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Vol. VII Saturday, Number 8 OffjelCll Publication of The Unltecl Stotes (oessfederation De ee~ber 20, 1952 PROMOTIONAL PLAN BEGINS USCF Expands Membership Value Pos;lion No. 96 N . P. Plat%. FINLAND ADDS With Added Benefits for 1953 CHESS STAMP By PAULINE NEAnING Ac(.."()rd in g to the announcement of USCF Business Manager Kenneth DUCHESS LIFE, to which new features wi,II be ing the 10th Olympic Chess Team added in the early months of 1953, Business Manager Harkness lists a Championship held in Helsinki, number of other special advantages and privileges which will accrue to Finland, was issucd August 10, USCF members in 1953. 1952. This 25 markka stamp, in Among these are the rating of gray black, fe atures the design of team matches and tournaments in NEWBERRY TO PS a chess board in the background, addition to the Swis and round with a bl ack: knight and a white r obin tournaments aJready rated, MISSOURI OPEN rook. Certainl y, this is a most ap with the publication (free of charge With 4%·% w. H. c. Ncwberry propriate selection, the board to USCF members) twice a year of of Alton, TIL won the Missouri which is the most ancient and en the average ratings and classifi Open at St. Louis, drawing with during implement of chess, and cations of aU members. runner-up Hugh Myers of Decatur, the two chess pieces, the knight and the rook, whose moves have USCF dues also now include ill., who scored 4-1, drawing also with Harold Branch. Branch of SL never changed since the origin of membcrship in the State Chess As the game. sociation (provided it is affiliated Louis was third with 3¥.! .1lh, gain ing the State title as the ranking Finish It The Clever Way! Finland's foremost designer, with the USCF). Membership in Mrs: Signe Hammarstein.Jannsson, the local organizution is automatic Missouri player. Branch lost one Conducted by Edmund Nash game to Newberry and drew witb deSigned the stamp, and B. Ekholm if its ducs are $1.00 per year. Sertd all contr ibutions for this column t o Edmund Nash. 1530 2ath pr ace, S.E., was the engrager. (W here the local dues are $2.00, Myers. Third to seventh on S-B Washington 20, D. c. with equal 3·2 scores were 1951 The first da y of sale was August yo u need only to pay the $1.00 dif HE positions nbove nre interesting because in the actunl gamcs 10th, in a speciaL post office set ference for local membership). champion Harry A. Lew and C. M. Burton of St. Louis, and J. T Whi le in each case failed to lind thc right continuation. In Position up in the Commercial High School Chc.5!' 1190k,$ and equipment arc t<:dwflrd Cflin find Jcrr'y 'f. O'Nc it No. 95, which occurred in the Virj:(ini,1 Championship tournament, in Helsinki . fo r one day only. After now made !LVililable to USC I;' memo of Columbi:l. .14 Il lnyc rs co ntcslctl While took il dr;nv by perpetUa l chcck: I. Q.K8ch. K·f(12: 2. Q·lJ(jch. thnt dale, the stilmp was sold in bers at su bstanluill discounts. Buy in thc event which prescnted a K·BI ; :1. Q·Q6ch, K·KI2; 4. Q·B6ch. Five years hlter, he discovered a othcr post uffi cc:; in l-~i nland . One ers of chess books save mo ney by fo rced ma te or win of the Queen in 6 moves. strong field despite t~ ubsence million stamps wcre printed in the .,,.l.:"" 1.in'!r to t,h~ tISCF, and !hose ... [ 1&50 ';lampion Robert Stein· In Position Nn. ~6, White actu:t!ly rcsigr.cd thc gamd after 1. KxP 1, isslle. In co:npt:1"ison to 110 J:'i'.! • who buy chess books regularly will meyer and several other ranking P-Kt7; 2. R·KtB, K·R3!; 3. R·QR8 ch, K·Kt2. The next day, thinking to lion U. S. commemorative stamps soon find that their savings amount Missouri players. make an endgllme study or the position, he discovcred an amazingly in each issue, this might be con to more than the USCF dues. simple and instru' tive drawing continuation. sidel-ed a small printing. (Nov. 21, Members arc now also enabled For solutions, ,please- turn to page four, 1952, first day of sale of the U. S. to save money by renewing memo ROZMAN TAKES commemorative bi-colored Inter· bership in advance of expiration. MARITIME EVENT n.. tional Red Cross stamp held in A three year renewal in ndvance D. 1. D. Rozman won the Mari ."fa.t Round New York City, totaled three mil· costs $12.75 whereas a three-year lion.) renewal after expiration is $13.50 time Championship at Dieppe (N. By DR. KESTER SVENDSEN and three separate one·year re· B.) with 4lh-lh, drawing with O. Uni"usiry 0/ Oit!.llOma newals $15.00. A two-year renewal M. MacConnel who finished sec· (Continued ·f rom December 5th Issue) ond on s..B with 3/h ·Ph . Third in advance is $9.00 as against A moment's hesitation, and then .. p.rwn tttkts p,non, th" qluen js place went to O. P. Doucet with if $9.50 for a two-year membership he placed the knight at knight five. /gsl ... .,&'1', the old man alit'? .. 