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THB OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OIESS FEDERATION, CORRESPONDENCE CHESS TOURNAMENT LAST ROUND TOURNEY THRILLS. P. H. UTILE UNDER.PROMOTION IN THE ENDGAME. L CHERNEV SIXTY TWO.MOVERS • CONCLUSION· A. C. WHITE
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Chess Tourists W L D Denver, Colo. (blindfold) ,.. . 4 I 1 The best news of the month, to us, is that Sacramento, Calif. ,...... 13 0 1 1. A. Horowitz tS ready to resume his chess San Francisco, Calif...... 18 0 3 activities. Since his siege in the hospital at Carmel, Calif ...... , . ... 23 0 1 Carroll, Iowa, after the accident last February, Los Angeles, Calif...... 29 0 3 he has concentrated on a thorough recuperation, Hollywood, Calif ...... 14 0 4 mlssmg the United States championship tour. ,Santa Barbara, Calif...... D I I nament and other events in which normally Albuquerque, N. Mex...... 11 0 1 his presence would have been felt. San Antonio, Tex ...... , .. , 19 0 2 Baton Rouge, La...... ,...... 12 0 0 Like the baseball player who, after a bean. Springfield, Mo. , . , . .... , .. ,. 20 0 0 ing, strives to return to action at the earliest Omaha, Neb, ...... 16 0 I moment, to avoid any appearance of bat, Sioux City, la ...... 13 1 0 shyness, Horowitz has been eager to enter Winnipeg, Man ...... , . . .. 29 1 2 the playing arena, but his friends have urged Minneapolis, Minn . . .. , ...... 13 1 0 caution until his recovery could be pronounced complete. 249 5 20 Which leads up· to our announcement. On or about January 1, Horowitz expects to em· hark upon probably his longest tour through George Koltanowski, no mean tourist him. the United States, Canada and Mexico. Sev. self, has been active in Eastern chess circles, eral clubs at which he and Morton were to mixing blindfold play, at which he is the ultra. have appeared have already reengaged him, specialist, with the more usual group simu!. Other dubs wishing to secure his services for taneous displays. Results of his rece nt stops simultaneous exhibitions, lectures, consultation are: games" , etc., are urged to write to him in care W L D of The CheJJ Review. Watch our December Hazleton, P,...... , .. , . . , ... 13 1 2 issue for details concerninp; the route find dates Haz leton, P,. (hlindfold) . . , . . 4 0 0 of his itinerary. Boston, Mass...... , . . . .. 1 , 7 , Boston, Mass. (clock games) . •. . 3 1 1 FINE PERFORMANC E Wellesley, Mass. (blindfold) . . . 6 0 4 Reuben Fine, after his splendid victory in Portland, M,. " ...... , . . 1 1 1 1 the Open Tournament of the U. S. C. F. at Portland, Me. (blindfold) . . . . . 3 0 0 Dallas, moved West to begin a quick circle Wilmington, Del. .... ,., ..... 15 1 4 of exhibition stops. He had remarkable suc. Touring is going On in the European chess cess, losing only :5 of a total of 274 simul world as well, though not always voluntarily. taneous battles. In addition he found time to We are livi ng in times when a man can move compete in two tournaments, at Salt Lake City from Austria to Germany, or from Romania and Hollywood, winning each handily. Details to. Hunl,,'ary to Russia, while standing perfectly of his tour follow: stIli ! - 170 TH E CHESS R E V IEW Utah State Tourney BOSTON BUSY Wit h s ix team s in the "A" and seven In the The fourth annual Cong ress of the Utah " B" section, t he Metropolitan League or Boston Chess Federation assumed unusual importance has begun Its annual series. In t he major through the presence in the title competition division are : Lynn Chess Club, Bay St at e, Boylston ( Y. M. C. Union), Ha!'vll nl Univer of Reuben Fine. The noted internationalist sity, Boston City Club, and City Club [ndeven stopped over for the Labor Day week.end, and dents. [n the "8" section are: Lynn, H arvard emerged with the title of Utah chess champion Club, Harvard Univer sit y, Boylston, Cambridge to add to his long string of laurels. Y.M.C.A .. Commonwealth, and Wells Memo!'la\' "Sam my" Reshevsky visited Boston r ecently, Five of the outstanding Utah players par_ playing 30 games simultaneously at Dorchester ticipated, including Richards Durham, cham_ Manol", winning 2); a nd allowing only two pion in 1938 and 1939, 1. N. Page, 1937 draws, which were achieved by two of the title_holder, and Dale 1. Morgan, champion talented younge r players of the Boylston Club, F liegel and Jatree. of Salt Lake City. Douglas Graham of Boze man and George F. Girard of Pocatello were also in the main event. In the words of Me Morgan, who sends us the report: "Mr. Fine pack ed too many gUlls for the ENGLISH OPEN ING Utah players in their first compet ition against D. L. Morgan R. F ine a grandmaster , and won easily. Durha m a nd Morgan won all t heir other games except White BlaCk against each other to w in d up in a t ie for 1 P_ QB4 P_QB4 15 B·BS Kt ( Kt) _BS State honors, but Morgan won in a special 2 Kt_KBS Kt-KBS 16 Kt·B4 KR_Q l playotf, In the master event, F ine's most 3 P_KKtS P.Q4 17 Q_ Kt2 B-Q4 spectacular game, involving a dou ble rook sac, 4 p, p KtxP 18 KtxKt KPxKt rlfice, was against MOl'gan, who got int o a 5 B.Kt2 Kt _QBS 19 B_Q2 R_K 1 hopeless position, and when F ine offered the 6 0-0 P_K4 20 R-B2 B, B first sacrifice, accept ed, to die gloriously r ather 7 P-QS B_ K2 21 K , B P_QKt4 than dismally. 8 QKt_Q 2 0 .0 22 Kt _R 3 P_QRS "Th e major t ouname nt was won by 14 year 9 Kt·B4 P- B3 23 B_B4 B_B1 old Philip Neff of Sal t Lake Cit y in his fi r st 1. P_KtS B_K3 24 R·K1 Kt_Kt5 im portant tourney compet ition, Leon Fonnes 11 B·Kt2 Q-Q2 25 QR.B1 Kt-Q4 beck of L ogan t aking second, The m ino r' 12 Q_Q2 QR_B1 26 B_Q2 ' R_K4 event went t o Edwar d F. Pederson of Woods 13 QR.B1 Kt_QS 27 R·B2 QR_K1 Cross, Gunnar Newman or Kaysvllle can'ying 14 Kt_ KS Kt_KtS 28 B·B1 R_R4 ott second place. All er all the manoevering, White's forces are "Team play in the annUHl Utall Chess Fed way offside, and his King iH left pretty mu ch eration team t ournament will start in the late to his own resou!'ces. Fine takes aclvantage aut umn, with Provo expected to e nt e r a squad by some pretty give-away tact ics. to play against Ogden , Logan and Salt Lake, 29 P_R4 RxRP ! 33 BxR KtxB wh ich 11llVe c om p ri.~f'd the If'fl J;':llP (luring the 30 Px R Q_Kt5ch 34 PxKt Q. KtSc h past three yea rs." Sl K. B1 Q-R6ch Resigns S2 K·Kt 1 R_K6! STAT E TITL E T OU RNA MENT , ro ~ "~ 0 "ro "0 • 0 .-0 ~ 0" MISSOURI CHAMPIONSHI P R. F ine ------"7 0 0 7 "- 0 D. Morgan ------,--- 5 1 1 5'h-1'h Upon his return from the Dallas 1'ourna R. Durham ------5 1 1 5'h- 1'h ment, Erich Marchand participat ed in the first I. W. Taylor ------4 3 0 4 - 3 annual Missouri State Championship and' won D. Gr ah am ------3 4 0 3 -4 first prize. He was follOwed closely by H. M. L . N . Page ------2 5 0 2 - 5 Wesenberg, Wllson Reilly and W. E. Campbell, H . Davis ------1 6 0 1 -6 all o r Kansas City. G. F. Girard ------0 7 0 0 - 7 lIl r. Marchand writes us t hat "Missouri play ers are attempting to work out a system where by e ach locality wI!! hold prelim inaries so VENTNOR TOURNAMENT BOOK that t he expense of a large number of repre A book of t he 1940 Ventnor City Invitation se ntatives at the final tournament will be Tournament is in preparation, and w11l soon be aVOided. In t he preliminary tourneys, entry ready. It will contain complet e sco!'es of the fees will be used to help t he representatives 66 games played, all of them annotated by go to the state finals." participants In the t ou rnament. The price Th is seems to u s a very sen sible arrange will be $1.25, bu t the publisher, Roy Dessauer ment, and should be copied in ot her states; it of Ventnor City, informs us that advance sub· will un doubt edly be a great In fluence for stimu script ion orders will be accepted at $1.00 :per lating increased participation and clOser or· copy. g anlzation al tie s. Correspondence Chess Tournament
