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Past and Future , .. I" ~ ~.... .:. t:: ••• .. .. PAST AND FUTURE THE PAST; Gordon Knight, president of Georgia's Peachtree Chen Club posses winner's check to Wil· liam Lombardy, champion of lost fall's Peach Stat: Opcn. James R. Bollard (center), a USCF Director and Vice· President of the Atlanta Chess Association, holds championship trophy. THE FUTURE: The Atlonto Chess Association is hosting the 1967 U.S. Opr n. Aug."t 13·25. at the Atlanta American Motor Hotel. The concurrent U.S. Speed Championship will be held on August 19 ot Mossey JuniOr College. which wos patron and host to the Peach State Open. President Jock Barnette of Mossey i, enthusiastically supporting the 1967 U.S. Open. For a look at the past and a glimpse of how enjoyable your future con be if you ploy in this year's open. sec lombardy's story on page 21. Volume XXD Number 2 February, 1967 EDITOR: Burt Hochberg CHESS FEDERATION CONTENTS PRESIDENT Marshall Rohland A History~Moking Tournament! ................................ ............................ 23 VICE-PRF.SIDENT Isaac Kashdao Abstract Art and the Benko System, by Pol Benko ................ ................ 24 REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS NEW ENGLAND Jeme. Bolton Chess Life Here and There, compi led by Wm. Goichberg ............ 26, 31, 40 H.rald Dondls Ell Bourdon EASTERN Robert LaBelle The Peach State Open, by William Lombardy .................................... 27 L,wla E. Wood Michael Raimo MID-ATLANTIC Earl Clny Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, by Robert Byrne ........................................ 30 Steve Carl"Uth,r. Ro~rt Erku Woodpushers' Scrapbook, by Fred Wren ................................................ 32 SOUTHERN Philip lAmb i' ~ l~r l.,hde CarroLl M. Crull Women's Chess, by Kathryn Slater ........................................................ 33 GREAT LAKES Don ald W. Rlldln. Dr. Hlrvey McCle lla n V. E. V.ndenbur . The Caro-Kann Defense, translated by Oscor Freedman ........................ 34 NORTH CENTRAL Dr. Giior,e Tleu Itob.rt ...... rner K ltn Rykltltn N.Y. State Senior ond Junior Results .................................................... 36 SOUTHWESTERN W. W. Cre... John A. Howell hrk IJlshop From the Piotigorsky Cup, by Bernard Zuckerman ................................ 38 PACiFIC Burrard Eddy K ltnnnll. Jonn Col. Paul L. Webb From the Editor's File ............................................................................ 40 SECRETARY Tournament Life, compiled by William Gaichberg ............................ 42 Dr. Leroy Dubeck EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR E. B. Edmondson NATIONAL CHAIRMEN and OFFICERS ARMED FORCES CHE$S................ 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It is hoped America, Planet Earth. that it can play regularly in tournaments so that its strength The Massachusetts Amateur Championship marks the very can be more accurately compared to that of human beings. first time (in the world, as far as we know) that an electronic "MacHack VI's current rating is a provisional 1239 (Class computer played chess against human beings under regular D). The computer's play is extremely erratic; witness the tournament conditions; time limit, Swiss·system pairings, following games: touch-move, the works. C;lrl Wagner (White); MacH;lck VI (Black), 1. P·KN3, P­ In the past, as everyone knows, computers have been pro­ K4; 2, N·KB3, P-KS; 3, N·Q4, B_B4; 4. N·N3, B·N3; 5, B-N2, grammed for chess playing, but only for scientific experi· N-KB3; 6. P.QB4, P-Q3; 7. N-B3, B·K3; a. P·Q3, PxP; 9. BxP, mental purposes, and their opponents have usuaily been lim­ QN·Q2; 10. PxP, R-QNl; 11. B·N2, 0·0; 12. 0-0, B-KNS; 13. ited to the programmer and his colleagues. This time the Q-B2, R·Kl; 14. P·Q4, P-B4; 15. B-K3, PxP; 16. NxP, N-K4; computer was paired against rated chess players who were 17. P-KR3, B-Q2; la. P·N3, B.QB4; 19. QR-Ql, Q·Bl; 20. K·R2, interested only in winning the game, not to demonstrate a N·N3; 21. B-NS, R·K4; 22, BxN, PxB; 23. N·K4, P-B4; 24. scientific point. N-B6ch, K·N2; 25. NxB, QxN; 26. N-B6, QR-Kl; 27. NxR, RxN; The following is an excerpt from a report sent in by 2a. Q-B3, P·B3; 29. R·Q3, R-K7; 30. R·Q2, RxR; 31. QxR, N· Benjamin Landey, weIl·known New England chess organizer, K4; 32. R-Ql, Q-QB2; 33.
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