walker edged Harvey Stud­ The Club meets Tuesdays at 7:00 at Christopher Hall, Joseph Glynn and Ar· still on tiebreak points to win the Great· 300 E. Pine Ave., EI Segundo, under the vids Klavins. Of the 18 players, 8 were er Charleston Open (So. Carolina); both sponsorship of the Recreation and Parks new USCF members. The event was di· scored 4% -lh. Following with 3% was Dept. rected by Jan Cendrowski and Peter Frank Schiffer. Gerald Prazak directed • • • • • Kloskowski. the 14 players. The Finals of the Spinnato Memorial, The New Britain Championship was ~ * * * • held in Baltimore, Md., was won by Jack won by Arkadjs Strazdins for the 17th An August Rating tournament at the Kempler, 4-2. Robert Erkes was second year in a row. He won all of his games Arizona State Prison drew 14 players. with 31h, third was Art Garey, 21h, and in the 19·round event. Second was Jan Earl D. Wagner won clear first with fourth was Robert Raven. The event was Cendrowski, President of the New Bri· 5..(), followed by Ray Hudgens and Rich· a 4-man round robin directed by Lewis tain Club, 14·4. Foilowing were Edward ard Irwin, 31/a, and Gilberto Moreno and Hucks. Pelc and Roman KolodZiej. William Redner, 3. Redner was top C, • • • • • Irwin top D, Moreno top E and top un· GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP • • • • • rated was Pine Jenkins, Jr. William By scoring 5-0 in the 25·player Geor­ The Peninsula Championship, held at Redner directed for the Rooks & Crooks gia Closed, Robert Joiner became Cham­ Newport News, Va., was won by Robert CC. pion of Georgia. George Williams, who Stetson, 4%·%. Second was Robert Mack, • • • • • scored 3lh-l1h to finish fifth in the 4. With 3lh were Jerry Flowers and The Honolulu Open was held at the tournament, became Junior Champion. John Boushka, and Larry Hoffman University of Hawaii and attracted 34 Other high scorers were Philip Lamb, scored 3. The junior prize went to James players. The winner was Zack Chavez, D. B. Wade and John Williams, each Ellenson. H. Allen Smith directed; 14 4%·%, followed by John Fritsvold, Rol· scoring 4·1. The B prize was won by played. and Goad, Melvin Murakami and David Bob Kolvick, the C by Jared Radin and • • • • • Wong, each with 4. Roland Goad and the D by John Miller. The tournament William Robertie won the first annual Allan Kuwahara directed on behalf of was directed by Philip B. Lamb on be­ Worcester County (Mass,) 30·30 Open the Hawaii Chess Association. half of the Georgia Chess Association. 474 CHESS LIFE & REVIEW USCF', (1969) ELEVENTH UNITED STATES OPEN POSTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The Twenty-second Annual Golden Knights

EVERYTHING YOU NEED to play chess THE current edition of the Golden Knights tournament is now under by mail is included in the complete way, and entries are acceptable until November 30, 1969. It is conducted under Postal Chess Kit produced by USCF for USCF's Rules and Regulatiolls for Postal Chess, as mailed with assignments, the convenience of postal players, The and with the special rules given below. kit contains equipment and stationery especially designed for the purpose. Per Rule 1, ill play must be from within the continental USA and Canada; players These aids to Postal Chess will keep your leaving this area must withdraw or be withdrawn. records straight, help you to avoid mis­ To speed play for the first round, we group all the entries received takes, for the fullest enjoyment in your games by mail. geographically sO far as possible. Otherwise, entries are matched off into 7 man groups strictly in the order of our receipt of their applications. Qualifiers Contents of Kit to the later rounds are grouped likewise in order of qualification (except One of the most important items in multiple entrants) > but without regard to geography. the kit is the Postal Chess Recorder Al­ In effect, the Golden Knights is an "open" tournament, without regard to bum - the greatest aid to postal chess our rating classes so far as the entry goes. The ratings are calculated, however, ever invented. The six miniature chess sets in this album enable you to keep quite as in past CHESS REVIE\V postal tournaments. (Postal ratings are track of the positions, move by move, separate from and calculated differently than across-the-board ratings. A rating in all six games of your section. On the explanation is sent to each entrant. It is an "open" tournament because we score-cards, supplied with the album, you cannot pretend to "seed" candidates for a championship and because it gives record the moves of the games. The up­ the weaker players a chance to gain by experience against stronger ones. to-date score of each game faces the cur­ rent position. Score-cards are removable, When a game is finished, remove the Special Rules for the 1969 Golden Knights Tournaments. old card and insert a new one. Price Consult the foliowing rules whenever 7. For com!;'utinl! the total scores to de­ alone: $5.50. termine the dIstribution of prizes, each game The kit also contains 100 Move-Mailing any question arises as to your chances won in the first round wlll be scored as 1 for qualifying to Semi-finals or Finals or point; each game wOn In the second round Post Cards for sending moves to your as 2.2 points; each game won in the final opponents, a Chess Type Stamping Outfit for weighted point score, etc. round as 4.5 {OintS. A drawn s:ame will be for printing positions on the mailing scored as hal of these respectIve amounts. 1. USCF's 22d Annual Golden Knights cards, complete instructions on how to Postal Chess Championshir;> Tournament ls 8. In the case of ties, if two or more play chess by mail, an account of the open to all persons llving IJl the continental finalists tie for first place, achieving the Postal and the Offic­ United States of America and in Canada same total score, as computed in Rule 7, except USCF's employees and members of then the first 2 or more prizes will be re_ ial Rules of Postal Chess. theIr families. served for those finalists and the prizes will be awarded In accordance with the scores achieved by them in a tie_breaking match Or Saves You Money 2. Any contestant who enters this tourna­ round_robin contest in which each contestant ment under a pseudonym or in the name of will pIa>' not less than 2 games with every Bought separately, the contents would another person will be disqualified. All un· other tIed contestant. Ties for other cash amount to $10.50. The complete kit costs finiShed games of the disqualified contest­ prizes will be broken in the same manner. ant wlll be scored as wins for his opponents. Any ties which may develop in the tie_break_ only $8.00, To order, just mail the cou­ ing contests will be played off in additlonal pon below with your check or money 3. Two qualifying rounds and one final matches or tournaments. order. (Add 15% for handling and post­ round w!ll be played. In ali three rounds, contestants w!!l compete in sections of Seven age outside the U.S.A.) players. Each contestant in a section will play One game vs. each of six opponents. Forfeit wins count as game points. ,, 4. All contestants who score 4 or more " game points In the preliminary round wlll " qualify fo\' the semi_final round. Similarly, all quallfted semi-finalists who score 4 or more game pOints In the semi-final round will qualify for the final round. If additional players (from I to 6) are requIred to com­ plete the last section of the second or third round, these players will be selected from among contestant~ who scored 31;2 points In the previous round and in the order of their USCF Postal Ratings at the time the last section starts.