Many of our readers, from time to time, that players always send the previous move, have urged us to sponsor a correspondence as well as their reply, on each card. chess tournament. Interest in that field has Any questions or disputes regarding the been soaring to the stage of a boom, as evi. rules or conduct of play are to be submitted to derlCed by the reports of several active and us. OUT adjudication must be accepted as enterprising organizations catering to the play. linal. hy_mail fiends. Correspondence chess has given entertain_ In recognition of this situation, anJ in the ment to generations of chess players. Its de. belief that our subscribers will welcome the votees claim there is nothing like it for stimu. service, we acc commencing a regular corres_ lating interest in the game. It is an excellent pondence chess department. In it we shall method for improving one's knowledge of have news of various competitions, lists of chess, as the incentive is created to do the entries and results, and a fair seJedion of the requisite study and thorough analysis required best games played. to meet the experts in this field on an equal Our first tournament will be open to all. basis. Entries may be sent in at any time. Players Par the player who has little opportunity will be divided into sections of five. Each for good competition over the board, or who section will contcst a double round_robin, every can find no opponent in his vicinity, corres. entrant playing two games with every other, pondence games are a welcome outlet. If it or eight games all told. takes several days for a move, . and several The entrance fee is $1.00 per section. months for a game, there is an even greater Players may enter as many sections as they satisfaction in the execution of a well.planned choose, and will have Jifferent sets of oppon strategem. Success must be earned on a sound ents in each section. It is not necessary to basis, since there is little hope that the op. subscribe to '{be CbeJS i?er;ell!. However, as ponent will make a gross oversight, or that a special inJucement, we are offering one free he will fall for a shallow trap that might serve entry to all new subscribers to the magazine. in over.the·board play. This offer also applies to our present sub. Eldorous Dayton of New Rochelle, who has scribers on their next renewal date. long been interested in correspondence chess, The prizes in each section will be orders sends us a number of the finest games played on Tbe Che.r.r Utl·jew, $ 4.00 for first prize in this country. Two of them are appended, and $2.00 for second. These orders may be with his notes. applied towards the payment of subscriptions, or towards the purchase of books or merchan. dise advertised by us, at current rates. Complete scores of all games must be sub. SICILIAN DEFENSE mitted to us by the winners, in order to obtain (Notes by E. Dayton) credit. In case of a draw, the player of the J.W. Bru,.,nemer W. H. Falling White pieces is responsible for sending the White Black score-of the game. It is advisable that scores be signed by both players, to avoid any dis_ 1 P.K4 P·QB4 5 Kt-QB3 P.K3 2 Kt.KB3 Kt·QB3 6 B.K2 B.Kt5 pute. 3 P.Q4 P.P 7 0·0 BxKt The rules of correspondence chess are simple 4 KtxP Kt.B3 8 PxB KtxP enough. Replies must be sent within 48 hours 9 B.B3 .KtxQBP of the receipt of a move. A total of iO ad_ Igel·Beutum, Vienna 1928, eonllnued 9 .. . ditional days is allowed during the course of P·Q4. a game, for any contingencies that may arise. 10 Q..Q3 Kt.Q4 Undue delay may lead to forfeiture. Krause·Norling continued 10 ... KtxP, but Moves should be written carefully, to avoid Black's hara·klrl Is already patent. What fo1· lows is a post· mortem executed with surgical error or ambiguity. As an example, if B.B4 precision. is sent, in a position where either Bishop 11 BxKt P •• could move to that sguare, the opponent can 12 R.K1ch K.B1 select whichever move he prefers. We suggest 13 Kt.S5 P.Q3 171 172 T H E C HESS REV IEW
13 Q.Kt4 P_QKt3! Nea t ! If no w H QxReh, QxQ; 15 B xQ, K We B! anti Black w inll two pleees for a Rook. 14 B.Q3 ! W hite s wiftly lIw ilehes 1.0 the \'ul nerable K s ide. 14 , ." P·B4 15 Q-KR4 P_ Kt3 II" P·KR3 : 16 Kt-K-I! w l n ~ t. he exchan ge. 16 Q.R6 Q-R 5 17 B. K4! B_Kt2 18 P.KB4 ! B, B 19 P x P ! Q_B 7 20 R·B3! Not 20 n·U2! Qlllteh ! 21 KxQ, Kt·K t.5e h. ~ . .. . BxR Bru nneme r I t seems as If Ul nck can now force I)erpe tual c hec k. 14 KtKKtP ! · . . . 21 Px B KR_Q! T o say thIs must have been startll ng Is an 22 Px Kt . R_Q8c h un [Iel'statem en t. 23 RxR Qx Rc h , 4 . . . . Kt.K4 24 K -Kt2! . . . N atu ral enough . If 14 . . . KxKt; 15 Q·Kt3 The lJattern or the Ki ng moves must be ch. Just so to escape pen)etufll check. 15 Kt.R5 ! ! • • • 24 . . , , Q. K 7ch An old frie nd in uew Easlet' clothes! I r 23 K -R31 Resigns 15 ... K txQ ; 16 B·R 6ch, K·Kt1 ; 17 R·I{8.ch ! ! Black runs ou l of check s. If 25 . . . Q a nd 18 Kl-B6 mate. B8eh; 26 [{·[{13! Q-K lloh ; 27 K ·Kt4, Q- K t8ch : 1S • • . • B- K' 28 K·B-t: 1& Rx Kt! P, R 11 B.RSc h · . . . ),fonselgneUl' nnds the f alal focus. 17 . . . . K. K l PUT NEW MEANING AND 18 Q.K t 5c h Resi gns PLEASURE IN For if 18 . .. B·Q2; 19 K t ·Kt7 mat.e, 01' 18 . . Q·Q2: 19 Kt·B6ch. CORRESPONDENCE CHESS Banis h T ed iO us Record_K eepi ng ! Play in numer able gam es with m in_ imum effort the er r orl ess w ay! Use Gilcher's Approved Time a nd D AN I S H GAM BI T Labor-Saving Aids ( Not es by E. Dayton ) • Or. R. S. Davis P . J. Wa lke r While S la ck 1 P. K4 P_K 4 5 B_QB4 Kt.S 3 2 P.Q4 p, p 6 Kl.SS B.KtS 3 P.Q BS p,p 7 0-0 Bx Kt 4 KtxP Kt-QB3 8 PxB P.Q3 9 P.KS • • • • The move A lekhinQ d id not make agai nst • iSSRk orr. Dr. Davis and r havfl used the \'SI'I· aUon w ith unHOl'm success. • •• • 9 . . . . p, p 10 Q.Kt3 0 ·0 _ Improve You r Ovtr.the·Boa r d Play- 11 Kt.KtS! · . ' . Posi Uon·Reconlel'S •• ______5-$1 ; 12-$2 T he s ha n lest cont inuat ion. Pocke t Sets ______1-35c: 3-$1 SCOJ'e-col umn Sheets ______1 0~Oc 11 , , , , Q,K 1 Loose·leaf ChMl" ts ____ ~ ______10 0-80c ,Beltel' tha n Kt.QR4, A g a me Dayl on-G i bbs Move'I"eCO I'tllng Post ais ______loo - 75c continued 11 " , Kl'Q R ~; 12 BxPeh, K ·R l ; 13 Q-Kt5, P·KR3 ; H Qx Kt, PxKl; 15 n· Sen d rOI' [lluslrated Foldel' T oday Ktl, Kt-Q2; 16 P· KB~ ! P-QKt3: 17 Q·Q5, THE CHESS REVIEW R-QRtl ; 18 D·RS, R·K1: ] 9 Q·D7, KlollS: 20 . P xKtP, Kt·R 2 ; 21 QR·Qt , Resigns. 25 W est 43rd Stree t • N ew York, N. y , 12 B.R3 K t.QR4 NOVEMBER, 1 940 173 Correspondence Star Several of the greatest masters owe their start to correspondence play. Paul Keres of Estonia is an outstanding example. He first appeared in international chess play at the Team Tournament at Prague in 1935 , As a lad of ni neteen, he was leader of the Estonian forces, and compiled one of the best .'>Cores in the competition. Shortly thereilfter he com menn~d a series of impressive victories in tournaments, climaxed by his successes at Margate, 1937 and 1939, Semmering, 1937, and Avro, 1938. When players began to look up Keres' record, to attempt to trace the source of his genius, they found dozens of games he had played by mail, which exhibited the flair for combination and uncanny resource which bas marked his play,
Here is an example from a correspondence tournament played in 19 _~4 , MOLLER ATTAC K p. Kere's F. S a chsenmaier PAUL KERES White mack 28 R.QS3 , P_K4 , P.Q4 p,p P· K4 neg-illlling the fillal attaCk. Black iii given 2 Kt· KB3 Kt.QB3 6 p,p B· Kt5ch "0 c llanee!.O draw a fl'ee b,'esth. 3 B·B4 B·B4 7 Kt·B3 Ktx KP , P·B3 Kt· B3 8 0·0 BxKt Sachsenmaier 9 P.Q5 ! The sparklill g- Moller Ali.aclL T he cOll lillll aUoli in the game is cOllsidered lhe b e~ t ]Jlay 1'01' both ~ides. 9 . . . . B· BS n KtxB 0-0 R.K 1 Kt.K2 KtxRP ! Kx Kt " Rx Kt p.QS " R·R4ch K. Kt1 " B. KK t5 S, S " Q.R5 P_KB4 " H R· K 1 " • • • In later games Kere8 experimented with 17 R·R3, t.O avoid the defense . .. Kt· Kt3. But Black can still equalize witbl7 .. . P·85' 18 P· KKt4, PxP e.p ,; 19 Q-R7ch, ){ ·I32; 20 Q·R5 ch , K-Kl1!, and \\lbite must take perpetual check. H Kt_Kt3 ! 18 R. RS R·S3 Keres 19 Q.R7ch K· S2 28 ... . Q.Kt1 20 R. K6! P·8S? 29 R.QKt3! P·KtS SO R.K3! This g ives White too many chances. Ee~t was 20 , , . Exll; 21 Pxllch, llxP! 22 Rxllch, The exrJlange will wait. Whit.e's threats a re KxB; 23 QxKtch, Q-B3, with a probable draw, too numel'OUS to parry. 21 K R.K3 8 _Q2 ' 30 . . . . P.R4 S1 Q-B5ch Resigns And here better was 21 ... PxP ; 22 R-KS. Arler 31 , , . R -D2; 32 Q-B2ch, K-Q1; 33 QxH, though White obtains a lasting attack RxDchl KxR; 34 QxKtch, R-Q1; 35 Q·Kt5ch, allel' 23 HxQ, KxR; 24 DxP. K· Hl: 36 QxP, with an easy win. If 35 . . . 22 RxRch Kx R 25 QxP K· K); 36 B-B6ch, K-B2; 37 Q·R5ch, K·K2; 23 R.K Kt3 8·K1 26 8 x P ;{ 8 Q·K4c h wins the Rook, or 37 ... l< -Ktl; 24 Q· R5 K_K2 27 Q-Kt5ch 33 B·Q5ch find mate next move. Backwash from Buenos Aires