31h .1h, while Geo. Beals placed after expiration. There. Now would Rolavsky move no, t~t rook is pinntJ .. • it won't 'Un Other advantages and benefits fourth with 3-2 in the 10 player the pawn? The precisionist ,.DI"1. accruing from USCF Membership event at the Brunswick Hotel, di· wouldn't. The arrogant refuter of At last Rolavsky switched the will be announced later in the rected by D. A. MacAdam, editor gambits would. Did there linger threatened knight to knight five. year as the five-year Promotional of Canadian Chess Chat. smt a trace of something from tlie The Old Master moved the pawn to Plan is placed into full motion. Roz.man, a native of Yugoslavia lhird move? Would this Russi:)D king six and found himself pray and a resident of Chariollestown, weaken? Rook and pawn, did he iog that Rolavsky would not take it won the Colpitts Trophy for the think, for bishop and knight? with (he bishop. The continuation MAGEE CAPTURES seeond time, having wo n the title Rolavsky studied the psition al- darkened his mind: he takes with also in 1950. The Haligonians won WICHITA. OPEN mo ~ t interminably. Then he push- his bishop, I'll take with mine; he the team championship, repeating cd his pawn to king rook three _ threatens mate, qucen to rook five; . Lee Magee of Omaha scored their victory of last year when the then dropped his hand as if burnt, I take the rook and check; he takes another triumph in the 3rd Wichita team tournament was inaugurated. as if too late he had seen beneath the bishop with the king; I check Open Championship at the YMCA, the surface of the board "steady at bishop three with the queen; he tallying 51f.z -lh in the 28 player CAIN, GOULD TOP fire. And now the crowd was quiet, goes to the knight square, thcn Swiss, and conceding one draw to waiting, and there began to break pawn to king rook three nnd he's youthful Jim Callis of Wichita. 4T NEWBURYPORT into the Old Ma ster's brain a long lost. But lost in a brutal way after Second to fourth on s..B with equal Clifford Cain won the Teen·Age shaft of light. A combination, the a blunt struggle. No cbarm there, 5-1 scores were Henry Georgi of Championship event sponsored by moves tumbling over one another no beauty, only a win. For a m~ ··It is a custom in Europe to Lawrence, Alfred Ludwig of Oma· the Newburyport (Mass.) Chess with sweet promise. A game of ml:: nt the Old Master cursed this in· honor important chess events with ha, and Jim CaUas of Wichita, a Club in a field of six, with second equilibrium, a perfect t.cnsion of sane undesire to win that had cost a special cancellation. For the trio which lost no gamcs but con place going to John O'Keefe and pieces, everything held in suspense him so many a tournament; and Finnish stamp, the cancel carried ceded two draws apiece. Georgi third place to Charles Pike. In by a perpetual check from Black, he hoped that Rolavsky would take the motif of the stamp, a knight drew with Ludwig and Oscar Mar the Junior Championship (under a fantasy of eternal motion caught with the bishop. The pun of the and rook, and printed within the ing; Ludwig with Georgi and Henry 12) the title we nt to Thomas Gould, in the fl owing lines of a knight's title spun the chess board before circle of the cancel is: "Helsinki, Amsden; and Callis with Carl We· 7-year old, with 3lh-'12, while Al pendulum move. He could force him as he thought of the fifty Helsingfors, X Schakkiolrnpiadi, berg and Oscar Maring. Fifth to bert Pariseau placed second and nolavsky to play for a draw. Eager- years he had divided his heart be Schackolympiaden 1952. 10-8-52." seventb with 4·2 each were Kirke Nancy Pike third in the five player Iy the Old Master took the bishop's tween forlune and perfection. He U. S. stamp dealers purchase Mechem, Hugo Teufel, J r., and Bert event. pawn with his knight and waited searched Rolavsky's !ace as the new issues and First Day Covcrs Brice·Nash of Rogers, Ark. for Rolnvsky to retake with the clock ticked off mlnntes. Two hours BROADCAST GAME r'lllk. The combination was irre· for thirty moves. Only 8 third of from European Sources, and short IN LEAGUE MATCH sistible. But would Rolavsky sec them made, and Rolavsky still ly after their issuance, these may plan Your Jl acation the knight check he himself