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Volume XX Number I I November, 1965
EDITOR: J. F . Reinhardt
CONTENTS CHESS FEDERATION Armed Forces Tou rnament ...... " ...... 23 1 PRESIDENT Lt. Col. E. B. Edmondson Tot in t he Saddle, by R, Byrne ...... 232 VICE·PRESIDENT Games from t he U.S. Open, by B. Zuckerman ...... 234 David Hoffmann Tal.. Spassky ...... 235 REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS Ivkov's Brill ia ncy, by N. Rassolimo ...... 236 NEW ENGLAND Sunle,. lOng Harold Oondla ~:II Bourdon Games from Capobia nco Memoria l ...... 236 EASTERN Donald $ehultz Lewl. E. Wood Post ~ M o rt e m of a " Brilli ancy", by A. Sa idy ...... 246 nober! r....aclle MID-ATLANTIC W Illiam Brair' CL Here & There ...... 2 47 Earl Clary Ed ward D. Strehle Tact ics for Begi nners, by E. Marchand ...... 249 SOUTHERN Dr. Rob NATIONAL CHAIRMEN and OFFICERS IN YOUR AREA - ARMED FORCES CHESS ...... •.... Rohert Kar ch BUSINESS MANAGER ...... J . F. Reinhardt SEE THE "TOURNAMENT LIFE" LISTINGS! CO LLEGE CHESS ...... P.ui C. 30. INOUSTRIAL CHESS ...... St.nley W. D. 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Participating will be eight 1. ;~@~;i~:1:i1i~.~ must hobel ding$ta~ed. 1 peandrc entimmedlately or more of the leading grandmasters in the ~ name. and addresses of the world, including two from the Soviet other unincorporated firm, Union. be given.): United Statu The event, officially sanctioned by • holding I percent FIDE, will be a double round robin and •• will have an outstanding prize fund of $13,000. The winDer will receive $3,000. The first Piatigorsky Tournament, held in 1963, ended in a tie between world champion Tigran Petrosian and Paul Keres. The other players, in order I of finish, were Najdorf, OIafsson, Re· to. ,-" publications ex.cept those which do not carry adver and which are named In sections 132,231 132,232 and shevsky, Gligoric, Benko and Panno. It 43Mb and 4356 of Title 39, United Sta tes ,-,ode): was the first international tournament held in the United States in many years. Average no. copies Sln,le Issue each 1$Iue durln~ nearest to preceding 12 months filing date printed ...... ~ ...... ~ ...... 9515 10,000 and earMers, str~t sales ...... 80 80 OUR COVER 2...... 9006 9216 C...... -9298 Display at tha sixth Armad Forces D. Chess Tournament in Washington, .... E. •• ...... '" D_C. includes official greetings from F...... 279 "" Vice President Humphrey and Secre· G. E &. F) ...... 95]5 10,000'" tary of Defense McNamara. I cerilly that the statements made by me above are correct and complete. J. F . Reinhardt, "'!to, THOUGHTFUL C H R 1ST MAS G I F T~"~~~""'~'''~~ Membership in the U.s. Chess Federation ~ ~ $100.00 • • LIFE Three Year NOVEMBER, 1965 231 Tal in the Saddle by Rohert Byrne In his candidates' match with La rsen, Tal looked. througb the first nine games, more like the underdog than the world-beater he is. In fact he had needed - and gotten - some lucky brea ks to keep a n even s core against Di agram 2 (Analysis) the Devastating Dane. But. in the tenth and deciding malch game. it was Tal in the saddle a gain. For the first time in the match he played his ope n ing sharply to obtain the advantage. Having achieved that. he immediately rocked the board with a n electrify ing sacrifice- the kind tha t h is fans expect of bim a t his besl. The beautiful and The White strategy in this, as in so profound cO mbination triggered by the many Sicilian variations. is ultra-simple. Knight sacrifice is what makes the It just calls for the checkmate of the game. Black King. 11 ...... P·QR 3 SICILIAN DEFENSE 12. N-Q4 Nx N 13. BxN T. I Larsen P-QN4 Diagr am 3 (Ana lysIs) P-K4 P·QB4 The alternative counterattack 13 ...... • 1. P-K4 fails, although only after some ex 2. N·KB3 N·QB:! citing tactical pJ ay. The answer is 14. 14. P·NS N·Q2 3. P·Q4 PxP P-N5! and then 15. B·Q3 ...... It is obvious that White has an awful 4. Nx P P·K3 (a ) 14...... , PxB; 15. PxN. BxP; 16. N _Q5, lot of firepower aimed III the dir ection 5. N·QB3 P·Q3 B-Q1; 17. P.BS and W hite's K-slde attacking chances will pr evail. If, i n this tine, 15 . of Black's King. 5 ...... , Q·B2 is more u sual here ; Lar- ...... , PxN then 16. PxB, PxPch; 17. KxP. 1S...... P·NS R·K I; 18. p .K:;! R" P; 19. PXP, R·Q2; 20. sen is switching from the Taimanov Sys Q.K4 (see dIa gram 1) and m ack Is h clpleSll . 16. N.QSI! ...... tem into a Schcveningen variation. (b) 14 ...... • B·N5; 15. Q.N3, BxR; H). PxN. 6. B-K3 ...... Bltl{BP; 17. N.Q5, P1B; 18. NxBch. K-RI; 19. R-KNI (see diagr am 2) and mack can resign. If, In this last line. IS...... • PxB. In the eighth game Tal adopted the thcn 16. RxP. B·R4; 17. P " N. BxP; 18. R·Q5. quiet , positional 6. P-KN3, but even B.N3; 19. P ·BS, B_R4; 20. RxP (see diagram though he got some slight pressure with 3) an d White h as a pawn and threats to Black's K-slde (R x:B is the most obviou s) it, Larsen made a draw without t oo that are all but impossible to p ar ry. much effort. The text move is more in line with Tal's aggressive style sinC e it permits White to set up an attacking for mation. 6...... N·B3 7. p.B4 B-K2 8. Q·B3 0·0 . .. Since White obviously intends Q-side castling, it is possible that it would be safer for Black to do likewise by ...... , The lightning bolt that shatters open P-QR3; ...... , B·Q2; and ...... , Q-B2. a veritable Pandora's box of combina 9. 0 ·0·0 Q-B2 tive havoc. 16...... Px N Black had to be on guard against 10. P-K5. - The sacrifice cannot be declined by 16 ...... , B-Q1 because then 17. N-B6 10. tU 4-NS ...... Diagram 1 (Ana lysis) chi wins. For example: 17 ...... , PxN; This move, which temporar ily dis 18. PXP, BxP ; 19. KR-N1 ch, K·R1; 20. places the Black Queen, should not alter P-K5, B-KN2; 21. RxB! KxR; 22. Q-N4 the position in any significant way, ch, K-R1; 23. R-Nl and mate next. since the Knight will be driven back at $100 17, PxP ...... onCe. It dOes, however , tempt Larsen The primary threat is to win the to save a move by not bother ing to re MAKES YOU A Bishop by Q-K4. In response the retreat turn his Queen to B2 and it thus plays 17 ...... , B·Q1 fails against 18. BxPcb! its part in setting up the combination USCF MEMBER K.xB ; 19. Q-R5ch, K-N1; 20. BxP! KxB; which wins the game. 21. Q-R6ch, K-N1; 22. P-N6, N-B3; 23. 