The American team which did not go to that he had not known an election wall to have been held and that he as!'lumed that Il,,, Rueb Buenos Aires in the Summer of 1939 mi~d had over looked writing him abou t It. Mr. not only the team tournament, but also a meet_ Kuhns WIIS l ater InfOl'med by J)r. Rueb that ing of the Ftd, raJ;oll [ 1I/,malicmal dn Echea, the election had not been author ized ami that which apparently produced some stormy de. he, Dr . Rueb, was stili t he Presiden t or the F. I. D, E, Upon receiving t his word f rom velopments. The following letter is ~ If_ ex_ DI·. Rueb, Mr. Kuhns wrote a f urther letter planatory. to Senor deMuro disavowing his ea rlier letter oC congratulation, Dear lIIr. S turgis: The newly elected Secl'elary,Treasul'er hIlS RelaUve to the matter oC the F. I. D. E. called upon Prof. M. Nicolet , t he old Secretary· which you InsU- ucted be laid be fore the Judi Treasurer , to t urn ovel' t he records and runds cial'Y Com mittee, the undersigned as members of F, I. D. E. This Ill". Rueb has rerused to or Buell Committee rel>o rt III follows: permit, not recognizi ng the deMul'O admlni· A Congres!;! or the F. I. D. t;. Willi called for stration as having IIny authority to rece ive September 13, IU9. al nue no!; Aires. Argen them. 'I'he matter now stands with conflicting tina. An agemla Of the business to be trans claims of authority between the old IIdmlnl' acted at such Co ngl'els had been submitted in stratlon, whose terms of office wll1 /lot eX II\I'e advance by Dr. A. Rueb, the President of the for another yea r' and the deMul'o IIdm[nlstrll' P. r. D. E. inasmuch fIS be could not be in tion who were elected lit lhe Buenos Aires personal attendance. Such agenda made no Congress. provision for an election ot omcers, and under An omclal printed repOrt of the \.lu Hl uesij the exlstlng Circumstances there was no oc· transacted at the vat'louij sessioJl!! Of the caston for all electlon, us the ter'ms of the Buenos Aires Con~ress hall \.lee n published acting OmCE!1'!~ woul(j not exph'e until 1941, by 01'. Rueb ovel' his slgllatul'e Rntl [n hhl NolwlthstaruJlng Ulal no elE!clit)JI of omcers clIl>acity as Pl"6 silhwt. In such repOl't no was scheduled to be held and that there were mention Is made or any election an d lhe old no omces to be nllell, t he lle[egates [n at officers still appeltI'. tenuance III tlle Bueno~ Ail'es Congr'UIi pro ceelleu to hol d an election or offi cer~ . They Mr. K Uhns ha~ mluJe n reques t that the thereupon elected SenOI' Augusto deMur-o as United State8 Che~" Fede rallon be desigllllted President, Mr. M . S. Kuhn>:! as VICe·PI'esluenl , as t he United S t ate~ Utili. of t he ~', I. D. E. and Se nor JoaquIn Gomez Maala all Secretary' in accordance WIt11 the Instructions given to TI'easurer. him Ilursuant to A rticle ~ of the Agreement of Consolidation of Sel)lembel" 5, 1939. 'fhe ne' Tile United Statell or AmerIca wall not cessary chanlte has been made and the United l'epl'eliemed a t »uch CongreslI, havi ng no dele· States Chess Federation Is now recognized gates In attendance, although Miss MflY Karrr as the Official United States unit by both the of Boston, MaliS. wall t here In the Ca l)acl ly o( Rueb and t he deMuro a(jmlnlstrallons, both a. contest ant In lhe Women's Tournament of whom i nC identally have requested pa ymen t which was held In conjunction with the I n· of dues f rom the U . S. C, F, terllationRi T eam T oul"llament. Min Karlf, howevel', was i n no !>e lise a repl-ese nU,tive of A factnal sltuaUon which must be recognited the U nited States unit of the F , J, D. E. with irrespeclive of the question of who al'e the respect to the bualneU of the COlll:yess, hel' credo leg;!.1 omcers of F .I.D. E. is that that organization entials bei D,I\" expressly limited 10 t he status is a decimated body. Many of the strongest of W Onl !tu Chanll!ioll of the Uni ted States, IIn(1 most active units Rre no lonii;el' Indepen (l ent nations by reason of t~ e war. So faJ' as i~ k nown, MI H~ Karff mAde no at· tempt Lo RS !iUme lillY lI uthurlty to act ss II AB of the facts hereinabove set fOl'lh are tlele,l\"lI te on behalr or Ol e United S!.Iue~ unit substantlateu by documeuts In lhe possession Ol' to take Ilart In lhe bu!;lne!l1l of the Con· of Ml·. M. S. Kuhns, who stands l'eady to turn gl'es!>, anti ill th e :lbllence or any ev idence to them over to you or ~11', OUe when you come the cou ll'alT, the JUlliclnry Committee is ss' hel·e. sum[ng that Miss K lldr did not act 01' attempt Wlthoutel:pressl ng any opinIon as to which to IICt in sny officla[ ClLllaclty ot.her t hun LIS all set or officers are entitled to be legally recog· entrant in the W omen's 'J'oUl'llllment, nlzed, It Is the opinion or your Judiciary A writteII r ellOrt which WIIS [1It.er circul!tted Committee : by the deMuro IIdmini!'lil'A! ion "tat.ed, however. 1. That lhe entire qne"tioll of Rction by the thllt thc UnHed Statell hlld partlclpat.ed In the United States C hes ~ Federation with re· business or the CO n.llTf' M!'I, IlL cludlng- the elec· spect to F. I. D. E. be held III abeyance; t ion of ollicenl. 2. That until the affair'S or F. I. f). E, at'e de· The ti ns! Infor mat ion recei ved by M. S. termi ned, no dues be I)Rld by the United Kuhns, t he VIce· President of the F. I. I), c:. and States Chess Federation to elthel' Trellll' tbe P resident or t he Nat ional Chells Federa· urer, tlon, was a letter from Senor deMUI'o stating that he had boon elect ed as Pl'esldent or the Respectfully ! ubmlt ted, F. I. D. E. Mr. Kuhns the~upon wrote a ELBERT A. WAGNER, JR, conltl'8tulator)' letter to Senor deMuro staUng M. S. K U HNS 174 NOVEMBER, 1940 175
24 PxKt , , , . Selected Games There is no choice, H 24 K·Rl, Q-B7! 25 PxKt (Kt·Kt3 allows a smothered mate by Q-Kt8ch! AnnotaJionJ, tmleu oJberwise credited, are 26 RxQ, Kt·B71. R-Kt3; 26 Kt-Kt 3, Bxpch; 27 by I. Ka.rbdal1. BxB, QxQ, winning easily. 24 . . . . R_Kt3ch 27 K_B1 QxRPch QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 25 Kt_Kt3 RxKtchl 28 K_Ktl Q_Kt6ch M. Luckis I. Raud 26 PxR QxPch 29 K_B1 Q_R7! White Black Not 29 .. , B-B~; SO B·Ql, and While es capes. Now the threat i*l R·H~ 01' HxP, as 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 7 R.B1 P-B3 well as R-KS. 2 P_QB4 P.K3 8 B.Q3 P.QR3 3 Kt.QB3 P.Q4 . 9 PxP KPxP 30 PxB R.K3 4 Kt.B3 B.K2 10 Q.B2 R_K1 31 Q_Ql p,p S B.KtS QKt.Q2 11 0.0 Kt. B1 32 R_B2 Q.R6ch 6 P.K3 0.0 12 Kt.KS • • • • Stronger than 32 ... it.B3ch; 33 B·1l3, RxB This allows Black to n'ee his game by a ch?? 34 QxR! and White wins. ravorable exchange . In t his variation White's 33 K.Ktl R_Kt3ch ba6ic play is on the Q side . P lans to be con 34 B·Kt4 RxBch s idered are 12 ·R·KtI , with P ·QKt4. P·QR4 and 3S QxR QxQch " -1 In oruer to kick out t he well-posted K e 12th Match Game, MOSCOW, 1940 17 . • • • B_QI CATALAN SYSTEM 18 P_KKt4 Kt.Kt2 19 Q.Q2 K .R2 A, Alatortzev G, L evenflsoh Or 19 . . . K t-Kl; 20 BxB, QxBi 21 Q-R6 W hite mack and the threat o[ Kt-KKt5 i s unanswerable. 1 P·QB4 Kt. KB3 4 B·Kt2 B.K2 Now comes a very fine move: 2 Kt·QB3 P. K3 5 P.Q4 0.0 3 P.KKt3 P.Q4 6 Kt. B3 QKt.Q2 ~~Castillo 7 Q·Q3 , , . . T he P awl} need not be defended . as yet. After 7 0·0, PxP; g P·Kl, White obtains a powe rful gam,e. Botwinnik·Dl' . L asker, Mos· cow ] 936, continue d g , .. P ·B3 ; 9 P ·QR4, p . QR·l: 10 Q·K2, Kt·Kt 3; 11 R·Q1, B·Kt5; 12 Kt·K5, with advant age. 7 , . . . PxP 8 QxBP P.QR3 9 0·0 P. QKt4 10 Q.Kt3 B·Kt2 11 R.Q1 P·B4! Now or never. H e OPens the Q fil e , but foresees a remarkably l:\ublle counter·attack. 