would looking at the board. Too long. be purchased from them, for a Station KPFA-FM of Berkley have to give, five moves later, to But now Rolavsky was moving small fee above the cost of the (Calif.) broadcast a game from for 1953 NOW! hold the draw? Would he lake the hi ~ queen, and the old man saw it stamp. match play between Paul Morphy draw that would give him the glide to rook five. The drcaded and Attend the U.S.C.F. Chess Club of Berkley and Staun championship of the world? then hoped·for combination van- ton Gf()U P of Oakland on December Rolavsk;y retook the rook, and ished from his mind and in its place RATING FEES OPEN 13th. Publicity to the broadcast the old man moved the king pawn came a sense of lightness and pow Effective January 1, 1953, the TOURNAMENT was given in George Koltanowski's down. The crowd, sensing some· er. The pattern was forming. The charge for publication o f the chess colum n in the San Francisco thing in the quick replies after so tensions, threat and counter threat, seml .... nnu. 1 rating of players Milwaukee, Wis. Chronicle. The broadcast served 'long a series of waits rippl· were moving toward that poetry of who are not members of the as publicity for t1Je newly organ ed with Comment. perpetual motion he had anticipat· USCF will be $1.00 for • • ch July 27-Aug. 8,1953 ized Chess Friends of Northern "Why JjJ"'j he rctChess Review, and British Chess A lap ()f her trip back from TH~ UNITm STAT~S CH~SS F~D~RATION Magazine, written by Euwe, Kmoch, Golombek, Santasiere, Platz, and the World's Women Championship others. Scoretables and indexes are included. in Moscow, Mrs. Mary Bain, U.S. H/lWld M. Phillips, Pru;d~nt; Wm. M. Byland, Tmuur ~ T; Major }. B. Holt, Reshevsky *on, of course, followed by Euwe, Najdorf, Fine, Evans, Women's Titlist, arrived in Ne!w Secreterry; Kenneth Harkness, Bu>in ert Manager and M~mbe"hip Seaelary. York early Sunday morning, Nov. Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR Byrne, Horowitz, Guimard, O'Kelly, Bisguier, Kramer, and Shainswit, The presence ~f four grandmasters, not to speak of the other fine 30. One might think that, having CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Dr. A. BUIchke, Vinetnt L. Eaton, Guilhwne players, made the tourney a strong and distinguished memorial to a just terminated over a week of GroeIIer, Eliot Hearst, Erich W. Marc(,rmd, Edmund Nash, Fred Rein/re/J great chess pat ron. Jack Spence and the Nebraska Chess Association constant travelling, the! popular William Rojam, Dr. KesUT S"e"Jun. have once more put us all in their debt. It is to be hoped, however, that champion would settle down, un~ Entered as second class matter September 5, 1946, at the post office at Du subsequent volumes in the series will be reproduced by a different pack, and take a welcome rest. buque, Iowa, undor tho act of March 9, lS79. process. Despite the editor's careIully inked corrections, the mimeo· But not so for Mrs. Bain! A few USCF l'tlembersh1p Duos, including subscription to ClIESS LIFE, enrollment in graphing is simply not so satisIactory a method as photo-offset from hours after depositing her bag State Chess AssOciation (if State of member's residence has an Association af gage at her hotel, she was down at filiated with the USCF), leml.. ,nnuai publication of national chess rotlng, and sharply typed copy. all other privllegcs of membership: the Marshall C. C., distributing the gifts she bad brought back from ONE YEAR: $S.OO TWO YEARS: $9.50 THREE YEARS: $13.50 Moscow for many of her female A new membership starts with the date Of the first CHESS LIFE is.'lue mailed after application is received, a renewal with the date of the first Issue published friends and enlightcning quite a after old membership expires. Subscription rate of CHESS LIFE to non·members number of club members on con Is $3 per year. S~le copies 15c each. ~'ee fo~ publication of non·member'a na· tional chess nUng: $1 for each semi.annual lISting. Two or more members of ditions behind the Ir," T "ftet! ldy,"ct!JedT A but!