10. •• •••••• Q.Nl FOR LIFE! KR-N1, B-B4; 24. P-N7! 11. P·KN4 ...... 17...... P·B4 232 CHESS LIFE 34. B·BSI ...... A pretty way to finish a ferocious game. 34...... QxS 3S. R-K 8ch R·BI 36. Q-K6ch K·RI 37_ O-B71 Resigns 22 ...... , R-B2 now fails against 23. It is very difficult to decide whether RxR, NxR; 24. P-NG! PXP; 25. QxP, Q this move or 17 ...... , P·N3 gives the KB I ; 26. R-NI, and there is no defense. best defense. The laUer envisions bring. 23. PxN R·BS? ing Black's QB to KB4 (after N-B4) to help in the defense. It has the disad Better was 23...... , QxR; 24. QxR, vantage of giving White the opportun BxP which at least denies White a strong itY of opening t he KR-file by P-KR4-R5. passed pawn in the center. Still in tbe time it takes to do that, 24. O-K3 R-86? Black might be able to bring his Q-side This leads to a Bishops·oC·opposite A masterpiece of tactical virtuosity. pieces to the defense. color game which, however, is an easy win :Cor White. Larsen should have tried 18. QR-Kl R-B2 24 ...... , BxP; 25. PxP, RxB; 26. Qx:R, HUDSON WINS CALIF. OPEN BxR; 27. QxQNP for even though White's Black must defend his seventh rank three pawns and dominating position Capt. John Hudson, winner of the as well as his Bishop. If 18 ...... , B·Q1, outweigh the piece, Black can still put U.S. Amateur Championship in 1956 and then 19. Q-R5 sets up the threat of a up a Cight. Black also had the choice of now a USCF master, won the 8S-player Bishop sacrifice on KN7. Tal gives 20. 2~ ...... , BxR; 26. RxPch, QxR; 27. BxQ, California Open played in Fresno over ...... , N-B4; 21. BxNP! NxBch; 22. K-NI R-BSc h; 28. K-Q2, KxB, getting two the Labor Day weekend. Hudson's score (not 22. PxN, Q.B2 ch) NxR; 23. P-N6!! Rooks and Bishop for White's Queen. of 6-1 was matched by runner-up John KxB; 24. QxPch, K-B3; 25. P-N7, R-B2? But, despite Black's material adVantage, Blackstone, but the median column gave 26. P·N8=N mate. Here 25...... , R-Kl White smartly :Corces the win here by Hudson a !h·point edge. Zoltan Kovacs, is better, but still loses after 26. R-NI ! 29. P·Q7, R/ 8-BI; 30. P·R5!! and, if 30. David Blohm, Paul Perillo, Max: Wilker· N-N7! 27. P-N8= Q, RxQ; 28. QxR and ...... , QR·Q1, then 31. Q-K7 ch, K-N1; son, and Norman Wood all scored 5'h Black is helpless. However, Black's best 32. P-R6, or, if 30. ' ...... , K·B2, then 31. poin[s and finished third through sev· is 22. Q·B2! 23. BxR, NxR! 24. RxN, Q-K5, QR-Ql; 32. Q·B6 ch, K.NI ; 33. enth in the order listed. It was a strong Q·B2; 25. QxQ ch, KxQ; 2S. BxP and Q·K6 ch, R·B2; 34. P-N6. field, twenty-two of the players being with White's three pawns balanccd by 2S. Q·K2 QxR rated experts or masters. The tourna Black's piece, the ending will be no 26. QxR PxP ment was sponsored by the California walkaway for either side. 27. R·KI R-Ql State Chess Federation and was directed 19. P·KR4 B.N2 28. RxP Q·Q3 by Gordon Barrett. 29. Q·64 R·KB I 29 ...... , BxP?? loses the Queen after 30. R·K8ch. U. N. OPEN 30. Q-K4 P·N6 A hopeless attempt to create a diver· Edward Formanek, scoring 6;2-1,2, sion. took a clear first in the I65-player Unit 31 . RPxP R·B8ch ed Nations Open, played In Chicago over 32. K.Q2 Q-N5outpost, the centralized King, But this makes things easy for White. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING? etc., etc. Correct was 21...... , R-B2j 22. RxR, KxR, but after 23. R-Kl, Q.Ql ; 24. Q·K4, See the big 277 pp. M(l ny diagrams. N-Bl; 25. P-RS. Black still has no hope USCF Catalog in List Price $5.9S of saving the game. this issue! USCF Members Price : $5.06 Postpaid 22. O-K4 Q·KBI NOVEMBER, 1965 '233 from the 1965 U.S. Annotated by Bernard Zuckerman VIENNA GAME N on K5. This, however. is Dot so sim KOTOV-ROBATSCH DEFENSE ple. After 9 ..._ ..... , 0-0 (to protect the R. W.dl.tel D. Grimlhflw D. River. D. Suttles KBP and prepare for __ ....._ , N-Kl) there 1. p.Q4 P·KN3 1. P· K4 P·K4 follows 10. Q-R5! with the dangerom Suttles invariably adopts this "rat" de- 2. N.QBJ N·KB3 threat of 1L R-B3 and 12. R-R3. If 3. B.84 N·al fense, believIng it to be sound_ Black answers R-R3 wiUt ...... , P-KR3, 2. P.K4 B·N2 After 3 ...... , NxP; 4. Q-R5. N·Q3; S. White has the possibilities of N·N' (with 3. POOB4 __ ...... B-N3, both 5 ...... • N·B3 and 5 ...... , a N sacrifice on KR6), P-BS (and BxRP) B·K2 are sufficienl Also 3 ...... • B·B4 White makes no attempt to refute and Q·N6 with threats on KR6. After 9. Black's opening, preferring positional is a good defense. .._. ._ .. , 0-0; 10. Q-RS. there arc possibili 4. p.B4 ...... methods. ties of defense with ]0...... • N·Q5 or 3...... POO3 Most authoriUes reeommend 4. P·Q3, 10...... • NxNj 11. PxN. P·KN3. After but the late Weaver W. Adams cn· 4. NoOB3 NoOB3 the text, Black is lost. Most players would prefer 4. .. _. ....• dorsed the text. 10. P·B5! B-B3 In 4...... NxP N·KB3, transposing into the King's Theory claims that this move proves 11. B·KB4 N xB dian Defense, but Mr. Suttles goes his White's last to be premature, but, as 12. NxN O.() own road in the openingsj one, however, this game shows, it is not without dan 13. N· KN4! B·Q5ch which cannot be recommended to the ger for Black. general public. Suttles prefers the text 14. K·Rl P-KB 3 move to 4 ...... , N-KB3 since the latter S. N-Bl N·Q3 In order to stop 15. P-B6, but White blocks the KBP and the diagonal of the Here it is possible to continue 5...... has other possibilities. Simply Hi. BxN KB and since, also, the KN may in some NxN; 6. QPxN, PxP (if 6 ...... , Q-K2; and 16. QxP would leave Black with an cases be developed on KR3 or K2. This 7. P-QN4- but not 7. O-O?? Q·B4 ch) 7. untenable position. P laying for mate in reminds me of Philidor's opinion that BxP, but in this variation White, In this position, however, cannot be critl· after 1. P·K4, P·K4 the move 2_ N·KB3 return for the pawn, has good develop cized. is a mistake as it blocks the KBP_ Kotov ment and possibilities of attack. 15. QxP B-K4 has often employed the text move, the idea ot which is to start an immediate 6. B-QSJ ...... 16. BxB ---..... An improvement by Adams. "Official counterattack on the point Q5, which theory" recommends here the retreat Stronger than 16_ NxB, PxN; 17. BxP, has been weakened by the moves 2. 