12 PxP B,P 13 Kt.K5 Q. Kt3! ! Tartakover A IJerfe ctly l:\oUlld ~U l; rifi l; e, tuking a(ivull· 20 QR_Q1!! P · B4 lage of White's momentarily exposed position. T he chief point of W h it e's l ast mo ve would have aplJea rcd in t he curious variation 20 L evenfisch . . . DxB; 21 PxD, K t·K t; 22 Kt-K4! PxKt; =" 23 K t-Kt5ch, K-Kt l; 24 KtxP(K4) and the miserable B is lost; or 22 ... Q-Q l ; 23 Kt-R5' with t remendolls pre ssure. If m a ck avoids this wi th :W • .• n·K) the n 21 Bx B, QxD; 22 Kr-Kt5ch, K-Ktl; 23 J{Kt-K4 g i v e~ a winning game. 2t Kt. Kt5ch K_Ktl 22 KKt_K4! PxKt 23 KtxP Resigns For if 23 . . . Kt-Kl; 2·j Q-R6, BxU; 25 KlxBch a nd mate in two. If 23 ... K-R2; 24 fixB, P-B4 fot'ced : 25 Kt·B6ch (oh, those black squares ! ), n xl Trying for complication s, but th e ne t l'esuTt Grau is a u se ful KKt fi le for Black, 20 , , , , PxKt 23 K. R3 R.KKt1 21 Q.Kt4ch K·R1 24 Q.KR4 R,Kt3 22 RxB Q,B3ch 25 R·B1 Kt,Q3 The K night reent ers t he (r ay, most effec, t ively, 26 B· B4 · . . , H 26 RxP, Kt -B4; 27 Q-K B4, n ot 27 , . . RxR? 28 Q·K5! but 27 . .. RxP ch!! 28 PxR, Q-R 8ch; 29 K-Kt4, R-Ktlch wi ns, 26 ,. '" Kt.K5 27 Q. R5 P. K4 28 B.K3 QR .KKt1 29 QR_B1 Q.K3ch 30 Q_B5 KtxP! The final blow, nJtel' which W h ite is quit e helpless, Gu imard 31 QxQ P,Q R_R2 R(Kt)_Kt5 36 23 . . . . Q-R4 32 PxKt RxPch 37 R_B6 RxRch R_K5 24 Q_K3 Kt_Kt 5 ! 33 K·R2 R,B 38 K,R 25 R_Ql 34 R·KB2 R_K5 39 R_B2 K·Kt2 35 K-R1 R·R5ch Re'stgns If 25 B·B6, Kt·Q4 ( bu t not Kt-B7 ? 26 Q·R6! wins ) , 26 Q-R6 ?? QxRch; 27 K·R2, KtxB ; 28 PxKt, Q·K4 ch and Wi ll~, ------25 . . . . Kt_Q4 26 Q.Q4 R_QB1 Buenos Aires, 1940 27 B·B6 Q_B4 SLAV DE F ENSE Pla ying to s implify. Black WOul d have a c. Guimard R. Grau decided advantage in a n en dgame, owing t o White Bl ack t he we ak Whit e P awns. 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 5 P.QR4 B.B4 28 Q.Q2 Q.B7 2 Kt-KB3 Kt_KB3 6 P.K3 P-K3 29 Q_K1 , . . . 3 P_B4 P_B3 7 B,P B·QKt5 4 Kt-B3 p,p 8 0 .0 0·0 29 Q-R6 still would not do, for 29 . , . QxR Q_K2 P_B4 ch; 30 K-R 2, KtxB; 31 PxKt, Q-Q3 ch and Q·Bl 9 defends the mate. 9 . .. K t·K5, as play ed ill seve ral games of the last Alek hlne- Euwe mat ch, is accepted as 29 . ", QxRP be s t at this point. JO B-Q3 sets up int eresting 30 P.Kt5 Q.B7 complications, wh ich werE! rathe r thoroughly 31 K_R2 P. Kt3 e xpiol'e d in the match , 32 R_Q4 R_B5 10 P.K4 · , . , Destroying a ny illusiollS that White will Bl ack obtains sufficient counter play after again be allowed t o const ruc,t a mating t hreat . this. Better was 10 Kt-R2! B·R 4; 11 PxP, 33 RxR QxR 36 Q-Q1 K. Kl Kt-B3 ; 12 R·Q1 , Q·K2; 13 Kt·Q4 ! with ad 34 P_KKt3 P_QR4 37 B_Kt7 P-Kt4 vant a ge, 35 K. Kt1 K_Bl 38 Q.R1 P-R5 10 . . . . B_Kt5 11 P_K5 Kt.Q4 T he extra Pawn, wit h the W B n ow out of 12 P_R3 · . . , piay, Is clearly decisive , Sacrificing a P awn for a pr om lsm g attack 39 Q_K 1 P. Kt5 ing pos ition. T hat it failed eventually does 40 Q_R1 P.R6 ! not detr act [rom the en terprise of t he idea. 41 PxP P_Kt6 -12 , ~ , . BxQKt 16 R.R3 Q-B2 42 P_R4 Q_Kt5 13 RPxB BxQP 17 B.Q3 P_KKt3 Resigns 14 KtxB PxKt 18 R.K1 KKt.Kt5 15 R_R3 Kt-QB3 19 B.Kt1 P-Q6 R et urning t he e xtra Pawn temporarily, in ol'del' to exch an ge Olle of the Bishops , and ga in time for a beUel' de fen sive set-up. Sydney, Australia, 1940 20 BxP Kt xB 21 RxKt K R-Ql FRENCH DEFENSE 22 B_Kt5 RxR L. Steine r C, J, S. P urdy • 23QxR .. , ' White Black 'l'hr eatening E-B6 and Q·KR3. If 23 ... K txP; 24 Q·KKt 3 wins a ,piece. Black defin itely h as 1 P·K4 !'>. K3 4 B·KKt5 B_Kt5 to fin d something, a nd h is nex t few moves are 2 P_Q4 p .Q4 5 P_K5 P_KR3 e xt l' emely well timed, 3 Kt_QB3 Kt_KB3 6 B.R4 . , , , 178 THE CHESS REVIEW This has appeared frequently iu Australian Spe6ally <111IIolaled for IIJ by Robert Wdl. chess of Jate, rather than the older line, 6 B-Q2, DxKl; 7 PxB, Kt·K5; S Q-Kt4, etc., man. New York Stale c!Jamp;oll. which is no longer considered favorable for RUY LOPEZ White. ", - - R. Willman H. M. Phillips 6 • • • P.I(!Kt4 10 P_QRS BxKtch \:I,7hite Black 7 B.Kt3 Kt."ks . 11 KtxB KtxB 8 Kt-K2 P.KB4 12 RPxKt Kt_B3 1 P.K4 P-K4 4 B_R4 Kt.83 9 PxP e.p. Qx? 13 Q.R5ch K . K2 2 Kt_KB3 Kt_QB3 5 Q_K2 P_Q3 3 B.Kt5 P-QR3 6 P_83 8.K2 14 0-0-0 KtxP 7 P-Q3 - - - Not 14 .. . QxBP; 15 B-Kt5, to be followed Steinitz's "slow" variation, in which \VhitE! by KR-nl, when Blacl"s King is too exposed. holds back and avoids E!xchanges whilE! build· White's next move is based on the same plan ing up a powerful attacl\. Black shou\(\ try of openi ng the KD file. to open up the game while he is stlll ahead 15 P_B4 8.Q2 20 QR_Kl K·Ql in dt:veiopmenl. 16 B-Q3 QR_KBl 21 Q_KS P.Kt3 7 • . • • 0-0 10 QKt.Q2 P_Q4 17 KR. 81 P.B3 22 P·R4 p,p 8 P.KR3 8.Q2 11 P-KKt4 8.KB1 18 Kt_K2 KtxKtch 23 Rx? Q.Kt4 9 8·82 R_K1 12 Kt·B1 p,p 19 QxKt KR_Ktl 24 P_R5 RxR? ) 2 ... p·Q5 was prohably better, and would A mbtake, which gives White his chance. have left \Vhite wit.h thE! problem of where to Essential wa~ 24 .. . j{-I32, when Black would place his King. have had It relatively easy game with a Pawn 13 PxP B-K3 plus. 14 Kt_KtS Q_K2 15 Kt_Kt3 P.KKt3 25 PxR Q.Kt6 26 Q_KS ··Preventing'· 16 Kt·B5. Now the King is fixtl(J in the eellt(~r, and Wllit.e can lJ1'epare at lei~\1I'e for the on~la\1ghL Willman 16 Kt_BS! • • • • Steiner This move must be played immediately, !f at all, bMore Black lllay~ eithE!l" P-K-RS or J> 26 .. . . p,p 29 Q-KtSch K-K2 QKt4. 27 K_Kt1 R·B1 30 QxP R.KKt1 16 . . . . 28 R-KB1 QxKtP 31 Q-B5ch K-K1 8xKt 32 P.B5! Q_Kt2 Arter 16 ... l'xKt an exhaustive analysis is almost impos,~ible. The probable continu H 32 ... P xP; 33 R-Klch is ratal. There ation would be 17 KtPxP, B·Q2; 18 R-KKtl, is no good deft:nse to t he threats initialed by K-Rl (not ... D·Ki2.: 19 D·Kt3, Kt·Ql ; 20 P·B6. KtxBP! KtxKt ; 2J D-R6!), HI B·K3 (lllrea.tE!n illg B·B5!). B ·Rt2; 20 Q·B4! If Black plays 33 P_B6 Q_B2 19 . .. Kt-Q1. 01' 19 . .. P·Kl3; 20 D·Rt3, 34 Q-Q6 B. B1 Kt·Q1, his game is badly tiell up [or a long If 3·1 . .. K·Ql; 35 U·R6! wins. Ume. Such attacks generally win oyer the board. 35 QxBPch K.Q1 17 KtPx8 8·Kt2 22 P.KR4 P_Kt4 36 Q·Q6ch B-Q2 18 8.K3 Kt_Q1 23 8.Q5 Ktx8 0,- 36 . . . Q-QZ; 37 P-B7 ! What Pawn! 19 0.0_0 P·84 24 RxKt R_B1 " 20 B.Kt3 R_K81 25 P.R5 Kt-K3 37 Q-Kt6ch Resigns 21 p,p p,p 26 KtxKt PxKt N OVEMBE R , 1 940 179 27 A( Q5) .Ql . . . . Letlitlgrad 1939 A I>lIghl Inaeeuraey whk ll lose!; a move auu RU Y LOPEZ m ight have cos t a n imlJOI·ta nt half·PO iu t. 2i R·Q2 s hould ha ve been " Iaye d. ( N o h~ 1> by "'red Reinfeld) 27 . . . . P. Kt4 Rovne r Guldin 28 P. R6 8 .8 3 W h ite BlAek 29 Q. R5 K. R2 30 R.Q2 QR.Ql 1 P. K4 P. K4 24 Kt· KtS Kt·B3 2 Kt. K83 Kt.QB3 25 BxKt P,B Black ImJs defended himse H vel'Y we ll up 3 B·Kt5 P.QR3 26 8·Kt7 R.Ktl 10 Ill ls )lolnl. but e lTS now by nHdl ing tOO 4 8·R4 P·Q3 27 KtxRP Q· K3 obvlolls a JII ove In a simple pos ition. After 5 P·8S P. K Kt3 28 8·86 p.R3 30 .. . p ·IlS ; 31 KR·Ql , QR·Ql . W hit e would 6 P.Q4 B.Q2 29 B)(B KtxB be unable to win. e. g., 32 R xR, Rxit : 33 HxH. 7 0·0 B. Kt2 SO Kt·B6 R· Rl QxR; 3·1 Q·Bieh, K " P; 35 QxP. 1<· K t3 ; 31) S PxP p , p 31 P·R5 P.85 QxRP, Q·Q6 ! with peJ"jletllai eheck. 9 B.K3 Q. K2 S2 Kt.Q2 Kt. Ktl 31 RKR RxR 40 BxP K, P 10 P.QKt 4 P. Kt3 33 KtxKt K RxKt 32 .8 x 8P! Q.KI 41 K.Q2 K·8 6 11 Q.Q5 Q.K3 34 KR·KtI Q.Q2 33 QxQ RxQ 42 K.Q3 B_B4 12 Q.Q3 Kt.8 3 35 KtxP Rx KtP 34 R.Ql R.Ql 43 8 .8 7 B. K2 13 B-K t3 Q. K2 36 R )( R Q,R 35 RxR 8xR 44 P. K5 8 . B4 14 P·QR4 P.QR4 37 Q.R2 R. RS 36 8 .Q6 8 ·Kt3 45 P.8 4 K.B5 IS P·KtS Kt-Ql 3S Q.R4 Q· B4 37 1'.8 3 Kx P 46 PxP p,p 16 8·Bl Kt. Kt2 39 Q.Kt4 Q. B3 38 P. Kt3 P. KKt5 47 P. R4 p,p 17 B.R3 Kt. B4 40 Q.Kt8ch K. R2 39 PxP K·Kt4 48 PxP B. Kt3 18 Q.K3 0 -0 41 Q. Kt4 Q,P 19 QKt.Q2 KR. Kl 42 Q· Kt5 R. R2 Illack hn ~ hi s last little jol(e. W h ite could have tak(l[1 t he Bishop. but wns 100 t il'ed to 20 Kt·Kl Kt. Kt5 43 Q.8S R. R3 a nalY1.e. (What a t e 'Tible alibi!) 