/>." nnd his threc-movers to nchicve ncw blends of Black and White strategy, niIicent hospitality." Besides meet CHAR LE S LAMB~A Dissertation upon Roasl Pig. and his success in keeping abreast or modern trends in composition ing such top musters as Smyslov, OT to be backward in the mellow spirit of Christmas giving, CHESS is wi tnesscd by his having won mnny pri~es in intern,ltional tourneys. Kotov, LiliienthaT, and Ragosin, N LIF~ plans to deck its own Christma" Tree with numerous presents IIassberg has served as problem editor or the Chess Correspondent shc lcarned much about the per for the coming: year. But as the reader:; on Christmas Day und for and, as Vice·Pl·esidcnt of the Chess Problem Association oI America, sonality tr a iL~ oI the Soviet female many days thereafter will have their own more personal gifts to en he was one of the principal founders and the chicI editor of its organ, star~, most of whom arc profes joy, CHESS LIFE has shrewdly decided to spread her gifts over the the American Chess Problemist. With Edgm· W. Allen, he edited To sionul women·engineers, lawyers, ensuinH months so that the readers will not be surIeited -witll one Alain White (Stamford, Connecticut, 1945), and his other publications and teaclwrs. Incidentally she men huge b~nquet of chess goodies and then consigned to "left - over~" like include a collection of Tile Best American Chess Problems of 1946 tioned the f:lC t that Ign.atievna, one the Christmas turkey on Frid ay 01' Saturday. (Omaha, 1946). ef the most promising Russian . For that reason. it will be in the early months of Hl53 that CHESS /"70/;/,'/11 No. is'? fw{,(,'''' N o. JSll COmb;l!:mts is the ex-wife of DrlVid Llfo'l~ will hegin tn unroll her prescnts to lhc l'cadCI' in the form of new and l'nlertaining featurcs in what we trust all rcaders will pro· By Eric M. Hassberg By Eric M. Hassberg Bl'Ollstcin. There's no doubt as to claim an improved CHESS UT·'E, Jst Prize, British Chess 1st Prize, "Xadrcz Brasileiro:' whcre! she Icm'ned 11<:1' chess! ~~~..;F~';:der ·a ti on, 1940 1M 7 The Manhatlan C. C. Champion It is pl'obnblc tlwt CHESS Ln~~; will change its formal slightly ship ' is now underwaY'wHh flttkeJt ~. in lhc early months o[ Spring, bringing a smallcr and mor~ convenicnt eompcti tol't'i battling it out Cor the! page for readi ng and handling, but also mOI'e pages to Incrcase the coveted club title. Quite a few of amount of reading material in each issue. the top competitors' in last year's In the added space of each issue will be presented CHESS LIFE's tourney were unable to compete gifts to its faithful readers in the fO I'm of numerous new semi·monthly this season-George Kramer , Don· and monthly features. Among tbese will be: aId Byrne, Arnold Denker, Sidney WINNING CHESS by International lIiaster Larry 'Evans in which Bernstein, and J ack Moscowil.7. to the brilliant young U. S. Champion will discuss intcresting game posi· mention several-but the entries of tions, explaining the winning moves and the winning technique. Max Pavey, Alex Kevitz, Herb YOUNG MASTERS' FORUM by International Mastcr Robert Byrne Seidman, and A. S. Pinkus assure and U. S. Masters Donald Byrne, Eliot He arst, Carl Pilniek, James the contest a high rating. Early Sherwin, and Walte r Shipman in which six of America's leading players results include Seidman, Boysan , will discuss ch es.. ,> from the viewpoint of the young master. , Kaminsky, and Vine as first r ound NEW IDEAS IN THE OPENING by Chess Master Her man Steincr , victors with Abe TUrner holding in which the former U. S. Champion will d iscuss new developments in the advantage over Karl Burger opening theory and practice. in an importan t adjourned game. GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS by Chess Master .Tohn W . Col1ins, in The Marshall C. C. tournament which the New York Stale Champion, assisted by guest annotators, will is much farther adv,m ced and al analyse the games that you and othcr USCF me mbers play in clubs ready indications are that the and tournaments. These special features in addition to the usual popular features competition will be centered .a lready published in .CHESS UFE will be our way of wishing all our among five top contcstants from readers last year's struggle. Carl Pilnick, A Ve ry MerrV Christmas and a Happv New Year! 5-0, is in the le ad, while J . Collins, throughout the twenty-four issues of CHESS LIFE in 1953. F. Howard , A. Santasiere and J. Montgomery Major Sherwin all have scores of 4 1h·tJ,2; Edmar Mednis is close behind with 4-2. The next few rounds should find a definite pacesetter emerging. IN BRIEF; Scores of reeent college malches: Columbia 5*, NYU Y.z; Columbia 7, Cooper Un ion 1; Co lumbi" G, Brooklyn 2; Cooper DAS HOHE SCHULE DER SCHACH·TAKTIK. By Kurt Richter. Berlin· Union 3%, Bklyn poly 3% ... Frohnau, Germanv: Siegfried Engelhardt, 21 Remstaler Strasse. 220 pp., Edmar Mcdnis 5-0 leads N. Y. In 66S diags. tercollegiate Indiv. Championship. HB indefatigablc Berlin master, wh ose attacking play was wcll·known BI'en t Shapiro has 3Y~ · 1 Y.:. bciore World W ar 11, h as produced what h is publishers Ilroudly T Tampa Cheu Club saw F lol'ida call "das grosses Wcrk": a collection of 623 games of 20 moves 01" les!