6. B-N3, which allows Black the possi. N·K1 ; 18. Q-B4! wbich would be su ffi· P-K4 and 3. p.QB4. bility of exchanging this Bishop with an cient. 5. B·K3 P· K4 eventual ...... , N-Q5. (For example, in 16...... PxB 6. POOS QN·K2 the variation 6. B-N3, P·K5; 7. N·KN5, 17. p.B6! P·N3 This move has had a bad reputation since tile game Averbakh.Polugaevsky, P-KR3j 8. KNxKP. NxNj 9. Q-K2, Q·K2 18. N·K7ch K·B2? (or 9. ____.___ , N-QS; 10. QxN ch, Q.K2) XXVth Soviet Championship_ There 10. QxN, QxQ chi 11_ NxQ, N·Q5 with In case of 18 __ ...... , K-Rl the game White got the advantage with 7_ P·KN4. the better ending in both cases. would end soon. also, after 19. Q-R3! P·K84 (Barden suggests 7 ...... • N·KB3; 8. P·NS, N-Q2; 9. P·JCR4. P-KR4 j 10_ 6. ._ .... _. P·K5 threatening 20. NxPch. (19...... , R·B2 or 19. _...... • Q·K1; 20. NxKP!) Weaker PxP e.p., BxP; 11. BxB, RxB with a 7. N·K S 8-K2 would be 19. NxP ch, PxN; 20. QxP, game that "may be tenable") 8. NPxP. 7. __ .... __ • Q.R5 chi 8. P-NS, Q.R6 is an R-B2, which would allow Black to resist PXP; 9. Q-R5 ch. K·BI; 10. B-R3, N·KB3; interesting possibility. a little longer. lI. Q-B3, P-QR3 (stronger is 1 L _. __ ._ __ , 8. P-Q31 ...... 19. Q-Q5ch K-KI P·B5) 12. PXP. Q·Kl; 13. KN-K2, Q-R4j Formerly Adams recommended such 20. QxKP 14. QxQ, NxQ; 15. B·N5 . N·B2 More usual is 6...... • N-Q5, which continuations as 8. Q.R5 or 8. 0-0, only 21. Q·K2 --_ ..... advancing the QP later. leads to an exchange that develops The text is not too bad a move since White's KB after 7. KN-K2, NxN; 8. a. .. .. '. .. Px P Black resigned at this point, but a pret BxN. Suttles rejects this as being too 9. 0 ·0 N·N5? ty conclusion would have been, as Wach drawish, since a piece is exchanged. tel pointed out wbile showing me tbe 7. P·B3 P.KB4 game, 21. N-BS chI! NxQ; 22. N-N7 ch, • • P·B$ ...... K-B2 ; 23_ N-R6 mate!! A very beautiful White attempts to disorganize Black's and unusual mate with two Knights. position with a check on N5. 8...... N·KB3 9. B·N5ch K·B2?! Exchanging the Bishop .on Q5 for the QN only loses time and brings White's Knight into the game. Black should look for a way to remedy the basIc defects of his poSition: the badly misplaced N on Q3 and the strong position of White's Wh" t mi,ht h ....'. been. 234 CHESS LIFE A move typical of Suttles, who doesn't 22. Q·B2 B.Q2 SPASSKY WINSI mind takrng his King for a walk in the 23. P·N4 ...... openrng as long as his opponent has no White brings his N to QR5 where it Boris Spassky defeated Mikhail Tal way of taking advantage of il In this controls the weak square QB6, but, since by a score of 7-4 to become the official case, the position is too closed to ex he cannot coordinate the Knight with challenger in next year's match with ploit Black's King position and the the action of the other pieces, it all wo rld champion Tigran Petrosian. Spass· White KB Is misplaced. Bad was instead comes to nothing. ky won the last three games of the (as Suttles pointed out) 9...... , P-B3? 23...... N·RS match, after the score had stood at 4-4. 10. PxBP, NPxPj 11. B-R4. After 9 ...... , 24. N-N3 NxNch B-Q2 there could follow 10. Q-N3, or if There was no need to hur ry with this Unofficial reports, received as we went 9 ...... , N·Q2 ; 10. P-B6, PxP; 11. PxP, exchange which could have been re- to press, indicated that Tal had the N-B3; 12. Q·N3 is a possibility. placed by 24 ...... R·QBl. advantage in some of the later ga mes 10. P·KR3? ...... 2 S. B_N Q.N3 but lost through a ser ies of blunders. 26. N.RS KR.QBl A serious weakening of White's K Details in our next issue. side as well as a loss of time. White 27. 0-02 R·R2 Possibly more accurate was the im- wishes to prepare 11. P-KN4. r estricting 'UY LOPEZ Black's Knight s and preventing tbe ma mediate 27 ...... B.KB3, followed by TAC S PASSKY neuver 10 ...... , pxKP; 17. PxKP, N·N5...... , B-Q1; ...... , Q-R2; ...... , B-N3; ...... , L P·K4 P·K4 11 . RxN P·QBl R·B2, and ...... , QR·Bl. ,. N-KBS N.QIIl 12. P·Q4 B·Q3 Simply 10. KN·K2 was hest. If then 10. P·Q R3 R·Kl Q_RS 28. B-N2 B_KB3 ,. II·NS "...... , PxKPj 11. PxKP, N·N5; 12. B-Nl •• B· R4 N·1I 3 14. P-N3 .... would be dearly bad for Black. He 29. R·Bl ...... •• 0.0 II·K1 15. 8-K3 II·NS would do best to continue (after 10 KN R·Kl P.QN4 16. Q-Q 3 QR·Kl 29. B-Q3 would be a more realistic at· •,.• II ·N3 0·0 17. N.Q2 R.K3 K2) with 10...... , P-BS, followed by tempt at survivaL P·B3 P·Q4 II. P·R4 Q·R4 ...... , P-N4 as in the game, but White •• N" 19. PxP APXP' 29...... R lI: Rch •• N. N could avoid the move P-KR3. 30. BxR 8.01 10. N'"xP 10...... P·BS 31 . K-B2 ...... 11 . 8 . 82 P·N4 White apparently wants to use his Black hegins immediate operations on King to defend the K·side. the K·side. White must now quickly can· 3i...... R. B2ch nect his Rooks. The Rook must now be placed on QBI 12. KN·K2 P·KR4 so that it does not interfere with Black's 13. PxP Px P Q and KB. 14. Q.N3 P·NS 32. K·Ql R-BI lS. 0-0·0 ...... 33. N·N3 Q ·R2 It would be better to exchange (15. 34. B·Q3 B·N3 RPxP. PxP) first. although in this case, 3 5. R·Kl ...... also, the weakness of White's K·side is White, for some reason, now wan ts cause for serious anxiety. to get his pieces out, hut overlooks 1 S...... P·N6 Black'S reply, which wi ns the exchange · Poill io n .fle, 19 ...... _. RPxP 16. B·K1 N·N3 or tbe KNP. 17. N·KNl ...... 20. P-QB4 29. A·R6 K·81 35 ...... B· 67 White wishes to defend his KNP with 21. NxP B'·"NS 30. Af6x B ... 36. B·BI 8x' 22. KR·QBI B·K7 31. RxA N• • the BishOp because after ...... , N·R5 de 37. QxB Q·NS 23. B.Ql QxP.:h 32. PxN B·Q7 33. B·B4 fending it with the Rook would allow 38. Q·K2 BxPI 24. KxQ ." 2S. N·KS B".·N4 34. P.QS B·Q7 the pOSSibility of a sacrifice on KN7 or Re signs. 26. B·N3 A.QI 35. R·N6 K·K2 possibly on KR6 or KBB, perhaps after 27. A·A7 P·1I3 U . A·K6ch K·B I the preparatory maneuver ...... N·R2-N4. 11. NxP •• N n. P·KN4 Dr.wn How White expected to get out is be yond me. S ICIL IAN DEFENS E FISCHER DEFENDS TITLE TAC 17...... N.RS S PASSKY ,xa 18. B·Bl ...... Robert J. Fischer will defend his U.S. L P·K4 P.QII4 22. BxN tiUe against eleven of the top.rated ,. N·KB3 P·K3 23. B·K4 QA·Bl ,. P·Q4 24. P·RS B·Nl players in the country starting on De. P.QR3 15. P·N3 KR-Ql •• N" g'".B2 U. R-K l B· A2ch cember 12. The tournament will be •• N-QB3 •• B·g3 N.g lI] '17. K·N2 R·g3 played at the Henry Hudson Hotel in ,. 