21 Q.K2 Q. R5 44 Q)(BP R.QB3 22 Kt(1).B3 Q. K2 45 Kt.Q2 Q.Q4 49 B.Q6 B.Ql 52 P. RS B· R5 23 8.QS Q R. B1 46 Q.Kt7 P. K5 SO K.8 4 K·K5 53 8 . B5 B.Ql 51 K. Kt5 K.Q4 54 P. R6 Rellgns "'~ Gul din SENSATIONAL OFFER!! 1\ com plete se t of fi ve bOUllIl volumes of The C hess Review (covel'lng the year's 19 35. 19 36. 1937 . 193 j{ a nd J939). whose ,'egulal' I'a lne Is ; 3.50 a piece 01' $1 7.50 Ile r set, Is now available for only $7,50! It!!lI vidua l volumes may be ha d a l $2.00. The ex t l"llOl"d lnary char acte r Of t h Is bar· gnl n ofrer may be seen f,'om the follow· lng f (la tut"~s : • Attract ive bi nd ings • More t han 1200 games or h Ig h qua.lity • Annotations by E uwe, Fine, Reshevsky. Ka s hdnn, Horowitz, Rovner Re\n feld and m a ny ot he r noted W h ite's early I)O$ lI lon play was adm irable, a nalyst s but aft er move 30 or 80, he began to lean too • 1500 choIce proble ms s upple· st rongly on the QRP; o ne would t h ink t hat It mented by crItical comme nts is all up with Dlack now, but he manages to from noted pt'oblem authorities fi n d cm'iolt s t'esources , u ntil '''lhlle almost • Descr iptions of Impot·ta llt t our · brenks his neck t rying to s nare a d\"llw. na me nts which are of lasting h is toric value 47 P. R6 • • • • • Analysis o( important opening Evidently satisfied that t his viclous·look lng In nova tions of permanent wor th Paw n pu ts atl (mil to the struggle. But Black • DlogJ"llphi ca l s tudies and othe r I'e aels stu l·dUy. a r UCles o r gene ral Interest • Cartoons. ll hotog t·aphs. a nee· 47 . . . . 8 KP dotes and jokes. 48 P· R1 8 )( R The greatest value in the hlltory Now the v ictorious queening will have to be postponed, fo r if 49 P·R8(Q), R· BSch : 50 Kt· of chess ! ! nl. UxKteh ; 51 KIIR, Q·QS ma te. Thll oHe r will e)(pire Dece mbe r 31, 1940. 49 Kt. B1 B.Q5 ! Take advantage of it a t once to be Ama1. ingly e nough, thl~ ~h ould ha.ve been the 1:l;1 l" tllln o r" getting you,' ~ e t. winning move ! W h ite must now queen, whether he likes it 01' not! 180 THE CHESS R EVIEW 50 P.R8{Q) BxPch! A smlliell coIII/fer.fbrtlst t/ff/IS tbe dlt)'. The grrri m dt'ama unfOlds! If noll' 51 K·HI . RUY LOP EZ IH38 with the fo ll owing delicious ])os!; lbl1ities H . Seidman W. W. Adams given in "The F ield"- White Black I 52 Q(8)-R6, QxQ ami .White cannot l'E~. lake! 1 P·K4 P· K4 19 P· KB4 P·BS Kt.QB3 IT 52 Q(7)·R6, Q.~Q aud likewise: 2 Kt..KBS 20 R· B2 P·R5 III 52 P-Kt3. HxKtc h; 53 K·l(t2, H· Kt8ch; 3 B. KtS P.QRS 21 QR.KB1 R Px P 5·] KxB. Q-Q5ch and mate [olloll's. 4 B. R4 Kt. BS 22 KtxP P· B5 S 0 .0 P.QKt 4 23 Kt. Bl P.KtS IV 52 Q·R8ch. KxQ ; 53 Q-K12 ch , Q·Qii: 5-1 B. K2 QxH. P-K6 and WillS. 6 B· Kt3 24 K·R2 P·Kt6 7 Q. K2 P.Q3 25 B.Ql R·R8 51 KxB Q·Q5eh 8 P. B3 Kt .QR4 26 Q.Q2 KR·R1 Again le,wing \Vhite no choice, s ince if 52 9 9.B2 P·B4 27 B·K2 Kt·K 1 Kt·K3, H-B7ell leads to mate. 10 P.Q4 Q.B2 28 p,p Q Px P 52 K·Kt3 R.86ch 1 1 P. KR3 B.Q2 29 P·Q6! Ktx P 12 P.QS 53 K·B4 p.K6ch 0·0 30 Q·QSch K·R 1 13 QKt.Q2 Kt.R4 31 P· Kt5 B.B3 54 Q.K4 Q. 83c h 14 Kt. Kt3 55 K _Kt4 P.R4ch ? KtxKt 32 Q.K6 KtxP 15 RPx Kt P. Kt 3 33 Q.B7 R· KKt1 This looks n1\ l rol l'I"H1~. ), 1'1 it mi ~" .. " H C).HH 16 P· K Kt4 Kt . Kt 2 34 PxP Kt xK BP Wi ll by 55 . .. P·1(7 (threat ening . . . q·Kt~ 17 B. R6 KR·QKtl 3S RxKt Resigns mal.t'j: 56 Kt-KI3, (l· Kt·jell: ~7 ]( · H;l, Q· H·Jeli 18 Kt.Q2 P· R4 "I (". 56 K· R3 P_K7ch 57 Kt. Kt3 P. K8( Q ) Allot.hel' (lucen ! !- and it C1I1l'( be captured. Buenos Aires T eam T ournament 1939 What to do?! ALEKH INE'S DEFENSE 58 Q. Kt8ch !!! . . . . • H. Reed G. Danielsson I"ol'<,in ..... <\Il "eils.v" <1"'1\\' . (Chile) (~wedel l ) 58 . . . . K,O While Blaek 59 Q.K8ch K. R2 1 P. K4 Kt.KB3 14 Q.Q2 Q.Q2 60 Q.Kt8ch K. R3 2 P.K5 Kt. Q4 15 Kt. B3 R.Q1 P.Q4 The oashru! llIull Moscow Championship 1940 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECL INED A. Li lientha l S. Bela venets W hite Blac k 1 P.Q4 P.Q4 22 Q.Kt4ch K.Ktl 2 P.QB4 P·K3 23 R. K7 K.Rl 3 Kt.QB3 Kt. KB3 24 BxP K R.Ql 4 B.KtS B. K2 25 QR.Kl R.Q2 5 P.K3 P. KR 3 26 R.K8ch R,R 6 B.R4 0 .0 27 RxRch K.R2 7 Kt. B3 Kt· K5 28 B. Kt6ch! K,S 8 a,s o,a 29 Kt.KSch K·R2 9 Q.B2 Ktx Kt 30 KtxQ KtxR 10 QxKt P. QB3 31 Kt· Q4 P·QKt4 I 1 B.Q3 Kt.Q2 32 P. K R3 Kt. B3 12 0 .0 p,p 33 Kt. K6 Kt.Q4 13 BxP P. Q Kt3 34 Q. K4ch K·Ktl 14 P. K4 B. Kt2 35 Kt· BS R. K2 15 KR. K l K R.Kl 36 Q. B5 R.KB2 16 Q R.Ql P_QR3 37 Q. KS B. R l 17 P.Q5 K PxP 38 Kt. K6 K. R2 18 PxP Q.Q3 39 Q. Kt8 B.B3 19 P xP o,p 4{) P.KR4 P. Kt3 20 Q.Q4 Kt. B3 4 1 Kt·Q8 Resigns "An' don't annoy my partner. He's busy, too!" 21 B·Kt3 K_S l ? /"""'"u R,>" oid, (Colli~,,) Famous Last Round Tourney Thrills By PAUL HuGO LITTLE CAPABLANCA_ELlSKASES, MOSCOW, 19S6 first half of the tourney was concluded, the The year 1936 was a memorable one in top scores were: Capablanca, 612; Botwinnik, chess for many reasons, but perhaps principally Lasker and Ragasin, 5 each; Kan and Leven_ because it marked two great triumphs in tour tisch 4Y2. Flohr, with 4 points, was out of nament competition for Capablanca, the former form, having lost to Ragasin in the third world champion. round and to Kan in lhe ninth. There had been many critics who had, with In the tenth round, the players began the their usual flair for glib generalizations and second half of the tournament, with colors dubious divisions, assigned Capa to the ranks reversed. Much interest was expressed over of those masters who had reached their zenith the showing of the veteran Dr. Lasker. He and were no longer capable of great accom suffered a setback when he overiookc(l a piece plishment. against Botwinnik, losing in 21 moves. Cara But after these two tournaments, Notting_ blanca beat Kan in the same round. ham and Moscow, no one could deny that the Capablanca maintained his lead, running Cuhan was still one of the world's greatest about even with Botwinnik for several rounds. players and deservin;.; of a title match. They were paired again in the sixteenth round. Botwinnik naturally had to try for a win, and Nottingham has already been adequately very nearly lost. He managed to salvage the dealt with. We turn at once to the Moscow draw, however, and Capa retained his lead of tournament, held durin,!: May and June to a full point. commemorate the centennial of the birth of In the seventeenth and semi_final round Capa William Steinitz, tll~t intrepid pioneer and drew in 21 moves of it Four Knights opening original thinker whose chess ideas still in_ with Lilienthal. Botwinnik heat Ragosin in Ii fluence present_Jay players. superb last_minute effort, and came up to Five foreign masters were invited to play within half a point of the ex_world champion. against a similar number of Russian masters. The last round opened with the pairings CapabJanca, Dr. Lasker, Flohr, Lilienthal and of Capablanca vs. Eliskases and Botwinnik vs. Eliskases were the (oreiJ-ln contingent; and the Levenfisch. If Botwinnik won and Capa only Russians were Botwinnik, who had won the urew, the two would tie for first place. Botwin_ 193~ Moscow tourney, Kan, Leventisch, Riu_ nik seemed to have better chances, since Leven_ min and Ragosin. fi.'i(·h had not displayed the same form as at the Enthusiasm has always been one of the 193~ Moscow tourney. The opening was a Russians· greatest virtues. It was evidenced Sicilian against Levenfisch's P_K4, and a hard in their interest in this tournament. On the battle resulted. opening day over 2,000 filled the seats in the Capablanca, aware of the danger of being ha!l where the tourney was held, standing room overtaken, played to win against Eliskases. This was jammed, and crowds stood outside the he ac~on:plished in a magnificent. effort, and as building waiting for news. Botwmnlk only drew, the first pfize was Capa's On May 14 the first round began. Kan by a margin of a full point. held Capablanca to a meritorious draw; in The following decisive game is an example fact, all the live games were drawn. The play both of the will to win in the last round, and was very even for six rounds. The leaders at of Capablanca's superlatively classical style. that time were Capablanca and Botwinnik, 4 each, and Lasker 3 Y2. GIUOCO PIANO In the seventh round Botwinnik met Capa_ J. R, Capablanca E. Ellakaaee blanca, the former having White. The young White Black Russian grandmaster completely outplayed 1 P.K4 P-K4 Capa, only to lose Occause of a hastily con_ 2 Kt·KBS Kt_QBS sidered sacrifice. Ragosin beat Lasker in this S B·B4 B_B4 round with a beautiful combination. . Shade s of Steinitz) A trihute to that mas· In Round 8 Capablanca tightened his hold ter's memory, for this openIng was popular on first place by beating Lilienthal in a beauti_ during hls era. 4 Kt_BS ful game, while Botwinnik could only draw Kt_SS 5 P_QS P-QS with Ragosin. After nine rounds and the 6 B_KKt5 • • • • 181 182 THE CHESS REVIEW This is known :\5 the Canal Variation, be· 26 _ , , , P.KKt3 cause of the Peruvilln master's success with 27 K_Kt2 Q. K2 it at Carlsbad, 1929. 