--I ------I U.s. CHESS FEDERATION 10. Upon entering, each contestant agrees I 479 Broadway I that the deciSion of USCF and its Postal Chess Newburgh, N.Y. 12550 Director in all matters affecting the conduct I I of the tournament, includIng the acceptance and classification of entries, the adjudication I I enclose ,8.00 (check or money order). I of games. the award or refusal of forfeit I Please send me a complete Postal Chess I claIms. the distribution of prizes and all Kit by return mail. interpretations of the rules and regUlations. I I shall be final and conclusive. NAME ...... , .... , .... , ...... ,., .... , ...... ' ...... , .., ...... , ...... I I 6. A First Prize of $250.00 and 74 other II. EntrIes can be mailed now and until ADDRESS ...... cash prizes will be awarded by USCF in ac­ November 30, 1969. Entries mailed after that I I cordance with the published schedule of prizes date may not be accepted. I C ITY ., .. ,.,. . ,. ... ,...... ,., .. ,.... ,.. ,.,...... ,. ... ,.,.. ,., ,., .. ,., to those 75 qualified finalists who achieve the I hil!hest total scores (see rule 7) in the three 12. Except as provided in the foregoing round. of the tournament. Every qualified I STATE ...... ZIP ...... rules, this tournament will be conducted un. I flnalist will be awarded the emblem of the del' UsCF's Officl.. 1 Rule. and Regulations of Golden Knll!ht upon completion of all his Postal Chess, including any amendments ot· ------scheduled I!ames. addltion~ thereto. NOVEMBER, 1969 475 LAST CHANCE to enter the (1969) Eleventh United States Open Postal Chess Championship ond the Twenty-second

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

SEVENTy-FIVE CASH PRIZES, amounting to a OPEN TO ALL CLASSES OF PLAYERS total of $1000.00, will be "warded to the Even if you've never played in a competitive event seventy-five players who finish with top b efore, you may turn out to be Golden Knights champ ion scores in the T wenty-second Annual Cold­ or a leading prize-winner-and, at least, you'll have lots en Knights Postal Championship now run­ of fun. For all classes of postal players compete together ning; E ntries accepted till the eud of November, 1969 in this "open" Postal Chess event. (m1lst hear postmark of no later than NOvember 30, 1969) . Beginners are welcome. If you've just .~tarted to play This is the 1969 Goldeu Kuights chess, bv all means enter. There is no better wav of im­ proving' yOUl" skill. State your class on the coupon ; A PRIZES FOR EVERYBODY highest; B next; C average; D lowcst; but all classes compete together. But that isn't all ! Every contestant can win a prize of some kind! You can train your .~igh t s on that big $:250.00 MAIL YOUR ENTRY NOW fi rst prize, or one of the other 74 c<\s hprizes, but even if you don't finish in the money yo u can win a valuable As a Colden Knighter you'll enjoy thc thrill of com­ <:,onsol"tion prize. Every player who qualifies for the peting for big cash prizes. You'll meet new friends by tina 1 round, and completes his plnying schedule, will be mail, improve your game, and h,lVe a whale of a good ,\wceiw our hooklet mus t complete all games assigned; forfeits lose rights to containing Postal Chess instructions with your as .~ i gn ­ any of the prizes. ment to a tournament section. Fill in and m,\il this coupon And even if you fail to qualify for the finals, you NOW! still get a prize! If you are eliminated in the preliminary ------~ or semi- final round, hut complete your playing schedule, I I you will receive one free cntry (worth $:2.50) into our U.S. CHESS o C HECK if 1/011 rlrc a lIelC­ I FEDERATION comer /0 Po.\illi Clw.\.\", and I regular Class Tournament or can enter our regular Prize I 479 Broadway state ret/llt's/cd CLASS ...... Tournament (entry worth $4.00) on payment of only I Newburgh, N.Y. 12550 I $:2 .00. F irst and second in each Prize Tournament win a I I enclose $ ...... Enter my name in one section I $6 and $3 credit respectively for purchase of chess books I of the Elcventh U.S. Open and Twenty·sccond Annual or from USCF. I Golden Knights Postal Chess Championship Tournament. I I The amount enclosed co vers the entry fee of $5.00. I I Print Clearly ..... 0 If already rcgislcreci Po.yfaiile, I FOR SPECIAL RULES ... giuc (tI/lProx.) ratillg ...... I I See inside back cover I N am e ...... I I Address ...... I Zip Code MAIL TNIS ENTRY COUPOli' NOW City ...... State ...... No ...... I ------I