8 -K3 N·B3 28. A / 3-81 N·IIS New York City and will run through 0 ·0 P·QN4 29. K·A3 N·K6 ••• N·N3 B·K2 30. R·8 3 NxgBP December 30. to. P·B4 ,.. , 3t . R·QBt R.BS 11 . 0·B3 0·0 32. R-Q 3 .... Competing, in addition to Fischer, will 12. P·OR4 P·NS 33. RlI: N ... be: Samuel Reshevsky, Pal Benko, Lar. 13. N_K2 P.K4 34. Ax B ,.. 14. P·BS P·g 4 3S. BxA ,.. . ry Evans, William Addison, Robert 15. N·N3 N.oR4 36. 8 ·01 A·g4 Byrne, Dr. Anthony Saldy, Nicolas Res. 16. PxP B.N2 n. K·N4 R·1(4 17. N·K4 N-IIS 31. K·84 A·K7 solimo, Arthur Bisguier, Bernard Zuck· 1• • 8 -NS Nx NP :no. P· R4 P·A4 erman. Duncan Suttles and Dr. Ka rl P·Q6 Qxgp 40. N·BS A-K' "20. NxQ Aesignl Burger. 21. Rx B "...N Even Steinitz, who was famous for keeping his pieees on the first two ranlts, never had a position like this! JUNIORS Now, with White all tied up on the K side and no possibility of an immediate IT your rating is 2100 or higher and you shall not have reached your 21St breakthrough there, Black turns his at birthday before July 1, 1966, scnd your name and address to Lt. Col. E. B. tention to the other wing. Edmondson, President U.S. Cbess Federation, 210 Britton Way. Mather AFB, 18...... P·R3 California. The objective: a possible 12-player U.S. Junior Closed Championship 19. K·Nl P-N. 20. KN·K2 N·Q21 with expenses paid. 21. N·Bl N·B4 NOVEMBER, 1965 235 'UY LOPEZ FISCHER KHOLMOV ,. P·K4 P·K4 25. 0 ·K4ch P·N3 ,. N·KB3 N·QB3 26. OxN R·B4 Ivkov's Brilliancy B.N5 ,. P-QR3 27. Q·K4 0 ·Q2 B·R4 N·B3 28. 8 . Kl Q·Q4 ,••. 0 -0 B·K2 29. QxO By Nicolas Rossolimo R·KI P-QN4 30. P·B4 P"·N4 . ,.•• 8 ·N3 0 ·0 31. P·N3 ",P (The following game, pwyed in the caUSe of the K·side majority. •• P·B3 P'03 32. P x P R·Bl Capablanco Memorial Tournament, wa.s •• P·KR3 N-QR4 33. K.N2 K·N3 16. P·KR3 BxN 10. B·B2 P· B4 :W. R·KNI ,... awarded the brilliancy prize !Of" that event. FOrced. If 16 ...... , B-R4; 17. N·N3, 11 . P' 04 0 ' B2 35. K·B3ch K·B4 The prize--a set oj ivory chessmen-wa.s 18. 19. 20. 12. QN·Q2 N·B3 36. R·Nl B'OI B·N3; Q·Q2, B·K5; NxB, PxN; 13. PxBP p,p donated by Grandmaster Nicola8 Rossolimo, Q·B2, 37. R.N7 R·Nl winning a pawn with a crushing 14. N·Bl B· K3 38. R·N8 R·N2 himself the recipient of many brilliancy positional adva ntage. IS. N· K3 QR·Ql 39. P·QR4 P·KR4 awards. The choice was made by u special 17. QxB P.QB3 16. Q·K2 P· BS 40. P x P , ,p committee in Havana.) If now 18. RxP, Q·K1! A better try 17. N·N5 P·R3 41. RXP B.R5 18. NxB PxN 41. K.K2 R·N7eh RUY LOPEZ was 17 ...... , PxN; 18. RxQ, PxQ; 19. 19. P·QN4 N·QS 43. K.Bl R·KR7 Boris Ivkov Johannes Donner RxQR, RxR; 20. Rxp. B·Q3! 21. PxB, 20. PxN p,p 44. K· Nl R·K7 1. P·K4 P·K4 NxP; 22. PXP, N·B4; 23. P·QR4, P·N3; 21 . P·R3 p... 45 . B·N' P. B6 22 . BxP Ox. 46. K.Bl R·K R7 2. N-KB3 N..QB3 24. R·N7, NxB; 25. PxN. R-QB1 = . After 23. N·N4 K·R1 Resig ns 3. S-NS P·QR3 the text move, the White Knight pene· 24. P·K5 N.N 4. B·R4 N·B3 trates to KB5 with multiple threats 5. 0 ·0 NxP SICILIAN DEFENSE which cannot he simultaneously de· TR\ NGOV COBO P·Q4 P·QN4 fended. ,. P·K4 P-QB4 23 . P·QN4 N·RS •7•. B-N3 P-Q4 18. N·NJ R-Bl ,. N·KB3 P·KN3 24. R.B3 Q·N4 ,. p... PxP B·KJ 19. N.BS P.NJ B·N2 25. B·NS KR·KBI •• •• N·B3 ,,p 16. P·B4 N·N7 Last chance for a defense was 18. ,. NxP N·QB3 27. Rx RP Q·B3 ...... , K·Rl; 19. Q·N3, R·N1. Now comes •• B· K3 N·B3 18. R.QN3 ,,p the brilliant conclusion. ,. B·QB4 p.. , 29. Qx P Q·QS •• P· KR3 0·0 30. Q·1(1 Q·B3 •• B·N3 N.. , 31. Q-QB3 .x. 10. 0 ·0 N· B4 32. RxQ N·RS 11 . R·KI B·Q2 33. R·B3 N·N3 12. 0 ·Q2 P' OR4 34. R·Kl R.B7 13. NxN 'xN 35. B·KB RxQBP 14. B·04 Q·N3 36. R/3x Pch Ox, IS. Bx B 37. RxRch K·Nl 16. N·QS ' xX. 3B. P-N5 .,p 17. PxB KR· KI 39. RxNP R.BSc h 18. R·K3 Q·NS 40. K·R2 N·B2 19. Q·K2 0 ·KR5 41 . B·B6 N·K3 20. B·B4 Q·B3 42. B·OS R·K8 21 . P' OB3 P·RS 43. P·N6 K·Bl 22. R· KI P· R6 44. BXN Res igns The open variation of the Ru y Lopez, 'UY LOPEZ wbich has been deeply analyzed by IVKOV ROBATSCH ,. P.K4 P·K4 Dutch players, Euwe being the leading 31. PxO R·NI ,. N·KB3 N-QB3 32. K· BI N'Q4 authority. A usual continuation would 20. RxQP! Q·Kl ,. B· NS P'OR3 33. BxP .,p be: 9. P-B3, B-K2; 10. B·B2, 0 -0; 11. 21 . B·R6 Resigns •• B·R4 N·B3 34. R· R7 K·Bl ,. 0·0 B-Ka, Q-Q2; 12. N/I-Q2, NxN; 13. Q.xN, This is the kind of game that I al· B·K2 35. P-OS R'OI •• R· Kl P·QN4 3'. P·B6 PxP QR-Ql; 14. QR-Ql, KR·Kl; 15. KR-Kl = . ways admire: a new idea in the opening, ,. B·N3 P", 37. P·BS N,p 9. Q·K2 N·B4 an excellent conception of the middle· •• P.BS 0·0 38. R·Nl P·B4 P· KR3 N·QR4 39. B·Nl P·NS 10. R·Q1 NxB game and, finally, a spectacular K-side •10•. B·B2 11 . BPxPIl ...... attack, involving some sacrifices. I am P· B4 40. K·B2 P·BS 11 . P·Q4 Q·B1 41 . Bx P P ·N6 An ingenious idea! Instead of making fully satisfied with the decision of the 12. 0N-Q2 N.B3 42. P·N4 N·B6 13. Px BP ,,p 43. R·N4 R·Q7ch the mechanical move RP x P, White pre committee that the ivory chess set which 14. N·Bl pares to blockade the black squares on I donated should be awarded to Ivkov B·K3 44. K·KI R-Qk h IS. N·K3 QR.QI 4S. K.B2 R·QBa the weakened Q·side and in the center. for this wonderful game. 16. Q·K2 P·BS 46. P·R4 K·N2 It's wonderful to see Ivkov find some· 17. N.B5 s.. 41. B·B5 P' N1 thing new in such an old and over 18. P x B KR·KI 48. P .RS P·N8(0) CAPABLANCA 19. N·NS N·Nl 49. BXQ . x' analyzed variation. And now Donner is 20. B·K3 N/ l ' 02 50. K·K2 R·B7ch faced with the terrible problem of find· 21 . P'OR4 N·B4 51 . K·Q1 N·R6 ing the correct defense, in the tourna· MEMORIAL 22. BxN ' x' 52. R· R4 R-QR1 ment hall and under pressure of the 2S. PxP PxP 53. P· NS P· B6 KING'S INDIAN 24. P'QN4 B·N3 54 . P·R6ch K·RI clock, to an attack which certainly was COBO 25. KR'OI CIOCALTeA RxReh ... K·R2 carefully prepared in advance. 1. P·Q4 16. 0·0 R·KBI 26. Qx R Q·B3 ... P·B7ch 11...... B·K2 2. P·QB4 17. P· KR3 N·KB3 27. N· B3 P·K5 R· R8 3. N' OB3 18. B.B4 P.QN4 28. N'04 Q·04 K·Nl Black should immediately play 11. 4. P·K4 P.Q3 19. NxP N/ 5·Q4 29. R·R6 'xN ...... N·N1; 12. B-N5! B·K2; 13. BxB, S. B·K2 0-0 20. B·R2 N·N3 l O. Ox B 6. P· B4 P·84 21. B.K2 R.Nl ••• QxB; 14. N·B3. P·QB3; 15. N-Q4. R·R2; 7. P·Q5 P·K3 '21. N·B7 P·BS Q UEEN' S GAMBIT DECLINED 16. p.B4, P-N3; 17. P-KN4. P·QB4; 18. 8. N·B3 p,p 23. N·K5 N.RS PACHMAN WADE N·B2, R-Q2 or 12. N·B3, P·QB3; B·K3. 