28 P_R3 , , , . - 6 . . . . P.KR3 A "prophylactic" move a la Nhnzovitch. Bogoljubow against Becker, in the last 28 _ , . _ Q·Kt2 31 P. KKt4 R(B4)_B2 rOllnd at Carlsbad, played the superior 6 , . . 29 QR_B3 Q_K2 32 K· R3 Q.Q2 Kt-QR4. If then 7 Kt·Q5, P ·B3: 8 KtxKtch, 30 Q_B2 K_Kt2 33 P_Kt4 R. KKtl PxKt, with KtxB to follow. 34 R_K Ktl . , , . 7 BxKt - - - Not 34 p·n5, KtPxP; 35 PxP, PxP; 36 RxP, 7 Il,R'i is In advisable because of ... p . R(Kt)·KBl; 37 K·KH. Q·K3; 31:: P·R5 , KRt! KKU, and 7 B·K3 would indicaLe that the pee and Rla-ck can double Hooks On the K)(t file. vious move was lise Ie!; !>. The exchange wins One almM;t agonizingly awaits Whitc's P-KE5. two important tempI. 34 .. .. K_Rl 7 • • • . Q,B 35 Q.Q2 R.R2 8 Kt·Q5 Q_Ql 36 Q_KB2 P_KR4 8 . .. Q-Kt3 ha~ been tried here. This is playing into White's hands, but g P·83 Kt.K2 [narklng time would only delay the coming Capablanca castled at Ihis point against break. Canal at Carlsbad, and l';liska~es here uses 37 PxP R,P a move played by Paul Johner at the same 38 R. Kt5 Q. R2 tournament. 39 Q.Kt3 Q.R3 10 Kt_K3 40 Q·Kt4 R_Kt2 41 R-Kt3 K_R2 This was Calla-'s lIew move, and p robably the reason for his choi(;e or lll!> opening. The restricted, allllost ~Ylll111etricaj position 1 0 , , , , B_K3 or all the jlieeeR is indeed c uriou .~ . 42 R-Kt2 Black ,;honld try (.0 hOl d the center by 10 K·Rl 0·0: J1 0 ·0, B·)(l3: 12 1'·Q4, )( t·)(t3. 43 K.Kt3 K·R2 44 R_KR2 R_K2 11 BxB P,B 45 R_R3 K·Kt2 12 Q.Kt3 Q. B1 While tinally get~ hi>; Chance. The 13 P.Q4 . . , , stall. ·15 ... R·KL was belleI'. Since ir then ·16 RxR, Not 13 KtxP? with the idea 13 ... Pxi(l ? PxR! ].I Q·Kt5ch, becau,;e of ]3 . .. t3xKt. 13 , . . . p,p 14 KtxP BxKt 15 P,B 0-0 16 0-0 Q.Q2 17 QR.B1 - - 'Vhite gains no advantage from 17 QxKtP, KR-Kt1: IS Q·R6, RxP; ]9 R-Kt.l , R · Kt~; 20 Q-R3, QR·KU , elc. 17 , . , , QR.Ktl 18 R. 63 P.Q4 19 Q.62 P.B3 Black had be tter prospects with 19 . . Kt· 113; 20 R·Q1, PXP; 21 QxP, QR·QJ, or 20 PxP PxP; 21 R·BS, KtxP; 22 Q·Ql, Kt·B3; 23 RxP - Q·K3, etc. - 20 P. K5 R·B5 21 Q.Q1 QR.KB1 Capablanca 22 P·63 Q.Q1 46 RxR! This loses time, Where it was necessary 47 QxQ to take meaSI1I'es against \"hite's threat to 48 P.B5! Morm forwa nl with his K side Pawns. Bettel' 49 K·B4 was 22 ... R(B5)·B2. If then 23 P-KKt3, Kt- . . . , 84; 24 KtxKt, RxKt; 25 P·B-1, P·KKU, with The advance or !he King irresistably re good chances of CO\H1l e l·-play. m inds onc of It similar llIanoever. also by 23 P_K Kt3 R(S5).S2 Capablanca, agains! 'l'at'lakower in a famous 24 P_B4 Kt_B4 game a t New York, 1924. 25 KtxKt RxKt 49 . . . , R.K3 52 K.K5 R_K5ch 26 P_KR4! . , . . 50 KxP R.Kt3 53 K.Q6 RxQP Now Black dare not play ... P·KKt4, since 51 P.K6 R.Kt5 54 R. K3 Resigns 27 RPxP, PxP ; 28 K-Kt2 and n ·R) WOuld fol· A great effort! It is very similar to the low. 'l'al'rasch·Walbrodt game at Vienna. 1898. NOV E MB ER, 1 9 40 183 TEXAS CHESS ASSOCIATION CHESS BY RADIO The popul/u' J, C, T hompson of Dallas, who Editot'- " The Chess Review" was one of t he chief organi zers of the Opell Follow[ng your suggestion [n CU I'fellt Issue T ournamen l held t her e this summer , w on the of " T he Chess Review" t hat radio amat eurs annual tourlley of the T exas Chess Asso ciation, se nd in t heir f requency and can letter s, I at Fort W orth, August 31 to Sept ember 2, submit the following: thus gaining the T exas champi onship for the thi rd t ime si nce 1936, Se cond hon ot's were During t he past year I have played many t aken by W eaver W , Adams of Boston, Neither enJoyabl e games o[ ch es s by radio wit h the l ost a game, bu t Adams allowed t h t'ee draw s [ollowlng : while T hom pson permitted only t wo, Daniel W 9QMD, Robet't C, Morwood Mayers, U nlvel'slly of Arizona st udent, r ep re· Del mar sentell TU cs on and l ook third 1)lace, drawing 616 Spri ngft eld, Mo, rou r games and losing only to Adams, Wt'eqllen cy: 7170, 3585 kc, W 8NQ'l', K en Wright 40 33 Belmar Ave. TholllPson sends us an i nteresting edit orial T oledo, Ohio which appeat'ed i n the Dallas M orn ing News, Fl'equency: 708 0 k c, from w hich w e Quote: \V6MYT, Joseph V, Har tshorn " New siHt pel'men i n particul ar tln d i l hard to get the 'angles' in ch ess, Reuben F ine and Box 154 H ollylial e, CaliL H erUl all S l. einer. exam J!l e, al'e professlon ro r F' requency : 7170,3585 kc, al ~; yet neilhet' 11I'om h;es in ad vance of a con test t o 'moider de big bum: They have no W SH J1<', J, G, H ancock press agents, T hey do not dress the part. .110 SE Nevada St. They catTy no claque with them, A lllan who Portales, Nell' Mexico makes h is !i"ing at teaching cllf'ss, rOt, e~ F't'equency : 3703, 35,10, 7080 k c. ample, will si l. down w i Ut a f;lergyman comf' W9KIK. A , A, Simon tJo wn Dallas on his vacation, t hey w i ll 10 a m i 30119 (Hies Ave, tl,l!.' ht it oul aCl 'OSS the board i n Il ~ !1 e ncH l hal Sl. Louis, Mo, is thulluel'ous on ly to lhose who k llOw w hat FrE'Qu ency: 35g5, k c, i8 happening," 7170 My own n ame and fr equen cies : 'V5ENi, Dt', H , W , Gillet t , (M, D,) Lovln,e:t on, N ew Mexi co RUY LOPEZ Frequency : 3703,3630,7260, 7.17 0, 711110 kc, J, C, Thompson A, Elo Lovington bei ng a small t own, it is virtu· Whitf' Black ,dly necessnry to ]llay chess by t'fI(Ho i f one 1 P. K4 P·K4 2Q Q.K3 KtxB is to have opponents to play with, All games 2 Kt. KB3 Kt.Q63 21 QxKt R.B2 ~u 'e piayed using: code ( CW) si ,e: uah;. Chess 3 B. Kt5 P.QR3 22 R·KKtl QR.KB1 is ve t'y satist'll.ctorily being Itlayed by rad io, I 4 6 . R4 Kt.63 23 R.Kt2 Q. Bl expect 1h1ll dut'!ng the comi ng fll. 1! and winter 5 0 .0 B.K2 24 QR.KKtl R.Kl radio season w e may have a ches s·t'adio net· 6 Q.K2 P.QKt4 25 Kt. R4 8·Bl work in full operation, for w e are al ready 7 B.Kt3 0.0 26 Q.K3 Q.Ql leal'nluj!; of other en t husiasts w ho ar e anxious 8 P·B3 P·Q3 27 Kt(3).B5! PxKt to join us, 9 P.KR3 Kt·QR4 28 KtPxP R(K).K2 Yo u r~ truly, 10 B.B2 P. B4 29 Q.R6 B.61 H , W, GILLET,!" M ,D, 11 P.Q4 Q.B2 30 R.Kt4 R·R2 12 R.Ql Kt·B3 31 Kt. Kt6! R(6).Kt2 Lovington, N ew Mexico 13 QKt.Q2 6·Q2 32 R.R4 PxKt 14 P.Q5 Kt-Ql 33 PxP Kt·R4 15 Kt.Bl Kt.Kl 34 QxKt B·Kt2 16 P.KKt4 P. B3 35 Q.R7ch K. Bl CHESS LESSONS 17 Kt.Kt3 P·Kt3 36 Q.R8ch ! BxQ I 18 B. R6 Kt.KKt2 37 RxBch K·K2 INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP 19 K·R2 Kt.B2 38 P.Kt7! Resigns By arrangement at your home, club, or at the office of THE CI;-IESS REVIEW, Rates on request. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED YOUR GAMES ANNOTATED H, Steiner J, C, Thompson Fine plays and errors noted, with criti. White Black cal comment. Players have found this 1 Kt.KB3 P.Q4 7 PxKt Kt.S3? a most instructive service, 2 P.Q4 Kt·KB3 8 P.Q5! Kt. K2 $2,00 PER GAME 3 P.B4 P. K3 9 B.Kt5ch B.Q2 4 Kt.S3 P.S4 10 SxBch Q,B I. Kashdan and I. A. Horowitz 5 PxQP KtxP 11 Kt.K5 Q.Kt4 6 P.K4 KtxKt 12 PxP Resigns Sponsored by THE CHESS REVIEW For if 12 , . , PxP ; 13 R-QKt1 ! • Under-Promotion In the Endgame By IRVING C H ERNEV Under_promotion studies have long been 1 F-QS(Kt), PxP; 2 Kt·B7, P-Q6 ; 3 Kt-R6, favored by endgame composers, There is some_ P xKt; 4 P -Kt7, P-R4; 5 P·Kt8(Kt), P-R5; 6 thing artistic about a position which requires Kt-B6, P xKt ; 7 P·R7, P -B4; 8 F-K8 (Kt), P-B5 ; the promotion of a Pawn to a minor piece 9 Kt-Q6, P xK t; 10 p-m, P·Q4 ; n P·B8 (Kt), P -Q5 ; 12 Kt-Kt6, P xKt ; 13 P·R7, P-Kt·l; 14 rather than the almost inevitable Queen. The P -R8 (Kt) , P·Kt5; 15 K t -Kt6, F-Kt6ch; 16 K-R3, moti ve for under_promotion is generally as _ P -Kl7 ; 17 K t -B4, P ·Kt8(Q) ; 18 RxQ, P-Q8(Q); sociated with stalemate. It may be to avoid 19 RxQ, P·Q7; 20 Kt·Kt2, P-Q6; 21 R-R1, P an impending stalemate in playing to win, Q8(Q) ; ZZ KtxQ, any; 23 Kt·B2 mate, If 1 . . . P-B5 ; 2 Kt·B7, P·B6 ; 3 K t-Kt 5, P ·B7; 4 or to create one when intent on a draw. Kt·K4. In the following example Black is almost The next diagram is a first prize winner by stal emate Jor some twenty moves, but is fin aJl y the same composer. The avoidance of Black's corMred. After you find or go through the mating .threat is the controlling facto r. 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Real Es tate Board 2'h;: Bell Commercial Chess Telephone 2, New York Telejlhone 0 (2 ad· T he CommCl'clnl Chess League or New York journed) ; Stock Jo~xc h llnge 1 "At, Consolidated has s larted its ll n nual roun d·robln series or ~; d is o n 2'h: Amer ican Telephone 3, Cell lrn! matc hes. wit h e leven lea rns laking part In t he Hanove r I: New YOI'k T imeR bye. com petition. Res u lt ~ of t he fi rst round were: Below is the Conljolldated ~~ tl h;on team. lIankel's T r ust 2~, Chase :'\ atloll lli llh: POSl ll 1 w hich won t he lrutih)' rOl' Ilw 193 9·1 940 sellllon. Left to r ig ht: D. J . Ken nealy, R. S. Lea ch, F. D. Hut c hi nson. W . E. Bru nberg. E. B. Hen ri k5en .lId G. R. Corr. SittIng : Chairm a n F red Glaeser a nd C onrad T otten. Bad K iss ingen, 1928 Hast ings, 1922 N imzow ihch ~~T h omas Ca pablanca Ale kh lne Ui uck to mak,; h i ~ 13th IllO VP. W hite to make h l~ 26th mO I'e . Alekhille lJlayed 26 I'·Q5!. K PxP ; 21 Px P, III this IJOsltloll . Ni lll zowit~ e h vlayed 13 ... Ilx U; 28 Px P. Bx !': 29 llxQ am i ha d a 6(1 BxKt and the ~a m e, aFter e xciting COnl lJllca· move gallic on h is hands. lions. ended in a liraw. Several annotator,; I nstead, as he hImself IJolnls out, t he quick suggested l1uitead 13 .. . K ·HI In onle l' to method would .have been 29 Rxl1! , Q-K2; 30 conllnue wilh 14 .. . R·K tI a nd 15 . .. p . R·BS, R·B2 ; 31 R·Kt8 followed b y 1l (Q l )·Q8. K 0 4 and perhaps win with the pawn aheat! . Arter 13 . . . K· Rl , CRII you find how CaplI ' blanCH would have fo rced a qu ick win? REMEMB ER TO . , , , R EN EW YOU R SUBSCRIPTION ·i.lHnU dXr) SI" :.\UH ' t )[·U L l :l)! XH '!If! '1)[ 91 :1)11'<1 '9n!"(W)1)l 9L :nl"EC '~) I 'l )[ 1' 1 Problem Department By VINCENT L. E ATON AddrtJJ ,,/I (orrn po/ldmtt rtl.uilll to Ihis d, p,,,tmt nl 10 V.L. EAton, 2237 Q Slrtd, N .W ., W lUhilll l(UI , D.C. A BOUT P ROS L! /o( M ATTERS W'JJ.L BE SI X T Y TWO.MOV ERS OF THE THE TR IPLE GRIMSHAW PAST SIXT Y Y EARS ( A second note ) Pilr t V Your P roble m Editor Is always pre plu'ed to By AI .- I" C. White ea t a ny words he ma y say In this depa rtme nt, a nd hel'e Is a case where he gladly makes 10 our r eview o f t he two·movers o( the pas t III mself chew the m ! Shortly a tte r las t month's s ixty years, we mus t not o verlook t he com a rticle, " A Challenge to Com posers," had been plete block pr oblems o f all k inds : t he si mple s lled on its way to the pl"lnte l" , I was reading blocks, as In t he cha rmi ng No. 1700. the added through Um norr's book on the Russia n Chess mate block s, as In No. 162 4, and the changed P roble m, whe n much to my delight I dis mate blocks, 118 In No. 1701, (aud the maaterly covered several exa m ples of the complete eight-sel f·block task problem . No. 1702-Ed· "triple Grimshaw," (ulftlilng all the required ilOr) . On the w hole, however, the complete thematiC conditions. Conaeque ntly I take back block problem has n ot JIved up to t he high in t oto m y statement about the proba ble non hopes it al'oused In the e/l.l"]y ye a]' ~ or the existence of such task exe mpla l"B, a nd change 1900's. Restl'lcting the f l"ee action of the i t hastily to "few illustrati ons of the theme White pieces has too of le n made these posi have been produced." tions clumsy rather than su'ateglc, Rnd the Sim plesl in design a nd executio n of the use or changed mate ke ys In non-bl ock for m examples I discovered Is the (ollowl ng ; has provp.d to be a more valuable sl l'ateglc (By L. J , Loschlnsky, Tljdschrtrt v, U, Nell. medium, Great problems or this character Schaakhond, J930 ) b3K2b, 1'1R2plr, 4k3, 1S184, include No. 1703, wI th chnnges In the haH· 2B P1Q2, 8, 8, 8. Mate In two by I Bb3, pin checks after I , .. SxP d6 ch a nd .1 • , , Here there are three Grimsha w pairs: by SxPe3ch; No. 170·1. with changed mates aller 1 . , , Bb7 anu 1 ... Rb7 ; I , , , Bg7 and I the modern de renses 1 , . , Seo a nd 1 , . . , . . Rg7; and 1 . . , BfS a nu I , . . P fS , In S r3, which combIne self·un pins and tile open this case the Pawn [6 being the equ ivalent ing of W hIte gUar'd; and No. 1705, with in or a. Black HOOk . tricate cha nged cross check!! arte l" 1 . . . Qb5ch in the follOWing, there a re bu t two I)ail's a nd 1 , . . Qh5ch. The re Is a n une xpectedly of the matic pieces, wlth one set (the Rook bl'illlant key in NO. 1706, whel'e a single move g6 and Bishop h3 ) cleverly pel'rorming double changes thp set crossc heck wh il e olterlng duty: Hlack Ihree addlUonal ne w o n e ~, ])J nll II fl ight ( By L. J . Loschlnsky, Halla Scacchlatica, square. H I were to choose a ~ I ng l e key-move 1930) 5S 2, 2K2B2, Pl p3r l. Ipk5, l S5R, 2pP3b, a !l t he most tl ellg htful of all III t his selection, rl Q4B, b4 R2, Mate in two by 1 RbI, with I s houttl proba bly turn to No. Hi5S. '!'he beau the matic varia tions after 1 . . . Rb2 or J ti ful a nd well· bala nced Ilos ltlon, f,"" of W hile . , . Bb2; 1 , , . Re6 0 1' Be6 ; a ll d 1 •• . Rg4 Paw ns and with the four odd Black Pa wns o r l , .. Bg 4, on the second ra ok, rurnls hes a pe rfect setting T his is a somewha t unuaual s tra tegic com· wherein the key reveals Itself wit h a thrill blnatlon, in tha t a pinned Black Queen Is that has ra rely been approac hed, used to ro rce a third set or Gri mshaw8: With the speciall y selected Nos. 1707-171 6 ( By B. and S. Plmenolt, Trud, 1935) IQl'bf, this brief revIe w of sixty years of e ne rgetic R, I pl R4, 2k 2bS I, p1P2R2, Kp6, P2P I"q2, 2S3BR. 1 Gr i mshaw~ pro ble m activity come~ to a cl o~e . One would Mate in two by PXP, with artel' wis h that the Selection m ight ha.ve Included 1 ... Re3 ! 01' Qe3!; 1 . , . Re4 or I , , . so many more composere and so many fu rther Be4; and 1 , . . Rc7 or 1 .. , Bc7. grea t worke by the authors alreadY repre That other versions or the task are Iloss!ble Is shown by our No. 1690, m Ode lled by Mr. sented ~ Just what om issions have been the most serious ? T ha t Is a question which the Du Bea u atter one of Blake's classic settings. reader ca n help us very much to a ns wer. I Anti so we bring this note to II. temporary shOU ld g reatly welcome your sending me your close, asking the questlon: W hat else can be own selection of 25 ravorlte two·movers, ex done along these li nes? Composers, bestir plaining the basis on which they we)"e chosen. y our8e l ve B ~ W here the selectio n In cludell works already * .. ~ • in the I)re~e n l ~ et , lhese will serve to in· Just alter our l a~ t issue ha ll gone to p I' es ~, liicate which lire the gl'ealeij t universal favor· w{-' receivetl word from Mr, Gamage that No. ites : where new positions al'e sent, they will 1714 was intended to be subs tituted for No, be tabulated a nd the vo tes they receive ca n 1679 in the "Sixty Best" selection, Readers be com parell. ( Do not hes itate to include will note this change, w hich doe s not, however, problems of you I' own. I s pecially asked Mr. csncel No, 167 9 from t he Ladde r competition, Gamage aud Mr. Ma ns fte ld, In ma king t heir A s al1 w ho have solved It will agree, It de choices, to Inclulle fa vorites of the ir own serves republication on Its own me rI ts. o r composition, a nd I would li ke to see yours, No. 171 4, a recent prlze-wlnnel', the tourney too.) III any case the most Inte l"!:'stlng 25 judge (Comins Mansfte ld ) commented ; "An sets se nt III will be give n book prizes. T he easy fi rst, showing magniftcen( play by (he sets may be sent to me a t Lltch fte ld, Con W hite Knight batte ry In a n unusually open necticut, and all wlU be acknowledged. setting. At (east oll e sol vel' ovel'looked (he (The End ) best va ria tion, I . .. Rxa3! 