>, Champion Nestor IJernandeb take illustrative of ever y feature of che"s tactics, especially in the opening. W ICHITA OPEN CHAMPIONSHI P tire club Di al,· Memodal event 21-1 Thcse arc dr awn rl'om all sources imaginable, chiclly modern Continenllll Wichita, 19S2 in a 12 player double-mund event, tournaments m alches, corr espondence gamcs, and simultaneous ex 17.{)(I dr;lwing one game! each wHh hibitions. book combines the best fealures or DuMont's 200 Miniature Th~ t h~~!!;'r~~e(l~~~:"~~e~~~~ ~:i":: ~U ~21 nr£ ~~J ~G ~~ 17.75 Al'thltf Montano aml R. Hobaldo. Games of Choss and Chernev's Chess Traps. Most of the games al'C brand 3. A. Ludwig (Omaha, Neb.) .. _.n ll Wl5 In W22 W9 WI3 15.75 4. Jim Callis (Wichita, Karu;,) .... W211 W12»a WIO I)!r W5 15.l)n Montano was sceond with 1 7~ 5, new to this reviewer, t hough some f:lVorites appear from Alckhinc (15 5. K. :'o1echcm (Ll nsborl:. Kan.$. ) W22 Wt7 Wl 3 1.\ W7 1.4 II.~ I while S. Stein, nobaldo, and of these) Tal'l'asch (11), Morphy (10), Marshall (7), and others. One of 6. U. Te ufel, Jr. (Wichi ta) ...... W24 WIG Ll W12 L2 W14 10.50 n. 7. D. Drlce-N asb Utol!~"", ,\rk.) W26 1.8 W15 WIG L5 WI2 9.511 P. A lonso sharcd third with 14'h- the Alekhine enb'ics is his disputed win from Tenner, Ctllogne 191.1, 8. Cn l'l WeberI!' (Salina, Kan,,-, W20 W7 1)4 L!} W II 1.2 12.50 7'h each. which promises to be as d urable an error as lbe famous "fivc queens" 9. O. Ma ring (Wlcblta, Kan ~.J .. WIS D2 Wll wa L3 1.1 12.00 10. C. H. Copeland (Jerrel1'lUn, 01< 1 ~1.) West Seattlc Chess Cl ub saw O. game cxposed by Dr. Bu:;<:hke in Chess life. 1.16 W23 WI4 L4 1)20 WI7 3!·2 ,~ 8,75 1I. II. Amsden (Wlcblt3, Kan.$.) .. ll3 W24 I.9 WZS La WI6 3A·2~ 8.00 W. l\fanney lake U1C club tj Ue Richter's great advantage for the American reade! r has been his 12. Meister (Hutchinson, KanJ<.) W23 f A WIS 1.6 WZ2 L7 3 ·3 6.50 }:?)h-¥.z, with Schmoyer second U. F.. Dlsool> (Omaha, Neh.) _ ... WI7 WZ5 L:; L2 WI!! L3 3 -3 6.00 r eliance upon Gennan and other Continental examples. llis crilel'ia here wilh 10-0, and newcomer Gcne H. G. E. Prewitt (CaHeyvllle) M .. L2 W!O ~l~ ~:i W21 ~2 1 ~ :~ ~:~ were brevity, beauty, and instructiveness. In the intercst of this J~s l , Vukonich third with 13-6. (6.75); nurncU (Wichita, he has grouped the games into (ive sections by motifs and set lit) tYP Ical ~~: t;o:~o:o£~rl~~~it'( H~.k~l)n,.j(j ;~ J::n,r;) 2 ~ ';' l.f~ohn T.,coma Y Chen Club elected positiollS (01' each section. The German master Rudolph Teschner shared g~~ !'ld 2ht1c~it:!; i:~ s~e l ~~~3 ?r~1I~ (~I~lh~~lm~·~be~~n (~~~hre; KKll~ )M ~~ R. n. Leach president, Tom Dolle in tbis work, testing every combination himself. Number 373, a channing 13.50); 22. Dale NI<::h o l ~o n (Wichll'l. K"nd.l 2-4 (3.50); 2.3. Mark Clutter (WIchita, Kans.) 2-4 (3.00): :l4. ll<'loth Mye l"ll (Wic hlln. Kpn.. ) 2-4 (3,(10); 2.\. H. W. Br~ I Ul'rl treasurer, L. Coubl'ough secretary, specimen, is Leussen·Duras, Schevcningcn 1905. (Haven, Kans.) 1-5 (2.50); 2{;. D. L. C:o nvl.s ( W lchlt~ , Kans.) )-5 (0.001; 'rl. Per" Kirk· and R. M. Collins tournament di I. ~, d; 2. 5U, S0;6 : 3. Sc3, Sf6; 4. LbS, Lb4; 5. 0·0, 0 .0; 6. d3, d6; 7. 5e2, patrick (Wichita, Kans.) l ~'j (0.00); 26. Vincent Scrrlo~ (Wichita, Kans.) 0·6 (0.00). Lg4: 8. d, LaS; ,. 5g3, Lb6; 10. h3, Ld7; 11. LgS, S.7; 12. Sf6 : Icolon : mn ns Brauer and ~rrlo~ wlthdr..:w pUcr fourth round. rector. LAST ROUND (Continued from page 1, Col. 4) "- . pawn. The Black king moved under now it was as if some inevitable dbtfs flit il He played his bishop to b.ishop forte suddenly set in motion were . SafllrJtry, DtumiHr 111, J951 four, covering the mate at rook lifting the game away from both PUGET SOUND LEAGUE: two. The clock ticked as he listen- players. Or perhaps the old man CLEVELAN D INDUSTRIAL Seatue YMCA Chess Club leads ('d for the beating of Rolavsky's h ad realised that Rolavsky was LEAGUE opened the season with 2 -0 with Everett second with 1· ] heart and in a minute or two they but a chess piece too, to be moy Atlantic '1'001 trouncing Allied W l.at'. :ll.. seemed to Cocus , rising in tempo ed lind usod. Whatever the reason, in the start of a season marred Tool 4-0, Cleveland rdin ance best by a number of postponement,;. ing NACA 3-1, Post OHice down until at thunder pitcb the Russian only the moves remained. The Old Seatde YMCA bested Everdt 8-2 pulled away the bishop's pawn and Master traced