9. BPxP N· R3 24. Bx P RXP N· KB3 P·Q4 10. P.KS PxP ,. 13. N· K5 B·Q1 N·Q2. 25. Q·K3 H·N3 ,. P·B4 P-QB3 14. NXQBP Q.NS 11. Px P N·KN5 26. Nx B H/ B3XN 12. N·Bl O.() ,. P·Q4 N·B3 15. R·Q4 B·B3 12. B·KB4 R· KI 27. QxPeh K·Rl N·Bl P· K3 13. P·K6 pxp •• 16. B·B7 N/4·KS 13. B·Kl N·R4 28. RXReh NxR?? ,. B·NS B·K2 11. N.K5 14. p.Q' 29. Q·N8 mate 14. QR·B1 N·N2 ... , P· K3 QN-Q2 18. RxQ Nx•••Bch 15. Q·Q2 N·NS •• 15. N·K4 B·KNS ,. Q·B2 0 ·0 19. QXN 'x' R' Ql The only way to prevent the block· •• P·KR3 20. NxB P • • •• B·B4 P·B4 21 . Q·B4 N·Q4 ade. If. for example, 15...... , R-Bl; 16. BOOST AMERICAN CHES~ 10. QPx P .,p 22. B.KS B· K2 N·B5. NxN; 17. BxN, BxB; 18. RxB, p. TELL YOUR FRIENDS 11. B·K2 Q·R4 23. Qx P Resig ns QB3; 19. N·Q4, B·Q2; 20. P·B4, Q.N3; ABOUT USCF 12. 0·0 PxP 21. R/l·QBl with a power ful attack be· -Contd. p. 245 236 CHESS LIFE u. s. c. F. SALES BULLETIN WINTER - 1965-66 WINDSOR CASTLE Plastic Chessmen THE WINDSOR CASTLE CHESS SET is used exc1us'ively in the U.S. Championship, U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, etc., and is official ly approved by the U,S, Chess Federation. This set is exactly the right size, weight and design {or real chessplayers. 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Saidy In the firsl round of the Olympiad in the fact that Black had so swiftly freed playable. but after the planned 21. R·Q1, rei Aviv last year. I outwitted Bednar his position. 16. PxP, !"lxN; 17. BxN, PXP; 22. RxP! BxR; 23. QxB White bas ski of Poland in a game that has been NxP gives Black a fine game. I must sacrificed a Rook with a full tempo published several times in Europe as admit now that, had I seen a quiet ahead of the similar variation discussed a presumed "brilliancy." To the aver way to retain an edge. no " brilliancy" above, with a draw very probable; e.g., would have been hatched (w ith such a 23 ...... • Q·Kl; 24. P-N7, R·QI; 25. B-R7. (lQ'8 player or even moster. the piece long gestation period). N·N; 26. R-QBI. P·K3 (or 26 . •...... • R· sacrifice looks convincing. for did not 16. NxPt? ...... KBI; 27. B-N6) Z'I. R-B8, RxR; 28. PxR the opponent collapse within eight Keres rewards this sacrifice with a (Q), QxQ; 29. QxN= . moves? pure "!". saying, ''The combination is 21 . RoOl ...... Ah. but there's the pilfClU of combina original and easily overlooked". (Per· tional cbess. The first evaluation bare· haps it should have been!) 16...... PxN ly glimpses the ramilications-and. as 17. PxP P-RSI I shall show. the combatgnis. in the heat of the arena, have no full grasp Keres seems to prefer 17 ...... , N·BI, but then White would enjoy ample corn· 01 the complexities, Even a great grand· pensation fo r the Knight. master's post-mortem gnalysis, pro la. BxPch duced in tranquillity. may be inaccu This weakcning Black's King position rate. is the only chance. (White now had less than a half hour left for 23 moves). KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE 18...... RxB Saidy Bednarski 19. PxN BxN? 1. P·QB4 P·KNJ Keres: "Certainly Black's best prac· 2. N·QB3 8·N2 tical chance". Here I must take issue. 21...... Q·Nl?? 3. P·Q4 N·KBl Best is 19 ...... , P·R6! and the long 4. P-K4 P-Q3 The decisive error in a flawed con· pin is highly embarrassing; e.g., 20. test-and the main reason for the mis· 5. P-83 P·B3 N·B4, PxP; 21. R·Nl (21. RQ1??, RxN; 6. B·K3 P·QR3 named "brilliancy." 21...... , N·Q2 is 22. BxR, QxPch and 23 ...... , P·N8= Q), the only move-and more than ade· 7. Q·Ol P.QN4 21...... , N·BI; 22. N·Q5, N·K3 and White 8. B-03 QN·Q2. quate. Probably Black feared 22. R/2- has reached the end of his attacking Q2, P·K3; 23. Q·N5-overlooking 23...... , 9. KN-K2 O.() rope. White's best chance is a further 10. 0-0 p,p Q·NI , saving the piece. for if 24. QxQ sacrifice: 20. R-Ql, PxP; 21. RxP! , 8xR; ch. NxQ; 25. R·Q8 cb, R·Bl; 26. B·B5, 11 . BxP N·N3 22. QxB and the advanced passed pawn 12. B·N3 P..QR4 then 26...... , N·B3. After 21 ...... • N· and good positioning may conceivably Q2 White would have an uphill battle 13. N·R4 B-QRl succecd in baJancing B1ack's extra 14. KR·Bl KN.Q2. with two pawns and pressure for the Rook. There is no obvious conclusive Knigbt. but now he has an easy win. 15. R·B2 ...... line for Black: I have passed over the opening 22. Q.NS N-Bl moves. White's Saemisch Attack seems Despair. A little more resistance is to have established a satisfactory sway provided by 22...... • R·B3, but after in the center . The Black QBP is back· 23. R-B6. RxR; 24. QxR, Black cannot ward, but capturing it by 15. RxP wo uld save the Knight; e.g., 24 ...... , R·R3; give Black strong play via 15...... , 25. Q·K6 ch, K·Rl; 26. R·QBl and White B·N4; 16. NxN, NxN and 17...... , P·R5. wins. 23. R-Qach R·Bl But now White's serenity is destroyed Played automatically- why waste pre· by Or 23 ...... , B·Bl; 24. QxQ, RxQ; 25. 1S...... •. P·QB41 cious time on the obvious? But, as I never suspected until reading Keres' R/2xN, RxR; 26. RxR and the rest is notes, 20. P·N7! givcs White the advan· child's play. t age. Moreover, after 20 ...... , R·NI (not 24. Q·QSch Resigns 20 ...... , B·N4; 21. R/ I·QB1) 21. R/ I· Because after 24 ...... , K·Rl; 25. RxR QB1 , he makes the rather extreme ch, BxR; 26. B·Q4 ch Black must sur· allegation of "no adequate defense." render either his King or most of his However, any obituary notices for material. Black would be highly premature in "A nicely played game," says Keres. view of the resource 21...... , B·QR3; A nice compliment, too, but no medal 22. R·B8, R·KB1! ; 23. RxQ, KRxR; 24. of perfection. R·B7 (to force the Knight back rather than allow 24. Q·R5, QBxP; 25. QxP, N·K4, ctc.) 24 ...... , N·Bl (not now 24 . BYRNE EXHIBITION ...... , N·K4; 25. Q·R5, QBxP; 26. RxB, Robert Byrne, international grandmas· R·Q8ch; 27. K·B2, RxR; 28. Q.R8 with ter, will give an illustrated lecture on check) 25. Q.R5, QBxP; 26. QxP, KBxP! Keres ("British Chess Magazine", chess and play a simultaneous exhibi. with definite piece counterplay against tion on Friday evening, January 21 , at December 1964) q ueries this mo ve. the Queen and threc pawns; e.g., '1:1. Nevertheless, in my considered opinion, RxP (27. Q-N3ch. B·Q4) 27 ...... B·KB3; 7:30 p.m. at the Evanston, Illinois YMCA, it is impeccable. 