2 Sg6!" 187 188 THE CHESS REVIEW SOLUTIONS MINIATURE MUTATES ,,0. 1636 No. 1691 Is a few-piece mutate, but It is a. comparatively "big fellow" when one looks a.t No. I Co31 several other examples that have been done. Here are a few miniatures of the same type, for quIck solving. No. IG~ S tOI' 1. By B. Harley aud C. G. Watney, Good Companions, 1921. 8, 5p2, 5K2, 7k, 7." 7Q, 8, 8. Mate In two. 2. By W. Langstatr and E. C. Mortimer, No. 16~9 Chess Amateul', 1922. S, 8, X, 5K2, SPk, 2Q5, 8, 8. Mate In two. S. By H. Weenlnk, Good Companions, 1919. 8, SKS3, 8, 2plkS, 7Q, 3P4, 8, 8. Mate in two. :-':0. 16~0 INFORMAL LADDER No. 11\.11 """,.. ,: t>fr, (Two (Maximulll score for Nos. 1636·53: 59 poinl;;) :-"0. 1I;~2 Problem 1"41[0": 1 H..,~ (Two .... P. L, Rothenberg 942, 53; A. Tauber 804, 53; ~J. Hannus 856; G. Fairley 789, 53; No. 1'6(3 EdHOI': SeS-d (Two K. Lay 665, 43; A. A. J. Grant 641, 42 (hope No. 11>-14 ". pomt s) you'r~ enjoying your new locale); "' I. Burstein . . BxSch. 2 628, 53 (I wish there were more enthusiasts 1 ... Ke6. like you); J. M. Dennison 630, 42; ""'.Dr. G. t Qxb6 1" ~et-l1p--- Dobbs 599; Dr. M. Herzberger 542, 41; (de lighted to see you back, Max. Stay with us); ...... H. B. Daly 504, 51 (quite all right about late solutions; the date deadline is for prepar_ ation of next month's copy only, and solutions received later are credited afterwards); P. A. Swart 515, 3S; B. M. Marshall 530, 22; "'Dr. No. I(;H; P. G. Keeney 38S, 53; E. Korpanty 380, 53; Dr. W. F. Sheldcn 423; R. Neff 370, 36i •• uG. Plowman 359, 54; J. Donaldson 336, 40: HI. Rivise 298, 51; C. E. Wlnnberg 2S0, 46; B. L. Fader 261, 53; W. C. Dod 242, 42; "A. Sheftel No. 11;·1·7 222, 32; E. Popper 239; S. P. Shepard 211; A. Fortier 197: T. Lundberg 161, 32; A. B. Hodges 162; A. Gibbs 117, 36; J. Hudson 138; M. Edelstein 81, 53; J. Dubin 129, 40: C. Lawrence 124: I. F. Meyer 36, 56; C. Du Beau 4S, 39; "T. MeKenna 26, 39; A. Akhonln 56 (Welcome! A fine start; one of the month's two best scores); G. Mott-Smith 53; W. R. :-"'0. Ellis 36; R. W. Hays 35; F. Grote 28; B. Clubb 27; T. L. Goddard 24; l. Hart 15; C. H. NO. IG(9 Godfrey 6; •• W. Patz _; ~W. O. JOIns _. :-':0. lGf,1) P. L. Rothenberg tops the Ladder this month for the firth time- thus outdistancing all other solvers-and Dr, Dobbs takes composing hon ors fOI" the quarter with his clever double· unpin two·el" No. 1600. To both, congl'atula tiona! We have received so many requests fOI' definitions of problem terms- l'equests that cannot well be answered in these pages be· cause the material would have to be repeated ",0. 1652 every few months-that we are pondering the Idea of getting up a short explanatory "die· :--:10. 165! '·wo pOtnt ~ ) No. lG5~ tlonary" for problemists. How many readers No. 1655 of this column would be interested in paying. No. 1 G5G No. 1651 say, fifteen 01' twenty cents fOl' a mimeo· Xo. I G5S · gl'aphed guide to the most common problem No. 1659 ~::~::i i Q"I«IS tel'ms and outline of the best-known themes? No. 1660 He1-..,S If 8umcient interest exists in such a project, No. IGGI' n e ~ No. 1662 we shall try to tackle it seriously. NOVEMBER , 1940 189 Original Section No. 1690 No. 1693 No. 1696 CLAUDE DU BEAU H. C. MOWRY BURNEY M. MARSHALL Stockton, N. J. Malden, Mass. (After P. F. Blake) Shreveport, La. Dedicated t o M. Edelstein Mate in 2 Mate in 2 Mate in :: No. 1(;91 No. 1694 No. 1697 THE PROBLEM EDITOR A. J. FINK· THOMAS S. McKENNA San Francisco, Cal. Lima, Ohio Mate in 2 Mate in 3 Mate in 3 No. 1692 No. 1695 No. 1698 M. EDELSTEIN NICHOLAS GABOR AUREL TAUBER Somerville, Mass. Cincinnati, Ohio Dedicated to H. C. Mowry New York, N. Y. ~ Mate in 2 Mate in 3 Mate in 3 THESE PROBLEMS ARE SCORED ON THE SOLVERS' LADDER. SOLUTIONS ARE DUE DECEMBER 15th, 1940 .. 190 THE CHESS REVI E W Original Section (cont'd) No. 1699 No. 1702 (M) No. 1705 (W) A. J, FINK and UA TANE B. N. OFFCHINNIKOFF FRED SPRENGER First Prize, Goor! First Prize, "64," New York, N. Y. Companions, 19 20. 1928. = Mate .i n 4 Mate in :2 Mate in 2 N o. 1700 (M) No. 1703 eM) No. 1706 (M) DR. M. NIEMEIJER A. ELLERMAN R. RINDOIEN T iJdschrift Y. d. Ned, First P rize, Good First Prize, Schaakbond, 19 19. Companions, 1920. Al'beidenoagasinet, 1933. = Mate in :2 Male in 2 Mate in 2 No. 1701 (W) No. 1704 (G) No. 1707 (M) H. 0'0. BERN ARD First Prize, Mutate Tourney, O. STOCCHI A. MARl Grantham Journal, 1928. 1934. 1925. Mate in 2 Mate in 2 Mate in 2 THESE PROBLEMS ARE SCORED ON THE SOLVERS' LADDER. SOLUTIONS ARE DUE DECEMBER 15th, 1940. N OVEMB B R , 1940 191 Quoted Section No. 1708 (G) No. 17 11 (G) No. 1714 (G) R. BUC H N ER F. GAMAGE L. . A . I SSAEFF First Prize, First Prize, Keeble FIrst Prize, Trud, 1928. II Problema, 19 32. Memorial 'fourney, 1940. Mate in 2 No. 1709 (M) No. 17:12 (G) No. 1715 (W) L . SCHOR L . A. I$$A EFF L . J. L OSC HINSKY Secoud Prize, First Prize, Die E\lhlQulel', 1929. Fh"1lt Prize, Smena, 1932 Schwalbe, 1938. Male In 2 Mate In 2 Mate In'2 , No. 1710 (G, W ) No. 1713 (M) No. 1716 (W) (Selting created by the C. MANSFI ELD authors and other composers, F. GAMAGE First Prize, Rjvista on (loll iclea illustrated as early First Prize, C.C.L.A. Romana de Sah, 1931. as 1917 by G. F . Anderson.) Crosscheck Tourney, 19:n.R. T HESE PROBLEMS ARE NOT SCORED ON THE SOLV E RS' LADDER. L92 THE CHESS R EVIE W Statement of the Ownership, ManaQement, Ci rculation, et c., reQu ired by the Acts of Congr ess of August 24. 1912 and March 3, 1933. of The Chess R ev iew. publ ished m"n,hly Oct . 10 "fa;', '"1d bi-mon t hly Jun e 10 Sept., al 25 W . 1:11'<1 Cit" New York City, 1'>. Y .. [or Oct. 1, 1940. 1';'I'A1'E OF NI'J\\, Yom..:, I (~OU ."T Y 0[,' XI';\\' YOHI>::. I [: ef O I ' ~ Ill", a Sol"r... I'u b li<', in "nd fOI' I I", !:;t"' ~ and l: OUlLly " 101',,",,;<1, P<"-., otla liy aPI" '''r< 'd I. .1 . j-[o,'owi t z, who havin" ]WC'1l duly .wo!''' ,,~cordilll';" Ie> law. J,.,,,, ,,,,~ and ~ay_< that Iw i." th e j';d il ,,'- of The Chess R e view , " "d 1)0", Il,,' folio\\'ilLg' i~. to llw 1)("",1 of hi, klL ()\I't~djo(" "Hoi l,,· ji d, " Ina; Slal"llIent oj' t h e ",,""cl'.hi p. ,,,,,nagemen t I ~.nd if H daily p a l"')', It,.. (- in ·"lal[on), " l ~ .. uf , )w "fo ... ·"otd pu h )k "llo ll 1'0 1' Ihe (h Lt <' "hown in th" "hO\'(' (')1))\iOI' , "eqnl ,''''] lJ y the' A('\ or '\lLKlLS\ ~I, l~ l~ , "" "mend <, (\ hy th" Act M .\l"rc h :;, lU:;:l, c lllloot!iNI i" ~ c '(' \ion 537, PORtal Law., ,,,,t! l(cI':" la\io" .. , IJrinu;d on thp r ov"r,'" of !hb form, 10 wi\, 1. That l hH " ,"n , ' ~ " !H] H-,ldl'''~s,,~ of the lIubli, COMM ENTS ON MR. WH ITE'S ARTICLES ENGLISH OPENING The essa), b), }'11' , \Vltilp 'H most illHtt'UCl ivI< M, Hanauer H. Seidman - Du Beau, This r esume 0[' the two-move While Black problem is excellent auti euJoyable. Call the 1 P.QB4 P·K4 15 Q.K 1 p.QS 2 Kt.QB3 P.QB4 16 BxR QxB same be !lone fur the lhree·er?- Patz, A 3 Kt.B3 Kt.QB3 17 Kt·Kt5 P.R6 beautiful selection anti a noteworthy tielin ea 4 P.K3 Kt.B3 18 R·B2 B.K2 tion o f the problem's (JrogresH- il' cKe nna, Re· 5 P.Q4 P.KS 19 Px P Kt.K5 freshing and tlelightrul selectioll- llur8teill. 6 p.QS PxKt 20 B.K3 B.RS 7 PxKt KtPxP Have cer tainly enjoyed readilli\' }Ir. \Vhite'R 21 P.Q5 BxReh 8 QxP P.Q4 22 BxB QxP articles- Manhal!. The~ e are swell problems, 9 PxP B·KtS 23 PxP KtxB INLAID CHESS TABLE Handsome - Sturdy C hoice of OAK MAHOGANY WALNUT Diamond.matched Table Top 2V~" squares of Maple and Walnut Heig ht 30" Top 30" x 30" Specia l two.way double com. partme nt drawer fo r pieces, $25.00 • Or der from THE CHESS REVIEW 25 W . 43rd St, New York, N, y,