the finn} position in ing Horizon, Inc. 2*--l lh, Cleve B•• t mOV.? and downed Seattle University land Twist Drill outpointing Tools dropped his knight on the square. his mind. The rooks, side by side, 8, G"ilbnm~ Groefler The old man moved his queen to one checking, the other covering an 9-1; while Everett overpowered & Gauges 3-2, and Jack & Heintz king two. A perfect game. He ran escape. square. ,The bishops. onc West Seattle 9-1 in the only match· winlling from LincoLn Electric 40. es played so far. Olympia and Kit POliti,," No. 107 through the moves. Black knight checking, the other C1)ver ing an es CLEVELAND CHESS LEAGUE sap clubs have apparently droPped opens the season with ten t.cams, to knight five, cheek. Wh ite king cape square. The rook on white from lellgue C{) mpetition. to the rook square. Black checking and the bishop on black, checking Queen's Chess Club, Brooklyn ngain with the knight. How tense together, one from afar, the other DISTRICT (of Columbia) CHESS Chcssnuts, Checkmate Club, Cleve the pieces looked! What a bal- only a diamond from the Black LEAGUE: Second round results land Chess Club, East Cleveland ance between White 's accumulai:cd king. were: National Section: Divan B Chess Clu b, King's Men Chess force a nd the gyrations of the Black Here.. . here, this was it. There topped FSA 9lhJh; Navcom A Club, Pawns Chess Club, Shaker knight! could be no mistake now. Out o[ downed National 7lh-l lh; Feder al Chess Club Nationals. Rolavsky was sweating now, and deCeat, victory. Out of death, life. A outpointed APL 3Y..-2Y./:; Mary CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CHESS the crowd was quiet. Twice the Rus- Out of the tangled emotions of this land won from Bald Eagle 6-0 by LEAGUE: Opening round saw sian's hand strayed to the board flecting game a Mauty to endure forfe it. American Section: Library Pittsbur g down Oakdale 4-2; Stock and twice he withdrew it. The old forever. Those fifty tortured years topped ORO G-O; P aragon bested Ion best Modesto 6--4 ; San ,Jose m ;;.n wcnt through the moves of his had not been in vain after Georgetown 8-0: Divan A over swamp Visalia 7-0; and Sacra whelmed F ederal B 7-0; Naveom again. Then he looked up again alL This was perfection, a work oC mento tic Fresno 3·3. InC{) mpletc from his dream to see in Rolavsky's art, an abstraction of Cor ce into an n drew with Agriculture 3--3. second round results: Sacramen eyes something that wrenched him. eternal tension utterly withdra wn CENTRAL MICIDGAN ClmSS to lopped Stockton 7lh-3lh; San Jose Bitzer Lake! The eagerness for re- from its crea tors, from the moment, LEAGUE: Lansing Chess Club oulpointed P ittsburg 5 ~-4 1h. " enge across the board shook him. from the unmoved chessboard it drcw with Kalamawo Valley Chess NORTH J E R S E Y CHESS Something in the game crump- sell. A superb sequence or power CI!lb 5-5 a nd bested Grand Rllpids LEAGUE : Orange and Irvington, Send solutions to PosiUon No. lcd, and with it sometiling in tlle begun by the mo~t daring stroke of Chess Clup 64 in first encounters Polish lead with 2·0 each after two 107 to the .Editor, CHESS LIFE, by old man's mind. all ches.sdom, the sacrifice of the 01 this newly organized league. rOllRds. Second round results saw January 20, 1953. Rolavsky was bending over the most powerful piece, the queen. No The first match saw Edgar Sneid P lainfield top Philidor 6.2; Orange Solution to Position No. 104 . .. no, not the queen but two! One ers of Lansing draw with H. Kal· d')wn E lizabeth 5·3; Montclair best Thu rnh"'r celebraled victory or board, demanding a win of his piec Ru binstein over Salwe at Lodz l!i07 was queen, combiner of rook and bishop nins of Kala mazoo - a novel en Northern Valley S'h-2 lh; l rving evld",nUy unra,nlUar to our SOlvcrs. Thc es. He dido't want a draw. The coonter by two formcr Latvian crowd jabbered, unmindful of in its motion, to die; from its sac ton· Polish beat Union 5·3; and actual game continued I...... , P-Q71' playcrs in a new home. Maroczy outpoint J ersey City 6-2. -2. IJ..QI (nol 2. Q-'ntreal) 0-5 (CUIO) . RxQ, I'"VRch: S. K.KIl, H·RSeh· 6 KbR and with it the illusion of fifty ily down the file to king eight. PxKI(Q) eh nnd wins.. '. , The . uggC51ed I . ... .__ ._. R·Rn.1 fails years. Holavsky could check once Someone in the crowd gabblcd in VIRGINIA OP[N CIIAMPIONSIIiP bce6 W15 IH W 4 W7 ai.1 1 21.00 It" Q . p ·n7 eh: 4. Q"f';! and Blnck haS no aU,wk): 3. QxB and White has weathered pieces into conrll ~ ifln as he rose. Jq"" ...., /" ..... ("",",cd. _ . I c.",·1 r.·.· . 