28. Q-B4eh. K-RI; 29. Q·KBl?!, BxR; 1000 Grove SI. Price is $4 a board or At this point I pondered for forty 30. QxB, K·Nl! and 31...... , R·Q2. 51 for spectators. For information or valuable minutes, appalled by the dis· 20...... NxP reservations Ed Peterman at above ad· jointed position of my own pieces and Again, 20...... , P·R6 is. of course. dress. 246 CHESS LIFE student tournament held each spring lor the school ch ildren of the township. The e club is sponsored by the East Br unswick Recreation Commission as a town activ ity. Here and There ... • • • • • The Mlrsh, 1I Chen Club (23 W. 10 perts. A total of $386 was awarded in A record turnout was registered ill SL. New York) is holding "40-20" tOU f prizes. USC Jo~ · ra ted Labor Day tournaments naments every Saturday at 2 p.m. The throughout the nation. Rated events novel time limit of 40 moves in 20 • • • • • were held in twenty·three states and In· Floyd Stretch scored 4 Y.z points in five volvcd a total of 1480 players. New minutes enables the entire tournament to rounds to take a clear lirst in the Gotd· be played in an afternoo n. Entry fcc is en Days Championship, played in Fair J ersey led the way, with 195 players, 81 for top section, 50¢ fo r others. Non banks Alaska on July 2,3·25. Don Ander followed by Illinois with 165 and Massa members arc invited to play on a trial son a~d Robert Gamble, both with 4·1, chusetts with 130. About one-n inth or the basis. took second and third in a field of 19. USCF membership competed in tourna· • • • • • ments over this one holiday weekend; Mark Wells scored 6-0 to take lifst • • • • • undoubtedly many more would have place in the 1965 Los Alamos (N.M.) M.l.T. swept all five of its matches done so if tournaments had been sched Tou rnament, played at the rate of one to take first place in the Norwich Un i· uled for the other 27 states. A reason round a week [rom September to Novem versity Invitational, played in Northfield, able goal fo r Labor Day '66: a chess ber. Donald Dodder , 5·1, took second Vermont on October 23·24. The Univer· tournament in every state! in a field of 18. sity or Massachusetts' " A" team was next • • • • • with 3Y.z·H~, the "B" tcam was third The Centra l Bank Round Robin, played • • • • • and the Norwich University "B" team The Grelter Boston Open, played on in Denver, Colorado on successive Fri· was fourth. Board prizes went to: 1. Carl days from October 1 to 29, was conduct October 16-17. ended in a tic between Wagner (MIT) 5-0; 2. Dave Palmer (Mass. William Robcrlic and Alex Keyes, each ed in lour 6-p!ayer seclions. Section "A") 5-0; 3. Wayne Porter (M IT) 5-0; winners were Daniel Gollub (Arizona) scoring 4 ~l: - lh. They were declared co 4. Bill Walker (MIT) 5.(1. champions in an event that attracted 53 and George Pipiringos (tic), Chr is G. players. Third and fourth were John • • • • • Lovata, Dennis Tenney and ( de spi t~ his Curdo and Lawrence Kaufman, each 4-1. The Wi5consin State Speed Champion' name!) Robert Loser. Tournament Direct· Class awards went to: David ScheUer ship, played in Hawthorn Glen on Octo or Al Wallace reports that one or the (1st A); Thomas Barham (2nd A); Robert ber 10, was won by state champion (and non-winning players scored the tourna· Gwirtzman ( 1st B); Layton Holloway U.s. Junior Champion) William Martz. ment's biggest victory - in the Irish (2nd B); Walter Hesse (lst C); William Martz took top honors in his 100man pre· Sweepstakes, to the tune of S28.000!! Ma rgulies (2nd C); Ker mit Pransky (Top liminary section, then went on to score • • • • • Unrated). The tournament, sponsored by 21f,, · Y.t in the Co ur·player finals, ahead of Dr . Alex Da r bes of Charleston, West the MSCA and directed by William ~owak, Weldon and Gaigals. Virginia scored 4.Y.t .Y.z to take Cirst place Lukowiak, offered a circulating trophy The East Brunswick (N.J.) Chen Club, in the 21·player second annual Ashland donated by the Lit huanian Chess Club which meets each Wednesday evening (Ky.) Open, played on Oc tober 2 and 3. of Boston. from 7:30 p.m. at VFW Post 133, Cran John Spencer of Columbus, Ohio and Grandmaster Arthur B. Bisguier top bury Rd., is one oC the most active ch~ss William Payne of Huntington, W. Va . ped the 37-player 2nd Norwich Univer- groups in its area, having an active each scored 4.-1 and took second and 5ity Open, played at Norwich University membership of about ninety. Among third. The title or Ashland City Cham· in Northfield. Vermont on November 6-7. other events sponsored by the dub Is a pion went to Bobby R. Duncan. He was touched for draws in the final two rounds, however, by F rank Hacker and Canadian expert Gerry Rubin. Bis guier's score of 5-1 placed him a Y.t-po int ahead of Les Lowry, Ron Lohrmann, Rubin, Hacker, and William Hemme les. The tournament, sponsored by the Nor wich University Chess Cl ub, was directed by Prof. Seth C. Hawkins. Bisguicr also gave a thirty-board simultaneous exhibition in conjunction with the tournament, scoring 28 wins and yielding two draws. • • • • • The third annual Cent ..... 1 California Open and Qualifying Tournament, play ed in Sacramento on October 22-24. end. ed in a four·way tie among David Blohm, Frank Thornally, William Haines and Arthur Wang. Blohm qualified to play in the Stnle Championship next month, with ThornaJly as fi rst alternate. Class prizes were awarded to Alan Benson, highcst scorer in the 1600- 1999 group, Allen Moxley. who fi nished best among those r ated below 1600 or un· rated, and Chris Fotias. highest finisher among those rated 1600 or unrated who were not members of the Central Cali{. ornia Chess League. The tournament. which was directed by USCF President Grandmaster ARTHUR BISGUIER gives iI ledun at Norwich University Ed Edmondson, had a turnout oC 78 play before playing his 30·board uhlbition and winning the Norwich Univenity ers, including lwo masters and ten ex- Open. (Story ilboviI) NOVEMBER, 1965 247 The sixth rating tournament of 1965 MARCHAND SWEEPS GATEWAY The annual Chicago lndustrllli Chess at the Slinta Moniu Bay (Calif.) Chess Dr. Erich Marchand of Ro chester, N.Y. League "30/ 30" was won by Angelo San Club was concluded on October 4, vic swept to a 5-0 victory in the sixth an drin whose clean SOO topped a field of tory in the 27-player event going to nual Gateway Open, played in Pitts 22. Walter Grombacher, Ted DeParry Frank McReynolds who turned In a 6-0 burgh, Pa. on October 2-3. Second place and Victor Narkevicius-all with 4-1- sweep. Jerry Porth, 5-1, was runner-up. in the 68-player event went to John placed second ,through fourth. , • • • • • Telega of Clairton, Pa. who scored 414 · . . . USCF Senior Master Michael Valvo *. John Phythyon, Columbus, Ohio; The Ch icago Chen Club, located at 64 Van Buren St., has revived Friday breezed to a ~ victory in the 14-player Arthur Renna, Old Forge, Pa.; George E. its open division of the Gold Co ut Open, Doschek, Pittsburgh; Robert Walker, night rapid transit tournaments. Start played in Palm Beach Shores, Florida. Pittsburgh; and Robert Larsen, Erie, ing time is 7 p.m. The October 22nd John L. Foster and !Iofurray Cohen were Pa.-all with 4-1-shared third through event ended in a tie for first between second and third respectively. seve nth. Ray Wenzel and Danny Fischheimer, In the 19·player Amateur Division wi th Angelo Sandrin, Edward Formanek George Lawhon won the "A" HUe while and Joseph Pundy tying for third E. Grafton was tops in the "B". through fifth. Craig E. Busse, a new and as yet unrated player, was on the top • • • • • rung of the club's ladder tournament The Labor Cay Open played In Gard during the entire month of September. en Grove, Calif., was won by Ronald The ladder now has ninety 0) players. Gross with a score of Mi·*. Second, , , . . , with 5-1, was Ben Kakiml and third, Forty-seven players turned out for the with 4* points, was Ben Schaeffer. A second annual Hoosier Open played in total of 26 players competed. Indianapolis, Ind. on Octobe~ 23-24. Ed Vano, with 41h points in five rounds · . . , , ' G. C. Bates, scoring 5-1 , topped the was a clear first;. Theodore Pehnec, Rich· 17-player Alabama Open, played in Birm· ard Braden, Henry Tyler, Edward Ernst, ingham on September 3·6. Salvador and Wendell Lutes-all with scores of Martinez Jr., with ~.2 , placed second. 4-1- placed second through sixth in the • • • • • order listed. The tournament, sponsored John Pamiljens of BrookLyn, N.Y. by the Indianapolis Chess Club, was swept to a 5·0 victory in the fifth annual directed by Paul Richman, assisted by Southeastern Naw England Open, played Gordon Morey, and Nick, Van Due, sen. in Providence, R.I. on October 23-24. . . James Bolton of New Ha ve n, Co nn. was Postal chess plilyers are invited to a clear second in the 37-player field, take part in the second Peachstate Post scoring 4'f.z·1h . Placing third through al Chess Championship, sponsored by sixth-with four points-were Alexander the Georgia State Chess Association. En Keyes, Ca mbridge, Mass.; Robert Barry, tries will be accepted through December Providence, R.I.; Gary John, Cranston, 1965 and full details may be bad by writ R.I.; and Alan Staub, Brooklyn, N.Y . Erich Marchand ing to Philip M. Lamb, 779 Orange St., The tournament was sponsored by the Macon , Geo, rgia,. , . , Rhode Island Chess Association and was Pittsburgh downed Cleveland in a 14- directed by the Association's president, Syracuse on October 23·24. George Phil Hirons. board match played at the Cleveland Mauer, 4-1 , was second in the 20·player Chess Center on October 17. The match • • • • • field and Gregory Grant, with 31h , took was a close one, the visitors scoring 7"h The 14-player Cornell Fall Open, third. to 6* fo r their hosts. The full results: played at Cornell University in Ithaca, • • • • • Pltb bur, h Cleveland N.Y. on October 22-24, was won by Dr. The third annual Brazos Open, played 1. R. Waker 0 R. Kaute 1 Erich Marchand who edged out runner a. M. S. Lubell 'h J. Schroeder 'At at Texas A &. M University on September , . F . A . Sonnsen 1 R. M8'luehowskl 0 up Peter Graves on tie·break points. 25-26, attracted a field of 29 players and 4. L. W. Cardner 1 M.Paruta 0 Both scored 4 ~V-h. Anthony Serafini was won by Robert Brieger of Houston IS. W . Byland I D. Laas 0 was third and Steven Grant was fourth, who had the tie-break edge on Eric 8. G. Doachek 1 H Can, 0 7. D. MeClellan 'At H: Hintze! 'h- each with 3lh. Bone, Baytown; J. B. Payne, Corpus 8. D. LAwrence 1 J. Joyce 0 · . , . , Christi; and C. Bill Jones, Houston. II. J . Tele,a 0 E. Kosuk I Thirty players took part in the quali All the leaders posted 4-1 scores and 10. n. Bury 0 G. Kromp 1 11 . R. Kinney I W. GaJe'Wsky 0 fying tournament of the Phoenix (Ariz.) placed in the order listed. 12. J . Kolts 'At J . Hottman 'At Chess Club from September 17 to Octo. • • • • • 13. E. Dollaro 0 L. Than 1 ber 15. The top fiv e players-Mark Lit The first Prescott City (Ariz.) Tourna· 14. J . Lo wenthal 0 L. Batte. 1 terman, Armand Bosco, Maynard D. ment, played in August and September, Pedersen, Richard J. Mann, and Fred was won by Francis Brown whose score ". ". W. Kessler, Sr.-are eligible lor the of 4-0 topped an ll-player fi eld. Dwight finals of the club's 1966 Championship. Stewart, 3-1, was runner-up. All S(!ored 4-1. , INSTRUCTION • • • • • . . . . Richard Hulswit scored a 5-0 sweep Tim Delaney, with a sQueen Sacrifice B. NxNJ ...... 31...... R.P If one can get three minor pieces for Would you have seen it? And, if so, 32. R-Kl the Queen or two Rooks Cor a Queen, would you have dared to play it? Black threatened R·BS ch winning it is clear he has a good deal as indi B...... BxQ the N. cated by tbe values listed above_ How Of course Black must accept the 32...... R_B7 ever, in the following game the situaUon Queen since, otherwise, he has lost the 33. R-RI P·R4 is even simpler since a careful study of Knight for nothing. 34. P-KR4 K-K4 the pOsition after the "sac" shows that 9. B-NSch P-B3 35. R-Nl ...... Naturally 9...... , N·Q2; 10. Bx Nc h, White will win the opponent's Qucen Playing for simplicity where the ex- in return, plus an ext.ra piece_ QxB would leave White a piece ahead. 10. PxP P-QR3 tra piece will be overpowe ring. 35. _...... RxP North Centn l Open, Milw. ukee. 1964 A curious situ3tion. Black has a num· ber of tries, but in each case he must 36. RxP K·B3 ENGLISH OPENING give back the Queen with an extra piece 37. R·N6ch K-B2 to hoot. For instance. 10 ...... • Q·B2; ll. B1 aek's King must retreat and so not E.MARCHAND " ZVERS get any chance to help create compli. 