3. C. H. SI>enee r ...... WI4 WIU \\'9 WI IA 1.5 W6 :;.2 IX.OO th.· wo,.,.t "r It. 4. I •. II. (;h~uven ct ... W7 1. 1 WIO W& W3 1.2 fJ9 4 ~.2! HI.Z5 The Old Master wa iled. "". N (}I, '~'ky$ I;",.· ;$ "I"'"ff ~II"" ~o l u. :i. ,\ . I'ahon ...... I..G \VI~ I WZO WI4 IJ'J W3 r.1 4 ~. 2 : '1.75 _W " acer,.l as eo ...·crt the Iwo t ..m s or I ...•. __ • p.Q1! and Ihe thr,'" BLA CK ;;:r " ;. ...k jj'I~.· , I..lllt· ii. S. V. ~i el'''H I"nd ___... w! W!ft n! 1.4 Il7 WI I 1.3 ~ .!1 1l.:!5 1I.. lullon ~ "r I. ___ • Q "16. whkh , huw ". 7. (:. ~'. I'lIn,·,· ..• _. ___ ...•.•.•.. 1.4 lib Wl9 WI3 IIIl WII L2 3·3 12.75 n'l z~ ' IAktr' Ihe z. (~ . K7, 11."111; 3. U·I)7 ,·onllnu",. m.·",',,·, It U. Sh:: l~t ...... ____.. L9 117 nil 1.10 Wl7 WI" WI~ " ·3 11 .511 lIun. On oihl'r IIOlullons or I. Q.KUI we Rolavsky, with a wild look at 9. K.. NA5h _H ...... ___ '_~ .. WII 1)2 1.3 WI2 05 LI \)0\ 3 ~ ...1 ~ 14.7S llward \oi: pOint, sine" lhe actual winnln, the clock, swept the queen from 10. I.. "'onJ." ..... ~ __.~.~ .. Wll 1.15 L4 WI J.l4 nl' WII 3!-3l 11.00 yarl;tllon l'emmlnA' from the firal m~o • II. J. R. RIc:1.: .... __._._ . .1.10 DI2 011 \VII W IS L7 0 13 3H~ 10.25 was not dllmOnlltrated. the bo:trd wi th his rook. The old 11. 101 . !'>el"clmnn .... _ ...... LI n il WI7 L!) I, ll WIS W20 3~·3 ~ 8.15 Corred .olu llonl are ac:know l ed ll~'t! m an took the rook, queening the 13. R. H . 1\nlne 3-4 B.7';;); 14. W . pore 3-f (8.50); 15. J . M. r'ulmcr 3-4 (7.~): 16. receiVed from : J. Fll ucher (New Haven) C. W. Rider ,,-4 (S.~): 11. H. WOhn . 3-4 (5.00); 18. W. n. Triplett 1-5 (4.00): Itl. Dr. J . llclnkk (Po rtland). E. NA.h pawn with the check. Rolavsky's W. Dell I ~ (2.00): 20. N. Sartan 1·6 (1.00). (WlIshlnlllun), I. Schwarls (Durand) IL hand fallered, moved again, and C. Underwood (Washington). ' NEW JERSEY STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Solutiona of I. __ .l., Q·KUI (wIthout the bishop captured the second While's b-ClJt d ..r ense) awarded '110 pOint queen. Then with a loving move· Orl nge, 1952 Are acknowledllcd rectivcd trom ' J>' I. Or. R S. Rake r _.H ...... _._.~.WZ1 wa J)6 WI O 013 W7 02 S~- I ~ Athey, Jr. (Co ral Gables), J. E. Com: ment, a long caT(:ssing gesture, it· 1. Franklin 1I0wurd .. _...... H. __...... W3 LI3 05 WI4 W9 W4 I)J S ·2 ~ .tock (Dululh). E. K . Dille (Norfulk), D. seU somehow a part of the final 3. Sau l Y:mMk ___._._._. __._ .. L2 Lt WI2 W2;l WII W21 W6 5 -2 Hambul"I:er (plllsburgh), C. In:lchlm 4. E. T. McCo rmick ... _...... _.H ...... WUI W7 LU WIS W6 L1 WIO ~ ·2 (Scaitle), E. J. Korpanty ( Wood~ ld e), II. position, the Old Master drew his S. 1. Romancnko ._...... _. ___ .... W 2.5 Ui D2 03 W15 W13 WI4 S ·2 Kurrek (nea PI.lnes), D. C. McDaniel bishop up to the queen pawn, reo 6. Ra lph lIurtllen . H ...... H •••••••••• W22 W5 DI WI 3 L4 \~ LS 4}·2i (T.o1 Angelu). F. J. Valo (Cull(lerland 7. Oavld F.l$cn .. _. ___...... _... ____ .... WZl LA Wta W22 W17 Ll WI5 H·2l Cenler), W. n. Wilson (AmM rSlbur'l, mewed it, lefllhe bishop, and whis II. Rob\.. Cl/Iylun H._ ...... ~._ ...... W24 LI4 W20 05 WI6 LI O W18 4t·2b 9. Fred BorSCII ___... ____. W2B WU 017 Wlt L% L6 WlS 4 ·S pered, s miling gently above the me 10. K . F'l elxhcr _.. __.... _._._. __.... D21 011 WI6 LI W27 wt L4 4 -3 Grelter Miami ( FIII_) Chess Club of the unmasked rook, a single II. C. P ...",,,lce ______.__ . 0 14 0 10 WJO L9 1.3 W27 W11 4 -3 saw the club Litle faU to Major word. I%. John Ma,,,r ____~._ LIS LI S Ll W32 W ig Wig W23 W22 4 ~, lS. Dick Ha.cfner .. ____. ___ ._ .. WI2 W2 W4 L6 OJ ' .:5 I" ,,·3' N. B. Church with 5-1 score in a But Rolavsky did oat chee..lt. 14. N. C.farelll ._. ___. ____ 011 W8 DIS U 018 WI1 1-5 31-3 19 pll1~a l e.~ his K on Lh ~ vilal square Q4. 16. R· Bl 0-0 Pier), Grand Ave. and the lake; Guatemala, 1944), B·R2 (if 5. ___.. ., B·Q2. 41 ...... K·B5 42. K.Q4! Overlookin g White's coming sacrirtw. Veclsl\'c. In any CaSe White's strong grip on the open to all, CCCL membership ne ~: ~: ~.-::.~?;7 ·B ....K~tS!titil ~d~a'nf.."ic: 42 • .... _.. KxP 43. P· R4 Resl!;!n, center and his K·side attack give him a cessary; seven consecutive Sun 'J"he Wblle QIU: e a~no~ be stopped. defin ite su periority. S~h~r J:Q·3·i··-i o~ttl.-~t3~· ~~t~~~; It lB. RxR QxR 19. BliP eh ~ .... _ days beginning at 2 p.m. January Q.KtO c ll willi advantage. B) 4...... • A/u. 44. , Kt·Kt6 A very comm on sacririce in this !..vpc 4; entry Cee $5.00 plus $5.00 de P.KR4; s. Kl·K2. P·K3; 6. Kt-KU. B-K U; o r poo;ltlon. 