1. P-QB4 N-KB3 PXP eh. N·Q2 (ll ...... • K-Q l ; ]2. NxP Mate); 12. PxR(Q) eb. Or 10 ...... • D-N5; cations. For 37 . ....• K·K4; 38. N-Q3 ch For a regular English Opening. Black ll. NxB! Q·N3; 12. PxP eh, N-Q2 ; 13. and 39. N·B4 would win the RP. would play 1...... • P-K4. But the above PxR(Q) ch. 3B. N-R3 R-R5 alternative provides a satisfactory way 11. P-B7 ch 39. N-NS ch K-K2 for Black to withhold his intentions. 12_ PxQ(Q) ch 40. R.K6 ch K-Bl 2. N-K B3 •••• •••• 13. NxB 41. R-KS P-N3 Somewhat less common :md so less 42. r -B4 K-Nl analyzed than 2. N·QB3. Now White has a "won game" with a piece for a Pawn. But such games have 2...... NoOB3 Of course not 42 ...... , RxP; 43. N-K6 been known to slip away. Correct strat 'h, Very unusual and not quite as com- 43. P-N3 fortable for Black as 2 ...... , P-KN3, egy calls for (1) completion of develop· R-R7 ment, (2) exchanging pieces where pos 44. K-BI or 2 ...... , P·K3 , or 2 ...... , P-Q3, or 2...... , P·B4. sible to avoid complications and also to So as to play R-K2 and make a increase the ratio of material advantage. " bridge" for the advance of the King. 3. P-Q4 ...... 14. 0-0 ...... When caught in unfamiliar opening 44...... K-N2 situations, one must rely on basic prin Also playable is 14. P-B3, RxN Chi 15. 45. R-K7ch K-NI KxR, N·B7 ch; 16. K·K2, NxR; 17. B-K 3 ciples. Fighting for control of the center Fatal would be 45 ...... , K-B3; 46. and RxN. R-B7 Mate. and rapid development of the pieces are 14_ ...... two of the most important opening rules. P·B3 46. N-K6 15. N-KB3 ...... 3...... P-Q4 P-K4 16. B-K3 B-K2 The bridge can wait. White hopes to 4. Px P ...... 17. N-Kl Whiche\'er way Black recaptures, .. -..... speed things up by winning the NP nrter which the other Pawns must soon Wh)" e WI' II gam. a " tempo." 0 n 4 ••••••.•• , Preparing to drive back Black's QxP; 5. N-B3, Black must lose a move to Knighl fall. Many players on the Black side protect his Queen. 17_ ....•... K-B2 would have resigned long ago. But Black 4...... KNxP lB. P.B3 N.o3 has n smnll idea. 19. B-N6 5. P-K4 N-B3 •••••• •• 46...... R-R3 6. N·B3 B-NS The natural-looking 19. N-B3 might 47_ R_N7 ch K·Rl Emanuel Lasker once stated a rule give Black some chances by 19...... , 4B. RxP R-RB ch N-BS. that one should not pin the opponent's 49_ K-N2 R-R7 ch 19...... KN until he (the opponent) has castled. RoOBt SO. K-R3 R·R8 20. N-K3 The usual reason is that the maneuver K-K3 51. R-R6 ch K-Nl 21. N-Q3 P·KR3 (and if B-R4, P-KN4) can be N-BS 52_ RxP K-B2 played in reply with the idea of castling Black is making a little headway, for· on the other side of the board and so cibly straightening out his doubled -Cont'd next page NOVEMBER, 1965 2" TOURNAMENT LIFE F. bruary 11·13 3rd Annual TOllrMmenl ore-nlu rs wl""'nl en · nouncement of USC F •• Hod Itv.nh SOUTH JERSEY OPEN should meke appllutlon at [usl Ihe '·rd Swiss SOf2, lit Hotel P resident, Albany wilks before the publication d.le of at the lloaNlwalk, Atlantic City.... N J . Cash for CHESS L IFE. Splclel forms for r. 1st, Znd, 3rd, BlI pe.t, A, B, ,-" D, Unrat.e d, quest ln, such I nnaune.ments m.)' be 'Vomen: amounts d epend on entries. Gu aran . teed $150 for first. 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Bntry MARYLAND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP fee $1 (156 Ie paid Defore March 20); j uniors u nder 18, U ; plul USCF membeuhlp Ie not alread y p member . First round .tarU at 8 p.m. on Ar.rll I. Entrle. & inqulrl e~: Christ FoUn, Col ere of the SeqUOiIlS, Vl salla, Callt. 93277. MARCHAND-Contd. from p . 249 J anulrY 21-: 0 NORTH FLORIDA OPEN 53. N·Q4 K·N3 54. R·N5ch K·R3 55. NxP ch K-Rl 56. R·N7 ch K·Rl 57, R-N7 ... _... On a move Uke 57. P-R5 Black can Deumber 27·28·29·30 create problems due to the fact that his NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT King has no moves. For instance, 57. OF PARKS JUNIOR OPEN ...... , R·R8 ch; 58. K·N4 (58. K·N2, R· IO·round Sw'" to be held J.nulry 29-,30 R7 ch; 59, KxR? stalemate), RxP (not War Memorial Recreation Plaza , Fulton and Ora nge BROWNSVILLE TWIN TORNADO 58. R-R5 ch, NxR!); but White still wins by 59. R·N7. 57...... R·QB8 " EVERY SUNDAY" Now he should really resign. TOURNAMENT 58. P·R5 R·R8ch 59. K·N4 R-R7 at Chess Studio Rossolimo 60, N·R4 R-R8 191 Sullivon St. N.Y.C. 61 , P·R6 R·R7 62. N·N6ch Resigns GR 5-9737 Because of 62, ...... , K-Nl; 63, R·N7 Mate, 250 CHESS LIFE A Pawn ahead with the bettet' pawn· poSition, the win demands only the good GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS techniques which White supplies. Annotated 15...... Q·N3 16. Q·B2 P·KB4 by JOHN W. COLLINS 17. B·K3! ...... If 17. RxP, QxQP. The Bishop move de· NAMESAKE A good move, less booked tban 9. fends the QP and wins the QBP. PxP and 9, B·K3, which are good too. 17...... Q·R3 Stuart Laughlin. president of the 9...... 8-84 18. P·QR3 QR·Bl Portland. Maine, chess dub, submits If Black wants to play the Swedish 19. R·Bl P·KN4 this ga me with the comment: "A game Variation (which he does on his next Or 19...... , R·B3; 20. P·Q5, and wins. by a young Collins who bas heen move) he should omit this. 20. P·Q5 P·B4 making news in the Portland a rea. This 10. R·Bl P·B5 If 20 ...... , P-BS; 21. B·Q4. lirst round upset made 18-yeor-old Rich 11 . N·KS N·KS? 21. BxBP BxB 23. QxR QxKP ard Collins the Portland City Champion This loses a Pawn and the game. Cor· 22. RxB RxR 24. P·Q6 ...... rcct is simply 11...... , R·B!. ---a title beld by Daly lor three years." This unstoppable Pawn is one that 12. NxQN PxN counts. Portland Championship, 1965 Of course not 12...... , NxN??; 13. 24...... NxBch and White WInS a piece. 25. P-Q7 ...... QGD: TARRASCH DEFENSE 13. NxN BxN Threatening 26. QxRch, KxQ; 27. p. R. Collins H. 8 . Da ly 14. BxB PxB Q8 :::: Qch. 1. N·Ke3 P.QB4 3. P·KN3 N·B3 15. RxP ...... 25_ ...... Q·B3 2. P·B4 N·QB3 4. N-B3 P·K3 26. QxRch ! This leads to an inferior opening. Regardless. Sounder arc 4 ...... , P·KN3 and 4. n, " " ' , 26...... Resigns P·Q3. Both 26 ...... , KxQ and 26 ...... , QxQ 5. B·N2 p.Q4 lose to 27. R-B8(ch). 6. PxP PxP Bravo, Co lIins. And a long, successful 7. P·Q4! ...... career! Another Collins, another Queen Pawn USCF MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO player! 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