7. B·K2., Il·K1; 8. P·R41 with advantage . MUZIO GAMBIT 19 ...... __ KxB 20. Kt·KtS eh .... ~ .. posit; conducted by Chicago City To dlgn.'l;$, t he Danish player Bucll CCLA Gambit Tourney It 8laek's B wcre at K 2, this move Chess League; write (or details: pLayed against me the very nmch wou ld 11(11 b c so dangerous f or Black. Correspondence, 1952 It now 20•...... , K·KtJ. thcn 21. Q·JlS, A. Kaufman, 5531 S. Kimbark Ave., NOUJ by Dr. M. G . Stlltm ~:!~~. 7: ;;-' c:,,';~ lt h~l~;t B~t~ t e~~ n ·K I ; 22. QxP ch , etc. wi ns the Blacl; (~ Chicago 37. rlic White IlI.a.ck in a fe w moves. K tIB Kt·84'· 10. B-Kt5?!, Q·Kt:l; 11. OR.. M. G. STURM C. C. C. HAROING 20 ..... __ k·Rl P .KKIA1!, KtXQ1'; 17., 0-011, QxP; 13. I. P· K4 P·K4 6. Qx P Q· B3 J,,"UtIry 4 Q.Q3?? (hypnosis induced by the posslbil- 2:11 • ••••• _•• K·KI:I Is no hetter : 21. _Q·Kt4, 2. P·KB4 PKP 7. P·KS QxP P·H ~ ; 22. p·n" c h. K-U:I; U. K t·\):7 eh!. Washington State Speed 3. Kt.K B3 P·KKt4 fl. P.Q3 B· R3 K·Jt2; 2·1. Q-Kt6 ch, K·IHI; 25. Kt·I\ t5. i nr. "J.J~i . ·· irRG~t~r.; ~~p~\(~Qt t x~: 4. B-B4 P· Kt5 9. Kt ·B3 P-QB3?1 Chal1lJl onship KtxQI'!!), QJ gain the initi"Uve. Georgetown 5·1, Federal B down Not 20...... • PxKJ.i 21. KtPxP!!, Px8; 9. Px P KtxP 11. RxKI P.QBJ 22. pxP, R.Q~t1:k '41. R-QKtt!. B-86; U. 10. KtxP Ktx Kt Agriculture 4Jh-H2. In the Natio 23. KtxBPe h K·Kt2 Black could play 11•..... _.• KI.-83; 12. ~h?'K~~;t1,. 25Eix R,t.-~!iJ'e:X~. ~R~I.-~ 24. Q. Rk h KxKt P-Q4. B-Q3; 13. ft.Kl but this leaves nal League Maryland lost to APL U. Q·R7cll K·K1 (1pen scope lor the KB. Thc text keeps 1·5, Divan B topped Federal A the KB diagon al closed. ~~t~ l. 29R.Kf8 ~: ~i; e~~. ~ R::ci 26. Kt·B7ch K..Q1 12. P.Q4 _ . __ 4lh-2lh, Navcom A bested Bald Black has no easy win. The re ls no deleIISJk\"··idt5 ~~Ill' ::t~. 2. Kb. BOOST AMEIUCAN CHESSI KtxR; 2. KtxP eh. 24. Q·R1 Q.R5 27. B.Kt2 P· R5 mailed in. This includes team No. 379 (Mars hllll) : 1. Q·Kt3. 15. P·Kt3 Q.K2. 28. Q·R2 P·R6 By Joining the U.S.C.F. tournaments, team matches, anrl No.. 3SO (Marshall): 1. Q.QI. 26. Kt·84 QKt·83 29. 8 ·Bl P· BS Objectlve accomplished. but at t he n ut any Swiss System or round·robin No. 381 (Marshalij: 1. R·KI7! Othcr trlcs by tho White Rook a re defeated by move 30...... • Kt-B4 seell\ll .tronger. 8uhtcrlptiont Accepted for conducted by ·a club or other 1 • ...... _, Q.B4 ell. From h er fl until m ove 40 both parties chess organization. For team w..,re In time trouble. THE BRITISH CHESS NllOA ZIHl!! 1. ..~~.: 3J.2JB~~n~tt reKt.~~.rs I :ni~n~~~, ~1~ Q~·). ~t~8,1.thn~~~: e~. ~PI~~ ... ~~; 30. Q·KI2 Kt·Kt4 33. Q.R2 Q· K4 Founded in 1881 and n oW the oldest tournaments there is a rating Kt(R6}-Kt.4 or BS; 2. Kt-B2. There a re two cooks, however, by 1. Q.KtlL snd 1. 31. B·K2 KR ·QI 34. R·Q4 Kt· B4 fee of 50 cents per player, for 31. Q. B2 KI(3)·KS 35. Q·B2 Kt-Kt6? c ~ · l~i!::~jL~~b~~~~-:r~~lt &' ~~rt~~:nf;I ~~~ r..~~e~Pdr~:'::::'~':d r~e~~c~~~I=:~;n ~f :I~~~a~~~!~ ~~~~m:i An er ror (In time t rouble) which gives Se~wl c k team matches a fee of 15 cents KKt8 wou ld eliminate the coolu.. -$3.00 per year (12 lauu)- per player. All other contests :~\tt 3~.o u:~~~ hi::~~~S; ~ ~~K~~~r,; rated free of charge. SOLVERS' LAOOEIt Special t~:'~~'! rcoJii tl ~, tent by : {~~~n:~·c~:~~r!l:~t: ":ialK~b:~i~ Airmail $4.10 pcr ;year. Ask your Club Secretary or (Two points for two·mov~rs ; lour Pomtl lor thTu .mon .,; "Jciitiowtl ,uJil /0' t be refore take the R on QIl8 instead. CHESS WORLD tournament director to write CO lrlel citlimJ 0/ .. ,ooh." i.e., solution, nol inl(l1JeJ by tin compOUTJ. Thh t"l/,. Comp T ~h e l.. .he A.uotrallan 00_ "'..... toyerS JoluliurI1 to probleml ill tin Noyembtr 20 illue "UiYlJ up to the time we lint edited b,. C. J . S. l'urd.r. A. rtleL~ for official rating forms to re Books by annotated 11""'''''''. prabl_ ...... port the results of your next W(l1t to presl, 01'1 Duemkr 13. Ntmf~l 0/ 10lYeri whou lCOrll incluJe the Ntwem· ~ 2.25 p er ,.ear_1Z luuu bu 20 solutions tire inJ;' tlleJ by dll"riliu.) KENNETH HARKNESS Semple ""py to.. tournament or match, specify. CHESS LI FE. 123 No. Hum ~re J II .... ing the type of contest and the Nicholas Yoe 368 ·Steve Myzel 1'12i °Dr. I . Schwartz W Ook Plrt.. U! . OM . A. Michaels 360 F. A. Hollway 166 · S. M. Marshall 76 An Invitation to Chell. :More approximate number of players. P . H. H UD.8lck er 274 ·Rev. G. Chldley 158 ' W. I . Lourie 72 than 50,000 copies of this famous H. K. T onak 266 E. Narroway 1« · A. L. Welsh 64 Offldal refing forms should ' R. M. Colilns 254 J. B. Grkav&c 122 R . A. Hedgcock S2 primer now In print...... $2.95 For n. ... of Clnad!ln C'- Ufo. to Bridge. A 5
